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b Misplaced Matter She was a thin, sent, wiry little old lady and looked frail and worn. Two worried. lines were deeply marked on her forehead between her eyes and she never seemed to have time to even smile. Fer home was always immacu- late. The garden was a bower of im- maculate flowers, fresh, clean flowers in lovely color, and she surely had the honor, if one calls it honor, of having her place immaculately differ- ent. It was because she was an indefa- tigable scrubber and all she could see was dirt. The house inside was scrubbed in every nook and corner, ves, and outside in every nook and corner as well. The garden paths were swept so dilligently that they be- came shiny black pathways. No stray leaf dared to have a resting place for long in that garden. One even won- dered if they might have an inkling that they were unwelcome and flutter- ed down just outside of it, for it seem- ed one never could see any leaves there at any time The trees too looked different, the leaves showed they were maples hut the trunks were of a light creamy color not seen else- where. People wondered at their ap- pearance until the information was whispered that the trunks were scrub- bed. The little lady died before her time, wan and wrinkled, and the house was silent, but as the weeks passed how goon tho garden gradually became as other gardens, « Leaves fluttered down and strewed the paths and even a weed dared peep through the ground and grew until it went the way of all weeds, The trunks of the maples be- come golden and gradually put on the coat of nature's brown. Although the place did not bloom with the unusual colors of misplaced cleanliness it soon took on the glory of nature's gifts and best of all through it walked the new owner with her straight, beautifully modelled figure. The bloom of health was on her cheek and in the glint of her eyes as she walked through the quiet garden in pensive leisure, loving the flow :rs which nodded and bloomed fully as contented with her average care as under the strenuous and ex- tremely misplaced diligence of the former owner. It did seem the little old lady never could enjoy her home for shé was al- ways seeing what she called dirt, whether it was dirt or not, and she missdd altogether nature's beauty at her very door. After all is not «dirt only misplaced matter, and we the choosers of what is misplaced = Does this not indicate that we sometimes carry our own ideas to unusual ex- tremos? Little Mary was just three and of- ten forgot to say please and thank you, often her mother would say "now Mary, you must be a good girl and remember to say please and thank you." Shortly after, Mary wanted to play with the neighbor's little girl and was asked "Will you be a real good girl over there?" "Oh yes, I be good." "How good?" sald mother. *"Oh--I be fank you good." The One Minute Cold Sponge People who do not take the cold sponge bath each morning are missing a very important daily necessity. To the uninitiated, chills an a very disagreeable time are visualized but it is not hard to take if done very quickly and brings with it a glow and vitality that lasts through the day. It is the best preventive for colds that can be given. Do not miss it, About Flowers The Amaryllus bulb which has such a beautiful red flower clustered on top of its long stem should be repotted about every two or three years. When through blooming cut ¢ff the green but do not rest the plant by putting it in a dark place. Good Things to Eat "Wonderful lemon pie," says Jim- mie, 3 eggs, 3 teasps, water, 1 cup sugar, 1 lemon. Method--Put beaten yolks, water, lemon juice and grated rind and 14 cups sugar together, cook on stove, stirring 3 minutes or longer till it thickens a little, about consistency of cream. Beat egg whites and fold in- to them 3 cup sugar. Fold cooked mixture slowly into whites. Pour into baked crust and brown in quick oven. It seems thin but thickens up fine. Kentucky Salad 1 cup celery, 1 cup canned pineapple juice (if not enough fill cup with water). Put liquid and sugar on to boil, take one envelope of gelatine, soak in 4 cup cold water, fill cup with boiling syrup, stir into rest of syrup, set to cool, when it begins to set stir in the fruit and put into moulds. Dressing for Kentucky Salad Juice of 1 orange, Juice of 1 lemon, % cup water, 1 teasp. butter, 3% cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 teasp. cornstarch. Put orange, lemon and water in double holler, add sugar and bring to boiling point, have egg well beaten then add to egg the cornstarch dissolved, put all in double boiler, stir