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mm by Jlorena Riddick Boys THE JOY OF MOTHERHOOD I Hie fastness of color aud tlu beauty of The responsibilities and burdens of fabrics, but In many cases a motherhood have been played up too ' <" durability of materials, much In literature. The typical 1 ' need for care In buying mother Is pictured as a worn, kindly. \ !''<* of goods tor making Into a gar- decrease Ihera 8 pretty self-sacrificing creature whom we | should cherish tenderly because she | has endured so mm h. The jo., i of motherhood are too little stressed. What unmarried | aunt would not go through many times < much as it requires, onlf to be. the, mother of John or little Mary? What j childless wife has not wept bitter tears I because the joy of motherhood are j denied to her? Yet when mothers get together they too often dilate upon muddy boots, bottomless appetites, flu- gor prints on walls, dresses to be let nit. Innumerable questions to be an- Bwered, and noises without end. If we would think more about our children's characters and dispositions, and less about our housekeeping; if we would play with them more, and talk with them enough to know what they are ihinkiiiK about; if wt would wal< h them and glory In them and keep closo to them, we ourselves would keep young and fresh and happy and realize that we are rich in hav- ing them. children are so sweet, so affection- ate, so honest, so eager to learn, so active and ambitious! It is so Inter estinK to watch them develop from month to month! Who would magni- fy the pin pricks along the way, when w<- hav our own In our homes the choicest possessions of Goc'.'s crea- tion children? If you at" a mother, appreciate every day of It, now, while you have the children about you. You cannot recall these precious days. Mak them rich and full and joyous. ment, to ascertain that It is sub- stantial and will wear well. Look it over carefully with this in mind. It U n pity to sponC time and tno.iey and effort, and hopo on a garment, only to discover that It will not endure rea- sonable wear when put In service. If women, in numbers, would demand more durable fabrics the manufactur- ers would supply them to us. This is a matter worthy our consideration and action. READY FOR SCHOOL Have you had tho dentist and the eye-ear-nose-attd-throat specialist look at your child bifore school begins? No child should start school ..'Hh a decay- ed tooth and the dread of the tooth- ache ah ?ad of him. If he needs glasses or his adenoids or tonsils out, that should be taken care of before he is swept along by the round of school room duties. Ho will not be his best in school nor get the full benefit of his studies unlesH in fit physical condition. Ask your family physician to give each child tl-o once-over before the next term of school opens. FOOD HINTS In Hi'- heKiimiuK a child has no fav- ftnti- food ta.stex, but will learn to like whatever foods are given to him. If In- Is KJV 'ii only wholesome mid suit- able foods, without comment or ques- tion. tlnj.su a v what he will prefer. Later, his tastes are enlarged, and too often perverted, by his experiences with food. Hi- learns to have a dis- 1.1 ! tor that which was served to him jio'irly cooked, unattractive scorched, ' lined or flavorless. He forms a pri-jii'lli > against certain foods , whirh IK- hears some member of bis family critirisc; and he is largely lim- it' it in his tastes by the foods which appear on tho family table. This places a great responsibility on moth tls. If wo would serve to children a large variety of foods, Including all sorts of veKi-tablos and fruits, w would not have to Insist on their eat- IIIR them in later yours. If we plan- licil wholesome, simple meuls without fried foods and pastries, they would grow up well nourished, with good dl- >, nuns and without having bud food li.itdM to break. Tim child with Ihreo square meals a day Is not Mki-ly to cultivate the nibbling habit, the cand> or soda I. i . between meals, and the craving for something forbidden in later years. Children ordinarily do not Ilko condi- ments pepper, mustard and spices and these things are harmful anyhow. v. . do we cultivate a taste for them bv having them on the family table? One of the best food habits to leach a < hlld Is to chew his foo<. thorough- ly, to eat slowly and not t( gulp his food down hastily and In chunks. Tho MIL ill child must he watched that he lines not form this habit. Conversa- tion and IHI liter at menllinie will he!),. If a child li.i freakish cravings, as the desire for viner.ar, 01 some nn 11 i food, there is something wrong and he should he taken to a physic Ian. Indigestion, poor teeth or somu ail- on-lit may be the cause of It. To teach a child to like a di-.li against which ho