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CS:included by Prefeesor Henry G. Bel)
The object of tieis department lb to place at the son
*fee Ot our term rt.adoto the advice of an acknowledged
011.41tIetity on all 6143140k6 pertaining to soils and crop.
Address all questions to Professor Henry G. Bell, In
ear* of The Wilson Publishing Company, Limited. Toronto,
and answers will aupear in thle column In the order In
Which they are received, When writing kindly mention this
Paper. As space la limited It is advisable where immediate
reply is necessary that a stamped and addressed envelope
be enclosed with the question, when the answer wilt be
mailed direct.
W. A. 13.:—I have folly acres of dry, what would be the gnod or, bad
coarse gravelly land which I am very effects of such a course on a field part -
anxious to get seeded. It is quite ly friable clay, loam, but mostly sandy
rolling and a long way Fenn, the Ma- 1011n1.
hare pile. Irmo, just taken off a' Answer: --If your soil isnt compare -
ern', of oafs: f want to use it ex.' Lively open sandy loam, I would not
cleeively for pasture. Wilt you please, advise the turning under of six inches
tell itee best way to handle it? of the straw in preparing for next
Answer: --On your gravelly eon I' year's potato field. Two or three
would Advise you to row rem this fall,' inches of straw might be worked thor-
at the rate of . ahem a bitehel to a oughly into the soil this fall by plow -
bushel and a peek per acre. When ing it in and disking and plowing. If
sowing it, seed it with timothy and you prow under too large an amount
clover at the rate of ti to 8 lbs. of of bulky organic matter of straw
timothy and 8 to 10 lbs. of clover per there is a danger of breaking up the
acre, You had better have the lend water eonnectiun and actually etarv-
vsorked as early as poesible, not.plow- ing the succeeding potato crop. If
ing it to deeply, but giving it very it is possible fur you to have the
careful and thorough surface prepare- straw worked over by sheep, hogs, or
tient. If the soil has ehown signs of cattle, it would be in much better
sourness,—that is it' it has; been im-, shape to apply to the ground. You'
possible to grow clover on it,—apply should pay great attention to the
about u ten of ground limestone per, plantfood side of potato growing next
sere after plowing and work it in, eking and provide to ably from
when harrowing down the.seeelbed.lf ! 400 to 500 lbs, of suitable plantfood
you use limestone, about two or three i in order to giveourpotatoes a
y a s ron
week, later, prepare lo sow the rye, vigorous start and to maintain them:
time also, apply from 200 to 300 lbs.' would recommend a plantfeod eeialot
and grass seed mixture. At this' throughout the growing season, I, 1.41
fertilizer per acre, analyzing 2 to analysing from 2 to 3,4 ammonia 10: •
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Pitetevt il.1,13 Mete Pork.
, Nee whien eere farrewed ettrly
tIllti fIrP 111:7111.11,i eld, may,
peolitably be fiiiieliet now. 'lie eurly
fie:1 noi, ket been the /11,01,1 Min
,
for a numb( r el yettrs.
, Pies fatten quickly and cheaply on
redure surneteneeiteel ley 44 grain ra-
thee An o‘,N, of patrttnd wulcc; Ili
grain preelme fretti non ie not) peeinde
mere pork than grain rod in a dry
lot. Alfalfa, (lover and repo make
good pasture, on tshiell pig.; should
run until fee trualiy six wreks at
tenet. An trent of niftilfa furnishes
pasture for fourteen Or Ili'teen 100-,
pound home Bering this :bent fleen-,
ing season, while clover will carry,
front three to four hogs lees per acre.!
Rape affords pasture for a period on
from four to SIX weeks for tett or.
twelve 150 -pound beige per acre,
If pigs are hand -fed it pays, to go,
slow the fleet week and gradually get,
them on full feed. After they are
accustomed to the method feeding,
they may be puttied along as rapidly
as poseilele without much danger from;
loss of appetite. Some protein nips;
element such as tankage should he fed
with the grain in the proportion of
one part of tankage to ten nr fifteen;
parts of grain.
