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THE OREGON SUNDAY." JOURNAL, ""PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1CC5.
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Cy Lady Kcnry Somerset
r VCULLrS dines , with Lucullus
Iwa th aphorism which found
. Ti Its way to all part of Bom
'-and was much apokan about In
tha City, .11 had its origin in tha fact
that the steward, knowing , that; tha
' icraat man tiad no guest a, provided for
hlra but on couraa and that moderately
furnished. Lucullus called the man and
reproved him. and on bla excusing him
Keif by the fact that Ma master dined
alone, he uttered the words which hare
now become historic .' Soon after this,
loitering one day in the Forum the great
man met Cicero and Pompey. -There-had
been 111 will between hire and the
latter on account of tha 'dispute aa to
the command of the war. but la spite
of this, like men of the world when they
met, they conversed , on easy , terms.
Cicero saluted htm and asked whether
today was a, good day for asking a favor
of bint, y- ,.- r; ., ..-, i - t
'; "Very much so." "was the answer
Then." said . Cicero, "w should like
to dine with you Just on the dinner, that
I prepared for yourself." -
J-ucullus was surprised and requested
a day's notice, but they desired to see
how he fared alone and Insisted, upon
the time that they mentioned.. At last,
however, they conceded that in .their
presence he might tell his servant that
today he would sup In the Apollo, for so
one of his dining-rooms was named. By
this evasion he outwitted -them, , for
every room had Its accomplishment of
furniture and the expenditure for the
dinner to be served wa according to its
degree so that the Servants, hearing
that he would dine in the Apollo, knew
Just what expense and style would be
needed, 60,000 drachmas (about tlO.000)
being the cost of every, meal held In
thla special room. - - .. .
Lupullus daily entertainments - were
ostentatious and extravagant. - Purple
coverlets were laid on the table, the
plate was adorned with pVeclous stones,
the most eztravsgant dancer were pro
cured, the most expensive musicians
hired, and the greatest diversity - ot
dishes and the most elaborate cookery
pervert. His methods of liferere. In
deed, laid out for the vulgar to admire
and envy. In the winter time, when
thrushes (that most envied delicacy ot
the' Roman), were not In season, they
could be provided in his fattening coops,
. Eut jiuoullua gloried In his way of liv
ing, end his houses, sumptuous build
lna;a. filled with paintings and sculpture
which ha bad collected at vast expense,
rivaled his table.
His vast buildings at Maple were
suspended upon tunnels through which
he brought In the sea for moats and
fish ponds and thus hi pleasure houses
, were built in the water, so that Tubero
the Stolo called htm Xerxes In a gown.
Ills open air balconies and porticos and
belvideree were of world-wide fame. No
man lived like him and no man set the
example of more wanton luxury and a
more deprave taste. "We fondly be
lieve that . a soberer style of thought
prevails where ostentation and the mere
desire to impress the vulgar have ceased
to be. but is It so? We have to ask
ourselves whether Lucollus Js not again
reincarnated without the magnificent
qualities which led to his being a man '
or fame, while his extravagance was 1
but a. foible. -The journalists here nave
VERY
t It It
. Ey ProL Edgv L L&rkln
IT IS not known how long man ha
'existed on the earth, but be the
'time long or short it may -be
classed aa the Infantile atate, from
the. advent of the first man up to the
year A. D. 1543. It wa In that auspi
cious year that Copernicus announced
the great discovery that tha earth re
volve around the sun. '
The ancients, namely, ' Pythagoras,
might hare known it In a general way,
without knowing - how to - apply - the
knowledge. But If o, the philosopher
rif antiquity kept the wisdom In secret
oathbound societies.
AU knowledge of value throughout an
HOW TO MANAGE A MAN
it t at
. By Beatrice Fairfax
"K "T EVER demand attention from
IV I . man. '
I : ; If you do ha will Immedl-
- ately find i.OOO reasons wny ne
feMildn't e-lve It. -j .'-.."
But If he see that you ar npfcJlkely
to pine away If ms attention -is
most attentive. ' -
If a man think he' having hi own
way h 1 quit likely to offer magnani
mously to let you have your.
Then 1 th time to bo tactful and ac
cept the offer in a becoming pini. ,
i Tou can't compel man to be atten
tive to you against hi wUU but you can
make him think he wants to be attsntlv
to you. : r i' - .
So many girls make th mistake of In
sisting that a man should be unfailing In
bis devotion.
..They let him e that they expect a
'great deal from him. - "
Just because it ;ia Mtpected he loses
the desire to give l,-.' f V -
Love wUl not stand coercions It must
b given spontaneously.
At least that U the caae on th man'
Bide.. : . .-, :v - ' v ''" ' '"':--. ..' .
With a woman It i different .
She likes to have demands made on
frtr love. '. ' '. ' .
Tou rarely- hear ' of -weman - being
bored by man' Jealouy. 1 -
But a man after the first novelty
wears off la always bored by a woman'
jealousy. ' '
Do not Imagine for on moment that
1 am advising women to meekly ait down
and receive with thankfulness any
meager attention a man may be Inclined
to fling to them.
