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_So lfere smouid be ona (chapter) at least f(‘he nursery. With such a chapter th«Fefore will | brighten the countenance of many a dear child and gladden the heart of many a happy father and tenger mother and nepoâ€" tious uncle or aunt and fond brother or sister. For their sakes 1 will reâ€" late one of William Dove‘s stories with which he used to delight young Danie! and with which the Doctor in h‘s turn lighted the atc ame fc the Dr He t« ish 1t chi life sove Twain i e Doctor. says & chapter of the "So there shou stoppin marked or, Mark Tw with him on ttents. When barking from The in t and ingly. author, with th is an | told by nex The Author of the Three Bears. AFP H (Om wl H it AFK 1 w mat Be f A Y ab Gems of Humor from the Life of Mark Twain. Ma She w W a The New Dish One Too Man th U of the most dificult 1 to make the world humorist«s. being fe ncerns Dr. Meredith clan. who saved M af it it lin ir) lor AN WHO AMUSED THE WORLD h I de writing as the un t of Daniel Dove { the most inferest entire work: al ¢ in London. . Dr. Daniel T iving repeated nId io him . by ncle William I Arst read by deâ€" 837. ~You will find y wrote it in volâ€" ma work entitled he wrote for his 1 afterwards pubâ€" in London. The n e of the race that tale of unimaginâ€" great big bear, r _ and the Hittle first eaten their ng ages ago. Inâ€" the geologists to ized footprints in hildren Wht whe 18 Preaident ) 1own Clevetand and he sat on while Cleveland nained standing peared to Mark ver al ated )t be published Here sre some s" in the book: _ to Dr. John physicianâ€"authâ€" his wife went of visits to paâ€" or was disemâ€" ige at his first patient. he reâ€" Ag KT #1 Mark the kr vent t ithor before . and which the first a college phed, folâ€" a 8 V new: dish ncerning PAI WI 1 Mark‘s ids Mark ma ot it go. ten tire te A n e tale D TY but ) about Afraid in her things laugh, w and ind ver in f his oet the ticket for was Lis ho Tark Can As a storyâ€"taller for children Robert Southey learned his art from much practice, for he was the delightful father of seven children. It is safe to say that his own little sons and daughâ€" ters were the first little boys and girls who ever heard the Story of the Three Bearse Had 1 been one of those proud lilfes When he «aid "Consider," I would have shot up to a star, quick with red! lines are printed in big letters, and the little bear‘s. words are in small italics. own in a wood." All the huge bear appear lish type; the mid that fit audience for which it is deâ€" signed if it be told with dramatic spirit in the manner that our way of print ing it may sufficiently indicate withâ€" out the aid of musical notation. Ex perto crede. Prick up your ears then, my good little women and men, and ye who are neither so little nor so good, favete linguis., for here follows the story of the Three Bears, ‘a tale which may content the minds of learnâ€" ed men and grave philosophers.‘" And so he begins the story: "Once upon a time there were Three Bears who lived together in a house of their own in a wood." All the speeches of the huge bear appear in big Old Engâ€" lish type; the middleâ€"sized bear‘s chief!" k During the visit of the King and Queen to Gibraltar on their return from the Delhi Durbar, the author at The Clerk‘s Ambition. "I remember a discussion amongst a number of clerks when one of them remarked to another, ‘I can‘t think why a rich man like yourself can stay on in a life of slavery like this.‘ Well, if you feel like that," was the reply, ‘why don‘t you go? . .. I have a deâ€" finite object in staying on.‘ On being pressed to tell us his object, he exâ€" plained that it was in order to refuse to subscribe to the wreath which would be sent to the Foreign Office on the demice of our formidable it if I had been thorns in that crown would have shrunk with shame 1 a tree died alone, without a name â€"Lena Hall "The first occasion on which I had to wait upon him with a sample of my handwriting, he glared at me for a moment and then snapped, ‘This handwriting is allowable in a genius, but until we have had the opportunity of judging whether you are one, you must write more clearly.‘ ordeé Another new and amusing book of reminiscences is Mr. Frank Rattigan‘s "Diverstons of a Diplomat." The permanent head of the Foreign Office, of which Mr. Rattigan became an official. was a martinet of the old rening utched young teey moment. _ Then the Governor said: ‘You are dismissed, gentlemen. Your services are not required. Mr. Mark Twain is sitting on the bells.