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8YN0PSIS.
t' .
im Kerr, a mothtrle girl, wlio ha
,i mot of her life In school, arrive
UT father'! horn In Relnuint. David
t la the political bom of the (own,
t anxloua to prevent lili duughtnr
"DC of lila r-al rliurautiT. Kendall,
kKitlng tho fhlcuKo packer. I no-
Jug Willi JuiIko Gilbert, Keir' rhlnf
ir, for a valuable franchise. Tlu-y
ipth oppoaltlon of Joe Wright, editor
, reform paper. Kerr ok the as
of JuiIku Olllif rt In Introducing
oi to Hi-lmont sorlety, and promlne
, Ip lllin put tlinitiKh tho packer
'hiss mid lot lilin liuvn nil tin- isralt.
i inoels Joe Wright i.t the tJllhrt
penra they are nn intimate u-i
1 r met previously In a turl:.g purty
s rope. The Huberts Invite !lula lo
ecttli them pending the refurnishing
" I Kerr home. Wright begin l tight
1 It the propimed franchise In Vie "!-
, of hi paper, the Helmont Now.
1 through Ii In henchmen, exi n ev.
aefluence to. hamper Wright In the
..Hon of hli paper. Olorla rallrs
I I not bring received hy the bct o
1. and Ik unhiippy. Hhe tnkc up ut
, Pt work. Kerr and hie lieutenant
' to buy Kerr' paper and nek tn
( ' to meet them at (Wharf office.
r at Gilbert' office to solicit a do
8 Olorla meets Wright. He propose
I I accepted while wiilllnjr to Im called
, the conference. WrlRht refuse to
I' ii pnper end declare he will flsht Jo
k III. The llelnmnt Newa appear Willi
nler ottark on Kerr. Olorla rail
I'M coward and refuse to llnten to
vtpliinmlnn from him. Hroketi-lieart-i'iortn
decide to plunire more deeply
1 lettlcment work. Hhe call on a sick
i f Uie underwurld, numud IClln.
CHAPTER XVIII-Contlnued.
J tie Ella had come to reullze oon
(1 they had mot that she was dful
( fltli a fledKllna;. llonce Bho bore
lujttr and aogwerod her question
1 ntly.
fO!v! Little time be spends col
li lg. money down hore." Her tone
? tr d clearly that he epent no
lat nil. "WhafB the cops fr?
i t'f Mike Noonan fr? He'B got
5!rhlnR8 to do hlmBolf. I oncet
'(Hi a young lawyer, an' he toP mo
?Obb got his from tho big gamblln1
Ji. Bn'.the street car comp'ny, an'
rctrlc light comp'ny. an' big
3 (i llko that"
i, hen you're Just a drop In the
it it." The magnitude of tho "sys
i'lfwas Just beginning to dawn on
ff She now saw that Its ramlfl
, pi were many, that there must be
tl thnt even this woman, for all
I nowli'dge, could know little of.
ii: she could not learn all from Lit
tij I la, sho could lenrn enough to
i her father InvPBtignte.
1. ere's enough of uh dropB In Hel
l i to till a pretty big bucket," tho
1 ilmltted. "Cilmme a drink o' wa
ei ill you? 1 never was bo dry at
ch picnic."
ci rla poured n glass of water for
jAThen, feeling that she had not
d cont i(lerato In asking tho t?rl to
vt littlo strength by the rec.lt.al of
ef y that Badly wasted her vital en-
she begged her to rest.
Im ro still a tilt reverisn. Lie
now and rest. Try to go to
and I'll lt here and rend."
n her patient Beemed to sleep,
C lor la picked up a book and tried
(1. The revelutlons to which she
Bis toned made nil possibility of
ntratlon upon tho printed page
if th'o question. Suddenly It oc
4 to her that she did not know
'iss' name. Just as this came In
r mind, the girl turned restlessly
npened her eyes. Finding that
in awake, Gloria asked:
11 me, what's the name of the
i? What?" Littlo Ella wus not
ughly awake.
lint's tho name of tho boss? I
to tell father."
is name? OH, It s Kerr, lies oi
Kerr. Ever hear of him?"
vlng roused herself sufficiently to
r tho question, Little Ella sank
i Into a doze.
for Gloria, It almokt seemed that
ords meant nothing to her at all.
owly did her mind accept this In
Picture Wat That of Her Father.
jpence that the full of the book tin
cd to the floor did not accm re.
id In point of time. Yet In fact It
that her mind was Intent upon
question: Who waB the boss of
ont?
err! Kerr! Old Dave Kerr,'
rang In her ears. "The boss?
i Kerr? I wonder what relation"
very Ignominy of the thought re-
Uned her. "No, no, no. It's all a
Itiko. It can't be I couldn't bo
l It. Thera. can't be any relation
Jiy fathers my fa It's absurd,
Mould be maddening, the suspicion
ich a thing. Why, my father's the
of honor."
