p € < ¥ NOTES AND COMMENTS ee eae 40 apply for the same job in average office the girl of 20 Pate be man of 40 when dislodged from his niche in industry to work is infinitely harder for the woman of the same age. A woman, she says, must not only make good on the job, she must also make good asa woman, Youth and attractive- ness are unconsciously demanded from the girl who applies for work. What is the self-supporting woman whose youth is spent to do? An answer to this question is suggested by the woman who asks it. It lies in ‘‘owning your own business,’’ she asserts. Instead of following the trodden path, which leads through the business college to the stenographer’s desk, let the girl get into something which ul- timately will lead her to independ- ent enterprise. This applies to the iit girl with a college education well. i ter a trade which she can later turn to account independently, jum} The day of the small business, it it pointed out, is not over. Thous- ands of little businesses, like un- derwear shops, corset stores, mil- linery establishments, 'thrive in our cities, They require small capital. |—® Generally these stores are conduct- ed aid of their wives. indeed, it is the wife that does the most of the Management, Now the store or shop which tre married woman, having 2 house and children to look after, can conduct and make pay ought to be within the limits of the unmarried woman, argues this spokesman for the self- supporting girl. tion that is decidedly different from the conventional views of what the woman’s old should be industrial-|P" ly But it is a view many will ac- cept. It is quite evident that wo- man’s eld of activity needs broad- ening, and the woman whose youth is spent must live and needs work eyen more than the girl of 20. tops, “Rita Mitchell irresolutely. teas are “Four calls and with a start ens sound of iia step in the doorw gay Blance took ij nie ink and the JCS cee i oe the “You pees Y she cried. ane t been out to-day. Aren’t you What nethieg shall you bile ace “Tn avast ‘About | * time, and several other thin, ye Marshall, will lain?” Rita mee T like to Heel a aa ais Seed jobedi- Rita | ¢) in that way before,’’ a jy. This time, I got mad with Aunt Sarah. Mother asked me marked Si people used to it gouls than’ Ane ts clothes re hid them, I flared w and delivered procress of the ag nificance of clothes, and my in the mat ¥ mes i bailient piece ae mis Th ioe no doubt of it,” Rita ughin| B “Well, I.came Seal ina glow of virtuous indi, Then I be- gan to think over he ‘ben days. And then the’ revolution ran. Rita Mitchell, have you any how much time you epend on your BS “Not ie ae least,’’ Rita answer- ed, frank! ‘Anne drow a long breath. “Tn the last ten days 1 have ae ’ ive times—four Ba Sonne: nee all ae a heen 1 two and a4 Satria re each time, And I spent three morn- seamstress a! “But how? Rita cried. “Phat,” Anne declared, serious- “Ty, ‘fig. the ne: p to ee ; out. But ie "poling gained ' face the truth 5 By id equally profitable and suitable, it ee under @ stump. This is a sugges- | j, n the Morgans’ used a he p bi “You | his -|to make himsolf ready. to if Be men are Ags: as great sahion Young Folks The Timid Rabbit. His hou He had two long ears sticking straight up in: front, \d rabbit. came walkin, ing hands. They “OQ rabbit,”’ gh: “the little boy, “come and play with us!’’ “Ple: tae do, rabbit !’? said the lit- her, hold- bhi tle gir’ But the rabbit did not com ‘Well,”? said the little eg EGE this rabbit will not come and play will go and play with ‘ay 2 rabbib wriggled his nose, bit, The “Now, ral said the little the little er. “He can’t bite, he can pleasant. The rabbit eet round ae. a wate! ns fouh plac the table, det bes 8a) aut th shouted te little Ry lephis cloth d vt,” you may bri ring the water from e boy broughi Sealy the me ay pecan some She ut some salt on each plate, Pil bring ys capers ae said seated littl came h eeablens leaf. She ee it'at the Mitive place. oie tte and inrbd to sit in 7+ oe pte gir] tied o ns eck; then she and he yO) reached over and ate all the releth BS and salt, and drank But the cloth dog shee a sae ‘and smiled a pleasant Now rabbit,” said the girl, when it was all over, glad that you came to dinner, aa ie with w: Sut ‘hen a barking dog ran into the y The. Bile bo and the little girl looked quick at the rabbit, but a they saw was a wad of white tail pita oe down the sens. safe, hole of rabbit's “Fe didn 4 get so aa well used t6 dogs’ by os with this pleasant Riese , did he?” said ~ get so very well ao gree ame little ar — | Youth Companion GRAINS OF GOLD. man n.