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May 15h is the date upon which -the first peace codiference assembled at The Hague, and in honor of the day there will be special peace services in al! the public schools of the United States on Friday, since this year the 18th of May falls on a Saturday. Th iden of the United States government teaching peace to its 20,000,000 school children is an inspiring one, and show: what progress the idea of universal peace has made in a few years. It = now recognized ae an ideal to be striven for, and if it ia not to be at tained its pursuit will certainly bring it so much nearer, and will make cor tain the last short step of some gen eration in the [future whea the "wa drum throbs no longer." Of course, one country that is convinced of the folly and wickedness of war will nos bring about universal peace, but its example will be poweriul; and because of ita natural situation asd its alool ness from European problems it/migh: well fall to the Jot of the Ugite States to lead the world toward th goal. ; itt i: 14 The First Peace Congress. It was on May 15th, 150% that the first international peace congress, cal ed by the czar of Russia, assemble at The Hague, and regularly sinc then there have been internations und national gatherings. The plan o introducing the peace propaganda int the colleges and universities wae pro posed at the Lake Mohonk conferenc: in 1905, and through the influence o a committee then appointed there ar now 200 colleges and universities of serving leace day in the Unite States, In some universities interes in the occasion is stimulated bv th offering of handsome prizes for th best essays and addresses on peace The schools of the United States sen delegates to the New York congres hid in 1907, there being not fews than 5,000 boys and girls interested i: the idea at that time. They "held a overflow meeting, being unable 1 gain admittance to the hall, and ther the American School Peace Leagu was organized, It is only now, how ever, that the national government i getting the stamp of official approv: on the work this league has been cas rying on. Arguments Against War. The federal bureau of education a Washington has entered heartily int the project, and has prepared specia programmes which school teacher throughout the eountry- will he aske to follow. It has presented the argy ments agningt war in short and tel! ing form, and these arguments ough to he equally effective with adults For instance, the children are tok that for every $100 paid into th United States in taxes, 872 is used ios war purposes, although the Unite States is the most isolated of coun tries, and cannot be said to have a enemy in the world, In Europe the percentage of taxes diverted to mil iary purposes ia even greater, for the war debt of that continent is estima ted to be $26,000,000,000, on whic! the intecest is #1,000,000,000 ever: vear. The total direct cost of the arm ies and navies of the workd is $2,500, 000,000 annually, an amount equal t: the value of the total corn and cot ton erop of the United States, Th total interest cost per year equals th total value of all the crops in the United States. War's Harvest. It is calculated by the national bu rean of education that in the nine teenth century 14,000,600 able-bodied men were sacrificed in war, and from a physical point of view it is fair t assume that theee millions were the very flower of the nations of the earth. The children are asked to com pare the rules of war with the iules of a baseball game. In the game there is an umpire chosen to decide all differences of opinion among the players. Would it be sensible, chil dren are asked, if there were no um pire, and the players were permitted to settle every dispute with fists or re volvers ? The causes' for war are very often no more important than the eaunses for quurrelling on the ball field. A Fine Task. Arguments and illustrations of sort oan hardly fail to impress the children, and it is realized that if boys are permitted to grow up with the belief that war is a natural awed inevitable thing it becomes very dif ficult to change their views in later life. Some educationists believe that the average curriculum at sehool errs lon the side of inculcating a spirit of belligerency. Too much stress is laid on battles, and not enough emphasis is placed on the great triumphs of weave, To Mculeate a strong patriot 19m and loyalty. to country ag at the same tinde convince the children that war is the greatest curse of the world, is a task that the national bureau of education in the United States has set itself. It is a fine work, and ought to be widely imitated. this x The Kaiser's Taste. King George's Persondl Investments Are Kept Strictly Private. During the recent industrial troubles