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f :l KEN Alfl) WOMEN OF TO-DAY k! f( .*^ Y !• â- t . ^ , K rf maya Piano at 104. Mi-s Kldanor Coates TyUen, Weat Norfoll.-, play» tlm piano ot the &«e of 1(M. Sho celebrated her Mrthday th» otbe-r <tay. Mrs. Tj-l<Jeii"a homo ad- join* Sandrlngbam, amt the Klivg and Queen periodii-ally pay her vioita. Cyril Maude'a Last Play. •Hie n«w8 thai Mr. Cyril Maud* Is OMJrlag hla last apiwaranro on the : •tagd In "The Wicked Elarl.' at Hi* j Majeety'n Theatre, I^ondon, will be a, diaappoluiment to hia admlrwa aOl I oTer the oountry. But h* has definite- 1 tf decided not to act again. In tact.] aiter he bad promised to taJte the lead- ing part in tUle play be tried to draw ont. He wua too oUl, he aald, to pre- tend Ut to man of forty, and he had dpoamed Uiat he came back and wa» « failure. Hut he was persuaded to j oarry on. When this play !» ended he will retire to the country. Perhaps the beat story he teUs con- oarDii a conunand performance at Bal- anoral. \Yh€n Mr. Mau<lo retired to his dre«sijig-rcoin the King came with J Wm. ln-.agino Mr. Maude'a embarraaa- ' ment wten, without turning round, his Talet, haarine bis step, called out: •Well, gov'nor, has he made you & peer , 7tr { Saved by a Serial. Sir EJmaley Curr, the editor and part-proprietor of "The News ot the. World." has reveaJed th^nt a clergyman [ once called upon hlai an^ put the sur- prlalng qu«6tion, "Sir, doe« the heroine ; of your serial die?" Hd added: "My dangliicr is very lU. She is readlag the serial In your paper, and she be- Mcrvea her cr.mplalnt 1* the same as that from which your heroine suffers. It has so preyed upon her mind that I &m convinced It your heroine d!e« the «(feot upon ray Jaugltter will be fatal." Regietfolly the editt>r had to con- , â-  u â€" - â-  - ^â€" ' Ways of Carrying Babies. | The Asiatic Iu.llan woman carriea her infaat In a blanket hanging la front, somewliat below the waist: the Bengale«e woman, with the child «fctn<io low down upon her left hip, and Ler left arm supporting its back. The Egyptian, woman carries hers in »»«tately manner, ilie child sitting astride i'.er shoulder, wltb Ita hands upon her head, and without any cloth- ing to Bijeak of. The nr<iiiHan woinun carries hers In a sjuiewhat similar manner, also In full undress, It sitting aatrlde her neck. The Chinese baby Is carried up- right upon the back In a blanket, and the South African In a bag !n front, formed by a blanket about the hlpa ot the nidther. The Lower .\t!strian woman carrlea hers by swinging it in a blanket over one shoulder upon tier back, while the Northern Austrian carries lera bound upon a board, after the styles ot candy- mo;lo-l3 in confectionary stores. The I/apland baby is carried In a •ledge-sUapped cot. made of le^ither. It seems to have been chucked In. feet foremost, and tlien a frame tied over the oi>ealne for its face, whether to prevent it from orawling out or to keep the dogs from kissing it, is more than can bo imagined. Ti;e most luvique style of all is that of tlte Ksquimaux woman, who wear.i wide, high-top boots, and puts the baby, right-end foremost, down In the outside of one of them, and doubtless carrying hf^r cooUins and iKMtiiig uten- frllfl In the other. The North American woman cai-rios he-r papoose strapped to a board, and that strapi)ed upon her back by a band over the forehead. fe»s that according to the manuscript the horoino should die. "Por Heaven's sake Ut hT live," cried the dlstnicied father, "rfhe is iW I Ivave." So the ooncUidii:g chapttra were re-cast, the heroiue waa permittei to live, and later Sir Bmsley received a lettdr to say the ciergyni-aa's daughter had re- covered, and attributing that happy re- sult soMy to the influence o( the story. A Curious Compliment. Here la i good ati^ry of Mr. Thomas Hardy, which the great atrthor Is said to have told to a friend. The novelist happened to notice a book in a little vlMage shop which he wished to buy. His usual comfortable oid t»'eed suit misled the shop-owner. When Hardy aaked the price, "Sixpence to you," he said. "It's a pleasure to find a man Uke you taking an interest