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MOTHER CONFESSES
Ref.Ore Tt Wats •To9 Late She Diseoyered.How to Tie 1?aughter
to the Farm,.
itesua!;eetlen '
And 1 saw at new heaven ,and a
new mirth; for the first' heaven and
foist earth were passed away. ^i ov
elation xxi., 1.
The Lord God said to His angel; "Let
the old things pass away.
BY KATi•IAItINE IIIlNRY, They. have helped the , earth with
1 r sin
As the day for I3'elon's vacation • r Ind the year before. No wonder tslheaudayghter; their Obscures
drew near her father tel ed about she had taken refuge in a•camp. How Roll up the night ps is eurta]ill let
her more and more, and my own could I be so'thoughtleee with this the stars fade one by one;
thoughts kept pace with .his,, We daughter for whom l Would resdily Out of the face of the heavens illy
were verymuch lin love with this only •
gt Y 1 f v I anger shall blot the sun,
g
daughter of ours, and proud of her,
too. When she went awayto board-
ing school "our house had lost' its
soul" end wo were indeed lonely. We
took the teacher to board but no one
could make up to us for the bright
face and sweet voice of our daughter.
How yo equnted the weeks and then
the days as her vacations drew near,
and how we envied every minute of
those vacations spent out of our
sight! It was then that she and I
formed the habit of working together
—baking, cooking, sewing—what-
ever happened to be the day's pro -
grans. It was a pleasure to work
with her aside from compenionsb,ip,
She was so jolly and she had such
a capable way of taking hold and dis-
posing of a job. Unconsciously, I
can see it now, I got into the habit lawyer's office I wandered around in
of depending on her for help in more a furniture store -with dire results,
and more of the work. to wit: a gem of a sewing machine,
I had always \counted on having 365. (Now the old-timer just as old
her 'back in the home .when school as Charlie, goes to Widow. Cory); a
days were over; but her father Porch swing, a hammock, door and
agreed -with her tjiat she had a right window screens for the living room
to make her own way in the world "and other ,articles altogether too
and live her own life, just as her numerous to mention." •
brother Charlie did, and I still have Clara Lake is with me in Lucy's
'only her vacations. So this summers place and she's a jewel. I'm having
as the day approached, I planned to a picnic, especially as I've decided to
make her favorite dishes; but each Put up very little fruit. It brings
day I also remembered some add,- good prices in 'the market and we
tional piece of work that I wanted to have so much left over from last
accomplish while she was at home to year that I hesitate to use the sugar.
help me. I stocked up well with fruit Clara told tie that Jenny Parsons
jars, jelly glasses, muslin, cambric, is doing plaih, sewing since her foot
and crochet yarns. I brightened and was hurt, and that .she has little to
aired her room but the day she came do while the farmers' wives are so
I was so busy putting up pickles that busy; so this evening I gathered up
I simply hadn't time to go to- the the entire lot piled on the sewing
garden for an armful of her favorite room table and father took me down
flowers. to her. She was so pleased to have
She looked very stylish and pretty all that work that my conscience did -
as she ran up 'the walk to meet me, n't trouble me for buying a new sew -
one afternoon this last August, but I ing machine andethen giving the work
noticed that she was pale and thin- out, I,11 use the machine next winter.
nen than usual. Mother.
That evening as we sat on the P:S.—Aunt Liza and Mrs. Cooper
porch looking at . patterns for a are not coming to visit until it is
.crocheted spread I answered her cooler.—Mother.
questions about the neighbprhood and No. 2. Father says if there's any
her friends, and my mind was on the danger from malaria or typhoid near
work of the next few weeks. I told camp you are to come home. He really
her that I was expecting Aunt Liza seems worried. I am not worried,
and Mrs. Cooper for a visit, that the but of course .I'd love to have you
plums and pears would soon be ready home. I am lonely. -Mother.
for canning, and that the sewing Writing that letter was the hard -
table was piled high with work. When est' job I 'had done in many a day.
