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«ew an i W £0 bg 4 EX FS x * , pened "at the wn AThidof a "About an infant's neck hang Peohie. It cures Alcydes' cruell mala- die," said Joshua Sylvester, the 16th 'century English poet, with reference to the ancient belief that the seeds of the peony worn round the neck acted as a charm against the powers of darkness. Indeed, from the .earl- iest times, traditions gathered around the peony both as a talisman against evil and as a cure for many illnesses. In eastern Europe, the origin of the name with many variations in spell ing was associated with the fabled Paeon, or Paion, or Paean, who cur- ed the wounds of the gods in the Trojan war, as mentioned in. the Il- liad of the ancient Greek poet Hom- er. . In the Far East, the peony with'its glerious colours was an inspiration to the poets of China in the misty past, while the common people were of a more practical turn of mind. As they do today, the inhabitants .of northern Asia boil and eat the roots of the peony and grind its seed tof put into tea. The tubers of the com- .mon peony are also used as an in- ternal medicine, being credited with wonderful properties for the cure of internal troubles, biliousness, colic, dropsy, convulsions, and hysteria. An * "infusion of the dried leaves is used successfully as an astringent for a hot weather internal - complaint. Whether or not the old-world wonder of the hanging: gardens of Babylon were made glorious by the splendour of the peony is unimportant, because the beauty of the peony has' been recognized from time immemorial, and the fact remains that the peony is one of the most important peren- nials for the Canadian garden. 'There are many amateur gardeners in Canada who justly boast 'of the length and beauty of their perennial border of peonies. Thirty feet of glorious bloom in a garden makes a rare and imposing -show, and" one worthy to be proud of. But what can be said of a third of a mile of the most beautiful peonies ever seen. in Canada -- 50,000 blooms in a breath- "*taking colour riot of 'ever-changing shades, white flecked - with crimson, bronze and gold, red, dark red, pink, madder, flesh white all blended into one glorious kaleidoscope. This hap- 4 International . Peony Show _held in the Horticultural Build- 'ing, Exhibition Ground, at Toronto on June 24th and 25th, The exhibition being-held in- co-operation with -six- teen Horticultural Societies of To- ronto, the Canadian Peony Society, several Horticultural Societies of the Province of Ontario, and the Ameri- can, Peony Society. In this a record is created for the exhibition marks the 83rd annual Exhibition of the Amcrican Peony Society and its first exhibition. to be held in Canada. All ithe principal growers in Ontario giv- ing their whole-hearted support for the success of the exhibition. Appearance Is ~~ Nost lmportant Neglect of Personal Appear- - ance Is Hazard When © Job-Seeking . -BOSTON -- Elizabeth Gregg Mac- Gibbons has made an intensive study of women and their jobs. 'Last year she traveled about 28,000 miles and talked before 85,000 women in 26 cities. She says that though business wo- men " may be rated mental giants with 'every qualification for their "jobs, sheer ability won't help them half so much as keeping themselves free of the tell-tale marks of neglect or age.' 3 "Theoretically, continued Mrs. MacGibbon, "a girl's appearance should have nothing to do with her getting and holding a job. Actually, however, it counts 75 per cent." The head of the alumnae placement bureau of a well-known college has found that younger women are pre- ferred and that older women are rele- gated to the sidelines of business life. "I find myself fighting harder in behalf of these fadifg creatures than | _ I do for those who suffer merely f om their own neglect. I urge them to refuse to resign themselves to a useless old age. I try to instll in them the spirit of fighting youth, I tell them they have the balanced judgment of maturity which business men need in their assistants. And if ther will bestir themselves in the matter of dress and spirits they may command far higher pay than the N kittenish thing who has no more-than simple and simpering youth to recom- mend her." ei ii Egotism is- more like an offence than a crime; though it is allowable | to speak of yourself, provided noth- ing is advanced in favour; hut I can- not help suspecting that those who abuse themselves are, in 'reality, , angling for approbation. --Zimmer- -- - For * Thirty thirsty horses drank deeply at the first of the watering stations of the Humane Soclety to be opened this season, comments the New York 'Times. While the amount was hardly a drop in the bucket compared to the water quaffed in the old days, Frank Flannigan, the station attendant, who was once a teamster, was well satis- fied. He pointed out that years ago 'watering troughs were everywhere, while today they are as rare as cigar store Indians. NE "And the horses that are lett, aren't any less thirsty," he remarked. The watering station, which is on West Street at Hubert-Street, was opened at 11 a.m. by Mrs, George L. Kobbe, a director of the society; Miss Loretta Lee, lio entertainer, and Paddy, an Irish terrier who is mescot of the society. . Mrs. Kobbe and Miss Lee posed for