The Brussels Post, 1912-6-6, Page 6TORONTO CDRRESPONDENCL
INTERESTING GoSsie FROM THE
QUEEN. CITY.
Coed Story From Ottawa—lee:wss Pa.
tricia—Royal- Family's Visit—Honors
far Sir William Maakenr10.
are have arranged for a regular Weekly
Tetter about Toronto and Ontario at•
fairs. These letters have proved of the.
utmost interest to our readers, They
are from the pen of one of Canada's
foremost ,journalists,. a man who has re-
ported some of the world's greatest 11j1.
olden onto od oflthe /nil -
Toronto is disposed to smile at the pre -
it has enjoyed tns of he storytwhiohlhastbeen
alroulatieg for some months, to the effect
that the Duke of Connaught was obliged
to desist from his visits to the Ottawa
Golf Club because the citizens of Ottawa,
members of the club, wore so anxious to
do the right thing that they always rose
to their feet every time his Royal High-
ness entered a room. Hie Royal Highness'
wish in :letting the club had been merely
to enjoy himself and mix on terms of
equality with the other members. But
when he found this was impossible bo
had to abandon this particular form of
recreation.
But, perhaps, Borne Toronto people havo
been putting their foot in it, too, during
the two weeks' visit of their oyal High.
noes, though not always through an ex-
cess of formality, It is related :hat at
ono of the balls ono of the gueste was
hurrying to get into the ball -room, and
finding a broad back blocking the door-
way, tapped the owuer of the sold broad
back on the shoulder and asked him to
kindly stand aside. The fussy emelt was
horror-stricken to Rnd that it .was the
Duke of Connaught he had thus ad-
dressed- The orchestra made a break,
too, when they played "Oh. You Beauti-
ful Doll" on the approach of the Princess
Patricia. Not tbat the Princess is not an
unusually beautiful young lady, hut the
compliment, if intended as such, was
somewhat familiarly expressed.
THE PRINCESS• BEAUTY.
This question of the Princess' beauty
has been a favorite topic of discussion
since Torontonians have had an oppor•
tunity of looking at her face to face.
On the whole it may be said she has
come up to the advance notices, if one
may so speak of a Princess, though most
observers, humanlike, have admired her
with the mental reservation that one or
morn of their acquaintances excelled In
Food looks even the Royal beauty. Hers
19 the typical English type of beauty,
mild and sweet and lacking in animation.
Her features are finely moulded and re.
Ruler with the exception of the cheek
bones. which are noticeably high.
Despite her good. looks, however, press
photographers testify, that the Princess is
ghat is known in that profession as
"camera -shy." In other words, elle takes
Pains to dodge or Burk her head every
time she sees a camera At some of the
outdoor functions she attended there were
all sorts of •'snap-ehotters.• But very
few of them got nreally good picture of
her Royal Highness, who without appenr-
ing to be conscious of the presence of the
cameramen, proved 'to be an adept at
keeping her face out 0f range.
ENTERED LIFE OP THE TOWN.
This visit of the Royal Family has been
in many respects a much quieter event
to Toronto than the one last autum1. The
first visit was a State affair, sad all the
functions were, accordingly, formal. This
time there has been much more Infor-
mality, with just enough of the trap-
pings of State, such as the scarlet uni-
formed outriders, which often heralded
the approach of the Royal visitors, and
never failed to bring throngs of specta-
tors, to tickle the fanny of the multitude.
Their Royal Highnesses made an earnest
effort to enter into the real social life
of the town. To this end they went about
freely, accepted many invitations andthey
themselves entertained a great deal.
Nearly every day a score or two ropresen•
tative citizens, judges. lawyers, clergy-
men, phyaiciane, newspaper editors and
captains of 10400(07 were invited to lunch-
eon or dinner. as other engagements per.
iuitted. • 112 this way they came in con-
tact with a. great many people in a more
or less intimate manner, and doubtless
learned a great deal of the various opin-
ions and points of view of Canadians.
Torontoniens, on their part, were delight-
ed with the frank and unaffected man.
nets of the Royal boats and their .staff,
There was an entire absence of "side" and
apparently a genuine pleasure in making
new acquaintances.
