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Forenoon and afternoon and night-- Forenoon and afternoon and night-- Forenoon, and--what The empty song repeats itself no more? Yea, that is Life: make the forenoon sublime, This afternoon a psalm, this night'a prayer, ; And time is conquered, and thy crown is won. --Edward Sill. Happiness Can happines be bought? ° To the cold and hungry it seems there is no question about it. Of course it cam. Yes, and also to the everyday ordinary individual it seems happiness jis al- ways waiting just around the corner if we only had this or that. And yet if we-look closely at those who have material things, pressed down and running over, we find their fdces cer- tainly do not mirror happiness any oftener than it is mirrored in the face of the r or woman who is without s. Granted then that hap- loes not come from owning piness « " fa are to go about it to bit very desirable sive char Since happiness cannot be bought is it possible for it to be taught? Maybe not, as one would teach the three r's, but isn't there an opportunity of teach- | ing happiness if the child, right from | the cradle, is first taught to control | himself. 1; is readily seen that thei child who has learned to get up ahd laugh when he bumps his nose and not to cry for things is receiving better | training than the child who is allow- od to be peevish and fretful and who takes real pleasure in pitying himself for every little scratch: which comes his way. The little plastic mind is forming (he foundation for being miserable instead of happy. Sickness, disappointment, work and worry come to us all as we grow older and happiness comes to only those who have learned to pick themselves up after each misfortune, continue on and begin over with a determined cheerfulness instead of being crushed by it. There is nothing can make peo- | ple happy who have grown up along with self pity. So it seems very important to teach chiidren to cultivate a cheeful outlook on life. You can either teach your child how to find real joy in doing] things successfully even if it is ac- | companied by repeated failures, or | you can teach him to envy those bet- | ter off than himself so that all he can do is to brood dismally about how bad-| ly he is treated. Then the world is so full of the sim- | ple, everyday things that are always witl. us. Real happiness comes to those who can see the beauty in the sunset, who 'feel the quiet of the woods, who know animals, who read wisely, who -orship trustingly. 80 we can be happy or miserable just as we choose and the world goes | on just tho same, It is for us to learn to be humble and thankful and to en- joy what blessings we have. Why bor- row trouble or be afraid of the future or worry over the endless little things that go wrong continually. The way to forget them is to keep busy, 80 busy that your mind must concen- trate on your work to the exclusion of every oth>r thought. Then, finally, the only way one can be truly happy is to make other peo- ple happy. You cannot be selfish or self centred or mean and be sincerely happy. These things do harmonize with happiness. "So give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you." It's a Poor Joke "When everyone can't join® you in the laughter." «When a little child is brought to! tears." "When something sacred is made to appear com on," "When some woman blushes with embarrassmont." "When some heart carries away a sting." - | haw, Twilight Hour Story Chapier 10 What They Did With the Big Box You will remember Mama Lady sent Billy down cellar to get the big box for the chicks and when he found it he huried upstairs with it. It got a little dusty down there so it was made all clean, inside and out. Billy was having lots of fun for he wondered what his mother was going to do next to make the little chicks comfortable. After it was all clean she told him to go out to the barn and.get-a whole lot of real fine straw and chaff that sifted down through the big pile of straw in the, mow. When she had put a thick layer of it In the bottom it was as soft as soft could be. Then Mama Lady remembered she had an old warm black shawl up ih the attic, so Billy brought it down, wondering what she wanted it for. But she just laughed whén he asked her and said, "Wait, gon, and you'll see very soon." And this is what she did: She put the little chicks in the box which had the fine straw in the bot- tom and you would have laughed it you had seen them playing with the straw and scratching it up with their little feet, Then in one corner she put the old black shawl so that it made a tiny room in behind there just big enough for four little chicks. 