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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1907-08-08, Page 6A BLOW AT RELIGION. The Inordinate Love of Money Brings Untold Misery. The love of money is the toot of all evil. -I. Timothy vi., 10. Net money in itself proves such a chime, but the love of it. It may be Wade a source of all that is good. When, licwever•, it b om4es our master in- sieed of our servant misery untold is the oeneequeuce. Its personal as well as ge•nernl harm Is exemplified by the Gre- cian story of the e;einan who asked the soldiers returning from a battle fur the pond tipped shields which they settee Complying with her request she was buried beneath their weight. The inerdinote love of money is a Clow at religion. In the earlier days of the faith, the younger Pliny remark- ed: "See how these l:hrtstians love one enother." Afterward. through the worship of old rather than of Hint who proclaims, "The silver and gold are mine," there was a decadence In spiritual wealth as tree church increased in temporal riches. \\'h(le the "poverty of the poor may tee, their destruction," it may I e their salvation, particularly when associated .with pious content. The choicest bene- jI ctions of Christ were skewered upas .fhe poor. They were His willing hear- er_ and apostles. Ile for our sakes be - Came poor, not having where to lay His bead. The love of money is 0 restriction up - ten the nobler aims of life. Young nen often do not finish their college ce.urse. LURED BY TiIE EXCHANGE. :stony seek a diploma that they may. better obtain a position in the way t.t financial advancement. The defining and elevating power of education to mainly lost eight ot. While a hidden love of gain may he largely on incentive, it will usually be found the author and inventor, the scho- lar. the poet and the artist love their cloister research and labor of all kinds for the attainment of inward satisfac- t•on rather than for purely worldly pro- fit. Consider the poverty which great thinkers and artisans have encountered v:elultarily that They might benefit their age or secure that indescribable inward !approval, ►►Dalt far more than gems yr stores of gold. Devotees of wealth do not usually seek tho purer founblune of human ad- vancement. The pulriet seedier Inas no- thing in Ceernnaon Wi111 the mercenary. While the laborer is worthy of his hire amt under the law to the priests was given the fat of the animal, yet un- worthy et the royal dignity_of the cleri- cs: (,thee is he v: do looks more to bene- fices than to the high culling of laud which he hos assumed. The love of money is a foe to the no- bility of any human or heavenly pur- euit. The office of the conscience rs silenced. Moral responsibility becomes a dead letter. Trustees and guardians t se sight of their obligations. '!'hese appointed to protect become violators o. TIIE PEOPLES INTEREST. ,\1f financial institution., are in constant jeopardy 'through the untrustworthi- ness of their officials. 'temptation seems to dethrone reason as well as celnsci- eiwR. A country becomes governed uy clever trickster, rather than honest statesmen. All fiduciary affairs where- on neg<eliation depends become the op- pertunily fur fraudulency. • Almost every item on the calendar of criminology is traceable to the lust et wealth. \\'bile coin may he appro- priated to the grandest conceivable uses, tem, often it Ls polluted to the basest; too frequently it flashes in the assassin's weapon; it nestles in the bosom of Iho promoter of some gigantic financial scheme or of him who sits on the bench or who is appointed the custodian of 111e publc treasury. Retribution surely will befall those who are wedded to gold, while blessings felt to the very soul will alight upon those who with wealth appreciate their rsyonsibility. To counterpoise On in- fatuation for riches we should inscribe e n heart and mind In letters of gold, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy- self." EDWARD OCTAVUS FLAGG. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL --INTERNATIONAL LESSON, Alla ST 11. fiesson VI. The Sin of Web and Alli- - hu. Golden Text : Prov. 20. 