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About the House
WHEN YOU ASIC A FAVOR.
If you want to borrow something
from a neighbor, or wish to ask a
favor of some sort, state the purpose
of your errand immediately upon en-
tering the house. Avoid putting it off
and putting it off until you are on the
point of leaving. To do so will only
spoil your visit. All the time the
thought uppermost in your mind will
be: "Now, I must ask her about that
matter right away." The longer you
put off broaching the purpose of your
call, the longer your call assumes the
nature of a friendly little visit and
the harder it becomes for you to state
your errand. And your neighbor, for
her part, is very likely to have the
keen edge of the pleasure she felt be-
cause you came to see her, dulled by
the knowledge that you came only to
borrow something or ask a favor of
some member of the family. Had your
request been stated at first, and you
remained to visit, mutual pleasure
would have resulted.
The same is true if you use the tele-
phone or write a letter. If you are
calling a friend for some particular
reason, state that reason as soon as
possible after she answers you! Then
have a pleasant conversation. Or if
you are writing a letter which is not
Induced by friendliness, state "the
reason why" in your first paragraph.
It is, perhaps, a queer little kink of
human nature that we do not in the
least object to being asked to do a
favor if the favor Is frankly asked of
us, but that we feel resentment if an
endeavor Is made to veil the request
so that it is not at first realized as
such.
The call or the letter which until its
close has had all the earmarks of being
__purely friendly and social, seems, of a
sudden, hollow, insincere, false, when
a Selfish purpose is at length revealed.
A person who continually puts of her
.-,_errand- until she rises to leave—or
until some one becomes impatient for
the use of the wire .or until she is
nearing the end of her sheet of writ-
ing paper—soon becomes known for
her habit. If she makes a call her
neighbor begins to think at once:
"Now, what did Mrs. A. come over
for, anyway?" She will hardly be
credited with having come just to
make a call. If she uses the telephone,
the person whom she calls will be con
tineally saying to herself: "Now, what
will she say next? She must have
called up for some purpose: what can
it be?"
We all require information at times,
desire favors done, may need to bor-
row occasionally. We like to do things
for others; we expect them to be
pleased to do things for us. Then why,
why try to conceal the purpose of
your mission? Out with it! Right
from the start! Then both you and
"the other party" can enjoy to the full
your call, your telephone conversation
or your letter.
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can he seated comfortably beside it—
and wide enough to go through the
door readily. The sides are six inches
high. In it three inches of sand is
kept. We keep the box in a corner
of a room that has a comfortable tem-
perature. Underneath we have a can-
vas to catch spilled sand.
We have purchased some small ani-
mals and figures, and little houses and
fences can be made. Twigs can be
secured for trees. With these aids one
can visibly depict in the sand some
story that is being told. If it is a
Bible story—say Moses in the bulrush-
es—the whole scene can be laid out.
Blue paper or cardboard canbeused
to represent water. The story of Sir
Isaac Brock on Queenston Heights can
be shown.
If you are seeking for a device to
occupy your children in the winter
I day, to appeal to their imagination, to
aid their creative instinct, to add in-
terest to the story -telling hour, let me
commend very heartily the indoor sand
box.—H. P.
AN INDOOR SAND BOX.
When winter comes it means that
the children cannot go outdoors for
days at a time. Fortunately for us
we have a hand box in the house. We
have known our little boy to spend
almost an entire day playing in the
sand. Our sand box is really a sand
table. It is five feet long, two feet
high—just high enough that a child
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nfler every meal
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wlUE No, 44--'24.
A UNIQUE BUT SIMPLE STYLE.
4615. 'Ims portrays a one-piece
straight line model, with a sleeveless
overblouse in tunic style. It is a good
model for combining two different ma-
terials. Velvet and figured crepe, or
lace would be a good contrast. Or
satin with brocaded silk or chiffon.
The Pattern is cut in 5 Sizes: 84,
86, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure.
