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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
ISOLATION OF
THE PRESIDENT
Plain, Common Folks Experience
More Quiet Satisfaction.

After ali. maybe il isn't so much
FUN TO be the President OF the United
states. Perhaps there Is more quiet,
sociable satisfaction in being a non
commissioned officer in the great army
or Just common folks. There is al
most of necessity a condition sugges-
tive of loneliness attaching to every
eminent, exclusive, or unusual posi-
ton in life. Whatever In the nature
OF wall or fence or social or official
carrier serves to shut the crowd out.
tends to shut the individual in. One
cannot enjoy the honor and distinc-
uon OF occupying a position above the
level OF the multitude, and at the same
time feel that sense of intimate So
ciaoility that comes of touching ell
bows with ones fellow beings. The
normal, ordinary mortal does not par
tlcularly enjoy being too much in the
presence of his superiors, especially
II he is expected to make the attempt
TO presuming to meet them on the
level.
And so it is that for everyday peo-
pie to meet and enjoy the society of
the highest executive officer of the
united States of America requires
more tact aud less self-consciousness
~eA- SAACoN VIM nave never lrlSQ II
would be likely to imagine. PerhaDs
the feeling that is apt to possess one
making such an attempt might be
compared, in a measure, to the sen
sauon one would experience in going
for a stroll with friend who was
mounted on stills. AS matter of fact
The President would, no doubt, gladly
get down from his official stills if
1t were possible FIR him to do so
but, try as he will, he is powerless
In the matter. He may seek to make
those about him believe that he is no
taller than they are; but il counts
llItle what he may say or do; they
VIII persist i'm looking up TO him.
Perhaps there has never been an oc-
cupant of the White House who has
come nearer to meeting the people
on common level than does Presi-
dent Taft. But these with whom he
meets cannot forget that he is the first
citizen Of the great republic.
The President of the nation. who
ever he may be, needs and deserves
all the honest and disinterested friend
illness that individuals and the public
can give him.-Christian Science Mon
itor.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14

q new poetry O. roses must be made
20 NJ n: no lover will come to use n
as a symbol OF his passion, AT its
best II will seem q thing or mystery.
A bunch Of black roses carelessIy
laid on the rail OF a parterre box at
the opera viii not necessarily charm
the vision of the unfortunate lockers
on Ia the stalls. The near-sighted
ones may fancy that the principal
occupant OF the box Is displaying her
overshoes. A black rose in a lovely
womans hair will resemble a rosette
OF silk or velvet. AS gift the black
rose, after it's first novelty has worn
away, will fit only funeral occasions.
Even then its oddity. and the extrava-
gance its presence implies, will serve
To make il seem unsuitable.
The advent of the black rose viii
be an event, triumph of botanical
chemistry, a subject for learned dis
cussion, and some more or less tedious
trivol. But, after that-what? Who
really wants black rose New York
Times.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
The Wrong Baby.

One afternoon not long ago. in the
vicinity of Druid Hill Park. in Ralti-
more. there might have been seen q
young ma Enthusiastically pushing up
and down baby carriage, intentlv
reading book the while.
Henry! Henry!" called a young
woman from the second story of q
house opposite
Henry heard not, but continued to
push the baby carriage and to read
his book.
In about an hour the cries for "Hen-
~" were repeated.
Well what do you want?" he de-
manded. rather impatiently.
Nothing. dear" was the irritating
response. except to inform you that
you've been wheeling Harrjet's doll
all the afternoon. I think it's time
for the baby to have a turn now
Harper's Monthly.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14

the breaking Of eggs. so It may be
said that In a country where 1900, 900
persons or corporations are engaged
In business there Is bound to be some
friction, some loss. and consequently
some failures. Commercial wreck
must oyertake some Of the frail banks
that put forth on trades ocean. for
not all the argosies that set sail can
hope TO reach port safely. Still, there
are some popular ideas regarding the
liability to failure OF commercial en-
teTprises which have been disproyed
by the results OF laborious research.
Chief OF these probably is the tradi-
ton, repeated so often that It has as
sumed the appearance OF an axiom.
that 80 per cent. Of the men who enter
business life ultimately fail.-Century.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
Triumph of Sanitation.

