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Teaching Parliamentary Law.
Mrs. Nanette B.-Paul of Washing-
ton, D. C., has introduced a new meth-
_od of teaching parliamentary law.
She has an illustrated chart showing
what motions are debatable, when
they are in order, what majority is ne-
cessary for their adoption, etc. Mrs.
Paul is a graduate of the Washington
College of Law and a member of the
District bar. She is at the head of
the movement to make the Washing-
ton College of Law a permanent in-
stitution. At the present time it de-
pends on the life of its dean, Mrs.
Mussey. The graduates have start-
ed an endowment fund, which now
amounts to several thousand dollars.—
New York Sun. :
Dancing and the Hards.
“I used to think that sort of danc-
ing was easy,” whispered a woman
to her escort in the theatre, where a
musical comedy was being performed.
By “that sort of dancing” she meant
the work of the chorus. “But now
that I've taken up the craze for learn-
ing fancy dances I know that it is
ever so much harder than it looks.
It ain't the steps that bother me.
Most women can manage that part
of the lessons easy enough. The
sticking point is to. learn to manage
my hands. To have ‘them more in
perfect accord with the steps and the
music has brought me to tears more
than once, and it seems to me that
I never will learn to use my hands
just right. 1 believe that chorus girls
are troubled the same way in the be-
ginning, but no one except one who
has worked as hard as I have can ap-
preciate how clever their work is.”—
New York Press.
Grip of Mrs. Palmer Feit.
Social, like political power, must
wane if it does not continue to grow.
Mrs. Potter Palmer learned that when
she returned recently from a year in
Europe and attempted to take up the
reins over Chicago seciety with her
old authority. She announced that
Chicago would have a charity ball
after two years omission of that cele-
bration. Society showed no great in-
terest in Mrs. Palmer's charity ball.
Chicago had found new social leaders
in her absence—leaders who had or-
ganized great bazaar§ that far outdid
in brilliance any mere dance. Mrs.
Palmer set to work to teach the re-
calcitrant ones a lesson in leadership.
She hired three press agents, who
swamped the newspaper offices with
copy. When the sale of tickets seem-
ed to near a standstill and the press
agents appeared to be losing favor
with editors, Mrs. Palmer made a per-
sonal visit to the managing editor of
every daily paper in the city. The
next morning, and every succeeding
one until the night of the hall, the pa-
pers were filled with . pictures and
descriptive articles about the charity
ball. The result was that more per-
sons were present than ever before
attended a similar affair, and the net
result to charity was
York Press.
Money and Marriage.
If girls would only exercise com-
mon sense when discussing the future
with prospective partners and dispose
of money matters before marriage
they would escape a world of discom-
fort. It is a mystery why any woman
should feel hesitation in finding out
on what sum she is expected to dress
and pay her little personal expenses.
If she has a father it is his place to
learn what income his future son-in-
law can command; how much he has
in savings and the amount of his
debts. The lack of a father places
this duty upon a mother’s shoulders,
and when a girl has to decide her
own future she should do it in as busi-
nesslike’ a manner as he would dis-
cuss wedding details.
A wife who is ignorant of her hus-
band’s financial affairs occupies a diffi-
cult position. She never knows if
she is justified in any expense even
for her home. If her husband has not
begun his new life by placing her
above the humiliation of asking for
money for her needs she is bound to
wear herself out in dread of refusal
of such requests. Each passing year
increases the discomfort of her posi-
tion, and if hard times descend upon
them it will find ker unequal to the
struggle. It is not sordid in the least
to discfiss money matters before mar-
riage. Money is as much a necessity
as food, since it is needed for the
purchase of that and every other thing
we need.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Don’t Stay at Home Too Much.
Many young wives, when the babies
come, gradually get into a way of
thinking that with house and chil
dren to look after it is quite impossi-
ble for them to get away long enough
to pay visits, and too much trouble to
have friends at home, and so after a
while give up seeing their friends al-
together.
This is one of the greatest mistakes
a woman can make. The stay-at-
home woman, who has practicaliy no
interests outside her Lome, is apt to
grow narrow and old before her time,
and is narrowing her chances of hap-
piness immensely. If home happiness
fails what has she left? Very little,
But the woman who has kept up
friendships, even though to do co en-
tailed many a little self-denial and
much a nging of time, if {roubles
come has still her friends to fall back
$30,000.—New
upon, friends who will grieve with her
and try their best to help her over
the bad place.
