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© - wl required r more than ¢ rooms, since it requires the mum amount of basement room area, two of the most ex- vali area for the two-storey type sl greater, due to the ceilitigs of the upstairs rooms, ~-STORI GIVES BETTER LIGHT 3 "«. AND AIR. two-storey home has better | and air than the bungalow. With more than four rooms on the ound floor, it becomes difficult to gt anteide windows on two sides of all the rooms, and to get free air cir- cutat.on wiwnout the connecting doors open, which is not always convenient in the case of sleeping rooms in cold Weather With the two-storey house, up to nine or ten rooms, there is little or no troyble in getting outside light on two sides and a ¢ross breeze with- out an open door. The upstairs bed- rooms get more than those down- stairs because they are above more, of the breezs obstructions. THE HEATING QUESTION, Contrary to the general" opinion, the two-storey house is more easily heated than ths bungalow. heaviest heat losses in a home ave first, through the ceilings, second through the windows, and third through the walls, In the bungalow . there is practically twice as much + -exposed ceiling as with two storeys, since any heat escaping through the * lower ceilings is not wasted but goes to heat the upstairs rooms. There should be but little differ- ence in the amount of window area or i of the building; while The Farmers are more than ever before looking on their farm- ing as a business. Indeed, the progress which has been made during the last few years has been nothing short of remark- able. Only a few years thought to questions of pro- duction and efficient market- ing of their products. To-day, to occupy a large place in the minds of the rank and file of farmers. They are rapidly learning that they need to take stock of their farm property for taking the inventory is now at hand, : this is, each home byilder must decide for himself, but the point is worthy of careful consideration. STOREY-AND-HALF A MISTAKE. The storey and a half home is a |compromise between the bungalow |and the two-storey type. It is often | used instead of the two-storey house {from the standpoint of économy, but this is a mistake; since the saving is only in a small amount of outside wall and perhaps a small amount of | ceiling in the upstairs rooms and this {will be more than balanced in the ago, farmers gave almost no these business ideas have come annually. The natural season A n my 7 father's house are many mansions: If it were not so, | would have told you. | go to prepare a place for you~John 14: 2, ANALYSIS. I. THE GROUND OF ASSURANCE--JESUS' WORD, John 14:1-8, II. THE ASSURANCE IN ITS PRACTICAL OPERATIONS AND EFFECTS, 2 Cor. Jo Bekele So III. THE ULTIMATE GOAL AND PURPOSE, 1 John 8:2; INTRODUCTION We ae {orday three great passages which illustra from various angles the ristian thought of the heavenly life. First, {we have round of the Christian assurance: Jesus is himself the source and the foundation of the hope of heaven, and it is he who has given the life in heaven its Christian char- acter and content. Secondly, in a great passage of Paul, we see the practical Operation of the hope. Amid heavy trials we find the apostle sus- tained by his profound sense of the reality of the heavenly life. The present world disappoints, but he who, amid the brokenness of present experience, clasps the hope of the in- visible world will never be discour- aged, and will never lack the highest motive to effort and to achievement. Thirds, we have the ultimate goal of the Christian hope, It is that the Christian should be like Jesus, and i should have fellowship with him for jever. While much in this world is {dark and mysterious, there can be no doubt as to the final Jrpie of life, which is to serve and to follow Christ both in time and in eternity. I. THE GROUND OF ASSURANCE--JESUS' WORD, John 14:1-8. V. 1. Jesus, knowing that the hour i in the heat lost through them; and 'cost of dormer windows required to|is come to leave his disciples, gives with the use of building paper and secure air and light to the upstairs them comforting assurances. regard- insulation between the studding or rooms. Also these upstairs rooms are! i against masonry walls, the slightly greater area of the two-storey house will make hardly any appreciable dif- ference 'in the heat lost through the walls, ; Not only is there less heat loss in the two-storey house, but almost any kind of a heating system will work more efficiently where the rooms are within close horizontal reach of the heating plant. Either hot air, hot water, or steam is hard to move any distance horizontally, but naturally moves upward. With the bungalow type it is al- ways a problem to get heat to the outer rooms, especially against the wind; but with the other it is a simple matter to heat the upstairs rooms, often with nothing more than a regis- ter in the floor using waste heat from the downstairs rooms. Another point making for better heating efficiency with an upstairs: is the greater chim- ney draft, as a thirty to thirty-five feet height is found to work better than twelve to fifteen feet. Also con- siderable more radiated heat will be obtained where the chimney goes up through the middle of the upstairs, which is the proper location for a chimney. BUNGALOW SAVES STEPS. "A point often made in favor of the bungalow type of home is that it is so much more convenient," having the bathroom and sleeping rooms all on the same floor, and that" it saves the continual running up and down stairs, so tiring to many women. Undoubt- edly it is more convenient to have all the fiome operations on one floor, and this may in some cases be the de- ciding factor for choosing this type, especially where there are small chil- dren in the family. The importance bf this is sometimes over estimated, especially if there is a toilet and lavatory downstairs, since few trips upstairs should be necessary. The great point in favor of the bungalow home is its appearance. 