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y CHARLES H. PARKHlTtST.
When a- question keeps arlslnr notwlth
Ktndins all efforts that are made t
kP It down, the necessary" inference U
that It will 'have to be dealt with and con
tttuctlvely answered sooner or later. Sue',
a Question Is that of religions In schools
which has agraln emerged to the surface
li connection with the discussion of the
Osjry system.
U appears that the Idea Involved In
that system Is, so far as relates to re
ligious training, to classify the pupils ac
cording to the religious affiliations, or
tetter perhaps, according to their de
tiomtnaUonAl affiliations and to train
Tfii off Into distinct groups to be sever
ally Instructed by religious teachers,
rtergymen,. priests or rabbis, according to
the distinctive tenets of each group.
Now, not only on religious grounds, but
from a stateemanly point of view any
method "ofdeallng with this question
which creates -in the minds of children
tifftinct lines of cleavage, Is vicious.
from .k,jrcl!xlous standpoint it Is vicious.
fr Hie rason that it necessarily creates
irv the. young mind the ' idea . that re
ligion, in aid'jf-f Meelf. 1s not o" h-.
manifolii; three-fold at least, and this too
at , time, when there la a general move
ment away ; from the diversity and mul
tiplicity, fward unity.
It is similarly open to criticism from a
tlvlc and Str-tesnmnly point f v' w
Religious rtlvergcnces and antagonisms
are more divisive than perhaps any other.
Religion purely conceived so touches the
deep places In our nature that rivalries
irv that sphere, especially if they reach
t the point' of antipathies, work tnhar
mbny of the most irreconcilable kind and
if 'engendered In the minds of the young
t an have' no' other effect than to issuo
farther on in cleavages seriously Im
perilling civic unity.
If Is -difficult to see how such cleav
ages can be moro effectively and disas
trously, started, than by the method of
frgnk and emphatic segregation proposed
thine - and Protestantism, ' .Roman
t.'ttholtmlsm, Judaism, or If you please,
Mohammedanism, ts each of them a dis
tinct thing distinct so far as this,, that'
they each of them include differing elon
menta of their own, and yet at the same
tiine tlley are of one with each other in
ecfar" as1' they participate In the one
universal conviction rf a Div n" l-iyli S
I say universally because in the com
parison tlie exceptions are so few as to
bflL.nejriietble? Now therein is furnished, a
common basis. So far forth we stand o
gethery To that extent we have a om
mymity' -of religious belief. Any three
most conservative representatives of the
religious bodies just mentioned can come
tojrether on that basis and most sincerely
lrternte And nt pnly thnt. bit this
same bejlef In God Is .the .fundamental
aticlefof --'faith In each of the three Chm
rmiulons. Xt Is. that upon which . all other
articles are founded and from which they
d&rive their theoretical or their practical
significance. ,
tie Introduction of religion to that ex
tttt i-pn hive a'lg"d n n I 1. th u
prion ; objections. But such introduction
need ,pot at alt Involve the Idea :bf making-
religion a distinlct branch of study
a policy which almost inevitably degren-
" doing a good thing and a stlmulat-
i , one to men young or in middle life,
J circumstanced as tne writer of the
ntioned letter has been circumstanced,
c:c I to quote some poitlors of It.
"About fifteen year ago a good many
v-n working at the trade at which t
:: employed were laboring ten hours a
ny. At the present time, thanks to the
rade union of which I happen to be a
-Member, these same men are working
Is lit hours per day. I'nder the ten-hour
system we had little time for educational
mprovemcnt for when one deducts time
taken up by going to and from work,
plus meal hours, there Is lHtle time left
for study, and after a ten hour work
day a man has very little desire or en
ergy to take up intellectual improvement.
"Since we have been having an eight
hour day I - find , that I have more In
clination to improve myself mentally,
morally and phys 'rally."
Then follows a statement of the lines
of study that these two extra hours of
leisure have given him opportunity to
prosecute.
"in the last few years I have studied
grammar, biology, geology, mathematics
and physiology, as well us hygiene."
