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Views IF Insurance Men.

Over fifty per cent. OF deaths from
pneumonia and Bright's disease oc-
cur in alcoholics. Cirrhosis of the
liver, cerebral hemorrhage, and a
number Of diseases of the circulatory
and nutrient organs occur most fire.
uuently in persons of this class.
Life insurance studies bring out
this fact. and there is a continual
struggle to escape responsibility for
deaths which are so obviously the
direct result of alcohol.
Most companies refuse to take in
surance on persons who use spirits,
except at higher rates, realizing that
the duration Of life is diminished by
the use of alcohol, and many COM
panies refuse high risks on all drink
ing men.
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Black NeCktieS Popular.

Even the unobservant must have
noticed the recurrence Of black
neckties on smart costumes. With
the Dutch collars are worn fiat
pump bows Of Hack velvet or silk.
Black ties also give cachet 70 eolored
and even white costumes, often II OF
these crisp black ties being used with
dangling jet earrings and a huge
black hat. The touch Of black just
beneath the chin is most becoming
and frequently makes a dead white
frock possible to even a woman of
sallow complexion.
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Robert A. johnson Dead.

Robert A. Johnson, who introduced
irrigation into the Hawaiian Islands,
died at the home of his sister, Mrs.
William S%nowden, 10 West Third
street, Bayonne, N. j. MI. Johnson
was in the employ of Claus Spreckels
from the time he was twenty years
old. He was sent to the Hawaiian
Islands, Philippines and Japan as
overseer Of sugar plantations. He
was in the Philippines during the war
and participated in the Battle Of
Malabaum. He was struck by a bolo.
and locomotor ataxia followed. -
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r. $500 .W@MuHN rs rs
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New York City.-The sleeveless
coat is practical and smart. it means
the satisfaction of a wrap without APP
preciable warmth, and it can be made
available for a long list Of materials.
The little epaulette-like portions a
be either of the same or contrasting
material and can be used or omitted,
as liked. The feature of the coat is
to be found in its extreme simplicity
and the ease with which it can be
Numbered.
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The coat is made with fronts, backs
and s~ide-backs. The fronts are fitted
by means of darts at the shoulders
and the neck edge is finished with a
fiat collar. The under-arm edges are
finished separately and Tapped one
over the other and buttoned into
place and the coat can be opened out
fiat when laundering becomes neces-
Sary.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is four and n
quarter yards t~wenty-one, three n
one-half yards twenty-seven or n
and three-quarter yards forty-four
inches wide with one-half yard TWEEN
ty-one or twenty-seven inches wide
for collar and epaulettes.
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It's Your Chance.

Say, brother, sister, that boy or
girl YOU are now teaching may have
the hest teacher he or she may ever
have; and it may be that you are tne
only person in the world that can
eve lead them to Christ. Will you
net pray earnestly that the Lord may
help you do your duty?-Western
Methodist.
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Narrow Sleeves.

Some Of the newest frocks are
made with narrow sleeves, sloplng
shoulders and scarcely any fulness in
the bodice. They have ~turned-doWn
collars, round waists and merely a
little embroidery as trimming. With
a more or less gypsy-scoop hat, these
are sufficiently reminiscent.
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Bat Tran CAUGHT Man.

Observing the rapid shrinking of a
basket of peanuts in his general store
at Hickory, Pa, Walter Retzel set a
steel rat trap and covered it lightly
with the nuts. While a number of
the villagers were gathered about
discussing high prices, a snap was
heard and one of the best known
residents dashed madly out of the
store with the trap dangling from a
finger. 80
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EScheW Tar.

The sallow womanshoulu De taught
to eschew tan, and the ghOstly person
with dead black hair and a parchment
complexion should be told to boycott
bright greens.
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lRHIeI0US 7RUTHSa
~
From the Writings of Great
Preachers.
YE DID 1T UNTO ME.
(Matthew 25:40.)

