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E BPIHd BY HELE H.~give thanks unto the Lor< forever. Sing unto Him- a put forth blossoms. and the v the night *le bringeth day, and out of light is upon the mountains: for life an HE bands of winterare brokeni showers. Easter day bringeth of all light . for on this day the Lord and maketh known the immortality everlasting. and His goodness endure1 ASTER ;s the promise of the shail be renewed. even as gi cease The bars of winter are brokel The tird is on the wing. and the fli jhe lilies lift their holy white grai!s. For has not the Lord manifested His green things ? They are sweet inte1 the winter cuts them down. and ea spr:ng is a new page in the book of r eterns genesis. and its end is not. HE festival of the springtime is their feast of the Passover. honor of mother earth.CBut not th whole message of spring.., To the re: new birth and eternal youth of the s< the physical life. but in the soul bear ELEF in eternal life-compels S thoughts. . The good man toils but because he knows that his labo fallen from the plow.. The good mar it new. He is among the blessed wh< chaos and life out of death. Since the sohe with unwasting light: for then h Chifst. and knew that God's universe yet mork glorious genesis- yea. it er I A OF F=ACTM# BY REV. W. S. SAYRES: 20%S F a man die shall he live y again?" has been the ques C . ' tion of the ages. Men have ____~ tried in vain to answer it. 363 Philosophers have reas .oned, poets have dreamed, great souls have hoped, but all with out any certainty. The analogies of nature. the requiremnts of justice, the sense of artistic or scientiic ur lty, .have shown the probability of immor -tality, and1 that ol to the few. But there was no convincing proof of any thing beyond the grave. Man was an animal. and like an animal he mo~si cease to exist. The dramatist, indeed, had visions of a dreary. shadowy exist' enee in :he underworld. but it was -only the life of ghosts. and was not to Abe compared even with the present life. Most touching, indeed, we're the em~ taphs on heathen graves. "Farewvell Forever. O Brother." The world was full of those who longed *for the touch of a vanishced hand and the sound -of a~ voice that was still." Difficult, in. -deed. is it for us to put ourselves in the position of those who knew of n( Tuture life. The gloom of a limited ex istence was unirelieved by any back ground of light. This world was all There wvas no hope. Some few, lik< the Stoics, proudly made the best o1 it and when life became too hard endel it by self-destruction. Sonme, like th( Epicureans, adopted the motto. "Let u eat and drink, for to-morrow twe die.' A rare few, like Plato, hoped agains1 'hope. The effect of this on morals was ter rible. and degrading. The animus of idolatry was either fear, or lust, 0r both conjoined. The unknown gods were to be placated, at first by offer ings. and at last by iniquity. But when at last, "in the fulness of time," when thre world had had time4 to prove its helplessness and the futil ity of its systems, and was ready fo: the truth, the light came. Beautiful as a vision, sweet asa song, was the story of the resurrection. The glory of the risen Christ be wildered the world with its unspeak able ghidness. Men had not looked for this. The golden light streamed all :nt once through the open gates of Heaven, and. in that iihlt the enignas of life were cicar-ly read. Human lif( was not a tragedy, but a poem,a drama. where the last act was an end less life of glory and activity. The old faiths were but the brok-en tomb, tihe empty grave clothes, that brok-en bands that had b!inded and fettered human life and freedom. What wonder then that the disciples eagerly sped into all the lands preaching the resurrection. carrying the good news of the viwtc- over decath int:> the for ests of Euoe the warstes of Africa, the plains of Asiat and the isles of the -sea. WVhat wonder Il at the new be lief inspired enthusiasm, extinguished the lpains of mnartyrdom. and converted the em pire itrsel f. The knowledge of a1 fttur: life bro ught a new-~ force into the world. M odern civilization'l is the preseniT. but not the :i:oi! resu:t. Man's hora:.:n was enlare unti: it wvas bom,;2Lddr n:::y by 1:i n:niy. Thle expan siepoe of the :resurrectan on 1:u-. man thiot and1 life an hardlyv be mea sure' m na p rs da'5~(Ites from the re~ The burdens of life are :~ IL l'erspctive of eter e.s its proper "c' endured N KELLER. I, for He' is good,~and His mercy endureth new song. for He causeth the desert to alleys He covereth with greenness. Out of ieath life everladiing. On this day a new d the resurrection are proclaimed forever. in sunder.