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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-29
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Hardy Park, of Culleoka, il
spending the day in the city.
T. e. Gordon left this morning fol
business trip to Waynesboro.
Col. James H. Ramon, Of Glendale
has gone Rome, Ca, on business.
Mrs. w. e. Sandy and baby, of Mt
Pleasant, are visiting relatives in the
city.
Miss Louise Frierson, of Cross
Bridges, is visiting Miss Annie May
Fleming.
Mrs. John p. Graham and Miss
Mary Graham, of Culleoka, were here
Thursday.
Miss Willie Cecil left today for Biz.
mingham where she goes on a visit
to relatives and friends.
John M. Gray leaves his home on
the Mt. Pleasant pike Saturday for
his winter home in Nashville.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brooks, Mrs. M.
A. Mcbride and Robert Mcbride went
to Nashville today in the Brooks
Gear.
Miss Carrie Cooper has returned to
her home at Mt. Pleasant after WIS.,
1t to Miss Lois Timmons near Column
1ia.
Mrs. W. J. Whitthorne will leave
Saturday for Lewiston, Idaho, to visit
her daughter, Mrs. Cox, who is pleas
antly remembered here as Miss Lee
Whitthorne.
Attorneys Joe Woodland and Ben
Childers, of Pulaski, who have been
here for several days engaged in i'm
portant litigation, have returned to
their homes.
William B Whitaker, candidate for
sergeant at arms of the senate, made
a trip to Nashville today In the in
terest of his candidacy. He Is very
much pleased with the outlook.
T. w. Grove left today for st. Lou
is, where he goes to resume his po-
sitien with the United Railway Co.,
after an extended visit to his parents
at Rally Hill
Miss Lille Cecil, of Danville, KY,
who has been the charming guest of
Miss Elizabeth Whitthorne for the
past ten days, left Friday for Bir-
mingham to visit friends.
Miss Annie Wilkes, of Culleoka,
has returned home.
Miss Anna Bingham, of Williams
BORT, is visiting at Bigbyville.
Miss Efie Jones, og Coma, Miss. Is
visiting relatives at Bigbyville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bascom E. Regen
went to Nashville this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will English Of
Gross Bridges, are visiting Mrs.
Jennie Akin and Mrs. Lizzie Patton
at Hampshire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan and children
have returned to their home at Rid
Ley after visit to Mrs. Morgan's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Collier.
at Culleoka.
Misses Sadie and Allie Kate
Grimes, Mabel Staley and Edith Boul-
lin, Of Hampshire, were shopping In
Columbia Monday.
Mrs. H. H. Smith, OF Shawnee,
Okla. win arrive Tuesday night 10
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FORTY HEAD OF
MULES FOR SALE

Forty head of coming two year old
Mules for sale; some about fifteen
hands. Mostly mares.
FRANK MORROW.
Mt Pleasant r r. l.
SCOTS Mil Road. ssIdswIit
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lation. and Of these about 1.5O0. 900 have
no white blood. The Indians are divided
up into tribes, and many Of the tribes
have a mixture Of Catholicism and of
their old faith. They have their priests.
but they also have medicine men and fire
and devil worship. This is SO of the
Clutches, who are descended from the
Toltecs, who ruled Mexico before the
Aztecs. There are several hundred thou
sand of them.
The Indians of Guatemala are naturally
devout. The greater support of the church
comes from them. and 1 see half dozen
red men to every white man in the
churches. 1t is perhaps due to the In
dams that the worship Of today is so fun
of superstition. The statues in the
churches are gorgeously decorated. In
some places the Christ is clad in WOOL
en- gown like monk. and nearly every
where the wax Madonnas have gowns OF
brocaded silk and their heads are deco
rated with jewels.
AS it is now the church is very poor,
and with the opposition Of the govern
ment it is difficult to support the clergy.
The priests are not free to speak as they
please. and the power and wealth winch
they haif'in the past have disappeared. AS
to Protestant mission work. there is some
carried on by the Presbyterians. the
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about the same time that Thomas Jeffer-
son left the White House. The stones of
this church are said to be laid in a NOR
tar mixed with milk and sugar-cane juice,
supplied by one of the nabObs of the past.
In it's vaults are the mummies of the
early friars.
