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t € To complete the oddities, it may be added that when dining, which he inâ€" variably did alone at a table d‘hote, he. maintained his reputation for erankiness by reversing the usual orâ€" dery of things and beginning hig meal with a lemitasse, working backward to the soup. The Viennese asserted that while he spent a fortune each year upon his raiment yet he was never clad in any save the discarded garments of his valet. On one occasion the Pole asâ€" tounded the guests at a ball by apâ€" pearing in a costume of pure white, with the notable exceptions of shirt and tie, which were entirely black. It was not long ago that there died in an Eastern town a wealthy eccenâ€" tric who, though he had never for years been outside the grounds surâ€" rounding his residence, was accusâ€" tomed to boast each day that he had walked to certain towns, generally at a great distance from his house. What he actually did was this:â€" Whenever he decided that it would be excellent idea to visit a distant Ewn. he ascertained its exact distance pa his heme and covered it on foot In Vienna lived a wealthy man, a Pole of noble origin, occupying sumpâ€" tuous apartments in the heart of the eapital‘s fashionable quarter, who, when he wished to summon his serâ€" vants, did so by means of bugle calls. A favorite pastime of this eccentric was to drive a stage, attired like any ordinary driver of such a vehicle, wherever he mght find aristocratiec fares to be most numerous. That possession of much of the ‘ on a carefully measured walking track world‘s goods is frequently attended | maintained on his premises for this by the manifestation of the weirdest | purpose. Should he desire to call on eccentricities on the part of the ownâ€" | his friends near by he would do so by ers is amusingly illustrated by the [ proxy, at the same time conducting a following curious instances:â€" $ fconversatlon with them by means of In Vienna lived a wealthy man, a ) the servants, whom he sent in relays Pole of noble origin, occupying sumpâ€" * with certain questions, with strict inâ€" tuous apartments in the heart of the | junctions to bring the answers as eapital‘s fashionable quarter, who,‘speedily as possible. a glimpse of the big shy boy and of the little sweet girl that Pa and Ma had been long ago. had been "There Benjamin Fleming took the quiverâ€" ing figure, broom and all, into his arms and began to stroke the thin gray hair. Julie, watching, in one breathless moment of revelation, had gan to cry. "Twenty thousand dollars! We‘re rich, Pal Gran‘ma can have her gold beads and pink parasol, you can have the tall silk hat and long coat," she sobbed joyfully. "I always did hanker to see you in them." "It means Uncle Henry was wellâ€"off after all," said Julie quietly. "He was afraid of banks, you knowâ€"banks and For reply Julie stooped asd took something from the rent in the cushâ€" ion, something that rustled crisply as she laid it in Pa‘s calloused palm. Awed, unbelievingly, the Fleming‘s stared down at a new fiftyâ€"dollar bank note. It reapâ€"â€"rip, 1 "Juliet Ann tried vainly to | in spite of her ness this living you mean." open at the seam! breathless. "Uncle kind of a sewer. A it reapâ€"rip, I mea "Pal Maf Everybody come here quick!" Julis‘s cry brought them hurâ€" rying to the door to find the two young people dancing wildly about the wreckage of the seat cushion on the ground. From its torn covering protruded something crisp and shinâ€" ingâ€"curious stuffing for the cushion of an automobile! The so yard inte of the th of dire‘p orously. "We oughtn‘t to look a gift automobile in the mouth," he said. "That car‘s done more for the Flemâ€" ings than money could. It‘s waked us up, Emmie. It‘s showed us how we tould spend a little money real handy, too. Td like to start one of those creameryâ€"laundry things, for instance, right hereat the Cro=s Roads and give the whole neighborhood a boost. It would put money in the farmers‘ pockâ€" ets and take aches out of their wives‘ backsâ€"â€""* CHAPTER XIL "Since we got back from Toronto I can‘t grdly make Julle out!" worried Ma. ‘She stood broom in hand in the sitting room