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"MEND YOUR SPEECH" The »tory 1b told of a profeaeor who , portance ot an exact and free use of | waJB locking over the English work of the mother-tongue. one of liis : -ipile, whom he thus accoet- ed, wi'h half-meant severity: "Sir, your vocabulary is mean and poor â€" but le Rmpiy sufflclent for the exprea- frion cf ycur ideas." So far as the glory of words Is concrned In the ex- pression of our English tongue we may truthfully wrH 'Tchabod" on the fa- cade of the Temple of Speech. We are In an age of slopplnesa and slang. Who can fall to be touched by the delightful spontanlty and Individuality in th; speech cf children. till the time whec they go to school. Then very soon everything Is "cute," "peachy," "great." They lose that instinctive feeling for words, and that elemental quality in them, that made their child- ish talk burn and shine with extraor- dinary illumination. Everywhere now- adays one may hear men and women talk sjoppiily. The magazines rarely rise above Journalese. The news- papers often fall, below that. This tturrfed Age. Stjfl».atid literature seem to belong to a past age when people had leisure and desire to write cadenced prose and classic verse. But our language, we think, mus<t be devastatingly di- rect and shockingly staccato. All too ThrouglKlta medium we a-cHleve our highest and best lUeraly expression. Witness Bunyan, Sir Thomas Browne ! Stevenson, Emerson, Ruskln. All the , reeourres of language lie ready to be ! quarried and poH.siied to a marble finish, but most people seem satistled to hack and chop, and to chisel with rough tools. Even in college and sem- inary there is little quest for elevation of style, and while the modem oratorl- al addre:!s is ofteu sound and helpful, t is likewise often scant in ideas an-d lacking iu rhetoric. The increaseJ, en- riched, and pruned vocabulary that avoids garrulity, shallow facility, and the halting manner, is exceedingly i rare. Our use of words witnesses to i the supertlciaJity of our thought. ' | Majesty of English. "Mend your speech," said Shakes- 1 peare, "lest it mar your fortunes." | When Shakespeare wrote the English i language was woven Into a cloth of â-  gold, whose lustre we have allowed to God spreads a carpet soft and green become dimmed. The allurements of i O'er wliich we pass; hidden continents and shadowed ! A thick piled mat of Jeweled sheen- oceans, the impertlous life of horizons | And that is Grass, and the discoveries of mariners and | explorers, all drained their essence in- 1 Delightful music woos the ear; to IJitarary expression. The rich herlt- The grass Is stirred, often o. r written word moves forward | age of that pinnacle of unapproach- 1 Down to the heart of every spearâ€" â- with a series ot Jerks, and with the ' able splendor in the literary art oughtJâ€" >=ah, that's a Bird, unmusical effect of a machine gun in I to make us mend our manners and our { "THREE FACES UNDER A HOOD" Colonel YounghuAbanJ in one of bis look much pride in bis dahlias, geraa- boolcs de»cribes u wonderful jcurney iums and ro«ei>. but thougtu noUiinj; from the GauRJS Valley up to the of the little flowers that sh»4 liks Himalayas. He i-peakji with entliusi- stars in that neglected Jiook. Th«y asm of the great varteiy of plant life received no care and were never point- he found. Blooms treasured at home ed to with a grower'.! pride. The gar- in hothouses there grew in wild profu- dea was not too tidy. It had nc objetv sion. There were so*ue four hundred tii n to a toufli of wildne**. not at varieti-s of orchids. There were giant last in that outer garden. For there lilies, of new and impreasive beauty, was an inner garden, shut by meauH of wltli fourteen floweY-s on a single utalk, a tmall padlocked gate. There, the faoli flower four aaJ a half inches tilings that mattered grew. There across and equally !on«. It was a grow, what to us children were for- great hour to find such exquisite blcams growing wild, but he adds, "We fliall never he able to give to even the most exquisite orchid or the most per- fect lily the same affection that we joy, and in the Armament of memory, give to the primroses and violets of there is for one of them one glory ot PHINEAS FOGG, NEW STYLE our native land. ' 'hearts-ease and another and lesser John