{ bank at last, and then attempted to get ! THE SAN FRANCISCO EXPOSITION. : slight taper 40 feet above, presumably to : us out of the wind by rounding a corner. and ran pell mell into a small boat, rip- ped off some of the supports along the side, and again we were thoroughly ~ | bumped about. Then, for the first time, | a very heavy rain started so that in a little time we were tied up along the bank and it was pouring on the outside; cold and dismal was no name for it, don’t believe I ever wanted a fire harder. In- | stead I got hot water and had 2 bath, and then felt better and, as a Mrs. S., whose boat was tied just above ours, came just then to call, bringing two wild ducks for us, I spent an hour hearing her discuss the attitude of a very religious woman toward the English world, as seen in India. Did not agree with her, for can you tell me why, the moment most women become “converted,” as they say here, they think they must withdraw from the world, and deny themselves to others as well as remove their influence from us all. It is easy to be good when between four walls, and all goes as you wish it to; but for one to meet these out- side forces and still stay good, and help others—well, that is my idea of a christ- ian’s duty. She finally went away and we had our dinner and, although but sev- en-thirty, I asked for a hot-water bottie and then went to bed as the place most likely to help me get warm. Went off to sleep at once and wakened as the men were dillying around wondering whether to start or not, as we had the Wular lake to cross and it is treacherous in the afternoon. We had two hour’s jaunt before the lake came and the sky did not look promis- ing. The rain had ceased but the great mountains, 1600 feet high, that had been just a stone’s throw away on one side of us nearly all our way, were nearly swathed in mist and where it became a little lighter great snow fields could be Demorralic atc Beilefonte, Pa., January 22, 1915. ane _ POINT OF VIEW. “Oh, life has nothing to give,” Cried the cynic, with a wail. “We live to work, or work to live And Fate stands hard by with his flail. Heigho, heigho, a word of woe! That's the burden of my tale.” “Oh, life is bright and glad,” Sang the lover joyously; “Glorious raptu re, passion mad, Make a world of ecstasy, Heigho, heigho, and on I go, Carolling continually.” “Oh, life is empty quite,” Said the woman, with a sneer; “I am bored by doing right, Wrong I daren’t do, for I fear. Heigho, heigho, the world I know, And count the knowledge dear.” “Oh, life’s a fragrant flower,” Thus the maiden, with a smile; “Opening more and more each hour, Blooming, scenting at the while, Heigho, heigho. Unhappily? No! I'm a stranger yet to guile.” “Oh, life is good, though hard,” Said the workers. ‘‘Hear this code; Earth still has its spikenard, Courage lightens any load! All the way I tread with God! Christ Himself this path has trod!” FROM INDIA. By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern Country. A Trip on a House Boat Down the River from Jhansi and Across Wular Lake, JHANSI, NOVEMBER 24th, 1913. Dear Home Folk: Here we go drifting down the river in our floating home and this is our third! day of such pleasures. To start, after | mailing your last letter I received a let- | ter from New York saying I could leave in January, so I flew to work and wrote | S€€n. I asked them to hurry and go as I letters by the wholesale, trying to make wanted to get to the lake, even if we some arrangements and if I can, I will couldn’t cross, very well, but if we could, send all things that I don’t want, and all | I didn’t wish to doit in the afternoon. It the things I have bought, directly to i was not pretty at the mouth of this lake Philadelphia. | for the water is low and dead animals And now for my new experiences: I | lay decaying on the banks and all about opened my eyes three days ago at about great mud islands broke the water’s sur- 6.30 in the morning and scrambled out | face. We heard that two wood-laden of bed, for I was too cold to stay in any | boats and an empty house-boat had gone longer, and then dressed, shivering and { down the day before, but after waiting a thanking my stars I was in a little house | little time over we started. It is the and had plenty of clothes to keep me largest lake in India and surrounded by warm, when I heard a baby crying and great mountains on every side and al- looked out of the window to see what | though very muddy, due to yesterday's was wrong. There came a native boat ' Storm, it was a beautiful trip across—the with a woman in the front, hanging over mountains still half veiled in mist, the the side and I looked to see what Water like a mill-pond and all about is she was doing. You may imagine calm. Suddenly a great clatter arose my surprise to see a baby, perhaps nine and thousands of wild ducks arose in months old, being dipped into that cold ! Screaming protest against some invader water until just its head stuck out; as I Of their homes. looked, she lifted it and sat it upon the | But now we have again gone into the edge of the boat and there rubbed its! river's mouth and the danger from a head and body some more and then back | Sudden wind storm is past. We will into the river it went to be rinsed. I, | S00n reach Sopor, a small town, where shaking with cold, and that small child | We Willstay for a day or two and then taking a river bath. But they seem to OD tO Baramulla, where our water-trip thrive on it all, as these coolies and river , €0ds. The river below there will be- men are certainly splendid specimens of | CMe a narrow, fierce, rushing current, manhood, and many of the coolies that not safe for most boats to travel on. we see lifting great loads are white-hair- {Continued next Week) ed men. But we are about to start down the river and so of course, go to the front of | In France bread has been made with- the boat, and as we drift under the first | out flour in a machine that transforms bridge and on toward the second we see : the wheat directly into dough. This ma- : 5 Y .