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Dry Weather, Hard Plowing scribed, "I died learning," Some peo- fewer Mrs. Corlissqs about.
ple haggled at the word Empire, The I
Dry -vveather made hard plowing lit Romans sent their legions and tile Thoughtful )Use of the Ballot
September, but towards the end of the Spaniards their ships to crush and
wonth the weather broke. The fine plunder and exploit; Austria and Frederick George Scott, Poet, milt-
weatilor was fhvorable for fruit—some Napoleon had thrust at power; Wil, tary chaplain, canon, publicist and hu-
thongtlt too favorable. Peaches were liala the Second, forsaking the old manitarian, gave the Canadian Club of
,given away in many quarters and spiKit contred at Weimar, sought a Toronto a rousing address on tile sert-
apples were, a drug. This was chiefly parvenu Empire of self-styled super. ous things coming before Canada Ili
for lack of labor and scarcity of con. men and striking for World -power, or its young nationhood at a recent
tainers, The high price of sugar Downfall, found—one of them. Lord luncheon. Ile had remembered going
spoiled the market for that commodity, Cave commended Seeley's "Expansion with Ills father as a small boy to hear
though reductions began to be made of England" as an exposition of Brit- tile salute fired at McGill College on
when it was scell to be too late, peo- Ish growth. Territory had been ac. July 1, 18G7, and half a century later
ple are learning to do Without. They quired in war, but war had not been lie found himself celebrating Dominion
were compelled during the war, and for that purpose,' The acquisition of 'Day, in 1917, with the Canadian troops
now it is voluntary. Cattle mkrket- Cape Colony, for example, was an in- at Villiers an Dols. - They fired no
Ing is said to be slow, and fear Is ex. cident of the war With the Dutch, Brit. salute, but all along the lines their
pressed that too much yeal has been ons were great Colonists. At the end guns poured forth their death -dealing
, .e missiles to the enemy. He contrast -
,;old. The fall wheat that was sown of the v()rywliQr
early loOkO very promising, but the was for the British soldier to mftOi led the earlier period, when the sense
latersowings have .not had enough settlements. He did his work efficient- of national life had just begun to stir,
moisture to make progress. P lax has ly and with good teraper, and wanted with the conditions existing when, in
been a t)remendous crop and insures nothing for himself but to get home the year of victory on July 1, 1918, at
again as fast as he could. It was ab- St. Pol Road, the massed bands played
big returns. surd to speak of Great Britain owning "O Canada," and the pride of being a
Australia or any of the Sister nations citizen of Canada welled up in every
Costly Ships,. -High Freight of the Empire. Ili South Africa those heart. The very vigor and strength of -
who were the chief and mQst gallant their young life militated against the
When the United States Congress opponents of Great Britain now held reflection that was necessary to a
discovered th9A its shipping tonnage the highest offices in the territory proper understanding of the responsi-
Was becoming the greatest In the where that war was waged. The hilities of the individual citizen. He
world it decided to adopt measures greater the autonomy, the greater thJ was too apt to cast his vote and leave
which would, ' as was believed, securo loyalty. This constellation of nations the government of the country to pro -
all the freight of the ocean for United in union was what was called fessional politicians.
states vessels'. it passed an act call- the British Empire. Lord Cave The problems of Citizenship he
ing on the President to denounce all spoke of the imperial Centel'- ranged under three heads: The duty
the 'treaties witfi other nations that ences, and hoped that what had of the State to the Individual, to the
would interfere with the new program been the Imperial War Cabinet would home and to the Empire. The truest
, I hereafter be known as the Imperial riches of a nation were not its physi-
of favoring In every way by charges
by tariffs and otherwise, such U. S. Cabinet in which the Statesmen of tile dal resources -but the mind and char -
shipping, President Wilson has ac, Empire might meet for mutual Ill- acter of its people. Mines and water
cepted the Act inasfar as it provides formation and advice, remaining free , power were all very Well, but we must :
for domestic measures, but he has de- as to action. He hoped to be forgive" dig into tile minds of the people, and
clined to interfere ,with the treaties as an Englishman for saying that at our sources of power must be lapped in
which are outsl(fd the jurisdiction of this time and initil Canada hurried up their moral development. Every ac -
Congress, But it is a huge task to with its population, the capital must cession to the population should be
fight the whole world and the United be in the Old Country where PoPula, guarded religiously. Many parents
states finds that it is no more posslblO tion was densest. To weaken the were wholly unqualified for so regpon-
to monopolize shipping than Kaiser links that bound the Dominions to- sible a charge. The inspection of,the
Wilhelm found it possible to monopo, getlier would indeed lie a treachery to health of children at public schools of-
lize power Actual costs of shili-build- the race. In 1920 the British I nipire fered an opportunity to improve the
ing enter n y meant not conquest nor possession. efficiency of the race, but parents
o charge& for freight, and as British Its foundation was the spirit of sturdy themselves often opposed what they
vessels cost $100 a ton and United Independence coupled with fair con- Considered the interference of of-
, St, sideration for others, and liberty. . ficials. There should be examInation
ates, ves els up to $400 the cheaper
. tually gets the freight. A
vessel even 0 recently I of each child of the state of Its teeth,
ship -building firm in Toront throat, nasal passages, and as to
ceased operations, because the high * Labor Versus the Soviet weight and growth. But mind train -
Tate of Wages demanded Tendered- it Ing -was the chief factor in education.
