OHIO'S "SECOND M'KINLEY"
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"The eecand McKlnley," a? hU
friends Call him, Prank B. Willie, the ;
new governor of Ohio, la a product ot
the farm. While he la not "self-edu
cated" In the eenae that Lincoln waa,
Willis tolled hard to help pay his way
through school and college, His en
tire Ufe has been one of tdtl and en
deavor, the conservation ot energy
not being one ot his cardinal virtues.
Willis is a Buckeye through and
through. He was born In Lewis Cen
ter, Delaware county, December 28,
1872, and worked on his father's farm
while attending the common school
at Lewis Center and while going
through the Oalena high school In the
same county.
WlUts Is one of the big men phys
ically In Ohio politics. His friends
take pride in declaring that he has
the loudest voice In the state. Is a
prize hand-shaker and laugher, and
that he la absolutely clean In hla
private life. In congress Willie, while
not claseifled at a reactionary, has been regular in bis party allegiance. In
tact, he la regarded as a most cautious man when it comes to questions aris
ing in his owa party* It is recorded that as a congressional nominee, seeking
re-election from the Eighth district in 1912, he went through the entire cam
paign without declaring himself as net ween Roosevelt and Taft.
Willis' home life has been Ideal. His wife has accompanied htm on many
of his political errands through his district, and is almost aa well known to
his constituents aa be la himself. She has been a great help to btm in further
ing bla career, as she, too. Is a born politician.. She was Miss Allle Duatln and
was married to Willis in 1894.
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SOCIAL FAVORITE TO WED
One of the most interesting an- r
nooncementa made In Washington so- I
ciety this season was that of the en- I
gage men t of Margery Cotton and
Randall Hagner. Both of them are
so thoroughly Identified with Wash
ingtoa and hare such a wide circle of
friends that congratulations sfere sim
ply showered on them.
Miss Colton is the daughter of the
late Col. Francis Colton, and though
she baa lived a good deal abroad and
in the Orient, It has been mostly be
cause her father, or her brother, or
whichever member of her family she
happened to he living with, was sta
'tloned In some faraway post The
Coltons are all army people, and be
tween while Margery has alwayB come
"home" to Washington.
Mostly she has made bar home
with her brother. Col. George R. Col
ton, 0. 8. A., and as be was stationed
in Manila for several years, and was
governor or Porto Rico for a whilo, _?
Margery, who was chatelaine of his establishment at both these posts, has
moved around considerably. Lately she has been living with her brother-in
law and sister. Commander and Mrs. Archibald Dafis (the navy this time, In
stead of the army) and It Is they who make the announcement of the engage
ment. But whoever she's living with, everyone In Washington knows Mar
gery Colton.
No date has been set for the wedding, but It Is announced that It will take
place during the winter, and It Is bound to be a big affair.
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JIMMY SLOAN PROMOTED
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James Sloan, Jr., bead of the
secret service force at the White
House, has been promoted to become
chief operator of the Detroit headquar
ters, one of the most Important fields
In the service. ' Mr. Sloan Is famous
throughout the country for his per
sonal attendance upon Presidents
Roosevelt, Taft and. Wilson.
"Jimmy" Sloan, who has traveled
In every state, and almost every coun
ty, In the United States, as the guar
dian of three presidents, .was assigned
to duty at the White house 12 years
ago. President Roosevelt once said
of him that If he had a regiment made
up of men like Sloan he could whip,
several regiments of men. Colonel
Roosevelt was so fond'of Sloan that
he wanted to make the secret
service man United States marshal
of the Danville district of Illinois, but
"Uncle Joe" Cannon, then a power In
the house, had someone else he
wanted for the Job. Secretary Tu
multy paid Sloan the tribute of saying that no accident has happened to a
president of the United 8tates during Sloan's connection with the service, and
that he deserves the promotion he has received.
