CÁAre re india .
TO BUILD VESSELS ONE-FIFTH OF A MILE LONG
of the <«»♦•< Cweaea Oder
Whir A the tooolrr Bugova.
It Is a rapid age In which we live. So new are the
new (hrtiarders that i»ne has not had time to lose wonder
over these gigantic liners, to cease to marvel at their
immensity of length and tremendous power. It looked
ns though these 7!S)-feet steamships were to be the last
word in marine construction, and that their 6.8.<««> horse
r»wer marked the limit of motive strength. But now,
while one is yet marveling at these new marvels, It Is
announced that the White Star Steamship.Company has
contracted for the «smstruction of two steamships that
are to have the amazing length of 1,000 f«»et each, a
lengt-h 210 feet greater than that'of the Lusitania and
320 feet more than was the length of Brunel’s great
failuro—the Great Eastern. These two steamships aro
Intended th be far ahead of anything yet designed. Ex
traordinary speed will not be sought for in these larger
vessels.
About twenty knots an hour will U» their
gait
COMPARATIVE TABI« OT OCEAN LINER*
Length,
i tata.
feet.
Great Eastern .............. . .......................... . IMS
aso
a.-.i
Name.
...................................................... .187«
.1885
.1893
Kaiser Wilhelm <4er Grosse...................... .189»
Britannic
. r.so
. 1903
AdriitH ............... ....................................... . 190T
Lusitania ...................................................... .1907
New White Star Liners............................ .1908
M»»»•*••»«»•••••*•*»•••»••
I
t
j Play too with fire |
BOO
«i o
625
603
678
723
790
1,0110
Displacement,
tons.
27.0« 10
8.50Q
• 10,500
18.000
20,800
23.600
26.000
38.000
45.000
about.60.0i JO
afraid I must be going. So glad to have
seen you Alra. Aioworay. rruy give iny
kind regards to your husband and tell
him how greatly I regret------ "
“Now you are more foolish than ever,
Geoff,” «he laughed-.. “I’m not going to
let you go ao acim. You must come
often, and we must fc*e a. great-deal of
one another. I get so- hored at times.
Sit'down and have some tea, and tell
me all about South Africa.”
At tea their tete-a-tete was interrupt
ed by the appearance of the professor
and hla sister. The professor was an
elderly man, stooping slightly under the
weight of his years, a trifle short-sight
ed, ami with little puckerings about his
right eye due to years of research at
the microscoi*. Hla sister, almost his
own age, rigidly erect In black satin,
had obvously no touch of his absent-
mindedness. She waa even unpleasant
ly alert; and Geoffrey, ns he caught her
eye fixed u]>on him wltli. suspicious In
quiry, felt absolutely uncomfortable,
and was glad when toe time came when
he could take.his departure gracefully.
"Good-bye, Geoff,” said Kitty,, na she
ah<x>k bands. “Remember now—we ex
pect to gee a good deal of you aa loug
aa you are In town.”
“Delighted," murmured the professor.
'‘I’m a busy man myself. But my wife
will always be glnd to entertain you.”
Geoffrey lost no time in availing film
self of the Invitation so frankly ex
tended. At theaters, at concerts and
in the park, he was constantly to be
seen In Kitty’s society. Her manner
He lunch»«! at bls club; and'drovs to
Cavendish wptare In the afternoon, A
footman Informed him that Mrs. Mow-
bray was at home, and he wac shown
Into tin* drawing room and left to his
own reflations. After an Interval of
olssit five minutes she came In.
The three years which Imd piiMixl
glikce he bad well her hud warcvly
«■banged her at all. lie noted the small
head perfectly pois»>d. with Its crown of
fair lislr, the slightly tilted chin, and
the gray «“y»-s that had lhigA“ei! in hits
memory ever since she had dismissed
film. Now he saw them light up with
pleasure at the sight of him. She sml-Dd
radiantly.
"Geoff!" »lie said, "Is it possible?”
"It's more than- possible, it’s an ac
tual fact,” lie replied. "I got back to
England a wt»ek
She finked at
»>.ne side.
"You’re not changed,” sh» pro
««Minced, after a pause of Inspection,
"You are,” he answered.
I
"Am I? In what way?”
“In a very ini|x>rtant one. When I
left you you were a girl ; now you’re, a
married woman.”
“A change for the better." she laugh
ed lightly.
"(tf course! Esi»><-lnlly when your
tiushand is
celebrated a man.”
"(th. celebrity has its penalties," she
answered, smiling. "Y<»u s«“e. my bus
band is so Immersed in his work i
1ms so. many scientific meetings to
tend that I see very little of him.
tini«“* f am tempted to -wish that
was not i|qite so distinguished.”
