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ty President Roosevelt
" UNDAMENTALLY this country is sound; morally no less
Fthan physicallv. Fundamentally, in Its family life and in tne
outside activities of its individuals the country is better ana
not worse than it formerly was. This does not mean that we
are to be excused if we fail to contend effectively with the
forces of evil, and they waste their time who ask me to
withhold my hand f oni dealing therewith. But it is wonu
while to smite the wrong for the very reason that we are confident that the
right will ultimately prevail. You who are training the next
generations are training this country as it is to be a
decade or two hence; and while your work in training the intel
lect is great, it is not as great as your work in training character. More
than anything else I want to see the public school turn out the boy and girl
who when man and woman will add to the sum of good citizenship of the
Nation. It is not my province, nor would it be within my capacity, to speak
about 5our pedagogic problems. You yourselves are far better able to dls
cuss them. But as a layman let me say one or two things about your work.
In the first place, I trust that more and more of our people will see
to it that the schools train toward and not away from the farm and the
workshop. We have spoken a great deal about the dignity of labor in this
country; but we have not acted up to our spoken words, for In our education
we have tended to proceed upon the assumption that the educated man was
to be educated away from and not toward labor. The great nations of
mediaeval times who left such marvelous works of architecture and art behind
them were able to do so because they educated alike the brain and hand
of the craftsman. We, too, in our turn must show that we understand the
law which decrees that a people which lases physical address invariably
deteriorates; so that our peop'? shall understand that the good carpenter,
jie good blacksmith, the good mechanic, the good farmer, really do fill the
most important positions in our land, and that it is an cvii thing for them and
for the nation to have their cons and daughers forsake the work which, if
fell and efficiently performed, means more-than, any other work for out
gtople as a whole.
We have all of us often heard some good but unwise woman say "I have
worked hard ;my daughter shan't work;" the poor woman not realizing that
great though the curse of mere drudgery of overwork is, it is not so great as
the curse of vapid idleness; and it does not make any difference whether the
Wlenss be that of the hobo at one end of the scale or the guilded youth at the
other. Do not waste time in envying the idler at either end of the social
scale. Envy is not the proper attitude toward them. The proper attitude to
ward them is a good humored but thoroughgoing disapproval of the man or
woman who is so blind not only to the interests of society as a whole, but
to his or her own real interests as to believe thr3 anything permanent can
be gained from a life of selfiish and vacuous idleness.
The effort should be made to teach every one that the first requisite of
good citizenship is doing the duties that are near at hand. But, of course,
this does not excuse a man from doing the other duties, too. It is no excuse
If a man neglects his political duties, to say that he is a good husband and
father, still less is it an excuse, if he is guilty of corruption in politics or busi
ness, to say that his home life Is all right. He ought to add to decency in
home life decency mi politics, decency in public life.
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of Motherhood
Ey President Roosevelt.
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NLESS the average woman is a good wife and good mother,
unless she bears a sufficient number of children so that the
race shall increase and not decrease, unless she brings up
these children sound in soul and mind and body unless
this is true, of the average woman, no brilliancy of genius,
no material prosperity, no triumphs of science and industry
will avail to save the race from ruin and death. The moth
er is the one supreme asset of national life; she is more im
portant by far than the successful statesman or business
man or. artist or scientist. I abhor and condemn the man who fails to recog
nize all his obligations to the woman who does her duty. But the woman who
shirks her duty as wife and mother is just as heartily to be condemned. We
despise her as we despise and condemn the soldier who flinches in battle. A
good woman who does full duty Is sacred In our eyes, exactly as the brave
and patriotic soldier is to be honored above all other men. But the woman
who, whether from cowardice, from selfishness, from having a false and vac
uous ideal, shirks her duty as wife and mother earns the right to our con
tempt, just as the man who, from any motive, fears to do his duty in battle
when the country calls him.
Evolution of Literature
(3'w y George ' Harvey. rwVAV3
ITERATURE, like religion, science, and life itself, is evolu-
iu. luc uc&iiiiiiiig, tta j. i uicoaur ijittiiuei ivio.ti.iie wa
concisely points out, fiction dealt with the Impossible with
wonders and mysteries as of the "Arabian Nights," with
tales of chivalry like "Amadis of Gaul" and weird romances.
