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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1932-04-28, Page 3Naw T'roopt: . � our experience we have fouAd that This week we have to record the where a .person is honorable iC usually formation of 'two new Regular Stout that at they'are' Oouit@oe . e' Troops at King City and at Canning -t . Courteousness is cheapt• c , .s -ton. These Troops commenced opera- nothing to be polite and it. is probably, tions as Lone Scout, Patrols; and for easier to be polite than it• is to be sort.; time have been doing • very sue- boorish and rude. cessful • work inr that capacity. • •The i• •.But the result of, being courteous' is 'number of" boys' in those districts; how Very much more far reaching than' it ever, who are interested in Scouting, I one is the''reverse. The 'average -per- has •grown ,BO large, that'..s.teps were' son .hat not much time to waste on takento locate 'a local. Scoutmaster people who. cannot' even be civil cin and form Regular Troops, ' : • - •-'• • 1 thei4 speeeh, =or• civilized, in their ace . Thus, . whilst we,.are soyjy 1o'•lose tions;• whereas 'one who is polite .and them from . the ranks 'the Lone •'eourteotte . at all times is 'held in • the Scouts,. we congratulate the ieenrbers, very Highest esteem, by all who know of, the new ng and est .Cannington. him . , .: Troops 6n �theheteauguration, and 'w'iah 1 ^ .Ther; efore a• Scout' is ,cpur.teouS, hid" CChem every ;suceess ,.and of .Grood in being so he hot only liftsehinise4$ in Scouting " ' " •• ': ,Ithe estin2atnon of his fellows, butalso •A Good.Turii lifMom .attd •Eggs he adds to the •prestige ofd the orgaui Close to-•940.,•ilvzeu 'eggs wele',COI f'41611'to which' lie belongs9•.,;, lected as their Special Easter Relief I • • Lone Scout Camp goad turn by the Scouts of St. Johns 'Preparation•s • for the bene Smut •distrlet, Que.,. aed distributed on a Canip have been tentatively com- •basis ..of r6 eggs ;per .person to. needy., mended•, and all Lorries who • intend to families.Eight hams also were Bis- i 'be present should notify `Lone -Stout tributed•, and other foodstuffs. Scouts.) Headquarters as soon' tie 'possible, The do other places put on similar Easter Camp Will he held at Ebor Park near Relief campileen ".. . . Brantford, from July 'the 4th to 16th Boy Scout •Apple..Day • inclusive, and ,the cost of the full' On 'April lst the Boy" Scout's of To-, period' will be' $10.00, nbt more, Scouts :onto sold Ontario •apples in, the will prgvide their own. transportation otreete o� hat city for the purpose of-rto and from the came This •is a splen- did'aising funds to `help. the'Scout Finan- t opportunity to obtain excellent Ciel Campaign which was at that time ' Scout Training 'under' .. experienced leaders, so Make 'up your mind to be. 3n operation. The' Scouts on that'' day• ` there, end, star+ ea'ving rearLiiekela Sold'some 200,000 apples and realized ,,now.' ; . e sum -:of ' rprighly `$a5,4i0, which is considered to be a highly creditable e oestng ,a Viieatton effort. 'We. • hear that, Oshawa and L• ane Scouts throughout the Pro- ' Owen Sound are also intending to try vince.•will be interested. to know that the experiment for their own funds, a series of radio talks, lasting 15• mi,In. And we wish the .Scout Authorities in . utes each, is' now .being; given , each =those centres ever success. 4.. • week day,except Saturday, from 6.15 Steps are being taken to reserve a to 6.30 p.m., Eastern,. Standard Time, Special date each year forthe sale of ,over. CFCA, CJGC, •CKCO, CFCH; and Ontario apples `b3- Scouts, on the CKPR. These talks are arranged by 'streets thrpughout the Province, to be the Vocational' Dept.' of the Western . known as ."Boy Scout. Apple Day-" High School Of .Commerce,' Toronto, Toronto's Mayor on Scouting•and will last until June 8th next. •Prac- "Pire.would have fewer mi fits iu the tically every career possible is. covered world to -day it, all boys had the advant- age of Scout life."' declared Mayor We. $.. Stewart. of Toronto recently. '"The boy' who has bee a . Scout: becomes a lean with. netinite, de. velopea capapi r- ties, who ' does not' walk the streets looking for, picb• and shovel or, routine Office work:"• 'The •• may'or's- set' Billy is a Scout. . 