1. THE LESSON wont) STUDIES. Bared on the text of the Revisal Vere Bien. "Anti Ile (Jelovali Celled." -=thus did the Jesse designate the third book of the i'entateuch by Iho opening phrase of its first sentence; we cannot say its first chapter, or even vent., for the ancient evritings of the Hebrews had neither chapter nor verse divisions, nor yet punctuation marks of any kind. \Ve must remind ourselves again an41 again ilia' the punctuation, paragraphing. chapter divisions, lxok. chapter, and page headings of our Bibles are com- paratively meted additions to And moth - Ovations of the original form of the text. Thus also the &repletion ''flee 'Third Book of Moses, Commonly Collet Levi- ticus," found at the beginning of this book. The ixok of Leviticus was early ki'tvn by That name from 11►e furl that. it delineates the legislation toweling the duties of I.evihs. For n eimilar reason 1t was often called "Ilse Lew of the priests." and sometimes also "the hook of Ufferiige." It I+ generally admitted to Is' 11 single document. the contents of w•hicit fall naturally into four parts, namely : (1) The Laws of Snerili^e (chap - fete 1-7; (2) Ceremonial for Consecra- tion of the l'rlesttxod (8-10); (3) Lame hslingui.shing lite Clean fniin the t ui- cl ern. will' npp11..►x the any of Atone- ment (11.16); (t) Lewes Ite•lating to Ilult- neess, Willi appendix (17-271. Tat:en as e whole i1 tiny well be regarded ns Iho islander(' book of worship of the ancient 1iebews. describing their siicriflees, feasts. find fasts. in its elaborate ritual 0. sarrillee it foreshadows the gospel truth of the recovery of guilty roan to Cr. holiness of God by cricoids of the elvnement. Verse 1. Nadal and Ahihu.-iteep'c- tivel• the fist and second sons of Anron, who with their father aid seventy of lite elders of Isrnel had ac- companied \loses to Sinai. and there beheld special manifestations of the pre. genre of Jelsnvah. \With their younger bi•olhers Meltzer and Illumine end their father they were admitted to the priestly office. Their dee51111clitin in punishment L their grows impropriety 04141 deco- bolience stents teem the narrnlive to have taken place shortly rifler if not on the %cry day of their consecration to the 1 rkstleanl. CAenser--I.it., fire pan. Any vessel used for burning of ineenee. No de- ro'riplinn of the censers in use in the Hebrew snnelunry are given. It 1404 Inert can;''churl 111111 eery were r•nilll. Minitaw pats made of copper and al- (ached to handles. OffNeel strange fi re.-- I `erlia pa corn - num lire net taken trent the sacred altar, or not lighted in the prescribed cere- monial way ; or. ►l may be That the ex• prea:on refers :sinal ly to 1110 c'feeing of •r•.' !smitten -heel satellite. Beth inter - i' lune Ilse eupporl of prtmll- i, ' r.:l•licnl eepositoree. Sr. hi- h he hell neat eanln►a tied them- e speIfe (-eminent' I.s given in 1,,'v. 1.. 12: ":\n! he 5111111 take a censer 11111 of .mals of fire from off the altar te'lore 3ehoveh, mut his hands full of sweet Incense leentet► small. aid bring it with- in the soil." 2. 11,1nnml them- Frilled them. Thal they eine not lr)n'rrrrle',l 45 eVidetll tram verses 1 ail 5, :h which their brethren etre commanded to carry their bodies from ilio sanctuary. 3. This is it that Jehovah spal:e-An illustration of the kind of irreverence and desecration of the sanctuary against which Jehovah had specifically warned them. I will be saeelifievl in thein that come nigh tile -"And lel the priests also, that come near to Jehovah, sanctify them- selves, lest Jehovah break forth upon thein" (Emu'. 19. 22). Aaron held his Teace`-Did not remon- strate of complain in the presence of so manifest a judgment of Jehovah. 4. Sons of Uz7.i*I the' Unfit' of :\amn- And therefore members of the priestly family and tribe. Out of the camp-lie'yond the limits of wheel the burial would necessarily lake place. 