—Bishop of Car- isle. He that bestows a gift should forget it; oi that ‘receives one should ever hold it in brance.—Solon. It is the duty of every ee man Boe. his WS remem- country in time of need.—] Morrison. oe not reins to your inflamed time and grant a lit, tle fe aetay! Seba Waaity ue faire yadly .—Btatius, When one is tempted to write a clever butt harsh aking: though i it difficult to restrain it, it is always better to leave it in inkstand.—Smiles. tranquil ay which 101 avin wait it is es the absence ‘O! ce.—J, 8. Blacl ee ae help you to make m: en m to them and smile nonsense. bes 80. they are made out to‘be, It’s} There’s nothing a ‘i Hike Teta a man te his Shadow, much as to be contacted and ar- and that’s never so a rge as when|gued with; he’d sooner be ee sun’s near selding. than converted, ie The rabbit sat in the doorway of use was a safe, |! and a little wad of white |1° Lia snoling straight up behind. He oe withe little girl and thes, aie boy | yo B eel, as she spread the cloth pid set the table, it now that you are afraid of dog: ‘At the word “dogs,” the rabbit ped “But, rabbit,” said the little girl, “we have a good dog— ‘he rabbit fumed he was 7 to dart down into his le. Ons pleas: abi, wait!’ cried is a cloth dog He 6 can’t bark! He just fhe otill ‘and looks th Hl aby Oe ceing ear aera “he aaa Burned down aie 0 his b' Wee. sabi came back, sat near his nose, and | Mont: eo i good r i ee little cups, and ‘he rabbit wriggled «his now baa jWant you to play a game . 0. There is ommetlie ing good in ae bh d woman. Be cheerful and seek not’ eternal | 8 FROM PAGE TO LEGISLATOR. James David Tayler, Member for New Westminster, B.C. few times every generation ungster is refused the job, and is rated soundly for stealing the p Ea ae se = he once ran errands. Nearly 40 years ago— act — a blue-eyed aes haired ee us, we youngster of 13 summers who bore im.” vagyg|the name of James Dayid nee ee Fae little girl, ‘‘et’s| applied for the position of page in the Canadian House. of Commons Ro ie ES 20d ae the play |He got the job all right, and f tle e. bran tlt Rupp’ © next five months of thevsession acne were Sieben Dp cioth | of 276 lightly answered the beck an cote Petaeagiee x call of Mackenzi tau whe ‘ie @: whispered to the| Prime Minister), Macdonald, Blain, The jhttle gr Menehed and. ran| Thompson, Tupper, and ineidental- |< ly Wilfrid Laurier, whose to be. Th ing session, heroic pose. and declaim ajority of needed all the loose could accumulate. had tha: seem to think it had for them, an Paging game to beco in the office of the Ot- ae politics and journalism seem: to ae Poste afler four y printing epnnee he went treal as a reporter on the big dailie getting at nie heart of th caught the eye of t to record the proceedings of Par ment. from the Press. Ga was. hearti é Mr. J. D. Taylor, M.P. before, he meekly ran errands. Press Gallery of som Patlaabat himse! Became an Editor. He went through the fierce cam- paign of 1891, ana his ad Toports of some fatorable attention, indeed, that he received an Westminster to become managing editor of The Columbian, eee four years later he was chosen onservative standard- pear Taylor’s party was almost annihilated, but he himself tri- umphed, and three months ieee tol} entered the House of with and Sa some ot edhe men whose page he had been in the same legislative ane twenty- ei ee. mons to-day ‘aylor, wh ‘or New Westminster. A thorough- mocracy.