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told in brief tojay more than 14ooou0o people irt dependent upon charity in the united states free meals to the number of 02300- 0i0 were served to iooooo children in bhib school last year ibere are now 147 openaii schools tit britain when the movement started in 1u10 there were seven the british museum contains the laisest library in the rid it has sonip 5000000 books under one root light civil aeroplanes pruduced in the unitid kingdom are definitely f r ahead of those of any other european nation so perfect has the system oi wealh- i walchng become in gt britain thai every day 7000 fact3 about the weath er are at the disposal of forecasters so strenuous is the work nowadays that the working life o a chorus girl may begin at slitee but seldom iasts past the age of thirty four winter sch for the training of crlketers are n v pen in london ono of them alone has 1000 pupils in cluding forty women gt britains supply of homegrow christmastrees is uot uearly ciual to the demand and will ontiuue in this state lor two or three years yet an iverage welleducated person the unite kingdom will use between 2000 and 3000 words the vocabular of a faim laborer se exceeds 700 words as worms have no ears the cannot bear but their nervous systems are alive to such sounds as cause vibra tions round thern during its fortynine years of special wo among women t salvation army has provided nearly 11000000 beds for homeless women and girls in the united kingdom girls were first called flapper- early in the eighteenth century from a fancied likness in them to young ducks which make a lot of noise with their wings roads in the united kingdom are getting crowded in the course of a recent census t automobile as sociation counted an average of nearly 7000 more vehicles per day than in 1932 while still at school the young peo ple of carmel a small town in new york stale harn the rudiments of any trade or profession so that they cay discover if they are really fitted for it in the last three years more than 101750 persons have been settled canadian farms or given arm employ ment under the auspices of the gov ernment nd the two great railways gt britain now ranks third among the tekhoneusing nations of te world the united states has 17547- 000 germany 296i401 and great bri tain 2161700 instruments in the pest ollice system smaller than half an ordinary post age stamp tho wols smallest book bas just been produced it contains twentyeight pages and took seven years to prepe dont make promises to children unless you can keep them the mother in this story was very much at fault read it to sec why peter where are you goin down to dicks 1 want you to pull the dead plants out of the beds you said i could go after school please peter dont say that again 1 cant promise anything positively when i promise 1 always mean maybe it is going to rain and 1 want to sort the seed pods into envelopes for next year before they fall oh all right pter stamped out to the yard looking as black as the clouds lu the sky lie slacked up the dead stalks any old way he knew be should have sorted them but that broken promise rankled and without knowing it was breakiug faith because his mother bad done it first result of indecision after a while she came out you know thats uot the way she be gan then she noticed what peter was doing he was digging a hole peter what on earth stop this minute you said could have my own bed next year thats not the place i you said down at the end of the rose bed well isnt this it ive chaliged my mind 1 want my gladiolo in there now the mud will wash down on the driva all winter what a mess oh all right but you promised you said youd give me some things to plant this fall so 1 would have mother stamped her foot whos running this place you or me dont you dare to try to tell me whats what any more now you march it went on every day it seemed the boy was in the wrong he learned not to remind his mother but he was forever running up a blind alley of hrokeu promises and then his mother laid it to willfulness or disobedience keeping promsesl in lime she learned to say ill see that meant she would promise noth ing ahead loo far and it was better but she never learned to keep a promise absolutely once made or even a plan she would say im go ing to take you to town on saturday then on saturday something usually luterfered when peter was fifteen ho had learned to say oh you know mom she forgets as soon as she says a thing by it he meant a world of things she was unpuuctual unprecise vacil lating and undepetuiable the boy matched his clearer wits against hers and although he seemed to humor her be quietly weut about suiting himself he sensed the fact that already be was vore adult than she was we are all like this more or less only it sounds worse on paper there are times to make promises and times not to make them we cannot govern everything of course but if we have really given our word then we should try to keep it even at a sacrifice if we want to keep the childrens confidence farmers notes better forecasts advised by science board cambridge mass a change in weather forecasting by using new scientific knowledge of the upper air to mak- predictions more acurate was recommended by the science ad visory board recently appointed by president roosevelt massair analysis is the princi pal recommendation it would reach nearly to the stratosphere with 20 t 25 upper air stations high fly ing pilot balloons and military fliers would gather daily data on the cold upper reaches new daily upper air weather maps would be issued similar to the pres ent twicedaily ground