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Ladyâ€""There‘s no need to â€"be frightened, my little man. My little dog is only wagging his tail to show how pleased he is." Tommyâ€""But that‘s not the end I‘m afraid of." ‘ "Sir, unless our troops ark out at the front to kill Germans let them come home and get killed with us. They won‘t have to wait long." C tmtd TEAETSUCTS had only exhorted their Tollowers to join the colors in the 1 nguage of Jofâ€" fre and Roberts ins{ead of in the !{:itating terms of Meyer and Newâ€" shamâ€"Taylor 1 venture to think we should now still be under the volunâ€" tary system 'tmead of saddled with & compulsion bill. dn dntntss css aiet CERe! make bold to say to him in reply that the only reason that 1 can discover for the unseemliness of such advice is that it is unbecoming a minister of religion to speak the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. "Sir, with Joffre and Kitchener, French and Haig, I beg once more to raise my voice reminding my countryâ€" men that victory can be ours in one way only, by artillery attrition. _ And I find that the chief reason why our war lords toâ€"day are â€"so sanguine about peace rooted in triumph _ over the foe is that our artillery is now better tkan his. As a plain Englishâ€" man, I understand this to mean â€" we gatt Kilk off the snawuw subbites . um uo in us "As for our friend the re Peter‘s, Hatton Garden, the shamâ€"Taylor, and his rooted that it ill beseems ecclesia to advise killing Germans. place u" in my simplicity 1 was under the imâ€" pression that our troops had gone to the front, not to take up and handeuff the aggressor, but, on the contrary, to wipe him out and do for him. Inâ€" deed, in my reading of the situation I had never regarded the enemy in the light of a burglar bent on ‘swag" only, but rather as an assassin under orâ€" ders to murder, massacre and manâ€" gle widows and children, leaving them nothing but their eyes to weep with. "Of course if Dr. Meyer‘s contenâ€" tion is right I must confess to being quite wrong. In other words, if our artillery is not out primarily to find the range for killing our foe, but only to shoot or frighten black beetles, rabbits and mosquitoes, my advice to kill Germans is altogether â€" out â€" of LÂ¥ read Dr. Meyer‘s letter I had no noâ€" tion that we considered it a ‘misforâ€" tune‘ to kill Germans. "In my stupidity I had always felt it was a misfortune to miss them ; I had no idea that soldiers in war were to be regarded as police on their beat: and clear sighted paper contains letâ€" ters from the Rev. F. B. Meyer â€" and the â€" Rey. J H. Newshamâ€"Taylor blaming me for advising our troops to kill the enemy instead of being killed by him. Truth to tell. till 1 Father Vaughan Defends His "Kill Enemy" Advice. Strong criticism has been voiced against Father Bernard Vaughan, the famous preacher, for having advised the British soldiers from the pulpit to kill the Germans instead of being killâ€" ed by them. Several letters of proâ€" test having been printed in the Lonâ€" don Daily Graphic the following _ reâ€" ply was sent to that paper by Father Vaughan from Manchester: "A clipping from your enterprising and clear sighted paper contains letâ€"| ters from the Revy F B o Mawvaua as.4 The fact of the future is that in the task of repairing war‘s ravages and reconstructing the shattered orâ€" gunization of civilization the belligerâ€" ents will need all the trade that they can develop. Plenty of competition there will be, but trade development will be assisted if the competition is‘ of the kind which seeks first to make trade and frustrated if it is of the] kind which seeks primarily to take| trade. Tendencies are all that (-un' be safely discussed toâ€"day, but the commercial tendency after the war | will probably be away from the war.! like forms of competition and towar(l: the manner of rivalry that obtained| before the conflict. | our â€" Nonconformist ho e > jected in the heat and passion of the eontest. Vision and thought are disâ€" orderly, but it is encouraging that a voice like Lloyd George‘s should alâ€" ready be raised in Great Britain diâ€" recting attention to the facts of the future, and that similar utterances have been made