The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

-javiththe-^a ONrSCOUTS «^:s^- Our Xma$ "Good Turn" Quito 11 Itttlo pubiic'ity waa given to ;.hi8 subject in our weekly column liur- ng December, and it is only fair tbat «re permit it to be known that the 'Toy Shop Scheme" was a great suc- cess all over the Dominion. Of course full statistics have not /et tweu roceived, but we know tliat /ou will be glad to learn tbat tlie Lxine Scouts were right on the job iiiid ;hat their efforts were responsible (or many poor kiddies having a Happy Christmas and keeping their -failli in ianta Claus unshaken. Wo have had reports from a num- ber of Lone Scout centres throusjhout Ontario, amongst the foremost being ;he following: Belmont. â€" Under P. L. Donald Lay- ield provided toys, groceries, meal, jranges, candies and nuts for all fam;- ies. Harriston. â€" Reports that the Pat;i>! repaired toys and - delivered them with books and clothing, to 8 families. Colborne. â€" Also reports the collec- tion and repair of toys and the distri- bution of parcels on Xmes Eve to S families. Durham. â€" Also made up Xmas par- cels and delivered them to needy fami- lies on Xmas Eve, and also assisted in '.he distribution of the parcels for the Women's Institute. Luean. â€" P. L. John Slaughter re- (jorts Toy Shop activities, but final re- sults have Tiot yet been received. Itidividuat Lonies who co-operated 'a this work include Lancelot Wa'.sh nf Mrrrickville, Billy Nicol of Victoria, Thomas Campbell of Hybla, and Earle Darling of Morganston. We would like, however, to make special mention of the good work of the Fo.\ Patrol of Port Elgin, under P. L. Jack Campbell. With the assistance of their adult friends, these Scouts raised J'li.OO with whioil they purchased 20 lbs. nuts, 20 lbs. candies, 4 doz. oranges, $5 pairs stockings, 20 pairs mitts and tt least one toy for each child, which together with a number of books and rlothing. also donated, were made up Into attractive iiarcels and di.strlbuted Sn Xmas Eve. The above is a splendid record of Ivhich the Lonies can be justly proud, »nd Lone Scout Headquarters thanks ill those mentioned and others whose eports are not yet to hand, and our â- Commissioner wants you to know that iie is very proud indeed of you. Wallace Kinnaird, Scout V.C. Ontario lx)nies are always interest- id in good Scout Work and conduct which merits the highest praise and hey will therefore be interested in ihe record of one of their fellow Sconts, vho. although not a Lonie, was always nterested in the activities of the Lone Scouts. The rare Corn well Badge, the V.C. )f Scouting, given for outstanding :ourage, capability and character, de- tnonsti-ated during a period of great physical suffering, in addition to high itanding in Scouting, has been award- ed by Lord Baden-Powell, World Chief Scout, to Acting Assistant Scoutmas- :er Wallace Kinnaird, of the Robert Louis Stevenson Scout Group of the Thistletown Branch of the Sick Child- ren's Hospital. Toronto. As the re- sult of a football accident Kinnaird ^ad a leg amputatevt at the hip, very serious complications later developing. Notwithstanding great suffering and the cloud over his future, Kinnaird became an always cheery, encourag- ing leader of the hospital troop of handicapped boys and generally played a part that attracted unusual commen- dation from doctors and nurses. The Cornwell Badge was established to commeniorato th© fortitude, courage ind character shown by Ship's Boy Jack Cornwell. a Boy Scout, after be- ing mortally wounded during the bat- lie of Jutland. Unfortunately, ju.^t two weeks aftor this award had been made to Wally, lie took a turu for tlie worse and died early in the New Y'ear, to the great sorrow of his fellow Scouts of the Robert Louis Stevenson Troop and all who knew Jxim. Wally knew how to practice ttte 8th Scout Law, and was »i] example to all of us. Another "Lone Scout" Troop You wii; be Interested to hear that the Lonies of Durham have grown in- 'o a Troop, with Mr. Reginald Steeds IS Scoutmaster, and three keen pa- troS. Robert Webster Is the P.L. of the "Fo.ies," Louis McComb is P.L. of the " Beavers," and Ronald Rudd is P.L. of the "Crows." We wish the new Du.ham Troop lots of good Scout- ing, and know that the ex-Lonies will continue the good work which they commenced as Lone Scouts. .Recruits are always welcome in the Boy Scouts Association, which Is ab- solutely a non-military crganlzatioa. The Lone Scout Department is cater- ing esi)ecially for boys from 12 to 18 years of age who live in the country or In small towns and villagiro (\rhefe iher'* U no Scout Trnoii. Particulars will he gl.aflly sent, fn-*, U you will write to The Boy Scouts