till it thickens, then take off--add butter and when ready to serve add whipped cream. Sprinkle chopped walnuts on top if desired. = "Glancing over the paper at break- fast the first thing that hits one's eye is the grapefruit." A Traveller (paying his bill)--"Now, we are all square." Landlord of Inné- #Yes, and I hope you'll soon be round again." E-- MUTT AND JEFF-- Wood Detiroying F ungi Many stains and all rots in wood '| are caused by plants of simple struc- ture, known as fungi. The wood-de- stroing fungi develop within the wood and at maturity produce their fruit on the surface. These fruits are the best known parts of the fungous plants, They appear only on wood which is in an advanced stage of de- cay or stain, and take the form of toadstools, fleshy or woody shelves, encrusting sheets, or of minute incon. spicuous bodies scarcely discrenable to the naked eye. At maturity fungous fruits shed olouds of fine, dust-like particles known as spores which function in the same manner as seeds of higher plants; These spores are microscopic in size and are scattered far and wide by air currents, spreading disease whereever a spore can get a foothold, Tree disease in Canada is combated by the Forest Products Laboratories of Canadian Department of the Interior. BE ELS SEE James A. MacNeil Whistler, artist; James Monroe, statesman; Matthew Fontaine Maury, scientist; and Walt Whitman, poet, have just been elected to the American Hall of Fame. Wil liam Penn ran olosely behind the leaders. By BUD FISHER | Jews had a | history and literature of a thousand | years, and in the high conceptions of Irene Biller, favorite of Budapest's theatre-golng public, who is so popular that it is not unusual for her to receive as many as a hundred proposals of marriage a week. Slightly above the average one must admit, Sunday School Lesson November 23. Lesson ViIl--The Rich Young Ruler (Refusing a Life of Sacrificial Service)--Mark 10: 17-27. Golden Text--And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.-- Luke 9: 23. ANALYSIS I. REFUSING THE:CALL TO SERVICE, vs. 17-22. II. THE HARDSHIP OF THE RICH, vs. 23 p INTRODUCTION The lesson raises the question of the attitude of Jesus to wealth. Did he regard wealth as a curse rather than a blessing? Did he think it wrong for a man to accumul- ate wealth? The answer to such ques- tions ca: only be found by a-careful reading of the whole gospel narrative. Jesus' own folk, the family of Nab- areth, were not rich, but apparently people of moderate means. It would se. also that his disciples. were of the same-class. But when he entered upon his ministry he seems to have made no distinction between the rich and the poor. He listens to the peti- tion of the rich ruler and of the cen- turion and helps themein their need as readily as to the poor and the outcast. He sees clearl the temptations of wealth to selfish living, but does not anywhere condemn the possession of it. He commends the servant who renders faithful service to his lord. That man, he declarcs, is foolish who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God. If love of riches prevents a man from rendering the best service of which he is capable to his fellow men then it becomes to him a curse. It is not the having or not having of worldly goods that is in the mind of Jesus a matter of importance; but the good that he can do. In one never-to-be-forgotte:. sentence he makes his mind clear on this subject when he says, "A man's life consisteth nrt in the abundance of the things w.iich he possesseth," Luke 12: 15. Jesus would therefore have men put the pursuit of wealth in its proper place, not first, but second, and sub- ordinate to the real and infinitely pre- cious things of the kingdom of God. I. REFUSING THE CALL TO SERVICE, vs. 7-22. It was, according to Luke (18: 18- 30), "a certain ruler" who came to Jesus with the question, "Good Mas- ter, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" No doubt he was a man of some intelligence, well brought up and educated according to the customs, ideas and manners of his time. The great inheritance in the justice, righteousness and clean living i which had come to them through the teaching of prophets. and wise men of the past. Their laws were based upon the ancient laws of Moses. They look- ed for a golden age of justice and universal peace under the rule of a great King and Saviour of David's line. This King, some of their teach- ers held, would be himself divine, exalted to the very throne of God an only those would enter his kingdom who kept the laws of God and lived upright lives. To have eternal life was to be fit and