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'Fresh from the gardens'
Potting Garden
Plants For
Winter Window
For those who live In north temper-
ate latitudes, August is a good month
do which to consider the garden In re-
lation Lo plants for the winter window,
Many will have plants left from last
winter; some will wish to buy new
ones, while others will wish to take
indoors certain plants wbich have
graced the garden during the summer.
And every bit of care given the plants
now will mean volumes next winter.
Potted plants from last winter
should have been rested during the
first part of the summer and started
into more active growth now, These
may be cut batt quite severely, but
be sure to leave enough strong wood
to support the new growth and flow-
ers. 'Unless they were shifted in the
spring, it is best to repot them now,
using a pot only one size larger,
IIf new plants are to be bought,
August is the best time to get them,
as the prices are but a Erection of
what they will be later on,
If plants from the garden are to be
potted for winter display select sturdy
ones now, lest you wait too long and
the frost catches them. With a sharp
trowel or long bladed knife cut a half,
or a third around the plant with the
blade slanted in toward the root. In
this preliminary root pruning, the
circle should be slightly smaller than
the pot to be used, the pot being us-
ually a four or five -inch one, At this
time, remove any buds or blossoms
there may be and cut the plant back
severely, removing some of the oldest
wood. Two or three weeks later make
another cut, and if the ground is very
dry soak thoroughly several beers be-
fore lifting. Pruning .the mote in ad-
vance of potting gives the plant a
Trance to recover from the transplant-
ing and to form new feeding roote so
that it may more easily establish it-
self in the pot.
Plunging
Potted plants can be put in the
shade on the porch or sunk up to
their rims in the earth under a tree.
This will provide shade at middayand
keep them from drying out. When
the pots are plunged, lightly cork the
holes in the bottoms to keep the roots
from growing through and into the
earth. Also leave slight airholes be-
neath the pots to enable batter drain-
age and free access of air to the roots.
The Begonia ie one of the best win-
ter blooming plants and needs plenty
of sunlight and water: It is raised
from cuttings, that may be planted
out of doors in the spring when the
weather has become settled, but must
be potted in the early autumn,
Camellia Japonica belongs to the
same family of pleats as tea, thea
lire's and thea bohed. It has hand-
some thick leathery leaves, and, by
cultivation, beautiful double flowers of
white, pink, rose, and carmine, striped
and splashed, Plants for blooming
must be thre years old, New growth
Is made in the spring and new plants
are raised from uttings, Camellia
Japonicas must be kept cool during
July and August to prevent second
'growth ,and they should be repotted
only in January or February if the
roots have become potbound.
A Great Favorite
'The geranium is probably the most
popular of house plants. Aa everyone
knows, the leaves are fuzzy to touch
and the beautiful double flowers range
fromwhite to scarlet and maroon. The
new plants are raised from cuttings
and the old plants should be cut back
after eacb year's growth.
Cestrum, the night -blooming jas-
mine, is smooth leaved and has many
yellow • flowers that are very fragrant
at night, Make the cuttings in spring
and be sure to plunge the pots in the
summer.
Of coin's°, in this list of house
plants, ferns and palms should be in-
cluded, but this is not the time of the
year to disuse them.
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BEGIN BEBE TODAY Lights were an ineffable glory in the
sky,
Their bodies built up to endure even
such hardship as this. The fact that
the snow at last packed was a factor,
too: they were able' to skim over the
white crust at a pace even faster then
the best time the had made in early
The result was that at last the com-
panionship between Bess and Ned,
forgotten in the dread horror of the
early winter months, was revived.
Again they had pleasant 'hours about
Ned Cornet is engaged to marry
Lenore Har'denworth, They are; ship-
wrecked and with Boss` Gilbert they
take refuge on inn :eland occupied by
a brine named Doomsdorf anal This In-
dian wife. Ned and the girls are
made prisoners by the master of the
island and he tells them Lie' are to fall.
bo his els' es.
Tonere is too weak to work, so Bess
and Ned take up the burden. Dooma-
doxf announces that lie means to make
his prisoners do his winter trapping.
They are permitted to build them -
Ives a cabin and Doonrsdeef gives the stove at the :Forks cabin, some -
them ar old stove. times working at pelts, sometimes
After the 'cabin is finished Lenore evert enjoying the unheard-of luxury
is permitted to remain and help the of .a few minutes of idleness.
squaw with the housework, but Bess Very naturally, and scarcely aware
and Ned are started on different'
routes to trap for their master.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XXL—(Cont'd.)