"What shall I give to Thee, 0 Lord?
The kings that came of old
Laid safely on Thy cradle rude
Their myrrh and gems and gold.
"Thy martyrs gave their hearts warm
blood, ~;
Their ashes strewed Thy way;
They spurned their lives as dreams and
dust 's
To speed Thy coming day.
"Thou knowest of sweet and precious
things
My store is scant and small,
Yet, vert Thou here in want and woe.
Lord, / would give Thee all"
There came a voice from heavenly heights:
"Unclose thine eyes and see;
Gifts to the least of those I love
Thou givest unto Me-
Rose Terry Cooke.
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and give long lines. The closing is
made invisibly at the back.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is six and three
quarter yards twenty-seven, four and
one-quarter yards forty-four or three
and three-quarter yards ffty-two
inches wide; width of skirt at lower
edge four and one-Quarter yards.
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Cloths.

Soft cashmere, old-fashioned, lus-
treless crepe de chine, albatross and
monte cloth are all being revived for
h~ousewear.
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Rose and Poppy Red.

Faded blends who always seemed
to love pale blue would be encour-
aged to introduce touches of rose anC
poppy red into their costumes.
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Humility is tbc First Lesson.

Humility is fine first lesson we
from reflection, and self-distrust the
first proof we give Of having obtained
y knowledgc ii ourselves.-Zimmer-
man.
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An important part Of this great
loss was money spent in an effort to
lefeat the people at the polls in their
local option contests. Certainly Ohio
aas given the breweries a black eye.
And still they persist in asserting at
every new campaign that prohibition
does not prohib.t.-New York Week
" Witness.
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The <,burch's Supreme Mission.

The Church's supreme W1ssIon' =
TO restore man to himself, to MS
Mace In nature, to society and to God
vas the comprehensive mission OF tne
Son of Man, and it is the supreme
mission of His church in the TWEEN
iieth century.
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Tiopr Skin Goats

Tiger skin coats are being worn by
some of the most daringly fashion.
able women of Paris.
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Real Religion.

The religion Of no man is real who
does not extend the loyalty he pro-
fesses toward God to Gods people as
we'll.
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Chiffon TuniCeS.

Many Of the new dinner and even
ing gowns from Paris show chiffon
tunics bOrdered with fur.
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A Train of Evil Consequences.

A sad tragedy was enacted in Ney
York last week.
A man got drunk in a saloon, and
went out on the street. There he
was accosted by a boy who asked
for a match. He knocked the boy
down and kicked him. A man who
was passing ran to the rescue of the
BOY, whereon the drunken man drew a
revolver and shot him in the mouth,
knocking out a couple Of teeth and
breaking his jaw. A second shot
that he fired went through a saloon
window and hit a man inside in the
leg. That mans friend ran to the
door to see who had fired and was
himself Immediately shot down by a
bullet that smashed his knee cap and
went through his leg.
One of these men is disfgured for
life, and the other MANNED for life.
The mar who did the shooting was in
an irresponsible condition, but must
suffer the penalty of his crime.
And this is only one instance In
thousands where liquor has become a
fountain of evil deeds and disastrous
consequences. Horrible crimes are
happening every day; not by ones or
twos, but by hundreds; that are
directly due to The sale aof liquor.
Ordinarily one does not exult in
the commercial downfall of another,
out it gives very great pleasure to re-
port the financial losses of the Asso-
,iated Breweries of Columbus, Ohio.
For more than a year the minority
stockholders of the company have
been fighting for an accounting, as
they we're not satisfied with the way
things were going. At last they have
got it. re important figures read
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- ~
Yale Students Fail to Graduate. :
About twenty-five per cent. Of Yal2
student fail to graduate. .a.4Al
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city are needed to accommodate the
multitudes who have see the vision,
but the largest gathering is but a very
small minority of those who believe
and pray that the kingdom of this
world shall become the kingdom OF
Christ.
1t is only when we consider the es-
5ential features of this worldwide Wis
ion that we appreciate the sublime
faith and hope Of which it has been
born. It includes the establishment
of the kingdom of God in this world.
Men still believe in heaven; its faith
is their comfort and support in be-
reavement and when life's evening
shadows lengthen, its songs inspire
them with peace and JOY. But they
believe more than they ever did be-
fore in the future of this world, and
that here the purpose and plans OF
God are to be worked out. Then the
vision embraces all classes and condi-
tions of humanity, separated though
they are by differences of culture and
caste, nationality and religion - far
more serious barriers to union than
are oceans and mountains. Moreover,
it contemplates a complete fusion OF
mankind into n brotherhood. II
means the regeneration and transfer
nation Of society. We are hearing a
good deal to-day about a social saliva
ton. 1t is a true and very significant
note to strike in the effort to redeem
the world. Not only must the heart
be changed. but the customs and rela-
lions of men must be brought into
| conformity with the spirit of the Mas.
ter. The leaven must work in city and
| village, in store and factory, in legis.
| latures and courts, in the markets
and bank, as we'll as in the home and
church. The command of Jesus includ'
ed more than the act of baptizing on
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By RUTH CAMERON