Sloan accompanied Colonel Roosevelt on all the long walks and rides he
took around Washington, and has alwaws kept In fine physical condition, so as
to be prepared for any emergency that might come up. He has arrested hun
dreds of cranks around the White House and has handled these people, some
of them bad characters, so easily that no disturbance has ever followed.
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RUSSIA'S LEADING SOLDIER
Grand Duke Nicholas, who Is giv
ing such a good account of himself as
commander In chief of the Russian
armies In the war with Germany and
Austria, is a second cousin of the em
peror of Russia. He was bot'n in St.
Petersburg fifty-eight years ago ana
since his youth has been conspicuous
In the Russian army. He presents a
striking contrast In every respect to
his father, who was a notorious profit
gate. The present grand duke is uni
versally respected. In 1901 he was
married to Princess Anastasia of Mon
tenegro.
The grand duke has often been
employed on special missions by Em
peror Nicholas, who has always re
posed the utmost confidence In him
As In the case of- nearly every
prominent member of the Russian Im
perial family, the grand duke has
been the victim of several attempts
at assass'natlon.
Fqr a number of years Grand ?? -
Duke Nicholas bas been recognised as the foremost oavalry leader of Russia,
If not of Etrope He is very tall and a superb horseman. On several occa
t.ions during the war between Russia and Japan the emperor was urged tc
appoint him to the supreme command of the Russian troops In Manchuria, It
the olace of General Kuropatkln, and the military authorities In Rertln. Lon
dor and other European capitals have more than once expressed the opinion
I tut the Russian army would have made a tar better showing If the em perm
bad listened to this advice.
I Fundamental f
| Principles of |
; Health'^o
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By ALBERT S. CRAY. M. a |
<CemnicM.UM.br A. 8. Gar)
MANUFACTURE OF MALT.
The more we Investigate the cause*
which have made each Individual what
he la today the more we become con
vinced that every being has affllia
tions which link him with the whole
past; that there is a continuity of
germ plasm and also of protoplasm
which goes back to the very begin
ning of life on this globe; and that
If we could only know all the factors
which are concerned In producing any
single organism, however simple It
might be. In all Its relations and pro
portions, we could explain the uni
verse from top to bottom and evolve
an infallible remedy for all our Ills.
Consequently the study of the begin
ning of life in any organism Is im
mensely Interesting and illuminating
to such of us as are not egotists, and do
not Insist on learning in the most ex
pensive of all schools?that of per
sonal experience. Hence, t the open
minded the study of the manufacture
of malt should be most suggestive and
Instructive.
Any live seed or grain can be malt
ed; and barley, oats, rice, wheat, rye
and maise are used, but because of Us
flavor and other Important qualities
barley is the prime favorite for-this
purpose. The average time required
to malt barley is 12 days. The oper
ation is started by "steeping" dr soak
ing the barley corns In tanks of water
for about forty-eight to seventy hours.
Steeping the grain does not consist
merely in the taking in of a certain
amount of water, but is necessary in
order to bring about germination, and
S. AL.A - *V. - ? a ?_ . a - S? .?liL
to ao mrs tne water must remain witn
ln the corns for a certain v length of
time. It is quite possible to force the
necessary amount of water Into the
grain in less time than thd forty-eight
to seventy hours given to the steeping
process; but the grain Is not "steep
ripe until certain changes Initiated
by the water hare taken place, and It
requires a definite amount of time to
bring these changes to completion.
When "steep-ripe^* tye corns contain
about sixty per cent water; at the
same time about 1.5 per cent of mat
ter has been removed from the grain"
In the water drawn off, and the total
volume of the seeds has been In
creased about twenty per cent as the
result of the water absorbed.
