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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-03


Russian lessons. and ever there had
been constantly in his mind the
thought that this was her language
and that, II he should ever meet her
again. he would be able to talk with
her in her own tongue.
Now. however. he was distracted by
the scowling faces OF the early vii
layers whom he met on the streets.
The raft-like ferry was crowded, and
he noticed that the passengers drew
away from himself and Mordecai. as
though fearing some contagion. These
people muttered. repeating the words.
1.-THE jew, The Jew!" with a loathing
and fear such as Hardy had never
heard put into human speech before.
As uttered by them the word itself
become an epithet OF hate and super
stitious horror. the most opprobrious
insult that could be hurled at a fellow
creature.
Hardy glanced at Mordecai His
companion stood silent. looking down.
nervously clasping one hand In the
other. the collar OF his long cloak
turned up about his ears Once he
looked up. a fieeting glance. and there
was a baleful light, half hate. half fear.
in his reddish-brown eyes.
On the country road which they
took after leaving the ferry. they
passed several telegas, or long
wagons, coming into town, and Hardy
observed that the drivers OF these
also eyed him and his companion
with looks of loathing. and again he
heard, above the rattle of the wheels.
that ancient cry of hate, The Jew!
The Jew!"
They sat down beneath a tree on
the side of a hill commanding a view
of the town and the winding Shilka.
up whose rapid current a steamer was
now shouldering its way. leaving be-
hind a trailing plume OF black smoke
of incredible size They conversed In
Russian for awhile, Mordecai skill
fully leading the dialogue, without any
reference to the unpleasant incidents
OF the morning. When, however.
Hardy arose at last to return to the
shore, the Jew said:
you have made great progress. my
dear pupil You will now be able to
get along by yourself. or by the help
of a Russian teacher. who does not
know any English"
II do not desire to make a change"
replied Hardy; II am more than sat
isfled with my present teacher"
Nevertheless" insisted Baruch,
"the time has come when II will be
no longer safe for you to go on with
me. have wanted to speak OF this
for several days, but II has been so
pleasant to me to have the society Of
a human being here in this country of
wolves and dogs that have not been
able to bring myself to the point. Be-
sides, need the money that you pay
me. l greatly fear that another Jew.
ish persecution is about to break out
| have seen the storm brewing for
some time. II IL were not for my
old mother, for whose sake came
back to this aocursed country, ! would
quietly leave. At any rate, there is
no need OF your becoming involved In
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-03
CHAPTER xxtii.
The Hated Jew.

The Hated Jew.
Ono morning. as Hardy was busy
at his desk in the rear of the principal
room OF the store, Vasili came and
stood beside him. smiling supercili-
ously.
Are there many Jews in America"
he asked.
Hardy, believing that this was sim
ply another attempt on the part OF his
clerk to take an English lesson, re-
piled sharply:
Il don't know. Don't talk to me
now. please. I'm busy"
But Vasili. contrary to his custom.
when he was coolly received, per
sisted:
The Jews are very numerous in
Russia. They are much hated by the
Christians. They crucifed our
Saviour and they sacrifice young chill
dren TO their heather rites"
This was rather an extended effort
for Vasili, and. though 1t had a de-
cided Ollendorfian ring. there was
something in his manner that indi-
Gated a deeper purpose than the mere
desire to profit by his superior's Eng.
lish.
NONSENSE" exclaimed Hardy with
irritation. Il have no patience with
any such folly. That is all an idle
superstition unworthy TO be enter.
tanned by a man Of your intelli-
gence."
Nonsense. is it?" sneered Vasill.
My father hates the Jews. and my
uncle hates them worse than my IA
Their. Do the Americans love the
Jews?"
NO, they do not love them, neither
do they hate them. Some OF our best
citizens are Jews. There IS no such
thing as religious persecution in
America. Any man is respected in
that country who earns his living hon
estly."
Vasili went about his work, but re-
turned later with the remark:
The people of this town want the
Jews to go. They do not understand
why you are seen so much with the
Jew. Mordecai. II might be dangerous
for you, II there should be trouble.
Some say that you are an American
Jew"
Hardy dropped his pen and looked
up with interest. A slight flush, a red
spot. crept into his cheek.
You may tell my esteemed and
somewhat meddlesome neighbors, for
me-" he drawled that / am neither a
Jew nor a Choctaw Indian. and that
when I need their advice in my priv
ate affairs. shall caN them in"
Il am a Russian" persisted Vasili;
do you love Jews better than Rus
sians7"
my dear Vasili, when you persist
in making a nuisance of yourself, as
at present, am quite sure that like
the Jews better than the Russians, or,
at least, than some Russians. If you
have anything to do, will you kindly
go about il? / never felt better able
to endure your absence than at this
very instant"
Vasili moved away. smiling. but II
was an evil smile.
Hardy returned to his accounts and
tried to dismiss his clerks remarks
from his mind. He succeeded for the
time being. as the work before him
was engrossing, but later in the day
the Russians observations persistent
ly required to him, and caused him
considerable annoyance. He fancied
that the retail trade had been falling
on somewhat. and wondered II this
were a result of the Russian lessons
with the Jew. The next morning he
took long walk with Mordecai, cross
ing the ferry that is ingeniously run
by the force of the rivers current,
and struck out into the hills. Hitherto
he had been deeply absorbed in the
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
OZON & AND FUN
The Houseboot Supplies Both
at Minimum Rates.

