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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-2-17, Page 6We fi t offered Ow public our MIMOOS rtmw tteSe it to their utmost satisfaction Curfew Hour in Ireland • An, i hh town ie the "City of feecedfel Night" those days, but even the ee:,,n of tenor and crottnter terree iolnt!y eagineered by Sinn Fe!n and Black ani Tana has its moments of Immor. Fiore Ili a gloomy desalt)" tine, Sent by a correspondent to The fttn neater Guardian, that winds up wilt, e- ann110: .'Phe streets are in total darkness, 1dr• the light3 went oft with is gasp. as the clock struck 10. Suddenly tate trlludiag flash of a oearchlight plays I:•ont end to end of the highway; the bearing ear moves slowly along, stop- • pl::g to light up with a d zzling radf- ance every nook and corner of the in- te:tecting side streets. Through the fretwork ca. streets -the cars and the feet Parties o. military move methodi- ca?iy; a trio t.i ee.unhl3ghts iinivene ever the roofs; now and again comes Vie valve of rttthority with a curt but ,..termined "Halt!" crunching lorry wilt an armored tar In the rear scurried from street to street. The heavy, measured tread of the pickets resounds down tate by- ways Unto the keeping of khaki the ray hr.' bean delivered. newel a narrow alley shuffled an un- kempt and ehtvering figure. A tramp Nrawn tired unto weariaese of the c.: •nal ward, grown sick unto fear of tee damp- and drafts of the ttallwaya of the tenements. A friend had told hen that .:urfew offenders wore not t deed so badly at all. They got a free meter drive, fairish quarters for uight, and it was on record that kindly corporal had been known to yeas around a packet of woodbines, a simple private been understood to have produced his pouch in case any one wanted a 1111. The tramp stepped almost boldly Leto the street. The sharp breeze sent his right hand to iris unfastened Shirt front. With a flash the search light had found Lime, while a lorry raced along to meet hen, But the light was switched away; the vehicle lumbered by without noticing him. A picket marched along an intersecting street thirty yards in front, utterly oblivious of his existence. He had grown tired of walking, and decided to draw the attention of the, next picket. .than, frolu a doorway came the sharp command, "Halt!" 'rite flashlight blinded hint for a.mo- moat, the accouterments of the half dozen soldiers iusnerved hint. The sergeant wanted to know what about it. "Honest to God,. sergeant, I wouldn't be out after curfew if I had a place to sleep, I tell you" "That'll do." The sergeant talked aside with one of tine men. "Don't keep that bay'net so close to me, sonny," requested the tramp. "I was in the army =self, all through the Boer War. And leek at me now." "Here!" cut in the sergeant, "you pop off home! Quick about it, now!" The tramp began to explain his vaso. But the glistening of the rain- drops on two pairs of bayonets, the flashing of the torchlight deckled him. Ile was abort to retrace his steps. "Ne, the way you were going," or- dered the sergeant. "Right on home, and be Appy about it." rhe Woo id's Srallest Screws. Tho smallest screws in the world— ;'.,e turned cut in a watch tactoty— c: cut from steel wire by a machine, 1, t as the chips fail from the knife it lends as if the operator were simply .ratting up the wire to amuse himself. :"o screws can be seen, and yet a renew fs made every third operation. The fourth jewel -screw le abnest in- r•ielble, and to tbo naked eye it re - e mbles -dust. With a gleno, however, It is seen to be a small screw, with 300 threads to an inch, and with a very lino glue the thread's may be seen clearly, These tiny screws are four one - thousandths of an inch -in diameter. It is estimated that an ordinary thimble would hold 100,000 of them. About 1,000,000 are made in a month, but no attempt is ever made to count them. In determining the number 100 of Caere are placed on a very delicate balance end the number of the whole amount is calculated from the weight cf those. The screws are then hardened and put in frames, about 100 to the frame, heady up. This Is done very rapidly, but entirely by the sense of touch, so that a blind man could do ft as well as the owner of the' sharpest eye. The heads are then polished in an auto- matic machine, 10,000 at a time, Res a;i.nsi lity of Parents D.Iarked results of lack of thought and indulgence in the training and dis, c!pline of the child are evident in the hoaith