Friendship and
Bv Elbert Hubbard.
,H3 desire for .friendship i3
IT!
the companionship of those who can unaerstana. ino
or lire presses, we sigh for "h ome," and long for the presence
of cue who sympathizes with our aspirations, comprehends our
hopes and is able to partake of our joys. A thought i3 not our
own until vj impsrt it to another, and the confessional seems a
ciying uoed oi every human sjui.
Cne can b.-jr eric?, tut it iase3 two to be glad.
We rea h the I.'ivi:u through some orse, and by divides cur joy with Wis
one v.-e i.ouMc it, and co:ne in touch v.:th the Universal. The sky is never 80
blue, the bir.:c new? ir.'iu so b.ilh-'.v, our acquaintances aro never so gracious
as v. li.n we are i;lloU with lve for so:ne one else.
lioiiu in harmony with ere we are in harmony with all. The lover ideal
izes and clothes the beloved with vi-tues that exist only in hi3 imaginatioa
The beloved is cor.s- io ,,lv or unconsciously aware of this, and endeavors to
fulfil the hij;h ideal- r.nd in the contemplation of the transcendent qae8
that his mind has cror.t M the lover is raised to heights otherwise impossible.
Should the beloved pas from this earth while such a condition of exaua
tion exists, the conception is indelibly impressed upon the soul, just as tne
last envth.lv view is said to be photographed upon the retina of the dead, ine
highest earthly relationshin is in its very essence fleeting, for men are iai
lible; and living in a wrrl.l where the material wants JostU', and time ana
chaiife play their ceaseless parts, gradual obliteration conies and disillusion
enters. Hit the aiemorv of a sweet affinity once fully possessed, and snapped
by fate at its su-ire:m-st moment, can never die from out the heart. All other
troubles are -wallowed id in this; and if the individual is of too stern a ntre
to be crmpletelv crushed into the dust, time will come bearing healing, ana
the memory of that once ideal condition will chant in his heart a perpetual
eucharist. .
And I hope th? world has paed fnrever from the nightmare of pity lor
the ileal: thev hive ceased from their labors and are at rest.
En: for the living, when death his entered and removed the best friend,
fate has ('one her worst; the plummet has sounded the depths of grief, and
thereafter nothing can inspire terror. At one fell stroke all petty annoyances
and corroding cares are sunk into nothingness. The memory of a great love
lives enshrined fn rndving ameer. Tt affords a ballast 'gainst all the storms
that blev. ;,nd. al'fv 112,1 it lends an unutterable sadness, it imparts an un
speakable aea e. W here there is this haunting memory of a great love lost,
there is also forgiveness, charity and sympathy that makes the man brother
to all who suffer and endure. The individual himself is nothing; he has noth
ing t hope for. nothin : to 'ose, nothing to win. and this constant memory of
the hieli and oxa', e, fri-niNhi.i that was enre his is a neurishing source of
strength: it eoiist-intlv purines the mind and inspire the heart to nobler liv
ing and diviner thinking. The man is in communication with Elemental Condition-.
To lav i-nnwn an i.Kil friendship, and had it fade rrom your grasp and
flee as a shadow before it is touched with sordid breath of selfishness, or
sullied bv mi-ir.ic'orsfniilirr--. is the highest s.-v ,. And the constant dwelling
in swoi't --id ""eelb'crion en the exalted virtui s of th" one that is gone tends
to crystalline these very virtues in the heart of him who meditates them.
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The Tight Collar
Is Danp'erou
By Or. W. K. C. Latson.
E of the most coalmen causes of hat weather discomfort yea,
and danger, too. for that matter is the tight neckband. Pass
ing up and down the sides of the neck are two very important
arteries, the carotids, and two large veins, the jugular veins. The
carotid arteries carry blood up to the head; while the jugular
veins convey it back to the heart. As elsewhere in the body the
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o
arteries are situated unuer me iihim ics mm no nt.- in"")
tected from pressure. The jugular veins, however, are quite near the surface,
and a slight degree of pressure upon them is enough to impede the flow of
blond awav from the head. This retention of hlo-ul in the head is a frequent
cause of that headache peculiar to hot weather, where the headache is accom
panied bv flushed face and feeling of fullness, often with buzzing In the ears.