~and the land is made soft with the children of men near' to the source declareth the permanence of Hi; world. of the - soul. He hath revealed the life :h forwver.4 Lord that all the best and noblest -nmn rowt-h and bloom and ripening shall not n. and the iron bands of death are riven ;ht of the soul shall know no wrn:iness. brnmmed with the sunshine cf God's love love in flowers and in the upspringing of preters of large certainties. ' Each year ch spring they put forth again Every evelation. wherein we read that life is an or' it endureth forever.r as old as the hope-of manT The Jews had The Romans celebrated the Megalensia in e Jews nor the Romans interpreted the generation of earth Christ has added the :ui. We know that our brancl- grows in s frjit that shall endure forever.' u. to believe yi good deeds and honest not for to-day. nor for to-morrow alone. r shall survive long after his hand has pours himself into the world and makes > win sight out of blindness. order out of first Easter morning the soul of man has e looked into the radiant face of the risen shapes itself not to destruction. but to a dureth from everlasting to everlasting. ing." Death becomes a mere incident, a passing onward, a nw birth, the grave but the gateway of life. The ef feet was also seen at once in morals. Crime, injustice, wrong, would be judged. Responsibility would be de manded. The new life might be missed th:rough moral unfitness a'id unrepent ed v-ilenes:,. * * * The resurrection of Christ was lack ing in nothing to make it complete and attractive. It was not only a rising of the spirit, hut of the body as well. and the new body was not the natural body, but that body spiritualized, en dowed with new powers, indepen'dent Iof earthly forces and restrictions. and yet real and tangible. It was not a phaptom, but cha nged indeed in na ture. still recognizable as the samte in appearance and featture as before, with the print of the nails and the wounded side. Without this, indeed, the resur 7' Easter I This beautiful picture is reprod well-known artist, rection would have been ir.'omnplete. A ghostly existence had no attractive ness for us. The perfect man consit of body and spirit, and with the capae ty to realize again the touch of the vished hand and to hear the sour~d of th voic e that was still. Thus future recognition1 becomes a certainly and prgrs a ,eeessity. It isitrest ing to conjecture what wn e h .tture of our future condi tio and o:ccu!pations.ChWe can do this o"y prtmill. The cidcannot comn prehend the mar/'s thought, nor the animtal. the man's. But we may be lieve that eich soul will find some work that is congenial and in the line of present ta!s. Ti1n nnivere is so l::Tncivably vast ti::It there will be el his enio. T Iere wi lin ) ile piness. Nor will mnoilf a pratical ur regni1red to) sprind an eter::ity inIn oniharps. It is reasoiable to suppose that mn1 with a talent for leauiership 1nd governin.g will have onme field in which to govern and leoad. "-Ye shall judge angels." The teacher !may teach in other worlds. Those who love to minister in works of mercy, to alleviate suffering. may find employ ment in their special calling. Music. poetry, art, science. philosophy will not be lost out of that life. and the artistic creator may be employed in fashioning hew worlds. In fine, speculation finds no limit to the possi ble and probable fields of future ac tivity. Powers and capacities that are here felt, but are dormant for want of opportunity, will doubtless be satisfied. "Satisfied! Satisfied! The spirit's yearning For sweet compar.ionship with kindred minds; The silent love that here meets no return i ng, The inspiration which no language finds." * * * But will all men have this happy immortality, or w:.ll it be restricted by conditions? This is a question for the theologians. Science teaches that the fittest survive, and the teachings of the risen Lord make Him the only source of the resurrection. The only man who has yet arisen makes per I'sonal relationship of some sort with Himself to be indispensable, but it may be postulated zhat the demands of na ture and of revelation will be found identical, since both are from the same author. It may also be suggested that to persons who are criminal, vic ious, satanic, an infinite prolongation of life, with no change of character, would mean an infinite development of unhappiness. Good work is never wasted when life is viewed