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Staunch and Sim‘ple Furnitureâ€"Gay Accessories and Athletic Colours â€" Hobbies for Design Interest he Or. Chases Qintment With PIMMIN®S PMHMOXE 709 You know how a blanket kccpsWyou warm in winter. That is the way Red Top Insulating Wool can protect your home. ire other “furnishings that bélong Easily installed under the roof or in walls. Perménent. Fireâ€" proof. Verminâ€"proof, And pays for itself by saving fuel. Keeps you cool in summer, too. Let us show you samples of Red Top Insulating Wool and tell you how you can get this winter and summer comfort at little cost, and how Red Top Insulating Wool will pay for *tself. Red Top Insulating Wool is a product of Canadian Gypsum Company Ltd., your warranty of quality. RED TOPâ€"INSULATING WOOL Feldman Timber Maple furniture and hcart fabrics that can take n Ict of punishment give a genial comfort to this work manlike small room for the school age generaâ€" tion. Browns, hennas and beige tones in hooked a record of 50 treatment for .;?-{!;é‘nt;' for piles itively depend on vears SCHOOL AGE DECORATIONS FOR YOUNG ROOMS COMPANY LIMITED as a most satisâ€" or hemorrhoids, PLEASANT HoOMES ‘British cak, all of which.are included in ‘on the list: Good lamps, a few hassocks, ‘a victrola and a record rack, probably a typewriter, a drawing board for writing in bed or at ease, a waste basket. In Light Finishes The types of furniture recommended |by the wiseacres and accepted by the scholastic generation include colonial maple, modern, Mexican provincial, satisfying selections in the stores. Most of these are available in the light finâ€" [ ishes that the younger ones like. Secâ€" tional furniture, the kind that comes in units to be fitted together to make [ the most of the wall space available, is the most practical idea here, especial.y »mce it can be had in desk, drawer and shelf units. Builtâ€"in furniture is also by Elizabeth MacRea Boykin Modern soctional furniture, gross cloth walls and an interesting window treaiment consisting of painted bamboo blinds and vlaid draperies contriâ€" bute importantly to the tidy charm of this well SCHUMACHER PHONXE 708 | rug, plaid curtains and spread are accented by more brilliant colours in cushions, map decoration for the wall and bright book bindings. In upholstered chairs, leather for the covering is tops. Next come plaids, corduroys and the tweedyâ€"looking textâ€" ures, materials popular for curtains and spreads as well. For the floor, something that can take a lot of punishent is the thingâ€"a textural broadloom rug Or aA lincleum floor is usually the favorite, or else scatter rugs of braided, hooked, chenile Oor fiber types. Changing Interests It‘s a w‘se investment to buy youthâ€" ful furniture of good quality and of a style that can grow up with the child. On the cther hand draperies, spreads and other accessories that will reflect the changing interests of the child at different ages can be of gay but less practical for young rooms permanent qualities, Thus the room can vary from tailored to frivolous, accordâ€" ing to the fads and fancies of its young owner, without much expense. Right now the preference is for the trim athletic colors and staunch effects reâ€" flected in those jaunty suits and sweaters and coats the schoolâ€"agers wear with such an air. But who knows but what the next phase will be for femininis or dudishness! Simple basic furniture of good quality makes such shifts possible with hardly the blink of an eye. Whatever the mood of the room, hobâ€" bies are certain to have a lot to do with its design. So it‘s a wise mother who provides facilities for hanging stuff on the wall without damage thereto. Often a large table is a necessity in this conâ€" nectionâ€"for an electric train, carâ€" pentry, taxidermy, clay modelling, sewâ€" ing or whatâ€"not. Certainly the room won‘t click if personal interests aren‘t taken into consideration. Not to menâ€" tion the impossibility of keeping a room in order if no provision is made for the activities of its occupant. Incidentally there are many wall papers in designs that reflect the hobbies of youngstersâ€" transportation â€" designs, Scout and Indian patterns, farm themes and horsey designsâ€"these often fit pleasâ€" antly into plans for schoolâ€"age rooms. "So your wife takes in washing?" grandson were riding on a train. the Montgomery County Judge asked Grandma had dozed and suddenly she a man who was up for vagrancy. sat up. "What was the station the "What do you do?" | conductor called?" she asked the boy. "Well, Judge," explained the accusâ€"! "He didn‘t announce any station; ed, "I takes in the washin‘, the old he just put his head in the door and woman does the washin‘. T takes the sneezed." "Well, Judge," explained the accusâ€" ed, "I takes in the washin‘, the old woman does the washin‘. T takes the washin‘ hack, the old woman collects the money and I takes her out of most Oof it."