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The Brussels Post, 1924-1-16, Page 319eoutitag is first and foremost A "ay their fruits ,ye shall know them." character moulding And deYeleeipg: Movement, Red although it Ie (still OC- erslonally labelled as being uWtarY. In its purpose, wo find in general that the real underlying purpose la better understoed and appreciated. This Is en age of Judging by results, and it may be et interest to put Scout- ing to this teat also. Is it doing the work for which the r'oreanizat1on exists? The following stories from liite-dust a few from many similar may help to a conalueton, They Speak for themselves.- "Two ,yearn ago -I had oocaslon . to look tor A CO leader for oneof our School Packs. After making same its wb oY !i cod ted' and the choicest of Red Rose Teas is the ORANGE PEKOE, QUALITY T4 Ii EALTH EDUCATION BY D.R. J. J. MIDDLETON Provincial Board 'of Health, Ontario Dr,'wlttlddleton will be glad to answer questions on Public Health mat - lent through this column. Address 11101 at Spadina House, Spading Crescent, Toronto. ! quirles from the boys as h th would like fat.. their ?sada I ' r it was un- Onlybythe strictest adherence to anlmouslY agreed that Billy Janes was quarantine regulations can dangerous the fit and proper person to assume Ieotnrminivable diseases be keptat a that responsibility, Imagine my grief minimum. Those abusing the com- when.I made some inquiry of the grin- mon welfare Ore public huisances and clpal ofthe school About the charactershould be prosecuted as such, of the said Billy, when he told me that The gest majority :of .people are be was absolutely the worst boy he willing and anxlottes, to ';assist the hod ever"had anything to do with 1p Health Departmentineobservingguar- all hie school ertperlence. I was in antine laws, but there seems to he a formed Billy had been expelled frolic new persons scattered throughout two f the city, schoele and unless he ecien district Whq-have no health eon- Y o science—that is, they. do not seem to mended his ways it would bo only a realize the importance of any proven - matter of time till he was 'kicked' out tive or quarantine measures, to •pre - of the school he was now attending, I was so interested in this bad boy that I decided to see him myselfand find out it he was sa hopeless as pictured, (I have never yet discovered a really bad boy in 12 years': experience among them). I made some other inquiries, but was keenly disappointed In the fe- sults. I again visited the Wolf Cubs and asked if they were decided on tiieir choice of leadership, at the same time trying to switch over ta another leader. But no, 4t was again unani- mous that Billy should be leader. I thought over the matter for a few days, then decided that this was a splendid opportunity to put 'Scouting' to test. I had a long talk with BillY and soon got his confidence and de- cided for myself that after all there is some good In the worst of boys. During the past two years Billy has made, good as leader with the Cuba and has developed' lute n fine type ot boy, thoroughly trustworthy and de- pendable. The Principal of the Schoot assures me that Scouting has worked a wonderful change in this lad and has been the means of changing an Incorrigible boy Into a leader in which any organization might feel Justly proud. « . • * "We bad a boy who stole from a de- partment store. He was given a chance and to -day he Is going straight. He Halms that the influence of Scout- ing couting did it, and nothing but rt." John, .e city boy, came to a Scout Camp straight from a police court, where he had been reprimanded for a minor crime and. theft. In Camp he• learned that a "Scout's honor 15 to be trusted." He etayed with Scouting and at the rrext Camp a year later was found so trustworthy that he was ap- pointed Assistant Quartermaster. • - « •. • "In 1916, a friend of mine whose husband was overseas had two boys, one 14 and the other 10. The eldest had not Joined the Scouts, but I had been after him. He claimed that he could not get the timeoif, seeing he was working in a .Jewelry store. here. I heard that he was very Sash with money and on more than one occasion he had sold" a cheap ;watch to some friends. One evening 'Tmet him and thought I would take a chance to -tell him what I had heard. I led him to = believe the police bad been Snaking In- quiries about him. He was scared 4 etiff and in a. tow minutes he told are the truth. I went with him to hie em- ployer and in a short lime