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ik, would be rash to offer much eritletsm.
• ROY °titer Oats and ends that lusty be use.
'be eimplilled, A comprehensive Ituckseek
soldier'a bisggage has been the Matter et
that tile !system of strapPing miscellana,
outs paraplaernalla round Ine soklier might
so much expert study and experiment that
Ilke that carded by awies guides, end
after a battle. It la a 11904 rasa of the
But to tile °annoy layman it Woula sewn
Cul to 'WM on the Mann and during or
Wales that the Imperial Yeeirsanre ere te
wear, not tunies, but Norfolk Jackets. The
mportance of Inviiitillify Has Been 'Duly Recognized t . 'u* ' g
hung ae In the email of tile back on In
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,,,. o eery net the Impedimenta et an innate'
, try soldier except his greatcoat. The hav,
ersaea should be erase away with, And such
• and.Has Entered Into Designs rations tie a soldier woulci want to take
. wheu going eat. te action, in lignt kit with -
FIELD :EQUIPMENT OF
BRITISH'SOLDIE
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and P la ns
• The Ude equIpmenteefetne itrItish Te1-
dier is a very dlaerent than eo-day fermi
evaat it watt twenty yeas.% ago, writes a
corresPoncient of tbe London Alums, Our
many little wars, if the have not•tafora-
1/
ed mtich training In ge erelablp, have at bonth Africa. .let the surae thee the eel-
learit tauglet use value le lessolts in tbe ' •gencies of reeruiting or a voluntary rattan
no less impotent en of campaigning. elemend Something smarter than plain
Amid. our failures, imexpecte d yet mama dingy ichael. Teat such smartness ean be
enough, to Surpris' ft tuelaile enemeant a combinee wita generally neutral colored
strange country, or to •eteary strong defene uniform as shown by many of our veleta
stye positions with relatively small at- Jeer regiments and • be the Australian
tacking forces, we have rattier overloottea troops. Theme would got be the least dint -
our success la anattere almost as nttal as (mita la devising A large variety or smart
generalship itself. That no other nation unIforms practically as inviable es latakl
could so expeditiously have despatched le • at any distance over 200 yards, All that
coesiderable army acmes %OW Mlles of is necessary is that certain elemantara
sea -may be taken for granted. But it is optical rules reeardtng the blending oe ct1.
quite probable tnat no other nation would ors should be Omer:fed, and that no imp -
hoe made each admirable arrangements arate patch el Might color should exceed
for the provisioning •ot the tkoops when a certain size. The same thing wIll have
mace sent to the front or for the treatment to apply to the kilt, No, one wishes to no
of the woimded after 0 kettle, or nave away with tee Highlander's kilt, It is e
equipped, its soldiers so serviceably fen first-rate uniform tor manitinge especially
the task of fighting and.camPaigning vn
the whole, the British soldier 4s very well fee hill climbing, and its thick tolds round
the body render it a warm and bealthy
egelpped. Khaki la an exceHent lighting costume for sleeping out.at night. But to
colon and Minuet levlabla aaaleat tee on Wear the hilt In ita present Teem is sinsPlY
annoy aaceground tof the South Afrieen to tourt death. The aloe paten it pre -
veldt at any distenee over 800 yards. The eents is easily visible . at ranged where
puttee is A better naarething tegging than khaki trousers and puttees have long 'ago
any form of, gaiter; it le a Uttle clumsy' to peewee IndUtInguishable froni the • back -
pet on, but At sfunports the calfand never geound: In' this war the Highland regi -
gets hopelessly sodden and shitpelees, as a ments have been 'wearing ralleulous-look-
leather ,gaiter does by prolonged immersiou ing improvised aprons of ehake but these
• • mud The flannel start and b • t eti n to -them when ly-
A
end to Is the historic red coat of the Brit-
ish splitter. It Is absurd Mat our soldiers
and volunteers shonld wear a uniform
wbich is useless' for the purposes of wartn
England or Preece just as much as in
cardigan vest widen ge under ene klutici, ,irpg flat ori their faces. But it is; by no
as welt as. the greateoat wleich -goes. over eueans necessary- that 4n Puture all High -
it, would serve to keep the soldier eva...m land regiments should be reduced to wen. -
In almost any climate, and nave certaluly. Ing ,kbakt kilts. AU that is wanted is a
proved sufficient in Sout,h Africa. -Still tartan with a soniew,hat 11
there are various points With -regard to , ahter ground col -
es or, whose general effect at a distance
----e- f °Ifs wa4: g6ea '"• • should be that- of ichaki. It ougnt not to
Which tbe experien e o
..• ehow ,that improvements might well ne ef. ,'be . beyond ate. capacity .of seine. authority
fected. '
versed in' tartannore to devise a safe and
• y y.et perfectly correct service tartan for
IMPORTANCE On INVISIBILIT
• The great lesson taught by this w.anatt might be preserved' for officers' full dress
wee fought with modern 'firearms, and, as :and artrade uniforms. •
a rule, on open" grouud-is Use enoismous A• ginner • application of• optical rules
importance of invisibility. At the distance, will be eeeeseeley in the ease aloes,
at whiele modern Wile fire le. eftective • s' main:erns. Tine war • bad lasted but ,a
lIttle precaution is quite. sufficient to make very few days before mar. coinmanclen re -
men almost invisible to tthe naked eye: ex- allzed that, ,untess they wished to lose all
cept when standing up against. the skyline. their officers in the first few engagements
The conditions of such invisibility are de- of the campaign, it was essential that they'
terminr., by a few elementary eptlea....,A snould .discard swords, cross belts, and In
rules. The .general eftect of a soldier is, fact eterything that could distinguisla -them
uniform end equipment at long range • from the .conimon soldier... But, lm -portant
(Mould be neutral conned and as much ,05.. though it is Ansa the officers should. do
possible blurred against the bat -aground. everytalng to. Avoid -beteg _picked eff
Ishould present no bright teaming spots necessarily by the enemy's sharpshooters.