The beaver was of course Tot fre-
zen; and the skin stripped off easily
under the little, sawing strokes of his
skinning knife. He was rather sur-
prised at its size. It came rf nearly
round, and it would stretch fully
thirty-two inches in diameter. Wash-
ing it carefully, he put it over his back
and started on.
Other' traps yielded pelts in his long
day's march,
Tired out, barely able to stand
erect, yet wholly content with his day's
catch, Ned made the cabin in the twi-
light, built his fire, and cooked his
meager supper. After supper he skin-
ned out such little animals as he had
not taken time to skin on the trail,
fleshed and stretcher] the pelts, then
hung them up to dry. He was almost
too tired to remove his wet garments
when the work was done. He hardly
remembered drawing the blankets over
him.
But in spit,. of the hardship. the
wrack of cold, the fatigue that crept
upon bit like a dreadful sickness,
Ned hats many moments of compara-
tive pleasure. One of these moments,
seemingly yielding him mach more de-
light than the occasion warranted, oc-
curred at the end of the second day of
actual trapping.
This day's march had taken him to
the Fork's cabin, and there, as twi-
light drew about hint, he was amazed
to hear the nearing sound of footsteps
in the snow. Some one was coming
laboriously toward him, with the slow,
dragging tread of deep fatigue.
It was Bese, of course. At this
point their lines coincided. It was her
third stop, and since she had left the
home cabin a day ahead of him, she
was perfectly an schedule. He could
hardly dxplain the delight that flashed
through him at the sight of her. In
this loneliness and silence mere human
companionship was blessing enough.
His appearance inthe doorway was
not a surprise to Bess. She had count-
ed the days carefully, and she knew
his schedule would bring him here.
But now she was too near dead with
fatigue to give him more than a smile.
With scarcely a word he lifted her
to tbe cot, covered her with a blanket,
and in spite of her protests, went
speedile about the work of cooking her
supper.
They had a quiet hour of talk be-
fore he drew the blankets about her
shoulders and left her to drift away
in sleep, He was unexplainably exult-
ant; light-hearted for all this dread
waste that surrounded him. This little
hut of logs was hone, tonight. The
cold could not come in; the wind would
clamor at the roof in vain.
He did her work for her tonight.
He skinned the smaller anirnals she
had brought in, then fleshed and
stretched all the pelts she had taken.
After preparing his own shins, he
made a hard bed for himself on the
floor of the hut,
It was with real regret that they
took different ways in the dawn. Ned's
last office was to prepare kindling
for her use on her next visit to the
cabin four days hence—hardly realiz-
ing that be was learning a little trick
of the woodsman's trade that would
stand him in good stead in many a
dreadful twilight to come.
The trails of these two trappers
often eroeset in the weeks to come.
They kept close track of each other's
schedules, and they soon worked out a
system whereby they could meet at the
Forks cabin at almost every circuit.
No longer did Ned go about his
work in the flimsy clothes of the city.
Out of the pelts he had dried Bess
helped to make him garments and
moccasins as warm and serviceable as
her own, supplied through an unex-
pected burst of generosity on Doonrs-
dorf's part soon after their arrival on
the island. They brought their hard-
est problems to the Forks cabin and
solved them together.
Day alter day the snow sifted down,
ever laying a deeper covering over
the island, bending down the limbs of
the strong trees, obscuring all things
under this cold infinity of white, The
traps had to be laboriously dug but
and reset, again and again.
Where the sloes cleared, alt un-
dreamed degree of cold took *As -
glen of the land, The lingers froze in
the instant that the lux gloves were
removed, and the hottest fires could
hardly warm the cabins. And 90 these
clear, hitter nights the Northern
of the fact themselves, they: had come
to be the best of companions.
Ned's hour with Lenore, however,
gave him less satisfaction titan they
had at first. She someho v failed to
understand what he had been through.
Slowly, by the school of hardship,
and conquest over hardship, Ned Cor-
net was winning a new self-mastery,
a new selfconfidence to take the place
of the self-conceit that had brought
him to disaster. But the first' real
moment of wakening was also one of
peril—on the trapping trail one clear
afternoon toward the bitter close of
January.
