Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 20, 27 November 1909 — Page 5

THE RICII3IOXD PALLADIUM AND SUX-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1909.

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DOUGAN RECEPTION. Beautiful in all of Its appointments was the elaborate reception given Friday afternoon by Mrs. John B. Dougan at her home on North Tenth street in honor of her niece, Miss Rhea Reid of New York. About two hundred invitations had been issued for the affair. The floral decorations were especially attractive. One color was used in carrying out the entire decorative motif in the different apartments. Smilax twined the chandelier and archways. Each chimney piece was massed with smllax intermingled with roses. The entire idea giving a pleasing effect. In the living room Rhea Reid roses and American beauty roses were utilized. Plnlc roses decorated the reception room. Chrysanthemums were used In attractively decorating the dining room. The round table in this apartment was arranged to represent a miniature flower garden. Small incandescent green lights added to the effectiveness of this decoration. Chrysanthemums were also placed on the buffet. Mrs. Oougan wore a beautiful gown of light blue silk' handsomely trimmed in black. She received in the north parlor with Miss Rhea Reid, Miss Constance Fosler, Miss Rose Dougan, Mrs. Guy McCabe of Chicago, and Miss Katherine Krauss of Indianapolis. Miss Reid wore a handsome costume of white satin. Miss Fosler, blue velvet, Mrs. McCabe, black velvet. Miss Dougan a gown of light yellow tinted chiffon and Miss Krauss a yellow satin gown. The other assistants were: Miss Clara Morgan, Mrs. Wickham Corwln, Mrs. Rudolph Leeds, Mrs. Joseph Hill. Mrs. Harry Holmes, Mrs. John Nicholson, Miss Marie Campbell, Mrs. C. W. Elmer, Mrs. Dudley Elmer, Mrs. Ray Shiveley, Miss Juliet Swayne, Miss Clara My rick and Miss Edith Nicholson. In the south parlor punch was served during the receiving hours by a number of young girls who were costumed in charming frocks. They were; Miss Mary Gaar, Miss Helen Nicholson, Miss Mildred Gaar, Miss Opal Husson, Miss Gwendolyn Foulke, Miss Rose Gennett, and Miss Fanny Jones. The harpist, Mr. Henry Kamp, who was seated in the hall, played a number of pretty airs. The harp was placed behind a screen of palms studded with yellow chrysanthemums. There were a number of out of town guests in attendance. ji ji ENTERTAIN AT WHIST. Miss Deborah Shute and Miss Cora Klrby gave a prettily appointed whist party Friday evening at the home of Miss Shute on North Fourteenth street. The game was played at four tables. Mr. Mather Kelsey and Miss Ruth Peltz were presented with the favors. At the close of the game luncheon was served to the following guests: Miss Ruth Peltz. Miss Alice leaning. Miss Mary Likens, Miss Esther Hill, Miss Martha Williams and Miss Mildred Schalk, Messrs. Rudolph Hill, Myron Hill, Vernon Potter, Edgar Fisher, Frank Schalk, Mather Kelsey and Charles Kauffman. J( Jl JM MRS. LEEDS ENTERTAINS. A dinner was given last evening by Mrs. Jeannette G. Leeds at her pretty home on North Tenth street. The guests of honor were Mr. Daniel Reid, Miss Rhea Reid of New York and Mr. Harry I. Miller of Chicago. Pink roses and violets were used In attractively appointing the table. The town guests were Mr. and Mrs. John Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Dougan, Mrs. Omar Hittle, Mrs. J. M. Gaar and Mrs. Rudolph G. Leeds. 8 GIVEN A SURPRISE. A pleasant surprise was given Miss Lucile Ford last evening at her home on North Eighteenth street by a number of her friends. Games and music added to the pleasure of the affair. A dainty luncheon was served late in the evening. Those composing the party were Miss Agnes Keifer, Miss llo Wolf. Miss Elnora Wood, Miss Viola Cutter and Miss Clara Thomas, Messrs. Leroy Morgenstar. Walter Ottie, Carl Voss. Ernest Tony, James Consello and Harry Cox. j J j ENTERTAINED WITH A DINNER. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vossler enterIndescribable But Real the unique "toasty" flavour of Post Toasties Our special process of flaking" fresh, clean, selected White Corn retains all the rich food properties, and adds a new and distinct flavour. "The Memory Lingars Pkgs. 10c and 15c Sold by Grocers.