This condition, it may be mentioned, is always present in insolation, or "heat
prostraton."
Now the tight neckbnnd and the tight collar make pressure just over the
jugular veins, !fnd so by preventing free escape of blood from the head often
'l ..i i 1 " 1 -.I.,... li ......fAPte 10 ti-nll oa orM tho risk
produce neai neauacues, aou uint-i niiuiiiuuno, MJ .
of heat prostration.
The neckband of the summer shirt, then, should be loose, and the collar
low and easy fitting. Happily this is now the rule with good dressers; so one
can conserve his own comfort and safety without appearing odd or offending
Madame Grundy.
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American Feeling.
One Necessary in the Qualifications of Our Repre
sentatives Abroad.
By E S. Nadal.
HE kind of man our representative in London is matters more
.l.nn nT.-.m,r.t rt Ilia mftllQl' (Ann TlCkOCKltvr to t h f hl RhCltlld
- man iuc aiuuiiiu ti iu
1 I be an American in feeling,
the result of American education. 1 Know tnose two minas, iue
European, aristocratic mind, .which thinks, "I am better than an
other," and the American, democratic mind, which thinks, "You
are as good as 1, and have as much right in the world." Both
minds have their, attractions and their advantages, hut T believe the American
mind is not only kinder, iiut truer and juster and more in accord with the
facts of life and human nature thaA the other. A cynically disposed person
might say that this state of mind rests ultimately upon the fact that we all
have something to sell one another. It may be so, but this state of mind
nevertheless exists, and there can be no question that it is a just and sound
one. If it be proper to mention the name of a man still living, there
could hardly be a better example of ths kind of mind an American representa
tive abroad should have than Mr. Choate, who, I may add, had an even greater
success in England than is perhaps generally known. He has a singular talent
for being liked. There Is one gift of his in which. I think, he is altpgethei
peculiar; that of being successful without exciting envy.
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Give the Children Sugar.
By Dr. Woods Hutchinson.
.H.1LDREN may eat too much
Gl long in their bath tub, or in the creek when they go in swim
' I ming, or get tanned or a headache from playing too long In the
I 1... Dtorlnir tnn Inn rr In tho non nfi llllt fa tflAt
Bun, or uniiiuu uj o"; .w " , -
any sound reason why they should be dc-arlved of sweets, sun
light, baths and fresh air, or discouraged from indulging in them?
All that is neeaea is a inue cummuu buubc 1 cjmauuu &uu juur
cious supervision, no prohibition, or denunciation. Most of the extraordinary
craving for pure sugar and candy, which is supposed to lead the average child
to inevitably "founder himself" if left to his own sweet will and a box of
candy fs due to a state of artificial and abnormal sugar starvation, produced
tor an' insufficient amount of this invaluable food in Its regular diet Children
who are given plenty of sugar on their mush, bread and butter, and puddings,
a regular allowance of cake and plenty of sweet fruits, are almost free from
this craze for candyi this tendency to gorge themselves to surfeit, and caq
usually be trusted with both the candy box and the sugar bowl.
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Ihe Antarctic Continent.
: i,;:rv Major-General Qreely. ;:; ::?; ,
TRANGE have been the historical vicissitudes of the antarctic con
tinent A figment of geographic fancy evolved by (Melius in
1570, the great Capt Cook thought that he had demolished it In
1773. Resuscitated by an American sealer.OJ. B. Palmer, In 1820,
'it took form and definite location under Wilkes's daring and per
sistent explorations of 1840, supplemented by those of iyUrWlle,
Rnderbv and Kemp. Ross
fcls charts, hut the continent was theoretically and scientifically reconstructed
by the great physicists. Carpenter and .Murray. Slowly evolving Its tangible
shape through the discoveries of the German Drygalski, the Scotsman Bruce,
the Belgian Gerlache, the Frenchman Charcot; the Norwegian Laraen and the
Englishman Scott, through the late labors of Shackleton, the antarctic continent
- hi vunrli Tnil vMt in Icndfttibv LaimL and from
HOW lyjIWI W VAbCUU JVU . .
