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DIGGING IN
BY I)A'VID CRURCIxLL..
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roots --AF
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Yes-••-egfplant and peppers wind
cauliflowers andcabbage and teethe
toes of course "
living; '• the sun-wss mel earth; the' was not according to Royle to heat rt plants that I transplanted from a
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sin 11 of`amidlions of buds, moist, to save use that much limps, though it ;The neer and. on scone nrnnto'.
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+ wind heat/ with the odors of anywhere but in the hotbed. We put pii,nting I made in Is?ovember
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spring
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forest and seethe blowing on my face a foot of it in the bottom of the bed "I spread the last fine tomato be-
n
--a cl T way; off. Otiee it was mud and all around the well, in, a trench tween ;two rotted sods and wintered.
h ed e.
piesi. I h
is sun -drenched morning it we dug, we piled it up to t: $ g the little seedlings over in a coal roomw_
as a muddy pit I Was digging with "Want to change that in about a upstairs. T. •alis sturdier pants
a zest in every swing of tion grub hoe week," he said« `And when you dol than any I ever raised. I am curious.
that set the whistling "Turkey in the add some fresh and turn it all over. to see if they will make -sueh Wonder -
"I let it cool down to about ninety- fel results as the expert who advised
Straw, :,So eight, don't I?" it claimed for that method.. He said
you're digging in, this morning! Is it JI1sT w .i;M. the soft substance like white of egg
h h d d
"Hullo!" Neighbor called down.
oil or is the cow dead?" "'Frail I'm not scientific," he ans.-
an which surrounds the raw see in the
"I am making a hotbed," I explain sewed. "I just let it cool when i tomato was necessary to the best de-
ed, showing off my •swing• stick my hand down in the loam -sic va'°pment of the plant and that It gets
"A hotbed, is it? Why not borrow inches of .nano atop the manure --it washed away in the preparation of
the scoop and more and excavate her • dry °sed•
"I like the exercise," I answered, feels just warm to my hand --blood . "Neighbor," I said, "for all you say
warm. Then in go the seeds, just be- you have no time :for trhis "ante that,
with another splendid swing. low the surface, with a sprinkle of
Neighbor lit his pipe and sat on his'straw er sacs slow for shade when the You fool with little experiments more
heel, "There is nothing I enjoy moron sun is just a mite too hate than anyone I know." '
to see another man sweat," lie seed.
"Tb. be sure, that's half the fun of"Go on dawn to China for all of me:" "All very lust," 1 said, and Neigh- ;living in the country. A man can make
"What's wrong with it—am I too bor turned quick to jostle me for my; a fool of himself to the top of -his
deep?" I asked him. gibe. If there is anything more cont- bent and not hear a laugh from the
"Depends. If you are raising early panionable than such outdoor jobs, peanut gallery. Don't you find it that
unhurried, with one reasonably skill- way?„
corn under glass for (adder---"
"Corn nothing. I intend to eat fresh ful and the other childishly delighted
to ':earn, I have yet to find it.
vegetables for Easter."
"Do I understand you to say fresh "The loam at least is ready," I said.
vegetables for Easter? In that hole? "1 mixed it last fall. There it stands
Planted in the dark of the moon? My in that covered box."
dear David, the Chinks will get 'em It was still frozen, a solid mass. We
--.they'll grow down! Not ur " broke the box away and knocked off
"Bosh, you and your mo'e," 1 re- lumps of it; under the sashes they
turned, but 1 stopped digging,. "What would soon melt.
is the matter—am I too deep`:'" "What is in it besides old manure?"
"By a good foot. What is the size Neighbor demanded.
of your frame?" "It is two cubic yards of dirt," I
"Haven't made it yet, but 1 aimed•
to ,copy tho one in the encyclopedia,
which is six by twelve."
"Pretty wide reach for any but a
professional gardener. Have to take
off the sash to get at the back rows
or else step in the bed. And if Mary
There he goes, with the last word,•
as usual.
BILLION . MARK PASSED
BY SUN IFE
It is seldom that a financial institu•
tion is able to mark the completion of
its year with two such hapmy announce-
ments as those made at the annual
meeting of the Sun Life Assurance
Company of Canada. At the meeting
said, "and I gave it a quart of lime
in question, President Macaulay was
and two of bone ansa.. As soon as I' able to announce that:the assurance in
spread it I mean to add some of my force of the Sun Life Comliany is now
high-grade • fertilizer -4-8-8 it really considerably in excess of one billion
is, but the pure stuff without filler." dollars --e level never before reached
"Go ahead," said Neighbor, "but be by a Canadian company.
mighty careful you mix it in well and In the same address he stated that
wants a bit of greens it'll be hard for let it stand for at least ten days before .. ,
her to reaeh any but the front rows." planting."
