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QHome Chats By The Unemployed \Ve pick up the iiewspupers day by day and read with real concern of the privations of people out of work. It comes nearer home when otie or two Of our own flnd them.--e!ves in that un- enviable position as they watch, with i fiiuklng feeling, their hard earned sav- . Ings gradually diminish with no pro-i mie of employment in the immediate future. Many have reached the end] Of llieir resources and it has been necessary, in quite a number of cases, | to avail themselves of the provision of necessities by relief workers. The present unemployment situation, Is no respcctor of persons either. The skilled and the unskilled, the laborer, mechanics or artist all suffer and one ( can easily visualize the homes of the, men where wives and children are en- are in real want, which municipalities during privations while many of them and relief organizations are meeting in a commendable way. Tbe business world is also naturally feeling the effects of the depression and the middle class business man with small manufactures an well as others flnd their markets unresponsive Or lacking. Although not actually among the unemployed, he and his family must live very sparingly, help- ing and sharing where he can as he. , too, catching a glimpse of the grim tpectre of want, IH forced, unwillingly, , to swell the crowd of the unemployed by dispensing with the services of 6ome of hU workers for tt time until times improve. Occasionally we find those who de- preciate the state of aflair existing' and quite often they are the people who are in comfortable circumstances. TUo thought of unemployment and dis- tress is disturbing and it is so much f asier to close their eyes to things as ' they are, failing to realize the need and thb opportunity afforded of allevi- ating human distress and want. t The work carried on for the relief of the unemployment situation is truly wonderful. At the same time each person should feel It to be his or her D"wn responsibility to help wherever possible. 'While you lie sunn and warm Between your soft white- shee-w, A worthier one than you May have to walk tlie sirfei>, fuder a freezing sky Or through the sleet and siww. A worthie.- one than you May wander to aud fro. Do you deserv j to be \\vil-hoiised. well-clothed, wuJl-fed? A worthier one than you -! . '-arch dust bins for bread, While you lie snug and warm. While you forppt the poor, Christ, In his mother's arms Play be outside your door." Twilight Hour Story About the Chicks and Other Little Friendi Chapter Ifi Mama Lady nml Billy were begin- ning to have quite a family, don't you t':mk'.' Let. us see who they were. I There was Jimmie (''hick and his three little chick sisters who looked so much alike- in their cosy little box. Then there was tin- little gray kitty with shorr hair, and Its mother, Black Topsy, the barn cat and Fluffy, the beautiful Persian house cat, and we mustn't foryet. Madam Butterfly with ] her beautiful wings, who was very ut-arly t'rnznM hut is netting along HO nicely in the sunny window. But do' yon know, we haven't said a thing about good old Rover, the big collie tloit. 1 mifss we didn't say anything about him uir.il now because we want- ed to tell about, the little ones first, for do you know. Hover was u wonderful watch di'K. and that means he took earn of everything thai belonged to Billy's daddy ami Mama Lady and he even took ca'v of them too it they ll"ede,| him. Well. Knvev was a line looking dog. H hud a good tliickcoat of long yellow hair, except that his hair was white nil over his IIP-IISI >o he looked as BEST though he had on a white shirt all the time. He kept it pretty clean, too, al- though often Billy took him down to the river In the summer and they I would both splash and. play aud wiui around in the water aud hav good ' fun so that when they came out of the water all Rover had to do was stand still and shake himself well. All the water flew around then, I can tell you. After he did that he was all dressed and looked HO clean. Billy was careful not to have liu clothes near or they would have gotten wet from the spray. Billy often thought it would be nice to he a dog, for of course he hai' to get all dressed whllo Rover laid down in the sun until he was ready to go home. In the winter the water In the river was too cold, so every little while he had to have a bath iu thi tub of warm water out iu the wood shed on a nice, sunny, warm day. Then he would shake himself outside and come iu and dry himself beside the warm stove. Yon see. dogs don't wash tlu-mselves much like cats do. with their tongues. Fluffy and Topsy were always washing them- selves, so they always smell. 