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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-01-23, Page 6111 citatleeileifil is worth every dealt Of its cost, the flavor is Delicious and the strength Abundant. D41 BeYgzwid " The Most Economical Tea Obtainable Anywhere. Questiork... tilt tilt: Land lacstol By Floy Tolbert Barnard CHAPTER IV. plied very gently for her eyes were With the pie, however, brotught in filling with tears and her voice was by Mrs. Davis with a triumphant sat- full of distress, "I have been as %faction not at ail concealed by her successful as Uncle Aaron and John depreciatory volubility, Rhoda. revert- Tracey. That is going eome!" ed tri the purely perseneil. "Yes' 'Have been,' " she said bit- ' r, eI menet eat eV, she walled true- terly. But what are you going to 9,, Oak, "end never in my life have I ole ,so desired to eat a piece of Pie." "What difference, really, can it "Sure you can!" grinned Townsend. make to you, dear? You washed "Ale you have to do le to taste it. your hands of me sex years ago. The else will do the rest. Pll have "That needn't hinder nee from tak- another cup of eoffee, Mrs. Davis," ing same pr:de in you, need it?" As When she had gone to get it, for no he said nothing for a 'second, she power on earth could ever persuade continued, blinking back the traitor - her to use Townsend's Englieh great- ass setae eee egeeeegy eteag5,1„; grandmother's coffee service because WACO, "I theught and I still think Id was part of hep religion to keep that you could do something big; if coffee hot on the back of the range, you -would. Every one is talking Townsend added swiftly, "Eat a bite about you except Mr. Tracey and or two and then when she goes bade uncle Aaron. Everybody else thinks to the kitchen I'R smuggle the rest it is mega. of it into the fireplace and bury it -- "I do net doubt ,it, Rhoda." under some frosh wood! I do not want yon to die of overeating. Thank ;"But vohy do you de ,it? You you, Mrs. Davis. This pie is de- might—. coneitlev me! You needn't lie ore I" 'try to bide that 'senile. I saw vt. ; . g 211-41 retjavtel his 3cheala' sub- i tures just because you asked me, stitethes Arles of her own and there -e when we had that row six yearsage, offer i.is ena in the whole neighbor e why I dic? not practice the individual dared cos re! en the Prolnlel:Y a` achievement I preached?" Rhode's, reline g..arb th. Mrs. Davis' 1 Toys For Indoor Play. Play material of a sort which host amiss.; chedien ,te at hand in nearly every home. The baby of ton finds more pleasure in a steing of empty 'spool's or a few clothespins than el the eattles and halls which have come from an expensive Loy shop. AS the child grows orticles utdinateitsils nt hand if properly utilized will give great joy. All sorts of paper maY be used for folding and matting os for strapbooks. Magazines furnish vrealth Of Measles to rat out, to spaintackete :pests. - Crayons, paints,' Pe -hells -and paper and o bla Aafford ee-Or- a'W.— ITO,.e- on.y much pleasuee, but will help to teeth the child to weite and draw in -crude fashion at an early age and help to train eye and hand without undue Mamie and fatigue, A printing :frame and a supply of blueprint paper on which may be printed the outlines of leaves and flowers, butterflies, other insects, and many natural Objects will afford hours of happy occupation to children old enough to do such work. Wooden boxes may be used for stores, doll houses, forts and the like, while chairs and tables will readily become horses, steamboats, stages and a thousand otliee things. Old eotton cloth, torn into 2-4nch strips and sew- ed together end to end, will make yards of reins enough to drive the. "coach and four" witch is so ea.eilly created out of the dining room chairs. The anost succeseful playthings for a child are those which fuenieli the material out of which he may con- struet his own amusements, rather than those which amuse him but give hint little to do. R Ms well known that many of the expensive anechani- cal toys are discarded aftee a belief ace the hoesokemar. she said: "Yes, I did!" Her cheeks gushed quaintance or are soon ruined" in the "I don't know. Did you?" hearin Lift lig ;missives eyes to SPPCT.14 ' IIN FV 1111) TINY COLONY HIS, A HOPEFUL OETLOON. FOR PEACE DAYS the logged imeas. Tither area 11 pays of Romance flave Chamged to thelo air ;I:erectly 'wall a smell nu 1.11ce oi. Me or flee eisiiiipaaer or disserd the . . a . cemb. . Never ' use- metal 'heiresain uniese it is the very 'fine 'itesielble wire ones, and; then use ,thern. 'sparingly. Wire brushes ere to be aveidod be- cause they scratch the ecalp and tear the heir. A cheap brush has poor s OCES H. Connaly c‘, Mcrnhere Montreal Stock Exchange. 