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The Seaforth News, 1926-02-04, Page 2For. the and Girls THE LITTLE • UMBRELLA BY IMOGENE II. SYKES. It had been oke of Carlin's Christ- more of its teat or her good or bad fas .gifts, and it was an obect of in- virtues. "` toner, pride to the ifLir, girl. It was The time often hung heavily en. Car- tier own -her very own -to 11Ce ail tin's hands, for she held no companion b hot•self witett s'h o went ,out, and to play with, and after she had sald 'was a Inebter brown {si'ltc • one, with her lessons, and dressed 'Arabella carved hand:'e. Eudora, the fine -lady doll that re uir- Uncle Perryhad sent it all bhe wayy q ed the 'daintiest. care from' , i la and ua la ig England, with a tether to;.her and in Yeturn did nothing but stare. alone, in which he said she was now you out o " co r c with •� f tntenane-wrh a large for toys, and an old, bache- eyed euperciliousness that was chit - for _like him :could think of nothing ing to en im uls'tve heart like Carlin's better than an umbrella, which, be- . she soon wearied of :Arabella Eudora's sides being was e an a - useful oftenb- charms, and eau lonely. ject of peculiar' ienterest to the good good i Thus she formed the habit of look - or bad instincts of one's nature." „, Ing out the window between her spells "Find out what I mean, and write of weariness and refreshed b the. me one day what experience your urn- ' • y p ed dreariness of the deserted streets, breila has given You," added Unale was, and yet as she gazed at this one, there came over her a quick revulsion of feeling, and she dimly saw that she knew not what misery was in compar- 1 isori to tilt knowledge this girl must have, Why, she hacr everything=' home, food, warm c other and kind. parents, and that poor, little shivering thing had nothing. Ilow terrible that must be! , r Caren felt as if she conal not bear. Perry, in a postscript, as it the would return with renewed pleasure thou g 'ht ecu to the warm, -bright room, with its b bred to him that even a -sense of .comfort and.iotection and Tittle gird of nine years might have p ' opportunities to exercise bothgoodeven grow tender and considerate and :,bad cjuazlities. again of Arabella's hard-heartedness. Now what did Uncle Perri• mean? ' One day Carlin was left very much Carlin pondered over this .:trahge atone, as her mother was busy in idea quite often, and during tee first household duties, in which she could week of her possessionwoudd take out give no help, and, asusual, after the litble umbrella and look at it with growing tired of her toys and herself, curiaus speealation, and turn it round she sought diversion by a glimpse of and round, as if to and the exp;ana- the wet, cheerless streets, through the tion written on one of the ribs. , lace 'curtains of the window, Her mother would smile quietly at' - Oh, how dreary it was outside! How the little girl's perplexity; • but, when the rain poured down! And what a questioned upon the mystery attached plaintive Quad the rain -drops made to it, would remind her that Uncle on the pane near to her cheek, as if Perry said sh,e must find out by experi- pleading to be relieved level of their ever- ence, and if told what he meant, would lasting splash! splash! splash! not have learned it ,by that means. I Carlin looked at the rain -drops, and Carliu's first solation of the mys- put one finger on one at the top of the tory came to her one day after bar re- glass, and followed it down to the bot- tub from a walk, during which the m, where it spread itself out into a Little umbre-la had to be used, fora little drop, and trickled away from her sudden storm cane up, and with great finger-tip, One after the other she dignity it was held above the spark- traced down the pane, until at last ling eyes that would lonk up at it they came in great splashes instead of instead of where she was going, which pretty beads, and her fun was gone. often brad -gilt her to a standstill! "Oh, dear! I don't believe there's