'PH"rw II llll Ill II lLss j IBmo1-' "Inn Ct! Thp rtiurrli mrnts. aiul Aniusc- otoN li .1 i' ,U Brooklyn. N. Y. Pi-eif-hlng at thp PDV ,rvihsc Square Presbyterian Church. MBburg avenue and Welrfield Bg .met, on thp s'.ove thpnip, the Rev. era wemnipll Henderson, pastor, nnV tta hie Cnvl 1 I ,h 9-17 "Tho amorld pass-th away, and the lust .,T.nti noereof: but he that doeth the will of M- ni"i abldeth forever" Ho Bald: aU'i fapplness la a universal human f ojipg. The search for It Is a world- i SO ' wide human characteristic. The 1 ,esr '""K'ik of living souls for that which ' , jnlnlsters to the satisfaction of the 3 ftt J tblest and most lasting of human to and desires is natural. God 1 dtod ua to be happy. We were not 111 iSn "( we not earrn f"r Joy. Je ''OfjTah meant us to live In the pos url Vcial vPloc au1 fJier. Ie of all that ig , .aeful and joyous and lovable. It llr a rnuQuld be strange if we did not seek MV" foUto Pogegs them. We are foolish if we do not use them. jU SGtls Not otherwise pleasure, or the sat- israction or lesser human desires and human needs, is a universal human ma craving. As we long for thoBe. things Jthat are eternally and finally satis ) dug, so do we long for those things rj IKtiohat are of Immediate and of contem- ra4..oraneous vaiue. Ana mis craving is natural. The desire Is divinely an' granted. It Is not strange that we pay ant pleasure. not 1JCK th H ugh rtle SI am We w i a for ( on ha i ov happiness and pleasure are not ' necessarily to be found in that (and we shall deliberately circumscribe the application of the word) which we call amusement. Happiness may onlv'T 'r 'rom tne nenr' that Is amused. omJ vany a soul that Is seared and heavy ant. itb sorrow has been amused. But . . .muaement brings such soul no abtd oi tUng Joy and ministers no balm of to olace to heal their wounds. Pleas- are is not amusement. For a man may find much pleasure outside of . so that which In the common use and acceptation of the term Is railed a-'l .muBement. Hnppiness is a matter, 8trot the base, of subjective satisfac . tlon. i Happiness is centrally a con l"r cern ol the soul. Pleasure may con Kvc serve happiness. But a man may be . well pleased and yet not be happy. A man may be amused and find pleas to a ure 'D 'he amusement. I!ut a man . may be superlatively unhappy though srnijiig face niav be forced to smiles Hi through the power of amusement. For amusement Is a diversion, a W' dissipation, an Indication of inward atl( yilacootent. Happiness Indicates con- 'jntment. The desire to be amused CoU'li very nearly always an indication m of the Incapacity of a man to achieve happiness: The church expresses happiness in the terms of eternity, of divinity, of conscience. The happiness of man to. In the mind of the Church of CnOlln f'tirirC o n iC ln I. 1 I nh ' Tllm " I''ith, dependent upon Its perdura- .Ity, Its dlvineness, upon the clarity of the conscience of the man who possesses it. In the conception of the church happiness Is eternal. It Is the gift of God and a force that propels man nearer to God: It can- i not be enjoyed except the conscience j of men are void of the consciousness i of their unworthiness b?fore God. A man Is not really happy unless his on! 1b ratisfled In an eternal fa.ihlon. ! unless he has tho Joy and peace that i are tho gift of God unto those who love Him and who keep HU command- I ments as his Innermost poas?sslon, 1 unless his mind and heart are certi- I fled of his personal acceptability be fore Ood. The church expresses righteous 1 and worthy pleasure In the terms of ; the conservation ot that whicV is eternal, the promotion of that which ia divine, the satisfaction of duty. Any pleasure that does not augment happiness Is unworthy. That Is to aay, that If our pleasures nillltr.t against our growth In that which is ! eternal and divine, If they dull our . consciousness of the imperatives of ; the Almighty that are law and life I to the human soul, they are unrlght- ! eous. Now, the Church measures amuse- 1 ments by these same standards. She 1 aaki us what our amusements do to afford us a larger vision of the eter- ' ntties, to Increase our certainty of the reality and of our self-possession of divinity, to draw us Into correct I 'relationships with God. By these 1 standards we have a right to meaz- I ure our amusements and by these Judgments they must stand or fall. If they can meet these tests they may 1 remain steadfast and they will. If they cannot be Justified by thetn or squared to tbem they will tall and they ought to. For life Is short. Time advances. Opportunities come and go. There Is much to be done. We must do It. We have little time to waste. Our efforts must tend, be ther little or momentous, to the en largement of humanity's comprehen sion of those things that are eternal and divine. If happiness lies ln the achievement of these graces we have stipulated then we ought to be about the Master's business No country ln the world needs the white light of publicity and philos ophy and of uncommon sense to glare upon its amusements more than America. For