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RY intended to, toli.yott that in the Cir -
THE MYSTE OF T"E
cum8tances 1-1— Well, I mean, to
say that I shan't—shan't expect Myra
GREEN RAY to consider herself undex—ander tiny VCA&Iopi�
obligallon� to me."
BY William. � 1A QUWX 11swevel difficult it was for me tQ
An Old -Fashioned Party.,
W X say it, I had been quite certain t1s4X
I the o , Id t '�q
Id General wo4 . hink it wa$
Would be many parties nowadays, seem to
CHAPTER HL -001104 daddy's ni�vvs, which have not been the right thing to say, ind i
too pod, the lost week or two." be -planned for young
t,Someono you know?" she as gonuintly gvat�ful t9 mo fQr RtAying fQl�a only, that
'Never mind;111 consoled hot; "h0l iteff my. qwn bat without gny prompt- A p4rty Which the old'er people can
a* I righted our coursft- bc�*all right when his, friends comel amiss. T60 in,
inir frorn him, SoL 1 was quit,$ Ino- enjoy may 'not come
(tonly a chap I met on the train," I up for the Twelfth, I think the doc- =ed for the outburst, that fol. vitatio-na mayr ter:
Cad I thiS monr
31 ,
explained, Itors ara,wroV4o say that ho should Twent�-year endowments
Alt look$ like the tonant of Glaona- nevor.have g lot of people hangingi "YOU: silly yount-fellowl" he cried. heirof every day
binnie, but I couldnt be certain. I've round him, -because there can surely 01LINn my soul; you are a silly chap,
ily seen him be no harm in letting him see a few Thioerq always in the fixture,
never met him, and I've -or I you know. Do you mean to tell me you
friends. I -certainly think he'* right to come hore intending to tell my little 14pt's look the other WAY.
once.." kQ an exception for the g -rouse." girl to forg�t All about y Twenty years b6hind us,
I exclaim4 w-ith MR %u just when
,,ReaIIXl, Why, that'a 44Grourael" Praffed Myro, "They come you are going off to fig t for yvur Arid m4ybe twenty more,
a now interest. for the' Twolifth -because they like to be t country, andmay never come back? AnO practice all the pleasures
qxilte close t*� Y0u,'sUr0lY?' seen travelling north on thq oleventhl You, mean to rup away A
"Just the lop- h 4d leave -her we liked so raucli of. yore.
the other side of lAnd I have'to entertain them'. Andlalone with An old, crWk of a father? (Im�Qitant Note: Wear old-time
directly opposite us. A good swimmer some of the ones who come for the Youknow, Ewart, you—you, make me costitriie.)
could rxim acrosB,but a motor would I I � M 4
first time tell me they supwset I know angry At ti, 0. -The collec6oll of coistum�s ib the
take days to go, rou�nd.. So we're really, All the pretty walker.ound aboutl And 'I'm very som, Sir," I apologized, I
a long way off, and unless he turna though I bad no recollection of having first, amusifig f&ture; the, ladies wil
to local function we're not in any case," she finished-, in high in -
u - m"e him angry [before. be wearing.ho0sk-Irts and tiny pan-
I?k,,I'y t'oo'meet h im. He's said to. be.. dignatiou,. "can you imagine me en
tertaining anybody?" "Olit I know" he said, ina ealinei., cake, hats or scoop bo.:opets, in4. the
an, American millionaire; but then "Yes, my dear, I can," I repliea; tons, ifFelt it -�as. your. duty, and- all men will havo the most antiquated
every American in these parts. is SUP- and the "argumenVI kept us busy till that—eh? I know. But, you see, it's cut t n
posed . to have at least one millbm of we reached, Invermallitch. The bid not y6iir duty at all. No. Now,there, , . o,eqat and. trousers, and the al -
YO test st�le' of 'hat brims, for. all the
money- General came down to the landing- are one or two things I want to tell
14Da you, know anything about him c6atqrIlds oliould as far as possible
stage to meet us, and, was much in 6u. d on
I asked. qre you that y on't kn6w.`ar%d,DII tell come t of Ati6s. Those who Wish
—What he dores, or did honestly ple4sed-to see me than I -had y�u one of 'em now atic'. �the rest later' - ` d- s in little girl or 'boy clothes
"Absolutely nothing," she replied, ever known him before. The first thbig—,ia Absolute confl_ may ras
"except, of coirse, the silly rumors "Ah! Ronald, my boy!" he exclaim- dence, of course—is tbAt--.--`1 Ithat belonged, to thedr grandmothers
that one always hears About stran- ed heartily. 11 'Pon my soul, I'm glad But At this point Myra walked in or grandfathers.
