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THB FLEflHISTOir ADVAHOI. BY AUNT JUNE Our Boys and Girls Corner Registered According to the Copyright Act. DEDICATEDTO EVERY BOY AND GIRL IN CANADA My Dear Boys and Girls: â€" I hope every member of our "League of Service" is having aa enjoyable a holiday as Roger Bennett. Roger says that he thinks summer is the loveliest t'nie of all the year to have holidays, as one can do so many jolly things. Already he has been for several pic- nics and has a swim every morning. Eoger lives by the lake side. I am writing this letter to you by the side of the sea in a very pretty part cf Nova Scotia. As I look up now and again I can see several sailing boats and a little launch. The own- er of one of the sailing boats is a fish- erman. He sets nets out in the bay every night and in the morning he draws them up, generally full of fish, to we have some fresh fish for break- fast or luncheon. The fishing is not done here with a line and a stick or rod as our boy friends fish in the lakes and rivers; but by trawling, that U pulling a net or a long line baited with several very large hooks through the water behind a boat, or with the nets set overnight by the fishermen. Such quantities of fish are caught and such big fellows, too. I wonder how many of you have seen the sea and how many have been on the sea. This morning I went out ia a small launch, and the owner of it told me he had been all through the war and was in Germany until a year ago. His sister went to England to help during the war and she did gar- acning. Not farming but gardening, just like hundreds of other Helpers. She planted and dug potatoes and beet- root, and sometimes flowers for those â- who were sick in hospital. I asked the toy in the boat why his sister went over to England 'to do gardening, and he said: "She wanted to HELP and there was not much that girls could do here ia the first few months of the war, so she went nearer to those who wanted help most." During the water trip we passed a good many islands, very beautiful in the sunshine, with numbers of differ- ent trees, spruce, pine, juniper and fir, OLe, however, was almost bare of trees at the edge, and where the trees were eeen they leave big spaces between them. The boatman told me that this Has known as "Treasure Island." Years ago a sailor was supposed to have buried a lot of gold and treasures there, and many ships have sailed to this spot to search for the treasure. No one has ever formd anything so far, but the island has been almost aU of it turned up by spades and picks PLEDGE. For Young Helpers' League oX Service. "Do a little kindness to some- one every day. Scatter rays of sunshine all along the way." I pledge myself in the service 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 CITIZEN. Date. Name . . Age . . . Address ii. the hunt for the wonderful ' â-  treas- ure." This sounds like a story out of a book, does it notf and the story ia in a book, too, about this very island. Some one wrete all the story of it and put it in a book, which you may read sometime. It is called "The Adven- tures of Captain Kidd." A Hardworking Little Canadian. Have you ever seen a beaver at vorki We may call this clever little animal a Canadian, I think, as his picture has been adopted for our na- tional coat of arms, as you all know. Every boy and girl knows that the beaver is described as a very indus- trious little animal. Did you ever stop Co think what this word industrious means when we take the little beaver as one of the signs of what a., Cana- dian should bet An industrious per- son is one who does his or her work thoroughly and well, one who sticks at a task weU until he finishes it, and this, according to stories told of his nabits, is surely what the little beaver does. Ue builds bridges across streams. Builds a little house for himself and cuts down trees as cleverly as any hu- nan woodsman. Wishing to test the time taken by these little animals to cut down a tree, some men once took a single beaver and set him by a tree that was two feet six inches in width. It was also 12 feet in height. The beaver commenced to work upon it at one o 'clock, midday, and by forty minutes past five that afternoon he had cut the trunk clean through, and the uee was felled. Just before the tree was ready to faH the beaver rushed away out of danger and waited until the trunk lay flat on the ground, when he walked up and down in front of it as though planning out how he should livide it up. After this he cut the tree trunk into three parts, rolled two of them into the water, and set the other aside to build himself a house. Between all his work he took occasion- al meals and swam «ut into the stream. Was not that a good day's work for one little animal} A day's work com- p eted in less than a full human day and every bit of it done cleanly and well, so we shall