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- rithinetic and kiàowledge gené,ÏàlI- Iy the endl of education, and pa;rents moy be certain their eblidren de not have the best chance ase long-:a iW. intellect ie forced an d lb. spirit negIected. There in mucoh talk these dy &boufr v'oýCatjona.l eduction. Itsn value depende u.pon the2ýfact that i bielps develop the .Personality. Lt' awakens an intereet; in thinge tbatr luwowledge cannot do. It in work,. cornpanie'nship, nature, originalit," * sf-reliance -.- qualities tha.t> iibe~ the man and acholar. Vocationa4l training is for the jboy's person&lity,1 noEt~ for hie bread and mreat., T4eiç! will corne when thegood -Within hirn is drawn out. In that Iight it in a chara.cter builder. t centributes te the true citizenshlip. VHILD VXCTI'IS VI£W oF WIAJ Pitifutl Questlonlng of Orpisan Re- tugee lin Belglurn. A létter lias 'bee» received in, Pittsburg frein a Pitteiburg womnan Who wa & WY one mishap and another detained toc long' at Antwerp and was forced te be on eof ise thou- mande cf -refugees who rode and -walled and sbruggled in ene way or * another into Hôlland, where ase wae i-il for some time e» acount cf lier terrible experience. Beceming convalescent she wrote t-be letters * te a friend. On. part cf it relates an incident which pictures'one cdl * thfeïhany tragic features cftIse war. Among the refugeeswmith whieh tIse writer canne into int-rnmate touch -was a inother -and a little gir-i cf vight years. Ttcy were ne excep- lion tet-be maîsscf -the haggard, -s- o n-r begone, hungry and grief- stricken, except t-bat they were. mocre refined tIsa» meet, and speke parfect French. "Mamnma, *hère are we. goingl'2" said VIse little one. "W. are running away fromý the Nar." e"4WhY do wc bave te ru» away f rom warVI ",To keeéépIrdin'being kil led." "iWhat -;s war and why dees it kili pe0pleVy" "War is when.. thousands and thousande ef- one people _.4et toge- thler 'wi-h - big-gun-s slnd littie guns and Îtry te kill each otIer te tise very Iset soldier."1 These answers te theehild, 1sgprat- * tler sMys thse letter, 'were given with dry 'eyes a.nd unemotiônai voice. Thse mother wae pst. a-u emotion, - nd there wsre no more teous. "But, màmma, w-hy do t-bey kill "My chilsi, I do net know." 2'D-tIsy k uo* Th 'fIat I do mot know. "But, ma-ma, when papa cornes Isoniehe wiih net- Ïnd us t-er.. " ýPapa wili 1neyer cee home; Ie i. deai; oneet Vishe killedS."y ",But, dean-ma-mina, why,,ehiould t-bey kilh my dear papal H.e neyer bhurt-anybodvý; ise wa.s a geesinS papa," ersisted tIs h' il9. ----"H. dueS fer hie country." 44 - But ivby Sid lie diejor hie ce-un- t-ny . C-ulSn't h.l do'more fer hic c u W f y if 'eho aS livesd2 I I Iinkrhe çouhi, «ny dS-." - - DI-is eeosptrr'asLehlm if 'lie --wanted te die for et,. mammal" -- TIse witer of t-be letter saisi she could n-o longer liste» te tIse ebatten cf Ibis poor lit-tle exile, tlseugI saIe- liaS seense mucis of mnsery t-bat- e ,seemeS te have lest- .11 feeling, ahi sensation cf pit-y or sympatby; ansi slie scughit ct-ler, wnetýcled, unes whose means aidsi- eb were not -so - t-nyi»g aa tIse pitiful que. ie-ing et, onie who was t-oc young t- know thse meaning cf il ail. though se want-- -e tu t know% as tise worid wants te know, t-hmeaning et ut-. Seundlng For Bullebsu. In a lecture ab.t-le -Conservatoire dçs Art-s et-14etiers in Paris- Prote-s- cor'Violie 1qajrJ t-ba an apparat-us niSthbe HuÏghes "I bahance is now 'àýei»g usesi te inS fbulle-ts ini w 1eunde. Thse balance consiste of two bobbins so connected as t-e make a balance bet-wyçeu pnimanies, - nsi seconduines. As long as t-bat balance is- u'ndistuunbed, t-lie tehe- phône apparat-us, whicb us fixeS be- twee4,t-hem, unakes ne sound, but suhen1 one cf thbe bcsbbins appreacises a met-allie bc;dyi-se electnical equili- bnium i s Sistuilbesi anS t-be tel.