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The Huron Expositor, 1931-02-13, Page 2iYF 'pF Yi Tadd 40 ';victims But a ,41T'rataba" Bring giang Relief With ih w'cd Vital Force a ane ];':news baiter than I, the lgylless days and sleepless e: 'There 4u felt boneless a anve been helpless -nand yp Jgen my weakness caused me the 7u,4st intense humiliation. Only those yvho have gone through such tortures an • possibly realize my gteat sati's- setion when Dr. .Southworth's URA - OS brought me quick relief. U"RA- ;iBS are truly wonderful, and I give them full praise." 'Such amazing eiv'i- dence serves as convincing proof of the power of URATABS to relieve those distressing ailments so often a handicap to those in middle life. Overworked, sluggish Kidneys, and Bladder Weakness, bring on so many distressing ailments which so often lead to serious diseases that every sufferer from Lameness, Pains in back and down through groins, scanty but frequent urination, "Getting -up - Nights," Nervous Irritability and Lack of Force—should try the amazing value of Dr. Southworth's URATABS at once! Any good druggist will pup - ply you on a guarantee of satisfac- tion or money back. tlr 4s /14OW, 00 1 new . whexe slhe was" +,ai)Ig• and far what purpose.. It was a.,4gring Proceeding for ane who wigs known to be of impure character and life, As she entered 'something she hard rat •planned happened. No sooner had she teached her goal than ' the storm�ri of the heart 'breaks ifs a rain of tears, which falls hot and fast up- on the feet •ef the Master. Instantly elle stops and with the only available article, the loosened tresses of her hair, she wipes His feet, kissing them passionately as she did so. Then pour- ing from her flask the fragrant nerd, she proceeded with loving, leisurely haste to anoint His feet, until the whole chamber was redolent of the sweet perfume. And Jesus did not resent her attentions, but gives Him- self up passively to the woman's will though He knows that to society she is a moral leper. But what of the host? Thoughts came quick and fast. Here is proof that he cannot be a prophet. Jesus answered these thoughts with words. Jesus could not only read the countenance; He could penetrate to the mind. Here was an opportunity to teach an unforgettable lesson in forgiveness so He called to Simon saying, "I have somewhat to say unto thee." There was a cer- taie creditor who had two debtors, one of whom owed him ten times as much as the other. He receipted the bills of both. Jesus then inquired of his host which did he think would love him most. The Pharisee at once re- plied that the one to whom most was forgiven. He was told he most an- swered nswered correctly and then Jesus pro- ceeded to apply the lesson. He direct- ed Simons' attention to the woman and her load of sin. No doubt in the Pharisees' eyes she was ten times as great a sinner as he but how did they appear in Jesus' eyes? Simon had neglected to extend the common courtesies of a host to his guest. "I entered into thine house, thou gayest me no water for my feet; but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head." He had shown no love, only criticism of another. "Thou gaivest me no kiss; but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet." The Pharisee had made no special preparation for His guest:— My head with oil thou didst not an- oint; but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment." • And so Jesus sets over against the omissions of Simon the loving and lav- ish attentions of the woman. Yet he does not leave Simon without hope. He credits him with a little love. "Wherefore I say unto thee, her sins which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much; but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little." The lesson was over, and Jesus dis- missed the woman with: "Thy sins are forgiven; thy faith hath •saved thee; go in peace." Faith, love, peace. Without faith, love would be only fear, and peace itself would be un- rest. There was still one little whisper of murmuring; for the guests began to ask among themselves, "Who is this that even forgiveth sins?" It will be noticed that Simon is not a- mong the questioners now. Jesus is to him "the prophet" and although we hear no more of him or of his creeds, we may rest assured that his conquered .-heart was given without reserve to Jesus, and that he too learned to love with a true affection, even with the "perfect love which casteth out fear." -(Condensed from The Expositor's Bible). SUNDAY AFTERNOON (T r,.,,,, a.;;lton, Goderich, Ont.) O Love that v,•:11 not let me go, I rest my weary soul in Thee; ' 1 give Thee b•:...I the life I owe, 3'hat in Thine ocean depths its flow My richer, fuller be. George Matheson. PRAYER 'Give us, 0 Lord, the hearing ear, the understanding mind and the lov- ing heart that we may courageously land fervently confess our sins and submit our wills to Thine. Amen. S. S. LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 15 Lesson Topic—Jesus The Friend of Sinners. Lesson Passage—Luke 7:36-50. Golden Text—I Timothy 1:15. When in one of the Galilean towns, Jesus received