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‘1 NOTES AND COMMENTS Wben.1nul a.vue.ariantutl he wt: to per-mule . with: to quid money on he goon deeply into details. m forms: M]. de- teeta and difriculties 3nd tries to provide against them. no ls "u, via: pmctieul arttoanenta to meet practical objections. In pam- Ur, u recognize. that the vital pains in to do. that the plan will top! and exactly how it will work. m hove very well thee it he doesn't go about it in that way his liming will be inefteetual. m knows that the cepiuliat in not go- ing to be impressed by merely gen- oral ideas that Ieem to be promis- ing. The capitalist wants facta. Unfortunately n mnjority of pub- lie men do not follow this procedure when cooking up plen- tut they out. the public to spend money on. No sooner does . half-traked our trestion occur than it is u once rushed into the form of a. prowl foe an action by the town council or the government. plans for disposing of public money in any way. as is generally requir- ed in plans for getting private capital to invest in private enter- These facts are so well under- Mm-d by physicians and students of health problems tint there is hard- ly need of publishing and); nxioms of personnl hygiene-or there would be none if human nature were not am prune to forget t' e mm; which we most necessary to keep in mind. And because fresh air in winter when means more or less moment- ary discomfort the temptation to amid it, or fail to seek it, is espe- Nil-Hy strong at this SQIHJII. The sum standard of thorough- ness should obtain in preparation of prises. When it does we dull have fewer plans, but more plans that I‘M be worth considering. Fresh air is always better than air which is not fresh. Tho best winttr air is outdoors. The best. night air is the, sir Which is moot. nearly as nature made it. Cold, Moan air is bean than warm air, which " not so pure, alwnyo provid- ed that there sham be smfrieient Homing and food. to maiotaut the heat And strength of the body. Health and vigor are common m the most inclement seasons among men much exposed to the elements. 1hrnsider the lumbermen of north- ern forests, the fishermen of winter was. It u stated by careful Mr. mners that the French troops in the highlands of Lorraine and Al. sace, living out. in the snow and sharp. cold midwinter. have trained, on the average. five pounds apiece since their hard life in the trenches began. and they are pictured as ruddy and sturdy in the highest de- grve good food, the human body not only alrfios winter cold but thrives upon Such examples of outdoor “wing in winter can be found in great numbers. Their lesson is plain. With dry feet, warm clothing and l'lwillilg to Tru. The country school teacher had been telling her scholars about the seasons and their peculiarities, 3nd to imprm the bets upon their minds she questioned them upon the points she had given. Several queries had been put, and she fur It aiiy reached the stupid boy in the corner. "Well, Johnny," she said, "have you been paying attention l" "Yen, mum." he answered prompt- !y. "I'm glad to hear it. Now, ran you tell me what there is in the spring:“ "Yes'm. I em: but I (hunt want to." “Oh, yea you do'. Don't be afraid. You have heard the other scholars. Be 3 good boy now and tell us what there is in the spring." "Wy-ary-mam. there's a frog. an' a Iiurd. an' a dead cat in it ; but I didn't put 'em there. It “a another boy, for I see him do of you!" exclaimed the mother. "Why don't you itudy harder and try to get. ”my tom the foot. of your class?” "It ain't my fault," replied Doris in tones of injured in noocnce; "the little girl who bu always been at the Arot has left about” --_--_ . Very HIM-h in Lose. Pete was s colored gentleman, 1nd very much in love. But, great- ly as he desired Miss Johnson for his wife, he was so bashful that he dared not 55k for her in person, so he hail to 'seek recourse to the tele- phone to make known his love. Me rung 'her up at the house of her em- [x‘uye-r. and inquired. "U dat you. ML” Johnson!" "Yaw." was the rep'v. “Weld. Miss Johnson. rse trot a mos' important question to ask you." "Yale I" "Will you marry me, Miss Johnson I" and the - came, “You; who is it. please t" is): schoo'l the'mue girl admit- ted that the won the lowest in her class. "Why, Doris. 1 gm ashamed Doris was rather backward in her studies, and one day when her fa- ther WtMb innuiristiqto htr strug- A Visitor Fro- Funk-I. Tom w“ walking down tho su- don one day when he met a Fry. There vs: no mistaking her. Tom recognized her ct once. She was . - . . ..... __A__..-s M, very (unity name creature, a." more “was lootin height; her bit was golden; her eyes blue as AT- get-me-nota. Sue was dressed m green, end carried a little wood of gold infer hand. ' . w a” B"'" I“ IIVI III-I.