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_ Do you know how fast that is? Conservation of energy is efficiency operating at its highest level. it pre- vents the mind from getting in a rut and wa idering around itself, like a cow around a stake, The highest form of conservation of energy is that which makes for control at the center, so that n) matter what happens on the surface of one's being, there's quiet in the deep.--W. John Murray. Good Management When we think of house keeping as an occupa'ion it can hardly be list- ed as a trade It is in a class by it- self, for there are all kinds and myriad ways of housekeeping. Each house- hold has its own particular methods of doirg thirgs, developed gradually through t generations of that par- ticular family. Some women go about their homes quietly and calmly. Everything always seems to be in its: place. The work appears to he al rs done and there is lots f tima for all things. An at- mosphere of 1°! » permeates the home even while a great deal is being achieved. In other homes the mistress of the house is continually in a rush. Time seems a hard master and the day is gone before even the routine is ac- complished, let alone any extras or outside work. Quite often the trouble arises be-aus3y so much time is fre- quently frittered away and most peo- ple are more or less guilty of this at times. One just doesn't kuow where the time goes. The work piles up even though we seemed to be con- stantly busy, forgetting about the few minutes of various kinds of relaxation which spun out into an hour or more, until one grows quite excited when all sorts of tasks are remembered and crowd in ox one's time that must, it seems, be done at the moment, Many good housekeepers take a lit- tle time first thing in the early morn- ing (they especially advocate early rising) to jot down a list of what must be done during the day. Then use of the clock is a good key to help you open the door of order and unruffied serenity. It will aid you to get the routine over as quickly as possible. Meals are planned and other house- hold duties quickly despatched one by one in a systematic way with a clear mind, allowing just so much time for each thing. Plan as you go and clean up as you go along, then because the routine is done long hours remain for the extras, the short periods for rest, and for the enjoyment of the things you always wanted to do but never seemed to just have the necessary time to accomplish. Twilight Hur Story -- About Wee Chicks and Other Little Friends, Chap. 13 1t was a good thing Jimmie Chick and his three little chick sisters were inside their warm box that cold night or I guess they would have been like the butterfly. But now, since Mr. Sun got up it was so warm outside that Mamma Lady thought it would be a fine chance to give them soma fresh air. So she and Billy put the box outside in a warm corner and covered it over with an old window screen so ting his funny little paw down the hole as far as he could and waving it around trying to touch the chicks. Billy thought he better get him off there or puss might tip the screen and the chicks would get out and get lost again. So he put the kitty on his shoulder and Mamma Lady mended the hole with a piece of string. Billy took the little gray kitten back to the barn where Topsy, his mamma, the barn cat, lived. She was so glad to see him and licked him all over from his head to the tip of his tail with her red tongue and then purred so loudly. I wonder how kitties purr anyway, dont' you? They only purr when they are happy, did you know that? So if} you havent got a kitty of your own and you see one, try petting it and see if it will purr. It is just the lovellest soft liftle songz that it sings. Topsy, the barn cat Mamma, was different from Fluffy, the house cat, for Topsy had short hair just like her little grey kitter, only her fur was real shiny black, not ggey. Isn't that funny -- black cat had a grey kitten. Our own white Mammas never have black little girls or boys, do they? But then, sometimes Mamma's or Daddy's eyes {are blue and yours might be brown, or the other way around. Did you ever notice thai? { But I didn't tell you what Fluffy, the | house cat, looked like, did 1? She was | very different from Topsy. In the first i place she wasn't black like Topsy, but she was yellow. Just as yellow as the chicks, only she had big brown swirls around her body and brown rings on her tail. Her fur wasn't short and glossy like Topsy's, but it was real long, almost like a little pomeranian doggie. You know what he looks like, I am sure, onl, it was more silky and soft and she had a big tail that looked and standing six feet high on its Sunday School Lesson SUNDAY SCHOOL ........ Graham | March 15. Lesson Xl|--Jesus Among | Friends and Foes--Luke 10: 3842; 11: 42-46, 52-52. Golden Text-- Ye are my friends, if ye do what- | soever | command you.--~John 15: 14. i ANALYSIS. \ like a squirrel's tail. Did you ever ses a squirrel or chipmunk? Only Fluffy's tail was much bigger than the squirrel's whole body, head and tail 'a'l put together, for she was a Persian puss. Fluffy was very proud of being | a Persian, and walked like it too. How | do you walk when you are proud? Well, that is the way she walked. All the same she could catch mice in the house. All the mice had te live out-' side under the ground or she would catch them, because Mamma Lady didn't like mice to come in her house and ea: up all her cheese and good, things -vithou: even asking for it. Mamma Lady liked Fluffy just as well as she liked Jimmie Chick and the other three chicks that looked s0 | «uch alike. thing, out in the barn, Billy's Daddy liked Topsy, the barn | cat so much because she chases away | the big rats that come in the barn to | sen if they can eat up all the grain that belongs to George, the horse, and i Molly, the cow, whe gives such a lot of good milk. My, but milk is good, isn't it? Topsy fights those big rats even if they are strong, and thinks hard how she can catch them. Then she hurries back to her little kitties which she has hidden in a box in a dark corner where nobody can see it. ! Mamma Lecy put 1 nice cosy piece of old blanket in it so the five baby kitties copld keep snug and warm, and Topsy came in and snuggled around 1 | Another | nothing could get in to scare them. | them, washing them all well, for she They liked it fine out there and were washes them every time she comes to growing fast, just like littla weeds. | them because she likes them to be 80 Well, ask Mothe: or Daddy. Billy happened to look out of the | window, and what do you think he saw? The cutest little gray kitten with short hair came over from the barn wheie it lived with its mamma, al FAITH 'very clean. After she was all through | she purred and purred them all to sleep and soon went off to sleep too, curled up in the box so contented and warm, | Next Week--"What the Little But- terfly Did." a-------- em A SWIMMING RODENT The South American capybara, the largest animal of the rodent family, often attains the size of a small donkey, and with its web feet 1s as "much at home in the water as on the land. . Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great, I. MARY AND MARTHA, 10: 38-42. iI. THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES, 11. 42-44, 52-04. I. MARY AND MARTHA, 10: 38-42, We gather from John, chapter 19, that the village of Bethany was near the Mount of Olives. The arriva: of Jesus may have been unexpected. Martha was determinad that the kit chen must put forth of its very best; this was her way of expressing her pleasure at the visit. She was busti- ing about, fussing and missing the conversation which she longed to hear. Her sister was giving her no help, and Martha, when she could no longar endure her vexation, appealed to Jesus. There is a good deal of variety i. our different manuscripts of Luke, and exactly what Jesus said is not certain, but he seems to have implied that he came to talk with the sisters, and that he cared much more for talk- ing with them than for an elaborate eal. Martha was basy preparing no end of dishes, but one simple dish would be quite enough, and Mary, who presumably understands this, is not to be disturbed. Martha has not ra- ceived much sympathy from Bible readers and preachers, but her rebuke, if it is a rebuke, is a very gentle ona. It would be a mistake to say that Martha represents practical religion and Mary contemplative religion, and to argue that Jesus prefers the latter. This is not an allegory about religion, but a real story about two sisters. Martha wanted to do honor to Jesus, but he would be more honored by a simple meal and friendly talk with the sisters than Dy a pretentious banquet taking long to prepare and leaving little time for more important things. II. THE PHARISEZS AND SCRIBES, 11: 42-44, 52-64. Christ's "denunciations" of the Pharisees are not altogether easy to interpret. There can be little doubt that many of the Pharisees were sin- cere and religious men, such as Saul of Tarsus. It is not likely, therefore, that Jesus "denounced" them all indis- criminately and laid at their door these serious charges. That there was among _ them much self-deception, "play-acting" (or "hypocrisy"), lack of moral perspective, and the curious spiritual blindn.ss which not rarely afflicts hard and "good" men, the dz- nunciations and Paul's letters amply testify, but it is not necessary to sup- pose that Jesus made all these de- nunciation at the same time, or that he included in them all the seribes and Pharisees. Again, what exactly is meant by "denunciation" here? Tt Largs specimen of "Loup garou", or wolf, woaighing 155 pounds Walrod. Shown in Prince Albert National Park. | are apt to assume tha' "woe to you!" 