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"Sir Isaac Brock, born in 1608, drfeatâ€" ed the Americans near Detroit in 1812." An unrevealed phase of the life of a great Canadian statesman was brought to light in this howler: "It was brought up in the House that John A. Macdonâ€" Geography was responsible for the greatest number of boners. One dandy is that "an important shipping port in Scotland is Glasgow, in Northern Ireâ€" land on the Clyde River," London is shifted to Northern Ireland by another pupil who states that the hub of the Empire is an important shipping city in Northern Ireland. The 1938 edition of howlers from the entrance papers is very good. Nearly all the boners occur in either geography or history. The current crop of howlâ€" ers was collected by B. L. Bradley and G. R,. Michae!s during correction of papers. Visions of a tottering general, who would make Methusela seem a mere youth, going successfully into battle, are conjured up by this statement:â€" (From Perth Courier) One bright young pupil introduced a classic among howlers in the recenit entrance examinations when Dutch cleanser was listed as an export of Holland. Still another said that "tne telephone is the most convenient obâ€" stacle around in case of emergency." Crop of 1938 of the Schoolboy Howlers Culled from Entrance Exaâ€" mination Papers T h is Year. 088064 00808 0n ¢ 00b e e a r es ce eb a s h eb a e db d tb Ob o . If you are not one of our regular customers phone 935 and our driver will call. THURSDAY, 14TH TIMMINS DAIRY H AVE you ever happened to think how â€"reliably y o ur milk is delivered every day of the year? Well that is the visible eviâ€" dence of the same characteristic t h a t extends through the entire Timmins Dairy organization! _T h e quality, purity and reliability of Timmins Dairy milk never fails either! FAILS YOU 50 Third Ave. Claude Desaulniers We have many fine homes for you to choose from. Rangmg in price from $2,000 to $8,000. For further information call or phone between 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Your Milkman Terms to Suit YOUR Pocketbook Unusual Values IN LIVEABLE Timmins (From Bowmanville Statesman) There is a story, quoted some time ago by Stanley Jones, about three peoâ€" ple arguing 2s to which of their occuâ€" pations was the most ancient. The surâ€" geon said that his was the oldest proâ€" fession in the world, for a surgical cperation was performed in Eden when a rib was taken out of Adam and made into Eve. An architect claimed that his was older still, for it had created order out of chaos. But it was a poliâ€" tician who won the debate, as he deâ€" clared that it was politicians who creatâ€" ed chaos! There is good ground for the belief that the politicians, as a proâ€" fessional class, did not emerge until after the Ag»o of Innocence. Pity the poor Scotch; "Lord Selkirk made a Scotch settlement at the bottom of Lake Winnipeg." _ The student who wrote the following will probably become an author if imaâ€" gination counts for anything: "D‘Arcy McGee was shot by a redhaired, Irish, | Fenian butcher." Another student seid of the Irishâ€"Canadian parliamentarian: "D‘Arcy McGee was one of the best fathers in Confederation times." It is rather difficult to determine what this student was thinking of: "Lord Selkirk took care of the stray }psople who so often got lost in the great gold rush." Not a howler, but an instance of how even common words may be misspelled is the student who wrote hoarces for | horses. Belfast is in Northern Island on the northeast bump. The sun and moon meet and move to the Equator. The Union of South Africa has few rivers suitable for agriculture. In the north surface it is irregular because it is surrounded by water. Air moves toward the Equator beâ€" cause the cold air wishes to meet the hot air. Which was the First of the Professions in the World? The Labrador current creeps down the coast. On June 21 at the Tropic of, Cancer the days and nights are equal, each 24 hours longs. The air moves towards the Equator because it needs it, it is hot there, _ South Africa has a suitable climate. Winds blow to the Equator because there is more space there. An example of what a mistake in spelling can do is contained in this one: ‘"‘The people are mostly bores in South Africa." This pupil took no chances as witness the answer: "The climate of South Africa is extreme, it being very dry in some places and very wet in others. The climate of Africa is very cold in winter, and the snow makes good roads for lumbermen. France exports iron horses. Names of air movements are ocean currents. The Gulf Stream flows through Newâ€" foundland. The Pacific Ocean moderates Ireland. Betwe>n the Equator is an equal amount of space. Another mistake is this "The gnats are mountains in India." The people of South Africa are all mixed ‘up. It is said in some parts that the live like cannibals in South Afâ€" rica; this we do not know. "In Spain it is nearly all dessert so they use camels for travelling use. Alexander is the capital."