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Consistency. the importance of kindness.. and cong
Consistency is one of the fund- sietency. Laek . .of sympathy and
mental qualities of discipline, and strained relation% between parents and
from my own experience I have foand their older children often spring from •
it to be most .mportant, It should habitual inconsietency.
always be accompanied by kindness. Perhaps the most important thing
More mothers have troubles with their of all is this: When you make a le -
children because of their own him- gitimate request you must know with-
sistency than for any other one ree, in yourself that you expect it to be
son. carried out. Then if you are disobey -
01' Perce, otherwise John Perce,: spite of liimsk.,'11, he fouled his thoug its Johnnie comes home from school ed you mut calmly, but definitely and
V .C., stood leaning ea the gate of his 1 wzgalerine,' until they were lost in a and asks, "Mother, may 1 'go over to , emphaticidly, see to it that your re -
English garden, smoking a peaceful dreamy haze, and presently his eye- Billy Baker's to play?" and Mother, quest ie complied with. TIt'a method
pipe, and at:miring the autumn sunset! tidy closed, and he emelt into a dor knowing that Billy'e influence is not' cannot be practiced to Ll and nag
Suddenle, the sound of a slig -t good, refuses, Johnny displays' lectcd to -morrow, but must be con:
Whilst he was thus engaged two! morel
figures came into sight along the road! movement caused him to awaaen with or less temper, but Mother lis firm,' sistently followed.
-a gdil and a an.
t a start. ,
One w.as Miirjorie, the daughter of i He l
isdened intently. . and Johnnie stays 'at home. A few! • The future happinese, charaeter and
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A t' at rustling noese made his days later, however„Tohnnie makes: well-being of your little one depend.
Brigadier -General Pep,rer (retiredW
nerves tingie with excitement. the same request, and Mother, .who is entirely upon firm, wise teitd consistent
the other wig young Hurtmore John. -e I •
The next moment he heard a gentle entertaining a caller, lets him go for! guidance. It is these fundamental
son, the dentist, who had quite recent-:
ly returned to Puddleboro'.footfall pashis door. , a little while. This is a case of in -1 qualities of mother-die:ell:Ina that
i s,
Soon the pair caught sight of Peres.1
There followeu hist the suspicion of consistency
Woodbine Villa, of the gallit.nt officer taught it. He , and, in order to save one l train the •strong-willed little sons and
daughters into splendid men and wo-
men.
a ersak on the stalls, butthe seene, Mother is laying a good founda-
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"Good evening, Perce!" said the girl,; opened his bed room door, and, tread-
tion fcr many more. The probability
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smiling with great sweetness. t ing with great caution, took up the is that had she repliedMother has
"Good evening, Mies Marjorie!" said. pursuit of his wilful daughter. told you before," the matter would
Gently desending the first flight have ended there, or even if he had
Perce, noting the high quality of the
of stairs, he stood poised on the land -
smile and wondering what was in the
wind. i ing, his eye focused upon the hall
He knew the world, did 01' Perce. !below.
Through the dim light he saw Marj-
The dentist also exchanged greet-
orie moving about. Then she opened
Marj-
ings. and shook hands with extreme'
. . 1 the front door and stood gazing aut.
eoedia ..e. Onde she glanced back towarcle. the Pier
"Nice evening, Perce," he added. boy and his love and respect for i in his fields, the merchant in his store.
casually. , steers. but the general remained mo-
; tionless like a statue, secure in the his mother would have been greaten! and the housekeeper in her kitchen are.
"Very!" agreed Peree. shadow of the wall. . The value of consistency cannot be! all uttering the same cry, "Send us
He eyed the couple, and waited. Brigadier -General Pepper considered overestimated. The tirsiest baby , help."
That they wanted something from him ' . .
