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BY DAVID CHURCHILL I turned the corner of the house: "I can set about four this Jun» morning and : Mary, "but r came on Mary‘s pansy bed all jeweledi They are mul with dew. Like the bloom on grapes, with half rot yet softer und brighter, the crysttlslth’ occasiona blended the purples and the oranges The reason I and reds, the orchid shades and the keep the gro * turned the corner of the house| "I can set my foot between," said about four this June morning and Mary, "but really lh:on"tw;ery oltex}i came on Mary‘s pansy bed all jeweled| They are mulched when they are sma with dew. Like the bloom on j:npec.‘ with hailf rotted leaves and can stand yet softer ‘und bx:ighler, the cryunh:th,oceuioml cleaning up I give t}'u.'m. me‘;lded thom:urp.;:dms‘x or:n$! Tkr: le;:on I pnl:nt t};emt;: close is to and reds, ore 8 an p the ground coolâ€"the same reaâ€" deep wines. 'lon I mulch with leaves in the first 1 wanted her to see it before thejplace. They are really coo‘â€"weather sun struck it. I started to ca‘ll her’phnt.l, though with lots of water every and there she was, all dressed, coming evening during the hot spells of July out through the shadowy porch. lmd August, they get through and are Mary and I hung over that bed of as gorgeous again f.rom September pansies, gach pointimz_out some new| till snow as in the spring. Ts beauty, }:-:} the s:n lch:\t:id ::r the | dl:s:d to l;eeptthe gld fl(;we.s.‘dpw‘l)c: sumac ge an ight wet ed, but once I got so busy I coul not peta‘s to a depth and brilliance that do it, and they kept righz on blooming, made her cry out with pleasure, for the o.d flowers faling under the "Think have had because w "How many pansies can you raise on the 100 by 100?" he asked. "Well, to make a conservative estiâ€" mate, somâ€"where near 5,000. We can really count on more than that." "I just want to ask you why you plant them so close together," asked Neighbor. "Those in your own bed here just about meet ; rot room for me to set my foot betweer. Ia ways supâ€" posed you had t» keep them from goâ€" ing to seed if you wanted them to keep on blooming." She scooped out a twentyâ€"two ivoryâ€"white b root was as big as my hea root‘ets that hung ont> f pounds of my good earth M M "Shake Don‘t s H Shake it off!" cried Neighbor. n‘t sell them all that good loam manure you bought!" And lose our reputation for thrifty sies that boom through the heat up to Christmas? Not much! t dirt goes with this baby." said iink of a.il th« people around that are having them this year iT ‘king the bed where we grow or sale just double what it was ar. It now mensures 100 feet a "century" of pansies. I beâ€" sterday to work in a couple of f old cow manure. On the top broadcast a hundred pounds of nemeal. Then let it stand for iJ 1} d up half 1 go on tb akfast, there beside the coffee packets of pansy seed, just m the seed housesâ€"one and inces all told. ze forehanded, Maryâ€"this is e, and you said it would be ugh to get the seed in the y July fifteenth." ." she said. "it wi‘l be less ith 1@ t was not really wet at all! of a‘ll the years we might them before we tried," she he nere, . withou e who saved up her fourâ€" els and lined them with 1 the arrangement of colâ€" iber of plants and all that : baskets the prettiest that he market of our burg is lon‘t take a bit of credit . Eut 1 thos A *‘ CENTURY‘ OF PANSIES M () put off we a hev LOre we mraged i find mu f1 li he pansies herself, pets up the ground eks before the seed as Mary who first ng some to sellâ€" to try them out on ATUE I wouldn‘t be seen e they keep down loom, dead flowers ImI in and that two : have made. I h t will be less begin putting o have it all ghbor‘s truck ower plants," know what I ad bloom ive blooms the effect of la when you n litt‘e plants h pots, foreed ide. "Can I ets?" he deâ€" r foiks just They pester rry pansies! th my mariâ€" >r ‘snaps," h a cent." Wh )MPLAINT: "Which what the ind what > a truckâ€" hat is all nos looks right up nt with _ Either way you would give up your s . Th chance for the million by the end of olid with the second day, if not before. Your or Mor¢ mird would wobble, you~ fingers would o shake, your eyes ache and you couldn‘t Neighbor.: count correctly to save your life. pod leam| _7 get a good idea as to how it is it thelft ‘impossible to accompl‘ish such a feat T UAMIEY | nave some‘ ody ho‘ld a watch while you to them. d in this n carryâ€" at e at inder But ails I used to keep the old fowers pickâ€" ed, but once I got so busy I could not do it, ahd they kept right on blooming, the o.d flowers faling under the leaves. "Once a week or so I do have a sort of housecleaning in a‘l my flower beds. Carry along a pail full of mulch and sort of pet up those that need it. "That is my only secret formula for flowers, and especially for coolâ€" weather flowers during the heat. And pansies are especially grateful for it. I have had them last two and three years because of it." Work of the HMlustration Stations. John Fixter‘s report for 1924 of | the operation of that invaluable auxâ€" Niary to the Dominion Experimental! Farms, the Illustration Stations in| the three Prairie Provinces and Britâ€"| ish Columbia, might profitably be in the hands of every farmer in the western half of the country. Mr. Fixter is the Chief Supervisor of the system and he not only te‘ls, through ‘ the different district supervisors, of| the work that is being done but of! how it is being performed. These: Stations, which three years ago numâ€"| bered 89, last year totalled 145. They,‘ by actual demonstration on the spot,| carry the work of the experimental system immediate‘y and directly to’ farmers both individually and collecâ€" tively, the location of the Stations beâ€"| ing chosen with a view to attract the greatest attention. As nearly as posâ€" sible the whole country is being gradâ€" ually covered, there being at present eight of these Stations in Prince Edâ€" ward Island, thirteen in Nova Scotia,; seventeen in New Brunswick, thirtyâ€"} eight in Quebec, eight in Ontario,| eight in Manitoba, twentyâ€"three in‘ Saskatchewan, sixteen in Alberta and fourteen in British Columbia. I Another branch of the work to which especial attention is being paid is the improvement of stock by weedâ€" ing out the poorest and the use of the besit types. One of the principal functions be-' ing carried on is encouragement of: the use of good seed. In pursuit of| this class of work last year there were: sold 20,943 bushels of seed grain, 3,636 bushels of seed potatoes and 9,399; bushels of grass and clover seed. t An ilustration in the report shows an exceptionally convenient rackâ€" stand, loader and unloader, instrucâ€" supplied. (One other among the many useful lines of work fo:lowed is improvement in the housing, feedingz and breeding of poultry. For this purpose in 1924, 256 cockerels, 198 pullets and 699 setâ€" tings of hatching eggs from good layâ€" ing strains of Barred Rocks were sold by the Stations. One of the most tiresome struggles of the average mind is to get an idea as to what is really meant by a milâ€" lion. One method is to count ccins, and the idea is a good one. Only the most expert bank clerks can count five thousand coins an hour in 2 day of eight hours, making {0,â€" 000 coins each day, and at that rate it would keep him busy twenty workâ€" ing days. As an actual fact a clerk requires one full month to count one million coins by hand. If some wealthy man were to offer you a million gold coirs if you conld count them correctly in ten days you wou‘d never get the miliion coins. You would have to counrt 160,000 coins each day more than 4,000 an kour if you were to take no rcst and cight thousand if you were to work half the time. Thore is one very clever method of getting in close touch with a "milâ€" lion." Pick up some fine sand at the seashore, scatter it on a piece of paper and brush away all except a square inch. Get a magnifying glass and count one of the rows of sand straight end of the nr ably be in a asylum. count a iew thousand aloud. Count as qquickly as you can. 1f you can oeat three hundred the first minute you will be Jdoing we.l. If, by the fifth minute you are able to count on« hunâ€" dred plainly you are a wonder. At the end of the first hour yeu would probâ€" To ho.d a watch and have a numâ€" ber of persons compete in counting aloud is a very nice form of experiâ€" mental amusement. r the making c<f which are PICK UP A MILLION ANIMALS hospital or an insane \_ We keep a large envelope full of pictures, and every advertisement that looks good we put in the big envelope | to play cafeteria.