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PIGEONS FOR THE BOYS.
About two years ago I was, sur-
prised to "overhear my oldest son,
aged twelve,• 'tell his younger brother
that as soon as he was old enough he
was going to the city. This set me
thinking. I talked to lupi and tried
tog et his view on farm life. He seen
made me realize that he was a very
ambitious child and that he did not
consider the farm a good place to
make money. I do not wonder at his
attitudefor rio pain t r
pains been tal.en
to encourage him in individual vidua effort.
r
t.
We are the owners of a hundred -acre
farm, yet neither of the children own-
ed a plot of land or an animal. They
had their regular work, allowance and
hours for recreation but they had no
hope of profit from any enterprise, ex-
clusively their own. "Why," I said
to myself, "should our boys be exclud-
ed from share in enterprises which,
when they are growre,. will probably
be their greatest impulse to success?"
I therefore made upmy mind that
we well could afford our sons .some
constructive opportunity that would
soon convince them that they could
make money at home. I talked the
subject over with my husband and we
decided on pigeons. We had none on
the farm and we reasoned that some-
thing new would be more interesting
to the boys and we were right. When
we presented them with six pairs of
pigeons and an acre of land as their
very own, their joy was too great for
words.
They went to work the next morn-
ing making a pigegn house in an un-
used shed and we were surprised to
see how heartily ,they carried the
work through.., The simple fact was
that their sympathies'- werelkenlisted
in a cause exclusively their own, and
they kept at work as diligently as if
they expected to get. rich by it.
The boys' acre WBS sown to grain
for the pigeons' rations and the boys
required little assistance in harvest-
ing it. At the age ofsix months; the
pigeons began to pair and the flock
kept increasing. -
Much more important than the
money they make is the fact that they
are so well satisfied and so interested
with something to do on their own
home farm. They loved their, home
but were anxious to do something for
themselves. It was not money they
were craving but mental interest.—
Mrs. M. E. C.
•
-"Ls towns"roaches may move from
house to house," said Mr. Webster.
"They have even been known to leave
one house in large numbers and mi-
grate to another. But whether they
enter in bands or singly they are a
pest that is especially repulsive."
They`' are grobably the most an-
noying of . coronion insects, according
to Mr. Webster, .and" some time in the
hietory of nearly every home they
make their appearance and cause' the
housewife no end of trouble.
Damp localities, such as the neigh-
borhood of • the kitchen `sink, is their
favorite habitat. They are night
prowlers and usually remain hidden
during the daytime. Roaches may be
recognized by their brown or -black
color and their size, which is usually
a half inch or more in length. Their
flat bodies are well fitted for hiding
away in cracks -under baseboards.
Roaches reproduce by means of eggs
and the young roach is similar in ap-
pearance to the mature forms, except-
ing in size and, in the absence of
wings that indicate the full grown
insect.
"Probably the most effective method
of controlling roaches is by the use of
sodium fluoride," Mr. Webster ex-
plained. "This is a white powder that
may be purchased at ahnost any drug
, .etore. • The powder should be dusted
in liberal quantities into all locations
in the house frequented by the insects,
especially ' in • pantries and under
sinks- Sodium fluoride should never
come. in contact with any foodstuffs,.
however, since it is poisonous."
"On the market there are a number
of • preparations for the control of
,cockrea'ches. Many of these contain
borax or boricacid, which may be
purchased as such from the druggist
and applied in the. seine manner as
the sodium fineride previously ;men
tioned.,'
Any treatment for cockroaches must
be continued for several weeks, if `suc-
cess is to be attained. Persistence is
necessary, regardless of whatever
measure is used against'' these trouble-
some insects. Special care should be.
taken never to allow bread rcrumbs or
other food of any descriptionto re-
main exposed about the house, since
this encouragesthe insect.
RELIABLE RECIPES.
