American Men Most Polite
By COUNTESS MARY VON WALDERSEE.
j\I hkICAN men in all conditions ot life are more polite than
any 1 have met with in any of the countries of Europe, not
CVC11 excepting tile P rpnrliman I'll#* Iiqc tiinrn nnlicll
it may be, than his masculine contemporaries of other na
tions, but he lacks that true politeness which is more than
skin deep and proceeds from a sincere, frank, and manly
heart. Even the young hoys display a deference and cour
tesy which is lacking to large degree in the youths of other
countries. One particular in which American men outdo
the men ot other nations in matter of courtesy is that of the
giving up their seats to women in street cars of your large cities, par
ticularly New ^ ork. 1 mention this because what a man displays of
manners in a public conveyance where he is generally among strangers
and has nothing to gain by unselfish and thoughtful regard for others, is
an excellent index to his real character, and reveals his habitual atti
tude towards women.
American working girls as a class arc superior to all their class in
the world. They possess an independence and self-reliance which the
working women nowhere else have. They dress better, look better and
apparently are in every way above the girls in the same class elsewhere.
1 hey hold themselves high, seeming to have an inbred sense of superior
ity which is self-assertive and commanding. They have a buoyancy of
."pint and quickness to adapt themselves to every condition and need
which is largely lacking in the women of other countries.
1 he poheement of New \ ork city are the highest type, and dis
play wonderful courtesy toward all women. Commissioner Piper, of
the New \ ork }x>hcc department, had no real cause to go to Berlin for
information to apply to the improvement of New York's police force.
Never have l seen an organized force uniformly of so high a type as
that of New \ork. Ihe work of the policemen at the crossings is
specially commendable. Xo woman, however humble or poorly dressed,
ever fails to receive courteous treatment equal to that which is extended
to women of culture and refinement and elegance. America is a won
derfully genuine country, where men of truly polite instincts are in the
majority, and where, because of man's courtesy and deferential attitude
toward all women, the women of the working class are superior to their
sisters of other lands.
HIS QUESTION ANSWERED.
At Any Rate, the Inquisitive Drum
mer Asked No More.
A passenger entered a railway
carriage in Australia in which
was seated a particularly aggres
sive commercial traveler, and!
placed in the rack oppositen small
wooden box pierced with holes,
says the Sporting Times.
In the conversation which fol
lowed the commercial traveler
gave several hints that lit* would
like to know what was in the box,
without avail. At last his curios
itv got the better of him.
“I say, old man,” he asked,
“what have you in that box?”
“A mongoose,” was the reply.
A series of diplomatic remarks
followed, aimed at getting the rea
son for carrying a mongoose; but,
as no explanation was offered, the
commercial traveler had to say
plump out:
“W hat are you going to do with
that mongoose?”
The answer he got was: “I’m
going tefsee a friend who has been
drinking of late—so heavily, in
fact, that lie has develojied do
lirium tremens. You may be
aware that people so suffering are
inclined to see snakes, and you
may also be aware that there is
nothing on earth so deadly to
snakes as a mongoose.”
He sat back, evidently satisfied
that he had given a full and com
plete explanation.
“Hut—but, 1 say,” said the com
inercial traveler, “those snakes J
are imaginary.”
“So is my mongoose,” returned
the person interrogated.
ALKALOID IN TOBACCO.
Is Harmful Element Rather Than
Nicotine, Saya Scientist.
The Dritish Medical Journal
states that, according to recent
investigations brought to the no
tiee of t lie Vienna Academy of
Sciences, the aroma of tobacco
and the effect of tobacco on the
smoker are not, as is commonly
supposed, due to nicotine, but to
a quite different chemical body,
an alkaloid. Dr. Frenkel, the au
thor of the paper submitted to the
academy, states that he observed
that the physiological action of
tobacco does not correspond to the
amount of nicotine which it con
tains, and he mentions that cer
tain kinds of Havana tobacco
which are poor in nicotine exer
cise a greater effect on the human
system than any other kinds which
are rich in nicotine. These facts
induced Dr. Frenkel to examine
tobacco lo see if he could find the
chemical body which really is the
cause of disturbing or soothing
effects. From different kinds of
tobacco he separated a yellow
looking salt. The further exam
ination of this salt convinced Dr.
Frenkel that the aroma and the
effects of tobacco arise to a very
large extent from the alkaloid,
which is characterized by highly
volatile properties. If tin* con
clusions which Dr. Frenkel ar
rived at are correct, smoking may
be freed of some of its evil effects,
for it may be possible, in contra
dist inetion to the case of nicotine,
to remove from tobacco the prop
erty which acts deleteriously on
the devotee of the “weed.”
