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The Brussels Post, 1919-1-2, Page 7—'... 'The Importance of laving (ioo.l Breeding Stock. Dtwlllg the past four years, mil - Lobs el men who had previously been producers of the largest part of food stuffs required in Europe, have been engaged in fighting for their coun- try, and, as a result, thousands of 'farms, ioeks and herd, have been de- pleted and the finest lands made un- fit for cultivation. Those European countries are leaking to Canada for good breeding stock to re -stock their •abandoeetl' fertile. The demo"d is unlintit.ad and European markets will be able to receive double out present production, if we can produce stock of the quality required. It le the nares of high ;nudity whish have male many a herd great and hove done so much good to the live seek industry of Ceitada. Often the hip•licst priced sleek i-; the cheap - (01 to the end. A pure-bred sire of good type and individuality the enc that should be u:.od by every live stock breeder in the-vnulttry. The sire whose aneesteme have r.ot made good, or that le 0 poor indiesideid, will likely turn out to lie n liatlilay rasher than on neeel. lir; use will never improve lie tock even ef 00,0 does got him cheaply. He, is dear et any pri':e. ft is also very imp rtant that the ferna'e; used as a foundation are geed feting, heslthy animals of ro- bust einnstitution representing the hest type of the breed: which you are wbrlern; with, and that they are de- seeniaut:; from ancestors that have proved worthy of the breed they re - presort in regard to conformation, quality end production. Th's year above till others, with the high ,price of hay and live stock, fermers should endeavor to utilize to the best advantage possible, all roughages such as straw, corn stalks, etc., by reins eng theta through a nut- ting box and mixing with a small amount of rut iriy, with the addition of a few pulped roots and a small quantity of meal, yon will have a food which breeding stock will thorive and winter very well on, and at the same time enabling the farmer to keep his usual quota of breeding ani- mals. A good many farmers are in the vicinity of lumber mills or finishing mills where they are able to procure sawdust or shavings for bedding in the place of straw, or where they could use dry muck for an absorb- ent, Try utilizing all •the home grown rnuglhages and keeping more live stock, the farmer will be ,increas- ing the fertility of his farm by a method which leas been proven most conclusively the hest and most eco- nomical way of maintaining agricul- tural production, never more es- sential than at the present time. Lcsees Due To Controllable Measles. Among the diseases. of ecanomie Plants there exist some for which ere festive control measures have not yet been discovered. Besides these are a large number where control is pos- sible., but only after persistant ef- forts extending over a number of years. And finally there ere a goodly number that readily respond To measures of control, If we take into consideration the enormous losses resulting from plant diseases every year wherever farm- ing and fruit -growing is an in- dustry of inlportrntcre—as in Canticle ---then it wrin be realized that negli- gence and indifference towards the control of 'such diseases as can ac- tually be controlled, are anuses of great national loss, - The person causing a forest fire through negligence or carelessness, renders himself liable to prosecution and a deservedly heavy tine, yet it is rarely that the culprit himself is the loser; the loss is debited to the whole nation owning the forests. In allowing plant disease to persist and become widely prevalent, 'persons, are• similarly guilty of crinh]nal epee l gleet, particularly at this time when; the question nl food is of far greater ai.mporinnce than all the gold in the world. let though Canada as a enation ds tine prime loser through the cumulative effect of such waste in production, the nations, now so markedly dependent upon Canada as a source fur the eoccssaries of life, also suffer in consequence. More- over it; is not a commercial question of sharing 111 the loss and thus re ducting it, but coo or haying to do without food whielt is lost through negligent members' of it community. Grain rust causes annhnldy millions of dollars loss, This (11111 only be re- • duced by certain safety measures, but cannot so far be controlled,. But the same grain that has escaped the gust is yet •very seriously reduced ,in yield by spout diseases: In some .'years smut, quite apart from rust, Rtes caused tosses amounting to more than twenty million dollars in Can- ada alone, Smut 01 grain is a dime ease that is aawily controlled by the very. 