The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 35, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 29 December 1910 — Page 2

I AMERICAN FLEET WARMLY WELCOMED l \ \ 1 cl tz -r—- --<■/ iKaftSSJi ■ v «rai = ? - - C,M V ! ‘MS® » * ! ' O* "Jpdl ""»»■»-»— * AA_. | Jgßg * ,jjjf aMBMIr -. X '*'*' & >— I - ’ J J® * *■’ M s .MMk ' ■ <- 4 -Mdfau. > < ' B JU iwA fIjHHuHkT. XrSA - ftWm t-WH 1. W l* HB - W--' <5 ■ . t- ’ d ! -' :- ' • . i ~ ■ . H * - ' < c " ; '- /. J" -M— $ LONDON. —The visit of Admiral Murdoch’s division of the American ba’-tleship fleet to England has been made the occasion of a remarkable demonstration of good will and friendship on the part of the British people. Everywhere the officers and men have been entertained royally. The corporation of the city of London voted a large sum of money for the entertainment of the visitors and the lord mayor gave a banquet in honor of the officers of the fleet at which were present many men prominent in public life in Great Britain. Admiral Murdoch has kept open house on the flagship Minnesota where he received visits of respect from all the leading officials. The squadron visiting France |ias received a welcome from the French people no less enthusiastic than that given by the British to Admiral Murdoch and his men.

SOL VE BIG MYSTER Y -

Women’s Souls Are Elated by Gorgeous Clothes. London Times Thinks It Has Found Out Why Dress Is Made Such a Serious Matter—Takes No Interest in Any Sport. London. —It has remained for the London Times to solve one of the (great social mysteries. Amazement is h mild term to apply to the feelings of Englishmen when they found in the editorial columns of the Thunderer a leading article entitled “Th.e Problem Jof the Big Hat.” A joke in the columns of England’s (most dignified journal would scarcely jbave made a greater sensation. Friv, olitj, lightness, the human touch, are (things taboo in Printinghouse squared [And yet suddenly, without warning, Icomes this startling sign of juvenation —not rejuvenation, for the Times never was young. , There is only one thing to account for it." That aitfful burden, the preparation of a new edition oLthe British Encyclopaedia, nas recently been transferred from the Times to the Cambridge University Press. The relief from responsibility has brought too great a reaction. It has gone to the editor’s head. It has led him to tackle recklessly and lighthearted-y a problem which has baffled the masculine half of humanity since beyond the memory of man. Without further delay, here is his solution: “It Is commonly taid that women are more unselfish than men. And so they certainly are in the home. They Will sacrifice themselves utterly for particular men and particular children. Yet they will not sacrifice an inch of hat brim or feather for the common convenience, and they will not tell us the reason of this seeming inconsistency. “Men remonstrate, and they smile flnd continue to wear the hats and the feathers. Therefore it remains for us lo guess at the reason of this behavior po strange to us, and we can only

Kindness to Aged Repaid TT — —

Young St. Louis Woman Gets $5,000 Legacy —Attention Given to Old Woman Neighbor. St. Louis. —Little kindnesses whjch Elina Klein, as a girl of 14, did for her aged neighbor, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Devinney, caused the young woman, how 20 years old and a stenographer In Muskogee, Okla., to receive a beUuest of $5,000 from the Devinney estate.. The estate is being settled, and Miss Klein, who is an orphan, receiv-, Bd her share a few days ago. She has announced that she intends to invest • the money in a home. Six years ago Miss Klein lived in the next house to Mrs. Devinney’s res-; Jdence at Grant and Big Bend roads, hear Glendale*. 3t. Louis county. Mrs. ttevinnev who w’as then 82 years old, became very fond of the girl, and the latter showed an unselfish willingness to perform such services as reading; to the aged woman and going on er-; lands for her. Mrs. Devinney died nearly two years ago. The girl had in the mean-; lime gone to Oklahoma to make her pwn living. She was notified, some time after the death of Mrs. Devin T ney. that she had been remembered in the will, but she did not suppose the remembrance was more than some article of personal property. A few dvs ago she opened a sec-

