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Uomen's Clubs

The speaker OF the evening viii
be Mr.. r. l.. Gaines, tho engineer
OF the zonlng commission, who will
give talk on tho 'Zonlng System"
Everybody invited,
The club win give dance on
March 18th. in the Greenwood
han. West s5rd st. and Greenwood
ave.
IMPROVEMENT CLUB TO
DANCE
The Ladies' OF the Madison Park
Improvement club will give dance
at Pioneers hall, Madison park.
Friday evening. March 2.
ALPHA NEEDLE CLUB
Alpha Needle club will meet at
tho home OF Mira. Mabel Russell,
3sls Aurora ave, Friday, March 2.
coTERIE CLUB
Tho coterie club viii meet ne the
University Way clubhouse. 1880 Uni.
versity way, Friday, March 2, Mt
215 p. m. Election Of officers and
the following program: Current
events, Mrs, l.. w. Graham. City
Government, city Institutions. Re.
irrational Facilities and Libraries"
, Major Jesse Jackson.
WoMAN'S IMPROVEMENT CLUB
Leschl Heights woman's I'm
provement club will be entertained
by Mrs. l.. p. Nichols. Jr., assisted
by Mrs. Il. II. Knapp and Mrs. r. +.
Gearheard, at the homo of the for.
mer. 213S 3fst ave. S., Friday, March
2, at 2 o'clock. Musical program
by Mrs. 8. ID. squlres and Mrs.
Ruben RAPPORT
EASTERN STAR CLUB
Postponed card party Of Eastern
STIR club will be given In club
rooms, 1880 Arcade building, Friday,
March 2. ct 8 o'clock. Whist and
court whist will be played. Eastern
stars, Masons and friends invited.
WEsTMrNsTER GUILD CIRCLE
| "es,ininstcr Guild circle Of Beth.
any rtesbyterian church given enter.
l,'i", ",, Friday evening. March 2.
AZ . CLOCK. Dramatic and musical
program followed by refreshments.
/
BETHLEHEM SHRINE
. 80.
bs.niehen Shrine. No. /. white
Shrine Of Jcriaaiem. boa month";,
,na a,i =, Masonic temple Friday
! syen,ns, March 2, at O'Clock. Isloc.
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Spargur Quartet
TO Give Concerts

The spargur string quartet u gir
ING a series OF three chamber music
concerts a. the WomenH University
club auditorium on March and 20,
and April at $50 p. m. Tickets are
now on sale for the series OF three
from Mrs John 6paTgur. lio3 Sec,
ond ave. W.
Don't FORGET the Seattle Art
clubs ball, March 10. al The Knights
Of Columbus hail. Named The Art
lists Roundup. Il promises 10 DO a
very modern and lively affair
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woMESs DAY or PRAYER

WoMEN's DAY or PRAYER
Womcn's Day OF Prayer is set for
March :. to meet in the Y. w. c. A..
At 1890 a m. and 2 p. m. Speakers
arc Miss Harriet l., Dithridge. who
for ten years was head OF tho Japa.
nsso kindergarten trimming school. at
Tokyo. japan. but who IL now head
OF kindergarten work at tho Japa.
ncse baptist church. in this city.
Miss Mabel Resor. missionary. who
has recently returned from Java:
Rev. Edward Lincoln Smith and Rev.
Charles r. Hubbard, .. d.
Singing at morning session led by
II. II Vivian. community service.
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What promises 10 rival in dramatic
Interest tho japanese players from
tho Tokyo theatsr. who Scro Of such
interest here some years ago. ~ the
Chinese Actors. Limited, company.
10 DO hcsn all this week a. the old
orphoum theatsr AZ Third and Mad
lbon.
Th!fty-ono members Of the com.
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Orthopedic Tea Shop
CLUBS FOR FRIDAY

