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1 1 l\ It was decided to hold no Mother RV" ROCN !R . o. and Daughter banquet this year, but EYESIGHET mcuun' : l ] delegates were appointed for both the Fer Appointment Phone u-u National Convention in Toronto: and BUCOVETSEKX BLDG. the Diocesan Convention in Noranda. The National Convention, which will 1 Third Aro. take place ‘at the Royal York Hotel, on June Ist to June 3rd, will be atâ€" 'rry the Advance Want Advertisements tended by Mrs. A. B. Burnet, while COMEGAS 750 on u. $ nn rate and lluy Silverplated o A Abrilling gift for Brideé or Mother! It‘s a comâ€" plete service for 8 in a handâ€" some chest. She‘ll Adore a Set of 44 Pc. Service See our Gift Taâ€" bleâ€"it suggests a host of lovely, inâ€" expensive giits, for showers, wedâ€" dings, Mother‘s Day, etc. EYES EXAMINED 49 From sp ecial table Women‘s League=â€"on 'muday evening, when they received a letter from the Reverend â€"Father â€" acknowledging a Christmas greeting which the League had sent him. ‘The letter was read at the regularâ€"meeting, with Miss Mae Andrews, president, in the chair. Here‘s the set everyone is talkâ€" ing aboutâ€"and you may choose Other Sets ..... meeting of the season will take place on that date, and will be a social â€" Teacherâ€"Remember the saying, "It is better to give than to receive?" Pupilâ€"My. father says that is his Assistants were appointed for some of the committee conveners, and it was decided to hold the next monthly meetâ€" delegate to the Diocesan tion in September, with Mrs. J. W. Spooner appointed as alternate. . Plans were made for a homeâ€"baking sale to be held on May 17th, with Mrs. C. Jennings and Mrs. F. Kelly as conâ€" veners, and the members decided that they would supply a box of clothing for a needy family. â€" Members are asked toj deliver any infant‘s clothing they may. have to Mrs. Laplante, 12 Elm street south, before Friday of this week, and it was decided to supply the family with a quart of milk each day for one ‘Teacherâ€"What is your father? Pupilâ€"A pugilist â€"Exchange. $34.75 up ""‘to purchase two mobile kitchens been a favourite with Timmins people for a long time, and they were proud and delighted to find her in the feaâ€" tured role of the comic operetta ... although every member of the cast deâ€" serves a special "pat on the back", this column sends forth two or three of them to Frank Boisvert as the elderly Sir Joseph of the opera ... his was a realistic performance which made the audience believe that they were actualâ€" ly witnessing the eccentric actions of 2 British admiral .â€". . and, too, Frank is a young man, but the man who apâ€" peared on Monday and Tuesday evenâ€" ings was an elderly, quivering gentleâ€" man, with perhaps, a little touch of A pretty young lady, with a beautiâ€" ful voice ... a young lady who was charmingly ‘"oldâ€"fashioned" in an empire style gown of rose silk, with a velvet pokeâ€"bonnet trimmed in black ribbons . . . she was Miss Bernice Mcâ€" Grath who took starring honours in the Schubert Choral Society‘s presentâ€" ation of "H.M.S. Pinafore" on Monday and Tuesday evenings . . . Bernice has gout. brought a tiny parcel which contained a bottle of perfume entitled "Heaven Sent" . . . of course, the parcel did not come from Heaven, but if its fragrance were the proof of the fact, that would be quite believable . . . It is made by the same firm whose apple blossom preparations have proved so popular, and its a "newilie" for 1041. And a prayer from her heart she utters: "God bless them, my dear ones all! Oh! may it be many, many years Ere sorrow to them befall!" To her work from the mending basket She turns with a heart at rest; For she knows that to husbhand and- children She is always the first and best The maiden has wearled of working And gone away to her play; The sun in the west is sinking At the close of the quiet day. Now the mothers hands are resting Still holding a stocking of red, And her thoughts in the twilight shadow, To the farâ€"off future have fled. "Oh! where will the little feet wander Before they have time to rest? Where will the bright heads be pillowed When the mother‘s loving