‘ On another occasion, when Cleveâ€" land had become President, he called at the White House. While there he turnd to Mra. Cleveland and gave her his card, on which be had written, "I did not," and asked her to sign it. She could not understand, but at !ength she consented, arnd Mark Twain then handed ber a note written by his wife. It read: "Don‘t wear your wife rd h an ad I been a small loaf near a dazed multitude, uld have widened with laughter‘s leaven the grass was fed! Wiitersham, a tiny village in Kent, England, of 600 inhabitants, was recently in danger of complete isolation by the floods.~ The photograph hows a fleld nearby, which looked like a raging sea, â€" s » to d which fit au His Wife‘s Advice. From each {oor," he declares, "a ng man now emerged, and the sixâ€" n lined un and moved forward and v~l1â€"in frort of the Governor with »spect of respectfnl expectancy in ir attitude. No onre spoke for a A ed me by forgive my wife.‘ may st + aid of rede. | d little It es in ark‘s hat h« de ne lie be light 1 not under : consented, a ed ber a note read : "D in the White ‘s device for in the White House." This ‘s device for proving to his he had remembered to obey Answer. ver the the 18 his is young fails of ¢ for whick Mr. Rattigan deâ€" much later in the + excited Governor e hand and begged outspoken remark roung favorites, : _of effect with which it is deâ€" dramatic spirit ir way of print indicate withâ€" ! notation. Exâ€" your ears then, and men, and o little nor so or here follows : Bears, ‘a tale minds of learnâ€" avorites, ect with t is deâ€" tic spirit of printâ€" te withâ€" on. Exâ€" rs then, en, and nor so The Canadian Corps of Signals, in coâ€"operation with the North West Terâ€" ritories and Yukon Branch of the Deâ€" partment of the Interior, installed the wireless apparatus in the four staâ€" tions completed, nawely, Edmonton, Fort Simpson, Mayo, and Dawson. Work on the northermost station, that at Herschel, had to be postponed owâ€" ing to the loss of equipment and supâ€" plies with the steamship Lady Kimberâ€" ley. Wireless communication between the Northwest and Yukon Territories and other parts of the Dominion was officially inaugurated at midnight, on December 5 when the first message, signed by Hon. Charles Stewart, Minâ€" ister of the Interior, was transmitted from Ottawa to Dawson. The recent completiion of the southernmost terâ€" minal at Edmonton opened the way for the inauguration of the new service, the stations at Fort Simpson and Dawâ€" son having been already put in operaâ€" tion. Complete Wireless to Yukon. 1st Comedianâ€""Did your song of the Millâ€"Stream flow smoothly?" *1d Comedian â€" "Well, no; the audience constructed it with dams." Now the brave answer spreadsâ€" Even the rock is glad:; The greenâ€"the green is here! The naked suffering of the earth is clad; A velvet folds the sphere; The cattle bend their heads. Or, from an ambient sun, Perhaps, through miles of air There falls a foreigin word Descriptive of how fair To see the thunderous rainâ€" the sing ing birdâ€" The white snow lightly spun! Is it from earth‘s deep heart, That edict: Unhusk; go! You shall behold a sky. Undoubtedly, blades know A motion to leap high, 4 Something that makes them start. How can the tiny grains, Held under heavy earth, In that moist, smothering brown Foresee the sunlight‘s worth, Or dare, when that hard surface holds them down, To suffer thrusting pains? scene, Wedged in the seed, That wills: Go forth and be? The Grass. How is the grass sot free? What liberates the green? Is there some urging need, Some inkling of that upper, farâ€"spread William T. Cosgrave, president of the Irish Free State, poses for his bust, which is being executed by George F. Waters, the American sculptor, in his Auteuil studio. Interrupted Flow M a V Lewig f Preserving the Fish ] Minnesota has nine ifish | either closed to fishing at all 5during specified seasons. Vancouver is assured of shipping in the present crop season, at least 18,000,000 bushels of grain, and prosâ€" pects are considered*"to be good for moving a total between 20,000,000 and 25,000,000 bushe‘s, it was learned at the Vancouver Merchants‘ Exchange recently. About 13,000,000 bushels have been shipped from Vancouver to date since the beginning of the presâ€" ent crip year. Bookings are on the "boards" for between four and five million bushe‘s to be moved in the next two months. The successful employer is the man who finds what the employee can do best and sets him at it. The world at large, as a vast employment bureau, will sooner or later discover each man‘s ability; and if he refuses to do what he is best able to do, he is an cconomic superfluity and cannot exâ€" pect to receive the wage that goes to the valuable laborer. _ "Save he serve, no man may rule"; and only when he serves in some fashion is he anything more than a drone and ‘a social burden. But it must be remâ€" embered that constructive thought, creative criticism and the power of: sympathy