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DECEMBER 26, 1919
IDON'T L CROWN PRISM .
"Little' "- Tries to Win Friend-
.. ship of the Island People.
The Germ ex -Crown, Prince, it
seems, is still at Wieringen. But if
a refereed= were held among the
inhabitants of Vieringen the island
would soon be rid of him. Even the
feeling of the humblest peasant is
decidedly against a prolonged stay
of the unbavited guest.
"Little Willie" caused a small
commotion in the island in the be-
ginning; butl now 'each 'Man goes his
way without taking Any notice of the
illustrious personage. It is true that
he walks in "klompen," or wooden
shoes, and that he "pals up" to the
villagers; but these things he must
do otherwise he would be miserable
beyond belief. That is the consensus
of opinion among the Wieringeners.
But, says one of the island not-
ables, he is as hypocritical as ever.
His handling' of the plough and his
• work at the village blacksmiths are
a make-believe—another manifesta-
tion of his old craving for popularity.
'And the village belles of Oosterland
will have none of his haughtiness,
none of his philandering.
But wily Willie is scattering his
bounties broadcast, giving sweets to
the little children and occasional
presents to their parents.
The only cab owner on the island
has done well, by driving him. and his
small retinue and their occasional
visitors about. He has been able to
buy a motor car, and shows you -with
some pride the fur coat he has got
from, "the prince," with the gold tie-
pin with its gold "W" and the im-
perial crown.
Yes, sturdy Japp Bruul, the pro-
prietor of the Wieringen stage coach,
the only public means of conveyance,
would be loath to see his best client
'depart. But even Brunt's man be -
:trays a spirit of independence to-
twerds the majesty of the ex -poten-
tate. "I just treat him, as I do you,
mynheer," the cabby said to me„ "mit
as they did in Potsdam, and if he
doesn't like it he can lump it." -
But the happiest man on the is-
land, should Willie quit, would be the
village parson, who in deference to
the wishes of the Dutch Government,
DR. _F. .1. R. FORSTER
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Graduate Medicine, Univerto bear in mini against the time
Toronto.
in sity of titan ly having Ideas that you mean
• when you Will be in a position to
Late Assistant New York Ophthal- eateaaaaaae4ea, melte that drew!) house a reality. But
ing to Egypt after an through 'your ,rnind. You think yen
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gild and Aural Institute, Moorefield's • usually these ideas come and go
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pitals, London Eng. At the Queen's absence of more than four s will remember them, but often you do
Hotel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in Months,' I was i greatly im-
each month from 10 a m. to 2 pan.
88 Waterloo Street, South, Stratfordpressed with the lack of
Phone 267 Stratfor& any superficial evidence of the violent
unrest of March and April, writes
the correspondent �f- the Christian
Science MonitorThe public admin- •
LEGAL
R. S. HAYS.
Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and
Notary Public. Solicitor for the Do-
minion Bank Office in rear of the Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth. Money to
loan.
J. M. BEST
Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer
and Notary Public. Office- upstairs,
over Walker's Furniture Store, Main
Street, Seaforth.
PROUDFOOT, KILLORAN AND..
COOKE
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Pub -
lie, etc. Money to lend. In Seaforth
on Monday of each week Office in
Kidd Block. W. Proudfoot, LC., J.
L. Killoran, H. J. D. Cooke,
• VETERINARY
F. HARBURN, V. S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College, and honorary member of
the Medical Association of the Ontario
Veterinary College. Treats diseases of
all domettic animals by the most mod-
ern principles. Dentistry and Milk
Fever a specialty. Office opposite
Dick's Hotel, Main Street. Seaforth.
All orders left at the hotel will re-
ceive prompt attention. Night calls ,
received at the office -
JOHN GRIEVE, V. S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College. All diseases of domestic
arimals treated. Celli promptly at-
tended te and charges moderate. Vet-
erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office
and residence on Goderich street, one
'door east of Dr: Scott's office, Sea -
forth.
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MEDICAL
DR. GEORGE HErLEMANN• .
Osteophatic Physician of Goderich.
Specialist in Women's and Children's
diseases, reheuinatisni, acute, chronic
and Beryline-, disorders; eye, ear, nose
and throat. Consulation free. 'Office
above UMback's Drug store, Seaforth,
Tuesdays and Fridays, 8 a.m. till 1 pan
C. j. W. HARN, M.D.C.M.
425 Richmond Street, London, Ont.,
Specialist, Surgery and Genio-Urin-
sty diseases of men and women.
