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The Brussels Post, 1925-2-25, Page 3p�i Bp _., C+ P "NNL 1ig OV "...MONTHS. OF LOOM J AND TI,TE WO ST IS YET TO �. It is gratifying to the flower laver to leaden, the seedlings may give guise observe the aver•inereasilti5 interest a variety of lovely shades, 'taken to hardy flowers, a border of The Iceland poppy is another flue whiclh, properly laid out and pbultee, :plant. It Rowan over a. more extend - terms 00 attractive feature of We gar- ed season than Ute Otientei end is den for at least six Months of the year. Moro suitable for the frogt of the bete Itletty line perennial flowers eau be der as it grown eat more thea one raised from coed at very little ex- foot high. The colors are charming, pence, end those baying the available coining In sbades of oiling°, yellow, epaee adjacent to the home should now white, seariet and pink, get busy, for itis unwise to postpone Although a biennial flowering tee the sowing 0f perennials until late seeend year from sped, the Canterbury eprink or summer. bell is well worth a place in the bor. The meet ef/ewe, arrangement of der, Most attractive during June and 4i wide border is to plant in groups of Jnly, the large bell-shaped flowers, one Vnrtety, of course spacing the borne on Jingo sptkoa, are always Plants sufficiently far apart that they striktugty ettrnallye and the colors will not overrun 0310 another for at pleasing. White, blue, mauve and hast a few years, Each group may Volt -'any of these calors may be len' consist of five or six plants according phased seearatety so that speclflo to the species, sat Wino to flftoen, color effects can be carried out if the mortes' apart. To enable the gardener harder is SO planned. The planta die to arrange his groups in this manner after flowering, so that seed must be the seed le best sown in a temporary amen eaoh year, bpd, transplanting the eeedlings to the border some time in September, talc - Mg advantage of showers or using shades of crimson, gold and orange. water freely until the. plants become established. It flowers from late spring until fall, Wherever the seed es sown, care Coreopsts grandiilora Is another ex must be exercised not to cover small cellent subject for cutting and an all - seeds deeply, and as the seed of some seasod"bloomer 1Y not allowed to form species fu very slow in germinating, seed. The single daisylike flowers the Boil must not be allowed to dry are rich yellow in color and borne on tong stems. Other Charming Varieties. The Gaillardia is deservedly very popular, due to its abundant and rich- ly colored flowers which comprise all out; to lessee the necessity of con- tinued watering, the seed bed may be covered with old sacking until the seedlings begin to appear. All weed growth must be kept from the seed bed. The hardy flowers hereafter named are easily raised from seed, and all are worthy of a place in the perennial border. The Unrivaled Delphinium: The delpbfttium or hardy larkspur with its stately habit' of growth and noble flower spikes, ranging from the brightest to the softest blue, through all shades of lovely colors, from mauve purple and lilac to white, is one of the most attractive and weal/10001m of all summer -flowering- perennials. Grown as Single epeclmens or group- ed in a mass the color effect is always brilliant and pleasing. Oriental poppies usually give us their fiat flowers with the delphiniums, and what a show Um two do make when grown near each other) Ger- Vous! No other word can possibly describe these plants; and In June, just before the hardy border gets into itssummer stride, this flue poppy is at its best. The flowers are enormous and, al- though in common with other mem- bers at the family they are of tran- sient beauty, we are more than re- compensed by the freedom with which they are produced. The predominating color of the Oriental poppy is scarlet, but there are a number of very pleasing salmon - pink varieties, and if the seed was saved frorn a good representative col - Shasta daisies or chrysanthemums are particularly valuable for cutting purposes, The large single flowers aro pure white with a yellow centre. The coneilower—r'udbeckit—is at its best during late summer and fall, and it adds 'a brightness to the border where earlier -flowering subjects are gradually going past. The long -spurred oblumbines with their dainty birdlike ewers in such a variety of colors, are particularly fas• cinating and deserve to be well repre- sented. Gypsopitila—baby's breath—bearing cloudlike masses of tiny white flowers, is much sought after for mixing with other flowers. The new double•flower- ed variety is a notable addition to our list of hardy plants; 1t lasts much longer than the old single -flowered baby's breath. Pyrethrum roseum has largo daisy - like Mowers in various pleasing colors from white through shades of pink and rose to scarlet. '{Excellent for cutting and flowers early in the season. Mallow marvels or hibiscus, bearing enormous flowers, makes a noble plant for the large border and it blooms for several months. The colors range from white to glowing crimson, Other worthwhile varieties include Veronica, valerian, blue flax, platy - codon, plume -Poppy, shell flower, loosestrife, burning star, globe thistle,. foxglove and hollyhock. Fine dwarf -growing varieties are the clove -scented pink. gold dust, peren- alal candytuft, rock soapwort, snow - 1n -summer and sun rose. The Music of the Bible. "Music in the church," someone has said "has been responsible for con- siderable Music in the Home." This is true to a great,extent, The custom of a group of people gathering around the little old organ .or piano 1n, the honkie on a Sunday evening atter church to sing hymns, no doubt had its riso in congregational singing..Con- gregational singing in tern doubtless sprang from the singing of the ancients, as related in the .Bible. This brings up the topic of religious musicand music of the Bible. Ia this connection it is interesting to note. that as early on hi the Old Testament as Genesis, we find` a roterence to music -"Jabal he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe," The Hebrews were a music loving people, and a large part of their poetry was conceived in .the form of sacred lyric song. David the harpist's time was the golden age of Hebrew music, he with King Solomon was responsible for bringing to the forefront the musical element in the religions service. David appointed four thousand Levies to be singers and musicians 'in the taber- nacles of Gideon and Mount lion, whilst Solomon's religious musical ar- rangements for the dedication of the temple were upona gigantic scale, "The Deletes, the singers, all of thele 1 of Asaph, of',Heman, or ,Tedltthun, with their sons stud their brethren, beteg arrayed in white liven, having cm - bats; and psalteries, and harps, stood at tiie east end. of Um altar," But not only wan nnlsie employed for inspiraUmtai purposes, but also on festive occasions, bands at "sing- ing men and women" were to be found. in the palaces of beth David and Solo- mon, • Although no a10011040 date exist to 135,01,01 net in outlining the Iteliiew eye - tom of nitraic•--ft eystenl there really. was --there is evidence pointing 'to certain cheraotetksties !earthy of note, The theory of hat•niony was unknown the songs nue the psalms were me1o' dies, and at all periods music was tette phonal and choral. It is obvious front Biblical records that the Hebrews had vfrtofs ltin315 of ttrusteel compositions, aulougst then, being music for divine worship, popular secular bongs (Tsaiab xvl. 10), and couvival songs (Isaiah xxlv,) 8, 0. ' 'Wives among the lesktmos are stett- ed to be useful for chewing the skin of one typo of sen], Whose hide is so tough that it cannot be used for boot- )nakine until it has boon weal chewed. That Headache. The two commonest headaches are talose due respectively to eye -strain and constipation. The eye headache is apt to bo made worse by flue needle- work, by reading much, or by reading fine print. It is more likely to be worse in the evening, although some early morning headaches are also clue to the eyes.. The pain is felt in the forehead, behind the eyes, or inthe temples. If you suspect your head- ache of belug due to au eyestrain, con- sult an ocease If you are satisfied that your eyes are sound, and that your digestive sys- tem is not being abused, and still you get headaches, you should bave a medical examination. It is dangerous to endeavor, to treat headaches at hone with patent medicines. 'You may abolish the pain, but you leave untouched the disease of which 'it is hying to ware you. The number of headache medicines is legion. They go under many names —far more than there are varieties of medicine -but ultimately they all be- long to the group of coal -tar deriva- tives, and alt are poisonous snore or tests in :the same sort of way. A. characteristic of their use is that while they relieve ,the pain for the time beteg, they make the headaches morefrequent and so establish them- selyee ES en integral part in a vicious circle of headaches and headache cures. Remember that a Headache may be the warning signal or a disease which treated early can be med.