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The training of the mind to grasp things, to analyze them, to draw inferences, and to learn their philosophyâ€"â€"this is what ‘ education means. eollege. The trouble with young people is not that they do not possess success . "ities, but that in most of them tae qualities are latent, inactive. There is now and then a man that gets thoroughly aroused. We deâ€" velop only a small percentage of eurse!vesâ€"just enough to solve the bread and butter question. Thousands of persons have, in their spare moments, through sysâ€" tematic courses of reading and study furnished by some of our splendid _ correspondence â€" schools obtained a better education than have many that have gone through Most of Us Are Asleep as to a Large Part of Our Ability, A fault with most of us is that we never learn to think. Thousands of men, lacking a good education, practically throw away precious hours because they never learn to think. Systematic thinking is the best possible discipline. Happy is the youth that has formed the fixed habit of selfâ€"improvement, that is always trying to make himself a little better prepared for his opâ€" portunity when it comes. Tell me | how a young man uses his little | ragged edges of time after his day‘s | work is done, and what he is re~! volving in his mind at every opporâ€" tunity, and I will tell you what that young man‘s future will be, says a writeyr. a It sounds easy, but the food doesn‘t relish, and probably the scientist would not be content with his own prescription. In all such cases it is the other fellow who is to be saved. During the chartist movement a noble duke ;ugyflsted‘ that the starving masses might reâ€" Nlieve the pangs of hunger by takâ€" img a little curry powder in water. For himself there was the roast! beef of old England, mutton chops, ' and all the staples of a gro:ming: board, but he meant well, and even | ecurry powder and water on the inâ€" side would seem to be more susâ€" taining than a belt on the outside. While we are trying to find out who gets the money it is encourâ€" aging to read that a CGerman scienâ€" tist has discovered that wearing a belt reduces the appetite for food. When the craving for a light repast is felt take the belt up a hole. If the stomach is mean enough to deâ€" mand ‘z porterhouse steak give an1 emphatic jerk to the fourth hole: beyond. | tiowever, it may be that the deâ€" liverers of man are at hand, and that they are already at work in Germany, where there is a dress reform league for males. In Berâ€" lin, in Dresden, in Bonn, the stout men are wearing not ecoats, but blouses cut after the fashion of schoolboys‘ uniforms, and they have discarded hats in favor of brilâ€" liantly colored sunshades. They are defending the custom in ‘the press and inviting others to cast off the slavery of centuries and dress sensibly in summer. Just why men have been so slow to do so before it is not easy to say. We have the wsather of the tropics in the summer, why not the sensible costume also ! TT m C _ eom meqy e Gekuly Please. Woman, on the contrary, are supposed to be more timid in adopting the new. A curious ficâ€" tion, which we go on believing even in the dog days, when proof that the adjectives should be interâ€" changed confronts us at every street corner. Behold the armor in which man goth forth to brave the shafts of the sun ! You would suppose he was afraid of catching cold. He wears a heavy woolen coatâ€"often a waistcoat as wellâ€"a tall collar as stiff as starch can make it, stiff, at least, until it begins to melt, when it becomes a viscous mass, impeding the movement of his head on the pivot of his neck. Buch is man; he suffers like a slave and like a slave consents to his misery. Whereas womenâ€"but â€" everybody knows how airy are the gowns woâ€" men now wear. However, it LEARX TO THINK ‘art of Our Ability. | Authorities Gravely Concerned to § wath most of us is that’ Stop Betting Evil. Ica!jn to think. Thousands| The spread of gambling among ILscklng a good education, | the En.glish peop}o, both men anq Every gir!l who lives in a village says: ‘‘There isn‘t a young man in this town who is worth while." The complaint is made also that gambling is spoiling golf. At most of the big clubs toâ€"day members will nmot play unless assured of a good side bet on the result. It started with half a dollar a round, but at some clubs a game is seldom played for less than $25, $50, or evren $100 round. The professionâ€" al, too, who gets his fee for taking a novice around, now wants a waâ€" ger on the result. Even if