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Hints for the Home
With Pineapples.
('aiidied Piuetipp1e. — 1,lethortl
. Pare .and cure thick slices of pine-
apple and leave in rings ar etit'in-
to quarters, Boil one-half cupful.
• ,of water with one cupful of sugar
until well dissolved, then ,nook the
pineapple in syrup until clear. Lay
on waxed paper to dry after taking
up. 'When quite dry place in tin
box between waxed paper, A little
lemon juice can be, added to the
syrup, and for pink pineapple add
a few drops o'f fruit coloring,
Canned Pineapples.—There are
three ways of preparing pineapples
fur canning, and they can be put
up ueeording to either of the for-
mulas given in a previous article.
If cut in rings or sliced they can be
used as sauce or made into frnit
salad, but for shortcakes or cake
filling, as well as for ices or pad-
ding: and sauce, the grated or
ground pineapple is usually pre-
ferred and more economical, as a
very little is often sufficient owing
to the concentrated form,
To Cub in Rings,—Seleet very
fine flavored fruit and cut into ,thin
slices, .then pare each sliee and re-
move sere with au apple armee; be
sure to use glass jars with very
wide necks so rings will slip in
without breaking: e-
tre Cuter :Dice or Strips, -Cut in
rattier thick slices, 'then pare and
remove core and cut in small cubes
or strips.
To Grate. --Prepare as above,
but run through food ,chopper, be-
ing careful to catch' the juice in a
clears bowl and adding it to the
grated fruit.
Proportions.—Hall as mach sugar
es water is usually used for the
syrup in which to can the sliced or
cut fruit, but if grated a liberal
sugaring without ,the addition of
water is best, as much juice is ex-
tracted by running through chop-
per,
Variations.—If canning is done
rather late sour cherries, one cup-
ful to each jar, may be added if cut
in cubes and will be found very
nice as Sallee.
Sugared Pineapple as an Appe-
tizer. -Method: Select very ripe,
well -flavored pineapple. Cut in
rings as directed for canning. Pour
a little lemon or orange juice over,
:sugar well and lay on fiat plate.
Place on ice until well chilled.
Servo two or 'three slices overlap as is needed to make a fluffy mix -
ping on a fancy plate and pour the ture, then pile onto fancy dish,
syrup that bas formed over top. A mounding it into a cone. Set away
stoned cherry or large sugared to chill so sauces gets quite stiff.
strawberry may be placed on each
slice. Nice as a first course at din- Useful Hints.
nor or luncheon.
Pineapple Slibrteake. — Ingre.di- Do not wash colored clothes in
encs : Two cupfuls of sifted pastry
flour ; two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder; three teaspoonfuls of su-
gar; two tablespoonfuls of butter
or 1►utterine; one egg; three-quar-
ters cupful of milk, two cupfuls of
ground pineapple, sugar as need-
ed, Method—Sift toll dry ingredi-
ents together, rub in the butter and
add beaten egg to .the milk. Stir
this into 1 flour with a fork, mix
lightly and spread in greased laver
cake pan. Bake a good color. When
cold split and 'place sugared pine-
apple between and on top. ` Durst
well with powdered eager and
serve plain or with cream. •
Molded Rico and Pineapple.•--ln-
gredien'ts: One-half cupful of wash-
ed rice; three tablespoonfuls' of
powdered sugar ; one-half :pinb of
whipped cream; one cupful of
diced and sugared pineapple; Large
sugared strawberries are needed.
Method ; Boil the rice in a large
kettle of slightly salted water until
each kernel is tender, Drain and
let told water run through; • then
Shake out all ,the water and pack
rice in a ring mold or mold around
a .eup on a flat dish. When cold
and 'set untold, or if not h hold
remove •the cup. Fill this centre
with the pineapple, duet the rice
with the powdered sugar and run
the whipped cream :around ,the
edge, dotting it with the whole bei-
ries in one or two rows. This is a
showy dish to bring to the table.
