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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1921. The Boy's Own Room By Adeline B. Whitford. share in choosing ; ghouid be encouraged to express [ an important part of his *" " something of his own taste in the ■ tion. Do not consider it No one can give a very good reason as to why the boy's room is not generally as carefully planned and as artistic as his sister's, but, it is safe to say that in nine oases out of ten, the boy's room in a home is not quite equal to any of the other family bed room®, either in location, Wght or furnishing. If it should be argued that this room demands les thought, since the owner spends so little time there, or that the decorations and furniture hardly matter "because boys care so little for such things," both statements remain to be proven, for it is quite possible that if this room ■were to be planned in detail as carefully as other rooms are, and the boy reS"'irtter^-t were to have some share in choosing the decorations, and arranging the furniture (even making some of this) for himself, he might suddenly come to feel an owner's pride in it all. In making good use of the chance to bring his belongings, his various lections and his friends there, would very likely develop the habit of spending more rainy days and long evenings in this place, until gradually its good colorings and solid comfort would make it as dear to him as his sister's room is to her, though it may be long years before he under-studs why he love3 his surroundings or how a room's beauty and good art can come to mean so much to its We are all so made that we learn more through our eyes than through our ears; learn and remember more from what we see than from what any one tells us; for this reason the boy's room and the girl's room, their colormgs, furniture, pictures, conveniences and order, are fully as important as any text book of the grades. If they are well provided and in good taste, their rooms will do more towards making young minds, bodies «nd souls grow in the right direction. Usually the boy's bed room is upstairs, back, and very often it has- a sloping ceiling and dormer windows. Sometimes there are rafters showing but it hardly matters what the first renditions are if it has good windows, Keat, and is not too small; the room )nay easily be made attractive. A Place to Entertain. Girls entertain their friends downstairs and in the living rooms but the boy's ideal room must be large enough for himself and his friends. The finest possible arrangement is found if a large room has an alcove for the bed, Jot if a door from the room leads out onto an upstairs porch and this is used for an outdoor sleeping room". Either of these arrangements would leave the larger room for playroom, gymnasium, workshop and study. No matter how roughly finished its walls and woodwork are, it can be fitted up jjerfectly. A boy's room is often wrong lof two ways: eithc with such shabby left-overs of old furniture, rugs and draperies that he ness and the habit of keeping both clothes and room in order ought to follow naturally. Long window seats may have ] hinged tops or doors in front, all< '^ing a place for ball and tennis things. F Don't Forget the Desk. ; Very early in the boy's life he , . . , . j should own a solid little writing-desk draperies, chair coverings cushions j fitted ^ aU the convenieTO;es for and so on, should be of practical ma-jletfcer writi and fa ^ hh terials carefully chosen in harmony; 1q n ]etters from ^ with the room's coloring*. Homespun j digtant home wjn a ^ ^ bedspreads denim curtains or hang- turn on tMg investment mgs of drilling galatea or light And just h<jre one ^ weight awning cloth; heavy, braided|t ^ ^ ^rove*. ^ wQrk *f rags copper lamps burlap or canvas1 lamrin this rwm there ghou,M be couch coverings, walrs papered in a the th, ht rf makl jtg influence plain coarse-weave paper, or if of fme and far reacMng__of watchin,g rough plaster, kalsommed or stained;.