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Romney"-Litersry Notes.

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ttvgtene contains some very interes."e
as well as useful reading matter ie'~
of course 10 hygiene, saniiauon'
Ill, ling a, article entitled, Hygiene o.
- lungs" In the always-heipfui ue
nartment devoted TO Notes Concef"us
Health" we especially remark the par
grams on. Hygiene Treatment Oh Me.-
ancholv." and Effects OF TOBACCO y"
the Young" or the latter Df. h.oes
writes: Il have often observeo 49,
youths, who before the habit OF smoNns
was contracted, were resoiute' MANI
and vigorous I'm mental more, oeeon'e'
after free indulgence In TINS prae.
timid, fearful. hesitating, ana i'1csv'.
Tho mental stamina was gone, ana tns
quality OF manhood produced mueh IN
terror to that originally promised. ons
other defect deserves mention In TINS con-
nectIon. viz: the dryness OF the mouth
and throat. and the corresponding thirst
nroducpd by smoking. This thirst Is NOR
bd and not 10 be easily allayed with thht
which allays natural thirst IL Graves
something stronger. Also the nervous ue-
nression induced by the use OF tobacco
nnds n ready and temporary RELIEF IN shS
stimulation OF beer. wine, anu aiconones.
Tbase two causes, then-the thirst ana
depression-are powerful temptations :"
drinking" do. says the editor OF .ns
magazine do the young need INC sum
ulation OF the cigarette TO enable tne"
10 do their work In our day! Dlu socra-
ties and Plato and Aristotle, ana other
great men OF the past use tobacco 10 sNe
them strength? Did Christ ana Ie.ss
and Paul and John need it' Sehtur'os
before tobacco was known TO civilization
tho Wise man of Israel said: The glory
of Young men is In their strength, ana
centuries later another Cthe sanity John)
said. 4 have written unto you, young
men. because We are strong. shall IL DO
said OF this generation. the glory OF our
vouns men "A found In their white hands,
male faces. trembling legs. feeble arms
weak hearts. and, above all, their beauti-
full meerschaums and elegant cigarettes.
For stimulation 10 mental work, ana
a capacitv for IT. we know a half hour
day I'm the gymnasium. under wise direc-
ton. or an hour OF brisk ana vigorous
outdoor exercise. superior TO AL the TO-
bacco ever produced. In these Gays OF
abundance OF food IL were the height OK
folly to take into the system that wmch
either retards or arrests those changes
witch the healthy body ought TO undergo
I'm Transforming food into new tissues or
into living force. and casting out the
worn-out material as useless refuse.
or ia safe 10 say. then. that tobacco
has detractod essentially from the WORLDS
stock of force, physical and intellectual,
and IL would be hard TO mention any par
ticuiar I'm which IL has contributed to tho
advancement OF the human race IN
greatness or virtue. II We read arighs
the indications of natural law, this herb
belongs to the category OF poisonous
drugs. and is i'm no sense proper food
or luxury for the young
RUSSIAN PORTRAITS BY Vie. T.. Mel
chior av Vogue. OF the French Acade-
my Translated by Elizabeth l.. Cary
G.. =. Putnam's Sons. New YORK. Lon-
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pany.
The author Of this little volume-made
IN OF notes which originally made their
annesrance I'm leading periodicals ten
wears ago. and translated most felic-
itouslv and sympathetically by Elizabeth
Tuther Cary-was born OF noble fam-
ily. AT the Chateau de Gourdan, near
Annonay, at the very crisis OF the Sec
ond revolution. In the Franco-Prussian
war he fought with the enthusiasm OF MS
twentv-two years, was wounded. and
made prisoner at the battle OF Beaumont.
and was decorated with the military
medal" This experience. on the TIRES
hold Of manhood. deepened and strength
ened his sense OF what was due TO the
-Fatherland. while the practical knowi-
edge of war has given 10 his descriptions
of army life what he himself calls the
actual soldier. In 1871 he entered tho
ministry Of foreign affairs, at time
when it's members were drawn chiefy
from those OF his own social rank. At
tache at Constantinople and Egypt In
1915. in October. 1876, he became secre-
tary OF the Embassy at 81. Petersburg.
where he remained until his resigna don
i'm 1852 # was during this latter period
| that he gained that intimate knowledge
| OF the Russian people which Is manifest
| I'd in his later writings. His stay IN
| Russia was calculated TO foster MS nu-
manitarian ideals. and nowhere does no
| appear 10 better advantage than In hls
| sympathetic rendering OF such CHARGE
| tiers as his "Tncle Fedia." or "Narrara"
OF the present volume. Miss cary's
translation Is admirable.
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