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The Magic
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--E1- MRS. JOHN ALMY.
• PART I,
Toward evening, the wind grew
stronger, bringing with it a. cold rain.
Mrs. Lester peered into the thickening
darkness,
"Pll put another log on the • fire,
Grandma," Mrs. Lester said, "and
light up a little more so that it will
seem good to the family to get home."
"There's George now," Grand-
mother Lester said, her facebright-
ening. •
•
"Well! Honkie for the night and
glad of it!" Mr. Lester was tall,
spare and white-haired. He laid his
hand caressingly across his mother's
shoulders. "As soon as I stepped off
of the car, I caught the light in the
upper tower -room and it beckoned so
cheerily that I could scarcely wait to
get home. And yet, it's been a great
day! I must have waited on at least
two hundred freshmen and half as
many sophomores. Just being with
then makes me feel young, Agnes.
Are the children home yet?"
"They're coming now, I think. Sup-'
per's ready—all of you!" she cried, as
Myrtle and Ina, rosy and tingling,
with the cold, came into the room, fol-'
lowed by 'Glen, whose stalwart form
almost filled the doorway.
Mr. Lester, for years country clerk
in a small country town, had moved to
the city a few months ago with his
family, so that the children might
have educational advantages, He had'
obtained a position as storekeeper for
the Physics Laboratory at the Uni-
versity, which brought him only a
modest salary. Myrtle hoped to enter
the University the next year. She had
a position in the office of one of the
largest stores in the city. Glen, who
had just turned twenty, had a position
with a manufacturing company, and
was saving his money for a four -1
years' course in architecture. Ina,!
fifteen, was attending high school.
"Family, listen 1" Myrtle cried, as
they were about to leave the table.
"Mother has asked me to preside over
the decision of an important matter."
"State the question," demanded
Grandmother Lester.
Take it home to
the kids
Have a packet in
your pocket for an
ever -ready treat.
A delicious confec-
tion and an aid to
the teeth, appetite,
digestion.
Sealed in its
Purity! Package
OO JnL e ACT/NO
Pumps more easllyy,more silently and
more efficiently than the Wingt pe
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Repairs easily medewith household tools.
Can be drained to prevent freezing.
Easily primed.
,ASK ABOUT nA7 YOUR HARDWARe STORE
JAMES SMART PLANT
BROCKVILLE,ONT.
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"It's this: shall we buy that orienta
rug that looks as if it belonged to us?'
"Agnes," said Grandmother Lester
turning to her daughter-in-law, "if
you feel that you would like to have
that tug, get it. I've no doubt that
it's worth economizing for, or you
wouldn'teven be considering it."
"To be sure, Agnes, let us get it,"
said Mr. Lester' smiling kindly at his
wife. "It's a long time since the fam-
ily . has indulged in anything other
than a,necessity, To have a thing of
real beauty in our home would be
worth more than money. Do get it!"
Ina spoke up with all the wisdom
of her young years. "We Lesters.
ought to realize that fact. Our house
is dreadfully run-down looking and
that's the reason these rich people pay
no attention to us. It's not fair! I
mean to Mother, most of all! `I sup-
pose that they are glorying in the fact
that they have dozens of Persian rugs,
and floor -lamps, and half :a dozen
automobiles apiece! But, for my part,
I'd a great deal sooner be as poor as
we are—and be-decent—than that
sort of new -rich!"
"Ina!" her father said mildly re-
monstrant, "you can't judge: Your
mother would •be the last person in
the world to bait for friendship. We
must not forget that we are living in
the city and that it is not customary
for neighbors to be freely neighborly."
"You'd better buy it, Mother," said
Glen. "We want to begin to get used
to beautiful things—I mean, really
artistic ones, for, you know, some day,
I'm going to build the sort of houses
that will need the finest rugs. That is,
if I succeed," he added, suddenly em-
barrassed as he caught the answering
glow in the faces about him.