Association, Ijone Scout Dept., 330 Bay Street, Toronto 2. ---Lone E." Sunday School Lesson Cranberry Growers Elnjoy Record Prices This Year To .Vova Scotia goes the probably unique honour of having produced at least one crop that soli at 20 per cent higher prices than last year, and that, moreover, could have been sold in twice as big quantities If the grower had been able to produce It. That crop is the humble but neces- sary 'cranberry. The name of that great benefactor of the human race who lirst experi- mented with turkey and cranberry sauce is unfortunately lost in the dim past, but surely there should be some- where a monument to his eternal glory. Who â€" long before Shake- speare's time â€" found out that "beef with mustard is good meat"? Who was the daring soul that sought about till he found mint and capers with which to garnish the uninspiring sheep. In youth and age? Lamb's immortal savage, who burned his sties in order to get roast pork, mere- ly cleared the ground for the original research that ultimately hit upon the one inevitable condimett for it, apple sauce. Without cranberry sauce the turkey is but as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. Canada kno'ws it and imports an- uually 85,000 to 115,000 quarter-bar- rel bo.xes from the United States. Nova Scotia is the biggest grower in Canada and the besA she could do last year was 20,000 boxes, and they went like hot cakes, with the coun- try crying for more. Now the Nora Scotia cranberry bog owner has a pro'tective duty of two and a half cents a pound on his berries, and it will be a strange tilng it this In- dustry does not go ahead. â€" Montreal Daily Star. How to be Happily Married Ha;,py marriages are the result of intelligent idealism, based on a knowl- edge of the principles of human adap- tation. In other words, tht marriage rela- tionship is like that of a sto«k com- ) '.y, whose success depends not only on the actors knowing their parts, but o co-ordinated effort. This is the conclusion, we read, of the Wesleyan University undergradu- ate conference on marriage at Middle- to\*Ti, Connecticut, where delegates from a score of colleges took part. All the speakers, according to a dispatch to the New York "Times," agreed, that while the age of the marriage custom does not alon-- insure its sanc- tity, no convincing arguments have been presented in this or any other age why monogamoLs jnarriages do not serve the most desirable ends in social institutions. Most marriages, the speakers point- ed out, are indoiced by emotiona in which sex attraction and romanticism l.Iay a great part. Sooner or later after marriage these phases disap- pear, and it is then that there is an opportunity for a real and enduring love to be built up. "It is a good thing for a man to have had a number of good giirl friends," says Prof. Erdman Hatrris of Union Theological Seminary, and he quotes Dr. G. Hamilton, who inves- tigated 200 cases and published the results in his "Research in Mpiriage," s.ayinig: "Men who have had a number of good friends, who have had at least one mild love affair, but not more than six or seven, seem to be in the best position to make a 'go' of marriage." January 29. Lessen V â€" Jesus und the Sabbath â€" Mark 2: 23 to 3:6. Golden Text â€" The sabbath was made tor man, and not man for the sabbath: therefore the Son of mar. is Lord also of the sabbath.â€" Mark 2: 27, 28. ANALYSIS. I. SABBATH: MEA.NS OR END'? Mark 2: 23-'28. I SABBATH: FOB MV BROTIIEK, Mark 3: 1-G. iNTRODircTlo.N'-â€" The aniagou sm of the scribes and Phari.-ices had been gradually coming to a climax. At first, v.'hei. Jesus shocked thrm by claiming to forgive sin (Mark 2: 101- they were merely silently critical, Mark "2: T. When he broke svith convention, asso- cij.'.l.-.s and ilining with people like Levi (Mark 2: 15) they complained to the d «c:ples, Mark 2: 16. When s,. v^-:' rod their fasting regulations tney con.plained to him, Mark 2: 18. The incidents in today's lesson con- vinced them tiiat this man was intol- erable and must be done away with â€" â- 'thev complained to the police," Mark S: 6. I. SABBATH: MEANS OR ENC? Mark 2: 23-28. An '.pen break with the Pharises was inevitable. Between the religion of Jesus ami their lay sharp differ- erces. For the Pharisees, least for most of them, religion was a matter 0-.' obeying lawr in the .strict lerter wi hout any regard to motive. For Jesus, it was the motive thai gavt character to the act. Alth^,ugh he never broke with the old Law as Paul did, yet he always insisted that when a legal requirement came in cor.flict with human brotherhood, the legal re- quirement had to giv° way. "Jesus was out of sympathy with the wh->le