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i«Bi â- â- â-  Thursday, April 22, 1920. THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE. . ," BY AUNT JUNE Our Boys and Girls Corner Registered According to the Copyright Act. DEDICATEDTO EVBRY BOY lAiVZ) GIRL IN CANADA My dear Boys and Girls: â€" Is it not perfectly lovely to see the little tight brown buds gradually bursting open on the trees. Have they started to do this yet in your part o£ the world? On my road there are many trees, and during a high wind last week several pieces of twig were blown down. I had been watching them wav- ing against the sky for some days, and noticed that they had changed very rap- idly in appearance since the warm sun- shine of the last week or so. Little nobby brown bunches appeared on every twig, and sure enough on this day when the wind blew some down at my feet, and I picked them up, there were the dear little leaf buds almost ready to unroll, and wave out into love- ly green leaves. Much I hope that Mr. Jack Frost will not play any pranks by nipping these buds, for if that gentle- man behaves properly and leaves them alone, I think in a few more weeks we shall see all the trees in our road green. Have you planned your garden yet? Doesn't this weather make you long to start planting seeds? Next week I shall give you a list of flower seeds which make pretty gardens quickly. I was so pleased to hear jf rem two help- ers who are going to have gardens this summer. I think next to feeding and watching the birds, a garden is the jol- liest fun, especially if one grows a few things that are nice to eat. It is such a pleasant surprise when you are able to give mother some cress or radishes for tea grown all by yourself in your own garden. Don't you think so? Letters from Helpers. I am just delighted to read the letters in mv mail bag this week from Helpers, both'bovs and girls, and especially from those who have told me about the things they are doing. Is Tour Letter Here? Dear Aunt June: â€" I have read with much interest our "Bovs' and Girls' Column" for the past "few weeks. I like it very much. I would now like to become a member myself. I will do my best to keep the pledge which I have signed and sent to you. I am going to have a garden this year. Do you think it would be helping if I take some of the things from my garden to people who are sick in bed? ^ , ^ â€" From Charlie Dobbs. Welcome to our Helpers' League, Charlie, and to our own corner- I am very glad vou will try to live up to the pledge. That is good. I always keep the pledges sent in by the Boys and Girls and have several hundred already sent in from all parts of Canada, so now yours will be put in the place of honor with the rest. Yes, indeed, that would be splendid helping to give away some of the nice things from your gar- PLEDGE FOR HELPERS. "Do a little kindness to someone every day. Scatter rays of sunshine all along the way." I pledge myself in the ser- vice of my King and Country to DO MY BEST IN MY DAILY WORK, wherever it may be, to help others wherever possible, and to endeavor in every way to make myself A GOOD CITI- ZEN. Date Name Age Address den. I hope it will be a big success and that you will write again and tell me when you have your seeds planted. Dear Aunt June: â€" I am reading the corner every week and like it very much. I have signed the pledge and am sending it in. I am doing my best to be a true Helper. One of the things I do is to help Mother every evening when I come in from school to get supper, and afterwards I clear away the things and help Mother wash the dishes. Mother says that this is really truly helping. Have you many little girls in your club? I am nine years old, but will be ten this sum- mer. Your loving niece, â€" Ellen Burns. Well done, Ellen. I am pleased to know how you try to help Mother. Some people do not care for washing dishes, but shall I tell you a secret? I just love it. Do you thing that is very funny f When I was a little girl I was never allowed to do such things, and now I am a big, grown-up aunt, I sometimes think there is nothing so lovely as to have a big bowl of soapy water and wash up the cups and saucers after tea, but I will tell you another secret, if I had to do lots and lots of them. I expect I would be awfully glad of a little helper like you to come and do some for me. Yes, there are a great many helpers altogether. I think more girls than boys, though of this I am not quite sure, as several hundred boys joined me one summer, but however many we have, there is alw^ays room for more, so I hope you w^ill tell your friends to come and be Helpers, too. Dear .