gers. He took Glasuabirmle in May— to see you, It's true, I suppose am- - the General 'broXe off - into ii� The nexV amusinx.feature will be
in fact, the last week of April, I be- you've heard the newa?" in -coherent mutter. He was a poor the'showing of daguerreotypes. In
lieve. That -rather surprised us, be- The questionamused me, because it dipl4matist. an oy Ing, la�ga inough to -hold
-was very early for summer was so typital of the old felIQ Secrets? NaughtyT she ex- . �, "on
cause it , w, g0re a Pm.on, appear in gucce'ssion, Quo
visitors. But be showed his good had I come from London, 1�i laughingly, "Are you ready, after Another, characters from a by-
-where the
sense in doing so, as the country Was Cabinet was sitting night afid' da�, to R61111ib 9 d gone. age, and as each is exhibited
looking gergeous—sgriol, na C'eh", a Spot mile$ from the railway tbi-mi- , "Us's quite ready. my dear," sai , . I reads alond what purports
and the Cuchulins under snow, Fvelnus, to be asked,' if I had, heard the the old. man graciously, "I've said pli someone
heard (Angus McGeaehan, one of our news. I want t67 say to him for the time be, to be the name and age of the dag aer-
crofters, told me) he wds an inventor, ityou mean the war, of course?" ing, Run al6ng -with girlie, Ewart, 1'eotype -subject. Thns;
and had made a few odd millions out I replied. You don't � want to mess about with "AuntlMary Watkins at the age of
of % machine for sticking labels on C tiYes; it's come, my boy,'at last. an old creek." . twenty-one."
carmet! weat. That -And the fact that "Daddy," said, Myra reptioachfullk, "Gr4ndma Brown the day -she en-
ome to find me on the she4-1 Ahl you're' 'not to call yourself names."
lie is. a -, ez .1:een arn%teurphototraph welll It hpd to come sooner or later, *tereA. the female seminary."
.the let of Mr. �,Tll_ "All right, then; I wbrVt," he laugh-
er is e history . and now we're not ready. Ali, well, "Uncle I§en and Aunt H�ity on their
derman so far as I know it. Anyway.[ we must all do what we can. Begad., ed- "You young people will. excuse,
he has a gorgeous view, hasn't lie? T'm glad to see you, my boy, thunder- me, I'm sure, I Should like to join you;, wedd[Ink day."
IVs nearly as good as ours." ing glad. Ws a bit lonely here some- but I have a lo i of letters.to write, I Another very entertaining feature
"He has indeed,' I agreed 'readily. times for the little woman. and I daresay you'd, rather be by your- is illustrating some of the old songs
"But I don't think Hilderman can bel you know- 2
but she never complains." (In poinj selves. - Eh?—you, woutig dogl' by means of tableaux In the frame.
goes with of fkct� she even contrived to, laugh
very wealthy; no fishing It -was a polite fiction between For instance, a chosen. quartet* may
Glasnabinnie, there's no yacht an- and take her father's arm affection! father and daughb�-r that when the old- sing. 44Sweet Alice, Bert Bolt," while
chorage, and there's no road. to motor ately in 'hers.) "And, besides, there fello* fdlt too un*ell* to join 'her or Sweet Alice -herself, incosturne, smiles
on. How does he get about?" are many things I want to have a talk his. guests he "hid a lot 'of letters- to demur . ely cut at'the audience.
