Jt Censor of trie tress &
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Cy JZgnes Repplisr.
HE Nineteenth Century and After, thai most genial o. Biit
ish dictators, has expressed its opinions more in sorrow
than in anger on the subject of the American Sunday news
paper. This amazing product of our civilization strikes tho
English critic with something akin to awe. Its vast bulk,
the enuormous figures which represent its real or fictitious
circulation; its wide grasp of material, from literary novei
ties like "The Wandering Jew," to the range at which Master
Archie Roosevelt shot a rabbit; its determination to provide
ntertainment for every grade of intelligence and senility; its advertisements.
Its illustrations, and the generous breadth with which it defines that pleasant
word "society," are all equally bewildering to an alien. He pauses to speculates
upon the "gifted prophetess,' who for twenty-five cents "and upwards" pro
vides "gypsy sympathy," fortune telling, palmistry andspiritcoinmunioatious."
He is pleased and surprised to see .that the seven royal children of an unpro
nounceable German principality are as dear to our hearts, and our press, as
the lady who sings "Seven Lumps of Sugar, Sweetie," in advanced vaudeville,
and whose portrait flanks that of the Germanic nurslings. He asks on what
principle of selection this mass of heterogeneous rubbish is collected and dis
tributed weekly.
Above all, the colored 'jomic supplement of the Sunday newspaper Is a
stumbling-block to the critic's path. For whom, ho wonders, and for whom,
e wonder, too, can these pictures be intended? Do grown-up people trace
the disastrous consequences of Sammy.'s Sneeze, or follow Faithful FriU
through his ever-repeated ducking and tumblings? Has American humor re
verted to the simple anvestral type which regarded an accident of any kind as
mirthful? Are the supplements designed for the exclusive refresnment of the
feefclo-minded, or as a blight upon the intelligence of youth? Or can it be pos
sible that we are all, without knowing it, at the "Slovenly Peter" stage of men
tal development? These are questions which the Nineteenth Century lacks
the spirit and intelligence to answer. It merely observes that "a family which
has saturated itself with the Sunday newspaper is in no mood for church-go-Ingt
nor for any serious occupation" a statement too obvious for regard. A
family "saturated" with the Sunday newspaper would probably be tottering on
the verge of idiocy, but the American mind is not of a porous quality. It was
the wise Marcus Aurellus who tormented with the superfluities! of Rome ad
vised his readers to save themselves by inattention fiom the knowledge of
useless things. From Life.
A DREAMfcR,
$ kJ LJL JLA LlfiLlf JYA LULUS l5
Worth of Floods Yearly
By Walter J. Ballard.
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T is estimated by the United State geological survey that
floods cost the American people $100,000,000 a year in loss of
property, while the mere menace of these floods prevents the
development of thousands of square miles of omerwise val-
uable property and limits the usefulness of a rar greater
area, ureal as is me ituuuai ufsuuvuun ui yivycj fcn-m.-er
still is the loss by the waste of the water Itself. A con
servative estimate places the water loss at five times the
value of the property loss. If the flood water of the United
States could be stored for future use it would be worth 5500,000,000 a year to
us. Therefore, it is safe to say that, directly and indirectly, floods cost the
American people a total of $600,000,000 a year.
To prevent or minimize this great loss the engineers of the water resourc
es branch of the geological survey have been for a number of years making
systematic studies of flood conditions on many streasms throughout the country,
and several of thei? reports have been published. Attention is now drawn to
Water Supply Papers Nos. 88. 92, 96, 147 and 1C2. Renewed impetus was giv
en to the work by the great flood in the Ohio river basin in March, 1907, which
was one of the two greatest in a hundred years, the other having occurred in
18S4.
The ideal remedy for floods, according to the engineers of the survey, Is
the keeping of the earth's surface in a porous condition, so that the water will
be absorbed and held as by a sponge, and allowed to pass slowly into the
treams. Vegetation la the great agent that produces porosity of soil, and the
most effective form of vegetation for the retardation of surface flow is forest
cover. Forestatlon, therefore, is the prime requisite for the prevention of the
needless waste caused by floods.
The next requisite is the construction of reservoirs to hold the waters so
that they may be made useful during seasons of low water. Nearly all Amer
ican rivers can be readily controlled by the construction of storage reservoirs
on the headwater streams. The cost of &uch work, though heavy, would be as
nothing compared with the enormous benefits to water power and iriigation,
as well as to flood prevention and navigation.
