A SHORT SERMON. THE HIDDEN TALENT.
But he that had received, ong wont and diggod in the earth and hid his lord's money.-St. Matthew, xiv, 18.
THE HONGKONG
STRANGE BANKNOTES.
TALES OF LOVE AND, SORROW.
THE LAST OF THOUSANDS."
ا
THE LOST ART OF CONVERSATION.
--CAN IT BE REVIVED?
TELEGRAPH
SATURDAY
·PHOTOGRAPHING THE UNSEEN.
WONDERS OF THE LATEST.
CAMERA TRIUMPHS.
By R. CHILD BAYLEY (EDI- TOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
MARCH
1911
A RECORD OF INVISIBLE SUPERFLUOUS WOMEN
THINGS.
TO DISAPPEAR.
1
Here are a cycle of operations
"THE CONFLICT OF COLOUR:"
Readers of the books by Putunnu Woslo can fairly guess what his viows will be on this subject, the subtitle of which ie "The Throa
the unaided eye could no more see NATURE REDRESSING THE than it could seen bacillus, or the canals of Mars. Professor Wor- BALANCE OF THE SEXES. Royal Institution, has in the samo thington, in his lectures at the
Recently the Morning way shown the successive stages Leader" told of the domind oftened Upheaval Throughout ho of the result of droppings little of Canada for brides, and of the World. It is diflicult to give a one liquid into another.
A cynic, once, déclared that reputation for boing a brilliant The religion of Jesus Christ
conversationalist was best obtain teaches two things very clearly
́od by cultivating the art of boing
- AND FOUUS.") and plaiuls. One of those is
Tales of joy and sorrow, and
a good listener. There was a the high aed for making the perhaps oftenor sorrow than joy, good deal of truth in the Photography may be counted Those marvola of instantaneoue agor response which is being best possible use of what is here a wovon round many a bank dictum. Has not a bors, been upon to provide some quite son photography are due to improve min to thereto. This cause of that given to as the other is the note; and sometimes those who defined as "One who talks satioanl depart reevery few years.ment on three lines. One of these response is not far to seek: while wrongness of fear.
finger them are templed, who about himself when you The instantangans process," as it is in the gradual but stondy speed-the distant parts of the oarth have Both of those tenchings are the mood, to write upon them want to talk about yourself?" used to be called the hand ing up of the photographie plate, many man on few women, the plainly not forth in the parable of some thought or reflection, which But you cannot listen intelligent camera, X-ray photographs, as Here are the exposures that would reverse is the case in England. the talents, wherein the servant sappermost in their minds at the ly unless you can also talk in-tronoinical photography which be givou at differont dates for who received but one piece of moment. Thus it is that notey tallig mily,
En 1-to money, hud when his lord return with curions indorsements often expressive vulgarism--"keep the most romirkable achievement of light
an remains to this day by far the portraits in exceptionally good ed had, but the one piece to show, and their way to the "Old Ladyball rolling," A platitele at the the dey pluto-the autochronis 1839. Talbotypo an 1 daguor. is cast out. And both of these of Thronesdle-street," as the right inomoat is worth a flow of and other colour platos, aul now
reotype, 30 inimitos, teachings, which are among the Bank of England is called.
1842. Improved digüorreo most vital in the code of Ulrist, lee is a first simple, and there isparice which comes too late.the elimination of time itself. I never hear women deplore the 1t soms startling, but that is
typo, 2-utinatos. are nooded by the mon and women,mething tragic about it. On the tirosontonous of the average At what the latest applications of 1851. The first wet platos, 15 back of one was written:And home without regretting that the kinstograph amount to
seconds.. he is the host this poor rag! It the art of roaversation should be "The quick of the land de glittore for an instant, and the Hush, tay soul. Boso evidently lost; for, if it were ceives the eyo," says the conjurer; gone, thou vain regret! I have sood, and I must reap One can not goss the story,
of this day and ago, even more, perhaps, than they were when tho Galilean, was on earth.
for our neglect of the lot given us an l our submission to fear are two of the greatest hin rances to the right progross of the ries, and they breed so much sloth and so much discontent and disease that they are not only hindering the onward much of things spirim! af material, but pro adding to this plague the horror of unhappines
As with the servant in the parablo, 8 with us it is tho
frosonce of four shat leads
} }
the gathering together no quickness at even that of a of half-a-dozen women might borilla ballet, docsira the plate. not only enjoyable but refreshing. A fish, bung, a little hold, In the n days wo all havo idoas; and the ballot has sped; the eye Another indorsement, indicat-
the difficulty is to express theme see no more; but the king ing a similar tale of way, road so that they shall stimulato in mitograph catches the ballet, Chaos: Did the world ever stead of stultify.
