X>iefe 2ibteilung ift fiir bie
^amiliengliebcr, melcbe am
liebftcn I)eutfcf? lefen*
$mn Sdittuf)lfl$c
DCs curobiiifdicn
Sijlftrtrtcjc^
Sic „@roBe Cffenfiue" ber SUiier
len an ber SKeftfrout, bur* roeldje
bie Sentfdjen aus fiiorbfranfreid)
unb Sclgien geirieben roerben follten,
ift bereits redt)t flein geroorbeu. Sie
3r. kilometer breite britifd) ■ franso
fifdjc Jfront, Don roeldier aus Don
Sere, norblid) bes 'Sadjee Sucre, bis
Soucaucourt, fiiblid) ber Somme, bie
CffenfiDe angefetjt roar, iit auf fiebcn
JUIomeicr jufammengefirumpft.
Sic englifdjen unb frangofifcbcn
Strmmen, roeidje bie iiffentli*e 2Jiei
nung nor aEju bo* gefpannten Gr
roartungen in SSerbittbimg mit ber
Cffenfroc an bcr SScfifront roartten,
roerben immer lamer unb entfduebe
ner. Scrbun, fo Ijeifjt es, biene ber
Cberleitung ber gemeinfamen alliier
ten SorroartSberoegung als 2>orbiIb.
Sas fnfrcmatifdje SSorgebcn ber Scut
f*cn gegcn bie Seining foil alfo auf
ber briiifdjen unb ber fran36fif*cn
jyront auf beiben llfeni ber Somme
ttacbgeaiimi roerben. Sann aber
roiirbe e3 fid) gar nidjt meljr um eine
CffenfiDe banbelit, bann roiirbe and)
an ber nbrblid)cn ber grofjen
S*Ia*tenauffteHung ein ffelbjug be
gcmicn baben. Sie britifd) - fran
iofifdjc IPorrodrtsberoegung fonute
aber mir bann als Grbffnung eines
Jtelb3ug3 betradjtet roerben, falls bie
Seroegung auf bie gcfamtc S*la*f
linie iliorbfranfreid)* unb fSelgiens
iibergriffe. Semi ba-3 3iel foI*en
Jielb3ugc* fbnnte bod) nur bie sd>er
treibung bcr Seut}*eit au§ iflorb
ftanfrei* unb SPelgien fein. Sas ift
fa bemt aud) jebeSmal als Gnbsroecf
bingcucllt roorben, fo oft $s an ir
genb cinem i'unft ber Sltliierten
f\rortr etoaS lebenbiger ttmrbe. ?ln
bie SKoglidjfeit, bie Xeuifdjen non
ber ficben kilometer breiten Jvront
cm ben bciben llfern ber Somme au§
?torbfranfreid) unb iBelgien 311 mcr
fen, biiritcn jebodi bbdmenS bic blin*
ben ,.?fugen3eugen" unb bic Sdireib
mafdiinc - Strategen glonben ober
Su glonben norgeben.
SBeniger ben eigenen 23iiuid)cn alS
bem Xrurfe feitenS ber ?tHiierien gc
bordicnb, bat ©ttglanb fvine groge
£ Tfenfioc, non ber bic englifdie SSref- i
fe nnb tbre Slnbiingfel in biet'em San-1
be fdion feit IFionben plaubcrn, ein
gclcitct. SBenn bie beutfdjen Stel
Itutgen nidit ftarfer tniiren alS bic
biblifeben EUanern non Jericho, bann
iriiren fie nor ben SiegeStromueten
ber entente • fj?rcffe nnb ibrer amc
rifaniidjen SIblegrr. langft in Xriim
inern babingefunfen.
