NOTES AND COMMENTS RAS the peeonne of the Great war one of the lessons most. deeply im- | pressed upon fre ‘world was the effici- with alee the Germans ha ery and inventive genius, but that they had the foresight to utilize what had} been a lon ag by others, In the matter] aviation, for example, they merely followed “the French | initiative, bub in the development of the Zeppelins they secured a lead which the Allies have not been able to overcome. Even in the adaptation of the aeroplanes that development pros e -coll lavend . lines 0 rigid that the slightest. de-|PurPler Sort Aosecol0r ulasback| INTERNATIONAL LESSON rangement of the pre-ordained plans| sn'eitte, ‘They. a ee ok ae oot t oh obstacles | on small close-fitting turbans and ; Lisbon einer to pro-| again on larger sailor sl a fatal checl pro- So perfect did they deem their Taubes and their battleplanes that de- degree that dest fie Seba flexibil lity, and the result has een that supremacy in this field has passed to the Allies, No more amazing aspect of the war has been presented in its later phases than the tee to which aerial paso iority has been seized by the French bi pipe a beg ne doubted success aahleved t ie oe “Allies i in sv thele desper- the exclusion of their foe, and could direct their attacks with a certainty that was Smpoenitls to soldiers fight. ing in the dark. ead cs and photo- arene. earn almost un- he cieaning up of intricate German trenches no long- er a matter of guesswork. ‘The explanation may be found, per- haps, not only in the discovery and ap- but a the fact that the military Sur tor: both countries were not bow: to oily apyeined rules and tines eir yery unprepared~ Sue Sekt in into service every avail- able type of plane and engine and both have grown amazingly under the spur of dire necessity. This Ditiriee sp and adaptability has been shown in all other lines military activity. Greater and more powerful artillery has been brou; to bear upon the Germ: found vilish innovations of “frightfulness” —the attacks by gas and fire—and now comes the startling announcement. of an. ee monster in the, service o! itish that sweeps over the battlefield. pais trenches en- inglements, making easy that ee ing-back process that is becoming s serious for the iad of French and Belgian ———_—*t—- — GERMAN PRISONERS. How the French Secure Them From Running Away. n American who fought with the eke, gives in the Atlantic Monthly a lively description of a successful at- tac enemy's er and the covered with our mei il at once came a change. e German. artillery in front ceased firin e the trench ahead the German troops were pouring out in black masses and advancing toward us at a trot. Was it a counter-attack? Then, as sudden- ly our own artillery ceased firing and the mystery became plain. The Ger- mans were approaching in columns of e steady cry, raden! y were surrendering. Out flew our knives, and in less time than it “takes to tell it we had mingled among e prisoners, slicing off their trouser buttons, cutting off suspenders and hacking through belts. We cut ‘0 the r ee soldiers to ject rather than to guar the Germans had left the trenches, their artillery had ens thinking it, a counter-att as file was escorted to rear and it became apparent that SF Fae sae surréndered, the German ar- opened up again furiously. Six tals landed at the same instant in almost the same place, and with tion 8 of our company had almost disappeared. pe She Knew Better. Mrs. Wiseman was one of those wo- * men who always atever the subject under discussion, she had her own opinions, and made other peo- ple have them, to: “Joshua,” sald. rahe to her husband I saw in this morning’s old Mr. Biffer died on Sat- Eon was a baer as mumbled Josh. he ben eal to ,unlace his iter pie died on Frida; e paper raid pe) ” 68 peated Mv, Wiseman, firml, “I know it did,” peta Be t it was an error in the it”? oug! that at first, ? ald the mistake over and over again like ” that!” id draped. over the top of a sm: to| and others without. And they come anes in avariety of colors to suit every com- THE SUND AY LESSON pl ny taste. Some of the ; a) dress of black yet with a long placed. in ‘in most.of the autumn models. Paquin % le many dresses noticeably longer, both for street and evening THE FASHIONS wear, and many bf ‘the other Perisian couturieres have lengthened the skirts for the coming season, though not to an d ae ie ‘The Long ing Veil. have aay t lost any ir fulness in sepia ae ward tendency. They si new veil is a long, flowing one Ply Talon the lines of the figure more mall eae and do not flare as much. The ith a narrow turn ed skirts oa crinoline effects are wn brim, like the one pictured hag metal ead ad some Eiht irae itt is caught together in front t in their stead, especial- evening and afternoon Gresses of satins, ies ‘nd soft a sa age it Range safely down the bac ry be pbbinat tik FAO TUE charming ' your Deal: MeCall ‘Date Ge fact veg of this type nowadays. ae Tee¥ | MeCall Company, 70 Bond Street, Tor- made of chiffon, silk net or lace; onto, Ontario. gee cf then futhed with borders lexion and eve rettiest ones are in lovely shades of Lesson I1I.