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4* it is veet. â€" It more than . HEaWite the wishes of the reader of the forâ€" tune item in the newspaper who twlis how he could get along with less. If it is millions he asserts "Mnammously asserts that a hundred thousand would be enough tor him. He is a modest man with tew wants and is planning to retire n a mere competence, though he does make conditions. A few years ago he would have been satisfied with twentyâ€"five thousand dollars, w# icle later with fifty thousand, but as his earning pawer has inâ€" creased retirement involves a larger sacrifice, and he feels that in justice to himself his capital must be large enough to assure him something apâ€" proaching his present standafi of living. That he will be fascinated by the latest story of heirship is more than doubtful, for it must be disappointâ€" ing to one whose appetite has been stimulated by the habit of reading the fortune items. The gross value of the fortune is only $4,950. This is a pitiable sum in the opinion of the student who has feasted on milâ€" lions. He has calculated that he would need at least half the amount for an annual income for himself and his wife. If he had children, that would not provide for their education. It is only human beâ€" cause he has no children that he can get along with so little. But it apâ€" pears that the foreigner who inâ€" herited the fortune has both a wife POAR 00000 nouncement conserning the go0046 flortune dmdnlluhfihlnd ofom-hohubuuhdrw P estate in foreign . parte: . Ueually the estate is largo, not infrequently ol ssmc s an«l seventeen children. And is going to spend $1,000 of his tate to get back to Austria. What is a selfâ€"denying Canadian who reads the fortune items to do with such a case as that? What does it make of his rigid economies, his prudence, his anxious thoughts of the future? Which angle shall we take for a moral essay ! Shall we talk unsympathetically of the courage of ignorance and improviâ€" dence or reprove the timidity of the fortune hunter who goes on wishing till he dies and lives meanâ€" while in the dread of a fancied poverty I s King CGeorge has sent an interâ€" esting little message to his subjects in Great Britain, Ireland, and the eolonies. ‘"I have to work hard myâ€" self, and I think hard work is good for people,‘‘ says the message. Veriâ€" ly, hard work is good for people. As a social moralist has just told us in a book entitled ""‘What Men Live By,"" work, love, and play are the essentials of happiness, and work, including as it does discharge of all duties, is the greatest of these. It is not hard work that kills or imâ€" pairs efficiency. It is either worry that does that, or else too hard, too monotonous, too mechanical work, that is not properly relieved by doâ€" mestic life, by wholesome recreaâ€" tion, by joy derived from nature, art and social intercourse. A world without hard work would be a world of intolerable tedium and boredom. But while we cannot enjoy play and rest unless we have worked for it, it is equally true that we cannot enjoy hard work unless we return to it refreshed and stimâ€" ulated by elevated pleasure, by glimpses of beauty, by satisfaction of the noblest of our faculties. The overwhelming majority of men work hardâ€"they have toâ€"but too many of them, alas, have not learned to use work as a means of happiness, have not learned to play, to give themselves the varied interests that are the spice of life. Society should organize play as well as work better than it does. There is but one temple in th« world, and that is the body of man â€"Novalis. Avarice and luxury are pests which have ever been the ruin of every great State. â€"Livy. * ~ Confkidence in another man‘s virâ€" tue is no slight evidence of one‘s own.â€"Montaigne. _ The nature of charity is to draw all things to itself, and make them partakers of itself.â€"Lactantius. In the love of a brave and faithâ€" ful man there is always a strain of maternal tenderness.â€"George Elâ€" i0t.. Think of "living" ! 'l‘h{ life, wort thou the pitifullest of all the sons of earth, is no idle dream, but a #oâ€" leran rufrtg.‘â€"â€"Carl‘yle. * If you wish to have any good" work well done go to the busy, not the idle, man. The former can find time for cger'ylt.hing; the latter for nothing.â€"Smiles. c K ,::.pd the Bible as the world‘s supremeée library classic, and as the greatest treasure of the higher thought, impulse and feeling in posâ€" ession of the race.