The Church Of San Francisco, which
was begun in 1850. had its mortar mixed
with the whites of eggs. but just. how
many eggs We're employed is not known.
This church once had a convent con-
nected with it, and at one time 1t was
used a pantheon for the burial of dis
tinguished persons. The church has now
been taken over by the government, and
the general post Office occupies the con-
vent.
Many of the churches are shrines, and
to some of them pilgrims come from all
over Guatemala. In the Church of La
MERGED is a statue, known as the Black
Virgin, which was consecrated in 1117,
SO that it is almost 100 years old. 1t is
considered especially holy, and is a ia
vorite shrine.
And just here I would say that Guate-
mala is splendid field for missionary
work. The people are Catholics. but they
have a religion like that of the middle
ages and they need regeneration. The
work should be done by our Catholic
missionaries. who would. I believe. find
the grain ripe for the harvest. 1t must
be remembered that a great majority of
these Guatemalans are Indians. Guate-
mala has more than two millions popu-
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walk about there and listen to popular
and classical airs.
There is also plenty Of driving and a
little automobiling. but joy riding is
largely confined to the rich. The only
street cars are old-fashioned trans
drawn by mules. and the cars go at such
irregular intervals that one can hardly
tell when they will come. Besides they
are usually filled with Indians and half
breeds. which many consider unpleasant.
The fares are equal to two-thirds of a
cent Of our money, but the street car
company pays no dividend.
AS to the main drives one is to the
Hippodrome. where is the race track and
Temple Of Minerva, and another is out
over the Boulevard de Reforma to the ma
tional museum. This boulevard is one
of the fine roads of Central America. 1t
is several hundred feet wide. and has
four driveways divided by rows of trees
and greensward. There are statues un-
der the trees, and now and then a circle
with some great monument in it. This
boulevard is lined with the chief public
buildings. There is fine military school,
a hospital for convalescents, the mill
tary hospital, and the homes of the richer
GuatemalanS, the street ending at the
national museum.
1t is on this boulevard that stand
Guatemala's two famous bull statues.
These are life-sized figures of bulls rep
resented as they might be in the bull
ring. One shows the bull defiant and
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TtE Doors ARE,
HEAVY AND STUDDED With IRoM

brary there are 5000 law books and the
city library has about 5000 more. One
OF the best English libraries is that
OF the American Club. which numbers
$500 volumes.
The chief trouble with the schools here
is the lack of money for teachers. 4
great deal has been spent for these tenn
pies and Tor putting up school buildings.
But many OF the buildings are empty. and
some of the schools are without scholars.
There is not enough in the treasury TO
pay for good teachers. and ordinary in
structors get from Il to l. cents a day.
1t is the same with other government
employees. 1 am tod that circuit Judges
receive POO pesos per month. This, at the
present rate of exchange, equals twelve or
fifteen dollars and as a judge OF this
kind usually has a house which would
rent for three times that per month. ii Is
hard to see how he keeps up the proper
style on this salary. The only way he
can do SO is by graft. and as a result
justice is often for sale to the highest
bidder
The process of getting a favorable de-
cree. I am told. is as follows: The man
who wishes to win his case calls upon the
Judge night or SO before the day set for
the trial. He does not argue for or
against it. but merely makes a social
visit, and upon leaving lays check pay
able to bearer upon the chair or table.
The judge understands. and If the check
is cashed the man is the winner.
AS it is. everything about the schools
is behind the times. I bought geogra-
ply OF Central America at one OF the
chief book stores. 1t was published by
Appleton & Co. in 1896. and from 1t the
little Guatemalans are learning that the
United States has now 55oG0.0o0 people.
while the other figures given are those OF
eighteen Years ago.