Holden's, where Myrtle worked,
carried the largest stock of oriental
rugs in the city. Mrs. Lester had seen
the rug in the window on display and
its peculiar beauty had taken posses-
sion of her, "Just as if I had woven
it out of myself, telling how L feel
towards folks," she -thought. "I like
that rug," she had said to Myrtle,
"better than any I have ever seen be-
fore. I wish that we could afford to
have one like that. Find out how
much it costs."
Myrtle inquired of Mr. Chesney,
assistant in the rugdepartment, pa rtment, and
Itir. Chesney asked to be allowed to
initiate her into the respective merits
of oriental rugs. Then n
she • too agreed,
with her mother,T that there, was just
one in the lot that was peculiarly suit -
td to the Lesters. In case they bought
the rug, Mr. Chesney had made a sec-
ond and more reasonable price.
"We've come to buy out rug, Mr.
Chesney," Mrs. Lester said, following
the family decision. "Pm beginning
to understand why these rugs take
one's fancy so. They are like some-
thing living. This one 'looks like
kindness to me—like an open fire and
hospitality and good friends."
"They don't suspect that all of my
commission goes with that rug but I
wanted her to havea real treasure,"
Mr. Chesney said to himself, as he
attended to the details of the purehase.
That evening, Mrs. Lester spread
the rug upon the floor for the family's
inspection. It was an oblong, not
more than a yard wide, with a bask;
ground of „deep soft blue, over which
medallions of quaint flower -forms
merged their variegated, jewel-like
colors, the whole subdued with a sheen
like summer haze across shadow -
purpled hills.
"It's like poetry," said Mr. Lester.
The new rug was laid in the little
square room on the ground floor of
the tower. It would have been the
parlor if the Lesters had needed one
in addition to their living room. .Its
furniture consisted only of the rug,
the old walnut cupboard, the hickory
summer chairs, and the wide brick
fireplace, above which hung Grand-
father's sword,
"Surely no one will think that I am
baiting for neighbors," said Mrs. Les-
ter weeks later as she carefully spread
the precious .thing' over the railing of
the verandah. "And yet," she thought
whimsically, "how happy I should be
if this rug was really a charm to draw
neighbors!"
On a rare, crisp autumn day, Mrs.
Lester again hung the rug over the
railing and stroked its silky surface.
tenderly. It was such a lovely thing
and it seemed as if it silently breathed
a message of friendliness and good
will, "I suppose that there are a good
many people who wouldn't care about
immediate neighbors," she thought,
"but, somehow or tdither, having
friends has grown to be a part of me.
and I'm getting too old to change, 1
wish I did not think so much about
it!"
"Wo had, a caller. to -day," Mrs. Les-
ter said, ai'they sat together at:the
evening ureal. 'I'm so glad that she
came!'
"0 Mother! At last! Which .one
About the House
THE SLIMMER. BRIDE'S KITCHEN
FAD.
Do the brides of your neighborhood
have the various fads that change and
vary as much as the new styles and
fashions? They do in our section;
and a.fad that is very popular with
then here at present is the enameled
drop-leaf dining -tables. And it is not
only brides who are indulging in this
fad; either. Many women who only
have small families are investing a
few cents and a little time in these
attractive accessories.
All of the second-hand stores of
our town have been ransacked in
search of the old-fashioned dining -
room tables with drop -leaves at the
side, and for kitchen chairs of at-
tractive design, These are selected
in as ,quaint a pattern as possible,.
and are of soft wood that has been
painted, instead of varnished,
Both thetable and chairs are well
rubbed with sandpaper, •until every
sign of the paint or varnish has been
removed. They are then painted with
three, coats of paint. Some use ivory
for this, while some prefer white, but
I think the most attractive ones I
have ,seen 'are of a soft gray color.
After the paint is applied, a ther-
ough coating of enamel of the same
color is put on. Then they are de
corated with some: design, usually a
conventional pattern, put on with
enamel. If the furniture is ivory,.
canary yellow and black may be used
for the design; . while there are no;
colors that look so well on gray as;
some of the soft pastel shades. Old
blue may predominate.