'This 'Week's Scout''. Law–' -5.:. A Scout • - is • Courteous. •• The first Scout Law states . that •a eltgaillif For Uoyrt n • • in the merry 'month of May eke Mg and weenhold court—so- diligent debs' rehearse the .curtsey they will make under the expert . guidance: 'of Miss "Vicente who operates a.`school • for the . purpose. e Sii o fe inrtyal , by these.:ehort talks, and some ofthe ` most preriinent business and profes- sional men in Canada are amongst the•. speakers. We can recommend Lorries t+ listen t. these t.lk, - ' ' There is lots of room in` Lone Scout- ing ' for boys who are tunable to be members of Regular Scout Troops, be- cause Of 'the location- of their homes: If you are interested in Lone Scouting, write to The Lone Scout Dept., Boy Scouts'Association . 330 'Bay Street, Toronto, Ont., au dthei will be glad to Scout's honour is to he trusted. and in send you all particulars.—"Lone E:" Five Methods' of Irrigation Used On Western Farms Five methods are generally followed in applying irrigation water in farms . and ranches .of the West;; according to a 'booklet 'recently issued by the bureau of Reclamation. 'The' scheme • to . be followed depends principally upon the topography, the character of the surface soil and• subsoil., the kind • of crop to be irrigated 'and the quan-. pestuous wing 'Spring Wind n full -voiced herald of immaculate spring, • • With clarion 'gladness , striking every tree To answering rapture. as a reso- ' nant&sea Fills rook-bou$d shores., .with thun- • ders echoing— • O thou, 'each beat of whose tem- tity of water to be 'used. In the flooding method, field laterals are runout from the farm -head ditch at intervals of seventy1fiv , to 100 feet, usually on a small grade. 13y means ;Sf canvas dams placed at frequent in- tervals, the water is turned out of the Shakes the long winter -sleep from • hill and .lea, ' • . • And rouses with• loud reckless jubilant glee The !Ards' that have not dared• as yet to sing: laterals and spread over the field. The, O wind that: eeiiiest with prophetic border method consists of the division " cries, of the field into narrow' strips .byl Hast thou indeed beheld the face means of low levees about six inches I that is ' • , • • high arid five or six feet wide, spiced' The joy of poets and the glory of from twenty .to 100 feet apart': It ieel • birds - adapted to lands having a gentle slope. S1,t•ing's face itself: bast thou 'neath The corrugation method consists o.t bluer Skies ' ' running small furrows, four to Biel flet the waren- lips that are the .inch inches 'apart, downline of steel And heard Junes leaf -like mur- Lesson user=-.•«e.w..-+r••-:•ieee .. e-. s.e...• I- h. • An Early Spring Garden Every gardener, I suppose, has his --ter her—favorite moment/ • of . the Wing. 'I think mine isthat warm day, as near the. 'first of Ap ' as pos- sible, whei, I take off my roll up' my sleeved to feel the sun n ,y arm"s,. and plant the first row- of ea • peas. Generally the sweet peas It velalread y been planted, but that is done" in a trench Aug the aritumn before,'.and lacks, fox me, the thrill of forking the still, 'sticky soil, •'getting out the reel of garden twine, -and sowing the "gat- ing peas," as we know them here- abouts... . • Another, moment, .sometimes my fa vorite,: is• when the wall fountain is turned on, and the water' gushes from the lips .of my marble mask, splashes into... ashallow'basin -and tills it, and then goes t inkling down its tiny rune way betwee beds of iris ` and forget enots' and arcissu:, and begins to- the pool . . • S never seems quite to.,haye o the; arden until. the fountain is gushing, until therme way twinkles' and, flashes between the ,rising iris spears, and in the night in calling ,hiengreat;.because he was a man of much wealth. Wealth was :viewed as contributing to . fulness of life. Itsuse was to serve; Isaac in doing the will of God; it was for this that -God gave -it Not.L.the denial. of life, but its'maeifold satisfaction; and fulness' was the ideal of ancient, arae. . May :,1., •Lesson V—Isaac and His Ili ENVY AND 1MMEEKNESS, ti's.. 15-22. Wells—Genesis 26: 12-25. Goldin 1 At Geiser, in the valley of Grer`rx,. Text—A soft answer tureeth away ,and at Sitnali, the Philistine h^trdmen Wrath: but grievous words stir up I disputed the possession of the wells. anger.