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A Deem You ®rig toI now. l'
''What the Ciilmney anf7."
33t et I -I i rte wrote of the pathos` and
humor -of the gold -dig ings. of cull-
, foa•nia In "The Lucic"of Potting Cant ,"
e:made,his name)Itnriivn the workd
oyez by.ahumorous iioem' entitle?',",
The Heathen Chines;"' but that he
was a poet`, of'pat:ics as we11;ae humor
is shown. by t e following ;verses:—
Over the chimney the night -wind sang
And chanted a in lolly no one,know;
ne,v;
TEA
; , F "t''1'-razGB m-" Etlr i "'9 1St3[IFJ"*ats-s •"m.,,".,, -r„°'"""']''`w°Y R;,t1yt , J And the woman stepped as 130,1 babe
vaa.+ns,.sry.ab, Fl &7iil , T ._.,,.••+ . •
-alA' TER; <h XIv: (Cont•d,) Iof poor Hug'o'. lite• olid not scent pat - she tossed,
'Thui T d cip filth;, Lie little' man carne out from his ticulariy attraciivr.. She vwas'!litd to And thought of the'ens •she had long
' AifF %: tea refuge, a queer -looking figero: in the know that she didn't;;desi,e his; death. since lost,
t hoM C'01cm Ask' for trial' pa d$agea noonlfc;ht, He 4vas breis bmf ;quiet- ':What' had he been doing out on And sold, as her tear -drops back she
s, ,• y, and has 'panelled f oc r;'leanted that balcony? - Leanin over too,far forced„
FEi E SAMPLE of GREEN YEA i1P®1$ REQGESTf. SALANA,e T®li®NT® coldly white like a' ghost's. A' grim', and thus login(; his balance?” Perhaps •• '' ''- the wind in 'the' cltfmnoY."
_ embarrass ed laugh bloke from his IIector was --right, and they ought to •
— 1• get an attendant for hitn, but poor' Over the chanted ane,-' the
Ynight- eitlgtcw;g i
r----1......,------,--1. -.. "'• y -r : P3hen 'he crossed 'to the big pool, saneHugopeople
like. that. After all,
" = a k toot off his hat, rolled up one of his sane peg le have been kncwn'to have i'
' %s If s' d sae yes; and, lying flat on the wide accidents• It was rather a shame al- ;And Hie children said, as they closert
' j ', I ,: rim,, fished successfully for the cigar ways to 'be blaming whatever IIugo leve,
s
•: end -G;iuiit,liad cast.aGvay. It:woulddid.pr what happened to'him on his '"Pie aging witch that is cleaving the
tt „! 1 have been such a pity had the goldfish,Supposed madness.. "One Couldn't deny black' night"through-
7 d t "' suffered through. Hector's cureless-Ithat he was a little childish and grow- 'T,is a fatty trumpet Chat"'jest thou
( •_ ness. ing worse; but lid didn't need a keeper, ' Ulew,
(, — After, this Hugo waited -until a light) Y --et the question -of what he miight, :Arid we Year the v bud in the cliih nay."`
showed from Jean's i•oorns
. Brit when' have been doing to get such a fall wa
Wall ollac he tried to, return b the way::he had, persistent. , 1 san,
SUCCESSFUL --11 INO. ., I)7q , the d ,ll one cont of white sh y . :.