The self-feeding method is a veey!
efficient system of feeding during;
this peeled, and produces results,
equal to or better than those obtain-;
ed by hand -feeding. Grain is used!
mere economically and pigs attain ae
marketable weight in a .shorter tunel
and with a smaller amount of grain:
when self -feeders are used.
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MUHELEN LAW
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(hie eley tvlien /mime' owl rahieti
the children in iee collage, lieimenes
to reieenither the n1,1 Noah'', arr...
itlay rain is going i
nrn reitiiiar
gt,ti girl, 'kind pin,: that
1.14o only O'h” .1114.1
toe olusi, ge homiest fade,erseltieg
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seerser,rT to
e • .--esenessee
that. !Nees leu rescue, Seen teepee
g
in."
' "Doe shall we play thee ;seem?'
asked the eldeet boy of the children -It is as easy Ili anything," ens -
veered the girl, -le owlet- I have been
thinking it tit). We'll tor lo mother
mid itek fee piece; of brown paper.
Each a us mttst have a trig pieeit et
eommon brown wroppine paper and
play that it is 8. limit girve it a
1141111P. Then we will cut pi mares of
animals and birds arid folks from the
old papers and meeezinee end merle
thon on our beats as fast es we find
them, litte must eel+ elmose a name
for Our boats and write the names
across the top of the pleee of paper.
Then when we have our papers past-
ed full we ran tell each other steric;
about our famillee and the anime1e,
where they were rescued and all about
it; because as soon n4 they are paged
on the paper that memo, that they are
safely gn board the boat, bound for the
land of Pleasant Wenther.
"We can give names to the men and
women and children that we cut out,
and write their name; beside them;
and we ran Rave menagerie animals
far the menagerie folks, and hems
and COWS for the farmers, and /hick -
ens, too, and catch wild animals
"Let's begin now," interrupted the
middle-sized girl. "'My boat is the
Canada, and her captain ise-4) my!
Hear rain. Maybe my cant= is
on land somewhere., trying now to
get hack to his ehipl His name 'et
Captain Nevereink."
"Babies can play the game, too,"
said the biggest girl. "and we will all.
help them fill their ships." „
At that two little ones chinned their,
hands and ran to find wrapping paper.
Such fun as there was in the cottage.
after thatl The grown people, too,
helped to .rescue the drowning, and,
helped to name the families that,
were saved.
By the time the seven big pieces of
wrapping paper hncl seven different.
stories to tell, the rain had ceased and:
the sun had come out. After that the'
hid •' carried I
Rosemary Allen, who Was recovering,
from measles in the cottagetits
bluff, and left them there to amuse her'
for a long time.
"Let's play this game ourselves to -(e
morrow, evert if it doesn't rain," said'
Rosemary to her mother, at last. So'
hey did, and had a merry time.
Surrender wheat or nation's cause.
3tt ammonia and SI to 1.0q 11110S- to 12q phosphoric acid and I or
p torie acid. This eoluble plantfood 2% potash, This should be work -
will give the crop a strong vigorous' ed Into Lhe soil thoroughly at the
start. Next spring cut the rye for! time you are planting the potatoes,
, hay before it has begun to turn coIor.', After you have struck out the drill
This Will give the clover and thnothy,rows or dug the holes, drop a good
a good chance to come along and sprinkling, of fertilizer and work it in
make midsummer pasture, Be care-; the soil with the rake or hoe before
ful not to allow too many head to' you drop the seed potato pieces.
pasture on the filet year's growth. If Cover the dropped potato and proceed
you must have pasture early in the Its usual, Such treatment should
spring, you should get good results give you good results.
by turning- the stock in on the young R. E.:—I have the use of a vacant
growing rye, instead of allowing it lot 20 feet front the house. The
to grow for hay. The grass and elev.' ground is, a mix up of said and clay,
er :should come along and fill up as , very poor. It is 70 by 80 feet. Last
the stuck eat down the rye. Be sure fail I had Six or seven toads of street
not. to let any of the rye form seed sweepings and three loads from a
beetle. In ease of pasturing have stable put ou. This :spring I got
the scattering stalks cut down with a nine loads of sweepings. This left
scythe 01 /newel, it very thick. It grows beets and
B.es-Would you advise me to carrots and beaus very well, though
silo on clay soil, or use ground floor? hose, can water it now. I could have
tit oor in a cement stave I lind a hard time at first. I had no
Should I put in some straw before 10 or 20 by 70 feet for turnips,eta.
