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It is possible to teach children many of the fundamental facts of life and to train them in many culâ€" tural habits through the medium of their play. The overworked teacher or mother need not feel that this means an added burden. A very alight amount of thought and preparaâ€" tion enables one to quite effectively éirect children‘s play, _ Professor Joseph Lee, discussing the stages of childhood, characterizes the age between six and thirteen as the Bigâ€"Injunâ€"age, because the child at that period in many of his ‘preâ€" dominant traits resembles an Indian brave to whom all the world is a bunting ground and who recognizes no master save his own will. Chilâ€" dren of this ago are full of vitality «nd energyâ€"if they are not it should be regarded as a danger signal. If their play at this ago is mpervised} and directed, they receive a treat‘ deal of invaluable training and eduâ€" eation through it. ! must be prevented by keeping the birds vigorous and isolating any inâ€" dividuals that show signs of cold by the eyes becoming swollen. The water supply should be watchâ€" Lice and mites the winter and m winter eggs are mer. Straw makes a good litter and it should be dry and deep. A sunny poultry house gives the litter a chance to keep dry. A dark and damp poulâ€" try house means that the litter will be damp and the birds will not enâ€" joy working for grain in such a mixâ€" Supervised Play Must Still Be Genuine Play and Make the Player Glad. . diliiaot nn snn duaAsisias There the farmer throws the scratch grain to make the birds exercize. The scratching for grain helps to keep them warm on cold winter days and tones up their physical being in the same manner that they are stimuâ€" lated when scratching on the grassy range during the spring and sumâ€" mer. Straw makes a good litter and is â€"v _Â¥ui% & 3 °C LTil is needed by the hen to grind her food. There are many farm flocks that suffer during the winter for a lack of grit. Col 6 emeee e eeemanld CC obtain the ingredients necessary to make eggs. The oyster shells furâ€" nish lime to make strong egg shells. The problem of obtaining winter ©§@s centres in the making of condiâ€" Hons as near like spring as possible in the winter layingâ€"house. The floor of the poultry house is the winter range of the hen and there she must find conditions conducive to health, ard food for °egg production, or she eannot lay, First, earlyâ€"hatched pullets â€" are necessary for the best results. They are the best machine for turning out winter eggs. Then the ration must. contain animal food. This can be supâ€"| plied by using beef scrap in the dry| mash or by feeding plenty of sour | milk. Green food is a tonic for the birds and needed to keep them in the. right condition for laying. It can be| supplied in the form of mangels, eut ; eclover, cabbages or sprouted oats. At the present price of oats, the: mangels are the most economical as | a source of green feed. If cabbages and mangelsy are used the cabbages | can be fed first as the mangels keep| the best. ‘ Charcoal, oyster shells and |grit . must be supplied in hoppers to help,‘ out in producing these spring condiâ€"| ; tions which are needed. The char-,’t coal is good for the digestive system | i when the birds are eating heavily to : e vvap ty dblagtss ET Last Spring a farmer came to us telling us he was wondering whother fertilizer would help his potatoes. We said it would. He lho-fi it over and finally said: "You tell me what fertilizers are good potatoes and I‘ll try them out." He bought Gunanas Shurâ€"Gain 4â€"8â€"4 and 6â€"13 Fortilizersâ€"used them alde by side but filntod a few rows without fertilizer for a check. All rows were 440 ft. longâ€"notice the resultsâ€" Two rows fertilized with 4â€"8â€"4 yicided 20 bushels marketable potatoss T'. we «* «+ ‘_‘, « 16 «+ «e ue Two * UNFERTILIZED " 10 * * «* In other words the judicious use of fertilizer doubled the yield. It will pay YOU to use clean dry lit_ter is important farmer _throwzf the scratch When Our "Big Injun" Plays. GUNNS LIMITED, West Toronto. e 4 Agents wanted in unallotted territory %, ‘s can thrive even in must be controlled if the birds exercise. or grain helps to on cold winter days ir physical being in Potato Profits Write for information and péives. BY ORA A. CLEMENT. _ Let no one imagine that superâ€" vised play means calling a group