have to try hard if we mean to do our work as industriously even aa the little beaver. All Help- ers who join our League of Service should be proud of our emblem, the Beaver, so I have had a picture of this little fellow put on our next badge. Next week I wUl tell you about the badge. NOTICE FOB NEW BCEMEEBS. How to Join the Helpers' Leaguo of Service." Boys and Girls who wish to join the Service League, must note the follow- ing rules: â€" Fill in pledge and send to Aunt June, 515 Manning Chambers, Toronto. '. nly thos..' who send in an account of an act of service every day for a week are eligible for a badge. This means to receive a Helper's service badge you must prove your service by helping some one every day for a full week, then write a letter to Aunt Jtme tell- ing her about it, enclose the pledge and a three-cent stamp for postage of badge. When you have received the badge 1 want every Helper to wear it and to remember that he has pledged him- self, or she has pledged herself, by joining the Service League, to lose no opportunity of helping others. Boy Scouts and Girl Guides have only to send in the pledge and stamps for a badge, as all Guides and Scouts are already pledged to service for their countrv. THE MAGIC CARPET. Uttk Vuits to New Worldi. About Its Birds. Letters from members who have de- scribed three kinds of sparrows in Can- ada will be printed in our corner next week. What are you doing for service dur- ing the holidays? Please write lots of news to Yours lovingly, AUNT JUNE. A Little Bit of Everything MOST TBAGIC MOMENT. A short time ago a London paper of- fered a price of £10 ($50) to the read- er who sent in the most interesting ac- count of an experience fraught with moments of horror, the writer of the following winning the prize: At a cer- tain munition factory during the war a party of girls were at tea. -A-s a result "of the short amount of time at their disposal for this repast, they were naturally all very eager to make their tea quickly. They were all crowded round the gas-ring one day, when accidentally a girl's overall be- came ignited. Immediately there was a panic among her workmates, and a call for help. A young man heard tiiese cries, and came quickly to the scene. Taking in the situation at a glance, he immediately caught up a pail that contained a colorless liquid, and threw the contents over the burn- ing girl. Then, to his horror, he dis- covered too late that it was not water he had thrown, but kerosene oil. How can be explained the shudder that ran through his whole body as he saw the unfortunate girl burst into one vast sheet of flame which cost her her life? OYPBUS AND THE CHUBCH. In connection with the arrival of the archbishop of Cyprus in England it may be recalled that Cyprus was the first country to have a Christian gov- ernor â€" the "Roman pro-consul Sergius Panllos, who had been converted by the Apostle Barnabas, himself a native of Salamis in Cyprus. Subsequently the patriarch of -Vutioch elaimcd the right to include Cyprus in his juris- diction, a right hotly contested by the Cypriote Church. In the fifth century excavation at Salamis led to the dis- covery of the body of St. Barnabas, who, " tradition tells us, was found clasping to his heart the Gospel accord- ing to St. Matthew in St. Barnabas 's own handwriting. These holy relics were at once dispatched to the tm- ptror Zeno at Const.intiuople, who was 80 much impressed that he immediately provided the Church of Cyprus with an archbishop of its own, elected by both clergy and laity. The archbishop also received the privileges of wearing a echrlet "mantia," of carrying, in- stead of a crozier, a scepter with an apple at the top, and of signing his name in red ink, as he still always does baulk anyone who wanted to find the entrance into the royal tombs, and had been made about 3,000 B.C., by some- one with a sense of humor." JOKE 5,000 Y^ABS OLD. Planned by the ancient Egyptiaus over 5,000 years ago, a joke has just come to fruition, writes Prof. Flinders Petrie, the noted archaeologist. "While we were trying to find a way into a Queen's Pyramid," he says, "we dis- covered on a rock face a door which was so beautifully and exactly fitted that -it was difficult to see the joints. We iinnieilintelv act to work on thi.i, thinking that we had found at last an entrance to the inner chamber. After B considerable amount of work we re- moved the door and found â€" solid rockl It was a carefully arranged blind to TBADE DOLLABS COINED IN ITALY A silver dollar is now being coined by the Italian government especially for its trade in the African colony of Fritrea and it is likely that this new dollar will become the medium of trade all around the Red Sea. For one hun- dred years the most widely used coin in the Red Sea district has been the Austrian Marie Theresa dollar, of which about 200,000,000 were in circu- lation