along together. Before we had reached
her destination, four blocks away, she
had told actually me all about a love
affair she was passing through at the
time how many times he had proposed
and why she wasn't sure she wanted 20
accept him.
To some people exchanging con-
fidences seems like a sort of intoxicant.
Once they get talking of themselves
they will go to any lengths of self
revelation in order to keep their audi
ence'S attention.
That desire to keep peoples atten-
ton seems to be the cruX of the whole
thing. Three-quarters of the time it is
an eagerness to keep the center of the
stage that makes the babbler willing to
unlock the things he should keep lock-
ed up in his heart.
He knows that by bringing out these
hidden things he can startle the people
and thereby hold the center of the
stage, and he apparently searches the
corners of his mind for private mat
tiers to reveal in order to prolong the
time he may hold that coveted position.
The result is, of course, that his most
sacred confidences soon become cheap,
and he thereby defeats his own end.
The reserved persons lightest conf
denceS, on the other hand, are care
fully attended and long remembered
He may not often hold the center of the
stage, but he can command it instantly
and without effort any time he wishes.
Don't think I am advising people to
lock their secrets in their own hearts
and never confide in any one, for 1 am
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posts. Worse, because in that case
you could appeal to the inhabitants
and in the other you have no alter
native.
1t is the law of the social world
that the hostess shall try to make
things pleasant for her guest, and this
determination on the part Of a guest
to keep all her tastes and distastes
dark is simply an aggravating block
ade to the hostess effoT
The guest who dues Is lay fan
cy that she is beins ceommodating,
but as a matter of fact. as any hostess
who has struggled with that ilk will
tell you, she has merely succeeded in
being exactly the reverse.
Like a good many people who at
tempt to be extravagantly unselfish,
she is selfish in that she is keeping
all the unselfishness to herself.
She is as bad as the friend who in
sists upon paying for the lunches and
the theaters and carfares to such an
unfair degree that she keeps you
forever in an uncomfortable state of
obligation.
The incest guests that 1 entertain
are those who, while they do not in
the least faunt their likes and dis
likes, are nevertheless willing to ans
wer frankly when I ask them to ex-
press a preference.
If you want to be good guest let
me advise you to make such an at
titude towards your hostess your rule.
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An Hour. Saws One.

