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i f v V 0 -r4rxcy 7tVir envy ssucrTtrrjj . a. 3 0 th vast majority of people who 3 i', year dj year run japn, toe lBiana jfcpv oases vs o iu ( is iMBn.iHVCl ill iucii thought with an excursion to the Blue Grotto; but as I watch, from the Great Terrace at San Mlchele, the tittle steamer, fully a thousand feet beneath me, laden with tour ists of all nationalities, plying her war back to Naples, a sense of peace once more descends upon the Island. And surely nowhere can arth present a fairer scene. Far away on the western horlson, the dim outlines of the Ponza Islands are visible. Ischla, floating In the golden haze of the dying, day, seems linked by Proclda and Nistda to the mainland, and the eye travel slowly eastward over Posillppo and Naples to where Vesuvius, brooding and silent since the great catastrophe of Ave years ago, keeps watch over the city It has so often threatened with de struction. Still further east, the distant peaks of the great Apennlne Range appear almost to fringe the sunlit waters of the Bay of Sorrento, whose cliffs, dotted with ptnk and white walled houses, are dominated by the rugged mass of Sant' Angelo and the bills which guard Ravello and Salerno's gulf. Well-nigh two thousand years have come and Cone since Augustus Caesar, wearied by the splendors of Imperial Rome, first gased on the "matchless beauty of this scene; small wonder that the magic spell which Capri throughout the ages has cast upon the stranger within her gates should lose none of Its potency till men's hearts shall cease to care for beauty. Since my garden first came Into being, I have often analysed how Imperious Is this love of beauty, for, from a purely gardening point of view, no one would select a spot exposed to all the winds of heaven and bereft of water on a sprlngless Island. And yet Nature supplies the compensation In having provided such a background to the picture that ''she must continue to dominate It, making amends for the Inevitable failures which the gardener Is forever encountering. And If the "growing" period Is short In this sun-baked land, yet again It Is prodigious In result while It lasts. Gardening 1n Italy teaches one of msny lessons: namely, to avoid the temptation arising from the desire for quick effect that of planting trees and shrubs too large In alse; the smaller ones establish " themselves and go ahead In naif the time, making compact and sturdy growth, and also avoiding the necessity for unsightly staking. 'Six years ago the hill of San Mlcbele was little more than a barren rock, clothed In parts with vineyards and olives. Approaching Capri from Naples, It Is eas ily, discernible as it rises midway between the precipitous cliffs at the eastern end and Monte Solaro, the highest summit of the Island; this exposure to all points of the compass Is being utilised to advantage, as the difference between the north and south aspect amounts to fully a fortnight In the flowering season. The modest little house originally the Colono's lies at the base of the bill on the southern side. The vineyard which surrounded It sas been cleared and a terrace and parterre substituted; here fa the spring months Darwin and Cottage tulips flaunt their painted faces In the sunshine; freesia, narcissi, Ixlas and sparaxl (for Capri Is bulb-soli par excellence) ; roses are rapidly cov ering the columns and wreathing the olive trees, all grafted on the Bankslan rose, that boon to the gardener In the south. Beyond the parterre, In . the lower garden, a long . tank, flanked by cypresses on either side, holds the beautiful Nei umbium the Lotus of Old Nile spectosum ro seum, rubrum, Shlroman and Osiris a feast for the eye denied to the gardens of the north. Will you come with ne on a pilgrimage up the hill through the old lemon garden, where the trees, once perishing from neglect, but now well screened from their cruel enemy, the south wind, re bearing thousands of yellow fruit, and the air Is laden with the scent of blossomT As we as cend, each successive terrace holds Its quota of ' bulbs and Iris, under the silvery . sheen of the olive trees, until we reach at length the rose, -garden, and here It Is well to rest a while. The' Southern Sea stretches below us, with the pic- -turesque ruin of Caatlglione In the middle dis tance. Against a background of tall bamboos, at our feet bloom the rosea for' which Capri (as Paestum was of old) Is famed. What would have been the feelings of Virgil, could he have looked on the goodly array to which rosarians are now accustomed Mme. A. Chatenay, the Lyon rose, Richmond, Betty, Marquise