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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



say, " Come on, boys ; bring on the work 

 you want done, no matter what kind, and no 

 matter how unpleasant." 



The above is simply treating these com- 

 plicated bodies of ours — yes, bodies and 

 brains — just as you would treat an auto- 

 mobile. Sometimes it bothers even the ex- 

 perts to tell just what the matter is. They 

 fry one thing and then another, and so on. 

 But if they persevere the inanimate machine 

 finally goes ofl at its full power. Now, be 

 careful not to mistake downright laziness 

 for a break or a weak spot in the machinery. 

 If laziness, hoeing in the garden will gener- 

 ally cure it. Ask God to guide you; and 

 when he answers your prayer, and gives yon 

 the needed strength and energy, " get busy '' 

 with something that will J.elp weak and suf- 

 fering humanity. 



ARE OUR BANKERS AS A RULE PROFESSING 

 CHRISTIANS ? 



Mr. Root : — I note what you said about bankers 

 attending church. The Adult Bible-class Monthly, 

 [jublished by the David C. Cook Pub. Co.. says that 

 bankers are the best Sunday-school superintendents, 

 and that very many superintendents or a majority 

 of them, I think, are bankers. That looks as if it 

 were quite fashionable for bankers to undertake 

 church work. 



I am glad to say that I am a " chapter-a-day " 

 Bible-reader. I have read from the beginning to the 

 book of Judges. A class of us began last December 

 to read the Bible through. 



Andover, Ohio, Aug. 4. Clinton D. Hatton. 



Thank you, my good friend, for correct- 

 ing me. I am rejoiced to know that some 

 of our bankers are professing Christians. 

 God knows they should be professing Chris- 

 tians, not only on Sunday, but every day 

 in the week ; and who can tell how much 

 good they might do if they applied the 

 Christ-like spirit to every business transac- 

 tion? 



SHOES FOR HOT CLIMATES ; SPANISH ALPAR- 

 GATAS, ETC. 



I received .Tune 15th Gleanings, and I saw on 

 page 18 something about Spanish alpargatas. Here 

 they are generally used by the laborers, and lower 

 classes also, 12 months in the year, as well as chil- 

 dren of both sexes, for going to school ; but they are 

 not rope-soled, but leather-soled. They have been 

 imported from Caracas for 15 years, and gradually 

 became generally used. As in Venezuela and other 

 South American republics, they are generally used 

 by the lower classes. The price is from 20 up to 48 

 cts., according to size. 



Rope-soled slippers with cloth uppers are used in- 

 doors "by the well-to-do, and cost frowi 16 to 20 cts.; 

 but they do not stand the wear and tear of the 

 leather-soled ones. I can not tell you where they 

 are imported from. The real alpargatas, leather- 

 soled, are both imported from Caracas and manu- 

 factured locally in ever increasing numbers. They 

 are usually worn without socks or stockings, al- 

 though some do it so. There is also the rope-soled 

 slipper for the Chinese, round at the end, to be used 



indoors. Their price is 15 cts. They are straw right 

 around at 15 cts. I am sending you a sample of 

 each for your inspection and use. The rope-soled is 

 18 cts. ; the alpargatas, 40 cts. Alpargatas are im- 

 ported from Caracas ; rope-soled from Germany, 

 and the straw ones from France, as they informed 

 me at the store. C. M. Caemona, 



San Rafael, Trinidad, B. W. I., July 15. 



The good friend who writes the above has 

 kindly sent us three pairs of these cheap 

 shoes as samples. The Chinese slippers 

 made all of cloth, for 15 cts., would answer 

 very nicely indoors. Moccasins with rope 

 soles would, no doubt, be all right for wear- 

 ing outdoors in dry weather. I tliink they 

 would be especially handy for a tramp 

 through the woods, keep the feet cool, and 

 yet give sufficient protection. The alpar- 

 gatas at 40 cts. have a good substantial 

 leather sole with cloth uppers. I am glad 

 to say that I find my strength holds out 

 very much better, in hot weather especially, 

 when I wear a shoe made of cloth or of 

 cloth uppers. Abundant ventilation for 

 the feet, and a sort of ventilation that can 

 not be secured with leather uppers, is, 1 

 think, exceedingly importanl. And, by the 

 way, it is important, as I siid before, that 

 the whole body be well venti'ated, especial- 

 ly in hot weather, or in tht hot sun. If 

 you do not keep this in mind, and look out 

 for it, you will suffer more o' less unless 

 you are built after a different fashion from 

 what I am. 



Many thanks to the good friend who has 

 helped to keep me posted in this matter. 



SHOES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND SOME- 

 THING MORE ABOUT THE CARE OF THE 



FEET. 



Just a word more about the shoes. After 

 having samj^les sent me from different na- 

 tions I have found that the women's cloth 

 shoes we find in our shoestores — at least 

 here in the North- — are the best for my spe- 

 cial wants. I have worn one pair almost 

 constantly since I came back from Florida 

 in the spring. I have not suffered a min- 

 ute from hot and burning feet as I did 

 when I wore leather shoes, and my corns 

 have not been touched by knife or corn- 

 plaster. They are all going away of their 

 own accord. Of course, these cloth shoes 

 have leather soles. They cost me $1.25 up 

 to $1.40 here at our shoestores. I prefer 

 them to the various kinds of shoes used in 

 liot climates because I can work in the gar- 

 den with them and not get pebbles and 

 sand in my shoes. Most of the shoes men- 

 tioned above permit dirt and gravel to get 

 in between the shoes and stockings, and I 

 am too nervous to get along with even the 

 smallest ^Debbie in my shoe. These cloth 

 shoes tie up close around the ankle; and 