THE TURKS’ WIVES.
Monogamy on the Increase in Realm
of the Sultan.
Although of late years, writes
Anna Bowman Dodd, in the Cen
tury. among Turks highly placed,
it lias come to be considered as
far more chic to have only one
wife, yet this laudable increase in
the practice of monogamy does
not tend to complete emancipa
tion from certain well established
Moslem traditions. The mention
of one’s wife to a foreigner is
nowadays made the easier when
one may truthfully speak of her
in the singular number. A Turk
may, after some months of semi
intimacy, talk somewhat freely,
indeed, of his domestic life, pro
vided always his household is
modelled after the European plan
of life. The social life is drawn
at the point of asking even a lady
to call. Frequent visiting between
European and Turkish wives,
when these are in the singular
number, is possible only after a
somewhat prolonged residence
and much friendly intercourse.
To the casual visitor there is an
unexpected embrrassment in find
ing almost all the Turks one
meets in society married to one
wife only. The singularity of this
singlesness is as trying, apparent
ly, to the Turk, on certain occa
sions, as it is eminently disap
pointing to the European.
Would Help Him Along.
Miss IVrt—If you’re so timid
about it, why don’t you propose to
her by telephone?
Mr. Ugliman—Then she might
not know who I was.
Miss Pert—Well, that might
help your chances.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
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BRUNETTES AND BLONDES.
Woman of Fair Faca and Tresses
Said to Make Ideal Wife.
Tho little blonde, with her fair
bail' and baby blue eyes, is said to
make the ideal wife—tin* wife tin*
man paints in brain pictures be
fore marriage. She wields the
reins of a household with a nat
ural aptitude for her onerous posi
tion. and at the same time allows
her husband to rule over her and
himself with a graceful compla
cency which her darker sister
could never even assume.
Now. the secret of a fair wom
an’s matrimonial success, says
the Chicago Chronicle, lies in her
temperament.
She is easy-going and, though
generally possessed of a certain
amount of natural conceit, that
conceit never by any chance runs
on intellectual lines; it is her mere
personal prettiness and the like
that give it birth. Thus she tacitly
admits tin* superiority of man,
bending herself unquestioningly
to his will, and man. with the old
inherent feudal instincts strong
within him. accepts her subservi
ence. and deems her an ideal wife
accordingly, even though per
chance she should fall short of
many of the perfections of his pre
matrimonial ideal woman.
With a darker woman things
matrimonial present a totally dif
ferent aspect.
Her characteristics are averse
to submission, as a fair woman ac
cepts the meaning of the word,
and, while realizing the burden of
her vow to “love, honor and
obey,” she also considers it bind
ing upon the man to levy only such
laws of obedience upon her as he
himself will also observe.
She resents the aspersions that
women were merely created for
decorative purposes within their
husband's home, and in many in
stances under the cramping con
fines of domesticity the dark wom
an has discovered a latent capac
ity to storm the labor market
which has been crushed dormant
by the heredity of generations.
When this happens woe and bit
terness enter into tie* family
camp; for the man. fearing he or
his home and creature comforts
may be neglected, starts a series
of petty oppositions that crush
out the sentiment and love of
marriage.
The onus of settling down and
accepting the humdrum routine of
the average domestic life finds
scant favor with a brunette; her
instinctsare not domestic. Sla* can
love, and with her the grand pas
sion is a passion that verily be
comes part of her being, but the
highest, holiest love of the wide
world over all will not eradicate
inherent characteristics, though
for a time it may cast them into
the background by the brilliancy
of its novelty. And under the in
fluence of that novelty the dark
bride will make a semblance of
successful housekeeping.
This Busy Age.
The youth stood in front of the
quick lunch establishment and
wept bitterly. “Why this grief?”
asked the benevolent citizen.
“Me fadder’s dead,” replied the
blubbering urchin.
“How do you know it?” asked
the benevolent citizen.
“Because he went into dat
quick lunch place five minutes ago
an’ he dain’t never come out yit.”
—Baltimore Ameriean.
Never Wrong.
Ile—The trouble with you. dear,
is that you never will admit it
when you are in the wrong.
She—That’s no such thing. I'd
admit it in a moment if I were
wrong; but the fact of the matter
is I never am wrong, and you know
it, Harry Merrillton!—Boston
Transcript.
Tips and Tips.
You may tip the soda clerk a
wink, but you can’t tip the Pull
man porter that way.—Chicago
Daily News.
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