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Mothers and daughters of all & 00 do ahert ra daughts all ages are cordially Irivited answer as a means of \de Iven In each letter. Write on one side of paper only. led Sireut i Stamped ah Addrettod Snvelopa Is enclosed. 235 ress eros, 3 Wohodraes All corres pon ence for epartment to Mrs. Helen Law, rg " to write to this will be published with each question and Iteg ntification, but full name and address must be Answers will be framework of slender strips of wood the size of the bed, and tie the four supporting uprights to the bedposts, over this frame a two-yard-wide piece of. cotton mosquito nettifig is thrown and the edges tucked in under the mattress. Let there be plenty of fresh air in the room; it spells health, 2. The rubber diaper is decidedly harmful to baby. It acts like a heat- ing compress, keeping the genitals in a constant state of moist heat which encourages itching, with its con- sequent scratching and rubbing. One of its most serious after cffects ic bad practices. The mother or caretaker seeking protection may carry about a rubber pad to place on their laps under the child, but under no circum- stances bind up the child with rubber cloth. 8. A child's bed should not be too soft. A hair mattress or some firm sanitary cotton mattress is best. This should be covered with a protec tive strip of stork sheeting and the pad, over which should be spread a cotton sheet. The covering on the bed should be as light as is consistent with needed warmth. Overheating is highly injurious. A baby should have a bed to himself. 4. The best method of removing superfluous hair is to destroy each individual hair with a lit- tle electric needle. This method is called electrolysis. 5. Vitamines are the vital elements in cereal grains, milk, eggs and vegetable products. They lie very close to the outer cover- Mrs. E. C.:--1, To preserve straw- berries in the sunshine, place in a preserving kettle in 'layers as many pounds of sugar as of sound ripe ber- ries, which have n hulled and washed, and when the juice is drawn out a little set it over the fire to cook; let cook twenty minutes after boiling begins. Turn the berries into earth- en or agate plates, cover each with a pane of-glass to fit tightly ove the top and place in the sun. Let stand two days, stirring two or three times each day. At the end of this time place in sterilized jars, seal and store them without reheating. 2. To give the hair a dry shampoo take one cup- ful of cornmeal, warm it in the oven, add one-quarter cupful salt to it, mix well, then holding the head over a cloth or newspaper rub the meal into the scalp. Brush thoroughly. Peggy: --1. Red Cross Societies are an outgrowth of the convention of Geneva, Switzerland, held in 1864. 2. Yes, the South Pole was-discovered by Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian ex- plorer, who reached it on December 16, 1911. Robert Falcon Scott, the English naval officer and = explorer, reached the South Pole on January 18, 1912, only to find the Norwegian flag and records left by Amundsen. Scott perished on the return trip. Mrs. S. T.:--1. Aphids or plant lice and black fly are the insects injuring your currants and gooseberries. They usually attack the new leaves and tips. Frequent spraying with some of "the |ing in grains, cereals and many vege- tobacco préparations or whale oil soap] tables; are easily destroyed by high ried above the level and provided with has a good effect. If the fruit is not temperature in cooking? an absolutely tight cover. more than half formed put in the soap| 0, W. G.:--1. To remove white spots The pump has been placed on the or tobacco solution one tablespoonful [from a polished surface rub with a concrete platform, on the ground of arsenate of lead paste or one-half | soft cloth wet in essence of pepper- level, the pipe is embedded in the con- tablespoonful of arsenate of lead pow- | mint until spot disappears; then polish crete and carried to the bottom of the der or one teaspoonful of paris green | with flannel. This will not'injure the well where the water is coldest. There | to a gallon of the spray. If the fruit most highly polished wood. 2. Fora is considerable advantage in not hayv-| is well formed this is too poisonous to holder to remove boiling pots from ing the pump at the top of the well. |use and as a substitute you can use ithe stove or in draining vegetables, Surplus water is continually spilled, hellebore, one ounce to a gallon of use an ordinary canton flannel mitt and, as more or less mud, barnyard water. Hellebore is a mild poison with palm and thumb padded with cot- manure, etc, is carried on the boots of | and must be bought fresh each time, ton and a loop of tape sewed, to the those using the well, this water be- | as it loses its virtue on opening. In| wrist for a hanger. The protection comes polluted and seeps through the all these mix the poison in a very lit- | it gives the back of the hand is ob- cover. . tle water, smooth, before blending vious. 