- ph one sounsis. ThIss, t-o finS'thse exact situatio-n - f an imnbeSSeS bul- let, -alt-bat anyone ha-s te-de, is to vass one -cf t-be !bbbinfî j»,tise ap- parat-us o-ver thse body cf t-le wound- -- -ma n and t-o liste» at thbe tele- -Phone. TIse 5ont-nivan<ée l very -Sm-i ple, ansi very certain in lt-s ressîltq, 'and is et inestimable value in cases in-'1 whicb an X-ray machine is net na-ailable. Polar Thîeory._ "I onden-why se ma-ny - mne scin toecnjoy polar expioraotion F' 4'l -dion't kiow," replieS Mr. Gnon--cer, "unies-s it- is becasuse -- t-bey like t-e find a placewheî-e t-bey are net- perpetuaily ad- meonisbed .abh<jut cat-ching colS o-r -tracking,-sncow lutotthe frôQnt- hall." yourselitunnecessarily, and it s Y, in time tu rn.ou J'rom, a god sIee- er intc a poor one. But drowsiness àe sometifes a sign of diàsese; ,Lt je often a symp- tom 01 ai jioieoned sytem. When, the refore, ,lpere»n begins te ehe!* unusual &n4 inexplicable drowsi-' nees8, he ought te *find out -wh.it thse cauise is. Ih May be that malaria or indiM estion, or some -form of kidney' di igh*poioningthe blood. A diminiihed blood ,.treamn can also produce somnolence, as in the case csf the aged, who often..fall into a succeésion of littlè naps ail day lnbecause the a.xnunt of hlood. that ciirculates through the brai» is so sinali that there je a constant ëondiiion'cf cei'ebral anaemia. Anrnldrowsiness aise resulte from tâmers'of the brain or in- juries. to'the ïskull. Then it le usual- ly caused 1bythe pressure that inter- feres with the« circulation of the bleod. In diabetes, drawsiness oc- casiofially cornes on with great sud- dennese; it je then generally the- precurso; of the unceneceneis or coma that accompanies thse lata staes of that disease. The treatment of droweines must be determined iby the cause. Old people should be permitted te drowse free'ly. Young people who 3re anaernic should try to improve4 their blood -by tonie and diet, and cuitivate a habit of living and sleeping in the freeh air. ilealth ilints. Ç A good lotion for c'happed handoi i-e made with glycerine and rose- water Nothing iese ogcod for a eprain as bathing witls very hot water, te hbie. turpentine bas been a-dded, an ùunce to a quart. If thse feet are tender bath. thet» cf tc» 1in trong aluin and -borie acid; ru-bbed on wýaen tIse feet are dry it will remove any edor, but it rmuet be allo-wed te dry on thse feet. While tise headache laets do net try te ýfight againet it. -Ne eick headaohe- was ever cured by exer- cice of will power. Let tIse wrk go, if ipo ssiýble, and lie dow-n in a dark- en ed' reoin. Nine people out'ef ten eat more t-han ise good fer them, which has caused an expert te declare that if people woul-d not' over-eat the chances ef a. food famine weuld b. reduced te a minimum. An orange or an apple eatea be- fore breakfast îs sais te b. tise best cure fer dyspepsia, and it is cer- tainly thse beet rernedy for tise mul- titude et skiu troubles wbieb ceme with - the spning. Thse jice cf oranges. and leinons is invaluable in cases 'df fever, while toma-tues are excellent remedies for seme liver and jga tric'complainte. Fige, rasp- berriee etrewberries, currants and cherrieg are ail ni;tritious, as weil aW eooling and .purifying te -thbe sys- tem. Fruit.is invaiuable as a medicine, andi you ought net te neglect* this deligIstýul remedy for the ilîs that flesh is heir te. Here are a lew cf the virlues te be found in the biiet knewn * 4f fruits: Grapes ,eome firet, more eipecially black grapeo, which are nidt iious and punifying to the bloosi. Peacises ate aWeo exceding- ]y wholeome, but t-bey sheuld neyer b. ea4ten ever-ripe. They may b. eaten either at meale or bet-ween meals, but breuakfast je probaibly tIse best time. WVOUNI>S-OF WIR.