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oh . ings gradually diminish with no pro- * "While you lie snug and warm : "The Unemployed We pick up the newspapers day by day and read with real concern of the privations of people out of work. It comés nearer home when one or two of our own find themselves in that un- 'enviable position as they watch, with sinking feeling, their hard earned sav- mise of employment in the immediate future. Many have reached the end of their resources and it has been necessary, in quite a number of cases, to avail themselves of the provision of necessities by relief workers. The present unemployment situation 1s no respoctor of persons either. The skilled and the unskilled, the laborer, mechanics or artist all suffer and one «can easily visualize the homes of the men wher wives and children are eg- are in real want, which municipalities during privations while many of them and relief organizations are meeting in a commendable way. The business world is also naturally feeling the effects of the depression and the middle class business man with small manufacturies as well as «others find their markets unresponsive .or lacki#®, Although not actually among the unemployed, he and his family must live very sparingly, help- ing and sharing where he can as he too, catching a glimpse of the grim spectre of want, is forced, unwillingly, to swell the crowd of the unemployed 'by dispensing with the services of some of his workers for a time until times improve. Occasionally we find those who de- preciate the state of affairs existing :and quite often they are the people who are in comfortable ¢ircumstances. | "The thought of unemnloyment and dis- tress is disturbing and it is so much «easier to close their eyes to things as' they are, failing to realize the need ..and the opportunity afforded of alleyi- ating human distress and want. | The work carried on for the relief of the unemployment situation is truly wonderful. At the same time each person should feel it to be his or her own responsibility to help wherever possible, Between your soft white sheets, A worthier one than you 3 May have to walk the streets, Under a freezing sky 'Or through the sleet and snow, A worthie: onc than you May wander to and fro. Do you deserva to" be Fata Well-housed, well-clothed, well-fed? A worthier one than you May search dust bins for bread, While you lie snug and warm, 'While you forget the poor, Christ, in his mother's arms May be outside your door."" { Twilight Hour Story--About the lL. Chicks and Other Little Friends Chapter 16 Mama Lady and Billy were begin- ning to have quite a family, don't you think? Let us see who they were, "There was Jimmie Chick and his three little chick sisters who looked so much alike in their cosy little box. Then there was the little gray kitty with short hair, and its mother, Black Topsy,' the barn cat and Fluffy, the beautiful Persian house cat, and we mustn't forget Madam Butterfly with her beautiful wings, who was very nearly frozen but is getting along so nicely in the sunny window. But do you know, we haven't said a thing about good old Rover, the big collie dog. I guess we didn't say anything about him un:il now because we want- ed to tell about the little ones first, for do you know, Rover was a wonderful dog. myself." When [ got out your dog was 'trying' to pull him off the road. That is some I woulin't mind having him Sunday School though he had on a white shirt all the time. He kept it pretty clean, too, al- though often Billy took him down to) the river fin the summer and they would both splash and play and swim around in the water and have geod fun so that when they came out of the water all Rover had to do was stand still and shake himself well. All the water flew around then, I can tell you. After he did that he was all dressed and looked so clean. Billy was careful not to have his clothes near or they would have gotten wet from the spray. Billy often thought it would be nice to be a dog, for of course he hac to get all dressed while Rover laid down in the sun until he was ready to go home. In the winter the water in the river was too cold, so given love, and there would be no place for every little while he had to have a| Till drowsy airs more dreamy still a mediator. But is there no cross in bath in th) tub of warm water out in are made. os the story? When the father, knowing the wood shed on a nice, sunny, warm day. Then he would