Impossible to build ships at a conipet. President Samuel Gompers of tho No class Ilad a inonopoly_.of brains.
Ing price. In competition with the American Federation of Labor, has Three great men of the war, General
whole world many things have to be taken occasion once more to repudiate lJobertson, Lord Rhonddha and Premi-
considered besides the national bound- any Idea of sympathy between the five er Lloyd George, had all sprung fron, I
ary'line. That, is why , po-operation million men of his organization "and a class which formerly woulrhave
iiiay be found advantageous. the revolutionary aims of the Soviet been denied educa tioli- He included
Z ----------------- Ir- party in Russia. He recognizes that moral and religious influences under
The7New7Bankruptcy Act "The International Federation of this head. The brain of a child was
. . Trades Unions takes a position of all- the source of power, but More secular
it appears that the new Bankruptcy archistic hostility to all governments education was not eriough. in itself,
Act does not -commend itself to the -without discrimination." Moreover, in but would be riled by the State event -
lawyers as much as it does to tile por, view of recent developments in Eng- ually as a pract,ical blunder, he
tion of the public who feel that Some, land, which the threatened coal strike thought. The brotherhood of man
time they may stand in need brought out, Mr. Gompers declares: with mail was founded on the brother -
of it. "The British Labor party also'turns
Lawyers are more famillar with the hood of man with God. He touched
old Winding -Up Act which is still its ba,ek on the democratic parliament on the unlovely and unhealthy homes
allowed to be used, and the roes under system which England has evolved by of City life and contrasted Mrs. Bar-
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the old Act gre more lucrative than seven- centuries of struggle." This ap- nett's Hampstead Garden suburb, with
w Act makes pears to be inspired by the payment its air and space, where tile death
those of the new. The lie est debtor to of Russian gold to The London IIerald, as 89 per cent less than the
it much easier for an bon which was afterwards said not to have 'Tate w
get fils'discharge and correspondingly been recognized -by the Labor party, general London rate. In the thought -
it increases the difficulties for a fraud- ful use of the ballot alone lie saw,the
also made the gold being returned. But the as- gaining what was needed.
ulent one. Provision Is sociation left A taint of which 'Mr. hope of
against any possible dishonesty on tile
. None Qonipers is quick to wash his hands. MUSICAL ROCKS-
part of a trustee or assignee Re has no use for the Soviet in any .
but an authorized and theref()Te fully- shape or form. Such action as was Musical sands are more or less com-
qualified trustee has authority to act
only a contemplated in the' British coal Mon, but musical rocks, as far as is
under the new legislation* strike simply meant the decay, more known, exist only in one Place, in
very few llavO so far availed them- r less rapid, of British supremacy. No Pennsylvania, about forty miles from
it and some officials have e:x- 0 I
selves of more vital blow could be given her Ili, Philadelphia. They are of a un for"'
pressed doubt of its practicability. dustries, her shipping, her national dark brown -color, showing unmistak.