'While the two-storey hame may be «entirely appropriate for hilly and timbered sections, many artists and architects feel that a lower type with horizontal rather than vertical lines 1s 'more suitable for. prairie homes, | where most of the strong lines are And it does seem that in many locations, the bungalow type better appearance than the Hikely tobe --uneomifortably--hot- in summer because of the lack of attic space above them. Sometimes the storey and a half is preferred be- cayse of a better appearance, and this consideration may be all right under certain conditions. On the whole, however, the story and a half is not so satisfactory as either the bungalow or the two-storey home, and should not be selected without care- ful consideration. ee fe Vastness of Agricultural Publications. Haphazard farming has passed out and intelligent thought and study has taken its place. Possibly there is no better indication of this fact than the ever increasing demand for agricul tural publications. A proof of this i found in the report of the Min- Hster of Agriculture for the year end- ing March 81st last. It is there stated that in the one year the in- reased demand over the previous year was 25 per ent. and that in all the vast amount of nearly three.and a half million copies of bulletins, pam- phlets and reports had been distribut- ed. In addition to the printed publi- ations last year' 785,591 multigraph- 'ed periodicals were circulated com- 'pared with 700,609 in 1924-25, In light of these facts it is easy to understand that, as the Minister states, the Dominion Dept. of Agri- culture is by far the largest publisher in the government service. Each year the Department issues scores of publications that, returns show, are eagerly sought after by farmers, gardeners, specialists and backyard cultivators. Every phase of agricultural interest is dealt with in the publications, of which there are over B00 catalogued, and that can largely be had free of cost. Lists can always be obtained by application to the Publications Branch. =~ Ape . . Making Gardens Beautiful. Gardens, like everything else in the world, should be made with imagina- tion as well as knowledge. The set- ting out of plants, pots carefully con- cealed as in a florist's window, car [ries no real thrill to the beholder. There must seem leisure-in the loveli- ness and permanency. In short, th 'beauty of a garden lies in looking lived in--by dreams at least. ing the higher world to which he ygoes. He asks them not to let their i minds be agitated or distressed at the { thought of his parting from them. They must clasp to their hearts the sure certainty of the life beyond. "Believe in God," he says--for so the words should be rendered: 'Believe in God, and believe in me" The Christian is to believe in God as the Father in whose hands all things are and whose gracious will all things, even death itself, serve. The Father will not suffer death to have the last word, or to come eternally between us and himself. V. 2, But the Christian is also to believe in Jesus, and above all in the assurance which 'he has given of the home beyond. The disciples suppose mistakenly that this world is the only lace where they and their beloved aster can be together, but Jesus assures them that it is not so. In God's house, which is the universe, there are many places where the soul can find rest, and where spirit with spirit can meet, and Jesus even says that in going from thém he has in mind the provision of such a home y where he and they may meet again; and be together forever. V. 8. Jesus means to appear again to his disciples and to bring them i eternal fellowship with himself. II. THE ASSURANCE IN ITS PRACTICAL OPERATIONS AND EFFECTS, 2 Cor, 5:1-10, V. 1. Paul compares our present physical nature to a temporary house or "tabernacle," which like a tent may be taken down or "dissolved" in a moment; but he says that, when this happens, the soul obtains posses- sion of a new and heavenly nature | which -God creates for it, and which 'will form its eternal home. V. 2. The present life is full of {grief and heavy trial. The soul ¢ 'aloud to bé delivered from "this b {of death." It yearns for the new na- ture which neither sin nor weariness nor death can affect. Vs. 8-5. "Paul cannot rest in the thought of a disembodied immortal- lity. He looks forward, as all the early Christians did, to a resurrec- tion-body, resemblin® in, its nature the heavenly life cf Christ. And he preaches definitely that God intends no less than this when he calls men to newness of life in Christ. The Holy Spirit given to the Christian here is the ge that he will yet acquire a completely heavenly nature, renewed in body as well as in spirit, Vs. 6-8. Now comes the practical] x 1} pn, ;existence, We know { prove only: of that food, and how im if we the "III. THE~ULTIMATE GOAL 1 John 3:2, 8. AND PURPOSE, | 0 | V. 2. We must never cease fo won-| der at the love of God who in Jesus has called us to be hil seeks to impart the 8] The divine of the Christian is an Yine Bdoptics ly puspose TO: US. thin, n ] still Be aoaled 0S or aan rare life which God intends for oe thing we can that ony int to see Christ as he is, we are meant and so to wear his image. 