out his Itucissaek he might very well stud
into las peclote. 11 ebe haversack is kept,
hoWever, it simuld be made ;stronger.
There have been frequent corapleints of
naVersaeks being unegu,a1 to the strain
witielt Tenney Atkins puts upon them, a
The questlon of °likens' 'uniform bus al-
ready been touelted on. Of course the eete
tm risk attae/aing to offleers can never be
done away with by similarity of equip-
ment.
land tbe firing ilne to keep 'control ot his
men, and lie is obliged to move out at
cover more frequently for the same rea-
sou. Bet the 40. Can be greatly. minim -
teed, The most striking revolution in of -
Acne' equipment due to tlite • Wee is tile
abolition of the sword. Its utter useleee-
• tiess le modere infantry fighting ought to
have been realized long ago, but there
was no eallitary reformer bold enough to
may out its abandon tato practice. Now,
however, it is to be ltope.d tbe sword will
distil:Pear for good and all, Oen from the
' made ground, to joln the halbeed, mace,
battle-axe, and other prtmltive weapons.
The officer of tbe Innen will carry, a rifle
like the private, and will have to be a
crack snot. In addition toehis rifle he
will also linve the bayonet, and perhaps a
revolver. The Most Important weapon of
the 'officer, ;however, is his field -glass.
, 'Every °Meer, and not only every officer
but every eergeant and corporal, s,hould
hoe a good pair of field -glasses. Artillery
officers, and at least one officer in every
infantry company or cavalry troop, should
have a telescepe as well,
Some of the above sugneetlobs may well
*Wear revolutionary to those aceustomtid
to the conservative ways of the •BnItish
army. They are not half as revolutionmee
as the altanges in the whole education,
spirit, and systera ef that army which. wili
have to be marled out to make it este
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mute to meet the requirements of tbe fu-
ture.
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BvsorEss iiicromAirs
each Hi bland regiment The old tartan •
islarseasmaosar
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OMEN TO AFRICA
Ail the doors In the emuldor were still
eiesed, 4,11 exeeist mother'. She bad left
here naer through the night, la Mee, liob,
Welting) thad called flier name. Bat lion
Mel not called; ;he had slept iike a tola
Peeeeutly the gray demi grew pink, and
' shats of light geept 4belougle Cie
tfetietlan pielang out the Pletnrea
on the the 'Miaow ot the wardrobe,
and the gallant agrUTO Of Bob bilmself on
the mantelpiece, paotograpleeel flat Ma -
farm
lalotherts nigil wits ended. She rose «oft-
ly, supped on ber deeming gown and slip -
pees anal stole along ehe condor to Bebe
room.
lioh toy, eie food 'oct Britten manhood,
Yellow ;hatred, straight limbed, deep ellen-
ed, sound asleep„
The .tew dreams limit bid visited blan
bard been sweet to the be.aet a eoldio.
Net a isteadew teafr Mad disturbed ale
siumeees. He hod been, aeststinag In ictlieng
the meow by theapnefi, ratile and bayonet
in 'thousands, and now taw lay around hint
like con alto 'the sielde, and BO Bugled
and awoke, aral saw, mother etanaing 'look-
ing down upon lam. It was no unusual
sight to see bee &ere' yet f to,c1a7 something
stlereel We tamest,' and Bola put up bis
nem min drew her bead down to. las
breast.
"My .baby -any boy!" milebblee murmured.
"Oh, my darling!"
