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CURRENT COMMENT THE BRITISH COMMON- WEALTH. J-xscemb-r's Issue of the Round Table maintains the high standard this periodical has set, and In placing before Us readers the best available advices concerning the affairs of the Empire, and of the world as touching the Umpire, does an absolutely es- eentlal work without undue bias or partisanship. The Round Tabls does of course support the British con- aectlon, but it does so with modera- tion and Judgment. It accepts Mr. Duncan Hall's "main conclusion that some further mechanism for co-oper- ation b necessary to keep the peo- ples of tho British Commonwealth a united force in International politics.' 1 It gives its reasons "that the con- tinued unity of the British Common- wealth of nations Is necessary to the freedom of its peoples and to the progress of mankind," and that, be- cause it IB the freest and most re- sponsible Commonwealth in the world it "arouses the hostility and jealousy of lesa advanced civiliza- tions, and has the duty of helping to protect and educate in the arts* of self-government those backward peo- ples who are not yet capable of stand- ing alone." It Is this very attitude howwrtt liko that of Joseph which annoyed his brethren that leads tho "backward peoples" to Bay, "Shalt ti'ou indeed reign over us 7 or shall <i'.o ..Indeed have dominion over us?" It is d'fflcult for the other na- tions to believe In the disinterested- ness of the British Commonwealth as tins Round Table expands their policy. The only answer to this ob- jection Is the demonstration of ab- kolute disinterestedness which would bo necessary to convince these critics, and it must be confessed there is a eerlous difficulty here to be met. The second article la on "Tin Pass- ing of Woodrow Wilson" f jr whom It forese:s posLiiuuious- fame.'" Wood- i row Wilson has been an aus'.ere First Citizen, but no more austere Uar. Washington. He has bee.i ar. obstinate executive, but no more ob- stinate than Lincoln. Like them, he Jias ben reviled. Like them, h haS T>een charged with treason in office. Like the.m, ho has been a supremely lonely man." Of his successor It says: "Th Senator Is a man fifty- five years old, of mediocre ability, of limited vision, of no experience in large affairs, and of a reactionary turn of mind. He has apparently no grasp whatever of economic prob- lems. Ho has shown no social sense except of a paternalistic kind. He JIM given no indication that he un- derstands Ihe infinite complexity of foreign affairs, or that he has any knowledge of the obscure sources of war. He Is a kindly dignified gen- tleman, 'with a faculty of bringing men together.' All Ihe Conserva- tive Influences in tho country aro put on horseback by his election, and he *ilmelf would have It so." Those who wltih to understand Egypt, In- ternational finance, the Anglo-Jap- anese alliance and the problems of the United Kingdom, India, Onad.i, Australia. South Africa and Mew Zea- land cannot Ignore these perspicac- ious and perspicuous pages. THE MENACE OP 1921. In this present year of 1921 we aro likely to experience tho fuM force of tho .reaction after the war In social abullltlon and agitation. Tho tre- mor of violence which still shakes humanity as die. result of tho <!er- IMIIII <uil)-..ik of 1914 has found Its last rotsponsivi- vibration In thJ op- li i ;-to pa'.o of autocracy among th'.' cm archie. t'io desperate, tho criminal. Ix;nlno In HusU Is tho Lucifer of tills inf rno, and whatever Idealism or all'K'<l philanthropy ho or hl:i f>'-- , iwen iirnf.-.-.i Irs actions work out ti, i.x-ictly the same results ns tho flno plirasi'B and "kultur" of Wll- li.