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Woman Suffrage at St. Catherine's
By Elizabeth Jordan, Author of the May Iverson Stories.
Copyrighted, 1913, by Harper and Brothers.
Editor's Not May Iverson. Elisabeth Jordan's famous school girl
of St. Catherine's convent, la know wherever American books-and maga
slnes are known. During the last alx jreara three May Iverson serials
have appeared, the first two It. Harper's Magazine, the third, during the
current year. In Oood Housekeeping. The story reprinted here, by
courtesy of Harper Brothers, haa a special Interest, not only because
It takes up In May Iverson's Inimitable fashion the great question of
woman suffrage, but ev-n more from ihe fact that It Is Illustrated with
photographs of the actual scene of the tale the Collets of 8t Elizabeth,
tn convent. New Jersey.
Attractive Gowns for Midsummer
(Continued from Yesterday.)
We were all pretty edgy by this time.
If you have delicate nerves In your
fingers, you know how perfectly awful
you feel when you try to pare a peach.
That a about the way every suffragette
at St. Catherine's felt when an "antl"
came around where Bhe was. As for our
lessons. Sister Irmingarde told me with
her own lips that If I didn't do better
during the coming month she would be
reluctantly forced to (hange her mind
about my ability as a student. Tou'd
better believe that stirred me up! I
dropped everything at St. Catherine's
except study and suffrage. When the
other girls had "spreads" In their rooms,
Mabel Muriel Murphy and I were study
ing la our rooms with wet towels on our
heads for Sister Edna had reproached
Mael Muriel too. But when there was
suffrage or antl-suf frago going on, we
were both at our posts, like the boy on
the burning deck. For. by this time It
was a vital burning issue, as the news
papers said, and was disrupting the girls,
just as Maudle had thought it would.
The evening of the debate came at last
We had it in the assembly-hall right
after supper, and Slater Irmingarde and
Sister Kdna and Sister Kstelle were the
Jury, as they had promised to be. The
antl girls were all on the left side, and
we suffragettes sat on the right: and on
the platform there waa a speakers'
rostrum, with a glass of water on it.
When I saw these three nuns lined up
In their chairs, and some other Sisters
in the audience, I felt sorry for Kittle
and Maudle. Sisters, especially Sisters
who teach us, make a very critical
audience, and we girls had often indeed
observed that they had a strange cramp
ing effect on our style the kind one's
family has. Both Maudle and Kittle
looked nervous, I thought, and dreadfully
serious. Kittle wore her newest, dress
one her sister had sent her the week
before and Maudle had on a new em
broidered blouse. They were pale but
firm.
Maudle began, and dear me! Wasn't I
proud of her I Maudie had one fault, and
I have pointed it out to her freely, like a
true literary artist to whom art comes
before all. Sho uses too many big words,
. and is what Mabel Blossom calls "high
falutln" in her style. (Mabel had pointed
out this fault, too). But she began to
debate In the simplest, most natural way,
so that the minims could have understood
her If they has been there. She said after- 1
wards that she did this because she
wanted the ant la to grasp her meaning. .
. Maudle said the time came to every girl
when she had to look into the depths of
her own heart, and make up her mind
what her life was going to be. Then,
when she had decided, all she had to do
waa to go ahead and make it that Tou
see how simple that waa. The antls be
gan to look bored right off, but I gave
Maudie a smile of loving encouragement
Bhe said there were only two things a girl
could do she could be an ivy and cling
to things, or else she could be a strong
support and let things cling to her. Then
Maudle drew a long breath and said the
best thing a girl could have clinging to
her was principles.. She waited for that
to sink in, and we suffragettes applauded.
Maudle went on the talk of duty and; re
sponsibility and the community spirit of
helpfulness.