Del) lhere it evIth admirable grace, bat he
(lid not like It --not a little bit; and as soon
as Ile amid ale wriggled bilmself tree ana
talked the time. •
There was time and to epare, and mother
amid, If lie did not anind, elhe wound ince
to read one of tee mornang realras bilia;
Lt Would comfort her, ehe said. And Bob
consented, alce the gentleman he was, and
lay ebill• while ene tread, thinaing wbat
pretty bale ehe bad -it fell in a long peak
eight below her watst. Thema elm lamed
han &gam', ami went; and When be was
quite sure he tumid taunt on -tooled= Bob
ger up wan an waves e t o
uniform eases and portmanteaus that lay
about the floor. Thep he took up his Wen -
gluey, and putting It on, regraded his re-
fleetton• lie the *roar with etoroplacency.
.• And hie inside nan'st be excused, for he was
a newly-fiedged subaiteam of 'tweak' years,
recalled from leave to rejoin las battalion,
• Whieli sailed on tite mortrow for the seat
• If war,. • .•• ..
Baraldg 'adjusted the • tea: •art eieti eft,
Ceivable angle, h• laced it aid centin'aed
• his rbollet. afisechrePeeks were. perfeeely, in -
4
. ..Buiduess Is a Cause Tor Con. • new sett, and the stifrest mad highest a
.alliarmad tweentytemlinnuate8bcratkanwd
The • Retirement of Women from ggientrtudofly lahCattirdined,
grahdatfott. • . •• Haley white nears. • •
• Jneteart tabs moment a knock enure at
the door, and his sister, htselunior by three
-Edward Bolt writes in March Ladies' Home years, entered the room., It was earey to
Journal that Women, honing proven them- see she had been weepiug, .but Itob ex -
selves incapable tat meeting the demands • Peeted as much, and In ble tenet did not
ot modern businese, are rapidly being re- and
resenit jrstedHe put ale arra round her waist
placed by men. "Naturally, the question ,iNearly aim: to he off," Me' cried, Nettle
arises In the mind; What will become et almost lintel ebeertaniness, and turned •to
these women?- • The answer is that they Tar) 1113 PcPrtmaniteall' whistling a martial
of metal such as polished uttons, buck-. It is no lees ImPertant that palters should evill:go• ba,ok whence they came: into the • Nell elat dawn onethe edge of rblie bee tand
les, or tin pannikilis. 1 stroeg sunsbine be able. easilyjk.recogntze 'Mgr officers. hosno domeatic helpees, Thts Is 'a die.. mooed the array of begetters. wan mixed
any bright metallic object, howeveanimuilia, Nottnageonauces more easily_.to,a rotit7tif
• for 'congettulatioei. 'at :means fCallaga' -Sta Be‘
Is visible for hundreds of yards after the replier soldiers than any uncerttanty as tiuet cause was a dear lien; bat If only -rate Wen Were
dull khaki wine= has become invisible; to the whereabouts of tbeir officers. But, the withdrawal of a vast number -of women over and he lectele again, crowned wi.th
The prbduatelen a a pale of aulminiunt if it is impossible to distinguish the of- from duties for which they were never in- glory! . Other. Melte bratheats .Ind gone,
field elasses Out a their case Will Provoke+ deer .by, 1118 aeCOutrements, there is no ;ea tended, and from it commermai atmosphere and -weld, she wetald net act {herself Mink.
DOMINIONOPCANADA
TOTAL. TRADE , FOR Y'F•AHS EN pect.:41UNt_ootit., Of.
000-
060
040
080
820_
_
'000
090
6280
270
-041-
•,* 210
280 -
'220 ,
010
000
. .
(DIACinaatain"CoritiicTiora WitE eupats SatEcif ,or,Pioni. W. S.. Ott.DINO,'InitssiiiiEft orFNANC Sp$s(ikil-OPIfiti0.)
68 'a 7D7/ Z2 73 74 70, '.77 78 779 .6.)0 ',3;Z '4C &4 8,5 "(96. '07'68 :90,-:91. :92 :93 V4 ,a5r9:ix91.99
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160 -
•180 44'4-
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4" 114 al al al,
a perfect bail or bullets fears teenetee
mile off, while an uncovered tin watee bot.
tleattay mean a bot five minutes' attention
train a Vickere-Nordenfelt quick -firer,
Broad patches of color differing Markedly
from the background or tam the rest of
the uniform are no less dangerous. The
dark greatcoat shows very plainly on the
soldier's back when lying' down, and ham
been, no doubt, responable for many
stertight shots. Still more fatal has been
the dark green kilt, which proved suelt an
extellelit target to the Bo -52g at Elands-
langte and eingerrsfentein„ Even smell
patches or bands, if of 4 different material
from the rest of the uniform And reflect -
lig the light in a different manner, melt
es MI pollehed leather of an oflicerel faun
Browne belt er the black strap of ride
regtments, attract attention at considerable
distance. In feet, it is an open question
Whethee leather had hot better be otisted
,altogetner from the soldier's etplipment 'in
'faired ef other material for belts, shoulder
• leaps', and even cartridge pouches. Lea -
15 eepeneive, heavy, and, when one
Wetted and dried again, Min and uncotn•
foriable., 'Whether polished or pipeelayed,
it requires a lot of attention to keep smart,
end tbeeebe at Once becomes dangerous.
t.11111`011.14 ALL ON'S COLOII.
