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Former Leader Welcomes Scouts.
Mr'. 7,'R, Smith was Scoutmaster of
the 12th Ottawa Troop for a number of
years, but is now living on a Yarn neer
Stittsvllle. The farm contains e good
camping ground for Scouts and Mr.
Smith has put up a special sigu to tell
them that they are welcome,
Boy Investor! In Hospital.
Robert Reynolds, wird has been a
patient in an Ottawa hospital since
last summer, wee received into mem-
bership in the Otli Ottawa Troop re-
cently, the investiture ceremony be-
ing conducted by Scoutmaster James
W. Glass, Troop Leader Vincent Webb,
Patrol Leader F, Voss and Scout Mott.
The troop flag was removed from its
staff for the teereruony and laid anrMOS
the bed, Robert was prepared for his
Investiture by Dominion Camp Chief
Rodney C. Wood, who, paid several.
visits to him In hospital. '
It will probably be a long time, be-
fore Scout Reynolds can participate
in the regular activities of the 9th
Ottawa Troop, but by regular visits to
him in the hospital the Scouts of the
`cop are going to keep him in very
e touch with all the Troop is doing..
Your Uniform,
Scouts; Did you ever stop to think
hat others judge both you and your
organization by the way you wear
your uniform? The opinions which
they form are conoplimentary only so
long as the correct uniform is worn
in the correct way. Many people, un-
fortunately, have no opportunity for
direct contact with the Boy Scouts and
consequently must estimate them
largely by their appearance. A eel -
form which is too large always looks
sloppy.. If necessary, go to the extra
trouble to secure an outfit which will
fit well: Few things have a more
harmful effect upon the organization
than a Scout roaming in the streets
Itabited in messy shirt and with shorts
two sizes too large for him.
"A Scout is clean." Don't allow your
uniform to get dirty, . smudgy and
wrinkled.
Failed clothes do 'not look well. A
little coffee left over from breakfast
easily solves the problem of restoring
khaki color to faded shirts. Used care-
fully you can keep your shirt almost
. the color it was when you purchasedt,
i
Some Scouts wear caps with the
rest of the uniform instead of their
correct Scouthat, others have an odd
assortment of imitation parts of the
uniform which are not regulation. Bet-
ter no uniform at all than a cheap in-
• furter outfit. Besides lacking that
snappy trimness which every Scout
should have, they will not last you
half as long.
Your uniform is "talking about you"
all the time. If it is shabby, line :ii-
fitting, or incomplete it says implem-
ent things about you and the urganiza
tion which you represent.
And most important of all, remem-
ber that while to uniform, above all
other times, . you should conduct your-
self in such a manner that no reproach
may be justified, and no refioctions
cast upon the organization you stand
or.
Bessie's Mistake.
I3ess1e was hunching with her mother
in a restaurant.
Mother (helping herself to sauce)
"You wonn't like this, dear. Bee pars-
ley sauce.
Bessie—"Ob, let me have some, I
know I should like it."
"Why, you haven't tasted 11,"
"No, but I've 'read about it in the
Bible," ,
`Where?
"I've been reading about the man
who was 'sick of the parsley,' and I
want to try it."
Db
. HhNOVu:t�
Good Reason.
Miss Bass—"You never dance with
Mr. Lobster."
Mtss Perch—"No, he pinches too
hard!"
The one sure way to recover from
the sorrow and ruin and staggering
obligations of a world' war is to end
the strife in preparation for more of
and .turn human energies ` to the
constructiveness of peace.—Warren
G. Harding.
To whiten wooden floors add two
tablespoonfuls et kerosene to the hot,
soapy water need for the purpose. It
will cleanse the boards and will also
destroy any insects that may be lurk-
ing in the cracks of the wood.
A woman will pardon cruelty and
injustice, but never indifference.
Hospital for Sick Children
COLLEGE ST., TORONTO.
Dear Mr. !Editor:--
Recent discoveries In medical
science: have called attention to the
great service rendered by an up-to-
date hospital throughr facilities pro -
'sailed for reeearch. Probably few
laymen appreciate the ` amount of.
thee work conducted under. the
.auspices ' of the Hospital for Sick
Children, Yet It is only by intenelve
study of the' eanses of children's
diseases that the hospital etaffhas
been able to establish' a world-
famous record for cures. Statistics
show that the rate of "infant mortal-
ity in this Province has been steadily
decreasing, Until it is now among
the lowest In the world, What that
means le that hundreds of Ontario
parents owe their children's lives to
the research work In the laberetories
of the Hospital :for Sick Children.