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tained a company of friends and relatives to a six o'clock dinner Thanksgiving evening. The out of town guests were: Mrs. Catherine Beemo, of Mattoon, 111., Mr. Charles Huffman of Hamilton, O.. Mr. and Mrs. John Leach of Eaton, O., Mr. and Mrs. Clem Toney and children of Detroit. Mich. ,. ENJOYABLE THIMBLE PARTY. Mrs. Howard Watson and Mrs. Frank Raper gave a delightful thimble party yesterday afternoon at the home of the latter, south of the city. The guest of honor was Mrs. John lieeson, who is soon to move from the neighbrhood. The time was spent most pleasantly with needlework, music and social conversation. An elegant lunch was served. Those bidden to participate in the affair were: Mrs. Homer Farlow, Mrs. John Beeson, Miss Nora Farlow, Mrs. Lewis Beeson, Mrs. Charles Williams, Miss Ivy Hort, Mrs. Edgar Hawekotte, Mrs. Jesse Raper, Mrs. Benbow, Mrs. W. E. Beeson and Mrs. James Beeson. tjt HONOR RICHMOND WOMAN. The following clippings from the Piqua Daily Leader are of interest: Honoring Mrs. Frank Fromme of Richmond, Ind., who is the guest of Mrs. William Henderson, Mrs. Chas. Frazier in West Ash street, entertained Saturday evening a party of friends. Games and various amusements formed the pleasures of the evening. Light refreshments were served. Mrs. J. B. Cranston in Boone street, entertained very informally Friday evening a party of friends in honor of Mrs. Frank Fromme of Richmond, Ind. Those who enjoyed the affair were the people who had formed the party at Russet's Point last summer. MISS SELF ENTERTAINED. A most enjoyable affair of Wednesday afternoon was the informal tea given- by Misses Cora Rosnagle and Muriel Self, teachers at the Oakwood school, when they entertained the parents of the children informally at the school. A delightful Thanksgiving program was given by the children who were then dismissed, their parents lingering to get better acquainted with the teachers, and to enjoy light refreshments. A pleasant feature of the afternoon was the talk given by Colonel Mead on books, as it is the ambition of those in charge of the Oakwood school to start a library for the school. Dayton Daily News. Miss Self was a former resident of this city and a graduate of the local high school. IS AT CINCINNATI. Miss Ida Taylor has gone to Cincinnati, O., for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Taylor. J j ARE HOME. Mr. Edward Wilson and Mr. Myron Malsby of Piqua, Ohio, are guests here. . j A GUEST HERE. Miss Edith Cranor of Marion, Ind., is the guest today of her cousin, Mrs. W. Ramsey Poundstone. j j j HOSTESSES FOR THIRD COMPANY. The third company of a series was given Friday afternoon by Mrs. Charles M. Jenkins and Miss Margaret Wlckett at the Jenkins home, i7 South Nineteenth street. Pink and white chrysanthemums decorated the various rooms. A dainty luncheon was served. The afternoon was spent in a pleasant social manner. Those enjoying the function were: Miss Maude Toms, Mrs. Wortmann, of Dayton, O., Miss Barbara Beckman, Mrs. Herman Hobson, Mrs. Harry Doan, Mrs. Benjamin Hiser, Miss Bessie Thompson, Miss Elsie Beeler. Miss Irma Horn, Miss Margaret Doan, Miss Lucy and Miss Edith Francisco, Miss Edith Tallant. who had with her Miss Mary Pratt, of Indianapolis: Miss Esther Fletcher. Miss Elsie Marshall, Miss Edna Hoover, Miss Reba Stutson, Mrs. Earl Mann. Miss Anna Horn, Mrs. Foster Hoeffer, Miss Alma Lohr. Miss Alice Winder, Mrs. Clarence Parks. Mrs. Edgar Mote, Miss Anna Symonds, Mrs. Fred Jones, of Terre Haute with Miss Edna Hoover, Mrs. William Rindt. Mrs. Walter Garver, Miss Mary Feasel. Miss Katherine Schneider, Mrs. Fred Schneider. j Jt A GUEST HERE. Mr. Orel Erk of Indianapolis, formerly of this city, was a guest hero yesterday. . THANKSGIVING CANTATA. A Thanksgiving cantata will be presented Sunday evening at seven-thirty o'clock at the First Methodist church ly the choir under the direction of Mrs. Grace Gorman. The program will be announced tomorrow. ENTERTAIN FOR HOUSE GUESTS. A delightful euchre party was given Thanksgiving evening by Mr. and Mrs. John Falck at their apartments in the Reed flats, complimentary to their house guest, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hoover, of Indianapolis and Mr. and Mrs. Harem Eshelman of Greenfield, Ind. Euchre was played at several tables. Mr. O. G. Mitchell and Mr. Harry Chase were given te favors. Miss Nettie Chase and Miss Nellie Hoover assisted the hostess in entertaining. After the game, lunch was served. The guests bidden to meet Mr. and:

