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"differ in the occasion on which each was uttered, while tle rewards 'in the two parables differ also. . 1. THE APPOINTED TASK, 14-18, 3 V. 14. No small amount of the com- ? '. merce of ancient times was entrusted to slaves, who were in many cases pru- i dent and trustwurthy. When the own- er wished to travel to a far country he would leave the management of * his estate, business, or wealth to the care of such a reliable servant. Under the figure Jesus represents his own ab- A sence. He was going i) leave his dis- ciples in a short time, and he would entrust them with these tasks which he wished to have performed. V. 15. The talent was a very large 3 i amount, equal to about one thousand E dollars, while the pound in Luke was ¥ worth about twenty dollars. In each E ease the servant receives a different amount, showing that there is a var- jety of service ex: ected of each. In the parable of the pounds the same ~ amount is given to each servant. It may be noted that the word talent has passed into our common speech from the present passage. V. 16. All go fortl. in different dirvec- tions. He that has four talents tra- vels and invests his master's money to , such good result that he is able to double the original capital. The sec- ond one, though he has received a smaller amount yet gains a propor- tional return. "A disciple with great- cer and a disciple with smaller endow- ments, labor in the Lord's work with equal love, but the amount of fruit is ater where greated gifts and graces ave been received and employed." V. 18. It was no uncommon thing for people to dij, a hole in the ground and hide their money. This third ser- vant evidently had no courage, no con- fidence in Himself and no adequate 'sense of the responsibility of his pos- . sessions. He makes no attempt to en- hance the value of his master's talent. 'We are not to suppose that the person : with the one talent is more apt than any other to neglect his gift. The point is rather that faithfulness is ex- pected from those who have few, as ho as from those who have many II. THE REWARD OF FAITHFULNESS, V. 19. As in the parable of the Vir- gins; there is here also a reference to the fact that the return of Jesus might * be delayed. In the later days of per- secution when the disciples were suf- i fering from the cruel sufferings which i they endured at the hands of their : 2 es, the time must have often i seemed to be very long. Many began to ask, "Where is the promise of his : coming? | octed from Scotland as a result of} eS have medical ernment chemist, woh has written a | work ealled "Alcoholometry," the po- | tent beverage was first distilled by bd the Arabians, at a time when the in- According to Franels Tate, a Gov- habitants of Great Britain were cloth- ed chiefly in blue dye. Moreover, this Sassenach asserts that it was intro- duced into England under the name of "Usquebagh" in the 12th century, 100 before Scotland sampled it. At irst it was used purely as medicine, and the monks, who were the only doc of those days, were also the founders of the distillery industry. --y London.--An indignant protest fs ex-| to rheumatism, ' ear trouble, or} 'other common aliments, * © of your we, sly recent Years y found this out. | And only a comparatively small num- ber of people have learted to take ad- vantage of this new knowledge in keeping themselves well, The Mayo clinic, which has won fame all over the world for the high | standard it maintains, and the Son | sclentious treatment it gives patients, parent, Dr. Charles Mayo once said that the great plagues, but that ninety out of one hundred would probably die be- What New York Is Wearing By ANNABELLE 'WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- wished With Every Pattern years. navy blue. tical jacket dress. 2m Vv. 50. Each of those who had been faithful comes to report on the results « ' of trading. and they do it in the same word. They evidenily found much satisfaction in being able to give in so an account. be noted. . vant.,"" enough reward. '._,. tasks. Our abilities are to be all th time growing. The ence is that we get f one has perform- ed his task well there is real joy in being able to report it. Several facts in connection with the reward are toi (1) Each receives the defi- nite approval of the Master in the same words, "Good and faithful ser- is comes first; reminding' 'us that x erg gar be Lew. Blessings Ci é more rich and abiding than to have the v approval of Christ. To know that he MORAL CONDUCT. is pleased with our work is surely (2) Each is to have "his faithfulness rewarded by being # called: to new and more honorable reward of influ- more: V. 3. They are to enter into the joy MUTT AND JEFF-- 'outfit. HOW TO ORDER PATTESNS ly, giving number and size of such pat- terns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 