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NESCOUTS The Fiiher Body Craftsman's Guild Many Lone Scouts will no doubt be Interested s in knowing how the Coach Building Competition organized by the Guild is progressing, and we are glad to say that the first year's activi- ties have been reported to us as being rery satisfactory. There are now 15.25*) boys in Can- ada, enrolled >- members, and many of these are in t!ie flnal stages of building their coaches, and will have same ready by the eud of this month for this year's judging. The judging will take place In July In three centres in Canada Regiaa for the Western Provinces, Toronto for Ontario. Montreal for Quebec and Kastern Canada. Soon after the judging is over, It Canadian boys will be taking a trip, with all expenses paid, to the annual Guild Convention in Detroit, where their models will l>- rejudged in the international competition for the four four-year University Scholarships. Many Scouts from the various Troops in the Dominion have enrolled in this Guild Competition, and the uggestion has been made that, should a Canadian Boy Scout win one of the major awards, his coach be purchased from him. if he is willing, and that he toe given the honor of presenting It to the Chief Scout of Canada. His Ex- cellency Lord Bessborough. If there are any Lone Scouts en- gaged In building coaches for this competition, we hope they will hare them ready for the judging In July. but 'Lone K" understands that thla competition may be extended for an- other year, so If you hare not already enrolled you will have an opportunity to do so. Canadian Boyi to Fly M : i- 'Planet in Hungary The display features of next year's world gathering of Boy Scouts in Hun- gary will Include- an exhibition of model airplanes. Canadian Scouts are expected to show and fly models. Canadians For Air Glider Meet Air gilding displays will provide a feature of next year's world gathering of Boy Scouts in Hungary. Canadian Scouts who hav4 taken up this new a; i- sport will be iuvited to participate. Governor- Gner! Present! Silver Wolf Decoration The Silver Wolf, Scoutiug's highest honorary decoration, was presented by His Excellency the Governor-Gen- eral, as Chief Scout for Canada, to Mr. Gerald H. Brown, Honorary Do- minion Secretary of the Boy Scouts Association, and Major A. A. Pinard, of the Dominion Medal Board, for long and valuable service to the movement. India's Troubles Don't Affect Scouts Apparently the Boy Scout Code of friendliness is proof even against the political and religious dissensions o India. Latest Scout census reports indicate a continuance of the steady growth of recent years to a new high total membership of 173.444. The en rolment includes boys of all castes. King's Scouts We congratulate Lone Scouts Ken netli Manns and Harvey Hudson, o Hensall. on having successfully paisei all the tests to qualify them as King' Scouts, and we know that their broth er Lonies throughout the Province wil wish, to congratulate them also. The Lone Scout Camp The time is drawing close to Summer Camp, which Is to be held from July 4th to 16th inclusive, am we- are anxious that as many Lou Scouts as possible shall be there. Remember it does not matter if y<n hare passed any tests or not. or i you possess a Scout Uniform or not We shall welcome you just as you are and help you to understand how t play th Game of Scouting beaer an< assist you to learn the points aeces sary to qualify for promotion. Therefore, if you have not yet sen in your reservation, do so at once, ac as to avoid disappointment. Remem ber all applications for this cam must be at Lone Scout Headquarter not later than the 20th June. The Camp will be held at Ebo Park, near Brantford. Ontario. The Boy Scout Programme is ope to all boys between the ages of 12 t IS inclusive. If you live in the coun try or where you are unable to atten a Boy Scout Troop's meetings, yo can still take part in the programm by becoming a Lone Scout. For fu particulars write to The I/one Scou Dept.. Boy Scouts Association. 