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Now and then there is found a man
whe gets in the way and stands in the
light -of things 'that need to 'be done;
for he is prone to see .a slight whore
none meant; he wears his soul on
his sleeve, and when you pass you
rub it the wrong way; or a breath
blows off the chip from his shoulder,
or you find you trod on the tail of his
coat when that was the thing you
meant last, and least of all to do. It
quite takes the heart out of one who
went to work with the best will in
the world to do good when he finds
another who flies in his face surpris-
ingly for what was thought toebe out
of sight and out of mind long, long
ago. The sense of grieving in such
a mate lives on and glows like a coal
from year to year, when the act that
was the cause of it was supposed to
have slept beneath its obituary in
"Auld Lang Syne."
The thin-skinned man is a public
pest and a private nuisance. The
world needs men of mettle, men of
delicate perception, men who react and
reflect and do not merely absorb. The
real leadership is not with th'e
spiritual. Poets and dreamers are al-
ways in demand, to inspire with the
things unseen and inaudible. The
world cannot get along without its pic-
tures and its music, and its religion
and its drama that in many ways are
one. The objection is not to the. sen-
sitive man, but to the man whose sen-
sibilities travel in a wearisome circle
round and round himself.
"Why, I never dreamed he was dis-
pleased!" you will hear a man say.
"Iie did nothing and he said nothing
to show that I had trodden on his
favorite corn. He ought to have spok-
en out to let me know. I could have
explained it all in a minute if he had
been frank with me." But the ag-
grieved one hugs his grievance. He
does not wish to be deprived of it. It
is part of his sentimental stock in
trade. When otherwise the mind
might lie slack and empty for want
of occupation he can take it out and
dandle and admire it anew. If you
killed it he would get some other
gnawing 'resentment in its place. The
"sore point," the "bone to pick" is a
luxury, a hobby, a penchant to indulge.
Beware of the man who loves his
own fussy little consequence better
than any .cause you can put him into.
Any kind of teamwork demands that
the several ways of several people
shall coalesce. Unity does not grow
out of quality in married life without
a constant self-denial (though that
denial may not be a conscious sacri-
fice). It is a hard thing that societies
and committees working for a laud-
able end must sometimes be wrecked,
or halted midcareer, or made far less
efficient because some vain person un-
wittingly offended has to be placated
and brought into line again. If the
morbid habit grows on the steady
taker of offense things may come to
pass that any kind of compact is im-
possible, and the only course remain-
ing is to handle the sensitive obstruc-
tionist out of the way. A man is
valued for the work he does, not for
the thoughts he thinks about the
greatness of himself.
STUPENDOUS FIGURES.
Britain's Annual Income Is Now Fif-
teen Billion Dollars.
Great Britain's annual income has
increased by £600,000,000 since the
beginning of the war, declared Sir
George Paish, the well-known finan-
cial authority in a lecture recently on
war finance before the Royal Statis-
tical Society, London, and the total
has now reached £3,000,000,000.
The nation, said the speaker, has
nearly succeeded in maintaining its
productive power, despite the with-
drawal of approximately 4,000,000
men from its industries. It had call-
ed in half a billion pounds of its
capital from abroad sinca the open-
ing of hostilities, nearly all of this
however, having been used to make
fresh loans to foreign countries and
colonies.
If allowance were made for the in-
crease in the country's gold stocks,
Sir George declared, the nation
would be found to have succeeded in
n'ieeting virtually the whole of its
war expenditures out ot its income,
without needing to draw upon its
accumulative capital to an extent
worth mentioning. Official calcula-
tions of the new taxation imposed up
fro the present time amounted to
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Sir George estimat-
ed
s at
531
000 and
1.97g
it , ,
eel the taxation in the coming year
would reach nearly £450,000,000.
On the Whole, the speaker said
the burden of taxation was light, con-
eidering the circumstances, and com-
pared with the burden the country
bore during the Napoleonic wars. The
national debt before the war was
p07,000,000, It would be 12,400,-
900,000 by the end of this March, Sir
George added, and if the war cons
Untied another year it would not be
far short of l4,000,000,000.