window, looking out at the bright head bent over Uncle Henry. "She don‘t act sick and she don‘t complain of feeling bad anyâ€" where. It‘s her not complaining that scares me! She was such a hand to be always wanting and wishing and fretting for something." "When a girl her age starts said Gran‘ma decidedly, "sh need doses of medicine as muc! does a new hat and some real fixings." “lf folks ~â€"Ccurious stufling in automobile! Romey fell over n at the seam!" athless. "Uncle I 1 of a sewer. As eapâ€"rip, I mean Tnbink ues Wikume! Eccentric Men and Their Queerness The Legacy on Wheels Uncte Henâ€"y‘d been worth what thought he wasâ€"" Ma sighed. looked up from his paper humâ€" y. "We oughtn‘t to look a gift obile in the mouth," he said. There!" crooned the old done more for the Flemâ€" mey could. It‘s waked us It‘s showed us how we i little money real handy, e to start one of those ndry things, for instance, the Cross Roads and give f a muffied thud in the ted him. On the heels ose a shrick, surgestive mean!" Fleming!" Ma‘s voice be stern, but quavered . "Stop that foolishâ€" minute and tell what er it and it tore !" Julie gasped, Henry wasn‘t any As he sewed so did By Dorothy Donnell Calhoun. is much as snc starts ailing," olish in the garden, ever on bitterly cold nights, in a garment amuch resembling that ordinarily worn by normal people only at night. Among the wealthy eccentrics of England was a man who lived near Hastings. His fad excited much atâ€" tention and amusement among his neighbors. Punctually at noon each day he would appear in his front yard, with a crimson turban on his head, his feet covered with richly embroidâ€" ered and jeweled sandals, and with a coolte cloth round his waist. Then, absolutely indifferent to the hoots of the people in the street, he would first pray aloud to the sun, "the father of light and good," and immediately afterward prostrate himself before a quaint miniature temple wherein was enshrined a grotesque idol with diaâ€" mond eyes. What made his eccentrictâ€" ty remarkable was the fact that he was not of Eastern origin, nor had he ever been converted to any religious faith or cult of the East. Espeedlly as possible. _A well known Parisian, according to his own statement, for many years deâ€" fied the weather by drinking a soluâ€" tion of camphor, which, in his opinion, was an excellent substitute for cloghâ€" ing. It wasâ€"said that winter and sumâ€" mer alike found him sleeping without a particle of clothing, with the winâ€" dows of his apartment thrown wide open. It was his custom also to stroll 4. Have you a personal bank acâ€" count for the income entrusted to you, and do you handle bills and other communications systematically and promptly ? y 5. Have you a cost keeping.system which is a complete record of every 3. Have you a stated amount to e*â€" pend on food, operating expenses, furniture, recreation ete? 2. Do you and your husband regard yourselves as business partners, sharâ€" ing a knowledge of the family inances and prospects, and coâ€"operate in spending your income wisely? To Mrs. T. Q. Franks a medal has been awarded as Americaas best! homeâ€"maker. Here is the efficiencyi test which she would submit to every; housekeeper to answer: | 1. Do you consider your occupation| of housewife a profession of which| you are proud and to which you bring‘ your most intelligent attention? | | lover tenderly. "There, there, honeyâ€" ‘ sweet! Don‘t cry ‘cause you‘re glad!" Julie stopped short. _ Slowly her hands went to her breast. The sun was shining over the western rim of the world and a path of red light lay along the road. In its glow she eaw coming toward her the footsteps of that future Julie, a staid, narrowâ€" chested figure, pitiably grateful for crumbs from other people‘s happiness. The fancy was so vividpthat she could almost hear the leaves rustling under swift footsteps.. _ e All the old maids in Farmington, she remembered, lived other people‘s lives, brought up ungrateful nieces and nephews, crocheted tiny bootlets for other women‘s babies, stayed beâ€" hind to wash the ice cream dishes after church suppers. She had a sudâ€" den odd fancy that she could hear "It doezn‘t fit!" she decided whimsiâ€"! cally. "Poor dear, it pinches your, soul! I wonderâ€"oh, I wonder what: people do when they haven‘t any life of their own! It‘s like the old nursâ€" try rhyme: ‘ "How can you eat without any knife? | How can you marry without any wife* ; How can you live without any life?