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blems of the ago, tastrace, many » ——S — NOTES AND COMMENTS ‘A new source of discontent is coming to the front in England. It is the middle’ oe Until ‘recently the salaried maj HEALTH he of moderate aie: the clerk who wears a white collar at his work, ‘maintained strict privacy with re- jward to their economic standing. They kept their worries and pro- blems of how to make ends meet to themselyes.» They thought it too vulgar to air their wants and finan- ‘cial stringencies in public. But the ice has been broken, and to-day the| * “middle class burdens’’ ‘daily topic for editorigis in most of the English newspapers. Fro tha aabitausestaheaniddle clea plaint is this: The high cost of liy- ing affects the middle class man fully as much as it does the labor- er, jer in the occupations filled by men from the middle classes than it is among manual laborers. The pro- ‘blem of providing for old age ii universal, ' problems, however, the middle class man has more difficulty in meeting & than the laborer, because he enjoys | W none of the advantages enjoyed by the working masses, form a} {3 Employment is not any stead. | 00% Each and all of these | *b Artificial Heat and Throat Trou) es. hen doctors talk about the “nasopharyngeal eystem,”” they mean the entire mucous aowbrane that lines the nose and throat, all of which must be in a healthy con- dition if you wish to avoid the long list gins with th tuberculosis, and includes tons! diphther: and very sensitive, and they spond to bass Se shes child's phiysival: condition’ When’. dis- attacks a sensitive mu- brane gradually becomes perman- ently thickened, there is an ove’ growth of tissue in the nasal sae sage ages, and the-child has adenoids. The manual Teborer in England, | "{7Ps."Ccrvainiy true that overheat- Glistapions” of tha: mbddle clogs | aa voéme ara ab the bottom of. a point out, is fairly well protected against unemployment by govern- ment insurance. Insurance also protects him in sickness. When he gets old a pension awaits him, The government has become a party, as it were, to the domestic problems of the manual laborer. It helps him meet al] stringencies. The irony of the whole lon oe according to British newspaper: in the fact that the sca lends its aid to the workers only by increasing the burdens of the mid- le class. The middle class man, who is fully as badly off as the toiler, is paying for the benefits which the government is heaping . upon the laboring masses in ij “eased taxes, they assert. There jis a good deal of truth in this ‘charge. The burdens of the middle @lass are becoming heavier and heavier. Still the proper way to lighten middle class burdens is not by overloading the working masses. B There has been a tendency in re- cent years on the part of the more earnest students of social pro- of Delping mato tie ovemre! many of the social problems continues, it seems likely that. the science eugenics, at least negative eugen- fos, might come to be recognized as a cure for some of our social ail- ments. 2 i A British authority on the sub- ject of heredity, after years of ex- perimenting and study, announces that feeble mindedness is positive- ly and invariably transmitted from parents to children. The scientist goes even Surther and asserts that “the marriage of the feeble mind- ed, who are more prolific than others, is at the root of half the social problems.’’ In other words, the scientist fully agrees with the theory that one-fourth of the crim- inals which now fill out jails are not criminals, | but feeble-minded pe: —def in the wrong on the negative ali _when they advocate the prevention of marriage and procreation of the degenerate and the feeble-minded, a Illuminated Fish. A new species having the appear- ance of an clootrically lighted ferry boat, has been secured in the Aus- seum at Sydnoy, N.S., Wales. More. a ew rieties were obtained, all the speci- mens Snhabitt bmarine ish ight were also obtain _ Ing shaped like a pair of bellows. Made These People. “Clothes don’t make the man,” quoted a sage. aoe made me!’’ said a retired lor. i Where should I be if it wasn’t for suits?” chimed in a young law- yer. The Way Of It. “Miss Ba; @ hit with Jack the Fics glance she gave him. see—a sort of: ce eee, bow.” ¢| haustion eetenaea pe ney be Many persons prefer to live in rooms that are like a stokehold from October oy en jults— can open the heat whenbver they feel the dis- comfort in the nose and throat that warns teak of coming trouble. But little children can only accept the air that is thrust upon them. value of fresh air is so well under- stood now that most people keep their ee aphicore much of the time. ould ony learn that they often Todd al the. goed thnt outdoor play does a tS Thee and dryness of their living and sleeping- rooms, there would be a great deal ee sickness. ‘oo many persons think that be- ing comfortable and being just a mous. gd ™ They themselves on. their gare of their children, and yet they force them to endure an arti- ficial temperature of degrees, or even more, That is lit- tle less than cruelty, One thing more; the temperature should not agreement; always gulate it strictly by the thermomoter.