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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17

We have rectnly written in these
columns of the regrcttably passive at
titude toward the subject of manners
on the part Of many well-bred Amer
cans resulting, as II does. in a great
impairment OF the function which
breeding should have in civilization.
weak indifference to the INVASION OF
the peace and happiness Of society by
the vulgar. selfish, or unframed is not
a small or negligible matter. There is.
however, another point of view from
which the daily intercourse Of the
world becomes of even larger moment.
the effect that our attitude toward
such behavior may have upon imni-
grants in their relation to our political
standards.
At the gate OF the new world what
is the first lesson the migrants learn d?
Is il the fundamental one of rcSpCCl
for the larger rights Of others. Of
which we bOast2 Is il not rather one
Of diSrCspeCt for the minor rights Of
courtesy and pOhtenCSS? DO not false
motions of equality very soon rob
their respectful demeanor and speech
OF Its bloom? This being the case.
how can we expect them 90 discrimi-
nate i'm The scope of their Indifference
between minor and major rights?
The societies that are bravely and
dcVOteGlN at work among the INN,
grant clats, in their endeavor to bring
it into cousOnance with the best Amer
lean standards. may well consider ~,
value to their work of beginning with
the teaching, or the CONSERVING. o.
simple good manners. An Italian
from the BaSilicata may know little
and may bC qualified TO lcavn httl.
more of the American system Of
government. hut he knows i0stluCtivc-
~ the part that manners play in life.
and usually or arriving affords a bet
ter example of respect for others than
MS American DCighhOr. To cSta bliSN
respectful intercourse among all re-
SDect toward the humble as we'll as
from the humble-is to take the first
important step toward making the i'm
migrant a valuable American citizen.
Century.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
Pay of Professors.

President Faunce, of Brown Uni
versity, at a dinner of the alumni Of
that institution the other day, spoke
synpathetically of the work Of the
college professor, whose real bust
ness he declared TO he mot to stuff
the students mind with information
but TO train the intellect TO Crap
pie with and analyze complex situa-
tion." That this important business
is Ill paid he illustrated by telling Of
a question and its answer. IF you
won't take offense said a rich man
TO a college professor. what salary
do you receiver" Twelve hundred
dollars" was the reply. Why" re-
piled the rich man, that is just what
| pay my chauffeur, except that when
take him out of town l pay all his
expenses" Then DIR. Faunce asked
his audience. Can we afford to pay
our chauffeurs as much as we pay the
men who educate our sons?" 1t was
a pertinent question, tellingly put
Which should have the greater re-
ward-the man who drives an auto
mobile or the man who trains the in
tellect for the tasks of life ?-Colum-
bus State.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
She FOresees CatastrophiesL.-

Nine. Thebes, the seeress who was
discovered and made famous by the
younger Alexander Dumas about
thirty years ago, still has a tremend-
GUS following in Paris, and her repu-
tatlon VIII not suffer among the
credulous from the disastrous record
that is now being made by the floods
all along the valley of the Seine
Nine. ThebeS came near enough to
predicting something of the kind in
the almanac which she published at
the beginning of the year, for in il
she announced that France soon was
to be the target OF an unusual and
disastrous visitation of the heaV-
ems. he thousands who believe in
her find almost satisfaction in the
present carrying out of her prophecy.
II is worthy OF note that Nine
Thebes never fortells pleasant things.
What is the use?'' she asks. Hap
piness does not need to be announced
and does not have to be aVoidedsh
Nine. 1hebes today is a highly dis
tguished looking woman. Her hair
is gray and she usually affects a tight
fitting dress of black velvet with a
huge train. The rates at which she
doleS out her gloomy forebodings
range from So for morning inter
view to 81 in the afternoon, the ex-
PLANTATION being that the psyhic power
Is strongest in the morning, and
Madame can then deScry a wider field
of future disaster for the edification
of her clients. a prediction OF the
San Francisco earthquake is popu-
larly credited to Nine. Thebes and
she forecees another serious catastro-
phe of America this year. For the
world in general sorrows unending
are to come. and our France, which
has Wept so much, is still to weep
many tears" Ordinary individuals
are warned that Monday will be a
day TO be avoided, while Saturday will
be lucky and "all persons wishing
success should not neglect the OBJ
opportunities this day will grant All
persons born on July 81 and August
FL are fortunate. and for them 1910
has in store pleasant surprises. -
New York Press.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
GAYETY OF NATIONS
THE REAL ISSUE
Would BE Only Thing Conserved by
Representation of Vacations.

