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THE HUMBLE HERB SOCIAL. since have ceased to need -What earthly
A: delightful country social. I have hands can provide. Bits from cushions
in mind is called the Humble Herb and draperies with the memory of the
Social, and- is to be carried out when joy and pride which went into their
a way to raise money is the country making -as well as reminiscences of
elturch'sF roblern. various occasions inspired by scraps.
Decorate the church or hall to rep- of my own clothing:
rose
nt " the attic of an old Colonial So the sewing of .these rags seemed
fa-i:iri, house. Hang the rafters :With :mere, like 'a visit with old. Mande than
bags and bunches; of every,,Itind of a bit .of work and I found myself
herb • procurable --catnip, lavender, eager to get back to diem when other
dried.clovei• brossom$, ythyme,' penny- duties claimed me.
ro al- sa' e celery, ep ermint, mut- When the rags were all in shape, I
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len; pine needles, eat tails, etc. used them to crochet into an oval rug.
The ladies on the, receiving. and en- I used a large wooden hook, starting
tertainfng committee should be dress-
ed in old-fashioned calico oi.."print"
dresses with tight basques and be -
ruffled 'skirts (with "hoops" if avail-
able), with old-fashioned breastpins,
collars, ."halfbands" and hair -dress -
Mg.
At the booths everything, offered for
sale should be made of or contain
herbs -packets containing herbs for
culinary use, for medicinal use, catnip
for the 'family pets, little satchet bags
filled with sweet scented herbs, such
as rosemary, mint, balm, rosegeran
tum leaves, myrrh, rose petals, laven-
der. Prices range from five to twenty-
five cents each (seldom over).
Muslin slips measuring 20x20 inches
may be filled 'with soothing herbs and
sold as invalids' pillows -they may be
decorated or not, and will sell -"well
and at a good price. Mint jelly, neat
bath bags (with fragrant herbs to
give perfume), herb relishes, recipes,
etc., may be offered for sale and will
be classed among the "best sellers."
Serve tea, anis cookie$ and cakes, mint
sandwiches (meat or chicken paste
li ling seasoned with herbsf , hone-
made mint candies and various other you can easily. Cook for thirty to
dainties that will suggest the "herb" forty minutes, then add as many cups
•v6 •i.r, dmf
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By fiLlZA!E'TI1 YORK MLLE
In spite of all good intention
Alt eS voice sounded strange even to
Ardeyne hesitated, . Should he tell
h • why Carrie' Egan was coming? He
i• -ht mention poor little Max without'
going into,detais, but someliow'he cha,l
not care to do so. The very idea o1;'
it seemed unPiofessional. Alice would
realize that he was keeping something
back. • Better say—'nothing sf; all, and
ray aammand let Mrs Egan give what information
'Wks trail, he ccose
p+y alan 4 t7ts sagest a urtsesltenas depai t" Alice notices, the lin no ,
"I'd better go down now' she said.
ali0lrrnl' .Zi: PFaist ,,.,, ••z "Perhaps site has come and I ought to
,. be otihand to welcome lies.
CHAPTER XXXVI.-(Cont'd.) "You must get your mother to take, "You're:a darling:"
"Suppose we talk about you?" Ar-
deyne suggested. ,'
"Yes -I wanted to do that." Mrs.
Egan started, and half roseas a sound
of coughing came from the next room.
He noticed the quick clenching of her
hands and an Expression of anguish
which crossed her features.
"Thai's my boy -my son," she ex-
plained. "He's not very well. I want things very cosi, I'll, give y
you to have a look at .him presentlyy • g your - mentioned, but late, she had shown
and advise me what to do!' mother a letter to a famous doctor, out no trace of such a thing, either by
"Your ' son?", Ardeyne repeated. there, and you'll live in his house''-" word or look. It was a Iittle disap-
Y s at ' " 01 pointing that she should do so now.'
with a chain about fourteen inches
long and using a single crochet stitch Tony was his father."
around and around, increasing stiches
as needed to keep edges from rolling
in,
The finished article is not only good
to' look upon but has for meorkvalue was!
knew, and when poor little M t deal. was
"I'll come down to Maidenhead, Phil.