1011-1 6 TRANSPORTATION BONDS dusirial Development. a— Probably none ef, Um a -leaner pos- sessions of Great Britein has a more ary education which thuds to fit them hopeful and progressive post-war out- Cor entrance into universities. The look than the Fiji islands, that tiny education of other children has been brietlee which do nst do the week colony in the middle of the Southern conductedelasgsly by the miesioes, and well and irritate the ,seesp • at the Pacific Ocean which has never been arrangements have now been made MOTO time. The best brush is one in the Pahl* eye, which one hardly 'whereby these mission schools will re - that has the bristles set in gneiss of ever reads about and of which the ceive Government aid when they are aightly uneven length. The bristles average American knows -but little. brought 1.113 to a certain standard. The should be fairly stilt for a heavy head of hair and less stiff for a thin bead of heir. The purpose of the brush IS to clean and pollee and it will neither clean nor polish if it ie soiled Wa,sh brashes in warm borax watee and rinse in a 'solution of alum water. Keep a stiff nag brush and wash a couple of times 0, week in borax and water Oa! goal, and water. Never attempt to snag right through. the hair regaediess of. snarls rwith either comb or brush. Take the comb, begin below the snarl, holding the bair firmly above the tangled place. Gently work the same out, Use patience, Never pull the halw at the seep by combing vigorously, as parents often do when dressing the hair of their children. Be ,gentle as well as patient. The beuish ,should not be used until tate snarls aee all out, then serpents the hole and brush gently, beginning et the recite and using long, eveu strokes. Concerning Fish. • The total exports of Canadian fish ef the most popular varieties last year amounted. to 335,00(1,000 pounde. This figure ineludes fresh, frozen., salted, smelted and canned Varieties. . - A rich and deli cloulittle fish now 'Won't you please let. me have me i awiftlY• a'1had no more idea of be- attempt to find out what makee them becoming propeller on the Canadian °,s .. .. pie for a iece i afternoon? The dinner wits so goed -ftYing tO , Mars or 'Of anything 'else thing rather than to be amused or market is the Eulachon, It is relate . pn the middle of the :Mg an Mreet then, than I had of go, - because the child want to do so .me- ' and el to the smelt 'I ate so greeeilya Bet unless !than in—making a home f'ar Yeu• entertained by a pedormance in which apamfc ly fasnioastetdralibsween found yFol will rave it for mefarm ., I Shall sit "What are yOti going to do couwhildehave the he has little part. Among the me- .nywhere on the io rrghe her, ertil I can eat it for 1 &mos th rum?. Yeu l chenheal toys, however, radreads and Oregon and Alaskia. It is on the trains of. all eorts have a 'sexennial. joy nhfearket fresh, frozen, salted, kippe,reol, -fer all srnall boys. rd smoked and canned. tri sectiens and the The eulathen is probably the Rut - With the tracks test lot fishes, but its oil has a es.ecall- They escapedt� 'deep chairs before Rhoda. It is only for a year, you different kinds of care ,asel engmes he the open fire. Laughing e Acres's at ' know. I intend to see how it feels i; able to construct his own systems arl'os delicate flavor 'and, when ex- hee host, 'Rhoda stretched her slalm to just live after 'having made a liv- according to his own ideas. Lead traoted, is solid at ordinary tempera - boats out; to the fender, an aid brass big. I think I shall.. like it. Reedits% and tin soldiers', that eau be marshal- tu, ees. In the abundance and con - one ' tint had alio belonged to the; ritlin'—and no 'rithmetic! It would eti to salt the will of their general, are isistence l°lIcetstif:Zs'orsthiet eitsitve veadlue: Eng:Lb ereat-grandmoilisr. Town -1 be Wonderful' if you would try it out fa,varites, and :also h a,,,,,,, osvol7 . eziad lip:htad a pipe and they fell into , with me. dear. Wal you?" " Her and other animals, tioirl7efs, WWI; calaal,?! meat It le soanetimee celled the rar r..1 het -self t,.; :est to speak ef.the , retort came in a flash. theroserves readily to many uses. All' candle fish" lia.cause the Esquentaux p rilesiee, fooni witioli Rhode i "No, I will not marry you!" rs ore a delight to ell iner). and - al "Yoer ambition for rne- is greater 'sorts. of toy vehicles (such as war,,ona,i are in, the habit of hanging et up to 3..., w.n..1sn th,r-a0i :t, Was the, de .pa,T. r ; th a n Y CrLIT 11103 00 me, then. Rhoda?" carts, tricYcles and carenages), em.all , 'TY' then