'simple and tighly effective Menne oil seed teeatmelnt, Either .from ignorance or from negligence, smut is 81111 widely prevalent. Only ,this year were received reports of sant effecting apo field np to 80% and more, Another, example of it clic. base ' causing severe damage, but which may he readily controlled, ja Late Alight of potatoes.. The limes from Late Blight and 'the rot it 02111000 among stored potatoes amount to several aniilion dollars per annum On the question ot'disease control valuable information has already beet published by the Dominion Expert mental 1"1111nie, but farmers are urg ed to refer their problems] more freely to experts at the Farm, from whom they will receive the beot'at Disease control is of fear create importance in agriculture and gar denittg thee is realized by the gen oral public. D. -incises, once they have attacked economic crops, ear rarely he eradicated. A plant that once has fallen viel!nt to disease will never give a normal yield, Poo yield's are in nine cases out of ten doe to lurking d,lsease,hence indi vidual effort becomes e necessity in saving the nation the deplorable de vaotat:on due to plant ,iis1asee. INTERNATIONAL LESSON JANUARY li. Lesson I. Pharaoh Oppresses Israel ---i1.xoda' 1: 1-11; 2: 1.25. Gulden. Text, i'aalr,t 72: 4. 1: 1-7• "The sour: of Israel." The , nanhee of Jacob's tfeelve sone are 1 given here and of the entire seventy, incln(1'ing Joseph and his two sons, .in - Gen, 46: 8-27, There names are of Jecuh': children and grandchildren, but they must represent a very muchlargernumber of people. The sons of Jaooh were already heads of im- portant clans, and must have been 1' Followed by their clansmen and ser- - I vents, these formed a eonununity - of heidmim and shepherds in the pas- ; lure lands of Goshen, in the north - n, eastern part of Egypt• It is c1u!te possible, however, that sone of the Hebrew clansmen remained with " their possessions in Palestine, and r that some of those w'ho went clown to Egypt may 'have returned after the - years of famine were past. In the correspondence of an Egyptian king of the fourteenth century B. C. we find mention of a people called Cha- biri, or Habiri, in Palestine, and in an inscription of the thirteenth cen- tury B,C. the name Ysiraal occur.; in a list of Palestine states. These names may be identical with Hebrews and' Israel. t The period of the sojourn of the o Israelites in Egypt must have been a long one, how long WO cannot tell. According to Gen. 15: 18 it was four - hundred years, or, according to Exod. ' 12: 40, it was four hundred and thirty years. But Gen, 15: 16 pre- dicts the return of demi from. Egypt a _ "in the fourth generation," nd in _,Exod. 6: 10-18, Amrari, the father of t Moses, is said'' to be ,the grandson of Levi, and so the greatgrandson of 1 Jacob, and D4oses'' mother is called a "daughter of Levi" (Exod. 2: 1. 0: t 20). It is possible that a generation 1 was reckoned a hundred years, but i in actual fact four generations could _ hardly have covered !bur hundred years. The fact seems to be that, in Genesis and Exodus, we are dealing with a period before any definite or exact historical records were 1cept, and, while the main facts of the his- torical personages stand out clearly and distinctly, the detailed account of t the years is wanting, and the reckon- ing of time varies, therefore, in the different older sources upon which the writers of these books depended. It is commonly supposed that Hens that are not well-fed canno be expected to lay well enough t make a refit, Any fowls which have not (templet ell' their new plumage 'by Decembep 1st will not lay much, if any, during cold weather In view of the high price of pout try feed it is best to market all sur plus poultry except that to be kep for sale, for breeding or exhilt,iio purposes, as soon as possible. It is very poor business to marke any kind of poultry which Is not wel fattened, because a few cents' worn of grain will often increase the sell ing price. of the stock several times the