NOTES AND COMMENTS No one who sees an English news- per can. ae to be impressed with tho ‘gy of the English | people, even at t this t time of trial, f uses sympathies i are ene epee for the vic- ie Refugee Children in Russia, she Serbrian Priinl: the pelgas Cross , France’s Wounded Soldiers, Peay Polish Relief—these are causes for which beTiid caked and freely given. Thus it to 1198 mili- innin; ome six hun- eet 0 Montenegro alone in a little over a month. Muy larger sums hay one to Belgium, Poland. and Serbia. All classes = taking parb in this noble outpourin hari ancieds, all join to help. part of the lanl the women, characteristic devotion, are laboring personal man nature at it it ae ine man ites the rs of the beast, plun; pe below it. the conflict goopiness in things evil, after all. Another story of gallantry’ and chivalry comes from the front. Ovil- man line of great strategic import- ance, and it en. desperately de- fended by the German troops. Whe was finally tal y the British character of the defense. Yet the remairyler fought on with a gerate. _Perh: vanquished lack due tribute from the ictors. As the prisoners were dis- patched to the rear the British formed in line anil presented arms in honor f their courage. It was a fine act and the most hardened pacifist must read of it with a thrill... Such are the human touches even in the dreadful carnage which war brings. They should be remembered to the lit of aman nature. Se HOLDING OUT NOT EASY. German Paper Says That it is Easier Said T! sche Tageszeitang is in- Serta with those patriots who are perpetually Sasiaring that the ton must “hold o s tl ois, are kee wii mouth of food food and feeding it down with ese Yersotia and to all others: ¢ concerned the real meaning of this phrase. Thoughtless persons must understand imply devoured, but to sustain life, aati when the air re- sours with endless whinings aboub and-scarcity, not I cc their sake. At the beginning of pinch ans thought they could ‘hold food is also scarce and dear, those countries “holding out” ae run ae ed tha and more pat- 'Y practised tl Run elk ‘an in Germany, must be'like ae ert But these countri 6 comping ton toe re whi Sot, “what ishing out’ ate the front —_—_—3o He Also Jans A young man wa: door of a fashi He eee fi aie sonable faa by the] “Are ‘som? related to ‘the bride or bridegr “Nos ‘as the answer, Sexton said, “you will of ae reba: chads “t pe the young man ai ie “t am the defeated Ganbaies os vai ie blouse: 2 ing 8! ich money is | an, Surely our suf- |. ° etd what interest |i ry t THE FASHIONS n has at last managed to fashion war combine comfort with “urace ana e sports costume predom- ee styles of middy ae favored; and sweater alae with, self. or contrasting skirts, also popular. The middy blouse costumes are de- veloped in the regulation white linen, duck or galatea, with collar and cuffs of blue and skirts ww striped | cotton ud more or ae white linen. Ru: “nieces bloutes: ang the white gette, a1 skirts of thin, light or dark silks. One especially _ pretty 6 developed in plain natural colored pongee, eitaaied & combined with a skirt of dark blue foulard dotted with ing sleeves, and an The skirt is a simple gathered design, short and full, but unusually grace- fi The plain white Russian blouse cos- tume of George’ ese summer days, and perfectly urate i The te for summer evening wear. Middy Blouse and Serge Skirt simple voiles, too, are being develop- throat. The new voiles are wai able in most mixtures, and generally satisfactory. Cool Frocks for Street Wear ark blue “in taffeta, Georgette, eaten eete ie Tein color for street wear, in spite of its a ent warmth. however, are mace with white or self- colored transparent sleeves, they are in reality quite as cool as a light col- frock. Dark blue Georgette is cHOet Hed forthe ertire dveas, collar: ed and cuffed with taffeta, at trim- mee with a Beart oe of the o ian ees ae a an odd, applique design in blue velvet trimming the jumper, which is of the serge; the de- which are afeature of both linen and serge frocks this summer, often pleasing