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+b & 0" â€"p *b Milllons of mothers keap "California Fig Sgrup " handy. They know a tea speonful toâ€"day save® a sick child to morrow. Ask Â¥yowmt diuggist for genuâ€" ine "California Fig Syrup" which has directiops for bables and children of ali ages printed ou bottle. Mother! Yon must say "Califorula" or you may get an imitation fAg syrup. Kvraen if cross, feverish,. biilous conâ€"‘ stipated or full of cold, children love the "Iruity" taste of "Califormia Fig Hrrup." A teaspoon‘u‘ never folls to leap the lver and bowels In a few| ioun you can ”i for yqurseif how , ibhorough!? it works all the souring. food ard Hasiy bile ou: of the nomct’ and bowels, and you have a well, play.| h‘! child egain. ‘ Â¥ose to The istuation. fever. Later on, a "Look here," to said authoritatively. brought her to Fing "I know a topping place round here to her little daughit I haven‘t had any lunch, and if you benefactor returned have, you‘ll forget all about it. Do iry, Maroussia had â€" you remember the feeds we used io to find a job in the have at your jolly white house on the fashkionable milliner hiXâ€"top, and how the children ran after â€" Ronald listened wi me, xaw at my Sam Browne and! The comradeship my leather leggings? Ah! A British them together deep: officer was ‘some‘ person in South moments into a feel Russia then. Now I am just nobodyâ€"a as yet incapable of : hardâ€"working clerk in my unele‘s ofâ€" a sudden rush of en fice. Not half bad, but give me the to his calm, wellâ€"ba old days. Here we are. Come along, leaned forward, and little lady! Then, clasning ham‘s, like children oblivious of the whole world, they sat close to each other on the joliting, sway ing bus, which had suddenly turnâ€" ed into a célestial chariot. After the first fire of erossâ€"quesâ€" tions had subsided, Ronald Crawshey rose to the istuation. MOTHER! MOVE CHILD‘S BOWELS â€"â€"*t was! And lovwking up through wet eyeâ€"lashes with a sud.yen throbâ€" bing joy, which sent all the blood to her heart, she half roso from her sect, utterin& a glad ery:; "Nasch Angliâ€" dlfr.‘i'n!_ (our Engliishman). "Maria Ivanovnaâ€"Marowssiaâ€"can It be you?" stammered the freshâ€"faced young man with the sleeck fair hair. ine crisp, weihred tones sounded so close to her that she gave a violent gtart. Surely she would have known that voice anywhere. It could not be â€"â€"*t was! And looking up through California Fig Syrup" is Child‘s Best Laxative $4& l/:-'?\‘\\"“:T E4 Fate brings together, in London, those whom war had parted in Russia. EAST AND WEST vas ham!s, like children whole world, they sat ther on the jolting, ch had suddenly turnâ€" Crawshey wear | feve ritatively. | broun und here . to h nd if you bene t it De try, m naad in ts t il tilted . "Yeos, heâ€"he wanted me, and when he pure you left, he told me thut nothing 1 _ The would happen to dear Aunt Varia or to ap over me if I promised to marry him. At d Shdl(.‘fi first I refused, but later I consented, imurk woknhine the Gro# mkomt ak achec park watching the first stars at pla \with their metry reflections in the _cool depths of the Serpentine. |_ Ronald took her into his arms, and 'ln five minutes, probably less, Marâ€" | oussia Demidow had promised to beâ€" |come Maroussia Crawshey. _ | As the days turned into weeks, Marâ€" oussia began to wonder dimly why |Ro:xa)d made no mentfon'florf his people and sed !s{}od; meet the ) _ June had come and gone. A Sunday, ,.’ull of sunshine, wifi: white clouds floating across a cohsait sky, found Ronald waiting in vain for her at their usual trysting place. Driven by a panic of fear, he found ther at last, sobbing her heart ocut in ‘the loneliness of her boarding house | parioy. "Nichevo," ahe said softly _ "Nichâ€" evoâ€"you know our favorite word. Noâ€" thing mattersâ€"just you and ILâ€"alâ€" ways! As we are now, young and fuil of strength, getting older and older, but always together until we die. But the stars will go on shining in their should meet them. She kna‘that his | widowed mother had been abroad at the time of their engagement, but :‘ sure‘ly she should be back by now! | With the passing of time she beâ€", ceme ofij“d cju! downcast, fhnt Ronâ€"| ald c not fail to notice it. i "What is xlk ewestheart?" he asked| her one evening, as they eat in the‘ j 0 30 ®" vCcupation which allowed: ! her the luxury of‘ dayâ€"dreams, and rest ;for her badiy shattered nerves. But soon happiness did its work, and Marâ€" | oussia blossomed forth like a flower. | ’ And so the days passed. But little ’by little, the old casy friendship disâ€" appeared. Constraint fell between 't.