he gives the novice all he deserves, the pro-‘ fessionral generally can win. shilling to bet on a horse can go to almost any newspaper seller and get his money down. Another meaâ€" sure to overcome this condition was met by opposition from the workâ€" ingman, who claimed for himself the same privileges and opportuniâ€" ties accorded his wealthy neighbor, who can wager as freely as he likes by either going to the track or teleâ€" phoning his commission agent. ;| women, is causing serious and ,‘growing concern. No measures yet ,[ha\‘e been devised to stop the haâ€" ; bit, which rapidly is becoming more |and more of a menace. On all big races practically everybody, from |the newsboy on the street to the | peer in his motor, has something ‘,Ifon his favorite horse, and even on |the everyday race an immense | amount in the aggregate is wagerâ€" ‘ed. Latterly it has been disclosed | that women working in offices and | restaurants in the city have beâ€" lcomc as inveterate gamblers as the men and boys. Nowadays both ‘men and women, during the afterâ€" |noon hours, are distracted from their work by their anxiety over the results of the races, and employers |complain in vain. * The House of Commons, with a view of curbing this increase in the betting habit, passed a law prohibiâ€" ting commission agents from acâ€" cepting money on a bet, but this was easily evaded by the agents carrying wagers on a credit system, seitling once a week. As the sysâ€" tem works toâ€"day any boy with a "Of course you are,"‘ remarked (iolden Bee, as he began to thrum again.â€"Youth‘s Companion. ‘Yes, I am happy," said Butterâ€" 'fly Blue. "I have worked hard toâ€" |day. When you left me this mornâ€" ing, I flew up and down and in and 'mlt. looking for work. A tiny child here in the garden saw me, lund I let it chase me through the winding walks. It ran and ran, and waved its hands in joy. Then 1 darted out and away, and into _an open window. Round and round the white walls of a room I circled, and the child~stheâ€"hedâ€"sponed her éyes to watch me, and smiled. I left there at last, and travelled unA“ til I came to a lame boy in his chair. I was a little afraid, but his face looked pitiful, and I lit on his knee. Iopened and shut my wings. He did not touch me, but cried, ‘Oh, beautiful !!‘ and laughed aloud. I have not been idle since you saw me, Golden Bee. I am very hapâ€" py." ‘‘Well, are you happy yet?‘ cried (Golden Bee, cheerily. Toward evening they met again suddenly in a big, cool, lavender air lane. ‘‘What was I made for, then? To rock on flowers all the time? I want to be of use !‘" "I will tel! you somuching," Goldâ€" en Bee said. ‘"There was a time, lalthongh you cannot remember it, when you worked very hard. You were & silkâ€"spinner, and spun wonâ€" drously. One day you laid down in your spinnings and went to sleep. When you woke, you began to fly and flutter and swing on flowâ€" er blooms. You are very fair,‘"‘ he went on. ‘"And although it will never be possible for you to spin again, still there is plenty for you to do." ‘‘Where?‘ cried Butterfly Blue. "Go out into the world and look, and keep a sharp watch in this very garden, too,‘"‘ Golden Bee reâ€" plied. ‘"And now good day." GAMBLING INX ENXNGLAND. ‘"I am pleased with myself,"" he said. ‘"I am working hardâ€"that‘s why I am contented. You were not made for a honeyâ€"gatherer."‘ ‘"I have no time to talk, or to be lonely, either,‘"‘ was the reply. "Do you suppose I came into this garâ€" den to swing on a bush!"‘ ‘‘You seem so pleased with yourâ€" self, and so contented !‘‘ she kept ‘‘Move aside, please,~ said a voice close by, and the blossom dipped down suddenly. "I have ‘business inside that will not wait." It was Golden Bee, who was humâ€" ming in a hurried and impatient way. Butterfly Blue slid off at once, and poised lightly in the air an inch or two away, while the newcomer bustled into the flower. He stayed there for several secâ€" onds, and then flew out in the same hurry. ‘‘Wait!"‘ said Blue, settling herâ€" self again. ‘"Talk to me a little; I am lonely." Butterfly Blue, On the rim of a flower cup Butterâ€" fly Blue tilted gently. She folded and unfolded her wings as if she were a fan. You could hardly beâ€" lieve that she was not a /lower herâ€" self. * 13. What is thy name?!â€"The Egyptians used the word ‘"‘god"‘ generically, having a special name for each particular deity, such as Ammon, Ra, Mentu, Osiris. With & k d n o vuuuav of character, and had brought with them the spirit of true humility, quite different from the impulsiveâ€" ness and ardor which he had exhiâ€" bited in earlier years. 