New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 28, 1916, Page 6

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1916. BRITAIN HERALD HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Proprietors. ed dslly (Sunday excepted) at 8t Herald Bullding, 118 p. My #7 Churoh St ered at the Post OMce at New Britals a8 Second Class Mall Matter. Ivered by carriec to any part of the chy for 15 Cent= a Week, 65 Cents a Month. riptions for paper to pe sent by mail DPayable in advance, 60 Cents a sfontn. $7.80 a Ye only profitabla advertieing mclium 1 the city. €irculation books and press room always open fo aqvert!sers. Herald will be founa on sale at Forta- ling’s New Stand, 42na 5t. and Broad- way, New York City; Poard Walk at- lantic City, and Hartfora Depot. TELEPHONY] CALLE. ineas Ommice . oriAl. Rooms ... fThe Governor spoke briefly of the litical situation in Connecticut, ex- ssing, optimism on the success of Republican ticket and saying that hoped the men would be in Hart- d by January so that he could ke their hands at the inaugural leption.” — (Correspondence from border.) s the political situation in Connecti- such that it can be touched upon prly? Is the Governor of jce: that he has already sent out fitations to his inauguration? he will be there to grasp the hds of the Connecticut troopers in uary? If so, why did the Governor e the trouble to go all the way to Ealesithereby letting the boys know was vote chasing? And, again,— ht right has anyone, Governor or sident, to talk politics even briefly en serving under the colors? so sure Is he WELL DONE. Ten Mayor Quigley put a stop to display of a questionable motion ure at a local playhouse he did Lt every good man and woman in city would have him do,—he hoved an offense against good taste. h pictures have no legitimate place heischeme of things as carried out ew Britain. there are those who wonder why port of many voters other than those in the ranks of Democracy. From now on the campaign in this district at least should take on lively inter- est. Up to the present there has been little or no activity, but with Augus- tine throwing down the gauntlet at the feet of his rival, P. Davis Oakey, things should warm up. Lonergan And there is no reason under heaven why New Britain should not jump into the fight hand and foot. It r with this town to say whether or not Mr. Lonergan is sent to Congress to take the place qf Mr. Oakey. All signs point to NQ\" Britain going into the Democratic column. It has been coming that way fast and there is nothing stop it if the members of the Democratic party in this town do the right thing, stick together. And they must stand in back of their candidates, from the top of the list to the bottom, if progress is to be realized. can “HECKLING.” It is just beginning to dawn on many people that the busin of making a member of the United States Su- preme Court a candidate for Presi- dential honors is very dangerous. In the incident in Toledo where the Re- publican candidate “heckled” and called upon to answer embarrass- ing questions because of his decision while a Judge has opened the eyes of the American people. They do not want their judges held in disre- spect by anyone. When a man is robed with the ermine of the bench, was when he is guarded by the sacredness of the highest judicial office in the land, he should be ever kept from the contaminating influences of the politi- cal arena. Before this campaign is over, if there are many more episodes like the Toledo case, the leaders of great political parties may look twice Dbefore they ask a member of the Sue preme Court to step down and take It would be lose a hundred elections a hand in their battles. better to than to suffer the dignity of the Su- ) Answer: A Hibernian convention without resolutions condemning Eng- land.—Springfield News. | Now the Teutons are protesting the | use of the tanks as against the prin- ciples of organized warfare. Still they are not used against women and chil- dren.—Meriden Journal. A wicl civil serv ed thing was done when the | law of the State of Con- necticut was virtually ruined to make way for partisan office seeke New Haven Journal-Courier. The arrival on one liner of thirty- three Scotch lassies who have crossed the ocean to become brides should help offset the emigration of Scotch laddies to teach Americans how to | play golf.—New York World. Now the colonel has got what was coming to him. He is “a monstrous survival of a pre-Neocene age of hu-| man thought.” So sayeth the Rev.