as a preparation for eternity. Nothing we learn is to be lost, but will have its fruitage by and by. Benve nuto Cellini, the famous artist, when asked why he had spent so many weeks making a certain miniature carv ing on a gem, replied that he expected to live forever, and a few weeks was well spent in preparing himself for the future. And so the old problem has been solved, and we rejoice at the Easter season, which preserves the historical testimony of the fact of the resurrec tion. Our bodies may indeed sleep in the grave, but our souls shall rest in consciousness until the perfect con summation of the general resurrection. "Tbere is no death. What seems so is transitior. This life o: mortal breath Is but the suburb of the dark elysian W1'hose portal we call death." Re1icrdewj ITfk Hallie tock a walk or two With the hares and rabobits, And gave them such a talking-to About :heir careless habits. Sh" scolded them for jumping so luietead of wvalking proper. Anid told themi how their noses go Whlen they eat their supper. And said. "Now yo should never let Ybur ears stiek uip like that, I 3hi vou should comb them neatly back ' di tuck them in y our hat. Vlorning. lucd fom hepaitin byth AlxnerEdr A JckHone Pi Fr aser tiy ader~ lead upt /h tpoh e; p n ni r ece iteylo chick ns.Ter remrgisde n Pieces fribb the attache b these And'andee Eundstrswe. ac ntr puJlcs thei r ut is theting. ne for astr, nd he Kitteby. rgr wh ehs one chill heno endes then Tho'.cI iside the or o tin 'adrtes psee the topnofw-he U!imd ihi R L AuiU!11 NU I L APRIL TWENTY-THIRD. "The Power of His Resurrection." Rom. U:3-13; Phil. 3:10. (Easter meeting.) Bible Hints. To be buried with Christ (Rom. 6: 4) is to pass with Him out of the at mosphere and power of worldliaess and into the atmosphere and power of heaven. There is no entrance into Christ's life but the portal of Christ's death (Rom. 6:8). No one can kr.ow "the power of His resurrection' (Phil. 3:10) until he has known Him; and the more one knows Him, the more precious will be Easter and Sunday. Have you ever tried by imagination, sympathy, and love to enter into "the fellowship of His sufferings" (Phil. 3:10)? It is the climax of Christian experience. SLggestions. Those that have known the resur rection from the death of si'n need no other assurance of immortality. "The power of His resurrection" 'must be made by us a power in other lives before we can fully receive it in our own. The measure of a Christian is the i degree in which he does not shrink from physical death, but does fear spiritual death. Every strong man wants power; I and no power that man can gain is I equal to what one obtains from Christ's resurrection. IlLIstrations. Children are often afraid of the dark, but they all love the dark when they are holding father by the hand. An artist obtains the essence of his power from his father and mother by birth. So we obtain through our new birth i'a Christ the power of His resurrection, the power of immortal life. There is a high, impenetrable wall around the next life, but Easter is a door left ajar. Just as our rising from the death of sleep is a daily experience, so we renew every day the joy and the pow er of Christ's resurrection. Quotations. If the resurrection of Christ took place, then all the other miracles be came possible.-Francis L. Patton. 0 let me know The power of Thy resurrection! 0 let me know Thy risen life in calm and clear re flection!-Havergal. No husbandman would sow a grain of corn if he did not hope it would spring up and bring forth the ear. How much more are we helped on by hope in the way to eternal life!-! Luther. Our onl' hone is to enter into the victory of the risen Cnrist.-F. .. Meyer. EPiOHTH [EAGUE LESSONS APRIL T-WENTY-rHIRD. The Power of His Resurrection. Rom. 6. '3-13; Phil. 3. 10. This lesson from Romans is a part of that argument of Paul's on exemp tion from the necessity of sinning based on the power of a risen Christ. The argument is that as Christ had a death, burial, and resurrection, so ias the Christian a death and burial. to sin, ar.d a resurrection to holiness. And of this great fact baptism is a symbol and sign. Those who would read into this passage an argument for the made of baptism mistake the whole symbolism of the passage. If the "burial" is litcral, so must the "planting" and the "crucifixion" be. The passage is, however, a powerful argument for a spiritual death to sin, and a spiritual resurrection inlto life and holiness. ThE passage from Phil ippians is a similar teaching. .Justi fled and in union with