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Spanish women are not the person- tfication of southern passion, as we have been taught by “Carmen” and romance to believe; they are physical- iy and mentally superior to Spanish men, capable of passion, but far more difficult to woo than northern women.—Glasgow News. # A Coy Young Thing. The following advertisement re- cently appeared: “Being aware that jt is indelicate to advertise for a hus- pand, I refrain from doing so; but if any gentleman should be inclined to .advertise for a wife, I will/answer the ‘advertisement without delay. I am young, am domesticated, and con- sidered ladylike. Apply,” etc.—Phil- rr — i Tennessee's Stingiest Man. Gallatin claims to have the stingi- est man in Tenmessee, if not in the world, and a premium is offered for his superior in closefistedness. He got married to a home girl to save expenses. They walked around the square for a bridal tour. He bougnt her a nickel’s worth of stick candy for a wedding present and then sug- gested that they save the candy for the children.—Danville American. \ Children’s Hats. This year little girls school and - everyday hats are in bright-colored straws; those for more formal occa- sions in manilla, crin or chip; or lawn embroidery hats in every degree of elaborate and simple trimming are usually trimmed with a bunch of gar- den flowers, or with a full ribbon bow or scarf wound about them after the manner of such drapery as arranged on the hats of their elders.—Harper’s Bazar. i Longer Skirts For Little Girls. This fashion of putting little “girls jnto frocks that scarcely cover them came into vogue last year, and lit- erally deformed thin children who be- came the victims of it. This year the loose frocks are all about a full knee in length, and some still longer. In addition to the blouses and tunics there are many apron, or pinafore frock forms, a supply of which will keep the healthy romper looking fresh at all hours of the day, at a comparatively small outlay of labor or money.—Harper’s Bazar. F Explaining the Huge Hat. The plain, rather dark colored suit was in vogue this winter, the simple kilt skirt and severe three-quarter coat! Obviously, something had to be introduced to soften the hard lines Pickled Onions.—Peel small white vii a 2 with one and one-half cups salt and two quarts of boiling = 2 water and let stand two days. = = brine the same as before; let stand two days again, and drain = a again. Make more brine and heat to the boiling point. = 5 in the onions and boil three minutes. = = spersed with bits of mace, white pepper corms, cloves, bits of es = bay leaf and slices of red pepper. = &@ ¢ vinegar scalded with sugar, allowing one and one-quarter cups = 5 of sugar to one gallon of vinegar. ; ican Home Monthly. Latitude in Fashions. ‘A fashion note from New York tells us that a considerable amount of latitude is to be allowed to women in the matter of new costumes. They may wear any kind of sleeves that they like. They may be long or short, depending upon whether the arms are of the kind that one wishes to show or to conceal. But this apparent generosity is intended only as a lubri- cant to an inflexible rigor elsewhere. The edict against waists and against hips is to be enforced toc the utter- most. Here there will be no latitude and no concession, The devotee who would fulfill the law to the uttermost must present the appearance of hav- ing been liquified and then poured into the dress. And the dress is en- tirely without those undulations that prove the presence of things unseen, the waist and the hips. The edict against waist and hips has been received with mingled emo- tions. In some instances it meets with easy and instant acquiescence, but elsewhere there are protests and maledictions. It is easy to wunder- stand a compliance that means no more than the discarding of those useful appliances that ars prodigally displayed at the bargain counter ard pictorially - advertised in the daily newspapers. But how about the ladies whose hips are fixtures and who have received from mother na- ture without money and without price what less favored ones must purchase from art and mechanical skill? Their lot is truly a hard one, for to the mere male mind it seems a bewildering impossibility thus to put on and off a “garment of flesh” that is periodically blessed and banned by fickle fashion. Training and diet may do something, but these things take time, and the changing styles are always in a hurry. Not long ago a lady in a New York store who asked for something in the latest fashion was asked tc take a seat for a few minutes as the fashions were then changing. What then must be the fate of the fair ones who are in- vited to get rid of natural encums- brances between dusk and dawn with the full assurance that they will have to repldce them with a similar rapid- ity?