—The Appeal to Cxsar— a ‘Acts 25. Golden Text— Matt. 10. 25: one pictured here bodice fitted at the waist with on Pleats. The ski a full tunic) Verse 1, Porcius’ Festus was pleated at the waist and Tada ithe great improvement on Felix, but he Po bublat loop pockets, which were faced | died provine: purple satin to match the rephite: braided design which dress. This, is one of the pn designs for dae aatit certainly is | j @ most becoming one. was cleverly cut to form a point be- ly. low the elbow, where a silk tassel was vor—Compare v2rses ‘A Popular Fall Model. ° There is another type of dress for fall which j is rapidly or more and more advocates every day. This is the one-piece frock of whisises Ae lustration if’shown here, It shows Tn, his inflexible sense of justice that depénd entirely on the prison- er’s conse! 5 Tite. describes in verses 15, 16 his view of the Jews’ request . 3 appears that informed (verse 2) in- cluded an audacious request that Fes- tus would pronounce would urge that Feli | left him in custody without grave rea- son. ly the request to have| him tried in Jerusalem—where ne i She e more easily secured—| a wa: Jews’ alternative eats after tthe first had been refused. Anything amiss—| ite crusted brig-| In earlier Greek nb} “strange, out of place,” but it was now ordinary ee for “Wrong.” | Cha: nature of which ry be inferred tram-verae 8, whith 2 a list of esata in Paul’s speech iy siais own defen: "To gain—Literally, “to deposit,” one doea hia: ha ; the same state- ment is made of Felix in Acts 24. 27. ope me—Naturally im 7407-7405 court.” But verse 20 nana | é , i ests that Festus meant the ex- Satin Dress Braided with Soutache sone to conduct the trial in Ae Prem ence, so that it would virt mean trial by the Sanhedrin, Bestos “fhoughe | y leaving it in their hands i fi the straighter effect. aria long “raped which Parisian houses have made point of featuring tule sean Lode straps starting from the shoulders, under the large collar, and working down on either side of the front, relieve the severity of this sim. Roman criminal lav. ot ¥ le desi prepared to acquit him, sa Placed or both the strava balers the the strength and nantmity of Jewish belt line. feeling against him. was bound] to sift this, if only because it was evid. ently a danger to the nobly sears: however tiatocent Paul mi; Bure sev! 10. Paul knew the aes “of the road, and knew that the serious mat- x than Festus suspected. But his determination to complete the emanci- ome of the one-piece dresses, a long, narrow girdle in a loose knot, elt is generally arranged at the low apie Hine, giving a suggestion of the Moyen| ge effect, which, itis predicted, will corse Popular a presumably by the death of his father; his Rome, so of- anticipated; without money the appeal, in theory allowed citizen, was impossible. this, of course, was determined by the vision hs the Lord himself in Acts 23. 11. Ve used is not ee whi as: ie not—See the para-/| vor (mar- (cohors in Latin) who acted as asses- sors. Festus might perhaps have of- fered ‘Paul an acquittal at once, and his difficulty was that which he ex. presses in verse his assessors’ navice, he decides to accept the shift- of responsiblity. — After definite igimlowlay the Miteataetncda e would no longer pronounce a ver- dict of acpuittal (Acts 26. 82). oo —__—_ aa Solomonic Decision. An Example of the Straighter Effect ao be simply though poartly dress- ome of the colors are dark Ga terra cotta, naiae and green. the The combinations in checked velours are dark green with beige, gray with navy blue, and beige with Burgundy, not to pestis black and white check, sey never seem to lose their popula: quarrelled violently as to its division. brother rs determined to appoint . For a long hie ts then delivered judgm aid he, potnting. fo the Be faba. divide Aa far s you think ene Are ne and Straighter it ;” he. ices point- ded tendency to| ing to the amangee “ghall have the fitst ‘ieee feet siaighter hanging skixta choice.” «j oe plying “in| »* Council—His Dexnotinl wate los Two brothers inherited a farm and| te A child to to bing the book to school, The| FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. What