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The Brussels Post, 1912-11-28, Page 6CAUSE OF WAR iN BALKANS SEEN BY ' THE IDEALIST, NORUUTAN ANGTT,T,. Wrote of war as "The (Treat Illus siert," Points Out Economic Factors In 'Conlliet. With the outbreak of war in the Balkans many of the thousands of readers of Mr. Norman Angell's re- markable book, i'The Great Illu- sion," must have wondered how Mr, Angell would reconcile his the- ory of the eoonomic futility of tear with the actual event. In an article in The Loudon Mail, Mr, Angell ex- plains the bearing of his theory on the present crisis. He says in part: "We are all agreed as to the fun- damental causes of the Balkan trouble: the hate born of religious,. racial, national, and language dif- ferences; the attempt of an alien conqueror to live parasitically upon the conquered, and the desire of conqueror and conquered alike to satisfy in massacre and blood- shed the rancour of fanaticism and hatred. "Well, in these islands, not so very long ago, those things were causes of bloodshed; indeed, they were a common feature of Euro- pean life. But if they are inevitable in human relationship, how comae it that Adana is no longer dupli- cated by St. Bartholomew ; the Bul- garian bands by the vefldebta of the Highlander and the Lowlander; the etrugsle of the Slav and the Turk, Serb and Bulgur, by that of Seats and English, and English and Welsh I Old and New Fanaticism. "The fanaticism of the Moslem to -day is no intenser than that of Catholic and heretic in Rome, Ma- drid, Paris, and Geneva at a time which is only separated from us by the lives of three or four elderly men. The heretic or infidel was then in Europe also a thing Un- clean and horrifying, exciting in the mind of the orthodox a sincere and honest hatred and a (very largely satisfied) desire to kill. If you would measure the distance Europe has travelled, think what this means: all the nations of Chris- tendom united in a war lasting 200 years for the capture of the Holy Sepulchre; and yet, when in our day their representatives, seated round a table, could have had it for the asking, they did not deem it worth the asking, so little of the ancient passion was there left. The very nature of man seemed to be transformed. For, wonderful though it he that orthodox should cease killing heretic, infinitely more wonderful still is it that he should cease wanting to kill him. • The Economic Factor. "And just as most of us are cer- tain that the underlying causes of this conflict are 'inevitable,' and 'inherent in unchanging human na- ture,' so are we certain that so in- human a thing as economics can have ne bearing on it. "Well, I will suggest that the transformation of the heretic -hat- ing and heretic -killing European is due mainly to economic forces; that it because the drift of those forces has in such large part left the Bal- kans to one side that war is now raging; that economic factors of a more immediate kind for a large part of the provoking cause of that war; and that a. better understand- ing mainly of certain economic Facts of their international rela- tionship on the part of the great nations of Europe is essential be- fore much progress towards solu- tion can be made. Outside the Pale. "But then, by 'economics,' of course, I mean not a merchant's profit or a money -lender's interest, but the method by which men earn their bread, which must also mean the kind of life they lead." Mr. Angell proceeds to say that "the Balkans have been geographi- cally outside the influence of Euro- pean industrial and commercial life. The Turk has hardly felt it at all, He has learnt none of the social and moral lessons which interde- pendence and improved eommuniea- tione have taught the western Euro- pean, and it is because he has not learnt these lessons, because he is a soldier and a emperor, to an ex- tent and completeness that other nations of Europe lost a generation or two since, that, the Balkanese are fighting and that war is raging. Cause of the War. "Bot not merely in this larger sense, but in the more immediate, narrower sense, are the fundamen- tal Causes of this war economic. "This war afises, as the past wars against the Turkish conqueror Have arisen. by the desire of the Christian peoples on whom helives to shake off the burden. Sir Charles Elliott tolls us that 'the history of the Turk is s, ea.talogue cf battles. Their contributions to art, ]itera- tele. .seienee and religion are prae- tically nil. Their desire has not been to instruet, to improve, hard- ly ever to govern, but simply to eonOncr,' And another anther, confirming Sir Charles Tillett, eaya 'To live upon