Christ. we may know the power w'hich Christ's resur rection possess. This would bring participation also in his sufferings s well as his love. There is one passage in our les son of pr'ofound significanec. We re fer to the eleventh verse of the sixth' f Romans. It is an impassioned ap peal to the persons addressed to realize t'aeir coa~ition of freedom from sin througia the power of the risen Christ. It is an urgent ap~peal o die unto sin as Christ died for sin; arid to live unto God as Christ ives with God. It makes an appre priate Easter meditation. Consider Being Dead unto Sin. Everyone recognizes that we may he dead unto some sins. No one considers that it is an exalted profession to claim that e are dead unto such sins as murder, theft, profanity. etc. Why should it be thought fanatical to claim the power of Christ to such an extent that e may be dead unto all sin. To be dead is to feel no desire, longing, or motion toward. Is it true that Christ can save that the soul shall recoil from all sin? So many testify. and so the Word would seem to teach. The death of Christ on the cross is a type of the death of the soul unto sin. It is a constant antagonism to evil. It Is fixedness in righteousness. Being Alive unto God. Holiness is not only negative but positive, it is more than ceasing from sin: it is do ing good. Not only is it dcath to sin, it is active service in righteousness. That is a spurious holiness that onily claims noncompliance with sinful acts; real holiness is active and posi ive consecration to ghod'works. Dialects in the Philippines.. There are between forty and fifty dialects in the Philppine islands. All of :hese dialects belong to one com mon Malayan stock. Their grammat ical structure is the same. The sea tence in each one of them is built up in the same way. The striking use of affixes and suffixes, which gives the speech its character, is common to iem all. There are, moreover, wor: and cxpressionls identical to ther all. A hundred common words coul -eadily be selected which would scar :y vary from one language to anot -r; but the fact still remains that while similar in grammatical structure these languages are very different in vocabulary-so different that two members of any two tribes brought together are unable to con verse, or at first even to make them selves understood for the simplest steps of intercourse. THE ST;~ DA-IY ;SCILEDOO] INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTi FOR APRIL 23. Sub>et : The Entry of Jesur. Intn .Tern sale-m, JAhn -xii., 1V.-:6-solden Tex1 Matt. xxi., 9-emory Verses, 12, 13. Commentary on the Day's Le.asor. i. The triumphal procession (vs 12-.1G. 12. "The next day." Afte the supper. This would be Sunday comIlonly called Pahui Sund:y. "Muel peoIle. Vast crowds were presen at the Passover. In the time of Nero t census was taken and it was ascer ained that there were 2,700.000 Jew: present at this feast. "To Jerusalem. Jesus and Ills disciples left Bethan and went to Bethpliage, a small vil lage between Bethany and .Terusalem Here they stopped and Jesus sen two of Ills disciples to bring Him , colt on which to ride into Jerusalem When this was procured He advance( tovard Jerusalem. There were man: from Galilee who knew Jesus person ally,. and great ilunubers had been at tracted to Bethany. excited by th< r((ent resurrection of Lazarus. 13 "Branches of palm trees." This wau a demonstration of their joy. Carry lng paln and other branches was em blematical of success and victory -And cried." Combining the four ac (outs, w( get tile following features Some took off th'eir outer garments the burnoose. and bound it on the co! as a kind of saddle: others cast theil garments in the way, a mark of honoi to a king (2 Kings 9:13); others gath ered leaves and twigs and rushes "Hosanna." Hosanna is a renderin; into Greek letters of the words. "Save we pray" (Psa. 118:2~). It is like shout of. "S.alvation! Saflvation!' "King cometh." Jesus Christ is ap pointed King over the ghurch (Psa 2:(;. and is accepted by the church. 1-1. "As it is written." In Zech. 9:9 15. "Fear not." There is no caus' for fear. The King is able to defen His people. "Daughter of Sion." Th( church: God's true Israel. "Sittint on colt." Here was the triumph 01 humility over pride and worldly grand eur. of poverty over affluence, and o1 meekness and gentleness over rage anc malice. The horse and the chario1 were suggestive of war, the ass was the symbol of peace. - When they cam< in sight of Jerusalem. while other shouted Jesus wept over the city. I saw its sins and the sorrows and deso lation which were so soon to com( upon it. 16. "Understood not." I1 was the events themselves now occur ring that were dark to them. They were not seen in their true light as v magnifying. as a prefigurative glorify ing, of a suffering Messiah. "Glorified then remembered." The ignorance 01 the disciples was corrected by experi ence. What they did not understand now, they understood when the resur rection and ascension.had taken place II. The cause of Christ's popularity (vs. 17-19). 