is Going On in the Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. Glasgow municipal farms last sea- profit of $15,000. raise a Volunteer bat- ene in “Forfarhve has "been ac- cepted by Mr. ie Kyle, Stirling’s oldest iy Peete has just died at the age of 97 y Wo omen are laying a cable at Bo’ness, Tinlithgowahite, of the electri rie light scheme. Sir George McCrae of Edinburgh is in a base fin ital in France, suffering Battalion Ayreshire Volunteers’ Regi- ment is to be raised in the county of has occurred of Mr. Henry Rutherford, for over forty years manager of Aberlady Gas Com- ny. The constables connected with the Stirlingshire police force have been a war bonus of 84 cents per es Susteeds it saree of age; was bur t Lentran, near Tnvernes a cee that gutted four houses. y more sal soldiers re- cently arrive Gordon Castle, Hospital, Macagahive, making a total of 0 inmates, morial e the late Field Mar- as part | or Tommy's i It is very well, s be | £0 uid.” the youngest of the pitts but ‘Tom<| pumping, so the w: praad I was coming as fast as I Then he set the windmill to ater could not any higher in the well, and started after hel, Every house that he came to was gone-to_the ci my had found that even being young) has bo epee and to-day they seem- His brothers had ee saved: ry Rass |eus. So he: me toward ing circus, They ha joney until they hed annie side show en Mean penutat two and for peanuts. i bad we can't afford tickets to te wie Weebl of eee 4 tent,” they said; “but we'll see the! he@ panic ane = the music, anyway. the the om was going. Ab ; Ist, he sipowel 2 oat wa tn _Sttet "he met Lis” fatiier “Uciving Tommy,” cried Johi - FOU cou’ wal | ee aus while he had, told his tee on had si to climb into diiatat chance ie ome, mmy stopped short. sas nel Ba ‘his f father stopped hi had never walked so far as that. So he handed ‘What! Carry a big boy like you?” ere “That's it!” said Tommy. “I’m! after I get Bossy out.” eer too big or too little for every-| ‘hree hours Jota oat plant He knew it was no ia to begs bei on a tent rope as he waited: f had learned that long ag: father, saw iG beth He saw them tram a ray out ah he shouted: sight over the hill and, be trying hard,’ They came over to where he was back his tears; then he dug tun- gating and listened to his story, first then abhut what he “Hey, nol was unveil ide ; as he happened t ard the had seen anal the big eats Pan i SrpEOY by his | windmill, he saw Bossy, the cow, push| “Whew!” said Jo ne as oie helped pee eens aren a Baw the gate and wander inside the Lo to Tommy's peanuts. “It's » wel | great to be the youngest. ot the family. SALLIE CHA OeTIVG RILEY pte net hed Colquhoun, He ran as hard as he could, but it It pee as if Tommy was born lucky.’ . HIRCH. een awar e Victoria Cross | was too late; for as Bossy stepp: -| “I know he was bom ‘aithtal, ” said was announced sean in Sai for conspicuous bravery in the field. | ward the edge of the well, the bank! a quiet voi ir! thet is Prine £10 cont of the four, M.P., First Lord ) gay, id down she went ten! of the Admiralty, has begun an of- 4}, | ficial visit of inspection of the. Clyde , |shipyards and engineering w ia iaeeting ah, Deeside < pistelet Committee, the M.O.H. for Aberdeen- Sub His Majest: ni ant in September, 1915. When war Instead an ‘avé, and was operated upon | to the Lord Mayor of London’s he | a whale was washed up on the coast -| of Colonsay, off Argyllshire, but was nm sic] afterwards swept away by a higher leave, gastric disorder, He returned to active duty in May of is year. s a = . Daniel Basi, lecturer ‘on Hu- sanity in Glaskow - Universiey wall recently “growed, together with his Cate KASHA THE SMASHER. brother, the Rev, E. B. Rankin, near Something About the Famous Russian | North "here ick. : General. Logierait oe Board, at a re- : f cent meeting, ado) a motion of tts Ragen airs lekneme fr (pratt “agente cling up fo General military service Tr. ean, driven the Austrians before him in| headmaster of Logierait schoo Galicia, in a dozen battles, is “Paps | "Ae a special mecting of Fat ha, a writer, i 5 sn wa tiasad sc lceieecomamea tole h periodical tells us; is - reakfast | nf. Robert: Dollar, San Francisco, re dish is beloved by Russian tering a gift of $15,000 for the erec. bucket ie met ey cetd tion of public baths in the burgh of Tea er aor vice wus Ate wa Pall of which he was a native. introduce it as a regular Sine ta 9 the Russian soldier. | TRUEST KIND OF CHRISTIAN, Although his name was not widely| known. befor ecent campaign, : rierit Alexei Grasuiloff hastor-aomel | Chaplains Striking Tribute been recognized in Russian mili- | British