The very beauty and attractiveness
of such a set as the one I- have de -1
scribed would be reason enough for
any bride to choose it for the main
part of her dining -room furniture;
but the small cost is an added virtue,
and has. an . added appeal to most
brides who prefer to start their mar-
ried life, living in a frugal way, that
it may be easier for the couple. to
"get a start."—N. Portrey.
MAKING THINGS STICK.
Besides being of invaluable aid in
the medicine chest or cabinet, adhesive
tape may be used as first aid in in-
numerable cases'.of household emer-
gency. It inay be made so useful that
the housewife should never be with-
out it.
After cementing brQlcen glass or
china it may be applied to the out-
side to hold the parts in place until
they become thoroughly dry.
when the glass in the oven door
accidentally gets broken a very satis-
of them?" This, from always eager
Ina.
It was NIrs. Finley, the woman who
works for the Hardys, the Heatherbys
and Pettibrooks."
"0 -oh!" Ina's exclamation registet:-
ed disappointment, "Iiow did she
happen to come?"
The rug did it! This afternoon,
about two o'clock when I thought that
the rug had aired long enough, I went
to bring it into the house. It was gone.
I walked all around the house, looking
everywhere. I decided to call u the
police station. Just then, I caught
sight of a bit of purple hanging on
that sharp prong of the gate. It was
a piece of the rug. I walked down
the street -a way, looking. Then, I
found another piece, just as if it had
been torn out with a jagged fork—"
"Oh, Mother!" cried Myrtle, "our
beautiful rug!"
"I thought a dog must have torn it
down. Still, I couldn't find any other
trace of it, I was sick at heart. About
four o'clock some one knocked ' at the
side door. It was"i woman, carrying
our rug rolled up under her arm. I
could see that She had been crying.
She was greatly distressed. She in-
troduced herself as Mrs. Finley,the
woman who washes for the neighbors.
She said that her dog had come home
about an hour before, dragging ..the
rug with him. He was a big St. Ber-
nard, though not much more than a
pup, and always getting into mischief.
"She said she would have got rid of
him save that her husband, who 'is
somewhat of an invalid, was greatly
attached to him. She knew the rug
belonged to us for she had seen it
hanging on the railing. She said that
she was willing to pay forthe damage,.
though she supposed it would be a
greatdeal, for that kind of a rug was
expensive. She went on, then, to tell
about her family: they had had a
great deal of sickness and trouble the.
last few years. I told her not to worry
but to come right in and we'd talk it
over. We looked at the rug—it might'
have been mutilated worse.' It's in the
tower -room now. "
"As we talked, Mrs. Finley spoke
of the neighbors, especially' young
Mrs. Hardy who has lost her baby;'rt
died a few weeks before we moved
here. The poor young mother does no-
thing but grieve. Mrs. Finley also
spoke of Mrs. Pettibrook as an, un-
usual woman, 'one in ten thousand,'
I wish I might know her."
All the next day Mrs. Lester kept
thinking about the. neighbors., She.
looked across the street, to'•tlie third
house, the largest and finest. "Such a
lonely girl in such a great house! If:
I could only go to her and comfort
herr'
As the days passed, Mrs. Lester's
longing to how Mrs. Hardy that she
cared, grew stronger. How could she.
let her grieve alone! 7nthe home
town the woad have known how to
tape comfort to her. She must find a
way now, too. She would have to
think of a way.. She pondered and
then had an idea whjuuh she shared
only with Grandmother. Lester.
(To be continued,)
Mlnard's L;nlment for Corns and Warts
A NEAT AND, SIMPLE FROCK
FOR A LITTLE GIRL.
4374. Blue and white dotted dimity
is here shown—bias bands of blas
organdy form the decoration. This
would be pretty in yellow pongee with
the trimming in white or in ,green
organdy, with frills of white. The
sleeve may be short, or, in wrist
length, finished with a band cuff.
