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3 CURRENT TOPICS. i. "A prominent statesman was quoted' 'the. oftier day ds saying that "woman suffrage is coming," that the increasing interest and activity of women in clvie, educational, charitable and social work cannot fail to strengthen the case for such suffrage, and that only the pas- #ive and indifferent attitude of the ma- jority of the fair sex bars the way to the abolition of the political disabili- ties of woman in advanced and demo- cratic counlries. Until this undoubted indifference is overcome women must be satisfied with such partial and limited victories as are occasionally won by and for tham. Some Meeks ago the British house of com- mens adopled an unequivocal equal sul- frage resolution by a large majority, though the sympathetic cabinet explain- ed that in the absence of a mandate from the electorate it did not feel itsclf free to offer a woman suffrage measure to parliament. And now it is announced from Copenhagen that the Danish. par- liament has passed a government bill giving women taxpayers of 26 years cr over, and wives of taxpayers, the right to vole at all communal elections on the same busis as the male taxpay- ers. Ii is not unlikely that the com- plete political enfranchisement of wo- men in Finland was not without in- fluence in accelerating woman's pro- gress in Denmark, and even in Eng- land. The general franchise In Denmark is conferred on every male citizen who has reached his thirtieth year, who Is not. in receipt of public charity, and who has a hcusehold of his own. Ele mentary education is frec and compul- sory in the country, and widely dil- fused. To the University of Copenhagen women are admitted on equal terms with men. The grant of communal suf- frage to the women of Denmark under the restrictions specified will in its turn influence legislation elsewhere. Il What is written in the law? readest thou?--Luke x. 26. Macaulay in one of his reviews says: "The and' more complex parts of human nature can be exhibited by means of words alone. To many of us they are mirrors, his tories. Every new science adds many new words to our language. Every new discovery, every war adds a few more. Each one of these new words enlarges our knowledge. But words do not increase our know- ledge of men morally or in the langu- age of the heart. Moral science may have become more elaborate, but the | vital and instinctive principles which are for tho guidance and development of manhood and character have not been improved. All those words called tho Ten Commandments, spoken at least 4,000 years ago, Jdescribe man just a3 tully and exhaustively to-day as they dia then. So also is this true of the laws of the heart. If one of the Pharaohs looked In upon us he would be bewildered at the multitudinous changes in social, clvic, commercial and indusirial af- fairs; yet what a gleam of intellectual recognition and appreciation would come into his eyes the moment he look- od upon two lovers or a mother nurs- ing her baby or into the faces of sor- row by an open grave. These are the sam e . THROUGHOUT ALL AGES{ They are like the physical laws of steam and of air and of electricity and of mo- tion. They are always here. Man does not invent them; he is their discoverer. Thus it is thal man never progresses by trying to invent moral truth. When he secks fo discover it, follow it, love it, make it the supreme object in life, then he finds himself close to the divine presance, touching the things of God, breathing the spirit of God. And he needs not to go far afield, for he finds How It Is in Loyal Response to the God That Man Finds His True Self it in himsell in his relationship wilh his fellows and in' God's word. . ¥ It is doo often assumed thst moral{Pélile, and laws arp restrictions, but the truth is that it is the restriction. It is sin that retards{ manhood growth, it is sin thaf causes the retarding complications dn life, it is sin that perverts man's ambitions, clouds his vision, dulls hig ear, ocon-}. fuses and blights his affections, Where- us his hearty, loyal response to the anoral and spiritual laws of God gies him freedom. It is in them that he finds his true self, his manhood, the joy of living, calling into play his nob- lest powers. Yo ¥ The national laws are not restrictions, fences curtailing personal liberty; they may be that to the criminal, but to the good citizen they are Whe means by which he reaches ", HIS BEST CITIZENSHIP. We cannot imagine a citizenship without laws any more than we can imagine a manhood. without laws, and 80 moral law is an essential part of every hu- man