FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER BBCOMINQ ATTIRB DESIGNED TO BB WORN AT WORK. Pretty and Praotloal Garments Are at Command and May Bo Pro cured at Coat That la Really Remarkable. Never were housekeeping garments xnore coquettish than now, and the woman is foolish, Indeed, who goes fihout her home duties unbecomingly .ttlred. From the housekeeper's work ng gown Itself—that useful garment '• •'!' ®! yi ~i r which must often stand a deal of fjrudgery, down to the apron in which Ihe does her preserving and canning, styles are immensely pretty, while losing nothing of practicality. This is an excellent season for the jewing ofworking clothes, but if there jls no time for the larger pieces of (work, the frocks needed can be ready piade at small cost. All of the shops keep the little wash cotton gowns peeded, dubbing them house dresses or maid's dresses, and they are as heap as cheap, good models In durable materials selling as low sometimes as 98 cents. The frocks are in one piece style, with white bands upon color, and plain bands upon figured fabrics, and the buyer who loves dainty effects may Indulge in charm ing colors —violet, pale blue, or some shades of green, yellow or pink. Why wosh dishes in an ugly dress when you can get a pretty one that washes Quite as well, perhaps better? The ■unsightly home gowns are commonly made in dark colors, and these are less likely to stand soap and water than are the light colors. Our sketch presents the working apron in a very desirable phase, and the material used in this case is blue and white percale. The front and sides of the apron are cut separately so that a narrow goods could be used, and the capacity of the pocket is decidedly strengthened through its being put Into the seam. Checked gingham, denim and crash would make the more aturdy aprons which would be wanted In this style, but the gayer cottons, white with floral figures, are very pret ty and much used. A sleeve protec tor in the same material as the apron is a useful detail, and a good model for this is also shown with the pic ture. The •ip is of sheeting in a loose weave, and it is gathered in a tape, which is removed for laundering. Mop caps are always becoming to pretty faces, and when in correct fab rics they seem to give a proper finish for working clothes. Besides, they protect the hair from dust and kitch en odors and seem to Indicate a punc tilious neatness in ail kitchen mat ters. Some charming house caps of workaday sort are made of big ban danna handkerchiefs, arranged so that two points will fall over the ears. Caps for afternoon use are bewilderingly pretty, little fooleries of muslin and ribbon, which In many cases are worn with a tiny matching apron. The two pretty things are for afternoon tea use, and they are likewise donned for the club's sewing spree. The aprons for this dressy use run to exceeding smallness. They are mere wisps, covering only the front of the skirt, and generally gathered over a ribbon waistband. MARY DEAN. Novel Shoe Casea. A woman who is hard on her silk Stockings has learned to utilize the tops for bags for her shoes and slip pers. When the runs and holes get undarned the tops of the stockings are cut off midway of the leg and the lower edge sewed across In a French seam. A shoe is kept in each of these Stocking bags, which take up no room, cost nothing and act as an absorber of dust. Sometimes the kind of shoes Is outline 1 oh the hem to make them pore easily distinguishable. ARMAGEDDON OF THE SCRIPTURES Startling Presentation of Com ing Events. PASTOR RUSSELL'S VIEWS Churches of All Denominations and the Civil Powers of Earth Are About to Unite In Common Cause —Powerful Influence Preparing For the Battle of Armageddon—A Reign of Anarchy Will Be the Result of the Warfare Until The Messiah Takes Control. Brooklyn, N. 1., Brooklyn Academy 11 of Alub l° was crowded to the 11m ijHrak jtft '-'A it today to hear a 810 r Kusse "' B ;fte#, a placed called in fPASTQR. RUSSELL] the Hebrew tongue Armageddon." (Revelation xvl, 10.) The speaker said: Armageddon in the Hebrew signifies the "Hill of Megiddo," or Mount of De struction. It was famous as a battle field in Old Testament times. The Lord has seen tit to associate the name Armageddon, with the great con . troversy between Truth and Error, right and wrong, God and .Mammon, with which this Age will close, perish, and the New Age of Messiah's glory be ushered In. He has purposely used highly symbolical figures of speech in the last book of the Bible, evidently with a view to hiding certain Impor tant truths until the due time for their revealmeut. But even in the due time, the Bible assures us, "None of the wicked shall understand" (Daniel xil, 9, 10) none who are out of heart har mony with God—but only the wise of nis people—the "wise virgin" class of the Master's parable. 1 have long avoided presentation of my understanding of our text and Its context. 