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' ( *• /. V\> ~ K , fSJSven $10,000,000 worth of peace la I* . . -V^,' I '" |:\Maiwgr talks, but It will have to do 'more than that if it insures peace. Every little while nobody’s seismograph Is recording an earthquake. Every year this world drinks 1,250,000,000 pounds of tea. That seems C; Whenever the dressmakers think of is£her outrageous spring styles they let I•iftf w • 1 « I, That latest earth shock might be .traced to the militarists bringing up their heavy artillery. . . Still, feeding children on two cents ,a day and making them like it are two different propositions. |Kc_' V - ii If we must have so many warships .•■why not get Mr. Edison to make a few with his cement molds? J Now Peru and Bolivia are disagreeing. What South America needs is a fight and revolt antitoxin. „ If motion pictures are to aid the insane they should not be associated With nickel-theater ventilation. When a cold wave hits New York there are noses sympathetically red in Weehawken, Hoboken and HackenIf all the New England hunting stories are true the abundance of venison should bring down the price of No objection Is heard from the young men of the family tq the new fad of employing young women chauf- * A ninety-three-year-old man has been left a fortune but refuses to give up his Job. He knows what has kept him alive. The Courier-Journal notes the finedifference between the words “died" and “passed away” as applied to bank cashiers. ? 1 1 It was a stroke of genius which made the census taking precede the opening of the shooting season for amateur hunters * ■.— ■■■■■ ■' ■ Chicago highwaymen carried a victim three miles to rob him. That must constitute a violation of the Interstate commerce law. A new milllon-dollar apartment house In New York is to have a kindergarten, hospital and skating rink. The three don't go badly together. Mrs. Russell Sage Is going to build a model town for 1,500 model families near New York. But she may have to go out of New York to find her tenants. When serial freight transportation begins to become a fact, we shall hear some railroad men arguing that there la not enough air for the success of the plan. . An lowa judge granted a divorce to a man whose wife liked cigarettes better than she did him. Must have been awfully good cigarettes or a pretty poor husband. New York waiters are opposed to the institution of the Bertlllon system, ■rid the public will stand by them so far as pertains to thumbprints on the •oop plates. Parmgraphera all over the country win mourn that it Is the society worn «n of Philadelphia, Instead of Chicago, who are unwilling to show their feet In a classic tableau. Dr. Wiley says that the earth la .•onliwg and that men will freeze to th on the equator some day. Prom a "»*" who is contemplating matrimony one would expect a brighter ▼lew Last year Alaska produced 120,463.000 gold, or about three times what Uncle Bam paid for the big territory. Some day Secretary Seward will have a fine monument as a good Judge of a real estate bargain. The students of Vassar proclaim -with pride that they can cook, and «ook appetizing meals at that. There Is no danger in the higher education, even for the conservative, when women take pride in their cooking as an accomplishment, and men. as a rote, do not care how much science and philosophy their tature wives absorb as long as the absorbing process does not interfere with the prospect of .good dinners when the cook Is on In the silk war between Italy and has taken n valiant stand agalnsflong

The Light in the Kitchen

(Copyright, IS 10, by Associated Literary Press.)

Hoover Wiles taught astronomy because! be had to live, but he spent hla nights searching the skies at the observatory on Tower hill because he loved It The scientists and attendants recognized the tall young man Willi the shoulders of an athlete and the bulging brow of a student as one of themselves, and he had the run of the place.

