: SUNDAY SERMON : Z 5 JJ A Scholarly Dlsooun by J Dr. Otho Ba'rtholow Brooklyn. X. Y.-Dr. Otlio V. Burtli !nv, lor of Ilic .lanes M. K. Church, prim-hrd Smiila.v on "Tin- Limitations of I. Iff." The pxI was chosen from Cnle--iiuis lv:18: ' Ki mi niher my hnnd." In'. Harlholow mill: It M Imril to rolii'i'tvi how tin' glow ing mill comprehoiiKlv i.teme'its of the Vst tlir.'p i hi'.;-tors of Paul's lipls." t lt o tl:" Cm Inns coiilil h' rein- 'OlCI'd. lililil Sellletl.O I so full of llivllK. Until It f:liWV OVeitloWK Willi Its - l; i-i . i v iilir nlMii v Yet with the I won's of oil" lo.vi I'hoI Id ino't posi tively i.uil l tit 1 r ill reinforc every citli'i- sent-nce of Mil intensely spir- l.ui'l ipistle. lie ill. t it in tint t charm- j ingly Iniei enf lal way that ailileil 111' warmth ol Hi;- heart t' tin- purely logical Hateltlcllts of 111'1 lllillil. In writ lug lo tin- i iilos.-iji lis of Christ's diviu l!y mill of the compii.' :iinl Joy mis l".v."lty pi itv soul should lender to lii:n. I'mil in tlie lew words of our tt'Xt il"i';riil"ly relets to llu example found i:i hi;: own i p.'i'i:'iuT. "K"iiiHinhor my bonds." This was ;in infusion of cxprience lo nil the preceding pre cei!s that developed itu incalculable force In Unit rnliitiili'J cP'iuciil of nipnthy whic h wore lit once opera tive. I'iiiiI had no intention .if i;l ni J'y in u himself or his sufl fri n u neither did hi" sentimentally long fit" liiiiii:tti eoir. lort. This very brief allusion lo him self In our text was lint to strengthen Hint confirm tin'! feolinj which would o.nlt und glorify Christ .lesus the Lord. Wluit Cltristliin in 1 'olosso could have road or limrd Paul's letter mid not felt when he came to the words, "lt"ii. ember in j- lionds." this iinin ivrii-s on of lile's experience nud of wliii i he knows - not HUo so many of lllf l e'.iglolll.si s mill philosophers of thnt :in.c out of Ills imaginations and dreams. Vft another inference is coniniiifil In out lrxt. It is thai which emphasize s lljf fai t of life's limitation. In writ ing his advice mill directions to the Coio-siaiis I'iiiiI did the very Itfst his liosilimi would iillow liini tu tlo. He wished and pray id io do more. That liior-? was tu he with them In person, lo give theiii all that he felt was in personal effort for Christ and His kingdom. Over against this wish, tills de-ire. this prayer, was his physi ic.l imprisonment - a limitation. I'aiii was chained. The 1 1 1 i 1 1 -j - he would do lie could tiot tlo. The fact of life's limitation, its rec ognition mid resolution are stmsestively presented in these words of the heart. The lit'-t of limitation U apparent very where, in everythint; and every-p-r-iii. Co to the iitteiiuosl bouml-.ir:f-s of space to the sun mid stars, limitations lire there, their boundaries are li-ced that they cannot pass. Uruv Jtiitinn. chemlciil atlinity and other ajrents of liw bind tlteiii with invisi ble --.'! ins to their limits. As with tlie o miuhty spheres, so with the tini est iitoiii: tli." plane of activity and ex-pres-ion Is fixed. The relgu of law mai'.is insiiperiibii- barriers. In persons us well as In things the f.ut of liinitatiou Is strikingly uuiul fest. The body in which we live n dearly toiitined In lionds. Kach body ha- an iioiount of nervoiH nnd liiuscu lin energy which limits all that may he received or Kiveu. The bonds of pliu e ami heredity bind each in.m to u very narrow zone of physical and mental activity. That a man is what lie nils nnd w here lie lives is a certain rio'rt'e innnifestiy true. The spiritual in nniu is limited In all Its expression ami life by the pres ence of the ntrnal. I'iiiiI' pathetic cry: "It. wretched niuii that ( am; who shall deliver me from the body of this deiithV" is applicable to all the children of Adam s race. These ills Unctions are the unirUs of a general Mniitntion. tite bonds that nil men in their investigations and experience must re iiH'iniier because they lire of themselves. Within the general llmlt utlotis tin re are special and personal limitations. Mental endowments, dis position, health and grace are largely iletermliiaiivc in establishing the Indi vidual bonds that cannot be pass-d. The nervoiu prostrations, the brain fag. tiic strokes of apoplexy, the creep ing lassitudes that sei. - many of our bright and incrgetlc peopl.- are In u treat majoii-y of instances but evi dences of failure to know or rem .tuber the physical uud mental limiiatlous to which life is conditioned. i'liiiure to record and recognize pcr fcounl limitations nnd to be directed by them causes not only inps and disas ter in our service to Christ, but oft times the essential breaking of the mural iaw. Our fathers were accus tom to keep the commandments, to wo.'.