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harvest approaches, and they ettn bel
-reveille; dietinguished from the wheatei
they ere weeded 'out by• hand until
burned, ,
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are 'Mingled in its ,elernente o *OT
add of weakness. But the faith afj
the great Master sees it gem to!
splendid campletin
enees and pewee
a future of tdot'ierm reelizetioe, when
Gods. yell will be done on eel:eh and:
juetice and righttameneee will pre-;
rail.
The kingdom is habeed treasixte
worthy ef a greet laveetment, a pearl'
of greet pelete in value beyond all
the *liver and gold or Inuaan wealt
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Text—Psa!trt 37: 1. Leaven ie dem wed as a figure of
, el irleer"e or COrruptint, but .here
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• P -a rab'e of the S"w"*,(."-. l''''',..b it 1.3 n feratent of .good. The new,
'8,ee I‘Inri;. 41 1-9 ""d LIII" t's'.° .1-,°7‘" coneeptions of life Whieh Jesus sets
111°- '-'t:elsd2 w'''' by tb' 'c't ..'itle' 4' for i h lo Hie .teaehings and in His
wee. pretem,y, a nateet,- baye or. aa.a.ve eeieitery are working already,
creek, in edeith the• beat Wati tlwiter- tee leaven in lumen soeiety, arid will
. ed.. and the peeple were gathemi 4,111 ultheately transform and renew ..it.
nbc,ut' .1 el -", Beek from- tuo Th '.: • , ' • • %,:f God, plented by Hi$.
lake rese, the hills, upoe the si)pes teaching, though small in its begine'i
of whith in',ght have been seen the• e;ete-s, evill grow and fill the world.
ev-Ivated fi".14e 'and wiler. e ' " There eeeras to be no good grounda
Je-itte epoltethe sower might heaeu. fee interpreting these parables as
been geing ferth with his bas; ie et .
d:enifyieg the growth of evil.. in the;
preeious eceet, or the teieen smeett • werid, It is sufficient to point to-
shewing .through the :.laele soil. Fenen dee fat that Jesus said, The king -
think. howeeer, that the nee•
„1.ore ef. heaven is like unto a grain"
able was spoken at e nr..n.7 'adval.1.,_, .. .- muetard seed, is like unto leaven.'
SeaitOn. "when the- fiehle ente rieet ..
(Ste ktritedom is not like sotnething;
promise of 8 harttet, e-, ttit gathe,idtdi t
" ' - ' d• er. e.., "v e evii. But it is yetdin the •growing'
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neomp I t and there
ci I time Eci4.1. 111 • ° °. • It is et •ie e
Dried Beef CUM
Get the tender nide cf the round.
out of t ;nod fat beef, For eveay
twenty pounds of beef, take one pint
of salt, a teaspoonful of saltpeter
and a quarter of a pound of brown
sugar. Mix these we'll, rolling out
any lumps; divide into three eqoal
parts and rub well into the beef for
three successive days. Turn beef
daily iu the liquor .1t will make. It
should not make mueh, but what -there
is rub into and pile on the beef. Rub
a little extra salt into the hole cut
for the string to hang it by. At the
end of a week hang in a dry, rather
warm place, till it atops dripping,
theu in a cooler, dry place. Do uot
smoke At; it spoils the flavor. . •
eanalmosipiec'.ue t :ceelve. ; the .„,..„„er„,,,..„„nene, Am7casmewart- caszaw.L.acia
aVbilr seated in of the
prow ef the boat, ee lle palate Hie
hearers to the rich eledn over egainst
Him, where the eating erYrn, Zti'l ie
the first green of Its geettimet is
ing pone of riarveet." Jesus. eta -
pares to the week ef tile sowee Ilie:
own ministry. He is temding c ...t breed -
east His seed of truth, and seree et, Characters and Costumes. '
His words fall upon bard and enre-;
sporeive heerts, settle into 111,elees Mother Goose: An older girl or a
and shallew :toils, where it is el ti,a, grown-up—dressed in conventional
1:- reeeived but te.dekly atmotatta: Mother Goose costame: gay skirt,
some into deerer eoil of rieh and gift-. bodice with kerchief, Peaked hat, pow
-
ed natures. where. beet ::`,%2t, ,i ts aeowta tiered hair.
is choked br weeds of viee, and some Her Goose: A child dressed to rep-
inco geod and honest heart. It i3 in resent a goose. The costume can be
these last 'that the hope of haveeet• easily made of white cotton flannel.
lies an4 the coming it the 'kingdom Mary Mary Quite Contrary: A lit -
of God on earth. tle girl in smock or apron and sun -
Why Jesus Taught in Parables (ate; bonnet. She carries a watering -can.