‘bcm. their eyes met mors rarely, ; dung, turned asice. Their intercourse‘ grew strained. Maroussia no longer, bloomed like a rose; hor chesks grew . white and there were dark circles under her bluoâ€"grey eyes. | Life from that moment bore a new aspect for Maroussia Demidow. She firmly refused Ronald‘s offer to find her another post, clinging to the solâ€" ace of an occuration which allowed eee thee Inversteur s Aosut Auccctsrue es . cnies B nsc nds Ronald listened with deep sympathy. The comradeship which had linked them togeather deeponed in those few moments into a feeling which he was as yet incapable of analyzing. But in a sudden rush of emotion, quite alien to his calm, wellâ€"balanced nature, he leaned forward, and, taking both the girl‘s hands in flis, he found the words â€"â€"the right wordsâ€"to soothe her bruised spirit, though neither of them could ever remember them later. "I don‘t know where she found the strength. It must have been her love for me, for she always hated and disâ€" trusted Ostarenko profoundly. There was not a second to lose. In peasant garb, we made our way slowly and painfully to the Roumanian borderâ€" wulking at night, hiding by day, for days, weeks. And just as we were nearly across, the bullet of a Russian sentryâ€"Aunt Variaâ€"hereâ€"â€"" Her hand pitecusiy indicated the spot on her temple, where a small artery was pulsing under the transâ€" parent skin. She nearly broke down; then a fow sentences concluded her narrative. w On reaching safety, she had spent weary months in hospital with brainâ€" fever. Later on, a &Znumnnian lady brought her to England as #overnese She paused, and then went on with en effort: OemrtratusndP Wc abich adsaskat jeered at me, threatened to densunce me for having been friendly to the Allies. And then heâ€"â€"I must have cried out, though I do not remember. There was a shot. I saw Ostarenko lying at my feet in a huddled heap, and Aunt Varia standing over him \Ln'itl‘. the revolver still smoking in her "It was in the evening in our garâ€" denâ€"you know, where one looked over the palisade on to the shimmering sea; the moon was shining and the gu:wix’xs were h‘l hlonm._ He refused, "Maroussia, my dear! Th "What could I do? The: darling godmother, so old and everything getting so we had so little left,. But A fow minutes later a sneakingly sympathetic waitress tock Ronald‘s comprehensive crders. . y e id her to FEngland as governess ittle daughter, but when her or returned to her own counâ€" oussia had only been too glad i job in the work room of a about it." sia complied. Her story was n w, was fixed I suddenly t it meant and could not vith it. I went down on 1 begged and prayed him no desire that * he said quictly, "let‘s i ;Li‘t"ntlia)‘:;;pl](;z?' What would you take for those pink fell between little feet, more rarely, Those chubby round cheeks, and that r intercourse mouth so swest; ia no longer For the wee tiny fingers and little x |OfC M "Ronnic‘â€"the question floated to king in hbet him in a whisperâ€""what was his . .\ rame? That man‘s name?" nt on with: Ronald looked at her wonderingly. td |\ _ "John Sinclair. But I don‘t seeâ€"â€"" : found the} "Ronnie‘â€"she was on her feet, en her love preathless and pantingâ€""Ronnic, darâ€" i and Gisâ€" ling, listen! He was m father!" | xtly. There "Butâ€"but I don‘t un&rstand!" \ In peasant! "Popyqs you see? John Sinclainâ€" slowly and Iyan Demidow. Ho was adepted by n ~',-“"»‘L“' ~. his fatherâ€"inâ€"law, became naturalized, y day, £0¢ ang adopted his name. The Demidow 3 We wee factoriesâ€"have you never heard of ‘ a !'l'uss;avnithe.mqn ‘ it DMitt aI WPhen sudd vas my 1 frail. a the nly | _ Although apples have their virtues, the saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" should be revised to "An onion a day keeps the doctor away." ‘One humble crion is worth fifty apâ€" | ples from the medicinal, diseaseâ€"preâ€" | venting point of view. § § Rhoumatism Treatment, We treat all kinds of Rheumatésm, and if we fail to altminate the pain it will not cost you anything. Try us and be conâ€" vinoed. No madicines. No ebsctricity. Ladics® Department, 99 King 3%. West. {'hone Adelaide 1043. Offices, Toronto, Vinnines, Voencouvrer. â€" It almost seems