NORTH END FLOWER CLUB
The North End Flower club viii
bold its monthly luncheon at Moves
cafeteria, Fourth ave. and Pine ST..
Friday. March 2. at 1880 a. m. Mrs.
David Fraser, president OF the Lake
Washington Garden club, viii ad.
dress the meeting.
QUEEN ANNE HIGH SCHOOL
PIT. A.
Queen Anne High School PIT. a.
will meet IN the library o. the school
Friday. March 2. at 230 p. m. The
program will consist Of short talks
on Household Management: Art.
Craft. Design. Cooking and Sewing
By students OF the home economies
department. Girls of the cooking
class win be hostessos to the parents
al the social hour in the cooking
room.
HOME MISSIONARY
SOCIETY
The wonen's Home missionary so.
cicfy will give a luncheon Friday.
March 2, at the First Methodist Epig.
copal church, in honor Of Miss June
wright. an Eastern field worker, who
will speak in the afternoon. Mrs.
n. ]. Gambill. conference president,
will also speak Reservations may
be made by calling Garfield 1865.
IoNIA SEWING CLUB
ronla Sewing club. will meet Fri.
day. March 2, at 1890 O'Clock. with
Mrs. II. Jensen. 2ii2 ". ssth ave.
Cards.
WEST SEATTLE REVIEW,
NO. 81
west seattle review, No. 81. w.
IL. A., OF the Maccabees, VIII enter
tain With a card party at the nome
Of Mrs. w. crory, 4456 40th ave. y
w. Friday, March 2. at .. m. Mem
bers and friends invited.
|. ALLAH SOCIAL CLUB
Allah Social club, o. u. g.. VII
meet at the home Of Mrs. A. Schras
ssnburg. 122 w. 18th 1T. All Eastern
n Stars invited.
WHITTIER HEIGHTH
\ IMPROVEMENT CLUB
The whittier Heights Improys
n mont club viii hold its regnlai
X meeting on Friday. March 2. az
y m. Ia the whittier school, Yves
r.th It. and 18th ave. N, w.
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To-
For Constipated Bowels, Sick Headache.
Sour Stomach, Bilious Liver

The incest cathnrtic.laxatlve In tho
world 20 physio your liver and bowels
when you have Dizzy Headache.
Colds. BiliouHncss. Indigestion, or
Upset. Acid stomach is candy.like
''cascarets." One or two tonight win
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NATIVE DAUGHTERS
OF WARRINGTON

Princess Angrlinc parlor No. !
VIII hold its regular meeting At the
club rooms. second floor Of tho y. w.
e. A.. on Friday evening. March
=. at 3 o'clock.
A whist card party win b. given
at Darinalrs cafeteria on Saturday
evening, March II. at 8 O'Clock.
Members and friends invited.
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Will Speak on
Spanish PLAYS

Mrs. Louise Van oEis will give the
first OF two lectures under the aus,
plces OF the Seattle Fine Arts 30.
eiriy al tho gallery. Saturday. at slB
~. m. She Il well known az a do.
lishtful and wolllntormcd speaker.
sho viii have as her subject Three
OnoAct Spanish Plays"
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Mrs. Baker to
Give Art Talk

Mrn, Katherine - Baker will give
a second talk on tho Northwest
Artists Exhibition" which In now
hung az tho Fine Arts gallery, 1913
Fourth ave, Duo 10 tho crowds last
Saturday which attended this lecture.
many OF whom were unable 20 hear
Mrs Baker, she has consented 10
giyc second talk free 20 tho public
at O'Clock this Saturday afternoon.
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woMASs ASSOCIATION

Tho monthly meeting OF the
Woman'H association Of Plymouth
church VIII be held In tho dining
room Of the church on Friday. March
: Tlre program n scheduled an fol.
lows: II a m, executive hoard. 1870
p, m. luncheon, West Side circia;
business. devotiona, Cynthia T..
Adams; address. Mabel Louise Raser.
medical missionary from Java,
topic, From Darkness TO Light "
shn viii bring articles Of interest 10
display.
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Art Students to
Hear Lecture

