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Why We Dance
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At first 'thought it would seem as
if a strange madness had ewept over
the world—a mania, for movement
that has attacked society with such
force that it is 118 a physical demon-
stration of the law of perpetual mo-
tion. Eviervnvhere it is the same—
daneing, dancing, morning, noon
and night, without cessation. It
appears to be the cue and only
amusement of the present age. And
this loos not apply to society as
confined to people of wealth and
position, but to the world at large
when it looks about for a way to
pass the time.
But upon second and more intro-
spective thought it appears more
rational, for, indeed, it is an ex-
pedient outlet for the spirit of un-
rest that is the product of modern
civilization. And going cleaver
still it is found that dancing is not
mo ern at all. It is one of the moat
ancient arts. Many archaeologists
claim that it is the most ancient of
all arts, and even the most astute
and austere scientists acknowledge
that the modern method of expres-
sion is simply a• modification of the
ancient dances.
Aeons and aeons ago a wood
ny'!mpth wandered fitfully through
primitive paths. It was in the bud-
ding time of spring, and within his
heart surged the longing for its
blossoms, in answer to his desire,
which grad the strength of a, prayer,
he saw one white, starry face peer-
ing at him from on high, Unable
to grasp it, he sprang in the air.
With a swift leap he caught it unto
himself, and with it came the ting-
ling joy of rhythmic motion. Again
he leaped, this time from sheer
glee. And thus the dance was born.
Fanciful as this very old yapanese
folk tale may be, there la no his-
tory, however far it may date back,
that does net contain some refer-
ence to dancing.
In the Vedas of the }Undoes, some
of which date back 6,000 years be-
fore Christ, there is steady refer-
ence to dancing as an expression of
triumph, worship and even deepest
grief. It is the same in the Zenda-
vestas of the Persians. Dancing
with cymbals and tambourines, with
bells tied to their ankles and wrists
or around their waists, was an art
that the priestesses in the temples
must understand.
In the Bible, as nearly as the
days of Moses, Miriam end her sis-
ters danced before the Ark of the
Covenant Nelsen it was being taken
into the promised land.
We read in the Book of the Dead,
which contains the papyruses of
Egypte most ancient seers and
scholars, that dancing was a part of
Egyptian worship. In fact, the
hieroglyphics themselves, denoting
adoration, triumph after battle,
bloom at the death of a monarch or
a hih priese, were often
f�tres of
men in dancing postures.
In the very Far East Confucius,
who lived nearly 600 years before
Christ, mentions the dancing of
warriors and of the outcast women.
In the anolent Japanese scrolls con-
stant pictures appear of dancing
girl's and warriors. And in Phoeni-
cia and Lucania, Sparta and an-
cient Greene, always we find that
dancing was a part of the life of the
people, just as it is to -day.
In Greece it was actually a. part
of the religion, Wisdom, we. know,
was believed by them to have
sprung, full -armed from the head of
Power, but the twelve inoses wore
hall -divine and half -human, the
children of earth memory and hea-
venly power. And because they pre-
ferred the beautiful things of the
earth—the brooks, the ocean, the
forests and the flower -starred mea-
dows—they forsook heaven and
came down to delight in the mater-
ial.
Three of these demigoddesses
Ten:reiehore, Melpomene and Thalia
—were devoted to the expression of
the emotions by mems of the body,
Terpsichore, who loved nature, de-
lighted in the harvest and vintage
feasts and led the choral dances and
songs of praise and gratitude.
Thalia was a merry meso and trip-
ped gayly to the sound of the run-
ning waters and the sway of the
boughs in the spring breeze, while
Melpomene inspired the slow and
stately tread of, the dithyramb when
mourning or dignity was to be call-
ed into action. It is these three
distinct phases of life that dancing
portrays.
We know fr,1m the flreerasof Eu-
ripides and Aeschylus wbat dancing
meant to the Greek civilization
and how it followed the western
trend into Rollin: With the fallof
these two ela.,slc (1611±zatiens and
the invasion of the lnar'barians the
humor of 'the art elm nget' • In salted
of pol'Lraying eteritual qualities and
npl ?,alio„ to (118 Riser senses, we
find•iii expressing all the baso? in-
stieets, 'such as joaloney, rage,
pride, 15enee1ality and other of the.
several est adly sine,
The ideal purity of elaesfe dew -
.
