o t ; Meriden in the Mountains By STANLEY E. BARTON (Copyright, lflll, by Aaaoolated Uuraxy FrM.) ir ,hr,9 month! Mart Meriden wi in a tut In the mountain! with fifing a ioul. The mere thought VouiMl bred a nausea In him. and gently told himself that the nrju of the Old Testament had the ht Idea of things after aU. Ill of thl would indicate that rfden bad collided head-on with the of woraandlsastrously. Be bad ne D"11 Cndon' an jocout-eyed blonde bad recently w!it Meriden things about her sex It hi cialted Ideas would have re if.j at one time to accept. Dolly i to expert at deceit. Her heart njKin the love that ihe exacted IB her admirers-and she gave QiJng in return. )ferli!en was only one of the many itt whs bad gone before, but he A the singeing of his own wings Jsrly. Hl conception of the jr mx underwent a complete Migo. He brooded over his treat jet by this wisp of a woman who seamed to embody all the csisen j polau of his Ideal, and at last city with Its constant memories bar beonme unbearable. He went b the. mountains. MerMfln ictected the Mockles at ( jpolut of Bolltude, and his assort Wt of guns and fishing tackle was I the boat that could be procured In m York. yt Cothamlte hunted, fished and )omd over his disappointing loye kir to bb heart's content. No right of business entered his mind, bad no business. Merlden's father 4 successfully battled with the Jin and hours of Wall street, and ! his death there was no reason for only heir to work. There was Hiey enough and to spare no mat- how extravagant this scion of the lis might be. Gradually It came to Meriden, how v, that thoughts of Dolly were bo Silng more and more Infrequent. w, too, his heart refused Its cus gurr thump. Meriden was shocked, ilnd. He was disappointed In him If Gloomily marveling over the In fcalitency of a heart that be would jTe sworn must remain true forever, $ T'he Haunting 6tralns of an Old French Love Song." young hermit of the Rockies care Bly Joined togother a ateel rod and ttacUd a gaudy fly to a silk line. M rystal stream swung lta roving T put his very feet. ;In the very act of whipping his long to the scintillating ripples a 4 fifteen feet below, Meriden d, a itartlod expression In his r. To him had come, on the clear Pk of the morning, the haunting jwni of an old French love song ? - Ktrllah soprano. 811ently routu reeled his line and turned ? feet In the direction from which long hnd come. ti .vorln hurried on. lart h.f m. ka m enaeu, song ctne to a thrilling close. -Jough IU young New Torker sought t. goMen morning and aft 2 he ..ld not find the owner J the voliv. i"cu,"vte1 wloe," said Meriden hi, V?' be,or the replace In his F that evening and gave himself Jp to dr6nm.. "A cultivated voice. If aoun,., r(l on-l re In the ri! It t0 hear R womftn' ' iia Km. bo Men '"lied his monologue In disgust. Both Minister and Man a minister of the Gospel at Reading, miti recently In his sermon to 2 r t0 8omo young men and young who were flirting In the ohurch, T..i0 dlt of the doctor of dl X , . 11 '""'cstood, he talked t the offenders and made B wtace under the fiery fury of his -merited rebuke. Nothing seems nowday to some people, and 1 common occurrence for youth I m l,SV il itaUon and I W.Si T lgnoro ""thorlty. hence It Z J approrltl when we come bTV.?Vb0 ,tand8 "P 1m. hn ed8tron ftn1 brainless fcf Cw?tu tlng th8 Creator- "nd Wkf7 ,"nn,, d Vnd? hful ""rant." "Spoon- are an right In ttmlr It was a blow to romance to have his heart assure him that the Dolly Con don affair was only an episode and not a tragedy. Ostensibly. Meriden, rifle In hand, went squirrel bunting the next day; In reality, he sought only the fair he was positive she was beautiful singer of the day before. The huntsman's quest was futllo. If another camf existed near that of the youth. It was cleverly concealed. And yet the New Yorker was por slstent. He searched day and night, and with a growing yearning In bis heart . A week later this yearning had be come so strong that Meriden was seriously considering the advisability of packing up Lis traps and offects and retuu.lng to the city. One morning he atood In a reverie by the banks of the very brook lie had Ixigun to Ash when the mysterious singer had manifested her presence In the vicinity. Crack! Smash! Ilang! Noisily, and out of the brush at the mountain's ledge Just above hlra, sprang a fright ened Diana, caplcss, and with her dark hair over her shoulders as she sped silently toward Meriden. The keen eyos of the youth summed op the' rare beauty of this forest ad venturess before the grizzly that he Instinctively knew was behind her camo lumbering Into the open. There Is Httlo fear In the heart of a hungry bear. The great brute enma on In Its shambling, rapid pace, nnd the girl, without a word on her lips, but with