Miss Alfr!da storm will talk on the
same exhibition az o'clock Friday.
more especially for the benefit Of
students Of art. but anyone inter.
oated In invited, Miss storm II
professor OF painting at the uni
varsity. and also an exhibitor in tho
exhibition.
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empty your bowels completely by
morning. and you will feel splendid.
They work while you sleep" Cas-
carrots never stir you up or grippe like
Salts, Pills. caiomel, or OIL. and they
cost only ten cents a box. Children
love Cascarets, too.
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Sunset Club Has Interesting Program for
Eastern Visitors

% March al the
ecsnning Wednesday afternoon March
Glenn uEhe Instructor In dramatic
viii speak The Moscow
Thomas AZ Mrs. Elisa Ferry Lcary.
business meeting
Wednesday. March "A
Wednesday March o'clock.
Mrs Charles Willard sumson acting as
Miss Cei Baron win be presented wednesday
afternoon March IS o'clock
Donald A Nicholson
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Pupils Recital
FRIDAY

Miss Margaret Lewis will present
her pupils In two spring rccitais in
her studio In the Peoples Bank build.
ms. The first ono viii 30 on Friday
evening. March :. az sl5.
Those appearing viii be Phyllis
Langerin, Anna Baekevold. Martha
Kinds. Jean olden. Dorothy Herman.
Dorothy Thorson. Eddie Morrison.
Margaret Hartman. Lydia Mitchell.
SIgrun Hallgrimson, Helen GIbhardt
and Eva Morrison.
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ervation. The head and neck are
OF white marble, somewhat dlscol-
ored by age and the body is COM
posed OF old Roman cement.
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FLOWER COMMITTEE


FLOWER COMMITTEE
LUNCHEON
The flower committee OF tho Seat.
Ito Chamber OF Commerce will be In
charge OF the regular luncheon OF the
members council, Friday, Mnrch 2,
at the Masonic clubrooms, In the Ar.
cade building. An excellent program
has been arranged In keeping with
Garden and Arbor week. Tho lunch.
con Ia open to men and women who
are Interested In beautlfylng tho city,
LINCOLN PIT. A.
Lincoln PIT. A. will hold a bazanr
M tho school on Friday evening,
March 2. A program will BIO given
at 1880 O'Clock, consisting OF read
lnss and muaicaI numbers. II will
bo nm old.fnshioncd party under the
direction OF tho community service,
asaIstod by oommlttoo Of mothcra
and teachers The bazanr will bo
a brlngand.buy affair, with special
carnival features. Tho proceeds VIII
bo applied 10 tho piano fund.
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Music
Welsh st. David's
Concert Saturday

concert saturday
The Welsh 81. David'a concert viii
be held In the Masonic Temple satur.
day. March J. az T.4s o'clock. under
the auspices % tho Welsh church.
Tho program 10 be given viii be as
follows;
Welsh Anthsn--'iisn wIAd ~ Mia
dAH ssss.st..s.sstsstss. James
orif1th Hughes
Niolia-Gypsy Dance. .s.,.t,.,... Sarhss
Ernest Jaakavsky
nariions-''Cymru ~ SEuiAa" ....,..s
s-s.sFs.sstss+s .,-rs.tst.sp uEh Evans
Maiduyn Evans
ftano-'PoinuAiss" ..........Mae paueil
Margaret Thomas
soprano--''o Ma Byddara HAf Hyd"
..ts,ss.L......., Wa Davis
Edith Coliaia EyAns
HArp-wslsh Melodies .,.,,.s,..,. IInrpa
Ruth i4nrud
Tenor-''rs Foes % Ma ,......,. naeh
Graham NoFgAn
pus,--'plsnt y Csfyrn" .........J rarVy
Edith Coiiats Evans snd
MaidwYu Evans
~ GTuullsidfa Hudhrtufield" Newton
u D. Davies
Address ''ChaIrmaa" pr. J. s. Thomas
PART II
yielin--"Csprics ytuuois ........ ErslsisS
Ernest Jsskegsky
nAriioas--''StsKAtp" ...........J. rArfy
MaidHJn ETans
Plane
'MAdrigal" ..................... Lack
NEIsa IN y FIAT. DurAna
Edna May Edwards
Teaor~-''wnft fer Angel' ...... .MAnarl
Graham Morgan
hATp-Nesh AIRS s..s-.s s..s.. stlnrud
Ruth Llarrd
Boprano-wai,s SONG. .Battsn
Ediih Coiiais Evans
Dus,-''Ffow Gently DsvA" ..I Parry
Graham Morgan and MaiauynErans
~ dyngilsidfa Crgs Har'' .,.....An.a
D. y Davies
America" ss...s...........,s.
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LApY ARr1sANs