â€"Professor Marâ€" GRAIXNS OF GOLD. he Double frills of net make a pretty aleeve finish. Cut jet is frequently seen among shoe buckles. Shaded velvet roses in sprays are seen on muffs. + White» plaited tulle is much used for sleeve frills. Narrow fur bands are much used on children‘s coats. Colored velvet fruit is spoken of for the spring hats. _ _ *s Flounced tunics and tier skirts are taking the lead. _ s 6 The interest in printed cottons is increasing for spring. hss Black velvet suits are apt to have brilliant green velvét girdles. Smart fur ‘stickups‘‘ are made for hats out of natural lynx. Cherry blossom parasols are alâ€" ready here in quaint designs. Flowered taffeta is <used with much taste for tango dresses. \ Mer Majesty‘s Children Taught to Avoid Extravagance. Queen Mary takes a great deal more interest in the servants than is usually the case with a Royal‘ | householder, and she is said to know the names of every housemaid Ia.nd footman both at York Cottage | and Windsor Castle, and not a few | of those at Buckingham Palace. iHer mother, having but a emall | household, expected her daughter | to know something of housekeepâ€" ‘ing, and the knowledge has stuck iâ€"â€"rather to the dismay of . Royal cooks and housekeepers, who found, when once Queen Mary held the |reins, that the amount of money allowed for food in the servants‘ | hall was to be strictly limited. Butâ€" |\ter at 1s. 8d. a pound was abolishâ€" \ ed, and when the butter from the |home farms proved insufficient it â€"-fiflve;gj hair seal is one of the faâ€" vorite furs for automobile coats. w-Yâ€"c;lvnnigtxfg’i1-14;' winter coats are freâ€" quently made of astrakblq cloth: _ White motor bonnets veiled brilliant colored chiffon scarfs the i-’e;l;“‘bolored waistcoats with Bordeaux red violet suits are one of the fashionable combinations. _ _ Fashion is going to the opposite extreme in tight swathing, new coats and other wraps being posiâ€" tively voluminous. One of the prettiest neck the velvet collar with its or buckles. Short strings heavy beads are also liked Panama hats are sometimes trimâ€" med with scarfs of raw silk stencilâ€" led in color. Pongee done in green has a good effect. Seen in Paris Shops. Satin faced silks continue to hold Some of the new coition crepes have a dash of silk mixed in with them to form a design, and this deâ€" sign is often as not in color. In planning a blouse or gown, be sure always to have soft lines about the neck. The #%oman doesn‘t live who isn‘t improved by them. _ _ Broamd sashes of Roman striped ribbon are a prottvy note of brightâ€" ness in the simple dark dresses apâ€" propriately chosem for schoolgirls. Coats to the new "sweater dresâ€" ses‘‘ for spring are cut very full, hanging loose from the shoulder and springing into godets at the hem. 5 One of the most radical French dressmakers is showing gowns with draped skirts of black satin and bodices of peau de peche in bright Bome of the most enchanting emâ€" broideries for house.hold use are beâ€" ing done on coarse natural linen, the pattern consisting of masses of flowers worked close together and in the brightest and most surprising eolors. Duvetyne is a great disappointâ€" ment so far as durability is concernâ€" ed, but it is forgiven for its wonâ€" derful texture. Wool velour has its virtues without its vices. lesâ€"which may be one reason why we may expect to see a great deal of this taffeta for spring. | e QUEEN IS A REAL ECONOMIST. Chiffon taffeta lends itself pecuâ€" liarly well to hip and bustle draperâ€" Colors had to be ordered wholesale from a certain famous store. Messrs. Twining‘s finest tea was reserved for royalty alone, and many other economies were proposed to the deâ€" partment respontible for the arâ€" rangement of household expenses. Both the King and Queen have realized that it is incumbent upon them to keep expenses down â€" as much as possible, as with so much Socialism and industrial discontent rampant the allowances for their five sons are not likely to be genâ€" erous when provision has to be made for them. â€" Luckily, Queen Mary has no extravagant tastes. She buys with discrimination, and is teaching her daughter to do likeâ€" wise. The gllowance of the Prince of Wales is a good deal smaller than that of several of his fellowâ€" students at Oxford, and it is whisâ€" pered that a smaller prince‘ing has sevoeral times availed himself of proffered loans during the autumn term at. school. Upon one extravagance Her