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mmmmmm â- K ^iC^ ^owans Q>p})QrQ Fence In the Toddler. ' numberless hnppy hours, but that Perhaps the greatest privilege is they will never lack for playmates, j gj,g offered her the wonderful resource of having all because their play yard will be sought j^. â-  outdoors, but this is a privileBe which out by ail the little folks in the neigh- tho mother of young children is apt borhood. to nejriect. She herself must be in the| kitchen or near it during much of the| Beets fiervcv". In New Ways, day, and she must have her babies ^ Beets in Jellyâ€" Boil, peel and chop Where they are within sight. It often several medium sized new beets. Let follows that country little folks spend; cool and mix with them one cup of A FRENCH PATRIOT. The following rccm, "Vive la France." Is one cf tlie tenderest pic- tures of patrlnt'.siM that has come out of the Great War: VIvb U Francs; Francnilne roso In the dawning groy, And her hear; "v.MUid dance though 'she knelt to pray, For her man Michel had holiday. Fighting for Franco. prayer by the cradle And with baby palms folded In hers she cried: "If I have but one prayer, dear cruci- fied Christ â€" save France!" But If I have two, then, by Mary's grace, most of the time hanging drearily; ^old chicken, pork or mutton, chopped I Carry me safe to the meeting place. Pour over the mixture one pint around the kitchen where they are in^ fjne the way and where the air is not! of lemon jelly made from jelly powder always good. that has been dissolved and is be- Hut what else can the busy mother, ginning to set. Mix well, pour in a do? She can apply to her children j mold and \<:'. it get firm. Slice and the lore she has learned about little serve on a platter or on individual chicks. Fencing will keep little chil-i plates garnished with crisp lettuce, drcn safe from automobile haunted; Place a spoonful of salad dressing on roads, from wandering cows, from each portion. running out of sight of their mother's eyes. And there is no farm in the country where there is not enough discarded material of one kind or an- Let me look once again on my dear love's face. Save him for France!" She crooned to her boy, "Oh, how glad he'll be. Little three-month-old, to set eyes on thee! For, 'Itather than gold would I give,' wrote he, '.K son to France.' " Beet Green Salad â€" Cook in salted water until tender, one-half peck ofj tender beet leaves with the tiny beets j "Come, now, be gopd attached. Drain and cool. Peel the: sauterelle little stray other lying about to inclo.se a spot, j beets and chop the leaves. Mix the, For we're going by-by to thy papa say twenty feet s(iuare, though it leaves with three chopped, hard-boiled j Michel, might be larger to advantage. It is â- â-  eggs and enough mayonnaise dressing But I'll not say where, for fear thou better if there is a tree to furnish to moisten nicely. Pile in the centrej wilt tell. Little pigeon of France!, "Six days' leave and a year between! But what would you have? In six days clean. Heaven was made," said Franceline, "Heaven and France." She came to the town of the nameless name. To the marching troops in the street she came. And she held high her boy like a taper flame Burning for France. and grey Fresh from the trenches with grime. Silent they march like a pantomime; 'But what need of music? My heart beats time â€" Vive la France!" some !=h:*e for hot days, but if there of a .shallow salad bowl. Garnish with is none near enough to the house, a' the tiny beets, small balls of cottage piece of old paper roofing or a section ' cjieese and shredded lettuce leaves, of old corrugated metal roofing, or j Beet Green.s Served Hotâ€" Cook as some old boards with odds and ends of many beet tops as desired in salted shingles put over them, will furnish | water until tender. Drain and pile shade for hot days. on" a platter in a mound. Dress with Little children wi.sh and need to be melted butter, white pepper and juice doing something with their bodies and, "^ o"e lemon and serve hot. hancls every minute they are awake. | Beet and Vegetable Salad â€" Cut two The problem is to provide them with \ cold boiled beets in small cubes. Slice .something to do which cannot hurt four small, cold-boiled carrots and one them, which will help them to grow, I dozen small white onions. Mix and and which will not be too upsetting to! add one cup of cold boiled peas. Dress the regularity of the family life. To with mayonnaise and serve in a bed begin with, if a