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EVERY LEAF PURL
HOME CANNED CORN IS GOOD thoroughly and fold in beaten egg
EATING.; whites, fry in deep fat, and serve with
The Red Man set an illustrious ex- syrup.
ample when he ate green-eor-n.. It' is
en enticing dish for which the,ntajor-
ity awaits patiently or otherwise until
it is ready to be served or ° until the
first little white blisters appear. Those
who await "otherwise'.' sometimes in-,
dulge in satisfying their" early season
appetites for this vegetable by pur-
chasing the, firaAt ears;that appear on
the market. And what', a disappoint-
ment it fawhen, with taste all set' for
a nice juicy ear of green corn, we bite
' Into white kernels only to find them
doughy and tasteless.
It may not be "elegant" to eat
green corn from the cob, but it, is the
only way to get its full flavor and
natural enjoyment. Our sympathy
goes outto those with "store teeth"
Who Must give up tbis pleasure.
We regret that Mother Nature -per-
mits us to feast on this delicious
fresh vegetable but four to six weeks
each year. But it is our privilege to
have the next best down the line
home -canned corn,
To Can Corn -Select tender juicy
corn before itstarchy
the
stage,' and do not let it stand after
picking, but can as quickly as pos-
sible. Blangh:in boiling water from
one to- five -minutes, according to the
size of the kernels, and dip quickly a prettystyle for voile and for
into cold water. Gut the. corn from This is . Y
the, new figured.cottons,. also for mull
the cob with a sharp chin -bladed knife , g
and organdy. The bertha may be
_ and do not scrape., "tied
The best'results are obtained when omr 4 Sizes: 6
This Pattern 15 cut- in ..
one person cuts the corn from the; cob
8, 10, and 12 years. A 10 -year size
,and another fills the- jars. A. good
requires 41/g' yards of 36 -inch ma-
weigtion to use is half as much, by oriel. It would be attractive in:pink'
wen Mesal water as of corn. Put the t ere e de chene with --pip-
tor
torn into `a " kettle ,..add boiling water rn crepe- ending s iri self or contrast-
. or ba g
. to'coyer, and one teaspoon`of salt and 1 -
Tie int Of
Gods
safeguard. "You !mist riot lease mo,"
she pleede'd, `Tell,, ane, is this Mr, Chu
Sing's house?"
The woman nodded.
A green escaped Tu Hee, liopo de,.
sorted her entirely now. Chu Sing
BY PEARI. F OLEY. might come in any minute and then --a
(Copyright.) A shudder Convulsed her. It seemed
as though her brain would give' way.A twinge of pain larought her
tion to her ankle. It was neatly
1,
oat d,
CFI.4PT�'R
XI.— C )
"Eh? What's that you say?" de- 1
de-
manded Mrs; Ashton.
The beginning of David's speech
had caused the old lady' to flop rather
heavily back into her chair, but the
last words brought her up again like
a rubber balk
"Yee, -mamma," began Grace, This.
"Quiet," snapped her mother.
discussion requires brains,. not senti-
her nail shields Gut into her flesh bandaged aitd she wondered vaguoly
cruelly as she Clenched her tan . who had done it, but what did it mat -
"What does this mean, Chu Sing? My ter? Oh,- if sae could, only escape!
uncle, as you know, does not allow me Was there the slightest chance? she
to. travel at might" I asked herself, as her' gaze.rested on
"So 1 said to myself when 1 saw the woman in front of her. Well, she
the foreign devil with you." I could at least try. "Please fetch me
Tu Hee decided she was using the a drink of water," she said wearily,
wrong taeties. "1)o you know, Chu The woman bowed and hobbled from
Sing" ---a half Iaugh accompanied the the room.
words—" you frightened me for a When the door had closed, Tu Hee,
meet You say, David, that America,
Inmate'. Please tell the runners to as quicklyy as she was able, inade her
has been fooled by him?" turn back. I should be home. way to it. To her. relief' it was un-
"I . said nothing of: the kind, my "Home -ah, what: a word! -just locked, but and new-born hope turned
dear aunt. You know as well as I whore we will be soon, my dear." to ice' around her heart, another door
that Uncle Sam isn't easily fooled," H With a' cry Tu Ileo leapt from her confronted her, She turned the
"Very. true, very true, but this ru- seat, bat' befero she, could make an- handle but the barrier did not Five.
mor: of Washington . shipping RQWen other
f er•
move her arms were in an iron She , was a prisoner in Chu ,Sing's
Strathmorethere—for the, love of An- g' P. he was forced back, and to Louse,
nleI can't believe it—no, -sir.': She her horror and fright Chu Sing seated (To be continued.)
focussed her eyes .- Indignantly on h> nself beside her.
