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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-11-25, Page 3Seplessness - A NEIGHBOIMY CHAT-- — le Srantiering Spells BY CAROLINE 13. KING, Shortness of Breath When the eteart beeomes affeetee, a feelin of a ehoking •seeeetion, ereheetness of breath, palpie • e tion, throbbinet irreemlaa heating, there) g sensation, dizziness, you can't sleep, and htve a weak, sinking, alhgone feeling of oppreseion amt taaiety. Ou the drst sign of the heart be- coming weakened or tee nerves Un- strung, yell will find that will regulate and stimulate the heart andastreagthen arid restore the,whole nervous systole. Miss. Bertha A. Baker, West adders, N.Ses writes Three years ago 1 wits toublecl with smethering spells, short - mess of breath.'and sleeplessness. k friend of •mine vabo had used Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills ad- vcoa me to try them, which I did, and after using the first box I felt batter, and. 811100 then I have" taken three boxes. Iani highly recommend them to all who suffer as 1 aid." Price 50c. a box at all druggists and dealers, or .mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toren tOnt. Why Hens Have Combs.' .• ' Each part of an animal's body seems to be for a ptirpose,-so why not ask the vise of a. hen's comb? Lately there have been experiments made to • determine the answer. It has been thought that the hens comb is a device to expose the blood to the ultra -violet rays and other $1.111 rays, in order that enough ca'..chun may. be taken up to rnako egg-shelfs. .Leg-weakneas of chicksse lime -starvation due to lack of power to pick up lime:in theetissues ween housed beneath. ordinary win- dow -glass. On account of the feath- ers, there is no other place but the Segs, bill and wattles which can pick -up the rays, and the feather -egged, .small -combed birds are shy on •eggs. This theory is ai plausible as any. Sense of the pea -comb ,lowts are good layers, although it is true that the heavy -laying breeds tie have good- - sized combe. It is also true -that the comb es at ite largest size during heavy ;laying, and goes down with the egg -yietcl. There are cases • where Leghorns have been decombed—that eis,_the combs have been eat off while ,e birds were young. The object of this was to make the birds "frost - prone." 'These birds seemed to lay as well as the birds with full combs.- The operation of removing the combs is ,known • as "dubbing." Some folks. ob- ject to it, saying it is cruel, but it is probably no more painful than a fro- zen comb, and a "dubb,ede comb is not a bit more unsightly. "It's stranee islet it, how tillage any. We had A pieufe instead, made turn, out sometimee?" reale:eked my,tot sandwicbes with bits of ha triz- young neighbor ae ehe sank into a zed bacon betireen them, gathered a comfortabte choir 'in my living -room few late tomatoes off the vines, and the other evening, rat her fingers opened a jr of my spited poem I through Ito short locks aed settled, brought Out some cold aria and we de,we ea' a chat. _ I spread our picnic under the pear tree. "Take Aunt Haratale for instanee.1 'Stint Hannah thought it was great, u,sed to think her just a tiresoine o.d fun. Then I coaxed her to take a nap relative, but I've discovered that she and while she slept I made her a birth - is really oie of the world's greet day eake with one candle 1 happened phitosophers, though she isn'ti aware to have. I put that on just for luck, of the fact." and you should haye seen the poor old "Tell me all about it," I, beggedefor, dear's smiles, Whee the children came I like my young eeighhor's naive way home 1 let them serve afternoon tea of telling a story. in the living room, and that was a real "Well, I had ptanned a sort �f odd- event for all of us. - job dine for ineeelf to -day, and had "Before Aunt Hannah left we pack - just gotten fairly started on some of ed the rentable of the birthday cake thoehundred and one things 1 weeted with a jar of -the spiced pears in her to do, when along came Aunt Hannah. basket along with the cap, and then I knew the moment I saw her turning the children gathered her a bouquet in at the gate that she'd come to spena of late flowers. the, day, for she had that funny shab- "'It's been the best birthday I've by old black basket on her arm that always means a real visit. - • 'IL's my birthday, child,' she :said as I kissed her, rather lukewarm- Itfear, 'and ',couldn't think of a Laing I'd rather do than come and spend it with you.' Of course 1 thought t at once of my ruined day, and a1 the thue I was helping her off with her virraps I was wondering what on earth there was in the house to eat, for, you see, now that the children have a hot lunch at -school we have evening in ner, and my noon /neat is apt to be tether sketchy. "But' Aunt Haneali didn't eseem to notice my manner, I, imagine. She took a fresh cap from the basket and put .it on and then turned to we and said, `I always thiek no matter what happens there's bonne to be a laugh in it somehow.' Just then 1 ehanced to spy my face in the glass and, do you know, I looked as though I had never laughed in all- my life., ..But Auntie was going right on. "It's kind of, a game to find the laugh sometimes, and now and then it seems as though you just couldn't. I knew a woman once who was -set on having her house all furnished with old antiques. She had it, too, all but her husband's bed; that was a little iron thing, but he liked ,it. He just loved his littte iron cot and his army blanket, but on Christmas' she gave him a great mapeet four-poster, and now he has to sleep on it whether or no because the little iron cot has been put down the cellar. He says he has bad dreams every night since she gave hiih the bed. It was hard for him to find a laugh in the four-peeter, but he managed it when he heard her say she'd first thought of giving him a Colonial sewing teble. • " 'Sometimes,' she went bre after we had laughed a little ourselves, 'some- times I think wenvomen folks are real selfish with our homes; we think of them as just ours. We're eveii selfish with our housekeeping,- and we spen4. so much time doinget bp right that we' just lose sight altogether the idea of home that's back of it all. Sornewa.y I don't think we are fair to our home folks if we spend so much time and energy polishing and shining that we're all out of smiles and pleasant weeds wheneve're through. Do you?' " 'And it isn't worth erhile either,' she went on before I could answer. 'Take inc for extunple, when I was young I used to scour my kitchen floor with soap and sand nearly every day, and, what's enore, I used to pick out the dirt from the cracks with a hair- pin. Took a good while to do all that, but I.was just set on it. Then along comes my son's wife to keep house in the aid homestead, and what does she do but put linoietun over the whole floor. I must say I admire it, blue and gray and shiny, and so clean it never has to Ee scrubbed at all. And Mar- cia has time to be gay and happy with her folke. ' "'1 think if I- was housekeeping again I'd look—every -job in the face Wore I began it, and ask mysetf if it was a job that really needed to be done, if it was acteally woeth doing. Then if it was I'd find the quickest and ca.siest way to keep the kitchen floor exam "I felt a little guilty at that, but Aunt Hannah went right on: 1 see they've get the last week in October for management week and all the Rotarians -and Kiwanians and engineers and business men and optimists are invited to go to the city and talk about better Ways to manage everything. Someone was Had Awful Pains saying it might be a good plan for ` housekeePers to meet with them and in Her Back learn more businesslike ways to Man- -• Mrs. E. H. Groonwaye Reymore, age their hernes. But I'm not quite in •, Sask., writes:—"I would lite to tell favor of so much efficiency. I believe When the kidneys got out of order you that 1 think Dr. Wood's Norway that' we slaou:d do just enough house- th° back is sure to become affected • Pine Syrup is one of the very best keeping di *keep every 'member' Of' -our anddull Paias, sharp pains, quiek remedies for a cola. . twinges all point to the fact that the fo.ntilies happy and comfortauto and I had suelt a very bad cold could . , kidneys need attendee. nent and propeny fed, then if there'e , , , hardly speak or breathe so I went to Mrs 7.1.1an. a. L. one au ..orpr se, ./1:1‘,., an time le -We -e'er we mieet our druggist's :lad asked him what he , - spend J- Writes:- -"After my second baba WW1' thought ?)est for a cold. Ho advised getting taequainted with each other, Bees Stop Harvest. -Harveatihg •operations ware stopped by a swarm of beep in a fisacl on the "AL -farm of Mudhell, Dyke, neer Ferree, Scotland. Medi and