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8 The Boy's Own Room By Adeline B. Whitford. ness and the habit of keeping both clothes and room in order ought to follow naturally. Long window seats may have hinged tops or doors in front, allow- ing a place for ball and tennis thin-gs.. Don't Forget the Desk. Very early in the boy's life he should own a solid little writing-desk No one can give a very good reason draperies, chair coverings, cushions . fitted with the convenien< . es as to why the boy's room is not gen- 1 and w on, should be of practical ma-. , ctter writing and in for hia ,,- si* t-T visi ** *J fwi^Blt t M. i win *,ui* VBL v v/ i i 1-1 with the room s colorings. Homespun: distant home wi ,, a , re _ bedspread*, denim curtains or hang-. turn on th|s , nvwtment irtgs of drilling, g>alatea or Hgh just h<;re ow . m _ eraHy as carefully planned ami asjterials, carefully chosen in harmony, , on , g new8y ] ctters fr()m ^y ege or his artistic as his sister's, but, it is safe -'i< > ~w,,' .vMnv, ,,n. I4rn<vonnn to say that in nine cases out of ten, the boy's room in a home is not quite etiual to any of the other family bed rooms, either in location, Wght or furnishing. If it should be argued that this room demands les thought, since the owner spends so little time \ rough plaster, kalsomincd or stained; j^'J there, or that the decorations and I these are the materials which make _ weight awning cloth; heavy, braided, t that M throug1l ^ work of rugs, copper lamp*, burlap or canvas pluaAng this room lhero should be couch coverings, walls papered in a tho thought of making its in fl uence plain, coarse-weave paper, or If of fine an< , far reach . in ,g_ of watching bent and finding ways in furniture hardly matter "because boys ewe so little for such things," both tatr.mente remain to be proven, for it is quite possible that if this room the room suitable for a boy's use. Share in the Planning. which to help him make something of that. During all of his growing years a As I have said, th boy himself boy has one or another of the collei- should have a voice in planning the tion hobbies, almost any one of whic*h , were to be planned m detail as icare- , room if one cxpectj , j,i m to take a should be encouraged and made tho fully as other rooms are, and the boy j Tfal intert>st in earing for it . He most of while it la*ts, aa this is often ware to have some share in choosang j &nouW encouraged to express un important part of his early educa- thc decorations, ami arranging th j somethiT1/(r of his o^ tafrte in the tion Do not consider it an extruva- - furniture (even making some of this) ' d< , corationSi 1>o<)ks am) f um i & hings, : gunce Uien to provide a cupboard, tor himself, ho might suddenly corne' thl>u?h ^ dou kt ne ^n at fj^t ask w ;th shelves and glass doors, for to feel an owner's pride in it all. Inj for 8ome starting decorations and holding "his collections" as they grow, waking good use of the chance W|Vt*ti colorings and will decide, too, nor count- it any waste of time to bring his belongings, his- various col- j that he wants nothing but Indian and help about marking and arranging his lection* and his friends there, he) detect j ve Dories on his book shelves .little displays in regular museum would very Likely develop the habit ofi You have only to remom i, er> gladly, fashion. If your own book shelves pending more rainy days and lB! t hat children are born without habits hold a good atlas and an encyclopedia, evenings in this place, until gradu- 1 aml setUod tasteSi and that if your you and iile boy and hia f rien<l8 j^y lly its good colorings and solid -| grown ones are better than his be- spend many a profitable hour in read- he will rapidly change for ing about his stamps, mineral*, arrow for; would make it as de-ar to him as his sister's room is to hor, though It may be long years before he under- stands why he loves his surroundings or Low a room's beauty and good art CUM come to mean so much to it* owner. We are all so made that we learn more through our eyes than through our ears; learn and remember more from what we see than from what any one tells us; for this reason the loy's room and the girl's room, their colormgs, furniture, pictures, conven- iences and order, are fully as impor- tant as any text book of the grades. If they are well provided and in