"Two Sides of the Case.
When I urge our women readers to
acquaint themselves with the ques-
tions of the day in governmental as
well as in other affairs, I appeal as a
last resource to their sclf-interest—
that it would be to their personal ad-
vantage to ‘read, learn and in-
wardly digest” the news of the times
and form and express opinions there-
on. And then I point to the selfish-
ness of people in general and appeal
against it.
No selfish life
no ‘idle life c:
who are n
try for the
tion, educati
frauding the land.
mark,
thoughtless life,
honest. All those
no return to the coun-
received—protec-
yportunity—are
no
de-
As to Proger Breathing.
to be fully developed,
grace of motion that
perfect control of every
take to rhythmic breath-
ing. It will make a new woman of
you. The holiows in your cheeks and
your neck will fill up as if by magic.
The increasing heaviness of your
walk will disappear. You will acquire
a complete command of your body.
Any flabbiness or angularity comes
from breathing with orly the upper
part of one’s lungs. Double chins and
other deformities are due to the same
causes.
A clever lady
corset, though she
lacing, says Woman's Life.
lieves the support helps to
the muscles. Support where it is
needed, no »onstriction, good food,
plenty of fresh air and a complete un-
derstanding 0f how to breathe prop-
erly would result in something very
nearly approaching absolute physical
perfection.
If you want
with an eas}
tells of the
muscle, then
advocates the
deprecates tight
She be-
educate
doctor
What Parents Should Guard Against.
Love, faith and confidence should
be developed and made permanent in
every home. It is a sad day when a
child loses .faith and confidence in
father or mother, and when he can
point to the time when he was disap-
pointed and deceived by these in
whom. above all others, he trusted.
Children naturally believe that what
father and mether say and do are
right and true, and no parent can af-
ford to forfeit such implicit trust.
Parents should zealously guard their
words and actions in this respect, and
by so doing they will be able to exert
a healthy moral influence which will
be to their children in after years a
safeguard against impending disaster,
gays an exchange.
As early as a child can understand
anything, his first impressions of his
parents should be a trustful confi
dence. This is the secret of his fu-
ture self-control and the power by
which parents can exert an influence
which shall determine very largely the
physical, mental, moral and spiritual
character of their child.—Indianapolis
News.
Screens Beauty's Face.
in a transition state, cer-
Blue Tulle
Veils are
tain hues rapidly going under the
ban, while others are coming into fa-
vor. Of one thing be certain—black
is doomed. So are white and rose
color. Beauty is studying lights and
shades more assiduously than ever.
Paris, as usual, is in the lead, and all
good New Yorkers who hope to go to
Paris when they die are following it
closely. The dames of the gay cap-
ital wear in veiling hardly anything
save pale blue tulle, and French wom-
en living here e paying -the new
idea the sincerest comp ment.
ame Jusserand, for. example,
tulle of that hue entirely, and
her veils is a work of art. It is eutin
circular fashion, ‘with a frill ef the
same shade, giving that bunchy efiect
so nuutch desired. Over the whale a
golden » web has been $0
delica as 10 look mere a shadow
than a reality. Other veils of the
witty French woman’s. show ' silver
threads and fully as effective
The shaded red veil and the hidzous
and purples are making
daintiest fashion in blue, at
theswearers of imported
York Press.
To Read Aloud Easily.
The demands on the mother in the
way of reading aloud to the children
- §ften become quite a serious tax on
~ the sfrength, and especially if she has
not lcarned the methods that best
economizé effort in this direction. Yet
it is possible, with a little care, to
minimize the effort of reading, so thai
the entertainer can proceed for a long
time witnout weariness.
The public singers, speakers and
actors have, for self-protection, to
understand and practice the art of us-
ing their powers with the least wear
and tear; otherwise their work would
be impossible. Those who are expert
in their line utilize every artifice for
their labars. For this reason they
can endure public entertaining that
would speedily weaken or kill those
who are untrained in the methods of
saving themselves.
