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Official Insolence. T mm. By Frunlc XI. Biclcnell. , - - .. HE Sect who boarded a British warship and sent word to its captain that "one of the owners" wished to see him asserted a fact which few of us have the backbone to stand up to; that the humble masses own the earth by right of having paid for it with their more or less hard-earned money. It would seem as" if we, the proprietors of the ever-glorious Republic, are especially meek in regarding our "hired men,' lrom the nesi. dent down, as our masters rather than our paid servants. We allow our selves to be browbeaten by public and quasi-public officials to an extent that amazes the foreigner. A titled Englishman recently wasted much temper in learning that an American railway conductor is allowed to be almost as autocratic as the captain of an ocean liner. Among the few "strangers in our midst" Avho have really succeeded in silencing a top-lofty parlor-car conductor is Max O'Rc-11; and ho did it by bursting out with a Threat to pitch him through the window, about the opening of which they disagreed. It is not the highly placed officials, however, but the potty jaeks-in-office who are the most bumptious; their belief in their own importance appears to be in nrect proportion to their specific levity. A smart young, clerk in a certain suburban city hall once tried to snub and make needless trouble for a quiet, shabby, elderly man who had requested an item of information at his counter. To the young fellow's discomfiture, the old gentleman re volted so far as to free his mind somewhat as follows: "My friend, let me ask if I am in your service, or you in mine. I'd always supposed my tax-money helped pay you and these other chaps here, to work for the city to the best of your ability. And as I'm a citizen of the city I'm one of your bosses, and I object to being treated as if I was no 'better than dirt; besides which, en your own account, you want to be a little mite civil, or some day you'll be hunting another job. It never struck you in just that light, before, maybe, but it's so all the same." A little plain talk of this sort, conveying a wholesome icsson, is needed much oftener than it is given. Most of us submit to domineering rather than make a fuss, being surprised, indeed, if we don't get it. If the policeman on the , corner, when we ask him a direction, responds with anything better than patronizing condescension, we are absurdly grateful. We approach the Jjox-office of a theatre, or even the desk of a hotel, as supplicants, ready to fringe at the expected rudeness or rebuff. In the trolley-cars, of the large cities at .least, we avoid personal intercourse with the men in charge, and look for only the curtest replies if need forces us to interrogate them. However, there is something to be said on the ether side, and if we do. feel moved on occasion to put one of these high-ana-haughty officials in his proper place, let us do it gocd-temperedly, not forgetting the hint given by a certain street-car company in its printed notice to the effect that while courtesy is to be desired from the conductor, its practice is not unbecoming in the passenger. Smart Frills of Fashion New York City. The blouse which J shows no visible closing is always a pretty and attractive one, and th.it. model includes the new deep, narrow chemisette that is so attractive and or Hypnotizing the Mail. By Professor lunsterberff. P course, there is no reason to deny that a person may fall into the hypnotic state while the hypnotizer is in another place. The only condition is that he must have been hypnotized by him before and that his own imagination must have been cap tured by the thought of the absent hypnotizer. I myself have repeatedly hypnotized by telephone, or even bv mail. For in stance, I treated a morphinist who at first came daily to my laboratory to be hypnotized; later it was sufficient to tell him over the tele phone: 'Take out your watch; in two minutes you will fall asleep'; or to write to him.' 'As soon as you have read this note you will be in the hyp notic state' I thus had the 'malicious' influence, even at a distance, but it was not by will power; it was by the power of his own imagination; at the time when he read my note in his suburb, and fell asleep, I was not think ing of him at all. As a matter of course, such influence by correspondence would have been impossible Aad not repeated hypnotization in personal con tact preceded. Even that may not be necessary if, not complete hypnotization, but only suggestive influence, is in question. A few days ago I received a letter from a Southern lady whom I do not know, whose son, a morphinist, I have never seen. She writes: 'My son has been impressed with the belief that your treatment is all he needs to be cured. In a dream, he said, you stood before him, with the finger-tips of your hands trembling, and said, "I have the power to influence your will." He woke, repeating, "You have the power to control my will." That morning he seemed to forget to take the morphine at the Tegular time, and soon went down to the beach without his morphine outfit in his pocket an unusual thing, and so forth. Ho himself was convinced that my will power was working on him, while I did not even know him." 3? Politeness. Pj fy Thomas L,. 