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Guarding Child’s Eyes Important See That Your Child Reads In the Right Position, the Right Light; Avoid Strain It is important to remember that these first years of reading, studying or doing any sort of dose work at all may easily be a strain on your child’s eyes. Up to the time he is four or five years old, Johnny has used his eyes rather vaguely. He has done a lot of staring at the sky, for instance; he has watched peo- ple and animals and things, but as a whole rather than in detail. Now, when he learns to read, write and do little sums, he is also learning to concentrate both his 'mind and his eyes. Rest Them Off and On Besides the obvious precautions of seeing that when he is reading or writing he is sitting at the right height, in the right light (which should always come from behind him), and is dealing with a good clear print, you should make a rule that at first the child doesn’t work any more than an hour a day. Encourage him to rest his eyes when he is not working. Teaching children to wash their eyes carefully every day is really as important as teaching them to brush their teeth. You can start by bathing them with a piece of cotton wool soaked in eye lotion, but the best way is to use an eye- bath. Even if your child’s eyes seem as strong and healthy as you could wish, it’s always worth while hav- ing them tested now and again. La.ee Curtains Are Back In Fashion Revival of Hangings Buried for Such À Long Time Lace curtains are stealing the fa- shion show again when it was thought they were dead and buried long, long ago. But, of course, the new, lace cur- tains are really new, so its’ no wo- der they are popular in current in- terior decoration. There are per- fectly lovely sheer nets, both white' and ecru, mot to, mention the hearty looking îieavy meshes. Lace ruffles and niching edges are the last word feif - curtains. They are dainty and have beauti- fully finished edges. Fringes, Too You will also find lace curtains with fringed bottoms â€" some have a straight hanging fringe, others a bolide fringe. And of course, the usual bail fringe which is nice on lace. The new headings, include one curtain in a horizontal stripe with rows of heavier stripes at the top, called sewing lines, so you can ad- just them to fit your windows with- out having the stitches show. And then there is a heading with slots for the rods which don’t show when the curtain is hung. A new frill top no matter wliat Length the curtain Is, gives a nice finish to the top of the window. They Marry Young in South Africa Which Has the Highest Birth- Lethbridge Port To Be Fin- OAI’ETOWN.â€"South Africa has a higher birthrate than any other British Dominionâ€"23.9 per thous- and of the population. This is revealed by the report ori vital statistics of the Union, which -has been laid before the South African House of Assembly. Registered , births of Europeans during 1936 were 46,630 , an in- crease of 2,913 over the previous year. The birth rate is lower, how- ever, than in 1910, when it was about 34 per cent, higher. Many Under 21 The record for births was creat- ed in 1936 by the town of Springs, Transvaal, where the birthrate was 35.03 per thousand. South Africans marry young, the report also reveals. No less than 68 per cent, of South African bridegrooms in 1936 were in their twenties, 41 per cent, of brides were between 20 and 24 and out of every 1,000 marriages, there are 283 brides and 28 grooms under 21. South Africa has. a fairly low death rate tooâ€"9.9 per thousand. This places her fifth among the world’s countries, New Zealand, Holland, Australia and Canada having lower rates. The Goose Woman by REX BEACH Synopsis Amos Ethridge is found mur- dered in a country lane with a crude cross of twigs on his breast and a scented sheet of note paper in his pocket. He was the richest man in the state with power and influence enough to make himself a candidate for Governor, With his death came hints of an unsav- ory private life, of wronged wom- en and betrayed husbands and fathers who had reason to wish him dead. There was also a pow- erful secret political organization opposed to him. . . . Mary Holmes, called “the goose woman” by newspaper reporters, lives nearest the scene of the crime on a small chicken farm. , . , Gerald Holmes, her talented young artist son, has been befriended by the murdered Ethridge. CHAPTER IV Instead of proceeding on past the poultry farm and