I mentioned that l%cy, the -maid, was How could I tell her enough -to lure
going away for two weeks while she her back home, yet avoid giving rise
was at home to help out a peculiar to -uncomfortable questions? Sup -
Te did note allow myself the luxury", fir• on
but before 'e that night was For the man I mad arid Uieatl t J
of tears, , be oa g filled with my breath of breath,
over I had thought to soma purpose..Hath sown;; the seas with hatred, his
Thd next morning I told Helens fa- alcdes aro dant with death.
ther I wanted to go shopping, and The babo is olein at the bosom, the
that evening I wrote ailette:, a part babo who beholds Myh face;
of which I -will quote from memory: A welter of woe he leases it --the
Dear Helen: • •dream of My love and grace.
Prepare . yourself for surprises. "Loyd was the dower I gays him,.
Your father went to Burlton on bus, love the light of 'Ms days,
this morning and.I went along g
to see the oil stove he has been talk- Love the core of his being, love and
ing .about. Ho has just sold the
the upward gaze.
timber on "the knob" for a nice price, Hate is the meat he feeds on, hate is
so ""1 supposewe. felt reckless. Al his daily bread;
i ht His drink is the blood of his brother,
lent we made a day of , t. We b ought
an oil stove like Mrs. M'artin's, oven whom Cain hath stricken dead.
and all, No, more coal fires before I said to the man in the Garden,
'Where fi thy brother, Cain?'
September, 'Am I my brother's keeper?' now
Then while your father was in the „
comes the answer again,
The Lord God said to His angel:
"This bang is accursed and a
lie;
It hath sinned from the law I gave
it, and surely it shall die!
flush crept into her face and she pose she found out that I postponed
raised her head to speak, but check- Aunt Liza's visit? Her father's
ed herself. ,All this I recalled after- message, however, was genuine, and
ward. she would never know that I had put
When she went to her room, though the idea ,into his head.
I knew she was tired, she wrote sev- That evening when I picked up the
eral letters and sent them'in the early farm journal, almost the first words
mail with the market man. Next dry that caught my eye were these:
while we were cutting corn to dy "There is a swimming hole in the
she said, "Mother, you'll have to get brook for the boys and one tor the
some one else to help while Lucy's horses; there is a sheep dip In the
away, , I'm going to a girls' camp meadow—we have no bath room!"
for three weeks. Perhaps you can How often had Helen coaxed me to
get Caroline Hull." have stationary tubs and 'a bath
When I began to put my disturbed tooth!
thoughts into words she said.quietly, Toth!
that my eyes were open they
"Don't try to talk me out of it, were open uncomfortably wide,
Mother, please; I'm going." I saw especially at night. The memory- of
that her mouth was strangely set and Helen's hot, tired fade as she filled
that her eyes were full of tears. fruit jars over the coal range, took
In three days more she was..gone; away the, pleasure I might have had
and my plans for sewing and canning in my new oil stove. My piles of
and all the rest were somewhat j)eautifully sewed linen were no
knocked on the head. She was more longer a source of happiness. I began
quiet than usual those three days and to plan another letter when, glory be,
sometimes I thought she was un- I received a post card:
happy. Was ,it possible that the war "Home' Saturday, 2.45 train. No
had laid its cruel hand on some ro- typhoid, but mosquitoes!!"
mance of hers and she was trying to That left two whole weeks of her
hide her sorrow? vacation. Didn't I fly around to. get,
As the days went by I was more the work aside before Saturday! 3
and more disappointed at not haying put her room ,in perfect order, one
her with me and her father haunted rose bud on her table, but I thought
me with questions: Did I think Helen hest not to go to the train. I needed
looked as well as usual? Had 1 any to move carefully, -
idea why she went away again? Could May I be forgiven for all the white
it be that she was threatened with •a lies I told during the next two weeks,
dreadful illness and had gone
I told
Halen that Claraan
dIcould
to,. a sanatarium? work better 11 the stayed out of the
One day when he was in the midst way in the morning; there was little
of these questionings, a touring car work: done hi the afternoons. We
stopped at our. gate and an elderly went to the fern woods "to gather
gentleman and his wife, city friends roots for a wild garden that I want to
of Helen's, inquired for her. They start under your maple tree;" we
were much surprised that she was chatted for hours on the porch Are-
away. tending to sew; we went in the car
"Why,,she said she was going home with father when he had errands in
to do nothing but rest for four whole town "so that Helen might learn to
weeks, and that's just what she ought drive;" we spent one.,rainy afternoon
to have done." a among our attic treasures.