The first thing to recognize in pre-
paring’ to read aloud, for prolonged
pericds, is the necessity of breathing
correctly and easily. This means
. deep breathing, so-called; that is,
from the diaphragm. It is well to
practice this for a few moments daily
in pure alr, either sitting or standing.
One should persevere until conscious
of: using the whole lungs.
and deep breathing, the strain of
reading aloud for long periods will be
ar
Mad-
vears
one of
S pi 1 weven
x:
tery
are
greens way
for the
least among
g0ods.—New
By correct
greatly reduced. The voice should he
placed azainst the roof of the mouth,
which is the natural sounding board.
—New Haven Register.
Woman Jury Quits.
Christiania are. much
excited over
newspapers
the | recent strike of
women jurors, for in Norway,
ems, women are admitted to al-
most all public offices. At the begn-
ning of the proceedings one day these
women sed the presiding judge
with the d ion that under no cir-
cumstance Jey take part In
the ex the witnesses, al-
rcason that among the
on t calendar was one calcu-
nd their modesty. = After
with the public prosecutor
adjourned the session and
tne three vacant seats be
The daily press has
this method of
three
it's
the
leging
Cas
lated to o
C pi
the judze
ordered tnat
filled by en.
severely criticised
settlement, on the ground that the
judze had no right to exempt from
duty regularly elected members of
the jury because of any such reasons
as those alleged, and it is further not-
ed that at the time the question of ad-
mitting women to the judiciary arose
the leaders of the woman movement
laid particular stress on the advan-
tage to the female judge or juror of
her feminine delicacy in moral ques-
tions. The organs of femininism do not
admit the soundness of this reasoning.
They say that the sensational strike
of the three jury women was due sole-
ly to the ungentlemanly conduct of
their male colleagues, and that, in-
stead of filling their places with men,
the judge should have discharged the
men and. filled their places with wom-
en. They even go further and say
that the judge and publie- prosecutor
should have declared themselves in-
competent and transferred the case to
a court composed exclusively of wom-
en.—New York Tribune.
m
Mayor Weaver’s Secretary.
A precedent in the history of Phil-
adelphia has been created by Mayor
Weaver in appointing Miss Margaret
Forderer to be his private secretary
at a salary of $3000 a year. Miss For-
derer had been Mr. Weaver's stenog-
rapher for six years, and her familiar-
ity with the work of his office led to
her appointment upon the resignation
of George A. Welsh, who gave up the
secretaryship to become assistant dis-
trict attorney.
Although
her Pp
days,
Miss Forderer has held
position for only a few
has already, it is sald,
proved er entire fitness for it. She
knows just how to scothe the ruffled
feelings of the fuming, fretting citi-
zens who have to await their turn to
Seo the chief executive and how to
hten their regret if they fail to see
You she said, in an inter-
view, “I feel quite tamiliar with my
new duties because I have known Mr.
Weaver so lonz and have been in the
office here since the beginning of his
administration. I know pretty nearly
everybody here, and I can tell in-
stinctively just who should be per-
mitted to see the mayor and others
who could come just as well some
other day. So many who call really
have no need to see him at all, and I
can readily direct them properly. I
appreciate the responsibilities of the
position, and I shall try to fill it ac-
ceptably to the mayor and to all oth-
see,”
€rs.
Miss Forderer is said to be only
22 years old. She is an attractive
young woman, with golden brown
hair and gray eyes, and on her first
day in office she wore a blue broad-
cloth skirt with a short sleeved white
waist.
Notes.
is. ds char
as for
Fashion
ming a
sum-
white
winter
Black an
combination for
nier wear.
are made almost in-
or three
vy bodices
variably with very full elbow
quarter: slee
isette is a necessary
hand-embroidered set ot
the colored waist.
The chem
the
5 for
The fluffy arrangement of the hair
about the brow now in vozue is much
prettier than the stiff high pompa-
dour of a few seasons ago.
