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' came first into the hands f * now at the opportune moment. Com- session ~% the king he|" observance. Josiah's first act upon reading it w © of penitence. Its lews had not 'been kept. He and his ly 4 their fathers, wen. guil - before God. He "humbled himself" as o a truly great man c¢ uld have done, and his itence brought to him from Huldah, the hetess, as- REFORM MOVEMENT, 2 Kings 23. 1.3, 21-25; 2 Chro 34: 29.35: 19, 3.2 Chiron, INTRODUCTION -- Wo have, in th story of Josiah, that ate forces which the world and the church lave e-e know, » well: he Man 1, al ur, al gift of leadership, oy ool tb of God, ard faith'ul Workmen, both artisans and ministars of the state ot mn 2 Fe effect, To understan tua in which Josiah found himself ir the ' years of his reign ome the story of Manasseh's S008 mie a A E succeed on e throne, in 23: 31-24: 20, Or, bet- ter still, one should turn to certain thapters of Jeremiah, whose minist 88 a prophet in Judah began at this e, and who sets forth with otart- ng clearness its ollies and its vices (see chaps. 2, 5, and 7). [ I. Fest IN WELL-GOING, 2 Kin, 22: 1-7; 2 Chron. 34: 1-13. n Both historian. and prophet speak well of Josiah (2 Kin, 2 } 127 23: 25; Jeremiah 22: 15-16). "He did that which, was right in the.eyes of the Lord" His character is in strikin contr, to that of his father an grandfather, chap. 21, As a child of eight years he camo to the throne at a time when there appears to have been an uprising of "the people of the land," people of the better sort, against the corrupt court party which was r sponsible for the murder of his father. For a time, and until he was old enough to bear the burdens sf fate, he must have been under the care of tutors and guardians, and they did their duty well. -His naturally good disposition was cultivated and strengthened. The historian of Chron. icles represents him as beginning his work of reform "ir the eighth year of his reign," 2 Chron. 34: 1-7. In the eighteenth year his workmen ware busy at the temple nutting it into a state of repair. It had appar- ently been much neglected. It is a pleasure to read of the good relations which existed betvieen the king, the priests, and the workmen who "dealt faithfully." The money for the nec- essary material and for wages came from the offerings of the people, and this money was put in the hands of carpeaters and masons of whom no reckoning was required because they were known to be honest men. II. AN INSPIRED BOOK, 2 Kings 22: 8- 20; 2 Chron, 34: 14 'S, The money which "the keepers of the doo gathered of the le" ilkiah the higl priest. It was "when they brought cut the money" sum the treas - that "Hilkiah, the priest, found the book of the law," 2 Chron. 84: 14, In a safe place, in scme hid-| den recess of the treasure chamber or in the treasure chest, it had lain un- noticed and forgotten, for one knows not how many years. It was found ing into the. regarded it from his first reading of 32 the very word of God to him = is ple. He accepted it his textbook of reform and in the years that followed he endeavored to ts canta mom + ek m ave con * f th: law and penalties for their a surance of the mercy of God. III, A ORY MOVEMENT, 2 ings 23: 1-8, 21-25; 2 Ch 34: 29-35: 19, 12 on Josiah, under tk. inspirati guidance of this hook, os 2nd each of which must have had a far. Foaching effect on the life of the na- tion. He assembled the elders ef the people in Jerusalem, read to them the words of the book, and entered with them into a solemn covenant and en- nt to keep what they now ac- cepted as the very laws of , Next | tuce, and vinegar make an excellent 8-1 der, keeping them as whole as pos- ry | the v salad. Boil the "thinnings" till ten- sible, then cut up the lettuce and add th the beans and the vinegar to the beetroot. Mix thoroughly, taking care not to break the beetroot. To use "thinned-out" onions and car-| rots, clean and cut the onions, then scrub the carrots and shell some green peas. Scrape about a dozen small po-| tatoes, then place all together in boil ing water and add a generous pinch of salt and pepper. Simmer until the vegetables are ready, then mix in a basin one tablespoonful of flour, a piece of margarine the size of a wal- nut, a little chopped parsley, and a pinch of pepper. Slowly add sufficient stock to bring the mixture to the con- sistency of thick cream, stirring well all the time. Pour