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the Marah of tears, gray of the dawning afar in the night, the beauty of spring- time, Ll beam on our rapturous sight. To 'I ol s green blades of the on of the daffodil's gold, 'In the tremulous blue on the moun- oy ro Thie-vpaiine mist od the Wold. In the tinkle of brooks through the a pasture, : The river's strong sweep to the sea, Are signs of the day that is basting In gladness to you and to me. - So dawn in thy splendor of lilies, Thy fluttering violet breath; Oh, jubilant morning of Haster, Thou triumph of life over death! "" Por fresh from the earth's quickened bosom, Full baskets of flowers we bring, And scatter their satin-soft petals, To carpet a path for our King. --Margaret E. Sangster. rem meee All for the-Child. Those interested in the welfare of our country during these trying years of industrial and social unrest regard; the welfare of our children as the greatest problem of the day. Through- out the country, thoughtful men and women are gathering in Home and School Associations to plan better ways of meeting the educational needs of a changing world. This co-opera- tion of parents and teachers, those most deeply concerned in the future of the boys and girls, has become a powerful factor in the solution of the problem: . During 'Baster weel: the Ontario Federation of Home and School As- "will meet in. Toronto with t educational bodies of thie segtion will meet in Knox Collége, Ménday afternoon. The evening ses- sion in conjunction with the O. E. A. iniConvocation Hall will be addressed by: Lady Baden-Powell, London, Eng- land, Chief Girl Guide of the Bri ~~ Bmpire, on "The Girl Guide at®Woy and at Play," and Dr. A. S: Lamb, Director of Physical Education, Mes Gill University, Montreal, on * eas mn and the Playground" Tuesday rnoon's session will discuss. Health Education of Children. Addresses will be.given by. Miss.G.' M. Cartright, Director of * Physical 'Education, Mc- Gill College, Montreal; Miss Edith M. . Walker, Director of Public School Health Education, - Rochester, N.Y.; Miss- A. 'M. Gonnor, District Super- ~ intendent of the Department of 'Pub- lie. Health, Toronto. A The Tuesday evening session in Convocation Hall will be - ssed by Dr. G. W. Kerby, Mt. Royal College, ~ Calgary, on "The Educational Chal- . " and by Lieut.-General Sir obert Baden-Powell, founder of the . Boy Scout Movement, on "Boy Scout- "ing as an Integral Part of Education." + Religious education will be taken up in conjunction with the trustees' section, : On Thursday forenoon, a conference on' "Home Making for Girls" will be addressed by Miss Helen Goodspeede of Drexel Institute, .Philadelphia. Luncheons will be addressed by spe- cialists/ in. elementary training for ildren and by school inspectors: e various provinces will dis-} e formation of a national fed-| of Home and School Associa- y of these sessions. For further Anformation address Prof. J. A. Dale, ocial Service Department, Toronto| : versity, or Mrs. A. C:. Courtice, * 109 Beech Avenue, Toronto. ~ Crabs chew their food with their hope of our long silent | - the lost we thought | G era tions. Any one interested may attend| . Tuesday Afternoon, April 8rd-- The four sections will meet separately. School Attendance Officers' Section. |--An Explanation of the Act, Major| J. P. Cowles. The Duties and Oppor- tunities of a School Attendance Offi- cer, A. T. MacNeill, Woodstock. Status ang Qualifications of Attend- ance Officers, Cecil Bethune, Ottawa. Remuneration of Attendance Officers, James Crockard, Sarnia. Discussion, Resolutions and Election of Officers. Rural Section--Address, ' Professor Leitch Ontario Agricultural Col- lege, Guelph. "The Trustee of the Sixth Concession," Dr. J. B. Dandeno, Inspector of Elementary Agricultural Classes, Department of Education. "The-Rural-Sehool-Situation--in--On-= tario," W. J. Karr, B.A., B.Ped., Di- rector of Rural School Organization, Toronto. - Discussion led by J. A. Car- roll, B.S.A,, Brampton, Reports of Committees and Election of Officers. Secondary Section--"The FEduca- tion of Adolescents," M. A. Sarsoleil, Department of Education, Toronto; Mrs. W. R. Morris, Peterboro; Judge J. H. Scott, Perth. Discussions and Resolutions. Election of Officers. Urban Section -- Vice-President's Address, "School Grants and Their Distribution." "The Utilization of Practical Craftsmen for Manual Training Classes in Smaller Centres," W. A. McKenzie, Georgetown. "How Horticultural Societies May Assist in Beautifying School Properties," Dr. 