330 Ba Street. Toronto 2. Information wi be gladly sent to yau. "Lone E." England's Child Labor By LADY ASTOR In a House of Commons Speech Lord Astor. my husband, took the word of the Home Office and with- drew his bill " ito restrict employ, tnent of persons under IS to forty- eight hours a weeki. but nothing was don*. That gallant man work- ed hard in che House of Lords t set tils bill. In fact, he worked as bard as he did when he tried to win the Derby. I am the mother of many children. nd iT anything would embitter me It is what has happened to a woman in humble circumstances who U.n a rery brill inn. child. He has had to l>-- sent Into a blind-alley occupa- flon and will not be able to continue his education. The employer said. "You will have to be here at 7 In Hi- morning and stay until 7 at night." tV'liat chance has that child got? I do not want to give sob stuff, but I could give case after ca'* of Children going into these jobs. U tna.v be said there are only 300.000 or 400.0000. but I try to legislate for Other people's children as 1 wouM niv own. Bus conductor (formerly house- agent's assistant: "Inside only.' Fare: "But the outside of the bus :.* practically empty." "I've let the top Boor to an engaged couple." Sunday School Lesson Nonchalant ! Excited wife: "Oh. dear, the co has fallen and broken her collar- bone." Absent-minded professor: ''{.Jive her notice at once. You tol.i *r what to expect if she broke any- ing else." Canned Shrimp Added To Canada'* Product Canada's long list of fisheries pro- ducts has recently been made stil! longer by the addition of canned shrimp meat from British Columbia. Hitherto the shrimps taken In British Columbia waters, the 'only waters of the Dominion where these shellfish occur, have all been mar- keted in the fresh form but now canniug is being tried by some oper- ators ia the Fraser river district. Operations have go far been on small scale only -the total catdi of shrimps is not very larse but rs- ports are to the effect that very sat- isfactory results have been achieved. Shrimps caught in English bay are carried by truck to the cannery where they are cleaned and shelled. The meat is next baud-packed In quarter-pound tins which are then put through the cooking process When cooking has been finished, the ltda are clamped on the cans which are- then tested, labelled, and pucka iced for marketing. Misunderstood V small boy entered a library wi'h a book which his mother wanted ex- changed. Since- she had neglected to send a i:st of books, the librarian was at a loss to know which volume to send. Finally he asked: "Has your mother read 'Kreckles'?' "Xo. sir." replied the boy. prompt ly; "they're brown!" tune 19. Lesson XII Jacob the Aged Father Genesis 46: 1-7, 28-30; 47: 7. Golden Text Honor thy fath- er and thy mother. Exod. 20: 12. ANALYSIS. MERCIES, VS. 1-7. I f . RESTORED AT LAST ! >'5. 28-30. III. KING AND COMMONER, 47: 7. INTRODUCTION "Behind th? bril- iant story of Joseph," says Professor McFadyen, "lies the background of a ?reat sorrow the sorrow cf the agea Father who believes that long agro hi-> son had perished; and it is fitting that these two, who hava loved and lost should find each other before the end.' Thus in the evening cf his life, heavy with troubles and sorrows, the ligh fulls once again on the figure of Jacob His sons, carrying rich presents, hao hastened up from Egypt to inforir him that Joseph was still alive am was the governor of Egypt. At fir? the old man was stunned with thi news. "Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not," 45: 26. Bu: ther< before his tent stood "the ten asse laden with the good thin,;!, of Egypt and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and meat" sent in kindness by Joseph. So the spirit of Jacob revived and his eye rekindled. He made haste ti> joarr.ey to Egypt and embrace once more 'he son of his love. All his life Jacob had been a wanderer: and no.v, old tho'.igh he was, he prepared to wander ag""un I. JOURNEYING MERCIES, vs. 1-7. The uecision to leave Canaan was a momentous one. Canaan was the land of promise. Jacob himself wish cd to go to Egypt; both Joseph and Pharaoh wished him f o come. But was it God's will? There could be no sure peace of mind as long as that i, uest ion was unsettled. So