—The Argonaut. il Crusade Against Plumes. Whether the particular means he has adopted will achieve their object or not, there will be cordial approval of Lord Avebury’s crusade against the wearing of the plumes of certain wild or rare birds. It is indeed strange that women, who so often lead the world in humanitarian sen- timent, seem to have absolutely no feeling in shir matter; what fashion re cg eet and cover them Drain and cover with fresh Put Put in jars, inter- Fill jars to overflow with Cork while hot.—Amer- of this costume, and the hat was the only medium. gave a perpendicular line, to elim- inate which a horizontal one was re- quired, hence the wide hat; and this, by contrast with the rigidity of the suit, had to be ornamented with trim- ming in broken lines, so we had end- less irregular loops and all kinds of fantastic feathers. Of course, then, when the hat trimming was regular and “set” the purpose of this style of hat was defeated.—Harper’s Bazar. ho To Relish Wife's Cooking. ‘A doctor tells me of a note he re- ceived from a woman saying that her husband, who was about to make him a professional call, found constant fault with the dinner she prepared for him. She appealed to the physi- cian for aid. The doctor examined his patient, who had a slight attack of! indiges- tion, and told him to cut out lunches, to eat nothing but a slice of toast and a cup of tea. The scheme worked excellently... Of course hubby returns home in the evening, eats everything in sight ard votes his wife’s cooking even better than mother used to make.—Boston Record. . Mrs. Rose, of Melrose. Mrs. Geraldine Farrar, the prima donna, attended a luncheon of debu- tantes in New. York. Miss Farrar told the debutantes that there was happiness in work. She urged work upon all of them. Work, she said, would preserve them from degenera- tion into such a type as Mrs. Rose, of Melrose. “Mrs. Rose’s type is too familiar,” she said. “To show you the sort of type she is: Mr. Rose came home from business. Mrs. Rose lay«6n a couch. He sat down bx her side and said: ‘What did the doctor say, dear?’ ‘He asked me to put out my tongue,” murmured Mrs. Rose. ‘Yes?’ ‘And he looked at it and said, ‘Overworked.’’” Mr. Rose heaved a long sigh of relief. ‘Then, my dear,’ he said, firmly, ‘you'll have fo give it 1 > perfect confidence in *.—New York Tribune. The straight-cut suit | NNNANNAANANAAAA decrees they obey blindly even though their adornment involves the destruction of the parent bird during the nesting season and the slaughter of the young krood. At the plume auctions held in London during the last six months of 1907 there were catalogued 15,742 skins of birds of paradise, some 115,000 nesting plumes of the heron; during the whole year 190,000 egrets were sold. So much for the humanity of fashion; and there is a regrettable tendency to push the matter further, and to wear hatpins of hare’s feet, and such like horrible ‘“‘ornaments.” The pre- servation of a beautiful animal is more important than the decoration of a hat in a manner which a little reflection would show to be repulsive; but we are not sure that legislation will prove stronger than fashion. Wo- men generally contrive to make a law look ridiculous when it suits their purpose; and acts such as that of Queen Alexandra, who refuses to wear ospreys, and has made it known that she objects to ladies wearing them who are in her entourage, will probably be of as much effect as af dozen bills. Laws are useless against the uneducated, and until those who design and, those who weekly follow the dictates of fashion are educated to a sense of the cruelty their con- duct involves there is little hope for the birds, which are the unfortunate victims of both.—London Globe. Triumph of Youth. ‘A certain line of exercises is rec- ommended to make children stronger than their parents. This looks like a blow at the woodshed ceremony. Hold Stone-Throwing Contests. In parts of Switzerland stone- throwing contests are held, handsome prizes being given to those who throw a fair-sized rock farthest, Babylon was probably the first city to attain a population of a million. } The area of the city was 225 square | | miles. | JOHN D. ROCKEFHELLIR ON THE GOLF LINKS. Tilting Bed Spring. A Chicago man has endeavored io make woman’s work easy by design- ing the tilting bed spring shown here. In this bedstead the spring is pivoted to one side of the frame and is con- nected at both ends with spring clamps. When the bed spring is raised the clamps hold it in a raised / 3 { position, so that the entire overhaul- ing of the bedstead becomes an