a houseboat saved the lives of the 'Blue
Mouse" company At least that's what the
members say. Last summer, when toIr.d
weather was approaching and the players
in this popular piece were beginning 10
think wistfully of mountains and seas ana
woods, the sad news was broken to them
that they would be required to tread the
boards through the summer. The play was
too popular No one knows what might
have happened if some one hadn't been
inspired to say: ''We'I have u houseboat
on the Harlem River. Wen go straight
out there every night from the theatre, and
come back the next day only when we
have to- This they did. a big touring
car called al the stage door OF the Lyric
Theatre each night after the performance
and took the eight members of the troupe
to their home on the water, where the rest
and the good air keyed them up for an
other evening in the hot theatre
1t was Pierre LoriIlard who introduced
hcuseboating into America as a recreation
He did it on a grand scale with a boat
that was a marvel of luxury and a stable
boat for horses, carriages and stablenen
10 boot But the beauty OF houseboarng IS
that almost any old tub will do to have
a good time in, just it contains the
necessa ries of living and will keep afloat-
New York is said to contain more enthusi-
asts on hOusebOats to-day than any Other
American city. But then, New York is
wa surrounded city. and the spots where
an ideal sumner may be spent in house
boat are legion in its reighhorhood. Up
near New Rochelle. for instance, condi-
ticns for houseboating are almost perfect,
and many are the persons who take ad-
vantage of them. One of the most charm
ing hoUseboats there is the Sylvia, for the
owner, a woman, loves flowers and has
fOUrshing garden in the stern OF her boat,
where she spends much time cultivating her
pinks and verbenas and Dasturtiums.
It goes without saying that a houseboat
may cost almost anything one may choose
or be able to make il cost but a rather
spacious one can be built for I0l0. For
this sum it can be equipped with dining
room. kitchen, bathroom and two or three
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Paris, July 13.
The last week has been rich in fetes for
the benefit of the various charities, and
has given young girls a chance to be more
conspicuous than they are apt to be in the
French smart world The performance
given on Friday at the Theatre Marigny
for the benefit OF the ''Aiguille Francaise
and under the patronage OF the Duchesse
d'JTzes. was originally intended for an out
of-doors programme under the green trees
of Pre- Catalan, but the continued bad
weather made it seem wiser to transfer the
affair TO the coquettish interior of the
popular theatre on the Champs Elysees. The
programme, which consisted of an act from
That's sung by members of the Opera
COmique. a oue-act play given by the mem
bers of the Theatre Francais, and an act
of Renaldo Hahn's new and popular ballet.
was a great success; the audience was
numerous and drawn from the smart world
and programmes. decorated and signed by
names great in the artistic and literary
world, were literally bought.
Some dozen young girls were in charge
of the selling of the programmes, and they
all wore gowns extremely pretty and suit
able for les jeunes files. Gowns worn by
women OF all ages below that which brings
embonpoiut are now youthful in cut that
it seems difficult TO reserve any mode that
shall belong exclusively to the young girl,
but The French dressmakers have evolved
a style of gown so simple that ii suit
only young girl and yet made with such
elegance of line that it cannot become
commonplace.
In one case it was made of a silk crepe,
with a duh surface in a rather bright
shade OF rose pink. The sleeves were long,
and the entire blouse. including the sleeves,
was made of fchU-ike folds Of the stuff,
some of these making the fulness over the
tops of the sleeves and over the bust, and
all falling into a round belt Of black nous
seIine de sole. knitted one side with
Iong ends. The Ssirt was fulled at the
waist, and fell in absolutely straight folds.
The only trimming was a band about the
hem made of the stuff, shirred into three
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The anti-kissins leagues may find aid IN
an unexpected quarter, II the rest OF the
world follows Paris in the fashion Of roug-
ing the lips till they are ruddier than the
r,iddiest cherry With lips in such fun
bloom kissing is obviously impossible.
Even those who admire the crimson would
rot wish TO have it transferred from other
lips 10 their own. while a rnustache aicked
with color would be dead giveaway.
The lectures on the danger OF overeating
&c which the public has been treated OF
late years have not only grown a tr!fs
wearisome. but are also trife dangerai-A
No doubr many idle and well-to-do people
CO eat too much. but there are larger
numbers of people also who Systematically
undereat Especially is this true Of
women, There are lonely women TO whom
something on q tray seems less Gesolate
than properly spread meal to which
they have TO sit down alone. There are
vain ones. too. not a few. who dread
sfouta - above everything else. ana there
are poor ones. wao hate to spend money
food when they want other things
hats. gloves. books or theatre tickets-so
much more. To all these various members
OF the starving brigade any references u
the danger of overeatinz 10 an ineitsnsal
10 continuance in evildoinE
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and Mrs Russell were put out OF the
chamber. They lay three nights az my
Lady Staffords, but are now returned
again to their wonted waiting Henry
VIII appears TO have found his courtiers
rather more than he could manage on one
occasion. for We hear of his reminding six
teen of the gentlemen of his household OF
the sober and temperate order that M
highness would have them use TO his hiSnr
nesss chamber of presence and the
Queens"
TIE duties of court ladies have changed
considerably in these latter days, and. al
Though sufficiently arduous still. must be
less trying than in times past Take. for
instence, the dressing of the Queen In for
mer days. We read how the Bedchamber
Lady took the shift first and then passed
1T TO the Bedchamber Woman. who put IL
on the Queen When her majesty washed
herself the ever and basin were brought
in by the Page OF the Back Stairs. and the
Bedctamber Woman poured the water out
while the Bedchamber Lady looked on
When the Queen was ready to put her
shoes on neither the Bedchambsr Woman
ncr the Bedchamber Lady could assist her.
but the Page OF the Back Stairs was again
called In and he officiated.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
WHEN THE BABY CRIES
It Is Trying to Speak, and Parents
Should Try to Understand.

