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. , THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAIT PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST - 4.1907. Y5Y COUNT IsEO TOIsSTOY. IT i tl T was a hot June day. The air wu till. The foliage of the forest wm hlnlng. thick and green. Rare were the yellowed leaves that fell from the branch! and the lindens. Odor- -holaa Semlonovitch endeavored to calm the revolutionist. Thev sat down to the table at 7 o'rlock. After dinner the friends In stalled themselves on the veranda and nipped, as thejr talked, white wine dl- t A A J I ' S? T ous flowers enameled the eglantine luted with Iced mineral water. or with shade, and made the dew, with pulling one another, so busy shouting which the little girls were now drenched and beating the water with their less to the waist, glisten. They were near that they did not see the black cloud's) the further edge of the forest, but they which mounted the heavens from ih kept moving- on in a hope of finding west; they did not remurk that the sun more strawberries. All of a sudden, hid Itself from instant to Instant, that thickets; the clearings were l i methods of elections. Was indirect sadly tangled, and was not saying what one side and the carriage moved away, berrying. His mother gave him a pitcher from several directions at once, came the perfume of the flowers and of the WHO Jucem ine wneai mn:. unmms, renrenentntton to be nreferred or not ne meant 10 say, uui in me neat or me oens linmed ana tne St Ti ters- or milk. He cut himself a piece to he nreferrerf to un vAmn suffrage? u l.ti-unBion no cuuki nut una tne uuikikii, Kenny rouiteu uv wie nigmy ureHu ana sat aown to rne tame iu fin. in Thpv Tor Ahutinir vrv wurmlv when ngnt words. elastic springs, mused on the poverty tdav n... a n.,l A IntA thA H n nff.rnnm .1 . . V. , II X , .. V. , a Ul lUnH MHO LUU IHrrUW C3 UI II Ul UUHIUf H H. II W HlHneil Willi I V 1 1 R in., wincu iiiLv wnj ui,t,in i".,, oiiiiifui uu iul. nti ii i iiiuiijin nriti . i - - - - (protected against flies by muslin lonovitch, who was listening to his rnen"- , strides up Uie road (leaving behind mm the Jars were already half full. with their chemises clinging to their screens) for the tea. Interlocutor, bring solely intent on ex- Nicholas Semlonovitch, who did not ln.e ra5 iJ? . r?i . iwV iL Tne little girls met there Akoullna, dripping bodies, rati to their house, ate. undulating was ripe to bursting;. In the fields, the moor-hen cried. the oats and the barley quail whistled and deDorted by turns. The nightingale He cut hlm'lf a piece of the "Aou le to eat. girls whe When, clad only In a shirt and a pair lags later than they In search of ber of a band Of Women and birch leAvi-M hcesme morn rxinetrettiirr- iris who had rumo out from the vll- they did not hear the light claDS -f thunder, lint before thev hd th timA rles. At the lunch hour the baskets and to dress the rain fell. The little vtria in ine wouu eraiuca ...... During the serving or the tea, tne pressing the thought which lav clone immediately loin nis wire, tnougni tne -v. ... i. . .......... ... lneir aunt, wtio was also out straw- unu carried into tne neids tne alum trill. The heat was dry. tne oust on conVersatlon became general. Mary was to his heart, "without doubt. . but Bttme thing. "This Petershui glan nar- f " or emtuier man ni own win u berry-plcklng. Behind Akoullna trotted, of the plowmen. the roads wm a finger deep where un- BClinUy interested In It. all absorbed as the end can be reached by another path, rowness, Is frightful! They cannot hftapi1Ij'y J Mn.h..1!!? the ilttin n hl8 hig' ban(1y Ie8- a very llttle When they returned from the fWt 3i8tu,rbd .rTin Vens." cfouZ which he the Bins th" ange- not through a majority vote, but by a shake It off!" he said to himself. Sri" ffadJi?i out uilnni " the fresh 'my , w.,th ,a H1 belly' wh M" bure- their chemises were already dry Th- y Sf.Ti5d,.nmrem to tht right and ment of 0ofa's "t"c. general agreement .Look at the do- He did not hurrv to go to his wife, Ordure of the wU w"r already to h,""d.ed l7d hos, ""' 'rment w 11 sorted carefully the berries, but thsrr, mitL.