a pressing invitation oto eat ;bread" in the house of one of the Pharisees. One of the Pharisees desired Him that He would eat with him. Jesus who refused no open door who never failed to welcome an op- portunity to influence a soul, accept- ed. It is not stated what the motive was that prompted the Pharisee to extend his hospitality to Jesus. His mind may have been perplexed over the rumor that was making itself felt so widely: "That a great prophet is risen, up among us; and that God baths isited His people." And so he invited Jesus to his house and his table, that in the nearer vision and the unfettered freedom of social in- tercourse he might solve the great problem. Seeking after truth, the truth finds him. There was a simplicity and freeness in the social life of the East which our western civilization can scarcely understand. The door of the guest chamber was left open, and the unin- vited, even comparative strangers. were allowed to pass in and out dur- ing the entertainment; or they might take their seats by the wall, as spec- tators and listeners. It was so here. No sooner had the guests taken their places, reclining around the table, their bared feet projecting behind them, than the usual movement from 'outside began and amongst them came a —tau of the city "a sinner," by which is meant a woman of immoral life. She is nameless but some auth- orities connect her with the woman spoken of in John 3:3-11 to whom Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more." This wo- man had net just happened to be pass- ing and dropped in. She had come of set purpose. The phrase "when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisees' house," indicates the mak- ing up of her mind. She would go and show her lova to the One who had spoken so graciously to her. She would take along her most precious possession—an alabaster box of oint- ment. This shows a clearly thought HY TAKE PILLS? fz:3 THERE'S no need to drug your - 1 self with laxatives when consti- pation can be overcome by eating a delicious cereal. Mr. F. C. Aminsen (address on re- , quest) writes: `s suffered with chronic constipation 1 for many years and was compelled to use pills every night, but since I got your Kellogg's ALL-Brtax it works fine. I would not be without it. I was so deathly sick of taking pills every night Now it is so different. Kellogg's ALL-' BRAN works so naturally and is pleas- ' art to take." Just eat two tablespoonfuls of Kellogg's Au -BRAN daily. Relief is guaranteed. It is the natural, safe way. Delicious with milk or cream, fruits or honey added. Kellogg's AI.I,->Ita>< also furnilshes iron for the I/lood. In the red -and - Veen package at your grocer's. Ude b * Kellogg in London, Ont. Try Magnesia For Stomach Trouble. To Neutralize Acidity and Fermenta- tion. Prevents Indigestion, Sour Gassy Stomach. People who suffer from indigestion usually have tried pepsin, charcoal, soda and various digestive aids and got little more than slight temporary relief --sometimes not even that. But before giving up to chronic dys- pepsia, just try the effect of a little Bisurated Magnesia—not the ordinary commercial carbonate, citrate or milk, but pure Bisurated Magnesia which you can obtain from any druggist in either powder or tablet form. Take a teaspoonful of the powder or four tablets with a little water af- ter your next meal, and see what a difference this makes. It will instant- ly neutralize the dangerous, harmful acid in the stomach which now causes your food to ferment and sour, mak- ing gas, wind, flatulence, heartburn and the bloated or heavy, lumpy feel- ing that seems to follow most every- thing you, eat. You can enjoy your meals 'without a fear of indigestion. WORLD MISSIONS Why Foreign Missions? Is there any good reason why one country should send missionaries to another and try to persuade its peo- ple to accept the foreigner's relig- ion? The question is often asked; the answers are ,carious. Some say that Christian foreign missions are an impertinence. If the people of Canada or Great Britain or the Unit- ed States believe in Christianity as a desirable religion, let them so believe; but what right have they to go to India, China or Africa, and urge those people to accept Christianity as their religion? Why not recognize that In- dia's religions are as good for India as Christianity is for Western peo- ples, and similarly of the religions of China and Africa? This is a com- mon argument against missions. But it is not an impertinence to offer to save a drowning man. It is not an impertinence to tell a desper- ately sick man of a cure that one knows 'by personal experience can make him well. Nor is it an impert- inence to carry a pardon from the Government to a condemned criminal. These acts of unselfish interest in the welfare of a fellowman are faint il- lustrations of the Christian foreign missionary enterprise. Christians know from the Scriptures that all men, whether in India, China, Africa, Britain or North America, are lost souls, lost eternally, without the Gos- pel of Jesus Christ. They are drown- ing men; they are desperately, incur- ably diseased; they