David. "It's 'just some scheme you I "Alone at last' ho whispered.: 'l The'Old` Schoolhouse.
' mine' have concocted For a moment Tu
Hee thought schoolhouse where I used to go
and that girl of • merciful death had come to release The a
her. She did not know it was merely` Is shabby, yes, and old
fear paralyzing and turning numb her The stave Is almost rutted 'thru,
whole being. The room 15 drear and cold.
A laugh broke the stillness of the The, feet of coumtloss children
nights a laugth that started her latood Have worn the old cele floor
creeping again with: horror. • "The evil ee age are present
face came nearer. She felt his breath` And, signs g
n her face find neck. -With a feeble; From the platform to the door.
0
crysloe put out protecting hands. They
were clasped in the hot grip of the The dualhs all bear initials
man and she felt herself being drawn", Of the kids I"used to know
forward. In vain' she struggled. She' And my memory takes me baalcward
was pinioned like a helpless bird, and i To those days' so long` ago.
A -PRETTY FROCK FOR DANCE
OR PARTY. ,
4284. Dotted Swiss was chosen for
this model With frills of organdy
4'0 mother!" protested Grace.
"Not another word.. This isn't a
matter of sentiment"
"It's no scheme, aunt. Young
Strathmore has, as I said before, b
appointed to, the diplomatic service,"
"I -I'm. Marvels never cease. Fish.
will be"developing brains after' awhile.
Well, , as I always, told Grace, if she
could persuade him to stop the giggle,
his brain. might have a chance to
grow." then
"May I 'congratulate: , youher captor was merciless. His arms
aunt, on your future son-in-law before p i 1. And the memories bring a feeling
I' leave fpr England?'
"Eh? What? Mercy, boy, have a
care for my apoplectic tendency! 'I
thought for a. minute •you were in
earnest and going right now."
"You' understood it right, aunt. I
leave in . the morning."
David found it harder work to con-
vince his aunt than Grace of the nec-
essity of his departures but as for
Grace, sho showed no concern or re-
gret at all. David was not: a little
disappointed over what ho mentally
two. teaspoons of sugar to each quart
of euro. Allow' an to come to boiling
point 'and pack in hot sterilized jars
to within 'three-quarters of an -inch
of top, being; sure that the water cov-
ers the corn. Adjust rubbers, screw
• top into position and: take one turn
back. , Process- under ten:pounds of
steam for seventy-five:, minutes, or
' three hours in hot water bath.
If your •corn "flat -soured" last year,
that is,. had a sour taste ,and yet
looked as 11 it were keeping.in good
condition, your trouble may have been
due to the'corn selected. It' should be
just between the milk and,dough stage
' and should be ' canned . immediately
after picking. Do not blanch :longer
than five minutes, and only small
-.quantities should be blanched and dip-
. ped: at one time. •
Corn, Toittatoes and String Beans--
this
eans=
this makes a very. tasty vegetable
dish. Use one part corn, one part
string beans, and three parts toma-
toes. Blanch and cold dip corn as for
canning and cut from cob, Cut stung
beans into .convenient` lengths, blanch
1115 coot -
Pattern mailed :to any -address on
receipt of 15c in silver or stamps, by
the Wilson Publishing Co.,'73 West
Adelaide- St., Toronto. Allow two
weeks for receipt of pattern.
were around her. His ' ms were on � That is pleasure, yes, anal pain
her neck. And then superhuman
strength came to Tu Hee's assistance As I think of some.old schoolnw.tes
and like a panther she hurled herselill I may' never see again. ooaatlamd
at him. !'For they're scattered from th
Taken unawares he fell. back, and' To the mountains of the west,
Tu Hee leapt past him out into the' And a few have heard the summons
night Calling them to their long teat.