â€"T. M. C. | _ These shells are so small it seems j impossible that creatures could live in | them, yet not only do they exist, but { they raise families. | _ Sand is nothing compared to chalk. | When the bobbedâ€"hair girl powders her red nose she sticks on that nose | thousands and thousands of dead fishes. / _ The white cliffs of England‘s coast | were built up millions of years ago by the minute creatures who lived, ate, mu‘itiplied and died to be finally turnâ€" ! ed into solid rocks. Skirts complete circles and waists are nipped in, and both are consider-f ed smart in wardrobes designed for wearing at the country club, and for innumerable outings afterward. This attractive overblouse has a jabot held in place by a flat band buttoning to the neck and topped hy a youthfu! collar. The sleeves are iong and gathâ€" ered to a turnâ€"back cuff that is fasâ€" tened with links. A deep band buttons on the hips and holds the fullness firmly in place. Sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust. Size 38 inches bust requires 25%% yards of 36â€"inch or 40â€"inch material. Soft front and back flares make an appeal of smartness in this twoâ€"piece skirt, with sideâ€"front closing, fitting smoothly onto an inner band. Sizes 26, 28, 30, 32 and 34 inches waist, Size 28 waist requires 3% yards of 86â€"inch, or 2% yards of 54â€"inch material. Each pattern 20 cents. Our Fashion Book, illustrating the newest and most practical styles, will be of interest to every home dressâ€" maker. Each copy includes one couâ€" pon good for five cents in the purâ€" chase of any pattern. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plainâ€" ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in stamps or coin (ecin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adeâ€" laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. If a threatening sky predicts a rainy day indoors with small children, make it a happy day by opening up a cafeteria. The magazines are full of attractive colored advertisements of foodstuffsâ€"pastries, salads, fruits, cereals, and so forth. Cut these out and arrange them as in a cafeteria with one child in charge. Beans will serve for pennies. Calendar numbers cut out make excellent price marks and trays may be made of cardboard. across. Sands vary from twentyâ€"five to 500 to the inch, but in the average fine sand you will find that a direct line across the inch contains at least fifty grains, so called. To get the number in an inch square multiply 50 by 50 and you have 2,500 in the one layer. And the most wonderful thing about all this is that if the whole earth were a mass of the tiniest of shells, and if each shell represented a million ages, and each age a million years, the who‘le sum would be no nearer the beginning of time.or the ending of time than we are toâ€"day. aries to the neatnen world. . Raucere togvt;ler i s;nd cuibzes 833} Vs. 48, 49. This proof from Jewish inch square and you have "‘~~ i Scripture that the salvation of God is grains in that inch. Make seven MOr€ intended, not as the Jews think for similar cubes and you have a mllhon;themsq:ves alone, but for the whole right there in your hand. | world, delights the Gentile hearers of Pick up a handful of fine sand and Paul. It makes God‘s word seem glorâ€" you have a million greins. Shovel a ious in their eyes (for this is the cart full of sand and you have a bil. meaning of "They glorified the word lion in the cart, one billion of living of God") and in their case, unlike