The elovaran compels it to perform de know a to bo blessed in woman who gives an opinion liborately so that every stage of the inheritanes of a princely fortune, I wonder? This L10 as though her verdict ware progre is eau by watched. nute is the last of thousands of than the call woman hoje man- the sams denomination, left metal horizon is hotel by the by a father-wit had level all
is life to win the store. Go, three D's: dross, dome dica, an misorabilo remnant, and with this parting I. bagin the world.
bol give me strength to
the first step in the neglect of our talent tulonts do nit messi'y refer to other ability or money. They my
help myself." Battor,by Esten to include tho Cu-the biek of anther note, wole range of human respon- also 4. “tsaner," a rathor pretty sibilities. Fach being in intrusinght was expresso in verse, el with sono rasponsibility in f'i's world, and for that each in nuswerable to his fellows curl his God.
· Yot low many of us, even when
as follows:
"Ah! Who can tell with clear
account. Tubbing of the glass,
nbsolute and final is far worsɔ
disonse.
The woman who will take the trouble to nequire the art of can- Versing, will soon find others eager to emulate her sales. have known a whole village, won! and adoram tamen with to lament its dalues, transformel loss, and the ability to strike sparks from other people's anvils as wall,
TION.
1880. Byly gelatin, plates,
1-2 coud.
1910. Molert dry plataj, 1-18"
socond.
brief expression of the author's views, but many of his opinions an fring. Much of the book has np- expressed in this volume are terri poured as articles in magazines, so some readers are already half Familiar with it. The author has writes with a koon and sympathie- Even the music hylls have moved in the orient so long that he note of the faet, and the joke about tie insight into all the problems. Pho numerical inequality of the Like most thinking people of to- axos (not expressed quite like day he knows that the greatest tint) is already stalo in those harm has been and is done by the brunts of humour,
missionaries, and he reminds his readers that the present faith of the Chinoso is böttar adapted to them than Christianity and that Confucing' teachings had been necepto 1 long before Christianity was heard of Also he takes oc- casion to say that it is the height of ogolism to dare to suggest that our religion, is one whit better than etlier roligions in various parts of the world.
THE SURPLUS OF WOMEN. Heroisnuintoresting statement of the present position of the sex balance.
It is generally receptod now by people who have made a study of the subject that, roughly speaking, the black race doubles itsinumbeïn
in 10 years, the allow race in tit) years auf the white race in 80 years. This increase in numbers,
Now, it appears, the boom is about is was, for Dr. E. J. Ewart, writing in "Nature," comes to the conclusion that various fores are operating to re- atoro the numerical equality of The modern lonses lot much the ssxes. In his own words-
"We may possibly look upon moro light through than most of} the old ones, and that again helps ourselves at the present moment to shorten the time; but the as being at the zenith of a female greatest help of all in the case of oscillation, and as time progresses these oxtraordinarily fast ex-holpet probably by a saving of pozures is the electric spark. Finfantile life, a more numerical O instead of photographing
Not only does this givo a very equality of sex will be establish the pictures quickly, an I looking powerful light, but it allows the .". at them slowly, wo ursy do the time and duration of that fight to opposite. A hrab may be phot-be controlled. The flying ballet grapho lovoryhour during a whole proses its own button. The plate
combined with the increnso in 83son, and the pictures shown-in is not in a esmora, but is fastone
At birth, the ratio of males to knowledgo, largely caused by minute or two. Its growth is up in a perfectly dark room, some
of the plates used for projectile females by about 1,030 to 2,000; missionary roligious teaching, is, then rapidly summitrisol.
work being over 2ft. long. The at the fifth year, owing to deaths the cause for alarin. Tho prodie- brady as view oxfords us a front of the plate in the path of the, among the mulos, the balance is tion, in brief, is that the bleek, rapidly as a mim oxtonds his arm. flowers, aut fall, very much like spark-gap across which at a year, the mortality among the bine and risoup against the whiten buds upper, oxpand, open into ballot, while on the other sido is equal; from the fifth to the 15th brown and yellow races will com- people coming out of their homes predeterminadoman', o bullet folos is slightly higher than Mr. Wealo makes a strong argu- and disposing. Such a picture as a spark to jump. The among the males, but from that inent for his case, but inn- gives a far into perfect ides of tree-millionth part of a second time onwards thie females relative-self admits that extraneous cir the action than em bo got by is the calculated duration of the ly increase.
cumstances may altor the events. When all its suis are dis- THE BASIS OF CONVERSA-watching the actual plant, where spark, which thus not only servos The result is a surplus of women At any rate the white race will wapes the piece of gold that is
mond sparks
the movements are so slow that the light, but nets like tho for whom there are tot onough conquer in the end. Io says: laid in our linds, go at ages and
That glitter at they pass?"
diforoues from one day to the shutter of the camera.
husbands to go round and it is To-day the mastery of the world dig a pit, and put it therein in Whatever my hayo has the The subjects of intersting nox are furd to loteet.
