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"Divorce Too Easy"
Society Doomed if Christianity Cannot Grip
Hold of Family Problem.
By Professor Shatter Mathews,
Dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School
and Editor of The Religious World.
HERE is a tendency to replace the idea of romantic love
that gives beauty to life. I regret this because it is likely
to break down our civilization and the sanctity of the fam
ily. If the relations of man and woman are to be merely
those of animals then we are going backward in our evolu
tion. I do not see any help for any Christianity that does
not face this problem squarely. If Christianity cannot grip
hold of this family problem and gt the spirit or Chfistiauity
into the lowest group of our civrtiration, then society is
-riage ties will be turned inta mere conventionalities and re-
fons respectable enough, but increasingly un-Christian.
Divorce is increasing with alarming rapidity. The conditions are much
same today as in the days of Jesus, when He forbade divorce, althou- t
become so common that a man might divorce his wife merely -anae
was not a rood enousrh cook. So with us. the family has become mer
iventionality and a matter of personal convenience. There are many yotrrrg
a. and women who are growing up with the idea that marriage, while it may
be simultaneously, at least may b"j successively, polyandrous and polyga-
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You hear of divorces because t ' ""tncompatability of temper." Is "incom
ability of temper" possible in a tmrtstian family? We fail to take our
tiily relations with sufficient seriousness. We go into family relations witn
s same sangfroid that we go on a picnic.
One of the moulders of public opinion in my own city, a leading newspa
gave coupons that entitled the holders to free passes to St. Joseph, Mich.,
ere they could be married easily. Was that not a prostitution of tho
ole business to yellow journalism? What shall we say of the whole mat-
I- of courtship? I heard a minister ear once: "I never heard a sermon on
ting engaged," but one pulpit in Bosom is going to treat of this topic. This
lifferencc to the things that we do not talk about, or at least hesitate to
k about, is the source of many of the dangers of our social life.
We find i difflcu1' I fear, to bring the great principles of Jesus down to
13 small duties of life. It is so much easier to write books about child
ining than it is to bring up boys and girls.
In this small matter of the family there is a vast opportunity for Chios
n common sense. Our Christian legislation presupposes Christian people.
e have need of better laws on divorce, we need better protection for chil
en, but it i3 the business of the church to see that we have not merely bet-
r legislation, but better peopL,
A Warning A gainst
Hypnotism
By Benjamin S. Dean.
;?h?m54.:. ? YPNOTISM is a violation of a law of nature; It is a brain
paralysis and the substitution of the mind of the op-
erator for that of the patient, and even in those Instances
in which the mind of the operator is pure and wholesome
there is a breaking down of the barriers intended for the
protection of the individual's own being and an exposing of
his inmost self to the less scrupulous operator who may
come afterward. In other words, hypnotism is a destruc
tive process; it obscures the individual, takes from him the
d given right to work out his own problems in life and atices that power
a the hand3 of another; and no mere temporary physical alleviation can pos-
ibly justify any map, woman or child surrendering to the hypnotic control of
ny other human being. That is a prostitution not of the body, but of the
oul, and the physician who encourages this practice is assuming a responsi-
Ulity which no man with a proper appreciation of the divine right of individ-
iial, responsible life would ever undertake. All constructive power Is poten-
lal for good; all destructive power is dedicated to evil, and hypnotism does
lot build up the individual soul or body; it deadens the sensibilities of the Indi
vidual and gives place to the potent will of the operator. Every experiment
iimpiy weakens the victim's power of resistance, leaving him open to assaults
lapcn his vital forces from every mountebank who may choose to experiment
lipon him.
The physician who resorts to hypnotism may produce temporary results
fwhich are apparently beneficial, but he is laying the foundation for tne disin
tegration of the personal ego and is working a wrong against himself and his
fvictim.. Every intelligent man, woman and child should refuse to sanction
ecJi practice; it is deadly in its effects and can do no permanent good.
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The Art of Approach
By O. S. Marden.