Therefore, don’t
lose any chance
you may have of making friends, and ;
once made, don’t grudge the little
time an trouble entailed in keeping
them. Most people ask very little of
a busy woman, says Home Chat. Just
an occasional visit, to show that one
is not forgotten, ‘or a note, if visiting
is impossible, or an invitation to a cup
of tea, and your friend will remain
your friend, whereas if you ignore her
altogether for a few years you can
hardly be surprised if she decides
that such “friendship” is not worth
having and drops you.
Phifosophy of Rest.
“Sleep and be beautiful! KRest and
preserve your.charms!” That is what
wise Englishwomen are saying to
themselves nowadays and what they
are doing most religiously. Many
make a point of lying down for
half an hour before luncheon and be-
fore dinner, or after eating, if it suits
them better, on a couch heaped with
cushions. And to make the rest
sweet the cushions are filled with
fragrant herbs and flower petals.
Some very dainty women have cush-
ions packed with rose-leaves. Laven-
der tops are used, too, and pine
needles, which have always been
famed as sleep inducers. Some
women insist that hops, loosely
stuffed in the cushion covers, are the
best thing to make one drowsy.
One English actress who is long
past her fortieth birthday and yet is
as clear skinned and bright eyed and
youthful looking as a girl always
sponges her face with hot milk and
eau de cologne before lying down.
Then she dries her face thoroughly,
puts on a loose wrapper and makes
herself comfortable in a darkened
room.
“If one cannot get the proper
amount of sleep at night,” says this
actress, “one should make up for the
loss in the daytime.”
One woman, who believes in getting
all the fresh air she possibly can,
takes her ‘beauty sleep out on the
lawn of her home. She spreads a rug
on the grass, fixes an umbrella. over
her head to keep off the sun, if the
sun is shining, and gets a much more
refreshing nap, she says, than if she
took it indoors. Even a slight rain
does not keep her from her outdoor
sleep, for she has an awning large
enough to protect her body.
“It’s making a new person of me,”
she says. “I don’t know why I don’t
become a child again, for if feelings
are anything I am five years younger
each time I rise from my grassy
‘couch.”
Some women cannot sleep well for
the simple reason that they never do
enough work to make themselves
healthily tired. There are German
rest cures that know how to deal with
such women.” They make them work
—that is all. If a patient has in-
somnia she is set at sweeping off the
garden walks, raking up the cut grass,
at all kinds of light outdoor tasks cal-
culated to make her physically tired.
And she does it all cheerfully, because
it is part of an expensive “cure.”
She could do it ajl just as well at
home, of course, but she never would.
So she fakes her course of labor be-
cause it is the thing to do, she is told,
and soon, to her great delight, she
finds herself ready for her healthy
sleep at night, and generally quite
willing to take a nap in the daytime
also.—New York Tribune.
. Fashion Notes.
Navy and royal blue are
upon as fashion leaders.
Chiffon cloth is now a popular
choice for bridesmaid gowns.
The most popular half shoe is the
one with two eyelets and a broad bow
of ribbon. '
The fabrics show indeterminate ef-
fects and beautiful minglings of soft,
dull shades.
There is every probability that the
stripped linens made up now will be
good next season.
The short waist inspired by the
Empire style is still in evidence and
appears in new suits.
looked
White linen crash, with a colored
stripe border, is one cf the practical
things among the linens.
Two grays will be especially fash-
ionable—the, gray we see in silver,
and a darker mouse shade.
The “Merry Widow” sailor is with
us and threatens to revolutionize the
construction of street cars and door-
ways.
One of the touches characteristic of
some of: the new French millinery is
the presence of huge loops of lawn
ribbon.
With a skirt of pongee which has
touches of green in its trimming is
worn a coat of the same green—not
trimmed.
Some of the terms by which colors
are designated this season are very
significant, as, for instance, “blue
after rain.” ;
Many Parisian hostesses, too, are
wearing hats at their own afternoon
receptions with a dressy but semi-
tailored costume.
A hat of lustrous soft-blue braid
made with wide brim and large crown
absolutely no trimming on it
other than the very heavy ostrich
nlume of self color.
has
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
.seems to be .entirely meaningless:
‘tian principles into those departments
THE ‘PULPIT.
YHE- REV G. H. EGGLESTON
Theme: ‘Unconditional Service.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—~The Rev. Gurdon
H. Eggleston, pastor of the Greene
Avenue Church, preached Sunday
morning on “Unconditional Service,”
The text was from Luke 10:60: “Let
the dead bury their dead; but go thou |
and preach the Kingdom of God.”