in good Itleratura." "Hand-Shagurf." Mr». Stanley Baldwin, the wife of the British Premier, does not shirk her duty. .After a speech at Peckham the other day- a speech In which she defended Prime Ministers against those ^ho are apt to peck 'emâ€" *he s-hook hands with 600 women. Was it a oolncldeno© that, on the fallowing morning, a facetious medical student offered to cure people sutferlixg from "hand-shague"? Hitherto I have heard it called hand- shakeltia. and It is really a very troti- blesome complaint, belonging to the family of writers' cramp and tennis knee, and other complaints that can be traced to a definite pursuit. The Prince of Wa.les suffered from It badly on his last tour. Mr. Lloyd George and the Earl of Oxford and Asqulth have both been laid up with 1;. And Mr. Bernard Shaw has decided never to risk it again. PEACE BRIDGE WILL LINK NATIONS The above photograph of the Vehlc- 1 American aide the terminal will be on ; Public Bridge Co., of which William ular Peace bridge was taken from the land once occupied by the buildings -A. Eckart is the vice-president and Canadian shore, looking to»-ards ; of Fort Porter in Buffalo. This bridge, Edward P. Lupfer Is [he chief engin- Buffalo. On the Canadian side, its will be open to traffic about the first . eer. It is expected that the Prince of terminal wlU be on the ground oniot Jun?, aJthough cars were actually Wales and President Coolidge will for- whlch wa.^ fought the battle of Fort driven over It last Saturday. It was mally open the bridge in August ot Erie, in the war of 1S12. On the; built by the Buffalo and Fort Erie this year. Merit and the Throng. j A thousand men filed in by day | TV) work and later draw their pay; | A thausaad men with hopes and j dreams, .Ambitions, visions, plans and schemes.. | And in the line a youth who *ald: "What chance have I to get ahead? In such a throng, can any tell Whether or not I labor well? Yet merit is so rare a trait That once it enters by the gate, .\lthough 'tis mingled wiUi the throng, The news of it is passed along. A workman sees a willing boy And talks about his find with Joy, A foreman hears the word and «eekB The lad of whom another speaks. So UP the Una the news is passed And to the chief it comes at last. A v.llling ear to prause he leads, Then for that eager boy he s^uds And gives him little tas^ks to do To learn if all that's said be true^ .\mong the throng the lad is one He keei'S u watchful eyo upon. Oh. walking with the Petty Pride. Renrde was or.ce traveling In Scot- land in a stage-coftch. The axlotree broke near a blacksmith's, and the son •f Viblcan beiivg out. Kennla himself lit the flrt» and welded tlie axietree in a masterly style. His fo;iow-i>assengfrs. who had been very couimiinioatlvo and friendly dur- ing the earlier part ot the Journey. now became very rt\served. and the "resipectables" especially held themr •elves aloof from the man who had so aloarty revealed his calling by the manner in which he mended the aile. Arrived at their Journey's end for the day, the travellers separated, Mr. Hennio prccee<liTis onward to Eglin- ton t'«stle. Nest iuo:ning, when sitting at break- fast with his noble hi>st, a person was ahown In, and proved to be one of Mr. R<»nr.-e's follow-travelers. whose oonfuslon at finding the "blacksmith" fcreakfastlug with my lojd may be •aaily Im.tgined. 9pr\nff* on the Way. flnomnan â€" 'Here'* wher* I paa* oat tt tlM plctUM untU ova w(nt«rr Cloek Ran for 471 Years. m* olook whtoh Chartea V., ot ItaaMk ortored to b« oourtnioted tor Mi VAlM* ran tor iU rwiK youngster, throng, .•M though to-day the road seems long, Uemember that it lies with you To say what kind of work you'll do. If you are o»ly p;issiug fair, I The chief will never know vviu're there, I But it you'va niorlt. have no doubt, . The chief will quickly find it out. I â€" Edgar A. Guest. No Use Trying to Please Everybody. "It you I'lease, ' said the weather- cocJt to the wind, "to ttim me to the south. There Is s.uch a cry-out against the cold, that I am afnUd they'll pull mo down it' I stop much longer in thia , north qiiarteT." So the wind blew from the south, and the sun «-as nuusier of the day. and rain fell abiimlantly. j "Oh. please to turn me from the south:" said the we*therccwi'k to the I wiud again. "The jictatoos will ail be' spoileil. ;inJ ih" iMni wants dry weath- er, and while 1 luu hw^ i-ain It will; and. what wiili the he«.t and the wet. the farmers are just mad against me." So the wind sifted into tlie west, and there c.in>e soft. ii;>-ing breezes day after daj.