rebels, M-IVI- it to him, in the most tempting form pos- sible, when ho is linnf.y, the first course In the meal, or between meal-, or outdoors when In- is at play or at a picnic. Servo the food disguised or in no pretty dish. Table manners arc a part of good food habits and aid digestion as well s sociability. WOMEN AND THE RADIO Since women form the majority of daytime listeners to the radio, wo- men's Interests and women's work are p i veil especial attention but there are fitw women announcers. Thin Is he- cause their voices lack Rtrent;ili and confidence. A great many women apply for this Job, but few are chosen. A good radio voice commands a salary somewlint higher than a school teacher's. If one possesses a good radio vnlre and excellent material which Is original, tho prospects are bright In tho radio Held. The radio voice must not be section- al, Southern, Ilostonian, imi have any dialect nor brogue. For fond talks the voice must bo enthusiastic and friend- ly, Blnce food talks are Informational and dry. For fashion talks one must hare an aristocratic or "chic" tone. FRAIL FABCICS In recenUyears fabric manufacliir- ri hav* mad* great Improvement in IDEAL LAUNDERING A home economics college does Its washing by the following method. It is a little too laborious, with its many lin-e--, but there is no doubt but that results would be. ideal, and It la worth trying for particular pieces. Cold soak for five minutes; wash In warm soap suds fifteen to twenty rain utes, rinse In clear water three times, onco in warm water and twice in cold i hen follow by a blueing rinse. These, numerous rinses are almost certain to remove every trace of the soil which tho wash has loosened, as well as all soap, alkalinity, slippery f'lini; and bacteria. THE SALLOW COMPLEXION The sallow complexion is more than skin deep. It Is not merely a skin defect, but is caused by poor circula- tion, lack of outdoor exercise and poor diet. To correct a sallow complexion, lake a brisk walk daily; begin the day with a batb. a cool rinse and a lively rub down. Kat plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits and drink a glass of orange jnieo or lemonade, every morning be fore breakfast. MRS. SOLOMON SAYS: The community which buys most cook books has least use for divorce papers. -A Distinguished Visitors His Excellency Lt.-Col. T. R. St. JohnsU'ii, C.M.G., Governor of the Lee- ward Islands, is sitting in the centre of this group taken aboard the Duch- ess of York. Ilii'.Mi is Lord Moyulhau, president of the Royal College of Sur- geons, aud left is Captain J. P. N. Whitty, A.D.C., to His -xcellency, Lt.-Col. St. .I'.hn-- ,n is on a semi-of- ficial visit to Ottawa and other cities In an endeavor to promote belter Em- pire Trade Preference policy between Canada and the British West Indies, and also to organize regular air lines between the Dominion and the Islands. What Are Your Pet Dislikes in Humans? Proving It TliD little man was lecturing on the benefits of physical culture. "Thro years ago," he said, "I was a miserable, wreck. Now, what do you suppose brought about this wonderful chauKi> in me'.'" "What change V" .said a voice from the audience. There was a succession of broad smiles, but the little man was not dis concerted. "Will the man who asked, 'What chaugi:' please step up here?" ho ask- ed, suavely. "I shall then bn better able to explain. That's right." Ho grabbed the interrupter by the collar. "When I look up physical culture," he said, "I cnuld not even lift a llttlu man. Now I can throw one about liko a bundle of rags." Aud ho Muni; tho Interrupter lialf-a- dozen yards along the Hixir. "I trust, gentlemen, you will .se tho force of by argument, and that I have not burl UK- ncntlemean's fediiK-i l>> my explanation."- Tit Mils. SMILING BRITONS INSPIRE GERMAN I. ! Ion. Smiling British I'a . form one of the chief impressions dur- ing bis stay in England of Dr. Rai- mund Koijhler, president of the Ix'in- zig Fair, who concluded a month's visit recently. "Compared with (iermany, where one generally only sees gloomy and pessimistic faces, I was agreeably sur- prised," he snid, "to find so many i hcei fill ami Miiilintr countenances. Ii only Hritons would follow up this op- timistic look by actions it would un- doubtedly counteract the terrible ."'limp which exists all over tin- United Kingdom, anil, in fact, the whole world. "I. ct Hi-ilain give the lead and | others will follow," declared Dr. KMhter. A Real Holiday Tin- great moment In Teddy's life, had nrriveil - the family worn off on their fortnight'* holiday. Hi-aching a little cottage, In the country, Teddy at onci- eoiiim.