5. In their coals -The burial of the priestly garments along with the offend- ing priests was a sign That they too had been polluted by the sin of the men who wore them. 6 Eteazar and ithamnr-The two re- maining sons of Aaron. lilmiznr, after ha father's death. became high priers) and seems, even at an earlier time, to have occupied the position of chief of the Levees. As high priest he Inter as- sisted Joshua in distributing the land of Canaan among the tribes. His burin) place Is menli.med in Josh. 24. 3:1, and from hits were descended all succeeding high priests down to the \laccabaean period, with the exception; only of the high Fried:: of this period between Eli end Sok,nion. During This brief pwerieid the high priestly oIkce ons held by members of the family of Minnow. Lel net the hair of your heads poen loos'. neither rend your clothes -Two customary and familiar signs of extreme grief and mourning. 'fo have thus pub - iv -l• lamented the catastrophe weuhl have limn an equivalent to disputing ecel's justice in flee visitation of dire punishment, and hence the strict pr.hi- bition of any such outward demonstra- tion and the appe'nde'd warning, that ye di • not. Bewail the burning which Jehovah I1n111 kindkel-'fhe !seriphs were exhorted to lenient renter the feet. that ,such severity 411 judgment had been neces- sn ry. 7. Ye shall net go out from the doer of the tent -The pr. hibiUon not to leave lite sanctuary hereby imp,.sed upon the priests moat not be taken literally or absolutely. A mons detailed and speci- fic comnlnndnu'nt revering the 1:0111e point k given in Lev. 21. 10-122. The sense of the command is That the frie'sts while' on duty in 111e eeme t.nry were not to cone into canted with secular affairs, nor for the sake of these to nbnndnn the s.'r%iee committed to their hands. 9. Drink no wine nor film -mg drink - The implication of This specific commend of total abstinence from intoxicating liquors during the period of otl)rinl ser- vice in the spincluarv. scorns to le that such indulgertce' land had something to do with the unpanionnble action of Nadab and Aiello. the inference being that these men were tinder the influen^o of strong drink when they disregarded 111laws of the sanctuary. This is not alsot ulely n necelssnry inference, bet the probabilities seem to be in fever of such an interpretation of the continent'. mend. II shell be a statute forever --Thal is, tau• absolute prohibition to priests, while serving in the sen -teary. of the use of strong drink in any fora. 11. 'I'hnt ye may tench the children of Israel -The worts Are n.Mressed to the prie'ske. From Dent. 33. 10. we )earn more ap(riflrally about the twofold ofi:ce of the prie'sihnot : "They shall teach Jaeeti thine orJi• n o nceee And Isrnel Illy lee.: They shall pup incense before yeti, And whole burnt offering upon thine altar." 'ENGLISH JAIL ROMANCE] SEQUEL TO TIIE !,TORI' OF AN ESCAPE FIIOM DARTMOOR. Convict fled to Steal a Sull of Clothes and Took the Remains of Dinner. 'through lite recent recapture of two convict. who escaped from Dartmoor (England) Prison there has been brought 'o light the story, never heretofore pub- li-lted, of the romantic sequel to another escape made ten years ago. Escapes from 1h•' most famous of Britain's penal institutions are exceet- iregly tare and seldom does tree fugi- tive succeed in retaining his freedom ter more than a day or two at most. The prison is situated to the midst of a desolate moorland region and is sur- m:urlded by hogs and morasses, which offer tremendous obstacles to the cun- 'tct who makes a bid for liberty. if 1e betakes himself to the few roadways he Ls almost certain to be caught be - rause they are carefully watched when 11. becomes known that anyone has es- caped. Stimulated by the reward e f to which is paid for the recapture of a prisoner the fanners join in the man Lunt zealously. Before he dares en - ler a town the fugitive must manage to exchange his jail uniform for ordin- ary clothing. This he can obtain only I y stealing it. Destitute of money he bas to resort to the same method to get ford. while still wearing the garb that brnnds him as a criminal doing time. Escape. from within tho prison walls is almost irripossible-except in sensa- tional novels. It is only when fogs come up suddenly, as they are apt to ego on the moors. that those who are working outside the prison occasional- ly find a chance to GIVE TIIE GUARDS TIIE SLiP. A gang of 60 men was working on Christmas Eve, 1897, in the rear of the prison and some distance from it, when a tog was observed sweeping down up- on them. 