Naturally enough, attention to" such
variety of subjects has been the occasion
of h's gathering together quite a little
library. Ho goes on to specify some of
its contents.
"In connection with the above I have
lii my small library "The Letters and Ad
dresses of Thomas Jefferson,' 'The Life
of Abraham Lincoln.' Emerson's Essays.'
'John Ruskln's Seasame and Llllles,' and
several other cood books, among which
are 'Crabb'a Kngl'sh Synonyms.' and a
largo Webster's dictionary."
One might infer from the wide area
over which his studies have extended
themselves that he must have been a
superficial .rather than a thorough stud
ent. That appears not to be the ease,
for he indicates that he has been Indulg
ing his scholarly tastes for several years
and states at the close of his letter that
he Is now 35 years of age.
Unless we have given special thought
to the matter we cannot realize into how
large an aggregate a steady accumula
tion of littles will amount up.
Were one to read, for example, but
five pages -a day the year's end would
show as result the perusal of e'ght fairly
slsed volumes. And If each' of the eight
was thoughtfully written and thought
fully read it would (lva the reader a
stock of information that would put him
quite outsde of the circle of such asso
ciates as make ho honest and earnest
use of leisure' moments, and five pages
a day Is not many and a year ! not
long. I trust that some of the rsaders
of this article will find in It something
that seems worth taking to heart.
vil
th
ail
era. intr. nm'tV it very i"U h 1'k
theology. But the Divine Being stands In
vital relation to man and nature In all
their aspects. Ho stands behind nature
ail its. Creator and. IS the ncT1' tirnr
nature and operant there. He is a ruling
ctor in life and history and In making
them subservient to Ills purposes. It is
His will thai we respect when we do
right n His, will that we -resist when we
do WTOng.-; " t
'Now, any teacher who is 'a believer in
Ood can make those Ideas effective In the
pupil's mind while working along the line
of usual secular instruction and thus tho
idea of Ood and of His relation to every
thing .that, is of common earthly con
cern tte'made intelligible to the pupils and
of influential Interest 'to him without tres
passing by so much as a hair's breadth
upon territory that is distinctively Pro
testant, Catholic or Jewish.
A letter has just come to me from
a man In Brooklyn, suggested by a state
ment recently made in this column to
the . effect that sufficient leisure time
should be allowed to the working classes
to leave them opportunity for self-'m-provement.
In such matters a practical
example works more effectively than
precept or theory. A difficult thing be
comes easy- and .an. impracticable thing
possible when once . we have seen tt
done. .
It has seemed, therefore, that I should
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Women Must
Combat Age
with Charms
of Love. : : : : :
By ELLA WHEELEK WILCOX.
the Thlaa- kat Came It
ai tke Ceasfc will
Stop Itself
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Pinex is a highly concentrated com
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lor its beating effect on the membrane.
To avoid disappointment, ask your
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don't accept snvthiw else. A guarantee
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Il Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Jnd.
Copyright, 1915, Star Company.
As we grow older the natural impulse
seems to be to grow more- critical. We
tall It growing more discriminating in
our ideas. We Imagine we have a clearer
perception of the right and wrong of
conduct, and actions which we once
passed by without giving them a second
.nought we now regard as sins and fail
ings which should be condemned by
right-thinking people.
But let us beware lest we are simply
iilvlng vent to a very disagreeable human
propensity to find fault with our fellow
beings. This propensity usually follows
t'orgetfulness 'of our early youth. Its
faults, follies and Idiosyncrasies. Were
we to hear our own conversation repeated
in a phonograph, the conversation In
which we had indulged in early years,
what amasement, humiliation and even
shame would envelop us.
Cou'd we trace our early years through
filmy paths back to early youth how as
tonished we would be at many of th
scenes in which we then figured.
And might we not find ourselves less
critical of the present generation and less
severe in our own condemnation of their
words and actions?