- Aîuputatlons ln Premesut Coufilet (1onparatkrely iSainl. Dr. H enni de Varign3J cf Paris saýys that j»nVise present- war t-be am- putations are tew i-n companison wit-h t-h-ose et t-h.ewars et forty or lilty years ago. Surgeesenew have te rnake! no miner amputations. Out e! sevep t-Iousand wounsied me», for- exanpple, who were receavesi at- t-be Vichy Hospit-al i» Ne-veinber, <>nly sixbundresi amputations were made-an svenage of -twent-y a day. Is t-be Franco-Prussian War in '1870,t-ha ratio bet-ween tise nuMiber c-f wounded ansit-be nu-mIer cf ans- put-atiolis wac et least fort-y ner -cent-. Tsedecrease is owing t-u the tact t-bat- the emnergency treat- ment- on t-befielS ha-s bec en s-siC impreved t-bat thbe danger o-f i.-îfec- tiýon is-almoBt entirely -jone away witb. Accendingt-o t-he Arr»;, andi ~Navy Journal, cacIs French sî>!Sies- now carnîes bis c-w» iodiuue. anS t-be British soldier wiihi oca be flo- ing bis example. Every in m 'have mn hic kit -a smo-Il ca-psu1s oc-f le-dine, in a sihape so' Simple to ap- piy - t-at tIse wounSéd in or his neigihor ca-n drese a slight weund ins.tanthy. Tih. importane of t-ie immediate dresing can hardly .bei os-eresti-mat-eh, for emahi wounds, frein Iullets, shrapnel, or tmag- ment-s of seeh, if not- attends-S te, are quit-e as likehy t-o- .becornie infect-< est as mm>r sevene cnesi. itt-le Mary s mot-ber w-as t«nit-isg ai let-teî t-c ier ais-t-eo-e say,anuS Mai-s-. wbo diS evers-îluing lieur mo- tbci- lid. %vas n--itiig alec.As- -b. began slbe looked uîp: and asked - "Mammna, hmu do yeu iqpéll 'arint' --the ind t-bal ain't a bug 1" &m more w] Smatter foi ,ed that th, Wiâdàîl W Ueed by FenïOtps ô'OcvuIr sr~ts One o-f tIse mont ardîrous dut-les wbidh talla t-o ti-he, lot- of t-le- sbldiers is'per1a" thât cf -outpeet wrk, thse special fui-iens et wlsicli are te gatber information cèoncenning tIse enémy' - Movemente. I» order. te ebtain Ibis inlermatiou, nearly every de-vice je trieS; one sucis met-bcd is show» a-boe.. Unden certain conditions a windsnile-fiers - a, good point cf vantage for ân <ebse'rver,, Who stands on the aithe, lining bia bbdy up against the ai-m of th si.Coneenning tise g'neral duties cf eut-poste, lise follewing# quetation frein an efficer'letter we-u puIs- lisheS necent-ly in TIse-Times:- 'Isuent- on about 300 yards in front e-f nny scout-e. Lt was a pret-iy ]umpy job. Thse enemy's treicdis wene about 950 yairds frein ours. I paee"Lbout 150o yards ai t-len got clown on my banda andi knee-e ansi crept on- for soe way , expeetîng eveny moment- t-oru» jute th-eGerma» tronches. Lt-*wa pretty black, anS I coulsi only se. a few yards in front et me. I ha-cla loadesi e- vvlver anSd-ma-p with me. Every ne-w ansitisen I came acrosa a dead Gerutan. We-il, I couldn't think wisy I Isadn't struek the'trencbes, se I went off e» my left a bit. TIsestars liaS gene un and I was pret-ty welh lest in t-be misidie oet t-is big plateau." !_- THE ifWAR A119IHE STARS Tihe('astie ef Sîeep). Long ago, in t-be siys cf t-h. "-wiehing time" lis-eS a great aS- ventu er, who was' calleS Lion Reart because lie feared not-Iing. - Lt ce bappened t-bat on one cf hie jcunneys Lion Heant became lest in a dark tereet, where bemca-m.eS for fis-e weeks before ccming t-o a-n open field, where tIse sun shone brigst-ly. AlI t-bis ti-me Lion Heart hast touaS naught t-o eat cave bernies anS a few nuts, ansi lie alwayo was look- ing about- -j» Iopes cf finding a bouse. .As h. looked acrose t-be fieldi le saw that it wM ne-t a field of measi- ow graus,but like a -Ihower-garden fl-led wit-isbiooxing ~pppies, ansi ise ew j» tIse centre efthtIe fielS a beaut-iful estle. -Straigit-way lie st-art-ed't-a go te t-be castie, but -as lie steppeS mb t-bte field- a bird in a t-es near by callesi "Beware! be- wane I t-at is-the castie etfS1iep, whene shlumbers t-be Pnineese.' Hastily Liennlisant- Sew back a st-ep. Well dis be remenuber beai-- ing tIse minstrel si-g o-f tise beauti- fui Princese, oven whem a wicked wit-ch hasi cast aa'pel. AnS tIse minstrel Isad saisi te lin:-' This- tIse beaut-iful girl muet- lumber till a brave kni.ght, shaîl force hic way thmoughAt-h.field anS plant a kise upon»lber. " 8e Lion Heant grasped his faith- fui mword in bis banS ansi rtsolvesi te figsti hie way t-o -tIse cnet-le. No sioouer diS lie enter t-h. fielS t-han tiepppies began te make