1t is the same with the newspapers
They are few in number and small in
circulation There is not one in the cap
ital which has daily issue Of more tina n
5000 and the Sunday issue Of the journal
which You are reading contains more
print than any Guatemala newspaper has
in one week. might almost say in a
month. Nevertheless, there are four
daiiies published in Guatemala City, and
there are eight more periodicals regis
tered. The papers have six columns TO
page and the pages measure twenty-five
by twenty-eisht inches. There are some
kilograms. considerable local news and
not a little advertising. The advertising
rates are not more than ; cents per inch
for each insertion. ans. they run as high
as $40 gold per page. with reductions for
long contracts.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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somehow you get the feeling that you're
dressed up The long skirts of the coat
are always getting in your way. You
have to be always thinking of gathering
them up when You sit down. or if you
forget and sit down on them the chances
are you will get them SO full of wrinkles
that you're ashamed to stand up where
folks can see you"
Nevertheless. the prince albert carries
with it a certain atmosphere of dignity
and impressiveness that is not to be over
looked. It is frequently the case that a
business man will don the long black
coat on the day he expects to put through
a big deal, or to attend a directors meet
ing. or go to some other business func-
ton of more than usual Importance. But
there are other men who do not find any
objection to the prince albert and who
may have two of them-one Of black for
the more important occasions and anoth-
err of gray or brown, or salt and pepper
for every day. They come in varying
cuts, too. One style that is becoming
rather popular has skirts not so long as
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placed in public favor by rough tweeds
and woolens from England and Scotland.
Still more new and fashionable than even
these is homespun and this fact is strik-
ing in its illustration OF the vagaries OF
fashion. For years and years homespun
has been worn by the residents of the
mountainous sections of the south. There.
so far as America is concerned, is where
IL originated. And the material, is true To
its name. too, for it was woven at home.
There are hundreds upon hundreds OF
women in the mountains today who make
homespun cloth. not for sale. but for the
use of their imam folks"
So far as service is concerned the cloth
is like cast iron. 1t Will wear literally
forever. 1t may DC had. OF course IN
any color. but generally j. is of a bluisn
gray And that rough cloth. made by
those mountain women and spurned not
so Very long ago as being ridiculousy
countrified." is now the most fashion
able goods that can be procured. Incl
dtntallN, homespun is one of the most
expensive materials
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the other when IT has just been struck
with the banderillo in the shoulder. They
are the only statues of bulls l have ever
seen. except the great one I'm the museum
at Naples. The only camel statue IS
that ridden by Gen. Gordon at Khartum
In the Sudan.
Among the most interesting monuments
and buildings Of Guatemala are those
erected in honor of education, and this.
strange to say. in a country where there
are less than 10000 school children in a
population Of 100000 The president OF
the republic is an enthusiast on the SUBJ
Ject or schools, and one Of his ways Of
showing it is by the erection Of these
temples to Minerva, which are to be
found at all the large cities.
The temple here. of which ! have al
of Secretary Knox. covers about a quar-
ter OF an acre. 1t consists OF a great
platform with roof upheld by twenty
four Ionic columns. The front Of the
building has categorical figures repre-
senting Civilization and Progress and
under them an inscription saying that
Manuel Estrada Cabrera. the president
OF the republic, has erected this for the
study OF the youth Of the country.
Similar buildings. though not SO grand
have been erected to the Goddess of Wis
dom and Education in other places.
saw one in the town of Progreso as
came over the railroad from the Carib-
bean sea to Guatemala City, and there
are others at Quezaltenango and else.
where.
In these temples there are annual
festivals OF the school children, at
which time the eminent men of the
republic make speeches and the little
ones come out in great parades. There
is song singing. oratory and essay
reading. and altogether a feast of rea :
son and flow Of soul-of a sort.
X
/ understand that President Cabrera
has done considerable in the way OF
improving the schools. At the time lie
came into power they were closed for
lack Of funds. He ordered them open
ed. and a year later began these festi-
walls to Minerva. Since then he has es
tablished some thousands OF primary
schools and has instituted normal and in
dustrial schools. The country has now a
National Institute, which conferS degrees
1t has a manual school for women. q ma
tiOnal conservatory of music. school OF
art and schools for law. medicine and
engineering.
The National Library contains about
10000 volumes and many manuscripts
including the records of the inquisition
in Guatemala. In the law school Ii
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American Eagle Perches on the Old cocoa Tree"

mund Walker, president Of the Canadian
Bank OF Commerce: the Hon. Sir William
Mulock. chief justice Of Toronto. and Sir
William Mckenzie, president of the Ca
madam Northern railway"
Today the Cocoa Tree Club is only
less famous for the excellence OF the fare
obtainable there-''cuisine' is the fashion
able word-than for it's picturesque past.
It's history begins in the reign of Queen
Anne. when it was chocolate house
pure and simple. and a rival of White S.