I consider that a woman cheapens
herself quite as much when she demsnds
- Too, much a when she 1 satisfied with
too little. .
If a man's Interest in a woman la on
th wane she can never revive it through
demand.
riha can only revive tt through making
- herself very charming and somewhat tn
aeeeanlbla. - i . . , '' .
When she demand his attention she
Irritates him and widen the breach be
tweea them. S
The-warned he loves may lead him by
a allken-Jhread, but If she be wise she
w 111 never draw the thread tauC
: When a man ears "must", to a woman
she may outwardly rebel, bat In nine put
i f ten. esse she Inwardly rejoices. Al
ways provided of course that she ha
"me Interest hi .the man. ,
Hut no matter how much a man love
omn he doe not relish th word
"muxt from her 11. ,
lately written column oa the birthday
banquet given by Mr. George A. Kessler,
of New fork, a member f a champagne
firm, to II friends. He. too, went not
to his steward, but to the clever mini
ger of tha Savoy hotel and told him that
he. wished to give an., original dinner.
The guests, he said, were to dine not In
a farmyard, as the dinner given by him
In New York., but la a basket ot now
ere. An hour later, nowever, me ieie-
phone rang.' .'The host had changed his
mind.. The guests were to dine In Ven
ice. - The vague Instructions given
were that a' gondola was to-be full of
flowers, a full moon shining .over, th
Campanile (which, by the way, exists
no more), and water was to lap . the
sides of the boat. . :
It la wall that Mr. Pruger, the mana-
icr of the Savoy. Is not a man to be
taken unawares and Unsurprised at noth
ing now, certainly sot at the demands of
wealthy Americana. So scores of them
-were sat to work during the day (and
perhaps this was the best part of the
whole .affair, for let us hope that some
of these were among the unemployed
thousands' who are walking the street
In seacch of work) and the great court
yardof the Savoy.- which, forms ; the
principal entrance to the hotel was soon
transformed Into a lagoon and a huge
white gondola was built In the night
Venetian scenery waa painted by e'well-'
known scenic artist and tha triumph 'of
deception was complete. j .;
' The next day an army' of florist ar
rived as if summoned by the wand of
some magician. Carts drove to the door
loaded with roses, eamatlona, orchids,
gardlnlas and saillax, from the purple,
sky which arched the courtyard bunches
of carnation and Chinese lantern were
hnng In festoons of smtlax. The great
white gondola was banked wjth roses,
eamatlona, and over prow and stern
single ' blossoma-were . scattered. Six
Inches of, water flooded the courtyard;
and - the; obliging moon came out; full ;
over the late campanile and shone over
the Illusion complete. Six live ducks
swam upon the mimic lagoon and white
doves fluttered over the gaux canopy
which covered the gondola. . - r " .
. On the appointed evening two dosen
guest who were to take their place
In this strange feast' were shown Into
the great gilded reception room, where
every square inch of the wall was cov
ered with blossoms. Basket of -rose
and. orchid hung in every direction,
and through the trellis work pink carna
tion were grouped In every conceivable,
corner. The wondering guests -stepped
across " the - crimson-covered - landing
stag adorned with the lion of St Mark
and beheld the great white gondola with
the table glittering with sliver and glass
and gold, and flowers awaiting them.
The Savoy waiter ar also a equal
to the ocaalon aa their manager, and
eemed to be perfectly at ease arrayed In
the opera bouf f e conception of. aj. Vene
tian costume with- knickerbockers and
pirate cap. ' , . . '-,
Great was the merriment' at the table.
Interrupted-only by the- quacking of the
six ducks, and Illuminated by the moon,
which knew how to do ita duty., An
other gondola waa moored on the mimic
theatre. fHled wttn gaily dressed
IXAmato Neapolitan singers, who sang
the Inevitable. "Funlcull-Funlcula," and
other well-known-.. Italian songs. But
the sensation of the, evening waa sttU" to
Com. " - .
QUEER IDEAS
cient tlmea was carefully kept from-the
people. Countless millions lived and
died In the ' moat hopeless Ignorance.
When the ancient atate of the east
were submerged ' by the eruption of
horde after horde of barbarian, what
learning they had expired; and a period
of murky gloom laatlng 1.000 year fell
like a pall upon the mind of man, and
wisdom vanished In pathetic night ' For
when men are Sunk in ignorance, "things
are not what they seem."
Everything In - the kindergarten age
of mankind wa - exactly opposite to
what they thought - Thinking, that the
sun moved around the earth, none knew
the cause Of changes of season. They
thought that seasons were governed by
mere caprice and not by -law. .They
A woman may lead a man, but She
never can drive hlra. 7
. I wonder what the average man's ideal
woman Is like, and If he ever fall in
love with her when be meet her.
Perhaps he never -does meet her, for
If she Is anything Ilk th Ideal, woman
I heard one man describe she doe not
Xiti:.'. ; t. J . ', ...
, . HI ideal- wa more angel than woman
a lovely, ethereal creature, too good
to live with, fit only to worship.
- She waa unaelfiah. never . gossiped.
never lost her temper, tactful, thought
nothing but good of all people and was.
of course, lovely to look upon.