'Three of them --Ralph Good- win, William Carter and William Mar- lin- decided to boll when the mist enveloped them. At a signal given Ly Goodwin the three sten dug their lin- gers into the earth, threy handfuls of soil into the faces of the guard and took to their heels. The warders were thrown into temporary confusion, but soon recovered. "Cover them; fire!" shouted the chief warder. Shots rang out; a scream followed and Carter was picked up dead with a bullet through hie heart. 11e was undergoing a life sentence for brutal murder of an old ►.,an and only through the skill of Isis counsel had succeeded in cheating the gallows. The retribution that had over- taken h1111, it was generally felt, was a just one. Marlin was soon afterward brought to bay under a tree. Ile threatened the warder who had run hint down with u piece of granite, but was felled with a bludgeon and carried insensible te the jail. As Goodwin leaped over a hedge Lo heard Carter's death shriek and felt the whirr/ of a bullet That just lI,Lsseel his own head. Not knowing whither he rail he fled blindly in the mist end fast gathering darkness. For hours he kept going floundering often w•aist- (leep through the bogs, imagining that he was putting miles between him and the prison. When down broke, to his dismay. he d'scovered that Ilimughout the night he bad been describing a circle around the jail and was still WITHIN RE:\CIi OF A RIFLE from the posts of observation nn the jail. Sinking on all fours, 11e wormed t.is way up one side of a lir, screening himself lechind the boulders, plunged bodily down the other side and then dashed into the thick of the moor ngnin. His Christmas Day was spent in pick- ing his way thmugh bogs, fording rvers or leaping streams. \\'11cn night fell. fami.hed and spent, he broke into a house, stole the erne ranls of the Christmas dinner and a suit of clothes. Ile wile fair from sus• peeling it nt the tinge, but it was through tins burglary that Ire got a chance later lo redeem his past life. Attired in or- (-nnery clothing he was no longer un - de')' tit.' necessity of hiding from every- ncdy he met. Striking the ;Aiken), and snaking occasional detours for the pur- pose of pinching food and Ihrowttiig per - ewes off the scent, he reached Devon. tort during the third night of his free- doms. Bul his nerves were In bad shape end they betrayed hire. In the early lours e f next horning he was prowling about on the outskirts of the town and passel a policeman en the other side of the read. The policemen had a dog with 1 ire. The clog animated with mere canine curiosity, scuttled after Good- win. Thinking Met the 1iintnl had lien sent on his Irack by the policemen, Goodwin started to run. Up to that time the policeman lied had no suspic- ions of the men, but, tinturally. con• chided front his actions that there was r~:nlething wrong nlntlt him. Leveling til; pipe id him (English policemen see 4141n1 carry revolv(rs) he threatened to revere hind if he didn't slop. Goodwin suecunb(d to the bluff a: l .urrenlered. 1 he story of his recap' end recap. Hero wee, of oellese. published at the hole. 11 is the subsequent carter of the convict which lies just conic out that throws a HALO OF ROMANTIC INTEItf;AT mound him. William Johnson, the man from whom Goodwin had stolen the clothing and 'elated ChrLstznns 111001, was 8 111011 01 generous humani- tarian feeling. ile had read r.hnrles Rend '.41 Never to , ).ale to \Ien.l !n sense purpose. Ile sisitel Goodwin ;n prison and became deeply iulererted :n him. He formed the opinion That Godwin had good Muff in hint. flint it wens misfortune Ihnt had Jed hien tel., crime, and flint given n chane.' to make a chart somewhere where 1414 r.'