The moon, which. a minute before Now the schoolhouse where we studied
had flooded the hills with light, was played and quarreled le to be sold;
now. covered by `she w. Tu Hee did It la now no longer usefully
but know :where she was `running e It is out of date and old.
but she knew she must keep on. T
savage shouting behind told her she So will build a niceoneho-bttding
was being.. hotly Her brain wore automatically. to help them -
lank in the maelstrom he had hoped
might help to keep him, afloat.
"Well, David," concluded his aunt,
"it's the regret of my life you're
ra'c'e first cousin.:' You're so
Rice
G 4
myself as , far as brains go that
eugenics would prohibit you for my
son-in-law." '
"0, mother!" came from Grace.
"Quiet! -David needs no apologies
from .me. ,_This isn't sentiment. Well,
David, as -I've always said, money and
brainare the staff of life, and you've
if
got both: I'm as'proud of you a
you were nay own son.",
David was touched in spite of him-
self 'by his'' aunt's .reluctance to part
with him. The -light blue eyes were
misty as she held his hand, and there
was a wistful note in' her voice as she
enquired, "I suppose, David, we could
never make a Yankee' of you, b
t
when I'm alone—", -
-"Alone? 'Why, aunt; what's come
over, us -all? It's that' ,lame word
`Good-byye'l It should never havebeen
invented. -
"Alone is the word, David,"
er-
slsted , his 'auht. "If the American
Government wants' a, diplomat it must
bo obeyed, and if the diplomat would
do better work` with a wife ho must
have one.'.
"Mother!" Gracie mado..a step for-
ward, 'but her mother waved her away.
"This isn't'a° matter of sentiment-
it's better, business. all round for two
;young people to be 'alone; besides I'm
tired .,to death.of this heathen coun-
try. I,haven't given in, but the truth
'is I'm just dying for a sight of the
Blue Mountains of -Kentucky."
,i, But .Grece.had ;her arms. around her
mother and srniles and tears mingled.
David, while he rejoiced with them,
felt miserably alone. A fierce desire
took possession ()thin' to toss $cru les
to the wind—to love and live. But
the conflict lasted' only 'a -moment:
Quietly he slipped from the room, glad
for Graces sake self-denial wasn't a
family spectre. He had taken only e
few steps' down; the -hall, however,
when the door flew open.�Throwing
conventionality 'into. Mrs. Grundy's
lap, Grace ran after him and flinging
her arms about his neck she hissed
him on both cheeks. "David dear,"
sho whispered "I know why -you
oaro
leaving. May God bless and help y
For answer David stooped and kiss-
ed her
issed"her forehead.
As Grace,re-entered the sittingroom she ;said softly, Poor
David!"-
-"What's thht?" questioned her
mother.
Nothing, mother. I was just wish-
ing everybody was happy like me.
Poor David—I--'
"David. unhappy?—nonsense! He
has too'math brains—no sentiment
about Trim."
termed infidelity to friendship, for h l pursued.H b i For the chaldron
somehow, Grace was now the onlyS
worked. She longed for With
everything
trees, anything that might conceal make their studies seem like play.
.her. The.ground was -becoming un And it ,nwroly will be splendid,
even. She. had apparently, left the This fine
road. Her breath was now coming in yet fo>Ld me
Night in -the O Pe n. .
.
I love to lie beneath 'the' bending sky'
A" breathing' part 'of night, my hand
caressing
In idle love the warm, quick earth
.
Feel en,niy:brow the :dews af;heaven's-
A,nd know, all things. to be one flesh
with" are.
Night spreads its tender touch of per
'Deep through, each, sense, '111 earth
sky. wind anti `tea:, . ,
Are musicmade to leave an echo there
And allenee sounds its throbbing note
of rest
Around my, velvet couch." ---no treasured
'wrong,
No harbored grievance hidden in my
breast
four minutes and cold dip. Blanch to- Can Life ids voice against that" solemn
song;
One, with.every breath that makes' or
mans:
I mount the golden • stairway ofthe
etas%
-Winifred Lockhart Willie
Perauaalon '
A woman took her four=year-old
daughter to be photographed, The
little one Would not keep still.
