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THE MAN AT THE
WHEEL
• if the wind We at, and aaotlier a
the wind were abeam. After a
mem who knew his job, had become
acqueinted with the tricks of a shit),
he woalet, on approaching the wheel,
nete the exact directioa of the wind
and reckon where his marked spoke
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should be, Unlike the man who mere -
A eunard liner is noer steered across IY gave the ship so much helm, one
the Atlantic by means ot a gyro pilot way or tbe other, to bring her to her
apparatus -- christened "Old Metal course, he steered by judgment and
THE CARE OF BIRDS. aot exterminated, sap the life of the tante"--which•autoinetically keeps the experience.
Most girls enjoy owing birds, butbirds. If You suspect that your laid, shiP'head n the course desired. His skill was still more evident In
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not Otany utideretand how to choose is troubled with mitea, remove it fromThis Is the latest- wonder of the sea, heaclwinds, when the ship was tack -
them, how to win their a- and to those who are old sailors and Ing. She had to be kept as near to
• !gene and scald the perclaes. Air
confidence, the cage, scour the cage with kel ,
the put in manY hours' work •at the wheel the wind as Possible. The neechanical
woat tOOdo give thern or liow to ea
cage thoroughly, then ' sprinkle . mite
for them when they are sick, exterminator in it, and -take -sere to
When you buy a bird make sure fill all the crevices with the powder.
that you get one that is young and In the evening plane a piece of canton
in deep water ships the change Is steerman was inclined either to keep
startling and rouses memoeies of the the ship's head too tar away from tan
struggle. of long ago. What weuld •wind or too cittee, losing distance
the skiPpers of the famous clipper the one case and making leeway in
healthy. If it is a canary, unless you flannel, with the farry side in, over! ships, the Cutty Sark, Thermopylae, ; the other,
want one that has already learned to
he cage. Mites leave the biad at
sing, choose a loag, slender bird lese night and return to it at daylight; re- the who passed sleepless nights on i in following a micidle course, running
t•i James Beale:is-etc., bave thought oThe real sailor took a spacial Pride
f ft,1
than °tie year old, with smooth, thick move the cloth before daylight, and, the poop to make certain that the men ' as close as could be to the wind -with-
feathers that lie close to the body, and
rosy, transparent feet, For a singer you will find the insects clinging to l. at the wheel were taking advantage of out -a shiver Lot the, sails. By wetting
Use the cloth every night and scald, every puff of wind to oreate another hie cheek, or by tratChing the clang -
choose a male bird that is ten months ' record? ing ripples on the sea, he could some
or a year old, and that has a variety
Iter, sailing -ship men thought it a times sense an alteration of ten or
of low notes.
great revolution to hoist topsail yards fifteen degrees in the direction of the
Make the cage comfortable and by steam winches instead of by the, timid, and be ready for It. After a few
keep it clean. Place the perches so conabined, weight and chanty singing- weeks out of port the officers, without
that the bird has •room. Do not use of the crew. By that time steamers looking at the man, could tell who was
a painted cage, for your bird is likely were common; but no oae, in all my at the wheel by the way the sails were
to eat flakes of the paint. Clean the
cage and scald the perches frequently, experience at sea, ever suggested that drawing, so much opportunity was
mechanical ingenblity would elehnete. there for individuality in the art of
Since birds that have nothing else to
occupy their attention will sometimes
it every day, until you have g•ot rid
of the mites.
If your bird is in good health, its
feathers •will be smooth and thick and,
will lie close to its body; its eyes will
be bright, and it will move briskly.
If it is not well, it will sit in a corner
of the cage with its feathers puffed
out, and with dull eyes. Never.let 9.
sick bird lie on the flocee of the cage;
,
ly steer a vessel without human, Elia, steering.
it needs a soft nest.Place it in a
Britons the Best Helmsmen. The Wheel's "Kick."
out their
Steering was an art in "wind -jam- In heavy weather, steering was hard
suers." Some men were extremely work physically. More than once the
prqficiene, others hopelessly inept. In writer has been flung right over the
those days the hands on British ships wheel, owing to the "kick" given to it
were a mixture of. different nationalle by a heavy sea smashing on to the
ties, and -Britishers generally made rudder. If a man lifted his foot off,
the best helmsmen. the brake to move the wheel, it would
On joining a ship, the first clues- sometimes whip round at a tremend-
'alone a real sailarman asked an aP- ous pace. Consequently, tackles had
Drente° *ere "What's the grub like? to be attached to the steering -gear.
