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The Seaforth News, 1926-06-24, Page 7Improving the Music Rliemory'Co`'rtest By a Teacher of Music In a School O'ne of the most oi'dosmreatl ,and' fecthve means, to make good music f miller to the'1argeat number of peep and to .breakdown popelar tndiffe cnce has been the music meinory co test.Due in' a large part to the i creased use of .roprodicing instr monis, and the radio, these cones have been most valuable in arouslr communities and individuals to a ne , interest in worthwhile music Some times, however,:tlie.intereett of the o test has been in tlie.:competition an. the price rather than Ito the music self. The writer has Seca classes w were perfect du their ability to ;mai cnnimositions on the appearance of t identifying theme, :and to spell' tl titles and composers' names even the crossing of 't'e" and the'dottin of "i's.," who had no interest whets ever'iis the, mimic OS a w)rk of art. Though lid one can think that mere memory drill will of. itself heighten dius•oriminating taste,- yet the nom memory contest can be so organize and conducted as to increase the tri appreciation of. m:et lc, Pitfalls to Avoid. 1. Do not °placeloo .many compos tions on the list; Very few classes wt have' fear ned 1 i a r r nusiciaal y Way mor than twenty:worthwhile selections 1 one year. Parrotlike identification e be further extended, but to no re musical purpose, ' 2. Do not introduce the music •f the purpose of the contest, but let th contest come, as far as possible, as result of it year's .classroom work i music appreelatien. • 3. Do_not slight the teaching of the ammical qualitiee in the haste to pr sent identifying themes.' This result in such humordus, errors, were the not pathetic, as'the confusing, c "March Slav"with "To a Wild Rose." 4. Do not spend valuable time- i learning - to spell names- that corn neither within the ability nos• the e perience o1: the student. Persisting 1 the wrong kited of memory contest lsa been laroevn to kilt the proper sort e love for music. Practical Suggestions, 1. The music memory contest, if 1 is to be musical and valuable, must b a test not only of memory, but also -o musical judgment and knowledge, 2. In cider to develop the chit musically,• there should, if possible, b a systematic course. in listening whtcl extends throughout the' Year. Unques tionabiy the test should be taken fro the classroom •course, and for that roes eon there should be a different Coates list for each grade. 3. It is impossible to give a thor oughly Musical. test to a very larg group, The children can be teted o many important things besides Us name of compositions and the cons posers,' Qualities of instruments, di Parent types of clauses, informaaio about ,pieces studied, .and style an snood in unfamiliar music—aid have i teres•ttng possdbilit'ies for tests. 4. The frantic preparation of whit score sehoole are guilty is harmful t the child both musically and physical ly; This may: be avoided by announc Ing the contest only a few days: befog it is to.occur. iiy following this plass the schools, that have done oonecien tions work throughout the entire year will inake the best showing. .5—The customary elimination con tests shay be dispensed with by chops ing as final contestants, those children who have done the best music thinking throughout the year. 6. The time: in the school program given to listening is's° limited that it seems uuwiee to- spend any.of it in learning to spell the names• of com- posers and eoinposdtfone, that are far too difficult for. the grade school child. It Is preferable to list the names of compositions and composers and have the children check them by some sim- ple system. 7. Emphasize the enjoyment which the student will'get from the music it- self through the additional familiarity offered by the, contest. A familiar piece of -Music is always: more- thor- oughly enjoyed in repeated' hearings, until- finally it becomes the child's very own .treasure. tit DIGESTION IS ON STRIKE _ ee Food 'Falls to Nourish -•: Relief e1 Can be'Had` Through Dr. le Williams' Pink Pills. r' I Is your digestion on strike? Po you it turn away from your food at meal n 1111105, although you know you need u the nourishment your food should give is You? IS what you eat followed by Ig pains,- flatulence or nausea? 'These • W symptoms show that your stonirch' is -' in no state to digest. food evenif you an". eat it. Do not re:y ori remedies that d merely give tennporaryrelief. 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I then a got three more boxes .and when I had' taken them I, felt like a new woman, and I was ngain able to do my house- work, and have not since had any re- s. turn of the trouble." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all medicine dealers, or will be sent by mall, at 50 cents a box by The Dr. Williams: Medicine- Co., Brockville, Ont. A. little booklet "What to Eat 11 and Flow to Eat;' will be sent Lee to e any address for the asking. s rringed Orchids. f There is a piece in the garden, be- tween the projectingsouth window of the studio and the two great lilac clumps which shade it, where I have planted as many epecimens of the rare lavender -pink fringed orchid a5 I have been able to find in my drives or walks about Onteora. 1t would be difficult to tell exactly- how and why ibis Hower e manages to oouvey such. a sense of its own Superior value, of delicate and m priceless 'worth; yet the fact remains that no .Hower. in the garden inspires so proud a sense of possession. When I found the first ones in a far-off 'welt e f- n n• h • a r: The Godetia. Wlry dont more flower lovers grow the godetia, or.satinalower? It isnot particular as -.to soil, requires little it any care, Creeds no irrigation if well grown before' the dry season sets in, and is so heatitiful wben inbloom. The flowers are much like the poppy in form and texture although not eo large, and each stalk bears. -many Instead, of one as does the poppy; the foliage is quite different, too; but lilts the poppy the flowers close an) at night. As the lower buds open first, and the.others in rapid sucdessiOn, the gelato., is tine for long-lived daytime bouquets for the home. The plants will grow about two. feet high, and branch free- ly, so snake a good background for lower flowers. There are three vale- ties—the white, rose and white, and the red, We let the wind scatter the seed :in the summer and fall, and lit he spring we dig the plant& up with a spade and set them where we want them.—G. R. S. Nero is sa•d to have .used $2Qq,000 worth of perf mo at an entel,'tainrent, The condo • a 's the,onl• bird M1 Y b Which si' puri'' keeps is in its nest for Pa e r. Y a The y young' cannot fly for twelve months after being hatched. A Cdnieback with : Chicitetts` rate is • oftentimes cruel in its .•a manifestations, yet frequently victims of its strokes are compen- sated in such a manner as to reveal that human kindness continues to remain a vital factor in the live of • men. This is the tale- of John Cor- bett, of ' Quiheli, Ontario. Quibeil is a community on, the Canadian Na- tional Railways, west of Hudson,• and is ane of the entrances into the Iced Lake Gold Fields. It was there that Mr. Corbett received a blow which aright well have discouraged any but a stout spirit, and it is at the same Quibell that he is strivtag froward towards a remarkable3Z:hhi'oI- bilitation. John Corbett, at one time section hand on the Canadian National Rail- ways, set out to perform a kindly. act one winter's day over a year ago, having undertaken to deliver some groceries to a feeble old woman Who- resided some distance from the village. While in the house, Mr. Corbett. felt faint but thought nothing of it as he had occasionally suffered dizzy spells, the result of injuries received while serving • overseas with the Canadian Expe- ditionaryForces. He set out on the return ourney, .but had gone only a short distance When he was over- come and loll unconscious on..Cious rn 'r the snow. When he later regained con- sciousness and managed to stagger to the house of a neighbor, both hands were completer frozen. It was necessary to .send the 'unfor- tunate man to Winnipeg for treat-- meat, but the effect of his expert erce was such that amputation_of both hands followed. Under such circumstances and with such a severe handicap, the fu- ture was not very bright for ` Mr. Corbett, but the clouds did lift and what followed brought the sunshine. back to his life. After consultation- with represen- tatives'fof the Department of Colo- r}fzation, Agriculture` and Natural Resources, Canadian National Rail- ways; ',the latter reconnnended that the most advant, reous occupation in Which fo pia a i>, Corbett would be poultry raising'. ' • An"up-to-date .poultry house was erected last November, while this spring additions were made in the forni of a modern brooder house complete, with stove and feed hop- pers. This building is large enough for three ` to four hundred young chicks. Mr. Corbett has found ,a ready market for eggs, and as the hens laid well all Winter he has been obtaining some revenue right from the start. Front this it will be seen that the project is now well established as a . going concern. meadow,'und brought them home and i A planted. diemhers, there van a sense' of surreptitiousness about the whole proceeding, like the hiding of jewels; AL MEDICINE THAT MOTHERS PRAISE !Baby's a awn Tablets Banish Babyhood and Childhood Ailments. and I am conscious of a certain fLrtive watchfulness In my teudcnsice which the