of youngsters from their mud pies by saying: "Come, children, let us do a folk dance. That is a nice clean play and it will be good exercise for our bodies." The reply the little bakers would make to such an appeal is easâ€" ily imagined. I suspect that teachers whose suggestions have been snubbed on the playground have made the mistake of trying to inaugurate too great a change or of suggesting plays which did not appeal to the children. And why should children accept the leadership of a new teacher before she has proven her good fellowship by playing their games with them' under their own leadership? Chi]-! dren have to be won tactfully. If they want to do nothing but stand on the shady side of the school house and giggle, the teacher can best gain t‘heir‘ confidence by standing there with | them and by telling the best story. No one need think of leading chil-l |__If possible, separate the pullets from the hens in the layingâ€"house. It is essential for the best results as the ration for pullets that are forced | for eggs is too fattening for old hens | that are to take a rest so they will | be in the right condition to lay hatchâ€" ing eggs in the spring. In some largoi 'hyingâ€"houaes a partition of poultry wire might be used to divide the pulâ€" |lets from the hens. Vigorous pullets can stand heavy feeding and pay for it and they should be given every chanee to turn out winter eggs so that their winter feed bill will not be a loss to be charged agninsi the spring and summer profits. be made profitable on full rations ing they cannot be made to pay at all.g pin The dry mash in a hopper insures a| mal plentiful supply of feed containing| we the elements of eg@ production. This; this is supplemented each day with the;upn grain ration fed in the litter and any| hun table scraps which may be available.| sug; Then the birds are sure of enough to’ drer eat of a balanced ration and this) time means that they will not overeat of| T any one food and they will keep in| chil healthful condition. and ing gained by halfâ€"feeding the flock, as that places them in a condition where they are unable to pay for what they do cat. If they can not The amount of feed to give poultry in the winter is only limited by the amount they will eat. There is nothâ€" t Ck,| _ One of the peculiarities of this age ion| of activity and mischief is that the for| children cannot think of enough things not| to do. We constantly hear them sayâ€" ons ing, as they stand kicking stones, all.| pinching one companion while they 3 a make faces at another: "Aw, what‘ll ing: we do now?" It is in response to his this query that the lookingâ€"on grown the| up may very tactfully and with proper iny | humility, make suggestions. If the le.| suggestions are well taken, the chil-é toi' dren will be disposed to listen next | his| time something is proposed. i of| _ The most noticeable thing about the | in | child of this age is his growing body,| and the parent does not live who does | ets| not wish his child to develop a strong] se.| and wellâ€"proportioned form and if ) as|left entirely to himself, he undoubtâ€"| ed ’ edly would, as the savages do. But ma! modern life interferes with his alâ€" ill| ways following his chosen pursuits. hâ€"| He spends several hours a day bendâ€" is to be successful, for children of this age will not observe rules. This #s not an indication of lax morals or of faulty training but only one of in spelling, are entered with spirit, and still more enthusiasm is shown over more organized contests, Every competition carried on cunder estab, lished rules must be supervised if it "My dog can lick yours," "My dress is prettier than yours," "I can run faster than you," are commonplace challenges. From this trait comes their willingness to enter contests of whatever sort. Very simple contests such as an egg hunt or a strife to see who can get the most "hundreds" | p‘aying if the children will play them‘ Folk dancing and eéeri';"réstkhg \ There comes a time during the Big-; may be introduced if it can be reguâ€" | Injun age when they are taboo as larly supervised. "baby games," and when that time | Passing into the "Gang Age." comes they may as well not be men-; Children of thirteen and fourteen tioned again. One might as ‘:‘"’" ’“kibegin to show a disposition to form ie 10 Jon OM oo oo Oehns dresk l mike mreanee" mod qirtles. rihls indiâ€" as to join in such games after M8}cates the passage into another stage feels he has outgrown them. ‘of play. If possible, Boy Scout and The senses develop with the musces| gin Guide organizations, Boys‘ and and there are many games for both| q;iyy Clubs or some similar organi-# indoors and out which give reqlly: zation should be formed to meet the : valuable training to the facultie®.