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_iiitgllhilil A" "SUCH A GOOD BABY." He i. such a good bmbr--duat lio- und sucks his thumb." How often have you heard that remark'. And the poor little fellow, who substituted his thumb for the want of proper nourish- ment or simply contracted the habit through neglect. grows into a child with a will of his own and a habit that th th " " tak tha to to I eh my em times, I In hard digestion In. for ohould f, course, t mome Sykes most valued kitchen pet. It is truly . friend in need. It has helped me out of many s tight place and enabled he to serve quickly and in gppetizing forms the odds and ends of meats that otherwise would have gone to waste. This almost indispensable utensil MY MEAT CHOPPER-AN OMIC TREASURE. When moat appetizintt forms of hash, de- lightful croquettes or meat balls of "tying size. One can thus utilize every particle of meat down to the lat scrap. Bo, too. cache". dry tout or stale bread an be quickly turned into crumbs. and in this form utilized for dressings, gratin. stuffutgs, scallops, ate. Nut meats run through the chopper are neatly and expeditiously prepared for cakes Ind salads. Quince: run through are in good condition for anarmalade, also the ingredients for chopped pickle. It is, indeed, the greatest help for all forms of table "to, and save- for the careful house- otfo I great big percentage of the lost of food for the family. It can be purchased for about al dollar, is fool-proof, rarely gets out of order nnd can be thoroughly. cuilyl “(I quickly cleaned. . i -- TEA - you will realize the difference between "Sauda" and “just ‘eaf In W H we th nbtfu nip it in the bud and never let " Le root. Jiven his own may, it is quite likely it a child would choose candy " the neipal part of his diet. And it must confessed that many parents seem', be of the same mind. Such a com‘ ion is deplorable. bee-use trweetal , hard on the teeth as well as the) :estion end spoil the child's up”! t for nourishing foods. Sweets} mid form a part of his diet. ot use. but a piece of candy or tmr 'en to a child after meals each day much better for him than to buy n a sack and let him sit down and '. the contents in a half hour. His love of sweets may be satisfied 0 by giving him raisins. dates or s when he oaks for candy. Dates , especi'ally high in food value, and three fruits may be given to chil- en past three in moderate quanti- s. It has been noticed that the child to eat: plenty of fruits and vege- oles seldom has the doetor's ther- meter in his mouth.--Velma West les, but are a bad mm: to start h children. The best way to over- " any bad habit with children is nip lt in the bud and never let It Toue, it is an economic necessity d form I pm 'e, but a piece I to a child aft nch better for a sack and let he contents in 3 love of "we! th Woman's Sphere him do not contra: they are being un th ldor children, however, some thod must be used. as they " the mittens. The using sting medicines seldom helps, effect is soon gone. Ind it is if anything except an appeal l's sense of pride will but t. Bribes no efreetanl " t are a bad thing to start ISSUE No. 62--'23. th nod over the the clothing is l annot be rem: Id be of thin I edom of the% vith. An egg-sh for the hands, nd the wrists, P. Two weeks I to break the the mea hi 't up in some conven- kitchen and is ready mediately and " all f meat, tough or ten- ily converted into the forms of huh, de- Les or meat balls of Giitne time break i from the lips. ich goes into the t always be elem tract this habit ' undernourish- f them do, and d their babies eir thumbs will weight records ting enough to ing nicely then maybe the laes chopper as my et. It is truly has helped me ace and enabled d in appetizing are not t place. eformed Ire un ECON "'"'l, China's new President is 60 years sity", of up. Thirty-tight years ago he was _in common soldier. Mmard'. Llnlmonl tor DIMNI. [and as much a part of the menu“ on ‘the home itaelf.