Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-08-28

The answer In the book was that the
farmer saved some of the seeds from
his grains and vegetab les to plant them
the next season. but when the teacher
put the query to her class she forgot
that it was composed of very up to
date youngsters.
why doesn't he eat them all. chill
dren? Now you may answer. Tony"
she said to a bright Italian boy whose
hand was waving before her.
"'Cause he get sick II he eata too
mooch." replied Tony.
"Oh. now. that isn't the answer.
What do you say. Lily?" to a little girl
whose hand was beating the air like a
windmill.
He'd get the appendicitis" Lily re-
piled triumphantly, while the other
children listened enviously as the star
scholar rolled out the long word.
Then the teacher gave 1t up and an
swered the question herself.
IN her address to the young women
Of Bryn Mawr college on Social Legis-
lation and Need of the Ballot For Wo-
men" Miss Jane Adams declared that
women must feel that they are respon-
sible for many unsatisfactory condi-
tons In the Industrial world before
any permanent reforms can be effected.
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George Meredith, the greatest Of liv-
ing English novelists, was recently In
terviewed at his home. Box Hill, Sur
rey. by William T. Stead. Meredith
lives all alone. happy among his birds
n flowers and regarding all human
things through the mellowing perspec-
tive which eighty years of experience
affords the good and great Very in
spring are the words of this master
analyst Of human nature in regard to
the woman question. Said he. What
nature originally decreed men are but
beginning to see-namely. that women
are fitted for most of the avenues open
to energy, and by their entering upon
active life they will no longer be open
to the accusation men 81 frequently
bring against them of being narrow
and craven"
The religion which permits people to
go into church and ask favors of the
GodsOf mercy while they allow one of
his creatures to stand outside two or
three hours In torture, head jerked into
the air with a checkrein and a tail
bobbed off so that the animal isn't able
to whisk of annoying insects. doesn't
seem to be a very effective kind OF re-
ligion. And certainly their owners must
have the faith that moves mountains II
they really believe that the good Lord
is going to pay any attenEgh 10 Tfeff
petitions under such . circumstances.
Miss Isabel Hagner, secretary to the
presidents wife, is paid only s1,40O a
year. Her duties are many and her
responsibilities great. She practically
has charge of all the White House en-
tertaining and must thoroughly under
stand all the intricacies OF Washington
social life. She looks over lists of
guests and decides on menus and dec
orations. Her tact and knowledge of
the Earring factions In the capital have
enabled her to advise Mrs. Roosevelt
so that her reign as mistress OF the
White House has been exceptionally
successful. The presidents secretary,
although of no more vital Importance
to the White House family. Is much
better paid than this clever and charm
ing young woman. Perhaps In the day
when equal pay and equal work are
something more than a rallying cry for
women the secretary of the first lady
In the land will be as we'll paid as that
Of the first gentleman.
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Miss Florence Nightingale, the IAN
gel Of the Crimea,'' who Is still alive
and clear Drained at the age of ninety.
has been showered with honors by
her grateful countrymen. but has all
her life been denied the only privilege
for which she has asked them-the
ballot. This remarkable old lady says:
you ask my reason for believing in
woman's suffrage. 1t seems to me al
most self evident, an axiom, that every
householder and taxpayer ought to
have a voice In the disposition of the
money we pay, including. as this does,
interests the most vital to a human
being" 1t would be an appropriate
tribute to Miss N~ightingale's greatness
II before her death the boon she asks
might be conferred upon her by the
English government instead of the
empty honors of medals and the free
dom of its cities.
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Some people say they object to CIV
ing woman the ballot because the poor
frail sex is not able to go out and fight
in wartime. A dispatch states that the
police of Dublin. In Russian Poland,
with much difficulty have captured a
fierce band of highway robbers COM
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