3VI asson. iOLITBNESS consists in concealing from other people the fact they annoy you. If a man springs up from his seat in a crowded car to give it to a woman, that is politeness. If he permits his wife to drag a chair from one room into the other, -while he is smoking and reading the evening paper, that is innocent absorption. It pays to be polite when it doesn t cost anything. Politeness originated in the garden of Eden, when Adam fell merely to oblige Eve. (And yet they say that man is selfish!) We should always be polite to our inferiors in the presence of our superiors. Nothing is more effective. The man who is truly polite never forgets himself. Such a man, if he is obliged to kick another man down-stairs, will always see that his hat is sent out to him. Children are naturally impolite, until they are taught that they cannot hope to make much money without. Always be polite when you are borrowing money from a friend. Re member that it doesn't cost anything to give him the impression that you are going to pay him back. There are two kinds of politeness, politeness to yourself and politeness to others. When you come home late at night, for example, even if you are very tired, always remove your hat and coat before getting into bed. It is little attentions like this that constitute you a gentleman. At the same time, do not disturb your wife if you can possibly avoid it. It is the height of rude ness to awaken a sleeping lady. The polite man is always welcome everywhere. That is, almost every where except at a bargain-counter, a lire, or a financial panic. - Then he is do trop. 8? The Startling Growth qf Stawte Power mm By Or. Hannis Taylor. HEX we lcok the facts in the face, when we measure by stan dards that do not deceive the startling growth or State power, local and national, that has taken place in the last fifty years, and thou couple with it the manifest tendency to carry it furth er still, we cannot deceive ourselves as to the' actual conditions that confront the nation as a whole. We have returned to a time when the "prying eye of the Government follows the. butcher to the shambles and the baker to the oven" a time of collectivism in which the dependent individual looks to the State for proteetirn through the meth ods of orderly co-operation which modern legislation is seeking to enforce. During the period that divides Jefferson from Lincoln a transformation has taken place in our internal economic conditions, whose results have re versed tho fundamental proposition upon which Jefferson's political theories were founded. Just as he and his followers demanded that government pow er should be limited to the greatest possible extent, and that the circle of Individual rights surrounding the- citizen should be widened to the great est possible extent, a majority of tho American people, including those who still prcfess to follow Jefferson, are now demanding that governmental pow er. State end Federal, shall be so widened, even at the sacrifice of individ ual rights, as to protect them against the incorporated battalions the new collectivism is hurling against them. Will proof of that assertion be de manded ov any one familiar with the recent records of Congress, of the State Legislatures and of the courts wherein the people are striving, through the exercise of extraordinary state power to right the equilibrium of Ameri can society?" In Regard to Feet. j Anthropologists assert that the Frenchman's foot is long, narrow j and well -proportioned. The Scottnan's j foot, according to these authorities, I Is high and thick, strong, muscular J and capable of hard work. The Rus- i sian's foot possesses one peculiarity, ' the toes being generally webbed to ! the first joint. The Tartar's foot is short and heavy, the foot of a cer tain type of savage, and the toes are the same length. The Spaniard's foot is generally small, but finely curved. The Englishman's foot is in most cases short and rather fleshy, and not as a rule as strong, pro portionately, as it should bt. becoming. It is made with the new sleeves, too, that are cut off to show pretty close fitting under ones of thin material and it is equally well adapt- J ed to entire gowns and to the separate Hands For Trimming. . Following several months of flat trimming, there is a new arrangement that consists of bands of material gathered at each edge to form a puff and used at the extreme edge of the long-waistcd dress. NEW YORK AS A MISSION FIELD. Exorcise Suit. The exercise suit makes an im portant feature of the modern ward robe, for women long ago learned that a few moments given over to system atic exercise is one of the greatest of all aids to perfect health and sym metry. This suit is simple and prac tical, yet smart withal and can be utilized either for the gymnasium or in the home. In the illustration it is made of light weight serge, but all the materials that are used for suits of the sort are appropriate. Tho knickerbockers or bloomers aro com fortably full, yet simple, and the blouse portion is made in conformity with the latest style. The three-quarter sleeves are those in most general use, but long ones can be substituted, if preferred. The suit consists of blouse and knickerbockers. The blouse is made with fronts and back and is finished with a belt at the waist line. TJie knickerbockers are laid in pleats at their upper edges and are joined to waistbands, and these waistbands are buttoned onto the band of the blouse, so that there is no possible danger of parting, no matter how active an hour may be enjoyed. blouse. In the illustration it is made of silk cashmere with trimming of banding, chemisette and under sleeves of tucked chiffon. Almost all the in coming materials are soft enough to be tucked, however, and for the chem isette and under sleeves lace, net and muslin, and, indeed, , all pretty ma terials of