78 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Whether a man's ritual be elabor- ate or meagre does not matter in the very least. The only thing of supreme importance is that his heart should be pure. What God wants in men is not uniformity of creed or ceremony, but moral courage and religious life. e 'By BUD FISHER The jacket ensemble in matching prints of reverse color scheme is the pampered new fashion for that im- portant age of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 The one-piece dress in Style No. 3491 has dropped shoulders. It is de- cidedly French, It is wool crepe in orangey-red ground printed in light The wool crepe jacket shows striking contrast with its dark blue ground printed in orangey-red. Pique prints, linen and shantung are well-liked fabrics for this prac- Printed dimity in red and white used for the dress with jacket of red! pique makes a . sportive practical t! them no trouble. Diseased teeth fre- quently are such local infections. One by one the great agencies of the world are taking even more in- terest in what the teeth are doing to the rest of the system. The life in- surance companies want to know what ; is inside the appli¢ant's mouth before they decide whether he or she is a good risk for a policy. Large indus- tries gmploy dentists to examine the teeth of their employees and see to.it that they have the best chance of highest efficiency through healty mouths. It is therefore of th. highest import- ance that we be most systematic in 'taking the very best care possible of our teeth, and it will help us to do so if we know some of the reasons. There is a world of truth in the old quota- tion, "Infected teeth are Il tenants." But it is a poor law that fails to work both ways. And while it is true that diseased teeth disturb the system, 80 also is it true that a system that is not properly fed will bring about tooth-decay. Therefore if you would have good teeth, it is not sufficient that you keep them clean--though this is highly important ;it is also neces- sary that you choose your 'ood care- fully. Immigrants from Italy, Greece, and Balkan States, Poland and Germany, have fine teeth, surprising as this may seem. Investigation of this factor in their lives showed that they have a simple diet, consisting of coarse foods, plenty of fruit and vegetables, and dark bread that is never eaten while it is too fresh. They do not have the same opportunities that we have of indulging in white flour and refined sugar, and they seldom eat candy. On the other hand, the Mayo Clinic ex- amination of fifteen hundred patients shows that 87 per cent, had infected teeth and 80 per cent. suffered from pyorrhea. The British. Dental Association re- ports that 86 er cent. of the English and Scotch goo children have de- cayed teeth. e, who have much more opportunity of taking care of ourselves than has the poor immigrant find ourselves second to them in the care of our teeth, There is only one reason--the food we eat. Dental dis- ease inthe past has increased with | the advance of civilization. We des- troy valuable constituents in our food with too much intensive cooking and refining. So it behooves us to take furnishes not only the necessary ele: ments of nourishment, but it makes t the baby a lot stronger than it woMd Write your name and address plain- | better care of our teeth. Surely every intelligent person will realize that if the kind of food one eats influences the health of adult teeth, then the influence which will be exerted by the diet of the expect- ant mother upon the embryo-teeth of her unborn child, will be infinitely greater, When there is a baby com- ing, it is the plain duty of the mother to help the coming generation to have sound teeth and strong jaws. In order to do this the mother must see what she eats herself is corect hecause it is her blood that furnishes all the ma- tuber- - mental esult from infection anaemia, to twelve months mother's milk. It otherwise be, for the breast-fed baby must work hard for food and the parts which perform the work gain in bene. fit in an increased blood-stream. Nurs: ing at the breast gives exercise to the baby's nose, mouth and throat, The diet of the nursing mother should include a plentiful supply of, milk and eggs "arid whatever vege-| tables and fru! 