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nu M - " lac-Au. A writing desk is I boon to the truest making a real vtsit; provide on. if possible. A prettily- enameled-by home ulent-pine table of convenient hdght is a satisfactory sublime; Stock it with good pens, inkstand well hlled and a pad or portfolio contain- The stand. with an attractive cover. should contain a cracker jar, well stocked. to afford first aid to the poor sleeper. a tumbler-eovered carafe of frenh water and an interesting book or two. " one cannot spare a down puff In excellent homemade substitute may be manufactured from a pair of worn but woolly blankets tacked and tied in I pretty cover of silkaline or cheese- cloth. the edge finished with ribbon "tlg', or buttonholed with worsted. [any people depend upon 1 few minutes "rend" before going to sleep __ I confess to this indulgence myself. Arrange a simple tending lamp on a stand by the bed, or, if more conven- lent. e hanging burner over its top. 3 u the hair mattress. although com- forublo and sanitary. is not warm. Bo sure to provide plenty of bed cloth.“w a down putt " an extra if possible. of room allowa,_twin beds are desir- able. The old-(uhiorr-l double bed u, nowndays. hardly considered. The manual should he covered, and tho rover frequently laundered. In win- ter 1 soft, thick bed pnd or a warm blanket should be laid between mat- tress and sheet; this for real warmth, up: some of the home paper and u In fitting up n [nest room there is, necessarily. much latitude. In the average home ita furnishings must needs be simple. In these days, how.. ever, simple furnishings may tho be beautiful. As a primary necessity, be In" titan your bed is comfortable. If silo Those of us who live in the country, however. 'md delight. in welcoming our family or city friends to week- ends or real visits, still feel that the quest room is . very necessary fea- ture of our homes. The guest room is not so inevitable an inference in these days of small and expensive apartments is in old times. I um surprised to no how many apartment dwellers dispense with it ax a matter of course. I should never have known It had I not slept upon them; for what guest could make up her mind to tell me? Neither would any one, I suppose, ever speak of the sagging or obstrep- trons spring, the lumpy mutton or the squeak in the bed, any ona of which would etrertuaur put sleep to rout for the sensitive or poor sleeper. My first sunntion u,Uererori, I repetition of my friend'. 'tdviee--as1eep in your own guest room oeeaaiontmy. I slept in mine soon after, Ind was horrified to tind that the feather pil- lows, compantively new, had In oily and very disagreeable smell, necessi- tating their being sent to the cleaner-’- " once. A friend of mine once told me that her mother advised her, " an early period in her housekeeping career, to sleep in her guest room once in 1 while. She had found it on excellent suggestion and had followed it with-- Ihe was more than tram-distinct nd.. vantage to her guests. LET'S TRY OUR GUEST ROOM. The Delicious Flavor has won it millions of users. Sold by all grocers. Buy a package today. FREE SAIHE of BREE! In UPI“ REQUEST. “SMJHA,” mum LN. _ - , - MI Ui; " qe ie Psi " IN n 1- .L $ttl z - f 'ra" r", g _ 'i' Eil hi N ' s . E 9.,“ Rr, Mix; - J), 4 El 141,; 15i,A' La'fir,iL"i5 Egg. ttil Woman's Sphere drawn from the leaves of GREEN TEA 4748. This is nice for crepe do [chine or batiste, with trimming of lace or embroidery. The new printed wiles. [organdy and linen may also be used lfor this pretty frock. _ I The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes'. 14, I 16, 18 and 20 years. A 16-year size} Inquires My" yards of 32-inch me terial. The width at the foot in atbouti 31% yards. 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TO MAKE A FIRELESS COOKER i A really comfortable chair, besides " the ordinary ones, is a necessity; I !eoueh---aometime. possible-is a lux- l, ury. A rock on which n auitcue may ;be placed is a very great convenience. 