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WHY THEUE ABE FEWER MINISTERS.
HE Presbyterian general assembly reports a
falling off of 33 per cent in the supply of edu
cated ministers. In 1S9G the theological sem
inaries in the synod of Illinois had 921 stu
dents , and in 1904 only CG2 students , a smaller
number than any year since 1S8G. It is not
surprising that the framers of the report speak
Of the fads as perilous to the church's interests. But the
Wets themselves are far from surprising. The record Is
( monotonously similar to that contained in the annual re
ports of other evangelical bodies. The harvest is ripe , but
ithe laborers are few.
Singularly , however , the Presbyterian board suggests
that the proper way to bring a change for the better is to
"disabuse. In the minds of young men , the notion that the
'ministry is overcrowded. The reasons for the lack of theo
logical students go far deeper. Commonly , the fault is
jjald to tlie growing commercialism of the age and a lack of
feonsccrarum In purely spiritual endeavor. This is probably
[ SLS far from the ( ruth as the other notion that prospective
[ fitudcnts think the ministry overcrowded.
| Thera never was a time , in the world's history , when
there was more self-sacrificing devotion to humanitarian
and ethical uplifting than the present. This is proved by
the marvelous growth of settlement foundations , liberal
Societies ; ind churches , and kindred movements. Not only
large we.ilth , but individual human effort , is being increas
ingly laid on the altar of humanitarlanism.
The falling off among the evangelical clergy Is directly
traceable to the assumption , rightly or wrongly , that these
bodies da not give their future ministers full freedom from
jthe charge of illiberality and narrowness. There is as
Jnuch splendid consecration as ever , in the higher altruistic
fcelds. If there Is a falling off among the smaller calibered ,
fwho look upon the minlstery as a profession , it is not a
ivery sertoas matter. All evangelical churches represent , In
( greater or , less degree , specific movements and upheavals
Jn the religious world. When they become conservative
nnd historic , there is a natural drop in enthusiasm. It is a
hatural fact in the exteriors of religious evolution.
f The Culling off in divinity students , to which the Pres-
nbyterian Veport alludes , is a mere passing phase that does
[ not disturb the general uplift. If the world grows away
fcroin ancient creeds , there is always a recompense in more
jtiberal forms of religious endeavor. Chicago Journal.
HOW TO PUT AN END TO TRAIN ROBBERY.
Hit ! growing frequency of train robberies Is
said to have determined the officials of a num
ber of Western railways to arm their train em
ployes in other words , to put their trains on a
war footing. The number of these holdups and
the success of the robbers in getting away with
their booty have aroused railway and express
[ authorities to the necessity of adopting heroic measures for
' | > rotectiau. The shotgun , loaded with slugs , in the hands of
in husky trainman , Is the first thing to suggest itself.
In tlits days of the frontier stage coach and paririe
JBchoouer every mail or express vehicle was guarded by
'armed ' men. As a result holdups were confined to cases
jfwhere these precautions had been neglected. With the ad-
jyent ot the railway this kind of highwayism has flourished
because Uie trains have not been protected. Such protec
tion will now be given. As a rule train robberies are as
successful when committed in a well-settled region as in a
fcvllderuc'3s. The fact that a majority of train robberies are
feuccesHt'iii and that the robbers get away encourages others
jfco engatfo in the desperate calling.
The nfin of arming all trains carrying money and valua
bles may seem like a return to the days of the stage coach ,
) ut it w .ikely to accomplish the desired purpose. It would
> e chniUH- [ send an armed guard with each train than to
jlcket thf entire line of road. Railway managers are com
ing to the ? conclusion that the logical method is to arm the
Puria Is full of fine walkers , " said a man who knowa ,
* but la All London there are not more than three women
Wrho wait well. Now York has none at all.