Hecording things that pro too because these superfluous wonton belongs to those who bost follow anfer that we may be able to re-record of the holder of a 15 note conversation are, of course,
small to see, too faint to sea, too naturally direct their onorgios the laws of common sense. Fo or it to the giver on his return it evidently was not a permultiplied by incronsel know Bat the opposite of this is still quick or too slow to use, it is hard into othor spheres thant (accordinglitical justice, in the place. of u order that we may avoid the feet on seems to have had ledge of hosky, of the world, of stranger whole series of pict set n luait on the powers of the to Dr. Ewart) we have witnessed abstract maxims; a real com- risk inchlant upon its use and some goal in him, for oft it he men and womea, music, art, and tares en bout during au caniera; but we seen only to have the great outburst of feminine prehension of the historical aspect the responsibility that would fall ride is indorsement. Good travel. One should be familiar operation that is itself so sudden touched the fringe of its capabili activity in politics,
of each problem, instead of tradi- upon us did we set to work! It bgn, thou tantalisia child of the with the enrrent news of the day as to be causidore instantaneous, ties,
Tho agitation in no now one,
tional prejudices; coaseless is the commm stry of the vor-Threadneedio-street Dame! Thon and the topics occupying public and they may then be shown so
according to the doctor, and determination to find poranont agɔ man, that bona o of fear lie piyest the first-lebtivo honest attention, with the names and slowly that each successivo stago
apparently is lopendout for its and not temporary solutions- heimtoa and frilly hides. ly paid for a youa dela for a authors of the new books, and bean be watched and its compostion
The average size of women's strength and virility on the re- these are the aims required of Girt, as so many of us profoss few po luxuries farnished to able to say something worth hear-with what has gone before and
lative numbers of the, sexos. If intelligent mon." obo, with the armour of faith in aniserable me in prison. Go! Telling, abont what one has road and what is to follow it clearly seen. foot is gradually growing larger.
oscilla- present female
. Mr. Woalo then discusses the living and loving father, and sup to the world that, though hand hoard. Many get no further in is to gunnery and the study of That is especially the case with tich has not yet renched its yellow world of Asia, its religion, portal, as uray in seered worn in the gressorshall speaking of a book than that it is projectiles, intet me quedatele, is om teminin zenith the agitation will con- its impulses and growth as re- Jalinand that never fails, it is wit go unpunished."
dull or interesting. Others give has been applied, it as time goes attachment to ejeling, outdoor
tinue; if the reverse is lap-gulated by climatic conditions, fl a fel-string, glaring! This good-bye" feeling often in a few words what seem to be its on it is certain be applied in sports, and exercise is more gen poning, as there is reason to and compares the relative stand-
cial than it is in other countries, fact that we spen a good part sons to be entertained when the central ideas, its characteristics, many other lia38. of our time quivering with fear mates are partal with. Förhaps the time and scans of its action, PICTURES IN 1-5000TH OF and thero soomed some danger of believe to be the case, then the ing of China and Japan is world lot the day of reckoning come
quoting, perhapa, somɔ sentiment
our boing criticised by the wo prescut movement, after certain powers. Chapter 3 deals with ani wo be found unable to meet
that has impressol or witticism Dr. Cranz, of the Military men of other nations for the bursts of rojuvenescence, should the brown world, treating that. our obligations to the giver of all
that has pleased.
Academy at Berlin, has invented size of our foot. From the slowly subside, to be again re immense and tangled subject in Conversation may brenns the kinematograph which can make time of Adam and Eve it surrected at some future epoel in as lucid a manner as possible in We seents forgot that the first and Inst 1 shrill over truly love, for contro around which one's read-four hundrol sopirats pieturas/as bean tho universal custom to the history of the world. That is the pages devoted to it. In
Dr. Ewart's theory.