Although the doctors give their
services freely, the bills for equip
moat add up annually to a good
many thousands of dollars. But in
view of the results attained, 3 feel.
that not one of your readers will
cavil at the money so spent, and I
confidently venture the hope that
many of them at this Christmas sea-
son will wish to enrol themselves in
the Hospital's campaign on behalf of
Ontario's childhood.
To carry on this research work
there is not one cent except what
comes in from voiuntary subscrip-
tions. Per the care of the children
occupying hospital cots, there are
certain statutory grants, but these
represent scarcely more than half
what to Hospital needs. Last year,
for instance, the Hospital doctors
looked after an average of 253 in.
patients and 192 out-patients daily.
Quite a colony of ailing youngsters!
And the expenditure although
whittled down to the minimum nom-
meneurate with efficiency — was
3318,917. The income to the extent
of at least 3100,000 depends upon
the regard which the people of Ore
tarso have for the Hospital's work
and the generosity with which they
express that regard.
May I aak you, Mr. Editor, to point
out to your readers that since the
establishment of the Hospital for
Sick Children, at least four more
Ontario youngsters in every hundred
have survived the trials of child-
hood? For with that simple state-
ment of fact brought to their atten-
tion I feel sure that many of them
will bestow their benediction upon
the work of the Hospital'' for Sick
Children by sending some Christmas
glft, accerding to their means, in
care of the Secretary -Treasurer, at
67 College Street, Toronto.
Faithfully yours,
IRVING E. ROBERTSON,
Chairman of Appeal Committee.
Since 'the` Hospital Opened Its
Doors in 1875, 65,231 In -Patients
Treated -- 603,055 Attendances 04
Out -Patients.
Explained.
Scene,—Soldiers' barrack -room at
dinner -time,
Orderly Officer (inspecting men's
dinner) asks—"Any complaints, wren?"
Voice from the other end of ,table-
"Yes, sir."
Officer—"Well what is It?"
'Voice—"Spuds is bail, sir."
Officer' -"Spuds Is bad! . Haw—er!"
Turning to sergeant, "Spuds is bad!
Bawl What does be mean by spuds,
sergeant?"
Sergeant (glaring at culprit)—"The
man is higgerant, sir; he nines`
'tater,'!"
According to the Pasteur Periodical,
a magazine issued by the celebrated
Pasteur Institute in .Paris, tobacco
smoke is highly: antiseptic and kills,
in a few moments, the primary bac-
teria of cholera, diptheria and cere-
bro -spinal meningitis.
Locality isof less significance in
bird study than in any other branch of
natural history, on account of the
movement of birds from place to
place.
Luck is the thing that helps you
most when you don't trust to it,
L
THE EARTHWORM
—From the Los Angeles Times,
CAUSE OF BAEACHES
Every muscle in the body needs a
supply of rich, red blood' in proportion
to the wor'lc it does. The muscles of
the back are under a heavy strain and
have but little rest. When the blood
is thin they lack nourishmentand re-
bel. Tho. result is a sensation of pain
in these muscles.
Many people are frightened into be-
lieving that backaches are due to kid-
ney trouble, but the best medical
authorities agree that backache; .is
very seldom due to kidney trouble. In
fact not more than one backache in a
hundred' has anything to do with the
kidneys. The whole trouble is due to
thin or impure blood, and those who
are troubled with pains in the back or
loins, 'either frequent er occasional,
should look to the condition of the
blood. It will be found in most cases
that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills by build-
ing up the blood and feeding the
starved nerves and muscles will banish
the pains and make you feel better In
every other way. .How much bettor.
it ,is •to try Dr, Williams' Pink Pills
for your blood than to give way to un-
reasonable alarm about your kidneys.
If you really suspect your kidneys any
doctor can make a test in ten miuutes
that will set your fears at rest, or tell
you the wol'et.
All dealers in medicine sell Dr, Wil-
liams' Pink Pills, or you can get them
by -nail at 00 cents a box from The
Dr.. Willlams' Medicine Co„ Brock-
ville, Ont.
