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AND.
VANITIES
.;ULIA BOTTOMLEY ;
Whatever You Will in Coiffures.
Just at jresent, coifftires are almost
as diversitied as heads. In the maltter
of hair dresslngi there are, no styles
that govern and about everytlling is
left to individual taste. The hair
dresser asks you what you will have,
and is pr'lulred to exeeute alny sort
of order, even to bobbing off half your
locks aond curling what is left of them.
lie is not urbitrary about a single
thing. but is Insistent that waved hair
Is better than straight hair, no matter
what style you may elect to make
your own.
Young women like the style in which
the hair is combad back off the fore
head so well that they are reluctant
to part with It. It Is still a favorite.
But it is much less becoming than
waves or curls about the face, and
newer coiffures insist upon covering
at least a portion of the forehead. All
of them present waved hair as an es
sential feature and all of thein are
exquisite4y neat.
A coiffure for evening dress is shown
In the picture, with the hair parted a
little to one side and waved. Only
half of the forehead is uncovered and
the waved hair almost covers the ears.
?here is a fad for turning the ends of
the hair under and pinning them in
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WipPre~tty Vanity r.tPC_
Vanity bags bob up or dangle it
the most unexteeted placie-. The'y
swing from umbrella handles ant
front fans-they are concealed in shop
ping and party hags, and are even sus
pended from pretty garters. But vanlty
cases are frankly carried in the hand
and bold, In the most compact arrange
meat, al the aids neededl in emer
gtepy cases of beauty in distress Thea
also accommodate small coins--I
case they are wanted.
In the illustration three cases made
of German sliver are selected from at
arry of many different patterns
There are perfectly plain cases witt
polished surface and others with satit
finish, but, in the long run. the fancier
cases look better than the plain ones
In the case at the *ft. two uncompro
mising dragons, rampant against a field
of hammered silver, show a disposltion
to swallow everything Inside and out
to the strong-looking case. But there
Is a small "watchdog of the treasury~
represented as on guard, between
them.
In the case at the right, the decora
tlot is much simpler. Parallel lines
across the back. with a leaf motif at
each corner, are sufficient for this
quiet design. The center case is made
interesting by a device that suggests
an old adage. We may infer that the
A Blouse Hint.
Are you making a georgette crepe
blouse? Then before you take anoth
er stitch, read this very attractive way
of treating the shoulder seems and
armholes. For the very thin blouse
you have probably got in the habit of
having the seams hemstitched for a
fer finish. With this method, how
ever, you fagot the sleeve into the
armhole and the shoulder seams to
gather, slipping several beads over
each faptlng stitch. The effect
pised is that e a soad bead beadi
without coiling thenl Into a knot or
wmaking them Into putffs. T his is not so
easy to do If the hair is long. The
uends are usually dliSI).:,(d if in a knot
at the top of the crown, :as in the coif
fure pictured.
-Not maniny hair ornaments, except
couals, are worn; hbut in this :as in
coiffures, the individual may please
herself.
Some of the smartest women have
worn a single soft feather, held by a
brilliant ornament, in the hair at the
opera.
Artificial Flowers.
Hortense is very fond of the present
artificial flower bud, which she says is
"so Frenchy." Possibly never before
have artificial flowers had such a
vogue as they have just now, and a
small corsage flower is one of the best
means to giving color to a dark street
frock or suit.
There are bunches of tiny flowers in
brilliant red that are very good. There
are bouquets consisting of a rosebud.
a few forget-me-nots and a sprig or
two of green that are good. Then there
are nasturtiums, poppies and many
other flowers in their own natural, rich
colorlng.-Puris Correspondence.
two serpents on it typify evil. andl "the
Iove of mllonley"-hut you know the rest.
S(Chinesie Iansk, between the serpents.
grins unmoved by anything outside of
the case-knowing what is h ithin.
Boots for the Street.
One sees the most frivolous dancing
boots, high of heel and paper thin of
sole with street tailored garb for shop
ping and runabout wear in town; but
such boots are not correct according to
the canons of conventionality. Pretty
boots of bronze or light-colored glazed
kid are intended for formal wear with
dancing or reception frock when one
travels by limousine or brougham; the
walking costume in tailored style de
mands a smart walking boot with long,
slender lines and heel, high perhaps,
but not too curved for comfort.