HONORS FOR SIR WILLIAM,
Sir William Mackenzie, who placed his
residence, Benvenuto," overlooking the
city from the heights at the north, at
the disposal of his Royal Highness, prom-
ises to be ehortly one of the richest men
in the world, if his many railway and
other schemes develop as expeoted. It is
rumored. too. that there are high Im-
perinl honors in store for trim, that hie
ed by tmore imp rtantl titles, bboitttto this
there ran, of course, be no present eon.
/Inflation.
There is a story that Sir William se-
cured the palatial Benveauto from its
former owner for a consideration of 1,000
shares of Toronto Street Railway °tock,
Anrording to report, this sleek cost the
President of the company about 810 a
Share, so that for the equivalent of 810,-
000 be got a property tint is 0101! worth
probably 0150,000 or 0920,000. This is but
au example of the Mackenzie luck—or
foresight,
Manu people Runnette that Rir 'William
wan the Duke of Cannaught's host at
Benvenuto during the Royal visit, Tlna
lq. hardly correct. The residence was
simply turned over to Hie Royal Inch•
noes, who brought his own servants, some
twenty in number, while Sir William and
his family found tniarters elsewhere.
GALA DAY FOR THE CHILDREN.
Umpire day bee come to bo a great
event for the enhool children of the elty.
On that day they marched, many them,
send strong, to Queen's Park, there to lay
their garlands of Dowers m1 tllo MOM].
meats of statesmen aid homes which
adore the enproanhea ttfeSthe Parliament
btti)dinys, The ceremony is n 1412cepti0(1
of Scheel Inspector ,Tnmeo L, Hugbos, who,
generally arranges that Ane nutatd•
Anniean
ng notsble shall be present to lend di*
pity andinterest to the proceedings. This
year he was nartinularl,y fortunate In the
presence of the Alike of Connaught, and
the restore of the afternoon 1213 when
lis Royal Rdghnes0 reviewed the seen0
tram a position at the base of the menu.
meet to hie mother, the late Queen Vie -
torte, whieh unfortunately is ODA of the
)cent impressive of the Queen's Park me.
mortals
A MILLION FOR 700002NTO.
It is quite thee inside¢ new to talk about
tb0 day. when Toronto will have a millenn
1porulntlon, And the nrmnlne of an early
Pnlohnent of the preilietlnn has ;iuet heap
given color by the report prepared by a
board of expert engineers. who were asked
to prnnnr0 'lane for a water wimple Thr
the Ettore Toronto, Tn their report they
speak confidently of a million pmol,'
Mott iu the near future, and have drawn
FFilers oerordl1gly, .nut they ore colinet•
ilers nom 'Corbin+) a fee of 0110,010 for their
epee brief wo, and persmen telt the need of
a little Oattery.to help their bill along,
Ffewever, there nee some 0ptlmiet5 who
talk of two milliou people within bliirty
yenta,
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• MORE SOLEMN',
The ma.n who daughter had just
been united to the husband of her
choice looked a, little sad. "I tell .
you. venire," he, said to.one, of the is
wedding guests, a man of his own
age, and himself the father of a
number of. unmarried girls, "I tell
ou it is n solemn thing for us when
our daughters marry and go away," 1
The srruire assented, not altogether
heartily."I suppose it is," he con-
ceded ; "but i tell yen it is more
tolemn when they dont.
HIS FAVORITE NAME..
Of women's names, that of Mar-
garet occurs most often in the
works of J. M. Barrie. There was
a Margaret in "Tho Little Minis-
ter," in "Quality Street," in "The
Admirable Crichton," and Margar-
et, called "Maggie" Wylie, was the
heroine of "What Every Woman
Knows." The name to Mr. Barrio
sumo up everything that is tender,
simple, noble, and true in fine wo-
manhood. And why not? Margaret
Ogilvy was the maiden name of
James Matthew Barrie's mother.