chapter 4 we are confronted work at pasplo, with abnormally churteristic of Natura is kind-mpg other can bring that throb-ing and information are groups. hotween the first and second aliota
Few thoorios gesni better cal-withi the black problem Heal that, therefore, what big of the breast as when I firat The habit of momcising with a from such a quick-firing pistol as large feet. Free bat goro culated than this to ourage the Mr. Weale says the negro ere, o. (lad noty ne may not be, fingero tes, and there all the definite aim in view and the wae used in the Sepoy and cratic ladies of Munich, who have prudent to lasjen away from it to and the only man who can real-
have been rescued by somo aristo-
earnest suffragist, and it will be must be conquered to improve, He at least kind. We seem to riches that thou stoot for were consciousness of having soma Houndsditch alfrays. The inter- faggot tir d'ús Being in whom, m'ne. Mite swore thou Beirut and to whom we turn should'st never live me; bning to say, give a sense of tril between each picture in this started a socioty known as Grosse the loss dangerous considerationly conquer and improve him in power. Practice arouses and apparatus is only the one fire Fusse, or Big Font, with the is canly just, rn that turetiza, alas, are hard, and, loved strengthens the habit of ready thousaidth part of a recond, object of spreading the doctrine of Dr. Ewart's reasons for supposis Afrien home seems to be justice has un need of more, be-
selection and quick and apt ap- very striking example of the that big fest are not only healthying that "the female oscillation the Arab,"
Taking into consideration these in a divins combination of reason
plication,
power of the apparatus shows a and usual, but also beautiful. We has reached its zenith."
ย He produces figures showing various powers arraigued aat love. Indood, we seen to
bullet fired at a bladder of water have all heard of the fox who hay that young mothers, of ages be against the white man, Mr. ovario ik the fact that fear, in not
that is hang on a string. The ing lost his tail, tried to get all low 30, have more girl than boy Woale concludes by stating that ayo only seen a little smoke from the other foxea to dispense with
管
mony a rotilas has experioneel in Austhor one began in this way,
and then continued, "Thon were the first I ever ownɔ], and the first
one, thou must got
There is nothing like a calm and philosophic view of possibili- ties and probabilities, "and-so
da'y the most foolish an I noodless evidently thought the quandum
described as being, for God is, lo indorseil it with this verse:-
Kavs an Y, according to the Book,
." perfect love ensteth ont fear."
Bek of this parable is the revalata of man's true place in the pawsence of his Creator. Tiquido guardians of Fit for
my hundreds
of year boon trying to im
pros us our more noth-
that I
morrow.
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CONVERSATIONAL PITFALLS.
a should
or
a
A SECOND.
BIG FEET.
a
a
Thero bas, been a good deal of gossip at one time and another as
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the
and inevitable colour crisis shall
THE BLACK CAP.
site of what God himself in lit of a wag into the bargain, for It is true that some ons, has said the bladder from which the water ea, and we ought to be gratoful years the births show a pre-ns the frankness and moral of all things, but the very oppa-owner of a nota, who was alas. Do not, however, be too serious, the pistol, and a couple of holes in tails, but that is a worthy children, but that in their maturer the openness of mind as well
Those who run after wit are apt runa; but when this is kinemato theso Munich ladies for popa ponderance of boys. In other courage with which Anierten Your presence takes nis to catch notbense, but, after all, tographed and the fina is shown larising the notion that there is words, the younger the mother view, past issue gives promise of
jump for joy:
a little nonsense is not a bad sauce slowly a very interesting series of nothing derogatory in requiring the more likely are her eliildren great possibilities when the real
to be girls, Bot joy soon turns to sor-
largor footwohr, and that this to à good deal of senso.
operations can bo watelod. row;
changing state of things is com- This, as Dr. Ewart argues, pro- arrive, on the solution of which sse the ap. And, ten to one, meliuksen on a rule sild avoid preaching-it is tray-lling on to the women of all uitions vides the clus to the self-ro-may be builded, if rightly gulating balance" by which handled, the greatest edifico the A KITCHENER STORY.turo adjusts these numerical world has ever seen. Shall change my note to-
woman. Only a few of our sox thousan foot a second, but it
differences. are able to hold fast to an opinion seems to move quito deliberately. But it is not the surowful without becoming irritable. It is front of it, and extending
WHERE EDUCATION COMES. jag by constantly reminding aote that is always struck; and better to preface debatable re-long way above and below it, is
For whon women are in the marks with "It seems to mo" dim line, bentsharply immediats to Lord Kitchoner's views on majority, as at prosont, they are in nst their discourses and rituals our last example conjures up Well, I think-bat, of course, ly before the bullet. A ballet marriage for soldiers, He would less demand for wives and marry Thero hag-recently-in-England- of our worthlessness and uttorin our mind visions of love, it's a personal opinion," than to in no more pass through air than not have a married officer on his at more maturo ages-the result boen, some discussion as to the waikuɔ saul our worm-like courtship, and a mirriage sɔɔu to
but the being that there are more baby donning of "the black cap" by quito All this has hand the follow. The story read:"Dear latrl a hard fact in the face of your vessel can through water with staff in Egypt,
out making a wave, and thin is fact that he was host boys than girls, and a consequent Judges in passing the sentence of efft of placing men the more one, member of a noble race, I opponent.
