= Simple and unromantic as is the exation of making wills, there not only frequently occur most ex- traordinary of blunders and_ the "perpetuation of equally remarkable whims and oddities of testators, but there also enters in very fre- quently an element of romance which «most ple would scarcely associate with legal proceedings of this' character, says Chambers's Journal, ; e For example, quite recently a certain church in Gloucestershire lost a substantial amount ef mon- ey by reason of the officials not ~ having paid a last tribute to a ben- - efactor of the church by not attend- ing his funeral, Not one of them apparently thought it worth while to be present. One can imagine their chagrin when a few hours la- ter the will was read, and it was found that the deceased gentleman had left a codicil bequeathing the sum of $500 to the chapel in ques- tion for each deacon who attended 'he funeral. As there were nine such officials, the loss caused by this omission was a very consider- able one, : Recently an elderly woman died in Paris,-leaving directions as to her funeral which were of an ex- tremely eccentric character, A nephew who had always expressed his affection for the old woman, and had cultivated her assiduously, knew that he was the sole executor, and upon him in consequence de- volved the duty of carrying or not carrying out her wishes. cyte 8 the deceased was believed to well off, she was not supposed by anyone to be really wealthy. Amongst the directions were the following: That her ex- ecutor should watch for two nights beside her body, which was then to merchant, Bacheimer, who, though / restaurant, and to wash up the pots the owner of an immense fortune, yet lived a double life, going to business daily and returning to a small tenement in one of the poor- est quarters of the city in which he lived, where his expenses did not amount to more than twenty kron- er a week (roughly, $3.75), and where he was looked upon as not only a poor man, but as a rather "near" customer. He changed his clothes at a small restaurant close to his business quarters before go- ing to his office, and again ere returning. to uis home. When he died at the age of just over 60, he was found to be worth upwards of $500,000, the whole of which sum, save for a few legacies to the tenement-house in which he lived, was left to the beautiful with whom he had for some years carried on an intrigue. By this stroke of fertune, a girl who was accustomed to serve in an obscure and pans, was suddenly made one of the richest young women in Hungary. . Anther continental will of a strange character was that of an eccentric German professor of Ber- lin who died about a century ago. For his,only near relative he enter- tained-a great dislike, but left him the whole of his property upon con- dition that he should always wear white linen clothes throughout the year and not supplement them in severe weather by any other gar- ment ! A very brief and sarcastic will was that of a certain Bristol trades- man who left his wife only a shil- ling to buy walnuts with, as "be- ing the only thing she really cares for, and which she many times wasted much time in cracking in- stead of darning my stockings." A Canadian will, that of a cer- for the dis-| posal of her body, the funeral; ete., tain Dr. Dunlop, has often been quoted. It probably contains some of the most maliciously expressed bequests on record. To one brother become an Independent. 'the doctor left his books so that he! might learn to read and acquire' /common sense; to another brother | | he left his big silver watch, that the' King was reigning I did make my son wear a ausece being desirous that he should become a bishop. As for myself, I did follow the religion of lay minister; then came Scotch, who made me a Presbyterian; but since the time of Cromwell I have These are, methinks, the three principal religions of the kingdom; if any- one of the three can save a soul, to that I claim to belong. If, there- fore, my executors can find my soul, I desire they will return it to Him who gave it to me. "Item: I will have no monument, for then I must needs have an epi- taph and verses over my carcass; during my life I have had enough of these. "T give all my wild beasts to the Karl of Salisbury; being very sure that he will preserve them, seeing that he refused the King a doe out of his park. "T give nothing to my Lord Saye, and I do make him this lega- cy willingly, because I know that he will faithfully distribute it unto the poor. "Ttem: I bequeath to Thomas May, whose nose I did break at a masquerade five shillings; my intention had