HERE is just as much of an art in approaching people prop
erly as in approaching a landscape to get the best possible
effect. We are all more or less animals, and we do not
like to have the fur rubbed the wrong way. It i3 a great
art to know how to approach people so as to make the best
possible impression, and not arouse their antagonism, or
J prejudice them against us at the very outset. One needs to
ue u guuu juu&e ui nuiiiu.ii uaiuic, aim uu uac a icufa i-"
of tact, in order to approach a person through the right
avenue.
One should cultivate the art of reading character at first sight. Some
people know at a glance what road to take to get into a stranger's confidence.
They walk right in -without hindrance, while others, without tact, art, or
knowledge of human nature, cannot enter at all, or only with great difficulty.
There is nothing else which will create such a good impression upon a
stranger, as a sunny face, a cheerful, gracious manner. All doors fly open,
all barriers disappear before the sunny soul. He does not need to use a
crowbar to make a way for himself. The doors open for him, and he is as
welcome everywhere as the sunshine. He does not need an introduction. His
face and his manner are introduction enough, and as for confidence, such
people carry a letter of credit in 'heir faces. You cannot help believing in
them and trusting them implicit the first time you see them. From Success.
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I To College Girls
f& By The Hev. Dr. G. Stanley Hall, President of
f&jSifSj Clark University. sffSfgJ
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HERE is a growing tendency to celibate life. From an ex
haustive study of tho statistics of graduates of nine of our
oldest colleges for men and four for women, it appears that
ten years after graduation about one-fourth of the men and
one-half of the woman remain unmarried.
Jj Ij Young men and women, especially those in easy clr-
CUaSulIJCes, aeiuy, ueiiueiait., vn,'ij;u uie cilli aii.iuii3 ui smio
and wedded life, consider social and even pecuniary pros
, and cons until the golden dawn of youth advances to the
high noon or maturity, and in Herbert Spencer's phrase, "The motives that
Tuake for individuating become too strong for those that make for genesis."
Uncle Sam "Cheer up, Wall Street! Can't you ses I'M prosperous?"
Cartoon freni tho Atlanta Journal.
COAST DEFENSES LACK TEM THQUSANDHM
Better Opportunitlss in Oivil Life Hav Drawn Thousands From Army
Commissions Not Taksn--Graduat-3 of Technics Schools
Ignore Proffer of Second Lieutenancies--Many Vacancies.
Washington, D. C. The coast defenses of the United States are facing
the most serious condition of recent years. Reports received by the War
Department show that with an authorized force of 19,321 men tho, Coast
Artillery on October 15 was able to muster only 9 623. Ten thousand re
cruits are- needed to fill the ranks, and the question is whero to get them.
An official report prepared last year in connection with the Aritllery
Increase bill showed that tho actual strength of the Coast Artillery was
11,450 on October 15, 1906. Congress passed a bill authorizing the addi
tion of 50 00 men, but not only have the officials of the army failed to get
these extra men, but they have lost 2000 cf those they had.
Every month reports are received of men quitting the Coast Artillery
to accept more lucrative places in civil life. Men of five, ten, fifteen years'
service privates, sergeants, first sergeants, non-commissioned staff officers
are leaving by the hundreds. Their electrical and mechanical training
In the Coast Artillery especially fit them for good jobs in civil life.
Common civilian laborers at military posts are making more money
than the highest grade technical non-commissioned officers under whom
they arc employed. Teamsters, plumbers, firemen, engineers and elec
tricians get rations, quarters, fuel, medical attention, etc., practically all of
the allowances of soldiers except uniforms, and in addition they get from
$45 to $125 a month for eight hours' work a day.
Soldiers performing the same duties at the same posts get from one
third to one-half of the corresponding pay, are subject to all the rigor3 of
military discipline, and are frequently on duty all day and all night.
More remarkable is the difficulty of getting officers. For the first time
in the history of the army vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant are
going begging. The artillery bill of last year authorized the appointment
in the Coast Artillery each year for five years of sixty second lieutenants.
The appointments were to be made: First, from graduates of West
Foint; second, from qualified enlisted men, and third, from civil life grad
uate of technical colleges and schools. Invitations were sent to the presi
dents cf 125 of the principal technical schools and colleges requesting them
to send in tho names of graduates who desired to be appointed. In six
months no names have been submitted. Eighty-five vacancies in the grade
of second lieutenant of Coast Artillery exist to-day.