'This was their small bedroom. It did seem as though that would be warm enough for them, but Mama Lady knew it wasn't snug enough when they were sleeping. So she thought a long time about what to do and was a little afraid she couldn't keep them warm enough. Suddenly she remembered sh2 had used the last of the coffee that very morning out of its tin can and that tin can was the very thing she wanted. She filled it with a lot of nice, warm. water, then put the lid "on tight and set it behind in their lit- tle bedroom, It was just like a cosy stove, wasn't it? Now everything was ready, so she picked each little chick up, held it against her cheek a minute and against Billy's cheek too, and then set Jimmie and the others behind the close beside the little hot water furnace. The black shawl was , closed down closer around them and thig time.1 do believe they did think it was their Mama Hen, for they were ' 50. very warm and comfortable. | do you know they went sound asleep And right away, Mama Lady covered them in with more covers so they wouldn't get cold before the long might was over. Then she and Billy said "Geod night little chicks, till morning." Next it was Billy's turn for bed and, it.didn't take him long to get there, he was so sleepy, and he too went off into slum- berland right away. Sa Unknown Elements Traced By X-Ray Washington, --g Confirmatory evi- | dence of the Sxisiepes and identity of "rhenium," one of the missing ele- ments, has been discovered and check- ed at the Bureau of Standards. Dr. W. F. Meggers, a government specialist in optical work, has brought out proof of the presence of the sub- stance by application of the X-ray and the analysis of the spectral light it re- flects. The substance, provisionally set down as "rhenium 75" on the list of 90 or more basic elements making up the physical universe, is one of those whose existence has been hitherto pre- dicted rather than discovered by na- tural science. t At present, rhenium is rarer than radium in the earth's stock of com- modities, and is too young to haye any known usefulness. However, like many another of the elements pur- posefully sought since the struetural | plan was laid down indicating their existence, rhenium may attain value and be put into service after natural science has more fully established its character. aka, "I believe "girls, even more than boys, need college education."--Mrs, - | Thomas A. Edison, Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce, English aviatrix, first woman to fly acress Europe and Asia, now in U.S.A. on world flight. Sunday School - Lesson February 15. Lesson Vil--Jesus the Friend of Sinners--Luke 7: 36-50. Golden Text--This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all accepta- tion, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.--1 Tim- othy 1: 15. ANALYSIS I. THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, Luke 7: 36. II. THE PHARISEES AND SINNERS, Luke, chap. 7. III. JESUS AND THE SINFUL, Luke, chap. 7. I. THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, Luke 7: 36. It is o ten supposed that the peni- tent woman in this story is Mary Magdalene; but chat is not stated, nor implied. Mary of Magdala is re- ferred to a few verses later (8: 2) as the woman out of whom Jesus had cast seven devils; this probably refers to an acute condition of hysteria or demon-possession, whereas the woman in this story was apparently a woman | "off the streets." Much in the story is left to.our imagination, and doubtless it had been told many times in different contexts before ever it was written down; hence at first sight it is not quite clear whe- ther the woman is forgiven because she loves much, or loves much because she has been forgiven. The parable of the debtor implies that she loves much, because she has been forgiven much, and this seems to be the mean- ing of the story as »n whole. If this is so, we should ~erhaps regard the words, "because he loved much," in v. 47, as somebody's mistaken marginal comment which was no part of the original story, or perhaps the meaning is, "she is forgiven, and you can see that she is forgivem and has repented because she loves much," or possibly sayings of Jesus at another time have been tacked on to the story of the wo- nan. The matter is perplexing, but not of any great importance. Jesus clearly indicates, in the parable of the debtor, that those who have been for- given much will love much, but he may well have taught, on some other occa- sion, that love covers a multitude of sins. Christians tend to be fierce in their condemnation of what are called "sins of passion," and to be lenient towards lack of charity and human sympathy, and towards sins of cold selfishness. The judement of Jesus seems to have, been different. II. THE PHARISEES AND SINNERS, Luke, chap. 7. The ircident will probably have oc- curred early in the ministry, for after Jesus' breach with the Pharisees it is not very likely that one of them would have invited him ia a friendly way to dine