| Dr. John Haynes Holmes. That ought to hold the colonel dawn for a while. —(New Haven ournal-Courier. The Lost Comma. (Exchange.) Editors and Printers, who really ought to know, Give, oh, give us back the comma of the happy Long Ago! Comma that divides the sentence so that he who runs may read, Bidding suns of sense shine sweetly through the clouds that would mis lead. Messrs. men Never did we love the comma, as we love it now ’tis gone. Letting sentence after sentence, blind and aimless wander on, While we struggle through the dark- ness, fitting words to this or that, Only finding as we muddle, more and more to wonder at. Till we see that one small comma, like a bright October moon, Could clear all in one brief instant, would the printer grant the boon. Oh, I know full well you hate it, but please, cruel printer-man. Give us back the dear old comma, and as quickly as vou can! A STORY THAT “CAME TRUE.” “Willie,” the New Terror, Might Just GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED IN INSTITUTE’S LIST THIS WEEK By motor to the firing line, by Walter Hale. “In company with Owen Johnsen and Arnold Bennett, the artist visited the armies of Northern France and has recorded his impressions, which naturally are different from those of one whose occupation is that of a writer.”—A. L. A. Booklist. eow Hills of Hingham, by D. L. Sharp. “The author’s experiences on a country place described as a fourteen- acre heap of unmitigated gravel,’ and of his out of door observations, phil- osophic reflections, and whimsical | humor.”—A. L. A. Booklist. Josejh Conrad, a.short study of his intellectual and emotional attitude toward his work and of the chief characteristics of his novels, by Wil- son Fallett. * o Let us go afield, by Emerson Hough. “From his weild and intimate e perience the author discusses topics of perennial interest to the sports man, among other things bait cast- ing, extraordinaryq angling, the great game fields of the world, rifles for big game, bear hunting, hunting the deer, game laws and game supply.” —A. L. A. Booklist. o w Life and ington, times of Booker by B. Riley. * * T. Wash- Psychology of W. Patrick. “Readable popular studies in the psychology of play, laughter, pro- fanity, alcohol, and war, here treated together because the author considers them all forms of relaxation for the higher nerve centers. Ie is success- ful in bringing home to the reader the present absence and need of re- laxation but gives few practical de tails by which to profit.” relaxation, by G. T. - Reveries over childhood by W. B. Yeats. and youth, * “Spiritual and emotional autobio- graphy of the poet’s early years.’— Publisher's Weekly. * % » of e Self-discovery Russia by J. Y. that the money problem is the most important one in economics, and he undertakes to give an analysis of the vast accumulation of mone specially of money of account, which h: taken place during the last fifty years.”—A. L. A. -Booklist. v o Federal farm loan Her- bert Myrick. system, by a w International Withers. finance, by MHartley . x . Libr: of sales 4 volumes. and advertising, P Railway expansion by F. M. Ha % by J. W. PR in Latin America, N Retail selling, Fisk. Science and art of salesmanship, S. R. Hoover. ® by ‘What every know, workan should Kearney. business by L. C. P Fiction. After the manner of men, by Francis Lynde. “A tale of the nes An with plenty of graphic style is Times. mountains, of Ten- entertaining novel incident and an easy, this ‘one.— x % % Bride of a moment, by Carolyn Wells. * % Eden Phillpotts. * Green alleys, by * Individual, by Mrs. Muriel Hine. “The courtship, marriage and sub- sequent tangled life of a brilliant, am- bitious young surgeon, a leader in the eugenics movement. The tangles come from the misunderstanding and revolt of his passionate and unusual wife who is a bit of a genius.”—A. L. A. Booklist. P P Social gangster: Kennedy, sclentific A. B. Reeve. . ox Wall street girl, by F. O. Bartlett. “Mr. Bartlett has a pure romance with faintest background of the adventures of Craig detective, by . | peace | themselves ““The Venice of the Valléy,- ~a Mexican Field of Flowers — 2 Washington, D. C., Sept, 27.—When | ly enough, these morass gardens some- once more broods over Mexico and the “See America Firs cam- paign is made to embrace the won- derful scenic beauties of the southern republic, one of the most popular re- sorts for tourists will probably be “The Venice of the Valley,” graphi- cally described in a communication from Walter Hough to the National Geographic society, a part of which is issued today In the following bulletin: “One of the pleasurable experiences among those that delight the traveler in Mexico is a visit to the home of the Aztec lake dwellers. Much of the charm of the great Valley of Mexlco, | where they live, 1s due to the stretches of water among the trees and verdant fields in a landscape framed In beau- tiful mountains and bathed with clear- est air of heaven. “Their lakes—Texcoco, Xochimilco, Zumpango and Chalco, do not reveal except from the high mountains encircling the valley. They are shallow bodies of water in the midst of extensive marshes, unap- proachable and lacking the effect of our lakes with their definite shore lines. For