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set 1t. Love will turn Into dis
gust or indifference, and the
married life will be a prolonged
misfortune.
It is all right to be at your
best. but let It be your true best.
I have heard girls say they would
use any means to win a man.
Such girls usually come TO grief.
and they deserve It. At"-
Another point I wish to insist
on is that you marry. not n, mans
face, but his character. II his
disposition does not fit In with
yours. II there is not q sympathy
of feeling between you. II your
natures are not congenial, It is a
sign that you are not Intended
for each other. Better no mar
riage than an uncongenial mar.
riage. The trials Of married life
are many under the best circum-
stances, but under wrong condi.
tions they are innumerable and
unbearable.
MAKE NO CONCESSIONS.
To sum up. therefore. my dear
young women who contemplate
marriage, let me say again that
1t is the most consequential thing
in life. You should exercise more
deliberation over It than over any
thing else.
In your courtship never com.
promise maidenly reserve. Hold
modesty sacred. Modesty Is the
guardian Of purity. 1t 10 a maid
ems most beautiful adornment.
Some men will do their utmost to
rob a maiden Of that adornment,
but when they have done so they
despise her.
Do not he guided by the loose
code Of morals of those who have
no faith. Courtship has degenerat-
ed nowadays. among certain classes
Of people. into downright sin. Ger
tain young folks think that court.
ship entities them to free love.
The law Of God holds for young
people during courtship Just as
strictly as It does for people or
dinarily!, Courtship entities young
people to nothing that they would
not do In the presence of father or
mother.
The young woman who joins
maidenly reserve to her other at
fractions inspires love far more
than a girl who makes concessions
to her lover. And when I speak
Of concessions I mean anything
and everything which a girl would
hesitate to do in the presence Of
her sister or mother. Your court
ship is a preparation for marriage.
II you expect Gods blessing on
your married life, you must respect
His law during courtship.
1t is only right and proper that
you should be at your best during
courtship, but again let me remind
you that II should be your genu.
Inc best-no camouflage.
From the World Wide News serv-
Ice, Inc. Boston. Mass.)
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"HE ideal marriage age? There
Is no such thing! Alas!
Il sixty and fifty may prove
ideal, and twenty five and twenty
purgstory Z
Whether marriage Is ideal or
the other thing cannot possibly be
decided by age! '@
Agree. for arguments sake, that
twenty eight and twenty-five seems
perfect; then make John Smith a
cold grudging creature with tire
SOME habits Of biting his nails, say
and determination never to tell
Mary that he loves her; and mass
Mary Brown. a tender-hearted SEN
timentalist, with no sense of order,
and the thing 10 a ghastly failure!
1t is the characters Of the indi.
viduals which determine ideal or
unhappy marriages.
But, as one OF the factors in the
affair. age should be considered.
The state Of being passionately "in
love" seldom lasts more than q
year or two.
1t then develops into affection. or
indifference-if 1t escapes disiikef
Only in exceptional cases of per.
feet mating Of characters on the
three planes Of body. mind and soul
does real passionate love continue
through all the years.
But every pair who are marry
ing for love believe that they are
these exceptional cases - and
youth is the time for romance.
So. probably. in a love marriage,
the age Ii twenty-eight to thirty
for a man and twenty to twenty.
five for a woman.
II a man is a real man. and an
attractive personality, It is unlike.
ly that he could remain faithful be.
fore that. He would be bound to
want to express himself and sip
tho nectar from more than one
flower. And a good.looking girl
likes to glance about her also!
THE GREATEST DANGER.
Undoubtedly the greatest danger
to married happiness is inexper.
ience. Even the ideal mate may
not be at first properly appreciat.
ed unless one has standards against
which to measure his or her good
ness and attractiveness.
And. on the other hand, the IDEAL
mate is at times not chosen be-
cause youthful inexperience often
prefers little qualities which are
unimportant compared with the
greater and more lasting virtues
which make for continued hap.
piness.
