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/t /X k Sr £ & l I ► > <c t X t -> v ÿ xs Z£ •S „ A . -, o „ 'St V< <v <s t-S % v 'A ■*. < v- A V-*» / ^ <> Ü 4S x< y > " 4f £L '& > / t* ?.;/ A -C &r tgSM;- '■ ' rr * '" ••• *-■ "■ if '••" * ■" '. .-'- ', ^ - . . There appeared in the London Academy not long ago a pleasant article on the French cure and the "society that he adorns in the little country villages. Even the first families were not oppressive in their parade of worldliness and for the rest competition in the cost of high living was never thought of. As. he proceeds with his description description the author is driven to a comparison, comparison, and this is what he says : "Here is a faithful picture of the "Hill-grown" tea has the small, tender leaves-- with full, rich, delicious fragrance, redolent of the spicy tropics. Husband (at the Police Station) ! s i m pl e life, than which there is no ^ e ^v.t a t ? 1 mVht 'K#«fnr« ! b©tter, and the sustained and com- T ? T °^rLZ Plicated efforts of ultra-modern last. Sergeant les Do you want le t lead it are w<5 ll-nigh like to talk to him. I want to Pathetic for tins reason, that they know how he got in without waking have.lost inner consciousness of my wife. IW% been trying to do the ^ thing^that^reaccount that for the last, twenty years. Tea U grown high up on the mountains of Ceylon---with its native delicacy and fragrance held captive in the sealed lead packages BLACK. CREEN or MIXED «» THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION. (By a Country School Teacher). BBSS and fastened upon the externals. But simplicity can not be acquired by letting one's hair run. wild and perpetually dressing in green." The very mischievous boy often makes the very good man, but most boys really seem to need occasional and some of them frequent applications applications of. the cane dr strap. Sorrowfully it must be confessed that these simple ones are only pretenders. pretenders. The simple life is truly ! admirable and probably it would be better for us if we were to live it, but we don't know how. We have a thousand wants' that we can't get rid of no matter how; we try. They have become second nature, nature, and every man who talks about retiring is at his wit's end when he tries to figure out just how far he can cut down expenses. He would like an automobile in his retirement retirement because he would have- increased opportunities for using one, but an automobile in the simple simple life would soon lead to a general general blowout. The little bungalow ,-j is a beautiful dream, but when we come to plan it we add all those nice little things that we have come to consider necessities till the little bungalow is equipped like one of those so-called cottages that serve as the little country nests of millionaires. millionaires. An uneducated populace is a source of danger and annoyance in any community, and it is a disgrace to a country in this age to allow children to grow up unable to read and write. Dr. Edgerton Ryerson, founder of Ontario's public school system, in 1852 Aot left each school district district to decide for itself whether its school should be free, but his School Act of 1871 ordered that all schools be supported by taxation and that every child should attend school a certain number of weeks each year. Babcock milk testers are being used in New -Zealand schools; and as Canada is essentially a dairying country, testing the milk of individual individual cows opens up a most promising promising field for every school teacher and for thousands of Canadian boys in our country schools. All information information can be had by writing the Dairy Commission, Ottawa. terms. idea. We heartily endorse the AFTERMATH. The By Pauline Johnson. acres stretching ■wide, warm lazily, . Roll out their russet silence to the sea, Baired to the winds that whisper ceaselessly Of homing time and landward-lying things. Along the uplands, vagrant locusts whirr Themselves through sunshine, and within the blur Of purple distances, the_ -faint, far stir Of some lone haymaker that scythes and sings. Brief Hints for Bright Girls. Some one has suggested fifteen thing» that every girl can learn before before she is fifteen : Shut the door and shut it softly. Keep your own room in tasteful -order. Have a rising hour and rise, Learn how to make bread as well as cake. Never let a. button stay off twenty-four hours. Always know where your things are. Never let a day pass without, doing doing something to make someone ! comfortable. " ; Never come to breakfast without i a collar. Never go about with your shoes unbuttoned. Speak clearly for everyone to understand. understand. Never fidget ; or hum, so as to disturb others. Never fuss, fret, or fidget. MAKING A WILL. If the man is satisfied the woman isn't and contrariwise. As the planning goes on the simple life looms up as a terribly complex affair affair that makes the retiring income look like alms for a beggar. Try it and see. Then before making over the bungalow be sure to make yourself over if you can. There is no Other way and the contract is a mighty big one. When making mint sauce, use hot vinegar instead of cold. Christmas Appeal FOR The Hospital for Sick Children COLLEGE ST, TORONTO Dear Mr. Editor:-- Thanks for your kindness in allowing allowing me the privilege. of appealing at this Christmas time on behalf of the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. It would take more space than you can spare to tell of the good work done for the sick and deformed children of this Province. Let me, however, In a few words, tell you of the progress of the work of the Hospital. One nurse, six little white beds, a few dollars, a few friends--this was the beginning. Thé beds have grown to 260, the dollars to thousands, the friends to hundreds. 