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«*- ^ ^ Home Teaching for the Bfind Om of the Kr«ate8t prablenu which lUhed Is Halifax, Winnipac and Van- lonfrontcd th« Canadian National In- cooter. â- titute for the Blind In lU early 8ta»M ^j,^^ ^^^^ ^^^ inbtitotb and iTi «ra« that of reaching the blind people MRvicra mban to BUND PBoriaT ta their home, wUhnj*w..rjrln.tru(> ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^ don It was found ^^^"»*"» "\,^* critical exaVUnaUon of the conditions paople could not be ^^^V^^ fo^ ^ ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ p^. (nrtructlon henca ^ J*^^^ ^^ ,„t time. Before the Inetltuta wa« reach out to •" ^"^•^ "f '^7„',o*. ,rganl.«l and home f aching eUrt«i. j;renc^'';;X5l^d p:.pricSng children and adult, wer. losing th^r me teaching department lessly. The provinces were prepared â„¢arlou« Sn^ of the to furnish education for Juvenile. In -AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME such. The Institute has been Ing up thU home teaching department jess'y. and staff in various ,«cUon. of the ^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ country during the past h.x year^- k- „ot reported and so did There are now ''K^^" °'. 7,^ „ot receive educatbr For the adult, Uachers scattered •/'•»" fan ada gW ^ ^^^ practically no- t^^ZTiZ^lZ^'SlS thing. He blundered his way about -YC'T^r l^rTrTear- 1^ ctTsVn'^t^Stl^f n^Sg^^f •and individual lesson, per year. ^^^ accomplishment, of other blind HOME TEACHINO DismiiCTS. ^^p,^ ^^ ^y^^ posslblHtie. In his own Home teachers are usually station- ^^^^ ^^^^ certainly was given little or ed at a city or large town and give ^^ opportunity to learn or become pro- lessons to pupils of that centre, as juctlvo in any definite way. Posaib- we!l as to those in the surrounding |y jj,g ^-oatest handicap he felt was district. These home teaching centres ^),g j^^ij ^f ability to read and to are located as follows: Halifax, N.S.; gnj^y the contents of books on which Vancouver, B.C.; Edmonton, Alta; ^^ ^jj jcpgnj go much for entertaln- Calgnry, AlU: Saskatoon, Sask; Re- ^^g^t. In some Inrtances blind people gina, Sask.; Winnipeg, Man. (two ^^j.^ found who did not know that teachers) ; and In Ontario at the fol- jj,g,e ^g, another blind person In the lowing points: Ottawa, Kinirston, Pet- ^^,ij ,„jj j^j^ ^1,^4 ^jj^y j,^j ^een un- erboroagh, Barrle, Stratford, London, j^jy afflicted. Cases have also been - JIawJJiWJ, JUJi TojroBto (three teach- ^jjfgovesed where a hllnd person was, era). ' owing to ignorance of relatives and »H0 AND WHAT ARE THESE TEACHBRsT friends, looked on a. being mentally In selecting prospective teachers it Impaired as well, with the result that was found that there was a definite treatment was intolerable. Scarcely advantages to be gained through using any community In Canada can now blind people as Instructors of the truthfully say that it doesn't know of blind When a blind person is con- the Canadian National Institute for vinced throutth ignorance that blind the Blind and Its widespread Inti rests people are incapable of working with and work. It Is very simple then to their hands it is extremely difficult refer the case to the Institute, which for a .irhtt'd person to prove other- in most cases can furnish virith little ••vise. The invariable answer to a or no delay, home teaching to adults ould-be sighted instructor Is, "You or refer children to provincial author- . n do that with sight, but it is Im- ities for school education. This enables • sible for me without sight" With the newly blinded adult to learn to blind instructor, however, their read embossed print which takes the V presence gives confidence to the place of the ordinary printed page, ' lid people. For this reason, the and to secure one or other of the sev- 1 St capable blind people have been eral thousand book, ready for loan by Oi.en in nearly every instance to the Institute. U.sually it enables the , r. V on this home teaching work. ; Individual to regain confidence In get- Tl'.d Institute first of all carefully ting about, to make saleable articles I wted blind people who possessed in basketry or re-cane chairs for the I ore thsn ordinary ability, then ar- : community and as a result of this iiged special normal classes from production, be enabled to contribute : MO to time to Improve their knowl- > partly or wholly to his own support «uge. These blind teachers were In-' and I. In many cases able to provide itructed to some extent in the psy- for hi. family as well. What does this chology of teaching, the services that all mean to the person who, losing the Institute was prepared to render; his sight, ha. felt that further plea- In the reporting of new cases found sure or interest In this life is lost and In their districts and In short, render- then