Then she started in, in earnest She said
It was natural for the slothful and Indol
ent to shirk work. She said we saw it
tone every day by some of those around
us at St Catherine's. It was easier to let
the world go by, Maudle said, than to
help make It move; but everybody shirked,
what would become of progress, and who
would pass on the torch from hand to
hand? She said butterflies were very
pretty to look at, but there was no place
for them in a beehive. They did not
help the soul to climb. Little James stood
, right up when Maudie said that, and tried
to speak, but Adeline Thurston .pulled her
down. Maudle said the way to live one's
life was not in slothful pleasures, eating
"spreads" and neglecting one's studies,
but to Join hands In a ring of helpfulness
that would reach around the world. She
said It made her feel almost sick some
times to see the opportunities for uni
versal brotherhood and the community
spirit lost by girls who had the priceless
advantage of living at St. Catherine's
and seeing the examples of others who
took lite seriously; and she said love
should be our guiding principles, and that
every girl should devote half an hour to
the reading of the best books every day.
Then she told about the man who rapped
on the door of his beloved, and wis
asked, "Who Is there?" and he said, "It
la I," but the door didn't open; and he
rapped again and was asked who he was,
and he said "It is I." And still the door
didn't open. The third time he said "It
is thou," and the door opened right off.
Maudie said that Is what we must all do
rap on the door and be what's behind It.
Then, all of a sudden, she sat down, and
we girls clapped like mad. The antls
looked at one another and smiled In a
tiled way.
When Kittle James got up, I
thought she looked puxxled. She seemed
to be thinking over Maudie's speech, and
there waa so much in It that I guess she
didn't know just where to begin. But at
last she said the previous speaker had
told a pretty story, but that It reminded
her of another one about two doors one
with a lady behind It, and the other with
a tiger and the man rapping at them
didn't know which waa which; and she
said that waa the way with a good mahy
doors In life, it was a mistake to be the
thing inside unless you were sure it
wasn't a tiger. All the girls laughed at
this, gad so did the three sisters on the
jury. ' Sister Irmingarde looked quite
proud of Kittle. Then Kittle James asked
what would become of the wounded It
the world was made up entirely of people
fighting all the time, and she asked how
anybody could expect to read half an
hour every day when we had so many
other things to do. She said It was very
pretty to talk about hands joining In I
big circle all around the world, but S 'me
times these hands might be neglecting
other things they had to do; and she said
when It came to "spreads" and indolence,
he thought they were pretty evenly di
vided among our dear companions. She
took up everything Maudle had said and
answered it, and then, all of a sudden,
she sat down, too, and we girls looked at
one another and had kind of queer feel
ing as if we were at a picnic, you know,
and there weren't any pickles or hard
boiled eggs. Sister Edna is always tell
ing about "an effect of Incompleteness"
when the girls dress too quickly and for
get a tie or something. Someway, we got
that kind of an effect right there.
Irr the meantime the Jury was talking
together and everybody sat very still. At
last. In about five minutes. Sister Irmin
garde stood up. She said she had been
asked by the other members of the Jury
to give Its findings, and she said that
at first it had not seemed easy. So much
she said, had been. expressed and so many
different ideas introduced. However, she
added, she said the jury had been given
to understand before the debate that It
was for and against suffrage. And all
of a sudden, I understood exactly what
had happened. ' 1 .
Both Maudle and Kittle James had been
so Interested In suffrage they hadn't said
a word about It. They had Just stood on
the platform throwing out different lines
of thought, the way conjurers throw out
long colored ribbons over an audience,
and they expected that poor Jury to
gather up all these threads and make a
ball of them, because they couldn't do it
themselves. Isn't this a clever way of
describing what they did? Whenever
thoughts like that befall me, my chest
swells, and I realize my art la growing!
inside of me all the time. When I wrote
my first book I couldn't have done this.
I should have merely said, briefly and
plainly, that both Maudle and Kittle
James, when they rose to debate, forgot
all about their subject. 1 .
However, Sister Irmingarde was ex
plaining this now, and she added that
the fact was really "something- of a re
lief to the jury," as the sisters had feared
the suffrage issue at St. Catherine's
might divert ' our attention from our
studies. We had now, she said, "effect
ually dispelled that fear." Then with her
wonderful smile, she concluded:
"Under the conditions, we, the Jury, are
not prepared to pass upon the suffrage
question or the Issue of the debate. But
we are glad to testify that the debate
haa afforded us an hour of genuine en
joyment."