life. This may be proved by look- ing upon menhood's failures as well as upon manhood's successes. They have oome by breaking through the provis- ions' God has provided. Therefore, Jesus did not merely ex- press a religious truth, but oné of the profoundest, deepest, furthest-reaching of all moral principles when He said to the young lawyer, "How readesi thou? . . . This do and thou shalt live." Through that doorway he would find abundant life, he would find his true self, for just within it he would find God the source of truth and life, he would find Christ the ideal, the renew- er the pattern, the inspiration to the only life worth living--the life of God in the human soul. REV. JOHN R. MACKAY. is cerlain, as even moderate stat acknowledge, that equal suffrage with- out sex distinctions is "coming," especl- ally in municipal life, where problems cl "enlarged housekeeping --sanitation, hygiene, education, etc.--pecullarly ap- peal to women and In the solution of which their experience, judgment and profound interest are of admitted value. --k Press the button and be your own milkmaid. Thus they do in merry Eng- land. The customer secures his milk from the relail dairy without its be ing ladled from the supply pen, thus sending the milk direct from the cow t> the consumer without intermediate handling. A novel automatic supply machine is used which can be fixed in any convenient position. On the .outside of the machine there merely is a curved spout, under which the jugor pitcher is placed, a lever handle, which is pulled over at right angles, and a slot for the finsertion of the coin, which in this particular instance is 2 cents, and which insures the delivery of half a pint of the liquid, The machine itself] oomprices a circular tank holding twenty quarts. The milk falls from this inlo a receplacle, the discharge orifice of which is closed by a valve controlled hy the handle lever outside. The handle is moved by tue mechanism set in mo- tion by 'the coin. The reservoir is com- pletely inclosed, so there is no risk from contamination by the afr or other caus- ei, and it can be quickly and easily taken apart for sterilization. In onder lo disiribute the cream evenly, an au- --Afomatic stirrer is provided; otherwise Abe cream would collect on the top of the liquid, leaving the lower part n- duly thin. The stirrer is so designed as % prevent the risk of converting the milk into butter. A refrigerator is al © tached in summer, The reservoir holds © 'enough to fill eighty coins' worth, The the , who buy in small quantities. -- : FOR THE. INVALID. ~~ Foot Bath in Bed,~La In bed where the knees of the asparalus is becoming popular among p Bed,--Lay a large fowel| 02 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY' 10. Lesson VI. .The Missfon of the Holy Spirit. Golden Text, John 14. 16. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. (Based on the text of the Revisal Version.) ) Farewell Discourses Concluded. -- It was nearly midnight when the little company left the upper chamber and procecded slowly through the streets of the cily to the eastern gate, and out across the Kidron to a secluded garden cn the slope of Olivet. On the way Jesus continues the discourse begun be fore leaving the supper chamber. The prospoct of soon being separated from Ins disciples leads him to call thelr at tention in a still more impressiva and memorable way to the necessity of thelr being intimately united with him in a spiritual sense. This he chooses (oil lustrate by the use of the beautiful fig- ure of the vine and it branches, In subsequent verses of this chapter he points out thatthe disciples' bond -of union both with Jesus and with one another is the bond of leve, and near the end of -his prolonged discourse he again calls attention to the coming of the promised Comforter and of his func- ticn as one who will reveal to them more fully the things of Christ, discourse closes willt a raference to the great joy which is to follow the sorrow to which for a little while they are lo be subjected, and with an added final warning and promise. The high-priest- Iy prayer..conlained in chapter 17 be- longs with this dosing discourse of Jesus, a cantinualion of which forms the text of our presen! lesson. Verse 26. Comforler--Or. "advocate; or, "helper," as in the preceding les- 6on, : i Whom I will send-~The pronoun "I is emphatic, and. strikingly emphasizes. the divine consclousness of Jesus. oth 5.Whither goest thou--Peter had, it fs true, asked th's very question, but not In the sense or spirit in which Jesus had spoken of 'his going away. Now that that sénse had been made clear to them by the Master's reference to the higher and-mgre glorious state rt being on which he was about to onfer, tho great sorrow that had at first filled thelr hearts at the thought of h¥ parting from them is somewhat lightened. ; 7. It is expedient for you--To your best interests and for your highestwell- being. 