Hooker Advance (Hooker, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, September 23, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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ONE thousand Zurich wo-
men have declared for uni-
versal suffrage. It is a re-
cent movement there,
though other Swiss cities
have been interested for some time
in the much mooted question. Alto-
gether the little country has 17,000 ad-
vocates for giving women the ballot.
Recently the women of Zurich canton
petitioned the state for the right to
act as jurors on a case in which a wo-
man was the defendant Their re-
quest was refused. Later, with char-
acteristic 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 ether
cases where differences arise between
a woman employer and a woman em-
ployee. While this, too, was denied,
Parliament admitted the sex's eligibil-
ity to such an office.
"We are not talking much about it,"
Bald the vice president of the Zurich
Woman's Suffrage society, Fraulein
Honneger, "lest publicity frighten the
state into retarding the concession. It
is not much of a gain, but," she added
with true suffrage optimism, "it is a
step forward. If we had made that de-
mand ten years ago, when to speak of
our having the ballot was to be laugh-
ed 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 deuy us our citizens'
rights."
Switzerland has no women's clubs. But while
the suffragists are engaged along one line, anoth-
er body of women Is working for philanthropy.
A group of young women representing the fore-
most 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 medical
Inspector of schools is assisted by this guild. Chil-
dren of the poor receive two full meals gratis in
Swiss schools, and if the mothers of these chil-
dren 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 cau
compel the father of a deserted child to contrib-
ute to its support. If the mother be under age
also she, too, becomes a ward if this guardian. A
similar organization to the Zurich guild exists in
German cities, and, by a similar state law, the ab-
sconder of moral obligations is traced easily and
extradited. To women is due the large number of
temperance restaurants existing in Switzerland.
Frau Professor Oreille of Zurich is the origina-
tor of this movement.
Socialism Is spreading in Switzerland; though
how a country governed by the referendum sys-
tem can be possibly more democratic passeth un-
derstanding. 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, beauti-
ful little republic.
Zurich has led in every movement of its history.
It was the Ftorm center of the Protestant Refor-
mation period In Swltzerlard Zwinglis home is
here. In the Grossmuenster, whose tall towers
have dominated the town for eight centuries, he
preached the Protestant crusade and was the
church's last Catholic pastor and its first Protes-
tant 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.
It an old chapel across the road Is an Interest-
ing collection of articles relating to the Reforma
tlon. including letters written by Calvin, Luther
and Zwlngli. f ach remarkably distinct. There la
also one by Lady .lane 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 Zwlngli.
Zurich to 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. tradi-
tional town, with its narrow, steep streets and Its
high, dark houses, lies on both banks of the Llm-
mat.* The rest of the city has spacious thorough-
fares and splendid buildings. The lake quays in
with the national edu-
cational exhibit and
the Pestalozzi cabinet.
The modern Catholic
Church of Our Lady Is
a magnificent basilica.
The Church of St. Pe-
ter holds the tomb of
Lavator, who was its
pastor. The town hall,
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 certain portions of Amer-
ica, there is nothing in the world to equal it in
beauty. The central and southern parts are oc-
cupied 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 Einsiedeln. I was fortunate enough to be
present during a week-end musical fete, in which
singing societies from the country and from neigh-
boring 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 be-
gan. 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 quiet. 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 tXe 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 encir-
cling 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 bislllca, the edifice
flanked on either side with monastery buildings.
Since the year 934 the abbey of Einsiedeln Laa
tho KHene Stadt are
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Housekeeping in Hmkow
Among our many wanderings our housekeep
Ing In Hankow wan 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 pass-
ing judgment you should have experience with
them! The peace of mind of the mistress de-
pends largely on her "number one boy." the head
servant, who. If efficient. Is likely to have come
from Nlngpo. He Is a tall, impressive personage
who wears a blue cotton coat fastening on the
side and reaching to his ankles, without which be
must never appear in his employer's presence.
To do this Is only second as a mark or disrespect
to having the cue Ic
Gabriel Godfrey Gave Fortune in Fight
for His People—First Wife a
Granddaughter of Stolen
"White Rose."
