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ACTIVITIES of women
Women work in mines and quarries!
ill India.
The <iii: n <>[ Holland is an expert
in accountaue.v.
Women in Belgium vote at the polls,j
hut only for liie election of com¬
munal > omtcilors.
An evening school Is operated Inj
Morrow. IP: da, to train working
women for the army.
Several prominent hanks in Peking'
and Shanghai, tiiiim, tire now efll- j
cienUy nmnaged by women.
Tliere are thirteen widows of sol-:
(tiers oi the War of T<12 still on the !
pension roll at $59 u month each;
Sirs. Leah Arenel Chiles of Kenil- j
worth is the first worn,an mayor to j
he elected in North Carolina.
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One fifth of all women employed in
the manufacturing industries in the I
United States are foreign-boni.
Women are now admitted, for the'
'first time, as members of the Welsh]
Society of Philadelphia, oldest char¬
tered cluli in America.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Colds after holidays may he due to j
overeating.
Give the child only weak cocoa.
Strong cocoa is too stimulating.
Use dried fruits, like tigs, raisins, ;
and dates, for sweats in the school
child's lunch.
Use raglan sleeves in dresses for the
little girl to permit growth and chest J
expansion.
Phye a howl or vase of bright col¬
ored glass near a narrow window to !
catch the light and add color,
it is likely to he poor economy to j
make over clothes so worn that they]
will last only a short time.
A tray wagon saves time for tin* j
housewife, it enables her to take an j
entire meal from the kitchen to the !
dining room in one trip.
To make cranberry’ relish put foui i
cups of cranberries through the meal 1
grinder, add one cup of sugar and let j
the mixture stand from 12 to 2-1 j
hours. Stir it several times.
BRIGHT BITS
Just what we think may not be Just
to others.
Some friends cling to you for- all
you are worth.
Ills clothes may make the man, but
his wife's break him.
Airmen who can’t agree should
nevertheless not fall out.
The modern girl lias been weighed
and found wanting—everything undei
tiie sun. !
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it may be possible for a man to i
have more money than brains, but not i
for very long.
The only thing wrong with the ris j
ing generation is the difficulty each j
morning in getting them to rise.
It is quite right to make hay while ]
the sun shines, but it is better still to j
make hay of the grass that grows un j
dor other people’s feet.
WOMAN’S V/ORLD
The entrance salary for police- j
women in Washington, i>. C., is SI,800
a year.
The women voters in England now
outnumber the men by more than
2,000,0nn.
The Daughters of the American
Ilevolution have 1(59,000 members In
2,200 chapters.
The former countess of Drogheda is]
a pioneer of aviation, having been
flying since 1910.
Of the -EiO women who ran for
office in London, England, boroughs
in the recent election, ISO were
elected.
Two taxicab companies in Detroit |
now employ women as drivers and al¬
ready more than 00 feminine drivers
have passed the police examinations.
GOLF DEFINED
Other Putts—Too numerous to men¬
tion.
Tiie Approach Shot—Straight as a
die to the bunker.
Tiie Chip Shot— Ask tiie man who
has one. i haven’t.
Tiie Approach Putt—The one fol¬
lowed by tiie player’s sad sigh, ‘‘Nev¬
er up, never in.”
Tiie Drive—A straight line is tiie
shortest distance between two points.
On tiie other hand, a drive . . .
Tiie Brassie Shot—Tiie one just be¬
fore the player grabs his mid-iron in
disgust It trickles thirty feet to the
left _
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Warship Sets Record
for Lengthy Pennant
After United States men of war
have been on foreign services for more
than a year they are entitled to fly the
homeward-bound pennant on their de¬
parture from the foreign port and on
entering the home port. The pennant
is a coach whipped affair having u red
and white stripe running its length
with the exception of the blue field
surmounted by thirteen stars at its
head. The length of this pennant is
determined by the number of men and
officers in the crew. One foot is al¬
lowed for cadi individual in the ship's
crew. The longest homeward-hound
pennant flown in recent years was on
the Pittsburgh when she returned from
four years’ service as flagship of tiie
American forces in European waters.