de Oanay, Mme. Leon Pain, In addition to all the older favorites, such as Anna Olivier, Mme. Ravary, Caroline Testout, to say nothing of pillars wreathing themselves with Slnlca Anemone, Tausendschon, L'Ideal and the Mlchuralanasl From the rose garden the circling of the ' hill commences; a broad path, : planted on either side with flowering shrubs wlgelas, lilac, 1 syrlnga, deutslas, pomegranates and guelder rose leads to the vine-clad per gola, and as we leave It, at the farther end, the Incomparable Bay of Naples greets the eye. All . available ground on the hillside Is being utilised for shrubs and plants, with wind breaks of Cu pressus macrocarpa and Ptnus halejjensis, which grow at a surprising rate In this sandy soil. Here are to be found the flowering crabs; thorns and almonds, while Japanese maples and Rosa ru gosa give a feast of color in the foreground, In terspersed with tenderer shrubs, such as Fabiana - w I .... lv II -f J H 4 oO; . . . iFT"i' -JzsiSXcv X' i r is-.. .. .1 1 mm lmbrtcata, Medlcago arborea, Loropetalum chln ense and the rarer varieties of pittosporums and acacias. But at length the long climb Is ended and we emerge on the terrace, which Is the glory ;: of San Micbele; hewn from the solid rock, on whose face the chisel-marks are everywhere vis ible, for centuries It has puzzled the archaeolo gist For what purpose was this plateau, fifty 'feet In breadth, which encircles the hill, con- - st rue ted? Can It have formed part of the Via Sacra leading to he summit where the founda tions have been excavated of what presumably was the only temple on the Island, or was it per chance the playground of the Caesars for the chariot races of the Emperors Augustus and Ti berius that this colossal labor was undertaken t A balustrade, surmounted . at Intervals by bronze vases, clear cut against the vast expanse of azure sea, forms the foreground to the unfin ished sketch, while on either . side groups of cypresses are already giving promise of what the completed picture may be in years to come. Were we to continue on our way, the vineyard lies beyond and the vines are an important asset, for . the good red wine of San Mlchele Is famed throughout South Italy; these terraced vineyards, moreover, bide the secret which has made gar dening on so large a scale possible; beneath them are a series of Immense vaulted chambers, hewn and cemented by Roman, hands, and here the precious rainfall (the sole water supply of Capri) Is stored, and gives color, to the supposition that Sail Mlcbele may in those long-ago days have been the reservoir of the Island from which the twelve Imperial villas drew their' supply. The hand of Time is dealing tenderly with my garden, and, in dreaming dream for Its future development, I recognize that here, at least, It is not only for posterity that a garden need be created. Where Nature has given of her best with such a bounteous hand, the lapse of time Is scarcely heeded as It would be in a less favored spot. Year follows year, bringing the planting more and more Into harmony with the landscape, and emphasizing the glorious beauty of It: Exegl monumentum aere perenniua Regallque situ pyramidum altlus, Quod non imber edax, non Aqullo I m pot en Posslt diruere aut tnnumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum Non omnls morlar. Grand -lines and ambitious ones to serve as an Inspiration in the planning of this garden scheme, but they are graven on the rock of San Mlchele. Peradventure the dream may be fulfilled. Chl lo sa? THE OCEAN LINER Imagine a building 11 stories In height, and nearly 200 feet longer than the capitol at Wash ington four times as long as Bunker Hill monu ; ment is high. Nearly every metal has gone Into Its construction steel, copper, brass, bronze, silver and some gold and nearly every wood of strength of beauty teak, oak, mahogany, birch and maple, the choicest and rarest growths of northern and southern forests. . It stands on the banks of a river. : A cross-section of It would look like a gigantic honeycomb alive with bees the size of human be ings. Piece by piece It has been put together by thousands of workmen ind artists steel-workers, electricians, engineers, mrpenters and upholster ers during a period o' about two years. The walls are of steel plates, many of them weighing four and one-half tons each, and secured by more . than 3,000,000 rivets. . , . As you life your eyes to It under the gauntry the vast frame un der which It Is built it looks Immovable. Only . by demolition could it 1 shifted, you would say.. If you were not familiar with shipyards and ship builders. ; Under the gauntry lt