easy matter. An additional advantage lies in the fact that the floor beneath the bedstead can also be easily cleaned without the necessity of pushing the bed to all parts of the room to get at it. Famous Carved Pulpits. St. Gudule, the cathedral church of Brussels, has a carved pulpit, repre- senting in carved wood the expulsion from paradise. Among the animals are the bear, the dog, cat, eagle, vul- ture, peacock, owl, dove, ape, etc. There is an equally fine one in Ant werp cathedral. The decoration is of lavish and striking character, figures, birds and beasts being mixed in ar- tistic profusion. The church of St. Andrew at Antwerp contains a very elaborately carved wood pulpit, rep- resenting the calling of Peter and Andrew. The figures are of life size, standing in a boat. Beside them is a net with fishes. Wilton Church, near Salisbury, possesses finest pulpit in England. It is made of choice mar- ble, most beautifully carved. In Worcester cathedral is a pulpit of carved marble, the gift of the late Earl of Dudley. A pulpit which cer- tainly ranks among the finest in the world is that possessed by the church of St. Mary, Radcliffe, Bristol, Eng- land. In the church Ozford street, Manchester, there is a marble pulpit with panels of beautiful mosaics. Each panel contains the portrait of a saint worked in Venetian marble. —Argus. To Know an Artist. The Munich Jugend has discovered five new signs by which to detect the school to which a painter belongs. (1) If he paints the sky gray and the grass black, he belongs to the good old classical school; (2) if he paints the sky blue and the grass green, he is a realist; (3) if he paints the sky green and the grass blue, he is an im- pressionist; (4) if he paints the sky yellow and the grass purple, he is a colorist; (5) if he paints the sky black and the grass red, he shows possession of great decorative talent. — Literary Digest. Light and Food. Luminara, published in Madrid, was probably one of themost remark- able freak newspapers ever printed. It. was printed with ink containing phosphorus, so that the paper could be read in the dark. Another curi- osity was known as the Legal. This was printed with non-poisonous ink on thin sheets of dough, which could be eaten, thus furnishing nourish- ment for body as well as mind.—Lit- | erary Digest. Jet of Water at Grenoble, France, Which Cannot Be Cut Through With a Sword. —Strand Magazine. 8 FOREIGN HUMOR. The Wife—*'‘Fancy, John, they are getting out a woman's dictionary. 1 wonder if it’s any different from the othe “Probably has more wor The Husband «9? s in it.”—IJ.ondon Telegraph. THE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY DR. CURTIS LEE LAWS. Subject: Christianity and Business. Brooklyn, N. Y.—The Rev. Dr. Curtis Lee Laws, in the Greene Ave- nue Baptist Church, preached on “Christianity and Business.” The text was from Deuteronomy 8:18: “Thou shalt remember, the Lord thy God, for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth.” Dr. Laws said: When a man becomes a Christian he does not sever his relations to the world in which he lives. He is given to Christ by the Father as a personal and perpetual possession, but instead of translating him, Christ sends him back into the very world from which he has been saved. Christ said to the Father: “As Thou hast sent Me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.” But when Christ sends the saved man back into the world, He sends him back as a new man. “They are not of the world. even as I am not of the world.” The Christian is in the world, but in the world with a new motive, a new pur- pose and a new power. Our Master well knew that it would be difficult for His-disciples to be in the world without being of the world, and so He prayed: ‘I pray not that Thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldst keep them from evil.” From the beginning, therefore, the relation of the Chris- tian to the affairs of life has been a problem worthy of the most serious study. In the early times there were fanatics’ who felt that it was below the dignity of a Christian to enter the secular pursuits in which they had formerly been engaged. They gave up their business and brought dis- credit upon their profession by the vagaries of their other worldism. The Apostle Paul tried to correct this abuse in his second letter to the Thes- salonians. In his first epistle, in view of the second coming of Christ, he had urged the people to separate themselves from the world. Misinter- preting his purpose, they had given up their regular employments, and had gotten into mischief. In the sec- ond epistle the apostle says: “For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all but spending their time as