Serve in sections, taking up equal
portions of all ingredients,
Pineapple Tnpiocit.—ingredients:
One cupful of water; one -halt cup-
iul of pearl ta'picca; a pinoh of
salt; one cupful of sliced ,pincapple;
,sttgae to 'taste. J Lathed : Cook wa-
ter and tapioca in double bai'le:r.
;un'til clear. . Plebe sugared Pine -
Apple in •a pudding.;diah, pour on
idle tapioca and, silt 'sugar over.
Bake until fruit is tender, about
half an hour, • Cool and serve with
thin cream,' '
Pineapple:['r'itter'e.--Ingredients
One egg; one-half cupful of milk;
one cupful of silted flour; one-
fortrbh'teaspoonful. of salt, Method:
Beat egg very light, 'then add to
milk and stir into flour an sa'l't
to mato a smao'bh .batter, Chit tens
dee pineapple into slioes, pare: and
'core. then clip each into ,the,batter
iso it is waled all weaned. Slide
into hob fat and fey as you would
doughnuts, When nicely browned
and' easily pierced with a, tooth-
. pick take up in pee/embed spoon,
Shackleton and His New Ship "The Endurance."
In this slip Sir Edward Shackleton, the famous Antarctic explorer,
will shortly sail for the Antarctic regions, where he will make the
atteanpt to cross the polar continent from side to side, stopping at
the South Pole en route,
lay on brown paper or a fine sieve
to drain, then sift witlh, Towdered
sugar and serve .fresh,
Pineapple Harts Sanee.—(Nice to
serve with bread custard pudding.)
Method: Rnb one or two table
•spoonfuls of soft batter into one
cupful of sifted confectioners' su-
gar, adding ground pineapple, us-
ing the juice also. Beat in as much
very hob water or leave them web
very long.
Use old ,stocking tops for cloths
wibh Which to handle hot pans and
dishes while cooking.
Boiling hot starch poured over
fresh iodine stains will remove
them from cotton goods.
To get rid of ants in the pantry,
mix cayenne pepper and borax and
dust around where they are.
When storing carpets or rugs
roll them up with alum and moth
balls enfolded, and they will be
safe.
A. few drops of parafCiu added to
shoe blacking will impart a good
polish to damp shoes and also help
preserve leather.
Time will be saved if a frying pan
or griddle is wiped with a piece of.
newspaper to remove the surplus
grease before it is washed.
A nice sandwich may be made
from chopped dates. Chop dates
with English walnuts and spread
mixture between thin slices of but-
tered bread.
A small white marble in the, pot
in which rice is cooked will elim-
inate 'the necessity 'of stirring, as
it will roll around and prevent the
rico from sticking,
An ,excellent grease eradicator
cam be easily made by mixing two
ounces ofammonia, one ounce of
eastile soap shavings, one quart
of salt water and one teaspoonful'
al saltpeter.
When baking biscuits roll the
dough out thin, double and then
cut oat as usual and when baked
biscuits will hill apart wibhout mat-
ting kir breaking, and so be more
appetizing.
One way to take grease sopors
Rom carpet is to put on the spirt -
'bed places a paste made of fnlle.r',s
earth' mixed with boiling water.
Let :the paste dry on the spotted
place and then beush'it off. Apply
a ,second .application if 'necessary.
Silk 'handkerchiefs should be
wasted in a waren lather made with
pure soap. This should be ,blued
as should ;the rinsing water. Boil
rip 'tightly in et cloth and iron the
;handkerchielfs between linen or
they will turn yellow.
If a little vinegar• and a handful
of Salt ,are added to,!the water In
whfell colored clothes are washed,
it will be found that the color .will
nob ran, and the differ;en't shades
will ha oracle brighter,
When next 000lcing bacon try put-
ting 11 in a sieveand, pouring -bail-
ing water over it; then cover for a
few moments with cold water, dry-
ing the bacon on a cloth before put-
ting into the sizzling frying pan.