Cheese -Cake is seasonable. To.
make, add one egg to one cupful of
fresh cottage -cheese, beat until,
smooth, then add one-half cupful of
sugar and a piece of butter the size
of a walnut, or one-half cupful of
rich cream. Flavor with vanilla, or
nutmeg. Line a pie plate with nice
pie -crust, fill with` the cheese mixture
and bake without a top crust. -
Strawberry Delight is well named.
Crush ripe strawberries through a
sieve, cut marshmallows into quarters
and soak in the strawberry juice for
one hour. When ready to serve mix
lightly with very cold whipped cream,.
place in individual glasses, and gar-
nish with`a whole strawberry. Serve
with sponge cake.
Strawberry Rice requires one-half
cupful of rice, one and one-quarter
cupfuls of butter, two cupfuls of milk,
one box strawberries, one-half "tea-
spoonful' of salt. Wash rice and cook
in the ;milk until soft, adding one
quarter cupful of sugar and the salt.
Remove' the cover and allow the mix-
ture to thicken. Pick,aver, washand
mash the strawberries. Add one -„third
cupful of sugar, and set in warm
place for couple of hours in order
to extract the juice. Make a hard
sauce of the butter . and remaining
sugar, and, when ready to serve, stir
the strawberries into -it. Have the
rice steaming hot and serve with it
a generous helping of the sauce.
Rhubarb.
ye is delicious. It
requires three pounds of rhubarb cut,
into pieces, three -oranges, three.;.
pounds of sugar, three-quarters of a
cupful of water, one pound of raisins,
oneshalf pound of shelled nuts (if de-
sired). Wash and slice the oranges,
including the rind, wash the raisins
and seed, then chop the nuts. Mix
the ingredients and boil slowly for
about three-quarters of an hour. Pour
hot into jars and seal at once.
ROACHES HAVE GYPSY
NATURE.
That roaches have a gypsy nature
is declared by R. L. Webster, ento-
Inologist:
dhlinard's Liniment for Headaches.
A PRETTY FROCK FOR MANY-
OCCASIONS.
4746. For afternoon or evening
wear this , model ;is delightful. It is
pretty in changeable taffeta, crepe de
chine, chiffon or in the new printed
voilles or figured silks. The puff
sleeves may be omitted.
The Pattern Is cut in 3 sizes, 16,
18 and 20 years. An 18 -year size re-
quires 5% yards of material 32 inches
wide. The width at the foot of the
dress is 2% yards.
Pattern mailed to any address on
receipt of 15c in silver, by the Wilson
Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St.
Toronto. Allow two weeks for receipt.
of pattern.
Send 15c in silver for our up -to-
date Spring and Summer 1924 Book
of Fashions.
BASHFUL J'ACK'S SLING.
Jack was unfortunate `enough to
break his arm, and being at the bash-
ful age, refused to stir out of the
house with his unsightly white band-
ages that shouted his injury loudly at
every "oho he met. j+ finally; Jack'sa
Mother thought of a remedy for his
BY FREDA C dAPBELL SPRINGERS:
PART IL
Dan slammed his hat on the back
of his head at a' rakish `angle, and
answered recklessly:
"Annie, that piece of black 'dobe,
nor no other piece o' land, can keep
me from gain' fishin' when I want tot"
He clattered out of the back door
with the water -pail, whistling. Annie
broke into gay little snatches of song,
and her ;feefi. fairly danced over the
kitchen floor.
In the front room Mrs. Gray had
cone over to'sit' oii' the arm of her
husband's chair.'
"Listen to those two, Markt They're
as happy and carefree as children out
here together."
Ile had been thinking the same
thing.
"No wonder," he said. ,It'
s the life.
I'll telly ou dear; there's ther a lot of dif-
ference
between growing wheat on a
country road and dealing .in wheat on
Bush street. You can go to sleep at
night out here, and be sure the ground
won't disappear before morning,; but
you're never sure of anything on the
exchange."
"That's „
true,wife,'
Mark said his'
stroking his graying hair with her
gentle white hands. "I should Iove to.
stay a week here. Isn't it the most
restful place you ever saw?"
