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Exeter Times, 1912-5-2, Page 2IN WALKING SUITS. Paris Favorthe Contraat- ing Petticoat This Spring. SUIT wJ±f CUTAWAY wiz " The slashed tunic, opening over a skirt of contrasting material, is a fea- tire of the spring fashions, and some of the French couturiers have special - favored this effect. The new suit pictured is of dark blue serge, and the tunic opens over a petticoat of satin in the same sbade. The coat combines a straight and cutaway suggestion, the fronts being slashed away, while the lines at the Side and back are slender and straight Tia IS blue serge suit bas touches of .White embroidery and a collar a ;white venise lace in combination with narrow satin pipings. Easter Egg Party. One clever hostess gave an egg Party to a friend who was to be mar - tied after Easter, the entertainment taking the form of a novel shower. A. large basket on the table, says the •Housekeeper, was filled with egg Shaped packages on which was a pia- • hard, "Spring Eggs—Strictly Fresh." When followed some clever tableaux of the old woman who went to market • .her eggs for to sell, falling asleep on he king's highwhy. Tbe peddler "stoat" comes in, steals her basket and runs and presents it to tbe bride to be awho is in the audience). The awak- ening of the old woman. her woe over the discovery of the loss of her basket and of her petticoats cut all round about and the entrance of the family dog, which began to bark while she be- gan to cry, were all strictly in accord- tmce with the well known nursery time. After the bride had examined her eggs and the parcels containing her gifts all went to iuncbeon, where the Easter motif was observed tbroughout. A. basket of fancy eggs tormed the cen- terpiece. Oval sbaped frames of stiff vhite paper -were slashed to represent a broken egg, and the face of the host- ess peeped out of the novel souvenir at each place, while violet tinted, egg Shaped baskets served for bonbon dish- es. The menu was cbiefly in gold and white, while artificial violets added a dainty touch to many of the dishes. What We Should Learn. Learn to 'orieb good laugh is bet- ter than medicine. Learn how to *tell a story. A well told story is as welcome as a sunbeam in a sickroom. Learn to keep your troubles to your- self. Tbe world is too busy to care for your sorrows. Learn to see the bright side of things. If you cannot see good in the world keep the bad to yourself. Learn to bide your pains and aches under a pleasant smile. No one cares to hear them. Learn to meet your friends with smile. The good bumored man or wo- man is always welcome, but the hypo- chondriac is not wanted anywhere. Learn to be comfortable. tinder no condition wear shoes too small. Worse than spoiling your feet, they are ruin- ing your nerves. Never wear a ,collar that chokes nor an armhole tbat is too "Votes For Women" on Checke. Tbe latest device Is for women who have their owu private account in bunks and trust computes to stamp on their cheers, "Votes Vor Women," Tbe story is told of a woman who •drew a check for $5,000 signed by her own name and the suffrage motto on an account which had a balance of ontee$3,000. The matter of fact hus- band gently reminded her that it might be well for her to know how to con- duct her bank Mount properly before she undertook to let tbe world knOW that she was entitled tonuffrage. Women to Help Elect Next President. • hi six states of tbe Union the hand. that rocks the cradle will do its share as the bane that -.writes thce ballot in the mining national election. It hut been variously estimated that froth a valiant fo a million and a half 'etroMett, win loin, a voice in the choosing eftfIO alert preeideut oe the 'utdted stateg. • FASHION STRAWS, A New Juraper Wet That Serves Many Needs. Messed be the one who invented the $nmper, It serves Snell a multitude ot need.e. itfits in with so many OCCa- iens. The newest one is quite smart and looks so aliam'ent from the oues we leave had that it could easily be Passed Off lender a new name. It Is not round. at the neek, nor does it have kimono sleeves, It is V shaped.. cimOULAI) DRAWERS FOR GIRLS. bach and front, and its two fronts cross over just above the waist and go to the back, where they finish in a flat bow. It is worn. over a blouse of dotted net or shadow ]ace, which is either un- lined or dropped over a slip of flesh pink chiffon cloth or china silk. ,A, new fashion notion is the use of a bona fide bath toweling for milady's promenade costumes. This toweling material has been dubbed agaric in Paris, and by this name it