at his house. His host, it is true, 'treats him with Lcre courtesy; per- haps he thinks that the peasant- prophet will not 'xpeet the sort of treatment Simon wuld offer an equal, vs, 44-46. The party was reclining at the meul; each would be on a couch, with his feet stretched away from the table, and his left elbow resting on it. The sequel, as has been said, is a his- tory rather to be wept over than com- mented pdbn. The woman must have entered the courtyard, comz up the verandah step, and perhaps passed through an ante-room before entering the dining chamber. How she 2ained admittance we do not know. . We can - | wiped hi~ feet. imagine the hush and awkwardness that would fall upun the party as she entered. In silence, as we may per- haps suppose, she knelt and hei tears fell on Jesus' feet. Then, .hough no | Jewish women would willingly do this | in public, she let down her hair, and Then Simon protests. What may have preceded this scene we can only imagine. We do not know what Jesus may have said to her, if indeed he had said anything, but what he had Jone for hér is obvious. III. JESUS AND THE SINFUL, Luke, chap. 7. Much of the teachiag >f Jesus was akin to the nobler teaching of "the rabbis of his day; perhaps the most striking difference between him and them is to be found in his attitude to sinners They would gather up their skirts to avoid the contaminating touch of such a woman as this; he came to seek out and to save sinners. Jesus never condoned sin or suggested for a moment that it did not matter; he showed at once an utter abhorrence , of sin, and an invincible love for the | sinner. Therefcre, this woman, who might be brazen-faced before 'the world, was broken-hearted, repentant, transficured and renewed when she . met with Jesus. Today, do such wo- men regard churgh members ds she regarded Christ, or as she regarded the Pharicees? V. 48. Jesus said, "*hy sins are for- given," more probably than "thy sins be forgiven," but neither tranclation is legitimate. This may well be a repe- | tition of what he had said to her be- i fore, for the parable of the debtor suggests that she already knew she | was forgiven. In any case Jesus does i not seem directly to forgive sins him- | self, but to declare thut God has for- ziven. Similari, God "hath given rower and commandment to his min- | isters to declare and pronounce to his | people being penitent the absolution | and remission of their sins. The di- ! vinity of Jesus is shown, not in a mys- i terious divine prerogative to forgive sins on his own responsibility, but in his attitude to the sinner; for his atti- tude is God's. British Films H. S. Oakley in the Fortnightly Review (London): For the first twenty years: of its brief life, this in- dustry has been controlled from the United States. . . . Today all this is in process of change. The Legisla- ture took the first step when it pass- ed the Films Act (1927). Science completed the process when it In- vented the "talkie". The British audience stood the American picture, much as it laughed at times over the grotesque mistakes that were made, but it cannot stand the Am- erican voice. It wants English as it is spoken in England, and slowly but surely it is getting it. A great industry is in process of being born. British-made films are already finding their way into every corner of the English spoken world, and they are being welcomed. PEIN WHSS------ . Women pause to reflect--when they see a mirror. ----ie "Well, old man, what are you doing these days?" "I'm selling furniture." "Are you selling much?"'. "Only my own, so far." men Gp mee ee "Clothes give a man a lot of con- fidence." "I should think they do. I go to heaps of places with them that I wouldn't dream of going to without." i dy Tn Do Not Injure Eyes New York.--It is not the fault of 8 r of the projection ma- nes -it motion pictures hurt the patrons' eyes. The blame falls square- ly on the e of the patrons in the opinion of Dr, William M. Richards, of the tor Vision Institute, who in his recent address before the National Board of Review Pictures here assert- ed that an insidious rumor that the films were bad for the eyes was keep- ing thousands, daily from the motion picture box office. 