Gum arable starch is made by
putting a quarter of a pound of the
best white gum in a large -mouthed
bottle and covering it with a pint
of water. Set the bottle on a cloth
in a pan o'f water over the fire to
dissolve. Stir until it liquifies,
then strain through a cloth.
•A
MINERS RESET EY PERIL
DANGERS WIiit'lI HE FACES
FROM DAY TO DAY. .
Many Ways in Which a Collier May
Meet Death in the Bowels
of the Earth.
Not a day passes without soave
terrible accident in the coal -mines
of ;this .country; in fact, the amhu-
lances attached to our great pits
are constantly in requisition. There
is no braver class, of men than Mils
Hers, and day after day there are
suoh deeds of heroism performed as
exceeded any carried out on the
battlefield, says London Answers.
The heroism of the collier is some-
thing So usual that it is unknown to
the bulk of individuals. It is con-
sidered merely everyday conduct by
the men themselves. Now and then
a great calamity at some mine will
bring vividly before .the public the
danger of au miner's calling.
It is when mute wives and trying
children await in vain for the re-
turn of bread -winners, and see but
blackened fragments of what once
were men brought out of thti anne,
that public sympathy is aroused.
Yet the fact is that such great dis-
asters are comparatively rare, while
not a day passes without some
snralier disaster.
Hearing the Inaudible.
The perils which the miner alas to
face are moot commonly other than
explosions, In fact, some 00 per
cent, of ,the fatal accidents that oe-
cur-are caused by the falls of roofs
and sides. It is comparatively com-
mon for a man, or a number of
men, to be entombed alive.
Sometinl,es the :anon may be dug
out in ,time—sometimes not. It not
infrequently happens that the man
may be rescued only for a aeoond
fall to bury him,
Colliers have .a marvellously' ole=
voloped cense. of hearring. Their
ears to them are far more than .to
the ordinary individttal, As years'
pass on, they can hepar sounds which
are utterly inaudible to most peo-
ple. '.l'here in the black darkness,
which is made more horrible by the
faint flicker of the lamps, their lives
depend upon et, keen sense of hear-
ing.
While at ,work they hear .a taint
crackling, a sign that the roek.
above them is giving way, This is
a warning that they mast leave im-.
madi'ately, or be buried alive um,
der a heavy fall.
Curiously sande the arieg.ii . TF E SUNDAY SCHOOL STUD
develop elle same emits' ]lrai•i , ,. A ifjj,, r
slight,
mammal around behind a
horse will set it running for dear -
life, while e similar sound in front
will cause it 'tri Skop Suddenly. It
so happens where machinery ii; used Jt'LY 12,
that the nuke hides the faint warn-
ing and so the man has nothing to
tell hint thathemust fly in order to
dive his life.
There will be a dull roar, and the
top of the gallery will fall, crushing
Text, Marls 10. 45.
the props beneath, causing excru-
ciating 'agony .to the pour wretch
caught in the .trap. Immediately
the fall has taken place, however,
there will be no lack of volunteers
for the work of digging out the'im-
prieoned man,
No Titnugh1 01' Themselves.Themselves.Themselves.Tons of •coal, earth, and rubbish
will be quickly shifted h order to.
reach the prieoner. If this can be
done, the next thing is to haw
away the beams which pin him to -
the ground, while ame stimulant
may be given to the man in order
to keep the flicker of life in him.
Then, after some hours, ha will be
lifted. out and carried away in the
ambulance to the nearest infirmary.
It is such a mammon •occurrence
For a miner to be entombed that it
scarcely excites remark even when
his nates, in their endeavors to
save him, suffer a similar fate. De-
spite the d•onger, the survivors will
work away, to. a man, without any
thought that they themselves many
meet ,the same horrible, lingering
death.
In most instances an explosion is
caused, not by gas, but by the very
fine coal -dust. Even a spark may
ignite this dust, in which case the
explosion will rush along, gather-
ing strength from every particle of
dust that remains. Strangely
enough, the "shots" used for blast-
ing purposes very rarely cause an
explosion. This is possibly due to
the fact that the vicinity is well
watered to keep down the dust.