opportunity for introducing a bit of colored embroidery. on the serge frock is generally of Slip-On Blouse and Foulard Skirt black satin and the embroidery is worked a out in colored wools, soutache braid, These motifs may MMA Zuird an united Schl ard other repeated in the trimming of the hat. Variety in Tailored Hats. It is no longes the price of the tnt hich counts, for ther instance Wesoft ight weight’ Bankok, thal cx ta e skirt. ark blue seize and | 4 heii Wen-Chow, and the chalr-can are all favored, alshed se fast s touch of colored wi bright bit of alee cater which harmonizes with suit or frock. ore of the smartesb hats is ise tan if completes the effect, which is charming. and bag are worn with a dainty little corded frock of tan crepe de Chines made with a petticoat of cream ste. embroidery aeiiah shows just a bit be- ree BE low ia be y_ be obtained from Your Py 1 McCall dealer or from The McCall combany oe Bond &., Toronto, Ont. Dept. W. : |THE SUNDAY LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON. AUGUST 6. Lesson VI.—The Greatest Thing in ‘The World, 1 Cor. 13. Golden Text,—1 Cor, 13. 13. Chapter 12, Verse 81—This last clause belongs properly to the new chapter, which'it introduces. The way takes us to Him who said, “I am th ,” whose name may be sel Pes is ae 13. Vers Ton cieanly guages sr iha ie eae 0 saically interpreted, say that the “angels” or “princes’ of of the nations in Daniel might be sup- eries—There is more than tributed “the aes: named know- ledge” (1 Tim. 6. 20). In its full development it answers exactly to the always foolish and often egal stuff now called theosophy. aul's wonds would still be true if the Fae r | suggests Matt. 17, 20, but it te ig been proverbial. ‘The-question might be asked how such faith is possible in a loveless man—a Buertion se recurring in these verses, not sa! SOE ae 3. All my goods inns siele Beat ruler was told that for doing this he would have treasure in heaven. good illustration of the danger of prosaic literalness in interpretation! To be burned—The marginal reading, that I may glory, differing only ina single letter, is rather better attested. ut te point seems rather to demand tening of the sacrifice than ‘a scoital belittling of it. Both read- ous story of the ee) re a deemed 3 ot leaped fondly tne ate SE aie ae Bae or is patient, as 5. rendered in James T ‘ind— ‘he word is one Grae used of God, who “is Love.” Pu: up—A favor- ite word of Paul. Compare 1 Cor. 8 1, which we might colloquially render, “Insight” gives swelled head, it ae that builds up.” 5. Unseemly—Perhaps the leading thought is of the pitiful exhibition self asertivencds: lien tikes, / 567 regal was Jesus washing the feet of the twelve! The adjective answer- ing as op to the wor the usual Greek word for a ‘gentle- man” ( 17. 12).. Provoked ‘The corresponding noun is rendered “sharp contention” in Act Si at least once Paul himself “raid not in love” s human! ~~ Taketh not accoant—A word, commercial Love's ledger has no debit side. 6, The antithesis in Rome. 1. 32. Ga dee all Shige (mab) te suggertel great Spey eaeete tie of this is seen declaration of sins’ be De iatecitoeet tured credulity; hence the turn given in the paraphrase above, “Aye e, and me prophecy her tale hath fini: Knowledge hath "either from he trembling ton; Love shall Brae and five be undimi Fee abe “imperishable love* be Pattie “falleth.” Com- re 1S shall utterly fall.” ary is Jer, 81. 34, which tells of the day when the prophet. will have noth- ing more to do, since “all the Lord’s -ualen and discovery often make sup- erior erciane ra look supremely foolish, ame across a “gnos' in Jam- a done aw: r 1 doe: y it is: he is cay ANCHE iene | ings are well illustrated by the fam- he hats |aica who fixed the “Millennia Dawn” ica oe : . We know—More exactly, we ee or come to know. Phophesy— Set forth God’s message, which in nature of things we can only partially realize. Hence the progressive. character of Old ‘Testament prophecy. 