we are amusement eras. Our catch-penny, tinseled, gaudy summer places of amusement are evidence of our amusement fever. Our theatres are Jammed with peo ple who want not to be compelled to , think or to be brought face to face with reproductions of real life ln miniature. They go largely to be amused. Our amusements are almost wholly superficial They minister to the needs of the mtud that Is mo mentarily surfeited, to the Jaded spirit They are strictly temporal. They are very nearly always Inex pressibly cheap and tawdry when we sift them to the bottom. They are unrelated to duty. For they are primarily Intended to aid us to forget dirty. Of our multitude of amusements we shall consider four: the card table, the dance, the theatre, the racetrack. And tley are taken for consideration, not because they are ir evil, but bvcautt tk?v bv become perverted, because titer are the means of entertainment for the I mighty majority of our population, ; because there to wide difference of I opinion as to their morality and propriety ln the hands of Christian .men and women or of anybody etoj to-day and under present, social con ditions. It Is scarcely necessary for me to aay that a pack of cards ln itself is not evil. It is far from my purpose to Insinuate that either the dance, the theatre or the race is, under proper and normal conditions, wick ad. They become so, however, when men eentr-1 them. It Is fr front Tny Intention to assprt "Ihnf " tTIppcJ forms of amusement are Incapable of proper usp and t:-.at thp host of moral, WPll-meanlng Chrlstlnn people who Indulge ln them are not prfectly sin cere. I have seen card games that were harmless, and horse-races that were above rpproach, and theatrical performances that, with a little ref ormation, could have been immacu late, and dances In which It was per fectly safe for young men and women to glide through the mazes of the waltz. But on the other hand, I am painfully conscious that I became dlsgustpd with cards because of the profanity, the unbridled vulgarity, the total Incapacity for self-control, ' the trickery, the dishonesty, of those I who played the game. The qtiestlor ableness of most of the performances upon the American stage make It necessary for even a grown man. who possesses any remnants of self-re- spect to secure a theatrical Baet'-'ker ' before he attempts to go to a 1 show. I have seen r.n many pure, gentle, lovely girls (not In dance halls, hut at the dances of anprnvpd and convpntlonal soclPty of th" 1 st type) locked ln the embraces of leeh prous, villainous men whom they would not allow within a ynrd of them In the seclusion and privacy of their own parlors, thnt I have passed from wonder to disgust. Any one who has ever taken a good, honest, long look at the class of men who fre quent the racetracks of a metropoli tan district will be convinced, If he never was before, that the avern?e of the devotees of the turf go to the track least of all to see the "ponies run." If gambling was disallowed by law at the tracks half the racing as sociations of tho country would go out of business. All these amusements are supplied In some measure by church people All of them have been fo perverted that they have become stumbling blocks to human souls. For they have led many a man over the brink of wretchedness Into the depths of despair. And these men have not infrequently fallen Into the meshes of Iniquity because of the ostensibly harmless pastimes of Christian men and women. As an obsession it is paltry for me to say that they are wholly evil. For we are agreed that when they are al lowed to dominate a life they are of the devil. The question Is, shall the Church sanction them or shall she ban them? Le us look them over ono by one. Wheu ..id a game of cards minister . to tho enlargement of our conscious- I ness of that which Is divine and eter nal? Or when did It Increase our j sense of responsibility to the world or God? Or when did the theatre or th i dance or tho race? Seachlngly, honestly: The truth Is thnt the more we are aware of divinity and eternity, the ! more exalted our conception of the i demands of conscience, the less we need these thlnqs and have time for ' them. We find cur happiness ele- I where: we secure our pleasure through unquestionable channels. We neither care nor need to be I nmused. When I know that amuse- ! ments are stultifying the spiritual ! efficiency of the people of God, when I I see the flagrant perversions of the I amusements of the day that exist, I then I am persuaded that the fathers j were right to condemn these things With, no uncertain sound. And I am further convinced that It is not only j the duty of the Church to denounce ' them, but also to transform and I purify them. I am certain that It Is our duty to divert the energies of the multitude from following their Cheap amusements to tiie service of Almighty God. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL I-KSSON COM MKNTS FOR SFPT. 22 BY THK RJCV. I. W. UBNDKMON. The Better Fnrt. The Christian is always the "stronger man," because at the bot tom of human nature there are cer tain points that every honest, unsaved man must yield. He must admit that "whosoever driuketh this water shall thirst again." Material things can not satisfy man. The famous builder of Pullman cars had a brother who was a minister, the Rev. ,Iame3 Pull man, D. D. The carbullder wanted his brother to forsake the ministry and get rich. But. before the close of his life the millionaire visited his brother. "James," he said, "you have chosen the better part." Home Herald. The Ideal is Attainable. It Is ours to keep on trying to do God's will perfectly. Alone, we cer tainly never can. How far towards the golden goal He will sweep on our consecrated endeavors we may never know. We cannot limit God. "All things are possible to him that be Ueveth." The ideal Is no mirage, no tantalizing Illusion, no fatuous "wlll-o'-tbe-wlsp." It is attainable; else it would not be an ideal at all. God's Son once reached It. Some day He may permit other sons to climb the sunlit heights. Herbert N. Be-vler. ht afU mo U Every Day With God. He who never connects God with bis dally life knows nothing of the spiritual meaning and the uses of life; nothing of the calm, Btrong pa tience with which Ills may be en dured; of the gentle comfort which the Father's love can comfort; of the blessed rest to be realized ln His for giving love, His tender Fatherhood; of the deep, peaceful sense of the In finite One ever near, a refuge uud a strength. Canon Farrar. We Shall Keceive Strength. It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard It Is, than to face the re sponsibility of not doing it. We have abundant assurance that we shall re ceive all the strength we nied to per form any duty God allots to us J. R. Miller. FINANCIAL GENIUS. "Yes, I think my son-in-law Is go ing to be able to get along In the world. " " Does he seem to have a proper ap preciation of the value of money?" "1 don't know whether you would call It proper or not, but he got my daughter to get married ln her gradu ation gown, and then he struck me for the price that her wedding outfit would have cost If they had waited till fall." Chicago Record-Herald. The llnollte lamp Is a tube with a straight Instead of a coiled fila ment, the advantage being that the aeml-c-yilndrlcal reflector throws a larger proportion of the light rays in to the space to be illuminated. Late tests at Manchester, England, show a superiority over the ordinary Incan descent lamp both along the axis of the llgb; and at right angles to it, the average being flfty-six ppr cent, great er lighting by the llnollte lamp than by the ordinary lamp with opal ro ll ector. Subject: The Heath of Moses, Brut .11:1-12 Golden Text, Psalm 116:13 Memory Verses, 10-17 Commentary. One of the most pathetic events In the history of Israel Is the death of Moses. For forty years he had watched, as a mother watches over her children, over the people of Ood. For forty years he had planned and hoped and prayed for the salvation ot Israel. For forty yearB, the most , conspicuous man of his day, he had ! 1 the people toward the land of 1 promise. For forty weary, heavy laden, grievous years he had endured suspicion and calumny and cursing that he might guarantee the blessings promised of Ood to his people and to their children's children. For forty yearn he had faced privation and 1 suffering and sorrow for them and with them. Nurtured ln a palace he 1 had been conspicuously a man of Ood. With the entree to the courts of Egypt he had preferred to be a ' man of the people his people. And ! yet after the bitterness and the buf toting and the deprivation he was denied entrance Into the land of . promise. Plsgah and no further. Iti pathos Is sublime. And yet, sad as the situation must have been, there could hnve been 1 naught but Joy ln the eoul of Moses. 1 God called him to his reward after , He had granted him the vision of the promised land as from Plsgah It stretched northward and southward, and westward to the sea. But He did not summon him until He had given him the vision. Moses died secure ln the confidence that his effort had , been availing. He must have died with a song of rejoicing upon his lips and a psalm of thanksglv'lng in his heart. It could not have been other WtoO, God took him to a larger re ward full of years and honors. Centuries had passed away since God first made the promise to Abra ham. Israel had suffered tortures UndOT Pharaohs and hardship under 1 the leadership of Moses. They had been tutored for Canaan In the hard schools of penury and want and toll. But they were about to enter Into tho realization and fulfillment of the promises of God and the dreams of their mighty leaders. God's patience endured. The goal was at hand. Tho word of the Lord to their fathers was about to become effective. And so It Is ever with the promises of God. They are Infallible. They never de lude. They are always profitable for encouragement arvl comfort. They never fall. RegarJless of their mag nitude, their extent or their seeming impossibility, God always is able to fulfill them. He has given the