this reason they have been highways of civilized commerce, nor has navigation flourished in their shallow waters; but they were from these very hindrances destined to be jealous mothers of ancient and Te- markable states, whose people, pro- tected ifi the fens, dug-out canals and developed an indigenous commerce and transportation to the fullest ex- tent. “Long before Cortez came the In- | dians of the valley worked in the boggy lake lands and dug canals hither and thither—main canals be- tween the lakes and to the great city of Tenochtitlan and smaller canals between the fields. Through this maze of waterways, then as now, they sent their boats and in the fens built their thatched houses. “Pere Sahagun, the Franciscan, re- cords that ‘the City of Mexico is like another Venice and the people them- | selves are comparable to the Venet. ians in urbanity and savoir.’ Thi was written in the sixteenth century, but | { humdrum of f | play times require irrigation, which complished by throwinz on wate the na! with a weoeoden “It cannot be said that the 3 ilcan man has an open and ingenubas countenance, but it shows force of character and 'ights up guickiy in re. sponse to kindness and recognitisn The young women have round, often ruddy, but rather expressionless fagegi the children are pretty and the oldet women are better preserved than the women of the Pueblos of the souths western United States. Both sexet work hard and where there such uniformity of poverty the struggle fof existence makes life a serious matter and engraves deep ] in the facet of the breadwinners “Thus a birth heralded witly, mourning and a death with refoicing. “What will be their futurec when their swamps arc drained theit old lake dweller life merged into th@ rmers? If by good fom tune they are kept from the deadl§ effects of alcohol, the chief moloch of the Mexican Indian, no doubt they will Jive happily on the dry lake bot- tom, as hefore the day of Monte= zuma."” is ac- rom coop. ochim- is and An Ideal Home. My home should be the place where Love is. My Love should be in my home and my home in my Love, for where love is, joy cometh and peace abideth. There I try not to corr what others do in my home, bu: ‘ta correct myself and to be so near and dear to the rest that they will follow me. Next to being lovely, I think my home should be where there is le enough to express my love. fore my home must he simpla, try to avoid useless adornments and even discard many beautiful articles because they take time and need care and because it is not met that love should be spent for that which is nol* needful. And next, I think my home should be a place where Joy is, therefore I with the children at home and with the dear mother of the children as and we have our music and our amuse- ments and our little jokes ard our pet names and our calls to one anoth- as Well Have Come Out of Fiction. (New York Times.) in the lapse of several hundred | vears the city's wonderful water en- | vironment has become dry ground, | Simpson. “Discussion of the Russia new-born financial district of New York. The story is of a man and two girls, the preme Court to fall into disrepute, as it surely will do if every mob in the etimesimen demand strict censor- b of the “movies,” they should con- r such pictures as this. If pro- lers of \plays for the screen can find better material than the subject ted in this instance they will soon b down: the wrath of the federal ernment tpon their enterprise. ario writers who resort to such s invite the same punishment for r professnon as befell the famous lurer in New York who is in court because of advocating publicly an that is abhorent to society. After things it is not surprising that authorities are forced to step in put a stop to radicalism of this here are films a plenty which men and even children can v, and retain their self There are subjects without end treated on the screen women still re- lch can be the art. fertile ies and art the a fixed censor need never practice It would seem that with all writing the all the teachers ready to art of scenario writing, sum, there should be no films. brains for of good THE RACE IS ON. ugustine Lonergan, nominated for fourth time by the Democratic district - congressional, convention erday, outlined some of the ac- plishments of the Wilson admin- ation as much work accomplished by other administration in the same Eth of time. It is a point well en, During the three and a half rs that President Wilson has been bffice there has been more construc- legislation written upon the ute books than in any other time If this administration and challenged anyone to bur history. done nothing else than further idea of a tariff commission it 1d demand the respect of all those b have the welfare of the country The tariff will be taken out that is .where the ff should be, far ‘removed from realm of political