we had the matter straightened out. I then went -with him to his mother and told her. Poor soul, she was broken hearted, but T assured her everything had .been put straight and that he wad going to Join the Scouts. He did, and in lessathan a year graduated as -a First -Class Snout and was the means of bringing in eeveral other boys, one of whom to- • day Is an Assistant Scoutmaster In an- other Troop. The lad in question only left this Troop on removal to Ot- tawa, and I often hear frim him. He is doing well," Unless you are firm with yourself you are never likely to become ono of the firm.', vent or. curtail the spread of com- municable disease. Just recently I met a peculiar, but alas, all too common type of individual whose daughter had contracted scarlet fever. He was not at all willing. to the health authorities do their best to cdueate the public as to the dangers of communicable diseases, and try to ges,pltblic support and cooperation in currying out measures that are sines- nary for the public welfare. A few days ago in a Michigan town two eases of scarlet fever were re- ported by a citizen. When the state medical inspector arrived on the scene be actually found six cagee. This state' of affairs showed a gross laxity on the part of somebody, and as result an epidemic of scarlet fever is now threatening that district. The despatch states that the blame for the situation in this Michigan town can be traced Ito abject carelessness on the part of the local health officer. But for the efforts of a former health officer, the schools would probably have to close -their doors. Quarantine has been very keep her isolated after the actual fever poorly observed in the municipality, had passed away, his reason being and on • one of the persons disregard - GREAT OCEAN LINERS FORST. LAWRENCE ROUTE. The steamer "Carmania," which with its sister ship, the "Caronia," is being transferred from the Halifax route to the St. Lawrence route. The ships, which are 22,000 tons, are now being converted into oil burners, and start their new service in the spring. They belong to the Cunard line, which I originated with a Canadian -born pioneer in ocean transportation, Samuel Cunard. of Nova Scotia, who played a big part in early development of the steamship. a ; The Trumpet Creeper* Cl Aldvisr s. elf G7 i .f XI brother's farw,bouae, wa'it011 � MA2I�?.� ���� 1'liSt:rli'" opntriblltor 10 Youth's•pompaalan, itati dreg 'atlas 1Ao each. iPioti011 a wide porch. One August evening all history, philosopphy, Scieneei Dater' the family eltoept ley brother, wbo had rogue fres, Aeadeuly i�eblialllnl r,7O not yet llutebed,his chores, were with- l padina• Avenue, Toronto, erod there. JIM, MY nepb.eW, borate frost high school, where hilted been Weather Forecast: Brain Storms, graduated, was telling about the dil. "New's your wife, Blinke7"' liaised faculties and hardships encountered by Jinks, the fellows who tried to Wolk their "Tier bead troubles her a great way through college.' "Dad thinks I deal," admitted Blinks. • ought to de it," he said, "for he SAYS "what's the tswublo? Is it neural* the faun isn't paying anything now." gra?" Jim's father, in overalls and skirt No," said Blinks. "She wants A sleeves, .stooped aid gray, was atanii-' new bat," ing•in the doorway behind his son aid heard what he said. Re .came forward 1 An .ostrich yields about h 'be, of to the railing of the porch and notated feathers yearly. to a trumpet creeper near by that had t that "She had got the -disease from ing it, At fine of $16 has already been A Whistling Language. somebody else and somebody else again imposed, It seems inconceivable that could get it from her." A most de- • such vital things as health regulations spicnble attitude, you will say, and yet, should be disregarded in this day and knowing that such people are about,' age. If ignorance is bliss, then bliss ten you wonder at the unsatisfactory is short lived if the ignorance concerns results obtained sometimes even when itself with health matters. GUARD THE BABY AGAINST COLDS To guard the baby against colds nothing can equal Baby's Own Tablets. The Tablets are a mild laxative that. wilrkeep the little one's (damsel' and bowels working regularly. It is a. re- cognfzed.fact that where the stomach and bowels are in good order that colds will not exist; that the health of the little one will be good and that he will thrive and be happy and good- natured. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 26 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brookville, Ont. whittling. —.