as if the onion was specially created for the definite purâ€" pose of keeping men and women healthy, free from disease, and pracâ€" tically immune from infection. An onionâ€"for preference eaten raw â€"â€"will, in its passage through the body, destroy évery poissnous germ and purify the blood. A sliced onion placad in an open dish in a sickâ€"room will gather to itself the microbes and R HEUMATIS M 7 R‘l‘uo_u_ma‘lisu’ ']“rAeutmont. soft toes, The wrinkly little neck and that funny little nose? Now what would you take? What would you take for that smile in the morn, Those bright, dancing eyes and the face they adorn, For the sweet little voice that you hear all day Laughing and cocingâ€"yet nothing to What would you take for that soft little head Pressed close to your face at time for bed; For that white, dimpled hand in your own held tight, And the dear little eyelide kissed down for the night, What would you take? ‘ never If she could but think. What was it he had said? An engineerâ€"Russia â€"long ago. Who had been an English engineer in Russia long ago? f Slowly she raised her eyes towards the dark blue night where myriads of stars studded infinite space. "My doar litt‘e mother was, I am afraid, very fond of him, and must have suffered greatly. Soon after she heard that he bad married the daughâ€" ter of his Russian employer, had been adepted by his fatherâ€"inâ€"law, and gut at the head of his factories,. Since that time her dislike of ail that is foreign has become second nature to her. If I waited, it was only in the hope of breaking it to her gently. I wanted you to meet her firstâ€"not to hurt you. Oh, I don‘t know," he finished miserâ€" ably, "it‘s such a mixâ€"up!" ‘ Maroussia was silent. She suddenly felt exhausted and small. Ronald must love his mother very dearly, or he would not have so much fear of woundâ€" | ing her. | "It isn‘t that," Ronald explained paâ€" tiently "Years ago she was engaged to an Englishmanâ€"a youngy engineer. He had no money, neither had she, and they could not get married for years. So when a good job offered itself in the Crimea, he went off, full of hopes and plans for the future. But, little by little his ardor cooled, his lotters became rarer. At last he wrote to my mother that he had mistaken his feel!â€" ings for her and that he would be inâ€" flicting lifelong misery on them both if he did not set her?ree. Maroussia disengaged herself from | the encircling erm and sat up very straight. . "Russians! Good heavens! Why, she doesn‘t even know me!" "Look here, sweetheart," he began, speaking very gently, "it‘s a very, very old story, and has really nothing to do with you; only, you know, elderâ€" ly people have their prejudiiesâ€"they can‘t he‘lp them. Now, my mother, who is very sweet and kind and all that, has an odd distrust of Russians." ‘‘Yes; }fu't howâ€"â€" In Russia you silver radianceâ€"through the centurâ€" "It is only your motherz! Oh, Ronnie, why haven‘t you taken me to see your mother ?" Ronald was gilent. He had striven with himseif for many weeks, secking for a solution. _ And now he could procrastinate no longer. Her voice broke. She was crying. Ronald trew her towarts him, his arms closing round her. And once more he asked caressingly: "What is it, sweetheart?" "Oh, Rora‘d, don‘t make me tell you, please!" And then in a paszionâ€" ate outburst: "Ronald, are you ashamâ€" ed of me?" What would you take? "Ashamedâ€"I1? But my dearest, what made you think so?" What Would You Take? Woman‘s Sphere Try An Onion! 9 +9 | My pin money comes to me from raising Seotch coltie puppies. I have | |so much work to do, both in the house. }and field, that I have very little spare | time. There is no work at a} in ;gj.‘ |"side linge," as my puppigé$ have the |run of the farm and are usually sold | | before they are three months old. 1‘ feed them stale bread, boiled potatoes, | skimâ€"milk and all the table ecraps. In , return they give me a fair profit to i help fill the family purse.â€"R. K. Mazy farm women have large, oldâ€"‘ fashioned houses with more room than| they need. 1, for one, am so situated, and last summer turned this extra room into pin money. 1 rented the rooms for light housekeeping to a. mother and her children from the city | during the summer. By entering an! ad. in a daily paper the last part <f€ June, 1 received several replies. I rented the two rooms furnished as sleeping room and kitchen Rent, milk, eggs, broilers and vegetables came to about $80 after expenses were paid.