11. Put away—The same word as ay. . In a mirror—Ancient mirrors were of metal, and to identify ee must often have deen (margin). Paul's figure seth a of Plato’s famous allegory of the cave- so. men try to read the “Riddle of the pei eeeeet and fail the more egregi- ously as they show more confidence in nowledge in general. y God. 18. Abideth—It is a great mistake than love because they have no place in heaven. The real distinction is that they belong to the creature, while ve e halons also to the creator. The ind the student of Henry Dimnnoia’a superb little book The Greatest Thing in the World. Few e set ee thinkers have been in each of the jeweled places where ki ore ted to. comment on Paul’s eas iS sistas Ho ia HEALTH Treatment of Apoplexy. Apoplectic strokes are of various degrees of severity. Some attacks are so severe that death is almost in- atentanens; others are so slight that xa few months’ care and appro- . nate chennent the aareree id able Spey eae ae Sri tivities. The wisest treatment is the preventive. Certain constitutional of Cybele charatterishic of’ Asta Shanges are preeers of st Sie ite to-dlanee ths modecot Tie ab on Whe ‘bitli¢ ua fio Ienget umiaeruce: ed about the dangers of high blood ressure, and it is a simple matter to ascertain the exact degree of that pressure. * People who have higl walls (and these two conditions of- ees together) dive in daily danger | a ce an Showa catarnee their actiy- ities, both in work and their lives can be properly described as “quiet.’ It is well to take gentle ’ outdoor exercise, ae they must ay steries“ and “insight” were true and| fatigue, The game of golf is a var rit divine; even the deepest theology is | able godsend to ioeeee of such futile without love. “The hi sons. Their meals should be veaalge makes the theologian.” Homey and light, and they should eat lit- mountains—The phrase ape or no meat; alcohol and be forbidden, or very sti time. S | Many of those who live in danger | inclined to be more o1 indul Others, who are in on mitts of life’s battle, cannot, or think they cannot, abandon an; ities ut it is home, and selfish persons can always be frightened. A good plain talk from an honest physician is invaluable in these early stages, fter the attack has occurred, the patient shoul be handled with the ut- most care and gentleness, He Boot with h ‘tightly. aie: should be loosened or cut away. Somistimés, hiactongua falls back into you can help it, but bring a mattress to him. Tf he recovers, the patient must v era dually take up the manner of life Complete 8, 8 quiet, regular life and faithful exer- cise to overcome whatever paralysis may exist will often work wonders.— Youth’s Companion. Rules for Cool Sleep in Summer. 1—Eat largely from vegetal kingdom. = more #requontly. and less in quanti Avoid ice water drinks, 3.—Bathe in tepid water before re- iriny use soap in great the body briskly after the bath. and. intensely cold draft from open window, but a little to one side. Avoid strenuois eens because they heat the binogs noduly A Ma Te ns First Trooper Imperial (dis iscussing anew bit, don’ e’, sometimes? Second: Trooper—'H's a iece, ’e is; just opens ’is aati and lets it say wot it likes, Yeomanry sicko rbaadtan wears a One Ghanes Left. Hus glam obs dangine ane Not much! many other ways by Sa ae aaake fool x sy elf.” ‘Yes, ears tried er those.” od dears is indeed a failure love when co¥i before is bride gets lait the nice st aletar be s ford in ne British Cabinet as succes- ren | sor to Tt was known | Lor to suggest that faith and hope are less | Com: tobacco | and his collar or any tight stathing i move the patient ‘to another room if | B; ‘Drink nee drinks on hot days. it i | the premi evel 5.