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xhmm ope n window by sakl out through that window three i years ago they went off for a days shooting they never came back my aunt will be down presently mr nuttel young lady tiine you must try and put up with me sua ha been very interesting said framton i hope you dont mind the open window said mrs sappleton briskly my husband and brothers will be home directly from shooting and they always come in that way theyve been out for anipe in the marshes to day eo theyll make a fine mess over my poor carpets so like you men folk isnt it she rattled on cheerfully about the shooting and the scarcity of birds and the prospects for duck iu tha winter fresh air school said a very selfpossessed vwirvw of fifteen in the meau- uale a desperate but only partiat- i witii ly successful effort to turn the talk on to a less ghastly topic he was cou- fraraton nuttel endeavored to say nat hostess was giviug him the correct something which should oniv a fragment of her attention and duly flatter the niece of the moment c were constantly straying without unduly discounting the aunt lum t0 tbe window and the that was to come 1rivately he doubt- iawa beyond it was certainly au uu- ed more than ever whether these for- fortuuato coindiceuce that he should mal visits on a succession of total hav0 i his visit that tra a strangers would do much to help the n nerve cure he was supposed to be un- doct0ri a oi va dergoing complete rest an absence of mental i know how it will be his sister excitement and avoidance of auy- thing in the nature of violent physical j exercise announced framtou who labored under the tolerably wide- it will ie his sister had said when he was preparing to migrate to this rural retreat you will bury yourself down there and not speak to a living soul and your nerves will be worse than ever from moping i shall just give you letters of intro duction to all the people i know there some of them as far as i can reinem- ber were quito nice i framton wondered whether mrs i sappleton the lady to whom he was j presenting one of the letters of intro- i duction camo into the nice division do you know many of the people round here asked the niece when she judged that they had had sufficient silent communion pread delusion that total strangers and chance acquaintances are hungry for the least detail of ones ailments and infirmities their cause and cure ou the matter of diet they aro not so much in agreement he continued no said mrs sappleton iu a voico which only replaced a yawn at the last moment then she suddenly brightened into- alert attention but not to hat framton was saying here they are at last she cried just iu time for tea and dont they look as if they were muddy up to their hardly a soul said framtou my eyes i you know some four years ago and she gave me letters of introduction to some of the people here lie made tho last statement iu a tone of distinct regret then you know practically nothing about my aunt pursued the selfpos sessed young lady only her name and address ad mitted the caller ho i wondering whether mrs sapplewn was in the married cr widowed ute an indefm- 1 able something about the room seemed to susgest masculine habitations i her groat tragedy happened just three years ao said the child that would be since your sisters time her tragedy asked framton somehow in this restful country spot tragedies seemed out of place you may wonder why we keep that window wide open on au october af ternoon said tho niece indicating a largo french window that opened ou to a lawn i it is quite warm for the time of year said framton but has that win dow got anything to do with the tragedy framton shivered slightly and turn ed towards the niece with a look in tended to convey sympathetic compre hension the child was staring out throng- open window with dazed horror ii 1t eyes in a chill of name less fear framton swung round iu his seat and looced in the same direction iu the deepening twilight three fig ures vcre walki across the lawn to wards the window they all carried guns under their arms and one of i them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his miauldors a tired brown spaniel kept else at pressed warmly in cowllike robes these ny school children work outofdoors tho above picture shows some of the pupils busily attacking their crackers and milk t i sunday school lesson ed them publicly vs 1719 they not only removed temptation from their own way they removed it from others also when the church members puri fied their own lives that word of god grew mightily and prevailed v 20 iii the beginning of the end acts 192111 m verse 21 marks the beginning of november 3 lesson vlpaul in the end of acts the keynote is struck in i must also see komc rome had long been pauls goal now wo are to read how he attained it his desire for kome was gods will but he learn ed like others that twas lie who taught me thus to pray and he i know lias answered prayer cut it ias been in such a way as almost drove mt to despair he was not to have a quiet exit as from corinth one of the many ad versaries 1 cor 10 9 suddenly emerged in the person of demetrius v 24 christianity was ruining ms business the turning from idolatry and magic in v 18 was evidently real he saw a serious fallingoff in trade the preaching that interfered with profits had to be stopped iv ragan vices and christianity eph 5 511 ephesus acts 10 320 golden text have no fellowship with the unfruithful works of darkness but rather reprove them ephesians 5 1t i the villi cosiel acts 19 17 ii superstition in religion acts 19 820 iii the begihntkc of