—From the Lcaguo of Red Cross Societies, Very Fragile. "Yes, my boy, T reckon you cats have her, sighed Old Main IIawkius to las daughter's Butt01', 'but take good care of her for she's been rriz kinder ten- derltke, eleigltt acres is all I ever est her to piety between sunup and dark, S11e cat do light work seen as well dkggin' and steer brandin', but she ain't used to no rough stuff, so you'll have to be gentle with hese "1 tell you it's nighty hard l0 Have to give up Why little sunshine, for from now on 1'11 have to split my own wood and relit the stock and.shovel away the snowdrifts and.do all the Other la- the chores that 11 so0111s tike's woman wee jest cut out to do, "Take her, son, but, for 11.Invin' old' rafter's settee treat her gentle." Brass Polish Hurts Nickel, Brass potion should never be used 111 11101101 h1nutlngs, its abrasive par - Velem in tho-lollsh`scratch the plat' 11111. t t, When Sweet Alice Bolted. Elephants, though the wisest aid most ponderous of animals, are among the most prankish. "No one is ever able to tell what they're going to do, or when they're going to do it," says Mr. Courtney Ityley Oooper in his' de- lightful circus book, Lions 'N' Tigers 'N' Everything. They love play, and they choose unexpected, playthings. There was, for example, Alice and the tin cans. Alice was a gay young thing of forty-five summers and seven tons avoirdupois. Her hobby was stepping on tin cans. She loved to feel them squash. If she was in need of cheer and, change, her keeper simply took her to the nearest city dump; .its tin - can section soon looked as if a steam- roller had run over it, and Alice ambled back to the circus grounds, her own sweet self again. Sometimes, solemnly marching with her com- panions, trunk to tail in the parade, she would slip out of line for a mo- ment to squash a can in the gutter, squeal with delight at the achievement and trot duteously back to her place. But Alice smashed one can too many, and now she smashes them 110 more. It was the noon hour. The parade had returned; the cookhouse was in full swing. At one side was a collec- tion .of four -or -five -gallon cans that once had contained pie apples. Alice spotted them; she glanced toward her keeper; he was busy'aud not looking. Quietly Alice sneaked from her place and set her morefoot• on a can and then on another. They: squashed sat- isfactorily and gave out a delicious odor of apple. She investigated fur- ther and another can, The stuff, as Cie sensitive tip of her trunk exulored the depths for more and more, tasted, as good as it smelt, But there wasn't much left, and that inquiring trunk was still poking when, in it lit of ab- sent-mindedness,. forgetting it was there, she allowed the old smashing urge to return upon her. Up went a heavy foot, poised over the can and then cares down. Tho next thing the circus knew one end of the'coolcltouee had departed; Performers ' were scattering, -tables were overturned canvas fluttered in the breeze, and a screeching elephant ran wildly for the free and open coun- try, with her trunk waving madly in a vain effort tie rid itself of a five -gal- lon can that had clamped upon it with the tightness of a vise. A small tree got in the way, then got out, roots, branches and all! Whistles shrilled; men -ran for fast horses; menagerie at- tendants scurried frantically forth upon a trail of broken fences ruined back yards, uprooted saplings and what not while far :in the distance. Alice still: plunged on, with the can still clinging to her trunk like a cream pitcher on the head of a cat. Half an hour later she he was recap. - tired and released, a much chastened elephant, for whom cans had lost their {lure. The Worst. The dear old lady in the railway train had never taken such a journey before in her life. She was very ner• vous lest sbe should pass the station :for which she was bound, and accord- 1inglyshe repeatedly asked her fellow • travelers if they had arrived at Car- 1 tersville yet Suddenly there was a Brash; the train gave a terrific lurch and jumped the rails, ran down an em- bankment, causing a lot of the pas- sengers, including the old lady, to be burled Into a field at : the bottom of the steep incline. Opening her eyes, she inquired of the man who had fallen beside her: "Is this Cartersville, please?" "No;" was the reply, "this is a ca- lamity.' A Scientist's Feat. On one occasion a scientist had the 1865 and 1886 Atlantic cables joined at Newfoundland, thus making one complete loop of 4,005 miles. With a single cell consisting of a silver thimble containing a little dilute acid, in .which bad been immersed a small rod of zinc, he sent signals through the combined cables and received them on a mirror galvanometer, Driving Economies. Well inflated tires. Proper carburetor adjustment. Brakes in correct working order. All working parts lubricated to as- sure smooth running. Disengage clutch whenever possible and coast. Obtain sufficient momentum wben approaching a heavy grade to carry the caret