.» rd was unknown he might do hide. \\hen Goodwin had flniehed I,i• ,aen- tence Mr. Jehneeti defrayed Itis I' '<ay" to South Africa. There he' rrnde I'l 1xenest Its Ing. C. hen the war breee cut, under the name he had assumed he joined one of the corps ea irregular mounted infantry. Hes pluck, daring end efficiency, for he was a splendid ricer, gained Rite rapid promotion. Be - tete the war closed came the tiding; that Sergeant of Bethune's horse Led been killed in a gallant attack on Ito: enemy. It is 'omen to only et few that the brave sergeant who gave Ills eft- for his country was 11e former cert. wart %eho had made such a desperate etrugglo to regain his freedom at Dart - :le -4r. THE EMPIRE'S OUTER RIM IICW BRITISH RULE P4 ENFORCE:D IN F:Abt-OFF LANDS. Emir of Iladeija Struck British Messen- ger and What Happened Shortly Afterward. Interesting detnils of the campaigns near Sokoto and at Iladeija, in Northern Nigeria, in the spring of 1!106. are given in it report from Sir Frederick Lugard. British High Commissioner, just made public in London. A Mndht arose at fiatiru, a village fourteen miles south of Sokoto, in Feb- ruary, and a fanatical outbreak, directed against the Emir as well as against Bri- tish rule, followed. 'lire company of mounted infantry at Sokoto, under Lieut. 1. E. Blackwood, immediately ad- vanced on Satire and formed a square. The rebels charged and broke the square, muting the company with a loss of twenty-five killed, including Lieu- tenant Blackwood, Mr. II. It. Preston - Hillary, the Acting Resident, and his as- sistunl, Mr. A. G. M. Scott. Within twenty-four days of the disas- ter a force of twenty-one officers and 526 men ADVANCED ON SATIRU, which, as Sir F. Lugard observes, "tinder the circumstances is 0 perform- ance of which the Northern Nigeria regiment may justly bo proud." The enemy charged the square repeat- edly, and the village was finally taken a; the point of the bayonet. On the con- clusion of this expedition the Emir of FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND NOTES OF 1V i'F.Rt ST FROM IIF.IR BANKS AM) UIIAI S. What le Going On In the ilighten& and Lowlands of Auld Scolia. The Earl of sloray is to restore the ce:d Chapter house at Itestalrig. Over £2.000 will be spent en the re- pair of I'iershill Barracks this year. The North British Railway owns 1.- IN. ;INY. miles of line and mole than 800 engines. The East of Scotland College of Ag- riculture is to acquire ground in the %seine), of Edinburgh for n forest nur- sery and garden. The Canadian Grain Commission • n the 27111 ult. examined at Leith a nunt- t.er of samples et grain imported from the Dominion within the last eight ur• nlhs. Some thieves have had the bad tact lc attack and rob an Edinburgh advo- cr,te. If that advocate is ever called to the bench he is likely to give street rob- bers the best of beans. The 'old landmarks are rapidly dis- appearing, Giffnock Toll, better known as Nellie's Tol, Ls to be supplanted i.%y a modern tenement c:f houses. Mr. Arch. Bennett. commercial edi- ter of the Glasgow Herald, is Read. Ile was a son of Provost Bennett, of Dum- barton, ,propnielor of dhe Dunbarkon and Lennox Herald. The site of the old Kilmarnock bow- ling green between the years 1780 and •1790, was on the ground near where the: George Hotel now stands. A Kilmarnock father says he has the most obedient children in town. and that he has never to bid one of them 'twice to conte to the table -at meal limes. Perth Town Council appointed Mr. 'Jchn Jas. Burnet, architect, Glasgow, to examine the City Hall. Ile is of the opinion that it is quite inadequate. that 11►e walls are dilapidated, and that a new building Ls necessary. A few years ago there was no vil- lage in Scotland with a higher propor- tion of old people than Delyrnlple. Ot late death has sadly thinned their Iladeija required attention. His leaders} 'ranks, and now the grave has closed assumed n boastful and independent al- ever the well-known form of \Villiam titude, and a band of fanatical leaders Dick, the oldest of the parishioners. preached a Jelled with disastrous re- Contracts have been concluded for sults. \Vhen the Emir was called on to surrender the principal agitators, he struck the British messengers, and con- temptuously invited the commanding officers to conte and take the persons himself. He did so. A