been to give him more, but all who have: seen his histery of the Parliament will consider that even this sum is daughter of a restaurant-keeper Then followed a sarcastic be- quest to the Lieutenant General Cromwell, to whom the testator gave "one of my words, which he must want, seeing that he hath never kept any of his own." Several testators have made wills leaving large sums of money con- ditional upon the early rising of the beneficeries. Perhaps one of the most notable of this kind was that of a man named Sergeant of Leicester, who left his considerable fortune to his nephews, failing oth- er heirs, on condition that they ob- served the practice of early rising ; and the onus was laid upon them of proving to the satisfaction of the executors that they had risen during the period from April ist to Octeber 5th in each year at five be encased in a glass casket special-| said brother might know the hour! o'clock in the morning, and for the made and roughly shaped to the! at which men ought to get up of a/ rest of the year at 7, occupying te : féure, and hermetically sealed,! morning. To his brother-in-law he | themselves for two hours after ris- | which was in turn to be deposited | left his best pipe, in a coffin made of mahogany, lined| that he married my sister Maggie, | business. "in gratitude} ing in open-air exercise, study or IlIness alone was to be 'the sum of $500, which, he some- with lead and padded with most! whom no man of taste would ever! held as an exemption, and even the} expensive satin; and, further, that | have taken"; and to the eldest son| lost time was to be made up after her remains were to be taken to her nav.ve town of Aries, in the south- east of France, and there ultimate- ly buried in a mausoleum which was to cost a very sum. The old woman finished her «irections in the following words: "Tt is left to my dear nephew to see that my wishes are carried out, and he will have the satisfaction of knowing that he is pleasing me even though the expense entailed should be more than my means entirely _ justify.' The will itself -was not to be opened until after the inter- -ment, which owing to the building of the mausoleum, was delayed several weeks. This fact might have put some men on the qui vive, and make them at least presume that the disposition of the old wo-| largely de-} man's property would pend on the faithful carrying out or otherwise of her last wishes. M. Boutet, her nephew, however, _ was of a suspicious and parsimon- Jous nature, and he concluded that the old woman had arranged for the reading of her will and the discov-| two friends in a former ery of her property to. be postponed | till after her burial lest he should decline to go to the expense or, if her wishes were carried should have perhaps even to bear a portion of it himself. decided that the old woman's wish: es were preposterous, and as the discretion was left to him as to whether or no they should be car- ried out, he decided neither to pro- vide the glass casket nor to build the elaborate mausoleum, which would have cost 5,000 or 6,000 francs. His relative's remains _were placed in quite an ordinary _ coffin, taken to Aries and buried in the cemetery in a cheap grave, _ leased for a period of ten years. _ When the will was read the day after the interment, it was found _ that the old lady had really been a wealthy woman, who for a period of 85 years had been saving and in- vesting three-fifths of her income, and that the fortune she left --be- _ hind amounted to nearly 1,000,0908. or $200,000. In the will occurred the following passage: "To my dear nephew, Leon Boutet, I leave my entire property of whatsoever na- _ ture, provided that he has carried ut in every particular my wishes egarding the disposal of my body, which were set out in the letter ad- dressed to him. In the evéni of his having complied with these in- Junctions, I leave the whole of my fortune to the five charities here- after named, after payment. of the sum of 5,000f. to the maid who shall be in my employ at the time of my death ; the sum of 1,000f. to the concierge, if any, of the house in yhich 1 am living at the time of decease ; the sum of 2,000f. to medical man who attends me in. my last illness, and the sum of 100f, to my said nephew, Leon Boutet, for purchase of a souvenir." "- 'can imagine the disgust with h the dear nephew ae hie' r% " st 5 the latter might meit it down considerable | out, | M. Boutet | 'as equally strange bequests. 