against a lamp-post,'and bumped her ;another little girl half as miserable as into a hurrying foot -passenger, j I am!" sighed Carvin, with her head Carlin reached home, flushed with.: against the lace curtains, and drawing her first success, but forgetful, as so down her face into a forlorn expres- many are, of the real cause of it, and slop. "I'm just wretched!" carelessly put her umbrella down upon' A discontented wrink:e made a line the table in its wet condition. to run down the sides of her straight little up to her mother's side to relate her nose, and her lips pouted out as if she adventures, were making a crupper .of them for A warning finger was raised to ugly temper to ride on, when suddenly cheek her speech. a smile made bad temper fall off head- "What did. Uncle Perry say?" asked over -keels, and an eager look chased mamma, quietly. away the wrinkle, like sunshine dis- !'arlin :coked abashel, elanced he,. pels shadows, and Car:in gaged intent- ly from the window out into the "rain. table, then back to her mother's face. The street was deserted save by one "Does he mean to be tidy, mother?” passenger, and the pitiless rain beat she asked. eagerly, down upon this one as if in contempt "Yee, And what glee, dear? Think for the poor clothes it 'drenched now." through and through, and made cling Carlin wrinkled up 11er forehead in so c esely to the shivering limbs. deep reflection, then we ked to the It was only a little beggar girl, a table and took up the timbre -la. poor, forlorn little thing, that seemed "I was ungateful for the rood it did to accept her misery as a matter of me in the rain, and forgot all about it course, and did not appear to think as soon as I was safe at home." , the rain was doing her any' great "What else, dear? There's sone- harm, particularly as it had done this thing more." i same rude act to her time out of mind, Carlin pondered again. Then her, and she couldn't see what else it could face brightened. ! do, as long as she was out in it, and "A place for everything and every couldn't help herself. thing in place -is tbat it?" she cried,' But to Carlin, in the warm, cozy smoothing out the damp silk covering room, peering out through ,the lace of the umbrella regretfully. t curtains into the gloomy, wet street, "Yes, my darting, Now, do you see' it was a •pitiable sight, and chased it. She must do something to help, or her heart would just 'ureal:. She glanced within the room. There sat Arabella Eudora, •beautiful and un- moved, a rigid heartessstaring-glass- ily from her blue orbs, and a waxen smile mocking at such human impu:e- es as tears and pity. "Oh,you unfeeling' thing!" cried Carlin to her. "I've done everything for you to make you a happy creature, and you're nothing after all but saw- dust and wax and fine clothes! '1 shall do no more for you, Arabella, and I mean to write to Uncle Perry about your bad instincts. tle ones, and th te s dad -but I ni -very sorry for hila" A red gaeow came into her cheek. "Not 'for your own father?" cried Carlin, reprovingly. The g!rl .I,uah_;:i, a chcc:i•;ess, mock- ing laugh. "You'd not know what I u;:hnt about dad, I reckon and wishing don't - do him no good, or.t r tyliaps he'd think to wish for us poor tins instead of beaten' end starvin' on" us." Poor little Carlin shivered at this terrible picture, -and dia her earn hane- 't fits and blessings flashed into her mind like a rush. of. sunshine. She would never again be ill-tempered or ungrateful. - "1 meet be a -groin ,' said the waif, rising shyly, and looking hard at her• little hostess "Th, nkee for bein' so kind. - I I'd=litre-to=come-again •• - .to-get---some-bits for-marm - if-yon'-dared-to-gi•:e-them," she faltered, and twisted her old, coat. "Wait one moment!" This severe reprimand being admin- And like a flash, Catlin was out of istered, and received with calm indif- the room and . back again before the feeence by Arabella, the .little girl' girl mad get through staring. "You unrollget oiler eve looked back at the