Box Plaits Even on Sleeves.
The tendency toward box or other
plaits Is very well expressed on the
sleeves. A customary form Is a box
plait reaching from the shoulder to
the cuff. Or again the fullness of the
sleeve may be gathered or plaited at
the upper part of the armhole and the
sleeves cut in such a manner that these
plaits or gathers are smoothed out at
the wrist. Plaits, sometimes, begin
from the elbow down.
and adds a trimming touch to the
blouse which you could not otherwise
gain.
Filet Crochet.
One of the prettlest of the new
things for tables is the runner or
square of linen ornamented with flet
crochet. Some people are clever about
the making of this themselves, and oth
ers are clever a beying beautiful
pieces of it ready made. A small pleee
goes a great way, aaief themse t
are very haadsome.
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Our ;r . 1:'!;" to our sh; o'.:,
1,! n ,.r Lta. is It gi t l~ , t e ap)
r. t- ' n t-l . S en t "cil: ti')
WHY YOUNG GO ASTRAY.
The inn;l, ,ll of ,ot lh ii < :1 ha :u 'i
i t l ll in l'l -.
I
ani d inl li " e
iThl h, r ed oftL
shout il im to
acorn. "Hi better principlhe, ar,'
t. it is sy to go thet Iae th t
2til, ".u !i " "it:l.,:,
causes which lead to their downfall.
In lie cases out of te'n, it is In unfr
tu1rate affair of misplaced love. The
ci-:i ail-night dancing lacis tthave
micls to answer for the open doorway
Slrougl which innocgence passs and is
Song kinds of wnloung fconl:.piws w
are uit as g t o lti t th to
pt erroneously thinker that it is in false
s'mlm,, itI a maIsy frigo theat pace tha
laulsnt that a young girl is uuare tlly
ituslue s which lead to their downf ll
r url. But this is not so. MauI- a girl
cn trnince the habiout of druten, it is n u to
w itnturn friends who deyeo el hI -r in to
taking the first sociafltl agie. P're:
antI guardians believe thi hr girl ! smi
friend. This friend is geno-rllly a lit
tIe oilder than the girl; IuLCh jolliri
and gains an ight ludanc ong r thp e girl
who hungers for fri endship wlli tliW
w omanlh sets forth cnpake and wine
Wrn er okin apartof ent it s usua;ll
easy for her to beat down a girl's
scruples to partake of it. When wine
is In, wit is out. She has acquireit i in the
taste for It. Innocence qurckly fades
before worldly eperences. If the giuarl
Suhas been ambitious to shine, poverty
" being her stumbling block, the lure of
Stflle crlothes and easy life, has led to
eThe girls who have hlarkened to tihe
Intluence oif home life, making a con
dant of their mothers, evgiren in th.,
Ssallest cattller, alway turn ou1111r well.
fothers wTrd off alarns an stallyve it li
companimionshilts which would blast the
Spurity of thie grl. Two yoiung girls
andwho had been chums t school r thecent
ly, hut on froadway, Ndew ork, neis
in fteroon. The hand of ont, it s usueagll
easrly outstretched to the otwhr in the
joy of recognition.
"I am not worthy to touch aour hand
now," pntd the other in a quicklyurst of
tefoar. "I know you are a iences. If theod girl;
you made a confidant of yshinur e, potherty
telling her everything scaping tlure of
rock on which I stumbled and fell. I
concealed all possible from moy mother.
Our paths, likings ant souls lie wide
apart. God bless you! But I hope we
will never meet again."
Only she who has sharkened knows the
priceless value of virtue, the brightest
jewel in woman's crown of glory.
To die and thus be parted Ls a less evil.
But to part-and live
Mohetherse' the tofrment
FASCINATING WIVES.