_------- being, than a suspension of- coal de- able traces of iron, and never Collect
, Weak Will anj Low Morality liveries upon which the industry of . ther moss or lichens as most rock,
. the British Islands mainly depends. el'
Whatever may be thought of Pro- do—nelther do any wild Plants 01
hibition, and the O.T.A. by those who - weeds grow near them, nor will an3
convince them- Well Meant, Ill Tinied ivy grow over them. When strucl,
have,been unable to with a haromer or other metallic in
selves that fiee traffic in alcohol and
its dilutions is. undesirable those 'who E fforts to create friendly feeling be- struntent they respond with a cleai
are concerned with the s6cial effect tween the English-speaking Peoples Of resonant note like a bell. A musiciai
have no doubt about the excellent re- the world, when directed towards the after a little practice is able to Pro
suits of the restrictive legislation. The United States are translated there by dues the notes of the scale on then
those who Irish and Germans of the baser sort In a manner similar, to the xylophone
- physique, and stamina of .
f ormerlY , weria subjected to alcoholic, into a "secret" conspiracy to bring the When small rocks are carried awal
influenco, have been immensely bene- United States into the British Empire? and struck elsewhere they refuse b
fitted, and it has been noted that the Those who are familiar with the ring, and this fact leads many to be
confirmed drunkhas almost disappear school training, the Fourth Of July lieve that the ground underneath th,
led, In anothey direction the effect is fraditlons, and the habits of thought rocks is formed like a huge soundinj
to raise the standard of intelligence generally Of the people Who rave about board, while the loose masses 0
among those formerly besotted with tile stars and Stripes, will be more granite have been cunningly arrange,
It must not be supposed that amused than surprised to Ittear that a
liquor. cessarily rises meeting got up In Now York in honor by the hand of nature to refract soun,
the moral standard ne in such a way as to produce the rinF
in a community where the intellectu- of the landing of the pilgrim Fathers
al tortes are thus E;et. free. A fairly and attendedby , English delegates was Ing notes. —
quite consistent with broken up by I mob of "patriots," a
high Morality Is tion of liquor- Mrs. Gertrude Idorliss, president of WHY WE EAT SALADS.
the moderate COUsUMP pickets," asserting as The importance of acquiring a suff
The highest Morality always involves "The American ter organization knew ciency of vitamines in everyday too
an absolute measure of solfrestraint. a reason that I United has been abundantly made Clear. Th
The disappearance of the drunkard "there is a plot to make the foods Is due t
the British Empire need for fresh raw
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would, t, herOfOre, presuppose a rise in States a part of scorbutic vIN
moral staildards, other things being and that this Sulgrave Institution is 'a the fact that the anti
equal. But this is not always a pos- party to It." Some wofnen are not mine is sensitive to heat and ver
sible condition, There are other clian- greatly gifted with reason, and Mrs. easily destroyed. It is soluble I
nels of self-indulgence and self- Corliss -is evidently not among those water, therefore the practice of lea,
' Ing salads ill Water for an hot',' 1
Indulgellco of any description weak- who think deeply, We sliall itear next
CLIO -will, and consequently that Canada contemplates an immedl- so to crispen tile leaves Is a mistake
ens s in eating raw vegetables It i
lowers the moral standard, by giv' ate conquest of the Ufiited State by
, Is that one.
Ing the desires and passions a doinin. force of arms, and the DhY Of It B SO to select them as your]
3 of be- alway wl
ant influence. The Whole problem Of there are POOPIO quite ca pa bl( and fresh as possible. The Carrot :
Morality turns On the strength of the lieving such nonsense. very seasonable, and—rara amon
will Coupled With tile aims or ideals The attempt to cUltivat8 friendly ' is the possessor of all il:
the individuai bas in view. Ile ulay' sentiment in the United States With a roots—
have high aims and from wealt'less Of Presidential election going ons all the vitambies. It is most digestible -he
will be unable to concentrate on their many varieties of Congressmen turned quite small. ,,
realizatiox. Freed from Influene0s loose, Irish and Gorman patriots SOTO
,&,ten his Will lie may -very to biliousness, and baseball showing in proportion to its size a bee
that we of charactOr signs of degeneracy; was certainly Ill-, 30 times as strong as a horse. —
quickly exhibit elevation
Any habit, .therefore, whether liquor, .
or tobacco or any other drug, that
tends to ; eftkolk the 'Will, so that the P 0 E -M S
individual in unable to resist thO aii-
petite, is merely a GYMPtOm Of tile
general moral weakness which would NOCTURNE.