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After the barley Is removed from the
steeping tanks It Is made up Into rec
tangular heaps sixteen to twenty
Inches deep known as position No. 1,
or the "couch," the object of this be
ing to enable It to gather heat and
start active germinating. It usually
remains In couch twelve to twenty
four hours, or until the Interior of the
heap registers a temperature of 60
degrees Fahrenheit. At this point the
barley is moved to position No. 2, or
"young floor." and there thinly and
evenly spread In order that it may be
controlled. When germination begins
ensymes are secreted and these act on
the reserve material, starch and pro
teins of the endosperm, converting
tjiem Into simpler compounds, capable
df diffusing to various parts of the
growing germ.
But the limited germination which
constitutes the malting process re
tains all the soluble compounds In the
finished malt. Starch and the proteins
are reformed, the former being de
posited in the tissues of the germ and
the cells of the scutellum which previ
ously were almost free from starch;
the protein matter deposited In the
latter disappears to a considerable
extent and the protoplasmic* content
of the cells constituting the root
which protrudes from the base of the
grain.
After the first rootlet has broken
through the ends of the sheath It la
followed by others until there are per
haps five or more. The cotyledonary
sheath, or seed leaf, begins to elongate
on the third or fourth day of germina
tion and ruptures the true covering
of the grain; It then grows upward
between this and the husk and forms
the acrospire or "spire" of the malt
ster. The temperature during six or
seven days Is kept down to about fifty
five degrees by turning or plowing the
grain about every six hours.
About the eighth day the grain Is
moved to position No. 3, known as
"old floor." where it la spread thinly
and slowly allowed to dry for the pur
pose of withering Its roots. At this
stage the acrospire should be about
three-fourths the distance up the
corn. The treatment now requires
thickening the piece up to about ten
Inches. The rootlets now having with
ered and died off, the temperature In
crease resulting from thickening the
grain pile is accompanied by little If
any Increase in the growth of the
acrospire, the action being confined
chiefly to the mellowing of the grain
hv the enzymes finder normal con
dltlons the temperature In "old piece*'
Is allowed to rise as high as aboat
seventy degrees during the six hours
previous to loading ,lt Into the kiln.
At this stage the moisture ccntent Is
about forty per cent and It Is easily
possible tp break down the corn be
tween the thumb and linger: the
grain Is soft, mealy and soluble: It
Is mostly digested. The next stage
consists in loading the malt Into the
kiln and there thoroughly drying It
to stop all further digestion, then
roasting It for the desired flavor.
Just why water produces these pro
found metabolic changes In raw grain,
releaalng the energy stored therein by
the sun and canning It to follow In or
derly manner step by step the many
stages necessary to repeat the evolu
tion of the ages In another plant Ute,
do not know That la u much ?
mystery to ua ?< la the development
of life In an egg by the baat from a
karoaene lamp, or tha birth of a bo
man Individual. But wa do know that
Aha name prlnclplaa are Involved in
all thre? forma of Ufa, the only dlf
farenoe being one of dearer We do
not know why or how theae phenom
ena take place, but we do know that
tbe slightest Interference with tbe nor
mal process prevents the completion
[ of the evolution.
Animal life Is but a continuation
of plant life, a part of a cycle, hut a
cycle la which the animal la depend
ent on the plant, not the plant on the
animal. Animal Ufa cannot esist
without planta. Therefore, In consum
ing deficient plant food, we are cut
ting our life chain.
In this fact will be found the reason
for the effect!vereas of melt tonics In
low states of vitality. Coathnlng
practically all theae vital elements,
malt supplies In part what our food
has bsen deficient la, and >s exceed
ingly valuable, as an emergency food.
HORMONES.
Taken from the Greek language
and meaning to arouse or excite, the
word "hormones" la Intended to deglg
nate a aertea of chemical bodlea man
ufactured within the cella of one or
gan and entering the circulation to
excite or atimulate distant organs Into
activity.
It haa generally been suppoaed that
the digestive functions were carried
on solely under reflex nerve control.