neesquerades Nary successfully es a fashionable spring arrival, but it is toweling all the same, and the border effects in :which it is used made the bathroom suggestion still more emphatic. The circular drawers that are made in one -are much liked by young girls and small women who have slender figures. This model is an excellent one, as it provides sufficient width at the lower edges to be pretty and com- fortable, and it is smooth over the hips. JUDI° OHOLLET. This May Manton pattern is cut in sizes for Misses of fourteen, sixteen and eight- een years of age. Send 10 cents to this office, giving number, 7315, and it will be promptly forwarded to you by mail. If in baste send an additional two cent stamp for letter postage, which insures more prompt delivery. 'When ordering use. coupon. Size Name ..., Address FADS AND FANCIES. Neai Way to Wear Strings of Pearls This Spring: It is quite the rule now to see rows of pearls appearing from inside the collar. Formerly when pearls were used they were Worn outside the high collar, but now a new style is in force, and they are worn next to the neck GIRL'S CHEM/SE 2i1GIVIDBEEIS. irseff and allowed partly to hang over the front of the collar. This fasbion seems to have come into vogue because Of tbe well known fact that pearls, in order to keep their examisite luster, should be worn next to the skin. A very odd and dainty short negligee is made of latticed ribbons about an inch in width in lemon color. It is trimmed with ivory toned lace. A richly embroidered Chinese lama is in lemon colored silk crape. Nightgowns made in what is known as chemise style, that are drawn over the head, are liked by many girls, but there is a great diversity of taste in the matter of underwear. as In other departments et dress, and this design is very new. ammo CHOLLET. rhis May Manton pattern Is cut in sizes tbr girls of six, eight, ten and twelve years of age. Send 10 cents to this °filed, giving eumber, 7322, and It wiii be promptly for- warded to you by mall. if in haste send an additional two cent stamp for letter postage, which Insures more prompt daily - Cry. eaten ordering use eounon. No •Size Naive oo oo o oo • *** • * • Adetrestr i • ** •1144••••10 * • *** • * * •• 000 ••••*••••••,... oo o 641104 TITE EXETER. TIMES NE NOT RAISE • MY ROT ARM 01,n 331i1130POR'f, C. B. "For theupast. 4x years,, I have been: suffering with Rheumatism. When I read in the papers that GIN PILLS: would positively cure rheumatism, wrote you for a free sample to try. X could not raise my right arm because of the awful pain in my shoulder—was not able.to dtink: After takiug a few GIN PILLS. I was able to lift my hand and put it on the top of my head. WomatesWorld Isabel Gordon Curtis, Author of o'Tbe Woman From Wolverton." I went to the Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon and inet an old fisherman named La Pape. His limbs were stiff from.Rherrmatisra and I gave him some Gin Pills. I met him again in a few dens and he told me he could lift his arms, which he had not been able to do for ten years, ADOLPHE g. lte.11X, soc. e box -6 for $2.50—neoney back if not satiefied. Sample free if you write National Drug and Chemical Co. of Catada, Limited, Dept. A. Torouto. MANGA - TONE BLOOD AND NRI/R TABI,ETS—an ideal tonic for weak, nervous women. soe. a box. 107 Stead Memorial. London, April 26.—A memorial ser- vioe for William T. Stead was held last evening in Westminster Chanel.' Among those present were: Lord Hal- dane, Secretary for War; David Lloyd - George, Chancellor of tae Eachequer; Earl Grey,, ex-Governer-Gmeeral of Canada; Viscount ex -Elea.) Commissioner of South A;r:ca, and John B,uxns, Presideut uf C....? Local Government Board. Brockville C.:ctn.'s !n, Brookville, April 26.— Th:, fv....?1.16ti- ers of Brockville eestcoley emeepe cr- ed. the Town Couec1 t.) in.er hit() a contract, with; the C. :tarn Hydro - Electric. Coraraissien fer t e snono of power. -',The bylaw was carried by a major- ity of 491, only 2votes re:leaf- ed against the bylaw. World Insurance Convention. London, April 26.—Tao lot rnaton- al Congress of Insurance Brokers and Agents will be held here from June 3 to 9, when it is exsected that Can- ada, in common with the other domin- ions; will be represented. France, Germany, the United States, Italy and Russia are sending repre- sentatives. • London's Big Titanic Fund. London,. April 26.—The Mansion House Titanic fund exceeds $690,000, and over $1,650, including all coins, even farthings, was deposited in the box outside the Mansion House on Wednesday. Offers to adopt orphans are continually pouring in. Hon. Clifford Sifton subscribed $500 to the fund. Did Kaiser Say This? Berlin, April 26.