the resistance of the in, .
dividual ,under temptation, Until this I Up to her chamber window,
is understood We ai,e 111tely to concern' .
as with the symptoms rather A slight wire trellis goes,
ourselvilo disease itself Temperate And up this Romeo ladder
thiln f ors a bold white rose. I
habits, a satisfactory 6vironment, Clamb
,jectivoti in life steady work. 1, . I lounge in the flex shadows,
new ell I Oot out 'bad /I I see the lady lean,
I e tors that soon r I and estab- . T.Inclasping her silicon girdle, I
habits, strengthen the wil
lis'll a higher standard of J -doral Pvtr- The curtain's folds between.
Poor'.
. ... I She smiles on her white rose loybr,
. .1 Silo Teaches out her liand
. our Voluntary Empire I I And helps him In at tile window—
Viscount Cave'S last speech Is Ch". I Beo it where I stand!
I is given to- tile Empire Club of To her 9carlet tip site holds him,
aft Wf
Toronto on "The Meaning of Ellipiro And kisses him Many a tiftle—
,, f6W, 118 Ah, me! it was he that won her .
To-daY;ss ilia own Point Of v
one Of* sympathy with the Because he dared to climb.
said, v Ose tomb waO 10- 0 . —Thovias nalley Aldrich
old philosopher OU Wh
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I- The musettin ox freaks nas lost all of its appeal In this day of
inoving picture activities. FIr instance—what little boy or girl will
not got a thrill fronr seeing this two -headed calf—born on the farm
of J, B. Battle, of Nichols, 8, C.? It was perfect in every way,ex-
cept for the tw6 heads. It was photographed at Waljhlug,foW .Whero
it was being stuff6d and mounted. I .
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F PAINT DRIES. ON BRUSHES' tle vinegar to tepid water and wash I
Boil the bru v i a the leather with a clean el Ott I
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ittle lye has been added. Washing dry, then to polish apply ill . I
.)owder or soap can be used but the preparation: Whites of two eggs,- beat I - 1
rocess will take much longer. Care ell slightly but not stiff, and mixed 41
nust be taken that UV boiling water with two teaspoonfuls of turpentine. :
,s no deeper than the length of the Rub with a clean dry cloth, Another I
3ristles, as the setting may be affect- method is to use with a mixturq of -
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,d, But as lye Is Injurious to bristles two parts of linseed oil and one of the
hls method must only be used very best vinegar. Then polish with a
Decasionatly. piece of sort sIlk, and finally with
chanioI5 leather.
BREAD AND BUTTER. I
There Is a reason for our eating btit- TO CLEAN WINDOW SHADES,
ter with our ])read. It is a, rational
combination. The bread is deficient To remove dust, finger -marks and so
in fat, w I hich the butter supplies. To on from light-colored window shades,
serve ill) butter or egg -sauce with rub them gently with a soft cloth dip-
v"han tlsli N "), .w.nisiblo, procecd Ped in the following solution; one pint
ing, because white f1sh. is wanting Ili Of hot water to will& three table.
fat; while salmon, herring, and the spoonfuls of benzine have been added.
like, rich in fat, do not require such a Wring out the cloth before using, Dry
sauce. by wiping with a clean, soft towel. Do
the work away from fire, as benzine is
REMOVING MILDEW. highly inflammable. .
C!ut common soap Into small pieces,
add a little water to it and set it oil French Carrot Soul).
the fire until dissolved and the con. Boil Zour to ,six ,,-mail carrots, pre.
sistency of cream. Stir Ili common viously Acraped, in just enough water
salt and cover the mildewed fabric to cover, until very tender inash
with the mixture. Expose to the sun through a sieve and add to Witter in
u then wasIt off - (there .should be very
Two applications will be sure to do th which cooked
little left). -Meantime cook one-half
work. , cupful of very small Peas In just
MOTHS IN CARPET. enough water to cover and keep hot
If moths have attacked carpet .or Add Carrot pull) to one quart of very
rug treat the affected l5arts thus: lay rich milk in the double notler, thicken
a wet cloth below and above, press with two level tablespoonfuls each of
with a very hot iron then wash with flour and butter melted,together cook
strong carbolic soap and water, or a few minutes after it li icened
with alum water, Then thoroughly and whip with egg beater, Add salt to
clean the whole rug. . taste, half a teaspoonful of sugar, a
dash of cayenne, a grate of Autill0g.