write And occasionally, when be was , I ('Aunt
"He's got a beautiful W01seleY with you-gbout, Ronald—many things. "Juamita I "Robin Adair,"
launch," said Myra pealously, "a per- By the way, had lunch?" in the mood to overtax his strength,
feet beauty. He calls her the Balti- "We lunched atiMallaig, thank, you, she would never refer to it directly Dinah's Quilting Party," ancl many of
but often she would remark, "You" the other tunes in any book of old.
mare II. She was lying r1ongside the Sir," I explained. know you'll miss the past, d-addy." songs will illustrate dellithtfully.
oHermione at Mallaig W' '.-a -we left. 'Well, well, Myra will see you get
Oh! look uit the loch, Don! Isn't it all you want—won't you, girlie?" he And they both understood. So we see The most fun will come in the play-
a wonderful view?" said. out by Curse Ives, and- I naturally pre- ing of the games of yesteryear.
And so the magnificent purple- "I say, Ronnie," Myra asked, as. we ferred to be alone wi th Myra, much Imaginea crowd of fifty'and. sixty-
FTaV summit of .133gor na Ciche, at the reached, the house, "are you very tired as I liked her father. We went out on year-olds playing "Miss Jennia
hea� of Loch Nevis, claimed oar at-fafter your journey, or sball we 'have to, the verandah, and while I unpaaed Jones." One player, as you know,
my kit, Myra rewound her line, which
tention—(that and other matters of cup of tea and then take 'our rods bad been drying on the pegs over- rep -resents the mother; another, Miss
a personal nature)—and J. G. Hilder-Ifer an hour or -so?"
man went completelv fromour ininds.' night. Jennia, the daughter, The rest join
Istoutly declared I was not the ItAt content with 's and, advance, chanting:
Myra was a real Highlander of the least tire& as who could have been e you small mer- hand
West. She lived for itz mountains and in the cireunistances?--and I should cies, Ron?" she asked-, "or do you "We'vecome to see Miss Jennia Jones,
lochs, its rivers a�nd burns, its mag- enjoy an hour's fishing with !Myra agree that it is better to try for a Miss Jennia Jones, Miss Jennia Jones,
nilleent coast and, its fascinating ani- immeusel So I ran upstairs and had salmon than catch a trout?" We've come to see Miss Jennia Jones,
a Y. "It certainly isnt better to -day, And how is She to -day"
mal life. She knew every little creek a bath, nd Changed, and came down y
arA Inlet, every rock and shallow, to flrul the General waiting for me. anyway,' I answered.. "I want to be (Tune: "Mul�erry Bush.")
every reel and ouTent from Fort W'l- Myra had, disappeared -into the kitchen, You ng. I don7t; want the The other announces that Miss Jen-
liam to the Gs*r Loch. I have even P
s anee o e pools between us. We
regions to give first-aid to a bare- t a] up to e De ad Man , 'a nia is Wishing; so it goes through
heard, it said that when she was twelve legged crofter Iaddie who had Cut his 01, en fish up eam ; and verse after verse.
she could draw an accurate outline foot on a broken bottle. I 'om,
of 13enbecula and North Uist, a feat , later S t e och fr boat. That ': Shouting Proverbs used to. be one
that would be a great deal beyond the I,, Well, my boy$" said the old Mani would bring us back in nice time for of thefav*r1tes at -parties. While one
vast majority of grown-ups living on yonIve come to tell us something. dinlier.1y person leaves thexo'o�n, the others de -
'hose islands themselves. As we turn-lWhat is it?" $'Ohl zlAendidl" she cried- And, we C p '
t 14o ona roverb for him to guess.
