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THE RUNNING WATER OF CONVERSATION Th« field of our dallj MP^Hei.ca uliere of charity anil purily. Vet -vltli- may !>• likened to a rountry wli«re out tlio running wttU-r of convprsatlon „c ar« never out of s.mii.l of the run- his IniasinaciVB country will r«u.aiii nuig water of couvBrsiitlcm. Carrying , Imaginative, for It tho Himlle further we may divide our <la) InU) lU various parts; the great open field* of our dally labors; ho- rluded retr«*iH of study and literary bi.iwglng* and ploMsant. sunny hlll- Bldes of play and relaxation. ThrougU â-  11 of these pur«ultM we hear cunrinnal- ly the .sound of that running water. Qi.lel wo must have at Dnie!-, and so M.' Journ< y to solitudes of complote I lacka that Hoiinil which gives It actuality. The reali;.m of tho eoiivwrsatlon ia the rule hy which the I!OV«j1 in ineaBured. It tho couveraatlon does not ring true, If li lacks »ll, point or purpose, then the Faulti. of coubtruo- 'W-'i'l'-s of cure Lifllo (K'alloiw, <'urvliiK eres' Hie Bridle Path. Sweet sciin!e<l U the l»ijie alon^ ! which the hordes imi«s ut Intervals. | Gre«n uiapU' leaves hang like pale lan- tern* over It and under a inos.i of new '• foliuKo li'ero are tiny Koinber pools of , rain ihat aru slovbly vaniKliIng Into the earth that Boftly elpa from Hurfelt. Tho ; jKith iH hai'f BuullgUt, half Kliudo, cool and whole.oni-^ in typoit;, then dry and Bumuicry. The path hears fre.sii ncar.s, me- j .s«i from hoofh of nohle i j Burfac© where the I laughliij; suiitiliiue road reiils In the in moister place« work is di*)nied. . -- â€" lion, form or description are inhlgnill-, »""""'» ,,,,., , . 1 ,, f,...i.v ,.,,,iv<.r. ceil .^. and n-ceding blunl. ileprcs.slons cant when compured lo fault) c(i!i%ei-. • , . , , , .1 i â-  » ' have been lately placed on the hard satlou ! A Vigorous Flow eileuco. but we Invariably return to the j i„ ,(,0 many ca;-.':! the iiinnliiR water : iijer^. |^ (he fun imprlnl of a recent eccusiomed sound with height i-ued Joy. ^j conveivullon in not In consonance ; prun,j.n;,j0 i^f, j,, ,1,^ pla^H,. Piirtl, with the varied contour vf the novel as 1 j-(uvf niifrpquentcd Is the liridle a whole. Thiimgh runged iM'aks of j^,), ,i,m ig,,,]^ jhrou^li the blofisomiiig narrative and action, through valleys ,.j(y purk with its trees kiu\ llowersl of deiwTiptive bea.'.ticH, the running j-j,,^. i-harmlliR Us detiertion, its quiet alream 100 often flows along at the dosueludel Along the bnulward that same level, as though it were a canal m^j- ^y^, (,,,,,„ f,-om the hilltop there are cut straight thioiigh in one Hat ""'n- , hundreds of ntotorcars gliding over a teresiing line The water Hows, it Is ! gniooth brown read. Hut only a few true, but there is nothing inspiring in 1 p<,oi)io revel in the Joys of the bridle the Right of It. Since the novel is but ' pall, .^valk their luxurious anliuals ; the complelo map of the linaginalive j ^vp,. ii,g scented earth, talking tx> thcrn country whiih tho author wishes his ; jji^ while, or Inhaling the perfitine of reader to behold, the siroaiUH must ,jg^v bloom, their thoughts intact, un- , follow the g'-nt'ral contour down {i> its ' spoken, but tacitly shared with their 'end. If there are sharp declivities of ' mount. Softly their horses' hoofs have A meal eaten in silence is a dull • ftalr; our food must be served on the banks of a sM-wim of friendly inter- ccurie and light chatter If it Is to be pleasant and palatable. The running water of conversatiiin sounds through- out our dally routine, lightening our ta.sk.s, heightening onr joy. and multi- plying every benefit which accrues to ui- How little we would gel from our reading and »tudy were wo shut off fioMi a friendly Interchange of views. Kven the more or less Idle chatter of Ciur playtlim-8 Is a necessary part of MEN AND WOMEN OF TO-DAY No More "Howling." Sir Oliver Lodge's discovery of a remedy for "howling," hitherto the bugbear of