considerable distance up the grade before changing geers. "Cogon" Grass. In the Philippines there is a grass known as "Cogon," which grows as high as a man's head and has roots so tough that no ordinary animals can drag a plow through it. It has been the ruin' of thousands of farmers who, by the use of fertilizers and other methods have tried to keep the same fields under cultivation for periods of years. been a secret accomplishment of the titmice Arnold, a one-armed iliueratlt, photographed a larks, wlo makes: a living by sharpening knives not only us a 010513.3 of 101015511t811011 but also as his ,evorks1105. ' Oshawa, Yin• a hlryele as FRONT YARDS AND BACK YARDS The fprufessional !simmers 11avo a foranule, and a good One, which they ase in the apportionllrent of the land about a how. 'rimy insist that it shall be divided into three portions Mete dlstiuct,from, one another and dii'fering materially 111 1100, l lrst ly the front yard, This will lie between theefroltt door and the public, road, It should b0 relatively small. It should be neat and well kept, ranter sober and severe in its treatment,.and ((p011- to the public view. 11 should not ' Include any see- e1al ornamental features,. such .as fountains, cast -frau dogs, swings Of seats. Sec011d is the service yard, This will connect directly with the kitchen. On ate farm It will usually conneet also with the garage "and the barn- yard, In this service yard the wash is .ilullg out, the woodpile is built, the n1111t cane are sunned, and all those other operations inseparably belong - ins with the ,louse work are centred. Where the Family Lives, Third, there is the garden itself --- that is the portion of the yard where the family lives.. Here is where the hammock Bangs, where there are seats and tables and perhaps other fur. niture. Here is where there is a shady arbor or other shelter. Isere is the place for the tennis court. here is where tbe flower garden blossoms. Here must be some good clean lawn too, This is the real home part of the farmyard. It should therefore be warm and sunny and protected front the wind. But there must be good shade in it too. One or two big shade trees or a summerhouse. This home garden area should there- fore be set off from the rest of the world. 1t may be separated from the service yard and the kitchen activi- ties, and it may be ,equally protected from the front yard, • Such separation can be secured by various means. A hedge of evergreens is perhaps the simplest and some- times the best. An infernal border of lilacs, dogwood, salmons and other hardy shrubs is la Boldly effective and pleasing. Trees will -help ethers there is room for them. A trellis wall clltnb ing roses on it excellent, . Iu all parts or the Old World walls of brick or stone or Cement are fro• quen.tly built to make these subdivl• stone. Such wells are unpopular in Canada; lint tate •tr'utlt is that Came dines are sometimes too democratic for any use, and a well-hufit wall here and there, properly designed and pro- perly connected with buildings, would not be a bad idea. in all this planning a tuu'Saniental r'equh'emeet is simplicity. This great and indispensable.uuaity:.belongs es- pecially to the farm blue, All "trick etuff" should be banished and freak trees and wild and woolly shrubs ehould bo omitted from the plauthlgs. One doesn't choose a, wife like that; why make a ]tome like that? Looks Best and Wcars'.Longest. A11 paths and roads are better when they are es simple and direct as piac- ticabic. It used to be thought better landscape gardening to make grace- ful curves in reads and walks, and gardeners used to invent spurious ob. etacles to justify such curves, But they didu't fool anybody. in the front yard aforementioned,. between the public road and the front door, the insertion or a curved walk is especially inappropriate. This front yard connects with the front ha11 of the grouse and should exhibit the same qualifications. It should be simple, short, direct. Though this simplicity really looks best and wears longest, there is an- other most practioal reason for it—up- keep. Every home grounds 'requires care. Ninety-nine out of every hum dred ought to have a lot more care than they get. The simple yard, there- fore, with few elaborations, with small areas, straight events and no frills, can be taken care of with much Jess labor. The clean, well-planned farmyard is for clean orderly families. Thank heaven, there are thonsauds of such families in Canada. Col. John H. Patterson, D.S.C., noted Br tish engineer, says the most thrill- ing experience of his life was when be l waited up all night to shoot two lions that had killed 13o of his men while on a construction job in Africa. Giving Tea Its Smell. In au 'unpretentious part of Dews- bury is one of the strangest taetor1es in England. A .liquid compounded there is used to "scent" Incitation of the famous Donegal tweed. The real cloth is spun in the one - often in a thick atmosphere of peat' roomed .cottages of the Irish peasants, smoke. These conditions give to the cloth a characteristic odor, the pres-I once of which 1s considered to be a Mark of the genuine fabric. After t11e. special solution has been applied to, rolls of imitation homespun, the de- i ceptiion is so .perfect thateven: au ex-! pert is deceived. 