ed to cross the head of Loch Hourn, Ohl" I replied, as lightly as I shed out our fly-nbo4ks. H;rls was A Then- each peirson -is portioned out a
Myra pointed out Glasnabinnie, nes+l- I could, "it is simply that we sire in for 1jig 'book of tattered pig -skin, whith -'
like a lump of grey lichen at the a.row with Germany, and I've got a rep -lined At the bottom of the capacious word with iristiuCtions to Shout it
Ing loudly when the guesser enters. All
felt of the Croulin Burn. Anchored part in the play, so to speak. Im "'poacher's pocket" in 11
I . tj ;) 6r jacket. The
off the -point was a small steam yacht, enlis ing., fly -book was an old favorit�—ifie the word holders shout at once, and
either a converted drifter or built oni "Good boy," 'he chucidea, 0good. wouldn't have parted with it for the P�oor*pi6%led guesser seeks to dis-
drifter lines. I boy! Applying for a commission, I worlds. Having followed her aa -Ace, tingdish, enough to enable -him to piece
"Our friend has visitors," said i suppose—nian of your -class and edir. and, changed tlie� Oraitg e I had tied, for the -complete proverb,
Myra, "and he's not there to receive, cation, and all that --eh?" the "bol" to a Peacock Zulu, which I Copenhagen is another Old aid
them. How very -rude. That yadhtl �'Oh, heavens, nol" I laughe& "I borrowed from her, *we set out. Popular game. All.the players 'but
isoftenthere. She only -makes about, Shall just walk on v�ith the Crowd, to (To be continued.)
eight knots as a rule, although she continiie� the similei" . 43 one;.who, stands in the Centro, form a
circle with hands on, a rope. The
gives you the impression she could "Glad. to hear it, my boy—I at", A caterpillai In the colir�e of a
do more. You see, she's been built indeed. 'Pon my soul, you're a good month will devour 6,000 times it De4itial player tries to slap the hands
for strength and comfort more than lad, you know --quite a good lad. Your 3 own of . t6 'other PIO'ers - as 'they rest, on
for looks. She calls at Glasnabinnie father would have been proud of you. It will take a man the, To&, and,. the-pldyer� in turn try
weight in food. h wing e
in the afternoons sometimes, and is He was a splendid fellow—a thundeir- three months before he eats a quan- to elude him by wit dra th IT
there after dark, and sails off before'Ing splendid -fellow. W. e always used tity of food equal to his own Weight. hands. It is a rule of the game not
six." (Myra was always out of doors to say, 'Yen Can a4ways trust Ewart to lit go both hands at once.
before six in the morning, whatever to do the straight, clean thing; he's Minard's Liniment for Colds, eta.
the weather.) "From which I gatber," Anothea� singing game this one
she continued, "that the owner lives 0 from England—is "Gbarlie Over the
some distance away and sleeps dal Goat -RW in Brifi'A Cokbia Water." The players clasp hands and
board. She can7t be continuously ism qirele round and round, one in the
cruising, or she would make a longer contre sin I
ging:
stay sometimes." Goats in the Province of British weeds., they will also eat the young "Charlie over the.water,
"You seem to know the ways of Columbia now number approximately roots of bracken and of coufferaiis Charlie over the sea,
yacht owners, dear," I said. "Hullol
what is that hut on the cliff above 6,000, according to a statement Issued trees, and In winter willeat freely of Charlie caught a blackbird-,
the falls? Thaes, new. surely." by the Provincial Dppartment of Agrl- the latter, and bark the youlig branch. Can't Catch me."
"Ohl that beastly thing," said Mna culture. Practically all of these anl- es, as well. At the last word. all squat down,
in disgust. "That's his,' too. Amals are of tho Toggenburg,.Saanen. 'The chief source of Income from a but if the one who Is "it" can touch
smoking -room and' study, I believe. and Xuhi-dabr6eds. When first Intro- goat is derived In the form of milk, one of them beifore he gets into that
He had it built there because he has ducod Into BrItlih Columbia It was which Is the equal of cow'i milli �.ix
position, that one is "It."
an uninterrupted view that sweeps priWeted that goatS4-wbre but'& I)ass- nutrition. Practl6qly all of the goats � Then theie are "London Bridge"
the sea." "Stage Cos& f
"Why 'beastly thing'?" I asked.1 Ing fad, but such has not been the no* In the, province ate owned, by, "Clap In, Clap Out I f
I case and to -day goat-rals4ng occupies householders, 'who keep one or two in -and "Spin the Platter'�--all of which
"It's too far away to worry you, I
though it isn't exactly pretty, and a recognized position in the livestock the backyard or on a nearby vacant are pretty widely known.