Maâ€" jesty is particularly hardâ€"the exâ€" travagance of indiscriminate charâ€" ityâ€"and the art of saying "No" is one which the Princes have learnt in a hard school of necessity. It is a ‘esson that Queen Mary considers an important one, and is not comâ€" mon to the Tecks, so she has made it an integral part of the education | of her children. ; N . e e Can‘t Spare the Time. T Bix~â€"*‘They say that women are The fellow who is afraid to take} hard|s ever stammerers." a chance has no business at a 1}ix<â€"‘‘No: they have so much to church fair. isav. that they can‘t aton far it." / ‘~.;( E tha aces 18 pendant of very with are Would Make It as Easy for Poer to QGet a Divorce as for the Rich. _ Bhould Canada have an ‘equal divorce law for the rich and the poor?t Col. W. B. Northrup, K.C., Dominion House of Commons, is firmly of the opinion that the preâ€" sent facilities for severing the marâ€" riage tie in the Provinces of Onâ€" tario, Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, are only within reach of the wellâ€"toâ€"do, inasmuch as a special Act of Parliament, iniâ€" tiated by the Divorce Committee of the Canadian Senate, has to be ‘pu-sed in every instance, and an COL. W. B. NORTHRUP, K.C. Act of Parliament costs all the way from $500 to $5,000, according to the fees charged by the lawyers and the distances the parties to the case and their witnesses live from Ottawa."In the Maritime Provinces and in British Columbia there are divorce courts. Col. Northrup acâ€" cordingly moved in the House of Commons the other day that the Government should take the quesâ€" tion into consideration with a view to reform during the present sesâ€" sion. He did not advocate increasâ€" ing the grounds of divorce, but that there should either be no divorces or else there should be divorces for rich and poor alike. As a result of the debate which followed a.lon/g monâ€"party lines a conference will be held with the Senate and a joint committee appointed to investigate the whole question with a view to simplifying â€" Parliamentary proceâ€" dure. Apparently the Dominion legislators are not yet willing to recognize divorce. Col. Northrup obtained his eleâ€" mentary â€" education at Belleville (Grammsr School and Upper Canâ€" ada Collegs, having the distinction of being "head boy"" at the lastâ€" named institution, and captain of the school cricket team for two seaâ€" At Toronto University he also distinguished himself, taking nuâ€" merous honors and obtaining the degrees of B.A. and M.A. He was called to the Bar in 1878, and at once began practice in Belleville, his native town, and he has remainâ€" ‘ ed there ever since. He was creâ€" ated a Q.C. in 1896 and first electâ€" ed to the House of Commons ins 1892, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Mr. 8. B. Burdett, against whom he had been the unsuccessful candidate at the previous election. He was defeated at the general election of 1896 but elected in 1909, 1904, 1903 and 1911, his majority being 1,066 at the last election, whereas it was only 71 in 1900. Col. Northrup, who is now â€" fiftyâ€"eight years of ag>, has been twice marâ€" ried, his present wife being the wiâ€" dow of Mr. Clemow, of Ottawa, and sister of Lieutenant Wm. Fitch, of the Royal Grenadiers, who lost his life in the charge of Batoche in 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Northrup durâ€" ing the session entertain largely at Ottawa, in fact more than any of the Conservative circle outside of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Borden. Mr. sons. The same year he won the championship cup at the annual races. j l\;éfthmp is also one of the active members and best players of the Ottawa Golf (XMub. In a town of such size that every one knows every one else it is often customary to speak of people by their first names, even when one would not do so to their faces. The butcher is known as "Joe‘‘ Smith, the grocer as ‘‘Frank‘‘ Jones, the lawyer as "Will"" Andrewsâ€"and no offence is meant or taken. One day a friend was helping a teacher of the industrial «chool to put hats and coats on 40 little members of the kindergarten class. Two little towâ€"headed girls attracted her atâ€" tention, and as she tied their hoods she asked :â€"‘"Are you Charlie Porâ€" ter‘s little girl?