in ‘ CeÂ¥mant * waup! jected in the contest. Vis will be | statesm~*n [# fnance through the cht;nels 0 national exchange. rance 1ne warring nations will do all the harm to one another that they can while the war lasts. After the war resumption of commerce and financhl‘ relations between the present enemics | may be slow and at first roundabout. | Yet such is the nature of man andl such the laws of economic life that | ho artificial barriers can long obstruct , the natural course of commerce and | fls ue . . ‘ Allies and Teutons have threatening an economic was & as the men are out of the tre All kinds of schemes are beir eussed to keep what is now enemy trade out of home m and to try to keep it out of r markets. The least menace « is a refusal to trade with each What are the probabilities in the of experience and necessity? MUST SLAY OR BE s1 AIX q.; OO Py the Allies, declared that "When we consider trade, the first thing to be done is to obliterate any idea of revenge," the voice of the sober â€" British business sense was heard. It is a voice of reassurance raised in a time of disturbing clamor and an earnest of the prevalence of cooler cousels when the angers of ' toâ€"day subside. When Â¥erent When Lloyd Postâ€"bellum eco adopted by the "Wht-n we con thing to be don it NOoTEs anpcomments| the enemy quicker men are out of the trenches. is of schemes are being disâ€" to keep what is now called trade out of home markets try to keep it out of neutral Cermans, I1â€" must to him in reply that al to trade with each other. the probabilities in the light Lloyd George, dl_gcuuing the s instead of being kill Several letters of pro n printed in the Lon an economic was as soon economic policy on the contrary, do for him. Inâ€" of the situation the enemy in the @s5!0 under orâ€" 200C TCOe . CImeFIW sacre and manâ€"‘ Possibil en, leaving them _ Long, short, and thr s to weep with. sleeves will be worn Meyer‘s contenâ€" Summer. There is s onfess to being deney to the transpa e rector of St. the Rev. Newâ€" oted conviction lesiastical lips least menace ofl;;gd ministers necessity ? of neutral \uvuu\.'u. A Smart Use of Blocked Broadeloth.| _ Ninetyâ€"4wo been â€" submari Fall and Winter. That this should | mines, Twent be so for Summer is quite logical. Net aged by subma is nearly as popular for sleeves and â€" bodices as chiffon and Georgette, and! Selfâ€"love is it wears equaTty well." Many a pretty gets cold feet. A Smart Use interâ€" uen‘ pe 1 1 0 C " oo oo â€" AAWHG O ‘DHCOL [ edged Georgette, banded through the middle with a narrow black velvet ‘ribbon may be added, the ribben beâ€" ing drawn as tightly as desired and tied in a perky little bow. Deep cuff: of satin or taffeta with a _ matching collar may be attached to a blouse which has an unbecoming _ or _ oldâ€" fashioned sleeve, or an ugly neck f':n-f ish. When these deep cuffs arc used the sleeve, if sufficiently full, may be gathered .into the cuff, thereby lendâ€" ing another modish touch, for much fulness is noticed in tne new sleeves. | Around the bottom of a sleeve, which has not just the most becoming curve or finish, a double ruffle of picot edged Georgette, banded through the middle with a narrow black velvet ribbon may be added, the ribbon beâ€" ing drawn as tightly as desired and tied in a perky little bow. Deep cuff: of satin or taffeta with a matching collar may be attached to a blouse which has an unbecoming _ or _ oldâ€" fashioned sleeve, or an ugly neck f':n-f ish. When these dOAD AnMWs« awm su.% chic little costume in the new deep i waist effect, for shopping and wenerâ€" | al daytime wear, Coateeâ€"peplums, iquillings, bands, and insets of conâ€" trasting material may work wonders, too, with slightly worn frocks, suits, and _ blouses. _ Should a hem _ be: slightly frayed or worn, whether it be the lower edge of blouse or skirt,| one of those stiff, qaint little quillâ€" ings, or a contrasting band may be set on to cover it most attractively. Around the bottom of a sleeve, which has not just the most becamine avec. been The Sport Shirt Sleeves **%~| war, with its consequent deprivations to many, which has turned ‘her in this direction, or just because she fancies | evolving the odd little conceptions {and combinations one sees on every side, certain it is that economy just ‘now is being made very easy and very fascinating. 