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ANALYSIS.
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rue elver or LIVE, vs 1-5.
11 A 1 03100DD PARADISE, t s. i,-12.
INTR0Di crIov—Diel rel believed, as
Jeremiah 212, that 'a time of rettora
Lion would conic,'and that the exiled
people ofJ.rael,would return to their
own land. In exile :a ramnant, e,scap-
ed from the sword., would" repent, and
would remember the lord, ch. 6 p:10:
Phe: the :Lore would gather them incl
'bring them back, and put'a=new�parit'
, ip them,. Mal, renew with theta the an.
meat eovedar bond`, ch 11':'17 20; 16:
00'03. Ho' believed 'also tkat�tlre king-
dom would he restored •and-'3vould he -
come prosperous eh, 17 .22-24 '
Fo1�, the prophet declares, Jehovah
will he the good shepherd of, his pee=
pie, caring.for them'' and keeping them
1:: the happy, days `that are yet to
come, eh, 341' "And thse shall say;
:This land that` was desolate is become
like the`gaeden of Eden," ch. 36: 35.
A new Davhd-wi11 :,rise whom:the Lord
will snake king over a purified nation
'(ch. 34: 23; 37:24)`, and his sanctu-
ary will bo' established in Israel for
ever, ch; 37: 27, 28.
It is in harmony with this ex ct -
tion that Ezekiel presents to us, en chs.
40 to 48, a remarkable picture of the
restored city and; temple, to which' he
believes the Lord will return, and in
which .he will once more make.; his
dwelling." -The picture is presented as
though seen sen in a dream or vision. He
stands upon a --high' mquntaie, he sees
"a building like a city in frond] of
-.him, "he passes through its courts,; he
?watches; the service of its great altar."
An angel guides him and instructs
hinh ashe goes.' He sees coning back
from the east the glorious majesty of
the God 'of Isral whom in a similar
vision he had seen departing years
before (compare chs, 10: 18„.19; 11:
22-24;, and 43':•1-7). 'There --also• s a
place for the prince orking 'who will
Sulo' ;ustly arid' equitably, over the
people (ch.,45: 747).
T. THE'n1VPIIi 0$ tn'E, VS. 1. -shy
The vision of the holy 'cit the
ternple, and .the glorified, la y,
g land contin-
ues t- the end of the book. In the last,
verse the new name of the city is
given, Jehovah-shammah, "the Lord.
is there." Here (v. 1) he is brought
by his guide to the door of the temple
which kicked toward the east.'.' He sees
a river: of, water issuing from the
temple, feom under the threshold on
the right, or south; side, flowing east-
ward past the altar. .The eastern
,gates were apparently closed (ch. 40:
1), and, therefore, he was led out of
the temple court by the north gate and
"round upon the outside of the outer
gate that faced eastward" (v. 2, Mof-
fatt): There on the right side the
waters were flowing out into the open
county. The man with the line , ,
in 1 a hand is, of course, the angel
guide (ch. 40: 8). The river as it
advances becomes deepen At four
thousand cubits it becomes'waters to
swim in, a river that could not be
passed over.
The vision is no doubt, to be inter-
preted in terns of spiritual .realities.
The sanctuary,, which represents the
dwelling of God with .Ins, people, be-
conies a source of blessing to the en-
tire country, ..The influence of the
sanctuary go out,; broadening and
deepening; to enrich the life of all the
land, bringing life and fertility even
n dead and barren ,places, r'Tlus.
splendid imagination vividly suggests
the beneficent and Life-givhrg influ-
encee that 'will stream forth frons the
church of God upon the'siek-and fam-
ished souls of a dead tend arid world,"
ealte's Commentary. It was by a true
insight into the prophet's, meaning
that the writer of the book of Revela-
tion (psi, 20), 'was led tense this same
figure, --"ti plea river of water of life,
clear as metal, proceeding out of the
throne of God and of the Lamb," the
elver of divine grace, and df spirituai
I/essrng, See•also Psalm 46': 4.
, 'A liBeTenop ppn, »rag vs. 6-12.