horses were severe- ly stung. The animals reared and arranged, and greet difficulty was ex- perienced in releasing them from the shafts. The eondition of the horses became so serious that a veterinary surgeon had to be • summoned. High Cost of Living. Ghafte--"Yes, these, collars and cuffs are very stylish, but my laundry WM Is something awful." SHE COULD, HARDLY SPEAK OR BREATHE - Cold Was So Rad had in yearee she said as we put her on the trolley car, but she didn't kncee that her' birthday had been a better day for zne than. for her." "And so to -morrow you will have your odd -job day, I suppose," I asked after we had both' sat silent for a moment thinking Of Aunt Hannah, "Oh, no, indeed, I won't," replied my neighbor brightly. '"No, for you see all the time Aunt Hannah was talking, she was working away, helping me with some of the things I had planned to dor so most of them are finished, andsthe rest I have looked fairly in the face and decided that they were not, jobs that needed doing -after all." "A few more _comfortable old phil- osophers carrying fresh caps in shab- by baskets and homely wisdom in dear experienced old heads would help a whole lot in this puzzling world of ours," I thought to myself as I locked the door and turned out the lamp.' "Suiely Aunt Hannah's ways are -ways of understanding, and all her paths are peace!" • Controlling Abortion. • Not all abortion is contagious but to be on the safe side one had 'better proceed as if it were. The most dan- gerous time for spreading contagious abortion is when the cow calves. As malty calves come in the faN, care is needed now. There is no known. cure for abortion. All serum vaccines and drugs fail sooner or later. Notwithstanding this, and the additional faet that it is one of the most disastrous disease e known to the dairyman, the loss can be re- duced to a minimum if proper control methods are used. Some. dairymen sell their aborters to the 'butcher. If the cow is a good pioducer this is the most expensive method. Fortunately only a. few, maybe 5 per cent. abort more than once. • Of these, unfortunateey, quite e. .few are sterile thereafter. This, with the loss of the calf and the less- ened milk flow &uses a big loss. • Abortion usually appears suddenly aed without warning. For this reason every cow that calves should be put in a box stall cat of contact with the rest of the herd for at least ten days before she calves. The afterbirth and all the soiled bedding should be care - flirty carried out and burned. She should remain entirely away from the herd and should not be.bred until all discharges have ceased, whether this is a few weeks or several months. • It is the discharge that is dangerous. If the afterbirth does not come within a few hours, or if the discharge continue as long as ten days, a veterinarian should be called. • • In buying new cows, see if there is a good crop.of salves and young stock on the farm from where your new cows came. If not, beware! Give ell your herd the abortion -test once a year and treat all reactors the same as aborters. If these methods are fol - levied, contagious abortion will now have no terrors for you. et Good in Addition, • erather, I mad,e 100 in two sub- • jee"tTslices mighty fine, son.. What were they?" "Sixty in geography and 40 in. arith- . matte." Madrid Shaves its orundares. Medalist has a law by which habitual drunikards must have their heade shaved every four eveekst Inc to take and findoig place§ to laugh a bit' Vilood's I '''M for optimism3, as , wh I hard e d Eiorway .Plne. •, through a rainy- washday with unex- I had read so much. about *Doan's nested. company fee dinner, no pie in Kidney' Pills, in your almanac, I wonsan reniterk 'at .4 Meeting last Iepring, any mother who can. -get born I had awful pains in Jay batik, and could not sleep at night. , I could hardly do my bensework, especially my washing when 1 had to bond �e -or the tub. ' ' the house, her stove wood a , , ot boees ,whee I had- • and. I mast say I felt grateful to him . the baby emicky, and then go to b.ed so I three and for, besidon helag very pleasant to • wishing hersfmany happy. returns Ani take it relieved nly cal quieker than of Ile. day is an optimist elready. And "lei:shL the thira ;me I was completely eyed °f mY inubl°'" • we've all done that mere than oriee'," * Aerie() 00c. a box at anything else I ever tried. 