-. j "Oh, litvar, dearl " sal the weather- cock. "Here's a pretty todo! Such I evil looks as I get from eyes all round i me the ii;st thing every morning! The I grass is getting iMirched up. and there is no water for the stock, and wliat Is to be done'.' i "As to the gardeners, they say there won't be a pea to be seen, and the vegetaliii - will wither away. Po ttirn mo souu'wliore else." Viwn which the ^)lnll grew very an- gry, and. with a Ilerco puff, sent the weathervock into the csist. "What do they say to you now'.'" he asked. "WhiU?" cried the wt>atlu>rciH'k. "'VN'hy, everybody hae caught cotd, and everything la blighted -that's what lht»y say. And there Isn't a misfor- tune that happetvs but someliow or other they lay it to tUo east wind. " "Well," cricil the wind, "lt>t them find fault. I see it's innwtJsihle for you and me to ple<\3e everybtxly; : â- >. la future, 1 sh:Ul blow wh^•:â- o 1 list, ai. 1 J-ow shall go where >xvu lllic. without asking any Questions. I dou't know but Uint we shall satisfy more than we can do now, with all our considera- tion." Both Are Desirable. Oraater usefttluess and not a long life should be toan's aim, a heailth ox- pert Insketa; nev<>rtheloe«. the Jnipulse (a flouM men ti to strlre tor tx>ih. The Table Game. | The object of this game is to teach the children to set the table correctly for a meal. A teacher said recently that sho was almost grown up be- fore she knew on which side the plato the knife should be placed. In many homes tho children help to arrange the table and clear it away and they might as well learn the grraceful and proper way in the first place. Learn- ing through a game is such fun that rules are taken as sweets and not as medicine. Choose one child to be the plate and ask him to take his stand in the front of the room. The plate then chooses the knife and fork. The chil- dren who represent these must go to their proper places, one to the right, the other to the left, of the plate. If they make a mistake, others may be chosen. The knife then says. "I need a spoon." The child who represents the spoor, must go to the right of the knife. T'no fork then asks for an- other fork, which may be the salad. or pie fork. It is best to keep the table arrangement simple, as many home? do not have elaborate service. The plate may then decide what else he needs to complete the service. If the child cannot do this, questions should be asked of the das? to see who w^ill remember that the glass and the bread and butter plate have not been added. As the children are selected, they go to the place they would occupy on the table, until the most necessary articles ha\-e been gathered and are represented by chil- dren standing in well-spaced and cor- rect positions. Then if suggestions are asked for. from the class, a few more thinijs may be added, such as the ortvam and sugar dishes, a nap- kin and extra dishes as desired. Several of these groups may l)e formed In the front of tlie room, thereby giving opportunity to those who failed to set the table correctly the first time. In connection with tlic game, it might be helpful to ask the children to bring pictures, cut from the pa- j pers and nagaxiiies. showing both simple and elaborate ways of setting the table. Possibly the children may find a few short articles on table ar- rangement, or they may be encour- aged to tell of any beautiful party tables they have seen. Thia game may ba varied to fit the holidays by having the children plan to represent the Thanksgiving and Christmas table and others which may be suggested. Tho ideas back of our tab'e service which stand for neatne.'s, convenience and beauty may easily be stressed by means of this game. Csuiada Now Fourth Greatest Tea