come he found the window. _locked. When'ha, "u ,Jean' asked him Over the chimney the nag it -wind g
-r,i a 1 hal • . before the Wallsrin. is e, hou icaiitent. Heand at -"first he evaded the, queetion.. And chanted a melody-no:one knew;'
°' •-'•sur mus of Outsideavalls iii atone, houses often Isere was 'a nice pred- •
Two j rune, ago ed fg a P walked around and looked up at his "Oh ;I'm terribly,stifr,". he groaned. Arid' the man, as he.sat,on his' hearth`
jellies, .'ams catiiied'fruits, and Vege- discolor, the paper in a, short limo own.balcony. •A hepvy wistaria vine "I feel as though I'd been beaten all Below,
tables. ` era that sum- while the paper on the .other walls of
tables. I had taken.ord haP - ernboweredsane of the supporting oil, over. Ouch) '.Get off my foot, Tito.'gald to himself, "It will suroly•enow,',
' Lars. Tin o. xolled' u his.'dressing' Who let that do on my bed? , When
mer .. .• > i s':and fried to the room .remains as Ercall and. at- i g P ' , g . mind fuel, is dear and wages lory„'
► c n aifi a fover d
• first ut _on, z -• • , oivn and made 16 secure `at- the waist'ttie, doctor ,coming ttg inl • Do you.n l' l step the leak in the chimney.`'
►fewjarsbwand-above eachtractiveas whenf fll ,p g,. ,'
can walls r die. thr'nitr'he'1P allow' me to,:ggt up'? I'd And l P
order and,my''own requirements.. The coat of shellac on such veal with his bur '
gs with thy, ,
ehighway' within, easy has prevented this damage and' saved 'This 'was adventure if you ail{o.,HQ likefll{faout leaf poached e, Over the chimney: the night -wind sang
•
We live on a lt { P t •
we - Would the vine bear his weight. .. br ,s P p g
several' towns. On .Labor us'so snuck labor and expense thu about that"as'he took "`Hugo, 'how did yon fall? What And'ehanted a melody no one knew;
distance of
It crude stand aiid-cov 'want others" -to benefit by our expor scarcely-thought
Day Iput out a - a ti Tito were you': doing?” Jean repeated, ;ig But the poet listened and smiled, for
b hold and'be"an to scramble p
' , with to cottoi cloth: I art, tenor). barked furiously' ,and Hugo -'called out poring his clumsy side-tracking taq- .he:
• ered it with vel i i
i sand` lasses'as 'to him in a hoarse whisper not to: be tics. ``. Was man, and woman, ,and child; all
wM ranged my shining lar . , g SMALL RUGS. llittle 'whined and "I don't.know." He blinked at her. ,
' i - , attractively as. possible. and - made CARE' OP I a fool. The dog " h' ache o 1" , three,
sales that first' day.• p sniffed i / • - , „ O , I youa e must kno " ;•• • it. ha said, "It is God's' own harmony,
► l many j Small rugs are weft' apt to lose i. And
ra week after that, until •my their sizing and become frayed at `Oh, shut up, cant you!
p; ,
Ito, Once. T ends bybeatingand shaking,- 'Poor. Hugo was getting nervous. It paned," Jean persisted. "The doctor `yam
'hie wand we hear in the chimney,.
fa goods -were gong, I put out - stand, With - was hard work'for an oldish man, His will be sure to ask you, He' asked me.
P Someone _su ested talar -,.I .sell When; I find rugs in this condition I lasses fell off and he made adespair-
It a clean gone out of' my head,"
,
fa .S ni ch ' sigh- the frayed ends with skirt bind g
M 'chicken sandwiches; so I had a g ing •grab 'fo'r them with;one hand. Hugo confessed: blandly.: Then he re-. ' - - , -Layers of Life.
Mg There was. -a -crash,' a, rending of fol- membered that. he : ached, and began The' Himalayan exploration ,.party
► painted and nailed to a board and put M or some heavy ,piece ,of woolen g
i
fi and. 'It is surpris- goods. Before whipping the binding mage ;tea shriek from Hugo, and pande- to groan 'again and struggle up to h'The. t It on record that they saw
' mdontofmystgg
tin :How many' I sold: - T made them down, small metal washers are in- rnoniiim from Tito. reach theibell. r tilt? lammergeier„ or great mountain
g IL What do you want? I7I
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only as•people called for them. I. had art t at the corners, then' the rugs "Lie still:- i, vulture; flying ata height of 27,000tt
d in: the House to en- ' art tacked' face downyvaxd' on a flat' ' CHAPTER''XXXV. get it fors'you, J, call said.