"Restful?" -He yawned and stretch-
ed luxuriously. "Think of going fish-
ing! I'm glad we saved the machine
out of the wreck, . anyway!"
"It was the very best thing we could
have saved, for it brought us away
from the city-"
Mrs. Morgan came to the sitting
room door, now and then, to chat for.
a moment. Dinner for four was like
play to her; when there were fifteen
to twenty, then that, was work.
That dinner was one of the hap-
piest they could remember, Ordinarily
it might not have been so; but this
was no ordinary day, for it found
them all caught up on the wave of
change, and people are prone to fri-
volity and gayety in that transitory
tension:
After dinner Mrs. Gray, enveloped
in one of her hostess' gingham aprons,
helped to wash the dishes, while the
men got out the fishing rods and
loaded them into the automobile. It
was the first titcmobile ride either
ofthe Morgans had had, and the 'old
road To the''river seemed enchanted
that'afternoon ,The fishing was
good, so that they stayed late, and
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan ;accepted an in-
vitation to. ,stay, overnight. They
found 'much to talk of, for each .told
the other of things they longed to
know: •
That night,'` when the visitors had
beenshown. into the spare bedroom,
Dan Morgan said to' his wife, • as he
pulled; off his boots]:
•
"You know,' Annie, Mr.• Gray says
theres a ' lot .o •fellows make • good.
money in the city" rennin' automo-
biles."
"How ' much do; you s'pose one
costs?"'
She spoke softly, as if it were some-
thing ;holy..
"His cost forty-five hundred."
"That'sa, lotof money!"
"I've sunk, four thousand more'n
once in a _wheat ;crop."
Before they went 'to ;sleep, which
was a long,long while after that, An-
nie ,stirred: and said softly:
"That would be a nice business."
And afterra minute; "Is that .what
Mr. Gray does?"
should: say not; he's a rich man.
Moneymakes money in the'city."
In the spare room the visitors lay
looking out at the moonljt night.
"Hasn't it been a wonderful day?"
whispered Mrs. Gray.
"I shouldn't ask anything better for
the rest of my life," he answered.
"I wish we had a place like this;
Ma
"Trkh!"is is the life people were meant
to live. I don't know when you have
looked so wellas you did to -day. The
city may be all right for a man . if he's
got to be there, but . it's no place for
trouble. She made a dark -colored
sling out of an old silk .skirt.'
The edges of the yard -square sling
were neatly hemmed on the sewing
machine. The sling was then folded
into a triangle and was ready for use.
The forearm was placed in the centre
of the sling and the outer end of the
sling •- was carried over the arm and
at the back of the neck. The inner
side of the triangle was carried up
between the arm and the chest and
to the back ofthe neck, where it met
the other end and was tied behind
Jack's collar, first being adjusted as
to length for it to be entirely com-
fortable. '
The third point of the sling was,
then folded around the elbow in such
a way that it gave support and kept
the elbow from sagging and was pin-
ned in place with safety pins. The
pins were black to be as unobtrusive
as possible.
With his dark sling parily conceal-
ed by his coat, Jack went forth into
the world again without Tear of being
noticeable and strange, a Glans a boy
never wishes to be.
•
Minard's Llriiretit for Aches and Paine
a• Woman. • I ,wish' we could get o
of it 1” "'
"Why,.couldn't,'we raise'
"Princi` all because land is ,ei 'e
n y .p
sive and:it costs to plant, Then,' too
st ,4Vy,4attsTlby, tb,o well-known ai tlicirity
of failure, and dead hopes. Dan shooit.
his head as they sped by.
"I wonder," he said, "if thee' didn't
notice, these C,o,d-fadveaken naiaees on
the way out here!"
Aird when they reached the city on
the following afternoon they whirled
through the, streets with eyes,ahlyior
the °luxuriously clad, the richly`: housed
and the gay hart.