-hip Cod and reverence It in day by preparing hours in advance for that most solemn nnd imperative duty. l-':itiirdiiy preparation of body and spir it whs. In the thought of our Puritan ancestors, essential to the real keep ing of those coiiitiiandinents that en force our duty to Cod. They had a lino recognition of the limitations In herent in the body. Their preparation for the Lord's day was a "renienilirani'e of bonds." It Is only thv fashion In these progressive days to ridicule the , religious practices of these fathers of our country. With all of which ridi cule we have no sympathy, continuing to believe that o'lr g-ip on Cod, for loyalty to Christ and His law they continue to be tin most ln-piriu.g and helpful examples. They certainly shed n helpful light concerning the meeting of limitations In the keeping of those ''.inmiindnieiit that refer to (lod and II is day. They made religion a life and found delight In 11, largely beciuse they re membered their limitations. They re fused to rob Cod by Honing the world and its activities to so rush In upon them liming six days that there was nothing for the Sabbath but physi cal weariness anil dullness, in yet uiioihi-r relation It Is Imperative that we li'tiic liiber our own unit others' lim itations. In relation to others we should be ipiicU to ask: Are we un derstood uud do We understand? Believing fully that '-very man I nioi'p than anything he does or says, we are l"il to believe that all avenue of expression mid reception are to n dcglce limited uud li.tomplete "urn In bonds." Kvery man has hi liini foeki unl a worst, neither of which fairly represents him. Many, however, are M them linal f- m their experi ence of one or tl'e other phase of life, i When l read Cardinal Newmau'l "Lend. Kindly Light," 1 think of a highly lutellcctuul, devout uud chari table character. On tuo ot!i'r hand, iwlten I load his bigoted and narrow estluiatH of ..rlus, fsre'dnlly his state ment "that a publisher of heresy Untuning, of course, anything contrary to lis religious denomination), should he treated as If ti were embodied evil." X think naturally of a narrow, unsympathetic and bigoted niaii. It Is very evident that uuy fair estimate of tthe cardinal ai a character cannot be jbtajuel from elth.ej or both, of these writings. He hail his llninntlons. They must be remembered. Not until they are estimated uin there be n substan tial understanding of i. e person back of tiro M terr. noes. Hut are we understood? We. too, commonly assume thr . we are. Think ing we fully understand What we say nnd menu, we naturally Infer that others do. Hut do i icy? "Oh. the trouble, the heartaches, the disasters and the deaths to happiness nnd pence that have conic to this old world sim ply because people have not understood one another." exclaims the writer of an hundred years ago. Human na ture has naturally changed since thai day. An appeal to experience must convince even the most riiperiliiab ob server Hint this is deeply true, even 111 the everyday expeiiemi' of life. Ac kno.iiedgiug .he fact i.uiltiiiioii mid realizing Its force in life, we tltiil the only mire approach to its resolution Is In the Christ of l'aul. Our Saviour entered our limitations. He took upon Himself the form ol a servant; He became obedient to death, even the death of the cross; lie emp tied Himself: lie was in nil pniiils tempted ns nro we, lie rememberid our bonds. Limitation itself brought trophies lo His feet. Christ made it minister lo His eternal irlory by living: III The simple life-a life of fore thought and order. In Hun Iheie was Ho trespassing of body upon mind, or mind upon spirit. Kach was kept to Its sphere. There was In ills so.il no conllict in the duties owed Cod, man nnd self. The temptation in the wilderness is a perfect presentation of His clear and simpl? lecngnit ion of thes duties that leaves no confusion 111 the mini of the disciple. In Christ was no haste, no confusion whatever. He had for each nnd evcrylhing the full measure of Us claim. In Ills speech lie gave line upon line, preivpl upon precept. He did tiothlng in secret, il'i The chari table life. Christ ever made allow mice in nil human tiiuatioiis for the elements of Iguorauec, inheritance and condition. He remembered the IkuiiIs of men, their limitations. Thus we Uud Him dealing witli the ludividuiil us the wise and loving parent does with the child, ns the teacher with the pupil. He built nn that best possible interpretation of each man's nature, which required ever and always a com plete knowledge of limitations. He healed some in public because their bonds would stand It; others He withdrew to the ipilet place alone. He recognized conditions best for the In dividual. When two of His favored disciples de-ired to burn those men whom they Judged heretics; when I'ct er followed afar off and at last alto gether denied Hini, with what divine consideration He runenibervd their limitations and forgave thornl With Christ there was neither Creek nor .lew. circumcision or uiicirciiiucision. Barbarian. Scythian, bond nor free, be cause His charity understood and eliminated all differences Hint such dis tinctions implied. tli) The triumphant life. Christ saw the crown above the cross, life beyond deuth, nnd lived in them. Hope, with all its expectancies, was His. He saw the morning when it was midnight, lie knew the Father knew. The trium phant life of Christ was lived for us, nnd so ow-unie vicarious. We could not live it ourselves, because of nn un natural bondage the awful bondage of sin. ' hrist, howi ver, .Ives It for us, and shares It with us, making it possible for us to have His simple, loving nnd triumphant life. "I live, yet not I but Christ tiveth in o:e." Oh, what comfort there Is to the poor, wounded heart that Is struggling to do Its best ntrainst sin and