setting fire to tits tail and that she eallia ie eensinit. i that way. 1 tin going. home. It is articles 'tor dell 'housekeeping are nStttet:t11;1%.1 el:teivbilliZemslc.1:-. cif Mrs. Throe so Imre was it of. alli "Yes, if you insist upon, putting it. brooms, carpet sweepers, end other ;;;Iitr e'ieTLV "Th's seam i oat eat. Wardl How ! f aur iaglock Anyway. Will you tele- adapted to play in which the imaginee less flame fend provides exceilent 11 - wouldn't 111.,33 that pie, rot tor the, ae.t your man run it while you were star's part in next years biggest fee--; away if you are planning to take tate film! No, not for frame!" l some pest -graduate work?" Mrs Devis would "I shalt go te seetawith the farm, '.1 di eft, oll by myself. My 'Please?" tive element is most amportant Books I 1 lernination_when_oca_edles Ire scaece. Ole] you mare, re it all by yourself ?" . ehens. to the barn for my horse, orshi:eet friona e m New York 03 .l Asho nut on her hat and glovese dra-wirg- sowing, welting, and builti 1 a month rastiteS :ng hers for his ner-1 a little later, Ward: picked up her big =dawn a hey, theh... piece, mil PALESTINE IS HOME OF BIRDS till.; horwe to suit the willow row and 1 heedo. a amine. half -smile edging, home. — ova Verse yams ago. and planned i whip and s,tood turning it over in his' many of these are at hand in every i Brilliant Plumage Abounds in Valley 11.' e'ri4. IT,, leethed the old 'nouzelh...e fine Ulm i OM Of the best possible toys is a - of the Jordan. for tai: and then grase In..- ne pow:elms?" inquired Rhode, holding aat 1 blocks. They can seldom be purchas- es -la 1-. eci, tia; ha was inoistent Ilel "No. I was thinking of something I ed fel the stores and must usually be Fthaerlees.tinTeheineit.N;tienst, era sanind Dmtatnntyessinfinielcel emel 1 usai 11...m. I've been giadi her hand for it. SLIV; he i ; I.-ord.:Ms Opt the price of i stab a hml idea," he reeponded, with bY a earpenter, 03: by an ingenious line, still pass the winter "trailing rcinco foe o room) every spoing, now,' quite different But ie. mightn't be sewed ' from. planed lumber at a mill, the plan 3. Fic.:ice Knight Planned; a challenging smile "I was think- parent. Mr. PI, G. Wells, in leis book tahnedir inlonLdrasparrnitilginethaecrvososietheaskft,i: 0,,, fern; , a i nest " ; lug that I shall drive in to see you— "Floor Games," gives the following as Silence foil again. broken only by; shall we say to -morrow night? In the proper eizes for 'such blocks: the (heresy 101%1re-ring of the fired your house instead of mine, I shall whale hicalts, 4%. by 214 by I% in- •Tossterene :- tole a look at Rhoda. She not feel so—handicapped." ches; half blocks, Ves by 2% by I% seemed abesebed in an inspection of "You—you---?" 11'3 aralirotie. Welching her, he "I give you far fair warning! You inches. and quarters made eby sew- 1 - into il revel ie so profound, started this, remember! I intend to ing th'e latter in two. Almost any thlt he wa:, ....n.tled when a small' make love to you and perhaps I have wood may be used to make th.ese voice asked a hesitating mieetions: I taken a few pointers from watching 'blocks except that which is itikdy to "Who i3 he?" your leading men!" split or splinter or that which !react. - ..Who is who? 'leder Knight? i 'Don't be an idiot, Ward!" she illy warps. BaSsevood, beech, or gym - lives :n. Winnipeg. I am glad yote his arm as he walked heside her down her hand' through more inay be used. Meeks a hard - Why Heater is a friend of mine. She laughed slipping like her sielettione of ferniture and, the steps, "Besides, Mother wM be wood, like oak, may be passed down rugs and thinge, We had a bully . there!" from one generation to enother. A thee in Toronto, hunting for them." I Townsend put her on the horse box or chest to keep them in M ale "I thought you so el I'Virnipeg?" ; Davis was holding. Then, when most a neceesity. In addition to the "Dear girl! There are trains in. Davis had left them and Rhoda had tebeee pip ng times . " I turned her horse sedately toward. the "Did elm visit you a month—for ' gate. Townsend held .out his hand, her nerves, to?' I holding the one she gave him as he Toe:11mnd laughed. -No. But she, walked down the driveway beside hoe often opent a day with me here.' her. At my invitatioe, too," he added pro -I "I shall not mind your mother," he vokingly, told her coolly. "She likes me, 'Save you any decent recorde VI Hasn't she told you that I go often demanded Rhoda abraptly. I to see her? She reacts most of your "I have nothing but decent ones," gerinne.d Townsend, getting out of hie chair. Deliberating over a choice of re- "And for a girl who hates, farm - cord% he glanced a time or two at ere, I must say you require a lot of the smooth dark hair just visible over enformation concerning one of the the back of Rhoda's chair by reason creatures! Rhoda, I (haven't minded of his height ,and consequent ang.M having you here nearly so much as of vision; at the stromg little white I thought I Should." hand resting on the broad chair arrn; "Still—Hester what-ever-her-nerne at the shapely boots, with, the absurd is seems more favored than L She comes by Invitation, all the way frem Winnipeg ---or was it Toronto?