And surely it was of his mother,
Margaret Barrio, that the play-
wright was thinking when he wrote
these lines descriptive of Margaret
P g
Darling, mother of Wendy, in
"Peter Pan" :
"She was a lovely lady, with a
J. IFI. Barrie.
romantic mind and such a sweet,
mocking mouth. Her romantic mind
was like the Little boxes one within
the other that come from the puzzl.
ing East; however many you dis-
cover there is always one more."
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JEWELLERY CARRIERS.
Something About the Men Who De-
liver the Diamonds.
One of the wealthiest firms of
jewellers in London, England, re-
cently sent a pearl-ancl-diamond
necklace. valued at £150,000, by a
special carrier to a Russian prince's
residence in a lonely district tome
miles from Batum, says London An-
swers, The most dangerous part o
the journey was on the road tha
lay between Batum and the prince'
residence. The carrier traversed i
—a distance of eighteen miles—die
guised as a peasant; he carried th
necklace in a leathern belt which he
wore round his waist next to his
skin, and he was, of course., wel
armed.
One of the most valuable pieces of
jewellery ever delivered by a jewel-
ler's carrier was a diamond neck-
lace, locket, and bracelet which
were sent to the German Empress
from a London jeweller when the
Kaisel•in was staying at Bucking-
ham Palace last May. It was left
by the Empress at the jeweller's to
be repaired, and was sent to Buck-
ingham Palace the following even-
ing by the firm's chief carrier. The
jewels were reputedly worth half a
million sterling.
The carrier's instructions were to
deliver the jewels into the hands of
no one but the Emperor or Em-
press, When he arrived at the Pal-
ace, he was informed that it was
quite impassible to see their Majes-
ties. but thet any message he had
to give wou•Id be taken to them.
"Will you please tell her Majesty
that the men about the bird's cage
she ordered is here 1* said the car-
rier. The message was duly deliv-
ered, and, much to the surprise of
the Palace servants, the man
"about the bird's cage" was
promptly requested by the Empress
to be shown up to her private
apartments, where he duly deliv-
ered the valuable jewels. The firm
of jewellers had, of courto, inform-
ed the Empress that the carrier
would give the message he did
about the bird's cage on his arrival
at the Palace.
A special carrier is never, under
any circumstances, allowed to di-
vulge the nature of h'e business or
the name of his employers to any-
one but the person to whom he is
carrying a piece of jewellery. into
whose hands he mast personally cle-
live.r it.
The post of special carrier to .a
hie; firm of jewellers is, of course, a
most important and responsible
one, and is very highly paid. Some-
times Ile, is a mutual: in the firm,
but, if not, he may earn anything
from a thousand to two or three
thousand a year.
A special carrier, a few months
ago, tet out to take a case of jewels
to a house in Grosvenor Square,
and was saluted by a well-dressed,
attractive -looking lady just as ho
was about to get into a taxicab.
The next second he'had his revolver
ant, and, looking at two gentlemen
tending a little way from the, lady,
he, ]said coolly: "Do your friends
wish to 1 alk with me, madam 7
Then he got into the taxi -cab, and
the isdy, with her two confederates,
tastily departed,
Spo,tial carriers have many differ-
:nt ways of cal'rying jeweils, a com-
mon 'netted being to carry them in
a leo.tl•or-lined sleeve,
MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS
THE DANGERS OF "LONG DISTANCE
SPECULATION" T00 OFTEN
OVERLOOKED.
Recent Sudden Rise In Canadian Markets
a Trap for the Unwary --Profits on Lone
Hold Speculations Eaton up by interest,
The artleles contributed by "forester'.
are for the sole purpog0 of guiding pros
peotivo investors, and, It possible. of ear•
lug them from losing money throne
ilacing It in 'lvild•cat" enterprises, The
mpartial and reliable character o! the
information may be relied upon. The
writer et thea° articles and the publisher
of. this paper have no intereeta to serve
in Connection with this matter other than
thoseo•
,the reader.
(By "Inrestor.")
Those who have watehed the steady t100
In the Canadian stook markets during the
Past throe months have doubtleile foit
elated if they owned some advancing
stock or disappointed if they were inter•
elated. merely as spcetatora. Let these lat-
tor console themselves with the homely
axiom that Everything which .goes up
must come down." This phrase is true of
tho stock market as of everything else.
