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•gpfT- •' ^ f y-f- RWTMUR, ILL. R -̂ *" • WF iqpni *«P 5&; •••'•• JWUJW • **j0*Ae/rh*eajuz % f e : ' • :;4^;-' IV'Vv^K i-rf*?,. V Aft spxi.,;--• :' "'• I. '•'< ^.. / living up to the beat he knew. When something % *A NR** 1! mzptayRBN# N AGREEMENT with the somewhat well-known Mr. Meredith, Uncle Sam . believes that 'Civilized man cannot! ' live without cooks," and is putting that belief into demonstration in handling the educational problems of the Phil­ ippines. The Filipino, to be sure, had a civil­ ization and cooks prior to the Amejs loan occupation, but the civilization was not of high standard. And after several years of close study of the needs and possibilities of our rest­ less little brown foster brothers of the far east­ ern islands domestic science has been deemed the surest foundation upon which to build. To begin with, the home and Its women has "been accepted by educators as the best process Ot engrafting occidental civilization, education and culture on the stunted, half-wild growth which centuries of Spanish rule left behind. It was the Filipino himself who pointed out the way for the solving of his own personal equation. Primitive as hlli home life had been he had been better was before him he was prompt to see the advantages of the newer way. The domestic science of the Filipino was Hot science at all; it was only a crude makeshift, handed down to him from his ancestors. His home was little better than a shack, very small and destitute of furnishings. His diet was so restricted that the idea ef such a thing aa the art of cookery had never occurred to him. Bis clothing was little--or nothing. r \ With the coming of the American and hia higher standard of civilization the Filipino, espe­ cially he of the younger generation, saw life from a new angle. He came to the realization that there is more in life than the mere busi- ness of living. He found that there is work to do; that he must do his share toward raising the standards of succeeding generations; that he 1**4'allotted task in the bringing of the civili- • '* satlon of his country to a higher level. The first evidence of this awakening In the JHlipino was the change in his method of life. Gone are the open fires over which swung a sin­ gle pot on a tripod. Gone is the ancient habit of aa entire fsmfly, including the pupa uuu ihe rest of the four-footed animals, eating from a common dish. Gone also are the primitive sleeping ar­ rangements. To be sure the change was by evolution ikther than by revolution, but Its progress was sufflcient- ' 1y rapid and marked to compel the attention of the American educators who had gone across seas to teach these primitive folk new things. They had gone with a notion that the Filipino could be taught the same things and by the same methods that form the educational system In California and New York, Texas and the Dakota*. They found, however, that physical environ­ ment and previous social experience had bred in the Filipino racial characteristics vastly different from our own and made of him a separate edu­ cational problem. The Filipino was not especially, interested |n -whether or not he received mental training, but he was ambitious, cleverly imitative and keenly alert to the greater creature comforts of civili­ sation which he glimpsed for the first time when the American came and conquered. And for all his reputation for slothfulness he was willing and anxious to Work for these things which so sud­ denly he had come to desire--these tangible and outward signs of a higher civilization. So it was that domestic science and vocational training became an integral part of the educa­ tional system of tho Philippines. A half-million Filipino young people are voluntarily In school-- there Is no compulsory education li) the Islands. ,4 Primary English education is open to all and is Incidental to the domestic science and vocational courses. The Filipino knew what he wanted and he got it, and he Is quite as happy as the more sophis­ ticated souls imagine we would be if ever we did get what we want One of the most potent factors la making the Filipino, not Into an imitation good American, but Into a good, patriotic and useful citizen of his own native archipelago, has been the School of Household Industries In Manila. Here an­ nually from all the islands of the group, in ever increasing numbers, young Filipinos are Instruct­ ed in domestic science and economy. Besides, these young women are taught the more impor­ tant if less remunerative vocation of Successful housewife and mother. The course in housekeeping and household arts, one of the most important and most widely studied of the several offered by the school, gives the young women a basic education in the three It's, three full years study being devoted to Tending, writing, arithmetic and grammar. In the, homemaker*s course ther^study hygiene, home sanitation, physiology, cooking