11. Who am 11â€"Once Moses had been a prince in Egypt. Now for forty years he had been a lonely shepherd of the wilderness. That I should go unto Pharaochâ€" The years of desert seclusion had brought in Moses a radical change e e us iog on Me . "aiice V I en ooud as in Gen. 15, ten peoples, or naâ€" tions, are enumerated, ,of which only five are here given. The Hiâ€" vites are not mentioned in the other lists, 11. Whoâ€"am I â€"â€"Ainnm M mane Jowd Canaanite, Hittite, Amorite, Perâ€" izzite, Hivite, and Jebusiteâ€"The inhabitants of Palestine. Usually, e t " inss 1 5 1 C Taskmastersâ€"subordinate _ overâ€" seers or bosses. 8. A good and a large, . . . flowing with milk and honeyâ€"The soil of Palestine in many places is exceedingly rich and productive. Its mountain sides and numerous other tracts, especially eastward of the Jordan, were in former times well wooded. Its valleys'abuunded‘ in luxuriant herbage. Grains and | fruits were cultivated in abund-‘ ance, and countless flocks and herds may still be seen movingi slowly hither and thither over its‘ longâ€"neglected â€" fields. Palestine proper was very small comparod! with states and countries with| which we are familiar. In its most{ prosperous days the United Kingâ€" dom embraced an area of from fifty to sixty thousand square miles, or | approximately the size of Englandl and Wales., 7. I have surely seen . . . heard â€". ~.~~. knowâ€"An‘ accumu. lation of anthropomorphic expresâ€" sions, which furnish the only means of stating in words intelligible to men the attributes of God, espeâ€" cially his love and tenderne:s. Hid his faceâ€"An instinctive ac tion indicating reverence. S§o Eli jah on the same site (1 Kings 19 13). The God of Abraham . . .. Isaac, and ®. %.â€" . Jacob â€"â€" Who had revealed himself especially to these chosen men. _ Jesus¢ in an argument with the Pharisees conâ€" cerning immortality, quotes this verse (compare Matt. 22. 32), | Burned with fireâ€"Had the apâ€" pearance of being on fire, the diâ€" |vine revelation taking the form of |this consuming and purifying eleâ€" ‘mcnt. 4. Moses, Mosesâ€"The repetition of the call implies urgency. Thus Jehovah speaks to the boy Samâ€" uel, calling him twice by name (1 Sam. 3. 10). 5. Draw not nigh hitherâ€"Moses 18 reminded of the natural unfitâ€" ness of man to abide in the immeâ€" diate presence of Jehovah. This truth God patiently sought to teach | his people=by such commands as | the one given %o\ Moses later in the presence of the people near this same mountain:~‘‘And thou shalt set bounds Unto the people® round about, Take tm ta vourselves. that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it‘" (Exod. 19. 12). The untutored mind and heart easily falls into an attitude of irreverence. Thy shoesâ€"Sandals. The place . . . is holy ground â€"Sacredâ€"hallowed by the manifest presence of God. Compare the similar command given to Joshua: ‘‘Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standâ€" est is holy""‘ (Josh. 5. 15). 6. Fatherâ€"Ancestor. 2. A bushâ€"One of the shrubs on the mountainside. , |to other surrounding peoples, it is probable that their Jehovahâ€"worâ€" .| ship was early corrupted and at .l last superseded almost entirely by ‘| idolatry. |_ To the back of the wildernessâ€" | Beyond the desert wastes on the |foothill slopes of the mountains. ‘ The mountain of God . . . Horebâ€"The names "Sinai‘‘ and |‘"Horeb" are used practically inâ€" terchangeably in the Old Testaâ€" ment. As in our present passage, so in 1 Kings 19. 8, the name ‘‘Horeb‘"‘ is used following the deâ€" signation "the mountain of God." In this and subsequent lessons we shall assume that Mount Sinai is somewhere near the southern point of the peninsula between the Gulf of Akabah, and not far from the northern end of the Red Sea itself. It has been suggested by some modâ€" ern scholars that the mountain, the exact location of which has never ‘been determined, should rather be'u sought farther to the northeast in ‘ the hill country of Seir, north of|. the Gulf of Akabah. The burden ! of proof, however, lies with those q who question theâ€"traditional site, # which still has the support of many of the best Old Testament scholâ€" 1 ars. The priest of Midanâ€"The Midianâ€" ites were kindred people to the Heâ€" brews, and therefore doubtless also worshippers of Jehovah, though, from their situation and relations Jethro, his fatherâ€"Called also Reuel (Exod. 2. 18). verse 1. Moses was keeping the flockâ€"The habitual occupation of Moses in Midian. The flocks reâ€" ferred to consisted, in ail probabilâ€" ity, of sheep and goats. Lesson III. Moses Called to Deliver Israel. Exod. 3. 