__ i chine shows a large screw turning loose- dozens of natives taking their morning ly in a case on the inner surface of which bath along the banks, all naked except a | is a screw thread running in an opposite small loin cloth, the skin fair and smooth | direction. Between the main threads on and the muscles all seem to be in good | the Sylindes are Smaller threads, and the ie: ! depth of the groove becomes progressive- condition. They pummel and rub them- ly smaller from one end to the other, so selves, all uncaring that many others are ! that it will hold the entire wheat grain either washing their clothes or polishing as it enters the machine, at the same their brass pots and vessels within a few | time accommodating only the pulverized feet of them | wheat at the exit. Tn ” . | The wheat is prepared by a thorough The river is full of marigolds; evident- washing, after which operation about a ly some Hindus are offering incense to pint of tepid water to a pound of grain their gods. Dogs—dead, living, fighting, | is added, ihe whole xtire peing allow 4 ? , ed to stand some six hours. en the starving all along the way. Hindus pay- | grains of wheat have swollen to twice ing worship to a red-marked stone, some | their ordinary size. The mixture is then kneeling in prayer, some throwing water | treated with yeast and salt, and is pour- toward it, thus offering drink to the god; | sd io the mashing It falls between : 5 _ | the threads of the moving screw and o others touching and then crossing them- the fixed contrary screw, which simul- selves, while at the base burned a fire i taneously crush the envelope and body with incense init. A great canal’s mouth of the grain, making of them a homo- was just being made and incongruously ' 8éneous mixture that forms a smooth a big motor car, of the racing type, stood | PaSte: Bread Without Flour. near, indicating that an Englishman, probably engineer, was somewhere with- in short distance. And so we came along between high mud banks, as the river is low and has cut for itself through the ages a deer, soft bed, well protected from the wind. The first night we anchored just be- neath a picturesque bridge and then got out and walked across plowed fields for two miles, stealing corn on our way; the corn was old and hard but I was hungry and ate nearly a whole ear of the raw corn. We went to see the Manasbal lake and it fully repaid us for the walk, for a tear, dropped from some God just into the gap, made a little round bowl for itself and chrystal-like, reflected all its borders so perfectly that it made one think of a great opal. The sun was going down, so blue and pink and em- erald colors played across its surface. We stood and watched the glowing lights until warned by the night that we | should make haste else it would shut |tra down on us and we would have to find our own way home. The boat looked in- viting to us and our dinner tasted very good. The next day we had our first storm: drifting along and watching the snows thicken on the mountains, for it was a dark, lowery day. Suddenly an immense wind struck us and our three boatmen were hard worked for a few minutes to : Bread made by this process contains a succession of holes whose size increases as they approach the crust, which is thin. The odor given off is said to be most agreeable. Samoan Mats. Among the curious customs of the Sa- moans is that of making heirlooms of mats. By some simple process of reason- ing the mat has come to be identified with the family, as the hearthstone is traditionally . sacred among the Saxon race. The Samoan mats are really fine speci- mens of art. The people esteem them much more highly than any article of European manufacture, and the older they are the more they are regarded. Some of them have names known all over the Samoan group. The oldest is called Moe-e Fui-Fui, or “The man that slept among the creepers.” It got this title by reason of the fact that it had been hidden away for years among the creeping convolvulus that grow wild along the seashore. It is known to be two hundred years old, as the names of its owners during that period can be The possession of one of these old mats gives the owner great power; in fact, it is a title-deed to rank and prop- erty, from the Samoan standpoint. It is no matter if the mats are tattered and worn out; their antiquity is their value, and for some of the most cherished of then large sums of money would be re- ——Living in a town of 4,275 inhabi- tants, a man in the far west undertook to pick up