1 doa't ,• think any one should be 'without a bottle of it in thee house. ' ' eBut how did you matege about cal dealers, or mailed , unchcon " I netted after we had laugh- direct on receipt of • "Dr. Wood ei " is put up in a. yellow . ' le " , e„, • • wrapper; 0 , ^hree pine trees the trade ortat At et Hannah $ 1r—trireme of'an price by. The T. Mil- ; mark; priee 85e. a bottlio, largo family op hnist. urn Co., ' L• i in i to a, size 60e.; eut up only by T The . "Why,' said rey young neighbor, 'Permit°, 014,7' Milburn (to,, Limited, Toronto, Otilt, "that ww; fenny, , I just didn't have • ru• p 11 wet end thought I would' give teem ,a. trifle icig‘vot 'tee SS. LESSON November 28. Gideon and the Three Hunered, Judges 7: 1-26, Golden 67.71t0 --. Be strona:in the Lord, and in the power of hie might,epheslams ANALYSIS. s 1. etiooeirta TE TRRE aueteiten, t- 11 Seeo-etici ou ,TgEXXDMOTL III. GIDEON'S STRATEGY, 1,5-25, li°of Jo• shua, and preceding the establish- ment of the monarchy lender Saul told David, is not easy to descriee, and the length of the period is uncertain. It was, probably, not less thau one hundred and fifty years. Joshua him- self may very properly be regarded as one of the judges, differing from those who followed him _only. in the feet that he axercised authol[ity over all the tribes of Israel, whi,e they ruled only over individual tribes or groups of tribes. The peopte were governed locally by the heads of families or of family groups, and by the chosen princes of the tribes, Each tribe was independerut and the tribesmen guard- ed jealously their independence. They were united _only by a common religious faith and the tradition of a common ancestry. Moses had given them a law and the beginning of a conetitue „don as a netion, but disunited as they were and ecattered widely through Palestine, there was danger of that law being forgotten or disregarded. The influenoe, too, of the Canaanite customs and religious worship was strong, • and affected seriously the minds of many of the people, loosening their attachmerit to their own ancient faith. • When common danger threatened or when oppressed by a foreign_ enemy, the people united under a vigorous and capable leaders, who, after the victory was won, held during his life a place of recognized authority. over those whose arrnies lit -had led, but no such -leader, or judge, after Joshua, held swey over more than a limited part of the country. I. CHOOSING THE THREE HUNDRED, 1-8. "Jerubbaal, who is Gideon," was a native of the small community of Oph- rah, of the clan Abinezer, in. the tribe of Manasseh. The central and north- ern tribes, west of Jordan, were op- pressed by hordes of Midianite Arabs, who had come in through Gilead with tents and cattle and helped themselves to the harvests and pasture lands of Israel. Gideon's brothers had been slain by their!, and he Mine& was threshing a scanty harvest of wheat,' not at the usual res ing- oor, but by' the winepress, to hide it, whee, an angel of the Lord appeared to him and catleci him to be the saviour of Israel from the Midianites. When convinced that he was really called of God to this great task he first gathered a band of his own servants, broke down the altar of Baal, peteup an altar to Jehovah, and offered sacrifice. upon it. It was because of the shrewd answer of his father to the teen of the town, when they would have put him- to death for this act of defiance to Baal, that he received the name Jerubbaal, "Let Baal plead for himself" (ch. e: 31). The next act of Gideon was to assemble the northern tribes against Midian, and a great host, of more than thirty thousand men gatherecl to him on the southern side of the valley cf Jezreel, where the Midiaintes were encameed. "The. people that are with thee are too many. Trusting to that inward divinetvoice which constantly guided him, and which harmonizecl with his own better judgment, he decided tore - duce the number of his army, andeeto try to obtain by strategy the vietory which he could not hope to win ever the vast host of the enemy with his undisciplined' and poorly equipped force. -"Yet too many." Even the ten thou- sand men of courage who are left are too ninny for his immediate purpose. By a simpte test he chooses the men who drink fromthe cep -shaped hollow of one hand, with which they lift the water to thetmouth, without relaxing their soldier -like vigilance of laying aside their