(The ,End.)
ut Great Men Live 'Longer Than
�q 1
n- Great linen five ';pinch longer' than
., mediocrities, ace,Prdiug;' to. Mr. ,
we haye?i't much timefoeseslay. %;Mu
make a`.new start "at something befo
long, and it is too late to sow whe
this year."
"Does Mr. Morgan own' his land?
"No, he leases:"?;
reIWiri4.3tia statistics.
at Ile tells es that. the ordinary man
whoreaches maturity attaint to an.
" average age of sixty-two„ but the aver
age age of five hundred more success
-
a fui ,men ','works out • at. about sixty-;
seven •and a, half years,,• ; while in the
se case of { two hundred and sixty-four
oh lives • of very distinguished men the
figuw
re` as sixty-nine.
Statesmen, Popes; and Archbishops
f ha've an' average- age of seventy=nine,.
r which "'compares favorably with: the
'life -line'-" of Tarti'sts,-••:' music ans, .and
ad authors, "'who on :the average • 'reach.
t, .,only ;sixty:four.. The average length,
's of life of 'Speakers; of the House of
"And does it cost much to`'lease
ranch like` :this?"'
"He told the to -day that his lea
was worth ; about four' thousand d
lars."
"Oh so'`much .:as that?"
"It isn't much, for this- amount o
land. : I've. paid more than that fo
a car."
Perhaps s..'even then the seed ha
taken root,•for the seed of discdnten
dropped in 'the fertile soil•, of.;.a.man
heart, will yield' more sudden and pr
lific- fruit •than :all the sober roots
habit. •
y
Two days Gra and h
y
wife , were still guests et the ranch
house. Each than had come to know
without saying it in so many word
that the other, for some inexplicabl
reason, wanted what he had. It seem
ed the most natural .thing in the wor
when Maria Gray offered to trade hi
automobile for Dan Morgan's leas
and when Dan promptly accepted th
offer.
It was also natural that the tw
women should hide their secret de
ight and make pretense of being th
east bit dubious 'of the trade, lest th
other think her too anxious. ` The
aughed over it together in the mos
disinterested way, as if it meant no
hing at all to them to have the dear
st wish of their hearts.
For the next" few days there wa
excitement endueat the ranch t
tart a riot. Everything was to b
eft just as it stood. Inside the. hoes
he women 'were busy sorting out th
ittle'"personal things Mrs. Morga
was to take with her. She gave Mrs
Gray her big aprons, and Mrs. Gray
n turn, helped her to give her clothe
he touches that made them fit for cit
wear. Mrs: Gray told her the bes
laces to: shop and market in the city
nd she •.showed Mrs. Gray about th
are of the-' chickens and what to d
with the 'mi1k.
They `went frequently to the doo
to watch the progress of the men, fo
Dan Morgan was learning how to ru
an automobile. He had an aptitud
Or machinery; he.: knew every 'nu
nd bolt in`'a combined' harvester, an
n the third day he drove Mr: Gra
ver 'the ranch, stopping here an
here to tell him of the 'peculiaritie
f this or that strip of land.
The wheat gave • vivid promise o
generous yield. Looking over th
reen ;expanse with all the new
Leasure of ownership, Mr. Gray re
marked:
"I can't see one thing to preven
his making a big. crop!" •
"Nothing but the Almighty," ans
ered Dan Morgan; and the city man
(sok the words as aheartyagreement
Six days from the morningof their
rrival, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gray
tood on the front porch of the ranch
ouse and watched Mr. and Mrs. Dar
torgan wave them, good=bye as they
eceded down the ` road in the . big
uring car. Mrs. Gray gave a sigh
f content and happiness.
"At last," she said,, -ds they turned
o go in, "we are out of the gamble!'
His arm wentround her and.drew
er to him.
"This is the first really peaceful day
have known for years!"
`But, Mark"—and she shook her
ead a bit sadly --"I can't help think -
ng of those two blind dears. • They
be Commons. is eighty, . yeare,+ and Loi d
of Chancellors seventy-nine.
