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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1925-3-18, Page 2TRAINING YOUR BABY BY DR, FLORENCE) J. Matey, ,Ala is bent the little twig suffer. The playtime, can, however,. iio will the tree be when grown big. usually be adjusted so that father and This ie aieo true of babies, The! baby can have their fun in this more - habits which they form in infancy ing or at some other convenient hour, may be connected with ,heir physical' The baby should be handled or play- and layand mental health in later life, Many • ecl with only by well people. Even a diegrunt.ed, complaining adults bear cold is easily transmitted to the baby evidence of Iasis of early training in by an infected playmate. rho right health habits. A certain amount of crying is good There is no time when training is exercise, The lusty demand for food es easy as in infancy. The new baby or for attention is pati of the baby's brain must necessarily form habits daily dozen. This is not usually of for pbysieal funtioning. , long duration,' The well baby who • habits result from repeated actions, cries. long and frequently and who and these habits should be good ones whines is too often a testimonial to'a rather tban bad, It is just aseasy weak-minded or careless mother•, to train a baby to good habits as bad MINE IT OUT. ones, The intelligent mother will The baby soon learns that his par - therefore start the baby on right ent can be "worked" by crying,' and habits of living and will net allow him, what unhappiness fur family and l baby can be developed upon this theme only those experienced can know: Remember that baby can just as easily la taught that he can get ria- The troublesome baby—provided, of, thing by crying, Only a very few course, he • is we—is almost always lessons in "crying it out" are neces- the result of cal '.:.,.:peas or ignorance sary, and the earlier they are given. on the part of Lis n :cher• the easier they are learned. The baby can t ....y be trained to Of couree the mother must always. regular hours 1„ .,11 his duties and ha sure that the baby is not crying functions. For instance, if be is led ;because of physical discomfort, hen - regularly by tb,• cloth he will soon ger or thirst. When thee: are ruled , xi.ith Some lino specimens. demand his feed at the regular hour,. out and there is no other cause, such' to acquire the wrong ones that later require so much time and patience to overcome. She saves much time and trouble for himself by ro doing. The Sunday School Lesson M i RC U 22,; •„ the Forty Days awl the Ascent/re, Lu e24: 12.53. Golden Text—Ye are 'witnesses c� these thine._-- Lube 24: 48. ANAF,Ysts, an apparition. No 'spirit" possesses a I. AyF'EAit&sicnn or xNk Ftxsnsc Lop To body such as Jpsus drip i, 'b' 5 APO$ ES, 3G 43, Vs, 4i48. Neverthe.eos, conviction II. ' e n I AST INSTRUCTIONS, ANn TIIE is not yet complete. The dscip;es still Aa9 Nektre 44.53. diobelieve, no longer? however, ;from IAtieeNSION, 4-55. last lassoo fear, but for joy: The experience of from the life of Jesus describes his seeing Jesus again semis too good to appearance to the eleven disciples be true, It seems a dream, (rain pp p, which the • will presently be ushered after the resurrection, his parting in- to a disillusioned awakening. But struetions, and his farewell, It Would nog Jesus speaks < atn. Luke says: appear from St. Luke's account that that he asked for food. They had this appearance of the Risen Lord some.broited fish, and they gave it to. was, Like the others, of a very mys- him, He tools it, and lite before their sterious and unearthly character, un- eyes, like any of the experiences which we associate with the world of space and ASOEN4loN, 44-53. time. Jame appears suddenly in the midst of his disciples. Ile given no V. 44 , The evangelist paeses now to warning, and, 'apparently, he is not the doctrinal effects of the resume - seen to enter by any door or by any tion of Jesus. The risen Jesua draws ordinary way of access. The disciples the attention pf his followers to the are startled, and suppose that they words—once mysterious and niis- behold a spirit, Yet, accerding to the understood—which he had spoken record, tine Risen Jesus was not a "while yet with thorn." He had sol - spirit, but a corporeal existence. He ernnly shown from -scripture the nec- hail a body, which doubtless had a esaity of the Messiah's death and the glorified character, but which, never- glorious hope of his resurrection. All theless, retained the familiar aspect these words are^now recalled