\ "Thii reason American women don't walk well as a rule
Is that they are too dressed up to walk. Their heels are
( too high , their shoes too uncomfortable , their waists too
jtight , and their necks too pinched. Often the hat is too
beavy for comfortable walking. The woman who has
.1 dozen squares wants to sit down and rest. A
v/onian , dressed to kill , can walk all day. If I
j\vere a woman and had just two or three wishes to make ,
f would wish to be graceful , to walk well , to sit well , to
ttand well , and to be easy generally. There is no better
gflft for a woman. She becomes a pleasure to the eye. "
I/That / is ( he result of the observation of a veteran.
i "If : SH impossible for a woman to be awkward in her
Uralk U'bite turns her toes out , " said a gymnasium teacher
( ( to her class. "The act of swinging the feet out gives one
! * graceful gait. "
A tcvwalking rules as laid down to a class of women
i "Lfin't * your shoes a little too narrow and a little too
long. Oon't wear tight short shoes. If your foot is wide
and lat t will gradually become long and narrow by this
courfto.of treatment Have y our shoes narrow and long and
Itlier iKihited or square In the toes as nature has shaped
your Ce."t.
Set .your feet dowu at right angles.
Wnfk slowly. Skirts wind around your calves when you
drallc rapidly ami you lose all semblance of grace. Walk in
. letbtireiy manner , as though you were a princess , not a
karcleU , worried , overworked woman.
Dou'f swing your shoulders.
Don't swing your arais.
Ailmircr of Byron.
. An TSiiKiishmnn , Sir .7. GT. . Sinclair ,
jhl so tifS'uisiasllc an admirer of Byron
jthtit he Una built in London in Fleet
Byron house In the poet's
Mior. There Is a medallion of Byron
rer ( hi * door , surrounded by a wreath
luvv'Ji In sUUiKfy uiarb.'e , and an-
train crews and order them to shoothea attacked. The
moral effect , it is believed , would be felt at once , and it is
probable that train robbery would cease to be a profitable
avocation. Kansas City World.
DON'T BE A GOOD FELLOW.
N his little talks to the people as he mighJ
call them John D. Rockefeller has said a
good many interesting and valuable things ;
nothing ranking higher in both qualities than
that in which he said , speaking to young men
"Don't be a good fellow. " It is doubtful il
more valuable advice to young men was
ever packed into fewer words. It is of equaJ
value to men at all times of life , but its additional value t ?
young men is that at their stage of development the gen
erous instincts outrun discretion. Like puppies they think
everybody is kind and honest and they are ready to make
friends on sight. The perversion of this fine impulse is
to be a "good fellow. " This is to give rein to virtue until
it becomes an amiable weakness , and thence degenerates
into a vice , the center of which is the grossest selfishness.
Selfishness is the rich bed and muck heap in which most ,
if not all , forms of sin have their root. A peculiar clanger
of the sin of the "good fellow" is its unusual quality of
self-deception. It lulls Its victim into the belief that ho
is really very noble , broad , unprejudiced , democratic , gen
erous ; no stingy , old self-centered curmudgeon who denies
himself , and perforce every one else , this , that and an
other thing. And that is just it ; there is the fatal assump
tion that undermines the whole foundation of character.
Indianapolis News.
"WOMAN'S INHUMANITY , TO WOMAN.
HE rehabilitation of the blasted reputation of
a woman , her recovery of even tolerance in re
spectable circles , is as difficult a task as was
ever undertaken. Woman's inhumanity to
woman has its most vigorous exploitation in
this particular field. And there are few of the
women who display abhorrence and contempt
and vindictiveness toward sinners of'their own sex who
manifest any ill-feeling toward the male companions of
those sinners. Virtuous mothers have , in many instances ,
been more than willing to marry their virtuous daughters
to men who were notorious for the vice for which their
associates of the opposite sex were scorned by those moth
ers as the vilest of moral lepers. We are not defending
or apologizing for immorality , but would there not be just
as much detestation of this sin with less of malevolence
toward the sinner ? And where is the justice of , or excuse
for. the condemnation of only one of a pair of equally
guilty sinners ? Washington Post.
PUBLIC FAULTFINDING.
HE ability to point out with disagreeable clear
ness social evils and public perils is not alone
1 enough to entitle justly a man to any great
amount of public esteem. Cassandras ia
breeches or petticoats are of no more real ser
vice to-day than in the heroic age , and the mir
acle about the lady herself was not so much
that the Greeks paid no attention to her forebodings and
warnings , but that some impatient hero who had work to
do did not wring her dismal neck.