-iin II Th,. tMHJoncy has been to ignop I/ nine or to find In him tho ponlM i'y of groat hunan and soc- ial achievements. In three years he IIJM wrought a wors. desolation in RUSH, than Wllhelm did hi Krance In four. What is not understood is that ihems forces which work through human agents are Just as recogniz- able as magnettsm or electricity. They are evil as plague, pestilence and famine am evil. They a/re re- garded as Bcourg<'8, but man himself is rc-i'p'inslb'e for their existence. Tln-y are b->in of Ignorancn, selfish- ness IT! greed. :;nl man himself must, coiint-ract and neutralize them by enlightenment, wisdom, unselfish- ness and klndnes" The evil forces are no mor^ welcome undftr Ixnlnft than invler Wllhelm, but many aro dclml ! an<l penmadwl Into following the autocracy tinder tile guise of tho tower which they rejected under <he gulpfl of t.h iippnr class leadprshlp. Ith ouirht to bn a pnfftcient warning to the world li. c -nernl that the flmt tUIng that I-xmlne'ri followers do Is to .kin ll tlie oducftled and people in their community. This In- surrection against the sanity end sense of a nation is a clear Indication of the lunacy of the leadership which liolshevism honors. It is character- istic of lunacy that every lunatic thinks all tho rest of the world mad. Lenine is dotermlu-wJ that the whole world shall be infected with the Rus- sian lunacy. His agents are at work In every country and there are enough foolish people everywhere to give them a large following. Re- volt and rebellion are advocated and In our close-packed civilization It is each to sow the mind and prepare the harvest of the whirl-wind. Gen- oral Hoffman, who sent Lenine into Russia as a means of breaking down Russian resistance to Germany, now confesses that he had undented Lenlne's power for evil and "neither knew nor foresaw the danger to hu- manity from th3 consequences of thia journey of (Bolshevism to Russia." The danger now is imminent and must be faced and overthrown this year If tho world Is not to be plunged into a chaos of violence and barbar- ism. iKjnine is quite frankly push- ing his policy of overthrowing every "bourgeois" government, and of us- ing tho same governments where he can to advance his alms. In Egypt, in Turkey, in Mesopotamia, in Per- sia, in India, as well as In (lie west- ern nations, not omitting the United States and Carada, this subtlo an;l destructive propaganda is being es- tablished and everywhere the ignor- ant and the inexperienced are being lured into antag.ini.sm agaist the bet- ter Informed and the Initiated. Lenine cannot expect to carry on for another yoar without some reinforcement of his authority, so that it is reasonable to expect this year such an effort on tho part of Bolshevism as will sum- mon all thp forces of law and order in Christendom to withstand. FINANCIAL CONFERENCE ADVICE. It is perhaps less widely known than it ought to be that tha Interna- tional Financial Conference at Brus- els throe months ago w;is emphati- cally a peace conference, and us-fr! J the strongest argument against war that finance knows the world can- not afford it. "Til? statements pre- sented to tho conference show that, on an average, somo 2 per cent, of tho national expenditure is still b 1 ?- ing devoted to the maintenance of armaments and to preparations for war. Tho conference desires to af- firm with tho utmost emphasis that tho world cannot afford this expen- diture." Noxt Is recommended till earliest possible abandonment of all "uneconomical and artificial meas- ures which conceal from the people tho true economic situation." Pro- duction to the limit, both on tiio p^rt of capital and of labsr, was Insisted on and a willing acceptance esprclal- ly by the wealthy, of ";he charges necessary to remedy the present sit- uation." After this came "the duty of every patriotic citizen to practice (In strictest pofs'ble economy." pilch private action being "tho indispen- sable basis for the fiscal measure? required to restore public finances." The last recommendation was to the "Slat ea which have been created or enlarged as th<! results of tiio war," which practically Includes nil the Allies and those In the League of No. lions, that they "should at oaco re- establish full and friendly o3-oprra- tlon and arrange for tho unrestricted Interchange of commodities In order thiit tlin oFsmtlal unity of Kurappir. ivc.n:>niic -Mfa may not bo Impaired by tho ere-cllon of artificial fe.imnilr bnrrlorfl." AmonT olher points noted are that In future "loins thnt nro re- quired for urcoiit cipllal purpose* must IK> mot out of tho real savings of tho people;" tho first stop to rais- ing fri'sh money nv.ist be to fund tlm uii'JIgrnted floating obligations; In- fbtlon H In fact an unscientific .'