—to spend a day with ytoul" When Townsend recovered from his astonishment Rhoda was yards away but she was unable to resist a glance back at hem, It was &seen- cereing to find him laughing. But Townsend did not go to call an Rhoda in her ,awn home the following eird ree rne a present of the plane. "Weee yoe thinking of beating' gig gee of 'plain ,smooth, wooden ' Swarms of European birds visit letters to me." The girl's eyes queetioned hien little spurs, crossed on the fender; and his eyes belied leis cool self-pos- serseion, He pet McCormack'e re- eerd of I Hear You Calling Me on the machine and a cljested the needle. No comment broke the vibnant still - mess that followed the song. He selected a poignant Hawaiian melody end once more set. the needle. When 131 load sung itself wordlessly, Rhoda peered around the edge of ber altar, , eventing, At ten o'elock the next den't tate f anY mere menial' morning, she telephoned to him thart she told Elm shortly. "Come over she was leaving for the studios. She here where I can look at you. I want desired to ,say good-bye. "Did iseu know yesterday that you were going back so soon?" / Town- send's voice was a quiet as usual but his fingere cleeed with sudden tension over the receiver. ,She explained that ahe had been home a wholoeseouth and Was eager to go to work. "I have dways understood that your lehed of Woeck ie very fascinating, Rhoda. You have any best weihe,s as you know," he replied vet% quid evenness. Erikence. (To be continneda, to ask you something. Ile came to stand in front of her, learning against the mantel, "What is this hew about you let- ting the farm run down?" she de- manded. "I don not know. 'what it is you hear but I am not going to do any farming nerb yoar." owby To "I really do not know exadly. Calf Id inner nage if you like." "Ward, are you going to—fizz:le out---as—a—farneer—too?" "I do not think so Risoda" he re- , , blocks—from which no end of thangs can be constructed—Mr. Wells tikes to have some play boeeds of the same leY we find a sort of aviary of real tropical birds, which found there a turtle is heard in the land. The Holy Land is appropriately a stronghold of the pigeon family; turtle doves are found, the wood pigeon comes in myriads in 'winter, and the common pigeon, the true dove of Scripture, is still aboundant, both wild and tame, throughout the country. As a contrast to thege, "every raven after his kind," the crow tribe of every speeies is in abimdanee, and birds of prey, from the great griffon vulture, the "eagle" of Scripture, to the spared* hawk, are a feature of the countvy. In the deep, tropical Jordan Val - wood, 18 by 9, 9 by 9, arid 9 by 4% inches. These boaeds make oceans, islands, provinces, counties, plattornis, stages, and many serve also as roofs, walls tents, and taxgets. There can hardly be too nmny of the blocks, but o hundred will flake a fair stmt. Thus furnished, a child or a group of &this= will need: only some paxerstal suggestions, a word of encouragement ncrw and then, with possibly seme ad- judication of disputed questions., to pass many hours in constructive play, One of the favorite forms of play tor all oleildreri is blevilag soap hub- bles, and on stormy days this will prove a great resource. Children must never be allowed to put other &eras pipes into their awn neouthe, The Comb We Use. To many people a comb Ts a cantle, but not so. We are particular about the tooth brush we eolect that it does not shed brisrbles mid Is proPerlY anade as to shape end back, but moist peoplh. use a hair brush simply because they have it arid fed that they cannot throw it away or get al -lather one, quite foegetting that bhey may be ruining their hair by theer thought- lesenesse Confibis thould be ehasen with thought The teeth may be feather apart ter very heavy hair and nearer thgether far thin hake. The constant use of to'o fine a comb drags the hair out at the TOOttl. The teeth should be smooth and properely eioundecl. As igoon lee a comb is split or h tonal. koken Teal damage may be clone by refuge from the last glacial epoch— the lovely little sun bird, or "Jer- icho