-SS left Tney talk,'(1 of Tainting. Mary at- cision of the mlr!" ' for he foresaw trouble of some sort. be seen In the distance rriie nfght be- S -.. i8, 11Wtt'8 c 10 , my Into bowls and plates and carried th-ni Tomnitln, their tempted to prove that there Is In the ..Ah. this mlr!" Strawberries were at the root of all fore, each had n ade readv a llttlel)askel !aLa .Au"ntt l? "J9 Sir h to llle house of Nicholas Semlnovltch. v.,TM?-ii ?.nZw mZrl fhe hun- decadent school an Indefinable but un- ..ft ' '" , , , , ., 4K A the trouble. Some of the village chll- anr a Jar and without wasting any ttkln8" the youngster rj her arms. "I where they knew that they would be -rlfn- 22 taiilfL under the burK- deniable someihlng. At the moment, , """" ' dnled. ' said the doc- dren, th, afternoon before, had Brought time without even stopp'nV to take hnvo nol'Jy to mind him." Wfll pald G? nttZv$. the cows -he was not even thinking of decadent tor th tn s th, house and Nicholas Semi- Dr?ad, afte?UmakTng twTsins'of the "We were fr.ghtened Just now by a thls me the berries were not ivfi ,hi V.iv aonnmnanied bv painting; she was merely repenting tonsiiiuted. 1 would not atrirm, for onovltch, without bargaining, had cross, thev had set out ) nar a big one; he ran away. You UBnlj ,r f ohprdi LJ f hurrVin t? their sta- what she had heard said many times nstan7: at the Polish right of veto bought two platefuls of the fruit, which t.ku. i!LI tw' , ,h ,.t ought to have teen him." wanted there the cowherds are hurrying 10 tneir sin i1.fora is the Ideal " was not verv rlne The children had Taraska Joined thern In the great .?Ah, . ,.. . , AkouIin, Th Rh As soon as Mary, who, stlfl ng with ua'rdnghhoonhi1 road- Fothe guest, the subject was totally jmit me to finish my thought." run up ohlm a't oncelnS had eatena.l vfh7nn "esr iZrTJ dew "Th. Pt the, child tk Vrout Z'1" "nlng'ln an' easy oBalr in Sides Women are ZJiInf sacks of devoid of Interest, but he had heard de- MM Nicholas Semlonovitch "The Hus- the berries. Mary was In her room at ae;yth,?nra ah Xla 'd th- TowJst tt'aln- h$l- W'l lRht l th! "V'S Irass pulled in the woof little girls cadent painting ridiculed and he talked Man people has special qualities. These the time, and when she learned that g!1? .hHes The bare legs of Soon the little girls left Akoullna and f T with their berries she signaled ?Sd maidens race together to thlcliets about It with such a display of knowl- qualities. ..." strawberries had been given toQoga, a n.c"f ' benched and chl fed bv resumed their picking. to them with a movement of her fan to wher?nesul the strawberries they will edge that no one would have suspected , " was Interrupted by the arrival of she was very angry, since the child's JJJ K'r, 8- d8re("rh wlra"dd by theft "Now we wl" a 11,tle blt " 8al1 K aWay- wn.er? nL8"".i"" ".w y,.. c i,iirf.r,t r, in the servant, who annroachei with his stomach was alreadv out of order. She ine new,, were soon warmed ry tneir n .ittlnir down l i t he thlelr ohn.le ,f ---- - . - . wn Kin? now on inn nnmui ErrnNa nnn - - . ... ,..rf v ....... Betl to toe city jiuiiib wnu un. v v luiiid .....4 i ...v,...., v.. .j v,,- into the country for the summer. These the decadent school of painting, but to e'?, ndlr "Pen last, who occupy villas of pretentious every other school. L"? C'',L, architecture, are either strolling under Nicholas Semionovitch knew by the ,L ,, K, A, t