It is especially unfortunate when a
woman who has passed 40 develops this
tendency to criticise and condemn. Until
a woman Is 40 she may, If eh possesses
many attractions, mentally and physio
ally, keep a certain popularity and a
coterie of friends, even if she Is Inclined
to be critical, and la quick to see th
flsw In the armor of others.
But from middle age onward woman
cannot rely upon her physical charms or
her outward accomplishments to interest
and entertain the rising generation, or
to hold her place among people of her
own age.
She must add the agreeable and the
spiritual qualities of love, sympathy and
faith, Jn order to endear herself to others
as she goes toward the westward slope of
the mountain. She must have love for
the creator and all creative things; she
must have sympathy for th weaa and
the erring, and she must have faith In
worlds and beings Invisible, and she must
have charity and patience and kindness
In her heart.
There ar few elderly women In whose
society the young find pleasure. There
are few in whom met) find pleasure. Men
are Ilk children In many respects. Men
like to be entertained and amused, and
however much they may be Inclined to
carping criticism themelve they dislike
that quality In a woman, especially In a
woman who has no glamor of youth or
seductions of beauty to blind them to her
faults.
Time la a marauder who believe him
self Invincible, and be strides over th
centuries intent upon destroying youth,
beauty and attractlvenes. 'But If we
guard .love, sympathy, faith, charity,
cheerfulnes, kind speaking and good will'
toward all. we defeat time; we retain
and make - frWnds. ' sad wa. blunt th
sting of sge.
A type of sta.50 dress that finds ready adoption on the other td of
the footlights. Miss Else Alder wearing; a rown of roae-epanicled chiffon,
with bodice and soarf-traln of Jet, the latter with ostrlct fan termiu-atlon.
fieflned in its. simplicity of lines and fabric is the frock worn by
Miss Georgia O'Raiiiey. White tulle embroidered in crystal beads and
gold sequins. The wrap Is of yellow velvet and white fur, lined with
blue satin. .
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fSC't)-'L howlng a "hnrin- . - -
" " ' , ,,nS combination of " ' ' '
.tl myt fcff ' black. gold tt'.l , i. ,
. V l9' .-:.''. -r'-t - red e"tome Little StOHeS 01'
y ', 'r5r7 wor-n by morabers ni K
A.W of tho chorus. The Jjlj M6I1
Mai' V VilWX worth-while BUEges- Hy , IL hTVNHUVHV.
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JLZ llSilt t'il lV?l' inh effect la1 th" ,
(b jjf r wit ' I VlC show-girl dresses ti'if
JW J VI vS of shades of red, JiflL V P
Hunator Ollle Jamas of Kentucky Is
telling this one during the Idle hours,
He, a traveling through the mountain
ous , seutlon of his dlstrlrt-recently and
had tq put up over night at the only
hotel the rural community afforded, lie
said to the clrk. when ho entered:
' Whore shall J -autograph"'.'
"Autograph?" queried the clerk..
yes, slcn my nsiiio, you know."
"Qh, rlnht here."
As he was sinning his nam In th reir-
Ihttr in came three routthly clothed, on
vhorn mountaineers. One of th trio ud-
varurd to. the doHk.
Will you autograph?" asked the clerk.
hlg fucp bbIow with the ronsclousneni
tf tiiipct lorlt y.
Certainly," sulil tlie mountulneer, ,iU
face no Innn rail lit nt than that of th'
gink; ''mine's bourbon."
Money cr.n be made h(netly If
low Is modest In hli deslr s.
"pi'lld for yourrelf a stronahox.
Fashion r-neh rart with rare;
When it's k strung as your heart cn
niflke 't.
Put nil vour troubles there;
Hide In I ell thought of your fa'lures
Atid each hitter rnp that viu q 'aff;
Lork all you hearts hes within it
Then sit on the lid and InuRh "
It never did people any sood to talk
about their troubles. But how many peo
ple do you know who fail to st a morbid
sort of delight out of llvlnj their troubles
over nnd over main?
