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Show I "TTirAT iTOCLD HAITES." TilB Cileiga Jtu-oli hisauaf-1 hisauaf-1 tide under lira caption, "What would happin if tlie world were suddenly to come to aa end." lis comments upj:f this Imaginary theme are so bea'itlful, touching and instmctivr, that we hero reproduce re-produce them: "If an nathorttvive balleUn wero to 1 Issued this moment from the court ofheavoathatiuja-t seven daystb. world would bs destroyed, what passion, pas-sion, do you think, wonld survivo daring tho flail weekf Woakl ItM hate, or envy, or ambition, or ths grce-dof gain? Ob, no. of all tbe pas-skins pas-skins that anlmato the hum-in breast, tbe only one to endnro wonld bo love. There would be a frenzied rush to grasp love's opportunity. Mothers would gather tiislr children about them, and there woald he no im-patience, im-patience, no cruel patting asids of bothering littlo arms, no withholding with-holding cf caresses because they dtsarrariK-d the well arranged halr aod laces. Thero woald tie no turning turn-ing tho boys oat Into ths street far the reason that in thsir play at borne they were prone to make havoc with tho thlies on tbe chair hacks an I the bric-a-brac on tho shelves. There would be no lack of knowte-'c as to where the girls were mt eVenlng, or at train time, when the depot swarms with Idle loingers. Indifferent husbands hus-bands and nagcins, bickering wives would forego their coldness and their quarrels.to vie with one soother to redeem re-deem Iho past durin: tbe brief time allotted them. Friends would be more faithful, lovers more truo. assodatsi more thoughtful of each other's com-fort, com-fort, as ths swift ho-in sped away. Hut we .need no bulletin from heaven to acquaint us of ths briefness of love's opportunity. Tne span of oar days is already e-t, and I wonder if tho thought brought boms to as may not qnieken us to Improvothscban'-e to brighten up our homes whn tbe' fall and constant ableiitg of tho love thsl Is in our heartstllhouh dimmed and corroded by tho eordi I environments environ-ments of life." |