breast Is under the spring‘s blue violets, And under the summer grass, When over her fall the autumn leaves, And the storms of winter pass?" she takes up a little white apron, And thinks of the woeful face Of her datrling when she came crying: "O mamma! I‘ve torn my lace." So she mended the childs pet apron; Then took up a tiny shoe, And fastened a stitch that was broken, And tied the ribbon of blue. Then she speaks to the little mailden Learning to lknit at her side, And tells her about those stockings Uneven and shapeless and wideâ€" "I had to ravel them out, my dear; Don‘t be discouraged, but try, . And after awhile you‘ll learn to knit As swift and even as I." ‘That he may no roughness feel; And her thoughts to her merry girl« And her early wifehood go, And she smiles at the first pair of Over and under, and in and out, The swift little needle fles; For always between her and idleness The mending basket les; And the patient hands, though weary, Work lovingly on and on At tasks that never are finished; For mending is never done. She takes up the father‘s stocking, And skillfully knits in the heel, And smooths the seam with a tender Whoever carried the arduous duties of the makeâ€"up department for the opera, also deserves a great deal of credit for the perfection of detail in which the characters were made up .. . Peéercy MAITIS, 88 Deadeye Dick would have made a perfect "Hunchback of Notre Dame" . . . certainly, he was every bit as gruesome as his name apâ€" plied, with one eye completely covered and a huge hump on his That little _poem, â€" entitled «‘Mother‘s Mend?ng Basket" and written by Mrs. M. A. Kidder, exâ€" presses very eloquently why Sunday is "Mother‘s Day" ... in every nome, that day, the children will think of their mother, and she in turn, will think of her mother . . . whether they ‘be far or near, old or young, "children" pay special tribute to the woman whose love has made the world a wonderful place . .. . just remember "She is always the first and best." possible way . . . for instance, not so long ago, they collected funds to send a mobile kitchen overseas . well, for some time they gathâ€" ered these funds from the various branehes of the WI. in Ontario, totslmadeitposfifle(ormw.l. bers of the Women‘s Institute plan to do anything, they do it the best She knit so long ago. ‘That lovely sewing cabinet which was donated to the Ladies‘ Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion by Mr. R. Backâ€" house, was won on Monday at the social evening which followed the banâ€" quet by Mrs. Dupont, of the Buffaloâ€" Ankerite . . . so let‘s join in congratuâ€" lating her even if you, and you and Ann are terribly envious . . . the memâ€" bers had a fine banquet and social evening in honour of the thirteenth birthday of the Auxiliary, which was "born" on May 5th, 1928 . . . and, to make the event doubly enjoyable, some of the original members who attended that first meeting so long ago, were present at this celabration. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of next week are the days of the Music Festival which will take place at three A "thankâ€"you" is extended by. La Federation Desâ€" Femmes Canadienneâ€" Francaise to all the members who have combined to make their knitting meetâ€" ings such very successful events, and to give such a fine monthly quota of articles completed . . . during the past four weeks, these knitters have made fiftyâ€"one pairs of socks, four pairs of seaman‘s socks, fifteen pairs of mitts, fifteenâ€" helmets, ons seaman‘s scarf and one air force scarf . . . which is definitely a total to be proud of . . . and they also remind their friends to watch the newspapers for further inâ€" formation on the card party which will places . . . the Timmins United Church, the Harmony Hall, and the McIintyrs Arena on Wednesday evening, Mr. Roy Fenwick will direct massed choirs and orchestras, and this final event will be a great climax to the many hours of music in preparation . . . on the final evening, prizeâ€"winners will be announced, as decided by Dr. Chas. Peaker, FR.C.O., and Mr. Roy Fenâ€" be‘ held some time this month. on commercial patterns are being