Whrn man lias.
xnesticated the ani:
this problem of tlf
f i ri le in their f
mesucr.tea ciraseir dv civilization as no nas uo-
nf the medical profession will be heard upon
Social economy. Tho3e with most grounds
"l feel most keenly their obligations to
'med to future generations.
SMALL GUNS WON JAPAN'S NAVAL VICTORY
French Admiral Say3 Huo Artiiicry Was Not EtfeetiYS-- Dreadnoughts
a Mistake--Light Calibre Guns With Deadly Explosives Won
Toco'3 Suscsss on Fleet Ships of tho Line.
Paris, France. Admiral Germinet, the newly appointed commander
of the Mediterranean squadron, totally disagrees with the naval experts of
England, America and other countries who advocate the heaviest battleships
and the heaviest guns a3 most serviceable in future naval warfare. He ar
gues for not larger ships and bigger guns, but smaller, fleeter vessels capa
ble of great motility and armed with guns of smaller calibre capable of
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var. Tho English admiralty, he says, built the Dreadnought on a m?sap-
"Before obtaining complete information," says the Admiral, "the Eng
lish attributed the Russian disaster to Togo'3 tactics and the big guns with
which his ships were armed. It was not true. I have recently obtained the
proof from official documents. I do not question Togo's ability. I say only
the Japanese used projectiles loaded with a comparatively small quantity
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facture of shells capable of holding an enormous amount of explosive. All
their ships cai-rled that ammunition at the battle of Tsushima. To that
they owe their victory. The projectiles exploding on contact gave off a pro
digious amount of heat, which melted the hardest steel and produced a vol
ume of gases which asphyxiated all who breamed It. Ths gasss penetrated
the interior of the Russian ships and suffocated men even in the hold.
"In the reports from which I obtained this information a case la cited
where the ammunition hoist suddenly ceased working. Upon examination
it was found intact, but every man at the bottom of the hoist was dead,
without a visible wound; in other words, asphyxiated. Upon the same ship
the electricity suddenly went out. The fires were found uninjured, but the
dynamo crew was dead, suffocated to a man. Projectiles exploding against
tho ship's armor outside had introduced gases which put two big guns out
of action and plunged the ship in aarksess. It was not that the Japanese
shooting was marvelous. It was good. But the efficacy of the projectiles,
many of which, by the way, exploded in their flight, was the real secret of
the Japanese victory."
Profiting by this experience, Admiral Germinet contends that the
French navy should arm the ships with a good gun capable of firing shells
carrying the maximum quantity of explosive. The SO 5-millimetre gun of
the Dreadnought class, he says, cannot do this, as the pressure of fhe dis
charging load would create too much danger of f.rlng the explosive.
Must Stop Wasting if Prosperity is to Continue.
Washington, D. C. After an extensive investigation of the country's
natural resources, conducted in the West at the Instance of the Government,
Professor J. A. Holmes, Chief of the Technologic Bureau of the Geological
Survey who has just returned, has made an official statement -warning tho
American people that the present prodigious waste of these resources must
Etop at once if the country is to continue to prosper.
Professor Holmes made the investigation to determine how serious the
situation is. He declares that in the mining operations of the present time
nearly one-half of the total coal supply is being left under ground; that
water as a source of power is being wasted day after day and year after
year to the extent of millions of horse power, and that forest fires have
burned more, lumber than has been used in the building of homes or in. the
industries. Professor Holmes says that the waste of coal is appalling.
Every possible means should , be adopted, he declares, for reducing this
waste to an absolute minimum, in order that the country's fuel resources
may suffice for the future, as for the present needs of the nation.
"At the present rate of Increase in consumption," eays Mr. Holmes,
'the better part of the fuel supply of the country will be gone by the end
ci the prebeut century, unless the proper irteps are taken ,
' Would Uan& Promoters of White-Slave Traffic.
Washington D. C. That the laws should be altered so as to make the
Importation of women for immoral purposes a capital offense was emphati-
Straus. A national crusade against the wmte
elave traffic has been inaugurated by the Federal Government.