parasols In light, elegant, costly cos- look oi his wife that something was tumes along their graveled walks or troubling her, and he feared some sort they are sitting in tne snaae 01 grovra or a oisagreeaDie scene. tfesiaes, it which are fitted with tables, and, over- did not amuse him to assist at the come by the heat, are drinking tea or desinemberment 0 what she had said cooling beverages. already a hundred times. Near the superb villa of Nicholas The splendid bronxe chandelier was Semionowitch. adorned with a tower, a lighted In the dining-room and Vene- veranda, little balconies, a gallery all tian lanterns In the court. The chil- fresh. new anJ, spick and span, stands a dren wr(, ent t0 bed after the little carriage drawn by three horses wearing patient had been Worked over a trifle, bells, which, for 16 roubles the round xhe pst, Nicolas Semlonovitch and trip, has brought a gentleman from St. tho doctor went out on tha veranda Petersburg. This gentleman, a politl- aKalri. The vnlet brinK8 candles fitted clan, tolerant, very much in view, who wUn 1)tUe Bhadcs mineral water and serves on all the committee and all the ., , ,,. mui,. ,k. Mmm(nn who romnoBes with great ""'""i" mo kjiivoi- -Jne conversation ran on. The dawn h VimlKnMi BaM,n bRinS V grOW anlma,,-d They beKan t() Bppear bl,hln(1 the wnod on the who ?llT himself I lthful subject askcd eBch other whnt r"p-a"-os the other Hlde of the road and the nlghtin- 7MSZnJwTtotr fovernment ought to take at this lilghly gaie to sing; and still the group cSntln- itnr ai n icMdlnrlT busr man. he important turning point in tne nisiory ued to smoke and talk, to talk ieveVv SthSIya Tv) with hit of Russia. The guest and the host smoke. They would be talking yet Is getting uneasy," Tell him that I am going to leave soon, and that I will pay him for his time what is proper." "Very well, sir." The valet withdrew, and Nicholas Semlonovitch was able to continue the development of his Idea. Hut the guest and the doctor had heard it a score of times already (at least, so it seemed to them), and they began to contradict him. especially the guest, by citing ex amples drawn from hlstorv He was ex ceedingly well versed in history. The l v. ..... 1 1 nainniK, iiun i 1 1 1 1110 iiuiiiiu kiiid n V hAP3ti i Trl ih. hw on the dry soil. The strawberries I1;-.. i-i- Ji0"61 were especially abundant In the cop- and the result was almost a quarrel. Pefl fiere wnerp ,he KrRJ,s n0, vey The wife, wearing a wrapper of flow- high, mingled with the young shoots, ered silk, of which she was very fond, the strawberries lay hidden whitish, but to hlch she gave scarcely a pinkish and. In spots, completely red. thought now. was in the children's Squatting on the ground, the little girls room; she was holding a candle for picked berry after btrry; and with their the doctor, who, with a very grave air, tiny brown fingers 4hey put the least was examining the child. perfect ones Into their mouths and the "Yes," she exclaimed. In an important rest into their baskets, tone, "It Is those accursed strawberries!" "Olga, here are heaps of them! Tou "Why. precisely strawberries?" que- wouldn't believe It!" ried Nicholas Seri)lonovltch, timidly. "No, no! You're wrong!" a walnut tree. Oh, how tired I am! Rut Vala. tho oldest son. a bov of If Why didn't we bring some bread? I vears. who was resting from the over would bo glad enough to eat some now." work of the lycle and who at that mc Ho would I." said Groushka. "Why Is Aunt Akoullna calling loud? Do you hear her?" "Aou! Aunt Akoullna!" "Aou!" answered the aunt. "What Is It?" ment was playing croquet with some so neighbors, ran to Olga. when he caught sight of the berries, and asked her how: much they were: "Thirty kopeks." The ao .lnur " ,.M V. IT. an M "Isn't the little boy With VOU?" Called Ihol t.on , 'woo 1nrai, Vw.ar-lr, Aunt Akoullna from the direction of the it Ba, Dv his elders ravine. No." Immediately after the branches parted and Why? You gave tnem to mm to oat,, "Aou!" cried from lime to time the L,,: i uni ytnou- I have been up all night with him children, hidden from each other by the "na nerseir. ner sKirt tucked up above o .cior siue , w tne guest, Whose eru- and the chlld U KOln to dl. uiu'iii ui uuiiiuvii, unu ti,- o.a jTiiv. li tail i cu to have made IiIh acquaintance. The conversation ran on. 1 he dawn thickets. 