Jacob, et- ting out probablv from Hebrcn <37: 14), made a first pilgrimage to Beer- sheba. This was a place hailowea by tender and holy associations, for therj his father, Isaac, had built a sanctu- ary and lifted up his heart to God, chap. 26: 23-25. At Beershebm a solemn sacrifice was made. I: was a turning point in Jacob's life, -\nd in- deed in the history if the p*K>ple of Israel. Every great occasion such as this Jerrar.ded a sacrifice; whe.i offer- ed in true faith and devotion, it brought God and . lan closer together. The night following was a i'stl'>ss on for Jacob, but God brought peace to his troubled heart. In a vision w'.i-r. consciousness was heightened t rather than in a dream when consciousness was lost) God appeared to him. Firs: God underwrote he promise -bout to be made by referring to his associa- tions with the fan.ily. He was the of Jacob's father, and therefoie to he .usted. The command to 'fear noi" tcf Chap. 15: H was timely, 'or Jacob was about to settle as a strarger ;-.notlier land, and was in need of di- vine protection. God's hand was >n Jacob's journey; his purpose would be iulfilled in it.' "I .will there - :ake of thee a great nation." This is one of the paradoxes of life. Not in Canaan, the familiar homeland, were he pe>- ple of Israel to become a great nation: but in the druagcry and slavery if the brick-fields of Egypt. To rise TD the heights of real greatness, nations hs well as individual*, must first be- come acquainted with the depths of life. No less remarkable was the ncvt lro-i.-v. which w-^s made to Jacob pei-s.-naMy. God would go with him to Egypt. It was also comfort for him to know that when his end came, his best-loved son. Joseph, would bo there to perform the last office of love and close his eyes: and that his -emain* would be brought back to Canaan, v. 4. Strengthened with these comfort- ing assurances. Jacob made rady to set out. The journev would be slow and tedious. The wagons, placed at ris disposal by Pharaoh, were most '.ikely drawn by oxer., for the horse \ ; was but newly int'xxhiced m'o Egypt. The caravr.n comprised a large number. The removal of 'he pa- triarch involved the removal o all th patriarch's family and connections. In that age the old father stood >t the h--a,'. of the whole house of his des- cendants and dependents. Where h went, they must necessarily go. II. RKSTORKO \T LAST: vs. 2S-SO. Wife i arriving home late) : "diil you think I was lost, dear?" Husband: "No I was' never an optimist." Doctors in France Increase Faster Than Population The number of physicians in Prance continues to increase fast- er than the population, according to the Parts correspondent of The Journal of the American Medical As- sociation. "The total number is at present about 28.000," he says. "During the last year. 1.120 government diplomas hav e been conferred. It requires only a single arithmetical operation to foresee what the result will be In a few years. It may be considered that a physician practices, jn an av- erage, a period of thirty years. To maintain the present figure of 28.000. only 933 new graduates each year will be required, from which it ap- pears that this year 187 more diplo- mas wer e issued than would be nec- essary to preserve the status quo. "On the other hand. 1.120 grad- nates each year corresponds to a total of 33.600 physicians. However, the present total of 2S.*'i*Xi physicians constitutes, for the population of France, one physician for a little more than 1.400 inhabitants; while a total of 33.600. tae figure toward which we are rending, represents one physician for less than 1.200 in- habitants. Bui since tile present proportion is already too high, what wil! it be when the number of physi- cians shall reach 33.600: It should be noted also that, promotions hav. ing been more rapid in recent years, a larger proportion of the physicians it would be otherwise Mrs. Markham. daughter-in-law of Sir Arthur MarkUam. quietly hopped a plane at Kenya. Africa and surprised Hestoa airport men. 8.i)*W miles in seven days. panv had arrived at Goshen, the pas- ture" lands on the north-east of the Xile delta, a district which became tn home of the Israelites inEgypt. Joseph did his father the honor to come t him in the fine chariot belonging to h official position. Now Jacob would *t le high honor he had attained, meeting between father and son was deeply moving. With emotions t deep "for words, they held each other in a long, silent -mbrace. Jacob was. now well con: it to die, since his fa- vorite son was still living and he had had the joy of seeing him agam. III. KING AND COMMONER. 