Tower hill stood between the ocean and the plain. It shot up into the air several hundred feet. Oak Harbor, a city of considerable size, nestled at its base, spread over tbe plain, and climbed ambitiously up its side. Wiles liked to sit on tbe hill, like an eagle on his crag, and sweep the pageant sea with a long, slim powerful telescope that was his own property. Between this telescope and the great barrel which peered into tjie mysteries of the sky and was moved only by ponderous machinery, he was perfectly happy. One evening in early spring the sky was overcast so that no stars were visible, end the sea was empty of ships. Wiles took his telescope to a loophole in the dome of the observatory, adjusted it on. Its tripod and sat down to the eyepiece. The city of Oak Harbor was in front and beneath him, pricked out by Its hundred thousand lights. Dividing the town into vast checkerboards were the electric street lamps glowing white in the gloom. The lights In the homes were of a mellower and less obtrusive tint. They peered from the open doors and windows and twinkled shyly through the budding trees. The great office buildings, tier on tier, illumined like the portholes of undreamed of ocean liners, thrust themselves proudly aloft The trolleys, whose snoring hum came faintly to him in his aerie were moving streaks of fire. Motor cars flew whither and thither like orderly fireflies. Seated thus at his telescope, Hoover Wiles felt like one of the immortals. He abode on his mountain, above humanity and its petty, buglike emotions. How aimless and useless heemed all this hastening to and fro! What waste of energy In trivial, blind pursuit of pleasure! Surely an ant hill, with its misdirected activity, was a conservative and intellectual community beside the city of Oak Harbor! Thus mußlng, Wiles turned his telescope slowly, like a long, moving finger. It showed the groups waiting for cars on tht corners; occasionally.it followed an automobile for a block or two. Then, as it swept far to the left, the-telescope seemed to stop of its own volition on a pretty scene. A lighted kitchen window, surrounded by vines newly green, filled its field. Within the kitchen, a small boy was sitting at a table eating. A young woman was waiting on him. She wore a light dress, and had a profusion of dark hair. Wiles felt that she was pretty, though his Instrument would not bring out her face In detail. But the air of beauty was about her. In her passing to and fro, once she stopped to tousle the youngster’s hair. The watcher could see the happy smile on the lad’s face. Presently, having finished his supper, he shoved back from the table. The girl, bubbling over with mirth and high spirits, began to dance about the kitchen. The light, irregular steps were the personification of grace. She swayed back and forth across the space opposite the window. The boy clapped his hands gleefully. Wiles watched the scene until the dance whs over. Then he leaned back, took a long breath, and said:

“I shall find that girl and marry her!”

Wiles had cause to regret not keeping his eye glued to the telescope; for when he looked again, the lighted window had vanished. Either the telescope had moved or else the light In the kitchen had been extinguished. For two hours he peered steadily Into the eyepiece, In the vain hope that the dancing girl would again flit across his field of vision. But not another sight of her did he get At last, relunctantly, he gave it up and went home.

The next night he was early at his post His heart beat with anticipation as he sat down at the telescope and watched the dusk close in and the lights of Oak Harbor spring into being like jewels on a velvet cloth. The glass was as he had left It the night before.

Again he was disappointed. In an hour of painstaking peering he picked up a score of kitchen windows; but In each something was lacking. This one had no vines about it; that one did not have a table within the line of vision; the third was lighted by electricity Instead of gas. and so on. No sight of the “dancing girl,” as ne had begun to call her. gladdened his heart. Whed the clocks In the city below began booming the hour of 11, Wiles admitted to himself that It was too late for small boys to be eating supper. and for pretty girls to be floating across a kitchen floor like thistledown. So he turned his attention to the stars. It was a very wandering attention, though; the stars could hava skipped from their courses and gamboled together like lambs ere comment or censure would have been ellcted from WUes. , For a week this continued. From shortly after seven until eleven .he

By M. J. PHILLIPS

would sit at the telescope, searching patiently for that vine-clad kitchen window which seemed to have emerged from the land o’ dreams for a night to torture him with longing, only to slip back again before his fingers could close on the vision and prove it real. And then, as capriciously as it had appeared before, the window and the dear sight behind it came back to him. It was revealed even as the theater curtain rolls up on an enchanted first play. Jfhere was the window, bordered with its tender greenery, the homely room, cheery and pleasant under the glow of the shaded gaslight; the table and the small boy seated at it eating his supper; the girl in a low chair in front of him, elbows on knees. Presently the boy finished his meal and began a spirited tale. He measured with his hands, made a motion as if throwing with them, then jerked on an invisible rod. The gestures were eloquent; the youngster was telling about fishing. When he had finished, the girl, and he washed the dishes. She made all tidy with a charming little air of housewifery, and turned out the light. Wiles sighed. He spent the night at the observatory, determined to locate that kitchen window.