i gneiss that it is the result of a sense of She relative importance of things different from our own. “When a man goes to a lawn tennis tournament he goes to see the play i and lie. assumes that women go for the! same reason. Some do of course, but they are not representative of their sex. They are women who have adopted the man’s point of view, who > arei overpowered by the influence of » thejir fathers or husbands or . The woman whose natural instincts j haye free play does not consider that > any game is important, L ‘jShe is not, as man is, a game play- [ ing animal. But since man always will be (playing games she has arrived at a . kind of compromise with him. She * wijl go to watch his games and profess am interest in them on thjt ’ slid may attend to’ her own business all the while, and her business is to wear a large hat or whatever else it pleases her to wear. “It may seem a frivolous business r

Explorers Eat Dead Whale

Members of Stefansson-And&rson Expedition Suffer Many Hardships in Far North. New York.—Latest reports received bjf the American Museum of Natural History from the arctic expedition sent out’two years ago under Dr. R. M. Anderson and V. Stefansson indi cate that the explorers will be back in New York within a month. The expedition has gathered a mass of valuable information and thousands of specimens to illustrate the manners and chstoms of the little-known Eskimos of the Mackenzie delta. The scientists, in order to study to best advantage the customs of one of the tribes, literally turned “Kogmollik,” or adopted the life of the Kogmollik tribe, living as they do, eating the same uncooked food and in every other way adhering to the Kogmollik Customs as far as possible. Their latest report tells how they

ond letter from Morris D. Clary, executor of the estate, and was surprised to find a draft for $5,000, with the statement that it was her share of the propefty. Mrs. Devinney left her $75,000 estate largely to church and charitable objects. Dog and Cat Win S4OO. Paris.—A most remarkable legal farce has just terminated here. Eleven years ago Mme. Allegre, a widow, died and left S4OO to the French Society for the Protection of Animals for the care of her favorite dog and cat. Her heirs contested the will, and after eleven years’ legal contest they have at length been defeated—the court deciding in favor of the. dog and cat. Neither dog nor cat will, however, benefit, as . both have been dead for many years. Court Under Apple Tree. Yardley, Pa.—Justice of the Peace Robinson of this place tied his horse and milk wagon to an apple tree on the outskirts of the borough, and, declaring court in session, effected a reconciliation between Mr. and Mrs. John Jones of this place, who were on their way to the office of the squire when they came upon the g*uardian of the peace serving h/s milk route. '

P to the earnest lawn tennis player, but then his lawn tennis seems frivolous to her. It is just a peculiarity of his sex to make a fuss about it; she accepts his peculiarities without fretting about them, and expects him to accept, hers. “And after all dress to women is something more than a game. It is one of their means of expressing themselves. Fine clothes make them feel happy and as if they were in a glorified state of existence, freed from the wear and tear of its life; in fact as if they were true birds of Paradise, with all the splendor of Paradise in their ‘ There you have it. There is more of it, wherein the editor admits that only Tolstoi and himself have a sufficiently true insight into woman’s nature to be able to solve the riddle. But the women have yet to be heard from in their opinion of the Times’’ respluQon. may be sure they will up promptly. It is safe to say the times mail bag is already swelling with feminine remarks on its judgment of feminine character —possibly not all of them in contradiction of its view.

passed Thanksgiving day a year ago. They were trekking across the country and had exhausted their supply of food three days before. Starvation seemed facing them when they came across the carcass of a whale on the beach. The whale had dead about four years, but, says Stefansson in his letters, they were glad to cull over the remains and found the selected portions “delicate and satisfying.” They feasted on frozen whale and blubber for 15 days and then resumed their travels. The Stefansson-Anderson expedition differed materially from the usual expedition which is sent into the arctic wilds. Usually such expeditions provide themselves with a complete outfit for avoiding the rigors of the frozen north. But Stefansson and Anderson traveled light. It was planned that, as the main purpose of this expedition was an ethnological one, it would be best to live with the natives in their houses and gather supplies just as they get them. One of the tribes encountered is the island tribe of Nunatna. This tribe has never traded with the white man and little or nothing beyond its name is known to scientists. It is likely that the large collection descriptive of this tribe’s mode of life will be added to the museum. THEIR HORSE MEAT IS FRESH Eaters of Equine Flesh Are Carefully Protected in Belgium—Preferred to Beef. Brussels.— Upwards of $1,500,00(1 worth of horse flesh is imported intq Belgium from England alone in the course of a single year. All of thia comes in on the hoof, for the importa tio'n of dead horses is prohibited by law. There was a time some years back when the condition of the horses imported from England aroused com ment, but there has been a steady improvement both in the quality of the horses and the treatment accorded them here. The consumption of horseflesh is of course very large among the poorer classes. It is declared to be beneficial by doctors and is even preferred to beef in some quarters. A great deal of it goes into the manufacture of sausages. It is sold by dealers who are compelled by law to sell nothing ; else and la under the strictest superwk 1 slon.