1 to 4. 20. Golden Text, Matt. 5. 8. THE SHNDAY SCHOD STUDY £NTERNATIONAL â€"LESSON JULY 20. The surest way of losing one‘s own health is to be always drinkâ€" ing the health of others, says a ’ Arthur Meighen was born in 1876 in Perth (County, Ontario.â€" He graduated from Toronto University \'in 1896. He married in 1904, and has two boys. Mrs. Meighen is one of the prettiest wives of the youngâ€" er Parliamentary set at Ottawa. She was a constant and popular visitor to the Speaker‘s Gallery during the debates last session, and no listener betrayed a greater inâ€" terest in her clever young husâ€" (l;and’s brilliant speeches than she id. ‘‘Something somebody else has just done that he could have done so much better." ‘‘What‘s he bragging about now 1" ,0ther hands inevitably prove a dry, |laborious speech is, in the hands of lA\rthur Meighen, a quickâ€"fired, perâ€" | sistent, keenlyâ€"aimed, and precisely quoted argument, delivered with spirit and with life. And his arguâ€" ments are not sophistical. He gets at the facts and uses them with great effect. In his passages with the wily Dr. Pugsley and other vetâ€" erans of debate, Arthur Meighen didn‘t come off second best. _ The young lawyer has a brilliant way of going indignantly at the specious ia‘rgumenvt. and _ boring a â€" hole rthrougwh it with the forefinger of one hand, the other keeping the place in his book of reference the meanwhile. His voice is a little harsh and argumentative in tone rather than musical or oratorical, but for logical uses of legal arguâ€" ment across the floor of the House it is a very suitable and effective organ, the words having clearness despite their swift articulation, and the voice itself a carrying power very satisfactory to those who, sitâ€" ting at a distance, wish nevertheâ€" less to hear. Some Reasons For Boasting. the time came to read a quotation, the legalâ€"minded yqung member for Portage la Prairie ?:nt his finger on the place at once. It reminded one of the power and dexterity an orâ€" gan player develops in handling his notes and stops. What wou!ld in each side would be piied‘)higfi ‘w'i£i; volumes of authorities, each one with paper marks inserted. When ; | Canada‘s New Solicitorâ€"General Is 1 Earnest and Strenuous, .| Arthur Meighen, the new Soliciâ€" torâ€"General, was one of the few |earnest young men on the Governâ€" | ment side who had a chance to disâ€" |tinguish themselves at the last |strenuous Parliamentary session. |Born in 1876, the new Bolicitorâ€" |General is only 37 years old. In appearance he looks almost absurdâ€" \ly young when pitting his legal knowledge and power of argument against the veterans of Parliament. But he has a power of clear thinkâ€" ing and forceful expression that wins him respect and attention, ]a-nd it must be confessed that in the | closure debate his knowledge of the subject, his citations of precedents and of English Parliamentary pracâ€" tice, and his general array of facts was very convincing. Mr. Meighen is a barrister, and his legal training has developed a naturally keen, analytical mind:. He reads history and precedent with a marvellous industry, retainâ€" ing the points he needs in debate ‘ and marshalling them without hesiâ€" tation or the slightest delay. In the |â€" House sometimes his desk, his seat, | and the desk of his neighbors on | Bolicitorâ€"General for Canada hy _ 0C ~~ APCCERERC LNO Mission. The entire passage should be read in preparation for class discussion. ’ The assigned lesson passage inâ€" cludes, in addition to the verses ’printed and commented upon, the remainder of the third and the first twenty verses of the fourth chapter. This longer section of the narrative contains further details concerning Moses‘s consciousness of his own unfitness to undertake the important task about to be laid upon him and th6e promises and signs by which he was finally perâ€" suaded to undertake the misflion.} The entire passage shonld ha _a.4 ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORoNTO and may wish to know that name. 14. I AM THA%I AMâ€"Margin, "I AM BECAUSE I AM," or "I AM WHO AM," or "I WILL BE THAT I WILL BE.