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Orient Watching the 1
Filipinos
By Jilajor Gacrge P. Jihern, Director of For'
cstry in the Philippines .
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Here Hoa a little boy who made believe;
Who found in sea and city, hill and star.
What wise men Baid were not; who loved
to weave . '
Dream warp nnd woof more fair than
things that are.
He msuie believe that heavy toil and stress
Were only play, and sang the while he
wrought;
He made believe that wealth , and fame ar3
low '
Than faith nnd truth that love cannot
be bought;
That honor lives; that far beyond tie goal
That lures our eyes, to nobler ports wo
steer;
That grief was meant to forgo the living
HOlll,
And death itself is not for men to fear.
At List he made believe his play was
plavect;
A kindly Hand the darkening curtain
drew.
So well he inado believe he nearly made
The world believe his make-believes were
true.
Arthur Guiterninn, in the Xev York Times,
A SNEAK INTO ARCADIA.
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BY MRS. JACQUES FUTItELLE.
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UST now the English, French, and Germans in tho Far East
sneer at the American idea of establishing an ideal republic
in the Philippines. They say we are making a grave nils
take in giving the natives too much leeway. The English in
India give a few selected natives a little power, but the
great majority of natives in the English colonies have no
voice in the government and earn little social recognition.
The American experiment, which probably is the most re
markable the world has ever seen, gives the poorest native
the same chance as the wealthiest, education being free to all. At Manila, in
stead cf climbing up a tree to see what is going on, the Filipino citizen can
go to a reception of the governor-general and shake his hand and leave feel
ing of considerable hnpcitan.ee. While the representatives of European civili
zation sneer, the eyes of the entire Orient are turned seriously on this great
American experiment. If it succeeds, there will be startling developments in
Java, China, and India, not to mention other countries. The natives of India
will say to themselves: "If such great freedom can be given to the Filipinos,
why cannot it be given to us?" Manila today Is swarmllng with Orientals
from all Eastern countries, for it is one of the cosmopolitan cities of the world.
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-' J- Haynes.
-HE old patriotism was much concerned with guus and flags
and all the paraphernalia of war.- The new patriotism is to
be a thing of schools, hospitals and churches and mission
halls for all who feel the extraordinary burdens of life. The
new patriotism will concern itself with clean streets and
well built bouses; it will demand that the rich be satisfied
with less and that the poor have more; it will not be so
spectacular, but it will be more real, more vitally related
with tne raw needs or Human life. The day or the hero on
horseback is past; the day of the hero In the bonds of civic self-sacrifice hut
. couue.
Mr. John Wallace Van Courtland
Rhodes took a running jump into a
suit of flannr.ls, a soft shirt, a pair
of tennis shoot and a mussed linen
hat, kicked his evening dress into a
corner, and made for open country,
lis dodgsd behind a hedge to avoid
a man who was aiming a camera
a'round rather carelessly, passed out
a gateway at the end of a graveled
walk, then turned and shook his fist
at the marble palace with which
some idiot had' thought to adorn the
country.
Adorn! Eosh! It was a sight,
that huge, grinning pile that reared
its head out of a Noah's Ark forest,
with its little trees just set so far
apart, and so nicely matched that the
eye ached at sight of them.
lie got away from it all as quickly
as possible, and scrambled down into
the wood, where a little stream gur
gled and there was a smell of the
soft, mossy earth. Now this was
country, this little wood with the sun
light filtering through the trees, this
little stream, coming ont of the no
where rnd dancing merrily on to
the same place. He dug his hands
Into his trousers pockets and chuck
led. Ages ago, he remembered, he
had gone to the country to grand
ma's. She had thrown away his
ocks, whacked off his curls, slapped
Mm into overalls, and turned him
loose. What a time he had! He
whistled soi'tly at the recollection.
lie ventured across stream, and
ktanding half way on the biggest
rock, stooped to scooy up the water
with his hat.
And then he wandered on. By
George, there was a little house!
It was just a camp, set off in the
heart of the wood, where a chap
would be alone with nature. He
stumbled upon a sign 'To Let," and
lie went closer. The house was fur
ixished; he could see pots and pans
Hung upon a row of pegs r he peered
into a window, and farther along, in
s.nother room, was a bare table and
some chairs set against the wall. He
climbed upon the porch, and turning
the corner, he ran plump into a god
dess! a nymph of the wood, a little
maid of Arcadia in a print gown. In
one hand she was clutching a big
nun hat and in the other some wild
iIowe.r3.
"I beg your pardon, ma'am," he
said, pulling the mussed linen hat
from his head, and scraping a low
bow. "Er do you live here?"