10-93a In answer' to the disciples' Iter Maids: Other little girls dress-
questik n, Jesus gave them a great and ed to represent flowers.
comferdng assurance. It was theirs, Humpty Dumpty: A large boy
as true disciples, as seekers after light
dressed in a white bag cut and stuff -
f an egg
p/eig
'Our FeloAma Country Sausage,
we hadve learned a good method of
making 40,11$2.44- • through our many
yOnS Of -experience, Will pasa it on
ter the benefit of others in the far -
tutees' country store business:
e Take eixteen potinde of finely
'ground fresh pork, Add to it three
tableepooefals of salt, Jive
tnble-
spocn2uis of sage whieh has been
rubbed to a powder through a fine
sifter; eix tablespoonfuls of Week
peeper, four tablespoonfuls of ground
allspice. Mix the seasoning very
thoroughly with the meat with a large
wooden spoon
This is the most delicione country
sausage that is made. The ground
allspice gives the meat en unusually
fine navel'. -This sausage sell* read-
ily and brings e good price in city
ales,
for SirsOleiteg Meat.
At •the last •,firing, when smoking
meat, throw ,a handful of sulphur on
the fire; 'there will be no insects, fly -
blows nor any other "varmints." I
have known thiS to be practised for
twenty, -Years, and never the- least
suspiaion of .fries. Simply throw a.
handful -of :,sulphur on the fire after
the smoleing, is finished.
Farmers Are Keeping -
Accounts,
Twenty thousand Parnter's Aeco•unt
Books have 'been supplied to Cana-
dian farmers by the Commission Of
Conservatien for the purpose of keep-
ing reeords of farm aeconnti.
This farm record book enables the
farmer to keep a complete account •of
all finaneial transactions on the farm
—the receipts and expenditures for
the v el branches of work for
horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry,
field crops, etc., and for labor and
miseellaneous. It provides ale() for
an inventory of • lands and buildings
and of live stock, feed and supplies,
and mEtehinery, together with a Gum-
inery of the year'S business. Instruce
tons for keeping the account a are
clearly set forth. AciditIonal valu-
able features are a yearly crop yield
record, a live stock sereice reeord,.
and aids in taking inventories..
The Corarniesion of Conservation
still has a number of the Farmer's
Account Books on hand, in both Eng-
lish and French, which may be obtain-
ed at 15 cents per copy.
It is computed that a single crow
destroys 700,000 anseots a year.
urns
A Play in Three Scenes for Country Schools.
Pat -a -Cake: "You tell her, Old Wo-
man Who Lived in a Shoe."
Old Woman (fra-ntically): "0
Mother Goose, Dillar Dollar as gone.
My favorite scholar! He has been
kidnapped!" •
Mother Goose: "Diller Dollar has
been kidnapped! But by whom?"
Old Woman: "The Educators. They
have taken him away to educate
him." (She buries her head in' her
apron, weeping.)
Mother Goose: "The Educators?
And who are they?"
Mary Mary: "Why, don't you know?