there at the beginning of the war. It is estimated that at least one- third of these have been melted down in the last seven years. The new Ital- ian dollar greatly resembles the Maria Theresa dollar, because the Arabs are so conservative that any radial change would have prevented its introduction. INONCLAD INVENTED IN EOBEA. The Koreans are credited with the i'lveatiou of the ironclad warship. In 1592 a Japanese army, carrying the first firearms ever seen by the natives, penetrated into Southern Korea as far as Pyengyang, and there halted for reinforcements before invading China. Determined to prevent the landing of tbe reinforcements before invading China. Admiral Vi Sunsin devised a â- â€¢kwi-sun, â- ' or "tortoise-boat," with a covered deck of iron plates aud a r!;ni. With this he attacked the Jap- anese fleet of 600 boats, aud rammed them so effectively that few boats es- eiped, while their crews were despatch- ei'. in the water by the ordinary Ko- rean fleet. Low-flying swallows indicate the ap- proach of rain. The insects on which they feed descend to escape the colder, rain-forming air. A NEW THBEAD. .V new thread which is a mixture of cotton and a sea grass that grows abund.antly along the shores of Japan â- 's uuich cheaper and stronger than one cf all cotton. The process of remov- ing the rind of the weed, which has been patented by its Japanese invent- or, is to dry the plant, boil it in lye tor two hours and cool slowly. Wash- ing it in water then separates most of the coverings, and the rest comes off when it is soaked in water containing rice br.in aud brought to the boiling in.int. The resulting fiber, after rins- ing, resembles cotton, and is ready for use. The grr.ss is harvested in the fall and the fiber can bo prepared by fishermen. It is expected to have a ntarkcd effect on the price of cheap clothing, and to improve, the durability nf fishing nets. Nenrly all the Bibles sent to Uganda are bound in tin in order to guard against the voracious African ants, which frequently completely devour the ordinary covers of books. The History of a Name OSBOBNE. Variations â€" Osbom, Osbum, Osboum, Fitz-Osbom. Bacial Origin â€" Norman-French. Source â€" ^A given name. Through the name of Osborne has been brought into this country from England in nearly every instance, and though its development as a family name in that country appears to have teen entirely under Norman impulse, it is traceable directly back to the most ancient of Teutonic sources, to a period where there was less distinction between the Scandinavian and more southern branches of the Teutons. And in spite of the fact of its Nor- nian introduction into England, it has more of a Scandinavian than German flavor. The original given name was Aas- biorn, a combination of the v;ords for "the gods" and "bear," namely, â- 'aasir'' and •'bjorn." Both of these words, in various combinations, were quite common in the old nomenclature of the races bordering on the Baltic and the North Seas. .\t one time, the period of the greatest Teutonic inva- sions of France, followed the decline tf the Ko:nau Empire, it was fairly widespread in that land in the form^f Asbiom, which the Normans hardened ii;to Osbom and so brought it into I'ngland, where strangely euough, there is little record of its._ prior exist- ence. The earliest usage of Osborne as a surname was almost invariably "Fitz- Osborn" vOsboru's son). The varia- tions in spelling all took place at a comparatively late period, as is indi- cated by the fact that all the forego- ing variations are almost identical in I ronunciatiou, and in no wise radical departures from the original. A PBETTY KETTLE OF FISH. The phrase ''a pretty kettle of fish" is said to have originated when the warden of the Tower of London insist- ed that one of the inalienable perqui- sites of his office was the right to trap fish for his own use in the river just outside one of the gates. The warder regularly placed in the water a fish- i'g basket, or "kiddle," which the I>ei)ple systematically raided, denying I'is right to catch fish there. The warder, on discovering this interfer- ence, would exclaim each time: "A I'retty kiddle of fish." The phrase was gradually changed, however, to "a pretty kettleâ€" of kittleâ€" of fish." j|HE Queen oi Hearts, She notade some tarts. For breakfast, lunch, and tea; Her family whined. But still they dined On tarts exclusively. She never took A pnze as code Except in making tarts; â€" Twas all she knew Just how to do, "^ \ Poor silly Queen of Hearts. r»d »â- Â«Â« â- mhin aid l>*iM<k«i ••Mi dn<a«^«<itan. Albcasa WHY HAIB NETS COST MOBE. The hair net business which centres at Chefoo, China, is in a state of chaos owing to complications caused by buy- ers from Shanghai going directly to the makers in the region of Chingchowfu pnd there outbidding the firms with which these had contracts. Conse- quently, the price has been increased about 300 per cent., but the makers obtain the benefit of the increase. i POEMS YOU SHOULD KNOW. ] The splendor falls on castle walls. And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. hark, O hear! how thin and clear And thinner, clearer, farther going! O sweet and far from cliff and scar > The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying; Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. love, they die in yon rich sky, "* They faint on hill or field or river: , ; Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow forever and forever. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, .\nd .1 newer echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying. â€" A!fre<l Tennvson. â€" mimBiMnHiiiiHiHmnnii BuiiiniiimHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiiiiiiM A time table pasted near a telephone is an idea for the suburban to adopt. It will save many steps and be a help whenever a person at the other end of the wire asks about trains. In cutting out very thin material vou will find it is an aid to lay the goods between two sheets of thin-paper, then place the pattern on top and cut through all. To pour a liquid into a small- mouthed bottle moisten a wooden tooth pick and lay it across the top, holding it there with the forefinger. As you pour, the liquid will run along the bit of wood into the bottle. Fountain pens may be filled in this way. By using paper napkins when travel- ing one may make quite a saving of ordinary handkerchiefs. When your face and hands get dirty and sticky use a clean paper napkin to wipe them. If the car window is steamed, and you wish to look out, wipe it with one of the paper napkins. In an emer- gency a paper napkin also serves well for a bit of wrapping paper. : ter, but on no account rinse out all the J soap. Squeeze dry in a towel: fasten the gloves together and hang them in the air, or near (.but not too near) a ; fire to dry. Before they are quite dry I put the gloves on the hands again to prevent shrinking and to renew their shape. ; GOOD HOME-MADE ICE CREAM ; Use roi^this one quart each of milk ' and cream, one and ont-half cupful of I sugar, one-half cupful of flour and fla- j voring to suit taste. Place the milk in a double boiler and when hot add flour jand sujcar, w.-ll beaten, with a little of j the milk. Cook ten minutes, cool and I add one quart of rich cream and flavor- I ing, and freeze. If rich cream is used, the dish is as good as mousse. The pro- portions given make nearly one gallon. JUST A LEMON, Everybody can tell us many uses for the juice of the lemon, but everyone cannot tell us much about ways of us- ing the rind. Here are some sugges- tions: Save all rinds, in using lemons, and when dish towels or any white ar- ticles become dingy, drop several pieces in with the clothes when they are scalded or boiled, and .vou surely will be surprised at the result; they are finely bleached. When making hot or cold lemonade, use the skins, washed very clean, then cut thin in long pieces; the oil flavors the beverage much more agreeably than the juice alone. Lemons keep indefinitely in a jug of cold water; change the water (â- lue a day. Never allow seeds to get into anything that is to be cooked with lemon; they make food bitter. MOCHA Fin)DINa. 1 1 Ingredients â€" Ten ounces of brcad- j crumbs, one pint of milk, two eggs, I three ounces of sugar, two tablespoon- I fuls of coffee essence, vanilla or any flavoring essence liked. Method â€" Put the â-  breadcrumbs and sugar into a 1-asin. Beat up the eggs. Mix the milk, coffee essence .ind flavoring, and pour on to the eggs. Mix with the dry ii-grodients. Put all into a â€" well- greased mold or basin, and steam one hour, or until firm on the top. WASHING DOESKIN GLOVES Make a lather of soap and warm wa- ter. Put the gloves in and wash them on the hands, keeping the latter under the water. Rinse in clean, soa]>y wa- MACABONI CBOQUETTES. Ingredients â€" Two ounces of maca- roni (boiled until soft in salted water fcr about ninety minutes\ half ounce of grated cheese, half ounce of flour, l;:ih uill of water the macaroni was boiled in, cayenne and a little made mustard if liked, half a teaspoonful of sweet herbs, or parsley chopped finely. Method â€" Mix the flour smooth with a 1-tfle cold water: stir well and cook for live minutes. Chop the macaroni small and add to the sauce with the herbs, mustard and cayenne. Stir in I ho cheese. Put on to a plate to cool, and when cold shape into croquettes or cutlets. Flour well, or dip in milk and crumbs and bake in a hot oven. THE TBENTINO. The Trentinu, with the adjacent ter- ritory of Alto Adige, form a moun- tiinous region which extendi from Lake Garda to the .