~â€"‘"The surâ€" face of South Africa is simply a red hot dessert." Still other boners include: Maisoneuve founded Ville Marie in 1492. The climate of Newfoundland is afâ€" fectrd by the Labour Air. "The climate of South Africa is the kind you earn your living by mining"â€" er Phone 6 If you too have become diningâ€"rocm conscious, a few suggestions may be in rder. At the very outset, however, it is well to remembebr that a dining room should be the most functional room (with the exception of kitchen or bath) in the house. t is well to take into consideration several items before goâ€" ing forth to reâ€"do the dining room. What is your family‘s general attitude towards meals? Is the diningâ€"room used three times a day or, as in so many homes with breakfast rooms, only for dinner at night? Do family meals entail the general hubâ€"bub of school children and a gay giveâ€"andâ€"take of childish chatter or are they rather seâ€" date affairs with grownâ€"ups taking their food as well as their conversation quite seriously? Must the dining room be considered in relation to the livingâ€" room ((can much of it be seen from the Things are looking up for the dinâ€" ing rooms of the nation, however. More and more ladies are demanding that different touch that unmistakbble stamp of individuality in their dining places. And the forgotten room is remembered at last. Many brides are demanding something better than the old combination of roseâ€"andâ€"blue and rustâ€"andâ€"green. And yet we‘ve always felt pretty sentimental about dining rooms, for here it is that the family gather toâ€" gether from all their various fields of activities. Here it is that the keynote of family life is established, whether it is to be gay and genial, sober and seâ€" date. So it deserves more than an itâ€"willâ€"do attitude. In many homes in America the dinâ€" ing room is the forgotten room! By that we do not mean that homemakers aren‘t interested in diningâ€"room furniâ€" ture, but somehow imagination seems to get bogged down when it comes to adding zest to that room where the family sharess its meals. One reason for this may be that diningâ€"room furâ€" niture has, in years past, become stereotyped and perhaps that monoâ€" tony is contageious. ‘After all, any lady may decide, you can‘t get very whipped up over a table, a china cabiâ€" net, a sideboard and six chairs, Howâ€" ever they‘re necessities, as you‘ll disâ€" cover if you try to eliminate any one of them. New Furniture or Oldâ€"Colour is the Formula â€" Decide What Duty Your Dining Rcom Must Do, Then Decorate to Fit. The simple charm of maple continues to appeal. Herea pleasant dining room emphasizes the sheen of waxed natpml woods. The wall paper is yellow polka dott ed the curtains red and yellow chintz and the rugs are plain and braided. Eighteenth Century mahogany furniture is in the end the handsomest thing of all for a dining room of dignity. Here is it shown against walls papered in in teresting scenic panels and with a Chinese rug. Functional First DISCOVERING THE FORGOTTEN ROOMâ€"THE DINING ROOM PLEASANT HoMES iIf you can‘t afford, or don‘t need, all | new furniture, you can still perk up the ! old picture by variations in arrangeâ€" ment. By color of walls, rugs, drapâ€" eries and accessories. Sometimes one |or two new pieces will save the day. | Many an outâ€"ofâ€"date set of. furniture lhas been completely rejuvenated by the discarding of the old unwieldly sideâ€" board and adding a pair of corner cupâ€" boards. Many times the side pieces are | goodâ€"â€"the buffet or serving tablesâ€"but the table is outmoded.. Sometimes it is a matter of new upholstery for the |chairs. Or a new mirror for over the buffet . . . or a new rug. With a little thought and planning, almost any cuits loff furniture, provided