are justly convict- ed and sentenced to imprisonment and death; and there is only one thing that will save them from drowning, heal their disease, release them from prison and deliver them from the death sentence. All other religions are impotent and worse than impot- ent to help men. This is the declara- tion of God Himself, as made in Mills word. If it is true—then what man- ner of man would the Christian be if, knowing that he possessed the un- speakable blessing of this good news intended of God for all men, and knowing that those in foreign lands had no knowledge of this good news and no way of getting this knowledge unless, those in prssession of it car- ried it to them. he stayed complacent- ly at home, kept his knowledge to him- self, and let the rest of the dying world perish?" ' The Word r:f God makes no uncer- tain answer to the question. Why for- eign missions? "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the troth and the life; no man come% unto the Father, but by Me." "Go ye into all the world and preach bilis Gospel to every creature:" AU'.rO'S WHEELS DESERVE CARE The Old h 1 alnic �ay�: t'itibiitler how many oar owners ever guile theti Yit to thewheels of their Ifkrtia..41 .11 - i. nota classic. He 15 read 4 nobody but morbid anti - boa2 ons q one with no pretensions qualify` as literary critic might reasonably' Object on this ground a- lone to eteree f of the books which are included in the Globe's all too gener- ous list, It may occur to some read- ers that other grounds of objection might be found without any particu- larly exhausting search. : Heine is the list: Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery. Beautiful Joe, by 'Mlarshall Saun- ders. The Golden Dog, by William Kirby. Doctor Luke of the Labrador, by Norman Duncan. In Flanders Fields, by John Mc- Crae. Lords of the North, by Agnes Laut. The Man from Glengarry, by Ralph Connor. The Prairie Wife, by Arthur Strin- ger. Sam Slick, by Thomas Chandler Hali'burton. The Rise and Fall of New France, by George M. Wrong. The Seats of the Mighty, by Sir Gil- bert Parker. Roughing it in the Bush by Susanna Moodie. Songs of a Sourdough, Service. From Ocean to Ocean, Monro Grant. Sunshine Sketches of a by Stephen Leacock. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Liberal Party, by Sir John Willison. The Inner Shrine, by Basil King. Thoroughbreds by W. A. Fraser. The Viking Heart, by Laura Good- man Salverson. Wild Animals I 'Have Known, by Thompson Seton. A glance through this list win con- vince the reader, we_believe, that a- part altogether from the point of sur- vival from generation to generation which we have mentioned, Canadian classics are made on widely different principles from other classics. Let us lump them all together and ask the question: Is it conceivable that any- body would be the worse who had not read one of them? Would he, a Can- adian be considered uncultivated, stii less uncouth, if he had admitted that he had never heard of half of them and that only under threat of duress could he be induced to peruse them? If so, let the thumb screws be pro- duced for rwe plead guilty. Of course there is one of the classics which no Canadian could help knowing some- thing about unless he had spent the war years in an internment camp. We refer to the McCrae opus, which rival- ed in popularity "It's a Long Way to Tipperary," which it surpasses, we believe in poetic artistry. But no- body but a wide-eyed Canadian pat- riot would' say that it is a poem in the sense that Rupert Brooke's simi larly inspired 'verse beginning "If 1 should die" is poetry. But can it be said that an English man is a cultivated /man who knows nothing of the books accepted' as Eng lish classics or the works immediate ly derived from tbem? Can it be said that an educated Englishman would be none the worse if he ever had read his •own classics or the authors who had been inspired by them? Could it be said that an Englishman has an understanding of English literature if he has read no other books than those written by Englishmen in the past 40 years, even though the output has been fifty times as great as the Can adian output in a corresponding per iod? We think that the answers to all these questions is self-evident and that it is No. Let us put two or three more questions which probably reach closer to the heart of the whole mat ter. What has been the consequence -of any of these books? What new beauties or truth have they revealed? To what extent has any of them of fected the Canadian spirit? How have they influenced Canadians of this generation? What prospect is there that they will continue to influence Canadians in generations to come? Half the list is composed of novels that might have been written any where, and they are Canadian only in the sense that their authors hap pened to have lived in this country We are aware that the same thing might be said of the greatest in litera- ture. It is ,universal. It belongs to no political division of the human race, it is confined within no geo- Jrapliical boundaries. It is timeless So if anybody wishes to contend that the published list