They are disagreeable, solemn chaps
who have been lurking 'round Mother
The hidden things, are revealed to. Ms Men: Ten boys dressed in play
Goose Street for some time. They
arel knowledge, to know the ray.stemes. a - ,
h
earnest eeuls. Those v. -be hathink we idle too much time away."ve and eu.its. •
..
prize the little leativh:dge and seek Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe: (She laughs)
for more will be given mere. hut the A 'large girl in a dark, "old lady"
ignerant err: eavelese and indifferent costume. She wears an apron and
Icee what little they have. Such is car-
tne law of life -the incnorable law. Old King Cole: A large boy who
The teuth lice hidden in the.pareble.: wears a cape e) f some sort and a gilt
1.11,? Can1.1.St tn:..1 ingeiring soul will. Paper crown.'
cad: z.eel foil it. He will penetrate' Pat -a -Cake: Boy or girl dressed as
reed diseover the myetery. But to the baker.
care:tete multinnie, or to the enemy,Diller Dollar: A bright little boy
it v:111 be but a tale, a picture, noth- who cnn act. His ines are few, but
, . .., th • - he meet be able to make his part Poor Diller Dollar! Hes not so very
big, but oh, so bright! What will be-
eome of him . .
Mother Goose: "Become of him?
Why, back• he must be beought. The
idea! One of Mother Geese's chil-
dren kidnapped! Whoever heard of
such a thing? And taken away to
be educated. Educators!. Huh!"
Pat -a -Cake: "Their names are His-
torynand Geography, or some such."
Mary Mary: "Yes, and Algebra and
Rhetoric. They have a funny scheme."
Mother Goose: "Absurd! Who
the field. Faleehood and hypocrisy,: boards with Ivord "Rhetoric" on them. knows whet boys and girls need bet-
ter false and ineineere men who make (Additional Educators in • book cos- ter than Mother Goose?"
profeesion ef faith, are compared to, tumes may take part.) Old King Cole: "Who else, indeed?"
Old King Cole: "They never smile.
They think I'm too jolly—ha, ha, ha!"
Mother Goose (still puzzled): "But,
Diller Dollar, how did it happen?"
Old Woman: "Well, you see, Mother
Goose, the toe of my shoe needed
mending. They entered that way and
took poor Diller Dollar away. I was
probably spanking my other children
or cooking their broth or something.
Cf:eeenee cr :ion ..t; le .:he harden- ridicaloue. He wears a smock or play
- - , ee. -.,...,, .,,...1 e dosing of suit and. large sp.ectacles.
their eye. Bur, deeet say' in hie own The Educators.
EILI‘-°-":":" 1-11SPIP:` 4° PI ''''S'12°L1 re ...mill' History: Boy or girl in white cos -
eye. Le they Fee: and yeur ea:, for
three covered with dates, such as
they leer. , 1066, 1192, 1588, 1812, 1914, etc. •
re :de 0 f the Tare.' t vv. 24-30). with X -Y -Z, A (B -C), etc.
Tide perehle occurs only in the Gos-: Geography: Boy or girl carrying
pc d ef Matthew. Here the truths large maps arranged as sandwich
tateela by Jesus, or the men who re-
boards.
ctieed into their hearts these truths- Algebra: White costume covered
are mpared to good seed soan in, Rhetoric: Book costume, sandwich
tares =long the wheat. Christ is the; Jack Canuck: A large 'boy dressed
houteholder. I -Tis zealous servants as Jack Canuek.
would root out and destroy these Scene I: Mother Goose Street—
tare, but their Master is wiser than i
-
they. Story Book Land.
. To gather the tares of false -e
hood would be to root up also the Arrange setting to represent a
wheat with them. Lot both, He said,: street running from 'right to left
grow together until the harvest. , across the stage. The various homes
h 11 th Goo characters are
Humpty Dumpty: "Impertinence, I
say!"
Mother Goose: "To come into our
nice peaceful street and make all this
fuss."
Old Woman: "Yes, yes, but what
shall we do to get him back?"
Mother Goose: "Of course that is
jesete understeod and reckoned;
with the complexity of human life.suggested along the street. A screen the problem we must face." (Thought-
!