How does she steer?" The wheel, as During cyclones, or exceptionally
big as a man; was on the poop over strong gales, two men were constantly
at the wheel.
e When ships ' were hove to under
storm sails some captains would have
the wheel lashed and send the ellen be-
low. But that was seldom done, al-
though any attempt to steer with the
ship simply making leeway was of lit-
pullythings in the cage to divert crarn feathers, arrange
padded box and cover it ;with a warm,
a few pla
the bird's attention from itself .Pi light el0th*
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Adjustmenta given for daseasee of
all kinds, epeitaallee In decaing with
eaildren. Laxly atteadant, Night. calls
re:mote-tad to.
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Phone 150,
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on a ring or a clothespin will Few caged parrots are kept by their
ve. Parrots are easily amused by' owners in the healthy, cleanly condi-
email wooden ladder with a bell ticn Oat results in bright plumage
ached to the top range they like and vivacious monologue. The failure
elimb up and ring the bell. , is frequently owing to ignorance ra-
en you have settled your bird ther than to carelessness on the part
a sanitary, comfortable cage teach °f the pet lover.
not to fear you. The best time to For example, dealers have beeP
in its confidence is in the morning, kri°wn to tell the purchasers of par -
en you clean the cage and feed the rots e:nd cockatoos that birds of Chase
d, ma& and whistle toItT and epecies do not require water ether to the rudder, and there was always one
tom it to seejag your hands and thank or for a bath, yet one of the spoke brasetipped, which, in a certain
e close to the cage; but move gent,. most necessary requirements of Pol- position, indicated that the rudder
If you rnove suddenly or joggle 137's existence is cool fresh water in was araidships•—straight fore and aft.
cage, you will frighten the bird,. genelous supply. There should be a ' But that did not mean'that, wi:.h the
Then accustom it to eing handled. separate cup for
it in. the cage. and spoke „so placecl, the ship would go
b
tch it every merning by removing the contents should be renewed at straight. Each ship according to its
side the cage, and following the It is true that parrots seldom ere
d with the other hand from the wining to take plunge baths, but same
tside. Whea you have caught it kind of bathing is necessary to their
it rest comfortably and give it a health, and many birds enjoy ',he
uce leaf or a slice of apple. After gentle shower from an atomizer. Ape
u have done that a few times, try parently it recalls the heavy night
ding a Piece of lettuce just outside dews that in their't•ropical birthplace
e open door of the cage; the bird hrovide the usual means foe their
11 soon hop to Your hand. lablutians.
Next teach it to fly round the house; Regular diet is most important. The
at will give it healthful exercise breakfast should be crackers well
d, a sense of freedom. Open the softened in millt. A half teaspoonful
or of the cage every morning; the of condensed milk in half a cup of
rd will readily return to it when it water makes about the right mixture.
tired. Condensed milk is less likely to sear
Cleanliness and proper diet are es -
o,+4,1 to the health of all caged birds.
in the digestive process and is there-
fore preferable for birds of the par-
ake your bird bathe every day. It rot family, the digestion of which, is
ill do It mord readily if it is allowed Flow- „
st to fly round the room. If it still For the seed cup mix one part of
ems opposed to taking a dip, place hemp with three 'parts of stinflowee
fresh lettuce leaf in the bottom of seed, and fill the cup anew every •day.
pu
e upper perch, tting one hand least twice a daY"
build and rig, its draught, and the dis- tle use. "Wearing" a ship was always
attended with discomfort and possible
danger.