17. "The people," etc. The repeated references to the raising of ,azarus greatly strengthen the his toric evidence of the miracle. They are quite inconsistent with the theory either af a misunderstanding or o; deliberate fraud. 18. "This miracle.' "This" is emphatic; other miracles had made but little impression, but this on( had convinced even Christ's enemies. 19. "T-e world." A.n exaggerate<l form of expression sho :ing Christ's great popularity. III. Greeks seeking Jesus (vs. 20~ 22. 20. "Certain Greeks." The orig inal tvord "Hellenes" means persons of Greek nationality, born Gentiles oi the Greek race. "To worship." These Greeks were proselytes to the JTewish religion (Exod. 20:10, etc.). 21. "'T Philip." It is not known why they should come to Pnilip first unless it was because they had some slight ac uantance with him. "We would see Jesus."' Not merely to see His face, but wve would speak with Him and be taught by Him. It should be the do sire of ever' heart to see Christ. 22. Anrew" and Philip." How pleasing to God is this union, when the minis t:s of the gospel agree and unite to, gu~ er to bring souls to Christ. IV. Jesus teaches the way of life (vs. 23-2G). 23. 'Jesus answered them." Our Lord spake primarily to the Greeks nd sceondarily to His disciples, (1) of he meaning of His impendig death. 2 of tile nlecessity of faithfulness to im in it, (3 of the blessing attached thereto. "The hour." The time. Should be gloritied." The time has ome when the old prophlesies (Isa. 54: : GO:3) are to be fultilled, the Mes siah's kingdom is. to be set up in the whole earth, and Christ is to take His place on the right hand of God. 24. And die." The seed must die in or der to liberate the life-germ and allow it to become fruitful. Christ must die to complete His redemptive work. 23. "Loveth His life." The word translated life is often translated soul, s in verse 27. The meaning is thai e who makes the pleasures, honors and rewards of this life his chief con ern, and sacrifices his righteousness anI integrity in order to obtain them, shall lose it"-shall lose In most cases even the earthly rewards that he hoped to gain, and shall lose his soul eter aally. "That hateth his life." On the other hand, he who sacrifices, when necessary, all worldly goods for Christ's sake and the gospel's (Mark~ S:3). "shall keep it"-shall gain eter nal life, 26. "Serve Me." Christ is a Master in a twofold sense: He instructs men, ind appoints them their work. He who wishes to serve Christ must be' ome a disciple to be taught, and ar servant to obey. "Let him follow Me.' Let him act out the above principle, s Christ had done and was about tc do. This is Christ's answer to the re quest of the Greeks. Christians must follow the methods and example 01 Christ. "Where I am." In heaven. At a Royal School. No public school 'has stricter rules, r is carried on in mecre methodical 'way, than the little villa at Peter hof which forms the academy a' which the Czar's daughters are edu cated. At the head of t'he establishment i one of the impirial chamberlains, bu all the remaining officials and attend ants are dwarfs. There are twenty four footmen, not one of whom i ocre than four feet high: the janitor indeed, is only thirty-seven inc'hes ix height. Surrounding the villa are umber of pavilions, used as class rooms and playrooms for the roya pupils, who, among other subjects study riding, cooking, needlewOri and house management. To the las named subject spai att~eniA 1 givn, each princess having a reli3 tre establishment, including a chan CelL r and treasurer, To this wonderful setoc1 the littl Czarvitch will go just as soon as hi is old enough. At present there an only seven pupils, namely, the Czar' four daughters. their two cousins an a.li1:le Prince' of Montenegro. CHILDRiN'SI HE LAND OF STORY BOOKS. At evening, when the lamp is lit, Around the fire my parents sit, They sit at home. and talk and sing, And do not play at anything. Now, with my litt'e gun, I crawl All in the dark along the wall. And follow round the forest track