hurnming bird," the land -feed- ing, vrhite-breasted ldngfisher and a species of geegarioug thrush. On the coast is found the great Indian fishing owl, and among the rocks of Maesaba, the monks have half -tamed the orange -winged black- bird, which is really a starling of African type, as mu& out of his lattitude as the hyrax. One of the hie& peculiar to Palestine, the pretty little' pigmy Infobite spartow, which lives in reed beds, is one of the rarest birds in the world. Reptiles abound, and even the Nile crocodile, the leviathan of the Bible lingered long enough to give Tristram the chance of obtaining a specimen nearly twelve feet long while in addition to the African cobra we find the grass snake among the harmless species, and the wicked lit- tle horned viper lies in wait, as in olden times, to bite the heels of the hases. As for the fish, they are as sibun. dant and varied as ever, and it is interesting to note that the Sea of Galilee. Is still peeked with them, and that the commonest kinds are of an African family, an interesting illus- tration of the scientific interest which unites with the religious to make Palestine among the most interesting of all countrieg. A jolly man always finds himself in good company. But, left to itself, little Fiji bids fair to forge ahead with surprising rapids' ity, building up its .valuable indus- tries, broadening and extending ,its educational system, opening 'nfp new avenues of trade, and coming to have more and more in common with the outside world, until it becomes an asset of which the Mother Country may well be proud. This, briefly, is the impression gained by a newspaper correspondent from an interview with the Hon. J. Hedstrona M.L.C., M.D.C., presi- dent of one of the largest business concerns in the islands. Mr. Ilea- strom, who is a merreber of the Legis- lative Council, has been a resident of Fiji for many years and is unusually well acquainted with conditions there, and well qualified to forecast what -the iutre has M store for the colony. Time was when the Fiji Islands ex- isted—as far as the great majority of the people of Canada were °est- eemed—only in story books. The tiny colony, with its sandy beaches and palm -fringed lagoons, were associated closely with pirates, pearls and *Os -of-eight, buried treasure and Bully Hayes. But the years have changed last Governor of Fiji was an. advocate of education, and it was throgh him that a number of important advances were made which, in the future, should prove of particular benefit to the children of the islands. A new high school was recently opened at Suva. HOW WILHELM' HELD OUT Several Hundred Thousand Dollars Worth of Food Stored le, Castle. The paternal solicitude which the ex -Kaiser always showed for his starving people ha $ often almost touched our hearts, but now we and that the Kaiser's sympathetic tears were erocodilean in chaeacter. The Berliner Tageblatt quotes from the Frankfurter Vollestimme an account of. what Wilhelm Carle, a member of the Berlin • Workers' and Soldiers' Council, found stored away in the Kaiser's castle. Carle writes: "I requested those on duty to show me his Majesty's protisions—those, be it observed, of the Imperialfprivate household, not of the court, which is regarded as a state institution. I was readily shown into the large FOC, AND 2 TRANS MIDTORESII HOW ALLIED GENERALISSIMO MET PEACE SEEKERS One of the Membeirs of the Gorman, Armistice Cerrunission Writes Ac- count of Histotic Event. A very picturesque account of the, way which the Gentian peace seek - 4s had to meet Marshal Poch in mid - forest is given by one of the members. of the Geemae Armistice Commission, to the Vossische Zeitung. He says: "The Commission arrived on Nov. 8, from Spa, at the French lines,, where several motor cars were wait- ing to take us to the appointed place. The motor chive with the French officers lasted ten hours, and it, appeared to me that the drive was intent:Mildly peolonged, hi order to carry us across the devastated' provinces and to prepare as foe the. haeclest conditions with, feeling's of hatred and revenge might demand, from us. One of the Frenchmen eilently pointed out te, vs a heap of' ruins, saying, 'Voila St. Quentin.' The Two Trairis. "In the evening. traM was ready for us witle blinds down, and when, we arose the next morning the train - had stopped in the middle of a fond. We now, know that it was the forest of Compiegne. It was, Perkins, a measure of precaution that we were not taken to some town. We were in a forest where there were no houses or tents, and weee obviously completely surrounded by soldiers. On the lines were two trains, one occu- pied