^ ^ ,„ bent ^ findi wa E these are the materials which make. whkh tQ hft] Mm make somethi g the room suitable for a boy s use. ^na). Share in the Planning. | During all of his growing years a As I have said, the boy himself; boy has one or another of the collec-should have a voice in planning the i tion hobbies, almost any one of which expects him to take a should be encouraged and made tho caring for it. He most of while it lasts, as this is often iy educa-extrava- decorations, books and furnishings, gance then to provide a cupboard, though no doubt he will at first ask with shelves and glass doors, for for some starting decorations and holding "his collections" as they grow, vivid colorings and will decide, too,: nor count it any waste of time to that he wants nothing but Indian and help about marking and arranging his detective stories on his book shelves, j little displays in regular You have only to remember, gladly,: fashion. If your own book shelves that children are born without habits hold a good atlas and an encyclopedii and settled tastes, and that if your you and the boy and his friends may grown ones are better than his be- spend many a profitable hour in read-ginnings, he will rapidly change fori ing about his stamps, minerals, arrow the better as you educate him. heads or butterflies--and the countries Let him start his room decorations where they are found--and sc in things which are temporary such as this information could go on banners, posters, flags and so forth, labels, printed by himself, a: against the neutral gray or tan wall fastened to the articles. In this way which you provide. If you furnish he makes order and learns much out him with a box of glass-head picture of what might otherwise be simply pins, the walls will not be marred, j clutter of odds and ends. And the Or, if one space of the wall is covered' study he had made of these few with a panel of stretched burlap, this - shelves of specimens will help him, could be the place for his picture ex-1 no one knows how far, along the road periments and would show no marks j to a wise man's education, while your whatever. j part of it will be just As a balance for his choice of poster; ■__ pictures, you should place two or three framed pictures on the walls. Copies of good art but boy subjects, such as hunting, ranch life, or animal subjects, with a print of some| one of the boy heroes of history, and always one of Sir Galahad. If he declares that red is his choice! Rest amJ Recreation, for the room's coloring, there is no reason why he may not have it, but you yourself know that walls of red are impossible for a good room, so you will first see to it that the walls are of soft gray, and then give him a rich deep shade of red in chair cushions, couch cover and door hangings. For side curtains and bed coverings use some dull blue, such lightful hold and influence upon the best years of his life. Surely there are many ways in which a boy's room can be made a joy forever. Minerals Your Hogs Need. The simplest mineral rations, particularly as regards the number of ingredients, are giving the best results in su-plying the mineral requirement for swine. Common salt and 'bone meal, in equal parts, make about as good a combination as any I know of. Equal parts of common salt and When his herd at a private sale he seldom wishes to sell one of the best in his herd. At an auction sale he _ often closes out his herd and the rock phosphate are another very good j buyer has a chance to obtain the best combination; as are also equal partsi cows in. the herd. Then it pays to Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St West, Toronta. Buying Cows at Auction. strous blackberries. That spring he farmer sells a cow from 1 ;hes and common salt, and equal parts of common salt and air-slaked lime. These combinations furnish the elements that are most needed in the formation of the skeleton of the hog--namely, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, chlorine. Other elements are necessary, but in much smaller amounts, and they are usually supplied in sufficient amounts in a well-balanced ration. The average porker should consume about one pound cf any of these mixtures a month. They can be fed in a number of ways, the one that best suits the circumstances being the best I to use. The Iowa Experiment Station; estimated. This may s recommends that minerals be mixed jthe J581* when the mind «« sometimes with tankage, and' fed in a self-feeder j confused by the crowd and the rapid at the rate of 10 pounds of the mm- change of ammals m the ring and the eral mixture to from 50 to 60 pounds i ^k °f the auctioneer. Many a buyer of tankage, according to the amount! "** Jbeen influenced too much by the the pigs wil eat. It is possible to mix | a^,tlone|r and erone home feeling minerals with the grain feed in suf- fafcher d*Pressed at the price paid ficient amounts so that each animal I for c('rlaffl &tock- Xt " better to know will get approximately one-fourthi youf own PUPS« and buy judiciously, pound each week. Minerals can also' , Do not P*? to° much attention to be fed alone in a self-feeder, although! bhe , records of distant relatives in a some animals will not eat them this! cow s pedigree. Moat any cow of anyway. Regardless