THE EAST AND THE WEST.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 12014, 15 October 1904, Page 9

THE EAST AND THE WEST.

In the days "when w« imbibed wisdom from a governess we were first informed that the East and West are oppoeitee. The statement is true in more ways than regarding the compass. Of mighty London, the East is synonymous with poverty, toil, and squalor; the Wcet,with wealth, leisure, and splendour. Of the world, the East stands for apathy and stolid contentment; the WeeU for restless energy, an unceasing striving for better things. The Mohammedan merchant of Bombay or Lahore sits crossrkgged in the bazaar, dreamily smoking a pipe some three feet long, his. goods heaped promiscuously around him, and will scarce raise his eyelids when spoken to by a probable customer. The : merchant of Melbourne or Sydney sits in his office, surrounded by telephones, by aid of which he is, in effect, present in all Shis departments at once, while the cables keep him in constant touch with: his agent* , scattered throughout the world. The, Man, of the East and the Man of the West-arenas unlike as a burnt-out crater and an active volcano. "Hussein Ali is dead," eaid a Chicago man.to the. American Consul at a Turkish port. "You don't say so," exclaimed the Consul; and presently, added: "Well, I guees. it makes very little difference to him." When a man of the Anglo-Saxon race is notably deficient in energy, it is a thousand to one ill-health is at the root of it.- Hβ is not apathetic from conviction, b.ut because he can't help it.' Tie the came with a woman. Listen for a moment .to this, written by Mrs M. J. Clark, of 68 Hutt street, Adelaide, S.A., v22nd February, 1904. "Mother Seigel'e Curative Syrup has made such a blessed change in my life that I cannot speak too highly of it. For years I was in a low state of healththin, weak, pallid, utterly without energy. I had no appetite, and suffered extremely from indigestion and flatulency. Doctor after doctor exerted hie skill upon mc, and. many. medicines were recommended to mc and" faithfully tried. But all my. efforts were barren .of good result* until a relative brought mc a bottle of Mother Seigel'a Curative Syrup. ; After so many disappointments I had little faith in it, and was therefore very agreeably surprised to find after taking a few doses that it was doing mc much good. Thus encouraged, I continued to use the Syrup until I nad taken five bottles of it, by which time I was perfectly well, Tlia't was ten years ago, when I'was. living atEdwaxdstown. a few miles from Adelaide; and I have remained well from that day to this." It is a prominent characteristic of the dominant raoe, that it is only patient under such physical suffering* as cannot be removed. Thanks to modern Science, suffering that can be so described grows less with every year. , 10-12