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Ji intend to let poil her first fair in She loved fairs, but [i too busy to attend them, for : lately life had been just a suec- 'eessidn of invalid relatives to care for. Even now she would rot have taken the fifty-mile trip from Lockboro had she not been commissioned to enter Miss Amy Bannister's famous quilt ax the annual prize. From her meagre savings Loretta | had drawn five dollars to celebrate her day. She did not intend to spend it} all, though she was prepar gpooteatly vlimi¢-- She plan- aed to dine in state that evening at Lake Shore Hotel, where they served a wonderful chicken dinner 'for a dollar. She would take the quilt |# to the needlework section. Then she Siwould take in all the sights. 3 The fragrance of countless flowers 3 d her as she entered the main building, Most of the ground floor Was given over to the exhibit of choice "blooms, They gave a festal air to athe 'bleak, unpainted walls. She mounted the wide stairs to the floor, disposed of the pre ous quilt, then joined the a at 'was moving siowly around the 3, "stopping 'for a time at each rated booth. 5. refrigerators, tile roofing machines; player pianos, " eR and fluff rugs, each ved full share of Loretta's tion, ~ It was all fresh and fascin- I ot entered into the spirit it'with the g ene t was 'a very attractive etta observed, 4s she insin-| J adually nearer. Rich- c ; 4 : Will you kindly let this lady through; please? Step right in, lady. One of our' beauty culturists will be at liberty in a moment." When Loretta emerged, fifteen min- ites later, he took with her not only the jar of cream, but a bottle of Aro- matic Skin Rejuvenator, a box of Medicated Complexion Powder and 4 tube of Orientola Hand Lotion. She had severely declined to purchase a box of Orientola Rosebud Tint, ex- plaining that she did not approve the use of rouge. The attendant, agreeing politely, had proceeded to use a 'bit of the Rosebud Tint as a finishing touch to Loretta's "facial," and winked wick- edly at her 'associate when Loretta comme! upon her improved ap- pearance. "Now it you had your hair bobbed, madam," the girl had volunteered, "you'd certainly look swell And added: at one of the booths on this floor." Loretta laughed at this absurdity as ghe again merged with the moving throng. Her skin felt pleasantly cool, and she was experiencing a sensation of independence that was new and most exhilarating. She was thrilled with her own daring in this unheard- of act. Down on the main floor a band was playing a waltz, and Loretta's slim body swayed to its rhythm. She had always longed to dance. She hummed the tune as she approached another booth and joined the onlookers. A very large woman hid from Lor: etta the attraction that was absorb-| ing the attention of the crowd. She touched the woman's arm. "What're they doing in there?" she questioned. "There's some girls havin' their - hair marcelled," the woman explained. (To be continued.) Mn a; a straight table 4 Or the English spar. | lined with sateen Wi: Tow; Perhaps you're Scoteh? Yes, doubtless, for your nest is built-- |& centre panel in a soft cushion, how thrifty! -- With wispg from Dobbin's mane; be finished with a narrow mea: A strip cut diagonally from a shawl may be used either in a runner or as Con- trasted with black satin, paisley is very effective In an oblong cushion. You're canny, too, evading Puss the| Where it joins the satin the seam may shifty, Time and again. And when we hear your little song in-}18 tosdrape a couch with it. sistent, Limited, changeless, sure, it proves you are a Scot sistent, * A wee bit dour. If still we doubt; there is a little mat- ter, That proves the point, mayhap; Nature hds given you--the wise old hatter! -- A 'brown Scotch cap. ==Robert Gilbert Welsh, in "Azrael." "They're: giving. a free bob] *~ A Good Fan. He---""Now we are at the ball game, we'll sit by my friend Jones ang keep | cool." She--"How can we 'keep cool" He--"He's a good fan." Explained. A little girl who was trying to tell » ~ friend how. absent-minded her grand- pa 'was said: =) "He walks around Ginkdng of noth- ing and when he remembers it, he 'then forgets that what he thought of; J |'was something entirely different from ! pictures are in the fireplace rame-- ' |'pictures that. live -and breathe and what he wanted to remember." N Se be covered with gimp to match the table runner. One more use for this colorful shawl Plain cus- hions: should be used. A room furnish- ed in Colonial or Queen Anne style, but incon- |#pecially when the Oriental note is present, will be intéresting with