of ohlldren both of the pre- school and school age. In a day'e routine for the average child many habits that peomieo health acrd happiness for him can be under the direct supervision of the parents. Breakfast Is a most important meal. Failure to have this meal regularly, with plenty of time allowed for the thorough mastication of the whole- some foods properly prepared, is one of the bad habits that contributes so largely to malnutrition sooner or later. A good breakfast for a school child ehoaltl consist of fruit, cereal, toast c•r roll with mills or cocoa. If the feed budget affords egga for breakfast, they aro a valuable addition to the meal, but not necessary if plenty of milk is provided during the clay. Such fruits as oranges, prunes. and baked apples are wholesome and easily prepared, and cereals like oatmeal, whale wheat pre- parations and rice are more nutrbtlous and less expensive than many of the "ready -to -eat" cereals. If the distance is not too great, it is better for the child to come hone for he noonday meal. Tho walk gives an opporunity for exercise and fresh air and helps to stimulate his appetite. At home the mother can better control the nel'ection of food than at school. However, where the school has a lunchroom managed by a trained dietf- tlen a wholesome, hot Iunch may be ebtaintrd at small cost, and in this case It may be advisable for the child to boy his lunch. Should the school lunch or sandwiches brought from hone be supplemented with a hot soup or drink from the lunchroom, the mother should inquire of what the lunch consisted, so that she may cor- rect bad habits, if necessary, and plan the evening meal accordingly. The importance of ten to fifteen minutes' rest after the noonday meal should be emphasized. Running to school, strenuous exercise, ie no aid to diges- tion. After the closing of school there should be time and opportunity for play and recreation out of doors, If the wencher permits, and rest before the evening meal. Children under ten years should not be given meat mare than onto a clay, and then pertera.bly at the loan meal. A typical, good evening meal for a ithlid under ten might consist of a cream vegetable soup, a baked potato or cereal, bread and butter auci milli. A simple deseert like custard, baked apple, rice pudding may bo given In place of potato or cereal, tend a vege- table may be wisely included. After the evening meal the child may study, read or play quiet games for an lianr, and then prepare for bed. The Importance of rest cannot be too strongly impressed upon parents. Every ehbid under ton should have ten to twelve hours• of sleep hi a well -vet - Mated, dark and quiet room, and child- ren aver ten should be encouraged to deep at least ten hours. - mTr�crr ,7�clrr�o�^ r+�'+, ,rryn, „i, .nfcr,ryyr` ,W.>rTc: �i/1- ,� tiicri�n+k, uli. pili, k.,�L. t:L.r�, t�:a�li, t�1"c„t. e J....1. ..1, .&�,f..S.�".�. .1. 4 . d.. d... d..baFa.d�.,a 'The - Rattletrap Gun Dy SAMUEL A. DERTHUX.. bz� Yfj II, The roar of a train on the railroad three miles 'away brought her back to her situation. Sometimes after this train, Ben closed the station.; some- times he had to wait until the ten o'clock passenger; sometimes he had to work over his yellow rens book until midnight. Her hand slipped into her 'bosom and closed over the note that an old negro had brought her secretly that morning. Somebody had told Ben her father had gone to town, and he was coming out after supper. He wanted to talk to her, he wrote about the cottage he had bought near the station. She could see it now, with the small barn behind, the trim garden palings, the cool water oak in the - front yard. Ben was going to paint the house and barn white—if she 'Ikea white. There hvas another note, too, hidden in her dress --the note she had written in answer, begging him not to conie, telling him that it would only make things harder, that her father would never give in, that he must never come any more. All day she had watched the road, sure there would be someone who could take it in to Ben. But nobody hadpassed, and the day had worn away, and then her father had driven ante the yard. He had been worse than he had ever been, since he had the quarrel with Ben at the station about some express. She had not heard it, but neighbors had told her. It was terrible, they said. Ben had lost his temper at last. "Get out of this station, you soak!" he had cried. Men had rushed between them and dragged her father away. But at the door he