He ,stood up and looked around. "It's "I can't do that and still have my
beak here in the wind. Why don't you vegetables for Easter!"
put it against the south wall of the He thought a moment. "Easter is
barn, where it will be sheltered and always the first Sunday after the full
get all the reflected heat?" moon after the vernal equinox. We
"And fill this up? You do like to are in the last week of February and
see me work!" the new moon is due to -morrow. Con -
"Come on," he said, "I need to bend sequently it will be full before the
my back, too—get this itch out of my vernal equinox, and not full again till,
feet. I came over for an excuse. Too April is well begun. 1
I/ early to start my greenhouse—just "You can wait. Or you might mix
made fire to -day." in the fertiizer and spread the loam
"I ordered my lumber, but it hasn't' five inches thick. And then over that
come," I told him. !put a layer of an inch or so which has
DOING THE JCB WITH CEMENT. i no fertilizer. Better yet,a thin layer I
of washed sand, es 1 do in the green -
"Use anything,", he said, "boxes,'.house. But be sure you cover the seed
those old roofers. Hot manure .rots' bed with either that sprinkle of straw
them soon anyhow. Save your good t or excelsior or lay newspapers, wet;
lumber for a cold frame, which lasts i down. By the way, what proportions ,
longer. Or better still, have you any o f soil, sand and loam did you use? 1
cement? Lasts forever." What humus?"
We compromised on cement, Which,j "The humus is rotted clover sod. It;
Neighbor brought from his dry store- ; is in good garden soil, and the proper -
house. I never had used it and was i tion is one part of rotted sod, one part"
soon as excited at mixing my own as ; of year-old cow and horse manure and'
1 used to be over those same mud pimanurees. ; one part of sand that has been
Neighbor threw a mixing "boat" to -'washed." although owing to the rapid expansion
.. «M.,. ,„1•00_0 .
still further space must at oiiee be pro,
videtl. '`Itis le spite of time fact that
the new Sun Lire Iluileiu:g is one of
the finest laud roost commodious in
Canada, Is devoted exclusively to the
ose of the Canrpany, and Houses about
'eleven bundrod et a staff.
The arty -fifth' annual report, which
appears in another ealuann, reiieete
the enterprise whish has marked the
Couipany'a 'operations, and the cone
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ei ehensive way in tvnicu ,t itiy expand
not .only in Canada but through•
out the world. It has beoonie Ilet.only
one of the outstanding finunci•al insti-
tutions of the Dominion, but shares
will' ono or two of the banks and
1.110 Arthur
is, Wood
Actuary,
-011•1••••,.x.-07—,14!, .:..•
BE 11 EEN.SEASOti CLOTHES
PY MARY Q RACE RAMEY,
Between. -season clothes,,though they text after blue comes ruse—bois de
are usually given the least considers- rose, as it is sal•:ed in Paris—a perfect
shade to use with browns and ,tans;
followed by green( bright green and
the yellow greens on the ehurtreuse
tendency for afternoon wear, Later
the days of summer will bring
warm
forth the alluring and flattering pastel
shade.
The new frock of cloth er the Tittle
tion, are really the most important
clothes of the year. The eareful'ly se-
lected',
e-l cted', coat or the not -too -extreme
frock made for ear:y spring Wear will
do duty on cool days all semmex and
stibl serve as a • useful fag garment
until the aerieal of cold• weather with
l its call for furs. • .
When one does not plan to buy many afternoon dress .of silk will doubtless
new frocks in the. year or wishes to
solve the clothes . problem with tittle
expenditure of time and effort, it is
always well to select a frock of the
general silhouette of the. season with-
out following the datable details too
closely. Taken as a whole the lines of
one season are usually good for a year
or two, although the minor details
of the styles are changed more fre-
quently. But a simple tailored frock
or coat is always good and it may take collar that fastens in the' front to be
on a fresh appearance with the addle worn either high or turned back in
tion of a new collar, recut sleeves or a less trying style.
modish, well-placed belt. The dressy frock is sometimes fin -
follow the two-piece suggestion, even
if it is made on one-piece lines. The
skirts of the models . are definitely
wide, made so either by plaits and
godets or cut in circular fashion, but
fullness they must have, even if it is
given by shirred panels that accent /ate
the flowing lines. The neck of the new
frock may have one of the cunning
little upstanding collars, or it may be
of the adaptable high -low variety, a
Whatever the material selected for
the spring frock, if it be one of the
• very new silk -kind -wool combinations
similar to eponge or one of the o' -d
stand-bys iii the way of satin or twill,
it will have an air of mart simplicity.