--invil to explore the rimms. "Mummy," be mild, aflor a while, ">\ here's Hie bath room?" "There's no hath room hen'. Teddy," Science Revealg it is Chiefly Humans Who Irritate But Things Also May Offend. What are the chiel annoyances a human being has to face, and how da they vary in stinging power? These questions are answered in an exten- sive study of the origin and nature of common annoyances that has bejn made by Hulsey Cason, Professor of Psychology at the University of Ro- chester, in collaboration with his wife, Eloise Boeker Cason. First, people are mainly annoyed by the behavior of other people. Second, people are annoyed by non- human things arid activities, exclusive of clothes. Third, people are annoyed by mai- lers concerned with clothes and niaa- ners of dress. Fourth, people :.re annoyed by al- terable physical characteristics of other people. Fifth, people are annoyed by per- sisting physical characteristics of other people. Here are some of the outstanding sources of annoyance listed in the study. The figure at tho end of each item is the average score the item received when the list was .submitted to representative g,-oups of more than 200 people. An indication of the com- parative score may be gathered from the fact that the highest score was 28.9; the lowest 0.8. TIIK BACK-SKAT DR1VKR A person in an automobile I am driving telling me how to drive 20.8. A person coughing in my face criticizing A person continually something 23.5. A young per.- on showing disrespect for a much older person 25.fi. A salesman trying to force me to buy somethirg 22.!t. A person behaving as if he (or she) thinks lie (or she) knows it all 21.U. A person continually talking about his (or her) illnesses 20.:t. A person being inquisitive about my personal affairs. 21.!). To hear a mosquito near mo when I am trying to go to sleep- --2ti.H. To be disconnected while talking over the telephone 21.8. To have to wait for a person who is late for an engagement -21. 4. A person continually complaining about something 24.1. Flies- -25.1. A dirty bed 27.8. To have a hole in my stocking or sock 23.8. To see a boisterous person attract- ing attention to himsi-l.' (or herself) in public 20.1. A person telling me to do something v. hen I am just about to do it 17.1. A person giving me a good deal of advice- when I have not asked him (or her) for it 19.3. To hear a person eating soup nois- ily 20.5. A very self-satisfied person 15.5. A person putting his (or her) hands on me unnecessarily 16.6. To see the red hair of a woman's head 0.8. In his study, Professor Cason was not concerned with the concept of un- pleasant feeling in general, but with concrete annoyances, aversions and irritations in their specific manifesta- tions in individual people. "The un- pleasant responses or experiences of every-day life," he says, "can for our present purposes be conveniently grouped into the three following classes: (1) Tho physical, (2) the rational, and (3) the learned, not easily pre- dicted and somewhat irrational an- noyances." Tho first include mainly physical pains. The second include certain familiar situations such as losing money or breaking one's watch. It is the third, the learned, that in- clude the greatest number of annoy- ances. One of the manifestations of progress, then, is a growing capacity for annoyance. The first step in the preparation of the study was taken in the classroom. A discussion of the nature of annoy- ances was followed by asking the stu- dents to prepare lists of their own annoyances, including all they had been able to observe under any and all circumstances. The lists were then discussed in class. Some of the stu- dents canvassed friends and relatives for !ist.> of annoyan es In all, 6-30 people testified. HUNDREDS OF SUB-TOPICS Elaborate tables of classification were then devised. In the hundreds of sub-topics appear many Items of classification, themselves eloquent of annoyances, su.h as: Gushing, bor- rowing, slapping on back, being push- ed snobbery, teasing bullying egotism, gossip, sophistication, stinginess, stub- bornness narrow-mindedness, apolo- gies, interruptions, and familiarity. All tho items were then classified under these headings. All duplications "Clothes are more important in this respect than the alterable physical aspects of people. It is also signiti- can that 28 per cent, of the annoy- ances are concerned with non-human things and activities, wh*reas only 5 Toronto. W. o. O'Dell, .nycologist physical characterises of people." ^ __ n ___ a rft - -i i Superstition Is From Bible Days History of Good and Bad Omens Show Jinx Based On Reason. Do you have a little "jinx" in your home do you knock on wood or hang a horseshoe over the door? Well, you needn't feel exclusive, because every-) body else does it, although few know why they are doing it. Do you knock on wood, and know why you do so? Are you superstitious of the number thirteen and Fridays? Do you believe that a horseshoe or crossing your fingers maintain and bring you "good luck"? Many of the?e superstitions, writes Kennsth B. Murray, in Popular Me- chanics Magazine, have been carried from Biblical tim-s. Knocking on wood Lecame a superstition when an ancient conceived the similarity be- tween it and. knocking on the Cross (of wood). Some cross their fingers for the very same reason. Others be- lieve that the number thirteen is un- lucky because that number sat at the Last Supper and the first to arise was crucified. Friday vns the day if the Crucifixion. These rre incidents of Christian historj, but why anyone should seize on them as signs of "bad luck" i.