Away behind the sofa back. There, in the night. where none can spy, All i iny hunter's camp I lie. And play at books that I have read Till it is time to go to bed. These are the hills, these are the woods, These are my starry solitudes. And there the river. by whose brink, The roaring lions come to drink. I see the others far away. As if in firelit camp they lay, And I. like to an Indian scout. Around their party prowled about. So, when my nurse comes in for mc, Home I return across the sea. And go to bed with backward looks At ny dear Land of Story Books. -Robert Louis Stevenson. A MUSICAL KITE. Kites are extremely popular through out Central and South America. where they are called El Comte (the comet); and, while many are fashioned like ours, most of them are much more peculiar, both in shape and design. Bamboo sticks form the framework and usually the covering is tissue pa per. A fringe of this paper ornaments some, and the boy who is musically inclined extends the sticks above the paper and stretches strips of bide across them. In a strong breeze these give forth a beautiful sound, like an aeolian harp. A musical chord can be made by tightening or loosening the strings. Sometimes the surface of the kite is painted to represent the face of .a man, when the fringe~around the sides has the appearance of a beard and is trimmed accordingly. Sometimes, too, says the Brooklyn Eagle. a tin knife cut in shape of a crescent with inner edge sharpened, is attached to the tail, and the owner tries to cut the strings of any other kites that come in its way. Much skill is often shown in at tacking or escaping from the pirates, as the knife-tailed kites are called. Philadelphia Record. A CORK THAT WALKS. Lots and lots of our boys and girls have seen a match box, a horse fly. a stone fence, and even a board walk. but we are pretty sure that very few of you have ever seen a cork walk. Still, under certain circumstances, a cork can walk, and this is the way to bring about that unusual spectacle. Get as large a cork as you can fnd. and stiek side by side in one end a pair of flat headed nails. Then get two forks and ir.sert them. one in each side, near the other end of the cork, as slbown in the pictrure. Now get a strip of wood four or live CDEK ALKIN D'NTH. oAD down on eihe sdOe ofE th AeDrio wetood. Sand ath wo siihe wide, ade toasie. and iyoune wilanse ofhe byr Pace tjerk down ths stadn tking its nail legs,-Nwt onYork henngMig Itw was eithe asretyae of foot-p o perhaps Strt smother sing fomn idetose and in aillreeathbberkll andal terl onthei feloard running rinicurois, tifflge ittleay-you n ihts na srmlee Yord Etang apil. ofbyI t was c pretty gamoon! ot pThea, or se o asteye bigflorn ninygwt and lwcickigaretubers bail, tandtyn to spigtie awme-ouinsedof November football. This is the way it was. Little Isa be's mother had taken her down into the sunny chicken yard to see the chickens, and on the way Isabel had picked some blue violets in the grass. Well, these little chickens had no kind, careful, anxious biddy-mothers to keep) them out of trouble. They had been born all together in a great box that has a particular kind of name--an in cubator-not at all like a nice, old-fash ioned straw nest. But all little chick ens are very sociable, very friendly; and these seemed to think that every body who came into the chicken yard had come to help take care of them; and so. when Isabel sat down on the warm earth in the spring sunshine, they ran up to her and then on to her an d ali over her little lap and stood on' he: soulders. At lust Isabel held up her hands to keep them off; but her mother said1 ltte chickens could not hurt her, and pehaps they wanted some of her vio So Isabel drew a violet out of the bunch and held it up to a little speckled puffball that had just jumped upon herI nrim. Ouickly he took it in his bil andj DEPARTMENT; ran with it, and after him ran every one of the rest. Up and down the yard they chased, running and flying with their tiny yellow legs and little wings. Which one finally got the violet Isa bel could not see. it was such a scramble and tangle, such a pile of feathers and bright eyes! Whenever some of the chicks gave up, they came ov.'* to little Isabel for another violet. and then another game began. There never was a better football. Nobody got hurt: And how excited and happy the chickens were, their little, small chirpy voices sounding like some sort of sweet music. Seven. eight. nine footballs the little chickens ran and scrambled for, run ning back every time to Isabel for an other violet as soon as the one they. had had was captured and eaten. All that spring little Isabel called every violet she found a "chicky foot ball.''