cost of the grain. Don't forget to make use of all of the by-products like skimmed milk, clabbered milk, waste vegetables, kitchen scraps, ets. All these snake gond fond for poultry and help to cu dnw'n the cost of feeding, Washed eggs do not retain their keeping finalities. There is a gel- at:nous substance on eggs, which 1 seals the pores of th.e shell, and wa- ter seems to dissolve it. When this . substance is dissolved the air is ad- mitted and decomposition begins. Washing also has a tendency to har- den the shell, letting too much mois- ture escape, and thus injuring the vitality of the egg, Dirty eggs should not he sent to market, however. They may be safely treated by using a woollen rag only slightly dampened with water to rub off the dirt, Stains on eggs may be removed with cider vinegar. Clean nests will insure clean eggs. Poisonous Plants in the Hay. Much loss may be avoided by pay- ing a little more attention to the quality of food that is fed to live stock. To use as food, hay which is 50;e coarse and unpalatable weeds is not the best means of keeping stock in good condition, nor is it more wise to feed ,them poisonous plants. Most animals have an instinctive knowledge of injurious foods and will push aside and leave suspicious por- tions of their hay. But this refuse is often chopped up with the fodder in such a manner that they must eat it or starve. Bracken is conspicuous in hay by its coarse foliage and rusty green color. A closer examination will reveal on the under side of the leaves, a nar- row band or margin of rusty brown.. All bracken should be removed from the hay and burned. It will not do to leave it for bedding, as greedy horses wil1 eat their bed'd'ing while waiting for their regular feed. No i11 effects appear after eating it once or twice, as bracken polisening slow and culnulative, The leafless branches of horsetail aro alae readily distinguished by a difference in color, being of a darker alncl more bluish shade of green than the ordinary hay. Other differ- ences are, the hollow stems, the leaf- less, furrowed and' jointeg, branches with sharply pointed teeth around the joints. The poisoning of cattle in the west has occurred frons eatingthe seed - pods of larkspur dried with the hay; loss might easily have been avoided by picking' out the coarse stalks with the three -parted pointed pod's. The leaves of, tine larkspurs resemble those of the 'buttercups and are very toxic in a fresh grout state. But with ]t tturity they lose their toxici- ty which then becomes concentrated in the seeds. Thus 0 very email quantity of pods and seeds will cause death, Another noticeable plant among hay, harmful to sheep, i$ the lupine. The pods 'and seed's are 1110 most poisonous portions of the plant and these aro often out with the hay in the western provinces. The action of the poison is not;ctmulative and hence animals, may feed upon tho plant without much harm unless the toxic limit is 'reached, The toxin dose for sheep of the seeds alone is from ria to lh lb., and that of the .node teeether 'with the pods is about Joseph wotvt dowse to LgYpt during 'i the pe„,. of the ShOher,. I;.ings, who; NOT LUNCHES IN THE L SCHOOL v:ere sAsiatics like runnel£, and who would have been disposed to welcome the imm,'gration a Asiatic tribes like the Ilebrews. The da.tos of the Shepherd Kings Ore V01101154' placed between 2000 and 1 580 11.(:, Joseph and hie brethren would, therefore, Rare settled in Egyptr00 as early, at ieotit, ars 1600 ur J'A.(.:, The elate nosy commonly aa+igned to the Exodus le 1220 13e1„ s" that a period of four hnnldred year., is quite possible be- tween Joseph and bioses. 1: 814, "There orrice a new king," g 'The rule of the Shepherd Kingx came to an end about 1 58 B,n, The kings wine, followed were native Egyptians of the eighteenth and nineteenth riynastios. Many yettre had now paeied, and the great hin *r. Which Joseph had done for Egypt ween forgotten. The new king iter: referred to ap- pears to have been Rarn0. II, third ruler of the nineteenth 41314171)', and one of the greatest of Egypt'au menarche. IIe is 511111004 both fest h; s victorious wars and his great building operstionr, in which he need t'he forced labor of his subjects aril of a m,dtitnde of slave:. The store city of "Ramses" (the same name tv7tth slightly. different spelling) was called after him, and ,inscriptions