and the care of infants. A short course In nursing is iftven, and a full IN CAPITAL CITY ILLINOIS PROHIBITION18T8 NAME ̂ FUU. TICKET A" GL W. WOOLSEY IS SELECTED baw l̂fe tisff, Editor of ttte IWneis Banner, Is Chosen as Candidate for United States Senator --Woman Named. Peoria Man Is Elected. One hundred delegates from th« principal cities of the state met In Peoria and organized the Illinois Re- tall Dry GoodB association. The per­ manent officers elected are: President--P. At Bergner, Peoria. First vice-,president--W. P. 8un» mers, Springfield. Second vice-president--Francis KH» duff, La Salle. Third vice-president--W. J. Fisher, Belleville. Secretary-treasurer--R. A. Schoen- feld, Chicago. The object of the association Is ..the promotion of an intelligent co-opera­ tive spirit among dry goods men of the state, with particular attention to a united policy in matteia of state -regulation and legislation. nurse's course is Included among the vocational courses. Dressmaking, lace making, embroidery, hat making and weaving are among the other branches included In the vocational school and optional In the homemaker's course. Much as the Filipino needed education along alT' lines, in nothing was his need so great as In the first principles of sanitation. When the American came the natives, even In the larger cities, knew nothing of sanitation, household or otherwise. It had not been taught the Filipino by his Spanish ruicrS, who practiced 1x16 theOrjr that the more the native knew the more discon­ tented and hence the more difficult to manage he would become. Also, the Spanish ruler himself knew practically nothing of the higher domestic arts, and his idea that his home was his castle and what went on within of no concern to the outsider he handed down to the Filipino. The Filipino, jhowever, was far readier to aa- slmllate the beneficent changes offered by the Americans. He promptly learned that sanitation, both at home and abroad, lessened the danger of plagues, which since time immemorial had mowed down the native population like grain before a scythe. The Fills.*?# la proud In his own way and has a strong notJuti of what are his personal rights. Anything akin to iyrannlcal enforcement of iron­ clad rules would havw defeated the whole Bcheme. Hosts of domestic science teachers, equipped with the best training, have gone to the Philippines this last decade with high hopes and unbounded enthusiasm for the work before them, only to re­ turn presently with blank failure the record of their Philippine sojourn. Thoae who have succeeded--and the success of theee has been tremendous--have done so through intimate sympathetic understanding of the Fili­ pino, the code and traditions which give him his own peculiar point of view and his essentially peculiar home life. Nothing In all the coarse of study offered by the school of household Industries has seemed to Interest the young women so greatly as the study of sanitation, hygiene and the care of in­ fants. While the Filipino himself may have defi­ nite reasons of his own for desiring cleaner and more wholesome living conditions, the younger women have learned that to a lack of knowledge may be charged the terrific death rate among infants. Out of each three round-eyed, smiling babies bona one dies before it has lived a ye**, a victim of ignorance and unsanitary environ­ ment. Innate, universal mother love was quick to value and acquire knowledge of anything which results in saving the babies. ; But nothing in all the school is so variously Interesting as the changes wrought by the study of cooking. In times past the Filipino had the scantiest variety of food, which was prepared In the simplest fashion, meat being a heavy item of his meniL The greatest delicacy of the Igor- rote was, and in some portions of the islands continues to be, "pot roast a la Fido." Many of them still eat dOg stew, but the majority are be­ ginning to learn that there are numerous other foods vastly more palatable and satisfying. Bven the Igorrote maiden, knows that if she Is to get and keep a husband she must know mod­ em methods of conducting the modern, home, which the men have acquired a liking for. « So it happens that In the cooking classes are the youngest and prettiest and brightest of these future wives and mothers. And even in their dntos they herald the new day. The picturesque and fantastic costumes have been discarded for simple checked gingham frocks under all envelop­ ing white linen aprons. In sharp contrast to these cooking school girls are the young women who are studying la va­ rious other branches and clinging religiously to the gayly, flowered skirts, tight at the hips, flow­ ing away to voluminous breadth and great trains at the feet, and surmounted by the queer little crisp cotton jackets, for all the world like badly out kimonos and bunching up about the neok In an ungraceful fashion, always suggesting hump shoulders. To make