CAP and BELLS I ■■■■■■■■■■■ HIS REASON WAS ASTOUNDING Prosecuting Solicitor Attempts to Belittle Testimony of Witness With Dire Result » It was at the police court. A witness for the defense had been examined, when the prosecuting solicitor stood up to crush him. Solicitor—Why did you hide Sullivan in yimrHroTTse on that Saturday nlghtT Witness—l did not see Sullivan at all on that night. Solicitor (knowingly)—Will you swear your wife did not hide Sullivan on that night? Witness (hesitatingly)—Ye-es. Solicitor (more knowingly)—Will your wife swear that she did not hide Sullivan in your house that night? Witness (more hesitatingly)—Well i—-I —don’t —think —so.” Solicitor (most knowingly)—Ahl And perhaps you can tell the court how it is you can swear your wife did not hide him, while she cannot swear the same thing. Speak up now, and tell the truth. Witness (unhesitatingly) — Well, you see, I’m not a married man. She Could, Too. Soon after the removal of a certain Indiana minister to California, the father took Elizabeth, aged five, out for a walk. Looking at the mountains around the city, he remarked: “Just think, Elizabeth, God made these beautiful mountains. Isn’t it wonderful?” Elizabeth, not being in a spiritual mood, replied; “Hm, I could, too, if I had the dirt.”—Delineator. Our Thoughtful Government. Hiram Hawkins —Say, Lem, what d’ yew suppose them thar ‘pustal savings banks’ air fer, anyway? Postmaster Perkins—Wa-al, peers tew me, Hi, they air fer folks thet’4 bin gittin’ a hull jot o’ them pictur pustals from all over it’ world, an’ bein’ thet they want tew save ’em, why, th’ guv’ment’s startin’ up them kind o’ banks ’round th’ country.— Judge. A GREAT DEAL. I hIS Estelle —Does Miss Scads spend much in charity work? Edith—Oh! yes. It was only the other day that she paid SIOO for a slumming gown. Breaking the News. “Minnie, are you reading 'Home Hints’?” “Yes, darling. “Will you look among ’Home Recipes’ and see if there’s anything about taking stains out of carpets.”—Merry Thought. Difficult Eating. Mother (at lunch) —Yes, darling, these little sardines are sometimes eaten by the larger fish. Mabel (aged five) —But, mamma, how do they get the cana open?— Ideas. The Poor Granger! Little Willie —Say, pa, what Is a poor, down-trodden farmer? Pa —He is one of those fortunate Individuals, my son, who have real cream in their coffee. The Impossible. “A man can do almost anything when he discovers that he must” “Have you ever felt that you must get upstairs at two a. m. without waking your wife?” Or Did He Escape. “I met Miss Elderly and Miss Seer going for a tramp, yesterday. “Which one of them aot him.”

