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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
Club Is Formed in London to Train
speechmakers Afflicted with
Shyness-Hook for Bore.

Observation-Disclosures in h dark
IS TO be one of the methods . cure
sashful speakers OF their seif-conT
s-cfousness that viii be employed by
the newly founded Public Speaking
club Of Great Britain.
The club has for its objects the ex-
6nction OF the efter dinner bore" and
the training OF Efficient after dinner
speakers.
Amongst other curious training
methods is one claimed . provide a
very successful cure in the case Of
neTvous men
On q bashful~nan mounting the plat
fern al lights VIII be extinguished,
and he viii begin his speech In the
dark. Gradually the lights will be
turned on.
The inaugural meeting OF the club
was held at Sion college hall. Victoria
embankment. The president is L. w.
Costello. while Sir F. Carruthers
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
FORBID TWO NAMES
OLD ENGLISH Law. VERY DEFlN-
ITE AS TO NAMING CHILDREN.
Practise Has Now Become Almost
Universal Royal Personages
Have Always Been Allow
ed More Than One.

Middle names, hard as it is to credit
The old English law was very definite
rs To the naming of children, and, &C.
cording to Coke, "a man cannot have
two names at baptism" 1T is requis-
lte," this law goes on, that the pur-
chaser be named by the name of his
baptism and his surname, and that
special heed be taken to the name OF
baptism"
Royal personages have always been
allowed to have more than one given
name, but as late as 1900, it is said.
there were only -four persons in all
England who had two given names. In
1890 the Mayfower sailed for America,
and there was not a man or woman
upon it who had a middle name.
Even a century and a half ago lou
BILE names were very uncommon. The
english used to dodge the LAY at times
by ingeniously compromising names.
Thus old parish registers in England
there is occasionally seen such COM
binations as Fannasabilia. which Is
Fanny and Sybil joined together. and
Annameriar, made up Of Anna and
Maria. Maris is one of the earliest
middle names of record for boys. 1t
was given in honor of the Virgin
Mary. AS much as they dared begin
ming along in the 18th century. par
ents evaded the "one-name law"
But even as late as 100 years ago
custom was against the middle name.
If the names of the signers OF the
declaration of independence be looked
over it will be found that only three
of them had middle names. The first
five presidents of the United States
had only one name each-George
Washington, John Adams, Thomas
Jefferson. James Madison and james
Monroe. Before Grant, 18th of the
line, there were only three double
named executives = John Quincy
Adams. William Henry Harrison and
James Knox Polk.
When middle names got going and
became the fashion. the law having
dropped into disuse. parents went to
work combining names for their of
spring enthusiastically. One custom
was done away with in England in
consequence of this. the plan of nam
ing the eldest son for the estate. par
ticularly when he succeeds to that
estate through his mother. This old
idea is still followed to some extent In
this country by the mothers maiden
name being given to the eldest son.
It identifies the boy when he grows
to manhood. and so has a positive
value. During the time Of the civil
war and just after hundreds of par
ents named sons simply Lincoln and
Grant.
Such instances have, however. been
uncommon for the past so years. The
middle name has become well-nigh
universal. Sometimes the case arises
Of a man prominent in public life or
literature leaving OF his first name
altogether and becoming known by his
middle name. Grover Cleveland.
whose baptismal name was Stephen
Grover Cleveland. has been the most
conspicuous example of this.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
TO CURE BASHFUL SPEAKERS

Gould is one of the vice-presidents.
1t is expected that about $50 bar
~risters, c~lergymen, solicitors, teachers,
lecturers and business men-all of
whom desire to become public speak
ers-will join the club.
Amongst other novel methods of
training will be the following:
For very nervous speakers: The men
viii nemorize a certain passage or
speech and then deliver the same
from the platform. together with a
dozen other men.
Gradually the number Of men viii
be reduced until finally the nervous
man is left alone on the platform to
maze his short speech by himself.
BY that time he has acquired a Ger
tain amount Of selfeonfidence and
ease.
Again. a man rises 10 make a speech.
He has something definite to say aud
a certain time to say it-but he ram
bles.
To cure longwindednes: Just as he
is beginning to bore his audience
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
High Heels ind Peach Basket Hats
Proper for Christian Women
Says Boston Divine.