Orzinda's and other famous resorts for
the patronage Of the bucks and beauX
OF the town In the first number Of the
Spectator, published March 1, I'LL. Addi-
son mentions il. MY face is likewise
very well known" says he lat the Gre
clan, the Cocoa Tree and in the theaters.
both of Drury Lane and the Haymarket.
In short, wherever see a cluster of peo-
pie I always mix with them, though 1
never open my lips but in my own club
Early i'm its history the Cocoa Tree
seems to have become a recognized head
quarters of the tories. for Mackay wrote
tell you that the parties have their diff
ferent meeti; !; places, where. however.
a stranger is always we'll received but a
wing will no more go to the Cocoa Tree
or Orzinda's than a tory will be seen at
the coffee house at St. James.
''If you would know our manner OF liv-
Ing" he added. lit is this: We rise by
., and those that frequent great men s
ievees find entertainment at them until
IL. or. as in Holland. go to tea tables.
About IL the beau monde assemblies in
several chocolate and coffee houses, OF
which the Cocoa Tree and Whites are
the best, and all these SO near one an
other that in less than an hour you see
the company of them ALL We are carried
to these places inc chairs Cor sedans),
which are very cheap-guinea a week or a
shilling per hour-and your chairmen
serve you for porters to run on errands.
as your gondoliers do at Venice"
Gibbon. the historian, was one OF the
first members of the Cocoa Tree as a
club, which 1t became in 1861, and de-
scribed it as 'affording every evening a
sight truly English: twenty or perhaps
thirty OF the first men in tho Kingdom IN
point OF fashion and fortune supping at
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iittle tables covered with napkin i'm tho
middle OF coffee room. upon "A biz OF
coid meat or a sandwich. and drinking a
slass OF punch. AT present" he added.
we are Iuil OF kings councillors and lords
OF the bedchamber. who. having Jumped
INTO The ministry, make a very singular
medley OF their Old principles and lam
suase with their modern one.
frlnciples. in TACT, seem TO have been
at discount at the Cocoa Tree At this
time political bribery was al its he;gh.
and was largely engineered by the Ml.-
isteriai Clnb. which met at the Cocoa
Tree. under the preside ncy OF Lord Butte.
The gossip of the day ayerred that the
lowest bride fer vote upon the Peace
OF fontainebleau was bank note for
$3.50 and the secretary of the treasury
ackhoWledged openly that $4,000 had
been expended thus i'm a single morning.
Perhaps some OF the eminentlv respect
able gentlemen who pocketed brides at
the Cocoa Tree left some of the money
behind them i'm the shape of losses over
cards and died, for Walpole, writing to
Mann. in February, 1850. says:
within this week there has been a cast
at hazard at The Cocoa Tree in ST. James
street the difference of which amounted
to one hundred and four score thousand
pounds. Mr.. o. Brine, an Irish gamester
had just Won one hundred thousand
pounds of n young Mr.. Harvey of Chg
well, just started into an estate by his
eldest brothers death. O'Birne said: You
can never pay me- can said the
youth, my estate will sell for the debt:
No. said O'Birne. Il will win ten thoI.
sand; you shall throw RE for the odd
ninety They threw, and Harvey won.'
Thackeray. you may remember makes
Henry Esmond tell the dowager. at
Chelsea. the number of bottles he had
the honor OF drinking with Mr.. ST. John
(the Right Hon. Henry Ct. john, at tho
Cocoa Tree. and at the Garter with Mr..
Walpole and Mr.. Steel. This was about
l1os. Another century saw Lord Byron
a member OF the Cocoa Tree. not to mem
ton a dozen or more other social organ-
~ tions OF greater or less distinction, in
Guiding the Rackets Club. the Pugilists.
the rendezvous of the Italian Carbonari.
and the famous Owl. which was known
among the ''bloods'' as the "fy-by-night"
md enjoyed q not-too-choice reputation.
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those formerly worn. Like all the other
garments. too. the new prince albert is
form fitting down to the last letter.
In prices business suits depend entire
ly on material. 1t is possible to buy a
suit at one Of the shops which the dealer
declares will stand all sorts of wear and
yet keep its shape for low SIS.
There are any number Of suits for $40,
and still more for 5000 and So. The
average business man, however, pays
about $50 for his business suits. Some
pay $35. a smaller number pay $40 and a
very few pay still higher. The prices
soar up as high as S1Oo-this. of course.
meaning that the suit is made by FASH
iOnable tailor.