— Youth's Companion, Cod Liver Oil. This valuable oil may be regard- ed as @ food rather than a medicine. Its chief power lies in removing ex- and increasing, general y benaficial for build evere ill. Ppldaend tone. It is ue ty Nee ana after a cially for the whose ged, powers are not so great as in child- ren, For souvitaine nest it is universally acknowledged to have no equal in checking Pisiebon is also beneficial in cases of chronic Meith padiee thsuats brad whooping cough, rickets or chorea. It should never be given during any active form of disea: therefore, the oil wou set. up further irritation,” Care must be taken never to give too much, if there is apy appearance of the ofl unchanged In the evacuations, That is a sign the quantity must be re- duced, as more is given PETES cal be digested. It is better at first not to take more than a teaspoonful twice a day, with or immediately after food; and for young children ten or twelve drops a ere there is a difficulty in sataibing the oil it is better t -time, ed before the patient lies down. The best quality of oil should al- reat. e it a good method o have the oil made up in bread, proportion of two or four ehiaiseenek of the oil pound of dough. Others prefer it taken in ‘saree or ginger-wine. The it must not touch the glass. of something having a pleasant and after the se. —A Physi Education. e mation al what did you learn 1 | in-school to: johnny—Nothin’, but & pees the leachide learned sumpin’ His Only Opportunity. “Does your wife talk in her sleep, major?” ‘No, I talk in her sleep. Tt’s the only chance I get. Politeness. Tommy's Aunt—Won't yon have tis piece o! suffering from loss of appeti Tommy—That ain’t loss i appe- tite. What I’m suffering from politeness, ' Paw Knows Everything. Willie—Paw, is man an animal? fem ae my son, most of them .|the finish’? on a colossal chitis and chronic’ skin diseases. [t| em: | the men—an¢ i}Habor as deeply at heart as oil should be poured upon the wine, | & taste should then be taken. Another | 4, plan is to take a pinch of salt im-| go, Tommy (on a Say ae T thank ; MeciayesAuhe vou seem to be ane TERRIBLE INDUSTRIAL WAR THIS IS A GREAT POSSIBILITY IN GREAT BRITAIN. Philip Snowdon Declares the Wild Militant Methods of Workers Doomed to Failure. It is impossible to. view without disquiet the very serious state of affairs prevailing throughout the industrial _ wor! ritish Is! probability that things ae the side as of the employed, the utmost Ener is being manifested. And it really looks as though neither side will long be satisfied without a ‘fight to fight which is certain to mean ap- palling inconvenience, and suffer- to the weneral blic, on whichever may ultimately res! We all know that not for half a cen- tury at least have the conditions, wast ast it is open to organize rove its lot by means of aoe union action, been so fav- orable as in the past three years. Trade has boomed in unprecedent- ed fashion. Unemployment has reached a record in reduction. And, while work has been plentiful for the workers, the profits of the em- ployers have also been unusually high, so that substantial increases in the lot of workers might reasonably have been Saee for. Instead of which, a of three years of almost Cane oatiat industrial prosperity, we find em- ployers and employed alike in an uglier frame of mind than has mani- fested gale even in the worst peri- ods of trade depression during the last fifty years. New and Wild Methods. the masters or the men are solely responsible for this lamentable state of things. The latter have adopted methods which seem to fe anent a trade es as wden, ‘wild’? — raethed ’ which, epee sre ja conformity with the: revolutionary dectrines of Jim Larkin an Indeed, these two mea now influence oyer.the masses of t workers than do aay of the moro official oe! nies Joaders, Their po oliey Falieeny ore ol! rae, gtrilee,'” the a ing of to: And 3 tools’! at A women’s no scHnowden "goog for'! "the 8 y in no reneaetl tay it will ruta the if ib be net Lie: © says, to enter upon a strike without any effort to obtain a retement of the grievances by negotiation, to-exas- perate the employers by every Poe sible means, to indulge in wild and sanguinary language—which makes it impossible for a self-respecting ployer to meet such leaders of to endeavor to cause as much public, inconvenience convenie: ing from one who has the cause of Mr. Snowden, this is a fairly stern in- dictment of the ‘‘sympathetic strike, It Does Not Pay. Moreover, Mr. Snowden does not shrink from ayowin; of men helping yes make latent of others more speedy and certain. There are certain high serene besides. Mr. Snowden, who Ma stanaticns Indeed, it is known that the employers, for the very reason which he assigns, regard this par- ticular weapon ne | mory with comparative equanimity. That labor come very much worse before they | dom, seale—a | 7 side victory i Now, why this state of affairs?