People think they are paying a man
a compliment when they sw y of hitm:
"He has won cn exceedingly frascint
lyg oman for a dwif." Nine menYork, out
of ten are pleas hand to haof one tir better
hlver so utescrihed. To the tenth mIan
hue words "a fascinating . ife" are a
"Itab n a wound wto tuch youil n hea
nowThee arnted the theen who are weurs to
women who are delightful comnpni'ins
tears. "I ke no attempt to be pleasingi to
therlling husbands in the hscaping. heir
smiles are for the outside world. their
frowns and irritability for those iabout
their Goreslde. If such wives would
pay one-tenth of their attention to the
men who are entitled to whatever sun
shine they can radiate how different
life would be for such husbandls. The
wife who is the life of a party at din
nert or hall is often glum in her house
hold. She makes no attempt to use
the little feminine artitieis to fas
clate her husband that she does to
attract and keep in with society men
in the ballroom who know only the guy
butterfly side of her existence.
The girl who has been foolishly
flattered into the belief thit she Ins a
beauty of unusual type, with a mag.
netic personality, carries that same
conviction into her wedded life. It is
often a dangerous plaything at her
command. The fascinating woman
has a craving to be admired, to be
more popular than the womes about
her, to attract strangers and hold
friends. The world Is her playground.
Home Is merely a resting spot between
There's another kind of faslcinating
womean that the world never hears
about. These are wives who have
neither beanuty, wit nor any accom
plishrrent to speak of. Such wives
bend al the energes of heart and aoul
to mke themtselves pleasing to the
men who have led them to Hymen's al
tar. Their smiles, endearing words,
thonetfl acts, which lead to his corm
fort aud prsur, sare all for h im.
They do not care for or want the ad
mitrtwh of the otide world at men.
e o**r SlItrttle or gpluine lncead
o. ske m akes to athet. They
net weperaliy carries that seme
and the man with whom it is shared.
ils smile or word of praise makes
their sunshine, his want of apprecia
tdon their gloom. Such a husband
never i!ears the outside world say:
*lie has a: fascinating wife." lEvery
noittal is fascinating in ther own way.
. oa'm s. iae i9n pIulijl ' to be :il
luirted I, many; otheur.' lilht is on1lxy
f.: tho,.e i:1 ..o1 ', d.:r" ha ,llse. W h t,
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LED BY FLATTERY.
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S :.._ I.su a in 1e^it " -' " nl S li they
: l, ,.,. -he shoul it take it
,,,r :.:. that all ':e s.;y is 1;o>.
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I'.,:. : ,h.,t `tlice. ss t!hw.-t lla t1 t 't t '<
l,:l,' ill ~1:: Iia::t il,ý l!t,-lH+'-tlX '; lilt.'
Ih ,'.I \\il ant alt,'\:irdls tilhet
' I 11 *1:Iti1.
1'h ,' a'll:te l . Ie w-i iiaIi .t oldy of
.. p ,t :l ieh ,s ti in nl ell t : , ul il
i..'i..i. ttlg w t 'n. "Th'y tale go"I
"':l' ."' t º a.la !tt,':' t nlly tile' \\o lallt U \\w h o
thy think will sItand for it. If she
takes kindly to what die deeims a comi
plientel, they grow Iolder. It doe's
nit take lonig for tihet' adroit flatterer
to make headway. lie is seldomU or
net er a man lwhose heart is touclihed
by wtioelt. Ie has till eye usually to
wealth. lls creed is that a nan can
\win with a flattering tongue, within a
few menthlis' time, a fortune by wed
di:g ; whereas, if he atltempted to make
a fortune by hard, noble industry, he
would live his life out in poverty.
Poor gzirls. he filnds, are on the alert
::aist littt terrs. Young Wilioetn of
,t 'tlth are not .o wary. lie gives
tilth a girl thi, ilpressilon fhlt it was
.t cae of inttele intert'est wvith hina the
tih't instant l:e saw hter. After the
tirot glanc', i:' couhl not forget the
lI:u' of her eyeVs and the first wotrIs
she tltor.d. h lit inds ninte wolmen
ot of Ifii are please'd to hear that.
.\Ad ihe is :titusil secretly at their
,oolishln .s in Ielieving it. It Is his
Leliiei thatt woetn dilte on ilattery.