Wouldn't that make you proud? It
made-ue all so happy that the suffra
gettes and the antla left the room with
their arms around one lanother'a necks;
and Kittle James and Maudie Joyce got
up a "spread" in Maudie's room that waa
the biggest we have had this year.
But that night, after the great silence
fell, and all the .'lights were out and I
lay wishing I hadn't eaten that last rare
bit, I began to wonder If Sister Irmin
garde and the Jury really had been com
plimenting us. This reflection had not
occurred to the other glrto but my In
tuition IS deeper than that of their young
and heedless minds.
The next morning Maudle came Into mv
room while I .was dressing. She looked
pale and Wan, so I wasn't surprised when
she sat down In a chair and bid her face
In her hands.
"May Iverson," she said at last, "why
didn't you tell me last night that I had
made a fool of myself?"
I hesitated. Then I spoke the truth
straight from a friend's loyal heart.
"I didn't know It myself," I said, "till
after I waa In bed. Then, of course, I
had to wait"
"Do you think all the other girls know
It, too." she asked me, "by this time?"- '
I nodded and reminded her that Kittle
James had been a had forgotten, too.
Maudle sat for quite a while without a
word. Never before had I known Maudlt
Joyce to be too sad for speech. Finally
she got up.
"This ends ths clubs and settles suffrage
and anti-suffrage at St Catherine's." she
said with a slow and terrible grimnrss.
"Can't you just hear all the sisters and
the girls laughing at the mere mention of
them?"
I could. I surely could. I Just put my
arms around Maudle and held her tight.
While we stood there we heard soma girls
coming down the hall. Their feet were
clattering on the polished floor, the way
horses' hoofs sound tn army plays. There
must have been five or six of them. When
they got outside of my door they laughed
dreadful curdling laughs. Maudle turned
paler.
"They know I'm here. They saw me
come In. It has begun, said Maudle
Joyce setting her teeth.
"Any girl," she added In trembling
tones "any girl that even mentions the
word suffrage or antl-auffrage to me ia
my mortal enemy for life. But you may
write a story about it May Iverson, for
know how you love to dissect the
quivering humsn heart."
Then she sat down and told me all her
terrible sufferings and how she wanted to
die; and I knew that my dear, dear.
friend felt better.
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Is giir'.i has firmed a Ixingfellow
txlge. rrd Ma to Va last nlte.
Well. Wf-ll. said V. what will US gurls
Ar next? I dldfnt think you beeleeved In
lodges.
I d.iant ' hri'leeve In the lodges that
keep hushsnrfs sway from thar hoam
several even'ngs n week, hnt this lodge
we have formed Is simply for the worship
of a grate poet's nslm. How wunderful
his work was. to be sure.
To be sure, said Pa. but what posslbel
good can you get out of a lodge? What
are you going to say or do wen you hare
yure first meeting.
Urch of us la going to reeslte a little
hit of H'awalhy, sed Ma. I am going to
reeslte
Oh the long A dreery winter!
Oh the cold & rronl winter!
Rvver thicker, thicker, thicker
From the Ice on Uke rlvver.
Kvver dwprr, d'eer. deeper
Fell the snow on all the landskape -Fell
the covering snow drlTted
Thru the forest, round the village.
That was certlngly a long, hard Winter,
sed Fa. Why dldent you pick out sum
thing cheerful out of the poem. Insted of
gloomy lines? at beesldes. sed Pa. why
dlilent you pick out sumthlng of lon
felluw's better than that Injun- song?
That Iscnt the best stuff tie rote, "sed i a.
It was too'eesy to malk lines In that
merter A thny dldent rime.
Oh., heer the erlUck, and Ma. I suppoaa
you think you cud have rltten sumthlng
on the aslm order.
I cud do It now, rite off the reel, sed
Fa. I-lssen!
Wen the Hiawatha Lodgers.
Tou and all the other ladles, ...
You who cnll yureaclfs "us gurlleg"
Have yure first A rrateat meeting
For the purpose of bee-atowlng '.