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PHONE 1121 Mrs. Falck's house guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chase, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Harrv Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Campbell, Mr. Charles A. Sehi, Misses Nellie and Jeannette Hoover and Miss Nettie Chase. 6 ( CLUB NOTES ALL DAY SESSION. An all day meeting of the ladies' aid society and the missionary society of Reid Memorial church was held yesterday in the church parlors. The morning hours were spent with needlework. In the afternoon the missionary society held a formal session. Mrs. Mary Mott read a paper. Mrs. Magaw was the leader for the afternoon. Items of interest were given by the various members. Election of officers resulted as follows: President Mrs. Layton Myrick. First Vice-president Mrs. Sharon Jones. Secretary Mrs. Charles Miller. Treasurer Mrs. Charles Magaw. Thank Offering Secretary Mrs. George Ball. Temperance Secretary Miss Ella Downing. v t MRS. LONTZ HOSTESS. The monthly meeting of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary society of the First Presbyterian church was held yesterday afternoon with Mrs. John Lontz at her home, 52 South Fifteenth street. Miss Sarah Williams conducting the devotional part of the program. Mrs. Edgar Hazeltine read an interesting paper entitled "Schools and Evangelistic Work Among the Mexicans," and Mrs. Pauline Jones a paper on "Home Missions Among the Koreans," both papers were exceptionally well given. Other matters were brought up and discussed and the usual business transacted. & j J WILL MEET MONDAY. Mr. J. Walter Steinkamp's dancing class will meet Monday evening in the Knights of Columbus hall. Pennsylvania leads the world in buckwheat flour. Walter's heads the list. One trial convinces. At your grocer's. WAITED FOR HEALY. An Incident of the Land League Agitation In Ireland. One morning during the Land league agitation Mr. Paruell left Dublin by the early mall train for Roscommon to address a meeting. On arriving in the town he received a telegram from Dublin which ran: Missed mail train. Will get down at i o'clock. Postpone meeting till 1 arrive. HKALX. Mr. Parnell was pleased to learn that T. M. Healy, M. P., was coming dowu. Delighted, too, were the local promoters of the demonstration, and the meeting was gladly postponed for a few hours. At 3 o'clock the railway station and its approaches were thronged with people with bands and banners, and the train from Dublin steamed in amid terrific cheering for Tim Healy. The train pulled up, a carriage door opened, aud the local reception committee rushed to it, when out stepped "Healy." but it was not T. M. Healy. M. P. It was W. Wallace Healy, a well known reporter on the staff of the Irish Times. He had been assigned to the Roscommon meeting, bad missed the mail train, and it was most important that his paper should have a report of Mr. Parnell's speech; hence the telegram. Pearson's Weekly. What Yeomen Were. Yeomeu were formerly considered to be by their title on a level with esquires, and they were called yeomen because, in addition to the weapous proper for close engagements, they fought in the wars with arrows and a bow which was made of yew; bence the word. After the conquest the name of yeoman, iu refereuce to the original office la war. was changed to that of archer. The term, however, was continued with additions the yeoman of the crown, of the chamber, yeoman usher, etc. and we find that considerable grants were bestowed on scree of them. Id the legal view a yeoman is delined to be oue that has fee land of the value of 40 shillings a year and is thereby qualified to serve on juries, to vote for knights of the shire aud to do any other act which the law may require. The yeomen always took a leading part in whatever concerned the regulations or interests of the kingdom, aud their renown as warriors is fully established by their numerous heroic achievements. Londou Globe. Insects and Flowers. Experiments on showy flowers like the poppy tend to show that insects are not always attracted to flowers by the brightly colored petals, but rather by the perception doubtless by means of smell that there is honey or pollen. In these experiments the unopened flower bud is inclosed in a gauze net so as to protect it from insects, and when it expands the petals are carefully removed without touching the remaining, arts with the fingers (for bees avoid a flower if the smell of human fingers is left on it. aud the petalless flowers receive practically as many insect visits as untouched flowers do.