DR. J. W. PECK
• Graduate of Faculty of Medicine
McGill University. Montreal; Member
of College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontario; Licentiate of Medical Coun-
cil of Canada; Post -Graduate Member
of Resident Medical staff of General
Hospital, Montreal, 1914-15; Office, 2
doors east of Post Office. Phone 56.
Hensall, Ontario.
Dr. F. J.. BURROWS
Office and residence. Goderich street
east of the Methodist, Church, Seaforth.
Phone 46. Coroner -for the County of
Huron.
DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY
j. G. Scott graduate of Victoria and
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ann Arbor, and member of the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, of
Ontario.
C. Mackay honor graduate of Trin-
ity University, and gold medallist of
Trinity Medical College; member of
the College of Physicians and Sur-
geons of Ontario,
. DR. H. HUGH ROSS.
Graduate of University, of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, -member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pass graduate courses in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago;
Royal Ophthalmic Hospital London,
England, University Hospital, London
England. Office—Back of Dominion
Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5, Night
Calls answered from residence, Vic-
toria Street. Seaforth,
B. R. HIGGINS
Box 127, Clinton -- Phone 100
Agent for
The Huron and Erie Mortgage Corpor-
ation and' the Canada Trust Company.
Commissioner H. C. J. Conveyancer,
- Fire and Tornado Insurance, Notary
Public, Government and Municipal
Bonds bought and sold. Several good
farms for sale. Wednesday of each
week at Brucefield.
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AUCTIONEERS.
GARFIELD McMICHAEL
Licensed Auctioneer for the County
of Huron. Sales conducted in any part
of the county. Charges `moderate and
satisfaction guaranteed. Address Sea -
forth, R. R. No. 2, or phone 18 on 236;
Seaforth. 2653-tf
10•••=••••Y,
THOMAS BROWN
Licensed auctioneer for the counties
of Huron and Perth. Correspondence
arrangements for sale dates can be
mcalling up by callinup phone 97, Seaforth
or The Expositor Office. Charges mod-
erate and satisfaction guaranteed.
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R. T. LUKER
Licensed Auctioneer for the County
Of Huron. Sales attended to in all
parts of the &entity. Seven years' ex-
perience in Manitoba and Saskatche-
wan. Terms reasonable. Phone No.
175 r 11, Exeter; Centralia P. 0. R.
R. No. L Orders left at The Huron
ilbepositor Office, Sesforth, promptly at
tended.
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istralions, and the town and country
lIfe aPPear to be running on normal
lines, while there is no indication of
the strong anti-British sentiments
characterized the recent dis-
turbances.. This is the superficial im-
pression received by the new arrival.
There is, however, a feeling that an
'undercurrent of unrest exists, and
this is scarcely to be wondered at in
view of the powerful influences of
past and present political propa-
,ganda. Yet, in examining this, one
feels that the so-called Nationalitits
have shot their bolt and that any ex-
treme tendencies are artificial and
forced, rather than natural and spon-
taneous.
The efforts bf the native press—
now evidently less hampered by the
censor—to maintain public interest
in the movement appear to be, the
work of a few political propagan-
dists rather than the supply of news
to meet a genuine demand. The so-
called Egyptian delegation, main-
tained by funds, raised/1m and out-
side the country, has had an expen-
sive and evidently fruitless trip to
Paris. As far as such undertakings
are concerned, it has justified its
claim to represent the Egyptians in
so -far that the members . have failed
to co-operate and that questions are
being asked about its expenses. The
delegation failed to obtain a hearing
at the Peace Conference; most of the
memberk have returned to Egypt,
and a bi-weekly paper, under the
title of Egypt, is being published in
Paris. This appears to be the prac-
tical outcome of their plunge into
world politics.
Now, the attitude of the fellah
is really a governSng influence In
Egypt's thinking, as he forms the
jority of the population and,
though generally unlettered, he has,
on the whole, the finer character. He
probably does not love- the British
any more than he did six months
ago, which is perhaps not saying
very much, but he certainly likes the
effendi or educated class very much
less now than before, as he under-
stand i to -day that he was entirely
misled in the recent disturbances. He
has detected mah of the untruths
of the so-called Nationalist propa-
ganda, but most important still in his
sight is the fact that ,he incul•ted
much actual lass instead of promised
gain and has largely been made the
scapegoat in the punishments that
have boon inflicted by the authori-
ties. His disillusionment, though not
yet complete, is certainly a step to-
ward .progress and the authorities
will be wise to see that it is com-
pleted.