slopes gently to ward the water, and a lay 'comes when nearly complete, a palace In te fullest sense of the word, a habitation, for between 3.000 and 4,000' tenants of every class, poor, moderately well-to-do and rich. It forsakes Its foundations and float Into the stream without a tremor, as naturally a a duckling swims.' ... What would you say If you saw the capitol or a "skyscraper" sliding oft Its base and rushing Into space at the speed of an express train, not on smooth, shining rails, but over a surface full of hollows deeper than arroyos, rougher than the hogbacks of the western plains. . dipping Into them, climbing them, buffeting them. splitting them, without being Injured or retarded by tbem. That is what. In the course of a few months, this building will be ready to do. It Is an ocean liner of the very latest and highest class an Olymplc-t-and thereafter we must speak of "it" ss "her." William H. Rldelng, in the Youth's Companion. 8uperlor Knowledge. A Scottish boy of six years, who attended a school at which prizes were given on the slightest sort of provocation, one day proudly exhibited a reward of merit earned In the realm of natural history. , "Teacher asked us how many legs a horse had an' I said five!" the laddie triumphantly de claimed. "Five!" raig the surprised adult chorus. "But of course you were wrong." "Of course," was the proud admission. "But all the other boys said six." Mr. In Donegal, "I suppose- you have an old age pension, Kelly?" ' "Ould age pension? Faith an' Ol wuddn't touch wan, the bad lack they bring. Luk at the number of ould age pensioners bes dyln' Ivery year!"- London Opinion. ; ( ' , ' fcelentlflo'Management. ' ; Employer (angrily) What are you throwing those handbills on the pavement for? Bill Distributor Well, guv'ner, that' what the people does as I gives 'em to; so It's only sav ing time!" Comic Cuts. , First Coal Baron -.. "it must be borne in mind that men amassed wealth In Pittsburg before steel became the dominant money producer," writes Isaac F. Marcosson In an article In The Munsey entitled -"The Millionaire Yield of Plttsburg." . "Take coal, without which there 'would be no steel empire today, it created a dozen millionaire. - None was more picturesque than William iUnry Grown, the earliest of the PUts- burg coal barons. He was bom on a farm In Butler county, Pennsyl vania, early- In the last century. As a young man, he walked to Pittsburg, and began to dig coal. It lay under the sidewalks and lined the hill. When he had saved enough to buy a horse and wagon, he would dig his own coal early in the morning and then peddle It around tows In the afternoon. His wife waa hi book keeper. From this bumble start grew what was the largest Individual coal business on the Inland waters." : Te Have Purpose Is a Duty. Working to a purpose Is everything as a key to life. When man conscious ly made the choice of civilization he Imposed the duty of purpose on every Individual and sharply differentiated himself from the other animals. From that time purpose and work have been absolute essential to happiness. The Economist.. . . ' Candid. "I am very sorry. Captain Snob, that circumstances over which I have no control compel me to say no." "May I ask what the circumstances aref . .... . "Yours." Llpflncotf. His Business Propensity. "1 should think a garbage man's wife Would have a hard time at home." "Why sor "Because her husband Is so often In the dump." , mm- PAPER BAQ LUNCHEON. By Martha McCulloch Williams. The luncheon was its own reason for being a paper bag function pure and simple. This, however, Is not saying, that It would not answer for bridge,- indeed, for any mild feminine festivity. This festivity was not strictly feminine. Like the moon. It bad a man in It a man who has eaten In the most famous places all round the world. Praise from him, therefore, was "Approbation from Sir Hubert Stanley." I meant the paper bag stuff to have It because I knew that It deserved iu ' MENU Canteloupe a la Frlvole Broiled Squab with Bacon ?orn Pudding Sweet Potatoes In Syrup Stuffed Green Peppers RellneY'8 Jpiced Grapes Plum Jelly Tomato Chutney Salad Romalne and Tomatoes, French Dressing Pimento Cheese Sandwiches Dessert Cheesecake Patties Orapes Oranges Peaches Pears After breakfast I put my sweet po tatoes on to boll, choosing them tmooth, of even size and neither too big nor too little. In thirty minutes they were done enough and, peeled under cold water to save discolora tion, they were out of hand even bo fore I was through making the sand wiches. In the meantime the squab livers had been boiling tender In slightly alted water, with