— Grattan O’Leary, in Toronto Star Weekly. Keeping Him Of. Mrs. Bluer-Blud—That; tailor ours is very familiar, ad. the preolense to sal Tthink s erful statesman in the body where |i * itferony af ohe hy be the one article against which she mniaalso be~ The patient is fe convie- of | pit. antago- nist in the same Commons in the years to come fate and decreed him as our political historians have not neglected to DGtey and the youthful a nage — love < desde GF Wie" alge: Fwhed per chai he, too, would stri other mortals, change he ‘A printing press | t strange attraction for him which some noted men 2 letters the: following year be forsook the come a printer's » graduating as a full- phical Union man him with an irresistible years at the ees to of He had a habit of | $1 gs that coffee and tea sh’ chief “editor, and they soon seat aa to Ottawa now recalled his page boy dreams e day becoming a member of | ¢) uh graphic and faithful Hs ay: attracted such ted a flattering offer of a position on the editorial staff of the Vitoria Colonist. That W as in 1892. By 1900, J. D. Taylor had become a force to reckon with in the somewhat tangled political |‘ Z ese ro) Dire fret is out cow's got acw. HEALTH The Nervous Woman. How largely the attitude of our sponsible for the uae by bad news, for instance, will pro- perpons vomiting or inbeniinele Genito oss clndiae tion and sleeplessness are two on ts in which the ating Inson it will often en: cons ‘the that is mainly ae of the nerves. ble her to bre: ent: to gain by ik oT eee 8 in thrall to their nerves, bondage is so irksome it o ne Jonge mental contro] of the nerv bei be obtained it ly. Resta ishment are the et factors. loes not always means ae such a ete ee would be in- tolerable to some ‘patients ed becau tigue. cise if pesavle, is a necessi simple, alcohol, of £ its aftermath ould be al pleco oF. 80 nae led bee H, will ier of ease - of interest to rT very economical, He the 2 the lower “down, wi viousl, ress. wl which, course, a le. ( Seskosee He Replied. There was recently haled court a v litile amir ‘to whom thing was a new See: bashed, not to get the worst 3 er at the bar,” pale out the se wit allenge any v? Whereupon the e mie! e box ove! refully, ai a skilled e: oryell, rt "ell: Se » Me finally replied “Qi'm not exactly in trainin’, Oi could pull off a round ner. Lasily Hanns Jane—Missus nile We all oe miss. n mind is convinced ¢l of food is indigestible, she eats a small quantity, and most probably really euffers all the pain of indi- $ Testationt. Ee ee she herself and ae "her tine. the idea eee she will enjoy a restful ren earena 2 renewal-of eonte Jesus dependent on the would certainly he thankful to cast + ton brought, niecnssaty to strengthen both mind 0 E ‘i e cist, who used charms ind incan' and would only aggravate their malady. Change of scene is often beneficial ; great Seen should be press Fresh air, with gentle exer: Diet {Strong mi a tables a T go. But- Fd tay gee so long HATCHING BGGS IN RICE. | popular opinion of his day. The point of the parable for us is the Methed Employed With Consider-| fact of on experience which it able Success by. Chinese. mphasizes, that he who has once experienced the goodness and Certain of the Chinese in the in-)nercy of God in the forgiveness of erie sates -seiarent » Amey sin. and thereafter permits the old emplo; a & mewhat uniq b’ 4 taki sion if for hatching both hens’ and ducks’ |ji, sire osseain tale. porseadon. 6 eggs oe and lower levels. The lan- sul Brissel ae emoy, China, that some years ago a missionary living near Amoy. sugi that a patent American incubator might be 0! large percentage of the eggs pro- Gace live chicks, The Brees ae takes a quantity ‘a of unhusked roasts it, coo! + ing it down by fanning or by. allow-|« ing the wind to blow Ti but Tay- through until i hi en spreads tl jn the centre of the tub are sas The entire tub | uv; smothering of the young very pos: oe 001 2° Celt Evens | but can with, that Prat aH boy in the = ob} nut | to. ‘keep. fidiod Pie. o decd Ww THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, FEBRUARY 8. Lesson VI Darkness and Light— Luke 11. 