"What Made The Blue Jay Jemima Jay sat in thicket, watching the gekitnches's aay) lag in the sunlight. Her feathers were all ruffled, and she was scowling dreadfully, quite as if she had a head- eche. She had no headache, of course, >Jemima Jay never had a headac he, Jay had always wanted to be beautiful. She admired ; ?° & gay coat more than anything else. No one had ever told her that fine feathers do not make fine birds. I am afraid she would not have believed it, anyway, for she felt that she should he perfectly happy if she could dress! in bright color: Now, you chee know that in those ays Jemima wore a sober costume of pale brown, with any. trimmings. Against the background of a tree' she hardly showed, and when she alighted on the ground, unless you * jas she was, her voice was sweet, and | the goldfinches stopped their play to llisten. But the minute they came | near enough to hear what Jemima was saying, they were go shocked that they | flew away in a hurry; for her words; the. ! matched a -- Jemima- 3 beeing sealing worsé than ever. She t so fast that she was within an inch of plunging headfirst into the e water was a wonderful Shean. blue, for, you see, it was full of sky. And there were flecks of white is it caught from the clouds. A mo- ment before it had been shot with gold 'from the goldfinches. If the pool | could change its own color like that, thought Jemima, why could it not change hers? | The next minute Jemima Jay ~_ jwerne into the water. It was ve old. She could almost feel herself onming blue! She closed her eyes and holding back her head went in deeper, until only her bill was above jation of ; farming} animal and : agricultural English, bookkeeping and Enrollment in any t to continue his sity of Alberta. Among th dents are Capt. H. A. Kent from Dal- housie University, Nova Scotia; Ma- jor R. W. Brock from the University of B.C.; Major W. S. Wallace, an Ox- ford man from MacMaster University, Toronto; Lieut.-Col. F. P. Dory from Carnegie University, Pittsburg and; formerly of the University of New:; Brunswick. Among the heads of the depart- ments are other University profes- provincial and district ents of agriculture as well 2 ers-of normal and business colleges. When the War is Over. The registration fee is one shilling and his card admits the student to a library and classes in any area. transferred his standing is marked the card, showing work in classes an in examinations. Text books are fur- nished by the Y.M.C.A. and the price "i veice of cryi SALEM FROM DIRT RED CROSS WORKERS WILL PURIFY PALESTINE. Will be Redeemed From Curse of Turkish Possession The imagery of the prophet Isaiah as he exulted in the prospect of the new Jerusalem might be repeated to- day by these who look forward to see- ing the ancient city of Palestine re- deemed from the curse of Turkish possession. "Put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city °. nd I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people; and the voice of weeping shall no more be heard in her, nor the ng. - And mine elect rae te long enjoy the work of their Restoring the Holy City. The British troops undertook the work of deliverance of the holy city and the Americans are to follow it up by making the place beautiful--that is, safe and healthful to live in. A commission is now on the way, head- Ancient City of Sacred Memories. » tions have been given overseas the looked twice, you really would not' th ' e water. And there she stayed, un- on she was there. And Jemima' til she was so stiff that she knew she onged to make a sensation. She! must go out at once, if she were go- dreamed of flitting, a scarlet streak, ine at Besides. she felt blue. from branch to branch, like the tan- ; So Jemima flecked with white, as the sky is some- APRCETATICE ruffle on her bead made a fine She might have been very happy fe ae Only her bill had not turned, only she had deen a little wiser. Her blue, because she had kept it out of voice was naturally sweet, ane all the the water, nor her feet, because they birds leve a fine singer. f she had had been sunk in the mud. been able to trill and to "Sha no | But do you think Jemima Jay was| one would have noticed how she was' satisfied? Not at all! Why had she! dressed; but she would not learn that not stepped into the pool when it was lesson of the thrushes and the song: shining with the goldfinches? It sparrows. She would not study and' would have been grander, she thought, she would not practice, and all t to have dashes of gold over her dress. ue wood people knew her by was her, More than that, she had caught a ter- heb | rible cold. When she tried to speak, "So Jemima crouched out of sight she found that her lovely voice was, among the wild gooseberries frowned at the gay little goldfinches; make wasa harsh scream. The other | 'and she ruffled her feathers, until the! birds would have admired her, no ruffle stuck up on her head as if it doubt, had not her harsh