'same souls or what their destina- | of a friend he left a silver tankard, | i lest, if he left it to the friend him- | self--who was a rabid teetotaler-- to cast temperance medals. To one of| his sisters he left a silver drink cup! "for reasons best known to her-| self ;" to another the family Bible, so that she might learn as much of its spirit as she already knew of its letter, and to become a_ better Christian, and to his eldest sister a five-acre field to console her for being married to a man that she had to henpeck. Sometimes humor of a less acrid character is found in the clauses of a will. A famous French marquis left a will of this kind. To a M. Boussey he left his bless-/ ing, to compensate him for the curses which a neighbor appeared to have heaped upon him every day, | with the pious |hope that the said blessing might be useful to the re- cipient on the judgment day. In another clause he withdrew lega- cies of considerable amount left to will, be- cause they had so frequently pro- claimed the testator as a man who would eut a farthing into four pieces; adding that he would on no account be the means of obliging them to alter their opinion. One of the old soldiers of the Guard located in the Invalides re-| ceived the handsome annuity of 20,- 000f. ($4,000) from the circumstance that one day, while on guard at) Pont des Arts, he had paid the, toll of a cent for the marquis, | whose shabby attire had led the oid soldier to esteem him in need of; charity. The final clause of this! singular will read: '"'I leave to my} relatives oblivion, to my friends in- | gratitude, and my soul to God. | Regarding my body it belongs to my} family vault." An illustrated paper for the | month of January, 1877, contains a! brief extract from the will of a lately deceased Scotchman whose) son happened to be a medical man: "T bequeath my two watches to my son, because I know he is sure to, dissect them." A revengeful and terrible will by} a west country squire of the early part of the last century provided a handsome legacy amounting to sev-| eral thousand pounds for a ne'er- | do-well son that he might have the ; means of drinking himself to death | and going to the devil as fast as_| possible, Anot.er well-nown will was that of Philip, fifth Earl of Pembroke | and Montgomery, who lived during! the disturbed period of the seven- teenth century, which contains some peculiar phraseology as --well it runs: = _ "Firstly, as to my soul, Ido con- fess I have even heard men speak of the soul; but what may be these tion, God only knows, for myself I be ed not. Men have likewise talk-. ed to me of another world which I have never visited, nor do I even s| know a knowledge of the ground: 'that leadeth thereto. | When the j} which the key could be pushed, so Land interred in the usual way. "usual in providing that the exeeu- interest bequeathed to the said Wal- recovery by the defaulters rising half an hour earlier each day until the time was worked off. At all events, the worthy M~. Sergeant of Leicester was gifted with common sense to a larger degree than many | other eccentric testators. | Many curious directions have been left from time to time regard- ing the disposal of the testator's body after death. That this matter) has been one of concern since very early times is proved by the wilt of | a Comte du Chatelet, who died to- ward the end of the thirteenth ce 1- tury and left directions that one of} the pillars in the church of Neuf Chateau should be hollowed out} and his body placed in it in a stand- ing position, in order, as he says, "that the common people may aot, walk upen me,"' Quite the opposite spirit animat- ed one of the greatest dukes of Normandy, Richard Sans Peur, who directed in Norman-French at the time that he wished to be bur- ied before the porch of tne church, so that all who entered might tread him under foot. His desire was carried out, and for a considerable period he lay in the position he had chosen outside the Abbey of Fe- camp, until at last one of the Ab-! bots, considering that so great a personage deserved. more decent burial, exhumed the body and re-| interred it in front of. the high al-| tar. A yery curious desire was that of a farmer in Hertfordshire, who! asked in his will, which was open-| ed at his death, that as he was ab-} out to take a 30-year nap in his} coffin might be suspended from. a! beam in one of his barns, and not nailed down. It might be locked, | but then only on condition that a hole was left in the coffin through | that the farmer might let himself out when he awoke. When the 30! years had elapsed his nephew, who! inherited his property, seeing the! deceased showing no signs of awak-| ening after giving him a_ year's grace, had the coffin taken down