No buttons in contrasting colors will
mar ifs one -tone effect and its scant
fished with a collar of ribbon fastened
across the back and flowing in scarf
fashion; sometimes the collar ends in
a tie that'is merely a continuation of
itself. - "
There is a return also to the lingerie
idea in cellars with cuffs to. match,
and all women should welcome the
`'trimmings and embroideries will her- flattering use of white at the throat.
m.onize with the selected color. Sleeves are an impprtant'feature of
The hat also will carry out the color the new mode. Earl spring will see
Vice -President and Sun Life scheme.. It may 'be a close little tur-
of
of Canada. ban, a bit darker in shade than the
frock, or a small model turned
traansportation companies the honor sharply up in the back, even if it is
of being one of Canada's best known 'large it will match the frock in gen-
institutions abroad. Its ramifications eral tt>ne. •
now extend to forty-four countries and Unless all signs fail, the close -fit -
states, and its branches girdle the ting, comfortable little hat of light -
globe. weight felt will be even more popular
The as:suran'be In force was in- than during the past season, especially
creased last year by $149,460,644,
bringing• the grand total u,p to $1,021,-
007,101. In keeping with th4s the as-
sets were increased by nearly $29,000,-
000, making the total assets now $303,-
056,145. • Payments to policyholders
and beneficiaries of $35,441,582,
brought the total amount so paid since
the Company was organized to $219,- higher crown than last year,and in
239,710. The total net income for the
some the brim is absent in the back.
Take care, though, when .you select
your new hat that it is not too small
for your face. Sacrifice style if you
must, but don't neglect the good pro-
portions of your figure. Nothing could
An Easy Way With Cake. be worse than a tiny hat perched on a
A housewife who wishes to keep large head or a huge brim meeting
the back of the shoulders.
fresh cake on hand may do it with one If your hat has a flower er two en
the brim. it will be quite the thing to
wear a corsage or a boutonniere en
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your coat to match. Some of the hats
only the long sleeve, worn either loose
and flowing or gracefully gathered
into a cuff at the wrist. A wide flar-
ing cuff or a puffed lower section to
the sleeve is a smart detail of the
dressy frock. On sports and tailored
dresses the sleeves are slim and close-
fitting, finished at .,the wrist with a
tailored cuff. Later, as the season'
advances, the short sleeve will come
with the younger woman. These hats into its own again, as this pretty fa -
are of such alluring colors this season shion ie quite too comfortable and too
that it is almost impossible to resist becoming to be abandoned altogether.
them, and never was there a better By. the way, a sleeveless last year's
hat for general all-round practical frock of crepe or silk wie take on new
use. usefulness if long sleeves of georgette •
Matrons and women not se slim will or some soft material are added.
like the larger hat; these will have a. These can be •gathered at the wrist, in
approved style, with a frill falling
over the hand.
Never was there such a season for
make -overs, so it will be well before
deciding upon new purchases to look
over the wardrobe possibilities, for
many times an attractive new dress
may be fashioned from two old ones.
The smartest of the two-piece frocks
shown in the shops are more often
than not of two- materials. A plaid
skirt is used with a becoming little
juniper blouse of velveteen, and to,.
show that it is a complete costume a
bit of the plaid is used an the collar,
cuffs and .pockets of the blouse. The
combination may be: reversed and the
'blouse of plaid may top the skirt of
plain material.
blue in. every shade ,again this spring,.
w
from the favorite navy for the practl-.l BALBRIGGAN AND VELVET.
cal woman to a deep; rich 'royal shade B.i_briggan, that light -weight jer-
do bit trying aerhrfe to those. who so liko fabric frosted with threads of
not possess perfect complexion; whits or contrasting color, is most
and also the shade of the Alice -blue :
gown in the song. adaptable; it is combined with velvet
year was nearly $70,000,000. ,
Policy holders will share in another
increase in profits—the sixth consecu-
tive increase of tills kind,
or two bakings a week.
Make a sufficient quantity of batter
for several layers. Put the extra lay-
ers away.without icing in a.tightly era accompanied by such a flower,
covered jar. When ready for them,
,Iiereas down South they are wearing
cover with fresh icing, which steams huge matching flowers on the hat and
and freshens the cake. this frock.
R1 r. T. B. Macaulay. By fusing dif Brent iicings or even As for colors we are going to see
President, Sun Life of Canada. different flavorings in the icings, one
can have a different cake.
