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y THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE. 'I I \ BY AUNT JUNE Our Boys and Girls Corner Registered According to the Copyright Act. DEDICATED TO EVERY BOY AND GIRL IN CANADA ANNOUNCING THE YOUNG HELP- BRS' "LEAGUE OF SEKVICE." My Dear Boys and Girls, â€" This is a call for recruits. You know what it means to recruit a man for service in war time, do you not .' In many other countries outside of Canada, particularly in England, where there are barrack towns, that is towns where the soldiers live, it is quite usual for one to meet a recruit- ing sergeant frequently, even when there is no war on. It is this man's business to get recruits, that is men who will enlist in the army and pledge themselves to fight if need be for the protection of their country. Now a man to be able to join the army, in ordinary times, must oe very fit. He has to measure up to certain standards. You will remember during the War with Germany, how a great many men who would like to have gone to the front had to stay at home dur- ing the first few years, because they could not measure up to these stan- dards, so the number of men who were turned away set every one thinking very hard, as to what was the reason. In a great many instances, it was found these men had not taken the oest care of themselves, that is thev had been careless in the way they lived. They had bad habits, which had unfitted them for good work. They could not stand a trial or strain. Only a little time ago these men i.crc like you, at school playing happily with all the opportunities before them, but some of them because they forgot to look ahead, and forgot to plan and train themselves for their future life, missed the big opportunity of being able to help their country when Can- ada called for recruits. A recruit or a soldier during war- time is just a grown-up "Helper," you know. Vou will readily see this if you think the matter over. One man alone could not go out and conquer an enemy, he must have assistance, and so when several hundred men get together and work together, the plans of this or that one are all helping the general scheme. This is how the world is made up. We are all helping each other. Even when we don't think about helping, this is so. Someone makes your clothes, some one else mends them for you, some one has to grow your food, some one else prepares it for you. The fact that the are paid sometimes for doing these things does not make any difference, paid or not they are helping yon, and the better they do their work, the more helpful they arc. NO ONE can get out of helping really. Those of you who belong to the Boy Scouts, or the Girl Guides, will under- stand fully what is meant by service. You promise, I think, to do some good deed every day. Think what a number that will amount to in a year. No boy or girl who made this promise and tried hard to keep it could grow up to be a disgrace to his or her country. This is such a wonderful country you PLEDGE FOR HELPERS. "Do a little kindness to someone every day. Scatter rays of sunshine all along the way." I pledge myself in the ser- vice of my King and Country to DO MY BEST IN MY DAILY WORK, wherever it may be, to help others wherever possible, and to endeavor in every wav to make myself A GOOD CITI- ZEN. Date Name _... .•Vge -.- Address .ira liviug in, hi many ways. It is full of all kinds of opportunities for you boys and girls who will be the men and women who must make Canadian history during the coming years. Some of you will be heads of big factories, perhaps of stores, some of you may be doctors or statesmen, some may be nurses, women in business. There are all kinds of things waiting for you to do, and, when the time comes you must be very tit indeed to make the best of all these opportunities . . . but there is something else even before that time comes, lying right near you to-day, your opportunity as a Helper. Perhaps you have been walking along the street some time and have seen a card in a window, "Help Wanted" You may not see it very often, but when you do you think of that par- ticular place. Now I want you to re- member this, that the sign "HELP WANTED" is always hanging up in this old world. There is never a day that some one is not needing help. To give this help is true service. How to Join the Service League and Get a Badge. I have decided to draw all Helpers into one big League of Service, the headquarters of the League will be at this address. Manning Chambers, To- ronto. What You Must Do to G«t a Badge. Every boy or girl who wishes to be- come a member of the Service League must first of all sign the Helpers' Pledge, which will be found on this page. Boy Scouts and Girl Guides are admitted to the League without any other pledge than this, but they too must sign the pledge. When the pledge is sent in, if a three cent stamp is en- closed, every member