Wilkes Land across the south pole to
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Death
strong in every human heart. We crave
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with the respect for others which Is
sugar and they may also stay too
eliminated Wilkes's-discoveries from
'
Palmer Land. v . r.
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aWyhow, we have
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Cartoon by
N0RTHCL1FFE TELLS WHY HE FEARS WAR
German Preparations of To-day Like Those Which Preceded the
Confict With France Britain Not Aroused Yet Warn
ings of Leaders Fail Fully to Awaken the People.
Chicago. In an interview pub- is being kept secret by Germany to
lishpri hp Tird Northcliffe. manae-'day.
ing owner of a London newspaper, de- I
Clares there is great danger of war ,
between Germany and Great Britain.
"The Americans are so busy," said
Lord Northcliffe. "with the affairs of
thPr own gigantic continent that they
have not the time to devote to the
study of European politics, which are
more kaleidoscopic In their changes
than are those of the United States.
"There is an impresion in this
country that some hostility exists be
tween the people of Great Britain and
of united Germany. I know the
Germans intimately. From chtldhood
I have traveled extensively through
out most of the German States. I
have many German family connec
tions, and I venture to say that out
side the usual body of Anglophobes
one meets in every country there is
little hostility to the British on the
part of the German?.
"And. on the other hand, there Is
In England no diplike of Germany.
Au contralre, our Ktatesmen are
adapting German legislation to our
needs, and if imitation be the sln
cerest form of flattery the Germans
must be well pleased with our pro
posed reproduction of their working
men's insurance, their labor, bureau,
and a great many other legislative
Improvements that. It appears to mi
would be Just as vital to the United
States as they seem to be to Great
Britain.
"Why, then, if so happy a state of
affairs exists between the two na
tions, should there be any section of
peonle in England to suggest the pos
sibility of war? Turn back to 1S69.
Was there any friction between
France and Prussia? There was no
hostility on either side. But any
reader of Bussche's Bismarck or stan
dard authority on the great German
Empire builder will acknowledge
there was immense preparation on
the part of Germany a prcparntinn
that was kept secret as far as possi
ble, and which also, as far as possible.
FRENCH JURY JUSTIFIES KILLING SUFFERING WIFE
In Agony From Asthma, Sha Had Begged Her Husband to 7rave
His Lov by Ending Her Life--Juiige, Jury and
Spectators in Taars at th Rscital.
Paris. "A man whose wife is dyinj.
of an agonizing disease is justified iu
killing her to put an end to her suffer
ing if she implores him to do so."
So a jury, perhaps rather emo
tional, derided in the Court of Assizes
here, and acquitted Edmond Baurtin,
who, at her prayer, shot and killed
his wife on January 31 last.
Mme. Baudin had been afflicted
with asthma for years. It gripped
her throat. It was a weight on her
lungs. It stopped her breath. She
begged her husband to aid he by
killing her quickly to rid her of the
affection that was slowly throttling
her. '
Baudin, a mechanic, thirty-nine
years old, a rough and plain spoken
man, sought to justify his act with
words as straightforward as they
were made dramatic.
Tears streamed from his eyes while
he testified. The jurors also wept,
and the women In the courtroom were
semi-hysterical.
The presiding judge, who disap
proved of the jury's verdict, re
marked: "For the moment the bandage on
the eyes of justice was a handker
chief." "My wife, whom ,1 loved dearly,
had suffered fearfully from asthma,"
Baudin testified.. "She could not
sleep. If she laid her head on the
pillow she would cry; 1 am choking!
In the name ot the good God, end my
misery! Let me die!' "
"On the night she she died she
was suffering Intensely," Bandln went
on between sobs. .."The medicine she
was taking was nearly exhausted. (
" 'I will go and get yon some more
Joha Davidson's Body Taken Out .
Ten Miles From the Cornish Coast.
London. The recently recovered
body ot the poet John Davidson was
burled at sea ten miles off the Cornish
Tillage of Moasehole.- 1
The body was conveyed from shore
In a ship's lifeboat.
John Davidson, poet whose work
though highly esteemed by a tew cul
tivated persons failed ot general ap
preciation and so of paying market,
disappeared from his home on March
S3, and a document that he left
Indicated that he Intended suicide.
the polar star
". "Williams, in the Indianapolis News.