pood the better as you educate him. heads or butterflies and the countries Let him start his room decoration* where they are found and some of in things which are temporary *uch as this information could go on to the banners, posters, flags and so forth, labels, printed by himself, and be against the neutral gray or tan wall fastened to the articles. In this way which you provide. If you furnish he makes order and learns much out him with a box of glasshe-ad picture of what might otherwise be simply a pins, ihe waUs will not be marred, clutter of odda and ends. And the lightful hold and influence upon the beat years of his life. Surely there are many ways in which a boy's room can be made a joy forever. Minerals Your Hogs Need. The simplest mineral! rations, par- ticularly as regards the number of ingredients, are giving the best results in su -plying the mineral requirement I When a fanner sells a cow from his herd at a private sale he seldom for swine. Common salt and bone meal, In equal parts, make aibout as good n combination as any I know of. wishes to sell one of the best cows in his herd. At an auction sale he Equal parts of common salt and raw . often closes out his herd and the rock phosphate are another very good, buver n* 8 * chance to obtain the best combination; as are also equal parts of wood ashes and common salt, an-d E equal parts of common salt and a.ir-| hour3 before the sale and look over the cows that are of special interest. __ __ _ Sometimes the inexperienced buyer ed in the formation of the skeleton of 'n obtain help from some dairy slaked lime. These combinations fur- nigh the elements that are most need- Other elements are in much smaller y '* ' the hog namely, calcium, phosphorus, sodium, chlorine, ni-cessary, but amounts, nnd they are usually sup- plied in sufficient amounts in a well- balanced ration. The average porker shoukt consume about one pound of any of these mix- j turea a month. They can be fed in a nirnrber of ways, the one that best suits the circumstances being the !>:- 1 to use. The Iowa Experiment Station . recommends that minerals be mixed i with tankage, and fed in a self-feeder m<fused by the crowd and the rapid at the rate of 10 pounds of the min- * h 5 lg * 5 anunals m the rln # a*" 1 the Address communications to Agronomist, 73 Adelaide St. West. Tc.ror.ti Buying Cows at Auction. strous blackberries. That spring he rigged up an irrigation system to use as soon as dry weather showed up. The canes flowered profusely, and a bumper crop of berries set on. When dry weather came, the gardener set his windmill going. Whenever the moisture got low, the patch got a good wetting, and the berries flourished. At marketing time Brown supposed his berries were the best in the sec- tion, so he set hia price a little above the market ami began to brag. Cus- tomers came, looked, : and went away empty-handed. After a little he learn- ed what was the matter. A few miles in the herd. Then it pays to the farm at least a couple of farmer who knows good cows. But be careful in obtaining such infonna- ;, , . y~~ \~~~.~ away another gardener, roamed bidder, on the same amtnals. It is Th n had berries of the sanle not to then- advantage to encourage; varjel ' that ju|lt . , ittic w invalids on cow, they wish to buy.) am , ^ than his> J and h(J was gemng i them for less money. Finally an irate ; to obtain a catalogue and ?l ve | customcr iM fricR(1 what he pedigrees careful study to see how! th ht aboot u up with cows in the: What ,. the reason vou are their vaue can be This may save errors at . i t * I *>uiii['ji*ii, i* : ; > , i ma 'MI t . -^ .- <i - v. ' >-. the mind is sometimes | ger and nicor and ^tter flavom! than Thomplon when his bcrries are big . eral mixture to from 50 to 60 pound* auctioneer. Many a buyer yours?" he said. "His berries aren't bigger and nicer and better flavored than mine," Brown allu oeller navoretl ulan raine> of tarrfcage, according to the amount " been mflueneed too much by the| hotly repl j ed . .. The> . can - t be. the piga wiM eat. It k possible to mix and gone home feeling . minerals with the grain feed in mif- " thcr de P r ffd t the price paid flcient amounts so that each animal ' for rta " 1 ***<* It is better to know will get approximate^ one-fourth own and buy judiciously. i i i K - ' ' l t ' r' ' VAK<LVIJ vntv~-*.i7Ui ui . - * pound