street -waif, in her 1 any. m t, ! Carlin out or reat r' i b i rags and desolation, .with : additional pantedb 1 w tl het sympathy, awakened by the selfishness quick run, producing her little um - of Eudora, llamb, "I want you to use this, and Splash! went a great date of rain on bring it back to me safe, and then 1'1'1 the glass, at the end of Oarlin's nose, have some nice things for you and as she pressed it flat in her eagerness your family. And here, please, is a to see the little girl outside-plainly,•silver quarter I was saving for Ara - and sop, sop, went the wet wind in be}la's new shoes, but you shall have the slats of the shutter, it to buy something to eat." "Oh, she must come in!" cried Car- i And out of breath entirely now, she lin to the rain. °She'll he all drowned' Paused, with 'kindling eyes, to see the if she nays there;" and raising her I effect of her munificence. The poor hand she beckoned eagerly to the hun-, girl stared hard at; the little umbrella. "That ain't no use to me," she said, half laughing, "'cause' I'm used to lookin' lige a water -rat." Then, catching the disappointed look in Car - her old coat, and lifting her eyebrows, lea's face, she seed, quickly: "You're ae if to ask, "Do you want me to rare an' kind; I'll take it to please come?" I you, an' I wish I'may•never live an - Carlin nodded and smiled, and other minute if _I don't bring it back smiled and nodded, until she saw the safe, girl come quickly across- the. street 1 "0f course you will!" laughed Car - and up the steps; then she ran to the lin. "People always return umbrellas. door and opened it wide. I Now, here's the quarter, and I won't "Come right in," she said, eagerly, I forget you. Mother's too busy to ask "I'm afraid you're wet," f now, , but when you come again she I It seemed- likely enough, from the will know all about you from me, and snvaN streams that were trickling' will heap you. Good-bye!" from the jagged ends of the coat, and!"Good-bye!" said the waif, wist- full spurted out from the gaps in the 3, as she hu gged the quarter dose, broken shoes, and the street waif' and raising the umbrella, scudded gry eyes looking curiously at her. The beggar girl stared, hesitated, then made a pantomimic question by putting one red finger on the lap of looked doubtingay at the smiling faced, I away rapidly, daintily -dressed figure that offered her Carlin s mother knew: not whether this gracious invitation, with a fear of to laugh or scold when she heard of detecting a joke at her expense.- I -the child's strange act of charity. • Carlin reached out her hand and : "I am afraid you ewill never see drew her moist visitor inside, and • your hunrbre :a again," elle said, grave resist oldinhaving her tall ndness£shown she Chert r 1y Carlin stood raghast. led her captive into the pretty sitting-. "Oh, mother, don't say ,that! The room,little girl woudln't be so wicked! I where Arabella and the fire g. blinked aghast at the sorry sight. kitow she will come back," "Sit right here," said Carlin, draw- And the tears came fast. ing her little rocking -chair closer to. But as day after day went. by, and I the hearth. "I couldn't stand seeing.'nothing was seen of the girl with the you out in the rain. What made you , umbrella, Carlin grew very thoughtful do it?" ) and sad, and had long conversations The ragged girl looked as stony as,, with Arabella Eudora upon the in Arabella at this question, as she sid'-ed gratitude of the world and the bad herself, like a crab, into the Iow rock-' instincts of the poor. er, and awkwardly put out her cold Her mother was sorry for her, but felt that it wou' .d be a lesson her handsto thewelcome s to e we come heat. "Can't help it," she muttered, half , impulsive nature, that was right in its ashamed, as she caught the pitying' desire.to do good, butthoughtless in rook bent upon her. 1 the quick instinct that would not wait "Haven't you a home?" asked Car- to consider, ' - lin, seating herself on a stool, and i Two weeks had passed and Carlin