"As to that which is transpiring in
the German shipbuilding yards, we
more or less know that by 1912 Ger
many, in ships of tho suber-Dread-noujrht
class, will be the equal of
England.
"If wo were in your position, able
tn erow our own food on our own
. res, it would matter little to us if j
a h a1 morolv n n nrnn TYI Ptlf B I Tl n W 1
we had merely an ornamental navy,
Hut how few Americans realize that
our food is brought to us from Aus
tralia. Canada, much of it from the
city of Chicago, and your Western
wheat fields, from the Argentine Re
public nearly all of It from over the
be a.
"We have tho official figures of the
Orman naval program up to 1912,
which are serious enough, but we
know that these figures are just as
inaccurate a3 were the figures made
public by Jermany prior to the Franco-Prussian
war'of 1871.
"America is a nation of optimists
England a nation of pessimists.
"America should produce great art
ists, great musicians, great statesmen
you hare the material.
"Theodore Roosevelt Is one of the
few men of this or any age great
enough to say what he thinks. En
rope has 110 one like him.
"John D. Rockefeller could make
no better use of his va9t wealth than
the founding of your wonderful uni
versity. You should appreciate your
rich men men like J. Pierpont Mor
gan for the wise use of their mill
ions. "You really are a marvelous peo
ple," he exclaimed, "marvelous for
your conservatism. You talk about
the inrome tax as though it was
somethlns now and daring. Why, we
had our discussion of the income tar
in the tlnr? of Queen Elizabeth.
"The American press is a great
educational force. It exerts untold
power for the uplifting of the public.
It Is the function of a paper to edu
cate." medicine, I said.
No,' she said, 'buy no more med
icine. You know we are poor. I am
gone. Medicine will do me no good.
I suffer! Oh, how I suffer!
" 'But pay no more for medicine. I
have cost you too much money al
ready. " 'If you love me, put me out of
my misery. Prove your love and let
me leave you. Kill me! If you were
a determined man you would not see
me suffer as I do.'
"I was maddened by the sight of
her agony," Baudin ended. "I seized
a revolver with which I intended to
defend our home; I shot her in the
head ; she died instantly.
"I determined then to kill myself,
but I thought of my sister, the only
other being who depends on me. I
went to see my sister. She wept, but
told me I should surrender myself to
the police, which I did at once"
When Baudin finished his testi
mony, given with unaffected emotion,
all in the court were in tears,
i following him. Dr. Dupre, a dis
tinguished alienist, testified that Bau
din is perfectly sane. But, said
Dupre, he was Incited to his fatal act
by the stronger will of his wife. Pity
for hor, directed by her will, led him
to shoot her. . t - -
: . As Baudin ' left the courtroom a
tree man the crowd applauded him..:
The question whether It is morally
justifiable to end the suffering of
those who are bound to die ot a mor.
tal disease has been discussed in this
country. Of coarse .It was decided
that such an act, whether Inspired by
love or pity, is murder.
Submarines Reach w-'
A C Depth of 200
'
" Qnlncy, Mass. With one excep
tion, the fleet of six submarine boats
constructed by the Electric Boat Com
pany tor the Government have com
pleted all tests and will be' turned
over to the naval officials in the
Cbarlestown Navy Yard. As a class,
the submarines broke all records for
submergence, reaching a depth of 100
feet. The Snapper, at Provlncetown,
was in the course of her twenty-four-hour
test, this being the only per
formance lacking In the fleet figures.
F6ftfhTS
Younger
Children
WONDER-HEART.
"I wish I knew," (aid Wonder-Heart,
"If leaves begin to whisper
From tree to tree, when suddenly
The summer winds blow crisper;
If these sigh low, 'We're growing old!
If those say soft, 'We're gathering gold.
Our laps are full as they will hold.
And now and then a lisper
Calls gleefully from overhead,
'Our petticoats are turning red!'
"I want to know," said Wonder-Heart, .
"If the first snowflakes shiver
A little bit before they flit
Out of their sky forever.
If some look down and sob, Too deep!'
While others laugh and take the leap,
Till all come flocking, white as sheep,
On mountain, field and river.