everything ready heav *starch, I .want some .hot water add my Th"e" ,is, however; nothing lncredlble
Work quickly, d I -vera surface and -a medium. y Jean; her hairbrush arrested in the breakfast, itnd -please got out of aboutthia,dbr the condor of theJndes
able me tow q .fly, an L
f waxed !to which a small quantity of dissolved middle of a stroke, listened with a
d each sandwich in a piece o wa teem.' I'd like to dress." In spite of has: ,-teen seen~soaring at tremendous
pe thefaas been added, is';lirushed into, of the heart: That 'Weird paper,; 1 was.generous,.with• my but- !'g, her protestation :he tottered to- his heights above peaks themselves ;ex-
ter and chicken.- ;: fabric, - Icry, that furious barking of then dog. feet. "I'm. all right,•T guess. .This coeding 20,000ft. Tlfe great naturalist
I found that everyone was glad to The togs are allowed to dry in this What did it mean? Perhaps someone stiffness will pass offin time, if I *Humboldt deelaree• that the condor
wait for freshly' .made sandwiches,- position, then. the tacks. are removed was trying to' break into the house.. don'iaet it take a hold on me. Where can fly at five miles above sea -level.
anile people would sit in their autos and the face of the rugs is, brushed iisses o andWas thee"Villa Tat•nan ont em -fined -are illy glasses? Oh,.dear—I had them
P Pma contained on when that blessed Vine gave way. To go to the other a ttremo, it fa
and •eat, them, but ,many liked to get with a paste made of corn meal and a great many o lock.the treasures. Had Hee- No, I hadn't, They fell off and I tried known that life eitists in the greatest
out and. sit on settees or chairs- on gasoline, This should not be done tor•forgotten to lock the gate and slip to catch them. They'll be broken, and doptha of the ocean. We.have.to thank
,near., fi.•a This removes all' o•rease the key into its usual htding•place? I haven't got another pair. Oh, what the Prince of- Monaco for proof that
She went into the hall and saw that shall I do! I can't aee an inch with- the blackest' coldest, and remotest
the.Aights were on; then, as a little out them:". abysses are tenanted by flab of the
rooessi it hove into view,' felt vague- y
pplilt his eye -glasses were brought strangest shapes and by colossal cep-
halopods. comforted. ' lens) intact. Clementine brought
"Oh • the mina," she. called , down;9 with the break -Pet tray, and halopoda,
"what '' ' ? What has'ha 'then up We have; therefore, the certainty
erred?, s the matter• P ,, 'when the doctor arrived Hugo, • all
petted . ' •nice). shaven and breakfasted and that life surrounds our planet for a
Maddelina State 0d ltved•for years y u longchair thickness of almost exactly ton miles,
Ina chronic State•et fear'`regarding washed, .was-settled*in
u iverin tones on. the balcony; happily engaged in Ocean ,earth,' and -the lower portion of
burglars, replied In q g making a, new pipe. :His treasured the atmosphere' form layers' or strata
'that ,she did not know: ' Behind het, one had somehow „managed to dis, of. life. 01 the' lowest layer we have
following close, were the two other appear. a learned least,- yet enough :to know that
house servants, Louisa—of the Villa Afterwards the doctor talked seri the creatures which dwell in the
ously to Jean about herself: Hugo, depths are spegiahy made to,with-
apparently, wes all right: • i, stand 'the tremendous' pr urea, an • d
"You look said. tired, Mrs. Carney, are provided tivlth iuminoua aPpen-
the doctor A couple of days
hi bed would do you a lot of "good."
dages;so that they may. Ur) visible -to
'• Jean thanked' him and said she one.another. ,
would- try to_ lie down a little •'in the o
afternoon.
"But that isn't what I mean. Give
ins your hand -a moment" He put his
-ane lawiL and
-a a -
We also sell our garden and orchard and grime and the ruga are again.
surplus, - (ready for service and look almdst )ilea
?s y husbdnd shows just enough new.