Drinking Country. Each Canadian drinks over four pounds of tea per year, or practically five times as much as oup .American cousins to the south of us. Great Britain (including Northern Ire- land > leads the world in point of con- sumption by using yearly over 400 million pounds (nearly S'* pounds per capita). Then conies the United States with 100 million, but only 9-U^ths of a pound per capiUu Next comes .Australia with 49 million and Canada with 3(5 million. No reliable statistics are available for China or Russia. Both these countries con- sume a large amount of tea, but the per capita figure is very small. .A great deal more tea would be used on this continent if the public were educated to demand fresh tea. Old tea is fiat and unpalatable. Tea is a very delicate \-egetabla growth, which deteriorates unless kept sealed. .^ bottle of ginger ale soon loses its flavor If exposed to tlie air. This is exactly what occurs in the case of tea. Correct. Even t.he grave and digni.iM Brit- ish Civil Service commissioners could nn resist being r !'.iused at aa a-iswer given at a recent eixnu nation. Ths viuestioa was: "Give for any one .ve-tr the number ot bales ot cotton e-tported ti^om the United States." The applicant wrote: "1491. None." A Canadian Leuidscape Rug. Last summer in E\aniiton, Illinois, I was able to puroha.'^e a very charm- ing, hooked rug that is thought to be over lOO years old. It was made i.n Canada and the design shows the- St Lawrence River, the Heights of Quebec and the Lookout Tower on tiie nea.^er siiie of the river, where is now the town of Levis. I The time of day is sunset, which grave the maker a chance for inter- esting color effects. We see the bright reflection upon the water, tinting, too, the SiUls of the boat on the river, the delicate tones of the opposite shore and the hriiliancy of the golden glow topping the heights. A little house near the tower is out- lined i-n black and there is a black border. .\ red flag w.-.ves from the top of the tower and a bit of red at the f<xit suggest.^ a flower bed. The greer. of the larjre tree and the grass on the Levis side is much faded, b-Jt the whola thing ia s-g- jrestive of memorhes. The artist, a : primitive worker of course, appar- ently designing on burlap the scene with which she was familiar, may have spun the wool and woven the cloths of wiiich it is made find per- haps colored it with veg^tab'e dyes also made by herself. How much of industry. pat;cnc-J and appreciation of beauty has jrone into the making of t';-.is bit of human ex- pression which now adorns a modem apartment in Des Moines, f.or away ' from it.'? original habitat. N'o doubt the.-o was joy in fne making, and the f.ict that it i.« still in good condition after more than 100 years proves that it has had care. No doubt it has â- t>een appreciated by the descenJa.-.ts of its maker and shown with pride by her successors up to this time. It came to me from the last one. a very old lady selling her possessions so that with the money she can gc back to her home. j The rug is still jrivlng pleasure,' for I weave about it many mental pictures. Quebec. 100 years ngol Romantic, historic city! Beautifully s;tu.ited. .\ bit of old Francelâ€" L. H. C. Niagara's Big Voice.. All tha way, 1 had remembered the tales of the road of the water, and now it can ba heard for mile^, but what 1 heard was only the teain, and even when I stood in Niagara, within five hundred yards of the American fall, I hurdly heard it; what I heani wag the rapids abover the fall, which are picturesqu* and' beautiful, in spite of the ice, yet perhaps nothing out of the way in' the magnificent sense. They are a' rush and a wild crying of rather' clear greenish water much broken' by falhnjr and by rocks and by the< big: Goat Island in the middle of the' falls. I wandered down the stream and quite soon saw the edge, with the water going over the edge, and noth- ing beyond the edge except th« Canadian shore faur hundred yards away. Just at the edge the â- water greened and went very fast; «o I hurried up right ta the rail by the brink, and as I came within ten yards (going in the direction