'i. a kind of curse; but "woe" is more | garded themselves as very important : recognized as such. hind legs, shot by Warden C. O. would be easier to interpret these say- ings if we could overhear the tone oi voice in which they were spoken. We naturally an expression of grief than of indignation, and Jesus may have cried "woe" over the scribes and Pharisees with the same sorrow as over Jerusalem that knew not 'he day of its visitation. V. 42. Religious people are apt *o concern themselves greatly witn things that do not matter, or that do not matter much, and to overlook the things of deepest import. V. 43. The Pharisees, it seems, re- people ard sought to be popularly water" curse, placed on historic Bat- V. 44. Th: Pharisees are accused of | con.ealing their true nature. A man was made "unclean" if he touched 2 grave, Num. 19: 16. V. 46. The I raelite who attempt to follow all the requirements of the scribes n ust be a man of learning ana of leisure. Kirst the written Law of Moses must be obeyed in its fulness; then he must keep a large number of rules v hich seemed to be implied in or deducible from the Law of Moses. Fin- ally he must observe a series of com- mandments and prohibitions designed to ensure the exact fulfilment of 'the Law and to meet special occasions and dangers. It is prob.bie that the "sin. ners' whom Jesus came to call, com- prised a large .ection of the commun- ity which could not keep, and scarcely wanted to keep, allsthe minute regula- tions of the scribes. Perhaps the near- est English equivalent of "Pharisees" is "Puritans." The scribes were schol- ars learned in the Law. The aim of the scribes was to study and elaborate tke Law that it might cover the whole of life ind every possible situation in which a Jew might find himself. V. 52. The scribes re accused of a dog-in-the-manger . attitude. Their elaboration of the Law made it im- possivle for the common people, and ecause of their own finical attitude to the Law they, themselves, could not enter into that rcal knowledge of God which the Law contained. Vs. 53, 54. Violent language, "with deadly intent," "to stop his mouth," "to ambush him," "to hunt him down." ' pcs KINDNESS An act of kindness, a word of sym- pathy, may render the whole line of life different from what it would otherwise. have been. There are crisis in many a life when the course it shall take for weal or for woe de- pends upon a slight influence--almost a single word. How careful then should we be that our influence may at all times be in the right direction! Seem "What causes t.e flight of time?" "It's probably urged on by the spur of the moment." eee dh Something like 5,000 motor-coaches enter London every day, while more than 1,500 use road-sites for picking Recalls s Old Curse * Hastings, England--A "fire and tle Abbey by an enraged monk nearly 400 years ago, is being recalled here in connection with the recent burn- ing of part of the st The mnalediction was pr 1543 after Henry VIII had the chapter and delivered thé, abbey to a court favorite. : "Your family by fire and water shall miserably perish," the infuriat- ed monk shouted to the new owner, Sir Anthony Browne, as he burst into the dining room after the dis- solution order had been posted. "Two of Sir Anthony's nephews were drowned," the Very Rev. W. W. |' Youard, now dean of the abbey, sald. "Part of the abbey was destroyed by fire; recently Lady Webster, wife of the owner was drowned, and now this fire has come." The abbots hall, a section dating | from the eleventh century, was de- stroyed by the latest fire. It housed many relics associated with the Bat- tle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror defeated Harold. In late years a school for girls had occupied the hall. er aminetr iS mo-- My Prayer By Beatrice (Aged 7) Master of fire! Oh, Lord of air, God of waters, hear my prayer! Lord of ground and of stirring trees, God of man breeze, Dear Father, let me happy be-- As happy as a growing tree. The Place I'd Like To Be By a Girl (Aged 5) The place I'd like to be 1s where the spreading tree Spreads its shade And is made By the gentle hand of God In the rich, black mud, And the brooklet ripples down To the other end of town, And the roses are in bloom, And the violets give perfume, And the blue grass waves like bushes, And in the brook here wave rushes, --But instead--a dingy town! elle en. FAITH Only bayonad cur knowledge is there the exercice of faith. It is where sure knowledge ends that sure faith | begins. Even a suspicious doubted | will trust his suspected neighbor "as far as he can see" But He whom we trust, and in whom we have faith, can be trusted beyond sight, and against sight, in darkness, or when all appearances seem against His lowing purposes and plans in our be- half. God will never fail us, and' our restfhl trust in Him pught never to fail. Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, and of pleasant ---- PILGRIM3 The inferior creatures find in the objects and scenes of earth enough to satisfy their limited natures. But we are mightier than the perishing world, and, herefore, find no rest in any earthly thing. There is here no BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- 1 nighed 17:15 vary Pattern © A good leo. dress of printed flat crepe silk that assures such en- tire satisfaction for all-day wear. The eross-over lines of the bodice and the sleeve frills lend a complete softness. The contrast introduced in the neckline bands, give it smart in- dividual'ty. , Style Mo. £945 3 (22izred for sizes 16, 18 yrarz, 03, 82, 40 ed 42 irches bust. Size 26 rv 14 yards of 39-inch mater'sl wiih 3 yard of 35 inch contrasting. Plain crepe silk is equally attrac- tive for this model with self-material wim. ~Patteri.ed and plain crepy woolen and wool lace would be lovely for its development. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ 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, 15 Million Parasites May Save Peach Crop New Haven, Conn.--In an attempt pillow for the head, no home for the {, gave this state's peach crop, more heart, for 'the pilgrims of eternity. | than 15,000,000 parasites will be re- Our rarest delights, our noblest ex-'jaaged this spring in time to destroy periences, speak to us most forcibly | tna eggs of the peach moth, a parasite of our immortality; just as thel,e the peach tree, it was announced strange midnight sky, lit up by the 5 the Connecticut experiment sta- Southern Cross, brings sad thoughts | tion recently. In case some eggs to the heart of the sailor on the Pacl-|agcape and are hatched into larvae, fic Ocean, and reminds him how far (ng experiment station fs breeding another parasite which 'prefers the juicy worm instead of the egg of the moth. About 900,000 of these will he is from home. eee pen A GOOD NAME Garments that have once one rent in them are subject to be torn on every nail and every briar, and glasses that are once cracked are soon broken--such "s man's good name once tainted with just reproach. --Bishop Hall. te cent Remember that you haven't as long to live as you had yesterday. sme mtn memremimen Marriage is the result of a couple having words with the minister. After that they have words with each other, --Brandon Sun, Oe be released later in the spring, and the Connecticut peach crop this sum- mer is expected to mature unmolest- ed by the pests. Breeding the parasites in the la- boratories involves the use of care- fully controlled incubators, refrigera- tion, and electric lights which simul ate winter, summer and sunlight. Joy Joy drowns the twilight in the lew, And fills with stars night's purple cup. --Yeate --e Ape The contents of the stomach of a "What would man do if he could fly seal captured in the Arctic ocean a like a bird?" asks a scientist. Probably {iow years. ago indicated that the} roost on the telephone wire and cackle | up and setting down passengers. By BUD FISHER Te about hard times.--Border Cities Star. and the Eleven Also. animal had dived to a depth of 3,000 feet. the barn cat. Little kittens are so | pretty, don't vou think £0? But when this little fellow saw (1:2 box, oh, dear, ! he jumped r.ght up on top of the screen! It was a good thing the screen was cn th. box, wasn't it, so he couldn't t in? He looked down at the chicks and th were a teeny bit frightened. Of course he wouldn't | hurt them, but he wa at last he did find a hole in the screen | and when Billy saw him, do you know what puss: was doing? Ie was put- A -- Ee ------ ee MUTT AND JEFF-- iI | HEY, MUTT, TELL YoU WE'LL Do. PAY ME HALF oF Tose ELEVEN DOLLAR AND WE'LL CALL IT SQUARE. * T DON'T Do BUSINESS THAT WAY. WHen I s BORROW I PAY ALL OR NONE! WHAT WELL, CAN You GWE ME FIFTY CENTS ON ACCOUNT? You've OWED ME THE ELEVEN FOR Sik YEARS! ONLY SIX YEARS! \ OH, IT BREAKS MY HEART T° THINK MY LITTLE FRIEND DOESN'T TRUST Mell! Boo Hoo Hoo! DIDN'T T TELL You THAT T