She gave him a big baby stare out
of the two most wonderful blue eyes,
then the lids dropped. Ah, "shy little
naid of Arcadia!
"-No," she replied. "Er do you?".
He ventured a smile, just a little
cue, for she looked awfully scared.
"No. But er I'd like to," he
dared. "Er wouldn't you?"
She spread out her hands in a lit
tle gesture of exasperation.
"I've dreamed of it," she burst out,
"and I've set my heart on it."
"Really?" he asked politely.
"Really! But no one seems to
I Inow who owns it; no one seems to
tnov who lets It. It's just here with
that exasperating little sign- to tanta
lize me, when 1 slj much want to
tave it."
She looked so pretty in the little
print gown with the big hat and the
bunch of wild fiower3 that he almost
lost the drift cf what she was say
teg. "I suppose 3-ou don't belong here
abouts?" he inquired.
"No." Then she looked him over,
and added, "Do you?"
He nervously twisted the mussed
Lit between a thumb and forefinger
13 she giggled into the flowers.
"I'm ashamed to tell j-ou where I
telong so I won't," he laughed.
"We'll pass that," she said after a
moment, "if you'll be so very kind as
to find out who owns thi3 place."
"And then?"
"Then I want the key." ,
"Oh!" He waited a moment to
patch a smile that threatened. "And
then?"
"Then, of course, I'll take posses
sion. Why," she went on quite
breathlessly, "why, I've watched here
for day3 and dajs to keep any'one
else from getting it."
"Piggy-wiggy!" ho ventured.
She tossed her head into the air.
"Why?"
"Wut-.liLig hern for and day-
when I've only just com-;."
"It's a great place to be aioiie,"
she rcmnr'.'.cJ coolly.
"Aluno by yourself or alone with
"I wish I could get in," she inter
rupted. "I peeked in at the window
and it looks so dear."
lie pushed a window open; it was
n't even locked. She looked sur
prised. "Why, I could have been In days
and days ago!" she exclaimed. "1
think I'm silly.
The remark was really a question.
She looked at him as if she e.-pecled
Ltoi to contradict her, buj he didn't.
Instead, he thrust his head in at the
window, and hers followed.
"Oh, it's dearer and cuter than
even I Imagined," she gurgled. "Don't
you think it darling?"
"Yes-, I do think it darling!"
She looked at him quickly.
"What a big room," he added hur
riedly. Suddenly she drew back.
"Why, this this is house break
ing." "We haven't broken anything."
"We are breaking in."
"I'd call it climbing in."
He put one foot across the sill, and
then tho other.
"Oh" she said breathlessly. Such
daring was quite beyond belief.
"Won't you climb in, too?"
-He offered a hand to assist her. She
put forth hers a little Dresden
china hand and prepared to climb,
Then she hesitated.
"It's house breaking in the eyes
of the law."
Their eyes met and his hand closed
oyer hers among the flowers.
"Oh, little maid of Arcadia," he
said softly, "where have you been so
long that I am only just finding
you
"I wonder!" she mused softly.
He came round tho table to take
her In his arms.
"Wait," sho begged. "I want to
tell you something."
Ho sat down upon a corner of the
table and obediently waited. She
was a long time beginning.
"I'm going to be married in the
morning," she said finally.
"Yes," he agreed after a long time.
"It's going to be a wedding that
the newspapers will call brilliant, and
all that sort of thing. Columns have
already been written about my gown,
and there will be dozens of brides
maids. Why, reporters liavo been
snooping down about tho place for
days, and I've been dodging cameras
until I'm tired."
"Poor little girl!"
"I'm making what the newspapers
call a great match."
"Ileally?"
"Really."
"A prince?"
"I think so."
"Anything else?"
"Everything else."
"Well?"
"Well then I'm going to Europe."
"Yes."
"I don't want to go to Europe!"
"No?"
"No."
"You mean," he questioned, "you
don't love the man you are going to
marry?"
"Not that. I do love him, but
I'vo been to Europe ever so many
times, and this this little place i3
Arcadia."
"I suppose," he suggested, "Europe
is just to get away?"
"I suppose."
f WHY ?
Why do many wives put on the injured-martyr air instead ol
telling their husbands just what they want or think?
Why do many husbands work bard for their wives and
families, but never think how tho wifo would appreciate an invi
tation to a theatre, a little dinner at a restaurant, a box of candy,
or some flowers brought home unasked?