Then came the. Improbable, full of adventurous deeds, such
as chain the imagination but never are performed. Followed
the Probable of Balzac, Thackeray and Dickens, accompan
ied by the Inevitable as represented by the "Scarlet Letter,"
"Romoia," "Smoke" and "Anna Karenina." Precisely where we stand to-day
It would be difficult to determine; certain it is that the recent recrudescence
of unduly chivalric tales has run its course and more substantial diet is de
manded. May it not be possible that the reading public has become so large
that there is no longer one, in the sense of having a common taste, and that
desires, likes and dislikes are more diversified than ever before. The North
American Review.
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? Policemen Put to the Test ?
y Thomas Byrnes, Ex'Chief of Police of New York.
Y principle was always to put a man on his honor with me,
and if he broke it I broke him. When I first took charge
of the Detective Bureau I had only four detectives. They
were all older men inan I was I took that into considera
tion. I called them into my private office. 'Be seated, gen
tlemen,' I said. 'You are no doubt wondering why I kept
you four men here. I'll tell you; principally because I
believe you're on the level. So long as you stay that wr
with me, I'll treat you the same way. If you don't I'll dls-
miss jou from the service in disgrace. You can always count upon me as
your friend, if you make mistakes, and we will all work together to make this
the greatest detective bureau in the. world.' These four men were as true as
fiteel. I tested them not once, but forty times, and they never went back on
their sense of honor to the department."
Tbere is a lot of backcapping in the rank and file of the police, and 11
the Chief once listens to that sort of thing he has lost his usefulness as a
commander. If the men once discover that the Chief can be influenced other
than by hi9- own knowledge and discernment, be loses the respect of the
force.
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JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER ON TH: OOti- LINKS
filling Ucd Spring.
A Chicago man has endeavored 10
make woman's work easy by -designing
the tilting bed spring shown here.
In this bedstead the spring is pivoted
to one side of the frame and is con
nected at both ends with spring
clamps. When the bed spring is
raised the clamps hold it is a raised
tatnly ranks among the finest in the
world is that possessed by the church
of St. Mary, Radcliffe, Bristol, Eng
land. In the church Oxford street,
Manchester, there is a marble pulpit
with panels of beautiful mosaics.
Each panel contains the portrait of
a saint worked in Venetian marble,
Argus,
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position, so that the entire overhaul
ing of the bedstead becomes an easy
matter. An additional advantage lies
in the fact that the" floor beneath the
bedstead can also be easily cleaned
without the necessity of pushing the
bed to all parts of the room to get at
it.
To Know an Artist.
The Munich Jugend has discovered
five new signs by which to detect the
school to which a painter belongs
(1) If he paints the sky gray and the
grass black, he belongs to the good
old classical school; (2) if he paints
the sky blue and the grass green, he
is a realist; (3) if he paints the sky
green and the grass blue, he is an im
pressionist; (4) if he paints the sky
yellow and the grass purple, he is a
colorist; (5) if he paints the sky
black and the grass red, he shows
possession of great decorative talent.
Literary Digest.
Light and Food.
Luminara, published in Madrid,
was probably one of the most remark
able freak newspapers ever printed.
It was printed with ink containing
phosphorus, so that the paper could
be read iu the dark. Another curi
osity was known as the Legal. This
was printed with non-poisonous ink
on fhin sheets of dough, which could
be eaten, thus furnishing 'nourish
ment for body as well as mind. Lit
erary Digest.
Famous Carved Pulpits.
St. Gudule, the cathedral church of
Brussels, has a carved pulpit, repre
senting in carved wood the expulsion
from paradise. Among the animals
are the bear, the dog, cat, eagle, vul
ture, peacock, owl, dove, ape, etc.
There is an equally fine one in Ant
verp cathedral. The decoration is of
lavish and striking character, figures,
birds and beasts being mixed in ar
tistic profusion. The church of St.