| no., need. If the group is too small, Variations of Iâ€"spy cultivate aler.t-; for these, some other little club' ness of the eye. Loto, games in should be formed, even if it has only which letters are doalt out and ea‘.ch‘: three members. . It is highly imâ€" player watches for a group which | portant that at this age the child‘s‘ s_pell a word,.blackboard games hke(desire to belong to a society of his! titâ€"tatâ€"toe, train both the eye and th8| own, be gratified, for in its conduct! ruind and furnish endless anusenients| he will learn as he will nowhere else Games like beastâ€"birdâ€"orâ€"fish in whlch; the lessons of loyalty and self-a.lmega: o playvr must thh.‘k.of eA _ essreition which prepare for good citizenâ€" while a finger is pointing in his f’ce“ship in his mature years. develop concentration of mind. There| There are many books on the are many more games of this charac. | market which give long lists of plays' ter which children like and which "e'for children and which will be Sound espsocially valuable to the smaller’ very interesting by parents or l-' ones whose hands, tongues and "Tr lers who wigh to prepare themselves! are }rllot yetltramed to respond qmcklylw give more careful attention mi to their will. y 4 * s ; «i; | their children‘s amusements. 1 Another puistanditt charactenstfii In rural homes, blessed is the large of the Big Injun is his desir&â€"-sha...fmfly circle, where a "bunch" of’ I say his determination?â€"to excel.} 1*""" €, W Circle games, as dropâ€"theâ€"handkerâ€" chief, _ blindâ€"man‘sâ€"buff, â€" Ruthâ€"andâ€" Jacob, are especially good for group playing if the children will play them. There comes a time during the Bigâ€" Injun age when they are taboo as "baby games," and when that time comes they may as well not be menâ€" tioned again. One might as well ask a boy to dress in his sister‘s dress as to join in such games after he feels he has outgrown them. _ Games in which throwing is the _prominent features are all the ball games, pitching quoits or horseshoes, bean bag, throwing darts or weighted feathers (a nail driven into the quill end of a goose‘ feather), tossing up parachutes made by tying the four corners of a piece of muslin to a weight, and many variations of these.‘ Throwing gaumes need supervision in groupâ€"playing on account of the danâ€". ger from missiles. There are many‘ games based upon pulling and they | are largely variations of tugâ€"ofâ€"war. | a child with a shambling, listless walk and with stooping shoulders and hollow chest. Such children should be given plays that tend to correct these faults. Games That Develop the Muscle. There is an almost unlimited numâ€" ber of plays which meet the needs of the growing body. Running games, such as races, dareâ€"base, prisoner‘s base, pullâ€"away and lastâ€"coupleâ€"out have been played for ages and conâ€" tinue popular. They all develop limbs and chest and also tend to straighten. stooping shoulders. | ing over his desk at séh&ol:â€"fle-a;;s chores at home and perhaps lifts too heavy loads:it is not unusual to see dren in their play without first winâ€" ning their confidence. CANADA‘S CHAMPION EGGâ€"PRODUCER. "Scotia‘s Red Rose," the single comb Rhode Island Red owned by C. B. McMullen, Truro, N.S., which won the championship of the Dominion at the Annual Exhibition of the Colches ter Pet Stock Association. This hen Laks ces LCC s 8Z . 