1875, the first year, 44 in-patients, 67 out-patients; - 1913, last year, 1,648 in-patients, - 25,507 out-patients; 1875, -1--nurse; 1913, 70 aursee. Since 1875, thirty-eight years ago, the Hospital has admitted within its walls 21,018 children as in-patients, and 159,231 as out-patients, a total of 180,249, or an average of 4,743 per year. Of the 21,018 in-patients, 15,200 were from Toronto, and 5,818 from other parts of the Province; 10,150 of the total in-patients were cured, and 6,367 were improved. In the Orthopedic' Department" last year, of the 1,648 in-patients, 278 were treated for deformities, 25 hip disease, 87 PotTs disease, 2 knock-knees, 19 bow-legs, 62 club feet, 8 lateral curvature curvature of the spine, 44 infantile paralysis, 6 wry neck,-and 75 tubercular disease of knee, hip and ankle. In 1913, the Surgical Apparatus Shop manufactured 427 appliances for in-patients and ouf- E atients, including ankle braces, spinal races, hip splints, bow-leg splints, club-feet splints, plaster jackets, etc. In-this Department In 38 years nearly nearly 800 boys and girls hâve been treated treated for Club Feet and 650 corrected. Half of these came from places eut- side of Toronto. Surely we have a fair claim for help from the people of this Province. . Will you, the reader of this letter, help to give crippled children a fair start in life? Busy dollars .are. better .than idle tears. The sym'pathy that helps is .good, but the Hospital has to have the sympathy that works. While Christmas Bells are ringing to the glory of Him "Who made the lame to walk and the. blind to see," -give, give, give, and help bhe Hospital Hospital to help Ged's little ones, upon- whom the heavy hand of affliction has been laid. Will you please send a dollar, or more, if you can spare it, to Douglas Davidson, the Secretary-Treasurer of the Hospital, or J. R08S ROBERTSON, A Chairman - of the Trustees, Toronto. The large-hearted son of Erin was digging postholes one day when the boss rambled along to size up the job. "How are you making out, Pat?" asked the boss. "Foine as silk," answered Pat, keeping right on with his work, "as yez will. notice notice yezsilf." "The work looks all right, Pat," jokefully responded the boss, "but do you think you will ever be able to get all that dirt back in the hole again?" "No, sor, not as it is now, sor, but it's me intintion to dig the hole a little daper." No Gift Is More Universally Acceptable Than Perrin's Gloves See that the celebrated trademark, as shown in illustration, is on every pair of gloves you buy. Halton County School Trustees Association bas been organized with Inspector J. M. Denges, B.A., honorary president. The. purpose of the organization is to bring the rural and urban trustees into greater co-operation and understanding understanding in dealing with the various educational problems pertaining to public schools of the county. Teachers, it may be considered a small matter to some, but by all means insist on your scholars standing erect with chest expanded, so that they will breathe easily and their lungs have space to grow. The organs of their bodies will be able ,to retain their natural position. Posture is a decided aid to digestion. digestion. Across the marsh, reclaimed from seas that creep Against tihe sheltering dykes, the droning sweep Of sickles, where the long salt grasses, sleep, Hushed in the peace that near fulfilment fulfilment brings. --I' 1 r J>e Canadian Magazine for December. Have you made your will ? If not, why not do it now. If you delay, in the event of your death your property might not be distributed distributed as you would desire. The advantages of making a will are clearly and briefly explained in a pamphlet recently issued by the Union Trust Company, Limited, Toronto, who will send- it free to anyone on request. Our readers are advised to secure a copy at once. A friend of the family had been summoned to testify, much against his will, as to domestic disturbances disturbances in a certain household. "You those blows administered ?" saw HOW ROYALTY SLEEPS. The World's Rulers Are Carefully Protected at Night. "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," says the poet, but the precautions that are taken to assure assure the undisturbed rest to King George of England must at least bring quiet to his pillow. The outside outside of the royal palace is of course guarded by soldiers and detectives all night f and several night-watchmen night-watchmen pace up and down the corridors corridors through the hours of dark- says