stopped. -- ' "If you ever step foot on my place, young man," he said, "I'll kill you!" She would never forget his face when he came home that day, "Don't you never let hint conte on the place again, Tess," he said. "Never again!" The distant puffing of the train as it pulled out from the station startled her. 7f Ben left now he might be here in half an hour. Sometimes he came on horseback, sometimes he walked. If she knew when he was coming site would run out and warn him. But he might be detained at the station; her father might come up here while she was gone, looking for her. The night had grown silent, the roar of the train died away. Ben might he on the road now, swinging, along happily in the moonlight; maybe he was singing. He thought her father in town, and there he sat on the porch in his tilted chair watching. •S'he could not stay here. She jumped to her feet. A sudden dryness in her throat gave her an idea. Her father was thirsty when he was this way. She tiptoed down the narrow stairs, into his room. She picked up the pit- cher from the washstand, and hurried out by the back porch, across the yard to the well. The streaking of the chain as her white arms pulled hand over hand in the moonlight filicd the air with an alarmed scream, made the night alive, Maybe Ben, if he had reached the woods, would hear this, would some to the edge; then she would run to him quickly, warn him, run back. She waited in the stillness that followed the soreaking of the chain. No sound. She filled the pitcher and hurried up the back porch. A moment she stood panting, looking toward the Woods, then she went in, the water splashing on the floor of the hall. She hurried into her father's room, set the pitcher in the basin, and turned, The moonlight falling at a sharper angle through the window than it had done formerly shone on her father's new double-barrel shotgun. It leaned against the wall, near the bed. Her father would come after this, if he saw Ben. It glowed dull, satiny, sinis- ter, there against the wall. She ran out as if she had seen a snake. Her father still sat glowering on the edge of the porch. Ile looked at her underneath his eyebrows, and she tried to smile. It was too hot to sleep, she said, and leaned against the wan. "I fetched some nice cold water in yo' room, Pa." He filled his pipe and lit it "Bring me a drink." He gulped down the water she brought him, then handed her the gourd. 'More," he said. He was holding the dipper out to her, his .big, blunt farce raised to hers, She could touch his bristly hair, thin at the top' he must hear her heart pounding above his ear. She brought him another dn'nk, then she walked over to the steps and sat down, her head against the post, her hands clasped about h:r knees. Breast ris- ing and falling, she studied his face furtively. She would tell him boldly Ben was coming, she would plead with him, if only he wore not as he was to -night. He had liked, Ben, at first, had bragged of hips to her. , tiarle ED 11 41 " a it LL'"bwk..A a,io, sottzt�'d5","dfll * . C!;. d b u'� ^' r, "He's a fine, sober young feller, Tess," he had said, "With no bad habit&" She knew, everybody knew, that her father was a kind enough man when he was right, too generous for his awn good, impntlsivo, hospitable. Bat better titan anybody else, she knew hew far to go with him when be was like this, She knew how the ani- mosiities of one drunken spell remain- ed stubbornly over until the next, how more and more, since iter mother died, his worst moments guided 'his life. She had tided every way she knew eto help him. Just once he looked at her with strange eyes. "I get.lonely, gal," he said. Everybody was afraid of him when he looked as he looked now, sullen, heavy, flushed. She was seized with a Budden loathing of him as he sat there, hisrock feet up on the rungs of his chair. A match was struck in the edge of the woods opposite them. It flared quickly up, it was jerked quickly out, but it seemed to Light the whole aide of the house and her own face like the flaring -up of a rocket. She looked at her father. He had not stirred. Perhaps, if he had seen, he thought it was a smoker passing along the road on the other side of the pines. They were thin here. 