filling in either case? !I don't know what to put in, ant wait-
AlISSVer.:---It is a popular practice ing to profit by your knowledge. How,
to put a cement floor and foundation would rape do on a part? I have
•
undue a stave silo. Do not leave a. three rabbits and thirty chickens•
space, filled with straw below a cem- Answer:—The soil on your lot!
ent floor. There is danger of it fill- should be in f i•1 the divine Fatherhood and human
There is no place where Iambs will
' thrive better, do more good and so
little damage, than in standing Cern
IllSt after the roasting ear stage.
Many sheep breeders have found that
enough corn blades go to waste and
enough weeds to seed in their
cornfields, to grow many pounds
of mutten. By turning their lambs
into the corn in September, they turn
this waste into meat and mutton.
The advantages of paaturing lambs
in the cornfield are many. Only a
small part of the feeding value of fod-
der is recovered when the stalks are
pastured after the corn is gathered.
Besides, weeds are eaten or etnipped
of seed, and weed seed pickled by
sheep. never grow. This early fall
cleaning of weeds and lower blades
from the corn -stalks makes the final
harvest easier, no matter how the
crop is harvested.
Lambs will not bother the eare, on
standing corn so long as corn blades
and weeds are abundant. They will
strip the stalks clean of the lower
blades that ripen first.
Nieuwe rind deughtare of an ages iita, cordially invited to write to th14
cepartment. Initiate only Wilt ire publianed with each qucetlon and its avower
as a meant of identitrwition, but full name and address must be given in each
letter. Write on ono tido it, paw only. Attaviers will be malted direst tf
',tamped and addressed envelope la ow:lot:ed.
Address ati ourieiisionoetice for thla department to Mrs, Helen Low, 234
Woodoinu Ave., TOrgnitc, .
4.
•
Patriot.: •W not ltrl,r1t114,1
stocking to eee
a ime reuee,,?
Canada is tieleet to supply 311,01)11 of
-them, Christine, Sl renews Two del-
l:ire fills one, the Red thenn suePlYhig
.the stoekinge with their brilliant
touch of eel.
As it ii, absolutely riericiiiiary that
maile of all
dritialihr articles, sugeoested that
cath >ieeltu,g migiit contain one each
of the Vollowine:
tin -pocket mirror relieati style),
poeket pewee oeeket knife. .
- (2) tigarettt,i, pipe or
match box.
(3) Wiiting pad, eevelopee,. fancy
past eards.
( 4) Ce Chewing gam, maple
sugar.
t5i Iiti mike rehie f s, necktie., seeks
and pin cushier!,
; (n) nook, puzzle or mouth -
.organ.
I (T) Toilet requisites, meth as soap,
toilet powder, teeth paste.
(8) Packets of raisins, titttes, figs
a y good mechanical brotherhood is a gift, a boon. It can -
ins; with water and the freezing wa- condiGnit with the addition of streetnot be earned by good conduct, It is _
ter bursting the concrete floor. Tn, sweepings, and other materials. For not even withheld from evildoers, It
Petting the floor arrange it to drain to' garden truck you would do well to add
the (metre and then have a tile drain! some fertilizer to this mixture, dos- is freely bestowed as asatriothferoauese.:
nesesoluittt
demandssthe attitude of the
lead off about a foot below the hots! sibly 300 lbs, of a fertilizer analyz- etrrlci, a spirit of receptive humility.
tom of the silo. Provide it with a ing about 1 to 2% ammonia and 10
trap when the drain reaches about to 12% phosphoric more than acid. The nitro- To believe mere the good llenews is assent
vastly
two feet outside the silo, so air can- gen would give your crops a vigor- to certain teachings. Faith in Jesus
a intectual
not enter the silo by this means, but ous start, while the phosphoric acid as the Christ means not only an opin-
hhe exteies water from the ensilage would help them form root and lead ion about him. but a surrender of the
Make them up prettily, and put in
the name and address. That adds a
!personal touch, mireh appreciated by
the lonely lad in the hospital. The
mime of the recipient is put on "over
there." A cheerful note welted in
will further add to the dolightfo/ sur-
prise of a gift "from home."