DR.. Felix Alder. OF the Society of
Ethical Culture, is not generally re-
puted humorist But if he makes
claim 20 being such and homes TO sue
coed to the place so long occupied by
mark Twain, he made a good begin
ming by his suggestion that we should
be represented in Congress and in
state legislatures not as men, but as
FARMERS. merchants. labor unionist
and the like. He would have each
group elect its representatives and
then fight matters out with the repre-
sentatives Of other groups
DIR. Alder, having said this much.
should have further elaborated his
plan. How many groups would he
have thus specially represented &?
There are a thousand or more pursuits
IoIlowed in this country. Would each
nave representative. and il not what
ones would be DISTINGUISHED? What
would be the allotment OF representa-
uonT Would the preachers have as
many representatives as the farmers?
would the labor unionists have more
or FEWER votes than the merchants in
the vocation Congress? What a lovely
harmony would exist, IL, under this
group theory, a coalition, say of the
plum bers and the bankers should push
biIts through over the protests Of the
hoqseSmiths union and the mer-
ch9nts. France could not get along
with three estates DR.. Alder would
have perhaps a hundred estates.
Dr. Alder complains that we have
not yet attained democracy. and i'm
plies that he is one of the few men
understanding what democracy is
Notwithstand his his illumination.
however. he does not seem to have
laid hold OF the principle that demo
cracy. like religion, emphasizes the re-
sem biances rather than the differences
or men-that we are more alike as hu-
man beings than we are dissimilar as
lawyers merchants, farmers. laboring
men, and the like, and that. therefore
IN government affairs IL is more inn
portant to be represented as men than
as possesSors of this or that piece of
property or this or that bit Of infor-
mation.-New York Globe
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
Hail TO the Cranberry.

II is strange report that several
or our counsulS make, that people
In England, France and Germany will
not eat cranberries. They turn up
their noses at this hardy and delicious
delicacy, and decline to be charmed
by its red allurement or by the sweet
tang of its flavor. This report comes
in the very fact OF estimates that the
cranberry crop OF Cape Cod and OF
other tracts in the United States SINH
larly blessed, is to excel the record In
both quantity and quality. That Is
we'll. Surely the appreciative home
market can absorb all of this tooth
some production. If it's flavor Is not
appreciated across the Atlantic, 1t is
to be remembered that re gustibus
non disputandum. The statisticians
of commerce can ROMAN tranquil
There is no accounting for tastes
There is little demand over here for
haggis, yet Scotland takes no offense
Efforts to popularize the snail have
met but Indifferent response; but the
french offer no retaliation. Ger
many is calm, even when Americans
turn away from the scent of one Of
its most adored cheeses. There can
be no international retaliations on a
question of the palate. Nevertheless
and Notwithstanding, hail to the cram
berry.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
DishNrnshinr ne nm Art