‘ People coming from the city come! more to enjoy the outâ€"ofâ€"doors than beautiful rooms. They only ask for rooms to be clean and comfortable and : notf elaborately furnished.â€"Mrs. N. D.; An onion poultice on a bruise will quickly take away all discoloration. A painful strain or sprain is also eased by an onion poultice. Finally, onion juice is excellent for a wasp sting, and for raising hair on beld heads! Yes, they make the breath odorous, but only until your system has become arccustomed to them. The freedom from disease and longâ€" evity of the Breton onionâ€"growers is wellâ€"known, and the smooth and silky complexion of the women has been often remarked. For a fact, for a clear skin and beautiful complexion nothing can beat onions. Those who include cnions in their regular diet never suffer from neurâ€" algia, headache, or kindred troubles. When influenza is about not a doctor in the land could prescribe a better preventive than the humble onion. The juice of an apple is good for the teeth, but the juice of an onion is a hundred times better. ‘ germs in the air quite as well as any expensive disinfectant will do. But the onion must afterwards be thrown away, never eaten. in many English towns upon all goods exposed for sale within their bounâ€" daries. The tax was abolished by Henry VII Minard‘s Liniment for Coughs & Colds. Scavengeors, Scavengera were originally officiels who collected Scavage, a tax imposed is wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton, or mixed goods. Diamond Dyes never streak, spot, fado, or run. Fach package of "Diamond Dyes" contains directions so simple that any woman can dye or tint faded, shabby skirts, dresses, waists, coats, sweaters, stockings, hangings, draperies, everyâ€" thing like new. Buy "Diamond Dyes" â€"no other kindâ€"then perfect home dyeing is guaranteed, even If you have never cyed beforo. Tell your druggist whether the material you wish to dye Maroussia hung back, a little sullen, a little frightened, osciflnting between tears and laughter. _ "No," he said simply, "only that I love you!" (The End.) Dye Skirt, Dress or Faded Draperies in Diamond Dyes "What will you tell her?" she deâ€" manded defiantly. "That I am Rusâ€" sian? For I am Russian, I am!" "Hurry up, dear heart," he said. "Let‘s toddle off to Charing Cross; the telegraph office is open all night. We‘ll send a wire to the mater. Mustn‘t keep the good news from her one moment longer." _ "Butâ€"but she was Russian all the same!" "She was not! She was not. She was French!" There was a pause. _ The young people faced each other, faintly hosâ€" stile, keyed up to the highest pitch. Then Ronald extracted his watch and lighted a match with shaking fingers. But his voice sounded cool and steady.‘ "Why, good lord," he exclaimed, "this is ghastly! Why, if you are John Sinclair‘s daughter you are also the daughter of the lady for whom your father jilted my mother. But this is awful!" Maroussion stamped her foot. "I am notâ€"*«I am not! Father lost his first wife and married a second time. I am the daughter of ‘his sec-} ond wife!" "Why should I? You weren‘t interâ€" ested in my family affairs"â€"with a catch in her voiceâ€""why, you weren‘t even interested in me!" Ronald sprang up as a new idea burst on him. Making Pin Money at Home The Toronto Hospital for Incurâ€" ables, in affiliation with Believuae and Allied Hospitals, New York City, offers a three yeara‘ Course of Trainâ€" ’"f to young women, having the reâ€" quired education, and desirous of beâ€" coming nurses. This Hospital has adopted the eightâ€"hour system. The pupiis receive uniforms of the School, a monthly allowance and travelling expenses to and from New York. For further information apply to the Buperintendent NURSES Chinese scholars and patriots have worked out thirtyâ€"nine simple Chinese symbols which, in various combinaâ€" tions, fullll the same purpose as the old 10,000 characters. Minard‘s Liniment for Burne & Scaide I plant any time in the winter that I can got the bed ready, since the seed is not harmed by cold. The little plants come up as soon as the soil is warm enough, and get ahead of the weeds. If I wait until later the sun is sure to dry the ground before the seeds eprout, and weeds choke them out. The sceeds will not come up through a crust, and the tiny seedlings will be dislodged when you loosen the soil or pull weeds. The first thing I know I find a lot of thrifty young popples large enough to thin and eulti-‘ vate. They grow fast after they pn.li the tiny seedling stage, and become hardy.