'Benmett; St. / Discussions and Resolutions. Election of Officers. Tuesday. Evening, April 8rd-- Addresses of Welcome by Hon. R. H. minion' and the ppovince; This| Grant, Minister of Education; Sir 'Robert Faltoner, President of the University of Toronto. President's Address, J. G. Blliott. "The Educa- tional Challenge," Dr. Geo. W. Kerby, B.A, /P¥ingipal of Mount Royal Col- tlege, Calgary.' Address by Sir Robert kBaden-Powell, Chief of the Boy Scouts, London, England: Wednesday Morning, April 4th, --*"Sehool Attendance," Major J. P. Cowles, Chief School Attendance Officer of Ontario. "The Teaching of Music in the Schools," Duncan Mac- Kenzie, Supervisor of 'Music for To- ronto schools. "The Public School System of New Zealand," N. R. Me-| to go way back to the post office and Kenzie, New Zealand, who is now studying the Ontario system. Reso- lutions. Wednesday Afternoon, ~--"The, Value of : the hool to the Life of the Nation," Hon. H. J. Cody, Toronto. "The Religious Educa- pril jth, | him. There was a great earthquake: upon it. frit FOOLING MRS. * PERKINS -------------------------------------------------------- It was April Fool's Day, and Buddy and Pen felt forlorn. They had not fooled anyone yet: They had-tied an empty pocketbook to one end of a string and left it lying on the side- walk while they hid behind the fence and held the other end of the string, but no one had picked up the pocket- book. Everyone seemed to know it was a joke. They had tried a good many other tricks, too, but so far not a single person had they fooled. "It is no better than the 1st of March," said Buddy... : "Or the 1st of Scptember," said Pen. Buddy tipped his cap back and scratched his head the way his father | did when he was thinking. They must fool some one before the day was over! * When the two playmates reached Buddy's gate they looked. up and down the street hopefully. The only per- son in sight was old Mr. Perkins, who was coming up the street with a big booliet in one hand 'and a cane in the other. Presently the old gentleman reached the spot where they stood. He set his basket down. "Pretty. warm for April, isnt it, children?" he said and pulled his handkerchief out and wiped his face. When he put his handkerchief back he suddenly clapped his hand on an- other pocket. "There!" he said. "I forgot all about that money order. I shall have 'attend bo it." 'He gave such a sigh that Pen and Buddy wished they could go baek for "Could you wateh this basket while I'm gone?" asked Mr. Perkins. "It's pretty heavy to carry back so far." Doyle, Toronto. Discussion and Reso- lutions. Wednesday Evening, April 4th, --Inaugural Session of the Na-' tional Conference on" Character Education in Massey Hall. Chairman, Vincent Massey, M.A., Vice-President | of the National Council of Education, ! "An Impression of What Is," H. M.' Tory, M.A., D. Sec., LL.D,, F.R.S.C,, | President of the University of Al' berta. Sir Michael Sadler, K.C.S.L.,' C.B., LL.D., Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds, England. The Mendelssohn Choir, under the direc- | tion of Dr. H. A. Fricker, M.A, F.R.! C.0., will render special music for the occasion. ; Thursday Morning, April al --Unfinished Business. Fraternal Greetings from the Associations of the other Provinces. Reports of Coni- mittees. Election of Officers. Spiral Blades. Spiral blades on the bottom of a naw metal fence post enable it to be screw- ed into hard ground, plates holding ft motionless afte) y tion of the Sehool Child." Rev. Manson | _ "Yes, sir, we will," the children