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Show -- 1 I TheSf-- - Lovable . : . . wt yeomen - "' ; i 1: are Best Liked OMEN like the woman who has hitched her wagon to a star .ana. w.no stops-- it to take you in. . conventional manners jhe 'may. not have, but moral and mental manners she does hav& She is Mrs, C'levefantLor Mrs? Wiggs-- friendly, adaptable, steady, dependable, ever cheerful with cheerfulness that is the "calm of deep waters, and not the mere glassiness of the shal-- 1 low pool" and this the same whether she is sedate or ma cious by temperament ' Women like taste and style in dress, and with it that subtle grace they name in the country when they say of one that she is "not too good to speak to common folks, iWoroen like .the woman who possesses some.r at least, of the crowd i of appealing graces of body, soul anil mind resembling the lovely com posite we used to make of our history class who was to wear Polly Brown's nose and Tolly Joac'slchin, Smiths She. will be one who can listen well. All the 'world loves a listener. Because if she listens she cares, thus mutely promising to iurther one's cherished plans, rather than searching about seeking whom Bhe herself may devour. she must be Icind to your fancies and needs in the matter of mile from a lemon she may,lxv .but ever, a hostess of inflr nite resources and sagacity. $he will not. set before you the pickles and tea which are the chief of her own diet, making believe to flatter you in let ting you take her as you find her, as the form has it. The woman women like always has thejvholesonie and pleasant grapef, and the jug of milk of Baucis and Thilemon somewhere in reserve. !omen4itgmaTrTrrfO'iends "joy and grace 4oaH her little world of "friendship, to make her home a place which every guest enters with eagerness, and leaves with reluctance. She lends encouragement to. the timid and ease to the awkward, represses violence, restrains egotism, makes controversy courteous. Women like a woman with ease of manner, the mark of the habitual intercourse with the world--anhaving put you at your ease and your appetite antl shared your joys and divided your sorrows, and jnade'you think you are worth while after all, yourself, and lent you thfi ""pattern "of lier prettrestwaist, andrdiscovcred that your hand is smaller thatf'hcrs'and her feet are larger than yours 6he disappears from dis cussion, lor that woman w nest ana most liked byXworr.an who is "least ' m . d I s 4 ly com-Jfort- . spoken "good March the 17th. bfr longi to the Sods of. Erin by world wide but assent, of among men,-whethe- y . for r "or evil- - e y ' It y of .those side de- - : scended from-- na tives of the Emer: . es-an- I :&r prop. Baz?ivL4Ri ald , Isle, pauseto consider what memorable services were rendered by. Irish the during Revolutionary . war. wjth the single wmmmmmmmm h our p.f French allies, they commendation- - for cause of freedom; the, former people merit the highest their aid to the and only Because balled from an alestablished ready government are their claim granted precedence. Irish historic emblems, both In device and tincture, are woven unalterably Into the fabric of the evolution of American history. Here, for the first time, are set forth Items of great heraldic importance, giving the proper credit to Erin's emblems, as they have formed as equation In the development of the present governmental devices of heraldic or sym7 " bolic meaning. It Is generally supposed that the only Important matter which engaged the attention of the first Continental Congress, on the fourth day of July, was of the Beclarationot the records snow that no less essential national problem government-algnature-- or seal was a part 'of the considerations of that eventf ul occasion, it was about three o'cloek In the afternoon, when the Liberty Jlell was still sounding the call to arms and proclaiming the dawn of freedom, that John Hancock, president of the?ontlnental Congress, arose from his chair and said: "We are now a nation," and 1 ap point Dr. Benjamin Franklin, John Ad ams and Thomas Jefferson a commit tee to prepare a device for a great seal of the thirteen United States." The committee Immediately proceed- the-adopti-on Independentsbut rf t , . iS3 . -- nee, de-iy- jr eym-bollz- jf "j-- doe ' : f Favored y in tx?' Busines i - : the national banner was taken- - until June 14, 1777. Burjefferton waaw impressed with the idea of recognising the countries from whence America was 'jSfeof red, nd to show definitely admiration for their patriotism in the fight for liberty, that he placed below the Du SimitieVidea the motto, "E Pluribus Unum," to. indicate "From Many People), one (people);" or "From Many ltionallties, ..one..- - nation;" or "From England, ScotlaBaT"': Ireland, France, Germany, and the . Netherlandsthe United States " The motto does not mean''From many Colonies, one nation," as the basic definition is clearly Indicated In the device and in Jefferson's description. ' Still, Congress was hard to please, and the report of the distinguished committee was 6et aside and a new committee assigned - to the task. continued deeply inJefferson Though terested in the. matter and submitted several other devices, no less tnan twenty designs were underdiscussion, and four" subsequent committees labored with the seal problem. , Then in 1782 a committee called to their aid a certain Mr. William Barton, a patriot, soldier and heraldic ex-pert, and he designed a Seal which in. emblems again incorporated the token of the Irish allies of the Republic. His design was elaborate and ractically pecame the ; basis of" our Device 7ropoied by Beiijamtn Franklin. 