"Many innocent women and girls are brought to the United States un
der nromise of bettering their conditions," said Mr. Straus, "but they ara
ei ed nd re made io lead lives of shme. This is one of the worst
Ses known to man, and any one guilty of it should be hanged.
'In the rast it has been impossible to break up the practice of bring
ing women here for immoral purposes, owing to the claim that they had
in! Ape so lon that thsy could not be deported and they were allowed to
?en?in uSder "the new rule of assuming they have not baen here three
Ifrs and requfring them to produce prooi, the dejartacnt will be able t
f-nd many pf them Lack to their homes.
A SMALL DISCOVERER.
"I've made a great discovery,"
Said little Willie Blair;
"The garden pear-tree in its shape
Is not unlike a pear.
"The apple-tree beside the wall
Is round as it can be
Like a big apple round likewise
I find the cherry-tree.
"And now I see that all the pines
Grow like big cones in air,
How wonderful are nature's wavs,"
Said little Willie Blnir.
I. T. McClellan, in Youth's Companion.
"THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT."
"Mr. Conductor," said little Louis
Rhodes, pulling at a gilt-buttoned
coatsleeve, "please tell me a story.
"Bless my life!" exclaimed Captain
Sam, cf Express No. '65. The train
had just pulled out from Newcastle,
and as there was a long run without
a stop, the tired conductor had
dropped into a seat to rest a bit, when
Louis came up and asked for a story.
"Bless my life!" said Captain Sam,
"I don't know a story to my name,
except 'Here is the House That Jack
Built.' "
"Don't tell me that," answered the
little boy. "I know that myself," and
began to rattle off:
"This is the house that Jack built;
"This is the rat that lived in the
house that Jack built;
"This is the cat that caught the
rat "
"Stop right there!" said the con
ductor; "that reminds me of some
thing. On my last trip east, as I
went through one of the coaches to
look at tickets, I found a girl about
your size sitting in a seat by herself.
'Tickets,' I said, without thinking.
'Mamma has 'em,' says she, 'an' she's
gone to get a d'ink of water. But
won't1 you please take my orange to
that little girl back there with a rd
hand '-cher on her head? Her mamma
has forgot to give her any.'
"I looked for the little elrl with
the red handkerchief and saw a poor
woman with five children. Thsy
didn't have on much clothes. They
didn't look as if they had had much
to eat, but nobody was paying any
attention to them.
"Maybe your mamma won't like
you to give away your orange," said I.
"The little girl opened her eyes
very wide and says she: 'Why, cap
tain, my mamma loves me to give
away things.'
" 'All right says I, and I went
back to the little party and gave the
orange; and says I, in a loud tone of
voice, 'This is from a litle girl wfcose
mamma just loves her to give things.'
"At that ever so many mothers
pricked up their ears, and presently
I saw another little girl bring a box
of lunch to the poor children. 'Ah,'
says I to myself, 'this Is like that old
song about the house that Jack built.
This is the cat ' When I got that
far a lady pulled a pretty little cap
out of her bag, and, says she, 'Won't
you let your little girl wear this Tam-o-Shanter?'
"I went on easy singing to myself.
Where is the dog that worried the
cat, that killed the rat that lived in
the house that Jack built? And
sure enough, here was a boy giving
some things out of his pocket I
don't know what. So it went on until
those forlorn little chicks had more
things than a few; all because one
little kind heart gave 'em her orange.
Now, small boy, get off my knee. I've
got to ring the bell for the engineer to
whistle. Go and see' if you can't start
another .house that Jack built.' "
Elizabeth P. Allen, in Dew Drops.
LOUISE'S HAT.
Until she was six years old, little
Louise had lived in the city. Then
her mother moved to a smaller town
where the housesstood in large yards,
and there were trees and flowers and
plenty of grass. Louise had a little
garden all her own, and in it she
raised one tomato plant, one peavine,
two dandelions and a geranium.
Think of that!
There were many other things
about her new home that pleased lit
tle Louise. One was a swing with
two chairs that faced each other, and
here she and her sister used to sit
and swing and play they were riding
in the cars.
One day Louise was sitting In the
swing alone, when a bird plumped
down out of the apple tree right upon
the crown of her hat. Louise was a
bit Btartled, but her mother, who sat
near in the hammock, called outr
j "Don't be frightened, dear; it is just
a baby robin! Keep still, and see
what he will do."