—Exercise mildiy before retiring from but you have| 4! EARL OF CRAWFORD A DEMOCRAT NEW MEMBER OF THE COALI- TION CABINET IN BRITAIN. In Army Medical Corps When War Broke Out, and Rose to Rank of Corporal. ‘The inclusion of the Harl of Cra a Bethorne, as President of the Bi Agriculture, is an ap. Renee: that is certain to be p lar with members of all partice It a ig very popular with smemberd = @ House of Commons, in cessive years as painber for the Chgr- ley division of Lancashire, prior to his accession tothe peerage, son big father’s death three years ago. For ‘d Baleares (pronounced “Bal- suleple) as he was in his House of was immensely popu- lar peo with political friends and opponents alike. House, the other three being Sir George Younger, Unionist Member for ; Mr. Ure, then Lord Advocate = Scotland in Mr. Asquith’s Goyern- (ment, and Sir Edward Carson. Which goes to show that the House of es mons is pretty catholic in its tastes regards its favorites. For some years the then ca Bal- = 2 hi fact, his tact and genial- ity had et a rele to do with keeping M went to the front as an ambulance bearer, enlisting as a’private and sub- sequently attaining the rank of “Cor- poral Crawford.” ‘The Tory Democrat. David Alexander aes Lindsay is his full name, but he is known to — his Brena and "Sele siuniher is legion) a fund of humor which never degene! ates into bitterness. oe ie hoes n thousand acres, and a ¢ le of fide county. texas Gelgh Halt Wigan, Barl of Crawford. and ‘Baleares House in Fifeshire, for one division of which Bapttial county Mr. Asquith is mem mthe Lindeaya, of which family he if ually epreyals in their family, though, as it happens, the present Earl's hair is dark, In the same way, all over ee CS oes “the b the Doug lasses as “tl Black Douglasses.” The present a Crawford has six childrens two boy! ue of oa the elder, the heir to the earl. dom, is sixteen years old, and four girl His is je younger aagbeee of the ‘ats sir Henry Pelly, jaronet. Her elder sister, as Miss jady-in- Sree to H.R.H, the Duchess of Connaught, and married Capt. Rivers- Bulkeley, A.D.C. to the Duke, who was killed in action the year before last. Lord Crawford is. an and belongs to the Fine Arts Club. 3a Parliamentary speaker he. is bright | 5¢¢) and original, and, while he has no e | pretensions of éloquence, his speeches are full of sound common sense, ey are The Lindsays are one of the great- {est houses in Scotland. The Earl 2 Crawford is the twenty-seventh eai ier Earl of Scotland. The be 0 Conqueror, and_members ut it fre- quently ipeaeainreied wiih Be Royal Scottish houses of Bruce and ee alter de Lindsay, an ances! ord Crawford's, sat in the Bent a lord, in virtue of his ¢ first earl, who was known ord of d 2 a side in the battle of Marston Moor, abe the earl sat for ee, pea pramerpied ars | aporisive: soll if 0 | culture shall ks teenth early Jey ean Royalist | man, The Blue Birds and the Boy Next re P almost there, my dear!” We vee La Bue one "eloroos y ‘e wing: spring morni, 2 Southlanjl, for the spring had come. “I’m so glad!” chattered his little Fr di ‘I ce ered Bluebird, “It took Senne 5 days? fighting, and then lady in the big house had to tata drive them away. Saucy ene 4 mder if that awful boy still lives next door? low he used to Bets ed after a while. Mr. Bluebird said nothing. The boy |§° het next door had frightened him, but he did not like. to say so before his timid little bars ea B i 2 = S s = a ‘ 5 Es aS @ wey But there a great dis- * | appointment awaited them. “Oh, what shall we do?” cried Mrs. Bluebird. “Y’m afraid we'll have to Py . ge aE & E Es had not come to live in their house, Something worse had Ipene Bight in the doorway, and stuck v was a of erate They eae Tet get into the house, ‘Toile can tease worse, a group of saucy sparrows hopped about and always gla dto see sO deat, Giere'e et awful boy! Let's go right away from here and get anest somewhere else.” et- | house next door. and Mrs. Mi Mrs. Bluebird twitter- |. Just then the boy, who had been next door, but they could not umier- stand what he said. I will tell you. “Mother! Mother!” he called. “The bluebirds have come b: in. I'm afraid-they will where else before she gets back.” The boy’s mother came to the door anjt looked over at the bluebird house. Mrs. Morris would be e back earlier than she expected them, and Mrs. Morris will not be here for a w yet. . th. a step~ Mr, |Clothespin. After that he went. back eR oma ink if we hurry we can get Ans before the sparrows,” twitiered “Hurry, my Mr, Bluebird sharply. dear.” They flutter