“An ill-mitunsl frhaid," he said,
cheerfully, "informed me this morning
that you crept uuder the lens of Ills
microscopi» In order to attract his at
tention."
"Horrid! Who was it? Well, in a.
way C suppose I did. At least, I took CONST4HTI.T TO BE SEEN 1N KITTY’S 80-
•
CIETY.
a lively interest in all his doings. 1
had made up my mind to marry hint, tantalized him. She was always friend
end found th«» Infusoria the
way ly, always glad to se«» him; and there
of acoompllstdng my purpose. You s»*- were times, when he thought-that thel?
» «in frank.”
itlmacy was becoming more than mere
"Very frank And now that you have friendliness But Kitty was elusive.
•ccompHshed it. < supp>se you are She knew how to skate daintily over
quite happy.”
thin ica. to turn a difficult situation
“Not quite. One can’t be quite happy tilth a laugh. It was slow work. But
In thia world, can one? • You see, a in proportion to Ita dlffinilty. bls de
Wientlflc man can't he always looking sire increased until It became a pas
down the mlcria»cop<> at one object. So sion, wasting Ills days and giving him
After « time he t<a>k me off the «Ilde sleepless nights. lie hated the profes
end ts-geu looking et ttm oilier—Infti sor now. and mingled with hla hatred
»orla."
wne a touch of contempt for the man
“Kitty! You don’t mean------ !”
who, ¡«»asesslng such a treasure, did not
Hhe broke Into a ripple of laughter.
know how to value It.
“You alMiird boy!” she cried. “How
He was sitting nt tea with her. His
confit you ftilnk
! But you don't manner wak m<s«ly and attracted.
know the professor. He Is older than After a pause he looked up.
I am, of course And I don’t eupposc
"I’m going away," he announced,' ab
fee had ever looked nt a woman before ruptly.
—well, before I put myaelf under th«“
"Going away!" ehe cried, lnvoluntar
leiiw And now that he baa actually ily. “When?"
»isrrlMl one of us-has gone through
“Tonight.”
th«* ceremony, so to speak—I am «uro
"To-night! Why?”
tie «vineldera that he has «lone his duty
“Why not? I’m doing no good here
by the sei for the rest of his days. No. I've been a fool for staying so long.”
He lias gone back to the other kind of
She »trove to laugh, but the effort
Infusoria horrid little things with wa» a failure. She was conscious of a
waggly tall® He find« them more at- momentary sense of restraint. Then
tractive. You s«“e how frank I am."
she was actually frightened ns he rose
"Then be franker still," he replied, and came over to her.
"and tell me why you married him?”
"You know why I am gplng," he said,
"Well, It was a kind of experiment," tensely. “What right had yon to play
«he silmitt«»«!. "1 wanted to know how With me all this time—to hold out a
It felt to be the wife of n celebrated promise?”
man; and besides I fell In love with
"I gave no promise,” she Interrupt-
him."
ed. quickly.
"<nd wa» there nothing?" he asked,
“No, you didn’t; not In so many
in a »lightly lowered tone, "no thought words. You hadn't the pluck for thnt.
You didn’t mean anything really, You
uo memory of—•?”
•
were cont«“nt to play."
"Of?”
She was fascinated hj his earnest
"Well, of pie?” hq said, bending down
• little toward Ip'r and looking keenly ness.
"But. Geoff." she whispered. “If I
Into her s»ye«.
.
w*ere not playing?”
She blushed a little.
"N<’ne at all," she answered, hurried- ’ Ike knelt beside her. and his fingpiw
"Don't be foolish. G««eff All th’nt tightened upon her arm.
“If yon were not I Kitty! Do yon
boy iftid g^-l nonsense win over ever so
meiin w^nt jgm are saying? Come with
long ago."
mA then—<x>me tonight. I’ve made all
He straighten«»«! himself.
.-»rrauSMACiit« to lew» for Barlt
“Oh. well " be sulci. morosely.
■
Indicated
horsepower
of engine»..•
7,650
B.500
14.300
8U.0O0
80.000
86.000
38,1 >00
<0.000
68,000
..........
• peed.
knots.