The Fashions
First Indications for Spring
Quite often one notices in the new
importations a tendency to the siend-
meth unexpected places. One cannot
fail to see that handwork, ,and individ-
ual hand -made trimmings,; stitchings,
etc., can work wonders, and afford an
effect which can scarcely be 'brought
about by n achine-'made trimmings.
It is quiteinteresting to .see a little
blue frock trimmed with insertions of
matching net, with accompanying
pendant ornaments of wool or beads
in a soft harmonizing coloring. Bead
et, tapering waist; and this, of course, trimming is effective on both' silk and
means the well -corseted figure. It is wool maten:ials; it is being used in
not, probable that the hourglass fi- any way that clever brains and fingers
gore will be countenanced for a mo- ratty design. The more original• the
ment, but a trifle more trimness, con- notion, the more attractive the blouse
ducted by a well -fitting modern con- or frock. Pale pink crepe de Chine
set, is necessary to meet the require- or crepe is made more. delicate by a
rents of the Spring . suit, with its banding or an
ornament of delft -blue
hint of a curve at the waistline, its
graceful flaring skirt and coat -skirt. opaque beads. Dark blue taffeta or a
( A carefully selected and properly fit- serge may be brightened with touch
ted corset is necessary and always has of emerald green, orange, copper or
been to a smart, well-groomed appear- a harmonizing, centrasting blue.
There are any slumber of smart art-
ance. Rather than injurious, the istic ways o1• trimming frocks and
right corset tends toward health.
Several of the Paris houses are ad-
vocating the three -quarter -length coat
and now and then one sees a polon-
aise effect. These coats are made
with well -fitted shoulders and round-
ed waistline. It is quite remarkable
that this should be so just now, when
we are massing so mush fulness in
the skirts between the belt and the
knees, but. it only goes to show the
wide variety we are to enjoy this
Spring and Summer.
A Word on Skirts.
Skirts continue short and full.
Many of the houses are emphasizing
the favor shown by them for the crin-
oline since the first whisper of full
skirts began to circulate, and many
are using interesting methods of ex-
tending their skirts; among these are
reeds, featherbone, and even hair -cloth
stiffenings. In many instances the
reeds are graceful and becoming, but,
as a rule, the effect is extremely awk-
ward, as there is no pretense what-
ever of concealing the mediums, and
they often protrude at unexpected
angles, giving a curious, un -beautiful
result.
In the regulation Slimmer frock
and the dance dress of net, organdy,
or other of the sheer, dainty fabrics
favored this year,- the fulness of the
skirt is made decidedly graceful and
youthful by tucks,• ribbons, and bias
bands of the same, or a contrasting
material. Often folds of chiffon or
net are attached to the inside of the
skirt of the dance dress giving a soft,
bouffant effect which is pleasing in
every way. Taffeta is unusually ef-
fective combined with, or as trimming
for, the pale -toned frock of ordandy
or net, fashioning the Summer dance
dress. In both illustrations this week
the skirt is of taffeta and the effect
of the deep tuck is well brought out.
The first dress has an underbodice
of shadow lace and a simple over -
drapery of chiffon. The short sleeve
cap, while it concedes to Fashion's
sleeveless demand, also makes a con-
cession to modesty. The second frock
O27-7013
Dance Frock of Taffeta and Chiffon
shows the combination of net and
taffeta. Aside from being especially
pretty, this combination is practical,
as net wears particularly well and
lends itself to almost any fashion of
draping.
Ribbons and Rucltings
Pleatings and ruchings of all widths
and fashions are still favored trim-
mings for both street and house
frocks. Narrow black velvet ribbon
is most effective and easily applied.
On some of the imported models cord-
ings, pipings, and ruchings appear in
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Net Bodice and Taffeta Skirt
blouses this season with practically
no expenditure of money, if one has
ideas and fingers deft enough to carry
them out.