This pennant was 900 feet long. In
order to overcome the difficulty of fly¬
ing the pennant, about fifty balloons
were used to give it additional buoy¬
ancy. After the Pittsburgh returned
to home waters every member of the
crew received a part of tots pennant
as a keepsake.
Gains and Losses in
Language About Equal
In the past the English language
has gained two or three words and
lost one or two' every year. The rate
of gain and loss is now much higher.
Since the world has grown smaller,
we have gained runny scientific and
foreign words, but because time also
has dwindled, we have lost many that
were worth a thought. While the
spread of a literary-sense of humor is
forcing some good Anglo-Saxon words
out of use, the mechanical and scien¬
tific apparatus which now form a
great part of our outer life are bring¬
ing in an era of modified, democratic
Latilfity. The old' speech, though it
served George Eliot well, will hardly
serve us. The scientific and analytic
spirit ( f the i!ay, which takes too lit¬
tle for granted, has made words de¬
rived from Greek and Untin fashion¬
able with English writers, while the
imposing language used in commercial
advertising must eventually affect tbe
vocabulary of tbe general public.—
Observer, London.
Beauties of Gibraltar
Gibraltar is considered by a travel¬
ing correspondent to be one of the
most beautiful and picturesque lauding
ports in the world, Rio, New York,
and Sydney, he writes, are all fair and
lovely places, but they are all out¬
shone by Gibraltar. As one steams up
the straits the scene is one of sur¬
passing beauty, with the rugged and
weird North African coast on the
right hand and the stately beauty of
tiie Spanish coast on the left, with the
fairy like Tarifa lighthouse julting out
into the water from the Spanish shore.
Above nil. the rock of Gibraltar itself
looming in front, with its green shore
and massive height rising in majestic
grandeur above the town at its foot,
presents one. of the grandest sights
in (lie world.
Concerning Grumbling
Grumblers may be divided into
many classes. There are perpetual
and occasional grumblers,
Scrooge-like grumblers and cheerful
but even tiie habitual
is better to be borne with
the grumbler who grumbles as
if he really means it, says a London
A liltlo grumble relieves a heavy
so we all like to grumble at
We all like to complain of our
if we feel it it a sad one; we like
to agree that it is a sad one
Unit we are hard done by. We
people to listen and be sympa¬
but most listeners will lie very
if we make an- attempt at
grin at the end of tiie dreary re¬
Cromwell’s Music
Before Oliver Cromwell became Pro¬
music was proscribed in Eng¬
And as Cromwell was musically
he had a professional musi¬
among the members of his house¬
When, by tiie authority of par¬
(lie organ was removed from
chapel of Magdalen college, Crom¬
had it erected at Hampton court,
he resided, and frequently had
to play it. At the Bestoration
organ was returned to Magdalen
tint after some years it was
of and re-erected iri Tewkes¬
alibey, where part of it remained
use until a few years ago.
Currents of Great Rivers
Tliere is no stream which has a
current of 60 miles an hour,
even half that. Tiie lower Amazon
at a rate of three miles an hour.
Mississippi, in its lower course,
a velocity of about three and a
miles an hour. The Congo has
many miles above its mouth a cur¬
of about seven miles an hour, the
of its great falls extending
a great distance below them. The
similarly influenced, moves for
long distance at nine miles an hour.
Mud Burned for Power
Burning mud to produce electric
is being tried in Germany with
success. Mud at the bot¬
of a small tributary of the Rhine
found to be permeated with com¬
matter. Up to that time it
considered worthless and a seri¬
obstacle to navigation in the
into which it was carried The
sol! is being fried out and used
fuel in an electric generating plant.
THE CLEVELAND COURIER. CLEVELAND. GEORGIA.
No Sound-Proof Room
Has Been Developed
11 airy Bernstein, French playwright,
hired a builder to build him a sound¬
proof room in tiis apartment. Tiie
room cost 1 To,000 francs and failed to
he sound-proof, so Bernstein sued the
builder and recovered 27,000 francs
damages.
Publisher Horace Stokes, discussing
tiie case, said:
‘•Writers are always looking in vain
for sound-proof rooms. You remem¬
ber the sound-proof room that Car¬
lyle Imilt on top of his little house
in Chelsea. It wasn’t sound-proof at
all.