by Marshal 'Forth and his staff, the other by us. In these trains we lived, worked, and negotiated for threo days. Our tiraM had a sleep.. ing saloon and a dining car, and wag all this, and to -day great mills grind etoteiOo1flS 1 expected to find a store comfortably furaished, We had out their wealth of sugar, cocoanut but what I saw there surpassed all everything in abundanee. the officer trees help supply the world with reY expectations. Here in large, in airge of our train ordernd every-. copra, hundreds of thouzands waite_suee rcegns was everything, thine: WO asked for, and thee wae bunches of bananas Inc gathered aed really everythiag one can possibly nothing' to find faint with. exported yearly and, when evening conceive in the way of food, No, I "The great enmity and hatred that comes, a daily newspaper furnishes must correct 'myself. One can not apparently prevail against us were, the people of Suva with up-to-the- minute cabled news of world happen- ings. The halcyon days of romance and adventure have changed to days of big business and big industrial de- velopment. The Fiji of the story book is no more. Belong to Britain. The Fiji Islands are a colonial pos- session of Groat Britain, Suva, a fair- sized city, modern in nearly every respect, is the capital and principal port of call. Fiji is not self-govern- ing. Heading the administration is the Governor, appointed from London, The administration consists of a Legielative Council, composed of 20 persons. Ten of the members are colonial officers and vote with the Governor. Seven members are rep- resentatives of the European popula- main undistethed in it national mu - tion, two represent the native Fijians and one represents the IndGerman people Indians who rlastinse token to thein order that their Ore natives of India. The native P'i- 0001111 as an eve children arid their children'e ehildrea jians do not have the right to vote. As a ran not they anot greatly ad- might still see how in Germany— vanced as regardieg education, though while millions stareed—nhoes by tha in., I grace of God' held out." they are stalwart and hard and dustrious workers. Although the area of the Piji Ie - lands is greater than that of the Hawaiian Islands, the former hav,e a population of only about 150000.93? this number about 500 ate Euro- peans, the rest being composed mainly of natives and Indians, with a scattering of Chinese, SUVA is a beautiful tropical city, with every modern convenience, with the excep- tion of street cars, and with large Stores, bank% hotels, theatres and business houses. Freight anti pea- senger steamers call regularly at Suva on their way from Canada or the United States to Australia or vice versa. During the war the call of steamers was not as frequent as in the past, but traffic is expected to be resumed in the very near future. Good Quality Soil. One of the interesting things about Fijals the Government land situation. In the first place, says Mr. Hedstrom, the soil of the islands is of the high- est quality and capable of growing al- most anything that ma be cultivated with success in the tropics. There are ' thousands of acres awaiting cultiva- tion, he says ancl, fine arable land can be leasedfrom the Government at a rental as low as a penny an acre for 10 years or so. The better lands, of course, bring a higher rental, and a fairly -good price, although unusual- ly nominal, is seeured from the high- er grade lands especially adapted to the cultivation of sugar cane. Li explaining the land situation, Hedstrom points out, as an ex- ample, that a native, after one year's residence, may obtain a small 111050 of planting ground near his home, raise and harvest -his crop, and then, the next year, take a pieee of land probably three miles from his home. In many inetances, he says, a native will till a series of plots in rotation, proleably mit visiting the fivst for three or four years after a crop has been taken from it. Fiji's educational systeM ha e yet to be improved in many waers if it le to be brought up to the .high stan- dard maintained' in most countries. Children of' Europeans are . given a rather th.orough primary and second - conceive that after lour yeas's of war however, ehown in the eegotietiong such enormous queetities of food. could and by the teems imemeed einem 010be stored. Preserved petits great Those al' es who were soldiees wort cans, white flour in sacks piled to la military ueiform and the Iron Ceosl. the high ceilings, thousands of eggs, Ow presentation to the. half dozen gigantic basins of lard, coffee, tea, French offiems with whom we had to chocolate, jellies, ahd preservee of negotiate was made in