'No, he will not die," said the doctor, Turaska went off by himself to a smiling; "a little bismuth and all will coppice on the farther side of a. ravine be well. We will give him some right consisting of young walnuts and planes, away." which were already as tall as a man. "He was gone to sleep again," said The grass there was ranker and thicker she and the berries there were bigger and "Well, then, no bismuth. I will come Juicier than elsewhere, tomorrow." "Oroushka!" "Thank you." "Aou!" her knees and her basket In her hand. "You haven't seen the little boy?" "But this is terrible! "Ml-l-l-leh-ka!" No answer. Mlehka!" 'Oh! what a shame! He has irone .irl astray! He will be lost In the big wood!" V "Hold on! Oo around this corner and wait for me there." And he started to go to his old nurse. During his ab sence, Olga and Oroushka admired a glass globe on which they saw a llttle house, some woods and some gardens: and this globe and the many other things they saw did not astonish them, for they expected to find the most mar velous things In this world of nobles mysterious and incomprehensible to if a ml ' - -we i men. no nismum. i win coma juicier man eisewuure. ' in n? uik wuou. ir.i. i i i .. u . i , j ,i.H ki. ui ivuhbih. i ne Kueai aim mo nosi smoke. ncv would lie tnlKlns- vet ner- 4 . n ...v,v.i'- ( irn inmi. un ,mMiv or. " - i i"" vu in? t"mirVytm h dld Vot cease for a moraent to talk and haps, if the chambermaid had not ap- f-Thank you." "Aou!" with Oroushka to look for the child on -u" a"lfe,11a"d-t.d 2i ZJH 2?X2S almost of the same party. They differ . Li pearea. ... t The doctor went away, but it was long "And the wolf!" one side or the wood; Akoullna takes Ju" . " J .C" , " U V only regarding the manner in which . wuisme, n v pone-uociiero, mignt sne was i an orpiian wno, to earn ner before Nicholas Semlonovitch succeeded "What wolf! Why do you frighten tne onposte direction. Incessantly she V. tm f iin, to M h. institutional nrlnclDlea should be an- be hcard the tinkling of the bells of living, had been obliged to enter domes- calmlnir his wife. When he finally me? But I'm not afraid!" answered called "Mlehka!" In sonorus tones, but them to him Trying to escape the no J"'"'- . . .... - tA ., r ik. r o n.erM.n.w o n .ho l" ' " y. ;.-. "!.""'" ..f " " .T.' V , j .. . of refreshment nfter his nainfnl nirht t" ,i.v. o .nv, nnrnhon fnr- Dostllllon. who now yawned and now cloves bad seduced ner and sne nad ne- At , 1 v, ..t. orH tho ho.t behind. . oniy just risun anu was smoiM: ciallsm. He draws enormous salaries snored. This postillion had worked come a mother. But her child died, and the children of the neighboring vll- "Taraska has gone Into the ravine. But Olga ran. without stopping, now andreadlnK 'll8v.paP.r.8,' he brought th in the positions he fills. Nicholas more than 20 years for the same em- Then she entered the service of a func- Jag,e were returning to their homes, Taraska! Aou!" to the right, now to the left, looking - koPek8 to, . 'ttle,Blrls and Jfi i,.k ... u . 