When the mists rolled away early next morning and the sun began to gild the plain to the east, Wiles looked into his telescope again. He was overjoyed to find that he could pick out the window easily. He studied it until there could be no possibility of mistake. There was a wide, well-shaded street In front of the house to which it belonged. He followed the street until a gap in the trees betokened an intersection.

It was an achievement to read the name on the lamp post at that corner, but he did it, spelling it out slowly while his eyes blurred with the strain; Locust. But the name of the cross street was effectually hidden. After breakfast at his boarding house, Wiles plunged ’into a series of abstruse calculations, in which the height of' Tower Hill, the magnifying power of his telescope and the distance to Oak Harbor above the sea level all had a part. Just before dusk that day, Wiles, “all dressed up like a broken arm,” aB he admitted humorously to himself, strolled down Locust street at the spot where his calculations indicated his search should begin. Within half an hour he came to a girl hanging over an old-fashioned front gate, and he stopped with amazement and pleasure. “Why, Coralle Fleet!” he cried; “I haven’t seen you for years." The girl, who had dark hair and gray eyes, la which the joy of living was alight, shook hands 1 warmly. “Nor. I you,” she smiled; “and I wouldn’t have seen you now, only I’m waiting for my little brother. He’s late for supper, as usual. That hoy is crazy about fishing. Wpn’t you come up on the porch and sit down?” “I will,” said Hoover Wiles, with solemn joy. That was four years ago. Now, at bedtime every night Hoover Wiles, Jr., a chunky boy with his mother’s gray eyes and his father’s sturdy shoulders, waves “By-by" from a lighted kitchen window toward Tower Hill. Mrs. Wiles throws /a kiss, sor 1 she knowß her husband Is seated at his telescope, waiting for their messages. But the pretty little custom will soon be discontinued. Wiles has advanced; he has just been appointed chief of the forces at Tower Hill, and Is going to move his family to the residence adjoining the observatory.

The phrase “wild peers unmuzzled” is of higher lineage than careless readers might Imagine. When Mr. Gladstone was ejected from Oxford in the general election of 1865, and was driven for refuge to South Lancashire, we find him talking after this fashion: “At last, my friends, I have corns amongst yon, and I have come —to us© a phrase which has become very far mous and is not likely to be forgotten —I have come amongst you unmuzzled." It was Lord Palmerston who had given currency to the phrase. The prime minister, partly in his own Interests and in the interests of domestic peace, had made anxious efforts to keep Gladstone In Oxford. The earl of Shaftesbury tells us that Palmerston said: “He is a dangerous man. Keep him in Oxford and he is partially muzzled, but send him elsewhere and he will run wild.”—London Chronicle.

When the cholera slew nearly sixty thousand people in the insanitary United Kingdom In 1831-32 the rooks suffered with them. The estate Of the marquis of Sligo boasted one of the largest rookeries In the west of Ireland. On the first or second day of the epidemic’s appearance an observer noted that all the rooks on this estate had vanished. During the three weeks through which it raged there was no sign of them about their home, but the revenue police found Immense numbers of them dead on the shore ten miles sway. When the epidemic abated the rooks returned, but some were too weak to teach their nests, and five-sixths of. th.em had cons.

“Wild Peers Unmuzzled.”

Cholera's Effects in 1831-1832.

MODES of The MOMENT

IN DAINTIEST FORM

THE SEASON'S UNDERWEAR REAL THINGB OF BEAUTY.

Costly, of Course, to Buy Ready Made, But Can Easily Be Put Together at Home —Pajamas for ) Night Wear. IHZSI r~7 “T r" " —r~