trial in the narrow straits of life to say and realize. "He remembers my bonds." He took them upon Himself. Simple faith In this truth brings relief and ultimate triump. . This crncious truth sugests another limitation that we spent of with profoundest reverence, the limit ation of God Himself in the matter of bestowing pardon, peace and love upon the heart of man. God has, according to the revelation He has given us, lim its that He cannot pass In the salva tion of man. The salvation In Christ marks the boundaries of Cod's ability to save the human soul. Cod cannot force the" soul's will to accept of His Sou for salvation. He presents Him with all love and power, for He will have nil men to be saved und to tome unto the knowledge of the truth. Beyond this He cannot go. Cod is bound uy His gift of free will. Christ the God cried: "I would but ye would not." May God help all of us to recog nize and net upon the limitations to which Cod has commit ted us. MmiKtll Kor Tn-Dw, God promises strength to enable us to uo our present duly. If we believe that, and act accordingly, we shall never, never fall. "As thy days, to shall thy strength be." That Is the promise a promise that never falls. Yesterday has gone, not to return. Tomorrow- has not come to us, and H may never come. To-day is o.ir day, and It Is the omy portion of time that is. .Men who regret thut they did not do their work of yesterday, lose their pres ent time because they lire not giving their whole strength to it. Men who fear that they will not be uble to do to-morrow's work are losing today, and are not getting ready for to-morrow. Cod does not pror-.h..' Strength for yesterday which is gone, nor for to-morrow which may never come, but for to-dny, which Is here. Let us therefore, trust, and use, while we have It, Mi's promised strength for to-day. "Sumcient unto the day Is the evil land the good) thereof." Sunday School Times. The inlldel howls at the Bible mira cles, but he aims at Its morals. To Start a Balky Horse. The account of a driver's brutality to a bulking horse In u recent issue leads n e to write you the fu'lowlng: Some years ago in Cincinnati, dur the noon hour in one of the husl ist streets, a horse attached to an ex press wagon became balky. Many remedies were tried without effect, fresently one of Cincinnati's best known horsemen came ulong. When lie saw thu trouble he smilingly ask ed for a stone, which was given to him. Then he asked the driver to lift up one foot of the horse and with the stone he struck the shoe a num ber of times. "Now." he said to the driver, "got up on your seat and drive off." This the driver did, amid cheers of the uyBtanders, The horseman said he had no Idea why this made a balky horse go, but he hud found It an un failing remedy. Letter In New York Tlir.es. Mink Climbed Tree. A mink when put to It climbed a t.'ce as was clearly demonstrated by I eo Duchesnoau at Keene, N. H. He chased tho animal some distance ar.d at last the sly fellow took refug in an elm. The boy secured the Lreaa t re with the aid of his rid. EPWOHTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4. A Lifs That It Trust. Luke 19. 12-27. To the Jew religion Included giving. We talk about the Jewish tithes, but tho devout Jew gave more tliun a tenth for religions purposes, besides the periodical gift which he must make for the poor. The law claimed from tho Jew a largo portion of his Income for the maintenance of the temple, service, and for tho support ot prl.stly tribe. When the .lews wore faithful to their Cod those claims were, of course, honored lu full. But when faith declined giviu;: grew more Irksome and formal, be ing robbed of Its inner nnd vital mean ing. Slice Christ came the law of the tithe liar, be n largely Ignored, ns though It had been repealed. Opin ions dlffir on the question raised; tome say that the law is still In opera tion, others that It has been set. as-iilo by the law of grace. But that question Is not Important. The claim of the New Testament may not ho the same In form, but In HI); (It it decs not differ from the claim of the Old. Giving Is in purl of wor- ship, and the more earnest and sin- i ccro the worship the more tho wor r.hipi r will desire to gii-e visible proof cf his devollon. Tho message of Malnehl Is not po much a promise ns a challenge. Uo not epiote it unless you arc ready to meet. Its conditions. The ti(he3 there, spoken of may not be the same In form and amount ns the offering you owe, but you cannot prove the prom ise unless you pay the price. Apart from all question of what proportion you should give, as a Christian ateward, there Is another question: "Am I givin;; to God's work as much as I ought?" The prophet's phrase, "all the tithes," may be better trans lated "the whole tithe," and there Is no promise of reward for partial pay ments. "S'pon tho first dav of tho week let evt rv huh lay by in store" is not a l uie for giving, but for getting the abili ty to give. It is the scriptural rule for systematically helping the work of God. We make provision for every other expenditure of money. We plan our finances so that the rent shall bo paid when It is due. Other obligations nre provided for lu the laying out of our Income so much for this, so much for that. We do these things