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THE FL18HEXTOM ADVAVOK. BY AUNT JUNE Our Boys and Girls Corner Registered Accondlng to the Copyright Aot. DEDICATEDTO EVEHY BOY AND GIRL IN CANADA My dear Boys and Girls; Most certainly gathering berries is "Service". Because you enjoy iluing a service ior others, it does not mean that you are not ."helping". What a funny ideal Why the very best and happi- est thing about this old world of ours, ;s the fact that we can lind happinesfc ia our work. Please ^never, never let anyone or anything make you think or believe that there is no happiness in rial work. This little talk, my dears, is in ans- wer to several "Helpers" who have asked "Is picking berries real 'help- ing"'! One boy addej that he did so like to pick berries and was not sure, if it could be counted as "help- ing". Welcome to New Members. I am so deligh^ted to welcome the n-.Sby new members who are joining our Service League every week. A very glad welcome indeed to all my boys and girls. NAMES Anna Laura Hunter, liobcaygeon. Emma Thorp, Penetang. Warren Giles, Lanark. Archie Ball, Fletcher. Mary Eussell, Dundalk. Clarence Neithercut, Truax, Sask. Animal Day. To-day is Animal Day in the town w'iiere I am staying. The tags arc little puppies and black kittens paint- ed on a round piece of card. The people who are not wearing tags, have chosen the little bunches of sweet lavender, which are being sold to help the animals. This day is being held by the •â- Â«u- eiety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals," and a great many pets are taking part. A little grey uon- key is drawing a cart which is very gaily decorated with purple rosettes. The donkey has ribbons tied ou his collar and his mane is plaited with ourple silk. Inside the cart there are t(.ur dogs. Sitting up very solemnly, they look quite important. Kach has a splendid p'urple bow ou his ca'.lar. On the side of the eart, is a large card which says "Please help our dumb Iiiends". A black retriever, who has saved five persons from death, in his short life, is running up and down with a basket of tags in hia mouth, and a collecting box strapped to his collar. The box is already quite heavy with coins. N'early cveryi ue who h:is a p:t has made them look smaft with ribbons au<l bows. The money that is collected, will go to help the cause of all animals. The Society looks after wounded animals, liorses, and dogs, and provides water dishes for them, cares for stray cats, :iud acts as a friend to all animals m every possible way. Did you ever try this? "If you want to amuse a party of companions, ask one of them to cateh hold of his nose with his right hand, and of his right ear with his left hand. After he has done so, tell him to place each as quick as possible in a reverse positionâ€" that is, he must catch hold of his nose with his left hand, and cf his left ear with his right hand. Tell him to repeat the operation rap. idly several times, and the more often he does it the more amusement doesTie aflford the company, since he will search for his nose and ears in nearly every place but where he should search. ' ' The Beginning of a Butterfly. Chas. Koan has found a pretty cat- erpiller and wishes to know what kind :f butterfly it will grow into. ' This caterpiller has a yellowish coat with long black hair, a black line down the back and yellow spots on head. Well, Charley, the name of the but- terfly which hatches out from such a caterpUler is the " tortoiseshell" but your question has reminded me that this is a very good time of year to look out for pretty specimens. Have you ever seen the eggs of this butterfly! They are like tiny brown seeds or grains of brown sugar, and cling to the underside of low growing leaves. When they first hatch out, the eaterpillers are small, but each tiny one has such a big appetite, that ho " grows very quickly. They soon nibble up the leaves upon which their shells were found, and even the shells, and they go on travelling and eating their way around all the time, grow- ing bigger and fiatterâ€" until their c'othes are too small for them. Then, what do you think Mr. Cater- piller does! He just steps out of his coat and appears in a brand new one, exactly the same. . Then he gobbles up the old one. Mr. Caterpiller has several new coats, as he grows, for he is such a big eater that he grows ver/ quickly, and each time he eats up his old coat. Soon he will stop eating, and then he will begin to spin the cocoon of silk which later will wrap up the chrysalis. This is the last time Mr. Caterpiller changes his coat, after he has spun the little ball of silk. Then he comes out, not in the pretty bright colours but as a dry withered looking brown stick. It ia out of this curious looking ease that the beautiful butterfly will icome. But if you wish to see the complete change from a caterpiller to a butterfly, you must have plenty of patience to wait for the many changes, and be sure if you try to keep a caterpiller, to put him in a box with plenty of hole punched in it (or sir, and fresh green leavee for him to PLEDGE. For Young Helpers' Iieague of Service. ' ' Do a little kindness to some- one every day. Scatter rays of sunshine all along the way." I pledge myself in the service of my King and Country to DO MY BEST IN MY DAILY WOEK, wherever it may be, to help others wherever possible, and to endeavor in every way to make myself A GOOD CITIZEN. Date. Name Age Address I'ecil upou, or he will die before he i.i ready to spin the cocoou. So many write in lor the rules of the Service League that I think we must print the "Notice" again. By the way the only real ' ' rule ' ' we have is to serve, or help others and make the very best we can of our- selves, cvcrywliere. . . . Notice for New Members- Boys and Girls who wish to join the Service League, must note the fol- lowing rules: â€" • Fill iu pledge and seuii to Aunt June, ol5 Manning Chambers, To- onto. Only those who send iu an ac- count of an act of service every day for a week are eligible for a badge. This means, to receivo a helper's service badge, you must prove your jervice by helping some one every day for a full week, then write a letter t') Aunt June telliug her about it, enclose the pledge and u three-ceut stamp, postage of badge. WHEN YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE BADGE, I want every heljier to wear it and to remember that he has pleilged himself, or she has pledged herself, by joining the Service League, tc lose no opportunity of helping others. Boy Scouts and Girl Gjiicles have only to send iu the pledge and •stamps for a badge as all Guides and Scouts are already pledged to service Id their country. Yours lovingly AUNT .JI'NE'. Fletcher, Out. Dear Aunt Juue:â€" I have been reading your pledge and would like to join your club. I have signed the pledge and will look for my letter in the paper. I have been helping to get ready to thrash and hoeing potatoes this week. Archie BcU It 's some job to get ready for the threshers isn't it Archie. Have you got lots of potatoes? We have a great big field and will get a lot of spuds; but they will be so cheap that I'm wondering whether farmers will make any money out of them, especially those who had to pay big prices for seed. What do your parents thinkf Write to us again. You'll get your badge in due time. Lanark, Out. Dear Aunt June: â€" I would like very much to become a Boy Scout and receive a badge. I have been trying for a week to be a helper. On Monday I helped papa with his work. On Tuesday I watered the colts. On Wednesday I helped mama. On Thursday I saved a little ONE OF THE LATEST FALL SWEATERS bird's life. On Friday and Safurday 1 helped papa by building the loads. On Sunday I tried to bo good all day. Warren Giles. You're a good boy Warren, and I'm sure your papa and mama know this and you should try to be good all the time. You did a kind act by saviuj; a little bird's life. Write again and tell us how you are getting aloug. Your badge will come along some day as soon as we get them from the factory, along with those for all tin- other helpers. Bobcaygeon, Out. Dear Aunt June: â€" Mania an(i I have been stooking the cats. Joe didn't stook, but went along the fence picking raspberries. 