How many housewives can truly be
said to understand the art of dish
washing, when judged by the stand
ard set by the versatile Uncle Sam /?
Under his watchful eye dishes that
had been washed in the popular man
ner by swabbing with an ordinary
dishrag wore compared with those
that had been treated to an applica-
ton OF hot water and carbonate of
soda. then a thorough rinsing in hot
water, and a final wiping with a towel
that had been sterilized by consign-
ment TO boiling water since il had
been used before.
The latter method left the dishes
practically as tenantless Of all bac-
terra as the Deserted Village" while
the ordinary procedure allowed to re-
main unscathed many organisms can
able Of creating quite a disturbance
in a human interior.
Uncle Sam further points out that
while. IL shows a disposition to a
cleanliness and n regard for the rules
of the board OF health on the part
OF the housewife to wash her milk
'Cttlos WHOM tNcy- boc0r,>o er,7ntv. n Is
equally important that they be thor
oughly rinsed in hot water before the
cover is removed in the morning. This
ia seldom done. II is lamented. Notice
the milk bottle some morning as il is
delivered. The usual thing for a
housewife to do when she receives
her mornings supply OF milk is to
look thankfully at the little white cap.
the badge Of sterilization. and give
praise that she can depend upon the
purity of the tactical fluid. She pours
forth the contents OF the bottle right
over the unwashed rim, and the bac-
terra leap gleefully into the milki
SO Uncle Sam says, Wash your
milk bottles. before as we'll as after
using"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
Shopping in PariS.

What are those little gold pin
GERS ," asks reporter.
They are used to pick up letters
you have put on the letter scales"
And that ivory stick carved and
forked ct the end?"
People use it to fish out things
they have dropped into carafes."
That square of morocco about the
size OF a hut?"
It's tampon used to press down
stamps after sticking them on en-
yeiopes."
THAT shell roller?"
ITO hatten out the corners of photo
graphs"
Inat ornamental boz with a whole
battery OF tiny brushes
brushes; brushes clean hair
brushes. brushes to clean tooth
brushes, brushes to clean nail-brushes
etc"
Those Russia-leather tubes?"
"Eye-protecJors to look at colored
photograph projecting in rooms ad-
joining lighted rooms"
THAT tiny dolls IunneI?"
indispensable to pour perfumes
into the walls in travelling cases."
And that jigamaree OF com
plicated little silver sleeves?
"A novelty; it's cleaner to take off
spots OF ink on lead pellets"
Lead pelletts?'
sure; the shot you put into those
little cups to stick penholders in at
ter using them"
The deuce! No one does that
nowadays"
mo. But they are easy to sell"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
PRESIDENT TAFT
And MUCKRAKERS
Philadelphia Furnishes Proof OF Fulfil
itY OF Exaggerated Criticism.

In an address to an association Of
magazine publishers, President Tai
In calm and logical argumei
demonstrated the uselessness 0.
present-day methods of hysterical
criticism of public officials. He show
ed clearly that the beneficial results
aimed at were nullifed on account OF
the senseless ferocity of attack. He
pointed out that undertaking has he
come so common recently that no su-
perlative is sufficiently strong to be i'm
presslVe; that writer's in an endeavor
10. go a rival one better have fine
too{hed -cOmbed the dictionary for
epitAets and that by reason of their
overhead criticisms both the public
ana the objects Of their verbal fusiI-
iadeS nave become callous to them.
GU controllers of public opinion"
said the President may hammer a
man into a state Of Indifference as to
what you say" This is undoubtedly
the truth, and he was also right when
ne added, I'm the end you will weaken
All your criticism and nobody is going
10 pay any attention TO it,"
For some time past philadelphia
mas had Just such examples of white
heated attacks. Through them the
city was for time piIloried through
out the county held up to ridicuIe an
object of scorn. GRADUALLY as the
criticisms WaXed fiercer and suDerIa-
tive was piled on superlative: as
charge after charge was made and NOT
proved; as reputation after reputation
was spiattered with editorial ink. the
thinking citizens of this city and those
not identified with II began to knit
their brows, scratch their heads, and
look Tor the Ethiopic gentleman in the
woodpile
The result was that i'm the last cleo
ton and in the recent primaries there
was exhibited a decided revulsion of
Keeling. Those who had sought to
sacrifice d great city's found that the
city they had tried to betray now
turned upon them. Sick Of the exag-
gerated undertaking. nauseated by the
maggoty mass OF improved charges
eno palpably untrue insinuations il re-
FUSED to believe anything because II
nsd discovered the animus behind
them.
! NO one imagines for a moment that
philadelphia is a perfectly governed
CITY But neither does any one for a
moment imagine that New York is or
Chicago. or ST. Louis. or San Fran
cisco, Milwaukee. Pittsburg, Jackson
Vile. or Pompton N. ]. But there
int the slightest question that II COM
pares favorably with the MOST OF them |
arc in many respects shows TO far bet |
'eT advantage. And thIs fact every |
.ninkin "A resident OF Philadelphia is |
20 understsAd--Philadel-
n. u
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
{ URNACE COMETS l.
ARE SOME CLASS
Somebody Told Allegheny Obserya-
tory on Them and They VamooScd.