Let's Start a Propaganda in Favor of
Work.
cried a little and "made a scene," the The crying need dgf the world to -day
son would have had a valuable lessorid is for workers. Certainly there was
and learned that Mather meant evhat never a time when so much work was
she said. His love for the moment,' waiting to be done, nor when so few
might have been shaken, but eventu-d people were willing to do it. The;
ally Johnnie would have been a hap- manufacturer in his plant, the farmer
1
himsesf an expert in the art of eon- should be dealt with kindly but firm-, At that there seems to be plenty of
was very patent. The eoior in Mar- ecalment and an adept at taking cover. h.: A mother can develop the teasing '. people who might work. But no.one
jorie's cheeks, he notaced, was higher INIarjorie muttered several little ex- '
than usual; whilst Hurtmore Johneon habit in her child while he is still in seems to be standing about waiting
elarnations of impatience, and began ,_
wise.. behaving'. with a spurious calm to h'e cradle if she lacks this quality of for the jobs that are open for them.,
, apparently to talk to herself. The gen-
coneeal his evident excitement. arid strained Ms ear to catch her consistency. At one time when her It begins almost to seem as if no one,
The-er-fact is, Peree." Feld the .
weeds baby cries she does not pick him up, . really wanted to work. •
•
dentist at laet, "I-thet is, wee-er--- " .
Oh why doesn't he eome?" ex-. for she says, "It is not good for him , It is rather foolish to place the;
srecially v. anted to have a wcrd with' "' ' . i
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tones. ' He ere/rased to oe here well
"We. want yeur help," added Marl- t1-, - . . - le the next day, if she is nervous and class, though capital'is trying to shift.
tee car at seven o.CIOC4.
ore. in pleasiing, ..& ..7t5 unwilling to endure , his noise, she it all on labor and labor is blaming
The general chuekled inaudibly. He .
like 1tie.," ii 1 lInrt r ' yields "just for once." The result is eapital. Everybody is more or less,
'‘I''--`-. - ---' -117-1- hail -foreseen that the runaway Couple
Johnson. aMo.r:eri 2 and I-er..-that that she gives in to her child more to blame. Such 13 the nice adjustment.
is to sayea-e--' . woula make use of a car for their pur-
, ,;(1,:o. In ease of sane a cent:elf-4.mm or loss through his later ehillincd. of things in this world that no one'
"Go en," said e. .111 nderstand. ' •,'
ne hinrelf had arrai...ged for a car in • figain, with :An eller child, the can claim to be all right, end every-'
"NV e're esny fen,l each oth2r," 1,0 "Sta:1:irig to" ior min in Simmond's I.:x*1er will pertially con7ede, a •sort body else all wrong.
thersel re:I . le daaida
perCe 4!r:V.5:. rit-,a iedruees pas,s(et i of conerromise„ tie the child is keen I've been v:ondering a great tleal•
,, garee:o iiest reund the corner.
""- eaoegh to know that he has gained lately ju-t how far we mallet's have,
''''''-e ..'•':.'"--t• l'' 4" fr'''frit'l• In fact.' 1'1: el'It",; 'ii -faint -,'-,.iliv along the.
ree'd' .-Inelineed the weeroaeh of .a :no-
r t," re•ite in Mari, erie. "dad been vsrong? How muell ef the. res
, his peint, and each time he will zeCt.
wen't Ilene : f• it. Yen "enew vehat he ,"-',' `I. " ' '''' ' "" i to gain a little more, until the mother ponsibilitv for present condition? must
is. He'e set hie liart.. en -.1,...2 rna;•ry:ne,. eAt. /mt.!, s,a.LAraca maricrie. I realizes when it is too late tint her we assume? Just whet 1.1s been our
aa A.inlY rz"2". 1 11.''' rc`17 A ear drew ep in the read outside idedhlern is frreat and her reesd really attitude towards -work, rtel work thate
tee.. .i sneeiie we'et tzi, 7%;21-13e no .•,..-'1-. .. Leese, evy!tee a seel,7,cn, (peed:: p.7ez.- has very litde weig.ht.
eneleee hire ily inte a egode.n. las ._ a .„le ,..,a,,zr,Lt. ,,o,, •,,,1 smarmivnd_ .itry
adviee is: De considerate in Is proiiective, ,,:ee fe,e.,..e .e. ..ecei.e.,.