-4.--W ;_ / ,/ •" \� No European has ever discovered Pictures on Memory's Wall. / �� the secret of the code, but It seems to It was a thrilling story that McGre , r �- �� depend more upon the +meet pitch than gor had ,to tell. " �,= anything else. No "dot -and -dash" "I had -abandoned all trope," he said.H c'tova0. (. E — business of long and short whistles is As I sank for the third time my past used, but only inflections al two or life seemed to rise before me in a three notes, series of grim, realistic pictures." The native's whistle is extremely A. murmur of sympathy rolled from piercing, and one scientist who, anal- the lips of listening friends; but Just ous to delve into the secrets of an age - as McGregor was preparing to resume, old people, got a Guanche to whistle McTavish interrupted hint sharply and straight into his ear, found himself hopefully, \ .deaf for weeks afterwarde. "And did you happen to notice," he asked, "a picture of me lending you Beard ,Beliefs. a liver bathe autumn of 19107" There was a deep-rooted belief 4 among the ancient peoples of the East Untimely Self -Congratulation - If a great thing can be done at all, it can be done easily, But it Is that kind of ease with which a tree bliss Bons after long years of gathering strength, --Ruskin. "And how is your little baby sister, Ronald?" asked the vicar, who was making a call. "Oh, she's only fairly Well, Huletts: Yon see, she's just hatching her teeth." i45 WELL.,H E'S THiS RUG' WE'VE BEEN • _. 1_001(ltIG Forti faft That is probably the most remark- able emarkable "language" in the_world exists in the Canary Islands. The Guanches, or aboriginal inhabitants of the islands centuries before their discovery by the Spaniards, are extinct as a separ- ate race, but their descendants of mixed blood still hold themselves dis- tinct from the pure Spaniards, and possess at least one peculiarity which no European has ever been able to fathom. This is the whistling language. The islands are so mountainous that whole districts are severed from their neigh- bors byprecipices and ateep valleys, entailing perhaps' a ten miles' detour to cover three or four miles. In course of time the Guanches evolved a perfect signalling code by whistles. No In- strument le used, the native having some trick peculiar to himself by which his whistle Wil ctrry as far as four miles. Over.such adistance two Guanches can carry on quite a long conversation by ordinary mouth His Hearing Restored. The invisible ear drum invested by A. O. Leonard, which is a miniature megaphone, fitting inside the ear en- tirely out of sight, is restoring the hearing of Hundreds of people in New York city. air. Leonard invented this drum to relieve himself ot deafness and head noises, and It does this so successfully that no one Could tell he is a dearaman. It Is effective when deafness s Caused by catarrh or by perforated or wholly destroyed natural drums. A request for information to A. 0. Leonard, Suite 487, 70 Fifth avenue, New York city, will be given Ai prompt reply. advt "I may be a little deaf," said Grand sire. Mabbltt, "but fm glad to say my eyesight is as good as ever. Jimmy, pass me them potatoes." And he pointed to a dish full of crisp, brown doughnuts. ASPIRIN `Beware of Imitations! finless you . see the name "Bayer Cross"..on linkage or on tablets ypu are not getting the genuine Bayer As. .ptrin proved safe by millions and pre- 'scribed by physicians 'ever twenty- three years tor Colds Headache Toothache Lumbago Neuritis Rheumatism Neuralgia Pain, Pain Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" only. Each unbroken package con- tains proven directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets cost tee, coats. Dreg - gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin le the trade mark (registered in Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetiganldester of Salioyltcaeld. While It is well known that Aspirin means Bayer Manufacture, to assist the publln Against imitations, the Tab, lets of Bayer Company will be games - ed with their general trade mark; tits "Bayor Crosti', Cheap money is Afflicting; China as it is afflicting Western Europe. In Chula, however, it is not a flood of paper put of copper, the moats, of the' masses, that is making trouble, . The value of fix copper ceitt. ,has fallen to about IVO for a Boller in silver, a' , depreciation that serlously hurts the ipurchesing power of all persons who' 