‘"‘ The idea exâ€" pressed by all these renderings of the Hebrew original is that of perâ€" fect, unconditioned, independent existence. pate that when he brings Hebrews a mess from of their !anherm' may . that he, to6, hM#\ a prone quainted, and he Mr. Arthur Meighen ARTHUR MEIGHEX. t ts was certainly seems to antici eâ€"from the God ‘y may conclude a proper name, now that name. I AMâ€"Margin, to the Either take things as they come or turn your back and let them go Women‘s eyes kindle the one flame against which there is no inâ€" surance. Bahama‘s pink pears are the best. He is, indeed, good whose merit outlasts his memory. There is no girlhood in China. There is only childhood, and then â€"at twelve or thirteenâ€"marriage and womanhood. Herbert Spencer, after writing fifteen years, was $6,000 out of pocket on his books. After #2: years‘ writing he had only jusp wiped out this loss. He worked for 24 years, that is to say, without earning a single cent. Venison in Newfoundland costs four cents a pound. The women of Japan have altoâ€" gether ceased the hideous and deâ€" grading custom of blacking their teeth after marriage. It takes two to make a quarrel, and then 27 mutual friends help to keep it up. ‘‘The flies had saved me $10, and I was well pleased. To reward them I gave them their freedomâ€" and the rat. They are enjoying both gifts immensely at the bottom of my garden at this moment." me, a scheme that worked. I caught a pair of blue bottles, and I set them buzzing about a minute or two, and then they settled, side by side, upon a certain corner plank. We took up that plank. The rat lay directly beneath it. "‘Before this expense of taking up my floor I put my wits to work, and they suggested a scheme to A â€" Naturalist Made Two Blue Bottles Save Him $10. ‘"‘There is nothing so abominable as a blue bottle fly," said a naturâ€" alist, "yet even blue bottles may be utilized. I utilized a pair yesâ€" terday. They saved me $10. "A rat, you see, had died someâ€" where under my sittingâ€"room floor.. The stench for a day or two hadl been abominable. I called in a carâ€" penter, and he said the whole floor must come up. His nose wasn‘t keen enough to locate the rat in its exact position. Eating too quickly is a common fault among children who are hunâ€" gry, and the habit should be checkâ€" ed from the first, as indigestion will result from "bolting‘"‘ the food, and when once the seeds of this misâ€" arahle=ailment are sown there is scarcely ever wonmxzlete cure. Person‘s who are subject ww =are throat should, in warm weather, begin the practice of sponging the throat and chest, or the entire body, in cold water every morning, and continue the practice throughâ€" out the year, thereby increasing the resisting power of this part of the body. i The immunity of smokers from many infectious disceases has long been known to medical men. And smoke of many kinds has been used successfully in the treatment of troubles of the throat and chest. A septic condition of any part of the head is, of course, a dangerous thing, for it is always possible that it may spread to adjacent partsâ€" to the eyes, perhaps, or even to the brain. Do not think of home treatâ€" ment. Call a physician at once, for he only can tell how serious the matter is, and when the moment has come for assisting nature in relieving the situation.â€"Youth‘s Companion. ‘ be hastened by the inhaling of warm vapor. If the inflammation has been severe, the membranes will be tender for some time, and the patient must be careful. In many cases relief comes with a sudden discharge of pus through the nostril, and this can sometimes If, during a severe cold in the head, or an attack of grippe, there is pain in one side of the face, or a constant discharge from only one nostril, it is virtually certain that there is some inflammation in a sinus. If the frontal sinus instead of the antrum is involved, the pain will be felt over the eyes, or over one eye, \ One of the most painful complicaâ€" tions of influenza is the spreading _of inflammation into a sinus. When the inflammation is so serious that pus forms, there will be severe sufâ€" fering until the pus discharges, either naturally, or by means of surgical intervention. Sometimes there is a discharge, but not enough to permit the tissues to heal com-‘ pletely. In that case, the patient, long after the acute attack of grippe is past, suffers from a conâ€" stant slight discharge, accompanâ€" ied with aches and pains, and genâ€" erally impaired health. The sinuses are cavities or chamâ€" bers in the head that communicate with the nasal cavities. The most important of them is the antrum, which is situated in the upper jaw. They are lined with mucous memâ€" brane, like all the cavities of the body that communicate with the external air, and often suffer from infections and inflammations, which‘ find their way to them through the nose. ‘The antrum, moreover, is sometimes infected by a decaying] tooth. '!wmw““- Sinus