world ln Jesus Christ a wider and a grander promise than He gave to Israel through Abram. But He is able and willing to fulfill It so soon as human ity desires it to become effective and active. There is nothing Impossible with God. God took Moses to Himself when Moses' work was finished. God has u strange way of doing that with men of peculiar genius. He sent Moses to Israel when Israel needed a Moses. He took Mosea away from Israel when Israel needed a Joshua more than a Moses. Moses was blessed of God In his death as ln his lite. Many a man has attained to great success only to lose his lustre in his declining years. Moses was fortunate. He died at the zenith of his power. He is remembered as a man of pre-eminent ability. His re nown Is as glorious as it la Imperish able. Moses' death marked the opening of a great epoch ln the history of Israel. It emphasized the fact that many are prone to forget, now and then, that no man is so supremely valuable to the world that his place cannot be filled. Joshua was not Moses, but he was competent to carry on the mighty work to which Moses bad dedicated his life. Wheu Moses died God consecrated Joshua to do the work that was yet unfinished. And Joshua did It well. He was us much of a genius ln his way as Moses was in his way. And his capabilities came seasonably. God has a fashion of calling men seasonably. The great men of history have been tho men who came ln the fullness of time. Each fitted Into the niche which God needed to be filled. A genius out of time, It would seem, is an impossi bility. For every mighty genius has performed a labor lor God and hu manity that has wrought itself indel ibly into the fabric of the world's life. The seventh verse tells us that Moses died ln the pink of manly ' perfection at the age of 120' years. The lesson ia obvious. Moses lived near to God. He kept faith in Him. He got his peace from Him. He j obeyed the laws of God. Sickness Is ancient, but It is not really neces- j sary. It can all be traced to viola- ' tlons of natural laws that, if obeyed, would Insure us all a ripe old age. If a man can live without a day ot seri ous Illness for fifty years, aa many men have, then by the same token a man can retain his health until he goes home to God simply from phys ical fatigue. Constitutional and in herited Illnesses may be traced to an tecedent violations ot natural law. The need is that humanity shall obey the will of God. We were created for health and happiness. We were not born to sickness. Ood means that we shall be able to enjoy life and Him. Only a well man can really enjoy lite. We could all live In the j health of Moses If we lived according to the mandates of the Gad ot Moses. What's the Use? A member ot the city council who has a contract to build the wooden forma for the sewers sends the hot message to the Beacon that he In tends to come ln and clean out the fleacon office. What's the use of that? With the temperature prowl ing around ninety degrees, what's th use of getting mad and smashing up a lot of newspaper furniture anil fill ing up the city hospitals with the remnant.i of editors? Why not keep cool, give up the city coutract, or get out of the city council and help tho Beacon In Its work of cleaning out the graft in city contracts? That's a lot better than cleaning out a news paper office. Wichita (Kau.) Bta Ion. 1C, 19: la SEPTEMBER TWENTY 9EC0ND. God's omnipotence. 1 Chron. 29: 9-13. Whatever pleases Him. Ps. 115: 1-8. "Nothing too hard." Jer. 32: 1". 27. "All things possible." Malt. 23-26. "Able to do." Eph. 3: 20, 21. "Omnipotent." Rev. 19: 1-6. "All power." Matt. 28: 16-18. Everything, ln heaven and earth God's, except what God has chosen to let pass from His power, the will of man. Ood Is "exalted as head (Above all." and yet His exaltation is not com plete while sinners defy Him and In sult His authority. There are many manuals of suc cess, but how few go to the root of the mattpr. tho will of God! David would sepm tn thank God for His majesty. His dlvlno power nnd arlorv; and Indeed, whnt beltpr cause of thanksgiving pould there be? Suggestions. In comparison with God's power, snr power may be neglected. It Is as easy for God to give the victory to an unarmed lad as to Alexander. The best euro for pessimism Is a itudy of God's omnipotence. Iet the teathen rage. He that Bltteth ln tho heavens shall laugh! In cfstlmatlug the chances of right eousness, do not weigh the power of righteous men, but the power of di vine Right. All that opposes God exists merely by permission, and could Ik? annihilat ed by a breath from Ills mouth. Illustrations. Could a mechanic make a machine that was greater than the mechanic? And must not God have control of the universe He hns formed? Tho earth carries with like ease Napoleon and an ant. So God carries with equal ease a man and a world of men. God's omnipotence Is at the dispos al of God's children, but as the ocean Is at the disposal of the vessels that dip up; It matters little whether they are largo or small. Questions. Am I afraid of God's omnipotence, or comforted by It? Do I so trust In God that I have no fear of men? Do I rely up'jn God's omnipotence as t'ource of my own power? EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, SEPTEMDER 22. 