wirelesb reception, adds an- other acblevemenf to the many tliat stand to his credit in connection witb wireless. Almost exactly forty yearj ago Sir Oliver showed how a spark In one I./ey- dcu j;>r could be made to cause a epark In another Layden Jar some distance away. Soon after this be made the first electric bell ring without wires, at a distance of forty yards. And be bad a wireless apparatus working in Liverpool two years Spain, teila me this new atory of Ktag Alfonso, who, by th« wajr. is coining to London shortly, aaya an MngUth writer. Diivin* recently Just outside Ma-' drjiU the King'a car came to a atand- Btlil. and a minor adjustment bad to be made by the cbaulfeur. At that mo- ment a tired-looking workman, who was waliiiug in the same directXon, cama up, and, not recognizing th« King, BBkd him for a lift as far as Mv drld. The King, with a smile, told him to' Jump In, and the car conveyed him before Senator i «*'"!>' «<> "'^ ^"""'^ ,^r"'?.^ 'V* Marconi came from Italy to take out ; «"""* «' ^^"'^'^t' . ^'"'" / 3 'shook hands with the amazed work- Lord Beaverbrook I'anaiiian-born editor, ne-wtpaper own- er ami politician of England, who is now writing a "l.iife of Christ," follow- ing tho recent publication of his "Re- collections and Reminiscences." ♦ â- â-  Light From Plants! Hy expo.sure to the glow of a lumin- ous plant found in Bengal, a photo- graphic plate h.as been successfully developed. I Mr. S. R. Uone, of the Carmiohael Medical (loHege, Calcutta, who obtain- etl a collection of luminous vegetation, , says Ihat luminosity was usually con- . lined to certain spots, but in some I cases thi) flat surfaces glowed all over. i Stalks showed a white streak of light along their ".ength. It is said that the light Is due to a fungus which gives out a substance tlial glows in contact with oxygen or our relaxation. From Discussion to Chatter. 'narrative, let the water come down I faiit,u like rain, as they enjoyed the Bocauso of the variety of top(jgritphy , with a zeslful sparkle; If there is a burgeoning blossoms, the trailing of this conversational country, the sheer cliff of sharp action, the stream ' vi,u>s. and the sight of robin red- streams must necessarily runge from .must come with a rush ami then the ef- . breast. tho deep, broad rivera of d. ' p discus- i feet of the cliff is enhanced hy water- j Overhanging branches from the bor- kion to the chatter of liny sLeams of I fall. IJown through the sheltered val- j dering trees form a natural Tudor arch lnconse<iuential talk. Here are foam- ! leys and meadows of de.-cription and .that parilaliy shades tiie road and har- liig cataracts of worus. oratorical ' contemplative ruininalion tho stream 1 bora tlio solace of the woo'Jland. v,:i!orfalls to please the sight-seeing j sbould still retain a fresh smooth j There comes a steady, rocking i multitudes, having a certain g-audeur, ' vigor. j rhythm In tho air, the resounding hnt the continuoiis thunder of it event- This rule of conversation applies â-  music of a single horseman, made by ^ ually palls, and the roar lit it renuiins eijuaily to the novel and lo our daily the cymbals of metaland llrra earth,; in one's ears for long after. Tliere are ' living, in the fiulet Uelda and valleys : ,viih a rising interlude as an occasion- «eetl:ing rapids of debate, broken up 1 where there aro uj spectacular drops ^j surface rock !.