just a dash of to basco In default of a small red pep per pod. When they were tender, they were mashed fine, with a lump of butter and plenty of browned bread crumbs made ready the day before. The mixing done, I cut out the cores of my green peppers, poured boiling aalt water upon them, let it stand Just half a minute, then dropped them In cold water, took tbem out, drained them, and stuffed them with liver and crumbs, after which they were set to wait the hour of cooking. Scraping corn for the pudding I found that half a dozen big ears yield ed almost a pint of pulp. Then I beat up three eggs very light, with a big pinch of gait, a tablespoonful of sugar and plenty of red and black pepper. Into the eggs went the corn pulp, after It half a cup of soft butter, last of all a big cup of top-milk, more than half cream. It would not hurt by standing, so It went on Ice like the other things. The cheesecakes had been baked the previous afternoon hence, there remained only the salad, the squab and the cantaloupe to make ready. As soon as my bags were greased I lighted the oven, and by the time 1 had the corn pudding securely bagged? the sweet potatoes smeared with but ter, rolled In sugar, and put In their bag with more b tter, sugar and lem on Juice, the oven was ready for them. I gave them each a shelf, put ting the potatoes on the lower one being already nearly cooked they would take only twelve minutes. When they came out the stuffed pep pers, In a thickly-buttered bag, with a lump of butter and a tablespoonful of water added, took their place. I turned on full heat for three minutes, then slacked It as I had done at first. Next I washed and wiped my squab Ix beauties, fatter than butter stuffed them lightly with soft bread crumb, seasoned with salt, pepper, a very little chopped celery and shreds of tart apple, wrapped tnem in tnm broad bacon s .ces, and put tbem la their bag. Since they needed no water, the bag could stand a little while un harmed. I Improved the Idle minute by slipping Into my company frock. Safely buttoned up, I went back to work. ' The corn pudding was done so were the peppers they had been In the oven about eighteen minutes. All the bags were set In pans down under the oven, protected from the flame by the broiler pan, Inverted. The squab bag now went on the upper oven shelf because I knew they were better If cooked quickly. 1 left the heat on full for ten minutes, then slacked It a little more than half. Ad Interim, I bad been p-eparlng the .canteloupe, taking out the seed, mak ing tiny outs In the flesh and sprink ling lightly with sugar, then pouring gently around the Inside of each a spoonful of yellow chartreuse. An experiment, this, but one that I shall repeat It evoked such enthusiasm. People began coming before the last melon was finished. They trouped In to the kitchen, enlfllng cheerfully. The dishes sat ready In a trice, I bad .out the bags of vegetables. Mur murs of admiration greeted what each of them revealed, and the murmur swelled to a chorus triumphant when at last the squabs lay plump, juicy. most delicately browned In their al lotted platter. Luncheon speedily followed the us ual course. We ate the fat, drank the sweet, and found all things good. This I say, not vainglory, but In due meed to paper bag cookery. The only man said, looking up from his plate at last, "I never really tasted squab be fore." And when the luncheon was over the washing up was greatly shortened by the fact of no pans. ABOLISHES UNSIGHTLY HANDS. In all the many and varied rewards of diligence none are etter worth while than those that wait upon dil igent paper bag cooking. Ease Is one of them, deftness another, neat ness In the kitchen still a third. It is quite Impossible to make mere words convey all that this method of cookery means still more Impos sible to set down all that Its use will teach you. For example, Its use will teach you how little art can Improve on nature In matter of flavors. Paper bag cook ing keeps In the flavor, intensities it, and makes it the sauce of appetite. Good digestion commonly waits on appetite. But there are other things to take Into account. Not the least of tbem is the saving to one's hands and one' temper in the matter of washing up after a meal. . Whether this falls to the cook, to her mistress, or haply, to the gallant man of the house, who thrusts him self helpfully Into the roughest part of the work, the fact remains Indis putable that pan scrubbing Is hard work, distasteful In the extreme and bound to leave unpleasant reminders. Pots and pans mean the use of strong alkalies. Without them the pots can not be kept