shake himself outside and come in and dry himselt beside the warm stove, You see, dogs don't wash themselves much like cats do, with their tongues, Fluffy and Topsy were always washing them- selves, 80 they always smelled sweet and "clean. Isn't it funny that dogs must be washed by people but kitties don't need to be? And goodness, we could never wash the butterfly at all, could we? All its lovely wings would | Chicks-of-the-village, yellow, Togu- crucified with his father, and their be spoiled. I guess butterflies all hide ish, small, reconcilidtion is effected veritably under a big leaf in the garden when it Call from the bushes; and the ground through a Cross. It is not really true, rains in the summer. Do you thimk| ' doves patter then, to say of this parable that it that is what they do? Let's remem-| On coral feot upon the low grey | omits the Cross.' ber and watch one when summertime wall, . II. THE PRODIGAL SON. Lesson April 12. Lesson 11--The Prodigal ' Son--Luke 15: 11-24. Golden Text --There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.--Luke 15: 10. ANALYSIS. 'wagged his tail nearly off, he I. THE GOSPEL IN THE PARABLE, leased with himself to think 'II. THE PRODIGAL SON. he saved Billy. After that Mama Lady | 11: THE LOVING FATHER. always knew Billy was safe if he Was y np Gogper, IN THE PARABLE. with Rover. The whole parable is in two parts; But. Rover looked after Jnore than [yp Prodigal Son is the subject of the Billy, and that's what Ill tell you fg, part, the Elder Brother of the about next week. second. The first part has constantly Be i eri been taken us he gospel fetal? wo urchyards story form. is is quite right, but rmuda Ch y the objection has raised that the (From the Eaglish Review) Christian gospel is the gospel of the The palm-tree's plumes spring up against blue heaven; he Cross ror about the Mediator heres i : . ut this seems a somewhat superficia Hipigeuy burns red: Games MH judgment. oye speak of He Cross = $ revealing the Father's love; in (he Sweetness of jasmine and of rose 13 i story the father directly reveals his By this time Blily, who was In his mother's arms, could talk, after his big scare, and he looked up with his big blue eyes and said: "Billy not do on the woad any smore--no--bad Billy --pamk Billy, But Mama Lady held him up close and kissed him over and over again on his hair and his eyes She was so glad his boy's Sharacter, le} him go, when 0 8 v » ; news came to the father of the dis- Nonly es. Yindg Wow, soft | asters that had overtaken his son and ot tropi a tarist 4B of the shame to which he had brought pie: Tot Or. Iarslraye, NE" | himself, was there no Cross in the lish bloom, father's heart? Of this the boy had And softly pass the long uncounted 'no inkling at the time. But when he hours actually reached his father, who cut Here where Time's hand is stayed his speech short, and looking into his unon the loom. father's face he reulized what his de- parture had meant tc him and id ; more ' .e disgrace to which he ha The Hu hl the silence with | fallen, then surely ths Cross was in 3 oT} his own heart! He was, as it were, Cross, and that "here is nothing about | | Lady was upstairs for a minate, and comes, shall we? But I want to tell you about Rover. Rover especially loved Billy. In fact, Mama Lady aiways knew Billy was safe if Rover was with him for he took such good care of him. One time when Billy was just a very little boy and had just learned to walk he got out on the road when Mama found a whole lot of nice stones on | Ant te road, When she came down stairs adn found him there she ran and pick- ed him up in such a hurry and tried to tell hiri not to ever go there again, 1 guess you know why she didn't want him to go on the road. But he was so little he couldn't understand why she didn't want him to play there. And mind you, first thing she knew The life"plant hangs Green moss and maidenhair are close embedded On monuments half sunken in the grass; And blue cups of convolvulus are threaded Among fresh leaves--cups blue as birds that pass. And springing from stone walls, from rocks, from ledges, Sprouting in thick-leaved vigour all around, its bells, nal piedges, The life-plant blooms again in this quiet ground. eter- Further, the parable ndicates the rature of true love. A sentimental affecticn on the father's part would have prevented the lad from ever leaving home. It seems that, as the younger son, he had the right to ex- pect