Sometimes a very young girl
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Is laid up. several In barns o
storehouses. From hence the fatht
of every family or every hour
holder fetcheth forth whatsoev,
he and his house need of, and cG
rieth 1t away with him withou
money, without exchange, withou
any guage or pledge. For wi
should anything be denied to hiI..
seeing there Is abundance Of a
things, and that It is not to be fear
ed lest any man will ask moT
than he needeth?"
Though More Is scrupulousi
careful not to dogmatize on t'
subject. II is easy from this an
other passages to see what J..
suggestion as to a possible co.;
munism is. Everyone is expectc
he would say, 10 give a certsi
amount of daily labor to the com
munity. That being granted, IL
social machine runs easily. whn,
ever you want you simply tai.
from the common stores; and ther
is an end Of the matter. You w!
not, Of course, take more than &c;
want-you will not take TWEEN .!
loaves daily to feed yourself al
wife when two would be amp
sufficient; you will not ia
watches or diamonds simply to dh
BILE the eyes Of your neighbors-
since others can do likewise, a.
all such things will have ceas' :.
to have a special value.
Would It not be a good thin
II the press in general. instead {,
singing mud, were to open g.
columns to a practical consider
ton OF the various points whir
may be raised in this connection.
for and against? Bernard Shaw
for instance. some little time agn
proposed that a practical sta.
would be made by distrlbutir
bread free. That would be a fir.
approach. In return for a vei
small extra rate we should get o,
bread (a thing which we all neef
gratis. At present we get battl
ships and excursions to Mesopo
tamia (which many OF us do no
wanO gratis. but only In rotui
for q very heavy tar.
II the communication OF brco
proved TO be n success, we coul
proceed or tho Same method Wit,
other tsings.
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C"ES oriente lur" 1oas cer-
tainly the German motto when
the arnistice Was first con-
cluded. This light has become
DINNER by degrees and now
fhckers so fitfully in Germany
that the obvious fear domi-
mating the policy of France Uith
regard to both Germany and
Russia is barely understood.
NJ. Poincare's attitude at tho
London Conference, as seen
through the eyes of Central and
Eastern Europe, Was e1cellently
oppressed BY Tchitchsrin in an
interviep at the Soviet En-
bdssy.)
BERLIN, Sept. Is.
~UTTING down the tree that
bears the golden fruit Is
~ the worst policy in the
world. I am constantly asked here
in Germany whether I think that
the fancied danger Of Germany
and Russia joining forces and
going hand in hand Is a genuine
factor to be reckoned with. and
whether Germany can help Russia
without the capital both countries
need. All I can say IL that Rus
sia needs money and technical
equipments, too. and these last she
can best obtain from Germany,
whose engineers. in my opinion.
have been those to show the most
initiative when setting up plants
and industries in q foreign coun-
try. But the money Russia is
willing to take from anybody who
will befriend her.
FORCED INTO ALLIANCE.
British financiers and statesmen
appear to me today to have sised
UP the situation accurately. France
Is suffering from an Illogical psy.
chology. Hostile to both Russia
and Germany. what IL more nat
ural than that the two should be
driven into one another's arnnsf
We were not working to that
end. II 10 my opinion that M. Poin.
cara VIII BE- overruied In London
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PLANT CIRCULATION
Found Like That
OF ANIMAL WORLD

botanist were based on an errone-
GUS conception OF the problem.
"A plant half parched with thirst
and poisoned with a solution OF
formaldehyde Is incapable Of abb
sorbing sap and completely withers
within a day or two" the Indian
botanist declares.
"on the other hand. a chrysan-
themum we had left without water
during several days, and which
had almost completely withered,
recovered within a few hours as
soon as II had received some
water. These experiments prove
that the ascent of sap In the
plants is due to the activity Of
their living cells.
Each cell acts very much like
the human heart by contracting
and expanding at regular inter-
walls. The contraction absorbs the
sap. while the expansion forces It
upward. The comparative speed
Of the ascent Of the sap Is extraor-
dinary.
Under favorable circumstances
It Is more than 100 feet per hour,
while the duration Of each beat
Of the individual cell is fourteen
seconds. The cells forming part Of
the bark Of the trees are the most
active in the circulation Of the
sap"
The professor concludes:
THE plant has a heart beat and
a pulse astonishingly similar to
that Of animals. Besides, 1t also
reacts upon stimulation in almost
the same way. and shows that 1t
possesses a nervous system.