will receive a Service Badge. This badge is to be worn by all Helpers, and I hope will be of assistance to members in making many friends among Helpers every- where. Please Eead Carefully. HELPERS who are not Seouta or Guides, must fulfil certain conditions before they can receive a badge. These are the conditions. You must sign the pledge and do someone a good turn or perform some act of service for someone else every day for a week. Wlien you have done this, write a let- ter to Aunt June '' telling her about your week of service, enclose the pledge and the three-cent stamp, and the badge will be sent to you imme- diately. Helping other people is great fun, and the best of it is that every time you help someone you are helping your- self, too. Just try it and see. Address all letters to AUNT JTNE, Helpers League of Service, Manning Chambers, Toronto A GAME FOE YOU. Here is another outdoor game you may like to plav. It is called. RELEASE. Mark off one corner lor a prisoner's camp. Any number of players can play. Two however will be appointed to act as officers, whose duty it is to catch any other boys and girls and make them prisoners. As soon as one or more prisoners are captured, one of- ficer must keep guard over the camp, while the other one goes out alone to capture the prisoners. Now the lun commences. For this is to see who can get the prisoners out of camp while only one officer is on guard. The prisoners may not step be- yond a certain mark, but they may hold out their hands and if you cau succeed in taking hold of the hand of a prisoner before the officer catches you, the prisoner is saved and he may not be arrested again by either of the officers before he has been "Home." ••Home" is generally a corner in an- other part of the playground. Play- ers have to be careful when they are trying to rescue prisoners, that the oth- er officer does not come up behind, and catch them. Prisoners may not escape by themselves, but can only be rescued by one of the free men. When all the prisoners are rescued the officers lose their positions, and others take their turn. rniTTLE Polly Flinders, Sat among the cinders, Warming up her chilly little toes; She'd been playing in the snow, Which chapped her hands, you know. And almost nipped her saucy little nose. Find two of Polly's friends. Upper side down, on blouse; lower left comer down, on hair bow. ANSWBBS TO LAST WEEK'S BTDDIiES. E. â€" Can you guess what word of six letters contains six words without mov- ing any letter out of place ' A. â€" Herein: He, her, here, ere, rein, in. K â€" I went to- a field and I could not get through, so 1 went to a school and 1 learned how to do it. A. â€" Fence. E. â€" What flowers can be found be- tween the nose and the chin .'. A. â€" Tulips (.two lips!. Yours lovinglv, AUNT JUNE. ADVICE TO GIRLS By Rosalind RtiiBtvr^d Acizording to the Copy- right Act Lesson XIII. Ji^e 27. REVIEW: THB NOBLE LITE OF SAMUEL. (1 Sam. 12: 1-5, 13-25.) Golden Text. â€" "I will instruct you in the good and right way" (1 Sam. 12: .23). Central Facts Lesson I. After the death of Joshua the children of Israel succumbed to idolatrv. Jehovah punished them with misfortune and raised up judges, who saved them. Lesson 11. Deborah, prophetess of Israel, secured the help of Barak in defeating Sisera, the captain of the Canaanitish army. Lesson III. Gideon's faithful band of three hundred men was selected from all Israel to defeat the Midian- Lesson IV. Kuth, a Moabitess, and daughter-in-law of Naomi, a Jewess, re- fused to leave her mother-in-law, and accompanied her back to Bethlehem. Lesson V. Samuel, when but a child, was sent to minister iu the temple to Eli, the high priest. Samuel received a direct call from God to be a min- ister. Lesson VI. The sons of Eli were un- faithful to Jehovah. The Philistines attacked Israel, captured the ark, and Eli's sous were slain. Lesson VU. Under Samuel, Israel returned to Jehovah, and was vic- torious over the Philistines at Mizpah. Lesson VIII. Israel became restless for a king, and Samuel was directed bv Jehovah to anoint Saul. Lesson IX. Jonathan and his armor- bearer overcame the Philistines through a daring ruse. Lesson X. Saul, by gathering spoil from the -â- i.malekites, incurred the wrath of Jehovah. Lesson XI. Samuel was directed by- Jehovah to select David as Saul's suc- cessor. Lesson XII. The shepherd Psalm. Gloria Swanson is to have the lead- ing feminine role in Bryant Wash- burn's next picture, entitled "Wanted a Blemish." The Province of Quebec, in 1919, had 518 lakes and 49 rivers leased for fish- ing purposes, providing a revenue oi «76,248. Investigation of the Dauphin oil field may be undertaken by the Manitoba (^vernment, if the reports of experts on its possibilities are satisfactory. IK'ar Rosalind, â€" Three or four years ago my boy friend went overseas. We were at log- gerheads when he left, and I never went down to the station to see him off, nor did I write to him while he was away. At that time 1 was 1(5, he 18. But when he ••came marching home" we made up and 1 kept com- pauv with him. 