8. I am told that a paste of In many summer resorts, defective with the other solution. 2. Your molasses and flour will remove grass wells are the cause of much sickness, | garden is afflicted with cutworms. |stains from colored fabrics without ef- and many cases of typhoid among These usually work at night and are fecting the color. To remove grass , urban residents have been traced to |among the most malicious of insect |stains from white flannel trousers, dis- | this source. Too much care cannot | pests. One way to help is to make solve one cupful washing soda in two be exercised in seeing that drinking a ring around each plant in the effect | cupfuls water, heat the solution, make water--<one of the essentials of life-- is thoroughly protected, » sugar with adatom , that see - eee p------ ae _ - . a WELLS AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION Special Care Should be Exercised to Ensure a Pure and Abundant : Supply of Water For Home Use. ; Apart from municipal water works, almost our water supply is secured ) entirely from wells. Especially is get rid of th r by planting your > ' a ~ Yerops in a rotation where wheat does Answer:--I would advise you to|not follow wheat for two or thrpe 'plow the lot in question, and carefully years. Clean cultivation and plant- « disk and harrow it. Then sow a mix- of good clean seed will quickly ture of grass seed somewhat as fol- : this true on the farms and in the rid you of the pest. i lows: Yio Question--R. S.:--What is the best 10 Ibs. common red clover time tp make 8 meadow, in the Fall oF smaller villages. It is of primary 3 8 ibs. in the Spring? How muieh seed is re- | importance that the well be properly 2 Ibs. alsike quired for an ? constructed, that it be situated far : from any source of possible lution, Total 20 lbs. per acre. and that the water be of sa ) Answer: a rule, in Ontario best meadows are established in spring. This should be distributed evenly |Fall plow the land and leave itin and harrowed in thoroughly. If the rough furrow until spring. As soon ground is rather open in texture, I|88 it is dry enough to work in spring, would advise you to roll it and then |disk dnd barrow it to a smooth seed- follow with a light harrowing. = Infbed, then sow a grass and clover mix- order to insure a good catch of grass, |ture, using either wheat, barley or would recommend that you add 200 oats as a nurse crop. Best results pounds per acre of a fertilizer carry- |are obtained from using wheat or bar- "ing 2 to 3% ammonia, 8 to 109; phos- ley as nurse crops, since these grains phorie acid and possibly 1% potash. | Fipen early and are soon removed from . Distribute this evenly just after the ground is plowed, so that the disking he ground. Do not seed the nurse crop too heavily. A bushel and a and harrowing will work it into the soil before the grass seed is sown. peck is usually sufficient to the acre Question -- E. 'B.:-- How should when uling as a nurse crop. For a grass mixture the following is com-| . . d mon in Ontario: Rpard grass be sown wud bow Gul. 10 Ibs, common red clover ass with barley without success. 