"At Mountain View? Well, it's a Helen watchedinc in amazement
nice camp but I can't think of a more than once. The afternoon that
lovelier place to rest than right we took snap shots she suddenly sat
here." down on a,log and said, "Mother, I
"She works too hard. The whole can't understand you this summer.
office force has come to depend on
her. I hope she'll take a thorough
rest and get 'back some of her color."
"She speaks' so much about you
and your home. I should love to see
the wild grape vine on the oak tree
over the spring, ,and her maple tree,
and the fern woods."
These are some of the words that
came bade to me over and ovet again,
after my guests had goneand each
I
time they stabbed deeper. was glad
her father had not heard some of
then:,
I could not sleep that night, and as
I sat by the window looking over the
moonlit lawn, I took fierce pleasure in
punishing inyself. "She was going
home to do nothing but rest." No
wonder her eyes filled arid leer lips
were eager to protest that first night
when I brushed aside her inquiries
about friends and rehearsed the list
of work to be crowded into bee va-
cation. For the first time 1 realized
that I had been looping at her vas
cation from my point of view, with
little thought of her wishes ee needs.
When her brother Charlie conies
home we all realize it
he has come
to rest; but more and mere 1 hod
allowed Helen's vacation to be filled
with hard work. There wax little
leisure for the piano, end her dainty
dresses hung unused in the closet.
while cihe was at home. 1 scourged
myself with definite details of the
work; we did durhig her vacation last
You 'seen, perfectly well and yet I
never saw you so deliciously lazy in
all my life."
"Perhaps I ant perfectly Well be-
cause I ant so 'deliciously lazy,' " was
all the reply,I could venture.
Now that Helen has gone and the
weather is, cooler I have plenty of
time to boil into jellies the fruit
juices that Clara canted; and if I
have a few jars less than usual what
of It? I have more now than we
can use. and the fruit was given
away. Besides, it is a question of
values, a few jars more or loss, over
against my daughter's health and
companionship.
I would not exchange the memory
of those two weeks for all' the rows
of jellies and the crocheted counter -
pence we could do in a year. Daugh-
ters outvalue things. '
An Easter Offering.
Maks life a bouquet all complete;
Your heart a fragrant rose;
a lily,ahesto and cot
Your mind w ,
Tho purest bloom that blows.
These flowers or your heart and mind
tiSharcfreelywhilelive;
you ,
The more yen spread, the mere_you'll
find-. •
How much is yours to give.
Through sunnny calm er stormy day
Always aemno broom will blow
The sweetness of your Lifo'e bouquet
1'o others, as you go,
"The beasts of the field are patient,
the birds rejoice in song,
But what is this thing of blood lust
and where does it belong?.
Lo, I shall. establish a"judgment; Let
the old things pass away;
They have heaped the fields with
slaughter; their sin defiles the
d.
They hav laid on the weak sore bur-
dens, on the jest their whips
and the ban:
For a handful of crimsoned silver
theyhave kissed the Son of
Man.
Roll back the scroll of the heavens;
from out of the womb of birth,
Come forth new heavens untainted;
come forth, renewed, the
earth!"
•
An Easter Tea.
This is to be a jolly informal af-
fair on Easter Monday, given for a.
bunch of high school lads and lassies.
The invitations will be on egg-shaped
cards and just a big letter "T" used.
When all have arrived the hostess
will start this game:
before a girl'•s name forms a eat.
Tabby.
T before a beverage forms a story.
Tale.
T before a craft forms a sinall pie.
Tart. ,
T before a shower forms a line of
cars. Train.
T before foolhardy forms rubbish,
Trash.
T -before a request forms labor.
Task.
T before a gun forms something
trivial. Trifle.
T before regret, forms sincerity.
True. .
T before everything forms height.
Tall.
T before rest forms to plague.
Tease.
T before a mistake forms fright.
Terror.