Army Men Sa brilliant strategist | An invalded chaplain made the h broke | following statement to a special cor- 14th | respondent hs oe been interview- Army Corps on the Galician trenton |i ing the wounded Southampton, | ‘and he took a prominent part in all! England: 7" B: to the the earlier operations in that sae of a Ae is quite a exception to find a the eastern front. owing the slightest sign of Early in’April last he What | Succeeded Nereansies or even irritation. General Ivanoff in command of the}I regard as the spirit of Christianity southern Russian army, and at once | is most extraordinarily strong in our ; he began to Sar assiduously for | men. | Nobo tells the injured man to, k after himself, ability in maneuvring large bodies of of them without knowing it. Do you men, and he was permitted to Paty what have become the most his own way. autiful _ material The yictorious commander, like | most ofthe other successful ols iz eons the mos blood in the world, the ' fles at and blood of our elt te at “He is d | reported be here picture of health ta vitality, er, is amazing. qv at present,-in: apite of sixteen Hour’ one, "ihe less we néed to Sines or work aday. In all weathers he will“ inapeee BinPErvople Buaeelate the vital’; points along his front. car cannot take him whe! HANDSOME SOLDIERS. to go on account of the bad roads, rt Drill Makes the Wane Paske Toy ‘Their Laurels. will continue his journey for many | miles if necessary on horseback. Tite ee tion. Sie tah weadeeeneenle eonalialony? was all he said when he was congrat- | ulated on ee victories. «Brussiloft i a man of y few words. | On His Furlough. as The reading ey was on, and the Cyercises.” word “furlou occurred, Miss. of “various syste lsiges'to. which ¢ apaciuibeDonded pra tt & wonderful,” said one, “how fit Lkeep if T set aside just a quarter ‘ew simple Huth wis equally en- thusiastic, but arene comeliness Jones, the ne asked if any are stead of health. Her desire, frankly girl or boy knew the meaning pressed, was -to spe “pr eee on, small hand was railed flesh.” “I sit so long work Said the| that I need something er conabpaet Miss Jones, told the next morning the child waibia: topke aid lumbar showed a picture of an American soldier rid- ing a mule, under which was the cap- tion—"Golne aeateann furlough.” ‘The River _Dainoss, oe Wucny Aiken ica, is over three miles broad. for nearly half ite course, while during floods the width, even at places far from the sea, is often a hundred miles, sisters that laurels. Great philosophers and statesmen have been noticed to have large and sloping ears. Measuring about 78 feet in length, | r Shings ide; they. couldlig snore CHS vf palatal combination is St. Vitus’ dance} a they’ must- look to their] e way, feet into three feet of water. | the si looked at her as she flound-| said. 8 to Be een as Ae eA {Sou call it, you'll all get a ride how “wey he soolded, it you badonly| Youth's ‘Companion. [prerentin of “all kinds of diseases, es~ i ete of et peace h raet In é combat against tuberculosis, the HEAL fe Reaper ye v3 ke! Tuberculosis a House Disease. | er protection of the body, but it is de- Now that winter is coi aes on, there} atrable. to utter. this note a warning, rill be a dlapantiioncUeh hp , the peo great many people to. prepare tor ie i. dt woe cake oa ‘sleeping in advance by m ir houses air-| the open air, but should rather They ‘vill do via for the por |pare to continue this throughout the against colds and diseases believed Health Notes. be incident to y bank the house around with manure cl Flowers with a heavy celgeg are jae and put storm windows on, to-| not pleasant in the sick ri r with storm doors, to, if pos- | A raw onion Nene ele, keep out the cold air. ‘sting will allay irritation, pe ima These precautions, however, are Swelling. |directly opposed to sanitation and| If you get a fish-bone in you - | good health, Instead of preventing throat peo a raw egg; it will bes | colds and diseases of “the respiratory TY ib ay tract, they but contribute to them.