;passed away, •except for the
hart it played in the painting of the
R;eftaissan.00 period; until the I156t
sent embers', When it Was 1'e03VO(
by Isadore Zuneen, ittdud Allan
and otherts of the modern classic
•lancers. Maud /111,an llas said the,
the firet inspiration she receive(,
was from Buttieelli's Primavera.
Prone the dancing of the than
,Traces she conceived the idea of s
dance expressing the Spring Song
of Mendelesohn,
There was also another sort of
classic dancing --one 'that dealt with
the grosser emotions. They came
from the Eat, many years before
Christ. We react of them in the
Songs of Solomon, in the Dance of
the Seven Vella, in the Arabian
Nights, With an insidious power
they spread through Northern Af-
rica, Southern Asia, Asia Minor
and calve over by way of Carthage
and Algiers into Europe, where
they blended with the classic, bar-
baric and more modern folk dances,
until they formed the dance which
holds the modern world in its
thrall. For the present-day dance
is just as much a product of file
various periods of the past aa paint-
ing and sculpture of the century is
the product of the various schools
of the ages.
There are many high-minded peo-
ple who dispute the claim of danc-
ing
anceIng as an art, and they point with
disdain to the gyrations that are of-
ten indulged in nowadays. Aoknow-
ledging.this, nevertheless, it is an
art, for art, after all, is only the
highest expression of the individual.
Anything that can express is art in
some stage. It may be but an at-
tempt, but, perfected, it takes its
place among the higher accomplish-
ments. True, it may not always ex-
press pleasant qualities or emotions
or beautiful sentiments. Neither al-
ways do painting, music and sculp-
ture. They all, simply through
rhythm or color, tone and lino,
manifest what dancing dogs, by
rhythm of movement.
WISE SAYINGS.
The only similarity between pa-
triotism and politics is that they
both begin with p.
Universal peace is an idle dream.
There will probably always be suf-
fragettes and antis.
For one man whose religion is
sane, there are thousands whose
piety comes in the form of spasms,
Untested virtue is the cheapest
commodity in the world. Tho uni-
verse is full of men with good inten-
tions.
Ever notice that the fellow who
despises wealth generally wants to
borrow a quarter 2
Life seems to be a game of hide-
and-seek between the right oppor-
tunity and the right man.
There is always a sure cure for the
ills—of other people.
Brood over your troubles if you
want to hatch out more.
Fate sometimes makes a hero of
a man, but it 'generally takes more
than that to enable him to hold the
job.
If you are going to ride a hobby,
select one that won't buck.
Don't give away all your good ad-
vice. Save a little of it for your-
s lf.
A mon may be all right in his
way, provided he isn't in the way
of others.
The man who wastes his time
doesn't seem to realize that he will
need it all before he dies. •
Few things come to those who
wait for others to do it for them.
The man who does things
by
halves frequently finds himself in a
hole. -
- LIFE'S ROAD
Smoothed by Change of Foot].
Worry is a big load to carry and
an tinneceseary one. When accom-
panied by indigestion it certainly is
cause for the blues.
But the whole trouble may bo
easily thrown ?.f and life's road be
made easy and ,comfortable by pro-
per eating and the cultivation of
good cheer. Read what an Eastern
woman says
"Two years ago I made the ac-
quaintauco cf Grape -Nuts and have
used the food once a day and some-
times twice, ever since.
"At the time I began to use it
life was a, burden. I was for years
afliioted with bilious sick headache,
caused by indigestion, and nothing
seemed to relieve me.
"The trouble becameso severe I
had to leave my work for days at,a
time.
"My nerves were in stash a eta•to
I could not sleep and the doctor
said I was on the verge of nervoais
prostration. I saw an adv. con-
cernieg Grape -Nuts and bought a
package for trial.
"What Grape -Nuts has done Inc
me is certainly marvelous. 1 can
now !sleep like a child., sun entirely,
free from the old trouble, and have
not had a headaeho in over a year,
I feel like a new person. I have
recommended ie to oth•crs. Ono
man I, knew ate principally Grape -
Nuts, while working on the ice all
winter, and said he novel: felt bet-
ter in his life," •
Nemo given by Canadian Poston
Co,, Windsor, Ont. .Bead "'Tile
Road to Wellvill4,1' in pkga,
"There's e Reatien." •
Ever lead the %hove lector? a meth
rNM appears Train tinto to time. Whey
are genuine, erten, and full of htialtitirl
intermit.
Dlt.'1IOBT; AI. CO1C'd,`PE12, C'M:O;
The Deputy Posttuasteratienerul of
Canada.
There are many stories told to
prove that politica is Cho fon of good
;evernmont. And among these are
many tales of anon appointed to
high positions in the public service
by the possession of political
"pull." I am not going to cast
any doubt upon the oorlleetne,ss of
those siorles er upon the soundness
of the doctrine which they are cited
to prove. All I am going to do is
to remind you that every rule has
its exceptions, and that Dr. Robert
Miller Ceelter, 0.141,G., Deputy
Postmaster -General of Canada, is
000 of these exceptions.
Everybody Likes Him.
The Deputy P•ostm.aster-General
has the name of limiting his sub-
ordinates work hard, and he also
has the reputation of telling them
pretty plainly what he thinks of
them on occasion. But his heart is
Dr. R. M. Coulter.
warm and they all like him. More-
over, they feel that they may "talk
back" to him and that he will not
carry .a grudge or punish them for
their freedom afterwards. Dr.
Coulter tells this story on himself :
There is one member of the staff
of the Post -Office Department—per-
haps there are othees, but there is
one at least—who makes a, practice
rather often of getting down late
in the morning. Dr. Coulter, be it
known on the other hand, is an
"early bird." That is mot the doc-
tor's description of himself, but
that fact is necessary to the tale.
Be it also known that the .hoer of
arrival at the department is nine
o'clock. Up till quarter past there
is still room for repentance, but
after that a line is drawn and all
coming after have to sign "the
book" below the line.
The scene of the story is nine -
thirty in the office of the Deputy
P.M.G.Dr. rug
1 Coulter is seated a
e t
his desk when the delinquent conies
in on some message or other. Dr.
Coulter at once commenees•±0- take
him eharply to task and to ask him
what he means by coming in. at that
time in the morning. "I have been
here since half•tpast eight," winds
up the &els:s • with crushing empha-
sis.
"Very coanmenciable on your part,
doctor, replies the tardy one,
"very commendable." And the
doctor finds all his anger swept
away in the enjoyment of the sally
of :the culprit.
Good Irish Stock.
As might be suspected from the
quickness of his teinpor and his.
love of a joke, even on himself, Dr.
Coulter comes of .a good Irish stock,
Botch his paren'bs 'were of Irish birth
and they left him the, rich legacy of
en Irish heart. The doctor has done
much good sartice in his day but
he has not' had what one would call
en eventful life. pre was bona at
Richmond Hill on. September 9,
1857, and received his early educa-
tion in the eehea1a of his native
tow,l. His medical treating; lie ob-
tained at Toronto. end Vicboria
'Universities sat a time when the old
Trinity Medical College was affili-
ated with Victoria University. He
'practised me<lacine in Aurora, and
its vicinity for fifteen years, alto
during that ,period ect'ved on both
the School Board and the Munici-
pal Council. Since. covens; to Ot.
taws he has given himself wholly
to tee administrates) of his depart-
ment, and has represented tam
Canadian Government :in several of
the postal oeatferences of the world:
He has ellen voyaged to the AeLi-
pockes.,•sn the interest, of dhe "All
Red" cable ; and just now he is
playing leis part in the in.augure-
tion .of.tthe parcel. ,post. He WAS
given his carn•Panionlland in the Or-
der of 5t. Michael and St. Glcorgo
in 1.007 for his services to the, pith -
lie in the extension of postal locale
Lies througbotat the Dominion and
for his ronteibutien to, the victory
of penny post •ihroughoue elle Eln-
pire,--Iireneis A. Carman, le To-
ronto , Star Weekly.
rillialn CCfaulditt a well-known IT
Calgary roan, fell from ts windmill•
said broke his neck,
1 CI1L 1'T COMPA�C�.1IMIi°
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zazsu.
THE 'INCREASED NUTRIT)-
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THE CAREFUL HOUSEWIFE
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WINNIPEG MONTREAL
r MOST PERFECT MADE
GOOD ADVICE.
Here Is a Case in Which It Did Not
Turn Out li'eil.
There is no good advice on earth ;
there's none that's fit to follow.
Though 80100 may seem of sterling
worth, it all is vain and hollow.
A handsome hone I used to own,
with lawn and sparkling fountain,
and in the bank had many a bone,
to goodly sum aanonnting. I had no
cares to weigh me down, my soul
with bliss was mellow, and you may
search throughout the town, nor
find a gayer fellow. Then with a
man I had dispute, a chap nameel
Jumbo Sawyer, and like au addle-
brained galoot, I went to see a law-
yer. The lawyer with some good
advice tall soon made me acquaint-
ed, and when at last he named his
price I beavecl a sigh and fainted.
Th4 lewyer owns my stately home,
and there he lives in splendor, while
up and down the world I .roam in
search of legal tender. He sits at
evening on my porch and rests in
my old rocker, and smokes iu peace
a two-bit torch and reacts a shilling
shocker. And Jumbo Sawyer rooms
with me, upon my bootless journey;
beneath poor Jumbo's olcl rooftree
there dwells a rich attorney.
A year ago, though mighty fab,
no trouble was I knowing; the
golden locks beneath my hat no
traoo of grey was allowing. And
then ono clay I went to sac weenie
nent physician. He shook his head.
"Gee whiz!" said 11e, "butt you're
in bad 'condition! You pack around
a load of lard too great for one to
carry. Walk every day, and do it
hard, if you on earth would tarry !
Walk out of town, in country lanes,
and hear the wren and phoebe!
Walk in the Sunshine and the rains
from Dan to Bcckbeersheba 1"
He gave mo piles, this good ad-
vice, a bottle of emulsion. - T had,
when he announced his price, three
fits and a oonvulision,
Then I began to roam the woods,
the roads and verdant prairies, andin the virgin solitudes I heard the
cheap canaries; I saw the robin
guard' Iter eggs, drank from the
streamlet's ripple, and thus I spa-
vined both any legs, and now I anti
a cripple. I sit a.11 day with bended
head ,and gaze out from my case-
ment, ancd'people say the tears I
shed have flooded out the basement.
Beware, my friends, of .good ad
vice, 1711±010 is is rotten ladder;
though on 1115 face it seemeth aloe,
it stingeth like ;an adder. Of course,
these metaphors are mixed, but you
can (stole their meaning; these
crazy metaphors betwixt, you']] see
the moral leaning.
Nearly
a
Death Nealy Claiutmed
e64' lDlr1ills%!i(;lt Lady
3
Was Restored to Her Anxious Fem.
ity When Hope Had Gone
St. .701tn,; NB., Deo. 16111. ---AI one
time it was feared that T1Trs, a, Grant,
of S White St:, -would succumb to the
deadly ravages of Ltd Van tral kidney
trouble, "My .lrstattacks oC back-
ache and kidney trouble began, years
age, ]1'or set year's that dull gnawing
pain has been present, When I as-
erted myself its cap terribly Intensidcei,
7f -1 (aught cold the pale 1V1re unen-
durable. I used most everything bet
nothing gave that certain 'grateful re.
that cause fano Pr. (Mull tnne
Pills of Mandrake and T3n1Lorntyl, Tu -
stead of being, hewed down with pal»,
to -day I are strong, enjoy splendid
appotlto, sleep soundly. Lost eroper-
ties have' been 11161111ed into my ]flood
—cheeks are rosy with color, and 't
Week that day that l heard of so grand
a niedleil,e as Dr. Munition's Pills."
Livery woman should use these plus
yegularly because good health pays,
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NOTES OF SCIENCE
A machine has been invented Inc
washing largo quantities of eggs
spicily.
Only about one-frfteenth of Can-
ada's estimated water power has
been developed,'
No two nations ]lave the same
laws regulating the handling and
storage of explosives.
In same parte of Switzerland al
the dead, rich. err poor, are buried
at.publ]c expense.
C!arboneto of soda, applied dry,
will remove the most .obstinate mudd
stains from textiles.
Bricks made of furnace slag, ac-
cording
scording to German makers, in-
crease in strength with. age.