So Louise kept still, and the robin
perched on her hat and looked about.
Then he seemed to think that he
would like to take a walk, for he
got down off the crown of Louise's
hat and hopped around the brim,
until at last he tumbled off into the
grass.
Pussy saw the bird fall, and start
ed at once to creep slyly toward him;
but Louise's mother saw her and
scared her ;.way, and picked the baby
robin up and put him in the tree,
where the old birds were making a
great fuss. They seemed glad to get
their baby back again.
Louise's mother says she doesn't
like hats trimmed with dead birds;
but, If a little live bird wishes to trim
a hat with Iiimsolf, why, that Is quite
a different matter! Mary Wood Al
len, in Little Folks.
HELEN'S NEST. .
Helen was a dear litle girl that
lived in the country. About her,
house there were many fine trees,
where the birds came every year to
6pend the summer. Now Helen loved
to watch the birds, butterflies and
bees doing their work.
Well, one day Mr. and Mrs. Oriole
came to look at the big elm tree.
They soon decided to build a nest
there, and each flew off In a different
direction to find building material.
"O papa," cried Helen, who had
caught the gleam of brilliant orange
and black, "let's help them so they'll
stay here. "
"All right, little girl," answered
her father. -
Helen had helped birds before by,
putting bits of string and worsted
and straws on the ground and near
by bushes.
Suddenly she clapped her hands,
exclaiming, "Oh, I'm going to label
this nest, and then, after it's all built,
it will bo mine!"
So she carefully wrote her name
on a' tag of paper, putting a long:
piece of white string through the end
of the tag. On some other tags she
wrote the day and month, "May 28."
Then they were left in plain sight,
and Helen scampered away.
The birds did not seem to notice
the strings at first, but later every,
one was gone, and from that hanging
nest waved six little tags bearing
Helen's naro and the date!
When the' birds had raised their
families and gone South, her father
took down the nest and brought it
into the house to Helen.
TEETER-TOTTER.
Teeter-totter in the air;
Cp you go so high.
Then you come to earth again
With the merry cry: . r- '
"Teeter-totter, '
Bread and water!
Also cake and pie.
Teeter-totter,
Bread and water,
Go we to the sky! "
T. T., iu the Briminghara Age-Herald,
DOG'S EFFORTS AT HOSPITALITY.
On our farm we once kept a large
dog named Rover. The house was a
distance from the public road, and
anyone coming to call could not be
seen from the house until within a
short distance of it, owing to a rof
of maple trees that bordered either!
side of the driveway.
Hospitality was always freely dis
pensed and callers rarely left without
dining. Rover's services were al
ways secured in rounding up a
chicken. Rover used to sit day after
day with head upraised and expectant
eyes gazing down the driveway and
at the slightest sound of wheels he
would run and gaze down the drive
way to make sure some one was
really coming up when he would
turn, and with long bound3, make
for the chicken yard and catch a fowl
if there was no one near to prevent, -
Chicago Tribune.
REVIVING A TIRED HONEY BEE.
The honey bee is proverbially in
dustrious. When everything goes
well with It, no form of animal life
has more vigor, works more zealous
ly nor defends its home more brave
ly. But the bee soon loses its activ
ity when separated from its home so
that it cannot return, as, for example,
when it gets into a room and fails to
find its way out. Cold rain or lack
of food also soon put it into a feeble
or exhausted condition, making it
appear as If It were discouraged. But
nearly all of its usual activity may;
be restored by a little sugar of honey.
From "Nature and Science," in St,
Nicholas.
RIDDLES.
When Is a cow not a cow?
Answer: When it Is turned into a
barn.
When Is it right to take anyone in?,
Answer: When it rains.
Why is the figure 9 like a peacock?
Answer: Because it is nothing
without its tail.
Why is the fender like West
minster Abbey?
Because it contains the ashes of the
grate (great).
Why are darned tocking3 lik
dead men?
Because they. are men-ded.
.... frv tillage of Elm, in the Canton
of Glarus, Switzerland, i3 so sur
rounded by mountains that it has n
sunlight all winter.
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