14
15
18
20
22
23
23 >4
2.3
24 >4
20
IBM >t tt»»»-giAih-st •'hila to-day In
pulía is tbxt.*>f «•#«!». whieh divides
«■■:<*$ up ocg the Hliulus iu such a
giannir that tlwre
he no inter-
o iiTse It whn the niemis-r of different
grnilea. The t.or wmiu cast«» In India
ar-- tie Frahuian«, or sacerdotal caste;
th» ••huftree. <>r militar.» , the vaisya,
oT wercmitile. and the sudras. or ser-
rile class
But there are almost ln-
numerable other classes, of whom the
very lowest are the Chandala. or
pariahs, creatures so vile that to. those
above them their very shadow is a pol-
lutlon. For the members of one of
these classes to mingle among and per-
form service for th^ members of an
other caste is unthinkable, and »ideep-
]y Is Indian society permeated with
this pernicious principle that the whites
»re constant sufferers from It, 'Pius
the servant who may sweep your room
would not groom your horse, nor cut
the grass on you-r lawn, for these an*
the business of other castes. Where a
person loses caste by some Infringe
ment of the rules governing it, lie sinks
into a lower caste and transmits that
heritage to his children. The people
of one caste .cannot trade with those
of another, and in a multiplicity of
ways the evils of-the system affect the
Hindus. Between the latter and the
Mussulmans, of whom there are many
millions lu India, then* is a deep an-
tipatb.v.
Our illustration, taken from , the II-
fustrated London News, depicts an in-
cident which shows the superficial
manner In which the rule of caste may
be evaded. In towns where Hindus and
Mohammedans live side by side, the
sellers of -drinking water supply the
liquid through little port holes, one for
each, religion. The drinker Is thus sup
posed to be Ignorant of the caste of
can catch the 11 o’clock' from Victoria,
Will you come?”
"Oh, how can I? Yes. No. I don’t
.know !”
The sound of the opening door star-
tied them. He stood up swiftly, just In
time, Miss Mowbray, the professor's
sister, entered the room. When she
saw them her eyelids narrqwed. Half
an hour later Miss Mowbray confront
ed her brother In his study.
•
•
•
•
•
Geoffrey hafi.intended to send In the
note by the servant. But seeing the
professor, a flash of -mischievous hu-
mor made him band It to him.
"For Mrs. Mowbray?” he said. “Do
you mind? Thanks, so good of you. It
contains a few .arrangements for our
expedition this evening. We are going
to the theater.”
The professor took it In silence, and
watched him as he turned away. Then
he went Into the house and enter«»d the
drawing room. His wife was leaning
against the mantelpiece.
“From Mr. Arnott,” he eald, handing
it to her gravely.
She opened it with assumed careless
ness. It contafped a desperate appeal.
For a moment she felt an intense indig
nation that he should have dared to
make her husband the bearer of such a
message. Then the fire died down, and
she thought of what life might possibly
come to mean with a man who loved
her and who did not merely accept her
•ns a fact in the routine of à somewhat
colorless life. She raised her eyes to
meet those of her husband.
"Thomas,” she said, curiously, “aro
you busy this evening?”
“I have a meeting,-” he answered du
biously.
"Is it very • Important?” she asked,
with a slightly mocking stress upon the
word.
It has a certain -Importance.”
Then you wouldn’t give It up If I
asked you?” she said slowly.
Some instinct told him that the ques
tion' meant much to him.
"I would,” he answered, quietly. •
"Oh, Thomas !” she cried, surprised.
“But your meeting! Why?”
EVADING THE LOSS
“Because, my • dear.” he answered,
courteously, “I. consider it more ine the man who supplies the water and
portant to please you. Do you really his own caste Is consequently unbroken.
wish me to give It up?”
•For a Brahman, for Instance, to be
"Mr. Arnott and I am going to n - served by a Mussulman would be a
theater," she said. “I do wi»b you 1 desecrntion of the latter’s holy state,
i
would come with us.”
for the Brahmans are regarded by the
“I- wljl," he answered.
Hindus as divine and fit subjects for
She let the letter fall Into the fir". veneration even by the gods.
and watched Its edges curl and blacken
In the flames.
▲ JAULTY HABIT OT MIND
"He is to call for us at 7,” she said.
The theater party ffas not a success. TBInge to A vol» IV Blit Wool« Slee»
Constraint reigned in the box. Arnott
In • Reetful Wag.
«trove hard for a word with Kitty, but
The number of people who in sqrfte
she gave him no chance. She kept her of themselves count the hours through
husband constantly at her side. When the night In a vain endeavor to win
it was over, Arnott ehook bands, a de sleep Is surprising. “Couldn’t sleep."
feated man. ’.
Is tlie apol<<y for heavy eyes and
“Good-bye, Mrs. Mowbray," he eald. brain. Coffee; worry. excitement,
“I shall not see you again. I leave for scapegoats only, and do not he.lp
solve the problem. Why can we
Paris to-morrow.”
"A pleasant journey,” she answered, sleep?