'But around them the road turned at right angles and passed in front of the house. Her• father would watch for the appearance of the smoker. She sprang u ang up too quickly, and remained standing. She must not seemto 'hurry' she must not make any more mistakes, but Ben must not strike another match. She must warn him—now. She croesed the porch, her eyes straight ahead. When she spoke her voice was unna- turally calm. "Guess I'll turn in. Good night, Pa." She ran up the stairs, pressing heavily on them so they would creak. At the top she paused, sick with fear. Then elle tiptoed back down and stop- ped, out of breath, in the hall. Through the window of the front room she could see his broad heavy back into which the head was sunk without a neck. The back was mov- ing. Deliberately he was easing him- self to the floor. He held his pipe in his hand as if he had just taken it guardedly out of his mouth. He was leaning forward, like a man about to spring. She went swiftly down the hall and stopped at the bedroom door. Her father would come after that new gun, glistening there against the wall. She darted into the room and grabbed up the new gun. S•he left the old one, the rattletrap, on the table where she had placed it. After she had run out of the room the wished she had hid- den that other gun. But it was too late now; he might be conning; she had thought she heard him rise. (Concluded in next issue.) Aerial Signposts. It has now been officially announced that certain railway stations are mark- ed with the name of the town they re- present In big white letters on the roof, as a guide to airmen. This seems to be an excellent Idea, and certainly might be extended to practically every station with advant- age. The only drawback to this Is that these names would not be easily —if at all—distinguishable in the dark. . Suggestions have been put forward • that lighthouses night be put to good use In this respect, and that a beam should be directed skywards, in addi- tion to the sea light. Or, better still, to Instituto "land lighthouses." This huggestion was mooted at Lie- benswerda, in Saxony, the idea being to have a lighthouse with a 2,000 candle-power beam. The operator's duty would be to signal to a'ir•craft the direction of any place required, and the probable weather conditions, It would also be necessary to have some indication as to where the land- ing -ground is situated, an the difficul- ties of coming down in the dark on an unknown spot would ho obvious. Ideod, enterprising hotel proprietors might have an illuminated sign and a landing -stage on the roof, Wisps of Wisdom. Try and you may; don't and you won't, Waisted opportunity is the cause of most failures. Great opportunitles come to those who make use of small ones. It's better to get licked than never to have put up a game fight. Don't think that anyone who doesn't happen to agree with you is a fool. Unless we put our ideals Into prac- tice they are no more than empty dreams. Intaginotios without Irnowlodge, training, and' experience is like llght- ning—uuoontrelled electricity, liable to do damage, We do a greatdeal of grumbling about the rough journey of lite when we might be using carr strength to bet- ter telvarttage fin mending the road, Study Men. Some men have within then that which always• spurs them on, while some need artificial initiative, outside encourage- ment. Seine men exert themselves under stern discipline; sonic re- spond only to a gentle rein. - Some men need thriving; seine coaxing Some need the spur; same the sugar lump, Some meitt do their best with work piled shoulder high; some --msen must have it given theta a piece at a time. Some then thrive on discoir- agentent; Borne (satinet work without cheerfulness. Stiffly Mori—tine mat over you, rittder you, around you. Study them, enol leamn how to get frau each the bolt that Is in him, Pep. • Water Mast 'be heated to 212 degrees before it can generate enough eteam to farce the piston do the l000moUve suffleiently to move the train. Two hundred degrees Won't do it; 210 deg 'oee Wantt do it; 211. degrees won't do it; oniy 212 degrees of vapor wild pull the tricks Now, there are multitudes ot,, mean who try to move theft, life train with low temperature, half- hearted effeetst The enthusiasm which moves the life train and does things, Won't be generated at a low temperature, an ordin- ary ambition, by cheap -Jobe. ef- torts, The enthusiasm which buoya. us up, the enthusiesun vt'hloh ac- companies mastership will not be generated in an idle brain, or by a half-hearted effort. It takes ginger, grit, pluck and pep to do time trick, And you can't gener- ate these eualitlee by a low tem- perature. 