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V i « * V3 ArufTUneUTeaTUm PliM M V AM All TEA Cfeiidren Hate Cothes That Are Conspicuous Or d d Old Things Don't Matter So Long as They Are Comfortable and Follow Accepted Style. Children have an uncanny sense, or senattiveness, about clotUes. You can do more harm to a child by making him wear the wrong things than you can compensate for in a lifetime. He does not crave fiuery or the latast style. Almost the opposite. He is even complacent In tears and pat- cAa of clothes that are too small. His two vulnerable points are con- 'piofous and unusual clothes, or hav- ing things nolice.ibly too large for hira. He likes to be one of crowd. It all the children wear sweaters, he will feel first rate in a sweater. He won't want it down to his knees and finger nails and he won't suffer it it gets old or even ragged. If ha wears it day in and out, it won't bother him much. Ha is pretty welt satisfied to bear the brunt of hU own usage. Patch those elbows with a too con- trasting shade and he won't want to put it on. Patch it or darn it with aomelhing he considers right, and he will be utterly unconcerned. Children are funny. They like to be in the swim. Sometimes this urge is stronger than the one to be tn- conspiiious. They like to follow fads. ir there is a rash of red tani.s, tor Instance, a girl will rummage tor a family cast-off and wear It even though it is sizes too big. As a rule they hate to wear clothes not 'oought or made tor them. That first day or two of e-tplalning the source is just too much. In this day of flat purses it is almost compulsory to dress the youngsters as best we may and the bo.t from Aut Sue is about the most welcome sight m earth. Cat children dr«ad those boxc,^. If there is a snug little blue coat that fitsâ€" well, that isn't so bad. But let it b« gawky, though trimmed in sable , gablo and lined with satin, and watch *.he next heir edge away to the door. Better strip it a bit and turn up hems and take in sfams. What shall we tell children to say when asked where they got suoh and duch a dress or suit? The truth Is better. Yet, It hurts. But if he fibs about it he will always feel more uncomfortable than if ho (or she) spills out the facts at once. As it happens, every one is passing around clothes to each other these days. Two men swapped suits not long ago, as each was tired of hia own and it made a change for both. However, as children are so sen- sitive, it is better to pay some heed to their wishes. They dislike buttons oft. They don't mind darns but prefer tears to start- ling patches. They don't mind things too tight or too short but hate them too long. They prefer a ten cent eye- cup of a hat to a ten-dollar beaver it it looks too much. Each has prefer ence of color. If none of the chldlren at school wear certain colors, don't think yours will pioneer for you. They just won't. Quaint Custom Still Prevails Flowers Provided for Judges During Summer Months At Old Bailey LONDON. â€" Justice Charles, a ba- chelor, referring to the tact that on the Jury ii^a case at the Old Bailey, were two women, said: "I have only one bouquet, and I lliink that one of them should have it. I must not en- courage gambling, of course, but I suppose they will have to toss for it." Mis Lordship, looking towards the woman jurors, smilingly added : "You must arrange it between you." The younger jurywoman waived her right to the bouquet. Flowers are provided for the judges from May 1 to September 1. the cus- om dating from the time time when rt'Hs and courts were so unsanitary, flowers were furnished as a protectr Ion against the evil smell. Historic Figure Dies in Winnipeg For Latest Inlormation Re SOUTH McKENZiE ISLAND MINES LTD. adjoining Gold Eagle APPL> WELLVNGTON BOOTH AND COMPANY 330 BAY ST. • TORONTO ONT. WA. 4816-78.8 WINNIPEG â€" Mrs. Mary Ann Ra- jotte, 89, "mother" to many old-timers now scattered throughout the East and West to whom she was known as "the widow Rajotte," died here last week. The was one of Winnipeg's earliest boarding-house keepers, ac- tive in her career for 40 years before age forced retirement. Born in Mountain Township, Dun- das County, in 1847, she came West in 1880. She knew intimately the Marquis of Lome, former Governor- General of Canada and Sir John Schultz. Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba. She w'aj housekeeper for Sir John A. Macdonald in the early davs of Confederation, Salt On Roads Keeps Moving Mends Bad Spots. Scientists Ifxplain Why It Assures Good Hard Surface ITHACA, N.Y.â€" Common salt, us- ed in surfacing automobile road.