Most delightful combinations for
long coats for daytime wear are those
cloth, green, blue or brown,
with linings of soft, dark fur.
mh
ii
now
aecess
of dar
all others mod-
i are the ribbon bands for wear
about the top of the collar, studded in
rhinestone designs, set in silver.
Grouns of embroidered grapes,
leaves and tendrils, highly convention-
alized, form the heading for a deep
graduated flounce upon a dainty gown.
A narrow graduated ruffle attached
to the bodice at the line made by-the
edge of the square chemisette is a
new note on some of the late bodices.
Slender girls welcome the dainty
plisse bodices, for they are extremely
becoming and develop beautifully in
the soft thin materials now so much
in vogue.
Nothing more charming can be
imagined for the decoration of a sup-
ple cloth gown than an arrangement
of spangles or pailletfes above a vel-
vel hem.
Turbans trimmed so lavishly with
ribbon as to appear like animated
plaid bows when a side view. of the
wearer's head is obtained, are among
the most stylish as well as appropri
ate hats for tailored costumes.
e novelty above
‘one
A SERMON &¥
PY THE REV~ Wy
(RAV HENDERSN
Subject: Representing Christ.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Pr
Irving Square
on the th
eaching at the
Presbyterian >hurch
“Representing Christ,”
the pastor, the Rev. Ira Wenimell
Henderson, took as his text John 13;
“A new commandment give
unto you, That ye love one another:
as I have loved you, that ye also love
another. By this shall all men
know that ye are My disciples, if ve
have love one to another.” He said:
This, to my mind, is one of the
broadest, most far reaching, most
widely inclusive of the moral duties
that our Lord has made obligatory
upon those who wish to enter into
the Christian life. :
The time and the scene are famil-
iar to us all. The Supper is over;
Christ has washed the feet of His ai
ciples; the betrayer is named and de
parted upon -his errand: of hare
The end is very near. A few "hours
and Calvary.
With the knowledge of His ap-
proaching suffering weighing heavily
on His heart, the Saviour with a
more than kingly courage speaks His
words of comfort and command, Only
eleven men, and they soon sorely to
be tried, hear
voice; but to our hearts He speaks
to-day, with those same kindlv vet
authoritatively tones with which. He
swept the faithful, fickle, strangely
human souls of that-littlé band {o
whose minisiry we owe so muc...
This ‘‘new commandment” that
our Master enjoins upon the disciples
demands equal obedience from wus. In
it is embodied the essence of the
whole moral-law. “To be true sons-of
the Father we must exemplify in our
own lives those very qualities of love
and of loveliness that are the secret
of the Saviour to draw men, every-
where and at all times, ante Himsatt.
With our every thougiti and .svord
and act must we represent the. Christ.
With - all our.. moral and ° spiritual }
forces, given to us of God and dedi-
cated to His service, must we re- pre-
sent the message of salvation.
Let us look for a moment’.at the,
character of the love which. Christ.
demands of us who would serve Him
truest. © With Him there is no letting
down either in degree or in kind.
Christ asks of us th: same ideal love
that He spread wide about Him
whithersoever He went. “Even as I
have loved you,” so shall ye love one
another. ‘Not a simple comparison,
but a conformity; the love is to ha
of the same nature,” the commenta-
tors tell us. Thus we see, that, in
short, we are, in our love, to be
Christlike. No mere sentimentality,
no passing fancy or passion, this
love of which the Christ is typal,
It transcends and includes all” our
personal passions. All the heart's
emotions--are at: their ‘best ‘when, the
love of Christ reigning within us,
they are XD osE of that altur-
istic, world-including affection which
the Nazarene calls forth. The infiu-
ence of the Christ makes for greater
beauty in all the gardens of the soul.
Everywhere in life we find it to be so.
The eritle light that glances from
the mother’s eve becomes a holy;
steadfast glow when once the power
of the loving, living Christ is felt
within the soul. All love Zhat is
worthy of the name is beautified, on
nobled, sanctified by the incoming of
the Spirit of Almighty God, the Com-
forter from Christ. The Christ life
without the Christ love cannot be.