â- < struck. The rush of , T)v craggy rocks and snugs into acri- j and rapids, the slreaiu o'ust be kept i the bridle patli Is broken by this "'>"'' moalousrlfflee, or billows upon which j clear of obstruction Jest It lose its ! gound, this Hleiidy staccato beat of Mlluon Japanese Women tjrily the hnriilest <lure embark Aril- : deep, sinoolb sweep, and become tor-Jborse and horseman. The twain come flcial channels we have in abiindunce, i P'd arid Klugglsli. Unnecessary col-|i„to view. It is a new Centurion. A where tho current i.s siuggLst and loquiulisms and banal or even vulgar i twentieth century girl, riding like a smootli, and which via with the water- i slang, mere verbal makeshifts, ac- j part of the beautiful horse -a crimson falls in' popularity with the multitude. I cumulate rapidly like atiualic weeds, ,-ij(,,- on a chestnut mare. They swing Here the boating Is easy and anyone , and in the course of time form such j past. Nothing separates them, Mer- may embark with safety, the pace Is a .stubborn Impedinienu; to the natural his first wireless patent. Behind the Budget Mrs. Winston Churchill, whose hus- band's Budget proposals are being freely discussed, plays a far greater part in political life than most people realize. She not only helps Mr. Churchill to prepare his speeches, but attends the House of Commons regu- 1 larly to hear him deliver them and, ' presumably, to criticize them after- â-  wards ! , Lately she has given much of her time and energy to helping Mr. Chuichill frame his Budget. Mrs. Churchill is a born Parliamentarian, and knows the ropes as well as any man. I "Drop Inl" man, who had begun to thank him. "Good-bye, old man," he said. "Have a good rest, and if you want anything at any time, come and aee me at the Palace." His Ready Retort. Mr. Tom Grlfflths, M.P., formerly Treasurer of the Royal Household, whose outspoken commegts on in- herited wealth have been aiiVifcUn^. . attention, has the reputation of never missing the chance of an apt retort.. Just before the last election he was speaking at a meeting in the course of which a member of Ills opponent's party S'houted: "You're not fit to stand for us!" In a flash Mr. Griffiths replied, "That's' all the more reason why I A friend of mine. Just back from BhoulJ stand for you!" Fishes Change Color, On the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, water. So long as he fungus l.ve« it a„^ „,ore specially in the gulf stream I g'^'^^a.'ing the conlMues to etnlt Hgh . The plants. : around Florida and Cuba, the Ashes, ! ^,V;â„¢i'''^ kept In a mo.st condition, glowed for;„^,„ all „f them, are so gtiudy m"""'*" ^^'^''^'"«' ten weeks ' •â-  * coloring that they are always a great * wonder to visitors. There are several reasons given tor Now Engaged in Business "'« f^tM*"''*'"f'^^°f r'^\^"l '''* . „ . , standard theory Is that the flshes haTe, , r„Tr' "â- """* Z"''^""' '^"' "1 the course of millions of years, col- aimo.it 1,000,000 women In Japan are Children's Wit and Wisdom. eald excluding the , women employ- , l«r.y one, and no groat expenditure of energy Is required to keep afloat. In our rwidltig this di-mand for the sound of running water is more Im- perative than is generally acknow- ledged. A novel without conversation would be a dull affair. The author may give us an Imaginative country of u beauiy that ]<* thrilling. He may give u.! visions that entrance, far horliona thai glow with a truthful light, craggy peaks that may be climbed only by tho dint of earnest effort, and once at- tained exhilarate with their atmos- curretit that heroic efforts are neces- sary to clear the stream. Like every stream it needa must pick up additional breadth and depth as It flows, iind here again increasing watchfulness is essential. If tho stream is to retain its clarity and purity, every tributary that would bring with it adulteration or Impurity in any form mu.st be diverted, and every rivulet fioiii a clear source an spring must bo turned diligently into our flowing river that Its growth may be e<iuul fn quality to Its magnitude. engaged in business, thousands of girls and ed in factories. Of these 100,000 are in medical ser- vice, as physicians, nurses, midwives ored themselves to suit the color of the ocean landscape. corals, flowers, sponges and all things which form the catrian wings lightening the hoofs of,"-' â- â€¢â€¢;;;- -'^^^^^ under the surface of the the lor.'ie as they sea e rarnasslan , 11. •â-  • I waleris. heights. vice, as physicians, nurses, uudwives The groupers and rockflsb of the 4 - and drttg clerks. Another 80,000 are'^^^y,^,^ ^.aterg are the ones which teachers, while 50,000 are telephone ; ^^^ ^^^^^^^ j^^ changing color. . ""^'^Z."