The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 21, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 22 September 1910 — Page 6

Syracuse Journal < SYRACUSE. - - IND "PRIDE OF THE WORKROOM” Lessen In Humble Life of English Seamstress Overtaken by Sudden Death, Prosperity no more secures happiness and influence than June insures sunshine. Apart from that spiritual state vhlch makes for peace, the actual contentment of men or women in our world is chiefly founded upon their relation to work. The idler is always ' wretc |ied. The worker, as Ruskin and Carlyle persistently taught, is truly j enviable when he has work, when he feels lit fairly within his powers, and when She takes pride in his performance if it, and then only. A story of victory in the face of apparent failure may be read by the student of human history in an obscure paragraph of an English newspaper, setting forth an inquiry by a coroner’s court Into the death of an old dress- , maker! who had been run over on a ; Londo a street. Marl Anne Bruce was seventy years old, and lived with her sister in Poplar. I;he left home daily at eight o’clock in the morning, and reached there | ibout nine at night. She had a smi 1 old-age pension, and earned hlght <r nine shillings a week. Her entire Income during her many years of sew ng had probably been equal in Its buy Ing power in an American city , to less than $5 a week. But this slender dole of shillings, contrasting with the long hours oi work, yas not the whole story of the dressmaker’s life. Witnesses furthest testified that she had been employed by one [firm for 40 years, that she was “the pride of the workroom,” and that all the [employees were “much upset" ; on heailing of her death. So the quaint ■ tribute [runs. Fort?! years of toll, and then sudden death Overtaking age and unguarded weakness! It Is a grim and gloomy record; In the newspaper history of an dmbitkjus, mopey-loving age. But shd was “the pride of the workroom,” and her fellow workers loved her. That is surely jvrit large in the Great Book o! Heroic Deeds. For this woman, as foi another faithful soul, It may be said that as| she passed over, the trumpets sounded a great blast upon the other side. "hus conquerors come home!— 5 Youth’s Companion. Sensitive to Art. Said the art gallery guide; “Just watch |’ the crowd a while and see which |of their antics impress you most.”! ..Presently the visitor said• "I think It Is tlhe queer attitudes so many of them (strike.” 1 “Exactly,” said the guide. “They are instating the poses of the figured In thf portraits. Anybody who sits for a portrait is supposed to strike a graceful attitude. All these people who have never been painted realize the gijace there is in the poise of the head, I the turn of the wrist, the slope of thi shoulders. They wish they could 5 look like that, and uncon they try it. “The men are as bad as the women. They straighten up, they droop, they tilt their heads, they arrange their handd and feet In imitation of the figures -they admire most. Sometimes their attempts are very clever, again they are simply ridiculous.” I Ancient Superstitions. _ A writer in one of our leading dailies; remarks: ‘No one knows why' the number 13 is counted unlucky." Thirteen was the number sat down to that rLast Supper,” and the old painter, In depicting the scene, makes Judas, lin rising hastily, upset the salt. To eat together was the sign of friendship. To upset salt is unlucky, says the old saw. The first to leave a talkie - where thirteen have eaten is said ; always to be the unlucky one who will die the coming year, because Judas left first. Not to pick up a pin Is “unlucky”—because it denotes thriftlessness —and so on; there is always a reason for old saws—“dye fire i white the smoke rises.” Yet a forml er editor of this paper proved 13 to / be a lucky number, and the present writer; prefers to begin things on a Friday, that so-called unlucky day.— Pair Mall Gazette. Would Concentrate Charities. Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, writing in one of the magazines of the fighting chance of the city child, thinks that the foes of the child, poverty, disease I and premature death, should be fought I by an organized army rather than the I amateur skirmishers that give their i time to it. A lot of money is spent by each of the societies working against the evils and much by the individual, but she thinks much more could be accomplished by the united efforts of all. In this way there comes about the woman who receives three turkeys in one day at Christmas and a free dinner besides, while many are without a bit to eat. Too Grave a Risk. Nubbins—l should like a vacation, sir. I Do you think you could get along without me for a couple of weeks? The Boss (heartily)—Sure! Nubbins (a little dubious)—Well, J guess I won’t let you try it A Leadership Explained. "How did you come to appoint Bllggins leader of your glee club? He ean’t sing.” “That’s why. We let him stand up and beat time on condition that hr won’t try to sing.”