Nothing could be more significant
OF the splendid work which American
sanltarlans have done in Panama than
the fact that 1t has been deemed worth
while to send out from Washington
dispatch Of twenty lines or so an
bouncing that there is a case of yellow
fever in the canal zone.
mat is news, now. Once. and not
many years ago, the isthmus had vel
low fever all the time, and nobodv
even dreamed that the number of
cases could ever be reduced to any.
thlng less than few dozen. The fe
yer attained to the dignity of being
leWs only when there was a big emf
demlc OF It, and it was considered q
matter OF course and of necessity
that anybody who lived there for any
Iehgth. OF time would catch the dis
ease. The permanent residents con
sisted of those who had survived.
AT present, months often grow into
years with no report of yellow fever
from Panama, and when. as i'm this
instance, case is brought there from
ELSEWHERE, there is no alarm whatever
AS before, the individual victim can
consider himself fortunate if he doesn't
ole' Tor there has been no great adj
vance toward curing the maIady: but
now there is no fear that he will
spread tn einfection. No barbarous
quarantine is his. The onIv incar-
ceration to which he is subjected IS
Denlno mosquito bars, and life and
business go on as usual around him
MS change was worked by American
army surgeons, and 1t was by far the
most important result Of our war with
Spain.-New York Times.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
The Black Death.

The terrible plague known as the
Black Death" began in China about
the year 1888. and from China il went
by way Of the great caravan route
to the north Of the Caspian. through
Central Asia TO Taurus and on to Con-
stantinople. reaching Europe in 134S.
It ragged for more than twenty-six
years. with a mortality that will never
be accurately known. and to this day
the results of its ravages are visible
The disease was bubonic in character.
and ottentimes was fatal in twentyf
Tour hours after its attack. 1t was
attended by burning thirst that moth
ing would allay, and many of its char
acteristics were too horrible to men
ton. IL is estimated that at least
25.OOO.OOO of human beings persisted
from this great plague.-New York
American.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
BACK TO LAND
FOR THEIR FOOD
Denmark Does Not Worry About the
High Cost of Living.

denmark is little country about
the size OF Maryland. 1t has a soil
and Climate which the American farm
er would pass by as being unsuited
Tor agriculture. But this little neck
OF land in the Baltic Sea supports
an agricultural population eouaI f.
that of Nebraska and the two Dako-
tas.
Now the problem of the cost OF
IlVlhS' which means the elimination
Oh waste was an issue in Denmark
when Daniel Boone was hunting Buf-
ialo In Kentucky. So the Danes re-
allzlng that society left to itself he
comesNa game where one man draws
chalk mark on the sidewalk and
charges The rest of the crowd for the
privilege OF walking across, took early
measures for the establishment n
the cooperative marketing of farm
produce. -
Inc Danish consumer does not wor-
ny about the food trust or middle
men, Tor the creameries, eggeries. az
packing houses are cooperative. and
II the price of food is too high the
FARMER is the only one to blame. I'm
der this regime Danish food exports
have grown from practically nothine.
forty years ago until now the little
country sends to England every year
nearly hundred million dollars
worth Of butter, eggs and bacon.
That a country more densely popu-
lated than New England should export
large quantities of food stuffs is a
condition hardly conceivable to tho
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
PROVIDE FOR SUITS
AGAINST STATES
State Comfy StrO, 3nOugh to Dis
courage Raids i'm Ne, n Carolina.