2 8. Conviot the world--Convince men by vindicating Christ's cause to their ounscience. This oonwiction of the truth, however, Joos not necessarily imply: obedience on the part of those who shalh be thus convinced. In respect of sin, and of righteous ness and of judgment--By bringing these info shai'per contrast with each other, and thus revealing their deeper reality and significance. | 10. Of righ'eousness, because 1 go' fo the Father--The completed work of re- |: dempiion wrought by "Jesus would af- 'er his death and. resurrectin under the teaching of the Spirit reveal his obedience and self-sacrifice 'ta have heen an example of perfect righteous. ness. < : 11. Of judgment, bocause the prince of this world hath been judged -- The victory of faith in Christ was to prove, % be the overthrow of Satan's king- dom in the world. - i 12. Yet many trings--Concerning; both the difficulties and the glorious. achievements in the work soon, 10 be. inirusted to thelr hands, neither of which: they could at this time have un- derstood or appreciated, : 13. Into alk the "truth--Or, "wholl into the truth." The great mission. the Holy Spirit. lo the indivAlua) heart] mean- pho and eis to interpret {he deeper Ing of Christian discipleship, and eke possible. a fuller approciatio spiritual realities, : Declare unto you {he things tha 1a come--Not in the sense of pro fllumination of "future events, tut the sense' of enabling them to rightl 'understand the purpose. and me "him. ; : A "As he slooped down 10 'shake hands |+ prairie-dogs turn. 1 into the holes through the roots of their Her home was a brick house of four rcoms, with no up-stairs, and 'it was surrounded by many acres: of land, dbrough which ran di of waler that made the purple alfalfa clover grow, ; % Suddenly Gladys sab up. so quickly fhat astonished Jette bumped down be- hind her, and she was further sur prised when her mistress rushed to: the window, shouting; "0, mother, come Jeti by This Hing had Jamerd y ha up on the window-sill, only to scramble again: and rush excitedly with Gladys the toward the door, where they met Mrs, Rumsey hurrying into the room, "Oh, what can' we do? cried poor Mrs. Rumsey, as she reached the win- dow and saw the broken rails in the corral, through which (he caltle were running and jumping. "They are so wild, just being driven in off the range, thal some one may get hurt!" "If father would only happen to start for home this very Instant" cried Gladys, walching the -stampede with tearful, frightened eyes, "But he will not be here for hours! IZ 1 could only get word to him! But it is unsafe for either of us to go out on foot, and there are the cattle rush- ing' for the foot-hills!" Gadys slood watching the dust kicked ud by the flying hoofs, and wishing that ¢he was a big boy, or something be- sides a little girl, so that she could help. Suddenly a thought popped into her "Don't you think. mother, that per- haps Jette would follow the (rail to" the mine and fake a note "Why, yes, dear, perhaps she would," replied Mrs. Rumsey, with mulch in- terest. "She has certainly played post- man from room to room with us, end it is-worth trying, she is so intelligent,' and she hurried hopefully {from .the rcom for-pencil and paper. 03 Jelte rushed wildly back and forth from window fo door, as if she under: slood 4hat -something important was expected of her, 7 ¥ "~Mrs. Rumsey came back with a note which read: "Mr, Rumsey's cattle have broken loose." Send-help at once." This she tied very carefully on Jelle's col- lar, and after giving her a loving pat, Gladys and her little playmate ran across the yard to the narrow trail which led to the mine. Aller a hearty hug and a gentle push, Gladys told her 16 go find papa, and scampered back into the house; where she could walch her slart from the win- dow." iy : 'There was" only a winding path to 'follow, so Jette kept on running through 'the sunlight and shad¢, with her, tail curled as round as a doughnut, which was always ils shape when she was good and happy. Just as she reached the opening round the shaft-house, I am sorry to say that she stopped to see if one of her buried bones had. been disturbed. "But luckily the engineer--happened to step fo. the door at that moment, and -as she 'was | a, great favorite. with all the miners, he