the it dead ani i case of the Jews, no prejudices exist and dead animks. | to thwart the work of God, or to come Sands are rarely broken stont, 28 between their souls and the gift of most persons believeâ€"â€"they are tiny cternal life. Thus we read that, "All shells. Some have living shellfish in;who were ordained to eternal life beâ€" them, some dead shelifish, and others lieved." This suggests that God‘s are empty. | ordination is, as a general rule, larger These shells are so small it seems than man‘s response. For did not God impossible that creatures could live inl‘}’;dm';‘:he Jews to eternal life? But ist, but) Y ve they treated the divine them, yet not _oply do they exist, bu offer? Selfishness and exclusiveness they raise families. 'hsve made them blind to God‘s evanâ€" Sand is nothing compared to chalk. pgelical purpose. But £mong the Genâ€" When the bobbedâ€"hair girl powders, tiles these obstacles do not exist. "The her red nose she sticks on that nooelword of the Lord spread abroad thousands and thousands of dead throughout all that region. _ _ _ _ Sands are rarely broken stone, as most persons believeâ€"â€"they are tiny shells. Some have living shellfish in them, some dead shelifish, and others are empty. The white roads, the white houses and the farming lands of Bermuda are great heaps of shells. _ Cha‘k is nothing other than wee she‘ls which have been powdered by metal mortars and between steel rollers. THE VOGUE FOR FLARE Playing Cafeteria. July 12. The Gospel in Antloch of Pisidia, Acts 13: 1362. Golden Text â€"Behold, 1 have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.â€"Isa. §5:4. | _ V. 45. But such demonstrations °f|i(ett popular success were too much for jwo |the Jews, by whom we are here to| to . ‘understand the religious leaders of 'tf \the community. Judaism was out to W‘ |gain the world to itseif, and the moâ€"| PI°" \ment that Christianity seemed to be OM ° |dr:\wing' the multitudes with a superâ€"| proj lor force. Judaism set itself in implacâ€"| to b able opposition. The Jewish authorâ€"| â€" A ities in Antioch now issue an official| angq | denial of the gospel preached by Puul.! it. s They spread the report that Jesus».t’ ‘is not the Messigh, that his death is|!" ‘not a means of salvation, that his °& resurrection is a lie. They point to‘ T | the Crucifixion as the proof that Jesus| shot | was rejected by God. This is the!fore \ "blasphemy" referred to. _ _ _ | wide ANALYSiS. ALTERNATING SUCCESS AND FAILURE; JOY WITH PERSECUTIONS. INTRoDUCTIONâ€"After leaving Cypâ€" rus, Paul and Barnabas crossed to the couthern shore of Asia ‘Minor, landing doubtless at Attalia. Then, after a short visit to Perga, where John Mark turned back for some reason not exâ€" plained, they came on to Pisidian Anâ€" tioch. Here, Paul, availing himself of the usual avenue of approach to the Jows which the synagogue offered, deâ€" livered a remarkable address, of which notos are preserved in Acts 13:14â€"41. After showing how God‘s hand had been at work in Hebrew history from the beginning, he passed on to speak of Jesus as the promised agent of divine salvation. Ho argued that through blindness to God and disbeâ€" lief in prophecy the Jewish people of Jerusalem had condemned Jesus to death as a blasphemer. But as Paul went on to show, God had raised the sinless one, and sent the apostles forth as witnesses to his resurrection, and |_ V. 62. Paul and Barnabas fiee to |Jconium, but leave behind, in spite of persecutions, a joyous and inspired community of believers, whose lives are full of the evidence of the Holy |Spirit, 3XkXx‘*~ | _ Vs. 50, 51. Unfortunately, Jewish !oy.position stirred up social feelin ‘among the women of Antioch, ang \dragged the matter before the civil magistrates. The opponents applied \for a writ in the courts restraining , Faul arnd Barnabas. So our apostles, ‘defamed and threatened, had to leave ‘Antioch. But before going, they. do what Jesus bade his disciples do when !thrust cutâ€"of a city by an unworthy |people, Mark 6:11; Matt. 10:14, 15; |Luke ©:5; 10:10â€"12, They "shake off the dust beneath their feet" against Ethe Jews. This gesture indicat»s that the Jews have sunk *o the degradea level cf the heathen. The very soil on which they stand is defiled. . to proclaim forgiveness and divihe righteousness in his name. He conâ€" cluded by showing that the law had not the power to save men‘s sou‘!s, and by warning his hearers not to shut their eyes to the work of God in Christ. Toâ€"day we are concerned with the results of this sermon. Vs. 42, 48. Paul‘s sermon produced a deep impression on many, and the desire was expressed that the missionâ€" aries might repeat the message on the following Sabbath. Afcer the meeting broke up, a large following of Jews and Gentiles attached themselves to Paul and Barnabas. A Christian Church thereby comes into being, and the missionaries exhort the converts to "continue" in the grace of God. They knew full well the pressure V. 44. So powerful was the first serâ€" mon of Paul, that, on the second Sabâ€" bath, praetically the whole population of the city gathered to hear the preachers. It was a "capacity" audâ€" ience. Vs. 46, 47. Paul accordingly takes up a strong position. Me protests to the Jews that while the divine favor in the past gives the Jews a prior claim to have the Gospel of Christ preached to them, it is not an excluâ€" sive claim. The gospel offers to men the "eternal life" of the kingdom of God. If the Jews thrust it from them, and judge themselves unworthy of eternal life, then, instead of wasting time in arguing with an unheeding nation, the apostles will go to the Gentiles, following what they believe to be God‘s express command. Here, Paul, with consummate skill and inâ€" sight turns to the Old Testament, and ?uobes Isaiah 49: 6: "I have set thee or a light of the Genti‘es, that thou shouldst be for salvation unto the uttermost })art of the earth." These words are from one of what are known as the "servant passages" in Isaiah (Isa. 42:1â€"7; 49:1â€"9; 52:13â€"15; 58: 1â€"12). They proclaim that Israel‘s true function is to be the nwissionary servant of Jehovah, and to suffer for the world‘s salvation. This aspect of their calling, however, the Jews have ignored, wishing to keev the benefits of salvation to themselves. But Christ has fulfilled it in sending his missionâ€" aries to the heathen world. $.S. LESSON | _ One energetically picnicking branch of our family purchased a basket of the same general shaye, but much ‘larger, to be attached to the running board of the automobile. This is big | enough to include a frying pan, chowâ€" |der requisites, dishes, vacuum bottle | and all of the food. | MAKING THE PICNIC CHOWDER. ! As picnic impedimenta must, howâ€" ‘ever be reduced to a minimum, only | absolutely necessary utensils must be | included. These, besides dishes, aro.a | couple of long toasting forks, a longâ€" handled frying pan, a big tin coffeeâ€" ‘pot and a folding stiffâ€"wire rack of | good size, with top and two sides, to ‘be set up over the fire. On this the "I don‘t like cold handâ€"outs," anâ€" nounced a masculine guest emphaticâ€" ally, when a holiday luncheon in the grove was suggested instead of on the diningâ€"room table. I think that men, as a rwle, do not like cold handâ€"outs; and as menâ€"and women tooâ€"are more and more comâ€" ing to avail themselves of the chance for an extra outdoor hour, and the picnic lunch is becoming more and more popular, it behooves us menu p‘anners to see that our men have the sort of food that they realy like. Picnic equipment is vastly improved since my young days. Families addictâ€" ed to picnicking now possess delightâ€" ful hampers dedicated to picnic lunches, containing a convenient asâ€" sortment of near silver and enamelâ€" ware, salt, pepper and sugar shakers. ! I pare and slice my potatoes into a | pail of water. The fire is made and | kettle heated. Then we try out two | or three slices of finely diced fat salt | pork until reduced tc bits, stirring. ‘Then we add about a quart or more | of sliced potatoes, a cupful of diced l