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-- 3 ~ dess- 87th Ottawa Troop spent 8 with the Brockville Scouts, being "by motor. The. Kentish Scouts visited Hol- and this year they tried Den- and while there they met some of the former the same kind "Bititish Scouts have of France with their on: uage on the city playgrounds. Players are like berces to their younger tiles and their example in language ts copled far move readily than their ___ New Brunswick in order to preserve "her great forests from the fire men- ace, has this year decided that all panties entering the woods must have a permit. The authorities though, have exempted the officers and mem- bers 'of the Boy Scout Association trom this rule. It is to be regretted e restrictions have not "arranging for free supumer camp for > ve aissudse 10% of the Many charming legends have helped * to christen flowers; at Narcissus was a beautiful youth be- loved by the nymph Hecho. But as he | 'was incapable of love, Echo died from grit. . In order to punish him the god: Nemesis caused him to see his "I needs more settlers of the | and inp A | HEALTH ; 5 + The We guid duets parties for St. Annes is too close to To-night beside the pasture bars I heard the whippoorwill, While, one by one, the early stars Came out above the hill. I heard the tinkle of the spring, I heard the cattle pass Slow through the dusk, and lin- gering: | : To crop the wayside grass. . . --Henry A. Beers. OER did "BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON Dr. Middleton will be glad to "Crescent, Toronto. Let our thoughts turn for a few minutes to the problem of the preser- vation of child life, especially of the white races among our native-born population. In considering this preb- em the most advisable way is in all robability tc look at the subject from e standpoint "Is it worth while?" {Those who know, think that it is worth-while, and they have facts and | figures to back up their beliefs. In the first phe this Dominion, | and even "the rovince of Ontavio, | Now there are two kinds that increase our population--those that come lo our shores as and those that are born here--our yn § y i ? r ng, the war to test the physical and men- tal, efficiency of drafis of rec re. quired for war service. A comparison | of the mental capacity of 'these re-| cruits was made with similar recruits from Canada, and it was found that the Canadians were superior in intel! ligence to even the white records of the United States army. What is the| reason for this? One reason-is that: in the United Statesithere is a heavy influx every year of immigrants {rom South Eastern Europe and other da of the earth. There is also a negro population, native born, but thi latter group need: not be considered here, for their mentality ranks far be- low that of the Whites. Te he spesifie the mean mental age o! e negro drafts in the United States army was 10.37 years. That means that the In- telligénce of the average negro soldier is that of-a boy a little over ten years of age and a le less than an aver- age boy of eleven fyears. On the other hand, the mean mental age of the white drafts in the United States army was 18.08" years and that of Canada 13.29 years. Now, a comparison of these figures with. the. actual age of the boy hime self would seem: to indicate that after a certain age, the average youth ceases to learn anything that would qualify him as being called intelligent. ters through this column. Address Lim at Spadina Tight kind. of settlers | immigrants : * Provinolal Beard of Health, Ontarle answer questions on Public Health met House, Spadise Either that or his rate of mental pro- during his early years is so slow at at puberty, that is when he grows up to young manhood, he has no more actual sense than a boy of 13! years. There is something wrong here. If Jour country is going to be great, if it s going to take its place among the leading nations of world a high standard of mentality should be aimed at. The fact that Canadian recruils show superior intelligence to those of the United States might be due in some degree to the fact that a large percentage "of the immigrants who come here are of British stock and consequently of a higher mentality standard due in part to heredity, en- vironment and the system of universal 'education w! ~in "the old country: at the present time. No figures are available at the mo- ment to compare the intelligence of the average native-born Canadian boy or girl with those of their ricé and kin across the seas, but it is safe to say that Canada would hold her own in any fair test of this kind. It be- hooves us therefore as Canadians in in the welfare of our coun- hy interested ifi every condition that 1 tend towards producing a heal- thier and more intelligent race of 'people, to do all in our power to re- uce infant mortality in Canada and to have facilities for the proper feed- ing and upbringing of the rising gen- eration so that this country can point | with: pride to the: physical and mental status of its native-born population and feel assured that in health, men- ality, Physieal fitness and in social conduet, ada can proudly take ner place as one of the foremost countries as regards efficiency and progress among the nations'of the earth. To reach this ideal, much work is yet necessary, and when we know that the prevailing rate of infant mortality in ntario at the present time is, roughly one hundred per thousand, which means that one child out of every ten born, dies before reaching twelve months of age, we have some idea of the problem confronting us. I. Commandments for Brides. On her wedding day the Japanese bride is given eleven commandments by her mother. These are rules of con- duct which have been handed down trom generation to generation, and all | self-respecting brides aire expected to live up to them. "The moment you are married you | are no longer my deughter. Therefore | you must obey your parents-in-law as you obeyed your father and mother. : "When you are married your hus-|- will be your sole. master. Be 0 d polite. band is the noblest be always amiable to virtue a | A MOTHER'S HEALTH NEEDS GREAT CARE care of Home and Children Of ten Causes a Breakdown. The woman at home, deep in house- hold duties and the care of mother hood, needs occasional help to keep her in good health. The demands up- on a mother's health are many and severe. Her own health trials and her children's welfare exact heavy tolls, while hurried meals, broken rest and much indoor dving tend to weaken her constitution. No wonder that the wo- man at home 'i§ often indispoded through weakness, 'headaches, back- aches and nervousness. Too many women have grown to accept these visitations .as a part of the lot of motherhood. But mgay and varied as her health troubles Are, the cause is simple and relief at Rand. " When well, Mts" the woman's goed. blood that keeps her well; "whensll