} â€"â€"Op Ramtt" | Life widenmed out indeed for the Flemings. The little house under the elms became full of happy stir and bustle. Pa vibrated between his "putâ€" tering" and meetings of the newly formed Civic and (‘reameg Club. Ma flew about the rooms with their old hominess and new pretties, as busy as one of the bees in the spickâ€"andâ€"span new hives in the bacfi yard, and Romey, important in his uld'fom, evinced such strict adherence to the Boy Scout roles of~ courtesy that Gran‘ma was secretly alarmed ‘and told Ma that "it didn‘t seem healthy for a boy to say ‘Please‘ so often!" To Julie alone the crisp autumn days brought a sense of decay and coming chill. _ One afternoon she slinvyed away for a walk through the searlct rain of the woods where she could take off her smile for a little Efficiency Test for Homemaker OTDGDS pbere \_ ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO _ How to Boil Cornâ€"Husk the ears.' Iremove the silk with a vegetable‘ ibrush so it will all come off. Have; | water boiling and boil corn rapidly! | for five minutes. Remove from water| ; at once and place on a plate whfchl | has been covered with a napkin, andi bring the ends up so the corn will be| [covered. Do not add salt and do not | | let the ears stand in the water. Servol | at once. Escalloped Cornâ€"2 cups grated: fresh corn, *4 cup fresh breadcrumbs, Â¥4 cup milk, 1 tzblespoun butter, a} little pepper, 1 egg. Mix corn with] milk, seasoning and wellâ€"beaten cgg.‘ Brush earthen bakedish with butter.! Pour in mixture and cover top with‘ buttered crumbs. Bake 30 minutes: in moderals oven. To butter crumbs,; put butter on pie tin. When melted,' add the crumbs and shake until the| crumbs have all been touched with! butter. | When Boiling Corn in Huskâ€"Reâ€" move a few of the outer husks, then turn the inside ones back; remove the silk carefully; bring back the husks, and tie. Boil same as above. This adds to the sweetness of the corn. Scrambled Corr and Eggsâ€"1 cup grated fresh corn, 3 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 tablespoon fixnely cut green pepper) 1 tablespcon butter, dripping. or oil. t teaspoon salt. Put the corn, pepâ€" In marking yourself on this test, allow 10 for each question, giving yourself a fair percentage if you canâ€" not fairly claim the entire 10 points. Add results for your total percentage of 100, or "perfect." 10. Have you compared all your housekeeping methods, in detail, with those of at least a dozen women of similar incomes and cireumstances? Are you willing to be told that your methods might be improved by such practical housekeepers?â€"by an emâ€" ploye?â€"by an expert? \ 9. Have you taken all possible preâ€" cautions against fire, thievery and other dangers to the house? Have you a complete inventory of all your household belongings? ‘ _ _"I don‘t want to bother you, Julie," he said slowly, at last, "but I feel just * the same about you as I did. I guess I‘ll always feel that way. I‘ve loved you ever since you were a little redâ€" | headed scrap otya thing back in the Third Book!" 7. Have you accurate knowledge of all laborâ€"saving devices applicable to your household, supplying all you can afford? Is the work of your house intelligently planned, so that each worker has a clear idea of individual responsibilities and a reasonable time of rest? ®* 8. Have you s practical knowledge of cooking? Of. economical buying, stockâ€"taking and the balanced ration ? 