HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1909-12-23, Page 2NOTES AND COMMENTS
The present day accepted idea of
giving to peoples untrained in gov-
erning themselves gradually in-
creasing power as they prove wor-
thy of it is again illustrated by the
new scheme of administration now
In force in India. It is the result of
three years of close study by the
India office in London and the Brit-
ish authorities in India. As it is
examined by those competent to
judge of its merits, the conclusion
le that it has given the people of
the country all the power they
should have at present. If any-
thing, it concedes too much rather
than too little. That it is a not-
able advance movement in the his-
tory of the country all except the
Irreconcilables recognize.
A special gazette of 450 pages
was required to set forth the de-
tails of the plan. The imperial
council of twenty members has
been made three times as large
The representation of the natives
has been so increased that the offi-
cial majority is reduced to three.
Under the former regime the native
members, making half the viceroy's
council, were given the privilege
of "making the laws and regula-
tions," but, in practical working,
thin amounted only to the ratifying
of acts already determined upon by
the dominant British official con -
tem of lines would bring still sinal -
ler places into communication with
the second, while the smallest and
most remote hamlets would be c ,a-
nec•ted with the general system by
automobile stage routes.
The trains would be operated b;
electricity and would contain each
three cars. On the main lines a
speed of 123 miles an hour could bo
obtained. The trains would succeed
each other at short intervals, half
an hour, perhaps, so that time
tables would not be required, but
the passenger could start on his
jcurney at any hour of the day or
night. The cars as designed are
far wider than those now in use
and are provided with every com-
fort. The first car has a lunch
counter, the sec•und a general room
like a hotel. In this car is a news-
paper stared ani an information
bureau.
The stations would be announced
in advance in all the cars by large
and easily legible signs, lighted by
electricity, which would warn the
traveler intending to leave at the
next station to make his way to the
middle car. The rear car contains
a line dining room xith a band of
music. The trair is also provided
with special rooms fir reading,
writing, typewriting, and with bath-
roefns and dressing rooms so that
the traveller can leave the train
ready for business or society. The
tineent. The admission of natives [Hain lines would cross the cities on
into a larger participation in the high concrete towers, which, if
affairs of the imperial council is; necessary, would be tituatcd inside
the central feature of the new plan. the buildings.
Et is carried out 'ikewiso in the
various provincial councils, in the
latter case, however, the native
members being predominant in
number.
The new government is not demo-
cratic. A democratic government
India would mean anarchy.
There must be the strong control
of centralized authority. So the
government reserves the right to
declare ineligible to the council any
person whose electian would be
contrary' to the public interest, this
rule being applicable both to the
iinperial council and to those of the
provinces. It is a curious idea
which makes representation based
not upon territorial districts but
upon classes, cars having been
taken to satisfy Mohammedan,
Brahmin, Sikh, Parsee, and Bud-
dhist. The tea and jute interests
get five members on the provincial
councils of the Bengals and Mad-
ras. in distributing representation
both numbers and the degree of
ci; ilization and political develop-
ment have been taken into account.
This suggests the lar k of homogen-
eity in Hindustan. where nearly 150
different lang'iages are spoken,
where there me many distinct races
- -a score or more --and where there
ie almost as great diversity in relig-
ion as in language and race, with
rancor and bitterness in the intol-
erance with whi .h one looks upon
the ether. Tho need of domination
by :'ie Iltitish majority in the vice-
roy's council is all the more ap-
parent ns the difficulty of keeping
pence nn,l compromising the differ-
ences among the wnring factions
of suci:'ty is emphasized.
Thu great difficulty will be to se
euro co-operation of Mohammedan
and Hindu. It may require long
experience to settle whether this is
all feasible. But the new plan af-
fords the opportunity for just that
sort of experimentation which must
precede any future "India for the
Indians,' for which some already
are calling. It is a step in advance
and a notable one, but it is largely
a trial step nevertheless. The con-
ditions are perplexing with which
the British hese to deal. Lord
Morley and Lei Minto have shown
the right spirit. It is fur the na-
tives themselves now to show whe-
ther they are fitted for this and per-
haps for something further in the
way of self-government.
Rapid transit at 100 miles an hon,
1, the idea ef .August `cher! for the
future. The railway lines would
br of the single rail system. They
will he, for the most part, elevat-
ed. especially over cities. and would
run in straight lines between 'h.•
most important centres of pepula
tion and commerce. Thee lines
would onunec, with a system of
feeders, constructed in the i rens•
way and connecting the plain lines
with smaller towns. .1 third sy,-
ANGEL VOICES.
(A favorite rearranged.)
Solo.