Everything which goes up without a sure
foundation and strong superstructure eau•
not remain above the general level for
long. Last week the movemaata of Rev
era) industrial stocks wore noted. Now
tunny of these have advanced. without a
semblance of foundation or supergtrue.
tune, They have been carried up in the
whirlwind of general prosperity and tear,
ket activity, which at present is whirling
throughout Canada. A lull, and they drop
back to where they should be.
But ]low about those who eschew the
excitement of the stock market and buy
the tame and steady, bet eminently re•
speetable, bonds? As bonds don't go up
much at best they have but a little dis•
tattoo to fall at worst. So long as the
security is behind a bond. and reasonable
care and discretion, will keep an inveet0r
clear of misfortunes. Like Black Lake
Asbestos, the bondholder need have no
uneasiness over the future of hie priuci.
est or
thisegolumn aeiin000 110 inception,
stress has been laid on the advantage of
investing in sound bonds over semi -apnea.
lathe purchasing of stooks. To deal io
stocks with any hope of success one must
of necessity be on the spot. The folly of
long distance" speculation is obvious
when one sits quietly to contemplate it,
but all too many people outside of the
market centres believe that by moans of
the market, news in. the daily ^ press and
occasional communication from their
broker they can successfully purchase
speculative stocks.
Take a feverish market like that at pre.
sent. On the day this is being written
one could have bought Sao Paulo at ten
o'clock and by noon have sold it at a ten
point profit. Yet by. twolve•flftesu the
stock was back six points. Anyone not
in close foueh with tate market who sent
in an order this morning might have lest
several points within a few minutes of
the time his order was tilled. The way
of the bond may be slow, but one can
sleep easily and not open his daily paper
with trepidition for fear of . break in hie
investment that will more than wipe out
his ve,tr's 0, come.
And so it goes. The speculator in real
estate hadn't he excitement of the stork
gambler, but the loeees may he no less
severe and far reaching. Many rendez,
can remember the time whom the dull
times of 1889.1898 commenced. The owner
of real estate found things change with
surprising suddenness. From having 900-
1 pie offering absurdly high )lp,rices for its
t he had tou01202 11 to atbodbuyare 'rhe
s bids he would get were usually below his
t price, and worse than all, these oilers be-
enmo lower and lower until finally he
- found It practically impossible to sell
e without severe lose, Afany men who
boueht speculative real eOtato during that
boom have only recently 4011,0(1 an oppor-
tunity to get Out without lose, when the
twenty-five years' interest 0n their money
1 is added. Per it is a point too many
people overlook that the longer they hold
an unproductive property the less their
rbanee of making a real profit; for their
money even in a savings bank at 3 per
00nt„ compound fntorest, doubles itself
about every eighteen years. The result
is that a man who purchasee western land
now and has to )rant five years for lois
praflt, must sell for at least one and a
hall' times its value to make fifteen per
cent. per his moony if we doduut interest
at 6 per cont, on the ram involved.
The man with bonds 0r sound invest•
meat stocks on the oilier hand Ilan some-
thing which is returning him an assured
Income, which he' can readiiv sell and
which—Per .more important in 00mi In
stanrea--does not take time from his or•
dinary baroness to watch,
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INVESTING 310NEY.
Among the securities which are attract-
1ng atWntion these days (10010 1s regarded
more highly by the caroFul investor than
1110 nix per Dent- first mortgage bonds of
TLhnhe ited. Spanish River Pulp 6: Paper Mills,
Exclusive of the value of the concession,
tvbleh gives the Company the right to out
pulp wood on an area of 6,000 square
miles, the assets of the Company includ-
lug the Pulp and Paper Mille at Lspa•
nolo, Ontario, are estimated at six times
the bond issue.
During its first year of operation, the
Company showed route of 5309,263,19 from
wood and pulp mill operations alone. The
bond Interest and otber charges were
5106,627,84, leaving net profits of 5202,616.66
for the year.