Senator Overman, North Caro-,
lima, has introduced a joint resolution
providing for the submission Of a con-
sututional amendment withdrawing
the right now granted to a State or
a foreign nation to bring suit in the
supreme Court against a State Mr..
OVerman is not moved alone by theo-
retical impulses. He probably is NOT
especially anxious to carry to an ex-
IRENE the earlier successful protest
against interference with a States SOW
erelgn rights and privileges by means
OF legal coercion eXerted through the
supreme Court-a protest which Re
suited in the adoption of the eleventh
amendment to the Constitution abro-
eating the right of a citizen of one
State to use another State in the Fed
eral courts. He probably is less in
Cerested in enlarging States rights
generally than protecting the interests
or his own Commonwealth.
North Carolina is peculiarly subject
10 htigious attacks on the part Of
other States and of foreign nations.
since 1T has outstanding a consider
able volume of repudiated securities
certain portions of which are being
pressed by their discouraged owners
on the treasures of States and for
elgn powers. 1t costs the owners OF
these securities little to dispose OF
them in way to make them a col
lectibie lien against the State of issue.
out II costs North Carolina a good
deal OF worry to defend suits for re-
coVery and imposes upon an honor
able and progressive Commonwealth
the inconvenience and odium of an
pearing before the world as a defen-
dant against a protested note
The other States may or NAV not
be willing to oblige North Carolina
by Withdrawing from the Supreme
Court jurisdiction. which il has ex-
ercised for more than a century. Yet
We cannot blame the people of North
Carolina for thus attempting to block
on litigation which has ANNOYED them
IN the past and which will continue
10 annoy them If the holders of du-
oious North Carolina securities can
ma foreign countries comDIacent
enough 10 accept gifts of bonds and
then try TO make collections upon
them through the Supreme Court. In
our own country State comfy seems
now strong enough to discourage anv
further raids OF this sort.-New York
Tribune.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
SAYS wTTCHCRAFT
KILLED seventeen
Parents Belief Reveals Remarkable
Condition In Berks County, PA.

That seventeen OF the twenty chill
oren or Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Carl
or this city, died as the result OF
witchcraft was the startling statement
made by the parents A daughter, 2S
years OF age. died and was buried last
week. The majority of the children
died when quite young.
me parents have never been ill q
single day, while their children vast
ed almost to skeletons. Attending ply
slcians said several of the children
were afflicted with marasmus, a vast
ing of the flesh without any fever
or apparent disease, while "powwow'
doctors declared that the little ones
were bewitched by an old woman.
Several of the children in their illness
scratched the mother on the neck and
race, screamed for hours. and mani
rested other queer symptoms until
they died
While physicians declare that sew
eral OF the older children died of tu-
oeTcuIoSlS, MIR. Carl believes all were
bewitched. He said:
when one OF our children was i'll
the doctor said it would not live over
night, and at the SUGGESTION Of =
nelghbor l called in a hex doctor
wltched people. He hung sometbins
IN bag around the child's neck and
gave it two kinds of medicine. He
SAID that it had been bewitched bv
a woman, but would mention no name
From the time the witch doctor be-
gan TO treat the child it began IN
improve, and it is one of the three
living today"
On another occasion when one of
ms daughters was i'll, Mr.. Carl de-
cIares, an old man, hearing him tell
a friend about his loss of so MANY
children, said he could help the child
ana was invited to try. He brought a
piece OF muslin, a needle and thread.
and pen and red ink, and the sew
enth book of Moses. He "powwowed. 4"
and then copied a verse on a slim of
paper, using the red ink. and put the
paper in little muslin bag and hung
lt at the head of the cradle, and the
child improved.
When DR. X. e. Strassers was cor
oner he waged war on the "powwow"
doctors, but they are still doing bust
ness In Berks county. Eastern Penn
syIvania is a stronghold of supersti-
tIon.-Reading (Pa) dispatch to the
New York World
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
HOW OUR PEOPLE !.
ssz. INITIATE SPIDERS
II Female Does Not Like Msesx she
Eats Him Up.