3 Bs, Selle What caused the failure? When is s. timothy the best time to sow orchard grass, in September, or October or the Spring? How much should be sown to the acre? Answer: --If the orchard grass seed "is of first quality, from 18 to 20 pounds per acre is sufficient. Other- wise, increase the quantity up to 30 pounds per acre. Probably your _ difficulty in seeding orchard grass barley is that you have used too h barley and smothered out the Do not use over a bushel of N elevating means at the top this well, a concrete platform should be laid of at least eight feet diameter, sloping away from the well, to prevent surplus wa- , or water from melting snow, working down alongside the pipe. ~~ The shallow, or dug, well is much more common. . This type is usually the most carelessly constructed and the source of much danger to health. Such a well, however, may be con- structed in a manner as to be safe, in- so far as the collecting and containing of the water supply is concerned. It must be understood that no well can possibly be satisfactory if the source "lof the water supply is polluted. The illustration herewith shows a well which is as safe as possible. For the upper nine feet the well is watertight, the sloping platform diverts the surplus water from the well, and the top of the wall is car- pump or other . Around uality. The safest form of well is the deep, or bored, well, carried down through 20 lbs. per acre. gF Make sure of the quality of the seed by testing a: couple of hundred seeds between blotters. Dampen the blotters and place them on a plate, putting the quantity of seed 'are sting between then. Keep the lotters damp but not soaked,\and if testing during the winter keep the test in a warm part of the house. Jn a week or 2 days the seed will have r + sprouted and you can estimate the MBley gor scr when growing this percent. of go vigoronk woe, Thi orchard grass is rather slow becoming insures the ueing of seed that 'will : F established. The first year it Yooka grow. It does not matter how w 11| earth and rock beyond any danger of very weak. The second year root you prepare your ground, if you do not | surface water and tightly and secure- | stalk have developed a nd a vigorous sow good vigorous seed results will | ly lined with piping. The piping 18 stand is present. It does not reach net he most satisfactory. carried up to a -tight-joint with a maximum growth until the third year. In order to insure a good catch I « best time to seed orchard grass in would advise drilling in at seeding xl ed area of quicklime. Another is to|a suds of naphtha soap, immerse the use a poison mash. This is made with stain and rub gently. Ammonia and ae cne pint bran, one-half teaspoonful | water or alcohol are also good if the ] 2 seinisacred taste (Gen. 15.3; puis green and Se teaspoonful mo- | stains are fresh. 4. A faded black' Ara 5 time about 200 pounds of fertilizer 1. 83; Judg. 6. 11); in some cases be-| 1a85eS with enough water to moisten | silk dress may be cleaned by the use' Ontario 3n the Spring 5 the me analyzing 1 to 2% ammonia and 10 . cause the f oprishivg state of Lhe treo! to a thick dough. Put a little of this|of a weak solution of coffee water. 76 SOWh to 12% available phosphoric acid at ne € f was regarde % Ye len ( the Dre, along the rows, and the cutworms will | Restore the lustre by careful rubbing wn. | the time, that you are sowing the oo g / Bible) . some local deity (La 8 pest it and die. In the fall dig in a |with a soft silk handkerchief and do Question--A, W. B.7=1 am very | grain anfl grass in spring. This avail. 5. Syria . . . Israel--The Chron- | 800d lot of quicklime in the affected |not wet the silk too much. + 6. By all much troubled with chess or cheat in|ahle plantfood gives to the grass and icler seems to picture the invasion of ground, after the garden crops are all {means write to your hostess within, my crops. Will you kindly let me istinct expeditions, It in. Care should be taken to keep|two or three days after your return clover what whole milk gives to the Judah as two : ¢ kriow the cause and how to get rid of | young growing calf. It is rich in Was one united campaign (2 Kings 16.! children and domestic animals from | home. Just write an easy chatty it? y letter about things in general . Be available plantfood which will great- 6; Isa. 7. 1ff.). The losses given here the poison bait. Answer: --Chess or cheat is one of |1y assist in insuring a good catch of ste much greater than those suggest-| Mother:--1. To protect the child|sure to tell your hostess how much the brome-grasses which seeds about | both clover and timothy. It will also & 20. She Tiigath- Pi wing corrup- Irom flies and mosquitoes, make alyou enjoyed visiting her. the time the Wheat sipens, The seeds | help the grain crop. tion of Tiigath-pilneser; the fourih -- m-- m-- p-- . " : king of Assyria bearing t is name change into a spider; I'm looking for - 3 y ruled from B. C. 45 to 721. The spiders this very minute, and if you Chronicler knew history of his people become one