force of over 700 men and two guns al once moved 011 Hadeija. A nlesenger was sent three linen's to warn ie• suing hien for divorce. the people in the capital that if they laid 'living in Paris. down their arras and came out they had' The Fife Goal Company are carrying nothing to fear, and Colonel Cole, who commanded the expedition, Was prepar- ing to send a fourth mesenger when the column was suddenly charged by a body 01: NATIVE MOCNTia SPEAIIMEN. They were dispersed, but despite the heavy lire they refernled and charged again. '!'hen the British troops forceed their way into the town. where the streets were guarded by the enemy. It !equirte' ;Wont one and n half hours' fighting lo reach the Emir's en- closure. Here the resistance 541.5 very stubborn. hal the entrance was nt length forced, end the defenders killed or cap - h' erection of the new school at Den- L'eath. It will hold 1,000 children. On the 26111 ult., a burglar visited in aerated manufacturer's premises at Cu- par, burst open an iron safe, and car- ried off £11, Tho wife of the Earl of 'merle Anna itobinson of flosslyn (for- \tinneapolis) The Earl is Yen bring operations to the east of Kcnnoway, close to the site of an old evorking, which 30 years ago yielded it fine coal. Burnlisland Town Council have a t- iered the freedom of their royal burgle So Andrew Carnegie in recognition • f I is gift to the town of a public library, bnd of his many philanthropic benefac- tt(ns. A Ceres hen has hatched out n chicken which 1104 three legs. Had it lived so c!(, business It would have been a ter- t(r in an onion bed, with two legs to stand on and a reserve for scratching purposes. lured. The net manufacturers of Caithness The fighting men were armed with shire, have intimated that the price ct swords. spears. bows and arrows. and herring nets has been raised by one - a few firearms. Many wore shirts of mail. The Emir and his son were shot when charging boldly at a fete yard, distance. The heat was intense -1l5 de- grees in the shade. etc 1100 \IE.IT E.ITEN IN GERI1.INV. Kingdom of Saxony the Centre of Cyno- 'dingy-Use Authorized Ir,• Law. Not only is the flesh of hones and mules eaten in Gernlnny almost as much ns in Frnne•e, but also !here is a growing consunlpUan of deg anent, and 1:1 some localities cogs lire fattened for market, 1111(1 there are even spe_inl abat- toirs for slaughtering Iheul. i ho use of dog meat is said hi have had its origin i•l Saxony, and there are slnlislie:s go- ing as far buck as 1869. But on June 3, itzs), n low was passell which 0ull1or- ize'el the e81e and consumption of dog all over the German empire. I)r. \'illnpndie11111. n Spanish physi- cian, elle) investigated the subject and prerarwl n report on it, is emoted by n Paris paper ns saying that the growth in Saxony is steady. In 1869 the num- ber of dogs recorded as kilkel for filed was 468; in 1(00 it was 1,260; in 1902 it was 2,869. Later Ogums are wanting. but the consumption in 1906 is said to have been at least 5e. iMq. All the dogs slaughtered for the mar- ket are rigidly inspected and only pesseel if in strictly healthy ev,nlitirin. 'file meat is again inspected after kill• tng. This is required by the law, which winterizes its sake. but no other step is taken to diccnurnge the growth of the habit of "cytlaphage." Relatively to p ewitnlion • the city of Dessau is the newel conetimer of (keg. It is the cnpt- Ian of the Duchy of Anhalt, which is wedged into the Saxon province of l'rueein. I1 has a population of about 50.000 penile and eats 250 dogs n ycar.d In Chemnitz 313 doge were eaten last year. and In Leipeeic 11)3, but !hese ore, l"411111,):Iner irtn The tasrgte for dacew.p( is reported ns re. lending thr-oughout Silesia and into 'Vivaria. In Minitel dogs nre iegulnrly slnughterel, and the flesh is sold by kw•gernd'+ butchers. The Germans, however. declare 11181 they de not buy it In that reytien end that Ile' demon/ is et nine.) In the lowest class of "Innen latrs. No dog Meet is sell in Berlin as .oreycl. ---4 The nver:sge wutllan seer to thank that all her lei -bind's good wielitbes ar.' due Ice her influence. Yon may have noticed flint one girl n , Fenner hreaks a manes henrt then ;,nether chines along aria bandages it up. third. That will be a rise of £30 en each boat's flet. There were five stream drifters, ell belonging to Cullen, in the harbor at Banffshire. on the 81h ult., a sight un- precedented. James Milne. for fifty years foreman of the composing room of Ile Banffshire Jeweled. has been presented with his le rile it. i)uppiin Castle, near Perth. has been '8 family seat since the reign of buttes \'I., and is one of the fir.cst residential properties In Scotland. 