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THZ rUUHIBTOH ACVAIOI. BY AUNT JUNE Our Boys and Girls Corner Registered According to the Copyright Act. :^'"^^':^ii^\ My dear Hoys ami Oirls:; So many monibcrs have written to ask for a ilosi-riptioii of our new baJgi;. I am sun* many of you must bi; ix- citetlly waiting "for yours, ami 1 liopo very "much that you will like it ami be prouil to wear it wheruvur you go. .Nil I'aiiailian badge of auy kind would nvvm quite complete without our beautiful embleui upon it, the Gay Maplo Leal. JJo you tbiuk sof When we sing â€" ' ' The Maple Leaf our emblem dear The Majde Leaf forever." we nally mean the Laud of tlio Maple, Canada. Canada for ever! Canaita, may she be ever strong, chivalrous and j;ood and patriotic. These are the thoughts which really run in the mind of every true citizen who sin(,'s the bong of hi.s nation, aud if l.'anada is to be •'Forever brave and loyal" it will take the efforts of every buy and girl who is now growing up to make her so. Vour country will be just what you make it. llow will you, as a Help- er, help your country? By giving your best service wherever you are, accord- ing to the words on our little pledge. Now to go back to our badge. Of course, then, the Maple Leaf is on the badge and next to the Maple Leaf is the sign of industry, our second Canadian emblem, and every heljier kuows what it is. Mr. Beaver, whose story you bad in last week's letter, if sitting up on the badge, very jiroud of being next to the pretty Maple Leaf, ami when we see him he reminds us that we are expected to be j^food work- ers, to make everything we take up count, to make it count for something worth while, and if we work when we work we shall be able to really play when we play and enjoy every minute of our days. Dear me, i.sn 't this a long sermon about the badge, but now you know a little of what it Uoks "like, and as I write this 1 have word that several hundreds of the new cues are almost finished, so that the next Helpers who write iu will be able to have a brand new badge right away. Our Mail Bag- I am dclighteil to get holiilay news from a number of helpers wlio are thoroughly enjoying days by the water and out at camp. Joan J-)iekson is staying near the Georgian Bay and she writes that she is having the most beautiful lioliday you can imagine, and Joan apparently is not forgetting to he a helper while she is holidaying for I see an account in her letter of sev- eral acts of service. Kor one thing she has been lu-lping to amuse and look after some of the younger children while staying at the same place. Well done, Joan! This is the seeoiid letter 1 have had from you and I am just de- lighted to hear again. Uid you ever send the paper to your cousin in the West f 1 hojie you will tell nu' about this next time you write. Roger Burk in living for the summer al Muskoka. Koger seems to enjoy fisk>"g most of all, but he says he was PI^EDQE. > For Young Helpers' League oX Service. "Do a little kindness to some- one every day. • Bcatter rays of sunshine all along the way." I pledge myself in the service of mv King and Country to DO MY UEHT IN MY DAILY WOKK, wherever it may be, to help others wherever possible, and to endeavor in every way to make myself A GOOD CITIZKN. Date. Arthur Mason sends in a new riddle: U.- Why is a star in the heavens like n window in the ruof? That is a good one, Arthur. I won- der bow nmny will guess it first time. sorry to have to leave his garden at home, thought someone has promised to water and look after it for him. Thank you for your b-tter, Koger; think v/hat a nice surprise you will get when you return home to lind all your garden things grown uji. Vou shall have a badge. I'hyllis Kmitli wants to know the name of a little tlower which she found in the woods while picnieing one day. It is a small bellsliaped flower hang- ing on a slend"r stem. Perhaps bell- shaped is hardly the right description altogether, as it has Several kinds of bdjes where ordinarily the petals would be. In coloring it is a kind of plum- shade, or mauve. The name of this little flower is the pitcher [ilant. It is ii very interesting little flower indeed. -Next time you find one of these if you look closely at each little pitcher you v.ill lind they are filled with water. The leaves are also covered with a sticky substance. Xow this plant is ri-ally a carnivorous one. Do you learn about the different animals at school .' If you do you will know that a carni- vorous animal is one which eats flesh, or eats other aniumls. .Now the jiiteher plant might be described as earnivor- ouH not because it eats other jilauts but because it, eats insects. I suppose you will think it very funny to talk of ,1 flower eating insects, but it is per- fectly true. The sticky substance on the leaves of the pitcher plant en- tangles the fe('t and wings of the in- sect who walks over it. And as he stejis ilown into the idtcher which is full of water, he becomes so helpless that he is drowned, and it is then that the plant absorbed the whole insect or draws it lip for food. Ho you see, I'hyllis, you found a very interesting little flower. RIDDLES. This week's riddles: â€" K.