The propagandists, who aTe almost
all among the educated classes; prob-
ably know their failure. Yet they are
still hopeful that as a result of the
labor unrest that is sweeping every
country much material may be 'found
useful for their purpose, namely, to
institute again Eastern' autocracy in
Egypt. While there is no doubt their
projects' have received a rude shock
itt the disappointment and soreness of
the fellah and the failure of the dele-
gation, It would be foolish indeed to
'not. You see some arrangements in
the kitchen of a friend's house and
y-ou plan that you will have it in
yours because it would ezio away with
daring the year. „ pail made to contam • two chemicals in ;
Queen Marie, of Rountania, is said
to have offered former Emperor
would renounce all claims to the
Charles a large sum of money if he
Hungarian throne so that Roumania
and Hungary might be joined under
a Roumanian crown.
According to an apinion rendered
by Attorney General Brundage, of
Illinois, women may sit as delegates
in the Republican and Democratic
national conventions and vote for the
nomination of a, candid'ate for Presi-
separate compartments which, thrown
together on an'oil fire, unite and form
a flame arnothering foam.
The rear end of an automobile
locker of pnglish invention is made
of ground glass, on which a aerie num-
ber can be painted and illuminated at
night by a lamp inside the locker.
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see a picturein a magazine devoted 1 ).• of' Kedles on
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pea very much.. You make up your : a t
mind that that is something erem will What the New York Medical Journal
have in your new house --but You calls the one big' blot in the advance
that contains a detail that attracts
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T has been said of Lard Curzon,
the new British Foreign- Minis-
ter, that very 'earl), in his career
don't ake a mite of it and so it prob- in hygiene and sanitation of which
ably goes out of your mind as easily we are so proud is the teeth of man -
he conceived two great ambi-
es it came in. 'kind in such bad condition, it eays•
• tions to be president of the Oxford
Sometimes you %aye a ve4table "It was not an uncommon thing '
Union, and to be Viceroy of India.
inspiration. You see in your Wnd's for men and women a generation ago
It is a matter of history that he has
eye an' arrangements of windows or to go to their graves with all their
a door that so appeals to your aes- teeth. Some of the men of past gen- achieved both, and achieved them
tetic sense that you are in a verit- ' erations lived to an old age with all with distinction. For, indeed, if one
able ecstasy for days. • You feel thattheir teeth in good condition. They were searching the English language
you cannot live. contentedly until you ' iiever had a toothache. Their teeth
for a single word in which to esti-
have a house in which that idea shall were worn down by the vigorous chew -
be materialized. It would give your ing of the rather tough and harder mate Lord Curzon of Kedleston it
house individuality and beauty. Your foods that the poor.particularly were would- 'be the word "distinguished,"
ecstasy turns to disappointment be- accustomed -t� eat in the olden time in its most exact meaning. He was,
cause _at the expiration of a week 1—stale bread, raw` turnips and cab- for instance, undoubtedly distin-
you see yourself no nearer the time ' hage, uncooked carrots and meat that,
guished at Oxford. True, he missed
When you Will be able to build that : had not been refrigerated, but was
house of your dreams and then the eaten ,within a week of, killing, and his first in "Greats," but he terribly
idea, that inspiration, vanishes Withl all the rest. The .enamel had been revenged the 'indignity some months
,
the rest. . worn away on the crowns, but the later when, after a period or furious
In the course. of a year you doubt- dentine had hardened, as it does in work in Egypt and a. fortnight's
less have ideas enough to make the the animals, and so they had no de -
most charming and individual little cay and a perfect set of teeth. I whirlwind campaign in the British
house in the community. Some of the I need hardly say that they had never ' Museum, he carried off the Lowthian
ideas might not be practicable, but t used a tooth brush; indeed I doubt prize and, later on, the Arnold prize.
enough of them would to .make your 1 whether ;they had ever seen one." I Then -when he had left Oxford,
house a 'gem. Tthe presidency of the Union duly tohe trouble. continues the editor, is
his credit, and was well. embarked
And it .usually happens that when with the habits of mankind in the '
on a parliamentary •career, the word
the time comes to build, it comes matter of chewing. The remedy ; is
suddenly: It may be that your bus- to be found in, "putting back into iihee "distinguished" must, again andagain, be requisitioned to describe -
trend comes home with a smiling diet things that -are hard to chew ; the situation. The young Conserva-
countenance and tells you something and that require vigorous effort which , tive member for the Southport divi-
that he has been planning for some adds vitality to the gums and sion was distinguished from the first;
time hes happened. He did not tell thorough cleanses the teeth. An 1 'whilst, almost . from the first, it is
you before for fear it would fall Italian peasant eats - black bread a possible to see the great Indian
through—and he does not like to dis- week old that would seem almost scheme rising above the horizon of
figuring things out, made a little impossible to an Americanbut such
young Curzon, like a certain politi-
appoint you. Anyway; he has been , practical possibilities. It was not that
a vigorous chewing obviates the lie -
money unexpectedly and—well, it'scessity of the tooth brush doescian in afamous play, "got to India."
just up to you to make your selec-
more to keep the teeth clean than
anything that could be done. The
eating of raw foods and fruits, which
have been eliniinated from the diet,
has a similar beneficial effect.