.nd 111-adJitKtrd method of^aratlon; the effect being to Intensify the rlso In ! prices; the conference did not rec- ommend any attempt to stabilize the value of gold "and gravely doubts whether any such attempt could suc- ceed;" central banks of Issun should be established where nono exist; credits, except for considerations of humanity, should not be accorded by governments directly, but credit la widoly needed and for extended tPirms. between countries prepared to co-operate. It would appear that if peoplo worked as hard in peace a* they did during war wo sliou'd havi plenty of everything, but It Is necen im,ry to work as hard for production as It was for destruction. A pamph'e crMitalnlni? tho Report and Resolu ! tl'-ns r.f the Conference has bnen puh ' llshH hy tli" I.P!W?iie of Nation's tin Ion and mny bn had from Hodder K fi'.o'ijc'iU"! TI. Is e<xtontljv| that thi> pnopln everywhere, If thwy <lr no* .71 in civilization tn crone to ruin Hhonld ntiidy flw report .n4 l<v,rn to cut oat th* war staff, f.voo the fact*. trado together with the least pos- sible restrictions. Thirty-nine na- tions were represented in the con- ference, the Canadiajie being Messrs. O. C. Cassells, J. M. Gundy and Hugh Guthrle. FIUME FREE OF THE POET. Gabriele D'AwiiuazI^ has made enough trouble for Italy and South Europe to rank him with the idot who burned Uie temple of Ephesus. He appeared to be in- spired by an Anthony Hope novel or a com<lc opera plot, and he has sac- rificed en ugh blood and treasure to save the lives of the starving chil- dren of Austria and Hungary. His romantic idea of delivering Flume appears to have betn based on a mls- app/Mien-skm, and the people of Fiurne were well considered In the work like blazes, pay taxes honestly, especially the wealthy, save Ilka Hetty Green, and that the nation's arrangements made for them and ex- cept for a few were quite satisfied to fall in with the plans proposed. The May or the city after the surrender to General Caviglia, supplanted D'AnnunzIo in tho negotiations and it is to be hoped that all, pirtles will remain satisfied. An open door and free entry ta the port wtli a guaran- tee against disturbance should be sufficiently satisfactory terms for any city which flourishes chiefly on Its tranclent trade, both of imports and exports. As the gateways of the states In its hinterland it is impor- tant that no barrier should retard their access to the sea, and this point has been met. SHORT 1 NEWS I ITEMS 1 ******>**** William J. Vale. Deputy Superin- tendent of Insurance and Registrar of Friendly Societies for the Ontario Government, passed away at lii.s home, Toronto. The late Mr. Vale wan In Ills 71st year and was shortly to have retired upon superannuation under the Act of last session. His death was due to heart trouble, from '*'& h<? ln<1 b?e: 1 { *""S for s Tiio United States has opened ne- otlatlona with Great Britain and Franco for immediate payment of In- orest on Ihe $9,500,000,000 loans made to those countries during the war. As yt't, however, the negotiating have met with little siu-i-ess. The Chatham Clnmb?r of Com- merce is cnmplalning to the Govern- ing t of a certain numbc-r of immi- grants who come to tin; country as farm laborers and viio after working a coup'.o of weeks on the farm finally drift to the cities to take positions in factories. While believing in the policy of encouraging the Immigration -pf firm laborers, tho Chamber In op- Ked to further congesting thg in- dustrial centres. J). J. McKt'Own, one of North Hay's eldest, nnd bent known residents was found dead In his office in tho Mc- Ki-own block. H. E. Patersou, btraotorafLtnai and lyoans of tho Soldier Settlement Iimrd, in.- relinquished that position and will return to privata life. He will reside in Victoria. A signal honor has rnme to Miss Mary I/igau Cowan, of the Depart- ment of Pathology, University (if To- ronto, in the award to her of a Beit Memorial Poliowshlp of the an.r.'al value cf -100, tunable for three yearn. The award of this fellowship means that Mlsj Cmvau will ong-ige in modic.il rcsparth in tho U.-t. r In- Htltutn for 1'revontlvo Medicine in London, Kngland. K'-iu leaves for I'liiKl.'ind early in tho New Y.'.ir. Miss Cuwnn was bora In yeaforth. Ontario, and was educated In tho >)ub!