tory on Them and They VamOoSed.
Thousands OF Pittsburg were star
tied last evening by the appearance
in the sky, almost on the meridian,
Of the large, cOmetary looking objects
when, Tor brilliance and durability Of
view, surpassed anything seen in this
region for years. And when it came
TO audacity, the like of them were
never even heard of before, the first
citizen who reported them to the
Gazette Times aVerring that they
were i'm the constellation CaSsiopeia
and were actually trying TO sit in the
chair of the proud wife of Cephus.
The comets were having the time
OF their lives, when somebody. more
alarmed than the rest. told the AL
ieSheuy observatory on them. What
followed was behind closed doors. but
the outcome was two very Shamed-
faced comets Sneaking from the sky
almost as suddenly as they had ap-
peared- Their reign of triumph had
lasted only from Z until 9 O'Clock.
when the observatory men gave their
snap" away.
1ney were. only "funace comets"
the light from the big furnaces of the
city being mirrored back by a pecu-
lar formation OF haze in the heavens
that had been frozen into cloudlet,
Or some such thing. Astronomers at
the observatory say such sights are
.reQuent, but they added that many
persons who have resided here for a
lifetime have never witnessed them.
conditions last evening, however,
were more favorable tor the pro-
ductiOn of furnace comets" and the
visitors on the occasion were remark
ably brilliant People were tele-
phonlnS to the Gazette Times office
tbOut the "phenomea" from all over
che city, and the lines 10 the obserVa-
tory also We're kept busy. Little
crowds were seen in the streets anu
IN me roots OF buildings watching
the comets
ordinarily, the haze is in a normal
temperature, SO that any light which
might be reflected from the furnaces
s 50 widely Giffused that il is seldom
seen. Last evening, however, the
haze was frozen, making the mass
much better reflector.
Comets, bah,
Celestial Notwithstanding
Gazette Times.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
DROPPING IN
ON THE SENATE
New Senator From North Dakota
Shows II Can BE DOne

Perhaps no one drops in at the
White mouse, but that is not true OIL
the Senate. The advent OF the new
senator from North Dakota was GER
ealnly the most casual in many years.
The Senate was surprised when
total stranger came in with some in
formal wrltlng you from the governor
of his State and demanded a seat.
40 one was aware that the seat was
vacant up to the moment when the
new senator arrived 10 claim It,
Inc chlot wonder IL InaJ the Sena-
Tor came from the West, whence new
members are wont TO arrive with the
SOUND OF many voices, the roar oil
hultitudinous press agents, and the
thunder OF applauding chautauquas
Before one OF them has crossed the
boundary of his own State on the way
to the Capitol his features are as
familiar to the country as those of a
patent medicine example, and
views" upon everything under the
sun have covered acres of white
paper. His name is a household
word. Though nine persons out Of
every ten In the street could not for
their lives tell the names of ten sena-
tors actually in the Senate. every one
in the country knows the name of the
new senator from the Commonwealth
west of the Mississippi-which ever
one 1t is-the maiden name OF his
wife. the names and ages of all their
together with the pedigree
of the new statesman's bull pup.
If he is discreet his hand is not WISH
BILE in the beating Of the tomtoms
II he is not, he makes the noise and
the spot light openly
himself. Perhaps. like the Hon. JEFF
Davis, he even invites the attention
OF the country by promising his con-
stituents TO enter the Senate chamber
I'm his stocking feet. shaking his
boots in the face of the old guy on
the restrum-" In this age Of public
ity 1t is a pleasant surprise TO have
a Western senator drop in" unan-
nounced. We hope more will do it,
New York Tribune.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
Singing Old SONGS.

