Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1886 — The Difference. [ARTICLE]

The Difference.

Fannie is a little girl who has a big wax doll as a companion. A few days ago a new sister came to her house, and after a few days she went over to a' nighboFs “Well, Fannie,” said the lady, “where’s your wax doll?” “Oh,” she answered, turning up her nose, “I don’t have nothin’ to do with wax babies any more. We’ve got a meat baby at our house now, and that takes np all my time.”— Merchant 1 raveler. i In Chili and Pern the men and wo.ni!en‘ in the churches sit in different parts of the congregation, as was formerly the custom in the Methodist churches of this country. The women far outnumber the men. Each lady worshiper brings a little carpet on which she kneels or sits during the celebration of the mass. The women are especially devout, the men not so much so. The women wear in’ chufch the manta, which has long been the favorite dress of the Chilian and Peruvian women. A peculiar custom prevails in the churches of these Countries as to bell ringing. The bells from the towers announce to those who are without as well as to the congregation within the elevation of the host and other portions of the mass where the devout Catholic is expected to kneel and to cross himself.