deer. of conree, bet-" or seeving or washing el. ratirefaetur-'
. ..end paseed her:1201y thiTU;Th. the :seer reaulrements of a ehild, and ing? Have we held these jo!re up
-. '-'. "' "" ' - '" ' . -..- ' ' ' - ' -'—" • we-er. tee...sire-it eerime her. then dre coneistcnt in eceing that thee!, fere cur children as the most deeirable
fr-'1.'' '''-t!-' "a' ----'2 e".t g'---': Irl'cr..'1:1 • 1eee g-rerzil leet no time. He (les -
••a -i-!"1 'J:'; 1e.2-:r.--;;e:•-'e ‘77.1.1"'.? g'.:".":4. I•'-' ' '-).-Le stairs three z.zt a bound. reqtei:rereents are carried. out. Ifee them? Or have eve warned them!
evit7-,--:1" :t." • S•,,-."' the tie;ar-itsm:Til. he pulled table, nteeeing mothers and lir:atter:I.e..' to 51-C 3. clear uf hard wreck and look
said Perce. "Da -.ou nizan d - ---ek. r• " ....+, . + • 1 tihe neeveus childree wodld 74..., askynat Icr s:nnething etL!y and. pleesent?
eel. an ,..., -an. t ne (Ater - •
claimed Marjorie, in some e at loud
and he is forming bad habits." But blame for present conditions on any;
seen( 1*-ro se ' th sa -h- give eal:len:v unknewn if the former could realize; 'We have niwayA werked hard our-.
"W-.., de." realled Hurtmere Johnson. i -
Tr -reet. fer the eerne.ral sat down with' . . .......___e1 es Too Trirci by Tar, the mo -t of
a creneueste,r, that ratt,e , every tooth,: chance eeeeeelse =gilt be arcit5ed., he . tis. And we ve hoecil with all ouri
ly, **C.---;:tr.a f..ireer., or anyiliing. Ince
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ee.„.ed -deaden „de eed rdo yr. small miesiaes lihe this of f.lie geeena e eyelet -line, and reit kber mie•bt hi.ve thing's easy. We've
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coming along that mother's faverite
maxims were, "All play and no werk
makes Jack a lazy boy," and, "What
soever thy hand finds to do, do it with
thy might?" When you were being
brought up the schaals hadn't discov-.
ered that children were to be taught
without their knowing thnt study
was to made play fur them. Your
mether never heerd that clalren were,
to be allowed self-e:::Pressizn; she had,
an idea that childeen weee to he given
certain tusks to perLeen etat:-.1
tunes, and to be teneht to rrnee,
respectful to thcit elders and 6esy the
law.
Yee are the reoult of yczie reother'e
training, a Itaw-abing, haed-weeking,
sober ceen. The present gen-r•tion
is the reit of our training, a werld
full of bilere. looking fcr short hours,
light work, high pay and considerablel
license where law touches their per-
sonal liberty.
We are reaping what we have sown.
It is rather late ,to correct our faults,
but when we're brooding over present
eenditieee end laying the blame on
°there, try to turn the current
of cur tie:tights. I's try to repair as
best we van, and stArt a current of
ehoeght fever real, honest work,
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placed hie henle firmly on the reedon hearts diet v -leen our children °Tow up' -
• eee rethine. to an ell warrior. He him 'mit into the house. •
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sr-rei.n:F Le re: eeet an' literelle- leapt .Afcer that, rnakireg a rapid exit. he 117-'11:!:(1 it tts -"*"‘ .0.'41 7 •
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belore there. what a clog's
at tn-17191%.
rs es.' ace wee. the fnl"`".•:-..*.F. ','" 42 _
heuee
closed the frent door-takints the pre-
.Ln4..1.10' • Inr4Wg..4.•
11.1 (11.11V, as he was,darlt caution of changing the key to the. We" V;1
3 nc4:.1:11P: hut. si:lvei7. 1311-
7,11;?. te.7*: TIT' 11 V "WM net•-• . . • • _
- neenee soled rwaxing oillesele leas outside eed loelting the door after him' consciously our se.- -el our daugn
eeke
?ern:- fa St. John's." • LLtt ters have abeoraed the idea that the
iselaker. Perees vie -11 was at an -and etrelled tewards the road.