‘ Tw serious blue eyes looked up as the elder replied : â€""His name was Charlie when he now." Such is Fame. A young man . returned to the country village where he was born, after having . successfully worked his way up to a desirable Governâ€" mene office. ‘"I suppose the people here, Thomas, have heard of the honor that has been conferred on me?" he inquired of one of his old friends. ‘"Yes, they have," was the gratifying reply. "And what," said the man of fame eagerly, ‘"‘what do they say about it, Thomâ€" as?‘ ‘‘They don‘t say anything,‘‘ replied Thoraas, "‘they just laugh." say, that they can‘t satop for ib." {and flies, The Teacher Thought. Col. W. B. Northrup. little boy ; he‘s Mr. Porter The earth was> as~.beautlilu} ._A5 fairyland, for eunshine rioted everyâ€" where.. All the tender green leaves whispered gayly‘*to each other. *All the birds sang thgir g'cafitmgt. All the world was happy pting one little spider. He was not beautiâ€" ful ; nobody was his friend ; all his family had a bad name. This all came to his mind on this beautiful May morning. He was very vretchâ€" ed indeed. * o CU IIUCCVL "I am so ugly,"" he moaned. *L can never do anything neble and grand, although all know â€"~ would like to." A1MG WVR This sad little creature was lyâ€" ing in the dust while he was speakâ€" ing, but he finally arose and crept into a barn. There he stayed all summer catching dlies and qgnats. Winter came and he crept into a house. Up, up, he always seemed to be rising to a higher level, until he found himself in the bedroom of little Mary. He crawlel into &A sunny window and began to wcm‘r‘e e AeAEARY . P0 Ei d o dein ow Tt us a web while two languid eyes watchâ€" ed the little creature hreak his thread and join it again. As &hg SUnHNy â€"WIRGOOW @UUATUBUT Ts 0K HE tka in E a web while ¢wo languid eyes watchâ€" ‘is the inversion~of the relation of ed the little creature hreak hls'l‘pwt,er and servants, the lord doâ€" thread and join it again. As she| ing the work of a slave in gratitude watched him her tossings to and for the servants‘ faithfulness. This fro ceased and she slept. When she j is a type of what is promised at the awoke sheâ€" was refreshed and . Marriage Supper of the Lamb (See stronger. Bo the little spider wove ‘l R&v. 19. 9). The usual course beâ€" his slender web for davs noticed|tween master and servant is given only by Mary. in Luke 17. 7â€"10. One day when her mother came 38. In the second watch, and if into the room, Mary said, ‘‘See that in the thirdâ€"The Romans divided little spider, mamma ?‘‘ ‘the night into four watches, the I MEme 4 TLLEG I Tawse Hntx sheuss" Inacoum nrananiy "‘Yes, dear,"‘ her mother answerâ€" ed, "but let me poke him down.‘‘ A VR e The spider‘s heart gave a cry of joy when he heard these words. Mary had said that he was beautiâ€" ful, so he worked harder than ever. So Mary‘s mother let him stay. The girl always called him doctor and he really was one, because he made her much better. One day the new maid was cleanâ€" ing Mary‘s room and mashed Docâ€" tor Spider with her broom. He was not «lead, but lay quivering with intense pain. Mary saw him there and said, "Oh, Anne, you have killed Doctor Bpider.‘"‘ A tear dropped on the small mangled form ; it thrilled him through. His heart gave & leap of gladness ; it burst and ho was dead. That tear of sorrow at his loss crowned his life and he died in joy. ‘‘No, mamma, the «p1 me so much good. He is ful and industrious. Mo him down." One of Them Russ to Fingers, Anâ€" other to Weight. There is at the present time livâ€" ing at Bilboa, Spain, & family of seven who between them possess no fewer than 164 fingers. One of them has 23 fingers, another 21, while of the remaining five each can boast of a couple of hands with twelve fingers apiece. At Koshiliwo, Rusâ€" sia, a very similar phenomenon °Xâ€"| ists in the 50 or more descendants of a peasant with extra fingers on his hand, who married at the beâ€" ginning of last century, all of whom are dowered with from one to five fingers in excess of â€" the normal number. 