I MIXING MUSTARD. one-fourth teaspoonful of paprika, and
When mixing mustard, add a salt- lastly the peas. Serve at once. The
spoonful of salt and the same clifanti- soup may be made thinner or thicker
ty of sugar, alid mix with boiling as preferred by increasing or dimin-
water. " It will be found to keep moist ishing tile amount of flour. Toast
much longer, and have a better taste. strips go well With this soup.
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. CAKE HINT. Strawberry Bavarian Crearn.
The confectioner's calte has a rich Soften half,a package of gelatine in
brown top because he sprinkles a little
fine white sugar over it before it goes halt a cup of cold ,water and dissolve
into the oven. in half a cup of hot strawberry
syrup; add one cup of strawberricE
n de moth -proof pressed through a sieve three-fointhE
with a solution of a pound of alum and a clip of sugar and the iuice of half -
a quart of water. I lemon. Stir until the sugar is dissolv
I ed, then let chill on ice and water
WRAPPING -PAPER AT HAND. When the mixture begins to thicken
Save wrapping paper and twine that fold in one cup and one-half of Crean
. comes to you on parcels and got rich beaten flriyl—mold and serve cold,
i So it Is said. What to do with these
. troublesome and useful commoditlek Mustard Pickles.
is a small household problem. One Use six or eight green tomatoes, oni
; way of keepi ng them, tidily and at head cabbage, six large Onions, twl
hand, it to tack to the bac
I kitchen door a flat cotton bag, the heads celery, and two red pepper
L width of the door, and forming a out fine. Put these in a preservini
. pocket. Into this paper folded flat IF kettle and nearly cover them wit'
slipped. A string bag on the same white wine vinegar. Boil fifteen mir
principle is placed nearby, with a pail utes and add two pounds of sugar, tw
of scissors on a nail or tucked under tablespoons salt, one cup flour, on
a little strap of tape. teaspoon tuMRrIC, two tablespoon
.. mustard mixed with a small quai
LEATHER FURNITURE tity of water. Boil for tcu'millutc
) To clean leather furniture add a lit- and bottle, ,
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, 7 stand upon, and it at a year he
I THE CARE . able to walk with support he is doir
.. AND FFEDING ;ell. Do not dance baby up and do,w
r I on your knee in the effort to Mal
I . OF CHILDREN him "find his feet." He is not like:
s to make any mistakes about the
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S providing You do Your share in
9 - matter of care andmfood. The thre
e ? Registerea According to year-old is out coasting on the fra
n - Copyright Act. lawn, and across tile' road - watchii
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BABY.
Up to.the time when baby creeps
around and is "generally under foot"
there is not Much danger of urging
him too fast. The wise mother Just
leaves him atone, doesn't play with
him or allow him to become excited.
She doesn't teach him tricks and
show him off on every possible occa-
sion. She doesn't allow visitors to
romp with him or toss him lit the air,
She doesn't take him calling or visit-
ing where there are a number of peo-
ple. Site doesn't take .him on the
street car or traveling except when it
is absolutely necessary.
When it comeg to walking the baby
suits himself. lie will walk when his
bones and muscles are strong onou h;
and it lie has been properly fed there
need be no fear of bow logo or knock
lince, when lie starts to walk of Ilia
own accord, whatever his age. The
age of walking Is very variable. At
nine or ten months the baby first
realizes that kis foot are meant t(
him from a window Js ,it I L e c ,
five weeks younger, wlio has not Y
"found his feet." We cannot line
the why of all these things, and O'
very helplessness must make t1
heartache keener.
The child who does not walk I
himsolf at eighteen months' May '
considercil backward, and tile Cali
should be looked Into. Walking :
you must consider, a Mental 'Is W(
,is ,physicAl Process. Bulky diape
hamper the walking child, and $11011
.be discarded for drawe
possible.
The power of speech is tile next 6
qn1sition. At a year lie Should '
able to name his mother and fath
by some Chosen appell
gradually adds a few single Words, a]
finally at two yeat% It(* can expre
himself In simple sentences, Childr
wito talk'rcadilY should not be still
lated too much 1, but On the other Wit
indolence Ili talking should be discol
aged. Adenoids may cause a delay
talking, and deafness or Mental dc
ciency should be considered it t
child is speechless after two and O!