load of sand is dump-, of shredded lettuce leaves, cd in one corner of the baby yard, and Baked Beetsâ€" Clean the required some old spoons and wornout utensils , number of beets, placj them in a pan contributed from the kitchen, there I containing one-half inch of boiling will be many hours of every day dur- water, and bake until tender. Just ing which the fortune of a millionaire before removing from the oven lay a could give the little folks no more' slice of broiled bacon and a spoonful Hjg regiment comes. Oh, then where happiness. j of shredded green pepper over the topi jg jje? A piece of planed board can be nail- ! of each beet. Salt and pepper to taste,! "There is dust In ray eyes, for I can- ed upon four stout sticks driven into ; dress with a little butter and serve! not see- the ground and another on higher , hot. Is that my Michel to the right of thee sticks put before it, and the little^ Beet Cups â€" Peel six boiled beetsi Soldier of France?" folks will have a bench and table â-  nnd scoop out the centre to form cups. | , " j» which cost but a few cents, rind are as ! Chop the. part removed with one cup j Then out of the ranks a soldier serviceable as the pretty painted ones of white fish â€" cold boiled or baked â€" fellâ€" which cost ten times as much. Potters' and six or eight stuffed olives. Add j "^'es'erdayâ€" 'twas a splinter of shell- clay can be bought for u few cents aj two talilcspoonfuls of thick cream,! •^"'l he whispered thy name, did thy pound and for a variation from the , one tablespoonful of prepared French I Poor Michel, fand pile plays, young children will' mustard, salt and pepper to taste andj Dying for France." gladly turn to clay modeling. If the' juice of one lemon. Mix and fill cups, ^.i . i . lu . clay is kept where it can be obtained 1 Grate the yolks of two hard-boiled'^'"' tread o the troops on the pave- eggs over the top and lav rings of' , „ '"""' ">robbed the white of eggs and a sprig of , ^"^" "robbeT" " '" "' ^"^ parsley on the plate with each salad | . , /"nf!^ â- ' i, ....... As she lifted her boy to the flag, and Beet Jelly â€" Pour one pint of boiling! beet juice over the contents of one' package of lemon flavored jelly powd-! er; add two tablespoonfiils of sugar. Pour into mold an<l let harden. Servo in pijiiares as garnish for meats, fish,; salads, etc. j easily, it is possible that ono or more of the children may show some .stir- rings of native ability and begin to try to reproduce the animal life of the country. If the mother has lime and ability to supervise the play, so much the better, but if she is so busy that she can only rail out from the kitchen a suggestion to make soijie little cups and saucers, or a bird's nest and eggs, this will serve very well for a beginning. If four strips of wood art nailed in the form of a .square at one end of the little table and a pan half full of water is set securely down into the g(|uare so that it will i.ot tip over, nnothftr great resource is a(l<U'(l to the play yard. V/ith an apron of oilcloth, a spoon and an old tin cup, it is an abnormal child who Is not happy and harmlessly busy for a long time each day. Any ordinary child a few years of age loves to play with water in lliis way and learns steadiness of hand and sureness of eye which go a long way toward in.suring agreeable table man- ners at an early age. As he grows older a fleet of boats made of bits of woo.l or walnut sliefls vary the fun. An apron can be made in a few min- utes out of a few cents' worth of table oilcloth. If the mother is very busy she can simply fasten it together a( the shoulder and hack with safety pins. Children under four delight in climbing, and if possibio provision ihould be made for that. A wooden box can be set a little down in the 1^ ANIMALS COULD TALK. What Stories They Could Tell of Cen- tury-Oid Events. If animals could talk, says Le Pele- Mole, Paris, they would be able to tell us first-hand cf events that happened a hundred years or more ago. The Russian eagle, for Instance, that hovered over the freezing, fam- ishing soldiers of Napoleon while they were retreating from Moscow In 1S12, still may be living, for eugles fri;(iuently pass the century mark. Crocodiles which wero In the swamps of Uie West Indies when the tlrst explorer set foot on the islauds, are basking there yet, and In the ocean still are whales that frequented the coast of France when Joan of Arc was a child, and when, in 1415, Henry V. of England,, landed In Nornumdy with a great army and seized