For and About the Women Folks
Girl Win Ph. D oa Guinea PlaT.
, TTR Psvp.holoev of" a Guinea Via"
I la tb nam of a paper that reprs
A I aenta threa rears of hard work
and baa earned the author, a
University of Chicago girl, the
highest degree offered by Dr. Harper
school. Mlaa Jessie B. Allen, a student
of neurolocr at the university, wrote the
thesis about the guinea pig, and as a re
sult of bar efforts will reoelve the degree of
doctor of philosophy at the coming uni
versity convocation, June It.
Miss Allen's contribution to science lies in
ber discovery that the nervous system of a
newly born guinea pig Is tolly meddulated.
This la the statement of the case as It reads
In the thesis, but to ber Intimate friends the
young student has confided that It "Is lust
the same thins; aa saying that a 1 -day-old
guinea pig knows mora than a month-old
white rat."
I made original experiments to dlseover
whether or not the guinea, pig had fully
developed memories and other faculties at
the age of 1 day," said Miss Allen. "I
discovered that such was the case. You
know that a white rat does not open its
eyes for sixteen days after birth and does
not remember anything; for nearly a month.
Guinea pigs are not so. stupid aa that, and
can remember almost anything at the ten
der age of 1 day."
Mlas Allen began her experiments In the
neurological department of the University
of Chicago Medical school three years ago.
Bhe received the degree of A. B. from the
University of Washington In 1890 and an
A. M. from the same Institution In 1301.
Reflections of a Bachelor Girl.
NE of the things that a woman
C I with brains never get quite used
I In Im tho n with which the
woman without them commonly
gets along.
A divorce lawyer-says there are from COO
to 1,000 families in New York in which th?
husbands and wives never speak to each
other. Who would have supposed that
women would have sense enough to avoid
divorce in that way?
Men have always had a good deal to say
about the Inability of women to keep a
secret. Perhaps It fs because tbelr private -
, Uvea have not trained them to the oeces-
'lsty..
A good complexion indicates a sound di
gestion, but you can never make a man
believe that It is not a sign of a pure heart
as welL
Wrecking a railroad Is finance. Remov
ing all the signs in a street is a college
prank. Raiding a melon patch Is boyish
fun. But carrying off one of the spoons
for her collection Is stealing.
All women are made of glass to the very
young man.
Women are all alike" Is a favorite syl
logism on tho lips of youthful masculinity.
Monument Unveiled
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sweeping sH before It Of hla appeal to
the Jury In the Olive case It has been said:
'"It Is unsurpassed In the courage of Its
conception, the boldness of Its outline and
the height of its sublime, forceful and Im
passioned declamation."
In congress the man. the soldier, and the
lawyer were merged in the faithful and
loyal servant of his constituency. He was
elected four times, each time by an In
creased majority.
He conquered bis adversaries in and out
of the party, not by conciliation or com
promise, but by sheer force of his native
strength and manhood.
Twice during- the terms of his service
be voiced in eloquent appeals the demands
of his constituents and comrades for Jus
tice and fair treatment.
Once In behalf of a bill granting relief
to his constituents, many of them com
rades In the war, ousted from homes
which represented the savings of the work
ing years of their lives, which had been. In
the utmost good faith, acquired in the
public domain by patents held for Tourteen
years. He said:
"These men are my constituents; they
are more, my neighbors; they are still
more, my comrades,. for In the haroio days
nearly nine-tenths of them were union sol
diers. This will not prejudice their cans
with you, men of the south, for you are
brave and must be generous and Just.
Nearly all of those for whom I plead are
known to me personally, and accordingly I
take a keen and personal Interest in their
rights and wrongs. I have known them
from the ground up, for I knew them
when, they lived in the earth. In dugouts,
and have watched them for years a they
spread the seed and gathered the harvest
which waa the trust of the armies of labor
ers of the world. They have fought a
brave fight and have redeemed the desert
of twenty years ogo. They
are not mendicants, for when ' the hell
blasts of the drouth and the clouds of
locusts a few years ago reduced them to
starvation, they made no sign, asked no aid
of the government, as did those who saw
their ail devoured by the flames In Michi
gan or swept away by the floods of the
Ohio and the Mississippi. They fought
their battle alone, and what they ask now
The chief troubles of the unquiet sex, on
the contrary, have arisen- from tho fact
that they are not all alike, and that men
are determined they shall be. If they could
all have been good cooks, for Instance,
their pathway through this world of woe
would have been much smoothed. Unfor
tunately they have been unable to entirely
suppress Individuality, much as "woman's
sphere" has contributed to that end.
An excellent way to get over a love affair
Is to marry the man.