' In fact her qualities were too numer
ous and too tiresome to enumerate.
Personally I thought hi Ideal" would
be rather a prig1, if . a I said before, h
had existed, i . - -
Man 'demands a great deal of woman,
but he is rather impatient If she In re
turn demands anything of him,
- A husband will put hi foot down and
absolutely forbid hi wife to do so and
so,, but ho-w much- attention would he
pay were she to give a Ilk command to
him. v ,- -;'. V ' :.
Not much, I fancy. j ,., : , " -.''"
lie expects a woman to be all patience
and gentleness, to be ever ready; with
the healing balm - of forgiveness and
forgetfulncss where hi backsliding are
concerned. -.-. -.-t-- '
She must be good and sweet and. Ilk
Cea war's wlfe.-Hbov uplclon.
Mind you, thl I not hi Ideal I am
describing; It I Just the faulty, every
day woman he marries.
If he married hi Ideal he would tire
of her In a month -j " ' '
.He'd be worn out trying to live op
to her and would Kong for some on a
little more human and approachable.
1 And, supposing ht did marry hi Ideal,
what Is he prepared to offer herf ;-
I he perfect himself, a he, would ex
pect hi Ideal to bet 1 ' - ,
He would like her to live up td his
eonoaptloit of an ideal woman, but would
he be ready to live, up to her-conceptlon
of an Ideal men? i ? - , . ,
The safest way la for neither Bid, to
expect too much nor to be satisfied with
too little C- -u: "-x. i. ..'O.
- In that way a hapfty medium may be
truck. ' - .''..-.
A medium where men are satiafled
with lovable, womenly women and women
with everyday, manly men. .
Tor we human beings are so consti
tuted that wa cannot live in too rarefied
an atmosphere. .
The man r woman who gets too' far
away from our level is apt to get out of
th orbit of our love., ,
Bo w will have, ta b content and
make the- most or esoh other just a
w are ordinary men and woman. .
' The guests were In a Venice in the
heart of London, bu. the mind that con
calved the picture was not - contented
with this Reproduction. Something ex
traordinary must happen utterly deeper
at tothe mla-en-ecene. Baby -Jumbo,
the diminutive 'elephant, had been hired
from the Royal Italian circus. I have
been many time to .Venice, but person
ally 1 have never sean elephants cross
ing the canals. They -would certainly
be extremely Inconvenient there. In
fact, I know no city In the world where
they would be more out of place,
Baby Jumbo, with a . birthday cake
upon It back, was made to traverae the
l.i goon. He ahowed a decided disposi
tion to lie down arid roll. But goaded by
two anxious attendant at last he
reached the gondola safely and distrib
uted the birthday' cake ' to the guests.
Then appeared a succession of entertain
er, who. were more in harmony with
the scene, some of the noted characters
Of the various mualo ha Us, a talented'
The Heights
, A.V..NBy Ella IvTiccIcrWflcox 1
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I cried, "Dear Angel, lead me to the heights, ,
: , And spur me to the top."
: : - . The Angel answered, "Stop .
And set thy house ifi order; make it. fair, v -' -
For absent ones who may be speeding there, " ,
Then will we talk
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4 1 put my house in order. " "Now lead on I" , ;
The Angel said, "Not yet; : :i .--2
. Thy garden is beset , " - , .
'.. By thorns and tares ; go weed it, so ..all those ;"
tWhocome to gaze may find the unvexed .rose ; ;
. ; . : ; Then will we journey on." "
I weeded well my garden. "All is done." . .
' ; The Angel shook his head. . v
- "A beggar stands," he said,
r "Outside thy gates; till thou hast given heed T
'And soothed his sorrowand supplied his. need,'
:-l.t, . . Say not that all is done." -; : :
" :- -v.; "'.:.'.'- -7"..-" 'v.-. ",'-',
The beggar left me singings, "Now at -last -
' '.,. At lacf tli nath (a rlnr " . ' ?
:!J-'::.'.'"Nay,. there is
Who seeks, like thee, the difficult highway. '.
; He lacks thy courage;, cheer him thro the day.
. . Then" will we cry, At lastl" " 7
:lz helped: tnyc'weaker brothrrNow-the -heights-" v
. Oh guide me," Angel, guide 1" ; . ;
' ' The Presence at my side, - . .. , ."'A '.'; .'rr
With Radiant face, said, "Look, where are we. now ?,r ' '
And lol we stood upon the mountain's brow -'--
'The heights, the shining heights! ' . '' f. ;
,a.4CoarrlhU lBOa,.
OF SCIENCE
Imagined the sun to be email and set In
a solid material sky together with the
stars, and all at equal distance from
th earth. Thl rigid sky carried stars,
sun, moo if and planets around with it at
first - When they saw th planet move
among th 'star, they invented thin
olid hells, each bearing a planet and
these slipped around each other. The
earth to them waa the largest body In
existence, -and' fixed immovably In-the
center of their little "universe."
Getting rid of thl idea of the sky
wss perhaps a difficult to do as any
thing ever undertaken. The Illusion fti
not dispelled. .yet entirely. -1 once, knew
a man'wjio believed that there la a sky
and that the earth is flat Any Idea
firmly set In the rdlnd I difficult to
eradicate. If instilled from infancy to
the tenth year. . And thl I true of the
childhood of th race.