'Faking the aroma of to 1 ! Chinese, Poor qualities of tea lack, the refreshing fragrance of the young allows front which the beat China tea Is made, but the Celestial nhakes up the deli,lency with a sew br"iteit leaves et jasmine. Delightfully reminiscent of peaches, is the aroma of a certain expensive tea, This 'famous product is popular ob 11115 continent, but the rant article is expensive and some blenders spa-� realize in the productinu of tea au,i- lfcialiy sclnted to,r0sclnb:P it, ' 11. Long eig31i 981)11 a fine ilavaua 1110111e are sometimes a deeeptton.. Chiefly conlposod of paper an 1 nrdIn ar)• loaves, they ere wrapped in an outer Lovering 11f 0,1110'('3 lent, and `. their sttl,fying flavor and scent are! entirely due to nnmersieu in an oily; lignfd that (00)10ns a proportion of 13011111310 tobacco extrart. Amateur whiskey judges are hllpres-' sed by the shell of their refreshment; 811110st as x111111 se by the taste, and some et the 811051 brati,133 have that "peaty" i1t11ar which some palates re, lidh, f;nstempel0u,s. nmenfartnrere the! part this chan'aetclisttr taste and melt to Interior whiskey by the addltnn ot. creo.:net'. "Educational Epigrams." "Youth has those fine qualities that belong to unsullied life and all those 1landkcat:s that aceumpany inexpert. "The love or children and of educa- tion 1d a means of alt good." "The supreme tent 0f human pro- gress is the quality of child -life and its opportunities for wholesome develop- ment, happiness and satisfaction." :Any parent of any rhile who seeps education for the deliverance from the need of working hard finds it a disap- rointment, a delusion and a snare— both as a means and an end," "To seek to escape one's share of toll In life is really to waste one's powers, to wrap one's talents in the napkins and cerelnents of the tomb." "Conditions of rural life should be made so attractive that the boys will be impelled to work for sheer love of doing things, for the exhilaration and delight that come through the labour that increases mastery for service." "Our duty and privilege are to learn all we can frons the past, and 10 build education suited for making lite,use- ful and thereby joyous and happy for the present." "The kind of teachers we require are those who are born into sympathy with Jho people's needs and trained into ability to meet them." "Inetructton and training in youth are the means of bringing abundant harvests of national wealth as well as of some bettor fruits." "if the people will starve the schools the schools may retaliate by letting the people starve, mentally, then mor- ally, and in a measure materialistmaterialistalso, also," "Taxation among a free people is everybody chipping in to do what nu one could do alone, but which all can do together with great benefit to each." "It is Just as essential in the long run that the people should support the schools willingly as that their child- ren nhould attend them." "The kind of school 1 would like to see for rural life Is one that spells ab!:ity, intelligence sled good will; tori the body --strength and skill; for the' mind, grasp of truth and insight 1. and ! for the ap'rkt---'Peace on earth, ,gond will to mete." "There is a hying peel a5 well as a dead pas!. lire mist see that we bring into o,i- schools the vital parts and' leave the husks and the mammies and . ,fossils where they belong;" -ignorance, inabilities, and -unit or i goodwills all came from luck of educe-! t!011 or from poor seho0 s. These are ! tit? 1131St costly of all the fixed elutt'ges ! 