<.c scliool and tho CollcgU-tu In- lluio u f that town. Sho gradu- ated in Arts nt tho University cf To- :ortr> iu UUii. taking fl-si-i-laps h.m- ors in pliyiilologry and bio-clr'ml.jtry. In 1919, ah; 1 graduated in moilicine ind was appointed fellow in bacter- inlcar 'or tho suwilon of 191H-20. This 's.siein sho -has held a special ro- 'enrch fellowship '.n tho Department nt Pathology. Provincial Oaa Commissioner R. S. 1st' In stated that the recent cold weather had inado It necessary to Rf.ue an order on the gas compan- CR prohibiting the use of gns lor "<atlng public buildings, including il'.wiiy promises, churches, halls or 'oms used tor school purposes 'teatres; etc. All industrial Inter- 'ts will bo snspondrd If the pros- iiro drops to a point where domestic ooklng Is Interfered with. ord being eclipsed by that of few printers in the Province. While announcing himself a candi- date for re-election to the Streets- vllle Council, Henry W. Cook drop- ped dead at the public meeting fol- lowing nominations in the Town Hall. He spoke for a few minutes only, when, without warning, lie collapsed. Postmaster T^rmon estimated that : 000,000 letters have been mailed In Toronto ovor Christmas. of Tonnto poolroom* pprrt (hit the police raid last week 'IUB rid Mmlr rooms of an undesirable ill in on t who us-rtl t.,-i congregate In horn. WHl'am ,1. Reynoldti, forpman In ho news room of tho Urockvllln '(i-iirtli r un'l Times ,hn completed t7 years in tli<* sfrvico of Mm! n^- ipVr. llf Joiuwl ilit! jimvupapnr IR7I' ,vhtn i' WM unilor t.hi dlrert'on of iVilonot navld Wyiie. mid ha* r- with it contlnooufrty, bin rec Justice Middleton delivered judg- ment whereby Rev. J. O. L. Sprack- lln, special license officer, must pay Oscar B. Fleming, barrister, of Wind- sor, $500 damages for wrongful en- try, and Stanlr-y M. Hal-lam and Wll- Ihm H. Hallarn, who accompanied Spracklln. have damages of |50 each given against them. Moreover, his Lordship holds that a "boat" Is not a "vehicle upon the public highway,' 1 to use the phrase of the O. T. A., which ruling may have notable con- sequences on the Windsor frontier. According to the statement just made public by the Canadian Pacific Hallway, earnings ir November showed an increase of $1,223,201, or about 43 per cent, over those for the corresponding period a year ago, $4,- 073,010, an excellent showing In the light of the poor showing made ear- lier in the year. Last month the the company's net profits followed a gain in October, when net earnings showed an increase of $2,353,040, or 44 per cent. The select committee on salaries of members of Parliament have report- ed against any increase on the pres- ent allowance of 400 a year, but recommends that members be grant- ed first-class transportation and free postage. Brompton Pulp & Paper Company's earnings for the past year are equal to |9.57 per share of nsw stock and are equivalent to an Increase over tho business done a year go of 70 per cent. In the statement made public the company's American sub- sidiaries' earnings have not been in- cluded, but it is stated that they are about equal to those of the parent company. Miss Kllen Clement and Andrew White, pupils of the fourth and third classes In Milton public >cliool have each been awarded a gold medal by the Provincial : Kire Marshal for their prize essays on "Fire Prevention in Home and Factory." A confidential report regarding the reorganization of the Post Office De- partment 'has been placed In the hands of the sub-committea of the Cabinet by Griffenhagen and Associ- ates Limited. If this report Is adopt- ed, it is unofficially learned, it will mean the dismissal of 300 employees in Ottawa and a thorough over- hauling of the department. The claim is made in the report, it is tated, that the expenses of the de- partment can be reduced $300.000 an- nuslly. Tho report Is not likely to b? made public until the earning ses- sion of parliament. Griffenhagen and Associates. Limited, have be?n working for some months on the Past Office Department, evolving a scheme of reorganization. Some tl:no ago tltia firm undurtoak th? reorganiza- tion c: tho FriMlns Bureau, which led to tho dismissal of over 200 em- ployees in that Institution. Doctors will have to cut down on liquor