4 , Girdles, Bretelles and Jumpors. : ' Let us suppose for instance, that, one has a dark blue serge dress of, last season. It may not be worn tol any great extent but nevertheless it‘ needs something to make it look more| up to date. We may add a deep skirt yoke and a high girdle with perhaps a bretelle over each shoulder, of ; y3 u8 T 1 eves Offering Interesting Possibilities, short, and thl'eu-quarler-It'nxlh NCE ‘ I The Latest Smart Features. For those of us who have, a? it were, stacks and stacks of passe frocks to be remodeled, this should | prove of banner season. Fashion has been very lenient with our little economies for several seasons past, but this Spring, whether it is the; Wiaw witl The malad siemends i d en e mt /+ t A .‘\»\ A ‘ 4 7029 The Fashions worn this Spring and e is still a strong tenâ€" insparent effect of the o23â€"0 q3 and Jabot RBlouse curve Ninetyâ€"two â€" neutral vessels have been submarined and 94 sunk by mines. Twentyâ€"three have been daimnâ€" aged by submarines and mines. 190 Tn0red and twentyâ€"five of the 500 British vesels lost were sunk by submarines. Great Britain‘s allies lost 167 ships. Austria lost 80 and Turkey 124. The total of neutral losses is put at 736. but most of these were rgleased after being rnported‘ captured. Tow hundred and twenty 500 British vesels lost wel submarines. Great Brits lost 167 ships. Austria In & NBb td adime taiets t lt Bs an ds Lt us Lb oi 43. Simen a tannerâ€""Whose house with that «»f'.ih-l'mar\.\ is small, it hv-:“.m"l,\. the sea side" (Acts 10. 6y, comes a serious matter to allow this We should choose such a situation for golden drain. 3 ‘a lodging because of reasons which would â€" not appeal to Simon or to onE EFFECT OF THE war |Peter his lodget. Working is &n "unâ€" 2000 Merchant v“'“,‘ Taken > Flgm 5~Ie:xn" trade, Simon lived apart; and the Seas. if the sea front had none of the popâ€" n fass _ ,___ fularity it has with us, the. odorous ind sn mrome y ies met, itc from | lt wheice wight Jurt we well be there, sels of nearly 4,000,000 tonnage a;._,althnurh (!nenta!s ':”T nome t.""‘ No cording to fl;u'res published | by" the 8P€C! particular, ,.‘ul\.v s s e this United States Department of ‘l'mnA | point to show Peter‘s degrée of (mz.m“ merce. . Germany, with 600 vessets CiP@tion from Jewish seruples, which sunk, captured or getained, heads ‘the ) prepares for the next chapter. Peter list of losers. may have chosen Simon‘s house beâ€" _ Tow hundred and twentyâ€"five of 1he(cause he was a Christian and needed 060 British vesels lost were sunk by | special encouragement. submarinae Taveod vebap osy‘t land and then get it into Germany. As our gold reserve in comparison with that of Germany is small, it beâ€" ifatibfuifies : Aaa l a 1 it. He can take the gold coins to his factory, melt them down, mix the gold ; with certain other metals and make | jewelry, The mere squandering of the .! munition workers‘ money in this way, / in a time of national stress, when the surplus is needed for silver bullets and for a support for the worker and his family in possible days of need to come, is a bad thing. "There is another serious side â€"to it. The State spends monesy in conâ€" verting bar gold into sovereigns, and anybody can go along and get the sovereigns and melt them agrain. Also, if a man wants to take golden soveâ€" reigns to Germany he cannot do so, as there is an embargo against takâ€"â€" ing sovereigns out of this country, There is no regulation, â€" however, 3 against his taking gold in other forms, | "Therefore, if a man wants to supâ€" .I ply Germany with British gold he can P take notes to the Bank of England, | get sovereigns for them, melt them [ down and take the gold, say, to Holâ€" | land and then get it into (:erman,\'.