â€" What is the best thing to do in a hurry f 1{. â€" Why :ire guns like freest K.--What smells most in a chemist's shopt Notice for New Members. Boys and girls who wish to join the .Service League and become Helpers must note the following rules: â€" Sign the pledge at the top of the sheet and post to .Vunt June, ~>\C> Manning Chambers, Toronto. Kvery boy and girl who wishes to join- the League I'uist send iu an account of an act of service performed every day for a week bef(jre he or .she can receive a badge. Write a letter to Aunt June telling all about the helping you have iiiidertaken, enclose the pledge and a tlreecent stamji for postage of badge. When you have received the badge, I want every Helper to wear it aud to Icsi- no opportunity of doing some- thing for others. Boy .Scouts and Girl Guides have only to senil in the pledge and stamps to gi't a badge, as all scouts and guides are already pledged to serve their count rv. FOR LITTLE HELPERS. A Short Fairy Tale in Verse- By L. M. AttweU. Of a little princess my song shall be \\lio lived in the long ago. Ah! she was as fair us a tlower to see -Ml |irineesses are, you know. With golden locks And lovely frocks, "llow sweet," said a child 1 know. ( With a sad little tune my song inust start .'\nd set to a metre slow. It tells of a poor little longing licnrt .Vll heavy with grief aud woe. And what about none could make out; "Dear, dear," said the child I know. New this little princess just longed to beâ€" Oil, never mind how I know Just a plain little child like you aii.l me Iu the days of long ago. Ti' make mud jjies '.Neath summer skies, ".Never," said the child I know. I'oor little princess. Who would want to be a princess after all; its far more fun being just a Helper, don't you think so, though till' princi'ss that we know, I'rinces.s Mary and her four brothers, are all, 1 think, true Helpers, because they litdp everybody iu so many ways whenever they get the chance, and I'll tell ynu a secret, which [lerhaps you may know, that a little girl ^v boy who is u Ilel])- er is as useful to hi.s or her country ar.y day in the week as auy prince lir priiuu'ss. Next week I am going to tell you a story about a prince, so look out for your corner. Yours lovingly, Did you ever hear the expression, of course you have, when you have been iu a critical argumeutive mood, "For- get it!" "Oh, forget it," says your impatient friend. Stop harping on that I stuff. No one wants to hear your ! troubles. Forget all about what so and 80 did, or so and so said, or what happened yesterday and get on with the present and make the best of it." IJather good philosophy this if taken in the right dose and at the right time. ^iMM c=y rniING the bell, L*^ Knock at the door, Why don't they answer me? Yd lift the latch and walk right in, But It's lockedâ€" And I've no key. Find three other persons. Upper right comer down, on the door; upper side down, on the door; upper side down, in vines. THE NIAGARA RIVER AND ITS ATTRACTIONS AUNT JUNK. I..a3t year, goods tlic prodiici- of Can- ada, were exported to the value of *!,- 216,443,806. Of ("anada's exportation, goods to the value of $005,109,789 were sent in 1919 to other parts of the Uritish Km- pire, aud goods to the value of $011,- !!84,017 to foreign countries. More than five-sixths of our exports to other parts of the Empire last year went to Great IJritain, namely, to the value of $540,750,977. i'ractically every part of the Kmpire b.iiit;ht something from t.'anadu in the puHt year. For instance, The Fiji Is lands bought to the value of $ll7,i»tiL', and Malta bought to the value of iKt,- 423. The inland revenue last year amouut- ti to $42,005,98«, being twice the in- land 'cvenue collected in lyLO. Of our total inland revenue iu MHy the sum of $30,209,017 was derived fioin excise tax on spirits, wines, ales, nialt and tobacco and tobacco products. The war tax, which is classified as part of inland revenue, produced last yoar the sum of $11,904,740, and the tax on methylated spirits produced the â- um of $322,583. During the past year the consumplion per head of the population of aico holie beverages anil tobacco, paying cither excise tax on home manufactures or customs duties on imported goods, was: spirits, .39 gallons; beer, 2.94 galls.; wine, .025 galls.; tobacco, a..")!:! pounds. All were below the average of the pasl fifty years, except that of to- bacco. During the last year the ((uantHy of petroleum inspected and shipped from refineries was .'