Ithout warning,, Joe Wright, came
her mind; Joo Wright, her evil
lus." .
V.Tjat did toe pajwsr say? "The
of underhand manipulators. Da-
Kerr!' The king!" she muttered
d, and clapped bar band over her
th at the word. The thought of
a tJitoK widened her eyei with
Aft
J 1 lf
jThe DaughSr o David Kerr j ay AjgJ
!;.' By HARRY KING TOOTLE j 6 I ,
Kl, fev Illustrations by Ray Walters ' w-mi.d.
v I I & StorUrr o( Eilnwoa Dnatmnl &
f,'' ' ' jp Meody Bible IwMute, Chki V
rrg,-. , , , coWtuhtbfA.c.Mtorwt 4mlm
terror and set her heart to beating
high with sudden fear. "But not 1Mb,
O God! Not this."
She repeated the pathetic words of
Littlo Ella.
" 'There's enough of us drops Id Bel
mont to fill a ptetty big bucket' oh,
It can't be my father! It can't be my
father! He has u daughter It's all
a horrid mistake. Thero must be an
other David Kerr. 1 in sure."
Gloria sprang from her chair and
seized the sleeping woman roughly by
he arm. i
'Listen to nm. Tell me something
more of David Kerr."
She shook Little Ella Into a con
scious state and repeated tho question.
"Which David Kerr la It?"
"There's only one I know of," an
swered Ella. "He's got a real ettuto
office on Fifth street."
"What!"
The net of circumstances was be
ing drawn tighter and tighter about
one man, and that mun her father
"Are you sure he'B the man, girl?"
Gloria asked the question In as sub
dued a manner as possible. Suddenly
she had become afraid. Slio did not
wish to arouse suspicion.
"Sure, he's the man." It tried one's
patience to be roused from sleep, and
then to meet with contradiction was
enough to make one petulant. To set
tle tho question so thut she could go
back to sleep, little Ellu added:
"Look on my bureau and you 11 see
a program of the Dave Kerr Demray-
crnllc club ball."
Gloria walked over to the bureau
with Its Jumblo of odds and ends, and
began to turn over the things me
chanically. 'No, not that. Uiok behind that
photygraft. That's It. That's bib pic
lure on the front."
Gloria gavo one look. The picture
was thnt of her father.
For a time Little Ella chattered
drowsily, but Gloria did not hear. She
was prostrated by a grief that numbed
her every faculty. The foundation of
her faith had been swept away.
What she beheld seemed to burn It
self Into her brain. On the cover1 of
the program were the word.s: "Annual
Pall. David Kerr Democratic Club,"
and the picture of her father. It was
the truth; her father was the boas of
Helmont. So different was her posi
tion from that pinnacle on which she
had thought herself to be that the
whole world would have to go through
a revolutionary orientation. There was
nothing In her life which would not
have to be adjusted anew because of
this revelation.
As she turned the pages of tho pro
gram, pages filled with liquor and sa
loon advertisements, her thoughts
were ull of herself. Resentment and
anger thero were, directed toward hr
father, but now In the first moments
when she saw herself as lJelmont caw
her humiliation conquered all other
emotions. Her first thought of Joe
Wright was that he had kept the truth
from her. She could not grow more
sick at heart, comparatively feeling
was out of the question because she
wnB completely crushed, but she saw
as In a book that had been written and
laid away as finished, tho sacrifice
he hnd made for her, tho supreme re
nunciation ho had made because he
would not denounce her father before
her.
The thought of how different her
home-coming had been from what sho
had planned made her laugh hysteric
ally. Then when sho recalled the few
staunch friends sho had made she
clutched wildly at tho hope that after
all It was untrue.
"It's a lie, every word of It, a He his
enemies Invent What big man but
has about him envious wnsps thnt
prick and sting? Judgo Gilbert, Mr.
Kendall, Doctor Hayes, they'll nil say
that he Joo Wright! What of him?
What will ho say?"
Sho put this man that had loved her
In one balancn und the other men In
the other. He outweighed them all,
and the momentary hope was gone.