onions, a liberal dash of pepper and !sa,lt, and just cover with water. Simâ€" ‘mer, covered, until all is tender; add lt.he flaked fishâ€"a thrceâ€"pound hadâ€" | dockâ€"and a good quart or more of | whole milk. Let it just come to a boil, Our hamper holds four sets of tableâ€" ware; larger families need more. This sort of a hamper divides honors with the modern picnic basketâ€"deep, stiff and strongâ€"the shape of a suit case. This is, I admit, lighter, but it must be stocked with the aforementioned utensils, and therefore cannot be quite as convenient. To make a picnic chowder, the fish should be cooked, boned and flaked beâ€" forehand, chilled, and carried in a wideâ€"mouthed vacuum bottle or in a jar in the ice pail. A basket of poâ€" tatoes, onions and a cube of pork, with seasoning and iced milk containing a liberal cube of butter, complete the chowder equipment. To prepare the corn, score down the middle of the rows, slice off tips of kernels, scrape out the pulp and cook in highly seasoned stewed tomato which has been sweecened. _ Don‘t economize with the butter. add more seasoning if needed; and if you can thicken it a bit it is better. Serve with it an abundance of crackâ€" ers. Clams, cooked, chilled and brought to the picnic on ice, may be substiâ€" tuted for the fish. Or a pint of cutâ€" off corn or the same quantity of diced tomato, or both, makes a . delicious chowder. We greatly enjoy fresh sweet corn as picnic food, and try to always inâ€" clude it in season. Here also a fire is useful, but not essential, for last summer, when picnicking in a lovely spot where the owner was obdurate, we prepared at home a quart can of cutâ€"off corn, cooked it six minutes in boiling, highly seasoned tomato, added a lot of butter, and carried it in a newspaperâ€"wrapped jar. I assure you that it didn‘t go begging! Potatoes Plus is another excellent hot dish for a picnic. This consists of diced cold boiled potatoes, browned in bacon fat, seasoned highly with salt, pepper, minced parsley and a bit of onion, with which two or three eggs are scrambled and mixed. This also makes a nice home dish; one egg will do for the quantity needed at breakâ€" mind. Cheese Dreams make a tempting food for picnics. Prepare at home, making the sandwiches of buttered bread and sliced cheese, sprinkled with a bit of mustard. Brown over the picnic fire in some of the bacon fat. Naturally one musn‘t plan too many fried things for the same picnic, but it is well to have a variety in Slumgullion is a splendid picnic food. To make this delicious dish, mix a can of peas with a big bowl of cooked rice and add any congenial leftâ€" overs, such as hardâ€"boiled eggs, cookâ€" ed vegetables, and so forth. Moisten fast PREPARING THE SALAD AT HOME. PICNICS WITHOUT COLD HANDâ€"OUTS BY FLORENCE TAFT EATON. roceed all liberally with a can of vegetable soup. Add necessary seasonings, a good lump of butter, and heat. Serve piping hot, with stuffed eggs, cold meat or bacon. Chops and steaks are both delicious at picnics, but they are expensive, and I hesitate to advocate them for ordiâ€" nary fare. Ham has an especial lure at outdoor meals; buy it shaved inâ€" stead of sliced, and brown it quickly. Stir some stewed tomato into the pan with a little of the ham fat, and when boiling scramble eggs in it. With one or two hot dishes an iceâ€" cold salad is attractive. We peel and chill tomatoes, slice cueumbers, wash and drain lettuce, shred sweet pepâ€" pers, roll all in cheesecloth and lay in the ice pail, with a jar of mayonnaise. Or we mix a delicate vegetable salad and pack, iceâ€"cold, in a jar or wideâ€" mouthed vacuum. Coffee is carried ground, mixed with a raw egg and cold water in the big tin picnic coffeeâ€" pot. At the picnic ground water is added, brought to a boil, cooked five minutes, settled, and served. H;re's a menu for a recent fireless picnic: n € A big dish of spaghetti, tomato sauce and cheese, taken ‘directly from the oven, wrapped in a towel and then in thick newspaper and set in a deep basket. Boiling hot coffee