Hon- fleur. These whales, if they could talk and cared to, could tell us that in those days there were large whale llsheries along the Basque coast, in fact pretty generally In the Gulf of Gascony. For *hales live several cen- turies, while elephants rarely pass one hundred years ; but carp and crows sometimes live two centuries. Speaking of birds we may recall that parrots and swans often be- come centenarians, and it is not un- usual for a long-beaked heron to reach 60. Geese and pelicans live half a century; the humble sparrow frequent- ly sees 40, while pigeons, canaries, storks and peacocks often reach 30. Partridge, pheasants, nightingales and larks live nominally from 15 to 18 years. iliiitioiiii! Ediiciitiooiil CoiilcRiice Twelve out.standing addrsrses by the best known public men and v.'ir.nen of Canada, the United States and Kngland. HEPRESENTATION Is being asked from every public orgauizat!o:i in Canada. If any organization Is bcin? overlooked let us know. In addition ample provision Is being made fur individuals who will at- tend the confereuce In their own capacity. Address Any Inquiries to The Convening Committee 505 ELECTRIC RAILWAY CHAfylBERS. THE AIM To direct public at- tention to the funda- mental probleme of eduratlonal Hystema in Canada, To consider educa- tion In Its relation to Canadian citizenship. To undertake the •â- - tabllshmont of a p«r- manent bureiiu to Kulde and aaelHt tha educaUciiftl thoufht of the country. \N\r\nm^K, October 20-21-22 SJ WORLD'S SMALLEST RAILWAY. Miniature Line In North-Western Ca- nada is Profitable Enterprise. The Grand Island Railway, which stretches from end to end of an island in the Athabasca river, is probably the smallest in the world. The en- tire length of the track Is a quarter of a mile, and the rolling stock com- prises two well-worn lorries. Merchandise is taken to the island in boats or scows, transferred to the railroad and shipped again by water at the other end. Customers load the cars themselves and propel them by hand power across the island. The owner says his enterprise returns thousands of dollars a year, and he claims that his is not only the small- est, but the most profitable railroad In the world. > •- A wooden spoon is best for cake because the round handle does not tire the hands. "Vive la France!' Alfalfa is the cheapest home grown feed to prodiMre milk. There are 212 pounds of digestible protein in one ton and the average yield per season is three tons per acre. Alfalfa, by adding nitrogen to the soil, gives as much as it takes. Mlnard'a Z>lniment for sale everywhere. How We Do rt. A teaspoon of vinegar added to each, gallon of water in the boiler in which j white clothes are scalded will whiten; them.â€" Mrs. L. M. T. j ^. Her Housebreaker By Florence Morse Kingsley. took up her stitches again and watch- ed her slip them one by one on the needle. "There!", she said. "Now I'm all straight. I shall soon make up what I've lost." "But while you're making it up you might have knit a lot more," he burst out. "I guess that's like me. I began all wrong â€" though it wasn't my fault. And perhaps there isn't any use in trying to make up." She perceived that his thoughts were traveling a worn groove of des- pondency. "Do you know," she said, almost sharply, "that what you have just said is both false and cowardly? There is always a use in trying â€" al- ways! As for what happened at your hirth â€" your poor young mother went home to God, carrying her story with her. Do you think He doesn't under- stand? And she has only one anxiety now; can you guess what that is?" "Do you thinJi â€" do you mean â€" ? Sometimes I've fancied â€" I've wonder- ed if she could â€" a fellow can't help thinking queer thoughts, you know." "Your mother," said Mary Brett steadily, "wants you to be a good man. j How do I know? Because I am a mother; and more than anything in heaven or earth, I want my boy to be ' a man â€" courageous, honest, loving. I shall always want it, wherever I am. I am sure of it!" i He got slowly to his feet, fumbling in his pocket for his wrecked hat. I "What are you going to do?" she asked, perceiving grim purpose in his , eyes. "Going back to Van .A.uken," he told her. ''I'll make a clean breast of it. And maybe if I agree to work for him vvithout wages for an extra month or so, he'll let me off. If not â€" I can taka my medicine." "Don't go yet," she begged, "there' are other things I must say to you. This afternoon perhaps we can plan together." Friends of the Bretts, mother