off the water from bles, then pour the mixture over them. a-- ------ Ask the Conductor! First-aid cases, containing tooth- ache drops, eye salve, and cough mix- ture, are to be carried on all long-dis- tance buses in Poland, by order of the Trafic Ministry. People sent to prison on criminal charges in England during 1928 total- led 40,449! of these 6,026 wers women. This is the lowest year's total on re- cord. " Manufactured glass goods to the value of nearly $25,000,000 are import- ed into England every year, mostly from Germany, Belgium, and Czecho- Slovakia. Weather reports issued from the London Meteorological Office of. ghe Afr Ministry are based upon informa- tion suppled by about 600 observing stations in Europe and Western Rus- sia. i The Dominions, Colonies, and India import manufactured goods worth | more than '$3,500,00,000, while the United Kingdom's total annual export of manufactured goods every year amounts only to $2,915,000,000. Art st eel Ne -------- "Every girl likes a big check--plaid should be fashionable." i din ASK DAD, HE KNOWS Two modern little girls, on their way home from Sunday School were solemnly discussing the lesson. "Do you helleve there is a devil?" asked one. "No" said the other promptly. "It's like Santa Claus; it's your father."-- Nebelspalter (Zurich). ---------- "Great leaders don't tell a man of thelr virtués; they try to show them their possibilities."--Lady Astor, There are five times as many pri- vate motor-cars on the roads now as there were in 1923, | ar -- oto co The seriousness of the Italian earth- quake disaster is dramatically {llus- trated by the announcement that the of the temple and destroyed, and he had all idolatrous vessels taken out the sanctuaries, or a DON'T WORRY: | TLL 60 AROUND AND TALK TS TH OWNER" places, tions in the affected zone, Government will suspend tax colleo-| Oh boy! This Is the stuff. Blanket tossing of new entries at the Navy League Cadet summer camp at Burlington, Ont. Study Your Type Before You Reduce Article 5--More About Calories and Foods. By Marie Ann Best . Last week we found out the average person of about 150 pounds will reduce on 1220 Calories of foed per day. 1bs., then you will need morg¢ Calories, | on 1200 Calories of food per day. If| duce. If you are small, 1000 may do. One lady I know cannot reduce until she goes down to 900 calories and her normal weight is 150 Ibs. but that is unusual. Men seem to need more food than women, perhaps because wo- men are more angelic and therefore do not need so many calories? Child- ren neéd more than men or women ac | cording to their weight since they are building up their bodies, making bone, ete. Old people do not need as much as any of us, for they are through building and are not so energetic. It shows that to a certain extent each person must study his or her own body performance and find out by systematically getting weighed faith- fully each wegk just what has been accomplished, It seems necessary al- 80 to always get weighed on the same scales, for it is surprising how you will find no two scales weigh alike. One of your red letter days now will be weigh-day, you will not need to be reminded of it for it is a real pleasure to see the steady decrease chronicled on the scales. After you are weighed keep tab of your reduced weight with the date in the back of your daily calorie note-book. There generally comes a time when you confidently go to the scales and have a little shock in store for you. There must be something wrong. You look at last week's record, and find the scales are exactly the same to-day as last week. No--they are actually a wee bit more. Oh, how disappoint- ing. os Perhaps the average helpings of high caloried food grew imperceptibly a little larger: You counted them the same in your note-book, but your body wasn't so lenient, It counted up cal orles as well as any old electric meter and added a plus sign to every helping 1% ah. 1% ah. So don't unconscious- ly cheat yourself. A good plan is to count high if you are reducing--count low if you wish to gain. Suggested Menus for 1200 C Per Day Breakfast Calories 2 large dry figs or 2 large stewed prunes with juice ........eim 30 By BUD FISHER AGENTS STOP WORRYING, I'LL SUIS THAT GuY A LING OF CHATTER OWE ~ AN INSIGNIFICANT AND He'll Be ONLY T30 GLAD, 1 medium buttered B. Powder bis- I'M MISTER mutT. Now ABOUT THAT RGNT wa SUM OF TWENTY Bucies T BGLIGue = Coffee with saccharin 4 gr. . If} Tea almost clear i your normal weight is more than 150 3% glass warm skimmed milk be- 7% 00 cuit or medium bran mffin .. Lunch Cheese Omelet or two thirds cup cream of celery soup Lettuce Jeaves with salt or 1 large slice Spanish onfon ......ivie 10 2 thin or 1 clice cut % thick bread --brown or white 100 Butter, % tblsp. ..... 