to the Guinea pips ere one of the hobbies of Miss.., Denshan, the schoolgirl and quality of flesh and blood. Not disciples` minds, and are seen in a ma -or es, of Iiia s n•o -The s England, The above picture shows her only so, but the Risen Lord is declared new light. The words "the law of s a y g to n me ' g F to have spoken to his disciples, to have Moses and the prophets and the recalled words spoken formerly on psalms" refer to the three great di- earth, to have opened their minds to visions of the Old Testament. They :f truths of scripture, to have explained describe the order in which the holy the nature of their mission to the books were written and given to world, and finally to have gone before Israel, All scripture, as the apostles them to Bethany, where he leaves now see, has light to throw on the them, All this implies something dif-' experiences of Christ ferent from mere vision on the part= Vs. 45, 43.. The risen Jesus thus of the disciples, and yet the myster- opens the mind of the disciples to nous element remains. Revelatioesrunderstand the Bible. In particular, were granted, apparently which rested they come to see the place which his on experiences of a different kind cross and resurrection have in the from those occurring in the normal unfolding of the divine pion of the physical world, but which, neverthe-' ages. While he lived and taught on less, were so convincing in their real-, earth, ,these things were hidden from ity, that the resurrection of Jesus be-, thein. Their thoughts ware all of an comes the certain foundation of the earthly kingd=om and of worldly glory. Church's faith. I Brit now through the resurrection II, THF. LAST INSTRUCTIONS, AND TUE even waking from sleep, though wak- I as. illness, the baby should he left ing for feeding may be necessary at! nlone and allowed to cry until he first. If food is 'given only at these, steps, hours he will soca learn not to de- There is little if unv clanger of mend it at other times. If his bath js harm to the baby even from rupture; given at a regular hour he will learn, but unlee=. #hip seemingly cruel disci - to expect it. i pline is e:,rly inaugurated and the Training in regular holes for sleep;eryin.g habit overcome, the baby will' is also easy if started freta birth. Then forever be, the tyrannical ruler cf the method of putting; the baa- to sleep housobold- is important us 0 matter of tredning. To the shame of adults, be it said, How easily and quickly a baby will! the pacifier habit is one that is usu- learn to expect rocking or wheedling any deliberately taught to the baby. or walking the floor has been demon-{ In many instances it ie. the result of staated in ton many families to re-,, ignorance or lack of will power in the quire further comment. mother. Comment should, however, be made! Babies who are well trained have no. on the fact that he learns just as+use for pacifiers. They have the pro - easily and quickly to go to sleep if 1 per quantity of food at regular hours made comfortable and left quietly inland are satisfied and do not cry. They his lad. It is not neeessary for all; seldom put things in their mouths be- th: family to whisper and tiptem when? cause they are hungry but because. baby is asleep. He may easily he ac -'this act is one of the few they have custoned to the ordinary and usual ;learned successfully to accomplish. noises. land they enjoy its repetition. The baby can. be trained to have aS Thi pacifier habit is bad for the bewel met -anent at a regular time l baby because the object used as a' each day: This can ha started when' pacifier, whether it be rubber nipple, he is a r oath old. It will take time sugar bag, bread ball or what not, is_ and patience. on the mother's Peat,. never clean and carries dirt and die-' but it will also save washing andv eaee germs into the baby's mouth; it wr,rry later on and establish a habit, promotes a continuous flow of saliva, that If continued will help to keep him so that the baby ie err. tantly drool well all his life. '. frig. it is likely to establish a sucking REGULARITY ANI! PROPER FOODS. habit and may affect the shape of the. Caveat, a time that can be adhered' jaw. 1f pacifiers are not given to; to each day and do not vary it by ten 'tables they cannot acquire the habit.': minute- A gond time is just before' Thumb sucking is often the result. undressing the baby for his bath. . or .he accomp ni ,• re-. of the pacifier. Place hint or a table or on the lap, habit, though the .aby may learn this; holding the feet up as if changing by himself. He eprarent:y gets a real' a diaper. satisfaction Froin this set. Make a soap stick by whittling a' Ix, is safe to say that all babies put pie.e of Castile soap into the shape their thumbs in their mouth; at times, and size of a blurt -pointed pencii. and ail do not necessarily become. Hold i, it: warm. waver urtil harp':thunb suckers, but a careful mother edge- are smoothed, and insert it into L t., watchful for the development) the rertem while nen. Then held a of a habit on which the baby learns to' email warm chamber against the but- dsuer.d. ;o^k- Atfirst i may k:3 sale a . 