He had been quietly following that
portion of the trap line that followed
the timber belt between the Twelve -
Mile cabin and Forks cabin, and the
blazed trail had led him into the
depths of a heavy thicket of young
spruce. FIs had never felt more se-
cure.. The only hint of clregeer that
the Red Gods afforder him clic not half
penetrate his consciousness and did
not in the least cafl,him from his
They had a quiet, hour of talk.
pleasant fancies. It was only a glimpse
of green where the snow had been
shaken from a compact little group
of sapling spruce just beside one of
his sets. Lkiely the wind had caught
the little trees just right; perhaps
some unfortunate little fur -bearer, a
marten pereaps, or a fisher, had
sprung back and forth among the lit-
tle trees in an effort to free himself
from the trap. He walked up quietly,
located the tree to which the trap
chain was attached, bent and started
to draw the trap from the small, dense
thicket wherse some creature had
dragged it, He was only casually in-
terested in what manner of poor, fro-
zen creature would be revealed be-
tween he steel jaws. The beauty of
the day had wholly taken his mind
from his work.
One moment, and the forest was
asleep about him; the little trees look-
ed sadly burdened with their loads of
snow. The next, and the man was
hurled to the ground by a savage,
snarling thing that leaped from the
covert like the snow demon it was;
and white, gleaming fans were flash-
ing toward his throat.
CHAPTER XXII.
Except for the impediment of the
trap on the creature's foot, there
would have been but one blow to that
battle in the snow. White fangs would
have gone home where they were aim-
ed, and all of Ned Cornet's problems
would have been simply and promptly
solved.
This was not some little fursbearer,
helpless in the trap. it was no less a
creature than that great terror of the
snow, a full-grown Arctic wolf, almost
as white as the drifts he hunted
through. Only the spruce trees know
how this fierce and cunnirg hunter
came to snare his foot in the jaws of
a marten trap. Nor' could any sen-
sible explanation be made why the
great wolf did not break the chain
with one lunge of his powerful body,
instead of slinking into the coverts
and, waiting developments. The ways
of the will creatures often fail of any
kind of an explanation; and it is a
bold woodsman who will say what any
particular creatudo will do' under any
particular condition. When he saw
Ned'a body within leaping range, he
knew'the desperate impulse to fight.
The chain of the trap broke like a
spring as he leaped. The steel leash
that is often used to restrain a savage
dog would have broken no less quick-
ly. There was no visible recoil: what
little resistance there was seemingly
did Dot in the least retaed, :the blow.
It .did, however, meet its accuracy,
That fact alone saved Ned from in-
stant death.
Bat as the well hinged toward him
to complete his work—niter the man-
ner of spore of the beasts of prey when
they fail to kill at the first Jeep—the
inner MEM of might seemed to waken
in Ned's prone body, -- A great force
game to life within him. Be lunged
upward and `met the wole in the teeth.
A great surge of strength, seeming-
ly without physical limltati in, poured
tlhreugh him, In one great bound he
overcame the deadly handicap of his
ownprone position, springing up with
terrible, reaching, snatching hands
and .clasping arms,- Some way, he did
not know how,he hurled that hundred
pounds of living steel from his body
Before the white fangs Could go home,
But there was not an instant's
pause, Desperate with fury, thq wolf
sprang in again)- long, white streak
almost too fast forthe eye to follow.
But he did not find Ned et a disad-
vantage now. The man had wrenched
to one side to hurl the ereatu%e away,
but he had already caught his balance
and had braced to meet the second
onslaught,
(To be continued.)
t�edern odes in
Paris
Some of the sharp corners and the
rough edges are being polished 'off
what the world is pleased to cap
"modern" art as applied to furniture
and furnishings, Suddenly it appears
to have been discovered, there is no
reason wby the things that have to
be lived with shouldn'tbe livahle,
There Is a rush by the modernists
to strike "new notes," :create trends
and startle again and again an already
well startled public. Perhaps there is
a great deal of jazz in all this effort,
but there is also a great deal of re-
freshing newness, simplicity of line
and, here and there a stroke of genius.