of the feeding j XT^f &t ^ thed used, the mineral ration go to the farm at least a couple of hours before the sale and look over the cows that are of special interest. Sometimes the inexperienced' buyer can obtain help from some dairy farmer who knows good cows. But be careful in obtaining such information not to try and get it from other bidders on the same animals. It is not to their advantage to encourage rival bids on cows they wish to buy. Before attending a pure-bred sale it helps to obtain a catalogue and give the pedigrees careful study to see how they will match up with cows home herd. Then their value should be kept as dry as They can either be mixed in with the ration for several feeds or supplied with one feed each day. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL MAY 8 Lev. 23: 39-43; St. Mark 6: 31, 32. Golden Text- Deut. 5: 12-15; Zech. 8: 5. Is ashamed to bring his friends there, or else it is furnished almost as daintily as his sister's room, and there is no chance in it for a group of live boys to have a good time. A rooir Bomewhere between these two is the one for which to strive. If one plans With the boy and uses suitable colors and materials, the result should be Connecting Links--The social order which provides labor will also provide for periods of rest, and not only the rest of sleep, but also that of recreation. Not only the love of play, but the necessity for play, lies deep-rooted in our human nature. A well-ordered day for young folk will include work, , play, and sleep. Work drains one's plain galatea or denim, faced back: energies, play and sleep renew them, with a plain band of the red material, j Every home to which God has givi With these strong colorings, his; boys and girls should make provisii furniture could be of substantial but i for, healthy recreaLi^p^WB^S^rt1 old <*H pieces, all painted a dtall; and, PjaV »?* fSrohiblW of what1 black, and the effect would be very ^d',^t^e regulation and control __... . , ' will be the way of wisdom. S « S "T" t „ I Lev. 23: 29-43. The Feast of the If the boy chooses yellow as his | Lord. The book of Leviticus contains color, the wall background could be ofj the highly developed and completed pale buff or a deep ecru tone. And j legislation of the Jews, having special the hangings, cushions and bed cov-! reference to religous worship. Much erings be carried out in browns andiof its provisions have to do with oc-WnUWl1 yellows, with a few touches of orange. I f*?1™* «* great solemnity, but the furnished In ^ ^ ^ furniture wou]d be Jn i brighter side of life is not overlooked brown or painted a dark green, orlZtT^ ^on^^tX St. Mark 6: 31-32. Come Ye Yourselves Apart. Jesus knew and felt the need of rest, both for Himself and for His disciples. His ministry had hood sales been, from the beginning, one of J considerable strenuous labor. The thronging mui-; the herd by rigged up a irrigation system to u dry weather showed up. The canes flowered profusely, and a bumper crop of berries s-?t on. When dry weather came, the gardener set his windmill going. Whenever the moisture got low, the patch got a good wetting, and the berries flourished. At marketing time Brown supposed his berries were the be:t in the section, so he set his price a little above the market and began to brag. Customers came, looked, and went away empty-handed. After a little he learned what was the matter. A few miles away another gardener, named Thompson, had berries of the same variety that were just a little bigger and nicer than his, and he was selling them for less money. Finally an irate customer told my friend what he thought about it. 'What's the reas ing three cents m Thompson, when hi id nicer and better fli 1" he said, i berries aren't biggt: and better flavored than mi hotly replied. "They can't be. I've gone to a big expense to irrigate these s, and there hasn't been a day they lacked water. It takes plenty of water to make blackberries. the only one around who has irrigated. I have fertilized my berry patch and kept it in the best condition. This other man simply can't have better berries than I've got." "Yes, they are; and if you don't be-tve it jump in the buggy with me, id I'll take you out there and prove you are charg-e a quart than berries are big-ed than good one in her pedigree if j you go far enough back. This does not mean that such a cow may not j be fine. But it pays to know some- . thing about her close relatives and \ her vigor. I believe a cow is no good if she lacks vigor and breeding powers regardless of how many fim are in her pedigree. The farmer buying pure-bred cows at auctio ing more than the animal on which he j !