- of clay-.sand-sravel mixture converts its grains into countless robots who la- bor incessantly road repairs. The discovery of this surprising way in which the salt particles move up and down in the road to keep it moist, smooth, tough and dense was made public at Cornell Univei-sity to- day during the celebration of the semi-centennial of Sigma XI, Hon- orary Scientific Society. The salt particles convert a mass of clay, sand and gravel into a sur- face as hard as macadam. How they ccoiTiplish this 'vas a mystery until their workings were studied in the laboratory of Dr. H. Ries, professor Coat-Frocks To Be Fall Favorites Fast Selling Profitable Lines Itou-stliciKl Iiisoct Spi-ay or I"o»(k'r PvoJor Spray, l.liiuld Incen.'ii!. Gilt- less HixnU Soap I'aste or rowUer, nn<l many others. X.lb«rnl trial order and particulars, $1.00 prepaid KOBBOCKS COMFAMY Windsor. Out. PARISâ€" Coat-frocks that wrap to one side are fall style highlights. They are featured by Worth, Lanvin, Mainbocher and others. Tailored types button on the shoulder, and sometimes under the arm. They may be worn open on the^'hest in a one- rever effect, showing a contiasting scarf or plastron. Worth and Main- bocher have soft dressmaker verisions of the wrapped coat dress for after- noon wear. Tlie asymmetrical closing i.s accented by a contrasting colored fold, matching a trim at neckline or waist. Often the coat is cut and flar- ed to give the suggestion of a tunic drapery. It is never buttoned, but is held together by a tie sash or decor- ative belt. Properly Designed Sales Books Cost No More! Let us show you how we can improve the appearance of VOUR sales books. Phone This Newspaper or write The Wilson Publishing Co., Limited 73 Adelaide St., W., Toronto Make a Laura Wheeler Knit That's Both Practical and Gay •/ASS- - • â-  SWEETENS THE BREATH of geology. He undertook this study for tlie International Salt Co., after a few experimental salt-soil-stabil- ized roads had shown their worth in Michigan, Louisiana and Nova Sco- tia. Rock salt is mi.xed with the top three inches or more of road, with at least two pounds of salt to the square yard. The mixture is smoothed and .sprinkled enough to dissolve the salt. It is rolled smooth and h-ird. As the surface dries it "sets" and stays hard. Rain runs off without erosion. Even during the long wet spells of winter, the Cornell experiments show tliat a salt road does not appreciably soften. When the road dries out the robot salted particles start their most spec- tacular road repair work, creeping up from the deeper parts of the road and forming a soluble cement to bind together the surface particles. This prevents the road from drying out rapidly and keeps down dust. These roads. Prof. Ries said, re- (juire far less maintenance than old type gravel roads and are much less expensive to build than macadam. .\ sprinkling of salt once a season has been found sufficient as a rule to keep the robot particle army suffi- ciently replenished. Cboice of Shoes Vital to Babies Child's First Walking Foot- wear Must Be Care- fully Chosen KNITTED BLOUSE AND SKIRT PATTERN 1236 Airy, cool and practical â€" this two-piece knit. The blouse, perky with Gibson Girl sleeves, is done in a quickly learned lace stitch in string. Skirt is plain knitting. Pattern 1'236 contains directions for making this IHouse and a plain knitted skirt in sizes lG-18 and 38-40 (all given in one pattern); illustrations of blouse and all stitches used- materials needed. Send '20 cents in stamps or coin (coin preferred) for th.s pattern to Keedlecraft Dept.. Wilson Publishing Co.. 7:} West .A.delaide St., Toronto. Write plainly P.VTTERN NU.MBER, your -NA.Mt: and AD- DRESS. Indirect Help G.B.S. Sends No Money But His Letter Is Sold for S50 IJIKMINGHAM. Eug., â€" Although lio put up no money, George Bernard Shaw has nevertheless contributed to the restoration of an ancient manor house here. Replying to a letter asking his con- tribution to the work, Shaw said; •Bettor sell the whole p'.acc to Am- erica. I have no influence In Birming- ham. There are thousands of leading citizens who can afford the needed money better th!ln I. Besides, if Bir- mingham docs not waut the custle, 1 should not interevene." Shaw's letter was auctioned tor ab- out J.'in, which the sponsors turned to tho restoration fund. *T/iere Was a Little Girr There was a litlo girl, who had a litle curl Right in the middle of her fore- head. .\nd when she was good, she was very, very good. Hut when s.lie was bad she was horrid. She stood ou her head, on her little trundle-bod, With nobody by for to hinder; She screamed and she squalled, she yelled and she bowled. And drummed her little hoeir against the winder. Her mother heard the noise, and thought it was the hoy.- Playing in the empty attic. She rushed up.stairs, and caught her unawares. And spanked her, most emphatic. â€" Henry Wadswcrth Longfellow. hsue No. 27 â€" '36 Home Sweet Home SOMERVILLE, N.J.