‘( As our wout ruuirie. Ar ancesict ul fImMCE to meit sovereigns down to make jewelry, said: "As the law now stands a man can take a fiveâ€"pound note to the Bank of England and demand sdvercigns for t Â¥+ â€" ! For the past six months, or _ even since the munition workers began to work night and day and draw greatly increased wages, they have been havâ€" ing gold coins melted for _ jewelry. The practice is said to have become especially noticeable in Birmingham, where many of the large jewelry manâ€" ufacturers are located. There is no law against the practice of melting Government moneys, Hume Williams, a member of Parâ€": liament from Nottingham, who thinks the Government should make it a crime to melt sovereigns â€" down â€" to make jewelry, said: The gold reserve in the Bank of England at the present time is estiâ€" mated at about $255,000,000. _ There are other gold reserves, of course, in the hands of other joint stock banks. One of the aims of the Government is to prevent sovereigns going out of the country to keep up the reserve gold supply and to prevent the gold from reaching the enemy. |Britain Alarmed at Danger of New " Drain on Gold Reserve, | ~The practice of melting â€" British t gold sovereigns to mix with other | metals and thus make jewelry to sell | to suddenly rich â€" munition workers | and their wives is said to have become so alarming that an effort may be made during the present session of Parliament to pass a law to prohibit it. There are not many sovereigns in circulation in England, they having been recalled shortly after the outâ€" break of the war, but they can be obâ€" tained readily in exchange for paper notes at the Bank of England. qu‘nt, for it is promised that the inâ€" door rinks will remain open well into the warm weather. These patterns can be obtained at your local McCall dealer, or at this office, 70 Bond St. Toronto, Ontario. "j)jor _satin frock is made with net sleeves and upper bodice, and many ia last season‘s taffeta or satin dress is being remodeled in this way. Color Combinations. z) Blue serge naturally takes to black‘ blue faille combines effectively with . . black, many shades of grey, the greenâ€" ‘t ish, copery tones, orange, terraâ€"cotta $¢ and similar shades. These dark comâ€" 44 , binations of course are correct for the 85 street; for the indoor dress or afterâ€" 1¢ noon gown, one may allow the color t fancy a little freer rein. There are he; some wonderfully. vivid touches of ‘S color brought in now and then in a 18 sombré frock, quite transforming it.] °8 [ As a general rule, however, pale tones * /will predominate this season. â€" This Â¥jis owing to the present condition of Bt‘the dye market; naturally pastel colâ€" 'Y{ored fabrics require much less d,\'e; [than deep shades, It is most timelyI |that this should happen in the Sumâ€"| t mer season when we are ail of us inâ€" | ,f“clined toward white, pale pinks, blues, | o mauves, and lavenders which are so| t‘ particularly fascinating this season, | e|By Fall, if the War is not at an end,| t perhaps we shall all take to white, | s but we will not anticipate anything so . f extravagant unless we may take the! | present vogue of white shoes and spats as forerunners.. ” 5] A Word About Shoes. | ‘| _ While speaking of shoes, it might be well to say a word or two about! _ the new pumps for the dainty, uir,\': frocks of the girl of Spring and Sumâ€"| mer, 1916. She will wear the oldâ€"| ; time Colonial pump again with its accompanying buckles. _ And these | . | buckles will be real buckles not mere| | pretenses, some of them measure as T much as two and oneâ€"half inches | across. They range from the conserâ€"‘ vative leather covered hnelklas s1 i1 . | ‘o MELTING SOYEREIGXS the kind that of _ melting â€" British to mix with other make jewelry to sell munition _ workers s for the dainty, airy irl of Spring and Sumâ€" ie will wear the oldâ€" pump again with its never "That is very singular. Did you anâ€" swer it correctly?" "Yes, ma," "What was the question, dear?" "She asked me who put the mouse in her desk." Why He Was Whipped. Tommy came home school in tears. "What is the matter, darling?" askâ€" ed his mother. â€" "Teacher whipped me," he sobbed. "What for?" "Noâ€" thin‘, ‘cept answering a question." T). _ Presented her aliveâ€"A â€"p Luke had used before (Acts 1 compare also Acts 20. 12. 