Iim feei sieepy. But- he was det-ermineS b. wou-hd not sleep. Ha epencevered til at-hast ise was almuet ttu t-be cas- t-h. do-or, wben t-be ipoppie;s i» front cf hlm csuddenly sprang up it-oa thîeket cd briars andi brambies. These bis good sword eut down, and t-be» ie- ent-ered t-he castie. Ahi about- hum were t-be servants ansi guarsis sleeping sou uxsiy. Haistihy be went te t-be Princesm'e mo-m, anS bending oven kissed ber forehead. Immediat-ely se. awakened, as d ber honsebolsi and tise poppy field bad vanisheS. - 3lhitary"Mre. Thse general staff cf thse Germa-n army is quick to se any invention t-bat-mo-y improve t-le effiý,eieney et thse comme»n soldier. TIsus, in t-be t-welve monthe before t-be eutbreak cf t-be war, t-h. Genunans taugist ne-w recnîtits.in ne4rly every garni- son t-ewn sudh minor iiitary aotiv- ities a43inounti-ng gvardc, set-ting up tent-. baye-net drill, andsi ig sen- tinel chut-y, by means o! pecio-hîy prepared mut-ion-pieîuu-e films. Tbey have uced -motionjpictureu aie ýt-c illustrate ct-ler inuitamy activities, such as building bridges, dest-noying railways, t-no-wing up eai'tbwor-kc, enecting barricades for -sti'eet fight- ing, springing mines, and layingI pontoons. To populo-riz. t-be army,1 t-he Ger-man governmen tmsade spe- cial films cf t-be great- military manoeuvres cf 19'13, anS mot-ion- pietuure 'bouses in aIl parts of -tlie count-ry exbibited thse pictures wit-h- out- charge., L'f-tle Mary, n-îihe visiting i-n t-be couuntry., chaneS t-o fspva peaeoelk, a bird qhbe baS neyer seen bs-fore. 'Illinning qiîiccly into t-he house she cried Ouit: "Odh, grandma, cUme eut ani se- ! -Tlsee's an olS cbieken in c full Ibicom "'- WORLD'S LEADINe ASTROLO- GERS DO0 NOT AGREE. Tise Great European Lontii1et iVa@ Net Predlcted By a Sin- gle Orne. That prophecy je a lest art jei again exemplifled by the European war, wh.,ich was not predictesi by a single one cf j4x numereus astrale- gens whe are constantly study-ing the stars. TIse offly prophet who came prnywhcre near it waa. a ycung mathernatician cf Rochester, E. L. Jotundro, whoi early in Juiy wrete a letter, stating tIsatIshe retations b.- tween - AuEtria, Servia andi Ruscia wouid b. very much strained i» .August. H.-a.dded, however, that diplomacy would settle thbe difficul- ty andi that nô resi Eu-ropeaýn war would cerne until 191-8, and would then last -tihroe years. Mme. Thebes, thse much.-talked-of Pa-risi-an propiiet, eaie -t-bue age saisi tiat Vhis would be a basi year fer thbe Kaiser, andi preductes t-bat hie det-I would occur on. September 29th, 1914, -but nothing happened te the Kaiser, and Mme. Thebes an- nouncesi bbat ah. hasi made a rnis- take in be r eileulition,' andsi s put the da-te cf -bisdemise in Noveniber cf thse saine ye .ar. iy or hew se dees this is -à myatery te anyone wisu knows anything about astrol- ogy. Scme English actrelogers after the war startesi announced -that it would last for a few menthe, and that thse allies wouid be-victonueus. German atitrologeras t-ated, that Ger- înany woulsi win, and ws it goes. Wit-h many of these propbeti ýhe nuish.i father to the thouglht. TIlîey Siiugl]y Guel5m At If. ýAs it je, ail t-bat aniy astroleger c'a» do le to point eut fortunate or unfortunate periods, and t)hat is ail. Fer instance, when tIsemalefle Sa- t-un moves to an inharmnnius as- pect j» an individual'e chant ià je absoiutely, certain that' it will have a harmful effect-it may bring jîl- nese to himeîf, financial troubles or 'have ot-ber ba-rful effects-but ne astrologer ca ii ' ite-iy state w-bat it wili he, and a-ny prophet whe due-, s0 sýipiply gues2es at it. Lt is tIse came w-ay with a beneAfc planet, whieb înay brng susiden goosi for- tune, increse j» healts andi vital- ity, add te one prestige, etc. There are many aspects cf t-be planets wbicb it je known pos.itively, wilI prLduce certain resuits, but as-i trogy bas net yet risc» te t-bat peint of eflleiency andi perfectf:ili ýwherc it ca-n be deflnitely pre-dictesi when