But Edkina In 1906 carried out a se
ries of experiments to determine
whether a chemical mechanism may
not also account for the secretion of
gastric Juice, which Is excited by the
Introduction of substances Into the
stomach. In a aeries of carefully con
trolled observations It was proved that
the mere Introduction of a neutral so
lution Into the stomach caused no se
cretion of gastric Juice and that there
was no absorption of the solution, the
fluid removed at the end of an. hour
having the same bulk and the same
neutral reaction as the solution orig
inally introduced.
The Injection of peptone, of acid, of
broth, or of dextrin. Into the blood
stream produced no secretion of gas
tric Juice, but If In the course of the
hour during which the fluid was al
lowed to remain In the stomach a_SO-_
lutlon made by boiling mucous mem
brane from the pyloric end of a stom
ach with water, or with acid, or with
peptone, wad Injected Into the blood
stream at Intervals of about ten min
utes, then the fluid withdrawn from
the stomach at the end of the hour
was found to be distinctly acid and to
have protein digestive powers?that
la to say. It now contained hydro
chloric acid and pepsin.
Similar solutions made from the car
diac end of the stomach will not pro
duce any secretion of acid and pepsin,
^tnd this Is held to prove that the
pyloric end of the stomach produces a
substance which is absorbed into the
blood stream and carried to all the
glands of the stomach, where It acts
as a specific excitant of their secre
tory activity. This substanee has been
called the gastric "secretin"?It Is
what Starling named a "hormone."
This substance Is produced In that
portion of the stomach where the pro
cess of absorption Is most pronounced,
and it stimulates Into activity that
portion of the stomach which Is under
direct nerve control.
Normal gastric secretion appears to
be due to two co-operating factors.
The first and most Important. Is the
secretion arising from nerve Impulses
produced through the pneumogastric
nerve and originating in the Idea of
food In the higher parts of the brain,
from the sight of food and by 'the
stimulating of the mucous membranes
of the mouth. The second factor pro
vides for the continued secretion of
gastric Juice long after the mental
effects have disappeared. This Is
chemical and depends on the produc
tion In the cells at the pyloric end of
the stomach of a specific stimulant or
hormone, which being absorbed Into
the blood Is carried to all parts of the
body, where It acts by exciting all the
various glands concerned In the di
gestive act.
The researches of Pawlow and oth
ers seem to Indicate that'the quantity
and the properties of the secretions
vary with the character of the food
eaten. The quantity of the secretion
varies also, other conditions being the
same, with the amount of food to be
digested.
On a given diet the secretion as
sumes certain characteristics and
Pawlow is convinced that further
work will disclose that the secretion
of the stomach is not caused normally
by general stimuli affecting it all alike
but by specific stimuli contained eith
er in the food or produced during di
gestion from the food contents the
action of which Is of such a kind as
to arouse redexly the secretion best
adapted to the particular food in
gested. Undoubtedly this is due to
the hormones in the general circula
tion.
Another significant hint of this ac
tion Is furnished by the experiments
of Starling and Lane-Claypon on the
mammary glands. These investiga
tors found that the extracts made
from the bbdy of the fetus when In
jected repeatedly into the blood
stream of-a virgin rabbit caused a
genuine.development of the mammary
glands, closely simulating the growth
that normally occurs during preg
nancy. Similar extracts made from
ovaries, placental and uterine tissues
had no such effect: hence, they con
clude that a apeo|flc chemical sub
stance. a hormone, is produced in the
fetus Itself which being absorbed into
the maternal blood acts upon the
mammary gland, stimulating it to
growth.
There ls~ indisputable evidence of
the' existence of similar bodies which
determine tfie secretory activity both
of the liver as well as of the Intes
tinal glands. Obviously these sub
stances must be derived from the gen
eral food supply, and. therefore, It is
easy to grasp the significance of
Punk's statement that the vitamlnes,
those complex nitrogenous molecules
contained In the germ and the bran
coats of seeds and grains, are the
mother substance of the hormone*.