How do they feel when first thev start?
I wish I knew," said Wonder-Heart.
Youth's Companion.
MUST EAT ONE FIRST.
Little Doris could not count beyond
four One day, when she was show
ing me five berries that she had
picked, I asked, "How many have
you, Doris?" '
Her brows puckered a moment,
then, dimpling with smiles, she an
swered, "Walt till I eat one then
I'll tell you!" Woman's Home Com
panion. DOROTHY'S DREAM.
Once upon a time there was a little
girl named Dorothy. One night as
she was lying dreamily in her bed she
was surprised to hear a soft squeak.
Looking up quickly she saw a small
brown Teddy bear. "I have come to
take you to Teddy Bear Land,"
squeaked the little bear. After that
she went to Teddy Bear Land regu
larly every week. But, alas, one
week when Dorothy had been
naughty and felt cross and uncom
fortable, instead of the nice brown
Teddy who usually came an ugly lit
tle dwarf came to see her. He invited
her to go to dwarfland with him. She
went, to her sorrow, for it waa not
' nJce Tedd Bear nfl
so she saw to It that the ugly dwarf
did not come again. Macon Miller,
(n the Brooklyn Eagio.
A WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP.
One of the most remarkable friend
ships among animals ia that which
exists between a cat In the elephant
house at the Zoological Gardens In
London, and the large two-horned
African rhinoceros which Is kept
there.
It Is even more strange than
Aesop's fable of the mouse and the
Hon, for the little sleek mouse was
able to be ot great service to the Hon
In nibbling the meshes ot his net;
but the huge rhinoceros can scarcely
believe that pussy is able to set him
free; yet, that a great affection exists
between the two Is certain.
They may be often Been together,
puss toying with the formidable head
of the monster, who appears to lay
aside his strength, and Is as gentle
as a lamb, allowing her to do almost
anything, even to He sleeping con
tentedly close to "his nose, or play
fully patting his horn with her paws;
yet with one mighty charge that same
horn could easily destroy an elephant.
True affection may exist between
the most opposite natures, and the
strong have It always In their power
to be gentle to the weak. Young
Folks' Catholic Weekly.
FED BY THE BOTTLE.
About three months ago I was
much surprised on coming home from
school to find that I was the possessor
of four puppies. I was to be disap
pointed, however, for next morning
I was Informed that during the night
the mother dog had died.
Who should take care of the or
phans? They were only a day old
too young to take care of themselves.
It was then that I thought of raising
them by the bottle. I bought some
bottles, filled them with warm milk
and put them in a convenient position
in the puppies' box. They began to
sneeie and to sputter in a very queer
and discouraging manner. But one
adventurous little puppy soon discov
ered that the milk was worth taking.
and his three brothers were soon of
the same opinion. . '
You can be sure that they did not
have to starve, for a few yelps always
brought a half dozen people to them,
and the puppies would ' be ever-
whelmed with milk., y
Three months later there were four
frisky little puppies running about
and chasing, one another on the lawn.
These were not everyday puppies, but
puppies brought up by the bottle.
Milton Schreyer, In the New York
Tribune. y "
MAKING PAPER ROSES.
. Some' of the ladles in our. church
Intend to hold a fair, and about ten
Junior Endeavor girls will help to
make it a success.' . We decided to
make a rose garden of paper 'rosea,
and at the end of each rose attach an
article which is to be sold for five
cents. . . , . ; , :
I purchased some tissue paper and
wire, asked the girls to bring their
scissors and come to my home on
Thursday afternoon, which they
promptly did.
W sat oa the floor, Indian fashion,
and worked real hard, but the wire
soon disappeared, and after a little
difficalty we found some picture wire,
which After being untwisted served
the purpose' very . well...' '' -v"'
' The position in which .we were sit
ting soon made our feet "go to sleep,"
so some of the girls proposed a gam
of tag. While this waa in full sway
my chum and I went to the kitchen,
where some f udxe and lemonade were -
waiting to he served. This proved
very refreshing, and the girls went
back to the parlor, where they sang
and played on the piano for a while
before goingto work again.