8 laid 227 eggs in tv:vcii'e'vm'(;'tx'th-&l: for Xmas delivery, Stanégz:&"l:ey- board rebuilt Typewriters, with touch method book, $25, including express prepaid. DOMINION TYPEWRITER Co. } 68 Victoria St. « « « Toronta TORONTO Without the rich heart, wealth is an ugly figure. â€" There are many books on the market which give long lists of plays for children and which will be found very interesting by parents or teachâ€" ers who wish to prepare themselves to give more careful attention to their children‘s amusements. In rural homes, blessed is the large family circle, where a "bunch" of brothers and sisters can enjoy homel playâ€"times together, thus cultivating the spirit of loving fellowship and| fair play, unselfishnes, patience and ‘ forbearance. If they are accustomed to it, chilâ€" dren like dramatization, but the child of ten or more who has never played that way is often diffident and shy about that form of makeâ€"believe. |than from a potted plant which they must handle carefully if at all. Some rural teachers have encouraged boys to do seed testing for the farmers and have performed a real service to the community by so doing, as well as furnishing the boys an abâ€" lsortfing pastime. Even young ch'il-} dren like tools. The child of ten to | thirteen should be taught to use tbem._‘ [Boys will amuse themselves almosti iendlessly with a hammer, saw, nails!; |and plenty of old boxes. In rural| schools where both boys and equipâ€"| ment are scarce, the three or four large boys may be encouraged to} make shelves, book cases, sand tableli |for the little ones, and even teeters| and swings outside. Girls also may | be taught fascinating hand work.‘ Basket _ weaving, stenciling, â€" rug) braiding are only a few of the pretty' things a girl can do without taxing | the eyes with a needle or crochet | hook. Such work should be superâ€" vised to some extent so that measure-! ments and work shall be accurate and careful. Otherwise the attempt ends: in failure and the child is discourâ€" aged. [ TYPEWRITER BArtaAains Children love growing things and animals, especially if they feel a sense of possession in them. A jar of minnows caught in the stream will interest them, and of course a cat or dog becomes a playmate. They love to watch seeds germinate and grow, and they probably get more inâ€" struction and pleasure from a dozen beans planted by their own hands Wtms i qudtudsintnanlntabi ind t c t Lc TcA t 28 wood, leaves, grains, seeds, seed pods, and other things. With the same inâ€" terest they will keep bird lists and weather charts. importance of rules and fair playâ€" their only object is to win. Mania for Collecting. Another almost universal characâ€" teristic which may be turned to good account is the child‘s mania for colâ€" lecting. If a parent or teacher shows interest and gives a few suggestions, children may supplement their nature study with very interesting collections and classifications of stones, kinds of their age. They do not Aprâ€"remmenretcees yet see the Mrs. Brown feels that she has worked out the problem of how to keep her family free from colds. It is hard to have these people anâ€" ‘tagom'stic; it is decidedly unpleasant | to know they are using uncomplimentâ€" | ary terms in discussing her with other Iacquaintances. Sometimes Mrs. Brown feels almost ready to givé up in her gfight against the cold habitâ€"almost, but never quite. She sees too many paleâ€"faced, washedâ€"out looking chilâ€" [dren about her, too many little boys and girls suffering from adencids and enlarged tonsils, which she feels sure had their beginnings in constant colds and their consequent irritation of the throat and nose: she sees too many children with weak eyesight or imâ€" paired hearing as a result of some children‘s disease which had its beginâ€" ning in "just m cold"; she sees too many running noses, and hears the outbursts from too many irritated lungs, to make her willing that her children shall acquire the habit by taking cold which these other chilâ€" dren have. | _ Some there are who call Mrs. Brown a coldâ€"crank. Although she is a very sweet, gentle woman, one always ready to do good, and one who never speaks ill of neighbor or acqua‘intance, sho has, nevertheless, many who are by no means her friendsg, in the neighâ€" borhood, all on account of the way she feels about eqlds. On several occaâ€" sions she has sent children who have come to play, home because they bore unmistakable evidences of bad, conâ€" tagious colds. True, by so doing, she once sideâ€"stepped the whooping-coug‘h,! and again kept her children from| having scarlet fever. The mothers of| the children sent home knew that,| and yet they were angry at Mrs.