-- "snliere no hides, after an?" aid Tom, after n Incl-om}. hearitt- tion. The fairy laughed: and if. was like a little silver bell ringing. "What . funny question to ask,” she said, "when you are docking at me all the tahne.'l _ " "No," said Torn. _ "But it's there all the time, isn't' it I" said the fairy. "Yes, I suppose it ia," said Tom. "Well, in the same way," con- tinued the fairy, "you oan't see the Magic Haze; but it's there tour feet above the ground; you who Ire on-' derneath it can see me and “new any fairy; you are in kirylland all the timecesod, in fact, belong to it. Now the grown-up people who, are above the haze can look down. through it, of course, but “when this effect on their eight; they-never see fairies "Sin; nevenmore can they look into Fairyland." "All of them rr said Tom, with his eyes wide with interest. "Well, no," said the fairy. "Some of them will sometimes play with children like you; they will get down along with you, and frolic about; and then, of course, they are under the haze, and are in Fairyland once more.” "And when people are only just four feet high, like Jack.” said Tom, “what happens to them """riFeiiria% Tom, "father any: the re areo't, and he ought to bum." - - . " luuw. The tasiry laughed Apia. "Oh, ot course, grown-up people say there aren't any fairies, but you know the reason why they any so, don't you, Tom I" "No, I don't," said Tom. _ _ _ . AL- ar-L, "No, o the fairy. can you? "No, I don't," said Tom. "Why, it's because of the Magic Hue." said the fairy. “The magic what I" aid Tom. “The Music Hue. It hangs just four feet above the ground every- where." . .. . , m”... "But I arn't see looking up. . "Why." said the fairy, "they be- lieve in fairies one minute, a'nd they don't the next. They dorft really know what to believe; they are in a haze, you see." then "Yen. of course." said Tom; "but dou't the grown-up people ever kick against you and hurt you? They couldn'mhelp it if they did, be. cause they can't see you." The fairy laughed merrily "Have you e Tom 5 like to try." “We'll," said the fairy, “it would be just as impossible for any of you to catch a fairy, or in any way in- jure one. Why, we can travel fast- er than you can think. Some of mar grown-up people come striding in among us sometimes when we are dancing round our green rings high up on the moorland, but they don't touch us. When they are in the act of putting a foot down we are gone like a. fush, and when they have passed are back again like a flash again.” 'ir/il at, this moment Tom'ss father sauntered down the garden. _ _ “Hullo, sonny," he said, “who's that you are talking to there r' Tom took his father by the coat, and. pointing to the fairy. said, "Why. it's a. fairy. father. Can't you see her?" "iiiridiii, threw track his head and laughed loudly. "That, Tom'. Ha'. ha'. That's a cwbbage stump, V The fairy smiled at, Tom. “and her hand, and distsppearvd. A wealth) and oat'ver autocratic city man IX an: to c_nsalt a leading doctor. who asked him a great many questions. The imperious one. who was not accustomed to be cross-ex- amined. gut impatient, andb mud:-- “I came here to be cured, not cate- (hiqed." "Oh," replied the doctor coolly; "then you had better go to a veterinary surgeon. mu the only doctor t know" of who cures his pnients without asking them any questions." Not Certain. "What is this malady which has suddenly attacked the nations of Europe I" “There is some doubt as to that. Some any it is the German rush, others that it u the Rm germ.” Spores on the fern frond's back, Dust specks you seem to be, Till through a microscope Clusters ot pearhul Bee. Stars of the winter night, Mere spots of feeble slow. Millions of miles away. You are great suns. I know. New earth and heaven may mean Simply a change in me. Glory exists; I need Power to tru)y see Perfect are all Thy works, Miller ot earth and sky, . When I can see night With comprehending eye. Nu." said Tom; "I shouldn NEW EARTH AND HEAVEN. Dr. James L. Hughes, Toronto. Ever irieduto catch lightning, Young Folks My. . 1 course you osn't," tsa.id . “You can't see the air, Got Impatient.' iiiue cream. f?” it," said Tom, of the Magic " (“RILEY WINS, WHAT! l By cus. M, lice, Denver, Col. I often wonder it the Candi“ people fully realize what the present terrible wur new if the allied Ger- imn force. should win. _ Quite spart from nil questions ye- lating to the violation of Beltran neutrality, and other discus-tons about the 4ubutre of the war, the im- portant question for caudians is, How is the wu going to meet Can- ada in one of an who!” mun? A III. In can: In on ”nu..