Sleeplessness. In the majority, of
When lie had gone, th» professor,
«»orisclous of the evening's restraint. cases, is due to a faulty habit of mind.
•The preparation for a sleepless nlgh't
ltwked at her anxiously.
"I’m afraid you have not had a pleas begins with the waking hours, is con
tinued through the day. ami reaches it®
ant evening, my dear,” he said.
"No matter,” she replied. “I’m so maximum when we cease from the <»/•
happy. Thomas Take me home.”— cupatlons whirfi have in some degree
diverted our attention from harassing
Black and White.
thoughts, and retire, to struggle, in
darkness and solitude, with the worries,
Not a Solotgt.
The’ late Theodore Thomas was ra- doubts, regrets.- and foreliodlngs which
hearsing the Chicago Orchestra on the now assume gigantic and fantastic
stage of the Auditorium Theater, He shapes.
The nervous breakdown which pre
was disturbed by the whistling of Al-
bert Burridge, the well-known scene cludes sleep is oftener due to worn
painter, who was at work In the loft than to work. Nor should the sufferer
above the stage. A few minutes later lump too quickly to the conclusion that
Mr. Thomas' librarian appeared on the It is the loss of sleep rather than the
"bridge” where Mr. Burridge, merrily worry that makes lAm wretched. It Is
nstopishltig how much work can be <-/ir
whistling, was at work.
“Mr Thomas’ compliments,” said the Tied on. without extreme fatigue, pro
librarian, “and he requests ma to state vided It be undertaken with confident*»»
that if Mr. Burridge wishes to whistle and pursjted without impatience, it is.
he will be glad to discontinue his re however, essential that the work l»‘
»aried and. a» due Intervals broken.
hearsal.”
No one can acquire the habit of sleep
To which Mr. Burridge replied, su
avely: “Mr. Burridge’s® compliménti who has not learned the habit of eon
to Mr. Thomas; and please Inform Mr. eentt'atloll. of devoting hfmself ®sitlgle-
Thomas that, if Mr.’Burridge can riot minds'l to *•"’ matter in hand. If v.
whistle with the orchestra, he won’t practice devflting our minds, ns w» do
mm to*«» to '■»• aildect at a time, we
whistle st all?"—Success Mn.-auM
<hali not only accomplish
with 'ess exhaustion. Training In tliltt
direction will help us. oil retiring, to
view sleep as our present duty, and a
sufficient duty, without taking the op
portunity at that time to adjust < or
to try to adjust) all our tangles, to re
view our past sources of discomfort,
and to speculate ujion the ills of th«
Mac Johnston'» sow ®oveT, ‘Tx»w'a
future.
A walk, a hath, a few gymnastic ex R.uxl," is u note of Itgu* lu tne
Au .luter
»•rrfseH. will often serve a useful pur days of 'l'liomaa Jeffereou
feature <>f ilia la-ok »Hl ** * •
pose before retiring, but If they are
undertaken in a fretful and impatient story of the dramatic cot*fe«f. for at»
spirit, and are acvompanhsl by doubt- premacj between tin- part) »f JFeff.-r
of their effectiveness ami the insistent son and the Federal st party, headed
thought that sleep will not follow These by Alexander Hamilton.
Dr. W. J Rolfe, the Shnkspearear.
or any other procedure, they are likely
scholar, recently celebrated his eight
to accomplish little.
The best immediate preparation lot letb birthday by the completion of a
sleep is the confidence that one will tie«« ’ volume entitled "Sliiikwpeare's
sleep, and Indifference If one does not Proverbs." Dr. Rolfe is to provide an
. This frame of mind Is best attained introduction and°notes. The .selection
by the habitual adoption of the same of proverbs, maxims, etc., to be In
attitude toward all the-affairs'of life cluded In the forthcoming volume were
It is an aid in its adoption as regards originally made by Mrs. Cowdeu-
sleep to learn that many have for t’larke and selected from the plays
years slept only a few hours a night, only. Additional selections from the
without noticeable impairment of their sonnets and other poems of Shakspeare
1 have been made by I»r. Rolfe himself.
health or'comfort.
Caroline Corner’s forthcoming book,
With regard to the character of th»
sleep Itself, ’the attitude of our mind in “Ceylon, the Paradise of Adam,” will
sleep is dominated, to a degree, at least, give a realistic picture of the native
by its attitude In the waking hours. It life of Ceylon. The author has spent
is probable that during profound sleep seven years In the country and has
the mind is inactive, and that dreams made a thorough study of local con
occur only during the transition state ditions. Such -characteristic ceremonies
from profound sleep to wakefulness. It and customs as the devil dance, the
is conceivable that in the ideal sleep «tronistroin or Portuguese-Ceylon dance,
there is only one such’period, but or th«“ thanksgiving ceremony, the annual
dinarily there occur many such periods festival of the Singhalese, the Jee-
during the night, and for the restless waina, a very exclusive rite, and the
and uneasy sleejier. the night may fur local form of celebrating nuptials ara
nish a succession of such periods, Wltll all described.
comparatively little undisturbed rear.