one-third of his father's moval: ossessions at ius father's death, but e had no legal claim upon his patri- mony :n his father's lifetime. His father, ther:fore, might properly have refused his request. He might | have compelled tae boy to live at least loutwnzdly a decent life. But the father was too strong and brave, too truly loving to do that. The boy must go and learn for himself. There is no other way that ¥ind of boy can learn, Then, when the inevitable has hap- rened, his father will be ready for him, and home will be a new place, Billy a few spanks so he wouldn't go Far, far on some tranced afternoon ho was out there again. Oh! Mama Lady didn't know what to do," and tover barked, for he could see Mama Lady didn't want Billy there. Well, this time Mama Lady had to give again and then she tied the end of a long rope onto him so he couldn't run away. Billy didn't like that very well, so when he said he'd be a good boy, | in a few days, she took it off, and he really was a real good boy. But one day, when she was very busy, he fyrgot again. She thought of | of $1,000,000 for the calendar year to watch while some loved person that old road right away as soon as she saw Billy and Rover were gone, and ran outside just in time to hear an awful noise, like a car makes when Like fairy chim ed : & y y. dtiines Jeyond, annum | "husks which the swine did eat" are come stealing, bered miles, Bells in~sweet changes tuneful pealing, To lull the dreamers of the Somers Isles. and wild -Phillis Rowley. - ane . Millionaires Washington--Despite the stock. markat crash, 604 persons in the United States had incomes in excess | 1929, according to Federal income tax returns filed from January 1 to August 31, 1930, the Bureau of In- | ternal Révenue announced in There is a Jewish saying, "when Israel is reduced to the Carob-tree, they become the repentant." The 'The possession of pire, as well the eating of them, was forbidden to Jews; the care of pigs, therefore, was the lowest pos- sible §ervice to which a Jaw could] sink. If the father had been the kind} of ma.. at all costs to keep his son from suffering, he had been con- cerned for the family reputation in such a way as hy any means to pre- vent a scandal, he would -never have won his son. Nothing is harder than the. earob-pods "goes to the dogs," but it seems that | there are some people who can never be saved till they have brought them- selves #To the gutter." They may watch dog, and that means he took care of everything that belonged to it hag to stop real quick. "Oh!" she preliminary statistics of income, For | thought, "I wonder it Billy was on the' 1953, as shown by returns filed in the first eight months were road again," And it made Mama Lady feel gick all over. When she got to the road here was a man holding Billy in his arms, coming towards her, and | oq Rover was running alongside, "Is. this your boy?" he said. "Oh. yes," said Mama Lady. hurt?" "No, he is just frightened, but he was very nearly run over, You can thank that wonderful dog of yours that he was not run over though. was coming along the road and could not see the child, but I did notice the dog standing on the road barking at something. I honked my horn for him to get off, but he wouldn't budge. Be- ing in a hurry, I kept on coming, ex- pecting him to get off. Of course I "Is he Tra of 1929, 496 "millionaire returns filed ---- em Canadian Platinum All the Canadian platinum and allied metals are obtained fromthe treat- meat of the Sudbury nickel-copper matte, with the exception of a few ounces of platinum obtained from the black sands of British Columbia, and a small quantity produced as an im- pure residue in the refining of gold at il, British Columbia. tl ms Canada's Maple Syrup there | their place in the Father's heart. It incomes." Final figures for 1928, which includ- in the last four months of 1929, showed 511. its | lip away from .ccency and all the restraints and all the traditions of home, but they cannot slip away from is disaster that brings the Prodigal Sen to his ser ; The disaster, therefore, to wht { and folly lead may all be part'of thE Father's loving purpose. But the Prodigal, though he was repentant, was not yet aved. Repentance is here a disgusted turn- ing away from sin and a turning to- wards God, but it is not of itself sal- vation. III. THE LOVING FATHER, Once again, the father is not a sentimentalist; he does not pretend that nothing has happened. The