Praise on Longfellow, the poet,
IMeeso rwinemher that yure husbands
Wa't 'at hoam to have'thmre dinner,
Walt at hoara to eat the beefstake,
Walt at hoam to eat the bacon '
A the spud, the grate Potato.'
Mlnnyhaha, so folks tell me,
Was no clubwoman, no Joiner
Hiawatha, you were lucky.
Tharo wou are, sed Pa, I suppoaa yon
thought I wuddent be abel to do It
I thought you wud be abel to do what
you have Jnst did, sed Ma, but I dldent
think you wud have the nart to say the
lines out loud. '
1 shud have stayed slngnl, sed Pa. A,
true geenyus Is newer appreahlated by
his wile.
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graduated flounceB finished , with a walnt
belt of floral satin ribbon. The white tagal
Is adorned with a rose.
An afternoon toilette of white nlnon Hlouse of white voile over which In
edged with black, finished with a belt of worn a draped satin wrap, giving a fichu,
Oriental satin. The white chiffon hat haa effect, caught, at the waist with a crimson
an under brim of black. flower. The hat Is of white satin.
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When boiling a ham, leave It In the
water In which it haa been boiled until it
is cold. ' This will make it Juicy and
tender.
A teaspoon ful of grated horseradish
will keep a can of milk fresh for a day
or two even In the hottest weather.
Before cleaning knives on a knlfeboard
dampen them slightly. They clean more
quickly and gala a better polish.
To remove rings from a finger swollen
by their tightness dip the finger in ice
cold soapsuds.
If jelly will not set try adding the
juice of a lemon or some white vinegar,
ai.d the difficulty will be Immediately
overcome. . . .
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By GAKRETT P. BKRVISS.
The recognition of the microbe as the
constant attendant of man, often as his
friend, ' but sometimes as his most dan
gerous enemy, has added a new point to
" manners, " or the
art of being polite.
If Emerson had now
to rewrite his essay
on " Behavior " he
would pitch It on
even a higher key
than that which he
struck sixty years
ago. He would find
Inspiration for so
doing in these words
of Prof. C. E. A.
Wlnslow:
"Much may be
hoped from the de
velopment of what
may be called the
'sanitary conscience,' the recognition on
the part of each man, woman and child
of the grave responsibility which he nay
Incur by careless mingling with friends
and neighbors when at the beginning or
end of an attack of communicable dis
ease."
Health and good manners have always
gone hand In hand, but Ignorance has
hitherto often prevented their alliance
tn cases where it could be the most t'se-
ful. The men and women who brought
out the principles of social behavior in
elghetteth century France, and estab
lished laws of manners that have spread
over the civilised world, did a work for
hygiene and sanitation which they did
not themselves appreciate-
Because at that time there were Ir
tually no such things as hygiene and
sanitation existing In Europe. Medical
science was undeveloped. Not even a
gutss had been made at the true sources,
or causes, of some of the commonest and
worst diseases that afflict humanity.
The unsanitary conditions which prevailed
la the chateaux of the nobility, the pal
aces of the kings, and the homes of. the
doctors themselves, would lead to a
popular riot of any modern city.
Nobody then knew the peril that lies
In the touch of the human hand. Kven
we are only Just beginning to lind 11 out
Nobody then gutaaed that a sneeze miitht
spread Infection more swiftly and ldly
than a conflagration runs over a diy
prairie. That, too, lsa very modern dis
covery. No physician then had yet dis
covered that one of the favorite highways
of pestilential disease lies In the track of
convalescent patients who although they
themselves have passed beyond the dan
ger linn, are still carriers and spreaders
of noxious germs after the glow of health
has returned to their chwks.
Yet the founders of polite society, by
Instinct ruthcr than through knowledge,
and without a full appreciation of the far
reaching: coriHeqileiice of what they weie
doing, laid down laws of social Intcrco'irsu
which, as far as they went, were jb-
Russia Cuts a Window Into Europe
By KEY'. THOMAS H. GKKGOKY.