The photographer was snap, ,called
the child all the sweet, ' erklearing
corn and so continue until' the dish 1nl:nre5 h;s could think of, and used
is full. Pour milk over all, put the every device of -gentle persuasion to
th . top, sprinkle make the youngster keep quiet. Fin
butter in pieces over e op, ,
with bread crumbs, and bake' twenty ally he turned to the despaii-.,
ng moth
minutes in hot -oven, e1' and said: "Madam, if yon will leave
Just creamed corn makes a delight- yo11i• darling with inc a few minutes
ful vegetable dish, but the following' I think I can take her 10, perfection.
recipes give added variety to its use: The 'mother withdrew. Soon the
Cos'n 'Fritters—One cup of corn, photograph -or summoned her .back and
half pint milli, half pint flour, . one: tea- exhibited a highly. satisfactory name
spoon baking powder,' two eggs, salt'tive. When they reached home the
and pepper: Add milk, eggs and sea-' mother asked: "Nellie, what did that
Boning to. corn, and after mixing add nice gentleman say to you when :1
dour 'sifteil'with baking powder, .Beat loft, yeti alone with Trim?
"W614, he timid; 'If you don't brit
sthtll, you ugly, squint-eyed little mon-
key, I'll drake the life out of you.'
So I that very stiild, mamma!"
matoes one to three minutes, cold dip,
remove skin and core. Mix thoroughly,
' pack in sterilized jars, adjust rubbers
and tops, and take turn back after top
is screwed into position. Process forty
minutes under fifteen pounds steam
pressure.
.Escalloped Corn -One and one-half
cups corn, half pint -bread crumbs,
hall pint milk, one tablespoon butter,
saltand pepper. Put a layer' of corn
in the bottom of a.,battered baking
dish, then a layer of bread crumbs,
seasoning and then another layer of
movanneturasonimmontoonom
Ii
Mr. Man -
"Von foal Lifebuoy'e healthineee
right. down into the pores
After Lifebuoy — you feel
*leaner than you have ever felt
before.
The delight andcomfort of
using Lifebuoy are famous
around the world
The,' edoer sere se .
crWaly after arse,
tif/L Ckki, , LL "
*ash air' and
---ort as, the Report of the Ministry of Health, of Great Britain
said: ''a sanitary:environment and sound nutrition"—:
are the great safeguards of Health
t toss a match into a
If you -cat
clearing,' it
And never give a thought to put
out,
Or drop your cigarette butt without
foaring
khat flames may kindle in the leaves
about, •
If you eanknock the ashes from your
brier
Without a glance to see where they
may fall,
And later find' the forest all afire
Where you have passed --with no one
near to call, '
If yo4.t' can drive your auto through
the working,
And cast 'your 'etogie stub into the
slash, ,
Unmindful of the danger therein
lurking,
Or homes or happiness that you may.
new soheol, I know
mortes take me backward
pants. Oh
if
the
"
dry, sobbing gods
To the school of long ago.
would only let her diet Them the
moon suddenly bathed -the world in a '
silvery, dazzling glow and Tu Hee's The Storekeeper's Kind -Offer.
wild eyes saw trees, clusters of then!; — The old storekeeper at Roseland,
but they were up the hill. Could she
reach them in time? A wild barbaric
yell told her she was seen. She dared
not' look around. ` Her strength was
fast failing, but desperate fear, fear
of something worse than death, gave
impetus to her struggling limbs. Up,
up, she stumbled, and then—it, was a
twisted tree root that was her undoing
—her :foot slipped. Physical pain.
Sningied with her terror, and with, a
low moan she sank to the ground.
When Tu Hoe: opened' her eyes the
horrors of the night had not crept
back into ..her mind. Darkness hid
her surroundings from -her and the,
softnessof her betokened only
luxury,, safety, and home. Her head
felt a •little queer, and sleepily sire
turned to rest it more comfortably. A
cry escaped her. Her ankle! ,As she
raised' herself on het elbow the whole
horrible truth rushed over her, and in
spite of the •acute- pain she started
from the bed. Upon reaching the floor,
however,. she stumbled, and a chair
overturned.' Immediately 'the door
opened, and Tu Hee's wide horror-
stricken eyes fastened on the stream
of light thatcrept in. Relief almost
choked her as she saw, a Chinese wo-
man servant enter with a lamp.
Toddling forward on her tiny feet
One Danger Lspking.'
"Wash't your life constantly in den-
ger travelling through the forest filled
with those terrible lions and.. tigers?"
asked the friend.
