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vw ukj l press s rraa a colct gray rnprning and jtnere w ortojbee her and anne the drahhess seeme to creep in shoved the letter beneath the blottef through hie windows and enter ii annes heart the young school teacher miss winter rny jsit wuhjljblly to could bear the stove lids rattle downstairs do mylarithmetic i left my book home i smd she- knew there was1dalng bre anne knew what that meknt olggl tohekltcjien but the little toppe and w jmd prectaui little uukt wenthrough to om iced cotdiugy ehow j pottbe andcheerless -s- i oh 1 cant ever teach another day jraak whispered anne winters assise puded- thel spvera uptlsterunder her chin when the smell orpancakes came lapojher sbbjcrept ortjhto thechill and into her clothes ate put on the i pretty red drest that she had thought would be just right for school and scowl ed at herself in the glass tt made her joc like a s little schoolgirl herself i onfif she could only go home bhe mantjlownstalrs slowly the thought of another of the sloans heavy break- vlasts sickening her the rest weresltung iftnmr h fa rr ened as anne glanced at ned if it not been for the boy maybe- she w nave managed number six- he was twtntyand just finishing bis grade workl strength to resist yeil she said shortly she did not lift her eyes for fear greta would see the tears in theriu- it was showing so hard now that the room was so dark janne lighted the old hanging lajtfjt and let the six of them gather under its light for studying there was more noise jthatftbyer hoy could six persons make so much fcommotlon ned was behind roily and suddenly anne heard roily give a great short as he bent over a sheet of paper anne lifted her head sjck with ou wraththat filled her bony bring me that paper she said clearly hyf off your fine ctottas ramming dick cn down ciur tnroatsr mm o i l i have wanted- to ie friends fine cloth- amekicatf crime wave receding ft ho a mirplim ta mn fltmltlmii to khoif that there is some evidence that es do you mean thi bhe touched her the crime wave in the united states is red dress scornfully i i thought it was receding v dr geov w klrefiweyls widely known authority on crime he has been professor of iw in columblavpniverstty commlslonor df prison bcform in new york state warden of sing sing fenl- teugary president of the american insti tute of criminal law director of the apenspjle and jiretty and dickens j aaybixiugbtupx i wh i was little i love ibickens brought up flnitf yes i was rd read it by the hour tin in the playroom oh i havent meant to be snobbish i cant help it because my father has so much money and ijjjfatlonal society of penal information ha ve been used to having so many things i cant help that can 17 butxjrtui try- tog to mike myown way i wanted to show dad i oould be somebody by myself but itseemaican i guessam soft efad in addition holds many other poal tjons connected wlthpe4al rejorin and criminology basing his remarks on the official figures thexunlted states census dr buicmcaveback it wit imwj one friend here just one i jerlng the eighteen years 1910 tolmt ta- ned sloan looked awafromnertor j usl moment when be sp h voice was j 35 iio 40 per cent in uiegeiieraiaaiile enarrassed rguesst had you sized up ratesi thb united btates and tms not- vyrang thought you were just showing the iititiiptiw number of new orr preteiidlng all your ftoe njaiineis l j resulting from liquor drug and borryfsiut- guess you havent understood trajlto lawsenacted since 1911 xes miss winters she spoke to the rest ignoring ned olng to be a dreadful day said mr bloan starting to blow j itwould blow number six right off the face of the earth i thought arine after breakfast she took her books and started out just a few rods behind her- came ned his old red macklnaw showing brightly through tieanow it was this way every morning shetrudghtghead through the drifts with the boy just be- ixnd angry tears stung frostily on annes cheeks of course she had told him she didj not want his company but he did n6t need to make her feetsiaythlsway didjie- the snowwasgrowlng heavier and the storm cut her face unmercifully she was cttmg used to storms butkshe thought she would never get used to tlumber six with those big boys tlur nolset and the silly guls always writing notes oh i cant teach another day not onermore dayi she said again aloud these chli dren wear the very heart out of you shetrjjdged on and presently the little ieclhrlcs schoolhouse with its 1873 abielheijlpor snow he hands- were so coid she could hardly get the key out and she knew ned just behind juei conmsee her fumblmg it made her nervous plrstrcame theflrc thatrwas part of her job fo ri in the contract it bad said it end janitor service ned had tane il at- fi but she hadputa stop to that yeah i certainly do commend the board she could hear his drawling voice silk stockings and a shingle bob for i durkee hallow annes heart sank he wanted her to seeit he shuffled up to thedesk and diepped the paper before anne turned asdufed4aek of neds drawings there was no doubt as to whom he meant to picture tt was anne herself with her boyish haircut her short skirts her floppy ellk tie it vas jan anne who held her head up in a snobbish way who clung to the armjbf a thinlegged gentleman with a tall nat and cane an anne bearing a book with dickens plainly iipon it behind them- was the little brick schoolhouse nd from useitheiv did you think i was going to school