every pin he saw, and in one year save us from capsizing, but got us to the collected 4,580. A Most Interesting Letter from an Old Centre County Citizen, Now Taking an Early Look at the San Francisco Exposition and Enjoying the Summer Climate that California Offers Those Who Like It. } SAN Francisco, Dec. 25th, 1914. P. GRAY MEEK, Esq., Bellefonte, Pa. Dear Sir and Friend—You may be somewhat surprised to hear from me so far from home, but I am here just the same. I enclose you a few lines hurriedly written which you can publish if you care to. We scarcely give the vastness of this United States of ours, a passing thought, unless fate or fortune is kind enough to permit an opportunity to get around, and over some of it. We live and move about in our own County or State, apparently satisfied with home and living, with scarcely a thought of the other forty- seven, with just as inviting conditions sociallyJand perhaps financially as our own. When in a rut it is with an effort that we sometimes consider it wise to get out and try something of another order. I once felt as though there was no place in which to exist but old Pennsylvania and for a year after I left it, everything seemed crosswise in the new home. Now, I am loth to give up old home and social ties in Iowa. In fact, the three or four months of almost zero weather, to me has not been overcome by the inviting sunshine and flowers and green trees of California. Persuading myseif that in- terests I have in the San Joaquin Valley need some personal attention, I left DesMoines, six inches of snow, and 8 below zero weather, the evening of De- cember 15th, and the same conditions prevailing until half way down the Pacific slope of the Sierras, I arrived in Sacra- mento, the morning of the 18th, three whole nights and two full days of solid intermittent travel, as continuously fast as steam could be made to do the work, putting 2200 miles more to the 1000 from Bellefonte to DesMoines. At 10.15 I boarded a train passing through famous Grapegrown localities of Lodi and Acampa, Stockton one of the first settle- ments in the times of '49. The city of ; Stockton is one of much importance, be- i ing situated near the confluence of the two rivers, the Sacramento flowing south through the valley of the same name, and the San Joaquin flowing north | through its valley. Stockton is also at the head of tide water, accommodating any of the boats doing traffic on San Francisco bay, the landing place being almost in the heart of the city. Modesto, a county seat and a model little city is some 40 miles south of Stockton. All of the principal streets are asphalt paved, of noticeable width and kept remarkably clean. Buildings of all classes are of up-to-date architecture and everything indicates a spirit of energy and thrift. People are cosmopolitan, mostly from the eastern States with a fair . sprinkling of foreigners and many Native Sons, the latter of a common organization in this State. Being interested in some land near this town makes it interesting to me, yet I have never yet been informed ‘of a place in this far western country that appeals to me so much as Modesto. This valley is about 80 miles wide and 250 long and is entirely agricultural. Three brothers and quite a number of DesMoines friends are located here, hap- py and contented. The weather to me seems almost a dream. Leaving Iowa, frozen soil and snow covered, landing three days later in sunshine and flowers is a transition to be wondered at. Farm- ers are plowing and planting making an impression on an easterner that it is April and May rather than December and January. : I partook of my Christmas turkey din- ner today in this wonderful city of San Francisco at the home of my son, al- though this is not my first visit here, I have been on the go the last two days. Interest now centers on the Exposition, which opens February 15th. It was my pleasure to spend the greater part of a day on the grounds. It is useless for me to attempt a dis- cription of what is being done. While it will be a repetition of Chicago and St. : Louis Fairs, both of which I attended, | the experience of those two cities seems to have been utilized here and in such a! support a roof above. But such a prop- osition sounds ridiculous, for one tenth the material would support all above. There are 60 of these huge trees with the bark on the porch way. All of the frame work of the structure is simply logs with bark on. They have a tiny flag-pole set near the north east corner of the building. If any who may read of this and attend the Fair don’t fail to see it. It is set in cement, stands 251 feet high and as straight as a line, cost $5000 to transport and place in position and was made from a tree that measured 347 feet when it was felled. The entire | original tree contained over 30,000 feet of lumber and weighed 93600 pounds, and a computation made it over 300 years old. A companion left standing measures 23 feet in diameter. : Now Mr. Meek, this is not my pre- varication. Go there and read the tablet for yourself. San Francisco is a peninsula irregular in Ocean and Bay Shore lines, from 6 to 9 miles across and 20 odd miles long, extending from north to south. The sur- face is hilly some points as high as the Nittany mountains, and except to the peaks