qualified for admis- sion to that kingdom, and therefore to triumph oVer death and all its terrors. The question which the rich young ruler asked was of the highest import- ance to him and it is evident that he was not entirely satisfied with the answers which he had previously re- ceived from his teachers. What Jesus meant by his answering i question, "Why callest thou mé good?" is not clear. Matthew gives it in a different form, "Why asketh thou me concerning that which is good?" Jesus may have seen in this forni of address an effort of the questioner to pay him a compliment, nd may hove desired to turn his thoughts from the opinions of teachsrs. towever good or great, to the demands of God And, therefore, he refers the questiofier to "the com- mandments" which all good Jews be- lieved to be the laws of God. The young man's answer is no doubt hon- est. He has observed all these laws from his youth and yet is not satis- fied. He asks, "What lack I yet?" Matt. 19: 20. There is an interesting expansion of the words of Jesus in an ancient writ- ing, the so-called "Gospel of the Naz- arenes." "How sayest thou, I have kept the law and the prophets? How does it stand written in the law? 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy- self;' and see, many of thy brethren are covered with filth and dying of hunger while thy house is full of good things, and nothing at all goes out from it to them." There was evidently much d in this Young man, and "Jesus looking upon him loved him." Jesus must have seen that nothing but a life of gervice to his feliow men would satisfy that deep soul hunger which had prompted his question. He called him to such a life, his wealth given to feed the poor and he himself one of the dis- ciples and followers of Jesus. "But his countenance fell a. the saying, and he went away sorrowful. II. ™ ARDENT OF THE RICH, vs. 28 The possession of great wealth was more to this young ruler than the call of God. One is tempted to say, "The poor rich man," o often speak of the hardships of the poor. Jesus says, "How hardly shall they that have riches" get the best things in life, "enter into the kingdom of God!" It is hard, not fu: the righ, but "for them that trust in riches." It requires the same kind of think- ing to make hard times and sof! muscles. » i Beauty of russet and scarlet swirled, Orisp brown scraps of parchment Votned transparencies, scalloped sheen," 1 J Little gold fans and arrows of green-- Down you flit by twos and threes, By scores and clouds from the drowsy trees. Dancing there in a giddy round, Drifting here to the cordial ground, Quiet or sleeping, none of you grieves. On a bright ang spirited autumn day Why should anyone sight and say, ~ "Dead leaves?" Ho, for the new adventure begun, With release from the bough! There is wind, there is sun! . There is hope that builds already for . spring. 4 p Wha. forever would clutch and cling Even upon one beautiful tree? Now, little lingerers, now you are free! : Free to flutter and float and fly, Each to be quiet at last, and lie In a gentle sleep under snow, under rain, Till spring shall rouse you over again; Out of your dust in the fragrant mould, Mingled with essences manifold, Sap and strength from a quenchless * Source, Life and love for an endless course. Dry leaves, old leaves, tired but %lad, Who should be frightened, who be sad? Off for renascence, none knows how, Perhaps to bud on airer bough, Not a single greefi leaf, by a Rose instead. No leaves are dead, ------ . Cleaning the Oil Range The "energy spent in renovating an oil range is well repaid. I remove all screws which hold the burners in place and put them in a baking-pow- der can. These, with the burners, cores, chimneys and the pipe through which the oil flows, are immersed in strongly lye water overnight. In the morning the sediment in the fittings will be sufficiently softened to permit thorough. cleaning. The pipe is cleaned by loosening the sediment with a long stiff wire, rinsing well with lye water. Lastly, hook the wire on a stout pleca of cloth and draw through the pipe and repeat until the cloth comes out clean. That part of the burner in which the wick fits needs special care. A long knife or anything that will reach the bottom of the burner should, be used. Scrape well and turn the burner upside dowr and tap the sides carefully so as net to make any dents. Large pieces of sedime°ts will fall out. Rinse out well with kerosene to re- move all particles of sediment. Very often when a new wick has been in- serted it is impossible when throagh with the fire to turn the wick low enough to extingu.sh the flame. At such a time you may be very certain that the burner contains a great deal of sediment and needs cleaning. All corrosion should be scraped from the cores. .It 3 this corrosion of the cores which causes most of the smoking and weak blaze, ~ r-- | Swiss Scientist Learns How "When a girl only speculates about the stock market it's because of her nationality." : SERIA ARI Why don't those South American countries ask The Literary Digest to | fin, which will prevent moisture from | Drop in pieces of apple and cook until pick their Presidents for them? Mutt Adopts Daylight Saving. 