These patterns can be obtained from
your local McCall dealer or from The
McCall Company, 70 Bond St., Tor-
onto, Ontario.
BABY'S OWN TABLETS
GOOD AS GUARANTEED
Mrs.. L. Isbell, Kingston, Ont.,
writes: "I am using Baby's Own Tab-
lets and find them as good as adver-
tised. They are certainly a wonder-
ful remedy for little ones." Mrs. Is -
•bell's testimony is like that of thous-
ands of other mothers. Once a mother
has used Baby's Own Tablets she
will use nothing else for her little
ones. The Tablets are sold by medi-
cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a
box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
JOFFRE WEEDS OUT THE Y NFIT.
Britain Should Emulate, Seys Lord
Northcliffe.
In the London Daily Mail, Lord
Northcliffe, in an article on General
Joffre, whom he visited recently, says:
"Joffre has made many private
enemies and thousands of public
friends by the remorseless way in
which he got rid of inefficient gen-
erals, many of them personal ac-
quaintances, at the outset of the war.
He has continued that policy, with
the result that to -day the officers of
the French army are probably the
youngest in the field. There are
many lookers-on at the present war
among ourselves and our allies, who
wish that his process could be extend-
ed to our lines.
"I can truly say that General Jof-
fre in the heat of the battle of Verdun
looks strong, well and cheerful. On
one of my previous visits I thought
he was showing signs of war fatigue.
To-dati, in the midst of
the colossal
series of battles that has lasted for
weeks, the head of the wonderful
French war machine • has the healthy
look of a country squire in those good
old days two years age, when men
rode' to hounds a couple of Clays a
week."
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Man may fall in a dozen, different
lines of activity, and then succeed
brilliantly in a phase wherein be was
unconscious of any ability.
'NERVOUS DISEASES
IN THE SPRING
•
Cured by Toning the Blood
and Strengthening the
Nerves.
It is the opinion of the best medical
authorities, after long observation,
that nervous diseases are more com-
mon and mare serious in the spring
than at any other time of the year.
Vital changes in the system, after
long winter months, may cause much
more trouble than the familiar spring
weakness and weariness from which
most people suffer as the result of
indoor life, in poorly ventilated and
often overheated buildings. Official
records prove that in April and May
neuralgia, St. Vitus dance, epilepsy
and other forms of 'nerve troubles
are at their worst, and that then,
more than any other time, a blood -
making, nerve -restoring tonic is
needed.
The antiquated custom of taking
purgatives in the spring is useless,
for the system really needs strength-
ening, while purgatiees only gallop
through the bowels, leaving you
weaker. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are
1, the best medicine, for they actually
I make the new, rich, red blood that
(feeds the starved nerves, and thus
I cure the many forms of nervous dis-
orders. ,,They cure also such other
forms of spring troubles as head-
aches, poor appetite, weakness in the
limbs, as svell as remove unsightly
pimples and eruptions. In fact they
unfailingly: bring new health and
strength to1weak, tired and depressed,
men, women; and children.
Sold by all medicine dealers or by
mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes
for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont,
RiSSIAN PEASANT
GERMAN'S GRIM FOE
GUERILLA BANDS ARE THORN IN
SIDE OF TEUTONS.
Exploits of "Earless Pete" Illustrative
of Methods aid
' Success.
Germany's grimmest of all enemies,
grimmer even than Winter, is now
upon her, writes a Russian corre-
spondent, who discusses Germany's
"terror" in the marsh lands, ire which
he narrates with a grim humor tof his
own the exploits of a Russian peas-
ant leader who is a neverending thorn
in the side of the Germans.
Germany's new dread, the corre-
spondent writes, is Russia's guerillas,
irregulars and francbireurs. Every-
where along the 800 -mile front Ger-
man outposts are being attacked, sen-
tries are being sniped, convoys raid-
ed, trenches pestered at night, and
every day a toll in death is taken and
a still greater toll in terror. German
papers found in captured trenches
use the words "surprised and disor-
ganized" (ueberrascht and desorgan-
ishiert). That was written after Rus-
sia's greatest guerilla hero, "Earless
Pete," crept with his band between
two disconnected German trenches on
the Pinsk-Baranovitchi section and
came back with the headgear of
thirty slaughtered Germans. These
Germans were surprised and slain
from an ambush. Seven Russians kill-
ed and wounded was the price paid.