'Open Your Mouth, Please!" "Many people who go to a palmist or phrenologiM would be mueh amazed f it were suggested that theycons to me instead, to have their oharaetere read," says a, wel-known dentist, "Yet the mouth is lull ofcharaeter.' "Compare a man with full or loose lips, with one whose mouth shuts firm- ly, Notice the differences between a woman whoee'smile is a perfectly na- tural expression of good feeling and one whose parted lips are significant of little Inward joy.' "Jest as easily an observant dentist can discern dissimilarities of charac- ter portrayed by the insole formation of a mouth. "Other parts of one's parson confirm the impreesion given by the mouth. "Take feet for instance. A. well - arched instep means a high roof to the mouth. - "Both of these together almost in- variably go with high qualitiee—men- tal, physical, and moral. High spirits, high ideals, high courage, and an out- look on life which is buoyant and gay. "On the other hand, a person with a fiat roof to his mouth is generally flat-footed. At the best the roof and feet are merely arched, with no height. Such a person, while he may have a sort of degged courage, is sel- dom in a'joliy humor. "His spirits are usually depressed. He sees life mainly through his own bilious outlook. He has no ready smile, and a greeting scarcely court- eous. Fortunately, however, titin type of person is not often to be found, "The generality of mankind belong to the 'happy medium' classy with fair- ly high arches to feet and roof of mouth. , "These, though not exhilarating to any great degree, are usually cheer- ful, with an inclination for the society of more favored folk who have high arches, and bubble over with the joy of life." Roads Made of Oil. 011 is the best material for modern road -making! It withstands the wear and tear of motor traffic better than anything else. , The majority of oil roads have been made with pitch, or eapholt, which is really oil that has not been refined. Asphalt is found in California and South America, but in the eland of Trinidad alone there is a supply of as- phalt practltaully inexhaustible. Sir Walter Raleigh it was who discovered these asphalt lakes in Trinidad. The largest he named Pitch Lake. It is about 30 acres in expanse and of un- known depth. It is only about fifty years ago that scientists suddenly bethought them- selves that this asphalt, or pitch, would be a perfect material for road. making. Previous to that this enorm- ous supply of oil had not been node use of by man until about 1350, when same smart young men comceive,l the Idea of getting oil from it. This en- terprise failed owing to the enormous expense and the compet:tlon of the na- tural oil springs in other parts of the globe. In 1170 a company ave started in earnest. .A. factory was built on the shores of Pitch Lake, railways were laid to the coast, about a mile and a half away, acct a jetty built for sales. During the next twenty years close on three million tone of asphalt were got from Pitcls Lake. This did not ex- haust the lake; on the contrary, as soon its a gap is made by an extrac- tion it just Ails up again In rho most marvellous manner. Consequently, the size of the lake never diminishes. Fish That Growl. A fish that growls and meows Bine al cat is found in certain pares of South /titmice, Africa, and Australia. 1t looks leech nsore litre a snake than a fish. It has hogs, and is ob- liged to put its ]send out of water to breathe. Lung fists, as these cm-datan•c1 are called, aro a link between reptiles and fish—the nearest kind to the orig- inal stock from which snakes and fish both sprang. One reason why these strange ash have been preserved thousands and thousands of years after their proate- torie ancestors were extinct 13 be- cause they can live _easily through long droughts. Alligators and their African cousins, the crocodiles, are almost the only enemies they have to Ifear except man. Their rich &alien Renis is highly prized by the Indians, who go after 1 them with spears, In the teetered state, the African lung flab is about elglrteert inches long, but when kept in agtsarlums and fed the year mend, instead of lying dor- mant for leek of water,they grow to be tWo feet and pelf long and weigh six pounds or more. It is a fact that there are ils+it, which ea.nniot swim. A Bra/Aline fish, called the uta+lits, can. ontiy erawl, walk or hop, It has a loitg, tmetmned snout, and resembles to aanle extent a toad. Theanterior, tins of the maithe. are quite email, and are iii reality thin pnwe, twhielf 'ore of no service for swimming, )flow