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ONE thousand Zurich wo- 1 men have declared for uni-, | versal suffrage. It is a re- [ cent movement there, though other Swiss cities

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have been interested for some time In the much mooted question. Altogether the little country has 17,000 advocates for giving women the ballot.' Recently the women of Zurich canton 1 petitioned the state for the - right to act as jurors on a case in which a woman was the defendant. Their request was refused. Later, with characteristic Swiss bravery, they sent in another petition to the legislature ask-, Ing the right to sit in judgment on special courts, such as are held in, France for adjusting differences be-; tween mistress and maid, and other ' cases where differences arise between* ■ a woman employer and a woman em- ' ployee. While this, too, was denied,! Parliament admitted the sex’s eligibility to such an office. "We are not tailring much about it,” said the vice president of the Zurich Woman’s Suffrage society, Fraulein Honneger, “lest publicity frighten the state into retarding the concession. Itj Is not much of a gain, but,” she added with true suffrage optimism, “it is a I step forward. If we had made that demand ten years ago, when to speak of our having the ballot was to be laughed at as a dreamer, our petition would

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not have got past the porter’s desk. But a city that was the first in Europe to open its university to women will not finally deny us our citizens’ rights.” Switzerland has no women’s clubs. But while the suffragists are engaged along one line, another body of women is working for philanthropy. A group of young women representing the foremost Zurich families has organized this year a practical training school where members study the needs of poor children and thereby help to better their unfortunate lot. “We are endeavoring to Interest our young girls of leisure and education in this work;” said one of the promoters, Fraulein Fertz, herself a beautiful, earnest, and cultured young woman. The piedical Inspector of schools is assisted by thlk guild. Children of the poor receive two full meals gratis in Swiss schools, and if ■ the mothers of these children be employed at outside work until a late hour the guild takes charge of the little ones. Through the influence of this guild a law was passed last year by which a guardian is appointed for illegitimate children and this guardian can compel the father of a deserted child to contribute to its support. If the mother be under age also she, too, becomes a ward of this guardian. A similar organization to the Zurich guild exists in German cities, and, by a similar state law, the absconder of moral obligations is traced easily and extradited. To women is due the large number of temperance restaurants existing in .Switzerland. Frau Professor Orellie of Zurich is the originator of this movement. Socialism is spreading in Switzerland; though how a country governed by the referendum system can be possibly more democratic passeth understanding. Made up of three races, German, French and Italian, socialists of these kindred nations have entered Switzerland and scattered broadcast seeds of discontent in the brave, beautiful little republic. | Zurich has led in every movement of its history. I It was the storm center of the Protestant Reformation period In Switzerland. Zwlngli’s home is here. In the Grossmuenster, whose tall towers have dominated the town for eight centuries, he preached the Protestant crusade arid was the church’s last Catholic pastor and Its first Protestant one. High up In one of the towers is a quaint, seated figure of Charlemagne, the legendary founder of Grossmuenster chapter. Back of the cathedral are the cloisters which now form part of a girls’ seminary. I In an old chapel across the road is an interestI ing collection of articles relating to the Reformai tion, including letters written by Calvin, Luther and Zwingji, each remarkably distinct. There is I also one by Lady Jane Grey; her penmanship is legible as print and she wrote the letter in Latin. Back of this little chapel, called the Water church, Is a splendid bronze statue of Zwlngll. Zurich Is the capital of the canton of Zurich and Is situated at the north end of Lake Zurich. It Is the largest city in Switzerland. The old, traditional town, with its narrow, steep streets and its high, dark houses, lies on both banks of the Limmat’ The rest of the city has spacious thoroughfares and splendid buildings. The Jake quays in tho Kliene Stadt are very attractive. Near their northern end is the fine Tonhalle, a popular modern concert building and pleasure palace. In the vicinity of their southern end is the beautiful Belvoir park. Near the Tonhalle, the stately main street of the city—the Bahnhofstrasse—leads from the lake north to the railway station. The bridges are striking. Adjacent to the fine Munster bridge is the Wasserkirche, on Vhe right bank, containing the city library with 130,000 volumes and over 5,000 manuscripts. It preserves more valuable objects, including the Codex Vatioenna The Grossmuenster Is Romanesque with Grecian features. Further north is the Ruden,