'This was in June, 1918. He never once spoke of love to me' nor did I, but somehow we knew that we cared for each other. I was then 18, he -0, and everyone, even his own people, thought we would â- â€¢hit it off'' together. But God willed it different and took away my boy just this sum- mer. All that time my heart was sorely broken, but I tried my best to hide the pain aud was very cheerful. Just lately I have met another boy, whom 1 am sure, if it was not for my first lad, I could have loved dearly. -Vs it is, I do love him, but not nearly so much as I should. Now the question is, dear Eosalind, will I marry this boy, knowing that my heart wishes that it could have been he who is gone.* Kem'uiber that my love is strong for the liviug one, too. The latter knows all about my love for the other, but he says that '•"time will heal the wound," and that he is confident that he will take the other's place. This is rather complicated, but you will understand. Hoping to see an answer that will relieve my present state of mind. WONDEEING WHAT TO DO^ P.S. â€" I might say that since keep- ing company with the latter my first boy 's people ignore me, which hurts very much. Wondering-What-To-Do: Marry the second boy. Do not examine your heart very much. It is in the right place. It is natural that the relatives of your first lover should lose their sense of ownership on you when they see you making it up with another boy, but one does not marry the whole family, and, if everything else is right, I think it right for you to marry the second young man. Dear Rosalind, â€" I am a boy of 18. I have been read- ing your advice to girls for some time, and though I am not a girl, I would like your advice just the same. I have been living in this city nearly all my life, and have never had a girl, though I "vo tried hard enough to get one. Some fellows simply go up to a girl when they see one on the street, talk to her for a while, and he 's got her. I tried that once, and all I got was the cold shoulder. Please advise me what to do to get a girl. ' F. G. Dear Boy, â€" You did not go about it the right away, my friend. The best way for you to do would be to attend church and meet the girls who attend your church. There yoa will find the right sort of girls, the sort of girls who are appreciative, kind and loving, and who make the best wives. And don't be in a hurry: you are very young. Learn to be a friend first, and then you will have no trouble being a lover I am sure. Robert Burns, Scotland's greatest lyric poet, was, like Byron, a poet as great as his songs. His life, too, was brief and tempestuous. Born of lowly parents. Burns knew the struggle against poverty, but was given a good edu- cation. At the age of sixteen the poet had achieved local distinction, which became national at twenty-seven, with the publication of his works. Dissipa- tion cut short his career, but not before he had established his right to share the lyric crown with Shelley. The lyre of Burns has run the gamut of emotions from the whisper of love to the fire-filled chant of war and liberty. JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO John Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent. Your locks were like the raven. Your bonny brow was brent; But now your brow is held, John, Your locks are like the snaw: But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson, my jo. John Anderson, my, jo. John, We clamb the hill thegither; And monie a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither. Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson, my jo. â€" Robert Burns. UNCLE JIM'S STORY JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Long ago, in the kingdom of Thes- saly, there grew up a small boy by the mime of Jason. His uucle was ruler of Thessaly until Jason should grow up; but, of course, when Jason waa eighteen and demanded the crown I which he knew belonged to him, his j uncle had no desire to give it up. ' ' You shall have the crown and rule i as king just as soon aa you find the j golden lieece, " he said to Jason. "It I was stolen from you when you were a baby, and you must find it again, other- wise you can never be a rich and happy king. ' ' Now this was not true at all, bat Jason believed it, not knowing that his uncle hoped that he would be killed by the terrible dragon which had guarded the gold<n lleeee for years and years. So fearlessly Jason set forth with fifty of the bravest Greeks in the King- dom aud in a boat which he called the Argo. There were many tine boys and men in thislioat, among them Hercules, one of the strongest men that ever lived, and the great and brave Nestor, both of whom I will tell you about later. Away they sailed to the beautiful blue Euxine sea, and landed