4. a a ninvAr end ent ell nta n-atrea to hiQ tionarv. whORe son. a collegian, had a - ..n-Ai v, nMfin nn .uki a . "Amii! anctveroA TmiB k evervwhere voured the plate of berries. Russian, orthodox, somewhat Slavophile brother In the country except the three lowed her no peace. Finally she had en- were 0n horseback; others led their ravine. "Come here!" The voice of Akoullna became fainter On her return to the houscyj&a un-j ond possesses several thousand decla- to five roubles spent for drink. tered ns second chambermaid the serv- horses by the bridle, -while the colts ran "We are coming. Over there, there and fainter as she went farther anil tied with her teeth the confer of ner tines of land When from several quarters the ' of Nicholas Semlonovitch, where behind. are more." farther away. Olga had already given handkerchief Into which the 20 kopeks? They have dined in the garden; they cocks began to call and challenge each she was happy. Here her wages were Taraska Regounor, a barefooted boy And the little girls went down the "P the hunt and was returning to her wero knotted and gave them to heif have been served a dinner of five other, the coachman awoke and began paid her regularly and she had a safe cf 12 years, in a short pelisse and a bank of the ravine, holding on by the starting point, when. In a clump of mother. The mother put the money but. by reason of the heat, to ask himself If he had not been for- e. cap, mounted on a mare and holding by sapling twigs, un tne other side they ousnes near ine trunk of a young linden. awy m a Bare piace. ana garnered up) ine Dridie a gelding bay like his dam, louna a clearing studded with straw- ne neara tne persistent and despairing l"e uea domes to go to tne river, was galloping toward the village ahead berries. Quickly they became silent so cry of a bird and of her troubled Taraska. who, since lunch, had beonl of all the others. A black dog ran gayly as to work better with their hands and brood. Evidently the bird was afraid helping his father work the soil, was before the horses, turning round often mouths. Suddenly they heard a rustl- of something. Olga peered Into the sleeping at this moment In the thick: tn look At them. A vnun tr bnv ntnlllnn insr. which anneared nomethtno- tei-rthlA thicket, which wan snrrounrierl v.i, shade of An onlr R1m fnthor Beaten replied tiie maid (Nicholas Nikolale- pranced, proudly kicking out now to the to them in the midst of this silence, thick, white-flowered grass, and dis- beside lilm, was watching the horno, . ni-ii wji.i vxogn, uu mm 'ii!ii mo ngniana now 10 tne leri. rarasKa, ar- ana tney saw tne grass ana tne twigs mere sometning resembling a wnicn was browsing near the edge ar strawberries). rived at his ia. hitched the horses near tremble. Groushka was wild with forest knoll. She approached and m. a neighbor's land, and which, in snita courses; but. by they have eaten almost nothing, so that gotten. He descended from his seat and tne pains or tho cook, wno receives 4u entered the villa. He perceived his roubles a month, and the labor of his passenger seated, eating something, and scullions, who have been particularly talking between mouthfuls. H did realous out of reject for the guest, not dare show himself, and went in rave practically gone for nothing. These Quest of a valet She came to pay that madame desired the doctor and Nicholas Semlonovitch. "What Is the matter?" demanded the latter. "Nleholas Nikolalevltch Is not well,' diners have rellxhcd only the cold soup the fresh salmon and the parti-colored ices, attractive In form, ornamented with filaments of sugar and surrounded by tiny cakes The valet. In livery, was sleeping In the chair in the hall. The poHtllilon woke mm. The valet, an ancient serf, who supported by his earnings (the place was advantageous; 16 rubles per "Well, in anv avent, It Is time to go, the door and entered the hall. ' fright, and spilled half of the berries amlned It closely. It was Mlehka. It f the fact that his