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la "mirror, and - MIRROR DRAWING When you are entertaining friends | | : . . and there is time for a simple diver- { which is tied a small balloon, sion, set them to draw a sguare by | iooking through a mirror. Stand a little mirror on the table, with a sheet | of paper in front, and ask various | members to draw a square on the pa-| per. They should look only at the | reflection of the pencil through the | probably they will be | greatly surprised at the difficulty of | so apparently easy a task of making | the square accurately. HIDDEN COUNTRIES In the following sentences there are; aumber of countries hidden. See if vou can find them. 1. His words we denied, for they were untrue. 'pocket without being hit, they may 2. Da not call it a lyre, it is a lute. 3. He saw his pa in the train. ! 4. Can Ada come out to play? 5. 1 agree, cement is stronger than plaster. | 'your balloon one Here are the answers in order: 1. Sweden. 2. Italy. 3. Spain. 4. Can- ada. a. Greece. SO EASY, TRY IT Place two objects, such as an apple and orange, sweets, cotton reels, etc, on the table about 2 feet apart and 1 foot from the edge, and ask any mem- ber of the party if he or she can change their positions without allow- ing them to pass or touch each other. At first glance the problem will prob- ably appear insoluble, and one after another the players will confess them- selves beaten. And yet how easy is the task. Stand with your back to the table, pick up an object in each hand, turn round, and put them in opposite positions. See! 'DART RACES This little game is ever so exciting, both for boys and for girls. First you must draw a long chalk line on the play-ground, marking it at inter- vals with numbers from 10 to 50. Now the game is for each player to make his own dart out of paper and try to make it fly farther than any of the others along the chalk line. Of course, he takes the number nearest the spot where his dart falls for his score. The player who is cleverest at mak- ing darts is usually the winner. A SKEIN-HOLDER The hoy readers can easily make a little wool skein-holder for mummy if they have a box of tools and a good stout piece of wood about one inch thick and abut eight by five inches in size. Now there will be two large cotton- reels needed and two long screws. The cotton-reels must be fastened to eacl end of the board, with the screws resting on two large beads so that they will rotate freely. Now when a skein of wool is placed over the reels, it can be wound off quite easily by one person. A GOOD CATCH To catch your friend with this little trick, you must first of all find a meat skewer and sharpen it at both ends. Now present it to a friend, to- gether with a cent, and then say to him: "Can you put this coin on either end of this stick and then rest the stick on a table?" Of course, your friend will find it much too difficult to balance the coin on the stick, and will be sure to give it up and challenge you to do it. Then all you need do is to place the cent on the table and press one end of the stick on to it. ' "You see, I said put the penny on either end of the stick!" you laugh.-- Sent by Elsie Lane. SINGING PROVERBS In case you have a nasty wet day while vou are on holiday from school, I want to tell you of a jolly game you can play indoors. Though I hope very much that you don't need to stay in- doors at all. One player must go out of the room and the rest stay inside. While he or she is away you think of some pro- allow it to fall to the ground falls out verb, say 'A stitch in time saves nine. One of the players must go round to the others and give them each one of the words in the proverb. One, you see, will have "A", another "stitch," another "in", and so on. Call the player into the room and then all start singing your own par- ticular word to some tune arranged, such as "Rule, Britannia;" You don't sing only "Rule, Britannia," of course, but your own word to that tune. Sup- posing you are ¢stitch," you sing "Stitch, stitch," all to the tune. The player who has come into the room has to walk round and listen and try and guess what the proverb is. He has three guesses, and when he guesses right the player who gave him the clue is sent out of the room, and you choose another proverb and start all over again. " JESTER! This is ever such a jolly game for -- ; : : ° {the fields or the playground. Any For Long Nights number of players may take part 7] 'the game, and first of all one of them is chosen to be the Jester. Now this player must have a short stick to Now, before the game begins all the other players must fcrm in a ring round the Jester, and then he runs forward and tries to hit any player on the head with the balloon. Of course, the others run off and dodge about; but if anv of them happens to be hit, then they must give up their hand- kerchiefs to the Jester, who slips them into his pocket with just the ®nds sticking out. Now if the players are clever enough to dodge round the Jes- ter while he is changing the others and slip their handkerchiefs from his join in the game again. The game finishes when the Jester has taken the handkerchiefs of all the players. A BALLOON GAME I know you are all very fond of] balloons. All children are. be rather fun to have a game with | morning on the] beach, wouldn't it, chicks? Just simple little game, where you cot all join in. Just stick your spades in the sand | about twelve feet apart, with the | handles uppermost. Then tie a piece of string from one handle to the other. Two players begin, one at either side of the string. ~ One pats the balloon over to the other. The first one to of the game, and another player takes his place. As each player falls out another one comes in, so you keep on playing until you have all had your turn, when you start all over