tones fright- had intended to stay there always, as'ened them away. She was frighten- indeed it did. But all her ruffling <d herself--so badly that every time and all her seas. did not change' she spoke she jumped nearly out of the color of her er newly dyed feathers! The s sSiirobes flitted back and | Now, Jemima Jay never got over forth over a tiny pool. The water; the cold she caught in the pool, and caught the glint of their golden wings | she was not any happier in her beauti- and, reflecting it, made the scene! ful blue coat than she had been in her twice as gay. Suddenly Jemima be-} sober costume of plain brown, for it is gan talking aloud and scolding. Angry! no fun to be afraid of your own voice. EIROEL 1 | cos. Cdnadian England there one finds the khaki col- leges. This may be in training divi- AN INSTITUTION OF FAR-REACH- sions, convalescent homes, in e: ING INFLUENCE. billets or even in hospitals. Meets an Urgent Need. One of the inspiring things in this movement is the fact that the men the Keeps Before Our Soldiers the Idea of Higher Attainment in Peace- |The demand was nothing less the hunger cry which goes up from.a} lelean, healthy mind in Khaki University? | healthy body. Thanks to the modern | Where is it? What does it teach? | way of selde on to our men, even How can soldiers attend college in in the es, there has been no Jack | war time? i ¢ of sntecueus the men mentally, | These and dozens of other questions Morally and physically. For the most literally pour forth the moment that , part the subjects taught are what the | "Khaki ,University" is mentioned. men have asked for. The idea of the | They will continue to be asked the world over, for a number of years be- cause the Canadian Khaki University is the crowning glory of-the World's educational system. It dees what every university and college and pre- patatory schoo! must do if these are to prove of any falue. It- reaches the ordinary, every-day citizen and gives him a chance to acquire that which the average man values above everything else--an education along ines already studie i ontirély ao Pa y studied or in entirely oor ure <e erueaitions and ne formal ee |} limit to subject#*nor to a particular il Offsets Militarism. {stage in the instruction. The begin- The Khaki University does even enter a class suifed to him ner may more than that. It keeps the soldier while the man who has begun an aca- ful Pursuits. What is the pecially, as it occurred to a number | on both sides of the Atlantic, both in and out of the Army. The final ar- rangements were made when Lieut.- Col. G. W. Birks visited Canada last winter. The only steps necessary seem to be first of all to procure the instructors, decide on the subjects, ! advertise students. : Colleges Seaford, Bramshott and Shorneliffe. | from becoming captive, mentally, to demic @ourse on this side may con- Prussian militarism by reminding tinue and eventually complete his him constantly that while doing a sol- course over there. By standardizing dier's duty he is still a lawyer, a skill- libraries, of which each college has ed artisan, 4 man with a career in one, and the courses of instruction it peaceful pursuits. It lessens the is possible for a man to begin a tena st 4 sacrifice which the soldier makes when course at Bramshott, he drops out of his usual line of work France, resume ~and falls hehind his fellows who re- ple @) at Epsom convales main at home. These are the more' camp and complete his course after or less intangible things accomplished having returned to Br amshott. Reg- | by the University and no one can be- | istration is constant increasing. gin to measure the value of that peace The first college open at Witley n bees offensive which Germany will have to: last Septembeg and 235 students en- mect after the war. A nation of men. role after Christmas. who have done their bit and come! 'asses for Everybody. Men are already auhie asking for new ets and for new classes in old the subjects. The first class formed was -under Captain MacKinnon who is an enthusiast in the teaching of history. | To-day there are classes in both an-, 'ecient and modern languages, mathe- matics, history, engineering and poli-| cal economy, for those taking univer- | sity work.In addition there are classes for men who are deficient. in} the three R's and the beauty of it all; is that a man may enter the class | suited to his ability. There are two o| exceedingly popular departments --/ business and agriculture. Penman- | © ship, business English, typewriting, | bookkeeping, commercial law, com- mercial geography and history are| back intent on self-improvement is a! standing army worth having! The "what" and "where" of University are briéfly answered by saying that it is a series of colleges affiliated with Canadian Universities. The instructors are university men. The tests are approved in Canada, the credits are recorded in various Canadian universities and degrees given