| The i i The room should nev very fact that patients are taken into grees nor above 6 the open air for treatment, is sug-' th of salt on the bythe ae gestive that the oom air should be lowed sn minutes after by a drii hy admitted the dwelling, cold w res a Theada ae Thi ee 4 ehil’s sick er be under 60 d is especially te with reference For “aeOnks Saturate old-fashioned sleeping roo open brown wrapping paper in sstioaiee ierng apartment should be provid solution; dry and burn. Inhale ed. No bedroom but that should smoke jhave an abundance of air admitted to _ If a sever it whenever occupied. a A thorough ennai of the house from basement to garret should be, made, with such ee as may] be available in home | healthful. The Jonson of bed- | |rooms should be constant, as’ it re- uires a vast amount of fresh air ur for an adult, 8,500 cubic It requires 3,000 e bruise is treated imme- soreness, and it will not turn dark. pee Attending to Business, “You say the officer arrested ys while you ‘were quietly minding gute Feach ho hedrin, and he wants d nytt “ H ht Th ils most “favored far} tti#l than the Satihedrin, He is entirely’ uaconscfous: that Hote cubic feet “Yes, your honor. He caught me these ia eflecl frocks are satin, broad-| = bee es rb hi he may sisted ht that By TONED | has done. anthing jn the lerct, ont each hour for a youth and about suddenly by the coat-collar and threat» cloth, trleotiniey, -fatioy- 20.00 With Wis presching, .. Que wha ye ¥ F La no ideatte 2,500 cubic feet each hour for a lit- ened to truncheon me unless I accom: twill bardi nd a ¥ can write as he does in Rom. 18 of the| tions. Only through cavalry, he said, | of the way in aiding other wounded | 7° 917 | panied him quietly to the station?” vee fates ace pit The! government, who acknowledge ~ no| could a rout, as distinguished from a} ek ea care so eee St “ : arisienne favo: 1 jersey wer oe tbeteleh tsaf-tha-Sawidhsruldie [ners apreiira Wal; “bet: desured: of thing all the time, often using | In this connection, itmight be well to| “Yo e peaceably attending to highly for these peers piece frocks, also. ae ae ee wecaltduncenictlagniy Koni i sa er d | |abominaby bel nowiee ‘while done \state that the proper care of the body, ' mon om ag Be mee no noise the checked velours de laine which are TEL Sime Had cl tGe cect Belen Paee ab duiciay av thesebatlon would ahd Beis taking sich “things sith a frequent bathing and natriti- * teen nce of any kind? soisiic A gyn These] their courts, he determi demand in the broad intervals of open with a laugh-and a s an ordin- {0S diet are essential sepetiely Temata var sfrasts e. What i ae rie dad sank cent, OPPINE; | the great issus to the highest court of | country between the lines of the en-|#¥V part of the day's work, If this “Bowing shared : fire sae ila ee motoring and such occasions when one all; i would give him the supreme op-| emy’s intrenchments. jis ae e Christianity, what is tt The Aad bi environment Fag sa se aah * portunity of his, life, even if he were} The Russian military wiseacres|_ “God ‘less their brave hearts. We home, is of first consideration in the! “I'm a burglar, ‘ condemned. It should be added that ee their heads, But Brussiloff have an army of heroes, ‘They are | = was now clearly a money man— own marvelous skill and adapt- the truest sort of Christians; many ‘TRIUMPH OVER YOUR BURDENS — Many Lives Have Crowns of Victory Woven From the Glory of | the Burdens Borne Successfully, | | “For the bed is shorter than oe a} foolish he is, iin tp meee knows what man can stretch himself on ni s borne it. It the covering narrower than that he | is the burden nthe te weeded bravel; can wrap himself in_ it.”—Isaiah, | land courageously t at becomes light, | xxviii, 20. ings before which men shrin| This was a discouraging condition, | in fear es day seem absurdly simple Here was a man deprived of sleep and) to-morro [its benefits because his bed was too! Life Doses End With Death, | short and his’covering too narrow. It was a thorn of life, As the thom The despairing person is willing to blem he could hh ave triumphed or he could have surrendered, as do men to-day. Much to be aoe rei aHalaieea by trot tempted to Saat ‘hat 1 his Tot | ‘s lhe worst in life. So it seems to one i considera his affairs only. Leb me interested in the lives) e ean him and he will see he is phase when it is reached one finds that eet is more to follow. 1. ie s| ends, one’s fancy can carry urther. . Life doesn’t yale ig daatht faith lives hayond the grave. oward n things are dark- est; that is the le when the hero be- gins to battle all the harder. nig never exist8 inthe life of the vali- jo matter how bad| ant. 5 < & = & a Ey It is easy to yield to the troubles of lites it Ja always potaible to surrender meekly admit defeat. When life's aittiguty comes don't be conceited en- ough to think your lot-is the worst; jon’t be weak enough to sa: above all things thache causes suffering, but a more and inflammatory rheumatism. brood causes despondency, brings pity, but espondency and pity mulae that erustorvone. and | To y The weak kneed brother, discourag- his lot, it folds his hands| these extuses, but instead ho used a <i announces to all the world that he} ly -Rey, Albert Wm. H, Thomp- never ba his burden, How, s .