of necessity. We could not keep our placo among our fellows, or retain our self-respect. If we did not pay our bills. Public opinion, conscience, and tho law combine to nialio us honorable in our business dealings. FEBRUARY FOURTH. Njw Work We May Do ''for Christ and the Church." Luke 12:43 (last half); Gen. 12.1-3; Gal. 3:9. The size, the irifluonoe, tho oppor tunities, the fame, of Christian Kn ileavor are all talent.! for which the Society must give a good account to God. God nevfr hlrs. s any ma.i xnept v.ith the purpo e, that he shall h a lib K3'ng. It Is alte'dy true i f Christian Rn iVavor thut In the so iety all famUi s of the ea-th are blessed. Ot r pledge Is repeated In all iands. Kvery faithful Endeavorer that has over lived may help to make tw more faithful; and w may Incras-" tne faithfulness i,f til that come alfr. Suggestions. If we do not now and then hunt up new work to do w shall soon ceas' to keep up the old worit. A tr.e iCn.ieaviucr s.o enjrys Chris-, t an work that whatever he undertake' for Christ, howi vi r monotonous to others, has lor him the zbt of n.ivel y. New plans, tlousih no b'tter than the old plans In other r tp. cts, are oftn better Jib: heiau-c they ore new. The true hnrteivr.rrr never asks. "Why need I do this?" hut always. "What mortf can 1 do?" A merchant knows that If he would r.ttract trai.e he must constantly gt r.ew goo is and ailvcrlse in new ways. It is eo Willi "our Katiier's business." S imetinit s a h usewjfe m rely re arranges the furniture, and makes the house look n w. So In re.lsloua work you freshen up old tasks by tio Ing them In new ways. (Quotations. I,ot me be content with no second be.. . I me n-luse lo go to llethel when the road to Jerusalem Ilea op n. - - el ue. Thorp are tho e who do not do all thrlr duty; there are those who only t ""- to do their 'L'ly; nnd there is u nurd cs, lar m tier I in "if ottiu two, that do their duty a. id a little more. rtiiurew C '.rnegu. Doing is the gie.tt thing; for If. res olutely, people do what Is right, in time tney tome lo like doing U. John Iliiskln. Majesty and Magician. Jugglers, sword swallowers and ma gicians travel all the way around the world, stopping at the big cities and usually paying their respects to tho rulers of the regions visited. Thus It was that a magician, well known in Loudon and New York, found himself at ono time in the presence of the King of the Maoris. Turn to a map of the great South seas, put a finger on New Zealand, and you will have Indi cated the country of the Maoris. Well, after some parleying It was decided that bis dusky highness himself should conceal an article which the magician should discover. The mind reader left the room, and after a while was brought back blindfolded. Ho cogitated for a moment, and then ex claimed that the bidden article was In the King's mouth. The "professor" In sisted that the article was there, and finally demanded thut the royal mouth should be opened wide. The King re fused. The "professor" was flrn. Great was the exclti ment among the Maoris who crowded around. Hy and by the King's mouth was slowly and reluctantly opened. The lost article a button was not there! The next Inutant, however, the King began to coiig'.i. He tried to hold In, but couldn't. He coughed up the button, which he had tried to swallow. They didn't know wblc'i to admire the mora the wisdom of the muglcian or tho heroism of the King. . THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL UESSON COMMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 4. Riilijirt: 1 lie Temptation of Jeana. Mutt. I., 1-11-loililrn Trxt, Hah, I.. 15 Mrmnry Vre, 4 Topic: A MtldT of liirKt'i TunpiHlli n Coiniiif ntarr. I. .leans In the wilderness (vs. 1. U. 1. "Then." Immediately nfler Ills baptism. Such me thu violent nlternn Hons of human experience; baptized and tempted: approved of God and handed over to Hip devil. "Led up." our lives nve so ordered thnr we are carried Inlo places where the metal of .iir religion Is tried. Temptation is pnrt of the illvine scheme. The devil is under the control of God. Open the page of history where you will nnd you cm hardly tlnd the story of any great, no'ole soul, that has not hnd Its hour of lialtle with the powers of dark ness "Oi the spirit." Luke says He was "full of the Holy Chost:" Mark says. "Tho spirit ilriveih Illm." A di vine inllueni.e led Hini on. "Into tho wiltlern:.ss." Tradition has fixed upon n high ridge ealHl Quaranlaiihi. near .leiieho. "To be tempted." Christ be gins His work with n personal encoun ter w ith Satan. To tempt is. literally, hi stretch out, to try the strength of. Temptation is the testing of n person. The three temptation f Christ were typical ones", eoinpreliriidiiig all the forms of temptation by which human nature cm be assailed. They cover t he same ground ns "the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life" ll John iMiil. "The dev il." "iiabo!os," always in the singu lar nnd with Ihi? defitiil" nrlicle. J. "Forty days." .Moses, Klljnh and our Lord could fast forty days lie cause I hey were In communion with God and living a heavenly life. Luke says He was tempted during the whole foiiy days. "Afterward nn hungrcd." Alter the forty days wore elided the reaction cnine with terrible force. II. The iii'it temptation ivs. ;i, 4). 