"Why certainly not„” exclalmed rho
returned traVellor, "there wasn't , e
single automobile 10 the Whole forest
to dodge."'
ell Taught,"
"Whore click yes) learn to swim?"
"Let rue see. Guoi ;b taught tee et
Atlantic' City, Dred at Palin Beach,
Tom at Serf Beach and Jim 'rtt'Broalt•
e,r•'s Point,
CHAPTER XII. -
. "A surprising change carne over Tu
Hee after David had left her. She
peered out between the curtains of her
rickshaw untilthe big gates clanged
to, shutting from her view the tall
form standing rigid in the centre bf
the.road. ': David's idea of a quiet, in-
different Chinese maiden would have
received 'a decided jolt ,could he have
seen the'sudden soft Jight•in the blue
eyes, heard, the low laugh that rippled
from between her parted lips, and the
-tattoo beat by her alippered feet.
These actions •not. giving sufficient
Vent to her 'feelings, she, brought her
hands together and bounced up and
down like a' gleeful', child. Then all at
once her face grew wistful, and she
whispered low, as if afraid the breeze,
which swayed the curtains of the rick-
shaw, might overhear, "My English
mandarin!" and with a happy sigh
lay back among the cushions.
Poor Tu Heel already a grim, cruel
shadow was over ,her, which was to
chase the smile of youth from her lip's'
for many a day. So happy was she
in her dreaming that sho did not no-
tice the lapse of tune„ did not awaken
to the fact that the runners had cov-
ered enough distance to arrive at her
door a dozen times over. It Was the
shrill, piercing' call of a shrlolc owl
that aroused her, Parting the cur-
tains, she looked out. To her amaze-
ment she was no longer in her own
grounds. Instead, trees and hills sur-
rounded her. Indignation and fright
mingled in her tones as she ci{ilotj salt,
"Where, aro you 'taking me? Stop,
you have—"" put, 0 Wild st,'reena iiiltt-
Medher aontence, as site Crouched in
terror into the further corhor of tiic
riekahaw, away from the two evil
eyes that; peered in at her.
A voice which sho knew only too
well answered hen "Frightened?
Shall I come '1» with you, tittle To.
Ileo?" -'
With an effort Tu Ileo forced her-
self to sit upright, She returned
calmly the look o:l` the bold oyes, but
British Columbia, didn't care a straw
about Shakespeare. To: his way of
thinking, literary folk were merely
parasites, though': he did take a pretty
strong 'liking to Mr. G. 1i. Burgin,
novelist: and critic. Bat, says Mr.
Burgin in "Many Memories," just be -
for I went away he had, a very solemn
talk with me.
"I've • been a-watchin' of you," he
said, "and a-hearin' of you yarn with
thein miners. When you do any work
what do you do for a livin'?"
"Oh, I try to write books."
"That all? Why, I never heard tell
of such foolishness!" He Spat con-
temptuously at the harmless, neces-
sary stove. "Don't you do nothin'
else? Nothin"useful?" `
"Ye -es: Lots of other things—for
play." what I
"But snakes alive,man. ,
want to' know is, what d'you do for a
lkvin'?"
Write stories"
"D'you mean to tell me people pays
you for. writing them blamed lies?"
"Sometimes—when they don't for-
got to do so."
o "Ian sorry--b1'amed sorry! I
sho set"the lamp on a small tealcwo c{ ;
table near the bed' and: then, pros- thought maybe_ you -could do suthin'
the ale fro ht -
baited herself b pale, -g
ened Tu Hee.
"Please get up," commanded Te
Hee in Chinese. "Tell me where
I am."
The woman rose and for answer
gazed at her interlocutor in dumb,
stupified amazement.
"Where am I? Please tell me" Tu
Hee's question in spite of herself, was
a frightened wail. Still the woman
did not reply.
TuHeemoved forward, a step.- The
pain of her foot turned her faint, but
fear and will power enabled her to
overcome her physical weakness.
Grasping the woman by the shoulder
she said sharply, "Speak—Where am
I?
The womanut' out her hand pity-
ingly. "Lie down," she said sooth-
ingly. "Lady sick. I pall Maeter Chu
Sing." She turned away as she said
the last words.;
"No, no!" shrieked Tu Ilee, stumbl-
ing after her;"come back!"