charts they would cover the upper humidities temperatures and pressures as well as flying conditions this massair analysis the committee states un questionably make short range fore casts much more reliable upper air analysis has revealed for example why storms sometimes end unexpectedly and others hand on for days after they should be over these storms are fed by vast lakes of air cold on one side warm on the other the lakes may be as big as a prov ince and miles deep or considerably smaller when they are smaller the storm fuel may run out prematurely and the tempest subside cold fronts are another condition needing upper air analysis they may bo half a continent wide twice the height of the himalayas and al most as sharply delined as a moun tain precipice number of motors increase in britain london kng the increase in the tumber of motor vehicles on the roads of the united kingdom this year is estimated at almost 500000 according ic a road census taken by the auto mobile association in september dur ing the peak period of traffic at more than 100 important points throughout the country during a week 3252050 vehicles passed the observers the average was nearly 700000 more a day than in 1932 and the total shows an in- reasc of nearly 1000000 compared ith the census in 1928 take cake op the manure experiments at the central expei i- mental farm have shown that based on the value of crop increases manure may have a value of over 150 pel ton manure that contains no wed seeds should be applied to the soil immediately in order to prevent loss if weed seeds are present store it for several months in a compact pile on a watertight iioor with side walls to prevent leaching a good soybean variety during the last five years the man darin variety of soybeans has never railed to mature its seed crop on the central experimental farm at ot tawa it is the earliest available yel low seeded variety and matures on the average in 120 days five years ago 20 bushels per acre was a good aver age yield but during the last two seasons the yield of a selected strain has been well over 30 bushels this is an excellent showing considering ite severe periods of heat and drouth during the past season and it indi cates also the possibilities for im provement ir this crop some polntrjks on honey honey varies in color from wacr white to almost black the color aas little or no effect on its quality as a food or as a sweetener it does appear nowever to be associated with flavor for generally speaking tie darker the color of the honey the stronger is its flavor al canadian honeys granulate or crystallize sooner or later out the granulation is tot caused by adding sugar to the honjy as many people seem to think gran ulated honey can be brought back to its liquor state by setting the con tainer in a bowl of hot water for a short time the water should not be heated higher than 150 to 160 degrees fahrenheit winter housing of sheep sheep do not require expensive ald warm buildings they do however appreciate a dry rcomy shed well protected against winds well wntil- eted and free from draught do not crowd them in one pen twenty to twentyfive ewes do beot together furthermore a sheep requires from twelve to fifteen square feet of floor space and one foot of feeding spae doors should be of gooo width to allow free access to and from the peos narrow doors are often the cause of abortion pregnant ewes need a yad to exercise in force them to walk try feeding hay outside in good weather home grown grains for thfc laying flock the following ration for laying pui- lets composed inostlj of home giown grains is recommended by the poni try division of the dominion i i- mental farms mash 2 parts of ground wheat i part of ground oats 1 part of ground barley or corn 4 part of ground beef aid fish scrap 2 per cent bone meal 2 per cent sod liver oil and 1 per cent salt scratch grain 2 parts of wheat 1 part oi oats i part ef corn or buckwheat 1 part barley this ration may be var ied according to what grains the farm er has available fire or twig blight twigs ot apple and pear trees it- lected with fire blight should be re moved during the winter fire hlignt or twig blight is a bacterial disease which affects the apple pear ano quince and is being carefully studied at several centres in canada by cue division of botany dominion de partment of agriculture for the most part the disease is confined to the twigs the dead foliage often re maining on the twigs throughout ne season and during the winter but cankers on the limbs may also be found to prevent the formation of these cankers water spots and su-k- ers which are largely the cause should be removed the encourage ment of great growth favors the an ease so that with susceptible vane- ties the trees should be grown in sod muteh or else the amount of cultivation and of fertilizers lessened fire blight ir the apple generally dies out before it progresses very far ano where the removal of blighted twigs in large apple trees is impracticable it is not so important in cre apple as ir the pear certain varieties of ap ples notably the alexander kins gravenstein and greening are more subject to the blight than others no should never be planted alongside a pear orchard prosperity like poverty rs conu- gious john erskinc a mere ruppct can administer the affairs of a nation in good ames it i in hard and critical timfi that a eador is needed beiito yiirolirx arm8useless0nawetuay rheumatism made work a torture but kruschen put him right hero is a remarkable instance of tho manner in which damp weather can affect the joints of one who is subject to rheumatism 1 had been suffering from rheuma