|} It is impossible to say that either | : *-) Tre been registered as a “‘trade union,” in order that it may enjoy the same privileges and exemptions as the other neues, eae we are accus- eak of as ‘trade Be Buty unlike the latter, it has a guarantee fund of two hun- ree ae Hane secs dollars. artial observer ababe ie. ‘expediency of this par- ticular Sat at this particular mo- ment n he doubt that it is cal- einen most, one would think, esignedly calculated—to aggra- desi vate, rather than to allay, the fever bond. ‘They comprise men on both sides of polities, and adherents to many creeds, but they are alike ii this—they are employers. In their own. , they ‘‘seek to consoli- date the resources of the employ- ers of labor in the United King- to maintain their rights and their freedom to bargain indi- vidnalle with free werters or col- lectively with trade unio Think of the Public, is, certainly, expressed in excellent nglish. Bub, “soft words butter no parsnips.””. Nobody, who fully realizes the magnitude of commer- cial operations in Great it seem a workers to oppose whose demands it is to he used, in case of need? As even the London Times pertinently remarks: ‘They will look upon it, a considerable justification, as he war-chest of their employers. They will not believe that this vast sum the purpose of def They cer- tainly will not male hey are utter fools. Already the ‘‘war-chest’’ has had the affect of inspiring British them- filled with food to those in Dublin who ars in worse Blatt, e real crux of the aac Sees inaeoe always cha but erally overlooked by both une. ers and employed—is, and must al- ways be (and again we quote Snowden), that ‘‘the public have Bs interests quite as big and import- ant as those of the other two parties.” In a word, the public must always be a third p arty in alt hee op. Lee Ses ‘At the last in Congress, it was pro- posed ee “the proposal was de- feated) to give legal effect to yol- untary agreements arrived at be- twixt masters and men. is pro- posal Mr, Snowden rightly deems “outrageous,” since it w: have given power a self- meee ee body SH deatetausls to pub up wages ads also, we may add, the cost of iiving) without any. consideration for the general pubite, which, in the long run, pays 60 largo a share. Tho only real yemedy—though both em- plover, ae emplo; sent, a State pebltratieaan labor disputes. oe “TRACTS” TOWARDS DOOR. Book agents have become such a nuisance that most business men give orders that they are not to be admitted to their private offices. One persistent man, however, by one pretext..or ape gained in- terviews with tial citizens. He reached the head office of the Bank of Toronto, and when the clerk was engaged, he walked into the office of the pi dent, Mr. Duncan Coulson, Mr. Mr. Duncaw Coulson, rievous wrongs, but that there is now! an the latter ee Furthermore, ‘there is manifest show of reason in pie point which takes—a point, too, which ‘has an magica tional bearing on achieve; anyinn Milaesneal, ie the way of legislation, for i cause. ‘(This policy,” he says, “by largely monopolizing trade u has preventt ing advantage of the extremely favorable conditions of the labor market.’” Bitter Employers. But if Jim Larkin may be said to typify in himself the bitterness of the men, no less does ‘his redoubt- able opponent, Bill Murphy, sity ers. These latter are conciliatoriness, many eases) a lack of tact, ide have done a good deal to aggravate the eiueigh, And they have been at no, pains to conceal the fact that ir the mee payee tank: they are in mood ke ter The BUnited Kingdom clover De- fence Union’’ has, no doubt, been Saas every eae is true i his logue love—himself. ‘ar “Patou an to bed, Willie, Hee so-called failure Ot the Byes arty in Parliament a f} Coulson was earnestly Peis in with conversation ness , [friend, but Moped and asked the man his business. , agent for a series of entechat nee ane when Mr. Coulson told him. his library was already well filled, the in exploiting the tracts. P son, ‘‘with the toes fowaras the door.” : — a The Tactless ‘One. “J will confess to you,’’ she said, “that. a am older than I jor. r will borides. e “Hardly “That's the ee time,” when he had departed, eyer try to be caer toa pete Fact. Some men temptation can exile, You can’t get them to flinch; But most of us preach by. the mile, And practice byt the'inch, ; , “We're not going to have much of a wedding, Jack ae TL want to have everything as formed as their answer to what|sible.” ‘‘Well, ees wil have it all they deem the challenge of