activities. The fiff out of politics and politics out the tariff. his country will inst itself so long re, the tariff, to run pant. will be against West, frth against South. and hwing the circumstances the Dem- the has eart. polities, and ever be tugging this night- as is allowed st Seeing ved It atic President re idea of tariff imed that the republicans fostered commission. been proposition many years ago, that measure. If so, Republicans merely followed out s a Republican bir old time line of reaction and er brought the idea into being. Tt hained for the Democrats to offer oncrete solution for an age-worn bblem. on ompleted and set to work we shall br no more of these rabid orations, way or another, for which the ple of the nation will give thanks. fMr. Lonergan should make a good e in this district where he is known d respected by many folk. His rty is stronger today than ever fore ana he will receive the sup- country is given to ‘“heckling” a former member upon his public ap- pearance. EFFICIENCY APPRECIATED. At the Democratic probate conven- tion which meets tonight Judge Gaff- ney will be re-nominated for the of- fice he has held so long and so faith- fully. At the Republican probate con- vention next month it is expected that the thing happen, that Judge Gaffney same will will receive another endorsement. And, this is as it should be. By his past endeavors, the genial gentleman who presides over the probate court has won the admiration of all those who come in contact with him. Not a politician, not courting to one side or the other, not mixed up in of those things that pit men Judge Gaffney stands aloof from it all and pursues the quiet and dignified tenor of his way. That both parties recognize this is the highest compliment that be the man, They have joined in endorsing him in the past; it is hoped they will continue doing so. His many ars of experience warrant such action. any against each other, can paid Tom Watson seems to have had his day in Georgia. The Democratic con- vention gave him one of the severest rebulkes administered to any man who considers himself a power. He is out after the scalp of Woodrow Wilson which in itself is enough to make all fairminded men cast a vote against Watson. the White House the rabid Georgian got behind the gubernatorial wagon of Hugh M. Dorsey but when the con- vention went wild for Wilson, Dorsey himself was forced to get up and sanction the sentiment. Then men went wild. Hats were thrown in the air, the that followed minutes. eve To down the man in and cheering and shouting continued for many Tom Watson was rebuked. Dominent Americanism has received another boost,—this time in New Jer- sey. United States Senator Martine who had the unqualified endorsement of the German language press and the German-American received the nomination from the Democratic party; and those who look for Presi- dent Wilson’s downfall have cause to alliance rejoice. | FACTS AND F? CIES. If a man is inclined to lead a fast life he should lead it to a hitching post and tie it.—Exchange. The oyster never does a thing indicate that he objec to swallowed.—Paterson to being all. The young woman who thinks that she ought to get a man’s pay can do it if she will only marry one.— Norwich Record. It is getting to be the time of year when the humble taxpayer is remind- ed of the high cost of building a home.—Brooklyn Eagle. What is so rare as a day in June? Polonius has become a war corre- spondent, and describes the new mon- ster diversely. By the mass, and ’tis| like a camel indeed. It is backed like a weasel, Or like a whale Very like a whale. So we hear that “Willie,” the new terror, is like an ichthyo- saurus; no, like a toad; no, like a cat- erpillar. It leans against a brick wall, and the wall falls: then it ‘rises” as if it had legs, and walks over the ruins; “trampl around the machine- gun emplacement, having a grand time;” crushes the guns ‘‘under its| ribs: “plows about “sits down on heaps of ruin breaks down trees as 1f they were matches, and goes “over | the barricades like elephant.” T i red waddle. It poken of as “walking”’ if it had legs. It ‘‘takes ditches like kangaroo.” It cannot in any respect resemble any armored car that ever existed, or the soldiers, used to strange shapes, would not laugh uproariously at the sight of it when they “lolloping over the roads.” Overhead come the British airmen, “like flock of bird flying low aver | the mists.”” Only a few years ago such | a battlefield would have seemed a Jules Verne dream. The most gifted imagination fails when it undertakes to penetrate a quarter of a century into the future. By all odds the most real novel of the future ever written was H. G. Wells's “War of the Worlds.” Tt depicted a descent of the Martians on our planet, The idea was that if there are intelligences on n constantly as | see it | | seems that | animal Mars, they