eloquent appeal In her eyes, raced before the grotesque giant. Meriden took steady aim and fired. Tho great brute wsvercd only for a minute. Again a face full of shot told a tale of torture to the Spartan llko savage, and again the bmte rallied. The girl, with a gasp, dashed by and the youth pumped another offering Into the face of the animal. Then Meriden felt a crushing blow on bis bead, and be knew no more. "Are you better?" The young hermit came to his senses to Bnd himself In a strange bunk. The cabin seemed to be one similar to his own. A cheery Ore burned In the fireplace Just opposite, and a fussy Iron teakettle, hung on Irons, gave the room a homelike ap pearance. "Are you better!" reiterated th soothing little voice, and a cool hand sought the feverish brow of the man. "What happeued?" asked Meriden laconically. "The bear you blinded It struck you before It turned to retreat I had to leave you while I went for father, and then we brought you here to our cabin." "But where are we?" came from Meriden. As ho spoke his Invest igative fingers tonderly touched his aching head. It was bandaged. "Not over a mile from your place," came from the smiling girl. "We are concealed by a large ledgo." The maid was all that the man who hadn't seen a woman In months could de sire. She was clad In a neat hunts woman's suit that served to accentu ate her athletic tihouldurs. The maid's eyes suddenly turned serious. "I don't know what I should have done," she snld, simply, "If It hadn't been for you. You saved my life. Father has gone to dig some herbs for a liniment for your head On, I forgot the conventions! Father Is the Hon. Mori Harmon, of Denver. He made his money in the hills gold, you know and every year we two come out here to live close to nature. I am Daphne Harmon. "You are not seriously hurt," she continued. "You will be all right In a few days, but of course I shall keep you here and nurse you until you have recovered." Meriden became a wily pesalralst. "I recover slowly," he said. "I al ways recover slowly from sickness and accident. Slowly," he repeated with peculiar emphasis. The girl blushed and suddenly turned away her head. In the heart of Merldon there was no thought of Dolly Condon. Considering the Price of Hats. The Parson And you say your wife was thinking of the woman's hats all the time she was In church. Te Deacon I'm afraid she was, par on. I'm sorry. Hor mind should be on higher' things. , Great giins, parson 1 Are there any .higher things than women's hats? Danish Proverb. It coBts the devil little trouble to catch a lazy man. proper places; we've been there and wo know, but in God's name show re spect for schools and churches, that we may not go pollmell to the "domnl tlon bow-wows." New Orleans Picay une. Might Have Been Worse Off. A Chicago mother who desires her children to be highly oultured decided not long since to kill two birds with one stone. Hereafter, she explained, every child who suffered the weekly shampooing without fussing would be rewarded with a story, told during the dreaded operation. The Idea pleasing, she began on true historic tales, choos ing for nine-year-old Harold the nar rative of "The Little Princes of the Tower" and their tragic fate. "I dont know," mumbled Harold, as the aoapy water ran down his shrink ing countenance, "but I'd as soon be drowned in wine as In soapsuds! And they didn't have to atand It once a week!" 9 How God Answers Prayer By REV. H. PAGE DYER fUoter ol EpUeopal Church of Aauniioo, Hhlladalphla Why should we pray? Many Intelli gent people say we should not pray and they give reasons for so believ ing. But even so, wben there comes Into their life some serious Illness, or some approaching disaster, or the facing of death, almost all of them fall to prayer. Even Infidels and agnostics and atheists have been known to turn to God at such a time; they have ceased to rely upon their atheism or agnos ticism and have felt the God they bad donled to bo tholr only help In their time of need. One such In his ex tremity, who was not willing to break wholly with his denial of God, cried out as be was lying, "O God, If there be a God, save my soul, If I have a soul." If ote were to ask us why we should pray we could give many an swers. If we believe in a God at all (and almost everybody does), v.e realize his power and our depend ence, and, therefore, the need of prayer. If he can help us (omnlp tent) and knows bow to help us (omniscient) and wants to help us (alllovlng), then there Is only left the need of our request or prnyer. Every religion of every kind, heathen, pagan, suporstltlous, Jewish, Chrlstlun, does pray. If, therefore, we fall to pray we are putting our Judgment against every religion past and present known to man, and also against tho Instinct of every