,fruit and vegetables'. to attract the BEDROOM
eye. We -keep very .little. of anyEhing DAINTY TOUCHES. IN
picked P ARE INEXPENSIVE.
and -often the sus omer i
ahead,.
goes' into the field „to' get 'his, own, An old- clotted Swiss dress madein
os. t the , days of five breadths to the
goods. -
tosell -tuft and vegetables st6irt,; was' .rescued from - the attic,.
We planx g
as near the Wholesale market price washed, rippedand pressed. The
as possible. Swiss has a dainty, leaf and rosebud
if wehave apples that dropon the spsdY ao the material, Is .geed. 1 'Charmil-and Clementine,the parlor -
grass:. they are marked and sold as evolved a spread for a single size bed,, maid. All were in hastily improvised
• dro ed apples: We do not try to sell a dresser scarf 'and -1'8004.8 for new l attire, and Louisa's costume was aug-
pP r Swiurtains, .I'm really ,. proud of+'
them' for Al. a, ss cmerited by a beautifully embroidered
When ,our corn was ready we had a my dainty bedroom' hangings and nightcap tied under her 'chin, with
sign made , Sweet Corn'Picked While spread., The saving, too, was worth scarlet ribbons.
o.
You Wait, Twenty-five Cents a Dozen. ;some consideration,. bed
alongwait a oment" Jean tan
the corridor to Hugo's room,
My husband did nothing but pick, :If the fringe or scallops on
corn until dark. spread wear out first, trin. obi and, switched, on, the light, and looked has -
tilt' about. The bed had not been
It is desirable to have a good apt run a narrow hem all around, or, with t i i
proach to a' stand, and if possible a "tidy cotton," crochet a double crochet
parking space so cars can drive in off entirely around or, -buy an inexpensive
the road. Roadside markets ate a white fringe and sew on,the edges
nuisance if they block traffic.. firmly, using the sewing machine if
One' ban try selling homemade cake, possible. You'll be surprised how
pies, bread or doughnuts, but `unless much longer the spread will last.
one has an: order business it is rather Worn bed sheets may be. converted
uncertain in rainy -weather. , have into crib. sheets - or pillow` eases for
-Made sunshine cakes on a Saturday the children's beds. 'If not too badly
and sold them whole or by the piece worn they may be; torn down the mid -
and have made cup cakes and frosted die; the. outer edges sewed together
them. They went well; I always sold
all 'I cooked and 'sometimes parted
with a pie or cake that I had made
for the family.
slept n, but Hugo's clothes lay scat
tered over it, Tito ceased his barking fingers onher wrist, and athough he
and began to whine and scratch . at did not shake . his head in the tradi
window. He had tional way, his manner betrayed a ser -
see long balcony I
s thelight taro amount of dissatisfaction. "Take
In Uacls worry, about your brother. He'sanueh
CATSIYPS.
Catsups May be included in the con-
dirnents of which it is impossible to
have too great a variety,' for with
then the housewife may,give a pi
-
(parley and change to the daily meals
otherwise •
An ordinary dish' of bacon may be
given* an entirely .new flavor by the
catsup, When
addition of•a-vegetable
}R
the.meat•is cooked remove it to a hot
plate, pour off, nearly all the fat and
add a couple of teaspoons of catsup
for each half dozen pieces' of bacon.
Try a ,few drops in the soup, the
salad- dressing, croquettes, the gravy
h d -
sen things' as easy as you can, and don't
Jean 'opened the window,
bounded at her skirts, then ra better than,I expected to find him.
to' the ntecsne and hiarced orrking The news bf Hugo's accident reach-
again,. interspersing his clamor with ed Gaunt'on his way, down to market
reach -
plaintive "Hugo!" he • that morning: He had promised' to
she calledfearfully.ttake Hugo and was about to -call.; for
Where on earth had Hugo got to- him when he met Guido in the Old
Madclelina .oaine to the door of the Town and:heard what had happened.
Ile sent his boy, on alone to market,
and hurried un to the Villa Tatina.
Hugo was delighted to see him and
full of self -Importance; also fright-
fully disa> pointed at not being able
to enjoy his promised treat.