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STORIES of HISTORY By Albert Pay son Terhune 9" Theodora and Justinian The Roman capital of Constantinople in 525 A. D. was aghast at the news that the consul, Justinian (nephew and heir to the Emperor Justin I.) was to marry Theodora, the farce-comedy actress whose clever performances at the "Circus" had for years set the city in a roar of laughter. For an emperor's heir to make an actress his wife was not only scandalous, but illegal as well. People began to inquire into Theodora's past life. Many of the facta they dug up were of too unsavory a nature to bear repetition. But they learned also that she was one of the three daughter! of a brutal fellow who had been keeper of the wild bears in the menagerie under the Circus building. When Theodora was only seven her father had died. The child was an impish, gay little creature with a genius for mimicry. So she had been put on the stage. She could not sing or dance, but she was a born comedian. She grew to womanhood, small, thin and pale. Scarcely the sort of girl to attract the attention of the emperor's nephew. Rome, since the days of Nero, had grown so greet in size and wealth that it had at last split in two because of its own unwieldy bulk, and was divided into the eastern and western empires. The western empire (with the city of Rome as its capital) was soon overrun by barbarian tribes. But the The Actress Who astern fc emp!re Became Empress, flourished for many centuries. Justin I., a Dacian peasant, had fought his way up from the ranks to the command of the army. Then he had made himself emperor and had proclaimed Justinian his heir. Justinian was a wise man, but lacking in flrmaess. The sort of a man that a clever woman could manage to suit herself. Theodora won his love and pointed out to him a plan by which they two might become emperor and empress. His uncle's wife, the Empress Euphemia, sternly forbade the match. But this did not long stand in Theodora's way. For Euphemia died rather suddenly. Justin was old and as much under Justinian's influence as the latter was under Theodora's. The rest was plain sailing. Justin was persuaded to set aside the law forbidding a prince to marry an actress. Theodora and Justinian thus were married in 525, when the girl was only 17. Two years later Justin died. Theodora made her husband, the new emperor, crown her as empress. Then she proceeded to do the lion's share of the ruling, interfering and having her way in nearly all state affairs. The civilized world was thus for a time swayed by an actress' whims. Nor was she as bad an empress as her early life would have seemed to forecast. She aided her husband to frame the celebrated "Justinian Code" of laws and in many ways helped make his reign great. She attracted some notoriety by declaring herself the champion of wives whose husbands sought to divorce them, and she started besides a sort of royal "marriage bureau." Matchmaking was her fad. And certainly no one could have set a brighter example from her own success along that line. Justinian's love for her did not cool as the years went by. And 6he probably made him a fairly good wife. Once when revolutionists seized Constantinople and clamored at the palace gates Justinian was wild with fear and decided to creep to the seashore unobserved and save his life by flight. Then it was that Theodora threw away the diplomatic tactics by which she had won and managed her husband. For once in her life she let him feel the lash of her scorn, and couched her speech in the language of the stage instead of that of the stately court. She bade him fly if he chose, but told him that death was nobler for a monarch than exile, and vowed that she wou'd not stir from her throne, preferring, as she said, to "make empire her Quarrel of the Royal Lovers. winding sheet. Justinian, stung into courage, stuck to his post, and thereby saved his crown. Once only he is said to have taunted her in anger with her humble parentage. She is reported to have answered that her father was quite as well born as her husband's grandfather, who had beea a rude peasant Indeed, few dared to remind Theodora of her past. She had a way of putting to death persons who brought up the subject. For 23 years this strange pair of lovers governed most of the civilized world. Then, at the age of 40, Theodora died. The generally accepted story of her fate is that she fell victim to cancer. But some authorities hint that shetried to "manage" her elderly husband once too often and without her earlier tact, and that he, in a fit of rage, had her beheaded. Austria to Build Airships. The first Austrian airship construction company has Just been formed with a capital of 300,000 kronen, and it is understood that the war office is immediately placing an order for a dirigible. The constitution of the company is. largely due to the fact that the efforts of the government to obtain a dirigible from Germany durag the recent crisis failed. Prices of all living increased, the only exception Mrs. Austin's pancake flour. Same old price at all grocers. PALLADIUM WANT ADS PAY. AYER'S Stops Fell Ins Malr