the en acts 19 2111 iv pagan vices and chrtirfakit eph 5 51 i introduction paul was permitted to leave corinth in peace and quier after a visit to jerusalem anitoch and the galatian churches he came to ephesus acts 18 1823 ephesus a more populous wealthy and important city than corinth was capital of the province of asia their heels noiselessly they neared tho house and then a hoare young voico chanted out of the dusk i said bertie why do you bound framton grabbed wildly at his stick j rr and hat tho hall door the gravel te new rc drive and the front gate were dimly- uoted stages in his headlong retreat a cyclist coming along the road had to run into the hedge to avoid immin ent collision hero we are my dear said the bearer of the white mackintosh com- ling iu through the window fairly i muddy but most of its dry who out through that window three i i i was that who bolted out as we came years ago to a day her husband and i tier two young brothers went off for their days shooting they never came back in crossing tho moor to their favorite snipeshooting ground they wero all three engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog it had beeu that dreadful wet summer you know and places that were safe iu other years gave way suddenly without warning their bodies were never re covered that was the dreadful part of it here tho childs voice lost its seli- up a most extraordinary man a mr nuttel said mrs sappleton could only talk about his illness and dashed off without a word of goodbye or apology when you arrived one would think he had seen a ghost i expect it was tho spaniel said tho niece calmly he told me ho had a horror of dogs he was once huut- ed into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the ganges by a pack of pariah dogs and had to spend the night in a newlydug gravo with the creatures srarling and grinning and possessed note and became faltering- j foarainsju3t above him enough to human make anyone lose their nerve romanco at short notice was her poor aunt always thinks that they will come back some day they and the little brown spaniel that was lost witli them and walk la at that window just as they used to do that is why the window is kept open every even- ing until it is quite dusk poor dear aunt she has often told i me how they went out her husband i with his white waterproof coat over his arm and ronnie her youngest i brother singing bertie why do you bound as he always did to tease her i because she said it got on her nerves j do you know sometimes on stiff quiet evenings like this i almost get a creepy feeling that they will all walk iu through that window i she broke off with a littlo shudder it was a relief to framton when the aunt bustled into tho room with a whirl of apologies for being lato in making her appearance i hopo vera has been amusing you sho said pecialty pearsons weekly not only against superstition had asia means not the modern coptin- 1 paul to wage war out against sin ent of asia but that western part personal and social the letter t of it with which the romans first the ephesians which was probably came into contact- ephesus also had meant for more than one church deals a great religious attraction in its fa- j among other matters with the temp- mous temple of diana paul ac- tations which surround christians in cording to his custom settled in this a pagan society- in he kingdom jt strategic situation and began to teach god and of christ v 15 that is the christian brotherhood there is no re om for the covetous man covet- i the full gospel acts 19 l- ousnes as used here means more among the believers whom paul than mere avarice it stands for hat und in ephesus one group was spej attitude of life which makes ones own cially interesting v finding these advantage and pleasure the sole ob men in that fringe of partial converts j the impulse which leads one whicli surrounded evey synagogue man to covet anothers share of this and knowing nothing ajout them ex- worlds goods drives another man into cept their evident sincerity paul ac- impurity this motive of self-gratiti- cepted than asdisciples soon how- c tion wherever it may lead one is ever he discovered ha they lacked j s0 alien to the christian spirit that it that peculiar enthusiasm which no even to be mentioned v 3 marked the spirit filled believers- the way to reprove these works did you receive the holy spirit when 0 darkness is to live a life so un- you believed he asked coming into a modern church would he see a similar dullness and absence of christian joy the joy in believing is too often absent such joy as the average christian possesses is frequently attributed to a dutiful questionably pure and right that it will reveal the heathen vices as they are it is still the royal way deaf man uncertainly no put in the dentist quickly nine guineas rabbit understand mr pos sum has a case on you miss porcupine yes hes badly stuck on mo phyllis has brains enough for two then why dont you marry her a rising scale the deaf man stepped down from family good health or a satisfactory u income the dentists chair after the opeiation how much do i owe you for that ii superstition in religion acts 19 goq he asked iv 1 the dentist looked thoughtful after three months preaching in 1 i the synagogue paul found it ncces- guineas ho replied sary as in other places to withdraw five guineas asked the he secured the lecture rcom of tyraii- nus vacant daily from 11 to 4 and there preached for two years so dec was the impression which paul made that his superstitious converts believ ed that even an article of clothing which touched him had healing power