tism very badly a man writes and had had such pains in my joints that i could hardly bear it it used to be terrible on a wet day i did uot know how to use my arms and whon 1 was at work it was real torture 1 tried two different remedies for rheumatism but i was still as bad after the treat ment then 1 was told to try kruschen salts and after using one jar 1 found relief so of courso 1 have kept on with it and am now thoroughly better and have never felt so fit for years i used to feel so miserable and slug gish but now it is a pleasure to bo able to work instead of a dread 3 b a rbeumatic pcrson3 system pro duces that dangerous bodypoison laown as uric acid if you could see i drug stores at 45c and 75c per bottle romantic story of the clarsach revival of scotlands oldest musical instrument pop ularly known as the hiohland htarp probably there are still people who do not knew that the clarsah is the gaelic nam for ur sides scottish musical instrument the highand i arp nor tiu it payed such a prom inent part in our national lite espe cially in the highlands and islands even before the piobmhor had ariived to stir our blood with its vibrant strains writes mrs lain m campbell iri the glasgow herald in fact 1 have been told by high landers to whom the information had been handed down from their fore bears that the pibrochs played by the bagpipe had their origin in the lar sach music oi the bards of olden time this of course may be a moot point ut anyhov by its representations upon some ot our oldest sculptured stones and by the many references to it in our ancient lays we know tnat the clarsach was in use in seotiami from very early days in seventh century every chief had his harpre who was a privileged member of his re tinue at the feast in the great ban- quetinghall where the brimming cuach of wine was circulated rouna the hospitable board the bard to the accompaniment of his clarsach would celebrate in song the brave deeds of the chief and his clan it is said that in the seventh century the instrument had attained so great a popularity that at social gatherings it was hand eo round from one to another while shame was felt by those who could not play it for the entertainment of the company the earliest harps were strung with gut but at one period metal strings were employed in those days f hirpers cultivated long and quilluko nails with which they struck the strings i have read of one harper who had his nails cut as a punish ment so that he was prevented from playing until they had grown again the harps undoubtedly resembled those used in ireland and some people think that the instrument came to scotland rom that source it is quite probable that the daltriadic gaels would have been accompanied by mu sicians when they migrated from ire land to scotland during the sixth cen tury but even before this date there were many travelling musicians wtio journeyed between the two countries it is interesting to note that girai- dus cambrensis in his topograohy oi ireland written in 1187 mentions the harp first among the three musicai instruments of scotland scotia tri- bus sythara tympano et chora ie also says scotland at the presint day in the opinion of many persons is not only equal to ireland her teach er in musical skill but excels her so that they now look to that country as the fountainhead of that science at court and battlefield to musicians especially his descrip tion of the harp music of that time i one of her tours in the north pre sented as a prize to beatrice gardyne of banchory suitable for highland songs the interest uis ayvi in the clar sach competitions at the recent na tional mod in glasgow shows now populai the instrument is likely once more to become this is very encour aging to the clarsach society which although nly founded two years ago is already seeing same of the fruit oi its early i bors one of the results o its efforts is that elarschs after the traditional highland shape and of good musical tone are now being pro duced by several makers nor is it surprising that an in creasing rumbei of women are eager to take up the study of this fascinat ing instrument not only does it sat isfy the ear with its sweet liquid tones end please the eye by the attractive picture of which it and the player me the centre but it is unquestionably the most sympathetic accompaniment ti the lovely songs of the scottish iition the the suburbanite early miming in nvveinocr suburbs of a city nudging gently at my iillwcome my collies cold nose calls me come its time to start the lay 1 ying there a moment longer now the sweet cool air celights me air that comes across the meadows comes from off and far away now a neighbois dog is barking and the etger busy clucking of a flock oi hens comes to me very clearly from below then i rise to see the gaidens lying far as eye can wander covered light with frosted silver isl and wide as sight can go while above them very slowly with a lovely lazy gesture there the eastern sky is stretching shaking off nights heavy gar ments bathing deep in mornings glow smiles well informed employer surely miss wilklns you know the kings english fair typist of course why ive never thought of him as anything else classified aoverttsing an 11kkk1i in tvtki lmvfcntok ltm ol warn initntioiiy una fuu tnlvruialloti ten frrc the rftuaiay com iay world laert afov hank street odawa araila salesmen ranted ablr t earn ou monthly selliik uuplex auto heater write wilt yhune tbi box yv essex onl krotbere do educational for parents only the hardest job a kid faces is that of learning good mauners without see ing any bob told me 1 was the eighth won der of the world what did you