‘‘Carlyle couldn’t sleep In his Chel¬
sea home on account of a rooster in
a neighbor's garden. At last, worn out,
a nervous wreck, he went to the neigh¬
bor and said :
“ ‘For tiie love of heaven kill that
rooster of yours, or it will kill me.
Look at my bloodshot eyes and shak¬
ing hands. The bird crows all night
and I never get a wink of sleep any¬
more.’
” ‘No, no, Mr. Carlyle,' said the
neighbor, ‘it don’t—it can’t crow all
night.'
"’Perhaps not,’ said Carlyle, ’hut
when it isn't crowing I lie there,
breathless and tense, waiting for it
to begin again.’”
Great Conqueror Had
Spice of Philosophy
After having defeated and taken
prisoner Balazet, emperor of the
Turks, Timur-I.enk had him brought
to his court.
lie noticed that he was blind In one
eye and began to laugh.
Bajazet was indignant,
"Do not laugh at m.v misfortune. Ti¬
mur!” tie cried. “Remember that it is
God who gives ns realms and empires;
the same disaster can happen to yon
tomorrow that has happened to me to¬
day.”
“I know,” said Timur, "that it is in
God’s hands to dispose of crowns ns
He will. I am not making fun of yonr
misfortune, God preserve me from it;
but the thought that went through my
mind on seeing you was that God must
look on these thrones and scepters
as very paltry things If He gives them
to siH'li badly made people ns you and
I, you who are blind In one eye and
1 who am lame."
Preserving Roae Scent
Attar of roses is obtained by dis¬
tillation from small white roses, known
as Musnta, and a dark red variety,
known ns Rosa Damascena. Usually
it takes 180 pounds of rose petals to
make an ounce of rose oil, but twice
tills amount has been used at times,
depending upon the quality of tiie
flowers and tiie climatic conditions at
harvest time.
The harvesting of the roses occurs
during the latter part of May and the
beginning of .Tuno. A good harvest
lasts about twenty-five days and re
quires damp, cool weather, ns the
flowers are picked In the morning
while the dew Is still on thorn. A
period of lint sunshine during the har¬
vest time will seriously damage a good
crop.
Clementi Lived Long
dementi, the piauisl amt composer,
was horn when Handel, Scarlatti,
true, Gluck and Haydn were alive.
And before lie died, at Hie age of
eighty, Rossini, Berlioz, Mendelssohn.
Chopin and many other famous musi¬
cians were horn, including Hie quite
recent Osar Franck, The fact of one
man’s life covering such a number of
composers and such an amount of
music ns they represent, reminds us of
the prolific output of genius from tiie
middle of the Eighteenth to tiie mid¬
dle of the Nineteenth century. There
is no likelihood that the 1850-1950
period will In that regard come with
ing mensurable distance of the pre¬
ceding hundred years.
Disturbed Honeymoon
The little man dashed along the
platform as tiie train was moving out
and made for Hie last carriage, at the
window of which a woman was fran
ticall.v waving her handkerchief.
He was about to grasp Hie handle
of tiie door when tiie porter pulled
him back.
“You mustn’t board the train while
it’s moving,” said tiie porter, “Be¬
sides, that compartment Is engaged.”
“Engaged!” shouted the little man.
dancing about in Ids rage, as he
watched the train disappearing. “Of
course it’s engaged! I engaged if my¬
self. and that's m,v wife at the win¬
dow, off on her honeymoon !”—London
Answers.
Heroic Self-Sacrifice
When Jerusalem was taken there
were three strongholds; One—Masada
—endured a siege for three years, but
the commander of the town realized at
length that there was no hope of es
except by death and decided to
tlieir fate. Each man slew
his wife and children, ten men were
by lot to slay tiie rest, one
slew the ottier nine, fired the
and fell on ids own sword.
When tiie place was finally stormed
were found living two old worn
and five children hidden in caves.
No Elbow Room
“What do you sell at your lunch¬
counter?”
“Spoon vitlles only,” announced the
“I haven't got room for the
who lias to square away with
and fork.”