--J. J. on 1 i CHILDREN'S TASK TIME. 7 ' I have I schedule of tasks for the children that works very well, writes I contributor. My children used never to have spare time to do all the thing: they wished, but now they play for an hour Uter school, after which they "now comes task time, when they are expected to do the evening chores and whatever else may be necessary. Task time comes again on Saturday morn- ine, when they are occupied with home duties, for each child helps to clean his own room. A very important thing is. that ti It wagthe craziest performance. m/ have purposely taught my girls and went hell-for-leather over a piece of boys what Seems to me to be an "tr. ground which was being watered with portant thine---to exchange duties; H.E., but by the mercy of Heaven no: then when one is ill or away the work thing hit him. He took some fearsome goes on just the same. There are tosses in shell-holes, but partly erect times in cveryone's life when son or and partly on all fours he did the f.1.fty husband must help to do a woman's 2:215}! fight 1mte,"tunot/de1tr,e(',,h, “ark: and the fl"," way round. l The contact with that body brought! ut'.t as regu ar as task “We ls him to his senses. That men could die playtime. Saturday afternoon is an at all seemed a comforting, homely established half holiday for us all, In- thing after that unnatllral pande.‘ eluding my husband. Then we all go monium. The next moment a irrump' on a jaunt. either on foot or in the took the parapet of the trench some motor car, to a pienie with a camp gill‘fls to his lcft, and he was half fire and a meal cooked out of doors. uricd m an avalanche. The boys help to prepare the luncheon: He crawled out of that, pretty badly . . , . cut about the head. He was quite cool with as much enthusiasm as the girls. now and thinking hard about his next Tasks. broryt.hahit and should have stc . There were men all around him, their allotted time. Children called 1'fillin dark faces as he saw them when from play to do an errand will com- the flares went up. They were man- plain about it, for it upsets their reas- ning the parapets and waiting tensely onahlc plans and they revise the old for something else than the shelling. adage, "Work while you work and They paid no attention. to him, for I play while you play," until it reads: fancy P that trench units were pretty well mixed up, and under a bad bom- Play while you work and work while bardment no one bothers about his a you play; meighbor. He found himself free to The” La Hm “mu tn crow 'rrouehv and move as be pleased. the ground of 7 you play; That is the way to grow (touchy and gray. this style. It is also nice for Percale and gingham. The Pattern is cut in 7 Sizes: " 33, M, 40, 42, 44, and 46 inches bust measure. A 38-inch size requires 5 yards of 40-inch material. To trim as illustrated will require % yard of 32-inch material. The width " the foot is 2% yards. 4302. Blue or black sateen with white dots, and with trimming of white linene, would be pleasing for Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 15c in silver or stamps, by the Wilson Publishing Co., 78 West Adelaide Street, Toronto. Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern. clan Customer--") believe tt--gtm can't fuel mo!" Dettler 9; i Mn r" VERY ATTRACTIVE HOUSE FROCK. '" tr cfte..z.s- _ ".,.rr,r,s'i'tt-?-'crf, ",-i)'r-iii-i'is'i] gif '/fir,:, -ijpe I. 2 f . i' Couldn't Fool Hlm. ”This coal, Mr, is first It is also nicé for Percale junusl COAL +223. 1 Just then he heard voiees---smyoth-lhe should hit the bell, he would make [cred voiees--mot a yard away and ap-;a hideous row and alarm the whole 'parently below the ground. He in-Tront. _stantiy jumped to what this must! Fate suddenly gave him the right mean. It was a Turkish "tAmeiv.Lalettance. The unseen figure stood up th communication trench. Peter didn'tiand moved a step, till his back was of know much about modern warfare, butmgainst the . parados. He actually 'or he had read In the papers, or heard brushed against Peter's elbow, who 1 from me, enough to make him draw.held his breath. l eithe right moral. The fresh dead point-i There is a catch that the Kaffirs ed to the same conclusion. What heohave which would need several dia.. 34. had got through were the Turkish,'grNtts to explain. It is partly a neck ist support trenches, not their firing-line/hold, and partly a paralyzing back- 5 That was still before him. Sword twist of the right arm, but if it im' He didn't despair, for the rebound is practiced on a man from behind, it of from the panic had made him extra locks him as sure as if hy.w.ere. hand- 'he courageous. He crawled forward, an culled. Peter slowly got his body rais- f inch at a time, taking no sort of risk, ed and his knees drawn under him, and presently found himself looking and reached for his prey. on at the parades of a trench. Then he He got him. A head was pulled by lay quiet to think out the next step. backward over the edge of the trench, . -.