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ON THE TRAIL OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONAKY By WILLIAM T. ELLIS i DtaMncuI&arf Mmrtatt Journal* Is Travelinc Around tha World for tha Purpose «* tavMHtatta* American Furalia Ml»- aiotury from a Purely Disinterested. Secular and Non-Sectarian Standpoint. Illustrated with Drawints from Photo*raphi. PORT ARTHUR NOW SCENE OF RELIGIOUS CONFLICT Port Arthur, Manchuria.--Port Ar- rthur, Dalny (or Dairen, or Tairen, as Japanese indiscriminately call it) and the enUre Liaotung peninsula are <>a center of interest to those who watch the struggle for supremacy be­ tween antagonistic religions that is «na of the important phases of the complex far eastern question. Here, <m Japan's newly acquired territory, ft is to be demonstrated whether or aot her Christianity is to expand along with the borders of the empire, or whether the old Stfths, Buddhism and Shintoism, are to follow the sun flag. As this great promontory rep­ resents, geographically, greater Jap­ an, its strategic Importance as a field of religious conflict is apparent at -once. An Investigator of religious condl- 'tlona may find Japanese Christianity %ere, of a specially significant type. -And he will also notice the lack of 4dols, shrines and temples t«bat con­ front one at every turn on the island which the Japanese now call "the mainland." Chinese shrines remain, 4rat these, as in China, are compara­ tively few. Of interest to the west­ ern world is the fact that the only new missionary agency that has 'Come in since the war is a veteran American missionary, Rev. T. C. Winn, one of the leaders of the Pres- -bjrterian force in Japan. A New City That Looks Deserted. A creepy feeling possesses the vis- Itor upon his entrance into the edict- imade city of Dalny, upon which the -czar had centered such great hopes and lavished such vast expenditure. It - seems like a deserted city; yet it is lull of people. A sense of perversion 'haunts one; for here is a big, sub­ stantial European city, with rows of attractive brick houses, and all the outward tokens of a prosperous west- many times he had been rftobbed. Once he found a mob, armed with knives, stones and sharpened bamboo poles (which make the wickedest of spears) waiting outside his meeting, and even tearing down the walls to get at him. He calmly went out, faced them for a moment, and then walked through them, and a way opened for him. But they followed with increased imprecations. Once they closed around him,, and again he turned and faced them. A little further on, as the crowd grew more and more vehement, and the clamorings for his life became more insistent, he darted suddenly up a dark alley, although he knew that should he begin to run his fate would be quickly sealed when caught. Strangely enough, he was not fol­ lowed. It was many years before he learned why. On one occasion he was introduced to a big Japanese, then bec°m® a Christian, as the man who had once saved iis life. It ap­ peared that the man was a ring­ leader of the mob; Mr. Winn's atti­ tude had led him to change his mind, and when the missionary ran up the alley he stepped in and barred pur­ suit. He had to knock down a num­ ber of men, and throw two into the river, but the pursuit was discour­ aged. In sharp contrast to those stirring days, Mr. Winn, than whom no Cau­ casian is more popular with the Christians of the island empire, was called unanimously to become pastor of the new Dalny and Port Arthur church. When the attitude of the •Japanese Churches toward the mis­ sionaries is remembered, and it is recalled that in all Japan there is not another white pastor of a native congregation, this peculiar honor conferred upon Mr. Winn becomes the ' " - Beautiful Glenwood Springs One of Nature's Most Charming Spots in Colorado's Picturesque Wonderland. Wi '%rn community; and yet there are less than a dozen white men in all Dalny. One may live here for days without seeing a Caucasian face. White hands built these houses and streets and a white brain designed it sail. But now the squat Chinese town •off toward the hills is no more orien- "tal than the population of Dalny, al- •though externally the city appears to £be the antipodes of any Japanese set­ tlement. The signs Of ruin and defeat on ©very hand are depressing. Some of the finer buildings were burned by the Russian forces before they evacu­ ated, and no Attempt has been made /to tear down or reconstruct these. • Others are in sad disrepair, simply ^because the Japanese, who are camp- ;4ng in them, do not know the use. of the buildings, which are so unlike * their own. The windows are curtain- Uess and shutterless. Bricks are fall­ ing and decomposing. The very metal storks that stand guard on the jefcves of the houses are tumbling un- Iheeded to the ground. The dwellings ;are going to ruin and their occupants -- ^ uncomfortable; thus nobody is esatlsfied. So numerous, however, is 'the Japanese population that it is im- -jipoasible to rent a house; the Amerl- «caa consul asked to be transferred be­ cause he could not get a home for Jtfs family. ( .Good order Is preserved In tfls Strange city. The Japanese are en­ tirely masters of the situation. There :are no Russians, and more Chinese than Japanese. The former are the coolies, the jinrickisha men, the drivers of the low Russian carriages, or droskas, and the workmen gener­ ally. While it is plain that the Japa­ nese are in command, there is none •of the overbearing attitude, brow­ beating and oppression that are so ap- parent in Korea. Toward the coun­ try which it has really conquered .Japan is gentler than toward its ; friendly neighbor, Korea. Soon after the war was over--in- . deed, before the Portsmouth treaty had been Bigned--the Japanese Chrls- , tlans in Dalny began to get together. Their leader was the man in charge W ' ' <Sf the entire comu^issary department «of the army. The same energy and inefficiency displayed in ' keeping the a'&V" •< ~~ ' Widely-separated host of soldiers fed <l 3jas alwayB. characterized this man's t. gellglous activities. When he had or- ' sganized the Christians, who were I* .'/' mostly army officers, into a church, L # , the noestiofi of securing a pastor g^y V <«rose. ' g. • Thereupon a unique distinction was „ - conferred upon one of the veteran *... jjinissionaries of Japan, Rev. T. C. ft a Presbyterian of Osaka. Mr. <a^v ^ "^Vlun had always been engaged in jjloneer work. Before going to Osaka lie had been the first missionary at Jtanazawa, on the east coast, and & In Deserted Oainy. more marked. The man himself is quiet, retiring and soft-spoken, with­ out any signs of self-assertlveness. The Church In a Cathedral. Still other extraordinary hoiors were conferred upon the Winns--for Mrs. Winn is as popular as her hus­ band with the Japanese, and herself a resourceful, tireless missionary. While the American consul was utterly un­ able to secure a home, one was pro­ vided, rent free, for the Winns by the government. Even more noteworthy was the fact that the Russian cathed­ ral was turned over to this infant Japanese church for its meetings. The Japanese Christians talked in the newspapers so much about this remarkable concession that the au­ thorities were, after a time, obliged to withdraw it; but not until it had been found by the congregation that in location and construction the cathedral was unsuited to their pur­ poses. A new building was furnished by the government and this is now in use, pending the erection pf a church. In this building two Sunday serv­ ices are held. The congregations vary because of the shifting nature of the population. The army men who were responsible for the establish­ ment of the church have all gone, and the new organization might have lapsed had it not been for the pres­ ence of the Winns. Some of the leading men of Dalny were present the Sunday morning I attended serv­ ice and In th6 evening there were upwards of a hundred men. In the afternoon Mr. Winn had a Bible class RT. 18--PLATES AND SHEETS, with students and civilians, and Mrs. Winn one with policemen. Except for the missionary's salary, the church is quite self-supporting. It is more aggressive than many lon|t- established congregations in Chris­ tian lands, for it maintains, with no outside aid, a hospital and a commer­ cial school for young men; with, na­ turally, religious features attached to both. The varied labors of Mr. and Mrs. Winn include writing frequent articles of a timely, practical sort for the Dalny daily newspaper! A New War en Uiadtung Pfjilntula. The recent war which centered Its most noteworthy features here held the whole world's attention. This -present religious conflict, while less spectacular, is also strategic. Budd­ hism and Shintoism are not here in force or power. The ancient religious associations are lacking. The out­ ward signs, such as idols and shrines of the ancestral creeds, jire wanting soldiers, who still abound all over this region. Another laudably enter­ prise is that of rescue work, in which both the native church and the Y. M; C. A. were engaged, before it was given over to the Salvation Army. The reader must remember that the debris of war is the cominor est sight here. The stranded cam?) followers, and all the harpie^ tha follow in the w$ke of an army, are almost as numerous as the discarded army mules which trudge patientlv along every road. As soon as hostili ties' were over, thousands of young girls were brought into Manchuria from Japan, many of them of incred­ ibly tender years, and most of them actual slaves. Hundreds of these poor creatures have been rescued b the Christians. Further up the peninsula, and throughout Manchuria, are the mis­ sions to the Chinese of the Scotch and Irish Presbyf^r|aii «jft«hJirches, which do not projiQT^J^me within the scope of this article* During the war these men, who are far above average grade, did such conspicuous humanitarian service that their praise was sounded by Japanese. Russians and Chinese. Dr. Westwater, at Liao- yang, was officially mentioned by Marshal Oyama and given a substan­ tial contribution for his hospital. The war correspondents likewise found shelter and succor within the homes of these sturdy Scotchmen and Irish­ men. One branch of Mr. Winn's work ex­ tends to Port Arthur, where there are a number of Christians. I also heard that one British Lutheran missionary is at work there, but I could not find