Gcldstrom, aviator WTiter, shaking hands with Capt. Roatron, of the Among these flowerk of childhood, g'.ory of dahlia. Maurentania, on the start of his dash around the world. Looking on is John e.icU has its own'' favorite blooms. ! Memories ot the past gather lik« H. Mears, who circled the globe in 35 days. Goldstrom, using ships, trains jihich for him at least m the most clustered hadoes round those simple and planet], hopes to do it in 31 days. potent holder of memory. Not long flowersâ€" a boy's holidays in the <oun- , ago an old man, on holiday In the coun- try â€" a clematis covered cottage, a trel- _.jj. D m» 1 try. stopped for some time along th« lised and rose-covered porch, the coo- riddle Ke-IViakers. grassy margin of a lane, to pick a lit- ing ot a dove, the lane with honey- It seems a little singular that much tie flower known as eyebright. He had suckle and wild roses, flr cooes and bidden fruit and forbidden flowers. The hearts-ease was not forbidden. It grew and the children could gather. In so gathering they found no mean The Welcome. action. Our venmcular has become ! speech. « vapid and threadbare, and we seem to 1 "The evil of slang," writes Walter | have lost sight of the fact that It is i Eaton Prlchard, "Is its failure of im- ; through our folk-speech that we attain mortality." And an editor who is feel- , to the characteristic expression of our | ing after finer things' for the dally] nature. It is the mother-tongue which gives to our matured thought the re- lief and illumination it seeks i« the utterance of words. After new im- pres'Sions are received, comes the com- paring, judging, reducing them to or- press has recently declared : I "Beallsm when *â-  applied to the speech of the day. can only achieve | the success of the day." I "A word fitly spoken Is like apples ) of gold in baskets of silver." It win der and meaning, and In this act the ' attract 'he eye, hold the ear, and de- aid of words Is sought when new Judg- ments spring from the wordless re- cesses of thought or feeling under the stimuius of experience or. emotion. It is thus that the thought is enriched and enlarged. Hence we sea the im- Clouds roll before a blue immense. That stretches high .A.nd lends the soul exalted sense â€" That scroll's a Sky. Green rollers flaunt their sparkling crests. Their jubilee Extols brave captains and their quests â€" And that Is- Sea. of the best talent among violin makers go l)icked it as a boy for his mother, bird neets. of the present time is devoted to re- For him the little eyebright was a i It wild flowers are a sort of music, making violins rather than to making flower of recall. ' then ilies;? overtones of memory ar& new ones. The present-day makers. One ot the flowers of remembered not their least wonder. with few exceptions, bow before the childhood is hearts-ease. In memory "I never see the wild rose now." art of the makers of past centuries its "three, faces under a hood" still wrote Dean Hole, "but I am wandering rather than attempting to make new smile from an uncultivated comer ot onoe more through the bowery lanes light the heart, teed the understand- ing. The fit word is the inevitable word, the musical word. The English ! The sea's full-voiced protuund salut language Is a rich deposit and we • -â- ^h, this is Spring! ought to draw upon it generously and with discrimination. Music Language for the Children. In Its last analysis, music is a lang- uage, and it grows to the fullness of "form, color and content, very much as do the materials of language itself. It would be absurd .to teach ch.iidreu to speak by starting them on "the alpha- bet, yet that Is what too many people still try to do with the language of music. We- let children gain their first vocabulary and considerable fluen- cy of speech entirely by imitation, and In exactly the same way we should 1st them, and adults as well, pick up the essentials ot music language "by ear." After Ihey have become accustomod to the sounds ot music, and can per- haps utter them with some conlidenoe, there is time enough to begin the study of musical six'lling, grammar and rhetoric. They will find the notes ot music literally corresponding to the letters of the alphabet, and chord com- binations correspomilng to words of varying simplicity or elaborateness. They will find that