!!*"*^ " ? ''t """â- "â-  '^"^" I As a rule, the changes come when In tho little village of Kast ilendred are COO.OOO women in what is described ^\^^ ,,3^ becomes frightened or excited. In Uerkahire. Kngland, there Is a | as "commercial business," Including | ^^^j ^^^^^^^1^. n ^m ^.j^ang^ jta cdoi^ lug in a few seconds. The color suddenly turns lighter or I â- '' Ancient Clocks. ilendred 'are there Is a ! as "commercial business,' church clock that has bi-en telling the | waitresses and motion picture actress- time without intenupUoii for four hup- les. tlie latter numbering 020. There I dred years. At last they had to stop It I are 34,000 women hairdressers. l-OOO ! „a,.kei. according to the tint of the sui- Changing Signposts. The story !â- ? told of a muii who, on his deathbed. &ald, "The thing that troubles me now, more thaji even the great sins of life, is a trick I played when I was a boy. Near to where I lived was a moor, in the middle of which two roads met, and at those cross-roads was a rickety slgnptft. The arras of this sigiipoHi were Ioohc. und one day for fun I took tlieni down and changed tlieiu so that they jwluied out the wrong road I now wonder bow many poor travellers 1 s^nt across that moor in tho wrong direction." Oo we ever change the signposts? Just look round, and the temlenoy for this in the world may be easily dis- cerned. To-day some of us call dark- ness light, and the bitter things aro re- presented as sweet. "Smart ' people 80 now I've abolished my system of call It "seeing life"; those who wish ; cost, for excuses talk of "sowing wild oats." ! .My spirits are way above paj; Sense and Sensibility. â- \'ear9 ago, I atitnli. wIkmi I lirst had a car, I counted the total exiiense; I wa» able to say at the end of each day What it cost me in dollars an. I cents. I [)!otled the curve of expemlitures, too, The g!iK and lUe oil tlial it ixxik : .\nd whenever 1 blew any tube or a shoe I entered it all In a book. Hut I found that I hated to go for a drive Before I had even begun; A puncture, or such, would affect mo so much That it t<i>oIled every bit of my fun. d I in order thet necessary repairs might ; women employed in newspaper offices, ' ,.oundIng3. and keeps changing untU It u i be nuide; but the old clock is again on and 21*0 musicians. The average wage . ,,^3 reach?d a hue cultable to the vege- the Job. ready to run for four centuries ; for women Is about twenty yen ($9.50) more no doubt. Kven this clock is not a month. the oldest In Kngland. for the church * of llye parish has one that was erect- I Value of Paper Bags. small John as he church after his "Uncle is married now, isn't he?" "Yes, darling." "Then what's his name now?" A little boy had been out to a party,! On the way home he looked up sudden-' ly at the stars and exclaimed: "Oh, daddy, look at those pretty stars. What makes them keep up? Are they stuck or gummed?" Little MoUle was i-eading the family record book, coutaiulng the full ua.mee and birth dates of each member of the family. Finally she came to her own. She gave a cry of amazement and ex- claimed: "Why, daddy, I was born on my birthday!" Two little sisters, Queenle and Doria,' were having tea. when Queenle saw that there was only one apple In the table or other growth lu the vicinity. Uisb. She started to cry bitterly, and Scientists who have studied the 1 after a lot of coaxing said, In a pl*la. their ocean homes find tl>at i tive voice: fishes In ed in liJir« and is still running with its original mechaulsni. A Shock "Tommy, dear, did mother call you?" "Course I did:" "Then why don't y<iu once?" Well, you se<^ she's even as tho flshes swim along over j "piease varicolored seedbeds they change col-'j^jp Doris, or as they pass, but it is a very In- teresting study to watch