January sets the pace for the “white sales,” all the big shops advertise at this time, and from all the evidences there is likely to be a bigger display than ever of underwear. Together with the various dainty garments shown there will be the- usual exhibit of lingerie materials, with everything needled for home sewing from the tiny tapes to the smartest buttons. Good hand sewers are bound to revel 1 in the displays, for to such women the yards and yards of uncut fabrics spell garments of unusual beauty and cheapness. To buy them ready made would mean ruin to the average purse, for there is no use pretending that the best underwear Is cheap. What Is its quality? An elegance so unmistakable thpt the jaw sometimes drops at the price asked. With the more exquisite models fabrics are of a gossamer sheerness, laces and embroideries are put in by hand, and the side of the garment is as perfect as the outside. The bridal sets take first place in importance. These -are composed of three pieces, nightgown, drawers and chemise, and betrimmed to the utmost, decked .with ribbons twisted to form buds and roses, they lie like celestial garments In huge boxes. The rarest material used for such sets is a fairylike webbing called sheer mull. It has something of the look of the finest silkaline tfeat could be imagined, and one wonders that the delicate texture admits of the work lavished on It. The nightdresses are low necked and short Bleeved, the chemises scanty and the | drawers made In circular shape. The ordinary bridal set made of this mull, trimmed with Valenciennes —there may be two kinds —and decked with pink, blue or white ribbons, is $45. Other sets of lawn with quite pretty laces sell from S2O up. Among the odd pieces—garments that are not put together, but which may still be collected for a set—are some gowns, drawers, chemises and skirts In a broadly-plaided dimity. This lovely material responds exquisitely to the thinner laces, and those who object to much fussiness may find quite plainish and charming models In this goods. French nainsook Is still used for practical garments and for the really fat purse handkerchief linen that looks as if it

PRETTY GIFT IS A CALENDAR

Directions for Making Dainty Article Sure to Be Appreciated by s the Recipient.

A useful and pretty little article to make just at this time of year, either for one’s own use or as a present, is a calendar for the ensuing year, and we give a sketch of a dainty little article of this description. It 1b round in shape, and a circular piece of stiff cardboard is used for a foundation; this Is smoothly covered with silk, on the upper part of which

the date of the year has been worked, and the rest of the space that is not occupied with the calendar filled up with a little floral design. A silk cord is sewn on all round the edge, and a frill of satin ribbon further ornaments it A loop of the same ribbon with a rosette bow is attached to the top by which the calendar may be suspended from a nail In tbe wait 'n the center, fastened with paper fasteners,. run through and pressed flat at tbe hack, js a printed calendar, and calendars suitable for this purpose may be purchased at many shops for very Uttle at this time of year.

might have been woven by cunning spiders is offered. Into all these materials lace wends its way in profusion or else there is a skeleton banding called blind embroidery but between other needlework almost as sheer Mid beautiful. -—i

The most coquettish nightdresl* is in the kimono model, and as scantness is a feature of this the home sewer does not need to consider a quantity of expensive material It is square necked and short sleeved of course, for only the useful everyday gowns are made high necked and long sleeved. Some pretty kimono gowns were decked only with a lace

beading and frilled lace edge. No. 6 satin ribbon, in various colors running through the beading. Pajamas and pajamas materials are presented for the young person who affects such mannish attire, and it must be admitted that for slim young women such bed raiment is distractingly pretty. But the plumpish woman must eschew them —they would only make her ridiculous. The pajamas pictured are of blue pajamas cotton, trimmed, with a banding in blue and white.

RESTORING COLOR TO LACE

Process Is Comparatively Simple and Surely Is Worth Being Given a Trial.

In this season' of laces quite often will grandmother’s prized shawl Se brought out into the light of day, and sometimes a cruel light it is, too. After one look, the enthusiastic searcher will place il back In its cedar chest. If the lace be sound and only suffering from discoloration, here is a method of restoring its good black color:

Make some black tea about the strength of that used for drinking and strain it. Pour the liquid into a basin so that the lace will be completely covered, and let it stand for ten or twelve hours. Squeeze the lace several times, but do not rub it, for the texture of old lace will not permit of It

Dip the lace three or four times in the tea. After this press the fabric through a weak solution of gum-arabic and water. Pin the lace to a towel, being careful to adhere to the shape that you wisb it to take. When nearly dry cover It with another towel and iron It with a cool iron. After this process the lace will look like new.

Glass for Bedrooms.