must be countless ages in advance of ours, because life began | on that planet so long befare it did | on ours. So Mr. Wells sought to imag- e what a civilization ages ahead of | ours would devise in the way of mili- | science: and to make the dil'frvr-l ence clearer he divested the Martians | of muscles and almost of hodies; they had outgrown these and become little | else than immense brains. But this daring speculation about | the future has been practically real- | ized in the twenty years since the | novel was written. In those two ! cecades mankind has come up with Mr. Wells’s Martians. In vain the earthmen assailed the Martians with bullets. The Martians sent aut against them a great black gas which fell | upon their armies and asphyxiated | them, That was a wild imagining, | but the Germans used that black gas cerly in the war, the Allies promptly followed suit, and it is a common- place now. He imagined a “heat ray” which dostroved men, fell upon their | magazines and blew them up. Liquid fire Is in use in this war. Lastly, the Martians moved abont in armored cars raised on stilts high in the air. These things walked about among the helpless armies trod them down while they fired in vain, trampled on them threw down buildings. The very deeds of “Willie,” described in the dis- patches, were anticipated almost in the very words; the Martian “Willie,” too, made ‘ruins of brick walls, rose and walked over the ruins, trampled | around, having a grand time, crushed | guns, plowed about, sat down on| heaps of ruins, broke down trees like matches, and all the rest of it. The little brain of man, so abjectly helpless in Mr. Wells’s fiction beaten his Martians in vy year for his Martians had no subma- rines of war and commerce. The Martian had something like a peri scope, but only for use when “Willi was abroad. It Is evidently of no use for any imagination to try to pre- figure the world even a hundred years hence; Mr. Wells thought he was making a not Inadequate guess at what brains would come to in ages, and he only guessed what they actu- ally have come to in twenty vears. The mind of man seems adequate to task except guessing at its own possibilities, | only | she would have been | vegetarians-by-request since the beginning of the war.”— Publisher’'s Weekly. P Yosemite, a spiritual interpretation, by Rev. H. A. Jump. orow Business and Finance. Capital today, by Herman Cahn. “The assumption of the author is Lynched. (Louisville Courier-Journal.) the $20,000 circus elephant, who killed keeper, was hanged at Erwin, Tenn., without trial. proof of the guilt was complete. No attempt at concealment was made when the mur. der was committed. The victim was pounded to death in the presence of numerous unprejudiced witnesses and there was no possibility S ing an alibi. Nevertheless, obs of the subsequent developments think that had the elephant been accorded a trial before a jury an adroit lawyer could have entered for his client, a plea of emotional insanity and secured an acquittal. It is stated in the dispatches from. Kingston that there was no cause for the killing. The spectators witnes Mary lose her temper and the keeper lose his life and the incident was end- ed. In the same circumstances a man or woman goes before a jury and pleads emotional insanity. Irrefut- able evidence of murder is offset by a lawyer’s argument that the crime itself is evidence of insanity. Nobody other than a momentary manias would commit such a crime. are introduced by the defense, from §5 up a head, to swear that an insane person would have committed the crime, and that the same defendant was, at the instant he plunged the knife into the back of the victim, in a state of mental ir- responsibility which, although it may not have outlasted the knife thrust, should absolve him. The jurors re tire to their room, smoke over the logic of the lawyer for the defense and turn the murderer at large with an unwritten license to indulge in an- other moment of emotional insanity when he may feel like it. Mary was hanged- by an orderly mob in a land of liberty where, a at many precedents go to show, acquitted had fair trial. her s at she been accorded a Europe’s Mes (Boston Journal), ting. follows Germany’s example restriction of the meat diet for civiilans, and again our friends, the vegetarians, are encouraged to dict a permanent reduction in consumption. Vegetarian habits ac- quired during the war will endure be- yond and forever, say those who get breakfast, lunch and dinner out of the garden. ‘While there is much to be said on the side of vegetarianism, however, and much more to be said on the pal- ate’s ability to forgive and forget, a more reasonable prediction is that the will try to make up for lost time when the war is over. They will eat meat if they can get it, and their consciences will trouble them no more than stomachs. The theory of a continu- ing habit of non-flesh diet is based upon an assumption of human strength; the theory of a resumption of meat eating is founded upon the stronger premises of human weak- ness—the love of variety. For variety’s sake, if not for health's sake, Europe will return to its roasts and -its sausages, its gou- lash and pot-pies and all those other luxuries of peace, even as Stevenson’s poor Ben Gunn made a drive for Russ in meat 1t | of the | sed | Alienists | pre- ¢ their | one is petted fascinating debutante, the other a sterling, steady business woman.”'