She could see It all now. As the baf
fling attitude of Helmont revealed it
self to her bit by bit she burled her
face in her arms and sobbed.
"And I wus so proud, oh, so proud!"
moaned tho daughter of David Kerr.
"Joe! Joe! You did love me! I Bent
him away, and I never understood
Now I can see It nil. The social slights
the cold disdain I could not under
stand the whispers that died away
before they reached my ears all, all,
all because I was David Kerr's dnugh
ter, David Kerr, the boss of Helmont."
Her father's name exercised a fasci
nation over her. Agnin and again she
repeated It, her lips curling with
scorn.
"David Kerr, the boss of Belmont!"
she cried with a contempt that wrung
her heart. "David Kerr, the king of
underhand manipulators! David Ker
the man these wretched women look
to for protection and pay jiltn for It!"
This new thought was a poisoned
arrow that sank Into her heart. As
she dwelt upon It her eyes fell upon
her handsome tailored coat and her
beautiful hat Bhe had laid aside.
"And with the money these unhappy
creatures pay. he he--God In Heaven!
Where did the money come from for
these cloltias I wear? What shall I
do? All these years, and I never
knew I"
Where the money came from to pay
for her handsoiao clothes wracked her
as poignantly as would a great phys
ical pain. Her thoughts were incoher
ent, skipping from one horrid phase
of the situation to another. Though
they were disconnected, they were not
vague. Each was a ruthless view of
her deplorable position.
"Why did he let me, come home?
How can I bear to have anyone look
at me on the street? I can hear them
now saying, 'That's she, the boss'
daughter. See her fine clothes. We
know where the money came from
buy them.' And I, like a leper, must
ever cry, 'Unclean, unclean,' and see
thoBe whom I would love flee ever
on before me."
This made her think again of Joe
Wright. Surely lie h.td loved her be
yond nil reason to have, wished to
marry' her, the daughter of such a
man.
"Joe, poor old Joe, how he lino suf
fered beenuse of me." She had clK.aen
In her blindness not to listen to him
and now he was gouo forever. She
had obeyed tho dictation of pfide nnd
stilled the prompting; of lovo, and now
her punishment seemed greater than
sho could bear. "Hn did love me. Ho
knew, and still loved me. And 1 drove
him away. Well, It was better so; but
he did not lovo mo onco. It's better
so for him."
It was now a far more grievous pros
pect than that of the long years which
had confronted her when she hud real
ized tho previous day how solitary wus
to bo her way. Then sho had had po
sition, power, and pride; now these
had been stripped from her, and noth
ing had been given her lu their steud.
In a passionate flood of tears she sank
fo the floor and cried as If her heart
would break.
Through It all LHtlo Ella slept, not
knowing that In her room was being
enncted a tragedy of the heart more
profound than any she with all her
shallowness could live In a ctutury of
heart aches.
CHAPTER XIX.
Grief mude Glorln Insensible to the
flight of time, and how long she had
been prostrate on the floor before
sounds on the stairs aroused her she
did not know. Thinking that It must
be Mrs. Hayes returning with a phy
slelan, alio rose hastily and tried to
removo nil traces of her tears. She
wished above all to ovoid explanations
and If none was asked she did not
wish to have lu-r grief misconstrued
Hut It was not Mrs. Hayes, for Gloria
could hear the heavy tread ascending
to the floor ubove.
Little Ella was restless and rolll
and tossed In her sleep. The daughter
of David Kerr looked with, plUv uion
her. Her discipline was too new, her
spirit was still too untamed for her to
understand fully the kinship of the
human race. Although sho recognized
that sho was herself without tho caste
she thought was hers, she had not
como to know that on the last great
day there would be only the Judgment
of tho Just nnd the unjust, not of the
high und tho low, of tho rich and tho
poor, of the wise und the ignorant, of
the master and the servant.
"Poor girl," murmured tiioria. "you
shnll see that I do understand."
There was also much which she
imld loam from this bit of flotsam
cast up by nn unkind sea upon a cheer
less shore. Seeing that Little Ella
was not sleeping soundly, her derlre
to know more got the better of her
duty us a nurse. Sho shook her gently,
and soon was rewarded by seeing her
eyes open.
"What you want,?" asked the pa
tient. "Time to take your medicine," Glo
ria answered unblushlngly. This was
only a subterfugo, and it hurt her to
receive the profuse thanks which It
evoked.