The country to tho east of Jeru-
salem, extending to the Dead Sea, is
for the :host part rugged and barren,
G. A. Smith describes it as a "haggard
desert." The life-giving river, .in the
prophet's vision, flews through tiffs
dead land into a dead and bitter sea,
and makes the desert a paradise,
Trees grow and bear fruit, and their
loaves have healing virtue, and the
bitter waters become sweet so that
there shall be a great multitude of
fish.
It ie quite possible that the prophet
associates closely in his mind material
with spiritual blessings. The river
and the paradie which it creates May
represent both. God is in the midst:of.
his people. nig fa or is restored; Be
bestows his gifts upon- them bounti-
fully, food for the bodies and for the.
souls of men; -
Apparently .Ezekiel regards salt as
one of the necessaries of life, and see,
therefore, in' his, vision the salt -
marshes preserved, v: 1'L "They ere
to he left for supplying sate"
The word desert (v.• 8; ' Hebrew
'Arabab),is.used.to designate the deep
valley, below sea -level, south of the
. Sea of Galilee, in' which is the Jordan
;River and the Deal Sea. The Arabs
call it the Ghor.
En_ 'ecli was' on the western' side
of the Dead Sea. The other place men-
' boned in v. 10 is unknown.
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Hig1iiwayllaen
is Petrie (pons.) :.-(A ` motorist in
the Eastern Townships was prevailed'
Moon to stop by banditti,' who pre-
tended that• an accident • had taken
Place.) Would it not be better to con-
tinue, .on one's way, especially' • at
night,when people Smite signs of dis-
tress? This is what some motorists
are asking themselves who believe,
prudence to be a mark etaavisaorti, Bug
If there really are wouncleci, can we
abandon them on the road, without
attempting to Help them? Most ac-
oklenti' happen at night, so that ft
is pretty hard, if people ask you .to
stop and their car is upset In a ditch,
not to pay any attention to; their
peal for help, , . if peolile siguul' 10
you to `stop at 1;1343, You`hacl best be
cautious; if there is any doubt ablut
it; don't stop.'
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We make prof iSi'di s .fern' tris 11fe es
thought it Wed new r to ],ave an ebd,..
and 107 3h eth01''i130 •-tlhtitih.it
wev 1.:.�1ei tr bl'e'd beglrning.
• 00001)11 Addison.
.,]lege that the. 'Labor Prime Minister
was slow in getting 0 move on once
he got into his job., Last Saiday (the
better the,day the''better• the deed, asJ
we say' in Scotland) before he was in -
office a week had .the new- America.
Ambassador away up at Paries and
was talking with him about how Bri-
tain and the United States inight set
about keeping the world in peace and
quietness. That was hustle enough to
satisfy the most ; ustling of Ameri-
cens,'and Me. liCover, who is also:'new
to his job, should be pleased. What.
with all the new 'bo3llis.on-both sides.
Of the Atlahtic there should be some
sweeping, up :done, and in the process
'Scotland -should heave e big share. Foe
the' Prune ;Mlniot• rr is Scottish, he ;is,
a Ramsay 'and a; MacDohiald (both
good old;:S'cottisii' names) his home is
in the little fishing village of Lossie-
mouth, away 111'`011 the Moray Firth;
some of the best, inert .in his' Cabinet
aro Scots, and it:wa1,1n Scotland—in
that friend's housc.near Forres—that
he met the American Ambassador,
and began "conversations" which may
mon an enor'mene bot to the future of
the :world.
.It was not the first 'time that ,an
important,, 103073i`al meeting of. na-
tional importance :has :17een held .43
some little place ,in, the north. There
was one in Inverness, and these was
one 'in: the Far, Weet of Rossshire,
both when kr. Lloyd George was
Prime b)iinister, but 'they. had to do
only with affairs peculiar' to the Un-
ited Kingdoirh, Last Sunday America
and Great Britain met in a country
Meuse • near Ferree, very, near the
'!Blasted heath" where Shakespeare's
Macbeth met the witches; arid where,
in the same ,play, King Dungan was',
murdered.
SABBATH; PROTEST.