vigorous protest against treating the
is entered by Florence Hull Winterburn in
the July number Of The American Baby"
We assume" she says, that when the
baby cries he needs to be hushed Just a
If the noise he makes were a sort Of auto
matte cresking from loosened screws. He
is taken up. and jerked up and down or
rocked to distract his attention and fairly
hulied into silence. II really seems as II
we might give baby credit for a little sense;
his note OF trouble may mean something
after all"
The baby's cries. Mrs Winterburn as
serts. arc the baby's language, and we
Ought TO take some pains TO learn what
il means. "A lusty, vigorous cry" she
asserts. indicates temper and wifuness."
and is never heard until the baby has
learned TO be angry, either through seeing
signs Of III temper III others Or through
icing unnecessarily thr1crted In his nat
ural impulses. Suffering ha. IT'S charac-
teristic :lotc, and there is the sharp cry
Of pain. varying from the full. loud cry
of collie 10 the terrible. sharp, sudden shrek
indlca ting brain trouble. Catching, breath
less cries. accompanied with q flushed face
and hurried breathing. indicate some trou-
bic OF the lungs. Whimpering and fretful-
ness suggest intestinal disorders"
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rome 6Uays of the tg/orld

this high figure the men will buy from the
boys. not necessarily caddies, at 10 or Is
cents each balls that have been found and
which are new in each instance. Often
these boys are the caddies' younger broth
ers. At all events the lads have a pool
and divide the profits. Boys not related to
caddies, who find and sell balls, are
charged by the caddies for the privilege of
coming on the links for this purpose. The
golfer further stated that In his own expe-
rience he never had caddy lose an old
golf ball, but that only the newest and
best would disappear, and these often On
the fair green, If he turned his head away
after the hail had stuck the ground. He
has watched the caddies approach The head
caddy and tell the number of balls they
have found and name price, the head
caddy shaking his head, too high" To
meet the boys and get the balls the head
caddy goes out quite late to play few
holes. and then does his bargaining From
him and even from their own caddies golf
ers will buy these balls. thus putting pre-
mium on dishonesty. The only remedy is to
revert to rule at one time common to
many links. which is that any ball found
by a caddy on a round becomes the proper
ty of the golfer he is caddyine for.
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HeaHb and Beauty