Apropos OF the onward march Of the
sunragettes, Henry Arthur Jones, the
English dramatist, lecturing recently
IN London, drew a fearsome picture
or the fate which the male % the hu-
man species Is approaching.
For woman, he says, may-in an
unlimited length of time-devolop into
creature so far superior to man "as
Is that female spider who. when the
poor male spider comes timidiy up
TO make love to her, IL she doesn't
like the look of him, simply eats him
up there and then"
But mere man may take comfort
from the fact that this dreadful de-
velopment is only conceivable" and
that TO bring it about everything in
woman environment must favor IL
and continue to favor Il.
Moreover, although the geological
vista is handsome concession" to
woman, the speaker admits that the
does not know how the change is to
be effected. 81 frankly own don't
know how the thing is to be worked
or VINO is going to be responsible"
And when women blamed men for
some or their limitations they did not,
ne was inclined to think, go to the
root of the matter.
PorSen had very wise and COM
prehensive oath" which he used when
strong language was necessary. II
was "D-n the nature of things"
and perhaps women should blame the
nature of things
Dame Nature had set limits "to any
very radical change in the funda-
mental relations of women to man.
and these were comparatively per-
manent, and therefore the relations
were essentially fundamental"
Before this the dramatist had dealt
with woman and her environment.
She, like all other animals" constant
ly changes in response to her environ
ment' and every great change in en-
Vlronment would produce a new type.
AND our new civilization was fast
producing different type Of man and
woman. The greatest change in tbe
attitude OF woman was that she was
becoming more and more the INTEL
lectual companion Of man."
In the theater women are necessar-
lily our companions and comrades. -
Thls was true, but to a lesser extent
in journalism.
In fiction Mr.. Jones Acknowledged
Womans superiority. Doubtless in
this particular art" he says. they
nave always been our superiors
though the talent has generally been
exercise rather in the practical con-
Germs or life than in writing novels -
1t was pity that some types Of
woman were doomed to extin ton not
because too low for our Civilization
put rather because they were away
from It, perhaps even too high for n
Already Jane Austen's women.
Dickens Dora and Agnes, Thackeray's
Amelia George Eliot's Mrs. Poyser
and their counterparts in real life
are passing away"
One type OF woman he would be
especially sorry TO see disappear-tb~
type OF Portia and Brutus' wife 81
nope nature will sit tight, stick fast.
and Keep on producing Portals"
hnal word of advice Mr.. Jones
gave which conveyed "a gentle adj
monition to journalists, to dramatists
ana TO aiter-dinner speakers. Ruskiv
says The world only goes on bv
reason of the Silent virtue in IT. Nav
'hat stock of silent virtue increase"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
A Snlar PInvnc

On one accession Sam Berger. the
DraWny manager of James J. Jeffries,
was in small California town. sound
ing some Of the residents as to the
possibility Of holding a prize fight.
The local police force, a clownisb-
looking individual with huge badge.
heard Of Sans Investigations.
You can't hold no prize fight in
this here town." said the police force.
threatening1y, in his best "I-be-the-
marshal" tones. at is agin the law,
and / won't stand for it."
"Aw, beat It," said Berger in disgust.
What do you know about law? why,
your very appearance in public is a
misdemeanor
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
A new LIST OF
40 "BEST POEMS"
Ihose hemorized in School Today ne
Not Include Old Favorites

ne present. is almost universally
recognized as bafreR-age as regards
poetry The great Veterans ozt..
PASSED and have left no Successors IF
equal IaIne and possible chances for
immortality The twentieth centurv
PROMISES 10 be an era of fact and prac-
ticaI achievements so brilliant as 70
oe' temporarily at least, SATISFYING
III is nevertheless, gratifying To nota
lhat even IN what we have groun az
0ustoihed TO admit is a prosafc age or
at least the ageS of prose. poetry il
not neglected among the Influences
mat shape the education of Vouth II
the schools OF New York. and nerbons
III those OF most cities and towns a.
nleIhorlzlng of standard SeIections
from the poets is a part of the sanco.
tive formula. 0u"c%
now far time and taste have changed
may readily be seen by. a comnarisos
Vi the school readers Of TODAY and
lhose In use a quarter or half cepturv
ago. This change is made more strik-
ing by noting, for instance. the titles
OF the 40 poems prescribed nv tbs
BOARD of education of a Western citv
10 be memoriZed by the pupils in their
passage through the various grades
among the poems in the list the fnclu-
SION OF number not to be found in
the older readers will be most notice
aDOle to the middle-aged or aged read.
er OF today. Such are "Wynken. RIvn-
ken, and Nod" my Shadow" "Sonos
OF Ireetop and Meadow" "The FJag
Goes BY" "October's Bright Blue Weao
me. tler' Flower in the Crannied Wall +"
Inc Recessional.' 20 Captain, Nv Can
Ialn' and The Battle Hymn of the
hepubllc." Other selections. such as
BED I'm Summer" "The Counternana y
ana September" are still less famil.
lar TO those whose school DAYS are
now far behind them
Perhaps even more striking than the
inclusion of newer poems is the omis-
sion or old favorites to be found in
almost every American reader a gem
erauen ago. such as ''Thanatopsiss>I
MISS Mitfcrd's "Rienzi," Gray's "El-
egg, Byron's Waterloo" and Songs
OF the Greek Bard" Collins "Ode ON
me Passions" Hoods Bridge of
signs and Songs of the Shirt" Ma
caulay's "Horatius at the Bridge" and
Battle of Ivry." Millions "I'AIIegro''
ana II Pepseroso." Such omissions
IN a list of poems to be made the
permanent possession Of school chill
dren by memOrizing are difficult to
York World.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14