He knew how closely interwoven in may represent Humpty Dumpty's fully) "Let me see."
our imperfect thinking are truth and . wall and a step -ladder behind it forms Humpty Dumpty (stepping forward
error, and how evil often clings to : a good perch for Humpty Dumpty. A briskly): "I have -a plan, Mother
. Goose. I know where these Educators
group ef potted plants forms Mary
the action of good men. Ile was not have their so-called school. That is
garden. A throne for old
prepared for an inquisition which. King probably where they've taken Diller
Cole may easily be 'arranged ;by
would search Gut and destroy the evil: ;'-"Lg Dollar. My men and I will gladly
! an
an! preserve only the good. nor was draping a shawl or curtain over go and bring him back. Adventures
His kingdom to be achieved in that armchair. .A. bakery for Pat -a -Cake
come too seldom in these days. What
be suggested by a kitchen table,
way. He was willing to be patient may
and to have His followers be patient, 1 pastry -board, rolling -pin and pans. say you, Mother Goose?"
and to watch the steady and strong
The setting for. this scene may be as Mother - Goose (smiling): "Why,
growth ef the good seed, knowing, simple or as elaborate as you choose that sounds like a proper plan. When
that it must ultimately prevail. For,
1 or as circumstances permit. can you start? Dillar Dollar could
curtain rises the Mother Goose have no better,
as said the ancient proverb, "Great As Dumpier and his men. Co
finer champions that
is truth and it will prevail." His song is heard off stage. It is sung HurePtY
are you ready now?"
tthe easy and familiar tune of "Auld
kingdom will come, not by the violent e y Hurapty Durripty (happily): "We
rooting out of wrong .ideas or of evil Lang Syne": . .
:nen, but by the persuasive and puri-
fying and stimulating power of the We'll sing a song to Mother Goose,
true and the good. For she is childhood's friend:
The interpretation of the parable -shares the joys of girls and boys
found in vv. 36-43, and is plain enough And loves them to the end,
to him who ean understand. There is Chorus:
nothing in it to discourage or forbid 0 Mother Goose, dear Mother Goose,
war against evil that is in the world. Beloved is thy name.
Jesns Himself preached repentance And when our childhood days are o'er
and turning from sin, and denounced
In the strongest language the false-
hood and selfishness and hypocrisy
which He saw about Hine He saw
clearly, and would have His disciples
learn to see and distinguish, the tares,
and not to confound them with the
Wheat. But it was with such clear-
sighted vision and understanding, and
with unfaltering faith in the virtue
and potency a the gospel of Christ,
not with the strong hand of the zealot
or the persecutor, that He would have
them labor and 'welt for the harvest,
of the kingdom in the field of the
world, The zealot and the persecutor
in religion has too often been narrow
ht vision arid havslt in judgment. Re
fleirl lacked the patienee and gentle-
tiess of Chriet.
The tares, aeording to the eomnion
view, were a specie's of darnel, grow-
ing plentifully Th cornfields, the heads
of which resembled wheat but bore
poisonous seeds. In Paleetine, whee
1 are always ready to help you, Mother
We'll love you just the same.
2.
Then sing again for Mother Goose
Her fame will ne'er grow old;
In all the years, through smiles and
tears
Her love -wall neer grow cold.
Enter Mary Mary, Humpty Dumpty,
Old King Cole'Old Woman Who
Lived in a. Shoe,Pat-a-Cake, etc. They
repeat chorus of Mother Goose, who
enters (right) followed by her goose.
Mother Goose: "Flatterers! flat-
terers! What is wanted of me now?
Who summons me from out the pages
of my book? I am so happy and con-
tented there. But tell me, what halo
happened?"
Mary Maty: ''an terrible thing,
Mother Goose!"
Old King Cole: "A calamity! just
listen!"
Mother Goose: "Then tell me (Wok-
ly. SOffpeliSS at my age is more than
1 me bean Whet has happened?" ,
Goose. Just wait. Diller Dollar' will
be returned to you before you know
it Come, my lads. A cheer for
Mother Goose." (They cheer.)
Mother Goose: "Well, good luck to
you, and now be off. Come, friends,
a song to cheer them on their way,"
(Mother Goose song.) Curtain.
Scene II: A Schoolroorn.
"',0""actittrixe"
Light poultry 'crates are a good
investment. They should be (=a-
sk:mealy cleaned and sprayed and al -
'wars mended whenever slats come
loose or wires break. It costs money
to buy new crates and the old. ones
are good for indefinite service if
they are given the right care. Even
crates that Are roughly handled dur-
ing transportation can be used emelt
longer if all breaks are mended
promptly with atrong wire. It does
not pay to use heavy boxes for carry-
ing poultry even when eelling to local
dealers. The buyers do not like to
handle such crates and they °ease
heavy lifting and more work than is
necessary. In the end a few light
and strong crates will be the most
profitable.