4 The last surviving member of what was, perhaps, the record famâ€" ily with regard to weight, was, in the person of Charles Atkins, a few years back interred at Harrow. He weighed 34 stone, his brothers» who predcceased him, being no less than 36 stone, and 40 stone. Another heavy family was the Dudfields, on@ of whom, Robert, a brewer‘s dray, man, weighed at his death 32 stone, two stone heavier than his twin brother, whose 30 stone was equalâ€" '1ed, if not topped, by their two sisâ€" ters. > For loftiness of stature the famâ€" ily of Hassan Ali, who some while since was on exhibition in this country, would be hard to beat. His grandfather, the tallest of the.faam-‘ ily, stood eight feet, eleven inches,. seven inches more than his father, whose height was eight feet, four inches; Hassan Ali himself being content with a modest eight feet, two inches. The family record for longevity has not been beaten since Robert Parr, the greatâ€"grandson of the celebrated Thomas Parr, died in 1757, at the age of 124. His father lived to celebrate his 109th birthâ€" day, his grandfather was 1562 at the timeof his death. If a longâ€"lived family of Wisbech, named . Stockâ€" dale, cannot in the mere number of years compete with the Parrs, it assuredly holds the record for goldâ€" en weddings, of which five have been celebrated in the family withâ€" in comparatively recent years. One of the most notable instances of prolificnese is that mentioned in the Harleian Miscellany of a Beotch weaver and his wife, who were the proud parents of 62 children, 50 of whom reached their majority. Forâ€" tunately, four gentlemen of the neighborhood each adopted te children, â€" the remainder beinz brought up lxhtbeir parents. * Large as family .was,.. is fame pales beforé that of a Russian, one Ivan Wassilif, who was the proud possessor of 87. He was marâ€" ried twice. By his first wife he had 69 children in the following order : four times quadruplets at a birth, seven times triplets, and sixteen times twins. . By his second spouse he had twice triplets and.tix times twins. Uplifting Drama. * 1 It »ught not to be very difficult‘ to elevats the siage. It has wings] eaver and his wife, who were the |g oud parents of 62 children, 40 of ; hom reached their majority. Forâ€" nately, four gentlemen of the|° ighborhood each adopted te 7 ildren, â€" the remainder bei 1 rought up by their parents. 12 Large as this family .was,. its| * me pales beforé that of a Russian, | " e Tvan Wassilit, who was the|® The Ambitious Spider. FREAK FAMILIES. as beautélul &6 «pider â€" does is so beautiâ€" }o not poke ***s[Tilt SUNDAY SChOOL LESSON Lesson X. Watchfuilness (Temperâ€" ance Lesson)â€"Luke 12. 8548. Golden Text, Luke 12. $7. Verse 35. Girdedâ€"The long flowâ€" ing garents formerly worn by Jews impeded movement. In preparing for work or for rapid traveling the wearer drew them close about the waist and fastened them with a girdle. _ y s Lamps burning â€" This suggests the parable of the ten virgins (6e0 Matt. 25. 1). y 36. When he shall return from the marriage feastâ€"The master of the house has been invited to atâ€" tend the marriage of a friend. As the wedding festivities usually la§t- ed a week, the servants would be left alone for some time.. Ths paâ€" rallel passage in Mark mentions the master‘s sojourn in another country (Mark 13. 34). & â€" 87. He shall gird' himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve _ themâ€"This 38. In the second watch, and if in the thirdâ€"The Romans divided the night into four watches, the Jews into three. Jesus probably referre to the Jewish division, that is, twelve to three and three to six o‘ clock. 39. A second illustration to show the need of watchfulness. Know thisâ€"The verb is probably indicative and would _ therefore mean, ‘‘You know this." He would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken throughâ€"Except among the rich, whose houses were sometimes built of stone, the walls were of adobe, or â€" sunâ€"dried bricks, and â€" would be easily ‘"broken," or ‘"dug through?" x 40. In‘an hour that ye think not the Son of man coythâ€"â€"since the Son of man may come unexpectedâ€" ly, ‘it behooves all disciples to be watchful.â€"It is sometimes well to ask ourselves at the close of the day if the time, has been spent as we would lik’-to have spent it were that day our last. ¢ 41. This verse gives another illusâ€" tration of Peter‘s impulsiveness and his acting as spokesman â€" for the twelve. Peter doubtless has in mind the promise given in verse 37, and wishes to know whether this high privilege is offered to all or reserved for the apostles alone. Compare Mark 13. 37. 42. As was often his custom, Jesus answered Peter‘s question by asking another. He does not tell what he wished to know, but he led each one who heard him to recognize that he was a steward with responsibilities. Their portion of food in due seaâ€" sonâ€"The upper servants, or steâ€" wards, on Roman estates served out at regular intervals the food apportioned to the lower servants. 43. So doingâ€"Serving the others, that is, doinghis work faithfully. 