"How are we going to begin to make
things right down here?" Glorln nsked
when Little Ella had sunk b: ck upon
her pillow.
"Begin?" The glii did not under
stand. "Yes, you and I. Things can't go
on n they are."
"Why, begin with tho bosn. of
course."
Gloria could not have been stabbed
by u more cruel reply.
"Ah. yes," sho sighed, "but how?"
"That's up to you and yer pa."
Littlo Ella recognized that the boss
was out of her sphere of Influence.
"Yes, yes, I know. Tell me does
David Kerr," she spoke the name with
an effort, "ever come down here?"
"Him? Naw. We never seo nothin'
o' him." His daughter gavo a sigh of
relief. "We don't know nothin' 'bout
PUT BEST FOOT FORWARD
No Better Advice Can Be Given Than
to Present a Brave Front to
the World.
If every pair for whom wedding
bells are to ring this June would
tako to heart the thought that their
prlvato affairs are their own, not to
be told to outsiders and not paraded
to tho world, they would Insure and
safeguard their self-respect and the
permanence of their home.
The temptation may arise when
first there la a littlo friction to seek
sympathy from mother, sister, or Inti
mate friend.
Thnt temptation should be trampled
under foot.
Confidential frlonds are not inva
riably to be trusted. With or with
out the best intentions the t,hlrd party
Intruding In the affairs of a married
couple is In peril of making mischief.
Make It a rule to confide wholly
without secrets or reserves in one an
other from tho hour that you become
husband and wife, nnd you will have
little to fear, though the four winds
should blow around your house. It
will, stand agninBt any tempest and
prove itself strong and hallowed, your
sanctuary and your castle, If you con
fide in and defend your union. Never
let a quarrel last over night. Present
Wo don't eee him, but w
He lives alone, out In tin
country."
"Then can he really know?"
"He's a man, ain't he?" demanded
Iho woman of tho streets fiercely. "He
knows, but what does ho care? I wish!
he hud a daughter."
'What's that?" Gloria asked. The
manner In which Littlo Ella nao
spoken made her catch her breath
with u. feeling that was akin to dread
"I wisht he hud a daughter, au' that
she'd have to suffer what we down
here Buffer."
Gloria held up her hand, bitldin;; her
censo from even thinking such a tiling.
'No, no, no, not that."
'Why not?" tho other went ou dog
gedly. "Could sho be nny better n l
was oncet? I tell you, I'd llko to have
a daughter of his here, and watch hor
struggle to keep tho breath In hor
body."
"Have you no mercy?" begged Glo
ria. "What mercy hev I had shown me
by Noonan 'cept fer his own profit?
What mercy from David Kerr?
Wouldn't he laugh to Bee a daughter o'
his In this hell hole?" Gloria convul
sively covered her eyes with her hands
as If to shut out even the thought of
Btirh a sight. Littlo Ella went on
harshly, "What a Joko it would be!
Hut I'd laugh. I'd watch her, tho little
darling, to seo that she paid tho price
as I've done."
Gloria could stand It no longer.
"Stop, you senseless girl. You mako
a mockery of pity and compassion. It's
absurd to vent your rage upon some
thing that doesn't exist. David Kerr
has no daughter."
Little Ella accepted this answer
without nuestion. unmindful that a
short while before her visitor hud de
nied nil knowledge of tho man.
'I wisht he had," she said regret,
fully.
A door slammed suddenly overhead
"Aren't you afraid here alone?" Glo
rla asked.
"Naw. I ulu't seared In the daytime
an' ut night I'm out most o' the time.
Tho sound of ix scuffle on the floor
above brought both women to atten
tion. There came a sudden, smothered
cry for help which mado Gloiiu'B blood
run cold. Then there was a heavy
thud ns If some one had been felled by
a blow.
"What's It all about?" she cried,
springing to her feet In terror.
"Nothin". Stay where you are.
We're safe as long as we don" open
thnt door."
The sounds of the affray grew
louder. Again came the cry for help.
"What's going on? I must know.
Somo one's in trouble. Didn't you hear
Fome one call?"
"They're maybe Just foolln'.'' Ella
was listening intently. "Don't you
butt In."
"But I can't stand hi re doing noth
ing. 1 must bco what's tho mntter."
Ono could never accuse Gloria of
lack of ourage. She had never teen
the horse sho was afraid of, und a sail
boat In a heavy sea mado her laugh
the more the louder the wind whistled
through thu rigging. Her feeling of
personal power, Inherited from her fa
ther, had been strongly developed. Sho
had by this timo overcome her first
fear, and now Bho intended to know
what the trouble was all about. Some
ono was in distress nnd to do what she
could was her ono thought as she
started toward tho door.