All the same it is a terrible fact
that in a four -foot .seam during the
last half century the number' of
deaths have amounted to 1,000 from
explosions from the dust. The pub-
lic only hears of the great disasters,
knowing nothing of those explosions
which may kill only two or three
men, though in the course of a
year these mount up terribly.
ManyManyFatal Accidents.
Few people fare aware of the num-
ber of fatal accidents which take
place by men
being run over in the
pit. For some reason a horse with
its loud may take fright. There is
then no hope for the man in the
narrow roadway who cannot crawl
into one of the shelter places; the
running miner may stumble, either
being run over directly -or crushed
against the sides.
There are innumerable ways in
which a collier may meet his.end
in
tate bowels of the earth. While us-
ing his pick he may strike a, "pock-
et" of metal, sending out a stream
of :sparks which ignite the coal dust,
and so cause a minor explosion. If
electricity is employed, eamething
may go wrong with the insulation,
and so cause another little explo-
sion.
A man may even meet his death
by reeeiving the fiill force of the
electric current as he steps into
some pool of water near a faulty
part of the electric mechanism It
is not uncommon for a man to be
drowned by a sudden inrush of wwa-
ter.It is quite a coronion occurrence
for a, miner to lose hie life by' firing
shots which blast the material. One
common form of fatality is for a
single shot, say, of a couple, not to
fire properly. The man, thinking
that both shots have gone off, will
return to the fuse .too quickly, and
then will meet with an awful death.
In Countless Ways.
The collier may even be last. His
lamp may • go eat, and he, taking
the wrong 'turning, get into some
abandoned portion of the mine,
he may wander for days until
his strength is spent.
Deep below in the impenetrable
larlcnees, the miner rains practically
every danger that 0 man. runs. on
the surface, while, in addition, he
must face many others. He may
be run over, drowned, suffocated,
crushed to death, or blown to
pieces. But, no matter what may'
happen, his gallant fellows are ever
willing to risk their lives even on
the most forlorn ebance of aiding
him.
1NJ'i ItN.i7'l011AL LESSON,
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Lesson 11;- -Gres Olean TheOuh Sea.
vies. Mark 10. 32-45. Golden
a
Vernet 32. And they were on the
way, g ting up to JerusalemeeThe
greater number of lotion pasev.ges
we have studied thus far this year
deal with incidents which occurred
and lessons which were ;.riven dur-
ing Christ's last journey from Gali-
leo to Jerusalem. The route was
circuitous and duobticss occupied
several nlgritlls.
Jesus was going before them: and
they were amazed --Jesus mingled
so freely with his disciples that on
this oeeasion, when he walked apart
from them and did not communicate
his'thuughte, they were surprised
and were unable to explain 'his.
manner. No doubt his mind was
occupied with things which he
knew they could eat clearly under-
stand, and with which they would
probably riot be in ryrnpathy,
They that followed were afraid
Others of the company, besides the
disciples, were awed by Jesus's
demeanor, and though they follow-
ed him, they did it with fear.
He, took again the twelve—Beeom-
ing aware of the effect on ,the disci -
pies produced by the strangeness of
his manner, Jesus again joined the
company of the disciples ,and began
to share with them his thoughts re-
garding the crisis awaiting them at
Jerusalem Matthew says that he
took the disciples .apart, that is,
away from the rest of the followers.
33. This is the third time that
Jesus had announced his passion to
the clisciples. -The details as given
here and in verse 34 corrertpond so
closely to the events which later
took place, that it is possible the
writer recorded his later clear un-
derstanding of the import of what
Jesus said, rather than the impres-
sion ana,cle when the words were
spoken. St. Luke says, "They
perceived what he said." If we
suppose Jesus to have spoken at the
time in veiled prophecy, we can
better understand the inconsiderate
demand made by Janke and John.
The chief priests and the scribes
—Representing the Sanhedrin, or
the governing council of the Jews.