Sic finb es abet nidit. Sic bent
jcben fimtcti in ^raufreidi unb 'Bel
gien baben fajon mandjem Stnrme
getro^t. SBotjI biegen fie fid) unter
ber SBudjt ber feinblidjeu Ueber
mcdjt, abet fie tnerben nie breeben.1
Sin ber felbgrauen 2Jtad)t Scutfcf)
lanbs, an ben fieibern unb iDhisfeln
feiner flrieger. an ber (Benialitat ib
rer 5ubrer, an ber llniibertrefflid)=
feit iber tetbnifdjen SluSriiftuitg unb
Ser aflem, an bem jdben, unbeugfa*
men SStEcrt beS SSoIfeS, baS bem
?einbe bort gegeniiberftebt, merben
bie feinblicben SBeflen tnie an iRce
reSfelfen 3erbredten. (Semis merben
fie fid) an einselnen Stellcn, nicfleid)t
fogar an nielen, in bie gelfen binein
nagen unb Seile merben unb miifien
unter bem furdjtbaren Xrucfe ab=
brodeln, aber bie eigentlid)c #roiit
mirb balten.
Sie ®ergangenbcit ift aud) in bic-;
fern Jfafle ein gates Omen fur bie
.Sufunfi.
$n ben lefcten Sagen ift tin-1
enblieb niel gelogen morben. Ser |
Ic^tc grofee iPcrfud) ber SHIiicrten,
bie Ietjtc auBerftc firaftanfsannung
ber Jtcinbe SeutfdjlanbS, ift fdjon mit
grofjem SiegeSfdjroall eingeleitct
trorben. Xorfer unb Stdbte fieleu i
mie bic Jfliegen, su Sau'enbcn mur
ben bie tjerbafeten Seinbe, bie nim
mer treidjen moflett, in ber 'Brefje
bingefdjladitet. 31 ber man jofl fid)
nidtt nerbluffcn Iaffen. Ser Sturm
mirb fid) ouStoben. unb baS
2?ertraucn. baS bte Jvreunbe Scutfdi
IanbS nodi nie getaufdjt bat, mirb
aud) bieSmal bie StcgeSlieber ber
peinbe iiberlebcn.
flnTttilang Glfaf? - £otf)ringcBS?
- ■ ■
S e r I i r., iiber Sonbon. $n amt
lidien Sreifen foritfot man banon, j
bafe GiiaB . Sotbtmgen natb bem
ftriegc aufboten foil. al§ fclbfidnbi*
geS ..Sicidbslanb" oermaltct gu roer
ben, unb an einige 3funbe»ftaaten
oertcilt roerben foil. £er Somenan
teil ift Sanern gu^badit. fLie an
bcren Staaten fmb '^reufjen unb 930
ben.
* 2>ie fiirglicbe Sfene bc» 9}eidj€fang
Ier® naeb Siibbeutfd)Ianb foil ben
Sroctf gebabt babcn, bie Sicgienmgen
ber 93unbcsftaaten fur ben iJSIan gu
getninnen. 9?aben foil bem ©ebiet§
gutrad)® abbolb fein, ba bie 93enoIfe
rung in bem neuen ©ebiete teili fa
tbolifd). teilo fogialbemofratifd) ift.
Kudi non militdrifdjer Seiie tuerben
ginfbriidbc gematbi.
*1
Scridjt brr (®tfuiibheit»bchdrbt.
Die ©efunbbeitsbefrorbe bcr Ser.
etaateu bat auf Wrunb einer 1 tinge*
renllnterjudjnug iiber bie Gfentnb
heit»perbdltnii|e in ben Set. 0taateu
einen Seridjt nbgegcben, in bem ein
ftaatlufel $h:atifcnperfidjcningc’it}
ftetn nad) europdifdiem Shifter em
pfoblen roirb.
Sijnfitnbjroanjig unter taufenb
finb ftets franf", be:f;t es in bem Se.
ridjt, „unb ber bnrdifd)itittlicbe Slr
beiter periled jdbdidi neun SlrbeitiJ
tnge roegeu ftranfbeit. Der grofste
Deil biefcr ftraufbeitsfdEe ift oer
biitbar obcr fbinitc auf alle Jxtifle auf
ein Shnimum rebu^iert rocrben.