1 am seven years old and Joe is four. Papa plays the violin and mama plays the organ. I play some on the organ. Papa always took the Bobcaygeon pa- per. 1 could read it when I was four. I have been busy heljiing make the beds, two every day. I gather -ggs every day. The hens always lay iu the new hay. Miss Anna Larua Hunter. Did you have a good crop of oats Anna? All grain is pretty good this year and the farmers will have lots of I'eed for their cattle and other stock this winter. Be a good girl, and you '11 get a badge that you can wear all the time so that everyone will know you are a helper. Roberta Thomas, from Cordova Mines, has written in again, and has been Helping a whole lot, as she :il- ways does. She wants her ba<lge. Now we have written to the factory v.here these badges are being made, to tell them to hurry up, because all our boys and girls arc waiting for them, and if they don't get the badges pret- ty soon they will be getting impatient. But just don 't worry, and ail the badges will be coming along pretty soon. This (Ulnty sweater is dersN oped tB s green and gold mUtnr* mat Is trery attractiTe. Th« trtnge at the bottom of the OMk> Use la » ••« tMtiir*. Lesson XI. September 112 THE GLOBY OF SOLOMON'S REIGN .'Printed Textâ€" 1 Kings 10: 1-13 '23-'25. Golden Text:â€" ''Blessed is every one that fear- eth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways."â€" Ps. 128: 1. DaUy Readings Monday, September 6. â€" God's Cov- enant with Solomon (1 Kings 9: 1-9). Tuesday, September 7. â€" The Visit of the yueeu of Slieba (1 Kings 10: 1-3). Wednesday, September 8. â€" • Magnifi- cence of Solomon (.1 Kings 10: 18- mon's Wisdom (Prov. 1: 1-9). Fri- day, September 10. â€" A Greater than Solomon (Matt. 12: 38-45). Satur- day, September 11. â€" Solomon's Prac- tical Judgment (1 Kings 3: 16-28). it'iuiday, September 12. â€" True Riches (Matt. 6: 25-34). Comments Verse 1. During the sixteen years since the last lesson, Solomon 's own uiagnificicnt palace was completed (1 Kings 9: 10; 2 Chron. 8: 1), and his splendid reign began to degenerate in luxury and idolatry (1 Kings 9-11; 2 Chron. 8-10). The home of the Queen of Sheba was in the southern part of Arabia. Verse 2. Most travellers and ad- venturers aim to take wisdom when they seek gold. The Queen of Sheba took gold ^iid sought wisdom. Verso 3. Solomon answered her questions without exception. The Proverbs shffw his varied and pene- trating knowledge. Verse 4. Solomon 's palace was 175 feet long, containing a vast hall for public business, lined with cedar pil- lars. Verse 5. The magnificence of things overwhelmed the queen. The passage from the palace to the temple was a ravine over 100 feet deep be- tween Zion and the temple hill, Verse 6. Evidently the queen had hoped to cope with Solomon, but she gave it up. Verses 7, 8. The queen placed first value upou Solomon's wealth. She was unacquainted with the teaching of Jesus (Luke 12: 15), although she cppreeiated Solomon's wisdom. Verse 9. The queen somehow knew that Solomon's wisdom was the gift of God. Verse 10. According to the Best -iiithorities, this sum would reach $7,- (X 10,000 or $8,000,000. Verse 11. Hiram was king of Tyre. Verses 12, 13. It was customary in the Orient to ask for and receive pres- ents. Verses 23-25. It would seem from these verses that Solomon's riches and wisdom made the same impression upon "all the kings of the earth" that they made upon the Queen of Sheba. Topics for Research and Dlscnssion I. The Rich Queen (vs.1-6). 1. How many years have transpired since the last lesson? 2. What kind of prac- tices characterize Solomon's reign at this time? 3. What was the purpose of the visit of the Queen of Sheba? II. The Wonderful King (vs. 7-25). 4. How did the Queen of Sheba es- timate Solomon? 5. What was the standing of Solomon throughout the known world? 6, What is the usual effect of extreme wealth upon habits? FIRST POUSH MINISTER TO U. S. Foolish Francesca By Olive Wadsley Prince Caslmer Lubon|irlskl who has arrived at Washin'^on. He comes from one of Poland's old families and has been connect- ed with politics in his native country for many years. He was educated iii Cracow, Vienna, Paris aud Naiiuv. Bryant Washburn has arrived in England and already begun work ou lis lirst independent production, ''The Road to Loudon," which will be made ou the actual scenes of the story. Happening to make out a list of her parts in her last six pictures the other day, Fritzie Brunette noticed that the first letters of the six names spelled her own. They were Eay, Bita, Isobcl, Teresa, 2elda and Inez. A grand-daughter of Uenry Ward Beeclier â€" Murgaret, age 19, will appear in the first Heminer production, soon to be released. The third trial of the case of Cora C. Wilkenning against Mary Piekford, <,laiming $100,01)0 commissions, will come up .September 