1 I TROUBLE AHEAD. Mrs. Yeast "And Is your husband a self-made man?" Mrs. Crlmsonbeak "Why, he Is not even a self-made husband I I had to propose to him, even! " Yon kers Statesman. The Word of God Perverted Matt. 7: 15-20. Passages for reference; 2 Tim. 4: 3. 4: 2 Pet. 3: 13, 1C; John 7: 17; 16: IS. We must "try the spirits." Many svstems which loudly proclaim their biblical basis are erroneous and harmful The day has pome when men cannot get a hearing unless they relate their message to the Hlble Hence Mormonism nnd Christian 3el ence make large claims to Interpret the Bible correctly. It Is not fair to declare that many of the "new thought" leaders are not sincere. It does little good to abuse them. It Is better to show the logical fallacy of the tenchlngs when put to test. The "false prophets" here specified desig nate those who wilfully deceive. The old Hebrew word for "prophet" em bodies the Idea of a "fountain burst Ine forth from the heart of a man Into which Ood has placed it." This may explain Christ's term, "a well of water springing up Into everlasting life." The "Indweller" gives mes sages of direction to the end. But we need not limit It to willful de ceivers, for we ore to test the sys tem by Its fruits. Satan often uses unconscious Instruments. Whatever bp the spirit of the "prophet" we must test him by the fruits. If they arp "ravening," rob and plunder peo pie Instead of enrich and liberate, then they are wolves, no matter If they have the professional robe of a sheep following the shepherd. Deed? speak louder than professions. As sumed meekness, suave friendliness published piety, extravagant liberal lty, self-attracting church activity must be uceompanled by the genuine fruits of the Spirit ; otherwise these things are Pharisee clouks. making them white semilchers. We may "know accurately" (''know") or "re cognize a thin,.' to DO what It really Is" by the fruitage of deed and spirit If useless they are "cast carelessly as worthless" ("east") Into the fire. Novelty, greater promised freedom, and more Immediate material results, cause people to ta'e up with eo-call ed new movement 4. Obscrare pas sages are given far-fetchod and oven fanatical meanings, often diametrical ly opposite, by people who thus claim to exhibit smartness and Insight. Greatest of All the Eduratqrs. Erman J. Rldgway, of New York, editor of Everybody's Magazine, said In an address at the Chautauqua (N, Y.) Assembly: "Newspapers Are one of the best Influences in America. They do not cause social unrest. They reflect It, voice it, spread it. and focus the ques tion for us, and, giving us all the facts, help us to decide our future course. To the immigrant and the untaught the press must for a long time continue to be a blackboard where the lesson is written large' for the sake of their small ability. To the educated and thoughtrul the press must continue to be the great reser voir that collects the streams of facts from the rain of events and poors them down the Irrigating ditches to our thirsty brains. "Editorials, signed essays, special features, cartoons- all these lumped have a very small part In making the iuftuence ot a newspaper, compared with prompt, accurate, brilliant hand ling ot news. Ask a man who has Just flnlshod his paper what to In It, aud he will have to stop and tbiuk. But ask htm for an opinion about the big question at laaue and he will sur prise you with his broad Information and clear-cut opinions. The Ameri can who reads the newspapers knows what's going on ln the world. The remarkably high average Intelligence ! of Americans on all conceivable sub I Jects Is due to the newspaper report i er. Think of him sometimes when counting your blessings." No Maitl For Ethel Roosevelt. The wife of the President has never permitted her children to re ceive assistance ln dressing from maids or nurses since they became old enough to care for themselves. Miss Ethel Roosevelt, though "sweet sixteen," keeps her wardrobe ln Im maculate order, and Is noted for the becoming manner In which her hair Is dressed, yet has no maid. Home Magazine. A Popular School Principal. Mrs. Cynthia A. Green, a school principal of Charlotte, Mich., was chosen County School Commissioner at the last election by the largest ma jority ever given to any candidate ln thnt city. The result was greeted with unparalleled enthusiasm. Crowds gathered, bands played, a huge bonfire was made of material which the high school boys had spent days In gathering, the bells of the churches, the high school and the court house were rung and the fire whlstleB blew. The Fire Department made an "exhibition run," and the boys of the city, who were wild with delight, put tho new Commissioner Into a carriage and drew her In tri umph through the streets. The vic tory was the more gratifying to the young woman because there had been certain people who declared that a woman had no