Because of deep conviction
My heart is grieved within;
And dreadful is the record
Which tells of all my sin.
Duet.
Flee to the only Refuge
Whose blood for thee was shed:
He purchased thy redemption
By dying in thy stead.
Chorus.
Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast, -
There by His love encircled
Sweetly thy soul shall rest.
Solo.
My sin in crimson redness
Before mo now appears;
And my repeated failures
Have filled mine eyes with tears.
Duet.
For thee the great Redeemer
Hath full atonement made:
He died that He might save thee:
On Him thy sins were laid.
Ct►nrus.
Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast, --
There by His love encircled
Sweetly thy soul shall rest.
Solo.
Into the arms of Jesus
Let ole this moment fall :
Unto His gracious keeping
I now commit my all.
Duet.
Rest in the arm: of Jesus:
He will ri,y burden bear:
The world :ural its temptations
Shall nes t -r harm tlrec there.
('porus.
Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe nn His gentle breast, -
There by His love encircled
Sweetly thy soul shall rent.
Solo.
On Him alone depending,
itis name rnav I adore,
Until the morning breaketh
Upon the golden shoe.
Duet.
.Jesus thy- heart's dear refuge
Thy sure defence shall be :
Before the throne He Iiveth
To interccds for thee.
Chorus.
Safe in the rums of Jesus,
Safe en His gentle breast, -
There by Itis love et,cirel•.1
Sweetly thy sunt shall rest.
Salo.
Sweet is the voice of angels,
And fair the jasper sea ;
But sweeter is the message
The Gospel 1,ring- 1., arc.
Deet.
Be the'i a lis snit witness
And all the truth proclaim:
With all His ransomed ,t',,plt'
Extol His wondrous name.
('horns.
Safe in the arms of Jesse's.
Safe on His gentle breast, -
There by His love encircled
Sweetly thy soul shall rest.
F. i. VAN .\LSTYiE.
iiearranged by 1'. Watson.
Grnnthurst, Ont., -90:1.
TBE GOOD AND TRUF
A Good Man Never Knows How Good
He is Nor Stops to Learn
"Inasmuc•h as ye did it unto one there are for doing good; and the
of the least of these ve did it unto world grows weary of institutions
professing to save, but standing
helpless before its real needs.
But there are many who lack ei-
ther the energy or the vision to
make their religious life one of nor-
mal activity, and who therefore at-
tempt to judge the piety of others
by the tests which the find most
convenient for themselves, who in-
sist that they only are religious who
pass through certain types of emo-
tional feeling or who speak of a
certain shippoleth.
No man needs to allow these self -
constituted authorities to give him
any concern even though they be
many in number and
me." -Matt. xxv. 40.
if religion is wholly or essential-
ly a (natter of holding certain views
co performing certain formal, speci-
fic acts there can he nu serious dif-
ficulty in the Kay of determining
the number of religious persons in
any community. But if religion is
an attitude of the soul and a trend
of life it eludes all statistical en-
deavors.
When you have before you certain
set prescribed tasks you can go
about them deliberately, consci-
ously ; you may know when they are
begun and when completed. But
if you are developing ideals and
seeking character it is likely to
happen that the finest, fairest
gruuth will take place when you
are thinking nothing about its pro -
CMOS.
A child in the home becomes
truthful, not by means of set peri-
ods daily in which it is exercised
in veracity, but by the shady, un-
conscious acquisition of the habit
of truth telling, until the truth be-
comes the only normal aim So
would it be with the acquisition of
an affectionate character. It could
not possibly conic with observation,
nor by direct endeavor toward it.
SO GROWS RELIGION
in the soul of reran, not- by efforts
ta become religious, but by steady
living toward the best, always and
at length habitually allowing the
life to answer to all of life's sti-
muli by acts and thoughts and feel-
ings that tend upward. One be-
comes good not by the attempt to be
good, but by always yielding to the
temptation to do good, by throw-
ing the Iifo into the stream of the
good, by service for the good, and
the true and worthy.
Character grows best when we
arc least conscious of it. Health is
a platter not of physical inspection
but of normal activity, whether it
be health of body or of mind and
spirit. A sane religion turns from
the cant phrases about feeling good
to consider what opportunities
MIGHTY IN LUNG POWER.
Ile can be sure that if there be any
advantage, an enriching or growth
from religion, it will be found not
by such flimsy tricks and devices
but through earnest seeking after
the good and true.
There is a tremendous amount of
untabulated, unreported, and often
unrecognized religion in the world.
Men are doing the deeds and liv-
ing the life of religion who might
well be unwilling to wear any of
its formal labels. Whenever a man
answers to the best in himself af-
firmatively, whenever he seeks the
good of others, he is turning toward
the ultimate good; he is religious.