Let us say the wind was north, and
the ship, heading E.N.E., had to be
tribution of cazgcein flee. hplds, seemed
to have her owa whims and fancies
about steeriag, and, with wind and
sea acting and counteracting on the
forward movement, there was plenty brought round ,to The helm
of ,scope for line judgment on the part had to be put over, and her head
of the'ins,n at the wheel.
Hence, on every wheel on every sail
ing-ship of a respectable age, were the
private maeas of innumerable sailors
—notches, crosses, diamonds, squares, of us spent In steering ships and make
hag sailors of ourselves! And now'
science steers a liner across the At-
lantic without the exercise i)t one
human muscle.
brought round to the south. She fell
off before the wind and got Into the
trough of the sea.
Ah, theweary, dreary hours some
Avoid giving much hemp or rawmeat,
for both of them are heating foods
and are likely to lead the bird to pull
u have one that refuses to take a out its feathere, which is a habit of
th, spray it occasionally wine an parrots.
omizer. A bit of fruit each morning should
Do not feed your bird on seed that be included in the dietary. Theegreat-
as a sharp taste or that is gritty. er the variety the better. An occa-
ape seed, which tastes sweet, is the sional raw carrot will be appreciated,
est, with an- occasioaal lettuce leaf too.
r a slice of apple and plenty of fresh, During the afternoon the bird
id water. See too that a cuttle-fish
one is fastened to the cage; the Wed
11 sharpen its bill on it and prob-
e tub; it will jump in to investigate
d probably will bathe willingly,
arrots, however, detest bathing. If
mad so on--surreptitmusly hacked out
of the wood with sheath -knives. When
a man went to the wheel by day he
would look for his' own mark, and by
night would not be comfortable until
he had fingered it.
, Changing With the Winds. ,
His particular spoke Was his ba.sigi
for steeting. Ot course, the correct
position, of the sppke varied with cir-
cumstances. It would be in one place
Wolf, hunting in Russia before the
War was often done with Wolves
which were kept in captivity and re-
.
leased only to be chased 'down by
mounted huntsmen and swift hounds.
The World's Most Famous Family
The man who signs his narae
"Smith" has every right to beprop.d of
his signature; for it is that, beyond a
doubt, of the world's most distinguish-
ed family. Alraapt every civilized land
should have a dry cracker and a fewihaa its army of fellow -Smiths, in varie
nuts of any sort at hand.
red pepper is an' excellent tonic.
A sweet ous guises, from the Russian "SkraRh-
'ef owskia to the Mexican "Smitli," and in
the parrot will eat it, a morsel of raw them all the name is rightly held in
honor,
In the British Isles, as in Canana,
the ,Smiths stand alone at the hecul of
the clan -lists. Even Jones, Brown and
Robinson must pay their homage to
them.
In England, of every 72 persons you
meet 'one writes the name "Smith";
bly nibble at it, and the salt taste
11 stimulate the appetite. Scatter onion now and then is an excellent
ird gravel in the cage and renew it specific against colds and other dis-
ree times a week. A bird's gizzard orders.
rinds the food that the bird eats, and Tropical birds especially must be
e gizzard cannot do its work without carefully' protected against draughts
avel. The proper food for canaries and sudden changes in the temper-
s a mixture of seeds—four parts of ature. Never leave the cage of a par -
icily seed, three of German rape, two rot out of doors at night even in mid -
f India millet and 'one of Turldsh summer. Parrots are extremely sus- in Scotland, the Proportion, strange to
naw. Watercress, plantain, chick- ceptible to bronchial pneumonia. The say, 15 still greater -1 to every 10;
weed, a fresh, fig or the yolk of a cage should hang in a room of even while even in Ireland the name take's
fif
ard-boiled egg with cayenne pepper temperature, but anything above th place on the list,
We
pritkled on it are relished by canar-iseventy degrees is too warm. ll might the Late It. Hon. W. 11.
s
es and. given from time to tizne, will i A cuttle-ffsh bone hung in the cage Smith ay: "I am proud of my name,
ake sufficient variety in their diet.' is helpful at melting time,as well as for 1 um a member of the greatest
ever feed hemp seed to canaries;it, ineful in sharpening the bill. family the world has ever known, not
fattens them, causes them to molt out1 Few lovers of pets are awareethat merely in point of numbers, but in its
f season and impairs their singing besides learning to talk a parrot can services to humanity."