. Thu there 1 a set of people who atlU
believe that the earth is flat The men
write book to prove It and articles
for th papers. Another class believe
theearthto bea hollow shelljand ,that
we live on the Inside surface, andThaT
our heads point toward the center of
the earth. Quite a number of the men
tally diseased believe thl doctrine'
here. In the United State and In Europe.
LEAlWTOIaHOWTHYSELF
V ... a .-
By Maurice Maeterlinck
r
T la not of Importance to hav no
more passions, vice or faults
that 1 impossible. o long as oh
la a man in th midst or men.
sine w make th mistake to describe
as passion, vie or fault that which I
th vary basis or human nature. But
tt la pf Importance to. recognise in their
details and thslr secrets, - those which
we 'possess and to watch them at work
from a standpoint so high that we may
look upon them without fearing- lest
they should - - overthrow us . of: escape
from our control, to go and heedlessly
to harm u or those around us.
So soon as as from that standoplnt
wa see our Instincts, even the lowest
and th most selfish at work, provided
that we are not wilfully wicked and
ltls dUfloult- to bo- that when our. in -
telllgenc ha acquired th lucidity and
the force which thl faculty of observa
tion Implies aa soon w see them
thu at work, they become harmless,
like children under their parents' eyest
w csn even lose signt or mem, rorgei
to watch them for a 4tm. they will
commit no aerlou misdeeds, for the
obligation that lies upon them to repair
the evil which they have done render
them naturally circumspect and soon
make them lost tb , habit or doing
harm. - , - ... ' ,. '
When w have acquired a sufficient
sincerity with ourselves. It ,-denot
follow that we must deliver It to th
first comer. Th frankest and moat
loyal man has the right to hide froita
others . the - greater - part of what, h
think "and feel. ' r ;
If It be uncertain whether th truth
which you propose to speak will be un
derstood, do not' utter it It would ap
pear In other -quite , different from
what It I In you, and, taking In them
th appearance of a lie, it would-do the
same harm a real lie. ,, .
Whatever the absolute moralist may
say, as soon ss one Is no longer among
equal conscience, every truth to pro
duce th effect of truth require focus
ing, and Christ himself waa obliged to
focus the greater part of tbos which ,
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colored trio, the inimitable- Miss Con
nle Ed las, and ' then the triumphant
journalist give up the not unlooked-foi
fact that this waa the most expensive
dinner ever given in England; that tha
flowers -alone cost several hundred
pounds; that the labor of the work peo.
pie who prepared tha mls-en-scene rep
resented a very large sum. and that II
would be difficult to compute the ex
pense of the menu, which, on the whole.
Is supposed to have reached the sum of
83 a head.
History, repeat itself. If Lycurgus
had stood by the table of Lucullua he
would have noted the danger which was
destined to make - the superstructure
built on the foundation of the Rome he
loved totter to It fall, and. perhaps, II
the Pilgrim Father had been present at
the banquet given .at the Savoy ' laat
week, they, too, might have felt that
wanton extravagance and foolish lux
ury lead in the long run to the destruc
tion of every race. , ,.'.'
of heights. .1 .;. f v.
one draws near
by. JPJa. Beant).
I continually 'receive literature from
people who thu try to convert me to the
Ignorance of astronomy 1 very com
mon now; for at. tlmea X hav been asked
which la tha laxgar, tha aun or tha earths
And on man wanted to know which I
the hotter. It Is doubtful if more than
one person In each hundred has any
idea or the reason why seasons change.
The reader may be surprised to hear
that tourist ask at times, "What 1 the
oinerence Between we ' sun and . a
planet TV Bom think that the moon Is
aa large aa the earth, and other
large aa the auo,- . : - -
It may take 100 year to get the Idea,
out of existence that meteor are ' not
falling stara It la difficult Indeed to
teach that every star Is a giant white
hot sun, many million of time larger
than the earth. : If . thla world . ever
come, near a star It will be melted aa
thin as water and possibly turn to gas.
All star are. sun, a majority being
larger than our own sun. - ------
Amaslng Ignorance I so widely spread
that the sun of science doe not seem to
be rising very fast but It Is coming out
of the mists. It shin brighter day by
day The race la now entering, a It
were, aprlmary school, f A few thing-.
win be remeraborea rrdm Tthe kinder
garten age; and but few. A vast new
era of world-wide learning 1 Bow draw
Ing -on apace, with peaoe and goodness
on it wings, with gladhees.
he revealed to hi disciples, for had he
been addressing Plato or Socrates In
stead of speaking to the fisher of
Uallleei he would probably hav said
to them things different from those
which h did say. , , v ..