.-And all on a Silbbath.afternoon too,
after the Prime Minister had been to
a forenoon, swift in hiss. own little•,
church .4e Lossiemouth, To wonder
there were some protests against the.
breaking of the Sabbath Day and the.
wonder is drat there were not a great
many more. . That there :}were very
few, and these` feeble and :apologetic,
shows that even. the people of'the
Highlands are moving towards broad-
er views of things, are' becoming
more tolerant, and are realizing that.
iflwork is good. the doing of it on -the
Sunday does, not make that day any
less the Sabbath. Tliereally secular
parts of the .Prime Minister's week's
soourn..at his old home, in the inter-
val'between his acceptance of offlee
and the full beginning. of hie work in
London, were carried out on week
days, when the people of Lossiemouth'
Welcomed hiih to the place in'ercevdse
with processions and pipers and huge
bonfires, when the women of the :vii
]age in their working garb, Minted his
motor car from the railway station to
his house, when the children held high
holiday; and when everyone, without
distinction of politics,,, united with
everyone else to matte 'days greater
than any that Lossie and its -loons had
ever known in the past.
It was a' great change from the
time when he was an unkrfown labor
leader, fighting Obscurely for a seat in
Parliament, and called, by meny who
did know him, a dangerous revolution-
ary. It was also_a great change from
the time, during the war, when he
was expelled from the membership of
Moray Golf Club because he was not
an enthusiast for the war. That ex-
pulsion still Bolds good, although
those who engineered itnwould gladly
have wiped it out and welcomed .hire
back. The story is that he wouldn't
come back even if they asked him, and
even if they apologized, and that ie
likely why they don't ask him.
EXILES FROM LEWIS.
The 'exiles from Lewis are home,
and are: spreading themselves all over
their native islands, The Canadian
Pacific •, liner Minnedosa brought over
a hundred of them from Montreal to
Stornway last week -end, among them
being; as'the chief personage, Mr. T.
B: Macaulay, president of the Sun
hr f Conde, who
Life tti<sst duct: CoCc. o dna ,
has given about £50,000 for Lewis
schemes within the past two years,
including' £12,000 for a library in
Stornoway, 117,000 for a hospital,
£5,000 to help in building•a town hall
to take the place of one which :.was
destroyed by fire, and other suras for
other piniposes. le was arranged that
the new'towri hall, .municipal ,offices
and library should' all be opened when
Mr.- Macaulay' and the other exiles
Were in the place, and so Stornoway
and the Lewis have had a remarkable
+,week,
The Provost and magistrates went
owt in a tender to meet the Minnedosa
end give .those on board an official
welcome, there was a big bonfire On an
island in the, bay, the streets' of the
town ,were ecorated, the liner was
sin'ronfeled by all hinds of small craft,
roekets were fired from the shore and
the llnet' shrieked in reply—in- fact,
Stornoway could not have done more
1f it bad been like Lossiemouth.—wo1-
sensing A native as Prime Minister,
And, all the time, many' of the 100
,Were not really natives. Some of .thein
were ,descendants to the third, and
even forth, •generation' of people who
had, gone frohu`,the Lewis to Canada,
'Even.AZr; Macaulay himself had never
before set foot, ori , the island. But
they all ,]mated it as then' hom-elalld,
they Were all '.enthusiastic,' and Mr.
LaCaulay , actually believes that. he
will be' able to' convert the peat bogs of
the LOwie into g6011 fair], land, so
that aro natives may not have to
emigrate: He is evidently a man of
great "faith.
NEW SUGG11STLOI'T ,
So is His Grace _'11 e Du; e' of Mont-
rose. hie has- been makin two.,,ini=
port r,L s 1 1 st=•on ince' the Labor'
Coven ,lent came into office The
f1, wee sat as tarles especially death
duties,' such a ]hevy"buh'`den„on
ioad w'n 1, , the Government, should
• es have wile bargain i
ikind, 111stead. et, ]raving 'to mils, big
,rims. Ile. thought My. IZatnsay M'ac-
Donald`nngh- th'in't.of thio klea when
l e was Funning himself: at Lossie-
Mouth, Mi. MacDonald may think oft
it, butit is not at'all likely that any
gaverhinient least of all a Labor Gov-
ernment, ry 11 lighten the burdens of
landlordism -in this •particular yr ay-
er inany way. It would boa beauti-
es.”, arrangement fcr the landlords,' but:
would leave the government with tho
land' on their' hands. The Duke's other
suggestion was that some people might
buy the islands in Loth Lomond, which
happen to be, in a legal sort of war,
his property. It is doubtful 1f Social-
ists will admit th:,t theyaie his pro-
perty at all. ` At any rate, the Goy -
eminent, won't rise to this bait.Some
people . -thought the Cor•.poration of.