The Earl of Rosebery, himself one of
The character of the pictures and Sllg- the Statesmen who have achieved fame
geetions of dreams, though In new com- in letters, writing of "Bookishness and
binations, are largely dependent on our Statesmanship” for the North Ameri
dally experiences. Is It -not, then, worth can Review says: “Among great men
of action we recall Frederick's love
of lett«Ts and Napoleon's traveling li
brary. Among statesmen we think.of
Pitt's sofa - with its shelf of thumbed
classics; and of Fox. a far mor«“ ar
dent lover of bo«>ks, exchanging them
and his garden for the House of Com
mons almost wltli tears; ami of Glad
stone's Temple of Peace.”
Mme. Marcell Tlnayre, the writer of
“La Maison <lti Peehe," has r«x“elved
the decoration of the L«»gion d’Hpnneur
and startled all Franc«» by refusing to
wear It. as it was the emblem of an
order instituted by the first Napoleon,
and designed for military men. It is
now awardtsl without distinction of oc
cultation, an«i within the last few
years women as well as men have b«*en
The book which
honored with
re her fame has
brought Mme.
issic, .vet she ha«
become almost
ling to equal It
never written
since.
Every hook of Di<-kens is now out
of copyright with the exception of ‘Ed-
win Dtood." It is well kt.own that
Clmrjes Dickens the younger wrote In
troductions ami many of thesi? have
•been published with the volumes since
his death as these books have (alien
out of copyright. The introduction to
“Edwin Drood” will be of special In
terest by comparison with Cornyns
Carr’s solution of the mystery of the
"left half told" In lhe pin« recently
produced In London by Mr. Tree. At
the first night of the play tlie novel
ist’s familv oei-upied one of the boxes
1
1
y to simplify-
if well.
OF CASTE IN INDIA
while tv encourage, during our waking
hours, such thoughts as are restful and
useful, rather than those which serve
no purpose, but annoyance?
If we will, we can select our thoughts
as we do our companions.
NOVEL SHIP PROPULSION.
«!■•
Motova In I’nlrs Optrttt
- Propeller«.
ike
A resident of Stettin. Germany, has
Invented a unique scheme of ship pro
pulsion which he has had patented in
the United States.
This
propelling
mechanism Tor
ships Is by mean»
of wind motors, do
ing away entirely
with steam or elec
tricity. The wind
motors
are
ar
ranged In pairs on
each side of the
"hips, and transmit
power to the pro
pellers by suitable shafts and gearing.
For the purpose of greater development
of power two of the motors are coupled
together upon one shaft. Arranging
‘the motors on both sides of the ship'
and connecting to two propellers fa 111-
tates access and the* transference of
power. If one of the protielliTs gets
r*
the
the
If indigestion seices me.
Brought on by pie or cake.
I can't explain the sudden pain
Is just a common ake.
I cannot spell .the old words
To match the modern whim;
If 1 should slip and bruise my hip,
I'd hate to write it litn.
And when a man is owing me
Twôuld fill me with regret
To take my pen and ask him when
He’ll pay that little
I cannot spell the new way—
Like Brander Matthews big ;
I do not choose—I must refuse
To’ drop a "g” from egg.
Perhaps I’m sadly out of date,
If so I can but sigh;
,1 cannot spell the new w«y.
I will not simplify.
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Good
«¡«twee.
Good nature is worth more than
knowledge, more than money, more
than honor, to th»» persons who |>osse»«H
it. and certainly to everybody who
dwells with them, In so far na mero
hajuplness
is
cfincertied.—II.
B<»»“eher
about
think
Lam
sir, that you
■ Evening—I fear some
Millng you. I began life
Boston Tr»ns<-rli>|.
won
Srtting Him Itlght.
He—Tell me, confidentially, bow
much did the Is-nnet cost you?
She—George, there is but one way 1»
which yon can obtain the right to in
SJH'ct my millinery Dills.
p< >;iped.
TOO
•
The libraries crush cherished wehem*»
With all their treasured lorej.
Th» things worth -giving so It seems
Have all been sai4 before.
—Washington Star.
Nature seldom hides a massive brum
behind a pretty