business In public office and one of the city papers had refused to print Miss Green's an nouncement that she would stand, even as an advertisement. Husband and Wife. Before a woman has learned to cul tivate this necessary indlff3rence to h?r husband's comings :.ud goings, says a candid wife, in writing of her troubles in Harper's Bazar, comes the time, as it did with me, when she is apt to by tyrannical and exacting, and to make him feel a good deal of a brute for having Indulged In some perfectly legitimate amusement where she had no part; while all the time, in his heart of hearts, he knows thnt he has had a perfect right to do as he did, that he hasn't been a brute, and that life Is a very uncomfortable thing. A man can't always be ex pected to remember "that what Is a trifle in the day's large activities to him is an event of insistent pressure to his wife." I have no solution to offer for this problem. It Is incontestable to any fair-minded woman that a man ought to have every legitimate freedom of action. It is also Incontestable that he pays for this freedom with, first, a good deal of loneliness and bewil derment on his wife's part, and later, he gains it only by her giving up some of the finer and most beautiful things in their early relations towards each other. Rich Widow in Public Life. Mrs. Marshall Field, widow of the late merchant prince, has been ap pointed by the Mayor of Chicago head of an advisory board of health, the object of which Is to Interest churches, schools, lodges, societies, clubs and labor unions ln Improving the city's health; educate these on mattars of vital Importance in fight ing and preventing disease; formulate plans for supervising the city's food, meat, milk and Ice supplies; fight contagious diseases; save the lives of city babies and bring the health de partment closer to thg people. Mrs. Field, In carrying out the plans of Dr. Evans, will use her Influence ds a representative woman of Chicago to enlist the women of the city ln a cam paign of education for the purpose of teaching the public to co-oporate with the health department In preventing and checking the spread of disease. She was prevailed upon to lend her assistance to the plan becauBe it was believed that she would succeed bet ter than any one else ln stirring up the great energy of Chicago women and directing It in a way that would make the work of the health depart ment more feasible and effective. Home Magazine. Home Training For Girls. The education of the daughter should bsgln with careful home train ing, which should be physical, moral and mental. She should be taught to care for her body, mind and heart. We do not properly estimate the value of a general education If a general education trainB aud develops a young girl into a strcTnger and nobler womanhood, It will help her in any position she may be called upon to fill. In childhood our girls should have the same preliminary training as boys. It was a wise father who brought up his daughter by the same stanuard of manly courage that he did his son. If she met with some difficulty at school or was hurt ln any manner, he would say, "Courage, my daughter," and when she was brave and acted with decision or resisted a temptation or made a sacrifice for an other, he would say, "That Is a sol dier; let me shake hands." When her father : aid, "Shake hands," she knew she had reached his standard and she was very proud and happy. It the daughter Is delicate she should not be crowded with work; give her plenty of time; .here is no ueed to hurry. The years o.' training are full of hopes and aspirations which beautify the soul even If tbey are not fully attained. They are the most beautiful or a girl's life; let us extend this time, and give our daugh ters time to develop a beautiful wom anhood. Florida Agriculturist. German Ways of Doing Things. For breakfast, Instead of plates, long tile are made In Oermany, something like a painter's palette made square. Instead of a thumb hole there Is only a small hole In the middle of one end to hang this tile on a hook or peg. Those tiles are thick and glazed with white, like any. stone ware. One seen was blue and white, and one red In pretty flowing designs. They are used for bread and but ter, served with a cup ot coffee. Doubtless, In Germany they are taken to the garden on bright mornings. Here they ornament a city dining room, and serve for curios. It Is said that old gentlemen, used to them, would fuel quite "put out" If given a round plate Instead of this tile, with a good piece ot butter on It, and a couple of fresh rolls for breakfast dally. German ways of setting the table are at variance with those of other countries' Uie knives for dinner par ties ure arranged out at an angle Into the middle of the table. Knives and forks are laid obliquely to the plates with the tips touching It. Fin ger bowls have spoons In them by which to dip the water over the fin gers; this Idea is not out of the way. Quite gnudy glassware for wine Is shown, purple, blue, orange and yel low, with decanters to match. A bunch of violets Is