'e obtainable. It should be red, however, that the most impo element in milk is only found in sufficient quantities in the spring and early surimer when the cows get plenty of green and leafy, now insists that every person who| food. During the remainder of the and the time to treat this disease is comes up for treatment should under-| year the nursing mothe' should get In its early stages. To avoid pyorrhea go a thorough examination of the! the missing strength-building factors one must avoid taking soft, starchy mouth, no matter what diseass is ap-| from other foods. Orange juice, to- and getatinous foods, like cake, be- 'mato juice--~and Jt doesn't matter in the case of tomatoes whether they are great mass of the people of this gen-! canned or not--taw green and leafy they should be followed by cleansers | eration would not die from one of the | vegetables are priceless health build. such ers for the mother and her baby. Just as soon as the baby's teeth be- for something besides liquid food.' Toast and bread-crusts should be given to the baby, and thse too, will help in the teething period. When the laby Is weened, cow's milk will be- come the most important part of the! diet, and it should be remembered that if the milk is 'pasteurized and steril- ized certain important qualities go out of it, and the baby should b given! orange juice. At the age of twelve] months, soft-cooked eggs and spinach ' should be added to the menu. From the ages of eighteen months to twenty-four months the baby gets a complete set of teeth and should be fully equipped to masticate his food. ! By giving the baby the proper food | the mother can teach her baby to get the most benefit from what they eat.' Children are apt to become fond of food that is soft and refuse anything that requires ork to eat. Fibrous foods should therefore be introduced such as baked potato, baked apple, stewed prunes, green vegetables, peas, carrots, as well as tender and finely ground roast beef and lamb chops. Have you ever heard the old saying, "he who does not mast"cate his food is the enemy of his own life?" * The hest thing which the teeth do for us Is to masticate our food. This is more important than thelr appear- ance or anything else about them be- cause mastication is the first step in digestion and unless the food is pre- pared properly our digestive organs get out-of order. Tooth-ache, whil: about as unpleas- ant as an thing one can think of, has its advantages because it is a danger signal and sometimes we are apt to be a bit careless unless we receive a very emphatic warning. The fact that you have no tooth-ache, however, should not be taken to mean that your teeth need no attention. Sometimes people have teeth that are gradually undermining their health while they are not suspecting danger. They reach middle age and find that not only are their teeth gettihg past the stage of usefulness, but their general health has suffered as well. One of the most intelligent habits one cdn form it--regular visit to the dentist every six months and the utmost co- operation with him when we get there. Teeth, properly and regularly brush- ed, will not decay unless candy is in- dulged into in excess. Children can be saved a lot of useless trouble with their teeth if they are properly train- ed in this respect. They will not crave candies unless they are allowed to have them more than fs necessary. And a bad habit, once formed, is hard to break. An adult who indulges In candies should do so during meal times. Can- dies or sweets should not be taken between meals, and if this fs done the mouth should be rinsed out immedi- ately with water. To eat candies just before going to bed is the best way to encourage tooth decay and large den- tists' bills. It you are visiting the dentist re- terial for the development of the YoU SAY You ARE A LAWYERS TIS 1S NOTA DON'T THI on en £) MY CUENT WAS SENTENCED ™ A YEAR IN THE 1RoN CooP AND A FING OF FIFTY. THOUSAND | pecenvan FRom HIS gularly, he will soon recognize any "Mme. Leroy, conceded by European scientists as foremost radlologist, was recently awarded prize of 40,000 francs for her work. symptoms of pyorrhea 'in your mouth tween meals and before going to bed at night. Whenever they are taken as fruit. Cleanliness of the | mouth is one of the greatest means of avolding this disease. Thorough mas- cause of some' simple infection, the gin to appear, which is some time af-' tication helps by increasing the civcu- | original cause of which would give ter the sixth month, there is a demand lation in the gums. If you have erred in the matter of diet in the past, the' best thing you can do to correct your | mistake is to maintain the habit of | brushing the gums and teeth after each meal, } The Bible Breaks | the Record | The British and Foreign Bible So-! ciety will present to its annual meet- | ing when the Duke of Gloucester is to preside, a report which out-distances all its previous achievements, For the first time in its history of 126 years | no fewer than 12,17 Scriptures have been issued, being an | increase of 775,752. Further, the' Society is selling more than double the number of copies in the languages of Britain than it sold ten years ago. | This year the Society issued over 1,800,000 copies of English and over! 66,000 copies of 'Welsh versions. With the addition of embossed copies for, the blind, as well as a few in Gaelic and Irish, a total of over 1,872,000 was Out of this number