Before this council were tried the
more important cases coming under
the Jewish law.
Shall deliver him unto the Gen-
tiles—This had not been mentioned
in the earlier predictions of the
death of Jesus, The Doman law
diel not permit the Jews to execute
a death sentence it reserved to it-
self this right.
•34, Scourging—with a whip of
many lashes—was an invariable ac-
companiment of crucifixion. Jesus
would naturally expect to be mock-
ed, because his claim to be a Icing
would excite the ridicule of the sal-
dier and the unfriendl' e,o le •
s b } p ,p ,
but this prediction as a whole seems
to •rest on something more than
ordinary foresight, since no one
could know definitely what the Ro-
man governor woukl do, and the
definite time of the resurrection
was, of bourse, a revelation.
35. James and John, the sons of
Zebedee—In Mark 1. 19 and Matt.
4, 51 we -learn that these brothers
were fishermen, that, they were
mending their nets in their boat on
the Sea of Galilee when Jesus had
called them, and that irhey had left
their father and the hired servants
and followed flim. They had been
partners with Simon and Andrew,
who were called at about the sante
time. Their mother was named Sa-
lome (see Matt. 27. 56; Mark 15.
40). She was one of the wsimen
who followed Jesus in Galilee and
ministered to him of their substance
(Mark 15, 41), and many think she
was a sister of the mother of Je-
sus. Comparing the two references
above with John 19, 95, "his
mother's sister" is generally taken
to mean Salome. Saint John's
omission of the name of hie own
mother is similar to the indirect
way in which Ise refers to himself as
"the disciple whom Jesus loved."
If the supposition that Mary, the
mother of Jesus, and Salome, the
mother.' of Janos and John; were
sisters is correct, then Jesus aid
these brothers would be cousins,
and this relationship may have
seemecl to therm to justify their 're
quest for [special recognitionin his
kingdom. It also helps its to under-
stand how their mother could come
to Jesus with a similar eegues't
(Matt, 20. 21), The fast that Jesus,
while on the cross, commended his
mother to. John supports the theory'
that they were related,
We would that thou ,trhouldest de
for tis whatsoever we shall ass: of
thee --This demand seems :most in-
considerate, especially since Semis
had just spoken of his approaching:
trial and suffering. It ehow;s that
his teaching cnsdd not lna.ve been
cleerly eompr• h-tpcled.
1hse disciples Ay have taken
11Gelahy r,hri.x t secede about the
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twelve tdirone �a t,
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33. Ye know net what ye ask—In
their imagination, nearness to
Christ meant honor. Jesus knew
t;~at it meant auftering.
Are ye .able to drink t.46 cup ihitt•
IIis 'Majjesty's Fault.
In the reign of Francis I. of
France, gtiiekness of wit was often
more promptly rewarded than ac-
tual merit. The monk, Regniee
Maines, did net lack merit, but, he
owed his first advancement, never-
thele,ss, to a clever retort,
Francis, who was very fond of the
game of tennis, was playing - match
one day with Mosinns. The .monk
finally ended tho Hard-fought' game
with a brilliant stroke.
The King was somewhat out of
humor on account of hie defeat.
"Remarleable," ]le exclaimed, sar-
castically, "to think that such et
stroke should be made by a mere
monk I"
" 13ut sire," replied the monk,
who 'airs itik Buick with iia" wib Ste
lta was'with his, racket, ''it is your
majesty'e own fault that the ttsoicc
was not made by an abbot."
A week later Mainus received ;Itis
appointment 'as abbot al 13'eaitileu,
•
i di'ielc 4 - This is a frgura•tive ex
presIdee, referring' to '`a man'
pur limn in life," :as w]'ai the ileal
ist soy, " My cup rlunneth ove•r.'
Jesus means t4,'ask James and John
if they urs. able 4o tyhars the neees-
sary sacrifices of his ,por-lirxn.