„^rgenb eine 2lrt ttrnitfenperfid)e.
ning in ben Scr. 0taaten folite auf
bcr ©runblagc anigebaut feiit, bafe e§
ieiditer ift. ftrnnfbcitcit 311 tcrbiitcn,"
fiibrt ber Sertdit fort, „unb iSmerifa
foEte non ben tfriabrnugen profiiie
ren, bie in europdtidien Sdnbem in
biefer .'oinfitbt gefnnimett finb."
(jin «raufcnperftd)erung-:-uiftem in
; biejem iiaitbe joEte bie folgenben
fiinf Snnfte umfaffcn: •
1. ftranfeugclb nnb iirjtlidie foroie
I mcbi3inifd)e .iiilfe fiir aUe Siobnarbei
I ter in ftraiifbeitsfaflcn, fiir einen ge
, ringereit .xfoitennufttanb aR jctjt
; moglid) iit. Dabitrdi roiirbe drstlicbe
^>ilfe antb ben am gcringftcn bcjabl
j ten Jlrbeitern sitgdnglid) gemacbt
! rocrben, bie ant meifteit unter ftranf.
f.eit 3« leibcit paben.
2. Die .Gotten foflen non ben 2lr
leitgebern. Jlrbeitcrn nnb bem 0taat
getrageu rocrben, bn biefe Ciiruppen
fiir bie 3ufidnbc rerantmortlich finb
unb burdi bie Serfidierung profitic
rcn. Dies faun beroerffteEigt roer
ben, inbern bic ^frbeitcr rodchentlidi
einen fleinen 3?eitrag sahlen, ber
burd) Seitragc con ben 3troeitgebern'
unb nom 0taat crgan3t roirb nnb fitf)
in bem SSerbdltuR- rebn,3iert, roic bie
GranffeiRratc abnimmt.
3. Tie nattonalen, ftaotuajen nnb
Iofalen ©efnnbbcitebeborben foEen
mit ben brci uerantroortlidben ©rup
pen gufamnicnarbeiten. um ba3 3p
flem einjnfiibren unb in '-Pctrirb 311
crbalteu.
4. (Fine beffcrc S9afi3 fiir bie 3m
fummenarbeit ber dratlidjen 2>rofcf
ficn mit ben offcntlidien ©cfuub
ficitsbebdrben muR gefchaffen roer
ben.
5. Um bem Skrficberungvfnftem
ben (ibarnfter einer '-Pepormunbung
ober einer 25ohltatigfeit3anftalt au
nebmcn, ift ef> notig, ban bie ?!rbet
tcr, 'Jtrbeiigeber unb ber Xtaat ge
meinfribaftlicbe^ontroBe bee XnnemS
baben.
Xer iPeridit fd&lieftt nut ber 2kr
ficberung, bar, eine iiaatlidic ftranfen
nerfitberung fid) febr gut ben ameri
faniicbeu iierbnltrtiffcn anoaifen lie
f.c, unb menu einmal eingenibrt, ficb
ale eine ©ejnnbbcitsmafcrcgel uou
auncrgeroobnlid] gronem Sert cr* j
meiien mirb.
Sfnatlidit EJcrtrilnug bes Wetreibrs. \
!
25 i e n. 5iad) langeren .ttonieren- j
3en jmifdien ben S?iniftern be-3 3n
nern unb ber Sanbroirtfdiaft non
Defterreid) foroobl roic Ungarn bat
man fid) auf ein Spftem geemigt,
monad) bae> ©ctreibe in aUcn Xeileti
ber Xoppel - EJiouarcbie gleidmtdRig
uerteilt roerben foE. ©leicbacitig
roirb bainit cine 2>rci3erbdbung per
bunben fein.
Unter bem neucu i^lane roirb bie
Serteilung eine birefte fein unb afle
SSereinigungen, ©ilben ober ©efeE*
fdiaften, bie friiber al3 SKittelemann
gebient baben, fommen in
Xie „J?Tieg3 - ©etreibc . ©efeBftbaft
fiir ba3 iReid)" roirb bie einaige Dr
ganifatiou fein, bie baau bcred)tigt
ifi, ben EUiiEern ?lnroeifungeu auf
bie Spcidjet 3ur £erau3gabe Don ©e*
treibe 3U SKahlaroeden auoaugeben.