found" in the ruins.of by re- cent explorers slow that it was found- ed also by Regime. IT, The increase in n tmbeies and wealth of the Israelites of ( then excited the jealousy and fear of the neighboring Egyptians. "Let to 'Mal wisely with thein," they send. Their 11'17- dom, however, was purely selfish and emit, and first imposed heavy bur- dens of £arced labor upon tha He- 1 brews, then murdered their infant sons. Ramese, beth or rcn0vet04 numerous temples, besides the "store cites" which were for the laying up of provisions, munitions of war, and goods for trade. Many of the Egyptian kings had used the :tame system of forced labor, described by ,i... T..,... . 1, ..., ,e,.,,..,,.,11..., have an example of similar tyrannical cruelty in the treatment of Belgian :and French citizens by their German conquerors during the recent war. "In morter and in brick." 'fire Black Nile mud was used both for bricks and mortar, and was mixed with potshreds ancd, with straw to !give it coherence. The Hebrews were employed at this laborious task of brick -making, and also in cen- t • '-' g dykes anti canals for t11e ir- rigation al the fields, and in lifting; water in buckets attached' to long poles, from the river, for the higher cultivated lands. 2: 1-8, "The ark of bulrushes," or papyrus, was made like a boat, of reeds bound together and made wa- ter -tight with bitumen. or asphalt, and pitch. Similar boats are still used on the Euphrates river. • A chance visitor entering some of our neral schools just before noon is very likely to get a whiff of savory vegetable stews, or spiry hot pud- (1'ings which are being prepared for the noon lunch; or if he comes ten minutes part twelve o'clock,. he is likely to hear the busy scraping of 81)90115 on dlohos, cembived with live- . ly dcmanls for another helping, for 10111111131 the 00pply made up by the amateur cock': le safflq!ent to satisfy the appetite of the hungriest boy or Lid in the ..hoed, Se,attered all era' the 00uhltry Van w._i 12,;:1 city or villalfe hlgh schools tie well a: rugal schools serving some hot dieli at noon, supplementing the sandwiches brought from home. A winter's experience Inas proved to meaty tearhrt 0 1ho vn:ue of this warm dish, ofi.ettir:g as it does many a lunch frozen on the . ayt o :aci1001, or a 11.1::ty breakfast; eaten with an anscioest eye on the Meek, Beeanse of their appreeicition of the benefit to the children from thus source, in many (711005 the mothers' c:nhs of the seheol have undertaken 1 to help the children to raise the money for the neeeseary eq i pment by means of sociale and cnt1 to temente In other district, the school boards or individuals have rnatrihttte•l the funds neceoary for tha begin- ning of the project. O stoves have been loaned re Rime case-. by women who were using the'r kitchen ranges for winter enol :17(, an: "kitchen showers" hare, ,;any Grace, been the source of the small .:tonsil: needed. Approximately sari -eel dollars and a hair i; the amount needed fe'r the work, The p1'1071 i :reticles need- ed are: A two -burner of st:,va, dish 3Y' lbs. Tire pods are about an ,inch long, more or less hairy and arrang- ed at intervals along the stem. A few mbments spent each day 111 looking over the hay will well repay even the busiest owner of stock.—Ex- perimental Farms Note. A very pretty knitting bag or school bag for a child can be made from burlap with heavy initials done in silk or wool. This makes an ac- ceptable Christmas gift. Her voice was like the song of birds, slier eyes were like the stars; Her little waving hands were like Birds' wings that beat the bars. And when those waving hands were still,— Her soul had fled away, The music faded from the air, The color from the day. An old fur coat badly worts out in parts, can be cut clown for a very good robe for baby's sleigh. COAVe ahfs The 11111 That Wanted To Be a Once upon upon a time there was a lit- tle green hill with a necklace of love- ly mossy stones and a crown of win- depfal willow trees. For many centuries it was a very happy little hell. So many interesting things ]happened to make it so. The vil- lagers from the valley below came there on fine Sundays and rested and had picnics under the willows. The most delightful birds made their nests there in the spring. It could se0 so 'ler on every side and felt so close to the big blue sky that it fair- ly thrilled with