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* turesqueness, in color of its mative|unaccus , ite, in unchanged atmosphere. And |arouse from thi - stuff of which one's dreams are made. | graph groups of wondering children, now my confidence increased that here was one whose very exist: ence would prove that novelty had not yet fled the world, that there was still romance, still an existence characterized by little or nothing of modernity, still within reach of the And I felt I must haste thither ere the horde of tourists destined pres- ently to descend upon Bali alter it completely. } A few more days, then, and I stand fn the golden tropical dawn upon the forward deck of the substantial K.P.M. steamer "Rumphius," which, having made a smooth overnight run from Sourabaia, now les at anchor off Baloeling, the port' of Ball. And a "thought that has just come into my own mind is, to my astonishment, "Might be another Tahitl--what?" 1 had seen him at dinner the night petore, this Britishér in his "shorts" and flannel shirt bent upon seeing this enchanted island in real comfort. Being British we had not spoken, Lut mow there revealed itself a bond which should set at naught such ab- gurdities as reserve and formality under the equator, We both knew Tahitl! Together them, it was alto- gether suitable that we should get to kdow Ball, And now the real, the characteristic, British friendliness manifested ftself. This other Wwe derer,'also a journalist, had "booked" from Sourabala a motorcar and Both were waiting at the Ho insisted that I guide", landing place. ' should come along as his guest. ||"Re- re % gular tourist for the first time in my 1ife," he admitted a little sheepishly. "Had to do it; though, for there's no other way to see Ball if yon haven't time to learn the language and get about on foot. Better come along: Jolly glad of your company!" It might, indeed, have been another Tahiti. There was the long white beach, fringed by palms which dipped gracefully to the trade breese| There was the line of white, red-roofed Tiouses peeping out of their embroid- ery of tropical follage. There were the breakers and the little pler which jutted forth among them. In| Stead of & Habllity" are scheduled to oo] summits, green-wrapped In "heavy trople "foliage except 'where ¢ flash like that of a distant "heliograph disclosed some jungle- . 'guarded cataract, 'here now, at the water's edge, sur "guide," and a little beyond "the American motorcar, Having no- _ generally than any other real wander- thing more in common with guides was. presently quite disarmed by Bcaussines designed and had printed, C Bal is ouch as few have andor Papeats aud no less picts. dle of the avoid the poultry and swine unfamiliar with the contr that world which is yet so far from Ball, be prepared to halt at an in| stant's notice that we may descend to converse with villagers or to photo- Happy Campers With eyes swimming in tears against which he manfully struggled, Bobby Dick stumbled up the back steps and into the house, Coming into the room where is aunt sat in a low rock- ing chair beside the. geranium-filled window, darning stockings, he leaned against her comforting knee. "What is the matter, sonny boy?" she asked, laying down her sewing that she might stroke his soft curls. * In spite of his manful efforts, Bobby 'Dick's chin began to quiver. "The fel-fellows are playin' cow- boy," he swallowed, "an-and they won't let me play." ' Auntie's hand slid from Bobby Dick's hair tb his shoulder which she 'patted encouragingly. "They won't?" she asked. that, dear?" "They say I don't look a cowboy an-and anyway I haven't got any red bandana and all cowboys have to have red bandanas." "Dear me," exclaimed auntie, "no red bandana! Well, never mind," she went on reassuringly, "suppose you and I go out in the back yard, make a fire and play we are campers." . A beam of sunshine broke over and altogether: to conduct our little expedition in a fashion quite without precedent in his brief experience with European visitors. . Thus we coms, at the tiffin hour, to one of the scattered rest houses, the only hostelries of Ball, provided orig- {nally for the Dutch officials as they proceeded about the island, now avail able to two or three tourists at a time. It stands on the brow of a palm-clad hill and in the open bir we lunch, while before us spreads a miag- nificent pasorama of village and plain and grove and. rice paddy and winding stream gleaming silvery in the mid day sun, : e lunch well and amply, conclud~ ing with a strange, yet altogether de- lectable sweet, prepared from the avo- cado which here attains a wondrous sucoulence. And then, long but _joy- ous hours afterward, we come to the village of Den Pasan, on the south coast of Bali, seventy miles from Bal- oeling, where the novel charm of Ball and its folk reaches its climax, where the: Dutch have held sway scarce a score of years as against a century on the north side, where the Balinese | Bobby Dick's face chasing away the and all their colorful customs are|tears. "Oh, auntie," he cried, de- quite unchanged and where Europe {lightedly, "you do think of the bestest seems as many years away as it is | things!" leagues: Busily they set to work building Hore, in anotlier rest house, we dine | an oven with some old bricks and soon as expansively as we have lunched.