*Tint it hi not essential to invisibility, that
the soldier's utile:arab enotlid be all of etat
eolor. It would be (pith possible to elothe
soldiers In all the cannel el the rainbew,
Prettided TM Oho etripe exceeded, say, one
Ineli in width. Therat effeet at
tlietanee mead be 0 neitra1 gret due to
tile blending of tlie differ eat talon. There
• etv or more eelabinatione of din
(trent colors whose general effect at long
range would be Deactiefille the fame as
that; Of khaki. Thts optleal fiet hal a
very Meet bearing en the pritetical Cuea-
zee ef tits soldier's unifoltot. One Of the
kit PAWS Mt go %Pa ottibt.to Attt sor
0. ais
• 0.4 t.4. *OS efli
• al Ca M-0,
al al al PS
' soit why fah Id not be made plainly willen nealite la distaff a to e ens'
distinguisbehle at distancea up to 200 yards tete feminine mind and fine wemanly teme
bI differeeces eratern or armugement perament.„ Tt can be Most definitely stated
ef colors in as Uniform, Unnoticeable be that the vast majority of womea in business
yond that range. to -day have absolutely no taste for it, They
The beimet• is in .every respect Inferior aro there simply because noessIty drove
to the felt hat worn by tbe Boers and by them to It. Thee Ita,ve dotte themselves
nanny of bur colonial contingents. It is ex- little good; and let it be said in all possihie
tremely visible. In .marly instances In re- kIndness, they have done bassinets even less
cent engagements our men, lifter baying geed. With hoe and there an exeeptiett,
their helmets shot through _Ireveral times, woraen have melon% Won above isabordinate
aleve taken them off and Preferred running pinitione, and argue the questioh as WO 'Will,
tile risk of sunstroke inetaired by lying • the standard 01 wages has utelizestionably
'for hoUrs under tan Afrierm sun. Then- 'nal Perceptibly lowered. This alone hes
again, the projeeting fore Peak oe the .bel- kept numberless young nien from marriage.
'met prevente the soldier froin 1,ving really Again, It has eerfainle done the health of
Silt, ars he ought to when cover Is low, tied women no good: on the ontrary, it bas
forces him to leek las neck in trying to Micd our reat-eures, etteltarieins and boson
get a View of the enemy. The felt hat tals to the doors. It lias been an unnatural
can be simply mitated on to the back of condition of affairs. But, like tell move.
the head and Hes there flat and perfectly' Inman it has 'Worked Itel goad Moon the
invisible, while at the sante time it pro- home. 'Upon that it hee btul a most ealutnea
tecte the neck ft•ent the ettn. It le AIM effeet, and It is Impossible to overestimate
lleittoe, mote eomfortable end diteaper, its farreaching and. bmieficial Influence in
With regard to other details of the soi. that respett. As in all other things in 1126,
Mena arose, everything • should be easy We move ht a circle, and yes generally return
rating, toe Comfort and not for Allow The 13 he Petra whenca we startect back to first
old notiens of smaetnese and faiffnees, de- • Principice,"
rived from days %ellen mot stood or rid -
Winced sboulder to au:eider like a stone
WWI, Om days of Vontenoy and Waterloo,
Meet tile° Way to modern nottons of util- miter' in the Londeb, eltroutele, giving
ity. The modern soldier's uniforra Must tome pereentli reef:aeries de Dlr. Bla.einnote
be tbe One in walcat he can most convent- author of "Lorna Doone," says he coul
ently walk, run, or climb, and Which he not bear with, patienc6 any prelee of that
eon wear with least diseorefort day and ,book. All the world haa been sold that
niglit,-for a week or more on end, if need a•Lorna. Boone" Is his greatest work, the,
be. It should fit loosely, especially' at the work in which his fanao will Jive, "but,",
neck, The upright roller ahould certainly sap: the. Writer, "strange to say, in as far
lie almilehed in favor of it loom roll eon as his gentle native was (savable of kat:s-
tar, witiele an in the smart uniform of lion, he altuest regentel tite mere meatiest
the Italian army, enn be eombinea by of- of the boot. Onee inquired of him IVRO
deers with it white collar in times, of pea.ee, there really a Jan 11100? '00, yes,' be said,
PLIZITY 01' DOOSEllt.'z SulIng his -pipe anew. 'And Was he the
glorious amp hole made ant to be In "Lor-
i soldier's clothes should hare Plenty na Dooner 'Oertaiinly not,' ea% Ur. Bhick•
el pocket* Irk *gob to Moir Ns:114104 oit omoita. '11.4.arra4 4. Mos brute -
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. MYSTIFYING THE OLD MAN
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iCHAtiCtir ---rijr5Ptrf4-741--iiiiif,:fo-driVy-..iiiiii-ittintion-to -the fact Mr Dull
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that the :preferential t4riff ;fayor you get from Canada is utterly worthless and
visionary."