Gooseberries require an open, airy
eituation, and clean culture. The tops
Mild be kept well thinned out, to in-
sure good fruit. They should be
dressed. with well composted 'manure,
and no weeds should, be allowed to
grow in the rows. These precautions
are neeeseary to ward off mildew.
thenice. . See notes at end of play. • (They proeeed to surround Educe. -
Suddenly 'the song of the Educators tors end Diller Dollar with a larger
is heard off stage.) Educators try to break the
Humpty Dumpty (listening): circle but Humpty Dumpty's men
"Hark! What's that? They'are com- stand erne))
Mg, I do believe. Quick, in hiding, all Humpty Dunnaty: "Come, Diller
of you." (They hide.) Dollar, 'are you ready to return. to
(The Educators enter eto the tune Mother Goose? Just say the word.
of "Jingle Bells." They seat them- We're here to take you safely back;
selves- primly on the bench. Then and -you (indicating Educators) make
each one in turn steps forward to sing away.".. (The Educators cower and
solo verse. They sing chorus in uni- fall back.) "And hereafter don't he
son, forming circle and dancing any seen lurking around Mother GrOOS0
ridiculous dance step that may be Street." (Humpty Dumpty's men
worked out to the music of the chorus. pick up Diller Dollar on their shoul-
At the end of chorus they, again seat dere and go off chanting:
themselves primly.)
History: "We're Humpty Dumpty's ten strong
lads,
"My name is History; And punishing villains is one of our
Pm full of .facts and dates, fads;
I burden, thildhood's memories All the king's horses and all the
Then leave them to their fates." king's men
Are not the equals of Humpty's
Chorus:
"Educate, educate, as the days go by;
If
Fill them full of dates and
(When they have gone Educators join
facts
But not the reason why; hands and with a woeful lack of their
Educate, educate, never let them former spirit sing chorus of their
play song.) Curtain.
Readine writine 'rithinetie Scene III: Mother Goose Street—
In the good old-fashioned way." Same as Scene L
Geography:
"My name's Geography; Mother Goose and her goose pace
I've always lived in books slowly up and -down clueing the ensu -
ing conversation.*
. And children hate my boundary lines,
Mother Goose: 'Well, Goosey Goose,
They'd rather wade my brooks." perhaps this had to happen to wake
Chorus: "Educate," eta.- me up. I've been a blind old Mother
Algebra: Goose, for all my boast of knowing
"My nanae..is Algebra; boys and girls and what they need."
You know my X -Y -Z, Goosey Goose: "But, surely, you
I've puzzled all you people and don't approve of these old Educe -
You're glad you're through with tors?"
Mother Goose: "Of course not, for
Chorus: "Educate," etc. they do not understand the children
Rhetoric: that they teach. They cram them full
"i'm Rhetoric, you see; of facts but do not teach them how
They say I'm dry as dust; to think eduse their hands. Poor
I'm 'shall and will' and 'may and boys and girls! But what to do and
how to educate? Let me see—we
can,'
But meter me you must"
Chorus: "Educate," etc.
(Diller Dollar stumbles in. He is
weighted down with great heavy
books, wears huge...spectacles an.d looks
confused. History, Geography, etc.,
form circle around him,. repeating
chorus of their song.)
History: "Cora° now, Diller Dollar,
tell us what you know. Little Stupid!
Mother Goose's pet! Bah! Tell me
the date of the fall of Troy."
Diller Dollar (blinking): "1492.
Oh, no! That's Columbus. But there
was such a list to learn, I got mixed
Geography: "No excuses. Locate
the Orinoco River."
Diller Dollar (glibly): "It rises in
the east sets in the west."
Geography: "For shame! That river
has its source
Diller Dollar (wearily): "But
ean't remember everything."
Rhetoric (advanting): "Come now,
it is my turn. Just diagram this
sentence. The big old—"
Dillar Dollar (desperately): "I
ean't, 1 wen% I don't know how."