this pleturesque cover, . Colors to set it off best include dull green, gold and black. . Wi ter Warmth, Twinkling flames danced beneath the mantelpiece. Bronze andirons car- ry the figures of dormant lions, sym- hols of soft subservience to the flames, asleep-like gentle cats under the spell of the fire. Lichen-covered logs, col ored a sage green, with young moss and earthy smells clinging to their round . and knotted surface, crackle merrily in the wide fireplace, etched with polished tiles. Grandmother sits contentedly in a Windsor chair and reads. This is a modern home! Trans planted beauty of 'the ages abounds within the four walls of the living room, whosé hardwood 'floors radiate | from the Chinese design on the taupe i Wilton rug. "The fireplace is only accustomed ok luxury of radio, but Lonly 'those 0 are isolated in the but she could over explain it to 'the woman who Hyves next door. Protect Your Good. Name. "Many an.indiscreet girl is easy-going rred; 4nd" good-natured, and. warm-hearted. : Ry] and affectionate, and rhe ses no harm 4n-detting boys she 1fkes kis her, but Ait makes her flesh creep to think of (the Amalgamated 'Scandal-Morgers Union getting ouf thelr hammers and 'going for her if she does. ~~ If we could only do as we pleased "without" comments ~ frem our fellow- HOW. TO ORDER PATTERNS. . Write your name and address plain: iy, giving number and size of such 'patterns as you want. "Enclose 20e in stamps or coin icon 8 it carefully) 'for inn 1 address your order to Pate Dept., 'Wilson Publishing Co., 78 West Ad | aide 8t., Toronto. Patterns sent by return Tail. es tly situated grow frozém for; the full, ? Arm Better Marketing Helps. Sheep Industry. It is' at a few yéars since the mar. keting of the lamb crop in many sec- tions of Canada depended almost en: tirely on the visit of the drover. The lamb fair has changed this to a great extent, at least for thé sheep raisers who ; have taken advantage ~of the modern teaching in preparing thelr lambs in such a way. as to bring them can. appreciate radio to' w® tli Whistler and His Mother. So adithon philandering husbands and wives than | thei Te, many more neglected chiid- An ltkept Houses, Tt is the imopledte. that, 4f they give 'way to m | and deeply religious old lady, conven- | their tural: impulses, they wil: be into: the highest market grades. The [tional in her habits and butlook upon d about that gives many the demonstrations carried on by the co-|Hfe, and not at all the kind of parent strength to resist the temptation to operative efforts of federal and pro- one would have expected to belong he as bys as they would liké:to'b 5 vincial departments - of "agriculture, foriitiant, eccentric, sh and | Those who are down on' gossip have 'been well received and it is mow | belligerent genius. But the relations that the 'world should. cover up becoming the rule rather than the ex-|between mother and son, as depicted | their shortcomings with. a blanket of ception to find the lamb focks show- in some of Mrs. Whistler's letters. re- | Sllenge arejinreasonable, Why should ~- ing the results of the advanced prac- | cently published in the Atlantic other. tices in being able to turn out a high | Monthly, were of the happiest. reputat| percentage each year of Number One fine old American, - though she. h lambs. The better practices, 'becoming 'more | of son's artistic Lo and more common on the farms where Td and charmiig thought market sheep are ralsed, are prevent. | endeavored to rete ho ing the flooding of the market during and understanding, at a short period in the fall; and the con<| fully as hostess equent depreciation of prices paid for stock as was th. or ten yehrs ago. The marketing of millar to the general pitblic - than histler's portrait of his mother. T subject of that famous portrait, An M. Whistler, was a gefitle, affectionate mame to vice from 'the ne ahi, doubts of ge solid value | ws 'evidence of old-fashioned enjoyment | of winter. in northern. lands, = blaze is bringing anew 'a blush to! grandmother's cheeks. As the living | flame leaps from the log "a glowing atmosphere is left, which" forme the i: essence of the foyer to the. the hearth, without its cricket, to, the English, ; The fireplace is the link with win- ter days of yore. Memories and dim | creasing consumption of lamb 'and the '. "Just now'a : building up of the sheep i terrupted : my 'writing, who is & member LSeIf. Aunt Sally Banks, holy of of the League for the Pre on of War, saw her first on 1 other day: "This is" exclaimed. "Why rate?" Few modern pictures are more fa. [creatures there would be many more