know you hate to see anything in thel Industry of the province. While no piece' of land.' They are milked twice A quieter game is* "Capping Qudta-
shape of a now building going up." other province In the Dominion has a day at regular hours, and thrice If tions.,, one person gives one, the
"Ohl it annoys me," she answered entered Into this industry so exten- the goat is a heavy milker, The In. next person must follow with a quo --
airily, "and somehow it gets on sively, the demand for these animals comt*from milk alone in the province tation beginning with the same letter
daddys nerves. You see, it has a in British Columbia Still, continues- un- last year amounted to t45,300, repre with which the previous quotation
funny sort of window which poes all abated, Setting 75,450 gallons. In addition, ends.
round the top of the hut. This is r,1, -1 j"--, *- A,4,,,,. butter — ehees- A— — #
evidentl divid nto seve I small
indows,, ause they swing about in
t nd and, w en the Sun s Ines on
the eat the eye even at our
Istane nd, as I a t e get or,
e 6 0
beringsome 200 head, entered Canada
In 1917 from the United States, when
they were examined by Federal auth-
orities and each animal tagged with,
a little metal plate stating that It
was officially recognized by the Gov-
--
the milk, but experinients, have 'proven
that the quality of these �roducts is
not -up to the standard of that made
from cows milk, and as a result there
Is no Market.
A goat breeder's society was, formed
room or a sun room. They call for
It is a fact worthy of notice hore
drapes of plain material.
ernment as. foundation stock. in or.
In British Columbia In 1917 with a
if you do not want to inake roller
der to avoid confusion and to limit the
membersh4p of 176, which. has In.
Ran I n g
]Dominion has each year ma"n-tained
a Substantial lead -in acreage'produc.
registration of pedigrees, all efforts
creased annually, until at the present
tion civer that attained by the United
K Won fewse. Na *Aft
have been concentrated on the three
time the number is V7011 ov6r 400. An -
d -ast six farming Seasons, and
rVMHU PostnianAn e�rPresslllan wil the average acre rye production for
does demand ififinite patience, To pre-
main breeds, Toggenburg, Saiten, Nu-
'
other society, known as thb Canadian
vent sagging at the edges, make the
bqme. We p*y carriage one way,
bian, which are noted for their milk.
Goat Society, has also been formed
%bateyer you� send — whether it be
,
United Stater., 14.54, a lead in, Canada's
producing qualities. The amount of
for the PUrPMe of registering Dedl.
favor, of 2.86 bushels.
drapes there are many color Schemes
whhA could be appropriately worked
milk produced by many of these goats
grees of goatg.
Out, hut perhaps one of the most un-
to their original freshness. When you
"%
Js truly remarImble. Official records
There is 0. 0011tilluAl demand for -
think of -cleaning or dyeing
$4,276,000 out of the total Dominion
have been made of over 2,000 pounds
goats In British Columbia, where the
revenue of �15,085,650 from this crop.
gestive color developments are gray
per annum, and one an!Q Is credit.
climatic oliditions and abundance of
and'rose, gray and old blue, Chinese
Parker's
ed with a production of 2,941 pounds.
natural feed make the province. an
Dye Works,
tically the Santo amount or $3,176,200.
Manitoba for
No laborious Vork 1v entailed by an
Ideal one for the raising of th�ose ani.
accounted $3,140,100;
Quebec, $1,004,000; British Columbia,
Man.
own6r In Caring for a hord of goats.
MaJM In, thho it Is probable that the
It is only fair that the flying ria-
791' YiDnge St.
A Snug and comfortable house, free
other pi�o*lnces, Inspired by the sqc.
93
rye on Canadian farms th�re has dea
from draughts and raln-proof, Is all
cess which has, Atended the etforto of
veloped a corresponding exbort trade
ly too much to say that were It not for
that Is, required for shelter. A good.
breieders In BrItish ColuMbla, will'also
the forest,there could be no Aying ma-
Women are not permitted. to be
sizod yard Is necessary for thd anf=12
take up thig folthi of livestock, and It
photographed in China.