|had a fire crackling cheerily within'it. And then--but Den Pasan is a story| "Bobby Dick" said auntie as she by itself.--M.T.G. In Christian Sclence |bustled about, "ycu run into the house Monitor. and get some potatoes, some onions, Bd tat halt box of bacon. -Jane will " '| give them to you." Out-Leaping Leap Year Ideas As Bobby Dick with arms piled high returned from his errand, oné of the Mademoiselles of Ecaussines Determined to get cowboys, riding his steed at a furious pace down the alley, caught sight of him. Pausing, ha peered through the Husbands Paris.--European bachelors who "have grown tired of solitude and are panels of the gate. convinced that a wife is an asset in- "How is ~"What you doing?" he asked. "Playing campers," shouted Bobby Dick as he dumped his burden beside the oven and hastened after more sticks. With nose thrust through the pal- | ings; the rider watehed with eager in- " for Eoaussines, just across the|terest. At last he edged into the lan frontier, to be the guests of marriageable maidens there who are not afraid to ask for the husbands they: want. yavd. oo "Say," he asked, "can I play camp- ers?" | can do, say after he has passed the DOGS DISPLAY FRIENDSHIP OF UNUSUAL PATHOS Buddy, two-year-old German shepherd dog, leading his sightless pal, Teddy, & 13-year-old Boston terrier, in thelr daily walk around the city. "Certainly," cams Auntie's hearty reply, and dropping his stick, the boy set to work with a will on peeling po- tatoes. A second boy astride a stick horse came to a sudden halt as he appeared around the corner of the house, Wist- fully he stood gazing upon the happy campers about the fire. "Oh, Jack,® cried Bobby Dick, catching sight of him, "we're having such fun. Don't you want to come and play?' Jack needed no second invitation, but rushed eagerly forward to join in the game. "Dear me," cried Auntie, "we have forgotten the bread. Jack," she added, "suppose you run in the house and ask Jane for a loaf of bread." My, how busy they were! And how good the smell of the frying bacon, onions, and potatoes? Drawn by this appetizing odor, one by one the rest of the cowboys abandoned their horses to join the campers. Auntie cut the bread, piling each slice high with bacon, onions and po- tatoes, and Bobby Dick passed them around. "This is lots more fun than playing cowboy," said one of the boys as he reached for his slice. "How did you ever think of it, Bobby Dick?" and he gazed admiringly at the curly-headed lad, who, to his shame, looked nothing like a cowboy, and who----alas; passess- ed no red bandana, "Auntie thought of it," cried Bobby Dick smiling joyfully up af his auntie as she passed on her way into the house to glance over the happy group, "she always thinks of the bestest things!" And Auntie with a smile playing about her lips repeated softly the fol- lowing lines which you will have to have mother explain to you: "They drew a circle and left me out, Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win. We drew a circle and took them in" rere ret Humility is not only a great quality; it is the source of most other great qualities. So that she cond Cross a swampy region in South Africa. Mrs. Charlotte Mansfield, the famous traveller, re- cently "posted" herself as a letter; otherwise, the official responsible would not have agreed to her attempt- ing the journey. scouts know and do? > Well, let's see what a farm-boy scout | fact that even the best thinking which has been done has not been consistent. | direction of mariners; and in its right ly recognized in the services of the|hand a dart, apparently ready to be church."--The Rev. T. Rhondda Wil- r liams, years after its erection it was thrown down by an earthquake; and abowt nine centuries subsequently the old metal was purchased by a Jew, who loaded 900 camels with it. Second. --The Pyramids of Egypt three of which still remain, The has a square base, 660 feet each way, and is 500 feet high. It is made of great stones, the least of which is 8 feet in height. It took 360,000 men twenty years to complete it. The other two are a little smaller and at~ tract the admiration of the spectator. Some suppose they were built by the Israelites during thelr captivity; but this opinion cannot be correct, as we read that they were employed in mak. ing bricks. Third --The walls of the city of Babylon, built by Queen Semiyamis. They formed an exact square, were 60 miles in circumference, 200 feet in height and 5 In breadth, so that six chariots could travel upon them abreast. Fourth--The Temple of Diana at Ephesus, which was a work of the greatest magnificence. The riches within were immense and the goddess was worshipped with great solemnity, It took 220 years in its completion, though all Asia was employed, It was supported by 127 pillars of beautiful Parian marble, each of a single shaft, and raised by as many kings. Each pillar was 60 feet in helght, 37 of them being engraven. The beams and doors were made of cedar and the rest of the timber was cypress. The image of the goddess was made of ebony. It was burned by Erostratus, an obs scure individual, 110 years after, OR the same day that Alexander the Great was born. Fifth.