>7,-U4,l!:ui gallons; the quantity of naphtha was 81,228,207 gallons, making u total of 1:18,002,904 gallon!. The raw materials taken for use in the production of spirits in 1919 wore: malt, 090,000 lbs.; Indian corn, I6,.'I10, OOO lbs.; rye, 1,775,935 lbs.; oats, 41,- »0O lbs.; molasses, 58,598,050 lbs.; Wheat, 1,237,140 Ibi. TbA quantity of methylated spirits manufactured in the past year was 319,880 gallons. Tho ipinntity sold and that went into nae was 325,250 gsllnns. POEMS YOU S HOULD KNOW. .Mrs. Craik, belter known as Dinah Maria .Miilock, was born at Stok. s upon- Trent, Knglanil, IH2H, and died at Khortlands, Kent, 1887. She was the author of many popular novels. Among her poems was "Thirty Years' I'oems," pub- lished in 1881. Hhe also wrote many children's books, fairv tales, etc She mar- ried (ieorgc liillie Cruik in 18G5. DOUGLAS, DOUGLAS, TENDER AND TRUE. (!ould ye come back to me, Douglas, Dauglns, In all the old likeness that 1 knew, 1 would bo so faithful, so loving, Douglas, Douglas, Douglas, tender and true. Never a scornful word should grieve ye, I'd smile on ye sweet as the angels do â€" Hweet as your smile on nie shone ever, l>oug|an, Douglas, tender and true. O, to cull back the days that are not! My eyes were blinded, your words were few; Do you know the truth now, up iu heaven ( Douglas, Douglas, tender aud true. I never was worthy of you, Douglas, Not half worthy the like of you; Now, all men beside seem to mo like shadows â€" I love you, Douglas, tender and true. Htretch out your hand to me, Douglas, Douglas. Drop forgiveness from heaven like dew. As I lay my heart on your dead heart, Douglas, Douglas, Douglas, tender anil true. â€" Miss Muloek. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiHiN HONEY CAKES The following recipe makes a cake which will appeal to children because of its flavor and shape: Heat % of a Clip of honey and Vi of a cup of but- ter until the butter melts. While warm add '/j teaspoon of cinnamon, % teaspoon of cloves and let stand till cold. Hissolve '-.â-  teaspoon of soda in 2 tablespoons of wafer; beat one egg well and add to tho honey. Sift 1 Vj or 2 cups of flour and add to tho mix- ture a little at a time, stirring in a cup of raisins cut into small pieces. All the flour inoy not be necessary, but enough should be added to make n dough that will hold its shape. Drop by spoon on n buttered tin ami oaKe in a moderate oven. Soft MoUuMM Ginger Brtkd. One cup inulasses, J.i cup butter, !•% teaspoons soda, '/.. cup sour milk, 1 egg, 2 cui>s flour, 2 teaspoons ginger, Vj teaspoon salt. Tut butter and mo- lasses in saucepan and cook until boil iug point is reached. Kemove from fre, add soda and beat vigorously. 'I'hen add milk, egg well beaten and rt maining ingredients mixed and sift- ed. Hake 15 minutes in buttered small pans, having two pans two-thirds filled with mixture. Ship Prices Rise. Illustration of the tremendous rise in the price of ships is found in the recent experience of a Sweetish ship owner. He was offorod a certain ves- sel for $105,000, it is said, and, on in- vestigation, learned that it was tile some craft that ho had sold in March, 1914, for $7,200, approximately. It is doubtful if the people of On- tario know at niucli as they should about the fine heritage which is being developed for them on the banks of the Niagara River. Tliis heritage consists of nearly 1200 acres of park lands stretching along thirty-five miles of waterway between Lake Kric and Lake Ontario. The development of the area is in the bauds of the Queen Vic- toria Niagara Falls Park Commission -an Ontario Oovernmeui Hoard, Head- ed by Mr. P. W. KIlis of Toronto, ritere is iu course of development a series of parks eonnected by a modern, well-paved boulevard .system stretch- ing from Fort Krie to Niagara-on-the- Lake. The old battle grounds of Fort Krie, Luudy's Lane i,Drummoudville Cemetery^ and t^iiccnstown Heights, and the historic burial ground of the Hutler family iieiir Nlagaraou-tbe- l.ake, are being preserved. -The Boule- vard is complete for the -0 miles sep aratiiig the village iif h'ort Kric irom the cit.v of Niagara Falls, and the near future will see the system extended by way of the Whirluool, the Niagara (ilea, yueenstown Heights anil the lower river drive to Fort tieorge and Fort Mississauga at Niagaraon-the- Lake. The commission derives its rev- enue in the main from the rentals paid b.v the hydro-elcctrieal enterprises which develop their power witliiu the park. The eoinmi.ssion has recently issued the first of a series of pamphlets ueal- iiig with this Ontario playground. The luiblieation is entitled "Tlie Niagara Kiver with its Canadian Knvirous. '' Hegiuuiug with Fort Krie on Lake Krie, the narrative touches all the points of historic interest and natural beauty between that place ana tne mouth of the river at Niagara on-the- l.ake. The writer takes the reaaer to .Navy Island, the liead<iuarters of William Lyon MauKenzie 's rebellion in is;!", to I'liippewu with its old shore battery, the Duft'erin Islands, the Ni- agara power plants, Table Kock and yueeii Victoria I'ark. ypecial atten- tion i.s paid to the attractions of the .Niagara (ilcii, a