the men. ny You'll have Elus other, Rhis union has (ironically enough) won't youl’ * = aes ti The purpose of this organization {der the billia rd-room, in a detacl you were) pes Sy o 1 elt aa pee Young Folks The Boys and the Apples. aaa apples went ne in John’s pocket, the Suieh in pao s lunch basket. John’s was a big while Tom’s was smaller, and not so handsome. That was not strange, for God doesn’t make all apples grow of the same size, and they are not painted all alike. good plan. Neither w: blame for having eo larger apple, if he had gi just as good a chance at ahs peter At recess a boy who had no ap- ple, big or little. was yery hungry It made his mouth water! He ask- ed John to give him a bite—“just a bite,” he sgt And when John aid no he or the “core.” modestly taken a small one Tom said—‘Bite bigger, _ Billy! bite bigger |’? The difference was in the boys, apples. always unhappy. The more he gets the more he wants, And he is sure to have trouble with the other boys. apple is. gives the aie a fair chance atthe barrel; and the boys are glad when Tom geta a big apple, They know he gets it fairly, and he will be | saying to some boy who has none— te ite bigger, Billy !’” Do you know that sometimes eel over their ap- ples? (Perhaps you haye heard your father tall about “‘big busi- ess.’? That’s a man’s big apple.) Men’s apples are never all of a size, though some people say they ought to be. But you and I know that apples don’t grow that way. the fault isn’t with the apples. George’s Gift to Mother. Is there some little boy who wants to make a gift for his mothe This is what one little boy did. George’s mother is very fond of plants, and when she needed to tie @ plant to a stick because its stalk rong enough = hold it up straight she used to the ood-shed and get an old shingle and split a bit off a piece with the carving-knife. This gave George ne a PI © of soft wood and ine it ern into slender sticks, and whole length of the sick as well as oe eeuld with his knit n his patient mt eer rub- ined cask stick with sa per un- til every splinter was ae sik the stick as smooth as glas When they were all done George sorted the sticks at three little bundles, according to their length, wrapped each bundle in white tis- sue-paper, and tied-a bright ribbon round it. Bae through the year his fone hat 3 Seater had more useful no eae pleasure ais he eae Pe pene te Sr a MALAY TIGERS. An Exciting Time in a Singapore Hotel. As late as 1869, an authority on that in Singapore there w always a few tigers roaming about, and that, on an rage, kille hina- = day—generally one of the ery n who worked in eS 6 gambier plan- tations? which in newly ‘Atthough there is no it tigers will spring . H, Reid in “The Malay Peninsula,” there is a certain excitement abou living in a place where the following incident i oecurred, and where ts repe- tition is not impossible. w several years since a tiger within the precincts of the building. = | ‘The’ ‘Dill lard-] Pde at once made a fete exit. Phillips having been moned, ieee post a Is teeth ‘the ited it, whose eyes 6 could see shining in the darkness - its tea g-place, and Ww: fo kill The yeutuvaia in its wilder parts, indeed, is a ver wrecked completely off the aa its tender te duced to scrap- wheels off ee side, ured later hel in the dirt. mis: wild elephant, a tusker of imposing aes — t a mark for eae It’s an Tb a ber en men said over over hare found that it eoke . | of his ae Enowledae | sh grown men! the 5 —B: e | but: before leavi ya |corners of the head, that is, In one of the most beautiful le- gends of the Buddha we read that “far, far ck, in e distant acons”’ there lived a hermit, Su- medha by name, who found that he had solved the secret of existence and could thus, if he so pleased, cut imself off from that endless chain being in which he, like every mortal, was ensnar- eliverance from the terrible succession of rebirths—Karma, as it was called. now his; and yet—he declined to take advantage “Why, said he, id I attain aes phecuulocek embark ‘on the ocean of existence in a ship which will convey men and devas.” long series of existences, until not only also unto others. upo: dha, 0 | Bight: Pod ‘Path to Neen ‘he Remarkable Thing about oh impressive story is tho fact that it lays down as a basio poncinle for ais whole of life that ich we much too easily regard as demanded only by exceptional o¢- easions. In the face of some great wanting dauntless souls who gladly save aie at the expense of their own happiness and man safe upon the’shore leaps into ea in a sublime endeavor to ae to land a ee stranger. ‘A passerby. das ‘a burning house fo; rescue @ nee baby. A on the Titanic gives up her feebler passenger and sinking vessel ‘hus ever is ti ro present when the heroic action must be done! + how many of us thus sacrifice ourselves for others not only at such times as these, but Iso in the ordinary, humdrum 7; routine walks of daily life? And anew | to To this work, therefore, of rescuing | w security... Ab yet is it this very uty of hazardin, “for marrow of the legend which Ihave! taken for my + me If we would’ live as nobly as Sumecha then must’ we as gladly refuse deliverance for ourselves while others perish. We will refuse to bask serenely in the light of knowledge while others are stumbling in the darkness of ignor- ance. We will refuse to share the luxury of wealth while multitudes in our Potters’ ode We w/|fuse, in a word, like the diacu hermit, “Attain Deliverance Alone!’ Rescued ourselves by some blessing of inheritance or accident of fore povel a wry We will ey back into the ieee of the world’s Ca and. la- bor, ‘‘while lay, bring to Chie that ora deliver- ance of. knowledge, economic se- ourity and friendly brotherhood vhic have known, eich and others “poor! Why should we be lifted up upon a rock ee cea ko unicorn tater le pit? What we have all shall have{ Yea, this they oa even though it be purchased at rice of our own denial or dastrueaton orn to be saved while others ecli as muel THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NOVEMBER 2. Lesson V. Balak and Balaam, Num. 22. 1 to 24. 25. Golden Text, James 1. 8. _ Verse 2. The defeat of the Amor- alarmed Balak, king of Moab, that ie sent for a foreign magician, o! om he requests that he place wee n the Hebrews the restraining influence of a powerful ban Spey The s story is entirely in accord with the early belief fonieding the ef- ficacy of a magical spell. 4, And Moal eaidBither oe king or the elder foab take counsel with the rhaney ot Midian, h is by the River early Assyrian tablets. therefore, was summoned pe As- ‘0 had preceded hic fe 19 The passage intervening between the printed portions of.our lesson tells of pbleeas ‘8 response to the summons of Bal, of his vision by the ars and ae instruction of the angel to bless, and no course, Israel. It records further the suc. cessive attempts of Balak to get the famous magician to pronunce a a blessing inste 10. Smote his hands together— In despair at the outcome of his romote thee fa’ voaenle ae the king. I advertie ea thee what ath Boer to thy people alaam is quits ‘Suing to ine Moab. In s0 doin, more into detail soRES in Mie former brief pronouncement’ blessing, hea | making it very plain "that eventual- ly the people of Moab will go down ee Israe! ane His parable—His poetic pro- a eye was closed — Or, is 6. Knoweth knowledge — Po mete the secret of the Most | ¢ a, "I see him—The future king, sj = ee A star out of Jacob—The star has ‘| always been a iene ae for a king in Eastern imi A Leaps ean more penilin sym- bol of ro; Smite ice the See tS Sons of tumult — An uncertain phrase the ee of saincta in the re is not underst The Revised Version ‘batten the sons of Sheth, sup- sed to have pee ‘one of the lead- ing tribes of 7m shall be a perth Of the coming king. Edom Seed oe Oe fon” a4 ul was k: curse; but each time he pronounces - effort to bring magical powers to| '\ 1a goes ° the Fashion Hints ree in Paris Shops. Plush and Ast are much used for caren? s hats. id yellow is one of ew colors in Paris. Wash frocks are best for ane lit- 0 the eyen for young girl’s Persian effects wn "bo een on the new autum: Wide moire hbo i ‘being used for millinery trimmings and sashe Inexpensive bead nec much ae o comlste the color scheme of a The new eta aye: ‘nothing short of splendid, with their interwoven gold threads and brilliaat colors. waists, these points being set on @ band of elastic, which gives porfect ease in breathing. For a cloth dress it is often bet- 8 net is also a gocd collar material, mart women are wearing butter- flies on hats and soak Dae ry is also Fiven handkerchiefs ate a butter- fly embroidered over the initials. Wood plush, a silk and wool fab- ot | TC which is pliant, is admirable for 4 RESCUING THE PERISHING: If We Would Live Nobly Then Tiust We Refuse! Deliverance for Ourselves While Others Perish — others’ { as the injustice of an unequal world shall « - 7 Pe oe tailored suits of the élaborate tYP0, ale, ‘ Cloth walking dresses ot eee: le. The New Collar. a ee noted partictlarly in but also appearing in suits aa sarees i iis collar, which in its or: form is nothing more than aaivard uprising of a straight 3, heavily encrusted neck, al fect, will be very fashionable. White Net Blouse. A beautiful white net blouse re made with rose pink brocaded vel- vet collar—a wide, rolling aiike 3 and cuffs. The collar and cuffs are edg » white marabou and net frilling i : arranged to stand, up. around the neck. a os Keeping Up. pee Remember, Mrs. lone, I ‘told you that, your husband. ie ehing rapidly and we must keep ae av slape now for three e days. na Bibber’s Beak. eas “Many judge from Bibber’s cell Ser that he’s a heavy pet me "8 not. His nc se is meter.” “How “Te biter res sie! is sumed,” ~ Z an