Why do many children resent anything their parents say, and
look on them as bores, and long to be grown up so as to cscayo,
fro;n them?
Why do so many rich folks look on their poor relatives a3
being always on the lookout for favors, and so prevent the poor
relatives from giving them little presents or bsing natural wita
them?
Why do so many poor relatives look on their rich relatives
as arrogant and purse-proud, scaixely admitting any good qualities,
and. always adding or prefacing any account of the rich relatives
generosity or kindness with, "If I were as rich as he it would bo
my delight to do so-and-so," instead of being appreciative of the
kindnesses?
Why do many employers say their clerks are a stupid lot and
unworthy of consideration?
Why do many clerks look with envy on their employers, and
rase ovei' every correction or sharp word?
Why do men laugh at women's lack of business ability, and
yet snee.' and rather look down on the woman who shows she has
con:e?
Why do many persons behave more courteously and kindly to
outsiders than they do to ones they really love best of all? From
McCall's Magazine.
It's I'll explain the law," he be
gan, which delayed matters and al
lowed him to hold the hand for one
long, delicious moment.
"Don't bother," she burst In. "You
would only waste your breath, for
I'd not understand one thing. But
I'll come in if you insist."
She chewed her lip and gave him
a look out of the wonderful eyes that
made his heart do a lap in quicker
time than it had any business doing.
"I do insist I most empirically
insist," he insisted.
"Oh, since you insist!" And the
next Instant she stood within the
room.
He ecstatically watched her little
excursions about the house, poking
into cubby holes and examining
nooks and corners. Finally she sat
down at the big table and clasped
the Dresden china hands under her
chir..
"Isn't it dear?" she asked, her
eyes shining.
He only nodded to that, for he
couldn't quite think of any words
wonderful enough to express more.
"If I had this place," she went on,
'I'd fill these shelves with books, I'd
scatter magazines here, there, all
over. I'd have an easy chair here and
another easy chair there, and still
another easy chair there, and I'd
stuff pillows everywhere."
"If I had this place" he caught
the tone "I'd have a book there
any old kind of a book a tobacco
pouch there, a pipe here, another
pipe there, my hands in my pockets
and ray fset on the mantel."
'Is that a man's idea of being com
fy?" "It's my idea of living in Arcadia."
They laughed outright, happily,
riotously. Suddenly she remembered
something.
"How do you like my gowa?" she
asked.
"Perfect!"
"A simple, pink, checked gingham
gown," she mused. "And my flow
ers?" "Wonderful!"
"Picked in Ar?r,u."'
.Sue nestled them ugainst her cheek
and kissed the petals lovingly.
"Don't you love to be free?" she
breathed, "to be just yourself,-to get
away from the position you've got to
uphold?"
"I wish," he replied fervently, "'!
never had to look evening dress In
the face again."
"What is evening dress?" she
asked.
"It's the most awful, most horri
ble "
"Hush," she Interrupted. "We
won't sp;ak of such things 1 in Ar-:alia."
They were both silent for a time,
she pulling at the wild flowers with
uervous fingers and he twiddling the
mussed linen hat. Suddenly he
leaned forward and imprisoned the
little hands within his own, then he
kissed them extravagantly.
"Well, why go to Europe?" he
asked. "Why not liva here in Ar
cadia?" "Really?"
"Really."
"But who has the key to Arcadia?"
"The man In that awful marble
palace on the hill."
"Uncle George?"
"Uncle George."
"Why, how foolish. It's like the
window that only needed a push. I
never even asked." Something else
occurred to her. "If Uncle George
knows, everybody else will know,"
she complained.
"Did you ever notice that Uncle
George was sentimental? I think he
can keep a secret."
"Of course we will .start for Eu
rope." "Of course."
"And sneak hack have when no
one's looking?"
He nodded.
"And bring my books?"
"And my pipes."
"And I'll read to you while you
put your feet on the mantel."
"Really?"
"Really."
They gathered up the wild flowers
from the table, where they had fall
en, closed the window behind them
and climbed the hill to the marble
palace at tho top. Mr. John Wal
lace Van Courtland Rhodes pulled
the evening dress from the corner
where .he had kicked it only a short
time before, and got into it for the
last time. From Voman's Home
Companion.
Americans Growing Bigger.
A tailor whose firm has been con
tinuously in business in Philadelphia
for 105 years has compiled from his
books of measurement some statistics
that discount the statements of the
pessimists.
These 'statistics show that the
American in the past century has
grown taller, stronger and slimmer
greater in height and in chest
girth, less in the girth of waist and
hips.