—Publisher’s note. * World for sale, by Sir Gilbert Park- * % of the Canadian North- !toasted cheese after his years on the desert island. And, besides, there iderable portion of population which is habits of flesh eating. aren't fighting on pes prune They are eating than they ever had before. The beef exports from this country testify to | that, even without the reports of the battlefield dietary. In 1914 our ex- ports of meats of all kinds were 455,000,000 pounds for the fiscal year; |in 1915 exports had risen to 885,000, 1000 pounds; in 1916 to 1,339,000,000. Europe may not be eating more meat than usual, but at least we can see that the meat habit is being sus- | tained. 1 a quite con- the 'European rot losing its The soldie soup and more meat Farm Theories. (Waterbury Republican.) Alfred Carlstead Minnesota “practical farmer” notions, sent him to the state tural college, in spite of the | proval of his practical neighbo: father died when Alfred w: years old, and nearly through his col- lege course. He left the boy the land, a worn set of farm machinery and some debts, with two small brothers to care for. The neighbors advised Alfred to sell the farm. They merely smiled when he spoke of jumping in and applying the scientific methods he had |learned at the agricultural school. Such “theories,” they told him, were no good when it came right down to the actual business of farming. Alfred decided, nevertheless, to | g0 ahead with the farm and run it according to the principles of modern, scientific agriculture. The first year he had all of trouble. His { friends advised him more strongly than ever to sell out and try some- |thing else. But he kept on doggedls refusing to give up his “theories He has been at it four v now. He has paid off every dollar his father owed, restocked his farm, outfitted it with modern machinery, put up some | new buildings and improved his soil. Last year he cleared $17,000. This vear he started in with ecverything | paid off and $20,000 in the bank. was the His with son of a farmer. father, a Progressive agri- disap-~ The nineteen sorts If the Strike Had Come. (Columbus, O., Journal.) President Wilson seems to be a pret- ty sensible sort of man, in spite of all we hear about him, and probably he takes more or less comfort in the re- flection that, if he hadn’t averted the railroad strike and potatoes were now $23 a bushel and other things in pro- portion, Mr. Hughes doubtless would | be even more depressed than he now over the ineptitude of the demo- crats, if possible. “Either 10 hours, miles, is a day’ for employes in train service, writes Mr. Dunn, editor of the Railway Age-Gazette, in his book on “Government Ownership of Rail- ways. But how could 10 hours ever be a working day if only a question of wages is involved in the labor of train employes?—Springfield Repub- lican. or a run of 100 1 and the seeker for lake dwellers will | er in my home. have to look farther afield in the entrancing valley of the sky. “The way to the present Venice, which bears the name Xochimileo ‘in of —a prehistoric water road from Tenochtitlan to the capital and seat of one of the group of seven Aztec tribes which long agc came from re- mote Aztlan to the rich Valley of Mexico. “The life on the canal, vivid and picturesque, is as striking now as it was then; it may even be suspected that the change from that time to this not been very great. It is hard to get a star to the land of the fens in more ways than one—the negotiations for the passage in a barge with boat- men who display the characteristics of that tribe known the world over; and the conflicting claims also of all the costumes, incidents, shipping and » forth, of the boiling, squirming aleidoscopic canal and shore popula- tion on its multifarious quests bewilder the beholder and make him forget that he is on a journey to see the lake dwellers in their primitive homes. Tardily, then the barse comes into -the clear pool in front of the medieval toll-gate fortress, where all shipping must go under a low bridge and where the old-time toll collector, armed with a pike, could threaten the recalcitrant without much effort. “Beyond the gateway begin more vistas of & new world. On this canal, bordered with trees and spanned with quaint bridges, is a perfect stream of craft, from the slendor