on every plate, at the beginning of a formal dinner. Julln Davis Chandler, ln Boston Cooking School Magazine. A Thimble Party. "Thimble," written ln the corner of an otherwise ordinary invitation to an "at home" denotes, not that you have received an Invitation to an old fashioned sewing bee, but that you are bidden to an up-to-date function of buBy women. The function differs from the or dinary "at home" only ln the fact that the guest Is expected to remove quickly her hat and wrap, take her Bewlng from her bag, and work with the other ladies during the reception hour. The hostess, on Buch occasions, sews continuously during the hours that her guests are present, her In timate friends looking after jthe guests ln every way. A substantial sideboard luncheon is provided ln the dining room, while bon-bons and punch are placed within easy reach of the busy workers. Usually each guest brings her own work, and exchanges Ideas with the others present, after the fashion com mon on hotel piazzas, but occasionally work Is provided by the hostess, and the guests are asked to sev. for some worthy cause. In a little country town, last year, a lady living near the village had a "thimble afternoon" on alternate Wednesdays. To this all her friends were welcome, Informally, for a few moments, or the entire time, from 3 to 6 o'clock. It proved a most pop ular function, and led to the exten sion of many simple hospitalities in the neighborhood. Indeed these thimble parties may usher In the reign, In that vicinity, of the old-tlmo hospitality such as our grandmothers enjoyed, when they took their knit ting and went to "sit" with a neigh bor through the afternoon, their hus bands, after doing up their chores at an earlier hour' than usual, appear ing ln season for supper. Boston Cooking School Magazine. Women in France. The good feeling which Is develop ing between England and France may Induce English-speaking folk tho world over to take a few valuable lessons of the French. They have been traditionally regarded as fickle people, much given to the drinking of absinthe and to social Intrigue, and successful chiefly ln the devising of gay and expensive fashions, to the depletion of English and American pocketbooks. In point, of fact, the French as a nation have certain notable virtues which we may emulate. For exam ple, the average Frenchman, instead of being a wanderer, is emphatically i family man. His ruling ambition is to own a home which he may en Joy himself and bequeath to his chil dren. If he has Inherited one, It Is his greatest pride to preserve and beautify It. He chooseB his wife not only for her dowry, but also for her domeatic virtues. The French wife Is the best business woman ln the world. House hold affairs are left entirely to her, and so usually Is the Investment of family savings. She has a clear idea of what makes for comfort, but Bhe has no such passion for "things" as often weighs down the life of the American housewife. Draperies and carpets und stuffed chairs may be lacking In madame's house, but ex cellent cooking and good temper are pretty sure to be found there. One notable Illustration of the do mestic virtue of the French Is to be seen ln their regard for mothers-in-law. It is not unusual to find fam ilies in friendly rivalry for the privi lege of entertaining the mother-in-law, and there is many a household In France where two mothers-in-law live respected and happy, with chil dren and grandchildren. We have long Imported gowns and hats from France. It would be good now to import love tor the home stead, the thrift which by sklirul cooking contrives toothsome and nourishing food from Inexpensive ma terial, and those gentle domestic man ners which make the root-tree dear, the dinner Able pleasant and family affection true and deep. There can not be an oversupply of these admira ble qualities. Youth's Companion Impure Milk a Terrible Menace. Some seem to think that the cru sade against Impure milk Is fad. The quicker they disabuse their minds ot such au Impression, the bet ter. It is the same sort of "fad" aa the cruaade against tuberculosis, typhoid fever, smallpox and all other diseases. It Is a crusade that is world-wide. Impure milk is a terri ble menace to health and life Rich mond Times-Dispatch. A card with photo and signature makes identification easy In Europe. Some Disquieting Facts About Incompetent Doctor.0 Hy E. F. KEMP. That 3000 out of the 4000 gradu ates turned out by tho medical col leges each year are wholly unfitted to practice medicine nnd are menaces to the communities In which they set tle was stated by Dr. Chester Mayer, of the State Board of Medical Exam iners of Kentucky, at a meeting of the American Medical Association's Committee on Medical Education, held in Chicago, not long ago. Dr. Mayer said that only twenty-five to twenty-eight, percent, of the graduate are qualified. Fifty-eight per cent, of the graduates examined In twenty five Slates were refused licenses. With few exceptions these failures took a second examination In a few weeks and only fifty per cent, of