Whether it is genius or not, livable-
ness and sunshine have been injected
into the moderalstio by the latest
comer in ommercialized modernity,
the "Athelia" studios—for they are
all studios nowadays, Instead of de-
partments. This has lately been in-
augurated at "Aux Troles Quartiers,"
last of the downtown department
stores to take to creating modern art
on a big scale,
Antique and 1929 Side By Side
Curiously enough, this store, long
noted for its excellent antique depart-
ment, baa put the new alongside the
old, Through open archways one
walka from the past to the present—
or perhaps the future, for isn't 1929
progress supposed to be one jump
ahead of even the calendar?
Robert Bloch, modern designer of
Geneva origin, commander of "Athe-
lia," is the one who thinks it ought to
be possible to live comfortably with
modern art and who also has tbe sun-
shine theory,. As he couldn't sudden-
ly change the people, he decided to
change the art and bring the two into
closer relation, put them on easy
speaking terms. He ame to Paris
with a splash, designing a front, ex-
tremely modern—quite the thing to
do in Paris now for the old-fashioned
building of "Aux Trois Quartiers."
The new front Is of the utmost sim-
plicity in grayish -brown imitation
marble and is really a singular de-
parture for a department store in
France,
Sunshine Simulated 1 Lighting
The studios "Athelia" wil be a per-
manent exposition. Combating that
lack of warmth which is the criticism
given a great many interiors of the
ultra modern style, Bloch has skill-
fully imitated the sun's rays by clever
lighting effects, thus transforming a
dark bedroom into a sunny one. The
window, which presumably opens up-
on a dark court, bas its glass com-
pletely covered with golden yellow
silk illuminated from behind so that
the -whole room seems charged with
veiled sunshine.
The smal salon shows a harming
arrangement suitable for a one -room
apartment. Save fo rthe alcove and
indented spaces, which are covered
with a silver -beige homespun, the
wals lar° painted a soft gray beige,
The mantelbhelt runs along the en-
tire side of the room, forming a top
to open bookshelves on either side of
the fireplace. Over the fireplace and
painted directly on the wall surface
is a modern still life in delicate jade,
orange and silver, flanked on either
side by square niches lined with mir-
rors, A small oblong niche below
each mirror is lined with orange and
holds a soft -toned vase.
A deep inclosure with a padded,
built-in seat, has a small square din-
ing table set in front of it. This table
can be enlarged to sa't 12, thus soly-
ing the dining. problem,
All Comforts' For Little Folks
The nursery 18 a real triumph in
livableness, for it achieves a cleanli-
ness easy to maintain, et the same
time avoiding that Jinicai air. Its
walla are soft golden yellow, with
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Women and Sport
Helen Wills, the World's.
Tennis Champion '"ells
Some Truths
THE HAPPY MODERN
Sports and athletics, abloh have,
played their part in gaining the free-
dom of the Modern woman, aro very,
recent when one realizesthat there
were centuries when women did not
know anything alnout outdoor activity.
It has only been since about 1900 thalf.
sports for women have come into their,
own.
With few exceptions none of the
women of history were even allowed
to indulge in out-of-doors aotivltioa. s'
Egyptian woman die have a litho
repro outdoor life than the women of
Most other countries, mainly because
ot the climate. Spartan women were
Mined in sports and'ntbletiea, aiong
with their brothers, in order to de-
velop strong bodies, The Spartan$
believed . healthy women produced
healthy hildren, ' They desired strong'
soldiers for warfare,
During the next 2000 years women
knew practically nothing of sports and
of out-of-door freedom, Then came,
the bicycle and lawn -tennis.
The present freedom of the modern.
woman owes much to the bicycle, Id
our grandmothers' time exercise was.
regarded as unladylike. Women hada
to be mutate with croquet. It is true'
that some rode horseback, but its a•
side-saddle costume whih was both
voluminous and uncomfortable ands
which prevented them from deriving
the real benefits from riding.
The next out-of-door activity that
the women of the time turned their
attention to was lawn -tennis. As no
tains, a gay printed linen in Orange, one could comfortably play tennis in:
dull yellow and green. the corsets that were then worn;.
A very low chiffonier has two deep these garments Were gradually nodi
drawers with huge rad knobs for tied and made a little softer and lase(
handles. The wardrobe, with a long
mirror set in its door, has both hang-
ing and cupboard space for clothing wore such unyielding supports could
inside. A tiny desk -table stands in I be blamed upon the prisons in which:
a good light and a cozy miniature, their bodies were incased and
armchair- is drawn up to a low round squeezed out of shape. ,
table, set with a faience tea service. But tennis was not regarded favor.