just to make trouble for you rve been wanting to go all my life but weve been poor terrmly poor and rve had to help out on the farm one year the po tatoes rotted in- the ground couldnt hire em drawn away one year the oats spoiled ths toambutiiba tsjwen toughjsleddtng but now things are easier apd when you came i thought shell uhaerstahd and she wont make me feel like an idiot going on vlen rm twenty but why- why didnt you tell me this fure r i dont know jc guess it thought youd know it jrtthputr being told i should- have her eyes were wistful and l i should hav i think i jdid in a way but you made me so angry always were were both in the same- boat arent we really both of us reach ing out after something more real than 1hat uie offenses for assaalt fraud vagrajicy pro6tituttap and larceny should have fallen off by sopertcent ornore aid burglary by10r cent bo claims should give pause to the jeremiahs- the decreases are mostly found ln the small centres but marked decrease even jsdp aerious offenses are found in toanylargecfflesi in new york city arrests for burglary par 100000 population for five years end ing 1918 were these fell to 34 for the five years ending i929 for the smmerperi t a la ce w in the first case 181 and in the second 127 for drunnkeness arrests in the first period in new york 9ity averagedarryew- 229 per 100000 population as compared l we are sow launched into 1932 its a new year f utt of proiie-andlqppituii- jl the old year has go ts eiccoi elielbest used a expenepce inrtibe new td a great extent your nieasure of hajiness uad pfosjieiity tfor 1932 de pends on yourself 7tvnuossible to secure ainarkd ifegiee o wishing no matter how sincere that wish may be made c- levery successful business mwtfiakes t vith 130 for the five years ending 1929 a decreaseoitover 440 per cent nor does new york city- stand- alone parfamea crtmlnallymlnded chicago is annes mouth came these wordaiijyeb isnt it quaint she said never a word but she pulled the letter out from beneath the blotter and finished it ttease accept my res- ignationv for threemonths now she had wanted towrite those words but shehad held out now she simply cbultinot hold tout any longer bnmlnglectwith the 3vaveofjellef thatswepther of utter defeat toward noon there was a shouting out side and anne went tothedo6rwlnjeh now sad a great drift against it she sav christian sonnesson coming through the storm his muffler making a backward sweeping line of color in the universal whiteness siie could not see his horses butknewthgymustjoutlthere some- wbero bello miss winters is my greta and otto there mis sonnesson she tank mabbe the drifts get too bad by night i guess i take them home yesj tls bad i hadnt realized what the drifts were maybe youd better take he r t if you-will- mi- fiflnnfl theres just molly and the salvin boys have you roomfor them sure miss winters the girls and boys began to bundle- their mps glad of tne unexpected holl- we have now only only its tired me so also in vtdehce chief justice sonsteby ive given up teaching you wont give ofajechicago municipal courts bus just upl youll go onho hlghtschooland colvnide public the results ft a study of the lege wont ypu rris doint know i thought i would but if youquit i dont jmow as 111 have the courage f but if i dont vellitonot qttingl- and rii get you started in algebra shall- 1 would- you after rve been so mean oh ypu havent cried anne 1 see- now that you havent been mean its crime in tha city comparing the jears 1927 and 1931pr e six crimes viz assault to kill assault with deadly weap bnsasssiatand battery murder man slaughter and attack there was in 1927 a total of 7766 arid in 1931 a total of 4 223 a decrease of 45 per cent in 1927 there were 213 cases of murder and in 1931 101 j n decrease of over 50 per cent for crimes against property arson just that we havent understood each buiglary confidence games larceny and other robberyi there were in1927 12336 and suddenly there came a sound through fnt931 10484 there was a decrease in storm ttaswmdotelgh bells ned each of these crimes and in the total a ran to the door hey hey there- eus- reduction of 14 per cent notwithstanding- worth an increase of half a million population anneand ned reacheovhpnieat lastr jtathe period covered through terrible drifts and cutting storm meanwhile ontarios crime record mrs sloan met them at the door good shows a marked tendency to increase land id begun to think you were lost can anyone suggest why this should be anile alad ned gave each other a quick so from the office of ontario prohi- smiling looijf the look said lost i why bitlon unlohr december 1931 weielustfpmd ourselves hoiitey containers of course after that she had had- to day burrdtthet ilrelshetgbt th papers and i better huity mabbe said mr son- klnrilm and kerosene soon the fire was nesson th li hell be stnckl v roaring the windows were thick with when they vceregonetherewaaahne tjetil alone with ned and the roaring heater yrtnay go7 too any time7 said coo i wo keep school this after nobnt frost andanneshtveredasshearranged herdesk ned stood by the stovezl3hell youve done a good jobjuhjs morntag7te5eher he drawled presently anne flushed there was always that or laughter in his yolce that seemed to cut her worse than sharp words might jhave done and that teacher he khew how that word irritated her piithanksi she said dryly v shi lad agood many scores against ned the day she had been unable to get an example hi