And the life that lives for these
things, the man or woman who
throws the weight of personality in-
to the tide for better things -for
nobler ideals, for truth and right,
for the relief of needless sufferings
and the removal of oppression and
degradation, that life fights on
with the Eternal, that one walks
with God and belongs to the king-
dom of heaven.
He who serves in love finds fel-
lowship with the infinite and all
ombracinr love. He who stoops to
wipe a child's tear stained face has
worshipped better than if he had
sung as angels can. The sacred sup-
per is the common meal we share
in our need.
HENRY F. COPE.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON.
DEC. 26.
Lesson XIII. The Birth of Christ.
Matt. 2. 1.12. Golden Text,
Matt. 1. 21.
was now an old man in his dotage.
He had gained his throne by craft,
through the favor of Rome, and had
kept it by bloody cruelty. From
the beginning of his reign he had
been pursued by a dread of being
deposed, and only shortly before
this a plot for his overthrow grew
out of a prediction that the Mes-
siah was to drive him from the
throne. Herod had put down this
revolt with blood.
All Jerusalem with him - The
Verse 1. Bethlehem of Judaea - people knew what was likely to
Tho home of David, five miles south happen when I{erod was seized with
of Jerusalem. ..lso called Ephra- a fit of jealousy. Already he had
thah (Mic. 5. 2). "Now a small shed blood in his own home on ae-
white town on a spur running out count of his suspicions, and he had
east from tho watershed." The begun his reign by killing off the
supposed site of the nativity is entire Sanhedrin, whose members
marked by what is probably the were hostile to him. His malig.
oldest church in the world. the pit- nnncy would know no bounds when
lays being those of the ancient Bas- ha heard of a new king of the Jews
slice erected by the mother of Con-
stantine, the Creat, about A. D.
330. Beneath is the ('ave of the
Nativity. This is hewn in the rocks
and measures 39 by 11 feet. An in-
scription reads: "Here was born
Jesus Christ of the Virgin Mary."
Rock -cut caves for cattle are com-
mon in the Hebron hills.
Herod the king ---The lir rods were
ldumeans, but the fnlher of tnis
Herod (the Great) had embraced
the Jewish religion, and by Julius
('nesar had boon made procurator
of Judaea in B. C. 47. • Hence
Herod the Great was bronglit rep a
Jew. Ile was made king of Judaea
at the instigation of Antony in II.
('. 40. Ifo began his rule with great
rigor and cruelty, and to the end
Was vengeful and implacable. His
thirst for blood led to the mur-
der of his wife and two ,cons. His
chief distinction was the building
of the temple. He died in II. C.
Wise -men -Same word found in
Acts 13. f, R. But here used in a
good sense fo•• a sacerdotal class
among the Persian, Babylonian,
and other Oriental nations, who
"read men's destines on the face
of the skies," and were in great
favor "in an age when religion
was dead and superstition had
usurped its place." These astrolo-
gers had large influence, not only
with the common people, but with
statesmen and kings (flan. 2. 44).
Tradition says there were three of
these w izarelit, and their names
were, Caspar, Melchior, end hal-
thesnr. But this is unfnundcd.
taints to Jerusalem ---Naturally,
as it was the capital.
2. Born King of the Jews - The
appearance of the strange star
world betoken a rnydl birth. and
they must base known of the widely
cherished Jew ish expectation, and
would learn from the prophecies
that the hope ,.f a \iessinh center-
ed in Judaea.
To srorshil; Bien See note on
verse 11.
3. Herod . . . n as troubled -Ho
being born.
4. Gathering . . . chief priests
and scribes -Herod had reconsti-
tuted this august body, but in a
may pleasing to himself. But they
were the chief theologians of the
nation, and the recognized author -
its on such questions r to where
the Christ should be horn.
The Christ -The word has a tcw•o-
fcld meaning. First, Jesus is King.
sitting on the throne as God's
anointed. Secondly, He is the
Person through whom uod's king-
dom comes, and God's promises are
fulfilled (Denney, in Jesus and the
Gospel).
5. The prophet -Micah.
6. Bethlehem was tho birthplace
of David and his home in the shep-
herd days; and as such was dear
to the peasant heart, for it linked
the coming Messiah with the life
of the lowly. Their governor was
to he a shepherd, not such a nor
as the tyrant nobles who oppressed
them at Jerusalem. The quotation
is not an accurate translation of
either the Hebrew or Greek, but
a free paraphrase put in popular
form.
7. Exnctly what time the star ap-
peared -In order that he might
know how old the child was. The
wise nun appeared in Jerusalem
about two years after setting out.