It le believed that the earuingo with the
minor mill now in operation should be
well over 5400,000 for the ensiling year,
As the Donde are a first mortgage on all
the Company's property, it is plain to see
why they are in much demand, At the
present price of 901.1 they yield 6141 per
runt. per annum. Interest is payable the
1st of July and the lot of January. The
bonds are in 0500 denominations, and with
the high interest yield, combined tvitit ab-
solute safety of principal, make as ideal
Investment.
The Dominion Bond Company, Limited,
Toronto, will ternish complete informa-
tion on request.
WONDERFUL FEAT.
This '<Vateh (las a Single Pearl for
Its Case.
France can boast of some of the
most artistic watchmakezts in the
world, and one of them has accom-
plished a wonderful feat by making
a watch whose case is a single pearl,
This timepiece has just been finished
by a Paris jeweller, )after fifteen
months of tho meet exacting labor.
Cutting the pearl was not the least
difficult thing about this novel
watch. The, pearl was three-ftlths
of an inch in diameter. Tho works
of the watch aro considerably lose
than half an inch in diameter, and
thin in proportion ; yet they aro
made with as much precision as a
full-sized tvatolt, and have all the
up•to-date improvements. There
is no danger of these pearl watches
becoming common. The cost, which
included the price of the pearl, was
1116,000,
4'
Tett-drinking prevails snore in
Australia than in any other coun-
try.
TRUTHFUL MAN MADE TO LIE
DIFFICULT TO GIT OUT TRUTH
IN TUI1 COURTS.
Suggestions Often Lead Witnesses
Unconsciously to Distort
Fowls.
"Seeing is believing," eo runs the
old adage. We, sometimes doubt
what we hear, and with reason, but
we are quite sure our oyes are good
witnesses and we do notq ueetfon
what they show us. But now comes
the psychologist on the scans and
with the crucible of the experiment.
to test the reliability of our every-
day experiences and to ehow that
there is very little indeed. of which
we have absolute and certain know-
ledge.
The tests ordinarily used in these
experimentsare of two kinds. The
first is known as the event experi-
ment. A carefully prepared scene
is enacted before a witness, and
immediately or some time alter the
event he is asked to recall -what he
has seen. The event test has been
less often used than the picture
test. In this latter test a picture
representing a common scene is
shown to the subject for a brief per-
iod, after which he describes what
he has seen.
The test was feet demonstrated
at Clark University in September,
1909, by the pioneer in this field,
Professor William Stern, of the
University of Breslau. A boy and
a girl in the upper grammar grades
of the Worcester schools were, se-
leeted as subjects. Each was
shown separately for the period of
e minute a colored picture entitled
The Beuerstube,
This picture, shows the interior of
a German peasant's home. Among
other details is seen a table in the
foreground at which a man and a
boy are seated, while a woman is
standing, •evidently nerving them.
The man has removed his coat and
his bright red vest is clearly ex-
posed to view. The woman wears
A BRILLIANT RED SKIRT,
over which is a blue-green apron.
Nearby is a cradle of the same
striking blue -garb as the apron.
Had not the, audience that wit-
nessed the demonstration been able
to follow the details of the testi-
mony• by means of a reproduction
of the picture thrown by a lantern
on a screen at the bacic of the, chil-
dren they would have boon im-
pressed with the remarkable clear-
ness and apparent accuracy of the
testimony particularly with refes-
erese to a certain cupboard which
both testified stood near the foot of
the bed, This cupboard was des-
cribed minutely with substantial
agreement as to the details. Yet
there was no cupboard in the pic-
ture, and no piece of furniture that
in any way resembled a cupboard.
The fiction of the cupboard was de-
veloped by a few suggestive ques-
tions ingeniously put, such as the
following: "Is there a cupboard in
the room?" The reply was yes.
"Where is it1" "How many draw-
ers does it have?"
The writer has himself carried on
this identical experiment with a
score of subjects, both adults and
children. and has not found one
who could give a completely accur-
ate description. of what he has seen.
Many witnesses do not take the,
trouble accurately to distinguish
between that which they exactly
knew and that which they vaguely
believe. They belong to that type
of persons who are, always ready to
cash in their imagination for actual
fact, and they are never quite sure
as to the difference.
Witnesses not only follow sugges-
tions both on and off the stand, but
many readily yield to the tempta-
tion to show off and
APPEAR SMART.