beautiful laces and fine embroideries seems to be an, almost natural art with the Fili­ pino girls, an Inherent aptness resulting undoabt^ edly from the uncounted generations of lacs mak­ ers before them. The strong! supple and deli­ cately slender brown fingers are steady as iron. The clear dark eyes are not tired by the intri­ cate, tedious patterns which would mean wreck of nerves and vision of women less patient and tranquil minded. Lace making and embroidery were not intro­ duced by American teachers, but were brought to the islands centuries ago by the Spaniards. According to Medina's history, needlecraft was taught in the convent schools as early as 1630, and Retana in the early eighteenth century wrote that "the girls easily Imitate the laces and em­ broidery of Europe" and that they perform "such work fairly well In a little time." The foundation being laid. It waa an opportu­ nity quickly seized by the American teachers, and while the instruction under convent teaching necessarily was restricted to a comparatively small number, it is the hope of the instructors Of these days that needlecraft speedily shall be­ come of universal knowledge among FUliplno women. Also it is*hoped that through their apt­ ness for embroidery and lace making there may be opened up for them -a steadily remunerative occupation. In the nurse's training work also the idea has been to provide the young women with remunera­ tive work, but the beginnings in that line were in the face of stubborn prejudice and opposition. The natives were extremely suspicious of doctors ' and hospitals and it was quite beyond - -compro- -hfension that any young woman of modesty and good taste should be willing to undergo a nurse's experience. A campaign of enlightenment had to be car> rled on before it was possible to establish nurs­ ing classes. But the readily adaptable Filipino, once convinced thab the finest of young women became nurses among more advanced and en- lightened people, speedily abandoned her prej­ udice.* The set of the wind Is now as strongly In the opposite direction and the vocation of trained nurse has so caught popular fancy that the*number of applicants each year Is far greater than the capacity of the training school. In basketry and rug weaving another profitable line has been opened for women, and by rare good fortune it happens that the Islands produce In lavish quantities all of thej-equlred materials, which with their commercial (values unknown hitherto were permitted to rot In the jungles. Still another line of income Is from the preserv­ ing and canning of fruits for commerce, a line which at once makes income bearing previously wasted human energy as well as a vast fortune In unused fruits. ' So summed up the training of the young Fili­ pino women means that when the Americans came to teach them the desire for a better meth­ od of living the new and strangely benevolent Conqueror showed them at the same time how the desire might be gratified. , t . Bpi'tugfield.--At the final sesMfea of the convention of the Illinois Prohibi­ tionists in" Springfield candidates are named for the fall election. The ticket is complete from United States sena­ tor to county officers. George W. Woolsey of Danville, ed­ itor of the Illinois Banner, will head the ticket as candidate for United States senator. Other candidates named to make up the state slate are J • State treasurer--If. Jk.. Chamberlain, Flttsfield. Superintendent of public instruction --Mrs. Eva Munson Smith, Springfield. Trustees of the University of Illinois --Mrs. Ellen M. Orr, Pittsfield; Miss Mario Brehm, Chicago; Dr. A. D. Bridgeman, Decatur. , Congressmen at large--Frank B. Herrick, Wheaton; John A. Shields, La Grange. * Clerk of supreme oourt--W. A. Mor­ gan, Bctoe Gap. Clerks of the appellate court--First district, C. D. Nickey, Chicago; Second district, A. D. Gostelow, Prophets town; Third district, C. C. McGlnnis, Deer Creek; Fourth district, M. Eas- terday, Cairo. Robert H. Patton of Springfield was re-elected chairman of the state cen­ tral committee; Alonzo E. Wilson of Wheaton was named vice-chairman, and George W. Woolsey of Danville was elected secretary. These officers, with John H. Shup of Wheaton, Mrs. Mary Whlttemore of Peoria, Edward E. Blake of Chicago, and L. J. Kendall of Lamoille, were named as members of the executive committee. Delegates to the convention disa­ greed on the proposition of indorsing) 3 ithe plank providing for the unqualified " indorsement of a constitutional amend- ment for national prohibition. The fight ended in a compromise ; resolution declaring the convention fa­ vored the nation-wide prohibition clause, but adding that the party should be placed in power to Insure its enforcement. ARISTOCRAT AS A "SUPER* & ' Manager's Preeenee of Mad Made Unmistakable %Hlt > With the Audicnca* - When "The Derby Winner," the first Drury Lane (London) melodrama with which Cecil Raleigh was ever connect­ ed, was being played. Lord Durham and his brother went round behind the Lord Durham, a steward of the Jockey turn their backs to the curtain. There he kept them until the prompter sud­ denly exclaimed: "Clear, please!" and up went the curtain! Lord iDurham, glancing over his shoulder, discovered suddenly that be was in full view of the great audi- ^ :V, scenes to see Mr. Bouchier, and the latter brought them both on the stage ip introduce thatu to Mrs. Railigh*: At the moment a scene was being set representing the paddock at Ep­ som on Derby day. The visitors were very interested and rather amused by the realistic crowd that began to as­ semble about them on the stage, and by the horses that were brought on. Mr. Raleigh noticed that the scene wao j ence. rapidly approaching completion, and f "Good gracious!" he gasped. What he suddenly had the idea of getting | Shall we do?" "Keep still," Mr. Raleigh whispered, club, to appear In the scene. As he j "Don't move, and the audience WiO talked to them, explaining what was think you are ordinary supers!" tfjgv^ng on, he managed to get them tpl Telling the story, Mr- Raleigh adis "They did aa I suggested; and the audience did as I expected!" Above Criticism. Manager--The critics say that in the play "A Wronged Wife" you do not exhibit enough emotion when your hus­ band leaves you, never to return. popular Actress--Oh, I don't, don't I? Well, I've had two or three hus­ bands leave me, never to return, and 1 guess I know as much about how ta act in those circumstances- as any body^-au*? gtortM. Mats Endeavor Meeting Opens* One thousand delegates convened In Peoria for the Twenty-second Illinois State Christian Endeavor Union con­ vention. At the first session, addresses of welcome were made by R. O. Beck» er, president of the Peoria Association of Commerce, and Rev. Pontius ef the Peoria Ministerial association. The response was made by W. R. Mee of Chicago, president of the Illinois Christian Endeavor Union. Rev. John Pollock of Belfast, Ire­ land, delivered the principal address. The resolutions committee which was appointed by the president consists of A. G. Ffegert, chairman, Chicago; Rev. E. L. Reiner, Chicago; Jessie Weller, Altamont; Rev. W. T. Rod­ ger*, Macomb; Lloyd Morey, Cham­ paign; E. P. Gates, financial secretary, Chicago. Chicago delegates won an active campaign to bring the 1918 conven­ tion to Chicago. Awards Two Road ContrsetsU : Announcement was made IjT the state highway commission of the awarding of contracts for the con­ struction of two stretches of new state aid road. The contracts were award­ ed to: Livingston county, DI O. Nich­ olson and A. L. Booth, Gardner, $19,- 184; Chumpaign county, J. W. Stipes and Edward S. Pilcher, $13,150. The bids from Coles county were not acted upon because the plans for the pro­ posed road were withdrawn. In Pe­ oria county the bids exceeded the highway commission's estimate, so were not acted upon. The state commission made a ruling that if contractors are unable to com­ plete the work within the specified time because of adverse weather con­ ditions or because of inability to pro­ cure material, the commission will ex­ tend the time. Miners In Bad Conditional| ; The deplorable condition * Of the coal mining industry in Illinois was depicted by Duncan McDon­ ald, secretary-treasurer of the Illinois Mine Workers, addressing the mem­ bers of the efficiency and economy committee at their meeting at the Btate house to discuss the re-organi­ zation of the state labor and mining agencies of Illinois. Forty thousand of the 90,000 miners of the state have been out of work since last March, declared Mr. McDonald, due, he said, to the overdoing of the coal mining in­ dustry in the state. "Many of these miners are on the verge of starvation, as we have not enough money in our relief fund to supply them all," said Mr. McDonald- "Eighteen mining companies failed last year, and probably more than that many new mines are being opened. There should be a law here like that In Germany restraining the opening of new mines. "The miners of the state are in fa­ vor of some central body for all the mining boards of the state, but they believe that the miners should be con­ sulted in the personnel of the commis­ sion. Many of the appointments to the mining boards have been made by political preferment. There Is a con­ flict of authority in the departments. The miners want the mining Industry l^ept separate from the other depart­ ments. We want a man familiar with mining at the head of the mining de­ partment." ' A similar view on the part of the miners of the state was voiced by John H. Walker, president of the Illi­ nois State Federation of Labor, and former president of the United Mine Workers of Illinois. President Walker of the State Fed­ eration of Labor, said that the plan did not provide for employers and em­ ployes being represented on the pro­ posed industrial commission, and that it should so