again. And you will find it a task getting the balloon over the string. You see, being so light, it will not always Co just what you want it to. Which, of course, adds to the fun of the game. Ships' Oil Kills Birds in England The Royal Society for the Protec- tion of Birds of Great Britain has be- gun a campaign to protect the birds that fly about the coastal waters from the menace of oil discharged by pass- ing ships. A recent discovery of eighty birds dead from the exhaus-; tion of carrying a weight of the oil ; has caused a wave of complaint. The | Board of Trade has made severaj at-) tempts to remedy the situation, pri-, vate individuals have spread pro-, paganda, and many public protests, have been registered. The fisheries: also have complained. The British Admiralty, it is pointed | out, uses an oil separator which gends overboard not more than one' pint of oil to 200,000 parts of water.' Many persons are demanding that all oil-driven steamers be compelled to use such a device. It is pointed out,' incidentally, that its use would in two years save in oil the cost of install- ing the device. | The Royal Society makes it plain that sentimentality is not the only reason for wishing to save the birds, : as the present condition brings an' unpleasant clutter on the shores.' One of the typical letter§ of protest reads: ! "A gentleman called at my house last week with a young Guillemot which could not fly because its wings were clogged with oil My wife washed it with soap and water and my little boy took it down to the sea; it went off quite happily. A' few hours later the same gentleman ' brought another helpless bird, but this, though treated in the same man- ner, died." i Royal Families Can Trace Ancestors to Eleventh Century Research Shows That Aris- tocracy Continues Line in Health and Wealth Royalty and old families do not die out because of their age, neither do they become degenerate and sterile because of their wealth and power. Facts taken from the history of the British peerage furnish proof of this, in contradiction to popular notions about inherited wealth and position. Since families and family names continue only in the male line, many old families have become extinct only because all the children of one gen- eration were girls. It is not fair to say that -old families are dying out! because certain names are no longer | over half of the British peers of 1921 3 : . 1 trace a continuously aristocratic des-| ly as the year 1450. Every instinct and desire of power- ful and wealthy families weuld tend, | biologically, toward their growth in| strength and numbers, Dr. Woods points out, mentioning the desire for children, particularly sons, and the selective mating ef aristocratic fami- lies, a matter designed to strengthen the family. 'While nine out of a certain ten old families may have died out, due to a preponderance of girl children, the re- maining one will have branched out and ramified until fully ten important families of to-day can trace their des- cent from it in the male line. An ex- | ample of this is the great number of aristocratic familites, including twelve peers, descended from the old Stewart' family of Scotland, the originator of the family line being the first'steward of the King of Scotland. Thus in av- tual numbers, a balance is kept, and aristocracy as a whole, as well as royalty, does not die out because of any degeneracy or weakness due to its rank or wealth. ! Of the royal families of to-day, both reigning and non-reigning, nearly every one, through the male line, "shows a continuous position of nobil- | ity or royalty traceable as early as the eleventh century." Three or four thousand members of various royalties are living in Europe to-day and they' are all having large families.--Kansas City Star's Sciciice dervice. Wir iy Better to Rest "If a certain day on the road has been a particular hard one with de- tours, slow travel, etc., says Robert Page Lincoln in the December issue of "Forest and Stream," then lay over the succeeding day and rest up. You will find that your outlook o nthe world will then be the rosier and you will re-emter upon your adventure with the same zest as when you set out. The road is no place for frayed or tired nerves." - ---- Te --_---- To-day Build a little fence of trust Around to-day, Fill tbe space with loving work, And therein stay. Look not through the sheltering bars | Upon to-morrow; God will help thee bear what comes Of Joy and Sorrow. --M. S. Butts. MEL RA I Add to animal rarities: Ocean greyhounds that bark and green bay horses. liament. Spanish King's Son May be Educated in English School Owing to Ill Health of Older Brothers, Don Juan Car- los May Succeed Father London.--Queen Victoria of Spain is in England investigating the possi- bilities of educating her third son, Don Carlos, in one of the famous Brit- ish schools. Whether or not the voungest boy will be educated as the future king of Spain or merely as one of the sons of the present mon- arch is an open question. The Spanish dictator, General Primo de Rivera, has picked Don Juan to support his father on the throne when the proper time comes, but King Alfonso has not yet agreed to the It would | found in the peerage. On the other plan. The tragedy of hereditary ill | side of the picture, it was found that' health in the Spanish royal family, which is responsible for the delicate condition of the two elder sons, has ad | cent in the direct male line to as ear- made the question cf succession to the crown one of great political.import- ance in Spain. The first boy, the Prince of the Aus- trias, who is now twenty-one rears old, has been ill for the greater part of his life. He suffers from haemo- philia. The, slightest cut on the skin may cause a person so afflicted to bleed to death, as the blood, lacking {a necessary element, refuses