It la, therefore, right that we should
present to each man only the truth -for
which he has room in the hut or palace
which he ha, built to admit th truths
or hi lire. But let us. neverthelaaa.
give 10 or 20 tlmea ss many truths as
we ar offered In exehange: for in thla
s in all circumstances, it behoove the
more conecient to take th lead. '
-The reign -of Instinct beaina onlv
when thl focusing t0 no longer neces
sary. We then enter th privileged re
gion of confidence and lov. which I
ilk a delightful ah'ore where w meet
In our nakedness and bath together
unner xne rays or a ainaiy sun. -
r Until thl hour man had lived on hi
guard like a culprit. He- did not yet
know that every man had the right to
d wnat ne la. mat mere l no ahama in
hie mind or hi heart any mor than In
nis body. -.,.',.. ,
When we emerge frhm thl state th
Idea no longer come to us to hide a
secret rnougnt or a secret sentiment,
however vulgar or contemptible. They
can na- linger .make . u "blush, aeelng
that In owning them w dlaowivthem,
we separate them from ourselves, we
prove that they no longer belong to us,
no longer take part In our ' Uvea, ' no
longer spring Xrom the active, volun
tary and personal aide of our atrength,
but from th. primitive, formless and
enslaved being that afford u an enter
tainment aa amtisTng a ar all those In
which w detect the play-ef the-Instinctive
power of natur. ..
It I not Indispensable that we should
correct all of our acknowledged faults,
for there ar - fault that are, so to
speak, necessary to our existence and
our character. - Many of our defect ar
th vary root of our good qualltlea,
Kaw. . -.. . s, rT" '.
Bachelor Ypu made a funny error In,
congratulating th bride' father Instesd
of th groom. ... . '
Benedict No, I didn't. " I've a daugh
ter of my Awn and know what they coat
h n
' . By Rev. Mary It Graves
mpvO be admitted to the presence of
... royalty has always ' been ea-
. 1 , teemed a great privilege, ea
, - peclally in the east, or wherever
despotio monarchs have Jealously i
eluded themselves from the public gas.
To have been allowed to "stand before
kings," whlls others knelt or lay pros
trate, must have been considered a high
honor. Ana this, according to Solomon
the Wise, reputed author of the book
of Proverbs, wa to b th proud lot of
tb man . "diligent In his business."
Th abstract truth plctorlally con
veyed by the proverb I understand to be
thla: - Labor is honoraDle: useful In
dustry la a key to respectability.
Even now, in thl 20th century and
under the Influence of modern civil Ua-
tlon, owing so much of comfort and of
luxury to discoveries and inventions In
science and art. too - many people re
gard labor, especially toll, a degrading.
That th opposite view Is the true one.
appears from several considerations.
xne teacmng or experience and or ob
servation, to the effect that exercise of
brain or of muscle, or both, is of ne
cessity the common lot of man, la not
refuted by the presence in any com
munity of a small minority of exempts.'
a few drones in the social hive, and Is
strongly corroborated by the ever-pres
ent voice of reason. , . a
What disinterested spectator an in
habitant of Mars, for Instance behold
ing our planet, with Its store of ex
haustless wealth. It swarming hordes
of intelligent rational, toolroaktng be
ing, could ever imagine that he -who
proudly style himself "creation's
heir was born to a ' Uf of glorious
easet . ,--..!
What but absolute incapacity, that Is,
either mental or physical infirmity, or
outward. Irresistible - compulsion, can
consistently be held to release any man
or woman from th obvious duty of do
ing hi or her part of thla world' workt
Th whole earth 4ts mountains, its
rivers. Its foresta, It mines, its seas,
Ita deserts, to be explored and taken
possession of; ita subtil elements, it
X-ray, It radius, it heat and elec
tricity, or whatever hidden- force may
be the origin of the phenomena ' which
we thu name, to be aitbdued - and
brought Into active, useful service
this. I th task set before the human
race and need -the whole sum of . It
united energle.' ,
Iook at the records of he past the
long past, dating from the cave dwellers,
age upon age ago, continuing with
the evidence of th higher life in the
'city-state of Babylonia" five thousand
year before the Christian era; behold
the marvelous monument or taste ana
skill and of wearisome muscular toll
remaining iii the world todayr our her
itage from our predecessors; are we not
convinced that the legendary cause has
proved a bleeslng? .
Architecture ha been sedulously cul
tivated, both aa a branch of aesthetic
and as a utilitarian art. Ae a result,
the world s enrichment, by such struct
ure as St Pater' church at Rome, th
elegant, and graceful Duomo of Milan,
with IU hundred marbre spires, a loresr
of columns and 1.000 statue; th Par
thenon at Athens, the finest specimen of
the Doric style In existence; not to
mention the vast' engineering and build
ing operfttlona now going tn in our own
city of. Boston. ' .., r:Tr?"" t"
THE ADVANTAGE NOT ALLKUSSIAS
lt'Hlt
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By Mrs. John A Logan
IT has been Interesting to read the
commeptsupon the peace conference
"- at Portamouth, - New Hampshire.