raising her bright face to the pinched, felt that her letter of,experience would eager -eyed one across from her. I be a sad one to Uncle Perry, when one "Such as it isl" muttered the girl, in I day, when • she was confiding _Iter a low tone. "'Taen't like this;" and thought to Arabella, and motl'er was. she gazed curiously around her at thei listening quietly, the door opened and beautiful-, unfamiliar things she had in ,walked the beggar girl, with the never seen before. "No," said Carlin, pityingly, "or through Uncle Perry's mystery?" , away her own discontent to fill her you wouldn't go out h the rain, Did Carvin opened the umbrella and set heart Instead with wistful pity for you have to? it np 071 edge near the fire to dry, the girl, no bigger than herself, out "}Tad to," laconically retorted the making ft look like a monster mush- in the cold, drenching rain, waif, who was. now growing both room that had strayed in from a wet, She watched the girl crouch down in warns and communicative; "I goes, out meadow to dry itself. 1 the recess of aa doorway across the for scraps and things, and weather "Yes, 1 see now what he means," street, and prop up her chin on her don't count, 'cause we're hungry all 1 said the little girl, watching the dry.' knoe, then stare drearily straight be- the same." ing process carefully, Then closing fore her, as if looking at nothing and Carlin listened in puzzled silence. up the umbrella with a little pat and seeing it very plainly, This little girl seemed so fax away, nod continued: ".And be means a great; "Poor little thing! Why doesn't she,from her in her poverty and barren , deal more, too, mother'; and I shall; go home?" said Carlin to the window- childhood. How should she ever reach; find it all out by myself, and then PEI pane, in a confideritial tone. her by her own 'aid, without older write hien about it." I The crouching figure shrunk closer, minds telling her what must be done, 1 And the umbrella was then placed' within the doorway, and this move -1 but just herself to do it, and out of her tenderly in the drawer assigned to :tent brought her eyes on a line with l own great pity? it, and the first learn was learned. I the opposite house, and there they fell, "Poor little girl!" she said, dream- I A long, dreary winter fel:o}wed, andupon an earnest little face, peering; i:y, looking _ at her with 'her great 'Carlin had little occasion to urs herr out at her. • 1sorrowful eyes. "Don't van ever wish gift, for the weather was so severe' She fixed her big, hungry eyes on it was all different?" that her parents did not think it wise this fortunate mortal who did not have' "Wish!" she cried with sud ja en cn- to sand her out in the snow anti wet:. to starve and shiver as she did, and ergy. "I've wis::ad that hard that 1 so she said her lessons at home to her; stared hack with all her might. I thought my heart . would crack to i•, I . ! t. mother, and had nti nppor tanttty to Carlin had said there was not an -,pieces. There's moven me to shiver use Unc'e Perry's gift, or to learn I other little girl as miserable as she and starve -there's main and the :it- ICiPaissenxecnaton little umbrella held tinhbly in her "I've brought it bac! pairs,". she cried, eagerly, "an' I'd ha' brought it if it had, 'a took a year." Then the umbrella was laid on•Carlin's lap, and the poor waif . burst into tears. "Please,, 'm," she. sobbed, turning to the lade; who was watching this scene so kindly, "I kn'ee'd you'd think I was a thief, and it almost Weed me to have the little girl what trusted me and was` so kind come to think so. bad of me." She wiped her eyes with her coat. Carlin drew her to the fire, with sparking eyes: "I did trust you, and I do still," she, said,"gently. "It wasn't your fault, was iia" "No, miss. My father ain't a good kfnd,- an' drinks sometimes, toe, that hard that we never has nothin' 'cruse he takes all we earns an' our clothes for liquor. An' he hooked the little umbarrill, ma'am, when I was 's:ern' that night, an' I