happiness. That -was before it got to talking so much with the valley that nestled down below. In the valley were many villages, malty busy farms and a merry rushing little river that bub- bled along, always talking or winging, and always joking. When the hill called down to the valley all the things it could see afar off; that a storm was coining, or a company of traveling players, or that presently the wind would change, the valley would n011 its trees con- descendingly. "Ah, but you should hear the news that the river has just brought, and you should see the lovely polished stones it' has carried back to me :from the deep sea!" it wonld cull. It really was jealous of the hill, because it w'as above her. Then it seemed to the valley that when folk wanted to be particularly ]sappy they left her for the green 1i11. "I are only for everyday work, and she is for holidays!" she thought to herself bitterly. "They cut my trees for houses ancd' plant gardens on eny lovely meadows and let their flocks trample upon me. Then, away they go as soon as they 'have an hour off to the hill to frolic and picnic, with never a thought for mo who holds a1351 nourishes them," Do not suppose the valley told any of this to the hill, Indeed no. She lied much to say of the joys of as- similating with so travelled a person es the river, and in the summer 51e would brag a lot about being out of the son, and in winter she would pity the poor 11i11 for having to stand up against all the winds and storm. "Now I am protected and I am never lonely!" she would observe proudly. "It must be very slow up there; without any people!" In the winter. the villagers did not go to the hill as' often as in the summer, but the hill' had never thought of being lonely till, the valley mentioned it. Peon little green hill, it soul be- gan to feel terribly sorry for itself, for it was not, like the valley, smart enough to brag. On hot days the valley would call up pityingly. "You poor creature! I should think you would be blistered.' It is so cool down 'here; and when I feel warm I have but to dip my edges in the elver. Hove terrible to never be able to loathe in his waters!" NOW the truth was that the valley was secretly longing for the enol breeze0 that stirred the trees on the hilltop, but the hill never guessed ,this, and felt sorrier for itself than ever. "If I could be n valley I would be happy!" it sighed over and over. And down below it the valley sighed ark sorrowed because it was not' a hill. Ps'haw'l Now they are quite as silly as us humans, always wishing to be short or tall or what we are noti Then cam the terrible tear, And the wishes of beth were granted. In the path of the angry red guns and relentless gray Minis lay the valley and the little green 11111. Mined and shelled and tortured, the valley, the 'houses and trees lay tumbled in heaps, higher than the hili had ever been; and the little hill, ,with its garland of green stoles and lacy headdress of trees, was a level black mass of ruin. Many years it will be before they will be happy again. The poor hill is choked and stifled for the free upon itself, with rte homes and houses shattered 40 bits, weeps for the industrious villagers who have been &liven away and longs for its' easy and comfortable level. Sometimes wishes are granted in terrible ways, and though the little valley and the little hill were not to blame, stili it is dangerous Us wish, especially whets the with 18 105pilrot1 by. envy. For everything 8011e one has that you hove not there is something, that you have, and the happy folk are those who find this out: before they are grown up pan, one large and one enrol kettle, two paring knives:, a fork, two large spoons, asbestos mat, dish towels, and perhaps a dr:milers pee and oven. Each child brings a cup, spoon and deep oatmeal dish. Each night the materials needed for the following clay's cooking are apportioned to different children, convenience being the deciding fac- tor for each indivichtal. Each child contributing i, credited by the book- keepers with the amowlt brought, re- tail prices being the bas's of credit. At the end of the weak when the total cost per child is estimated,' it is usu- ally found that the article brought from Thome is equivalent to the charge for the week. If this is not the case the extra amount is made up the follow<trg week by another contribution. Thus, very