"Better not open that door," Little
Ella pleaded. '
Even ns she spoke, they heard a
door shun ut the head of tho Btalrs
ubove. Somo ono lurched heavily to
tho stairway, nnd then to their hor
rorthey knew it by tho sound Just
as well as If tho scene had been en
ncted before their ryes tho mnn
tripped and plunged down the narrow
stairs.
(TO BE CONTINUKD.)
Appropriate Plan.
"I'd llko to join an economical
mony club."
"For what purpose?"
"To husband my means."
ill-
a brave front to the world. There Is
common sense In the homely udvlco
to put the best foot forwayl-
Iron Clothes With Their Feet.
A writer In the Wide World Maga
zine says that tho most curious Bight
he saw at Cairo was men Ironing
clothes with their feet! The men
were employed lu the native tailoring
establishments. Except for a long
handle, tho Irons were shaped like the
ordinary fiat-Iron, only lurger. A solid
block of wood rested on the top of
the Iron, and on this the men placed
one foot, guiding tho Iron In the de
sired direction by means of the
handle. For the sake of convenience.
Ironing boards were rulsed only a few
Inches from the ground, and however
Btrange the method may seem te us,
the work was done very well and very
expeditiously.
Wondering Where the "Space" Is.
You know how crowded a second-'
band furniture store Is, always piled
high with odds and ends of household
goods. Well, there Is such a Bhop on
the South side, la a one-story shack,
which the other day posted this sign
In tho window: "Space for rent." "I
suppose," remarked a man who was
passing, "there must be a vacancy un
der one of the tables." Kansas City
Star.
him much
feel him.
TEXT Being confldent of this very
thing, that he which hath begun a good
work In you will perfect it until the day
of Jesus Christ.
The blessed as
surance pro-
claimed In the text
is indeed an evan
gel for the new
year; it opens a
door into a large
place. In which
Christ Is every
thing to tho soul;
and its appropria
tion will mean a
happy New Year
for saint and sin
ner. Two recent ex
periences have
fixed the text in
my mind and heart for tho work and
need of the year. Ono day I was in
the office of a Christian business mnn
and when he told me of his upand
down experiences and his fear of fail
,uro I gave hlra this verse and nsked
him to put It on his desk. Before the
day was over I was engaging in per
sonal work in an evangelistic meeting,
and to a man who said ho was afraid
to confess ChrlBt for fear he could not
hold out, I snld, Take I'hllipplans 1:6.
and count on God holding out. He
mado tho venturo on faith, and flnda
Christ meeting every need with suIU
clout graoo.
How Can I Get Through? .
How many Christians ore fearful
and doubtful about the continuance
and completion of that new life which
begnn In them when they took Christ
as their Savior. To them the Christian
Ilfo Is not only difficult, It Is a dally
struggle, and a dally fear of collapse
jand defeat. They began well, but
something has hindered them, or they
stand In dread of eoiiio spiritual ca
lamity. Service for Christ Is Irksome.
Prayer has littlo meaning and less
blessing or power. The Biblo Is neg
lected or forgotten. Joy has lied from
the soul, nnd gladness from tho life.
Some days aro bright and others
gloomy. Some days ore happy, but on
others you wonder whether God Is still
alive. You begin to question tho real
lty of your conversion, you wonder
bow you will ever get through, nnd
you despair of winning heaven nt laBt,
I Hemomber. tho assurance of tho text,
It tnkeB two to live tho Christian lifo
Christ and the believer; and every day
you may bavo all of him you need.
Always remember that tho Christian
lifo Is not a matter of attainment, but
obtalnmmt tako it from Christ. This
is a truth that needs to be magnified
when God moves into tho heart or a
man, nrd a mnn yields up his life to
tho Instruction and guidance of God,
God will take him through. There may
be disappointments days when every
thing goes wrong; there may bo temp
tations days when tho devil presents
the strongest and most alluring ap
peals to eye-gnto or ear-gato or to
other avenues of the life, seeking to
get your consent to somo enticement
and to bring you Into subjection to the
powers of durkness; thero will be days
of sorrow days when friends fall you,
when loved ones leave you, when you
look Into an open grace and reach out
nfter help; there will be days when
you doubt when you think your
Christian lifo is a thing of no conse
quence to yourself and no contribution
to the cnuso of Christ or tho coming
of his kingdom. But nnd be sure of
this God will seo that ho wins In the
end. This Is his will; this Is what be
loves to do; this Is what Iho has begun
in you; and nothing Is Vjo hard for
him ho will perfect It. Always he
Is working to perfect In us the very
lmngo of Jesus Christ.