and what will ta-k. place. By- taking ths-! m.ntIs an individuali : bon ini tlà?, dspeition, temps-)-i-- ment ; - eraI trendi cf hie hf. - can )--- <d w1th reasonable cer- tainty. fo'ir instance, Leo pensons- are invaniably light-bearted, lux- îry-ioving pensons who sceldorn have co resorit tenmanual laber, while Serpio pers uns are quiet, deep, secretive and carry eut their plans n lite with diplomfatic ekili. Thus the zodiacal signs ru» tIse gamut cf evcry huma» emotion andi trait of -lînnacter, andi these can be gener- ally stiited, but wlsen il cemes te fguring witb ncthema<tical accuracyE vIse» an event je te take place, tihat is as, yct impossible, and. any astre- 10ger who attempte it deceives, not n y fit-bers, but himseIf. Tise Charae4er ofthtie I'ane î t salso pretty weML knewn. Fer in- il ýtance, there je t-he pondereus Ura- us,8L k".wn as the celesti'al icone- imt, wlîich tears down only to haveI e n and, hâve notbing ut -gaJl to- do with wafr;hî IWiL1 however, b. a l hk n whatever Une é£ aetivity he ma*y bc engaged in dur-ing hie no- aetreloger ca-n tell how long it arel lut, as the aftroLogiCaI sig'as a, ocoînplex thlat' 'a Chinese- puz- zle is'an easy tasks te ol61ve ineom- parison. Jupiter J'u.s-t no-w is in Aqarn,,*hieh represents Prussia4- but the Planet will pas ut of that sig mw mithin 'a.few menthe. -Accord- nï t o zaIl1k n 4w n ruiez, Ju p it r w illj assist Prusài.a's plane, but during~ he winter bis benefient- raya willJ tie loliger assoiat'ber. Prcperly te atirdy eut the Whole matter the hor- oscopes cf cvery ruier, general, alèmy briad ,val fleet and ad- mirai wcv,âd 'ha.vc te re worked out rnathem'atically correct, a.nd tihese daft .9re ha-rd- 'te get, and even if db- tained, the task wou!d'be -teo mnonu- mental for any huma» mind. How- ever, time will solve thec whole mnat. ter. Meanwhile, it ia well te re- inemnber that ne prophet can defi-- nitely tell the result. INTERNAqI'N'4Î LESSOIS. FEBRUARIL4 Leugon VU. Samuel Calleil te Be Prophet. 1 Main. 1. 24-9-8; 3. Golden Text, 1. Sain. , a9t. Verse 1. Tise chilsi Samuel mmiis teresi unto Jehovab before Eli.- Samuel, in ai probability, wasa Nlazirite (sec 1 Sam. i. i1). H. min- istered unt tIse pricst in tIse sense cf- aiding hb i» tise divine services (sec Nuni. 3, 6; 8. 22). Hie werk wac distinctiy religicus. Afterwards we rend that he was tIse seer whôî Saul ansi hie servant ccnsulted j» private difficulty (sec 1 Samn. 9. 16Wf) il. was aise a priet (see 1 Sam. 9. 13), a jusige (sce1 Samn. 12), anda pi-ophet (sce1 Sain. 15). Between Moses and tIse founding cf tise king dom there was nene like hum. The Jcwish istorian Josephus says that Samutel was twelve years ols at tIse time cf our lescon. 1 TIse Word o! Jehovah was precicus in those days.-' Prcioue" mean, rare." Ne frequent vision.-That je, no widely apreasi on promnulgatesi de- claration cf Gesi. 2. Hie eyec luasi begun tu- wax dim.-Practicaily VIeseamne state- nient le made cf Isaae i» Ge..27z.1 3. TIse templc cf Jehevah where tIse ark cf Gosi was.-Terple means tabernacle (cee 1 Samn. 1. 9; Psan 5. 17). 4. ýHon.arn 1.-This je a usual greeting wisen a stiumons je obeyed. Lt je uses iniiresponding te a-2call oe tIse Jeity as well as te a caîl of mn». t meane, "Here I ai» W subinit myself tu your command" (sc Gens. 22. 1, 7. il; 27. 1, 18). There are many et-ber euch 'nefer- ences in tIse Old Testament. .5-9. The pensietence with which- Samuel was callesi andi Alec withl w hic-h he man to Eli. t-hinking it wa.s Eli who caUled hum, sbowed tu the i agesi prophet - that Jehovab has al message for the boy. One who hast spent, hie life j»seenving Gocl as Elh hias woîuid not m'stake long thbe na- ture cf thbe eal] wlich came t-c Sam- uel. - t 10. Came andsi tood.--A pereonal' pu-esence ic indica.ted, and i ta mere voice. Sec thbe incident- cf Abrathai andi Jebovalh (Geni 18. 17, 20, 21, 33) andi Gideon (Judg. 6. 14).1 _11. BotIs t-he cars of every une that heareth it shall tingle.