The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes• 1, 2,
4, and 5 years. A 4 -year size requires
2% yards of 36 -inch material.e
Pattern mailed to any address on
receipt of 10c in silver or stamps.
factory temporary repair may be
effected by applying, adhesive tape to
each side of the break.
If ,the glass . top of the percolator
seems to suddenly leap from its proper
ppsition and cleaves asunder upon the
floor it may be mended with adhesive
tape until another may be purchased.
When paring any •hard fruit or
vegetable, protect the inside ofthe
thumb and forefinger with pieces of
adhesive tape.
When, ripping seams with a knife or
razor blade, wrap the blade with -ad-
hesive tape to within an inch of the.
and to prevent, injury to the fingers
and fabric. -
In case a break comes in your rub-
ber gloves apply a patch of adhesive
tape to the underside of the cut or
break. It may be used in the same
manner to mend kid gloves, using a
bit of dye or ink to stain the patch
to match the =gloves.
Use adhesive tape to cover the open-
ing in the bottom of salt or pepper
shaker instead of cork, which is often
hard to remove and often slips inside.
When small' cuts or breaks appear
in the table oilcloth they may be mend-
ed by applying a strip of adhesive
tape to the underside.
ICE CREAM SAUCE.
For chocolate sauce to be served
with ice cream, put onepound of light
blown sugar into a'saucepan with one
quarter pint of milk, two ounces of
chocolate, grated, and one ounce of
butter. Boil together until it forms
a soft ball when put in cold water.
Take from the stove and flavor with
vanilla.
To make cannel ice cream, pit one
quart
of milk in a double cub a boiler and
when hot add one tablespoonful of
cornstarch which has''been moistened
with milk yolks sof four beaten eggs,
and one-half cup of sugar. Scorch
one cup ofmaple molasses or one-half
pound of maple sugar. Add a little
water to it, then add to the custard;
When cool, add one pint of cream and
freeze.
Leave Me But These.
Leave me the kiss of the winds that.
pass,
The dove that le breathed by the whis-
pering grates;
Leave me the friends that the woods
do We,
The joy that the shingle shares with.
the tide.
Leave nee but these!
Have I -not paid thee yet enough?
Wouldst thou my paid make yet more
rough
And blend'my eyes to the 'things still
clear,
.And chill my heart to a frozen tear?
Ah no. not that!•
Leave fine the vlsio:f to see more clear
These that to me are still' so clear
God, grant me w'isd'om to necognlze
The love that isdenown not teethe eyes.
God: leave me these!
• Ian MacGregor.
•
t
She—"Everybody, eeys you can
hardly keep your
'lead above water,"'
He—"Well, that's only when I'm on
dry land."
8
If you ,look for a softenap, you will
find hard lines.
Canada's Love for, Great
Britain.
We love those little rocic-hound isies
Which nestle In the sea,
Wo love her towers and bulwarks
grand,
Their glorious, history.
We love Old England's mossy dolls,
Proud Scotia's mountains hoar,
Erin's sweet fields of "living green,"
Their minstrelsy and lore. •
Dear Avon's banks, where "free to
' main," •
Sweet songs sang glorious "will";
"Ye banks" and braes of Bonny Docuu"
Whbi'e "Rao's" ghost wonders still.
Where "Irish Nora's eyes grow Alm,"
• Where Moore's sweet songs, of love
Dlfuse thele mystic brightness. round,.
Like incense from, above.
The cities; by "Old Father Thames,"
Whence wealth and culture flow;
The "Silver Forth," "Dunedin's"
towers,
Their glamor and their glow.
The purple hills oe proud Argyle,
Loch IRatrine's rugged shore,
Where Scott writ tales of love and
hate;
To charm us evermore.
In thought we fly to Flodden Field,
Where Scotia's noblest Pell,
'Gainst serried ranks of, the gallant
South,
As ancient records tell,
When tartan'd clans fierce battle
fought,
With buckler and claymore,
Where Melrose shed her mystic light,
Amidst the clash of war.