him. In truth, war overshadows everything else at Port Arthur. The Japanese are pushing work on their new fortifications, and on the disman­ tling or restoring of the sunken Rus­ sian warships that still lie in the harbor. They seemingly haye had no time to patch up the buildings wrecked in the siege; so that it ap­ pears as If the conflict had, taken place only a week ago. There stands the hospital, bearing its blazing red cross, with its corner still a gaping wound. Churches, schools, office- buildings and homes are all scarred or broken by .the terrible fire. The spectacle is a heart-sickening one, making the visitor wish that some new missionaries of peace might con­ vert the powers of civilization. The best view of it all is from-his­ toric 203-Meter Hill, whence Port Arthur is seen as an open book. On the way thither--it is about three miles back of Port Arthur proper--4 passed through a Chinese town, where I had my first experience of being : called a "foreign devil."' Two small boys ran after my carriage for haii a mile, monotonously and spiritlessly repeating the epithet, as if It were a religious duty with them. Certainly they showed none of the signs of pleasure that a small boy usually dis­ plays when up to mlscl^ef. At the end of the village they waited for my return and repeated the performance. Very few visitors go to Port Arthur, but 203-Meter Hill, which is not now fortified, is apparently becoming a Japanese patriotic shrine. The debris of that terrific assault is still to be seen upon the mountain --broken gun-carriages, fragments of shell,' bullets, discharged cartridges and entrenchments. In one of the little holes which one of the soldiers had vainly dug for his protection I found part of a man's backbone--all that was left of a once brave soldier. The very top of the mountain was blown ofT by the battle. The whole country for miles about is pitted with the smallpox of war--holes torn in the earth by the exploding shells, and entrenchments dug by the con­ tending armies. In all these tragic signs of war's devastation the thoughtful person must read the story or prophecy another conflict The white man i passed away from this peninsula, and the yellow has come in again. Have the old creeds of heathenism come, too? That depends, I take it, largely upon the caliber and number of mis­ sionary representatives who are deal­ ing with the problem. The Japanese Christians on the peninsula have proved their fidelity and aggressive­ ness. They, cooperating with western representatives of .the type of Mr. Winn, must early plant Christian en­ terprises for the incoming Japanese, up as far as Newchang (which, in­ stead of Dalny, seems destined to re­ main the principal port of Manehu- rla) and as Moukden. (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) One whose perspective of" nature has never been hindered by the inter­ position of a mountain range has lit­ tle conception of the beauties of the Rocky mountains. A man must view them at close range to realize their grandeur and magnificence. One who passes by a beautifully colored picture with a word of com­ mendation stands spell-bound in the presence of the original, hut actual view of the Rockies so far surpasses their most faithful reproduction that -.man who is tired or bored, or dis­ tressed in mind or body. The brac­ ing air, the pure, sparkling water, the cool nights, the beauties of nature, all combine to put new blood into the veins and the Very act of living takes on new joys. * "See Europe? Yes,- But see Amer­ ica first" is a trite saying that takes on new significance for the man or woman from the prairies of the mid­ west who tours Colorado. The mas­ sive mountains with their endless wonderful health and pleasure resort at Glenwood Springs, on the line of the Colorado Midland railway, are all akin in the relationship of pleasure- seeking youth. Here the staid old gentleman vies with hit sportive grandson in enjoyment of the grand open-air swimming pool. The entire summer would be all to short to enjoy all that Glenwood Springs offers the pleasure-seeker. In addition to the famous plunge, in which the water is artificially cooled in the summer time because in the winter Its natural temperature is such that the bather can use it with com- fdrt on the coldest days, there are walks and drives on and about the mountains which are an ever-changing panorama of gorgeous beauty, there are streams in which mountain fish are to be had for the casting of a line, S':iSW it? *'• THtEY am* NOT MORE WELCOME. Hard to Make Them Understand #1^7*; •^rtlwesslty for Quiet Tone of -.