Glass instead of china is becoming popular for bedrooms. It fits in admirably with a room done in white or cream-striped paper with gay chintz hangings. There is something unusually dainty about a washstand that has a plate-glass top, and upon which are stood, on crocheted mats, the basin. Jugs and lottles, also in glass. Gl&ss is used for the toilet table wherever possible. The powder pots, large and small, are of glass, and so are the Jewel boxes, with a velvet cushion inside to rest the jewels upon, and the candlesticks are also of glass. A novel idea is to paint the glass for washstand or toilet table on the underside with blue or pink silver oxidized paint, or whatever color you like. The color shows through the glass and makes a very pretty effect. An odd fashion in glass followed by a few women is to have the mirrors of Mack glass. This is transparent, such as is dsed for spectacles.

THE GROWTH OF TOWNS IN WESTERN CANADA

A BAROMETER OF THE GROWTH OF THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS. 1

The traveler passing through a country is impressed favorably or otherwise by the appearance of the towns along the line of railways. As tljey appear prosperous and of healthy growth he at once assures himself that there is either a local industrial factor to cause it, or a splendidly developed agricultural area from which is drawn the resources that contribute or make for the growth that is so readily apparent, 'On the other hand. If evidence of Impoverished streets, badly appearing residences and business places and lethargic citizens, there is an absence of local. Industry and surrounding agricultural prosperity. There is no line of railway, whether main or branch, throughout western Canada, that through the towns or cities that are built along the ribs of steel do not . convey the most favorable impression. The cause is not always apparent, but the facts are there and easily seen. In most cases the growth and the stability of these towns are caused by the excellent Agricultural districts that are tributary; in Borne cases, manufacturing enterprises have sprung up, caused by the agricultural demands and needs. The Winnipeg Free Press and the Edmonton Bulletin have recently sent corps of correspondents through the provinces to secure data concerning the growth of the two or three hundred towns that have come into existence during the past two or three years. The particulars make Interesting reading, nnd as one reads of the station house, the blacksmith shop, the boarding house and the store of April, being dwarfed in August by a hundred or more dwellings, by large hotels, by splendid stores, and a half dozen Implement warehouses, not forgetting the two or three churches and the excellent public school buildings, it causes one to stop and think if they ever heard of such marvelous changes. Certainly not often. These are facts, though, as related of western Canada. Then, too, there are now cities —yes, cities of from ten to fifteen thousand people —where five or /six years ago there was but the bare prairie and the lone section post. The changes in the Canadian West during the past eight or ten years have been marvelous, and it is no idle tale to say that the development in number and growth of the cities, towns and villages there in the past decade has eclipsed anything in the history of the building of a new country. Agriculture has been the basis, and it is agriculture of the kind that is lasting. . The ease with which an excellent productive farm, capable of yielding a splendid living and large profit to the operator, is such that it has encouraged thousands to follow that pursuit, and also other thousands on the limited and expensive farms throughout the Central Western States as well as some of the Coast States, to enlarge their field of enterprise. The climate is excellent, and just the climate that is desirable for the healthy growth of man and the products of the field. All varieties of the smaller and better paying grains are raised, and generally with every assurance pf good fields. With government supervision Of railway rates, splendid markets are contain, and the highest prices realized. The Dominion Government, that has been carrying on a propaganda of securing settlers for the vacant lands, issues literature descriptive of those available In the provinces, and on request of your nearest Canadian government agent, copies will be forwarded free.

NOT THAT.

The Congressman—l’m opposed to the bill at present, but I might change my mind for $5,000. The lobbyist—Your mind doesn’t appear to me to be worth that much.

Children's Food.

Certain little suggestions are always to be followed when planning the diet of the little ones. To keep healthy little stomachs in the nursery never serve hot stewed fruit to the children. Plenty of stewed frnit and baked apples they should eat, but they must invariably be cooked the day before and dished up cold. The nursery potatoes should always be baked or boiled In their jackets. Stewed and fried potatoes or potatoes boiled without their skins supply starch,.with a loss of all the wholesome potash salts that the skin gives out during the process of cooking into the white part of the vegetable.

Getting His.

“Had a most enjoyable time at the dentist’s today.” “Eh! Enjoyable?” “Yes. When I went In another dentist was filling my dentist’s teeth.”