forefeet were tied. saia 1 "e guest. i.kik, 11 is uayiigni. "un! still Bleeping: cried ne to nis sne naa picKea. Was Or ADO Ilk H that the hlrrl I'm fV-,l.l wiih in Hnnnir nt u n v mnntunt nf nlTio! We have parted well," he added, smiling, sisters and to his brother, who slent on "Mamma!" she shrinked, heo-lnnlno- tn and against Mlehka t The other diners were the physician, a ?nn ,ML fJ:J. tJr i content with himself and with his com. the floor in the hall. The mother, who weep. 0 out. Mlehka was lying upon his tat meadow. very liberal man; the tutor of the chil- veir) his numerous family five girls Panlons- wn nna, permuted turn to laiK slept with them was already up to milk "It Is a hare! A hare, Taraska! A Deny, with his hands under his head The family of Nicholas SemlonovJtcH rtren: a stuaeni, a nerce revolutionary - . 't bo jumt)ed UDl shook him- , "a ou "'" luu la,co,. . . . , "ar: mere it is:' cried Jlttle Olga, ""u ' oanuy jogs stretched out; ho had resumed Its ordinary aspect; every OULlrlllDL WIIUIIJ UI1IV llLIIUlftB DBIIllUnil" 1 t.AAUA4 niant rt hfo m u a ' v 1 . wjsjn, juniwu ouun. UUI WH1I J'f IIIUII IV t UI U W II UttUtt. HIJU ft DHIT OL " "'. I'' iniriK WEL& sTOlTI ft WPII- thA iiaf3Kiiiis uriiuimiwi e.f ucr twu nanus iioi iuoifu uiuiiuw ninuti, t;airj iia.il jnuuen uy me grfisg. ' , 1 xt, t revo'Ull"nary and two boys Jumped up, shook him- Te '-e rf the nnL1,.c5?i" SthT': ftretohed and went to tell his mas- le'TVheea eh,e ,UovftkchM.TthehrefS " the Patllllon W" ettln nc" with Vflcu vitch can hold 1 of Nicholas Semi children, of whom the smallest did not appear until dessert. The dinner was a trifle dull; first because Mary, an ex cessively nervous woman was anxious about tne stomach of Gorea (the pet name of Nicholas, the youngest child) and secondly, because the moment the ed blonde mane, ears half hidden bv the rmsa "Whnt Olga woke him. gave him nnmA ir, innni, n-n . ,i .k v, i,,, t lt V,o a lnn Knl fw tha r. A T?l. l . U , o.i j V i V,ai--ou X. I . ;"vii i.iuj auu HIO iimo lion '""I 11..,. i,u ,,Uw 1., mm rcuivn, wnv (w "cdf"ib wiud 1a ma inaiLt;r wnii you i sne uemanaea 1 a nu t-aiu ma muiner. Deen reirailnir themselvea nnon It buo pniVnto7i tn "loieaiter uiga noooay went to the table, beuase no Ha ? tu Vl h ""eft" and relatives body was hungry. Nicholas Semiono Sld u the people she met how she vitch was proud of his opinions, whoso n? AVn n fr and f0und the chihl va'ue was evident to him. becntiso ha conversation touched on polities, the velop along other lines. What Is student In order to show that he was needed, before anything else, is liberty, not afraid to-exDress hi ontninns before political liberty. . . . the anybody, took part In the conversation ; safeguard of the rights of others." VOUS. sruest'H bat and umbrella, which had ber. her bend hurled In a nel I use. ruhheH nt nrnnslilra ivlinn l,a,a ua ,iiu When the valet approached the talk- fiet, mislaid In some corner or other, her eyes. appeared, ers, the discussion -was In full swing. Tne va!pt counted on a good fee, but the The night before the children had de- "I thought it was the wolf," answered The doctor, who had joined tne group, guest, always generous, being In tho elded to go strawberrying, and Taraska Groushka, passing aulcklv from frieht v.n UI.IIIS "- nam 01 giving at least a rouoie worn naa promisea to wane nis sister ana nis ana tears to a Joyous laugh. or AKOunna. had refonnd them that vrv mnrnlni? "I cannot admit, said the guest, nut hv the vmntinn. fora-ot nil ehont little brother a non as he return,., i -Tho mnici V., ....