3. "The tempter came." How Satan appeared to Christ we do not know, lint if he came lu bodily form It must have been as an nugel of light. "If Thou be." r.ewnre of temptation (hat comes with an "If" In it mouth. "The Son of God." Tlie consciousness of His divine Sonsliip may now In 11 measure have been withheld. Alone in the wilderness nnd weak and worn from fasting, Satan saw his chance. "Stones bread." You are hungry; now if You are the Son of God use the power You have to supply Your neces sities uud thus prove Your divinity. -!. "It is written." Soo Dent. S:.'l. In cncli case Jesus answered and de feated Satan by a proper use of the word of God. A man who has scrip ture hid in his heart lias a sharp sword to fight the devil with. "Not live by bread nlone." Human support depends not on bread, but upon God's unfailing word of promise and pledge of all need ful providential care. III. The second temptation (vs. 5-7). The order of the temptations Is differ ent in Luke, but this is immaterial, ns there Is no statement that insists on any particular order. 5. "Taketh Him." So far ns the necessities of the trial required, yet with no power of violence or eontnniinntioti, our Lord's person whs In his hand. How else did Satan take Him to tho temple's sum mit or to the mountain top? "Into the holy city." Whedou believes that Ills person was transported "with the quickness of a thought, so that He is not to be conceived as on His way nt nny intermediate point." There seems little reason to doubt that Jesus actu ally went with Sntan to the plnuncle of the temple. "I'innncle." Probably the royal jiorch built by Herod, over looking the Cedrou. 0. "If Thou be," etc. Sntnn presses his point. In Ills llrst reply to the devil .lesus had shown Ills unbounded confidence In God. Now Satan takes HI m at that very point and assumes that if He did not cast Himself down It would show that He lacked faith In God and that His claim to divine Son ship was unfounded. "Cast Thyself down." Show your faith in God. All the world will wonder nt so grand an exploit. J'rovo at once that You are the Son of God. ''It is written." In I'salm 01:11, 12. The devil has a Kible, hut he misquotes und misapplies. This was n temptation to presump tion. 7. "It is written again." lu Dent. ti:1(. There Is always danger in using isolated texts. One text ex plains and modules another. The Bible is often perverted by wicked men.. "Not tempt." To tempt God is to put' Hint to the proof to demand evidence of His power and of His will to fulfil His protuli-es, instead of waiting pa tiently and trusting. This is mani festly wrong. The llrst temptation ap pealed to the animal appetites. This one rises to the higher sentiment, the love of show the gratification of ad miration. IV. Tho third temptation (vs. Kill. 8. "Exceeding high niountnin." Some high mountain in J mica where a gen eral view could be had of the country. "Slieweth kingdoms of the world." 'The root of the third temptation lay in the supposition that the kingdoms of the world were the devil's kingdom Hid that he could dispose of them. 1. "All give Thee." Hy this Satan evi dently meant that he would withdraw his opposition to Christ und niuke Him n great earthly ruler. "If worship me." Here the devil appears In hi true charaiier. Christ was tpmpted to Idolatry, which is the root of all evil. 10. "Get thee hence." Jesus parleys with him no longer, but with authority commands him to go to his own place. 11. "Devil leaveth Him." Sntan had made tho strongest effort of which, he was capable und had been baffled ut every point. "Angels." Heavenly messengers; spiritual beings of n high er order than man. ".Ministered." Supplied Him with uecessary food to support nature. Modern Version. The king had Just opened hi lus cious pie and tne birds began to sing. "Ye crowns," spoke the king, smack ing his lips, i'but this Is a dainty dish. I shall eat until I cannot eat more." But just tiien the court physician crrived. "Hold on, your majesty," called the medical adviser, lifting bis hand In worning, "you know 1 forbid you eat ing pastry of all kinda and limited your diet to health food." With, a sigh the king closed up the pie and told thti slaves to band It out to some passing tramp. Gasoline Dries a Race Track, At a recent French motorcycle race it'eting rain began to full, and the r.ctng was 'abandoned. The cloud ventully rolled away, but the truck wus too wet for hith speeds. Some one bad a bright Idea, which was carried into effect. By spreading a thin film of gasoline over tbe cement and flaring It off the track was made quite safe. Tbe Motor Cycle. S( J .;i ., r, KmtiroioVrj on Cloth. W'lint Is considered very effective among (hp latest noveltlps iu embroid ery upon cloth is the using of coarse threads Instead of fine ones, nnd rather heavy woolen strauils ns well. This Is apparent chiefly In the decoration of collars and cuffs to short or long coats of white or pulp color cloths. There is a touch of Orientalism in the delicate colors used, and something of the Bul garian In slylo. White cloth long coats with such touches of color are greatly Improved. Tfarock Ciitori. About the most satisfying m5csslnn n woman can own nt this time is a hat trimmed with peacock