race, black, white, yellow, savHge, wild or civilized. This seems to be a rash position to take and we would not think of taking such a stand In any matter other than our relationship to Oo. And If there le an Intelligent and loving delay, It Is not very polite or courteous not to speak to him at times. This speaking to him should Include adoration and thanks, as well as begging. We would not s i neglect a merely human friend. But If we do pray, how does God answer us? We find men hold two diverse theories aa to this. One Is: That God sonds his answer directly from heaven and not through an agent. But this Is surely contrary to our universal experience. In our secu lar life every good and perfect gift comes from God alone, but always through some one else. Our money comes from God, but through dealings with men; our cloth ing comes from God, but through deal ings with an Importer, merchant or tailor. In our physical Ufa our birth, development, cure and nourishment all come from God. but through our mother, exercise, doctor and food. I said this at a mission and challenged any one to find an exception. The only thing they could suggest was a fanner'i prayer for rain, which came. But this Involved clouds and baro metric pressure and oceans and for ests and may meteorolglcal agents. The second and true theory Is that God answers our prayers. He alone can, but always through some agency. As this Is true In our secular and phy sical life, so It Is true In our spiritual life. As we got our physical life from God through our mother, so we get our Christian life from God through baptism. As wo got our physical strength from Ood through exercise, so we got our spiritual strength from God through confirmation. As we get our spiritual nourishment from God through bread, meat, etc., so we get our spiritual nourishment from God through holy communion. As we get our phyhlcal cure from God through the doctor and medicine, so we got our spiritual cure from God through penance. This law Is so universal and so sim ple that we would never think of doubting It If It were not for our re ligious prejudices. What are some of these agencies which Ood uses? The four fundamen tal needs of birth, strength, food, cure are supplied as r.bove. There are many Incidental and subsidiary need 8 all supplied by God but through agencies. New Opportunities. Today we all face new opportunities tor growth In grace and In the knowl edge of Christ. It Is only the man of spiritual pride that will not feol that the hours offer to him a new spiritual chance a chance to be more like Christ when the Bun goes down upon blB newly dawned day. It must be that we fall to see the significance of this line of mercies so freely offered to all men. Each morning comes with this Invitation: "Ho, every one that thlrsteth, come ye to the waters." This is simply the call to accept the divine mercies of character. Every morning la alive with that opportu nity. If we do not see these mercies It is because we are spiritually blind. What unconquered regions of kind ness He before our souls 1 What un explored fields of divine benevolence! What untried paths of consecration I These are the possibilities that God ets before us now. Tomorrow morn ing should see us sotting out on the stubborn and courageous march toward our Ideal. The height and breadth and depth of the love of God In Christ give us an ambition equal to the efforts of an eternity. Pain. Pain Is actually a mental percep tion of nerve pressure, and your per ception of It may be altogether dis pelled by some sudden demand, on your attention, and you may forget all about the pain In other words, It Is often true that pain depends on the amount of attention you are willing to give to the nerve pressure record. Rev. S. N. Watson, Episcopalian, Akron, Ohio. Business Life. The business of life Is to become jodllka in character. Thought, feel ing, will, the three powers of intelli gence, are the potencies whose right of development will bring that re sult Rev. T. Edward Barr, People's ... .-. 1 TTT Pulpit, Muwauxee, w. Q Aauniioo, hhlladalphla. Q HOME NURSING THE SICK ROOM. The choice of the sick room Is rery Important. A patient In a dark, poor iy ventilated one has a harder battle to fight than one In a properly select ed room. It should be on the sunny tide of the bouse, well ventilated and as far as possible from tho noise of the streets and the odors of the kitchen. In arranging the room, all unneces sary furniture should be removed, es pecially brlcabrac, which forma a repository for stray germs. The floor U preferably bare, although small rugs or strips of carpet should be laid down to deaden tho noUo of foot steps. Place tho bed In a position so that tho direct light from a window does not fall on tho patient's ryes. Provldo