44. He will set him over all that he hathâ€"Increased â€"responsibility, not release, is the rewagd for faithâ€" fulness.» Compare the parable of the pounds, in which the servant who was found faithful in a very little, was given authority over much (Luke 19. 17). _ 45. To eat and drink, and to be drunkenâ€"This servant was probâ€" ably dissipating on what AfDllld have been given to the servaats under him. Â¥ 46. Shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unâ€" faithfulâ€"Wnifaithful servants, that is, those who abused their trust, were punished with violent death. 47. Note the gradation of punishâ€" ment shown in this parable, nameâ€" ly, violent death for gross evil doâ€" ing; many stripes for willful negâ€" lect of duty ; few stripes for unconâ€" scious neglect, since the servaot may be in a measure responsible for not having found out his lord‘s will. Luke 10. 1214 also suggests degrees ‘of punishment. . 48. To whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be.requiredâ€"The principzlis the same as that stated in the talents and the pounds. Bee also comment on verse 44. "He asked me to take care of his parrot last summer.‘"‘ sP _ ‘"‘That may have been asking .a great deal. However, you agreed, so what‘s the trouble now ?" ‘‘What‘s the coolness between you and â€"Wombat INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MARCH 8. * A young woman attached to an East end (London) hoepital was called upon to pay an"@rgent midâ€" night visit at a celfiguho\ue off, let us say, the Mile"End â€"road. It was a smaill houge, divided* up among a number of families, but although she knockedâ€"several times whe could get no reply. At last it occurred to her that the door might not be locked. She turned the handle and entered. As she did so she suddenly received a heavy blow on the shoulder from what seemed like a club. Bhe staggered back against the wall, preparing to sell her life as dearly as possible. No further attack was made, however. Instead, a stout, elderly woman apâ€" peared in the doorway carrying & broom. â€" ‘"PBeg pardca, ziss, I‘m sure,"‘ she said, confusediy, "I thought it was me ‘usband."‘ "He hasn‘t called for it yet." Reason For Hostility. CONTINUE IN WELL DOING But the Enthusiasm Wanes, the Pace Slackens and the Vision Orows Dim ‘"Thy last works are more than thy fint..”â€"&vdotiop ii., 19. Here is the last and highest word. of praise which is bestowed by the spirit of God upon the valiant church at Thysatira. ‘"I know thy works,"‘ so the divine message runs, ‘"thy love and faith and miniâ€" stry and patience.‘‘ But better than all these is the fact that ‘‘thy last works are more than thy first."‘ The church had continued in well doingâ€"nay, more, had done even greater and nobler things as time went on. All too rare is this virtue of ‘‘conâ€" tinuance in well doing;‘‘ hence unâ€" doubtedly the especial praise which is bestowed upon it in our text. It is common enough to see an individâ€" ual start out in life with exalted ideals, and plunge fearlessly into the fight for the Righ things of the spirit. For a short time there is the flashing eye, the eager battle shout, the unsparing hand, the unâ€" questioning heart. But the Hot Ecstasy of Youth, we say, in our matter of fact faâ€" shion, passes over into the prudence of middle age. Nine times out of ten this does not describe the phenâ€" omena at all. What has really hapâ€" pened is that not merely youth but idealism has perished. Sometimes the young warrior has yielded to the vuigar temptations of the flesh ; sometimes he has surrendered his ideals to those base considerations of expediency which are only other names for selfishness, cowardice and pride. Once in a while he has barâ€" tered his soul for some worthless but dazzling bauble of the world. But more often than not, I believe, Dr. J. W. Robertson, chairman f the Royal Commission on Indusâ€" trial Training and Technical Eduâ€" sation, delivered an address the ther day before the Women‘s Canâ€" rdian Club, about girls. He must be an aged person, for what he doesn‘t know about girls would fill 2 book about as big as a barn. Had he been a young gaffer he could ‘"ave given the old girls some pointâ€" â€"rs about the young ones that would be worth knowing. When the great Paganini was dyâ€" ing he confessed that he was just learning to play the violin. With all reverence, may I be permitted to hope that he is toâ€"day finishing his musical studies in a School of