To he baptized with the baptism
that I am baptized with --Another
figurative expression conveying thesame drought, with the ,added
thought of the overwhelming power
of the eadamity awaiting them,
- 09, Though understanding no little'
of the nueaningof Christ's questious,
James and John replied, We ars.
able, and Jesus took thein .at theirword. He knew that they would
have to Share his sufferings, and
notwithstanding their inability to
comprehend his teaching, their
shortc•umings and their faults, Jesus
believed they would come out vic-
torious,
ia
torious, and he did net discourage
them, but treated them as men
worthy of respect. What a. towel'
1f .strength it must, have been to
them later, when the dark hours
came, to remember the confidence
that Jesus had bad in them
40. Places of honor in Christ
kingdom aro to be attained, not
given away. They have been pre-
pared for those who are fitted for
them, and inflate:nce counts for
nothing.
41. The ten - . began to be
moved with indignation—James and
John were introducing political
method for their own advancement.
The ten naturally -resented this,
42. Jesus called them to him—
He had been speaking to James and
Jelin only. Hearing the objections
on the part of the other disciples,
he called them to explain to all the
twelve the broad principles upon
which greatness in sus kingdom
rests.
Lord it over them—The rulers are
lords or masters, and the people
become their servants to do their
will and to minister to their plea-
sure.
43. But it is not so among you—
In Christ's kingdom greatness is
not won by competition and self-
assertion, but by working for the
common good; by making a state of
society in which the strong help to
bear the burdens of the weak, and
the welfare of every individual is
considered important.
Minister—One who serves, though
this word does not indicate his re-
lation to the person whom he
selves,
44. Servant—That ie, bondser-
vant, one who is under obligation
or holds a personal relation to
those whom he serves. This posi-
tion in Christ's kingdom is higher
than the position of minister, who
does nob bold the personal relation-
ship.
' 45. For the Son of man also came
not to be ministered unto, but to
minister—The Son of man is not ex-
empt from the rule stated. "His
kingship is also that of service, and
net that of lordship."
To give his life a ransom Inc many
—Christ's life is the price by which
men become free. This was true of
his life in a sense in which it is not
true of other lives, though the
world has not been without its
heroes and hei"oines, especially on
the mission fields, who have given
their lives that others alight live
fuller, truer lives,
s.
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]TRANCE'S BIRTH RATE.
Year 1913, with Clue Exception.
Lowest ill Nation's history.
In France 8,291 fewer babies were
born in 1913 than in 1912, word-
ing to oifzcial figures made public
recently, This is the lowest birth
rate ever recorded in the country,
except in 1911.
There were 298,760 marriages in
France in 1913, or 13,109 fewer than
in 1919.
At the same time divorces in-
creased -.from 14,999 in 1915 to 15,-
070 in 10913,
The Temps remarks that the
population of Germany- inbre.ased
by about 800,000 in 1913, or about 20
tsnles .as ninth as that of F ranee,
which was augmented by only 41,-'
001.
Continental Englirlt.
The idea that English ie to be the
universal language of the future
seems to be spreading. Certainly
thousands of Europeans struggle.
bravely .with its rules, rad idioans,
Here as a sample of the progress
that has been made in one quarter.
It is taken from the advertising
mutter that a large Continental ho-
tel publishes in the form of an ela-
borate illustrated booklet t
bks sptnoious dimensions, exquisite
comfort, elegant fashion of its fur-
nishing, ,Mlle unobjectionable , prer-
ogatives as to the, pm'oduoes of its
kitchen and eo<nten,te,of its cellars,
beside ±ho distinguished managing,
which assisted by, well-exporionoed
attendants, does its uttrto,at in al-
ways duly tre�ntimg,--,all this united
already for many years past ob-
tained a general renown, event
abroad boo.
E�lach Meant Different,
"1 don't expect to earl on you for
p
a long tinge again," said the young
man, departing.
"Well,"
"
YVtll, said the,' sweet young
thing with c, ;yawn, . r'x'xt like to
have you tall, but not lot to long
a tirll8 .again.
r English Letter
Saotoli Worknlasi Losoe 3fie .Mlocnia,g
Prick.