a- London correspondent. ness. Corporal punishment in schools is a subject which is brought into the public eye ever so often. It is a topic with painful memories for most people and one which is heatedly heatedly discussed among the parents of school children, but the average grown-up still believes that corporal corporal .punishment is a good thing, but very great discretion should be used in -the application of the rod. Parents have a greater part to play in school matters than, many of them perform. Of the parents who read) this column we inquire, Are you acquainted with your children's teacher ? Have you invited invited her to spend an evening or All night at your home ? Have you done anything to assure her that she has your hearty co-operation? If you have any complaint in connection connection with school affairs or your children's welfare in school, have you rightly sought a personal interview interview to adjust your /grievance, or told it around the section ? It is a "fearful looking forward" to many a teacher when she considers considers her future. She gives her best years to the noblest and most necessary necessary of public duties, and faces the prospect of v an old age of privation, privation, or at the best, of close economy. economy. Education is the fetish; the teacher the chief priest in its worship. worship. If education is indeed eo important, important, so much to be coveted, ought not its agents to be adequately adequately rewarded by those who have been benefited--the public, made up of the men and women of to-day, who owe so much to theyin- stitutions and the teachers' who fitted them for their life work? ; This trade mark amures parfset Style, Fit and Finish. f-ii-ns Oral composition is a capital exercise exercise for senior pupils in school to develop right thinking and speak 7 ing. One. successful lady teacher is encouraging her pupils to . practice, discussion, public speaking, etc., by setting aside at Mated; intervals an afternoon for -the pupils • : to talk upon some "subject with which they are familiar ,'-which course - we be lieve is . a big step in the right di- ild rection and) should meet with * our heartiest approbation, as it will be found z to give the youngsters a greater degree ,of confidence in themselves besides helping them to think and then to clothe the pro 1 duct of their thinking in correct These men are shod in thick felt slippers, so that their footsteps will not wake the royal sleeper, and one of them is always near the King's room until his majesty is called by his valet in the morning. Every door and window in the palace is frequently examined, and it would be impossible for any intruder intruder to get in without being discovered. discovered. The King is as well protected protected as the Tsar of Russia, who has à guard of armed Cossacks outside outside of his To-om, or the King of Spain, who is watched by a squad of specially picked soldiers, who keep the keys of all the doors of the palace during the night. asked counsel. "Yes, sir," replied the witness. "Did you witness the beginning of the, quarrel between Mr. and Mrs. Dash?" f T did." "When was it?" "Six years ago." "Six years ago ? How is that possible possible ?" "I was a guest at their wedding," said the witness. Revive the Jaded Condition.-- When energy flags and the cares of business become irksome ; when the whole system is out of sorbs and there is general depression, try Parmelee's Vegetable Pills. They- will regulate the action of a deranged deranged stomach and a disordered liver, and make you feel like a new man. No one need suffer a day from debilitated digestion when so simple and effective a pill can be got at any drug store. Officer to new servant -- O'Brien, I've left my boots out this morning. I want -them soled. Private Private O'Brien--Very good, eorr. Officer (next day)--Did you get those boots soled, O'Brien ? Private Private O'Brien (feeling in his pockets pockets and handing over thirty-six cents)--Yes,- sorr, an' that's all Oi could get for thim. The corporal who bought 'em said 'e would've given fifty cents for 'em had it been pay day. (Collapse of officer.) WIFE WON. Husband Finally Convinced. Some people are wise enough to try new foods and beverages and then generous enough to give others others the benefit of their experience. A wife writes : "No slave in chains, it seemed to was more helpless than I, a me, coffee captive. Yet there were innumerable innumerable warnings--waking from a troubled sleep with afeeling of suffocation, suffocation, at times dizzy and out of breath, attacks of palpitation of the heart that frightened me. (Tea is just as injurious as coffee because it contains caffeine, . the same drug found in coffee.) "At last my nervous system was so disarranged that my physician ordered 'no more^coffee.' I capitulated. capitulated. "Determined to. give Postum a fair trial, I prepared it according to directions on the pkg., obtaining a dark brown liquid with a rich snappy flavour similar to coffee. When cream and sugar were aclded, it was not only good but delicious. "Noting its beneficial effects in me the rest of the family adopted it--all except my husband, who