50 Jello 1 oz. or 1 tblsp. honey ..... 100 Postum or tea with sacchrin, and 1 tap. thin cream... 26 Dinner Chicken-roast a.h. 3-0z. or baked whitefish dressed 4 oz. .. 150 Dressing small helping .. 50 1 medium baked potato 100 1 tblsp. gravy 30 Cranberry jelly, 2 tblsp. or Spin- ach jelly with S. dressing ........ 100 % piece one crust ple cut in six pieces, lemon or cream a fore retiring Total per day . Recipes Individaul Baked Cheese Omelet--100 Calories. Recipe No. 1 Beat white and yolk of 1 egg separ- ately, add to the yolk 1 tblsp. grated cheese, salt and 1 tblsp. water. Fold in white of egg. Beat stiff. Bake in oven until gold brown. Recipe No. 2. Baked Cheese Omelet-- 1- Portion 150 Calories. Two cups skim milk; 2 eggs; 1 cup grated cheese; cayenne to taste; 1 tblsp. melted butter; 1 cup fine bread crumbs, Soak crumbs in the milk in which pinch of soda has been dissolved. Beat | egs light, add bread and milk, stir in butter seasoning and grated cheese. Bake in greased pudding dish and serve at once. Spinach Jelly Salad 450 C. Without Mayonnaise 1 cup cooked spinach; 1 package lemon jello; % lemon; mayonnaise. Chop spinach fine, make lemon jelly adding as part of water the juice % lemon well stirred in, put in cups and adg spinach. Serve on lettuce leaf. met less. Megapodes Hatch Fully Feathered The mound builders, a family of birds inhabiting Australia and cer- tain South Sea islands, are unique in that the young are hatched fully feathered and able to fly and live In- dependent life from the moment they emerge from the eggs. These birds are called Megapodes, because of their large feet. Most species lay their eggs In large mounds constructed of loose soll, leaves, grass, twigs, etc. Not infrequently the mounds are 10 or 12 feet in height and contain sev- eral wagon-loads of material, After the eggs are deposited they are left to hatch out by the heat of the de- cayinw vegetable matter. The brush turkeys are thie most common of the mound builders. One species of Megapodes, found in the Philippines and on other islands, lays its eggs in the sand on the seashore and leaves them to be hatched by the heat of the sun.--"The Humane Pleader." Chinese Are Inveterate And Get Their Shanghal, China.--The Chinese are becoming confirmed smokers. Their favorite form of the "weed" Is the cigarette. Although trade in many lines Is almost completely paralyzed as a result of civil war, banditry and the drop in the money market, the to- bacco dealers are doing bigger busi ness that ever and are congratulating themselves on what appears to be a real change for the better, as far as they are concerned. During the month of March the largest foreign cigarete manufacturing concern in China reported that sales reached the highest figure in history. Apparently the Chinese prefer to have their "smokes" even if they must cut down on necessities. Coolies who sup- port a family on only a few cents a day manage to buy cigarettes. For their convenience cigarettes of the What New York Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- nished With Every Pattern Smart junior chooses feminized sports mode for town and vacation. It's a darling dress of vivid blue and white pique print, that is so thor- oughly practical. Little shoulder capes create impres- sion of flared sleeves. A pert bow accents the cool open V-neckline. Circular godets or insets at either side of the straight skirt, provide a soft flared fulness and suggest Prin- cess lines. The smooth fitting hiplines makes it so entirely smart and sophis- ticated. A narrow belt nips the natural waistline. Style No. 2601 is designed for girls of 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. It's very inexpensive to copy. White sheer muslin with gay red dots is fetching. Yellow linen with bias binding in brown used to edge cape, hem and godets is ultra-chic. Pale blue candy stripe shirting and sprigged dimity in pink tones are at- tractive. HOW TO OXDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns 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, 73 West Adelai "e St., Toronto. -------- eee. The