busy- bodies. Now, them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work and earn their own bread.” The greatest problem for the Chris- tian man is to adjust himself to the callings and pursuits of this life, that he may best serve God, his fellow men and the highest interests of his own soul. Instead of translating us to glory at our conversion, God leaves us here that we may perfect personal holiness, working out our own salva- tion with fear and trembling, and that we may win the world to our new-found King. Theszs are the two functions of the Christian. It is the will of God for His people to engage in the ordinary vocations of this world, that they may earn an honest living and at the same time show forth to the world the saving and keeping power of Jesus Christ. Though it is the will of God for His people to engage in the business of this world, it can be readily seen that there are certain limitations which arise from our relations to God. But, again, the Christian man can engage in no business which will harm his fellow men, whom he has been sent to win to Christ. If you are in a business which is honest and legitimate, others will share with you the benefit of that business. If your gain means loss to others, then your business is not the business in which a Christian man can engage. If you cannot conduct this business your- self, you cannot own stock in it and share in the profits of it without bar- tering your soul for gold. If you can’t conduct the business yourself, you cannot rent your property for the conduct of such a business without adding hypocrisy to your other sins. May God have mercy on the hypo- crites who ‘will not soil their hands by engaging in a wicked business, but who will stuff their pockets full of the dirty money received as dividends or rent from the conduct of this same wicked business. Note now some of the incentives to business activity. “Thou shalt re- member the Lord thy God, for He has given thee power to get wealth.” The money-making gift is from God. The apostle urges us to be diligent in busi- ness, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. God kas no patience with in- dolence and sloth. All through the Bible the stamp of God’s approval is put upon industry, while His curse ever rests upon idleness. It is God- like to work. Our Lord said, “The Father worketh hitherto and I work.” There is no place in God’s economy for the idler. He cumbers the ground. Business activity brings wealth, and this is an incentive which ought to appeal to the generation in which we are living. Wealth ought to be desired by every man, because wealth is a mighty factor in the world in which we live. Think of what wealth can do for the individual. It can give oppor- tunity to acquire high and noble tastes. It cau give leisure for study and research. These in turn will cause the mind to grow stronger and the character to grow nobler. Wealth can purchase length of days, and it can secure to us the atmosphere in which human love can blossom and bear fruit to perfection. Think of what wealth can do for the family. It can surround our loved ones with books and paintings and statuary. It can provide the highest culture for our children. It can enable us to dispense a generous hospitality and to make our homes the centre of a delightful and en- nobling religious, social and intellec- tual circle. Think of what wealth can do for society. It can lift up those shattered and maimed victims of vice and pov- erty. It can cleanse the augean sta- | bles. It can send the brightness of { day into the loathsome, fe ! y out and bea petuate unive can support art they may dev i | ing the beautiful and tt can set the spindles and wheels of manufacture in motion. It can give the poor the chance to earn an hon- est living, that self-respect may not be lost by receiving charity. Oh, the value of wealth to society! Think of what wealth can do for the church. The cause of Christ is languishing all over the world be- cause there is not money sufficient to carry on Christ’s work to the glory of God. Our local churches are suffer- ing because of poor equipment and the lack of workers who can devote their whole time to the cause. Our Christian colleges, orphanages and hospitals could double their efficiency if they had more money. Our mis- sionary societies are all poverty- stricken. The missionary force in the great cities, on the frontiers and in heathen lands could all be doubled in twelve months if we had sufficient means. This is true of all Christian denominations. May God prosper the people and then make them willing to lay their gold at His feet! Business men, I exhort you in the name of the King to be diligent and self-denying and frugal that success may crown your