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Ee -- ~The St. Valentine Wind. BY IRENE S. WOODCOCK. 'ully only a few days before. dogs dort caro Ruth said as she put "her other valentines into envelopes. But she knew that she di deal. "I know what I'll do," she decided. "I'M just take it with -me when I go- out to carry the other valentines, and perhaps I shall think of some one to glye rf 5 ky aes round together, and she felt queer and lonesome now as she started off alone. It would not be nearly so much fun, she knew, toring bells all herself and run and hide, She I ; "But I hadn't," said, though she did not want to say it. " 1 had a valentine for you, but ing to-night!" +The next minute Ruth was running home to ask if she might stay to sup- per. at Rosalie's house. When she "Blow, wind," sald Ruth, "We don't| mind." "Yes, blow," echoed Rosalie. "You are just a St. Valentine wind--full of fun." A : $ em Agee. FOUNDATION Many dwellings, both in the coun- try and in the towns and Yilages, = unbelievable. Foundation plant- ing is done usually by the grouping of shrubbery, vines, and herbaceous a Ea Hoe i 3 n "at . 1 . It must be remember air item, that is to say, they are sec- dar the house tacit and should J must consider the purpose for which natitutes an -- of fold Before we can als in Women's Institutes, we are organized and the fea- which ha d 'day. Why? Because they stand for all that is essential in foundation of empire--the home and childhood particulatly. The Women's great co-operative educational system which has for its aim the betterment of home, school, community and coun- try. We might also add the better- ment of womanhood. "In our eco- operation, we in the Institutes form a great league of women for peace and advancement, not by laws of force but by laws of educational growth." This success depends upon co- operation between not only members of branches, districts and Federation 'boards, but between members and the Dept. of Agriculture with which we carry on so effectively. If we are to achieve results we must follow the line spoken of by our War Minister, forging every link in the chain that called "the great school of the grown- ups." It is the university in which the homemaker complete her education, to develop her talents and assist all members to achieve their best. : 'What do we mean by education? It is that, training. which develops powers, not only physically but men- tally, to accomplish with a minimum Spout .of labor a 0 enables us to fill our place in life effi- ciently and to serve our generation. It is - training which broadens our out- look, that we may value things of life at their true worth. It makes us bet- that work is honorable, and glory in our ability to accomplish results. The Women's Institute is a finishing 100l for homemakers tions by studying the laws of sanita- tion and nutrition, that our children may not be denied their rightful in- heritance to be well born and to have 3 ge of developing the three- life, cal, mental and moral, | thus growing into the perfect man or ty of every woman to vantage, whether 100) ideals; for with our increased finan. made, best paid teachers, ani to assist with has an opportunity to a training or growth of powers which homes | mercially, we must produce goods of ' | ' Should the system not be dostied suitable, it ic our opportunity to mould public opinion" so that in our school wa have not only the best but also the ovr sympathy. It is iriperat'vo that all should have opportunity to culti-! vate the talents already possessed. What is essential in a Women's In- stitute to fulfil this work? Thap we have women, interested in ideals, who are loyal and broad-mind- ed onough to forget the petty, person- ai trifles of life and unite in a great effcrt to raise the standards of life. 'We must have co operation in teach- | making is the first profession. and aqriculture is the second. To know that in unity there is strength, and with that strength much' ean be done whether in branch, dis-! trict, provincial association, or Do-| minfon Federation. To-day the Wo- men's Institute is recognized as a great moulder of public opinion, and our responsibilities increase as our membership increases. Laws are only, the outcome of public opinion placed in a tangible form. It is therefore essential that those who represent your branch, district, province, repre- sent you in spirit as well as in name,| and that the closest union should exist, botween all parts of ths work. When we view tho groat work al-| ready- done, we may feel proud of | what we have accomplished. The rea-' of these are in every land, so that we, find the Women's Institutes are fast encompassing the world. The value of our organization does not depend upon our numbers so much | as upon the union of all the parts of which it is composed. It depends upon! 1 loyal support of our own organization, {In branch, district, federation. Federation, to be successful, is link- ing up, not for strength, but for ser vice. The word "Service" should be our watchword. Ours is the grand un- fon of womanhood; ours is an oppor- tunity to render service to others that they may enjoy what it has been our lot to enjoy. We have work to do in the