ain't buiajust got it out the shop. I begged and worked; land. asyzesko.,ns a A Y T®TJ G THE WOI1LDOVER ,ill" 1 1 4,6 em, New Series by WYNNE FERous ON 4'e,zzthor ova ergu.r'on on auction • Copyright 1025 by Moyle, Jr. ARTICLE No, 17'. Of what practical use are conventions of bidding? One hears this question continually but seldom an intelligent answer, and y yet the reason is a very f simple one. The conventions sof auction are like the ',verde of language. They enable partners to give information as to their hands and so exchange intelli- gent thought with one another in the endeavor to arrive at the best bid of the combined hands. Auction is a game where the players are bidding against one another for the privilege of playing the hand, and unless partners under- stand oae another's bids they willfre- quently bid against one another to their disadvantage, The object of all bidding at auction' is to arrive at the best bid of the combined hands andthis can be done only by intelligent cooperation between partners. 11 you bid one heart, meaning one kind of hand at one time and an entirely different type at another time, how can you give partner infor- mation of any value? He will be forced to guess as to your holding and, as usual -with guesses, he is much more aptto guess wrong than right. Let your origi- Hearts -A,'10, 8, 2 Clubs -K, 7, 6 Diamonds -8, 4 Spades K, J, 9, 8 nal bids mean something definite, some- thing that your partner can depend cpon at all times. Let an original suit bidmeanthat youhave at least two sure tricks in your hand, one of which is in the suit bid. Tell your partner • the truth. Let him feel that you are pre- pared to play the hand at that suit or, if the opponents win the bid, that he can safely lead your suit. Or if you bid no-trump, let him feel that you have your bid; that yon have at least two sure tricks distributed among at least three shits. When you bid, you are really making a promise to your part-. nor that you can make that bid; so be prepared to make good. In the language of the merchant, let every advertised feature be a sacred pledge. When you make an original bid, hold aces and kings, or hold your tongue. An interesting hand, has just r been brought to the writer's attention, shote-_ ing the value of mentally placing cer- tain cards in opponents' hands in sueh a way that game is possible, and then playing accordingly: Hearts - Q 6, 4 Clubs -A, J Diamonds - Q, J, 9, 5. Spades- Q, 6, 4, 3 Hearts -It, J:7. Y' Clubs -9, 8, a' :A B:. Diamonds -10,6,3,2 • Z Spades - 7, 5, 2 , Hearts -9,S,3 Clubs -Q, 10, 5, 3, 2 Diamonds- A, K, 7 Spades- A, 10 No score, rubber game. Z dealt, hid one no-trump and all passed. A opened the deuce of hearts, Y played the four, B the jack and Z the trey. B now played the king of hearts and all followed. B now played the seven of hearts, all fol- lowed and A won the trick with the ace and led the ten of hearts. Y discarded the trey of spades, B the deuce of spades and Z the deuce of clubs. A now led the nine of spades, Y played the four, B the five and Z won the trick with the ten. The problem is for Z to so play the hand that he can win the balance of the tricks. Z should lead a low club and play the jack from Y's hand. f•Io should now play four dia- Hearts -4 Clubs- K,Q J, 10,9,4 Diamonds -1 , Q, 10, 8, 3 Spades -6 mond tricks, winning the last trick in Y's hand, On these tricks, A is forced to make two discards. He can discard one spade and one club. If he docs that, Z's queen of clubs will be goad on the third round. OrA could discard -two spades. If he does that,Y's queen of spades will be good on te third round. In either event, YZ must score game. It should be noted that if A had led dubs at trick five, instead of spades, he could have saved game. The tricky bidder was doing his best in the following hand but after a good start; he fell down and spoiled a chance for a big gain, Hearts- A, J, 9,'6 Clubs -3 Diamonds -9, 7, 5 Spades - K, Q, 9, 7, 5 Hearts- 8, 7, 5, 3, 2 Clubs -8,5' : A