represents the great- est in literature we make him a pres- ent of the argument. But if it is not to be contended that the volumes under discussion belong to this class, then it is easily 'CO be established that they do not belongs to the class next below it, in that they are true expres- sions of something that is peculiar to Canada. We do not contemplate the invidious task of going through the list and pointing to possible imper- fections in those books which we hap- pen to have read. Nor would we presume to suggest, other Canadian books which might profitably displace some upon it. We view it merely as a list, and express grave doubts that it is what it purports to be, namely, a list of Canadian classic literature. automobiles? Of course, when buyin' the car they notice whether it has wire, artillery or disc wheels, and af- ter they've bought it they may be re- minded occasionally to have some grease put in the front hub caps. One of the most remarkable things about automobiles to me is the way the wheels go on movin' millions of automobiles billions of miles gettin' no more attention than they do. Ev- ery now and then one sees a car rest - in' on its axle on the pavement and the crumpled wheel scattered about. But it's not very common. In the main, the wheel goes on to the end of the automobile's existence givin' no trouble. Wheels break mostly 'when struck blows from the side, as when- skiddin' into a curb or in accidents. So long as the load or force on this is car- ried the way it was intended, wheel breakage is unlikely. However, when the spokes become loose, or when the lugs which hold the wheel at the hub permit the wheel to ride at an angle, the lead is not carried vertically, but at an angle. This accounts for the collapse of some wheels and is a haz- ard that should be prevented by pro- per attention. Wire wheel spokes, now that wire wheels are becomin' so common, need occasional attention. The automobile wire wheel's a lot different in con- struction than that one on our boy- hood bicycles on which the spokes were always gettin' ,qut of line and makin' such wobbly tracks in the dust. However, it's somethin' to watch occasionally in some of the older wheels. Whatever the wheel may be made of, metal or wood, it should have the protection of a good paint surface. Any wheel deserves some attention now and then. CRYING BABIES ARE SICKLY BABIES The well child does not cry. He is laughing and happy all the time. Baby's cry of distress is the ori y means he has of telling the mother or nurse he is ill. Mothers, you can keep your little ones well and happy by giving them Baby's Own Tablets— the safe and efficient remedy for all childhood ailments. Baby's Own Tablets are a mild but thorough. laxative. They sweeten the stomach; regulate the bowels and thus banish constipation and indigestion ; break up colds and simple fevers and allay the irritation accompanying the cutting of teeth. They are sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. CANADIAN LITERATURE, WHERE ARE THE CLASSICS? Was it Sydney Smith who asked sometime about the middle of the 19th century "Who reads an American book?" Lest the contemptuous ques- tion should be paraphrased with re- gard to Canadian books the Toronto Globe published as a striking prelude to Canadian Book Week a list which purports to be made up of Canadian classics. It is a common and some- what careless habit of reviewers when their enthusiasm has been aroused by a new book to declare that it will be- come a classic. But it seems to us that a good many years are required to determine whether a book is a classic. The judgment of one genera- tion is not enough. It has been point- ed out as a curiosity of literature that Martin Tupper was more highly es- teemed by the public in his own day than Tennyson, his contemporary. Yet I Would Advise All Women To Use Them SAYS ONTARIO LADY OF DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS Mrs. G. T. Hartwick is Very Satisfied with the Results Obtained by Taking Dodd's Kidney Pills. Palmer Rapids, Ont, Feb.` 8.—(Spe- cial).—Advice is often wasted because it is given free. Mrs. George T. Hart - wick, a well known resident here, of- fers some .good advice that ought to be taken heed of beeause it concerns your health, and what is a more valu- able asset then good health? Mrs. Illartwick writes:—"I used Dodd's kidney Pills before my second child was born and I found them such a help. I had no trouble with sore back and felt quite strong. I was able to do all my own work. I would �l 'vise all women to use Dodd's Kidney—Pills. They are safe and 'give quick relief. Mrs. Haartwiek is not repeating what someone has told • her, but some• thing she knows, from: her own ett- perienee. She feels that she owes lie to other sufferers to rtell thein how Dodd's ;Kidney Pills relieved her. by Robert by George Little Town SECRETS OF THE FORTUNE TELLING RACKET Victims of a wave of superstition such as the world has not seen since the Middle Ages, the people of the United States'are paying $125,000,000' a year to an army of 100,000 fortune tellers. These present-day dealers in fake