spot some di'tance be low the whirlpool, which is not nearl.v so widely known us it should be. This secluded resort, formerly culled Fos- ter's Flats, seems to be known to eom- paratively few people, but in natural beaut.v and scenic grandeur it ranks next to the Cataract itself. Hemmed 111 between beetling clifTs and the rag- ii[g river, it is readied by means of a long precipitous downward climb. Once at the bottom, one realizes what the bed of the Niagara Kiver luust look like, for the (lien was once a portion of that bed from which the waters long ago subsided. The handi- work of the potent stream is apparent on all sides. Ponderous overhanging crags, ice cold grottos and capacious "pot holes" procliiini the ages lUiriiig which the mighty Niagara held full sway here. The enormous rocks sent tired about the floor of this retired resting )ilnce might have been tossed there and forgotten by careless giants ill their play. They are iu reality the ruins of an ancient table rock that overhung the cataract when it was lo- cated at this point. From the foot of the cliff, seductive foot paths thread their tortuous ways amidst the tall trees and abundant shrubbery, past surprising caverns, through natural ar- bors, under archways of stone to rustic seats beneoth roeky ledges, and finally to the river bank, whore once again the scenery arrests the eye and charms the appreciative mind. In this sheltered spot the vegetation may be classed as plants seldom found in this high lati- tude thrive in these leafy dells. Next come Queeustown Heights with the monuments to Sir Isaac Brock and Laura Secord, the superb pano- rama to be viewed from the foot of these monuments, aud the old forts at the iiioutli of the river. The p)amph- let contains much interesting data re- garding the early history of the re- gion, the ilimeusions of the cataract and river, and the remarkable changes that have taken place in the position and appearance of the cataract even in the memory of living men. It quotes the descriptions of the falls written by Charles Dickens, Tom Moore aud other men of literary note. The little work is illustrated by a series of iu- tt resting photographs. It may be said without exaggeration that the pamph- let niukcs as interesting :\ bit of read- ing as has ap|ieared for sometime. .Vttentiun is called to the fact that after three .vears of diversion for Hy- droKlectrie purposes, the waters of the Niagara again flow among the Duf- feriii Islands. These islands, iianied after the former Governor-General, are once more a favorite resort of tourists who delight in the miniature rapids and cascades, the rustic bridges aud the quiet resting places here to be found. The swimming pool at the foot of the islands is again in free use by t.iiiidreds of young people and gondolas vill shortl.v appear among the islands. Till' c(Muiuissioners took advantage of the shutting oft of the water to im- prove the shore line for nearly a mile and to conduct experiments for the new intake to the Chippewn-Queeiis- tewn Hydro - Klectric Power canal. These experiments yielded a bony of useful iiiforniation regarding the ice problem which has been proveil of value to the engineers in charge of the great power canal now in course ijt i( ustruction. Ill Victoria Park the lily pond has been reconstructed. It now includes a central rockery for semi-aiiuatic plants. DitTerent species of water lilies, iueluding the rare rose-hued lilies, will make the jiond a resort for visitors. It may be said in conclusion that the public-owned refectory or res- taurant conducted by the coinmi.-.siou within a minute's walk of the Horse shoe Falls attracts a great many peo pie. In this restaurant the govern 11 cut has provided balconies where the people may dine in full view of both the Horseshoe and American falls. The refectory orchestra is an attrac tion recently added. There is also a govermuent restaurant at Queenstuwn lleiglits. which serves the convenience of visitors. Copies of the booklet may be seeureil by writing the Niagara" Falls Park Commission, Niagara Falls, Out. PUBLICATIONS FOR PARMERS. The new list of publications of the Department of Agriculture at Otfiwa contains titles of nearly three hundred and fifty bulletins, circulars and other pamphlets that deal with agricultural practices. These cover the whole range of agricultural and horticultural pur- suits, including dairying, field crops, live stock, orchard and garden crops, poultry, insects and plant disease, farm building construction, larm machinery and many other topics. The subjects ore arranged alphabetically under gen- eral titles. Not only are the lists tnem- selves available from the Publications Branch of the Department but any of the publications therein contained. "Forget it," and yet there are other lines which come to mind, the lines of Kipling, immortalised more than ever through the events of the late war: "Lord God of Hosts be with us yet Lest we