â€"Agnes Hilco. I ‘ I Eow Poppy Seeds Early. Among our most briliant flowers the silken petails of popples are so delicate that in spite of vivid color they do not appear coarse. All of the many types may be grown from seeds. I have always had the best success by planting the double varieties, for they are sure to produce many singles so I get a ful collection with less cost. It pays to buy bulk seeds, for they are cheap, and one packet will not insure a stand on a largo bed. I like to scatter plenty of seeds and t,hin; out after they get established. Poppy: seedlings are delieate and grow slow‘ly! at finst. | 'g-rocefry and meat market. Besides I have all the customers I can furnish | directly from my home. I charge ten !cenu per pound and make a supply | once a week.â€"H. B. W. _ I raise about oneâ€"fourth of an acre of flowers and sell the cut flowers. In the spring I raise a good many aster, pansy and salvia plants to sell, and get my seed from a seed company. In the fall I save my own seed and sell some to friends, and thus it is necesâ€" sary to buy seed only cvery other year. I sold about forty dollars worth of flowers last summer and had all I ‘ could use for myself and friends. ll‘ took some flowers to the frir and got: a number of premiums on t.hem.«â€"} I live on a farm and would like to tell others how I make my pin money. During the winter time I make cottage cheese and sell it to our near town cient way for making pin money. With the little slipâ€"over sweaters so much in vogue, I bought some yarn and crocheted them. I could buy the yarn for about two dollars and could sell them readily for four dollars. Later I found that people wanted eol-‘ lars and cuffs for them so I made them some pretty ones of linen, organdy and leather and sold them generally with the sweaters The crocheted sweaters make up very quickly, and thus the more gain for me.â€"B. T. Chinese Writing Simplified. I believe I have found a very effiâ€" SUNâ€"MAID RAISINS Just ‘phone and they‘il deâ€" liver itâ€"all ready to surâ€" prise the family tonight. No need to bake at home when we‘ve arranged with bakers in almost every town and â€"city to bake this fullâ€" fruited raisin bread. Taste itâ€"see how the raiâ€" sin flavor permeates the COUNT the raisins â€" at least cight big, plump, tender fruitâ€"meats to t{:e slice. Why Bake At Home It comes from master bakâ€" ONTA The Supreme Bread Ralsu; Pss Sunâ€"Maid Raisin Growers Membershis _ 14,000 \. Fresno, California when you can buy bread like it; ready baked? 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The list of British war cemeteries‘ includes 13 in Italy, 10 in Macedonia, 85 in Gallipoli, 9 in Egypt, 8 in Palesâ€" tine, 5 in Mesopotamia, and 1 in East A Boy‘s Reason. The parson (caling)â€""Why were you so anxious to have me dine with your family on Christmas, Robert?" Prevents chapped hands, cracked lips, chilblains. Makes your skin soft, white, clear and smooth. All druggists sell it Rend for list of inventions wanted b Il-auhc-‘ ¢urers, Portunes have been mode don «imple Adeas, *‘Patent Protection‘‘ booklet on request, PATENT ATTORNEYS INMNVENTIONS that bring the larPest return are those properly J:rotected. You ean write with confidence to our firm for free report as to patentability. Send eor List of Ideas and Litermture orrespondence invited. THE RAMSAY CO. Patent Attorneys 873 Bank 8t. & &hfl Ont. HAROLD C. SHIPMAN a co.‘ PATENTS _ _BANK TTAWA. Mrs. Exeâ€""She is really the worst gogsip in the neighborhood. Why, 1 heard this morning that sheâ€"â€"" Exeâ€"*"Come now, my dosy, dou‘t (ry to beat her at her own game." Which wins, talking machine or radio. We think both, Just as tele #raph and telephone both won, when many people expected the nowor in vention to destroy the older. Just :# Automobile and horse both won. and just as tractor and horse are hoth winâ€" Ing. There seems to be a place pre pared and secure for any now nroduct of the human brain and hand that inâ€" creases our usefuiness and happinoss Which wine, talkingâ€"machine â€" or radio? We think both, for both have the true sou! of music in them. To these we can now add th« der of bringing all these to cu: Aresides on shiny disks of gutta » or whaterer it is, and the cro marvel of