It was three hundred and fifty-three
years ago February 2, l.r61, that tho great
White Emplro of the Muscovite made
Its initial lew to Europe in the person
of Joseph Neplla.
its first ambassador
to England.
It is a very
interesting story,
that of Joseph and
the window that he
made through which
Itussla might look
out upon the land
of the west.
In 1563, while
Edward VI was
king, certain "grave
and wine citizen of
Jx.nilon," hiving at
heart tho welfare ot their country and
grieving at the decay of trade, met and
formed the company of "Men-hunt Ad
ventures." The company sent out
several ships, one of which, commanded
by Itichard Chancellor, reached tho mouth
of the Pivlner, where Archungel now
stands. There he learned from some
fisherman that he was In the dominions
of the great Czar, and leaving his ahlp.
Chancellor made the journey to Moscow,
where he delivered to Ivan the Terrible
the lotter written In ltln by ted ward VI,
addressed "to all the king, prinens and
lords, to all Judges of the earth and the
captains thereof, to any who paused high
authority in all the regions under the
universal heavens." ,.
Ivan feastsd the English capuin In
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his golden palace, and granted to Illchard
und his guests from beyond the seas the
right to buy and sell In his dominions
without let or hindrance.
After a prolonged stay, during which
they "enjoyed themselves mightily." the
Englishman set sail for home, with a
full cargo ot wax, furs, train oil, felt,
and other commodities worth twenty
thousand pounds.
ilut of fur more consequence is the
fact that on board Chancellor's ship wr
the aforesaid Joseph N'eidta, Ivan'a envoy
to the English court. Joseph had a
hard time of it. After i stormy passage,
the "Bonaventura" was wrc ked on the
locks off the .Scotch coaal, tho envoy
got ashore by the skin of hi teth, and
was robbed of all his belongings, includ
ing the gifts that he bore from the Czur
to the English king.
I-f f t by the cunning Scotchmen with
but little more than his shirt and his
"breeks," Jcxeph managed aomchow to
get to London, where he waa properly
attired' by "four score merchants,"
presented with a "rig it fair and large
gelding, richly trapped, together with a
postcloth of orient crimson velvet en
r.chrd ' with gold luces, all furnished In
rnoDt glorious fashion," In which shape
he wua conducted to his lodglngd by the
IYd Mayor and all the Aldermen, "in
their scarlet robes."
burn, in brief. Is the very Interesting
story of the way in which the Czar had
his first diplomatic hundahuka with John
Bull, the hard-headed old fellow with
whom he was later oa to exchange so
many blows.
stacles to the spread of disease. To
avoid sneezing or spitting In the presence
of other was a point of good breeding,
but it was also a valuable sanitary pre
caution. To be sparing In harid-ahaklm;
and other bodily contact with miscel
laneous person was aristocratic distinc
tion, but it was also hygienic wisdom.
The line lady who delicately perfumed
her huucla with scented spirits performed,
without knowing it, an act of sanitation
thut diminished the fees of the doctors.
Llul Jf hygienic manner grew up with
out knowledge in the past they should
spiead fur more rapidly now that the
knowledge which shows their real Im
portance has been obtained. The gospel
on which the 'sanitary conscience," In
yoked by Prof.' Wlnslow, may be baaed
seems to me to be contained in these
words of his-
"Disease germs do not enter the house
hold through the sewer pipes or by flying
In at the-windows (unless borne on the
wings of insects). They are not to any
Important extent brought In on books or
toys, or clothing, where. If any infection
existed, It has mostly dried up and die-J.
They are brought In directly, by Infected
persona (carriers). They are brought in
by certain articles of food and drink.
These three types of transmission, which
have been allitcratlvely described as In
fection by fingers. fUn-s and food, account
for nlnoty-nlne eases of communicable
diseases out of 1W. The third
mode of Infection, by contact, the more
or les direct transfer from person to
person, is bl fur. the most Important
factor In the spread of communicable dls
euse In temperate climates "
A cynical person may ask: "JIow many
do you expect are going to trouble them
selves with that kind of politeness?