their subjects is the Tents' only means of llveli- hood.' Ito .twetwaettoottetztastraftsar IT SATISFIES MILLIONS OF PEOPLE Worth your while to test it TON'S r,r 7 � Sustains and Cheers. OrttirWireW%saillteetlottIaetelaffla ITORO TC CORRESPONDENCE The Failure of Europe. "War did not break out yesterday in the Balkans. It has been waged daily by the Turks for generations. And not the bloodless use of force either. Between the two kinds of war I know no reason why the Paci- fist should not give his preference to the relatively more honest and overt. "But this present war of the Bal - Iran States would never have been necessary—the worst abominations of Macedonia and Albania would have disappeared a generation since—if the Christian powers had not in their international relation- ship preserved that general politi- cal doctrine of the Turk which they have abandoned within their re- spective frontiers. LET CHILDREN HELP. Why Parents Should Utilize the Services of the Chicks. "Let me help!" That is one of the most general pleadings of boys and girls. But parents and grown- ups altogether are a great deal too apt to put the children aside curtly —to tell them to stop worrying. Children for the most part have a natural wish to "help" to think that they can give very real assis- tance, Of course, from a strict point of. view, there is no getting away from the fact that primarily children's "help" is a hindrance; but there is no earthly need for making that fact obvious to the boys and girls. In this natter it is the will and intention which most great- ly matter, not the actual results. If a child has by instinct a willing spirit, a desire to be of service and lighten other folk's labors, for pity's sake encourage that spirit to grow; do not flatten it all down into sullen bitterness. Besides, so far as all this goes, the results of letting the children help are good. If the results are bad, it is more the fault of the grown-up in question than of the child. There 1s a real educational value in allowing boys and girls to assist in cooking or gardening, or any useful work of all sorts. It means extra trouble in the first case, without doubt; but children are very quick to learn, and it is well worth while to teach them to do things properly. Bear with their failures, encourage them to aim at the top of the tree, and eventually their "help" will become a very real thing. To tell a boy or girl that they shall learn how to do a thing in "the proper way" when they are older is a most disastrous thing to do. If you let them help at all in any work, do let them do it rightly -=-not in a makeshift, perfunctory sort of way. There are many mothers, for in- stance, who regularly let their little girls help them to cook, and ignore the fact that there is any impor- tance attached to the matter. They shake their heads when Mary begs them to taste "her" cakes, and, without the slightest intention of being unkind, refer jocularly to "what Mary calls helping me, you know 1" But a quite new feeling of bitterness, of repu]eed service, en- ters into Mary's heart as she listens to her mother's words. Wise mothers will always enconr- age their girls to want to help with various housewifely affairs. Thoy may be able to do things quicker without their help ; but, et the same time, it is well to remember that there is a certain duty to the girls— that it is a disastrous thing for a girl to grow up and have a home of her own, and know nothing of man- agement. With regard to the boys, similar methods should prevail, for the old adage, "The boy is father to the man," is as true as it is trite. A boy, for example, who displays a talent for gardening should not he put off with a tiny plot in the shade, where practically nothing will grow. On the other hand, his awn particular garden should be situ. ated where light, sunshine, and air may reaeh and stimulate his plants, and where there may be some rea- sonable hope that hie efforts will be crowned with success. 