W,e glory in Great Britain's fame,
Brave sons and daughters fair;
Her mighty strength, her vast renown,
And her protecting care.
Let us, "The Maple Leaf Forever,"
With loyal voices sing,
In union with each patriot's song,
"God' Save' Our Gracious King."
-Robert Stark.
Brains Wanted.
The teacher wee discouraged over
one dunce of a boy in the class, At
last in order to see what the boy would
do, he said:
"Here's twopence; go and ask Dr.
— to give you twopence worth of
brains."
The boy, coning back with, adull, dis-
appointed look, said to the teacher:
"The doctor wouiidn't • give me any
brains. Will I go back and say they
are for you?"
Mtnard's Liniment for Coughs & Colds:
The sun gives 800,000 times more
light than the moon.
Light from the Pole Star takes fifty-
four years to reach 'the earth.
Lifebuoy may be safe
ly used on the tender-
est skin.
It is .woaderfully
cleansing for, little
hands, faces and bol
y
Lif.buoy baba 'bane b.anti.
fah healthy skins.
MIDSUMMER w�I
WITCHERY
.0
In France, Mid,sumaner Eve is spoken•
of as the Eveof tee Nativity of SrL!n
John Bettisit, and In Brill/tem', if yot
ohanee to be cunt of aeons ion t'1Ull1 night
a strange dealt wild tweet your eyes
for from every hilltop a beacon light
gleams.and gems,.
Theme are the EkesofSaint Joisn,
anti in remote Finielbere the event is
woken ,Cif as the Night ,of Flees.
"In Provence, the vrgagbis aislenrble,
each oanrping some haureh'oilud nfenSn1,
w'luioll they beat; makiui'g astmuch
noise as possible. A pnwoeseifon-goes
round the vlliug'e, prayers being re-
cited at nnitervals, for the encoesee of the
cross, ter it is a general belief than
upon the niigtit,deinencle the success of
the vineyard,' fruit -orchard, and bar-
vase
arvast.
Magic Spells in Sussex.
Indeed, this belief in. magic spells
trilbutes a handle .cif firewood tb• the
bo'nilre built on the Eve- oe Saint 1'olt.n
is allowed- one handful of the ashes
next day, and thine 'are strewed about
his garden or scattered over bee field.
The Bretons say that crops. wi11
flourish and the harvest will be sic
cesseul when this 'is done, But they
take care not to disturb the ashes un-
; Mat feast ea boor after cockcrow, for
Lbee On Midrumrer'Eve the fairy folk are
abroad, and who can say what will
Two lines of"',,The Charge of the
Light Brigade," spoken by the late
'Lord Tennyson, are recorded on a
.phonograph record owned by a South
African.
EVERYWHERE 1N
CANADA '
silent -but en
elo ut
Q
MATC"
render the maximum
of Helpful service.
' ALWAY$, ASK FCR
Sony's MA'SCaZ$
et
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mustard not; only
Did .you !:now thatto
gives more zest. and flavor
digs meats,
tst
but also. stimulates your
Because it aids" assimilation it adds
nourishment to foods.
o J �y
F ,
IF.,
,i
Put u 1 isof
"fit �I► �ia: .
STRAW E SES
with
"Lily White" Guts down the cost of
preserving—keeps the fine natural
color and fresh flavor of the berries..
—and prevents "sugaring".
For all your Preserving,.
use half sugar and, half
"Lily White", Cora;'Syrup" .
Atoll grocer's -in 2, 5, and 10 lb. fins.
THE CANADA STARCH CO., - LIMITER
307
happen?
Indeed ,this belief in magic spells
being -loosed on this. night Seevus prertty
general, says an Eugdish winter: .I
have met with it in the Mite: ands, I
have been, warned In Cornwall net to
stir out on Midsummer Eve hest the
"little folk" should do rine harm., and in
Sussex an old slbeplierd solemnly told
nue that on' bees night "spells were
cast' and the Pharisees -were out"
Pharisees, in the Sussex name for
fairy folk ee the h1,UCt
in nand parts of Spain there is a
belief that ghost's, are set tree on this
one night of the year, therefore it is
dangerous to stir abroad. an:.ehidalu-
ei a .inen and women light bonfires ,and
sit and drink together, never looking
behind them "lest they sec something
that is not good."