All Educators dance around, point -
!lig fingers of scorn at Dillat Dollar
and ehanting:
"A dinar, a dollar,
A most stupid scholar,
We'll teach you better soon;
And give you books and still more
books _
Morning, night and noon."
Dillar Dollar (stamping his foot
and throwing down his books arid re-
moving his spectacles): "Tyrants!
Keep your old books. I'm sick of
them. I'll run away to Mother Goose.
.She enclerstands—" (But the Educa-
tors have surrounded him.)
Humpty Dumpty gives the siva'
to his men, who creep from their hids
ing plaees and seize the Educators,
chanting as they do SO:
"We're Hompty Dunapty's ten strong
The scene is arranged as a school-
room. If possible have a dark back
curtain which will effectively cover
up the background of Scene I. On this
curtain hang maps, Mottoes, such as
"Silent° fs golden," ",Spere. the rod
s-poil the child," ete. 14.*Isench or two
and a desk willsbe all the furnishings
necessary. -Books, globe, etc.' will
give atmosphere; but too muchtime
must not be taken in changing set-
tings, so simplicity is best.
Humpty Dempty and his men enter
On tiptoe in single file to lively enarch
seismic. They gaze around furtively.
Humpty Dumpty: "Come now, my
men, Age you ready? 'Old Mother
Goose has Ch0Sfal us to bring back
Diller Dollar. We mut not fell her,
Lees get in trim. We rimy need
strength and cunning."
(They then proceed to do various
drills and Amite, wrestling feats,
japanese snake, etc., or simple tans -
lads, '
And punishing Villeine is one of our
fads;
All the kirig'e. horses and all the
kirighs Men
Are not the equals of Hurripty's ten."
19SUE No. 48.-'20.
must have lessons here in Story Book
Land, right here on Mother Goose teach foods and food values end cook -
Street. we must train useful men ing and canning. Surely, that is ne-
and women, Goosey Goose." (She eessall."
paces thoughtfully up and down.) Mother Goose: "Splendid, Pat -a -
"Ali, I have it! Jack Canuck needs Cake!" (Enter Old King Cole.)
farms and farmers; yes, and farmer- Old King Cole: "What about music'
ebtes, far the whole world needs food." Mother, Goose? Don't you think you
Goosey Goose: "But the war is over, need music everywhere?"
Mother Goose."
Mother Goose (laughing): "You
Mother Goose: "That has nothing will have us singing at our work, King
to do with it. Food is always im-
Cole. But what have you for us,
portant. Farming—yes, that's Hurnpty Dumpty?" (Humpty Dump -
best idea so far. talk it over with ty and his men enter.) .
the people. Here they come." (Marl Humpty Dumpty: ."We will take
Mary, Old King Cele, etc., enter.)
Mary Mary: "0 Mother Gooee, any
er
ty): "I thank you, Humpty Dumpty.
Your work was well done. We're glad
to see you safe and sound. And now
are you ready for a new job, a bigger
job?" (Humpty Dumpty and his men
make stately bows.)
Humpty Dumpty: "We're always at
your service, Mother Goose."
IVIother Goose: "The boys and girls
of Mother Goose Street have idled long,
enough. Those Educators have put a
bee in my bonnet, a very busy bee.
We must look ahead to the time when
'boys and girls are men and wonien.
What think you of a school for far-
mers, Humpty Dumpty?"
Humpty Dumpty: "Well, certsainly,
we can't get along without the far-
mers, can we, boys?"
His Men: "We sure can't—no in-
deed," etc. ,
Mother Goose: "Well, what CSn you
do, Humpty Dumpty?"
Humpty Durapty: "Well, let me see
—what can we do. You must give us
time to think it over. Come, boys.
Depend an us, Mother Goose. We will
never fail you." (They go out.)
Mother Goose: "Humpty Dumpty is
such a comfort, isn't he, Goosey
Goose? We'd never get along with-
out hint. Why, I declare, here's Mary
Mary and her pretty melds." (Enter
Mary Mary fallowed by her pretty
melds.)
Mary Mary: "0 Mother Goose, we're'
ready for you. We will teach gardens
and gardening to the girls and boys.
Just think of all the years of ex-
perience we have had! _Will you ac-
cept us?"