1L r. Morse's 'Indian Root Pills texacdX meet the need which so often arleee to every famiiy for a medicine to open up and regulate the bowels. Not only aro they effective in nil cases of Contraption, but they help ' greatly in breakin u a Cold or La Grippe by cleaning Out the Out Lind purifying the blood. In the same some way they relieve or cure Bi fenenosa, Indigestion, Sick I•ieadachce,Rheutie etisin and other common ailments. In the fullest sense of the worde Dr. Morse's Indian hoot Ma aro at A us" au ehdrld llt.wfBd,eid;t' INTERESTING BITS OF 000311' FROM THE QUEEN CITY* A Fakir Cats His Just OUop—A LogUaeloUs Alderman -.Craft In the CIty—Naw Railway Board chairman. "Doctor" James (Walla Evans, wbo baa Kest bean sentenced to lift in% months in iingston penitentiary 011 a charge of for' eery, never made much of Erplash in Toronto, though ho hue been {ravelling around the Province Per several years. Veal the last year or two "Or." Evans made hie headquarters in Kingston, where be now returns iu a different oapaelty. He arrived there about eight years ago from whence no one knows. He forthwith became eats% in missionary work, And, among many netivities, evolved one pot scheme of establishing a missionary boat on the river Jordan. The boat would travel up and down the river carrying Christianity to the Jews and the Mahon- medane of the Holy Land. In advoOat- ing this sled other schemed "Dr." Evans often assumed Oriental costume, which added to his picturesque -nese and impree- eiveness, and the sensation hie appear- ance caused will be recalled at many points. Subscriptions for his missionary house -boat flowed in until ono day a traveller just returned from Palestine res. eerted that the river at that point would hardly float a chip, let alone a house -boat, "Dr." Evans was not perturbed, Ole simply switched to some other aoheme. The truth about Evans ie that he was a morphine fiend. His arms are a meas of punctures where the needle hes been injeated. That accounts for his visionary schemes and his absolute irresponsibility. Duke Saw Medals, Recently. when the Duke of Connaught was visiting Toronto, there wee to be a review of the Veterans' Association, Evans hurried up and est in line as a veteran. services ooste 40 cents, made up Nile way: Iialr'aut .,, .... ••..•• ,• ,• Barber's tip ..• 100. Tip to boy with whisk 6o, Total , 40e. And the boy may be sore because he only gete five gents. Another form of graft goes on among foremon on construction work where eaen. ual labor is employed. They make a eras- Mee raytiee of rolleetiltg a commission from the men tbey take on. Some foremen are said to eollnot from 515 to 500 a week in this way. New Railway Board Chairman. The appointment of Donald ef, MrTn- t;yre, N.C., of Kingston, to the chairman- ship of the Ontario Railway and Muni. tient Board is regarded as a promising one. lies knowledge of municipal law is admitted. Ole Imo now the opportunity to show the other quitittiee which will enable hien to stand up to the job. He Can easily make it ono of the biggest in the Province. 51,, Meletyre ie unmarried. Once, when asked why, ho replied that he had never had time, He lives with two maiden pis. tern. It is again remarked that Sir James Whitney to hie appointments shows a strong prodtlletfoa to go outside 'Toronto. �N LAWYER DtcIN'TYEB. 3, F. McIntyre, who unsuccess- fully defended Lieut. Becker in his recent rial for the murder of Her- man Rosenthal, in New York, is one of the old school of criminal lawyers. Nothing delights him more than to whang a witness over the head. He delights in coaxing along the poor devil on the stand, talking to him in a friendly and companionable way about the inno- cent pastimes of his youth. Some- times the lawyer grows poetic, and Lo and behold his lmmaoulate frock coat . talks of blue skies and green trees was sooratod with a string of medals and badge, for valor, long service and other and babbling brooks until one can military accomplishments, that turned the heart of the proudest veteran green with envy. When the Duke of Connaught hestopped, examined passed array. g He the line his ehaiauthe medals keenly, and, it Is said, detected the fraud. Shortly afterwards came Dr," Evans' arrest and subsequent ex' poanre. Some years ago, when the Russian Jap- anese war broke out, there was practi- cally no one on this aontiaent who know much about conditions at the seem of fighting. Clubs and associations searched everywhere for lecturers who could deal with the subject, but none was forth- coming. "Dr." Evans Tamped into the breach. Ho know. Needless to say, his lectured were a frost, although the first once were largely attended. He advertis- ed pictures, and fulfilled his promise by showing pictures of a boat sailing into various ports all around the world, but when she got to Japan he calmly an- nounced that from this point on the cane dor would allow no pictures out, In the 1911 election "Dr." Evans Jumped to the front as an Imperialistic orator, and in one capacity or another he to widely known throughout the Province. His "schemes" rarely did anybody any harm. Even the forgery on which he was connected, arising In connection with a private College here. was net ,aricue in its 00050queneee. Loquacious "Sam" Mefrteo. - One of the spectacular figures of the Toronto City