compound interest and had looked up to seehls grayeyes mock ing her with their jaughter the day the president of the board had comeahd ned had incited the other boys to unendurable mischief oh there were a dozen of them the slavln boys came in and molly durkee and then otto sonnesson and his sister greta -they- were covered with snowi there was a great time stamping and laughing and teasing anne waited until ninethirty but no more came the day began with reidjng anne had been having the pupils read dickens christmas carol the older ones roily slayln for want of something better to do when he readbftmy tim sent his heavy baas voice up into a silly childs treble and molly durkee giggled and roll- cther eyes at him otto smiled his slow picasedsmlle and ned put back his head and laughed unrestrainedly anne bit her up yid said that will do roily i guess wed better wait till somebody goes hyvjsaldlned- quite seriously for him thenlrifts are worse than i thought wed never get through the cut jm a l saw ellsworth going to townthlsmornlng rii listen for his tells coming back anne jwantedjutjncher wraps and walk out and up the road toward her boarding place but the drifts had fright ened her she sat down and began to look over papers sheforgor about ner lunch as she sat there anyway if she ate lunch she might have to talk to ned and shecould not talk to him now she would not talk to him ifuiey were snowed in for- evertjafter a long time she looked al lier watch and it was after two did not ellsworth come she looked up and sajbljed hunched oyer hid story book she suddenly wanted to make him smart for what he had done well she said clearly youve done it at last- eyes came up quickly in a startled fashion done what demand ed the boy made tbiajob impossible ive written my resignation for just an instant a curious ques tioning unbelieving look came to his face almost a hurt j66k7 it was then ned but they were off now to a day of bent above his book again without ans- mischjef and meanness while anne felt wering anne went on with her papers her heart grow sick oh she had tried 1 began to plan her work for next- week but she could not get close to them if j forgetting she was not to be there her only they would be friendly this coujd have been such a cosy pleasant day with so few thereandall she saw ned writ ing a note to greta sonnesson probably anne rose to her feet t do wish she said that we could bavg a quiet day for a change setl have a spelling bee this afternoon if you like and you may choose what youd like to read for the afternoon reading class ears were strained with listening for sleigh bells she was hungry she went out to thc hallway and took down her box of lunch from the shelf she looked out of the door before she came again into the schoolroom she could not see two feet ahead of her she sat down by the heater to open her lunch box ignoring ned he rose the producer v of any food commodity jeahzes that his success in the marketing of that commodity depends upon the wil lingness otthe consuming public to- pur chase it and in the face of keen market ing competition he also knows that in prder tocreateandmalntalnvsuch a willingness in the mind of the buyer his commodity must not only be of high class quality but that it must also be packed in clean and attractive containers a commodity becomes wellknown lor its quality the type or container in whichit is packed plays a great part in the selling of the commodity for it is quite possible that an interior pro duct packed man attractive container may finda much readier market than a high class product in less conspicuous packages containers that are broken deutcdbadly stainedietcl are usually- passed by irrespective of the quality- of their contents the producers of honey are now realizing the part containers play hi the marketing of their product a few ytais ago honey was packed in almost anything that would hold it but today honey is being jpacked in fancy glass boltles and lithographed tin pails some producers and even some provinces have adopted special containers for their own exclusive use and it was really the suc- ce tne fcw wr first thought of 1m- provefgthe package by making it more attractive that lfi to the recent improve- ment along this jpartlcular line in so lar as honey containers are concerned however it is an unfortunate fact that the names commonly usedfor certain sizes or them are misleading in that the nurae suggests more honey in the pack age than if really contains the net weight or contents howyerjs stamped on every container and it is this stamp that should guide the purchaser when buying honey rather than the name given the container an ettort however is being made to correct this condition either by changing the size or such con tainer or by using numbers instead or names experimental farm note the care and culture of house plants our homes especially during tha winter months are much too hot and aryrdf rhbst plants high temperatures combined with to lit sunshine pro duce weak spindly growth and under such conditions flowering plants often tirop their buds as the home can only te modlfledto a very s extent p presently and stood looking straight at she knew that was not the right wayj her with a boys defiance in his fine gray was t to bribe th to be eyes bo youre quitting hesaltlblow- goo her ups trembled little she sap ned his eyes directly on hers defiantly jy anne put her lunch box down with -flip- the n across