thes^e letters and words can be built up into phrases, clauses and whole sentences; that sen- tences grow naturally into paragraphs, and paragraphs into chapters. /The language ot music Is universal, for it is delivered through toues that everyone can hear, and In symbols that anyone can understand. And It has the vast advantage over any and every s.poken language that even when ''^°«"'s '^er son like a mother it is imperfectly comprehended, it re- , ''^"'^ wniforts me well, wards the listener with a direct ttorill ot ' pleasoire that no one can take away ' "^^'^ ^^'"^ '* "'-^ comrade, from him, and for whioh there is no "'* â„¢unsel is good.â€" N'ew-leaping grass, the feathery flute. The sapphire ring. -Arthur Powell. Instruments to surpass them. One of the reasons for this is purely commercial. The old violin, bought at a fancy price by the artist or by the connnoisseur. Immediately becomes a most valuable piece of proi>erty. Its j owner, having »igned the cheque for | his new properly, is loath to let any bungler tamper with so delicately con- I structed and so beautiful an Instru- ment. Therefore he goes to the high- I est-prioed specialist euxd is willing to â-  pay him a large figure to repair the vlclin. The instrument may need â€" repairing a crack." restoring the belly or the ribs to shape, adjusting the base bar, filling worm holes, fitting the : blocks and linings â€" -these things re- quire something far more than a sure an old country garden. Grandfather with my little sister's hand in mine.' The Quest. Life is an endless quest, and Its meaning la determined by what we are looking for. It is not necessary that we shall And wJtat we seek, arrive at a pre-determined goal and be able to assure ourselves and the world triumphantly that the thing we have attained is e.xacUy what we always wanted. WTiat matters greatly is that we shall continue to strive and to move onward. It has been wisely said that it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. And "a man sits as many risks as he.rjns." But a mere restlessness does not make a lifetime noble and fruitful. Hints for Singers. The successful singer must have so much more than mere voice, and tech- nique that it is a marvel that we have had as many successes as we have, un- der existing conditions. The singer must be a linguis-t; he must be a close student of human nature; he must be a thorough musician, and should play at lea&t one instnim?nt. preferably the piano; he should understand some- thing of compcsliion and theory; he should be trained iu stage deportment and acting; he should have a good education. I hand and good craftsmanship. Thev ; call for brains and experience. Do voii ^""â- â- '""^-'•â- - t^oug'' limitless and unap- ' wonder that they cost money? There P<^^^<^- o' 't^elf produces nothing. We are comparativelv few men who have ^'^""'^ '°° â„¢"<^'' "^''t" "» "lose who wish the skill to repair v:UuabIe instru- ments: and, naturally, their services command large pay. A Doubtful Testimonial. Have you ever been curious about a letter that some friend has written about you to introduce you to another? Then Imagine how trying it would be to have the letter in a language you could not read! In the early days cf the Hudson's Bay Company they us.od • • • • |to give "certificates" ot good charac- He should be thoroughly trained in the ter to those Indians who seemed to Looked As If He Could. He â€" "Can I make love to you'.' She- "Really I couldn't say; ycu look as capable as any boys." Wanderer's Song. The eftrth is my country, I travel unknown. Yet where 1 may wander I go not alone. The hills ri-e my kindred .â- \.nd the place whc're I dwell various schools of composition, and his education should also include discus- sions on such st^'n lards ot education and form of expression, so that he may develop a keen sense of propor- dKSi^rvo It. The^e the Indians called "teapots." since that -was as near as they could get to the pronunciation. They valued Uiem greatly, carried them around with them and always but the tlon and a knowledge of human nature presented them when they wished to do some trading with a white man. One old Indian kept one for year, pre- senting it whenever occasion offered, and never guessed that what It said was: substitute. I Long days on the upland, [At nightfall, the wood: I Her wide eaves are slieller .