Masters, and we may some day hear bim at his very best." ~*~~° _ When middleâ€"aged gentlemen like Dr. Robertson get lecturing on woâ€" man questions it is to laugh. There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous, and the Doc. in several places comes near being deâ€" lightfully funny ; indeed, if heâ€"were to go into vaudeville with his little monologue about the girls he would be a headliner in no time. Dr. Robertson wants thirty milâ€" lion dollars to ‘start vocational schools to train young women. You can‘t train girls. If you don‘t think so, try it. We have tried it on with eooking schools. After you devour the middle of one of their pies, you can use the rest to pitch quoits with. â€" The trouble with girls is they make a function of everyâ€" thing. A ladies‘ college is a conâ€" tinuous performance functionâ€"only this and nothing more. We would spend thirty million dollars estabâ€" lishing some more functions, and we have enough of them now. wWHAT SHALL WE DO WITH oUR GIRLS? Girls don‘t want to be trained for a calling, trade, or profession ; they want to get married. Any one of them would leave school in a minâ€" ute if the right chap came along. Anything, therefore, that will help them out ought to be presented to the proper authorities." We adverâ€" tise all over the world free homeâ€" steads for young men of any naâ€" tionality. I wouldn‘t advise giving a girl 160 acres of land, but I would advise giving her one thousand dolâ€" lars. Let the Government insure every girl baby for $1,000 when she is born. . As soon as her birth is registered at the City Hall or with the Town Clerk she is automaticalâ€" ly insured for $1,000, to be paid her when she comes of age. The Govâ€" ernment pays the premium. Aunt Lucy says, ‘"Pay it to her when she gets married,‘" but Old Twilight thinks that some of them would get married at fifteen just to get the coin. No; it is better to wait till she is eighteen, say, and let her get married or not, just as she chooses. One thing certain, it would help thousands of them to get husbands. How many young men are there toâ€" day keeping bach. out in the West or up in the North woods and slavâ€" ing away to save up enough money to send for the girl at home! If she had #1,000, the probiem would disâ€" solve. _ Governments have loaned money to new beginners, have helpâ€" ed them start, have broken land for them, furnished th>m with seed, «built them houses, but they have mnever done & thing for women. _ Prof. Robertson complains of the low wages girls get. If they had $1,000 each, half of them would get married toâ€"morrow, and the wages of the other half would be doubled. This should answer the question : What shall we do with our girls !â€" The Khan, in Toronto Daily Star. â€" â€"Bheâ€""I‘m afraid you couldn‘t #upport me in the stvle to which I‘ve been accustomed." . Heâ€"‘‘Well, styies sre aiways changing, aren‘t they 1" . So Why Not That Onc. bh',i-&m“::‘ryinm sin and evil which knows no truce and m no promise of peare has tired out, and he lays dmu:):'z arms to exhaustion where he w never have laid them down to danâ€" ger, sufiering or desth. Right here is the chief weakness of all good men, and by the same token the chief peril to God‘s kingâ€" dom. Few of us, after all, are inâ€" consgistent, oovnrdl{. or traitorous But most of us are liable to exhausâ€" tion of fiesh, nerve and brain. We Hare a Breaking Point, P t which body and mind may colâ€" lapse, and we have to yield. Now and again there comes a soldier like Blucher, or a statesman like Gladâ€" stone, or a scientist like Wallace, who holds out unwearied through a long life time. But such cases are exceptional. Most of us have the constant problem of keeping fresh, of maintaining our epiritua) vitalâ€" ity, of persevering to the end with courage undaunted and passion un cooled. And this means, in the spirâ€" ibual life.as in the physical, rest and refreshment. If we would con tinue in well doing we must seek from time to time the ‘‘shadow of a great rock in a weary land"‘ which ., is God, drink of that ‘"fountain o‘ living water‘‘ which is His spirit, and ‘‘lie down in the green pasâ€" tures‘‘ and "by the still waters which are His peace. Thus on‘!y may our souls be restored, so that we shall not "grow weary in well doing.‘‘ Thus only may we be enâ€" abled to fight the good fight in such wise that our "Jlast works are more than the first !