Most of the boys in the trenches
will be well remembered at the Yule-
tide, but those who are wounded be-
fore the lovingly peeked boxes of
good things reach them.would be lone-
ly indeed were it not for the gaily
decked stockings put into their hands
on Christmas morning,
Because of the many difficulties of
transportation, these tokens of re-
membrance and app • ' tjon from the
people at home to the lads who are
making those homes safe amid the
horrors of the battlefields muet be at
the port of shipment not later than
October 10th.
,Tack: --1. The bridegroom's ex-,
penses at his wedding are the ring,'
the clergyman's fee, the con-
veyances for the ushers, the convey-'
anee in which he drivers his bride army
from her home after the wedding, the'
bride's and bridernaid's bouquets and
gifts for his best man end usher:. Re -
fore the wedding the clergyman's fee'
is slipped in an envelope by the groom t
au 1 jri,Pri; /.44 the kJeSl mein, tit, pre -
taints the ceremony. 2. Some
greed hooks ;'or boys are the rellewIng:
Robinson Cresco? TheeSe les
Family Rein/leen (Wyss i, Kt/mapped
Stevensen , Treasure ',demi Steven-
. stair, Black Reek (ei-Irene, The Sit!,
Inlet ;Connor), T'em Sawyer (TU.:4in 1,
Hiiiiklohorry Finn (Twain i, innocents
(Twaine,The Muir Without a
tharitiry Male), The Blazed 'frail
1White), Tom Brown's School Days
frugh es), Freek les Porter I, The
Leather Stocking Tales (Cooper),
David tiopperiield theiteni,,, Great
Expeettitione tDiiikenst, Magee Forest
! (White), juugle Beek (Kipling), (nes
tains rouragemis (Kipline), Two Lit-
tle Savages (Seton), Stery of a
GriZZly (Seton).. Oatdoor Handy Book
(B aro
Doris., --The Ontario Government
Employment Bureau has arranged for
epeeial class in dairying: to be
held at the °merle Agricultural Col -
'etre, Guelph, from October 1 to. De-
; eember 15. All weebi-be dairymaids
should write to NV-- Hazel L
, Martin,
' King Street West, Toronte. There
' is no doubt that there will be a great
'denten(' on the farms next year for
girls who can milk cows. The (tom-
er of one of the higge.st dairy farms
in the (mantel, told the writer the oth-
er (ley that he would employ 40 girls
for milking cows next year if he (meld
get them. Indeed, he wante some.
for this. winter but the demand far
exceeds the present supply. This is'
the raienn d'etre for the speeial class'
at Guelph.
Loyalist:—The food service moa
.
urgent at the present moment is sugar,
saving and the Food Board appeals
to every loyal Canadian to do every-
thing possible to reduce his or her
personal consumption of sugar and to
encourage similar conservation by oth-
ere This is absolutely necessary in
order that our available supply of
sugar be stretched until .the new veep
becomes available and that it be ,
equitably distributed, with due con-
sideration to the most important Imes.
ttil ANTE ESCIS and
FE ATH E RS
Highest Prices Paid
Prompt Iteturne—No Commission
P. POULIN & CO.
ail ZonegoOttIV /5.1142e4 ea
'can drain off by this route. Of to early ripening.
Apatch
course, the outlet or the. drain should should -grow plenty of turnips for
P good eecape for the excess. your rabbits. / would
adv)
eg you to
water. The foundation should come put in mangels and field cabbage in a
about a foot or 18 inches above the sized patch, so es to have
surface of the ground • and should green feed throughout the succeeding
reach down se that the floor is below winter for your chickens. If you ere
the frost line. Great care should in a territory where you can mature
be taken to use pure silica sand in; corn, half of the remainder planted to
making the .cement and not to use a corn would give excellent feed for
mixture of limestone. The acids de -1, your hens. A good variety of Mint
veloped in the ensilage attack tied, corn, or Wisconsin No. 7 Dent earn
break down limestone. This may I would probably mature. The re-
CRUM; n crack in the floor and result minder or the patchyouctould plant
do the destruction of tho ensilage. to potatoes. Apply half of the ferti-
m, Ez,z_Would be glad of your lizer when you have had the lot dug
opinion in regard to point about or plowed and work this fertilizer into
fertilizing foe potatoes. I cannot get the soil by 'harrowing or raking, Ap-
sufficient stable manure but can get, ply the remainder of the fertilizer as
a certain quantity of straw of diff you are planting the •
entire self to him, So, we may say
that our Christian faith is composed
of two elements, first the assent of
.the truth, and second, the consent of
the will, which is the giving over, of
the entire life to Jesus. We then
become followers of Jesus and sub-
jects of the kingdom of God.