prophecies, according to Cohn Mulholland, vice president of the So- ciety of American Magicians, make the bearded, cone -hatted diviners of medieval times seem like a lot of bungling amateurs. One woman astrologer, doing a thriving business in New York, charges her clients according to, a sliding scale of fees ranging from $25 to $100 for a "reading." Her in- come from mail orders alone is $10,- 000 a month. A Chicago star gazer has 100 customers, all of them Sub- stantial business then, 'who pay him $1,000 a year each for a monthly l,us- iness horoscope. Men as well as wo- men in all classes of society are found among the devote'esi of the toothsay., er's art, "ro'bably the 1principal Cause of alis • New Comfort and Rids �t for the New Chevrolet Six • • New Low Prices The Standard Roadster - $610 The Sport Roadster - - 640* The Phaeton - - - 655 The Coach - - - 695 • The Standard Coupe - 695 The Standard Five - Window Coupe - - 720 The Sport Coupe- - - 745* (With Rumble Seat) The Super Sport Roadster 760 The Standard Sedan - 820 The Special Sedan - - 840 "Six wire wheels, lender wells and trunk rack included on these models as standard equipment at slight extra cost. • 411 prices at factory, Oshawa. Taxes, bumpers and spare tire extra. A complete lime of Com- mercial Cars and Trucks from ,5470 up. DUE to its longer wheelbase, the new Chevrolet Six is roomier and more comfortable than ever. The interiors are unusually spacious. And the greater length of the car results in safer, steadier per- formance on the road. Four long springs ...Lovejoy shook absorbers, front and rear'. . a smooth, silent six - cylinder motor ... • fully -in- sulated driving compartment .. . adjustable driver's seat .. clear vision through wider windows and the Fisher non- glare onglare windshield. These are other features that add to your motoring pleasure. Come ,for a ride and discover - the truly remarkable comfort and riding ease Chevrolet offers at even lower prices. Chevrolet's policy has always been one of service to the public ...The GMAC plan of .deferred payments- offers aymentsoffers the lowest financing charges available ... and the General Motors Owner Service Policy pledges lasting satisfaction. gre NEW CHEVROLET SIX A. W. DUNLOP, Seaforth CHEVROLET DEALER C6-24 wave of superstition, Mulholland thinks, is the wide dissemination giv- en nowadays to real scientific knowl- edge. 'Millions of persons . who know nothing of science, look upon each new discovery as just another incompre- hensible miracle. "If you can send a voice around the world through the air and catch it again with a mechan- ical device," these people reason, "wihy should it not be possible to hear ' voices from the Beyond? If Einstein is honored for his fourth di- mensional hypothesis, what is wrong with the spiritists who claimed to have discovered a fourth dimension long ago?" Many fortune tellers take advant- age of radio broadcasting to swindle the public. A certain astrologer, for example, invites written questions, which he will answer free of charge. This he actually does, but the reply, of course, is vague and unsatisfying. The letter, however, states that more definite answers to four questions will be mailed for one dollar, At the same time, a dream book is offered for one dollar, a horoscope for a dol- lar, and a set of "love secrets;' for a dollar. In response to his first invitation, this man received 100,000 letters from radio listeners in 11 weeks. Then his staff of secretaries got busy mailing out the "come-on" letters. In reply to these, 30;000 sent from one to four dollars. The horoscopes and dream books are furnished by a supply house in Chicago for three cents each when bought in bulk. As for the soothsayers' methods, these unary according to the tastes and social standing of their clientele. Whe- ther the hokum accompaniments takes the form of peering at an astrological chart; staring into a fire -bowl in which you believe the paper bearing your questions is burning; playing with cars; reading your palm; gazing into a glass ball supposed to be a crystal (which would be worth from $60,000 to $75,000 if it were real) or "interpreting" the mess of leaves at the bottom of your teacup, it may be charaicteirized ,in one short wolyd— bunk. Recently a man who was thinking of making a business change phoned a soothsayer for an appointment; he was told that the "professor" would be able to receive him inhalf an hour. When he entered the "studio," the palmist, without asking a single ques- tion, began telling him about his wife, son and daughter, the children's school work, stated correctly his business, and advised him not to make any change that would take him away from the city. Thoroughly impress- ed, the man turned down a splendid offer from a firm in another part of the country. What happened was this: When the client telephoned, he gave his name. The fortune teller's assistant immedi- ately consulted the telephone director- ies. The current book showed he was living in a private house in a new neighborhood; an older one gave his address at an apartment building. The assistant phoned the man's home. Claiming to be a photograph- er, be offered a number of free photo- graphs of the children and thns ob- tained their names and their ages. On the pretext of seeking the father's permission to photograph the Child- ren, iild-ren, the 'assistant was given his busi- ness telephone number and a call there elicited information as to the position he had. 