and. son, were accustomed to speak of. them as "delightfully unworldly." Mary Brett in particular, was ](jiown/ to have done the oddest things. Onlyl ' the winter before she had actually'- stopped on the street to give her cloak to a shivering woman carrying a baby. Other follies of philanthropy were commonly reported of her. "She seemed," said certain prudent neigh-i bors, "to have no •eense, when it came, to doing for 'lame ducks.' ' Mary Brett was aware of the cov-' ert disapproval her conduct awakened! in the breasts of persons more "sen-: sible" â€" or less perceptible to the sor- rows of others than herself. She had therefore fallen into the habit of con- â-  cealing her impulsive acts. It was her own business, not theirs. • (To be continued.) SALT All grades. Write (or prlcaa. TORONTO SALT WORKS a. J. CLIFF - - TORONTO •'The right PAINT to PAINT right" MEANS: Less frequent paintingâ€" RAMSAY'S Paint can be applied by anybody For Sale by All Dealers CHAPTER III.â€" (Cont'd.) She arose from her chair and laid If tablecloths, napkins and handker-jher hand on his shoulder, chitis are folded a little beyond the' ground, so that it will not tip over,! Sasoline.â€" M. A. P. Ho glanced at her inquiringly. He seemed still shaken by some inward storm of emotion. middle when ironing, they will last' "^''" S^°'"K '° ^'"^ y°" ^ "»™«" "^^^' ^° y°" '^*"' â„¢^ '° ^°'" much longer, as it is on the edges of, ^^"^ ^.""' impulsively. "Will you ac- "You must go back." folds wh'.'re they first wear, and byj'^'^f* itâ€" from me?" ..j^ y^,, Auken? Never!" folding not on the middle line, withi He gazed at her wonderingly. "You stole his money." ] ea(,-h ironing they get a new crease.! "Come!" she^ urged. "I want to "No!" he denied, hotly. "I had i â€" Mri. R. G. j show you " earned it ten times over. I had a| To bleach your handkerchiefs a! '!<? tollowed her to the dinirtg room.! right " pure white, after washing, let them She paused before the portrait of al "Not to take it without his knowl-' soak over night in water in which a man with the stern countenance. Her edge." bit of cream of tartar has been dis-|eyes were shining as from somej Her tone was unwavering and he solved.â€" M. A. P. I strange in\yard light which seemed to' perceived that her eyes could be stern, For ginghams and other colored cot-' illuminate iier whole face and ligure.i like those of the pictured Daniel Malt tons dissolve and add to every pint "That is a picture of my father," land, of starch, a piece of alum the size of she said. "He was the best man I a hickory nut to keep the color*' ever knew. His name was Daniel bright. Mrs. J. K. I Maitland. I am going to name you I have discovered that when flannels â-  for him." have become hard an<l shrunken, theyi She quickly dipped her fingers in may be restored to their former soft-; the glass bowl which held the asters nesH by soaking them a short time in and held them over hiq head. 'Daniel Maitland," she said slowly, and the edpes padded with n bit of an ' old comforter, .so that the inevitable bumps are not too sevcr^. The small- est children, even the baby who can- ' rot walk, will rejoice endlessly in piilliiig himself up over the edge and rlanibering down into the box, there- by exercising every muscle of his body. T.ittle children cannot ro-ordinate Cedar oil rubbed on the side walls "I christen you, in the name of your She bent tow^ard him suddenly, hold- ing out her work for his inspection. "Daniel," she said, "I want you to look at this. It is one of those sleeve- less jackets women all over the coun- try are knitting for our boys in the .\rmy and Navy. Tliis is meant for a sailor. It will help keep him warm and comfy at sea. You don't know Let PARKER Surprise you PARKER'S know all the line points about cleaning and dyeing. We can clean or dye anything from a filmy georgette blouse to heavy draperies or rugs. Every article is given careful and expert attention and satisfaction is guaranteed. Send your faded or spotted clothing or household goot^ to PARKER'S We will make them like new again. Our charges are reasonable and we pay e.x- press or postal charges one way. A post card will bring our booklet of household suggestious that save mqpey. Write for It. PARKER'S DYE WORKS, Limited Cleaners and Dyers 791 Yonge St. â-  Toronto md under side of nhelVos in closets ; Father, whicli is in Heaven. May he 'anything about knitting, of course; is gooil for i)revention of moth.s. Tur- pentine rubbed on carpets under heavy fuiiiitiire and in corners will keep the moths away. Mrs. J. .1. O'C. ', Save old kid gloves. for ironing day. Sew a piece from the left glove on to the palm of the right one, and you bowed. Then, as she stirred a littl will find your band is saved from be- as if about to move awav fi^om him bless, guide an<l keep you, from this but do you sec that hole? It is a ' day for\vard«»evcn forever more!" i dropped stitch. 