Propably one of the earliest ex- amples in England of cremation being prescribed by a testator was that of a Mrs. Pratt of George street, Hanover Square, London, who decreed that her body should be burned to ashes in the new bury- ing ground adjoining Tyburn turn- pike. Many wills containing curious be- quests to wives have from time to time been made. Perhaps the most common practice is to insert a clause depriving the wifely bene- ficiary of -any interest left her in the case of remarriage; but~ surely Walter Frampton, Mayor of Bris- tol, who died in December, 1838, earried this somewhat farther than tors should not only repossess themselves of al! the property and ter Frampton's widow in the event of her remarriage, but should de- clare such action by the sound of ito be, but that it does | possess a magic of her own to draw !the earth, but there is no (The Durbar Will Be Held in the ithe Indian coronation | Bengal and Thibet. trumpet at the High Cross. -- ~~ 'Another testator left to his wife what humorously added, "she was not to enjoy or use until after her death, so that she might at least be assured of a burial suitable to her position as my widow." via. LIFE IN CANADA. Right: Kind of Person Can Get Along, Says English Paper. A large proportion of those who go out to Canada, says the Evening Standard, do not realize that the conditions of existence are not the same as they are in England. In some respects Canada is like a fcr- eign country. It is more largely influenced by American methods and ideals than the stay-at-home Englishman imagines, and it natur- ally takes time for one to get out of the familiar track and become habituated to a new outlook on life. | The country also is raw and ungar-| nished, and the casual, make-shift, conditions are irritating to people accustomed to the well-oiled order-, liness of England. Educated per-, sons miss the historic background, | the culture, and the multitudinous social amenities of the Homeland. Canada is busy with elemental things, with logs and plough and roads and bridges and railroads, and has no time at present to at- tend to the graces of civilization. As Kipling makes it say: | "(My speech is clean and single, T talk of common things ; Words of the wharf and the market- place, And the ware the merchant brings."' : Such conditions are attractive to many natures who experience a keen satisfaction in taking part in laying the feundations ef a great nation, but there are others, train- ed in a conventional groove, who find them irksome, and are unable to take kindy to the soil into which they have been transplanted. This is particularly the case with namon, according to the thickness | delicious. those who have reached middle age. | The wrench is often too great for tie with twine and set in a coolladd the beaten yetks of four eggs | them, and many return to the Old Countyy. We find, in fact, that, | in. a ion to the broad tide of) humanity flowing into Canada,/| there is a thin stream trickling back of disappointed persons, and' it is these who speak slightingly of, the country. It is not that the country is not all it is represented | not suit! their particular temperament. England, of course, will always back from the ends of reason why the right kind of person with the right kind of aims should not find in Canada a real home and a full and satisfactory existence. her exiles E------ THE KING'S VISIT TO INDIA. Old Fort at Dethi. It is now definitely settled that' durbar or; state levee shall be at Delhi, the ancient seat of the House of Timur, | on December 12th, of this year.' Thus the ceremony, which will be, |of overwhelming magnificence, will avoid any of the native fasts that! |fall due about the beginning of the! new year. | Arrangements for the durbar are already in the hands of Sir J. Hew-! 'itt, who has been relieved of his ' duties as one of the Provincial Lieu-| tenant-Governors to for the historie event. After the durbar ceremonies, | which will last a week, the King and Queen will visit Khatiwandu, ! the capital of the independent na-| tive state of Nepul, lying between The journey to Khatiwandu is one of the most! prepare prey fascinating that can be made in In-} dia. There is no railroad and the' / royal party will have to travel by road into the Himalayas. The 'road, however, is good, and as the 'best tiger shooting in India is to be had in the Nepaulez Terai, it is) probable a great shoot will be ar-| 'ranged. It is well known that King) | George is anxious to shoot an In-| dian rhinoceros and these creatures) survive only in the Teras. | That the durbar will be in the old fort at Delhi and not on the open plain outside the city, as was that of ten years ago, is no accident, | but the evidence of the great pre-' cautions of the Indian Government against amy opportunity for an at- tempt on tne royal party by dis- loyal natives. epoca ante, heat score st DRILLED GRAIN. Drilled grain will yield from one- fifth to one-fourth more crop than the hand sown. The drill deposits' the seed in the soil at a uniform! depth and this cannot be done by hand sowing. When sown by hand many seeds fall in depressions and are covered too deeply by the har- row, while others' are left on top of the ground and are not covered at all. The roller should follow the drill. 