Xa3 2JiebI mufe an bie SJtunicipal
oerroaltungen sur gleid)en2?erteilung
unter bie 2?cudlfenmg geliefert roer
ben.
Xie in flusfidjt gefteHte 2Srei3er
bofmng ift ben gorberungen berEKiil*
ler unb nid)t ben CfrnteauSficbtcn 311.
3ufd)reiben.
—
Serberblidjcc- Dionopol in Alnofa.
2B a i b i n 0 t o n. lie jroifcben
itaatlidje ©anbelefommiffion orbnete
einc Unterfudiung ber 93ert»altniffc
fcei ben Sabnen unb 2cbifiabrt§ge
ieHichafter. in AlaSfa qu. £ie Samp,
jon ^atbmare Eo. giebt namlicb on,
batj eo nnmoglid) iei. @efd)aite 311
betreiben, toeil bie Sabnen unb
StbiTTabrtdgeHlicbcften bie Ameri
can Smelting anb Penning <So. al
ien anbcren inbufrrieUen Untemeb
mungen por3icbe. 3)ie crtodbnte@e
ieHidjaft befinbet fid) bcfanntlicb in
ben Sjanben ber ©uggenbeimr.
Sitcbcnrr onitott Berlin.
2 0 n b 0 n. Lilt. 9?erlin, JDnt.,
beflen SetDobner fiirslicb beicbloiien
batten, ben 9famen ber Stabt, bie
ibre gan3c Eniroitflung bem benticb*
amerifaniidjen i9ePolferung» • Ele
ment cerbanft, 3U an bem, tnirb in
$infuntt „fliicbener" beisen. Sine
arose ifeier foigte bee Austoabi bee
Jiamcn^.
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
July 24. 1915.
Russians driven across the
Vistula at 'Ivangorod.
Artillery battles near Souchez
and in La Pretre forest.
King of Italy watched opera
tions against Goritz.
German submarine sank Rus
sian steamer Rubonia.
Third American note to Ger
many on Lusitania made public.
Turks and Arabs defeated on
Euphrates.
July 25, 1915.
Von Mackensen checked on
Lubin-Cholm front.
French took German trenches
in Ban-de-Sapt region of Vosges.
Germans bombard Dunkirk.
Italians forced Austrians back
at Tervona.
British trawler Grimsby sunk
by mine, ten lost.
American steamer Leelanaw
sunk by German submarine.
July 25, 1915.
Hindenburg advanced near
Novogeorgievsk.
Allies violently bombarded
Turkish positions inside Darda
nelles.
British submarine sank Ger
man destroyer.
British answered American
protest against trade restric
tions.
July 27, 1915.
Russians checked enveloping
movement north and south of
Warsaw.
Germans threatened Vilna
Petrograd railway.
Enormous losses in fighting
along the Isonzo.
German submarine sank many
British trawlers.
July 28, 1915.
Russians held Austro-German
forces in most places.
Germans forced crossing of
Vistula between Warsaw and
Ivangorod.
Italians repulsed 170,000 Aus
trians at Goritz.
German submarines sank Brit
ish, Swedish and Danish vessels.
July 29, 1915.
Russians preparing for evacu
ation of Warsaw.
Von Mackensen broke Russian
line on Lublin-Cholm railway.
Belgian and Swedish vessels
sunk by German submarines.
Germans attacked British line
in Belgium.
July 30. 1915.
Germans broke Russian lines
at Warsaw at many points.
Warsaw evacuated by civil
ians.
Germans took British trenches
near Hooge.
German submarine sank Nor
wegian steamer Throndhjems
fjord.
BITS OF INFORMATION
Statistics show that unmarried men.
as law breakers, outnumber married |
men two to one.
Tbe United States government de- i
clines to mnke itself responsible for
damages caused by slides in the Pan
ama canal. When, because of one of
these slides, the steamer Newport was
sunk at Balboa three years ago, the i
company sued for $800,000. The slide
which sank the Newport displaced
18.000 tons of earth, and hurled two
heavy cranes on the ship.