GEORGE FOSTER-+" And to r‘emincl you that ycsu should grant us, a sub-
stantial favor in return for
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Woking. aa han4aome And cheerful for all.
the world as 31 00 was a -going to be ma-
tted, instewdof off to the war." .
"Poor deer !" said took, as she turned the
ehop,s; "poor lenoeent -deo 1"..•• •• • • •
'Perkins hurnedr down at this. Moment.'
"To think," Ivo cried tragically, "as he's'
strapped .his own traps and carried. down
his Intl poetetantette, and he off to the
sooner than tbis 'ere.shoeld have happened -
wart I'd thane loet -a whole month's wage
Supposing neat kieleda aad I've got to
member teanhe waited 'on aisself the last
morning.l" • •.• • • •
he dheerful !es mid* Mary, the
housemaid. 4•11e..donn look as if he meant
to be .killed." , • •• , • •
a011 they name of 'em mean to be killed,.
butaathat doiet make 'ballets *husk -cart-
tridges,'! Perrains answered grimly.... .
•,Ip the separetileeenether. brul anseed. Bile„
iteanbanneeiip bravely throughout.. . Once,-
eherel -had--trevabled I- that was
• viten the aimed, of Bob's gay whistling•
had reaehect her tars. But •evee -then lov-
jag. pride ad flashed into bee -eyes and
cleated doja etereow. Her boy was brave
• -brave anif true; and duty, she knew lull
well, would fled alm a liero, ,
she wondared if tether,. who was in the
•dressing -room, cooed bea,r ,the sound. alse
avouia, uke eo have called to time only tete
was Just a, little hurt. at Ids -apparent un-
concern vaernis son's departure. Inn, efter
• all, she. thought he was only a mans, he
.eould noV Anew a mother's heart;'thiebreaat
had not piliovved the little anew .head in
:the. years nonebys. he bad not celed wale
joy when 'the little feet had taken' their
Met unstdaile steps across the. floor. How
well she irelaembered that, day, and bow.
pined sheeted felt of tertent 111e was such
a fine big baby. She, had placed
against 41., cliair, and he had riooketi up at
hen witheround eyes of wonder; then, 'when
Iter meaning came to him, he had not hesi-
tated a moment, he had thrown back his '
tittle head, .and, with a .screani of delight,
walked bravely forward right .into her lov- •
Ing, waiting arms. And now --now—. She
berated aside bee .tears, four she teard, te-
ther 'conang. ,
Fatherentered the room quieklyebut
paused dn the threshold, To tell -the auth, -
Ile hadthought mother downstairs. He
had beeh trying to remember, tbat den'
when Blob had ridden the new pony for
aie first time so nluckily, whether -the lad
had been breeched or not.- Ile knew the
picture twee on -meeker's dressing -table, and
-4 he had eome in to look at. It, and there
stood neither evith the photograph bn her
hand.
"Hump& 1" exclaimed tether, "so you
have not gone down?" 'and ries voice was
not conciliatory,' tor be tek thet eVeryone
that morning, himself 4ncluded, was wear-
• ing tie heart en this sleeve, tied a imam of
lost cligninewas irrit•cating him. •
. Mother's heart •snelled tit the tone; sae
putnindavn lite photograph and -looked up at
, father with it look in which reptoach and
. sorrow mingled ,and then suddenly she
'turned efilde, and aer luands•auelqa them-
aeivtsi,blengthedbrtilesand'trtysddredinaelefeleqtickeeha
teeted 1hat fa her was wearing ridd beets -
a nettled and A laced -up one. To think -
.th'eatil'atmheyr,b7sir'!'"'' htinsaxaviedied Bob; "we shall
mot take long to. settle tithe little, aft
fair." - ,
At the lodge the gamekeeper's. fear boys
were standing lit a row. They had three
centered paper hats- cm. their. heads, and
.wooden•sleords in •their hands, ,and they
greeted Bob with sundry salutes and bur-
rens. And Bob laughed, and gave them
a penny each, 'Yon must keep up your
drilling," he mad. , "We ghat' be wanting
new moans. in he regiment by • and by."
And theta the gate. was opened, and ,Bob
climbed eo the back seat of the cart. nat.
away • atnthe house something fluttered
white from a evindow, Ilob took out
Ms, haradkoreblef and signalled back again.
Then tile boys cheered afresh, end tee
•trap' turned into the lane,' end home was
_ already a Aetna' of the' past, • • .