nationalizing of new Canadians in-the-making. To-day we are learning the lesson that we otherwise never would have | manufacture, that if we are to regain and Told the British markets, which are ours by birthright as well as com uniform quality and highest type. Not "How Much," but "How Good," must: be our password. Women's Institutes can accomplish much by studying market conditions and dis ing market problems, in moulding public ion and bringing, about adjustment of conditions. Law is a slow and many times a dis- | tasteful means of education; better the demand for law than for laws to make the, demand. We have our natural | resources, our geographic situation, our raw materials, and we are descendants of the best people on the' | Blobe; why, then, not have the best products, commanding premium prices, whether it be milk, butter, cheese, | cxeamh, wheat, bacon or beef? We can, jit 8o-desire, fill the coffers of Can- 'ada to overflowing. dt is ours for the grasping, goal is in sight, . The Women's Institute is an un- measurable factor in attaining these cialteturns we shall have no difficulty in_ realizing our ideals in home and | Bes aa There is dee, | dar! {should be near him. For this known, in agriculture as well as in| > i age from it. Nevertheless, as al- the comes back to the three disciples, and : 1 Ei: 5 as Br gE 5 y Sr Hi ar § i * f F g g gE i : £ E g §F | Sg #3 ppear. as , "not in terro the ordina rendered for : E # g g B os BY the mem- act of the new " But now, and exaltation of the : second ingdom, as the opening down over, and the betrayal natural recoil takes piace, and in Jothering dusk of the April evening, n the tense stillness of the garden, we see the Master on his knees, maki the last surrender of himself to and anguished conflict, but there follows peace and radiant hy. with the A i © may. compare gony in Gethsemane the earlier scene in Jesus', life, where he battled with the tempter in the wilderness. | In the wilderness, Jesus had driven ( from him the captivating dreams which his age held of short and easy ways to the kingdom of God. It was | & severe trial, but it was pletotiously sustained. When Jesus left the wil | the path of absolute surrender to God. | This was the first act of the drama, and now in Gethsemane we see the last. We see Jesus "obedient unto: death, even the death of the cross." | CONFLICT AND VICTORY, 82-42. | V. 82. "They come to a place which' has the name Gethsemane." Goth. semane means "oil-press." Evidently the olive-garden had a place for press- ing the berries into oil. In the aden, Jesus, who is bearing a heavy burden' on his heart, makes the disciples sit down, while he goes on into the leafy, kness to pray. 2 | V. 88, Jesus must pray alone, but! even so he yearns that at least some of the men who alone in all the world have any sense of what is happening, | rpose, ! he selects Peter, James, and Jo who | have been his sole confidents in other experiences, notably the Transfigura- | Never before had these 8 seen the Master break down, fess to mortal agony, and there-| we may imagine with what awed hearts they saw the change which now came over Jesus. It was, we read, appalling in its form. "He be-! gan to be amazed," utterly stricken in! mind, that is, "and sore troubled." V. 84. The disciples not only see this change, but their ears are startled by the confession, wrung from the very soul of Jesus, "My soul is sorrowful even unto death." 'Grief, terrible as death itself, has seized Jésus, and is breaking his heart. We know what the source of that grief was; not mere- ly the physical shrinking from agony, but the P ' darkness of the world's sin descending on his spirit. In this agony he wishes the disciples to be near, to sympathize, and yet they can- not fully enter into his sufferings, V. 86. Jesus goes a few paces far- ther on--Luke says, about a stone's cast--and then, falling on the ground, he prays that the "hour"--that is, the ul experience which he has now to Sndergor might pass from him, if that could V. 86. "Abba, Father" he cried-- "Abba" is the Aramaic word, "Father" is its transiation--"all things are pos- le unto thee: take away this cup' from me." Cup is an Old Testament expression for any experience, whe- ther of good or of ill, which is measur- ed out. to one: "this cup" means the present' agony of Jesus' soul. T! physical nature of Jesus reels before ny, and he would fain be de- ways throughout his life, the Father's will is the only way he will choose, and therefore he adds: "Nevertheless, not what I will, but what thou wilt." Vs. 87, 88. The answer has not yet come, but Jesus, rising from his knees, finds them sleeping--Luke says, for { great] to the disciples. He finds them once more sleeping, under some overpower- ing influence, and naturally they are too dismayed to be able to speak. Does not all this mean that no human soul, however near and dear to Jesus, can in this hour enter into, or share in any manner the sorrow of Jesus? Vs, 41, 42. The third time the ans- wer comes. The conflict is over, Jesus has no longer any doubt of the Fath- er's will, and his resolution is taken. Coming back, calm and triumphant, he rouses the three. His words should be rendered: "What? Sleeping