PING-PONG IS FINEST GAME Youth With Roving Blue Eyes Gives Definition of Pastime —Fun Under the Table. “Now, ping-pong,” said the man with the bulging - forehead, “apart from its ridiculous name, was a perfectly absurd game.” “I don’t agree with you, sir,” interrupted the youth with the roving blue eyes. “One of the finest games that was ever invented.” “In what way, sir?” This somewhat haughtily from the learned one. “Get a ten-foot table,” began the youth in a far-away, dreamy voice, “a small net, two bats, a ball and a girl. Place the girl at one end of the table and yourself at the other. Tap the ball backwards and forwards until it drops on the floor and rolls under the table. Then you both look for It" “And where does the fun come In, may I ask?” The young man sighed as a flood of | sweet reminiscences came surging to his memory. “Under the table!” he said simply. HER IDEA OF STRENUOSITY. JU, jll 1 UT Jessie—l had to give Charlie up. He wasn’t strenuous enough. Mama —What do you mean? Jessie—He’d rather sit at home and | hold my hand than take me to the ( theater and balls, etc. Excellent Practise. “Yes,” said the good old professor, [ “the memory may be perfectly trained by proper study.” “But,” asked the vzeak-minded but i wealthy scholar, “what do you con- ' sider the best exercise for the mem- ■ ory, professor?” “Remember the poor!”—Catholic Standard and Times. A Chilly Occupation. I “Models don’t get much pay, da (they?” said Mrs. McGudley. “No,” repliecVthe artist “It doesn’t require temperament to be a model.” “I’ve noticed the clpthes in the plo tures. It isn’t so much a questiov of temperament as of temperature.” A Dilemma. “What’s a dilemma?” asked ont small boy. “Well,” replied the other, “it’s something like this: If your fathei says he’ll punish you if you don’t let your mother cut your hair, that’s a dilemma.”—lndependent She Had. “Have you anything to declare?" asked the customs inspector. “Yes,” replied the lady who was returning from Europe, “I unhesitatingly declare that it is an outrage theway this government permits things to be mussed up in one’s trunk.” Big Surprise. “My wife has got into trouble try- i ing to smuggle.” “Mine’s in bad, too. She went and bought me a seat in the senate as a little surprise and now she’s been indicted for bribery.” Careless. “Hello, I was talking to Miss Gabby about you only “That was very foolish of ybu.” “How so?” “She’s just bound to tell rile what you said.” J At the Employment Office. Proprietor—Yes, madam, you can always depend upon us to give you satisfactory servants. No one tries once without trying us again inside of two weeks and becoming a regular patron.”—Fllegende Blaetter. Their Usual Excuse. ,■> *1 just read where a Vermont hunt* er shot a hole through his foot.” “He must have had a peculiar foot?" “Why soT’ “Why, didn’t he mistake it for •' deer?" Cause df the Change. ”1 can’t understand why you hate her so. You used to rather admire her, I thought.” “Yes, but she and I are singing in the same church choir now.” A Self-Made Man. A. —You Bay you have debts amounting to 150,000 marks? I’m surprised!” B. —Yes, and when you think that I began life with absolutely nothing." Fllegende Blaetter.

The Syrian New Year I — I

LL the Christians of New York do not observe ' Christmas as a time for Santa Claus. The Syrians, for instance, who live in the lower end of

Manhattan island, in Washington street, from the Battery up to Albany street, have an old custom of giving their presents on New Year’s day. Then there also is a difference In the manner of giving. The Syrian children do not hang up their stockings. Neither do the parents disguise themselves as Santa Claus. On the con- ! trary. The Syrian child invariably knows who is going to be his Santa ! Claus, and consequently is treated to no extraordinary surprise. There is one thing, however, of which he remains in ignorance, and that is the , nature of the present he will receive. The child picks ou*’ whosoever he I thinks will treat him best in case he succeeds in meeting and greeting him ' at the proper time on New Year’s day. j Then comes a long vigil for midnight, I as the custom so prescribes it that the j one wno offers the first greeting at ( the beginning of the new year shall receive a fitting reward from the one ( greeted. A good wish for success and prosperity in the first hour of New Year’s day is held by the Syrians to augur well for the follow’ng twelvemonth, and the one who first wishes ; good prospects is entitled to a reward. ( Custom prescribes that at the time ( of this New Year’s greeting whatever j the one greeted happens to hold in his hand becomes the property of the other. The one who receives thd greeting is supposed to oe so pleased with it that, acting upon the happy impulse of the moment, he hesitates not to re- ? quite his greeter with whatever he first can lay hold on. This latter cusI tom originated in feudal times, when the Emir was omnipcteut in his province and his followers depended for (their sustenance upon his gifts and what he allowed them cf tfie plunders j of war. Os qpurse you can’t nowadays sur-

ocrwild bells,fa tke w'U ‘Ay. 'Skecloud. rKcytpoff y&yf is dy ,n -sP inoof. wild bcllo.ard lei die LB i f a.- j. .