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in the German Renaissance, dates from 1694. The university and the famous federal polytechnic with their numerous institutions, laboratories and clinics are in the northern part of Grosse Stadt. Switzerland is the most mountainous country of Europe, three-fourths of its area being covered with mountains. The grandeur of the scenery has been pictured and described innumerable times. With the exception of —’■tain portions of America, there Is nothing i e world to equal It in beauty. The central anu southern parts are occupied by the Swiss Alps, which spread over nearly three-fifths of the entire area. The Jura Mountains cover the northwestern portions of the country. Far up in the mountains is the beautiful little town of Einsledeln. I was fortunate enough to be present during a week-end musical fete, in which singing societies from the country and from neighboring Bavarian towns were present In numbers exceeding 2,000. Switzerland, having only the summer time for holidaying, has organized a movable saengerfest by which each town and city gets its share of gay song and jolly visitors. All the cantons were represented at Einsiedeln and every house was decorated with Swiss colors, scarlet and white. Early in the afternoon the open air concert began. It was held In the vast, sloping square In front of the Benedictine abbey. The assembling of the singers was picturesque. Each canton carried a banner, Individual societies carried great horns filled with flowers and the women singers wore white gowns and crimson sashes. As the quietk well-behaved little place has but one policeman, the fire brigade turned out to give a semblance of civic authority, also to serve as a guard of honor. And while the marchers were massing around the conductor’s box a cannon was kept firing a vigorous welcome. The bright Swiss decorations on the quaint, gabled houses, the gay Sunday dress of the women, the encircling mountains—the nearby ones dark green, the distant peaks snow-tipped, edelweiss-decked — made a splendid, old world pictures. And the definite note was the ancient abbey of Einsiedeln, which called the town into being, and which is one of the celebrated shrines of Europe. The abbey church, known as Notre Dame des Ermltes, Is a grand basilica, the edifice flanked on either side with monastery buildings. Since the year 934 the abbey of Einsiedeln has

Housekeeping in Hankow Among our many wanderings our housekeeping in Hankow was an experience I never had before —nor after, writes Florence Gilbert in the New Idea Woman’s Magazine. We have five or six servants. That sounds fine, but before passing Judgment you should have experience with them! The peace of mind of the mistress depends largely on her “number one boy,” the head servant, who, if efficient, is likely to have come from Nlngpo. He Is a ta‘ impressive personage who wears a blue cotton coat fastening on the side and reaching to his ankles, without which he must never appear in his employer’s presence. To do this is only second as a mark of disrespect to having the cue In any other position than hanging decorously down the back. The house coolie at work may sometimes twist his cue around his head, but the boy never. Through the boy the orders are usually issued to the rest of the household staff, translated from the pidgin English of the mistress. There are the "No. 2 boy,” the house cookie, who is the only one with enough work to do to keep him moderately busy; the cook and the second cook, who is learning his trade at the expense of his em-