\lpine watershed. If Italy is regarded as a geographical i>nit, the frontier must be carried along the main divide of the Alps, and for this reason patriotic Italians have long hoped for the day when the Trentino should be wrested from Austria. The area of the Trentino is about 2,450 square miles, and the Alto Adige a little short of 3,0UU square miles. The rivers are all mountain torrents, capa- ble of producing an almost unlimited source of electric power. The most fa- mous is the Piave, along whose banks the Italian soldiers fought so desper- ately and so heroically during the Great War. The climate has long been famous, although there is a large vari- ation between the semi-tropical shores of Laka Garda and the glacier-covered Alps of the north. By race the Tren- tino can be regarded as wholly Italian and the Alto Adige wholly German. Historically the County of Trent in 77-i fr.rmed a part of the Prankish king- dom of Italy, but it was incorporated in the German empire by Conrad II. later. In 1363 it passed to the Dukes .-.f Austria, and since 179S until the downfall of Austria it formed part of the Hapsburg inheritance. When Na- poleon descended into Italy ho seized the territory, but on the fall of the great Bonaparte it was annexed to Au- stria and was included in the German confederation until after Sadowa. The ii' habitants are as a rule well educat- ed, having one of the lowest rates of illiterates in Europe. In 1848 the citi- zens of Trent raised the tricolor and demanded union with Lombardy. Ca- vour was one of the first to see the strategic importance of the country, and not infrequently in the last half of the nineteenth century the inhabitants of the Trentino asserted their separat- ist and by abstentions en masse from the elections for the Diet of Inns- buck. It is a famons wine-growing country, while both the fisheries and the minerals are of importance. By their victory in the Great War Italy gained the Trentino to the joy of her loyal inhabitants. News of the Movies By William Willing. Readers of John A. Morosco 's novel, •'The People Against Nancy Preston," will be pleased to know that it has been purchased by the J. D. Hampton company for screen production. It ia intended to make a big feature of it and to that end the star director of the studio, Henry King, has been chos- en to wield the megaphone, while the feature role has been given to H. B. Warner, the famous creator of the stage character, â-  ' Alias Jimmy Valen- tine. ' ' King Vidor gave his juvenile actor, Roscoe Karns, a vacation to go fishing, and Karns spent the time on a honey- moon with Mary Mathilde Frass, daughter of a prominent Texas family. Although he made a resolve never to own another dog (he used to own six- teen!), Tom Snutschi's love of animals has proven too much for him. He bought a Belgian police dog puppy the other day and baa already started to train the little fellow in the art of watchful waiting. One of the most interesting events in the film world is the new alliance e£ Charles Kay and Joseph de Grasse, vho has become the star's director. De Grasse 's expert handling of talent has been responsible for the rise of several stars, including Priscilla Dean, Dorothy Phillips, Dorothy Dal- t»n and others, and he has directed such famous players as Hayaiiawa and Bessie Love. Ue was formerly a classic actor of the stage and also a leading screen player. He will direct Kay first in '•45 Minutes from Broadwav.'' Gouverneur Morris, who is in Califor- uia making a study of writing directly ftr the motion picture screen, has taken a house in Hollywood and is en- tertaining his friend, E. C. Potter of New York, a noted player. The great success of Frank Bor- zage's screen production ef "Humor- esque, " the Fanny Hurst story, has led to a second joint work of that fa- mous writer and the Cosmopolitan di- rector. Borzage is already at work on her story, '•,Ju8t -Vround the Corner." Like the other Hurst narrative, it con- cerns itself with life in New York and bristles with remarkable character drawing. It was this feature of ' ' Hu- moresque" that struck the critics who pronounced the picture one of the best e^ er made. The latest Harold Lloyd picture has been finished, but as yet not titled. The shell-rimmed comedian has gone east to have a "rest" in New York with his director. Hal Roach, while Mildred Davis, his leading lady, con- ttnt.s herself with a tuna fishing lark on the California coast. Three big offers have suddenly come to Beatrice La Flante, the tiny Paris' ienue actress, and she has been waver- ing between them. One was an offer from I'niversal to star her, another from Otis Skinner of the part of the beggar's daughter in "Kismet," and the third an important part in the next Clara Kimball Ifoung production. Since the latter is only a five weeks' en- gagement, Beatrice has accepted it and will meantime debate the respective merits of the other two. Ora Carew, star of ' ' Mountain Mad- ness," has tackled the job of answer- ing her important fan letters in her own hand.