14-26, 33-36. Golden Text, Luke 11, 35. Verses 14-16 are introductory, ex- plaining the occasion for the dis- course which follows. A ptae le wrought by Jesus is by some aitri- mead to tis: unseat oni epiinn Verse 14. Demon that was dumb BES sale d because it made man 15. ae. of them said—Matthew says it was the tap Hee who made this remark (Matt. Beelzebub—This Son oceurs only ee a pe dozen times in:the New nowhere in the Old The form of the ana n from the Vul- rly ee translation of * the sae manuseripts |/ tead: the: “Beelze here us ees gate, or the Bible. ought of hn a sign from third temptation (Luke 4. 9-12), in that is requested ‘to miracle, for the mere~ purpose showing his powér to unbelievers. shows the people the vere U Bees ie — oe his own. subject ingdom, and ‘did hot, Mae as di Matthew and Mark, a_ divided Hours (see Matt. 12. Mark 3. Your~sons—. XOr- ae of s to drive away the spi dis ae and other apni ore yy the finger “alaithew 08. 28) says “the pene of Go 1, 22. This parable ees of lssigh n and take from h he ee is ie tion 2455 -26. In reproving the Pharisces hout is figurative sid the details of the parable must n be forced in Wee application. terless place: eserts, teries, and plenae “uninhabited ny men mete though to be the haunts of Beeking “yest and finding none— ae Je is seeking for a ae, of re bonne Ne one else has pushes of it, so he still ae it ny hous fy findeth it swept and garnish- Evil ean be per- manently overcome a by posi- will have six layers of rice and five|one step farther. Not only must fue of eggs, s0 at there. willl individual allegiance to the king- eggs in eac’ lom of heaven result in tiv verte rice should be i once | goodness, but foodness must every 24 hours, oe £838 being tale Bs helpful to others. It cannot re- en such ti When the | main as a sec’ reted personal pos- eg sain ak the rice the|session. ‘The two illustrations used | proacl by Jesus make this point ae ¢) “ < grain and vegetal tier intended to give li ght and tite it D upon ite health ill depend FESE ness of vision and saat means as evil . be not the surface of the globe is occupies by the Brih Tele Tsles. ee thor would tee slespily, ite at her worth Froid Ngee , Maria. rns he would ri ee Mrs. ‘Wordsworth put a stop forever ictation. Her ply: “Oh, up yourself! the | aa, Ly er ‘d Peon the hour or two on Sunday ni ence here is equivalent to ion , | most glow: Only sixteen: hundredth part. of | Gin thought racine word,’? OUR REMNANT RELIGION Largely [Made Up of the Scraps of Time, Shreds of Energy and Odds and Ends of Devotion “And the remnant thereof he es ha god, SS his graven im- Isaiah’ xl: iv., e iS and used in the a but @ residue is put|s! aside, to be fashioned into an idol and set up and worshipped. Th man ‘‘burneth a part in the fire,”” ave the prophets “with a part he th fi roasteth. meat and sept isfied ; a he w ee and sait. warm. .d the remnant thereof he maketh god, even his graven’ image.” nese Nature Repeats Itself. It is obvious from this statement. war pritiye times took religion about 8 seriously and gay Sh ch of their lives as the people of our day. Human nature, and no! merely ry, repeats itself. The ‘isto: gly of the idol-maker was a rem- He ant god. He was fashioned only after the tree had yielded all the Sanbes that was desirable for cook- warming the house— ve probably, in-a good proportion @ |of cases, cut of wood. that would not, burn very well, anyhow! And co with us to-day! Our religion epee SSS eddie ad when we have any at all in this age, A house divided agei ainat a Lanes is a remnant melee largely made Bettie. iheuse e fall-\UP. the scraps of time, Eaelba é! usable in i to every desire os ie 2 an its ihetue aA en such practise terfere with ee the Shel ‘tree for his ged. And yet it is gust this, and not one whit strength !’’—Rev. Holme; morning for nes no other en; entertain: "snot seriously in serve its emancipating causes pens wood is| so 8 such service ke our sephishona 4s nant spectability and good t: ur Religious Life, in other words, is not the whole of our. lives, the ut a remnant of ¢ idol-maker fashion- ~ of had roa! God 0: that part of our Tivers whioh is set of the prophet that the people of after we have e given as much of ou |selves to the world as is i ve to it about asin of the world. It would be as to most of us ive order to win and hold the se, whit ues ion in the true sense of the word! The re ligious pe can rightly be nO _rem- nant thi t is all or nothing ! t] eeyte FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HED BANKS AND BRAES, (is Gotng on tn the Highlands ~ and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. 