-Thie expression occure only, three timos in tIse Olsi Testamient-Isere ans inj 2 Kinge 21, 12and Jer. 19. 3. Jere- miah (7. 12 14, 26.6, 9) compares thbe deeitrucÏion ef Jerusaleun te Shi- Jlh, Su alsc do-es tise witer of 1>sa. 78. 60-64. 12. AUl tIsa I have espoken.-Tbis bas reference te 1 Sain. 2. 27-36. FreintIse beginning even unto tIse end.-TIsat ie, tIse destruction wiil be thorcu-gh andi compiete. 13. H. restraines t-hem not.---Eli dud nemfonstrate with hic cens for t-hein iniqsîity (sec i Samn. 2. 22-25), He, lhc,,-ever, ddflot remeve t-hem frin 4office, ansi, as t-bey did not re- pent. EJ. in effect-, became ne-spcn- ýible for their wickedness. 19. Samnuel grew.-(See 1 Sain. 2. 21, 0-6). Thuis shows that le wa~s young. It le intenesting te make comparisons witb t-bis statement as Le hcw Samuel grew befere Jebo-f vaIs, the statement made i» Luke1 2. 52) as te how Jesus grew. Let none cf his words fall.--One -case» why Samuel gnew n-len Je- hovah was with bin waa 'because he hapesi hic life Pe clesely te the willt f Jehevali.3 20. Frein Dan even te Beer-a heba.-Tbis phrase appears first int u-dg. 20. 1 ; again in 2 Sain. 17. I1; 14. 2. 15; 1 Kinge 4. 25. Dan was n. thse extreme neùrth and Bec-r- ýheba was in t-h. ext-reine south cf lhe bondera of Lernel, and t-be tate- sent is equiva-lent t- ocur et-ateinent '-f om ilalifax t-ô Vancouver," or 'frcm tIse Lakes te t-h. Pacific." n Çot oniy distance, however, was in-'- 9 icatfes i byt-h ha se; i4.btS-0eA---i ïr- r'le to~. W5~LJ5Aj UIV tcifibréedf t1e tb&ùouý4 edips a hûndr&fo 1~tl~d-hl'o Be-ig aommàtth-asin frelp eson . etriêken el ote cmte f e~~ycfa'o assistance for tuie wemen wd hildren who are in dis- tres throughout'thbe whole of war piagued Europe! - Here are the, thouýsande cýf unemployedi-n, Our own country wbo must be delivered from,-the horrors cf nakodnes-,- fStarvati<,n ansi DisecafeI Here are innumerable -establi-shed institutions cf one kirid a-nd an- ixlher, chu rýhes, relief societies, re- form committees, which have long been active ini good works and muet, not new be wrecked for iack Mbfifn- îincial support! And her., at the same time, are dimùinishzed'incomes, depleted resources, eheer searcity of meeey! Ho-w, under these co'ndi- tio»s, 'are wc te answer the- numer- ous and imperative cais of thse hou r How are we *'cig te give anytbîig at a-Il coffmerüsura.te'eltixer with the* desire we undoubtely feel or the need we most certainly en- courage i There le e-bviously ne answer te these 'questions if *we give as we usually g.ve, namely, from Our un- ence,- aise, te the peàople. From Dan -te Beer-sheba meant "il w111net <ofergif ts7-unto (Qpd hcs cot me" notig" said Da.vid. If We Would Truly Give we must give net mereiv tb. pen'nies which- we -caà epare but"the dcllgrie which-'we think we ecnot do wit'h- out. We muet tare ,fod off our tabes thàt oth' ers may b. ted;ý gar- mente off our banks that others m'ay be ciothed, hfXuriies!frem a ur homes,- that et-bers may have ýnedeesities. In a ward, if 'w. would41 truly give: we' nýustgive ourselves!. As J'ames RusseillLowélI plits ii. in "-i Visioýn cif 5r Launfal" "The HoIy Supper je kept indeed I» what sowe S'hare witb another'U' need; Net -what we give, buft what 1 we- ehare, For the gÊift witbout the giver is bar." -Here ie- the true principle of giv- ing. An d here also is the- solutio-i .of thse pro-blem -which is pressing'iS upon us so apoutely to-day. If we woul1d'ail give, net like "the rich me»" -in the par-able, "cf (our>. superfluity," butîhirke "the widow,"- "cof (aur> living," the needs even of thse present, grevous hour woculdbhe satisfied. - Rev. John -Haynes Holme.. 