-"Tr*"**? Voice--One Woman's Htt* TvSfrH morous Experience. ' ie is struck with awe and amaze- letit&ftng is unable adequately to ex­ press his admiration. To everyone comes the realization that not only is the artist unable to reproduce with his brush the beau­ ties which nature has dealt out so lavishly in the Colorado mountain re­ gions, but as well that no word paint­ ing, no pen description is adequate to the undertaking. One must see with his own eyes to believe and to understand. A visit to the Colorado Rockies at this season of the year opens a tempting vista to the health or pleasure seeker, to the variety of formations, their verdure- covered bases arifo snow-capped peaks seem to rise in protest at the advance of civilization, typified by the modern railway moving palaces, and recede as the train winds up and doWn, through and around, subdued but not conquered. Colorado is a veritable play-ground. The old are made young by the re­ juvenating air and water and the ex- hilirating thrills that follow in the Wake-of the new beauties being con­ stantly unfolded so that the pleas- ure-seekers who are fortunate enough to arrange their plans to visit the there are the usual amusements in­ cident to the summer resort, dancing, tennis, golf and polo, these latter to be enjoyed at the famous Hotel Colo­ rado, than which there is no more in­ viting hotel the world over. Nestling at the foot of an imposing mountain range, with the turbulent, ftishlng Grand river in sight, the Hotel Colo­ rado Is a hostelry to which every guest wishes to return. With its im­ pressive architectural beauty, its wide verandas, its great corridors, its beautiful terraces. Its splendid foun­ tains, it is easily worthy the fame It enjoys. A NEW IRRIGATION PROJECT It Will Make the Now Arid Lands Near the City of Den­ ver of Great Value--Colorado an Agricultural State. The writer remembers to have heard a prominent wholesale merchant--one of Chicago's merchant princes--say. 35 years ago, that if the Creator of the universe had turned Adam and Eve loose in North America and told them to find the Garden of Eden, they would have stopped content when Colorado State Capital Denver. Building, they reached the site of the present city of Denver. If this could be said of it by a vis­ itor in those early days of its devel­ opment, for it is not yet 50 years old, what shall be said now as we direct our gaze at its magnificent buildings, its beautiful streets and its palatial homes? But Denver has been noted also for the substantial character of its indus­ tries and for the marvelous growth of Its commerce, as it has progressed from the frontier town of 35 or 40 years ago to its present metropolitan position; the greatest railway center between the Missouri river and the Pacific coast. It has been said that "Denver is built upon a foundation of gold," and true it is that the men who found gold in the hills built the first houses. 6ut while the treasure stream has been flowing in ever increasing vol ume from the mines to the city, so that the total contribution of the mines of Colorado to the upbuilding of Denver and the commonwealth has been estimated at more than $900,- 000,000.00, it is nevertheless true that the great resources of the state to­ day are found in its agricultural rather than its mineral development and possibilities. The true development of agriculture in Colorado began in 1870 and since that year there have been constructed some of the finest and most extensive systems of irrigation that the world has known, for irrigation is the bond of union between the arid climate of Colorado and its inexhaustibly rich soil. The evidences of popular interest in the development of agriculture by Ir- of the middle west; so that new enter­ prises for the irrigation of arid lairds are being developed and there is a continual migration of settlers from the eastern and central states to these lands. One goes immediately out of Denver upon arid plains, and the city to-day, on many sides, has a fringe of tin cans and cactus. But it is, neverthe­ less, unsurpassed by no city on the continent in the attractions it might offer to those who have the desire and the means to enjoy both city and country life. Two things have been lacking: Adequate transportation facilities and an ample and reliable water supply for the irrigation pf this land. Excel­ lent transportation facilities are now being provided. Trolley systems are projected to Boulder and Greeley and to various other towns in the neigh­ borhood, and the extension of these interurban electric lines will make points 15 to 20 miles from Denver practically as accessible to the busi­ ness man as %any points within the city. It will mean a matter of a few minutes travel only. What is now needed is to improve the country traversed by these trolley lines, making it a continuous subur­ ban district, where men .. can have from one to five acres erf land each, not have been considered. This en­ hancement in land values is shown In Colorado by the increase from $25 to $2,000 an acre at Grand Junction, and from $100 an acre to $1,000 and $1,500 an acre at Cayon City. | he was pretty foolish to go and order No' section or city equals Denver in : a breakfast and pay for it when he the extent of its local market or in couldn't eat. I don't believe it w$s 1, for one, can understand why chflk dren are not more welcome as fiat* dwellers!" sighed a weary working woman. "A. boy of five or thereabouts will more than fill a six-room apart­ ment. I once occupied a room, rented from a widow, who, beside myself, had for lodgers a widower and'his little Bon. The oldest daughter of th^ wid­ ow, a girl of 20, was the boy's pros­ pective stepmother, and sp upon her devolved the duty of putting him in his little bed at night in a room ad* , joining mine. Now, it was quite us»^ less to