1 How 'to HeJp |
Backsliders i:
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TKXT?I will heal their btu-kehdtng. I
will love them freely.-Hoeea 14
Backslider**" may Da divided into
three clauses.
1. Those who
here never been
converted, bat
who have once
considered them
selves .Christians.
The churches ere
full of people who
st some time, re
ceived s religious
. Impulse, and who
perhaps expressed
their purpose tp
lead a Christian
Ufe, but who nev
er really received
Christ
OUCU |P v u p I I
must be shown In s kind and loving
way that they have been mistaken
or they will never be willing to make
another trial. It is well to point out
some of the evidences of the new
birth, and let them see that they have
never esperlenced it
Romans 8:1 shows that the Chris- .
tlan is delivered front the guilt of sin.
Ask them if tbey have ever been whol
ly nree from a sense of guilt, and for
what reason. I John 8:14 proves that
we have passed from death unto lit*
because we love the brethren. I John
8:21, 22 shows that an obedient Chris
tian will have answers to prayer. I
John % 13 insures the fellowship of
the Holy Spirit. Test a person with
such passages and he will soon rec
ognize his true position.
At the close of a service I was' in
troduced to a young man who said to
me, MI have tried this thing two or
three times, and It did net seem to
work, and 1 do not car? to try tt
again." He spoke of conversion as if
It were something like vaccination
whli-h HM not "f.W." 1- hi. ....
"Were you ever really converted/"
"I do not know."
"Did you ever get a new heart T"
"I doubt If I did."
"You have been trying to live the
Christian life without any Christ to
help you, haven't you?"
"That just describes It"
"It Is no wonder you have had a
'hard time. It la like trying to run a
watch without a mainspring. You
might shake ft and the wheels would
run a minute or two, but it would soon
stop. Neither Is it possible to lead a
Christian life mhout the help of
Christ who is the mainspring of It aB.
"If you had in your heart to help
you, the very Christ who gave the
commandments, would you not be able
to keep them?"
"I think I would"
"Listen then," I said, and I quoted
Eseklel 36:24, "A new heart will I give
you, and a new spirit will I put within
you; and I will take away the stony
heart out of your flesh, and I will give
you an heart of flesh. And 1 will put
my spirit within you, and cause you
to walk In my atatutes. and ye shall
keep my judgments and do them."
"This Is Ood'a offer to you?a new
heart. Will you accept itT' In a mo
ment or two he was on his knees ask
ing Ood for a new heart.
II. The second class consists of
those who have drifted away from
Ood by disobedience, and are not anx
ious to return. They are like the prodi
gal before his money was spent They
are living a worldly life, and so long
as health and prosperity continue,
they get along fairly well without Ood,
though they have many rebukes of
conscience, and frequent longings for
the good old days of fellowship with
Ood. /
With such people Jeremiah 2:5 Is a
good verse. Ask them what fault they
could And with Ood that they have
wandered from him. Jeremiah 2:12 is
also good. Ask them if it la not true
that their present life-is evil and bit
ter, aa compared with the fellowship
and joy which God provides for those
who obey him. Show them the Ingrat
itude and sin of such a course. Quote
Jeremiah 2; 19 and show them the folly
of turning from a fountain of pure
water to a broken cistern or a muddy
pool. Then ask them If the self life
is not a broken cistern as compared
with that well of water which Christ
opens in every heart that receives
him.
11L Backsliders who are tired of sin
and are anxious to return to God.
They are like the prodigal after his
money Is spent, and after months of
hunger and loneliness In the far coun
try. For such Hosea 14:1-4 Is a good
passage. "O Israel, return unto the
Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by
thine Iniquity. I will heal their back
sliding, I will love them freely; for
mine anger Is turned away from him."
The most effective passage, how
ever, Is Luke 16:11-24. This not only
pictures the wretched condition of the
backslider, but it shows the steps by
which he must return, and the royal
reception which awaits him. No one
needa pity more than the backslider.