a cool man - every kind, arranged M apparently nee. endless rows. Hundreds of blue rugar Foch's Question. loaves, bags of peas -and beans, dried "Marebel Fedi, whom we only eaw fruits, biscuits, etc. One is speech- twiee, at the beginning and at the less and involuntarily thinks of the. mei of the eoefereect, is. a darn, old jest that the quantities aye so plein man. He did not speak a single geed that one man alone .can not ferra word to us in that polite .tone whieh any idea of theni. The value of the aea es. times distinguished the stook amounts to several hundred o.hivalreus nation.' He received thousand &Mars. ue with the words, ‘,Qu'est ce quo VOL'S "Were it not that these food suris desire?, Mossieuro?' and asked us to ke piare needed and can be better te,le n ca- wish employed at the moment, I should mareeevesel ;oleos, As 11 Fat! like to suggest that they should re- d&idod tha oVcDe 1..•,,c1 to F,n'ti•a't '111 hiS own latesange. and everything had to be hoterproted, tho m :styling of . the terms laded two hour% "We then withavew to -.sear train. As we had been eent Out 'by the old Government and had no instructions: 'whatever to sigil. everythinge nneone aitionally, we, divided, under the di- reetion oZ Herr Erzbeeger, the.- vied- ous matters ender the hemlings of Military, Diplomatic, and Naval af- fairs, and then negotiated seearately with the members .of the enemy eone_ mission% which VITO vomposed solely of officers. ' Ail Cool! "All -these officees showed the same tool corteetness as lifeershal Foch, which was eot onee tempered with a timidly word, with the exception pee - haps of the Chief of Marshal Poch's Stair, who showed a little more po- liteness. The English Admiral throughout adopted the same manner as the French. . . "In reality there was nothing to negotiate. We only pointed out the technical impossibility of some Of the conditions. We were allowed to send code telegeams to Germany feom the . Eiffel 'Fewer, but were otheewiee out ofr rrorn the odd, World in two ermine in the middle of a solitary wood." BOORS FOR CHILDREN Love of Good Books is a Foundation for Good Character. When you find a child who loves good' books, the noxious weeds of envy, hatrel, jealousy rind malice are not so likely to grow in his mind and choke out the exquisite blossoms of love, tenderness, unselfishness, gratitude and the desire to do unto others as they would be done by. The love of good books is one foundation for good character. It is the excep- tion, not the mile, to encountev sordid- ness, greed or insensibility in the man el' woman who kows and loves good books. Robert Louis Stevenson onee said that s long as' a man had a friend, he had something to live for, Is it not true so long as one can love a good and beautiful book that Iife never will be without hope? No one, perhaps, has spoken more feelingly of the companionship of good books than Richard Aung;er- vyle, when he called there "the gold- en vessels of the temple; fruitful olives, wines of liingaddi; fig trees knowing no, sterility and burning lamps ever to be held in the hand." Happy are the children of this day and age in that they have so many good- books; in that if they cannot buy, they can certainly borrow from the public libraries, Here is one truth, a very simple tenth, that all parents ave under obli- getion to teach their children—that if they can learn to love books, they can always forget the imitations of men and things; they con lay aside cares and still their passions; they can put their worries and disappoint- ments to sleep. The war neap be over, but all the battles have not yet been , fought, Every day there are mental battles fought greater than that of the Marne or the advance on imy Those who are beet equipped te fight there are those that know the best that is in the good books of the world. A single orange tree vi:at often pro- duce 20,000..oranges. The Seaton trges produd abort' one-third of this amount, Itis Mother. She sat seventy knitting him a seek, When the word came ha boy wes killed at Vaux. _She made no sound; ie was as if a blow Had struck her in the dark—a night- mare shock— That dropped her worn hands idle cm her frock For one strange moment; then her needles flew As if they followed his brave spirit through The ethery regions where young her- oes flock. The neighbors came to give her weeds of cheer And sympathy and comfoet, marvel- ing That in her sudden sorrow she could bring Herself to smile—she never shed a tear— . just asked, touching the worsted _ on hex imees, "Tell Inc some other lad who might use these." Buttercups possess a polsonous pros Derby whieh dileappeare when dried in the hey.