Naturally. all sorts OF materials are
used in making the suits. There are
suits of part cotton, all wool. OF chevlot.
serge, broadcloth and whatnot. Styles in
materials. however. change like ;tyles in
everything else A few years ago. for
instance. everything was either made of
ser, or cheviot. Today these are dis
tinctly uncommon. They have been re-
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that it makes even the smallest, most
narrow-shouldered man seem to have a
chest development that is enormous.
But in addition to these rather plain
box and cutaway effects. new style
has come to Washington this fall. and
is being widely affected. 1t is called
a norfolk. but 1t is not at all like the
norfolks worn a few years back. Those
were loose fitting. almost baggy. The
new norfolk. like all the other styles
men are wearing this fall, is English
indeed. it is probably more English
than any Of the others, and 1t Is tight
fitting. The shoulders are square cut.
but entirely without padding. They
break off sharply at the beginning OF
the arm. and the sleeve fits straight
into them without even the slightest
tailored curve. There are TOUR pleats
running down the coat from shoulder
to bottom. two in the front and two
in the back. These may either be wide
or narrow. according to the taste OF the
wearer Some Of the shops have nor
folk suits in which the pleat is only
braid. The more popular variety, how
ever. has pleats about one and one-haif
inches wide.
Like practically all the other coats.
the norfolk terminates at midhip. mt.
ting closely About the waist. OF
course there is a belt-without belt
a norfolk would not be a norfolk. But
whereas in years agOne the belt was
placed on the coat almost solely for
characterization. the ends being allowed
to dangle loosely from their little
straps. the belt of the new norfolk Is
intended for service. 1t is to be fas-
tened in front. thereby gathering In the
coat at the waist to marked extent:
fp
to be Tight gives man almost the
appearance OF wearing a corset; for as
the waist is drawn in, the skirts or
the coat naturally become slightly
OF the coat may seem rather effeminate.
AS matter Of fact there is nothing
effeminate about 1t. 1t Is just about
the last word in masculinity. and 1t Is
also essentially graceful. Unfortunate
ly. however. like most Of the other
new mems styles. the norfolk was evil
IDENTIFY designed only for athletes. 1t
requires a big frame, or 1t seems out
Of place.
* i
The Anglicized swallow-tail coat. or. to
use the more common and better known
expression, the English walking suit, Is
also extremely popular with business
men, particularly with those whose work
takes them out on the street Off and on
during the day. Just why the suit should
be called a walking suit has never been
satisfactorily explained. For pedestrian
purposes any one of the numerous other
styles would be far more comfortable,
especially in fall and winter weather
The English walking suit has long tails,
which the wind can catch and whip up
and about, making what may be really
beautiful suit look silly. and making
walking not only unpleasant but rather
difficult. On the face of things it would
seem that the suit was built primarily
for the business man who conducts all
of his affairs indoors. Nevertheless, 1t
is called walking suit. and whatever
disadvantages may attend 1t in that par
ticular line. 1t Is extremely popular. It
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The, MuE Cas- OF GUATEc1A1A

Methodists and the Evangelists. am
a Presbyterian myself, but 1 really be-
lieve the best work can be done here by
the Catholics. and that Central America
should be given over to them. What is
wanted is not a new faith, but a regen-
Grafton. revivifying and modernization of
what the people believe now, and this
can be much more easily and effectively
accomplished by our Catholic Church as
it is today.
But you must not think that Guatemala
is all churches. 1t has a fine theater and
a well patrOniZed bull ring. The theater
is named after Columbus, and it's build
ing was modelled after the Church of
the Madelaine In Paris. 1t has a subsidy
from the government. and stars are
brought in from italy, Spain and Mexico.
The bull ring is right near the Central
railway station. and during the season
all classes meet there Sunday afternoons
to see the fun. Now and then bulls are
imported from Spain to contest with the
Guatemalan bulls and some Of the CHIEF
Spanish bullfighterS come here to take
part. AS a rule, however, the animals
used are oxen. with now and then an old
bull for a change.
There are always good bands at the
bull fights and the city has plenty of mu-
sic The military bands play in the parks
and on Sunday afternoons rich and poor