"You'll stay with' me," he pleaded..
"I ache ss.' I can't get around very
lively, and Jean is lying down.- How
she can sleep so mlieh I don't 'know.
She's: always, lying about. and I, heard
the ,doctor encouraging' her; She's a
good woman, Jean but just a little
inclined to give in too easily. 9Dook
at ane. Except for aching all. over,
I'm as right as rain. 'I was -the one
Jean. Yet
le not X
that had..the tumble,
you'd almost think--"
(To be continued.)
and the torn edges hemmed and the' bedroom. "Where' is the„Signor?" she
sheet will be given a new. lease on life,- asked in her, quavering,'.frightened
s.;`3 it is the middle of the' sheet that voice. ,
wears thin first.—G, S. • • "I don't know,"' Jean' replied. Then
she called again --"Hugo, where are
USES FOR SANDPAPER.., you?''
o sandpaper -of several Tito 'got up on hishind-legskee d
Sheets f scratched at the parapet, still -keep-
grades shou'ld,be kept in every kit- ing up his disconsolate row.
chen. Nothing aids so much in clean- «He must be Here, somewhere,"
ing the inside of a burnt agate•or'irot1 Jean cal' -ed to Maddelina.
kettle as "a little square of rather The two other ,servants appeared,
coarse grade,, rubbed. smartly back and and Clementine, --a rather -cold -blood -
forth. The finer `ones do not haemin ed young woman, -asserted her coufl-
other' cooking utensils and. can be used dent belief"that the Signor had.been
en earthenware and heavy china, murdered by. the burglars. Louisa'be-
cress herself. - ad -
an to cry andc b s M
g
a a s Eve
When through dyeing, lw y g delii7a, 'like an old and very beautiful
the pan • a • good rubbing with sand- Madonna' with' her severely parted
paper to remove the,little bits of color hair and piaits,.opened,'cupboards and
that get down:in 'the pores' somehow, looked under the bed, -
unreaehed by the dishcloth. - !`The vine is down,'_' Jean cried, She
With the aid of. to rubber glove the ,bent lower, hanging perilously over
inside of layatory' bowls grow white the parapet. Although the Moon. was
and see thee, frames Which adde and clean when -rubbed with a coarse very bright, the shadows were thick
Catsu made, bone. es p sen res- and confusing. "There's something
Catsup. green sandpaper . The bowl twill also .e it's
especially adapted, to tate above, Chop, • • and the tub itself,', but n fine 'lyutg there. Maddelina,,I believe its
p° the Signor! Quick„ we must go down.
one peck of green tomatoes and one- half peck of onions, add thrde' ounces grade should be used for these, there's' Guido!" - Guido was the
of mustard seed,one ounce each of When gardener,
the clothesline has been left and he came running along
.
salt, "cloves, allspice, celery seed and out in the rain, rub.a piec.e'of sand -
the path from his' cottage, flashing a
paper along it and rest Assured the lantern. Guido, the .signor has fallen,
Meek pepper; one pound i 1 brown
not be marked. - I think, Look to him, Gu.do. I• will
cloths, will 0
sugar and half .a pint of mixed mus- dironswhen starch coins at once."
, Smooth up the sadirons -
tard.• Coves -'with Vinegar, bring slow - fIn; a moment or more they were all
g sticks by running over a sheet o 1lse
l to boilingand sinner two hours. bendeing'over tate tangle of vines in
• Y sandpaper tacked:to the stand.. It does
Strain through apuree sieve, reheat which moo's Iugo'r body was embed -
and
ahem no harm, dad, Guido's •'lantern flashing on the -
and bottle and seal: when very hot. __gin,_,
still. white face.'
A Bath of- Blood. • "He is dead,"- asserted Clementine.
PROTIJCT` YOUF, WALL :PAPER. It is considerable .of an ''occasion'' "Oh,t, the• -poor, poor Signor ! cried
The -attractiveness Of wall paperis v,lien a nicer) of eiootrical apparatus is 11i?dde.ma.
preserved and the -tendency to fade dismantled in India in order to •be 'Help me lift blur_ up ". Jean said
pumly, "I don't heleVe' he's' dead.
and mildew counteracted by giving superseded by a machine of large ca_ Only stormed, L think."