Glasgow wepld, and they i.'aised'the
question at a Town Council meeting,
But the Council turned, it -clown 'at
once, without discussion.
They have quite enough of unprofit-
able Highland estates, given to them
for nothing, anti costing more.: than
they are worth; and they an not hav-
ing anymore. Least of all the Duke
of Montrose, whose' forebears tools,
great big smns fi'.om Glasgow,as.com-
pensation. Wheh the level 'of Loch
Katrine was raised for the :city water-
works, and 'at elery subsequent trine
When more land was required up, that
way`f"or- the same purpose. If the
Duke. had given the Corporation all
the islands in Loch 3Lomond as a tree
gift it would not have been much. But
even then the Corporation'Might not
have talc
a en any h off his hands.,
QUIET RETREA 1. •
But: if any privateperson er'son wishes a
quiet retreat, where he and his family
would not be disturbed :by the screech -
ane of -railway trains, the hooting of
motor cars, the "jostling of crowds,
letters tsvo or three times a day and
snipers every other hour, he ],tight do
worse than take over 'ane of the .Loch'
Lomond', islands. With a good house,
a big. gairdee, and an island large
enough for strolling in and keeping a
reasonable number of beasts and
fowls, and with a motorboat for going
to Balloch, or Luse, or BalenahaeWhen
he felt so disposed,- it would be an
ideal life for one who liked that kind
of life; always 'assuming- of course,
that -the' prebons concerned did not
require to work for a living. -But some
one should suggest that another island
—St. 33ilda, to wit --should be taken
into consideration, There is a pro-
posal that all the 38 inhabitants of
that moat Iovely of Scottish islands --
away out in the West Atlantic—should
be taken off and settled down as a
little township sornewhcee on the main-
land and otherwise, there will soon be
none of them Ieft, they are decreasing
SO rapidly. Not long age there were
about 100. Nott' of the 88, only 18 aye
grown men, and of these only four or
five are strong enough for hard work.
But it will not be'easy•to,.e nvinoe
them that they should settle down on
the mainland. They are islanders
first, last and all the time, and would
probably pine away still faster if the
sea, was not all around them. The best
plan would be to raise a fond for buy-
ing the islands of Loch Lomond and
settle them on these. They would
have ali the solitude of islands -if
tripers in motor boats could be kept
away—and they would also be in
touch with civilization ' all the year
round, Some one should siiralc to the
Duke of Montrose about it.,
T ,ling With
Sun -Tints
The vogue for a sun-tanned com-
plexion influences women in the selee-
lion of their lingerie. , Freels)), too,
are chosen with an outdoor sport
emphasis in style and color. White
is the .outstanding saceess for both
daytime and evening wear but some
vivid splash of color is introduced
through accessories—one of the new
choker strings of wooden beads, a
84y;bloeked linen handbag, or an en-
sembie of matching hat and bag. All
the 'pastel tints in orchid, rose, but-
tercup -yellow and indigo, rank next
to white In favor ,white red stands
aide by side with white for smartness:
Even shoes show the influence of the
sun -tan vogue. Brailey they have'.
much openwork or flaunt themselves'
frankly as sandals;
Summer. Grass
Withs entle dignity they bend before
:he wind, e,
The summer grasses,
Rhythmically, quietly,
As tbe wind passes,
The golden light of evening bathes in
colour
Their bending heads,
Gilding the pathway
Where the wind treads.
Endlessly they bend . and rise . and
' bend again.
And when Day fades
And Night's blue supplants
Its: golden shades
Still quietly they bend their tufted
heads—
Though no ono sees—
1n silver r•ipplce
Butler the breeze,
The Citizens Responsibility
Detroit Free Press: Plainly, It is
the duty of the ,3overnment to keep
prohibition enforcement men -within
bounds and to stop the outrages some
..of them perpetrate. Equally it is the
duty of citizens, and particularly et
citizens in a city geographically situ
ated es' Detroit ip situated, to assist
the Gevermnent by themselves obey-
ing the law, instead of hindering and
thwarting lt, by supporting and pat-
retileing tnemiee of law and order,
The blood of Innocent victims cries
out from the ground' against both
those who matte reckless and crim-
inal use of Government pistols, and
those who create the occasion for the
was' against ruin runners and boot-
leggers, by patronizing them.