He la despised by the world, he Is a
reproach to the church, he la alienated
from God, and he condemns himself.
Do Qod't Pleasure.
If you love him as I want you to do,
you will offer him the whole use of
your day. as you open your eyes to
the llcht of each morning, to be spent
In active service or silent suffering,
according to his good pleasure. You
will not ,select the moat agreeable
task, but his task, whatever It may be;
you will not disdain humMi serv
ice, or be ambitious for distinguished
service; you will He. like a straw, on
the current of his will, to be swept
sway and be forgottdn. If It pleases
him, or to be caught up by his mighty
hand and transformed thereby Into ?
thunderbolt-Elisabeth Prentiss.
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When the President Meets the Correspondents -
WASHINGTON.?Although It hu been definitely decided thnt there shall be
no aocinl affaire at tbe White Houee tble winter, one form ol social affair
will continue to maintain Its hold within the White House precincts. Krery
Tuesday morning at tan o'clock Presi
dent Wilson receives tba newspaper
men and while "information business"
U supposed to be the basis of pro
cedure the gathering In a sense Is s
social one.
President Wilson has a sense of
humor. Somebody has said that It Is
the Scotch sense of humor which man
ifests Itself foggily at times, but It is
humor nevertheless, and the president
seems to enjoy bearing his share In
no creation. nneo some corre
spondent. a little bolder than bis brethren, asks a point-blank question de
manding a direct answer on some matter concerning which the correspondents
are on tiptoe, the president is likely to laugh and to tell a story In answer, the
story always baring some kind of a moral Intended to point up the tact that It
Is not always wise to answer questions until the mind has been fully made up
as to what the answer should be.
When President Wilson meets the newspaper men in conference he stands
behind a desk la his' circular office room while his rlsitors form three-quarters
of a circle about him. Questions ars tired at blm all along, or, rather, all
around, the line. He parries some of them, answers mors of them directly
and turns some of them away, as has been said, with a story.
Ordinarily about thirty correspondents are present at this Tuesday morn
ing gathering. They are all men, save one, a clever newspaper woman, Mrs.
Qeorge F. Richards, who Is the correspondent of some Ne,w England papers.
Mrs. Richards is the only woman who holds membership In the press galleries
of the two houses of congress. Her husband, who died some time ago, was a
member or the gallery. After his death she took up his work and has fol
lowed It ever since.
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Hard to Keep- Visitor's Elbows Off the Railings
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THERE la an unwritten law that the guest In the gallery of the houaa or the
senate shall not pot his elbows, his hat, coat, gloves, guide book, muff, or
fan on the railing of the gallery. Indeed, If be but lets bis fingers rest ever so
ll.Kdle. *
uii iuo uaiuuuj, ?? n? jo?ud ?w?
ward to listen to the debate, the pa
tient, vigilant doorkeeper comes creep
ing down the aisle and taps him on the
shoulder.
'Invariably the guest so accosted
has an awful sensation of being called j
to account for some mystery In the (
past, or all but faints under the cer
tain knowledge that there has been an .
accident in which someone near and .
dear to him has been killed. He al
ways turns crimson or white, and
looks up with a lark. "Sit back, please." la all the doorkeeper says; or "Please
take your elbows off tbe railing;" or. "No coats allowed to hang over the
balcony." r- <
Not long ago some one of the doorkeepers, well up tn the advantages of
labor-saving devices, had cards printed with Instructions to guests to keep
everything, themselves Included, off the railing of the gallery.
The cards have been pasted to the capping of the gallery lulling of the
senate, and on the broad mahogany look like place Cards at a banquet. But
they do not entirely serve the purpose for which they were Intended. Only
the other day one was Intensely amused watching the patient, vigilant door
keepers of tbe senate gallery creep down the aisles and ask people to take
?their elbows off the cards, and reaij what was written thereon.