-- . ... . , . . ' .. ___, L- 'n‘. in the, air Hm moth-m of tho l Peter felt very sick. He had not believed there could be so much noise {in the world, and the drums of his ears were splitting. Now, for a man to whom courage is habitual, the taste of fear-naked utter fear-is a hor- rible thing. It seems to wash away all his manhood. Peter lay on the crest, watching the shells burst; and eonfident that any moment he might be a shattered remnant. He lay and reasoned with himself, calling himself every name he could think of, but con- scious that nothing would get rid of [ that lump of ice below his heart. (Copyrighted Thou- Nebon and Sons. Ltd.) CHAPTER XX.-HCont'd.) IMHO}; In the all! #101? Mm. Ile H told me lt was exsctl whst them" e was t t t ere was Betbrce gedeikant used to say “In; hi?, TIe mmuzlnd now for that in this shely- like. About fifty yer I on t e . . slope lay the Turkish trenehes---ther tu,', .1. "r/ttTut.' Tahhh',' were dark against the snow, and now 'dll', a: 'h 'll') . iii; th a inhsve’ and then a black figure like I devil t ll “”1 irll,",ule,'nl,'e",e'4 that showed for an instant and disappear- eenAs e are . e te had been ed. The Turks clearly expected an in- r'l,1d'i"l'i'1'lh'i'lo,nnt'J 7, d he mm” fantry. "tack, for they. Tfre scgdlng or! it In: thp hurrued GiiiiiG on his a calcium rockets sud Verei flares. e Russians were battering t eir line and spraying all the hinterland, not with shrapnel, but with good, solid 'dt.txe'2e't The place would be as brig t as day for a moment, all smothered in a scurry of smoke and snow and debris, and then a black pail would fall on it, when only the thun- der of the guns told of the battle. Then he could stand it no longer/firing-Ge without being -deteetedt He got up and ran for his life. lPeber found an answer in the strange i But he ran forward. ieonfigttration of the round. He had _ It was the craziest performance. He not hear a sound 'di he was a few went hell-for-leather over a piece of il"t' from the place, and they would ground which was being watered with e inaudible to men in the reserve H.E., but by the mercy of Heaven no- trenches and even in the communica- thing hit him. He took some fearsome tion trenches. If somebody movin tosses in shell-holes, but partly erect up the latter caught the noise, it wouig and partly on all fours he did the fifty be easy to explain it naturally. But yards and tumbled into a Turkish the wind blowing down the cup would [trench right on the top ofLaJdead 'JI.'..','.': ‘cagizkit far in_th3 tyyg?, digestion. The contact with that body brought him to his senses. That men could die at all seemed a comforting, homely thing after that unnatilra1 pande- monium. The next moment a crump took the parapet of the trench some Kurds to his left, and he was half uried in an avalanche. _ -- Then the artillery ceased. It was‘: so sudden that he thought he had gone 1 deaf, and could hardly realize theh blessed relief of it. The wind, too, l seemed to have rallen, or perhaps he _ was sheltered by the lee of the hill. , There were a lot of dead here also, i and that he couldn't understand, for(‘ they were new dead. Had the TurksI attacked and been driven back? Wheni he had gone about thirty yards he"| stopped to take his bearings. On thel iright were the ruins of a large build-‘ ling set on fire by the guns. There iwar, a blur of woods and the debris of, (wells round it. Away to the left an-', {other hill ran out farther to the east“ iand the place he was in seemed to be; i a kind of cup between the spurs. Just' lbefore him was a littl ruined build-1 ling, with the sky seen through its raft-' le!"': for the smouldering ruin on the lright gave a certain light. He won- ldercd if the Russian firing-line lay! ithere. , Ho crawled out of that, pretty badly cut about the head. He was quite cool now and thinking hard about his next step. There were men all around him, sullen dark faces as he saw them when the flares went up. They were man- ning the Hay-ape? an_d wa1yrutys.ry.rely The last shell. as I have said, had for soughings of the dying gale. The played havoc with the parapet. In the snow had drifted a little m the lee of next spell of darkness Peter crawled the ruined walls, and Peter's progress through the gap and twisted among was naturally very slow. He could not some snowy hillocks. He was no longer afford to dislodge one ounce of snow. afraid of shells any more than he was Still the tinkling went on, now in afraid of a veld thunderstorm. Butlgreater volume. Peter was in terror he was wondering ver hard how he‘lest it should cease before he got his should ever get to the klll'Jhf,,'." Thelman. Turks were behind him now, but there Presently his hand clutched " emp- wnsrthe Iftiritest_damrer in front. ty space. ye was on the lip of the .m, y...