dug-out cha- loupe to the square-howed flatboat, hurrying on with everything to feed, repair and adorn the great city. Freight is of all descriptions, but one looks curiously on the small bundles of grass and other green forage for animal feed, the pulkue barrels, veg- ctables and flowers. The Indian brat- men, clad in white cotton shiri and trousers, are working with a will, sometimes wading in the canal and drawing the heavy-laden hoats aft them; and, alas! returning to their paradise, a woman piloting her hus- band, who is the worse for pulque. “Flotsam and jetsam in the canal ant bulbs and flowers of water a wicked, beautiful plant, reproductivity makes men work to keep it down, but here it has met its match and is made to be useful for the Aztecs throw great m s of it upon a strip of bog to the thickness of a foot or*more. The water hya- cinth is provided with large cellular floats, a natural provision for its des- semination, which has made it an ob- struction to navigation in some of our southern rivers. “Upon this bed of floats the natives spread a layer of muck, dredged from the bottom of the canals. Perhaps before the plant floats have decayed these gardens may drift away should the water rise. Even now portions of the lake on square miles of vegeta- tion cover the surface like the ‘sudd’ of the Nile, and the canal roads have to be staked at the sides to keep them from disappearing. “The term ‘floating gardens’ properly applied was by the early histor- ians of Mexico to masses of water weeds covered with a thin layer of soil, employed by the Mexicans at a period when the fluctuating waters prevented the formation of perma- nent chinampas, and so in the New World the Indians repeated the famed gardens of the lake of Cashmere. “The Nochililcos are expert garden- ers #hd assiduous at their work, Most of their plants are started in seed heds from which they are transplanted to the chinampas, and it is strange to see boat loads of corn sprouts brought to be planted in this manner. Curious- Aztec | the field of flowers," | is through one of these ancient canals | I do not bring my business troubles home; and when anyone else at home has a troubla that she cannot lay down and get rid of, T take it from her and bear it away—and lay it down L God does not create for homes for I think that He gives vs nothing of value but opportunity but He gave us power to make a home that is heaven on earth for the Household of Love That what home shold heart and hand 1 brain are to ug that by their diligent make and keep it so —Bolton Hall in October Nautilus. us our all afd given is be we Yes, There’s a Lot of It! (Collier's Weekly). New York “Times” publish®d the other day an account of an inter- view with Excellency John Bon- zano, Titular Archbishop of Mitilene and Apostolic Delegate the United State. The interviewer finally od the apostolic del to tell some- thing of his opinion of modern Amer- ican literature had observed during his stay four this country. The learncd Jooked carefuily down dison om A moment and then verdic! Of modern Am would that T it is plenti It might trouble with is that very few of those in can expres clearness, restr sentence! his to ate of as he of ars ther avenul his crature M Ave an e 1 58y that am winced well be added that our nresent-day w. cne ting 1sicd there- with tiwe force of that themselve, and The Bread Yat {Boston Post.) Indications that we shall soon have to pay six cents over the bakcny counter for the lcof which for so 1o has cost five cents to the are prophetic. It foliows that as flour costs more t make it into bread. tl:ose bread from the hakers must for it. But there were da was not the source mainstay of life; in tkose who who bu pay mg When the shob of the traditional when the bread fo family sustenance was produced from the oven in the kitchen. And why 1is not this available today? Simply be- cause we have got out of the habit.y In the good old times there was nothing like mother’s bread, and it was always there for the family other things might come from outsida, but the bread was made at home. A it was good bread, as many us are so fortunate as to remember. The census bureau reports for 19w\ an increase since 1909 of half a bil- lion in the manufacture bread and other baking products. Why should not we go back to the old fashion of home-made bread ? of of Pointed (Exchange) S Schools for scandal crowded. Paragraphs, are somewhat Struggling to get rich quick keeps many a man poor. Once in a great while cook contrary and refuses to quit. gets lot of carfare You by letting can save a your thoughts travel yi i - No man ever got a pain in his back from carrying his neighbor’s burde: Many a conservative man Jloses his money on a sure thing because he 1s afraid to take chances. « Comparatively few people remain in the self-satisfied class after th get acquainted with themselves.