undreamed of when the w born -well, I suffered a area
started, for into it is woven so much I You see, my grandmother -on my What's the name of your place? I-
et memories and hopes and'plans con-tmother's side -called herself a creole don t feel I can watt even until Mon-
nected with the years that have gone but she was really --i---" day. Max has a nurse to look after
are sad to be sure Ardeyne took the hand with whin him and I could motor down and
by. Some of them ,
but precious just the same and many
are joyous and glad. We' need all the
memories and have to have them all
if we are to have a well-rounded life
and an understanding. heart. -S. R.
you to Switzerland," Ardeyne said Ardeyne tried to take her hand, but
"What, you've,_ never seen anysnow? she slipped past him and was hal'lyvay
Well, you've got a treat in store fol down the stairsbefore he quite realiz-
you. In no time you'll pick up and be ed that she had purposely evaded a
another person." 1 possible demonstration of affection.
"Shall I skate and ski?" the boy He wondered a little, then shrugging
asked eagerly., "Do you really his shoulders followed more slowly,
think—" I During the honeymoon, Alice had
"Not, just at first," Ardeyne intefi- confessed to jealousy and in that con -
minted. "Oh, at first you ,must take neotion Carrie Lgan's name had been
Then, he remembered a curious refer--
mice-
efer- ou mean .m a an ornim e
once -Hugo Smarle had made to Mrs. boy said, making a wry face.
E an's son. As though there was "Not the usual sort oe Sanatorium,
something a little' mysterious about Ardeyne assured him. "In fact, it's a
most delightful little colony of chalets;
Just a little tiresome, too.
It was dot Mrs. Egan's car he had
heard and she did not arrive until
they had "ven her up and were sitting
her •having a Son,,at all.
"I want to tell, you first," she lower, and no doubt you and your mother will down to unch, which had been kept
"He's e e livingin have one Ml to yourselves. And there waiting longer than was good for it..
ed her eyelids. Hes b en , will be the big mountains. You've no Monsieur Carre, was' cross, in cense-
Jamaica a with my parents, and that's
idea how big they are. I rather envy quence. He was not used to'such a
why I went out there so suddenly. My you going to Switzerland for the first tato mid-daymeal. `Alice was nerv-
father wrote that he was in poor g.
alt tad theythought the -climate time."ously distrait; and the Hemmersleys
he h, a ,., g"I want to climb mountains," said joking and curious:'
was bad for him.' But I didn't realize the boy.(To be continued.)',
how serious it was, And Pm terribly. Ardene nodded "Get well first
afraid' en you shall." - He snapped open his
<, Th Y Pe P
lrtm
F
ee e
e s Year. e m the
rose. t of
Ardeyne T. . „ ; ' I.ast'.F1oWer
watch And now I'm aftard T must
ratherr.
Carrie. That cough sounds, . o. P11 have to hurry ' if I'm to The' entian was. the year's` last bad -but one. never knows. How old meet that Indeed,rain!' y g
is'he?"' Born when the winds were hoarse and
".'Sixteen." Then, a little defiantly He tried to `say good=bye -then and wild
"He's's child." there but Mrs: Egan followed him out with wailing over buried rowers,
she added: Tony
"Your husband's?"e. and dretained'"him a moment longer. The playmates of their sunnier hours.
"Tony's and 'mine. I meant that "Phil, I want the truth. Please tell
me ,r / thoughtful eye
The gentian hid a t oug Y
Beneath dark fringes, blue 'and shy,
Only by.warmest moonbeams won,
To meet.the welcome of the sun..
"
'tte
But beyond' that, Ardeyne wondered lad'e? in oarbad � way, and his age is
what she was driving at. against hire, but one never knows. You
""Philip, I want to tell you,. first. must get him away as soon' as possible.
Before you see him. - There's- some Come and see me to -morrow -no, that
queer blood in my family. Tony never won't do. I shall be out of town,"
DON'T: WASTE GREEN TOMA-
TOES.
Soon Jack Frobt will; place his car=
essing touch on our: gardens and then
the problem of green tomatoes or none
at all will confront many farm wives,
If yousefamily is fond of a "spread"
or "sweets," here' is a palate -tickler.