The life implies the love. The in-
coming Christ compels an outgoing
love; and only in the measure that
we pour out our love upon our fellow
men do we live truest for Christ and
closest to His side. Thus, we see
that, in essence and in sum, our love
as Christian men and women must
measure true to the character of the
love which was in Jesus Christ ZTim-
self.
A cursory examination of these
words of the Master would lead the
reader, perhaps, to conclude that this
love that the Saviour showered upon
His disciples and to which He bade
the eleven to conform svas to be con-
fined in its application to themselves
only, or at best to those who would
accept the Gospel and its messenger.
To be sure, there is-a mighty element
of truth contained even in this limit-
ed, short-sighted, rather self-centred
view. Christ did mean and does
mean that Christians should prac-
tice all the arts of love within the
circle of those who have heard the
call and have answered it. Perhaps
it would be better, no not perhars,
but certainly it would be best, for
the Christian household of faith, .in-
dividually and collectively, to maka
effective in their lives the highest
principles of ideal love laid down by
Christ. But as we read closer and
enter more fully into the mind of the
Master we see a de:per and a grand-
er message in these parting com-
mands. Listen once again to His
words: “Even as I have loved you.”
Do you not see the great, world-wide
principle lying just v.ithin the shad-
ow of the sentence? “Even as I have
loved you.” And how had He loved
them? Moses, vou know, brought
the children of Israel up from the
torrid lands of bondage, up to the
confines of the land of Jehovah's
promise. And the name of Moses. is
held in reverent.memory by the host
of that scattered people of God every-
where to-day. But this Christ, this
despised Nazarene, had found these
men struggling rot only with un-
wholesome economic and ecclesiasti-
cal conditions, but with inner and
spiritual distress. True to the pur-
pose and motive of His life Christ
had given then the way unto spirit-
ual salvation and, with it, the means
to the cleansing of the entire civil life
of the world. He had come down
from the Father's house beyond the
immeasurable blue and, taking upon
Himself the burdens and the sins of
human kind, had started these men
out upon the sure highway that leads
to spiritual perfectness and ali tem-
poral joy. He had found them in
deep darkness and had shown them
the light. There was no.question in
Christ's mind as to the depth of their
philosophy, or as to the bulk of their
is
the melody of His}
purses, or as to the fit of their
polis principle
clothes. He did not inquirs, so far
as we have record, into their ances.
try, so to be sure that they were wor-
thy to be in the social set of one who
was of the line of David. Ah, no!
Christ took them, one and all, at their
face value—as men and sinners. He
saw in thery only men waiting and
longing for the touch of a loving
hand and the comfort of a sure sal-
vation. He called them and they left
their work, their families and their
friends. and they followed where He
led.- And, as they followed, He
taught them, and He showed them
how, by the power that He alone
could give, they might work social
and spiritual miracles and transfor-
niations: in their own lives and also
in the lives of other men and of na-
tions. And, withal, He loved them
with that mighty, godly love where-
with none other had ever loved them
before. Such was the love of Christ
to His disciples. Such was the char-
acter of the affection, in the broadest
interpretation, that He lavished upon
them. Such was the love which, in
its fullest application, He . wished
them to manifest to all men. He had
ioved them as sinners. They must
love other men in sin. He had dealt
kindly --and patiently and with all
forebearance with them. They must
do the same with their fellows. To
ba “sure, they were to strive for har-
| mony among themselves at all times
that they might be known and read
‘of all men as His disciples. Only
thus could their teachings gain or
retain a merited respect. But the
wider expression of the love of Christ
that was spread abroad in their
hearts demanded, as it demands to-
day, that they look upon all men in
sin, as well as upon all Christians, as
brothers-—and love them.
But, I hear some one ask, suppose
Christian men to-day do love, spe-
cifically and generically, as Christ
commanded, that the disciples should
love, what then?