wers. Parrots and macaws need a be taught a. number of tricks: to Certainly no other family has pro -
stronger and more varied diet than shake hands, ring a bell, climb a lad- daaad BO nlanY men arid women of dis-
anaries require. Crackers and bread der, kiss its master or mistress, and tinction. British history for many a
dry or soaked in eondenaad milk 'So forth.
and water in the proportion of one -1 In teaching a bird remember how
half teaspoonful of milk to half a cup -1 extremely nervous the creatare is
ful of water—are good for them, and with which you have to deal. Unvary-
so are apples, lettuce, celery tops and ing kindness and patienee are neces-
an occasional Jump of sugar. A sweet sary, You will find the parrot rimeh
ted pepper or an onion ie an excellent more receptive after breakfast than
tonic for a parrot. -before it. Accustom it first of all to
Do not hatig•the bird cage out of being released from the cage; then to
doors in -warm weather; tudden perch upon your finger or hand.
changes in the temperature may bring Never squeeze a parrot le handling it.
Upon house birds eolds, bronchitis or. After each lesson reward it 'with a
pnetimonia. At night cover the cage Piece of some 'fruit and talk to it in
with a light cloth; sleeping birde are a loW but cheerful voice.
peculiarly susceptible to the cold. To teach it to climb to your shoul-
Birds sometimes suffer trom sprains der pin to your coat �r dress some-
• rhettnatism. To cure them bathe thing that the Oarrot likes to at
and gently rub the affected parts with
—
warm water with which a few drops
of arnica have bean mixed.
If your bird has inflammation of
the feet arid legs, the probability is
that the peretes are too small or that
the bird's claws are too long. If the
fault is with the perchea, but new
'
ones- if it is With the nails, earl them.
Holdthe bird in on hand, and with a
pair of shatp scissors clip outside,
and away from, the small red vein
that you will see in each claw if you
hold the elaw against, the light. Trim
each nail smooth, If you clip the nail
toe eloSe, dip the foot in Werra Salt
wstet whichwlil cheek the pain and
the bleeding.
Another menace to tito health of
&
caged birIs the pres.oner of small
red"littpcts, otitt-t, wbieh, if they are
6
century bristles with the name 11
Heavy,
talent always liked fat gale, sxirl
be bae finally succeeded in gettfrtg nia
for a Wife."
"Yes, lov
linci a weigh."
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By DOROTHY ETHEL WALSH.
The Sun
The sun room was the fourth
room in the group we have de-
scribed In the two artiwee preseaing
this one. We have demonstrated howi
a number of rooms may be tled to-
gether by introducing some color
common to alt. The brlde should re -
Member that this will bring about
the best results in decorattng :her
home. Never sbould she select
the furnishing for each without
taking the others into considera-
tion. -
To -day's illustration, shows the
sun room, which was situated on -
. the ?rest side of the living room:
Beenuse warm colors were used in
the Mang room some warm colors
Room,
had to be introduced into ,this .small
one which opened Off It. lqut :be-
cause its -aicposu're was wetitand. It
was restricted In sizc;- awes thought
best to have the deporations neutral
In tone. The dining ,room offered
the cool color, but' green could .not
be repeated too often throughout
the group Therefore the furniture
was made gray, sand colored cur-
tainswith. green hands were hung
at the' windows and •green cushions
were placed on the chairs,' All four
rooms described ,are In relation to -
each Other. We will give -,a detailed
description of their decorationsle .
our next week's .artielesand ex-
plain" to ,the bride to he how fur-
niahIngs can be made to balance.
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River of a Thousmul Secrets
The news that Sir Edward Eiger,
the famous Britieh composer, has sail-
ed for the Ainazon, calls 'attention to
this reinarkable wonder river of South
America. Two important scientific
expeditions hays also been dispatched
to investigate the numerous mysteriee
of tae Amazon, and, judging from re-
cent discover -See; Sir Edward should
find the insOlicaion for more than one
gymphoiay.. '
The Amazon is 4,700 miles! long.