Russian Voiunteers.
Russia's heroic volunteers are
either local peasants, disbanded sole.
diers or young men from remote parts
mostly belonging to the "intelligent"
class. The peasants are now awake.
By encroaching on wholly Russian
and Greek Orthodox soil the invad-
ers have rendered to Russia a special
service. In Poland the population
might be cajoled or terrorized. The
Poles are third parties. The Ger-
mans to -day are fighting among men
of Russian race and faith, and these
feel that they are defending their
hearths and homes. Neither bribes
nor threats avail.
"Earless Pete" is Germany's terror.
His name suggests terror, though he
is not earless at all, but can hear a
German sentry sneezing a versa away.
He is called "earless" because he has
no ear open to his country's foes.
"Pete" slays no unarmed or disarmed
nian, but in battle he neither gives
nor takes mercy. "Earless Pete" has
never commanded more than seventy
men, but he has killed or put out of
acbion at least three hundred Ger-
mans. "Pete" wino because with all
their technical perfection the Kaiser's
wooden battalions lack the scouting,
sporting instincts needed for coping
with guerillas.
"Got" 70 Out of 100.
"Pete's" allies are the 'Winter
snows, still more the Winter thaw. He
operates only in marsh land. eln the
Pinsk marshes -once thaw sets in ma-
laria tonnes, "Pete's" men are in-
used. They know the country; they
are familiar with narn'ow lanes of
traversible land ° .,in the illimitable
marsh. "Earless Pete's" newest ex-
ploit is this;—
He made a feint attack on a strong
German outpost and pretended to Happenings in the Emerald Isle of
flee. The enemy pursued. "Pete's"
men took the longest, narrowest
patch through the swamp. When the
pursuers were crowded on a narrow
road, bordered by swamp land with
rotten ice, "Pete" turned and attack-
ed. Simultaneously others of his men
appeared on either flank. The Ger-
mans could not deploy. Those who
left the road crashed through the
melting ice. A terrific rifle 'fire cut
up the Germans. Thirty out of a hun-
dred got away. The rest perished.
Yard deep snow which hampers
German movements is "Pete's" friend.
Swathed in white sheets, moving sil-
ently on skis, the guerillas approach
and snipe or pour in volleys. Germans
dash out, shoot wildly, try to charge
and flounder in the snow. In darkness
these attacks again and again have
succeeded in causing the Germans
loss and spoiling their nerves.
Midnight Snow Ghosts.
"Midnight snow ghosts" is "Pete's"
name for his followers. Near Bar-
anovitchi the Germans, with enormous
labor, have had to clear from snow a
belt of land a hundred yards wide be-
fore their trenches. On an earth
background at leash the "ghosts" will
be seen.
Further south disbanded Russian
soldiers are cutting the enemy up.
These are "okhotniki"—that is, chas-
seurs, the best Winter troops in the
world. They were given rifles, ammu-
nition, matches and blankets, nothing
else, and sent into the trackless for-
ests of Olonetz to shift for them-
selves. Last summer, during the re-
treat from Brest-Libovsk, five hun-
dred got cut off. The Germans never
captured them, and now in small
bands, which sometimes reunite, they
roam the country, snipe, cut railways
and generally terrorize the country.
They cut the culvert at Gulevitschi
and wrecked a German train. Long
ago they changed their uniforms for
peasant garb. Sympathizing peasants
shelter them and give information to
them.
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RECAPTURE FLOWER MARKET
French Horticulturists Raise Lilies
Germans Used to Send.
From Erin's Green Isle
NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE-
1ANI S SHORES.