boy had been lost and is now found. He is, as it were, risen from the dead. He is indeed reinstated at home, but neither to him nor to his father will home be what it was before. In the didn't want to run over the dog, al- The value of the maple syrup and old days he had been unwillingly kept _ Billy's daddy and Mama Lady and he though I felt like giving him a little even took cave of them too if they scare. Then I noticed he was pulling sugar manufactured in Canada runs about $5,500,000 per year. needed him. Well, Rover was a fine looking dog. He had a goed thickcoat of long yellow hair, except that his hair was white all over his breast so he looked as at something and applied the brakes quick and shot off into the ditch. This little chap was seated in the middle of the road, doubled over, playing, I suppose, so he could hardly be seen.| Fal -------- MUTT AND JEFF-- a Artificial Graphite Artificial graphite, an electric fur- nace product, is made near Niiga ls, Ontario, EE ------------------------------------------------------------ By BUD FISHER at home; home had irked him, and of what home really means he had no '| idea. His father held him, but never possessed him; but now his fathe: possesses him for ever. He knows his father as he nsither knew nor could ra | have known him before. imagine that both the father and the 'What New York Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Tilustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- nished With Every Pattern Good taste in togs for 2, 4 and 6 year old, must necessarily remain simple, This cute bloomer dress offers in- finite possibilities for the thrifty mother. : It's a smart variation of onc-piece styling. A Mother Hubbard yoke, that is quite shallow at the front, gives it a quaint smartness found only in the better frocks. College Women English Scene alded entry of woman into business and professional life, the sell-support- ing woman of to-day continues to fol- low the traditional occupations of wo- man and does not encroach upon the occupational domain of man, accord- ing to a nation-wide gurvey of jobs and salaries of women college graduates son, mel "at Teachers' College, Columbia University; results ot which are to be cation Association. 3 From his study of records of about graduates or former college students, men were non-discriminating in their them turned to education or clerical work, and that attendance ness school in addition to reg asset in commanding maximum earn- ings. ed range of occupations, a the survey, which showed t cent, took up routine cleric typist, keaper. 2 per cent. in suoh positions as tea and nurses, women entered education, just completed by Dr. Roy N. Ander: .ajsociate in guidance and person- published soon by the National Edu- = J 900 women, all of whom were college Dr. Anderson reported that college wo- choice of an occupation, that most of, a busi: lar col- legiate work remained an invaluable College women enter a very restrict: cording to at 56 per 1 occupa- | tions, such as stenographer, secretary, telephone operator and book- The next largest group was home economics, which included about room managers, dietitians, companions Only 5 per cent. of the although Dr. Anderson points cut that the place- 7, Found to Prefer What a thrill there is in Wells! How so can 1 describe to you the whisper of Feminine Jobs the water that runs in gutters, must it Sear cally tinkling past the steps of old i . : houses? In spite of the big chars-a- Ie Colusa Server Shows Now banc that pile up in the square, it % ter [Viens cupations; seems that the sound of coach wheels 2 Careers of 900 Studied has not quite died away on the Lon- : Pa" 3 pe hop. don road. Wells is perfect, It is 2 New York--Despite the much-her | genuinely medieval, with no self-con- 7 | sciousness, and no abasement to the i tourist. Behind the stout wall which ¥ | runs round the cathedral is something 3 iad | you will see nowhere else in England: a: ue an inhabited medieval castle, com- a | plete with fortifications and moat, In oo | this marvelous place lives the Bishop J of Wells, ral I sat on the grass beside the moat watching his lordship's ducks and swans. They have hatched the most y delightful fluffy families. 