'If motion pictures hurt your eyes don't blame the picture But blame your eyes and have them examined," he declared. "For if your eyes are normal, either with or without glasses, you can Took at films without any dis- comfort whatever. It is a common complaint among persons generally to say that their eyes have been ruined by motion pictures. Normal eyes never give symptoms when looking at the pictures and are never in any way harmed by them." iii Mr. Richards suggested that patrons should equip themselves with a special type of eyeglass in their pilgrimages to the theatre. done to bring this important subject to the attention of motion picture audiences," he pointed out. "I sug- gest that there be incorporated, for the time, at least, in all picture re- leases the suggestion that if the films inconvenience the eyes one must not blame them, but rather the eyes." Hard Sense She kept a little moon Yellow as butter; Hoarded a little tune Too sad to utter; Cherished a windy sky Secret and holy; Treasured the way birds fly, Solemnly, slowly. Parson at last is glad, Old wives are grinning; Wed to her neighbor's lad, Set: her to spinning . . Flax on the busy loom; Children to cherish, So in one 'narrow room Folly will perish. Here is a silver spoon, Here a copper kettle, For her who thought the moon Made the dearer metal. --Elspeth, in The Forum. Fashion Gleanings As a trimming or accessory for pas- tel and white costumes, brown is most important. Brown fur trims the short sleeve in many of the suits and en- sembles for dressy afternoon and spec- tatular sports. Evening gowns with removable jackets have also adopted the fur idea. Crepe-shangtung -- a soft pure-dye silk' with a dull finish--is styled in sports and spectator sports frocks. Its popularity is assured on account of its tubbing qualities. Pajamas are considered a definite part of the wardrobe, not only for sleéping, lounging and beach wear, but for dinner and evening as well. The latter models follow the lines in vogue for dresses for like occasions, showing the same draped necklines, bolero jackets, jeweled belts, and elaborate sleeve treatments, as out- standing features, Angora, in the daintiest of shades, has edged its way into wraps for for- mal evening wear. They are usually hip-length, with flowing sleeves and scarf. They are wonderfully light in weight, still giving the needed warmth and the silklike appearance of the brush gives a misty air to its wearer. One's hat, gown and shoes should be of matching tone, the color con- trast being augmented by scarf, belt or tie. The bag also should carry the combination color, "Girls are now taking an Interest in agriculture," we read, Especially husbandry. rere ree Ar . "Fish That Bark!" reads a head- line. What most anglers want is one that bites. {---------- There are many things that can be What New York Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- nished With Every Pattern J A most attracuve wosel for youth and the youthful type of woman. The jumper effect of the bodice gives it a jaunty air. + Carried out in dark brown wool crepe with cuffs, vestee and collar of turquoise-blue, the tie brown with blue dots, is delightfully gay and smart. A similar scheme in dark gre:n wool jersey with lighter green is snappy. The belt may be of self- fabric or of leather. Style No. 2921 may bz had in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 33 and 40 inches bust. Other interesting suitable fabrics are flat crepe silk, canton crepe and tweed mixtures. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. SSID Wo The Call of the Bush Day is smiling approval at earth's new spring apparel. It is good to be out of doors, free and away. Already in the moonlight dawn the warbling magpies had heralded such an awak- ening, and the call of the bush is loud and insistent. So off to the hills for young hearts eager to revel in nature's glory. Up hill and down dale, through wooded vales blue-vaulted by the floor of heaven; by the crystal lake shaded on every side by thickets green; to the distant purple hills where grows the bracken fern or hoots the owl; where music in the waterfall makes harmony with singing birds; where cries the curlew plaiatively; or where the kookaburra lifts his laughter on the air; sich places lend themselves where thought may dwell in simplest luxury. § Leschanaultia, blue, yellow, white and red, splashes the landscape like a painter's palette. Buttercups fringe the roadside's edge. Sarsaparilla hangs her purple tresses from tree to tree. The tall gums stand majestic; low blackboy clumps send up new, soft, green spears. At last a wattle grove is reached. The silence in the woods is very sound, the sound that breathes in still- ness thanks to God for such a para- dise. In the trees' cool shade lunch- eon is spread. Rest, talk and day- w.eams while away the afternoon's sunshine. Homeward toward the city, as the golden Sunset says, Amen! HE'S FILLING HIS POCKET LIGHTER WITH GASOLINE FRom Te OWNS THE GASOLINE IN THE Hose REMINDS STATIONS FOR TWENTY YEARS AND T'WE NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS ANGLE» - GASOLING LEFT IN THe Hose? BUT. T'S ALL &UTT AND JEFF-- . By BUD FISHER : : Mutt Wins a Hollow Victory. TOUR Homo, wATcH| (BOYS, MuTT'S CLAIM | | (- REMINDS ME THAT I'VE BEEN THEN, Y NOR, TM) [YOU THAT LITTLE GUY» || THAT THE MOTORIST BUYING GASOLINE AT FILLING EN YOUR Ronse, 1 oe! THANKS, JUDGE, EVAPORATED! 