Poets, on an average, have "shorter
is
w,
s,
e
1d
lives than prose writers, their length
of •life being ;fifty-four years, ' while
scientists' can boast ofan average age
of seventy years. Teat: tubes and
mathematics would thus ,seem to be
More -favorable to longevity than the
"fine frenzy" ofthe writer of verse.
In Mexico, Perhaps.
1st Rebel—"We have a great
vantage in having good arms."
2nd Rebel—"That's nothing to speak
of—the enemy has just as good legs."
ad-
After "very Oedi
It's the to gest.iastiug
COUteCl;fiep yea eaId, O,'
-- enti it's kelp, *o cl -
gesftou d a -cl.eansenr
• for tine mouth
and teeth..
Wrigley's means
. ie)defit 's'wielra sr
r,�b,e$e+liie�m
Wireless -Electricity.
Effecti
1s 0 trans mssi' on' of electrical
poii*er without wires 'is said to be al-
most within. reach. No small part of
the,romise o •til
P f e new inventon is its
possible use in war to explode an
eneiuy:si - magazines, blow uphis war-
ships and turn his ammunition clumps
into -death ••and .destructions for those
who are,near them. Science may thus
make it more `dangerous for a ,country-
to
ountryto have the usual means of carrying
on -war than to lack them.
Oldeat of Men.
Mr. Adomas Jaczas, a"Lithuanian, is
probably the oldest man in the world.
Heis in his one hundred and forty-
sixth year. A recent report enumer-
ates fifty-six inhabitants• 'of Lithuania
as being more than one hundred years
old. Ten of'thein are more' than one
hundred and ` twenty years old, and
two are more than one hundred and
forty.
•
Married men live longer than bach-
elors, according to statistics.
A. fresh,
isadmire.,kyev r ..n
OU roust frequently purify your skin, antisep-
tically, to make and keep it healthy, to bring to it
a glowing beauty.
Thousands of men and women have realized this, which
is why Lifebuoy Health Soap has -become the most
widely used toilet soap in the world.
Lifebuoy is a scientific skin purifier—a real health soap.
Yet soap' cannot ;be made more pure, more bland, more
beneficial to the skin than Lifebuoy.
Lifebu y pr tests
Its rich, copious lather releases a wonderful antiseptic ingre-
dient which ;is carried down, into every pore, eliminating all
impurities and leaving the skin thoroughly clean and safe.
HEALTH' SOAP
haven't the .faintest idea 'what the; More than Soap_aleak`hilabit
city does to people!" ' •
Two miles dowthe road the auto -I
n LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED,
mobile passed an empty, dilapidated TORONTO
ranch -house standing in the midst of
an overgrown field, mute, monument
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Amari§,Hower will keep
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JAMES SMART PLANT
BROCKVILLE ONT.
ISSUE •INo„ 23—'24.
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Our SME43 Pearl Ware Wash.
card as so strong, tough and.
durabLe.tha t a full-grown man or
woman can stand on • it without -
doing the rub in� g s rte. ace or any ..
part of it the leant harra 9 The enameled sa'~re
face won't chip, flake or ped: off. Think of
the wear there is in such a wash board!
There is the same wearing qualities in all
articles in SNIP Pearl Ware. Try out the
wash board and be convinced.
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EOMONi014 VANCOUVER CALGARY
The ,St. Lawrence is Rich
in History
By 5, L, Cullen
Although it is a generally acee]pt
opinion that J ihn and S,ebastien Cdbot
were the pioneers` of, the St. Lawrence,'
it is very probable that this great
land waterway was known to wander-
ing
andering European fishermen centuries be-
fore their time. It is iirnown. thatthe
o"a$l`y^"lvbris '' Vikin s tbuche,d on • .the
coast of Labrador and discovered •
America approximately one thousand
years- before Columbus was, born, but
no tangible ,records have been recov-
ered to prove •the• surmise that they
also discovered the St. Lawrence. The
Cabo•ts, father and son, received finan-
cial backing, from both' Portugal and
England, but- it was the French who
followed up:; the discovery systernati-
cally and established the French col-
ony of Canada.