to con- geal and close the wound. The prince, therefore, has to be particularly care- ful with knives and forks. The king's second son, Don Jaime, is afflicted with a disorder of the ear, and he was taught with difficulty to speak. The third son, however, is a healthy boy. Don Juan is fifteen years old 'and has been able to take part in every form of sport. The King of Spain and the nobility of Spain op- pose the dictator's idea of declaring Don Juan the Crown Prince. His . majesty says that Don Juan is too young to be made the formal heir yet. The Spanish nobles feel. that delicate health should not bar the two elder sons to succession. They also argue that no decision need be made at the moment, as the King of Spain is com- paratively young. Another stumbling block to settle- ment of the question is the ancient loyalty of the royal house to the Par- His majjesty would prefer the Spanish Cortes, which occupies much the same position these days as the Italian Chamber of Deputies a sregards actual power, to debate the matter and thus give the new heir, when chosen, the support of its ap- proval. TO STOP HER, OF COURSE eacher: Whiy should we put a full (stop after the sentence. "The woman said she was going after him with a stick?" - Pupil: Whyr--er--fo keep her from going too far. ° a. Thanks Thanks are justly due for tlings got without purchase.--Ovid. Hungary's Man of Iron, a British Admiral INDULGED IN A SMILE AT POLO MATCH IN BUDAPEST An unusual glimpse of Admiral Horthy, regent of Hungary, who is seldom seen smiling or laughing. He is conversing with a society lady during a polo match, a new sport for Hungary, but ome which is becoming extremely papular. Plan to Coniveit = Lewis Island Bog Into Fertile Land Reclamation of 250 Square Miles in Hebrides Proposed by Visitor From Canada London.--Two hundred and fifty square miles of barren peat-bog in the island of Lewis, one of the He- | brides off the coast of Scotland, are {promised conversion into fertile agri- cultural land by a scheme disclosed {by T. B. Macaulay, president of the (Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada. Mr. Macaulay's parents went from Stcrnoway, Lewis Island, to Canada, and he has made several gifts to their native town In an interview in London, where he has been on a visit, 'Mr. Macaulay said he had about 20 acres of peat land growing fine crops on his Canadian farm. Sir Robert Greig, chairman of the Scottish Board {of Agriculture, had visited the farm, and asked if it was the same peat as existed in Stornoway. "I told him it was, but more fibrous 'and therefore less useful for agricul- ture," said Mr. Macaulay. "I was able to add that, nevertheless, by draining and removing the top sur- face the peat land had been made into the most productive on my farm. The French Canadians have thou- sands of acres of land like it. They call it 'black-land.' "Sir Robert saw the importance of this discovery, and has since been conducting experiments at Lochar- Moss, near Dumfries. "He now believes that with drain. ing, the Lewis Island peat soil can be made as productive as mine. "There are about 1,000 square miles of land in Lewis, of which 950 are worthless at present. Suppose we could out of that save 250 square miles--I believe we could reclaim at least 400 square miles--then you have a bit of agricultural land 25 miles by 10. "All kinds of root and leaf crops flourish on the soil. Vegetables of every kind grow on it, and the hay crop is splendid." Good Advice Protect Your Heart Through Proper Exercise When that teart of yours enters the field meet for the running hop, skip 'and jump don't be greatiz alarmed says Walter E. Colby in the current issue of "Phy:leal Culture." It's probably rot heart palpitation 'but intestinal trouble all of which is {your own fault, he says. Most everybody who givos « the gody has intestinal s<.ii some form. He suggests a re:med that is homemade, economical guaranted to cure. "Comes the morning. A couple of glasses of water, not too cold, taken slowly," advises Colby. "You will find that your torsal gyrations wiil urge this water through your trouble- some big intestine and be almost as good as a physic. Stand with your feet about eighteen inches apart, hands on hips, rotate your torso seven times in one direction and seven times in the other. In the same standing position, stretch your arms straight above your head, clasp your fingers and rotate your torso or upper part of your body in the same way. "In the same standing position, with hands on hips, bend from thea hips backward and forward as far as you can, seven times in each direc- tion. In all these exercises, remem- ber to tense and relax your muscles alternately as you proceed. Keep continually.' Rest a moment or two between each exercise, relaxing com- pletely and taking a few deep breaths, slowly. "Then, inevitably, comes the time- worn trick of bending over and try- ing to touch the floor with the tips of your fingers. This in itself has al- ways been accepted as a good exercise, but as an integral part of our sysiem tor the cure of intestinal stasis, it is particularly effective." This all ap- plies to the farmer as well as the city man. a renee dl ee cm ee Advice for the Ignorant When a physician orders you to keep away from cigarettes, he is not suggesting that you purchase a long ciarette holder. The initial cost of an automobile has nothing whatever to do with the engraved initials placed upon doors. Many who are thinking about a trip abroad have little intention of leav ing home this year. The world. al- ways has bad its great thinkers. ee ee 8 re Gushing Lady Visitor--"How sweet to see the tender green cf the young snowdrops pushing up through the brown earth." Cottager--"Yes'm. hut what vou're a-looking at is the autumn spring onions." your mind on the pit of your stomach :