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ALASKA GROWN TO A GREAT COUNTRY Rev Book by General Grealy Tells Afcsortiez Won&r Tale oMhe North PRIVATE CAPITAL WORMS MARVELS

Reaurkabli Opportunity for Settlers aod Etery Class of Busiiess Mm Nei to Be Found lo Net Territory That Alaska is a country of possibilities unsuspected, with resources that are but scratched, and with enough territory to make six great states, each richer than any Argonaut s dream, is the burden of Major-General A. W. Greely's new "Handbook of Alaska." It is generally conceded that General Greely knows as much, if not more than any other man about Alaska. He states unequivocally that agriculture is a long-neglected opportunity, and that the man who takes up a homestead ihere now in cither the Susitna, Tanana or Copper River valleys is laying the foundation for a comfortable fortune. As the land laws with regard to homcsteading now stand, the path of the settler is made both easy and profitable and the markets are opening up rapidly. While mining was unquestionably the medium for introducing Alaska to the nations, the bulk of its wealth in the future will be drawn from its coal, its farms, its lumber and countless other resources A country that cost seven millions and Jias so far turned in to its purchasers over three hundred millions deserves well of its owners, and that is but a foretaste of what Alaska can do. and will do. The coal in particular is of such infinite quantity and quality that even the vaunted Pennsylvania fields look mean by comparison, and when the cumbersome and slow-moving governmenta. machinery can be induced to allow the coal to be used instead of uselessly locked in the earth, Alaska will develop at a rate that will be measured in billions instead of millions. General Greely has set forth his subject well, and shows to what extent tho country that can produce luscious strawberries in five weeks as far north as tho Arctic Circle, can be depended upon to furnish returns. "The Handbook of Alaska" will go far to removing the silly beliefs that the country is a land of snow and ice, for, as is shown, it is mentioned as an incident that Juneau, the capital, is in the same latitude as Edinburgh, and that the agricultural conditions are precisely equivalent, and in some cases superior to Norway and Sweden. Also in many cases the country is vastly ahead of the United States in its development, for it is dotted with wireless telegraph stations:; is building railroads at the rate of miles a day; is making permanent roads as fast as possible ; is attracting settlers in hordes and incidentally offering, under the intelligent supervision of private capital, such opportunities as arc generally only dreamed of. Private capital has a!read made a vast new ocean port, Cordova, at a cost of millions, and is pushing a railroad to the interior with giant strides. So far the government has been content to sit by and watch some one else do the work. General Greely's book is a story of power and absorbing interest and discounts many a tale of adventure. Queer Place For a Will. A Mexican miser who died uot long ago was found to have his will tattoed on his breast. A VICTIM OF WORRY. The Man Who- Is Always Expecting Some Kind of Trouble. There is always a cloud on his face because he is constantly expecting that something unfavorable is going to bappen. There is going to be a slump in business, or be is going to have a loss, or somebody is trying to undermine him, or he is worried about his health, or fears bis children will be sick or go wroug or be killed. In other words, although he has achieved quite a remarkable success, yet he has never really bad a happy day in his life. All his life this man has beeu chasing rainbows, thinking if he could only get a little farther on. a little higher up, he would be happy, but he is just as far from it as when a boy. I believe this condition has all come from the habit of uubappiness which he formed during his hard boyhood aud which he has never been able to overcome. He has learned to look for trouble, to expect it, and be gets it. I have been his guest many a time. He has a beautiful home, a very charmiug wife, a most delightful family, but there is always the same cloud on his face, the same expression of anxiety, of unhappiness. of foreboding. A little properly directed training in bis boyhood would have changed his whole career, nud be would nave been a happy, joyous, harmonious man instead of being discordant and unhappy. There is everything in starting right. What is put Into the first of life is put into the whole of life. Success Magazine. Self Control. The self control of the Japanese, even in times of the utmost stress, and their courtesy, which begets quietness and discretion, are both brought out by a writer in St. Caul's Magazlre. -Cry. It will do you. good." I said once to a poor Japanese woman who. crouching beside her dying husband, was controlliug herself with an effort that would, I feared, make her ill. She laid her little slim brown finger upou her trembling red lip and shook her head, then whispered. "It might disturb him." "Cry, It will do you good." I said the next day. when the man was dead and she seemed almost prostrate with grief and overenforced self control. "It would be most rude to make a hideous noise before the sacred dead. came the soft reply.