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CLEVER POLICEMAN SAVED 18 LIVES
Traffic it Frost. got her kitche
officer, on Michigan .Boulevard' saves eighteen feline lives ay traffic ant Y >7
safely across the street.
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� Y8'H Busmen Clothes
London—Smart summer clothesfor,
f ,
the business woman may seem an
extravagance, but in a season ween
printed crepe de chine and many oth-
er kinds of crepe are more than ever,
popular, one fleas the difficulty al-
ready solved. The widest, variety
in patterns is available, and the small
readily worn. For instance, a cdesigns, so popular this year, are trousers and have ono' suit pressed.
crepe . each week;, to buy a second suit
dress in dark blue and beige is most pressers each ,week; to buy a second
shitable for Office weal; this mixture suitjs soon as troy can get the
gives a feeling of freshness, but is notmoney; to buy shoe trees for every
really 1 -
a light dress, and there)o will 'pair of "shoes; to be freshly shaved
not quickly get dirty ,as the pattern and shined each day; to eschew in
is small. The tendency iii other 'the evening a collar which has done
years bias been to adopt a plain mate -1 service in the meriting. Excellent
rial ''for- the coat. - Tins season we `suggestions these and capitally de-
see a leaning to coats of: the same `signed to achieve the enc :in view, of
design add, the -frock, and this mode 1 becoming a snob, of "patting up a
gives an sir of gayety outdoors, is
��ont" There is
one thing, however,
pleasing, and is particularly attrac-1a Professor failed to tell the boys,
tees when aseven-eighths-length coat Lit ofwaSingthatee nece -
is edged with dark or light fur as. the teary.Tbat is, if one of them ever
ease may demand, .goes into the office ofi a real gentleman
In the accompanying sketch is given asking for a job, that he keep secret
an impression Of the popular ensem- both his great purpose in life and
Me made in beige -and -black printer the technical method by vhioh,he has
crepe de chine withwbtack fur At acquired his own sham gentility:
the beak of the neck are small tucks' Otherwise, the gentleman might for -
(the bapk of the tuck is outside) get he is a gentleman might forget he
and these are favi' or five ruches long, is a gentleman and call upon some
torming .a yoke effect across the husky 'and ensnobblsh person t0
shoulders; and give fullness coma in aucl throw his unwelcome
There are many types of materials. sestt0ttawn a back stairway. •
A new silk-aniecotton crepe has' ap+
peered which its guaranteed uneruslf-. '
able and is considerably cheaper than Silence
narocain andpromises to be praCti- -Silence, the lone mustang
cal for hard' wear. A loose canvas Who races thunder,
kasha—a sort of erepella—ds good Calls on space to give him
fc' sports skirts : end looks well with voice f03 ,his wonder.
jersey fabrics.
Taking trouble 'over one's ward- Deep and deeper ever
robe, • over Vile little .things, is re- Into night he goon.
warded and 'flue consideration In the
beginning is always an economy of Yet, from his still breathing
time, fpr it -is the little things ,such brnps a gold rose,
as collars or cuffs or belt, that make Ills hoofs of flint
a dress, The individual touch in Rammer rocks sealed and dumb,
such things just lifts a dress above
the ordinary. In the ease of the Cos- Open tbe veins
tame illustrated, an individual tonoh Whence mighty rivers conic.
might be added to the dress by the
belt. For this two belts, one black
Great variety is expressedinfa h
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Naval 'Disarmament
10381300 'so'muclr on account of tbe • New York Wold: 'The font that the
'the ease
ma well
materials, and season n y most difficult of all international goes -
be called one of patterned fabrics.
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On; Being a Snob
New York Sun: '.(Professor Rogers
of the Massachusetts. Institute of
Technology, has advised the boys
not to marry, the boss' stenographer,
but to marry his (laughter; always
to buy clothes with extra pairs of
Drunken Drivers
patentIeutber, the other chinese-red
suede, :night be combined, using the
shiny black for the back section and
keeping the trent red.