Model of Architecture
The Parthenon, or Temple of
Parthenas, was a magnificent
erected under the administration
Pericles and was finished in 438 11.
It was of the Doric order of
ture and built of Pentelic marble.
lmd columns on all sides, eight on
front and back and seventeen on
side. It was ornately furnished
statues and elaborate ivories,
plates of gold.
Apple Popular Fruit
Tiie apple, with the peach, cherry
and plum, belongs to the rose
and no other fruit can be
over such a wide area of the globe,
it was probably introduced into Eng
land by tiie Romans and trees were
first brought to America in 1029. The
annual - ■ production in tiie United
States is now about 200,(XX),000
bushels.
Youthful Geniu3
Ludwig Yon Beethoven Is said to
have written a funeral cantata at
eleven and in the same year was taken
on a concert tour by his father, who
represented him as being two years
younger. He was only thirteen when
lie secured a position as assistant
court organist. He began music in his
fourth year.
Praise and Criticism
Praise is unwarranted when ft
leaves the worker with the idea that
lie is at the peak of perfection and
can never he better. Criticism is un¬
warranted when it conveys to the
worker the idea that tie is at the bot¬
tom of the slough of imperfection and
can never he better.—Donald A. Laird.
Camel Not Heavily Loaded
When it camel is three years old. it
is taken into Hie caravan for a few
trips to accustom it to desert travel.
At four it carries a small load and at
live can undertake a full share
work. However, loads carried by
these huge animals do not exceed -ion
to 500 pounds at most.
Fir*t Labor Secretary
On February 2(5, 1913, the United
States senate passed a bill establish
ing the Department of Labor. The
new secretary of Hie depnrtemnt was
appointed when President Wilson
came into office, lie named William
B. Wilson.
Could Populate Oceans
The conger eel, which is an 1m
port nut food fish of Europe, is said to
lay 85,000,000 eggs, and it is estlnmt
ed if each egg grew to maturity abd
i tie increase eon t In tied at Hie sairie
rate, every ocean and sea would lie
full of conger eels in ten years.
Can’t Dodge Trouble
“Our sorrows are a part of out¬
lives,” said Hi Ho, Hie sage of China¬
town. “lie who seeks to run away
from Ills troubles is trying to run
away from himself.”—Washington
Star.
Prolific Sturgeon*
The various species of lisli produce
varying amounts of eggs. The Allan
average 1,(580,000 , eggs per lisli. ,
Earth’* Land and Wntgr
About three-fourths of the earth’s
Surface is covered by water, the total
wafer area being ................ 13!),-
435,000 square miles. The average
deptli of Hie ocean Is 12,500 feet.
Old-World Ways
“What prevents the London busi¬
ness man having a sleep.after lunch?’’
asks a doctor. Too frequently it is
the arrival of the afternoon tea,—
London Opinion.
Good Nut*
For children almonds tire Hie best
nuts. Half their weight consists
an easily digest ibis fat—a perfect sub
stitute for meat fat, which many chit
dren won’t eat.
Self-Educated Farmer*
Farming itself is un education
country people win through to a widei
competence, a deeper wisdom, than
most city folk.—Farm and Fireside.
Useless Information
A motorist usually has the same
opinion of a pedestrian’s walking ibid
the pedestrian bus of the motorist’s
driving.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Conundrum
Wliat becomes of furniture that M
too old even for poor folks and not
yet old enough for rich folks?—San
-Francisco Chronicle.
Nuisance Tax
The average cold, we are told, costs
$3.30. cr.* Tiie «»/* 30 cents .. . _ •.......ii, is probably the ii ..
amusement tax. — Philadelphia In¬
quirer.
Or Toothpick*
Unless somebody plants a few trees
shortly future generations need not
worry about splinters.—Indianapolis
News.
Advice to Young Men
Beware of tiie girl who yearns over
sunsets and knows her own type.—
Woman's Home Companion.
Heaven’* Dearest Gifts
Hearts that feel, and eyes that smile
are tiie dearest gifts that heaven sup
plies.—Moore.
Not So Good
Tiie man who takes his time usually
take* others’, too.