00% After a lengthy aay j, eiariine facilities have at, las lished in Kilburnie Post Ol The new telephone IT eeaatarte ss at Helensburgh Post Office have unds of nearly $200, Labor Exchange, con- ted at a cost of has been opened in Edinburgh by ‘Lord Provost Inches. Greenock merchants have warned not 4 pee quantity of which is in circu- ion. been Tooumiauvstions has been made with the operations connected with the laying out of the Castle Park, and Line have placed a contract in Greenock for a steamer of the econ! class for the ot Canadian trad: The AIEEE a Coatbridge is now week ago ere Bs the aoe works closed owing to e want of orders. a James Murals of Rockfort, recently entertained about 200 of the old residents a Milngavie to {dinner in the Bur; ere isa aatRGes of a ship com- ing to Leith at an easy date to us the arters of the rect is S be int in Pitteneriell Park, fermline. At een David Barrowman, r, Oakrigg, Moffatt, was fined 810 fo fot kglling a salmon in the River Annan during the annual close ti meeting ‘of the Renfrew Town Goiwen ib was agreed to ap- h the Carnegie trusts for a grant ze ‘enable suitable athe to be erected in Ren! Dun- Ey * Paisley Tramway Compa any have |} under consideration a revision of hare fares over their sy sie scale of which extends ay Paisley to a soniveidad and Renfre e novel spectacle ofan ele- Robes walling, F nwick, who known in satieulbaral circles in the ‘es otis He was in his ninety-ninth yea ear of exceptional ac re ity He anata at lish re Mess: ssrs. M’K r0- s demic of sea reer, the lo au Raherniee have de- sees es Pl vie Pa Fis- ecute parents found al- Grae Tehildiren ae tee them- gelyes'in an infected condition. gS nw eS New Light on C. Columbus. nies tured Haat it.’ Soldiers ‘in the Italian Army are e allowed diate aa parioP tie day Fashion Hints The pro} -| of white satin. ave .| ness in nite skir a|be fashionable for early eHOnE. e Cari with eae ‘The: < with ants. are now to namas are ear around the ae “Exit.” me that is?” wae Pat. in and anyhow, fifty years ee it crime at all. Seen in Paris Shops. Many new suits.show the tunic skirt. There is a flare in all the new vats, per afternoon blouse is n bu shine “Chinese effects are Ww W. ee caracul is modish for even- ing Reed I beaies will be loose” fitting saa bloused, Yo! Ss. are, pe feaieNy of many of the new garm All gowns: chow ee increasing full- Novel and ees ‘are hats of straw and colo: Fashion praiinaes a variety of silk cordings ans Frocks of blue ser ‘hall edi age velvet. costumes abi on the street than any other soni The fashionable coiffire is adorn a@ flat band of pearls or brile Blouses and dresses will of a wonderful white croche crepe that washes. Newest waists have the peplums, coat tails, ae girdles showing out- side the ski int. ‘There is a notable absence. ot oe white h black costume and the Jeweled pins are ane the pep 7 cag Ri stake ge ts for day evening wi Black sige de chine pefticont be a to wear ith black evenin| The new oe ee in a multitude new French odlors, besides a new es wea: For qoute wear the white Pa- trimmed simply with iffon and wings. 7 per tabhisnable woman’s W: kath Se He Hated a Hypocrite, ay. Respite, a hypocrite.” ‘Bo do 1. e Jackson, for example 5 sees hy ypotrite “But, you appear to be Bs best “Oh, yes;(I'try to appear friend- _ ae ore him. It pays better in Fresh From athe: Ould Sod. Pat’ and’ Mike had got they came «Wronder see, eed next moment they for selves out under the stars. In tho Era of t “Social”? ‘Fusticn, 3 idee ton is a very orious crime, ae Se was a hangin * mati bbe Horse Thie: P Well, your, honor, may me be. As we get ola, our stance’ comes nearer and nearer tb us. Some men are ee more: then animated threats,