There has never been a time when our country has
needed to have ideals of service made more fresh and
attractive , or when the real work of the world , done by its
sane , healthy and kind-hearted workers , needed greater rec
ognition. It is the good rather than the bad in us which
needs encouragement and exposure , and if it once finds
work to do the bad in us will be far less noticeable or trou
blesome. It is a poor gardener who devotes too much time
to the weeds at the expense of the vegetables and floxvers.
Atlantic Monthly.
Don't twist yourself In sinuous motions. Don't contort
Don't try to wriggle when you walk.
Hold your chin up. This is the most important thing of
all. Once upon a time there may have lived a woman who
could duck her chin and still look pretty. She isn't alive
now. You may think that you look lovely with your eyes
cast appealingly up and your chin lowered , but you don't
Don't walk nor look nor act like an old person. There
are no old people these days. Toss your head , throw up
your chin , take a long breath , and be young again.
Step forward in sprightly manner , as if you meantit
and were sure of your footing. Plant your foot as if you
were walking inyour bare feet , touching the ground first
with the ball of the foot , with the heel striking an Instant
later. This adds springiness and life to the walk. It helps ,
even if you are wearing high heels , which in themselves ara
ruinous to grace in walking.
The way to walk into a parlor is to move across the
room slowly. Hold your head up and glide. Don't lake
long steps and don't make short cuts. See your path clear
before yon start. In these days the fashionable drawing
room has little furniture. This is fortunate for the woman
; who walks through the room.
Learn how to be seated. Don't sit with your clothing
wound around you. Don't sit with your knees crossed
unless you are of the slender type with tiny feet Don't
; sit on the ragged edge of things. Be seated squarely.
There are women who are called haughty. They hold
the head so high. But you admire them just the same.
There are women who are called stuckup , proud , exclusive
and names still more disagreeable. They get it by their
erect , beautiful carriage. But all admit that it is elegant
Never mind a little criticism. Begin to hold yourself erect
and to walk well. It will well repay you for the trouble
which you had at first , trying to get used to it
other iaside , while several hundreds of
lines of his poetry are engraved on
marble tablets on the walls of the en
trance lobby and staircase.
Runh to ChicaerofT.
A big gold stampede , in which are
Included ministers , meniauts , women
and Chinese , is on at Sitka. All are
rushing to Chicago ! ! Island , near Cape
Edwards , where rich discoveries are
said to have been made.
Instead of seeking the man the ot >
fice is kept busy trying to pick him
out from the crowd of applicant ! ,
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THE WOMAN WOBKER AND THE SUPERFLUOUS MALE.
Even the most constant readers of
newspapers scarcely realize the revolu
tion being brought about by the in
creasing employment of women in all
industries. Within a short time , the
Young Women's Christian Association
of New York City found places for
4,000 girls and young women in offices ,
about one-third of whom replaced male
clerks.
The New York Life Insurance Com
panywhich a few years ago employed
only men in its New York office , has
replaced one-half of the men with wo
men.
Managers claim that women are
smarter and more "trustworthy than
men. It also appears that women em
ployed are content with considerable
less wages than men employes.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company , of New York , employes 1,700
women In its offices and 800 men. The
same tiling is largely true in business
offices all over the United States.
In factories , a similar change has
been brought about. In many indus
tries , men are only employed as fore-
HOW TO BE HAPPY.
Wheii you hear of good in people-
toll it ;
When you hear a tale of evil quell it.
Let the goodness have the light ,
Put the evil out of sight ,
Make the world we live in bright ,
Like the heaven above.
You must have a work to dopursiie it ,
If a failure , try again renew it.
Failure spurs us to success ,
Failures come , but come to bless ,
Fitting us for righteousness
In the heaven above.
John Sterling.
ONE FIFTEENTH.
r > OOK here , Grace , when am I to
JJA see that famous chum of yours ? "
' " 'Famous ? ' O , she Isn't that ,
Fred ! She's just sweet'and lovely and
dear and "
"Well , well ; I'm not particular.