A 38 -inch size requires 3 yards of one
material 40 inches wide. To make as
illustrated requires 2% yards for the
tunic and 3% yards for the dress and
facings on the tunic. The width of the
dress at the foot is 1e¢ yards.
Pattern mailed to any address on
receipt.of 20c in silver, by the Wilson
Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St.,
Toronto.
Send 15e in silver for our up-to-
date Fall and Winter 1924-1925 Book
of Fashions.
LEMON FOR RUST STAINS.
The following method of removing
iron rust has been in use in my family
for years. I have never known it to.
fail of immediate results with rust
Stains. Often it will remove old stains
from fruit and other sources.
Have a flatiron just warm enough
to steam if a damp cloth is placed upon
it. Lay the stain, with cloth dry, over
the iron and rub with a piece of fresh-
ly cut lemon. Then note the instant
disappearance of the stain. Wash im-
mediately in clear water.—B. B. W.
COCOA CAKE.
Beat two eggs and one and a quarter
cups of sugar together until light and
creamy. Add threo fourths cup of
butter, half cup of sour milk or but-
termilk with one teaspoonful of soda
dissolved in half crap of hot water,
along with three heaping tablespoan-
fuls of cocoa. Stir in two cup's of flour
which has been sifted, with one tea-
spoonful of baking powder, and frost
with a white icing.—Mrs. J. B. S.
Library of BritishMuseuni.
The library of the ilritie'h Museum
contains 27,004 columeee in Chinese,
i2,400 in Hebre•W and 18,000 lit other
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THE STORY OF `"ABLOOD FEUD
BY ANNIE S. SWAN,
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CHAPTER I. in her voice. "Then. I should have 'rl;? HOME OF TIiIR FIEART�. re-
joiced� to -day, if only he had been in
time
Judith Rankine, sitting at an east She crept away with that, for the
ern window in the old house of Stair, vision splendid called forth by the
was waiting for the dawn. dawn, and all its Wealth of promise,
She had kept a long vigil which had, faded, as all visions do, and the grey
ended at that mysterious moment reality crept up about her heart, For
when night flies, vanquished, before Alan, the heir, was coming home to a
the heralds of the day. They were sorry state of things—to grinding pov-
flaunting their supremacy now, on the erty, ' topressing obligations, to an
gold of the far horizon, their pathway, uncertain future.
deepening blood -red on the sea. .. I Yet when she crept, presently to her
Judith was tired, with that mortalbed in a distant wing of the old house
weakness which comes to a woman- she fell instantly on sleep, that heavy,
creature on whom a whole household ;dreamlesssleep which follows on long
has rested, and who, slackening a physical and mental toll, and is na-
moment, knows that the burden has !tire's best restorer.
come perilously near the limit
endurance. - 'standing
of her, She was awakened by Ann Christy
at her bedside==a tall, angu-
He who companions and shadows lar old.woinan, bedsid`mob-cap stiffly
the Lord of Life had stepped in, and, starched, a. parchment -like face, and
from the chamber she,had just>rever- eyes black as the sloes.
ently closed, the soul of the Laird iii "Waken up, Miss Judy! Meister
Stair had winged its way beyond theAlan has come hams!"
glory of the dawn, to find its -inner- '0h,
Christy!" cried Judy, in a
most heart. choking whisper,and incontinently
• An old man, and full of years, be- burst into tears, for she had had to
loved by those of his own household stand by and watch the deepening
and by neighbors and friends, Claud hunger in the old man's dying eyes
Rankine of Stair needed no man's pity 'as his ears were strained for the step
now. Many mistakes he had made in and • voice of his first-born son, the
his life, the mistakes to which a gen- hope of Stair. "It was cruel of God!
erous and slightly undisciplined nature He might have let Alan home in timed"
is prone but he had never willingly i , "There was a fog in the Channel,
hurt or Bumbled a human being, even :my dear," said the old woman, with
the lowliest. When he gave alms, it the direct simplicity of age, which .sel-
was a lesson to all alms -givers what- dont embroiders facts. "It was better
soever. No bread ofcharity, dispens- for.. him to be a day late than to be
ed by the Laird of Stair, could ever be drooned through the haste of a -foolish
bitter to the taste! !captain."