an artificial light that also Is hbncled from the patient's eyes, but which can bo turned on brightly In case of uect'HBlty. Suddrn chaiiKos may nrlso In the night, when u good light is an absoluto neci'n:liy and n few tno tneiit'B delay may menu dlKuster. In cases of diseases of the brain' or eyes the phynlclau will probably wish to keep tho room darkened. Cure should be taken that tho curtain or shade docs not flap In tho wind und so annoy tho patient. Tho temperature o? tho room vtiuuld bo kept as even as poslblc. Kernem ber that tho temperature usually falls at night during the time when the vi tal powers of tho patient are at the lowest, that Is, In tho early morning hours. Ilocauso of tills, enro should bo taken to provldo extra covers at that time. Unless otherwise directed, It is safe to keep tho temperature of the room for a fever patient at about CO degrees Fahr. For patients allllct cd with other diseases, tho thermome ter should register about CS degrees Fahr. The tempcraturo of tho room must be regulated by turning tho arti ficial heat off or on, not by closing windows that are needed for ventila tion. In some cases dry heat from a furnace Is very irritating. This may bo remedied by keeping a kettle of boiling water In tho room. To keep the room cool In hot weuther Is not always an eaoy matter. Keeping the blinds down and the windows closed on the sunny side during the day will produce very good results. A wet sheet, bung In the window or where breeze will blow over It, often Is a material aid In cooling the room. If an electrlo fan Is used, care must be taken that the direct current does not strike the patient. Good ventilation is necessary In every disease. Formerly patients were confined In dark rooms with all doors and windows closed. It la surprising how many recovered under these con ditions. Sunshine and fresh air are nature's two most potent remedies. In cold weather It may not be desirable to have the windows open In the pa tient's room, but In this case windows In an adjoining room should be low eitd and the door between tho rooms left open. Usually though, the room can be ventilated directly. Kalae the window about six inches from tho bot tom; fit a board tightly under It. Fresh air will then camo In between the two saHhcs and danger of a direct draft on tho patient will be avoided. Every morning the room should bo thoroughly ventilated by throwing open all windows and doors for a few Flat i'ff&iM HVr r, f . ; n ., www i One of the New Spring Hats, Which Shows That the Flat Sailor Shape Will Continue In Style. White, pink, light yellow and Amer ican beauty shades nre used for danc ing gowns. Kid gloves on the glnce order and usually white are worn with any even ing costume. PollHbed wood buttons of cloth and silk colors are In great favor for pole and storm coats. Parts has a new fancy for shading her feathers and even her veils aa well as her gowns. Irish lace. bands carrying out the Irish lace vest or collar so much worn adorn many sleeves. A great many velvet bags have come and satin ones outnumber those which appeared last spring. Big white flowers, popples, edel weiss, etc., In velvet or In kid, appear upon some of the latest large hats. Handsome beaded bags show no Islgns of waning In popularity, but !the ones done with tiny beuda are the 'thlug. ' By EDITH B. LOWRY Bachelor of Science, Graduate Nune, Thysicun an J Surgeon. pormertr luprrlnftndrntof Jrffeftct Park tnd tuntk CbU-artt M4pitili and I ntuitu kWiuoia tor Nuiml Autftor of "Ceiilitlccm A buut tor Vou OUitv" minutes. Bofore doing this, the patient should be covered with one or two extra blankets and a light covering thrown over the face. Do not re move this extra covering at once when you close the window, but remove it gradually as the air In the room re gains Its normal warmth. It Is better not to keep any plants or flowers In the room, but If the pa( tlent desires a few during tho day they may always be removed at night, Keep all medicine bottles, em pry glasses, etc., out of sight and If pus slblo out of tho room. All excreta, soiled linen and dress ings should bo removed from the room at once, as they pollute tho nlr. In Infectious or coutaglous diseases the urine, feces (bowel movement) and vomited matter should bo disinfected with chloride of lime or carbolic acid. Caro should bo taken not to empty t he excreta uutir a woll or any place where tho water supply will become contanilmtted. If no guwerago system Is convenient, the feces should be bur led or burned after being disinfected. If a patient expectorates ho may bo supplied with small pieces of cotton to receive tho sputum. A paper cone pinned to tho sldo of tho mattress, within easy reach of tho patient's hand, makes n convenient rcceptaclo for these pieces. A new cono