That's enough for me. Where is she ,
anyhow ? "
Fred Liddon was calling on his fa
vorite cousin , Grace Sherwin , who was
u member of the senior class. Her
room was that of a typical college girl.
The walls were adorned with knick-
knacks of all sorts , including both Har
vard and Yale banners.
"I don't see what .you want that blue
thing up there for , " continued Liddon
( Harvard , ' 90) , sauntering idly about
the room and pausing before a silk
flag , with a large Y on a blue ground.
"I "know , it's for Arthur Stapletou a
Yale man ! "
Grace laughed. "Celia put that up.
I didn't. He was rather attentive to
her at their last senior prom. "
"What does she look like ? "
"O , her picture's there on my desk.
You can see for yourself. "
Fred glanced over the half dozen
pretty faces that adorned the girl's
desk. Suddenly he paused and ab
ruptly picked up one of the photo
graphs.
"This must be Miss Colburn. Well ,
she is a darling , that's a fact"
"You wouldn't dare tell her that to
her face ! "
' Wouldn't I ? Just tell me where
and when I can meet her. "
Grace glanced up at the photograph
he held in his hand. She opened her
lips to say something hastily then
closed them tightly again and turned
away to stifle a laugh.
"She she'll be at the reception next
Wednesday evening. I'm sorry she's
out to-day. Won't you come , Fred ? "
"Indeed I will. What a bewitching
face the girl has ! A sort of dreamy ,
poetical look about the eyes hair toss
ed up anyway but it's that little lock
that hangs down on her forehead that
confound that Yale man ! "
Fred had recently begun the prac
tice of law , and he had a hard point to
study up that "next Wednesday even
ing ; " but he was on hand at the col
lege reception , notwithstanding. As
he left the dressing room and stood
for a moment in the liall. Immaculate
men. Women work for lower wages
and they arc better adapted for light
industry.
Is this process of substitution a good
or bad thing for the workers them
selves and for the country ? If , men ,
who generally require higher pay , be
cause , as a rule , they have to bring up
a family , are crowded out of work by
women , who take lower wages , because
so long as they work they remain un
married , and because in many in
stances they receive free from their
parents some part of their cost of liv
ing , the result would be anything but
good.
It may be wondered it this is not a
leading cause of so-called race suicide.
The male portion of the population is
less able to inarry , because ndt earning
enough to maintain a familj' , while
women with comfortable and adequate
earnings of their own have less desire
to accept marriage.
In the city of Dundee , Scotland , the
substitution of female for male labor
has reached a climax. Dundee makes
cheap goods for export , in competition
with Chinese and Japanese labor. Only
in his evening suit , he heard a merry
peal of girlish , laughter from an ad- ,
joining room. Immediately afterward
a door opened and his cousin peeped
out.
out."Oh
"Oh , Fred , I'm so glad yoirve come ! "
said she , closing the door behind her
quickly. "I was afraid some horrid
law case would keep you. "
Fred looked her over reprovingly.
"You're stunning , dear , in that white
dress , " said he. "Yes , I ought to have
stayed at Lome I may lose my first
case by coming out here. But you sec
I wanted to meet your that is , of
"
course
"How very polite ! " laughed Grace ,
tcasingly. "You never thought of your
'stunning' cousin , sir confess it ! but
you wanted to make the acquaintance
of Miss Celia Colburn , the 'darling ! ' "
"Oh , say , Grace , you didn't repeat
that to her , did you ? "
"Of course I didn't ! Poor fellow ,
don't blush so ! I don't mind your
wanting to see her you can see me
any time , you know. "
"Well , " said Fred , fidgeting at his
collar and cuffs , "Is she here ? "
"She is right in that room. Just let
GRACE GT.A CED TIP.
me run in and prepare her for the
icnor , and then I'll take you in. "
"Oh. say " began Fred again ; but
his saucy conffcn had already whisked
into the room , and from behind the
closed door he caught a sound which
was suspiciously like stifled laughter.
He began to feel awkward and wish
himself well out of it Then he grew
vexed , and that did him good. When
Grace came for him a moment later
he was his cool , imperturbable self
once more.