Boston.-Rev. Herbert s. Johnson.
one of Boston's foremost divines,
champions the cause Of the hobble
skirt n other ultra-fashions of the
fam sex. and advises the American
youth in search of a helpmate for lie
to select a girl who is a close follower
of the fashions.
There is TO more potent influence
for good In The modern community"
said Doctor Johnson. than feminine
fashion. Not only are the ever
changing fashions of women one of
the chief delights Of civilized COM
munities. but 1t is a safe statement to
make that we have no more conclu-
sive key to a woman's mental and
moral development than the clothes
she wears.
Much has been said of the high
cost of living. The immense sums
spent annually in this country on ap-
parently useless articles of wcmen's
personal decoration are cited as argu-
ments of American extravaganza
when, as a matter of fact, this item is
n of our smallest national extrava-
gances.
No woman, however free she may
consider herself from the lure of the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10

when Home Becomes a Sweat Shop
Laws Should Interfere" Says
a Woman.

1T is nonsense to ak of the pres
ervation of the home. when the moth
yer is forced to supplement the family
income. The children of such homes
would have far better arr in day nur-
series. The home into which the moth
er brings outside labor is neither
home o factory
Here is sense. rather than senti-
ment, for which We may thank Miss
Frances Perkins. executive secretary
of the Consumers League, who looks
thus squarely at a situation upon
which most of us drop a tear rather
than a thought.
Many of the poorer families think
that as long as their children do not
actually die they are fulfilling their
duties as parents toward them. But
the child is entitled to something bet
ter than that. and If the something
better is away from home, and in a
day nursery, then the day nursery is
the proper place for the child.
This does not apply entirely to the
families in actual want. 1t is just as
true OF the smSll dressmaker, or of
the women of any of the minor trades
who bring their work into the home.
The moment this is done the place Is
no longer a home. The beds are hall
made. the rooms are in disorder, and
the meal improperly cooked.
Il think / would be inclined to be-
heve 1t would be better for the child
were the state to take are OF it In
some way. ! believe in many cases,
even were the wages of the mar pro-
WIDER raised. the wife and mother
would continue the home labor. In
many Italian and Hebrew homes now
there is the home work of the mother
and child labor as well, although the
family could get along without either
one. They are probably saving for a
home In the country. or maybe sim
ply for a bank account, and as long as
he mother and children remain actuc
ally alive they do not consider the
work may be harmful. From homes
like these it would be better II the
child We're taken and cared for by the
state"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
A shipIoad Of Tovs

Hundreds of tons of toys, dolls and
railroad cars, jumping jacks and auto
mobiles and flying machines. came
into Philadelphia the other dey on the
steamer Dortmund. The steamer
came from Hamburg. Germany, and
carried no freight except toys. This
is the first Of many such cargoes that
will be brought across the ocean be.
fore Christmas for the boys and girls
of America.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
LET Tie BOYS ANSWER.

How many teeth have you got?
Which part of the body goes to sleep
first?
Which is the most restful position
in bed?
Why can a dog see better In the
dark than a boy?
How is a tourniquet applied?
What should be done when you set
a fishbone in your throat?
What should you do when o step
on a rusty nail?
What is the proper way to take d
cinder out Of the eye?
What Is the best remedy for .
bruise?
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
SWISS BRIDES BE HEALTHY
Radical Action Planned by Govern
4 ment Of Switzerland In Requir-
ing Physical Tests.

London.-Thst vexed question Of
state medical certificates of the health
of brides is now In the region Of prac-
teal notifies. In all probability Swiss
brides. will In future be required to
prese It a certificate of health to their
bride rooms, SO that if any man mar
ries a girl whose health is not good
he will have himself to blame.
Next year. If the rich and influential
body called the Swiss Society Of Pub
lie Utility for Women. which has done
much good in Switzerland during the
last few years, has its way, all young
women, wed or unwed. will be phys
fcally examined, as are their brothers
who enter the Swiss army.
According to its report for 1910, the
society has launched this daring
scheme, which is said 20 be receiving
warm support
We feel ourselves responsible for
ne health, the homes and the char
scters of our eople." the report says in
iealing with the suggested measure.
Il further urges every young woman
to undergo the ordeal for the sake of
herself, her husband and Switzerland
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10

LEARNING ART OF COUNTING
African Savages Have Interesting
Method of CaIculating-Use
Both Feet and Hands.