Council 1e Alderman Sam McBride. Sam is decidedly loquacious. That is one of his ahiefe,t claims to fame. A favorite pastime of the repertere at Council meetings is to keep track of the. number of times Sam speaks Sometimes the record runs to surprising flgures—Duce it ran to 75 different speeches, which for a session of five hours' duration mean, that. he averaged one speech 'every four min- utes throughout the performance. Na- turally Sava does not talk very long at a time, and enmetirees what he sage is not much to the point. Again it is too point- ed for some of hie fellow aldermen, for he has the faculty of getting under the skin of his companions with personal re.. marks. Generally he is good natured, but the other day he threatened acmes the Council board to shove his Est down the long throat of Controller Church, The good people of the town were greatly shocked and the newepapere read the Council lectures on the indecency of boar garden exhibittons. ' But Sam afterwards apologized and said he did not mean what he eaid. Picks Unpopular Milo. Another claim to fame Alderman lfo. Bride had is that he geuerally votes with the minority. He seems to have a faculty of pinking out the unpopular Bide of an argument. As an "opposer" he is an ex- pert. He was instrumental in blocking the Humber Boulevard scheme for a year, his ground ostensibly being that it is a scheme to make a millionaire of Mr. Home Smith at the expense of the city. If the project had been unpopular Ald. MOBride world have probably supported H. • Newspapers and others threaten Ald. MOBride with defeat at the polle for his obstructive tactics.- But he doesn't worry, Every First of January since 1905, with one exception, be has bobbed up serenely near the top of the poll in ward three. He seems to go on the theory that he op. posing everything he gathers In all the votes of the lenookere and aereheeds. They are the ones who don't forget. In private life Sam is known to fame for his support of harness racing. He is an ardent follower of trotting ramie In Toronto and throughout the Province and illumines the moatinge of Council with horsey talk and the picturesque atmos. pliers of the race track. Craft In Toronto. A. Toronto journalist has been making an investigation into various forms of "graft" that are practised here, and has found some surprising illustrations. One charge he makes is against under. takers whose charges, be eaya, are often extortionate. A simple, though. +hhorough= ly decent funeral, can be made sip etl ei}U following chargee and still alter s undertaker a good profit of ills Coffin . ...• .5160000 Outside box '.. "" ........ 600 Hearse ...... •..... ... Embalming ...... - 10 000 00 Shroud .. .... ... Total ..... ......... ...... 543 00 Tet the charges often von up over $100, Not long ago a Toronto undertaker sent in a bill for $514, but In this case the executors contested the bill in court and bad It cut to 5129, The casket, which was a fine one, had been charged at 5250, though the undertaker admitted In the box that it had cost him only 941. Prob' ably ninetynino out of a hundred people pay the charge. even if extortionate, ra- Leer than appear to bo mean about such a matter. And this feeling le played UP - on. It to charged, too, that nevem in the institutions etand In with audeitalEere and receive from thorn gifts of needles, flowore, theatres tickets, ate., in relent for which they give prompt notice of death, so that the nude^;Lkcr can get on the job 'beiore a rival. Some doetore are also charged w th getting eoncessinns from mulertnkere. Then there is the lanitor'e "graft." This flourishes In an apartment hoots, where from ten tamniee np reay reelda Ma- tnrally, each family would exp0et to pat- rontse tho greeer, or the butcher, or the dairy they preferred. But the Witten' recommends certain people, If hie advice 15 not SCCOpted the deliveries never come right. 'Phots ie always eemoolteg wrong, until be gets his way. The preeumptten is that be gore his rake off." the' Barbert nraft. Then there is the Isarbeeti "graft," A few years ago ft need to soot d modest 15 senna to get a balir'xA& Noir the same almost scent the newmown hay. And just as the witness gets all dewy about the eyes, and is kind of leaning forward and gulping, 'and nodding at the lawyer, McIn= tyre's manner abruptly changes. His voice rises into a roar; his face turns fiery red, and his eyes glare. ;'Why did you kick your little brother in the face thirteen years ago to -days" he bellows. Well, that's a question no fellow Mr. John F. McIntyre. can answer offhand. The witness is upset by this thrust from his dear old pal, the lawyer