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On May 20th, next Saturday, Prance will celebrate the birth of one of its great novelists, Honore De Balzac. . Alâ€" though the works of this author are not as weli known to Englishâ€"speaking readers as are the works of some of his compatriots, they have found deâ€" finite approval and favour amongst all who have read them., After practicing as a notary for three years, Balzac devoted his attention to the writing of tragedies. Unfortunâ€" Honore De Balzac was born in Tours, France, on May 20th, 1799. He was educated at private schools, and graâ€" duated as a student of law, which he practiced for three yvears. At school, he was not an exceptionally brilliant student, having neither a capacity for evil or good in great proportion, biit during his earlier years he read much, and studied the writings of great auâ€" thors. One of his favourite writers was Scott, who is wellâ€"known to every reader. | If You Like Hill â€" Clarkâ€" Francis LIMITED BUILDING (‘ONTRA(‘TORS MATERIALS Cor. Pine First TIMMINS Telephone 4000 ‘Ask your dealer for booklet illustrating Beaver Board‘s many uses and newest decoration ideas, or write to You can do the work or it be glad to give you a price on the whole job complete. No cash needed. Pay moanthiy urder the Home Improvement Plan. THE BEAVER COMPANY, LTDO. THOROLD, ONTARIO O O K L E Tt Make Good Use Of That Waste Space add an EXTRA ROOM or small APARTMENT WE‘LL SHCW YOU HOW Buoks A few panels of Beaver Board can -L‘â€"“.A LW LE -.â€"-Lt\’l:‘\"d\k‘-. J the nmn“ H.) A few panels of Beaver Board can change a room unbelievablyâ€"at small cost. Ideal for covering cracked plaster, making an "extra room‘" by lining storage attics, game rooms in basementsâ€"and many other uses. But be sure to use Beaver Board, manufactured lumber in large, sturdy panels. It will last as long as the house itself. Beaver Board also comes in colors and in hailifâ€"rounds for modern decoraâ€" tive effects in home or public display use. This year your dealer can show you dozens of daring new effects obâ€" tainable with Beaver Board. Visit him soonâ€"he will gladly help you. ately, this was not the work for which his talent was suited, and most of his first writings are not known in the literary world. A few year later,.when his finances were very poor, his family tried to perâ€" suade him to again return to the work of a notary and solicitor. Revolting against their wishes, he was locked in a garret, where his family tried to starve him into submission. During that time he began his first great work in the writing of droll stories, "The Human Comedy." Then followâ€" ed many more novels in the same strain, all of which laughed at human faults. He made a great deal of money but kept himself poor by speculation and travel. Among his friends were most of the great men of France at that time, and when he died in 1850, his pallbearers included Victor Hugo, Alexander Duâ€" mas, and Sainteâ€"Beuve. His best known work is ‘"The Droll Stories," although "Louis Lambert" and other works have won great fayvâ€" our. anything from the soil nowadays exâ€" cept the garden seed which failed to come up. Toronto Telegram : You can get most With all the respect to plaster drapâ€" eries, leather floors and fur furniture, it seems that there are still a lot of people who just like to be comfortably tranquil in their interior decorations. Oh, they don‘t mind a leopard wall or a blagk patent leather ceiling in a pubâ€" lic place. They even enjoy an occasionâ€" al touch of fantasy. in model room exhibits sometimes, but when they go to buy for themselves, they are as conâ€" servative as the day is lonz. And since the average young couple starting. a new home is going to have to live with their furniture a good long time, perâ€" haps it‘s pretty smart of them to like the enduring classic style. a matâ€" ter of. fact the most. bizarre decorator in town would â€"agree with them, for nobody is quicker to draw the line Detween drama and convention than a designer of roosms that fall over backâ€" wards to shock . . .. he‘s the : to say that such effects should only : be for those who can afford to redecorate every year or so. _ _ . Wellâ€"BRred ' There aren‘t many young people who are going to the altar this June who are in that fine ~financial â€" catelzory, . so that‘s why we haven‘t chosen to knock you cold today.