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i'half years,
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Little of EverytWug All TO . P&M N Ir
ORIOW—WOOFFEE.
Tile plant known Us tile "Coffea, LACE INDOftRY
ibiea" Is indigenous to Abyssinia,
ancient manuscript of the fili Belgian Lace Makers Found,Nfioa.
mth century states that the use o
Efee. for drinlOng was known and al League—Artistic Charaft
icticed from time Immemorial. Threatened
rero is a legend ascribing the dis-
very of its beneficent properties t6 —
The lace Makers of Bolgilial 11 1v .,,
flock of shCeP, wandering In the jul3t founded a national lace leagm,,
nintains, which browsed on tho the purpose of which Is to rovivo tljt_
Ight leaves of the coffee plant and IllquutrY w4se universat renow-. apj
mediately became elated and ortistic character' are threati,ned.
!epless at night. Observing their Since hand made lace Is ,so very
bilaration, the shepherds tried the modish just now, it is Interesting tG
it, too, in the prolonged religious know that efforts are being made tD
rvices of the mohammedans, which Dreservo the Industry, and it ir, In-
ited days and nights on end ' COf- tere,,ting to recall Clio litfitory of
a was early used as a sort of dove, -)land lace making from its boginnilig
)nai antisoporific to keep the WOT- to the present time, .
ippers awake and keyed to the cor- The ,,ace industry in Bell,glutil dato ,,
ct pitch of Oriental devoutness. In liftch ,,bo, t four hundred years, ana
ite of the fact that its use was Pro- has varied little lit form since Its
bited in the Koran except for religi- origin. At first, lace was made by
is ceremonies, it became the na- the grandes dames and in Convents
Dnal beverage of Arabia, as widely only. Then It spread, until in the
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-led as tea in China. I sixteenthincentury it attained Its
apogee the Netherlands, and
POLLEN THIEVES. later Charles Quint ordered that lace
in those public gardens where there making,be taught in the schools.
,e orchid -houses, a class of thieves Flanders Was soon the principal
ho are most mischievous, and also Centre for the work and in 1560
ary difficult to catch, are frequently Barbe Uttman had a colony of Mom-
usy. These are the "pollen punch- Ish women sent to Saxony, while in
rs,11 as they are termed by tile at- .1582 the lace makers Participated
,ndalits at such places. They lurk in a body during the entry of the
bout inside the orchid -houses, pre Duke dlAnjou at Lille, theit a Flemish
,nding to be studying city,
, intently the
- Then, when the at- The vogue for lace soon became
arious varieties.
-ndant's back is turned, they, deftly so widespread that the burgomaster
inch between the finger and thumb of Ghdnt published In 1690 an edict
. prohibiting needy young women fron
small quantity of pollen from the making lace because the bourgeoisie
lossom of some Taxe species, and needed servants. As migkt be ex-
ransfer It to a lightly -stoppered test pected, this restrictive measure failed.
ube, or a small but wide-mouthed The work of Flemish lace makers
,ottle carried in the vestPocket. Just was always honored at tke court of
, morsel of golden dust! That is all, France, and the lace frills of the
lut from this the orchid-groWer who courtesans of Louis XIII, and Louis
horoughly understands his business XIV. were invariably executed by
-and, needless to say, most pollen Flemish female workers. la 166()
)Inchers do understand it—is able to Colbert founded a royal lace factory,
:hange and propagate plants that may and had brought to ,Paris thirty
wentually bring him in hundreds Of Venetian and two hundred Flemish
)ounds. lace workers.
Ypres began tlfe production of
MOVtES AND SWEETS. Valenciennes lace in 1665, anti
,-Most people who are fond of clue- Malin -es, one of the most sought after
:nas and sweets mix the two plea. points, was also created around that
3uteB indiscriminately. it his been date, The co -called English point
liscovered lately that there is the was, from its origin, exclusively of
right kind of sweetness for every Belgian manufacture.
film. Those who indulge in choco- Under False Name,
late bon -bons while a Pauline Fred- England having prohibiteA. the
erick tragedy is being screened do Importation of lace, the merchants
not derive complete satisfaction from of that country succeeded IX having
them. There is only one thing for brought in contraband Flemish lace
tragedy, and that is a good stiff cara- sold under the name of English
mel, which gives the jaws something point. English firms, wishing to
to grasp in a tense moment and sup- satisfy at all cost the desire of their
ports the nervous tissues during elegant clientele for Flanders point,
the strain, The caramel, on the had recourse to all sorts of ruses.