for the defence, McIntyre impales him upon an accusatory forefinger be- fore an indignant jury. And before he can swallow enough of his ton- sils to explain that he never had any little brother, McIntyre has heaped a dozen other equally dif- ficult queries upon him. If the wit- ness has any nerves at all, he is apt to ehailenge the altitude n- ewel. Justice Goff watched this performance in silence for the firet days of the trial. Then lie rapped for order, and leaned across the desk, and fixed McIntyre with en eye as truculent and threatening as the lawyer's own. "Counsel will at once mocfhiate his manner," said Justice Goff, He kind of dripped each word on Mc- Intyre, so that it foamed up a little before the next one fell. Counsel moderated. fw'vrerrekGrSylalrT•i J Jr`-r`,,zAwa ANY brands of Baking Powder contain alum, which is an injurious acid. The ingredients of alum baking powder axe never printed on the label. Magic Baking Powder contains no alum and is the only baking powder made in Canada that has all the ingredients plainly printed on the label. BW.GILLBTT COMPANY LIMITED TORONTO.ONT. WINNIPEG MONTREAL Zia eI ewEa, W050010er100 totinwle0 1100011. E% a v eieq aest oa 0250ue„ N. . 1 17; tq�rc �:tot THE FIRST AERIAL FLEET. A Remarkable Exhibition Took Plane in France. Test after sunrise on a morning in late September, the French minis- ter of war, Monsieur Millerand, held the first review of a war fleet of aeroplanes that the world has ever seen, at Villaeoublay, near Versailles. There was no pomp or display, but to observers of imagi- nation, the occasion was es drama- tically effective as it was historical- ly important. The London Times thus describes it: Neither the early hour at which it was necessary to leave Paris, nor the bitter cold of the autumn morn- ing, nor the fact that only those with special permits were allowed on the ground, sufficed to dampen the general enthusiasm over the re- markable exploits the corps of mili- tary airmen had accomplished der ing the army manoeuvres in the west. Every one of the pilots who were on parade had flown at,Iea'st six hundred miles during those manoeuvres, and the total distance' covered by all the machines is over forty-three thousand miles. A surprising number of men, wo- men and children went to Villacou- blay by train, motor -car, or bicycle and on foot, and lined the fence dividing the aerodrome from the road. Three special services of motor -omnibuses left Paris for the ground about five o'clock, and every omnibus was crowded with passen- gers who had taken tickets the pre- vious day. Monsieur Milleranci's inspection was of necessity informal. To right and left of the entrance to the fly- ing -ground, which was kept by eight hundred troops, were drawn up the heavy wagons that -carried field -re- pairing outfits, spare parts, and everything necessary for the effi- ciency of the aerial service. on cam- paign. No fewer than seventy-two machines were drawn up in a semi- circle—biplanes and monoplanes, gleaming white Nicuports, plum - colored Reps, Bleriots, Breguets, Farman,s, and many othee well- known makes. In some cases the pilot had at- tached to his machine his own par- ticular mascot, a white gull, a Teddy bear, or, in one cases a no- tice, taken from a railway -carriage, "Il est dangereux de se peneher en debars" (It is dangerous to lean out 9b uARDEN SPOILED BY CRABS. Prevent the Growth of Vegetables In British Honduras. Tile trials of a housekeeper fe �±IbIOh ionduras are many and varied, writes Lady Swan,ye, wife of the Governor, in the Wide,World Magazine, service being indifferent and food not of the best quality. Milk and butter are tinned, and vegetables have to be imported. Thinking to remedy this, we at- tempted to grow our own vegeta- bles, but soon found this to be im- possible, owing to the fact that the garden was infested with crabs—a novel pest for a garden, surely 1 The crustaceans may apparently have all been killed off one year, but the next autumn they swarm down to the sea again from their unknown breeding places inland in veritable armies. ,Sitting in the veranda one can hear their shells clacking and crashing against each other, as they hustle past the house. We tried to circumvent the pests by wiring in the vegetable plot, but this proved unavailing, as there is water about a foot below the sur-. face, and the crabs had only to dive down one one side of the fence and come up smiling on the other. Rafferty -Sure, Kelly, but I'm glad to flee ,yez. .I thought ye were dead. I heard siv'ral. peyple shpak' in well ev yes, FROM ERIN'S GREEN ISLE I.EWS 111 MAIL FROM IRU GLAND'S SHORES. Happenings in the