Wash. and quarter large, green toma-
she was gesticulating nervously, an "If you like. The house is called. No flower -companion there she found,
held it d a tan clasp i sympathy.l Rushes. Anyone can direct you. -:ward from all the woodland ways
"T understand, Carrie. Your little The nn I Up
son was what we calla 'throw -back,' "1 Come for luncheon, Alice would be de .Floated the aster's silvery rays.
,,
The gentian her loing lashes through,
Looked up into the sky so blue,
And felt at home; the color there se'
The
The good God gave herself to wear.
dbacl't in the morning," The gentian searched the feids around
her
Mrs. Egan averted her face and h lighted
lis twitched. I "Thank you, Phil.: Yes, I'll come.
p"Tn 'plain language, Phil,.he's a The flushes -you say -I'll 'write it
negro -at least a mulatto. Tony down at once. Good -bye -I dont know
couldn't bear the sight- of him, even to th nlc ou buG=-"
when' he was a baby."She burst out
passionately: "Oh, I could never, never
tell you what Pve' been through -
what I've suffered -1
"Poor Carrie,'! -
"Never mind." She dried her eyes
hastily. "Just let me tell him you're
here. He's a good boy -very quiet and
gentle. And he loves me dearly,' I
The gentian shut her- eyelids. tight
On falling leaf and frosty night;
ow a y , And close,her azure mantle drew,
"I'm afraid there isn't very much When dreary winds around her blew.
•
to thank ane for," Ardeyne said grave- `
TY Y
"Good -b e', then-untilto-morrow." The -gentian said, "The world is: cold;
He }ferried away, -consulting, his yet one clear glimpse of heaven 1 hold
watch again. In his interest in Carrie
Egan s tragic son, he had ahnost for-
gotten Monsieur Carre. •
And in the, arrival of the French
scientist and in motoringhim down to
toes and put them through the food , The Rushes in the middlof the night,
chopper. Drain off as much juice ae'havent neglected him a5 much as youand in the excitement of their long
might think. Only -for the sake of winded conversation together the next
Tony's family 1 couldn't have him morning, Ardeyne almost forgot Car-
with me in England. But they're' all rio-E an,
dead now, and it doesn't matter. I Ten he recalled her with an un
shall never leave him again -only, T comfortable jolt that
memory, together,
think perhaps he's going to leave me. With the fact that lie had not men
Just a moment." tioned to Alice that he had met her
She disappeared into the next room and she was earning to luncheon: There
and then came back, beckoning -to was some excuse, for he had scarcely
Ardeyne. - seen Alice that morning.She had
"This is Max, my boy" she said tie brealcf sted in herowroom and
the doctor followed her. t` Max darling, afterwards gone ut on the river with
my old friend Dr. Ardeyne has come a Dir. and Mrs.'Hemmereley, a young
to see you." Her voicelacked nothing married couple who were etaiving' with
of maternal solicitude and affection, them in order to leave Philip quite
The boy lay on a couch half covered free to enjoy Monsieur Carre's society.
with a Persian silk shawl. He was,, But'they were all basic, now -Dick
startlingly handsome and extraordin- Henin!'rsley puffing a pipe in the
arily Tike his dead father, in spite of garden, the two woitlen indoors touch -
the fact that the dark blood in his ing themselves up for luncheon. Alice
veins proclaimed itself much more and Leis Hemmersley had become
than it did in his mother. With her i great friends, much to Philip's delight.
it had raised no more than an occa- Lois was a distant cousin of his and
Menai suspicion or question in Philip I' an all-round good sort, as he would
Ardeyne's mind, With him it was ser- -have described hen.
tainty. When he remembered Carrie Egan
His hair curled. in soft ringlets allhurried -u stairs at mice to Alice's
over a small, well-i;haped head: His h o WherePthe arlormaid said' he
skin was coffee -colored -cafe au kit room
ould nd er; The+sound of a motor -
and his eyes were big and brown and horn' quickened his footsteps.
lustrous. He held out a skinny, daric Alice was standing before, the'inir-
hand.to the doctor. Jror doing somethingto her hair,
"How do you do?" lie said courts-, "Oh, Philip=hav-you had'a' nice
ously, his English marked with a faint morning?" she asked, with her sweet,
trace of some foreign accent, possibly friendly smile.