Mr. Eggleston said: aa
We turn our thought to a verse of
Scripture that leaves in many Chris-
tian minds a wrong impression, or
“Let the dead bury their dead; but
go thou and preach the Kingdom of
God.” As we think of these words we
must beware of of reading into Chris-
tianity an unnaturalness that savors
not of a loving God “full of compas-
sion—and plenteous in mercy.” The
Christian religion, of which Jesus is
the personification, does not repudi-
ate one single human emotion. Its
demands are not thus harsh. It does
not demand the renunciation of home
life and human relations in order to
be pure and good, as the monks and
ntins of old asserted. Not in clois-
tered hall, secluded from curious eyes, |
is the holiest life lived, but out in the
busy world, bearing a share of its
burdens, meeting its temptations, yet
withal living a life that is pure and
good. The nun in her seclusion and
much prayer is not more righteous
than the Christian housewife with her
many duties and less prayer. Nor is
the Christian business man living a
less noble: life than the cloistered
monk. Christianity is not for seclu-
sion. It ‘is.'for the every day life
which you and I are living. It is to
lift common life into the divine. It]
does not ask us to be unnatural. It
does not deny us any legitimate rela-
tionship. It does not require neg-
lect of any earthly duty; for the Gos-
pel of Jesus is a religion-for this life.
Some would make the text mean
simply that we must not entangle
ourselves with the affairs of the
world. This is likely to misrepresent
the Gospel of Jesus. The true Chris-
tian has a duty in this world, nor is
he to be separated from it. He has
a part in the work of redemption. His
the obligation so to enter into the
varied phases of life that he may help
to lift it to higher ideals. Business,
politics, professional life, should not
be unrelated to Christian principles.
Each needs more men to carry Chris-
of life for their purification. When
men shall have grasped the idea that
every part of their life is related .in-
separably to their religion, and that
the man who is a Christian only when
he is inside a church is not a Chris-
tian at all, then will a mighty stride
be made toward the realization of the
Kingdom of God in the hearts and
lives of men.
If it is true the words do not mean
the repudiation of natural affection,
if it is true they do not mean separa-
tion from the world in order to be a
Christian, what, then, is the message
of these words from the lips of Jesus?
Two words suffice to state the propo-
sition. Unconditional service. “Let
the dead bury their dead” voices the
urgent demand of the message of
Jesus on the soul of men.
The occasion for the seemingly
strange words of Jesus was a season
of excuses. He had been talking to
His followers concerning the kingdom
of righteousness. Attracted by His
personality, many gather to hear His
words. To them Jesus said, “Follow
Me.” But they begin with one accord
to make excuse. They would like to
follow Jesus, but they are not willing
to pay the price. Unconditional ser-
vice. Their loyalty is tempered with
conditions. Jesus ‘says, follow Me
now, this instant, ere I depart. But
one young man feels he must first say
goodby to his friends.. While he is
gone to his native village to say good-
by Jesus would have left the country.
It would be too late to follow. His
goodby would have cost him his fel-
lowship with the Master. Therefore,
Jesus said to him, “No man having
put his hand to the plow and looking
back is fit for the Kingdom of God.”
We cannot believe Jesus had any .ob-
jection to the young man’s goodby to
his friends, if at the same time he
could have followed. Another young
man must needs first go bury his
father. But Jesus said to him, “Let
the dead bury their dead; go thou
and preach the Kingdom of God.”
The performance of these duties,
which were perfectly worthy in them-
selves, would have separated them
from Jesus. Then when they were
ready to follow, Jesus would have
been far away. Participation in the
funeral rites would, according to the
Eastern custom, entail a ceremonial
uncleanness of seven days. Seven
days it would have taken to bury the
father. Before the funeral is over
Jesus would have been far away, and
the young man might then be unwill-
ing to follow after Him.
By this stange answer, laden with
spiritual meaning, Jesus taught that
young man, and is teaching this age,
that His claims are paramount; that
obedience must be instant and abso-
lute. It may be the path to hell is
paved with good intentions; but of
one thing we may be sure, the way
into the Christ life is not paved with
excuses. He who would be a follower
of that Perfect Man, the Son of God,
must render unconditional service.
The same tree does not bear the true
and the false, the honest and the dis-
honest, the pure and the impure.