photographers in the act of wat: ering horses. Miss T.ee scemed a bit timid after a blind horse named Tom, 'who was suspcious cf the entire pro- ceeding, had shied suddenly. The ceremonies concluded with the pre- sentation of the .society's . bronze medal to Paddy. The dog awoke his mistress, Miss Alice Manchester of 49 Seventh Avenue, last month when he smelled gas escaping frfom a hot. water heater. - " The station consists of a hydrant to which a plece of rubber hose is attached, ten galvanized pails, a tub containing water and a little disin: tectant to rinse the pails after eath drink. -- _-»Within- the- next -10- days ciety will open three more stations, one in Harlem and two in the Bronx. they will remain open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. until October. Jilted 99-Year-Old "Man Gets Thirty Letters of Sympathy -- OLD FORGE, N.Y.--Charles Jean- nette; 99-year-old French Canadian 'veteran of the American Civil War, pilted on the evé of his weddifg to Mrs. Ella * Blanche Manning, of Albany, recently, says he has received 30 letters from women expressing sympathy and proposing marriage. He said the letters came 'from throughout the United States and Canada. * Still expressing the belief he would hear from Mrs. Manning, Jeannette said he would "look over and consider" the new offers, Mrs. Manning left Old Forge hur- riedly and went ta the home of rela- tives in Saranac Lake where she later refused to discuss the matter. "Leisure , that ig to be worth the living must issue out of a work-life that -is equally worth the living." -- H. A. Overstreet. Drinks Are on New York Manhattan Horses the -so- 1 Where? Author Unknown Where can a man buy a cap for his knee, Or a key to the lock of his hair? Can his eyes be called an academy Because ther are pupils there? In the crown of his head what gems are found? : . Who travels the bridge of his nose? Can he use, when shingling the roof of his house, The nails on the end of his toes? Can the crook of his elbow he sent to jail? If so, what did he do? How does he sharpen his shoulder blades? I'll be hanged if I know, do you? Can he sit in the shade of the palm of his hand? Does the calf of his leg eat the corn Or beat the drum of his ear? on his toes? If so, why not grow corn on the ear? : "Big Bill" in Canada Notes The Brantford Expositor.-- William Hale Thompson, popularly known_as "Big Bill," who was Mayor of Chicago for 12 years, during which the finances of the city becamé hope- lessly embarrassed so that it was im- possible to provide even for civic ser- vices, is visiting Canada and has an- nounced that he intends to establish a Summer residence .in this country. his famous speech in which he de- clared that the then King George should be given "a blow on the snout" for meddling in Chicago's af- fairs. No one ever seemed to know in what way His Majesty had meddled with Chicago, but that did not prevent Mayor Thompson from making a demagogic appeal to the voters of the city, However, his game ultimately played out, and he was driven into oblivion, where he has remained for a number of years. Canadians will perhaps count it strange that he is coming over to establish a Summer home in the Georgian Bay district, in the "late King's realm, on which he proposes to spend $25,000. Australian Budget "Surplus Is Record CAMBERRA, Australia-- A record budget surplus of £3,662,000 (ahout $17,810,000) for the year 1935-36 was announced recently by R. G. Cazy, Treasurer of Australia. It was the fifth consecutive plus for the Commonwealth. The showing was. attributed mainly to. increased customs and excise re- ceipts totalling ~£3,688,000 (about $17,940,000). 4 sur- s and save living expenses. graduates Bchool. = STUDY BUSINESS COURSES AT HOME All Business and Secretarial Courses studied -sugcessfully through our Home Study Department. Hundreds of successful during past thirty-one years. Reduced fees. NO EXTRA CHARGE it you enter college to finish in Day or Night : Write for free particulars. CANADA BUSINESS COLLEGE fmperial Bank Building, Bloor and Bathurst -- -- Toronto "Big Bill" became notorious for beautifully simple squares? You'll number St., Toronto. ADDRESS. = : ' Laura Wheeler Crocheted Lace i Has Beauty That Endures CROCHETED SQUARE _ PATTERN 1049 Who'd ever guess this handsome tea cloth was once a pile of crochet yours the same easy way, a square at a time, using white or colored string. The sample square is "Hiekly 'memorized, its repetition doubly easy. ai When you're a d by, join them for a bedspread, cloth or scarf, Pattern 1049 contains complete directions for making the square shown; illustrations of it and of stitches used; material requirements. Send 20 cents in stamps or coin (coin preferred) for this pat- tern to Wilson Publishing Co., Needlecraft Dept., 73 West Adelaide Write plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and Staked Plants Make For Orderly Garden Properly staked plants ensure an orderly garden. Lack of proper stak- ing means that you are reasonably sure to have some wrecked and messy beds later in the season. A heavy rain or wind storm is likeiy to knuck over tall and 'heavy follage plants which naturally have stems not sut- ficient to stand up under such cir- cumstances, Delphiniums are first plants in the garden to show the need for