Do you remember learning to
count? / dare say not. But l am
pretty sure you learned to count on
your fingers, or perhaps you were
given bright counters or shells TO use
instead.
Savages learn to count in just The
same ways; most of them use their
fingers, and SO they learn to count
by tens as we do. and some of them
give their numbers very funny names.
The Indians on the Orinoco call five
"one hand" and ten two hands" But
they use their feet as well and call
fifteen whole foot" sixteen one to
the other foot" and twenty "one
man" This plan becomes very COM
plicated with higher figures. for twen-
ty-one Is lone to the hand of the next
man"
The African savages count in much
the same way. The Zulu for six is
"tatisitupa." which means taking the
thumb" that is. the man who is
counting has used the five fingers of
n hand. and is beginning to use the
second hand. starting at the thumb.
Some races use the joints Of the
finger instead of the fingers them
selves. and they RI very badly OF,
for they can only count up to three.
Some Australian tribes count thus
one, two, two-one, two-two. and can
go no further. Other races have only
three words. "one." two" "a great
many"
But savages sometimes use other
things for counting than fingers or
joints. Our own word calculate"
means working with pebbles" One
African tribe calls forty "ogodze."
which mean string" bscause they
nse cowrie shells strung together by
forties for counting. Their name for
hundred is "yha." which means
~"heap"-that is, a heap Of cowries.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
That Telephone Habit.

The telephone habit has a strong
grip on u.s." said a New York clergy.
man. as reported by the Sun, "and its
influence on our vocabulary, our com
PARSONS and our lines of thought is
quite remarkable. / had an amusing
instance of Just this very thing the 9th.
Ell Sunday afternoon. l was going over
with my children the various state
ments In the Lords prayer. tried to
make each sentence plain and pract'
al When I'd finished my Oldest be
sked. Whats amen, father" he
itated to get some easy answer tina
they'd remember. when the youngest
little chap spoke up and said, Why,
amen's Just ring on" isn't it, father?'
Then. as I supposed I looked some
what amused and shocked at his inter.
probation of the word, he added:
.Amen's just more respectful cause
you're talking to God, but 1t really
means ring on AS an example Of
the ever present thought Of the tele
phone I think this is hard to beas."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
Kills Bear at First Shot.

Pendleton. Ore.-Unusual marks.
manship was displayed when Miss
Grace Bean. a recent high school grad
uate and daughter OF Judge and Mrs.
H. J.. Bean Of Pendleton. shot and
killed a black bear with a 80 caliher
rifle.
In company with her mother. Miss
Bean was riding through the Blue
mountains In an automobile. They
found an unarmed a who had freed
a bear and having tried In vain to
lasso 1t was awaiting developments.
Miss Bean stepped from the auto
mobile and. taking careful aim.
brought down the bear with a shot
through the head.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
ED NV~t the name
A~ to remember |
for COUGHS and C0ER2I



Your little boy must be very In
telligeDt," said a visitor to a Boston
school teacher whose fve-year-old son
was forming Greek words with build
ing blocks.
Intelligent" exclaimed the proud
parent He is phenomenally gifted.
As an example of his early erudition.
what do you suppose were the FIRST
words he ever spoken"
Papa and mammal"
STUFF and NONSENSE calculated the
father, in q tone of disgust why. the
day he was IL months old he suddenly
laid down his algebra and said to me:
Father, the longer I live the more In
dubitable proofs | perceive that there
Is in Boston as much culture to the
square inch as there ever was In the
ambient area of ancient Athenst'"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
HOBBLE SKIRT AIDS MORALS