7 ~ With Radio Sets the Insects Communicate with Their Hives Geneva. --A Swiss scientist, Dr.! Leuenberger, has discovered that bees possess in their bodies a 'natural wireless set' with which they com- municate with their hives. During his experi ts Dr. L b placed in his en a saucer of sugared water near a hive, but had to wait many hours' before a pee arrived for a drink. As the insect was drinking, the Swiss scientist marked a yellow! spot on its back and then watched its movements. "After some time," he sald, "the ----T | member she nursed that child, night - Children's Joys 5. Mrs. Nestor Noel -- "Are you going to the school en. ° tertainment?" I asked ® mother one day. "Oh, no, I haven't time," she ams swered. "I believe your daughter is to take an important part," I continued. "Yes, 1 belleve Myrtle's role is rath. er important," she assented. She seemed quite indifferent. I do not suppose she really was so, in her heart. When Myrtle was fll, I re- » and day, and hardly left the sick room i! more than a few minutes at a time. 1 wonder why some mothers show such unselfishness during sickness bee flew back to the hive and en. Whereas at other times, they appear circled it several hundred times, evi- dently trying to show its eompanions tlLat it had discovered a mine of nec- tar and wanted them to enjoy it, but they took no notice. "Then the bee flew back to tha saucer apd sent out wireless calls. "Between the two last rings of its stomach a brilliant, humid light ap- pears when the insect wills it. This light is different in every hive. As soon as the bee sent out its message of wireless light hundreds of bees flew to the spot in a few minutes to enjoy the feast. "About fifty years ago naturalists discovered that the bea possessed a perfume gland the use of which they could not explain. The perfume dif-! fers in every hive and each hive has its own wave length." ---- Real World-Beaters Near Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, is a dam which is the biggest in Europe. Begun nine years ago by the Brad- ford Corporation, it is now practically | complete. Its purpose is to trap the! waters of the Nidd and form a lake | which will supply an area of 120 square miles with water. | While this dam sets up a Buropean record, it isn't a world-beater. Al surprising number of world records, however, are held by Europe: England, for instance, can boast the world's biggest city. Belgium has the ! most complete railway system. There | are more miles of railway line in pro-| portion to area in Belgium than any- | where else in the world. France - boasts of possessing the world's largest wireless station, at St. Assise; its most powerful searchlight, at Mont Valerian, outside Paris; and its biggest airport, at Le Bourget. | But Demark has the amazing record | of all. Forty-seven out of every hun- dred Danish familles have wireless sets. Even America can't beat that-- in the States the proportion is only forty-three. So the Danes can claim to be the world's champion wireless enthusiasts. RRB Sm To Protect Polished Wood Glue sgft wool cloth to the bottom of jardimferes, for no matter how smooth they feel they are sure to mark the table sooner or later. If a flowerpot and saucer are used, ! glue cloth to the ottom of the saucer and cover the inside with melted para- seeping through. Narrow strips of wool cloth glued to the bottom of rockers, and small pieces to fit the bottoms of legs of stralght chairs will | do much toward keeping polished floors in perfect condition. : s------r---- Sweet Apple Pickles Six pounds of sweet apples, peeled and cored. Stick two while cloves in each piece. Make a syrup of 3 pounds of sugar and 1 pint of vinegar. tender, then pack in cans. When all the apples are cooked boil the remain- ing Byrup five minutes, turn it over the apples in the cans and seal while hot. Pears and peaches may be done in the same: way, RREISIIRD Som UN ' By the way, Barrie, who first made his real start in newspaper work on the "Nottingham Journal," was once asked for a recipe for the production of