group of senators had gathered
IN the committee room. 1t had beer
a hard day in which there had been
incessant study of schedules. inter
spersed with wrangles over technical
points that had been wearisome. In
the midst Of the silence and gloom
some one started TO hum an old sOnc.
half forgotten by many present. Then
others began to sing or whistle fami-
liar airs, and tell incidents of interest
and moment connected with those
songs that had been turning points
in their own lives. Finally il was
agreed among the small body of sena-
tors that. after a summary was made
jof the songs of the country, two
names stood out prominently in
american music-John Howard
Payne, whose remains were brought
back to Washington from foreign soil
by a grateful republic, and stephen
g Foster. The many melodies con-
nected with those two names will live
long in the hearts that the remains of
stephen g Foster ought also to be
brought TO Washington and rest be-
side those OF John Howard Payne in
Oakhnl Cemetery.
1t is a singular thing that the i'm
mortal song, Home, Sweet Home"
should have been written by an
American, and yet was sung first on
foreign soil in 1923. IT was Jenny
Lind who immortalized this song in
Washington The lawmakers OF the
nation stood there in the twilight and
paid tribute to those two great song
writer's which was certainly indicative
of the power OF music over the hu-
1t was agreed that the songs OF
stephen G. Foster, the Pennsylvania
balladist, which have been translated
into every language under heaven,
and have touched the hearts of hu-
man beings of every race and cline,
have immortalized their writer. The
agreed that this sweet min
strel OF the United States ought to
have a monument sucn as would be
worthy of one who had left so deep
IN impress upon thu worlds history.
Joe Mitchell Chapple, ia National
Afagazinel
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-17
new l0Rk'S CURCLE
over NEW HEkDGEAR
Childish JOY Over First Appearance
of Saucy Opera Bonnet.
ms is not a iaded or hlase city

This is not a jaded or blase city. 1t
easily eaSed and takes a childish
pleasure in little things. 1t has re-
.t.-G0 as power to ie surprised and
'uf"0tile g1rgie ready if booed
at. For some time we have heard
the papers have puzzled and ap-
2alled US. Examples Of 1t i'm nilln-
eTS have sent us away awed when we
inquired bithcly if il was not rather
.arEe for baby and a thought too
-clicate for a motor hood. on hear
ng that il was nothing less than the
r-lamed opera bonnet we have been
dashed, mute. No one wanted To-
~ it on. Ii might he a boojum. Ii
the Under did not on first seeing IL
softly and silently vanish away" one
night If il were once permitted to
over ones head, be irretrieVablN
ioused, and never in those Caverns OF
chifOn he discovered again. Anyway
{ was a risk. Safety seemed to lie
in flying from the Enthusiastically
possessed one; no one that one saw
wore one; it took its place among the
uncOnfirmed rumorS of an over
imaginative world.
Then one night at the opera il APP
peared. 1t walked down the center
aisle atop of stately velvet cloak
II was a huge ball Of knowing lace
,
ruchings and debauChed bows From
the back it might have been a shirred
moon rising plethOric; from the sides
II resembled a doubled premiere
1anseuse, her legs momentarily con-
ce2led. Those in front said they
thought they saw a pair of eyes anu
tiara; but they were in no condi-
ton to be trusted. One person was
afterward found who declared the
tip of nose had been distinctly visi-
bic, but on being questioned closely.
confessed 1t might have been a chin
or even an ear. The people in the
boxes leaned far over, peering anN-
iously; the men rose and craned their
necks; one seemed on the point of
applauding. but was stopped in time,
and just then the stately velvet cloak
settled itself in a seat, the opera bon
net fell back, and an ordinary wo-
man appeared. She seemed none the
worse for her experience. and New
York breathed again, charmed with
is hectic moment.