'fcltilZr In seal. the shield the Stars present i oiA tuouBauq insn came to tnia . jectea to aa an American emblem on and Stripesppear and the eagle and country in 1729, and dispersed and account of the harp being representaeye of Providence. But ftiespeclat settled throughout the colonies, princi- tive of Ireland. consideration of the Irish is found in But this like many other devices, Whe two figures supporting the pro pally Mn Maryland, - Virginia and the Carollnas... From among those devout was noteportedfrom the committee. posed design. The harp and the fleur- settlers sprang some of the most There is good reason to believe tbat ren-- : relateto- prominent and influential" colonists. the following design came as a later dered by Ireland and France, and are The musical instrument which Howproposal from Doctor Franklin, as he blazoned on a green banner. the land of Erin was an at- refers to it in his writings: ever, this committee's report fared no tributive ensign of "the Goddess "Supporters. In the dexter Side: better than Us predecessors, , and the patroness early Ireland. the genius of America (represented finally1 the entire question of evolving As early as the fifth century, the harp by - a maiden with loose auburn an appropriate seal was placed tn the was so common that hardly a tresses) having on her head a radi- hands of the secretary of the Contipeasant"house-wa- s wlthoutne. In ated crown of geldnclrcled with, a nental Irishman, Congress the the old laws of Wales and Erin the sky blue fillet, spangled with silver Charles Thomson. "" He. witli theatd Triads specified the UBe of the harp stars, and clothed in a long, loose of William Barton, gave to the world as one of the three things necessary white garment bordered with green. signature. present emblematic to distinguish a freeman or gentle From her right shoulder to her left a Americans in general, and .those of man from a slave.- - Pretenders were scarf, semee of stars, the tinctures Irish ancestry in particular, "will be in-- seem a great wrong that businessmen in hiring help should discriminate .in favor of the young man when it is very evident that the older man is superior- - in yC-M--yy: i everv wav. j j . or thereabouts All men of forty-fiv- e r should not be classed together, as there are those men, who at that age have every qual' ity of superiority over the young man. They have had the experience; their judgment is the ripest and their knowledge the amplest and broadest By CflABLES r. SUNDtll From the very "nature of things there have to be two classes, the employers and "the wageTearners. We cannot all be masters and consequently most of ua must be servants.- - It stands'lo reason, therefore, that the man of fifty has to Beck employment asr well as the man of thirty. y) I cannot see, why a man of fifty is not as good a salesman, as a much he certainly has had a much harder and a more varied younger man,-a- Younj Man Bein, wzzx j. cig&akxd 9 4 vmf..dijM: ' ; - - - s experience' y. conditions it should Underthe8e "y Anot y be considered a disgrace to, the man whose hairis sprinkled with gray to compete in the labor market "yith Du Slmitlere't Design of Seal. the young manOn the contrary, he should be treafed courteously and given tbeppportjiimtyto prove that he is fully the equal of Jhe young man. d to perform Its assigned duty, and discovered by their u'nskillfulness m Why should not .amaiTwho is" able to" use good English be eligjfcle to after six weeks of labor, during which "playing of the harp." time many designs were considered, That the heraldlo device or which ' ' any position regardless of a few years cither way ? it was, announced that the device ar- - Du Simitier " was the author pleased -- Thompson's thereof the same as in the canton; and round her waist a purple girdle, fringed or embroidered, argent with the word ,yirtute,' resting her interior hand on the escutcheon, and his xrttlcB Is Franklin at once withdrew bis design, holding in the other the proper standAdams abandoned his and Jefferson ard of the United States, having a relegated his dlagratnto oblivion In dove argent perched on the top' of It. "On the sinister side: a man in favor of the compilation offered by the azure French expertsAlso there were other complete armor, his Bword-bel- t designs placed in evidence by dlstln- - fringed' with gold, his helmet encircled yBlshieolgBiBtfl;- - Amoag JAamwaa.Lwlth a wjeath ofjajireI ancreated ,. ' U' VU U an emblem of Ireland, a "Harp" with with one white and two Clue plumes f thirteen strings, and : the motto. Majors supporting with his dexter hand the Mlnorobus Consonant, meanIng'The escutcheon, and holding 4a the JaTeHor greater and lesser ones sound. togeth- a lance. "with the "point sanguinated, er.1' The strings of were of and upon it a banner displayed, vert; a harp strung different lengths, yet. they composed (green), id the One of the Proposed Harp Designs. one Instrument In a strong frame and with silver, between a star In chief, In fess,' a pair oft sounded In harmony. ; This, appropri- two ranged by Jefferson based on the com- ate device was intended to represent swords in saltier, in. basges, all argent ' pilation of SyHuguenot named Du" to Congress on Slmitler, Afignat 10, 177: , The design in ques tion as quite elaborateahd Indicated proved-by-the-factl- that ' ' study of every phase "of the subject, com- -. pletely appreciates the word duty in all its fullness,, and is willing to