- -e-"e Of course, it the allies win, and we think they will, there will be t settlement by ,seglrtiation, and the result upon Can-do cannot be otherwise than tavorabie; but Inp- pose the alliance should win, then It the dream of military Ger- many come true, if the doctrines y Treitschke and iGiiiui.di.rrtvtt?: there will be no negotiations or; compromise of any sort. jibe” Will only be senile submission of the most humiliating kind, and we could not blame Germany, for she hue al- ready given us a oretnste of what to expect in her treatment of ge- lent little Belgium. In such an event the world will become Prus- sinnized everywhere, except per- haps in the United Staten, and the triumph of militarism and absolut- ism would be complete indeed. The spirit of democracy, that has made such headway in Europe, as in America, would be quenched for ages to come; free thinking would be utterly crushed, and a world power, such as has never been known in history, Would be wielded by a. war lord so autocratic and domineering. steeped in the teach- Mm l ings of such hair-brained anarchists as Nietzsche and his followers, that constitutional government would be annihilated and the mental and moral darkness of the "middle ages” would again settle down upon a world of slaves. m1);nx;cl:acy must-arm to- defend sewn-tuautomey andspreserve hu- mnn heedom... __ M What would such an outcome of the war have in store for free America? It would drive us tomili- tan-in in self-defeat; for are.orould have no other choice. The fact we have to face, if Ger- many wins, rightly or wrongly, will be: Prepare and 'fight, or suffer national extinction. While this would undoubtedly make the United States the greatest military nation on the face of the earth, it would not be because any one here wants it, but because it would be our only salvation. A Germany, long ago, got rid of the amateurish idea that "that govern- ment is best which governs least," and has developed government as an instrument of overpowering auto- cracy on a scale and with a. measure of success hitherto unprecedented. In many respects Germany's tNJ- cial policy and organization is com- mendable, if it stopped there; but everything has been done with the sole purpose and end in view of making Germany the greatest mili, tary natiun_in the world. . She has developed government as! an instrument of social welfare with) marked success. While otherl countries have been punishing ig- norance and vagabondage, and have fallen down before the sicken- ing problem of the unemployed, and have acknowledged inability to deal with it, Germany has said that these things can and must be prevented, and by preventing them she has created a collective efficiency which the rest of the world might well envy and respect. Observe, for ex- ample, how Germany manages her school system, her state owned rail- roads, her Kartels, her trade intel- ligence organizations. She did not try to "down the trusts," and waste useful energy on those lines, but utilized them, and at the same time she helped the small merchant and dealer to develop trade instead of hampering it. With her usual energy she at- tacked the problem of the unem- ployed. not only by the imperial government, but by municipal and local governments, and countless similar organizations, with the re- sult that when the war broke out her marginal floating population of unemployed was less than that of any other country. She occom- plished all this by purely scientific methods. Germany wasted no sen- timent about the matter ,shegauged it as just another problem of mv tional efficiency. ... The child was needed by the mili- tary power of the country as an effective fighting machine, and as such must be well fed, amply clothed and securely housed. " Probably one of the real cause: I!) the war was the break down of this‘ great top-heavy machine of the Germans. for it had progressed so far that it could see things only in terms of force. They made inex- cusable mistakes in diplomacy, to start with, and embroiled England in the conflict unnecessarily. Some of the things her statesmen did and said were of the essence of stupid- ity. It was all right and even com- mendable her efforts to extend trade and develop her industries, but she carried her militarism to the point of fanaticism, so much so that she ceased to be interested, as she was a generation ago, in the in- tellectual life, in music. in art, and in philosophy. She' produces no more Wagners, no more Helm- holtzs. no more Kants, or Goethcs; but her whole energies have been devoted to creating things that des- troy. It all dates; from the Franco- Prussian war and the blood-and- Aron policies of her Bismarck. Might made right, and the "Will to power," continued to develop along those lines. If, in 1848, she had heeded men like Carl Schurz, she would be a very different nation to- day, but she took the wrong path {and developed along materialistic lines, and her downfall is certain. ' T CHAS. M. BICE Denver, Colorado, Feb. 8, 1915. "When I was a tiny boy with ring, lets," said the man with little hail, "they used to call me Amihie." "l a??? now they call you Archi An interesting par of home ttip- pets u mule with patent leather vamp! and tteel-Asif, French heel. and long, pointed toes, sod with the rent of bony, corded M silk. There u . wide, Med like!) over the inuep and each {MIG it"? (oi-med hr the etching " wk.