I'm warm weather the pulsation
Of the plants becomes faster.
while the cold slows 1t up. There
is no characteristic manifestation
Of animal life which could not be
found in a simple form in plants
also. Thus our researches In
the field Of botany have proved
once again the wonderful and
mysterious harmony Of lke."
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come. External credits are what
is wanted-added to the harvest.
As to any collapse Of Cummun7
ism in our internal political af-
fairs, the world should know that
the first rigid measures adopted
were always considered informed.
larry ones consequent upon the
state Of affairs in general after the
war. The world Is not yet ripe
for Communism. A mixed system
such N We are practising by
granting certain peasants larger
concessions II the most practical
proceeding at the moment.
ELECTING BISHOPS.
With regard to the new move
ment in the church I state EN-.
phatically that democracy Is
triumphing in the most medieval
and reactionary institution possi-
BILE to conceive. The peasants
are accepting the change Of elect
ing from out Of their own commu-
nifty their bishops. and priests
no longer ineligible for office un.
less monks-with q satisfaction
which In increased by the use of
the Russian instead of the Sla.
vonic language in the service.
The state Of political affairs
in Germany since the assas assina-
ton Of DR.. Rathenau need ex-
treme caution for q short while
longer, a. the nonarchist element,
though extremely small. 10 90
very active In its policy that tie
more indifferent democratic ole.
ments might have been easily
overwhelmed by its violence, But
against an awakened democracy
II can do nothing. and II this same
necessary caution be not neglected
for the time, the other danger
may be regarded as dead, and
Germany fully accepted - . dss.-
soratio osuntsv,
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and a man Of forty make an ideal
pair, because by that time the
man is sure OF what he wants. and
is likely tp be more considerate
and tender than when he was
twenty.
And sometimes attractive wild
ows, quite five to ten years older
than their mates, secure ideally
happy marriages-also- because OF
understanding and not asking too
much Of the man. So how foolish
II would be to lay down any arbi-
trary rules about age!
The dangerous mixture is when
both young people are the same
age. because women grow older
80 much more rapidly than men.
and at thirty Mary will seem
much older than her husband.
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.
She will have grown with him
she will not have had the advan-
tage of the widow. older than
herself, Of springing into his
sight as a new. thing filled with
self-confidence and charm.
She will be conscious that she
Is at a disadvantage and her very
anxiety TO retain her youth will q.
destroy her magnetism.
But, again. 1t all depends upon
character. There are some
women, especially in these mod.
ern days. who remain marvel:
ously young. and who hold the
affection Of men indefinitely.
A girl of eighteen whom a man
Of twenty-eight has fallen madly
in love with will hardly be a COM
panion to him at twenty-eight,
when he is thirty-eight. unless she
has continued to polish her facul-
ties and expand, instead Of remain
ing intellectually where she was.
Perhaps, oppressed with house
hold cares and worries. she may
not have had the chance to ad-
vance as the man has.
In the wealthy classes the age
OF marriage Is not nearly SO i'm
portant as in the professional and
working classes, because the out.
side things are so much less i'm
pinging.
CAN KEEP YOUNG.
The pair can get away from
each other when they want; they
have not sorbid household cares to
kill romance: they can keep young
and attractive SO much longer.
But then. again, they have far
more temptations to stray and
grow weary and unfaithful.
The very fact Of having to de-
pend upon each other for daily
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stili habitable, to shore 1t up, to
paint the rotten beams in gay
colors, and so beguile folk to con-
tinue living in 1t, is only to make
the ruin greater when 1t comes
is only to sanction manslaughter
while posing as a philanthropist.
Why then this dead set against
Communistic Observation-Disclosures
with which indeed the Christian
church began its great career two
thousand years ago? Instead Of
praising the sturdy pioneers of that
early time, who at any rate were
willing to try a great experiment,
why slander and misrepresent
them? Why make the chief charge
against the Bolsheviks OF the pres
ent day to be exactly their adhe-
sion to Communism?
ANSWER IS APPARENT.