the newspapers have on more than one ocasion anumounced that the Pre. mier has visited King f e. Bal not the slightest rumor of what has happened at these meetings between King and counsellors has ever leaked out. Directly Mr. Asquith leaves the King and His Majesty himsell has quitted his apartments a secretary en- ters the room and destroys the con- tents of the waste-paper basket, the blotting-pad, or any odd pieces of pa- per which might lead to a clue con- cerning anything that happened at the interview, Until this is done not a servant is allowed to enter the room. At His Majesty's Stationary Office similar safeguards against the leak- age of state secrets are taken. The departments most intimate with the King's private business put all waste papers into sacks marked "Absolute- ly confidential," and an official of the office throws them into a destructor. No servant ever sees into the inter- for of King George's private writing- desk. There is only one key in exist ence, and that His Majesty carries everywhere with him, fastened to one end of his gold albert. With regard to state papers, the King is compell- ed to take someone into his confi- dence. But whilst in use they are kept ander strict guard in specially-con- structed despatch boxes. The King's secretary, Lord Stamfordham, has charge of the keys of the boxes, and he is the only individual who knows the contents of the papers kept in them. That King George has many private investments is well known, but the people who know exactly how much these transactions are worth, and in what directions they lay, can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Elaborate precautions sare taken to keep His Majesty's name out of the world of finance. Although he holds so many securities the trusted friends through whom he works never by any chance let his name be breathed in connection with any one of them. When ¢ertain people receive invita- tions to a house party given by the King and Queen there are often shrug- ginga of shoulders and raising of eye- brows amongst the smart-set dows- gers. Buch invitations generally have rivate reasons behind them, which heir Majesties take good care to keep to themselves. The majority of people, however, who become royal- ty's guests are, as a Tule, especially gifted in some direction, for talent, in any form, always finds favor with royalty. One of royalties' most closely-kept secrets is the contents of their dair- jes. The Empress of Germany, who chronicles 'a daily survey of happen- ings in the German Royal palace, keeps a diary fitted with lock and key, an example followed by most adult royalties throughout Europe. Kipling on Home Rule. Rudyard Kipling's slashing denun- ciatory poem on the Irish home rule bill is entitled "Ulster." It follows: The dark eleventh hour Draws on and sees us sold To every evil power We fought against of old-- Rebellion, rapine, hate, Oppression, wrong and greed Are loosed to rule our iate. By England's act and deed The faith in which we stand, The laws we make and Suan, Our honor, lives and lan Are given for reward To murder done by night, To treason taught by day, To folly, sloth and spite, And we are thrust away. The next two stanzas of "Ulster" declare the home rulers to be Eng land's foes. The poem concludes: We know war is plajard On every peaceful home; We know hell is declared For such as serve no Rome; The terror, threats and dread In market, hearth and field We know when all is said. We perish if we yield. Going to Bed In India. Going to bed in India is a very different process from going to bed in this country. To begin with, it is a far less formal process. There is in the hot season no shutting of the door, no cutting yourself off frm the outer world, no going upstairs and finally no getting into bed. You mere. ly lie down on your bed, which, with ita bedding, is so simple as to be worth describing. The bed is a wood- en frame with a webbing laced across it, and each bed has a thin cotton mattress. Over this one sheet is spread, snd two pillows go to each bed, bolsters not being used. That's all. Some people do not even have the mattress, preferring the coolness of a piece of fine matting. The more times a woman gets mar- ried the more surprised she is to find that it is different from what she ex- Even a love match may have its flare-ups. WHEN WOMEN ARE PALE Health Glow Better Than Rouge. health so much desired, ' Miss Clara Wohlers, of Brooklyn, ae lar Sag, AE i ale a me £ splendid thing for 1 { Famous Sem Given Up For Lost Was Smedley resumed Lis selection. this condition so MAY 17, 1012. TIMUR BUSY (4 ENGLAND. In Royal Jewels, It has just become known that the famaous Timur ruby, knows in the days of the Mogul Bmpire ss the "Tribute of, the World," 13 now smong the British crown jewels. Some