the Society is | sending abroad--chiefly to the British Dominions--840,000 copies, evidenc- ing the extent to which the Dominions treasure their heritage in the English Bible, In missionary centres China sup- plies the outstanding instance of the circulation of the Scriptures. Over 6, 800,000 volumes were printed for the Society in China and 5,306,000 were actually placed in the hands of the people. The number of languages in which the Society has published the Scrip- tures now totals 630, and for every month, of last year one new language was added, During the year the Soclety re- ceived from all sources a record in- come of £438,918. a GOD'S WORLD You are in God's world; you are God's child. Those things you cannot change ;the only peace and rest and happiness for you is to accept them and rejoice in them, When God speaks to you, you must not believe that it is the wind blowing or the torrent falling from the hill. You must know that it is God. You must gather up the whole power of meeting Him. You must be thankful that life is great and not Jittle. You must listen as if listen- ing were your life. And then, , then only, can come peace. All other sounds will be caught up Into the pre- vailing richness of that voice of God. The lost proportions will be perfectly restored. Discord will cease; harmony will be complete~Phillips Brooks, en GREAT THOUGHTS Our great thoughts, our great af- fections, the truths of our life never leave us. Surely they cannot separate from, our consciousness, shall follow it whithersoever that shall go, and are of their nature divine and immor- of Simple B go fi gl pk PREVENT ACCIDENTS With the summer season practically | here and the usual congestion on the highways looming, the Royal Automo- bile Club of Canada, through its prest- dent, Col. Panl R. Hanson, and the directors, calls upon motorists to ob- serve the rules of the road and help avold confusion and accidents. Each year hundreds of minor and many major accidents and fatalities are shown to be the direct result of care: lessness on the part of auto drivers and in an effort to reduce this high toll of property and life the Club urges upon motorists to take a little extra care and help make the roads safer. Several simple rules easily remember- ed and important to all users of the highways have been formulated by the Club as follows: Be patient, A few minutes lost on the road is a small matter compared with a collision or some other sort of accident in which some one may be injured or killed and cars wrecked. Time is not so valu- able as to call for recklessness. Never overtake another car unless the road ahead fs clear as this habit has been proved to be the cause of numerous mishaps. | Never drive fast at a blind corner | or crossing as a head-on collision with | a car going in the opposite direction | or a meeting with a train is bound to be expensive in more ways than one, both financially and physically. Care at Curves | Always keep on your own side of the road when taking a curve. Give | clear signals and know the proper one! to give at the proper time. This Is only being fair to the others on the road, Be courteous. Bad driving manners tainly do not pay in the long run. | Take good care of lights. See that | both front and rear are always in good order and function according to the law. This is good protection for your: self and other divers, Have your brakes inspected larly and take no chances with fault ones. In the heavy traffic of the sum mer, especially in the cities when it | is necessary to stop very suddenly regu- | work are a menace instead of a safety measure, { Do not overlook the horn, There is | {a proper.time to sound the horn and | only at these times should it be used. | It can become a nuisance if used too often. Be careful in parking on hills, the! car may run away. The best way to | prevent this is to turn the wheels to- | wards the curb so that it will act as a second brake. | | "Yes, sir, he's a self-made man." "He ought to call the strike off and | complete the job." mere rime SILENCE | Let us honor the great empire of | Silence, once more! That boundless | treasury which we do not jingle in our pockets, or count up and present before men. It is perhaps, of all things the usefulness for each of us to do, in these loud times. --Carlyle, in 'Heroes and Hero-Worship." | meeps ont Seine | "Sometimes I think it Is worth while to get tired; it feels so good fo rest.""--Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. | -------- | The man who marries in haste and | finds any leisure in which to repent | tal. HAND SOME, LOYAL FACE oF . THe To RIGHTEOUSNESS SHINES BROW, INTEGRITY SPARKLES IN HIS EYES AND LOVE, UNSWERVING ei) /" PT | APPLICATION TO DUTY, COUNTRY, THe FLAG, MOTHER, Dire AND * GLORY ARE SHOWN IN LTHAT 'MANLY CHIN : Mutt's Not Guilty of Anything Jeff Mentioned. OOK, YOUR HONOR, AT THAT FRANK, OPEN, HONEST, INTELLIGEAT, COURAGEOUS, is a wonder, -- mo class system in this country, nor do Education? 