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gether in no time. He said we could; "I get good results with one part of of business, it had been found neves-I
use the iron wheel -barrow, but he felt; good peat loam, one part of sand, not sary to greatly extend the head office Ten thousand of the threads spun
certain 1 would want to play with it; washed, and oneart of old core ma- building accommodation (the."formalI by a full-grown spider would not be
again and -I might as well have a regu- i nitre," he said. "And I add to each opening of which followed the auntie.'; equal in substance to one hair in a
lar box to mix in. 1 box of a hundred plants a handful of -meeting itself), it was evident that man's head.
We dug a narrow trench a foot and lime and another of 4-8-8 ready -mixed ' ______
Behalf deep, being careful to keep the
sides hard and neat. It ran about
eight inches wide, and made an in -
closure three by twelve feet with two
: compartments six feet each. Then he
: built up a form of the old roofers, six
inches above the ground at the back.
The partition and the ends sloped
from that to nothing in the front.
fertilizer, but if I had the time I
should like to experiment with other
things."
"It takes time to be such a good
neighbor," I ,said.
"And I have to mix my soil in the
fall when the winter stuff is all to be
gathered.
"Uncle Peter—old Peter Henderson
In a word, the whole thing, except —says he has friends who 'number
the slope, was below the level of the nineteen ways of mixing soil, but as
ground. Not only that, but the only his_result is as good as any he sees no
reason for the elaboration. He used
one part of rotted manure, one part
of loam --rotted sod—and one part of
form below that level was the ground
itself on each side of the trench. •
Sand I had and we mixed our cern-
- ment with it one to five. We mixed sand. -
That was in the fifties."
it dry for a long time before putting "Do you use the same for a cold
in the water, and the consistency was frame?" 1 asked him.
about Pike warm putty when we put +=I do. And my forms are cement.
it in. We kept dropping'in stones and . But wooden ones are good."
tamping.them down. When it was all you set cold frames down in the
filled to the front level and the back: ground?"
form begun, he laid a board over the "To get below our frost level, yes. I
lower part of the sloping ends to keep!
the cement from running out as we. set them as deep as the hotbed. But
fed it in at the higher level; this he' there is nothing inside but the loam
drew np and nailed down when nearly' mixture, which is leveled about six
full, 1 inches below the ground level. And
Then When we filled the back form" I like cloth cover better than glass for
--,six inches—we pushed the cement them. Takes less watching—I can
around the corners till the end forms roll down the cover of a dozen at
were filled to the brim,
once if frost threatens, You use them
Four days later, when we removed for the overflow,. you see, after you
the formas and dug out the dirt which reset your 'seedlings, and by then the
had acted as the inner form below weather is warm enough eo they are
ground level, we both held our breaths,, uncovered much of the time. Mine is
For the weather had turned the day almost a one-man greenhouse because
after we mixed the cenient. And in help worth a tinker's dam doesn't
spite of rush mats and horse blankets, exist. I have to do things the easiest
it had frozen inside and:outside of our way that will work." -
wall. A NEW TOMATO STUNT.
• But the sun was hot again—the
sound and smell of running water was
"Just ;amiepoint more," I said, "I've
alt about lis. We even covered the seen frames on top of the ground that
wells again so they would not dry, tool you move along a row—say of stnaaw-
fast. N'eig'hbor trade a frame of 1x2- berries.
inch roof lath, which•fitted around, the • "Yes, es,, wooden frames. There are
s likebell
` s f things,
outside of the upper edge of the cel over co many kind o g ,
rnent walls. Upon this he fitted a flat glass and boxes from six inches up,
• To this with n movable pane of glass. On big
.(rainsmade from the same.
he hingedsome sashes I had 'been sav- estates, where results and not cost are
only consideration, they may be o
ing for years, with the idea of a .tot.. the
bed seiney dim practical. And I mean to try out some
"Now, where you goingto get roux'
of 'three boxes with glass, especially
,
• horse n1ariure?" he asked,?
"I had forgotten all abetit that..
"Obed," said Neighbor "is on his,
way here with a load." ' •
• N'othine he does six' tee nit any
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bio re. And 1 believe he lets moms :fun
tett Of doing unexpected kindnesses•
than the person who receives thein, •
on tomatoes. Got a catalogue in the
house now. Bet it would `take a man's
0whole time to keep watch of my 5,000
r,0,
tomato pla;nts•-•-tending ,00 lot i
tie scattered greenhouses! I can't do
it and meko "my'bread and butter off
theist I'ni afield, notto mention
honey to Woad en the no, What
p .8010,f
t1A said he had been ti ming it over are Yen .planting in your new frame?"