1•s harmfulness is chiefly in its in- to wait rem m nous or mere for the tsrference with the proper formation stall. but grao..a _ l evil' enm4 more of the jaw by spoiling the arch of the c,at.y:y. mouth. causing protruding of the jaw As -Ji. ae p seible, insane- of :.rd the upper teeth. three >r f.:r da r d = a.0 .he .cap There s nape the danger of dirt as ; iek• ''• ee de ge cf fereang a- we as of habit formation. Once ac- halit is prolonged ...e. A-• the 'c."u ed is eery difficult to unlearn. Dive -mime the Laity's attention, er- Ua'r.,y g" :e'er a -.vrsen• chair cr P emcee e tetee„.„ zee:nay i e ueeo -r..:y removing the thumb or ap-• eliding bad tastingsubstances may' Tan role r-,:cav the child r F a Y ting r a E,...e + He may be taught help r preventing, but seldom in cur-: by grunting 0 other -Mils t;, indicate lag. Acwr.g the best methods for his desire. curing the habit are the mittens made Use laxatives a•: little as possiaie. from drillings, celluloid cr aluminum, They tend to have a constipating and the elbow cuffs made of stiff card - after effect and to upset the regular board with well padded edges which, habit. Training, regular hours and' when pinned to the sleeve, prevent the. the addition of laxative foods, such bending of the elbow. as fruit juice or oatmeal water, ora" It is usually necessary to use these. the best methods of regulating the ' devices only at bed or nap time; but' bowel movements. their use should' be continued long It is more difficult to train the. enough to stop the unnecessary and bladder. As the baby grows older it is ;harmful habit and should be again possible to put him on the chamber at; promptly resorted to if. a relapse frequent intervals of an hour or two 'occurs. and gradually teach him to indicate! In all the foregoing remarks we his desire, as in stool training. It s !have appeared to place the entire re often helpful to discard diapers early,! aponsibiljty on the mother. Primarily as their thickness and warmth tend: this responsibility is hers. But it ;to suggest the idea of urination !should not be hers alone. whereas drawers do the opposite, 1 Fathers can share this burden and Ican f r The baby gets las exercise by kick- � be a great assistance by co- ing, rolling about, throwing his arms] the baby with the mother in training and crawling and also from crying.; He does not need the cilia amount' So also can all the grown-ups in the that many mothers give him in handl- family—the sisiers and the causing ing and jouncing, which are harmful,': and the aunts and especially to Anyone who has ridden in jerky,, grandmothers. It is so easy for some jostling trains or motored over rough, other person who may be temporarily bumpy roads or sailed on stormy seas' in charge of the baby to undermine has a very good idea of the feelings much of the good work that the moth - of a trotted, jounced or swinging er has ra painstakingly accomplished. baby. Babies, however, can be tra=p A well-trained baby results from ed to anything and they soon learn! the intelligent co-operation of all to demand even bad treatment regu-1 his elders, laxly and consistently given. ue a8 -- Frequent Varnish Needed. They need and respond to a certain me best way to keep the car look - amount of personal attention. Loving ing new Is to have it varnished every and mothering are necessary and play- six menthe. ing with other members of the family ...---.