1 take it up now by request and because 1 believe It is due time to be understood. I disclaim any special Inspiration. In some particulars my views agree with those of other Bible students, and In other respects they disagree. Each hearer must use his own Judgment, do his own Bible study, and reach his own conclusions Kindly remember that i aui not re sponsible fur the figures of speech used by the Lord. My interpretations do in deed constitute a terrible arraignment of institutions which we have all rever enced and which embrace good people, of good words nnd good works. God's saintly people in these various institu tions. being comparatively few, are Ignored when systems as a whole are dealt with in prophecy. The Dragon, Beast. False Prophet. Our context tells us that three lnv pure spirits (teachings) will go forth from the mor»ths of the Dragon, the Beast nnd the False Prophet, and these three will be in accord, and symbolical ly the doctrines are represented by "frogs." These three doctrines are to have a mighty influence throughout the civilized earth. They are to gather the kings and their armies to the great Battle of Armageddon. The ecclesiastical kings and princes, and their retinues of clergy and faith ful adherents, will be gathered in solid phalanx—l'rotestant and Catholic. The kings and captains of Industry, and as many as can in* iniltit in cd by them, will be gathered lo the same side. Tlio political kings nnd princes, with all Iheir henchmen and retainers, will fol low in Hue on ;ic •uc «ide The Bnancial kings and merchant princes, and all whom thej can influence by the most gigantic powei ever vet exercis ed In the world, will i«»in the same Side, according to tins prophecy These "doctrines <>t demons." repre sented by the "frogs." will lead many noble people in Ibis great army to as sume an attitude quite contrary to their preference. For a time the wheels of liberty and progress will be turned backward and medieval re straints will be considered necessary for self-preservation—for the mainte nance of the present order of thlnga. In giving this interpretation, it Is necessary for us to indicate what la symbolized by the Dragon, the Beset, lid the False Prophet Bible students »112 nearly all denominations agree with us that the "Dragon" of Revelation represents the purely Civil Power. Protestant interpreters generally agree that the "Beast like a leopard" (Rove lation xill. 2) represents the Papacy But fewer still, we fear, will be ready to support our view that Protestantism Is the "Image of the Beast" (Revelation xlii, 15) In our context given another name, "the False Prophet." We urge no one to accept our interpretation, nor shall we think hard of any who refuse it. We will neither slander nor otherwise Injure them now, nor threat en them with eternal torture. They have the same right to their views thai I have, and the same right to make them known to others. And i.for one, will be very glad to consider nny thing which opponents may set forth ss their Interpretations of our text "Unclean Spirite Like Frogs." The symbolisms of Scripture, right ly understood, are nlways forceful When the Holy Spirit used a "frog" to symbolically represent certain doctrines or teach're*, we may be sure the true application will fit well. A frog has a sage look, a wise look. It swells itself up In au apparent en deavor to Impress the beholder. Its great mouth well represent* Its chief power, used to croak. Applying these symbols, we learn that an evil spirit. Influence, teaching, will come from the Protestant churches federated, from the Church of Rome, and from the Civil authorities, all In full agreement The spirit of all will be boastful; an air of superior wisdom and knowledge will be proudly assum ed—all will croak In harmony. All will tell of dire results that would follow. Involving the Interests of both the present and the future life. If their counsel be not followed. However con flicting the creeds, the differences will be lguored in the general proposition that nothing ancient must be disturb ed, or looked Into, or repudiated. The Divine authority of the Church, and the Divine right of kings, aside from the Church, will not be allowed to conflict. Any persons or teachings In conflict with these boastful and un scriptural claims will be branded as everything vile, at the mouths of these "frogs" speaking from pulpits and platforms and through the religious and secular press. The nobler sent! ments of some will be strangled by the philosophy of the same evil spirit which spoke through Caiaphas. the high priest, respecting Jesus. As Caia phas declared It expedient to commit a crime in violation of Justice, human and Divine, to lie rid of Jesus and His teachings, so this "frog" spirit will ap prove of every violation of principle necessary to their self-protection The croaking of these "frog" spirits or doctrines will gather the kings and princes, financial, political, religious and Industrial Into one great army. The spirit of fear. Inspired by the cronkings of these "frogs," will scourge the passions of otherwise good and reasonable men to fury, desperation In their blind following of these evil spirits, evil doctrines, they will be ready to sacrifice life and everything on tiie altar of what they mistakenly suppose Is Justice, truth and righteous ness, under a Divine arrangement. For a brief time, as we understand the Scriptures, these combined forces of Armageddon will triumph. Free speech, free mails, and other liberties which have come to be the very breath of the masses In our day. will be ruth lessly shut off under the plea of neces sit.v. the glory of God, the commands of the Church, etc. All will seem to be serene, until the great social explosion In our context described as the "great Earthquake." An "earthquake," In symbolic language, signifies social revolution, ami the declaration of the context is that none like unto It ever before occurred. (Revelation xvl. IS, 19.) Jesus described It as a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation.—Matthew xxlv, 21. The Lord Will Gather Them. The false, frog-iike teachings will gather together into one host the great, the rich, the wise, the learned and the kings of the earth, to battle. At this Juncture Divine Power will step for ward, and our text tells us that ///-. shall gat her the marshaled hosts to Armageddon—to the Mountain or De struct ion. The very thing which they sought to avert by their union, federa tion, etc.. will be the very thing they will hasten. Other Scriptures tell ns that God will be represented by the Great .Messiah, nnd that lie will be ou the side of the masses. Thus we read In Daniel xii, 1: "At that time shall Michael [the Godlike One-MessiabJ stand up"—assume authority He will tako possession of His Kingdom lu a manner little lookitl for by many of those who erroneously have been claiming that they were Ilis Kingdom, and authorized by 11 !m to reign in His name and in His stead. Jesus declared. "Ills servants ye are unto whom ye render service." Some may be rendering service to Satan and to error, who claim to be rendering service to God and to righteousness; and some of these may be serving Ig norantly. as did Saul of Tarsus, who "verily thought that be did God a serv Ice" In persecuting the Church. The same principle holds true reversely As an earthly king does not hold him self responsible for the moral character of each soldier who fights In his bat ties, so the l.ord does not vonch for the moral character of all who will enlist and tight on His side of any question "His servants they are to whom the\ render sen Ice." whatever the motive or object prompting them. The same principles will apply In the coming Battle of Armageddon. God's side of that battle will be the peoples side, and the very nondescript host, the people, will be pitted at the begin ning of the battle. Anarchists, Social Uts. and hot-headed radicals of every Kcliool of reason and unreason, will l>e In the forefront of that battle. The majority of the poor and the middle class prefer peace at almost any price. A comparatively small number, God's consecrated people, will at heart be longing for Messiah's Kingdom These will bide the Lord's time and wait pa tlently for It; they will be of good courage, knowing the outcome outlined In the "more sure word of prophecy,' to which they have done well to take heed, "as unto a light shining In a dark place until the Day dawn "—II Peter I, 19 The masses will be restless of their restraints, but will he consclotiJ of their own weakness as compared to the klmrs nnd princes, financial, religions and political, which will then hold sway. Besides, the masses have no sympathy with anarchy. They realize truly that the worst' form of govern ment Is better than none. The masses will seek relief through the ballot and peaceful re-adjustment of earth's nf fairs for the elimination of evil, for the placing of monopolies and utilities and the supplies of nature In the hands of the people for the public good. The crisis will be reached when the hither to upholders of law shall become vio lators of the law and registers ot the will of the majority as expressed by the ballot Fear for the future will lead the well-mean' J. u.;. jcs to desper ation; and annroln will result when Socialism falls. The Cloud's Silver Lining. Horrible would lie tills outlook for the future did we not have the Infalli ble Word of God assuring us of a glorious outcome' Divine Wisdom has withheld until oui day the gre.-it knowl edge and skill which Is at the same time breeding millionaires and discon tents. Had God lifted the veil a thou sand years sooner, the world would have lined up for its Armageddon a thousand years sooner lint that would have been too soon for the Di vine purpose, because Messiah's King dom is to be the great Thousand- Year Sabbath of the world's history. God lu kindness veiled our eyes until the time when the gathering to Ar mageddon would immediately precede Messiah's taking to Himself His great power, and beginning His relgu.—Reve latlon xl, 17, 18. "Send Them Strong Delusions." St. Paul wrote prophetically of our time, that it would lie one of serious trial and testing to many professing to be Christians. The reason for this he states—they received not the Truth in the love of it (II Tbessalonians 11, 10. 