A finishing touch is a long, low, built-
in blackboard,
binding, This was an important ad-
vanoe, for half the ills of women wird•
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Not a Good Shot
"Why .did you divorce your hue.
band, May?"
"Why, my dear, I couldn't hit a
barn door with a pistol in a hundred
years."
Sunspots and Tree Growth
In some localities the thickness of
the annual growth -rings of trees
varies in a- period of about eleven
and a half years corresponding to the
sunspot variations. It is believed
that changes In ultra -violet light,
cloudiness, and rainfall, are the chief
variables in causing this relationship.
—Dominion Observatory, Ottawa.
Obedience
No man shall ever be fit to govern
others that knows not first how to
obey.-7erems Taylor.
IT'S folly to suffer long from neu-
ritis, neuralgia, or headaches
when relief is swift and sure,
thanks to Aspirin. For a8 years the
medical profession has recom-
mended it. It does not affect the
heart. Take it for colds, rheuma-
tism, sciatica, lumbago. Gargle it
for a sore throat or tonsilitis.
Proven directionsforits many uses,
in every package. Everydrug store
today has genuine Aspirin which is
readily identified by the name on
The box and the Bayer cross on
every tablet.
Aspirin is a Ttedee grit iregistered in Omen
ISSUE No. 36,--`29,
ably at a11. To quote an article writ -
ton at the time the game appeared:1
"Ministers exhort their congregations•
to eschew the ungraceful, unwomanly;
And unrefined game which offends all
the canons of womanly dignity and
delicacy." Can there be anybody,
nowadays who feels this way about
tennis for women?
It is indeed interesting to note that
that the dress used for sports gradual-
ly had an influence upon the every -day,
styles. It was later to become the
fasbion to have freedom for the body.
But it tools women some time to gob
away from their long skirts. A few,
bravely started to wear them to tholr,
ankles in rainy weather, and were
called 'rainy daisies." They were de-
nounced immediately.
The style of the time called tor a
high collar, great full sleeves, a long
gored skirt which flared out upon the
pavement and gathered dust or damp
nese. I-Iats were balanced precarious-
ly upon the top of the head, secured
by long and dangerous hatpins.
We who know the comfort of the
short skirt and sensible dress would.
rebel If we had to put on tight cor-
sets and tight kid gloves, and if we
had to squeeze our comfortable waists.
A lady informed me the other day,
that the ambition of her girlhood was
"to have a waist that could be easily
measured with the span of two,
hands:'
We can remember what a fuss there:
was about bobbed hair, and now no;
one gives it a second thought. At the
time, critics predicted dire disaster to,
the younger generation, Just now, a
new style has appeared in tennis,
which will have its share ot criticism.
Stockings are being abandoned, ,and
in their stead are worn little socks
that reach to the ankle. This is very,
sensible, gives more freedom, and
does away with tight garters. Two
years ago no player would have
though of going without stockings lit
tournament. play. Last year a few,
ventured forth. It won't be long un-
til white -stockinged legs will be un-
usual upon the court.
Take for another example the'
sleeveless dress for tennis. Eight
years ago a young lady who appeared
thus clad at one of the best-known
tennis clubs in New York was asked
by a surprised committee to please
dress more modestly.
Needless to say there is a distincti
relationship between the etyles of
dress worn and the quality of tenniihl
that women play to -day. Take Mile,
Lenglen, for instance. She absolute,
ly revolutionized tennis -dress for wo;
men, and who can imagine Mlle. Len
len playing the spirited game else does'
in the kind of costume popular 16•'
years ago?
Modern woman would not exohanga,
her present-day life, with all its ado
vantages and freedom, for the life ofl
any woman of the past, Mental Jibe
oration has come to her through edu1
cation; physical liberation, through
sports and athletics, All have joined
together in giving the world this;
sane healthy and happy creature—the'
modern wornani—Pictorial Review. ,
Friendship
Friendship is not a state of fearing
whose elements are specifically differ-
ent from those which compose every
other. The emotions we feel toward +f
friend ore the same in kind with those
hyo experience on other occasions; byd
they are more complex and Inoi'e
acted,—R. Hall. g- , .ee ,