It ltever lctirs to thiltI that lie Is
S.ill}g the .tisle' .pi.tetlies over anld oevr
:ti::ini to every woman he meets. What
wotm:tla su.ipects hiit of telling a tit
I when he whisp. rs ardently to her that
she has the most chnrming persoinality
of anyone he ever met' Thali:t it is
lheattVe on earth to be by her side?
She may be as hotmely as n hedge
fenice, and know it; but he can actu
ally make her believe that he thinks
her quite a beauty, clever and charm
ing. Sihe may look a fright In this
hat or that one, but a flatterer never
makes the mistake of telling her the
plain truth.
Womenkind, as a rule, do not take
kindly to unvarnished truths. Wom
en who take to flattery as a duck to
waiter never choose a plain. blunt, out
spoken mattn for a lover. It is a well
known fact that after a flatterer weds
a girl of weatlth, and he has weetdled
her into giving ltim the reins of her
fortmune in part, or generally in its en
tirety, his hlattery stops short. At
that stage of the gamie she is pretty
apt to hear his actual opinion of her.
lie wastes no time in idle sophistries.
It is needless to say the woman wiho
lends a willing ear to the flatterer gen
e(rally rues it. Ills pretended inter
est In her is slhortlived. Even the most
Iobtuse observers of men aind their
manners cannot help but discover this.
soon or late. She finds she has trust
ed a man who is not worth a woman's
love and devotion.
Iis type of men will flourish as
lonk as women will pay heed to them.
When a stranger begins to flatter, it is
seldom best to allow his acquaintance
to ripen Into friendship.
Father Explains.
"Pa. what is meant by the 'psychol
ogical moment?'"
"Have you never seen your mother
ask me for a check, son?"
"Ohi, yes, pa."
"And did you ever notice that she
always waits until I bhave had a good
dinner, and she htas brought my slip
pers, ail has pulled my eOtsy chair
arind ito the light and struck a match
for lay clgtir?"
"Yi's. pa."
"Vel. that is what is known as the
ptsyihohlgi'al timomlient for Ineking a
doniestie touch."
He Got Off Easy.
"I received a letter from an old
schoolmate of mine this morning,"
said Mrs. Peck, "in which she tells me
she had only been married three days
when her husband was arrested for
bigamy and sent to prison for ten
years. Wasn't that awful?"
"Oh, I don't know," replied her hus
band. "Some men certainly do have
more luck than sense."
Helen Rebelled.
The kIndergarten class to which
little Helen belonged wais so large that
It was .necessary to divide it Into two
sections. Helen was fond of her teach
er, and when she discovered that she
was to be In the division with a brand
new teacher, she screamed at the top
of her small voice: "I won't be dl
vided! I say. I won't be divided !"
Think First.
When you talk let it be "safety
frsi." That means that you will think
before you talk rather than do as some
do first and then think atte.
ward.
Ideal Community.
What a superb thing it would be If
we were all big enough in mind to se
no slights, accept no Insults, cherlsh
no Jealoustes, and admit Into our
hearts no hatred 1
Mary Is Always Popular.
All over the English-speaklng worl4
Mary Is the most comuou Christian
name. Out of every 1.000 English
-ole, U are named Mary, M WH.
usla. setsi, ass It age.
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CA3INET
Y chay t torn sy 0** n o: In %*
niy rvp i ta tun lh.i " :" ally 1 . •i,1 . y
d:g tie t,,'h.
FISH DISHES.
T 'he N.ort\\.Li1 'i !! : aviit sI
11 ,.h ' : L-t li ni "t .:> '. .. i-th. \ "t
I1 \-l '" . -'II t iri of it.
- Io of the to,- - : .
1 in:.&* fra ann l ti] i sht l
ill:"i I'Ii ,11 t s i' . (:, ] l-h
.i 'll' :lI- ' '\i: ly ! I
-rel. 'tut the scicd. 'f1
the \\w l Inl'll: . li i .iii ;. un it i l ! .,
O ~e li-h 1 t : 1t o II ei tt111,1 r. .'!ih .
t in slic. it!y a' i'!Tiat.'Ii wi ater a
• l ,:II '. '.',1' : .lif t . :1:11:I , tc l :, h : 1 1'l
fe ~ 1 sle blt.rc. p plter, thnd , litl' ,
ti-l i". lt ailalr.