PAO
0.0"AAHMAOX
to browse, In. lit feodlng, leaves of all
the meantime, no off6fts are being
263,422 bush els of rye exported from
absolutely,.necessary to ensure the re-
quisite strength. Not only does the
kinds, broom, wild berric% and prad.
spared to nialre the Pacific province
life of the airman depend upon the
oriham and Darling townshipi of Lan-
tically all klailt of trush are reltihed
by them, As wo-11 so grass and most
the leading goat-ralsing territory oil
the continent,
15SUr: No. 49-121,
B ut
� y all means -have ,G�Di g to Jer.
qggr9m, Two rowEl or obairs Aim
placed back to back--en-augh for all
'players lackini one, Then a livelY
tune. is �Iayed on, piano or phonograph
while the players march round and
round the aairo, clapping hands.
When� the music snddonly stops, therp
IS a wild'scravAble for chOrs.
The refreshment* Should be the be�
loved ones of ehildhbod—hQt bV�Q)Ilts
and, honey, esucer,pies or apple tilrg-
overs. old-fashioned chewing �andY,
or popoo . rn bills,
Now ideas in Curtains.
No one thing adds more to the 00-
pearance of the houie than avPro"
priato window hangings. The offecit
of handsome rugs, good furniture,
pictures and ornaments may be corn-
pletoly spoiled by �choap, P -Tacked'
Shades, or curtains and drapes of in-
feriox.quality or jaiigIinV-.. colors. It
is *of the utmost importanCo, then, that
the woman who wishes her home to
look well ifses. care in selectilik and
making hO Curtains. ' '
if your roller shades have given out
and 'you need curtains, too,. why not
mak
e roller curtains of -some fab;:ie
which will suit your pocketbook and
your room? You have perhaps been
longing for the handsome lace -roller
shades but have beertkep� frombay-
Ing &m by the prohibitive Cost.
Utilize your old rollers an4 malce
shades of linen or cretonne, These,
with " draperies which harmonize, will
prove as satisfying to your artistic
eye as -the cominercially made lace
o�eb, provided you do your wark care-
fully and well.
In cutting your materialeut the cur-
tains two inches. wider than the re-
q,u!Ted width when fiffished, and as
much longer as you need to allow for
an Inch to. ber turned, under at the top
and the bottom finish, which may be
either a deep hem, lace trimmed, or
scallops. The sides should ibe turned
upder one -inch for a hem and run on
the machine with a loose tension. The
bottom may be finished with a hem,
through which is run the curtain stick,
or it may -be Scalloped and bound with
the Same material or with rib -bon. If
scallops are used as a finish, a casing
for the curtain stick must be stitched
or just above the scallops.
Linen shades, with dro-pes of a col -or
to harmonize with the room, or of
cretonne or chintz would be best for
the ordinary liviing-rcom. Shades of
An application of "Vas"
Cline" WhiteJelly bring,
grateful relief when
applied to cuts, burns,
chafed skin, etc.
MANtyrAC,St;
IttiNG, COMPANY
A
1880 Chabot Av.,, Montreal.
GROAMG OF RYE
IN THE. DOMROON
ESTIMATE 1921 HARVEST
A.T. 11*707t4OO BUSHMq.
Proctuctfon of T6is Cereal Has
IncrellaeJ ]k ore Than SM Per
Cent� in Last %ve Years.
In a well substantiated conviction
of tb(4, suitability ot A, laqe 1*rt of tho
southern area of the I1kaIr1e;`Province%
to the groWtb ot tblat.crop, anil ht a
realization of the Opening for export
offered by this temporary halt to much
agricultural a6tiVIty lit' Continental
countries,'resuliieg through War con.
dittomin P. sublitontlal decline In, pro.
!duction, Canadian farujors.have, of
Mcent yeaTe, been greatly elleouraged
to grow more rye, the advantages of
such culture Aiiced before them
throuilt. systainAtio campaigns, and
every effort exerted to Impart a stimu.
lua to Canadian Xye production, As a
result of this. propaganda the produo�
t1Qn of this cereal iq the past five
years. -has Increased more than five
hundred per cent, and the valve of the
annual Crop grown from less than two
million dollars to more than fifteen
millions. it has been estimated that
Southern Alberta and Western Sas.
katchewau alone have seeded*this
yes�r about 850,000 acres a� compared
-eith 350,000 acres last year, An In.
crease of about 185 per cent. for one,
year.