conducted from Monday to Friday beâ€" ginning at 10 o‘clock aach mornringâ€" to 12 noonâ€"1.30 each afternoon to 4 And while speaking of the WI., if you see your friends hurrying towards the Scout Hall (at the Hollinger Hall), around ten o‘clock these mornings, or perhaps about 1.30 in the aftemoon, here‘s the secret . . . they‘re rushing down to take advantage of that marâ€" vellous sewing school being conducted this week by the Women‘s Institute. . . . Miss Edith Collins of Toronto, is in charge of the school, and the classes . . . Mr. Hale, Mrs. Hansen, Miss Peggy Willliams, Miss Mary Quinn, and other members presided at the piano during the dancing, and it was a fitting celebration of a sucâ€" cessful event. the <party took place after the Tuesday evening presentation of the operetta, when it was also deâ€" cided that the programme would be â€"repeated once again on Wednesâ€" day evening . . . but, on Tuesday, the members celebrated the great success of the first two evenings, and invited their friends to be preâ€" sent at the event . . . immediately after the performance, a dainty lunch was served in the refreshâ€" ments room of the Lions Club hall, and then dancing was enjoyed in the newly decorated main floor. Isn‘t it the grandest feeling to get up in the morning and look out of the window to see trees in soft, fragile leaf, and GREEN grass . . . somehow those. little leaves seem just a tiny bit afraid to come out in the daylight, for each morning, under cover of the darkness, they seem to have beâ€" come twice as large . . . won‘t be long now before the countryside will be a glorious green and all the lovely gardens in bloom . . . well, even now, it‘s getting pretty hard to remember exactly what winter ‘"We had such a good time" ‘said one of the cast in telling about the party for the performers of the "H.MS. Pinafore," as presented by the Schubert Choral Society . . . "I am Heimo Haitto, a Finnish refugee," said the voice from the screen, and many people in the Palace theatre last night leaned forward as if to bring even closer the memories of a Finnish lad of been outstanding in a man twice magazines .. .tbut Timmins may lay prior claim to Hazel Garroll Hayes, for she was originally a Timmins girlâ€"Hazel Latham . . . remember her now? .. . besides her poetic efforts, Hazel Carroll Hayes has written two songs "The Call of Freedom" ~and "Words for Such Simple Things," which will be pubâ€" lished shortly. On Monday The Advance carried a poem entitled "Our Duty". . . it was an inspiring little work and was written by Hazel Carroll Hayes of the Buffaloâ€"Ankerite Property . . . which makes the second Bufâ€" faloâ€"Ankerite woman to have gainâ€" ed note with poetic gems . . . the first, of you remempber, is Gillian Douglas, whose work has appeared in many Canadian newspapers and have of Mr. and Mrs. Perkins and their daughters. Mrs. Perkins was a very strict woman, whose nature made her an easy target for great shock. A great deal of amusement was caused when the fiance of one of the daughâ€" ters and the nephew of Mr. Perkins visited the family, and their identilies were mistaken. The "country cousin," Tom, finally straightened up the afâ€" fair, and everything came to a happy ending. Included in the cast were Lucy Court, Peggy Webster, Eva McLeod, Sarah Partridgs, Nancy Carol, Agnes Gledhill, Shirley Longmore, Gwen Steckley and Margaret LePointe. Menear, Elizabeth Curtis, Garneth McLeod, Erwin Williams, Pearl Harry, and Eva McLeod, The big group of Guides sang two numbers "Fat Little Fellow" (solo by Pegy Lloyd) and "The Ash Grove," and the small group also gave selections which included a spring song, a patriotic song, and an English folkâ€"song. Two short plays were features of the programme. The first ‘"‘"‘Too Much of a Good Thing," portrayed the city home The concert opened with the singing of "O Canada," and "I Am a Canaâ€" dian" by the whole company.. Jean Carson, who was chairman for the evening gave a welcoming address, followed by a report on the Guide acâ€" tivities by Doris Read. The other play "Let the Wedding Bells Ring" was also a comedy, set at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Lang, where