“ with a small rhinestone tr11tAor4ml, the _ of the imp. m: in?!" I.,':,'.',',',',.",'; on the ',',t"ded't ooh alip- r twi a. e' e bum n. pe Elm. Me ' _ Rue-inn irtdittemse has teen murk- ed in clothes for several months, end game women hue notuully worn Russian boots. Now they can he had in some of the (hope. One pm shown recently in the'window of n mart shoe mop is made of eoft ignen suede and patent leather. The heels are high and of French shape, and the and the vamp of the shoe are mule of patent lather. The leg pert ia made a the suede, and the mp reaches up on the leg sec- tion in interesting, irregular lines. Lizard stockings. There could hardly be anything new in stockings, no great is their variety. But one pair that is strike ing is of lbladk silk, Sheer and firm, made with a. lizard of green and brown beads, iridescent and spark- ling]. stretched full Ilength on the an e. New mutdkerehiefs. A new handkerchief shows a. rub. fle about an inch wide, of violet tulle, as an edging. The centre is of very sheer linen, and the ruffle is very soft. 3nd full, and the little handkerchief is decidedly fluffy and daintg. _ - Black and White Fem-It's. The prevalence of. mourning in Europe has brought from the manu- facturers a, large . assortment of mingled Mahmud "ttiteretrateritslec' The new silks have large trod wide ly "parated%laok _ flowers on a white-ground. The broad striping of the. Direetoire has returned and black coat suits are made with long pointed waistcoats of it. There are also separate coats of it above skirts of plain black silk or cloth. Made Marksmanship the Chief Sport ot British Navy. The great naval victory of Sun- day, January 24, when one of Ger- many's finest battleships, the Blu- cher, was sunk, and two other bat- tle-cruisers damaged, was due not only to the superior guns, but also to the superior marksmanship of the, British gunners. When the war broke out, and for Some considerable time before, heavy gun shooting was the s rt par excellence of the navy, {3% "Gun-layers' Test" and "Battle Practice" creating an astounding amount of enthusiasm and emula- tion-and also betting'.---urnd Sir Percy Scott is the man, above all others. who was responsible for it. Twelve years ago, gunnery was a dead letter, and target practice a nuisance. On February 2nd, 1902, Captain Percy Scott, C.B., deliver- ed a, lecture at the United Service Institution of Hongkong, on "The Fighting Efficiency of B Fleet which is Dependent on the Straight Shoot- ing of the Guns." Out of that lec- ture arose a host of questions from CAPTAIN PERCY SCOTT, CB. the officers present, and one was in connection with creating interest and the need of competition, Cap- tain Scott replied: “You relied en- tirely on competition in the past; in Malta harbor you never did the weekly sail drill without one or two men being killed in their anxiety to be first ship in the fleet-that same spirit still lives. I only want to in- troduce it into gunnery; we ought to make use of the national vice, namely "sport," and to create the same ambition among our officers and men in shooting as existed in sail drill." Well, bo rr-mt-iv')- saw his ideal come to f": . 1 before he retired, but it was "at without a consider- able amount of unpleasantness. When. in February, 1905, he was appointed to the newly created post of Inspector of Thrget Practice, he found himself faced with a. dead weight of opposition and indiffer- ence, but so vigorously did he pros- ecute his "fe/tf he received the sobriquet of ' CuraYd Spdrt,” which he took quite smi ingly, ttnd at last had the satiuaction of seeing the whole service as keenly enthu- siestie revel troof shooting as he you} Ems-rug": I Td,",; Virginia bifen recaled mm tho Retired List to lend a hand with the present war. A full course in the school of perience lasts a lifetime. ' Fuhlon Hints IAte Winter FM”. Admiral Mr Peres Scott. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO mum" tttttli/Milt Verse. 3. Samuel -.--tJee"f) he not been mentioned since our _ [tel-174, vein 1. The burden of his in was repentance. tth',',',' and "riiGAth.---Be1- in, as mentio ed in a previous lea- eon, in the pl al for Baal, and Anh- taroth ie t e plural for the female divinity Alta to. t tr. Samuel said, . . . I will pray tor rnr--Foy other instances of In- nereisstsion witb'Jehovnh see Exod. ‘17. ti, MV, Num. 12. 