its lines are basically good, can be made to sit up _ _If you want something simpler and \ heartier, then maple in early American \ design is the answer to your problem. !Walnub in either Queen Anne or proâ€" | vincial design has its own appeal. Oak in the heavier styles still has its place 'â€"â€"4,grand if you have a beamed ceiling | to contend with and wood panelling. ' To Save the Day In reâ€"doing ‘the diningâ€"room there‘s one happy fact to remember though. ! All things. considered, 18th century |English mahogany seems to be about | the best choice if you want the points | stressed above in a wood of some forâ€" | mality. This period has a classic line |and a graciousness that isn‘t likely to |go out of style. First of all, the furniture should be as good as you can afford. Nothing does so much for a hostess as the knowledge that she‘s well flanked by furniture of dignity and . character. Keep style in mind in selecting dining room furniture but dont carried away by it at the expense of comfort. After all, dining chairs â€"will get a lot of sitting the â€"years, â€"so. they should be easy on the human frame. Then your dining furniture shouldâ€"be staunch to hold the men of the family without sighs and groans. living room) or can it be treated as a separate unit in the home? â€" You see, there is more than meets the eye in dining room planning. But there is one certain fact. Whatever the ansâ€" wers to the above questions, there is no reason why you cannot provide a suitable, charming â€"background â€" for dinners en famille, without resorting to unimaginative settings. by Elizabeth MacRea Boykin I Let‘s consider a room that had a ‘very discouraging beginning but now is fresh and bright and blithe and gay. Nothing could seem more disconsolate than a set of 1900 golden oak dining furnitureâ€"squarish table, uncompromâ€" ising leatherâ€"seated chairs, unwieldy sideboard and china closet. With the \introduction of a little modern color and imagination a miracle was perâ€" formade! The walls of the room were papered, using a paper with a beigey background and a small lighter beige symmetrical pattern. â€" The floor was ’carpeted in a deep redâ€"brown shade The fancy china closet was sold to a grateful secondâ€"hand man and a pair of hanging shelves edded.. The varnish was removed from the rest of the furâ€" niture, making it look almost bleached blonde. The chair seats gladly gave up their dull leather coverings and jade green leatherette took their place. The mirror was removed from the sideâ€" board and an old painting of flamboyâ€" ant flowers took its place. Curtains were plain beige to match the wall paper and then, to add zest, the winâ€" dows got Venetian blinds in jade green. What happened? For the first time the honey tones of the furniture were appreciated against the dark rug. And the dining room is now a proud place instead of a forgotten corner. Ssad and Drab Or perhaps your furniture is mahoâ€" gany of Federal designâ€"good in itself but sad in drab setting. Why not try an apricot carpet, pale blue walls and deep hlue GCraperies? Or, if you have a conventional oldâ€"rose carpet that is too good to discard, try grey walls, curtains of chintz with a grey background and pale pink to oldâ€"rose flowers, window shades or blinds of palest pink. This combination does flattering things to mahogany, bringing out the rosey tones to perfection. And with this sort of background, your silver will take on new zes and imâ€" portance in the decorative scheme, and you can do imaginative things with table settings. Or perhaps it‘s sunlight you need in â€"your dining room. Many times architects place the dining room on the side of the ELouse where little sun shines or where a side porch cuts off and take notice if sufficient effort and imagination are used in the general settinz of the room. Then there are any number of little tricks for little changes than can make all the difference. Be a bit audacious in your dGdining room, and watch the general family appetite pep up.. If your dining room has a fireplace (lucky lady‘!) decide to treat the room as a halfâ€"andâ€"half proposition (as sitting room as well as‘ dining room), thus adding an extra entertaining corner to the house. If your dining table isn‘t If your maple dining room must be considered as a part of the living room â€"where a vista of the dining room is seen from the living room and thereâ€" fore