"Certainly the Man or group of
men who will start something that
will make tooth conditions better Will
confer a great benefit on mankind and
will reap no little and deserved
prestige."
tion of four or five lots he has, in
mind and then, as soon as the frost is
out of the ground this' spring, you
will begin building. For a week or
so you are in a whirl trying to settle
on the lot and then comes the news
that the builder will talk over plans.
He .has a let of blueprints and you
are to take your choice, make eug-
gestisens and talk things over. : In
fact, husband has made an appciint-
ment with the builder for next Satur-
day afternoon. It is best to settle on
the plans well in advance. Where,
then, are your ideas, your dreams, the
inspirations that would have raised
that house out of the plane of the
commonplace, that would have made
it your house rather than some one—
anyone else's house? Usually they
have flown and you are in too great
a state of excitement to conjure them
back again.
But suppose you had kept a little
notebook where, from day to day, you
jotted down the ideas you had. Sup-
pose you had saved house plans that
you found, pictures that gave prac-
tical ideas—eomething concrete with
which to bick up your 'statement'
when you told the builder that you
wanted something a little different.
The builder doesn't knew what you
mean whea you say that—he doesn't
knew your tastes. Experience ; has
taught him that the average woman
likes thing thatare like that other
average women have and there is no
reason why he should know that you
are not average.
shut one's eyes to their activities ore d' Doesn't it really seem worth while
belittle their influence, which is still { to keep your little notebook on your
very great, owing to the illiteracy ' dream house? '
and comparative ignorance of the fel-
lah and the excitable and scheming
propensities of the effendi.
In connection with so-called Na-
tionalist propaganda it is interesting
to note the flotation of two commer-
cial undertakings said to be purely
Egyptian. One of these is a cotton
export company, known as "The
Egyptian Produce Trading Com-
pany," with a capital of 250,000.
This capital was privately subscrib-
ed and practically all the shares are
in the hands of two rich notables of
Alexandria greatly intereste4 in the
recent movement. The proPosed dis-
posal of the profits is that after pro-
viding for interest at the rate of 6
per cent. on the capital subscribed
and ivr al ng a bonus of 15 per cent.
to th
atemployes, the balance shall
be pi ed in a reserve fund. As the
promoters have large interests in cot-
ton -growing lands and as they are
offering loans on the fellahin's crops
at very favora.ble terms, it is prob-
able that the company will do a good
' deal of business. Whatever its na-
ture may be, it would appear that it
can scarcely be properly termed a
commer !al company. It should be
noted t at the company has appoint -
n -Egyptian Jew as its man-
e three -years contract, at the
f which it is hoped that an
an may be found capable of
ng on the business.
second undertaking is a pro-
posed native bank. -
The labor situation in Egypt to-
day is very unsettled, and quite apart
from genuine causes of complaint,
such as the cost of living, whichexaminer—Miss Mary C. Elwood, who
, is
is not only an expert un figures, but
war days, and from any political
now quite three times that of pre -
an expert in sewing, knitting and
in-
trigue there may be behind the dancing.
scenes, it would appear that certain
With age in help,a view of meeting the short-
several women, well
-
native lawyers are at the bottom of .
these strikes and are making a lu- known in New York society,have
opened a school to educate girls 'to
crative business thereby. A concilia-
tion commission has, however, been become housekeepers and housemaids.
recently appointed by the Govern- Mrs. Florence Sholl, president of
ment, and it is hoped that by its the New England Women Undertakers
intervention real grievances may be association, is manager of the largest
adjusted and stability secured. department for women maintained by
any life insurance company in the
world.
When several thousand men em-
plOyed in the factories of Cocopan,
Mex., decided to go on strike, the
perfectly." , women of that city banded together
- 1 and immediately proceeded to take
Trees bearing sour oranges have the men's places, which broke. the
grown wild in the Florida swamps for strike in a very short time.
haanadreds of yonrjk To Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of
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ager
expiry
Egypt
carry
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ACTIMIES OF WOMEN
Jessie Stephens, a servant kir', has
announced her candidacy for a seat
in the British parliament.
Queen Wilhelmina, of tHolland,, is
preparing to take a trip to Java, one
of the Dutch possessions,. .
Four-fifths of the women factory
workers in Japan are engaged in spin-
ning*, weaving and dyeing.