Andrew at Antwerp contains a very
elaborately carved wood pulpit, rep
resenting the calling of Peter and
Andrew. The figures are of life size,
standing in a boat. Beside them is a
net with fishes. Wilton Church, near
Salisbury, possesses finest pulpit in
England. It is made of choice mar
ble, most beautifully carved. In
Worcester cathedral is a pulpit of
carved marble, the gift of the late
Earl of Dudley. A pulpit which cer-
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New York City. Every woman
who anticipates a visit to the sea
shore during the summer months ex
pects to including a bathing suit in
her outfit. This one shows all the
latest features of the season. It gives
New Neck IJufTs,
Little short neck ruffs, thick and!
reaching high about the ears and
chin, but not at all deep, are worn
tied at the back with a short bow of
ribbon. Some are of tulle, some of
feathers, some of shaggy ragged flow
er petals, small, and binding tightly
the throat, not at all the neck or
shoulders, as recently.
Dlrcctoire Style.
As the season advances, it needs
no great prophetic vision to foretell
the assured acceptance of taffeta
coats with soft muslin and lace skirts.
There was quite a promising attempt
made on these lines last season, which'
those of us who saw and noted real
ized was then only in its infancy of
popularity. It Is highly probable,
however, that in this particular con
nection the long-tailed Directoire coat
will supplant the present short semi
fit, in which case there is every prom
ise of the long-handled parasol com
ing once again to the fore.
Waist Accessories.
The tailored set is severe in style
and is designed to be worn with plain
shirt waists. In the illustration it is.
made of blue linen scalloped, and the
two front pieces are buttoned to
gether by. means of small pearl but
tons. The smaller jabot and pointed
stock can be made of lace, as illus
trated, or of fine lawn or embroidery,
or Indeed, of any material that is
suited to such purpose, while the
longer jabot and the high stock can
be made from lawn or linen, as illus
trated, from silk or lingerie material,
or the collar and stock can match lhe
waist, while the jabot is of net, lace
or other thin fabric.
The quantity of material required
is for the tailored set one and one-
Jet of Water at Grenoble, Francet
. Which Cannot Be Cut Through
With a Sword.
Strand Magazine.
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FOREIGN HUMOR.
the princesse. lines at the front and
is made with close fitting sleeves and
it is altogether graceful and attrac
tive at the same time that it is quite
simple. In the illustration black mo
hair is trimmed with black and white
striped taffeta. For the trimming al
most any contrasting material or
banding can be used that may be
liked.
The suit is made with the bloom
ers and the gown. The bloomers are
of the regulation sort that are fitted
Hby means of darts at the hips, while
they are drawn up below the knees
by elastic inserted in the hems. The
gown portion is made in semi-prin-cesse
stylo, the skirt and the blouse
being joined by means of a belt at
the back and sides, while they cut in
one at the front.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is ten yards
twenty-seven, five and three-fourth
yards forty-four, or five and one-half
yards fifty-two inches wide, with one
and one-half yards twenty-seven
inches wide for trimming and tie.
fourth yards twenty-one, 6ne yard
twenty-seven, seven-eighth yard thirty-two;
for the shorter jabot with col
lar two and three-eighth yards of lace
three and one-fourth inches wide,
three-eighth yard of beading, two
yards of insertion, three-fourth yard
The Wife "Fancy, John, they are getting out a woman's dictionary,
wonder if it's any different from the others?"
The Husband "Probably has more words in It." -London Telegraph.
nabyficd Hats.
Hats appear to become more and
more babyfied. Just so there be a
ruffle somewhere about the face to
give a caplike air, and that it gets
back of the head that Is about all
one seeks for. This style is decidedly
English, since no one but the English
woman ever seems to have any suc
cess with such headgear, and they
suit her picturesque head and sweetly-pretty
face beltir than women of
any otfa r country. .
of edging; for the longer jabot and
collar one-half yard of any width for
collar and stay, one-half yard thirty
two, three-eighth yard forty-f-;:r for
jabot and bow.
Satin CIiarinuHse.
The loveliest of all materials for
evening gowns is the satin charmeuse,
a wonderfully soft and silky fabric,
which seems to have all the supple-,
ness of Oriental satin combiued with
the greater richness of satin duch-esse.
A Tie Novel (y.
The tailored girl is wearing with
her turn-over colli' odd little butter
flies of leather. H
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