An Hour, Says One.
THE proper time for arraying one
self for, say an evening at the theater,
is one hour" says the society woman.
mo woman who values and under
stands the art. of making herself at
tractive attempts to dress in less time
than that
Surprise me with an invitation to
the theater and I'll be ready in an
hour, anyway" says the debutante
six or seven minutes" says the
actress Anyone can do it in that
time, and often less, and we look just
as beautiful any who occupy the
boxes as a rule
Who is right? One dresses for the
pleasure of it; the other does it all
in the days work. Who is the more
qualified to speak on the subject? Are
the society women who assert that an
hour is the shortest period in which
they can accomplish the DOMINIC of
their feminine garments, or the girls
who wear eight or ten different cos
tunes during the course of two hours
and a half, to have the final say in this
much discussed question?
There is a wide divergence between
the time estimates of these authorities,
so that those whose morning gown re-
quires an hours adjustment, the mat
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break these records. A picture shows
them in their dressing room with only
four minutes 20 dress for the big num-
ber THE Tale of a Bundle Bee in
which they are later seen with Miss
Barnett as Annette and William Friend
as King Dodo-and they have no maid
to help them, either. They have to be
dressed with absolute correctness. So
ciety women who require one hour
make no excuses for lack of proper
gowning of the chorus girl.
The layman may insist that the
gowns are only chung" and are not
built as substantially as street clothes.
but quite the reverse is true in both
cases. for modiste was never more par
ticular with her patrons in society than
the wardrobe mistress whose charges
are responsible to her for their dress
ing.
The performance of king Dodo"
lasts about two hours and twenty min
utes. The chorus girls have many
changes to make. Fifty-one minutes
are spent in dressing and changing;
forty-seven minutes before the audi
ence, and the balance of the time they
have for rest and waits in the wings.
And the problem still remains:
How long should it take a woman to
dress?"
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The return of the
a mode Of headgear
the larger cities they
quaint grace as well
along the same lines,
The bonnets shown a
with soft chiffon ties,
about the bonnet.
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T-HE problem of how long it
I should take a woman to
8 dress has puzzled the world
since the beginning of time.
1871 No record is made of it in
history, and there is, so far
as has been learned, no authority as
to whether or not Adam became
"peeved'' at the length of time it re-
auired Eve to don her fig leaf before
they went apple hunting in the Garden
of Eden. In modern times, as We'll as
ancient, it seems to be an idiosyncracy
with the fair sex to keep masculine
escorts waiting whether it pleased the
gentlemen or not. Cleopatra really re-
ouired but a few seconds to array her
self to receive callers, yet she rushed
quickly into the favor of Anthony after
having kept him waiting while she
CARRIED herself in a few laces and
gauze and jewels for the reception.
1t is the same today. Modern wom-
en-that is, the great majority of them
take their own time to dress, no
matter what hurry the brother, hus-
band or lover may be in to reach the
opera.
Hurry up, dear; the taxi is wait
ing does not seem to have the least
effect upon their efforts.
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Teach Children Economy.

One great secret of success in life
is contained in the advice of the Rev.
DR.. w. E. Barton that parents should
teach their children the necessity of
adjusting expenses to come within the
limit of income.
The boy who is permitted to spend
all his first earnings on himself is ac-
quiring habits that may spell ruin for
him when he is Obliged to make his
own way in the world
The girl who has the privilege of
Charging her candy at the corner
and her own hats and gowns in the
department store is likely to grow uD
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ter Of robing tr disrobing a chorus girl
or principal may offer unique sugges-
tons. Certainly husbands who wait
and suffer viii be interested in how
to dress in six or seven minutes"
In the cast of "King Dodo'' is, Miss
Zoe Barnett, soubrette, who gives her
personal opinion. Several of the
chorus girls, who have even more
changes to make during the perform
ance of the opera, add their assertions
to the argument that the society wom-
en- are wrong. The Illustrations that
are given on this page show the
changes that are made and the length
of time that is required to make them.
The dressing room at the theater in
which these changes are made is typ
ical of all similar rooms in which
quick changes are made.
Miss Barnett is shown in the first
picture in simple gown, apparently I'M
conscious of time, while she jests with
a dramatic critic. Six minutes later
she is singing the first ensemble num-
Der with the chorus. In another pic
ture she is seen in still another cos
tune. 1t is to this she makes her fast
est change. The time she is allowed
is just five minutes.
Chorus Girls Break Record.
1t remains for the chorus girls to
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most too small to remind YOU of.

most too small to remind you of.
But maybe it's one of the little
things you always meant to do and al
ways put it off until tomorrow.
In that case, why don't you just go
and do it tonight?
(Which would you rather do this
afternoon" I asked my guest, "go
sleighing or to the theater?"
Really it doesn't make the least
bit of difference she answered sweet
~.
I knew it did. 1t always does when
they say that
So told her so.
mo, really. I'd love to do either.
Just which will be most convenient"
she protested.
Personally, I wanted very much to
go sleighing, but she was from a
town where they don't have very
many good plays, so 1 felt it my duty
to sacrifice myself and telephone for
the theater tickets.
The next day it leaked out that she
was passionately fond of sleighing
and that the theater always makes
her headache.
OF course you've met and entertain
ed-or tried to entertain-that guests
prototype.
And isn't she exasperating?
suppose a guest who insisted on
your disarranging and rearranging all
your plans according to her likes and
dislikes, would be very hard to get
along with, although I can't say
remember every having had that
kind
But I do not think she could be
| much worse than the guest who will
never express a preference.
Trying to please such guest is like
trying to find your way in section
of country where there are no guide