"Lok at the hogs In t he street cars and
subways? Do you think that any of tiiem
would spare even a breath to save his
neighbor from infection after he himself
has escaped its consequences?"
I reply that 1 expect that everybody Is
going to practice the new behavior just
as soon as e veil body comprehends that
liis own future safely Is Involved, an J
that. In the good time coming, not only
doctors snd cooks, but even "subway
hogs." will wash their hands In 80 per
cnl alcohol for the common benefit of
the humau race.
Advice to Lovelorn
ay asATaUoa ruxrur.
t'oat af KMspaaesuesit Klasr.
Dear Miss Fairfax: When buying an
engagement ring who Is to say how much
It shall cost?
I have bought my sweetheart an en
gagement ring coating tloo, and when I
presented this to her she refused It, say
ing that She- must have- a larger one.
The kind she insists on having would cost
t:HKi. Don't you think If she loved me
enough she would overlook the slse of
the rlnsT. I have some money and could
buy her the kind of ring she wants, but I
think it is better to keep the extra 10.
as we may find use for It some time after
wo are married, pomeumes sue says wis
loves me, and then again she says she
does not know If she does. Do you think
she Is the kind of a girl that would mane
both happy? We are both 23. A. T.
You are very wise not to Invest all of
your savings In an elaborate and ex
pensive ring. Msny girls have a foolishly
snobbish feeling that the world will Judge
of the fiance's love for them by the six
and brilliancy of the engagement ring.
Try to persuade your sweetheart not to
feel this way. lier habit of saying now)
that she loves you and now that she does
not may be Innocent attempts at coquetry
such as many girls think they must ex
ert to hold a man's affections. But her
faults seem the little failing ot youth,
which she will probably outgrow. Don't
let trltles mar your happiness.
Yoa Embarrassed Her.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am keeping com
pany with a young lady. Iast Sunday
u . ....I in an entertainment, tine teased
ne all evening. After thinking she had
enough of teasing me, sho asked me to
dance with her as no one else was abl
to csnce. I thought here's my chance to
get back and refused to dance with her.
I saw her home that night. Next day J
received a letter in which ah wrote I
Insulted her and that .1 was ungentle
ine.lv. 1 love the girl and would Ilk
to know how to win her. M. A. B.
Write her a letter somewhat as fol
lows: "I have come to realize that it was
unmanly of me to respond to your Inno
cent teuslng with what you probably felt
to be a Clstlnct slight. You probably did
tot realize how It hurt me to have you
teasing me and making light of my feel
ings In the presence ot others. And I de
liberately set out to get even Just be
cause I cared so much about any slight
ou might show me that all my Judgment
was gone. Now I realise how you must
have felt when I responded to your In
nocent teasing by letting other people see)
me refuse to dance with you. I acted Uke
a cad, but I am not one. Bo won't you
show that you believe me by giving me
a chance to prove It?"
Doa'l Play "Klaalag Gasaea."
Dear Mlas Fairfax: I am a girl ot IT
years and waa a favorite among my boy
and girl friends until 1 attended a party
given by one of the boys where we played
kissing games. I refused to play the
kissing games, at which the boys got
angry t ecaixc I would not do such a
simple tiling as give them a kiss. I said
my kisses were not so very cheap as to
give tht-iu to evety boy friend I have.
Then, not only the boys, but the girls
as well, got angry, the girls saying that
I meant to insinuate that they were not
respectabld. We are not on speaking
terms. . - -
Was I so very wrong and unsociable
aa to deserve a turn ot friendship Ilk
this? Q. R. r.
Kissing games are vulgar and cheapen
ing. You are quite right to refuse to play
them. I am sorry that your boy and girl
friends are rot fine enough te admire you
for the stand ou have taken. . Perhaps
you took a consciously righteous attitude
and seemed to them to be trying to
preach. So if they are really worth,
knowing In spite of the silly games they;
like to play, who not go to the girls for
whom you care most and ask them to lee
bygones by bygones?- It is would not
make you feel too much Uke a lonesome)
little martyr, I would advocate giving up
the friendship of such unworthy compan
ions. - - .
rf.