provide. Members of the efficiency and economy committee suggested to Mr. Walker that that was only a detail and could be arranged later. The proposed plan of the efficiency and economy committee Is to consoli­ date the several labor and mining bureaus into a department of labor and mining, to consist of a single commissioner as executive head and two deputy commissioners, all to be appointed by the governor, who shall form an Industrial commission, with power to conduct hearings and inves­ tigations, to adopt regulations and ex­ ercise discretionary powers. It is pro­ posed to have the following bureaus or divisions, each under aNplngle ex­ ecutive officer: Bureau of statistics, bureau of Inspection, to cover the work of the factory inspection depart­ ment; bureau of employment, to con­ duct public employment offices and to Inspect private employment agencies, bureau of workmen's compensation, and division of mining. Among those present at the hearing are John H. Walker of Danville, pres­ ident of the Illinois State Federation of Labor; James F. Morris of Spring­ field, secretary of the Illinois State Federation of Labor; Judge J. B. Vaughn of Carllnville, chairman of the state industrial commission; W. B. Hall of Springfield, member of the Illi­ nois Mine Workers' legislative com­ mittee; Duncan McDonald of Spring­ field, secretary-treasurer of the Illi­ nois Mine Workers; J. E. Culp of Uiue Island, chairman of the joint legisla­ tive board of the railroad brother­ hoods of the state and chairman of the legislative board of the Brother­ hood of Locomotive Engineerp; A. D. Burbank of Springfield, chairman of the legislative board of the Brother­ hood of Railroad Trainmen; D. Mc­ Carthy of Chicago, secretary of the Joint legislative board of the railroad brotherhoods; and J. B. Connors of Chicago, senior rice-president of the Switchmens' Union of North America-, COLLIER IS DECLARED TO EE FAULT IN EMPRESS OF IRE. • •^Ej^ANO Dl«A«TER.p^£. :->f| •f .-"'J- ' ' THIRD OFFICER IS NAMED Tuftsnes Did Wrong In Altering Course in Fog, Is Dscieton Ren­ dered by Commission Appoint­ ed to Probe Accident. Quebec, July 14.--The collier Stors- stad is held to blame for the Empress of Ireland disaster, in the findings of the wreck commission, handed down on Saturday. The commission holds that the disaster was due to the Stors- tad's change of course ordered by tho third officer without instructions from the first officer, who was in charge of the collier at the time. The Empress was sunk in the SL Lawrence May 29, with a loss of mora than one thousand lives. Notables Conduct Inquiry. The inquiry Into the disaster WSS begun in Quebec on June 16 by a com­ mission composed of Lord Mersey, for­ merly presiding justice of the British admiralty court; Sir Adolpho Routhier of Quebec and Chief Justice McLeod of New Brunswick. The commission­ ers were assisted in their work by Commander F. W. M. Caborne of the British Roydl Naval reserve, Prof. John Welsh of New Castle, England; Captain Demers of the Dominion wreck commission, and Engineer Com­ mander Howe of the Canadian naval service. Comamnder Caborne and ; Professor Welsh were nominated by > '. '3_ the British board of trade. Lord Mer- sey also presided over the inquiry tale \ Imii .•V. , i : r si, •• , 'iw* To Open Bids on Illinois Roads. Contractors will bid on proposed state aid work on new roads for ten itretchr^ o' road, bids for the building of which will be opeped by the state highway commission July 22, it was announced. Four of the roads are in Cook county, and one each in Wood­ ford, Iroquois, Clark.-Franklin, Schuy­ ler and Bond counties.- > ' ' ^ .§ To Meet In Springfield. > The Illinois Republican state con­ vention of 1914 will be held Friday, September 18, in the Btate arsenal in Springfield. This was settled when C. J. Doyle, secretary of the Republican state central committee, and George E. Keys of Springfield called on AdjL Gen. Frank S. Dickson, custodian of the arsenal, at Camp Lincoln, and ob­ tained permission to occupy the ar» senal. It is expect^ the Democratic con­ vention will be held in Peoria as m the past. : • •• .*.-•' Would Merge Stata departments. Further sweeping consolidations <6f state departments will be recom­ mended, it is expected, as a result, of the hearings conducted by the Illinois efficiency and economy commission in the capital city. The present session of the commis­ sion closed at noon and adjournment was taken to July 21, when the com­ mission will reconvene, to discuss the agricultural and financial groups of irganirations >.'