There is, at the moment, a great
fancy for bowl and knotted ends, also
for flounces, shirred and kilted.
Sleevea are caught In at the wrist
and knotted and several bows may
appear on the gotvn, butoneneeds
to be careful not to overdo this motif,
Thescarf to very fashionable tied in
a small bow over . one shoulder. Brown was loaded is with parcels
Skirts for street wear are mostly when his friend met hire. "Been doing
even round the hent. A prettsemodel a bit of shoppig?" asked the friend,
gown in printed crepe, showing a "Yes. I've bought my wife two new
beige.eolored daisy on a black back -,hats, two boxes of chocolates, and a
ground,' has the shirt edged: with string of pearls"
black, the hem mounting up the skirt; Good heavens! what an awful
about 12 inches on one side. •quarrelyou must have had!"
The mein who says he owes every,+
Saint John Times -Globe (Inti.):
Drivers of automobiles owe it , to
themselves and the public to remain
sober.. People who g0 to the suburban
areas -luring the week end, 'not in-
frequently encounter drivers who are
under the influence of liquor. In
every such case where the fact 3s
proved, the penalty should be prompt.
and severe.
;ions, The atmosphere is right,
therefore, for such a frontal attack
on the Angio -.American naval prob-
lem as Premier MacDonald has in
mind. ' The immediate cordial : re-
sponse from 'Washington in every re-
sponsible quarter to the suggestion
that he visit this country during.. the
summer shows that the will to settle
the, question has been aroused. Men
are ready to believe to -day what they
epould• not have been ready to behave
had 141r. Young failed in Paris ;that
a problem le soluble' even if it is com-
plicated.- They are ready to consult
their hopes rather than apprehen-
sions. They are not prepared to be-
lieve that they will fail whelp in the
face of greater difficulties their -coun-
trymen have lust succeeded so briI-
liantly.
Farm Relief
Washington Post: The test 01 farm
relies will come -in the application of
the $500;000,000 farm loan fund and
the attitude of the farmers. It win
be no 'easy task to. apply the fund
wisely. Every penny that is expend-
ed will go forth as a two-edged sword,
to, the. relief of the farmer, but, poten-
tially and possibly, to the destruc-
tion of farm relief itself. For if the
fund raises the general levej,.of farm
prices considerably the temptation
may be to exteacl cultivation, and if
further surpluses ave harvested the
farm problem will become greater
from year to year. Herein lies the
test of farm relief—will the fact
that the Government has come to the
assistance of impoverished .farmers
with a $500,000,000 loan fund lead
them to expand their acreage so that
'they can get as much of the "gravy"
as possible?
�nnpatience
Bangor Commercial; Impatience is
a malady that afflicts a large propor-
tion of Americans. This is manifest
in many ways. Long before a train
reaches the station many get up and
stand in the aisles as if that would
cause the teein to arrive a bit sooner.
Some feel that it is necessary to be
the lust to alight, plough they may
not be pressed for time at all. Ee a
train is a fere minutes late in arriving
impatience ie expressed 11.1 remarks
about the poor management of the
road, if these impatient people wait
Ave minutes for a street car, they de-
clare it is a bale hour, and conclude
that the road has gone bankrupt and
has quit running cars. If an 'elevator
Is not available the instant they want
it, they pusb the button and fuss and
fume. it isnot unusual for a Pedes-
trian to take a chance on a crossing
and then turn and watch the Vele go
b3*, It Is not the value of tune which
makes such people funny -.so, Instead
of being as busy as they think they
are, t11eY are merely impatient.
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Green Flash Crashes ,•l Attempted Take -Of -
AMERICAN TRANSATLANTIC: PLANES CRACKS UP
thin to hie wife eometimes forgets Green Slash, transatlantic aeroplane of Capt, Yancey and Roger' Williams, be
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what he owes to his tailor. j• crashed taking ;off from Old Orchard, Me., recently. Neither? pilots were -hurt.
g dragged ashore alter
it
rd alio
Retries -to "
Se ttish Home,
Withdrawlg From , 1 -hive,
Life 'Which t, -ie Began 55;'
Years Ago '
It is. a 301pnalle thing when.0 man
leaves the house he has lived in near-; ,,
ly 60 yoarte and;wlhen it is one of the
greatest men in a nation 'lit is pa-'
theaic, too.