\unt June: â€" I am so interested in the birds, and Daddy is making me a bird box, which we shall put out in a tree in front of uur housu. We liuve several trees in our garden, and I hope some birds will build there this year. I scatter crumbs for them every day, and hope you will tell us more about the birds. Did you ever see a red-headed woodpecker.' There are a good many in the summer time round where I live. I joined the Helpers quite a long time ago, so I think I may sign myself. One of Your Old Members, â€" Andrew Gliddon. I am very pleased to hear from j'ou again, Andrew, and so glad you have started to feed the birds. They will well repay you if you are so fond of them by their daily visits and amusing little ways. Yes, I have often seen the bird you mention. He is rather a pretty fellow, with hs fine glossy coat and bright touch of color. To all other Helpers, Aunt .Tane sends love and says if your letter is *ot in this week and you have posted it, look for your answer in our corner next week. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON. ij GERTRUDE ATHERTON A <3old-v»Jijn Eminent Author RIDDLES. Answers to Last Week's Kiddies. K. â€" What is the difference between a ship and a sailor at the top of the mast? A. â€" One sails over the sea and the other sees over the sail. B. â€" Why is your face like two lilies? A. â€" Because it has two eyes (i's). B. â€" When is a bank note like a bar of iron? A. â€" When it is forged. THIS WEKE'S KIDDLES. Can Ton Oness These? E. â€" When are eyes not eyes? E. â€" When is a Scotchman like a don- key? E. â€" What is that which is bought by the yard and worn by the feet? Now I am afraid there is not room for another line of news this week, so we must save our little talk on the birds for next time. Yours lovingly, AUNT JUNE. Here is a story that a young Scout Helper sent to me this week. He's only nine years old and he wrote the story all by himself: If you have a farm you no how to treat all c|indse of catel when I went to the farm we had to horses one was lame and the other had a sor foot. .â- >fter a little while we sold them and we hot to mor and we cepet them in the barn, one day we let them owt to see what thai would do insted of macking friends thai fot whith each other, after whille thai maid friends and one is afraid of cars but she is good and strong. UNCLE JIM'S STORYi KIMBO DOES A GOOD TXJBN. "Flutter bird, flutter bird, fly away home, Your house is on fire and your children will burn." \ Kimbo, the little green monkey, was always eager to help every one who was in trouble, but this morning Kimbo was worried to death because he didn't know what on earth to do. ' ' Peep â€" peep â€" help mc. I 'm lost and one wing is hurt, and I'm going to be eaten by a cat in a jiffy if you don't do something for me." It was a tiny yellow canary, hop- ping about at the side of the road. Kimbo looked at her sternly. '•How did you ever get out in the road like this?" he squeaked. "1 can't do anything for you. I've five kittens in my cage in the Street Fair tent. Vou wouldn't 'even make them one good meal." • ' Peepâ€" peepâ€" peep. ' ' The canary was dreadfully frightened now. Five kittensi She hopped frantically about. Kiiiibo thought of all the «(figes in the Street Fair tent. Kimbo looked all around him. No one in sight. Just the hole under the fence through which he had crawled. He looked up at the sky, but only Mr. Yellow Sun was there shining so brightly that Kimbo had to blink sev- eral times l)ofor« he could even see the canary again. Kimbo began to feel very cross. This was just his luck, "Meow! Meowl" What was thatf Kimbo jumped as if it h;id b^eu the roar of a lion. Kim- bo kui'w the ways of the world very well. Ue could see poor Uttle Flut- ter Bird being swallowed in one gulp by some black and white torn cat. < I P|,gp__peepâ€" help, " chirruped the little canary. Something had to bo done and done quickly. Kimbo had not been taking care of the five kittcus for nearly a week without learning how sly and spry even a small kitten can be. Kimbo made a grab for little Flut- ter Bird. And so did a black and white kitten who had been hidden be- hind a bush. But if kittens are quick, nioukevs eau be quicker. Kimbo had Flutter Bird in one brown paw and was chattering and scolding at the sur- prised black and white kitten. "What do you mean by trying to eat up little yellow birds?" he screeched. ' ' Phist â€" get awayâ€" gr-r-r, get out of here! " Then Kimbo listened very hard. He heard some one running down the path, whistliifg as he ran. A small boy exclaimed: "Well, for goodness sake, if there isn't Sis's yellow canary. Can yon beat itt" And befora Kimbo could count five the little boy had snatched the bird C HIS is the Louse that Jack built, A bird house for the lawn. lt*s finished now-all but the paint â€" Jack's worked since early dawn. Pin.) aiiotlier house buil.'''r Iipnc ngfht corner down, on blouse. out of Kimbo 's paw and started run- ning back towards home. ' ' Meow, ' ' said the bl.ick and white kitten very sadly. ' ' Such a good meal as that canary would have made!" "Humph," said Kimbo, as he scram- bled back through the hole in the fence. "He never even sa^d 'thank you' for my saving his old canary." SONO OF THE WISES. Most of us have wondered at the curious ' ' singing ' ' of the telegraph