the air wave. It is inado visible man" to his friend, General Sir adjustment of the sex balance in death. The exact origin of the recurely in the bondage of fear. part with thy company with re- A wide choice of words is a│
"cap" hanbeen the subject of a Bt is a parable which em luctance, and yet with gladness, great help towards becoming a nesount of its different density, Archibald Hunter, a little while the next generation. The top- phasize the trustimposed in us by too; For thou art a sacrifice to the social power, and a course of solid just as we see the waves in air ago, seems to prove that his doney is enhanced by the effect of good deal of controversy, though Glee is a lord who is altar of love and beauty. With reading is the best way in which above a chimney or over hot objections are not insuperable inodorn education, which is all in the Law Journal holds that it
ground,
Lord Kitchener is sixty years of the direction of deferring the age is associated with the Order of wthfully displonead with his out thy kinsmen an assistance to acquire an extensive vocabulary. Behind the ballet como seatage, and the circumstance of his of marringe.
་ ་ ་ the Coif. Lord Campbell in his so want causo that servant, the happiness of this world would It is not of course, desirable and tarod grains of the powder being still a bachelor has led Dr. Ewart thinks that the re-"Lives of Chief Justices," ting fear, dared not risk the not have been for me. Friend; it shows a lack of good breeding that have not been burnt a lot of people to call hins a lationship of the age of the father writes: loze in the dealings of farewell, and in new homes still to funt one's achievement an 1 travelling more slowly still woman later. He himself tells to the sex of the child is much "It was to conceal thin want of the world. Would a lord who think that the yellow glumom in this direction in poople's faces comes the wad. The ballot enters the story of an encounter the same as the mother, and the clerical tonsure thus, the Ber- doako topog his servants as more for ach thou ones are changel Solid reading should be under the bladder and disappears inside, which he mee hul with a young where disparity in age occurs the goats-at-law, who noou mono- wLay; and worthless, reprove or lid by the first pledge of fors tiken chiefly because the mina little water spurting out, of the lady. It was in India, and a ton influence may neutralise.oce), policed the practice of the Court eist at ry ons, of them for which tty owas gave to his grows shallow when occupied hole it makes. Then it reaches his party had been arranged, at other," so that with a mother of of Common Pleas adopted the failing to iss personal discretion brilo to be”,
with trivialities, while true en the other side, but it no longer which the greater part of the about 30, the chance of a boy or a coif, a black velvet cap, which bo- int mipulation of the talout
taro carrica with it an atmosphere ents through at once, as it did officers had promised to play, girl should be about as equal es came the badga of their order. intrusted to hini?.
of breadth and invigoration,
when the bladder was lacked up Then, to the general consternation nature can makosuch a problem.”
In the middle of tho The Fight comes slowly, but it Bakit Tambun Goconut Plan-
by the water. Something like a of all. Lord Kitchener ordered a Tho marringo nge is steadily seventeenth century, the Common is weely down. Tältlo by little tations will shortly be floated in
finger seems to push the bladder parado of the ontire garrison on rising, and Dr. Ewart adds the Law Judges adhered to their coife, we learn t'rit it in only theology London with a capital of £75,000; The mortality returns for outwards into a long tube; then the very day appointed for tennis opinion that an average marriage or black cloth caps, which they thetrieva hold us down and at tlún L60,000 will be issued. Singapore issued by the Registrar the tube opsus and lets out the "Hare you forgotten the tennis age of between 27 and 28."should still put on whom they passed son- aleckle with fear; that true re- The property in the province of Births and Deaths, show that bullet, which gradually travels party? the young lady asked produce a population in which the tence of death." Sergeant Pulling. livina uplifts and encourages us, nor the Perak border and con- during the week ending February away. The tubo does not at once him. Not in the least, was the insles aro at all periods in excese mere. Lustworthy as an giving us liberty in the full sense aits of 1,700 acres, of which 20, there were 108 deaths, giving collapse, its form is maintained grim reply. "Well, then," retort of tite females. And then the antiquary donios emphatically, in of the word and freeing us from narly 800 are planted and 330a ratio por mille of population of by the stream of water which ed the girl in extreme indignation "superfluous woman" would be his "Order of the Coif," that the the bongo of foar.
nye is full bearing
35.32.
follows the projectilo.
"I think you're a perfect beast!" dream of the past.
black cap was the coil,
: