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wmm m ^ The Quiet Observer MARRYING THE PBINOE. An article in the Times stirred Lon- don and Kngland generally to a con- sideration of the fact that th^ Prince of Wal*s was 26 years of age and eligible for marriage. It is not known, that the Prince has thrown his handkerchief anywhere yet, but var- ious Royal matches have been gos- siped about, and it was even suggest- ed that Princess Elizabeth of Rou- mania had been selected. No foreign Princess has commended herself to the British people, and the general fe?!ing is that tlve blue blood of Britain is quite good enough to mingle with the strain cf Windsor. A selection of the eligible daughters of the no- bility and gentry of Britain would em- barrass the most critical, but fortun- ately marriages are not the result of the critical faculty, and if the Prince should run across his fate in one of the old country houses of ©ritain there should be no objection as long as he is satisfied. Of course, all who are not chos«n may object, but it is time we got awa'y from the traditions of royalty as far as they entrench false ideas of prestige and birth and pre- cedence. King George has set. a fine example of <:cniocratic f«eHng, and it should not be difficult for the Prince to maintain a good-natured primacy among equals. ' PREPARING FOR WINTER. With the assistance of early Novem- b?.r rains in softening the ground, most of the fall plowlne has been sat- isfactorily accomplished. The turnip crop has been excellent in spite of fears of dry weather early In the season, but the market does not pre- sent the attractive prices of last year. Potatoes are all stored and appear to be a good crop, though Peel reports twenty per cent, affected by rot. The apple nvarket has been fair in spite of handicaps. Huron reports 10,000 barrels shipped- Boxes are being largely used irjr packing. Cattle have been held .rery late on the pas- ture, and it is apparent that a large increase is to be ma^ie in the animals carried through the winter. Prices for hogs, like those of other com- modities, have been steadily falling. RED RAG RAISES TEMPER. A great effort is being mad« over the tercentenary celebrations of the landing of the "Pilgrims"' from the "Mayflower" in December, 1620, to show good feeling towards the United States by the British people. This has been thoroughly reciprocated by most of the people of the great Re- public. A certain section, however, has made itself obnoxious by tearing down the Union Jack when it was found among other colors in a trophy, and in the Arml.^tice Day cele- b.-ations the same mingling of the British flag with the flags of the other Allies was resented by tearing it down and burning it. Had this been dene in any other country there would ti.j.-e been explanations demanded, bnt tht spoiled children of the Republic are so well understood that no one takes them seriously and they' only bring obloquy on their own cause. Were the Stars and Stripes so treat- ed in England the situation would be critical, but the English have a breadth of view, a sanity of outlook and a to'.e ranee which these flag-hat- ers no more understand ttan an angTy bull understands ris owti temper. Real' Americans have no sympathy witl\ such manifestations and this must not be forgotten when such displays oc- BOOKS OF REVELATION. Mrs. Asquith has once again proved herself a sociaJ sensation. WTiether she can a;so be described as a liter- ary sensation is for the critics to say. The publication of her diary has the same effect as the conversation of the precocious child wno reveals all the family secrets with an unconscious veracity which is finer than courage and enables the listener to enjoy him- self without qualm. But Mrs. AsquitU's veracity is not unconscious. She is aware of the importance of truth and also its financial value. She is said to have obtained $50,000 for her revelations ;\-hether apochry- phal or apocalyptic. Most people would tell all they knew about them- selves or anybody else for $50,000, so it is not for such sinners to sit on the seat of the scornful when Mrs. As- quith is in question. Some people have raised the question of taste, but taste is not in evidence any longer. an° even if it were it is doubtful whether it would be appreciated, especially when it is understood that taste re- (faires silence in such circumstances. Eut it is all in the way of education, and if the veil is torn away from the "upper circles"' of society as it has been torn away from the lower, we shall perhaps learn to respect each other in a different way. It does one good to know that Mr. Asqmth, like other succ3ssful men. works hard and has no or little time for frivolity. He gets up at 8.45. is at his chambers or the courts by 10.30, and works till 5. Then he goes to the House of Par- liament, works till 8, returns for din- ner and goes to the House again till 12. After that he reads for two Upurs. If he should be at a party and does not return till 2. he still reads for two hours and finishes up with a novel in bed. Talk about an eight-hour-day after this! ALLIES OF THE CHURCH BY iJR. JAMES I. VANCE. Important as the church is, it cannot alone meet and master the prob- lem of civtlzation. It needs the help of ihe allies. There ars three allies to which it has a right to look for helpful co-operation. One of these is the state. I do not believe in the union of church and state, but we shouM labor to promote the most cordial relations be- tween the two. Th9 state can make easy or difficult the work of the church. It can build l>arrlers of legal restraint against the tides of pleas- ure and comercialism that would overflow the church. A town is which lawlessness abounds and the Sabbath is disregarded is a community in which the chnreh is seriously handicapped. Another ally Is tha school. The school can do some things the church cannot do. But the school Is a po«r promoter of civilization when it dis- credit the church. The edocation that breaks down faith in God is not to be desired. The schols we need in Canada arei not sectarian institntions, but they are the schools whose atmosphere-is kindly to a faith in God. Bnt the most important ally of the church is the family. If family life is Godless, the work of 0>e church is hop«]e6«ly crippled. Men may differ as to their conceptioa tk the tendencies of the present age. but they must agree that the seat of power for both th» .« and the church is ia the family. Not the indtvidoal but the family is the social unit, and as goes th« home, so goes the nation and so goes civilizatisn. These are the allies the church needs to Ao its work: A state that enacts normal valne-s into its statutes; a school that harnesses life to convictions, and a family with an altar as well as a hearthstone. WHAT CONSTITUES A LOAD OF WOOD? STANDAROJZATION OF DELIVERY BOXES WOULD PROMOTE CON- FIDENCE ON THE MARKET. Mhat the driver of the wood deliTery j wagon shall before unloading Invite [ inspection of the load by the purchas- er or his representative. This regulatioH might well be adopt- ed by all municipalities; it would un- doubtedly enlarge th« market for wood fuel, as the consumer would no longer be compelled to purchase a : load without knowing what quantity I he w.is gettiEg. The^sct that, on cut-over lands. hardwft>ds are becoming the prepon- derating species and tliat a very limit- ed market exists for this timber dem- onstrates the desirability of the great- er use of hardwood for fuel. The coal shortage could be largely offset by using the fuel which our f :â-  - -^ ;)ro- vide. One drawback to the m i;en- sive use of hardwood for fue ^ :s boen the method of marketing. y - ^ are quotetl per load, and a load -.u v con- sist of any quantity, depending upon the dealer. Naturally the public is reluctant to purchase an unknown Quantity. The experience of one consumer with what is known as "millwood" emphasiz.^s this point. The dealer refused to sell it by tha cord but quot- ed it at $3.00 per load. Measurement of the load disclosed the fact that $3.00 per load was equivalent to $28 per cord. On the basis of heat values, this was equivalent to $56.00 per ton of anthracite. This class of wood was later sold by the municipality at $7.50 per cord, and hairdwood (one cord equal to one ton of anthracite) at $13.50. One Canadian city has standardized the sJze of wcod delivery wagon boxes. .V by-law provides that the capacity of n "double load" box must be 168 cubic feet, which Is considered to be equal to one cord of wood as ordinarily thrown in. The box for a "single load" must have a capacKy of 84 fjjblc feet. Tit by-law fcigj re<Hiire9 SEASONABLE T^EMINDERS. Crowded chickc do not t'nnve. Where a number of small brood coops are placed together th* chicks may change mothers, and it is a common thing to find one hen with three or four c-hi(ks ani others witii 3j or 40. Li.iter j;i the season, wiien the moth- er hens are removed, the chicks will continue to crowd some ccwps while otiiers are almost vacant. U is worth an effort to keep them divided up more eveny. Dark-colored chicks are less in dan- ger from hawks than the white breeds. E?cause of this, in hawk-in- fested regions the dark-colored breeds that blend with the landscape are gen- erally more popular. Growing the chicks in the corn field or beside a grove of trees where they can get protection easily reduces the losses from hawks. We never saw a really flrstclass bunch of pullets growing up along with the farm flock. The older birds worry the pullets and get the best of all the food supplies. The young birds cannot be constantly frightened from their feed and make a satisfac- tory growth. In some sections rats and weasels are the greatest enemies of the poul- try. Urood coops and colony houses. or whatever the growing stock is housed in should have strong. tl?ht floors, and openings tliat are closed each night. PLANNING MORE ROAD WIDTHS FOOLISH FRANCESCA By OHve Wadslej CiiA:*TER XIX. Carissima Intercedes. Mme. Kain had known L.eon Savinge tor nearly twenty years, ever' since die beginnig of her career; his father had indeed h?lped to start that great career. L<eon, in his very youthful days, had given her a boy's adoration; later on he had really cared for her with an affection half fraternal, half admiring. He had always come over for her pre- mieres if he could, had once trav- eled from St. Petersburg without a stop in order to hear her give ".Uda" at Covent Garden Her feeling for him was of that ten- derly protective nature which a much older woman gives to a man whom 1 ^^j^^^^^oom nonchalantly upon the kitchen table watching AlphODS make shrimp pat- ties for dinner. Alphons, immaculate in his white coat and cap, wa.s holding forth volub- ly upon tlie comp.irative merits of Patti and Calve. Like all the best French servants, he had entered heart and soul into the success of his mis- tress, and Frankle's future had bsen freely discussed between Mme. Kain and himself frequently. •Prancesca, I want you."" Mme, Kain said. Frankie slid off the table and went forward. "Why this sudden stemess, why this free use of th? baptismal name?" she asked. Mme. Kain led her into she has known as a boy. His wildest escapades, his most se- cret plans had been told to her; but until that afternoon he had never spoken to her of Francesca. Frankie had herself told ner o£ the interview in Berlin, and she had only half be- lieved it; regarded it as a rather lU- bred and unnecessary affaire du mo- ment on Leon's part. Now he spoke to her of his love, and he spoke with the voice of a man who suffers. "But Leon." she said, taking his hard, brown hand tn hers; "it is that yon really love Frankie? Is this the one divine passion you have always sworn to wait for?"' "God knows." Savinge said sullen- ly. "Sofnetimes I feel it's all a tom- fool dream, that there is no truth in the whole thing. I tell myself the girl is crude, bourgeoise. dull, that she would bore me within the first week: and then, somehow. I don't know how. little memories of her come to me, and the absolutely unshakable conviction seems to break over me that she is the woman. I was meant to hare, the one woman for me to worship and adore. "I can't explain it. I dare say it sounds imbecile to you â€" " He paused and then added. "Doesn"t it? Own up. Elena; tell me that you think me a total fool, blinded by my own folly. Go on."" His strained, nervous voice held cont?mpt and pleading. "I do not think that. How could I think such a think of you? But I can't understand this sudden over- whelming passion for a girl who, apart from -her God-given voice, is much as other girls, it seems to me."' "Much as other girls!" Savinge mocked. "Do you mean to say you think she can sing as she does and Frankie, Leon wants you." to marry "I don't want to marry him,'" Pain- kie retorted instantly. "I told you how I hated him that last time in Ber- lin."' "B;ut h« is fascmatlng, world-fa- mous, a man who counts â€" " "And a brute being, too," Frankie finished. "He'd never even let me sneeze by myself, I dare say; he's that sort. No, tiiank you, Carissima, I'll have a career. Men are to be left out cf it. They're all selfish and pos- sessive, more or less. Besides, how can Count Savinge love me! Why, he hardly knews me I" -Mme. Kain sighed. "Lson isn't like lliat," she said. â- 'He was always a creature of instant impulse; but because I say that you are not to think he doesn't know his own mind. He has a will of iron, a determination nothing can alter. He tells me he loves you, i know it to be true." Very dimly a certain feeling of pleasure stirred in Frankie's heart. "Will you go and *e Leon?" Mme. Kain ventured. "Yes, I'll go if you want me to, but it won't be any good." she asserted. As she walked toward the salon the feeling in her heart stirred again. Very ' faintly a dim intimation of wiiat love might, mean came to her. She was softened, more tender, when she en- tered the room. It was in darkness; she switched on the electric light. "Don't do that." Leon said quick- ly, and. crossing, laid his hand on hers, and turned the light into darkness once more. Frankie stumbled back against him. As she tried to move away site put out her hands and caught the lapel of Leon's coat. She held it for an HOW BEST TO STORE FRUIT FOR WINTER CHOOSE RIGHT VARIETIES AND SEE THAT STORAGE SPACE IS COOL. (Experimental Farms Note). With the exception of apples, grapes and pears there are no fruits of our own production which can be called winter fruits, but of these three sorts every ^useholder may have aa abundant supply in good condition until at least the middle of winter. Three prime requisities are neces- sary to keep in mind when laying in a supply nt frui. for winter. The first i^ the selection of the proper variety of varieties; the second is the selec- tion of oiiij ;inn fruits, free from bruises and disease or insect injury; and the third is proper conditions of storage. With regard to the first, Uie follow- ing is a list of winter varieties of ap- ples, pears and grapes which, when free from disease and injury and stored under proper conditions, will keep anyw^here from Januarv up to May. Well-known Winter Varieties of Apples of Good Quality: Variety, .Mcluto&fl; season, Novem- ber to January. Variety, Fameuse; season, October to January 1st. Variety. Rhode Island Greening; season, December to February. Variety, King of Tompkins; season, November to February. Variety, Wagener; seasen, Xo'»en3- ber to February. Variety. Northern Spy; season, Jaa uary to May. Variety, Golden Russet; season, Jan- tiary to May. The above varieties are all good and cover the entire winter season if 1 proper selection is made. have no tempe.-ament? She is young instint and in doing so pressed invol- I unt.rily against him She A Wattsfield (Suffolk) school teach- er has just received a card posted to her on January 5, 1M5, at ScpJe. 12 voi]$9 distant. how young is it? Nineteen has been nowhere, seen no one. "She is asleep emotionally, uncon- scious of her own power to feel. But wait. Wait till seme day some man by chance awakes her; wait, 1 tell you. â- Vou will not say then that she 's as other girls. I tell you she has what few women ever really have â€" a need ty "Kjve deeply, a power to do it. "I know when first 1 saw her that she was not the ordinary tame type jf being. 1 have "hevar lost that belief. 1 never shall. 1 can't tell you what I feel about her, but it's â€" it's as th(;u.gh 1 were standing out in the cold \nd saw a fire and could not reach it. 1 want to reach France^c's hidden fire, that fire which burns dtep down in her heart; I â€" " He got up abruptly and wont over to the \vi;'.d j\v. De Sourne and Valous !iad gone out. Von Clere to the smok- ing room. Leon turned round sud- lenly and flung out his hands. "Elena." hs said, "it's as though 1 were caught in some trap from which 1 ein't get free. I've aiwiiV; in a 5,'Jrt of w.iy b^'eu afraid of lov?. real love ( mean. .seems a sort of giving up of freedom and individualiiy. •That's why I've never bothered much about women of your class; I w.inted to be free as long as possible. 'i3ut now I'm no longer free; I'm caught, bound down: and unless I can Leach Francesca to love. I shall go out uCfering like this. 1 have it and yet I can t break aw.iy. 1 can't." Mnio. Kan .Tbsently twisted her rings round. At last she said slow- 'â- y: "Shall I speak to Fran'kie for you md try to persuade her?' "Persuade her! She hates me be- car.se I ignored her once, and after- ward because I was unable to do sol " •He lUURhed bitterely. "I've been a consummate fool, Blena. I'm a beast to worry you Ilk'.' th'.>' Yes, help me if you can. It you can't, if your help is useless Til â€" '" He thrust his hands into his pock'»t^ and came toward her, "I'll take a w.iy pf ix)y own." t'eneatb her hand sh? could feel a quick, vivid pulsation. She knew it was his heart beating at her touch. "Oh! she said, ve.-y shyly releasing his coat. (He didn't speak, but his arm closed very gently round her. It closed so tightly that she seemed to feel its pressure all through her â€" she was be- ing drawn back close to him. .\n emotion so violent suddenly wak- ened in her that she quivered. She WIS conscious of some . breathlessly sweet sensation in her heart which seemed to make her feel frightened and yet exquisitely happy. She lay jtill ia Leon's clasp. He looked down at her pale, little upturned face in the firelight, very iiowiy kent and laid his lips on hers. To Franklo wiicn the long kiss end- ed it was as ihough she had come baclr to eaith frt>m heaven. (To be continued). UNNECESSARILY WIDE ROAOS ENCHANCE COST OF IM- PROVEMENTS. Are Oc- Girl Fou;ht As Czecho-Slovak. .\nna llolokova, a Czecho-Slovak I believe lots of u.en are. It I f;-"! ^^^ ' " ^""S'^t .n the front line with the soldiers of the new republic until her sex was discovered when she was seriously wounded in the breast, i's ranked as Czecho-Slovakia's greatest hero. .\t the outbreak of the war, Anna Holokova, then fourteen, stud- ied music in Warsaw. With thous- ands of others she was thrown into prison, suspected cf being a German sympathizer For more than a year she lay in prison until she was re- leased. I'pon the rormalion of the Czech army. Anna donned man's cloth- ing as the only means of joining her counti-ymen in fighting for freedom. Her sex remained undetected all the time until her secret was revealed bv tho bullet wound in the cliesL Upoii her recovery the doctor refused to allow her to go bacli, but permitti.'d her to remain as a nurse. Two fishermen of Butkpool, North Scotland, have invented a device for a net drawn by drifters acting in con- cert, as in luine-sweeping, to prevent « T.- . . . .^ . â-  . ,. '*'® '"*' "' "i« Df's through the .Mme. Kain found Frank;e sjltinj •yeight of the »â-  h in gales. Among Pears the Following Desirable for Winter Use: Josephine, Mid-winter. Kieffer (rather poor quality) tober to January. Lawrence, December. Winter Nells, Mid-winter. Grapes: Normally the grape is not a winter fruit, but, stored under good conditions, the few varieties mention- ed here may be successfully kept un- til the last of February: Herbert, Barry, Vergennes, Agawam, Liudley. Storing: In the storage of all fruits a cold, moderately moist room is necessary. Fruit stored in a dry, warm cellar will not keep. Storing at as near freezing as possible, with- out allcwing the temperature to drop to 32 degrees F.. will insure the maxi- mum time for the retention of the quality of the product. Ey wraping apples and pears in paper and then placing in boxes whk;h are covered the juiciness and firmness of the fruit is easier to .-etain. This is especially true of the Golden Rus- set, one of the best keeping apples, but one liable to shrivel if kept in any place but a cold, moist cellar. Wraping is a great help in keeping Russets. Grapes should be wrapped in pa- per and stored in six-quart baskets which shculd be covered. If the grapes can be obtained with a large piece of vine attached to the bunch and a few leaves before they are kill- ed by frost, the cut end of the vino may be inserted in a 'jottle of water through a nolo hi a s-opper and placed away In a cold place. In this moiiner the fre.^h sprightliness may be re- tained icr many months. M. B. Davis, RESTORING PAINTBRUSHES Ever; house and farm has a small bit of painting to do every spring, ami usually the brushes used in past vear<, when gathered together, are as stiff as a good piec of concrete. Don't throw them away and don't buy new ones: but particularlv don't buy expensive paint remover to make them usuable again. Put an inch of ordinarv vinegar in a granite dish. With the brushes in this, set the pan on the stove and let it boil. .\s the paint softens and come's off, try working the brushes to help the process. When the vine.gar ha^ lest its strength, replace v.lth fresh as often as necessary till the brushes are c'ean. A word of caution is necessary at this point: Do .lot let the vi<i-',-»r come too higii on the brush, where the bristles are held in pl.ice, Cenieni- set or glue-set brushes are liable to sofien and let Ihe bristles fall if the boiling vinesar works into tlu' glue or cement . A little care readily ove:'- ccnies the danger of this. Fifteen cents" worth of vinegar and an hour's time wUl make soft, pliable, and as good as new, a dozen brushes that have been dried in paint a dozen years. W. L. Hartshorn. The present unscientific system of fixing the alignment of roads is ac- comi>anied by an equally unscientific system of firing road widths. .Most roads are too wide and majay are too narrow, and those that are too nar- ."ow are restricted in width by reason of tlie law which requires the others to be loo wide. It may be claimed that, both in rural and urban terri- tory, a general average of M feet ia wide enough for all purposes and that no community, even when relatively closely settled, can afford to lay out and pave streets of a greater average width. The