Kind Husband At playing a qulet game of draw He knew he was a hummer, And through the scheme his never saw When he sent her away for the sum- wife The Little Fellow Seems t es Cheap Better For ¢ i -- Samuel Farmer, President of Canadian Trustees' Association, In our last article four arguments, , used against consolidation, were out lined. Two of these were discussed at some length. They were: 1. Peo- very cheapest quality are made which By sell at prices ranging from five for a cent to two and three cents a package of twelve, = In Shanghai hundreds of small to- bacco shops boast of large daily turn- overs simply by selling cigarettes two have his smoke along with his bowl of rice. Considering that there are 50, 000,000 of his class in China the dally turnover would be enormous if each smoking has become national in China during the past 20 years. Forelgn to- bacco concerns send their men into the remotest parts of the country where few white men have ever pene- trated and find an increasing market and three at a time. The Coolie must' 1 | not bear out the idea that these argu bought one cigarette a day. Cigarete 4 ple lose control of thelr schools. & This is the first step to take the chil dren off the farm, In the discussiom it was shown, that the evidence did ments were correct. Two other arguments are: 1. Come lidation is too costly. 2. That trans. portation of the children is difficult, expensive and unpleasant for the children, First, as to the cost of Consolidated Schools. The average cost per pupil, in public schools, in the Province of for their wares, And they seldom fall Ontario, In 1928, was $78. The aver victim to kidnappers or bandits, for | age cost in the twenty-eight Consoli- bandits are usually friendly with the ' dated Schools was $81. We are not men who bring them tobacco. Change Your Diet With the Seasons Advice about eating in hot weather! is given as below in the London Daily! Mail (Continental edition) by Sir W.| Arbuthnot Lane, English surgeon and President of the New Health Socety.! He writes: | "If you want to derive the maxi! mum health benefit from the summer; weather you must pay particular at- tention to our diet. With the altered climatic conditions it is unreasonable | to expect our body machine to run smoothly on the,same quantity and quality of fuel as is necessary during winter. If you do not change your diet with the season you will find yourself listless, heavy, and inert--thoroughly unfit, in fact--during the hot spells. "The basic principle of summer di- eting is to eat an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables, fortunately plen- tiful and moderate in cost at this time of the year, and to substitute as far as possible dairy produre for flesh! foods. Fruits and vegetables in the | form of salads are very palatable and | supply valuable mineral salts and the indispensable vitamins 'which have! been relatively lacking in our winter] diet. 1 "For "hreakfast, ooffee, wholemeal bread wih butter and honey, an egg | served attractively, and raw fruit salad make up a well-balanced and| sustaining meal. For lunch a large glass of milk with wholemeal biscuits and butter and a couple of apples or oranges are usually adequate while al cup of lemon tea will be found very refreshing in the afterncon. Cheese, eggs, or ground nut dishes with fish occasionally, along with fruit and vegetable, salads tastily prepared should form the basis of dinner. | ! "Wter should be taken abundantly be'ween meals, as' during the hot weather the skin is very active, losing large quantities of water to keep the body cool. Insufficient intake of fluid is liable to lead to intestinal stasis. In this connection It is well to remem- ber that the cellulose or roughage present in fruits and vegetables Is mildly stimulating to the intestinal function and fs therefore the best laxative during spells of heat." --- We POLISHING TORTOISESHELL Tortoiseshell ornaments, and combs, may. be polished by rubbing them with pulverized charcoal and water, using a clean flannel cloth. Next moisten the article with vine- gar and rub with whiting and water, afterwards polishing with a soft cloth. \ ee fp The arrival of the R-100 at her*home base in England coincided with the test cricket match, in which the public seemed to be more interested, Here the news of its safe return was siml- larly blanketed by the Empire games. It would appear that the love of sport is the most