1Noric for fixed wages, Britain's Oldest Trees. n the d h Yeldham Oak a Although the Cowthorpe Oak are both about a thousand years old, the oak cannot boaat of holding the premier position for lasting qualities among British. trees. This distinction belongs to the yew. It is said, for instance, that a yew at Battle, 1n Susses, must haVe been a very old tree when William the Con- queror landed. It is close on 80 feet in girth. twenty-one; and preaent It as an offer.; Color, however, plays an important The yews at Norbury Park are said ing to the household gods. A beard part in trade and commerce, and quite yearsold, s0 that they were was grown after that age only as a a slight difference in the color ot many theta man's.. glory was his beard. Com• puleory shaving and the close -cropping of hair were signs of degradation. This Is borne out by. Aesyrla sc6f1,tures, which always show kingelth beards NEW 1 STRENG ! H FOR WEAK STOMACHS Indigestion Disappears When the Blood Supply is Enriched. The urgent need of all who suffer from indigestion, and who find the stomach unable to perform its usual function, is a tonic to enrich the blood. Pain and distress after eating is the way the stomach shows that it le too weak to perform the work of digesting the food taken. In this condition some People foolishly resort to purgatives, but these only further aggravate the trouble. New strength is given weak stom- achs by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills be- cause these pills enrich and purify the blood supply. This is the natural process of giving strength and tone to the stomach, and it Accounts for the speedy relief in stomach disorders that toilows the use of Dr, WJ,hiams' Pink PIlis. The appetite reveres, food can be taken without discomfort and the overgrown its low support; many off. Mese Shoots, after starting out vlgorou9ly to find new support, had fallen droop. Mg into the malted mass and had no blossoms. One shoot, however, had stretched out wonderfully and had gained support on a great oak tree sev- eral feet away. Jim," his father said, "I want yen to look at that creeper. See how 11 that �� People one shoot has stretched out some eve or six feet and got a ftrm hold on that That haggard, care -worn, depressed oak. Well, I've been watching that took wilt disappear and nervous, thin shoot for some time and have exam= 0o le will gain in welght and bled it closely. The wood of it was air agth when Bitro•Phosphate lar soft at first, and I couldn't see how it taken for a short time. Price $1 per could hold itselfi.up to reach straight k e et your druggist. Arrow Chemin out as it was doing; but I found that,) p g lie 1t reached out and grew, the wood cal Co., 26 Front St. East, Toronto, Ont, at the base of it became hard and tough, very much harder and tougher than the wood of those shoots that you see hanging down and only adding size and cumber' to the useless mass of stuff on the old frame. That one shoot which has reached the oak will be worth all the rest; it has found a sup- port big enough and high enough and strong enough. It can climb to the top of it and see the sun rise." For a minute or two no one moved or spoke. Then Jim got up and took hie father's hand. "Thank you, father," he said -"father," not "dad" this time. "You have taught me a lesson that I won't forget: I'll reach out for the oak and will hope to see the sun rise." Motorist, How Soon Can You Stop? The suggestion is made that motor- ists should test for themselves their ability to make a quick stop in case of emergency. It is perdicted that most ot them will be surprised. Running at 16 miles an hour, a car travels at 22 feet a second. At 20 miles, It is 20 feet four inches. At 25 miles. it is 86 feet 7 inches: A "perfect stop" on dry pavement, from a 15 -mile speed, covers 26 to 80 feet. , At 20 miles, 40 to 50 feet, at 26, 60 to 75 feet. On wet pavements, this distance may doubled. The motorist owes It to himself to assure himself continually that his brakes are in proper condition. iAr NIGHT & MORNING fa JEEP YOUE, EYES' IT' omni, ITE AR wNp14111mAcoaa«3/i; Brides. as Bargains. The throwing of an old shoe after a burden and pains of indigestion are bridal couple is regarded by most dispelled, Mr. William Johnson, a 1 authorities as the survival of a very prominent business man of Lumina, ancient custom connected with the N.S., bears testimony to the value of transfer of property, these pills in oases of this kind. He Among certain races women were