Of the 10,245 army nurses who saw
service, 266 died 'while on •duty and
three were injured in action.
P t ivate concerns in this country
alon now employ 800,000 women in
scientific or professional pursuits.
The women of India, led by Lady
Chelmsford, are being organized to
promote a movement to stamp' out
leprosy.
Use of automobiles, at least "once
or twice a week," are among the many
inducements to servant girls and
maids in St, Paul.
The exploitation of women workers
is the greatest factor in enabling the
Japanese manufacturers to put low
prices on their articles.
Housemaids of ordinary ability re-
ceive more than twice as much as the
average salary of teachers throughout
the country. . 1
TO secure a license to teach in a
Japanese high school, government or
Christian, a 'girl must be a graduate
of A high ' or normal for women in
Japan. .
Connecticut now has a woman bank
Compensation.
He—You are so frightfully tanned.
She (just back from shore)—I
know it, but I match my shoes now,
THE HOUSE YOU DREAM ABOUT
Almost every woman dreams 'about
a house of her own unless she had al-
ready acquired one—and then some-
times, not quite satisfied with the one
she has, she dreams about another
that shall be more conveniently ar-
ranged, cozier, characterized by great -
the late J. P. Morgan and head of
the American Committee for Devast-
ated France, has been presented the
cross of the Chevalier of the Legion
of Honor by the president of France.
At a recent meeting in New York
of women agents of one of our larg-
est insurance companies, six women
were present who had each sold from
$100,000 to $800,000 of life insurance
NEWEST NOTES OP SCIENCE
. The Argentine government is plan-
ning to harness falls of the Parana
river for the! production Of electric
power.
Scientific breeding has produced silk
worms from which silk of eighteen
fast c,olors has been obtained instead
of only three normally.
Tuberculosis among miners has de-
creased since the introduction of .elec-
tric power into South African gold
mines: e •
The passenger list of a baby car-
riage may be doubled by using an.
auxiliary seat to be suspended be-
tween the handle bars.
An English inventor's stove can be
used as an openagrate or a range, a
water boiler being- operated with At in
either form.
A metal frame resembling a huge
bird cage which can be set oikr a
stove has been patented by a Texan
for drying clothes.
An Australian inventor has given- a
piano a slightly curved keyboard so
a player can reach All parts of, it
with equal effort.
The inventor of a new motor for
aircraft claims that 20 power'imnulses
are imparted at regular intervals for
every revolution. •
An automobile builder in Europe is
experimenting with hammock seats,
suspended from steel spring frames,
to afford easy riding.
A treadmill has been invented to
enable women to get in the priviey
of their homes the same exercise they
could on a running track.
By presSing a button on a watch
invented by a Frenchman numerals
are brought into position to designate
12 -hour or 24-hour time.
Gasoline cars on an Australian rail-
way have wedge shaped ends, it hav-
ing been found that the air resistance
to the old type cars caused the use of
40 per cent. more fuel.
India is extending its telephone
lines until it has built one 600 miles
long and another with a length of
300 miles is in service.
A Florida man has obtained a pat-
ent for a roadway made of three
strips of concrete, economy of mate-
rial and labor being his object.
A coin in a slot machine has been
invented' by an Englishman to enable
a .passenger to learn at what speed
he is traveling in a train.
United States government chemists
have found that a good grade of syrup
can be made from sweet potatoes
and malt by a simple process.
Nearly' 300,000,000 tons of sand
have been removed from the entrance
to Liverpool harbor since dredging
operations were begun in 1890.
To make imitation fur, an Ohian has
invented an attachment for knitting
machines which knits a tuft of hair
into eachneedfulof thread.
That it is poseible to disinfect the
mouth, nose and other body cavities
with ultraviolet rays has been demon-
strated by Japanese physicians. -
A recently invented flexible pipe
joint is made of brass, reduces wear
to a minimum and has no grounds
parts nor packing to require atten-
tion.
A British company has been formed
to utilize the slate waste of Wales in
the manufacture of asphalt, bricks,
abrasive soap, glass and linoleum.
To remind business men to keep en-
gagements an alarm clock has been
designed that will sound at a number
of times during a day for ,which it is
set.
The discovery of coarse geld in fair-
ly large quantities in a river in Lap-
land will be followed by a govern-
ment search- for deposits worth ex-
ploiting.
