The river press., 1909-09-01

labor has just issued bulletin con-
corning a cloth specially made for
those exposed to the sun. Consul Gen.
eral William H. Michael Of Calcutta
has sent samples of the cloth. which
is manufactured in India for the use
of farmers and others. and writes con-
corning it. The cloth is called thatcho
and shikari. 1t is made on scientific
principles to conform to natures plan
Of warding off the suns rays. as ex-
emplified in the color of the skin and
the pigments under the skin. The re-
tail price of woolen thatcho in Cal
cutta is 81 per yard, double width,
and Of cotton thatcho 66 cents per
yard, single width. The retail price of
green shikari is SO cents per yard.
single width.
Samples Of the cloth will be loaned
by the bureau of manufactures to
American textile interests.
The cause Of the suffragettes on this
side of the Atlantic has undergone
many vicissitudes. The battle for
votes for women has been as varied
as It has been earnest. Another blow
was struck at the cause Of these mod
ern skirted revolutionists when at the
Marble arch, in the upper part of this
city, a few days ago a fifteen-year-old
Lad was given the platform to speak
on the subject Of the suffrage. His
name was Wesley Smith, and Wesley
was not at all bashful. He started
right of with the declaration that
women were too inconsistent to have
the right to vote and cited certain oc.
currences in his own home to show
that he had not given his mother the
right kind Of bringing up. Perhaps
Wesley had been spanked with the
family shingle the day before by man.
ma and was still reminiscent Of the
sting.
After all, may not the stand of the
boy be considered as an indication
that, after the women get the right
to vote, the young folks Of the land
will arise and assert what they claim
to be their right to vote? While the
writer is looking into the future with
what are probably very dim glasses.
yet who shall deny that the twelve
and fourteen year old victims of the
candy, the pinwheel, firecracker and
ginger pop trusts will not rise and
demand that they shall not be taxed
without the right to pass upon the
question at the ballot box7
The American and European mar
riage laws and customs do not meet
with the approval or the solemn rec
ognition of the aristocracy Of India,
and several entertaining international
comedies have resulted therefrom.
The latest victim is no less a person
age than Mrs. John Jacob Astor of
New York, who has spent considerable
time in London Of late lodging the at
tentions Of q certain Indian prince
who wants to present her with any.
thing from a troupe Of elephants to a
string Of pearls.
Haunting the fashionable Ritz hotel,
where Mrs. Astor is stopping, the dis
consulate prince is told time after time
that the American woman of millions
is mot at home"
"Why should she avoid me" queries
the prince. "Why will she not accept
my presents? l cannot understand it.
She should feel highly honored."
Mrs. Astor and her English friends
are greatly amused at the alteration Of
the prince, and they have recalled an
incident of year ago when the same
prince was warned to leave England
by the husband Of a celebrated Eng
lish beauty because the prince insisted
on sending her presents. The prince,
who is one of the most lavish enter
tainers on the continent and for that
redson is received in favor almost ev-
says that he intends to visit
New York next winter to show the
Gothamites how to entertain in really
fashion. He will have
difficult task before him. for If he
would outstrip all previous records for
costly dinners he will have to spend
about $500 plate. Dinners have been
given in the metropolis Of recent years
where the souvenirs given to each
guest have cost over 500 apiece. Over
$4,000 has been known to have been
spent for flowers alone at a single din
ner. with the cigars costing S. apiece.
A we'll known cigar dealer on Broad
way, in the hotel and theater district,
has continually in his showcases a
display of cigars ranging upward in
price to four and five dollars apiece.
The proprietor says that he rarely
ever sells the five dollar brands except
In quantities for elaborate banQuets.
Meme, the Eskimo who as boy was
brought to New York from the ice foes
Of the north by Peary, has gone back
to his native wilds forever. He says
he doesn't like us because we are
too cold. He opines that metropolitans
are colder mentally and Temperament
tally than Greenland Is geOlOgicallv