The woman stood still. 'A flicker 'of
wonderment passed over her stolid,'
stupid ,face as, she crossed the room.
Tu Hee grasped her hand tightly. of having to live with one person all
She felt somehow this woman was a my 1115."
The Basis Of Singing.
Il seente difficult for many writers en
vocal Subjects to keep . their fingers
off vocal mechanics, so, 10 apeak, and
it must be said that much that ie writ.
ten al)out mechapleal action fn sing-
ing is altogeher intaglneti Ie.: Things
which never happened and could not
possibly happen are' alleged to take
place in tone' production. It semie.
difficult to. tallt about beautiful tone„
which is the aim and end of all legal,
mate voice teaching, But it is east
for 'meet people to talk about how la
should be made. Iu fact -a majority' q)
people at least -fool that if they but
knew how to produce- a tone theft
problems would be solved for all time,
This is by no means the most impor-
'taut thing to learn, for it is not`, nes:
elbie far any.onie to give directions as
to how to hold the lips-, tongue, lower'
Jaw, ' and larynx with suIItoient accur.
'acy. that a .good tone will inevitably
result. 'Unless such lhstruction is gov-
erned by the right tone concept there
is not one chance in a thousand of its
producing' the pure, singing tone.
Any voice, will produce an endless
variety of tone qualities. The question
is, which one of •thes'e'qualities do'we
desire to produce? Here physiology'
must give way to aesthetics, which is
as different from physiology as mind
is from matter. The starting point,
the bases of all voice training is, after
all, beautiful tone.
If you can leave your, campfire while
'tis glowing,
Nor think of industries that it may
blight, `
Or of -the billion saplings in the
ggrowing
Turned, into charcoal' ere the coming
Turned,
night,
If you can start a fire beneath a
brush pile
When the wind is roaring like a dis-
tant gun
You 'surely should bo jailed without
a trial,
And labelled as a lunatic, my son.
Queen of Roumania -Dreams
of Empire. '
Europeof the future will contain a"
great Balkan•Empiee if the dream
Which the Queen of Roumania is nur-
turing becomes a reality. Every royal
�.
' storm
centre since
M
Europe's alikenae n
P
the
0
me
the war has been foundedroyal
family of Roumania, with the result
that Greeoe, Roumania and Jugo-
Slavia now have strong dynastic ties.
The climax comes with a report
from reliable sources that a marriage
between King Boris, of Bulgaria and
the young Princess hearts of Rou-
mania is being arranged, probably for
next year unless the revolutionary
movement which King Boris le said to
have supported: agai'ns'tStambutisky Is
crushed by the farmers when thehar-
vest' Is over, wbttoh would mean that
the King would be compelled to give
up his throne.
With Bulgaria included in Rou-
mana's plan bo dominate a lagre por-
tion of Central Europe, It is believed
it will be easy to bring in Czechoslo-
vakia by commercial alliances, and
perhaps later Hungary, when the
Legitimists obtain their way.
In such an event, politicians are
pointing out, it would be difficult for
any of the present big'PoWcre to con-
tinue to dominate what is now con-
sidered the "Little Entente," as the
States therein would have a population
and economdo strength equal to any
one other nation in Europe. The Cen-
tral European optimists believe it will
even be possible, when peace is settled
between Jugoslavia and Italy, to find
siome means. of linking up Italy either
With Jugoslavia or Greece by royal
marriages, ' which will provide diplo-
mats more worry.
useful 'stead of teilin' a passell of
crackers."
"Well you can't be as sorry as I
nm."
He thought for a moment. "Look
here. You git religion and turn oval-
s
vara new leaf. I'll give you a hundred
dollars a year to help in my store if
you'll really turn over that neileaf
and not blot it"
I politely refused.
"Wal," he said and sighed, "wal,
I'll make it a hundred and twenty.;
You ain't worth it, but I've took to
you and might make suthin' useful
out of you—in time."
Why He. Hesitated.
"You probably wouldn't think it of
me," confessed Gap Johnson, QQi Rum-
pus us Ridge who de blessed with foul.
teen children and -ueue'Ity has frail
one to seven of his wife's' hungry kins-
folk visiting grim "but I held off getting
married for quite a' spell, b'cuz I was
afearod I couldn't stand the monotohy
—AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME
Inial n,
1it1�i'11ii,gfl b;
A Mistake.