• As .they drove through the village there
• watrenoe a orwaretlettebananeteeerneone.
slan.ding on the threshold to bid WM eod-
spetd.
the young ;Wire off to the war," ,
they <vied one, to the other, and the -men's
eyes flashed stud their voices rotes' but
the women's eyes filled With tears mattee .
saw nine drive' past. "God keep :shim,.
. they .•sald, •• •"and tonnort hie mother'
heart!". • got' they knew that the nu
. gave williegly their. lives for their court , ,_,,•,, eer owa. work and their efforte
.soteym,etbhuitnstiadaet4rtehte tgulafnt .1oiffethe ,women en . . leo ....i .,.. akai of prowess .to her haaam 2/
And all fhe while Bob's heart. WOO sing-
' - ..._ aate 1,e ...r....cateituaney,loving,. sae: earl get .
nternied and 101 the • ntan take all .tbe re-
iilnagat.eoo milieni.c.‘ohtevnti..11:_ir6inakfneoowmttlihnet folta0g8Garo, .aran_ehtar, 'It ts a pity that women don't
.
SpOOSibtkity, "while.she takes a. contottable
time when. the Sea Riege haa• gone teeth it apreelate the luck. they,. • were - been to.
with, their battle songs to be, the terror. elite world was. made or •Women-atio was.'
and conagiferors 'of -distant lands, . Be did ,„„„.
ania°t.hiecritleVg:en,uotfsowlutiewhasBo, abtandin't hWtase laosrgoinda --a"
• A THIIIST.FOR POIVIat. .- .
•
impatience reeked 1Lttle. • • . ,
no the station was reached and the last . A smeety leader says tbat she 'would be
good-bye spoken; end father grated Bob's entiattarre • "If I were a: rano I ellon0 be
hand. "You will -do your duty," father h• letteeti. • Whitt is life without ambition? .
said; aI am surend it." •• • Nate • . ateell. What is ambltion? It is
And Sob's fern flushed. "Thank yon, • i ,- ‘ to else above every other man. .
And navy, businees, a:
sir," he auswered, .in a busk' .voice: "and 0 're I. the army -
-my love -to mother." -Clifford 11111s, in preleesion, and statesintinventp. t' should
wish to earve out a Ternitation tot myeelt
ahe Pail Malt Magazine,
32 feet 9 Inches, and Rs beight 6 1-2 feast • '
the eubject• with watch dt will be covered' . •
illustrates a:proces.sion•of • the indusarle.
,As .to the . turastne arrangemeute, it ee-
timated that 40,000 persone 'cad, be .passed •
through grounds per lour. • • '
IF I WERE A NAN.
Niyo'
•
What Some WoMeti. Say Teyr Would
Do analle-Women
• '• Best 01 It. •
A number ;of women WILD luwe met*, •
name for themselves bare been e,
say .in a few worda what.they would
they wen men, Says an leagasn paean
are 50010 02 thrtnetTlies: -•
lv,07,06N HAVE TES EVIST-pr ••
• A d tiolvtrEsT stiy6",' 060,.. -,-..:‘,-717.7-'"•••
'llet.,4nt any wolutuashould ever Wien
-inn, on earth would May
• ....ant. to 1,e •rnao tor?" "she
• She 'Las twice. the power, the
' the -ease. • ef a woman bas ante
• dem ball the necessary wore,
•teas do the reet, She is, steel '
• • for dem talent. Sue is mum -
ea, oeusequently slie 'nape -the
a 6.
18.11 Al SI IN tqx 91
. .
She Waited •slie had been kinder tot Illeb14
the days gone by. New the little; un -
thought -of ommissions would De gitOsts to
haunt her eonselerteeeell fhe was back again.
She would like to theme told Bob she was
eora7, but dm tatew the evoteld laugh at her
for a rattle goose; mid besides, it woultd
look as le she telt OM 'was Indeed good-
bye; co elle choked back the dump In het.
throat and sat with brave eyes otalettely •
a•atelang note wbo stood in the window
examining this revelver.
But, stelae as cbe 'Walden she could not
attack the thoughts that ;the aphit barought
to her mind, llob wan a a•einwee in las
hande-yes, but far attme In idle miest of
the din arid smoke of battle, ou.erounded
by raus -foe; daturalem, wounded, Meetly -
dying -dying! With a little cry' see roae
to thee teet.
Bob, Who had been biking eturefull aim at
tneffas globe, turned at tae sound. "Ma-
loof ' the eXclaimed, "Whart's up, Neil? on
look as it you had seen st levet Then his
eyes \followed her gaze. "Little coward!"
he ened teasingly. "/. 'believe eou got
funky at the eight of this mevolvene"
Nell steeped sheet on bee way to rine
door, then she gave a dile& 1.1tWe laugh.
"Well, 1:entails I did," she sald, 4114 went
traielay teen the arooM.