Following the example of the Danish
and Anglo-Saxonsettlers in Britain,
the : new- `'einl rants settled' alongthe
g
banks of the river, and• for many years
the Preach "Couriers des Bois" 'car-
ried oh a brisk• trade• in furs with the
Indians ' of Canada' and the-
Middle
es Sta mi
t Stat
ea S S es dux ng,th•a e'iglteenf;h,cen-
tury; The St. Ld. - by river was
well surve etopographical y P $hical ex-
P
Orts of several countries, chief among:, ong , .
whom being C whoseCook, Captain asur- -
p
veys of the St Lawr enee.:valley are
•considered, authentic and very ,accur
Fite •_ even ' td -day. " Captain ••' Cook
•achie ed fame asthe man who first ' .
planted the 'British •fag en Australian
s{oil.
The Battle of the Plains.
The following information was taken: -
from: ,an did chart made after the fa-
mous battle between' the English ° ideas a'
der Wolfe and the French under Mont -
calm, 'on the Heights, of. -Abrahani,'
when Canada was annexed to the Bri-
tish ' Empire: 'On- the receipt 'of the'
news of the defeat'and death 'of"the
French hero, Montcalm, at Quebec,' the
French:king: made light of it, exclaim
ing that Canada was only a. few acres
of rocks and snow at best, and its only
native inhabitants were red Indiana
and polar bears. The king's press
aggent' wan -not a gobd prophet, To -day`
the St. Lawrence river during the sum-
mer. months is the scene of ever-in-
creasing shipping activity. Every year
ship's oflarger tonnage sail to the in-
land ports of Quebec and. Montreal
and an extensive ' and very popular
trans-Atlantic service has Sprung into
existence from these ports.' Pas`sen-
ger traffic in general between the New
World and the Old 'has iuoreased 'can
siderably since the war, and there is
every indication that it will continue
to ' expand. The Atlantic is . not, the
irrevocable Rubicon' it was a few .
years ago, when a passenger usually
crossed'once' `to make a home for him-
self', abroad. Settlers formed .the bulk
Of the ocean travellers. At the pro,' -
sent time•it is 'a matter of conjecture
as to whether .tlie 'tourists and ,sight-
seers compose the larger group of
ocean travellers.
The New World is figuratively much
nearer to the Old than it 'was a „few
years ago; the passage acres is quick-
er and much more comfortable, and
what was an ordeal then is a pastime
to -day. , Thousands of Canadian and
American ex -soldiers and ex -nurses
saw Britain and .the `Continent under,
the stress of war and left 'countless
friends and warm associations behind
when - they returned home, but the
way back is always ,open and the wei-
come is always sure.
The Currant Hedge.
•
I think earth does not know a lovelier
thing• ':•
Than a hedge of currant blossoms in
the spring.
Who would have guessed that churlish
sod could hold
So much of flame and fragrance, green
and gold;
Who would have dreamed capricious
winds of May
Could conjure forth this 'exquisite •ar
ray
Of vagrant stars, blown earthward
from the night,
To capture weary souls with new de-
light
I never catch their wind-blown strange
perfume,
Drifting from fragrant banks of foam .
gold bloom,
But that an ancient memory bears pie
far
To an old house beneath 'an evening
star,
To an old' yard where young ,leaved
trees would trace
High- on the sunset sky their fragile
lacer
And from the hedge that. marked -the
garden rim
Night after night the evening wind.
would brim
With perfume lovelier far than ever'
blew
From ,Eden's garden when the . world
was, new.
And beauty and dusk and dreams
came drifting low
Over an.old house, long and. long ago.
And so I think tliore is no lovollor;
thing .
Than a hedge of currant blossoms' In
the spring.
—Ted Olson,
Scottish'Tr!butes to F3urns.
Scotlanci has feurteen monuments
to the poet I3urns.
Forty • thousand boys and girls are
52 out of work in London largely because
they had to take casual labor through
Matta inch of training,