In a new machine for removing ex-
cesi water from floors that have been
scrubbed or mopped, a pump is mount-
ed at the angle of two rubber blades
that draw the water together. -
Designed for 'garages is a new fin
'India and everything eastern seemed
to come inevitably his war, and,
whenever they did not come his way,
he sought them with his whole
heart. Never was there such a re-
markable traveller. Other men have
travelled more extensively, devoted
themselves to the work of explora-
tion more exclusively, but few have
been able to combine so much ex-
cursion abroad with so much activity
at home as Lord Curzon. Central
Asia, Persia, Afghanistan, the Pa-
mirs, Siam, Indo-China, and Korea,
to Mention only the most important,
were investigated with a cbitsuming
interest and insatiable desire for
facts, which overflowed, later on, in
a series of books, most of them still
standard works on the subjects dealt
with. -
Meanwhile, the member for the
Southport division was steadily,
climbing the political ladder. For a
short time, 1891-92, he was Under-
Secretary of State for India, and,
from 1895 to 1898, held the posi-
tion of Under-Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs. The next year save
the consummation of his second
great ambition. He was appointed
Governor-General of India. Now, it
is one of the great unwritten laws
ooncerniag this appointment that the
Governor-General of India must be a
peer, and the Hon. George Nathaniel
Curzon was already the eldest son of
a peer. The difficulty, however, was
overcome by his having an Irish peer-
age conferred upon him, and as
Curzon of Kedleston he embarked
for India.
Few achievements have received
more varied criticism than Lord Cur-
zon's administration in India. By
some he has been hailed as the great-
est Viceroy India ever had; whilst
by others his rule has been charac-
terized as a failure. The course. of
the just estimate probably lies, as is
generally the case, between the two
extremes.. If his partition of Bengal
still causes the name of Curzon to
be anathema in certain quarters,. it
is in- others regarded as a wise and
even inevitable reform; whilst in- his
disagreement with Lord 'Kitchener,
which, ultimately, occasioned his re-
signation, after he had- been Viceroy
for _five years, he at any rate stood
for the time-honored British tradi-
tion, the doll control of the army. '
And so Lord, !Curzon returned
home, secured 'eleetion as an Irish
representative peer, -and "retired" to
the House of Lords.. Since then he
has stood forth very prominently in
English politics as a Moat staunch
Conservative, as a great defend r of
the rights and privileges of the ere-
ditary chamber, and a strong o pon-
ent- of Home Rule for Ireland. Dur-
ing the last five years, however, all
party politics put aside, Lord Curzon
has indeed deserved well of his fel-
low countrymen. For since he joined
the Coalition Cabinet in 1916, Cur-
zon of Kedleston has devoted himself
whole-heartedly to the great task be-
fore his country, bringing to bear
upon it all that tremendone energy
which, in the days of his pro-cOnsul-
ship, was wont to be the despair of
Government officials in Calcutta and
Simla. I
-,
• 1
,
Hens Incubate Fish .Spawn. :
The Chinese have a novel way of
propagating flab. The spawn is care-
fully collected from the surfaee of
the water, and when a -sufficient quan-
tity has been obtained they take a
number of hens' eggs, the content,
of which have been carefully emptied
through a small aperture, and refill
the shells with spawn. The holes are
sealed .up and the eggs put under
the broody hens. The hens are al-
lowed to incubate the eggs for a cer-
tain number of days, when they are
again broken and their contents put
Into water, that has been previously
warmed by. the sun. In a very short
time the spawn hatches, and the
young fry are then kept in pure fresh
water until a sufficient size to be put
into the ponds. At one time IS con-
siderable business was done in this
style of spawn hatching. — Family
Herald.
Scirclty of Cork.
Owing to the scarcity of true cork
-in Sweden,• wooden corks are being
wood in that country, the substitutes
being made from quick -growing pine.
This wood has wide annual rings,
and one ot .fts Characteristics is its
tendency to olden somewhat sifter it
ijIjo apppenra _
gave up his manse for six weeks,
which have grown to long over six
months, and who fervently hopes
that his house need not shelter young
William for six years.
How to Bathe.
• Swimming is an art—a physical
accomplishment. Sea -bathing is a
science.
Sea -bathing rules seem to be limit-
ed to --Don't bathe just after a meal;
don't stop in the water when you
shiver; don't get out of your depth.
But—well, here's the science of the
thing.
Undress, put on your costume,
fling something over your shoulders,
and sit on the beach for ten Minutes.
When half the ten has passed throw
off the "aornething" and sit without
it. That is to establish, in two stages,
the acclimatisation of your body to
the air temperature. The run- from
tile bathing machine and plunge into
the water—dubbed correct—is quite
wrong!