then? passed. "This does not mean that deficien cies ln their training were corrected in those tew weeks," Dr. Mayer said "It shows that experience showecf them what the test would probably bt and they 'crammed' for the examin ation. Dr. W. T. Gott, secretary of the Indian Board said: "The majority of our schools now teach their stu dents how to pass examinations, not how to be good physicians." At the session of tho Amerlcn Medical Association held In Atlantic City In June, Dr. M. Clayton Thrush, a professor ln the Medlco-Chlrurgl-cal College ln Philadelphia, said: "Many doctors turned out. of the med ical schools are so Ignorant ln mat ters pertaining to pharmacy that the) know nothing about the properties ol the drug3 they prescribe for their pa tients." Dr. Henry Beats. Jr., presi dent of the Pennsylvania State Board of Medical Examiners, after scruti nizing the papers of a class of candi dates for licensure, said: "About, one quarter of the papers show a degree of Illiteracy that renders the candi dates for licensure Incapable of un derstanding medicine." A great many more physicians and chemists might be quoted In support of the astounding charge tbat 3000 incompetents are being dumped onto an unsuspecting public each year. What the damage done amounts tc can never be estimated, for these in competents enjoy the privilege ol diagnosing, prescribing or dispensing drugs regarding the properties of which they know nothing, and then of signing death certificates that are not passed upon by any one unless the coroner is called in. Probably there is not a grave yard from one end of the country to the other thai does not contain the burled evidences of the mistakes or criminal careless ness of Incompetent physicians. During the last year there have been perhaps, half a dozen known cases where surgeons after perform ing; operations have sewed up the in cisions without first removing the gauze sponges used to absorb the blood, and ln some cases forceps and even surgeon's scissors have been left ln the wound. How many of thess caseB there have been, where tho pa tient dies, there is no means of know ing, and comparatively few of the cases where the discovery is made ln time to Bave life, become generally public. Reports from sanitariums for the treatment of the drug habit show that members of the medical profes sion are more often treated ln these Institutions than members of any other profession, and that a majority of the patients, excluding the phys icians themselves, can trace their downfall directly to a careless phys ician. How many criminal operations are performed by physicians Is also a mat tor of conjecture. Operations of this class are, unfortunately." very fre quent ln large cities. Some gradu ated and licensed physicians, many of them of supposed respectability, make au exclusive practice of crimin al medical and surgical treatment. Dr. Henry o. w. Rhelnhart, Coron er's physician of Chicago, estimates the number of criminal operations, annually, in Chicago alone, at 3S, 000. How many resulted fatally are unknown, as when death results, the real cause Is disguised in the death certificate, which the physician signs, and which no one but himself and a clerk sees Probably not one case of malprac tice ln 1000 ever becomes the subject of a law suit, but in the lat year ap 'prosimately 150 casos wherein the plaintiff has alleged malpractice have been reported In the newspapers, and owing to the social prominence and the favored positions of many phys icians not more than half the new suits stated, probably, result in any newspaper publicity, but it would probably not be an exaggeration to state that the total cases of mal practice, not Involving criminal op erations or criminal medical prac tice, would amount to 150,000, or more than ono case to each physician in the country. This estimate is, of course, more or less conjecture. Un timely deaths and permanent disa bilities are frequpnt, and occur within the knowledge of almost every one, when llfo could have been saved, or health re-stored had tho physician bean skillful, careful and competont. ROW to Make a Curfew. Every family should have a curfew which should positively "ring to night," and every nlB-ht If needed. These curfews are 1 net pensive and can be home-made. Take a piece of siding two feet long and whittle one end down to a handle; then take child that needs tho curfew and bend him over a barrel. Now take tho ploce of siding In the hand and use it tor a clapper. Put It on hot. Divide the strokes evenly andsee that none miss. Good for a boy or girl up to the age of sixteen, und applications are war ranted to euro the most pronounced case of street loafing that exists. The music the curfew makes is finer than singing "Whore 1. my wandering boy to-night?" Ideal Power. Evil of SalMtltutlon. "0"U me a two-cent stamp please," remarked the woman In the drug store. "I api all out of twos, but I can give you something Just as good," said the absent-minded ilruggUt, producing two onjs. PhlUiolphia Record.
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