"p•tcity'.!•,E-awing, obso-rwod, with much "Not dead?" Clementine'•s voice held
wonder and 'admiration, the first coin- a slight •edge -of disappointment.
ing of electricity, .the natives-appar- •Tito,: who had followed them, of
"eptly -never' get aver 'their sense. of course, ',vas very "busy licking one of
awe at 'the apparktus which produces ins .master's • hands,
,1 ch0 uiagle current: `No; thanks be to the good God, he-
`' ., o fs not dead, said old .Guido,• Lmyself
after every meal Xfenee,;when it,Uecame necessary to )rave seen death often enough to know,
"take out ;of- commission 'a: generator •
and it as the Signora says. Ile is
rated at'Jd0 ki;owittts,r which Was to but miconseions."
be replaced by a 3500.1cilowatt genet- They carried hint in and telephoned
ator, due to enlargement of the clot- for the doctor who arrived surpris
trical plant maintained by the govern- ingly:'soon considering the lateness of,
mont of Mysore, the native coolies • the hour. He -was the English doctor.
who were called upon to do' the work who had attended 'Hugo during his
showed intort.t in an unexpocLed man -
Hisi f influenza.
Ibis presence -and authority helped
®sinstss 11coo utk • ;midi
to 9muid) ei s''a98ffesll®n.
est r eix easel' acid
1i*yb =is. a 11 fl-ssJg, ilavval_
• - -- v5sagfl florin•
: et. io steady Jeans nerves. .
? 7l . , Tho -smaller maohinof'- Whiolt had It' Was nothing• more :serious than
P9911 Inservtee tor• twenty-two years, shock, he said, :No broken bones or
hadb€en. giving niforntly' good ser- fractures. The vine had saved Iiaggo
- Vice, although working ander' severe from anything of that sort. But lie
overload conditions. It had oorne to be was a long time returning to don-.
regarded as Part of the' official family seiousness;'and dawn' had risen before
, ,;r for years, past, • And the coolies would the Household settled down again.;.
not allow lyre betaken out until they Jean•, rolled herself in a blanket+and
e co '
had perform€d •"p010 - •.Thet' had to tlayiiacle 0n tto thatthmupcth toin shileest;.r00m. She
k the
ills
I IIl l0
,--ill a sheep or a gci•rt• Plittle
blood on tha machine. After that hail ;But Hugom •slept, groaning t hit
uneasily, from":'time to 'tune Tito,
150 en'' clone, hey.set., to' ~wile to dist unrebulced, nestled beside hint,: and ®, _
mantle the aPparatus and install the whenever Hugo groaned Tito whined, ^ ''' -
' ,, • "- A Clu rowyan sduaw of Northern Alberta is •Sl owu carrying lien papoose Flavor of Melons,
now one in its place r lay quietly mast watching them, i . 1 • a advantages es in drat, when the mother 01010na gain ; im flavor, but not
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her tired 'eyes fixed E.lmost constantly „t a 'moss ,nag, The methed has its.. d , , g ,cetnese,niter Uoing liiclt'erl,
It is a hopeless brain that craves on Hugo's face: 'Supposeht had been wishes to leaf, the child can 00 plopped against a convouiont tree 01 10111, rig
uo learning. '. ;.: lalled2'. -Somehow, ltberty; at the price • ' • ,
Not His First..
"Dear, this is our first dip of the
season."
"It might be .for you but I've been;
dipping for every bell hop I've seen
Since. we've been here."
New X=Ra
Huge Y•
To-reducethe cast oltreatnleflt and
`i'ncre
Ase
itseffectiveness,
ectfvoness y
an
tube has been Invented which !"Xra e said
to radiate live or six times as many
curative rays as ordinary tubes, Thus
the time of exposureis cut down. Am.
other process, is being perfected to ex•
tend.the itao of the X-rays' to internal
Cancer. •
THE •OIL. "
TO' CLEAN STOVE
WICKS.