It fe-roa to ino tliat It Is rather an
IrnoMe thing to want to bother other
prorln w.t1! yoxir sorrows It ou?ht to
lelittlo yjn In your own eyes to find
yourself forever weakly., sharing with
others your most secret sorrows. To be
dlnnlfled at all, sorrow ought to .be
secred. and Ihs minute you can talk
about It. la becomes rather a petty thing,
snrh ss well may he desplned by large
sriild fo'.k.
fare and worry-are weeds that ought
to h? uprooted from the garden of your
soul and not watered by the salt of trari
and ronsta'it attention. If Jon have .
sorrow In your life, anil fortis your nt
tent'on on It. It ?row as your sense of
proportion shrinks. If that sorrow were
hidden away from sight and Ignored, It
wnWd srtuslly wither In the uncongenial
dark of forgotten things and come St last
to be only the weak little ghost of the
great live pain It once was.
Laughing at trouble Isn't as hard as
It sounds; nor are the people who sug-
e-et It utterly narn-neartea anu unsym
pathetic. It Is Just a philosophic and
utllltaran principle sugsested by wis
folk who know that a tooth always aches
moMt when vou have nothing better to do
tlia'i to think about It. -
If you fan resolutely fashion for your
self a larse chest of Torgetfulness ana.
p'nylnn the fame 'with yourself honestly,
can consign to tt all your regrets for th
lost yesterdays and all your suffering
because of mistakes aivd unklndness and
nilsrhanre. you are In a fa way to live
In" the hapry possibilities of a orient to
morrow rather than In the bitter mem
oiles of a gloomy yesterday.
What poSKlble good did It ever do any
body to sit and remember how painful
tho convalescence from serious Illness
was? In fact, when did It ever fail to
retard convalescence for the patent to
rerall and recount all the painful horrors
of his slcknessT ,r .......
I.I fa Is very frequently a convalescence
from panlful operation or serious Illness
snd getting .well is closely .related to
ceasing to bo slrk. ' Korgottlng the un
pleasant symptoms and concentrating on
possibilities of Joy has a lot to do with
recovery. And wb.y sny one under th
sun should wilfully and wantonly retard
the per'od when he can go out Into tho
sunshine of llf and be happy ts almost
mor than any san person can compre
hend. To forget, first of all make up your
mind to forget. Then look your trouble
souare In the far and say to It, "You
aren't so very bad after .all! Anyway,
you are over and done with.' And you'r
certainly not important enough to re
member." ' - "
After that has been said a few' times,
you will believe yourself and the un
wanted and neglected memory of what
was once so painful will slink away into
obllvlqn.
When you hav smiled a few times at
the good thinns of life and beckoned to
thorn In fr.endly fashion, you wllloctua'ly
be able to laugh honestly and eimply
not at what hurt you once, but with a
full talth ln tlie fact that it ran hurt you
no lonuer.
Br GEBMAINB GAUTIEB.
Anyone In search of good Ideas on
which to model dresses, wrapa and hats
could find no better school of Informa
tion or Instruction than that found In
certain of the plays now running at the
New York theaters. Kvery one knows
that ever since that far away tune when
women were permitted to play feminine
roles In place of men who attempted to
Interpret those parts, the Stag has been
as a mirror reflecting the jaenlons of
th past, th present and even projecting
those of th, future.
This condition Is so thoroughly appre
ciated that th stag has very often been
used as the medium for Introducing new
styles, whereby some hitherto unknown
artist haa become famous. There was a
tlma when less publicity ,waa given to
th designers of stage costumes than is
permitted today. Now it Is conceded that
the laborer should be worthy of his hire,
and the artist who designs stag cos
tume has quit aa much to do with th
success or failure of a play aa the libret
tist or the composer.
Of neoMslty stag doth ar apt to be
ex&KfcerieJ in style, particularly when
they are intended for a musical comedy
or an extravaganza. Nevertheless, they
always convey Ideas for dresses that may
be worn by the average woman either la
th street. In th boudoir or at the opera.
In many Instances dresses ar literally
copied with, perhaps, a mere chang in
color or In som minor detail to distin
guish them from th stage orlylnal. This
Is not so much a compliment to the ac
tress who wears them or th des.gner who
thought them out as to th last and
sartorial Judgment of the woman who
sees In them exquisite knowledge of lines
and colors that she may adapt for her
self. - ' " .