-=Aocording to a report current in court circles, Em- perpr William made the following comment lailhe Titanic disaster at a military luncheon of officers, at which he was present "This is another monumental example of British in- competency." -- -- Next Wege's reivais an Menteeal, eeeerile26.a4ieeni inikeigraa: tion.and eteainship offieials-etate taat MOO,. immigiarata, willeatrive ada next week. Seventeen ships are required to carry these newcomers. , Sixty New Towre. The Canadian Northern announces theduring the summer sixty new towns would be opened up on its branch lines through Manitoba, Al- berta and Saskatchewan. MRS. ISABEL GORDON OURTY.S. Among the story writers of today are a group of women who graduated not from a college, but from newspaper tanks. One of these is Isabel Gordon Curtis. Twenty years ego she was do- ing the dramatic on a newspaper in epringfield, Mass. Later she tqok up • Magazine work, and recetttly her lit- erary activities have taken book Perm, the result being a delightful story, /he Woman Fran Wolverton," which bas been pronounced by critics as "typ- ically. American." it deals with the kocial experience of congressional peo- ple. The local color and, material for this story were gatbered on the spot by Mrs. Duette, who is the wife of Francis Our - Is, director of the Republican literary bureau, and during a long residence ht the national capital Mrs. Curtis has had a chance to become intimately ac- quainted with congressional families. That she knows her Washington well may be gleaned from a very cbaracter- [Mee remark made by the heroine of the story, who says: "If you wish to lo - rate lost relatives or friends you have hot heard of for years and incidentally learn something of human nature, be- come a housebolder In Washington be- fore inauguration. Any inauguration will do." Mrd. Curtis is a Scotchwoman, hav- ing been born and educated in'Huntly, a little town in Aberdeenshire made famous by the Scottish romanceof George Macdonald. Positions For the Untrained. A great problem Is that of supplying girls and women of good birth, man - tiers und education with an independ- .ent and honorable career. Unfortu- nately many applicants remain vague " and unpractical as tct•the nature of the work required. Now, the profession of governess and social secretary are posts winch can be held only by highly educated, cultured women. 'And it is bard to see what hope can be held out by the professional ad- viser to applicants of whom the fol - bowing are typicale,A, pleasing enougb in appearance, says she wants work. Asked to be definite, title looks bewildered and tben, thitking she has found the solution, replies with en- thusiasm, "1 am willing to do any- thing." Further questions elicit that i elle knows no French, no German, no typewriting or shorthand, nothing of account, does not like cooking er rieeeleveork, but can arrange flowers, act in amateur theatrieals—in which she bae been greatly admired—can play the piano a little and considers herself eminently suitable to travel abroad as companion to a nice girl ot ber own age, who must be prepared to pay well for the privilege. She goes away quite horrified that there Is no immediate demand for such serv- ices as she can offer. An elderly Applicant for a similar post described her principal qualifica- tion as "a willingness to speak Eng- lish to girls melee abroad!" Women •of sixty of eccentric appearance want posts ns bousekeepers to widowers and are willing to do anything, from educating the children to entertaining the guests. It should be impressed on women looking for definite work thpt definite qualifientions are called for. A girl who is healthy and good at games, such as golf and tennis, if she bas a command of fluent French or German, will be snapped up at once, as will tbe girl with a degree, no matter bow un - gentle ber manners. It is the age of profireeney In everything. Acid "4. ys ppm Restoration. of Stomach Power .Comes Quickly With the Right Medicine. "My food seemed to decompose in mer stornach," writes Mr. Ralph Clem- raons, of Newbridge, P.O. "I had a stomach that failed in some way to perform its Work. Digestion seemed more or less arrested arid I grew thin, yellow, nervous. Tho stomach became distended and impeded apparently the action oz the heart, for often at night it would do great stunts. At times I would vomit a mucous mass, and at these times my head ached most ter- ribly. A friend, who had been cured of a similar Condition, advised me to take Dr, Hamilton's Pills regularly, which I did, The result in my ease Was simply marvelous. Dr, Hamilton's rills removed the cause, strengthened the stomach, excited the liver to normal action, the kidneys were released of excessive work, Health soon glowed within me. I can now eat, sleep, and, live like a live man," ale advised—Use Dr, Hamilton's Pills —they are sure to do you good, 25e per box, at all dealers, or The Ca- tarrhozone Co., KingstOn, Canada, Dr Hamilton's Pills Clare Indigestion • Dyspepsia, Herne Gardening. The outfit for the borne gin -wing of plants from seeds and cuttings consists ot "fiats," which are small wooderi boxes of any convenient size, but not over three nor less than two and a half inehes deep, says Harper's Bazar. A Mined goods or dried fruit ba sawed oft three incbee from the bottom will make a good one. Bore six holes in tbe bottoin for drainage. Buy as many f two inch pots ns you will need plants. 'These cost BO cents a buntline. Also bny as many four inn pots as you will need for plants you Intend to have grow on fur winter blooming. These cost 15 cents a dozen. You will need, too, a trowel, ruler or straightedge and a sheet. of glass or white cloth the size et the •• INDIA'S MAHARAJAHS NATIVE PRINCES HAVE GREAT POWER IN PROVINCES. Their Position is Mare Importan Than That of European Nobles fo Each Is a Monarch In His Ow • Right—There Are No Less Than Sig Hundred Ruling Houses Head ed by"the Great Nizam. ,At this niOrzient,, when all that i splendid 4,11 Anglo-Indian majesty ha Zecently been gathered in elle grea Eastern dependency, and weird ant wonderful names, the significance o which is gezterally lost in this coma '11.55 are appearing in the newspapers it is appropriate that a brief space should be devoted to a succinct ex- plan.etion of the position occupied by the great °hien who assembled in the capital of Aurunazeb to db hothage at the coronation of their feudal King- Eraperer. Soetrreny misconceptions are enter tainda by the public about the poteen Wes -of India that the present is the right moment for 'making their posi- tion ,,clear. Anything like -a biograph- descriptton of the Indian abide is, of course, 'impossible heree but there are certain nptalile points in re- lation to the Indian royalties which • may profitably be noted. • To define the individual signixeceece of each titular style 'among the Rajahs of Ind i would be a useless task, for it is almost ineepable explanation to readers unacquainted with India. The besteexplananon is that given by Whitakee's Peerager but its right to be accepted as an authority may be gauged by the statements that "Maharajah, Raja, paneedrsN,awab correspond with Englieli V A more erroneous conception of the relative posieion of the Indian princes it is impossible ne conceive. But it explains the difficulty of dogmatizing upon Indian royalty, even when well- known Anglo-Indian gentlemen are asked to co-operate in' arriving at conclusions. But in a . simple form we well endeavor to put -the status of the varioug, high dignitaries of India olearly before the reader. The Indian "Debrete" if there were such a compilation, would contain the family details of nceless than six hundred railing 'houses. The ehief of these is the young Nizani of Hyder- abad, whose coronation took place, with an immense display of feudal magnificence, last May. He is the actual rule. of a country bigger than Britain, with pewees of life and death ever millions of subjects. To describe the,Nizam, as corres- ponding to a British peer is,ae ridicu- lous a statement as c.ould well be made. The. Nazim'sposition is •SO • curious that he might be given a separate article. Next to the ruler of Hyderabad are the Maliarajbles of Bends, Mysore,eand Cashmike. These gentlemen are all kings. na a weed, they correspond in India with the German kings in Europe. Another great Indian prince is the Rao of leutele and as he is the Indian potentate with whom the writer is best acquainted, his position can be precieely defined. He is a sovereign monarch, and erelong those of his subjects who speak English—a very small numeer, by the way—Hie High- ness is usually referred to as "the King of Kutch." And this is no nos- nraer. The Rao -Sahib of Kutch exercises all the attributes of a haionstrch. He rules with the assurance of a depot-. He is an island king, whose country can, only be reached by dem for the gna:-:, part of the year. The Rum of Kutch, which shuts tho country off from the mainland of India, ig dry for three months each year, but it can only be crossed by camels, as it is a salt desert. His Highness has his palace Leigh up •on the top of a hill, within the embattled wane of a—fortified eity. To enter this city one must pass through great gates and over the drawbridges of a •splendid lake. In fact, the City of Bhuj, of which prob- ably nine -tenths of those w'ho read these lines have never heard, is a wonderful walled stronghold, capable of housing all the people of Kutch in time of war, and which even to -day would be' a hard nut to neck for lee soldiers of the King -Emperor, if ever the day came that Britain found her- self seriously at loggerheads with the Kutchi sovereign. A white man is almost a rare avis • within the wails of BIM, and when the writer drove through the city in One of the Rao -Sahib's carriages. ) pay a ceremonial 6811 upon his here- nes,s, the natives gazed at their me:. - arch's guest in open-eyed amazemert, The Rao of Kutch rules his ceuneer without the assistance of the whit, man. He has never been concereea by the 13ritish. rt was at the loco: of the Rao's ancestor that the rat; e Government sent a Resident to le: e in 1819, wit'h a regiment ra solde t. manifest his authority. There is still a lesident in Knee - He has a charming bungnlo at see, distance from the town, but he lee e to escape down to Bombay that he is in the land of the livens For a Resident is almost an annex 'e in Kutch. He has to be very careful not to interfere with the rulereeie 1.i the Rao-Salxib. All he ie there for 1 - to eee that the Kutchi monarch -rle not make war on any mightier! state. So long. as the Rao,,is cit to rule his own eountry, th vi • , of the Resident are rendered 0 eine- mire. The Eno is the descendant of a le—, line of great Rajput 'sr/arrears—olefin. thirsty fellows, at their best. But in Iirdia might has alweys been riglu and the same applies to every otere Indian state. • The Rao has 11:e eon army. He has beneath him a eudal nobility, all of them ruler, of their own states, who, in time of war, would send their liege lord the Etno- Sahib, their quota of men for the d.'. fence of their islaed country. t r n • Skeleton Dug tar. The skeleton of a.,,tnan who had h. -en burled at—least '4,000' years ago re. ontly was discevered bmr archaeolog, Pg.A... „.. THIIRSPX56. WAX 0: IQlel us' VANUTUVER, Pacific Coast Metropolis Has No Time For Peoblenes. The lions in their mantles of snow look stolidly down from the north on a busy summer teens in Vancouver these days. These twin peaks, strange- ly tanned like the recumbent king and queen of beasts, always challeege the attention of the stranger, although the eager populace seem busily elk oonecious of the impreesive, 61100 sentinels. It was once intended te locate this oreat hive of commerte and industry at Port Moody,eon the extreme reach of Buerard Inlet, says S. T. Wood, the well-known writer in a reoent artiole. Theemen Who pre- ernetee the room and leened to draw upon and form the prel •ective eorre inanity 'for its, use ve' 0 sadly disap- pqinted when the Carriejae Pacific de- cided to locate the nestroeolis at Van- eogirer, The city's foreshores, with the exception of, a few street ends, axe owned by ,the railway convene, but Cat does not make Vancouver an inland city. There are foreshorew/e- el by that peculiar institution, the Goyernment, and people aotually build houses there and live in thern. To some there seems something in - nattily wicked in presuraing to live while neither owning nor paying rent for land, but the Vancouver squat. ters are not seesitive„ The vandal cleat:rep that razed the timer el Dead lafetn'e Il -and has been follow+ ed 4 the iodation ol a shack „town on it shores, .Although the City calla riot defend itself against ethe tiMber vandals, who have made "the 'Wane an unsightly blot, it has not ,only de. fended itself against the ha1 builders, but has successfully emaie the war, into their territory.eirThe'„ wee toohnieally", sustained by t 1 same ovetnmentalGauthority as 1 ' triumphant timber vandals,Whiok ' goes to show that offitialla is imus the same here as elsewhere: • The city is too busy'for problems. The thousand turbaned eeilthe ermeld have been a problem elsevehere, batt they do not seem to strain the i)ity's capacity fox absonption. In the milli, on the railways, in gardens•, in we chards, and on farms they are grackle ally acquiring western speed and. le - ing their dependent and childi ways. Like all Orientals, they mak but small ecntributions to , the neer earned increment. For this and other reasons they are locally regarded as undesirable. The Chinaman is ex- emplifying the economic law througl• . which the ultimate eons -tuner pays the duty. He shifts the $500 tax by aeking $40 a month for domestie ser- -ice. The Japanese exemplify the more aggressive Oriental attitude. Welcomed gladly by the salmon ean- netieS because they are cheaper than white fithermen, they soon get the fishing into, their own hands. Itt Oita of theories about the supereoe equrage and determirration of the White races its representatives here are reluctant toward going out on the water at night where the japanella are fishing. It is not hinted that the Japanese would cut a net or line, or. do anything whiph other fishermen. wetuld not do. But fishermen ,are fishermen, and the thousand. eyes el night are not always open. The Japanese will not always re main rowers of boats -and haulers or nets. The wheel Of chane set in notion 'by the employment of aliarn by the 'canners has not exhausted its Momentum-, 'and they may displace the white fishermen. They have shown their capacity this spring by organizing a codfish trust, and they control the local market by keeping their fish alive in the tank compare, meets of a vessel. They have dote& Mined there shall be no more bar- gain days in „codfish. The mental subtlety of the Oriental is levying its toll, but it is an excellent .correcti-ve of the complacent vanity of the west: Witness Not Sults. -Out of the HouseaNapolerdi Chant - ruone, M.P.P. foreOttawa, is as read' o laugh at himself as as to make deadly n of others. For example, he re- lates, with veto, a etory concerning his ocular weakness—a "-cross' of the eve. Mr. Charetp,agne.is a prominent Ottawa lawyer. One day..he•was .ex- tienieing a French witness in one of the court's at the oapital, where gng- 1141 only is used. He had to speak to the witness through an interpreter, so that the court coind understand question and answer. The witness was acting stupidly, and Mr. Cham- pagne says: "r spoke to him in, French asking him why he didn't an- swer. Still he was silent. Again I ;said to him: 'Will you tell me why you do not answer that question?' "'Are yosa speaking to mee asked the ma,n at last. " 'Whyiciertainly k'm speaking to yoa,' w " `Oh,' said th'e fellow; I thought you were talking to somebody at the other side of the come." A Mis-Directed Appeal. The late Sir John Carling was' one of London's most popular eitizent, and although his business as brewer did not recommend him to the siren - nous temperance workers, he was held n high esteem for his personal quali- ties. On the oocasion of a semi...rale- sionary` meetitig ia what was then called Queen's Aveame Methodist °hutch, en the "eighties," Sir John was asked to take the eitair. One of the speakers eras an eloquent Indian from the far west, who spoke strongly against the sale of "fire -water" to his people, describing its frightful ravages in picturesque language. He concluded by calling upon the chair- man and all other Ohirstian persons to put down the liquor traffic with a firm hand. Sir John smiled gracious- ly on the orator, but the audience was not slow to appreciate the irony of the situation—Saturday Night. k w p 0 b tit float. Gold Paper Weight. Chairman Englehart of the Temes, ening and Northen Ontario Rail - ay Commission has a gold nugget aperweight which he considers teethe ne of the finest samples ever brought , ut of Norehern Ontario. It was talc - n from the Dome Mine and has jutit sen presented to the chairman of e commissitni by the superinten- • „ . LADIES OF THE CA NET, ministers, Wives at Otto Have g Ottilawarad tTaskto rn eensFulfioli society reign not as in some ,cities, by Yin. tem of the, posseesion of great wealth, but by right of political leadership of their husbands or fathers; and perhaps this alto to some extent as a check upon ' the inclination (so gene orally prevalent) toward display in dress, household reanagemeet and the. exercise• of hospitality, amtde tioue, either for herself or for her husbande the Ottawa woman has tithe er outlets for her energy than mere efforts to ontsiiine her neighbors in the gorgeousness of her apparel or the splendor of her entertainments; and behind the gaieties which keep se,- eiety at the capital in a whirl for the first few months of each year there is often much of a serious pur- pose. It is the nature of women, even in this age when in unprece- dented numbers They are engaging - in independhnt enterprises, to be in-- tenzoly interested in the interests df. those dear to them, and in politicel circles the women most averse to en, tering what they regard as the "pro- vince of =ex" amulet hold entirely, aloof from the keen and exciting