“ ..v ___W__'_'"-"_ -- -'""'""' ___ . . - fancy in that trench units were pretty; Peter was now enjoying himself well mixed up, and under a bad bom- hugely. If only those infernal guns bardment no one bothers about his kept silent he wouldT1ay out the game neighbor. He found himself free to in the sober, decorous way he loved. move as he pleased. The ground of So very delicately he began to wriggle the trench was littered with empty forward to where the sound was. cartridge-cases, and there were many. The night was new as black as ink dead bodies. - - _ _ -lryrund hip., and yery quiet, too,, exttytt l Suddenly a e-riouet sound fell on his nears. It “aw " hint that at first he (doubted tlr, vi ’evu of his senses. ‘Then as tho wiod fell it came louder. It was (ax-"41y Y.ke :‘n no hollow piece of metal in“: s‘ruck M a stick, musi- cal and ad H,, ""nnnnt._ _ _ .. The shelling had stopped, and there was that queer kind of peace which falls sometimes on two armies not a quarter of a mile distant. Peter said; he could hear nothing but the far-off} sighing of the wind. There seemed to' be no movement of any kind in the trench before him, which ran through the ruined building. The light of the burning was dying, and he could just make out thc mound of earth a yard in front. He began to feel hungry. and got out his packet of food and had a swig at the brandy flask. That com- forted him, and he felt a master of ibis fate again. But the next step was wot so way. He must find out what Hay behind that mound of earth. A He core? 'sd inc a breach of i:',- GREENMANTLE ‘1 W95 the wind blow- a m;- against an old BY JOHN BUCHAN. 'sdii'd 1r?ff But as he listened he taught the note spin. It was . bell, I fallen bell, ttnd the ghee before him must have been a e are]. He remembered that in Armen an monastery had been marked on the big map, and he guest- ei'l at was the burned building on his r tr t. YG thought of a eha I and I bell gave him the notion :,y"i',,'l'e' human agency. And then suddenly the notion was confirmed. The sound was regular and concerted-dot, dash, dob--dash, dot, dot. The branch of a tree and the wind may play stran e pranks, but they do not reduce E, longs and shorts of the alone code. This was where Peter's intelligence work in the Boer War helped him. He knew the Morse, he could read it, but he could make nothinf of the signal- Int. It was either n some special we or in n _§§range language. _ He lay still and of some 'turn, thinking. There was a man in front at him, a Turkish soldier. who was in the enemy's pay. Therefore he eould fraternize with him, for they were on the same side. But how was he to ap- proach him without getting shot m the nrocess? Again, how could a man send signals to the enemy from a flring-ljne _without being. detected? "There remained the risk of being' heard by those parallel with the bell in the firing trenches. Peter conclud- ed that that trench must be very thip-r, ly held, probably only by a few ob-I servers, and the nearest might be a dozen yards off. He had read about, that being the French fashion under} a big bombardment. - A - i The next thing was to find out how to make himself known to this ally. He decided that the only way was to sur- prise him. He might get shot, but he trusted to his strength and agility against a man who was almost cer- tainly wearied. When he had got him sage. explanations might (ollouf._ .