- not easily understood. Hav- ii.g no basis in fact, it is labeled a superstition, meaning something that we do not understand, or on which we lack education. Until recent years, stcams.iips never set out on a voyage on Friday. In various countries of Europe, the un- lucky day is designated as Monday or Friday, according to the country. Sev- eral years ago an Englishman came to our shores and was surprised to learn that Friday was our hoodoo day. His was Mjnday. He finally compromised on setting aside both Monday and Friday as days on which to be espe- cially careful. THIRTEEN AVOIDED Steamship hotels and Pullmans have difficulty in getting customers to over- look tho number thirteen on room, compartment and car doors. Recently the State of California announced that it was swamped with requests from prospective auto-license purchasers not to sei.d them plates bearing the numbei 13. On the other hand, thir- teen m< . in New York formed the Thirteen Club, and ;net on -he thir- teenth of each mon h, at 7.13 o'clock. A courageous bit of daring when there is RO much "bad luck" floating about! Thousands of years ago it was a religious practice to paint the door- ways of each house with blood ofi sheep. The doorways were all arched. Gradually the practice came to be a mean of keeping "bad spirits" out of the house. Then the similarity be- tween the shape of the toor and a horseshoe was noticed. Thereafter horseshoes became "lucky." Astronomy is but one of the sciences that has suffered the burden of being l Sunday School Lesson seized, as purposes of pseudo-science, astrolog.-. The for the heavens were divided into twelve parts, eaoh with a particular "sign." Each sign is represented in a different meaning. To be born in iho month covered by the sign of the lion one will surely be courageous in life, so the astrologers were eliminated. Annoyances that had say. Ann to be born under the sign been submitted by only one or two J of the crab is to be backward, in the people were also eliminated. In the end, 507 specific annoyances were se- lected from the 21,000 collected. "It is of some significance," Pro- fessor Cason said, "that 57 per cent, of all the annoyances, including du- plicates, were concerned with human behavior, Iti per cent, with non-human things and activities (exclusive of clothes), 12 per cent, with clothes and manners of dress, 10 per cent with alterable physical characteristics of people." Commenting upon his conclusion that people are mainly annoyed by the behavior of other people, he said: manner in which the crab travels. The only difficulty presented is that, in fortune telling by astrology, the in- formation given is a generalization designed to cover most any person. In the same manner, the moon comes in for its part ; n a number of super- stitions. Per.viving that the moon ex- erts n certain drawing power or the earth, in that it causes tides, the su- lerstilious find the new moon a most propitious time for planting, so that ' us the moon grows in size so will that which is planted." For the same reason the natives in Cuba are super- stitious about walking or slt-oping in Canada's Mountains ie;:liiMl the mother. Teddy Hum: his cap Into Iho air. "I liivi.ih!" In- shouted happily. "This is poin t : In li i i.-,il holiday." Hi This photograph of natural rare, beauty. .; M only lu the monumental grandeur of the Canadian Rockies, shows urijestic slopes of the I'adnmiu niounuiui. September 21. Lesion XII. Jonah (The Narrow Nationalist Rebuked). ANALYSIS I. KKFUSING THE CALL OF COD, chap. 1. II. A PRAYKH OUT OF THE DEPTHS, chap. t. III. A RELUCTANT OBEDIENCE, Chapters 3 and 4. INTRODUCTION Jeremiah, or some later prophet whose work is included in the book of Jeremiah (chaps. 