'us of the moral effects of such a faith, The Christian hope should purify us, and make us willing to order our sent lives after the ex- ample of Christ. 'We can only inherit heaven as we are transformed into the likeness of Jesus. * Wilson Publishing Company SHIRRING AND YOKES ARE NEW THIS SEASON. This picture shows how very at- tractive a one-piece dress or smock may be. 'Of particular interest is the manner in which the whole of the garment is shirred to a shaped yoke having a front opening. View A illustrates the dress with long rag- lan sleeves gathered to wrist-bands, useful patch-pockets and a trim belt. sleeves, arid with the belt omitted. No. 1534 is in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust. quires 3% yard 39-inch material, or 2% yards b4-inch. View B, size requires 2% yards 36-inch material. Price 20 cents the pattern. 4 The garments illustrated in our new Fashion Book 'are advance styles for the home dressmaker, and the wo- man or girl who desires to wear gar- ments dependable for taste, simplic- ity and economy will find her desires fulfilled in our patterns, Price of the book 10 cents the copy. HOW TO ORDZR PATTERNS, Write your name and address plain. ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap Lit carefully) for each' application. Courage and high-heart- resolve are asked of him who {knows that the or nt life 2 oat a passing phase of things, and in a oF to that complete commun- address your order to Pattern Dept. Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade- laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent hy return mail. 8 | Be THe. oF Jere hAR EDL IS CROSS Ww Puz2Le --| CRAZE (5 GONNA ANS GETTING, DUCATION] Jee E, Joune Stu (CTIONARY NIGHT AND V. 8. Like Paul, the apostle warns 'permi either the bride or her mother. '|send to a larger city and procure View B is the smock having short' View A, size 38 re-| number - and clothes, AD DAYS EVIDENTLY YoU €WD IT this undesirable guests, nor would she | invitations verbally or by personally written notes written and signed by Almost every stationer has' or can samples of various forms for the wording of engraved invitations. Often these invitations are for the formal service only. There are other invitations to be sent for the selected guests who are invited to attend the reception, wedding breakfast, supper or whatever form of house entertain- ing the bride's mother plans to follow the ceremony. : WHEN SENTIMENT RULES, 1 believe every bride is happier when she remembers old girlhood friends at this time. - Sentiment is one of the loveliest assets the human race possesses. The valuable friends of the mothers and fathers should never be forgotten, and that gesture of old-fashioned courtesy is as flavor- able'a thing to-day as it ever was. If it is a season of early flowers you may decorate as elaborately as your heart desires. However, there is a youthful simplicity about nothing more than great vases of flowers in the chancel, and the pews reserved for the family, decorated with bunch-| es of spring blossoms. At the house there should be as much- hospitality and flower-laden beauty as possible. When the wedding takes pl in a small town the hour of the wi is often governed by the' train sche dule, There may be only one im- portant train a day. This may mean a morning wedding, a high-noon wed- ding or at any time dater in the day, and determines the kind of refresh- ments to be served. A wedding break- fast is a vastly different meal from a dinner-hour - celebration. The buffet form of service is great- ly favored in smaller homes where space is limited. It may be served by servants, but often girl friends of the bride, dressed in simple costumes of white or some light color, give a very sprightly air to the little gather- ng. ' ; Up to the minute when the bride and groom proceed on their journey after the wedding, the entire expense of the wedding is arranged for and paid for by the bride's family. 1t is a great breach of etiquette for the | Broem or his family to take over any of this obligation. Even if the groom {comes of very wealthy parents and { has-a fortune of his own, if the bride comes of a family of modest means} the wedding and its financial details | of 'her family. bo What the bride shall wear is an-{, other personal matter of the bride's. Unless she 'wears her there is no choice so perf as all white. It carries a sweet note of significance all through life. : The invitations should be issued from eighteen to twenty-one days in of arrival, the names of the persons who sent them, with their addresses. This | must both the bride and gr sees the toilette of the groom for fear 'some important thing like shaving or ding ring in his waistcoat | well as the clergyman's fee, so these must conform to the financial status ly he may indulg fect | las a distinguished - and arrive. the bride is vel important, for the bride take 'the first possible moment to write the senders and thank them for their gifts. The sender of a wedding gift should inclose a personal card. If it is a joint gift from husband and wife their joint card should be inclosed, or their two individual 'cards. All pres- ents sent are addressed to the bride. There is often a doubt in the mind of the sender about the initials to use on a gift for, let us say, June Morgam! and Richard T. Hall According to the most formal acceptance of a prac- tice, the initials of the bride--that is, J. M.