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The Sunday School Commentary

SERMO, OCT. 2S. BY Bishop Mouie speaks ot tins section i of this epistie from chapter zii on-1 ward as "present duties in the power! of eternal facts." Some of the facts are the sin that Is in man. the redemption that is in Christ Jesus for siufni man. the "no condemnation" and "no separation" of chapter viii as a result of that great redemption and the farreaclung, glorious prospect for the whole creation with Israel as a riguteous center bringing true riches to all nations. The effect of this upon the mind of the believer should be such a renewal that henceforth he is done with this present evil age and done with himself and determined to live wholly in the perfect will of God. as a new creature in Christ, old things passed away, all things become new Uom. xii, 1. 2; U Cor. v. IT). Even Christ pleased not Hlmw-If. and In the epistles we are taught how we ought to walk and to please God and to let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification (it, 1-3i. Now. it seems to me that the great point in our lesson is that each one should for himself get right in this matter and not misspend his time In seeking to pet others right while he himself is all wroug. " Every one of us shall give account of himself to God" verse 12). Therefore why judge our brother in any matter, and especially in eating and drinking, since all believers must stand before the judgment seat of God. or of Christ, for Christ is God? (Verse 10.) If we have received the Lord Jesus, then we are in Christ and are looked upon as having died with Him and risen with Him, so that our judgment for sin is past on Calvary, and we nave Ilia assurance that our sins and iniquities He will reraomber.no more. It is possible as Uls redeemed ones to walk in the light under the shelter of His precious blood and have conscious and unbroken fellowship with Ilim as we yield ourselves to Him moment by moment to walk in the good works Lie has beforehand prepared for os and to live the life of utter self renunciation which lie desires ns to live to Uls glory, making it our ambition in all things to be acceptable to Him (Epb. ii. 10; II Cor. It. 10. 11; v. 9. Although our Lord said to Ills disciples at the last Passover. "1 appoint unto you a kingdom, as My Father hath appointed unto Me. that ye may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel" (Luke xxli. 29. 30). yet "toe kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the

Christian Endeavor-Home Missions

BY REV. S. --pic Home missions, "The battle ot the slum." iuKe nv, lU-'JZ. There is no more grave or serious missionary problem before the Christian church today than that of carrying the gospel to the slum districts of our large cities. When we face the problem of the foreigners segregated In our large cities, our industrial and agricultural centers, it seems to be a great one. but it is as uotblug compared with the reformation aud redemption of those who have become victims of the sins and allurements of the slums. The difficulties Involved iu successful Christian work In the slums are colossal and almost insurmountable. Were it not that "all things are possible with God man would be compelled to give up in despair in the face of the gigantic difficulties presented. When we think of what needs to be done aud how little Is being or cau be done the heart grows sick and we feel like exclaiming with 1'aut, "Who Is sufficient for these things?' Many of the victims of the vices of slum life do not want to give it up. and what can be done for those who desire to hare nothing done for them? Thousands perhaps would like to break away from their foul surroundings, bat how can they? And if they did where would they go and what would they do? Would even the Christian church receive them into its membership and try to help them upward? Sad to say, there are possibly few churches that would do so. Into what home would one stained with the life of the slums be received even to do the most menial labor? The gospel is being preached to many of them, especially in theaters on Sabbath nights after the church services are over. Many profess conversion, and many are converted, but their future Is full of darkness and almost despair. The men may meet with some help and encouragement, but the women have very small prospects of reclamation, and many of them, it must be said, of dire necessity drift back into the old life of vice and sin. Houses of refuge for fallen women reclaim and restore many, but few indeed In comparison to the numbers involved, and even then the places made vacant are soon filled by new victims. The duty of doing something rests upon Christianity and Christian workers. It is easy to criticise municipal governments for not keeping large cities free from saloons and gambling dens and other resorts of vice, but the problems before them are almost as great as those before the church. They might do more than they do perhaps and probably would if they received more encouragement from good citizens Instead of so much severe condemnation. Hut what they can do they should do. for they not only represent the law. lut also upou them rests the duty of enforcing the law. By Christian people one or two things can and should be done. It has been well said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound cf cure." Could not Christain people save many from the slums? Ard. if so. ought they not to do so? Con Id nt many be saved from the slums if a little care and attention were paid to them by the preferred followers of Christ? If a young man starts downward, who knows but that a little oromot attention misht save

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REV. D. At. STEARSS.