A heavy shower was gathering and '
the room became so dark we had to
light the lamp. Even though the
girls had stated with one accord that
they were willing to get wet for. the
sake of a rain, they never drtamed
that it would come that afternoon.
They began to wonder how they,
would get home, for the roads were
real m,uddy and of course none wore
overshoes. Just about the time they
were most anxious a man came along
with a large wagon and consented to
take them all home. They secured a
big blanket, which they placed in the
bottom of the wagon, where they were
all packed In like sardines.
They went away gayly singing
after completing nearly two hundred
roses.
I took my .own money to buv ar
ticles to complete the roses and make
them prettier. Florence E. Knox, la
the New York Tribune.
THE HEART OF LITTLE BOB.
It was late one summer afternoon.
but the sun was shining golden after
two days of clouds. For a day and
night the rain had fallen in torrents,
the creek near the Carter home waa
nearly over Its banks, and the roads
were very muddy.
Nevertheless little Bob Carter had
to go on an errand for his mother,
nearly two mites down the pike road)
to his aunt's. They alwajB went the
short-cut through the meadows, and
that way It was less than a mile; but
on account of the recent rains Bob
must take the pike this time.
Now, about a mile from his home,
and just off the pike a little ways
lived an old woman all alone in a tins;
cottage on the banks of the creek.
She was always cross, Bob, thought,
for when he came near her she would
shake her cane; and he would hurry
past. When he and his sister Nell
went to school, they would always'
run past her house very quickly, for
they were afraid of her.
Now, little Bob didn't even know
her name, for his father had moved
to this farm only a short time before
from another State.
Her house was the only one be
tween his own home and I1I3 aunt's,
and this afternoon when little Bob
came In sight of it, he saw her a long
way off waving her cane in the air.
He started to turn and run back
home, for he was very much fright
ened. Then he remembered mother
wanted that cough syrup for Baby
Ruth, so he said to himself, "Robert
Carter, you're ten years old, and you
ought to be ashamed to be a fraid
cat." So he marched bravely on, and as
he got nearer he could hear the old
lady screaming and saw her cane wav
ing in the air. He was more scared
than, ever, but he went on. Then
he saw that the waters of the creek
had got up within a few Inches ot her
door, and she was calling: "Bobby
Carter, Bobby Carter, run and tell
your uncle to come, or I shall be
drowned."
Now the heart of little Eob was
good, and he was a bright child, so
he called back: "Don't be afraid;
I'll run quick and tell him."
Then he ran as fast as his legs
would take him, and soon his uncle
Thomas and his big cousins, Sam and
Jake, got their wagon and the boat
out, and had the old lady and most
of her furniture high and dry at their
home on the hill. They took little
Bob that far on their wagon, and he
ran home the rest of the way with the
medicine for the baby.
That night the waters rose and,
flowed into the little old home of
Mother Morris, and if she had been
in it she would have been drowned.
She said that Bobby Carter saved her
1110. -. ,,-, . - -
Mother Morris was a very fine old
lady, but a little queer because she
liked to live alone, and always shook
her cane at people when she wanted
to talk' with them and be friendly.
She had a son, who was a"rlch farm
er, and when he came to take her to
his beautiful home, he gave little Bob
a handsome pony all tor hla very ownJ
Everybody said that the heart ot
little Bob was good and kind, and
that he was a brave boy. -Jeanette,
In the Indiana Farmer. ' f-;
'v,::..' "Why Shirts' Wear ")at. v i .; ;' ; ,
It cannot be said that the use. of
machinery In laundries has been re
garded by the general public; as an
unmixed blessing. We believe how
ever, that very, much, of the Ill-feeling
that exists should not be charged
to the machinery, but to the careless
use of it, and probably , also Tery,
largely to the use of the strong chem
ical which made their . appearance
abput the same time as laundry ma
chlneix rEngiueerlng. --j ; 3 feft
, - The" Vanishing Art. '. v
' Talking 1 becoming a lost art A'
tacit conspiracy Is v narrowing , the
field of so-called polite conversation.
Any one, even a cabinet minister,
himself. But most people are other
people ; their conversation 1 V quo
tation, their sentiments a forced loan.
The only subjects worth discussing
are tabooed. Oxford Isla. .