His daughter had no tears for him; "Where is he?—and what o'clock is
as she sat there, resting her elbows it?—and has he been travelling all
on the broad window -sill, her eyes full -night?" , --
of a vague wonder which wiped out. "He's at his breakfast, and it is now
three parts of her years, and made her half -past nine, and he has been travel -
look like a little child. ing a' nicht. Onything else, while ye
The beauty of the Rankine women are at it?"
had not descended to Judith; even "Bring me some hot water, Christy,
those who loved her 'admitted that -she there's :a dear !2! cried Judith, now fully
was plain. Slightly under the medium awake, as she leaped from her bed;
height, of squat, somewhat ungainly ,"and tell Alan I'll be down immedi-
figure, with a sallow face, rather large ately."
featured, and a wide, kind mouth, no, "He was not for wakenin'_ye, but he
lover of meretricious charm could be has a forlorn look, my dear, and I
attracted by that outward masque; thought ye wouldna mind."
but, from the brilliant yet often~mel-i "Understanding old woman!" mur-
ancholy eyes, there looked forth the mured Judy.
soul of all the motherhood in the Never was toilet more quickly made.
world. Judith Rankine might never Lin little more than tenminutes' time
have a child of her own at her breast, looking' trig and neat in her skirt of
but she would mother all children to 'black serge and white blouse, with the
the last day of her life, because she black tie and gold safety -pin, Judy ran
was one of the mothers whom God down the shabby. stairs, and into the
sends now and again into -the world; little morning -room where, since the
ready for their divine mission, and family had been so.sadly reduced in
who, being taught by heaven,. are able! numbers, the meals had been mostly
to teach the ungrateful and the un served.
gracious the elements of their busi- I A very tall figure sprang up from
ness. the table at the opening of the door,
Left motherless at the early age of and a mist swam before its kind blue
eleven, Julith Rankine had practically eyes.
mothered the whole family of Stair,' "Hullos, Judy, old girl! There,
from her father downward. She had there, buck ,up,: buck up! Don't cry,
been comrade and loyal friend to Alan, Judy. You. must not cry—do you hear?
the son and heir, then trying to earn You must go on being the buttress
a little money in the East to help to and the stand-by of Stair! Never did
fill the empty coffers of his. father's it need you more!"
house. She had mothered Annette, the But Judy, unabashed, cried on,
beauty of the family, who had made a clinging hard to the big, kind arm.
brilliant marriage, and would one day But presently she drew back to an ad -
be entitled to wear a coronet. And 'miring distance, to look keenly into
Claud, "the little one,"as he had al- the lean, brown, handsome face, to
ways been called, the gentle, bookish measure every inch of that noble, welh
lad whose sole interest in life wascarried height, to take stock, as it
scholarship, to each she had given the, -were, of her "pick of the market"
necessary care. bunch:
er'set ow, w en ncshe closee her
fatly. i"It hasn't done you any harmr.Alan
eyes, —three years! It has seemed like all
of love and benediction which would eternity! Oh, wasn't it hard you
make her brave for a troubled future, 'couldn't be in time?"
she was absolutely alone in the house. "Very hard But I've seen h'
With the assistance of ` old Ann Judy, and he knows, where he is; that
Christy, who had been nurse for two I did my best."
generations at Stair, she had done all Judy bowed her head, for, though
that was needed in :-the chamber of the words did not rebuke, they stilled
death; no alien hands had ministered her instantly. •
to the Master of Stair, nor touched I. "He looks as if he has got the
him after death. And that was as she thing she had set his heart on, Judy,
wished. •• ; and I. believe he has. Our concern now
Judith was not thinking of the prob- is for you and Stair. You are tired,
leets she must immediately face, but'my dear, but you've—you've done it
was trying to picture the meeting. well. There isn't anybody in.the world
which, she did not doubt, had taken' that could have done it like you!"