French, It is very kind of you to 1 "Perfect," he replied. "So altogeth-
come to see me, sir. Will you forgive er absorbing that I nearly forgot
mynotnot getting up?' 'something rather• -important: I met
Certainly. Don't move,"said Ar- Mrs. Egan at the Savoy last evening
deyrie• and asked her to luncheon to -day.
lie drew up a chair and sat loath She's motoring down and will behere
beside the couch. Mrs. Egan brought any moment. I fancied 1 heard:` a car
a hassock and douched oar the other just now."-
with flourr, mfic M1 together, This may side. Her eyes were tender .and only, The smile faded' from Alice's lips. instance, if b -e -d' was given' first, the
be baked thin sheets and cut' in left the boy's face to question 'the That tug' ing sense of fear took pos- second• player might spell d -r -y, and
idea at the refreshment booth, charg-
ing at least thirty cents for the com-
plete menu.
The committee in charge will ar-
range for a moderate amount of
music, games and recitations. After-
noon will be the best time to hold this
kind of social as, in winter, both inen
and women, old and young, will be
able to attend and a floe sum netted
for the church,aside from the refresh-
ment of spirit to be gained by these
simple little social gatherings that
-tend toward keeping alive not only the
little country church, but neighbor-
hood interests as.. welt --Mrs. G. S.
I MADE A RAG RUG.
We farm women rather pride our-
selves upon having gotten away from
the rag .carpet which entirely covers
the floor but since our city sisters have,
manifested such an interest in the
.various kinds of rag rugs, we too have
renewed our appreciation of their
homelike and dependable qualities as.
well as their artistic. possibilities.
With this in mind, I get out my ac-
cumulation of "hit-and-miss" carpet
rags. I had been saving them for
several years for no sPecial reason
except- that • 1 ' couldnot entirelyget
away from my early training along
this line. These had been cut from
of sugar as there are of tomatoes and
boil slowly for two hours. One sliced
lemon -to each ,gallon gives a very sat -
factory flavor also. Pour in jars and
seal hot.
When picking green tomatoes .for
pickling, take the medium and smaller
sized ones, leaving the small ones
whole and cutting the others in Halves.
Cook in salt water until partly tender.
Place in jets and cover with hot vine-
gar in which sugar and spices have
been previously boiled.
'For mince meat, prepare tomatoes
as for preserves. To each gallon add
two-thirds cup of vinegar, two tea-
spoons each of sadt-and cloves, three
teaspoons cinnamon, one 'package of
raisins and six to eight eups of brown
sugar, according to taste. Boil slowly
for two hours, one cup of suet chopped
fine, or one cup nut meats to each gal-
lon may also be used if desired,
CHOCOLATE: FRUIT COOI{IES.•
One cup butter, 2 cups light brown
sugar, 2 eggs, 1 cup sweet milk, 2
tens. soda (very scant), 3 caps flour,
1 cup raisins, 1 cup English walnut
meats, '/s, cake melted unsweetened
chocolate.
Cream together the butter and
sugar, add the well -beaten eggs, and
the milk with the soda dissolved in it.
the scraps of each job of sewing ancil
i They Dredge the chopped raisins' and nuts
saved; a handful at at>ne.T ywere
of wool and cotton, thin and heavy
geode, all new and clean and strong.
One day when the mud war too deep
The sun's last thoughis mine to lrheepl
17nough-now let me - go to sleei3.i'
-Lucy h'arcom.
Her Fortune.
"What would you Say ,her fortune
is?"
"A small bat attractive figure ex-
presses 11, I'd say." „
Q! every"
wash -day
e
D INiSO is ideal for any wash -day .
11. method you uao. You do not
have to change any ofyour usual
steps -just use 'Ringo where you
used -to use ordinary soap.
like to boil your white cot-
tons,
11 you
will `giveyou just the
• Rinea:: 1
safe cleansing : suds you need `in
the boiler. If you use a washing
machine, follow the advice of the big
washing machine manufacturers
use'Rinso.
sust soakin with this new kind- of
oap "loosens all the dirt until a
single rinsing leaves the clothes
clean and spotless.
However you do your wash, make
it easy by using Rinse.
