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Show What Do You Think? "I think a man should always stand by bis daughters." said a kindly kind-ly gentleman the other day. "He may be forgiven If he refuses to have anything to do with his boys when the) go wrong, but he cer-taihly cer-taihly should stand by hi9 daughters." daugh-ters." As a general thing a father does stand by his daughters and the mother by the sons, which in the natural division of things, is as If should be. A father gives his daughters his moral support as well as caring for their physical needs, even when they have outraged his f. lings In every way possible But even more so does the mother for-Kic for-Kic her boys. A thankless child Is lorry burden for parents to bear, "sharper than a serpent's tooth" we have good authority for saying, but when it is remembered what a queer composite the child is of the generations past of both parents. U is not to be wondered at that a stormy, uncontrollable element sometimes results. Through mis taken kindness parents are often to blame for the lack of disciplined minds In their children In a family where there are girls and boys the . hildren art- under splendid discipline dis-cipline whiu the father is at home, as he Is stern aud unrelenting when disobeyed But wheu he is out of the house the mother and her servants serv-ants enter into a conspiracy, as it v ere, to Indulge the children in every ev-ery way possible. They obey or not as they please and generally run wild In fact the father's idpa that the children should learn obedience is thwarted in every way. Instead of growing up cheerfully obedient, and a pleasure to themselves and other people, they are nuisances wherever they go. and cannot possibly pos-sibly get any happiness out of it. Parents should work toi;elhei where their children are concerned, apd should try to instill in them the habit of obedience. Peeresses. There are uc" n sses in their own right by regular inheritance in lines which are open to females in default of males. It resulls, therefore, that some of the peeresses In Ihelr own right have male heirs who will succeed them n the ensuing generation and take their seats by strict right in the House of Lords; while, on the other hand, several peeresses now occupied occu-pied by males will fall to the female sex. and so for a tune take leave of that house. Instances of the elevation of wives of eminent men s ho have them-Belvee them-Belvee remained commoners are fairly numerous. The best-known instance is that of Mrs. Disraeli, Viscountess Beaconsfield. Mrs. Disraeli Dis-raeli was raised to the peerage as Viscountess Beaconsfield in 1S68. on the occasion of Disraeli Is resignation resigna-tion of the premiership In the face of a hostile majority. She survived the honor only till Disraeli was called to the upppr house 1S76 as Earl of Beaconsfield. There were also the wife of the elder Pitt (Baroness Chatham) and the wife of Six- Juhu Campbell (La- w ronc?s Stratheaen), while in recent e.(rs Viscountess Hambledcn was raised to the peerage as widow of the Right Honorable W. H, Smith, and Baroioss MacDonald. of Earns-i Earns-i l life, was made a peeress as the widow of Sir .John Alexander Mac-donald, Mac-donald, Prime Minister of Canada This method of making peeresses was Verj usual, before ihc union. In the case of the wives of eminent Irishmen. It is interesting to note, incidentally, that the prerogative of granting life peerages to women still exists. The privileges of peeresses in their own right accord with those of the peers. They cannot be arrested ar-rested in civil proceedings, although they have no exemption in cases of treason, felony or breach of the peace, and they must be tried he-fore he-fore their fellow-peers when accused ac-cused of heinous crime. Peeresses in their own right have always held the right, of trial by their peers, but theie was no precedent prece-dent for such trials of peeresses by marriage until after Eleanor, Duchess Duch-ess of Gloucester, was accused of treason in the reign of Henry VI. and found guilty of witchcraft. That i rial gave occasion to a special statute, which declares the law lu r I 0 be that peeresses, either In their I own right or by marriage, shall ho tried before the same judicature as other peers of I he realm. . If a Peeress In hi o n i ght mar- i ries a commoner, sin still retains her rank and her rlghl to be tried by her peers If she be only a peei - I ess by marriage, then by a second marriagi with a commoner she Iose:j her dignity, for as by marriage it is gained, so by marriage it is lost. SB Handicapped. We listen, delighted, while ths H st ranger plays for us many beauti- j . ful selections. "You should go upon the concert stage, We pay. "With your talents you w ould easily rank as I he world's leading violinist." "Alas." he sighs, removing his hat and showing us his bald head. "I can never be anything but a fiddler." Later we learn, furthermore, that his name is easily spelled. Th n we give up the idea of inducing him to buy a wig. fl Said the Horticulturist f I '(). Susie." said the dear girl friend. "You should have heard what Mr Twiggs, the horticulturist, said last mghi w hen some one told him thai you were one of the season's buds." "What did he say?'" asked Susie. I deu'i remember 'us exact V words, but it was something about how interesting it was to sec a ten-tury ten-tury plant In bud Why. Su-u-u-sj?, dear, hov.- can you accuse me of of- i lending you.'" I |