Discase. UTILIIZING THE FLY. Fact and Faney. *L Health Hints. to do with. Btart out with the intention of calling everything by its right name and you will change your mind beâ€" fore you have gone a block. tration from trying to make others happy ? No# The girl with two or three good looking brothers always has more girl. frie'rp,il than she knows what Duriné _ the "};0‘;;_;'"100!1 when other women look at her husband the bride thinks they envy her. When a woman says, "I don‘t care what t].l(‘ neighbors say,‘""‘ she doesn‘t say it loudly. Pointed Paragraphs. Even a dull man has his good points. Even the openâ€"faced man should shut up occasionally. The pawnbroker won‘t advance a cent on your selfâ€"esteem. Nothing rattles a contrary man more than to have you agree with him . ' At a recent meeting of the ITron and Steel Institute Mr. Cushman said that we could face the future complacently if we could rediscover the secret. To shipowners alone it would mean a yearly saving of milâ€" lions. Rust is the great enemy of the steel ship, and she has conâ€" stantly to go into dock to have her hull coated with antiâ€"corrosive soâ€" lution. ‘ | At Delhi, the new capital of Inâ€" dia, stands an ancient iron monuâ€" ment which, though exposed to all weathers, never rusts or decays. Yet it has no protective covering. Here is a secret which would be simply invaluable to the world, which has been discovered by some Indian artificer of old time and most unfortunately been lost. Did you ever } Indigo dye took many years to synthesize. A German chemist acâ€" complished it at last, but the curiâ€" ous discovery was made that, if blended with the natural product made from the indigo plant, the color produced was both more durâ€" able and brighter than that made by either dye alone. So artificial indigo has not yet ruined the indigo planter. \ ; The Chemist, working in his laâ€" boratorvâ€"aan take any substance a «1 any **~hat is, break it up ind I*s > 6. â€" sf ooinfiam, and tell you ~‘.3# they 2 e, Anl haw much of each clemert the subâ€" ’sta.nce in question is composed of. _ But when it comes to building up the original substance out of its prime constituents, there he is at sea. By dint of long and patient experiments, or perhaps by pure chance, he may succeed in reproâ€" ducing some few natural products, but th&t is as far as he can go. The latter invention made a conâ€" siderable sensation so long ago as 1906 ; yet, judging by the constantly increasing demand for the natural product, it has had little effect upon the real rubber market. Bubstitutes have been made from petroleum, from coal tar, turpenâ€" tine, peat, from nitrated linseed oil, and by treating cereals with phyalin. Yet, in spite of this widely disâ€" seminated piece of news, the price of rubber remains pretty much the same.. The reason may be found by examining the patent office records. During the last ten or twelve years nearly 300 patents for artificial rubâ€" ber have been taken out. Opportunities for Achicving Fame or Fortune, or Both. It was announced a few weeks ago that a distinguished chemist of the Imperial Technical School of Moscow had solved the problem of making artificial rubber, and that he could sell the new product at about 1s. 4d. a pound, says London Titâ€"Bits. Now, here do we have a striking illustration of one of the most origâ€" inal characteristics of the teaching of Jesusâ€"namely, its emphasis upâ€" It failed in its one specific n of bringing forth fruit. Its was more valuable than its ence, Here is the conclusion of one of the most significant of the parables of Jesus. According to the story, ‘"_a certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard,"" and year after year "he came seeking fruit thereon.‘"" Each year, however, he had the same disappointing experâ€" ience of finding none, and at last, disgusted with the tree, he ordered his vine dressers to ‘"cut it dowa." ‘‘Why,‘"‘ he asked, "doth it cumber the ground !" Now, it is to be noticed that there is nothing said in this parable about the fig tree not being a perâ€" fectly good tree. It was not poisâ€" onous or noxious, It was not withâ€" éred, or gnarled, or undersized. Indeed, if we are to trust the story, it was so excellent a specimen, so far as its attributes as a tree were concerned, that each year its ownâ€" er expected to see its branches ladâ€" en with figs. There was nothing at ‘all that was actually bad about the tree. The trouble was that there was nothing that was ‘‘Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fhig tree, and find none. Cut it down ; why doth it cumber the ground ?