Fish Pudding.- i'.,I k th,! f i, h :i !iti ,
u n te r |lo ul iii \\ : . " \' fi fe :i 1:i b "  , - l, "
fiul :f vin.,t :r :1:tI :t :l n '1 Ihl 'ck I, 'l
t' r<. :il t l toi drai' n :1 i:il ae t : 'atr ni
til the f'iler is Ibr'aoi . i N i'l sNa';i," :
u\lth hM tter. crea' m rol fish st 'ck, fin
til it is of the nai ti e tliic' of thin !ai;,'
latter. liiur iltt grcr twid matlds tilt
st'llet l for two hi ri Ill'i il 2 hilt. Serlve
witlh drawn btter sauce.
Cod en Casserole.--'repa:lre ocd al
for fryinig. Ii It thle aIitt in2 of the ' les
stcrle with hilts of butter, then place
in it n liycr of fish. il)st lightly with
flouhr, sit and pepper. D[t with blut
ter and repenti. When the fish is aill
iused pour lover it a hailf cupfull of W:1
ter r f ish stock, ia third of a cillfi
of oraniige jii'i aniid the jui'e of half
it hemon. Add parsley and outirn. Fit
the cover tightly tieand hake until ten
ider.
Baked Salmon.-(Ch'.n a: foilr-poztull
s;ilmion, alnd stuffl with brlad ilri'sinit
lin.le froml ni .cy 'ul of erumli s. half
1 cupfuil of itnely chaipped apple, piu'
ley. onion, l nit sllt and p'plillir to
ltaste. Add fliih .stohc and a I':ttlh'
efy to moilsten. rlp in ain oiled p:t
ler niid pltace in a iciking pain with
I\iter land butter. Iake ilt a quick
iven for an hour. hasting often. slo
thait die npapr is kelt I ni<t. Thclken
the gravy slightly wit Ii ftlor and serve
garnished with rad!isn and parsley,
or lemion and p:arst'y.
Fried Cod Roe.-Slice the roe and
fry a rich brown in lbutter. O(n each
slice is laid a slice of lemon and a
smaltil butter hlll mixed with chopped
aiiirsley. Garnish with slices of to
tto aind serve cold.
We never know how much one lives
till we know how mtuch he is willing
to endure and suffer for us; and it is
the suffering element that measures
love.-Henry Ward Beecher.
SOME COMPANY DISHES.
When entertaining a few guests, a
few dishes out of the ordinary are al
ways enjoyed.
Mashed Chops.
ltail and itmashi four
:,ediutn-sized lpota
,ties, beat u n t i l
light. setason, add
tlhe yolk of one egg
and t w table
spoonfuls of milk.
IBroil ten chops on
one side for five nlinutes, turn anid
sear on the other side. Henp the po
tatoes on the broiled chops in tiny
nmounds, dip in egg, roll in crumbs and
fry in deep fat. Serve with a garnish
of pens.
Oyster Cocktails in Peppers.-Cut
the steij ends from green peppers, re
move the seeds and stand the peppers
in a dish of chopped Ice. Put in four
tablespoonfuls of tomato eatsup, two
of lemon Juice, a dash of tabasco, salt
and pepper and five nice, fat oysters.
Anchovy Canapes.-Mash three an
chovIes, add a teaspoonful of onlon
Julce, the yolk of a hard-cooked egg.
a dash of pepper and a tablespoonful
of olive oil. Cut rounds of brown
bread, toast themn quickly, spread with
soft butter, and then with the anchovy
mixture. Garnish with sliced, stuffed
olives, and the white of the egg. put
through a fruit lress. Serve on a hot
plate.
Cream Cheese in Green Peppers.---'nt
the' steln eils frot two (ir throee green
Tep!lers lmnd fill with goodI sesoned i
crlina chase,. adding crert, silt,. pep
lIEI1", ('hoppledil dhitves or onionh fill the
peppers gifter remiioving the seeds 1lnd
white pulp. press thi ilxtlne inr to2 the
epptems lirmlty 21n( allow themi to stnnd
for ti few hours on Ie to get firm.
When ready to serve, cut in qunrter
Ilch slices, using a sharp knife.