As his followers Mid subjects of the
Kingdom Jesus tells us that' we sus-
tain certain relations to God. We
tyre God's children; he is our heavenly,
Father, forgiving oar sins, supplying
us with food and clothing, guiding us,
bestowing good gifts aeon us and!
giving us Ins best gift, which is the;
Holy Spirit (Luke 11, 18). fie also:
tells us that we aro to cherish toward;
God faith; fear, obedience, and sue,
preme arid complete love (Mark 12.1
30), He also teaches us that our mu-
ff this is spread to a depth of about drill reeve or into the bolos and work.:
good sprinkling down thol trustful'
y scat_ in prayer, svhieh is to he in secret,,
tual relations to God find expression'
believing; Old is, ?nest! nt
ferent lends, oats, barley and wheat.'tering a
six inches in fell and winter, tliett cut in It into the Soil by light raking or an.,sil in the manner of the'Lmws Piety- i
plowed in after the soil is suffently potato pieces, teaching concerning our relation to,
ervf the utmost importance is Jesus'
tip with disk hztrrow in spring and hoeing before you drop. the seed or
the other members of the Kingdom..
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
SEPTEMBER 29,
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man has flung forth not one equals
"°"'"---- We :form one broth:: mad, for We;
perfectness which the fertile mind of
this of the km of God. It is no have one Father and one Teacher, be-'
mere dream,itis a fact in process assures us that each one possesses epi
ing brethren of Christ the King. lie'
of growing fulfillment, peculiar sanctity and that dreadful
consequences certainly follow him
Broadly speaking, them a Christian who muscle "one of these little ones"
tineornac,ciosrtat swolitthofireerlt(densg
1,8 °In' wile is a member of this king. to stumble. We are also taught that'
of and is
Tilling while each soul has great worth he,
dem, g- must be ready , to sacrifice himself;
entrance into the Kingdom,
Jesus announced the conditions ee nounees the great lave O'r seterifice as,
completely for the kingdom. He an -1
"Repent the central principle, Whosoever
and believe the good news!. ' would save his life :shall lose it and
"Whosoever would lose his life shall:
snve it." He does not want tie to'
efface ourselves. Self-effacement'
springs out of weak or amiable corn-
pliance with tha whims or wiehes et
others, but self-sacrifice is a noble.
self -forgetting for the sake of others,'
We learn also in this commotion oft
the law of brotiverhoodl which Josue
makes so prominent. This law touches
not merely the outer net lint, fee more,
the inner Fir. Ho exeoriatee the
scribes and harisoes for their ,, e -
nal rightaouslies$ And drnlYS n In' ,,1.1
line of distinction ' between the righte-
ousnese of the :Kingdom and the
righteousness of these religious teach-
ers. They bred a 'legal spirit, Jesee
teaches a loyal spirit. They taught
melt to seek life in law, Jesus teaches
1.11 to ffilld 1RW in life. ,
Lesson XIII. What It 11,1tatis To 13e A
Christian -1 Cor, 13: Golden
.Repent."—By this he meant that,
Text, 1 John 3. 18, men should break away from their old
.
1 life, their old purpose, their old dis-
After spending six montlfs. in the, position. This means much more
study of the Life and Teaching
Jesus and three months in oV, than groaning over the past. It does
thdse , indeed involve sorrow for ein and re-
studies of tho Oheistian life, we maY.stitirtjett for wroeg done, t
mell conclude this series by asking , etniemened hiss is, rather, seams
Christian?"