'As this article is written for rural 'people, the question to be discussed is "What is Rural Education?" First it must be stated .nat we ha we want any such system. Peasants may all right in Europe, Lut we need citizens in Canada--people who take an interest in the community, and in the country, 3 The next statement is that, because a child is born on the farm, it does not follow that he has to stay there, nor does it follow that he must make tracks for the city as soon as he can. The next peint to be remembered is that our parents have lived honor- ably on the farm. They have raised their families, cléared their farms, built their roads, erected their schools and have done a work that should be looked upon with gratitude and pride, They met their problems with courage and resource; and, great as their hardships were, they bravely and cheerfully faced them. To-day conditions have changed en- tirely. We are immensely rich com- pared with those pioneer forefathers, We have comforts and easy methods of doing our work undreamed of by the early settlers. Our standard of living is much higher than theirs, | Keeping these facts in mind, we are now prepared to discuss "What is Rural Education?" Rural education is the training and development of the child (or the adult) to live usefully and happily in the walk of life which he chooses to follow, These two methods of edu-. cation--training and development-- should result in those two desirable ends--usefulness and happiness, Any form of education that does not have for its objectives--usefulness and hap- piness--is a form that needs revision, As an ideal of 'education, develop- ment of the individual child is very 292 coples of the freauently result in accidents and cer-| gosirable; but this type of education requires time, expense, and a great in- terest in the child, You cannot ex- pect much more from the average teacher than that they shall thorough- ly teach the Public School Course of Study; and you may think yourselves fortunate when that teacher can also nspirve the children with a real desire to learn--a spirit of discovery. This is no reflection on Ontraio rural teachers. They are a splendid reached--an increase of about 130,000, | Many times, brakes which do Not | 16t of folk; but the fact is that they have a big task to get through the | Course of Study in the time at their disposal. To put life and eagerness into a group of youngsters, some of whom may come from homes where hooks are seldom read, is a task that | taxes the resources of even the best teachers, tl is agreed without argument that rural education should not be essen- tially different from urban education. Both should cultivate the mind, both should widen the vision; both should teach a love for the beautiful and the true. Both should train for citizen- ship, The difference between the and the rural curriculum should be one of emphasis, Certain subjects (such as Domestic Science, Agricul ture, Manual Training, Farm Book- | keeping are of outstanding value and | interest to rural people--if they are efficiently taught. A short time ago a prominent man in educational circles said that voca- tional training had little value to those who go to the great factories, because in this machine age the workers are specialized to such an extent that the expert may be trained in a few days or weeks. This is not the case with the farmer, who is dail, finding at { he must be an all round.man--hus. | bandman, mechanic, economist, book- keeper, carpenter, market specialist, The day of scattering the seed reaping the crop is past A thousand enemies are ready to devour his crop and eat up his profits. Because the farmer's life has ch varied interests; and because farming conditions are changing so rapidly, It is absolutely essential that rural 8 and girls be taught to love reading; to ask questions; to learn new meth ods; to observe what su fu m- | ers do; to keep an op mind 1 d see and know what are good and piace tical ways of doing farm i 1 the certificates in the take the place of this spirit « 3 Much of the inspiration for this type of education must cone from the home. The teacher cannot do it all She has her hands full. A child is not likely to learn if he gets no encourage ment at home. Last, and by no means least, rural education should 'train children to see the value and necessity of work. This cannot be done if the folk at home tell the children that they are being given an education so that they will not have to work as hard as their par- ents had to work. Rural education should train the child for usefulness and happiness.-- Samuel Farmer, ems imi TREASURES The universe pays every man in his own coin; if you smile, it smiles upon you in return; if yon sing, you will urban Be -- Soe ; 2