4r - THEFTS RV ROG1'5 NURSES., England Worried by Women Who Gain Admittance to (louses as Nurses. In England at present there appears to be an epidemic of thefts by bogus "tritium' nurses," women who. becnuse of a lack of registration or control over the training horses, are able to pose es real nurses. It appears that upon the payment et a small weekly fee. n clover women rimy gain an enty entry to what are known as "nursing home," some of which, it is alleged, are Clone too particular ;n eslnbltahing the bona fides of a fresh "pupil." Once inside such it home. she Is sa (1 to become n nurse. rind 1118y ac- tually be sent out the next day to at - to nd n rich patient. 'flit '(0h n 511110 of effnire ns this ex- ists was admitted to rl newspaper repre• senlative by a well-known louden plot. sicinn. Ile ;tided: "1 an sorry to saw Bail there ere stern 'slimly' nursing establishments which do not scruple to send out unskilled women in order to ce•Il,'et as tunny fees as possible." Naturally the Ina perom in the wrr!:l 1.• be suspected of a myeterion5 theft 1. the (peel, sympathetic nurse, and to an unscrupulous woman opportunities for pilfering are practically liamilles.d. In sick remotes vnhrohkes of all kinds nee left carelessly on toilet tables, and Jewel case's, often open. may be found ha dressing rooms, to which the nur.u' !'ar tree accc.�f, "1 hove leant of numerous ('n'cs ti Ie- ly in which articles of value lave been missc,l immediately after n slrange mire • has left her patient," end r1 lou,o si.rgeon nt n large hospital. "One can expel no•hing else. 10(100d. under the rest nt system. Any pollen) may have :n the house quite unawares n woman Thief nr n dingeruis ndventlress." A trained nurse. discussing the mat - ler. observed: "1l is no exaggeration to say that the public is cep s. d 10 the ',reeve -4 p eeible danger IT the 'merua- wr,rlhinees, 81141 worse. of a large reen- ter of so -entice' none". 1 liner lire) brought lefore me quite n hundred ca,- ee of more or iess serka►s thefts e► hieh tree been rommhlecl by women t:if,:ves, ste :c -,fully posing as nurses." A •• i-i"i1-feel-i"MI.14'4-hl-i-l-i-41-i• ' 7 Fashion Hints. FANCY AND USEFUL. APRONS. Aprons used to be looked upon as an article of utility Duly, but of late yeah tt:ey have become things of leauty cs well, and the artistic ones now are re- ceiving attention as being available for (Witty gifts. '!'here are not only the aprons for horse wear, but novelties fir office tine, such as the stenographers apron, etc. 'rhe latter is useful for pro- tecting the dress, and, al'huugh it slioltiioi.t made in a thoroughly pra'aiea1 man- ner, yet a touch of daintiness should be given, which will add to 11to otherwise Vain effect of the busine-s suit rcyuiretl. Appr:,prlate: nsaterials for fancy apron; ere sheer lawns, mustitu, and Lr.ndkerehief linens, made in co11nbina- L•ons with lace insertions, edgings, and wash ribbons. Swiss ',instills and er- gandies in delicate colors, with lace ruffles, are exceedingly pretty and easily made, requiring little trimming, as the material is sulllcicnt in itself. A p1 aclical fancy work apron is one with deep pockets. 