That is just the point that I wish
to consider. This command of
Christ, in its application both to the
relation of the: Christian to the other
faithful and to the world of men in
sin about him, is just as imperative
upon us as it was upon any of the
@leven. And the outworking of that
in all the depart-
fs of human activity will ensure
they final solution of all difficulties
that n6w perplex and distress us and
the consummation of the Kingdom of
“our Lord. It is so perfectly easy and
so very simple that the ease and sim-
plicity of it all astonishes us. We
have become so accustomed to think
of our problems as exceptionally hard
‘to solve. We seem to take much joy
to assure ourselves of the almost in-
surmountable difficulty to set the
world right with the eternal plan of
God... We would much rather, so it
would seem, that the whole matter
remain complex. We think, perhaps,
that God will be easy or us if we fail
in a difficult task.
Beloved, it is difficult, it is well-
night, yea actually, insurmountable,
this sin in the world, when squared
to the possibilities of our own un-
aided powers. But did we open our
hearts wide toward Heaven once, and
let the power of the Spirit of the liv-
ing Father fill us to the full; did we
but empty out our Spirit-filled hearts
in love upon our fellow men; did we
but put into action once this simple
plan of God toward the rehabilitation
of the world, we would learn, and
that quickly, what are the possibilities
of the power that cometh from on
high. And the only way to rectify
the results of the spiritual, moral,
economic and political sins of this
world, individual and social, is to
let the love of God fill you and
through vou the world of men about
you. This done, the task is light, for
our basis of action is changed. We
no longer rely upon the wisdom ofr
the philosophies of men and their
theories, but we clutch tightly to the
power arm of that Ruler of us all to
whom all things are possible—and
we seize the first thing first.
Now this command of Christ to
love one another even as He has loved
us, is imperative. It is mandatory
and not permissive. If we would be
good Christians of full and regular
standing in the household of faith
tve must obey. It is not for us to
decide whether or no in our case the
law shall be valid. Christ commands,
and only by obedience to His demand
do, we so live that all men shall
know that we. are His disci-
ples. The test of fidelity is in obedi-
ence. Lip testimony is judged by
fealty in service. Some one has said:
“What you do speaks so loud that I
cannot hear what you say.” It is this
central fact that Christ recognizes
when He commands a loving order-
ing of our outward life. We are
Christians, but do we live the life of
love?
These words of Christ should come
home to each of us with more than
usual force at this season of the
vear. Christmas is over; shortly we
shall be face to face with those sad-
der days which are so full of mem-
ories of Him who, for our sakes, suf-
fered even ignoblest death. It is
fitting that we should re-dedicate our-
selves to the work that He so dearly
loved. In His own good Providence
God has seen proper to make use of
us to redeem the world. It remains
for us to decide to co-operate with
Him and to do good work for the
kingdom. Shall we put our shoul-
ders to the wheel or shall we add
weight to the load? Shall we not
drink deep at the fountain of God's
love; shall we not be messengers of
His healing love unto this weary. sin-
crushed world?
Only as we breathe the Spirit of
IIis love do we represent Him.
Let us open then our hearts both
God-ward and man-ward; and fill the
world with Christ's uplifting, sancti-
fying love.
‘‘A new commandment I give unto
you, that ye love one another; even
as I have loved vou, that ye also love
one another. . By this shall all men
know that ye are My disciples, if ye
have love one to another.”
The True Church.
There are some few churches left
to show the type to which all
churches must return. Next to the
home and the family the true church
represents to its members helpful-
ness, sympathy and every gracious
and homelike virtue.
Heavenly activity is fruitless with-
{out heavenly attributes.
The entire equipment,
with ‘‘Kitchener’s Scouts,”
coat and water bottle, boots,
invented by
can be put on in less than a minute.
of pouches to hold 120 or 240 rounds of ammunition, bayonet, haversack
Captain Henderson, who served
It consists
leggings and spurs, and can be adjusted to
any rank or branch of the service.—London Black and White.
COOKING WITHOUT FIRE.