��._.. helps in baby's development; but That old. sprinkling can may be these should be properly timed. made into one of the handiest things . The baby should not. be played with on the farm. Get a gas -pipe elbow or excited just before gcing to sleep just large enough to slip over the or before, during or after eating, top of the sprinkler spout, and then A good time for a frolic is on wak- solder it tightly in place. The sprinkl- ing from a nap. It is not good. for the dog can will now make an ideal vessel baby to keep him awake until father 'Tor filling the radiator of your car comes home to play with him. Fathers without spilling water all over it, Do who realize this are glad to forgo this tiro work now and' have the can ready evening pleasure so that baby's sleep to use when you start using the car and health and peace of mind may not, in the spring. l Feeds containing abpndant calcium arc• neces:'ary if dairy. co'vs are to do their best. Experiments conducted with groups of crows over a period of three years show such to be the case. All received the same grain ration and mineral supplement of one-half pound of bone meal per animal per day. The differences in the mineral element to the different groups was THE CANNA ) Either for beds in an open lawn foundation planting close to. a dwelling or as individual plants in a mixed border the canna serves a very useful purpose. There are many varieties of the canna, varying greatly in height, arranged far' w the c -ass of roughage and in co or of boom. Their range I. APPEARANCE OF THE aisioo LORD TO they see the ti'Uth. • td Oneb' fed 11 ed fed. group emg a we • cur in height is from twenty inches to six THE APOSTLES, 36-43. alfalfa hay; the other wel rim- or seven feet and the colors run from, V. SG. The appearance takes Vs. 47, 48, Not only so, but the risen aiJesus brings to their minds anew the othy. The difference of ce m n. curedn re- pla6e sense of their mission to the world, creamy white up to scarlet. There is in Jerusalem, and es it follows the On cart'' Jesus has labored to recon - suiting from the differences in the also varietyin foliage, some of the Emmaus -recognition, which itself took h' g , „ cine the nation toGodby repentance, rougages were as follows: The group kinds being green'and ethers dark. pl A 23 hen the day waet 'far spent and he had called the disciples to a receiving alfalfa were rebred earlier (2 we should judge that the time in the sion. Now risen and maintained their milk flow for a copper for choice to ne has therefore an was a lata hour at night. The eleven d glorious h,same 1 dssthem to see that longer period than did the timothy-thd oppotaste in the gar en or home rounds. aro gathered together, presumably in .their mission of "repentance and ed, group whith were particularly slow The canna has been given thorough meet some whsso Jesus aprivate pears they aro de-! mission, oef sins" is to be contin1 ed, in being rebred and dropped in their and to U_ carried over the vele milk flow immediately' foetal develop- test on the Central Experi usedfor`scribing excitedly to the two disciples earth: Jerusalem is only the starting Farm at Ottawa, where it is for from Emmaus how the Lord had risen' point,the ue noir: The reason wh merit was under way. Minerals are athat morning, and appeared to Simon beginning. v y bedding purposes and for experiment. the apostles must go a ernes. a is necessary constituent of milk,if not 24:34 while the two disciples are in the feeds the cow must either draw It is a sub -tropical plant of easy cul- relating ,their own wondrous exper thatyeheen hies die, are s and nh has They nn the stored mineral matter in her tore, and during recent years has fence during the evening meal at Em-' given them the nowledge that he body or cease to produce milk. As a; gained in favor and popularity. The meas. Suddenly Jesus is Sean stand- lives, as the commuter of death, for matter of self preservation she will more recent introductions are the ing in the midst of the company, and the salvation of mankind. • lower her mills production while de- orchid -flowered types, These are con- they hear the familiar words, Peace= Zr, 49. To aid them in this task, ',eloping her unborn offspring, i£ the sidered an improvement over the be unto you." V. 37. The effect is terriflit and the risen Jesus brings afresh to thei r Lore -making minerals are not sup gladiolus -flowered types. Improve - produces on the disciples the impres-iernemberance the gift of the Spirit- sion of beholding a spirit. They can-' which God has promised. Scripture pried in abundance- In properly hal- ment has been brought about by hy anted rations the mineral elements re- briEuropedatand this conton and inent, andh to-day not think that what they see is not 11 on his poop's oke of God as no thegllast daut ys, Joel ce^ve consideration. The clovers are an "apparition. the canna is a commercial flower of i 2i directs his Todiseipthi_espromise` minds, as esus they g heavy milking cows require a sup- considerable importance. them. .Ile speaks to them, and to dis- forth in his name. They . shall re- plement of mineral matter for long- The canna can be raised from seed, arm their fears and to rebuke their ceive the Spirit before they even term work. Select Hatching Eggs from the Well-mannered Hen. There is as much difference in a hen's manners as there is in the man- ners of the human. Almost invariab- ly the heavy layer is quite docile and does not object to handling. She will which should be started early in the unbelief, he shows them that he is leave Jerusalem an their world- house conditions course,year. This, of becaequinesly green- 1Johncorsays that nhe showed them hands and his, adventure. 