About Your Linen?. Good linen nowadays is almost as precious as jewels, and every scrap of it is worth saving. The high price of linen makes an entire new stock almost prohibitive to the ordinary housewife, and there is nothing in sight to lndieate lower prices Sar scone time to come. The first point to be considered is where and how to keep it. This may sound €er-fetched, but it has a lot to do with the wesuing qualities of linen and also the health of the family. The ideal linen store place should be a Well ventilated cupboard in a warm, dry position and in a good light. And yet I • have seen housekeepers tuck linen, fresh from the ironing board and not perfectly dry, away in a dark, airless drawer. Recently I saw a linen closet that was ideal. The shelves were just wide enough to admit one layer of linens, and in order that the articles might have proper air and always be per- fectly dry, these shelves were made of lattice work, -the whole being white enameled. A little ventilator at the top of the door admitted air freely and was covered with fine white mus- lin, which, while it let in the air, kept out the dust. Each shelf was labeled, and on the door hung a linen book in which was listed the entire household linen stock, the date of its purchase and the price. Linen gives better wear if used uniformly., The clean linen may be put -at the bottom of the pile, and the daily supplies taken out from the tap. In this way each article gets' its turn at wear and washing. The life of linen may be prolonged twenty-five per cent. by laundering. It is a scientifically known fact that heed 'water 3s ruinous to clothes, therefore the water should be soften- ed. Many a laundress adds caustic soda to the. already prepared soap solution when washing, and this gives excessive alkalinity and ruins the strength, color and wearing qualities of the fa'bri'cs. Leaving clothes over- night in a dirty soap bath also rots them, and insufficient rinsing makes them yellow and leaves soap which in time eats the linen. Always before going to the wash, linen should be carefully examined. Small holes should be darned, for if let go they are liable to catch on the ' board, washing machine or wringer and become very big ones. Stains, too, should be removed. Tea and coffee stains are most easily removed while still wet. Place the table cloth over a basin and pour boiling water through the spots. If this docs not entirely remove the stain, rub 011 a little borax, rub it in well, and try boiling water again. Some use salts of lemon. Fruit stains are removed in the same way. For mildew spots rub the stains with soap, sprinkle with chalk and bleach in the sunshine. Buttermilk will also work fairly well. Wet ink stains should be washed im- mediately in milk. Put a pinch of salts of lemon on iron mould stains and pour boiling water through the spot. Be sure to rub the salts of lemon in well and repeat until stain is out. Paint on linen should be removed with a mixture of ammonia, turpentine and paraffin. I have found that it is always best to have all linen marked either by a large monogram or a small embroid- ered initial. It adds to the distinction and beauty of all household linens to have them individualized by your "trademark." It takes only a few min- utes to do the work, as en towels an outline stitch is pretty, and even on sheets you can use outlining and a darning stitch to fill in. The close embroidered initials, while prettier, take more time. Having looked after the storing, listing, mending and washing of your linen yen may flea that some of it seem; too badly worn to be u_efal, But don't throw it away without a eceond look. Every scrap eau bo util- ised. Shots and table cloths seam to wear out in the nuckllo Meter than about the edges and this is natural as they get more vicar in those parts. If the sheets are titin in the middle and the sides are good and strong, cut them through the centre and then join the outer u• selvage edges together, mskiny a scam down the middle, and hent the outer edges. If the centre of the sheet is too badly worn, parts of it can he cut off and the sheet made to fit a three-quarter or a single bed. Ofteadinus, an old sheet badly worn in places will have enough good in it to make a pillow slip or two, and when post all use the ironing board can claim the old sheet for a cover. Worn pillow =see are most useful for pretesting fmn_y wrists and blouses or children's dresses from dust, when they are kept hanging in closets. Cut a sole