Many et its -tributaries have never
been explored, while. there are huge
tracts of priiiievia•I forests on its
banks into Which no white man aas
ever penetrated.
As the explorer and scientist pushes
his way up these tributaries and ven-
tures into the dense forests, he is al-
ways stumbling acro,sa new Wonders.:
Recently' they discovered a hew tree
whibh has,been givea-the name 0! the
"Terpeatine Tree," because when tap-
ped it Yields pure turpentine. 1.n a
like .manner .a new 'variety of the
abalata" tree has' been found, from the
latex of -which manufacturers are now
making gated to'. *boots aiid strong
coireringe for electric cables.
•• FloatingfIslands.
Distinctly- weird and uncenny are
the •floating islands. In the upper
reaches of .the river portions of land,
perhaps. an acre or two in extent, be-
come detached and float awaY on the'
turient.
Then , you notice. another unique
phenomenon: the yellow teeter • is
streaked -with patehes of green, caused
by. the .gtreentsh waters. 'of.,the Tapajoe
'einptying themselves into the main
streatie. A peculiarity of the great
river ,,is the earidus- colors , 'of ' its
waters. First yam sail in jet-black
Water, then emerge into an almost
white, then green, aaa finally a deep
Wave hue. • •
NO river in the world contains such
•curious Bah as ,the Amazon. There is
the mail -eating pirantha. Although no
larger than a herring it does not hest- '
tate..,,to attackanyone venturing into
the water. Iii Ma.naos you ean lind na-
tives minus fingers and toes which
have been nipped off by these feroca
bus creatures.'
In the, prizneVaa "fm7q..Sts you enco.utet-
er tree of every shape, size, and des-
cription. , There ...aee rapper, tree,
greenhearts„ -Cedars, and hu•ndreds o£:
others known Only to the .bushmen.
Swinging down, from tae branches,
shooting upwards train% the earth,
crawling °yea the gstiancl, are
vines, and.Creeperi, Smite, delicate ae
dilken threads, aXid'. others' tee thick as
1131*-ineh' hatyseri.
Shouldyou venture into the forest,
you meet eurpris.es at...every, turn. In-.
nocent blades of grass Which cut like
a keeu razor; beautiful orchids so
lovely that you, are tenipted, to pick
one, and thensUddenly, from hidden.,
reeesses, a hordic,of ants swarm forth `
and bite vielouslY at the offending
Sometimes you encounter a huge
•efto bita,„ lopping' up • ilwerining: ant'
*
antbearr, engressed, in tearing a dead
tre
with his yard -long tongue. Fierae •
jagtiarS, oceleti; itionlieys;* and' a:hest
ot. other, creatures abound in this won, -
aerial world.
has been borne by great soldiers and
sailors, scholars and statesmen,
writers, and se on through ' all the
varied fields' of man's 'activities ever
since (and no doubt long before) Sir
Thomas Smith, statesmen and Greek
scholar, flourished in Tudor days.
Open any dictionary of biography
tend you will see Smiths, by the hun-
dred—from Sir John, a famous six-
teenth century soldier, to Donald
Smith, ,Empjre-founder, who died Lord
Strathcona and Mount Royal; ansi on
the way you will encounter such'well-
known names as Adam Smiala Sydney
Sarah, and the Rt. Hen. W. a SMita.
And there are many Smiths living
to -day to carry on this great Runny
tradition; a glancer at the pages of
"Wh.o's Who"' will reveal their names,
-with their achievements, by the hun-
dreds. There is, tOb, no social -circle
that cannot point with pride to iLt
Smilithrsee
TSmiths, including an ex -Lord
Chancellor, appear on Esritain's,roll ,of
peers, which also includes a Smith -
Barry. There are eight Smith bar-
onets, not countieg a Smyth and a
Smythe, and forty are knights of verl..
ous orders,
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300'1 Pi...3elt-C.,5
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Stetit -r6 Lom
Sir Edward's deStination is Manaos,
the "Parts of the Amazon." This elty
lies a thausand miles up the river, yet
the steeera here is two, miles., witle,
You enter the river at Para- and then
fox' a hundred miles pass through the
Narrows, water lanes crowded with
large and small islands clothed with
tropical vegetation, When ,daritness
falls the silencens betaken only by the
harsh cries of howling Monkeyee but
what impresses. you 'most, perhaps, is
the soundless electrical storms illum-
inating the dark jangles and 'streaks
of eilver river.