50-53. The last farewell and means the month of hands the and his side. In any case, it is the ascension now follow. Jesus be- yearJanuary. to the wound -prints, the marks" of stows his benediction, and is received Pants may thus be produced for bed- his death, that he draws all eyes. The up into heaven. And now the era of ding the same season. The usual eyes of the disciples are riveted: they Christian worship and the Christian method of propogation, however,_ is can no longer think that they behold church begins. by division of the stored roots. From;l a very few plants one with care can! quickly increase his stock. That is to;� say, single plant set in the spring} rest quietly lin your hands and sing will make four or five in the autunu7. quiet y all the time she is being Cannes are gross feeders and not' handled. The cull has a disposition unlike tate corn quite in keeping with her head type. P=ant in habit of She is noisy, wild, and the quiet sing -growth. The richer the ground and; of the good h replaced b the deeper it is prepared the better; ing squawking quawkin -ohe cull ,This same dif- the Naas will do. They require! Speaking of crossword puzzles, the serence can be noticed in the birds' Pa my of water, although watering, fanner would never be "stumped" on about the pens. The heavy layer is can be overdone. A fair amount of the word "co-operation, for it is one wat4ring with frequent cultivation, of the much used words of his vocab- ed- always She is fi stt o the usy roost content-ut the, Irarthculariy in a warm season, wily Mary. He sees ht' hears it, and he morning and last on at night. Her' give the maximum satisfaction, As; says it innumerab.e times. And he the individual flowers fade they should? does it, or has done it. work commences at daybreak and con-' be cut off to be followed bynew bloom! ' tinues relentlessly but cheerfully until Having co-operated, the efarmer often sundown. She spends little day-; fromweek roots must be taken into the! p er loirin tlmraant • cm:oilerdo s notoaossess t light an the roost with her less am -i cellar for wintering,Theymay be' pg ' p bitious neighbors, so says Prof. W. R. untily I the magic wand which converts a Graham of the 0. A. College. Select left in the bed frost comes to'poor farmer into a landed owner of the hatching eggs from the hens, that. tinge the leaves and then dug up and; an estate, who is monarch of all he have all desirable characters, don't the o cd to dry for a few days im surveys Ruralises realize this, espe- increase trouble or poor stock. the sun. The tops should be removed! chalky since iu many cases in the for-. and the roots stored in a cool though, native stage when co-operation was frost proof cellar such as would, be' talked rather than performed, one was suitable for the staring of potatoes.) led to believe that it would pave the Many canna plants are last during. streets of life with gold. Heat and iVtamine A, two factors the winter both from rotting and No, co-operation is no fountain of required in chick nutrition, are prey- over drying. After thee have beconiel youth, no panacea for the ills of econ- ent in yellow corn to a greater degree reasonably dry they should be stood inj omic life, no royal road to the mil - than in any of the grains commonly n box or bin aide by side and coveredl genian in agriculture. Co-operation, used. Hence yelow corn can be used two or three inches deep with drywhen property managed, is just a extensively in chick feeding with sand or soil. In this condition theyl more efficient way of marketing and barley, wheat, white cern do not con -1 To prolong the blooming season, the every assurance . of success. Oats," should winter well. buWhen not d it isrn often a more croostlyr mmethodaria of twin iVtamine A in appreciable quan- canna should be started in March, doing these things. But when it is Mies, so are not naw considered in' when the old roots should be divided cffiatent, e is like other efficiency the same class an ye -lute corn