fenthors nnd n gow n to go with it. of course. Since thpso xhiilly colored plumes have become tho rage they have rlsi'M In price, nnd Instead of attaching a super stitious significance lo thetn. ns some do. many women feel it will bp sheer good luck if they nro able to wear thorn. Mrs. John Jacob Astor. who has been staying In town tho Astor house being in a stnte of "soini-open-inc"-has been soon In n peacock gown which has aroused admiration. It Is of peacock gropn cloth trimmed with blue velvet. The bottom of the skirt and the bodice nre ombrolilprod with a peacock feather design In vari ous shadings. Her tiny hnt is fairly covered with ppncncU feathers aud she wears peacock colored shoes. Ill alt I us Over a Muff. One may economically put herself In tho newest fur muff fashion by ripping up an old round muff and making it anew Into n fiat one. A paper pattern may be taken from any friend's muff ns a guide. Here is a clever example: The fur of nn old muff lining being inadequnle, the owner cut It tip into slrips. These strips slip sewed onto a piece of cloth (the color green be cause it matched her suitl. this doth having first been cut out Into muff shape. After the strips were sewed on, the cloth showed about half on inch between, the effect being quite pretty. Then the wool padding and lining was sewed in. This fur had to be matched for the neckpiece, says Vogue. The model was first cut out of the same green cloth, nnd then the fur was cut Into strips. In shape, this broad collur was fitted to the shoulders nnd crossed partly nbove the wnlst line. The stripes of fur worked In extremely well, while muff tond neck collar when worn together, proved be coming nnd a success. The fur strips must each be sewed on as fur borders nro. so that no stitches nre seen. Tho collar needs wool padding and lining and two large green cloth buttons for fastening. Children and Prrrrpta. One sometimes wonders if children do not get tired of being so everlast ingly "improved;" of having everything shown to them from the ethical stand point, even stories saturated in pre cepts. Mnny pn rents seem to look upon a child ns simply a means to an end, a school for training to be grown up, nnd so they poke their tiresome little pre cepts and morals Into every available cranny of a child's dny. They never seem to renllze thnt childhood Is le gitimate and is a respectable period of existence quite as well worth while for itself as for what Is to follow; that it Is the little room to be decorated nnd lived In and made lovely for its own sake, rather than the reception hall whose only mission Is to lead to the larger room beyond. Those who write for children show this precept attitude oftenest. In a great pile of children's stories that was examined recently nine out of evf pry ten wore so obviously mora! as to be offensive. And the good lesson Instead of being tucked into a separate clause nt the end, where the little "readers and hearers" might skip It without miss ing any of the story, was Inserted iu nn underhanded way right in the heart of tilings, and insisted on and rubbed in. Chlldreu must be wiseiy helped to grow up.'of course; but surely n mod ernlp amount of pure amusement, with no harm lu it, would be welcome to thelf Imghter-lovliig spirits. New Haven Uogistcr. George Meredith's Wotnen, Willi his conception of nature as liv ing, throbbing and palpitating beneath the touch, with his diligence in the study of her and his perennial spring of humor. George Meredith has ere a ted for us In his novels a series of flesh and blood men und women rivalled by no other living writer. And it is no slight praise to say thnt his women are as good- as bis men, if not better. 1'ew there are among our great novel lsts who have given us any adequate conception whatever of women, or tnken the least trouble to distinguish the particular from the type. George Kllot bus' Indeed given us good, all round women. Charlotte Bronte's women are quite wonderful, but a.ren' they simply lyrical embodiments of her own passionate nature? Thackeray nud even more especially Dickon nre woefully lucking lu good women char aclers. Meredltb has the honor of be ing pre-eminent in his treatment of women; Indeed, he bus been called the "ultra feminine Mr. Meredith." He bus u power that is really marvelous of throwing himself Into women' feelings i nd analyzing their motives of action. He makes hi women think, too. "The motive life with women must be lu the head equully with men." His women one feels all along are essen tin My feminine, not men masquerading a women. The subtle shades of fetnl nine character are admirably brought out. He patiently set to work to on alyzc tbe so-called caprice and moods of women, due, according to lilm, to women more delicate nervous (us ceptlbllily to outside Influence, to their quicker habit of thought, ratler than to uiei volatility of character, a men an often erroneously uuppose. Leonie Gil. niour, In National Magazine. American Giantesses. 