the sort are appropriate. The waist is made over a fitted lining and consists of fronts and back with the chemisette. The lining is closed at the centre front, the waist invisibly at the left of the front. The sleeves are tucked to give a novel and becoming effect and arranged over the linings, which are faced to form the under sleeves. The quantity of material required for the medium size, is three and seven-eighth yards twenty-one, twenty-four or twenty-seven, or two yards forty-four inches wide, with three fourth yard eighteen inches wide for the chemisette and under sleeves and two and one-fourth yards of banding. Now Cored Skirt. One of the new skirts is known as the gored corselet skirt. The gores are quite narrow at the top and form a low corselet with one point at the front, usually made with tho front panel, and two at the back. Hair Dressing. All coiffures are low, very much built-out at the back, and rolled soft ly at the sides. Tiaras, wreaths and barrettes are the usual hair orna ments, also metal gauze wreaths in the form of laurel leaves. Rose Hohind the Ear. The pretty fashion of wearing a single rose behind the ear has been revived, and when beneath the flower a couple of curls fall upon the shoul der, a very strong reminiscence of the fashions of the uO's of last century is aroused. The quantity of material required for the medium size is eight and one eighth yards twenty-seven, five yarda forty-four or four yards fifty-two inches wide. Military Efforts. The Russian Cossack and the mili tary effects bid fair to have a strong vogue in millinery. New lieticules. The newest bag to be carried with the white gown, in which the hand kerchief and other small and neces sary articles are kept, is of Irish crochet. These reticules may b& made of two round medallions care fully crocheted tog -', her, except at the top, where an opening is left. Knotted cords are run through the top, by which the bags are carried. They may also be made of hand-darned filet net and Italian 11 lot doilies. Tw.X,:, 1 X BiprrSTYf'iscof'M. 45,573 Diagram showing the proportion of Roman Catholics, Jews And Protest ants in New York City. Diagram showing the division of the Protestant population of New York City in the year 1905. From the Home Herald. THE KAISER AS A PLAIN CITIZEN V.a . : vr ,. 4 J jet c A Greyhound's Gravestone. A gravestone has been erected in Newall in memory of Malsoe, a grey hound owned for many years by Gen eral Houton, of Portland. The dog had a famous pedigree and was born in 1S94, and died in 1908. This dog was a direct descendant of the great. Master McGrath, which was regarded as the'greatest greyhound which, fever lived. Ho was owned by Lord'Lur gan, of Ireland, and it is said (..here was scarcely an Irishman i 1 the coun try who did not know of this famous dog. Malsee was born at Fort Keogh,. Mont., and accompanied the General through his army life during fourteen years. He was at Chickamauga dur ing the Spanish War, and many Maine soldiers will remember the dog. The stone which his master has erected to his pet is inscribed: In Memory of Malsee, General Ilouton's Faithful hound, Born in Montana, ISO 4, Died 1908. With First Regiment at Chickamauga. in Spanish War. Kennebec Journal. Grey- The Kaiser, Germany's war lord, without" his war clothes. This unu sual photograph of the German Em peror caught him scowling in a man ner more familiar to his ministers than to the admiring general public. From the Sphere. Enough Said. Mother "You were a long time in the conservatory with Mr. Willing last night, my child. What was go ing on?" Daughter "Did you ever sit in the conservatory with papa before you married him?" Mother "I suppose I did." Daughter "Well, mamma, it's the same old world." Boston Transcript. Novel Medicine Chest. One of the most ingenious of inven tions is the medicine chest designed by an Arkansas man. With this chest there is no excuse for a person not taking his medicine on time or for getting the medicines mixed. Tho cabinet consists of a stand with two little drawers at the upper corners and a desk portion on top. In front of the desk portion is a little door,, just about wide enough to admit a bottle, and inside is a series of re volving trays. One of these trays is provided with numbers indicating minutes, another with numbers indi cating the hours of the day, and a third with ordinals indicating the hours of the day and night. Each tray is divided into little compart ments at each hour, so that at a cer tain hour a bottle in that compart ment will be waiting at the door. A Minifying Estimate. "Does j-our son know the value of a dollar?" "Yes," answered Mr. Cumrox, "he has some idea of it. He knows bet ter than to invite the scorn of the waiter at whose table he dines by offering him one as a tip." Rich mond Evening Star. This is brought about by a clock mechanism which operates the trays, all of which are connected to a shaft and moved by the clock, the face of jvhich is visible in the front of the stand. It now remains for the inven tor to add an alarm attachment and it will be practically impossible to miss medicine time. Washington Star. Japan In 1908 made 260,000,000 pounds of paper and imported 48,- 000,000 pounds, a consumption of! 308,000,000 pounds, or 6.3 pounds per capita of the population. I For the Congo a smelting plant tt treat 1000 tons of copper ore daily has been ordered from the UnitecJ States. THE GUARD. EM lit iw -1 1 1 "How long ha-i your wife taken tu going in the kitclia.'" "Since she has become jealous of the cook." 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