Rinso is sold by all grocers
and department stores
VVarninl s of Earthquakes ty
4
If you use a Washing
Machine, soak :your
clothes in the Rinso
suds ae usual. In the
morning add more
Rinso solution and
worle the machine..
Thenrinse and dry
you will have, a dean
sheet snore - whits
wash.
LEVER BROTHERS
LIMITED
TORONTO
n-4.35
years ago. Accor ng o
mate, another coleseai disaster is dui
n about thirty years. But the author,
flee la. Chiba are reassuring the ream
dents with the theory that` they will br
able to predict the quake by the tides
and give out a warning.
World.A on Wangs.
Og
It is reported that Mr, Henry Furd
who has. done as Mitch to pint the world
on wheels, bas decided that it is nos
time we changed• over. from wheels tc
wino. Itis slogan Is now to be
"livery man with his own aeroplane!'
Mr. Ford, it is stated, has gone vera
thoroughly into the problems 'o1"
flight, and the possibilities of improve.
ment In present'methods of dealing
with them. And he hue' conclt:dect tlial
the mass production 'system can:now
be applied to the aero engine, As for
the aeroplane, its wings will foldup
so that it will not require a hangar,
but can be stewed away comfortably
in a shed in the back garden.
Not only this, but the Ford aero-
plane Is to be practically fool -proof.
Even so, one can,ltardl$ imagine that
the average man . will take kindly to
the sky. Yet, not so long ego, the
motor -car was almost as rare as ,then
Mall who hasn't heard of Henry Ford
to -day
Given by Sea Tides. i
The recent discovery that tides are
definitely affected by earthquakes has
led to the announcement here that
quakes may lie predicted in the future.
by a close observation of .abnormal
rise and fell af•the-ocean in the vi-
cinity of known tremor centres, says
a Tokio despatch., : .
The authorities of the Weather Bu-
reau in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokio,
had an opportunity to test their thefiry -
when it was ,observed that the title had
been rising steadily off the coast at
Choshi until the day of a quake when
it had passed what is known as the
danger point. On the morning foliow-
dng the tremor the water had receded`
and was four feet below the former
marls. This fact, they believe, cone:
firths the belief that serious disturb-
ances in the earth's crust ere preceded
by an abnormal rise in the tide.
Before the earthquake disaster of
September 1, the tide at Cbaslii bad
reached the danger mark some three
to be.
for to the cafes o
p
months prior
The Boso promontory, which forms
the extreme southern -end of Chiba
Perfecture, is thought:to-be about fifty
miles from a spot in the Pacific agreed
by, experts to be an earthquake zone.
This zone, the authorities point out,
is the cause of a serious disturbance in
the. earth's ,crust; -at intervals of 100
years, Tile last catastrophe, thought,
'to have originated in this, centre
was a tidal -wave which inundated
TRY THIS WORD GAME'
The next time the children are pin-
ing away in idleness for something to
do, get thent started on this word
game.
The first player spells out a word
just any little word -of three letters.
The next player spells another word of
'three letters, but it must begin with
the last letter of the word before. For
squares,
to warrant' housecleaning' or much buttered tins,
enthus}assn for anything else, I moved
MOTHIIR'S WRIST WATCH.
ray sewing machine into the kitchen
and went to work. A friend of 'nine showed me a clever
Much to my surprise' I found myself idea for making her wrist watch easy
m a real adventure for nearly every to slip oil' and on, or to slide it farther
piece reminded me of some past inter- up on her arm -things which one
listing experience. must often do during the course of the
]' had almost forgotten there was day's' work, to keep the watch out of
Iver a time when I made nearly all harm. - -
,ho everyday clothing for my amen, Sha just sewed a narrow band of
?oaks. Here were pieces of forgotten silk elastic to the watch where the rib -
mite and dresses made when the chil--bon is usually fastened. l tried this
- Iren were little and, as T saw these' arrangement and it 'wo ked to per;
pieces, I could see in my mind's eye feetion. -R. E. P.