To facilitate rapid writing there lias j
been invented a metal device to be
clamped to the little linger and with a
shelf on which to rest the next finger
and slide over a surface written upon.
The Brazilian government has de
creed that products offered for sale
ns butter must contain at least 80 per
cent of butterfat and not more than 15
per cent of acid content.
Fifteen thousand Russians from tills
country will work on Canadian farms.
Canada is fostering the invention of
machinery to reduce the labor cost of
flax raising.
Mrs. Hannah Berry, age ninety-one,
of Strafford, N. H„ enjoyed her first
automobile ride recently.
There are 5.004 lighted aids to navi
gation in the United States. Of these
1.500 are either lighthouses or major
lights.
Tlte oldest state bank in New York
state, the bank of New York, which re
centiy celebrated its one hundred and
thirty-second anniversary, and which
was founded in 1784 by a group of
business men headed by Alexander
Hamilton, the first secretary of the
treasury of the United States, occu
pies a site It bought in 1797.
An Italian scientist contends that
the signals which the nerves carry to
the brain and from the brain to the
muscles are chemical in nnturp.
in comparison with the other con
tinents, Australia is almost totally free
of earthquakes.
Nothing Doing for Tim.
Tattered Tim—I’ve been trampin’
four years, ma’am, an' it's all 'cause
I heard the doctors recommend walkin'
as the best exercise." Mrs. Prim_
"Well, the doctors are right. Walk
along.”—Kunsas City Star.
Saturn’s Rings.
A Norwegian scientist has advanced
the theory that Saturn’s rings are
electrical phenomena, produced by the
radiation of luminous particles from
the planet, which constantly renews
them.
Habits, After All, Make the Child
By SIDONIE MATZNER GRUENBERG
It Is Through Little Tricks of Politeness and Deference That a Child
Learns Respect.
□HERE is no doubt that some chil
dren are much “brighter" than
others. And, of course, the
brighter children are easier to
teach than are the others. But many
a bright child absorbs the teachings
offered him and develops n character
that is very far from satisfactory,
while among the less “gifted” children
are evolved useful and lovable spirits
that amply compensate for the rela
tively feeble intellects. This is all
common knowledge; yet we continue
to lie puzzled about it without making
any effort to cleur up our understand
ing. Or we continue to think and to
act as thought the development of the
intellect were of itself sufficient to in
sure suitable training of the character.
The fact is that while knowledge
may be converted into power it is in
Itself very far from being a substitute
for wisdom. And still more remote is
it from character. We know that chil
dren can learn knowledge; the impor
tant question for us Is, can they ac
quire character?
When we compare an infant with an
older child and with an adult we may
see that the lack of "character” on the
part of the Infant means that the child
has sot yet developed lived habits In
reganl to certain things, whereas the
older person has. You do not know
just what the child will do under given J
circumstances, while you do know
what the grown-up will do. It is the
muss t>f habits that make up the foun
dation of the character which the child
acquires.
Hatits of courteous speech, for ex
ample, may be mere imitations of other
jieoplo's speech, und very different
from what the child would use if neg
lected in this regard. Yet as it be
comes a habit it constitutes a distinc
tive part of the person’s character. It
is through the little tricks of deference
and politeness that a child learns re
spect, and it is from this that he de
velops an appreciation for the quali
ties that we wish him to-look up to.
And that suggests the second ele- j
ment that enters Into the "character"
that can be trained or cultivated. The
comparison between young children
and udults shows us that another dif
ference in their characters lies in the
comparative instability of the child's
likes or dislikes, and of his standards
of right and wrong. Beginning with
nearly direct imitation of what he
sees his parents do. he comes in a few
years to imagine himself doing things
that he hears of others doing. When
he begins to read about the exploits
of great heroes he projects himself
into the characters of history or
legend, and for the time being he
lives in the character that is upper
most in his interest. In this way he
absorbs from his immediate surround
ings and from his reading and asso
ciates the ideals and principles that
will give stability and color to his con
duct—that is, his character.
For Outdoor Wear.
Washable satin skirts are pret
tily finished by belts and folds
of colored corduroy.