plants themselves do not seem to expect or require,. They show an ap- parent carelessness as to what is-dono to or with then, that liae an effect of theextremeof good breeding, and cars thinly adds to, instead'of taking from, an idea -of their importance. Once in the course' of a day's jour - grey through the mountains, I discovers ed• a stalk In full flower en the road- side bank. My first impulse to secure the flower melted into a desire to ob- Main: tho root. When I planted it be- hind the lilacs in the dusk of the even- ing, I am sure that l helped it with tears, for the shelter root was cut clean across. But there it still steatite in the company of n dozen or more of its kind•—cotning up every spring in a closed disk of leaves: and showing an mitre lack of seasonable ambition of growth. In July it begins to 'show its tall flower stalks, and soon the de- licately fringed and pinkish -lavender flowers go feathering up and down the atem, lapping so closely one over the other that it becomes a solid spike of bloom, pervaded with an odor like that of violets. The characteristics it most strongly expresses are dignity and re. ticence. I find • that the reserve of which I ant conscious in the character of this flowerinfluences my manner Of showing it to my friends, --Candace Wheeler, in 'Content ln'a Garden." Loyalty of Higheet Order. True loyalty requires no conitidera- tton,accepts none, It springs from honest acknowledgment of obligation and le sustained by frank recognition of right. Itis the highest possible ex. pression of independent manhood in its relations -with mane community and nation. New Linings for 01d. When making over for little boys, trio clothes of their elders 1t is worth while to buy a couple of yards of very' thin new goods -and line the small gar- ments.. They will last as long again if this is done, whereas without such reinforcements . often they hardly re. pay the work put;hito them. N*W f]501g AYil�der f{urloy Isavldton Motoroyoto, her t W , nr won p urs d e Rope en d d r. 1 tap n ince. Late t pun opo Dunt poi . to open, nn ever 100 n,lloh 51, 5,1tp• of one. 5100 a4rp blanc $20 nen"iuunt Prlae� $OUS. Mrs, I -1: -Oakes, Sarnia, Ont„ "says:— "I leave used Baby's Own Tablets in my home for the past fifteen years and I believe the good health my children enjoy is due entirely to this medicine The Tablets are helpful - t teething time; relieve colds and are always beneficial in the minor aliments of lit- tle ones. I have recommended Baby's Own Tablets to other mothers whose experience ,with them has been as eatisfactory as my.pwn." Baby's Own Tablets do one thing only, but they do it well.., They act as a gentle laxative which thoroughly re- gulates the_bowels and sweetens'the stomach, thus banishing constipation and indigestion; colds and simple fevers and turn the cross, sickly baby into a well, happy, laughing child. Baby's Own Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or direct by mail at 25 oents. a box from The Dr. Williams'' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, Can You Blush to Order? Broadly speaking, there .are three distinct kinds of blush. One is the charmingly self-conscious blush- of the bashful youth of pretty maid. The second is that of the habit- ual blusher. And the third is the care- fully -timed blush of the experienced flirt. • ' Shyness is the general cause of blush- ing, and it is this type of blush which affects the boy or girl who Is growing It wears Off 1n time, but while the awkward age lasts, the'young people • are ready to blush on tho slightest pro- vocation. Blushing in itself is caused by sud- den emotion, which operates on the blood' system. The 'blood is instantly driven to the numerous tiny vessels that form a vast network directly un :der the skin of the face, dilating them •and imparting the characteristic red fiuslt, The habitual blusher is a person to be pitied. Having experienced the ,blushing st=age of youth, and at the same time being more titan usually self-conscious, the dread of blushing begins to master him. It hue the un- fortunate effect. of making him acutely, shy and timid. 310 grows Irlghtened of being no - deed when be is among others, and therefore blushes on elle. slightest pro- vocation. Unless he takes himself in hand and 'determines to master his failing, he will go through life a con- tinual misery to himself. The third kind of blush—the "blush to order"—is easily the rarest of all. Blushing,, normally, le disagreeable to tihe one who blushes, but neverthe- less it often makes n. person look re- markably attractive- The experienced flirt knowthis, and can blush to or- der. Summer Air. The wind blows through the; borough trees, The wind blows clown the, lane, .And soft and plaintive as it goes It ainga a ]ow retrain; " 0, lade who loved grow old and dte, But love shall yet remain. 