Summer is trying time for the COM
pleXion, not so much because of climatic
conditions as because of the habits OF life
that are naturally adopted at that season.
The rigors OF winter are just as bad as the
heat OF summer. but people do not expose
themselves TO chill winds all day long as
they do to sunburn. They do not play golf
and tennis in winter nor rush about the
country in the clouds of dust raised by
motor cars. nor do they expose themselves
SO much To the smoke and cinders OF rail-
way trains The moral Of all this is that II
the care of the complexion is ever TO be
remitted il ought not 10 be in summer. but
this is just the time when the skin is most
likely 10 be neglected. The interruption OF
the regular routine OF life. absence from ac
customed conveniences, absorption IN good
times of various sorts-all tempt to the
omission of those daily rites which Jealous
beauty seekers will no more omit even
under the most unfavorable circumstances
than the devotee will omit her prayers.
Poor humanity IS constantly running into
new dangers. Now it is the juxtapoSition
OF imitation tortoise shell combs with hair
tonic against which we are warned. The
alcohol in the tonic has an affinity for
something in the combs. it appears. and so
great is the warmth of the meeting that
singed hair is likely to be the result
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
BABIES IN GLOVER
Little Tenement F0k 4re
Guests of Mrs. 4Idr1ch.

Peter didn't lock like anything in the
world but large, round hole, crater with
a rim of red wrinkled skin and a scant
growth of f,lzz at one edge. And when you
were not looking at Peter he impressed you
as a noise steady, wailing noise that
went to ones heart There really was more
Of Peter hidden under a little white crlo
spread; more but not much, for Peter is
moor little Inarasmus baby, and when the
nurse lifts him he is lighter in her arms
than the two weeks old baby in the next
crib.
The nurse Miss Alice Calder, seemed 10
take the crying quite calmly. although two
other red craters above two other crlp
spreads were also emitting yells- When a
startled visitor asked if there wasn't dan
ger of their breaking something in their
little insides she shook her head and went
right on with her task of making Ethel
aged three-the belle of the establishment
neat for the evening meal
1T won't hurt them,'' she said, calmly.
You know. a really sick baby doesn
cry
But what makes these babies cry so?'
..Thev're not well trained, said the
nurse. glancing comp rassionately at the I"o
weeks old mite who had heat plmpleS, IN
addition to his other woes. Ihey COME
from homes where they're allowed TO feed
at anv and all times, and here we nave
regular hours for feeding them Untll lhey
get used to il they howl
Here was a very nice sort OF place,
which seemed part playroom, part nursery
anG part hospital 1t was, in short, the sec
ond floor of the home of Mrs hlchafd
Aldrich, at No. 81 West 18th street. the
home she has turned into hospital this
summer for little sick children whose moth
ers go out to work.
Ethel always has TO be fixed up for
snpper." said the nurse, tying a pink DOW
to the blond locks. while Ethel mutely i'm
plored the visitor to observe her SHINING
new shoes She's a true woman, Ethel
is" At this point the nurse dropped Ethel
and the conversation, and went preclpltate-
ly 70 the northeast corner of the room
Mamie the occupant of the northeast cflp,
had awakened from her nap rather cross
and didn't care who knew it.
Mamie soothed the nurse brought in milk
and bread and fruit for the o'clock sup
ner while the oldest little girl. sweet
faced child of nine, went about tying bihs
on the younger children. They didn't need
anv summoning to supper, though they had
had oounteous breakfast. plenty of lunch
con and something to eat in the middle OF
the afternoon. In fact, Ethel had already
appropriated a piece of bread and had 1t
taken away from her because grace WASH t
said yet.
At last the nurse bowed over the little
heads bent above their bowls Of milk.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
ROYAL HOUSEHOLDS
They Haze Not Al7oays Radi-
ated SreetRess and Light.