20. Each of the litigants has won a verdict. May Allison, Metro Star, after beg- ging for months for the appointment >f Edward Slomaii as her director, has suddenly lost a great deal of her en tliusiasm for him. The first thing that Mr. Sloman decreed was that on tlie first location trip Ma.y was to be set adrift on a mountain stream in a canoe and swept over the falls. Howard Hickman, :iusbaud and rector of most of Bessie Barriscale's i'tatiires, has become director for Ben Hampton. His first story will be ' ' Tl Killer", by Stewart Edward White Mildred Davis is gong back to school! That is, she is going to take up t)ie study of French, music and ilancing again. This ambitious undertaking, however, is not going to Interfere with :ier studio work. Another playwright of the stage, Cloves Kiiikear, author of the Harvard prize play, "Common Clay," has .yield- ed to the seductioas of the movie money -fount. "Lavender and Old Lace" will be tlie first of Myrtle Reed's novels to be filmed by the Reneo company, .just vornied for the purpose. HOW TO USE BARREL BROOD COOPS Some folks spem to have the idea when they start to raise poultry that they must have a lot of fancy equip- ment, but my experience has shown that some of the good old-fashioned plans that your grandmother anc! mine used are still good and they aro usu- ally less expensive. For example, tli« old plan of using a barrel for hens with chickens is well worth adopting today. Usually the barrels aro on hand and do not cost anything. But even if you have to buy them, they are not .ns expensive as other coops. If you are going to use this plan, a few points that you may not have considered will no doubt help you to got better results. I find that it ia usually necessary to tilt the barrel just a little toward the front. If the barrel is not tilted, there is danger that water will run into it during a heav.T downpour and this, of course, would not be desirable for the baby chicks. To further protect the mother and her babies from rain, my neighbor la.ys n foot of roofing paper over the top of the barrel .-ind holds it in place either with two pieces of binder twine tied entirely around the barrel, or wi;'i wire. Another good plan for getting better results from the use of a barrel is to dig a hole where the barrel is to be placed. This hole, of conrse, Js not very deep, just deep enough to allow placing about an inch of soil inside the barrel, this soil being just about level with the groflnd outside. With the protection given, the soil keeps dry, and it being natural for a hen with chickens to raise them on the ground when first allowed to run loose outside, this plan is a good one. GEO. H. BBO"WN. It is the custom in Siam for every man to enter the priesthood once in his lifetime for a period which varios from 8 few months to as many years. CHAPTER X. The Decency of Danvers. Tears ou the Embankment on a bit- terly cold night can hardly be regard- ed as a restorative to excited nerves, or as a protection to a very slender body clad in very thin garments â€" gar- ments which had seen useful service iu India, but were hardly the clothes to choosu for a bleak mouth iu England. When Fraucesca had finished crying and had speculatively watched the dark water washing below, she was very conscious of the exceeding cold- ness of herself and the night. '^ She clutched Danvers' hand; tears wero in her eyes. She understood in that lightning flash of intuition which very highly strung people possess tlie sj-irit in which Danvers had made his offer. She looked at his ordinary, rather perturbed face, with the sleek hair brushed back so tightly from his brow, and suddenly she bent her head and kissed his hand. "So we'll just bo pals always," she said, releasing his hand and lying back rather faintly on her pillows, the bus was just stopping at her cor- ner. Stumbling a little on her small, cold feet, she slipped off the step; the conductor's cheery face showed in the light of the lamp. ' ' You asked me what was wrong, didn't .vou?" Francesca asked, looking up at him. "Well, I can toll you that easily. It's the whole show. Good night. ' ' The night was :i time of terror; even a hot bottle and the cup of tea with u tcaspoonful of brandy in it did not make Frankie warm, and the shak- ing pain grew worse. In the, morning Mrs. Baggs sent for the doctor, an elderly and rather