J Improved Uniform International
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Lesson
(By REV. r. ii PUT/. WATER, O.D., Dean
Moody n.ible Institute of .Chicago.)
<■'©, 11)29. Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for May 5
WHAT HILKIAH FOUND IN THE
TEMPLE
LESSON TEXT— It Citron. 31:14-33.
GOLDEN TEXT—Thy word is a lamp
unto my feel and a light unto my path
PRIMARY TOPIC—Finding a Lost
Book.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Finding a Lost
Book.
INTER.MEDIATEANDSENIOR TOP¬
IC—Discovering a Guidebook.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP¬
j IC—The BiMe in National Life.
I I. The Book of the Law Found (vv.
j 1-1-17). The occasion I I).
1. (v.
It was-while restoring the temple
during Josiali’s reformation that tlie
Book of the l aw was discovered. No
doubt, In clearing out (lie dark corners
to make repairs and to lirid a place
to store I be subscriptions made by the
people, many things which had been
lost were found, among which was Hie
law. This was “the law of ilie Lord
given by Moses.”
2. The book delivered to tiie king
(vv. 15-17).
in a report of the work, the king
was informed of the finding of the
| Rook of tile Law by llilkiah, and Hie.
book was delivered to him.
II. The Effect of the Reading of the
Law (vv. 18-28).
i Shnplmn, the scribe, read Hie law
before Hie king.
1. The king rent bis clothes (v. 19).
As tho ,. 1W wns rend bo f 0re him.
j th(> kIng WMS h , (1 (0 ,-ealize the awful
extent of the nation's departure from
j God. He knew that sin merited pun
j ishment. The function of the law Is
j to reveal sin. indicated The, . rending. that the of king the
j royal robes
j was penitent and sorrowful.
2. The king sent a deputation to
make inquiry <d the Lord (vv. 20, 21).
. The king included himself in guilt
] before God. “Go inquire fot me and
j for tlieiii that are left—for great is
; ihe wrath o( the Lord that is ponied
i out upon us.” 11 is sense of sit) was
so lumi that he sent to inquire of the
I Lord as to .whether there teas any
| [ means of diverting the divine judg
men Is Instinctively. Hie human heart
• "turns from find's Hirealciring judg
meals to a means of escape. The
soul that sorrows for sin inquires for
] a way of escape. Tfre (aw prepared
; for Hie gospel. The law Is our school
i master to bring us to Christ (Gal.
j 3:21). The of HtiWaii, tiie
] • 3.. message
j -prophetess (vv. 22-28).
j (I) Confirmation of what the law
said (vv. 22-25).
She said that till (lie curses written
! rn the law inns I fall, for the sins laid
' boon , so flagrant tli.-if ■ God’s wrath
could hot be crest rained.- I icsL'ucHnn
too laic however, to repent and to efi
tain tnerev from God, but tile out ward
consequences of sin must ■ lie realized
Fulfillment of Ibis is found on every
hand Rainy. The murderer must hang.
{2) Acceptance 0 f Joslah’s repent
nn( , ft ( vv 2 <->. 2 S),
Because of his tenderness of heart
and deep penitence, the Lord said lie
should In' gnlhered to his grave in
pence and should not see all the evil
jro he lirniight on Jerusalem and ils
people, Wind iliddnh said, was true,
even though Josiali died in battle
(35:23-25). When God accepts a
man arid forgives him, his deidh is a
peaceful one, even though it may be
on tiie battlefield. God's presence is
■with him, therefore he will go straight
from Hie battlefield to the heavenly
‘------- home.
III. The Law Obeyed (vv. 20-33).
1. The king read the law (vv. 29.
30),
He gathered together the inhabit
arils of Jerusalem, including the
priests, Levi tea and elders, and rend
(into them I he law.
'2. ’flip king made a covenant before
the Lord to keep His commandments
and testimonies (vv. 31, 82). In this
covenant lie pledged himself to do
| three things:
(1) To walk before the Lord (v.31)
1’jVis meant that be would get person
; ; jf|'y right with God.
(2) To keep God’s commandments
testimonies and statutes with all his
* heart and soul (vr 31). To' read the
law is not enough (Is holy require
men is must be obeyed.