BY GEORGE J. JONES.
The fireless cookstove is not exact-
ly a new thing, for its economies and
conveniences have been known to the
people of an out-of-the-way portion
of the German Empire. Only a year
or two ago some ladies of that ccun-
try had their attention attraeted to
the fireless cookstove, and they be-
came so interested in it that an or-
ganization was effected for the pur-
pose of making the women of the
country generally familiar with it.
In this manner one of the United
States representatives in Germany
heard of the scheme, and reported on
it. This attracted general attention
in this country, and the supply of
Government pamphlets was soon ex-
hausted.
The system is based on the “act
that a perfectly insulated vessel con-
that the hay box be experimented
with by the Commisary Department.
This was done at Fort Riley, Kansas,
under the direction of Captain M. S.
Murray with theassistance of Latrobe
Bromwell, instructor of the school of
army cooks at that place. These ex-
periments were very successful, and
the scheme was heartily indorsed. A
box suitable for army use has been
designed, and it is likely some great
changes in the conduct of the com-
pany kitchen are about to be made.
This method of food preparation
has been recently made available for
domestic use by the introduction of
the cooking cabinet. In the main
this is nothing more or less than a
well-constructed box of oak, thor-
oughly insulated to keep in the heat.
It is thirty-six inches long, fifteen
wide and seventeen deep. It is
equipped with three enamel vessels
of a construction especially designed
for this character of work, having
covers which are clamped on to
further facilitate the retention of
the heat. The lids of these vessels
are held on by a revolving bar-lock
taining meat or vegetables anc a
proper supply of water will continue
eight quarts capacity, and the other
two four quarts each. After the
viands in the kettle have been ex-
posed to the heat of the stove until
boiling has taken place for a minute
or so, the lid is clamped into place,
and the whole pot transferred to one
of the pockets of the cooker.
The actual time consumed in the
preparation of food by this process is
about double that ordinarily required.
but the food may be left in very long
and will not be overdone. The sav-
ing of fuel resulting from the use of
the cooker is considerable, and the
burdens of the housewife are about
halved.—Scientific American.
Novel Laundry Record
oO
1
(ll
COUNTER Aw mrenianis
Metal to Replace Nickel.
A new metal called momel, which
is expected to cause something of a
stir in the industrial world, is being
produced at the works of the (Ca-
nadian Copper Company at Sudbury.
It consists of a compound of copper,
nickel, iron and one or two other
minerals which are found in the dis-
trict, and its importance lies iu the
fact that it is much less costly than
nickel, is less liable to rust and will
LATEST FORM
OF
THE FIREL
ESS COOKER.
to cook for a long while after having
once been brought to the boiling
point. The operation of cooking pro-
ceeds just the same as if it were di-
rectly over the fire, except that it is
much slower.
This apparatus was known as the
hay box in Germany, and consisted
of a crudely constructed box, which
was insulated in that it was lined
with - some cloth or other material
which happened to be convenient and
then filled with hay. The article to
be cooked was placed over a fire for
a short time, a minute or two, and
then quickly transferred to the hay
box, where it was placed in a sort of
pocket made in the hay. Here the
cooking continued slowly without any
further application of heat or any at-
tention. :
The subject was called to the atten-
tion of the President, and he directed
device, which not only makes a her-
metically tight joint, but also acts as
a handle. One of these vessels is of
serve all the purpose that is served
by that metal in the industrial
world.
The new metal is said to be of
equal ductile strength with nickel
and to possess all its other essential
qualities, but it is not claimed that
it would serve the purpose of nickel
steel used as armor pl:
can Metal Market.
Individual Cap.
The latest design of individual
communion cup sets include a chalice
provided at its bottom with a multi-
plicity of spouts by which it is pos-
sible to fill several dozen cups in one
operation by simply placing them in
a tray which contains a separate ring
or holder for each cup.
Some scientists believe that North
America was in contact, during pre-
historic ages, with Africa and with
Europe, the former connection com-
ing first.