..Saorn of which have been exceed
ingly amusing, demonstrating thst ignor
ance dare to speak while wisdom hold
her peace. i.:: ; ' '
That It.wa the most Important "con
clave of modern times and the delibera
tions fraught with the gravest ques
tion there I no dlputlng.. Th men
who composed the court were In all re
spect equal, to the responsibility they
assumed as representative of two pow
erful nation engaged in deadly conflict
but who through the friendly office of
th president of our great, republic
agreed to reason together to stop the
cruel sacrifice of human life and If po
stbl bring about peace to Russia and
Japan. -
Every 'unprejudiced mind wa deeply
impressed from the first with th mor
admliable p1v4t-wieeHfe)aeeV-b9-as-Japj.
nese, who, although the oontlnuoua vlc
tor on th field and on the, eeaa. were
were more lncrely,in earnest in their
desire for peace. Their stoical silence,
courteous manners and ; alncer ' confi
dence in their ability to continue their
victories - If the ' war-waa to be pro
longed until Ruaala was driven, out. of
th orient were in striking contrast to
the braggadocio and . announced obsti
nacy Of the Russians. jThe declaration
on the threshold of the meeting of the
conferees that "Russia had been defeated
hut waa not crushed" with her navy ex
terminated, her army In desperate strait
and internal trouble - threatening the
overthrow of the csar, waa In very bad
taste, - to say , the least , and did not
serve to heighten the respect of all na
tion for Russian humanity. The dignity
of the Japaness and their magnanimous
proposition and disposition to carry out
th mikado' conciliatory Inclination to
sav further shedding of blood Im
pressed the whole world with admiration
and caused persons ' to wonder whether
or.not psganlsm was not a misnomer to
apply to the Japanese Ytllgton. , .
- That Mr'' Witt mad most of th on
advantage th Russian had, namely, -he
Imooeslblllty of the Japanese being able
to collect-the Just Indemnity they de--
mended, ther I no denying; at th same
time, however, th future will prove that
Japanese -diplomacy succeeded -In aecur
Ing a more lasting Indemnity througa
the scaulsttton of th best part of th
Island Sakhalin: and It abundant fish
eries, without mentioning the other val
uable concessions mad by tn Kuesiana.
Vicious and mercenary , Japanese may
succeed In creating dissatisfaction with
the provisions of th tresty for a tlm.
but , they will be powerless to cause a
nullification of any part thereof. . They
may burn th plenipotentiaries In effigy,
but they cannot .harm them, protected as
they will be by the potent support of
th mikado' decree - and Japanese
guard. They have Immortalised them-
selves by their wisdom ana magnanimous
yielding to the Insatiable and unreason
able demand of Russia for humanity;
sake. --'--'--'- - . - - -. -'
Imperlshabl monument will be built
by loyal Japanese to these foremost Jap
anese statesmen and diplomat who have
won for Japan th confidence, respect
and friendship of all nations, and Jiav
mp;ialsed tb - completeness of their
victories and heroism as a nation.
The evident satisfaction with with Mr.
Witt contemplate what he seams to
consider a great dlsplnmatlq triumph
achieved by him for Russia and. his
august sovereign" la rather mor am us
Ing than otherwise. His boasting, how-'
ever, fall to Chang th fact that th i
Among the most noteworthy products
of human research and Induatrlal ap
plication, the moat useful triumphs of
art, are our modern facilities tor -communication
and travel.
Railroads and bridges and tunnels,
telearraDh wire and cables, trolley cars
and steamships, attest the extent of
man -control over the force or na
tur and help prove hlra to be a ruler
of hi own- right
Th Ingenuity and labor devoted to
the production Of textile fabric and
house furnishing gooes contribute very
materially to the comfort and elo
gancles of Ufa
- So essential to the maintenance of a
large population Is the cultivation of
the soil, it ha been well said that he
who makes' two blade of grass grow
where but one grew before I a public
benefactor. The farmer of today does
much of his work by-maeMnery and on
scientific" principles; he Is a commis
sary agent or purveyor-general, to
whom the world look lor a large part
of ita ration. - - ;--'
Th Hebrew scriptures contain many
allusion to the operations of husbandry,
"The larae number of Inhabitants that
Palestine supported under the Jews " has
been said to be "the wonder of modern
travelers," who ar struck with the ruins
of ancient cities and th desolation of the
country. .
In ancient Rome "agriculture wa long
the only source of wealth open to the
patrician (or higher classea), and It waa-
deemed the moat honorable of occupa
tions, . ita operations ware directed by
men of wealth and .learning. Ita litera
ture waa coplou and held n high estima
tion." And Is not this to some extent
true both in England and In our own
country : - - . .. ,
So much of th world' material wealth
lie far below the earth' surface that
mining has become one of th most irrf-
portant branches of ' Industry, and on
where management requires no small
amount of capital, as well a of busi
ness talent and mechanical Ingenuity,
The .various manufactures from precious
ntetala and - atones combine In great
degree the . useful with the ornamental.
It la well that aome trades and profes
sion should minister almost solely to
the sense of th beautiful, for It la evi
dent that toeauty in Itself waa a defi
nite object In creation. To be an ap
preciative admirer of nature and a co
worker man has need to cultivate bis
taste. ' - .
The manufacture of Jewelry, we ar
told, "ha been In all times a test of the
artistic power of a . nation; . for, being
intended only for personal adornment the
genius of the Jeweler ha been directed
to the production of th largest amount
of beauty In the most limited space."