wor- ried practitioner, who spoke firmly to Frankie on the subject of dressing for winter in England as she had dressed for summer iu India. "Sheer madness," he said testily. ' ' There is such a thing as cause and effect, ' ' Frankie croaked hoarsel.v back at him. "If you haven't got bank- notes you can't buy Paquin winter models, can you ? ' ' She was ill for weeks, every part of her small person seemed to ache at once, and her cough was appalling; but, as she seemed to do most things, she succeeded in getting through. When she had reached that state of convalescence in which the patient is really getting better and is impatient all the while because the improvement is so slow, she sat up in bed and took a pencil and an old envelope and be- gan to do sums. "Well, I'm blowed!" she sajd when the envelope was covered with scratchy figures. She put down the ptiper which represented a bank note and pass book combined and took np Phrynette's last letter; it was all about herself and her new dresses and hats, and the clos- ing sentence added hastily that she "was beastly hard up as usual." ' ' No good sending to her, ' ' Frankie decided aloud; "besides, it would take a blue moon to get the money. No, I think it's work again, and pretty soou, too; because really lour pounds odd doesn 't seem anything like adequate to live on!" She took up a mirror and examined herself. In a moment of temporary insanity Mrs. Baggs had cut her linir short. "Your 'ead was so 'ot, deary, ' ' she explained anxiously to Frankie. Frankie surveyed the damage with a candid eye. She had grown very thin, and her face looked white and her eyes larger than over, and the short hair looked like a boy's exactly. Frankie jumped out of bed and found it would have been better if she had crept, and tottered over to the dressing table for a brush. She part- ed the thick, short Dair well on one side. ' ' Rather fetching, ' ' said Frankie when she had finished, "rather French and devilish, I think. I'll ask Reginald his opinion this evening." Reginald was Danvers the newspaper daud.v who had become a friend and who wns allowed to visit Frankie each evening for half an hour, with the bedroom door wide for the sake of propriety. ''None of your unconvontionalities for me," Mrs. Baggs said firmly. Reginald arrived punctually to the minute, a penny bunch of violets hi his buttonhole. He transferred the flowers, with a bow, to Frankie, nnd produced from a pocket a bag with some cheap grapes in it. "Sweets to the .sweet," he said. ' ' How ripping of you, Reg. ' ' Fran- kie said gratefully. She was always instantly touched by any kindness, however small, and extravagantly grateful, Rpg sat down on the extreme end of the bed. "How d'you like my hair?" Frankie inquired. "Quite," l>anvers replied with the air of a blood about town. "Very nutty, indeed." "I've been doing sums all the after- noon," Frankie went ou; "and I say, do think, Reg, after I've settled up with old Dr. Crewe â€" and I must do it at once, he's been so jolly kind- -and paid off Mrs. Baggk, I've precisely four pounds seven shil"»ig8 and three- pence left!" She laughed. Danvers was not cagl in a great mold; ho was not of those who are born fine; or, indeed, have an appre- ciation of fineness; but from that mo- ment he joined the company of the elect. He had long ago made up his mind not to marry unless the girl had money, or he a job with a decent sal- ary. He had before today worked ont a livelihood for two on one hundred and twenty pounds a year, and had prompt- ly dismissed the bare idea. He liked clothes that looked smart and cigars that looked big, and he dearly loved to "tick 'em off" during liis two weeks' stay at Clacton ur Ruwsgatc iu August, and "swank" upou the Parade. All these joys would huvo to go if â€" Ho fingered his cheap necktie with its imitation diumoud pin and coughed; then he looked almost guiltily at Frankie, smiling so youthfully at him from her pillows; her little white face :iu<l cropped head somehow hurt him. Ho leaned forward and took one of Frankie 's hands. "I say, Frankie," he said, huskily â€" "dash it all, I cau't express it a bit; but look here, this is what I mean, d'you see Don't bother about the money and all that; let me take care of you. "Frankie, without the darling, don't you think, old thiugf" Frankie sug- gested. "Righto," he .said again, smiling He had