The average chest of 1795 was
thirty-six Inches. It Is now thirty
eight inches. The average height was
five feet seven inches. It 13 now five
feet eight and a half inches. The
length of leg has increased in the
same proportion. The shoulders and
chest have greatly developed. The
waist, on the other hand, has lost
tvv !s.ches. New York Pres
Household Affaire.
KEEPS POULTRY SWEET. '
Dead game, poultry, etc., can be
ept sweet for weeks by rubbing them
well with powdered borax under the
wings, legs, tail and placing a 1UU
In the mouth of tho bird.
STOCKINGS OVER SHOES.
Save old stocklng3, cut off the
feet, leaving about four inches of tho
leg. Theso worn over tho shoes oa
slippery days will protect both young
and old from' falling. New York-,
World.
TOMATO REMOVES INK.
If you happen to spill ink on white
wash goods, before you laundry It
take red tomatoes, the canned one
will do, rub well on the ink spots, let
it dry over night, then put it In the
boiler with the other clothes to bell.
It will come out beautiful and white,
I have never known it to fail. New
York World.
CARE OF BROOMS.
If you labor under the imprest'-On
that you are getting or keeping clean
when you do the sweeping with an
U1U iUlJOiUVVl feci. Uli tuv w-fc-
at once.
In these days of dust the most per
fect implements are necessary to fight
it and a broom that is never rinsed
out in clean water in which a little
ammonia has been dissolved adds
more germs to a floor than it takes.
Up.
Never use a broom after it has be
come lopsided, as it not only does
not do the wxrk, but harder on the
worker, being much more difficult
to propel. New Haven Register.
BUREAU DRAWERS.
A3 careful as housewives are, they
sometimes neglect to keep the dresser
drawers in good order and the hand
kerchiefs, sheets, stockings and the
like are thrown in any place which
will conveniently hold them. One
would havo far more room and
much less bother if the articles wera
dry comes home put all sheets to
gether, all pillow cases and articles
of like kind in one pile, tie with
white tape and give J.hem a place in
the drawer where they will always bo
found. There i3 quite an art in fold
tng clothes to make each piece small
and easily packed. It is nice to have
all articles arranged like this. Place
between the various packages the
little, envelopes of sandalwood. It haa
lasting and delicate odor that is pleas
ing to the most refined taste. New
Haven Register. h.
SET TABLE IN EARLY EVENING.
The table should bs laid in the
afternoon,, and on a side table place
all extra plates and dishes, such as
silver, that may be required for the
meal. If there is not a serving table
In the room, a common one should
he arranged for this occasion. -
It It Is necessary for the hostess to
remove the courses, dishes, etc.,
should be so placed that she is absent
from the table only a few moments,
and there is no confusion in her
movements.
Even if she has a maid to serve the
meal the dishes must be ready before
the guests arrive. Otherwise the
hostess will be obliged to give in
structions during dinner, a breach of
good form to be avoided whenever
possible.
It should foe understood previously
that the host is not leave his place
under any consideration. Nothing
will give a greater air of confusion
than to have two persons moving
around a room. The man should
keep his seat and preside while the
hostess attends to th8 dinner.-
Washington Star.
Biked Apples with Nuts Peel an.
corq the apples, then place in a deep
pan, allowing a heaping tablespoon
ful of sugar and half a cup of water
to each apple. In the centre of each
applo place a tablespoonful ol
chopped nuts and strip of lemon or
orange peel, and over the whole
sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg. Bake
slowly, and the juice will become
jelly-like.
Date Pie - Simmer slowly one
pound of dates in enough milk to
cover. Sift them through a sieve to
free rom stones, add one-half cup
of suar, tho yolks of three eggs, a
llttlo cinnamon and a pint of boiled
milk. Bake in deep lined plates, as
for cufrcard pie. Whip the white of
the eggs and fro t, having flavored
the frosting slightly with vanilla.
Brown nicely. This is sulacient for
two pies.
Boiled Suet Dumpling One cup
ful of chopped suet, two of fiour, one
teaspoonful of sr.lt; mould into
dumplings and boil half aa hour.
Serve with maIo or warm sugar
syrup, or jam. - I' any are left over,
they are excellent tried for supper
or breakfast; cut in thin slices, and
fry a delicato brown in butter or
dripping. Servo with syrup of any
kind. The same recipe may be turned
Into baked app dumpling- by rolling
out the dough, and moulding around
large tart apples. Put in a baking
41sh i.nd cool: in a quick oven.