finds that a new field is open ed capable of dealing with the varied for him where he may be usefal and situations to be met with in their' self respecting, not dependent? At round of calls. ' the same time he hears of other blind The blind teacher using a guide, people enjoying all sorU of recrea- provided by the Institute wherever [ tions and pleasures. Have you ever necessary, makes her round of calls, been lost In a prairie blizzard and Instructing here, encouraging there, felt that hopeless despair that comes and cver>-where bringing a cheery at- ; to one whose .strength Is spent, then mo.sphere and optimistic viewpoint to the joy of seeing a light twinkling bear. No one can estimate the value through the darkness? What hope placed by the blind in general on this springs up! It is for this very rea- son that we use the symbol "HOPE" on products of the blind. In thinking of this work, just re- member our home teachers and their tireless rounds and the blind people STORIES KNOWN CpF WELL. PEOPLE WHAT SUBJECTS ARE TAUGHT: Blind people are naturally limltad in the variety of occupation. In which they may engage. For the most of us, ^^at are bemg faithfully served \ou "Seeing is believing," however, and it can assist in your own community by l. astounding even to those engaged ^^'H " ^f^^?^ '"^I^^* in your blind In work for the blind to see the var- ' "*'e'^''°^' ^"5""*-' ^"> Pâ„¢'^"'^'^ ^/« lety of excellent articles produced and "" ")"*'« '''^"^, ^"^ ''^"Vfl ", I'" ' ring his case In the Institute if he in many cases the almost incredible ingenuity shown by individual work- ers. The actual subject, on the home t«ncher'8 list are as follows : For men. Instruction in Braille reading and writing, and Moon's Type (embossed), typewriting or pencil writing, and «uch handicrafts a. basketry, chair foiling', atriifg work, etr. For girls and women: Braille raading and writ- ing, Moon Typa reading, typewrit- necds help and ha. not already re- ceived it, or by assisting our home teachers in their rounds. "HOPE" is our watchword and our motto is "Help Them to Help Themselves." High Ideals. "Ws can't all bo extraondliiary," speaker said recently, addressing .ng or pencil writing, and such lines Bothering of young men. "Many of u. .. light basketry, hand .ewlng, do- ""^^ ^^Jf^T"' ""i'''!.^' T"' mestlc machine sewing, knitting, ero- hetfng, rug weaving. The In.tructlon which Is given in, the various embossed systems of read- 1 y°«°5_f «°' <>^ '» >»*" *"• ^'>™«'» °» ing mentioned above, is designed to This may be a Icvol-headed, com- mon-eenso statement, but It 1. a very uninspiring doctrine to preach to enable blind people scattered through' out the country to receive free loan ot books from the Institute's library and publishing department, also the monthly magazine published by the Institute. The instruction in handi- crafts make, possible the production of Halt-able article, which can bo dis- posed of either locally or forwarded to the Ralearoom department of the Institute In return for cash. Included to this i.eries of urticles will be u de- scription of the salesroom department whirh was originally established In Toronto. There will alHO be a de- scription of the salesroom branches which have more recently been estab- any age. The truth Is that It 1. possible for all ot u. to be one hundred per cent more efficient, more successful, better developed^ all round than we are to-day. But as long as wa hold the idea that we oan't be anythlitg out of common, wa can't. As Emorson tays, he who alms at a star will Khoot higher than he who only aiuu) at a tree. A. long as we think that we, with multitude, of othem, must be very ordinary men and women we will bo ordinary. A sculptor cantiot exceed hla modol. The mode) of oursclvoa that w« hold In mind determine the height to which we will rise. I Author of BMttle Hymn. Baring-Gould, the author of "On- ward, Cbrlstlau Soi^Uers," has pas8«d to his reward. When, at tha age* of almost ninety, the Rev. Sabine Be'-tng-Gculd died at bis home In Bnglaij'l, his prolific pen was stilled, bat, ol, his many works in poetry and .pro ,"• . the Christian church will keep immortal, through countless generatiotts yet unborn, that stirring, martial, d^^^otional song, and bis name will live^-' as millions sing "With the Cross of |j«Bua going on be- fore." ) _ Surpllced choir 'j^oys have wafted the words througb< Incense-Iaden air, as they marched ufi. the vaulted aisles of churches and ca^edrals; at Metho- dist revivals It has'f^rought thousands to the altar rail In repentance and con- version; In Presbyterian and other houses ot worship It has thrilled the Covenanter and dissenter; the Knights of Columbus, a Homau Catholic fra- ternity, sing It at their publfc gather- ings, and, at the conclaves of the Knights Templars, the watching