staking The heavy spikes of bloom on these stately- perennials. make them singu- larly susceptible to destruction by winds or heavy rains. Stake them be- fore the-buds start to open and save tho beauty of the delphiniums. Gladi- "olug with® heavy spikes of bloom are likely to need stakes. Lillies and iris of 'the taller types also need this as- sistance. Tall African and French margiolds are Lipped over by the wind or rain and become a_jungle. Staking would have saved them. The first requisite of gool staking is that the stakes should be strong but as unobtrusively as possible. Green painted stakes are least con- spicious The cheapest and most efl- ficient stakes are the bamboo canes sold in varying lengths by dealers. They may be bought already painted or in their natural color and you can paint them yourself. They are strong: and durable. Recently héavy wire stakes have been offered and they are least obtrusive of all especially when painted green. Plants can be tied to them easily and hung upright so---that the tying cannot be disting- nished until viewed at close range. Set the stakes and tie the plants before they come into bloom. A good job of staking that will not make the plant look stiff and obviously tled up can be done after it has come into bloom. For plants of lighter growth that are apt to sprawl and be of un- tidy habit, twiggy branches carefully applied make the best supports. The tall snapdracns need staking. If pinched back and tiled the tall types throw out branches and become py- .ramids of bloom. The long terminal spike 1s sacrificed but a much greater quantity of bloom and finer garden display is obtained. Get in a supply of stakes and give the plants known to 'need staking attention early in their career. The sooner staking fis attended to, the less obtrusive will it be when the plant reaches the ma- turity of -its bloom. * Designed Sales Books for Cash. and Charge Sales The New "Burt" Sales Book e Improved Non-smudge Carbon, eo Improved Paper. e Improved Quality Throughout. Manufactured by the Originators of Sales Books For Prices and Complete Particulars Phone the Office of This Newspaper or Write The Wilson Publishing Co., Limited 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto man.' and capable of holding up the plant] | Stein. Many People Have Felt Like Murder At the Bridge Table The august members of the court of appeals at Warsaw, capital of Poland, must be bridge players. If they aren't, bridge players every- where will agree that they at least have a rave understanding of the emotional side of the game . It seems that a Polish gentleman now 1 Togof Tlina name Jesse 24405, thr_a having bid thrge no trump, played the hand and was set four tricks. His partner, instead of keeping quiet as a dummy should, criticized his play throughout the hand; so Mr, Iljas, 'overtaxed by. a strain no bridge player can bear, finally drew a revolver and shot his talkative partner through the shoul- der. In due course he was sentenced to three years in prison; and now the appellate court has reduced this sentence to two years, remarking that the trial court should have tak- en into account the excessive ner- vous strain under which the prisoner had been laboring. Can any bridge player fail to sal- ute these judicial gentlemen for the setting of a useful precedent? Black Flies Writes "The Fort William - Times- Journal---*Black flies are bad in the bush," said a man who spends a gond deal of his holiday hours fishing. But what the average angler knows about black flies is nothing to what the en- tomologists of the department of agriculture have found out. -- To the man in the woods a black fly is just a black fly, just as the yel- low primrose was nothing but a yel- low primrose to Wordsworth's idiot boy, or a rose is a rose to Gertrude He might think more about them if her were aware that the en- tomologists have counted no less than 38-species of black flies, and each one is more bloodthirsty than the other, no matter which you begin with. Mosquitoes do fot deserve front place among the blood-sucking in- sects of the bush, for the little mos- quito has the decency to give some warning of its approach by humming at the victim, while the black fly makes a silent and mean attack, and does a good deal more damage than the mosquito. In-fact, it is quite possible to become innoculated with mosquito bites, so that the victim is immune. to the poison. and the bite leaves never a trace behind. France Still Owns Statue of Liberty NEW YORK -- Through all the storms of half a century the Statue of York harbor--but it was learned re- cently the original deed of gift which the French intended to send along with the great shaft never reached the United States. The fact the deed still is rétained in French archives was disclosed by the ladies' auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, which is making plans to celebrate on October 28, the 60th anniversary of the dedication of the statue. ny A photograph of the deed was used in the 1886 dedicatory ceremonies. BPRINGHURST BEACH ON THE o> GEORGIAN BAY 3 miles west o¢. Wasaga (Hard Sand Beach) Offers You--- A lovely wooded lot 50" x.200" and a new smart 4-room cottage with large screenad verandah for $375; $100 down and balance $25 quarterly. Write W. A. Wheeler, Collingwood