ell ?'' eraid Peirce.
sr•k-11 l)- " ;seld Iiierj-, C."'''' Th 3 (ear with the Coping pair eves neeeseary work of life was sort of
- '' - e ,..... ' rer the fraeticn of a r7c2c.,rnd he out of sigilt; F.T) Pore Walked enietiv beneath them. They have 17:ottell the
leee.e dour home to 'Woodbine Ville, and break- impreeeion that 'life for them ghoul('
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le, a matalor :et a bull, he A few dnys later a email paeltage
ltose 1 ee 7'..'serVer- Geneve, Pereer arrived for Pet 0-en'n ' thew could do a amettering of WOrk in
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se eee le . _ as rs, ehaaa,s..--antie e ger ,
,- .t.' , - ,..- - tretircAl, ar..i neeely encased him m covered a pice:e of wedding -cake and
.. . a haphazae41 way end demand a big
''• i , . ;" r. "P'q'''''' ''nv-arde ti, note. -. ealary for it. Tficy heve rot come -up
I.11.7'.'. .-• - tM' tzl'.. cas oat GI tne eate. e., _ , ,
+V... r ,,. ear made ae.e. each. •r,„.:. :n... 1o: c:I.t.‘ 4., 1. . a
'''..- ' - ' . - " . • ' ' ' ' :) '‘..“- ' .'.. " - • The saelz ease a prepared one. Its "Dear Perce,"--ran the note, -"This with the. good eld-faehioned training
riage at dn. ie.:it rnernent. '
. meuth V74.1,1 theeadel with stroflg!. is just to tell you that we are married d ourselves.
eietlics-line. For Perce it was a and are new enjoying our honeymoon. we ha
Perce beeen to see dayUght. 1
1 s
he a sort of holitlay, a place where
"I see," Se I matt r totisiv-en
e .„. the Ir.ope and We are very, very happy; but, what -
"What we. w•Int yen tO Said CP
Ilortreere Johi. one eis to se,e eels the rnalie a reef-enot, in ever ilapyins, we 11111 never forget
erorai ken' it•a.,„c the 6u,e of the inf.nytated Etruggles of the your help, nor can we ever be suffi-
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ninm.- net. gurgled the general,
eieht. thn:-. there tem ao Litedh!
Tner-.•,w reening :•-.;a:ire, half -past • "
10 1 een&nee. with more vigor than agility.
m tee prceeeeire;s.- • "Seou-' Blac'-emer I '"
"There' aro elee that we canrere''
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treet ersid Maejerle. gazing at Peree "'Sow, now!" muttered Perce.
D itgr.) 'working yourself into a
wietfelly. "Besides. we know what
you pa„ddhde state, general! Keep your 'ead!"
greet powers of stratetra The frenzied prieoncr redoubled his
01' Perce thought deeply for a I
moment. ;frantic efforts to escape.
"Ah!" he yelled. "I'll teach you to
"tin!" he eald peradvely. strokine
lids drooping black naoustache. ,-you,re speak to -me like that!"
'
askin' good bit, you are. if the gen- I 91Perce regarded the wildly-strug-
eral catcheme there won't be any
ging figure thoughtfully for a minute
s
holdin"im. I know 'im! Don't I re-
or two, then, lest the curiosity of a
member 'im in '15, afore 'e was put .
on the retired list!
"Give inc a proper dresein' down, 'e
did, once. Up in the Salient, it was. ;
jest be'ind Railway Wood, and well I
remember it. Not 'arf I don't! Jest
because I'd scrouged a jar of rum
what was intended fer Brigade Tad-
quaiters. You'd 'a' thought 'e were
goin' to throw a fit, the way 'e carried
on!"
OP Perce paused.
"Well," he said, at length, "Pll do;
- it. 1 was young meself once. And
- wouldn't mind thalkin' off a score
against the general -not that I bear
malice, but jest to even things up a
bit. Pll do it."
"I knew you would," said Marjorie
gratefully.