( 3 ) To perform the words ot the
covenant, which were written in tin
hook (v. 31). ibis was done sincere
t., ly and Fir* he swiftdi/i enusqd oil all flint that UftH'O were nrns pres
rnt “to stand to it.”
3. The king took away the abutnina
Hons out of nil the countries which
pertained to Israel (v. 53), All the
days of the king they departed wa
from following after■ ■Jliei-.Lord. the
God of their fathers.
The Camel and the Rich Man
And Jesus looked found ' about, and
said unto bis dfseipfeS, flow hardly
shall they that have riches enter into
the kingdom of God! It is easier for
camel to go through' tiie eye of a
needle, than for a rich man to ente>
.into tiie kingdom of -God.—Mark 10:
23-25.
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Our Deed* ,
Our deeds determine us as xmtei
as we determine our deeds.—George
Eliot.
HOT DOGS!
Eor over half an hour a small boy
had been persistently whistling out¬
side the butcher’s shop. Finally tha
butcher could stand it no longer. Ho
rushed put into the street.
“Stop making that confounded noise,
you little wretch!” he shouted.
“I’ve lost me dog,” said the boy.
“Well, do you think I've got your
dog, limit?”
“I dtinno," muttered the boy. “Bur
every time 1 whistle those sausages
of yours move.”
Well Said, George
“Well, George,” said a country cler¬
gyman to an old man who sat by the
wayside breaking stones, “that pile
doesn’t seem to get any smaller.”
“No, vicar,” replied tlie old man.
"them stones is like (he Ten Com¬
mandments; you can go on breakln’
'em, hut you can’t get rid of ’em.”
ICEBERG, OF COURSE
j
j
!
“Wind kind of a berg is Hie capital
of Iceland?”
“An icehurg, I’d say.”
Poetic Pun
Adam never would of et
That ‘.here tittle apple on a bet
Ii ibis tint, vtb amt lie
Hadn't shared the self-same tree.
—Judge.
A Truthful Kid
“W.lmt is your mamma doing these
days’:” asked the friend of little Bob
f bie.
j.-' “She isn’t doing what she Is, but is
trying awfully hard,” replied tiie kid.
And what is that?" smiled the
friend.
“Reducing,” said the kid.
Merry Laughter
“Don’t you love the merry laughter
of children?”
“Not altyays,” answered Miss Cay
; unite. “Sometimes when their older
; companions try to suggest restraints
| the merry laughter sounds a little ear
castic.” — Washington Star.
How About Soda*?
“Do you think medicines are any
good.”
“My unde derived a lot of good
Troni drugs.”
“WIml was the matter with him?”
“He was a druggist.”—Der Gemut
liciie iSaehse, Leipzig.
FREEDOM’S CALL
Bird—I get plenty to eat and drink,
and am well taken care of, but oli
how I envy that fellow outside I
Question
“If nil the world were apple pie
Thus runs an ancient wheeze.
What, if it were, i ask, would X
Rate as a hunk of cheese?
Not So Fine
“John, there is a fine place to park,”
yelled the back-seat driver, pointing
to an open space.
“Fine is absolutely right,” he
growled, ns lie lamped the fireplug in
the middle of it.
Evidence of Restored Nerva
New l’atient—And is your treatment
completely successful?
Nerve Specialist—My dear sir, It’s
so successful that only last week one
of my patients tried to borrow $500
from me.
Nothing Doing
“Jack wanted to know if I believed
in elopements.”
“That was rattier a leading ques¬
tion. What did you say?”
“I told him I wouldn’t even let my
lniagination run away with me.”
Then He’ll Regret
“I suppose you know that Bob has
eloped with George's wife?”
“But I thought lie was George’s best
pal?”
“So he is, but he doesn’t know it
yet.”
Guarding Her Health
Her Mother—1 should think you’d
be frightfully cold in that low-cut
waist.
Fanny Pfippe—Why, no. Don’t you
see I’m wearing my winter beads?
Both Had Good Reaions
Poet—Yes, I come to the seashore
every year to gaze at the long, blue
roll.
. Pickpocket—And 1 coma to gaae at
tha long, green rolls.
MMUS