when earned. It is most inter- esting to note that where examina- tests set by the same universities, or schools. Where instructors are work- ing from pure love of the work and students sre studying from the same aa standing the inconvenience of carry- e ; hears the expression "When the war ed by Dr. John H. Finley, one of the ablest and most distinguished citizens of New York State. In the party are physicians, engineers, nurses and men and women trained for social and pub- lic service. It is their mission to see how the city may best be restored to a degree fitting its history. is returnéd when the book is handed back. A great many men, however, prefer to keep their books notwith- ing them in their pack. One often is over"--and then follows a more or and, gone, and the only noise she cou 1d | motive one would be warranted in ex- and pecting just' such ; Seuttaee te cither Francs of | A Jess imaginary account of the good and ill that will follow peace. In or-! 'der to make a perfectly ood pro- ~~ the prophet will be compelled, ' When Solomon prayed at the dedi- cation ef the splendid temple which he had built in Jerusalem he included the future, to take into. account -- si ch that is not of Thy peo-' lhe Khaki University. iP e Israel, but cometh out of a = country for Thy name's sake." a ee } i no n and women, most of whom are BEAUTIFUE RHEIMS. not of Israel, who are going to the i help of Jerusalem, may, even on the | The Erection of the Westminster .of | | site of the great temple made of hewn France Was Begun in 1212. | stone and the cedars of Lebanon, put Rheims is, or was, the Westminster | UP their modern reconstruction plants Abbey of France. A description of, and through the ancient streets bring the edifice before the Huns com-| in the water from the hills of Hebron menced to shell it deliberately says: |and carry away the refuse, that chil- Its construction was begun in 1212, j dren may grow up well and strong and it is one of the finest specimens | ®"d adults live in health and decency. of Gothic architecture in Europe. Six | The Unit on the Way. hundred statues adorn the triple por-- Jew and Gentile alike are interested tal of its western front, and over it jn this accomplishment. with exquisite amber-colored 13th on the way. Those who started first century ass. The interior, also | should be now nearly at their destina- beautiful with. rich old emis is vast, tion. On the way over they have been, but in perfect symmetry and maar | studying Arabic, the language . so in the extreme." It contains | a part of the population, cent tapestry (Gobelin was a native 'Wrench, which is so generally indo of Bbeims); «clock with moving 5g &- able, They also. have drills to meee the oldest in lectures 'vis, King of the ask was smashed to volutionist in 1793, again at the coronation of Charles X., | 'transported for distribution among in 1825. | , the starving. Also medical supplies, The city of Rheims is situated at jy quantity; cement for concrete work, the junction of the River Vesle aa metal pipes, carpenters' tools, needles atoms fay a re- | den sed. milk, sugar, fats and other mselves asked for these classes. ; sheep- -feeding district, hence its im- and automobiles. than | portant manufacture of woollens (es- clean, | wool fabrics). colleges belongs to no one person, es- | the classes and enroll the! are now located in Witley, ! Aisne and Marne Canal, 85 metres and thread, leather, sewing machines, _east-northeast of Paris. It lies in a) agricultural implements and tractors The tractors are to be used for pulling loads of wag- ons through the country. Jerusalem It is also the head-' ang Jaffa are the centres from which quarters for the production of cham- gictribution will be made. At first pagne, an important railway junction,' tents will be set up and outdoor hos- | and the Metropolitan see of France.' ita) units established where they are' Its cathedral was its chief asset, but post needed. | other notable structures are the Arch-- bishop's Palace; the Romanesque Church of St. Remy or Remigius| Sanitary conditions (1160-80), which contains the saint's' are always bad, but since the war be- tomb; and the Porta Martis, one of gan they have grown so much worse the old Roman gates of the city. that they threaten not only the local | Christianity became established here 'population but also are a menace to! in the fourth century, and under the allied army engaged in recover- Remy, who was its Bishop (459-533), ing territory in that part of the world Rheims first asserted its claim to be. from the Turks and Germans. It = | pecially merino and mixed silk an Wretched Sanitary Conditions. the coronation place of the Kings of estimated that $1,000,000 may be France--a privilege abolished in 1830,' needed to make the place safe. e Population (1901), 108,385. : American expedition is to co-operate ee | with the British, Armenian and Syri- ! 