Some of the quiet, prim-look
ing little dress bodices are al
most childlike in simplicity.
Among leather handbags fa
vored colors are brown, blue,
green, amethyst, gray and pur
ple.
A well-cut, very simple suit of
navy serge is given undeniable
smartness by white braid bind
ings.
The military belt is fashion
ably made of suede, with strap
pings of black patent leather and
a small buckle.
Some of the prettiest sports
suits have coats of gray silk
stockinet, trimmed with the same
material as the skirt—striped
Japanese crepe, heavy weight.
Frocks for Girls
Frocks for quite young people have
no waists, a loose belt descends many
inches below the normal waistline;
such frocks are made in tweed, cloth
and various soft woolen fabrics ami
often have a horizontal bund in white
down the front, with buttons l'or fast
ening, and the belt Is white also. Some
have sailor collars of the same white
fabric, ending in front in a large black
satin bow without ends. Some of the
little frocks of plain material, made <vi
the same lines, show a little striped
petticoat below. Girls of that delight
ful age from twelve to seventeen wear
mostly plain skirts, bodices with nar
row, all-round basque, rather full
white rovers, a late frill falling over
a flounce of chiffon ; the sleeves are all
after the coat form and close lifting,
sometimes with buttons outside the
arm. sometimes set in a band, and a
favorite fashion for making such
dresses is with a piece forming a front
breadth from neck to hem. buttoning
on either side, eight inches at the hem,
tapering as little as necessary to the
neck.
Dog Here of the Trenches.
“We had a French soldier brought in
frightfully wounded,” says Dr. Mary
Crawford, a Cornell graduate, who
served in a French hospital, in the
Cornell Women’s Review. “One leg
had to be amputated, and. besides that,
he had a half-dozen other wounds. His
dog came with him. a hunting dog of
some kind. This dog had saved his
master’s life. They were in the
trenches together when n shell burst
In such a way ns to collapse the whole
trench. Every man in it was killed
or buried in the collapse, and this dog
dug until he got his master’s face free
so that he could breathe, and then he
sat by him until some re-enforcements
came and dug them all out. Every
one was dead but this man. Isn’t that
a beautiful little story? We have both -
dog and man witli us. The dog has a
little house all to himself in the court,
and he has blankets and food and lots
of petting, and every day he is allowed
to be with his master for a little
while.”
Pockets a Feature
Separate sport skirts are now quite
as likely to be of silk Jersey, khaki
kool or la Jerz. as of linen, even If the i
knitted silk, wool jersey or the velvet 1
cout is worn. They are very lovely J
in white, and have the advantage of
being washable and needing no stiffen
ing. While there are some skirts laid
in long, narrow pressed plaits, most of
the sports skirts are cut flaring and in
few gores. Their novel feature lies In
the pockets, on which much personal
ingenuity is desplayed. Pockets,
whether slashed or patch, are cut in
odd shapes. The crescent tops are one
of the favorite outlines. The upper
edge will often have a tiny plaiting of
a contrasting material. The belt, which j
is of the same material generally, may
have this same plaiting along the edge
and buttons with as many as three
buttons. Sometimes pockets are
found in the belt. They are little j
slnshes which are often faced, as ure j
the up-to-date buttonholes, and are
only large enough to hold a whistle,
watch or key.
A Few Smiles.
Painful Discovery.
“I've just been
studying one of
those tests t o
prove whether or
not a person is
feeble-minded."
“You look dis
turbed.”
“Why shouldn’t
I be, when accord
5ing to that chart
I’ve been a moron
all my life and
^ didn't know it?”
Appropriate.
“What Is the
neme of your
deg?”
“ ‘Macbeth.’"
“That's a curi
oCts name for a
deg.”
“He howls a
gfbat deal a t
night. I got the
idea from that
qcotatlon ‘Mac
beth does murder
sleep.”
Brilliant Success.
'Was the charity ball a success?”
"*1 should say so. The debutantes
hod about ten thousand dollars worth
ol fun and two hundred dollars was
re’sed for the poor.”
Roughing It.