When tate asbestos rings of th
g gil
o.
stove become hard and the oil fails
to wait up through them, light one of
the burners and turn the rings 'Up-
side down on it. Let them burn and
they will be c'.ear as new. Use a pair
of pliers to take them off, 'tried
aa not'
to burn the fingers. Shave tried this
and it works line. Mrs. C. - -
• ming.t
s
.ekes the
vers
, i °:ii` bin
UST by soaking the clothes in the suds
J of this new soap,dirt is gently loosened
and dissolved.
Even the, dirt that is ground in at neck-
bands and cuff -edges., yields to a 'light,
rubbing with dry Rinso. Not a thread
is weakened. The'mild Rinso suds work
' through' and - through the .
thoroughly ,
clothes without injury to a "single fabric.
Rinso is made by the; makers of Lux. For the family.
wash it is as wonderful as Lux is for fine things.
All grocers and department stores sell Rinso.
LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED. TORONTO
8444
awasmoasEnalik
How Fast Do You Grow ?
The average baby le nineteen and a Boys and girls grow differently, The
half inches in length at birth, and.dur year of greatest growth in boys is us
oflife grows nine nay the sixteenth or seventeenth.
Thht ]n, to say, the weight increases
ekes. ' If 'hater she—kept :up this That
-
rate of growth forseventy years, tmost during that year. In girls the
the result'would'be' a giant sixty-four feet chief. increase is in` the fourteenth'-
in'lieight. year,
ing its first year
the tato of. ' Girls usually reticle their full height
As a . matter of fact, at or about sixteen, . and their tubi,
growth slows down' amazingly after
the first year.: Between the ages et w'olglit at twenty) boys,.as, wo t, ha've
one and two a child grows only three: peon, 800 slower in developneen
and a half inches, and during its third Boys ape stronger than girls from
` After that birth to the age of • eleven; then girls .,
year and a halt inches. become , superior physically up to
the rate comes down to an average of Q;aeventeen,returned nfter.whidh age the tables
again,
Prom November to April children
children
gain little either in height dr weight;
Prom: April to July they gain :inlieight,
but not in weight; •while from July to
November they put on, weight, but de
not grow much in height,
Hair grows at the rate of .018 inch
a day) but the life of each individual
for
one: and a half inches the
next
thirteen years. •
From sixteen years upwards the rate
of growth continues to diminish. Dur-
ing
uring his seventeenth year a boy grows
one and a" quarter ,inches; during'his
eighteenth, one inch, The nineteenth
lees him. grow 'three-quarters of an
inch, and thetwentiethhalt an inch.
Canada's National Song.
A Canadian- writer hap been telling,
recently, how Canada's national song,
"The Maple Leaf," cane to be writ-
ten, The composer, Alexander liluir,
who was also the author of the words,
t
was 'walking one day in his garden,
when a leaf fell on his coat. Despite
his brushing of it, the leaf stuck to hie
coat, a fact which led hall to think 01.
the lines' he aterwurds wrote. And
when they were written he went to a
music store to look. for music likely' to
fit them, hut'ceuld net find any, so lie
sat -down and wrote his own tune to
thein. The song became popular at
once, and has remained so.
' The average young man does. not ate hair Is on an average only six years,
thin hls full height untill he is twenty- Then 11; fails out. If hair never fell
five years of age; but the rate of in-
' out and always wont .on growing, a
Crease during the flue preceding 'cera Woman seventy,years 'old would hays
is only one 11fth of an inch a year. tresses nearly thirty-eight `feet In
The height of a full-grown and -well- .length.