still Still rest? Enough of that! The hour come. See, the Son of Man" hat. is, the Messiah--* is betrayed ing the nobility of labor, that home-'erness, his mind was made up to take nto the hands of sinners." ST, FRANCIS AND HIS DEVOTION--St. Francis was riding one day near , while he was still od about the nature of his future work, when suddenly he was startled by a Joatheatie Sight. A leper was seated by the roadside. For a moment Fran- cis gave way to natural horror, till he remembered that he wanted to be Christ's soldier. Then he turned back and dismounted, and went up to the Joo sufferer, gave an alms and kissed ovingly the wounded hand which re- t. Strong In his hard-won vic- he rode on, but when he looked there was no beggar to be seen; oof tory, back and thereupon his heart was fill with unutterable joy. for he knew that he had seen the Lord. With the eyes of faith, with the eyes with which angels spe, as St. Anthony said, he had indeed seen him. From that time on wherever he went he had the eyes to see "the poor man, Christ Jesus." "When thou seest a poor man, m: brother" so he sald to one of his fo lowers "an fags of Christ is set be- fore thee. © And in the weak behold the weakness which he took upon him." This is that Francis who pray- ed that he might have before he died an exquisite moment of the love which his Master knew and of the utter pain which he bore. And we read t Francis had both, and the marks re- mained on his hands and feet. Vy eam r-- The Live Stock Situation. The monthly review of the live stock sitwation for December, 1024, issued by the Live Stock Branch at Ottawa, notes a general improvement in the market in December compared with the corresponding month of 1928. It says that while 'the hog market opened weak in the first month of the past year it made a garrison finish with selects showing a top for De cember $2.07 above the same month in 1928 and $1.28 above December, 1022, and that despite the fact that the marketings of hogs for the year to- talled a trifle over half a million more than in 1028. AN along the line the prospect has a hopeful appearance. During 1024, 41,000 more cattle were marketed than in the previous twelve months but 25,000 fewer sheep. Re garding the latter fact the review he | 8ays that the shortage of supplies was responsible for keen prices and that in December choice lambs made a top 1928, and $4 per hundred above De- , 1022. Domestic prices, it adds, have been such as to et pro- hibit exports to the United States, where, despite the tariff, there is a remunerative outlet for the right sort of stock. A good report is also given sorrow: the strain had been too much. VALENTINE SANDWICHES AND CAKES | ries are added will be tasty, or we may lea Even if the party is to be a very small affair, we will want to know how to make the refreshments for it interesting and attractive, so here are some very pretty and very good little sandwiches that are not at all fussy to make end carry out nicely the irit of the anniversary 6f the good x | tablespoonfuls of hot jam | teaspoonful of vanilla. of the export trade. prefer simply a red jelly or jam. Heart Cakes may be baked either in small heart-shaped pans, or in a thin sheet and cut with a cooky cutter or after a paper pattern. Here is a re- Sipe that will make 'very tempting ittle cakes: 8 eggs, 1 cupful of sugar, 4 tablespoonfuls of cold water, 1 cup- ful of flour, 1 teaspoonful of baking powder, 3% teaspoonful of salt, 2 _melted butter, 1 ! v add the Beat the eggs thoroughly, vanilla and beat till like batter, then, add. the water and beat| "I'd wait till T knew the facts be- fore I accused people," Celia replied coldly, but her eyes looked startled and ashamed. Of coufse she was go- ing to send mother a valentine. She would go without her new gloves till March and buy sweet peas; mother loved sweet peas. When mother opened the box and found the card. "From your Big Ginl Valentine," her face looked as if she had come into some marvellous for- tune. She showed them proudly to Letty. The little sister filled the flower basket with water for them and then slipped silently away. Half an hour later her mother found her sobbing passionately. "Why, Letty!" she: cried. Little sister would not look up. In her hand was a crumpled bit of paper. "I wa-wanted to send you a valentine #0, and .I didnt have any money!" she sobbed. In a flash mother understood; she loosened the paper from the reluctant fingers, spread the paper and read: "I love you hard, I love you true, And I'l wash dishes every night for yon" "Letty dear!" mother cried. "I'm Roing to keep Shia as long as I live." Littir lus tear-stained face, Tithe = ured, mother's eyes the same transfiguring Mght that the sweet peas had brought. ---- Making Maple-Sugar and Syrup. Making maple-sugar and syrup is the next thing to be considered--have any maple trees? If you have, Te is a short cut: If you have not already bought spiles and buckets and feel that a cheaper way is necessary or desirable for spiles, take a piece of basswood or poplar (do not use pine, it has a taste), saw the wood in of $8.50 per hundred above December, | hole Figures supplied by the Branch at Ottawa show: crease of prices for all stock at