In a world containing so much of raw,
crude material ; to be -worked "tip "into
form of ua ' and beauty, and where
the majority of people are compelled by
the elrcumatance of their lot -to work
In order to live, to sow Jn order to reap,1
all labor that Is really advantageous to
the community must command respect.
Only laslnes and shirking can be ac
counted dishonorable nddegradlng!."Np
man la born Into the world whose work
Is not born with him; there Is always
work, and tools to. work withal far those
who "will: and blessed ere th vhomy
hands of toll." .. .. - .
How absurd for any of u to asaum
that 4h "world owe us a living r . What
a miserably selfish maxim that!
"Though one be born to an Inheritance
of lands, and piles of brick or stone or
1 1 Japanese abandoned th , IniTemnlty
proposition In ths interest of humanity,
that they- gave up their Just demsnds
of material oonslderatlona rather than
enforce them by the unavoidable sacri
fice of human Ufa. v ' ',
Besides, the-sequel will prov that
the Russian - plenipotentiaries did not
outwit th Japanese . in diplomacy, as
they hav really secured greater ad
vantages by their, astute statesmanship
than they could have possibly derived
from a money indemnity; no matter how
large th sum. 7 . -' ..
To a - thoughtful, unbiased - observer
Mr. Witte'a felicitations of himself, his
colleagues and hi "'sovereigns were
without foundation In any advantaga
they secured otherwise thanthrough
the far-seeing wisdom. . generosity and
humanltarianlam of the Japanese. It
would . hav been infinitely to Mr.
Witte'a credit if in his publio utterances
and manner he had mad franker ac
knowledgment of the greatness of the
nation that ha inflicted' the severest
punishment upon Russia for her ag-
.aeASlXtOcjathtshe ha ever received.
raiSrWIFE-IS-T00-MEEK
-,7 . it; t ; r; .,.; yj-j":
By Sev. Thomas B. Gregory
A WOMAN lnlng- heraelf.?A
- Heartbroken Wife write as
follows:
"Pleas write something on
th right of a wife. Won't you pleas
try to explain th disposition of a man
who ha never taken hi wife to church,
or for a walk, or on a pleasure trip al-thoua-b
he take' a. long on himaelf
each, year), who never haa a kind word
to aay. goes on. bis business trip and
never' kisses hi wife, not even saying
good-by, and says he is doing his wife
a great ravor to pay tne grocery" out
and hous rent I 'It a favor for a
woman to stay at home, raise her babies.
and walk the floor with them when 111,
and no one to ever rest the tired arm
or say a kind wordt I hav tried to be
a rood, true wife and do my duty, and
all that I ask Is a little kindness. What
V a wife's right? - Has sh any b
yond breathing? What la llf for sue
a woman? I still lovs th father of my
little one,"' and, no' matter how unkln I
h is, alwaya try to find om excuse
for him. Pleas writ something on
thl subject The only pleasure I. have
on earth I in reading at night after
my little one ar asleep and my hard
day Work I over. I shall watch for
yonr answer and shall thank you for it"
With mingled pleasure and sorrow I
proceed to. answer thl poor wife' Utter.
It I a very sad letter, a letter that I
well calculated to . touch, th hardest
heart. - .. . - r - -' . .
The poor woman' loneliness; her per
petual longing for th kindness that doe
not come; the tired arm; th ceaseless
toll for the little ones; the heart pain at
the thought of the husband' brutal In
difference altogether It I enough to
moisten- the eye of tha moat etoleel
of mankind. -
What sort of a man can it be who '!
able to treat a wife as this "Wife say
sh I treated? Can he be -human?
Must h not be soma sort of a monster
In human shspe?
How can a man, a husband, a father,
be so dead to all decency and humanity
a to act th way thl woman Bay her
husband, acts toward her? ; -
I wonder If I am wrong In Venturing
the guesa that thla particular wlf 1
herself to blam for th treatment ah
gold," these are not to be relied upon
as a sure means of support.
"The bank may break, the factory burn.
Some breath may burst the bubble
shares."
How helpless, then, the man or woman '
without a buHlness, trade or profession. -How
wise and prudent In parents, both
wealthy and titled even .crowned, as, I
have read to train their children to :
habits ot Industry, to have them taught '
some handicraft.
- Even In monarchical Europe there Is a
strong current of pub.lo opinion against
th existence of a leisure class to bej
supported by the "sweat ot other men
brow.'' '
That labor i honorable should appear
from the fact, so evident to sagacious "
parents and teachers and not less to the
wise ruler, that Idleness I th mother
or mischief, the castle of Indoienc too
Often a nursery of vice. -
'Th primary school mistress know
that th restless little ones under her
charge need to be kept busy and In
terested, and to this end she provided
herself with many devices for securing
their attention and preventing disturb
ance. The master finds more work '
for th brla-ht mtiiM wk. - .