8. Exactly --Not the repetition,
indicating the old king's solicitude
lest any oversight should rob hitn
of his prey.
That 1 also may cone and wor-
r}'hip hint --A thinly disguised pre-
text. which shows that Iferod's
passion had dulled the far-seeing
wisdom di;pleved by him in the ear-
lier part of his reign.
9. The star ... went before them
-a poetical way of saying that the
wise men were guided in their
course by the position of the star.
11. They came into the house --It
inust be remembered that Jesus
had been taken up to Jerusalem
when six weeks of age, for the pur►-
ficatinn (Luke 2. 22) was over and
a sacrifice must be unfred. Then
s
•
the family returned to Bethlehem.
and. the crowds of the enrollment
(Luke 2. 1-7) having departed, it
would be easy to get accommoda
tion. They seem to have intended
to settle there permanently. The
enforced flight into Egypt prevent-
ed.
Fell down and worshipped him
The usual method of paying hom-
age to a ruler. The worship of
these men, however, must have
had something of religious devo-
tion in it, in view of the fact that
before them was God's guarantee
of the fulfillment of his work.
Offered unto him gifts -In the
Fast the custom still is not to ap-
proach a monarch without some
gift. It is fitting that Christ should
have the rarest gifts. The ancient
interpreters saw in these particu-
lar presents, symbols ---the gold, of
royalty ; frankincense, of Deity ;
myrrh, of his Passion (John 19. 09).
12. In a dream -The Magi were
versed in the understanding of
dreams.
Should not return to Herod -
Who, thereupon, sought to carry
out his brutal schemes regardless.
FIGHT AGAINST TiPPING
THE NEW STRAND HOTEL. IN
LONDON, ENGLAND.
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Fashion
Hints.
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DETAILS OF FASHION.
It is the little details in dress
that give pictuiesqueuess this sea-
son. 11'hile many of the costumes
for the day aro not striking in
themselves, it ie the added touches
that bring them up to the desired
degree of perfection. And if it were
not for the pretty little triiles to
which the smart girl gives h.•r in-
dividual attention, everybody
would be wearing the same acces-
sories in dress. Originality counts
for a great deal these days, and it
is the girl who is clever who is ac-
corded the genuine compliments re-
garding her personal appearance.
She has a certain chic of her own
that makes her toilet attractive.
She arranges her hair in becom-
ing style and decorates the finished
coiffure with the latest effects in the
way of long pins or combs. She
also has a little way of her own to
drape her veil, and her individu-
ality is carried further in the kind
of pin with which she fastens it.
The neck furnishings that show
Neu Move to Do Away With an Old through open coats are important
Burden - Travellers Will maline
of the wardrobe. The white
maline bow, with diamond or rhine-
Be Grateful. stone buckle, fluurishes as never
before. The cloudy little thou is
The opening of London's first
"no tip" hotel in the Strand marks tucked closely under the chin with
an epoch in the struggle to do its crisp ends extending far out on
away with the system of gratuities the sides. Now and then one sees
to employes which has obtained the maline chou in another form,
such a tight grip all over the civil- resembling more a rosette, and
ized world. The management of
more
ern at the side of the throat. To
the Strand Hotel argue that the certain types this effect is far erire
practice of tipping is wrung in pilo becoming than the butterfly ends
this
ciple, and that the hotel should pay ead
style therespingurare aIlder the colors inchin.f evi-
its einployes reasonable and ade dente, but they correspond with
yuate wages, and not expect the the the.
visitor to take the burden off its general color scheme of ted
toilette. Sometimes little plaited
frills of the same maline finishes the
lower edges of the sleeves, and
especially is this true when the
sleeves are three-quarter length.
Long jabots with side frills fin-
ishing one or both sides are ex -
hands.
It will be interesting to see whe-
ther the experiment is thought
worthy of emulation by other ho-
tels. It has been tried before, but
success has never been permanent.
A few years ago the International; tremely smart. They aro worn out-
sids the fur coat or tailor-made
with charming effect. The very
long ones are considered best
style. Big whrel patterns in Irish
to the bill and the amount distri- crochet lace aro found among the
buted among the employes. pp_ most effective jabots. Frills, bows,
plied to some London hotel bills jabots and rebate are of ninny
this would mean a saving compared s°fits, and are deemed necessary
adjuncts to the lingerie or plain
tailored waist that is not otherwise
finished at the throat.
The new colored ebantung shirt-
waists or blouses to be worn with
tailor-niades are enticingly pretty.