The scotch workman has been ilepriv'
ed of his early Morning cheek, which Is-
generally a."5 and -g,'—a pint of belle
and a gill of Whlelt ,
It hoe been founts that the habit b
ail/tains before breakfast has a ba
eireet on the health of the Wot•itingtnatt
and a ikw.. has just 00010 into 1'5104
which prevents tho saloons or elnbo
from <orlsning hefore d0 O'clock los kilo
morning, -131' tilIS time the men have
returned to work and the thus for
tenn;tatiun-paeaad.
While the regulation -applies to the
whale 0f Scotland tkhe misehict it is lu-
tended to ctt'Ilci at Is lasgeezl in the
Industrial districts of Glasgow, .']!here.
it is the custom for the workingmen to
start their day at 0 in the morning and
continuing until 5.30 In the evening,
with a breakfast interval from 0 tO
OA, and a dinner from 1 to 2. With bus
saloons open from s o'clock there wan
a temptation for the then to take a re
fresher before breakfast, end this was
not only unwholesome in Itself, but eon -
ducted to exceeSivs drinking at other
bourn,
net is 1 we but have
have complained
t Sl
the .saloons are nut opened before
breakfast hour they be Opened before
they return to work 00 they may art
least have a drink after eating,
The saloonkeepers have been cone
plaining that. the best part of thele
trade w111 be ruined.
Have Yon 0 Prehistoric Ply?
Certain careless flies, ants, and otherinsects that existed or, the earth before
there wee man, entangled their feet in
adet:sits of rosin falling from the trees.:
The aroma stupefied am and tl ey
aied.
Meanwhile sub -tropical vegetation qts•
appeared Froin the Arctic circle, cousin-
ents separated themselves from one an-
other, nee ascended in the scale and man
camp and took to wearing clothes and
looking. after" thing[[..
NOW about the time when man had
learned to Ry, these careless insects ap-
year again, quite unchanged, but set in
amber. They are on view in 014' Loud
street, where the Royal Prussian Am-
ber Mines are now showing an exhibi-
tion of all the curiosities. of the kind
that have been discovered in their am-
ber mines in the last half century. The
chief deposit of amber. is at a place. near
Konigsberg, near the coastline of Last - -
Prussia.
With the nese freedom in colors and
decoration In women's dress, amber
with its variety of hue and shapes has
found a new importance. ltut it is bet-
ter without the Ries..
Violet Asquith Is Premier's Aid.
Miss Violet Asquith, the prime mini-
ster's right hand daughter, is always
within the precincts of the house of
commons. Not only when she . accom-
panies the premier to some such func-
tion as the luncheon given to the new-
ly appointed colonial. governors, but in
the. daily exercise of her duties as her
father's best friend, doer1 she live in. the
parliamentary' atmosnheee It is a com-
panlonshipso close that there probably
115 nes important ouestion on which the
father and daughter disagree..
It is an open secret that Sir John Si-
mon,. the attorney general who Inas- three
children, proposed marriage to Miss
Asquith and was rejected, but remalne
her devoted suitor. Gossips say that
she has determined never to marry, re-
maining true to. the memory of her
fiance, Lord Aberdeen's son, who lost
his life in an automobile accident se-
veral years. ago. a time it was rumored that her
sympatUiep were with the.suffragettes.
It was said that she had walked in a
suffrage procession; had been recogniz-
ed in Hyde Paris beside a banner bearer.
But if, having donned a hat that was
intended to disguise Iter, she did fall
In with a procession, it did not follow
that she believed in votes for women.
When she went to Larkin's meetleg at
Albert Hall, it did not mean: that she
was satisfied as to the. exact rights and
wrongs of the enormously difficult pro -
Mems,
Miss Asquith Is the prime minister's
daughter by his first wife, who, before
her marriage to him in 1577, was Miss
Helen 11lelland of Rusholme, Manchester.