T before humor forms to blame.
Twit. •
T before finish forms rvatehfuht9ss-
Tend.
T before competent forms a piece
of furniture. Table.
T before embrace forms a crimi-
nal. Thug:
T before a useful plant forms a
river. of Scotland. e Tweed.
Spring Floweret
(Hepaticae.)
Darling little flowers,
Innocent and bright;
Lovely' little flowers,
Children of the,. light.
Looking, far above you,
With your quiet. eyes,
Coaxing golden sunbeams
From the rosy
Scattered through, the wildwood,
Where the robie sings,
,
Were the maple blushes,
'here the ivy clings.
Peeping in the forintains, .
Far away and lone,
Jewelling the *vet
Of the mossy, stone.
God, our Father, sent you,
Smiling through the land,
Fashioned by IIis ,fingers,
Painted by His hand.
To proclaim His goodness,
Since He cares for you,*
Darling little flowers,
We may trust Him too,
BARBARA'S EASTER PETS n SERIOUS NO
The Easter chicken dirt not kndw
what it was to' have it mother, HeI
was hatched out in an incubator with
a family of eighty little downy yellow
chicks. He was dried Out by ma -
!slithery and was placed uncles, a large
brooderwhich was always the night
tempOrature, and he was fed accord-
ing to rule, so, of course, he thrived.
Then; with ab{''ut twelity of his kind,
he was shipped to a bird store,
awaiting 'the Easter sales,
Resurrection Lilies.
As in the mite of earth
God placed the seed
Of waxen lilies, sweet and fair and
pure. '
As purity itself—so marvelous
Each blossom seeins a living, tender
thought
Of. that Great Leve which whispers
to our hearts'
The holy truth, that, as in grime and
muck
Th6 seeds or What.we dimly recognize
As thoughts of God, may wait the
Sun of Love,
To start them into life as radiant '
1 And a'regrant liiles of an earthily
field,
The Menage of ,,aster.
This is the meaning of Raster—
that though my hotly change and pass
away like the bulb of the growing
lily, there is a Life Eeautifttl within,
that, like the lily's blossom, shall one
day "appear" but,; unlike thitt ear'th-
born blossom, haste life that pes5eth
not away. The bulb must he planted,
must be watered, alio soil crust feed
it the g
nide et ust cherish the
tender
thing or from its heart no
Stately blossom can appear; Se' 3111145
Wo nourish nod cher'is'h that which is
to our earthly ;bodies as the lily chal-
ice is to the bulb, 31 wo would know
Life, we inusl: encourage and develop
that within tie which lives—the Life
Beautiful
i
the country, and ,then we will take
them back vrhere thbelong,,,
The Ilttle girl hogged
ey her father'
and said: "You knew just what I
wanted, for you have told me about.
your pets on the farm, and now I'
have some real pets ef, my own."
Soon the tether was busy building
over a packing' box into a rabbit:
house, and he emceed in a part of it;
for a email chicken yard, and Bar-
bara brought some water and some'
eaxrots and lettuce and celery to;
Bunny Pink Eyes and some torn for
Little Chicle, as 'Barbera named the,
chicken, and she was so busy all day,
with . her pots that she hardly took;
time to notice her new :;aster toys,
But that night when she was going
to bed she petted the toy rabbit anti
pulled his tail and laughed when his
ears sprang up, and she played with
her toy chicken and duck. "I like
my new toys, mother, but after all
they are only pretend, and real pets
are the best"
When she was ready for bed she
went back once more to look at her
pets. "I am afraid poor Little Chick
will be lonely," she said. "I think
I will put the toy duck and chicken
in his house, and I will put the toy
rabbit in with Bunny Pink Eyes for
the night," and, suiting the action to
the word, Barbara left her toys with
her pets and went to bed and to
sleep.
In the corner of his playroom the
white rabbit sat up in his home and
stared in surprise at a silent white
rabbit that never moved. Then he
saw that his rociumate held a carrot,
so he hopped boldly over and began
to sniff at the carrot and he tried to
nibble it, but he found it was not real,
In disgust lie jumped, up, and brushed
against the white rabbit, and as he
did so he stepped on the tail of the
toy„ and instantly the toy rabbit
raised his ears and lifted the carrot,
This was too much for Pink Eyes,
and with trembling whiskers he
sprang to the far corner of the box
and laid down as still as though he
were suddenly frozen into marble.