little money, if any, changes hands, Re- ports from the chubs oil. last winter, show that the average cost of serv- ing each child daily with one hot dish was two and one-half cents. One high school served the entire meal daily at an average of five cents per member: The general procedure fin forming a Hot Lunch Club is as follows: The teacher either talks over the proposi- tion with the children, who consult with their parents concerning it, or she may call a meeting of the patrons of the district, at which the project is discussed. The home demonstration agent, et there is one in the county, can be of valuable assistance in pre- senting the subject. If a favorable conclusion is reached, - the children proceed to forma club, electing a president, vice-president, secretary alld treasurer, and ways and means of securing equipment are discussed. The teacher usually acts as the leader of the club. Two or three women ht the district, who are parte- elderly interested in the 501001 aro elected as en advisory committee their function being to en -operate socially with the deader and the club members. Each week two girls or boys act as cooks; two as house keepers, and two as book-keepers. The v:erk is rotat- ed in that each member who is old enough (ten to eighteen years ore the ages for active membership), may get practice ,in each line of work. After writing up a brie.£ report and story of the throe weeks' wort:, the member is said to have completed the project. The .award is then made upon the variety of menus, eo: t per member, the report and story, Having the children perfoh:.tn the actual work- of tie club, leers. the teacher :free to follow 1101 c1ao..:0010 work, and tikes but little of the chil- dren's time, since most of the food can be started at recess; end finished up in tho five minutes allowed after dismissal for the children to wash thoir hands and got their lunch boxes. This lunch box, by the way, gleed contain only sa,idwiclles, fruit and a piece of (sake or cooky, the hot dish being the major part of the meal. Primarily the object of the hot school lunch i$ to preserve the health of the children. As was hinted above, a hasty breakfast, a cold and s metirnes unappetizing lunch, usual - ly dompeis the child to ower -eat tet supper, and this, se a rale, ,impairs the child's digestive and nervous; system t0 such an extent that Iia 010)12 111 seh0.01 falls below standard, Teachers unanintonsly sled:auro that the increased, vigor with which the children attack their work after din- ner store than repave fur the small a114001lt of eupt4'Vieion 1107(,01417 at noon. Further than Ode, the vital- ity of the children in general is raised rather than lowo'red at 1110 coni of the winter's work in school, This ex - plums why many -or the tcnehers who have the interests of the community gent n.ely at heart continue serving 11nps and other hot..fuo•ls year after year, • Bet there are many other benefits i.o Le drrive:1 fluor the hot ,c115"1 lunch 1,1 then rural 1211. (liic.f arming them is the 1.., .las :,de of huu r .el,'n Ree111u}? 4,1, u!'b acr0unt1 teaches the 17,.11(e of money ant tt 5.. =a o" 5„udv r. rt. other tea h1 g. tat. 51 is 2.4t, i 8cienee 10111ini"g of the, 200141 school in v:hiell the girls leara to haiance thclr diet 00 that. they slat' 1.:• well fed for very'AG.• i t•' -r _ and a small amount of weieli They learn tine preen rat len 01 7hr.,Jr., who r same dishes, and froom- sc., they truer appreelativa of the work their mother, l' f,rtn in get.; tog the 11r- ilyheals. one moth r rent; r: I in thea Bonner on: "F•:,n have 00 me:: how mach rntier 'Violet .s t1 ii -.t with." • P .t o" all dice lcr•1 to tat.‘,.tc- spon: ihi'i'ty, t0 work lyre- nious1 !n retire, and they aro 31 (10:12121 for a -tenure breedder seerieci to the ccmm,l.^...y in with:eli the,, live. Movie.{; Cut. The rooms are cohl and 00 ,07., The Ileors oral bre:>"..ud ,11.11. Gone aro the 0.,11 1 euiu: ns. Fronk 0110.1f :incl w•dn'lec:•5=111, Uncurinined stere the window,. All nalcc•1, blank and 3t'e31. Pule eyes uf'desolatio - 1i'e're moving writ 12013)') 0 hon0 of happy memories, Though now bleak and forlorn, { You 1h01c1 the little bedroom, Wherein my son was born! 