in the middle of the ek i of the case just big enough to let the hook of the hanger slip tbroiigh. Place the blouse on the hanger then slip the case over and you have a splendid protector without cost or time. If a table cloth is too much worn to make darling worth while, convert • it into smaller cloths that may be used for lunch, tray or carving sloths, and the smaller pieces into doilies. If the centre is badly worn, cut large squares from the corners of the clout which is apt to be good, and set to- gether with lace ingertion which can be bought cheap at sales, and if you wish, edge with lace. Crochet inser- tion and lace is pretty if you care to take the time. You will have in this way a handsome lunch cloth. Oftentimes I cut tinplate for everday use from worn table cloths. '!'hese I hent and they last a long time, Centre- pieces, smell doilies and carving cloths all may come from scrizps, I made an entire breakfast get front a line old table cloth, After getting out a lunch cloth from the four corners and cross - i imitation chat lace I cut a ittgwth 1 Y centrepiece, several pieta doilies, and the entailer doilies front the mule left and in odd moments buttonholed the edges in blue mercerized cotton. The clippingss.too,worn to use, I put 10 the medicine chest for "Firet Aid, From one eloth I made a very band - some luneileon .set by using bits of fine old lade curtains to combine with it. I appliqued the bits of net, the design being fine and dainty, on the linen, buttonholed around 1t mid then cut the line from underneath. Bureau scarfs may be made the same way, and right here let me diverge long enough to say that bits of fine old cur- tains may be used to applique on children's dressed, make yolks, and cuff and Boller sets. Of course, it goes without saying, that only very fine curtains are useful for this work. Old bath towels may be out up into wash cloths—the better parts being used for this, and a quickly -made crocheted edge .in color worked around the four sides. The worn parts made good cleaning cloths and fine dish cloths. -Linen towels should be care- fully darned and -patched at each .. washing. It is a geed plan to keep. one old one on hand to patch the Others with, Worn out, the best parts may be converted into little doilies to put under plants or the like, and sev- eral old ones stittth'ed together to form a big new towel will make a good cloth for drying glassware. One thing more, remember it is no economy to store linen for long periods without using it. If starched, the starch rots the fabric and gives it a bad color when left undisturbed for some time. It is the "best linen" which is most likely to suffer in this way and if you seldom use it for "company" then give it an ocoaaional turn on the family table, so that i1 may go through the wash and heel its color. If you do not use it often be sure that you keep blue paper about .01. Traveller and Wolves. In the game of traveller and wolves the smallest person or the slowest runner must be the traveller. His ob- ject is to reach the end of his journey without being caught by any of the rest of the 'players, who are the wolves. Some distant spot should be chosen for a goal. Before setting out the traveller is provided with a num- ber of white balls or other objects, The -wolves then give him a fair start and chase him. When tate traveller finds a wolf dangerously near hint he must throw one of his balls in such a way that the wolf will lose con- siderable ground by stopping to pick it up. Of course the wolf is required to get the ball before he returns tc the chase. The more balls the traveller carries the better is the chance of escape. Forestry Department at B.C. University. - An important rodent development In forestry is the inauguration of a De. partmemt of Forestry in the Faculty of Science, University of Brbtl<h Col unlbia, under Prof. H. R. Christie. A five-year course will be given, during the first two years of which the in- structioet will consist of general arts and science subjects, as in the cources in chemical, mechanical, mining and civil engineet9g. During the last three years, the student will specialize in forestry, titin being definitely recog- nized as a bn-aueh of the engineering profession. Prof. Christie was for a number of years in the British Colum- bia Forest Branch, ales) with the Cana• dian Engineers in France. IIe is n graduate of the Faculty of Forestry, University 01 Toronto. 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