6. Is your house planned throughâ€" out on sanitary, economic principles, both for yourself and for all others within it? Are the heating, ventilatâ€" ing and lighting systems up to the maximum in quality and quantity and down to the minimum cost? day‘s expenditures? Can you give a yearly or monthly statement of what you have spent and how? On the bare autumn bough above their heads a belated robin, thinking that spring had come, burst into ecâ€" static mating song. Julie drew a slow breath. Not for her, ever again, the old restless deâ€" siring. _ She lifted her face to his wistful gaze and in her blue eyes he read his answer and took her then and there into his awed and wondering arms. "Why, I know now what was the ma{.t't'er with me, John! I was homeâ€" sick. He laughed to cover the shake in his voice. "Do you know what I was thinking with every seed J planted this year? I was thinking, ‘If the crops turn out well maybe we can be married this fall,‘ and it seemed as if everything grew better, knowing what ‘twas growing for. Iâ€"I just want you should know I was waiting if you ever should feel different." "Julie!" cried John Massey with a great choking cry. "You don‘t meanâ€"" He stopped short, fumbling his hat between his strong blunt finger tips. "I guess I was wrong wanting you to plant them in a new field, John," she smiled rather breathlessly. "I‘ve found out lately I was wrong aboutâ€" a good many thingsâ€"â€"" ya John Massey coming toward her. n.}m and half the milk or. in saucepAn, looked stnngelg big and broad and| and cook 5 minutes. Heat the eggs masterful in the magic glow, like and half cup of milk until light; add: some great godâ€"figure from an old | to corn and cook slowly, stirring conâ€"‘ hero tale. She had thought of him @3 stantly until set. Add butter and pProsnit ““dt;"’.’m.'l'";lnpli“ce but "i: had| salt; serve on thin slices of toast.! never seen this John Massey. was j as though she were looking at him | Pelpper can be om'ltt‘ed and parsley orl with new sighc _ _ _ _ ___| celery tops used instead. I "All right." A duil tide of red crept to the sunburn line on his foreâ€" head. "I‘ve got most of the fall chores doneâ€"hundred barrels of potatoes out of the south fie‘d! It‘sâ€"it‘s a pretty good field for potatoes, Julie." . * _ She knew that he was speaking of more than potatoes and her answer ran deeper than the words. ~â€" The memory of their last meeting was in their minds as they stopped and shook hands a little awkwardly. "How‘s everything, John?" asked Julie, tring to speak casually above the tumult of her heart. How big and brown he was! How he belonged to the fields and rugged rocks and honâ€" set country Abimgel. 00 s ...s00.~ To Serve Corn (The End.) |_ "Very well, Mr.‘Allen," he was sayâ€" | ing, as the visitor entered. "I‘ll attend | to that government work all right, alâ€" | though I‘m frightfully rushed just ! now. Overwhelmed with cases. . . | Quite right. . . , Oh, yes, + | Certainly. . . . Goodâ€"by." |\ _ Hanging up the receiver, he turned | to his visitor, hoping to see him duly | impressed. wn The Scheme That Failed. * The young lawyer had just opened his new office, where the paint was hardly dry. Hearing a step outside, ‘and seeing a man‘s form through the | glass of the door, he stepped over to |the brandâ€"new telephone and, taking | down the receiver, assumed the apâ€" :pearnnce of being in deep conversaâ€" ‘tion. ,! The high school classets in English, ;‘ civics or public speaking, can be asked | to work up debates and amateur plays. , A home talent play and an occasional ', debate can be arranged to be given ‘ by the patrons. ‘"This gives the teachâ€" ‘er of public speaking an opportunity _ to help, and nothing quite equals ‘a homeâ€"talent play for bringing out an interested audience. A small adâ€" mission fee wili cover expenses. If there is a balance, it can be used for | prizes. i |__ We are now facing the grave probâ€" lems of reconstruction. Producers are an important economic force in this question of supply and demand. | Why not have your communrity organâ€" ized from this social centre and be‘ ready to make a study of your partl as a constructive unii. | Minard‘s Liniment Cures Dandruf. "Excuse me for interrupting you, sir," said the stranger apologetlcally‘ "I‘ve just come along to connect up the telephone." A Dazzling Total. Nothing less than a Whkite Paper has been issued in England in which an attempt has been made to total up the number of articles of clothing and surgical comforts made by the Sister Susies for sick and wounded soldiers under the Army Council‘s scheme, and Sir Edward Ward finds that the number