LADY ARTISANS
Lady Artisans viii meet with Mrs.
]. w. Fitzpatrick. 1903 ". 3sth ST..
Friday, March ?. Mrs. +. jacobson.
assisting hostess. Luncheon al 1890
O'Clock,
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Third of Luncheon Series

the
Tuesday
Oliver winred cToekct'a home. e4T broadway N
The circle viii assemble for sewing In the morning and bridge will
follow the ! O'Clock luncheon.
These parties preliminary 70 tho large annual card party planned
Chanteer
calling Mrs H. l. Merritt Es, sisi member the
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IA. and MS. Garrett Pan Informal Dance

Edward
dance their home The Highlands evening
D. Eddy 10
MIR and Mrs James Garfield Eddy Everett
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Informal Tea Sunday Afternoon

John Philip
arriving Saturday visit
oeorse Walker Mr. and Mrs William Perkins
Sunday
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ATE TOO MUCH!
A FEW TABLETS
EASE STOMACH
Instant Relief from Indigestion,
Gas, Sourncss, Flatulence,

stomach full! Digestion stopped
The moment you chew a few tablets
OF ''Papc's Diapepsin" your stomach
feels fine. All the feeling OF indi'
gestion, heartburn, fullness, tight
ness. palpitation. stomach acidity,
gases, or sourness vanishos.
Ease your stomach and correct
your digestion for few cents,
Pleasant Harmlcssl Any drug store.
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Garden Display
for Arb0r Week
For Afbor and Garden week Fred.
srlck a Nelson have arranged a
series Of talks on Garden Planting"
at and $50 p, m. In their audi.
torium daily this week A special
exhibition Of plants from tho Volun.
teer Park nursery has been arranged
In connection with tho talks.
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LIS. Ballard Gipes Lalncheon

r. o.
In Kikman.
5 visiting Gilmore apart.
naents
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Preceding the musicale the Sunset club yesterday afternoon Mrs John
Collins luncheon compliment TO Mrs
L q Trrrl
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BRITISH AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION
British American association will
give its monthly dance at Christen.
sens hall Friday evening. March Q.
at O'Clock.
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Hosts at Dinner

and dinner OF twelve
p c.
Marshall
ave Mr. leaving a
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No-Host Dinner Party

AR and Mrs Keith Logan bu vii ehapeone Of The youn
Set Saturday the Boulevard
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woMAN's CENTURY CLUB
The music department OF tho WON.
ans Century club Will meet at the
home Of Mrs. William @. McLaron.
1888 Bella Vista. Friday. March 2. ut
2 p. m. Take Mount Baker car.
The assisting hostesses will be Mrs.
Harry Kaufman. Mrs Glen johnson
and Mrs. II. V. Luithlen
The program includes the follow.
ing:
"schumhnn" Gso to 1850
Mrs. Caroline Clark
Violin
''yoRols su proph.t".....l
Selection ........s........j
schumann
Miss wlnifrcd BatemAn
Mrs. Caroline Swing at tho piano
Vocal
rOh, Sunny Beam" .....
"Hs. More Bnightly Than sehumann
the Nobicat" ,..........
Mrs Frederick Graham
Mrs. Caroline Swing at tho plano
PAper--"Chopin" Usi0-iSlo)
Mrs Granville Poets
Plano Selections ..,.., Chopin
Vocal
silent mt Lara s',tss,., sohumann
Mrs j. X. Nichols
Miss Fidciia Burgess at tho piano
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PALM CIRCLE. no. &c
Pain circle. No. 60. Nelghbors Of
Woodcraft, will have a special meet.
ing In the clubrooms Friday, March
2. ut 7 .. m.
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Honor Guest at Luncheon