'd sweet and clean. Isn't it funny that dogs must be washed by people but kittle* don't need to be? And goodness, we could never wash the butterfly at all, could we? All its lovely wings would be spoiled. I guess butterflies all hide under a bis leaf in the narden when it rains in the summer. Oo you thiuk that is what they do? Let's reuieni- her and watch one when summertime comes, shall we? But I want to tell you about Rover. Rover especially loved Billy. Iu fact. Mama Lady always knew Billy was safe if Rover was with him for lie took such good care of him. One time when Billy was juat a very little boy and had jut learned to walk he got out on the road when Mama Lady was upstairs for a minute, and he found a whole lot ot nice stones on t'.ie road. When she came down stairs adu found him there she ran and pick- ed him up in such a hurry aud tried to tell hir.i uot to ever go there agaiu. 1 guess you know why she didn't waut him to go on the road. But h was so little he couldn't understand why she dldu't waut him to play there. And mind you, first thing she knew he was out thera agaiu. Oh'. Mama Lady didn't know what to do, and Rover barked, for he could see Mama Lady didn't want Billy there. Well, this time Mama Lady had to give Billy a few spanks so lie wouldn't go again aud then she tied the end of a long rope outo him so he couldn't run away. Billy didn't like that very well, so when he said he'd be a good boy, j In a few days, she took It off, nud he it-ally was a real good boy. But one day, when she was very busy, he f >rgot again. She thought ot that, old road right away as soon aa she saw Billy and Rover were gone, j aud ran outside just in time to hear I an awful noise, like a car makes when ' it. has to stop real quick. "Oh!" she thought. "I wonder It Billy was on the road again." And it made Mama Lady feel sick all over. When she got to ! the road here was a man holding Billy in his arms, coming towards her. and Rover was running alongside. "Is this your boy?" he said. "Oh. yes," saiil Mania Lady. 'Is he hurt?" "No, he is just frightened, but h was very nearly run over. You can t bank that wonderful dog of yours that he was not run over though. I was coming along the road and could not see the child, but I did notice the don .standing on the road barking at. someihing. | bonked my horn for him to get off, but he wouldn't budge. Be- ing in a hurry, I kept ou c,orn!ui;, ex- pecting him to get off. Of course I didn't want to run over the dog, al- though I felt. like giving him a little scare. Then 1 noticed he was pulllug at something and applied the brakes quick and shot off into (he ditch. Tills little chap was sealed in the middle ot the road, doubled over, playing, I suppose, so he could hardly ba seen, j When I got out your dog waa trying to pull him off the road. That la some dog. I wouldn't mind having him myself." By thi time Billy, wlio was in his mother's arms, could talk, after his big scare, aud lie looked up with his big blue eyes and said: "Billy not do on the woad tiny more no bad Billy pank Billy. But Mama Lady held him up close and kissed him over and over again on his balr aud his eyes and his little hands. She waa so glad he was safe. Then she petted Rover until he wagged his tall nearly off, he was so pleased with himself to think he saved Billy. After that Mama Lady always knew Billy was safe If he was with Rover. But Rover looked after more than Billy, and that's what I'll tell you about next week. ; Bermuda Churchyards (From tho English Review) The palm-tree's plumes spring up against blue, heaveu; Hibiscus burns red Humes within the shade; Sweetness ot Jasmine aud of rose Is given Till drowsy airs more dreamy still arfl made. Softly these sweet winds blow, soft fall the flowers Of tropic red or far-strayed Eng- lish bloom, Aud softly pass the long uncounted hours Here where Time's hand is stayed unon the loom. The red-bird thrills the silence