It Is a work of liberation, of emanci
pation, and of transformation. Tho re
demptive work of Christ Is followed
by tho sanctifying and glorifying work
of the Holy Spirit. Our entire being
is Bubject to tho process. It reaches
our minds, giving us understanding in
the things of God. It purifies our af
fections, bo that more and moro wo
learn to love after tho pattern of him
who first loved us. It enlightens the
conscience, Betting It In lino with tho
law of God specially as written In his
word. It guides our wills, so that they
aro no longer ours except as wo do
light to do that good nnd acceptable
and perfect will of God.
I In all our need we may count upon
the persistence, patience and perfec
tion of Christ's work.
The All-Sufficient Savior.
, The text Is also an evangel for the
sinner, and he who hesitates to begin
the Christian life may be assured here
and now that "ho which hath begun
. . . will perfect." All he waits for
is your faith, your sun:ender, your
obedience; then you will enter upon a
new year which by tho grfico of the
mighty God of Jacob will go on Into
an eternal life, and this life Is In his
Son. He eays, "My son, give me thine
heart." When you do that he will
enter In nnd take possession of that
throne and from It rule every region
of tho life Just so far as you yield It
to him. Do not hesitate to do It. Yoa
will find Christ an all-sufficient Savior.
As your substitute he will deal with
the guilt ot sin; as your Righteousness
ho will deal with the delllpment cf
sin; and as your Lord ho will deal
with the power of slu. Nothing Is too
bard for God.
. - i
1 There is a threefold card In the
New Year evangel. 1. Prophecy
"Until the day of Christ" when you
will be complete In him. 2 Promise
"Ho which hath begun a good work in
you will perfect It,".. God will not reBt
until his work Is dono; and when it Is
done be will call It good. 3. Persua
sion "Being confident of this very
thing." May you have tho confidence
vlilnh n t. U " T 1,v,nn, ...1. n n 1 .
I" tin j o, 4 Kuun nut-u 1 Jiavu ur
lloved, and am persuaded that be Is
ame to aeep inai wmon 1 nave com
mitted unto hlra. a-'"t that dajr."
1
V ' ' I
(Conducted by the National Woman's
llirlsllan Temperance I'nlon.)
FACTOR IN ACCIDENTS.
During the last few years a number
of very startling accidents have been
clearly traceable to mistakes of per
sons using intoxicants. In most cases
this fact Is suppressed, since, It known,
the responsibility would center on
some lnd'vldunl and become the basis
for dan ge suits. Dr. T. D. Crothers
of Hartford, Conn., who has made a
study of alcohol's connection with re
cent disasters, gives some of his find
ings lu investigating the causes of
railroad nnd steamship ensualtles, fac
tory exploalons, fires, automobile ac
cidents and the llko. We quote;
"l-aboratory studies and tho asser
tions of tho most competent experts
testify to tho fact that no appreciable
dose of alcohol Is safe to thd human
body. To many men this seems a
very extravaguut claim and Beemlngly
contradicted by experience, when ap
parent good work to doneeby persons
who use spirits. Tho labo'-'.ory shows
that the action of spirits is that cf
an anesthetic ou the senses and In
this way the Integrity of tho brain Is
Impaired and the evidences of the
outer world through the senses are de
ranged, lowered and lescned. The
laboratory shows thut reasoning under
these conditions is very apt to be
faulty. It lacks In rapidity and accu
racy. Conclusions are reuched on In
secure basis and Judgment of events
lacks clearness. Laborotory studies
show a cell and motor derangement
and loss ot control, which may be
Blight at first, but later Increased. The
ordinary caution seems to be dimin
ished and persons sci recklessly, and
both say and do things which later
are proved to bo faulty. There Is a
impedes of egottem which follows the
anesthesia from spirits that Is very
misleading and dungerouB."
WORKING OF WEBB LAW.
Talking recently with a deputy
shoiiff In Portland. Maine, whose spe
clal duty It is to look after Illegal
liquor sellers nnd their accomplices,
Mrs. Stevens. National W. C. T. VI.
president, asked him how the Webb
law was working. He quickly replied,
"That Is the thing which has broken
their hearts, and broken their backs
"Wo went," says Mrs. Stevens, "to
tho rooms In tho county courthouse
whero the contraband liquor Is stored
awaiting legal proceedings. It Is then
either emptied Into the sewer, or dis
posed of In somo other legal way.