spirit of legalistic religion." A sabbath walk through a grain fielc proved to be the occasion which br ught abo t the open break The sabbath, when this Gospel was writ- ten, was not observed by the Gentile Christians. These two accounts of .sabbath-breaking they would un- doubtedly -egard as justifying their freedom. All the people invo'ved in thesj incidents, including Jerus him- self, accepted the sabbath obligations. They differed on the que-stion, "Does the Law allow any cxcepti'T-s?" The Pharisees answered. "No." Jesus in- sisted that when the sabbath law con- flicted V ith human need, it c-ould and must be broken. Walking along a path which led through a corn field (Mark 2: 23) he disciples pluckca some ear. of corn, which was permitted by the Law, beut. 23: 25. The sin consisted in rubbing the kernels In their hands, I Lke 6:1. It was a kind of thresh- ii-g, and therefore work, and therefore sin. Didn't their forefathers allow taemselves to be slaughtered where they sti-xl during the Maccabean re- volt, rather thaii defend themselves or the sabbath? The Pharii.ees never forgot these men who preferred to die rather than depart from l^a strict letter of the Law. Jesus tacitly admitted ha liis men did break the law. Not without hu- mor, he reminded them of what their hero, David, did when his men were hungry, 1 Sam. 21:1-6. Legal require- ments must give way to human need. The : abbath wa.s given for man's good, a means to that end, not an end in itself. Therefor.) when any rule by its observance interfered with man's good, then its true purpose could he better fulfilled by disobeying it. In V. 28 Jesus says that in his capacity as representative cf all humanity, the Son of man, wholly in harmony with I. is Father's will, endowed with his ipirit, he has the right to decide when and under what conditions its observ- ance would be helpful or harmful. The regulations and restrictions of the old-fashioned sabbath were design- ed by our fathers to make that day serve mankind's highest needs, physi- cal, mental, social, spiritual. To ensure the carrying out of that intention, Jesus broke with some "old sabbath" customs. To make it serve man's high- est needs today, It will be necessary tt change most of our "modern Sun- day" practices. "Put this test to yarl- ous Sunday situations: Is it fcr man's good, physical, mental, spiritual?" II. S.VBBATH: FOR MY DROTHER, Mark 8: 1-6. The cornfield incident was not plan- ned. The case of the man with the withered hand was a direct challenge by Jesus. It was not an fl;ncrgency. This man could wait until Monday. Healing was allowed on the sabbath only when life was actually in dan- ger. Why, then, did Jesus heal him? Jesus' t.lternative was this: Heal this man now, or permit him to suffer; help the man, or refuse to help him. tor Jesus to let slip an opportunity to help was to inflict an actual injury. The Levite and priest who passed by (I/uko 10: 31, 32) were really mur- Wrap-Over Model Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- nished With Every Pattern By HELEN WILLIAMS. As well as for nomial figures, this model is delightful for more matronly ones. It is the wrap-over typ-' of dress that lends such elegant height to the wearer. For I. its simplicity, it has a grreat deal of chic and charm. The diagonal Ixniice is especially slenderizing. The sleeves are close- fitting with a little puff above the snug cufli effect. It will add length to arms possibly plump enough t» benefit by it. Black woolen, so e.xceedingly smart with a touch of white pique, made the original. The belt was black suede. Style No. 3265 is designee., for sizes 16, 18 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust. Size 36 requires 2% yards 54-inch with % yard 27-ineh contrasting. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 15c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St, Toronto. iltirei^. They were parties to what they were willing to permit. Jesus lied so close to God that he saw everything in life in this clear-cut ' ay. Some people are similarly sen- sitive â€" for the same reason. The watching Pharisees were so bent on their heresy-hunting t at, like their modern counterparts, they lost i.11 interest in the real gooii that was '..?ing done. They stung t Lord to anger. "Who is the real sabbath- br-'aker?" he flung at them, ''he who performs a work of mercy, si-ch as I am performing now, or he who wv iks an injury, who, in fac , ' lots to mur- der such as you are doing njw?" Such is a possible interpretation of v. 4. This exposure of their miserable scheming left them with nothing to say. While they were recovering from this thrust, the Master exercised his healing power upon the sufferer. 