weapons, and etejects those who sprawl upon all fours anal put their mouths down to the water. "By the three hundred _men that lapped" he had now faith to believe the Lord weed give him victory. The rest of the army he held in reserve. IL SPYING, ON THE mrDIANITE CAMP, 9-14: Gideon went down by night with his servant and spied upon the poorly guarded camp. He heard the recital of a clrearn by one and the interereta- tion put upon it by another which greatly encouraged him. By this he learned also that there were atready fears abroad among the Midianite, connecia.d with his name, which prom- ised heel for the success of the trick which he proposed to pray upon them. 111. GMEON's STRATEGY, 15-25. • "Three companies." Gideon's plan •was to 'distribute Ine men in three companies, ailently, in the darkness, round eboet the Midianite camp, each man bearing' a pitcher with a lightel candle inside and a trumpet. At the appointed signal each • man was to break his pitcher and .blow his. trum- pet. The ruse was completely succees- • The Midiarates, hearing the crash of the breaking earthenware, and seeing the sadden blazing forth of liatihts on every side, accompanied by the terrifying blast of three hundred •trumpets, were seized with panic. "The Lord sat every min's sword against his feelow, even throughout all! the beet." The ten thousand men` whom Gideon had left in their tents now i ai di horde lthee els) ttlwr sit,ale' tod rtivhien fgo tttlil se of the Jordan which were lie:c1 by the, men of pbraini. There two Miclian- Ite Were taken and steel. 0).45, ' "the Raven," and ted'eeb, "the Wolf." "Land of Prarialse" in London. •I A street in Laadon which bears the eame "Land at Promise" hoe a hea- p -kat at one end and a poor house t`a the other., • ea IDEAL. ashArAuP,r, heridro 1 e DRESS OF UNUSUAL DESICN. The smartness of this attractive. dress will be at once recognized by the observant miss, and in it she will see its possibilities for afternoon wear if fashioned of moire, or of woollen ma- terial for business. The bodice is joined to a two-piece flared skirtand the long tight -fitting sleeves are finisbed with trim cuffs. The long revers and set - under vestee with convertible collar are becoming and of the latest mode. No. 1437 is in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years. Size 18 (36 bust) requires 3% yards 30 -inch or 2% yards 54 -inch material. 20 cents. Every woman's desire is to achieve that smart different appearance which draws favorable comment from the observing public. The designs illus- trated in our new Fashion Book are originated in the heart of the style centres and will help you tp acquire that much -desired air of individuality. Price of the book 10 cents the copy. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of gush patterns as you want. Endo% 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade- laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. I Feed My Sows Oats. I get better than market prices for my oats by feeding them to brood sows before and after farrowing. Ordinarily it is necessary to buy bran ,or some other commercial feed to help make good pigs and to provide enough milk after theyare born. Oats, I find, *will dp the job, thus saving my spend- ing money for high-priced mill feeds. Oats are not quite so expensive as corn and they do not fatten the sow. Of course I feed an ear or two along with the oats. A Mete tankage helps, too.—E. J. , First Lesson In Finance. • Big Boy --"What are you crying abOutr. Little—"I traded by dog for some peanuts." . Big Boy -"Can:t you trade back?" Littte--"I ate the peanuts." ' Of Course. "What eaueed the delay at your friend the plumber's wedding?" "Ple had to go -back and fetch his best man." h REFRESHMENTS THAT AR I3Y JANE HB PeOpla are just aa ifiely to get into e rut with their partY egereshmene$ as with their evereeletY reenae. And, When, es is eo often, the case' yoU aerao' that "same old thing" overand Over, I your refreshreente lese tbeir zest, no misatterlirlleiveheent4seYanTthleenew may be. nnlit'It differents offered. "Wasn't that the best stuff?" elle girl remarked to anther es they rode home from Sas Elkires bridge party. "What was it?" I happened to bave been the one Sae asked to help hor pass the things that afternoon and I know just what it Was. She used her tall parfait &sa- es, and in the bottom of each was a spoonful of orange