their daughter. Sadie, was to be married to Oswald Short. After many interruptions, the wedding proceeded, and got to a point where the two were to be pronounced man and wife when a whistle blaew and the groom rushed offâ€"â€"because he belonged to the union. The highlight of the play was a country orchestra (Lois tham, Marguerite Latham, Eva Somehow, though, he was not quite the same, although his friendly smile and eager manner were portrayed on the screen . . . but the slightly unruly fair hair which seemed to be such a great part, had been smoothed down and looked dark, and then of course, he was a lot shorter than when he visited the camp . . . However, his talâ€" ented handling of the violin was ever the same . . . and, a tip . . . if you haven‘t yet seen that picture, "There‘s Magic in Music," well, there‘s still toâ€" night . . . it‘s a funâ€"packed and interâ€" ability will amaze you . . . in the starâ€" ring role is young Suzannah Fostéer, whose thrilling voice easily: reaches a note two octaves above high C. Mrs. Forrester was the winner of the first prize in the Ladies‘ AuxiHMary Whist Tournament which came to a close with the final evening of whist on Tuesday. Other tournament winâ€" ners were: 2nd, Mrs. H. Beaulne:; 3rd, Mrs. N. Cullen; 4th, Mrs. Vaecchino; 5th, Mr. G. Lloyd, and 6th, Mrs. Shaw. Weekly prize winners on Tuesday evening were: Ladiesâ€"ist, Mrs. Mcâ€" Donald on a draw from Mrs.'Chaloux who tookâ€"second prize: 3rd, Mrs. Lainsâ€" bury on a cut from Mrs. H. Beaulne. Gentlemenâ€"ist, Mr. Bezanson; 2nd, Mrs. Roy, and 3rd8, Mrs. Briggs. Ten tables of whist were played and Mrs. Hardy acted as MC. The Guides give a great deal of credit for the success of the event to Mrs. Carson, who. directed the music, and to Captain Bailey, who directed the whole programme, and they exâ€" tend their thanks to Mr. Wheeler, Keith Powell and Harry Hardy who built the stage for the performance. During the course of the evening, the audience was entertained with solo selections by Beryl Crispin, Mayzell McLeod, and Peggy Lloyd), which knew very little about music, The cast included Jean Carson, »ane}. MacMilâ€" Winners. Ladies‘ Auxiliary Whist Tournament Event Only three more whist parties will be held by the Auxiliary before the summer season. Girl Guide Concert Again Big Success esting story of the little musicalâ€" world at Irterlochen, and features Mrs. C. Byrd. Among those who sent gifts but were unable to attend was Myrs. E. Valénius. The third annual concert by the Guides of the 106th I.O0.D.E. Company was held on Monday evening in the hall of St. Matthew‘s Church, and was once again a very great success with an exceptionally good attendance. A pleasant social evening was spent, and a dainty lunch was served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. 8. Haapalg. Among those who attended were: Mrs. Viitasaari, Mrs. Huhtala, Mrs. Slack, Mrs. Valve, Mrs. Waldon, Mrs. Simola, Mrs. Giles, Mrs. Taivalaje, Mrs. Saloma, Mrs. Teeple, Mrs. Peterâ€" son, Mrs. Kaillio, Mrs. Haapanen, Mrs. Baakko, Mrs. Lind, Mrs. Maki, Mrs. E. Valenius, Mrs. Korri, Mrs. Kangas, Mrs. Leahy, Misses Velma Kimes, Nelma Johnson, and Maila Rilhinen, the hostesses, Mrs. Pelitoniemi and Mrs. Jamsa, and the guestâ€"ofâ€"honour, wore many friends of the guestâ€"ofâ€". honour preéserit to wish her all hapâ€" piness and to externd numerous lovely recitals in this district, were thrilled to see him once again .. . , Audrey Leach, Vera King, Everil Mrs. H. See was in the chair at the regular monthly meeting of the Senior Catholic Women‘s League, held on Wednesday evening.in the basement of the Church of Nativity. There was good attendance of members, and rouâ€" tine business was discussed. Mrs. C. J. Munn thanked the memâ€" bers for their asistance in making the recent bake sale the great success ‘hat it was, and Mrs. J. Sullivan gave an inâ€" teresting report on the war work acâ€" complished by the members since Deâ€" cember. She also urged them to give as much time as possible to the sewing group in the Red Cross sewing rooms In welcoming the audience, the Rev. W. M. Mustard explained that the proceeds of the event would be used to send one or two delegates to the Young People‘s Camp Conference, so that they might return with added knowledge to give to the local branch; and also, for the missionary and genâ€" eral work of the church. 