‘â€"Rev. John Haynes Holmes. How to Avoid Influenza. We isolate a smallpox or a sca) let fever patient, we are slowly com ing to believe that epidemics ma; be warded off in the same way, but so far we have taken but little note of influenza. Yet this is qufte a« catching as either of the diseases named, and if we take into considerâ€" ation the fact that it is often followâ€" ed by fatal results we must look on influenza as a most serious diso der. There is no doubt that it is caused by a microbe, perhaps i would be more correct to say by a group of microbes ; though it is on ly since 1892 that we have known anything about the origin of influ enza, its effects had been familiar enough long before. Even now there seems plenty of room for inâ€" vestigation, for influenza possesses a power of appearing in many dif ferent forms. In the close fou) air of any overcrowded place the inâ€" fluenza germ flourishes, and it is here that a few whose vitality is not etrong enough to resist are attack ed. From that point the march of infection goes steadily on through the household, the school, or the office. The only way to prevent the spread of the disease is to isolate the patient from the time when the head becomes congested, or, as :s sometimes the case, when the sympâ€" toms take the form of langor, headâ€" ache, or shivering and general pains [ xbout the body. â€"â€" VeanmnaAaeseretette e th of influenze. Bo long as proper precautions ar» observed in the matter of elothing and protection against cold and wei the fresh air even in wirter is the best preventive of influenza. There is little danger of taking the infecâ€" tion while out for a good tramp in the country or anywhere where the air circulates freely. The germâ€" laden and dusty atmosphere of the laden and dusty atmosphere of the average concert hall, themire or kimilar place where peopks throng daily is much more likely to be the source of trouble.â€"A Physician. Tactful Remark. Mrs. Fatleigh, a lady who did not belie her name, got th'.n:y during a social entertainment, smiling~_ ly mentioned the fact to a group of young men standing near ber chair. There was a rush to @upply her want, and the young man who reached her first with a glans of waâ€" ter she complimented 9p Ble quickâ€" ness, The fellow who lackp principle can‘t hope to attract “’h'knu. ‘‘Oh, that‘s nothing,‘‘ be replied lightly. "I am used 40 it . 1 got into many a circus and menagerie when I was a boy by carrying water in the elepbant." SHIP OWNFRS The Leeds Chamber of Co Are Very H A despatch from London, Engâ€" land, says: The Leeds Chamber of Commence _ devoted considerable time on Wednesday to discussing inâ€" creased freight rates to Canada. Loud complaints were made that the cost of carriage ol cortain goods had almost doubled. Joh McLaren, a prominent Leeds tra der, said it came back to the ol< question of a shipping ring. 1t wa practically beating the air to try and make any effective represents tions to ship owners, who *p their heads together and contr: rates, do what you will.‘" He gaw evidence for the Agricultural Eng PRIG:S CF FARM PRODUSTS BCPORTs «rom THE cEamins TnaADt CENTRES OF AMERICA #rices of Cattis, Crain, Chesse and Oln Â¥reduse at Home and Abroag fowns, 90 per 6c and at ‘.uo. Toronto, Mar flouns, 90 per c atente, in jute ba ‘l:_”; @trong bakere Manitoba whest Bb thern, 99 1%¢, and N« 14¢ more. No. 1 N #1.05 i2, and No. 2, ® â€" Ontario wheat N «ide, according to on track, Toronto Onte â€"No. 2 « outside, and a to. _ Western G and at 40 140 1 Peas â€"No. 8 a Barley Good outside, mecond Cornâ€"New N rail, ‘Toranto Ryeâ€"No. 2 a LUBY _ Egge â€"Oage 10 dozen; storage 31 to J%¢ per d Butterâ€"Choice 18 to 1%0; farm to Bbe; «ereminery 27 to 2¢; storub« Hone 1b. for ~#Q 15e for twine. Beans Hand â€"4 bushel; primes, â€" Poultry â€"Powl, 12 « .n1 16 i0 IBe; duck to 18¢; turkeys, 19 to _ Poiatoos Ontarioe a on track, and Delawa: fir No. 1, and # Rason ll\l\i clear case lote. Pork «hor ;um Mawme â€" Modo u eary, 17 z0 1Be,; rol ftast bucou, 18 to 1% Buok whent â€" No Bran â€"Manitoba n bage, Teronto â€" Lardâ€"Tiorves 14 54¢. Farmere & wike, No. 4. 4 W toba feed, 4 Buck whert, * Spring whes .;{‘4)“(“, #4.9 intor paten roliors, #450 216. Rolled bage, 90 ibe gfi. M lb ) i0 ay, No. 8, 3 Cheese, fines W Ba §4 W tere D Restores the c beauty and 50j At all Drugaist®s No. 1; ©on 4J Baled May and Straw stores the color, st aty and softness to Hair and is not a dye. United $ta Country Produce FOR THE HAIR Montreal Winnipeg Breadstufts Provisions Seeds tr 500. ®