-11.. The ..,n -iu ,". erouna mem that very morning tha. me Russian people, ought to de- the fee, and it was not until he was 011 from his night watch, and he had kept "I had a blue fright!" saltf Groushka. forest and heated with Tta rev. ih! !..,VLen"'!Bi)e.r; Iarjr. wa8-tr?"'lli his way that It occurred to him that hj hla word. During the night, sitting at bursting into a laugh, sonorous as a earth and everything upon It out of order The doctor was content "'""'."" " uu lHRe a Datn, said because the remedy which he hail nre- had not given anything to the valet the base of a thicket, he had fought bell. "Bah! so much the worse! The coachman mounted his against sleep; but now he was com- They picked all the berries there and some little girls who came running scm bok. pletely awake and was eager to be off moved on. The sun was already un; It All together they went slnglnir to "h Ann VaTJ , J?,r Ku!d.hewd!! r v. k I ttx-reimon thu Vi . C J, 1 11 Z, J Th. .,.( felt hat h WAS B-ettln nlekerl n the rein, eeten hlmaelfTn If nnn with the other children ,lrn kVlA Th " 1 fi.-f . "'1' ...It. L.""'' Wt"1 L."1""'""- 10 n? Ana Vala Was blissful becatie he haj ' " ' - - ajiu as. -' " r " " - . . . vuui ni VI I iiail t DJUia V 3 J, J W CI O BU UUi JJUBi 8hi"g anil eaten a hoaping plate of strawberries. OBEDIENT TO CONDITIONS-Hard Work and Necessary Drudgery Useful Discipline, Needed in Development w By Jo"hn Anderson Jayne. hkin you were a boy or a girl In school how you did dread "examination day!" It mat- dlence thereunto, that revealed your ments measure the heat of the floor strength and nrowess and lts sap1" u"'ler a load Of pig iron, sirengtn and prowess lg0 pound-3 to the BnUflre fool Thsl) I Ate has many hard conditions that water Is turned on the whole and after It nlneea nnnn men vhn ar desirous of the floor has cooler ft weis-ht of fi(16 tered little how harrt you had leavln? the low level of mediocrity and pounds to the square foot Is placed upor worked during the term, or the emlng nut at last on the high plateaus it If it stands this tremendous strain ui an acnieved success, rne ODeaience ine uuor system is approvea. to the conditions tests ability to re- It is the condition obeyed that re ceive and rightly use the coveted promo- veals the strength or the weakness -of tlon. the flooring. One may imagine a man In Columbia university there are ufacturer unwilling to submit his floor many Interesting buildings set apart by lng to such a test, even while he was ..- mreciors ror specific purposes, malting tne most extravagant claims ror Jimnng tiicm none Is more Interesting l"e one erected for the nurooso out- tue claims or inventors ' tandJng In the class to which you luul come, "examination day" was a dread, - a possible danger and a great bit bugbear. But when it was all over and vou bad passed Its conditions sue- cessfuUy, it was a proud moment in TOOr JJf When you heard the teacher of "trylnsr i call t, out jOulr, name as being among and I mnuracturers of fireproof flooring ?fV" n5?K l.rl.ZV-. !'fIedK.18 .un.1.(lu' The niaterial Is built of his employers, or comes to exalted p ' ?"''. " . " TTi i- i'"-y Mil" uuiiaing as a roof to the build- nosltion In VIZ l.g . naf -" hullt a fierce fire. Dot what it. Hie unwillingness to obey the con ditions is the proof of his lack of con fidence in his flooring. Men are tested in this world by means Of many tests. Rartly Is there, if ever, a man who rises high in the estimation Inr of tha fast gave you and knew you, confidence that better things averaging 1.700 degrees the confidence of the public passes through crucial tests. Fahrenheit, It Is the test tnat reveals the inber- other words, can you meet the. test?" Is the query that Is asked of all aspi rants for better positions. If the af firmative answer is given, then the testing begins; tha "try-out" reveals the worth or the worthlessness of the af firmative answer. You are wondering today, young man. why your life conditions are so hard why your employer