other hand, is quite unsuitable for F 0 61 le, , ne day English excise-
"' r ox Inp
Charlie Chaplin comedies, during me, sell, d Cli
which the mouth opens for laughter,wh so,,,. o,pse had been replaced by a
Sao
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. 'k jt a. enormous quantity or
at fi,equent intervals, This is where lace, 5-1 -
the easily -dissolved chocolate comes France, W o, was one of 11elgium's
into its own. The consumption of an principal customers, although at
acid dwp in, the course of a drama of various times this country also took
a sentimental type would be quite out measures to prevent the entry of
of tune with the, picture. A tender Belgian lace. TTnder the Directoire,
love scene demands something par- Mallnes point and Brussels point ell-
ticularly sweet—the fondant, for ex- joyed unusual favor, Madame Re -
ample. Tile detective or spy drama, camler contributing to a 4arge ex -
with its sensational episodes, requires tent by launching the mode of using ,
a lot of concentration, and tile Cinema- Flanders lace on finery.
goer will experience a great deal of Machines Dealt Blow.
relief if he chews a hard gum or sucks Machines finally dealt a severe
a toffee while witnessing them. blow to the industry, but in recent .,
MANSIONS OF MUD. years there seems to be a tendency
toward a revival, There are not
l he housing ,early as many lace makers in Bel -
problem, a builder at Los Angeles is gium -as there were, however, and
putting up 200 attractive mud houses. the lace -malting industry there is
He is copying the idea from the undoubtedly menaced. It Is neces-
ancients and South American natives, sary to Infuse it with new life by first
who used to build their houses of wet ameliorating the condition of workers
soil, mixed with straw, cast Ili moulds who, were they well paid, would stay
of required size, and left ill tile sun in the , lace -making industry. An
to dry. Generally speaking, any earth artistic character should be given to
with a clay base, that makes it co- the teaching, too, returning finally to
liesive when watered, can be used for the ancient models Which were the
the purpose, The straw in the mud glory of Belgian lace malting in the
serves a purpose similar to that of past. Unless these steps are taken
steel reinforcement Ili concrete. The the Belgian lace -malting trade may
mud mansions built gcoo!s of years practically die out.
ago by the Mexicans are to day in STORY 3,000 YEARS OLD.
splendid condition, although some- The oldest work of fiction is the
' what damp and insanitary, Those "Tale of Two Drothers," written over
i faults, however, are being remedied ' by the li-
' The builder makes these claims f three thousand years a,70
, or brarian to King Mernpath, the suPPO8-
I the houses now under construction: ed Pharaoh of the Exodus. The story
. That they are everlasting, meaning Was written for the amusement of the,
) that the occupants will never know King's son, who afterwards reigned as
the annoyance or expense of the usual Sett the Secoftd. Ile has signed hir,
3 repair bills, That they are A,ound- name in two places on the ii.anuscript,
.. proof, so that howling -winds, rattling and these are probably the only stir-
s roofs, or other noises will not be viving autographs of a King of Egypt.
heard within. That they are non-coll- Tile, "Tale of Two Brothers" is written
- ductive and fireproof, cool in summer on nineteen sheets of papyrus in k1l,
s and warm in winter. bold hicratic hand. It was purchased
in :L857 by the British Museum from
9 DIMENSIONS OF A FILM FACE- a Mme. d'Orbine.
n Because a girl is pretty and can
e act, it does not follow that she has a The ,average car owner hateo th'3
Y good film face. The perfect camera job of cleaning the springs, and yet
n face is the one which comes nearest this ought to be carried out regularly,
e the measurements and proportions A handy brush that makes the woric
,. standardized by photographic experts. easy may be made by asteuitig three
it The lines of the ,chin, It seems, must small scrubbing brushes togetTler, one
g form an obtu," angle When looked at the bottom and two at the side -q.
p at squarely, And the distance from I with the bristles facing in, With thi_c
t the Point of the chin to the base of 1 brush the bottom and sidoo of the
w the nose must equal the distance from spring can be cleaned at one thile.
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