'Twos here his baby whispers, Essayed the first brief prayer. Clasped to his mother's bosom, Hand hidden in her hair. r ,»--o-u•^'�9-it<•-a-^•.o--o-�o--v*•-tl••.a,.,, 111IIB !TUSK For two weeks Julia went over and ever her problem, and each tuna it "eltm0 out" the vine way, It W115 not the way 8h,i wanted' it to wrii'k out, but she -ivas iteit going to• be l.00ii:+h over ,it, rice • said to irerecelf. Sometime? people lent mance ninon whalaeter. at least she had heard • that they did; arid if anyone could borrow money with character and ambition fen rrecux'ity, She could do It: So, having 1nally'decidecl, Julia went ' down to /etersiew Mr. Parks of 'the ;Central Bank, She had known ilIr. Parks all her life; (111e Wee 'Imre that he would help her. So, although her heart beat aheereaely fent- a mo- ment when she was, admitted to Mr. Parks's office, it was only for .11 mo- me rs, 0101 Inc smiled eerefi eetly at ism acre:=s ,1.e big mahogany •table. ; "I've came 2o ±,orrev' 1 inhe money," ap^oun ct, M.. Pati. 1 _, eii, c'•e' flashed t4at her. I "In debt?" she asked. sir!" h. said g 1 r y', Then she laugheu.-"But I warn to be-- . to 17,1. loosee; 1 '41,1(1 to tal00 u •;r c .,l c•.,.:rse for se•cretauial work. I've lots'.,:l 1h,• regular lwsines.it macre(' and 1..v:• two good positions 0l i to Jae. 1 cc211 ialto the. c,iurre by working I1 I Ii lVc red up en- cti.1 r ivy for it, 1,•,t that seems a 1,100 warn 1.(07.1410111'101-,1 out 2(11 n n1$ era .i tl:e' n ee, 44 ,m::'ht: t5ot0110 1111 • I r. r.:d2, 1 11 t that banks ,0,cC:1'o'10.an too. ore rharact0l•, 1 caul , . y 2 10(3 it. Can I borrow trey?" it? 1', they do it Tin at • "N‘..t e' !het war'," aid nfr, ha71 : ' 11 1 nrswering the '2 711 ,li::c:;,:: ,i:201,,11 ..it her eyes, j "we hate sonettfimes prefers to a:.,..=t in people rattier then:e 0'.1.1 : W'::;tr tout 1 41111 11 La•;t:utd 1h. t t� my. ;Medea., (1 .:: iO ea;4' 1 i',' int„t'c: ts, I rut t ser,t h.+t. d h 711t-e:l'ged 1-',1r1ih 1o' u•' I 71101 hot x113 in- in:ort, nI y I .1 you 12 Pew eltmes- tter'.&,re ' Ver.. , 1, T • 111 � talo„” , u'ia -•r,l "You work at the seines! virtually all day, I ta'_ce it. Five days or --isc?" "rex." 1n1 whet do y00 do evenings?" "Study. And things that have to be done, like Mending." • "And Sunday? You teach a class, do you not? All:? attend church?" "Yes, sir." It war; pr0w2118; mare and mare perplexing. "Do you walk 10 and from school?" "No, sir, It would take too long." "Ilov about your recreation? Do you play tennis or baelcet hall, or any other game?" "Oh, no, Mr. Parks! There isn't time for that." emir. Parks swung about suddenly. "Can't do ,it!" he said decidedly. "Can't do it!" Julia repeated the word's, half stumped. "Can't do its" he repeated. "Too poor a risk. Ask any insurance man. Don't you see that you're driving your mind and driving your body, and giving neither of them any chance for recreation? Iiow•ever, there's one thing I will do, If you will ar- range things so as to give -yourself an hour of outdoor recreation every day, I'll lend you the money myself. Iiow about it?" Julia drew a long breath. "Pll do it!" she promised. FOCH MAY TAKE RHONE BANK Warding Is Conveyed In Extension of Armistice. The German armistice has been ex- tended until 5 o'clock on the morning of January 17, according to a despatch from Treves, where the delegates of the various remlt1ie5 have been in conference. This prolongation, it is added, will be extended until the con- clusion of a preliminary peace, subject to the consent of the Allied Govern- ments. The nimmage states the following condition has been added to the ar- tni5tlee agr.eni'ent on November 11: The supremo command of the Al- lies reserve the right, should it eon - eider Ode r iv •tibio and in order to obtain fresh geurarttc ces, to occupy the neutral zone 1211 the right lttnk of the 'Rhine, nortll of the Cologne bridgehead and as far no the Dutch frontier. Notiee ,of tide >.':xtpntdorc will be tion six days l .vi0asle," Marshal Foch, all, the dispatch, has 1tnuonncc.d iu 1011811. o' IIer1Ort 1', iloover, the 510.02ictel Fond Ad- 1,1 d- tt ltnr, th h1 ':,,- 01 net) tam: of ergo 15,0(110 lying in Comae. harbors must be placed under . o:ltr'l of the Allies to supply Germany 31 with ford- tali:. The :Mee art to eeina!n Ger- Herb is the vacant kitchen. Where many a task was met, And oft the body wearied, With toil and grief and fret, Yet through the westward window, The slowly dropping sun, Shed promise of the guerdon, For battles fairly won. 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