turned out reached the amazing total of 88,000,000; the workers who achieved it totalled 400,â€" 000. The Directorâ€"General pays tri-? bute in the paper to "the noble selfâ€" sacrifice of the great band of work-J ers at home." | Later on, the main social meetings may be supplemented by soil study clubs, corn clubs, or fruit and orchard | study clubs, f you are in a fruit disâ€" trict. Domestic science and breadâ€" making clubs are suitable for every | type of school community. Parents !and pupils both become interested in ‘ these clubs and will soon be competâ€" ing for the same prizes. Do not try | _One of the best ways to arouse |interest in a community gathering is to arrange a meeting, and have for a ‘ speaker one of the local boys who has | been in the service. If this is not | possible, ask a soldier from a neighâ€" | boring town or city to speak. Adverâ€" ‘tise this feature and your assembly hall will be crowded. Invite a boy who has not been so fortunate as to be sent overseas to tell the audience about cantonment organization. Learning the value of organization will, in itself, be helpful in building up your community work. After you are organized, ask every returned soldier in your community to speak, for the experiences of the men who went over will continue to interest us for a long time to come. ( ; Do not expect the teachers to work up the program of activities; the ‘ chances are that they are as busy as | you are, if not busier. You should, , however, call upon them for coâ€"operaâ€" | tion, for in such affairs it is advisable | to combine interests and share responâ€" | sibilities. There need be no fear as | to lack of interest on the part of the teachers, for they are always interâ€" ested in things social or educational. | _ As an educational centre, the wellâ€" [organized rural school fulfils its obliâ€" | gation to the pupil, but does not give | the fullest possible return to those : who support it. The stage is all set for some one to work out this lacking ]benefit, and it may be your school | that is waiting to be made the social | centre of your community. | _The first move in the development | of the school as a social centre is to | organize biâ€"montnly or monthly meetâ€" ‘ings for social gatherings. Call on | your county agent or home demonâ€" stration agent to furnish a talk at the | first meeting. Secure some talent | from among your friends for the amâ€" | usement end of the program. | to have contests without prizes or ribbons, or you will lose much of the interest. If your organization is vigâ€" orous enough to support at least two of the clubs suggested, you will have no trouble in making up $2, $3, or even $5 purses. | What Your Rural School May Lack. I ‘ Are you satisfied »with the returns lfrom your rural school? You have | probably been paying increasing taxes in order to have better teachers, newé lcourses and perhaps a new school| building. If your schocl is the cenâ€"| tralized type, the upâ€"keep has been | as great as ir the city school; but the | central school has been found the most | practical system for the presentâ€"day irural needs, giving city educational advantages to a certain degree. | Find time still to be learning someâ€" what good, and give up being desulâ€" tory.â€"Marcus Aurelius. by such means could their deforested ; lands be made productive before their , available supplies of timber were exâ€" hausted. Forest culture presupposes . longâ€"term â€" investments and, conseâ€" , quently, the necessity of a minimum | outlay in land and preliminary exâ€" penses. For this reason it is generalâ€" ly considered to be an undertaking . which governments can handle to betâ€" ter advantage than can private corâ€" porations or individuals. The Quebec companies, however, have acquired ‘considerable areas of cheap land in fee simple, _ They established~ their _own nurseries and these will be gradâ€" ually enlarged until they will furnish ; sufficient seedlings to keep pace with the planting. As practically no seed of Canadian trees is now obtainable, it is being imported from Europe, but in time it should be possible to obâ€" tain native seed. It is, for example, | not yet definitely known