'fI11s may be innde in one pie're, the tower part being turned tip to form a tong pocket, which may he divided into sections. Linens and wash silks are as seitnble as any ma- terial for an apron of this style, which will require laundering. Little round aprons are dainty, and those cut with ei quite sharp point in the front are ex- ceedingly graceful. Many have little bibs anti some have brelelles. These dressy aprons should. of course, be x010'1, reaching scarcely to the kneel. If made longer the graceful effect is lost. - Attractive colored aprons may be made, using chambray or light s-elg!tt linen, Trimmed with linen• lace, the em- broidery done with white mercerized cotton. Cream crash and ecru linen trimmed with lace the same color are quite effective, and on (hese the colored cottons show to advantage. These colored aprons are most useful to the y.ung housekeeper. Pretty aprons are easily erode. One is it litho pointed apron of while lawn, and has an embroidered medallion in- serted in the point. There Ls a bond ct lace around the medallion and the two are fastened together with a few sim- ple lace stitches. A line of feather stitching is worked over the edge 41 the lace braid, and a circle and scrolle of eyelets, joined together with stem - stitch, complete this decoration. A raffles of muslin embroidey end a bead- !ngwtlirough which blue ribbon is run finish the apron, amt Then: aro long ri1•Lon ties. A row of feather stitch- ing Ls worked along the edge of the beading. The stitching and eyelets are weerked in mercerized cotton. The fullness at the waist line is adjusted by a tow of tiny hand run lucks, the fucks graduated In length from the middle to the side FASiIION sums. With the morning suits are worn cc Ila• and cuff suits of different enter- ed. cnmbrir.s embroidered in while. A pretty set has plain cambric bands edged with very line plaiting, of cam - tele, powdered with pinhead dots. With t'leee sets are worn narrow cravats of Hack luffetn. Much attention Is being paid to Iho details of dress. Every elegante car- ries, for instance, a jeweled geld bag, while her umbrella handle .and hnlpins ore equally valuable. !.'nen shoes in colors matching the ge.wn are all the rage. Tne colored kalher is somewhat less popular. Stockings are of harmonizing lint. A fad of the moment is a belt about three inches wide in gray or pastel kid, embroidered or hand -painted will re:sm lilacs or pansies. 011ier bells are (t narrow strive' white and crewel enaeled. leather, with high buckle to matchm• The clastic belt. innitnting pornpndour ribbon, is a novelly. The pink ones with flowers 111 dull pastel tints nee par- ticularly lovely, especially when worn with n gold buckle. 'fhe reigning colors of the moment roe gray end green. the latter especially 111 dark emerald, lettuce and spinach Mettles. 1' SIAM'S KING IS I'O1'l l.In. Al ita(k•n-Baden Ile ':pent Stoney Freely at JcweiL•rs'. King Chulalongaknrn, of Siam, made himself a great favorite while he was imdergoing a mild cure at Baden re- cently, before going to !'eels, London, Ostend and Copenhagen. With his two brothers and three sons, he Sas the "sight" of This fashionable• watering place, and his doings ant sayings were chronicled by the le cal rest touch In the 881110 amusing way ns were the doings of 11►e Inde Shah e Persil). But with the difference - the Shalt was n sort of semi -civilized bar- barian, while the Siamese ruler is n fir nllrman, versed in 7111 the Intrtcacie'i of western table etiquette and Irenlh►g Indies w 1h almost esnggernlcd French dd fcrence. i'robabl' his popularity was largely due to his extravagance. TN; jewel - i rs and the vendors of fancy nrticiel re npe•d n harvest. Deily he nppens•ed :•1 their men -tiers and swept 14110 hit cupareeis pockets all a ori' of diamond rugs, branches. bracelets. n•ckltues, d le. ile treaded up with fancy vase s keen Paris. which (11e Itad•'n-it.eden traders said were local products. Thaw - sends np yards of lice from NotU:)g- 1:a►n were Mond 115ay for 11e ladies e•f Itenglvek. and the dusky beauties rot his Fence line splendid days in sore whet I:lun!alongnkorn conics nlorchieg Lrine ago n. Altogether Ids purchases iia I'od' n•Itfidrn r5ceedcd 0.100. Ose of Ihc Kings hro!hers*10hi(es not (1:1115' verso! In the (I`fferettee: lelween a pyjama suit nt:d n suit of light sum• leer flannels for (ley weer. Early ono morning l,' n:razed the strollers in the Ktm(iar•ten I.y appearing in their midst 'n the 1 ri, ••r a 'twee. eel riff ►►Ill; +1 Paulo. n led red n pair e,f pad:nl tor* 111(1 (s'l.lrlg pumps. 3