4 Fics rags rs fhe curse "of riches~being fur overcoated during a warm spell. ' clear warm waters, BOOS GOGFSTTVSGOG8 HOME PAVSSGeesseees MEATS. Stuffed Np emtes . one pound of beefsteak into a food chopper, season with" salt, pepper, onion, and one egg to suif taste. Have ready a bread dressing as for poul- try. Grease gem pans, add a lay- er of hamburg, then of dressing, and lastly of Hamburg. When done turn out on bread and butter plates and garnish with parsley. They retain their shape and are nice for afternoon luncheons. This also makes a delicious beef loaf. Mock Lamb Chops.--Place in a bow! two cupfuls of bread crumbs, one cupful of hickory nut meats chopped fine, one teaspoonful but- ter, one tablespooutul of grated on- ion. Pour one cup of milk into a saucepan and thicken with a little butter and flour, boil, pour on read crumbs ond nuts, salt, stir well, remove from stove, slightly cool, stir in one egg, one teaspoon of lemon juice; spread an inch thick on a flat dish to cool, and when cold cut in lamb chop forms, round the top with a knife, dip in the egg and bread crumbs, and insert in the | pointed end a short piece of ma- caroni; fry in butter, serve with parsley, green peas, or tomato dressing. Ham Casserole.--Cut slice of ham one inch or one and a half inches thick; soak in milk for one hour, put in casserole, and pour milk over; bake slowly in oven, covered, for one hour, trimming off fat; twenty minutes before done put two teaspoonfuls of jelly over ham ; add more milk to make gravy, leaving cover off, and let brown slowly ; thicken with flour, garnish with candied sweet potatoes. Round Beef Loaf.--Cover a round steak with brown sugar seasoned j with salt, mace, cloves, and cin-| but a pie, and there of the steak. Roi up tightly and place for, three days, turning often. Then steam until dene--about one and one-half heurs--keeping the water under steamer boiling all the time. This is best served cold and eut in thin slices, but is good hot. Scrappel.--Beil two and one-half pounds of pork (off shoulder) until tender. Put it through the grind- er. The meat and juice add equal parts of buckwheat and corn meal, pinches of salt and sage. Boil un- til thick. When cold cut into slices one-half inch thick and fry. THE LAUNDRY. To Make Washing Easy. -- Take a bar of good laundry soap and cut | into pieces, add enough hot water to the soap that the mixture will be like molasses when thoroughly dissolved. Have the clothes all sorted; when the water becomes lukewarm add the soap mixture, then white clothes, piece by piece. To make the clothes whiter and cleaner is to have a good puncher an? punch the clothes while boiling. Let the clothes minutes, then iinse and starch. Towels and other things to boil should be wrung out of cold water before putting into hot boiling suds. This saves rubbing before and after boiling. This can be done salely only with good soft water. Wool Sweaters.--If it is really dirty, shake out all the dust, drop it in slightly warm water, and stir around. Place in clean, warm | sSipy water, with a teaspoonful of borax in it, gently souse up and down, and if there are any greasy spots rub soap on your hands and manipulate the sweater, but do not allow a bit of soap to come in con-)| ; tact with the wool. andradd a few drops of bluing to the final water. Press the water out, place in a large pillow case, and suspend the four corners by large pins over the tub for three days, then spread on a sheet in the sunshine for a day or two until dry. This method was given by an expert cleaner. PREPARING CODFISH. Codfish freshened and flaked at heme is favored in iny family above that which is purchased already shredded, but that is simply a mat- ter of taste, and the shredded cod- fish ean be used if preferred. The best codfish is of a rich, creamy color, in thick, moist pieces, in- stead of being white, shining and dry from too much salt. Prepared in suitable ways, it is equally nice for breakfast, luncheon, dinner or supper. Codfish and Eggs.