are among the most helpful influences, so that no invalid who thinks and guides, who soothes and enâ€" courages another human being, is useless or need be without employâ€" ment. When he first chooses a calling, he carefully balances the claims of sevâ€" eral trades or professions in the light iof his own training and his peculiar iaptitudo. There are grown men and | women on the concert platform who iare miscast because they wanted the glamour and applause; they would have done better to foilow some | prosaic occupation outside the spotâ€" |light. The old adage that you can‘t make a silk purse out of a sow‘s ear was slightly varied by Abraham Lincoln, who was in the habit of observing that you can‘t make a whistle cut of a pig‘s tail, till a farmer at Hartford, Conn., made one and sent it to him. It just proved that we mustn‘t lay down the law in such matters as unexceptionâ€" able. But if the probabilities are that a girl will make a better seamstress than she will a singer, or that a boy will make a good engineer and a poor sculptor, each should have the training that will enable him or her to qualify for the highest value, inâ€" stead of that which will produce disâ€" heartened muddlers in fields of «fi'm't; for which they are inept. ,‘ no progress to speak of. Did that mean that chauffeurs‘ sons ought not to try to be artists? No; but in this instance it is probable that the lad was wasting time in the studio that might well have been spent on learnâ€" ing at the bench to be a good meâ€" chanic. A rich merchant took a fancy to the son of ‘his chauffeur, bought him a costly violin, and was bound to make him a concert virtuoso. The boy took a lot of expensive lessons and made Since a man has only one life to lead, he wants it to count, and is bound to invest it where it yields the largest returns, not in ephemeral pleasure, not in the chaff which the wind driveth away, but in service "simply given to his own kind in their human need." Vancouver is Busy Port. ‘rvice. ONTARIO ARCHIV TORONTO refuges times or "God was my shaper, Passing surmisal, He hammered, HMe wrought n From curled silver vapour, To wish of His mindâ€" Thou couldst not have though So purely. so palely, Finely, surely. * Mightily, frailly, Inscupled, emboseed With His hammers of wind, And His graver of frost." (0 filagree petal!) Fashioned so purely, Fragilely, surely, From what paradisal Imagineless metal, Too costly for cost? Who hammered you, Wtought ro From argentine vapour? What heart would have thought you Past our devisal Clam again‘!" Theatre managers recently started agitation to obtain freedom from this tax, arguing it was unfair, unnecesâ€" sary and not known in other countries, like the United States and England. They seemed to be winning their point, with special medical service at the nearest police station as a subâ€" stitute, when within one week two theatre patrons died while witnessing performancesâ€"one at the opera and the other in a playhouseâ€"and the managers decided to let the question drov. a medical man on service at each perâ€" formance, for whom a seat is reâ€" served. _ Often. enough the doctor sends a friend to replace him, but always arranges so that the theatre can find him rapidly in case of need. Paris physicians have been in danâ€" ger of losing one of the perquisites of their profession â€" a free orchestra stall at the theatre. Police regulaâ€" tions require every theatre to have Ancient Courtesy to Medical Profession in Paris Theatres In speaking of the uses to which: this money is likely to be put Dr. Gor-i don Bates, General Sccretary of the‘ Council, said: "Though we have fifty] branches of our Council throughout! Canada, and a national program of. social hygiene, there have been two definitely weak spots in our move-: ment, and these we now hope to remâ€". edy. One has been the need of organ-} izers in both Eastern and Western Canada. These we hope to appoint at once. The second weakness has been | in our failure to work out a national! scheme for the adequate sclentific education of adolescents and childrenf in the meaning of social hygiene, so that from the earliest years onward,! there may come to them through proâ€" per channels a gradual, but accurate} knowledge _ regarding certain bioâ€" logical facts, and the maintenance of , clean standards of conduct. In our‘ work so far, we have aimed at these objectives by educative work for adults and parents. But we feel that there should be a more aggressive and, definite plan to ensure child education‘ along all these lines. This $15,000 grant will enable us to put our plans! into immediate effect." I That the rural as well as urban dweller is vitally concerned in Social Hygiene as aâ€"means of definitely proâ€" .ovging the sverage length of human