'This is too much," they wvuld cry. "This fellow has ignored our customs, he has broken our most cherished laws, denied the doctrines on which we were brou,rht up. All the g;ood he does is as nothing compare3t with this." "And the Pharisees went forth and took counsel with the Herodians, how they might destroy him." Jesus, in thesv two incidents, acted out th« principle that Sunday is to be used for one's own highest good and for the highest good of one's brothor. The conservatives of lis day, trying to build up merit for thems"lvos, im- F 'ted regulations which gavi second place to' human need. The liberala of today, gratifying selfish indulg«nce, are similarly forgetful of their own deepest needs and the rights of others. Jesa-,' way is to spend Sunday in stich a manner that man's finest powers will derelop to their finest expression. Farm Queries Henry G. Bell, B.S.A.. Dept. of Chemistry. O.A.C. Address All Letters to Farm Etiitor. 73 Adelaide St -West, Toronto. All Answers Will Appear in thi^ Column. If Personal Reply is Desired. Enclose Stamped and Addressed Envelope. Whether or not lime can be used with proQt ou a soil depends on what is commonly called the reaction of that .soil. For a considerable time It has been known that certain soil samples, if moistened, will turn blue litmus paper to red. In more recent y(;.".rs, the Department of Chemistry, Ontario Agricultural College, has de- veloped and circulated a more deli- cate test known as the Reacio Soil Test, whlc'i indicates very clearly and quite readily the condition of the soil. When a, small sample la treated with the greenish-blue liquid which is sui>- plied in this test, if it turns thv liquid a decided golden yellow colour. It is an indication that the soil 1° quite acid and In need o£ a relatively large amount of lime. If the liquid is turned to a slight olive green, the soil ;.. still acid, but not so distinctly so, and con- sequently, not so much In need of lime. If the test liquid when appli(id to the soil sample remains a greenish- blue, the soil is neutral, and if on the other hand it turns to distinct dark blue colour, the soil is alkaline or sweet. Acidity of soil, then, is closely re- lated to the supply of lime in the soil. A sour soil is closely related to the supply of lime in the soil. A sour soil is in all cases a soil devoid of lime. Lime is chemically known as a base, which has the power to correct acidity. Lime is removed from the soi' by two general means. PMrst, by leaching. Limestone is fairly rja..ily soluble in water, but more readily sc'uble lu water to which carbon dioxide has been added. Under certain circum- stances, the addition of carbon dioxide to water produces a weak acid kno.vu as carl nic acid, which acid is con- tinually forming in the soil, with the result that the lime supply of th<3 soil, especially under cropping systems, is continua y being worn down. Corti'.'U Agricultural Experiment Station fouud that there were 370 lbs. per acre per year of lime removed from uncropped laud simply by the washing of water through the soil. English figures have corroborated this finding. The second method of depletion ot lime is by cropping. Certain of our farm crops take out large quantities of lime. For instance, 5 tons of alfalfa hay per acre removes 465 lbs. lime. 3 tons ot common red clover per acre removes 230 lbs. of lime. One ton of tobacco removes 135 lbs. lime. IVj tons pea straw removes 105 lbs. lime per acre. 10 tons cabbage removes 143 lbs. lime. 400 bushels onions per acre removes 100 lbs. lime. It is read- ily seen then that a tendency of a soil to become acid is perfectly natural and is actively promoted when that soil is brought under cultivation and heavy cropping. Response of Crops to Lima Not all crops require the same amount of lime. Some of those requir- ing a distinctly alkaline or sweet soil are â€" alfalfa, beets, celery, onions, as- paragus, lettuce, spinach. Those requiring a less alkali no soil are â€" sweet clover, cabbage, carrots, peas, tomatoes. Those requiring a neutral soil aro â€" beans, corn, wheat, oats, barley. Those doing best with a slightly acid soil are â€" potatoes, squash, radishes, turnips. Those thriving under distinctly acid soil conditions are â€" strawberries, blue- berries, certain typos ot raspberries and cranberries. These lists are worthy of close study, because if one attempts to grow such a crop as alfalfa on .i sour soil, no matter how good the seed, nor how thorough the preparation ot soil, it it is distinctly acid In reaction it is nearly always sure to bring a failure ot crop. There s a chemical disadvantage in a soil being sour or acid in reaction. In othtir words, farm soiU that are distinctly acid or sour will not pro- duce the crops tbat they could it the acidity was corrected. One deflmte chemical advantage ot a tioll being sweet In reaction ia that when there is a sufficient supply ot lime, fertilizers high in available phosphoric acid can be add.i with beet chance ot success. It such tertllizers are aulded to acid soUs, the available phosphoric acid tends to form combinations with inn and aluminum in the soil, which co.n- pounds are uot soiubli- in soil wutcs, hence are unavailable n th. gro-Afing crops In actual farm practice ihta means that it A and B are neighboriug farmers, A's land is eweet or alka:,:ie in react! in, B's land i.