and telephone wires often heard along quiet country roads. It is suggested by one authority that the noises arc due to vibrations transmitted to the wires by the posts, which receive them from the earth, and that they are the result of earth vibrations identical with those that the seismograph, or earthquake detector, records. The song of the wires, it is said, is the song of the barometer; if it is low, a change in the weather may come in two days; if sharp, it may be imme- diate. HERE'S IHERE YOU LAUGH Mr. Pester â€" That place looks all right to me, but it's so far from the neighbors you might be annoyed by tramps. His Wife â€" Oh, tramps don't scare me any. They're nothing but men. But the house is so old I'm terribly afraid there are mice in it. Bill Nye, known in his day as a hu- morist, owned a cow which he wanted to sell, and put an advertisement in the paper which read Uke this: ' ' Ow- ing to ill-health, I will sell at my resi- dence, in township 19, range 18, ac- cording to the government survey, one plush raspberry cow, aged eight years. She is of undoubted courage and gives milk frequently. To a man who does not fear death in any form she would be a great boon. She is very much attached to her present home with a stay chain, but she will be sold to anyone who will agree to treat her right. She is one-fourth shorthorn and three-fourths hyena. I will also throw in a double-barrel shotgun, which goes with her. Her name is Eose. I would rather sell her to a non-resident." Jones was hurrying along a street the other day, when another man, also in violent haste, rushed out of a side street and the two collided with force. The se(<ond man looked angry, but Jones, with his inborn courtesy, raised his hat and said: "My dear sir, I don't know which of us is to blame for this violent en- counter, but I am in too great a hurry to investigate. If I ran into yon, I beg your pardon; if you ran into me, don 't mention it. ' ' Then he tore away at redoubled speed. A sentimental young lady was on the quay, where she saw a young girl sit- ting on a trunk in an attitude of ut- ter dejection and despair. "Poor thing,"' thought the roman- tic young lady, "she is probably alone and a stranger. Her pale cheeks and great sad eyes tell of a broken heart and a yearning for sympathy." She went over to the traveler to win her confidence. '•Crossed in love?" she asked sym- pathetieally. ''No," replied the girl with a sigh; "crossed in the 'Frolic,' and an aw- fully rough passage too." The motorist was a little mixed as to hia route, as he stopped his car be- side a grizzled old patriarch, who was sitting on a stone just off the road- way. â- 'Pardon me," said he, "but may I ask you where this road leads to?" The person addressed replied: "To be sure you may." "Well, where?" "Durncd if I know," drawled the â- lan, "I'm a stranger aronnd here." Mrs. Brown was boring Mrs. Jones stiff with the wonderful stories about her Willie. "Yes." she said, "he's top of his class this week, and his father is go- ing to take him to the zoo." "Really," yawned Mrs. Jones. "We're sending Charles to college." "Sir. I have come to ask you for your daughter's hand." ".Ml right, my boy, I think you'll fiiiil it in the dishwater." Then the young man left, smiling, knowing that if such was the case he had won a prize. Lady of the House: "And what Paused you to become a tramp?" Ragged Rupert: "The. family phys- ician, mum; he advised me to take Icng walks after my menls. and I have been walking after 'em ever since." A Lone Apollo. Maud â€" So that's the young fellow you were raving .nbout. I thought you said he was handsome. Ethel â€" I â€" I thought he was. You see, I met him at Exclusive Beach and he was the onlv man there. Beauty No Object. Yes, said tlio ]irnspoctivp buyer, T alw.iys judge a motor car by its en- gine. But don't you pay any attention to its finish? asked the seller, who had been extolling the upholstering and trimmings. Never! My motor cars always have the same finish â€" a brick wall or a ditch. Impossible Prescription. You are suffering from brain fag and ennui, announced the specialist. You should take more interest in your business. I would like to, replied the patient. Then why don't you? demanded the specialist. The law won't let me, repUed the patient. I'm a pawnbroker. Lesson IV. April 25. EXTTH'S WISE CHOICE. I.essou â€" Kutli 1. rruitt'ii Text â€" Eulh 1: 14-22. Golden Textâ€" "Thy people shall be my people, and thv G»d my God." (Ruth 1: 16.) Historical Setting. Time. â€" About 1173 B.C. Place.â€" Bethlehem. The Lesson Text. 14. â€" And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpah kissed hei mother-in-law; but Buth clave unto "ler. l.'i. â€" And she said, Behold, thy sister- in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god: return thou after thy sister-in-law. Iti. â€" And Ruth said. Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from fol- lowing after thee; for whither thou go- tst, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; 17. â€" Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me; and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. 18. â€" And when she saw that she war stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her. 19. â€" So they two went until thev came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-le- hem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said. Is this Na- omi? 20. â€" And she said unto them. Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Al- mighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21. â€" I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Al- mighty hath afflicted me? 22.â€" -So Naomi returned, and Euth the MoabitesB, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the coun- try of Moab; and they came to Beth- lehem in the beginning of barley har- vest. (•Copyright, 1901, by T. Nelson & Sons. Used by permission.) Comments. Verse 14. Buth was possibly a con- temporary of Gideon. She was the great-grandmother of David, though not a Jewess. In addition to the pastoral purpose of the book, it was written to show that the daughter of an alien race could be a pattern of high virtue, and by her marriage take an important place in the history of the Jews. Bead Verses 1-13 for introduction. Verse 15. Israel's God was Jeho- vah, and each other outlying territory ' ' had its own deity inseparably connect- ed with it." When Orpah went back she returned to her native god. By go- ing with her mother-in-law Euth cast I her lot with Jehovah 's people. j Verse 16. "It is worth noting that ] this picture of the very sublimity of I love paints two women, not two men, I as do other well-known stories." The beauty of this narrative and the inci- dent it describes is not surpassed in all literature. Verse 17. Buth was making her choice for life. She had doubtless counted the cost, and did not ctonsider it an unjustifiable sacrifice. It meant much to an Oriental to be taken away from the family place of burial, Butli's use of the name of Jehovah shows that she was already a believer. This was probably due to her mother-in-law. Verse 18. ' ' Since Euth 's purposes j reached beyond a mere impulse and family ascension, ' Naomi was safe in allowing her to face all the consequence^ with her. ' ' Verse 19, Inasmuch as Bethlehem was a small place, the return of Nao- mi, accompanied by Ruth, could not es- cape notice and oomment. The death of Naomi's husband and sons would create quick sympathy. Verse 2C. Naomi means sweet, while Mara means bitter. She was simply telling her sorrows to her sym- pathetic friends, I Verse 21, When she had left them j her cup of joy was full; when she re- I turned it was in sailncss. She attrib- uted the cause of her grief to an over- i shadowing Providence, i Verse 22, By making this choice, Ruth found her personal success through devotion to her mother-in-law. She had bi'auty, character and a gra- cious presence, ] Illustrated Truth. I The Christian who is liiiiiself an il- i lustratc<l Bible will find many read- ers (v. 16). Illustration. â€" When new students come to a certain illustration of learn- ing, it is oustomary to ask them what led them to choose the school. In this way it is possible to estimate the value of the various advertising me- diums used by the school. One day a youn;; man came to the school from a rural region many hundreds of miles away. The registrar asked him how i and where he had gotten hold of an j advertisement "f the school. He re- j jdied that he never saw one, "There] was a teacher in our town who canu' here to school," he added. "And I sujjpose he recommended the school. ' ' ' ' No, he didn 't, but I could sec for myself. ' ' Beautiful iilcals nmke beautiful characters (v, 17), Illustration â€" The character of Ruth was shaped by her faith in Jehovah. Two young men from different parts of the country met and became Hlose friends. One was raw and undisci- plined; the other a young man of fine Christian principles. Gradually their habits and ideals became the same. The rougher of the two .said the other one influenced liini because ho made religion so attractive. .Vll young peo- ple are influenced more by the religion they see practiced than by the relig- ion they hear of in theory. Origin of Sugar Cane. In all probability the sugar cane came originally from India or China, as sugar is mentioned in the earliest literature of these two countres. RULER'S COFFIN : OF SOLID SILVER I j Strangely Embalmed Bodies of ' Imperial Austriaâ€"Caskets That Had Been Pre- pared Before Death. Vienna is known for its art and architecture above all else, and to make a complete round of Ber churches would easily monopolize a day or two of absorbing interest. One way is to begin with a trip to the famous churdh of Capuchins (Maria zu den Eugeln;, which is located iu the Neueu Market. Upon the approach from the busy Te- getthoff street one is little impressed by its exterior, which is plain and un- attractive. This