13; 1 Kings 18. 36, 37. 6. Drew water, ' . . and Usted.-- At the feast of the tabernacle the high priest used to draw water‘ from the fountain of Siloam in a golden veesel and our it over the sacri- fees. The feast of the tabernacle lasted from the trfteenth to the twenty-second of the month of Turi. The name 'twater-trosie," given to one of the gates, of Jerusa- lem, iss, supposed to have {been named from this custom. In 2 Sam. 23. 16 we find David pouring out water to the Lord; although he was furnishing he would not drink the water. Fasting was enjoined on the day of atonement, according to the law of Moses. The day of atone- ment was on the tenth of the month of Tisri. That Samuel should have observed these two feasts as pre- pnrntory to his intercession with Jehovah is indicatiye of his deep concern 4 summon went up Ageinst Iierael.r-Thia mum that the whole strength of the Phil- istines was called upon. Just " kings and. cameraman-45y wiILgo to the front in order to encourage their soldiers, tuwthes lords of the :Phlt'urtinee -thotttght it accuser-rte be in the midwortbe battle in order that the tulrtightiutt strength and daterminntion oi the soldiers could 8. The children of [one] said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto Je- hovah our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Phil- iatines.-The Israelites' tear of the Philistines was increased when they saw that the lords of the Philirr.. tines were taking part in the battle. be secured 9. Samuel took a sucking lamb.-- The very best offering was for the intercessory prayer. As to the law of burnt-offerings, see Lev. I. IO-N. IO, But Jehovah thundered with a great thunder on that day.---1n- stances of thunder, rain. hail, thick fog, and other natural Phe- nomena. are frequently recorded in history. Because of such an event, victory has rested with one or the other side. _ _ ll. Beth-car.--) place was on a hill close to the Philistine territory, which would indicate that the Phil- istones were driven back into their own land. A 12. Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Bhen.---Miz- pah is the modern Neby-8amwil. Jerusalem is only five miles further be: ond to the southeast. Shen means “tooth" or sharp rock (see 1 Sam. M. 4). 13. The Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within the border of Israel..--" Canaan was subdued by Israel (see Judg. 4. 23, 24). The hand of Jehovah was against, the Philistines all the days of Sam- uel.-"All the days" means all the days of his government, as Samuel's power ceased when Saul became king. __ . . _. _ _ asso- IX. Blane! the ' Loner. l “I. 7. FIT. 1 nxt’ 1 a... T. = 14. The cities which the Philis- tines had taken from Israel were restored to 1srael.-Samuel con- quered the Philistines not only in driving them from the borders of Israel, but by carrying the war into their own country and taking from the Philistines the cities which had been taken by them from Israel. There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.--The Israelites and the Amorites made common cause agginst the ?hilistines: 15. Judged Israel all the days of his life.---This means that he was a. civil judge. He was not supreme as a iudgt after Saul became king. mmmnoxu 13.88020 N " runway as. 16. He went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah.-Beth-el was the most im, portant place on this circuit. Gil- gal was over against Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, and Mizpah was five miles northwest from Jerusalem. 17. For there was his house; . . . and he built there an altar unto Jehovah.-Samuel from youth up had lived near the altar of the Lord, and in his old age did not forsake it. Where his house was: there alw was the altar of the Lord. Whitewash is the cheapest of all paints for farm .purpuses and may be used either for ext ior or in- terior surfaces. lt camel; made by sluking about ten pounds of quick- lime in tb pail with two-gallons of water. covering the pail with cloth or burlap, and allowing it, to slake for one hour. Water is then added to *bxing the whitewash to a con- sistency whidt may be applied readily, A waterproof whitewash for ex. terior surfaces may be made as fol- lows: (l) Slake one bushel of quick- lime in twelve gallons of hot water; (2) dissolve two pounds of common salt and one pound at sulphate of ziiue in two gallons of boiling wa- ter; pour (2) into (1), then add two gallons of skim milk and mix thor- qnghly. Whitewash is spread light- ly over the surface with a broad brush. Stern Patent (to young applicant for his daughter's hand)--"Yottng nun, can you support a, family?" Young Man (meeWh--"I only wanted Sarah." _ jiii, lords of the jhilistinea over the seriousness of this Whitewash. Smile] SHOULD WAR. BE ENCOURAGED ? I ERIE“ ll Or Is It More Desirable "I will reveal unto Othem the shundence of peaee.'"