In 19,15 the production of rye in
Canada was 2,496,200 bushels, obtain-
ed from an ox6eptionally heav;,,
Aver. '
ato Yield of 20.43 bushels to thdvacre.
The value of the marketed crop that
year reached 01921,200. Little In-
creer,e Was registered in 1916 or 1917,
as the average i5poductions were some-
what lower thAnIn' the. bumper year
preceding them. A tientendous Jurrip,
was, -however, noted in 1918, when a
yield of 8 504,400 was recorded with a
value of $12,728,600, More than doub,
ling that of the previous year. A fur,
thei increse to 10,207,400 bushels Was
noted In 1919 With a value of $14,240i-
000. In 1920, 649,654 acres were
planted to rye in Canada, yielding all
Average of 17.50 buz"heir, to blie acre,
making a total of 11,30q,400 bushels
valued at $15,085,650. This year ac-
cording to estimate, the Dominion Is
expected to produce a rye harvest of
11,707,400 bushels, whilEt as a result
of sr.acial campalgu efforta. this sum-
mer a vastly increased acreage has
been prepared for planting to rye next
Year.
cretonne or chintz 'require a large
R,
A Survey of the Slibation.
room or a sun room. They call for
It is a fact worthy of notice hore
drapes of plain material.
0
'hat In making a survey of the rye
if you do not want to inake roller
situation In Canada it is found that the
-shad s for every window, and woul d
. P 'kill at maliing a I -ate
like to try your s
Ran I n g
]Dominion has each year ma"n-tained
a Substantial lead -in acreage'produc.
shade for the door, rollers may bel
tion civer that attained by the United
bought in any -house furnishing st
States, There Is no exception to Wa
for thirty-five cents. The work does
not call for any esp�cial skill, but
d -ast six farming Seasons, and
rVMHU PostnianAn e�rPresslllan wil the average acre rye production for
does demand ififinite patience, To pre-
:Bri#g paixer service Tight to Your i
the six years 19155, to 1920 gives C+p
vent sagging at the edges, make the
bqme. We p*y carriage one way,
da a yield of 17.40 bushels against the
top heni, deeper.,at the outer cerne -
TS
In
%bateyer you� send — whether it be
,
United Stater., 14.54, a lead in, Canada's
making the linen s-haaes and
draperies or . th e most deli.
favor, of 2.86 bushels.
drapes there are many color Schemes
whhA could be appropriately worked
c4te fabr s --will be speedily I 'returned
_ . ic
Alberta Is CanadWs first rye prodne.
Out, hut perhaps one of the most un-
to their original freshness. When you
"%
Ing province, this famous area of the
mixed farm accounting last' Year for
usual ads is a combination of mus-
think of -cleaning or dyeing
$4,276,000 out of the total Dominion
t�kd Color and, olive green. Other sug-
thini,of PARKEW&
revenue of �15,085,650 from this crop.
gestive color developments are gray
Saskatchewan followed.not far behind
and'rose, gray and old blue, Chinese
Parker's
with $3,194,090 and Ontario had prac-
blue and yellow.
Dye Works,
tically the Santo amount or $3,176,200.
Manitoba for
Forestry and the Flying
� lim-Ite'd,
accounted $3,140,100;
Quebec, $1,004,000; British Columbia,
Man.
Cl"rktrs and Dyers
$279,200; Nova Scotia, -$10,650; and
It is only fair that the flying ria-
791' YiDnge St.
Now Bruns*ick, $6,,500..
With the -increase In production of
chine should prove a valuable aid to
93
rye on Canadian farms th�re has dea
forest protection, because It is scarce-
veloped a corresponding exbort trade
ly too much to say that were It not for
In this grain which it is confidently ex -
the forest,there could be no Aying ma-
Women are not permitted. to be
pected to yet further expand in 'the
chins. The framework of the airplane
photographed in China.