B Diamonds - A, 6 Spades - J, 4, 3, 2 hearts --K,. Q, 10 Clubs -A,'7, 6, 2 Siamonds- J 4, 2 pades ---A, 10, 8 No score, rubber game: Z dealt and bid one no-trump, A bid two hearts, Y doubled and B and Z passed. A now bid three clubs, Y bid three spades and B and Z passed. A now bid four clubs, Y and B passed and Z doubled. A re- doubled and Y and B passed. What would you have done with Z's hand? Z should certainly bid four spades after A's redouble. That is where A made a bad bid. He had bid his hand very trickily up to that time but when he got,;,iis four dub bid doubled, he should liavl been satisfied. His two heart bid was an apparent bluff bid and should have appeared so to Z. Row could his. partner Y double two hearts unless the bid was a brut.: When A redoubled, Z finally awoke to the situation and bid four spades. A's partner doubled this bid and Z just made his contract. At four clubs, A should have just made his bid so he lost all of his previous gain.. by the redouble. A's bidding in this hand recalls Lincoln's fainousysaying: "You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." for the money to pay it out, an' there 'tis, safe." She put her head down on her knees in grief and shatne, and cried softly. "What doss she mean, mother?" asked Carlin, in a whisper. "Poor child!" replied the lady. "Slee Means, • dear,' that her unfortunate, father pawned your . umbrella for moneyto get strong drinks with -do you understand?" "Yes, mother, and it's perfectly, awful. But you'll keep her -won't you?" She was honest. The waif raised her head. "You made are so," she said, wist- fully. "I wasn't a good 'un before, 'cause we have tobe sharp to get along. But when you give me that money an' your umharrill, an' trust0I me, 1 felt as if the bad want clean' out of me, an' I wanted to stay honest." Carlin's mother proved r geed friend to the r. 001' girl, and rat her in a way of staying !tone.st, and calming a Caen, coaifCrt,lie'livinc with'a friend in the co'.ntry, and Carlin was Ap reciation. • 011 gray-haired' Cindcrellas-- you Whowailfol• old dreams to come true; Who gladly gave, made no demands, Nor sought to sta°v? the liovering• uh ende Of those who gleePitedbeyond their need- The grain for . whleh you sowed the toed;, Who sit by lonely hearths and cold i Save for the banked coals oL,tho old, ' Or drift like straying ships, alone, • Lulled by the songs the sea.s intone; Who veil your forms in frail disguis And watch with weary tender oyes And hidden hope for .love's release, Your prince will come- the Prince of 1'0"0,1 ----Mercy Baldwin. Character. Lady (to tramp) --Now go away, cr 1'11 (tall my husband." Ti'atup "Oh, 'Mt t Irnow 'hn. life the Tittle feller who told lieu yesterday to an away or he"d cull hire wife!" REG'LAR FELLERS -By Gene Byrnes. i /%¢ YOU'RE C•,. ` - R�iZ"t'! ` TH19 16 EXTSk \ Mein cWlek5ta U•ItRE 1 POP SAID \\ ao His VERY OWti SELF' / /'✓+;fir LIKE iT Is: egg?. ,..-1-� '•rHERES SOME LtC'. CHICKS OUT OF 1T AWRempsit . eiee 11 • aea aeaelle 6''0 q 69[®4k THEY'LL 6y0ON 0R0'JJ° E9i' rt 5Y CAN, L Gz0-3°R yz „h • r�. ' (Copyright, 1125, by The 13e11 Syndicate, ,nc.) • Cause for Worry 6' y'AVIe 00TSUPPo6h THEY CsROW 6'I& WHILE THEY'RE Ol. T CEN HOW LL , T11EY,.iET iN? '1DEVICES REVEAL :.SHE ENGENUITY OF PARENTS. Problem of Tran sparting the Youngsters Met in Varied Ways in Different Lands. T1110 ways or customs' at 'carr .lag.' babies, the world over are about as varied as the customer of di ess ,y, oug both men a-nd women, says "The Path- finder." Iu many, countries to -day the "joy-rlding" i'amilly 'bang the baby In a basket, of sort of rhammock, , In the black at tete auto,,:wliere IL swinge in the breeees and to the motion` of .the As stood as their babies are able" to alt 'alone the wined of .the; Holy Lanil place them' astride their shoulders and threeteach thane to rid as If ori horse - .back. Beskhes teething bhe' youngster to be geld 7'n tare saddle, thin method of carrying le said to strengthen the. baby's • beer[ 'and'lege. The