1pc;n ptopelt3' and human life.' • Locating the Trouble. "old mere you might to get lour -1 (!aryl" "1 a111 10laa'1t':l. my buy. .I "lists you er1ht to get a: ditnrre; When Eggs Will Rain. - as---"---' 1 13ritisll golf- bales are so popular 111; the 'United States that pructi.cally.the" attire o(11put of eertaio brands is ex ported. If eggs are dropped out u1 mem- planes', from a 11oigbt of several thous -1 end i teed, th0y disnppPar into time epge rails before rcachlltg the ground, 1 GROWING YOUNG AGAIN The desire 10 remain young in Mind and body is quite natural and cool•. mendable. Tee often, however, of., forts to stave off the inevitaitta signs 0f advancing age are entitled 10 '1310' proving or preserving the general ap- pearanee, In proof or this stttenlont, there may be cited the innumerable "beauty shops" operated for the belie - of men as well as woolen, eihd nn doubt they ply a very proiitablo trade. Hair is dyed so that the color itio1 dent to increasing age Is hidden be- neath a very obvious vpueer. Panity and falling oomplexi0ns are stim}ilatee with the aid of niaSeege and conceited beneath plainly discernible Co -emetics. Dealers in clothing advertise "youth- ful lines" for those wile are a bit gray and stout. A casual examination of the advertisements in en1'r1nt periodI• cats or an inspection of the tions offered offered for sale in the shops 15 convincing evidence of the a1111051 uni- versal desire of the human race to remain youthful and beautiful in ap• pearanoe, This desire to remain young in body and mind is praiseworthy. Sensible persona try to do s0 in a sensible way and are encouraged by the fact that at the present time an enjoyable cen- dition of lite and health may be mel tained by the average man o1• woluan for a much longer period than at any other time in the history of the human race. Sometimes persons who lire richer in years than in commonsense try to grow young again by a process of re- juvenation. However, from a physio- logical standpoint, such a transfor- mation is impossible. Tho truthis that old age is an inevitable and roes callable process. It will come to every human being who lives long enough." The changes accompanying ,old age will be better understood when it is explained that health 1.1 dependent up' on llle normal functioning of many glands within the human body. As one grows older, the normal funttions of these glands are first modified and finally suspended. Habits Conducive to Physical Hearth. The unattainable state known ea re- juvenation may be approxlnlated when right living is substituted for faulty health Habits. The changes wrought by tbe substitution of wise for lm - proper habits of sleep, diet and exec• else afford a clue to the acquisition of uniformly good health and longevity. Reliance up extravagant but utterly incompetent prospects of artificial re juvenation is no more than a ready menus of self deception. But oberrv- ance of the principles of personal hygiene will produce much more last- ing and satisfactory results. So Iong as the natural longing on the part of mankind for eternal youth and perpetual life cannot be gratified it becomes necessary to turn to less spectacular means of appruxlmating the objects of these desires. With rea- sonable attention to certain well de- fined and readily accessible principles of personal hygiene it is possible to keep pace with Father Time instead of falliug prematurely by the wayside. Furthermore, it is also practicable, in many instances at least. to retain one's physical and mental faculties to such an extent as to make old age a pleasure rather than a burden. It is particularly important that those wbci desire to enjoy a hale and happy old age lay a substantial health founda- tion in early life. Facing the Future With'Courage. The inevitability of old age must be fully realized, accepted and the changed conditions courageously met. When a person becomes old, he ran - not expect to have his youth restored. Ire may expect, however. to reap the benefits of wise living in youth, Not only will such a person grow old gracefully but he will be better ll" pared to meet the increased strains placed upon a gradually weakening organism. Rejuvenation, so called, is a myth. On the other hand, prolonga- tion of life, with reasonable retention or plhysteal and mental vigor, may reasonably be expected to follow a carefully lived life. The rtilea of the Junior Red Cross health Game are a good guide. They are repeated here for the sake of those who wish to feel 130, CO, 70 )'ears young. Rites of the Health Game. A bath more than 311ux+ ii week. Brush the teeth 101 least o11ee a 11,1:,. Plenty -or sleep, with windows open Drink a plat of milk a da)', but no rot - fee or tea. Eat some vegetable or fruit every day. Ih'ink fo11r glasses of water 51 day, Play or walk uui.-ot,duors every t1113 as numb. as possible. A bowel movement ever) nlnru'1131 Beyond Her, Sunday a1t0rn0on and the liable Mass was oval'. The leacber tsne standing by the door saying gnuahee to the children' who had Ilstenwk se attentively to ']ter discourse. ,'Good-bye. Susie,' site said to tete entail child. "Good-bye, teacher," mise 11," Pbrt11 reply, and 111011 he added, with p...:le "Ws my hill 11day 1o• norrew.;" "Why," 1(11nue31 the lcacb"r, "WA mine, t001" 'rhe 111t1e girl's fame 8a5 florid"+t with 1'Srelexlty ;as site ttnswer011: "lion' ,lid you gel so ulnen. blgger'n mo?"