Peru, Ind.—Gabriel Godfroy, last
chief of the Miamis, died the other
day of a broken heart, because he had
lost all his wealth, $50,000, through
politics. He was urged by hia friends
to run for road supervisor, and he
won the office, though he afterward
declared that he did not want it. God-
froy and his people were persuaded
to vote. Chief Godfroy bitterly re-
pented of this later, for, when his
people exercised that function, they
were called upon to pay taxes, from
which they had been previously ex-
empt, and this started litigation which
continued for years and wiped ont
the holdings of the chief, who was the
banker for his people.
Chief Godfroy, "the Last of the
Miamis," he might be called, was sev-
enty-six years old, and was born in
Blackford county, just adjoining the
county in which he lived all his life
and in which he died. His father
was Chief Francis Godfroy, of French
descent, who as a warrior was, next
to Little Turtle, the greatest chief of
the Miamis. He ranked close to Te-
cumseh, the Napoleon of the red
race. Little Turtle formed a powerful
federation of the Weas, the Shock-
neys, the Pankakaws and the Potta-
watomies, which defeated General
Earner October 19, 1790 and General
St. Clair November 4,< 1791. At the
battle of Tippecanoe, Chief Francis
Godfroy gave the signal for the attack
of the combined Indian forces and
was joint commander with Deaf Man
ay other position
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orj«n are useally ImqmI
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f the mistress. There are
OHM coolie, who Is the only
i to do to keep him modcr-
and the second cook, who
at the e xpense of his eta
preserved an unbroken line from the nrst prince-
abbot, Eberhard, Duke of Franconia, to tho pres-
ent head. Abbe Colomban I. It is the only Cath-
olic church in the world not dedicated by human
hands; the legend is that Christ himself perform-
ed the act.
Einsiedeln and vicinity were known as the Som-
bre Forest away back in the eighth century, when
a holy hermit, Meinrad, the son of Prince Berthold
of Hohenzollern, built for himself a cell In which
he lived many years. He was murdered by bri-
gands to whom he had offered hospitality utid
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 compan-
ions, pursued the assassins to Zurich, screaming
and picking at the villains' heads. The strange
actions of the Irate birds attracted the townspeo-
ple's attention and they questioned the murderers,
who, terrified, acknowledged their crime. In the
Einsiedeln Abbey coat-of-arms aie two ravefts.
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 stand?
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 invita-
tion 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 be-
ginning 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 vestmenta
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 dedl
cation 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 charm-
ing. First comes a sail on a lake which Is the
loveliest piece of water In Switzerland, then e
railroad ride through pine woods, among moun-
tains, over gorges and past valleys that now are
covered with fragrant, new-mown hay.
ployer's digestion. The cook's chief business Is
going to market and presenting his account for
his purchases.
It is a strnnge collection often In that market
basket, wrhlflh a wise housekeeper always sees
Goat flesh, perhaps, politely called mutton; or
beef that has been exposed 'n a fly filled shop; a
live chicken or two. name of various sorts-
pheasant. teal, snipe and perhaps a fish, more
appetizing than one would expect who has scei
ami smelled the Yang tse wrater.
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 Trull a.
In addition to the supplies which can be
purchased In the Chinese market every day one's
diet may Include fresh butter from Australia and
all sorts of canned goods shipped from the United
States. Creat Britain. Prance and Germany These
are sold la sbo; in the rooc*^ions kept by
Europeans. Japanese. Parsees— those keen mer
chants from India—or even Chtaese. While ex
pensive, they are not quite such prohibitive Inx
uries aa to ln ptro the remark of the English
mU&ionary'a little girl In central India, who said;
"Mother. I mpr-ose the Idas h«s tinned things tc
eat evecy day."
PLACE WHERE ZOLA RESTS
Great Writer's Remains Lie In the
Pantheon, the Terrestrial Valhalla
of the French.
Paris.—Years of effort made Emile
Zola a great writer and earned for
him the prospective honor of a grave
in the Pantheon, the Westminster ab-
bey of France. One little letter took
hisi that privilege. Then a court de-
cision made it possible ten years after
the letter was written for his body to
rest with France's immortal ones un-
der the legend on the Pantheon's
dome: "To Great Men, the Grateful
Fatherland."
Zola died in 1902 from accidental
suffocation by coal gas escaping from
a patent heater. Literary glory came
to Zola through his great works, "La
Sebacle," "La Fortune de Rougon,"
The Pantheon, Paris.
"L'Assommoir," "Dr. Pascal," "Parts,"
"Lourdes," "Rome," and "Fecundity."