'iThe' bureau or toilet table may be as ‘conveniently and ornamentally stock- 1 ed with toilet articles as circumstances iwill allow; but see, I pray you, that iyou provide a pineuahion well stocked‘ with a variety of pins. ' Don't forget a scrap basket. f See that your guest room auppiiesi :a stand or container for towels. face' ‘cioths, soap, tooth paste, powder and; _ so forth. l to take a nap. write a letter or two, read a new book or simply spend a half hour in quiet, undisturbed by tho necessity of talking, is appreciated by your guest. The verel cont-ining the food is n on a heated soapstone-in the Mum of the tin bucket. Both tops Iould be luuned neuroly and it "l no more attention until the time mm. to remove the food. Lastly, give your cunt a chance to enjoy her room-that is, don't try to entertain her nil the time, or try to give her your society every single minute of the day. Often a chance It is often a very great convenience to In overnight or week-end guest with a small quantity of luggage, to find a bath robe hanging in the guest room closet. I think this might be considered a necessity. Be sure, also, that" this closet con- tai_ns plenty of hangers. blotter. A box of stamp: is appro- ciated as aid in {an emergency. A small "work basket, well stocked, should stand in .tomttonpnient place. Perhaps a combination}! Garaek and writing materials can be made. A DAINTY SUMMER FROCK, H469 little' brother. 'The Mhor,' as they call. ‘him. is their great amusement andv delight. He in quite absurdly good-l :looking. with great Crave green eyes! land a head most wonderfully set on' :his shoulders. He has a small in- come of his own. which Jean Kee s, lreligiously apart so that he may lie [able to go to a good school when he lis old enough. l "Perhaps 'the llixruption' is a sort of religious t0ttoshu. Anyway, she was {rightfully religious» -n strict ('nhinisl-vand taught Jean to regard everything from the point of view of her own death-bed. I mean to say, the child had to ask herself. 'How will this anion look “hen I um on my deathbed." Every cross “uni. every nmall disobdience, she war told, would "It seems she nlways dressed in' waning black silk.'nt bolt upright on I the edge of chairs for her figure, tookr the Jrreatest care of her hands and, complexion, and was a great "r'. She had, Jean said, Tome out at the Dis, ruption.' Jean was so impressive over it that I didn't like to ask what iti meant. Do you suppose she made her} debut then? t "The great-aunt who brought up the Jardines must have been an un- common old woman. She died ( er- haps luckily) just as the young 89r- vuse Taunton come on the scene. "So the baby of two was sent to the child of eighteen, and Jean [flaws with gratitude and tells you how good it was of her at-one-timo stepmother to think of her! That is how she seems to take life: no suspecting of motives: looking for, therefore pox-naps finding, kindness nn every side. It is rather absurd in this wickud world, but I shouldn't wonder if it made for hap- piness. ' "The Taunton child has, of course, no shadow of claim on the Jardineu. but he is to thrm a most treasured little brother. 'The Mhor,' as they call him, is their great amusement and delight. He is quite nhsurdlv immi- Clh?..'.1'f man an enemy. You lee, I can; "tGe has no ail htest trace of ac- B think of such tx.trttord)nty"1ly nuty'cent. but she has that no in her voice . things to “Y about. people I don't like.'_.] have noticed it once or twice be.. - But this little girl treated me " if I fore in Beots ple-that makes one y' had been an ol or sister or a kind big think of ',Z2t',t,t heathery moor- }. brother, tutd--wss11, I found it rather Ignd. and running water. In Bppettr- s touching. |ance she is like a wood elf, rather "Jean Jardine is her funny little small and brown, very light and - name. She looks a mere child, LiiiAiGfuT. She is so beautifu 1y made Iishe tells me she is twenty-three and that there is great satisfaction in tlahe has been head of the house tsinee,ilookintt at her. (If she had all the illhe was nineteen. l virtues in the world I could never take "It is really the strangest story..any interest in a girl who had a large The father, one Francis Jardine, was' head, or short legs, or thick ankles!) g. in the Indian Civil turviee--prettr She knows how to dress, too. The lit- ,igood at his job, I tttsther--and theseitl brown frock was just right, and [three children, Jean and her two bro-jthe ribbon that was tied round her (thers, David and Jock. were brought;hair. I'll tell you what she reminded lap in this cottage-The Ri s it islme of a good deal-Romney's ‘Par- ,'r),c,tilletr---by an old aunt of the gathers son's Daughter.' l '1(ii'eat-aunt Alison. The mother died "What a find for my first day at i. when Jock was a baby, and after some Priorsfordl ;iyears the father married again, sud-l "I went to tea with the Jurdines ifdeniy and unpretpeditatedly, a, beauti. and I never was at a nicer tea-party.) lful and almost friendlesa girl whom We said poems to each other moat oft .. he met in London when home on leave. the time. MhorU rendering of Chesl {Jean offered no comment on the wis- terton's 'The Pleasant Town of kiGiiy, idom or the unwisdom of the match, about' was very fine, but Jock loves! ibut she told me the young Mrs. Jar- best 'Don John of Austria.' You would; idine had sent for her (Jean we: then like Jock. He has a very gruft voice? t". schoolgirl of fourteen) and had and such surprised blue eyes, and in. given her a good time in London 'rjf.