would not admit that coffee 1 hurt him. Several weeks elapsed during which I drank Postum two or three times a day; when, to my surprise, my husband said : 'I have decided to drink Postum. Your improvement improvement is so apparent--you have such fine color--that I propose to give crédit where credit is due,' And now .we are coffee-slaves no longer," Name given by Canadian Postum Co., Windsor, Ont. Read "The Road to Well ville," in pkgs. Postum now comes in two forms : Regular Postum--must be boiled. Instant Postum is a soluble powder. powder. -A teaspoonfuj dissolves quickly quickly in a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, v makes a delicious beverage instantly. Grocers sell both kinds. L; i .V, ^There's à Reason" for Postum. Don't Submit to Asthma. If you suffer without hope of breaking the chains which bind you do not put off another day the purchase of Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Remedy. A trial will drive away all doubt as to its efficiency. The sure relief that come-s will convince you more than anything that can be written. When help is so sure, .why suffer ? This matchless remedy is sold by dealers everywhere. A BISHOP'S EXPERIENCES. Teaching Mathematics to the Natives Natives of New Guinea. Bishop Stone- Wigg, who was for ! some years in charge of the English Church Mission in New Guinea, did ' his share of the routine work, and sometimes took the "upper mathematical mathematical class" in the school for natives. natives. Arthur K. Chignell, in "Twenty- One Years in Papua," describes describes some of the bishop's experiences. experiences. The phrase "upper mathematical class" is pretentious, but the class contained some boys who could do compound long division, and long measure, and a despatch from Sir William MacGregor to the Queensland Queensland government speaks of "one phenomenal boy who was studying ! algebra--probably the firqjt Papuan who ever did so." They were all taught copy-writing and composition. composition. They read English to a certain certain extent, and the native language language fluently. They were taught conversational English by the Gouin method, but they, did not much like to speak it. They learned learned the outlines of geography,' and could read at sight a sol-fa tune written on the blackboard. "I enjoy these sums," wrote the bishop ; "the little heads get so muddled, and the little faces so perplexed. The wild shots at answers answers that they make combine despair despair and hope--despair of ever getting getting the right answer, and a faint hope that they may hit upon it by accident. There is one splendid little little fellow, who regularly gets his sums as wrong as they can be, and as my pencil goes through each erring erring figure, the sounds and sighs he emits are enough to upset my gravity. Another boy, whenever he hands me his slate, says, disparagingly, disparagingly, f All wrong, bada' (master). "It is hard work getting them to use their heads. They have never had to think, but'their instincts are as keen as can be. Yet they learn wonderfully well, and though much patience and perseverance are demanded, demanded, their teacher sees steady progress. In. dictation, their spelling spelling is very accurate, a mistake being being of rare occurrence, as the language language is phonetically written. But they have no idea of divisions between between the words, and' as you dictate dictate the sentence, a little head will bob up and ask 1 , 'Bada, pive (5) word?' or, 'Tiree(3) word V And if you do not tell them, you will have all the words running into each other,' like cars in a railway collision." collision." There was one promising little person, nicknamed "The Archbishop," Archbishop," who evolved a system of marginal notation to his sums. Against an indistinct figure _ he. would put. "Tuau, wei, naeni" (This, O my friend, is a 9). Opposite Opposite the next, perhaps, it would be, "Tuau, wei a terei boai" (O friend of mine, I have done this wrong) ! and wrong assuredly it was ! He then ventured on English,, and wrote a diffident "rom" across another another sum. He meant this for "wrong," but the sum was right ! The bishop always had an answer for the critic who asked, after being being told about the general educational educational work of the missionaries, "What, after all, is the good of teaching little doilies ?" "It is not the doily that matters," replied the bishop; "it is what the doily represents--the patience, perseverance, and concentration of mind that it is so difficult and yet so necessary to teach in this tropical tropical land." Hungry. "Darling," he murmured, soon as they were seated in high-priced restaurant, "you have anything you \vant on menu. Shall I read it to yoi • "No," replied the dear "just read it to the -waiter. as the can the >) girl, So clear you. can see through it! The moment you see it you will want it It is crystal clear--a pure, translucent green, the shade of violet leaves. Everywhere that this soap has been brought out, the demand for it has been instantaneous. instantaneous. Every person who secs it wants it. You, too, will want it. 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