Still in the Higher Branches.
Alice—"So you believe we were
once nothing but tree -climbing mon-
keys?"' •
Tom—"Sure thing. Aren't the best
of us only frisking about among the
higher branches of education still?"
Ask for Mlnard's and take no other.
HEALL. 3 E1't'UCAYIIV.N
BY DR. J. 1 MIDDLETON
Provincial Board of Health, Ontario
Dr. Middleton will' be glad to answerquestions on Public Health mat-
ters through this column. Address him at Spacina Ilonse, Spadina
Crescent, Toronto.
From the very dawn of history
prophets and kings of humanity long-
ed to know something of the causes
that brought about sickness and death
among the people. By many these
afflictions were believed to be an act
of God, as a punishment for sin. Down
through the ages men have sought the
olikir of life, or the philosopher's hone
that would preserve them from the
ills and maladies to which human flesh
is heir. They believed in the alchem-
ists and sought some magic potion
that would preserve the body from
disease and death. The treatment of
disease in ages gone by was an art
regthey than a science. The philoso-
phers of old did not know much, if
anything, about thegerm theory of
disease. ' They were groping in the
dark. We can hardly imagine how
meagre was the inforation in regard
to all micro-organisms before the time
of Pasteur. Probably. the first record
of the observation of bacteria is that
of Kircher (1602-1680) in; his remark-
able modern treatise published in Ven-
ice -in 1659. Kircher was the first to
use the microscope in the investigation
of disease, and he reports not only the
presence of minute worm -like creat-
ures in decaying, moat, cheese, milk,
vinegar,: etc., but oven attributed to
,the production of diseaseand form-
ulates a theory of the animal nature
of contagion. The spontaneous gen-
eration of life was one of the earliest
theoriesand •was mentioned as 'far
back as 610 B.C.; by Aristotle and
others, It stimulated the early writ-
ers to discussions as to how life orig-
inated and what forces or agencies
were at work in taking away life.
The supposedrelation' of bacteria
to disease,production also dates back
before the Christian era. All of these
theories were pure speculation.
Even as early as 1860 Rayer and
setae of his associates had seen the
little rods in the blood of animals dead
of anthrax but without comprehending
their importance. In 1860, Delafod
demonstrated that the bacilli found in
anthrax were living organisms, and
not mere carriers or containers of the
infection. But it was left to Pasteur
to demonstrate fully that the bacteria
we f e the sole cause of the disease, and
thus to lay the realfoundation of the
germ theory. The true story of the
birth of the germ theory disease be-
gins when in 1876, we find Pasteur
taking up the study of the anthrax
organism;
Across Earth.
Onos,. I think, you looked down and
saw what was before yon,
And begged not to come at ail, and
then heard one say—
A. wise one, your special one—"This
Is your journey."
Then his gesture swept the sight
from memory away.
Sandals of forgetfulness, staff and
scrip of boiling,
He gave into your hand, and is a
pale cloak,
He wrapped himself away from you,
though you half knew him there,
Often in blue twilight, in.
sunrIse smoke.
A long road from sea to sea, . . . a
hero's own highway,
You took it lonely, town after town,
Forest and prairie, . . . Now, be-
yond the great divide,
Long past the desert, you are near
the down.
Not like the eastern is the western
ocean,
Its sky line is lost, in mist, but at its
near shore
Wonderful its .colors, like a daytime
sunset,
When the sand you tread is wet you
will see hiin once nroro.
Not as you thought, with tears, but
with low laughter
Strangely light and carefree, you
will understand
That always he paced you, and his
stop your Own was timing,
That always your crossroad was the
gesture of his hand. ,
—Isabel Fiske Conant,
GUARD THE BABY
AC AiNST CODS
To guard the baby against colds
nothing can equal Baby's Own Tablets.
The Tablets are a mild laxative that
will keep the little one's stomach and
bowels working regularly, It is a re-
cognized fact that where the stomach
andbowels are in good order that
colds will not exist; that the Health
of the little one will be good and that
he will thrive and be happy. The Tab-
lets are sold by medicine dealers or by
mall at 26 cents a box from The Dr,
Williams' eledicine Co., Brockville,
Ont. .
III -Treated "In -Laws."
Under a new law in China a divorce
may be granted for the ill-treatment
of a mother-in-law or father-in-law.