- Presently his hand clutched at emp-l ty space. He was on the lip of the' front trench. The sound was now . yard to his right, and with infinite care he shifted his position. Now the bell was just below him, and he felt the big rafter of the woodwork from' which it had fallen. He felt something else--a stretch of wire fixed in the ground with the far end hanging in' the void. That would be the spy's ex-, plantation if any one heard the sound: and came seeking the ganse. . - l Somewhere in the darkness before and below him was the man, not a yard off. Peter remained very still, studying the situation. He could not see, but he could feel the presence, and he was trying to decide the relative posit/url of ma? and, .bell gyd their exact distance from him, The thing was not so easy as it looked. for if he jumped for where he believed the figure was, he might miss it and get a bullet in the stomach. A man who layed n risky a game was probably handy with his firearms. Besides, if he should hit the bell, he would make a hideous row and alarm the whole front. - A _ . . He got him. A head was pulled backward over the edge of the trench, and he felt in the air the motion of the left arm pawing feebly but unable to ranch behin_d. _ . . . Diffltyult Extraction Ahead. F'rituur--"Havitur pulled all Smith's teeth I suppose youve through with him?" - --- “henna-"Not yett--the bill has to be extracted. ycu know." " ’// _',/i,iitiiiti'ii?j! . ', . / Cr.) (i/i/ik / . w /Ultllt it) f' 1lMtr._' a IL"' $ll I xxx Aes. 'd --. 'i/ice, f:Ellllg /"'""kiiii'e (f0 be cqntinued.) Snow covers " the tract: of mm things. That halter shelter III - the wood, Never a to: so" through the ”1811' borhood. But now obliterate: " prints and than A vs" of white batween each tree and shrub; Never I “not human tmm hig lair. A mink or rabbit hula! out of air. There In I time when there 1- no (tonal seen. And iteltu ere covered and no river’s round Drones in the night. only some wind between The Inning bushes whisper: to the ground. Now the swift deer ml] run, the squir- rel: lean And safe " moles that borrow un- derxround. One who crosses the Atlantic on I treat modern steamship can hardly tail to be impressed try the community of interest among the messengers. whether they admit it or not. There are social distinctions observed by the sepsrate classes to which the varying rates of tare have established a title. There is supposed to be luxury on high and Spartan simplicity. if not actual diseorntort, in the steerage. In the fioatug city or palatial marine hotel there is e reproduction on a small scale of the communal existence on the land. it is recognized that in cer- tain hands authority is placed, and there sre laws by which the entire ship's company must abide. When it is pisin sailing in fair weather, existence is simple enough and contentment is general. In time of storm msny are the victims of a. malady which is no respector ot per- sons and does not uh how much the passenger has paid for his accommo- dations. When actual disaster occurs and the voyagers must uko to tho boats or wait precariously while the wireless summons aid, the distinctions $2.00 Weather I'rtrittrt1tplt.f.,l.f,? V.0&-&- ll Uh linin- '1- 7-..V.7 I'm: wonderful prophet tell: you mo IMO! 10-617. In I beautiful mini-lure house. mime ttttish. I!!! 6i-8 x 71-2. dawn!“ wllh deer hood. My mnmumotrr. bird on mu. ete,--Bttt I "r but u wanna“: "ahrtrueted lnxlrunwnt rerun. 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Than no two monuments In the world erected to birds, on. in Italy and the other in Salt Lake City. The new electric generator st Nissan is snld to be the largest in the world. It will product 87,000 horse-power and light 2,600,000 Inmpa. rowing nurse!» This "qt"t"W' 2,ttl,'"!. the clauhhaur Ilium. my I. roam unlfwrm o to. ' I "math? :Hownnre "a "an :qunln p. und {ran No. You. - .. - n_r.-..bro. nun!!! u the Toe-tto Bonn-I In Incur- m}.- in -rnattmt will Bellow-o Bttd “NJ Hts-punk New You Cttr at." . threo rears' Conn]. y.h"ht _------ L-u - .- Olvcn-vl u- um- .._. -._ - fur'ker information apply .bure-trttertArrtt. Mlle. ”0.9"” er- ._.- w 'gt."?, . threo yearu' Cour... Giff-*5" In a y um; women. " a. o- 5;er M,'J'd'tdld.' nd Inlroll tt it. rousing nurse; Wu HUM!!! w. “no". m. ots..t-hottr "Item: - hp Ulnar-6's Llnlmont Hul- Cub vl not. " woo . stray hell-breed hound that outta! the trouble, Jim was under I tree uloep on the lawn when tho stunner ”peered. A tow minute later the two were crowing the meld- ow together: then they were in the woods, hurting. Before long they hnd tweed " opossum. Jim wee enjoying himself; you could tell that from the way he but“. Jim I. not I weep-krill“ dog. 1. Mt " scrupulous n he, owing no doubt to " mum and to hia can» In; from . long line ot snoop-herding wee-torn. that " will not out mutton even though " master can it to him. Yet tor never-l days Jim tag been limping on s bundaged foot. that u a they killer. later . “labor nw the two dogs In I ‘Itretch of woodland two mum trom home; three other dogs had Join- or: them. Before long two mbre Joine‘ the band, which wu led by the Irre- sponsible hound. Five In“. from home the lender led his peck into II open now where sheep were grazing. Straight for the innocent creatures he rushed. Jim stopped, and- the other dogs swept by him. It we.