parking his machine in the grove near the en- trance to the Ethridge lane, as he had done a week previously, he turned in through a break in the fence before reaching the farm, and killed his motor under a wide- spreading tree. It was barely pos- sible that the police might be watching the scene of the trag- edy, and in any event it was not a nice place to be on a dark night. Gerald hated dark colors, dark nights, dark deeds, and the thought of what had occurred a week ago tonight in that lane, half a mile head, gave him a sick feeling. He felt jumpy as he set out across the open pasture land towards the lights of his mother’s cottage, apd more than once he cast apprehensive glances back of him or stopped to listen. Soon the familiar outlines of chicken houses and runs appeared, then a dog barked. If was Jack, the old Airdale. The dog recog- nized Gerald’s voice and greeted "him with extravagant affection when the young man dropped down inside the fence. Mrs. Holmes had heard the disturb- ance; she opened the kitchen door and peered out, inquiring guard- edly: Hesitation “Is that you, Jerry?” “Hello, mother!” Gerald enter- ed and closed the door behind him, then stooped to kiss the wom- an’s upturned lips. When his face was within a hand’s breadth of hers he checked the movement and cried, reproachfully, “Oh, moth- er!” Mrs. Holmes answered petulant- ly: “Very well! Don’t kiss me if you don’t want to. But for Heav- en’?; sake don’t start in with a temperance lecture!” There was a moment of silence, then: “You don’t understand what it is to live all alone, in a place like this. You’re never lonesome. You have people to talk to. You see things and hear thingsâ€"” “All right, mother. I won’t lec- ture. But you know how I feel aboutâ€"drinking.” The young man IMTIIS FOI- Ï0U! in town is your copy of this week's Toronto Star Weekly â€"- don’t forget it. SUFFERERS OF.;â€" ïiïseii'iaiür^eiarai£çiiîs, Arthritis LmsïbîSjiço, Swollen Ann kies, Sprninsv and Other l*ains Why Endure Needless Pain? try this raw PAisr-Kii.r.EB. It penetrates but does mot hi is tea* or burn SUPERIOR 50c 75c The Best Rub For Athletes Special Introductory offer Both Sizes for $1.00 SUPERIOR LINIMENT CO. 21 GRENVILLE ST. TORONTO •Save this ad, and it will save you money. bent his head and pressed his lips to the woman’s cheelc. “When did you get1 back from Chicago?” “Today. This afternoon.” “Have a good trip?” “Yes. They liked my drawings and gave me some more work. I got a new story to illustrate, too. Butâ€"I was all broken up over the murder, of course! I left here the next morning, you remember? I didn’t hear of it until that after- noonâ€"then just the bare account. Gee! It was a shock. I felt as if I ought to get on the train and come right back. I wanted to be here for the funeral, too, butâ€"I couldn’t get my money in time and I didn’t dare try to borrow from that editor.” y Funeral Went Off Well Mrs. Holmes smiled faintly, al- most sneeringly. “The funeral went off all right without you.” “You don’t understand how I felt towards Mr. Ethridge. You never liked him, after what he did for me, but I did, for he gave me my start; made it possible for me to have a career. Not many rich men would interest them- selves in a ragged, obscure young-â€"” “In the son of a ‘goose wom- an’!” Mrs. Holmes broke in. “Of coursé you read the papers and saw what they called me?” Gerald flushed. “Yes. Yes, I readâ€"everything.” “The rotters! Well, you’re not ragged now, are you?” Mrs;. Holmes stared at her son, and in her gaze, oddly enough, there were both pride and resentment. As an artist she hated Gerald, as a man sheâ€"well, he was her son, Household Science by Susan Fletcher ECONOMY MEASURE Some child psychologists hold that children should not be forced to eat things they don’t care for. Practical mothers know that this may be a good theory but it’s pretty hard to follow when rear- ing a brood who don’t always clean their plates with a happy smile. There is economy to be considered always and it’s quite impossible to serve ice cream for dessert when something else has already been prepared. This is all by way of suggesting that the next time you plan to serve bread pudding, with a certain amount of misgiving because some mem- ber of the family may consider it a lowly dish and refuse to eat it, try making it a new and exciting way which will win approval and smiles all the way down the board to the head of the house at the opposite end. The