I think the reason is clear. It
Is that Communism. compared with
the present order, Is revolutionary.
that Is must necessarily subvert
the present order: and that, there
fore, all who flourish Tor think
, they flourish) under this order rush
forth to its defense, and scruple
not to support It with all the ap-
paratus they can command, Of ridi-
cule and Misrepresentation. They
are terrified, because indeed and
better than anyone else, they know
how ready the old house In to
fall.
But thought we may agree that
the house is ready to fall, that
does not in itself supply us with
any outline or draft Of what Is to
take place. There have been many
speculations in the past. and many
actual experiments, in Comniu-
nism. There have been the specu-
lations Of Plato and Campanella
and Sir Thomas More, the expert
ments above mentioned of the
early church, and OF the religious
and monastic orders. and 30 forth.
Sir Thomas More in his utopia"
draws q picture OF an imaginary
republic Of It's kind. In It he ex-
plains that every city Is divided
into four equal parts, and in the
midst Of every quarter there Is a
market place Of all manner Of
things. Thither the works OF every
family he brought In to certain
houses. And every Kind Of thing
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service can be a bond which
grows stronger with the year,.
So. once more there is no rule an
the circumstances sof the case
should decide.
II people have to work YER
hard at uninteresting jobs, manua
or mechanical, they have not thr
leisure. unhandicapped by fatigue
to indulge in romance, 80 that T.
would seem for these that It would
be wiser to choose a wife who
could make the home comfortable
and the food well cooked, regard.
less Of age.
AS soon as the avocations be.
come more mental and less mai
ual, something more is demanded.
and once the imagination. is e..
cited, all the reasoning in tn
world would have no effect upo
either sex. When in love the az
Of the loved one would then seel
lust the age I've always wante,
my husband Tor wife) to ber'
Therefore the very fact of IL
discussion being begun on the ide,
age to marry presupposes tina,
one must only be considering ma
riages of reason, which are rar,
In England than in any Europea
country. and very rare indeed i
America.
For a marriage of reason, fror
twenty to thirty for the womaI
and from thirty to forty for IT,.
man. would seem to be the ide...
age.
FACULTIES UNDEvELOPED.
Youth is indiscriminating-i,s =
critical faculties are undevelope
1t is doubtful II what seem Il 4.
greatest enJoyments which cou !
be given cause youth the degrv"
Of bliss which they could caus
more matured perceptions.
So, when extreme youth rush
into matrimony it Is more or ies
numbed with its own vitality Al
incapable Of appreciating what II
is receiving; but, on the Other
hand, on looking back in later lii E,
one may cry "Give me back-gipe
me back the wild freshness O!
morning" Though I strongl
suspect its beauty is probably e..
aggerated by distance and its 10!
are enhanced by seeing them IL
perspective!
Love il a divine thing at a
time Of life. and marriage witho
It must ever be a degradation
So the ideal age for marriaC
is when you have found the ma
that you really love and WI
really loves you!
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LONDON, Sept. 16.

LONDON. Sept. 1s.
r AM prompted to write q few
lines about Communism. part
u ly by the curious behavior of
the general press on this subject;
for the papers Of late, as 1t were
with one accord. have positively
gone out Of their way to repre-
sent the Communistic. ideal as
quite unspeakably wicked and ne
farious, and have done this in so
marked a manner that one cannot
help suspecting some ulterior
motive or the Vaccinations Of an
unseen hand. Moreover the agents
Of the law have been acting in q
similar way.
There have been several prose-
cutions lately for the utterance OF
Communist opinions in speeches or
in print. opinions which q few
years ago would have excited no
attention, from the authorities"
and would have been regarded as
quite natural and in order. II one
may not criticise the present sys-
TEN of society without being &C
cused Of urging sedition and revo-
luton, the prospects Of progress
for the future are rather hope
less, for without the keen breath
Of criticism how quickly would
even the best established institu-
tions become corrupt!
A FALLING HOUSE.
We have all Of late been talk.
ing about reconstruction" (bless-
ed wordD but II there IL to be any
social reconstruction worth having
It must obviously be revolutionary.