thousands on the streets feel an ex- quisite thrill as the plumed Masons march, twenty abroast, singing the great battle hymn of the church. Written in 1S65, it never has lost its hold on the heart, ot men battling for Ideals. In the world war bands played the hymn while the youth of the war- ring nations rushed to the colors, and in the camps of armed men there rose the strain: "We are not divided, all one body we" â€" So great and unirerBal Is Its appeal that It belongs to no sect, or no race â€" It has become the heritage of civiliza- tion, rather than exclusively the rally- ing cry of the Christian church. Tho hymn was fortunate in finding a composier like Sir Arthur Sullivan to express Its spirit In music. "Onward, Christian Soldiers" wa. written on Whit Monday, In a York- shire village where young Baring- Gould was then curate, a. a marching song for a band of school children and with no thought of publication. He has told the story himself: "I wanted the children to sing when marching from one village to the other, but could not think of anything quit suitable, so I sat up at night re- solved to write something myself. It was written in great baste, and I am afraid that some of the lines are faulty. Certainly nothing has sur- prised me more than Its great popu- larity." When the young curate wrote the word, to swing his marching children along, they sang them to the tune of "Brightly Gleams Our Banner." Sev- eral musical settings have been given them at various times, but Sullvan'e is the one everybody knows â€" the one with the thrtU In It. ,» Occ n Too Small. Aunt Hannah hailed from the West and had never seen the sea. Her nephew, who was doing well In the Kast, invited her to spend a month at his Halifax home. Sho accepted the invitation, of course. Well, as soon as she arrived, her nephew took her down to the dock and showed her the boundless ocean, with its white foam and crashing breakers and fresh, salt-laden winds. "There," he Said. "There, Aunt Hannah, Is the Atlantic. What do you think of it?" "Humph," said Aunt Hanah. "I thought it waa larger." STKAMINQ COLD. A .teaming radiator in bittar cold . weather 1. a paradox many car own- | era have met All part, of the car are ' apparently in food working order. The owner starts on a trip on a cold day, and after running a while finds that tha radiator is steaminc. He know, that the radiator is full of watar and by lifting up the hood flnds the fan belt working all right Why, then the steaming? j It seems unreasonable that the boll- ' Ing in the radiator Is due to the cold weather. But it is a fact The water in the radiator moves downward. The hot water is on top and as the water moves toward the bottom it is cooled. In extremely cold weather it Is cooled BO much that by the time it reaches the bottom ot the radiator it has turn- ed into a sort of slush. This will not circulate either by the thermo-siphon system, such as the flivvers use, or by the pump system. With the supply of water cut oflT from the engrlne cyl- : inders the water in the jackets be- comes hotter and hotter and finally ' I starts to boil. The condition can be told by putting the hand on the radl- I ator. At the top it is hot and at the : bottom quite cold. | Quite soon the slush will freeze solid and then the radiator will be damag- ' ed. The quickest way to stop the steaming, when it is first noticed, is to cover the radiator with a blanket; and let the engine run idle until the bottom of the radiator thaws out Then some covering must be put on the bottom of the radiator to stop it from freezing again. I I Many form, of radiator covers are ' used for this purpose. A very effec- tive one can be made out of a piece of cardboard, which Is fastened to the radiator by fine copper wires run . through It. The cardboard should be on the bottom of the radiator and, of eoHrsa, on the outside. Tba space ta be laft open to the air depen(b upon the car and on the weather. In very cold weather enily a little of the radi- ator need be open. The open spaea siould go all tlie way across the rsdl- ator at th« toy. Bat a aqiukre hole in the e«Dtre of the eemr mf allow • few tubes to f reese wbll* th* rest arc hot Alcohol and other antifreeze sola* tions are used to prevent the radiator from freezing, but they do not do away with the need of a radiator cov- er. Modern automobile engines ara made to run with hot water in the cooling system. If it is cold the temperature of the engine is too low, the gasoline will not vaporize as it should, and some of the nnbumed fuel will work down into the crank case. Cover up the radiator enough to keep the engine warm at all times. BATTERY EFFICIENCY. It is a good practice occasionally to clean up the terminals of a car's storage battery with a solution mad* of a teaspoon ful of baking soda dis- solved