--The royal palace of Cyprus, King of Media, It was built by Mem non, who was as prodigal in expense as ha was skillful in bullding, It is agserted that he actually cemented the stones with gold. Some are inclined to give the preference to the temple of Solomon, at Jerusalem, as the su- perior edifice. Sixth. --The statue of Jupiter Olym- pus, in the city of Olympia. It was of prodigious size, made of ivory, and 'Parved with the greatest art by Phidl as, a noted sculptor. Seventh.--The mausoleum or sepuls chre of Mausolus, King of Caria, built by his queen, Artemisia, of the most beautiful marble. The workmanship was spléndid in the extreme. It was 63 feet in length, 400 in circumferance and 35 feet in height, surrounded by 36 columns of the most superb work. manship. This has been acknowledged by some as one of the Seven Wonders, while others think that the lighthouse of Alexandria ought to have the pref- erence. This was a tower of white marble, nearly 400 feet in height, with magnificent galleries and mirrors of an enormous size. On the top was an immense lantern, with a light con- stantly burning, so that ships could perceive it at a distance of a hundred miles. left hand it held a light-house, for § 'tender-foot and second-class stages and is now a fullfledged scout, first class. @ can build a bridge over a small stream that is as practical and sound in design as those built by engineers over our biggest rivers, and he can do it with material at band. The scout can build a log cabin that will last for 'years and will be as snug and comfortable as a house. He can build a leanto that will shelter him from the hardest rain or the bitterest wind. The scout knows the secrets of the woods and streams, the same as the Indians knew them. He can build a fire without matches; or on the wet test day he can kindle a fire in the forest--and he knows how to control his fire and extinguish it without dam- age to the forest. He can stalk birds and animals and study them-in their He knows the names of all the im- Because her own were black, portant stars, and he caf find his way by them, and he knows all about how to use a compass. But it's when an accident happens that the boy scout is at his best. He can soothe a burn; he can stanch the flow of blood and bandage a wound; he knows what to do when someone is overcome with heat or is knocked unconscious from an electrical shock. If a person is dragged from the water unconscious, the scout can revive him ~--thus saving a life that might other- wise be lost. Think what it means, fellows, to be able to do these things when a doctor may be miles: and miles away! A scout knows signaling and how to make a gignal tower. He can take his two little colored flags and from his tower, or from some high spot near his home, talk to a neighbor boy a mile or more away. Fun? Just learn the code and fry it! A scout can make a bow and ar- row that's real, and he knows how to use them, He can construct a good workable radio set, and he learns the codes used all over the world. A scout 1s a swimmer, and he knows how to do the speed stroke, the long- distance stroke ,and the life-saving stroke; he knows a dozen swimmin and diving stunts, t He knows a hundred thrilling games that a group of boys cam play; he's an expert at tying a hundred different knots; he's the world's best bird house builder. There are a few of the things the scout knows and does, but it fsn't all, for the scout is Ilke Mr. Kipling's marine. So if you aren't a boy scout, be one ~--that's the surest way to be a man. Hight of you can form your own troop. Ld . . A fearless thinker, the Rev. T. Rhondda Williams, of Brighton, gave a characteristic address, as thairman of the Congregational Union, recently. It will stand out as one of the big ut- terances of the May meetings. In the course of his lengthy address, Mr. Williams said: "It is the misfortune of the church that the creeds which still hold a formal place in most of them are, for the greater part, impossible of belief to educated and intellectual men and women. "And though of course there are many educated and intellectual men and women in the church itself, the feeling outside is that these people do not really believe the th*ngs to which they subscribe, and that they have so many mental reservations that ft is not at all clear what they regardeas absolutely vital and what not. The pulpit is suspected of trimming, and prevarication, and of something very near to, if not quite, intellectual dis- honesty, "Men to-day want their religious teaching to be above board, as scien- tific teaching is, and until it is so the church will not win the confidence of men who have been influenced by the scientific temper and habit. And we must remember that mdltitudes, who know little or nothing of science as such, are nevertheless living in an atmosphere created by it, "I think the church has a great deal to learn from scientists in regard 'to reverence for truth. In church think- ing and speaking there is far too much prudence, tactical care, and worldly wisdom, too much playing for safety --these things have too often strangl- ed the witness of the church to truth. 