^ sour or acid in reaction, if they both apply such I fer..ilizer as 2-12-6 to any of iheii crops, ott'.er things being i la.. \ will obtan the better. re.sults. In fait, B on his acid soil nu'y not obtain r» suits which will be proH'a'jlr. TUI« is no fault ot the fertilizer, but is a fault of the conditions un icr v.hicO the fertilizer was used. Lime must be add^d to c'rrecl acid ity. Lime will not tn!;. the place .il f ^ .-tilizer,'^, nor will tertiliwers â-  ixe the place of lime. Each â-  as its n.Mi peculiar function to pe:rona. Lint corrects soil sourne. jrtliiz'i- nii(» ply available plantlood. Sti as 'c niaUi as sure as possible tliat good resuiif will be obtained from fer.ilizer-. s^e that yo.ir soil i.-- - .. . reaction. Many practical eviuences ol ina point just discussed could be prK.-^euJ/- ed. We will give but one or tw;: ia illustration. On a certain farm in fcll- gin County where the soil i" descril^ed as silty loam, the following fer;ilu<?ra were used on wheat at 300 Hi.-. \t<;t acre: 16% acid phosphate, whien yielded 32 bushels per acre; o-li:-^ which yielded 33.3 buslielc per acr-j; 2-12-6. wliich yielded 31 bushels (.ei acre: unfertilized, wbicli yieliu-fi ;( bushels per acre. There was very small gain ;ru:u tui use of these fertilizers in the instance just described. L'nduubtedly, i;i;s oc- curred to a large e.Nlont because l!ie acidity of tl.e soil led to the tying up of the available phosphate. Ho ash and nitrogen were largely respuuMhie for the additioual returns. Ou a s'mi- lar type of soil not tar distant ir-im the first, the farmer used the same quantity of fertilizer and t' ; same mixtures and realized the foHouing yields: No fertilizer. Z'J.'i bushtis sier acre: 16% Acid Pho;-.. 44 buslifls |.er acre; 0-12-5, 4G buahels pei acre; 2-12-0, 47.3 bushels per acre. Ilia yields throughout aie larger on ac- count 01 the better condition of tha soil, and the increases due to the ad- dition of phosphate, phosphate and potash, and nitrogen, phosphoric acib and potash, are distinctly better. The correction of sour or acid -soiii is easy to accomplish. In most casea unburued, ground limestone is ih« cheapest source of correc.or. fail material is available in most of the older farming sections of the provincej and in many of the newer sections a( a very reasonable cost. Lime should not be used promiscuously without a test of the soil and without some guid- ance, otherwise some lime vil! be ap- plied to sections not in need of lime, where limestone is found in plenty ia the soil. But where a distinct need is indicated, finely ground limestone should be applied profitably during the winter of early spring on land which has been plowed. With the sprinj' working of the land, this lime is quick- ly worked into the ground. It correct* the acidity, makes chemical reactiona within the soil favorable and greatlj promotes the growth of the micro- scopic lif.i in the soil. In applying limt it can be scattered broadcast oq top of the soil or it can be lightU^ drilled in by the fertilizer dropper ot the combined drill. Either way will give it an effective application. Fishy A man was fishing some strictly prfi served water in Scotland when caught a fine salmon. As ha did want to display any evidences ot crime, he tied the flsh through gills to a stake on the bank and turned it to the water. I Soon a keeper camo along and &• cused the man of poaching. ' "Oh, no," said the angler, disarmioM ly. "I'm just having a little <nnoc« -musement, practicing casts and m on." ) The keeper was reassured and about to walk away when he observ the captured salmon plunging franj cally at the end of its leash. i "What's this?" he asked. i "Oh â€" erâ€" well. " replied the angUtf "that fellow kept sneaking my flies, « I thought it better to tie him up ai| ot the way." irvM ani MUTT AND JEFF- By BUD FISHER A Very Snappy Idea on Je£F*s Part â- Â«w Mt€ >roo SURC IT VOWW •« OkK, ToR HA» TO ».»AP W^i MOW- X, LOOK.OMCR rut MAIC F(RST - J .j5-ft vPtfvt. sriwu OeT n^v Je»- r .