little church, how- ever, has the distinction of being the resting place of the late Emperor of Austria and other notables who died years ago. Having gained admission into the Capuchins there are three particular things to note: A pieta made by Pe- ter von Strudel in 1711 commands a timely interest, as well as a tablet in memorium to Pater Marcus Avi- anus, who won himself a worthy name because of a victorious part played against the Turks. The most imposing sight is a painting of the Last Supper by Von Fuhruh in the refectory. Descending many stone step's and traversing a long, narrow hall, the ck-ypt is reached, and this underground spot is the chief curiosity. One hun- dred and forty members of the impe- rial family Ue here, and a few not of it, notably the Countess Karoline Fuchs Mollard, who was governess to Maria Theresa's children. Casket Before Death. It is extremely difficult to describe the exact sensations experienced in this sacred place, for each coffin had been prepared before death, and this is a pecuhar thought in itself. The most elaborate one is that in which the Emperor MaximiUan of Mexico rests, and it even excels in richness ot design Empress EUzabeth's liasket. The former is of old bronze and rich- ly carved. The Crown Prince Endolf, ill-fated as was his murdered mother, is placed in a sort of vault, with a thick railing of iron work enclosing it. The sar- cophagus in which the Empress von Sothringcn lies is the work of Moll. Beside it is an altar erected over the resting place of Empress Elizabeth, upon which is a life-size bust of her majesty. The coffin of the late emperor is of solid silver, with shields and hehnets. (Owing to the fact that the crypt holds these caskets in preparation be- fore death, as before stated, the writ- er was able to see, before hostilities, that which would hold the remains of â- â€¢"rancis Joseph. It is not far to the Church of St. Augustine, situated in the street of its name, adjoining the Josefplatz. This church is one of the finest types of Gothic architecture in Vienna. In 1349 the church was consecrated, hav- ing been founded ten years before, when Schone laid the corner stone. The interior is highly decorative. One mas- sive work of art is a monument to Archduchess Marie Christine of Sach- sen-Teschen. This statute portrays two girls of Grecian beauty dressed in the flowing draperies of their romantic country, standing against the open door of the vault of a woman. To the left of this is the figure of a lit- tle child leading a blind man. and the other side shows hovering angels in the backerouud. with a medallion por- trait of the archduchess above. The n:onument is the work of Canova. The Loretto chapel back of the altar is renowned for its silver urns, which contain the embalmed hearts of the imperial family. Sf. Stephen's cathe- dral is of predominant interest. It was started by Endolf the Fourth in 1144, and consecrated three years la- ter. It was not entirely finished until 400 years afterward, in the time of Maria Theresa. The sacristy is at the north end of the cathedral and this is famous be- cause of its open air stone pulpit. j Here a mausoleum of Prince Eugene of Savoy is in evidence, beautifully carved, and many persons are daily seen to pay homage to his memory. An Expensive Altar. In the center of the I'athedral is the main altar, which is of solid black stone, and fabulously expensive. It I is entirely railed in and is so huge j tliat when standing at the bottom j steps the priests seem lost at a vast I distance. The choir is considered ono of the largest and most glorious any- where, and there are choir stalls suf- ficient for 200 singers. Parts of the cathedral were built at j lilTerent times. The south tower was j commenced in n»9. while the northern I one was begun in 14.1.3, The first pe- ; culiarity which strikes the tourist is j the fact that these towers are not of I tlie same height, and hereby hangs a I tale. I It is said that during the building I of the second one (the south tower^ I a laborer was killed and believing this I to be a bad omen, the archbishops de- I manded it should remain at half i height. There nre 2fiR steps leading up to the towc» at the northern cx- |tremity andjpust half that number to I the other, me former has firemen sta- I tioned at it!#top constantly, for a pano- : rama view of all Vienn.a mav be had I fror- this spot and fires throughout the ^ity are so determined, A signal 1 is given from the tower, and thus the j general alarm is spread broadcast. i Japanese Children Educated. ; .Tapanese children are taught at an I early age to write and draw with both I hands, and to this fact has been ascribed the superiority of Japanese art in certain directions, especially in neat sewing. I ^ AxUflclal Oems. 1 Nearly all artificial gemsâ€" that is to say. stones that are reallv made bv artificial meansâ€" are compounds of alum crystallized under special con- ditions. "r:irr; !•?•>;.• !'f^::;:;;;;^*;*fji