11.) They preferred their own errone ous theories, the Apostle explains, aud therefore God will give them over to a "strong delusion," and let them believe the He which they preferred, and let them suffer for missing the Truth which they did not love. Thus they will be In the condemned host, "light ing against God." because of their lack of love for the Truth. It is sad to say that we all as Chris tians have been laboring under a tlior ough delusion respecting God's Plan We have claimed that Christ set up His Church in Kingdom power, and that the Church has been reigning on the earth us His representative. On the strength of this delusion, Jews and heretics have been persecuted to death as opponents to Christ's Kingdom All the while we thoughtlessly repented the Lord's prayer: "Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as In Heaven." We knew that the Redeemer said that He would come again to make us His Bride and Joint heirs; but we ignored the Scriptures We were drunk, as the Scriptures symbolically say, "all nations were drunk" with the false doctrine It is this false doctrine that will constitute the "frog" spirit which soon will begin to croak and to prepare for Armageddon The Bible presentation Is that the world Is a section of the universe In rebellion against Divine authority, un der the captaincy of Satan and his as sociated fallen angels By Dlvltie grace Jesus has already "tasted death for every man."and the merit of that sac riflce must, eventually, grant Adam and his posterity a full, fair opportunity for the attainment of everlasting llf< All who thus see the Divine program and are walking in the light may know something at least respecting the "times aud seasons" These brethren "are not In darkness, that that day land that battle of Armageddon J shoul overtake" them "as a thief" —un a wares Armageddon Not Yet but Soon. For forty years the Armageddon forces have been mustering for both sides of the confli ' Strikes, lockouts and riots, great utd small, have been merely Incidental skirmishes ns the belligerent parties crossed each other's paths. Court and Army scandals lu Europe, Insurance, Trust and Court scandals in America, have shaken pub lie confidence. Dynamite plots, eharg ed by turns on employees aud on em ployers. have further shaken contl dence nnd tended to make each dis trustful of the other Bitter and angry feelings on both sides are more and more manifest. The lines of battle ari dally becoming more distinctly marked Nevertheless Armageddon cannot yet be fought. Other matters intervene, according to prophecy Gentile times have still two years to run The "Image of the Beast" of our coutext must yet receive life —power The Image must be transformed from a mere mechanism to a living force Protestant Federation realizes that tts organization will still be futile unless it receive vltalization— unless Its clergy directly or ndlrectiy shall be recog nlzed as possessed of apostolic ordiu.-t tion and authority to teach. This the prophecy Indicates will come from the two horned beast, which, we believe, symbolically represents the Church of England. High handed activities of Protestantism and Catholicism, operat ing In conjunction for the suppression of human liberties, await this vivifying of the Image This may come soon, but Armageddon cannot precede It. but must follow—perhaps a year after it according to our view of the' Prophecy Still another thing Intervenes: Ai though the Jews am gradually flowing Into Palestine, gradually obtaining con trol of the land of Canaan, and ai though reports say that already nine teen millionaires arc there, ueverthe less prophecy requires an evidently larger uumber of wealthy Hebrews to be there before the Armageddon crisis be reached. indeed we understand that "Jacob's trouble" in the Holy Land will come at the very close of Armageddon. Then Messiah's King dom will begin to be manifested Thenceforth Israel In the land of prom lse will gradually rise from the ashes of the past to the grandeur of proph ecy. Through Its Divinely appointed princes Messiah's Kingdom, ail-power fill but Invisible, will begin to roll ■ way the curse and to lift up mankind A Colossal Scheme. The great highway of the commerce of the future will be the Paclflo ocean. Mighty capitalists throughout the world are putting their heads together to erect the most colossal system for wireless telegraphy In the world. The systrra contemplates the linking to gether of all points along the western coast of America from Bering sea to the Straits of Magellan, and spanning the isles of the ocean, to link with this chain the whole easterly Bhore of Asia, running on down to the Straits Settlements. The contemplated sys tem will cost In the aggregate many millions of dollars. Beauty of Woodwork. There Is a friendly atmosphere In the presence of much woodwork —not painted wood, but wood finished to show the beauty of Its natural growth —that Is entirely lost In an expanse of smooth, hard paint. Its mellow lights and soft shades form a far more restful background than any papered surface, and its strength and durabil ity make a wood flnl9h ideal for a house that is to suggest, the feeling of permanence and stability that belongs to the true home. —Suburban Life. Eight Who Deserve Slaps. Eight men who deserve to be slap ped on the face: He who despises a man of power; he who enters a house uninvited and unwelcomed; he whc gives orders In a house not his own: he who takes a seat above his posi tion ; he who speaks to one who doos not listen to him; he who Intrudes on the conversation of others; he who seeks favors from the ungenerous, and he who expects love from his ene mies.—From a Persian Saying. Hard Times. - "Well," said Hinkley affably to th« old countryman to whom he was giv ing a lift over the highway, "how's farming around here?" "Rad," said the countryman, "powerful bad. 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