unknown to paul who certainly would have discouraged such magical practice zealous admirers would j bring to tho sick various articles which had been in contact with his i erson certain physical and mental conditions were cured it was faith healing not the articles of course no more than ihe relics of st anne ne j beaupro wrought the cures but the i faith in them the sons of sceva pagan magicians saw in these cures possibilities for themselves they would use this name jesus which they thought paul used as a sort of charm the demented fellow on whom they tried it saw the deception and assaulted them with such fury that they barely escaped with their lives v 1g tho incident resulted in many converts christians who had been practising the magic arts in secret confessed and brought their books very valuable and burn- my poor man all the way from chicago didnt you find it very hot traveling not at all madam i always take a refrigerator car iu tho sum mer hopo for the best preparo for tho worst and take what comes at the top of mount fuji i who has not heard of mount fuji gotemba the little town lying at tho and longed for a glimpse of its j foot ot fuji a3 the train wound iu snowcrowned summit this ma- jestlc heavenkissing peak u every thing a mountain should be it is shaped even as little children ex pect a mountain to be shaped it is beautiful to look upon from near and far it is surrounded by the halo wv t of legend and tradition as japans j gradual recalling in its early stages highest and most sacred mountain the journey up mount rainier in the state ot washington or the slowly something new rain dasbeo against the windows while clouds and mist obscured all view of the snowclad peak toweiiagj twelve thousand three hundred and j eighty3even feet above the plain j the ascent began it was very best of all it is accessible so when i learned that the climb j mounting slope of mauua loa on the could be made between the time the island of hawaii as in the hawaiian siberia maru arrived at yokohama j island there was semitropical vege- and sailed from kobe i resolved that tation and red volcanic soil after a fujis summit would be my first des- liiilo distance had been traversed filiation after presenting some let- wild flowers and anemones abounded tors ot introduction at tokyo with- on tho mosses under the fragrant in twentyfour hours of landing i fir trees in tho open spaces wo would be on my way to get a birds- heard the distant song of larks aud eye view of japan from its very top j iu the wood nightiugales chanted americans are certainly oner- melodiously and even responded getic remarked the foreign oflice j when my young companion whistled official in tokyo upon whom i called the notes of their song that afternoon i have been plan- 1 when our eyes turned in the di ning to climb fjui myself for the rection from which we had como past twenty years somehow i have they beheld ono of the world3 love- never got around to doing ft yet 1 here you como along from america and within a few hours are ou your way well i hope you enjoy tho climb and get a clear view our rainy season has been lasting a little longer than usual a youthful member of a tokyo hiking club who spoke somo english and better german was soon on his way with the american editor to liest mountain views fog and mists were fleeing in every direction be fore the piercing rays of the late af ternoon sun as their gray curtains swept away ono low mountain range after another came into tho line ot vision between the slopes were beautiful takes surrounded by sloping green fields from we look at the wold by h v kal- tenborn amncinn anojntoo little man wn0 die1 morc than a tjhusiug iiecuotes hundred years ago how ridiculous some racy anecdotes of john w betchaamiilion gates capitalist and gambler are told by albert ste vens crockett in peacocks on par ade a chronicle of new york in the naughty nineties gates acquired his nickname betchaamiluon from his habit of using that form of wager upon the slightest provocation- he would bet on anything one after noon a heavy rainstorm came up the pelting of raindrops on the window- panes made gatess eyes brighten say john he suddenly remarked to john drake see them two rain drops ill bet that fellow on this side reaches the bottom before that one over there ten dollars was the first stake and then this jumped to one hundred it was a new sport and it became livey for some minutes at least they stak ed hundreddollar bills on the course and speed of raindrops chasing down which reminds me that some auth ors do suffer horribly when a work on a story with tragedy stalking through it i recall for instance that wher a s m hutchinson was writing this freedom which fol lowed if winter comes he became a wreck while working on the chapter dealing with the suicide of a young girl he was haggard and all in and you could see in his face that it was taking hold of him terribly he would stay up all night with his ehar- acters and suffer excruciating agony in their company curious isnt it hamlin garland in his new book companions on the trail quotes edward w bok as telling htm this story about rudyard kipling with whom bok once crossed the ocean said bok one day as i was lying in my steamer chair reading the brush- ale you in a hurry do yon find rubber boots gaiters and hip waders cumbersome try these theyre zipperequipped and guar anteed not to stall as seen at london eiiglaud fair a twindowpane just as if they were w boy rudyard came up behind at some race track playing the pon- me w a roll of wet newspaper and ies says crockett gave me a fearful swat put that i 1 book