-'j',ir'ljli, of weird interjection: like 'Gosh/ ore she sailed with her husband for 'l'ot.if," and 'Earh, in the streets 0'} ilndia. Rather unusual when you Cor y He is a determined foe to: 'mme to think of it! it isn't every sentiment. He won't read a book thati 3young wife who has thought on the contains love-making or death-lieda! Ilioneymoon for schoolgirl slepdaugh- 'Does anybody marry?’ 'lmes anybody; item and Jean had pace” that it was die?' are his first questions about a: jiiiil and unselfish, and was rateful. book, “0 naturally his, reading is much ’The Jardines sailed for ML", and restricted. i iwere hardly landed when Mr. Jar- "The Jardinos have the lovable ‘(iinc died of cholera. The youngliluiiil of becoming suddenly overpinv-,l (widow stayed om-l suppose she liked ered with laughter, erumpled UP. and" ‘the life and had little to bring her helpless. You have it, too; I have in} [back to Enttland--and when the /t')il'i'ii'! nice people have it. I have been; {year of her widowhood was over she rcfreahlng myself with Iris/I Merttots'p imam-led a young soldier, Gervaseitw aim-c dittrtcr.. Ito you rcunornlrerr" iTuunton. l'm almost sun- 1 remem-rwhat it said about Martin Ross? md' ber meeting him about ',tyre,tl,tiy.yi/,y,!,t,y conventionul jest, had but smalli‘ perfect dancer. crack polo player.lp_ower over her; it was the trivial! They sec-m, in spite of lack of moite.v,ltsysut'dit.v. the invcrsion of the cxpect-i to have been supremely happy fumed. the sublimity gettingn little above, about three years, whcn young Taun-i,itso.lf and failing to rculizc that it) l ton was killed playing polo. The poor/had taken that. futsd step over the; girl broke her heart and slipped out border -thuse were the things that1 of life. leaving behind onc little boy.'hltd her, and laid her, wherever shat She had no relations, and Captnin mieht bus, in ruins. . . .' 1 l Taunton had no one very incur, midi "Hella Buthgntc. l munt tell your: when she Wtts dying she had left in- remains unthawed. She hinted to me stvuetitrns, ‘Send my boy to Scotland. tonight that she thought the 'lyuiro-' Ask Joan to brim: him up. She will pathie was the plnue for. me-- rsurr-ly uruhtstrtnd.' i suppnw she had tle.. the unkindut cut of all. People dress levied even in the schoolgirl of fours for (“NWT "very t:ieht there, she tvils tetlt Jean's most outstanding quality. nu'. and most of them "re Erglish, 'rreau'fturtneiss, and entrusted an. vhild and " band plays. Evidently she lo her without a quaint. ,thinks i would be at home in such "People, I tun often told, find them.. selves rather in awe of me. I know that they would rather have me for a friend than an enemy. You Bee, I con think of such extraordinarily musty things to say about people I don't like. But this little girl treated me as if I had been an older sister or a kind big brother, and-well, I found it rather touching. CHAPTER Ivi-HC'ont'ti.) "In this room a girl sat, darning stockings and crying quietly to herself r-<rrying because her brother David had gone to Oxford the day before, and she was afraid he would tind it hard work to live on his scholarship with the small help she could give him, afraid that he might find himself shabby and feel it bitter, afraid that he might not come back to her the kind, clear-eyed boy he had gone away. "8he told me all about it as simply as a child. Didn't seem to find it in the least odd to conhde in a stranger, didn't seem " all impressed by the sudden 1'lrf"'"""' of my fashionably dressed so ft l Bhopmart--"You may have your choieo-penny plain or two-pane. eolored." Solemn Saul! Boy-"Penny plain, please. In better value tor the money." PENNY PLAIN Copyright by George H. Doran Co, BY o. DOUGLAS After a talk with a helpful portrsr he found rooms in a temperanr-e hotel in the Highgate- a comfortable, quiet place. The next day he was too Hrnal m I When Peter Reid arrived at Priors» ford Station from London he stood for a few minutes looking about him in a lost way, almost as if after thirty years he expected to see a "kent face" coming to meet him. He had no tto- tion where to go; he hall not written for rooms: he had simply obeyed the impulse that sent him-the impulse that sends a hurt child to ita mother. It is said that an old home near to death turns towards the pasture: where he was fouled. It is true of human beings. “Man wanders back to the fleld_ which bred hun." "'Well, you (we, tlm‘e’s Ih.ter.' "Jock looked at the vat and observ- ed obseurely, 'It's not " sentimental beust cither'-whilt, Jean asked if I would have preferred it cull-d Sir Rubindranath Tagore!" “Some day 1 think you must visit Priorsfurd and got lo know Miss Bathgate.