The existing order Is utterly played
out. Already the relations Of en-
ployer and employe have changed.
and they are rapidly changing
further. Those who live by the
work Of their hands have quite
new aims and q new outlook on
life; those who live by the receipt
Of rents and dividends or by specu-
lating in shares are only too con-
scious that their little game 10
drawing to q close. The profit
system. which has been the bep'i
and the end-all Of industrialisn,,
has eaten itself out, and like wood.
work sxcavated by white ants, Il
has no substance behind II, but
10 ready - collapse at q touch. To
pretend that the falling house 10
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table marriages where q girl Is
guided by her parents. .
The first direction give. there
fore. to a girl contemplating mar
riage is to go slowly and carefully.
II a man really loves you he will
love you all the more II you put
the right estimate on yourself.
"MEN ARE PECULIAR"
And this leads to the second
point. I am going to let you
into a secret, girls. You may not
know perhaps that men are very
peculiar beings. It sounds con-
Trajectory, but is nevertheless a
fact that men, or at least many
men. will take all the freedom a
girl will allow, and yet the more
she allows. the less they think of
her.
A man never loves a girl 30
much as when she keeps him at a
proper distance and makes him
respect and reverence her.
Moreover. a man never truly
loves girl IL he will take iiber.
ties with her. He may think he
loves her. but it Is only his ami
NAL nature that asserts itself. A
man who. out of regard :or the
woman who is to be his wife,
does not master his feelings and
respect her modesty. will not re-
spect her as his wife and the
mother Of his children. A ran
once told me that he would neve,
marry girl who would allow
him any familiarities.
A man will know you care fer
him without your giving up any
thing Of maidenly propriety. On
his very first attempt at heing
unmindful Of your womanly dig
nifty put your foot down. II you
do not, he will take 1t as an in.
dication that you will allow bin
to go farther.
- And then the barrier of decency
and reserve is down and calam.
ity will follow. and sin, which IL
worst Of all. A man loves a WON.
an in proportion as she shows
maidenly reserve-that Is, the
proper man does, and you do not
want any other, I am sure.
NO CARE FOR CONSEQUENCES.
Now I come to the third point,
which will make many Of you
frown. know. And yet more
depends on 1t. almost. than on
any other one thing.
In your courtship, Of course,
you will appear at your best. and
SO will he. But do not pretend
to be what you are not. Decep-
ton during courtship Is account
able for more unhappy marriages
than anyone could believe. Yet
some girls do not care for the
consequences. All they try to do
is to make an impression, regard
less Of whether or not It is genu.
inc. What is the result? A
dreadful establishment comes at
time when It is too late to off.
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By KARL Ii. Won wIEGAND.
Universal Service staff Correspondent.
?. BERLIN. Sept. l6.

BERLIN. Sept. l6.
-LANTs have a heart and
= pulse beat and blood cir
l. culation" very similar to
that of the animal world.
This is the sensational discoy-
cry Of Sir Jagardis Chandra Bose.
the famous Indian botanist, who
has Just published the results OF
his remarkable researches In q
book entitled THE Physiology Of
the Circulation Of Sap"
According to Sir Jagardis, great
quantities of water are absorbed
daily by the average tree. A big
tree. for, example, will absorb
through its roots as much as q
hundred pounds of water daily.
This water 10 driven UP to the
very top Of the tree and then
breathed out again through the
leaves.
The power which IL necessary
to drive the water to the top Of q
giant tree. sometimes even $50
feet in height. must needs be
enormous. The principal question
to be solved by science was how
this ascent of sap Is effected.
There were two theories: Ac-
cording to one. the ascent Of the
sap In the tree Is due to the activ-
ity Of the living cells Of the latter.
while the other theory asserts that
the ascent Is effected by the
absorbing power caused by the
evaporation from the leaves.
An interesting experiment was
made by the German botanist.
Strassburger. who tried to decide
the question by poisoning a tree.
The ascent of the sap. however.
took place all the same.
Prof. Strassburger concluded
that the living cells take no part
in the distribution OF the sap.
Experiments carried out by Sir
Jagardis at his botanical institute
in Calcutta showed, however. that
the observations Of the German