ice. Then on top was finely aut fruit saled, the assort- ed fruit that eomes in cans. With thie she served very salty wafers, creana cheese . and coffee. The combination was delicious. Ha nut gingerbread with whipped 'cream would be very populaz served instead a ice cream and cake et an afternoon or an evening party. Mix a howl of your favorite gingerbread and put it In a eool plaee until you are ready to serve refreehrnents. Then spread it in a large shallow baking pan, sprinkle a cup of coarsely chop- ped nut meats over it and bake. Cut in squares, heap with whipped cream with a dash of ground cinnamon an it and serve with coffee. Mary Luldns, who really loves to invent new dishes, served an lee - cream sandwich to her club one after- noon last winter which "brought down the house." She carted it an Oriental Melange and served it on her red ,Japanese plates. The cake part was MMINGWAer. , light 'fluffy epice cake oe that goltden yettiow variety, end betweee twethii plices of this was .0 etiee of vegella iee arealo. ele top Was gepoonfill vvhipped cream, a whole preserved ett arid a epoonful of the emit) tn which the lige were preoerved, Iced tea, sweetened with respberry jam white hot and flavored with whole cloves, made just the right accompaniment. A nut bread saudwich made of cream elmee anti pineapple served like a club saedtvich, is arioth:er excellent Party dish. Serve with hot tea: A fruit salad is a very popular salad for a party. To make one that , Is different, use a ripe or canned pear for each guest. Peel, aare and marin- ate in Fren.ele clresstrtg, Then lay them it a Ashallew plate in a little raspberry or strawberry syrup until one side is cohered red. Thies ean be done with vegetable coloring if the syrup is not aveila.ble. Roll ia eticea- nut. 'Stand each pear on a lettuce leaf, put a large clove in for a gem and insert two ivy or rose-ger-4111mila leave in the top. A deliceaus sandwich to serve with it is filled with equal parts a tart currant jelly and peanut butter. Men like something hearty for their party refreshments. For example, po- tato and ham &Dead. A dish that can be mode beforehand is individual chicken pies. Make a creamed chicken and fill little rame- kins with it. Jest before the guests arrive mix up a pan of baking -powder biscuits, cutting them just big enough to cover the top of the ramekins. Leave them on the board in a cool plase„ About ten minutes before you are ready for them, put one on top of eacli ramekin and bake in a hot oven. , Tipping Farbidden Tipping in Spanish hotels is now! -forbiddeu, the tipping charge being added to the regular hotel hill. —;„ • 5 Boils on Neck, 3 on Arm Mr, E. G. Collins, London, Ont.., writes:—"I am writing a. few Rues in praise etelearcloek Blood Bitters vritich relieved me oil boils that I was very badly troubled with. • I bad eve on my teak and three on my arns at the al time, and corad not get any sloop I Was in such misery. 3' saw your At Same Time advertised aria thoteit, 1 would try it, sad I nen pleasod to say that tater takingbottlo 1 got elear of nil of, them, It also made me feel better and stronger.) B.13.B. is put up only be The T. efilbura Co., Limited, Toronto, Oat 1 A CLOSET CLOSEAT BY ANE Iciest:gm cote. te Not many girds I know dare to fling open_ their closet dors with the free- dom that Molly does. Most of the closets I have seen would not stand inspection. But Molly's Is just as neat anceepretty as he -r little pink teem. She -tells me she has specialized on that ceoset until it holds every single bit of her wardrobe in the meet at- tractive way. . The top shelf is covered with creamy oilcloth with a cute little scal- loped edge hangeig over the shelf. In each scallop a motif from her wall paper has been pasted for detoration. There is a row of hat boxes along this shetf—also covered with the wall paper. They are lidless, however, and are just turned upside down on the I shelf over her hats. Such a comfort- able and convenient way to keep tha hats from dust. Several shoe boxes, covered with the rosy parser, one on top of the other, hold shoes she does not wear often. Is That All? "Give me just one> kiss and that's all Her other shoes rest in a neat row ril " on two curtains rods on the bottom of ask. hook on the closet door. Also on the upper half of the door is a handy little device that she has made herself. It is a hinged strip of wood sixteen