over to their little ouse, “How good it is to back seniats chatted Mrs. Bluebird. “And w boy! He can’t be so bad, es a “No, you will not need to be afraid ebird; Youth’s Companion. ;| Which the family held ee) oe was eld others, may from the fact that me Ring as james IV of Scotland, in 1488, created the jar! of Crawford of that day, who was Lord High pee and Lord Josticiary of SeseleeH Dake of Mont- ar] dunt a assume ae title. See upon the house of Graham, een ancient Scottish house, who hold i it to-day. However, we live in other days. The Earl of Crawford in the fifteenth very successfully, too, for he came triumphantly through seven elections in his House of Com- unaffected, sud less “stuck self” than he He Knew. “Now,” said the istry, “under what combination is gold most quickly released?” The student pondered a moment. ey know sir,” he answered, ‘“Mar- riage.’ Some Satisfaction. Miss Green—Of Res prs can’t believe everything you Miss Gadleigh-—Oh na pen repe: {has been so interestii | tive—as th on him-| 9 reaso! professor of chem- watch RATS IN TRENCHES. Killed by Electricity—How French Clean Rodents Out. Numerous have been the methods the soldiers in the veritable plague in the western war zone; but perhaps none ing—and so effec- e electric method. A trough e excavated along a rat-run adjoin- ing the Sanches} and over this are placed three wires running parallel to eal er. A constant supply of cur- Sar is maintained in the wires, which are spac a few inches apart. The pate in Ea the trough, come in cont e wires, peeuiing u a immediate deat Tt is reported th: hundreds of rats are killed each ee by this method, jececeniar pases Elephants Not Cowards. "The fear an elephant has for a rat has often been ex- The slephant, when captiye and in chains, has ev’ ard with nails of the helpless pachyder much of this sort of thing is rained to make the huge creature lame. Proving the Proverb. “Distance lends ee ‘to the view,’ some poet says.” “That's right! eae rate it’s easier to’ admire agirl when she’s well off.’ TEXT FOR MODERN PEOPLE “Get Thee a Teacher,” Is the Seer’s Advice to the Shick and Also to the Old. “Get thee a eae was a favorite of ncient Palestinian AML oahue the-aGh OF achiahy 2 porary, of the Roman Emperor Hadri: It is a splendid text for anodes people, as it was for the ancient “Get thee a teacher.” It is the seer’s advice tothe young, The years of childhood and of youth are the "of a child th inscribed thereon, of older people is likened to paper has been written upon many times and therefore carries only blurred impressions, That is “good ‘psychology as well as good ethics, Tet not the young be encouraged | merely to nibble at knowledge and | to make it a side jerse! ty ReeEBenE or idleness. . Do not and daughters to “oant thelr lahoul ha for oo reasons, oudh is goklen age of learning—there is = mone like it. ‘The Self-Made Man. t thee a teacher,” cation, It suprem that thely intellectual and pptetooel eep pace with their in- ig resources, I haye great admiration for the self-made He has had to overcome seri- ous handicaps and has succeeded ney- creased econom Some idea of the high esteem in ertheless, but the trouble with the the | impart ti hi ce tw te merely ey al, but long to tsciples. self-made man often is, as it has been said, that he diores his maker, He sometimes trusts too huch to his own powers and failto give the proper ople whose refinement themselves to win success, with tools of brute force or refined cruelty, too often the instruments of the suc- cessful, “Geb thee a teacher” is advice ot on See to heart. likewise by who have a goo seat as "thelr youth but who se is inue ti Takiglae owing to the rites of busi- ness and the Lure of the Pleasure Chase. ing and the atmosphere of culture, “Get thee a teacher.” Secure a mas- ter not only of know! charac! : influence of a high 10088 one who can elevate your sul as wel) as inform your mind, es the worth of a 9 study ynder re not satisfled become also teacher. only 3 well equipped who gan lead you to 9 fulley understand, niimate res a Rabbi Epharaim Frisch,