Floly GnosC " (Terse i n. ain-iMraiei object of our thoughts here should act be what shall we eat and drtok and wear, but how can we best make manifest and make known Ills righteousness, which He offers freely to sIL and thus hasten His kingdom of peace on earth. We should think of every one on earth as "one for whom Christ died" (verse 15) and trust Mm to use us to bring as many as possible to Him. that they might obtain and enJoy Ills righteousness and peace and then bring others to the same. When the kingdom comes and a King shall reign in righteousness, then on all the earth the work of righteousness shall be peace and the service of righteous ness shall be quietness and assurance forever (Isa. xxxii. 1. 17k There can be do peace to an individual or to a nation or to nations apart from right eousness. and there is no righteousness worthy of the name except that which God has provided In Christ, the righteous one; but. believing in Him. we are thus Justified and hire peace with God and rejoice in hope of the glory or God. Through the comfort of the Scriptures we wait patiently for the hope, and the God of patience and comfort gives us the mind cf Christ toward others, while the God of hope fills us with joy and peace la believing, making u to abound in hope through the power of the Uoly Spirit, and the God of peace Is with us and give ua peace always by all means (Rom. t, 1. 2; xv. 4. 5. 13. 33; II These. 111. 16). If it Is thus with us the minor matters of eating and drinking will keep their right place and we will never be found insisting that we may eat this and drink that, no matter what others may say; but. being filled with thoughts ot Ills kingdom and glory, we will live for the salvation and edification of others rather than for our own gratification. As believers our self life was crucified with Christ, and now we are to reckon that old life as dead and buried and live a new life wholly unto God (Rom. vi, 6-11), not in anyway tolerating anything for which our hearts would condemn us (verses 22, 23; I John 111. 21). All that God works In us to will and to do of Ills good pleasure will be approved, but all that is of or for self or to please men will prove to be wood, hay and stubble to be burned up I Cor. IU. 11-15). This judgment seat of our lesson Is for believers only, that they may be judged for tbelr works and hare their place assigned them la the kingdom, and most not be confounded with the judgment of Matt, xxr or the great whits throne of Iter. zx. H. DOYLE. Dim? But, instead of that, is not tm tendency Just the opposite? Do not slanderous tongues help aim oa? Do not his associates begin to pay less attention to him and gradually withdraw from association with hint? And what Is the result? To the slums he goes for companionship, and bis ruination soon becomes complete. The same Is the history of j thousands of women la the slams to ' day. They may be naturally wild la 1 disposition In tbetr early young womj anbood. Through Inexperience of life they may commit Indiscretions and perhaps nothing more. Just at that moment tbelr friends should bold the firmer to them. But do they? la most cases they do not. They are received with sarcastic smiles and titters. Skirts are raised when they pass by lest their wearers become contaminated. They must not be la such a class la the Sabbath school or certain others wlil leave It. Shunned and deserted just when tbey need a kind word or a saving band clasp, they. too. pass oat of sight and are soon foaad la the slums. To many religion Is but a farce, but nowhere does the farce appear to such an awful extent as la the average Christian's attitude toward those who bare fallen, toward those who are "down and out Yet many of these same people are the veriest hypocrites and baser at heart than many of the unfortunate weaklings who have drifted to the slams. Another thing Is absolutely certain Christian young people should not go slumming. Through slumming parties many have been led Into slum life. No pure minded young man or young woman should ever seek vice even Just to look upon it. The very sight soils the purity of the heart and soul. "Avoid the very appearance of evil. in Its ripened stage It Is foul and loathing, but Its veneer Is not so, sod many are allured to It through such visits. Nor should young people, snd especially young women, think even of doing work In the slum. Men. and strong men at that, should be se- ; lected for sueh work, toeetber with women of some age and firm will and j character. And. last of all. let u j pray for those who are lost. Ood can reclaim them. Let us ask Illm to do so. BIBLE READINGS. Pror. L 10-13; vlfu 24-C7: xxIL 1: EeeL xU. 1 : Jer. H. 0-19: Lake t. 29-32: Til. ' 3G-C0: xlr. 4I-I: Gal. v. 1C-26; Epb, T, 11-21: Luke zt. 11-C2. WE HAVE FOR SALE INVESTMENT PROPERTY Good for 10 net income. WM. H. BRADBURY S. SON. 1 3 Westcott Block. TimeFor Hardy Shrnts Fred EL Lemon & Co. Fforista and Decorators.