‘ Brown for not letting their children remain to play. ( |\ Her children are strong, healthy, | robust. They sleep in unheated rooms ?wit.h windows open wide, winter and | summer. They eat only plain, nourâ€" | ishing foodsâ€"good bread and butter | and milk, fruits and vegetables, wellâ€" | cooked meat of the nonâ€"greasy varâ€" | ietyâ€"and thus never have indigestion. l‘They play out of doors in all sorts of weather, and when they are in the ‘house in winter, they are in rooml} which are aired frequently and which are never overheated. _ Neighbors "hug the stove" when they come to _call: they wonder why the whole famâ€" ily doesn‘t "catch its death of cold": they shiver in a temperature which in summer they would have called "very warm"â€"and go home and bake| in rooms heated to cighty degrees or more, rooms which have not been thorâ€" oughly aired since the first freeze of the season. These neighbors.and their children have colds from the beginâ€" ning of the "closed season" till its end, and they marvel at the fortune which keeps the Brown family coldâ€" less for month after month. Mrs. Brown is one of the comparaâ€" tively few women who takes a cold seriously. She believes that one can never tell where a cold is going to end, nor into what it is going to turn. Even though the cold remain "just a cold," she doesn‘t believe in having one merely because everyone around her has one. Neither does she beâ€" lieve in letting her children run about among people who have bad colds, thus exposing them to the cold germs. As the winter passes a grain mixâ€" ture of oats 8 parts, bran 2 parts and oil cake one part should be started, gradually increasing the daily allowâ€" ance up to from one to two pounds per head, and the turnips may be gradually decreased as there is a tendency for the lambs to develop rather large and weak if the turnip ration is heavy. However, some sheep men seem to have the best of luck Whether or not some grain should be fed during November, December and January is a question that must be decided by the sheep owner himâ€" self. If the hay is youngâ€"cut, well cured and with plenty of clover and the sheep are in good condition, grain is unnecessary. Succulent feed as above mentioned should, however, be provided. After tops are done turnips‘ should be fed daily at the rate of frorm 2 to 4 pounds per head per day.‘ ChHexthes® | They should be fed winter rations after the ground freeses, as grass then has but little nourishing power. Plenty of green feed either in the form of rape, clean tarnip tops or roots, is relished at this season and only such hay as will be caten up clean should be given. The hay is best fed in racks. Some shepherds prefer a rack into which the sheep can get its head, othcrs, including the writer, prefer one with slats placed just far enough apart to enable the sheep to enter its nose and pull the hay out. A little hay is pulled out under foot in this way, but less is wasted than where the sheep get a chance to get their heads in and muss the whole lot. When sheep enâ€" ter their heads into a rack they inâ€" variably tear the wool along their; neck and spoil their appearance, as, well as the neck wool. 1 The best winter quarters for sheep is a shed in a dry location partly opea to the south, so thut it affords ample air and the flock should have free range of the yard continuallyâ€"an old motto is "Never close a door upon a sheep." Prevention or Cure?â€"By Margaret A. Bartlett. F,z PV The Welfare of the Home | _ Mrs. Brown does not believe that is right. She talks against the runâ€" ning at large of children with colds, till there are many who, as I said before, call her a coldâ€"crank. But do !you not agree with her? If so, see that your children stay in their own yard when they have a cold; see if you can‘t solve the problem of conâ€" tinuous colds by living the way the Brown family does, and by all means do not be offended if someone who is trying to keep the cold habit at arm‘s length from her family sends home one of your children who is suffering from a cold. You wouldn‘t speak 111 of a woman who drove a deadly rat-i tlesnake from her doorâ€"step; why, then, be angry at her if she tums! away a coldâ€"carrier? There are| many hundred more deaths each year 1 which come as a result of a common | cold than there are deaths r'sulting; Pumnus cce k c elce n ce & from rattlesnake bites! The only difficulty she now encountâ€" ers is in keeping children who have colds away without incurring the wrath of their parents. Folks around her helieve colds to be a necessary evil, and of no great importance, unâ€" less they "happen" to turn into pneuâ€" monia, or measles, or diphtheria or scarlet fever or some other such seriâ€" ous disease. They let their children run at