No wonder women think highly of tea.
It has been a great clvlllzer. Not till men
began to drink tea. Instead of their ever
lasting alcoholic preparations, did social
Intercourse really begin In the western
world.
Marriage, has son resemblance) to cards.
Hearts and diamonds are both Involved,
dobs sometimes come Into the gam, and.
urtiwss the divorce court intervenes, spades
ara trumps at last.
A woman accosted by a tramp In Port
Murray knocked him rnto the canal, and
went serenely on to ' prayer meeting. A
Roboken woman stopped a runaway Ore
horse in time to prevent It dashing into a
crowd of school children. Do New Jersey
Frills of Fashion
"You will be good and comeT" "We mean
to have a Jolly time," are some of the
sentences on tho outside of pretty, gaily
decorated card invitations for children s
parties.
When the small girl goes automoblling In
automobile togs she has msde for her more
often than anything else a long silk rubber
eoat, with leather collar, and perhaps a
hat to match.
A pretty effect in a parasol Is given with
a combination of pink and cream. The
parasol is of pink silk with an edge of
grass linen which has a deep cream tone.
To match this are Insets of cream lacs la
medallions In the silk above the linen edge.
High-necked and long-sleeved waists of
lawn are for wearing under the very open
work waists that are to be found this sea
son. A thin waist of some kind is essen
tial. These of lawn are tucked down the
front and edged around the neck and wrists
with narrow lace. .
In raw pongee, a much rougher and
smarter material then the smooth finished,
Is a long garment for women, the auto
mobile shirt. This has a standing collar
of black elastic, cuffs of the same material,
and fastens down the front, ehlrtlike. In
a .short opening, with three glove clasps.
The shirt oomes- In the natural pongee color,
gray and black. , ,
A quaintly pretty frock of fin printed
lawn or muslin has designs of red-cheeked
apples and their leaves upon It. It Is made
In one of the old-time styles. There Is a
d?p ruffle around the lower edge, which
. . . .i Mt In tt. The
nas inrm rw inn muo - -
ruffle is shirred several time at the top
and the skirt nt the top is also shirred.
The round bodice has three of the Inch
tucks in. the full lower part, jfrhlch Is
shirred at the top. The upper part Is plain,
with Insets of white lace, and there Is a
stock formed first of the shirred material,
then a deep line of white net. more shirring
of the material forming a narrow band at
the top and this finished with an edjre of
lace. The ruffle which edges the Blurred
sleeves is formed of the same material.
There is a crush belt of apple green.
they ask not as alms, but as Justice, and
to that answering Justice In your con
science I commit their case. ' "
Once again. In behalf of a bill granting
protection to bona fide settlers Upon the
public lands In the western states, from
the harsh exercise of the Inquisitorial pow
ers delegated to the larrdV department, he
threw the gauge of battle at the feet of
an Insolent majority with a declamation
that had In it the crack of the guns at
Gettysburg' Ho was, he said, protesting
against a dangerous system of espionage,
seconded by a still mors pernicious exer
cise of arbitrary power by an Irresponsible
bureau officer. "If the congress of the
United Elate wants to do a simple act
of Justice between man and man, to defend
the common rights of the common people
of the west, to giro them some sort of a
continuing guarantee of the sacredness of
their titles, to Inspire them with, additional
purpose and impulse In the great struggle
which has built up empires west of the
Mississippi, and then west Of ths Mis
souri, there Is only one course to take."
e s
Speaking of the commissioner he says:
"He has violated, In his prosecution of the
western settlers, all the laws of the coun
try enacted for ths protection of private
property. He has Ignored the rules as to
the burden of proof. He has violated the
presumption of law as to the pubjlo
officers and Innocent men. He has out
raged the very Instincts of decency. This
Is, In brief, the record of your Judge. It
would have been worse If he bad known
more."
There came a day wtten conscience and
honor forbade him to voice the feelings of
his constituents. After n score of years
the affair of Fltsjohn Porter, made mem
orable by the contentions of councils and
cabinets, reached tho national congress, to
be there exploited by the grants of debate
with a sen! and bitterness undiminished
by the passing of a generation.
In the war General Porter had been his
chieftain. He had been with lilm from
the siege of York town until the retreat
of the enemy across the Chlckahominy.
Prom- tuenoe to the battle of Hanover
Court House. Thence to Mcchanlcsville.
Thence to (James M1U, snd throughout
hfs caroer, excopa while disabled by'
wounds. General Porter was his IdoL He
believed In him; bo declared bis deliberate
women mean to keep this thing up, or Is
ft" merely sporadic?