prescriptions. Tho Ontario board cf license com- missioners has sent out two letters notifying n!l tho medical practitioners In the province to take heed. Tho flr,st letter stated that liere- attiT 100 will be the upward limit of prescriptions per month to be is- sued, and anything more than tills number will be subject to uerlous question. This warning was supplemented by a second letter stating that, while 100 Is the upward limit. <he issue of r,0 per month will bo regarded as high, and that 25 per month will be erced a fair average. J. Bernard Dyllyn (Edwin Dunn), wide'y known years aso as a barl- t4fio singer on the variety stage and th? first actor to popularize tho sons "Aft-T the Ball," was found (load from asphyxiation in hit- homo In New York. A er-.ll to the George Robinson Me- nu.il.il Mrt'.ioiHst church in lx>ndo:i hns boon accepted by Rov. Win. L. Miles of IHshsRtc, subject to the r.p- |-::,v.il of th> stationing committee of the ccnftrer.ee. - WHERE THE HOUSE COMES IN. The stage c:.ach g.ivo way to' the r.'.ilv.-.iy, ca;l tho sailin;; ship to tho steawcr. Thinking along tiio same ;;iK'.-, nnr.y pi-oplo prophesy tl-at th ' Uorso will glvo way ti the motor, nml become ox:lnct. More careful l:i- vt'-::iKatkn of tho facts goes to show thnt this is a fallacy. For fast rond travel the cur Is cortal'ily i:i::r^ ef- ficient than horso traction, but for farm work It would serin that the horso can at least hold his own. Next to man hlmaelf the horse is the most efficient power unit in existence Wherever power is ne?dcd to move loads across fields or through coun- try lanes, there inevitably come mo- ments when the power required to move tho load becomes twice or three times the norm.il. The wheels dip Into a mud hole or get up agalust a .rock. In such a case the motor is stalled, but the, horso is not. The horse can, at a pinch and for a short period, exert a pull thr.'e to four times greater than tho usual. , Also a tiorsa Hsts longer than a motor. Tho life o f the average farm tractor la not more than threo to four years. V horso begins work at threo years and is good for nlno <\r ten years of useful tJll. And another point In his favor la that thorn is no heavy bill v for repairs. Still another point which Ss worth the farmer's consideration is the hoise"s contribution to the Public Health Talks (By Dr. J. J. Middleton) Provincial Board of Health. Questions Pertaining to Medical Subject* Will Be Answered In This Paper If Letters Are Sent to Dr. J. J. Middleton, Parliament Building*, Toronto. Mentally defective people In large numbers are roaming at large throughout the Province, spreading disease and reproducing their own defective kind. Abundant proof of the seriousness of this situation has been obtained in Toronto and other cities by social sarvice workers who are making extensive investigations along the lines of mental hygiene. Heredity undoubtedly plays a big part in this condition of defective mentality, for although there are ex- ceptions, it is nature's habit to repro- duce in kind. How Uien can this state of affairs be rectified? A scheme based on Medical Examina- tion to prevent mentally defective people from getting married, is be- ing thouglit out, but this would only deal in part with the problem as the question of illegitimacy has to be considered. Many of the illegitimate children born have mothers who are distinctly below the par of average mental rapacity, as social service workers find out in dealing with such cases. This, no doubt, applies also to many of the fathers of such chil- dren, and a tremendous task thus confronts those who are endeavoring to improve the condition of humanity Loth mentally and physically. Can Be Improved. One point, however, that should be emphasized is that whatever part heredity plays in the child's mental condition at birth, Its mentality no less than its physical make-up, can bo improved by scientific care and tending iluring the early mouths and years of its life. The human brain develops"very rapidly in infancy and childhood, much more rapidly than the body, and hence the urgent need for sufficient nourishment of the right kind, during this critical stage of human life. At five years of age, about the time when a child begins to