"I mean by charm," writes Arthur
C. Benson in a delightful essay on
"Charm" in the Century, "not a mere
superficial gracefulness which can be
learned, as good manners are learned,
through a certain code of behavior,
but a thing which is the flower and
outward sign of a beautiful attitude
to life; an eagerness to welcome
everything which is fine and fresh
and unstained; that turns away the
glance from things unlovely and vio
lent and greedy not in a disapproving
or a self-righteous spirit, because it
Is respectable to be shocked, but In a
Bense of shame and disgrace that such
cruel and covetous and unclean things
should be. If one takes a figure like
that of St. Francis of Assist, who for
all the superstition and fanaticism
With which the record is Intermingled,
showed a real reflection and restora
tion of the old Christian joy of life,
we shall see that he had Arm hold of
the secret."
Easily Pleased.
"But I haven't enough work to keep
an able-bodied man like you about."
"Oh, I shan't mind that."
Perl Cross Buff Blue, much better, goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
More than million tons of coffee are
required annually to provide a daily
beverage for half the human race.
The Human Automobile
The hiimnn body, like an automobile,
changes fuel (food) Into power. When the
fuel 1b too rich, or the mixers and valves
nre out of order, waste products clog the
machinery and reduce the power.
The kidneys, like exhaust valves, should
carry oft tlie waste (urie acid), but weak
kidnevs can't. Uric acid in excess causes
headache, weak eyes, rheumatic pains,
gravel, dropsy and fatal Bright's disease.