The first use of asbestos nus in
the manufacture of crematory robes
for the ancient Romans.
Russia lest year nearly doubled
its production of hops over the fig-
ures for the previous year.
The number of gas consumers fn
the United Kingdom increased a*
a rate of more than 500 a day last
year.
Stockings for women, with pock-
ets
ockets woven in the tops, have been
patented by a Pennsylvaniaun.
One-third of the world's supply
of platinum is required in dentistry
and another third for electrical pus
poses.
The whaling season of 1913
eclipsed all records, the yield of oil
for the world being estimated at
800,000 casks,
Genoa shipbuilders have received
a contract for a 22,000 -bon passen-
ger steamship, the largest ever
built in Italy.
German iron founders aro trying
to increase the use of furnace slag
in plasm of gravel and crushed stone
in concrete.
Forty-five electric mall wagons re-
cently were put in service in Vienna
after an exhaustive test lastipg
more than fifteen months.
To lighten the bureaus. of (.louse-
cleaning a new (lust brush has a
telescopio handle for reacbiilg
otherwise inaccessible places.
Tho Chinese Government plans to
extend its present wireless system
of twelve stations throughout the
country and even iuto Thibee.
The Belgian erne. is experiment-
ing wallets rapid-fire gun which can
be carried on an .aeroplane er used
against one from 'ells ground.
Tho per capitia s')mslamption of
horse meat in the Gelman city of
Nuremberg Last year was slightly
mere than nine -tenths of a pound.
Speeds up to 50 miles en hour
over the Desert of Sahara have
been made by a French tunny auto-
mobile driven by un aerial propel-
ler.
One of the hewer furniture com-
binations is both a library table and
a' folding bed, the latter being hid-
den within the former when not in
5100,
Tee rapid growvtlt of rogetation is
polar regions, despite the brief
summers, is attributed to the
strength of the electric currents in
the atmosphere.
There are 1,237 British gas com-
panies all England and Wales, 260
in Scotland, 110 in Ireland, 161 in )
Australia and 72 in other British
possessions.
For warming the hands there has
been invented a email, perforated
tube containing an a:shestas pad
hi r 'i
si
within � •u d
ith 1 which s e n ck t be solaced
in benzine and ignited.
Russia is malting great efforts to
develop unproductive parts of the
Caucasus by preventing river floods
and iucreasing irrigation, drainage
and canal: con8Lruotion.
4
1'
SEEKING NEW BIOMES.
Number of 1'lnligraiste Leaving Bri-
ln ti is.Inrre:using.
During the giant leen years there
has been a steady inrrease in the
number of British subjects leaving
the shores of the Unite.cl Kingdom
to settle in countries out of Europe;
except in the years 1008 and 1909,
when, for t x6±0118 rea40'll5, there
WO s u very marked thump.
During 11103, emigrants numbered
11.7,036. ])ming 1912 -. the last year
for nhich fl96n rs 1st es yet avail-
able—they numbered 268,486; and,
if this, rate of ine:rcase he maintain-
er', the (lay wheat the maximum of
possible emigration Is ill be reached
c80011)t be In (11815.11
1l 1_ 1,E1'' slat 641RM.') ry to know
that the prupe:el/1n of British emi.
granI:e who elect to g„ to the O'ver-
aea Dominions, Pathe than elso-
nvhere, bets rnr,rcatsed froot 33 per
cent. in 1900 lu k2 9171' Pont, in 1912. •
Women, annrru1siren to nuligrlarbirle
in l upidly hieceasing rowing numbers, This
is obviously desirable, seeing that
thele is a surplus Of 1,178,000 fe-
males, ever males in Emden(' and
Wales, and a corresprsi ting deR-
cietea cif ''\tornen in Australia, New
Zenland, and Cenuda.
'l'he 9rr111 majority of teneo seek -
mg new livmres still remit ll Canada
as Ilio land 111 Witi011 6orr,llize their.
1(11950. Al any 'vats, whereas 11,004
lieopts, left f110 611t h' v Coe rare in
11112 to seek forte n .e in , New Zea-
land, ttn(1 esele8 to sere( fortunes i))
An 66:rn110, 1111 16100, tis ses 133,531
waifed to. Ca main 'South Melte are,
tenter(' Dally 4,233,
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