The National tribune., 1910-12-08
PEOPLE.

~ HFISTMAS, my friends, is almost
I upon u.s. Little heads, sleeping
~ Tor awake are filled with visions
of the things old Santa is to bring
them, and adult heads are busy plan
ming "the gift for this and that dear
one. Let us gird up our loins anew
and once more make q VOW to our
selves that we will try to spend our
Christmas money wisely and in the
true Christ spirit. Let us not exhaust
our vitality running from shop to shop
to find the gift for the wealthy relative
or friend which they will not quite de-
spise, skimping that of the poor friend
in order to do so; rather>let US have
strength of character enough to omit
the rich friends present entirely this
year, sending her simply a pretty card
with appropriate sentiment. Let us
make all our gifts to those blessed with
plenty of this worlds goods as simple
and inexpensive as possible, sending our
money where IT is really needed. Let
us see how many hearts. shut off from
the sunshine of happiness, we can make
glad, if evea only for a day. And let
US consider the poor, oyer-worked girls
in the shops and begin our purchasing
in good season. We can lessen their
fatigue a good deal If we do this, and,
incidentally. our own as well. The cele-
Washington. solicits thru the press
Christmas gifts for the poor children
on the remote plantations OF the South.
To such children the joyful season
means very little. and the simplest gift
would gladden. their hearts. DIR. Wash
inEton has been in the habit for sew
erai years past of distributing such
presents as he has been able to collect
to these fOrlorn little ones thru the va
riOuS teachers in the South, and any
thing of this kind sent to him at Tus-
kcgee will be disposed of in this way.
1t would be lovely act of charity to
send him something.
90 DOC COOK has "'fessed up
- and says perhaps he did make
a mistake" and upon mature
thought (mature thought is good), / do
not know whether reached the pole
or not" in magazine article, Hamp-
tons Magazine, for which he is said to
nave received $1,000. he will at last tell
the truth, and hopes to obtain the sym
pathy and forgiveness of the American
public by pathetic story of arctic
conditions which unbaiance the mind
and obscure the judgment to such an
extent that to demonstrate beyond
question that man has reached the
North Pole is almost impossible.
Nevertheless. Peary seems to have sat
isfied the world pretty thoroly that he
reached the pole. His mind appears
to have remained in its normal posi-
ton during his fight with the arctic
SHOWS and ice. 1t is feared the Doc
tors story will carry very little weight
with it. Everybody will read it. no
doubt, but the Doctor was ticketed and
put on the shelf many months ago.
He enjoys the reputation of being the
most brilliant and daring of adven-
turers, and must be satisfied with that
A .MERICANS who do not travel very
~ much either in this country or
abroad find the tipping system a
very serious drawback to their enjoy
meBt. To know just when to fee, whom
to fee, and how much to fee. are ques-
tons constantly arising, and very dis
turbiGg they are to the peace of mind
of the unaceustomed traveller. Even
to the globe-trotter this feeling business
is az great annoyance, and much of II
should be an. unnecessary expense. 1t
is one thing ito give fee for a rem
dered service, but in great many
cases, at home and abroad, one feels
forced to do this when there has been
no obvious Service rendered whatever.
The news, then that the experimental
hotel started on the no-tip system in
London in September last Is a great
success is received with almost prayer
Undergraduates Not only is the guest
of this house not expected to fee the
servants, but If such one Is found so
doing he is politely requested TO give
up his room, while a servant who ac-
cepts fee is at once discharged This
ideal hotel has been full ever since II
opened, and has paid a 9-per cent divi-
dend to its stockholders. Its success
has enboldened the company to open
other hostelries of this character, and
n rnp ltNs MT hEIfI
run in palatial style, is in contempla-
ton, which will be the largest hotel
in London when completed. All this
seems too good to be true, and the
pious hope that America may follow
in the steps of her sister nation is
breathed from the depths of every
heart.
TT IS a comfort to everyone to know
that Artist Fisher. who should be
- as well informed on the subject as
DR. Sargent, tho he be Harvard's Physi
cal Director, says that women are not
losing their feminine outlines, becom-
ing thick of waist and fiat of chest,
as DR.. Sargent says they are. Artist
Fisher has been drawing the human
form divine almost as long as he could
hold Il pencil, and in the last 20 years
has drawn about 10000 women; and
he says that while the present style OF
woman's dress gives her the impress
sion of having a larger waist than
formerly, the fascinating curve which
has been one Of her chief attractions
is still there. He insists, moreover,
that there are just as many pretty,
dainty feet as there ever Were, tho
women do wear larger shoes than they
once did. Artist Fisher says that ul-
doubtedly women are changing mental
ly, but that there is no reason what
ever for worrying about their becom=
ing masculine in their physical con=
struction. The good Lord intended them
to be different, and they will always
remain so. All OF which is very cons
soling.
WILL the time ever come when
wv matrimony will be dominated
w by any other feeling than the
emotion called failing in love-" or the
istence? VIII it ever be customary to
bring up our boys and girls to consider
the question of the good of the race
in the matter of marriage? VIII the
science of eugenics ever be taught the
youth of both sexes just budding into
manhood and womanhood? Doubtless
even under such enlightened conditions
mistakes in choosing the LIE partner
would still be made, but not nearly as
many as at present. A little more scien-
tifie information, little less dependence
upon the heart and more upon the head
in the selection of the future wife or hus-
band would make a vast difference not
only in the happiness of the married
pair, but in the character of the chill
dren sent to bless or make miserable