The neves that the Earl of Balfour,
110W in his eighty-first year, 15 selling
his London house and retiring to his
Scottish home, and, thus withdrawing
from the active life which he began
55 years ago, when' he entered Par -1
liament, has been received by every]
well-informed British citizen with
deep regret, for Britain has no 111101•
statesman so 'rich in experience as he.
TRUST AND ADMIRATION.
Many years have .passed since
Arthur Balfour lived amid the petty
bitterness of keen partfeetrife, and
when he did they left him unscathed.
He.has'•long.had the trust and admire-'
tion of men of all shades -of politics.',:
In whatever' great office he bias repee-
seated his country all his countrymen
have known that they would be served '
byhim witha dignity's end ability, a'
personal charm . and ins, intellectual
power that would add lustre to out
statesmanship.
He lias.at Command vast experience,
breadth of judgment,the gift of fine
speech, and he is a great gentleman.
His withdrawal from the political
arena, evenat the age of eighty, is a
national tossonly.modiflmodified fact
that he may still .serve History with
his pen.
Lord Balfour was born into states
manship--his mother was a Cecil. The
only thing said againsthim as a
young roan in parliament was that he
took life in a 'leisurely way and was a
philosopher rather than a man of
action. Ile became a Minister of the
Crown when he was 37; next year he
was in the Cabinet, and the following
year he was Chief Secretary for Ire-
land. sAfter that no one said any
more that he was nota man of action.'
In that most difficult of offices he won -
his spurs. He won in Ireland tha
hearts of many who were his sternest
opponents, anti he came back to the.
Conservative Leader in the House of
Commons.
When he was 54 he became Prince
Minister and found the leadership of
his party the most difficult of all his
life's taxies, involving more than usual
ingratitude. The war brought him
back into office (after an interregnum:
of eleven years) as First Lord of the
Admiralty and later of Foreign Min-
ister in succession to Sir Edward
Grey,
MISSIONS TO U.S.A.
Under. Conservative Govoreenents.
more recently he has held the dignified
position of Lord President of the-
Council.
heCouncil. Among the most successful
of his tasks have been two Missions
to the United States, one during the
war and one since, marked by the
most enthusiastic appreciation of his
personal and intellectual qualities.
These politietfl services, continued
for 55 years, have been absindantled
supplemented by high distinction as a'
philosophical writer, and lecturer, and]
a varied essayist. The Order oil
Merit, the Fellowship of the Royali
Society, the Chancellorships of Came!
bridge and Edinburgh Universities,'
and honorary degrees conferred by'
sixteen British, American, and fore
eign universities show how this great
statesman is regarded by the world'
at large.
Too often men who serve their gens
eration in the highest positions die
before the world's appreciation has
been adequately expressed. In the`
retirement of the Earl of Balfour
from th public work in which he has
virtually ,spent al , his life till now,'
and whil yet he can make us his debts;
ors through his still active pen, it is
a fitting opportunity to recall how'
faithful and how vast have been the
Iabors of this servant of his country,
a man whom all admire for the lofti-
noes of his characted, the sincerity of
his aims, the wealth of his mental'
powers, and the grace of his person --
aft.
Lost Lady
The wave has washed itself away;
But sand is rippled where it rolled,.
A hast bird grieves because the day
Is drowniug in a gulf of geld.
The hurt went'outward with the tide:
That left this Inlet in its .wake;
But even 'now 1 cannot hide
The pity that you will not take,
You want to Sy pttthy ;because
Your pride has Haven lot yon see
Beyond a fickle world's applause
. That you are lost to more than hue,.
Live dangerously 13 yolk, will.
No oue of us Is, very wise.
Behind your mirage lingers still
ee little girl with frightened eyes:
Whom) lovely little' ghost will go
Across remembrance now and their—,
A little girl I used to lehow
Anel shall not ever see again,
Alexoncler Laing.
BOVINE OBJECTION
"College boys can't work their way,
to Europe on cattle beets'anY longer?"'
"No -the cattle ,belted."
BOW Central -01g to, reflect that the
ordinary ear yoe ,have is the wonder-
ful one the ed describes,-Dlrming»
hale.13'ews,