Barb went back and finished lite packing;
then be eatight up his portmanteau 404 he -
met ease suld went downstalre, •
Tit the aall Perkine, the tnateseetant, met
hira, anal htirried. ferteard with a ,tateered
face. ".011, ar," be erted megreae,hfular,
"you stemidtat, teallei tie 1 wouldn't have
had it htippen .for woelds, site" he 'Mid pa.
Maeticelly, as be took the eaee And porn
mantean Mtn Bolan 'handle •
"Oh, it Ls All right, Perkasie". Bob Awe
wined, with eesletadid eondeseensien;
wheretainnt one 01 100 betieemaide, Who Was
p. witimite elf the seene, berried off to the
kitehen theicale.
"ittett detva " RIO etelatiMed breithleltay
o, fhe scall,ef..P.teedatelinanthilernee-
tur tarcirelta litie there —.WS abstractioa
stood minfeseed. And oh, tiove mother lev-
ed bine for It Pale had been once' A stoic,
too. • Well, there. was no Accounting tor
man's ways, but thank God, be hannut en
odd boots that Morning. She 116 longer felt
elonely her gslef, Ile eared, too; his
heart was Aching ease for their ison'e de-
parture. 011, those biassed Odd boots 1
Eut idier knew las nature, anti stood for
a moment Wondering how beet to tell him
pf his mistake without annoying lam. Said
presently mother, on her way downstairs,
tapped at the dressing .room outeg door.
"One 01 y -our Mee berets," she satia. "I
stumbled over it; I have'pat it down out-
side." Then she waited petit she hetet
bailee swearieg softly to himeelf. Then
she knew matters would right themselves
and went dense:tetra
At breakfast somehow nebedy had mach
to say. Bob wanted to talk, but felt that
hts one topic -his luck at beteg sent to
the front -would not be exactly congenial
Lo hrs listeners. So he refrained, mid
ate a bearty lareakidet.
He *mad carry the memory of 0111 1901
meal Away with him tec the far-off land.
'Phe tender fade ef blether, smiling brave-
17
frela behind the bubbling, sternal:1g tiral;
the deinte spread bask; the pleasent,
:Inoue none with 10 handsome pletnat•es;
the btoad boat window, froth which he
could see the dear old garden 'where he
had played as a child: the loving eyes of
Neil boasting upon his across the table.
Yee, amine VAN home, Altheugh he Wail
the Intokiest etibaltern te the service.
By and by the trap wail at the door,
tend the servants. gathered la the hall to
• tvish hire mood ittea. and God -speed. Bob
01100k halide With theni all and thanked
them, Mid then he stood Wtth mother tri
- the pottelt-abene. " Ile eceild tea eee her
fan eletheetle ter the mist items his eyes,
and the suet monlent ite end father were
walking quiekly detest the drive Meng
Witten the dogrart was ,nalue slowly" ton
ward, to await Meal at Oho gates beyond.
gather remarked tbat the new gemiliceeper
• Wile givieg itatiefactien, and that there
Wee every prospect of the covers yieldtag
I better *port the next autumn.
" 0411 hilts au loos *gabs be*.
"ii.c40)11444 n 34 own mottroatit.44 unit_
,
A
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MUCH MORE • TO • BE DONE
• •
• ,
.aboet six eveeke, tate date et openteg
the Parris Exhibition wall have reenvea,
and until then, the Work of three days
ebould, anotting to, Daganeering, ho COM-
preased. Into every twenty-four hears, If
anything Atka eoraeleteresee is 'to xeign on
the theme de Maes and ete adjacent .and
remete exeencrions. What Is dettended te
one oe the. clout! sf the Exhuttoii, as was
the Eiffel Tower en 1889, de the nionaunierad
entrance to the Ezbibielon, the gigantic
nertal through wallah a loge prometion
of rtlie millionrs and all of the toYalties, are
to enter lam precincts. *Phis straetuee Is
tompoimavtitiluetrated oitaixecn negitut.leetatitu.agfithuaradeiewegfuieorelltz,
pose admerably deakng with tbe wet
crowds pressing trier admission ; and wad -
elm choker adenoma faun the min. But
%via serenely serve any other useful pur-
pose • nud in the 'orpintom of manly, It will
be a 'raiscorelent note bar elle admirable ban,
many of the Platee de in. ;Concorde, one a
• the nolaleet, if not tite most mean sites
• in Europe. The gaudy dales of the ha-
umplial porch wile assort atealigely with
the seveatity of elm name; tits moneinients,
and its turrounding bootesse The logy
inimarets tbat flank the area, bright with.