The way of righteousness and the
way of evil are two roads which lead
to opposite conditions. Would man
walk in the way of truth, he must
even be willing to let the spiritually
dead bury their nead. If the dearest
friend a man has in the world would
keep him from righteousness and
Christ, then it must needs be as Jesus
said that a man must disregard the
desires even of his father and his
mother. How often in life we see the
counterpart of the sad story of the
young woman who would follow her
Master in a life of service for the suf:
fering, but who met with bitter op-
position from a godless mother who
desired nothing better for the daugh-
ter than the useless life of a society
belle. She was forced with sorrow to
forsake the mother, to leave the par-
ental roof, to let the dead bury their
dead, while she did the work of the
Kingdom of Love. The call of Jesus |
Christ to serve is unqualified.. Ex-
cuses do not pass muster. Whatso-
ever hinders service must be re-
nounced, if men would follow. Nor is
this a harsh demand. It does not re-
quire that we be unnatural. It does
not ask the man to be less a man, or
the woman to be less a woman.
But, on the other hand, no earthly
duty or relationship can be pawned
as an excuse for neglect of duty to
God, righteousness and .the cause of
humanity. Forgetful that . excuse
should have no place in Christian liv-
ing, many a one to-day who has
heard the call of the Master, “Follow
Me,” like the young man of old, has
bribed the conscience with excuses.
Many of the current excuses are far
less plausible than those of the men
who would first say goodly to the
friends and bury the father. Back of
every life to-day that is not Christian,
that is not living for righteousness,
there is a reason, perhaps an excuse,
certainly that stands in the way of
following Jesus, which cross-examina-
tion would reveal. It may be indif-
ference. Indifference to the moral
and spiritual claims of Jesus Christ
upon the life is not commendable. It
may be some pet sin hidden away
from the knowledge of the world
within the secret places of heart and
life. To offer the love of a pet sin
as the reason for not following the
Master is a sad confession of weak-
ness. We recall the words, “If thy
right hand offend thee cut it off and
cast it from thee.”
The excuse may be that men think
themselves not good enough. But the
purpose of Christianity is. to make
men good; not to take them after
they are good. It may be cowardly
fear of criticism stands in the way.
But the true man does not fear criti-
cism when doing the right.
“Go thou and publish abroad the
Kingdom of God” was. the message to
the young man who excused himself.
It tells the nature of the service.
That service is essentially and pri-
marily personal. The first require-
ment is, “Follow Me.” That means
to believe in Jesus as a personal Sav-
iour from sin. It means to live the
principles of the Christ life in our
daily life.
Whatever hinders the tangible ex-
pression of that Gospel we profess
must be cast out. Is there a secret
sin? It must go. Is there a trick in
business that does not square with
honesty? It must go. Is there a pet
jealousy or envy that does not weigh
well in the scales of love? It must
go. Is there even a desire in the
heart that is not pure and true? It
must go. The outward appearance
judges not the man, but the motives
and desires of the heart, they are the
judge. Time was when a man was
deemed good
overt act of wrong. It mattered little
what he thought, or what the lusts of
the heart might be, so long as he did
no wrong. - But the searching truth of
Jesus reversed these values. Not an
eye for an eye, and a tooth for a
tooth, but render thou good for evil.
“If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it
out and cast it from thee; for it is
profitable for thee that one of thy
members should perish, and not that
thy whole body should be cast into
hell.” Nor is this strenuous ideal
enough. It is not sufficient that the
actions of the life conform to the laws
of morality and righteousness. Listen
to the words of Jesus in which He
states the ' great ideal: “Ye have
heard how it was said by them of old,
thou shalt not kill; but I say unto
you that whosoever is angry with his
brother without a cause shall be in
danger of the judgment. Ye have
heard that it was said by them of old,
thou shalt not commit adultery. But
I say that whosoever desireth thus to
sin hath already done the sin in his
heart.” It is the noblest ideal that
has ever been given to man. It de-
mands the purification of the motives
and desires of the heart as well as the
actions of the life; for from the heart
proceedeth all sin. It strikes at the
very centre of wrongdoing. Thus is
service to Christ made first of all a
matter to the heart. The heart must
be right. Then, it becomes a matter
of the life. The life will be righteous
if the heart is right. Follow Me, said
Jesus. Get the heart and life in har-
mony with noble ideals. Then, “Go
thou and preach the Kingdom of
God.”