powerful passion that Eng- lish-speaking peoples have In com- mon, rf ae A Jew and a Christian were having an argument about the ways of their respective races. "You people," said the Jew, "have been taking things from us all your lives. The Ten Commandments, for instance." "Well, yes," said the other, "we took them from you all right, but you can't say we've kept them." o be Right This Time. WAT THE SAME T CAN'T HELP WORRY ING! : lant. The man who reads whets hi quoting -cents. This would make a difference, in favor of tha one-room school, of $3 per child per year. The cost runs all the way from $25.70 per pupil at Good- erham to $140 per pupil at Dorion, in Consolidated Schools, It would be quite easy to take the average cost per pupil in the rural schools in Ontario at $78 and show how greatly this exceeded In the cost of eduating pupils at Dorion at $140, On the other hand, it would be equ ally easy to show the very much great er cost of educating two pupils at one school In the Township of Cavan ($650 each), as against the cost per pup.! in Gooderham Consolidated School of $26.70. Of course arguments of this kind, where extremes are quoted, can be used to discredit any system or bolster it, up as the case may be. Taking the average, then, as a basis of com- parison, we find $78 per pupil for the rural schools of Ontario and $81 for the Consolidated Schols as the cost of education. What really ough' to be considered is not the cost only, but what sup- porters of Consolidated Schools get for their money, Here is an immense field for discussion. Without enter ing into the merits or demerits of the graded system of ed .ation, the fact remains that urban centres have tha graded system and consider that It gives better. opportunities both fit the pupil and the teacher. Consoli- dated Schools have Some measure of individual instruction for the various | grades. in addition to this, Consoll- dated Schools provide the educational value of numbers. Mere shooling, without rubbing shoulders with other pupils, is of doubtful value. One ot the main purposes of education 1s to teach children the art of living tos gether, Schools with very small at- tendance do not provide this advan- tage of competition, team play, and a wide acquaintance with various other human beings. Another advantage from the educational standpoint lies in the fate that Consolidated Schools at- tract a good class of teachers. The writer had the pleasure of visiting a number of these schools and was much impressed with the ability ane the anthusiasm of the teachers. Looking a little farther than the public school Consolidated Schools present the opportunity for thé teach ing of the lower forms of high school A very notable example of this ad vantage is found in the Consolidated School at Mallorytown. All this school there were, a year or two ago, twenty pupils taking high school work. Mallorytown is sixteen miles from Brockville, and a conservative esth mate placed the cash cost of sending a pupil to Brockville Collegiate at $350 per year, which means that Mallorytown was then retaining, through its Consolidated School, $7,008 a year that would have gone out of the community. There are other educational advan- tages, but this will indicate that Come solidated Schools are better' educa tional institutions, than the average rural public schools. Another phase of the subject deals with the buildings. We are quite pre. pared to admit, in come cases, Con golidated Schools have been too elab orate and costly in construction, but they are good buildings, well-lighted, well-ventilated, and sanitary. They have ample playground. In' addition to this, the school is usually better euipped as to desks, maps, books, musical instruments, ete, Again, we would urge that those who have charge of the rural schools take the trouble to visit some nearby Consolidated School and get first-hand information as to the merits of the system and how the school is actu ally conducted. In our next article, we shall discuss the question of Trausportation. reer. TAKING THE FARM OUT OF THE RED "What is the difference between a practical and a theoretical farmer?" "A theoretical farmer," answered Farmer Corntossel, "Is one that fm- sists on tryin' to make a livin' off the farm, an' a practical one jes' faces the inevitable an' turns the place over to summer boarders."--Washington Star, rn come AP scott READING Reading may ba a drug or a stimu wisely