picking them out of (!» winter night with a tiny copper 1 If it is true that there is no musica} thrill quite equal to the thrill of makâ€" ing divine melody with one‘s own voice or fingers, at least there ave several that approach It. The torl! o* mad dance music; the bloodâ€"stirr ng march of a military band; the unbe lievable sweetness of a great soprano‘s song, the vibrant thrill of a master‘®s viotin, l Many poignant and vital anecdots of the poor are to be found in Anri« | Marion MacLern‘s volume entitie I“Our Nelghbbore." One of the mos { touching is that of a family which had | been dispossessed. Returning hom« ‘ono evening, John Polichek found his | meagre belongings on the sidown‘k i.M his three motherless cHildren cry lln‘ bitterly in the cold. While ha was vainly swearing vengeance on :\ |landlord and despairingly wonder: & "whero be and his children wore t« epond the night, a nelighbor, who must \have appeared somewhat in t light 101 a guardian ange‘, came to him and [ said, "Mr, Polichek, ya bring de chiid 'ren. ar‘ stay wit‘ us tonight Me 'mnn'll Lelp ya wit‘ de bed clos‘ We |a@in‘t much room, but we kin alwaye i(‘rowd in a ne‘ghbor. Dey had no buse! ness to put ya out. How kin anyone !ny ren, I want to know ?" the lese, they received tho fou strangers cordially et their table, and there was no insincerity in their tone when they invited the unfortw ites to remain with them indefinitely. â€"‘..,_4~°_,_A wetere Disk Music and Wire Music. Of course, the invitation was ac. ept ed, for how could John Polichek leave his children to face the harshnoss 0# & winter‘s night without lodgings* B« the neighbor had spoken the t when she had said she had no space to «pare; for she, with her husband and four children, had but two rooms to occupy, and they were themsolves in danger of being dispossessod None as its flesh was dark and iliflay but the cygnets wore greatly yeli eapecially when well fattoned. In ancient times the down tas as a decorative trimming op |; dressos, and throw ties, tippets, . protectors and boas were made the skin and down. ESwen‘sdown made good p!llows. Many of the timers" wrote their essays with : quill pens.â€"M. K. B. Bwans are hardy and are able stand the severest winter woathor Commercial Value of the $wasn. The swan has be>a m featuro feasts held in foreign countris i the Middle Ages, but its use in + particular is not so generel os it o to be. The old swan was rarety n« The Polish swan closely resombles the mute, and is of practically th» same size. The Bewick‘s swan is con siderably emalier than the abovye. A! these varleties have white plumag»e Other varieies are the black, the whis\ ling, the black necked and the trunm peters, The male is a great iightor while the femele is engaged in incubating, and will fiercely attack any animal or perâ€" son who might approach the nest. Bwans Lay Lorge Egge. Bwans construct m large nest from any material at hand. This nest, durâ€" Ing the course of Incubsation, they gradually enlarge, until it becomes nearly double the sigze that it was orâ€" Iginally, The male birds do not associate with each other; there are no stag parties, The females, however, are inclined to flock together, Swans patr, and they continue together for life, tho males caring but little for the eociety of feâ€" males other than their own mates. The male bird is known as the "cob," and the female as the "pen." The weight of the «wan is twenty pounds. Swans live largely on vegetable food, but occasionally they have a keen apâ€" petite for fish and the spawn of fishes. _ The swan is a long4ived bird. Wilâ€" loughby in ome of his writings sald the limit of a ewan‘s life is 300 years, but I doubt this. But ewans 100 years of age bave been known, and this is eufficiert to class it as the Methuselah of the domesticated fowls. Swans Are Ornam=ntal A Friend in Need. favored yelished whning ereli® € "0 W chast Qi€ We it n LB ha th. W Â¥e n © V Al I read a story Wostern Journa never ploy«l. recess timeo, whi "BHenr ing a I ing go boys « bali t« was n( ©o dld their 5 habits. His« always exe garded him ceuse ho now end made g tion«. H #tnd came cess | teac\ on H« children nor mlong w‘th o Hvot the in wre quick + these pupt)s weskness, v the profesai« been =« which quired would and us that 1: wl and c acqudi physi bia, where a time, bu in tm They ware advie eltmate and moy & propa Henry w 0 min A w B it D A fter comy On »Ca U tha, H h hoo acz 3