an editorial. Here is, what he wrote: 2 pipes equal 1 hour, 2 hours equal 1 idea, 1 idea equals 3 para graphs, 3 paragraphs equal 1 editorial, EASY AS PIE! MUTT, THIS DAYLIGHT~ SAVING IDEA |S GREAT STUFFe SINCE THe cLotkS) HAVE BEEN SHOVED AHEAD one HOUR "L CAN PLAY GOLF -- TILL HALF-PAST e(6H NO. I WANT TO TURN IT'LL CONFORM WITH DAYLIGHT = SAVING \T AHEAD AN HOUR So] ('/' ~ | of neck and bridge of nose. | want the feathers; too? wholly indifferent, Is it because their love only awakens . when danger threatens tire child? These mothers do not peem to real ize that they may lose their children { in more ways than one. Sickness is not the only enemy that steals our boys and girls from us. If we show our love for our children only when they are hurt, we may quickly lose their confidence, . We must learn to | share their joys as well as their sor- rows if we want to hold their affection forever. We shotild play with them, when they are little, rejoice in their childish successes and share their later triumphs. I love the sight of a child rushing to mother with each new-found treasure, perhaps a flower or a sea-shell, One can forecast the mother's future influence at once by the way she receives her child. When she enters into the child's interest wholeheartedly, you can see that she is the sort of mother who will always be a real "chum." You have heard women say, "Oh, yes, it is very pretty. Run along now." If that represents the mother's habitual attitude she is lacking In sympathy, and will not realize that the child is repelled by the coldness back of the words. 1 remember when I was at boarding school, I used to notice the mothers : who came to take their children home | for the holidays or sometimes merely to visit them. No mother came to visit me or share my joys, and so, as lonely children must often do, I used to watch the other mothers hungrily, lu ngingly. I used to wonder in my childish way which mother I would like to be mine if I were allowed to choose a mother. It was not the over- dressed woman that I chose. It was the one who seemed to be all in all to her children, It was not the one who held them at arm's length and said, "Do not be so rough; you will crush my dress.' Oh, no! It was not these 1 wanted! It was the one whose children rushed into her arms, thé one to whom all wanted to talk at the same .time; it was the mother whe made herself a "chum" that I chose. 1 love to see a mother playing with her children. I like to see her link her arm familiarly with theirs at they walk in the woods together. I like to hear her just as eager as they are about the things that give them pleas- ure. The °'play" mother who has shared her children's joys from the first instant of their birth has a greater chance of keeping their love in later years than the mother who has given them only food and clothing. We may often learn much more about our children by playing ball with them than by watching them through a long illness, The mother who plays with her children is the mother who 14 is dearly loved. . Issued by the National Kinder- garten Association, 8 West 40th Street, New York City. These articles are appearing weekly in our columns. £ rere First Aid in the Home Children often scratch themselves with rusty nails and splinters Squeeze the wound gently to make it bleed and carry away some of the germs. ~Apply diluted peroxide or fodine. If the child is healthy, keep-+« ing the wound clean and covered should be sufficient. If delicate or not in good health it is wiser to show it to a doctor or trained nurse. Clean- liness and lack of fuss are better than over-emphasizing - the serious- ness. Fear does more harm than any other agent, ' In the case of serious bleeding, prompt action Is essential (writes a nurse). Lie the patlent flat and keep him absolutely still. Bright red blood is arterial, and the . oo arteries are like a hose, Pressure at any place nearer the heart will stop the flow. So apply a tourniquet, the making of whith every parent should have learnt. - In the case of a vein, darker blood issues, and the fingers should be put on the wound and pressed on the vein to stop the bleeding. These es are, of Co , taken ime mediately--while a doctor is being summoned with all speed. Nose bleeding often occurs with growing children. ° Lie the patient flat, with the head a little lower than \ the body. Apply cold water to back Gently plug nostrils with cotton-wool soaked in water containing a few drops of witch hazel. --"Tit-Bits." $a Ta bs: Diner--*"Waiter, just look at this [3 | piece of chicken; it's nothing but skin and bones." Waiter-- "Yes, sir; d'yow 5 1 cf .