of tha stream! I heard the fall's big voice, and then, when I looked over the edge, it was really terriflc. It is all heaped and built up below with mounds and- skulls of gigantic Ice. wlb icicle teeth la their Jaws. These mounds come up halfway tha height of the falls, and the wster goes dowm into the chasm among them, and ten yards down from the edge it ceases, to look like water, bat is like teased wool . . and out of the chasm com^^(|ff smoke of water. infinitely saHkge and like the ghost of water, sfi this rises and files about, overhead and everj-whero, and fills the air with drops, and falls on the trees and freeaea three inches thick. I crossed over to Canada, and wan- dered on till I could see the Horse- shoe. I suppose the gorge Is some two hundred feet deep or more, and this vast bulk of water topples into it and conies up again in a mist much higher than the fall, and floats around everywhere, not like mist ?o much as escaping steam, and in among it are great noble sea-eagles,- drowsing and drifting and cruising, and underneath is a vast, glacier bulk of ice, with rifts of bedeviled water, and a whirlpool going round and round. . . . The fall itself is not easy to de- scribe. It is rather clear, grsenish water, and it is quite quiet, not very deep, just before the fall, and it rises and gt^es over the lip almost li.i» metal, and then seems to see what it~ is doing, and seems to try to get back, and ceases to be water, or any- thing like water, or anything oa earth, but something rather white and lieviHsh and astonished, and one could watch it all d.^y forever, no» with awe. perhaps, but with a kind of kinship with It. The air !• so mist soaked that everytliing near, roads, gorge and rails, is caked and hciped with hard, v.-hite ice, and this wiil sometimes stay till Jtily, they tell me, in its bigger heaps. â€" John Mansfield, in "Recent Prose." ADAMSON'S ADVENTURESâ€" By O. Jacobsson. Watch That Mirror. Even on day* when the sun is not particularly strong there may be danger of ite rays starting a confla- gration when reflected by such an ob- ject n» a .=-having-mirTor. One or two cases where fires have been stepped only Just in time have been brought to public notice lately. In anotlier instance, where the rays were reflected from a mirror on to a light curtain, the house was set on fire and had a r.arrorw esc:i.pe from being completely destroyed. Some years ago, too, an officer's tent was bart'.ed dotm at a rlf.e meet- ing, the sun's rays, reflected from a shaving-mirror on the tent-pole, set- ting the canvas in a blaze. Even a glass bowl or bottle filled â- with â- ivater may w^ractimss act as a burning-glass. The v\-i9e housewife will leave nothing about that is likeiy to catch and reflect the sun's raj» in this manner. Homemade Flower Support. Nothing is less decorative than a bouquet in which all tho flowers are wedged tightly togetlier or stand In a sti'T, angular fasliion. The flower supports sold in the stores and intended to sit in boT»ls, often hold the flowvrs too rigidly. .\ contrivance that â- works better and is homemade, is a rc>i:r.J piev-e cut from â- wide-raeshed wire. That tised around chicken yards is good for the par- p»>se. With pliers cut tho piece oot a little larger than the bo-xl in whici it is to be used. Then bend down the cut edges until the flat surfac* of the netting come* as near the bottom or top of the bowl as you wish, this de- pending on the height of the havrl and the '.<ln«.i <<f "flowers used. With this wire support t!ie flowers can b« arranged to n-.ake a I'.ose and very (rraf^f^' bouquet. His Honor Was Safe. This story Is toM ot a New England Judge, now dead, who was as fanious for his wit as for hia leajrninx. !!« was coming down the toy stsp* ot his coiirtiiouse one Ja-nuary day when h« slipped, fell and roiled down to tha bottom ot the ikeps. A paseer-by who know hln huxrlsiA to hi.* assistance and as he helped him \.Q hi* f?et said ec'iUMtously, "I truaft your honor l£ not hurt?" The Judge's ^yes twinkled. "My honor is not hwrt at all. thanH yoo,"* he repMed, "but tuy elbows and \M«mt are badly scraped. I thlak." â- ttiiitt