1t was decided to hold a rummage sale on May 17th. this event *o be conâ€" vened by Mrs. W. Capeless. and pnlans were discussed for a social evening for members to take place in the near future. Mrs. Seubert, who is in charge of the reading material being sent to Knights of Columbus Army in North Bay, said that she exnerted *o make a shipment on Wednesday of next week, and asked any members who who had reading material io conâ€" tribute to get in touch with her or to leave the material at the basement of the Church of Nativity before Tuesday. The judge was more hard of hearing than he admitted. Each of the two men who stood near him was a li:tle The first one spoke: "Your Honor," he said. "I‘m suing for eleven dollars that‘s due to me for repair work done in my garage." "It‘s a lie!" shouted the second man. ‘"My dog never bit him." The magistrate toyed with the list of cases and pondered gravely. "Beems to me you‘re both too hotâ€" headed," he said at length,. "I see no reason why you should not combine to support your grandfather."â€"Gilobe puring the intervals Miss Grace Ramsay, AT.CM., acted as pianist on Tuesday evening, and Mrs. A. Gamble, ATCM., was pianist on Wednesday evening. push, puÂ¥l! If you can‘t pull, aside and cheer mmfl United Church Y. P. U. Scores Another Success Upon learning that.«she was the obâ€" ject of hatred in the home, Jane told Roger and Tom that she was Jane Price, Miss Perkins‘ secretary, and promised to s‘raighten out the who‘e affair. Then she outlined her nlan which made of Tom the type of man Rosemary wanted to meet, and made Roger Kent a cruel uncle. The scheme worked perfectly, when Roger Kent forbade Tom from Rosemary, because of his "past." and Rosemary consequently became interâ€" ested in Tom. However, when lovers were eloping, Kent practically ruined the whole scheme by apocearin~ in the livingâ€"room just as Tom and Rosemary. were escaping through the window. But the two maidenly ladies, and Miss Perkins stopped this by reâ€" sorting to rugby tactics and pinning Kent to the floor while the couple "eloped.‘" Finally, Roger and Jane were united, when Roger said that he had known all along that she was Jane Perkins. â€"when Tom was ordered out of house by the "cruel uncle", with the result that Rosemary threw herself in his arms to save his life which was threatened by her uncle; when the two maidenly ladies used long hairâ€" pins as their weapons in battling Jane whom they thought to be an accomâ€" plice in a theft plot; and again, when Louisa and Susie, along with Jane, satisfied their romantic souls with watching the lovers‘ elopement. . Among the most humorous moments of the play were those when Poppy and Alec argued, Alec proclaiming that he had suffered when he underwent operations: that he was strong for he could lift Poppy up in the air. and that he could very easily remain silont Garrick, who came to visit Rosemary, and found that he, too, did not have "romantce in his soul." Kent met Tom as he was leaving after a stormy interâ€" view with Rosemary, and the two deâ€" cided that all the fault lay with Jane Perkins, the novelist. Just as they were ranting and raving about what they would do to the novelist if ever they met her, a bicycle collided with a tree in the storm outdoors, and Jane Perâ€" kins was brought into the homse, suf«â€" fering from s wrenched ankle. Eade, Jean Tupper, Doreen Hocking, Patey Gridiey, Kathlsen Cooke, Milâ€" dred Borland, and Doris Read. % white dresses and carrying apple blosgâ€" ard the concert closed with the singing of "We‘re Proud of Canada," by the company, and a "Good Night Song" by Eva McLeod, followed by "God Seve the King." (Continued From Page One) appointed in love, and be of the "silent and strong" type. Roger Kent sympathized with Alec, who, he knew, had previously been Poppy‘s favourite, and also with Tom Several of the young Guides perâ€" _W. L. Shipping Reading Material to K. of C. Huts hi If you PAGR THERER