cannot clash too violently with the latters designâ€"try picking up one of the lighter colours in the living room say the green in the curtains or the blue in a chair. Have the diningâ€"room walls painted a dark tone of the same solour. Dark green walls or dark blue walls can do modern wonders to maple furniture, besides being smart as smart. light and adds gloom. One dining room we‘ve seen had a good solution for this problem. â€" The furniture was an assorted array of Victorian pieces and added to the natural darkness of the room, might lhave presented a serious problem. Here the walls were painted a pale sunny yellow and th door was carpeted turkey red. Simple silk ninon glass curtains the same colâ€" our as the walls were hung at the winâ€" dows and, instead of draperies, a wall paper border featuring huge cabbage roses was used around each window and as an outline for the doors. Chairs were upholstered in the same pale 'yel- low, sislver bleamed on the sideboard, and the lady of the house always kept a bright arrangement of fowers either on the buffet or on the dining table. So this room manufactured its own sunlight and colour. A Little More Formality Or perhaps it‘s maple colonial that has you down. Perhaps you want a little more formal feeling in your dinâ€" ing room, but you think that maple commits you indefinitely to a folksy atmosphere, it is true that, with maple, you cannot expect to achieve the dinâ€" ingâ€"in splendour atmosphere of mahoâ€" gany or walnut. But you don‘t have to be too cottagey about it, either, unless you want to. Try dark grey walls, a warm brilliant Dubbonet carpet, yelâ€" low curtains. Or pale blue walls, redâ€" brown carpet, bright red leather mats for the chair seats, dark blue glazed chintz curtains and a row of potted red geraniums on each window sill. KSchumacher Phone 125 Clear B.C. Fir Vâ€"Joint; Gyproc Hardwood Floorâ€" ing:; Vâ€"Joint and bhlpldp, White Pine Featherâ€" edge; Clear Fir and Pine Doors in Stock Sizes; Sash in Stock Sizes. ROUGH AND DRESSED John W. Fogg Limited umber, Cement, Building Materials, Coal and Coke, Mine and Mill Supplies. 1LUMBER MHead Office and Yard Timmins Phone 117 For a lHandy Hand If discarding an outâ€"moded sideâ€" board cramps your style for drawer |space, try having a carpenter build a | unit into the room. Take the end wall }of the dining room, for instance. . A \niche formed by two cupboards at each ‘corner can be filled in, buffet height !with drawers and cupboards, the reâ€" \ mainder outlined with a plyâ€"board vaâ€" lance and the interior lighted indirectly | for an unusual effect. Paint the entire arrangement the same colour as the dining room walls and what you will lose in actual room space will be balâ€" | anced by the advantage of plenty of ‘cupboard space for linen and china. lAnd the indirectly lighted niche is a !splendid place to display unusual Rower... arrangements a fine picture or ‘a holiday shrinelike decoration. If real elegance is your forte, you might try dark olive green walls, charâ€" treusesatin draperes, at least one ;pictm'e framed in wide old gold and a fine Oriental rug on the floor.. This lcombination with either mahogany or walnut is guaranteed to give that state dinner feeling and will make even a dlowly stew into a distinguished chetf‘s 'specialty ragout. The quickâ€"healing salve for Cyanide Poisonâ€" ing, Eczema, Psoriasis, Impetigo, Salt Rheum, Itch, Chaps and most skin ailments. 50¢ ; £1,00 ; $2.00 sizes. (Medium and strong). Ask your local Druggist or write Kleerex Mlnll- {acturing Co., Toronto, Ont. Canada Lumberman:â€"A great soul will be strong to live as well as to think. Let‘s have a new deal all our own for the forgotten roomâ€"the dining room. (Copyright 1938 Rae Bovykin.) too large, place it nearer one set. of windows instead of right in the middle of the room. Add a pair of comfortâ€" able chairsâ€"slip covered in harmony with the dining room curtains or rugâ€" near the fireplace. What could be betâ€" ter for a family that likes privacy for reading or studying now and then. Sometimes a dining room can give up a wall for the muse of music. A small spinet type or miniature upright piano might fit in very well with a colonial or English dining roomâ€"and make a room used only once or twice a day into a more serviceable part of the house. Kirkland 1LAke Phone %#93 Branch OfMese by Elizabeth Macâ€" PacGE <~FOR. . SKIN DISEASES