--0eremiah To than of " who regard the "tatslidhment of permneut and universal peace a a. “consumma- tion devouoly to be wished," and who pray that this any be the our penning outcome of the present In. it in disconcerting to discover that there are serious and high- minded pet-Ion- who believe that such 1 pence would be most, unfur mum. War haa certain {odors which Ire highly essential to the best development of human chanc- ter, and must. be preserved thcre- fore even at the cost of blood and tens. War is horrible; but it is man’s only sure protection Again“ his weaker, more slcthful, more oomsrdly self, and therefore in the long Tun is worth its stupendous cost. It u this that. Professor Crumb argues in his “Germany end England." "Phe ideal of pen,” he says. "has never yet been realized, not because men}! unable, bat because he is unwilling to achieve it. . . . In war man his I possession he values above re- ligion, above industry, above socill comforts; in war he values the power which it affords to lite of ris- ing above life, the power aehidt the spirit of man possesses to pursue the ideal." The Chinese Roast Pig. It is evident that what men value in war is the martial and heroic vir- tues which it fosters. With this we can tsympathize. But wherein is it possible to mm the oooclusiou, based:.upon this premise. that we: should be encouraged and _ pence discouraged?» To argue thus is to imitate the famous -Chinese in (maples Lamb’s “Dissertation 'on I Rout Pig." It will he remember- ed that this-Mongol was so unfor- tunebe new» have his home destroy- ed by fire, but found partial com- pensation in the discovery that his pig, which had been burned to death, provided a delicious roast for dinner. He Ft.' ill shared his dis- covery with his. neighbors, who s’kraightway put their pigs in their l kitchens and burned their houses to Signal By In Armed Foree to Con- municau- With Enemy. To a great many'peuple the mere mention of a, white flag in war at once suggests some cunneetiou with one oi those unpleasant episodes which. in South Africa, came to be dignified with the title of "regret- table incidents." But it is important that it should be more generally known that a white flag in international law pus- sesses a. significance quite different in character. . For an officer ot soldier to dis- play a. white flag or other token of surrender in the presence of the enemy is a disgrace equivalent to showing the white feather; and tha. British regulations make it unmis- mkably clear that the offender will be tried by general court martial. The surrender by an officer charged with its defense, A any garrison, post, guard or position, whether fortified or not, which even a detachment may be ordered to hold, can only be justiiied by the utmost necessity. Unless this necessity he clearly shown, the surrender becomes an act of shame and disgrace, punish- able by denim; or it the evidence is inautrieienr to support such a charge the offender, if an officer, is liable to be ctcehiered, or it a soldier to suffer imprisonment. What requires to Ire clearly un- derstood is that the hoisting of a white flag means, in itself, nothing else than that the one party is ask- ing whether it will receive . com- munication from the other. In practice. however, the white flag in consequence of being im- properly hoisted in the course of an action by individual soldiers or small parties, has come to indicate surrender. The white flag is My uniwmhb' understood fhsg u? nuce. and no more. Since time f.n.nemoriti] 't has been mad as a signal by m armed force that it is anxious to communicate with the enemy. and this is the only ssirnifieanee that, it can be said to possess in intern" tional law. Great vigilance is always neces- sary, for the question in every case is whether the hoisting of the white flag was authorized by the, senior officer. In consequence, when the flag is hoisted the enemy need not neces- sarily cease fire, though it is abso- lutely incumbent on the party which hoists the flag to do so. A man was tried for stealing ' pair of teats from a shop-door, with which he ran away. Judge (to shoe- maker who had pursued and seized the prisonery--"What did he say when you caught him I" Witness-- 'Wy lord, he says he took the boots in a. joke.” Judge-vid, pray, how tar was he off when you caught him ly Witness - "Ahout forty yards. please vour lordship.” Judge---" an afraid this u carry- ing the joke too tar." And he con- demned the when“. For instance, during the siege (1: Port Arthur in 1904, when a partie-!, ular fort hoisted a flag, the Japan-3 ese general, Baron Nogi, did nutf immediately cease firing on that,' fort; he looked upon it as merely] preliminary to negotiation. 