addition of rich, flavoursome chocolate to this once despised dish, makes it a real dessertâ€"hot just an economy measure, CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING lVs squares unsweetened choc- olate,, cut in pieces 3 cups milk • Vs cup sugar 14 teaspoon salt 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups stale bread, cut in % -inch cubes Add chocolate to milk in double boiler and heat. When chocolate is melted, beat with rotary egg beater until blended. Combine sugar, salt and eggs. Add choco- late mixture gradually, stirring vigorously. Add vanilla. Place bread in greased baking dish. Pour mixture over it; let stand 10 min- utes, then mix well. Place dish in pan of ' t water and bake in moderate oven (350 degree P.) 1 hour, or until firm, Serve with butterscotch hard sauce. Serves six. BUTTERSCOTCH HÀRD SAUCE 3 egg yolks 2 tablespoons butter Vi cup brown sugar, firmly packed • % teaspoon salt -p 1 tablespoon water. Combine ingredients in top of double boiler and cook over hot water until sugar is dissolved, stirring constantly. Chill.' Beat well before serving. Makes % cup sauce. blood of her blood. What she be- held was a handsome youth â€" a boy of sufficient good looks and charm of manner to warm any mother’s heart. Gerald’s face was frank and sunny; it was unusually expressive, too, but curtained with that veil of conscious repression common to supersensitive people; it was the eager, dreamy face of an artist, a writer, a musician. The boy’s faults and his weak- nesses, Mary Holmes well knew, were the faults and the weak- nesses of most dreamers. She had never dared to analyze very closely her feelings for this child of hersâ€"it is doubtful if she would have succeeded very well had she triedâ€"for ever since she had nursed him at her breast, he had roused within her emotions that violently clashed. There were times when he filled her with a great satisfaction, a sublime con- tentment, then again times when she hated him fiercelyâ€"yes hated him! There were occasions when she lavished upon him a sort of savage affectionâ€"these occasions were rare by the wayâ€"and again occasions when she treated him with a cruelty that was positively feline. Nearly always, however, her feelings were mixed and he excited that distressing warfare within her bosom. He was at once her comfort and her torture, her blessing and her bane. “Gee! It gave me a fright to realize that I hadn’t been gone fro;,, here for half an hour â€" an hour at mostâ€"when it happened,” Gerald went on. “Why, I might have been involved :in it!” Mysterious Car Track “You? Nonsense! Whoever killed Ethridge drove up in an automobile and left it standing in that pine grove across from the lane. I saw the tracks the next morning.” Young Holmes started: he eyed his mother ap- prehensively. “By the way, you must have met Mr. Ethridge on your way back to town?” “No-no !” “You must have met him. You couldn’t have had time to walk to the end of the street-car line be- fore he came along. It; didn’t seem to me you’d been gone ten minutes when I heard his car pass and then the shots. Of course, it was longer than thatâ€"” “Have you talked to the po- lice?” “Certainly! They questioned me the morning of the murder and they’ve been here a couple of times since.” “Did youâ€"tell them about thoseâ€"those automobile tracks? I suppose of course they noticed them ?” Mrs. Holmes nodded. “Sure! You couldn’t miss them â€" they were as plain as the nose on your face.” “Have you formed any sus- picions?” (CONTINUED NEXT ISSUE) Fabrics Feature Surface Interest Many Smart Coats Are Made Up In Cloth of A “Smooth- Rough” Weave Fall fabrics for 1938 have their fashion news on top. Scores of them are marked by some kind of surface interest. Many of the new coat wools, launched by one of the country’s leading quality designers, have a “smooth-rough" boucle weave â€" a novel treatment of an old idea. Its effect is both luxurious and smart. Some of these fabrics are slightly reminiscent of Persian lambs, and others of petit-point, while still others have a soft, thick, spongy weave. A number of other designers have created costume and coat wools whose surfaces are marked by raised rib or diamond patterns giving them a personality of their own. The wools for new frocks reflect a less striking surface interest. A great many are soft and pliable, al- though a few are woven with a slight nub. Three plays have just ended runs of over a year in London. Do