---Yourd, "Pam. "I forgot to tell you that for some dark reason the Jardinvs call their vat. _Sir J. M. Barrie. I"I usked wh/iiiGo,t no satisfac tion. l "Bella Bathgaw. I must tell you, remains unthawed. She hinted to me to-night that she thought the Hydro- pathie was the place for. me-surely the unkind”! cut of all. People dress, for dinner every night there, she tells me, and most of them are English, and a ham! plays. Evidently she thinks I would be at home in sueh company. '"e"e-VF. _ l. JV- F_s6a.B.'rrwr't what it said about Martin Ross? ‘Thtd large conventional jest had but small: power over her; it was the trivial absurdity. the inversion of the expect-I ed, the sublimity getting " little above. itself and falling to realize that it} had taken that fatal step over the: border-those Were the things thet) felled her, and laid her, wherever she. might be, in ruins. . . .' a 569A Yonge at, MAGNETOS "The Jen-dines have the lovable habit of becoming suddenly overp0w- ered with laughter, crumpled up, and helpless. You have it, too; I have it; all nlce people have it. I have been refreshing myself with Irah Manor- ies since (113mm,. Ito you remember what it said about Martin Ross? 'The, large convent_ionul jest had but small Corky He is a determined foe to untiment. He won't read a book that contains love-making or death-beds. 'Does anybody marry?’ 'Hoes anybody die?' are his first questions about a book, so naturally his reading is much restricted. PARTS and SERVICE Auto Start" Ind Generator Repair (iompany. "I went to tea with the Jardines, and I never was at a nieer tea-party. We said poems to each other moat of the time. MhorU rendering of Ches- terton's 'The Pleasant Town of Round- ubout’ wns very fine, but Jock love: but 'Don John of Austria.' You would like Jock. He has a very gruff voice and such surprised blue eyes, and is fond of weird interjection: like 'Gosh, Ma tdel' and ‘Earis in the streets of Cori? He is a determined for, to "I think perhaps it was largely this training that has given Jean her par- ticular flavor. She is the most happy ‘chenge from the ordinary modern girl. Her manners are delightful--- not noisy, but frank and guy like . nice boys. She neither falls into the Scylle of Infection nor the Chsrybdis of off-handednesus. She has been no- where and seen very little; books are [her world, and she talks of book- people as if they were everyday ac- quaintances. She adores Dr. Johnson t?,.oqutr.tes him continually. A Miami rnusi have Hem a horrible old ghoul, but Jean defended her hotly. She seems to have had a great ad- miration for her aged relative, though she owned that her death was some- thing of a relief. Unfortunately. most of her: income died with her. be a 'thorn in her dying pillow.' I 3321;], perhaps. rudely, that_Greltaur,1.t CHA PTER V WEBSTEK was too tired TORONTO to l The landlord, a cheery little man, lfound time once or twice to talk tor a few minutes, but he had only been tan years in Priorsford and could tell " guest nothing of the people he had once known. “D'you know a house called The Ri 7 ' he naked him. Fld landlord knew it well-a quaint cottage with a pretty garden. Old Miss Alison Jardine was living in it when he came first to Prioraford; dead now, but the young folk were still in it, " hiurur folk?" said Peter Reid. “Yen,” laid the landlord, "Miss Jean Jardine and her brothers. Orphans, I'm told. Father an Anglo-Indian. Nice geople Oh, very. Quiet and in- offend ve. They don't own the house though. I hear the landlord ii a very wealthy man in London. By the way, same name as yourself, sir." (To he vqntinued.) Of the in Great dents all Good temper is fila- a Jvrnny day; it sheds its brightness upon everything. 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Running through a. potentlnl eotton.i'it seems dark by comparison W rt growing great of 600,000 new, a nt""") ot tlte Sum rnilwny 216 mile: long was formally: A photograph of a sun spot f" opened in the Sudan recently, connect-.31: III-trument mined the "2-1:" in; Knuth with tho line to Port Su-lheltograph." an invention of I)" ! dun. "mu/G the obhcrwr to than ': -- - - _-F---------. lone wave length of the sun's I p A job that is a "grind" is often the) um a radio analogy. Such yr ' Moro Efteetio "Why don't you hold the busy bee up to your hired man " In enmple?" suggested Pnraon Hadesummer. Nowondcr ts'htt't"ggge to popular Th?