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preserved an unbroken line from the first princeabbot, Eberhard, Duke of Franconia, to the present head, Abbe Colomban I. It is the only Catholic church in the world not dedicated by human hands; the legend is that Christ himself performed the act. Einsiedeln and vicinity were known as the Sombre Forest away back in the eighth century,, when a holy hermit, Melnrad, the son of Prince Berthold of Hohenzollern, built for himself a cell in which he lived many years. He was murdered by brigands to whom he had offered hospitality and who had hoped to find concealed treasures; all they got was a chalice and some books;. Ravens, whose evil characteristics had been disarmed by the gentle hermit and had become his companions, pursued the assassins to Zurich, screaming and picking at the villains’ heads. The strange actions of the irate birds attracted the townspeople’s attention and they questioned the murderers, who, terrified, acknowledged their crime. In the Einsiedeln Abbey coat-of-arms are two ravens. When the noble edifice was erected over the hermit’s cell the walls of the cell were enclosed in black marble and made into a chapel. It stands in the nave of the church and, while plain in style, the richness of the material and the simplicity of design make it impressive. On the altar stands the renowned statute of the Black Madonna, bronze and many hundreds of years old. The chapel is known as the Holy Chapel, because of the remarkable legend regarding its dedication This is the story. On September 14, 948, Saint Conrad, bishop of Constanco, came at the invitation of Abbot Eberhard to consecrate the new church. He was attended by the Emperor Othon, the Empress Adelaide and a large retinue of clergy and courtiers. As they knelt preparatory to beginning the ceremony suddenly the chapel became illuminated with a celestial brilliancy and before the altar stood the Savior performing the office of dedication, assisted by the four evangelists. At the right and left of the divine celebrant angels swung censers which emitted a thousand ; sweet perfumes, the apostle, Saint Peter, and the Pope, Saint Gregory the Great, held the vestments of the heavenly polntiff, and Saint Stephen and Saint Lawrence, who were the first deacons of the church to be martyred, acted as deacon and sub-deacon. An angelic choir, conducted by the archangel Saint Michael, sang glorious music and before the altar knelt the beautiful virgin mother of the Son of God. A still earlier legend has it that when Conrad began the office of dedication he was stopped by a voice that cried out three times distinctly: “Cease! brother, this chapel has been consecrated by God himself.” The journey from Zurich to Einsiedeln is charming. Firpt comes a sail on a lake which is the loveliest piece of water in Switzerland, then a railroad ride through pine woods, among mountains, over gorges and past valleys that now are covered with fragrant, new-mown hay. •

ployer’s l digestion. The cook’s chief business is! going to market and presenting his account for his purchases. It is a strange collection often in that market basket, whioh a wise housekeeper always sees. Goat flesh, perhaps, politely called mutton; or beef that has been exposed in a fly-filled shop; a live chicken or two, game of various sorts— j pheasant, teal, snipe and perhaps a fish, more appetizing than one would expect who has spen and smelled the Yang-tse water. The vegetables are all of the sort that need cooking, for no intelligent person will run the risks Involved in eating raw Chinese vegetables and fruits. In addition to the supplies which can be purchased in the Chinese market evdiry day one’s diet may include fresh butter from Australia and all sorts of canned goods shipped from the United States, Great Britain, France and Germany. These are sold in shops in the concessions kept by Europeans, Japanese, ParseeS—those keen mer* chants from India —or even Chinese. While expensive, they are not quite such prohibitive luxuries as to inspire the remark of the English missionary’s little girl in central India, who said: “Mother, I suppose the king has tinned things td eat every day”

CAP and BELLS ... — NOT A TRAGEDY AFTER ALL Woman’s Piercing Screams and Heartbroken Sobs Come From School of Dramatic Art. A woman’s piercing scream smote the air. Thump, thump, thump! Heartbreaking sobs broke upon the ears of the horrified listeners. With one accord they rushed up the staircase and burst open the doo’r of the room from which the sounds proceeded. A lady, with dishevelled hair, torn and dust-covered clothing, and eyes red with weeping, stood in the middle of the room. A man, with coat off, sleeves rolled up, his eyeballs rolling in frenzy, confronted the intruders. “What do you want here?” he demanded. "We are here in the interests of humanity,” sternly answered one of them. “You are brutally maltreating this lady.” “Am I?” he said, turning to her. “No—o,” she said, “you are not Gentlemen, he is teaching me how to express the natural emotions. This is a school of dramatic art.” Then the avengers slunk out of the door. The Retort. Mrs. Bizey—l notice you’re cleaning house, Mrs. Newcome, and I was afraid you might throw your rubbish out on the back lot. We don’t do that sort of thing here . Mrs. Newcome —I burned all our rubbish in the furnace this morning, Mrs. Bizey, including a book bn “Etiquette” which I might have saved for you.— Catholic Standard and Times. Collecting Arrears. “Cascaretta,” he said, “is it all over between us?” “Yes, Geoffrey; it is all over. Henceforth we .are merely friends.” “Then, if you don’t mind, I’ll take back that diamond ring.” The lovely maiden frowned. “No, Geoffrey,” she said; “you didn’t give me this ring until we had been engaged six months. I’ll wear it six months longer, if you please.” , Much the Same. “But,” protested tue Englishman, -you have no family trees in your country.” “True,” rejoined the plain American, “but we have a lot of measly underbrush, which is quite as much in the way and just as detrimental to the scenery.” THE WAY NOWADAYS. (Sa fa? Miss Schreecher —Have you finished your song? Steele Ayers (a composer)—rYes. Miss Schreecher —Looking for a publisher? Steele Ayers—No; looking for an advertiser. Too Much For It. Mrs. Crank (excitedly)T—You public officials are not doing your duty, sir! Here I was bitten by a dog and immediately after it fell into a fit. Public Official (feeling)—No wonder, poor animal! An Ordinary Flight. - "When your husband entered the aviation contest, did he fly into the clouds?” ’No; the machinery broke down he flew into a rage.” Very Flat. "Did you ever see where they are using collapsible bathtubs and folding gas ranges now?” "What for?” “Naturally, for flat housekeeping.” > z* Different Music. "Does your son generally play Chopin and Mendelssohn?” “No, madam; he mostly playa the races.” *