sanitary. No sort of glove yet devised will permit the free use possible to the bare hand. The syl logism runs about thus wise: To cook In the old way, you must have pots, the pots must be kept clean, or else be a constant menace, and to keep them clean requires detergent so powerful they will destroy human cuticle the same as they "cut grease." Result, rough, reddened, painful hands, in spite of emollients, glove-wearing and so on. The most careful mani curing will not undo the effect of steady pot-washing. Baked Blue Fish. Cut 00 head and tall, wash clean, wipe with a soft, damp "cloth, stuff with soft bread crumb stuffing, else lay sliced pota toes Inside, with a seasoning of but ter, pepper, salt and onion, and tie up securely. Rub all over outside with soft butter or dripping, sprinkle with salt, put In a greased bag, with, a small lump of fat and very little cold water. Seal bag and cook In a hot oven twenty to forty minutes, according to weight. Serve with sliced lemon and garnish with par sley. A squeeze of lemon Juice In the bag Is to many, tastes' an Improve ment. (Copyright, 1911, by the Associated Literary Press.) Three Delectables By Nicolas Soyer, Chef of Brooks' Club, London 8avory Fish. Put a little flaked cold flsh. with a sprinkle of Parme san, mixed with a little cream, on a slice of well-buttered toast. Place In bag and cook six minutes in a very hot oven. Sweetbreads, au Naturel. Take four sweetbreads, parbol' them, take off the skin, dust each sweetbread with salt and pepper very ugntiy ana pour over each a tablespoonful of cream. Slip the sweetbreads Into a thickly-greased bag and cook In only moderately hot oven slowly for forty minutes. Open bag, slip out contents sn hot dish. Fowl (8avory Crumbs). Wash the fowl well Inside with plenty of cold water. Dry well and put the liver and a small shallot inside the bird. Have ready a large tablespoonful of white breadcrumbs and add to them a lump of butter the size of a big wal nut, pepper and salt to taste, a tea spoonful of finely minced chives, and a teaspoonful of well washed and minced taragon. Mix all together and put into the bag with the bird. Cook gently for sixty-five minutes. Open bag gently onto a hot dish. Send to table with new potatoes and salad. (Copyright, 1911, by the Associated Literary Press.) Found Source of Danger ::- ; IWDNMIONAL' siiiwsaiooi Lesson (By E. O. BEM.ERS, Director of EJven In LwpartnM-nt, The Moody Bible In stitute of Chicago.) Disease That for a Time Baffled Med - leal Research Can Be Done . Away With. . A baffling ailment found among workmen engaged In the manufacture of shuttle In Lancashire and York shire. England, has ted to the belief that the timber used possessed rcme property Injurious to health, and that the sickness wa due to some poison givn off by the wood. The symptom complained of were "headache, sleepi ness, running at the nose and eies, chronic sneezing, giddiness, falntness. loss of appetite, shortness of breath nausea, etc" The patient exhibited a pale, yellowish or greenish color of the skin, accompanied by a peculiar "camphor" or "Turkey rhubarb" odor from the breath and akin. Inquiry showed that various woods have been used tor shuttles, namely. Persian box, persimmon, cornel, etc. More re cently West African boxwood. South African boxwood. West Indian box wood, and East London boxwood have been used. The sickness wna fmiid to be most prevalent among tbos men who were exposed to the uiie, smoke-like dust given off by the saws or lathes where the Inhalation of the dust was almost unavoidable. An examination of the sawdust of the wood has shown in the sawdust of the "West African boxwood" a heart poi son, causing a gradual slowing of the heart beat. This poison Is very sol uble and probably easily absorbed. Further examination disclosed the fact that the wood variously termed West African or East London box wood Is not "boxwood," but belongs to a poisonous order of tropical plant. The Journal of the American Medical Association, In a recent Issue, call at tention to the way In which joint clin ical, chemical, physiologic and botan ical Investigations have been made the means of relief of a most objec tionable industrial danger. Don't select a chair on the other aide of the room. LESSON FOR APRIL 7. EASTER LES80N. LESSON TEXT-I Cor. 15:J-lt GOLDEN TEXT-'Thls Jesus did God) raise up, whereof we all are witnesses." Act 2:32. St. Paul may not make direct re ference to the virgin birth of our Lord, though be certainly knew of tb prophecy that a "Virgin ahall con ceive," (Ia. 7-14), but what doe It matter? It 1 not greater miracle to be born than to rise