0, many a man has reared a house That -since has eunk Inc shame; And many a mann gone proudly once Who now is lost to fame - 13u t ame -`But I mind many a lad and lass Who only garnered blame. Two shaine-facedlovers years ago Had scarce a word to say; ' The love they'. whispered in this lane Shalt whispat,bere for aye— And 01 What empty words of longs Since then I've blown away! lienneth Ashley an the. English Re - The Ht*mming--Bird. A flash of hturnilsse .lighttling, A mist of rainbow dyes, The bursished sainbesons brightening, From flower to Hower he flies. —John B. Tabb. No Easier. This job of getting out of bed early every morning, gets n0. eaglets though tt one has been practising it all one's' Walter Andrews, Ltd. lite. 046 • Venue St. . Toronto Minard's Liniment Rine of Pain. No. Left and Right Feet. Ancient .'Egyptian artists. have puz- zled the modern world, whether inten- tionally or not may never be known, The artists of today are unable to ex- plain why .it is that the chiseled por- traits on all the anofeat Egyptian 1sss numents show feet which are never rig:lits and lefts. Always the big toe of both feet are in the front And not one drawing sdiows the small toe in front. If the cutting.showe a person turning to the right then both feat are rights 1eAtand if the chiseled:' stone, abowe an Egyptian on the left .eide both feat are WE BUY FLEECE WOOL Har ris-Abattoir Co., Limited Strachan Ave,, Toronto Redbirds: - Redhirds, redbirds, Long and lops ago, . What a honey -call you had In hake I used to In ow; lted'bud, buckberry, will plum -ties And J)roud river, sweeping Souiltward.lo the sea,, Brown acne gold in the sun Sparkling far below, Tsailing stately round hes' bluffs Where CO poplars grow. Redbirds, redbirds, Are you singing still As YOU sang one May day On Sexton's Hill? . —Sara Teasdale, In "Flame and Prizes Offered for Essays on "Saving & Spending." Prizes aggregating 51,500,00 are be- ing offered by Mr, Alvan T. Simonds, of Fitchburg, Mass., for the best essays on "Saving & Spending" as factors of prosperity, 51,000.00 will go to the writer of the best essay—and 5250,00 each to the next two , best, The contest closes December 81, 1920, and is open to everybody—everywhere. This Is the fifth ,yearly competition on political economy subjects which Mr. Simonds has offered prizes for, in. ann e deavor to arouse a ou more general interest in the subject of economics as related to individual and general welfare. The competition is open to Cana. diens' and intending competitors: are invited to address for information, "The Contest Bditor," Simonds Saw & Steel Co:, 470 Main Street, Fitch- burg, Mass: No entrance fee or other expense is involved. The Place and the Girl. "Have you a court yard?" 1 "No, -I do my courting indoors:" 4r Use Minard's Liniment in the stables.' A Baggage Hint. When preparing one's baggage for a trip, if tare tags (one for going and one for coming home) are written, no snail amount of annoyance "may be done away with when the return trip is to be made. If the tags are to be tasked onto a trunk, the one with the return address should be placed be- neath the one with the going -away ad- dress and both tacked on together, When the traveler is ready for the re-' turn trip, the top one may be torn off, leaving the other in its proper place.• If the tags are to be inserted. In a leather holder the' same, method can be used. j - Easy Job. "Does your wife work, Bill?" 1 "Naw, she just takes care of the ' house soul our seven kids."• >w4 -,•,w } ilea twita4i ,and Rut .1434f.,.. Dish Washing. I wash the dishes and sing, I dip them into steaming cleansing water and dry them on a towel- Each 511155 -and cup and saucer, Each pitcher, plate and bowl; With their shining curves ADA. colors, Greens and .blues and yeliowe, Flowers andbirds and soft bands of gold Passing before my dreaming eyes. The homely yellow jug, the globular black teapot, The widewhite platters— How many happy meals have come from their bright surfaces! They pass before me three timea a day, year in,, year out, With undiminished h d e d os 1 iity and pto cheer. I would know them if set before me in a foreign land, Or on returning after long absence, Know them and thrill with all the dear memories Englszed In 'their polished shapes. Tenderly, reverently, I wash and wipe each dish And set it on its shelf. Dear homely dishes, good -night! —Lloyd Roberts. Sentence Sermons. 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After taking the Vegetable Compound and using Lydia PL Pinkham's Sanative Wash I anifeeling better than 1 have for the past Revel) years, and advise my friends to take it,."-- Mrs. F.JOHNSON, 49 Moore Street, St. Thomas, Ont, 0 ISfUE No, 26•—'266"