They often try to please the ques-
tioner, and strive to prove than they
know what they are talking about.
A skillful attorney always takes ad-
vantage of this amiable but danger-
ous weakness, and the result is that
he often gets just the thing that he
is after by a 'little flattery. This
method when employed with chil-
dren always leads to a distortion of
the truth.
While there is no absolute rem-
edy for all these errors in report-
ing, there are certain obvious pre-
cautions that may be taken to re-
duce them to a minimum. Perhaps
the hast important of all is to get
the witness ies soon after the event
as possible. Questions asked
should always be by a disinterested
person. Such a one might have an
official court position and be apes
ciallydesignated to conduct the ex-
amination, The error should not
be made of supposing that the pol-
ice furnish a ealerless medium for
presenting the facts. They gener-
ally )lave the arttitudo of proving
the accused guilty, Through the
third degree and by milder methods
they constantly suggest what they
have assumed to be true.
Then .after the ;police come the
lawyers, who act up the case ac-
cording to their various interests,,
while at the trial the, presiding jug-
tiro is often more interested in lo -
gal technicalities than in the mute
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facts in the case. In all of this
eenne tow the plain, straightforward
truth is apt to be lost eight of and
JUSTICE MISCARRY.
The day may not be far distant
when a psychological expert shall
be attached to every law court.
It would bo the duty of the psy-
chologic expert not only to examine
witnesses as previously suggested,
but to determine by well recognized
tests their ability to testify. By
sub/hitting them to the picture or
the event test he could ascertain,
among other things, their degree of
assurance—in other words, their
tendency to tell more or less than
they are actually sure of. Much
has been said and written in recent
years in regard to the failure of
justice and the burden of the law's
delay. The remedy for these evils
has been mainly sought in reform-
ing court procedure on its legal and
technical sides. What we need,
perhaps, as much as this is a re-
form in the practical methods of
getting at the trutli. 'buten this is
done the respect for the court° will
bo greatly inereased, In the mean-
time, the judge should take it upon
himself to see that the witness has
a fair chance to tell the truth and
that his knowledge of theevent is
befogged neither by the insidious
flattery nor the unfair bullying of
the attorneys.
A dinner of boiled beef, cabbage
and tomatoes, cooked by a woman
who can cook, will make you reflect
on how much better the poor live
than the rich.
She—"Do you give your wife an
allowance, or does she ask you for
money when she wants it?" He—
"Both."
An Absolutely Safe 6Z Investment
Q The First Mortgage Bonds of Price Bros. & Company 6 per Cont. on the invest-
ment -.-secured by first mortgage on one of the finest paper mills and over four
million acres of the best pulp and timber land in America --insured with Lloyds,
of London, England, against fire...offer a most attractive investment. The
present net earnings of the Company are sufficient to pay the bond interest twice
over. The growing demand for pulpwood is yearly increasing the value of the
Company's properties. These bonds have been purchased by the best informed
financiers in both Canada and England. At their present price they yield 6 per
cent interest. Considering security, earnings, assets, and the likelihood of
appreciation in value, Price Bros. & Company bonds constitute an exceptional
investment.
wee for full description of these bonds,
ROYAL SECURITIES
CORPORATION) LiMITECI
BANK OF MONTREAL BUILDING YONGE AND QUEEN STREETS
R. M. WHITE TORONTO
MONTREAL-OtiEBEC-HALIFAX-OTTAWA
Manager LONDON (ENG)
GUARA6
TEE
Larger Return Probable.
Holders of the 7 per Dent, Preferred Stook of The Menton
Company, Limited, enjoy the full benefits of straight partner.
ship, be0ause, In addition to the regular 7 per cont. dividend on
the stook, they share equally with the Common Stoop In all
profits In excess of the preferred dividend.
The Company has been In successful operation for close to a
quarter of a century, and with Its present capacity cannot now
fill mora than 60 Dor cent. of Its orders. In addition, the Com-
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EV:GItY KNOWN FLOWER
GROWS THEM:.
'IIie 1Flnloteers Speak in Verses and
Horses ('lay With the
Children.