WOULD PAY You \F \T Took A LiFeTime? (SniFe) YES, You He's Keeping His Word DID ~ Kee WELL, KID, AIN'T x PING MY WORD? Congo Railroad Nears Completion New Line Will Link. Copper Country of anga Area With Deep Water London--Through the faver-infected reaches of the Congo engineers are pushing twin rails of steel to bring dark Africa's produces a week near- er to the market. The newly built railroad will be inaugurated within the next few months. It will link the copper producing country of the Katanga area with deep water and world consump- tion. Transportation facilities thus will be afforded for the country's ex- ports, which in 1929 totaled about $1,700,000. By eliminating shipments of ex: ports to the east coast of Africasthe new line, with its connections, will permit ships to call for thelr cargo at Lobito in the Portuguese Angola. This will save twice the steaming distance between Lobito and the east coast points, clipping twelve days from the round trip. The Benguela road is now in op- eration as far as the Belgian Congo frontier, a distance of approximately 750 miles. The new line will add some 500 miles to its terminus at Elizabethville. Additional railroad facilities for the Congo are projected to connect Stanleyville and Lake Albert, which will provide the last link in rail water communication between Cairo and the Cape. Products of the Congo consist largely of palm olive ofl and its by- products, cotton, cocoa, rubber, cof- tee, copper and some reef gold and diamonds. - New Hudson Bay Route . To Be Used This Fall Winnipeg.--The first practical test of the Hudson Bay .grain route to Europe will be made in September, and it 1s expected that by the open- ing of navigation in 1932 a'l facilities of the new Atlantic port will be avail able for whatever business may of- fer. | Contra"ts provide for the comple tion of the grain elevators at Church- ill, termirus of the new Hudson Bay | Railway. and of the new Atlantic | route ty Sep'emuer Dredging and | dock extension will be finished in the Spring of 1932. The authorities have decided that it will be possible to make a test shipment of two or three cargoes, or about 750,000 bushels of wheat, this Fall, from which valu- able lessons will be learned in re- spect to freight and insurance rates. Shipping companies are prepared to co-operate. For many years the producers of Western Canada have looked for ward to opening of the Hudson Bay route to Europe, and now that the project is so near completion they are watching each step with intense interest. They expect that a con siderable part of the Western wheat crop, particularly that originating in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, will find its way to market through the Churchill elevators, and they will be greatly disappointed if the route does not reduce materially the freight charges on grain. For the moment at least, the long controversy over the possibilities of the route is still- ed. All parties, even those who op- posed most vigorously the expendi- ture of many millions on the railway and on port terminals, now are agreed that it must be tested not by theory and deduction, but through the hard decisiveness of practical experi- ence. J ---- Queer Fish Walks On Ocean Bottom Chicago.--A fish that seems to pre- fer walking to. swimming, and which has the pedal equipment necessary for perambulating on the bottom of the sea, has been added to the piscatorial exhibits of the ield Museum of Natur- al History. The batfish, as this species is known, comes from the tropical and semi- tropical seas of the Gulf of Mexico. According to an announcement froma the museum, looked down at from ve it seems to have a body like a toad, but this terminates in a fishy tail. "Looked at from the side, it appears to have four legs with finny feet, and these are yet more peculiar because the pair close together under the throat are the hind feet, while the forefeet or hands are far apart and well set back," the description contin ued, 4 "While it can swim with its tail, like any ordinary fish, the batfish usually walks or hops along the bottom ia comparatively shallow places. In its hopping, it moves exactly in the same way as a rabbit feeding on a lawn. The weight is rested on the forward pair of feet and the rear ones are brought ahead, then the weight is shifted to the rear pair and the for- ward ones moved along." : Quotations 1t i3-a good thing for an uneducat- ed man to read books of quotations. The quota'icns, when engraved upom the memory, give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more. 3 Vd Women are more forgiving tham men, but men equalize 'hings ty be ing much more forge'fvl.