Where is the "Witch Elder?"
Throughout Weiiteen Europe, indeed,
there seems to be a mass' of suipersti.
tion and quaint legend associated with
the Eve of Saint John, and universal
belief In the wonderful pewter of the
We'e Falk on this n'i•glut, ea that woe
.be1Gle anyone who crosses them.
In Nandi Oxfordshire, where village
folk sae! believe in vele:Mee, and Where
quaint tales are told of spas and
olrarina, lees a lonesome reggion induced,
ancl here, quite off the beaten track, is
a perfect Druid Ci'r0lo, a miniature
Stonehenge, the ii'ovey stones havtug
been there for oenbusisest
The Ro'wldir'ieb cannery, with Gtr old
folk tales and witch stories, is wall'
worth a visit, and here within the
circle, It is said, ono may see fairies
on MGdsuineoer Eve.
To make doubly sure, however, one
elimm11 gather fern seed on the Eve of
All Hallows and keep it against the
Night of Saint John Baptist, .Dor, with
the fern seed tightly held in o'u'r left
hand, Lt is sold you may walk Invis-
ible.
There is a wonderful old legend
about this place, which tellpe the story
of the Witch of the Rowldrioh who
cluanged hnwself into "an eldern tree."
It le solemnly stated that, if you find
this eider bush on Midsummer Eve
and cut it, the sap wild run out as
Wood. Again and vgaln have I hunted
for this tree, hoping to discover the
witch lathy; but, as elders grow pretty
plIentRieely thereabouts, Hey enrich has
been in vain,
Can't You See Them?
Seated hi shat magic circle ,with tate
grey stones of. the Rowlerioh around,
with the lonesome pines mooning over- '
head, it is $'asy to believe in eilvde and
trainee and in the strangest Isapipon-
ings'. But to feel its magic atmosphere,
take my advi'oo and visit the Druid
CLr'duus on Midaumnnea' Eve, when, faille
epees roue Goosed and. elle Wee Folk arta
Abroad.
Whether you
have the charm of the
tern seed, or the magical spray at
Saimlt John's Woe't, which is seipposed
to ward off all dangler, os' w'liletdnea• you
]utve safely tucked in your boslo'm a
Mbdlsunnner rase, plucked hast Mid-
summer Day, and shute laid away In
Maslen; or wtetheryore go as a seep.
tis and un'b'e@lever, and go unarmed
with any oe the time-honored cl1ota"niel, I:
warrant you will eosne away oo'nvinced
that there is, still magic on Midsun•
mer Eve.
®Id Lamps for New.
'Tho Billie girl across the way
Turned up her uoae atme today,
And 'sal because hear daddy's gest
A wie'dlbess suet; end we Nava net;
And she oan hoar Dante Melba sling,
' And concerts, and that sort of thiat'if,
While, best of all (or slo she said),
Some ldatenis'tn, when she's in bed,
To fairy tales by Radio.—
' A gentleman she does niot know, away!
'Who alpswlw a. hundred neieeIsu
"0'h! she's a lucky gird, you'll say,
Weil, yes,, she is, I think so too,
And yet 1 dont bellev'e--do you?
That any wireless . tune can beat
Our bla,olcbis'd singing. 'dear and sweet,
' Or thruslbea, with tlte11' newsy song
About the garden ail day long,
Or, wryhen it'sdolt, our. wpglubinugelei
Anodr-talk about a faisuy,t lel-
I dont think Mr. Radia
Has Mum'mie's voice,, so dear and gm,
And though lie's very smart and vias,
He hasn't MummlGe's sgaatkling,eye'sl"
"G. 0," hili the Mornhbtig l11t