--should be placed as the marking on silver, linen or whatever. Yet many a correct young woman to-day makes a request that her new family name be considered, and have the presents marked J. M. H., thus' making them a part of the Halll household. x REHEARSING THE CEREMONY. The bride selects her bridesmaids and tells them just what color, fabric and style of costume she desires them to wear. The bridesmaid stands the full expense of her costume. The bride furnishes only the decorative accessory. Bouquets, fans, baskets, parasols--whatever she elects as the distinctive note for her bridesmaids, ghe furnishes and presents to her maids. / The entire marriage ceremony must be rehearsed by' the full party. The bride is the only person' who does not actually. act in the re- hearsal. She stands by generally to see the small technicalities of "what foot to start with," and so forth, so there will be no confusion at the time of the wedding. At this rehear- sal the organist plays the wedding march, and the entire party carefully notes the distance up the aisle, the positions to take, and the order of entering and leaving the church. If the bride has invited out-of-town guests she is responsible for their comfort while they remain in town. If her home is not large enough to accommodate them she must arrange Jor relatives jor friends to be their ts. ; " The best man takes over the lesser responsibilities of a junior host; he sees that the bridesmaids and: the men of the wedding party meet and are entertained. He is expected to see to all the details of the luggage of groom. He over-| that nervous young man may forget extra collars, He carries the wed- as two important notes of a wedding missing. = The Easter in some individu- ality, but she should regard her wed: ding in some ways as the doorway to her future social life, and not fail to observe the formalities that mark her well-bred young woman. Francly speaking, stability is but| an augmentation of ability. 3 bit and 1 Is spread wide and o indicate his indomitable spirit. boy loved it. 'He stroked it-and = =~ - petted it in an ecstasy of delight. He patted its back and put his hand into 8 the mouth to caress the red tongue and the white feeth; and at this point - the aunt feit it add a; 8 x touch to enhance the child's Phoatie : and cried out with mock alarm: "Look out he doesn't bite you!" ~~ | ] There was a gasp from my little ~~ boy. His hand was snatched ouf of 2 the mouth and he stood petrified, waiting to be bitten. The aunt laugh- ed merrily. We parents assured him it was a joke and after a moment he | went on playing with his wooden horse-- but 'still out of range of a possible vicious bite from the gaping~" jaws. Before Christmas~ day was passed the incident: seemed to have been dismissed for good and all. But it wasn't. My young son goon ledrn- ed that his toy horse would not and could 'not bite but he also learned that real horses do bite, and he gave them a wide berth on the street from that day on. Then there came the night when he woke up screaming that a horée had bitten him ahd from then on he agsociated fear of horses with the darkness, Other animals rapidly joined the ranks. It was useless to argue or ap, Se not a mat- of logic. sin ittle sent had startled fear into being "ot 30 all the sentences, however persuasive - and reasonable, have yet n al a to drive out fear. He is saddled with = it until he hall reach an 'age when) of itself it will go. ~ Some of our friends advise ignor- ing it; some of them advise discipline . --put him to bed, blow out his light dnd leave him alone no matter what the boy does." Make him face it! We are not taking anybody's ad- vice, however. "Parents neverido.. We are pampering our hoy's fear of the darkness--at least so we are told--by letting him have a candle burning in his room till he has fallen asleep. I tried 'disciplining him just once and . : was convinced by his panic-stricken screams that if T kept it up I should be branding the fear more deeply into him, perhaps so deeply he never get over it. * : So I'am pampering him, hoping to laed him by forgetfulness out of the dread clutch of fear. I know I can't discipline it out of him. T know I can't argue it out of him. But I have reason to think I am weaning it out of him, for the other night, when I was him to bed my boy said: "Blow out the candle, Daddy. I want to try : way you. and Mother do in the dark." 4 hil So I blew it out and he went to | sleep without a murmur, : I wish I could announce that from | that night forth he never wanted the candle again, 'but that wouldnt be telling: the trath. He wanted it the | next night. I know, however, that | the night isn't far off when he will | again ask to have his candle blown out 'and that this will occur again | and again until he has learned to | prefer the darkness 'when he sleeps, just -as-his daddy and his mother da. ironed would