'How to Open' | Information on this valuable sub- ject is given by Dr. Albert Neahurger, of Berlin, in Everyday Mechanics (Chicago). : : : We constantly come across things, he says, that are difficult to open. There are, for instance, bottles with glass stoppers polished to fit tightiy, as used for: perfumes, condiments, etc. He goes on: "To open these, it is. only neces sary to warm the neck of the bottle. "Tnis can he done by slowl, warm- ing it over a gis or alcohol flame, with constant turning. But there is the risk of having the heating take place too suddenly, and a valuable crystal bottle may be cracked. "Tuerefore, the following process is better. Loop around the neck a thick string or a thin hemp cord. Then two persons grasp the' bottle with their left hands, and hold it firmly. With their right hands they grasp the ends of the string, and draw it quickly back and forth. "Thereby the neck of the botile is warméd, and it expands; the stopper can be removed easily by turning fit. "Metal caps of tubes, in which we get toothpaste, cold cream, vaseline, various medicinal preparations, as well as water-color and oil paints, very often can not te unscrewed. "Take a match, light it, and hold it under the cap Of the tube, at the same time constantly rotating the tube. Of course, one can also use . a gas or alcohol flame, but in almost all cases a match is sufficient. Dip- ping in hot water will also loosen the cap. "Then there are metal cans of all kinds, such as those containing shoe polish, paste, candy, etc, which do not open. Many a fingernail 1s broken in attempts to open them. "Take a small, narrow knife and try at some point to insert it between the cover and the lower part of the can. Bend it out a liitle, and then gradually go argund the whole can, always continuing to bend out. It is not necesary to have the knife reach all the way to the top o the Tid. "If the can does not open, gradual- ly press upwards, still bending out, in 'nldividual circles, until it is final- , Iy bent out enough for the cover to be removed easily. "Metal covers, such as those of fruit-jars, are easily removed b/" in verting tLe jar and holding the cover under hot water for a few seconds. "This will expand the cover and loosen it. But if he!d under hot wa- ter too long, the glass al:o will ex- pand." SEECRSERD "Hy Ag: Fifteen Shows Girls To Be at Greatest Value Taking into account the average wage earning capacity of women, the value of their work ig, the home, the value at the birth of children, what it cbsts to feed and clothe them and all other economic factors that could be collected, a group of German statistic- ians estimate that the girls of that country are worth more at the age of fifteen years than at any time before or after that age. They place her worth to the state at fifteen years as approximately $10,000. When she has reached the age of thirty, the report states, her value de- creases to $9,200. At fifty the value is set at $7,000 and at sixty it is calcu- lated as only $5,000. After seventy years of age the economic value sinks to almost nothing. German males at thirty are esti- mated to be worth $11,000, as com- pared to the $10,000 for the average woman. It is equally interesting and important that the estimated economic values for women have risen much higher for women during the last twenty years. The reason for this is ascribed to the increasing application of women to industrial work, so that they can be directly credited with pro- duction and earnings as well as for their avorth as home builders and family makers. Fy IA Jamboree in the Jam Two little boys were talking. One said to the other: "Aren't ants funny little things? They work and work, ~ and never play." "Oh, I don't know about that," re- plied the other. "Kvery time I go om a picnic they are there." i bE At a matinee a little man called at the theatre, bought two, tickets, and proceeded to enter, followed by his < wife and eleven children. "Here!" shouted the doorkeeper, "where's the other tickets?" 'Whit ither tickets?" asked the man. "Why --for this crowd." The man with the family ane swered angrily, "Did ye no' advertise children under twelve wi' parents ad- mitted free?" "We did," retorted the doorkeeper, "but.these are not under twelve." "Count them, then, an' ye'll be findin' there's just eleven o' th --wae left the ither at hame." ¢ --_--, 4 "Talking of starting with nothing and making a fortune," said the talka- tive passenger, "see that old chap reading a paper? Well, he came to this town thirty years ago with 28 cents in his pocket; he bought a tim of blacking and a wooden box and think he's worth to-day?" "Oh, about $50,000," a listener suggested. "Well, you're wrong; he's not woith a bean, "end he still owes for the brushes." © SE { { | { TY RF-- # (N started as a boot-black after getting ; a set of brushes on tick. What do youwrohL