in a cupful of water. Thip will wash off the acid and cut the corro- sion, making the terminals last long- er. However, use extreme care that none ot the soda gets inside of the battery. After carefully tightening the terminals smear them with a small amount of petrolatum, which wards off the corrosive effects of the acid that seems to work out of all storage batteries, spreading in a sort of film over everything. The efficiency of a storage battery depends much on how easily the cur- rent can flow in or out, and if we al- low dirty or corroded terminals Ut obstruct this flow It naturally follows that it will greatly reduce the effi- ciency of both the battery and of th* electric system. ENORMOUS MAP FOR EMPIRE EXHIBITION Remariuble and Comprehensive Plan to Show Resources of Domi nion. When tbe British Empire Exhibition 1« in existence, opens In London next April Canada electric lights. is illuminated with of distinotve colors. will Indeed be "put on the map." There For example, where copper Is found, a has Just been completeni in Ottawa j purple light conspicuous and brilliant, one of the largest and most lllumlnat- ! will mark the place. Where water Ing maps of this Dominion ever made. I poiwer la present, it wlU be shown by a It wlU tell In a flash everything there ! white light, with pulp In green, timber Is about the natural resourciM and In brown, and so on. Rach city i« physical features of this country, and shown with a larger light, and each tell It In a way that no map ha. ever told It before. railway line i. shown through a series of perforations In different colors â€" the This huge map Is being prepared by C.P.R. In red, the Canadian National ia tbe Natural Resources Intelligence green, and others In yellow. Service of the department ot the In- te>rlor In co-operation with the Cana- These are Ulnminated by an intri- cate system of wiring. But they caa What Is a Chiropodist? Two small boys halted before a brass plate fixed on the Croat of a house, whereon was inscribed In bold characters the word "Chiropodist." "Chlrrupixiist!" remarked one of them perplexedly, "What's that?" "Why," replied his companion, "a chlrrupodlst Is a chap what teaches canaries to whistle." dian Pacific Railway. It Is 28 feet be lighted separately. If a visitor long and 10 feet high, and 1* lUumIn- wants to know where gold is found In ated by more than eleven hundred electric lamps. It Is made of steel, and IB in eight sections for transporta- tion purposes. The actual map is Canada, tbe official In charge of th« map win aimfkly pre^s a button and every place wbere gold is found will be illuminated, and none others. Slml'> painted on to the steel In permanent ; larly If he wants to see where wheat colors, with all th© rivers, lakes, cities, | is raised, where textiles are manufac- transportation lines, boundaries and ; tured, or where timber Is found, the territories marked in the usual way. ' distinguishing lights will be switcheii In addition, every natural resource on. At each side of the map an il- and product of the Dominion is clearly luminated index will b« placed, oa marked in the locality where they are which the key color of each resourca found. Everything there Is to know about the wealth of Canada Is record- ed. But the unique featuxe ot the map Is that every spot where a certain na- tural product Is found or an Industry or Industry will be given. On the 01^ poBit« Bide of the map will be an indk cator which will revaal the statistics conn»:ted with any particular product^ It a prospectlT* lattler asks where 81^ Is produced, tbe lights will go on th* map, and It ha wants to know the aa> nual production and other things, it 1« immediately available on the indicator. This wonderful map will undoubted- ly be one of the sights of the Empip» Exhibition, bnt it will also be used la. other parts of the worM, for It is buiUi on permanent lines. lliavInK iht* I heir last respects funeral procession. cold at fhlrty-flv« de^reeH below zero, men to Nicola! Lenin, aa hi. body was laid to rest women and children from all parts ot Russia paid In Moscow. Photograph shows part of the He Might Have Quesaed Caesar. Why do people name dogs of whick they are fond for such a desperata creature as Nero? We don't kn.w. but, like tbe boy ot whom the Los Angeles' Times tella we must accept the fact. "Who flddlad while Rome burned ?*• asked the school teacher. "Hector, sir." "No," said the school teachw. "Towser," sir.' "Towser!" exclaimed the U-ncher.i "What do you mean? It was Nero." "WelJ. sir." was the reply, "i knew it was somebody with a dog's niiuie " O The noblest motive i.M the publla good. RABBITBORO •WINKINO OF UftSt NIGHT'S noVlE-, 'Love's Pov-JPH.* Dap DOMHUNNY- RFAOINO THE ACCOONT OF THe BUi FK.HT MSrfkWMMWSS AN' FOR GOODNESS SAKE '"^ STILL TILL I FINISH 1 A