large, go to school, and church, even when they are sick cnough with a cold to be in a warm bed. And all the time these children are spreading cold germs, giving their cold to whoâ€" ever will take it. | Below ll* of 8$1â€"90 ‘ 91â€"100 1?1-11 111â€"120 ‘ Over 120% Push your ¢ &Verage and Income. _ PFor 1921, apoly ®. Those who reports Because items of outlay, such as landâ€"rental, equipment, labor, land preparation, seed and harvesting charges, are about the â€" same whether you get 20 bushels per lm’g1 of wheat or 40 bushels; 40 bushels ger a&cre of oats or %5 bushels; 6 tons sllage per aore or %gotonn; 80 bushels of potatoes or Ontario Agrl Bulletin No. 273 Astronomical tests have demon-‘I strated that migrating birds when, traveling by night fly from 1,500 to, 8,000 feet above the earth, while in a few instances they have gone as! high as 5,400 fect, or more than a| mile high. Observations were made! by aid of telescopes and the moon. ] ARE Your farm business is being enough to keep your son on the farm. While sheep will not perhaps drink a great deal of water before lambing if they are getting roots and there is snow available, yet it is a better plan to see that they have access to clean water every day. Salt should be placed where access may be had to it at all times. ‘ As the lambing season approaches, all long wool around the udders should be clipped away and a number of inâ€" dividual pens, 4 feet by 6 feet in size‘ provided, where each ewe may be placed before or immediately after lambing. This plan prevents the disâ€" owning of lambs by the ewe and en-I ables the attendant to give the ewe| and lambs individual attention,. When, a ewe has twins she is very apt w‘ lose one of them if she is in the pen or yard with the flock. | At All Boo;csellerl or J. M. DENT & SONS, Ltd., P and a book that will be read in future generations, by the greatâ€" est living master of English, The Book: ‘"The Rescue," with full feeding of four pounds of turnips per head per day.. a Nestle Permanent Hair Waver 416 BLOOR ST. WEST, TORONTO Agent of The C. Nestle Co. for Canada. If so, write for Hlustrated Booklot (The Good and Bad Way of Perm. anent Waving)? We also have the Nestle Pormanent Hair Waving Home Outfits. R. HARPER EATURAL WAVY. Do you want that joy? STRAICHT HAIR MADE oRror YItELDs anp PABM PRorIT3 London, Eng., and 886 Church Bt., Toronto HIGH YIELDODS ALWAYs ProFiTABLE Joseph Conrad harvested Agricultural « 218 (Prof. A. I '-.ver. yl:ldl, Oég““étz 04 o : " 0 1295.00 s . .. m EFLOp Wholesome, Per yoar labor income College $2.50 the ubs j tax each other for the granting of :\’ compensation to individuals for losses ) incurred by hail, which are often very serious. How the system works out ‘| and the extent to which it operates ‘in Saskatchewan and Alberta are set forth in the November number of The Agricultural Gazette of Cunada,. Each claimant is entitled to receive not | more than five cents per acre for every one per cent. of damage from hail he has sustained. To some this may not appear a very liberal provision, but when it is understood that the number of claims fled in 1919 in . Saskatchewan were 7,838 and that the total indemnity paid amounted to ~$1911;776 a different view will ob. tain. For one storm alone that ocâ€" | cured in July of the year referred to lclaiml amounting to $1,100,000 were | satisfied. In Alberta the total losses | for the same year were $500,000 ‘ against a valuation of $12,000,000 in. | sured. _ Besides the system under Government supervision thera are 36 companies in Saskatchewan that acâ€" cept hail insurance and that paid cut | $1,750,000 in 1919 for losses causei | by hail. the 1;0"‘::â€"'1{.;-‘!": ‘ch-i;fiy Danes heavy landowners and wealthyv, Oats yield the largest crop amor the field crops grown in ~Canada Yield, 1910, 894,387,000 bushe‘s wheat yield, 193,260,400 trushels. The first community effort of \ braska farmers to make use of el« tricity on their farms has just beg in Howard County, Both the hou wife and farmer will seek to =>>] electrical treatment to more and mo! of their drudgery problems. Thres» ing machines, windmills, and c0~ shellers are to be so operated, a‘so washing machines and churns. The farmers built the transmission line themselves, at a cost of $7$00, and fl pay six cents per kilowatt for Bilver fox skins were in London for $1,250 a Hail insurance is practically only a term in