1 “ll ITF, “A G I N FR l y CF.. Carrying the Joke Too Far. estrabte to Have Permanent and Universal Peace? the ground. that they themselves might partake of this new and won- derful delieeoy of rout pork. What would hove heppened to Chinese civilizetioh had there not amen-ed I wise man who did-ed that rout pig could be obtained without the expensive grace“ of burning houses ie not difficult to surmiee. The application at this story to the argument, of our war champions to-dav is evident. War, like the O'rienul'e loss of hia house bv fire, has its advantages, no doubt: no- thing in this divine world is wholly bad. But wherein is it necessary tht continue The lien-ere of War in order to - these nd,rattt. ages? Why deatrox the whole edi lice of civilization in order to foster heroic virtues in the human heartt Are there not safer ways of achiev- ing this same emit Are there not other oanf1ict. as has rdoua aa arm- ed battle with our fellows and “My as conducive to the development of dauntleas courage and chivalrous sacritieet What about “war against nature, the forest, the "db, the vicissitudes of season and cli- mate.” of which Professor Cumin himself speaks? What about war against political corruption, indus- trial oppression, social abomina~ tions of everv kind? What about men like Savonarola, Wesley. David Livingstone. Captain Soon, Jacob Riis, the Quakers, the early C1hriatamv--were these weaklings and cowards because they fought on battlefields of peace? We only have to think for a mar ment in order to see that it is rid- iculous 90-qu about international wu as the necessary foster-mother of'mnidv rigor nodvirtue. So far, it is true, Inch war Itaa been the only force that has ever digipliped a whole community. to idealism ; but there.tiaro "Mott in the nature of m'whyapeace cannot, he made to provide an equal discipline and produce an equal idealism. Our tuck is not to preserve war, but to redeem peace. And it may be wnll to make it plain that the first con- dition of the redemption of pew-e its the abolition of war.--ilev. John Haynes Holmes. The rich, the poor, the high, lowly, Each must unwer to its cal AI it does the statelieat hovel So it doea the studies! hall The great difference lies in "m methods atoning fur the path-m At such times we would all h- gzu 1 . we could mil in the well.tra'rvs l nurse w'hose quiet ways, plain. in: "surning dress and ready know - edge of what to do for the patiem i comfort, seem to relieve sumew’mi the pain nad “Goring. I 7. Encourage quietness and tentment as mudh u pussiblw 8. If a carpet is on the , spread a sheet down before the itient is ever usisud from the T IThis is very essential in C'a," "a 'conugiuus diseases. 9. lf coal is used never pm into the stove from the 'mul .dlovel. Put it into paper haw. door my then be opened and {can} dropped in without maki Ir, i none. No home, however well urdero. is always free from illness of tl loved ones. The question for us is: What the untrained nurse do '1 The lowing suggeations my be of 5 value: 1. Remove all unnecessary de- oontions And furniture from sick room, but do not allow the patient to know that this is being done. 2. It wash curtain: "reused they should be hung (“only plain and straight. Never loop them had: _ 3. Heavy colored or XII-me fUrured paper. curtains. carpets or bed clothes should never be found in . sick room. It there are no plain white counterpanes or spreads in the house, a fresh sheet, nhuuld be used In ' top cover. A 4. Never-Weave medicine in sight in the sick room. It can be brought in on . tray each time, thus an lag Maps fy' the nurse. _ - 6. Never let a patient know a What periods the medicine is to l,, given. It. is not pleasant. to cum. the clock strokes and knos it i medicine time. room li. If flowers are kept in 1'1» room he sure that they are fv-mh sad that the water on them is chimed " least twice each day IS. Never elm the pstirm's wishu to interfere with the phvui- cianh, orders. but avoid Wurryinu‘ him as much as pomibte--pliant promises end “motions help to make the patientforget pain. JO. Have all the tub!" and in the sick roam covered with Keep this as huh ac: pus sihle "So inch“ already found mm» ring: a lottery t" "Oh ,yes! You ace, she minim! s chum natuainunee." If n man is unable to bout of what hie ancestors accomplished. ity. up to him to do mining worth 6. Never leave aelock in Home Care of lhe tiiek. How It Bappened. HEALTH they theaeel V69 the high ll "n ar Becktnghnht Palm . Cover Germs kitculntim -ures [cut part Much 31 Wednebra; 'tt'i"ie,i,',ytr t t part "Sunnis; "mils. T P001) SF Shops Closed a It says an we bung by the ore rt a Von utter burly “In and I Admiralty M th dill tl n fti I'l ll " "rt" u‘.., M " Kl the People i n “em b GER 0n ma