"That is a strange fellow. I don't
like him much," he mumbled to him-
self.
In the chicken yard next door Lit-
tle Chick was brushing close to the
downy duck, for Little Chick missed
his warm friends, but the downy duck
was cold, and poor Little Chick hop-
ped over by the toy chie,'.cen in such
haste that toy chicken toppled over
on his unsteady legs and, his head
rolled off and out dropped some tiny
candies. Little Chick was so sur-
prised that he scolded sharply,
"Cheep! Cheep! Cheep," but after a
time he picked up the candy and
swallowed it like gravel. •
The next day Barbara could not
understand why -her rabbit kept away
from the toy rabbit, nor did she know
why the toy chicken had lost its head
off and her Little Chick stood so far
from it.
Not very long after that a very
happy little' girl and ber pets were
moved out to the father's old home
in the country for the summer.
An old rabbit hutch was built over
and Bunny Pink Eves had a mate,
and by and by he became the father
of a large and happy family, and
each baby bunny was a delight to
Barbar
It was fun strutting up and down
in the window, screened in by wird
netting, .picking up corn meal and
gravel, and the l-ittle chick soon
learned, to chirp opt hie Conten(ment,
but ,It was•not as cozy as wheke ho
had slept- before under the big warm-
er, and- so at night all the little chicks
huddled closely together to keep
Warm. '
In the other large window some
rabbits were hopping -about, but the
chickens could not even get at glimpse
of the bunnies, although both rabbits
and chickens attracted a big crowd
to the windows each day.
The day before Easter a big man
stopped in front of the bird store.
He gazed longingly in at the rabbits
for some time and .then he watched
the chickens. "That little fluffy chick
is so cute," he said half aloud, "I am
sure that my little Barbara would
love him for an Easter gift, but may-
be she would rather .have a bunny.
When I was a boy I loved rabbits,
but then I was on a farm, and we had
plenty of chickens, too. I guess I
will buy her a little white rabbit and
that tiny fluffy ball of a chicken, too."
Soon the big man avas on his way
home with the downy chick .in a little
box with slats across the front and
with a white rabbit in a basket on
}lis arm. Ile was as happy as a boy
with his Easter presents for his lit-
tle girl, but when lee reached home
his wife said: "Why, what shall we
do with a live chicken and a rabbit
in a nursery? They will be such a
nuisance! Now, see these Easter toys
I bought for Barbara. She will like
them just as well."
And then the mother showed some
bright candy eggs and an Easter
rabbit which looked like a real rab-
bit, for he•.was covered with white
fur and he stood on his hind legs, and
if you pushed Iris little ball of a tail
he would raise his front paws to his
mouth, and he seemed to nibble a
toy carrot. She also had a small
duckling, all soft and fluffy, which
-had once been alive, but 'now was
stuffed for an Easter gift, and she,
had a little yellow chicken whose head:
came off and inside were many small -
candies.
The father looked at all the candy
store toys and then he said: "When)
I was a boy on the farm I always,
had rabbits and chickens and other
pets, and I ,am sure that Barbara,
will like those."
"Yes, she will surely like them,";
said the mother. "But pets in a city1
]tome and pets in the country are
Very different."
However, the next morning the fa-
ther was rewarded by a .joyous cry:
"Olt, father! Oh, mother, conte here
quick! The Easter bunny has come
right into my room and has brought
me my eggs and all of these toys,
but he is real! See bow white his
fur is, and his ears are lined with
pink and his eyes look- like • pink
marbles. 1 shall name hire Bunny
Pink Eyes. I wonder how he got in
here!"
"Cheep! Cheep! Cheep!" chirped
the yellow chick in the corner, as
much as.to say, "Why don't you look
at me?"'
The little,fgirl rushed across the
room and found the fluffy chick peer-
ing out through the slats.
"Oh, you darling little chick you!
Did the Easter bunny bring you, too?