Serve on an IndIvidual plate with a
cracker for the nfter-dinner coffee.
ThIs may be used on lettuce wIth a
salad dressing. making a pretty as
well as n satisfying salad.
Cauliflower in Tomatoee-Peel six
tomatoes, cut off the stem ends anid
pscoop out the seeds. Fill the tomatoes
with bits of chld boiled cauliflower.
add French dressing, put in a table
spoonful of catsup in the middle of
each; serve on lettuce leaves as a
salad.
Apple Croquettes.-To one cupful
of apple sauce add one-half cupful of
fine cracker crutbs., a pinch of salt.
sugtr, clnnamon and nutmeg to taste.
Stand aside for an hour and a half
then mold In balls to represent ap
ples. Crusib and fry. Use cloves to
represent stems and garnish with fresl
leaves when obtainable.
When Fortune Smiled.
They wtre poor, hbt Dame Fortune
had smiled on them.
Dame Fortune wasn't to blame, how
ever.
They were a pair of the spoonlest
kind of spoony lovers, and It was Im
possible to keep her face straight.
sawsedOff Sermo
It is said that speech was glven men
iq, order that they might be able to
comesal their thoughts, but ia asa,
-tas it seems to have be.. alse,
: _÷-l h -ame -
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' IRRIGATION IN FORMOSA
toile it over, F' rlos.a was a
Shunlllt of .pest and criame. To
day the island can show a col
lection of l('1' :nr. i nlitlil, pro>I- tru'I s
towns. 'i'hti prI'tt gov,.rnotr general,
Baron Atndo, is a tinie bl.tking m ai
fith a clear eye and a kindly n atrnnDer.
lis gulests at the palace experienlce
Japanese hospitality at its best. and
no pain is spared, with the help of in
te'rpreters and cou(trteous officials, to
show what can be seen of the island
and its workings even in a tour of ten
days. The most favored visitor in such
a short space of time, however, cannot
hope to gain more than a series of in
teresting t'tures.
In answer to a question as to the
problem that interested Baron Ando
most keenly regarding the island, he
answered that the problem that always
held him was how best to govern for
the good of the people, says a writer in
the London Timnes.
The impression gained of Taihoku,
the capital of Formosa, is of a large
clean government city. It is situated
in the beautiful northern plain and is
ringed around by hills that would
make an enchanting frame to any me
tropolis.
The sky blue, the sun hot, but not
too hot, palm, acacia and banyan trees
in groups, or In avenues, on all sides.
and white roads some inches thick with
fine dust, make a background for the
Formosan people.
Long Period of Chinese Rule.
There is something appealing in the
faces of these Formosans. Their his
tory is an ugly one. From the begin
ning of time, in the case of the abo
riginal navages, who are mostly head
hunters, it is a series of horrors, blood
shed, plague, murder, sudden death,
battle and exploitation.
The savage tribes preyed on each
other and on the unlucky sailors and
passengers whom terrible storms so fre
quently wrecked on the island shores.
Then the settlers from China took re
venge on the savages who made con
stant raids on the dwellers of the
plain and the Chinese governors op
pressed their own people.
Except for thet forty years that
Dutch adventurers, while tilling their
pockets, returned spiritual for material
favors and did texcelleniit tiduianti'u.lI
and civilizing work almng i.th savage
andi Formosan inhllabitants-"even edu
;ating the women '" as a Japanese
writer naively puts it--the isla:lnd has
had an unnlappy history. From China's
•'O years of sluggard rule little good
seemis to have come.
The Formosan Chinese. however,
brought with them that instinct for
work that is their heritage. Neither
ill usage, violence, oppression nor sav
age incursions have kept the China
man from being Industrious. lie was
digged and sowed and planted. lIe
has woven and spun his garments and
dyed them a beautiful indigo blue, evi
dently for the love of tile thing. The
great falling of this industrious man,
CANAL MAKES NEW RECORD
Sault Sainte Marie Has Had the Bui
est Year It Has Known Since
Its Construction.
The busiest canal in the world
that of the Sault Sainte Marie-has
made its report for the season. It
has carried 91.888.219 tons of freight
since navigation opened last spring.