1 The American womnn hns added a full inch to her average height. She Is growing stendlly tnller, while the future American man, the business mnn In particular, threatens to be n small and wiry sppclmen of humanity, who will have to look up to his tnll wife, physically, nt all events. Statistics show that nt the age of fif teen tlie average height of boys nnd girls Is the same, each measuring sixty two inches. It Is after fifteen thnt the girl pushes ahead, for she hns nil the opportunities of pbyslcnl development denied her brother. Under ordinary circumstances a boy goes to work immediately upon grad uating from the high school. He then goes into a Btoro, factory, or takes his place behind a -desk nnd remains there for most of his days. The store Is badly ventilated. He sloops over his work. Ho exercises ns little ns pos sible. All this is not conducive to growth. At the age of eighteen, so snys a physician who hns mnde a study of the mutlor, the average mnn who Is denied nny form of outdoor work censes to grow. After thirty years of ngo, providing the same seden tary life is observed, a man often con tracts a stooping habit, which takes another Inch or so off his height. Dr. Robert Hutchinson thinks it pos. slblo that nature Is producing by de greps a race of men particularly fitted to survive the wear nnd nervous strain of Amerlcnn business life.' The future man will be short and stocky, capable of getting along with a comparatively suinll amount of food, which will not overstrain his digestive capacity. His force will go toward the preservation. of nervo and brain, and not to be wasted on mere muscle or height. The future man will be much less than medium height. Not so tlie future woman. For the first time since the Golden Age she has censed to be a drudge. While her brother Is going to work she is con tinuing to develop herself physically as well as mentally. She longs to be tall. And what she longs for she us ually gets. Gibson set for her an ideal in the tall girl. This ideal she is stead ily achieving in a surprising manner-out-of-door exercise, physical culture. mechanical methods of Increasing tbe height, rational and irrational means she tries them all, and by her indomita ble perseverance she has raised the standard of size for the set a full Inch in the past few years. The perfect 'woman used to measure five feet five inches. The correct height Is now five feet six inches; but the American woman's Ideal is nearer five' feet eight. Housework for the vromnn of to-dny has been brought down to a minimum by the host of modern inventions of which her grandmother never dreamed. I-'Iat life has reduced her Indoor sphere to a third or less of the space oceu pied by her former home. All this gives her more leisure, moro time to bo out-doors, more opportunity for the physical development that was denied tho generations before her. In depart ment stores all the sizes In garments have increased. Skirt lengths used to nverage from thirty-seven to forty-one Inches; now the ordinary length la from forty -two to fifty-one inches. ) But strange to say, the tall woman of to-day and the small but successful man find each other most congenial, and so it happens that ministers are in no wise astonished at performing the marriage ceremony for a couple who have quite reversed the old ldeaa that a woman, to be the right height, should reach to a man's heart. Brides of to day are quite as often a trifle taller than bridegrooms, and the couple show no embarrassment whatever at turn ing the tables lu this -way. Tbe bride recalls that most great men were small, bogluuing -with that immortal trium virateNapoleon, Wellington, Caesar. The bridegroom consoles himself ivlth the knowledge that ftp is in the advance guard of the age where the tall woman will have to choose small men because there will be no others. New York World. Silver tissue hats nre seen In plenty. Indeed, the sliver tissue, appears to be quite as popular, certuiiily it is more retlncd than gold. A pretty hot model was a marquise shape, with a wide brim, the founda tlon of gauze being entirely covered with frills of silver. A cavalier shupe with a high crown wa covered smoothly with pale blue silk, and was trimmed with a crush scurf of silver gauze, ' In the novelties one sees a beautiful girdle made of deep brown satin. The girdle Is exceedingly wide in the back and very narrow in tbe front. In one of tho New York City shop windows there is a very handsome' cloth dress, trimmed around the. neck nnd down the front with a tan colored luce Jabot. A beautirul creation in pink and sil ver, which .looked fragile enough to blow away In the geutlest breeze, had a low sailor crown of transparent sil ver crochet bordered with a wide fold of silver gauze over pink tule. Fur hats trimmed In silver gauze were among the effective methods. A very smart but of chinchilla in a tur ban shape bad n fold of silver gauze tucked in between the crown and the rolled-up brim, while on tbe side waa a rosette of silver gauze ribbon and a scurf bow ot heavy renuisaance lace, deep cream fastened la 4ue middle with a handsome turquoise brooch, "Noah's wife," said a boy in an eft MUilnatlou, "Baa calUd Joan of Arc,'; i km The human body varies greatly in Its resistance to electric shocks, and healthy men have been killed by a little more than one hundred volts, while other men have survived mnny thou sand volts. Nervous affections, heart disease, intemperance and other morbid conditions increase the danger. Under the ordinary conditions of ser vice, priming is