I'll gobble you up!" : sufficiently to recognino the fact that "Then I won't be a spider," said the ; iN Market Calendar, the appeal > Assyria (y erse 16) prov. fairy, "for I certainly don't care to be ({ he culling of non-layers from the 22.25. Distress--Seemed to be evi- gobbled up. I'll be something else." { uld be continued throughout dence that Jehovah could not or would The toad laughed and hopped away, § The season of higlt' ] and the fairy was left alone to sulk. __J8 over and at the high price of feed, s not pay to keep hens as board- * { 'ers throughout the summer. ™ Sell in July old hens, broilers, green ducks and old ducks. not help; hence he determined to try "I Wish I Were." gods. Gods of Damascus--The state-| One summer morning a fairy awoke "I don't know what I want to be he sighed fretfully. "This is such Secrets in Securing Layers. An egg-laying strain can not be INTERNATIONAL LESSON JULY 8. -- Lesson II Ahaz, The Faithless King--2 Chron. 28. Golden Text--Heb. 11. 6. ' Vetses 1-4. = Ahaz----Came to the throne about B. C. 785; he is said to have reigned sixteen years, that is, until about 720; but the chronology of the period is uncertain. Baalim-- The native Canaanite deities. Val ley . . Hinnom--For a full descrip- tion see fGeorge A. Smith, Jerusalem, 1. 173 pp. ff. It was located to the south abd southwest of Jerusalem. In the days of Jeremiah human sacri- fice was . offered there (Jer. 7. 81). Burned--As sacrifice, robably to Jehovah. ~ Human sacrifice was not unknown in early Israel (Judg. 11. 30ff.); but efforts were made to re- move it from Jehovah worshi (this is the purpose of Gen. 22), an for sev- higher than the front. The best pro- ducers usually have large combs, a high tail, and a prominent, large bright eye. Prefer the wedge shape, rather narrow. in front but wide be- hind, and wide between the legs. A hen inclined to be squirrel-tailed is the best layer.- 3 Not always the largest hen is the best layer; generally the smallest one. The heavy laying hens are those with white legs. A tight-feathered bird is a better |layer than a loose-reathered one. As a-rule, the first pullets of a brood to begin laying make the best ent. here is an inference from 2! s. late that the dew was all gone | Kings 16. 10-12, Verses 24, 26 furnish' from the flowers and he had to run ithe Chronicler's Jnterpramation of 2| down to the brook to get his before- Kings 38 ihe "mpl Pg breakfast drink. And after he had 'Ahaz's idolatries outside of its pre. had his drink he discovered that he cincts, as though he had abandoned Was too late. for honey, too; he could altogether the worship of Jehovah. In; not find a speck of honey, not even Yesliy Ahaz introduced innovations] one taste. You see, the fairies usual- in the temple worship, a horrid world--no dew, no honey, no nice wishes! I think I'll be a star." "A gtar?" exclaimed a soft little voice by his side. "Would you be a star and leave this beautiful world-- all the flowers and birds--to live up in have been a the bare sky?" produced by inbreeding. In order for a hen to be a good producer, she must be in good health and full of vigor. Use a male that was bred from a hen that laid 200 eggs or more in a year. Breed for high averages instead of ex- ceptionally high individuals. A good layer usually stands high in front and layers, and the first cockerels to crow usually make the best breeders for egg production. = - The laying hen is usually nervous and active; she has a strong appetite, evidenced by a full ¢rop at night; she is the last to retire at night and the first to be about in the morning; she eral centuries it seems to rare occurrence, until Ahaz, influenced by the practices of other nations, be- gan to ensonrage it. During the clos- ing. years of the history o Judah it was more common (2 K ngs 17.17; 21. 6; 23. 10; Mic. 6. 7; Jer, 7. 81; 19.°6; Ezek. 16, 20. 