At once maybe answered: "A Chris-115;',"3--eillehle'ey tnilleusreb(!lienverinGleoit'lk els.
Can is a follower of the Cheist." In. Father, in man as brother, in love as
the term of the teaching of Jesus this; the true law of life, in Jesus as the
Involves certain very definite charade Christ,
rlstics. IVIark's great thesis is 'Me: The tering of• admission to the King-
irOod News of the Kingdom of God."
esoe annouticed this lc .cloie Jesus put in a more striking way
kingdom arid tvhen he said to his ambitious dig -
'made it mien to every one, It is for' eiples, "Except ye turn and became as
all nations, It is freely offered to all little children ye shall in no wise en -
men, 11, is the royalsrIde of God ell ter into the kingdom," At tomtit.
earth; a kingdom progressively realle.- er time, as he was taking the children
e meat on, "What is it to be a pinto "Mutat face."
ed on earth, perfectly fulfilled in heat/ - nt) into his arms, he said, "Whosoever
en. ' :Anil not revolve the kingdom of God
This is surely it glorious piece of a., o littio child, ellen in no wise enter
woks! Among all the dreams of social Ovroin." So, ho remInctod thorn thitt
'rho meatless deye itt the United e
States have saved 140,000,000 Ihe. of
beef in four months.
timuotm=2:41==.4aLtztaEs.twas.tramz.n.
-.11952,21===.2=412,616!
The PlainTruth about
Shoe rice's
EATHER is scarce and is growin scarcer. A
large part of the available supply must be used
for soldiers' boots, Importations have prac-
tically ceased and we are forced to depend
Upon the limited quantity of materials produced in
Canada..
The cost of everything which goes into a pair of shoes is
high, and is going higher. Workmen by the thousands have
joined the colors, and labor is increasingly hard to get. It is
not merely -a matter of Moll prices, but of producing enough
good. quality shoes to go around.
These conditions are beyond the control of any man, or
any group of men. They fall on all alike. No one is exempt --
neither the manufacturer, the dealer, nor the consumer.
You must pay more today for shoes of the same quality than
you did a year ago, Next Spring, prices will be higher still.
These are hard facts. They will not Yield to Argument.
They cannot be glossed over. We cannot change them, much
as.we would wish to do so.
But you, as a wearer of shoes, can help to relieve them if you
will exercise prudence and good judgment in purchasing. See
that you get teal value for your money. Spend enough to get
it, but spend nothing for "frills."
See that the xnanufacturer's trade-inark is stamped upon the
shoes yon buy. High prices are a temptation to reduce the quality
in ordel' to make the price seem low. But no manufacturer will
stamp his trade -mark upon a product which he is ashamed
to acknowledge. Remember this, and look for the trade -mark.
It is your best assurance of real value for your Money.
AMES HOLDEN McCREADY
usarto
"Shoernezleers to the Nation"
ST. JOIN MONTPli.A1, • TORONTO
When sora tory Shoes lookfo
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WINNIPEG EDMONTON VANCOUVER
rrado-mark on everysoto
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TH Cal iSTMAS 811E1,F
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Its eerteires eeeirellantleil to be
thinning of Cariiiitnnii dee,
ter it ie ,u tray tour reetitlisi dietent,
mei dwells in a very different woeld,
1 h. ru wilt le no threshing whi�l.les
h<b tm ahf,•er oho meaning sky, For
the grnirl Win' be in the )tins, and the
strew- At41PkS MIISideratily diminish.
cd before thet time. The new eleiver,
:Winging III, 110W threugh the dark-
wiltht tit4 AZ:iris:no oftAjr-IttlifIn:v tt-nuilin°athrentalti:
of heat, What suggests Christmile?
Net the force of eoetraet, althottgli
: that would be quite eutriclerin but
:.amply iiia aaelvtilhrat
t eo,edaar; fopteeriakt„-litte;
says Nina Meer(' Jamieson in the
Mali and Empire. And a vow/ tlea.1
, of that j.nle ie to be. sealed and -
:4'2.;lairET,71e.1..es 4:111;1
e.11't ''away1)ictueeetel)17-TevLinser laky
.14 sro.:r la t io,t? ff yea tio, yeti
11.0Vor again complain or the teem -
lee ate' erpense of Chrietmee giving,
and the bot. tea of doubt as to the te,-
aetability of your offerings.