'Evidently the client had just bought a home and it was unlikely he would wish to move away from town. Hence the advice against the change of city. Now suppose that the customer does not phone but walks in from the street. In that case, while the for - tulle teller delivers :a long, vague harangue, his assistant outside ,gets busy with the telelph. e. As tits is time , aahorter, less i •oi'ni tion is gathered in such cases, but it usually. serves. How is the information conveyed to the soothsayer? Some establishments have a picture on one of the walls, the glass and frame of which remain stationary on the wall. But the back and the picture itself can be dropped by the man in the anteroom, who is thus able to insert a card containing the information. The victim is plac- ed with his back to the picture and the fortune teller reads the data above the customer's head. In the absence of a panel, the seer' seats himself with his back to some hangings, through which a small card bearing the information is easily passed to In the event that the client is not listed in any directory, the fortune teller has to rely on his wits. Here is an actual case. A pretty young widow sought advice on the wisdom of remarrying. Without her having said ane word, the diviner told her fortune simply from her appearance. He told the woman she was not used to work and that she ought to accept the offer of marriage she was consid- ering. This, he said, would be exact- ly what her late husband would have wanted her to do. These were the fortune teller's ob- servations and deductions: Her wed- ding ring showed the woman had been married. It was of a better kind than the dress she wore indicated she could now afford. The gown looked like one worn for second mourning. Thus, she was probably a widow in reduc- ed circumstances. Her new shoes were of a brand ad- vertised to help foot trouble; hence it was likely that she was doing work involving a good deal of standing, to which she was not accustomed. The string of beads was new and rather expensive; it must be a gift from some man who was in love with her. He guessed that she wanted to marry again, but felt she should re- main faithful to her husband's mem- ory So he told her what he believed she would be glad to hear. All of us carry some marks of ident- ification. Even the cut of your Clothes and hair, your speech and mannerisms will tell the soothsayer a number of things that he will repeat to you, translated into the flowery lingo of his profession, at a price. Selling knowledge that they do not possess, fortune tellers swindle the public out of millions. But even this is not the worst phase of their rack- et. The real danger lies in the fact that, more often than not, the advice they give is unwise and destructive. THE AWFUL SIN OF UNBLAC1iED BOOTS It was a thing that a professor of "Alt Heidelberg" University never thought of. Yet it got him into a lot of trouble, not with the university, but with the military authorities, when he was drafted into the new 'German military service. The story is told by George Her- mann in the Berlin Vossische Zeitung. A nd the professor's military superior with a certain attempt at irony, it appears, gave a glimpse of home life that seems incredible in this age. But that comes at the end of the narrative concerning the professor i and his first drill, when he appeared for marching purposes with unshined boots. A non-commissioned officer in strict- ly martinet style stared hard at the scholarly recruit, and asked: "Can't you 'black boots?" "No, sir." "Have you never 'blacked boots in your life?" "No, sir." "What are you in civilian life?" "Professor at the University of Heidelberg, sir." The non-commissioned officer did not know what to make of the man. Should he punish this fellow? Or had he given a sufficient excuse for unblacked boots at first drill? The nor. -commissioned officer in his perplexity called upon a second lieu- tenant. The examination began all over a- gain: "So you haven't got your boots blacked? What are you in civilian life?" "Professor at the University of Heidelberg, sir." The second lieutenant could make nothing of the mystery. Should this fellow be punished? Should he be sent to the guard house for lying? The second lieutenant gave it up. He laid the case before the first lieu- tenant. "So," said the first lieutenant grim- ly to the culprit, "you haven't got your boots blacked?" "No, sir." "And you're a professor at the Uni- versity of Heidelberg?" "Yes, sir." The first lieutenant stared long a• nd suspiciously at the professor, and then inquired with greater sternness than before: "Who blacks your boots when your wife is sick?" til r In every package marked "Chinaware" as pretty as you can buy Cooks in 21/2 minutes ettet' theAsateibiAlt, �'1