try to impress it upon this youngster that he should lower his voice on account of the thiniiess of the wall between him and his neighbor; and as it was only natural that his future mamma in the course of argu­ ment should raise her voice in propor­ tion to his, I innocently eavesdropped;. For instance: "Oh, don't make such 9, noise, child, with your yelps an*|" groans! You will disturb the lady in. the next room." "Huh! If she had the stomach ache that I've got, she'd holler too." When the child was free from aches and pains he was none the more in­ clined to go quietly to sleep. No mat­ ter how he might have been stretching and yawning in the parlor, where his papa and his papa's fiancee had been playing bezique, „ once in bed, he was inclined to be wakeful and argu- mentative, especially when rebukod. "I hope," remarked his guardian one night, "that before you go to sleep you will think of what a bad boy jou are. It grieves your father, I c?n tell ycm. He said to me to-3ay that the thoughf of it fairly took away his ap­ petite. After ordering his breakfast at a restaurant this morning, he began thinking about the way you behave, and, when the food was brought, he found himself unable to eat." "And what did he do .then?" asked the bad boy with some interest. "Paid for it and went out." "Well," remarked Frank, " I think its transportation facilities for reach­ ing distant markets, and the time has now come when the values of the lands around Denver and the possibili­ ties for their extensive cultivation will warrant an expenditure for water in almost any amount. It is, therefore, with great satis­ faction that Denver contemplates cer­ tain irrigation projects now launched by some of its own leading citizens for the establishment of a reservoir sys­ tem which shall assure a sufficient supply of water, during the entire growing season, to a large area of semi-arid lands lying within 25 miles of the state capitol building, and ex­ tending from just without the city limits of Denver to points north and northeast of the city where the lands of the Longmont, Greeley and Brigh­ ton districts are touched. # The development of an enterprise of this magnitude requires large capital, and the best business judgment. That not only the initial steps hare been taken, but that the enterprise has been fairly launched and is a going concern, and that these men have had sufficient energy and capital , to do it, and to do It quietly and without publicity, is worthy of remark. The peoplev of Denver have been pleased to learn that this enterprise is in the hands of a company able to carry it to a successful coBclu&ion, and the effect of the completion of these works upon the growth and prosperity ' SI If; /jiftav-, 'n£:' r Christianity is here and® displaying marked vitality. It looks like a rare chance foi the latter. In addition to Mr. Wlnn's wark (he being the only American lnlsslonary on /the peninsula) the Young Men's Christian association is serving the me that took away his appetite. I know that sometimes I have been just as sorry as I could be about some­ thing, and I could eat lots--and men are just like boys, only bigger." "Oh, stop your talk! The lady IS the next room will hear you," remon­ strated the mamma (to be). "Is -She married?" "No." "Why Isn't she married?'* "Can't find anyone good enough for her, I suppose." "Do you think she will ever get mar­ ried?" This was too much for feminine pa­ tience. The gas was turned o«t. -y? v.,,;: 4?^ * ^ An Irrigated Field In Colorado.1 and where they will have all of the attractions of the country, the cheap­ ness and comfort of country life, and every advantage of the dty. Such a development require*, as a first requisite, an assured water sup­ ply. The investment in homes is so large, and the acreage value of crops grown under such conditions sO great, that these must not be jeoparded by t.he vicissitudes of seasons. One reason why this requisite has not been supplied, and why so much of the land immediately adjacent to Denver has never been improved, is that land values would not justify the The Visionaries. Two young women on the way to their places of business were on a Chestnut street car in the early morning, says „ the Philadelphia Ledger. Their cheerful talk largely concerned dress and wealth. "Aggie," said the one to the other, "you ought to see my new silk. It's stunning. And the lace on It!" She rolled her eyes, for speech was In­ adequate to express the beauty of the lace. Aggie replied that she should be "just crazy" till she had had \ sight of the gown. "But, Gladys^' she said, "aB I was saying, It must be grand to be rich and not have to walk. 1 do get so tired" "Rich!" echoed Gladys. "If I was rich I know what I'd do first of all. I'd buy enough silk dresses to last me 20 years, I love 'em so. What would you do?" "Me?" returned Aggie, With A tost of the head. "If I had the money 1 wanted I'd ride to ale job every morn- , ins I® a cab." Urcfiard en FIve-Year-oid rlgation were never more pronounced than at the present moment. The re­ cent decision of the supreme court of the United States in the litigation be­ tween the states of Colorado and Kan­ sas, relative to the right of Oolorado to appropriate the