Tho deputy said, 'Some surprise has
been expressed to seo so much liquor
In Portland, but all thero Is In theso
three rooms would not be Btlfllcleiit
to stock ono licensed saloon In Bob
ton. .New York, or Chicago." He fur
ther snld. 'But for tho Webb law we
could not have touched any of tin
stuff In the largo room, and very lit
tle of what Is In tho other two
rooms.' "
RISKS TAKEN BY MODERATE
DRINKER.
Two surgeons stood over a man who
was near death from taking nn anaes
theticso near that both believed h
would never pull througn. They did
heroic work to savo him, and for
some time It seemed their efforts
would be In vain. Life's current ebbed
and flowed nnd sometimes seemed to
cease entirely. So tense were the mo
ments that tlio Bweat stood on their
foreheads. At Inst there was a fnlnt
glimmer of hopo, and when It was
seen that death for a time had been
beaten, ono of tho doctors, n lender
In his profession In this comity, Btood
up and said: "Tho longer I practice
medlclno, tho more clenrly I see thnt
tho uko of alcohol Is hurtful to the
humnn body." The man bail not been
a drunkard, lie had been what Is
called a "moderate drinker." Whisky
had put him in condition that mado
tho anaesthetic a poison to him. Ex
change. ABOUT EFFICIENCY.
Temperance work today Is very prac
tical as compared with the sentlmen
tnl exhortations of yesterday. In
theso days when "efficiency" is so gen
eral a watchword In the world of busi
ness nnd labor, we are finding not so
directly that a mnn Ib a knnve who
drinks to excess, or even at all, as
that ho Is a fool. A runner who ties
a weight about hlB leg Is no greater
dunpo than the worUingman or the
merchant who puts a dram of liquor
Into his digestion or his brain. It Js
capable ot proof by figures and dia
grams that the drinker of even an oc
casional glass of wine or beer or
whisky injures tho work of both bis
hands nnd his mind, while the habi
tual drinker sfws up his mental nnd
manual machinery permanently. This
Is tho gospel of tho new temperance
movement. Almonte Canada) Ga
zette. CARNEGIE'S PRACTICE.
"Well, you know glasses are used
both over and tinier the nose. I nl
jjnys UFo mine over." ' The special
gueBt at a Philadelphia banquet somo
years ago, Andrew Carnegie, touched
no wino the whole evening. Nnturally
this aroused considerable curloBlty
among those present nnd at length one
ventured to ask the famous millionaire
If he were an abstainer. Mr. Carneglo
replied ns quoted, showing that his
octlon on this occasion was but part
of his constant practice of strict tem
perance principles.
FEWER POOR FAMILIES.
"Tho liquor dealers said In Wil
liams county we could not support our
poor If we did not have the revenue
from tho liquor business," said Pev.
Alvln E. Bell, at a meeting of tho coun
ty W. C. T. U. at Toledo, O., but we
found after the dry law had been In
operation for a year, that tho number
ot families applying for aid from the
county hnd fallen from 24 to 7, and
of this lut number tour were Incapaci
tated for work through Illness or old
age."
INIEENSIIONAI,
SMlMIIUlli
I T7CCAT -
LLJJU11
fBy E. O. SELLERS, Director of Even'
Department, Th Moody Elm jnsur
Chicago.) '
LESSON FOR JANUARY 4'
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JESUS AND THE CHILDREN. j
r.FRSOM TEXT Mark : 30-41: lOlU-K. . ..si.
GOLDEN TEXT "Gird yourselves with .
humility, to serve on another; for Ood X.
reslstetii the proud, but glvsth grac to
the humble."-! Pat. 1:6.
We now return to the New Testa
ment, and during this year finish those
studies on the life of Christ which
were followed during the year 1912.
Almost as though it were an answer
to tho question, "who are for him, and
who are against him?" that was asked
in the last lesson for that year, we
have presented for our study today,
tbo relations of Jesus with children. In
bis teachings about children, as about
so many other things, Jesus stands
unique among all religious tcachors.
The events of this lesson occurred
during the summer of A. D. 29, dur
ing the time of bis Perean ministry,
which extended from his final depart
ure from Galileo until his triumphal
entry Into Jerusalem, a period of about
five months.