re-; says: ""I was attacked with indigestion garded as a species of property, and accompanied by aevere cramps in the � in some ancient civlllzathe ioons,oh and stomach. I was prescribed for by the the Jews especially, family doctor, but got very little bene- giving of the shoe or sandal confirmed St, Then I tried some of the adver-Ian exchange or sale --a custom assert - di but with no 'Getter re- ed to have been derived from the .: tised remedle salt. .Indeed my condition was grow- Egyptians, Ing worse, Then I read of the case of A superstition with regard to the a man who praised Dr. Williams' Pink worn 'shoe was very widespread, and Pelle whose condition was similar to existed even among the barbarous' my own, and I decided to try this races. Some have even tried to as - medicine. 'The result, I think, Ives tribe It to the time when the, bride - amazing, as the use of•slx boxe re- groom carried off the bride by force' stored me to my former good he 1th. and. the bride's family threw things! therefore. warmly commend o after him as he decamped. I can th Y i and long hair, and slaves with close- use of this medicine for stomach troll- In old Saxon marriages the bride's cr blas.' father handed the bridegroom the Frost ''.'iter Are often dangerous. Rub well with Minard'a, It eases pain and heals. opped hair and dean -shaven faces. You can get these Plus from any bride's shoe, and.he touched her with The Egyptians, however, 'had d1f- erent ideas. They considered that hair medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents it on the was a seethe of dirt and shaved both a box or six boxes for 92.50, from The 1ty, Williams'Medicine Co. Brockville Dr., face and head. Their slaves and ser- Ont. vents • were compelled to do the same. v -, The early Greeks . and Romans shaved oft their beards becauiio they When Colors Mean Cash. gave the enemy a good hold In hand- We color the wails of our living. to -hand fighting! It is recorded that rooms to please our eyes, and purr z •and prepared to.rescue the unfortun- Alexander the Great ordered his sol- chase garments of different hues to •ate man. dlers to shave for this reason. suit our complexions er our individual A guide was lowered sixty feet into It was the custom among Romana tastes, Few of us consider color from the crevasse, and presently sounds of to shave off the beard at the age of anything but an artistic point of view. conversation floated up. In a little while the guide appeared alone. Ile had found the Scot sitting on forehead in token of author IKidney troubles are frequently caused by badly digested food which overtaxes these organs to eliminate the irritantacids formed. Help your stomach to properly 1 digest the food by taking 15 to 30 drops of Extract of Roots, sold es Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, and your kidney disorder will promptly disappear. Get the genuine. 50c. and $1.00 bottles. Es assmasszia mamma 7 ■ 9 For the Kidneys BAD PATCH OF 1 ECIEMA ON CFIIM In Rash. Itched and Burned. Cuticura Healed. "I had a very bad patch of eczema on ray chin. It broke out in a rash and was very troublesome, itching and burning a great deal. I lost my rest at night on account of the int- tation, and my face was disfigured for the time. "I tried many different remedies without success. I began using Cu- ticura Soap and Ointment, which brought relief right away, and after using two cakes of'Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment I was completely beaded." '(Signed) Miss Mary Campbell, Big Pond Centre, Nova Scotia. Use Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum exclusively for every -day toilet purposes. SampleSaahPwebyyMan. Addrtee "Lzmaw,Llm- ttad, 344 St. Paul at, W„ Montreal!• Sold 0001y horn. Snnp?B9 ainlment23 and N s. Womb. CutE Slap? Soap ahavaawitbout mug. Caught. Naito sa pear OTHER OF A Scotsman disappeared in a cre- vasse in the.Alps. HIS comrades could do nothing for him, but present- ly a large party with guides appearea to be 2,000 wall grown when Julius Caasar landed sign of mourning. products of Nature or of art makes an in 66 H.C. ---9 , immense difference to the value of the Gilbert White, who wrote the "Ills -1 When ordering goods by . mail send article inquestion. tory of Selborne," believed that the' a Dominion Express Money Orler, 1 The familiar example is the varying operation. A friend of his had been famous yew in Selborne churchyard! . colors found In the same gem. Take I badly "had" over. a Job 0f the same WAS e.t least as old ns the church It- Ito good to thy friend to keep him pearls, for instance. The meet vale- sort, and he was determined to stay there until he came to terms. Ile won. some soft snow .with a broken leg, coolly smoking a cigar, and no less coolly refusing to be rescued until he had bargained as to the cost of the self, which goes back to Saxon times, l'• --to thy enemy to gain hire.