valuable buildings are constructed on what would seem impossible declivi- ties, necessarily, for ground is getting scarce. It is a wonderful city for people, build- ings and business. Your brother news- papers say that a hundred thousand peo- ple attended the annual open airChristmas concert last evening held in a place you ! folks would call the Diamond. The Bay ‘cities, practically one Great city, have a combined population of over 900,000 com- posed of this city, Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda. So it cannot be a surprise to get such a congregation together on Christmas eve. They wore no over-shoes for the ther- | nor ear mufflers either, mometer is not a matter of discussion here, especially when flower stands and flower pedlers are every where in evi- dence. I expect to go to Santa Cruz Sun- day morning, December 27th, to see the Big Trees, and to Los Angeles, the 29th, to visit a brother. Expect to spend a few days at Fasadena, Long Beach and perhaps out in the Ocean to the Catalena | Islands and home to Iowa by January 10th. I cculd write much about this Pacific coast country but time of my own and encroaching on your space forbids. SAMUEL W. BAKER. The Gold Penny. The most valuable penny ever coined in Great Britain was the gold penny of Henry III. On August 16, 1227, a writ dated at Chester was issued, command- ing the Mayor of London to proclaim in that city that “the gold money which the King had caused to be made should be immediately current there or else-where within the realm of England, in ali trans- actions of buying and selling, at the rate of twenty pennies of sterlings (that is, twenty silver pennies) for every gold penny.” The time, however, was by no means favorable for the issue of pieces of denomination so much higher than had previously been known. According- ly, the city of London petitioned against these coins, and the King issued a procla- mation that no one should be obliged to take them. The coins, nevertheless, con- tinued to be current, and in 1265 their value was raised from twenty to twenty- four pence; probably equivalent in pur- chasing power to two pounds sterling of today. It is unlikely that any great number of these coins was ever struck. It is prob- ablethat, by reason of their high value, they would soon be melted down, for they were of pure gold, without alloy of any kind. The collectors of today know of only three or four specimens. One of these was sold for more than $200, another for $700 and another for $1,000. — Harpers Weekly. Every man believes as a part of his natural creed, “that we are fearfully and wonderfully made,” yet he has no more real appreciation of the fact in which he believes than in many another fact fundamental to his creed. He protects i his watch, wraps it in chamois, winds it regularly, carefully shields it from mag- netic influences, and will allow no undue shock to jar its mechanism. But how does he care for the far finer mechanism of his body? It should be fed with the same regularity that the watch is wound, it should be properly protected from ex- terior influences or sudden shocks, in- stead of which it is fed irregularly, indif- ferently protected, and subject to every shock which indifference permits or hardihood invites. The result is that the machinery of the body, the heart, liver, lungs, blood and stomach get “out of order.” There is nothing that will so quickly readjust these organs and start Health and Beauty of the Skin. Little talks on Health and Hygiene by Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D., Commissioner of Health. Few people pay sufficient attention to the care of the skin. A certain number of both sexes devote no little time to the care of that portion which appears above their collars but few understand the real importance of the functions of the skin. We breathe through the skin. A con- siderable volume of oxygen is absorbed by the body in this way. Certain poison- ous substances are disposed of through pores of the skin. These poisons are eliminated through the glands in the skin passing off in perspiration. The skin is one of the body’s thermos- | tats that automatically regulate its tem- . perature. If the heat grows excessive the blood vessels in the skin dilate and permit the circulation of an extraordinary i amount of blood near the surface. This ; permits the radiation of the heat from the blood and the corresponding cooling of the body and stimulates a more active combustion. When the body is exposed to cold if | the skin is properly performing its func- | tions it will contract - and drive the blood : away from the skin to concentrate its | warmth near the vital organs. i The ends of the nerves which give us | our sense of touch are located in the skin. This sensitiveness is for the con- : tinual protection of the body. In order | that these various functions may be prop- ! erly carried out it is essential that the i skin be well cared for at all times. If i the pores are not kept thoroughly clean, the poisonous excretions instead of being | expelled are re-absorbed by the blood. i Such a condition also prevents the skin | from oxygen as it should do when prop- | erly performing its functions. Then too, there is the question of beauty. A clean, healthy, well groomed skin is genuinely