1 ili'a!. uri J rn se arai1 4> ut t-be kingdem tIse phrase wae "frein Geba tu Bee-beba (se. 2 Kin' ahoFMne COA1 FAMINE A WAR DA'NGER.I I)ijiiii,i(-d Supjpiy IMay Bie Offset Tiîncly Fasehion Do-ntUe. -I by Diiiiinlsihej4 Deniaiîd. Don't wear a busby -collar -À fIur a of pleatesi tuile if ,you are gh_0i-t and A cur.1 famine n the grip of p stout. A long, flat st-oIe or coll*r trmay add its terrons te t-he Situ- at.Oninconinntl Eroe.Thethitlies emootfIly aven the neul1 ds egre.e!o interruption t-e coal mîn-sinan Inein&lgedin- Ik ing in Germany, Aust-ia-Hungary, front will b. i ch momi becoming. France- ansi Belg-im je net knowiî Don't wear large 'plaid-s if you are - cutside tlsoEe cou,.itnlE.. TIse inter- emal]. TIsey dwarf such size as you- aruption t h esnilbusiness je have. ne doubt negfligible in Great ]3ni- If s-ou have a ct-eut On fat fac 1 - t-ai and Itussia. Coairnining je careful about iltinga tiny hat-ri avery ey prostrate in.,Belgium, isisly above it. A-bat cf broader di- bu-1bepoutinc -coal maines mensions ill suit the face-better.A ie un tbat c-ountry, 32,003,000 tons a> ?ery wide, stiffisat, -on thse e-er, 3 car, la not an important factor, es- bansi, is 1s unbeooming over a fait Specialiy now t-bat thse industriel life la-ce as tIse îiny one. tin t-bat count-ry bas been annihi- Don't Wear brilliant colora if you Llatesi. have resi hair andi -bnightly coloreS Ceai production, in Genmany-- cheeke. You -will look fan bet-ter in -280~,000,000 tons a yeai-sas proba- certain shades of brewn, i» navy o-bly îbeen safeguarded by thIesyste- blue and in lighit colorealfor evees- .0 mde nd torogh erma go- ig. Witeandblack wilI a-lso ernment SeLeprite tise tued for able- gees coi., Kbodiec me» ag soldiens. -Auswtinim- Don't weàr any veil unlese yeu xHungary bas a normal-annual eut- cnwa ra naSdnt put ocf 57,000,000 tons, and tiseiadi- wear one un-less you c»» take t-me - e-os b ay nosae enougb t-o arrange it iseatly and St-iseught t- pont te t-be derang'e- daintily. ment eft thics stpply. TIse ceai pro- DOn't wear mare tisa» one ring on -duction cf France je' 45,000,000 tonsa ngrithfne seot.- a yean, ansi witht-e nees cf t-bat a fnger if-bse afinri short. ceunt-ry -fer eveny mancapable cf o n't ehose a opc ueus mstyleo bearing- anme, curtailment of t-be olon erafrock t-ba mt e coal ouitput t-ber. may -bc appre- logsrde neulysnn hended, Rissia bringe te t'he sur- dank celer will -lok fan better. face cf tIse earth on thse average 23,- Dentý wear white-topped boots if 000,OZO t-uns a yean. TIse great ceai your ankles are large.- Sigger cf Europeis Great Entai», Do't imagine t-bat seventeen n-hene annîsally 332,000,000 tons are-chiades ef bron-n, tan, putt1 and ùi-ouîgbt frmcm ou-t cf t-be eartb. sanS can b.e afely worn abtht-e sanie The slackeniîig *,of induptr3 jn time.- They-eci-ch almost as bnslly i Isuiope ansi consequsent eiump in as e many different qhades of vYni thde deniaui'cfor coal1 for nsanufac- cuis colore. tîuuing, -fer locomotive drivin-g ansi Don't fonget that ev-en in t-bic-day s-h-ip driving rmay avent a cue-I famine of front clesings, tIse ha-co eth-e ènd the, produ-ction rnay not fail be- f roc muet b.e cea.sionnIly lookesi low thse deinn for siomestic or at in a mimeor t<> make sure t-hot its luouse-warming purposes in t-fb. î nes are ;becemning and t-bat it- i counties at war anS t-buse nettralihproperly adjutesi. . ýcountnicci whiclu in tinue sof pence have depenidesi for ceai on -idiel ~'4- - countries at war. FIJEET OF ÇýOLIJ AND SiiTVEil. On t-be it-her hansi, t-ber. înay be a stimulation cf industry in those Kinmg George BIas MinIaturës ef neitmal countrie", anix! lardship, Es'erY Vessel, la1h. Navy. may be experie icd in <n~ngtIse wheels of t-be f22i-tonics andi mille. By t-ho Açhuiraty's instructions, Italy is an ihjmtutof t-hie. She perfect modela-re mad. in parafi» prodsîcea-ciy T70),005 tons cf ceai a weax cf every-new bat-tleship before- yeai- ansi is siepensicnt, mainîy on it is laid djwun, ansi t-base modela ixp.jrtation. Great Britain, be- are test-eS Ui à tàskspe-ciaihy ere-.t- cause cf overtime work in mariy in- est fur t-be purpose. Sueties -on a-Lexunt cf tIse wan and TIse models'are frem 12 feet t-oi24 becanse cf Vthe non-interruption cf <feet le-ng, ansitise tank is 400 feet. hem over-sea trade, is .pmobabl),y long and 20 feet