efforts; for no one can estimate the good that your wealth can do to yourself, to your family, to society, and to the kingdom of God in the world. Let us now consider the perils of business success. : I have exhorted you to fidelity, persistency, energy in your business life. I have told you of the glory which comes with wealth, but I would be false to your highest interests if I did not hold up before you some of the awful perils which confront the man who makes a great success in business. “What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” No man can gain the whole world, or a millionth part of the world, but if he gained the whole of it at the cost of his soul it would be a calamitous bargain. The text means simply that in the effort to gain wealth many forfeit their own souls. The temptation is to neglect the high- er for the lower, to give up the spir- itual for the temporal, to give up the unseen for the seen. How pitiful the thought that men spend a lifetime in the vain effort to corral the world and find themselves at last without a soul. What does it mean by losing one’s soul? The expression is not equiva- lent to being condemned, though of course it leads to perdition. The soul here spoken of by Jesus means the faculty in man which apprehends God and goodness. Jesus says that the man who pays too much attention to money getting is apt to lose the fac- ulty by which he apprehends God and spiritual things. He lcses the faculty because he refuses to use it. His ear is dull to the voice of God. His eye is clouded so that he cannot see the beauty of God, and by and by through a process of deterioration death comes and the faculty is lost, Oh, men, do not lose your souls! Keep your ear open to the voice of God. Keep your heart attuned to the will of God; but alas, alas! some before me have al- most lost their souls. In seeking a gbod thing they are giving up the best thing. Jesus said: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God,” and, “How hardly shall a rich man enter the kingdom of heaven.” There are many perils about the gaining of wealth and the using of it. We have all seen the influence of wealth upon character. Too often it makes the humble man proud, the generous man stingy, the charitable man suspicious, and the honest man dishonest. Some- times the man who makes the money escapes the perils, but succeeding gen- erations are almost inevitably cursed by the wealth which they inherited. The Master knew human nature per- fectly, and so He said, “How hardly shall a rich man enter into the king- dom of heaven.” There is one way to escape from these perils, and I commend it to the rich, to those who would be rich, and to all Christian business men alike. Write the words of my text in the front of your ledgers and on the tablets of your hearts: “Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth.” Unanswered Prayer. An unanswered prayer is no proof of an unhearing God. There may be reasons in the great purposes of our heavenly Father why a petition may fail of a direct answer. The creature may err, not understanding the will of God; but the Creator cannot err. As many a child of God has looked back over his life he has seen where the goodness and benign wisdom of God has been manifested in with- holding the things asked for. But if the direct answer to the pe- tition has been withheld we believe that in some way there will come a blessing because of it, and that no earnest, faithful prayer is ever lost to the suppliant. “It may not be my way; it may not be thy way; but yet in His own way the answer will come. It may be years in coming; it may be in some wholly unexpected way, through some channel we never dreamed of, and which at the time of the prayer we knew nothing of; but it will come to us with blessing. Indeed, we in our obtuseness may be living in the very atmosphere of answered prayer and not be aware of it. If the answer does not come in the way we look for it, let us look around and see if the flower we longed for is not blooming elsewhere, or if our life at some angle does not touch God more intimately than be- fore. We may look for the answer in a tally-ho, but it may come in the form of some poor beggar on the street.— United Presbyterian. Profitable Things. The sooner we are impressed that this present life is uncertain and very short, and that the future life is sure and endless, the better it will be for us. Also to learn that material things cannot satisfy the soul, but that a man must be rich toward God before that aching void can ever be filled, and that godliness is profitable unto all things and we may add unto : he Rev. W. F. Bryan, Dallas, Texas. Soul Winner, a
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