made his offer, done the right thing, and he felt infinitely glad some- how nnd relieved, since lie was, after after all, ver.v human, that the right thing had received appreciation with- out encouragement. ' ' 1 "ve got to do something," Frankie began. "1 simply must. D'you think I could get a eliancc on the halls?" Danvers deliberated. He did not like to tell Frankie that Millie Melton, now touring the provinces successfull.v, had warned him against advising Fran- kie to apply to the halls again. Nathan was too powerful; he had damaged her name irretrievably in town. "Wait till you're really better," lie temporized, ' ' and then we '11 see. Mil- lie 's away, you know." "Still all right?" Frankie ques- tioned. '"Rather," Danvers answered en- thusiastically. "I should say so. Your standiug down to give her your job maifo her, I believe. Nathan's given her a three years' contract." "He's a beast," Frankie said dis- passionately; "I'm glad he's that much deccntuess about liim. '' (Continued Next Week. DYES FROM CORNCOBS Every field of corn produces as many bushels of cobs as it does of grain. During the last few months chemists in the department of agriculture have discovered that the entire content of corncobs can be converted into highly useful products. Heretofore the corn- e,ob has been au absolute waste, except for making pipe bowls. Commercial plants are now being equipped to man- ufacturj half a doen products from it. One of these products is an adhe- sive of exceptionally high quality, said to be bettor for a number of impor- tant uses than any adhesive previous- ly known. -Another is cellulose, suitable for use in the manufacture of d.vnamite :wid various other things. Acetate of lime is another product which the govern- ment plants turn out from cobs. From this acetic acid is made. After these things had been demonstrated, the governmrnt elremists discovered a very valuable byproductâ€" furfural, Up to this time furfural had been so rare that it has sold as high as .$20 a pouni. Every ton of corncobs will yield al;out 30 pounds of furfural as a byproduct, and the specialists esti- mate that it can be manufactured in this way for less than 20 cents a pound. Furfuial is what chemists call a bas- ic intermediary in dyes. That means that you may make about as many kjnds .if dye out of furfural as % cook can make kinds of things to eat out of flour. There aro at least a dozen different shades of cloth dyed with furfural. STERILIZING DAIRY PRODUCTS This is the time of the year when Ihe dairyman should make special ef- fort to keep the bacterial content ol l:is milk down to a minimum, for dur- ing the sumiuer, bacteria, once in the milk, multiply very rapidly. -'V sterilizer is "indispensable to the production of first-qualitv milk. A 'stream under pressure" sterilizer, .such as IS used in a laboratory, would of course, be ideal, but the expense is too great to be practicable for the great mass of dnirvnicn. However, a steri- lizer may be built at moderate eost which in twenty minutes will destroy almost all the micro-organisms. This sterilicr is built of galvanized sheet steel, with doors tight-fitting, though not steam-tight, and it is pro- vided with strips of angle iron ou the side which serve as shelf supports as well as braces for the cabinet. It mav be built in any size to suit the needs of the individual dairyman. One four by four by three feet, with doors that open all the way across tho front, will hold all the utensils necessary to a dairy farm of forty cows, and can bo built by any sheet metal worker at a cost of about thirty dollars. This is to be connected with the boil- er. After the utensils are washed and lliere ia no further use for the steam, it is turned into the sterilizer and al- lowed to run for twenty minutes or un- til exhausted. Tho utensils will bff .sterile for all practical purposes, and should bo left in tho sterilizer until' they are wanted at the next milking â€" An English writer describes Amer- ica as "motor-mad." Wherever he- went, it is stated, he found ttotors, mo- i"kP «„*" ^"y' â„¢<"<" ''«" swarming like ants everywhere, and of all vari! eties from the millionaire's limousine to the workman's flivver. In a remote district of Cambridtro- shire, England there h a well-known .ttle inn bv the waterside which b^rs this inscription: "Five miles f rem ^r whereâ€" no hurry." '