At five o'clock next morning Brig-
adier -General Pepper rose from his .
slumbers,
He performed his toilet with ex-
treme care, taking great precautions
to make no noise at all.
Nevertheless, despite himself, he
was unable to restrain occasional
grunts and snorts of rising 'indigna-
tion.
Through the medium of Mrs. Big-
gins he 'had become aware of Marj-
orie's little plan to run away that
Morning, though the faithful house-
keeper had .failed to find out where the
marriage was to take place.
He was quite determined that hie.
daughter should never marry a civil-
ian. A Service man, or none at all,
was his ruling for Masjorie's matri-
monial ambitions.
• When he was dressedhe switched
off the elottric 1ight, opened hisdoor
a few' inches, anfl 'sat. down to begin
his watch.' • • .
Time pfire3ed slowly. Gradually, in
ciently grateful to you.
"Yours very sincerely,
"Marjerie and Jack Thertmore
Johnson.
hope dad will not find out
what you did to him."
01' Perm read the postscript, and
then eyed the piece of wedding cake
doubtfully.
"Ah!" he murmured. "1 'ope so, too!"
But he never did.
(TheEnd.)
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• An Imaginary Journey Which
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If anybody ever did "speak dine,
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The most interesting and instructive
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As good a place as anyto start would.
be the Galapagos Islands, (100 miles
due west of the coast of Ecuador, to
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Across Smith America,
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Practically, the only clothing they
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metallic -hued wing -covers of certain
beetles and necklaces of monkeys'
• teeth.
- (Inc of these tribes preserves the
heads of its enemies taken in battle
. by removing the skull and drying, the'
fleshy envelope thereof over a slow
fire. Hut pebbles are put inside, tied,
as a resultthe head is ro reduced by
1 shrinkage as to be no biggar than thet
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I are perfectly preserved lii ininisture.
Canitihalitti is certainly not uncom-
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fv;The'c*J;quator departs from South
Anathes directly through the mouth
of the ArtLazon river, in whieh Iles an
island as big as Denmerk. Croseing
the Atlentic oeean, it strikes French
Equatorial Africa before passing on
through the Belgian Congo.
Cquatorial Africa.
All of Equatnrial Afritta is the home
of the blackest of black people --can-
nibals mostly, when opportunity
serves. There dwell tribes of the
vanishing pigmies. Also, in the west-
ern part of that belt, our nearest
ing relatives on the earth, the goril-
las and the chimpanzees.
„Pursuing your journey eastward you
pass not far from the Mighty Congo
cataract called Stanley Palls (after
the famous explorer , and, about 425
miles further on (having left the Bel-
gian Congo behind), you find yourself
on the western shore of one of the
world's greatest sheets of fresh water.
It is the Victoria Nyanza (the latter
word means "lake"), which Is the
principal source of the Nile,
The equator runs through the lake"
and so you must hire a staunch craf •
to carry you across, for it is a:voyage
of 150 miles. A veritable fresh -water
sea is the Viktoria Nyanza, compar-
able in size to our own Lake Superior.
, Arrived on its eastern shore, you
will have 125 nines further to go be-
fore striking the western slopes of
Mount Xenia. Would you enjoy the
sensation of travelling through snow
on the 'equatorial line? If so, you may
get it right there -supposing that You
are a good climber. For Mount Xenia,
is.. the second highest mountain in all
Africa: parched directly on the equa,
tor, its thinnest peaks, covered With
everlasting snows, reech an elevation
of nearly three and a half miles.
When you leave the eaet coast of
Africa, you strdp across the Indian
Ocean, following the equater, which
cuts Sumatra and Borneo in halves.
It is in the forests of those great is-
lands that our somewhat 1e,s near re-
latives, the orange-outangs, reside.
All of the Malay archipelago (which
properly includes the Phillippines)
might be described as a partly sub.
merged continent, and no great
amount of geologic uplift would be re-
quired to convert it into a single land
mass nearly 118 big as Australia.
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When you arc sure that you are above
your job, it is not strarsge that it
should new and then clip from under
you.