- imi h iiivit .
allotted lessons In half the usual time
wouia rain devote themselves
to mlrth-maklng pranks. If he la wise
he will make hia nnniia' to. vi
and thus lure them to a lov of study'
Tou have heard of ..... i
who, when the deck of hi vessel ha :
been scrubbed to the lit m nmt nln.tw .
cleanliness and every part of the. craft
wa seemingly in perfect order and re. -pair,
set hi , men- to "scouring th
anchor,"-
HI - motto "must hm f..n ,.-.
nothing- Ilka, work to - tinvmi w,,vtin -
on shipboard. It la when soldier ar
In camp that they are most likely to be
come . disorderly and contract 7 virion.
habit. - Many an army, has been more '
nearly demoralised .by wintering In
luxurious camps than. In fighting Roman - ,
legion. '-.'.'''. -.
It has heen aM Tet.e th. nru. v.
eccentric csar of Russia, that though aT"
man of sensual habits and subject to un
governable passions, during a great part
of hi reign he was so -closely occupied -
In projecting ,and . carrying- out his .
schemes fof the Improvement of the' con
dition of hi people that "hi gross ani
mal nature bad little opportunity for
displaying Itself." , .
'Tie an old saying, like a copybook, or
an .-old-fashioned "reward - for merit"
card: "Persevering industry is th parent
of virtue." Better to reread than tp for. '
gat ' ' - . . . ',
Aaaln tha Aia-tittv Af Uhnv . KuAma, '
apparent when we consider that' th con- ". ?
presuppose .me oongauon to - use It.
Tli. .una 1 tv nt n..lK-l Iam - If .knl.i -
cal- or mental, powers ..remain Inactive . . .
tney win o suojeci io waste, aecay. . -
said, It may be remarked that labor la
honorable and valuable to th individual
worker aa th honest method of earning
a living, aa a aeourity against the allure
ments of vice, as the7 divinely appointed t
raean of ' self-culture development
growth; secondly, as being th accept
able, reasonable service which every able
bodied, competent-person owes to the
world, to the community In Which n - '
lives; thirdly, a the obedience and
t.M m,l Mt k. Ul I k.. laiA i a,,,
in His own image and set-us to rule
over Tnis goouiy nentage. - -r
IV s. -.--tu.i--
instead jf assuming an attitude. of su-
periority and iraperiousnees. He should
hav expressed keener gratification that
peaoe had been secured through th '
really unexpected acceptanc by Japan
of Ruaala' unjust conditions. - It doe
not seem to have been the part, of wis
dom for Mr. Witt to hav been o im
politic aa to remind France that Russia
did not regard France as a friend.' or to
say that .they held .Germany Jn hlgher
esteem, or words to that effect ' They"
may need both France and Germany be
fore peso ba really returned to Rua
ala. - j- ;'-..-.. v
Doubtless th war la the -east ha
ended, aa there can be no reasonable
doubt but the -treaty of peace aa agreed
upon, at Portsmouth will b ratified by
the signature of both rulers. But the
will not restore order and harmony
within her own borders. . .,.
UnUlRusta abandons autocracy and
manifests mor humanity for her sub
ject she cannot expect to occupy a
conspicuous place among the nation of
the. earth who are laboring for th bet-.
torment of mankind. -.'!-.
receive at her husband' hands f 'Sh
say sh UH ' love" th man. "and
always "tries to find om excuse for
Mm." - , - ''
Inuthr-wofdrhI 16oeaiywltTf
him. It. would be a great deal batter
for all concerned lf.ehe would assert
herself a little bit; 1f she would etand
up in the strength and dignity of her
wifehood and give him a severe tongue
laahlflg now and then. .- - " . ,
. -A wife doe not want to be too do- T.
die with a husband Ilk that. Sh
wasts to tell ; him exactly what she -think
of him. Sh want to staacThlm .
up before the mirror, scr that ha can '
Just th kind of an animal he really la! -
The easier a wife I with a husband
Ilk that the meaner he will treat her. "
Meaknea and docility are all right in
their tlm and place, but the thing
for the wlf with a thoughtless, lndlf.
ferent husband to do I to "go for"
him In dead earnest with th sharpen!
of sharp stick. V .... , . -s ,v " .
Thlrpdor. woman should assart hef .
rights her right a wife. .
A a wife he has the. right IB her
husband' protection and love; th right '.
to a perpetual klndnes at . that hus
band' hands;-the right to b treated '
with a delicacy and tenderness a thou- '
sandfnld greater than that with wnlch
th florist handle th rarest flower or
the goldsmith th most exquisite gem. -
Such ar the wife's right; and when
these rights ere Ignored or forgotten
she should not.be at alt backward la
letting the husband know that she fully'"
realise the situation; that sh quit '
clearly understands th fact that she I -not
getting whst belongs to her; and'
that he must either change hi tactic
or get .another place in which to t
sleep and play ths brute.
Is it too much to hop that the bus-
band in question 'msy ee thl article"""
and msy be moved Immediately there- .
after to do one of two thlnss treat
his wife better Of go out and sell him. i.,
elf to somebody for a hog?
On SOao, - '....'-., '.'?"
Mabel ' (atudytng her lesson) Papa,"
What la the definition of volubility? '
Mabel a Father My child, volubility It' '
a distinguishing feature or your moti? ,
when, otv account of urgent bualneas '
affairs, I don't happen to reach home
until after I o'clock in th morning.
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