'Safety first' is a good motto for mo- torists, but it is damnation of the Christian ministry. "If we were always willing to im- peril our status, our prestige, or our privileges rather than imperil the truth, the ministry would be different in a short time, We must have cour- age to think honestly and to speak frankly. If we incur public criticism, we must face it; if labels are stuck upon us which we do not like, we must ignore them. PAINFUL TO CHANGE BELIEFS "We need courage also not only to face adverse opinion, but to face the disturbance in our own minds. It is a very painful thing to have to change one's beliefs, and it is from this pain so many shrink. Remember that to shirk this Calvary is to miss the Kingdom. "But perhaps the greatest need of intellectual courage in connection with religion to-day is to enable a man to stund against the idea of uselessness in all religious thinking. So many at- tacks are made, from s0 many sides, upon the religious position, that many are almost apt to despair of being able to hold the ground for any kind of vital religion, If it is to be held at all, they think, it is only to be on the grcund of feeling, not of thinking. re frre The worst historians for a young man to read are those who pronounce judgment. Facts! Facts! Let him judge for himself!--Jean Jacques Rousseau. tn A tent Real gold dust is one of the mate- rials used by an artist who speclalizes in miniature paintings ,some of which measure only half an inch across. In smn executing these he works with a jeweller's magnifying-glass. "Faith, many people declare now, czn rest on fetling only, or on will Butter Makes Boys Big On Pentecoste Monday. the bache- lors' field day will be held, according| ' isha acon dE to an. : throughout Europe by the unmarried girls of Ecaussines who outnumber the men of the village by elght to five. The fleld day will start with Mass Lon Monday morning and continue through lunch, an afternoon of danc- ing and parlor games, a dinner cook-| ed by the maidens themselves as). proof of their iid and an evening " Quite happily, the mademoiselles of Where 'posters announcing the flold day Dads Are as Interested sg » as the Boys At a recent meeting of the National Dairy Council, Secretary M. O. Maughan reported 'a very interesting only, or on both together, but not on thought--the intellect is useless to it. But a true faith is not merely a state of feeling, not merely an act of will, but the act of the whole man. And we need intellectual courage to-day not to put religion on an entirely mon- rational basis. We must still dare to think towards God. . . . THEOLOGY ALONE WILL NOT SAVE. "I have pleaded," said the Rev. T. Rhondda Williams in' conclusion, "for straightforward thinking in religion, but religion is more than thinking. The most up-to-date theology alone will not save the church. It will save no man. We must grow wings to mount above the earth, not for hope only, but for truth. To get the value of time we must know eternity; to get the truth of the earth-life 'we must have some life in heaven above it. And for this we must learn how to expose our inner- most soul to God, and to commune with Him. Do the best thinking you can, but also 'lie open soul' for that su- preme moment when God floods the whole consciousness with light and life and peace ineffable, and you rise from thinking to realizing, from knowledge of to knowing, and are ready to say: I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine oye seeth Thee." " ! been recently concluded in England. Two hundred and twenty boys were carefully studied by the Medical Re- search Council of London! - These boys were divided into various groups, one group of which, including sixty- one boys, was fed a basic diet. This basic diet was a very liberal diet, cons taining twenty-four different foods. It satisfied the appetites of the boys and apparently was all that was need- ed. These sixty-one boys gained am average of 1.84 inches in height and an average in weight, of 3.85 pounds. Another group, consisting of twenty- six boys, was fed 1% ounces of but ter In addition to the basic diet and they gained an average of 2.22 inches in height and 6.30 pounds per boy ia weight. Then sixteen boys were. fed 13% ounces of vegetable margarine im . addition ot the basic diet and they gained an average of 1.84 inches im 'height and 5.21 pounds In weight. . It 1s to be noted that there was absoe lutely no increase in height as a reé- sult of serving the vegetable mar garine. The margarine did not stim ulate increased growth in height ons bit, whereas the butter stimulated & decided increase fn growth: i ES . Lo A Worker: | Being everlastingly on the job bead carrylng a rabbit's foot for luck. - i) experiment with. butter, which has