--To each cup of flaked and freshened fish, add two well-beaten eggs; season with nepper, and salt if needed; drop by tablespoons into hot fat and fry until brown. Codfish Croquettes.--To one cup of flaked and freshened fish add two eups of bread crumbs which have been moistened with hot milk ; mash together, mix in a beaten egg, sea- son with salt and pepper, form int> flat croquettes and fry. Codfish Fritters.--To three weil. beaten eggs, add one cup of flaked and freshened fish; make this into! a batter with one-half cup of flour, boil about thirty | Rinse in three | in which has been sifted one-half teaspoon each of baking powder and salt. Cook by dropping tablespoons of the mixture into hot fat. Baked Codfish Hash.--To each cup of finely flaked and freshened codfish allow two cups of chopped cold potatoes; mix in two table- spoons of melted -- butter and one cup of milk ; pack in a buttered pan, cover and bake thirty minutes. in squares and soak in cold water overnight; dry on a cloth and dip each square in beaten egg to which has been added one tablespoon of cream; roll the fish in flour and fry a golden brown in hot fat. Codfish Chowder.--Brown one cup of finely minced salt pork an place it in the chowder kettle ; add a layer of sliced raw potatoes wit a seasoning of saip and pepper, 4 layer of flaked and freshened ecd: fish, a layer of broken milk - ,ack- ers sprinkled over with bits of kut- ter, and lastly another layer of fish ; pour on enough milk to cover and cook slowly until the potatoes are done; add a little more milk before serving, if necessary. Escalloped Codfish.--Into a well- buttered baking pan place layers of flaked and freshened fish and boiled rice or macaroni; season each layer with salt, pepper and plenty of but- ter; pour over enough milk to cover, then add a sprinkling of bread crumbs with several bits of butter on the top. Bake slowly until mice ly browned. FAVORITE CAKES. Rocks.--One and one-half' cups of sugar, one cup of shortening, three cups of flour, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in one-half cup of hot water, one tablespoonful of cin- namon, one cup of raisins, three- quarters cup of nuts. These are de- ilicious and may be kept for a long | time. ; : Cheese Cake. -- Pennsylvania cheese cake: Do you know what it is, the real old Pennsylvania dish, |lemon cheese cake? It is not a cake, is no pie more To make: Press through 'a sieve ene pound of cottage cheese ; | and one cupful of granulated sugar |beaten together until light ; two 'teaspeonfuls of flour, ome of cinna- }mon, one level saltspoonful nutmeg, | ithe grated rind of one and the juice lof two lemons; add lastly the whites 'of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. 'Bake in a deep piepan or in patty | ltins lined with a rich piecrust. The i cheese should be a little firm, never soft enough to be mushy. Serve cold. MUSH. 'Fried Salt Codfish.--Cut the fish }. Quick Fried Mush.--Make the | mush in the usual way, except that | lit is not necessary to cook it so} 'long. Have a tablespoonful each of | lard and butter smoking hot m a! skillet. Lift the. hot mush to the} skillet by spoonfuls and flatten it out. It fries quickly and is sweet- | er and crisper than when allowed | to get. cold and then fried. It is de- | licious when served with fried | | chicken. | The majority of women believe | they are preserving a cherished | gown by immediately placing it on a hanger in the closet after wearing. 'No doubt this method is less de- structive than to suspend the gown | by means of a net yoke from the \hall tree, or let it lie for hours halo ifashion on the floor, but it is re sponsible, nevertheless, for the pre- | | CARE OF rFROCKS. mature ruin of many a dainty cre- | ation. From a hygienic as well as | /an economical standpoint the stow- ing away of dresses in dress boxes or on hangers immediately after re- |turning from the reception, dinner or ball is a mistaken idea of order- | ly dispatch. When a gown is re- moved from the body it naturally retains more ~or less perspiratio. | and should be laid carefully over | 'the back of a chair with the inner | | lining and shields turned toward an | | open window---if the sun is shining, /so much the better. After a couple | of hours the gown will be thorough- | ly dry and fully renovated, when it | may be placed in the wardrobe. To | hang a dress away while still moist | with perspiration is to lessen its | lifetime by half, to say nothing of | the insanitary condition it will be| jin the next time its