‘â€"Luke Xiil., 7. SECRETS OF CHEMI8STRY Positively Good. one specific mission lIOl'V?fl‘ prosâ€" : Is Love, Which Is the Most Posiâ€" Force In All the World room presâ€" Mayâ€""Our pastor preached a sermon on marriage last Bunday.‘ Edithâ€""Did it seem to have a stimulating effect?"" ‘"No, on the contrary, it was so solemn and conâ€" veyed so many warnings that it broke off two engagements." and memory exceedingly." And even the healthy did not disdain to eat it, for primrose pastry was once a popular Lancashire delicacy. **/VIORCs FOP Pailing Memeory, The primrose of old was credited with a medicinal as well as a superâ€" stitions value. Evén now in some country parts a decoction of primâ€" rose leaves is supposed to restore a failing memory, and in 1654, when Culpeper wrote his "London Disâ€" pensatory,‘‘ the primrose was reâ€" garded as an almost universal panâ€" acea, curing ‘"convulsions, falling sickness, _ palsies, etc.," _ and strengthening "the brain, senses Dame Fashion is working her rage for draperies upon the evening gowns. The materials are actually twisted and tortured into place. Starting . in the vicinity of the shoulder, they writhe and wriggle all the way down the figure. The black satin bathing suit holds its place in fashion‘s favor. It can be severely plain, with perhaps the addition of dotted foulard collars and cuffs. The hat of changeable silk or satin veiled with tulle and trimmed with flowers is the latest offering of the millinery world. Really attractive and graceful are some of the new big loose waistâ€" coats in white corded silk with wide revers and collars. Primroses For Failing Me The new extended skirt yoke is seen on the front of a foulard dress that otherwise hints of the Japanâ€" Kome of the long sleeves have a double frill of lace falling over the hands. One of the new net gowns shows net gathered from the bust line so the hips. A charming bridal robe is made of ivory crepe de chine of softest quality. Net embroidered skirts, flounced with lace, are among the many new models. Buckles and buttons .re'ch_J{a}i ing the attention of the modish world. Bome of the new net dresses have three tiers of plaited flounces. The tailored suit of fawn, tan, or olive tinted cloth is emart. ‘"Landscape chiffons‘"‘ are used for the most striking evening gowns. y Somaictnidies Aindatiaadh, Zittvistads. stitedaa The afterimon gowns grow more elaborate as the mason advances. Some long, close fitting sleeves have white linen cuffs turning baca. . Coarse linen suits are made up in ':l"u-q;e colors, even grass green Linen eponge suits have dangling ball buttons of pearl. The basque of chiffon appears on many afternoon gowns. Heavry crocheted buttons are seen on the new linen skirts. Simple printed voiles have girdles of vivid embossed velvet. The low cut bodice is worn by Parisiennes in the daytime. The low waist line and gay sash are seen even on bathing suits. There is still a decided preferâ€" ence for the small hat. White satin slippers with black heels are chic. Seen in Paris Shops. ~ Broad girdles of black velvet or satin are worn on white evening gowns. «_._ . Every tree that beareth not good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.‘"â€"Rev. John Haynes Holmes. Goodness, therefore, is a posiâ€" tive thing. In telling the story of the vineyard Jesus was only illusâ€" trating His familiar statement in the Sermon on the Mountâ€""Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit one kind and another. Beyor *‘"Thou shalt not‘" in the & commandment, ""Thou shalt." Not so, however, if we are to trust the teaching of the Nazarene ‘ Jesus‘ standard is positive, and not negative at all. To His mind it is not enough that a man should merely keep the commandments diâ€" rected against moral offences of on the positive character of goodâ€" ness. All too frequently is goodâ€" ness interpreted in purely negative terms, as the act of avoiding cerâ€" | tain things which the world has agreed to regard as evil. The good | man is the man who does not steal, flie, kill, commit adultery, covet, and so on through all the melan. choly catalogue of "Thou shalt nots.‘" To avoid these sins, we _have been told, is to attain to the ideal of the moral life. Hence is the world crowded with men and "vomen who regard themselves as wholly good simply because they have never done anything that was bad. Like the rich young man, they can boast that they have kept all the commandments from their youth up, and therefore they think themselves Entitled to Eternal Life. another. Beyond the the greater wh »!