• Pi* Articles ef Incorporation. Secretary of State Woods issued cer tiflcates of incorporation to the follow­ ing: The North Dimmick Thrashing com­ pany, La Salle; capital, $t.R00. Incor­ porators--Joseph Llndenmler, John Weldon, Michael Lyons, Bernard Doyle, T. J. Flaherty, Frank Coleman. Alcolorls Utensil company. Chicago; name changed to Pioneer Land Clear­ ing Machine company. United Ice & Coal company, Bridge­ port; capital, 1500. Incorporators-- Harry Muskovitz, E. H. Atkins. W. E. Rogers. Jones Bros. Railroad Moving Picture Shows, Springfield; capital, |2,500. In­ corporators--Edward B. Jones. Anna M. Jones, Ralph C. Jones. Bradley & Vrooman company, Chi­ cago; capital stock increased front $150,000 to $300,000. Dixon-NIms Jewelry company, East St. Louis; name changed to Dixoa Bros, ft Brochmaa Jewelers, Inc. Weldon Coal company, Weldon: dis­ solved.- The Emanuel Jackson Undertaking company, Chicago; capital. $2,500. In* corporators -- Dttniel 4 M. Jacksou, jGeergo T. Kersey. Abner A. Hodges. Illinois Omnibus company. Chicago; capital. $2,500. Incorporators--F. A. Woodbury, M. J. Eichhorn. J. W. Bea­ table. The N. Oehler company. Chicago! capital, $2,500. Incorporators--New­ man Cohler, Annie Fwiorstein. Simon Feuerstein. Penu Woolen Mills, Chicago; cajtf- tal, $1,000. Incorporators--Benfecata Samuels. James H. Eright •r-,\ ' • '"ft* the Titanic disaster. Hold Tuftenea Responsible. The collier's third officer found re­ sponsible is Alfred Tuftenes. He <w*S on the bridge when the crash cup-ed. "We regret," says the finding, *%> have to impute the blame to anyon* in connection with this lamentable dis­ aster, and we should not do so if wS felt that any reasonable alternative was left to us. We can, however, come to no other conclusion than that Mr. Tuftenes was wrong and negligent in altering his course In the fog as he undoubtedly did, and that he was wrong and negligent In keeping the navigation of the vessel in his own hands and failing to call the captain when he saw the fog coming on. "After carefully weighing the evi­ dence we have come to the conclusion that Mr. Tuftenes waa mistaken if he supposed that there was any intention on the part of the Empress of Ireland to pass port to port, or that she in fact by her lightB manifested the intention of doing so; but it appears to us to be a mistake which would have been of no consequence if both ships had sub­ sequently kept their courses. Change Csused Crash. "Shortly after the ships came into the position of green to green, as claimed by Captain Kendall, or red to red, as claimed by Mr. Tuftenes, the fog shut them out from each other, and it was while they were both en­ veloped in this fog that the course of one or the other was changed and tho- coliision brought about, from the evi­ dence adduced on behalf of both ves- ssls it is pi--in that before the fog and when they last saw each other there was no risk of collision if each kept her course. Therefore the question aa to who is to blame resolves itself into a simple issue, namely, which of the ship? changed her course during the fog. ̂ 'There is. In our opinion, no ground for saying that the feourse of the Em­ press of Ireland was ever changed in the sense that the wheel was wilfully moved; but as the hearing proceeded another explanation was propounded, namely, that the vessel changed her course not by reason of any wilful al­ terations of her wheel, but in conse­ quence of some uncontrollable move­ ment which was accounted for at one time on the hypothesis that the steeiv ing gear was out of order, and at an­ other by the theory that, having re­ gard to the fullness of the stern of the Empress of Ireland, the'area of the rudder was Insufficient. Evidence was called in support of this explanation. "On the whole question of the steer­ ing gear and rudder we are of opinion that the allegations as to their condi­ tions are not well founded." Ship With 297 Is Ashore. Buenos Ayres, Argentina, July 14--- The German steamship Mendosa went ashore in a fog off Megotes point, on tfoe Argentine coast. It haB 257 people on board including passengers and crow and telegraphs by wireless that its positipn is dangerous. St. Johns, N. F., July 14.--All of the passengers on the Coastal steamer In- vermore, which struck on the fMto near Brig Harbor point and the Labra­ dor coast, were landed safely. Q Living Without Drinking. Proof that there are animals that live without drinking is given in The Field by Dr. R. E. Drake-Brockman. who tells of the gazelles that live on the island of Saad-ud-Dto; off the coaat of Somaliland, where there is no fresh water at all, and where the anneal rainfall is less than 2^ inches. French Diminishing. A caatury ago 27 per cent of the total population of the great European powers were French; today the pro­ portion is 11 per cent. . At the Second Table. ̂ •rtie natives of western Australia.S4K; cording to a current writer, "after gorging themselves on the flesh of the kangaroo, throw the bones over their shoulders to their gins (i, e.. wives*, who pass them on to the children." J, The Difference. L •An At*hi8on man who ®**er Wd one job over two weeks, died not long ago and people said he waa a genius out of hi* epfrer*. When he was aliv® they said he was % loafer.--Atfhteo* Globe. < - . -4A1 ! J'Y • . U" mm ' W ,4* 4 < LIFE