produced by suspend ed matter In the boiler, and without regard to tlie amount of alkaline salts. The loss of water and heat through priming creates much dnnger In the boiler from the uncertainty of the height of the water nnd detracts from the power and efficiency of the loco motive. The atmosphere contains a groat quantity of solid matter usually im perceptible, though visible when a ray of sunlight enters a dark room. A. Ditte stales that a cubic metre of the nir of Paris usually contains six to eight milligrammes of dust somp me twenty-three milligrammes but away from cities there is less. Nearly a third of the city dust is orgnulc mat ter containing living gorms. The Japanese ore oxpprts on smoke rings, nnd it is said In Japan it Is con sidered no uncommon trick to blow three rings of smoke in succession, the second traveling through the first and the third through both. Some stage performers are credited with being so expert in smoke blowing that they aro not only able to multiply tlie number of rings thus made, but uctunlly form Japanese characters representing words aud sentences. Meteorites are usually regarded as stones from space, differing In compo sition, but nil having a similar origin and belonging to one general class. From twenty-five years of observation, the Director of the Geological Survey of Mexico reaehps a novel conclusion. Mexico is a region of. many meteorites, which range in size from a monster of twenty-seven tons downward, nnd n study of these stones gives pvldpnce that there aro throe zones In the coun try northern, central nud southern marked by a different tiuss of meteor ites for eucli zone. Scntlsts arc again on the trail of the "missing link." Two years ago certain marks were found on a block of sandstone near Warranambool, In Australia, which were thought to be the lmpiiflts of the footsteps of a pre historic man. At the time this ide.i was ridiculed; but a piaster enst was sent to Germany, and the inevitable German savant went out to investigate the matter. Ho now reports that, in his opinion, they were genuine human imprints, and this, taken in conjucMon with the extraordinary human skulls to be seen lu the Wnrrunmbool mu seum, Is supposed to show that a link between liumanlty nnd the npe hns been discovered. Tho idea of the Ger man doctor is that at an early period the sandstone where the Imprints were found had been a great level beach ou which, perhaps, prehistoric men were accustomed to camp. - - CURIOSITIES Oh SENSES Some Cono:uelous of l'hrnlclaoi Regard-log- Sensation. An English medical authority gives an Interesting account of some conclu sions reached by physicians concern ing the remarkable, though not un familiar, phenomenon known as "syn aesthesla" the association of one sen sation with another of a different kind. One of the most common examples is the shivering sensation felt by many persons on hearing the squeak of n pencil drawn across a slate. Others have their teeth put on edge by the til ing of a saw. Such sensations are de scribed as "souud-feclius." Co'or hearing or sound-seeing, as it Is sometimes called Is a rarer form of synaesthesia. It consists In thf asso ciation of color- with some definite sound. These color sensations are con stant In the same person, but vary con slderably in different individuals. Kor example, the sound of the vowel "a" may be red to one person, bltio to an other, nnd biiick to a third. When light, instead of color, is associated with sound, the phenomenon is known ns "photlsni;" on the other hnud, when n color or some definite image sug gests a sound, the condition is termad "iihonlsm." V singular case Is recorded of a "ei'cymnu who, with his three chil I'ren, was offected iu this manner. Since early childhood the father had I'ssoc.'ttted the sound of each letter of the alphabet rttli a particular color. Tiio letters f, J, k. r, and s, for In stance, were reddish brown; o and c were white; a, t.', g, n. s, q und u were transparent. The remaining letters were of a dull lead color, shading down to black. Whole words received a dominant color from their capital loi ters. When a child he was laughed at because he asked why a certain hay hoj'se was given "the white ouuie of CharlleV' Harper'a Weekly. Failed to Scare. "Will tbe gentleman nllow mo to ask him a question?" interrupted a man la the audience. . "Certainly," said tbe orator. "Did you or did you not once run for the office of Lieutenant-Governor?" In breathless silence the vast assem bly awaited bis answer. He drew himself up to his full helffb. flashed a glance of concentrated scorn Ut the presumptious varlet and ralseil his voice till it Jarred tbe rafters. "Ye, sir," he sa'd. "I did! I once ran for tho offlco of Lieutenant-Governor of the State of New Jersey anil I was defeated, sir, by the largest ma jority by which any man ever escaped that oftico in the history of the United States!" Utterly crushed and humiliated by the outburst of applause that greeted nn triuinpnauc rcjoiuucr, tne crcstiai leu man who bad presumed lo meas ure wit with a seasoned campaign slunk ignoiululously out of tho build ing. Chicago Tli bu uo. A market bus Juut beeu opened 1 Paris whsre the bnir of famous pei'' aounge Is on ale. '
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