go to school its brain capacity has to a certain extent a>eady been deter- mined. From this one can r?adly see how important is a scheme of child welfare that will include the su- pervision of infant feeding from the time the child is born, and so coun- teract in some degree any defects of heredity. School children with low mentality are a great hindrance to those who are normal. Not only do their habits and actions tend to lower the morale of other children, but the class work is hinders '. by the co-mingling of the two graces of Intellect. There should be In every school district a special class for mental defectives who could be delt with separately by a teacher specially trained in mental 'hygiene. These children would include those who are dull or s'.ow-witted, those thievishly Inclined, those always get- ting into mischief v/hich seems to take them uaawares. The classes of school children might indeel be funher graded by scientific methods, flnd progress noted as the result of special training. More Variety Needed. For children of school age and old- er, there is not at prese-nt a suffic- ient number of variety of institutions to accommodate the cases varying from mental defects to imbecility. For Imbeciles and definitely feeble- minded there is provision made public opinion has recognized the necessily for it, but for the higher grade of mental defectives who in many respects are bright and seem- ingly intelligent, nothing has been done. And yet this class of people is almost as definite a menace to the community as is the criminal. The Toronto Psychiatric Clinic, conducted by a group of physicians, psycholog- ists, and a certain association which takes a. scientific interest in mental abnormalities, is being conducted at present in the out-patient's wing of the Toronto General Hospital. The cases coma from the Public schools, the Juvenile Courts, Industrial Homes and various other institutions throughout the city, and provide ex- cellent clinical material. (Tiut this only touches the fringe of what is to bo done. The problem is Province- wide, indeed it is a national and In- ternational problem. Science can go so far, but public opinion must be awakened to come to the support of science before very great advances can be made. Besides, the problem will have to be approached from the preventive as well as the curative as- pect, and many difficulties will have to be surmounted. THE ROUND TABLE "'A/HERE WE MAKE FRIENDS OF BOOKS." "The Man With the Lamp." Pub- lished by J. M. Dent & Sons. Among th? Christmas gift books mentioned briefly la this column was "The Man \Vitli the Lamp," by Janet La'.ng. You will remember I *ai;l then it was worth a 'anger review than that given it when space was pr?clous. It Is a very unusual book, j dedicated to the "True, the Beautiful. | tha Good among the Accused, " paints the tragedy of the German who has remained a human being, who sees the deeds of his country aa all other human beings see them, yet who finds himself bound by tha loyalty to which he has been born and bred and by the memory of the older Ger- many of tho poets and musicians. Granting, as many people will, per- haps, be unwilling to grant, even for the sake of argument, the possible existence of such Germans, it is clear that here is a new theme of unlimited possibilities for ambitious authors. Such was the the.ine of "Friendly Entmles," and sucli will be the theme of endless volumes yet unwritten. "The Man With the Lamp" is an able bundling cf this theme by an author with a keen and kindly eye for human nature and a gift of gentle sa- tire. We meet tho German before the war as a finely sensitive lad with a- genius for music, educated In Eng- land and traveling in Scotland with an Kugllsh tutor, who is himself an j eccentric genius bent on Investlgat- InjT tiu mysteries of the subconscious j mind. XVe'moet him asr.iin four years lat^r r.ist ashore f:ci:i ii wracked sub- marine tit that v,-.ry point of tho iVjotrh coast, Rill:.: -as. where ho Ind previously jcu.neye.l with his tutor on a holiday. At this point, the thread of his -tcry jji-.is the other thread of vital h'Urost in tho book, tiio story of the 1 ;;!, tail Mrs. Abi'rcromblo whose character and experiences In war- time Knslar.d art ;.monfg tha best of f rttlity of t-ho fi U: draft horse several Urns of manure nn- uual'.y. ft motcir I.OI.K at all. Zora- M*hnivl. of Constantinople, who at the Ke of 146 wed to toll rM>fr!rJ that tio folt younger every day. 1* 111. 