As yet no cards have been placed around the gallery of the bouse. Per
haps It cannot be done, because, whereas the railing of the senate gallery la
mahogany, that In the house Is marble, and It is possible the cards cannot be
made to stick In the usual process of pasting.
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Rare Collection of Fans in the National Mu&eum
IN THE National museum la a small but rare collection of fans loaned by the
late Mrs. James W. Plncbot, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and other women
well-knowh In Washington and New York society. In this collection are ez
THOSB
YJ FAMS
|l|BEAUTIFI/I.
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:eiivui vuui|)iea ui oiuereui penooi
n the art and style of tan decoration,
shlch, In different countries, seemed
0 adapt ltaelf to the exigencies of the
jerlod In which they were used, large
1 depleting the dress and tastea ot
lie people, unless the subject was alle
[Orlcal or mythological.
For example, during the rerolu
lon In France, the decorations were
-epublican In Idea, such as figures of
Uberty, triangles, the letters "R. F.,"
itandlng for Kepubllque Francalse,
Phrygian caps on the figures and tbe costumes of the revolutionists. While
in the time of Louis XVI, the period immediately preceding, fans were' elabo
rately decorated with shepherds and shepherdesses and all the exquisite de
tail which characterised the court of Marie Antoinette.
There are several beautiful fans of the Louis XVI period, with wonder
fully carved ivory and pearl sticks, and painted with fascinatingly foolish and
well-bred looking shepherds and shepherdesses, disporting themselves under im
possible trees and reading love sonnets, while seated on uncomfortable, slop
ing mounds bf green. Some of these fans have dainty verses to milady's eye
brows or retrousse nose interwoven with the design.
This mock pastoral style was inherited from the Louis XV period, and was
soon superseded by elegant and equally absurd-looking ladles and gentlemen,
dressed in the costumes of the court. The bouffant skirts and towering head
dresses brought into vogue by the ill-fated Marie Antoinette were painted on
the parchment leaf, and the sticks, often of tortoise shell, gilt and replete in
carving, became the fashion.
Washington's Most Used Church May Be Restored
THERE has been tome talk of "restoring" old St. John's church, on Lafayette
square The structure as It shows today Is not quite as when built about
one hundred years ago. It seems that It did not then, as now, hare the pillared
poruco in iront. ine cnurcn ? not
much In the way of architecture, and
It la a great pity that It was not beau
tifully designed, for the Wren
churches were still the fashion when
It was built. It has since become fa
mous as the president's church, though
not all presidents have worshipped
there, the church being Episcopalian.
Rut it has had many famous worship- '
pers.
Its services, because of the historic -
character of the churchi are always
sure of s Urge congregation There is difficulty at times In tilling the pews, aa
they are owned outright, after the fashion of 100 years ago. <
The church Is fashionable for many things, and especially for weddings
. and funerals, and particularly of these Utter for generals and admiraU. the
final Udt rites for whom are most frequently said In Washington. So It Is no
surprise, in gotn? by the church, which Is neighbor to the White House, to see
awnings proclaiming a wedding or Hnes of sailors from the nary yard or sol
diers afoot or on horseback stationed upon the streeU by the church. No
other church In Washington seems so much used.
Really Healthy Person.
The healthy person is one who
uses all his powers of mind and body
to their full capacity, and this Is .what
brings happiness as well as sense of
power. The emphasis should not be!
upon what onejhears so much about?
relaxation; but! upon keeping this nor
mal health of every organ and every
function. This requires activity, ex
orcise and always a pure and noble
Ulrn
Adversity.
A high character might be produced.
I auppose, by continued proa parity, but
It baa very seldom been the caae. Ad
veralty, however It may appear to be
our foe, la our true friend; and, after
? little acquaintance with it, we re
ceive it aa a precious thing?the proph
ecy of a coming Joy. It should be
ho ambition of oora to traverse a path
without a thorn or a stone ?Charles
It. Spurgeon.
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