This If You’re NERVOUS Don’t take chances on harmful opiates and BEgàgcti» Wâlçh you know nothing about. Use common sense. Get more fresh air, more sleep and take a reliable, time^proven medicine like famous Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound-"-made especially for women from whole- some herbs and rootsâ€"let it help Nature tone up your system and thus calm jangly nerves, lessen distress from female functional disor- ders and make life worth living. For over 60 years one woman has told, another how to go “smiling thru" with Pinkham's Compoundâ€"let it help YOU, Smart Fall Dress that Lends Itself to Almost Any Occasion Ears Are Now Emerging From Former Hiding Upswept Coiffures Are Chiefly Responsible With upswept coiffures becoming more popular by the minute, ears â€"for the first time in years â€" are in the spotlight again. This is in- deed the time to resolve to stop letting your beauty treatment stop at the hairline. Get into the habit of placing the towel or makeup band you tie on to protect your hair behind your ears instead of in front of them. Then scrub ears with soap and water each time you wash your face. This will give the man-alive look which they may lack now. In addition, cleanse them with cream whenever you use cleansing cream on your face. And don’t skip them when it comes to skin tonic or a night cream or whatever. Trouble With Large Ears It your ears are larger than you wish they were, try powdering them with powder about two shades darker than your regular face powder. Don’t be tempted to rouge their lower edges, wear ear- rings or do anything else that will draw attention to their size. If they are large enough to be all out of proportion to the rest of your feat- ures or if they stick out enough to be really conspicuous, just forget about upswept coiffures. And fig- ure out a hairstyle that looks new, and in tune with the upswept trend but which does cover up your ears. A brown mossy crepe dress that reflects fabric contrast that’s so new and smart. The slimming in- set band down the front, from neck to hem, is of novelty crepe in coppery red and brown mix- ture, It will be one of your fall favorites, because it has a prac- tical appeal as well as a “dressy” appeal. It lends itself to almost any occasion. Crepe with glisten- ing satin or wool jersey with crepe are other ideal combina- tions. Of course this model is also charming in one material. , Both long and the short sleeved ver- sions arc included in the pattern. The sew simple picture dressmak- ing instruction chart enables you to sew it very quickly. Style No. 3375 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18 and 20 years. 32, 34, .36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust. The long sleeved dress with contrasting inset bands requires 3% yards of 39-inch material with 1 yard of 18-inch contrasting ma- terial, The dress with cape sleeves requires 3% yards of 39-inch ma- terial. Send fifteen cents (15c) (coin is preferred) for pattern, to Peer- less Patterns, Room 421, 73 West Adelaide St,, Toronto. Write plainly your name, address and style number. Be sure to state size you. wish. YOUR BABY at Teething Time? Cross, fretful, feverishâ€"unless the little system is working just right. Steedman a Powdersâ€"-the standby of mothers the world over for more than 100 yearsâ€" gently cleanse the system of impurities which are often the cause of feverish- ness, upset stomach and other troubles at teething time. At your druggist s. For FRBÊ sample and booklet "Hints to Mothers" write John Steedman & Co., Dept, 19, 442 St. Gabriel St., Montreal. 68N ç^SFEÈDMANlS Vtethiïg (Seats POWDERS Look for the double EE symbol on each package. Smelling Salts Found Useful The busy modern woman has rediscovered the advantages of smelling salts and especially smell- ing salts which are more refresh- ing because of their faint laven- der odor. For airplane travel, for long trips by sea or rail, smelling salts arc of infinite value in com- bating headaches, nausea and weariness. Take some on the next automobile journey to counteract the dulling- effects of long driving. Keep an extra bottle in the pock- et of the car for smelling salts will fortify you against drowsiness at the wheel. Once used in this manner you’ll find them a real es- sential. 1 sweeten my morailsig cereal with BEE HUE Syrup ^ because it HI is better ÃœH for me. Savings deposits in Germany made marked gains last year. Issue No. 37â€"’38