she must make her blood rich to reméw her health. The nursing mother more than any other. woman .in the world needs rich blood 'and plenty of. it. There is one way to get this blood so necessary to perfect health, and that is through the use of Dr, Williams' Pink Pills. Mrs, W. T. Riley, R.R, No. 1, Apple Hill, Ont., has proved the. great value of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to; mothers, and tells her story as fol- lows: --"Two years ago, after the bith of my boy, I became very weak/ and run down. Gradually I lost weight and energy until I was unable to do my housework. = 1 could not sleep, my nerves would twitch and jump &o that I arose in the morning with heavy abhing limbs and bead. Indigestion helped to make the misery worse, and my heart would palffitate terribly. I doctored steadily toe '#% year without getting better, but just dragged along feeling that I would never be well again. But one lucky day, on the ad- vice of a friend, I treatment with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I have taken only six boxes but I wish you could see the difference: I'am now able to do my work, go about and enjoy myself, I feel so entirely like a new woman that I advise' every weak or afling woman to try Di, Willlams' Pink | Pills and 1 know they will get bene- ficial results." i If you are ailing, easily tired or de- pressed, it is a duty you owe yourself and your family to give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a fair trial. What this med cine has done for others it will surely do forou. You can get Dr. Willams' Pink Pills through any dealer in medi eine or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.60 from The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ught Off Montreal Island de under whose rections these muscalun - Lake St. guide about two'and a" half miles from Ste. there are no finer mi fishing grounds in the Province. He makes a ciality of this kind of fishing and guarantees one fish per day or no pay. is also good fishing for small mouth bass, pickerel and pike and in the ke St. Louis is visited by flights of duck So de, co uck shooting also, in season, from Ste. Perhaps the reason for the plentiful supply of large fish is that 4 Montreal, the Sportsmen preferring to go further a Seid, 'but whatever the reason is, there they are. were caught in nnes, Rg in uthward bound. Mr. Pilon, EASY TRICKS No. 386 The Clothes Brush this trick yow'll need a clothes brush and a friend. Say te your friend: "You think you are observing, doa't vou? Then, perhaps, you will tell me how many times 1 brush your back with this clothes brush." No matter how observing he is, he will be wrong. The chances are that the laughs of those who are looking on will acquaint him with the fact that there is "a trick - about the trick," before you have brushed his back more than once or twice. The fact is that you do not brush his back with a clothes brush at all. While you appeared to be doing this, you were brush: ing his back with your hand while you were brusing the front ot your own coat with the brush. If you will try this you will discover that it 1s impossible to tell, when the strokes of the hand and the strokes of the brush are simul- taneous, whether the brush or the hand touches the back. (Clip this out 'and paste it, with others of the series, in a scrap book.) er --enan-- New White Metal. Following the discovery of a non- tarnishable silver comes the news of | a white metal which resists both tar-! nish and corrosfon and has a remark- ably deep and brilliant lustre when polished. The day appears to have come when | tire chemist by skilifully alloying his | metals, can make hem resist the rav-| ages of impure air produced by modern | industrial conditions. The new white | metal, which, it is: stated, can be pro- | duced at a price within everybody's | reach, has good 'casting qualities and is both malleable and ductile. While not entirely unaffected by the | atmosphere, the alloy should lessen | the work of the housewife when em- ployed in cutlery, and it may have im- portant uses in engineering. ---- iis Minard's Liniment used by Physicians Wild animals have their own way of spreading news. According to Mr. Cherry Kearton, the big-game'hunter, even lions are suseeptible to the "dan- ger" message and have deserted many of their old haunts. Complete with operating = theatre, kitchen, and saloons, a derelict hospi- tal train in Mesopotamia now serves a native sheikh as a Turkish bath; the train cannot be moved, as it stands on a side-traek which was destroyed.some time ago. The timid man never creates any- thing. He who would make must dare. The pigeons that served during the war and were o under fire have been pensioned by the War Office, and that 'they Tecelvs proper. care, | Found Relief by Taking Lydia E. ly all day and couldn't half sleep at night. The result was I felt tired and wornout most of the time. "It wasn't long after I began taking Tanlac that my appetite had a new start and the stomach trouble was los- | Ing its grip, and now I'm always eager for mealtime to come, nothing distress es me, I sleep soundly and feel fine all the time. Tamlac is a spléndid, reli- able medicine." Tanlac {s for sale by all good drug- gists. Accept no substitute. Over 37 million bottles sold. 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I had terrible pains and backache, and was tired and weak, not fit to do my work and care for my three little children. One day I received your little book and read it, and gave up tak- ing the medicine I had and began takin the Vegetable Compound. I feel muc better now and am not ashamed to tell what it has done for me. I recommend it to any woman I think feels as I do." --Mrs. J. R. McMaHoN, 163 Harvey i relieves the a keeper has been appointed to 'see| St., Chatham, Ont. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- | nd, made from roots and herbs, has or nearly fifty yearsbeenrestoring sick, ailing women to health and strength. It troubles which cause such symptoms ag backache, painful petiods, irregularities, tired, worn-out feelings _gndnervousness. Thisis shown againand again by such letters as Mrs. McMahon writes, as well as by one woman telling another. These women know, and are willing to tell others, what it did.for them; therefore, it surely worth your trial. { Women who guffer should write to the Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co: Cobourg, Ontario, for a free copy of Lydia E. Pinikham's Private Text-Book upon " Ailments Peculiar to Women." © A Minards-Xing of Pain c Excellent for Rheuma- tism, Neuralgia, Back- E ache and kindred ills. 3 9 On Scalp, Armsand Limbs. Lost Rest. Cuticura Heals. " Eczema broke out in a rash on my scalp, Asaand limbs. The itch Asp Accept only an "unbroken package Aspirin," which contains directions physicians during 22 years and pi Colds. Headache * Lumbago