1 was working on it She certainly had not planned the the night before my son went away. \ little ceremony. It was a beautiful I- -I couldn't see what I was doiiJr; impulse. ' very well, and so I must have slipped! He stood before her, silent, his head a stitch from my needle, without no-' ticing." I He was looking and listenii.g \»yth; ^- â- â€¢â€¢''i â-  ec?, •) their muscles quickly enough to play 'oming blistered, while the fingers; he caught her lingers in his own. j frowning intentness ball with much pleasure, but if a large and buck of the hand will be pmtectod iioft hall is suspended by u long cord, i f^'"'" t'l* R<'orching heat which is so i T- they can swing it back and forth to Ach other with ever-increasing skill, and they should have a rubber ball to roll to and fro on the ground. If a two-by-four board is laid on the ground the little folks will find much damaging to the skin. â€" Mrs. J. J. O'C. A Simple Cure. Daniel Maitland," he repeated "If I don't go back and pick up that huskily. i stitch and make it right, my work And by the dawning light in his will be ruined. That one small drop- eyes she perceived something of the stitch will spoil everything. Do you value of the gift she had, in her great understand?" pity, bestowed upon him. { ".And you think I've dropped a "To have a nameâ€" of my own," he stitch," said the boy. "Wellâ€"" went on brokenly, "a name, like other' Mary Brett flashed him a quick look people. You can't think what it is ' of wonder. She had not expected him like to be always called 'Workhouse.'": so dearly to follow her homely little "Don't say it any more," she beg- ^simile. He was not dull, it seemed. "Sometimes, one has to ravelâ€" like tiii "That roof'.s letting In the riiln, and I an honorable name. You must gro\y'this!" I'm drenched "Very good, sirl" landlord amiably, as few minutes later he remarked the he letiiedi le with to fit it mean Do you understand what I r The little country Inn was pic- turesque, but leaky. Lato ono night 'un in trying to walk along it, and thus \ n guest rang bis bell urgently, and the 'icquire n considerahle addition to' landlord answered, their capacity for walking straight "1 say, look here!" jiiiorted tht> in- snd mannging their bodies. A pile of; dlgiiiiiit traveler, who was still in bed. j ged. "You have a name now â€" a good,! hay or straw to jump into will save' 'he li»'le ir>ninaats from bumps and â-  bruises. j Nothing in this haby yard need i.i-t n farmer's family more than a, few cents, nor tnke but I'ttle time and. large washtiib. B!ino«t no carpentering skill. And yef , I "'Tliia will makn things rigjit. sir," the BDgge.'tions made cover a very ! he saUl, still amiuhly. "I'll Just put "omplete outfit for the outdoor exer-jlhls on your chest; then, Avhon Its .-ise.s of chi! Iren under five or six. '""â-  '"•"S the boll, ov Khout out. and ^'â- \â-  mother who makes this provision '" '"'^" another empty one ready!" â- i'» pray may Se ,ure not only that I â€" â€" ? You iniist promise me.' H? was ga^iiij: at her hungrilv. "I promise," he muroiutecL "I wi ill try. I shall succeed if you- .\nd she swiftly pulled her work from the needles and dr^ out th long strands of wool. "I'm going back, you gee, to the place where I made the mistake. After <i.'r own liltN children will pa^s . Klncnl* I.lalia*Dt Cnraa DaadiaC "I will help you," she promi.sed. ^ that I shall be careful not to drop "But your first step in the new life, another stitch." will not be easv." j "How can I go back?" he inquired They had returned to the fireside . gloomily. "Y'ou don't know Van and she had taken up her knitting, a; Auken. He would put me in jail." warm gray weave through which the "Not if you returned the money." needles ti«w in and out. ' He was silent, while she carefully â- Jl'r'i A wise economy- Save on meat bills by serving "Clark's" Pork and Beans. More strengthening than most meats, â€" cost less, â€" enjoyed by all. -^ Save â- work, fuel & worr>-. Airf(j) guaranlecJ by iht Gouern- ment Legend on every can. Tomto, Cbil) or Plain Saice. S*M ETwyvrbtre. fpORK? r'»te I*ll3i li Chili '\ ^^^^r W. CKM, imilcd, Mmitnal 6S0