owner dons it. | % HEART LINES MUST MATCH. Your Hand and That of Your Soul | Mate Will Correspond. There is an old, old superstition which comes from ancient Egypt and so interesting is it that it is strange palmists do not more fre- quently mention it. It is that. wn | less the important line on the hands of two people resemb le cne another | these two are not really soul ditice | Look at the line of the heart-- that line across the ali hand beneath the baits of a Ras ers. Notice the thin and scueraily broken one that rises toward it from the wrist. These are the ¢ ie petit: others ~ that should oo ora in the hands of a betrothed Call it coincidence, what, this resemblance wil] eS. ; almost every h biisi <llc-aged pair, you will, =x found: in SPPLY wnarried ynid- ition, too, jits readers _heuse keepers and ivants defrauded by SYMPATHY WITH THE | INALS CAUSE SUG There is a Growing Dis to Proseeute For Less 3 Offences -- oS The British Home Office has 7 issued a blue book on cr staustics for 1909. "an; the duction attention is drawn to increase of crime during the ten years and the causes fo increase. "ah Se The high figure for crime, whi was a marked feature of the statis tics of 1908, 1s again apparent 1909. In 1908 the total number persons tried for indictable fences was 68,116, @ larger num! than in any previous year for wh figures are available. In 1909 th number was 67,149, smaller than 1908, but considerably than. in any other year. For the five 1894-1898 the annual a was 52,208, for 1904-1908 it 1 62,000, while the figure for 1909, already stated, was 67,149. This steady increase of crime -- considered to point to some 1 lar cause. It is noted first of ¢ that the real increase of crime h probably been greater than the ures indicate, for there is a grow dsinclination to prosecute for less serious offences, a growing clination toward leniency to offenders and a growing relucte to prosecute a thief who is lik to be let off with LITTLE OR NO PUNISHMI The habitual criminal class, the opinion of the police, shows strong tendency either to dimin or to increase. This, therefo suggests that criminality has 1} come more prevalent than it fo merly was in the community erally. Various causes are suggested | this. In the first place there 1s ted a marked growth since 1898 a strong sentiment of © compassi for the criminal. This sentim has had certain good result mitigation of prison discipline probaton of offenders act and Borstal system for young offe But public sentiment has ru yond this kind of thing mto ex Articles on crime and_ ment, it 1s declared, are commo in magazines and newspapers ever before, while the sentim expressed toward the criminal almest universally compass and often sympathetic to an e% that no previous generation shown. It is suggested that is at all events ground for f that reprobation of crime and sentment against the crimimal at present factors of dimini strength in the primary fune civilization -- the safeguar persons and property and the forcement of the law. Crime again, says the repo sometimes spoken of as the come of a revolt of THE POOR AGAINST THE 1 and the feeling of dissatis with the inequalities of the ex social system is so deep and so. |eral that any one professing to part in such a revolt may securing a good deal of pubhe pathy. The press is blame encouraging this view of eri Newspapers, it is compla |give a disproportionate amout | space to crimes In which the y \is of a high social standing 01 erwise prominent. High ela glary, mgenious frauds, w booty is big, and daring are reported at great lengt is blamed for be with fantastic of a Raffles or an Arsene -- | the modern criminal bein ten vested with the roma wita more reason belonge highwaymen of old. ' It is suggested that all courages the idea of crime revolt of the poor against the of the criminal being the -- rather than the enemy of 'ine truth is the reverse © The persons who suffer mos the depredations of the thief belong to the propertied- cl A wealthy man does not 0 pose any appreciable prop his income to the merey o! THE COMMON THI his money is at his ba though the loss cf his purs vexatious it is not likely t serious embarrassment. A ingman, a clerk or a keeper, on the other ha vitally affected by a persons of a higher soci | would regard as trivial. ~ In the 1,795 eases ¢ from the person and th minor larcenies which court during 1909, the vic suffered most were ill p or working men or wo) were robbed of money i been saved to pay the re pay for the annual holiday their children's cloth were better off than t artisans who had lost formed the whole < az. tal.