41. He gave her his help her faith to realize sence of physical strength. Peter done to the Iame man F i ifi hi stt d adich io o | "display." Coats and garmentsâ€" y These general words donot represent y, the original. In the translation . a!m\'e it is assumed that here femiâ€" e nine attire is intended. In general 1, the words denote the inner and outer . garment respectively, one of a kind 6 of â€" shirt rcaching to the knees, the g other an unshaped wrap coiled round the body in a way more easily visualâ€" . {ized in India than in the West. Comâ€" , pare Matt. 5. 40, Luke 6. 29, where ; the point is that the "coat" is the § cheaper (Matthew) inside (Luke) gaz‘-i ment, as against the "cloak," which lt robber would snatch at first, aud! a scoundrel litigant press for if emâ€" _ boldened by a smaller success. " | 40. Put them all forthâ€"As Pe. | {ter‘s Master did on the oceasion he remembered so well and described fu‘ his pupil John Mark (Mar 6. 40). Similarly Elijah (I Kings 17. 19) and | [Elisha (2 Kings 4. 38) and must be ‘ calone with God and the dead. Only | Jesus can tolerate any spectators: at . [Nain and at Bethany he had mah_\'.’ HMis assurance of the Divine "will to > life" â€" was naturally absolute as his: prophets‘ could not be. Note that ] Peter makes no promises beforeâ€" ) hand: against like Elijah and Elisha.} he goes into the death chamber arnd t prays, _ Jesus, all three times deâ€" / q elares the issue beforehand. Taâ€"‘s bitha cum(i)â€"His actual words differ p only by a letter from those of the ; Master, which only Peter‘s disciple reâ€" w cords (Mark 5. 41). € SacUra‘ one to use as a girl‘s name, 39. â€" Widowsâ€"It is not unlikely that these were the "enrolled" widows of 1 Tim. 5. 9, who spent their lives in church work: Doreas was probably one of them. Showingâ€"The word has a suggestion of proud and affectionate "display." Coats and garmentsâ€" These general words do not represent P Coenihdnyâ€"Auiit ts c c which Luke faithfully takes over from those who told him the story, | _ 84. Make they bedâ€"A single verb, literally, "spread for yourself." It recalls the Master‘s address, "Take up thy bed and walk,." 85. Sharonâ€"North of Joppa. â€" Of course we do not gather that literally all the population "turned to the Lord" â€"it is a very easy hyperhole. } 36. Joppaâ€"Now ealled Jaffa, a town on the coast of Palestine, lhirty‘ miles from Jerusalem. Dorezsâ€"The! gazalle‘s beautiful eyes made its name:‘ a natural one to use as a girl‘s name.| 39; : Widowsâ€"â€"IL is nat uniHicahs yn.zf 9t Hpiirgd id Aiiht 5.. £.5 ... it 5 \typical activities of the older apostles | The saintsâ€"So to speak, the ex offici« (title of Christians as such. Holines: jis not an extra, or the proper de. seription of a select f¢ w, such as the rather illâ€"assorted company of men and women who have been "canonâ€" il'zed and wear a halo, Lyddaâ€"On the way from Jerusalem to Joppa, about [three quarters of the way. ; }Eneasr-Presumul»]y a Jew, but with a Greek name. _ Palsiedâ€"Luke alone uses the form of the verb found here: it was the term a doctor would use. _ Kept his bedâ€"The provincial term "bedfast" used above is intendâ€" ed to suggest the almost vulgar word which Luke faithfully takes over from those who told Kim.Â¥ha Le.l THE SUNDAY LESSON Lesson Verse 32 INTERX ATIONAL APRIL 9 2. The «â€"Eneas 321442 0C iristians as such. Holiness extra, or the proper deâ€" f a select few, such as the assorted company of men ~neas and Doreas +42. _ Golden Text: Titus 2: 7. Ine story returns to ies of the older apostles, 0 to speak, the ex officio III. It is good to fight in Freedom‘s cause. So we make that cause our own. And we‘ll do our best at the King‘s behest Till our foes are lying prone. And low in the dust they soon must lie, When their schemes have comes to grief, For we stand to win in the battle‘s din, We men of the Maple Leaf. . The bit of God‘s earth that gave us birth Bred us loyal to the core. And we‘ll never cease nor ery for peace Till the foemen fight no more. For we take our stand with a purpose grand While the brutal enemy cowers, We‘ll stand for Right, and strike for Right. it Hdclds. . EPintusinttonait, o. 2 3 ... 