\nd her bed Is the best With a rain-song tor slumber When wanc'erers rest. Good Company. To possess a small collection of well chosen volumes, lighting up a corner of your room. Is to have beside you the wisest and best men in the world. The The earth Is ray kingdom, pfleasur© and protlt of their company ^'>' king, who is he? Is your' own. They are there to in- ''"s crown is the desert, •tract you; to make you hopeful. His scepter the sea. trustful, thoughtful, better. Would ^'s feet tread the hill-lines you deny yourself this? -Know well That are lost in th , dawn, the volums you can gather together. ' •â- ^"d his hand plu<-ks my heart^s<trliigs Help and instruct others to know and ConvpeMins me on. like what is best suited to their needs. ' Teach them how to approach a book, i Nothing h.ts greater influence or la ' more i)otent in young people than a' love for good books.- Thomas Tapper,' la "Chats with Music Student.<»." such, that every color of voice, every change ot emotion will be developed, and so he will. In addition, fonn an ideal which he will never lower, a sanity of judgment and a sense of the fitness of-rhing-s. which will make a great man as well as a great artist. * « « « If we are to obtain a method of edu- cating the singer as he should be edu- cated.,_we mu-st begin to form such standards of education and such a cur- riculum as exi-B-ts iu the study of other arts and sciences. Whether" this will include a standardization ot what we call the vocal method, remains to be seen, but It would s-eem ridiculous to assume, that to s-landardlze a method of teaching were impossible. to be electrified continually by the tingling shock of fresh thrills and sen- sations, though the reaction leaves iheni spent. They seem to believe the world wa-s made to amuse them: they are onlcokere at a play, strollers through a museum, perpetual gue:ta at a feast of bounty ,inJ of beauty, who- ever remains outside aud unfed. They n^ed a vision; and it is forever true that "where there is no vision the people perish." They need lo see that this world, though made tor each of us. as Browning said, was made that we might serve it and not merely use it: might- give to it and not simply take therefrom, and might add by the con- tribution of our toiling lives and think- ing minds to the sum total of the truth and goodness that we found when we came here. Of little avail is the quest it the OHicome is but treasure-trove that we put by for ourselves: and we are bound by the fact of our humanity as well as by our inheriiauce of the divine to remember always that "the "This old fel'jow is a regular scamp. i,est things any niorial huih are those i Watcli him or he will cheat ycu out of [i,g( everv mortal shares. " • everything. He lies like the mischief." | " .^ j Advice. Let any man show the world that he feels ! .-Afraid of iis barli and 'twill fly at his heels ; Let him fearlessly face it. 'twili leave ; him alone. But 'twill fawn at his feet if he flings 1 it a bono. -Lytton. Sunday Schools Should Elncourage Good Music. It is fitting that only the best music should be associated with religious work, and there is no better place to begin than in the Sunday school. The history of religion Is, to a large ex- tent, the history of music. As one has said. "The church has always worn a garment ot praise. From the mono- toned prayers ot the early priests to the symphonies of Beethoven and to the tone poems ot Slrauus and Scria- I bin Is -one long continuous chain ot ; history. The nrouotone became a â-  melody. Melody wedded to melody became counterpoint. Out of these three â€" melody, counterpoint and har- mony â€" the tissue and texture of all music proceeds." There Is another Biblical saying that is applii'able here. "As ye sow. 