Mother Goose: "Gladly, gladly,
Mary Mary."
Miley Mary: "Then let us show you
what we can do." (Flower song or
drill. See notes at end of play. Enter
Pat -a -Cake, accompanied by his help-
ers.)
Pat -a -Cake: "Is there a place for us
in this new school of yours? We can
care of health and exercise and recrea-
tion, if -you approve, dear Mother
news of Dillar Dollar?"
Old King Cole: "They are a long Mother Goose: "Approve? Why
time getting back, I must say." nothing could be better. 'All work
Mother Goose: "Don't worry. I'm and rio play' you know refers to f ar-
sure we can depend on Humpty niers, too. But who is this corning?
Dumpty and his men. But I've been Why, ean It be? Yes, it is Jack
thinking. Things must change here Onswels." (Jack Cannel: enters, mil -
on Mother Goose Street I see we ing.)
haven't been awake." - Mother Goose: "Welcome to Mother
Old Woman: "Why, Mother Goose,1 Goose Street, Jack Canuck. Have you
I'm Sure I'm much too busy with my I heard our plans?"
I'" Jack Canuck: "Yee. Mother Goose,
Mother Goose: "Perhaps, ;
children. I'M always wide awake.
I've just heard all. That is why I'm
but to educate here rin Story Book Land. sten, a you. a e g g
Jack Cann& stands ready to help
We're going to make useful men and
manger, the shepherds on the hills,
the kind of folk that celebrated the
perhaps ' the farmer—and the farrnerebtes. just
11 The Value of Trade Marks,
The American Manufacturer lead*
the world in reeking trade. marks.
He has the art of describing what he
wants to sell so that one csmnot Awe
get it. When you read any of the
following, what do you think OA
"Hone% &retched Yet"; NEventda
ly, Why Not Now"; "Wins ite Fawn
Through its Flavor"; "See that Lucky
Curve?"; "There's „i. Reason"; "Hie
Master's Voice"; "Obey that 17/1-,
pulse"; "The Typewriter • You Will
Eventually Buy." When you think of
the trade -mark you think of the pro-
duct it represents. Now, trade -marks
are valuable. Some have been year,
in building, and are worth million*
to their owners. One company a few
years ago appraised one word in their
trade -mark at $1,600,000 a letter, An-
other eempany held its trade -mark at
forty-five millions. The reason these
trade slogans are held at such, im-
mense sums is because they have been
built up at great cost. The law pro-.
teets genuine trade -marks. They- can-
not be infringed upon without peril.
Now, people have trade-marlcs.
When you hear Shakeepeaee's name
what does it suggest? Poetry. Mor-
gan's zsarrie? Wealth. Edieords name?
Invention. Foch? Victory. ICalser?
World War. Edith Cavell? Martyr-
dom. And one does not have to be
famous to have a trade -mark. We all
have our trade -mark. It is known to
the members of the family, and to
our friends, And when habit has got-
ten a firm hold on us, and we become
"set," the trade -mark has come to 4060.,
stay. It has always -seemed a fear- -T
ful thing that some Bible characters
-must go on with the na.me they have
to bear. When jeroboam is referred
to, it is almost always the "Sins of
Jeroboam." And Judas is forever
Judas Iscariot, "which also betrayed
him." And then there is that list of
the mighty, who had good records.
Read the eleventh.of Hebrews. There
is no hymn like it, there is no song
of patriotism that rises to its height
Every name signifies that the owner
had no cause to be -ashamed when his
name was called, There is Abraham
who had the vision; there is Moses
the giant, and there are Barak and
Jephthae and David and all the rest,
every one with a trade -mark as un-
mistakable, as though he spent a mil-
lion dollars in advertising.
here to thank you and to lend a hand.