--•-Iienja- able is the black. Then come the pink, and there are many yews along the ,min Franklin. white, and lastly yellow. Pilgrims" Way between Winchester ! The red diamond, being very rape, is and Canterbury which, could' they-•buti One of the greatest mistakes of the the most valuable. Next come blue tweak, could describe the scenes Which well-informed is to imagine that others' andgreen stones, and then .white. 'lel- kno�v nothing, I low diamonds, as to the case of yellow !pearls, can be bought comparatively Ignorance 1s always a misfortune; cheaply, The professor said his wife, says sometimes it is a crime.—Lady Nott.' Tarn to furs, The skin of a red Wm Punch, were talking over, the remark- Bower• is as. Warm and soft as that of a black able diecoverles in King Tutenkha-•tax, yet it is net worth a hundredth man's tomb, - part of the price of the latter. Blain "Isn't it wonderful, my dear?" said STOMACH MISERY and white fox eltlns of the best quality the professor. "They've actually are the-subiects of Chaucer'e poems. 'King "Tut" Bought the Best, thirty oenturlos old an tomtit 1n the tomb aann , i and chairsn goad ooh' GAS, INDIGESTION a tion "Weil'," reelled his 'wise, eI'v"s Dl e at. ""1,apeapepsin" is to qulonst, � ruled by color and grain". Of two are very expensive, but the fur must be natural, Although a dyed skin may d :look as well, it has little value, (Mien," The marltet in the rarer woods 1s ways said that it pays, In the long surest relief tor indigestion, gases, ; places of . mahogany, each equally ran, to buy the boat." flatulence, heartburn, sourness or• sound and good, one may be worth ---,can' stomach distress caused by aeidtty. ;'ten tiaras as mach as the other be• roan who can't noise u his A few tablets give' aliment Immediate cause of the rlclittiss ot i'ts color; and The i p the same applies torosewood, .walOnt, Mind probably has no mind to maks stomach rebut, Correct your cents, and even .to oak and yellow pine. UP. � and digestion now tar 'a Yew cants. itans of sokB d of ell mtl p e g Druggists itts s gg Keep Minstrel's Liniment In the hoses. N'ape's Diapepsln. Ask for 1iilltard's and take no °that Mother! Give Sick Child "California Fig Syrup" Harmless Laxative for a Bilious, Constipated Baby or Child. Constipated, bil- ious, feverish, or sick, colic Babies and Children love to take genuine "California F 1 g Syrup." No other. laxative regulates the tender llttla .� bowels so nicely, I1 aw9eten3 the stomach and starts. the livor and bowels acting without griping. Contains nonarcoticsor soothing "California"drugs. Say to your druggist and avoid countertaltsl Insist upon genuine "California i3'ig syrup" which contains,.dtrectlons, LARGE FAMILY Recommends Lydia E. Pink hail's Vegetable Compound to Other Mothe=rs i Hemford, N. 5.—"I am the mother of four children and I was so weak after my last baby carne that I could not do my work and suffered for months until a friend induced me to try Lydia 13,' Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Since taking, the Vegetable Compound /fly, weakness has left me and the pain in my back has gone, I tell all zr,y friends wbo are troubled with femaleweakness to take Lydia E. Pinlcham'e Vegetable - Compound, for I think it ba the beat Medicine ever sold. You may advertise my letter."—Mrs. GEORGE I. CROUSIIa Hemford, N. S. My First Child Glen Allen, Alabama.—"I have beets greatly benefited by taking 'Lydia B. •'inkham's Vegetable Compound for bearing -down feelings and pains. I 'eras troubled in this way for nearly four years following tile birth • of my first child,and at times could hardly 'stand on, my feet. A neighbor recommended the Vegetable Compound to me after X had, taken doctors medicines without hied' benefit. It has relieved my pains an gives me strength. I recommend it and give you permission to use my testi- monial letter. "••--Mrs. IDA RYE, Glen; Allen, Alabama, Women who suitor should write to the Lydia B.PinkhamMedicine Co„ Cobou g, Ontario, for a free co • y of Lydia Pinkhnms Private Text -Book a o ex ok gpotr r' Ailments Peculiar to Women." o ISSUE No. 2—'24,