triumphant over death. That Paul assume the fact 1 evident from this lesson. Literally he begins by saying, "Now I nfak known the gospel which I preached unto you at Corinth, whereby you ar saved and what you must always re member, that Christ, who came ful filling all that was promised In the Scripture, died for our sins and rose again." ,Paul goes on to tell ex plicitly of many who bad seen Jesus after the resurrection and, most im portant of all, how be, himself, bad seen the Christ. "Last of all he was seen of ms also. Though I am least of all the saints in that I persecuted the church, yet I am what I am, and his grace was not bestowed upon me In vain." Paul wa not uch a "bad man" from the accepted moral standards of bis time, yet he felt the truth of what Christ said, viz., that the eusenoe of atn Is that "they believe no on me," hence) Paul, once be gave hi life to Jesus, "labored more abundantly;" yet h says, for fear someone ould misun derstand blm, "not that I did the work, but God was with me." The fact of the resurrection of Je sus Christ Is the best pi oven fact of history. In the first place the dis ciples themselves did not expect Je sus to die (John 12:S4), hence, of course, tbey never even thought of the resurrection (Mark 9:10). In the third place when on that Easter morn Mary reported the empty tomb and ot having seen the Loid, the apostles thought it "idle talk" (Luke 24:11). When the women reported having ac tually seen him, the men, and how many men like to take Instruction from a woman, were unconvinced and rather doubted those who bad conversed with blm on the road to Emmaus. Again, when seen by the ten, Thom as would not accept the report till be had seen his hands and hla feet. It would have been easy for the Jews to have disproved the story of the physical resurrection; all that would , have been needed would be to have shown the body and said: "Here be 1. see these hands and these feet, the pierced side and scarred brow, this I the body of the young" prophet" Argument Based on Unbelief All arguments to convince us that Jesus did not rise are bated upon un belief and the answer of counties million throughout nearly twenty centurle ha been the word of Paul (verse 20) but "Now Is Christ risen from the dead." To deny Is to be lost in the fog, our preaching vain, and we have no ground of faith. See verses 12-14. To accept I to place a firm foundation underneath our whole Christian scheme, to set the seal of authority and purity upon the life of him whom all men, Jew and Gentile alike, say was good, and open a vista of hope for all who die in the Lord. Paul goes on to show that the res urrection of Jesus is the beginning of a plan whereby all the human race who are related to Christ shall like wise be resurrected. Even as through the transgression of one man sin came upon the whole human race. In like manner by the perfect life of obedience upon the part of one man we may all be made alive. V Paul makes a strong contrast be tween the death of the, believer and -that of the non-believer. "If I ffcjht with, beasts at Epheeus what advan tage does that have? Let us eat and drtnk, "for tomorrow we die. Not o, however, with the Christian, hence he exhorts the Christian to be awake to righteousness and to sin not A suggested outline for the study of this subject would be a follow: I. The Fact. Unprecedented. , 1 . Well established. According to prophecy. Christ's crowning miracle. II. Its Significance. Proof of Christ' deity, Rom. 1:4 Type of our resurrection, Phil. 3:21.. A victory over the devil, Heb. 2: 14, 15. A fundamental basis of Christian ity. in. Its Application. He Is our. risen, everlasting Ktng.t We shall recognize our dead. He left us to establish hi klng . dom.. Only Friend 8w Him. For the younger classes this story ' of the1 first Easter I a most fasclnat- ' Ing one, dramatic, tender, Inspiring. For the older pupil we may well dls- ' cuss, ' How Easter would be observ ed. Have we fully realized that we are "risen with Christ?" Remember he showed himself only to hi friends, not to Pilate nor to e Sanhedrim.. Are vou his friend? Have you een. the risen Lord? A description of "Holy Fire" of the Greek Christian who gathered each with bis taper In. the church at Jerusalem on Ertter Sabbath, and how each passes the fir on to another or carries it sacredly back to hi home church, would be appropriate in order to Illustrate the tact that each one of us must ap propriate Christ in hi resurrection power, and having appropriated his life we are In duty bound to pass on this knowledge to others. Paul show ed his rrstitude by "laboring trior hurdmUy "