promised, and they were glad that there was something they could do. Mr. Perkins thanked them and went off; they could hear the click of his cane long after he had turned the corner. » "And still there's nobody to fool!" Buddy said with a sigh almost as deep as Mr. Perking's sigh had been. "WHY SEEK YE THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD?" from Heaven and camo and rolled back the stone from the door and sat And the Angel said unto the women, "He is not here: for He is risen. Come, see the place where the Lord lay." for the Angel of the Lord descended listen, ark h longing when the crows come back. : " lark' rare love to hier the robins, with their saucy clack-- twice good luck has found me as T walked the street; y " with a good' ship's tack-- * And I heard it like a whisper: "We've come back, come back!" I am sick for you, I pine for you, and most I lack All your light and love and comfort when the crows oye : --Margaret EE ------------------------------ Give us, oh give us, the man who sings at his work! Be his occupation what it may, be is equal to any of those whe follow the same pursuit in silent sul- lenness, He will do more in the same time---he will persevere longer. One is scarcely sensible of 'fatigue whilst he marches to music. The very stars are sald to make Larmony as they re- volve in their spheres. Won- drous is the strength of cheerful- street, 'dragging the wagon behind] him. "0 dear!" she thought. "He's run- ning away with poor Mr. Perkins's' groceries! What will Mrs. Perkins 1 After a while they came to a little and there Buddy turned in. "Why, this is Mr. Perkins's house!" Pen said. Buddy mang the bell, and when the old lady opened the door he handed the basket to her. "Mr. Perkins had to go back to the post office," he explained, "and so I brought his basket home for him." When the two children got back to Buddy's gate there stood Mr. Perkins looking about him in surprise and disappointment. "I emn't find my basket, Buddy," he ea"d, "Yeu didn't let anyone take it, did you?" "Eomebody did take it!" said Pen, laughing. "April fool!" Buddy cried. "I took it_ home for you myself!" Mr. Perkins laughed, too. "That's the best April fooling I ever had," he Psaid. Then he hobbled along home, with his cane tapping on the walk. "Who says we haven't fooled any- body ?" said Buddy, turning suddenly to Pen.--Irene S. Woodcock, in Youth's Companion. . co ---- Is white house at the end of the square, { ness, altogether past calculation its powers of indurance. Efforts, to be permanently useful, must be uniformly joyous--a spirit all sunshine -- graceful from very gladness -- beautiful -- because bright.--Carlyle. 1 andergrift. SIGNS OF SPRING There's a joyous note In the vibrant breeze, Ea i In the softened winds of spring; There's a vivid green in the grass and trees, ' Where the birds have come to sing. There's a fairer tinge to the azure skies, Whence the breath of cold hath fled; There's a sweet, glad hush as the win- ter dies-- ! A requiem to the dead. To life once more springs bud and vine-- The urge to strive and grow; And hope once more in love benign Is attuned to the heart below. =A. D. Garrison. Weeldy Market Report Toronto. Manitoba wheat--No. 1 Northern, 1.23 Manitoba oats--Nominal. Manitoba barley--Nominal. All the above, track, Bay ports. American corn--No. 3 yellow, 91¢; No. 2, 89c. Barley--Malting, 59 to 61c; accord- ing to freights outside. Buckwheat--No. 2, 756 to 77c. Rye--No. 2, 79 to 8lc. Peas---No. 2, $145 to $1.50. Millfeed--Del.,, Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $26; shorts, per ton, $28; middlings, $28.60; good feed flour, $2 Ontario wheat--No. 2 white, $1.14 to $1.16; according to freights outside, Ontario No. 2 white oats--49 to 5lc: Ontario corn--Nominal. Ontario flour--Ninety per cent. pat., in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship, ment, $5.10 to $5.20; Toronto basis, $6.06 to $6.16; bulk, seaboard, $4.95 to $5. Manitoba flour--1st pats, in cotton sacks, $7.10 