—Proverbs 15:. 1. 1 with Isaacs heedmen. To the nomad, Wells are all-important .. They..ereate ANALYSIS . •' . Bayne for his real estate; they insure, 1. GOD AND PROSPERITY, V$. 12-14. and herds. In abandoning these wells an 'ample water supply for his flocks II ENVY AND MEEKNESS, 'va. 15-22. each time the Philistines claimed thein, III.• con's.PitoefsE,. vs; 23-25. •Isaac was. therefore, turning his hack upon real values: Yet in. doing so .he, T1YTRODvcTioN—If one may •judge ..displayed his greatness. •Three fea- from. the meagre records of • his life, tures of his greatness. stand out. First,• the most pa three_patriarehs.. Foe was the.least.conspicuous .of the begat easy toward worldy possessions. y' rt could..ac wire• them; but he could he 'appears: either • with his father. also give themwas • eir.inas- Abraham, or with his soft, ,Tacob. The ' ter, and. not their •servant.. Secondly, story before us is the only narrative he was 3 lover'of peace.. When strife Where the, interest centres solely upon . appeared; Isaac disappeared'. ' .As in: him. On account of . famine he 'had , the cas of Abraham. with Lot,..Isaaa .gone to dive in Girlie, .situated •some- won:peace with the,Phiiistiries by'sep- where in the border country between! aration.•; Thirdly,. in giving in to his the'• land of Canaan and ,the land • of; foes he 'showed his meekness. "No- the Philistines,.• v..1: • His 'life_ there,thing ,can be saner or. sweeter than was filled with the. difficulties • and . this ancient "tale with its ' apparent atrife,commonly experienced by people , moral ' for those who' think that the living' in, a border country. Under; strongest thing is to retaliate, to as - these trying .circumstances he showed serf, -every claim, to cede . no possibles the'spirit .of forbearance which he had advantage." •' • learned from;.the example of his fa -a III. GoD's.PROMisE, vs.'23 25.. then. Abraham. Strachan writes ,f In retiring - from' the Phi1i'stines him, "We:see in him the familiar type of the great man's son who is over- shadowed by his father's. greatness. His position was made too' easy, his path in life too smooth. ' Everything was found for him. His parents plan- ted 'for him, Eliezer wooed for him, Ee au_h toted for hint and the land alma t of its own • accord yielded its increase for Ilan. The result of all this kindness was that he was lacking in the -Landes of a. strong manhood'.'' None the less to the Israelites he rank- ed a • a• national type and ideal. • ' 1. GOD AND PROSPERITY. vs. 12-14. . 'Verse 12 gives • two reasons for Isaac's prosperity—nis own industry and cod's ble'ssing. His work in agri- culture was all the more .praiseworthy when the traditions of his family are considered. His father, Abrahatn.,to Isaac tor*. a northerly course which brought hint eventually to Beersheba. This is the most southerly town in, Palestine, lying close to the desert which stretches between Palestine and Egypt. Here God ppeared to him., Frequently in the stories of the pa- triarchs. God appeared after they bad performed worthy deeds. 