and; unceasing eontest of polities. • It la impessible that they should not take sides, but, if it is done tactfully and without bitterness, even an opponale likes, I believe, to see a wife stet* ing staunchly by her husband, tp:ge ceasingly caring for the interests hi has 'at leeert, and helping ways old or new, as a woman can. a Whatever idea one may hold' on th• question of "woman's sphere" in g -a eral, one is bound from the nature the case to take wliat may be call an old-fashioned view of the leadi women at Ottaera, To the outsi world they. are, first and foremoe the wives or daughters of the Hono able Minister of this or that Depav meet; and as their parts are largel pheyed within the sanctity of ho it is lesseeasy to write of them than would be of their lausbands—'pub men whose public -work is not in' least injured by the utmost possib amount of limelight. Even a glimpse into the lives le by the Government ladies whilst , Ottawa suggests that for part, if • all, of the year they must be ve busy women. For instance, take th matter of receptions alone. Durneh- ehe` season the wives .of the Cabin Ministers receive on Monday after- noons; and the number of their calle ers mounts far into the hundredie It is not obligatory to return the* calls, but I was told that this ye they had resolved to do so. Wh r I however, one lady had nine himdr callers ,and another sixteen hundre (with several reception days still e, come) it became manifest that to ewe turn in person the visits of all thee-. was impossible. And, of cours there are in addition a multiplici of other social functions, suoh as d' ners awl luncheons, at -homes a bridges, t,o take the time and strengt of the social leaders, whether 0, guests or hostesses. Many of the ladies belong bfer birt and educatioet to the two old pr lances which were the first to be the name of Canada. Ontario i represented by Mrs. Sproule, the wit of the Speaker of tine House of Oo mons, at whose table (it is of re interest to know) wine never appear.L • and also by half a dezen of the eel et isters' Weavef The Saturday Globe. Passed the Third Degree. When he was a member of tke- House of Commons, no one was fan& of referring contemptuously the "old ladies of the Senate" tin Rufus Pope. Despite the fact that 0.1 was one of the principal insurge. against the leadership of Mr. Beide while the Conservative party was the cold shades of Opposition, tri new Premier heaped oasis of fire u: op. ,the head of his "quondarn" 1 Idwer by making 'him a member the Senate to succeed the late Benet Baker. Pope went into the Senate ed with all kinds of ideas respect • the reform -of the Upper Chanab He was going to make them sit and take notiee. The days went -,howeven tend the innocent ones w •tbieealileverolitiiia, intheprofessions of pr looked daily fOr t Pope bomb to burst and shatter bit gloom of the red chamber. Ncithi bm Diivis from Prince happened, however, until one Senator Tdel bert found the "would-be reformeeree fast asleep in his chair while IS` Richard Cartwright was fulminatiilj against peotection. Davis shook hire. and ,grasping his hand said: 'Welcome, Rufus, old man. Now, - know that you are really a Senaterrea —Saturday Night. Bristol to Participate. There is now every probability that( the City of Bristol, Eng., will be r" presented at the dedication in Augusee next of the Halifax Memorial Towei„. commemorating the first grant of self:.' governing powers to a British oolong, gamely, Nova Scotia. It is state4. also, says a Canadian official coneel; munique, that the City Council afer considering a suggestion that a bronze tablet should be sent from Bristiee. to be plaoed in the Tower. A 071, posel that the tablet should be renter- sentativa of tho departure of the Citk bots from Bristol on their first voy— age of discovery in 1497, as depietedi *in Mr. Board's picture at the 40'.. Gallery, was thought to be a very; happy one, and it is understood,,,thae, the toed Mayor will take action. wide'. teat object in view. Tho Royal Clee- lonial enstitete, the ports of Liven - pool and. Glasgow and the eity of Edinburgh aro being invited to serid repreeentatiaes to the opening ser'.' mony, which will be" peesided over by the Duke oi Connaught. • Imengeablen Doubles. immigralion from the *United State through the pate of Emerson, Mare; f or Mart, showS n inoreasaapa ortee • hundred per entre over theeesaeap month a year ago, according to Coil-. reissioetieef Thernigration Braes Wakle-, er. The value of effeets of Amerioriee settler's passing through North 1ortn4 Sask., during Mereli totalled $9,1)0k.v." 4 +, -•