'so shall >•« reap." Set a poor song for : children and you will have poor sing- ' ing. bat give them something worth i while, even though it takes more, ef- : fort, the rssult will be well wortli the : pains, for-the "reaping" will be ot the I best. Who has not been thrilled to hear a I boys' choir render some of the great music of the Christian church? And I who has not been i>aine,l when the ': same boys had been led to sins some 'of the "wretched rants" (as they have I been callet." which are all too common - in some of those hymnals designed for i the use ot children only? Many j churches now have junior choirs for I the morning service, s.mietimes com- ' posed only of girls' vcices. and to hear I the fresh opranos, wl:h the budding I altos, sing a two-part anthem of the higher class music of the church brings a senss cf pure wors-hip to the congregation. England doubled her consumption of ice cream last year. â€" Dr. C. W. Larson. The House Beautiful. The house beautiful â€" a place of good influence and great peace. Men and women may sometimes, after great ef- fort, achieve a creditable lie, but the house which is their temple can not say anything except the truth of those who have lived in It. â€" Rudyard Kip- ling. Fancy Nut Cracker. A novel nut cracker is made in the form of a squirrel, the jaws doing the work. Two Qualities. Life is mostly froth and bubbles; Two things stand like ttcne- Kindness in another's trouble. Courage iu your own. ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES « -T. Mo-ris Longstreth. â€" ^1 Aberdeen Again. A clergyman married a very old couple â€" the bride was sLxtyeight and the bridegroom seventy. The latter had b.trled two wives. .Vftcr the ceremony the bridegroom said. "Well, minister, 1 may tell ye she was ray first love." "Y'ee. sir, I was that." said th? wo- man, "for when i was a lassie <>' twenty he used to frot me out along branches the road where ycur manse now { »tands." .\fter a little ih* bride<rroon. got | more confldentiai still, and said, "Yes, •Ir, she was my flxat tore, atMl It wurd hae been better for me if ! h*d marrlt her ftrM. It wtid has aarad nte twa burials." The Highest Lake in World. The highest lake In the world Is Green Lake, in Colorado. Its surface i Is 10.252 feet above the level of the- sea. Forests surround it. and snow : always covers the neighboring moun- tain-tops. One ot these mountains, called Gray's Head. Is 14.341 feet abovs the sea-level. The water of Green' Ijike Is as clear as crystal. Largs] masses of rock are visible at the bot- tom. Tree.*, petrified or turned to j sitone, are aLs-.i seen in the depth. They i are a* whl.e as marble, and trout-flsh may be Seen swimming among th« No Cv*. "Can you drive with ons band?" the «trl in a c*atle voic«. "Yflu bet I eaa," (vptied th« yotmg man ea<«rly. "Then have an a^vK" ajwvsrad th* youBK n-««turs. Unkind. The man and tlie girl were sitting out at a dance, end for soms tttns thers bad been «ilence between thsm. "D« yt)u know." he said at last, "tliat •very evenin*. befor* I go to bsd, I wrHs down my thooi^Ua in my dIeryT IntarssUng. don't you think?" "Oh, most." shs answered. "How long have you beea doing It?" "About a couple of ysars," was th« rsply. "ladssd! said the girl, sweetly; "thsB you must bar* the Orst p*g« 9«H4y full." She â€" ""How dare you a.«k for a kiss?" He â€" Because I didn't d:ire to ta'-te it witlHuit asking." Is Forest Conservation Worth While? The fore.-ii pro;, erty w« must pro- tect from destruction by firs keeps a hundred thousand ptop!'* in work. This I number really t'»|;re!!?nt8 :ibi>ut one ! humlred thoi;.?an-,i families, so ihat the ; reiil number of people depending upcn > the work of converting the forest into i m8ri!t".able products is at leaxt thre« or four time.-i as great. The pro ucis I of the fortsl add nearly a halt hillilon dillars each yt.ar to our national wjalth. Pu«p and paper making is our largF;; nmnufaituring iudiistry. Saw- milling 's our third Lirgest manufac- jtiiiiuK mUrtry. The hydri>-"ltf<-trii" 'power, which means ?o much t.> our in- duetriu! development, dervnds upon sue'ain;*! stream I'ow and su.italned stream flow depenls upon th^» pres- ence* of a gr?en fore.- 1 cover on the thousand hiMi wl-.ere the s'reains find their sour^-s. isn't it worth while to invest a Irirgrr iitewr<;nfe pre-.nium to 'maintain all these things? teii't it ! worth while to make our forecK. pro- jteclive i«rganization<» nww* effective, ! so that they can -win m. the nip and I tuck race wrt.h incr««8ing dajige-rs and i liabilities? The foree-ts must be gi'^n I the advantage in the race It they are I to reirtain with us and with tihem pros- perity Dr Clifton D Howe, in Cana- . dian Fopes* and Ouldo»>r». -♦- U Is bett«r to lose a minuts i« avoiding a posoibls accident t)kan • jnuiith In nursing an injtcr^ MStJi