"Those young women are evident
ly taking their military training seri
ously.”
"“No doubt of that.”
“Yes T
“Why. there isn’t a hair-dressingi
prrior in thirty miles of their camp.” j
Most Opportune.
’’Of course you agree with me that
whr with Mexico would be deplor
able?”
“Oh, yes. Still, I can’t help think
ing that it would take care of a great
many college graduates who have not
yet been able to land a job.”
His Opinion.
“Do you think the average girl will
accept a man as soon as he proposes?"
“As soon as he proposes? Great
Scott, man. she’ll accept him as soon
as he begins to propose."
A Real Friend.
“Dodge volunteered to lend me
some money.”
“Did you taae It?"
“No. That sort of friendship is too
good to lose." _
Where Open-Minded People and
Tight-Minded People Differ
By EVERETT DEAN MARTIN
There are just two kinds of people in the world, open-minded people
and tight-minded people. Open-minded people are naturally born gen
erous. They are tolerant. They are not easily scandalized. They do
their own thinking, and they let others do the same. They are not afraid
of names or party labels, and when it comes to a final test, they think more
of a living human being than they do of an abstract idea. Their ideas
are not like little hard wads of truth, but are streams of life, free and
flowing. Somehow, open-minded people have a way of feeling that life
is bigger and more reliable than our little human notions, and 60 they
are not worried for fear the world is going to the dogs every time the spir
itual atmosphere changes.
But tight-minded people do not feel quite at home in this universe.
They go through life all cramped up and shivering, so to speak. They are
afraid of eventhing strange. New ideas shock them. Naked truths em
barrass them. They are such strangers to the great realities of life that
they never recognize them walking around in new millinery. Tight
minded people are a little suspicious of progress; they always take their
intellectual silverware to bed with them. They are afraid to trust reality
in the dark. They also want to keep everything in this universe tied up in
neat little bundles and stored away in bandboxes. They are very “old
maidish” in their methods of mental housekeeping, never having given
birth to any new ideas whose play upsets the perfect orderliness of their
minds. Tight-minded people are like cooky cutters. They throw awav
all of life that does not come within their own little circle, and vet thev
call the frightful wastefulness “conservatism.” Tight-mindedness is a
kind of spiritual convulsion. It is a disease.
Wise and Otherwise.
A failure is frequently the successor
of success.
The batter some people act the more
violent the reaction.
A few men mork too hard and a lot
of men rest too much.
Even the cow that produces the
richest milk may kick at the hired help
like a woman in silk.
Present a small boy with a watch
ant! he’ll have the time of his life.
Never judge the dimensions of a
woman’s brain by the size of her hat.
Most men would be satisfied to do
nothing if they could get paid for ao
ing it.
What little things go to make up oar
character. The man who parts his hair
in the middle is more vain than a
schoolgirl, but he’ll deny it, which
prova^i^mreliabiUty^^^^^^^^
Some people cover their crimes so
deep that it leaves a hump on their
moral character, and people begin to
wonder what is in that hump.
Beauty doctors may not all be
quacks, hut they seem to enjoy the so
ciety of social geese.
Men who wear patches on the seats
of their trousers make good states
men—they never turn their back to the
people.
If It wasn’t for the mistakes they
make some men would never be heard
of.
Few things become soiled on earth,
except in the judgment of man. With
dirt in his heart he sees only dirt with
his eyes.
The conceited woman who Is always
saying “Dear me" usually means It
Putting up hand boards to guide the
people out of tliis world seems to be a
good trade, even if people pay no at
teation to the signs.
Dwrs mm
TORY TALE M
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MR. SUN’S BIRTHDAY.
The Children had seen old Mr. Sun
on his way to bed. He hud been as
red as could he and very, very enor
mous. They wondered what Mr. Sun
was up to, and were not surprised at
all when Daddy said:
"Mr. Sun had a Birthday 1’arty this
afternoon and the Gnomes were in
vited. He told his Guests to come
just a little while before it was time
for him to go to bed.
“ ‘Well,' said Peter Gnome, 'you
don’t sup|Mtse we would come after
you had gone to bed, do you?’