21). Under every green tree--The Hebrew word here used for "flourishing," to have assiduously is no reason, (Curtis). book of Kings, but bassed upon it. kings--According temple was closed during his reign" Sepuldhers of he made the fairy so cross cultivated. There| a1 the honey they want long befo then, to think that the the bees start from their hives. But on this particular morning the + 26, 27. The close of Ahaz's reign. ! lazy little fairy had slept so late th Book of the kings--not the canonical the bees had been round and eaten all perhaps a work | the honey,--every scrap,--and th which he seems Jy get up so early that they can eat that he did The fairy turned and looked. There, near by, was a tiny ant tugging away at a big grain of sand. "Do you think this. is such a fine world?" asked the fairy. "I should think you would hate it. You have ta work all the time." "To be sure I do," replied the ant re at at not even remember that he might stir roind and hunt for something else to eat "green" means rather the reference being not so much to | color as to condition and size. Large fine trees . . . acquired a sacred her back is not on a level, or the rear is also late to molt in the fall; she is distinguished by width and depth of abdomen; the comb is usually. large and the eye bright. '| An authority says that an examina- tion of the earlobe is considered to be fe eee chalky White ear. vince him by talking that he is wrong heavily, whereas a ec le in and then you will cure him, 'shows that the bird is laying moder- Whipping is likely to send his hot ately, has just started = or has just i blood from his heart to his head, de- stopped. A milk-colored earlobe shows clover, ete. it fs indicated by unessi- luging his sensitive brain and driving I that the hen has laid slightly or has ness, stamping, pawing;" rolling, "| him to a frenzy or blinding him with | stopped laying. A very yellow or|With continuous pain of tear. idark earlobe indicates tensity. Bloating soon occurs, more When he is old enough to set up in -- laid at all. noticeable on the right side. A business imeelf he should be ¢ w taught the porse alphabet--the halter, Drench with 2to 8-0z. oll of tuipen- tine in a pint of linseed oil, and if | bit, harness, the words that -mean in 2 hours. Give | "come," "go on' "gtop," "back" and { y water. |the feeling of pleasure under the ch of [owner's hand. These should all be familiar from: colthood up. . Horses | whose education is begun early will al- ways develop a-good character, They "| will never be balky, scary, nor will : they be biters, Kickers or have a tend- ency to run AWAY. Gira |" 'Some horses will become frightencd and will kick when na dry-straw " be 'means that "lat one time he wae hurt with a pitch- fork. He isn't wicked buf nervous. | Teach him that there is no danger. Ahaz was dishonored b being exclud. | ed from the royal tombs (compare 2 Kings 16. 20). proudly. "That's the reason 1 like to live. Working is the jolliest and most interesting thing im this whole big world--didn't you know that? "It's true." And: the sturdy little ant picked up his burden and started AWAY. Left by himself, the sulking fairy began to feel very foolish and very sorry. He remembered the flower, {bud he ought to have opened long ago; 'and he thought of the sunbeams he shdfild have helped. "What I should be wishing for," he whispered to himself, "is work. And then I should hunt round and answer He sat down at the foot of a tree, intending to sulk all day long; but be- | fore he had more than started sulking a robin came by. "Good morning, Friend Fairy!" said the robin cheerfully. "Isn't this a fine day?" "No, it's a very bad day," said the fairy crossly, "and I wish I were an apple!" "What a funny wish for a fairy to make," said the robin, laughing. "14 you change into an apple, I'll eat a, hole in you." le," replied | it is serious business with him. Flogging will not remove it. Con- "Then I won't be an a) my own wish." the fairy crossly, "for I don't want a Slyly he slipped round the tree to hole eaten in me! I'll be something open a buttercup bud he was sure he else." {had seen there. And as the flower The robin laughed and flew away opened, what do you suppose that sur- prised fairy found? A drop of fresh, sweet honey all ready for him to eat! As he sipped the honey and planned 1 give FE just as a big 'behind a tree. "Good morning, Friend Fairy!" he croaked. "Isn't this a fine day?" what to do next, a cardinal bird hop. "No, it' Isn't," sald the fairy crossly; ped by. "gnd J wish I were a spider!" "Good cheer! Good cheer, "What a funny wish!" croaked the! Fairy!" called the cardinal. toad. "Don't you know that spiders | this a fink day?" : have to work very hard and spin a| And the happy little fairy called web before they can crawl on it| back, "A fine day for werking, iudeed through the air? But I hope you doit isl" » hopped out from | ] i Friend "Isn't iE i E