proportioned man should be . six and ` Eyelashes. -grow steadily, but are
three-quarter times.'the length of his not lon-lived. They Iasi only four to
toot; that of a woman, six and a attar: flvc months, then fall ont. Their
ter the leer th of her foot. - -, growth is about, one -twentieth of an ,
Different parts of the body grow at, inch weekly. '
different rates, ' The legs double In I Nails grow more rapidly than is gen-
length by the end. of the third year, orally supposed, '"'Tice finger trails re-
and triple by the end of the twelfth. nevi^ thomesleves in a little over ,four
When growth ceases ;they are flVe months.
times as long as at. birth. Before the The brain weighs iiine.to ten ounces
age of ten the foot is shorter than the at birth.. When a man' is full grown
length of the head;, at ten they. are his brain weight about throe pounds
eual; titer:tenthe foot is longer than .one ounce; awoman's, two pounds and.
q :ten ounces.
the head. ,.
Telling . r)3.'..
Unsolved Problems of the m.elling Teacup - Fortunes.
l
i fortunes from
nt
E telling
Sky, The cusum o g
S
y .
I is
no. toa•leaves left •in the cull by
means on .the wane. It is a simple.
isn tter to memorize most of the signs,
tance•of stars whose light takes con- arida good imagination is also of groat
tittles to reitch'us, and we-evon mea, asels tancel
amonnt of _
r .aeonrntely the minute the form of a train aro
sue --Leaves in
)teat- given by distant, stars: For all said to mean either a journey or the
that, the sky is still full of ;,puzzles arrival or departotre of same one in
which; astronomers are attempting to Whom you are interested. A snake In-
solve..
n•solve.', dicates`enemies. Doves=are supposed
Take for" instance, tate problem of to be lucky, and so are 'stars, the °res-
clerlta tars. Possibly it alas, never oc cent moon and horseshoes..
Cnrred to that there aro such News from abroad, is often tore-
you, %1.0
bodies, yet for';every bright alar yoit ghadolvod by a tent. Short( 000110 n' .
Eon sed op a'°°]oar ,night there mtist..journcy.
If the cep is clear•at1 round '
be thousands which` have gone cold it le said' to be a' good sign'.. Gloves
and are therefore invisible_ Yat, dead indicate n meeting With :flange s, ,
as they are, they are. still, plunging while stockings usually toroshadoit
through aiiece at ajipalling speed. presents, ,
On February 2nd, 1001, there blazed Chairs mean visitors;k.000 11503 an
out in .the constellation -of Perseus, a: 'dertaicings. 'Initials s , l.,al a ly deem -
star of amazing brilliance. ,It was not, ed to be lucky. Uletic clusters of
of course, a new star.' Whatdiad,rellily 'trees mean gatherings, lint maytilsc
happened• was thin. one of these, dark be taken to 0101111 a cluster of worms,
stars" had either hit another, --or, per- - .
ltaps,.sltruok one of the big gas clouds ,-- Oniy A) Empty,
which hang in space. The result was pix -year-old Freddy, n city=bre ..
an explosion on a scale we cannot even •pouugsCOr. was on his first visit to Itis
imagine. uncle's farm. At breakfast he heard
Theg'o dark•stars and gas clouds are that his uncle's .ler o.w had been
among the greatest of sky puzzles: It stolen daring the night,
is only, three years ago that a Dutch "That's a good joke an 11e=man who'
sbientlst discovered a• mystery cloud stole her," was Freddy's rotinnenL,
110,000,000;000,000 miles in 'length and "Wily8" asked his uncle;
twice that distance from -the solar sys "Wily, just before supper fast night
tem. It may be gas ,it may •be dust,the'bired roan tool: ell the riilc not el
die i•,"
Scientists have weighed the planets,
the'sua,: the `moon; we know the dis-
We do not know and probably never
shall. •
As a Boy Sees It,
The funniest mistake made by a
British schoolboy has been crowned
with a pride in a "howler" competition
organized by- a I.onilon newspapbr•, •
The boy was asked to telltl_to differ
once between a biography and an auto-
biography "A biography,".'lie "wrote,
in reply, "ie the )fishery of the life of
a good roan. A naughty biograph
(autobiography) is the history, oP the
'lite of a lady '
Three meals a day and nothing in
between ie a good rule" for children..
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