50- :">!), compared tl e king of Assyria and Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babyloi, with fierce beasts of prey which had devoured Israel and broken his bone.?, and the latter with a dragon which had swallowed up Israel and then cast him forth, 50: 17; 51: 34. The refer- ence is unmistakably to the captivity of Israel and Judah in Assyria and Babylonia ar.d to tho release and re- turn of the exiles after the conquest of Bab/Ion by Cyrus. There is an explicit prediction of such a. rsturn in. 50: 18-20. It would seem that some large hearted Jewish writer of tha first or second century after the re- turn used a similar figure in writing the book of Jonah. Jonah he uses to represent Israel, refusing to exercisa his prophetic mission to the .vorld, the mission of teaching Jehovah's ways and establishing universal peace (Isa. 2: 1-4), or of bearing the covenant blessing and the light of deliverance to all oppressed natioi.s, Isa. 42: 1-7; 49: 6. The eastern empires which conquered and enslaved Israel are rep- resented by the great fish, and the re- turn of Israel to his own land t' tha vomiting forth of Jonah upon the dry land. Israel's keen desire -o see th nations which had opposed him pun- ished, and his prediction of ruin to these nations, are well represented by Jonah's preaching in Nineveh, and by his discontent and anger at tue non- fulfilment of his prediction of the de- struction of that city. The book close* with a rebuke to the narrow spirit of national selfishness, and a most im- pressive lesson of the all-embracing" mercy of God. I. REFUSING THE CALL OF COD, chap. t. Jonah, the son of Amittai, is men- tioned elsewhere only once. In tha brief account of Jeroboam IT and his reign, in 2 Kings, 14: 23-29, h-i is said to have foretold the extension of the kingdom of Israel "from the enterin< in of Hainath (in the north) to the sea of the Arabr.h (in the south)." Of his call to be a prophet and his mis- sion to Nineveh we know nothing ex- cept what is told us here in the book of Jonuh. The book is quite evidently not written by him, but rather about him. There may have been current in later centuries orre such story as is here told which i.he writer of this book takes and uses for his own purpose. In his hands it becomes a parable con- taining a pointed and effective rebuke to the narrow Judaism of the fifth an'l following centuries B.C., which desir- ed and predicted only the destruction, of the nations which had been hostile to Israel. See for examples Ezekiel, chapters 38-39; Joel^chapter 3, etc. II. A PRAYKR on OF THE DEPTHS, crrlp. 2. It is net quite cas> to understand the language of this prayer as pro- ceeding from a man in a whaU.'s belly. It is true that ho might havj described himself as in the "belly or hell," or rather Sheol (r.s margin R.V.), and as in "the depth, in the heart of tho seas," but hardly as having tha "weeds . . . wrapped about" I is head. The last clause of verse 6 and the verses that follow represent him as delivered and his prayer as answered, and declare his purpose to offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving. The prayer may have come out of any occasion of extreme danger or distress. III. A RELUCTANT OBEDIENCE, chapters 3 and 4. When Jonah's second chance came he went to Nineveh and proclaimed. the destruction of that city "Yet furty days and Nineveh shall be over- thrown." He represents very perfect- ly the attitude anti spirit of the Jew* after the period of the exile toward their neighbors. No doubt there were notable exceptions, as seen in the language of some of the I'salms, for example, 90, 100. But, like Jonah, the Jewish people a? a whole had no gos- pel of salvation for the Gentiles and no desire that the (lentils nations should survive the catastrophe which they believed would end the age in which they lived. But in this story the unexpected oc- curred. Nineveh listened and repent- ed of its fin, "and God repented of tho evil which he- said he would do unto them." Jonah's prediction was not fulfilled. But instead of rejoicing at this signal display of the divine mercy "it displeaseth Jonah exceedingly." Ho was not pleased that his God was "a gracious God and full of compassion, slow to anger and plenteous in, mercy." He was grieved for the de- struction of a simple, quickly growing vino which sheltered his head from thn heat of the sun. and the absence of which caused him some discomfort, lmt he would hive looked with satis- faction upon the destruction of tha many thousands of Nineveh. Jonah presents a conspicuous example of tha hardness of heart and narrowness of outlook upon the world of many Jew* of that period, and of many of the Jews of New Testament times. This little book was written us a nobta effort to teach the truth fully revealed in Jesus Christ, that, "The love of God is broader Than the measure of man's mindj And the heart of the eternal Is most wonderfully kinc 1 ." A rose bush In a Lampion (Mlddlo- sex) garden has 400 blossoms. - I the moonlight, believing thai it will draw their faces to on side while It is waxing, or cause depression of the features when it is on the wane.