waters of the Ar­ kansas ri'-er for irrigation : urposes, has confirmed the right of Colorado to the use of such waters. This has stimulated not only eastern capital, but also the farmers and townsfolk Land. expenditure required to provide the water supply. Those lands which could be Irrigated at small cost have long been under Irrigation, but tfie limit of cheap Irrigation does not cover half the lands that surround the city. The great Increase in land values which lias taken place all over the United States in the last five years has now made practicable an outlay Car water which ten years ago could of Denver will be feft immediately by every business interest In the city. The project has now reached a stage where the actual work of con­ struction is beginning on a reservoir, to be completed in two years, which will be the largest irrigation reservoir ever constructed by private capital. Not less noteworthy than some of the other unique features of this mam­ moth scheme is the fact that its pro­ moters are doing it all themselves. They are not asking any stock sub­ scriptions or bonus assistance from Denver capital. They have put up their own money for the purchase" of some large sys- tems of canals which have, for many years, been Irrigating successfully, for early crops, large tracts of land, with water taken from the streams during the flowing season. They have bought large bodies of the land whieh is to be irrigated, be­ sides sites for reservoirs, rights of way for main canals, laterals, etc. The union or merger of all these in­ terests in order to secure a maximum of results at a minimum of cost is an accomplishment which, after many months of patient and involved nego­ tiations has brought about the organ­ isation of the Denver Reservoir Irri­ gation company. The effect will be seen in the rapid development of small farms, within an hour's ride of Denver, devoted to the raising of high-priced crops- potatoes. tomatoes, sugar beets, fruits, etc.--So that, almost before we real' ize it, Denver will be the center of a community of market gardens of 10 to 40 acres each, whose incomes will be enjoyed by thousands of families formerly slaving away their lives to raise a crop of grain on the uncertain farming lands'of the middle and eftifr em states. & Remedies for Afflictions. Dissipation of mind and length of time are remedies to which the great­ est part of mankind trust in their af- lictions. But the first of these works temporary, the second a slow, effect and such are unworthy of a wise man. Are we to fly from ourselves that we may fly from our misfortunes, and only to Imagine that the disease is cured because we find means to get some moments of respite from pain? Or shall we expect from time, the physician of brutes, a lingering and uncertain deliverance? Shall we wait to be happy till we can forget that we are miserable, and owe to thev weakness of our faculties a tranquilli­ ty which ought to be the effect of their strength? Far otherwise. Let us set all our past and present afflic­ tions at once before our eyes. Let us resolve to overcome them, instead of flying from them, or wearing out the sense of them by long and igno­ minious patience. Instead of palliat­ ing remedies, let us use the incisive knife and the caustic, search the wound to the bottom, and work an immediate and radical cure.--Lord Bolingbroke (1678-1751). The English Husband. "In spite of the common belief thai the British husband is a very master ful and domineering personage, Misa Loane, in a volume entitled "The Queen's Poor," observes that in all respectable homes women and girls take the lead to a much greater de­ gree than is generally understood. "1 asked a married woman belonging to a large and unusually hospitable fam­ ily, and acquainted w^i what she called the fnside' of a great numbet of houses, If men were allowed to help themselves at table. Her reply bristled with negatives: "Why, no, miss; you couldn't stand letting them help themselves, the money wouldn't never go round. Men and boys would just wolf the things down. Will don't much like being helped, so I only put as much on the thble as I don't mind being ate. Fa ther's never allowed to put a ' knife into the butter. All the 40 years he's been married mother has spread every slice of bread he has had. And that's the way it is in every house ) know.** Prog on Elevated Train. From under the feet of a woman who boarded a Third , avenue elevated train at Fourteenth street the other ; day there jumped a live something I which darted under a seat, says the New York feun. At the cry of "Mouse!" there was a stampede. One woman Btood on the seat, another grabbed a strap in each hand and lifted her _ feet from the floor that way; some Just hugged, their skirts, while two made for the platform. A brave yonth pushed back his cuffs, knelt and be­ gan feeling under the seat with his hand, whereat the quarry leaped ! nimbly back into the aisle and stood blinking for all to see. "Mouse!" snorted th# goird, "BtQf*.-- that's a bullfrog!" . . Which, despite Che setting, was true beyond all protest. The outraged exile was seised by the guard and hurled out into the street. How he climbs! into the elevated was not explained.