called to her fo 'come. and speak. with his little caller, he saw whit tied round. « removed very carchully. =~ HW ? he 'wh 3 year 1 . X TE - somersaulis | a | persists. a re, wie be) In man's uniform minus, 'perhaps, | 8 thw belt and badly-in need of a little pipe- clay, but nevertheless much prized by the' bo Joy RR a quantity of showy wearing "apparel They find it makes ideal presents for native kings: and chiefs, Said one well known traveller "to the proprietor the other day, "There-is nothing like a showy military coat to get a black king to 'allow you to take your party through his coun- ey. rough "1 have visited most of the great Ori- ental bazaars where our clothing is sold," said Mr. Hyman, "and I have watched with. much amusement our goods being purchased by the natives. I have seen the blacks of Africa solemnly walking about with European waistcoats buttoned up behind instead of in front and even men wearing ladies' costumes, 1 have seen enormously big fellows wearing garments that for the life of me I could nol imagine how 'they managed fo get into them and am afraid when they tried to take them off some of the slitch- ing must have given way." Curiously enough; the showy costumes wern. by the Lord Mayors of London do nol find such a ready market abroad as the ordinary tunic of a private soldier. This is. probably on account of its price. -After his nomination the Lord Mayor has t« purchase his official costume--a mag- nicent 'rigoul of silk stockings, buckled boots, gold laced coat and cocked hat-- which costs about £60. At the end of hig teri of office he ses of it. to the sccond hand: dealer. he official 'cos- tumes worn by London's Lord Mayors fer the last twenty-five years have been purchased by Mr. Hyman. - retain LYMPHATISM. This is a peculiar condition, and for- tunately a rare one, effecting children and youths, always serious in ifs dan- gers, and not infrequently the cause of sudéen death following a comparative ly trivial injury, 5 = " In this disease, or rather morbid state of the constitution, ¢alled more Ccom- monly status lymphaticus, there seems t) be a. fendency to overgrowth of the Og re gp a5 the phatic gla spleen an 'the: thymus' land. This last isa body, related in structure 'to the lpmphatic 'glands and {he tonsils, situated in the upper part of (he chest, "which begins and Toroaiig daspPesrs: Sauer, boul and 'normally disappears. en abou we, Sifted or fourigin ar ia condition 'we are consid \ does not disappear as it should, hut unchanged throughout child, issues r Sosa) a Tymphatic ho. tansis | brics, ea es aid the "ade- | ming, Nearly all the 'Parisiad go sleeves 'without the fullness A rv sleeve gor "In millinery the two | spring shades are taupe @ anate, ; The lalest in gloves is the long ma with® the buttoned strap ac Cretonne,. the most adapted « trims hats, covers butfons troduced 'in parasols. Fancy culls have entered (he of shirtdom. A' popular. one turned back gauntlet cuff. "Red. half shoes are shown { "Fut it remains to be seen whe will dare to wear them; GE: _For. the enormous. sailor there comes an: equally enormous spots the size of dinner plates. Paris is. mad over the wide : ductive sash that swathes the hips waist and is knotted at the bust: One. of the: douches characteristl some of the French millinery is the' sence ol huge loops of lawn: rib Stripes and plaits are the tuling bination in the new. shirts, . Colo blues, tans, corn, slate, hello, and gre Stripes are on nearly everything; siripes even are trimmed with there are striped cloth shoe up The embroidered and ruffled serge a sash of cherry color or tu is worn i #4: Late colors include: volga, a new ver-blue-green; vert de-gris, a mixtur of blue and gray, and bistre and es, - New-8hades of brown are corfu ra cotta, diavolo,. and: chaudron. inflections of gray. are Mauette and" taupe." LE 25 The latest coiffure orfiament is "which may. be repeated at the sli cost. It consists solely of 't fuills, which are set in the antenne, SRE "By wearing her famous doub! of pearls diagonally across her --over (one shoulder and under other--Mcile Sorrel, the Beautiful sian actress, sugges's a way. b: the possessirs of cheaper neck] give 'an artistic - emphasis to tunic gowns. » One of the latest military wreath of sparrows which has re 2d the sombre brown of its and now wears brilliant hues that 3 honor to @ Sucktivo,; Anoth €lty, even more striking, troducing amofig. the feather 'of the new hits sprigs upon w poised 'shimmering . I birds, CE The enormous 'pearls 'infrodu some of the stole designs, and cobuchon emeralds which, th tation, look 50 1 'al the splendor