Liberty has stood staunchly in New | $ iF i) Kemarkable cs / - / ~HWARNY / w 3 3 Assign Children To Regular Duties For Their Vacation Playtime Must Be Planned as Their Working Hours Vacation must be faced. It is a cam- paign against time and idleness and if mothers don't marshall their co- horts--the children--for a little work, then Old Nick as usual, will. Drifting from day to day and hop- ing for the best won't get us very far. The move idle the offspring, the busier and more nervous the parent, because life without any duties at all makes children cross and contrary. So up in the cool of the morning they should be. And then, instead of answering Charlie's whistle or Polly's call, leaving the house to bedlam and to ycu, mother, have it understood that each one tackle his task at once. Ollie's_ job is with the sweeper. (va- cuum on Fridays), the mop and the serub-bucket. The fleors are his, in- side the house and out. HOUSEWORK FOR BOYS Per must make her bed and the boys', straighten the rooms, dust and darken them. She can lay the table for lunch, early as it ig because by this time you have the kitchen and dining-room cleared up. Teach her to move quickly. She won't rush, don't worry, Lut a certain alacrity may be achieved. . N Eustace gets on his bike and does the errands. Once a week he cuts the grass. But there isn't anything wrong with Oliver and his brother exchang- ing jobs once in a while, if they like, or even "swapping" with Peg, as long as they don't bother you about it. floors and 'serub steps? Why not? Yes, and even learn to cook and wash dishes. In fact, unless something im- portant is pending, all three should help you with the after-meal clean-up pretty regularly. Many hands make light work. Thus is the "work-time" budgeted. It can be changed, of course, to suit your fancy, and to fit the ages and capabilities of the children. The above is only a suggestion, of course, that may lead to ideas of your own. "By this time it is, let us say, about ten or ten=thirty o'clock. And in gen- eral, the rest of the day is theirs, un- less there is some practicing to do. DON'T INTERFERE WITH PLAY And just as work-time is planned, play-time must have some attention also. Children need suggestions. It is not necessary to be an entertain- ment committee of one (and besides the youngsters don't want you "but- ng in," as they say), but it is easily possible to provide background, ideas, materials and well-hidden sugges- tions; at the same time leave them free to act independently as though they thought it all out themselves. Boards, boxes, stones or old bricks will preve a vertitable mine for ex- perimental hands. . Or some paint, a brush or two and very old: clothes. There will 'be noise and clutter and most of the neighbors in, but this has to he accepted as another thing to be- faced if the children ave to be contented and happy. ) It doesn't matter what idea you plant; it may have nothing to do with vards, or boards or paint. days, and the wise mother will turn inventor. Resource is a great asset in vacation time. Extortion Check Canberra the Australian 'Government has gazetted a special ordinance pro- viding heavy penalties for moneylend- ers who offend against regulations. Penalties range up to .$2,600 or im- prisonment for five years, Banish Flies Hygienically with Aeroxon FLY CATCHER CC U.E.M., SENEST SHERBROOKE, QUE. ECONOMICAL: EFFECTIVE Issue No. 30 -- '36 'What? Boys make beds and sweey} But fer-| tile suagestion leads to busy, happy CANBERRA --- To check usury in| 40 Law Regarding Package Cheese At the last session of the Domin- jon Parliament section 7 of Part I of the Dairy Industry Act was amended by adding the following subsection: -- "(2) On and after the first of January, 1987, no-person shall man- ufacture, import into Canada, sell, offer or have in posession for sale any package cheese un'ces such nat nen pont Tan ot an LE an net weight of] one-quurter pound, one halt-poun, one poo « | tip'es thereof, but nothing in this subsection shall be held to apply to cheese of indiscriminate weight man- ufactured by individual farmers and sold by them." As explained in the House of Commons by Ilon. J. C. Gardiner, Dominion Minister of Agriculture, the reason for the amendment had to do with the recommendations made by the Price Snreads Commis- sion in 1935. One of these supces- tions which had been discussed at some lehath was that prints of cheese offered for sale to the putlie should be made in multiples of a pound rather than in sizes, say, 'of five ounces, six and a half ounces or seven and a half ounces. The amendthient provides that the orints must be put up in cither multiples of a pound or in divisicns of a pound. such as a quarter of a pound or ha'f* a pound. The phrase "but nothing in this subsection shall be held to apnly to cheese of indiscrim- inate weight manufactured by in- dividual farmers and sold by them" means that home-made cheese is not = subject to this legislation. It can be any weight. it is not confined to mul- tiples or divisions of a-pound. The cheese, however, must he made by a farmer as well as sold by him." "When we went in for machinery on a large scale -we went in for a world, which said to us, 'plan or per- ish'. -- Norman Thomas. 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