â€"with the brides‘ living room presented herewith. It is â€"t0oo much like a wellâ€"bred person for that, and so it is furnished with quiet taste and dignity rather than with spectacuâ€" lar effects. And besides, it is planned on a budget carefully worked out to inâ€" clude the maximum of quality and good esign and the minimum of passing fads. We think that this room has succeeded pleasantly in doing just that, and in its own way,. it even has a freshâ€" ness of color that keeps it from being smug. A striped sofa, predominantly apricot in tone, is flanked by two small lamp tables and in front of it is a spacious coffee table, background in order to zive you picâ€" ture of how the room actually looks. The walls are painted in a soft abâ€" sinthe gre®n <(a pale and slightly wickâ€" ed Iorking tint). With dark green as door trim and woodwork (your painter will probably threaten apoplexy at the suggestion of these off tones, but be firm and he‘ll come through nobly). The breadloom carpet is in a soft dusty | apricot and the striped sofa repeats | this dull apricot tone. The chintz | draperies are in a mellow floral pattorn | on brown ground,. and one easy chair is covered in this same material.‘ A lounge chair is in green twill, pipedi Into this background the furniture introduced . is essentially of 18th cenâ€" tury English heritage, in mahogany, of course. Included is a console extension table which opens out to«seat eight Maybe we‘d better start with the | r"".- The table in this console grouping opens up to seat eight. It arranged in an attractive ensemble with side chairs. Enduring Style in the Furnitureâ€"Freshness in Colourâ€"Fewer Pieces of Better Quality. THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TTIMMINS, ONTARIO A BUDGET LIVING ROOM FOR A BRIDE PLEAsANT HoOMES it | ?above. are drawn up to the fireplace. ‘‘The sofa grouping is against another | wall. A cocktail table, a lamp table and | two end tables complete the ensemble ; of furniture. These particular ten pieces listed above, as selected by this ‘bride, came to $296 complete. But, of 'icourse' the actual figure could vary up ‘or down depending on your own selecâ€" | tions. Absinthe green walls with dark gree chintz on a tawny groundâ€"these are by Elizabeth MacRea Boykin Additional furnishings for the room W green wood : trim, a dusty apricot carpet and are the colours in this bride‘s livirg room. include the‘ carpet, the window drapâ€" eries, mirror, a pair of lamps with gold tea box paper shades, and another table lamp. It is to be hoped that doting friends and relations have proâ€" vided most of these latter very essenâ€" tial notâ€"quiteâ€"necessaries. (Released by Consolidated _ News Features, Inc.) An analytical eye will discern several things about this livingâ€"dining room. In the first place, there is only the essenâ€" tial furniture hereâ€"snough to manage graciously on, but no breakfront cabâ€" inet, no secretary or corner cupboards, not even a desk. That‘s so that the basic furniture can be of better quality, a point that will turn out to be quite a blessing with the passing years. And then there are the colorsâ€"not bedazâ€" zling, ‘that‘s trueâ€"but with a certain poised distinction not found often in the small home . . . colors that accept with studied balance the brilliant acâ€" cent of van Gozh reproductions. | _ _Globe and Mailâ€"A Nova Scotia docâ€" tor has cancelled book debts of $21,000 i owed by his patients. He probably got | tired of carrving the load. I AM giving a parity soon and some of the guests are well acquaintedâ€" others are coming to my home for the first time. I am at my wit‘s end to know how to get my party staried off right and put all of my quests at ease jrom the start. Will you kindly suggest a game that will break the ice jor every one? MISS A. S. M . Answerâ€"You are on the right track. for a clever hostess usually gets the party going with a tricky game of some kind. Here‘s one that can‘t help but put every one at ease rom the start. It‘s a birthday conâ€" test. As each guest arrives, e is asked his middls name and birthday, and these are written on a slip of paper, which is pinned on his back. He is requested to let no one see it. When all the guests have arrived, each is given