. I below a shelf whereon ore val.!.
ous eontainere of maple eyrepeewho
there Glut. would seen, such a luscious
‘lieione treat? Even to the man of
wealth who has eterreitteled hirneetf
with everything that heart. eeeid do
sire, I think it weleirt aere leelen with
memories of the smell Of tire;; ender
the great etto kettlee, of the deathlees
!dreame youth: Some et the stow
amber -fluid is sealed in He to be
sent, when the, time mates, as fai• as
pestage stamps and an amiable Go
v.-
ertiment will earry it.
!Upon tit.. eame shelf are tem
wooden boxee, with COarPe dairy salt
nattered upon the bottorr.s, and about
the middle of Septet -abet the Lhi.nisn
of that household will pack the clean,
fresh eggs carefully, layer ley layer,
in the salt a:, they gather them daily.
A white-haired 'grandmother, 111 a
crowded cite, trot too far away, will
not be at the rnerey of the grocer and
the "strange" eggs, after Santa Claes
delivers one of those boxes to her!
There is something about the ar-
ranging and assembling of such things
that helps to keep Christmas with us
the whole year round. It dotes not
get .Y from us as it might if we
left everything to the crowded
eleventh -hour rush. We take it
leisurely, month by month, for Vie
have no endless stores to search, and
no train to carte at the end of our
shopping. We do these things com-
panionably, old and young. together.
In a few weeks there will be a snow
apple carnival, when those of 1.15 who
are not in the tree picking the fruit,
will be under it, polishing and wrap-
ping carefully in soft paper the meet
perfect of the rosy beeutiee.
The busy owner of the "Christmas
Shelf"—the one by which I am pat-
terning mine --tells me that every
Fell she and her husband and all the
little folks stroll back to the Meek for
a very beautiful and kindly eeremony
----the choosing of the treee. Big, lit-
tle and modestly medium, the cedars
are picked out to snit the homes for
which they are destined. The spirit
of benevolence :surely emanates from
such a gift, moving upon the glossy
dark verdure and breathing forth in
the clean Invigorating fragrance. Who
shall say what sundered hearts may
not he drawn together again by the
spell of the Tree? It has yenri: be-
hind it ---years of habits and memor-
ies, years of legend, Song and etnry.
It means more to give a Tree to a
friend than it would to offer any
other gift, for it 15 the very symbot
of Christmas itself.
One of the keenest stings of pov-
erty lies in having nothing to give
to our deer DIIPP. hot it is Impossible
to feel poor when there Are so many
pleasant things lying right at. hand
and begging to be shared with others.
Almost the only expenee falling noon
he owner of a "Shelf" its the price
Of the postage necessary to carry his
gifts to their deetinatien, For, even
Ito sausage meat, whieh in most
er•rn lionises to ground and spiced and
ached away at pig -killing time. in
November, cane forth a joyful smile
f judiciously apportioned to town -
welling friends at the holiday sea-
m. Confees now—even on this
warm Autumn !ley your mouth wet-,
rs et the enggestionl I would not
esitate to send a token of this sort
o the Governor-General if his name
appellee! to be on my Christmas
nd I felt reasonably 31.1re that he
mold retort) the tin.
For a gift after all Is something
tat the other fellow would like to
eve; when Your boy in France reads
Mosey Xnutel" upon the wrapper,
rid finds within a generous quantity
f clover honey, he will find nothing
the gift out of keeping with the
raiment that at:eon:panicle it" Gen -
entity, like mercy, must not ho
reined. It blesses him that givett
irl -lelm that takes, and of the tem
e giver has rather the largen per.
on, The wave of prosperity which
eon -demi to lift farming from the
manse where it has boon hanging.
is long time, might have ettneed utt
forget the elitires et' others in OW
vn good fortune. Ilut thin is not sei.
armors wore never more ready to
atm their good 'hinge then they Me
-day. The fleet Chrlsitatas tlIft
orld was celebrated In a stable, and
rely the spirit of it dints yot about
0 mild animals and the Ottlet walto,
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