Longlegged Bird: Well of all the
'nerve: That pesky woodpecker takes
'my leg for a tree!
Developing Appreciation for
Running No Risk.
A certain country landowner, who
was not too well possessed of this
world's good% married a wealthy wife.
The latter never ceased° to let here
husband know how. he had benefited
from a monetary sense, and always
insisted on hiss mentioning our horses,'
our shooting, and so on, .
On one . occasion some guests had
been invited to a "point-to-point" race
meeting, and they were all waiting
for their host, who had not'eppeared,
so his wife called out to him to tell
him they were ready.
atom upstairs came the answer, "My
dear, yen have hidden. our trousers,
and I can't come down without them."
Poor Henry!
A.Baltitnore man, who was formerly
a resident'of a town on the Eastern
Shore, recently revisited his old hon_e
town after' an absence of many. years,
Good Music. •
Philosophers aswell as poets have
realized the value of music in the home.
. About 550 B.C. Pythagoras founded'
a brotherhood in which be lout into
practice his doctrine that music is
the greatest means of educatip is
life and the guide to alt moral virtue.
The members -rose at an early hour,
and together they sang hymns ands
songs. One of their chief occupations
was the search for beautiful melodies,
and rhythms that would sink sleep
into the soul' and subdue,any tendency
to jealousy, pride, excess of appetite
andangry feelings. One is here re-
minded that David's music, centuries
before,.. had driven out the evil spirit
from King Saul.'
Luther called music the "mistress of
order and good ,manners," : and his
household was 0110 of prayer and
singing'
Unfortunately music does not enter
into Canadian home lifeas it does in
many other countries. We give our
children' lessons, vocal dr instrumental,
and feel that our duty is done, But
let - us; ; tape e real interest In their
advancement in the divine art that we
with them, roily grow in the apprecia;
tion of good music. Let us return to
the almost forgotten custom of asseur•
bring the family in the twilight of
the Lord's Day for anhoar -of praise
of singing the grand, old hymns 01 the
Who dons not recall. the "Cotter's
Saturday Night,'' in which Sums pie
tures so lovingly the weeklya home
coming of, the scattered farelly; How
after the cheerful supper, they form
Circle bofora.the glowing fire anti jot
in
"Dundee's" title warbling measure•
Oue day. be was talking with an old o - plaintive Martyr, of noble "le
friend about various people he; forte' glu," sweets t far of Scotia's lees?
erly knew. — _
"What bees
me :of the hall family?" Superstition Ruled Ci eat,
he inquired.; Some cf the giCat St mea tine tviir
"Oh," said' the lattea, "'Pont Hall did ever.stfw were superstitious, ' Nap'
very well.', Gat to be an actor out on lots Bonaparte' and Use Duke of We
the Pacific Coast. Bill, the other bro- ltngtonwere believers in omens. Fre,
!her, 15 something of an artist in New,' prick the Great carried a rabbit's fo
York; and Lucy, the sister, le doing to- guard against evil and klanuib
literary work. But Henry neper aar- used to get alit of his camp -bed hast
ounted to match,. It took all he Could wards so as to insure good luck
layhis hands ons to support all the the day.
Do btful
skier:om had invented a new hair re-
storer, and he had sent large number.
of 'sample bottles out to various well-
known people in the hope of securing.
some testimonials for advertisement
purposes -,
"I don't know whether to publish
this testimonial or net," ho said to a
friend who was calling upon hint as.
he was opening tiro letters,
"What does it say?" inquired the
other,
"Well, it says," said the proud in-
ventor, "'Befoso I used your hair
restorer I had three bald patehee, now
I have only one.'"
Beautifully Pone.
The leridegroote: "Would yott mind
111 went into a smoking coinpurtmont,
dear?"
Tito Bride, "What! to smcice?"
Tho Bridegroom; "Olt, dear, no! 1
Want to oxporlenee the agoity of being
away from you, so that the joy of my
ratut'ti will be ail the more letousir
trod'
'The ,Sties 'Canal took thirteen yoard
to eanatted,
' 1i:iYS fl
for a2okeiouter .iii -rel iuyCd31fyi'
ockrt
refreshment.
Aids digestion.
A.ilays thirst.
Soother the throat,
n FOE' 4f uialily,- i'Iovor and
got:''