The "J'accuse!" letter on the Drey-
fus case set him back ten years. In
this letter the writer accused army
and civil officials of criminally con-
niving to place the guilt of treasona-
ble correspondence on Captain Drey-
fus. The government had Zola tried
and sentenced on defamation charges
to serve one year in prison. Zola was
assaulted in the streets of Paris by
his countrymen. Four years after his
death, the highest court of France de-
cided that Dreyfus was not guilty and
Zolas "J'accuse!" letter, when read in
the courtroom by Dreyfus's lawyer,
was applauded and cheered. So Zola,
dead, has received honors which Zola,
living, was refused.
The Pantheon is the terrestrial Val-
halla of the French. It is a great
cross-shaped basilica, with a dome
nearly 200 feet high. It stands on a
hill on the Latin quarter side of the
Seine on the site of a Christian church
built 1,200 years ago. As most liv-
ing Frenchmen crave the Cross of the
Legion of Honor or admission to the
French academy, so most Frenchmen
long for that greatness which de-
mands a burial in the Pantheon. And
Zola has it.
WIRELESS MESSAGES ANCIENT
In the drawn battle of Mlssissinewa
against Colonel Campbell, the last
battle of the Miamis.
At the treaty of St. Mary's, God-
froy was granted six sections of land
on the north bank of the Wabash, em-
bracing nearly all the present site of
the city of Peru. This ancestral es-
tate, it might be called, dwindled un-
til at the death of the son. Gabriel,
only about forty acres of the original
tract remained, and this was in the
possession of Gabriel's children, to
whom he had deeded it a few years
ago.
When his father died, in a house
which is part of the present home of
the Godfroy family, and was burled
Just across the road, Gabriel became
chief. He was married three times
His first wife was a granddaughter of
Frances Slocum, who was stolen by
the Indians when she was six years
old.
Frances Slocum was stolen In 1776
from her home near Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
by the Delaware Indians. She was
passed to the Miamis and became
known as the "White Rose of the Mi-
amis." Her brothers never gave up
the search for her. Finally, in 1837,
she was located in Miami county as a
member of the Indian tribe, and her
brothers journeyed Trom Pennsylvania
to take hor home. When the object
of their visit was explained. Bhe said
she had lived so long among the In-
dians. and they had treated her so
well, that she would not desert them.
Her brothers went home broken-
hearted. Godfroy's third wlfo is still
living.
Twenty years ago Chief Godfroy
had a fine farm of about a hundred
acres and was worth about $50,000.
He was called on scores of times to
pay fines against Indians For seven
years he paid the expense and stood
the worry of a legal battle which the
county commissioners brought to com-
pel him and others of his tribe to pay
taxes on ;helr lands They claimed
the lands to be exempt because of the
treaties by which they were deeded
to them by the government When
his fortune had disappeared the suit
was compromised, and his people
should be exempt for ten years
When this decision was announced.
Chief Godfroy advanced to the bench
and. in a voice trembling with emo-
tion told hie story of wrong* The
aged chief told how the poor Indians
had again been crushed and humili-
ated by the cruel "pale face;" how
they had lo t their lands and thHr
Natives of Africa Communicate Over
a Distance of Seven Miles by a
Code of Drum Signals.
Johannesburg, La.—Many strange
tribes dwell in the interior of Africa
and queer indeed are some of their
ways. One tribe, the Batetela, has
long used a method of sending com-
munications between its several vil-
lages that is unique and well worth
consideration. A wooden drum is
used and the "wireless" message can
be picked up, or heard, seven milea
away. It Is amazing. The drum used
by the Batetela for sending messages
in this manner Is first cut out from
one large solid piece of hard wood.
Its jhape, as may be seen in the illus-
tration, is quite peculiar and must
require considerable skill in the fash-
ioning, when one considers the lack
of proper tools among these tribes.
Still more difficult Is the finishing of
the drum's interior, for It has to be
hollowed out and all the work Is done
through the long narrow opening
which shows at the top. The shape
Inside follows that outside and much
patience and care are required in at-
Drum Signaling In Africa.
taining that perfection necessary to
success In the completed instrument.
The least check or split In the wooden
walls of this instrument would seri-
ously Impair If It did not destroy its
usefulness
The sticks used in beating this
peculiar drum have at their ends a
knob of rubber. To send a message
the beater will ascend a hill in the
evening when the air Is still and of-
fers least resistance to the outward
speeding sound wave* from his drum
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