color by day, and with ellumtnating ktnlps
by night, tante/est 'wall elle obelisk, and
to nut end elisrudvantage. The statue%
anul mementoes of the past, Will seem ou-t
of place with the great figure of Pens that
Is -to surmount the dome of the postal -it
" Pole " of the beet deys.of the asineteenth
eentivey. Thirty thousand emends ae-
ending. to Engineertng, the east et this
great enteway at 'the rextreme Mania a the
Etshibtkort occtinets, s,o 'Mart it leads the
abate* Itowthere- tat panticular, exeept for
the veer beaten:ail soden, and. rblie path
to elm *somewhat' remete gime Art BMW -
lugs, ultra them:elves' are tar from the
Champ de Vars. The great pedal is a meet
admirable tante tkeetwork, *bleb will
be Macke 'bealeatb. librette plaster, geld and
color, so aca aosivey alert poninte
eno and 'enlidtty entirely The
greet entfrance, Mae in 'plan the form of
nn eotalaterel frtlengle, with the eregle true -
rated ; emelt \Mlle of the naringle is teemed
by 4 great ntViltway, and tegeniot tile 'Diane
erefees, ere ettelt 03 14 feet wide
rind tiO teetugh, eatery a Almelo Oaten,
tomes rate bane Of a flattened donne
that cotere the apace erneheied went the
triangle. The rtWO lateral Wee, tehleh ex-
tend On Meat ;Sale Of the mental bay, will
serrve te diattle lite Nutmeat el Welters, +Ca-
rmelite them te• the various pay -boxes hr.
rangm a seantetrele. TA front of tbe
epee° on met Wale of ehe eenreel ohenatan
are two aterarattive triezee met, teeming
Wet et a tante, will eneneet elm meta era
t.ratiee with two untierefe ao item filen 1.18
feet larch. Thiele Will be eatunottitted by
ettarebilightte attaloonning et night the leeto
tiorit of Dm entbettlee. 'Me length 'of the
.trats. on-eteb itd• ot rta• 14111 bo
that I could not lose exeept by my own
lty ambition would destre to swell .
:other 'men, to feel my own power. The
iimuneler does this, so does the atatetnutn,
but It la Zo statesman who derives the
most 'epa. and eager pleasure from it..
al.:ante a man, I would week to
Win'tb of a geed woman and then,
heel' ...tiewoman, would'Ienow how
to' k - we women •conte to know, .
that ea' nutp nave many hearts,
he A. 414
RATD itt
tr,p WOMAN THAN- MOST
Ant, thinkthews are pretty
welb a• are. "A particular Man" she
says, Is .amed, ae 4.0 its great cheracter
lines, ay ti • men. They, rea tarn, rat made
lay It women. Woman le the mallet be
kind the teasel. The, guiding, band is Clod.
The womanly woman aceeptig this poeition
thankfully. Site may sap -rale rday Clink
-site would inane be a man, butane 'would
recoil before the ehedeering potability of
ItnbennmeGleerat men. IA-zader-ratliftelire irriwtmr-o
man I -am than any man tbat Ilene Th
more of a. woman a woman is the mo2.
surely would sne be a failure as A nee
Sex eltheacteristies are IWORIlpatible. 11
tare bas blessed woman; she hue only bee
kind to men.
"Burt If womee could be MO11 thea would
make no meStake, at least, In their after. -
times. The training eof rehe ogee tattle
guide then unerringly along tbe devione
lariat paths of- masculinity. They would
ehome a great betn, and live in the Ilene
They would be eltivalrous 20 womesi, and
never betray their trusts. Theeepuld
Idealize theta friends. They arettlar love
little ehtldren. And theyt would know how
,dtonislyymbptaewtlii.z,:la with antenna Whore Went end
loved owe eve upean the dogged drive, ror
WHAT AN ACTRESS 'WOULD )10,
And Ole IS what anetet.ress saes: *'There
fon a few tangs 1 'mukluk do; but thee,
maybe, I would if 1 lied the Meticuline
baleen. One tlang 1 am Sure ofeel waivel
emit pull my tangos up act as to tato* tour
inelies of ugly Ankle, with the seeks all
oMWritinfieueed.'" "rare *ash: bIbIEllelvtes"twlinitt ibneinang
a man would Mann a great sating of time.
"1 have airways tbotagbt 1 ehould bave 11:10
o good deal more fun If 1 had been at man.
The time I spend in patting up nay bier,
selving fresh ribbons rind hoes en things,
and denting my atoeklarge, I MO have
had for -well, you know."
• ll'he London /Vatting Leader gites softie
figures to &nee the diMailbleil Of Making
war, especially in South Africa. At English
army corps, going by rail, It says, require
104 teams of about 80 eattlagee 60011,
ate baggage 01 treble More. If an a 103"
einem of 30,000 Men and 10,000 inatlion roata
a day or two preparatory to it liettle or dur-
ing a :siege, it Mae up all proviiione Woman
able in a pleee of Melt eountry Mee miles
long and five Mlles Wide. A Beitisb division,
Meek 10,000 .111011, on the Martit facing an
ordinary Main road, without adrenal
guard, wetild be fire miles 10 lent*.
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