should be provided once or twlco a day. Tho sweeping of the sick room must be done slowly, ' keeping tho broom always near the floor so tho dust will not fly. Before commencing to sweep the broom should bo dampened, or moist sawdust or tea leaves bestrewn over tho floor. The dusting should be done with a dnmp cloth, never with, a feather duster. If there Is n flrfl In the room tho coal should be brought In wrapped In paper and gently laid) on the lire. The ashes should also be removed noiselessly. Tho patient's room Is Ihe patient's homo for the time being, so everything possible, should be done to keep It clean, airy and coinfortablo. (CopjrlKlit, 1910, by W. O. Chapman.) Evening Slippers. Just now black velvot slippers are very smart Indeed for evening wear. Not only are they very pretty, but they have that advantage which all black footwear possesses the virtue of mak ing the wearer's foot appear very tidy. And that In Itself Is enough to win fem inine commendation. They are especially modish for wear with dark-colored street frocks. Some, times there is a wee satin rosette or perhaim a fluffy bow of tulle or niallna, Is used for adornment. And not lnfri quently these rosettes have a sparkt ling rhlnestone nestling down In the. heart of the rosette. If milady wishes something even, more elaborate, there are great past; buckles which gleam and glitter and look very fetching on a pretty foot. Kimono Sleeve for Little Folks. In the children's ronts and dresses, as In those of tho grownup, the raglun a.id kimono sleeves play an Important part In tho coats and frocks, nnd as the sleeves in the dresses are mostly of elbow length, as a rule they are fin Ished with undersleeves of tucked lawn or allover embroidery. - The gulinpe, also, Is of the same ma torlal as the undersleeves.- Sailor Gift NecktU Rack. A birthday gift tierktlo rack which Is substantial as weli as ornamental, corslsts of a hurdword back, covered with heavy uatni?! colored linen bear Ing a hand embroidered design and supporting a hinged rod of nickel whleh may be folded backward when the artlclo Is to be packed. Anothei rack which may be easily crowded Into a traveling bag consists of a broad strap of leather from which a big ring' of metal Is suspended. A third tie holder has five Ivory arms attached to a brass bar, and a fourth Is merely s gold plnlted stirrup and leather loot Joined by a strip of hand embroidered satin. A Qreek Joke. A eltlr.en of Cumae, on a donkey, passod by an orchard, and seeing s branch of a fig tree loaded with de Melons fruit he laid hold of It, but the donkey went on, leaving him sus pended. Just then the gardener cams up and asked him what he did there The man replied, "I fell off the don key." Clouston's "A Book of No dies." DEFEAT THROUGH DRUNKENNESS Sunday School Ltitoo for Mr. 19, 1911 Specially Arranged lor Thu Papar I.F.HSON' TEXT-1I Klnga 4:1-37. M.-m-ory veiao 13 OOI.IE. TEXT "It l not for klrm to drink wine; nor tor prlncra strong drink "- f'rov. 31 4. TIME -Tlila laaaon hi-longa btwn t. ami VIII anil IX, during (ho latter part of Klllah'a mlsalon. IM.ACE-Ttio Syrian kingdom, with Ha capital at Damaarua, adjolnoil IaraM on the north. At tlila prlnd, not long bafnro tho revived Aanyrtan power ajid nKKrea alon came In contact with larnnl, Hyrla umlar Ili nhailnd II wai the most powerful nation on tho Mediterranean coaat, ana wna normally a bitter enuniy of northern Israel. It wna alwaya a group of related, but not united, potty kingdoms or trthea. Ilenhadad, the Syrian king, gathered toHothcr the 32 kings of tho smnllor tribes allied to his kingdom and made an overpowering raid upon Israel, do st roving villages and farms and or chards, purulyzlng business, ravaging the homes and driving tho people to tho more strotiRly fortified towns. They wpro like "a tempest of hall, a destroying storm, a flood of mighty watr overflowing, an overwhelming scourge." Theso epithets descrlbo In vivid speech the Irresistible violence, the devastating force with whleh the Syrians wero about to overwhelm them. It Is almost impossible for us to realize the devastating power of such half savage hordes who lived upon the country, who ravaged vil lages, who murdered women and chil dren, who had an unrestrained powef. They were worse than tho ten plagues of Egypt. What the Invaders sought was the wealth, the harvests and all kinds of valuables, without paying for them, and entirely without regard to the wel fare of the people. Into our goodly country Intemperance, from drinking alcoholic liquors, has oomo and Is do ing our country more damage, to Its people, to Its wealth and prosperity, than the Syrians did to Palestine, the Promised Land, by their 'Invasion. King Alcohol comes with an army ol tributaries and allies, such as the 240,. 