minin.um standard iu Ontario and elsewhere is 66 feet. This stan- dard applies to the main arterial laoroughfajp required to carry heavy traffic and to tlie short residential street required for the purely do- mestic needs of a few houses. In many districts acres of macadam, as- phalt and concrete laid in a few streets luiglit with advantage be used over twice the length of street now paved. One consequence is that the cost of local improvements in many localities is so great that money is not available for necessary purposes of public sanitation. Another ia that the tax burden on the proper' y owners is so iieavy that they are proportion- ably iimited in the capital available for making their houses sanitary and durable in construction, and they are compelled to crowd their land with buildings in order to put it to eco- nomic use. But even at iJiis late day, with all the lessons we have had of waste of land and unnecessary expenditure of capital in providing far too wide roads for purely local traffic, there are those who regard any suggestion to make streets narrower than 60 or 66 feet as reactionary. There are few, . however, who will deny that it is im- practicable, in any community where the density of building is comparative- ly open, as in Canada, to provide land and make satisfactory roads or streets U) a greater average width than 66 feet. What hapens Is that the land is provided for roads or streets, as the law requires, but that few of the roads or streets are ever properly con- structed, the reason being that there >= t-Mo much ro^d surface for tlie popu- iaiicn, fcv.n w.iea the laiid io closely settled. Excessively wide streets, instead of securing more air space, cause congestion, e.g.. in the erection of apartment houses in towns, be- muse without such congestion th-? frontage could not afford to meet the cost of local iniprovemeuts. This ia being proved in Canada where the tendency towards the tenement build- ing is being created by the wide street. In the r.'ral d''*r-'c'=. al- though laud is plentiful and cheap, it stands to reason that all roads should not be of the sajne width, and that there should be variation to suit the requirements of traffic. â€" Rural Plan- ning Department. S; ob ob 3b tE tJE cSidb % !&] Ifc Ut ifc nb ob OS tC IB db OB db do bI jstStn s m DAVIS. V.\RIATIOXSâ€" David, Davidson. Da- vision. Davie, Davies, Davey, Da- vers, Davye, Dayson, Days, Day, Dawson, Dawkins, Dawkinson, Da- kins, Davldge, Dow, .MacDavid, Mac- Daid. .MacDade, Kay, Dodd, Dod- son. R.^,C1AL ORIGINâ€" English and Celtic SOURCEâ€" A given name. From the foregoing list of variations it looks almost as it every family name beginning with "D" belongs to the Davis group. .\s a matter of tact, David had given rise to an exception- ally large number of family names, be- cause it was a far more popular given name in the Middle .4ges than i' is to-day. These family names come in the first place from the unchanged name Etavid. giving us. by the various pro- cesses of adding "sou," cutting it down to a mere "s" and the elision ot the final 'd" in some cases. Davis, David, Davidson, Davie, Davies, Da- vers. etc. Dut a most widespread variation of the given name in the Middle .\ges was "Daw.' derived from the pro- nunciation of the name with the broad "a" (li'Ke Duw-vid). The long "a,'' as iu "day" is a development of mo- dern Englsh. This variation g;ive rise to the family names of Dawson. Dawkinson ("little Daw's son") and Dawkins. The broad "a'" pronuncia- tion also sometimes led to Dodd and Dodson, though these names are more commonly ascribed to the old .\nglo- Saxon given name of "Doda' or "Dodd." The given name of David .also had a strong hold in Scotland of the .Mid- dle Ages, and was borne by a number of the Scottish kings, where it is to be found, principally among branches of the Chin Chattan Confederacy, in the Celtic forms ot "MacDhais,"' "Clan Daibhaidh" and "Clan Da'idh," whence the .\nglici ed forms ot Mac- David. .VlacDonald. .Macdade and Kay. The linglish forms ot Davie. Davis. Dawson. Dow. also found as septs of this clan, known today as David- son . J The family name ot Davidge is simply a variation in spelling and pro- lunciation of Davids. TORONTO FAT STOCK SHOW. Be sure you arrange to attend the nth Annual Fat Stock Show whic?» wiU be held at the Union Stock Yards West Toronto, on Thursday and Fri- day. December 9th and iitn. The entries are very large in all claE--s The judging will take plapa '/hursc'ay, December !»th. at 10 a.m., and the auc- Uon sale r'. show stock will Uke place en Friday, liecember 10th, at 10 a.m. r !