47: 7. It was one of .he fine characteristic: of Joseph that, advanced though he was in worldly station, he was m-t ashamed of his father. He brought Jrcob. the simple old shepherd, in'. the splendid court of Egypt, and pre- sented him to JB mighty Pharaoh. This meeting of the great king ann the humble commoner provides one o those touches with which the I frequently astonishes -s. "Jacob bles>- ed Pharaoh." Poor though he was Jacob, having God. had something which Pharaoh, for a!! his wealth ana treasures, lacked. "Without disput? the less is blessed f the i>etter." Hel>. are young practitioners, and for that reason tae situation is more grave than It behooves the medical profession to give this question close attention. ''There are in France about 8.000 surgeon-dentists, and on every hand the syndicates of these practioers are combating this overcrowding of their profession. While for the physicians an average career ex. tending over thirty years may rea- sonably be assumed, it may be con- sidered that, since the studies of the surgeon-dentist.* are begun at an earlier age anj the studies are much less extensive, their opportun- ities to practice are just sc much prolonged. Their practice will ex- tend over a period of thirty-3ve years. Under these circumstances, in order to maintain the present total number of surgeon-dentists Japanese Sunset There are no such sunsew ia Japan a* in che tropics: the light U gentle as a light of dreams; then are no furies of color; there are nd chromatic violences in nature ts this Orient. All in sea or sky U tint rather than color, and tint vapor-toned. I think that the ex- quisite taste of the race in the mat' ter of colors and of tints, as ex- emplified in the dyes of their won. derful tenures, is largely attribut- able to the sober and delicate beau, ty of nature's tones In this all-lea- perate world where nothing It garish. Before me th* fair vast lake sleeps, softly luminous, far-ringed with chains of blue volcanic hill* shaped like a sierra. On my right, at its eastern end. the most anci- ent quarter of the city spreads it' roofs of blue-gray tile; the house* crowd thickly down to :ae shore, t> dip their wooden feet Into the flood. With a glass I can see my own win- do* 3 and rue far-spreading of tha roofs beyond, and above all else tlie green citadel with its grim castle, grotesquely peaked. The sun begins to set. and exquisite astonishment* of tintiug appear in water in* sky. . . . Rica purples cloud broadly betiind and above lii* indigo blackness *>' the serrated hills; mist purp'.es fil- ing upward siiokny into faint rer- milions and dim gold, which aga'i melt up throush ghostliest green* into the biue. The deeper water* of the lake, far a-ay. take a t-jad-r violet indescribable, and the si! houette of the pine-shadowed Island seems sweet ( 6.000 K 175 would suffice. graduates instead of annual'y 600. t!ie Judah. who was the leader of the brothers in Chapter 44, again became the leader of the company. It is prob- able that he was sent aheail to fetch Joseph to meet tha father. The coni- How'i Thif On a wet day a motorist had a skid in a big town, and in it* gyrations th? car knocked down a lamp-post. A police officer in a lng white water-proof coat came to his assist- ance and helped the poor chap out of the overturned car. The driver was a triille stunne.1. He looked at the prostrate lamp-post and then at the white-coated police- man, ami murmured: "How's that. umpired" Tommy asked John, a young school fellow, to tta. John, who came from a much larger house, said with sur p.ise: "What you have only one room? We have a dining room and a drawing room." "Oh. have you?" said Tommy, undaunted. "Well we draw in the dining n>om." \..