A Chicago university professor has in
formed his class that flirting Is Instructive.
One wonders if he reached his conclusion
by a process of syllogistic reasoning, or
Juit found out by experience.
Only per cent of the women of the
United States over 14 are employed In gain
ful occupations, while 80 per cent of the
men are so employid. It would seem as
If the 80 per cent might let the 9 per cent
work without grumbling any more about
women taking men's Jobs.
A woman has always one stand In? griev
ance against a man. When she wants a
good cry she has to sit down to It, while
be can swear In any position. New York
Times.
Everyday Life 1st Jastnsv
HAT charming young woman,
Onofo Watanna, so favorably
known In this country as author
of the delightful story, "A Japan
ese Nightingale," writes very en
tertainingly of "Everyday Life in Japan."
She prefaces her essay with the remark
that every country is apt to think other
What Vomen Are Doing
X nilllV UUIieio must , .B
received a gift last Monday of a gallery
of paintings, statuary and etchings, val
ued at tftu.OoO, from Judge and Mr a. Miles
P. O'Connor of Ixs Angeles, CaL
Dr. Mary Pierson Eddy of Beyroot, Syria,
Is in Washington. Dr. Eudy is the only
woman ever licensed to practice medicine
In the Turkish dominions. MohammeUan
women are not allowed to Bee ma.e phy
sicians, and Dr. Eddy Is. therefore, the
only physician In all Turkey that such
women can consult.
"Don't p'ck out a man for a husband
simply because you love him." says
Woman's Work. "The most Important
thing Is whether he loves you. A woman
who loves her husband better than he loves
her Is a door mat on which he treads. If
be loves her better than she dots him he
looks up to her as a goddess and spends
his life trying to win her favor. A too
adoring wife bores a man with her affec
tion, but no woman ever had enough love
given her to satisfy her. and the more af
fectum the mm lavishes upon her the
OtronRer the claim he establishes. After
marriage a thousand things draw a
woman's heart to her husband; a thousand
thlng3 estrange him from her."
"A large crowd of spectntcrj was at
tracted to Treptow race course, near Ber
lin, recently to witness the foot raoes open
to women from all parts of Germany,
says a licilla dispatch. "There were three
races, of lit). 22'-' and 333 yards, respectively.
Two of the competitors boldly donned
Jerseys and knickerbockers, but tho re
mainder ran Sn skirts. Beveral appeared
on the track In high-heeled boots. A con
siderable number dropped from exhaustion
- within fifty yards of the starting point.
One sprained her ankle, another fell and
broke her arm ami a third futnfed tram
excitement fcefrre the signal was given to
go. Most of the fair competitora aipearei
to be absolutely untrnlned. The winners
were crowned with wreaths and cheered,
whila a band played, "See, the Conquering
Hero Comes."
Judgment, speaking from what he knew
of his hero, "that of all the great battles
of the English-speaking race, from Ban
nockburn to Gettysburg, there bad not
been mndo by any soldier a record which
demonstrated greater loyalty to the cause
of his country than thut made by Fitsjohn
Porter."
The past unrolled before him. lie saw
his chieftain, at the head of his gallant
corps, moving to' the assault of Jackson's
troop In the sunken rood on August
30. He saw the effort to restore the col
umn resolve Itself Into a mad rush to
' the front, where men could fire, not at
' the enemy behind earthworks and railroad
embankments, but lu a cut. where nothing
was visible but their heads-and when
the column was, being cut down In platoons
by the confederate artillery, firing over
the heads of their own men, he heard
ringing through the din of the battle the
order of their chieftain, "fix bayonets
and Jump into the ditch and bayonet
them," and a moment later he saw Long
street with his army sweep across their
rear. It was a bloody scene; men fought
like demons and the blood of the dead and
the dying choked the earth. Thrllllns with
the memory of scenes like this, and remem
bering only tho heroism and more than
fatherly kindness of his old commander,
la it strange, knowing him as we knew
him, his loynlty, his generosity, his courage
and his chivalry, that he should have
hurled defiance into the teeth of his ad
versaries while he covered the fame of
bis emeriti with his unsta'nod shield?
Is it rtrange that when comrades and
constituents, lost In the bitter feelings of
the strife, demanded that he desert his old
friend and return the kindness of years
with what he considered a crowning act of
infamy, he should have flung back the
challenge to his manhood with all the pas
sionate utterance of an tndlgnunt soul?