Just how they had- each looked in the -^=
:ompleted garments. Where is Oslo?
or dropped from a spoon on doctor. I session o nor again, as it had from
There were pieces of clothing made
133; a big maiotit;r•of'votes the Nor -
tor Mother and Grandmother who long• weglan Parliament .has decided to
change theainmo of the capital from
Clii•lstiania,- to 0110, from next New
• Ieai's.lany r -
Oalo is tho name by which the cepa
tal used to be icemen, It became
Ohetetianie. on 'being rebuilt by Iiiug
Chew it after Christian T. In the seventeenth sen-
gVentf Fateat tury, although the name Oslo has since
tit stimulates
been retained bye the bishopric of
rad $iia® a•Sass ' Christiania and, the Goart of Assizes.
iaPV(Ids tiigge 8 12'4 Tliis, of comae, i., not the only ex-
ample of a capital berg rechristened
111 u°alc'os Yom:. St, Petea'sbnr'has undergone two.,_.
TI od,cieayoumnore namo changes Nile., the war, being
'e'^flfood. I`iat'a how • known for a time as Petrograd and
tt rrlyteaium 1LFrs 2 ettattlfl'' ag
'faa.` now as Leningrad. Constantinople,. has
1"rom the first it was plain enough the beginning whenever she saw or
to Philip that poor little Max Egan even thouhht of Carrie I)gazi;
was doomed. Tuberculosis had set its I "Yes, Philip," she said quietly.
seal on him, although" it had scarcely, "You don't mind dear? ,I ought to
seemed to touch his physical beauty. have told you before, but I clean for -
The doctor talked to the boy, and got it."
presently they were, .on very good "0f course I don't mind. What an
terms. odd question!"
steam, hearty . aeter>3g.
Wls58coefe teal%.
GB ge t e si ar
tarp "th nevi
tvoe taaetly.
�tgsUS No.
likewise been twice rechristened; for-
meidy, being known as'Byzantiam ,and
bator as, Stamboul. "Yarisx was <once'
Lutetia, and' New Yolk forineily now
Ameterasein, wlfile Ottawa used to be
called ;Bytown.
•
The Finishing Touch.
bert'saw a blacksmith shoe -
Mg : a horse., and upon returning lio;ne
he said, "Mamma, I saw' a` man who
maks horses
"Are:you euro ; ou diel. ' asks,:. his
tuother with 511no curiosity.
"Of coarse I am," replied Robert.
"Ile had nearly finished whcuI saw
nin. Ile w -os ;,Mat, nailing on his be-
i nilaec :'
the next player y.e-t,
That is till there is to it, Each new
word should have only 'three letters;
and must :beginwith the last letter
of the word just before. No words can
be given tWiee-and anyone who cannot
think of a word when his turn comes
must: drop out of the. game,
THE BIGGEST LOCOMOTIVE IN THE 1 RITIST EMPIRE
new to-,
Engine' �io,_81(10, the g
00111otive, with new typo tender, -lust
built for the Canadian National Rail
1Vays by the Cvi1 clian Locomotive
Works at Kingston. itis tato'last word
in. designer's „skill for lines, weight.
and power: Ninety-two feet in over-
all length, it weighs 325 tons, tine 'hail
a tractive power of 14,500 tons, 01 the
pow.er to move 150 loaded freight cars :,
on a level track. Its boiler has 3,200
horsepower, or 121010 than what. is used
by tho•eivic electrical plant at King's. -
ton, with a population of 25,000, for
lighting and industrial purposes.
The remarkable-.progreSs made in
the construction of motive power on
Canadian' railways is illustrated by
comparing this giant now locomotive
From 'a Small. Seed, •
An ounce of tomato seed will yield
In one generation1,000 Ounces of eee.l,
or sufficient .to. produce 1,000,000 tons
Tokio and surrounding territory seven- of tomatoes.