^»?is"nXf ^ W tha" he h3d' 3nd he readil>" fitted purchase is not only the one cow but it. ^ Wies were a little bigger, the chance of producing many more too. and W€re B<Aling al ^ ce« • from her and her daugh- qt-art less. He admiUcd hig defeat i down the line. So the ( buC started at once to flnd Mt wh cow is of great impor- It developed that Thompson ran a • u. I crushing mill each fall, and utilized all neighbor-1 the crushed stalks as a winter mulch So Brown climbed in, and drove out see those wonderful berries. On arriving at Thompson's patch he was astonished to find long canes loaded with fine fruit. There were ke that vigor of the cov When buying ISw°f le1uP°^i,ble t0 learn I for his berry bushes. The water from about the best cows in j the winter snows and rains soaked WI £ Vinre ^vS^fT t^t. j If^Z^T painted i bla»Ck'J_ ,, , ' P°or> ^e stranger, the hired servant, I A strong blue room could be worked the deaf and blind, and the aged. We 1 out against either of the above wall] find not only justice, and honesty, and tones but with the blue hangings and! clean living, and right domestic and ! covers, use a little of either gold or!500*3' relations required, but also ! dark red, to warm and cheer th»; kin'd,nes's and thought-fulness and rev-;room. |e*ent piety, The success of such furnishings de- , wic pends upon using only one or two ma- i hrfvBS^L\L'^f "h"*.WiX^L^"*"nS at the sk; p for fu- . r ™. „cc ^ wwb-ture use. As the soil was well drained, ilkmg time and note the; I 5-J&Pect that a greater portion of how j the surplus water ran down into the '.ghboring creek. Yet the stalks rest and quiet •« needed at i bids are rolling in'and a nfan is in r*of Tafe^^n^Tei? it "* DiirinTtho by all workers, and _ especially j doubt as to the cash value of a certain drought this mulch did not" dry I out and the soil underneath remained *1 ! i€e I S€ cows iwel1 fi!:ed with water- The TO<,t hod of the weekly day of rest, and of other j ZT»ir> "7^Z , ♦ A I was !ike some enormous sponge that periods cf resort to God's resting- cer1tam amount of trimming often I held an unlimited supply of moisture, places by mountain and lake and! m»kes cows look better than they are. The rainfall soaked down into the stalk stream. It is in these quiet places, 11 takes a little study to find out the] mulch, and the soil became capable of that there is time for thought, that' accurate value of the cow which has j holding more water each succeeding peace steals in upon^ troubled and been carefully fitted for inspection in I season. Evaporation was stopped by --"j the auction ring. j the loose mulch. Artificial" irrigation 1 Buying of a reliable farmer is one]was wholly unnecessary. Judging from these two gardeners' no opportunity of rest or leisure, and | Then u, on the Sabbath day He was teaching) in the synagogues. Now He invites! Delore His disciples to cross the lake with i a™ouwt of mllk Produced and see Him to a quiet and lonely place on the i Jhey look after, being milked. _ •them .shore. • j information will be valuable when theohemselyi needed at | bids are rolling in'and a n/an is in "of'-, , and by those whose work involves great nervous strain. The conditions of toil j It is also must be made such as to permit both i before they weary hearts, and God 4 Application. ! of the surest ways of obtaining good A woman sat with her child near; cows. When such a man holds an the open window and earnestly toiled | auction he describes his cows aocur-at her sewing Every once in a while; atel He t 0„, tH th d she looked through the window to •„!„ , ____ , J. , , ,. 6, , .where the stars twinkled above. Not-1 ofthe cow but he tells the bad Chapter 23 contains a calendar of jeing these movements the child at the great feasts or holidavs (that is. 1*n?.th sald> "Mother,_why do you look experiences it seems folly to u gation with berries. Instead, let's utilize the old corn stalks. if there I but he does n dU! He does not down his own herd , holy-days) of the Jewish "year. The at «»f *ky so often?" "To "rest nnylbut he does not misrepresent the cows where every detail of the simple,! terials for all of the draperies, covers, seventh month began in September ey«s> said the mother, and get the ; by leaving unsaid anything that a able furnishings suggests both a so on and having these and would include also the first part J^VtakTa w der vlew'and^itT' buyer sh°Uld knoW' •dy manly refinement, and some of ^ ^ 'lcT 3? ?S j ™'tj? » 5"« Suit^.S l^^^l the informality and freedom of camp i keeping dainty, flowered materials covered wall papers for his sister's straight-or