a card and pencil. They are told to get as many middle names and birthdays as they can in a given time, but to let no one get theirs. The one rule is that every one must keep moving and not stand with his back against anything. This game keeps the crowd interested and creâ€" ates a lot of fun and excitement. Really a grand iceâ€"breaker! Kiwanis Offers Summer Camp to Council as a Result Lottery Ban Say Unable to Carry on If Not Allowed to Raise Money by Usual Method of Lotteries and Draws. Would Pay Third of Cost of Maintaining Boys at Camp in Summer. Club Would Pay Director. Arrange for Conference. _ An offer: to. turn the Kiwanis boys‘ summer camp .over to the Town, and io share in its expense was made on Monday night by a delegation from the Kiwanis Club. . Spokesmenâ€" from the clup pointed out that because of strict enforcement of the law against lotteries,, it was put in â€"the position where it was much more difficult to raise money to: finance such a project and that it would have to curtail its activities. Speaking for the delegation, Mr. Phil Kinkel said ‘that the Kiwanis Club was up "against it‘" because of the fact that the Attorneyâ€"General had deâ€" manded that the law against lotteries be strictly enforced. "We have for some years raised money by means of draws and raffles. In this district they have been an acâ€" cepted part of the system for raising money for such things as boys‘ .campsS and now we find such a form of revâ€" enue curtailed," said Mr. Kinkel. Mr. Kinkel said that the club had hired one of the best directors in Canâ€" ada for the camp this year and would undertake to raise money to see that ne was paid. In addition it would agd 50 cents of the necessary $:.50 a day to maintain a boy at the cam»n. The Town would add the other $1. CV _ JA E E N2 CA Dds 4 Town would add the other $1.. Picton Gazette:â€"Europe has now "Is there no way you could manage. been at the crossroads as long as the Do you have to give che camp up?" ‘ hitchâ€"hiker with three suitcases. "The good which has been done by the camp for undernourished and underprivilezed children should not be allowed to die and for that reason we offer the camp to the Town." The Canada Life Assurance Company, 230 University Ave., Toronto, Ont Canada‘s Oldest Life Assurance Company "‘Isn‘t it grand . . . just P think . . . we‘re in Old ‘ England . . . lots of time 2. 009# to see everything . . . l ~.. + money to pay our way. "And we can spend every last cent . . . for another cheque will come along next month . . . every month . . . as long as we live". Ask the man or woman who has a Canada Life income . . . its glorious, when you close the desk for good and get right down to the business of really enjoying life . . . secure in the knowledge that month in, month out, income cheques will come to you. It‘s surprising how many "future dollars" your quarters will make. Why not drop us a linc? SMITH ELSTON "Look Mother. .. _the: Dover Cliffs" Without obligation on my part please tel} me how T‘ear get a gvaranteed Canada Life Income #50 (_] $100 B $200 ] $300 [D] a month at azge 55 60 [_] 65 7 Name Address asked the Mayor We «â€"have no alternative," said Mr. "This action of the governâ€" ment has caught us so late in the seaâ€" son. â€" We are not going to give up but we feel that there is a very definite limit to what we can do." Last year, said Mr. Lynch, there were 132 boys chosen from list of 355. Every church was asked to send boys, the police department and other organâ€" izations. An effort was made to send only those who needed it worst and who would benefit most from the food, outâ€" door life and direction. "The trouble," said the Mayor, "Is that we have our estimates made. What would the total cost be?" Mr. P. J. Lynch pointed out to the Council that it was not a charitabre donation the club was asking. It had been carrying on the work for some years which rightfully belonged to the Town. Final decision was for representaâ€" tives of the Kiwanis Club to confer on Wednesday with members of the Pubâ€" lic‘ Relations Committee of the Counâ€" cil. Figuring. 128 boys at $1.50 a day for two months would bring it in the neighborhood of $1,000, said Mr. Kinâ€" kel. h The Club, continued Mr. Lynch, was offering the Town a fully equipped campâ€"an investment of $5,000 or $6,000. Day of