“ ‘Oh no.’ said Mr. Sun ns he
grinned, “but the Party must liegtn at
just such a time and end at just such
a time. I have my own special rea
sons, so come as I've said, won't yon
Gnomes?’
By all means.' said the Gnomes.
“And just a tittle while liefore Mr.
Sun's going to bedtime, all the Gnomes
appeared on top of a high hill.
"Mr. Sun was shining brightly, hut
soon the Gnomes noticed he began to
get even brighter and brighter, and
more red every second.
" ‘You're looking wonderful. Mr.
Sun.’ the Gnomes called our in adrni
ration.
“ ‘So glad to hear you say that.' said
Mr. Sun. 'for this is my Birthday
Party !’
“ ‘Your Birthday.' they cried out in
amazement. ‘Why we never knew you
hail a Birthday!’
" ‘Oil, oh.’ suid Mr. Sun. and he
almost lost his tine color which he had
been getting. ‘Dear me. oh Mr. Pur
ple Cloud.' lie called, ‘let me hide mv
head in your best shawl, these little
Gnomes never knew I had a Birth
day !’ And for a moment Mr. Sun
was hidden l»y a Purple Cloud and
only a shadow could be seen from hi>
beautiful red color.
“ ‘But explain to us.' said the
Gnomes. 'We don't want to hurt your
feelings. We’re only too glad to be
“You’re Looking Wonderful, Mr. Sun.*'
at your Birthday I’arty. We just
didn’t know about it—that's all. Won't
you tell us, Mr. Sun?*
"And Mr. Sun again camp out from
the Purple Cloud and said;
“ ‘Why, you see when 1 change into
this bright red robe of mine—then it's
mv Birthday. Perfectly simple, isn't
it?’
" 'Yes, perfectly, now that you’ve ex
plained. But still we want to know
how many years old are you? And
you certainly have a Birthday Party
more than once a year, sucb as People
have. Won’t you kindly tell us the
meaning of that—we’ve seen you wear
this fine red robe quite often, you
kuow.’
“ To be sure I'll tell you.’ said Mr.
Sun. ‘In tbe first place of all I can
not tell you my age for I've forgot
ten it. Truly and really I’ve forgot
ten. Now that I've lived so muny
years it's hardly worth the while re
membering just exactly the time. Of
course, I know that a little Boy or a
little Girl would think it very strange
to forget one’s age—but then you see
1 am so old. Besides I have such a
great deal to think of. There are al
ways the sick People to be made well,
and there are the Picnics and Swim
ming parties I have to attend, and
there are the Crops to be grown and
the Flowers in the gardens, and oh
such thousands of things that 1 can
not remember m.v age.
“ ’And as for having more than one
Birthday a year—that is perfectly
true. 1 have them whenever I feel
like it—but usually I have one when
I'm going to work very hard the next
day, to make folks tine and warm, and
the things in the gardens grow. You
see when I’m feeling so strong and
well I think I ought to celebrate, so
I give a Birthday Party.
*’ ‘Everyone admires me when I wear
this robe, and it’s just the same to
me as though they were all saying
that they wished me many happy re
turns of the day—for they all are
hoping that I will wear the red robe
again.’
“’You've shown us a great honor
to ask us to your Blrtndav Party.’
said one of the Gnomes, ’and we’re
more than grateful. But we must
sing you a Girthday Soug.’ And they
all joined hunds and danced around on
the top of the hill singing. To Sir.
Sun, who is such fun, many happy re
turns of the day!'
“And as Mr. Sun was hurrying off to
bed, for it was high time for him to
be off, lovely Red Clouds were left in
the sky as thanks for the Gnomes'
Birthday wishes.”
Harry Repeats Text.
Little live-year-old Harry accom
panied his father to church one Sab
bath morning, and the minister
preached from the text “ Tis I, be not
afraid.” Upon returning home his moth
er asked: “What was the text thin
morning. Harry?"
The little fellow thought for a mo
ment, then answered: “It's me; don't
get scared.”
Remain in the Current.
Keep your lifeboat in tbe current,
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