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religion 10 powerless to bestow." A sim
liar epigram appears in an essay b,
Edgar Saltus. The Pomps of Satan"
"A woman gownsd in the height of fash
Ion possesses a serenity of mind JOINED
to an elevation Of spirit which the con.
solations Of religion are incompetent tc
provide G.. r. PRESTON.
Your correspondent who asks In Ques
tions and Answers of May 6 for the
author of the remark to the effect tina,
there 10 q satisfaction in being wei
dressed that even the consultations oi
religion cannot bestow. will hnd II
though expressed somewhat differently
in Emerson's essay on Social Aims
("works." Century Edition. Volume
VIII. page $50. Emerson has 1t thus
II am not ignorant-I have heard
with admlring submission the expert
| ence of the lady who declared that the
sense Of being well dressed gives q
feeling of inward tranquility which re-
ligion is powerlees to bestow'"
Even Emerson puts the remark ir
the form Of a quotation and II may moi
be original with him.
! . WILLIAM c. DAVIS.
Where shall I apply for a widow,
pension? WIDOW.
Write to or go TO the office OF tn,
Board Of Child Welfare In the City Hall
Manhattan.
| In Questions and Answers for May
Ina "R" asks who originated the SALUTE
to the hag used in schools. 1t wat
originated by William T. Adams. ths
"Oliver Optic" whose clean. whole
some, idealistic literature charmed man,
Young people between forty and sixty
years ago.
think the salute frst appeared II
the Youths Companion about forty
seven years ago. but / cannot be SURF
Of the date. as I was n small girl a
files at present and so cannot look II up
NJ. f. NJ. c.
Can YOU tell me the origin OF tn,
phrase "fine Italian hand?
H. II. MAC.
1t goeA back to the days of the writ
ing master and the quill pen. a centur,
ago, when the italian hand was taugh
for polite usage as well as the clerica
] script for business purposes and law
| text for scrivencrs and gentlemen of tn,
bar.
That Is ono explanation. Another |,
based on the career of Machiavelli, o.
more especially his instructions e
princes on the art OF governing
A third explanation insists that thu
phrase should read "fine Roman hand.
and attributes It TO Machiavellian sub
tleties In intrigues OF all kinds II
support of this is quoted the line from
the fourth scene. third act, OF Twelfth
Night: IT think we do know the swee
Roman hand"
In Questions and Answers for Ma,
l3 H. X. NJ" asks where to send maga
zines for men In the army and navy,
Please inform him that tho Nav,
League asks. in the May number of Sec
PoWer, that good magazines and book
for men In the navy be sent to Nav,
League Headquarters, Southern Build
ing, Washington. u. c.. whence the,
will be distributed TO the different ships
l.. A. HAWKINS.
Cannot some of your readers tell m,
tho circumstances under which the lat,
Senator Vest OF Missouri delivered hi
speech praising the dog. sometimes re
ferred to as his "Eulogy on the Dog"
You reprinted It lately and under
stand that It was a passage in an ad
dress to the Jury at the conclusion o
a lawsuit Of some kind. II. @. II.
ut Is she" or 1T is her" and why?
f. c. X.
"It Is she." because lis or any othe
upon or modify anything or anybody. 4
merely expresses Identity in present, pas
or future.
| IL President Wilson OF English O.
Irish ancestry? READER.