"Lett Sel andeadishh and onion silts
ter fear dayesse+i, lie ;t3ihraik P'lgwt .
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Alaska
The New Playground
or with almost any material, and the
"-" greater the contrast the smarter the
frock.
One of the newest of the tailored
models just arrived from Paris is a
Scotch plaided taffeta skirt, cut cir-
cular with a plain navy-blue crepe-
satin blouse; the cellar and cuffs are
of the plaid. Even the little girl is
wearing the frock of two-color com-
binations worked out in cotton. The
jumper effect is simuiated.`by a wide
tuck at the low waistline.
Nowadays no ane wears a houso
dress; it's a daytime frock one dons
in the morning before breakfast, but
it is so neatly made and so prettily
made and so prettily designed one can
feel 'well dressed in. it all day. The
daytinse frocks is usually made of
gingham or chambray or printed pon-
gee clette and it :forlows the same easy -
to -slip -into lines of the old house
duress, taking on such up-to-date touch-
es as the fuller skirt and collar on
mo�t�lush lines.
Tor comfort, the sleeves are three-
; quarter length, though They may be
made to the wrist if one desires. A
bit of embroidery and a string be:t
1 that ties in the . back give it a dress-.
up appearance:.
If one is slim and youthful the
bungalow apron takes on the lines of
a smock, big and full, to be slipped on
over a frock or worn with a separate
skirt. The smock, by •the way, is used
by schoolgirls -and young business evo-
men to protect their pretty drosses.
LASKA is an Indian word 'meaning
"The Great Country,"nter-
an inter-
pretation
pretatiori so adequately descrip-
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true of its charms thatit receives the
unanimous approval of all tourists who
visit Alaska though they may substitute,
an accentuated "Some" TO r "The Great."
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The `oil—burning steamships of the
Canadian National Railways plying.
up and down the inside Passage off
the British Columbia coast have brought
Alaska very close to Vancouver and
Prince Rupert and therefore within
the means and time of. the army'of
tourists and holiday makers who visit
the Pacific slope of Canada in the stuns
mer time. It is the new playground
Of the Pacific.
Once Alaska was identified with the
inked
closely 1
' as 1
Today it is
seeker. TY
gold Y
with tourist traffic, for mein have found
that there is more slicer geld in one
Alaskan sunset than' ever came out of
its rockbound mines. It is a land of
strange contradictions and of never-
ending surprises. Flowers bloom at
e heel of glaciers as large aS sortie
E . i
European principalities. The primitive
totem pole of the Indian stands next
door to a building' which is a monument
to modern architecture, The pack
trail of yesterday is the motor road of
today:
Ort the left of the photograph, is
seen one d Alaska's famous totem poles,
1t is that of the Iia•ven,the creator of;
roan and the hat hitch surmounts
the totem' is that which the Revell
THE NEW ACCESSORIES. -
Tiny_ daughter who still wears
bloomers with her frocks will be ador-
able in it simple little smocked of shir-
red' dress. 1 mbroideey on the collar
and cuffs..makes a dress -up frock of a
design that is not too,; elaborate for
saw in trio creator's nous*.
The'bottmnty play`
se—
Aa for the little accessories that ,go
toward making a
complete ute and smart
ensemble, spring will see hosiery in
subdued' tones, for gradually are we
treeping away- from the more con-
spicvlous stockings. Gun metal is new,,.
and 'whet selected in shear hose of silk'
figure rs l-1t-yi-shoe-a-gu, the Indian
•Atlas who holds., tip the earth, Z holt: i
sands of totems as curious and as 'in-
tereIting„ ,atie to be semi iia Alaska, •
The,log cabin at the top ie claimed
to be that which was occupied by the
famous Sem, McGee, mnidrtalized by
Robert W. Serie Beside it is a pan,. - • and'`wotn with black pumps the effect
from • the creeks of the . ,: c,,, • a
of gold washed ni kis charlmltmil,." Atmosphere, almost
Y on ioh borders oux Alaska. The ,' .
Yukon �! h tint` and she'llpink are:worn for
. ai'.to bo' rirtls
flesh I
$old to the arm was.sa a w amivery
10,000. ' + 'ening affamms and with light,
The large pidture is a viewef
e ° to ,accessories, of a
a ane s gam;i tr ewe
ori Morsekit they are iii ihit
'to the fame �.. WYilt4! 1'x Pr, .. mill
Yuitot es well Re tai �.ill s'' hes tie they. will hal
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uEy,siict;a I,ri+��sntit' mmeimtratl: to
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