life has been shown recently by the announcement of a grant of $15,000 from an American Life Insurance Company to the Canadian Social Hyâ€" giene Council for the extension of its specia.ized public hea‘th work all over the Dominion. The grant is to be used in spreadâ€" ing the gospe!l of social health to all the outiying parts of Canada and in making possible a national scheme for the adequate education of all parents and children in the essential meaning and vital importance of the fundaâ€" mentals of social hygiene. It is understood that this offer has come through the very favorable reâ€" ports made by the officials at the Canadian headquarters of this comâ€" pany in Ottawa, regarding the activi-; ties and program of the Social Hyâ€" giene Council. | Fifteen Thrusand for Social Lygiene. dst not have thought me! A Snowflake. His Fate. There‘s Mr. Oyster, stewed Francis Thompson tJeZ. Gimcover A gentieman has ease without faâ€" miliarity, is respectful without meanâ€" ness, genteel without affectation,. inâ€" sinuating without sceming art.â€"â€"Chesâ€" terfield. Animal Believed to be Extincet Reappears in California It has always been difficult to obâ€" tain trustworthy portraits of the in gides of these tiny things, but now it has been found that in many of them the substances which color them have this power of giving out light again, and so produci@gg jhe color photoâ€" graphs. A beam of light is turned on them, _ In Buenos Ayres th. the plants absorb it, just as phosphorâ€"; continues throughout : us will absorb light, and then give it There are regular fur out again. A photographic plate !s:dnys and holidays. T placed over the plants, and when the of a high order. light is yielded up by them they photoâ€"| Nowadays the riden graph the outlines of thir own form | Argentine; but the sp and structure on the sensitive plate. [ the British spirit TÂ¥ They are very small plants which | dency to "win at al} ~ thus supply their own photographs, so cally disappeared small as to be seen properly only unâ€"| Ayres Hippodrome. der the microscope; but they may be| The great Society . very important for good or evil, for| mal year are the Joo the bacteria, the yeasts and the ' and the Cup of Hono:> moulds, are all microscopic plants. ‘and the National Pri~~ Some kinds of plants have been found which can be made to photoâ€" graph themselves. Cornelius T. Cramp, chairman of the British Labor party, says his impresâ€" sions of New York will always be of "untidy prosperity," where people erect skyscrapers, but neglect to sweep their side streeta. I The United States takes practically ‘our entire exports of cream, notâ€" | withstanding the increased â€" tariff. The twelve months ending November, 11924, showed deliveries of 8,287,452 | gallons across the line, compared with ©2,555,758 gallons in 19238. \ _ In the above tweive months‘ period }7.717,576 pounds of milk powder was | exported, as compared with 3,981,â€" {502 pounds a year ago. The amount ‘of condensed milk exported increased from 87,059,600 pounds last year to | 48,736,000 pounds this year. During | the same period, also, our cheese exâ€" | ports â€" increased from _ 116,982,500 pounds in 1928 to 120,116,200 pounds ‘ in 1924. Canada‘s dairy products are making a name for themselves in many counâ€" tries and are meeting world compeâ€" tition with increasing success. Durâ€" ing the tweive months ending Novemâ€" ber last, Canada increased her exâ€" ‘ ports of dairy products in nearly all lines. This was especially the case [wit.h butter, milk powder, and cream. \ To the supply of butter for outside \ markets Canada contributed 21,676,â€" | 038 pounds the past tweive months, |as against 12,935,279 pounds a year ago. This butter, than which no betâ€" ‘ter is made, was supplied to twenty countries. The United Kingdom is, of | course, the largest consumer, while ’Gormany, Beigium and Newfoundland ‘\ are ‘heavy purchasers. It is of inâ€" terest to note that China and Japan | are in the market for Canadian butter, taking between thein over 100,000 ‘poundn in November. i Dairying is closely allied with develâ€" opment of the land. Raising the feed, feeding it to live stock, and using the resultant fertilizer upon the lana is a conservation measure that will ensure the continuous productivity of Canada‘s greatest natural resource â€"â€"her agricultural lands. What Some Plants Can Do. _ Milk powder is another of our rapidly growing exports having as its primary source the dairy farm. The Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Department of the Interior at Ottawa says: Natural Resources Bulletin. j o. 0 00 77 .000 Juodred qnImg® the + lowing year, are conse rated In Rome, the Poje prerforms the ceremony himse!", >,; distributes wax candles to the cardinals and