Planned for a costume of hunter's
green serge is one of cream -color-
ed shantung with three plaits on
each side whose edges are scallop-
ed and embroidered with heavy
silk thread matching the tone of
the serge. The idea of embroider-
ing the edges of the plaits is a new
Passengers occupying expensive one and remarkably effective. An -
suites often give five times as touch.
TIPPING IN PARIS.
In Paris one is appalled by the
number of hotel employee who ex-
pect a tip. A traveller who recent-
ly nrnde a stay in the French ca- colored pineapple gauze with small
pita! wrote: "No fewer than four- dots embroidered at irregular dis-
tcen persons evinced an eager in- tances npm.rt. The top of the col-
terest in my departure the other
lar and lower parts of the gauze
day. They were: sleeves were finished with strands
"Commissionaire who showed me
my room;
"Bedroom •bend -waiter who
brought letters;
"Bedroom assistant waiters who
brought my morning coffee;
"2 luggage porters;
"Two liftmen ;
"Bedroom boots;
"Chambermaid;
"Messenger boy;
"Newspaper boy ;
"Porter who called 'taxi.'
"Porter who opened its door;
"The supreme head waiter who
brought enc my Lill ;
"Tipping the small array cost me
more than 30 per cent of my hill."
RESTAURANT GRAFT.
It is notorious that in certain
Paris cafes and restaurants the
owners pain money not only on
their viands and drinks but on their
waiters. Were the waiters at the
big establishments in the flue
Royale or the Grande Boulevards
to keep all they receive in tips they
would he the best paid working-
men in Paris, but tnany of them
pay as smell as 29 or even 50 francs
n day ($4 to 610) to keep their
places. A statistician, whose cal-
culations may be taken to be as
trustworthy as statistics usually
are, estimates that the money given
away yenrly in tips in France
amounts to nearly *75.000,000, over
$0,000,000 being bestowed in Paris
alum,.
CUANCE FOR A HERD.
When all is said and done, the
gnestion of the abolition of tips is
mainly of neral courage on the part
of the guest. How many nun who
would fearlessly face a bully twice
their size can withstancn the stony
malevolence of tine untapped wait-
er's glare! For the man who reso-
lutely refuses to give tips under
r.ny circumstances a midst in- large seate, nhviate the use of wn,d,
+scribed "For Valor" should he in- and also give an improved melee,
•titcrted, a curt of civil Victuria with the advantages of a first ' yeas.
Cross. at a very small cost.
Congress of Hotelkeepers unani-
mously approved a resolution sub-
mitted by Herr Hoyer, a Herman
delegate that on permission of the
guest 10 per cont. should be added
with the tips paid by guests.
TIPS ON LINERS.
Upon an Atlantic liner the pas-
senger pays at least £2 in tips after
a seven days' journey. This is
made up as follov: s :
Bedroom Steward .... ....108.
Table Steward .... .. .. les.
Deck Steward . .. .... 58.
Library Steward .... .. 5s.
Smoking -room Steward .. 5s.
Boots .... .. .. .. ........ as.
That is the average man's scale.
other oriental silk blouse intend-
eJ for the same use was in ivory
color with immense dots of rose
color set on with edges nearly
touching. Tho neck was cut into
a small "U" over a guimpe of rose -
of curious bends of milky pink hue.
The touch was novel and quite snit -
ed the oriental effect of the blouse.
Veilings of chiffon or net are tho
most conspicuous, possibly, of anis
detail of present fashions. Not
only are materials themselves toned
down by seductive overdrapings,
but garnitures ars more often than
not relieved from the first suspicion
of the hiazarre by a veiling of gauze
or net. Long evening wraps are
following hard after this unique
style. Neck scarfs of all kinds, in
long plain shapes, fiehsss, capes
with stole ends and long, full capes
nre made of soft satin shrouded
with gauze and edged with mara-
bou or fur.
Perhaps if is the wisp of fur at
the edge and a thought of real
warmth that tend to keep the soci-
ety girl's teeth from chattering,
for such wraps are scheduled fur
the entire season.
Sugar is HOW mannfnctnred in
Germany from old rags. The rags
are treated with sulphuric nrid and
converted into dextrine. This is
treated with a milk of lisle, and is
then subjected to a new hath of
Sulphuric acid. se bleb converts it
into glucose. The glucose obtained
h1- this process is identienl with that
of commerce, end may he used in
the same way for confections, ices,
cte.
The straw of various grasses and
cereals has been tried and found
suital,le ns a substitute for wood in
remaking snatches. The straw is cut
into two-inch lengths by machinery,
winnower) to obtain uniform size,
and then boiled in parnfliit, dried,
and dipped into the mixture of
chlorate of potash, guru arahie.
etc., for the inflammable tip. The
protea• should, if adopted nn a
t
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