say 1 told him not to let me catch hlni with any of the other seveu the first proposition among the distances shortened by the automobile is the one between the introduction and the altar tho knifeedged crystals of uric acid under the microscope you would readily understand why they cause thoso cutting pains and if you could seo how kruschen dulls the sharp edges ot these crystals then dissolves them away altogether you would agree that this scientific treatment must bring relief from rheumatic agony kruschen salts is obtainable at all of great interest he speaks of the skill of the harpers who with great lapidity of the fingers played intricate passage of notes and who made use of chords of the fourth and fifth the harp also enjoyed great faror in other eve royal circles histo rians describe king james 1 as the chief of harpers and speak of harp- yrg as a courtly pastime of 1130 when anne of denmark made her state entry into edinbmh as the bride of king james v thair was hautbois and the hnrp playing niaist sweet and pleasant springs the decline ot the clarsach seems to have begun about the time of the jacobite onflwts although in queen marys reign the eaii of argyll took his harper into action with him for the encouragement of his soldiers the harp with its soft expressive notes was eminently more suited for the hospitable gatherings of clan life than tor the tumult of the battlefield it had to give way to the more martial music of the bagpipe which had or some time been a serious rival and had been zealously fostered by schools of piping according to documentary evidence the clarsach was played chiefly by men in the accounts of the lord high treasurer of scotland from 1111 onwards we find numerous entries of money paid to male harpers their rames also appear in the family rec ords of many of our scottish chiefs either as retainers or as witnesses to charters maidens who played but it must be remembered that in those days the cause of womens rights had yet to be won and that the socalled weaker scv was not considered to be of sufficient import ance to bo mentioned sir james ual- yell however in his musical memoirs of scotland quotes part of the decree of a lawsuit of 1533 which said the said walter to deliver one harp ais gude as it was taken fra the said isabelle one of the two beautiful old harps which can be cecn any day in the na tional museum of antiquities of scot- ltnd edinburgh was once the pro perty of mary queen of scots who i having proclaimed a music meeting j rossibly a sort of local mod during night is falling in the suburbs all the long days work is over here 1 stand beside my collie with a precious evening free far across the miles of meadow clustering city lights are calling sending silent invitation to suourbai- ites like me to come in and add their portion to the citys vast excitement hear what fill the world is hearing see what all the world can see to the call of lights is added now the urgent screaming whistle of the last express which seems to say come leave vour narrow lane but i i take a breath of air sveet- scented from my garden and i answer not tonight kiid friends good dwellers in the city ill maybe come another time but not tonight kind train oh very well then shrills the train and off it flies without mi its flaming skirts high fluttering be hind it through the night so disappears that last hot link be tween me and the city j and a deeper peace comes over me and fills me with delight i look across the vacant miles and all is still about me but over me november stars are wonderfully bright rkaibeth challis adams in the christian science monitor henry ford foresees better business better times next year are foreseen by both henry ford and wallace r campbell president of the ford mo tor co of anada ltd i am not making forecasts about increased piosperity mr ford said i am simply saying we may look forward to substantial improvements of busi ness in 1931 even although general conditions may not actually change 1 think we can look forward to 1u3j being an improvement over 1u33 in general among tha various reasons why ford dealers should obtain notably in creased business he mentioned the fact that the organization intended to make still greater use of newspaper advertising wallace it campbell after point ing out thrt the canadian ford or ganization is one of those on which the sun never sets so wide is its fieid of operation added today we have indications that a great improvement in conditions is taking place the time has come for aggretsivc action an industry recovers tho value ot cooperative effort to save an overproduced industry is be ing demonstrated by the tea growers ot ceylon india java and sumatra faced with the lowest prices for tea in years tho growers united and agreed to abide by the regulations of a committee which now controls the amount of leaf that is plucked and marketed as a result tea prices have steadily improved and the growers are beginning to get a fair return for their work this is tho reason why canadians will have to pay more for their favourite beverage halt a teaspoon ot baking powder added to fudgo after it is taken off tho stove will make it fluffy issue no 5133 a mother took ber small son to the country and while there took him to an incubator to see some eggs batch finally she said mother isnt it wonderful dear how the little chicks get out of the shell the boy thats nothing what 1 cant figure out is how they get in there an employee is the silent partner of a firm who shares in the profits but not in the losses energy is always at a premium a great opportunity makes one ridiculous unless he is pre pared