latest thing In clothes, shoes. hats and
gloves can afford to be otherwise than
well dressed; and to begin at the be-
ginning, every argument to the con-
trary is a fallacy.
The man or woman who dresses
the best, whose personal habits are
the most irreproachable. is the man or
woman whose mental and moral de-
yelopment Is the highest advanced.
The hobble skirt. the peach basket
hat, high heeled shoes and all the
thousand and n foibles of the femi-
lii sex are entertaining and products
of good. A girl who does not care
about dress and the latest fashions is
not a normal girl.
The young man who contemplates
marriage may fight shy of the girl of
fashion. but he makes a mistake. He
may be a gamer at first financially.
but in the end he pays a terrible price
for his shortsightedness. The girl
who is lax about personal appearance
is lax mentally and morally.
"She is not made of the stuff that
turns out self respecting children. She
is either a visionary and. as such. an
unreliable element in the community.
or she Is downright lax and shift
less.
I'm either case she Is not a safe
proposition for the ordinary young
man."
clang, The hook is wrapped round his
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
London has No Respectable Ref
uge for Women.
Sister Maggie Has strikineiy Dis
c~ouraging Experience-Ordinary
lodgings Unfit for Hon.
est Poor.

London.-"Sis.er Maggie" a jealous
and original worker connected with
the bloomsbury Social union, is en-
gagged in an effort to provide hotels
for respectable girls who find them
selves in London without money OF
friends. Sister Maggie claims that
young men are amply provided for in
this respect, but that the contrary is
the ase as to girls.
In order to test the matter for my
self" said she, Il disguised myself as
q young country girl out of a situation
In London and. with only nine pence
In my pockets. l walked the streets to
find a respectable nights lodging.
This is how I Jared. After calling In
many places where | was refused adj
mittance because / had not a shilling
IN my pocket I spoke to an old woman
selling matches at q street corner
who directed me to a home for young
women conducted by a religious body.
The first question that was put to
me there by the matron was. Where
Is your reference?' I had to confess
that l had none, SO l was told / was
not the sort wanted there and was
turned out on the street. I spoke to
three policemen, but not one Of them
could help me. No person who kept
furnished apartments would let me
have a room for the night under the
cost Of a shilling. Then / went to an
ordinary lodging house for women
after some bargaining I was
taken IN for six pence.
The house was full of women,
young and old. many OF whom had
come to London as young girls from
the country. Now every me was a
moral wreck; their conversation was
fndescribable aud finally a quarrel
broke out In the room where they
we're herded together.
Perhaps because | looked respect
Able, the landiady blamed me for 1t,
and was turned out once more. After
this I wandered on through street
after street, always with an awful
dread in my heart and always followed
~ some man, until at last l was d.
fected to q house in a respectable
street. / found at length what l
thought was a haven OF refuge. Here
the landlady welcomed me most kind
r. 1t was the only place I found even
the suggestion OF human sympathy,
but before | was there ten minutes
women. yes and many young girls of
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
Ban on Kissing.

st. Paul. Minn.-Osculate? Oscu-
late? Well, not this term-there's too
much danger in the kissing germ"
The above is said TO be the official
yell of the A. X. A. society that has
been formed among the goods Of tho
University of Minnesota. Mystery en-
velops the club, and the members
have been trying TO explain the little
blue badge they wear as meaning
American Kant Assembly, whatever
that is. But the girls not members
say it means ~AntiI1issing associa-
ton. The club was started, the men,
bers say. to protect babies from
promiscuous kissing AID the traEsmis-
sion OF germs from tbs lips Of elders.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
Making the silhouette.

Making silhouettes OF people Is great
sport, but there are very few people
who can pick up a piece oil paper and
clip out the silhouette of a person.
Even artists who may be able to
iraw them, when 1t comes to cutting.
pf hand. make a miserable failure
Of II.
An easier method is to pin a large
Jheet Of white paper on the wall. and
then put out all lights but one. Have
The different persons Come between
that light and the paper, and then
trace the outline with q pencil. Take
he paper from the wall. and after you
have cut out the head along the mark
tngs you have a silhouette.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10

benjamin Hapgood Burt and q. s.
Eprerson of Kansas City were motor
ing in Long Island the other day and
stopped at Evans hotel in Douglaston-
They ordered large quantities of raw
oysters, some Of which were thrown
aside by the oyster opener.
"How do you determine when an oy-
ster is bad" asked Epperson-
Yea wait a short time and IL you
have ptomaine poisoning the oysters
were bad" said Mr.. Burt. IF you are
not Ill they were good. That's the
onl. safe way to tell good oysters from
bad ones"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10