in a vacuum bott‘ec. Stuffed eggs, beef loaf, tender long homemade rolls filled liberally with creamed chicken, tomato salad, sandwiches, and a hot mince pie, wrapped as was the spaghetti. A picnic on the slopes of beautiful Monadnock, preceded by a long autoâ€" mobile ride, offered the following menu: Cold roast chicken, accompanâ€" ied with currant jelly sandwiches, iceâ€" cold vegetable salad in a vacuum, brown bread sandwiches with cheese. A really good apple pie, with cheese, can hardly be improved; or, fresh doughnuts and cheese. Fruit and cofâ€" fee, of course. Don‘t make too dainty sandwiches| at yY ouiun i vy asii JUui for picnics. Don‘t trim off the crusls,! An amusing story is told by Mr. A. J. and cut them a bit thicker than for a; Munnings, A.R.A., whose picture, "The tea or reception, for at a picnic they . Coming Storm," has attracted so much constitute real food. Epg undwicheaf attention at the Royal Academyâ€"conâ€" _â€"chopped hardâ€"boiled eggs flavored‘ cerning an artist friend of his. with minced pars‘ley, sweet pepper ori While on a walking tour in a rural stuffed ollveg, and very ]ibera“y mois_‘ part of Sussex, the friend came upon a tened with mayonnaiseâ€"are great‘ piece of scenery which so enchanted favorites with us; also those spwad' him that he felt he must record it there with broiled Hamburg steak put and then. through the meat chopper and moisâ€"| â€" He had all his materials with him exâ€" tened with highly seasoned tomato, cept al: empty canvas. So, determined EM ces c 0s T en 2 o CE CCE nds Cold roast or corned beef, :‘or any leftâ€"over meat, may be used instead of the Hamburg. lceâ€"cold tomato sandwiches are hard to beat! Any sauce The litter within the house should be replaced as rapid‘ly as it becomes filthâ€"laden or damp. Dry, clean litter acts as a doormat for the hen before entering the nests. If wire is fastened on the lower side of the roosts, the hens will be prevented from walking on the droppings boards. sort of club sandwich is delectable: and makes a substantial main course.| Cold Welsh rabbit makes an unsurâ€"| passed sandwich filling, and I often| make it especially for this purpose.l Potato chips, vegetable ‘salad, stuffed ergs, and, if possible, a transportedf jar of the hot corn and tomato, or a| dish of hot escalloped fish and potato: with cheese sauce, are fine accompaniâ€" ments for these hearty sandwiches. l If one keeps the yards free from material that will soil the hen‘s feet, the hen will enter the henhouse withâ€" out carrying a lot of excess filth. By keeping the birds penned up during wet weather, this cleaniiness may be controlled to a great extent. If a green crop can be maintained in the vicinity of the henhouse, the problem is greatly simplified. Clean yards, clean liiter and clean nests are the greatest zids in producâ€" ing clean eggs. _ . The nests should be cleaned often and filled with fresh clean nesting maâ€" terial. Wood wool or clean excelsior is excellent for this purpose. The nests should be of sufficient size to enable a hen to be comfortable. A nest about twelve inches wide by fourâ€" teen inches deep is usually large enough except for exceptionally large birds. Provide one nest for each four or five birds. This wil\ prevent crowdâ€" ing, with the consequent soiling and breaking that usually occurs. Gather the eggs often. To insure the highest class nroduct, the eggs snould remain in the nests no longer than is necessary. The eggs should be gathered at least twice daily durâ€" ing warm weather and once a day during cold weather. Do not allow the eggs to become overheated or frozen. The nests should be placed so that they are darkened. This discourages the hen remaining on the nest longer than necessary, which often results in soiling the eges. An ordinary cutter, such as will be found on almoet every farm, comes in useful to cut long grass, vegetable tops, or other green food, in suitable lengths for fowls. The old corn stalks can be cut in halfâ€"inch lengths and used for scratching material. *A spray for mites that is ideal and lasting is a mixture o‘ equal parts of crankease oil and kerosene. Spray the roosts and nests thoroughly with it Clean Eggs. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Some unfortunate persons live in a flat worldâ€"a world that has length and breadth, but no height. With no lift of mind and heart toward God, they are, as one great thinker has described them merely "lively earthâ€" worms." When, however, a man lives in a world with a sky, then the outâ€"ofâ€" doors is for him "God‘s outâ€"ofâ€"doors," as Henry Van Dyke suggests in his Footpath to Peace. ! Some weeks later he was showing a lady visitor over his studio, and proâ€" ‘ duced for her inspection the charming | little landscape, at the same time tellâ€" i ing her the story of its origin. | _ The lady looked at the handkerchiet ‘ and then turned a shocked face to the ‘artist: "You‘ll never be able to wash ! that paint out!" she said. The French farmers in The Ange‘us bow their heads in reverence as the sound of the vesper bell comes floatâ€" ing across the fields. But there are many Canadian farmers into whose souls the church bell has not yet rung the thought of God. The farmer who lives in a world with a sky feels that his acres are really holy land. When he turns the swamp into an orchard and makes two spears of grass grow where one grew before, he thinks of himself as sharâ€" ing in the creative work of the Alâ€" mighty. It was One who tramped the hills about Nazareth who suggested that since God gives color to the flowers of the field, and looks after such comâ€" mon birds as the sparrows, He may be trusted to see to it that the chilâ€" dren of men, who put their trust in Him, have all their needs supplied. With an anonymous poet the farmâ€" er who lives in a world with a sky can say: "The foolish fears of what might happen, I cast them all away Among the cloverâ€"scented grass, Among the newâ€"mownr hay, Among the husking of the corn, Where drowsy poppies nod, Where ill thoughts dis and good are An amusing story is told by Mr Munnings, A.R.A., whose picture, Coming Storm," has attracted so attention at the Royal Academy cerning an artist friend of his. He had all his materials with him exâ€" cept an empty canvas. So, determined not to be baffled, he took from his pack a new linen handkerchief, stretched it across his case, and painted on that. Names of Cheese Invited. The Dominion Dairy and Cold Storâ€" age Branch, Ottawa, invites suggesâ€" tions of names for the following types of cheese: 1. Smailâ€"sized Canadian Cheddar. 2. "Processed" pasteurized cheese (commonly known as Kraft from the name of a maker) put up in 5â€"pound and 1â€"pound loaves or in tins. 8. Cheese which is made from ord nary cheese passed through a grind« and packed in jars or curtons. | 4, Any other type of cheese that is not properly named. Please Don‘t Omit Flowers. Friendâ€"*"Why are you going about telling everybody the hootch in this town is all right*" Floristâ€""Sh! You‘d be surprised Â¥o know how much I‘ve increased the sale of flowers." The Wonder Wire. An old Irish laborer had seen a teleâ€" phone line being constructed along the roadway, and being told, "You can send stuff anywhere in the world with it," he replied: "Well, now, I‘ll send me boy, Dinny, in Cork, a pair of shoes." "What a wonderful invention‘" he exclaimed; "he‘s got the new shoes and sent his old ones back for repairs." These were left hanging over the wire, and the following morning he came out to find a pair of old, worn out shoes in their place. A wise man will select his books, for he would not wish to class them all under the sacred name of friends. Some can be accepted only as acquainâ€" tances. The best books of all kinds are taken to the heart, end cherished as his most precious possessions. Others to be chatted with for a time, to spend a few pleasant hours with, and laid aside, but not forgotten. â€"Langford. Out in the fields with God." A WORLD WITH A It Wouldn‘t Wash Out. %a Io c lipe y s ha »s y |.9 i PA **} ETY !:~ 4 [Nmke F A8 m 1. o2