Emerald Isle Interest to hist Olen. The Earl of Kerry, M.V,O., has been appointed a Deputy Lieuten- ant of the County of Kerry. NIT. Astley, a well-known aviator, was killed while giving an exhibi- tion of flying at Belfast. The one hundred and eighty-third session of the Royal Dublin Society opened on November let. The extensive saw mills of Messrs. Barham Bros., Belturbet, have been almost oompletely destroyed by fire. --• Ki]imalloek Rural Council is seeking a loan of $10,000 to carry out a cottage scheme for the labor- ers of the district. The (lead body of Miss Long, aged about 70, was found lying in the kitchen of her residence at Martel - 01 lo terrace, Bray. A hostel is to be established in Dublin by the members of the Alex- ander College Guild for working girls of the poorer class. Many complaints have been heard lately of the dangerous state of the main read of the Phoenix Park for horse traffic. At the Derry Ouarter Session there were no criminal cases for hearing, and Judge Todd was pre- sented with white gloves. In only one pity of the United Kinedom is bread dearer than in Dublin. In Edinburgh a four -pound hoof is 7d. In Dublin it is 6%d. For several months past 'there has been a vigorous boycott of Belfast goods in many districts of the south and west of Ireland. Charles Shields was charged in the Belfast Polioe Court with the manslaughter of an army pensioner named Luke Johnstone. A deputation representing vari- ous trade unions waited upon Mr. Birrell in London in reference to the situation in Belfast shipyards. Albert Tolhunt, chauffeur, was fined $10 in the Southern Police Court for driving a motor car at a dengerona speed in Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin. of the window). Some aeroplanesA first attempt at street preach - were still packed on their drays, ing ,was made in Dunaarvan, but with their long snouts, shrouded in the crowd was co hostile that the canvas, peering out of the tilt like a gun. Monsieur Millerand merely walk- ed along the imposing line of ma- chines. Before each squadron he stopped and addressed a few words to the crews. The inspection over, no time was lost in getting the ma- chines away. Tho roar of the en- gines was to be heard all over the field. The pilots gat into their heavy coats and adjusted their helmets, climbed into their places, and ma- chine after machine rose into the air, circled once or twice round the aerodrome, and disappeared in the direction of Etampes, By nine o'clock twenty aeroplanes had left. The whole affair passed off with precision. It was hard to believe that only seven years ago the Wright brothers were still testing gliders, and that no heavier-than- air machine had ever flown in Eu- rope. ORIGIN OF THE CRESCENT. Once Emblem of Byzantine Empire and Eastern Church. Though now :regarded as essen- tially Mohammedan, the crescent was Ohriseian in its origin. A cres- cent inoon was the emblem of the Byzantine Empire and the Eastern Church, and the Turks adopted it as a badge ef triumph after the capture of Constantinople in 1458. With reference to the crescent, the story of the origin of the cree- centosliapcd Vienne roll is worth recalling, It arose in the sixteenth century when the Turks were be singing Vienna, and failing to carry it by assault, began to drive minas under the walla. In that period the city's bake -houses were in the walls under the fortifications, and when the mines were almost through the sound ef the week vote heard in the underground bake-hoteses and the alarm given, It was to celebrate this event that the balers adopted the Turkish emblem es the shape in whieh to make their bread. preacher retreated, protected by Police. The screeants of the Royai Dub- lin Fusiliers held their fourth an- nual dinner in the Gresham Hotel, (hair being taken by Sergeant - Meier R. G. French. Belfast will celebrate lie three hundredth year a£ oornorate exis- tence in April next, and stens have already been token with reference to its eelellretton. Messrs. Dillon & Butler, Dublin, have been awarded first prize in the competition for deeisrns for the nronesed PAW University College boildinee, Dublin, Patriek Barrett. Sancdinall, was Presented at the Cornoration meet- ing in Limerick with a watch for saving three children at Conbally from being run over by a train. Occasionally we run across a man who is frank enough to admit that he likes to wear his dress suit. THE .YCUNG MEN CRIMINALS ALARMING ALL. PARIS AT Va. PRESENT TIME, The Rising Generation Appear To Be Fearless of God or 111a 11. France does not know what to do for the prevention of crimps of all sorts by young fellows, most of whom have