"Allow me , " said his cousin , ifcww-
ing open the door , as he stepped for
ward , "to present you to the original
of the photograph ! "
Fred halted on the threshold in
something very like dismay. There
stood , in a semi-circle , no less than
fourteen girls , in various stages of
merriment , but each apparently striv
ing to attain the conventional amount
of. demurencss on the occasion of a
formal presentation.
"What what do you mean ? * ' he
stammered , gazing hopelessly at Grace.
"It is a composite , " she shrieked , in
a perfect gale of laughter. "It'a : i
photograph of our Phi Delta society.
the lowest wages are paid and prac
tically only women are employed. As
a result , the men of Dundee are being
reduced to the position of parasites.
A great many cases are found in
which men who should be workers sub
sist upon the wages of their wives.
It may be that there is compensa
tion for the apparent evil of this
change in the greater Independence giv
en women by their wider employment ,
and that they , by reason of this inde-
pendencc , exercise more careful choice
when they do marry and are able to
exact a higher standard of morals and
behavior in men.
Whatever we may think about it I *
is certain that the employment of wo
men increases at a tremendous race.
In this , as in other tendencies of our
civilization , no reversal is to be looked
for. The revolution must be accepted
and mankind must find some way to
benefit by the change.
But look at the number of advertise
ments in the papers by men who want
situations and ask yourself what can
be done with the superfluous male.
Indianapolis Sun.
Girls , attention ! Once more , Mr. Lid
don , let me present you "
Fred with a mighty effort recovered
himself and made a sweeping bow.
"Happy to meet you ! " he exclaimed ,
resolved to make the best of the joke.
The fifteen courtesied as one girl.
It was plain that they had practiced.
Fred knew he would be the hero of
a good college story through many
classes to come.
"This likeness was an excellent one , "
he declared with a laugh. "I recognize
the dreamy eye , the artistically care
less hair , the Grace , may I beg the
honor of a special and individual In
troduction to the the fifteenth of
your society , who stands on your ex
treme right , and who , unless I am
mistaken , was the final fraction to be
photographed in the composite pic
ture ? "
Grace clapped her hands. "Yon
know her ! ' ' she exclaimed , as she per
formed the ceremony willingly enough.
"You must have seen Celia before to
day ! "
"No , " laughed Fred , contentedly , ns
ho led his blushing partner into the
corridor. "It is a scientific fact that
the last Impression is the strongest ,
and the picture is far more like you ,
Miss Colburn. than any of your class
mates. Besides , I recognize the stray-
lock of hair ! " Housekeeper.
in. mi Aral > Home.
At last we were to be admitted to
the home life of an Arab. Doffing our'
slippers , we were ushered through the
low , dark doorway into a little court
with a room on eillier side. The wife
was seated on the ground in a most
picturesque costume of dark colors ,
without a veil , preparing the evening :
meal. Hanging on the mud Avails were
'
various pans and cooking utensils ,
some of which were bronze , others ter-
ra-cotta. On the flo < ir was a brass
mortar and pestle used for pulverizing
the coffee. Over the first was a large
earthenware dish in which a flat cake
was being cooked. Both husband and
wife were so grateful to the great ma
gician who had cured their son .that all
conventionalities were discarded and
we all sat en famile and enjoyed cous
cous , dates , figs , native bread and deli
cious coffee.
After dinner the whole party in
dulged in cigarettes and more coffee.
The wife was really pretty and had
more expression than most of the
women of the desert , especially when
she gazed at her son and heir with a
mother love ennobling her dark but
handsome features. Had it been a
daughter , all would have been differ
ent , for they are an nnwelcome in
crease in the family , neglected and ill
treated until they are sold in marriage ,
a condition still worse unless they bear
male children. The woman is the beast
of burden , the drudge and the general
utility slave as well as the banker for
the lordly husband , who could not be
degraded by such a thing as labor.
Scribuer's.
If a woman pulls her husband's
hair , yanks him around by the neck ,
and beats him every day before break
fast , there are still those among her 5
kin Trho will say she is a "worm. '
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