to greta she- sat tr f and fac- down quickly anger jmd helplessness ed him from the other side of thestove sweeping ner in a great tide yes im quitting and why shouldnt she pulled a paper out from under the i youve made life miserable for me blotter on her desk there was writing ever since i came here ive tried so hard or it already mr samuel durkee presl- dentr durkee hollow school board dear mr durkee yes she would resign now she could not bear it not another day to make friends with you all and youve just laughed at me tried to be friends kind of a snob bish way of trying seems to me j show- worms however generated are found in he digestive tracts where they set up disturbances detrimental to the health or thevjehlld there can be no comtort for the little ones until the hurtful in triders have been expelled an excel lent preparation for this purpose can be had in millers worm powders they will immediately destroy the worms and correct the conditions that were iayor- able to their existence when dad spanks ft this hurts me more than it does you remarked police judge cavln muse or dallas texas whim he fined his daughter io forffieedlhg and3 for running past a stop sign and then dug down and paid the fines himself srr- must be chosen that can adjust them selves to such environment manyfail ures to grow plants successfully are due to faulty drainage careless watering and insect injury soil sods and barnyard manure com- posted and allowed to rot make splendid soil for plants to this may be added a small amount- of rotted- leaves or other organic material when potting ferns add a larger amount of leaf mold fottlng the best time to shift- house plants is in early spring geraniums beiionifisrcoleus and similar plants that have become unshapely should be cut back at this time plants rarely need repotting during the winter months do npt over pot flowering plants need to be rootbound to flpwgrjreely when potting make sure drainage lsjrovlded aplecexf inverted crock over the drain age hole with ji small amoimt of broken crck graver oftslhders is excellent cans or other utensils in place of pots are not recommended but when- used should ha a outlet for water at least pne- htflf inch at the bottom when repotting it is well to remove aportion of the old soil and roots plants or cuttings should be set firmly care being exercised that ths jopts are not injured when com pleted the soil should beonenairinch btlow the pot rirh watering af tar potting w plant should receive- a- liberal watering and then no water given until needed blooming plants require more water than the slower growing plants such as palms with ajlttle experience one can tell whenplarrts reaily require water the appearance xt the plant is or course a good indication of its requirements a method commonly followed is to tap the j pot with the knuckles it it has plenty i of water the soujidjlsmdull it it is dry the pot win ring cablonalsyrlnging is beneficial especially for rerns and other foiiage plants i jardinieres if properly used the jard iniere is a source of added beauty to our plants but ordinarily causes great injuryj this injury results from stagnant wate collecting in the bottom or the boifl causing what is termed wet feeo this may be overcome by placing a fevjl inches ofgravcl or an inverted saucer in tfip bottom f or the pot to rest oi7 insects red spiders thrive under house conditions and are hard to t come at the experlmtalistakm charlottctown good results were obtained by dusting carefully with flowers of sul phur sucking insects are controlled with nicotine sulphate one- teaipoonful of ars enate of lead to the same amount of water scale insects on ferns may be controlled by mlscible oils now oh the market experimental farms note v a study of his customers needai smves to auticjpateiielrwa fulnl them prbinptly that is taken folr granted in the avetagejmsiness jman of desjuy sjiniet besked to sufiptf or can create a deman jorr- no matter how cairef jd tjie buying no niatter how jbig the stocky or how court- eous and prompt the service if you dont tell the buyers of the things that make your storeumtsanding in yoijor estimation they will not become your customers its a long way round waiting for your friends todo your advertising it takes all tbeir tielp and all the other aid in these days of r keen usinecompetition r yv everyweek you can a bet 4000 and 500qprospective customers auowing an average o three readers for each paper t gertahily they c1ont all live in acton but the free press circulates in a wide territorytin rthe country surrounding if you have an attraction for these readers you caii get acquainted with them reatin- j timately by your message to them each weeki- prosperity in 1 932 1 wincoine to a great extent in just the proportion you go after it among the v sages and spokesmen dforiug business in e ter6sts better times are predictea in niany quarters what share will you play as an individual inaving it conie to your com munity and to you now is the time to make your plans for 1932 we havejaitxjcilities never was there a bigger field pre- sentedto serve you in actons paper the free press never were w able to present a betteryfierviceltquyou we will be glad to g6arito detail with ypu if yoii will call its and arrange a suitable tunq aylveaiatyottiybttrklam for 1932 i v -r- i 7 j3 constantly striving to maintain leader- ishp for actojt with a representative r newspaper j f i s5ssj i ra h- i ititefe m