000 saloons, the distilleries, breweries, hotels, clubs, personal Invitations to. drink, advertisements In magazines and papers, cocaine and opium habits. All Invading us for the sake of their own personal gain at the expense of the community. When the Invaders had reached the oapttal with their army and horses and chariots In an unresisted march, Genhadad sent messengers to Ahab demanding that he yield up his throne, which Is implied In his Imperious con celt of power; Thy silver and thy gold Is mine; thy wires also and thy chil dren, even the goodliest, are mine. And Ahub was so overwhelmed at the power backing the demand that he basely yielded and replied: My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. Such are the demands of King Alcohol! The cost of liquors each year In this country Is nearly $1,400,000,000. The drink bill In England In 1908 was over $300,000,000. Take the national liquor bill and divide It by the number of saloons and $5,945 becomes the aver age cost to the people of each saloon. On the average the saloon pays back for nation, state and city taxes $500. This f GOO la eagerly taken from a grateful country In lieu of $5,945. Thus King Alcohol demands our homes, our wives, our husbands, our silver and gold. And we have yielded too easily to its demands. Henhadad then sent word that his officers were coming and would senrcb Ahab's bouje for every pleasant thing he had and would tako It away. And not only Ahab's house, but 'bo houses of his officers and leuders. This caused a revolt. The king summoned his leading people to a conference and they decided not to yield to the de mands of Henhadad. The weak Ahab deolared that for himself he would yield all he had promised, but he must deny the Increased demand. King Alcohol bceamo so greedy In his demands, the results of his evil work became so great, that the peop' i were aroused In indignation agatAbt him. At flrat It was agreed to allow wine and beer and moderate drinking, but to resist tho ravages of tho more fiery drinks. But this was a failure. Temperance societies were formed. Local and state prohibition wero In augurated. Investigations made. Plodges taken. In their great distress a prophet came to King Ahab with a message from Jehovah: Hast thou seen all this great multitude? I will deliver It Into thine hand this day. Why? And thou shalt know I am the Lord. The vic tory was wrought to bring them back to the true Ood, to obedience and wor ship; which was vastly more Impor tant to their true welfare than the loss of ail their property could have bean. And Ahab said. By whom? And he said. Thus satth the Lord, by the young mm of the princes of the prov inces. Who shall order the battle? And he answered, thou the king, the head of the nation. He numbered, mustered,, 232 of the young princes. These went out first. After them he mustered 7,000 cltlten soldiers to fol low up the victory. The teaching of temperance In the dny schools and In thj Sunday Fchools; the societies of young people, the Bands of Hope, the loyal Temper ance legion, the various temperance organizations, like the Oood templars, Inrgely consisting of young people are the most hopeful instruments for overcoming intemperance. The year 1908 goes down in history as the one most remarkable In the battle against the saloon. God, the true religion, to the one source of victory over the power of Intemperance. Religious motives and Inspiration, love of Ood and love to man, the spirit of service, loyalty to the coming of the kingdom of Ood these are the sources of salvation from the curse of strong drink. The leader, Jesus Christ the ever-living, tho transforming power of the Holy Spirit, the Great Cause and aim of the Christian, the transformation of this world Into the kingdom of Ood these are and always have been the source of victory over all the principalities and powers of evil. 5 LlOUOR HABITS IN ENGLAND Military Man Gives His Views Ire Medical Temperance Review Cost to Each Officer. The Medical Tcmpcranee Review of London, says: It is not often that we get such a candid confession of the bibulous habits of thp higher classes as we find In a communleation recent- , ly sent to one of the London dailies. The writer Is a military man. and writes to explain the linposidliility for an officer in the army to live on tho stipend which the authorities give. Tho olllcers provide nnd pay for the food and drink in the regimental olll cers' mess. It Is needles to say that most of them drink wino, beer and spirits, nnd this, of course, ns we all know Is generally a very heavy Item In the expenditure We. however, should not have ventured to estimate tho amount which an average oflleer would drink per day ns high as this correspondent does, who evidently knows all about It We should, prob ably, have been