The lily of the valley, firsb flower.
of the year and emblem of good for-
tune, will soon make its appearance
on the corsage of the midinette,
whence, says the Paris Figaro, there
is every likelihood that it will find
its way to the coat lapel of the sol-
dier on leave from the front.
This year the lilies of the valley
found in Paris will be truly French.
Hitherto—excepting last year, which
was one of eclipse—they came from
Germany, where the horticulturists
grew them in profusion or retarded
them according to the condition of the
Paris market. French horticulturists
neglected this flower almost entirely
until the dearth in 1915 showed them
how easily they could capture the
market for themselves.
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He—"There was a time when you
wouldn't pass me without speaking."
She—"Yes, there was a time when I
wouldn't pass any old thing."
She—"They say that an apple a day
keeps the doctor away." He—"Why
stop there? An onion a day will keep
everybody away."
Interest to Irish-
men.
Mr. J. M. Gallagher, formerly city
councillor, has been elected Mayor of
Dublin.
During the month of January the
Kilkeel district coni,ributed 1,200 eggs
to the national egg collection.
Mr. John McKenna, a noted rifle
shot, has just passed away at Belfast.
He was a member of the Irish team
that won the Eleho Shield.
The Dublin Master Bakers' Asso-
ciation has increased the price of
bread to 9 cents per 2-1b. loaf.
The new military convalescent hos-
pital in the Palace Barracks, Holy-
wood, County Down, accommodates
500 •sick and wounded soldiers.
The outer premises of Kilmihill
R. I. C. Barracks have been totally
destroyed' by fire. It is thought the
blaze was caused by an over -heated
chimney.
Sir Thomas Lipton's steam yacht,
the Erin, is now an auxiliary cruiser
in the British Navy, attached to the
fleet that is guarding the North Sea
against submarines.
The death occurred with startling
suddenness of Mr. William Morris,
for many years a member of the
Derry Corporation. He was also a
Poor Law Guardian.
The governing body of University
College, Galway, at a special meeting
adopted a resolution protesting
against the reduction of grants far
education in Ireland.
Mr. Joseph Martin, the Goods
Superintendent of the Midland Rail-
way, has retired after 41 years' ser-
vice with the Belfast and Northern
Counties Railway Co.
Sir John Olphert, C.V.O., H.M.L.,
county Donegal, has appointed Lieut.-
Col. James Alexander Lawrence
Montgomery, C.S.I., a deputy lieuten-
ant for the oeunty Donegal.
Captain James Lee Jackson, R. F.
C., 2nd Battalion Connaught Rang-
ers, eldest son of Rev. Canon B. L.
Jackson, rector of Belmullet, has
been awarded the Military Cross.
Corp. Garje, Royal Engineers, Dub-
lin, has been presented at Hitchin by
Col. Boys with the medal of St.
George, conferred on him ley the Czar
of Russia for gallant conduct at
Ypres.
At a meeting of the Council of
Derry Chamber of Commerce the
I secretary reported on the subject of
I the commandeering by the Admiralty
of one of the Glasgow steamers, point -
ii, out that it would create a serious
situation. -
At the Viceregal Lodge, Dublin, the
Lord Lieutenant decorated Second
Lieut. Michael O'Leary, V.C., with the
Cross of St. George, conferred upon
hint by His Imperial Majesty the Em-
peror of Russia.
Al a meeting of the Insurance In-
stitute of Ireland, in Dublin, it was
stated that 140 members of the Insti-
tute are on service with the naval
and military forces.
After a three weeks' house-to-house
canvass the executive committee of
the Ballymena and District Red Cross
Fund secured $23,500 towards elle
British Red Cross Society.
The world is half full of people vh.s
have no interest in their work because
they are'not fitted for it.
by tose
ae aFit
Here is a testimonial unsolicited
"If I had my will it would
he advertised on every street
corner. The man or woman
that has rheumatism and fails
to keep and use Sioan's Lini-
ment is like a drowning pian
refusing a rope."—A. ,T. ran
Dyke, Lakrivood, N. J.
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