\v," said the super -salesman, "this instrument turns green if the liquor is good red if it is bad.' "Sorry, but I'm color-blind,'' apolo- gized the customer. "Got anything with a gong on it'.'" present number. Sis hundred grad- uates annually correspond to 21.000 dentists, and one needs only to cite this figure to explain the grare er- ror that has been committed, to which the medical profession should not remain indifferent That U way limitation of the number of students to be admitted to ihe facul- ties is being seriously considered,. as has been the case for some time in the largn chools of technology' to float in that sea of soft color But the shallower and nearer is cut from the deepei water by tlie current as sharply aa by a line drawn, and all ta sur- face on this side of that line is a bronze old rich ruddy Lat Straw Percival had heard the call of the open spaces and had thrown up :p easy job to set sail for the Wild West Arrived in the country of he-men, he found himself comfortable quarters on a farm and prepared to enjoy th-> simple life. Percival's first task was given him a day or two later. He was assigned to one end of a cioss-saw. the end being in charge i>f an old and experienced lumberman. At the end of an hour the veterir. stopped sawing and l.<oked at his ex ha usted partner. "Sonny." he said. "1 don't mind your riding on this saw. but if it's just the same to you. I wish you'd quit scrapin' your feet along the grounl.' PATCHES You must not run down pa' 1 "-*' .Many places built all at o.ice are most uncomfortable, and siMlie of ]}t aiost convenient houses ! know h.ive gold-bronie. All the faiater colors change evr/ five minutes wondrousiy change aid shift like tones and shades of Sn saot-silks. Lafcadio Hearu. i "Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan.' Perception Through Patience In the act of traveling, we feel dee;* ly the necessary affinity of beauty ani repose, to eujoy a beautiful place, wa ought to be resting in it as at home; to enjoy a beautiful sight. w ought t* look upon it. not witU tli- full gaze ot delighted surprise, but rather it half-shut eyes, conscious of the- blis* thy possess, now letting it go. now calling It back, and playing with it a* a beloved cliiid. As the sand Ukm silently the footprints, so w shauU receive the impressions of imperial na- ture. And how hard it is. in the rack tn<i fret of a traveler's course, m tua eitr tion necessary to supply the simplest wants and the very means of progress, In th tumult of strange associations, to hold your heart in chaste obedient-* to th quiet power of beauty, to look plainly through all these fascinating and thronging shadows, at th- stil' light witliin. i>ut of space and ou( of lime. But notwithstanding ail obstac- les. soni- moments of this bright per- ception are si-anted to every on. wao seeks them with patient ilesir*. Kroni "Memories >>f a T".i -i <: !<," by l,ord been patched up. our comfort out stone. U'^ get most of pa'ch*s ill THE UNIVERSE To understand the simplest work of Clod. tJi-> (,'ajverse must b-' C >Ui prehended. Each rniintest particle speaks of the Inrtnite One. and ut- ters the divinest truth whifh c.in ' 1J declared on earth or in heaven Chanuing. Polecat in llie I'nited Sires, .s popul.tr nauie for the common skunk Hipaieii 1'. was midnight. Iti the smoking room of a club a y >ung ma:i sat hud- dled in a chair. A friend eir.ered "Hallo, Smith!" he asked. v-he.-- iully. "not going home yet"" "No." muttered the despairing jn "I I daren't." "Why. what'* the matte: ?' "M.f.ter. 1 l:'s the er.i ( every thing. It means ruin I" "Here, tell me what's ,ip. Perhaps I can help you." Smith clenched his ti^ts until hi* knuckles showed white. "No one can help me." he said. "I'v come to the end of a;', things! At eight vVlock i \v ' < jhj > insl t? m i.Cj <ave tier i (tfvf'ectly <o>vd excusJ ; it coming r.raifht home. am!"---hi voice s.ivk .< : whisper "1'v-. ten what I ^:u,!. ' "Yen. my new mai.i cam* to nw fp>m a very o^'-i family." "Reallyt I suppose the si id wanted u MUTT AND JEFF By BUD FISHER They Turned On the Heat. ve.w A Business CftfO RVT. t Tttos* GuYS ABouT? FIRST TlMt A A L\ON. W,W* THC.