1 d ia 2 d1 We are Britons, one and all Oh, we dare to do and wa dare to die We lads of the hill and glen. God Save the King is the sons we s We are all King George‘s men. H iWns hetsniralints 4 d 202 â€" 142 M c 4 115 P t it And fight till the day is ours he translativnz that here femiâ€" d. _ In general' inner and outer The â€" provincial bove is intendâ€" st vulgar word akes over from h}il‘.llâ€"f'rn the â€" preâ€" So had tActs 8. phrase 1. .81: LESsOoN, TORONTO KING GEORGE‘S MEN. (By Mrs. Jean Blewitt.) Bystanderâ€"I was :] mum, but you kin calm My dog is on top at ] Excited Ladyâ€"Why « terfere to stop that dog { W is Not Impressed. i _ _A young housewife was showing a ‘new and inexperienced servant about j the house, explaining the various duâ€" ties that would be bers. In an upper hall they came suddenly to the head ‘of the stairs, and the lady said :â€" Nancy, you will go down this way alâ€" ways." And witg that the Jady slipâ€" ped â€"and ‘stumbled, going down the gtairs with many turns and bumps.!' ‘The new maid was frightened and‘ said:â€""Lor‘, missus, I‘m afraid T won‘t suit you at all; ~ That way of| going down stairs is a bit tof)‘danger-! ous for me." â€"Acts | If you haven‘t the energy for a walk, put on wraps to keep you warm and sit in an easy chair in the corâ€" ner of the porch. In lieu of the porch try raising a southern window and sit where the sun will shine on you. If your gloom has not vanished in an hour, you should consult a doeâ€" tor, who doubtless will prescribe for a sluggish liver. For a sick liver will make even rosy glasses reflect a dark glow. I DUL ' 1+ every one could only realize the tonic effect of a little sunshine they would be both healthier and happier, _ Cover some green grass with a piece of earpet for a month and note the result. The grass will have completeâ€" ly changed. Jt will have lost its color and become almost white. IThis is exacily what happens to people. If you live in dark, gloomy rooms you eannot be rosy or entirely healthr | Walk in miles a day ingly noused more c time than the y Let your spr read something Eat meat but _ Â¥ro0u cannot buy relief from Lheseflh;n conditions at a dollar a boitle. Medâ€"‘ was icine will not make up for overeating| _ and underexercise. The high death fryj rate which almost invariably prevails ther at this season of the year from pneu-} t# monia, tubereolosis ‘and other respirâ€"| ~â€" atory discases is largely due to the _ J reduced physical resistance of indiâ€"| viduals, which makes them purticu-|Mfl." larly ~sensitive when the â€"sudden| changes of temperature occur which P: are common at this time of the year. siee, Old people are susceptible, as they are \ed b housed more elosely during winterâ€" the : time than the young. | come Let your spring tonic prescription of 1: read something as follows: \sity. Eat meat but once a day and sparâ€" |;" . Luua.. The toniecs which the vast majority of individuals need at this perciod of the year is fresh air, exercise and a simplier diet. Owing to weather conâ€" ditions many of our activities are reâ€" stricted in the winter. There is also a tendency to eat excessively of meat and fatty foods. As a result, when the spring arrives with its warm days many of us are like a furnace that has been so choked with fuel that it doesn‘t draw well. | the song we sing, A S men. for the world to hear The Crisis Over. Banish Gloom strike for Right, that dog fight? _was just aâ€"goin‘ to in calm y‘r fears now. top at last, mum. the open air five or Why don‘t you inâ€" "Spring Tonics." HEALTH rrounded by all It is a simple one, but. efficaâ€" such treatment whole â€"regiment in Sunshine . ag j ; ° ___"~, tne supreme challenge lunng: . y 5_ 7/ Pcaim of physical aciâ€" of this age, in which the old materia‘!â€" ence. Like them, Jesus was a disâ€" ism is struggling with the new!, coverer of eternal laws, a formulator | a akened spiritual consciousness, is A of the inherelfig’etm)ds, a definer of-c&,}len‘e to all the forces "of organ fundan;\;%gf, b iplesâ€"]a‘ws;‘ meâ€" ized religion to life up the eyes and thods a '\'m,fi;‘: ’i\-hic‘}{:._g‘:\m‘.'dheern the new day dawming, and as true, univérs&al Ad inevital fil"‘th‘tfi. catching the inspiratW® from a the moral and spiritual r alm as are the new truth as taught by scienc the laws of gravitation or%! evolution and philosphy and human exeprience in the physical, And W"lQh- Jelul to .sb preach and teach and live the says that God is the Universal pitit.iapirity,} . 