American who realizes that n railroad
connections west OF Buffalo were shut
on we Mould have bread riots from
PortlandA Me-. TO Jacksonville, Fla.
AnotheA thing In Denmark Is the
custom offaxing and selling land by
the Hart form" which Is a unit OF
productivity rather than OF area. This
productivity OF the land is reappraised
every five hears. and is the basis OF
all legal Ind popular estimates OF
land valuel Such a custom should
interest public that for two genera
tons has accepted a homestead law
which places 100 acres OF Florida cell
cry land Sufficient to support the
members of the United States Senate
and their families) upon a par with
a quarter section in eastern Colorado.
where goat would require a motor
cycle to CLEAN a living.-Miio Hast
ings, in New York American.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
The BLACK ROSE
NEWEST THING NOW
Triumph of Botanical Chemistry. but
Who Would Want One.

The inventor of a process for grow
ing black roses naturally takes pride
IN MS achievement. The black rose
is new in Horticulture. Nature. within
the knowledge of man, has produced
no rose of that color, and the black
rose, If it is a shapely fuIl-grown
mower, viii be cordially received. Ii
IL nave the perfume OF the garden
rose, It's value will be greater. Some
OF the most esteemed roses of the
florists shops are almost odorless
the inventor OF the black rose is TO
be congratulated Black diamonds and
brown ones are esteemed far above
their intrinsic value Mr. Burbanks'
horticultural hybrids are highly priz-
ed. 1t will not do, in this scientific
era, to condemn the gardener or agrf-
culturist for using his wit and art to
produce freaks in defiance of nature
The freakish tendencies of nature
are now too well understood. The
cunning Of man cannot Guido them
Only nature has not yet produced q
black rose, and the first of its kind
will surely command a high price IN
the market for curiosities.
The utility of black rose Is oues-
uonabie. It viii never satisfy the
ere IKE the red. yellow or white rose:
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-14
AMERICAN WOMAN
BEST EUROPEANS
Mssners Coed. Which Is More Than
Caa BE said 81 Men

In reply TO Pennsylvania" allow
nae 60 say that l fear he Is only ex-
casing himself for his deficiencies In
good breeding by saying that the man
nars OF American women are not as
good as those az Europeans ETC.. and
tn2t American women do not thank
men for seats given them in the cars.
i have watched particularly to see If
this could be the case, and out of about
500 instances land am sorry TO say
II has taken a long time to count 500
Offering their places in cars to womeE)
/ have seen but two cases where the
woman did not thank the man. One
was the case of a woman who was evil
IDENTITY of the newly rich cisment. who
took a seat without GLANCE at the
poor man who gave IL; the other a
young girl too timd and too bashful
TO speak. In all other cases I have
seen only gratitude and politeness.
Let me suggest method to the man.
II he really would like to be polite.
which have had practiced i'm my own
case several times. The man very
politely has said TO me. Madam. won't
you take my seatg in the meantime
keeping his seat. If he has been an
elderly man, as is usually the case.
nave uCSStN MN WIN lnanhS TO re-
tain il, but he has always risen when
he saw that l wanted TO be a lady.
1t is not the young who are polite
enough TO offer this courtesy TO a wo-
man as q rule. The young men and
boys usually not only keep their seats.
but stare at a woman Indignantly if
she happens TO hit their paper or their
feet, or hit half-smOked and reeking
cigar. This very morning / stood in
block in the subway in front of
strong athletic looking fellow until l
feared | might have TO ask him. be-
cause of faintness, to rise and give me
his seat but | was thankful to get
through my journey without asking a
favor of so rude a person.
There are two sides to this question.
Many men are not able to stand. and
all certainly have the right to keen
their seats if they choose. but when
man who evidently processes to be
gentleman, who has associated with
Europeans, comes back to this country
and maintains that the women of this
country do not in general thank the
gentleman who rises to give a woman
a seat, ii is a falsehood too great to
go without a denial.-New York Sun.