4 * Seed 0 5 | | . The Two Little Flocks. . jan Relief Commission and with the ; military euthorities. Five little sheep on a hillside grazed Where the raggedest daisies grew; The expedition is taking along as oe Bredes sies & . , one of the main features of its equip- And just overhead, in a sunny spot, 'hi ee em ata . : Ment machinery for the immediate Were five little clouds in the blue; ' ; ri "* supply of water for twenty thousand And the five little clouds in the sky ' persons, allowing two gal 3 iooked down f tela or each person. That is not On the five little sheep below, nmtenect? s ; And called out to them, inta friendly SC°orUne to American sta And callec Q 'nad A ae em, IN a Tren sy der which eenty-five gallons 'eapita are silowed for bathing and flushing. but i improvement over the prese and is the best that e< 1 i the present in a place in the condition of Jerusalem te-day. It is ¢ mud h, way, "O little white flock, hello! We look alike---we must be alike; Now isn't that plain to you? Come up with us in the pasture sky-- O little white flock, please do!' But the five _ sheep on the hill that there are fifteen tho looked s nan laabina alan And nibbled rd grass instead; gots in ir ee wan - sack oO ure ater, And each one smothered a sorrowful sigh, ; Jerusalem, which , nhaking his wise iittle head. | than a square mile, is eighty-five And oe ealled to the flock in " the miles inland in an arid country, with sky, "Oh, no! no water supply and no sewerage sys- Such a union would never de; *em, is filthy beyond our understand- We must be fed on the greenest grass,, ing. Bottled water was brought from While your meadow-grass is blue, | Austria for the better before Ard how would we look, when trying the war and the greater part of the o fi . | population of 100,000 persons de- With hard little feet for wings? } pended upon cisterns which were ex- Sheep of the earth and sheep of the, posed to all sorts of toniamination sky ne-cistern served for xWwhole row of Were made for different things!" houses, and as every rain carried dirt And the little white flock in ghe sky|and pollution into the. cisterns the locked down 5 contaminated water was used by On the white little flock below, many families. And they said to themselves, * "How The Red Cross engineers propose to queer when we Resemble each other gol" ---------*, occupies classes equipment and liquid chlorine ."in} > "Freedom is but the first lesson in' tanks, which, when transformed into self-government," -- Richard Watson/ gas, will be fed into pumps and pipes Gilder. None saree wa ene to destroy the bacteria, - is seen a gorgeous rose-window filled |. The: members of the unii are now | mow little about it. | def. ake Souiddat of co¢oa, con- r} but appeared foods which can be conveniently | in Jerusalem ' more fight the bacteria with chlorine gas. ; They are taking with them a filter | waterways will have to be policed at least for a while. It is intended to keep the unit as mobile as possible so that it can ge from place to place doing what i most necessary on the spot. It will do what is most urgently demanded now and will undertake to determine what should' be done when conditions have changed to make Palestine again & prosperous and healthy country. EXPLOITS OF TWO V. C. WINNERS BRITISH PRIVATE, ALONE, KILLS GUN CREW. Then Turns Machine Gun on German Attacking Force and Routs it ht ONE ¥EAR OF ANGLO-SAXON ADMINISTRATION, What British Occupation of Mesepo- tamia Means te the Dwellers of That Oppressed Land. Jt is a relief to turn from the terror which Germany produces in every lamd which she defiles by her presence ty the exhilarating news of what the Eritish occupation ef Bagdad and, of the Land of the Two Rivers means in 4-ms of human happiness to those who dwel) therein. Th: highly satisfactory results that have been produced in the Bagdad Vilayet by a year of British admin- istration huve not failed to make an yc age on the local population, says a despatch. In the words of an Arab proverb, "the Arab's intelligence is in his eyes, " and all can understand the picture that is presented this spring. ' The care which the military admin- | istration has expended on agricultur- 'al development and on irrigation is earing fruit in abundance. On land which has lain untilled for many years the rural cultivators and the tribes- men now see crops ripening, and they compare the prospect before them with the harrowing reports of starv- With Heavy Loss. ed to Pte. Shrops, L. I. (Oswestry, Salop) for most conepirnous bravery, initiative and shsolute disregard for perannns | | saf fety, says a recent Lomion de spat | Concerning his acts, SC} port says: "During the first and heaviest of! three counter attacks made by the enemy on the position which had} just been captured by his battalion, ! Pte. Whitfield, single-handed, charg- d and captured a Lewis gun which was harassing his company at short range. Fells Entire Crew. "He bayoneted or shot the whole | gun team, and, turning