wide. - bîurnnng more ceaI tisa» in normal TIse moïdels ,,ar made of -waX-bie -- t-lies ansi bac bas t-o cxpont. cause ibis a a at-eniai ýW-ich dlees naib CeaI experts, howe-vér, incline tu- absorb water -on change its weignt. trIe belief tIsatin1»Europe the dimin and 8-e tihat aitenatiens ca-n.b6e aëi- ishest supply will b. offset by -t-he ]y uadé. dbirri-ýniphed dSeffanS and t-battIse Fleets, net cf w-ax, but cf iilver peuple cf thse figbting ceuntries- ansi goisi, are kept by our Kînâg âua tluoe.wbo have bec» left at home- jaIse by t-be Kaiser, w-ill noetsuifer f nom a ceaI fa-mine,1 The, Kaïscr'e collection conEigseof In tIse ns-strai coiuntries depeni-ent inodel vescels mnaSe of coliS' iv, on thbe im-por'tation of coal-Ital,, iilueîîating t-be deve.lPepmnt cf s- Greece, Svesien. Deninark ansi Non- sng chiips frein t-be f ar-awýay days -if way andS the ceinit-ries cf South, tIse, Vikings down teour ow-n t-sm- America--tiere may be a Seunuand 1-King George has, a mîia',ituïe for ceai wIsicIs will make a. terrible fleet in gelS anSdc&lvcu, whiéfb tsows pull on t-be coai ,sdiipping capacity t-h. progress of tIse British N~a"y cf Great. Entai» and t-heUnited 5i»ce thle Says eof William t-h. e con States.. que-rer, cveny modélbcing perfect 1 tte i nuteet -Set-ail. "Hee, ysn,"sad te athr' Many ef t-be-cctiiuY -Vesb-,ls Sa-t3J Rer, m so," aiS he at-er'f rom t-be fourteentiste t-be c t-o Willie, "wishat S'ecs t-bus ineant-cent-centuy,whe itsa -e Yonur report gives.you only fi!t-y fýor cîstom, cf maritim to»t- r arithnsetie, ansi youî t-cacher make-, sent:t-hein t-o royalties jw1ho ,re t-le comment t-bat s-u can't, count t-lwmiwit-lî a vieil. ilp-1 we"-s- ve. VYiaI rare vou go-, ing t-o cle wilh sue-b a record whcen s-ou go into- busines ' -No- d.on't wo-rry, fat-ber," replieS t-be Bon. "To count uup t-e twPnty-fis-e isn't neccssary for esse-in busi- icess ncbwaclay-.." "Not iessans-?"- ga,%peS t-be fat-ber, "No -sirI cen ut-ilt a t-en-cent utore - The i' i»wbois always »quianrelisg witI hk'u e-oc-kwsouhd proilia-bly raýt-lir fighut t-la» eat. A litle -c'ange 1 tb wa-e-i o-lino-st as welome-às a ll)ttle change isiiepirt -the approachnng ieneff ,b ave cerne te b. ,capacity. Te date it la estis 'i 't V agon s, oraers z r "sa other- eider in oentei ued at four millions, <a lar order plaeed byVo direct, a.nd clothing or~ Çanadian Militia Dep ' prexsmating $£50,000. ' for ishaki -geede aIob~ *War erders fer knitt the value cf about six i SUR1P PIRCRA T'he U. S.,t hqinbsr ol Denoimîe.s thse Bill -says: The annuîâl conyi C'hainbers c Cmm Urnited Sae vr.h Bille h1.> Thi s Nsote h ere, as the rnost iii * -dciîc-e that lias yet ap the atijodç. f Iiî1 t4e <.u.ntry t9mar-d ti The vote 'ame dm 1 s-p cci a] committec coni (f the inerthantit mari William Rarris Duu5 that '-Gcjvrnmierit -.* travagtant aind c-xhaui regards the en;rLrprizý nd4cmnat:uri4-d thE -The connte sed a p7ail f ']. tile it * the Vnirf-r1 Statr- o. 'The, %Ote 4-u a.tu * was 163 for 'and t'Oag Serlous Operati( -About to Rec j A despat-h froin Pei A writer -in the InvaI * militaî-v organ -publisl mnarks that ini ai wars *tain tinie whc' tise- have spent their maxix -pori4id of calm 14,1iûwm nomen4>s is now being ~the present ivar.- wheni ýsaries ars.>abotit to seriotis operatîons. sives S"tatisties 91gowur - number of' traine-d France is 4.0O00O-- 4,50,00, iniAtte 250.000. andin If usjir 6 The iintfaîned. nie» arc order: Imi France 1M4 Smâriy 13. 000.000. ini Auw 8,000, il>.- and- ini I1u (liver t-hei-.ron * f-or Siffking * ' A dî-spate-h fi ii Arns Emiperor Williain arrn heluihaven on- Thursd; jesty inspeéted-- the C marine U-21, gg;ng-fov personally.- -He beste coration of the Ir4on, members cf thie - suI»II 'U-21 is undergoun grce iseinshavenfolwn. .ploits untiîeInisl'Sea. Ail Gtirans te ilat y %iiac .S A despatcl f nomn geavy snowt-alls arc aý on the e igh oft lai lerkopf a.nd Mouronnan ges. Tisere bas been trenpch fgbting.with Gd - ----i RCHIVES OFNTR i TORONTO -J - - - - '4' i a