when' and potted in good soil. These in tbel methods iti nxakes u little Savin here, used as chick feeds. A ration made ordina dwelling house should be tot! g i"Y g i adds a little income thane, and per- irp of eighty .pound; of yellow corn near tite furnace until the plants are, haps may gave a little time, work, or meal, twenty pounds wheat middlings, up. Excessive watering should boi.rvorry on the farm, But, it will never five pounds raw bore meal. five pounde avoided until the roots are several make a slovenly farmerrich, or make pearl grit, an+i ore pound of salt, inches long. They should then be! the crops grow better. It will not mixed as a mash and fed dry front taken to the light and permitted tot afford to any farmer the op ortunity hopper or pan, will give excellent re- grow in a rather cool atmosphere until' to be less dhlligcvC in the Ilse of work, suits providing liberal quantities of danger of frost is over when they may or judgment, in his farming opera- skini milk and clean fresh water are be transplanted to the position they tions. also supplied. Direct sunlight will are to occupy in the garden.Farming still depends as much upon complete it. Hundreds of varieties have beenintvidu effort individual al ort and aUi;ity as it ever tested at the Central Experimental did, Co-operation is just one of the • Farm,: Ottawa. Fine varieties oe dila ►,eater, methods to los used. It is really A pair of young pigeons will mad- ferent heights are named by the 1)o- to marketing what fertilizers are to on produce their first squabs in less minion Iorticu turist. Dwarf var- crop,production wbich, when rightly than eight months, and two airs are lanes about two £eethi h:' Wm. Saun- 'g p fi p + high: used in amounts and time, will help about all they will produce before dere, Crimson Hodder, and Dagene., to produce better results, But, a'.so they are one-year old. The first Medium, varieties, about 'four feet lila fertiiW.0re, it alone will not ac- pair, as a rale, are small and are'gen- high: Allemina, David Harem, and vampish inuch the other thins also ng orally Bald as curls. Five pahra Of. Louise. Tall varieties: Fair Hope, ',neve 10 be do,. g squab° A year are about all that. a; Mrs, Irate Grey, and' Wyoming. -_-- - + good flock of pigeons will average per; One of the mast beautiful breeze All Women, pater. 11 is seldom that a -pair of varieties is the Ring Humbert, It A Steele ,wn ois populated' solely' by piger"ie wi',l produce over revers mars' produces 0 luxuriant bloom of great woltien, 'who'cal'ry 00 all exteuslve of squabe in a ; year, � beauty, --Can. licit Council. ! dairying burliness, CO.OPERATION NO PANACEA Yellow Corn as Chick Feed. Ime Can You Guess These Birds? A jolly outdoor time?—A' meadow lark. What hunters sometimes do?-- Used o?-Used in decorations'.—Bunting. A color Quakers like?—Dove. An unsteady light?-Fiicker. Material for summer trousers?— Duck. A stupid fellow?—Booby. A boy's name?—Bob-white What friends do? -Chat, A bird never seen in the summer? —Snowbird. What farriiers need in the summer? —Thrasher. What a dog does when he is happy? Wagtail, A color tool?—Yol:owhamnter, ,A baseball player?—Flycatcher, A little monarch?—Ringlet. The bird that likes to punish Wil- liam?—Whippoorwill. The champion angler?—Itingfisher. Loss in Haymaking. Experiments conducted to determine the losses through the weathering of the clover crop, during the ordinary routine of field curing, irelicato that serious ?oaks occur, These losses de- pend. on methods and seasonable con- ditions and are oltlyin part prevent- able. Observations show that. the anti- rachitic vitamin was destroyed by the long exposure of hay to the sunlight and weather. This is a serious loss sines the calcium in hay that is badly weathered is quite unavailable to farm animals even though it may be ppees- ont iii large quantity. Clovers driefl in the sun but not exposed to dew and rain have_ been found .to retain the entirachithe factor in greater 'abun- dance than where the clover has been unduly expesed through neglect or ad- verse weather, Hay for' young and. growing animals, and also for animals' that are producing milk should bel cured in the coil with fie little exposure as poseib:e in making good hay, other -1 wise the calcium Content will not be ail l av ab e, WRITERS' REWARDS Some years ago Sir Janes Barrie uughed` hearth When it was suggest ed' teethe should dramatize ''Tire Lit tie Minister" and lie laughed louder when the friend who made the suggea tion added: "Thero'e a goad 5200,000. n it 1f there's a penny." A. year