"Ana let me remark to the gentlemen,"
he exclaims, "who seek to bring the menao
of future punishment to bear upon tho dis
charge of present duty, that If I knew this
act of mine would end my bodily existence,
as you say it may my official one, than
still would I do it, and I would thank CUd
that my loyalty to ray country, aa I under
stand her honor, that my loyalty to my
general, as I understand my duty; that my
loyalty to the truth as I know It to be, was
strong enough, to lift ny conduct above ths
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countries than Its own uncivilised. Ths
west" speaks of the heathen east, and the
east with equal contempt calls the western
people barbarians. AH depends on what
constitutes civilisation.
"No ' nation Is uncivilised which In Its
actual everyday living, practices the llttlo
niceties and politenesses of convention,"
says this brilliant example of Oriental cul
ture. She tells us that the ancient custom
of getting up with tho sun is still kept by
many of the Japaneso outside of the big
cities and that 6 In the morning Is the
favorite hour for rising. The polite na'lves
greet the dawn with a friendly good morn
ing and bow to the god of day.
A murmur of cheerful activity runs
through the house. Before breakfast ths
domestic work is all done, and the honora
ble lady of the house, before she stts down
to the morning meal, looks through the
various rooms to se If ths servants havs
done their work well. Few Japanese fami
lies, are so poor that they cannot keep at
least one servunt.
The breakfast table conversation of the
family Is always polite and pleasant, and
Interspersed with many courteous adjec
tives. The Bon of a Japanese house on at
taining hla majority is free from the con
trol of his mother, but If he brings home a
bride she is subject to her mother-in-law
and must try In all ways to win the good
graces of the woman who. If sho chooses,
can divorce her from her husband. Onoto
Watanna does not like the Japanese way
of having marriages arranged by the par
ents, but udmlts that thete marriage are
apt to turn out happily.
When the Japauese men have gone to
their dully tasks tho women begin those
which fall to them. They get the older
children ready for school, care for the
younger ones, look after domestic affairs .
and then take their children, their sowing
and embroidery to the garden, where there
are games and Joyous gambols amid the
trees and flowers. No Jupanefe mother
neglects the manners of her sons and
daughters, who dally receive from her In
struction In the rules of etiquette. She also
shares all their youthful confidences.
On reply to tho assertion that the Japa
nese wife is a slave to ber husband, Onoto
Watanna declares hor a very happy slave,
most kindly treated, relieved from all out
side cares nnd burdens; the sharer of her
husband's hopes and ambitions, and his
chosen confidante. Before the restoration
the Japanese considered It a disgrace to
work or engage In business. Now there Is
hardly a man In Japan who does not follow
some calling. Devoted alike to home and
business, the Japanese keep them well
apart They begin and leave work early
and take many holidays. In describing tho
everyday Ufa of Japan, our author treats
of its average people who are neither very
rich nor very poor.
possibility of charge to come from cow
ardly considerations affecting my life and
future condition."
The steel rang true. The blade that
flamed when the battle was set in array.
He was an American. He worshipped his
country and wus proud of its achievements.
He had faith in the instinct and con
science of the common people and In their
sense of Justice to maintain the right and
to right the wrong.
He bated shams and fraud In any form,
and in the midst of conventionalities he
longed for the cotnpanlonehlp of bis friends
'and the freedom of his prairie state.
He waa imperious, and bore himself erect
and proud and stood for independence. In
tegrity and courage, and the sovereign,
right to do his work and speak his thought.
Had he faults I have forgotten.
I only know it was a choice spirit that
left us on that August morning one of the
old guard.
And the old guard is passing.
Tho valiant hosts, who In the jdays of
tbelr youth, and amid the flame and smoke
of two thousand burning fields, proclaimed
the Integrity of tbo nation, and the Immor
tality of truth and Justice.
We see the remnsnt dimly as they halt
by us, wearing with equal honors their
years and their scar. The mists are galh
erlng. Boon the night shall fall, and then
to sleep.
.But so long as the nation shall rest firm
upon the granite foundation of liberty and
Justice, to long shall their deeds and fame
u fhorlahcrl nnd uunir bv the children of a
grateful republic
. We have consecrated this monument to
the memory of James Laird. He is at rest,
wrapped n the flag he loved. We have
piled a huge rock above his grave and set
an Iron sentry to guard It.
More thau 3,f00 years ago Homer sang tho
burial of glorious Hectorslam on ths
plains of Troy by ths wrath of 1'ellus' son;
And hit! brothers and companions
searched for the white bones;
In sorrow and In tears that, streaming,
stained thtlr cbeeks, they gathered them In
a gold urn.
O'er this they drew a covering of soft
purple robe and laid It in a hollow grave;
And plied fragments of rock, many and
huge.
In haste they reared the tomb with seay.
tries set on every wide.
Such was the burial of mighty Hector.
And such the grave of a Trojan,