not yet attained to the age of 20 years. They form them- selves into gangs or societies, have a leader, a.nd live on rapine of all kinds, The inhabitants are almost terror-stricken at the daily mis- deeds of these youths, and are won- dering what can be done to repress crimes which fill the columns of the daily newspapers, "That is it, those loafers love to have their pic- tures in the papers, with long ac- counts of their utter lawlessness," the people say. "Now, if it were forbidden to say a thing in the pa- pers, there would be less crime." Others say that if books telling of the exploits of boys and makir herons of them, for spreading three. in the world, were prohibited, the, would be fewer criminal vagabone Regular life and regular work hal become too prosy, the tiresomel; They must go on the high roads,', steal or kill, and burglarize in • cities. "Vive sa vie" (live one's own life)' has become the motto with many classes of the French, and it does not natter if their lives interfere with the life of their neighbor. Besides there is no longer any religious fooling, since France separated the Church and State. No Religions Training. ,The majority of the young people do not understand it, have no more religious training at home, have lost the fear of future punishment, and have not been trained as the youth in England are, to have prin- ciples which keep tleem from evil doing. You think it is natural for your boys to walk a straight line, even if they do not go to church. What is it that keeps the Anglo- Saxon boy from doing wrong? Ib is a fact that has never been ex- plained, but it remains a fact. The French boy behaves because he fears somebody or something; he fears his parents or his teachers; fears justice or punishment, but does not have that moral code, tbab unexplained state of mind which keeps the Anglo-Saxon straight. Monsieur Frederic Brunel has studied a plan, the object of which is to keep boys from the tempta- tions of the street. There they see bad examples, and finally got cor- rupted. Ria plan is to try to estab- lish an evening school for keeping the sons of widows or of fathers and mothers who are obliged to work too late at night, or who through vice do nob Dare for their offspring, in schools -during part of the even- ing. Save How to iA Money TUE Ba•nkeT, the Business Man and Shrewd Inves- tor to -day places his surplus In Bonds. Bonds have the. security behind' them, which abso- intely aOsures payment of principal and interest. They pay a high rate of interest and are easily con- verted tato cash, We are in the market to bury and sell Bonds. Write tie. J. A. MACKAY & COMPANY LIMITED euerdias Bldg, Royal Beek Bldg, MONTREAL TORONTO if, 11, HOUSSEIA, "bosOnt0 h1'.anaker. The Project is Twofold. In the first place, the children will have a wholesome evening meal to enable them to battle against such diseases as tuberculo- sis, and will also be kept from be- coming vagabonds on the streets. Recruiting such children would be subject to a close examination of the parents and of their manner of living, and they would have to prove that parents really cannot care for their children, or else that they are morally incapable of look- ing after them. Naturally it would not be the teachers, who are at work all day, who would be re- quired to remain at school these two extra hours; but there are hun- dreds of candidates with diplomat who are waiting for vacant places, and they would doubtless be willing to begin under these conditions. New Id. Brunel wants the city to vote $2,000 in order to beg -ire his plan, so as to see if it will not suo- ceed. The easy way in which one can 'buy a revolver' is also a danger to all communities. Everybody has his "browning," and uses it "pour un oui, pour un non" (for a yes or a no). The number of policemen who are either killed or wounded by these boys call be counted by scores. q, Champion Life Saver. Charles Williams, a lighterman of Limehouse, Lendon, England, is said to be the champion life saver of that, country. Since 18416, when h•ee rescued a boy them the B,egent's Canal, London, he has saved 101 lives,' all from drowning. Besides holding certificates and decorations of the Royal Humane 'Society, ho has the distinction of having his 'name mentioned in eontitction with life saving in every police'eourt in London. ' Howell --"Do you believe in here- dity I" Powell—"I should say 1 did. I married the slaughter of a judge, end she is always laying down the law to me." Visitor --"That's the village doc- tor, isn't it 1" Dative --"Yes," Visitor -"Is he a good dodo)? f" Native --"Oh, hes all right if you've got u strongconstittition."