1;n this way they had assurance of God's approval.. The promise• made to Abraham was renewed to Isaac. Abraham is called "icy servant." Thus the . promise is linked to obedience and the fruits of obedience are reaped by future genera- tions. Isaac made his home in Beer-' sheba. .His ,life there is described' briefly in v. 25.' It included religion, family life. and industry—altar. tent, and wells., silence the steady •tinkle of fall{ng• water sings up ones More to sleep.. The. wilditovyer nooks in the .garden arse of ceurse the most charming spots in. spring.. Crocuses, daffodils, bga- cinths, tulips are all right. I've not been able to afford too many,nor even, enough_, of them. But .they haven't the shy .charm, the woodland and .ver- - nal lure, of the wildflowers, the little native clossoms brought into the gar- den from the world about and Made to dwell at peace with their _showy and more urban sisters, From the firat ' bloodroot and .hepaticas, to the laven- der -pink spikes of the showy orchids, . and the stately. cardinal Rowers, and finally the asters, I fear 'I' watch with greater . pride and more delightthe biossoining of .my wild -flowers scatter.. e,..tbrough the garden than I do the !. display of Cultivated perennials. There -.' ''even' littleclumps of Quaker la- dies in the,lawn -which we carefully • mow around, leaving them undisturb-. ed till their season is over,-Waiter•i Priehere Eaton, in "A Bueplie Atti-e • What New York Is Wearing BY ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON Il'lvstrd•ted Dressmaking Lesson' Fur- nished With Every Pattern , . A Way of Life ly a Bedouin. Now .apart from rais- • To love, .tc, feel, to think, to, care inch material, with 3's yard 35 -inch ii. flocks and herds- .he Bedouin does! To other people's burdens bear, contrasting. not ordinarily. follow agriculture. inl.To take the way the Master trod HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. 4 277$ Today's fascinating pattern is 'a ver- satile one. It does.for frocks hi ,print - . crepe, silk and sheer woolens. Also' for the lovely summer cottoms and figured or plain •linens: ' Now a marine lue crepe silk print - ,ed in navy inspired the first model. The pretty bow sarin and belt were plain navy, crepe. • . '.Don't you think the' puffed sleeves attractive? • And it's simplicity itself to fashi.,n it. " Should -cottons be your consideration for the moment, a' wide -wale pique in yellow is fetchilig with' brown pique trim. • . Style N. 2778 is designed for'si.ee 10, 12, 14 and 16 years. n judge from his numerous migratio' Size 12 requires 2% ,yards 35 or 'tie with his flocks and herds, was obviou•- es deep and sixteen to fdrty-eight gates of bliss, . . fact today the Bedouin deaprses the, is to fulfill 'the mind of God.. ••t the lir � r= b Write year )lame and address plant - est slope, and turning into each fur -I • mnr of sweet words? • • row a sinail quantity.of water and let-_,, ting it thoroughly .wet the soil. •Tlie; furrow method' comprises as number Of small furrows, starting at the head ilalliatiti Sharp. ' l'opmc". • �3 tch anti running down the slope 'fo: • The Average Citizen "We seem to regard gnveer•rtnrent ars Froin 300' to •1,200 feet. Each furroi a thin, apart front DS."—SalauP1 i'n- .i_s a small irrigation ,ditch. The 'basin and dike method is heel.. adapted to very fiat ljtnd's where it k' , - — asinclose. a field with- a low r 1e to �• possible 1S'hat same people- d'on's know the, dike just high enough to retain theI are all ;Sys talking ago • epth of water required. • • . tl t"nIyer. •. O• hard-working ..peasant wh • • tills the soil. So in sowing the'land Isaac wast .probably departir.; •from, his family frndi'ionS. Riclrlrarvastc'fofowed his' sowing: In •interpreting prosperity the ebrew• mind refused to find iia !mere .human efforts 'a sufficient e';-! nlanation. $n after stating in v. 121 that :Islip,. snw'd in that land. th>' 1 s''ttvttnt is irmrediately added. "amt. the Lord hleesed.him." God, and •t other, is the real hero la all these stories: Verses 13 stresses the grade u..l way iri Which .Isaac accunutlate.l ' possessions. NO hesitation is shown 'to walk •with courage and unbowed. When loss and. sorrows. round its rowd, To cast. out fear and hate. t.. cease. Fro,n useless str'iein€s. this is peace. Tn know a.