Flow did they get .in here? Oh, mo-
ther., may I keep them?"
"Yes, dear, if father will take care
of them for you. He brought them
here for you and now he/must fns
a home for them, until weal•1 go to
',little Chick was put out in the,
chicken yard, only now he had grown
so large that he was not a little chick
any more. IIs found a mother hen
who at once adopted him into her
family of chickens, • who were all
about his size and age. He became
,one of the best chickens in the barn-
yard, and even when he was quite
large he liked to roost close to his
mother at night and keep warm near
her warm feathers.
Barbara was very proud of her
Easter pets, and could always point
act her Little Chick, although he
looked exactly like many of the tither
young roosters, and she alway4s knew
her own pet Bunny Pink Eyes, al-
though many of his young family
grew to look just like him.
THE QUEEN
OF FESTIVALS
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Easter reminds us of the greatest
tragedy that the world has ever
witnessed: One sad day nineteen
hundred years ago, there was led
through the streets of Jerusalem, like
a common criminal an his way to
execution, Jesus Christ, God minified
in the flesh. Roman soldiery were the
executioners, but the Jewish popula-
tion were behind this deed of horror.
The Bill Calvary was the scene of
the ,,apparent collapse of God's plan
for the salvation of lost then. The
cause of evil seemed to have triumph -
led, the forces of righteousness to
have been overthrown, God Himself
to have been dethroned. No darker
hour ever dawned ;than that when
the Divine Sufferer cried: "My Cod,
My God, why hest Thou forsaken
Me?" If. we should leave the story
at this point we should despair of
goodness ever triumphing, or justice
ever ruling in the universe, of God
aver conquering the forces of. evil'.
We need to pass that clay of dark-
ness, traverse the next one with its
questionings and sorrow and doubts,
and reach the morning of the third
day, where' once more we meet with
,Jesus—the .Tesus who Inas buest the
bands of death, tlrc Jesus wild is
triumphant over' the grave, the One
to Whom all pewee is giver,, It is
then that we realize that evil may
triumph for a time, but it cannot
triumph forever. God is en the
throne, and righteousness will event -
tinily obtain the victory,
Easter, tine Queen of Festivals, the
• r - in ye lift our
day of has t Kral g
eyes from far away graves whore
sleep the beloved, dead t� -the hills
whence cometh our help. ' They, the
life, the lovingness that constituted
thein, are not there, Ile who ,died
far curers will not leave in the chill
earth these who, takhlg up their
cross followed' bravely, boldly, freely
After 111111, giving the .last drop of
blood from their gallant hearts that
men might have life, ay, and have
it more abundantly.
Easter. -
Dull and dark was the day -
When the Lord was crucified,
And weary and long was the way
That led to his bleeding side; -
But he rose again
For the world of men
Who had crucified Him in their
folly and pride.
e
And Easter Morn shone bright
In the glow of a sun -lit sky,
When the dullness ofyesterniglit
Was lost in the gleam from on
high,
And the tomb where he lay
:Bet yesterday,
Was filled with the light that never
' can die, -
Oh, Christ, who has suffered :for me,
Who has lived for my sake, among
mien,
Who has died for my love, on the
Tree
And has•risen in Glory again,
Teach me, r pray,
On this wonderful day,
The rapture of for Thee,
And of doing Thy will among men,
Easter. '
I got nig flowers to straw Thy way,
I got mo boughs off many a'tree;
But Thou ,vast up by break of, day,
And brought'st Thy sweets along
with Thee,
Yet though my flowers be lost, they
say
A heart dap never conte too late;
Teach it to sing Thy praise this day,
And this day my life shall date,
A mil.
011, beautifuV'April showers,
With sunbeams gleaming throagh,
And then a glordeus rainbow,
That miens the heaven's hlee;
With grass \vlades ell a -glitter,
Whero little raindrops cling,
Then Meths); Eaetlr leeks v radiant
With peaty flowers of spring.
Then Ever Before AOOSIIse of War•.