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $6.60. Hay--Extra, No. 2, per ton, track, Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 lbs, $18.50; 70 to 90 lbs. $18; 90 Tbs. and up, $17; lightweight rolls, in barrels, $38; heavyweight rolls, $36. rd--Pure tierces, 16 to 16%c; tubs, 16% to 17c; pails, 17 to 17%c; prints, 18%ec. Shortening, tierces, 14% to 16%c; tubs, 16% to 15%e; pails, 16% to 16%; prints, 17% to_ 18%¢. Heavy steers, choice, $7.50 to $8; butcher steers, choice, $6 to $6.50; do, good, $5.50 to $6; do, med., $5 to $6.50; do, com., $4 to $5; butcher heifers, choice, $6 to (06.50; do, med. $5 to $6.60; do, com., $4 to $5; butcher cows, choice, $4 to $5; do, med., $3 to $4; canners and cutters, $1.50 to §2; butcher bulls, good, $4 to $5; do, com., $3 to $4; feeding steers, good, $6 to $6.50; do, fair, $5.60 to $6; stockers, good, $56 to $5.50; do, fair, $4 to $5; calves, choice, $11 to $13; do, med. $8 to $10; do, com., $4 to $8; milch cows, choice, $70 to $90; sprir choice; $80 to-$100; lambs; choice, $13 to $14; do, spring, each, $16; sheep, choice, $7.60 to $8; do, culls, $4 to $5; hogs, fed and watered, $9.50 to $10; do, f.o.b., $8.75 to $9.26; do, country Toronto, $14; mixed, $11; clover, $8! points, $8.50 to $9. Straw--Car lots, per ton, track, To- ronto, $9. Cheose--New, large, 30c; Hog quotations are based on the prices of thick, smooth hogs, sold on a twins, | evaded basis, or selects, sold on a flat 80%c; triplets, 32c; Stiltons, 83c.| pate, Bacon selects, sold on the graded Old, large, 81 to 32¢; twins, 33 to 34c; | pagis, bring a premium of 10 per cent. Stiltons, 3b6c. Butter---Finest ereamery prints; 54 to 56¢; ordinary creamery prints, 51 to 63c; Dairy, 35 to 38c. Egge--New laids, loose, 37 to 38c; new laids, in cartons, 41 to 42¢c. Live poultry--Chickens, milk-fed; over b lbs., 2c; do, 4 to b lbs, 2b¢c; Cooking, 26¢.' over the price of thick, smooth hogs. Montreal. Oats, Can. Western, No. 2, 64 to 66c; Can, Western, No. 8, 59 te 60c; extra No. 1 feed, 66 to 57c; No. i local white, 64 to 556c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., 1sts, $7.10; 2nds, do, over 5 lbs, 24c; do, 4 to 5 Ibs.;| $6.60; strong bakers, $6.40; winter 21 to 24c; do, 2 to 4 Ibs., 18 to 21c;|pats., choice, $6.25. Rolled oats, bag hens, over b 1bs., 81c; do, 4 to 5 lbs. (90 Ibs, $3.15 to $3.26. Bran, $26 to 29¢; do, 8 to 4 lbs, 23¢c; roosters,| $28. Shorts, $28 to $30. Middlings, 28c; ducklings, over 6 Ibs, 33c; $83 to $35. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car do, 4 to b Ibs, 28; turkeys,|lots, $18 to $14. young, 10 Ibs. and up, 3ic; do, old, 18¢; geese, 18c. Dressed poultry--Chickens, = milk- fed, 85c; do, 4 to b lbs, 33c; do, over b 1bs., 80c; do, 4 to © lbs., 25¢; do, 2 to 4 lbs., 26c; hens, over 5 lbs, 0c; Cheese, finest easterns, 27% to 28e, Butter, chicest creamery, 4814 to 49e. Eggs, selected, 39¢. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1. - Com. dairy cows, $3; good fat cows, $4.50; choice lambs, $12; calves, med., "And now .we can't even leave to lock for anybody," said Pen. "We've got to stay and watch this basket." Just then Buddy happened to catch roosters, 26c; duckl 86c; do, 4 to 5 Ih young, 10 lbs, and u Oleomargarine, lb do, 4 to b lbs., 30¢c; do, 3 to 4 lbs, 25c; | $6 to $7; do, com. $5; good butcher ings, over b Ibs. | and select hogs, $10.26 to $10.50; thick s., 38c; turkeys,|fat western Canada sows, $8. p, 43c; geese, 2bc. wv ow 21 to 27¢. sight of his express wagen over by the porch. "I know what we'll do!" Le cried. "Well fool Mr. Perkins himself!" Pen looked shocked. she said reprcachfully. "You just wait a minute!" Buddy replied. He ran into the yand and drew the wagon out to the sidewalk. Then he lifted the basket into:it. "Come along!" he said with asmile. "You come right along with mel" Pen did not k what to make of "0 Buddy!" To Popularize C.N.R. Walter 8' Thompson, appointed Director 'of Publicity for the Canadian National Railways. He was formerly publicity agent for the Grand Trunk. 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