There are false trade-marks—pity
that it should be eo.. Millions are
spent annually on patent medicines,
many of which have been expoeed by
ala,
the medical journals. 'Tie sai
le hat a
U. S. farmer once took sonie'e,4.
some water and some coloring nejese4eg
mixed them, put the concoetin in a
bottle, pasted a pretty name on it, and
sold it. Then he made some more ateeeaol i
sold At. Now he has a house on Fiftl
A-venume, and his family e .ml their
1
sumers' 4
in Europe and t teeters
in California. The breWers Vied to
say that beer was "liquid bread." But
German chemists said that the nutri-
ment in nine quarts of beer can be
put on the end of .a knife blade. Two
pounds of bread and three quarts of
milk contain sufficient food for a man
for a day and may be had for forty
cents or so, while a man would have
to drink seven gallons of beer to get
the same food value, and it would cost
him nearly six dollars. The business
world is nosy on the alert against the
false in all branches of advertising.
Goads are supposed to be, what their
description calls for. But it is easier
to check up on goods than it is .on
men. Ever and again the rogue ap-
pears, and we are wiser and usually
poorer, after he has "taken us in."
Can one change his trademark?
Does the hour come when it is "too
Late to mend?" The world says, yes,
there is a point beyond which there
is no chance of change. 13ut the sci-
ence of psychology says, no. And +she
Christian religion says 'rio. There is
always the possibility of changing
one's nature and becoming differ...call,ea.
of becoming better and truer. The P
"Scarlet Letter," Amertca's greatest
novel, is a study of that subject. And
Jesus Christ came into the world to
make just such transformations
possible.
Christmas on the Farm.
It has always been our, belief that
Cheistmas on the farm means just a
little bit more than Christmas any
other place, especially if the farm
happens to be in this fair Dominion
of ours. When we read of the lowly
, call on me. You will find me ready."
women out of our boyo -ansi g r
' Mother Goose: "We will, Jack
We're going to make good farmers
h Canuck, I oan promise that. Now,
first Christmas, somehoas we can find
all that atmosphere only on the -farm.
or ac anuc an . . In the crowded tenement, in the pale -
I come, my people, a good old-fashioned ,
world."
I song for Jack Canuck!" Itial residence or flat, or in any of the
All (in surprise) : "Good farmers! 1, where people exist but
Boys and girls!" (They join hands in a large circle other abode's
dh not really live, we cennot inseine-
' Mother„ around' Jack Canuck, anct play old -1
I sleagie
Goose (smiling): "Maus fashioned singing games ' like "The, tively sense that spell of Chrit
what I said. Hark! I hear Htimpty Farmer in the Dell.”) 1 that radiates from the farm 'homes.
Dumpty and his men. DOtTet you? I
1
(The Eng) ^ The fernier and his wife, thilforeern
Be off and think over what I've geld. I • s I boy and the farm girl, 'are teas 'l'etO
I'll welcome the returning heroes] Notes: The parts of Ilturipty Dump- I if they can spend this Christi:fie or
But be ready when I call. ggicgrtge. ty and his men may well be taken! any other Christmas in a Canadian
Boy Scouts. For :duets, fe.sts of , farm home. In this home we can for-
‘w,gointi:l"rhee(Thimgeriggtheygjeragteer. rallitettnalipttir, by
strength, etc., they may refer to the i get the hunger, the misery, the hatred,.
Dunipty and his men enter chanting.
Handbook for Canada of the Boy 1 end the despair that will be found ht
They sahebs Mother Goose and Dillat Schulz Assheielledn. ' I so many homes less favored. When
Dollar rune to her. She holds him
close.)
Mother ,Gooset "Welcome home, Dil-
ler Dollar. You gave us all mich
fright. But we've learned our lemon,
too, I thiek. Now run along to pees, Patea-Oake may be accompanied by
home in the Shoe and don't get loet, I a group of cooks who give a drill or
beg yeti." (Diller Dollar skips off song. In this way the play may be
leeighing gaily.) made an e1aborate-6i Mins& as you
Mother Goose (to Ilunipty Dump- ohoOse.
Mary Mary arid her maids may wag Christmas comes to your home make
any song about flowers or gardening it a real Christmas in all that the
that children 'already know. teem hnplies, a time ef rejoicing, a
Old KIM; Cole rimy also lead the time of giving, a time of thankfuj.
chatacters in, a song, mess. There is or should be, nto
Christrxias so good or so happ7 as the
Christmas on the Caned:lase farm.
That it: the kind of a Ohresernsis we
hope every reader pf *hi page will