for it obligations assumed should be met the truly poor are those who must buy cheaper cuts of beef in order to afford nice stockings nobody can help you in most in stances like you can help yourself there are times when it seems to be difficult for the modern girl to remem ber there are gentlemen present some selfmade men leave parts of the job unfinished every time a mule kicks ho slows down a man loses ground we knew it would happen now nobody can think up a new dance naughty enough to be popular be careful about what you start while try ing to stop something if you want to be miserable bate somebody the producer who hitches his wagon to a star has to put up with a lot of tem perament money makes the night mare go when the meek do inherit the earth theyll go broke paying the inheritance tax our successes we ascribe to ourselves our failures to destiny making it easier to fly does not mak- it softer to fall therell al ways be more or less trouble in a world inhabited by human nature not until jazz players study music will it lose its popularity the way to make your dreams come true is to work them out day by day some folks who give until it hurts are mighty suscept ible to pain some girls are so anxious to get a boy away from his mothers apron strings theyd be willing to get married on a shoe string man so you were at the wedding who gave the bride away friend nobody said a word the dachshund dog is becoming popular its nice to have something that can make ends meet a little boy went to the barber to get his hair cut the barber asked how he wanted it cut and the boy re- piled just like daddyt with a hole on top first old maid would a stocking bold all you want for christmas second old maid no but a pair of socks would as mean as a dog people say but you never saw a dog shako hands with somebody and then bite im in the back first wife i mustnt grumble my husband doesnt gamble or drink second wife does he smoke first wife well after hes had a good meal he lights a cigar but then he smokes only about one a year in every generation there are some ho talk of the good old days one taste of the good old days would be quite enough henry ford biokkkkiixo taught pltlvate- ly and rapidly by corresndenc euurse moderate tee send for free leailet city correspondence school liox loy2 station c toronto graded beef standards it may be interesting to canadian householders to know that the color ings used by the government offi cials in marking the blue brand and the red brand of grade beef are per fectly harmless they are prepared by the governments own chemists and are so inocuous that they need not even be removed before cooking it is also gratifying to know that tho confidence of householders in graded eef has been fully established as a result of the past four years careful supervision by officers of the domin ion live stock branch in ensuring strict adherence to the high standaids prescribed by the regulations it has becme generally recognized that the official blue brand or th ret brand is a guarantee of quality these marks take the guesswork out of buying so much so that a personal visit to a dealer is no longer necessary for the selection of beef an order by tele- phono will assure a like result the portion of the brand mark appearing upon each important cut being a safe guard and protection these may be some of the reasons why government graded beef all over canada is being sold at the rate of nearly 3000000 founds a month british marriage rush helps trade london the bachelor in britain is on the run not for msny years have churches and registry offices been so beseigd with couples wanting to get marr as at the piesent time figures show that the past three months produced 35000 more bride grooms than in the previous three months and 16000 more than in the same period of 1932 economists whatever the woman- nater might think see the figures as a valuable indication of improvement in trade while in turn so many mere marriages naturally contribute great ly to trade improvement in house building for instance there are nearly 78000 more workers employed now than a year ago music as sedative for nerves is urged new york dr wolf adler of bellevue hospital offers music as a sedative for unsettled rcrvcs a fond appreciation of music by an individ ual can prevent nervous dsorder he told the american creative league ot music students modern psychology and psychiatry have definitely estab lished through its accumulative evi dences that music is one of the mnst powerful agents in relieving and in many cases eliminating completely nervous and mental disorders throughout the year 21 ingredients best by best tfox cubes silver tip nb iaeronts for ontario reesors marmill sept w merle am ihicwj heals pimples rashes and eczema sosp 25c ointment 25c and 50c high school boards and boards of education are authorized by law to establish industrial technical and art schools with the approval of the minister ot education day and evening classes may be conducted in accordance with the reflulatlona issued by the department of education theoretical and practical instruction is rjlven in various trades the schools and classes are under the direction of an advisory committee application for attendance should be made to the principal of the school commercial subject8 manual training household science and agriculture and horticulture are provided for in the courses of study in public separate continuation and high schools collegiate institutes vocational schools jnd departments copies of the regulations issued by the minlsttr of education may be obtained from the deputy minister parliament buildings toronto