5) â€" 50 ff Tmem! angd live the the A“Fathe’r_ and u4 000 T i SI1X 4 [It is true, wonderfully true, that "the moon is rising again and the tide ‘of dreams once more floods the naked shingles of the world." The old star lit mystery of things is coming back, and life is once more filled full of meaning and significance. The very science that has seemed to be taking all the glory out of the sky and the | divineness out of life is toâ€"day beâ€" coming more and more mystical, or, in other words, less and less hostile toward the things of the spirit. Every day this science is confirming more | clearly man‘s intuitive faith that he is spirit; that he does not live by bread alone, and that the meaning of hisg life is something mysteriously sacred, â€" radiant and ex@@ited beyond all mortâ€"| al telling, ‘ ‘"The life the body t | _ The "brisques" were instituted by the monarchy o# the 17th century; ef.â€" faced by the revolution, they were reâ€" instated by the First Consul as reâ€" sponding to a psychological need of the First Empire, the Restoration, the Second Republic and the Second Emâ€" pire; the Third Republic having abolâ€" ished reâ€"enlistments of privates in the army excepting with the rank of & subordinate officer, the object of the stripes disappeared. They have now been authorized by some general ofâ€" ficers at the front to be worn as a badge of continuons «nnmein. in ® honor. lore the revolution by private soldiers who had to their credit eight years or more of service in the army. These men were called "briscards," and when they wore three of these stripes on the sume sleeve they were accepted as the distinguishing characteristic of a man extremely touchy on points of lsacidil At dinner time, when he smelt fish frying, he felt hungry; but his moâ€" ther did not bring him any fish and "His Conception of Life." "â€" C° _ haid nothing when she left Little Bear upstairs with the bread and the water, but he did not mind that, because at first he thought it was a joke. | _ "Ahâ€"hum! Ahâ€"hum!t" repeated Faâ€" ther Bear, who was really too surâ€" [prised at first for words. Then said \he, "Son Bear, J ought to spank you |and send you out to work, and that is what I should do if your mother were willing. Butâ€"" & ! | Eather Bear said "But" in such a loud, loud voice that Little Bear jumped at the tone. "But little bears who will not pull weeds in the blackâ€" berry patch shall not eat blackâ€" berries." : _in the realm of ph)'m-c:i aciâ€" Like them, Jesus was a disâ€" _of eternal laws, a formulator inherent rmethods, a definer of _ Beimeiplesâ€"laws: meéâ€" ental, prineiplesâ€"laws; . lowed by his mother, who car; plate of bread and a brown p full of water from the spring. M Bear _ said nothing when she "It is too hard work," explained Little Bear. "I am not big enough to pull weeds in the blackberry patch." "Ahâ€"hum! Ahâ€"hum!" began Father Bear, gazing hard at Little Bear. "Do 1 understand that you will not pull weeds, Son Bear?" "Father Bear," she said, "Little Bear will not work." Then behind Little Bear‘s back she made motions that meant, "But please do not spank him!" Jesus _ "Little Bear," said she, "have Y9U4 gsh and his father said not} finished the weeding?" \he called his mother and ) is _ "No, Mother Bear," was the answer,| "What is the trouble « ‘it is too hard work. 1 shall pull no Bear?" inquired Fatho> F more weeds." | Mother Bear led the ;;(:, Never before had Mother Bear downstairs. heard Little Bear speak like that; so| "I am hungry!" waile) 1 ; she took him by the hand and led‘ "Have you no bread"" .. him into the house, where Father ther Bear. Bear sat in his big chair. | â€""I cannot eat just bread." ; FRENCH SERVICE STRIPES _ _One morning when Little Bear wanted to play, his mother sent him out to pull weeds in the blackberry patch. When his mother went out to see how he was getting on, she found him lying on the ground and looking at the sky. is the U When Litile Bear Would Not Work. O e is more than meat and than raiment."