others, who carry them in procession through the great hall of the Pope‘s palace. By an Order in Councii,. the ceremony in Englan? was prohibitad in the yeer 1548, Candlemas Day, which i« the day in February, is the fers Ronan Cathoiic Church, celebr the second day of every Febp honor of the purificatica of th« Mary, and the presen atin Lord in the Temple is from the great numbe> of ligh on that occasion. Th :, ast * have originated in the deciar Simeon that Our Beviour was a light to lighten tho Gentiles on Candlemas Day the a) the tapers and other ligh.s. which be used in the chy lowing year, are ©; In Rome, the Paojr ceremony himse!", ;,, wax candles to the , others, who carry them som or Ascot is not matic. Buenos Ayres is city, with treedlined and many splendid ing a cathedral nea: The great Societ; mal year are the Jo and the Cup of Hons and the National Pri~ Pelligrini in October ous crowd in the FHj, to become excited on But, after all, a Briti liberal display of jew to the brilllant spect: Worthy of attention too, is the i« series of other white buildings. el orate and spacious, and the space closed by the track. This is not : usual bare field, but is gay with flow beds, shrubberies, and rivulets cro ed by little white bridges. There are three courses, one c side the other. The outermost gi\ a gallop equal to the longest of * tish "classic‘ races. Sport and Spectacie Too The grounds outside the trgek : embellished with flowous, lawns, a trees, including eucalyptss, pines, ; palms. An excellent band discour music, while a throng of gailyâ€"ires people the menâ€"at loast, the Ar> tinesâ€"in faultless attive, the in lies elegant Parislan costumos o wish nsual ba beds, sh ed by lit There side the a gallop Finer Than Europe Can Show But Buenos Ayres buildings stands are admittedly finer than : thing in Europe. The spectators accommodated in a row of grea‘ w stands; that for the special use members of the Jockey and their f; lles being mainly of white mar capped with a graceful roofing. hind the upper rows of seats i spacious promenade, with tables afternoon tea, and, further back, la and wellâ€"appointed club rooms. hall, diningâ€"rooms, luxurious billiards and drawing rooms, rooms for cards, fencing baths etc., make it the equal of any club in the world. Beautiful paintings and other expensive luxurâ€" ies like tapestries and carving, contriâ€" bute to the elegance of the e«tablishâ€" ment. Americans assert thit the racing ground at Buenos Ayres is the finest in the world. Europeans, however, hold that the course at Longshamps, Paris, is more than its equal. Despite all efforts, the going is apt to be hard and dusty during the long hot Argenâ€" tine summer. The Jockey Club at Buenos Ayres is probably the richest and most excluâ€" sive sporting organization in the world. It scarcely knows how to spend the vast revenue piled up by its raceâ€"meetings. The entrance fee is about $2,500, and only the sons of members of ten years‘ standing are now eligible. Even so, there is a conâ€" siderable waiting list. Longchamps‘ Rivai. The club, of which the Prince will become the honored guest during his visit, is magnificently housed on one of the finest Plazas in the world. The edifice has a notable facade and a fine entranceâ€"hall and staircase. On the first landing there is a fa mous Diana sculptured by Falguiere Corinthian columns, with ornamenta tion of onyx, ivory, and azui ejos are part of the decoration. A fine banquet Racing is a national institution in the Argentine. The land ‘favors the breeding of good horses, and the best bloodâ€"stock of the world is imported. For a sire with a splendid racing reâ€" cord over £30,000 has been paid. The Argentine feels that he has to keep up to tradition in horseflosh. Buenos Ayres, which the Prince of Wales is to visit, may well claim to be the most sporting city in the world. Its two million people have always been wellâ€"provided with "circuses" to keep their minds off politics. The standard of sport, indeed, is even toâ€" day much higher than that of public affairs. Candlemas C BUENOS AYRES, A CITY OF SPORT By Daisy Crabbe Curtis in a row of gre: or the special Jockey and the which 1« the s the femst urch, celebr eÂ¥ery Febr aticna of the exen atinn .. emment ldings, 200 veny P @ uCh e ent tions eans, however, t Longshamps, equal. Despite apt to be hard white marble S Club he e«iablish . the racing is the finest is, however, Longshamne. epie he ( h stiog t« it en 08 It white TIZ® to #ID ‘or TgF® p1 are juet 11 n b ir * < @r 10 t1 th H n He had a st used to tell h mny stories, ¢ father, who w byterian min ministers was his father me BOB Wa Among the Mr. Josephus row Wileon 1 President is t The Motorâ€"Driver Brll‘h STORIES ABOUT WELLâ€"KNOWN PEO] W W H "Nough Said ge 1 ib