prise any Syrian early New Year’s < day fooling with a costly article. He ! 3an be depended on as knowing better, for either he would have to make a gift of it to the one who first greeted him, or else he branded as a miser. Wise Syrians carry candy to hand to the children who greet them. , ■- ■ ""'V Nezv Year's Day in the Long Ago |

SONG years ago the people I who lived in a great many I different places in the ■ world were very much 1 interested in New Year's ® day, just as we are, and

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.hey did many things in honor of the day, exactly as we do. They feasted and decorated their houses md churches, and at 12 o’clock they were very particular to show In some Way that they were rejoicing that another year had begun. Not all of these people celebrated Jew Year’s on the same day. The andent Romans used to have their New fear’s day in March; then they changed to January, and a large part of the rest of the world followed them. The Jewish people have another day and the Chinese and Japanese still another, hut whenever the day falls, according to their special calendar, there is always a very important celebration of it The Druids, who were the priests of England before the Christian religion was taken into Great Britain, also celebrated New Year s day. They were very interesting and very strange people, these Druids, and. according to what one reads about them in history, one always imagines ■ ‘hefia aa wearing beautiful white

« .W.Ww **•«.a / | Cbe Conflict of tbe Years | S By KENNEDY SEATON II — I ?! year w dy ' ng ’ w* v Tho battle bravely fought •» o’er • ? ; • at last; w The aged warrior wounded to the death P With Time’s fell arrows, silently awaits K -j The moment of release with laboured W breath. The issued of the long-contested fight, g -4 Or vict’ry, or defeat, or welcomed truce, fi The unborn years shall certainly declare, *1 Jt And turn each well-aimed blow to gain Jj and use. » M •e The warrier, dying, curtained by the night, tl • Sees not or knows the gain that is to be, S? | y But dies in faith that right will surely win, jfj ! D And o’er the world will rule eternally. W 'll ■ 0 i j* The year is dawning. •• I 1} The young recruit takes up the unsheathed . j ; f S sword if J ,’; His aged sire but just now laid aside; M\. ; Ij And buckling on his armour, newly bright. Jj i fJ Essays him forth to ventures yet untried. -J I H Alluring dreams beguile his onward steps, |;» And visions bright of vitt’ri<?s to be won; -j ItJ He feels upon his brow the laurel-crown, *J i •* And hears afar the coveted’well done! " No thought of failure mars the blissful ;< I «> dream, tt ! No craven fear unnerves the heart of jj y«rth; It »i Great tasks await him, and as tJ -) 8r eat * . . ■ fl 'jj He steps into the fray, and strikes for jj I f t truth! • m ft ft i -s -v*.-. •» *, a.*,...;* I •CWuMCkaiCWCWiWUUIa.W W +■>

i robes and having tall, magnificent figlures and flowing w’hite beards and | hair. At any rate, they always wore white robes on New Year’s day, for that was the day wher they cut down the sacred mistletoe. For the Druids didn’t think that mistletoe was only r pretty green vine. They believed it to’be a miraculous growth r hich would prevent people from being harmed by poisonous food or drink. On that day a particularly large, handsome Druid, with glistening white and hair anti rather cold gray always had cold gray eyes we believe—and clothed

most beautifully in white, would climb the Oak tree on which the mistletoe grew and cut it down with a golden sickle. He wouldn’t take it in -his hand, they" didn't consider that respectful enough to the sacred mistletoe, which could do such wonderful things. Instead he would catch it in a pure white cloth and x climb carefully down the tree with it. After this an altar would be erect-. ed and white bulls sacrificed and prayers offered. Then the Druidical community felt that for the following year they would have all the good luck possible.' You see in those days New Year’s celebrations were very serious things, and all of the ceremonies' attending them were religious. Ringing I«3 the New Year jirr- lIL Unpleasant sounds for the "Old Man.”