Honor Guest at Luncheon
yesterday John
r. r. Van Tuyl
Hosts at Dinner
dinner twelve at
ther home Saturday evening honor OF Mr. and Mrs p Jones
Marshall Mr. and Mrs s,on 4iis Burke
Mr. and Mrs Jones leaving for visit In California
Marriage OF Interest to Seattle Friends
the the marriage
Beae daughter Mr and Mrs Charles Wesley Beoe
Willard president the
bride graduate Of vassar niece
III. Huhber Seattle
New York to arrive
10 short time to visit Mr. and Mrs Hubeen
Mothers Club Informal Dance
Of with Informal
tho womens University club auditorium
Luncheon for Club Members
Ralph Rainier
Of her bridge luncheon club Covers
placed twelve
Sorority Will Meet Saturday
Iota Chi win be entertained on Saturday AZ
o'clock Johnson 18th f. Tho chief topic for
will be Province convention in California
Farewell Luncheon
cnaentiug leaving next Tuesday for her
extended visit this city Mrs j. O. Jacobson
her home Tuesday afternoon
Orthopedic Thrift Shop
North Queen guild the ohopee Thrift shop
win be Mrs H. Burnett Mrs f. W. French
John Hamrch
OrthOpedic Tea Shop
Mount Baker Park guild Friday
Lewis RI D. W. s. Mrs f. A
wood Johnson Arthur Reilly and Mrs r. J. Brausan
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Mothers Club Informal Dance

The Mothers club Tau Alpha viii entertain with
Saturday evening at the womens University club Hudoi
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AUTO USED TO EXERCISE DOG
At Least One Animal Of High Estate
Got Real Outing, Though in
Novel Manner.

The other morning the man who loves
dogs was walking down Fifth avenue
at the hour when the servants of the
rich take out on leashes for their ma
tutinal promenade the pampered mem
bers Of dogdom, the New York Sun
states.
Poor brutes," he said to a friend.
"a life Of ease and luxury is theirs
and there's not one Of 'em wouldn't
change with the raggedest cur in
Christendom If he could roam unre-
strained through country fields. Why,
none of those rich dogs ever gets de-
cent exercise. A big chap like that
fellow (pointing to police dog) should
be given a chance to run"
And then round the corner appeared
limousine the owner of which evil
IDENTIFY was a real dog lover. He had
solved the problem Of giving his dog
n run every day. The chauffeur had
one hand on the wheel, the other held
a long leash TO which was attached the
owners dog, contentedly running along
side at about eight miles an hour.
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MIll,arlsm In Miniature.

II would be ungallant to charge the
grand duchess of Luxembourg with mil
itaristic designs against the peace of
the world. Yet 1t is q fact that she
has enormously increased the size OF
her army by no less than 100 per cent
from $50 to 500 men.
However, before this enlargement,
hers was not the smallest in European
armies on record. The prince of Lich-
tenstein in 1866 placed his entire army
at the command of his ally, the en-
peror of Austria. 1t consisted Of sew
en- men and a drummer Nevertheless,
the prince was great warrior. He
organized in his capital a war mu-
scum, the principal piece a pair of
gloves which had belonged to Napole-
on, all black from the smoke of bat
tie. Unfortunately the princess had
them cleaned!
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WInnIpea ereat Wheat Market.