The organization of the household of
King George and Queen Mary is bringing
forth crop of interesting anecdotes of
court life in bygone days. Peace and good
Will DO not seem to have aourshed greatly
a royal courts. according to the reminis-
cences collected by The Ladies Field. =
Lord Worcester. writing OF the court Of
Anne of Denmark, Queen of James l. re-
marks that the malice and plotting
among the maids of honor We're so great
that he thought that envy had tied an in
visible snake about their necks to sting
each other TO death"
Sometimes 1t must be admitted. the eX-
ample set TO the court ladies by their royal
miStresses was none of the best. Queen
Elizabeth was notorious for her violent
temper, and her ladies had bad time OF
it The Queen hath of late" wrote Row
land Whyte, used the fair Mrs. Bridges
with words and blows of anger and she
New-York tribune., 1910-07-24
Co6yr,s for the Jeu11e File.
French Dress makers Have Evolved Style
Which He4- Youthful Mother Cannot Wear.

il was made of velvet was a third There
have been more changes in millinery the
last ten days than in gowns. Hat brims
are growing softer in outline, crowns are
growing lower. although the effect is high
and light owing to the nlassing of very
light trimming the crown. Velvet and
felt hats are already appearing. These
materials are. of course, only foundations,
and the trimming that lies on them is very
light and airy Midsummer is bringing out
a few wide brimmed leghorn hats trimmed
heavily with flowers. but unless designed
for simple country toilets these are best
veiled with lace or tule. One handsome
Ieghorn hat worn the afternoon in question
had the entire brim. inside and outside,
trimmed with black Chantilly lace. laid
fiat against the straw. On the top of the
crown was perched a wide wired bow of
black lace, which really covered the entire
hat.
Curlously. few tailored costumes. even
the most elaborate, are worn at afternoon
functions. Everything seems to be a gown
covered by a long wrap, and there is in
finite variety in the wraps. Many of these
have the Japanese suggestion in the way
of sleeves and the loose back, the fulneSS
of which is generally fastened in with a
half belt of some trimming. Black Liberty
satin and surah are popular materials, and
there is generally a trimming of a con-
trasting color. The decoration may be the
popular sailor collar and turn-up cuffs in
blue or green silk, it may consist of
bright rose or blue embroidery outlining
the two points of the decolletage.
Transparent wraps, thin stuff such as
lace, net mousseline de sole over a col
ored lining as thin as the original material.
represent the popular summer idea in out
of-door garments Nothing is more modish
than black net. embroidered or not. as one
wishes, over moire silk, in one of the
.modish shades of green. blue or petunia-
E NJ.
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rows of cords. The bodice was finished by
euimpe of yellow lace
The broad brimmed hat that completed
this toilet had the low crown encrcled by
a thick band OF pink roses. On the top of
the crown was an immense bow of black
tuiie falling over and yelling the pink
Aaother gown was of geranium pink
falling into bodice belt of white English
embroidery. The whole gown was hung
over an undergown of heavy white Eng
ESh embroidery, which showed through the
thin stun. The big hat OF pink velvet had
an inside capote of white embroidered
muslin, and the whole top was yelled with
White sold-embroidered tulle.
This costume simple as it was. had sew
eral new features. The absolute simplicity
OF the gown was one. the yelled hat was
another. while the fact that at midsummer
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For this good bread and milk she
said.
For zis dood bwead an nai'k,' repeated
the children
May the Lord make us truly thank
full
''Twuly fankful," lisped the children.
And make us good boys and girls
''Dood boys an dirls''-
For Jesus sake, amen finished Miss
Calder.
Then the spoons began to ciatter.
Anybody who is taken out to spend most
Of the day in Riverside Park is likely TO be
hungry.
Back in his crib, Peter, having been fed.
ceased from troubling for awhile and lay
with the cavern closed and curious pom
dering look on his face, the old. old face
OF the marasmus baby,
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sleeping rooms and an upper deck with
an awning cover, the whole being about
forty feet in length This sum would
cover the cost OF furniture and cook stove.
Such a boat pays for itself in a couple
of seasons, If the owner cares TO rent il,
for il would bring $5c0 a summer
Sheepshead Bay is alive with houseboats.
Some are rented ny parties of friends who
so TO town every day for business. They
share in the expenses OF rental and food
and can do II easily for from IS to so a
week apiece. which is certainly cheap for
so much ozone and fun.
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FREE TO WOMEN.

st the weekly entertainment of the
Young Womens Christian Association
summer school tomorrow evening Miss
Minnie C. Vesey will give negro and South
ern sketches. All women and girls will be
welcome.