-Gertrude B. Potter, in Little Folks. DOLLS' STYLES IN DRESS. The demand for handsome gowns for, dolis has sprung up in the la't year or two. It began in a small way, but has increased in a most remarkable man ner. Of course, there are many hun dreds of thousand, of little girls who. will have to content themselves with the old-fashioned dolls with the store clothes. but the very young ladies who reside in the big houses are not satis tied unless they have one of the import ed productions, with the latest ward robe. The head of one of these doll dress making establishments was asked the cther day how It happened that there was a demand for custom made doll's clothes. "Some one-I couldr't say who-start ed the idea that the dolls of. the little girls of the '400' should be gowned in the latest modes," he said.- "The best dolls and the dowdiest dresses come from Germany. Now, what was there to do? Why, that was easy. We still bought our dolls in Germany, but we made their clothes here. We began.it in a small way last year. The past season the demand was so great tirat we could barely fill all the orders just before the holidays. "Of course, these German dolls .wMh smart American dresses come hih. This one. for instance"-and he held up a doll about a foot long, exquisitely dressed in a blue silk dinner gown "this one would cost you 40. Others are as high as $100, but that includes three or four dresses. Not long ago we had an order for a bride doll, and an elaborate trousseau. There was a magnificent wedding gown of white satin, a traveling dress, a house dress or two, a ball dress, a dinner gown, wrappers, kimonos, pajamas, all kinds of shoes, slippers, silk stockings, and lingerie. Then there was a fine trunk ad a traveling bag. In addition to. this there were parasols and handker chiefs. and, in fact, everything that should go to make up a bride's ward robe in high life. "Yo must know, though, that clothes are not th'e only things that have become necessary to the happi ness of millionaire dolls. No doll that has any respect for itself will think of getting along nowadays without a fully euipped bath. WVe have them here, as you can see." And the doll man showed a miniature bathroom with all the appurtenances A that are to be foun& in the toiljet of the ir est women.1 "Then, of course, the dclis have jew ery," went on the head dolls' dress maker, "and they have brass bedsteads and beveled French glass dressing cases, and--" "But are the little girls who possess them really any happier than the little girls who have the old-fashioned, shabby rag dolls?" The head dolls' dressmaker looked hurt for a moment. Then he added softly: 'Well, I guess n.ot."-Brooklynl Eagle. Rickrack Daisies. Ricrack is white cotton braid woven in points, and of yore much in request for sewing into elaborate designs like a coarse lace. Now one of the charming new linen dresses for misses shows a number of daisies en applique, which are noth ing but our old friend rickrack. There are fifteen points to each of these daisies, which means that the opposite fifteen points have been strung on a thread andi drawn under a small white crochet motif that serves as the heart of the daisies. A liberal sprinkling of these daisies on the blouse and on the yoke and front panel of the skirt transforms it into a handsome dress. Any girl,' whose mamma cannot afford such a dress for her can easily make them herself and put them on a dress that would otherwise be plain. The Bill Was Not Paid. In the days when Mark Twain wa an editor out West he was not so we of as of late years. One morning mail brought a bill from his tailor, n an unusual occurrence. The boy wh went through the mail called the fu ture humorist's attention to it. "And," added the boy, "he has written on the back that he wants a settlement at nce." "You should know what to do with such copy without asking," sai< Mr. Twain. 'Inclose it ::::'G regu ar printed slip stating that all manu cript written on both sides of .the paper is unavailable." Fighting Seasickness. There is one place in a ship where the voyager may be at rest. This wri ter discovered it during a mid-Atlantie torm, when he went down to the bath- -. room, tumbled into a warm sea bath nd foated. The vessel was perform- 5 ing the most amazing antics, but the water in the bath kept its usual grav ity and the bather floated with a smile u.o.it bo hem.-.EnndOn Chronice _