ehnrged with exag geration, nnd the extravngnnre and Intemperance, which a certain class of writers Is so fond of attributing to temperance works Hut let o'ir mili tary correspondent speak fur him self. Ho says: "This Is a specimen of aa average middle aged ollleer'W routine. After breakfast a couple of cigarettes. Parade at 8:4.1 to II n. m . then couple of glasses of beer and a elgnr-v ette. One p. m. lunch; n rouplo of glnsseB of beer, and If a piece of cake Is eaten, then a glass of Marsala Cwlnn no gentleman Bhould drink', as Thackeray puts It). Some time durlrg t lie afternoon, on his return from a walk or ride, a whisky nnd soda. There Is a rubber from 6 p. m until It Is time to change for dinner. It Is pare vice, but many a man tins a sherry and bitters either before or after he changes. At dinner a reputed pint of clnret, a whisky and soda, or a couple of glasses of beer Is the usiml thing. After dinner a couple of glasses of wlao before a movo Is mnde to the anteroom, and from then on until bed time nobody can sny nnother whisky ami soda Is extravagant over one's rubber or read, or even over one's spell of study. The hoi grog nlghd-Ap Is a thing of the past. In hot climates there would be a great many lemon squashes and gtn-and ginger beers. In cold cllmntes. Newfoundland port takes the place of the morning beer. No general on earth would call other than temperate an officer who spent his day as described. Certainly well-to-do people In the city get through more than that per diem. And British officers avoid nbslntho, so dear to a Frenchman, and the big swlllings of beer Indulged In by German olllcers occasionally. But It costs more than a pound a month. The ' a yens, which is known as 'mess allowance,' was formerly known as 'Kegent's al lowance.' and by old regulations, was paid Into the wine fund for tho put poso of letting every officer drink Ills Majesty's health, free of cost, after dinner. That sum Is now devoted to tho general expenses of a mess." This Is Indeed a naive confession nnd repudiation of Intemperance. We are certainly glad to hear that there have been some improvements on past customs, and we do not doubt that there Is not so much olw lous drunken ness as there used to be. We aro not Quito so suro that there Is much less drink consumed, but It appears to be spread over the twenty four hours In a fashion which enables the drinkers to maintain some control over their reasoning faculties. It Is a matter for congratulation, both to them and us. whom they hawe to defend, that they do not drink absinthe nnd "big swllllugg of beer." Rut. nevertheless, let us add up what they do drink on tho nverago, and see how that compares with the physiological limit of moderation on the most generous scalo. We find, then, that six glasses of beer a day, two In the morning, two nt lunch, nnd two at dinner, are considered neces sary. In Addition, one glass of Mar sala, a whisky and soda In tho after noon,' and sherry and bitters before dinner. Two glasses of wine after dinner, and another whisky and soda. The quantity of whisky Is not stntod, and, as we do not wish to exaggerate In the least, we will assume that It la not more thnn a small wlneglassful (say two ounces) on each occasion. Now, how does this work out as re gards alcohol? Six glasses of beer (3 pints), equals four ounces alcohol; four glasses of wine (half-pint), equals two ounces alcohol; four ounces of whisky, equals two ounces alcohol; total, eight ounces. We have rather underestimated the alcoholic strength of the beer and wlno so that there ran bo little doubt as to the total amount. This is ex actly four times the amount which Professor Anstle, the most liberal cxi pounder of the limits of moderation, laid down as the maximum for an adult man In twenty four hours, nnd six times tho maximum of Professor Parkes. We must conclude, then, that during the greater part of the tlme the averagfi British officer is not per fectly sober. Ho can neither study nor think his best while ho is under the influence of such n large quantity of alcohol, to sny nothing of the de generation of nerve nnd tissue which constant contact with such a quantity must inevitably cause. Temperance and Labor, The leaders of the Woman's Chris tian Temperance Lnlon, not satisfied! with the past development of their de partment devoted to the elucidation of the relations between temperance and labor, have decided to recommend "that each local and state union be come asqualnted with the labor organ isations In their respective localities and states, asking the leaders In those organisations to spenk before our so ciety or at meetings which we ar range; also that we endeavor to se cure opportunity to address the labor organisations."
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