live up to this, then, andjhoTliinen, lsllre eligible to" mdmenfoua dutieslof wifehood andlhoiher- hood, be she i wenty or thirty. ... ... , .1 all things girls should be trained , ...Ab6-ro le home makers. Good cooking a specialty, A' complete study of the care of ' cEildren'fhould be" "made. " A man is expected to be" able to "support j.. a wife; and maintain a' home, before he When 4 Whenairirl has made an exhaustive Is Old ' Enough To e ' - --t- T- By Mra. W. B. WallWr . ' iljnarriea. . -- A m ! Ka rrryrcrk 4 mmowih aims y' 4Vi - ' " , Vm SiAYK..Al I IV H W ; XXW the-har- p fess-pol- fleurs-de-ly- s . ;, e.bnonncaUyndhelpfuUy.She primal ' ' i ! symtoHo language, and one Impor helpmate. . i' v Jjot her begin; as an apprentice to master all that pertains to home J tant element which appealed strongly totfiV' Irish pride of race. Th proBhei'm not only making at twenty ana ariwcnty-nv- e posed shield carried an emblem to housekeeper,' butiThusband keeper at tho same time, these two things represent the six great nationalities taking part In the war for independ; a being almost synonymous ence, or those who populated, the colonies and were earnest In the fight '7 rupils injthe Jew York public Bchobh for American freedom. Thus,7 for England appeared, a rose, for Scotland a ihouTd beaugbtTabove all, "the fundamen thistle, for rretod a harp, for Francs tal principles of right living in connection a for Germany a black with a most thorough and exhaustive drif-lin-g agle, and for the Netherlands a lion. Slmitler, ho was the heraldic artinhe three li'sand what they em- Du placed" Ireland third In this Imist, brace. Too much time and money are portant subdivision of that proposed shield for the Union,' and it Is Interliterally thrown away by compelling esting" to note the reasons set forth lake such as dentito special coursea, this recognition of the patriotism for ual. training, music; painting etc; t the colonial, inhabitants who came , If the piipil has a natural ability to hers from Ireland:" 1. - - 1., " ,The third Quartering, green, with a specialize let the parents pay for it and of gold, was "to be the respected harp ma T,. StiUtvaM send him to a special school after he leaves symbol of Ireland, and was placed the public school, ; Irksome school regula- upon the shield as a token to the Irish tions engcnuV a tendency lowalTving "arid patriots who took aa active part in th war for Independence; in fact, having deceit. Superficial' instruction In tha three K's produces boys wfo can brought oyer with them a spirit of dl Dfithcr read, write por spell correctly. Thus they are incompetent irbm like and revenge against 1 England, they fought "most bravely In our struY H""rrr.; 'the Mart for a'succcssful business carcdr," , . ;:- - 1 ; ; bea-iionapet- ent -- 5 . fluer-de-ly-s, Our Children Should be Taught , rt', . . . I .. laws .' Design, Present Basis terested in the following sketch of the career of the man who solved the problem of providing a seal for the Government of the United States: Charles Thomson was bom at Ma--. ghera. Ireland, November 29, 1729, and came to America with his three elder brothers In 1741. They landed at New Castle, Delaware, with no other . dependence than their" Industry. Thomsoswas educated by Doctor theotttori of several ilof; -- a, thei-slgnerrrH- the eDeclaTathmHe had a 'great passion for reading and 'when -- yet a young maa he had gleaned aufffcient khowl-.-. edge to be counted among the 'liteiV He was afterwards,, a teacher in the Friends! academy, at New Castle, Delaware. From thence he went to Philadelphia, where he became' acquainted with "and obtained " advice from Benjamin Franklin; he soon became the Intimate .friend of. the -p- bf-ind- endence. "learned jhiladelphlan" and.- - ' -- their, friend shipseemed To increaeelally; In 1772 he served as negotiator with ' the Iroquois and . Delaware " Indians. "work ao4ysipcJjconjclentlc among the natives brought for him the worthy nickname, "TMithteller," C by which name the Indians always after called him. He was a man of and had the peculiar requl-site- s to make and keep friends where ever he happened to "wander. He was called to the responsible duty of keep- - ' ing minutes of the proceedings of the first Continental Congress in 1774, and "il from that time. until he resigned his office In 1789 then fifty-ninyears old he was the secretary of that Ifgnl- ' ned and important body, , - 4 4 John Adams called him Cam Adams 6t Philadelphia, the life of the cause of liberty.' This certainly was a compliment, coming as It did from a tried" antf honest patriot. " Thomson, lt Barton's Second Dsslgn. la true, made a most diligent secre- the hew government under the Con- The tenants of the escutcheon stand tary, and in that position he had the tinental: Congress, as composed of on a scroll on which Is the following rare of U king notes of all pleasure of A Various , sixes and mottoi provinces 'which - alludes the Important congressional actions. toheeyeJiJthe.Amseant..foohe: ratjeaCfjworlQie jrecel ved - no pay. 'He served as permanerilTsec-fetarharmoniously for ; the gen- eye of Providence." . eral goodmade united In strength The Congress evidently counted it during; the eventful fifteen' and purpose by the' framework of Con- more- - Important to possess, seal' years that followed. -- His seat was jhe -. gress This design ho doubt was ob- than a flag, for no definite action on ;epted officially on June 20, 1782, t rare-abilitie- s . e 'he . 'Decr-tavent- : e.' 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