down he said i was hurt and often what to an ordinary man disgusted that was a bad boys would represent a huge fortune would j trick i remarked change hands among gatess crowd i was hot and when he saw that i meant it he sat down beside me during a few hours play at poker 0- bridge at one of these games a prom- inent new york politician was invit- j auc tried to make me forget it he ed to make a fourth at bridge by j apologizel and then explained the no means wealthy caution made him j genesis of the book i was seen inquire as he sat down by the way years writing that story he said what are we playing for i and it represents my own life in a one a poirt gates answered way he offered to read it abud to tersely mo as compensation for his crudl the game began and ended the swa and in the end i forgave him i new yorker finished 130 points ahead i i him youll get your cheque tomorrow j gatess secretary who attended to another of- mr garlands stories such matters told the winner is about bret harte garland heard j it from the lip3 of william dean when it arrived the new yorker howells fell back in astonishment it was for bret was a careless vagabond 33000 from gatess secretary he said howells improvident but highiy learned that tho game was for s100 amusing and wo all liked him he a point not 1 as he had imagined wa always in debt it fell tpme on so he sought out gates i one occasion to present him as a lec- mr gates ho protested i dont j turor to an audience in tremont tem- fcel right in taking this money le- pi boston and when i called at cause in a sense i got it under false j i house to escort him to tho hall pretences he went on to explain i 1 found him in the custody of a con- the situation when gates broke in j c with j cut it out we had the game harte explained without apparent didnt we you won didnt you you concern that his tailor had sent the got the cheque didnt yju well lets j officer to collect payment for a suit forget about it writing to austin dobson just after he had finished his life of the poet gray of elegy fame sir ed mund gosso said the letter is quoted in evan charteris life of gossc i am in a state of agitation i havo just written the death of gray with inexpressible excitement i have been crying so that my tears blinded tho page how ridiculous tears for of clothes and the constable said to me this man shall not give his lec- turo without handing over his fen thereupon harte invited him to ride with us to the hall and sit on the plat form this he did continued howells and so as i roso to present the speaker i had on my right hand a distinguished novelist and on my left tho constable harte being the least perturbed of the trio mutt and jeff by bud fisher the perfect lover should have everything- ten winter rulss listed for cmdrsns ksaltk fopti the lecth and health i3 the title of a booklet which was pre pared under the auspices of the us health department and the board ot education with the aid of leading scientists medical experts and health leaders the basic rule for the mother to follow as always in tho case of diet the booklet says is to practice old- fashioned common sense food fad dists may obscure the issue with heir everchanging theories couched in highsounding phrases but in actual practice common sense remains our most reliable guide the ten rules for childrens heallh and for growing sound teeth listed in the booklet vhich is dedicated to school children follow plenty of vegetables both raw and cooked ample supply of fruits especially citrus kind one quart of milk every day bread one day old to exercise jaws brush teeth night and morning play in the open air frequent exposure to the suns rays less candy and fewer colored drinks- wider use of codliver oil in win ter periodic visits to the dentist only one roquefort the cheese makers of roquefort aro proud of their cheese and both the ministry of agrictulro and courta of law have como to their aid in protecting them against rivals there aro ten roqueforts in france but the roquefort where tho cheeses are made is in south central franco in tho department of aveyron choose has been manufactured there from time immemorial and placed in tho towns cellars inorder that it may become good and savory to use the expression employed by king charles vlt in a charter granted in 1157 not long ago a cheese maker in another roquefort had the temerity to call his product roquefort cheese but was restrained by a court order from doing so there are other towns near roquefort which make cheese of curdled ewos milk in the same way aud put it in the same kind of col lars but a court ruled in 1922 that their cheeso could not bo called roquofort cheeso so tho townsmen ot roquefort can rest assured that they will bo well protected against illicit uso ot their trademark coffee houses i date from 1652 tho coffee houso as a rendezvous f for famous clubs ot tho eighteenth i jentury was introduced into london j in 1c52 by pasqua rosee mr ed- t wards a merchant having acquired tho lasto for coffeo while in turkey had his oriental servant pasqua rosee preparo it for him this bev- 6rago found groat favor with his lon- v don guests and mr edwards finding it inconvenient to supply them sug- gested that roseo becomo a vender of coffeo taking hi3 advlco pasqua roseo founded tho prosperous enter- prise ot at tho slgno ot his ovvn head in st michaels alley cornhll j 5 it was such a succoss that by the end of tlio century thero were nearly threo i thousand coffeo houses in london even though great protests arose u an answer to their establishment the institution ot the coffeo house could pot bo quelled a