mission the large What " vest, and the end of the summer. Ilook at things in a compreh. (Exod, 23: 16). The feast of taber- W- The cares of the world are so nacles.or feast of tents (v. 34), was m^ .a?d t"*"1.18 of *e w?Fld. a're om- a e-rand camnino- out for Jin or so ui-sistent and imperative, that we The Main Essentials. | eiglt days Men women md Ml- n€ed time for meditation and PrayeT' At the centres of the windows thin1 dren, who had been cooped 'up in their We need to get a true perspective. --illages and towns, trooped out i curtains i The Whole should be with a boy's needs and us There should be simple line furniture, in craftsman style, but certainly not heavy pieces of missioi called cottage furniture weight and smaller size, more(suitable,-- -- OT cn«e*e c'OTn'| merry, happy time.' The ' older form for the average-sized room. The most cut by the thread, m order to hang of the law (vs. 40.42) provided that necessaiy pieces are the single or j well, and made to come just to the the first day should be kept as a Sab-three-quarter bed of wood or of i window sill. There should be two sets1 bath, a day of solemn rest, but a straight-line metal. These are now,01 these, changed often. The colored j later statute (vs. 36 and 39) appears made in brown wood colorings; a good! side curtains are not very full, reach| to havejidded strong couch, to be sprawled upon at' a little below the sill and are tied any time by "the whole bunch"; a] back with a band of the same, comfortable arm chair, one or two | A hardwood floor oiled or varnished Why Hi Not many y< Berries Won. rs ago a gardener I determined to of lighter! sary. These are of the simplest scrim,! the country. They made rough /table unbleached muslin or cheese cloth,1 ±^J\°LtUftJV^i^" straight hickory rush-bottom chairs and waxed o or plain wooden chairs painted ™ ! ed room's coloring; a table that stand firmly, and endure considerable wear in games or work; a set of book shelves. For clothes and toili veniences there should be a chest of £-awers, a mirror and, if a bath not near, a washstand. With this substantial furniture, all i soft wood floor stain- . eighth day. 13-15). | These happy days of play I ship ^ were also to remind the people continually of the time when their. and varnished or painted are equal-1 fathers lived in tents, or in booths, .... ly good, but the varnish must be of the w-ilderness, in the days of Moses,! a very durable quality and the paint--when the Lord brought them out of; ing done in several coats. Either floor the land of Egypt. See also Deut. 31: j treatment should be allowed to dry 9'13 for a special feature of the holi- thoroughly before being used, Light colored and light weight rugs are altogether out of place here. Something rather dark and heavy but in small sizes so as to be lifted and cleaned easily is the right floor cov- Good lamps are very important. For comfortable reading and study, a shaded table lamp is necessary, but for lighting the whole room one or two of the large, modern barn lanterns make an excellent choice. Paint their frame-work red or black and hang them on the end of extending day which was to be observed every, seventh year. Deut. 5: 12-15. The sabbath day. The word "sabbath" is taken by us from the Hebrew language in which it means rest. The Sabbath day is the day of rest. There is good reason to believe that this law was actually made by Moses, but the custom of observing certain days of every months as holy days may be much older. It seems to have been originally connected with the new moon day, which was likewise kept holy. The lunar month of twenty-nine days might thus have had five holy days, the new moon day, and the 'enth, fourteenth, twentj-first, and Made by THE Canadian Steel & Wire Co., Limited HAMILTON, CANADA The Post Without a Fault. "American" bracket hooks. These make a light-[ twenty-eighth days. which ing which is both safe and decorative It is of the utmost importance that the room should have a good closet and plenty of shelf and drawer room for, without these, it is useless to attempt to teach order ai the closet has laundry ISSUE No. 18--'21. hooks, coat hangeTs, tie rack shoe-blacking outfit; the washstand wel rack, bath mat, tooth pow->oaps and shaving materials; the dresser its pincushion, clothes brush-trays for collar buttons, and a case manicure articles, personal neat- know were kept sacred Babylonia. The law of Moses, however, ultimately made the sabbath to be observed every seventh day, irrespective of the days of the month. This law appears also, with the eatness. 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