with his chatter; Chicks-of-the-villuge, yellow, rogu- isli, small. Call from tlie bushes; and the ground dove.s patter Ou coral feet upon the low grey wall Green moss and maidenhair are close embedded Ou monuments half sunken iu the grass; Aud blue cups of convolvulus are threaded Among fresh leaves -cupa blue as birds that pass. And springing from stone walls, from rocks, from ledges. Sprouting iu thick-leaved vigour all around, The lite-plant liaugs its bells, etur- lial plirtiti-s. The llfo-plaut blooms again iu this o,ui"t ground. Far, far on *oniu iniuced afternoon come Btealiug, Like fairy chimes beyond unnum- bered miles, Bells in sweet changes and wild tuneful pealing, To lull the dreamers of the Somers Isles. PhillU Rowley Sunday School Lesson Millionaires Washington Despite the stock- market crash, 504 persons in the United States had Incomes in excess of $l,OOn,uOO for the calendar year 1929, according to Federal Income tax returns liled from January 1 to August 31. 1930, the Bureau of lu- ternal Revenue announced In Its preliminary statistics of incunia For 1928, as shown by returns tiled in the first eight months of 1929, there were 496 "millionaire incomes." Final tlgupM for 1928, which Includ- ed returns filed iu the last four months of 1929, showed 511. Canadian Platinum All the Canadian platinum and allied metals are obtained from tha treat- ment of th Sudbury nickel-copper matte, with th* exception of a few ounces of platinum obtained from tho black sands of British Columbia, and a small (|imnllty produced aa an im- pure residue In the refining of gold at Trail, British Columbia. Canada's Maple Syrup The value ot the maple syrup and sugar manufactured In Canada ruua about $5,50U,000 per year. Artificial Graphite Artificial graphite, an electric fur- nace product, is made near Niagara Falls, Ontario. April 12. Lesson II The Prodigal , Son Luke 15: 11-24, Golden Text There Is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. Luke 15: 10. ANALYSIS. I. THE GOSPEL, IN THE PAHABLK. II. THE PRODIGAL SON. III. THE LOVING FATHKK. I , I. THE (MSPEt. IN THE PARABLE. The whole parable is in two parts; the Prodigal Son is the subject of the , first part, the Elder Brother of the second. The first part has constantly been taken as the gospel itself in story form. This is quite right, but the objection has been raised that the Christian gospel is the gospel of tho Cross, and that '.here is nothing about ; the Cross ror about the Mediator here. But this seems a somewhat superficial judgment. We speak of the Cross as revealing the Father's love ; in the story the father directly reveals his love, and there would be no place f,or a mediator. But is there no cross in the story? When the father, knowing his boy's character, let him go. when news came to the father of the dis- asters that had overtaken his son and of the shame to which he had brought himself, was thcr- no Cross in the father's heart? Of this the boy had no inkling at the time. But when he I actually reached his father, who cut his speech short, and looking into his father's face he --ealized what his de- parture had meant t< him and still more .e disgrace to which he had fallen, then surely th, Cross was in ; his own heart! He was, as it wera, , crucified with his father, and their reconciliation is effected veritably through a Cross. It is not really true, | then, to say of this parable that it omits the Cross. II- THE PRODIGAL SON. Further, the parabla indicates the nature of true love. A sentimental affection on the father's part would have prevented the lad from ever leaving home. It seems that, as the younger son, he had the right to ex- pect one-third of his father's mova'il-j possessions ut lus father's death, but he had no legal claim upon his patri- mony in his father's lifetime. His father, ther -fore, might properly have refused his request. He might h.ive compelled t.ie boy to live at 'east outwirdly a decent life. But thei father was too strong and brave, ton truly loving to do that. The boy must go and learn for himself. There is no other way that Hnd of boy can learn. Then, when the inevitable has han- pened, his father will be ready for , him, and home will be a new place. Then- is a Jewish saying, "when Israel is reduced to the Carob-tree, they become the repentant." The] ''husks