child has to learn to grip emit hold.on while firs mother goes uneomcernediy .about her w•orit. This custom also i, credited with strengthening and improving the. figure of the throttler:` But eery boys ars carried in this manner. The girls are not thus dignilee The Arab youngster alts on his mothers' head: When she goes for water she takes, her baby along in a afloat suspended Trout her back When the earthenwane jar has bean.filled takes the place of the baby on the wo- man's bank and, flue baby mounts her shoulders or head. The people of .Nigeria tale their babies around in. calabash shells, which ree'emlele gourde. The fathers never are caught carrying their children, although they are said to beveryfond of them- lin Africa, the Tera women carry thele. babies; slung in their waistelb'the behind thein and cover their ]heads. with •calabash'•shel'ls to keep the sun °i'f, Eskimo Babe Fares Best. A Nagar° woman ueu Iy "wears" her, child attached somewhere about her body. When the babies are very young, Choy are held on by, the moth- ers, but Boon .they Learn to hold, on1 themselves. When going a long dis- tance, the little fellows are supported by leather carriers fastened' to the mothers neck and around her waist, The baby sticks one leg out on each side of her body and: there Teets com- fortably in the sling. - We lore all familiar with the Ameri- ran Lndian papooses, The papoose was carried lo a wooden basked made by the father and ornamented by the. grandmother, however, the 'infant never stayed in: the 'basket or cradle when not traveling. At home they usually rolled around on a bed of skins or grass to develop their muscles o -'Phe mother In New Guinea weaves a netted bag, in the bottoni of which she plaoes the baby -on a soar!! pad; Phis bag le hung from the roof of the bOlbia, where it is swung gently to sad f,!o. When the mother goes an a jour- ney ehe'hau.gtr the bag from her head, suspended In trent of her, and with her tooth holds, a,mat over titre baby to keep it from llhe sun and wind. But the )laldmo baby rias the best place of. all ,when it conies to a soft place to sleep and ride in, The Ole ther makes a bag of baby reindeer ,akin' and lutes 1't With fur, In this elle places the baby, then stuffs it feet , first Into the hood at the back of hoc fur garments., from its warm depths the little baby eye's peer out over her shoulder. ' If he gets' too heavy,rlte can easily dump him cutover her head into a big snowdrift to chuckle and "goo" awhile. Sir Alexandlee'Mcl snzie and Forest Fires. - The only authentic records of early forest devastation by fire, are those compiled by the early explorers and fur trader: Sir Alexander McKenzie in his long journey from blontreal,10 the mouth of, the McKenzie River,' and again to tho P41110' Ocean, while faith- fully noting the°co'ndition of the coun- try through which he tea veiled, moo tions only thirteen places where the foi'aefs had been destroyed by fire. Thee affords a remarkable comparison with present day records. According' to the reboil of l!ee com- in4:;sion of Conse'rva'tion, British Co- lumbia, which p'o'ssesses Lee, greatest s'tantl al' saw .tlnubes•,,of au5`'Province in the Dominion, 'cat 850 billion beard feet cif timber through forort fires dur- ing the pass -century.. Thi:• is amereaa mately twice the amount cf•the pre- sent stand in 73. Cl British Columbia avcregyt about 2500 forst linea per yen wrf whttli Se% are due to human agencies. Com- pare this record with Sliaale1 ear der McKenzies report fax elle v,tole of Canada from Montreal to the Pacific Coast. and it; este to predict, that anyone following the route traversed by that intrepid explorer to clay i•:-otild I1trclfy lenee sight of burn.ed arena Wanted to Know. Daring the after-dinner eaeoehes at " the annual banquet of the educators, ,the Lcnstmaeter-rose and proposed the ioaat: "Longlive the teachers!':, Al caro a lean, half -fed young wo• auto in trio bar corner of -the roovi roso and in auxioue tones inquired, "Ou what?"