- wrong for him to kill sheep. It wee wrong tor any dog to kill sheep! . In I huh the strange dog bud It limb down. Then Jlm ran straight " the cur end, springing, spized him by the thmt. At that instant a riM erected near by, 1nd the mongrel went limp In the Iheep dog's jaws. The rest of the neck muttered. and Jim started tor the vocal. He had almost reached cover when the ride cracked again. and he lurched sidewise. Fortunately, the undergrowth was thick, and he manned to encepe. It was I dejected Ind humiliated dog that returned home late the sumo by. But it. wu not the pain in Jitn't toot that caused his head and his tall to droop--tur, it Wu the way in which he had received the injury; shot at u . sheep killer! There ll no doubt thnt the taithtut dog had learned " Xenon: to “shun evil companions.” Lon Holey and Alvin Plummer were hunting ducks on the Scarboro marsh- " They had wslked several miles without seeing A single blrdehen they discovered " some distance e big Bock of ducks feeding on e shsllow slit pond. They npproached cautione- ly sad tor the int tour or tive hundred yards crawled on their stomachs through the tall gross and hnyberry bushes. At lest they reached a bird cover, where they hastily concealed them-elven. The little shack was com- pletely covered with bushes and see. weed; the back we: open. and inside were e sent end places to rest guns. The hunter: had lest got comfort- ..ny settled in front ot'the peepholee when e gigantic heron that bed been feeding on the edge of the pond stroll. ed towerd the shack and prepared a take I nap in the lee ot it where the en ehone wermly. After looking care- fully round, he tucked " head under hie wing end. drawing up one tout, went to eleep. When he wee settled Alvin leaned forward end said in e low voice, "You ere too near'." The heron looked up quickly but, seeing nothing, went to sleep agein. Again Alvin woke. this time more ioudly. “You're too near'." And again the bi. bird evoke and looked about end then went to steep an"). Pint one hunter and then the other repeated the word: until they had the old fellow fairly duncing on his long legs; but he would not leave the place, because he could see nothing to be etreid of! Just then something start- led the ducks. and with a great flatter and whirring ot wins: the whole tlock took to the air. Both shotguns woke et once. end the second barrels blazed forth liter. The guns were pointed directly over the heron'l head, and the shock wu too much for him. Closing his eyes, be nnk down on the and. npparently lifeless; hil wings drooped end his long legs stretched out. A man with I" the exrmorks at I luborer was smoking thoughtfully nod watching I large building in proceu of construction. A foreman approach- ed and outed: "Hey, want . job?” "Yea," Will the reply. "tmt I C'tt only work mornings." "Why 'saa't you work on any t" Lilp'd,' afternoon 1 gotta any I P""' in tho ammonium you“! The hunter! rushed forth to securc their (Ame. Ind presently. (liking and laughing, they started back, carrying tour or the tine ducks apiece. When the heron heard them he slow- ly opened one eye and then trot reluct. nntly on bl: feet as it he were aston- llhed at ttttding himself still alive. He shook himself. end u the hunter. came neuter he slowly spread nu great wings and enlled away. He had Ind a narrow escape! Bittiq In fund-Non. The Bible II far In advance ot any other book In the number of Its trans- IItIons. tor it ha actually been ren- dered In whole or in part Into 77. languages and ditueets 1nd the end I. not yet In sight. The translation I. lull prone-Ila; at the rate of on. complete book of the Bible In I new language every cl: weeks. 1 speed re- cord thch has been maintained tor over twenty years. 'mEPERiLOFBAD A Scared Heron. Hts Busy Season. 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