finally at the kingdom of Colchis, where lived the terrible dragon which guarded the golden fleece. This dragon breathed tire from his nose, and was so fierce that no one dared come within a mile of him. But Jason was a very wise lad. He we^t straight to the king's daughter, Medea, and told her what he had to do. She was a beautiful maid and had a power of mixing herbs so that she could put anyone to sleep once he had smelled of the mixture. She gave this to Jason and told him to fear nothing, but to go to the thick wood in which the dragon kept watch day and night over the precious golden fleece. Jason started out, and as he drew near to the wood two huge bulls rushed out at him. The fire that came from their mouths burned up the grass as they passed, and the sotmd was like the roar of a furnace, and the smoke was so thick that Jason could hardly see them. Jason, however, was not afraid. He threw the mixture which Medea had given him at them, and instantly they grew sleepy and tame as little black kittens. His fifty brave men who were following him shouted with joy, for they had thought that Jason would be burned to death like a straw. Next Jason drew near to the dragon, and before the monster could reach him with his fiery, poisonous breath Jason hurled the mixture of herbs at him. For a moment he stood still, his great round eyes growing huge in as- tonishment, and then those same eyes which had never been known to shut before closed tightly â€" and the dragon slept! Before anyone could object, Jason had seized the fleece, fled with his fifty men and Medea to his good ship Argo, and away they sailed back to Thes- saly. Jason went straight to his uncle and made him give him the throne, which he did, unwillingly enough. As for the golden fleece, 1 don 't know whatever did happen to that. It disappeared after a while, and no one has ever heard of it again. Like many prizes ; in this world, it was not worth nearly >i nuK-!i trouble as it took to ^^..-t it. Dear Kosalind, â€" I am very much in love with a young man about my own age. As he is of different religion, my parents object to him. He seems to love me very much. I love him. I have been keeping com- pany with liim nearly three years. I know he is soon going to ask me to marry him. Please advise mo what to do. DOLLY. Dear Dolly: It seems to me, Dolly, that you have waited a long time to think of this i|uestiou. I am sorry that I cannot help you, but I never dis- cuss religious problems. Talk it over with your parents, dear. ROSALIND. SIGNS OF FINGER NAILS. A French physician. Or. H. Sabou- raud of Paris has made the study of linger uails his lifowork. Among oth- er things he has diseoveroil that by means of your nails you can tell not only whether you are in poor health, but whether you are going to be ill. Many people have noticed white markings on their finger nails, but few realize that they are danger sign;ils. .\c- cording to Dr. Sabouraud, they signi- fy either nervousness, skin trouble, or the carry stage of tuberculosis. They are often seen on tie hands of peo- ple suffering from goitre. Marbled naiis are more frequent in women than in men, but with tae lat- ter they have more signilicancc Tliey are not a grave symptom, for you will often find them on persons in good health. But they indicate a proba- bility of some trouble or other develop- ing in the course of time. I In short, concludes Dr. Sabouraud, I the existence of marbled nails is a d-.n- jger signal, not only demonstratin.,' in tile apparently healthy a latent weak- ness, but also in conditions of poor health, an augury that serious results may ensue. The tired worker who comes home with aching limbs and swollen feet and who has %ening engagements to fulfill should either have a warm bath in which the following skin tonic is dissolved, or she should sponge herself all over with the lotion. The mixture is simplicity itself, but its action is wonderfully invigorating and drives away all sensation of fatigue. It con- sists of two ounces each of spirits of camphor and spirits of ammonia, with five ounces of sea salt, mixed with half a pint of spirits of wine and a quart of boiling water. This must be put into a bottle and shaken well before using. The production of electric lamps in the United States now approximates 130,000,000 annually, or about one for every inhabitant of the country. A Guide to Poet-Land Canon Eawusley 's death removes one of the pleasnntest and most amiable literary amateurs of his generation, and an important lik is severed by his re- moval with the celebrated denizens of the Lake Country, upon which he was a classic authority. On Ruskin he sup- plied an intimate fund of information about the great critic's later years in his well-loved Brantwood. No more readable or delightful companion is to be found as a guide to Wordsworth, and those who may never see Windermere, nor Grasmere, nor Buttermere, nor Rydal Mount, nor Povedale, nor the im- mortal cottage where Dorothy and William Wordsworth and his wife dwelt, while the best of the work of the laureate who wrote no laureate poems was done, will find in Canon Bawnsley's books a charm that will compensate them for the loss of a visit to the country where Southey and Coleridge and Lamb and Wordsworth and Ruskin and a score more of Fng- land's greatest are still living pres- ences through the golden memories of the literature they created. Rawn^ley's pages are full of the echoes of that golden time. The screen is again to see Jewel Carmen, former Fox star, who is to be featured by the Iroquois corporation. THE CARE AND FEEDING OF CHILDREN. BY ELIMOR MURRAY. Registered According to the Copyright Act. BURNS. Slight burns may be treated with dry baking soda. Sprinkle the pow- der on thickly and cover with a clean linen bandage. The important thing is to exclude the air as quickly .is pos- sible A paste made of the soda and a little water is good, only it takes longer to prepare than the dry remedy. Severe burns require oil. If there is a blister, let out the water with a •sterilized needle before putting on the dressing. There is danger of infec- tion in caring for any wound with any- thing but the cleanest remedies and bandages. Until a doctor arrives a severe burn may be treated with olive oil or with a lotion made of equal parts of lin- seed oil and lime water. After the ointment h.is been applied put on pads of absorbent cotton and cover with linen bandages. Never attempt to pull clothing away from a burn. Severe agony may be prevented by cutting away the cloth- ing from the injured part. The shock c£ the accident is often i|uite as serious as ilio burn I'ho patient should be put to bed with his litad low, hot-water bottles at his feet and also over the heart if the beat is faint. A stimulant is generally neces- sary. Mothers can do much good to them- selves and to their children b/ giving the little onesâ€" and big ones, ooâ€" in- struction in first aid methods. No need to say, "I do not p "ssess any knowledge on the subject. ' ' The information is spread broadcast throughout the land, and will make an interesting study for parents and chil- dren together. A valuable lesson to be learned is the necessity for coolness aad self-con- trol at a time of danger and accident. Children can be early trained to be careful about fires rfnd scalding liquids, and to avoid any game that suggests dangerous association with such things. The wee ones must be protected from open fireplaces, boiling water, hot oil and matches. Ordinary common sense and watchfulness will keep the chil- dren safe. A little after fifty years after Aie.\- ander Mackenzie reached the Pacific ' ocean by the overland route, Sir John Fruukliu made a gallant attempt to I lind the north-west passage by water. On his first trip he travelled overland j through America to the Arctie region, i and explored a great deal of the coast ! 01 that land â€" a hitherto unknown region. Then he returned to the old world, where he succeeded in securng 1 two ships fur a more extensive voyage i of discovery. He crossed the Atlantic, I sailed north to the Arctic region, aud made his way along the Arctic coast, i searching for a water passage through 1 to the western sei^ of whose existence I he knew. Time passed, but from the : frozen north there came not a whisper of the hardy adventurer. England be- came greatiy alarmed for his Siifety, and another expedition was fitted out to search for the man or rind a trace of his ships. The voyage of searching was not without its fruits, for on a lonely island in the .\rctic they found three lonely graves, and so they knew that the vessels of Si? John Franklin had sheltered there for a time. Later they found upon the ice A bottle, in which was a scrap of pap'r. It contained a brief story of the death of the great explorer, and so his fate was forever definitely settled. From the stories told by the Eskimos of thp region, and from skeletons found on the ice near, the searchers were assured that the ex- ploration ship had been caught in the great fields of ice and "pinched" to pieces. Then Franklin had died, anii the rest, of the crews had abandoned the vessels in an attempt to go south overland. But one by one their strength had given out, and they had perished of cold and starvation. But the fatal voyage was not with- out its fruits, for it seems to have settled forever the theory of so many of the day that there was a water passage across America to the Pacific â€" a short route to the wealth of the east. . A California dredging company is placing a large plant on the Peace river to conduct placer mining opera- tions for gold. The average man thinks be sees the image of perfection every time he bumps up against a mirror. When fortune begins to smile on some men they think it is up to them to sit down and bask in the smiles.