the gun on! the enemy, drove them back wit , heavy casualties, thereby ee ly restoring the whole situation part of the line. "Later he organized | bonibing attack on the enemy who! j had established themselves in an £0] advanced position close to our lines,' and from which they were enfilading | his company. "He drove the enemy back with | and led a 'eat of the counter attack. Saves Wounded Under Fire- The Victoria Cross also has been | awarded to Pte. Richard George se ters, A.S.C. (Southport), conspicuous byavery and Seegtsin "6 uty. Owing to an" enemy attack, 'communications were cut eff and wounded could not be evacuated. The road was reported impassable, but Pte. Mnsters volunteered to try -to get through, and after the greatest difficulty succeeded, although he had to cleur the road of all sorts of de bris. He made journey after throughout the afternoon, over a road consistently shelled and swept by ma- chine gun fire, and was on one occa- sion bombed by an aeroplane. © The greater part of. the wounded cleared from this area were evacuated by Pte, Masters, as his Was the only cnr --. Rot through dary ny this par- ticular time. journey { The Patriot Dines. I'm a patriot; I'll not find fault with niy dinner. My lady of Camelot Is likewise ay The s oup is to not Ak ack! sha i t ti jut l am a pgtricts itl not find fault with my dinn Iam a Thinking fh igh thous We must be t! wii hen be left e clergyman e1 ne with her. "Well, Mrs. Higgins," he said, "seu must feel lonely now, after having ad ' 1 family ' she anid, "T do feel it Tve brought up a long family, and here I am living Boge An' I misses 'em an' I wants 'e ; but I misses 'em more than Iw mash fom' A hood soseendtad over the kitchen! 'range and connected to the flue in the ' chimney will gather"all the steam andj} odors and carry them away. waae some. One of the largest packing com- ! panies in Alberta will engage in the | manufacture and marketing of oleo- [ma rgarine. The Victoria Cross has been award-; Harold Whitfield, K.! the official re-| n| great loss, and bp ene abing : bed RP ation which refugees have brought down from Turkish and Persian ter- tritery. By timely aid famine has 'been averted in the occupied terri- teries on the Persian frontier, are: pian "which the Turkish arm h t dev: stated, Great Hasvesis. Writing from Mesopotamia on the ; success of irrigation works in the | Euphrates Valley undertaken by the i since the capture of Bagdad, . Edmund Candler says: Be "During the summer we have been at work on the irrigation scheme. This vear nearly a hundred canals on the Hillieh branch which yi fallen | into disuse have been dug ou "Three hundred hanced acres have been brought under cultivation, 'and there is promise of the greatest / harvest in the memory of man, pos- | sibly the greatest since the days of . Nebuchadnezzar. | "The effect of the work will be | ter. reaching. The irrigation scheme | will reduce .the tonnage required for | foodst: uff on the line of communica- tione by thousands of tons, and set free rolling stock and river s- port for qrdnance and other supplies. Sheikhs on Trains. 'dad native paper,. rab, which their simplicity of tak tell a won- | derfu f tale: ; "When the British began to cém- | plete the railway to the . Persian Gulf, they induced certain of Arabs to work_as laborers. They did thismoret6 dicdxm the timid Arabs of fear of foreign invasion than of 'deed of their help. Hence the people in their goat-h air tents watched the sNining rails being pushed southward by their own men, and by-the time it was completed they had heard from them what it all meant. "One of the things the English did was to invite the sheikhs of import- ant tribes to go to Busrah in the first train through.. They went in silent acquiescence, but caine back loud in their praise of what it meant to their land, and asking.of Allah every good to come te the great Rritich Govern- ment, "But one of the -best things the new overnment has dene is to ga- ther together the idle and good-for- nothing in the city and put them to work. thus bringing rest ond safety to all Fair Rents. "Inder the rule of the Turks the a adiecent to the rivers was tet to e the tribes who practise farming, atc inerensingl}? hich rate wntil their taxes were so high. tha { harely managed to lve. One ivst things the Brith dy did ands: a _reris stered ante No one ail) be oaths wed to th is: city: of ac the childs en are the mission schools. endowments places of wort ietered, so tha iit led without being a secon the notalfies in whose hands are kept. r in - November, when "The be expent for by they 'y the Light Company of Bagdad with © electricity, with astonish- tectr i streets the people were filled ree = | A Student of Human Nadare, "Did you see the bass?" "No, but I saw a feller that's tend- n' office for him." "How did you know he wasn't the boss?" "No real boss would take a chance on bein' as frosh as that gu7z was" ; FAzZ e lighted the --..