â€"Globe and Mail. Eventually a Winner tailorcd college room. Clear indigo blues and reds are the predominating colers in sofa covering, cusâ€" hions and curtains. The rug is a light washable sisal. The furniture has a pale waxed finish. THE PORCUPTKE ADVANCE, TTMMINS, ONTARIO In the last issue of "Canadian Forâ€" est and Outdoors," the official organ of the Canadian Forestry Association fills a 1 ngâ€"felt need by publishing an article about the porcupineâ€"the animal, not the camp. Here is what "Canadian Forest and Outdoors" has to say:â€"â€" "Pig With Spikes" . (by Wm. MacMillan) There is probably no funnier..looking animal in all the woods than the one known as the porcupine. Resembling nothing familiar, he is obviously a left over from prehistoric times, when to survive an animal had to have impeneâ€" trable armour and a cast iron constituâ€" tion. Entertain Friends on 25th Wedding Anniversary Event Thinks Porcupine Survival From Prehistoric Times Pears, wolves, moose, dear, muskrat and beaver all have received more than their due share of publicity. Algoma wolves are famous or as the case may be. Men will rave about big moose and so on but who ever heard of anyone raving about a porcupine? Unless that is what the dog does after attempting to interview the slow gentleman of the woods with the moveable spikes! The porcupine has many calls to fame â€"chief among them being that his name is borne by Canada‘s greatest gold camp, and one of the world‘s richest and deepest. Away back in the sixteenth century, in 1634, to be exact, when the French were making a bad job of colonizing the new world, a Jesuit declared, "The porâ€" cupines near the Saguenay River are much la#er than any I have seen in France. The Indians singe them as we do pigs, and after they are scraped they are boiled or roasted," There are porcupines in Europe, too, of course, such as the crested and brushâ€"tailed porcupines. But it is the common Eurcpean porcupine that most closely resembles the one under disâ€" cussion. It differs, however, in that it is entirely nocturnal, the tail is not prehensile, and the soles of the feet quite smooth. Where the Animal‘s Name Came From. But enough of the European branch of the family. Since it is with the North American representatives that we wish to deal we will confine ourâ€" selves, from now on, to the two species making this continent their home. The yellowâ€"haired poreupine can be dismissed with a very few words beâ€" cause few people know anything about it and it is relatively unimportant. "Get the bundles together quickly," said Gramdma. *"This is Oshkosh."â€"â€" I Carleton Place Canadian. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. DuFeu, of 73 Maple Street south, popular residents of Timmins for many years, celebrated their twentyâ€"fifth wedding anniversary on Monday, entertaining a group of friends at their home that evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dufeu, Popular Residents Here for Nearly Quarter Cenâ€" tury. During the weekâ€"end, Mr. and Mrs. DuFeu went to Haileybury, where their marriage took place twentyâ€"five years ago, and were greeted and conâ€" gratulated by their friends there. Mr. and Mrs. DuFeu came to Timâ€" mins shortly after their marriage, and have been resident here for nearly twentyâ€"five years. Both are well known and have a large number of friends throughout the district and the whole North Land. Few animals have succeeded in Hrandma Jackson and her young The Destination emerging,. unscathed, from the merciâ€" less war of extermination being waged in the backwoods of this country, The rtreupine is one of the lucky ones. And every thing about him, from his armour of ‘prickly quills to his queer unhurried movements, speak of days long since gone by. HMHe was here beâ€" fore the white man came, and will probably still be here when Gabriel sounds his trumpet. The world scems to have passed him by. He fairly creaks as he moves. And his very name smacks of ancient times. Being rooted, they say, in the old French word "porce espin",. which translated, means pig with spines. Later, the English adopted the name porcupine a word taken from the latin "norcus", meaning pig, and spina, meaning spine, Why he should be taken for a pig, though, is a mystery. He certainly doesn‘t look like one. And only a vivid imagination can find in the queer sounds he makes as he progresses through the woods the slightest