Eastern Canada, but in the West it signifies something of vivid importance. _ Measures known â€" as Municipal Hail Insurance Acts are in force in each of the Prairie Provâ€" inces. These Acts provide a system of mutual insurance under which rural municipalities can operate to tax each other for the granting of How Hail Insurance Works "What did Alicia give you?" asked Ethel. , Aunt Hester‘s face softencd. "Alicia? She gave me that little vase with the rose; and her noto sAY 8 that the gift is to be one rosebud a month. Isn‘t that exactly like Alicia â€"a lovely thing to look forward to all the year? It isn‘t money valueâ€"â€" it‘s love value in her gifts." "I guessâ€"it is," Ethel answored slowly, | To give Ethel credit, she did mean l to tryâ€"but there were so many things | to buy that she did not have the time! | So she sent Aunt Hester handkerâ€" {chiefs, as usual, trying to still a proâ€" voking memory by sending half a | dozenâ€"and half a dozen handkerâ€" ‘chiefs of real linen wore indeed a | pift this year, she said to herself. | Perhaps it was that same provoking | memory which made her find time to irun in to see Aunt Hester on Christâ€" | mas Day. s "Just about," she replied. "I often wonder whether people think that shutâ€"ins have an extra allotment of noses. There, child, I‘m ashamed. It is the thought that males the gift, and I do appreciate them." Aunt Hester‘s keen old eyes showâ€" ed her amusement. "Your handkerchiefs are lovely," Aunt Hester said. "You always do choose beautiful ones, child." "But do you always have so many ?" Ethel cried. Aunt Hester greeted her warmly. Ethel realized with a siab of dismay that she looked startlingly frail; but her eyes were as keen as cver. The tables beside her was covered with gifts. Among them were at least two dozen handkerchiefs. _ ""Well, perhaps," Ethel replied lightly. "You‘re so funny, Alicia!" _ "Indeed you can, if you try. And it‘s such a joy to do it. Do try this year, Ethel." £ "But you can‘t find things for old people," Ethel protested impatiently. "I can‘t see much Christmas Wirit in either," Alicia replied bluntly. "You work so hard to give something ‘different‘ to Sybil Munter, who doesn‘t need it, and then don‘t give half a thought to Aunt Hester, who is old and ghut in and would so love some little surprise." "Don‘t you think," she supgested, "that there‘s a great deal more Christmas spirit in a gift that you don‘t worry over than in a gift that you trail round town to find, all the while hunting for something new and different? â€" Sometimes you almost wish that there wasn‘t a Christmas. And I always give nice handierchiefs â€"you can‘t deny that." wfi&el“â€"i';;r;;a;fi’t!;en her face dimpled. ol use hass: Wvicdhic tslsiiinnmasar iremnt old N "Oh, I never have to bother about her," Ethel answered. "I always give all my aunts handkerchiefs. I get two dozen and divide them up among the aunts. It‘s such a relief to have so much off my mind on Christmas." "It must be a great surprise," Alicia commented dryly. U C 1242 MB .2 0n io dercegatatss: 4 "‘-”’ ing to give Aunt Hester?" *â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€"< " asked Alicia, "are you goâ€" lece "Throw me Jdawn one brick ed COassidy at the top of his v make good me load!" The foreman had robuMJ for not taking a full load of the ladder every trip, and Case promised not to offend agein morning the supply of bricks and Cassidy, after M one in sight, found he was stl the proper number. He callt workman on the fAfth floor. "What do you want?" ask No one with the most « knowledge of the danger of current would immerse b! ordinary household bath an ceed to administer treatmen piece of apparatus oonnoctu} ordinary lighting clreuit; n would he allow anyone oi minister such treatment. tically uselesse to attempt to an ordinary bath, fitted w water pipes and a waste pM person immersed in a bath an excellent conductor for In a properly fitted bath ewitches, lights and wires so arranged that it is anyone, while in the bath to one of them with any part of Furthermore, all these fitt be at a distance from the p tare @hould be taken that is possible, and that the 1 perfect. Rpeaking of Geaths in | which electrical appliance tached, the British Medi: save : ## y shoy Electricity in w He Wanted a Full T Ske Tc the V Intere To w Frest Wh Acro Ar W tire The h fror hite, fres And :« CB, y mir ike la And the 5 n t} 1J