forget, lest we forget.'' Aud so we have to rememoer mat there is a time to forget and a time when we must not forget. There is the forgetfulness that is born of char- ity, that charity which sets out with the intention of ' ' covering a multitude of sins" and there is the forgetful- ness born of ingratitude. Which of these is predominant today f Do not all speak at once. -Vll the prophets who prophesied that the end of the war would not bring peace were somewhat right in this, that war fearful as it was, mur- derous and body-slaying and devour- ing and disastrous, had not the same subtlety and cruelty of power that the inharmonious agitations of peace time imposed. All over the world to-day, m.ore or less, there is a terrific strug- gle being waged between man aud man and between the best and the worst side of every individual. Between the two sides of the various arguments which society has adopted, a man's conscience might be likened to the tit-bit which is pounced upon by two voracious birds. Have you ever seen them, two on either side of a worm, pulling and tearing, each trying to get the big- gest half. It is a picture of the con- science of many a man today who is not quite sure of the direction in which he wishes to sail under the new I order of things as they be. He is I convinced somehow that things natu- rally ought to be somewhat different to that they were a few years ago There are those who urge him that it depends entirely upon what he de- mands with a special emphasis on the "D" as to what this world is going to be like for him and all other workers in the future. Then there is the other one who says, what's the use of making anv efforts, what 's the use of starting anv- thing fresh; look at what has hap- pened to such efforts iu the past. How tar hav-e we ever got with this or tnatf He is the pessimist who is al- wa.vs looking over his shoulder to find a chip. There is yet another one who set- tles down contentedly into the same old rut with the jolly phrase upon his lips, â- â€¢Forget it!" -Qh, well, we had a war, but everything's all over now, so let s just forgets there has ever been anything unpleasant and have a jolly good time." Which course will vou take? Will you forget or will you remember? And what will you remember and what will you forget? WiU you remember the glorious past that your countrv and your empire has taken in all historv of the past, remember onlv the best and work that only the best mav sur- vive, or will you waste time in raking up doubtful questions, raising issues about things which were mistakes at the time aud have long been regret- ted by many who perpetuated them. It IS a spirit of forgetfulness and a spirit ot remembrance both, which is needed so much in the industrial aud business world of todav if we arc to get anywhere at all. Let us foriret old troubles, old fights, old disagree- ments, all grievances which cannot now be remedied by harking back- wards. Let us take care to remember that in man himself in the individual and his present action lies the kev to the conquest of the future Did someone call you a failure once? For- get it. No man is a failure who will not recognize defeat in himself You can always get up and go on again and every day opens anew, and everv morning the opportunity for a fresii start. There was never a time for fuller opportunity, never a world so read.v and crying out for workers of all kinds, men and women. Intelli- gence today, with adaptabilitv and readiness to take hold of a job, will win a place for anyone. Trv it out These are the times that We should remember. Are they not the times when those who have the helm kept the home fires burning for us, when they made efforts, probablv sometimes mistaken, but they were efforts made to hold the fort intact. Shall we not remember the glorious armv of the dead, who fundamentallv gave up their lives that we who were left might play a straight game? "Lord God of Hosts, be with us vet Lest we forget, lest we forget!" PIiAOXNO A LADDER. Just when is a ladder safe, both for the man working on it and tho people walking under or near it Safet.v News has worked out a diagram indicating that the angle of 75 degrees offers the maximum of safety. An easy way to secure this angle is to find the length of the lodder, and then place the lad- der one-fourth that distance awav from the vertical surface it leans against. This angle prevents undue strain or slipping, and yet gives the workman at the top of the ladder suf- ficient foot-room. Sewer pipes and bricks may soon be - made from the molten lava of the act- almost subtropical. Orchids and otherive volcano, Kiluea, in Hawaii. NEW BEDROOM CLOCK. The latest in clocks, of Swiss in- vention, has an electric lamp behind a transparent dial, so that when a person lying in bed presses a button the dial throws the shades of the hours and hands, magnified, upon the ceiling. i^ â- â- ) I 4 The vestibule train was unknown 35 years ago.