Boduced ReserVo Strength,
The ver ,lien been far -:caching in,
its orients. It has (sused 'worry arid
anxiety in every' home, and .has riti.:
footed the het.)Jth of every family, It .
has aggravated chronic troubles, in-
creased their tenacity, and made all
Sprilag ailments mord serious,
As a result, a blood-purifying,
stomach-toning Spring medicine as.
more necessary this year than ever.
People still take hood's Eiarsapa--
rills because it is an old family
friend, has peeved its merit to three•
generations—es a Spring and all -
the -,year-round niediciee in purify-
ing the blood,, expelling humors, re-
storing appetite, relieving rheuma
lien, banishing that tired feeling.
It oombinos roots, barks, herbs and
berries often prescribed by physis.
Mansfor Spring ailments of the
blood, .,stomach, livor and kidneys.
Hood's Pills aro a good.cathartie and
livor medicine. They are small,
easy to take, easy to operate.
Easter Eggs.
There are few games more exciting
or enjoyable to the little folks than
hunting for the prettily colored eggs,.
hidden in various nooks and corners
out of doors at Easter -tide for the
children to find. However scarce or
high-priced eggs may be, most mo-
thers lay aside some for this time-
honored custom.
Harmless vegetable. dyes for Eas-
ter eggs may be bought, but in these
days when we are urged to conserve
in the smallest outley'it is well to
use the many colors that may be pro-
duced at home without expenee. For
example, eggs may be dyed a rich
brown by boiling them in water with
onion skins. If before they are put•
in onion water they are sewed in
small bags with ivy or parsley leaves,
the shells will be variously tinted. A
few violets in the bags will color the.
eggs brown and lilac. If the eggs
are wrapped in colored silks, or even
in bright colored paper or calico
paint, vhriegated patterns will appear
on the shells. The eggs should be
placed in lukewarm water, which is
gradually brought to the boiling
point. After 'boiling some time, the
water should be allowed to cool be-
fore the eggs are removed. They may
be colored a bright green by being
boiled in wat'r with spinach 'or fresh
grass. Logwood colors them a violet;
a little vinegar added to the water
changes the color to delicate lilac;
cochineal colors any shade of red
from pink to scarlet, according to the
amount added to the water, and
indigo dyes them a deep blue.
Colored eggs' may be ornamented
by drawing patterns on the shells
with tallow before hoiliur•. As the dye
will not c:fftct the parts covered with
grease, the...designs will appear- in
white upon a colored background.
Egg shells may be engraved by
drawing the design with melted wax,
or varnish, and then dipping the
shells in strong vinegar. The vinegar
eats away the shell and leaves the
pattern in relief. If the rest of the
shell is to be colored, the wax, or
varnish, should be left on during the
dyeing and removed later by scrap-
ing or with the aid of alcohol.
Appropriate Easter mottoes or
couplets written on the egg, shells
add to the surprise and delight of
the egg hunter. These may be writ-
ten with a quill pen dipped in a weak
solution of muriatic acid.
The Heralds of Spring.
Wild geese out of the Southland,
Flying heralds of spring,
Following low on the r'iver's course,
What does your coming -bring?
Running of snow in the carryon,
Creeks that are mad with mirth,
Poignant stirring of growing thhrgs,
And the scent of the good plowed
earth.
Cool, glad mornings of April,
Dawns when the wind rides free,
Pines that are warned with runlight,
These are the things to .be.
Wild geese out of the Southland, '""
Herald the news as you fly!
Sing the song of the young green
earth,
'Cray wings spread to the slcyl
Dandelions.
Our world is all aflame
With shimmering, shining sheen
Since the dandelions came
To blossom in the green.
As if the Christ let fall
IIis stats of golden bliss,
So the peorest of us all
Might gather happiness.
•
"Never yet was a springtime,
Late though lingered the snow,
That the sap stirred not at the
whisper
Of the south wind, sweet and low;
Never yet was a springtime
When the buds forgot to blow."
—Margaret Sangster.
If those who work with their hands
are to go on getting more money for
less work, it can only be done at the
expense of those who work with their
heads.
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Greet Britain will send twelve war-
ships to tour South Americas waters.
The fleet will leave Europe as seen
as the peace treaty is signed.
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bottle of Chamberlain's Lim Tablotn K.
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