how Norway spruce will grow under Canadian conâ€" ditions. A vast amount of experimentâ€" al work, requiring several vears‘ time, ' will be necessary to decide this point. ‘ In order to avoid any delay, the comâ€" panies are engaging in this experiâ€" mental work in coâ€"operation with the lCommlslio’n of Conservation coâ€"inciâ€" ‘ dently with their planting. Europe Sets An Example. It is to be regretted that the several provincial governments which have control of their forests should permit great areas of cutâ€"over forest to reâ€" main idle until the time has been reached~ when private enterprise "must" undertake theâ€"task in order to prevent the decine of the timber and pulp industries. The provinces might well learn from the peoples of Europe, who â€" have been practising state forestry for more than a century. It: is long past the time for heeding the warnings of those who, for more than! a generation, have been pointing out! the menace of permitting a great na-l tional resource to become depleted.| Anyone who now prates about Canaâ€"| dian forests being "vast beyond (‘om-j prehension," ‘"illimitable," or "inexâ€"| haustible," ‘should be regarded as an enemy of the country. ] Replanting of Forests to Sustain the | Pulp and Paper Industry is a f Necessary Undertaking. 4 | Perhaps the largest reforestation scheme ever undertaken in Canada is being carried out in Quebec this year. The Laurentide Company, of Grand‘â€" mere is planting over 1,000,000 seedâ€" lings, mostly Norway spruce, with ' some white, Scotch and jack pine and "balsam. The Riordon Company, of St. | Jovite, is also planting 750,000 seedâ€" lings. Much the greater number of the seedlings used are imported from forest nurseries in the United States, which, ,in turn, procured the seed some three or four years ago from Northern Europe. a large scheme of reforestation deâ€" manded the building up of a large orâ€" ganization, as well as the carrying out of much experimental work, all of which involved a large outlay of captâ€" tal. It goes without saying that such a task would not have been under taken if the men who control the comâ€" panies were not convinced â€" that it was a good investment, and that only These companies hope soon to plant every year at least one tree for every one removed by them.. Naturally such REFORESTATION NEEDED IN CANADA BIG SCHEME BEING CARRIED ouT IN QUEBEC. 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Af fected persons can use the typewriy=> Ing machine perfectly. FRE LOSSES IN tEls DOMINION Complete rest of the hand, massaze and electrical treatment may‘ afford relief, but the trouble is likely to v» cur. _ Some victims learn to writ« with the left hand, but the diseaso is prone to extend into the newlyâ€"trained member. This drastic legislation should be given widespread publicity, as it will have a most important bearng upon the enormous» fire losses of Canada as well as upon the great loss of life therefrom. At the meeting of the Dominion Fire Prevention Committee at Ottawa on May 9, Mr. G. D. Findlayson, the honorary secretary, and Superintenâ€" dent of Insurance, interpreted the first clause of the amendment as follows: f 1. Section five hunadrea : of The Criminal Code is a inserting the following immediately before subsc thereof : â€" "({1A). Every one is guillyâ€"of an i dictable offence and liable to tw years‘ imprisonment who by neg! gence causes any fire which occasion loss of life or loss of property. sons in the event of i: At the last session of the Domin Parlisment, amendments to the Cr jinal Code, dealing with the Hire wa. were passed at the recommondation the Dominion Fire Prevention C mittee, and following up the suge tions of the Commission of Conser tion as contained in the report F Woaste in Canada. The amendme place the responsibility for outhre: of fire and for failure to provide j per apparatus for the extinguishmn of fire or the escape of porsous in buildings in case of tire. The am meuts were as follows: 1 Section five bhundred and §f@ Amendment to the Criminal Code "s tablished Pergona!l Responsibilit, R _ For Fires. BRINGING THE MATTER HOME To THE INDIVIDUAL. "The Dogs of War." 1¢ WI ore W h t] 19 He