Bveryon thinks ah is mor or less fa
miliar with what th term "pannier style"
means. As a matter of fact, there la no
truer pannier type extant than the little
costume worn by th "Around th Map"
There Is vivify
ing effect In the'
show-girl dresses
of shades of red,
subdued a bit by
the black collar
and arm strip
passing from tho
neck to wrist,
chorus in act two. The panniers are real I
baskets, made, it la true, of lavender
satin, wired to extend the top well bt
yond the hips, and from this top floats
long scarf-like draperies of pale blue
chirfon
The original Inspiration for the pannier
gown was taken from the baskets al
ts hed to the saddle of the mules or
horses owned by peasants, who brought
their wares into' market places In- such
baskets, and -who returned horns with the
panniers filled with the things for which
they had bartered or exchanged the orig
inal contents.
Advice to Lovelorn!
"T 11ATBICI MlUiX
Uoa't Make lb baaae
Dear Miss Fairfax' For the last elxht
months my voice haa been under train
ing and my sole ambition Is to go on the
stage, though I un obliged to commence
as a chorus girl. Do you thing at 24 I
am start I nx late? I m pretty and
youthful-looking and Maku the utmuxt
care of my health. I like statecraft and
with hard work feel success is bound to
come. My parents ar opposed, saying
It Is now too late. They say It woul I h.t
foolish to give up my good position for
something uncertain. EVELYN U.
You ar not too old to start over In s
new profession, but It Is not wise to give
up your good position, espectaly Just at
present. You probably hav no idea how
difficult stage beginnings are. Once you
hav secured a position, . th Ions hours
of rehearsal and work may strain you to
th breaking point. Chorus work will not
help your, voice. Why not keep -op your
own work and strive A th sam time
to secure a church position or to get a
'w concert engagements? In a church
choir your vole would ret editions!
training, and either there or In- concert
work it would get a far better chance, to
prove Itself than In concerted chorus
work, wher beauty, charm and dancing
ability ar as Important as vocal, accomplishment.
The nearest approach to tl?ae which
have had have been - the frocks
..inched up at the aides, but without any
i al busket or pocket service. Then there
is the hoop dress, worn by MUa Alder, and
nude or pale blue, velvet, trimmed with
white fox over pantalettes of silver
cloth. Already the puntalette dres has
found Its way into society off the stage.
its endnrsexnent -will douhtlcs lead to
greater-vogue, which will ripen, InUj. a
uutural fashion before many weeks have
pasited.
jhis .uevrgia,. o KHiney, uie aisoun-4
tented L,ulu" of the plsy. wears her
clothes delightfully, if lumly. One of
her gowns Is of white malluc, very aim-
ply msde In two-flounce effect, em.
broldered In whit crystals and gold
seuiilna. With this Is worn a gorgeous
wrap of yellow velvet, bordered with
fur and lined with imperial blue natin,
The counterpart of such s clonk may be
heen almost any night at the opera house
or the theater.
There were whole oceans of sugges
tions In the hats, the scarfs, the odd
uaunllet xloves. with their wr-ullh of
embroidery, and th Jeweled trimming;
mid. above all, the woman looking for an
oddity that Is not too bizarre will be
Klad to adopt the train Idea expressed In
Miss Alder s final costume of p--satin,
tulle and sequins, with bodice and scsrf-
trulii of th Jet.
Th train hangs from one side of tne
hack, and its unique feature is the fringe
of long black ostrich plumes of unequal
length shaped to look ll'-e a half-open
fan. When the train is caught over the
wriat by means of the attached loop It
UKKesta the easy use of the fan-tailed
end to keep one cool and happy, w.iether
at th dano. th opera or the stately
reception.
It 1 something of satisfaction t) the
woman whose slogan is "America
first!" to know that tne wonderful array
of clothes that form so gorneous a spec
tacle at this particular play was de
signed in America.
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