Lust for Power.
I. A Wayside Dispute, vv, 30-37. As
though by way of coutrasthe lesson
committee has given us this side-light
as to tho effect, up to this time, upon
tho hearts ot tho disciples of thoso
great truths Jesus had been teaching
them, about tho method whereby be
was to establish bis kingdom. Tho
disciples lusted for power, a wrangling
which had not yet ceased. Jesus wait
ed until tbey bad arrived at Caper
naum, and ther beat hud cooled some
what before taking any notice of tho
dispute. In response to his question
ing they held thel. peace, for, after
reflection, they wero ashamed of what
had taken place, v. 34. Jesus then pre
sented to them a concrete example of
what Is to bo required of all of those
who shall seek to enter into this new
kingdom. That was a more pertinent
question than the one they had Just
been discussing.' (Luke IS: 15-17) tolls
us that theso disciples desired to send
the children away, hence the words,
Suffer them to come." Ever after,
when this mean, low, ambition to be
"tho greatest" camo up, thero must
have arisen beforo them, In memory,
this picture. His appeal to children
meets a well nigh universal rer.ponso
In tho hearts of men. Tho fact that
tho child was so near At hand Is sug
gestive of tho attractiveness ot Jesus.
Tho disciples wero seemingly afraid
of him (v. 32), not bo, however, tho
child. For us to receive one who per
fectly trusts him Is to receive Jesus
himself, and to receive Jesus is to re
celvo tho Father, for he came as the
representative of tho Father, the full
revelation of God, Col. 2:9. To en
ter tho kingdom la of courso prelim
inary to any question of precedence
lu that kingdom. Jesus taught theso
disciples thut as a little child Is
teachable (Matt. 18:3), so must all bo
who are to follow him. A child's
readiness to believe that which Is told
him Is another trait Jesus must also
have had In mind. A child's obedience
to authority and readiness to serve are
traits of character necessary to thoso
who deslro to enter IiIb kingdom.
Thus Jesus contrasts tho spirit of
humility with that of prido which thejr,
had Just shown. The lower we pul"
ourselves tho higher God will exalt us
Phil. 2:C-11. Jesus rebuked Ills disci-
pies nnd taught them that rather than
seek tho place of authority and leader
ship, ti:y ought to take the place of
a child, ti.it they may bo taught and
bo ruled.
II. Authority Denied, vv. 33 41. Tho
spirit manifested by theso disciples
(v. 3S) Is far from having been ro
nioved from tho earth nfter ull of theso
years. Tho utility to cast out devils
In tho name of Jesus was evidenco
enough in his mind that such persons
were for, nnd not against, him, vv. 39,
40. It Is not, however, tho ability to
cast out tho devils, but rather tho
fact that a service had been perform
ed "In his name," which bulked largo
In his mind. Such Is the service that
hits Its reward, v. 41 and Matt. 12:30.
It Is Impossible for ono to do a mighty
work in the nnmo of Jesus, and then
quickly to Bpeak evil of him. Who aro
wo to jiuigo any man or to "lay aught
against God's elect, it is God thnt Jus
tilieth," Rom. 8:33. If any cast out
demons In the nnmo of Christ, giving
Christ tho glory, let us bewaro of say
ing aught agulnst them, though they
belong not to our party, least we ou
selves stand condemned.
' Set Good Example.
III. Angels In Disguise, 10:13-18.
This attitude of Jesus towards those
children about him (9:3C) led others
to bring their children to him, and
among these were tho babies, Luke ,
18:15. Try and picture the scene as (
Jesus extended bis hands In blessed
benediction. What effect this blessing
may have had upon a baby's heart wa
are not told, but we can imagine
that a sense of responsibility for Chris
tian nurture must have remained with
theso parents, Eph. 6:4. Thoso in '
chargo of these children have set us
a good example in bringing them thus
early to Josus. To allow children to
reach tho "years of undortundlng" be
foro teaching them tho way of life,
is as unreasonable as is neglect teach
ing children the habits of physical
cleanliness, uuttl they are old enough
to understond sanitation, hygiene, or
tho laws ot medical science. The
kingdom of God Is for them, e. g., "for
to such bclongoth the kingdom of
God," v. 14, A. It. V., not that children
are by nature born lu tho kingdom, but
that their spirit of humility and teach-,
ablencss fits them ta enter the king
dom. Hence the greater ease we find
In leading a child to a definite accept
ance of Jesus Christ, than we find la
the case of grown persons.