near future. Whilst there *ere only
must not weigh a pound m4kir thah Is
Steps are Und6r.way forthe setting
263,422 bush els of rye exported from
absolutely,.necessary to ensure the re-
quisite strength. Not only does the
Asideof a forest reserve area in Pak-
1
Canada in 1915, this had Increased to
life of the airman depend upon the
oriham and Darling townshipi of Lan-
2,113,362 bushels la 1920, and Another
million was added In1:1.921, the total
steel stays and the linen wings but,
mainly, it depends upon the strength
ark county, Ontario, under the On-
tario Government plan of assisting'
export* being 3,201,430, Valued at ' $6,m
Of
and tovglinen�i, of the wooden wcant-
municipalities to set aside areas as'231,170. this 1,108,789 bushels went
to the 'United Xingdom; 717j086 bush-
lingq.and rods that are the backbone
forest reserves.
els to the United States,; 149,468 bush -
the ribs, and the whxg-bones of &I
els td I)e1giini; 09,069 bushels to
machine. The wood used Is practical,
Franc&: 128,180 bushels to, Germany;
ly all Sitka spruce, a species which,
C 0'
RNS
959,450 bushels to 252,199 to the
69 Its name Indicates-, its, found on the
-Italy;
Netherlands; and'527,180 to Norway.
north Paelflo coast of North America,
In addition to this export of the raw
arid chiefly In Orldsh Columbia, The-
product Canada has in the past r*11
airplane designer wants to kftow just
bow light he. -Can these
ft
Lift Off with Fing6,rs
years worked up A pkofitable overseas
make rods
rade In, rye flour. In - 19il) the Do -
without endangering the safety of his
machine. To find this out and also to
m1filon exported 1907 barrels worth
$26,2S3.1 In 1920, 35t786 batrels worth.
ascertain, the other q'ualiti of'Si a
Spruce was the object of an Inveg-ti- %I Itivo; auu in ivai.0 &U,000 Varrew
gation Involving several, thousand worth $104,619,
tests. made by the Forest Products La- omultlfap lous Uses.
boratories of Canada, The Cowin- RA has many uses. It Is used In
sions which also Indicate the 'other bread making, for feeding to livestock,
uses, to which this wood can,be put and in the manufacture of alcoh-q�!.Iq
are published in this Illustrated Bulle- beverages. in Europe. �rye breag
tin No. 71 "Canadian Sitka Spruce: fQry-qs the staple fob,' *
U ca the peasantry;
Ita Mechanical and Physical Proper- It beir-s 'estimated that one-third of the
ties." Coples, of this bulletin may be European population lives, on rye
had fro6 upon application to We DI. broad) as it forms, the principal cereal
rector of Forestry, Ottawa. In Belgium, Holland, Germuny, Aus�
tria and Russia. Rye is Iti
nferior to
wheat for breadmaking and Is not so
Jap School Childrin. ipalatable, but rye meal'mixed with
Jaipaneae children are not allowed V�-r cz- Wheat flour forrtis a rialatable and ap-
to attend schlool until after Six yeArs 110tizing loaf. In the -Unii�4 StatAR
of age, V-, the Japaiieito believe that About two-thirds of the rye grown ro
ACho6l odueaf;104, before Sit 10 physio. rto-4 as food for livestoc1c, and one.
logically and mentally detrimental. D008 t hurt A bitt Drop, a I third is d6eigUilltil As broad 'by the
Treezone" on an Aching corifft foreign population, p.00UgtD1het1 to 14
Btantly that cOtn Steps hurting, t Use. In Canada, also, rye ig, used fot,
Wemen have proAtleed medicine for shortly you lift ItrIght on wittill erfi-lbread by tilt' foreign element, an4
marl� ye ...... 'unpor""n' book Oft the Trulyl f0lltld Invaluable In the fattening of
'Iring `�oln plreanoe(, in Eng- Your dfuggist 06118 a tiny bottle of livestoek.
ng the Middle A gas by St. 1110Teezono" for a4few cents, SLIffliblent
'Sub"ect ��
land du I
It. � I � I I
lid L
OeQ 'i a woman. 'to remove eloty hAtd corfx, soft torW,
or cort. between the too$, and Me C&I. An elebbant rarely Sleeps for �t-6r#
M(nard's LlhlWent Us6dby VattrinArles . lUX" withdat -Soreness or Irritatioll, than live hours a 4,*,g.