Wrong, also, after that ten-minute
adjustment to bury yourself beneath
the waves. Paddle for a couple -of
minutes. Then in up to your knees,
Then thigh -deep, waist -deep, and, fin-
becauselrudiynntt
saTalhly3a• ,t" iciwihisietsywoicuorlsdeellfri
stages adjusted your body to the is
Drying, you see, means, evaporation,
and that abstracts heat. Keep wet!
t-rast to heat, and if you have by
low-
er air and water temperature—well,
won't feel eold. Cold is but a _con -
di@ contrast has gone!
And when in the water keep wet!
from bathers, are much -Warmer. It's
not the exercise; it's the water cov-
ering. -
Then there's the shivery feellhg.
Out, says the rule. Yes, out; but
wily for three minutes. Don't—with
a horrid feeling that your bathe has
ben horribly short—go and dress.
Sit on the beach, and put a thiek
towel round your body. E Cast it off
after two minutes, wait another two,
and then return to the sea. No shiv-
ers then!
Oriental Crowds.
To occidental travellers- the most
vivid impression produced by a first
contact with the Near East is the
surprise of neing in a country where
the human element increases instead
of -diminishes the delight of the eye,
says Edith Wharton in the Yale Re-
view. After all, then, the intimate
harmony between nature and archi-
tecture and the human body that is
revealed. in Greek art was not an
artist's counsel of perfection, but an
honest rendering of reality; there
*ere, there still are, privileged scenes
where the fall of a green -grocer's
draperies or a -milkman's cloak or a
beggar's rags are part of the com-
position, distinctly related to it in
lino and color, 'Ind where the natural
unstudied attitudes of the human
body are correspondingly harmon-
ious, however humdrum the acts it
is engaged in. The discovery, to the
traveller returning from the East,
robs The most romantic scenes, of
wcs.tern Europe of half their charm:
io the Piazza of San Marco, in the
market -place of Siena, where at least
+he robes of the procurators of the
gny tights of Pinturicchio's striplings
once justified man's presence among
his works, one can see, at first, only
'he outrage inflicted on beauty by
"plentiful strutting manikins" of
the modern world. Moroccan crowds
are always a feast to the eye., The
instinct of skilful drapery, the sense
of color subdued by custoni, but
breaking out in subtle glimpses un-
der the universal ashy tints,make
the humblest assemblage of Ala,nkey-
men and water -carriers an ever -re-
newed delight,
Jade.
The world's principal jade mine is
in Burma, where the privilege of
mining the stone has been in the
possession of one tribe for many gen-
erations.
OF WO,M101, FOR WOMEN
English women smoke about one
million cigarettes a day.
More than 600,000 women in the
United State e are employed as clerks.
The Women's City Club of Wash-
ington, D. C., has purchased a *70,000
clubhouse.
e ervant Girls
1 Union in Chicago ceas w k t ih
pen. Aisne
Two million WOMen are working
every day in American industrial
plants.
Mercantile establishments in Wash-
ington, D. C., employ more than 7,006
•women.
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Great Irish 1Sportsman -
Again Challenges for
The America Cup Race
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e 1 e 'D give my last shilling to aria
••• the Ameriea.'s Cup."
These words were spoken
in 1914 by that host 01gen-
1 iality, the saltiest of gay sea dogs,
Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton.
Picture a rather tall gentleman,
whose skin has-been whipped brown
by the winds, whose flowing mous-
tache, tinged with grey, cannot dim
the lustre of an Irish smile, who
walks with just the hint of a sailor's
• roll, and whose eyes' carry the half -
roguish twinkle of eternal youth and
• that is Sir Thomas.
At the time he spoke of his last
shilling the Shamrock IV. was in.
mid-Atlantic, being convoyed hither
,by the Lipton steam yacht Erin,
where in September it was to have
• competed against the Resolute, a lit-
I,- tie bundle of nautical invincibility,
off Sandy Hook.
11 was to ,have been the fourth
Liptonian attempt to take back to
the tight little island the most cele-
brated international yachting trophy..
In 1899, again in 190A, and in 1903
• Sir Thomas and his especially con-
structed Shamrocks, with their natty
skippers, had failed to "bring horao
the bacon,"
War came. Like a peal of thun-
der it rumbled across Europe and
echoed to England. The Briton drop-
ped hia_sports and tea to don khaki
and shoulder a gun. Yacht racing
, and other affable diversions were
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SIR THOMAS urfozi.
sent in to limbo to await that day
when a nation that had never learn-
ed to love sports or to play them aft
England and America did should.
have been taught an indispensable
'lesson.
After the armistice the Irish baro-
net again challenged. But it was too
soon, the New York Yacht Club
thought, and the challenge was tem-
porarily rejected, with the promise
that in 1920 a similar overture
would no doubt be given not unfavor-
able consideratiqn.