Thus vesus transfers the nature of
service from the narrow limits of the
personal into the great world-wide
field of the social. The ultimate ob-
ject becomes not one’s own individual
salvation, but the Kingdom of God,
which is also the brotherhood of man.
Jesus did not say to the young man,
Let the dead bury their dead, but go
thou and save thine own soul. But
He did say, Go thou and save others
into life, publish the message of love.
In that work for others in the name
of God, he would save himself. There
is no other way. He who seeketh to
save his life shall lose it; but he who
sacrifices his life for My sake, the
same shall save it. The which is to
say a man cannot save his own soul
without seeking to save the life of a
brother at the same time; a man can-
not be a Christian and care nothing
for the redemption of the world into
the Christ-like life of light and love.
Just Said About the Bible.
The first book that was given me
was a Bible, and in those far off gypsy |
days, as a little necmad, a little stran-
ger, when I could not tell A from B,
I used to open the book under a hedge
or a tree, or in the corner of a field—
and very often it was the wrong way
up. But that did not matter; it was
all there, and I used to kneel down
beside it and pray this prayer: .“Oh,
God, I cannot read Thy book, but
would You fill my heart: with its
spirit.” And the Lord heard that
prayer long before I could read a
letter; and I should not have been
where I am to-day if I had not kept
up that sort of attitude, and I have
tried to cultivate the art of living in
an atmosphere of talking to God.
And, men and women, you will have
to get there if you are going to be of
any service to God and humanity.—
Gipsy Smith, in a recent address at
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Bold, Bad Men.
Many who fear to walk under a
ladder have no hesitation in climbing
over the commandments of Ged.
How They Got There.
Many people who reside in hell got
there by resting on the road to
heaven,
if he committed no’
Filipino Delegates in Congress.
They Have Seats in the House at Washington—May Talk, But Cannot Vote.
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
Fooling the Doctor.
An old Scotchman, not feeling very,
well, called upon a well-known doc-
tor, who gave him ‘instructions as to
diet and exercise and rest. Among
other things he advised the patient to
abstain from all forms of spirits. d
“Do as I say,” he added, cheerfully, wl
“and you’ll soon feel better.”
The Scotchman rose silently and
was about to withdraw when the doc-
tor detained him to mention the all-
important topic of the fee. “My ad-
vice will cost you two dollars,” he
said.
_ “Aw, mebbe,” said the old Scotch-
man, “but I'm nae gaun to tek yer
advice.”—Lippincott’s.
Embroidery Scissors.
One of the difficulties encountered
by the lover of art needlework in
finishing up a piece of lace insertion
is to cut away the cloth over which
the lace is sewed without injuring
the lace at the same time. Of course
it is impossible without inverting the
article to see the point of the scissors
which is below the cloth. In this way,
a piece of the lace is easily cut away,
in mistake. This can be avoided by,
the use of the scissors shown hers,
patented by a New Jersey man. The
upper blade is pointed, as usual. The
lower blade is longer and is provided
with a guard in the form of a projec-
tion, which is located beyond the line
of contact of the blades. The pro-
jection is not sharpened, but is round=
ed on top, and extends beyond the
end of the other blade. A piece of
cloth upon which the lace is sewed
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' NORD ALEXIS,
The Aged President of Haiti.
In Darkness Learn to Sing.
We shall learn in the end, if only
our faith fail not, that the best treas-
ures of life and character come out of
the dark, painful hours. In days and
nights of pain we learn endurance.
In the struggles with doubt and fear
we find at last bright, blessed faith.
In the darkness of sorrow we learn
the song of joy. In weary suffering
we get sweet pity from others. Meet
every hard thing, every obstacle,
every trial, every disappointment, A ?
every sorrow, with faith; be more |on the under side is shown in the il-
than conqueror over it through Him |lustration. To cut away the cloth
who loved you, and it will leave bless- |the blunt end of the scissors is in-
ing, treasure, enrichment, in your |serted beneath the cloth, as shown by
life.—Scottish Reformer. the dotted lines. The cloth can be
cut away without danger of injuring
the lace, the projection not interfer-
ing with the cutting qualities of the
scissors.
A man who continues to come to
see a girl who has small brothers
means business.
THE AMERICAN JOKE IN PUNCH.
Vicar—*'*Well, Mary, I
middle of the sermon yesterday!”
was very surprised to see John walk out in the
Mary—*'‘Ah, sir, I do ’ope.you'll excuse my poor
rible one for walkin’ in ’is sleep.”—Punch.
'usband. ’'E’s a ter-