which the swine did eat" are; the carob-pods. The possfs.s:on of pigs, as well as the eating of them, i was forbidden to Jews; the care of pigs, therefore, was the lowest pos- sible service to which a J nv could, sink. If the father had been the kind of ma., at all costs to keep his son ' from suffering, if he bad been con- cerned for the family reputation in such a way as by any means ti pre- vent a scandal. lu> would never haw won his son. Nothing is harder than ' to watch while iiiine Lived person "trocs to the dogs," but it seems that there are some people who can never be saved till they have brought them-] selves "to the gutter." They may i slip away from ,'cci>ncy and all tho restraints and all the traditions of home, but they cannot slip away from their place in the Father's heart. It \ is disaster that brings the Prodigal' Son to his senses. The disaster.; therefore, to which sin and folly lead i may all be part of the Father's loving! purpose. But the Prodigal, though hc| was repentant, was not yet -avcii. Repentance is here a disgusted turn- ing away from sin and a turning to- wards (lod". but it is not of itself <a'.- vat ion. III. THE LOVING FATHER. Once again, the father is not a sentiment alist; hu does not, pretend that nothing has happened. The boy | had l>een lost and is now found. He is, aa it were, risen from the dead. Ho is indeed reinstated at home, but neither to him nor to his father will home be what it was before. In 'he old days he had been unwillingly kept, j at home; home had irked him, and of what home really means he had no idea. His father held him, but tiovr possessed him, but now h;.< fat In-, possesses him forever. Ho knuwi In* father as he neither knew nor coul.i have known him before. We may imagine that both the father and the son, as they look ba -k over the dread- What New York Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON niustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- \V : 'h Good taste in togs for 2, 4 and 6 year oiu, must necessarily i-emaln simple. Thia cute blooir.er dress jfft-r in- finite possibilities for the thrifty mother. It's a smart variation of one-piece styling. A Mother Hubbard yaks, that is quite shallow at the front, gives it a quaint smartness found only in the better frocks. The Peter Pan collar, the turn-back sleeve cuffs and knee bands of r ho bloomers, provido a nice trim in con- trasting color or fabric. A gay cotto-i broadcloth print in French blue on white crround with plain white and plain blue trim, is cute as illustrated- Stylo No. :i01ti takes but 2% yards of 3f>-inch material with % yari of M-inch contrasting and H* yards of binding, for the 4-year size. Pique, dimity, sheer chambray, gingham, linen, jotted swiss, percale and shantung are pleasing fiibrc* fjr its development. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS \Vri'.e your name and address plain- ly, giving number and siz.a of such patterns as you want. Enclose 2tto in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) t'or each number, atu addr-ss your nnler to WMs.>n Pattern . 5 erv:o". 7 1 ! \V,-,t Adelaide Sf .. Toronto. College Women Found to Prefer Feminine Jobs Columbia Survey Shows Now Enter Men's Occupations; Careers of 900 Studied fui days that are tvhind '.Item, a-u almost c:a<i they went through such sufferir.i; for the sake of the un- speakable D'-eciousni'is of that which they have discovered through it. The past cannot be wiped out, and sins once committed cannot be undone, but the past can be redci'ineii, and God is able, even out of -in and shame, to briny forth trladni'^s and -a!va;:.>n. Increasing Divorce Rate Adds to China's Troubles P'-ipins;. china. lior than 300 suits for divorcij \vore tiled iu the Poipiin? district 0011 rtj during 1930 and i*il per cent, of (hum were instit- uted by women. Canton reported nearly J'iO divorces during 'ha same period. wliil.t Shanghai averages above nighty divorce suits a tnotttli. Tha -ilrikiug thing about these statistics, according '> accounts In the native pre.sM. is tiiat only a .wall proportion of unsatisfactory mar- riages reaches the law courts, for the government is still indifferent to what It rogards fundamentally as a family affair. Thousands of coolies are married and divorce-d without public rero/d of either ;>v-u. Divorces ara muoii more common, therefore, Mian (lie (Istires alone would indicate. Many Chiuumi ob- servers declare that the situation la far mors crltii-al than all the itaer vn,M 'if .h!.s troubleil country. A:i<ry Shareh-iider: 'Ma:- ! a.