Mrs. AUGUSTA VEsPERMANN, De For
est, Wisconsin.
Another Operation Avoided.
New Orleans, La.-"For years / SUI
fered fsovn severe female troubles.
Finally I was confined to my bed and
the doctor said an operation was necesL
sary. / gave Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound q trial first, and
was saved from an operation."-Mrs.
LILY PEYR0Ux, I'LL Kerlerec St, New
Orleans, La.
Thirty years of unparalleled success
confirms the power OF Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound to cure
female diseases. The great volume Of
unsolicited testimony constantly pour
ing in proves conclusively that Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
q remarkable remedy for those dis
tressing feminine ills from which 50
many women suffer.
Ifyou want special advice about
your case write to Mrs. E'inkham,
at Lynn, Mass. Her advice Is
FREE and always helpful.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10

boys at Cnautauqua lake which scared
to an altitude Of 1000 feet and drift
ed a mile cross the sxamps, finally
landing In the branches of a tree.
A balloon of this tyre when in-
fiated stands IL feet high. but in
reality is Is feet long. the difference
being explained by the curve. The
bag is cut in IA parts. each part is
Is feet In length. two feet in width
at the widest point and tapers to a
point.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10

We're for women first, Iast and all
the time We like her beautiful or
plain. clever or just ordinary. witty
or not: shapely or pudgy. but con-
found II. we do wish that each and ev-
cry n Of them would get I'VE the
notion that a man has no right to
turn the pages Of a newspaper just
because he's wedged against her In
a street car. We've been frozen by a
look stabbed by a sneer and wounded
TO tie quick by sigh just because
we've tried to r ad the story. contin-
ued on page seen, column five, and
the thing that hurts the most Is that
we still think that we had a perfect
right to do so.-Detroit Free Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
Always Talkino.

Rodriek-Yes. that is a national
voman's club on the other floor. They
take much interest in all the leading
questions of the day.
Van AIbert-Indeeedi Are they in
serested In conservation?
Rodrick-No. they are too much In
terested in conservation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
A Christmas Game.

Every one knows the game where a
donkey's paw or tail has to be pinned
On TO a picture of a donkey In the cor
rect position while blindfolded. but
a form of this game, which never fails
70 arouse roars Of laughter, is to cut
ont of paper a hat and to draw on
another large sheet of paper q peg
This is then fastened on to a sheet or
ecreen. and the child, who is ~biindfold.
cd must walk UP to the screen and
fasten the hat on to the peg by means
oe n pin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10

"Jornes must feel terribly over the
loss of his wife She was literary,
wasn't she?'
YES. He was ell broken up at
first, but now he's cheerful again. IT'S
given him a chance to try a wife who
can cook.s-Detfoit Free Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10

In France there are 6~.oo0,000 smok-
ers. or every IS there are eigbt who
smoke cigars, five who use pipes, and
only two addicted to cigarettes. Still.
these comparatively few smoke 500.
000.000 cigarettes 4 year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
A Stitch in Time.

Dorothy was visiting her grandpar-
ents I'm the country for the first time.
Seeing q quantity of feathers scat
tered about the henyard she shook
her head in d~isapprova1..
Grandpa she said gravely, you
really ought to do something 70 keep
tour chickens from wearing out so"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10

It was after the s~tonelaying cere-
mony, and a wire was sent to the
builder with the news. Stone laid
with great eclat." Tho builder, smoth-
ering an awful oath. n%uttered: AN
othei' new foreign cement" and flung
the missive from him in passionate.
disgust.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
ODD LITTLE ANIMAL FOR PET
Nest Virginia Miss Makes PIaything
OF Woodchuck or Groundhog-
Tame and Loving.

This is a picture OF a West vir.
ginia girl and her pet w~oodchuck or
grounding as they are generally
called. She says that ~woodchucks
are very interesting pets. This one
500 got very tame and even affec.
tionate toward his mistress. He al
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10
BUILDING HoT~AIR BALLOON
Instructions Given by A. Leo Stevens,
Aeronaut. for Benefit of Boys
Carries Weight.

Any boy who will follow the in
structions of A. Leo Stevens, the
aeronaut. can built a hot-air balloon
with a lifting capacity of three
pounds. Some tine ago Mr.. Stevens
constructed a miniature aircraft of
this type for the amusement OF some