The Topeka state journal., 1911-03-31
NORTH SIDE NEWS.
Scotch People Were Afraid OF
Carrie Nation.
Says North Side Woman Recent
ly From Scotland.
LIKED DIR. SHELDON.
Topeka Man Left Warm Friends
in Glasgow.
Two Street Cars DeraiIed-De-
lay Traffic.

NAi d oonn Mc1annachan of 1922
North Harrison street, recently from
Glasgow. Scotland, sister of Mrs. VIM.
Hutton of 1920 North Harrison street,
says that when Carrie Nation and her
hatchet were in Glasgow, the Scotch
were afraid of the woman and her
wee hammer thing" She also saws
that DR.. Sheldon of Topeka, was much.
admired when there, but not so as to
Sylvia Pankhurst, the suffragette, who
appeared in Glasgow.
| Among other things of interest
about her native country Mrs McLan-
nachan, says that servants are re-
quired to dress plain and that in one
instance maid whose hair was nat
urally curly was given vaseline by her
employer as a hair straightener. The
scotch woman is pleased with Ameri-
ca and speaks of the beauty of the
abundance of trees in Topeka She
was not accustomed to seeing trees
except in the parks and rural districts.
when Carrie Nation was in Glass
gov few years ago, the people were
afraid of her." said Mrs McLanfia-
carried a wee hammer thing Cher IA
nous hatchet) with her and she would
go into saloon and when she saw a
man drinking, would knock the glass
from his hand.
'sFhe keepers of the LIQUOR places
before she left kept the doors of the
buildings locked and shutters over the
windows for fear she would get in, or
smash the windows. When she spoke
at public hall not more than a doz-
EN- would usually go to hear her. The
papers criticized her
DR.. Sheldon was much admired
and drew large crowds. The papers
gave him considerable praise.
However, when Miss Pankhurst,
the suffragette spoke in the cross as
the public square in our suburb of
FGlasgow is called, class of people
which Americans call 'hoodlums'
hissed and rotten egged her. The 9TH
er people did not altogether approve
of her ideas of equal suffrage and I
! think it will be "a, long time before
the Scotch women will care for the
| franchise They are very staid and
think what was good enough for their
ancestors is good enough for them.
Besides the Sctoch husband isn't as
much of a boss of the home and spock-
etbook as the ERRllsh husband.
Speaking abQf t ffusbandss A head
of the family often gets only $5 a
week, and SO a week, in American
money, is considered big wages for
any trade. However, the same amount
will go further in Scotland than in
America. Three or four room mod
ern houses rent for about twelve
pounds ($60) year-and rent by the
year, not by the month. If a family
moves before the end of the year their
rent money paid in advance is for
feited. However, people do not move
about as much as they do here. I
have known generations to live and die
in the same home-and that a rented
| house. The tenants consider the prop
| erty their own, and when anything
needs fixing'-as you Americans say,
they do it themselves and do not run
to the landlord about the matter.
/ 'HThe landlords take considerable
interest in the tenants However, a
| great line is drawn between the poor
] and the rich. The wealthy class in
sist upon this. line, especially in the
matter of dress. They require that
their servants be dressed very plain.
One time the mistress saw her maid
wearing hat which looked much like
her own, and she made her wear a
palmer one upon pain of dismissing
her from her position Another time
| a maid servant had naturally curly
hair. Her mistress gave her some
Vaseline to apply to her hair in the
hope that the stuff would straighten
her locks. Yes, the mistress hair was
straight. I think she was jealous of
Il the maid. No. I don't know that her
| husband especially admired curls.
| by the way, the Russian wrestler,
4 Hackenschmidt, who was in Topeka
recently was dated for Coatbridge, a
small suburb of Glasgow. The athlete
thought it was a large place and when
he learned its size he offered his man
ayers sixty pounds ($300) to cancel
his engagement, but they refused.
This made the Glasgow people angry
and when he gave another exhibition
there, they didn't turn out in large
Il numbers. e
smelters. The air is so full of smoke
and SCOT that it is almost impossible
to keep the windows of the houses
clean. A white feather in a hat worn
on the street will be soiled in an hour
or two from the dust in the atmos-
phere.
Topeka, with it's green trees
around the houses please me very
much. In the old country the towns
are lust stretches of brick houses, like
the city flats. The trees are all in the
parks. or country ,
A meeting will be held at the North
side Baptist church this evening to ar
range for an antiphonal service IN the the
near future. The exact date for the
service has not been set. but this may
be done at the meeting tonight. The
meeting is open to all those who are
Interested in this affair.
w. M. Van Ness, the well known
leader of the North side Baptist
church choir, will be in charge of the
music. He has arranged other anti
phonal services the past year w1tf
| great success.
The church has been crowded upor
each occasion and the choir has otter
been asked to repeat the song service
| The next service will likely be equally
as successful as much talent has beer
added to the choir in addition to the
singers who have been members fol
several years
An antiphonal service is something
: after the nature of cantata. Tht
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visions and stationed on opposite sides
: of the church. The parts of the sons
} or different songs which the two di
visions of the choir sing Jointly anc
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