This breaks all previous records, even
for this waterway, by a little matter of
80.,5.7.215 tons. $
These figures give some slight idea
of the benefit we get from our great
lakes. Those Inland seas carry more
commerce than the Mediterranean, and
the Sault Sainte Marie alone handles
more freight than all the internal wa
terways of the German empire. Mean
time our rivers, which do almost as
much for us as the lakes, lie idle
while we rave about freight congestion
and call madly for more box cars.
With the posible exception of east
erm Mouth America,. the Inland water
ways of the United States are the
• est Ia the wearl. ome daj, nurely,
howv eV r, lire. t'%t'r !,tIi hlis uncleail
lless. 'IThtire is ino idltl,t whatever that
.ihn ctuI:lllltlll i l; i i', or wives
:are' not to bie moved either by evil
smells or ugly sur.':'ulting.. The won
de; alwayvs Is to see. the lovely em
Ibridehries that ::re evolved in Chinese
iutiltits of diseacse :land dirt.
\lhoever spiks of Formllosa with
Inuthority tells the sat:le tale. When
Japant took over the Island 2 years
:ago Talhoku was nothing but a dirty
Chinese town. And the visitor who
would see something of a genuine h
nese old style town and realize the
contrast, should visit Rokko.
City of Darkness.
Rokko seems chiefly to be one long,
almost interminably long, street. The
houses that face each other are shaded
from the sun's rays by heavy bamboo
rooting that stretches front sidle to side
of thle roadway. Even in that brilliant
tropical sun that seems to burn through
parasol and lihat, scarcely a ray of di
reet sunlshine pierces thlie dlmness of
Itokko. Thel result is, ,f course, cool
ness, but it Is also had snmell and air
lessless that suggest the atmosphere
of a mtedieval prison instead of a dl
lage in one of the sunnietst and richest
Islands of the Pacitfi. Ilow strange
that in a land where sun and green
ness and blue water might have It all
their own way human beings should
choose to create such in environment.
These Chinese houses that face each
other are all alike in one thing. The
whole front is open so that the Interior
is public, and the back wall of every
living room has a sacred picture with
one or two vases or ornaments, with
tapers and lanterns that are lit In the
evening. The family shrine Il-what
ever spiritual quality it may or may
not possess-in the center, the back
ground and the heart of the home.
Learn About Sanitation.
They appear to be peaceful, laodo
trious folk, and to the casual eye two
thirds of them seemed emadated
enough to be bad phthlsical cases.
The kindly policeman from northers
Japan who piloted as through this
town said that he had little dllflculty
now in getting the' people to carry out
ofliciul orders for cleaning their houses,
but at the bIeglnin g they simply did
not understa:ld what was wanted, and
nreat patience' w:.s needed. ltokko has
a haid name of old for pest. The
scourge, which as recently as 13"')
claimt"le 1,iu) deaths out of 80,0"O(
cases of infctl,n, is now supposed to
have beetn entirely stamped out.
In medic'al tn:l sanitary nmatters the
Formosaln hals bIeen whisked suddenly
from the awful deplths of the foar
teeaith century right up to the era of
what the bacteriologist calls "buga." If
modern civilization is a blessing. then
Japan has blessedl the Formosana. With
the benefits of progress there have alsi
come nmodlern evils, but the evils that
accompany our civilization today al
less grulesonr e and lepronc than theM
of the ('Chinese era in this beantlai
island.
we shall use themt as they dlese M
be used. It will not ie so simpl a
task as utilizing the lakes; rivers ae
Individuals, and the- MIssissiPPi. at
least, is as temperntmental as a gra
opera star. Itut the. work can be doh
and must be donie. If our industries as
not to choke thi.emiselves by their on
growth.
Powerful Metallic Candls.
Candles made of nletallic mas1
um and alumninumn for taking @tW
pictures at night project their Nit
about 33 times as far as ordinary Itl
lights.
Moral Legislation.
The trouble with legislating the hid
habits out of huma. n nature is that 
many people seem to regard it 0
dure.--Columbus (Ohio) State 3 -
daL
Such is Perverlity.
Good advice Is so generally e
tionable that sowne men won't
It even when you tell the &
mnake fools of themsela