'T
CHRISTMASCOMMITTEE"
.
lsie Duncan Yale. In one pageant, in which' various 00-
By E : tions were represented, the cos -Minas
That's good, for you have a chance ; for the little, girls were white caresses,
to help along the Christmas h considerable se with colored caps and aprons is the
of your community to a considerable nations, colors, watch produced a good
extent, for of course the celebration effect with a lntninium of -expellee and
must include a "Christmas entertain- fork.
ment." The immediate problem is The Christmas Song Story,
first to Prod your entertainment, whIch Sunda evening. service, a
1 nor
the y
is oSom th ay
that w will
as on stor • is a delightfully
"Something that will; -use all who Christmas song Y
wish to
aa part" suggests the super- easy and interesting program. It cotn-
intondent. "It should teach a good les- prises a narrative to be read by a good
ni he . the pastor, "Moth- reader, and is interspersed with 011 '
ion,". at to s s
that takes a lot of elaborate cos- propriate musical numbers, This cantug I given with a few rehearsals, es'
turning," plead the: mothers, ' "We be
haven't time tor a lot of rehearsals," there: le' no meniori izli g to be done.
he oun people. And there If you decide upon': a general pro
object t Y g P I v 'r m she'
you are!: grain than try .to get aWa- t o
1 sterotyped succession of recitations
The "Failure,Proof" Cantata. 1 and solos, Ilialossio axpacleci those
Usually the best solution is a � which feetere the giving ides," are
Christmas cantata.. It is elttsttc, so to always appreciated, while costume
speak; The dialogues can, be assigfed songs and drills matte appropriate and
to a few really capable young -folks,.--pretty.program numbers•
while all others who wish to be "in" ! How to Go Anent It.
the entertainment can be. formed into' Begin in time! Mastpttbbsiter wilt.
a chorus for the musical numbers. A I send entertainment motorial "ail selec•
cantata can easily be adapted to the tion" to conesaitteo; or, in some cases,
11 ottedti e by omitting a ing songs, it may ate necessary to lli!t Ohase single
if it is too long, or introducing special copies as samples. Ilavitig nude your
musical numbers if it is too short. Be- choice, lnvite:all wiry wish 10 11,:te part
sides, there is ample opportunity for to meet the convnitfwi ,afar • .5uuciart
school 0r at some equally convenient
time. This is the chairman's oplior-
tunny,- Be_ or she can Invite all 'who
with the 'drat railway engine used in
Canada, a ciralving, or Which is shown
inset, The engine was used on the
Champlain and St, Lawrence Railroad
in 1337, and it was panted the "por
chester." The drawing is made from
a _print, in the possession of the Cha
teau (Le Ramezay, Montreal.
of the Canadian National Railway
bringing in' local. hits, which are al-
ways popular.
Thebe is ahvays tbe'liocsibility that P 1
someone will .'drop outat the last m'in will n;oHise faitltf0 11 "to than, re-
ute. Ina Play this is fatal, put not so 1
1 cassis, to take p at i ui tie entertain-
with a cantata.'„Tho vacancy can ire anent. Decide upon
rehearsal even.
Promptly. filled bye member or the to s; secure a goes, psduisl, nail score
chorus, for the rehearsals have; made; 0110 Who eau: leach the songs, Co0oa
them all More or less familiar with the I aua. cake, serbep at Ilio close of 1,110
dialogue, evening ?rill transform the practise iit�
There is a great variety or cantatas I
to a "pal ty,” ' =
from which to choose -dramatizations f)iscouraement is Unnecessary.
of the Bethlehem story, Santa Claus J
cantatas for children, those which fes- The last rehearsal is apt to be lis•
Lure the "giving" spirit, and others oouragetnent. "Awful!" thinks the di-
which are bright little musical plays rector, 'wile becomes 'disheartened,
of a secular character, Songs may drag, clialobiie may tach
pep, but take courage, for an enter,
taiunlent invariably goes off hotter
This is a Lorin of entertaiiinteht, re than you think it will. ' The partici'
?teed
from olden times, which is now i pants will- be on 'heir mettle, tor they
deservedly popular. As it comprises; are:perfierming, not to empty chairs
a.series of scones it is' iiot difficult to' but to their friends and neighbors. 0
present, ler each scene may be placed course they'll dowt ell; and if there arc
in charge of a capable Berson, and't'we any"breaks," no one i,•i.l'notloe them
or more general rehearsals will usual. Begin in time, get to work, arid ' you
Z sulisce, Cnst:umes may be contrived Christntae will be all the happier e
y
from inexpoilsiWe material suchas cause you lt' have olpeci' bring i✓lrris
crepe paper, cheese -cloth 'or silicolino, alas joy to tlioeOinnhtnity.
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