Vice President y. G. Coleman, Cana.
dian Pacific railway, addressing tie
Winnipeg Kwanis club recently, spoke
of the record crop harvested during
the season just ended. and said that
Winnipeg is now the greatest wheat
market in the world In point Of re-
certs. For three months ending No
vember, inspections at Chicago totaled
S,275.000 bushels, at Minneapolis 49,.
o69.1O0 bushels, while az Winnipeg
they reached the enormous figure of
1OS,23l513 bushels Mr.. Coleman
said further, In regard to shipments
of grain over the Canadian Pacific
railway, that from September /. on the
average of 1,0l0 cars were loaded each
day In Winnipeg for transportation
East, which meant that loaded train
left Winnipeg for the head Of the lakes
every IS minutes during the 91-day
period from September / to November
So
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The New Psychology.

So long as all kinds of wrong con-
duct, or even wrong belief, were held
to be the expression of an evil Will
subject to no causes outside itself,
there was no way Of dealing with
them except by punishment. which
was usually itself a mechanical reac-
ton and blind In Its effects.
But, as soon as wrong conduct and
wrong belief were seen to have
causes that could be discovered, their
causes were sought, and sometimes
found, with the best results.
The new psychology is based on the
assumption, constantly confirmed by
experience, that there are causes for
all error and evil In the mind; and Its
great discovery is that the mind, when
aware of these causes, will, with the
whole of itself, resist and often over
come them.-Arthur Clutton-Brock In
the Atlantic Monthly.
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CUTSFO0D SUPPLY
Diminishing Flood of the Nile a
Serious Problem.
Engineering Commission Proposed to
Visit African Lakes With View
to Meeting Situation.

We learn from the Cairo correspond
ent Of the London Times that the
Egypti ms are good deal concerned
over the diminishing floods of the Nile.
In spite Of the great dam at Assuan,
which now covers with water the beau
tiful ruined temples at Philae, the sum
mer supply Of water for irrigation is
almost always insufficient. The rice
crops in lower Egypt have failed for
several years In succession. Accord
ingly a commission of engineers is pro
posed to visit the great African ial es
in which the Nile finds It's source and
see whether any works in that region
can be undertaken with probability of
increasing the flow of the river in Its
lower courses.
Climatologists are not hopeful on
that point. Ii is of course a fact that
under British government agriculture
has widely expanded in Egypt, so that
larger demands are made upon the
Nile than In earlier times. But IL Is
not probable that the present needs are
as great as they were three or four
thousand years ago, when Egypt was
the foremost civilized state In the
world. AS a matter of fact there is
probably less water In the Nile than
there was then, and less than there
was even a hundred or two hundred
years ago. There is every evidence
that the great desert belt that extends
across Africa and Asia at or a little
above the trOpic of Cancer is growing
larger and drier. The Syrian desert,
which Is now an utter waste, was
crowded with cities and full Of Guilt
waited fields only two or three thousand
years ago. MesOpOtamia ana Persia,
ancient seats of civilization, could
hardly have risen so high If their eli
mate then had been what IL is now.
There are plenty of evidences that the
Sahara and the Libyan desert have en-
croached on the fertile lands of north
Africa and of the Sudan. The old
"granary of Rome" In Tunis is now
largely an arid waste. 1t is not sur
prising If the Nile draws less water
tiAtlu ~ hStNt " lIUlu IT'S iIlDuLdTAGS III
the Sudan and loses more than 1t used
to by evaporation.
Most gcographers agree that the DIES.
erts are growing ut present. Some be-
lieve that II is only an inevitable step
In the drying up Of the earth and ex-
pect the process to go on forever,
though perhaps with occasional remis-
sions. Other scholars say that there Is
evidence of an extraordinary amount
Of fluctuation In the climate of the
world that there have been much
drier periods than ours, as well as
much rainier ones; and that the widen
ing Of the northern desert band is only
phase In a longtime movement Of
climate from wet to dry and back
again. But as these secular move
ments are extremely slow, often taking
many thousands of years to complete
their swing, none of us now living win
be here long enough TO know which
theory is the right one.-Youth's Com
paniOn.