resemâ€" blance to a pig‘s grunt. The average porcupine is about two feet long. His back is humped and looks as if it should belong to a much larger animal. He has a »convexed shaped skull, small dull eyes, and big, chiselâ€"like teeth. His legs are short and so placed as to make him a sureâ€" fire tree climber. His front feet turn in. And just in case you would like to know it he hag four toes on the front and five on the hind feet. How this extraordinary specimen of a forgotten race can get along without being both a nuisance and a menace to himself and his friends is a myst@y. But get along he does in a most surâ€" prising fashion. While it is true he makes no friendly overtures, it is equally true that he accepts no chalâ€" lenges and makes no boasts. It isn‘t surprising that, with stich a background time means absolutely noâ€" thing to his phlegmatic soul. And in spite of the fact that any one of half a dozen enemies could despatch him with a single pounce, he makes no atâ€" tempt to keep his movements secret, but grunts noisily from place to place. It is a porcupine‘s quills, however, that set him apart from the rest of the worid in more ways than one. Years ago it was commonly supposed that he could throw them at will, enâ€" veloping an enemy with a veritable barrage of prickly darts. It is generâ€" ally recognized now, however, that was ncthing more than an old wives‘ tale having no foundation on fact. These barbs, which are white, tipped brownish, come out easily nevertheless, and are so constructed they work into the fiesh of anything unfortunate enough to be on the receiving end of them. They lie flat in the long brownâ€" ish fur and point backwards, but can be elevated at will by a contraction of the muscles under the skin. a tree with all the confidence of a Swiss mountain climber, cleverly disâ€" tributing his weight so that the more slender branches will support him. While he can hardly be called a graceful climber he moves up and down The young, from four to six in numâ€" ber, are born in the early spring and are: amazingly large, being somet mes twenty times larger than black bears at A k#3 P £.0 e BB C A N A D I A N S for $5,000,000 Emergency Call » / THE MOST WE CAN GIVE â€" To . smcs mosw] V hA Ee N Lo Bs Their it to us Traces Historical Background of the Province Manitoba Tracing the historlcal background, prior to its development, from the time Jacques Cartier landed in Quebec in 1534 through to the landing of the English at Hudson Bay in 1672 and on through the explorations of La Verenâ€" drye, who came from Montreal in 1732 in search of the longâ€"sought passage to China, Dr. Lee Honey spoke on the Province of Manitotba at the Kiwanis Club meeting on Monday. One of the "Know Your Canada Better‘" series of talks Dr. Honey‘s adâ€" dress explained that La Verendrye built a fort, named Fort Rouge on the present site of Winnipeg in the year 1734, In 1736 Canada became a British pcsession and in 1815 Lord Selkirk brought a number of Sceottish settlers to that part of Canada, The real beginâ€" nings of Manitoba started in 1869 when it joined confederation. Modern Winnipeg, said Dr. Honey, was a beautiful city with beautiful parliament buildings. A great deal of aqevelopent of the west, including Manâ€" itoba, was due to the efforts of Lord Strathcona and others in helping to make the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway possible in 1880. Lord Selkirk and Scottish Settlers Largely Responâ€" sible for Growth. It was curious that the Royal Comâ€" mission appointed about that time to investigate the possibilities of agriculâ€" tare in the west reported that due to the frost grain growing would not be practicable. This difficulty had been hurdled of course, The population of Manitoba at the present time numbered 700,000 of which sixty per cent were AngloSaxon. Copper and gold were found in this province; its forest resources and reâ€" of water power were great. birth Time marches on, Peoples and things change. But the porcupine reâ€" mains untouched, a tangible reminder of other worlds and other times. OUR MEN GIVE ALL . .. fireside, family, friends, careersa. They hold nothing back. Unasked, but stirred within by the urge of manhood and pride of race, they go forth bravely to face hardship, loneliness and danger, to risk life itself, in a great cause. It is your cause for which they fight. You are not asked to give your own lifeâ€"but you can help to save one. The Red Cross, of glorious tradition, unchallenged in purpose, needs your help so that it can answer tanks with ambulances, bombs with beds, horrors with hospitals, cruelty with mercy. 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