The new law . replaces the ancient
one called "Yi-Li," under which a di-
vorce was granted for talkativeness of
a wife, for lack of respect for a mother-
in-law, or for jealousy.
The clauses of the present code dif-
fer -in almost every respect, but one
queer requirement is mark—the con-
sent of the father and mother must be
obtained before a divorce may be
granted.
Good Answer.
"Now, children;" said the school-
teacher, asshe glancedin a: despairing
manner around the young hopefuls in
her charge, '1 want you to think very
carefully before you answer my next
question."
The young hopefuls stopped .pinch-
ing each other, and awaited her ques-
tion open-eyed and full of interest •
"Which would you rather have—
three bags with two apples in each, or
tWO bags with three apples in each
bag?" asked the: teacher,
The children thought, and at testi
one bright ]ittle.boy put up hie hand,
"Yes, Tommy? What's the an-
swer•?"
"Tlrr'ee bags, miss, with two apples
,in then, 'cos there'd be one more bag
to bust!`
MONEY ORDERS.'.
Send a Dominion Express Money
Order. They are payable everywhere,
"I count life just a staff to try the
soul's strength on. Lean, nor count
the pang; dare, never grudge the'
throe."
EASY TRICKS
CKS
No. 50
Gone
Show lire cards to the audience,
asking "a spectator to (ix his mind
mon three of then) without telling
you which he selects. Drop the
cards into a hat. 'Reach into the
hat and expressing your determine -
ion to take out one of the cards
T101 selected, take out a card. It is
nota seleeted,•card, Take out an-
other, That is not one of the cards
selected, The fiat must now con-
tain the, three cards which were
selected. • Asa the spectator to reach
into the hat and take out the re-
maining three cards. He fonds the
hat absolutely empty!
It seams impossible but it is real-
ly very easy. Take the three - of
spades and paste its back to the
back of the seven of diamonds.
Take any other four cards and paste
them as in Figure. 1. Now, cut:&,
indicated by the dotted lines. This
dotted line follows exactly the out-
tines of the 8 of clubs. To the back
of this card,' paste the deuce of
hearts.
When yot.•yflispiay the cards, hold
them as in Figure 2. The seven will
hide the misleading nature of the
other "card," After the spectator
has selected the three cards, put tee
"fan" of cards in the hat. The first
card you take out is the three of
spades. That is not ane of the se-
lected cards but uo one will observe
that it had not previously been dis-
played. The next card to be taken
out is the deuce of hearts. That, of
course, leaves the hat empty.
(Clip this out and paste it, with
other of the series, in a scrapbook.)
•
His Hearing Restored.
The invisible ear drum invented by
A. O. Leonard, which is a miniature
megaphone, fitting inside the ear en-
tirely' out of sight, is restoring the
hearing of hundreds of people in New
York city, Mr. Leonard invented this
drum to relieve himself of deafness
and head noises, and it does this so
successfully that no one could tell he
is a deaf xnan. It is effective when
deafness is caused by catarrh or by
perforated or wholly' destroyed natural
drums. A request for information
to A. O. Leonard, Suite 427,70 Fifth
avenue, New York city, will be given
o
prompt reply, advt
•
Europeans Who Live With
Cows and Donkeys.
One of the most primitive places In
Europe is St. Paul, at an altitude of
4,820 feet in a difficult part of the Alps.
"The village inn Is a most surpris-
ing place to enter," says Mr. Cecil B.
Waterlow, in "Through the Unknown
French Alps;"
"As you open the parlor door, chick-
ens run out, and through a further
aperture in the wall you catch a
glimpse and a whiff of cows and don-
keys in the back room, with perhaps a
goat or two.
"These animals, by their bodily
heat, contribute to the warmth of the
family home during the long, hard
winter.
"But upstairs it is clean and sweet,
and they expect their visitors to have
a good appetite, for they put before
you delicious food from the June fields
and more of it • than I believe any ice
man being could consume at a sitting.
0
"It easy in the world to live after
the world's opinions; it is easy in soli-
tude to live after our oval."
More short-sighted people are to
be found incities than in the country.
Mother! Give Sick Baby
"California Fig Syrup"
Harmless Laxative to Clean Liver and
Bowels of Baby or Child.
Even constipa- ese
el, bilious, foyer- �
ish, or sick, colic ' i
I3abies-and' Child-
ren love to take
genuine "Califor-
nia Fig Syrup,"
No other laxative
regulates the ten- ) /J
der'little bowels,
so nicely, It [ ;'. ,
sweetens the stomach and starts the
liver and bowels acting without grip-
ing. Contains no narcotics or sooth-
ing drugs. Say "California" to your
druggist and avoid counterfeits! In-
sist upon genuine "California Fig
Syrup" which contains directions:
e'tttF
ep
is the quickest: and best relief for
pains in the back and the many other
indications of kidney trouble, Sold for
60 years, Satisfaction in every;bottle
At your druggist, or direct from
WARNER'S SAFE REMEDIES CO,
i
31h
fins
and.
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9 0...amo oc uab,
Manufactured by Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Limited
Going and Coming.
"Are you going or coming?"
"I'm going to tisk a question I'm
coming to now."
Keep Minard's Liniment in the house.
Death feigning is a common de-
fensive habit among spiders. When
in danger they drop to earth and lie
there, crumpled up as if dead. Water
spiders will behave in a similar man-
ner in the water. When feigning
death a spider can be handled' and
rolled to . and fro without showing
any signs of Iife.
COLD
IN THE HEAD?
Get quick relief. - Rub
nose inside and out with
1 en holatum
At all Drug star,,. Writ, for Fr,e Somal,.
THE MENTHOLATUM CO.
Oridgohurg, Ont. - Dox 5g
lnowat
1 Pimples Disappear Z
"You don't need mercury, potash
or any other strong mineral to
cure pimples caused bypoor
blood. Take Extract of Roots—
druggists call it "Mother-Seigel's
Curative Syrup—and your skin will 8,
clear up as fresh as a baby's. It
will sweeten your stomach and
regulate your bowels." Get the
I
s
genuine, 50c. and $1,00 Bottles, 2
s. s
e
q�
At drug, stores.
MH
Say "Bayer" and Insist!
Unless you see the name "Bayer" on
package or on tablets you are not get.'
ting the genuine Baye e product proved
safe by millions and prescribed by
physicians over twenty-three years for
Colds headache
Toothache Lumbago
Earache Rheumatism
Neuralgia Pain, Pain'
Accept "Bayer Teblets of. Aspirin"
only. Each unbroken package 000 -
tains proper directions. Handy boxes
of twelve tablets coat few cents. Drug-
gists also sell bottles of 24 4,ad 150,
Aspirin is the trade mark (registered
In Canada) :of Bayer Manufacture of
:tlonoaoctloacidester Salicyllcacld, •
While It is well known that Aspirin
means Bayer Manufacture, to assist
the public against imitations, Cie Tab.
lets of Bayer Company will be stamp•
ed with theln_general trade mark, the
31118- @t"
Pay for Itself.
Agent—"When are you going to pay
for that sewing -machine I sold you?"
Mrs. Deerie-"Pay for it, Why, you
said that in a short time it would pay •
for itself!"
International peace begins, if any-
where, in that reverence for life, for
individuality, which has its root in
kindness to animals.
Alexander the Great was born 366
B.C., and is supposed to have lived to
be only 33 years of age.
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FOR YOUR EYES
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WrireMusineCo Chlceso forEyeCoreBook
;merlon's Aioneeo DoD Remedies
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DOG DISEASES
and How to Pod
Moiled Tim to am sddreia
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n, CLAY GLOVER CO., Ins.
109 Wert 2011 „trenl
14,w York ILEA,
HOCKEY
PLAYERS.
Minard's is the ideal liniment for
the rub -down, Takes the :sore-
ness out of bruised muscles.
Wee Agont,: Itvoid 0, RItouin A co., Limited, Toronto
Mothers Prefer Cldtieura
Shampoos For Children
Regular shampoos with Cuticura."
Soap and hot water, preceded by
touches of Cuticura Ointment to.
spots of dandruff and itching, keep
the scalp clean andhealthy, Propet
care of the hair during childhood is
the basis for healthy hair through life.
Soap 25a..Ololment ZS aml50c, Talcum 25a, -Sold
thrbughodttheDoniinion. CanadianDepot;
l.y tuna, limited, 344 St, haul St., ty- iihatred,
i 'rCutieure Sono shoves without mug,
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