1 saw a swan swim up and ring the bell of the 5 gatehouse! I rubbed my eyes! Was i iy thi a fairy tale? I looked at the white bird, halt expecting that he might turn into a prince in white satin breeches, He did it again! He took up a string that lay in the water and pulled it! A bell beneath the window wei | of the gate honge tinkled, the window . a crust of bread flew through and hit him on the' head; he worried it under the water, summoned his family to him, rang the bell again, and more foc arrived! I walked over the drawbridge and took the brass knocker in my hand, A small postern opened. "Whenever the swans are hungry they ring the bell," explained a girl "We never disappoint them. We keep a tray of food always ready to throw out when taey ask for it. They teach the cygnets to ring, too! The ducks do it sometimes, but not so often as the swans , I returned to the grass of the moat, i watching the birds ri oi ment. bureaus were not primarily con- ing the 8 ring for their food, The Peter Pan collar, the turn-back sleeve cuffs and knee bands of 'ke bloomers, provide a nice trim in con- trasting color or fabric. A gay cotton broadcloth print in French blue on white ground with plain white and plain blue trim, is cute as illustrated. Style No. 3016 takes but 2% yards of 36-inch material with 3% yard of 36-inch contrasting and 1% yards of binding, for the 4-year size. Pique, dimity, sheer chambray, gingham, linen, Jdoted swiss, percale and shantung are pleasing fabrics for its development. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. JFnclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, ana address your order to Wilson' Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. ful days that are nchind them, ave almost glad they went through such suffering for the sake of the un- speakable pre sness of that which they have disco 'd througr it. The past cannot be wiped oul, and girs once committed cannct be undone, but the past can be redeemed, and God is able, even out of gin and shame, to bring forth gladness and salvation. re nee tne 30 Increasing Divorce Rate Adds to China's Troubles Peiping, China.--DNore than 800 suits for divorce were filed in the Pelping district courts during 1930 and 90 per cent. of them were Instit- uted by women. Canton reported nearly 200 divorces during the same period, while Shanghal averages above eighty divorce eaits a month. The striking thing ebout these statistics, according to acgounts In the native press, {a that only a small proportion of unsatisfactory mar- rlages reaches the law courts, for the government fa still indifferent to what it regards fundamentally as a family affair. Thousands of coolles are married and divorced without public record of efther event. Divorces are much more common, therefore, than the figures alone would indicate. Many Chinese ob- servers declare that the situation 13 far more critical than all the other woes of this troubled country. Dp en a & : Angry Shareholder v [ ask what We may [fia3 happened to our sinking fund?" son, as they look bak over the dread- Chairman: "It sank" ,f cerned' with educational positions The cathedral bells chimed a quarter, The 500 women had oniored ? but The sun was mellow over old walla. | twenty-eight occupations out of a total I 'could see the fortifications of the of 535 listed hy the censas bursay. the Bishop's palace bending round to bas- survey whowed, I. Anderson account. tions fitted with sentry walks and slits ad for this hy saying that manufactur: for bowmen. What a place to live in! ing and domestic jobs were automati- ' The mution was tough, said 'a voice. I looked up and saw a man. i cally barred from consideration by col- "Yes," repliad a. pretty girl. "but th lege graduates and that "the majority peas Wer 2 r prey gir) LL ue of women who leave college take the ! a e simpy io, finst job that comey their way." They gazed at the moat, the draw- Study oi the salaries received show- bridge, and the swans; they turned ed that the college graduate received 2nd SAW S=Toriapgesiin contra) tower I highest beginning salaries as teacher, of Welly standing up Tove elm treey sdetil SOTRer. or | gagretnry. wills and the high wall, a big white cloud galeswomen received the lowest. Such patsed hice > Minas shin i dd wer ® figures compate unfavorably with sal dhieese. or a i RE Mus 9 asgaer aries received by business and profes- rn Gr Be oh id thé sirl soft sional. womer, Dr. Anderson said, add- : e bruvere," sau the gin soil ing that thé greater éxperience and | age of the latter group were largely responsible. Typical annual = ries 980 for erg, $1,100 for typists reesived wore $1,314 for stenograph- sales- iy. A