attractive. Soap and water should be vigorously applied but no soap left on the skin after bathing. Sleep and exercise in fresh air combined with good food and plenty of water are better than all the skin foods and beautifiers and their consistent and regular use will add materially to the general bodily health and well being. —“Dat’s a purty loud suit yer got on, Weary.” “Yes, it belonged tér a man dat was deef.” ——*“Blinks always hits the nail on the head.” “Yes, but usually he drives it into the ! wrong place.” — Philadelphia Ledger. (ORIGIN LOST IN ANTIQUITY | ®hrase That Has Becrme Famous Has | Been Credited tc Viany Think- i ers and Writers. “Germany’s place in the sun” is a shrase usually credited to the former Chancellor von Buelow. But how far Jack does it go? A writer to the New York Evening Post quotes from Ernest Renan’s “Life if Jesus,” “The situation of a poor nan is dreadful; literally there is no slace for him in the sun.” The writer f the letter observes, “It would be nteresting to know if the metaphor vas original with Renan.” It was not. In Pascal’s “Thoughts” this occurs: ‘This place in the sunshine is mine; hat is the beginning and the type of isurpation the world over.” And Pas- ‘al’s “Thought,” of that moment, was )f war. Was it Louis Fourteenth (the mon- rch of Pascal’s maturity) who had :oined the phrase to justify his ambi- ions? Or was it the phrase of Riche- ieu (discoverer of the youthful Pas- :al’s genius) who used it for France? Nas it then an old saying, borrowed rom Caesar, or Alexander—or maybe Tom Rameses? A Terrible Weapon. A new weapon has been provided or the United States army which is ar more efficient than any heretofore \dopted. It was invented and is used )y the French military authorities, ind already nearly a hundred have yeen purehased by the United States. The new gun, which is described in he June Popular Mechanics Magazine, weighs but 35 pounds and can easily ye carried by a soldier. Two men are *equired to operate it, both of whom ie flat on the ground, presenting a ymall mark to the enemy. One man ‘eeds the cartridges into the breech if the gun in clips of 25 each, while he other aims the weapon and directs the firing mechanism. The gun will ire separate shots or will operate au- omatically, in which case 300 shots nay be fired per minute. At long range a third soldier ascertains the range by the use of binoculars and re- ports the effect of the bullets. French Schools Reopened. way as to promote perfection as near as them in healthy action as Dr. Pierce’s within the reach of human endeavor. | Golden Medical Discovery. It benefits Buildings are nearly all completed and | ninety-eight per cent. of all who use it. many exhibits are being installed. I call- | Curtains as Burglar Alarms. ed at the Penn State and took particular : notice of it. None of your people were ' An ingenious scheme of burglar pro- there but when I informed the man in ' tection embodying specially designed cur- charge that I was a Pennsylvanian, he tains and portieres has been invented by a Dresden engineer. The curtains and very courteously conducted me around, portieres are made of any of the ma- explaining all details. You folks need terials used for such purposes, and wired not feel ashamed of your home on the ' With fine conduciors jt certaln places y ted on affixed small me Panama Pacific Exposition Grounds, ‘An knobs, connected with the wire con- experienced reporter writing from day to | ductors. When drawn across a window day would fail in making a full and com- ' or door, or around a sate or vault, the plete explanation, so I will say nothing further than a few lines for one of the ! buildings that filled me with wonder. ' The Oregon State building—It is an ob- | long, 150 by 300 feet with what might be ! commonly called a porch, 12 feet wide and 40 feet high,almost the entire heighth of the structure, which extends en- tirely around it. It isconstructedentirely of logs and huge logs at that and with the bark on. There are two columnson | the outer edge of this veranda, supposed- ly columns, but really enormous pine trees 4 feet and 6 inches in diameter on the floor (I measured them) with only a slightest disturbance of their position immediately breaks the circuit, as the metal knobs are thus thrown out of con- tact with each other. Should the in- truder notice the wires and cut one or more of them, his action would break the circuit and start the alarm. ——Daddy—No, yer mother never drest the way you girls do today to catch a husband. Daughter—Yes, but look at what she got. ——Willie—Paw, What is a business woman ? Paw~—One who can receive and open a telegram without getting cold feet, my son.