â€" â€"Luke, xii., upstairs went Little Bear, fol Vie Cfi)’ y _7 _tpa (Q}\‘l BOYS2GIRPLS ; continuous service ‘gs of the spirit. Every ce is confirming more intuitive faith that he e does not live by bread t of the sky and the of life is toâ€"day beâ€" id more mystical, or, less and less hostile Says That Life Is More Than Meat and Drink and Raiment. Ine meaning of hig mysteriously sacred, ed beyond all mortâ€" niversal Spirit. : _new idealism in also coming a new ¢ great principles . Apart from all ns |[.g 1. C_r0J0# ©Oâ€"Operation and love 78, we are when man realizes who he reallvy ; 1 as Wdifltjlnd the actual oneness that hinds hig ‘ealm of the to his fellows and to God, then man‘s fe that was| true and spiritual life will begin here Newton or’mn €arth. The supreme Tfian.‘.,“ phy'ic.l :Ac‘-‘O’ this age, in which tha old mutaric1. awan 2 C & . rivate soldiers right years or army. These ut" in such a< Little Bear was so hu: p _ Little Bear ate two whole speckled ut little bears five pieces of johnnycake. in the blackâ€" heaping dishes of blac}\» t eat black-\drnnk two mugfuls of mili | went out and weeded the tle Bear, folâ€" patch. He was tired whe vho carried a to bed that night, and on n brown pitcher nights afterward, but he + pring. Mother about it, nor did he exc~ hen she left work in the garden until Fe th the bread it all as well as he coudld; 1« did not mind found out that when he %; note for a The greatest of all world toâ€"day is that mer shall grasp the spiritus of life. It is the abserice ception in man‘s pra ing â€" and living that 1« war and strife of moder; When the materialistic money and force and se replaced by the spiritus character, of coâ€"operatio when man realizes oh. {centre and source of our individ _lives; when He says that life is m. than meat and drink and raiment, a that a man‘s life does not consis: the abundance of things he posse, eth; when He sums up all of lif, _duties as consisting in love and co fidence toward God and love and h« fulness toward our fellows; when ! kays that death is neve» the end life, but only an incident in life, » that "Eternal Life" may be realiz and lived here and now, He is simp stating in practical terms Mis spin val conception of life, which finds i corroboration toâ€"day in our mo modern thinking as well as in the » periencte Of every indioiM.. 1 "That‘s all right," replied the o boss, "I‘m glad you‘re satistfied. J ing you didn‘t hurt our frm a pa ticle." gular job." "The best thing that eve happens to me," sneered the youlny man : his former employer, "war when y fired me. 1 went out and got a v< _ One day an JIrishman, when ing through a street in th. city, in the baker‘s window the wonds, cellent pies sold within," and he in and bought one. He tasted i fore he left the Hh(lp. and u,-m[lh: to the baker mbout its being and «diry. . The buaker anid: away, man; I made pies before were born." "Well," said Put, * must be one of them," and he jef: shop in indignation. wounds received. Some ©* prohibited them; but the 0. reached the War Office, \ form stripes in some for authorized to be worn by |» have served a sufficient 1 trenches. considerable period, or as the number of battles i: wearer was engaged. or th« hard, even bread and w good, but that when he ha ed, there was no tasi« honey, or milk, or in a i: of blackberries.â€"Youtl‘ Little Bear passed his pjiavm, Father Bear filled it with trout, mashed potatoes, and currani j Mother Bear passed him n« joht cake, and gave him a big dis) blackberries and a brown n»uy of milk. CC ol every individua}. The New Day Dawning. greatest of all needs i toâ€"day is that men and nat: trasp the spiritual concept It is the absence of this c _ in man‘s practieal thi "Very well, Son Bear, ther Bear, "You shall supper, and weed th« patch before dark." | â€""I cannot eat just bread, Little Bear, "not when J and besides, I am loness; weed the blackberry pai whole garden, and I‘ll h and I‘ll work like Sa)); you‘ll let me have fish 10 per, and blackberries, and milk." When he nlmke. he aAgan sm fish frying. HMe felt hungr. 1. his mother did not bring };» fish and his father said noth ; the called his mother and his (tai). Bear ate bread and drank waw, The afternoon lasted a lony, |, time. Little Bear was mâ€"leep \} his mother brought him more i and water. his father said nothing,. _ & Mmaterialistic â€" values force and selfishness n _ the spiritual values Randall, * Ancient Pie« Satished breeds civilizatior ompliedt l a to y El 1e es Ag 0J ved h HJ NA Nis h the 1] Itt Out W