PRACTICAL TRICK OF TRAMP A Money He Received on Leaving Smallpox Hospital Is Declined by Restaurant Proprietor. “I have not come to solicit alms, madam," he said to the restaurant proprietress; “I have ju§t called to make a small purchase, and, at the same time, to show to you man’s in-, humanity to man, and what a cold, hard world it is in which we live, In the meantime, would you kindly put me up a nice beef sandwich, with a plentiful supply of mustard, etc., for which I will tender the equivalent in coin of the realm? “As I was saying—thank you, madam, that will do admirably—’tis a cold, cruel world. For instance, these few bronze coins, with which I am about to pay you for my sandwich, represent my worldly goods, and they were given with a niggardly hand this morning on my leaving the smallpox hospital. ” - “What! You won’t accept them? Nor take the food back? I may take them and go? Thank you, madam; I wish you a good morning!” Rather Strenuous. “Sir,” announced the would-be son-in-law as he invaded the library, “1 have come to—er—have a serious interview with you.” "Oh, very well,” rejoined the old « man, as he proceeded to remove his coat and roll up his sleeves. "Let’s get busy and have it over with.” And a few minutes later the young man succeeded in escaping with his life, but without his hat. HE WAS WISE. ’tg! I I <To 0 % < L <> 07 A Gy t) I 1 W | Bl Mrs. Jones —You must get the landlord to come and,see for himself the damage the furnace has done to the ceiling. Mr. Jones —Yes, and if I do he’ll see the damage the children have . done to the rest of the house. Business Is Business. Proprietor—Did that man who just went out buy one of our misfit suits? New Clerk —No, sir. We’re entirely out of them. Proprietor—Well, have a lot more made up at once and see that yori don’t let the stock run down this way again. From Pa’s Viewpoint. Little Willie —Say, pa, what is the difference between a close friend and a dear friend? Pa —A close friend, my son, is one who will not lend you any money, while a dear friend is one who borrows all you will stand for. Unfair. Hazel, aged 7, while feeding the cat at the dinner table; was reproved by her father, who told her that the cat must wait until later, whereupon the small girl wept and said: “I think it is a shame just because she is a poor dumb animal, to <reat her like a hired girl.”—Human. Life. The Resemblance. "That dog of Bragg’s reminds me very much of his master.” - “How so?” “In asserting in his own way that he can lick any man on the spot.” “That’s so, and in giving tongue to his challenge.” Enlightened. "Pa,” said little Ostend, as he leaned out of the window of the smoker, “why do they put those bulldogs in the baggage car?” “On account of their grips, my son,” responded pa, solemnly, and then the train rolled on. Hard Labor. Hobo —Madam, you muster misunderstood me. Dis here piece o’ meat ain’t what I ast fer. Lady—Didn’t you beg for something to eat? Hobo—Yessum. Not for work. Queer, but Not Unusual. “His is a queer case.” “How is that?" “He is at home in the saddle — "Well?” "And his wife is in the saddle at home." Thankful for That. The First Horse—Well, there's one indignity they’ll never put upon us. The Second Horse— What’s that? The First Horse— They’ll never call on us to drag a stalled airship out ot a soggy cloud.