them In an aqiiaiiuni. It all amounts to the same thing changing of the signpost. There is no necessity for lui to be prudl&li or goody-goody. The world has no room for either the Pharisee or tl'.e prig, We need to cultivate a breadth of tolerance and sym:,ithy that can And room to appreciate those who think differently from ua. Hut It i» vitally ne<essary that we shall mark out the way with clearness In or- der that others may not be nilsletl. It Is up to all of us not to trifle with the things that are dangerous. It a man caj^ to risk bis Iltn, that is ht« "â-  with the ! I'm a« free as the air. without worry Several use.H may be made of the paper bags In which are delivered sup- plies from tho stores. After one has .cleaned and washed villi hear your | lettuce, place it in a bag and put it i next to the ice. .It will be crisp and , c(dd when taken out for u«e, and will go lo her at ' not discolor as It does in a cloth. Celerv. radishes and jiarsley will be ,... .. nervous, and : found' most sntlKfactory treated In the George Lascclles. elder son of Princess It'll shock her awful If f should go too same way. Fowl may be prepared for] -^l-'rJ". 'las begun to set fashions at the mamma, tliere's no apple Princess Mary's Boy Sets Child Fashions Although quite unaware of U, Master Joan, aged three, wished to go Into the garden one foggy morning. She opened the door, and then returned to the room. "What's the matter, read?" asked her mother. "I can't see outside," she replied. "It's ever so dusty." Huddeni ! •> : cooking and kept in perfect condition tender age of three. .\t a recent nee<tlework exhibition, 1 or care And I'm really enjoying my car! - Harold S Osborne If placed in a bag next to tho ice. , The bags do not take up the space that pans or other containers do; therefore, one can keep more things in the Ice cJiamber. If one desires to heat rolls, ihey may be left In the bag and placed In the Princess Mary admired a dreselng gown of pale blue flannel oecorated with white kittens, whiskers and all. .\ppllqued kittens were on the sleeves and front, and a kitten peeped out from each pocket. The Princess made Tasting With Your Eyes. It Is ofleti said tliut blind people do not care to smoke, and It Is true that blindness robs smoking of much of its p\);astire. It is efpially true tliat blind- ness largely Rpolis the pleasure that the average person t«ko« in food. Vn- lees we try the experiment of eating with our eyes shut wo do not realize the Immense difference thiit cxilor Curls. Jack "Well, when you called I mip- po»o j'ou found a Rlrllsh vision framed In soft curls of golden hair?" John "Not at all- found It framed In soft curls of blue smoke!" oven, care being taken noi to have the 1 purchase of one of thebe gowns, with oven too hot, as paper scorches easily. .Hllppers to match, and now all small Waste niatprial can be thrown away lioys of the smart set -or at least all neatlv in bag."!, if these' are placed in mother.? of small boys in the .^inart set Little Doris had been "for a walk with Auntie. On her return she said to me: "We saw some birds, and auntie s;iys they were wood pigeons, but I'm sure they were made of feath- ers." the refufe palls. -want to have dressing gowns "like I PrlncesB Mary's little Georgif Waffles Without Scorching. A new kind of eleclr'c waffle Inm Cats As Hunters' Aids. One night, whilst carrying my little girl. I met a friend of ratlier large build. "How are you Ben?" I asked. The little girl surveyed him critical- ly and said: "Are you Big Ben on the wireless?" A little girl' of six entered a bvM turn!, out scorchless waffles, a*< the' Judging from old Egyptian pictures. ; with her mother and aunt. Her aunt current aiitomatlcallv is turned olf be- cats were occasionally used to retrieve fore the iron gets too hot. «ater birds for Kgyptlan hunterH. ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES le.nponttlblllty. There Is plenty which to cnjr)y ourselves wiihnut our j makes to food. Jeopardizing the best in us { Take the familiar Around us there la plenty of wrong i cheese and butler. Inntances of If your butter w»s and hardship and iK-rii wltho\it our di- rect ing others on the wrong path. For j pure white .von would not like it, even though It niiglil bo perfec.tly pur« and a man to do It purposely, with the set , good. intention of adding lo llfe'it !<ad. is ^ wnuUI diabolical. Yot soma dO If. Home call ui)on us o hn^aden out. Ye*, bill we may be so broad that we am shallow We m.iy ho aa broad na the moor Itself and as Imrren. Our â- o called breadth inny be another name for the Impulse to chaiigo higupostft. It Is wise, therefore, never t<i Hppn>v« • hat WA koow to be wrong. It will re- act upon lis If we do We are made «if better stuff than that, hii.1 for <lo!ng mu<-h better things No word would be liM enough or •troog enough If, when we bad askod our way, K)meone hud callously pii'at- ed otlt the wrong direction. No one in bla eensaii would do that sort of thing willingly Yet In moral matters •ome of ua are oon»tu.nlly doing it. Those who, by their Indulgenoe and s«iflBhne««. point t« a false road, are snon revealed. Their apoech and eye and general dei>ortment fndlMtte lo the world that they are not iMfo guides. Wo can only be true to our best aelTe<i by marking onr r<>»4l aircurat*- ly. and by helping others to tread the right ro«d. Got your prinotplae sourwl, an.l things will workout well. Vet If you wont lo India you i find tho oi-dinary country liut- ter pure wlillo and would soiui come to Ifke It. ('Iiee.'«> !n lis ninuial fttate Is alm<>*,t white, and the best tnllk Is white, yet cheese Is nlwuyi cotoreil. for people would say that ptiie clieese had no taste. And iiell-^vlng this, the clieoso wouhl re.-iliy lack taste, for it Is true that tnt,!e depi iida largftly on night. Waterfront. I hKH iIh! groat sliliv* i>onilng lu From lh'> diirk (e>;i, from tlm di«ep £e<i: I hear the nnilTlnd wharf sounds win .\ flow revi as flu, g~annt winds thin Along the quay. And a slim. gho«tly moon looks through My window'* crowded Ivy lace . . . In I woe and threes I hie«.r the crew Work with their wet rr^pe• In ihe blue T.ampllt city's fane. I lie awake: for nnue may sleep When the great ship* come In from sea. When th«<r sad deep-voiced whistle* leap 1 and;«i bum brighter und longer 1 'n'" '^"? '""""''«â- ""' '''"^* '"'^I' niter having I>«4M stored for some | '»"•" *'""â-  •*« «»""'' • i.'.r i.!b.« I S. Bert Cooksi«7. asked for two tickets and a half. "Who Is the half for, mummy?" ask- ed the child. "You. darling." was the reply. "But. Mummy," said the child quick. I ly "I'm not a half, I'm one." Tho children were playing nmrbJes In the sitting-room. One of the mat* bles ran under the piano, and the eld- esit child immediately procured a w-tlU- ing ttJck with whi(h to retrieve it. I>irt had accumulated under the piano, and this was brought to light hy the youngster's earnest endeavors. His mo:!ier. eeoing the dirt, said: "Mow, sonny, ri( n't bother with the marbVe Just now. Look at the dirt ynu are rnkiiig out. ' "it's all right, mummy," repiie-.i liills chap. "I'll put It all back.:' the The Golden Orchid. In the sunw-biTU wuterfalU we (uuOd the golden orchids Noddind in the moss beueath the thun- der. Thnush iii..;;y a ^now.â- itorm there had iiuue and gone. Though many a wind had ni •>|ii> .snow- ed Ihoni under, â- fhy nodded there, anl sle-pt in spite of thunder. !n delicate, serene and golden wonder. Quite Right. Teacher "Now. Mary, my dtvar. sup* I p<.8t> I were iv shoot at a tree with Avt I birds on It, and kill thcee, how m»or i would be iefi??" I .Mary- â- 'Thre<>, ma'am " I Teacher ".Vo; two would be left.' } Mary - "No. there wouldn't, thcuflU i The three shot would be left and tne j other tw(> would b? filed away." I â€" ♦ i Wi.i! ceese cast their featb«i« \n i sumL'-cr, losing alraoet art the featfe"^!* j fiom t? olr winga »imult*n«ou«^.