"Persia is essentially a land of
the sun," said Sir Mortimer Dur-
and, "and I notieed when I was in
Persia that Europeans who had
lived there c for a time were always
anxious to ''o back," There is no
need, and little incentive to travel
fast in Persia. For one thing there
are no opportunities to do so, and
when one becomes used to camping
ARA camels and moles one prefers
that to railway luxury.
Why build a road, was the ques-
tion of an amazed tribesman, whose
soul recoiled at the thought of a
straight line beaten track. It was
really a nuisance, for "there were
no stones where the fent could hold
on by," he explained,
HORSE'S GENTLENESS.
Among 'the Arabs of the plains
the reason for the docility and gen-
tleness of their horses is easily
covered. Tho animals play with the
children, know them., and under-
stated them, with the •result that
'utero is a bond between man and
beast rarely leen elsewhere.
"In Simla " said the lecturer,
"my wife had an Arab horse which
used to come walking into the
house. He would walk in at a din-
ner party and put his head over
your shoulder for a bit of bread
quite naturally. But it may not
have been good for the carpets."
On the mountainsides the horses
are as snrefooted as goats, and will
leap from rock to rock with their
riders with cool assurance,
BREAD FROM ACORNS.
There is no need for a "back to
the land" movement in Persia. The
people have never Ieft it, and the
Persian peasant is one of the happi-
est in the world. Some of the.
tribes know no other bread than
that made from acorns. They steep
the acorns in running water for a
time, and then break them up and
manufacture their bread with the
same deliberation as they murmur
their poetry.
One is led to the conclusion that
the country creates poets atitonta.
tically. Only a churl would refuse
to be a poet in a land where blue
sky looks down on winter snow and
oxen tread out the corn. Even in
thenight, It the traveller 1
has tt,
g,e
chirp of the little owl for a lullaby
and the bells of the mules fora sol-
ace.
IGNORE OMAT( KIIAYYAM,
But by a peculiar law which is
past comprehension Omar Khay-
yam is almost ignored. His poems
do not find such ready response
among his modern countrymen as
they find in the West. Even the
late Sltall repudiated them, and
laughed when his name was men-
tioned.
"I was asked by the Omar Soci-
ety," he •said, "to see if the Shah
would cause Omar's grave to be set
in repair, but when I spoke to the
old Shah during an audience he sat
in Itis chair and laughed. Why,' lie
cried, 'do you mean to tell me that
there is a society in England con-
nected with Omar Khayyam? The
man has been dead a thousand
years! I eau- tell of many better
poets than he,' " But the admirers
of Omar have the satisfaction of
knowing that, though the Shah
laughed at the poet, no one ever
laughed at the Shah,
PARADISE OF BLOOM.
Perhaps the most fascinating part
of the lecture was a rapid outline
of a Persian year. At the end of
February the garden is full of vio-
let
s, and after the violets pass away
the water channels are linea with
white iris, and after the iris curate
tiger lilies, and -after the tiger lily
les come rosea, With 'the roses
come the nightingales, which sing
while the sleeper sleeps.
Every known flower may grow in
Persian soil, and most of the Euro-
pean ones clo, while the early sum-
mer is a riot of color. The autumn
tints are more vivid than any in the
world, except perhaps those of Am-
erica. Tia snow of wheel: is de-
lightful, "What is the charm of
Persia?" asked Sir Mortimer Dur-
and. "One fuels it in the great
contrast between ovi;rytlting about
h.itn and all that be has left be-
hind." '
ROUGH ON REGGIE,.
"Oh, my clear I" gushed aortic..
"Have you heard about Maud's •
hard luck?"
"No. What is it?" asked Mend's
bosom friend, with glee.
"She tools Reggie's engagement-
ring backto the jeweller's to be
valued, Oh, pool' Maudie!"
thats nettling! sneered
sne r
the other. I always! ub that,
"Yes; but the jeweller refused to
gee it back to herr. Ho said Reg-
gie hadn't paid for it!"
;Marks --'"Why do you allow youtt
wifo to run up such big bills?"
Partys---"Because 1'4 sooner lave
tiottblo with my creditors than with
lied• --•that's why.ia