place somewhere beyond and within ' "Done what?"
the bars of gold. No tears were in "Bolstered and mothered us all, my
her eyes; nay—she was glad. For dear. Come and sit down, and let us
nearly two years her father had suf-' eat and talk. Do you knw that I'm
fered from an incurable malady, and so ridiculously glad to get home, Judy,
the end was peace. I that I can't even be sad? Eternity,
But her loneliness was 'supreme. I you said, I think, a. minute ago? It's
About half a mile distant, in a low- the right name for its"
lying house shecould just see nestling I "But you don't regret going, Alan?
among the sparse trees at the base I And it has been worth while?"
of Barassie Hill, dwelt kindred of her Alan 'Rankine seemed to ponder a
own, the nearest she had; but she had 'moment.
"I don'teally know whether it has.
T did my.best, Judy, but I question
Whether I have the necessary instinct
for success in business. It takes a
If only Alan hadbeen In time!" man like •Peter, don't you know? One
she whispered suddenly, with who can 'look at both sides of the
passion bawbee or the rupee, the same prin-
ciple holds good. The commercial in-
red/let of the Garvocks is extraordi-
nary!
xtraordi-nary! .Why, even Frank, at seventeen,
could give me points!"
Judy seemed to grow anxious at
these wards.
When the affairs of Stair were at
The lowest ebb and there seensdd no
opening of any kind for Alan Rankine,
his cousin, Peter, had ofl'ered him a
post in the Bombay House of Messrs.
Garvock, Garvock & Hume. The Ran-
kines, nsoro than any other family in
the county, perhaps, had held them-
selves aloof from the more commercial
spirit of the age, and had tried to up-
hold and cherish all the traditions of
Stair long after'the substantial' means
for the purpose had sunk almost to
the vanishing pointe
It is .not necessary here to go into
all the causes which are contributory
to the decline of a great house. There
had doubtless been incompetency, want
of foresight, deliberate, scattering ori
the part, of some of the Rankines. The
;Earthily eharaetoristics, certainly, had
mover, beers of the careful, prudent, or
hoarding order,` Then, there were all
the economic reasons—the decline of
agricultural values, the Increased bur-
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no desire to break in upon their sleep
with the fatal news. The morning,
she knew, would bring some inquiry,
probably her cousin, Peter Garvoek in
person. She would wait till then. '
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How contagions spread
INthe world of school and play all• children are equal.
Youngsters from homes less clean than yours come
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To guard against contagion, make sure that your
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dens upon the land, foreign competi-
tion—all of which have to be com-
bated by qualities which the Rankines
certainly lacked. In some respects
they had been like the lilies of the
field, in that they toiled not nor spun,
yet their place in the county was a
unique one. They were beloved by all,
and sympathy had never been with-
held from them even in the hours
when they deserved it least.
(To be continued.)
The Curse of Scotland.
Why is the nine of diamonds -called`
the "Curse of Scotland?"
Probably the most satisfactory ex-
pllanation Is that connected with the
massacre of Glencoe. The order for
the slaughter was signed by John
Dalrymyle, Earl of Stair, the man wlIo'
was instrumental in bringing about
the union between England and Soot
lad.
The coat of arms- of the Dalrymples
bore nine lozenges or diamonds on the
shield, and it was because of this, ac-
cording to many students of heraldry,
that the expression arose. It is cer-
tain that the phrase goes back to 1745,
because on October 21 of that year a
caricature appeared showing the
young Chevalier attempting to lead a
herd of bulls across the river Tweed,
with the nine of diamonds Iying be-
fore them.
Another ingenious explanation is
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diamonds. To replace these a heavy
tax, referred to as "the curse of the •
,.
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