•loving cane has planned The .things so hard to understand. That what has happened is the hey'. To truest: to hope, to pray. t.' reit. Beatrice Macdoirgal•l in "Lift t l• ••our Heart.." 1 lv, giving 'number and size of such I patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in • stamps or cci'.i , coin :preferred; wrap i• it Carefully for each number, antt i address yo:•r•'order to Wilson Patterte Service. 73 (Vest Adelaide Si.. Tome; e. e...merl�' "inri parthos cat. n••ee•r he I.1ivrn.-Ptl." tii;rie f)ra•"�ter, • - Sunrner Glory ': Vromthe mouth of . Exe to thti' mouth of Eeign the coast is .unintet'' 4 estitig. Such 'beauty as it once posses- sed has been destroyed by the railway!: .. a But inland these discontents are scion forgotten;: there amid tilth'and. . pasture, gentle hill's and leafy ; hole lows .;f rural Devon,the eye rests anti' ... r is soothed. $y lanes innumer- able, deep between banks of fern and flower; by paths along the bramble - edge of scented meadows; 'by the sec-,. ret windings of copse and .brake. and' • streani-worn valley a way • hies un--' ., ;ward to the . long' ;ridge , of',Haldon, where"breezes-singamong-the'pines, or. sweep • rustling through gorse and bracken. Mile after mile of rustic. • loveliness, ever and anon the sea -rim-: its blue beyond grassy slopes.. White fatties' dozing beneath',. their thatch In harvest sunshine; hamlets,forsaken save by' women •and childre; ly dol and cats and • poultry, the.. laborers. afield. Here grow the, tall foxgloves, bending a purple head . in the heat of noon; here the 'great -hells df the 'con- ' volvulus on-'volvulus hang thick from lofty 'hedges f: massing their pinkand white against' dark igreen leafage; here aurid ilia - chewed underground trail , the .long ' fronds of lustrous • harts-tonglre; wherever the eye falls, profusion of summer's . glory:. 'Here, in many'•, a, nook, carpeted with softest turf, . can- ' opied with tangle of 'leaf .and bloom, solitude is safe from all intrusions unless it be that of flitting bird, or of' some timid wild thing that rustles for; • • a moment and is gone. From dawn te: midnight, us from midnight to dawn, one who would be alone with 'nature might count upon the Security of these' boats eed dells.—George Gissing; ""In the Year of Jubilee." Canadian Geologist Is Awarded Medal London—The Council of the Royal Geographical • Society. has awarded. its Victoria Medal to. Dr. Arthur. Philomen Coleman; professor emeri- tus of geology at the University of Toronto, for his extensive contribu= tl'ons to the geography and' geoiogr • of • Canada: • At the same time it was'announce ed the King, lied approved the award of the royal meals of the society to a .young Briton and an Italian duke s 'H" G. Watkin. leader of a British meteorological + and exploration party • • into,Greenland' last year. was award- . ed the Founders,' modal. and tihe . Duke c!f Spoleta was awarded the Patrons' Medal for his work es•, lead er of • an' assault on Karakorant.• a peak in the •Himalayas, in 1929. The Council also awarded the, back grant lo Hughi'lutterbuek, leader of last year's' Oxford University Hud . • son Straits .expedition. One. of Clut terbuek's mon, Christopher T. D'Aeth, died of exposure on Akpatok Ireland in Clear° Ray. (Pusher, Prof, A. P.' Colernan. who i$ 79 years old. has done extensive ' ea• . I pioration and geological work in the , Canatdian Rockies. in • Labrador and . ,1 in Ontario Por many }•ears he has oecu.pied a position' as one. of Ceti- ( veteion is no•reme•d) sur l.a•i.,tiat itda's ereeleet teachers of the 'ttie' discontent." --Eamon De j•aiera. I s, ieuees. iter made his life work,' -MUTT AND JEFF— 'By BUD .FISHER it C.OV4 ON 'TRACK. fit Au,i i - TV WALL Be seven, (,Ni ( • NovRs LAt�- - lS,t oN ALL-pc!cti fele ih `T 'FLIRT WITH Te 036INEE.SZ L_. FUVVCrt G(. 'geld if"o+.• ¶ P.Air 'MAN es 4wi lie.- ON -044, 1i ,Casey Jones at the Throttle. 1ftAS9N UNKNOWN -1 !";1,11)1, ;;;bili 17 \I DoeitT HANG YOUR tgl>lY- - ato nib get.. Rope Ituli,l Idiv '" i eee i