â€" Be it ever so palatial, there's no place like home to Mrs. James H. R. Cromwell, the former Doris Duke, who inherited the vast tobacco fortune of her fath- er, the late James B. Duke, and came to be know as the world's richest girl. She may roan the earth, as .she did after her niariiafce, tasting t'le fruits of wealth in foreign lands, but she always comes back to Somer- ville. Here she enjoy.s a 30-room house on a 2.300-acre estate with its â- 12 miles of improved roads, its wood- land glens and a multitude of bass and trout, fearless of capture, frisk in the eight lakers and the winding streams. Mrs. Cromwell wa.s born on tlie estate, lived here mo.st of her life, and has spent many week-ends here since her marriage and honeymoou. She has U servants, who ocupy the third lloor nuarters. The big rustic stone stable is now the garage â€" it looks like an automobile show room, and its floor is covered with matting. Improvements of recent years in- clude a swimming pool. GO by 120 feet with underwater lighting effects; an indoor tenni."! court and a loung- ing room where movies are shown. Two motorcycle policemen patrol the roads of the estate. Guards are always on duty at the entrances, and the grounds are strictly private. Billboard Taxes Oust Sky-Writers I'.AKIS â€" Sky-writers do no sky- writing over Paris. Under city laws it costs 90 francs a month per squaic yard to plaster posters on hillboards. walls or fences. Through a strange quirk in the old laws that rate also applies to sky-writing. By (lying at the legal height, a good aviator could cram the words "O.K. Paris" into about ;?."0,00() siiuarc yard.^. .Since the minimum prvymont on a poster is a month, those seven letters would co.ist about .T1,.'')00,000 francs, or roughly ?2,20&,000. Dandelion Uses Cover Wide Range MONTREAL. â€" The virtues of the dandelion are extolled by an editor in The Gazette. He is silent on tho subject of the good gfreen grass which the dandelion kills out and on the ugly scene after the weed has done its work of reproducing itself in every place where it can gain fothold, 20(> flowers in one! Yet, cr.-dit where credit is due, and to .(uote the editor: "Our forefathers had a much higher opinion of the dandelion in a general way than we have, though we may know more about the intri- cate working of its arrangements than they did. By them the dande- lion was used as a medicine, a ve- getable, and a salad, and greatly es- teemed for all, but especially for the first-named. "Dandelion tea was once consid- ered a panacea for ills, such as fevers and liver troubles, and as a general tonic found many to recom- mend it. Dandelion loa\es. used as 'greens,' have never quite gone out of fa- or. Country peoalj still cook and eat them in the Springtime, when other vegetables are scarce. Dandelion beer is a r-jstic, ferment- ed drink familiar to many. "The thick tap-root of the dande- lion when t 'ind has often done duty lor 'cottt. ^ 'king, and if washed whole and men ground it is sai.i to be almo.st indistinguish- able from the genuine article. In fact, so many are the uses of the dandelion that the stcry is told that once, when Minorca was suffering from famine through the depreda- tions of locusts the inhabitants were able to eke out an existence for a time by the aid of the dandelion plants that abounded on the island." Baby's first shoe is important only as a .souvenir, but his first walkinff shoe is a momentous matter that may have far-reaching, harmful re- sults if it is not properly selected. Children's shoes have reached a stag* o£ development now where there is little excuse for any child reacbinic school age without naturally perfect feet. Only one of 2G bones in the foot structure is properly developed at birth. The rest do not develop com- pletely until the age of 20. This ia the reason proper care in babyhood shoes for your child. Far better t» portance for foot health in later and childhod is of the utmost im- years. It never pays to buy too cheap, skimp on the material of his clothe* than upon the shape, style, quality and fitting of good shoes. Many of the foot defects suffered by children of school age could hav* been avoided by proper care in their babyhood. The very soft shoes that are ideal for the small baby just leai^ing t« stand are not correct for the walk- ing stage. A firmer shoe is required for this period, with a sole suficienfc- ly heavy to protect the foot yet a» very flexible that the undeveloped muscles can bend it. Buckinqham FJNE CUT ** After You, Gaston" Sydney, N.S., Twins Each Wanted Other to Be Given Bursary TRURO, N.S. â€" Mary and Joan Nolan, of Sydney, N.S., are twins whose best friends can hardly tell them apart. The faculty of the Nova Scotia Norma! College couldn't decide which should receive a bursary. Both were deserving. Said Mary: "Give It to Joan." Said Joan: "Give it to Mary." The faculty gave it up and deciilcd to award a bursary to each. YOUR SAFEST INVESTMENT IS IN YOURSELF ! Specialised training will enable vou to overcome INFERIORITY COMPLE.X. to develop MENTAL POWER, and to equip yourself for better things in life. Write for particulars of our special course in mental training. The Institute of Practical and Applied Psychology 91U CONrESESATION BUII.OIHO Montreal â€" (JiiabAo The Graphochart Shows liow to read character from handwriting, at a glance. lOc PREPAID Graphologist Room 421 73 Adelaide St., W. 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