surrounds you with such exacting rules and conditions. Rest assured your employer sees In you pos sibilities of greater things, or he wouldn't waste time in "trying you out." Employers, as a rule in this world, em ploy young men, not old men, as super intendents. The hardest thing in the world to find Is a thoroughly prepared man for a speclfio place and work. Hence the employer, in looking over the host of young men who apply for posi tions, sees in this, that or the other one the faint promise of possibility. The young man may be the young main who will become It in the days that are. lo come. As fire reveals the presence of silver and separates the dross from the precious metal, so the testing,- the obedience to the conditions, tries out tie young man. Its a good thing to remember when youare wciklng mir iuAdea by uhCtuiK i-OQdiuoR tiiat joa are In the process of the "tryout. If you meet all the conditions you are sure to' rise to the place that is awaiting you. At the age of 23 Mr. Gladstone adopted as one of the mottoes of his life, the old Greek quotation from Thrucydldes: "We should remember that man differs little from man, ex cept that he turns out best wh is trained in the sharpest school." Your sharp school of today, with its handicapping conditions, may In the days that are to come reveal you to the world as "the best trained." Consider it SENSE OF SIGHT IN ANTS Experiments Indicating That They Don't Depend on .Smell. Tbe"bld theory that ants could not see and were guided entirely by sense of smell has been demolished by a series of experiments reported In the Revue Sc.lentifque. A Utfo platform ofj:card--: board w .ui aet u oac one of thulrjiesU . : - "si with inclined plane leading conveniently down to the entrance. Then a number of the insects and a quantity of their eggs were placed upon the platform. For a few minutes the ants seemed greatly perturbed, but they very soon round the Inclined plane and at once started carrying the eggs down it to the nest. A second Inclined plane was located on the opposite side or the platform, but they took no notice of it. The experi menters then twisted the platform around so that the second plane pointed to the nest entrance. Without hesitation the ant's ceased using the old plane and took the new one, showing cincluslvely. It is argued, that they were not following a trail by scent, but were getting their bearings by some other sense. The next step was to mark some of the ants with a view to seeing whether each individual always used the. same fath sad the same entrance to his nest t wa found that no such thing was tha case. - They all seemed t. know all the en trance, and to have a sense of their gl rectloji. Thev struck out ryjw pathsMr themyivu without fmL This wag re garded as establishing some form ofl vision. Finally, an electrlo light bulb was set up near one entrance to the nest. It seemed to have an Immediate attraction for the ants, as they unanimously used the entrance on that side coming to and going from the nest Then it was changed over to the other side, causing; great excitement apparently among th-i insects, which ended In their changing over to the newly Illuminated way. Changes in the brilliancy of the light seemed to have no perceptlhlo effect on the ants, but they never failed to detect the change of direction. All posslblo precautions were taken to prevent tha heat frorn the lamp from reaching them, so that It Is regarded as certain that mey perceived the light. For the purpose of lmprovln wonting condition of federal, state a municipal employes In the United- States, a national committee on wel fare work for government employes has been appointed by the welfare depart ment of .the ;k$ tonal Civic Fefretlon. 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