-iii .vhat lias happened to our s.:i!;rii{ fund?" Chairmau: "It sank" New York. Dcspltx (he mtich-Uer aided entry of woman into business and professional life. ilia :>elf-.-.Jpport- ing woraau of to-day roiuimies to fol- low the traditional occupations of wo- man. and does riot eniToarh upon the occupational doinalu of man, :nvord- ing to a nation-wide i-unvy of jobs and salaries of women college graduate* jn-t i-ompleted by Dr. Roy X. Ander- .-.on. t.-,sorlate ill guidancu :iiid ;>.TM>II- uel ai Teachers' Collei', r.ilutubl* University, results of which are to b published .soon by the National Edu- cation Association. From his .study of words ol ri..,!, Oun women. all of wiuun w-re oolleg graduates ur former college ^tudeuta, Dr. Anderson ivpor-d p !i:u college wo- men were uon-di.srrimiuatiug in their choice of an occupation, that most of them turned to education or clerical work, and that attondunea at a busi- ness school in addition to regular col- iesiatit work remained aa invaluable asset iu comiiiaudliig maximum aru- ings. College wotiieu enter a very lentrtofr -d range of oi'ciipati.juo, according to th survey, which showed t.oat >>; i>r ceut. took up routine clerical occupa- tious. auch as stouojjrapher, secretary, typist, telephone operator and book- keeper. Tho next Iai!;"st .group WM home economics. which iui!ii'l>"l about 12 per ceut. iu -m-.u po-itlons as tea- room zuuaaiv''*. ii,'tii:aus, cuinpauloa* and nurses. Only 5 per cout. of th woman entered education, although Dr. Anderson points <mt t:iut the pluce- moul bureaus were not primarily con- cerned with educational positions. The Sou women had entered but twenty-eight occupation:! out of total of 5;!8 listed by tho census bureau, lha survey showed. Dr. Anderson u ' oimt- ed for this by saying ".iat mitii'iiurtiir- !nij :iud domestic jobs wer>i automati- cally barred from con-idoratitm iry <-ol- k'Sa graduates and ;!ial "the majority of women who UMV- c > '."'^" .11.0 Mm flnst Jnl) 'liar come-i iin-ir way." Study 01 the sal;u;e- :-"ceiVM<l -.how- Hi that the colleijo graduate : ..... ivd highest b.'sinniim salaries i-, achwr, s'M'iai -.vmlier. r ^-cretary. while iiile-women :v.'>-nvd :i lowest. Such tigure.i compare unfavorably with sal- arlw* received by busiiu-^i Jiid ;i">fes- -ioual wnnicL, Dr. Anderson -aid, add- ing that the greater uxpri"ii< tud ago of the latter group * .irg'tlf '-pii.-ibie Typical iiiiuual -"alarltNi received w-rn ; ,1.!11 'or .stenograph- ers, Jl.l'W for -ypisi-i. (980 ir nale*- w-mii'ii. *l.l'i>; ;or libraries and $1,-508 for social workers The chances for ini-r-asln^ >iiti -s .sal arlea Iu occupations "m>'r;d by tu majority of roil'-go women ai "rather limited," according to Dr. Aadorsou, although Darnings -di '),! :i tendency to increusa with urtu .t:id \;i'M"'-nc4. The income of cciile ."I'I.MI '.lian iiiutMftm years -li'l n-i-ni-ed H76. ; :iut of tlii> jj/roiip of gradual-.-;) hulwoen 'w.-nty .uid .vnty -ioiir y-ars wa J1.U27, wliile those over forty-live u'er- agod $1.5(10, according- ' > Ur Ander- son'i tabulation. V'ompanug earnings u' -hoso .-.'rod- uates who hud takeu only college work with those who had also taken work in a budiness school. Dr. Anderson fouud Uiat the business .school =nideiu earn- ed an average of $luu a year moi-i uij that "it pay financially I'm .-olleg** students t<i .-cure Inisiness school training." Only I'J per fjut. >{ .! women studied wore married, while pm cent, had been ,livorc-d n- w !> wid- ows, accoi'ding to Dr Auder.iou. who uxplains thai "these women wr inly recently gradual >>d from .)l|e B and have not had tlit ipportiinity <> 'ii.ir- ' livrythiiiif i-'|iHii(lH on i.-i nioilerri '- xaiiou. " Paul 1'olu- "Oh, dear, Johnny, have >ou beaa .1 cluing again?" \o. -aiss; v moved vf-sl'Tilay, and ( -uov^l th cat." 1'assiiiR Sliow. "H AND JEFF By BUD FISHIER A Miniature Golf Course Isn't Property, 1YOUR HONOR, i wArtT TO! gR TH, THRft'S Sue MUTT FOR i NOTHING I'D ecevtN DOLLARS He owes JFF. (So DO i. - ' IN THAT CAS L TO SO MUTT OUJKJS f\ LOT OF STOCK IN) He MlNlATURe SouF COURSCl THAT'S A HABIT! BUST6D .