7/nra I" now 14, and IB suffvnnff from indigestion. H blames It on <**ap t of false teeth he bought twenty yew* ago. the author's present achievements. Mldvlle-aged, charming, and Infinitely capable, Mrs. AberCrcmbie takes an active and wise nnd often amusing ha.R.1 in the affairs of every BOU! in trouble a contract certain to in- clude, from time to time, every per- son she ever nveets. At the moment, she on her way to assume charge of the psychic tutor, too deeply absorbed in psychic phenomena to heed such material nseds as dinner and there- by causing sore distress to his good Scotch landlady at Wood End. Generously refusing to know more of the stranger at her gates than that he is penniless, in trouble, and trying; to find his old tutor, she takes him with her to Wood End, whither the tutor has retired ta pursue his stud- ies in a peace not to be Interrupted by such humdrum things as meals. Here the complications begin, and here the tragedy takes place no ban- al tragedy of betrayal of friendship, but the tragedy of the German's own soul, which is tragedy to the end, unmarred by the happy ending which critics decry and readers adore. Tragedy though It Is. however, the tragic clement Is counterbalanced by so much that U human and normal and even humorous, that the final impression of the book can hardly be tragedy, however deeply we may feel the cruelty of a hard fate undeserved by th^ person on whom It falls. There 's th engaging episode of. Old Ellen nd Voung Ellen, who is "no 1 33 youni? herselty and Ycun; Ellen's suiters, all deftly sketched and all onv nciagly and entertaingly Scotch. Mrs. Abercrombie herse'f. for all her en or us kiii'.lu.'ss of heart. Is no less th" mark for certain dellcato shafts 'f satire. Tho story move; rapidly and ".arries the reader with it^not, aps, to great heights or unknown il pths, but. al>ng a ploisiut highroad wh:--e the race r-f men go by." ELINOR MURRAY. m mm FPE KS, NEW YEArSPnOPHECY MEDIUM "REVEALS' THE FU- TURE 0-F WORLD AFTER CONSULTING STARS. Serious politic*! and labor troubles, j with President Wilson's life endan- ,-rcd, aro part of Americas fortune for 1921. Madame Do Teleme "re- vei'ed" at Paris recently. Madame De Teleme, successor to the prescient Madams De Thebes, af- ter ftffil study of the stars, predicted oLy -what ls X in storo for the word next year. Tho fates have mix:'d b'tter medicines for most o'. tho nv ions, she said. Sh'3 found these hlngs In s'gnt: England Series -economic and so- ' difficulties. TV clum Intern itlona.1 worries. Italy A revoluntary attempt ? ,p, )n _.\ most troubled industrial situation. ior"i"M A revolution Russia Increased dlsoruv ,, '-"r, -r V ^ Len'.no'R life endangered. Prance Further with ana i the 8- crvl dlHIcn'? 1 and religious questions. Iu tho spring will come an Improvement of finan- cial and commercial conditions and a deereasD in tiio number of divorces. A change of Government will come during the summer and possibly a < f ure of the alliances now ex- istant, which will seriously embarass h? country for a time. In the toll there will be grave financial diffi- culties with a menace of bankruptcy and a statesman's life In danger. MILLIONAIRE WHO CAN'T WRITE. Possessing a fortune which accu- latcs at the rate of $2,000 a day, Jack- son Barnett, a Red Indian, c.innot even sign his name. Some years ago tha U. S. Government presented him with 160 acres of 'anil t> cu'tlvate. '!(> '.iv:-d OTI this allotmnr mt'1 oil was discovered on it, since when his bank bilance has grown r.ipidly. In seven years this land ha* yielded 14,- 000.000 barrels of oil. U > is now a millionaire, but he- cannot draw a, cheque because hp b % v.-rd of the Government. He can express a wish to spend money in a corU!n way and on certain things, but h has to get th* approval of -hi* g4iardian. This guardian la a business man, specially appointed to Attend t-o Jackson's af~ fairs, and it Is he who !sms the hi-nn'* --'f ',' i') nwvw. Jrt^ksofl 1 rt)lffMi;i. unmrriad. awi lives qule'.Iy.