She has four brothers. one half bro-
ther, and one half sister, Mias Elizabeth
Asquith,
Rotten Row Has Changed.
To the true lover of the horse, Rotten
Row in the season is not what it used.
to be, Internal combustion engines pro-
bably are responsible- for this. The
park hack is fast ceasing to be part of -
the obligatory equipment of the sear
son, and those who rode in. the park
twenty years ago find that the customs
and mariners of the Row haus changed
with the quality or the horses.
Rotten Row has not escaped the level-
ling influences of the times. The uni-
form of correct respectability Inc:gone.
The tall hat of austere Victorian rash -
ton has vanished and the cheap imita-
tion of the Tyrolese hat appeared.
Plan Leper Colony Soon.
With the late Lord Strathcona's gife
of 5250,000 the first lepercolonyin the
United Kingdom will. be established'
next fall in a deserted part of Essex.
There are /IOW only twenty cases of le-
prosy in the entire United' Kingdom.
They are isloated, but widely scattered,
and the bringing thein together for earn
at a- central colony will. not only assure"
more comfort for the afflicted but will
500ble new research into the disease, 5
specially equipped hospital will be a
Part of the nese colony.
Hair's Shadow 7Cey to Royal.
The heart department of: the London
hospital has recently been placed ultder
ground, es the artgbtest vibl'atlon af-
fects the extremely delicate instruments'
used in recording hcnrt boats.
ley certain of these instruments vari-
ous forms of heart disease have .been
diagnosed long before they. could be
heard by the stethoscope, When the
heart beats 1t hes been found that It
gives. off minute eleotrio currents, and
by proper arrangemeets these currents
are made to cause a fine hair of glass,
rooted with silver, to vibrate, These vi
brations are made to take place in
front of the lens of a powerful are
lamp and Lo throw a shadow on a sensi-
tized film,
When thle elm is developed a tracing
is obtained caused by the shadow of
the hair, and from this shadow valu-
able inferences can be drawn, The :ap-
paratus 1s connected by wires to same `..
of the beds in the hospital,
London Hostess Has Oates.
Of the troubles which beset the. so-
elety hostess the 'self -sought- invtta-
ion" is the worst; Many persons 30310
(Mite lost to shame on the Selnect•
It Would be thought°that if one is
of asked to Lath. Dash's tea party It
would seem fairly obvious he had bal-
er stay away-. Still more so in the •
ase of her 'smalls ball at Claridge's, -
where it is well ]known . that ov ry
'rarcl" sent must cost a substantial
,fol,,
13nt as soon as the announcement-ap-
pearsthe prospective hostess at. Mune
aced with reminders that the So and
So's have>come to town, littewtse the
Robinson Smiths :and the Smith 12obtit-
0n0, not. by any roundabout methods,
uch as a counter invitation, but by a.
plain, straightforward request to > bo,
eked : to her . dance. A11 her relations
receive regeests asking thein to get in -
Stations Thor' may bo on the worst
emus with ]ter.. or may not have seen
tor for years, but as soon as, she gives
n entertainment all her [nest distant
equeentanees are written to "for a,
al
en the nt �ht comes rho his' t.
gg mite
:ltd.;
It elle ie ltindttooa`tecL mag :!incl
torself welcoming totrit strangers, or on
It
terms with a peresenta0e of her
friensl1e Whose friends she has net asked.
kjzt•. S tea 11 '- n • a bi
�i i tr 1,10....$
sefe ti±d 131'Sif'ibee Is beau Tit"shit
1 a, transformatIot's of intim h s ti oklos
n T ondon, Men will abai dost asset ool1
's and wear light instead. .
The oonnectlon of 5110000 With dil•
l
ryas5I x l
a g a e sal sed by rho 1i
the steam a�3, with 1151 dirt prod wear
tnnke, whielt nanspolled. men le we
Iothes of sombre colors, The ooloetrin
se baa nob arrived end tete keen Will
evert to the gay3310)e 1
smolt welt
ern lrnfore the llitrbduoLloli of sied,rii.
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