later the incredulous Barrie of rnanths earlier ivtis drawing 52000 a anweek d Babble: Pram the stage antics of Gavin It is calculated that the different plays that have come froth. Barrie.); pen today bring liinx in au Ineorno of 5125,000 a year. A few months ago he woe. receiving 55,000 a week In royal- ties from London theatres alone, Com- pare thesb figures with the $25 Shake- speare is said to have received front "Hamlet " Sir Arthur Pinero made leas Chair $69 from lits Ilrat two plays, and when, for his third play, "Daisy's escape," lie endorsed a cheque for 5250, 10 was with no idea that he would oue day write "Sweet Lavender," which has brought hint an $200,000. Mark Twain's Record. "The Lights of London" glue WO. - 500 into the banking account of the late George R. Sims ("Hamlet") while for "The Harbour Lights" he got another $75,000. Sir W. S. Gilbert sold one of his plays,'"Duleamara," for 5150, but ,he never repeated that mistake. If he had he would have lost $250,000 from his "Pygmalion and Galatea" alone. Novels are another source of big in- comes, but the 1925 novelist Is not giving away any figures. There is one British novelist, however, who refuses to write a short story for less than $10,000. He must be on the way to breaking the record of Mark Twain, who made $1,500,000 from his pen. Sir Walter Scott's novels and poems brought ]rim in 51,000,000:"' Compared with these flgrues, some classical authors and poets fared bad; ly. Ninety dollars was all that was paid to Milton's fancily for "Paradise Lost" Gay 00 "The Beggar's Opera" fame ony received 5215 for his Tri- via." On the authority of Dr. Johnson wo know that Pope got $26,600 for trans- lating Homer's "Diad,' a princely re- ward compared with the $52 given by tee same publisher 50010 years earlier to Ozell for translating three books of the sante epic. Golden. Notes. For translating "Pizarro," Sheridan received the suns of 57,500. Goldsmith sold has "Vicar of Wakefield" to Dods - ley for $50, with, however—and this is sometimes forgotten—an eventual con- dition on its future sale. Some remarkable figures can be given In connection with song -writing. "Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Dawn Her Back" earned- 5100,000 for its author and publisher. Sir Arthur Sul, livan received, it is calculated, 550,000 for "The Lost Chord." CULTIVATION OF RHUBARB How It Should be PIanted and How It Can be Enjoyed During the Winter. There . is probably no more benefi- cial vegetable than rhubarb. It is tasty and it is a corrective. Moreover it comes 'like a release from the coils of winter: And yet it can be enjoyed with a little trouble from January well into spring or early, summer. It. can bo preserved the same as fruit and can be forced in the cellar, the roots being kept moist. In their bul- letin on "The Farmer's Vegetable Garden," Messrs. Maclaiilican and Copper of the Brandon Dominion Ex- perimental Farm, point out that by cutting good sized crowns or pieces elf the plants in the garden sufficient forced stalks can be secured for a family. The richer the soil is for rhubarb, the better. It can be propagated from seed, but it is an improvement to pro- pagate by transplanting sections of root. Holies for planting can be dug or a furrow opened up seven or eight inche-s deep with a plow. It, should be mentioned that a spot where ma- nure has been piled is ideal for rhu- barb. Set the plants in squares four feet apeet each May. Small sections of root with a single crown are to be preferred and in pienting the crown dh.ou:id be about level with the surface, the earth being firmly packed around. Plant ;in early epring, and cultivate with n horse and seuffler or by hand during the first season. The rhubarb will then be ready for light use the next yea:, but should not be heavily used ututil the =text season. Keep out weeds and grass by digging - each spring and subsequent cultivation, If the roots are to be cultivated in the cellar dig them out before winter sets in and leave them out to Treem soldidly, Set the plants close together either in boxes or on the floor. They tan remain in total or almost total darkness, as that improves the calor. Although one dot of plants will throw up stalks for six weeks or two months, that isuntil the roots are exhausted, to ensure a continuous supply some roots can be kept frozen and not put in the cellar until the stalks from the first lot ate ready for use. The tem- perature of the cellar should be be - testate 50 and 60 deg: 1. Two of the best varieties of rhubarb are Victoria and Linnaeus.