ex- perts had supposed it was lost. The gem is 8 royal maich to the Kohinoor diamond. the "Mcuntain of Light which has been in the British regslia since 1850. = The Timur ruby is the largest in existence, weighing in its present shape a trifle over 352 carats. It is uncut, but polithed. The first ac count of this ruby is in 1308, when the Ameer Timur, known in Europe ss Tamerlane, plundered the Indian city of Delhi, and seized a great stock of princely gems. Tamerlane bequeathed the Timur ruby te his son and successor, Mir Shah Rukh, who passed it down in turn to his son, Mirza Ulugh Bet. The ruby fell into the hands of a Persian king at the downfall of the Tartar Empire. In 1612 the stone was presented by Shah Abbas I. | greatest cf the Bofavi Kings of Per- sia, to the Mogul Emperor Jehangir. | At that time it had engraved on it} the names of Tamerlane and Lis son | and Shah Abbas. The Emperor Jeh. angir obliterated them and engraved on the ruby the names of himself and his father, Akbar the Great. Shah Jehan lated put his name on the ruby and set the stone in the fam- ons Peacock Throne, There it remain- ed until Nadir Shah invaded India and ransacked Delhi in 1739. He carried off the Timar ruby and 25,000 | other gems. ln 1849 it came into pos- session of the English, together with the Kohinoor. The Kohinocr was sent direct to Queen Victoria. The Timur ruby, | after having been for some time in possession of the East India Com- pany, is said also to have been sent to the Queen, but got into the private | royal collection and has been lost to | public notice ever since. Its history | wag collected by King George ou his | Indian coronation tour. Excuses of Messenger Boys. Mr. Herbert Samuel, the British | Postmaster-General, related some | amusing stories of excuses made by | messenger boys at the prize distribu. | tion and display of the Brady Street | Club for Working Lads, in the Pavi. | lion Theatre, Mile End, London, re cently. In his official capacity, ex. plained Mr. Bamuel, he employed | sbout 14,000 telegraph messengers, and | he heard a good deal about boye and their ways. The boys always tried to maintain a high standard of con. duct, and if they fell away they were always very ready to own up. The postmaster in one town called upon Messenger Brown to "explain your conduct towards an old gentie- man in George street." The following reply came: 5 "To the postmaster. Bir.--As 1 was passing through George street an old gentleman stood in the street. 1 threw a potato at the gentleman. 1 am very sorry, and hope it will not occur again.' Not long ago, continued Mr. Bamuel, the written explanation offered by a boy messenger when there had been some disturbance in the office read: "Messenger Bmith called me a wooden-head, so I poured hot tar over his dinner and punched him on the nose. Hoping this will meet with your approval." At all events, remarked Mr. Bamuel, they might claim that, so far as the boys were concerned, they regarded truth above all things. It Was a Dog. Mr. George Smedley, the Toronto banjo and guitar player, is doing well "across thé line" with his big vaude- ville act. Mr. Smedley had a thril- ling experience while playing a small Ontario town some years ago. It was a fall fair concert, and those who have attended concerts on the even- ing of the fall fair know\ that the presence of the "fresh" young man is very tpuch in evidence. During Mr. Smedley's first number he was inter. rupted by some one whom he thought was imitating a dog yelping. Mr. | Smedley stopped his work, advanced to the footlights, and gave the sup- posed imitator & "piece of his mind." "If that 'dog' up there in the gation}. he said, ."will come down here for half a minute ¥ will make him feel like the cur that he is." Then Mr. At the conclusion he was generously ap- planded. Advancing to acknowledge it, Mr. Smedley heard a shrill, child. ish voice of a boy up in the gallery saying these words: "It was a dog, Mr. Smedley." And to bear convine- ing testimony, the boy held up » yelping dog by the back of the neck. Two Great African Explorers. Funds are being raised in Great Britain for the erection of a striking monument to Mungo Park and Rich- | ard Lander, who accomplished epoch- | making journeys in West Africa, the former about the beginning of the nineteenth century, the latter thirty years later. As the main object of their travels was to discover 'where the Niger joined the ocean the site chosen for their monument is For cados, at the Niger mouth.' It is pro- posed to erect an obelisk of similar design and dimensions to Cleopatra's Needle on a projecting point where it will both attract ral" attention and serve as a landmark to vessels approaching the port, A New Trade. 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