ineh- es long with. a row of small. brass SereW eYeS along the bottom. The hooks of coat- hangers -go throeeglx the eyes, each holaing a blouse, sweater or other sheet gement. -4 4 "Weal then nothing doing" the closet door. She bought a double flat brass curtain rod and an extra pair of ends. The smaller rod she- • fastened to the door about is foot from' Your easy-g-oing, reetisaut felloet isn't going to get there as fast as the the bottom, the larger one about four I man. , who grits his teotb, knits his brows and holds his musales tense. A - series -of psychological tests recently was tried on personswhile they Welll gripping a dynamometer, a pair of hand grips with meter attaehed, and then repeated while the subjects Were sitting in relaxed, positione. Ths re- sults showd that persons atm think umch '..bettea anii faster when their Men Think Better Under Strain. • inches below. The heets of the shoes hang upon the upper rod and the soles rest en the lower one. As her closet is too shallow to ad/net of hanging coat hangers crosswise over atbar through the middee, she has had two pieces of broomstick saw- ed to the closet width and slipped into wooden sockets at each end of the closet crosswise. These are painted cream and hold six or more clothes hangers apiece. Across the hetet of the closet she has thumb -tacked some pelt" shiny muslin te peotect her clothes, for both plaster: and wall paper will rub off white on dark cle :hes. On the hooks in the middle of the eloset hang her negligee, nightgown and petticoats. Her umbrella has a muscles are under tension. • Influenza In Scotland. A considerable epidemic of influenza in Scotland during the three months ending June tO had an influence on the death rate, as it indicated in the quarterly report of the births, deaths, and. marriages in Scotland. Deaths from influenza in all numbered 797. .11110,0•••••••=1, WINTER FUN WITHOUT A GUN - , Now is the time to study birds! I short piece of lath or other material That sounds strange, for the birds stickiDg , out from the floor a few are gone in some sections and going inches. If you have a camera you can trick in others. But now is the tirae to study. them. Here's a starter. • When i the birds into taking their own photo - winter clamps down, secure a piece of graphs." Tilts can be done by rigging' up a string so that some tne chap l' '' suet and pace this in the forks of aa l will tree, or around the and or tie light on it, or en a paddle attach - t i ed honee, shed oi bat n, w trigger -like to the string. Then _firmly. Then watch it!Suet is a ,hitu'llgypr ! Yee'lled haveef. a Photograph to be great institution to make bird friends.' tr By You'll have lots of sport. Count thethe time the satew is off the ground and the bluebirds are aeriviog birds that will come for that suet—the; , et_ „eh; tee eeetr.s are gradeallet 'working different kind. And if.v, ou arelg):eeitiutliee, I andthe way north, you wiel be bird hue - before spring you can have a i of yeurself and some bird, so close together that it Will be a lifetime joy to you. • If you want more sport, build a Whitlow box with a 13'11f-sas1i eitelnug And that is to get yod takeere your top and solid bottom which sticks out ears and oyes open, your mouth cloeeti, about eighteen inches; and solid slop- and learn what the birds do 'and how ing sides. Leave front and eater open. they do it. If you will sit aown at Strew the box to a window aill away the foot of a tree, or in the briteh,,tend from larnalling winds. OPtn u- win- be very atia--and by teat -I rnean (low, throw on the bottom of the box settietehathe birds will wonder what crumbs, scraps of meat and green, yee,ee itp,141: it,g, efe, e.t.a eheyla start Cee° the window" d all mannet of antics to Make you s.t.%gietdtablabaseic in the rOom and watch move. And if yoe fdamit this several whet happens. The geese top wile mes. in ahs same spot 7(riva eee the exi)arh:171'lleveryiTlake'br*irdt;Sing good. pais in a that they know you. Birds are mote eame birds end they'll coevince yott curethee humane. huane. Prove itl Tho feli'v 10 3%ti.werk:Ime low a landing place Tor the time to study birch, ease, is it the little flyers; Vials canabo dene by a winter. -E. Roy, ery and yoube wanting to build bird houses and bird baths, and will take a great joy in noting the habits of th'ese little feathery tourists. Then youed see what I'm driving at.