When arou emerge into the main
channel you are In a river as wide as
the English Channel at Dover. -It la
so croweled with' large and small la
lands, however, that you fail to recog-
faze the hnmense Width of tile etream,
ThWe Bornditigehrsof
mustiuteBritish
.h,thetreasure.
Museurn.
house of, the ages, 'celebrated its one
hundred and sixty-lifth birthday a few
weeks ago.
Ask any Londoner to direct you to
and In seven cages out of ten the
correct route to,follow will be immedi-
ately forthcoming; but how few of
those wao can supply the information
have ever themSelvee passedathe greet
stone monolithca ' brought from Say.
famed Easter Wean, Which stand at
the entrance?
There mat, -people, however, who
Bpend their lives within its walls.
They -are engaged on never-ending
quests among the nallione of booke lia
the 1.,ibiara. That silent Library With
its rows ,ot polished desks and forty.
waver' miles of tome -filled shelvee IS,
at firgt 'eight, a depressing place, -Yet
wonderful romances that have thrilled
the world have been hatched there,
Itundrods of time(' tvho annually
pore painstakingly over its volumes
are engaged in obtaining - the local
color for their stories, Which may
range from "fourpenny shockers" to
full-length acreelS.
In the museum, too, may be foiled
professioaal "searchers" who delve
among aoeninents and books fee clues
to family treasures—mythical tree -
sures ter the Meet part. One man,
now decrepit and grey-haired, hae
been diligently eearcIlliig for
years for ealdeneei le proito his right
to letids posseesed by another.
1 'alien there are others who do a re -
gala'. trade in supplying genealogical
trees to Americans anxious to beset
ocat.ofarms. So long es the atiort,
(eine
are wealthy they need never
covet this In vain; Indeed, for a
baudsome ewe, genie eXescvators Of
ancestors are perfectly willing to
prove ,descent from royalty, .
Mani ',ranters have. met, 'Cupid, ansi.
thelit fate in. the 13rItish aleina. A
chance word, ' a direCtifig anger, a,
stray glance—Bald friendship has be-
gun! Love atiCinarriage have follow-
,
ed.
The WOrld's Biggest Parks,
Hyde Park, London, isconsidered
large by Most people, although it
shrinks to arrant proportions when .
comaared with,Richmond Parka' Buts
Itelti :Oa this 'side of the Atlantic that.
elle finds' 801166111g really big, in the
Way of .parks. Jasper Park, for he
'stance, between' Yellowstone Pass and'
'the Saskatchewan. River, contains
5,000 square milee, whilst yellowetone
Park, in Wyoming, tans to '3,575
square miles. '
The large size' of ,thrsee parks catt ,
be realized *hen it is, Stated that the
Itgligh Lake Dietrict, which some day
atayebecterne the National Park of Eng-
land, does tot exceed 600 repiare miles.
It' woald be afillouit, to determine
where the most beautitul- National
Park Is eltuated. The ttasealite Park
in California excels all others in the
height of Its trees, the depth of its
waterfalls, "and its ,2,0 0 Oft..higli cliffs;
while, the Yellowstone ineludes.,a lake'
7;18aftsaboYe see -level end four times'
its big as Windermere.
,
New Zealand's Southern Park la-
tracto tlioueaude ei togrists; for it is
altaitted amid settee of woaderful oa-
teral beauty. . Yet it may be dOtibtocl
Pavk in the eceee-y.
Motaitains, dominated by snow-cappal
aettite and fast -running riverS, doee
u.:1g
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ly stealing.
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