— Wacsningion Star. The schools of France have partial 'y resumed, after holidays which started early in July. They are badly disorganized, however, both on ac- tount of the fact that fully 25,000 schoolmasters are serving with the solors, and that many of the older noys are on the firing line. By order »f the minister of public instruction the first lesson of the term took the form of an address by the headmaster am the war, commemorating those who have fallen already in defense of the sountry. In the girls’ schools, two hours a day are to be spent knitting for the soldiers. Development of Heat by Plants. The development of heat by plants in Dewar flasks has been studied re- cently by H. Molisch. The flowers, leaves, and fruits of a large number of plants showed great contrasts in the amount of heat developed. Most leaves and flowers developed consid- erable heat; mosses, algae, and a num- ber of common fruits, very little. Lichens and fungi showed a wide range in this respect. —Have your Job Work done here. | i ——————————— TELLING THOUGHTS IN MUSIC Resources of Composer May Be Summed Up in a Manner Com- paratively Brief. We all have ideas of some sort or another, and the most common mode of expressing those ideas is by speech; but there are many other ways, for everything we see around us before it took concrete shape has been simply an idea. Now the com- poser’s idea finds its expression in music, and as a medium by which his thoughts can be reproduced he chooses not only the human voice, but also various musical instuments, the one to which we shall now turn our thoughts especially being the piano- forte. Just as a poet expresses his ideas in beautiful language, a painter on canvas, or a sculptor in stone, so a composer has many resources where- by he can express himself. There is, however, no written law or book of rules for him to follow, and it is only by instinct, learning, and experience that he will know which means to adopt. It is therefore well for the student to be able to recognize these means, both for his own enjoyment and also that he may be able to con- vey to others the idea which they express. A composer's resources may be said chiefly to consist of— 1. Melody. 2. Harmony and mod- ulation. 3. Rhythm. 4. Form of de- sign. 5. Choice of tempo. 6. Choice of key. STRENGTH DUE TO EXERCISE Easy Explanation of Why One Hand Is Stronger Than Its Brother Member. If you are right-handed then the right hand is stronger than the left. If you are left-handed the left hand will be stronger. If you are truly ambidextrous the strength of both hands will be equal. The advantage of one hand over the other is due to the greater exer- cise it may receive. All the muscles of our arms and legs are develcped by exercise and their respective strength will be in accordance with their use. That the right hand is stronger than the left can be proved by discontinu- ing the use of the right arm for sev- eral weeks by tying it to the side of your body. When you release the arm you will find that much of its strength is gone and that now the left hand is stronger. This applies to a right- handed person and the trick would work the other way with a left-hand- ed person. This goes to show that the strength of hands and arms is unconsciously affected by the amount! of rational exercise. " Napcleon a Good Reader. Napoleon not only read a great deal but read with profit. His memory was extraordinary. Take, for instance, his knowledge of Roman civil law, long passages of which he once reeled off by heart to the astonishment of the state council engaged with him in the production of the Code Napoleon. To one of the councilors he explained how he gained his legal learning. When a young lieutenant he found in the cup- board of a prison room in which he was confined a ponderous tome of Ro- man law. “You can easily imagine,” he said, “what a valuable prize that book was. . .. When, at the end of ten days I recovered my freedom, I was saturated with Justinian and the Roman legal decisions.” Napoleon added that the old book was covered with marginal notes—so much so that he could not have been idle if his im- prisonment had “lasted a century.” Things Forgotten by Idealist. The idealist of the open fireplace remembers the good times in the fall when the cold had not yet arrived, and when the apples and nuts and the cider and perhaps the baked potatoes made the evening a delight. He for- gets about the real business of life when winter comes down from the North and when the little old airtight heater made life worth living after it was invented. Yes, there is lots of poetry about the open fireplace and we all cling to the ideals sufficiently to have at least one built in every modern home. It is useful to furnish the blaze and the ventilation when the furnace is on the job doing the heating. It is not likely that the modern family of boys and girls would stay at home nights any closer nowa- days if the houses had the open fire- place system. Mature Charms. Not a few men of thirty-eight or forty have fallen victims to 2a woman’s mature charms. A recent case is that of a well known Englishman, who first married a beautiful American woman, widow of a British lord, whose sons were nearly the age of the young hus- band. After eight or ten years of mar- ried life, when she divorced him, he immediately married the most famous actress on the London stage, herself a woman with children grown to young manhood and womanhood. Both were women of unquestionable charm— clever, fascinating, gracious—and both attracted the young Englishman as no young girl could have done. Teach Boxing in School. In the schools of Australia boxing has been introduced as regular exer- cise for schoclboys. In Sydney 107 boys responded to the call for those desiring it, and in Melbourne the plan; has proved even more successful. |
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