“ no - and with cud: lt “3M". Mahmud MONA/)9 awn/1W " IWQV ”HOWAGI ITOII A Let us send you circular "K" - 7 Per Cent. Plus Safety -plaers you under no obligation what ever. Write tor it to-duy. Government Municipal Industrial Slick/ iii, hat is tt "grind" is often th will sharpen your under PERQOLA'mR [ BONDS atsirtdtSggite:,' l. . 'dih' i Authority can be confound upon I you, but not wisdom. It hr to " um“ Keep Growing. We ttmud n .Iuir bvech mm 'hct him I 'tone as heavy an we nun! hm. lifted, ”my up in the top of the ”a The bunches ma tripped that Mona you: before. when "nobody had placed it In the croteh ot the (no. and curried " upwm far “we our buds. Now the ”one in thirly embed dd in the wood. Here In 'tttttetttitig worth while: "carry your blur-Ina right on with you [(009 grow-tn; Ther will not hurt you. they win mak- you stronger. Those methods have only 1mm an veloped in recent years. sud the " cent lnurtive period of the nun lun- pre- vented their mmplmo- nppllcuion Ar monomers at tho Mount Wilmu up serrnory are. therefore, loom": fol, wnrd to the active period "Ill is up pron-Mug. and in tho out tes vars our tatowlodge of Ibis importam bod) should be greatly RuOttettttcti. Jun. Smiley. ERAS. Magnetism of “on. Onrs of the mum fruitful lititr, ' , 'e search In the sun it; recent 3m:~ has been in connection with the manna! 11m of the spots. and this our”. " .m- cuued at. length m line In! June: of Dr. Hale's mm book, "The (myth: ot the Universe." This study i, run this became of the smiled 'Z‘e ma 'tttmet." by which the dark h nu. Mble In the solar spectrum Wti.rtl M In viewed In a Bpoetroscopo, 1mm r to be "lit into two or more coumum " when the 1iqht h wood through mo acid of u powerful mun“. Alumina! with the activity n? Inn. an revealed by the prenenv‘n absence of spots. are numerou~ , t phenomena. or most Interest trr ... liver: is the relation hettwon t! and our average tempertrturer. P, been noticed that the earth ',-, preciably cooler at the time. “I r maximum than at the minimum thin may seem surprising. beca "r' spate indicate increaaed solar Pt?' *- However, it is httppnemi that it' _ active timer largt quantities of . .t , small particles or some kind. thrown out around the sun and l this act- " a Meteett to reduva 2». tiou to the earth. Support is w this View by the tact that the ,, y,' which can only be seen at the t ::.v a total eclipse, seem. to con-2m such email particles and is much :1: extenaive at the time ut a In" t her of spout allow the distribution ot any , mom, such as colvium or hy on the sun Ind reveal a dam spin! structure of the spot. lt this way that their nature has determined. and they are new k to be not! cycloutm or lornml-v the outer “nous layer ot the sun The spots no the most tiotlout features ot the sun when they Bro i sent. sud Isms ones may he men w relster slight optical aid. A: i. cent the spots one probably too my] to be seen without s Imlli to)” .. but when they become morv numom Thus the Inn Words astronomer. i i portunity of studying 3 r:Utr at tC:, lively close we, only 944000.000 mile. away. This seems near when we mean that the unreal Other blur " shout six trillion miles away and that In light take- more than fuur 1",i,"s to reach III, will]. that of the Hm. takes only about eight minutes. The spot. that hue been rmwn observed were It a high latitude the sun‘s surface, and " in this n that identittttt, them as the forerunn- of the new period rather than hat over' from the period that has are ly ended. At the beginning of t cycle a tew appenr toward the po', of the sun. then, as they increagu number. their “ergo pagition mm nearer and nearer to the solar equmt which, since the um in i routine but correspond: to the equator of , earth. About 1917 the spots We mast numemul. After that their nu her decreased, until in 1922 all th could be seen were close to the equi Luce gunp- ot sun spots. some nt ancient sin to hold the earth mm without overcrowding, which have 19 C6tttlr appeared, indicate that a mu period ot tsolar activity has noun Every eleven and a halt years large areas of the sun become complezen covered with spots, while INVH-i‘u than maxilla, as was the raw Yuri summer, week. " I time may Pliny-0 without one making in lppearunc-n OLD SOL IS RAISXNG A NEW CROP OF SPOTS [my [hon hatching an sen Efficie " M r let bre ll SUMMER CARE or' BRE I' I‘ ty the WAYSIDE DELICATESSE