That time has arrived. The New
York Yacht Club is in receipt of sir
Thomas Lipton' e latescchallenge, and
in due course arrangements will have
been completed again to defen& the
cup which the America won or
Cowes, England, in the historic race
against the English in 1865. There
will be no deviation from the usual
Provisions for the race, which means
that the two yachts will race under
the rules laid down in the deed of
gift rather than the universal rules
which have been rather assiduously
espoused by Sir Thomas.
With nothing', to interfere, Sfr
Thomas Lipton's fourth attempt to
lift the America's,Cup should be sail-
ed next summer, probably in June,
with Shamrock IV. ---which the Irish
sportsman already has designated as
his yacht — competing against the
Resolute, which was completed in
1914 to defend the .up.
Sir Thomas Lipton is in his sixty-
eighth year. Born in 1851 ,of poor
Irish parents, pursuing a nomadie
career in his youth which brought
him over the seas and into America,
where, as he said, he learned the
value of: "shrewd enterprise," before
reaching tire age of fifty he hail
amassed a tremendous fortune,
It is an epic task he has chosen,
that of building a yacht in England,
bringing it to America under its own
sail, creating it swift, yet seaworthy,
and competing against the leanest
and fastest creations brought out of
• the drafting rooms of American de-
signers. Three times a Shamrock has
been sent over the seas, and three
times a Columbia or a Reliance has
turned her back—the last time in
1903- — but these repetitive dis-
appointments have served only as a
stiniulus to Sir Thomas' ambition.
his dominating impulse has be -
co le so much a part of Sir Thomas'
interesting career that once, in 1901,
when business troubles pyre/at/tiled
and stockholders of the tea com-
panies complained, one of them after
a stormy meeting shouted:
• "Neve!' mind the conipany. Bring,
back the cup!"
A love of the sea is always in-
born. It is man's harkback to the
atavistic or the amphibious. Early in
Met' when he was a messenger ` boy
for -astationer in• Glasgow, Tommy
Lipton exhibited this surpassing love
of the sea and spent such time as he
could conveniently spare among the
piers and •wharves where boats that
sailed the seven seas tome to port.
He said then and he declared often
thereafter that some day he would
own "the, finest, fastest !sailing yacht
afidat," and certainly since his fin-
ances bave warranted an effort he
bee spared neither pains nor money
in the attempt to consummate his
ambition. e
•
ED AM:
WILL
'ijftIIUift-itfl
1
(Contiril
it was ph
Mr. Montaii
confidence
tion was Tic
trst, but le
as well as
"In the
his assault
iv. I borr'e
ment, an' el
I told Ye
thing that yi
- you signed I
I was wath,
son'is, free
dred dollars
Was made
laavire me
fifty. Rex&
griinly at ti
in spite si
fake. -
"I don't
er," he.sai
"Jest as ]
Mr. Harurn
ing of abM
that money]
"I'd like
Bill, with a
"Yeull se
asserted Dal
He squared
apart, and,
in his coat
fited yokel.
-"Do you
said, with
"that 1 didn
with? that
lived, roost
an' didn't ki
agin such
I did, an'
'bout it—an
finger at t
"you'll pay
where the
with that h
resumed his
inimite with
feat in hi -sI
"Got any
inquired Mr,
't I c'n oblie
no answer.
"I asked
• his voice ai
you had al
me."
durino'l
response.
"MI rigl
hal' the ea
thin' to do
such wathk
thank you
door,” he
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e,ame Trdin t
This was to
Bill, and he
in raising
step toward
swift enoug
however, fc
•,quickness,
door, -down t
front door,
open by an
in the situa
to Mr..Merr.
so fa'r had
motion to
stood neare
the collar a
the. suggesti
to let the 11
selves. IN
breathless
but evident
humor.
"Scat in)
"Hain't had
no when."
"Bill's cox'
customer,"
-.Be ain't ha
quite-, wh,
"The' ain't
• an' meannel
with him?"
- "Name 's
Dick. "One
fer a witne
all he want
aehing som
with a bug]
"How's t
"Well, he
you as you
Mr. Lennox
collar, an'
landed him
"if," turnin
belt holt o
hroke.his
he, he, hol
sure."
"I used r
essary,
liain's pupil
time to eal
"Much of
enod.
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ha
this morn -ii
"It has h
marked Da:
you musn't
ev'ry morni
John wen
leaving the
osay,e
_Were alone,
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big Smith
say, you a)
'bout s liv
guess. I ea
ping his tl
laughter, 4
shouldered
And then fa
ink of the
things.
•
When Jo)
after the ne
manifest th
ed to Mr. T
thing was
gratitzing