piece of bread shot through the air and landed on the gray fluff of a cygnet's back. - What a place to dream: 75 Wells when the sun soaks-down through the women, $1,106 for libraries an 1,608 fe y 3 yy ' BLE trees and the lichen on my lord's bat- OC rors, | : ; | . tlements shines like new gold! The chances for increasing one's sal-| ,, ~ . Lr ? i Chapter House of Wells, that lovely | ari in occupations entered by the| ° : i ory ad round room, approached by the most { ma it college women are "rather alluring . flight of stops 1 lave eve imited," according to Dr. Anderson,| ~~ 2° enh TC eps ave ever : seen, justifies a pil age. ow although carnings showed a tendency es " . : . f'hose prunes, said a departing to increase with age aud experience. it . A . voice, "we had in Dath wefe the best Tho income of college students less) |, o : a | I've'ever tasted than nineteen years old averaged $976, w an } Two more people came and stood that of the group of graduates between above me, a man aud a girl, twenly -and twenty-four years was ana te - fe hg pe Oh," she said, "how adorable! i $1,027, while those over forty-five aver- , iy ep 3 Don't you wish y¢ vere Pe s, dear, aged $1,600, cecording to Dr. Ander- n i ' v and that I was Melicande at the win- Y son's tabulation. : ' ai . ' 3 dow, letting dow my hair to you i Comparing earnings of those grad- "Don' put " pi m't bo silly ho said. How R90 nates who had taken only college work a" $ RT could you? 7 with those who had also taken work in| = op ) ) She shook a cropped head. J a'businesa school, Dr. Anderson found "How unromantic . you: sre" the A that thie business school student earn-| 4 ' ' " I! od an average of $100 a year more and They walked slowly under the trees i that "it pays financially for college arm in arm A students to secure business school Tao lvls a training." ES Tears 4 --- Lg) : , 4 : thre Guar ers, u% ; Only 10 per cent, of the women a Telthost, Li I RS 8 ty : soenied te 3 studled . word nidrried, while 4 per diavpad 3 gd ne - sal there Oa cont, had been divorced or were wid- £22 he oi Son! eh atk bat the little &S ows, according to Dr. Anderson, who black chi Sor ao Ne ia ing four Bs exXplaing that "these women were only oii er ay Her rst mw was Bod . s tg a i recently graduated from college and the world.~ NE aporiant peop) ola Pa have not had the opportunity to mar- Tar % Search of Bug AAs " land," by H, V, Moiton, { ry. -- edb anmmniins koa Sm oe A yg : ~~ |Fault Ca Everything in modern civilization y Ignition lled he depends on civilizafion.""--Paul Paln- Leader in Motor Trouble i leve, Faulty ignition is the chief cause ho ; of automobile trouble on the highways, x . ? according to a report just issued by x Wri dear, Jeluays. have vou been |, §, [lartz, manager of the emergency ghting again? No, miss; wel gad service department of thd New moved yesterday, and [ moved thely,rk Automibile Club. cat."--Passing Show. An analysis of the 8,858 emergency -- may | calls show that 20 per cent. of the total . ' sre because of short clreuits, wet A Miniature Golf Course Isn t Property. poor distributor points, or other SUE MUTT FOR ELEVEN DOLLARS HE OWES JEFF. YOUR HONOR, T WANT TO) BROTHER, THERE'S ; NOTHING X'D MAKE IT STICK! | WE'LL ATTACH HIS PROPERTY, LIKE BETTER He's GoT A THAN To SLAP CELLAR FULL A PLASTER on of PRE-WAR MUTT= AND tm MUTT owns A LoT oF STock IN: WALL STReeT! WE'RE So Do T~ AND BUSTED! I Got IT. He OWNS A MINIATURE GOLF COURSE! BoTH To THe CHILDREN'S COURT AND CHARGE | HM WH MIDGET res of the car's ignition system. trouble ran a cl second, soma 1,656 service calls 15 been made, the ms: ity of which were for wo- men drivers, Car towing is shown as the third, with 1,499 calls, which, if added to the 207 made with a lifting crane, would bring it second on the list. Starter and battery trouble were fourth and fifth, respectively--while' the least number of emergency calls were made to replace glass which had become broken or chattered; a decrease from the year previous. : The only other decreases fyom 1929 were seen in the calls for thé use of the crane where the ordinary tow-line wag impractical and in the habit of running out of gas. IN THAT CASE You'll | HAVE 0 GO OVER eo DELINQUENCY. ee im Friend: "Your wife is strong-minds, - ed, isn't she, Littlejohn?" Littlejohn®! | "Strongminded? A 'furniture-polish hawker came here yesterday, and im less than five minutes she sold him some polish she had made hersalf"