each week. Minerals can also! , Do n(rt Py too much attention to be fed alone in a self-feeder, although some animals will not eat thorn this way. Regardless Or, if one space of the wall is covered study he had mada of thee few | method used, the Copies of good art but boy subjects, taste, their rooms will do more to Wards making young minds, bodies suon ^ hunting, ranch life, or and- nd souls grow in the right direction.! ma i subjects, with a print of some with a panel of stretched burlap, this shelve* of specimens will help hin\, c> uld be the place for his picture ex-; no one knows how far, along the road pi-rimunt s and would show no marks | to a wise man's education, while your whatever. : part of it will be jut one more de- As a balance for his choice of poster . . _. , pictures, yoa should place two or three framed pictures on the walls. of the feeding- miners! ration , the records of distant relatives in a cow's pedigree. Moot any cow of any breeding at all can have the name of some ;ro.ul one in her pedigree if should be kept as dry as possible. They can either be mixed in with the ration for several feeds or supplied with one feed each day. pone to a big expense to irrigate thein berries, and there hasn't been a d> when they lacked water. It tak<; plenty of water to mo.k ! 'ackberrit I'm the only one around vnio has irri- gated. I have fertilized my patch and kept it in the best tion. This other man vmply en \'t have belter berries than I've go' ' THE SUNDAY SCHOOL Usually the boy's bed room is up- Hairs, back, and very often it has a vioping ceiling and dormer windows, pometimes there arc rafters showing but it hardly matters what the first renditions are if it has good windows, Jieat, and is not too small; the room may easily be made attractive. A Place to Entertain. Girls entertain their friends down- :irs and in the living rooms but the boy's ideal room must be large enough for himself and his friends. The finest one of the boy heroes of history, and always one of Sir Galahad. If he declares that red is his choice for the room's coloring, there is no reason why he may not have it, but you yourself know that walls of red MAY 8 Rest and Recreation. Lev. 23: 39-43; Deut. 5: 12-15; St. Mark 6: 31, 32. Golden Text Zech. 8: 5. Connecting Links The social order | St. Mark 6: 31-32. Come Ye Your- are impossible for a good room, so which provides labor will also provide i selves Apart. Jeaua knew and felt you will first sec to it that the walls fr periods of rest, and not only the ] the need of rest, both for Himself and are of soft gray and then give him rest * sleep, but also that of recrea-jfor His disciples. His ministry had a rlrh deep shade of red in *fr 5* 22L?fe th , e 'T J play ' SS *2S from , the b^f'^ng, one of, .. i,i i, ~i A~* a ! the necessity for play, lies deep-rooted .strenuous labor. The thronging ml. cushions, couch cover and door hang-, in our hum n jj^* A ^Krf^ titudM throughout the week |ve Him ! ings, tor Side curtains and bed lOV- A S . V , vminv folk will inrlmio work no i>DDorLunitv of you go far enough back. This does .. Y th ar<} if ^ n - not mean that such a cow may not Iieve it - in ^ b with be fine. But it pays to know some-| an<1 ni take OTt there and thing about her close relatives an<l: it to you nt*r viflror I ooliovft & cow is no c^iiod i on , t_ j i .. , , , B""" So Brown climbed in, and drove out if she lacks vigor and breeding pow- to see j^, wondcrful tarries. On ers regardless of how many fine cows , arriviivf , at Thompson's patch he was are m her pedigree. The farmer buj- i aston , iahe(1 to fmd , canes , oai|ed ing pure-bred cows at auction is buy- down with (me fruit _ There w ,, ra ing more than the animal on which he )ITlore canes and mare ^mes bids He w buying seed stock. The (than H had . am , he readil admittei , purchase is not only the one cow but; it . The ^ Tr(es were a little big ^ er the chance of producing many more t^, and wm sellingr at three cents a ike that cow from her and her daugh- quart iess . He a(lmitle(i his defoat ter, and so on down the line. So the but starte d at once to find out way. vigor of the cow is of great impor-j It developed that Thompson ran a We arrangement is found if al plain room has an alcove for the bed, r if a door from the room leads out wnto an upstairs porch and this is xned for an outdoor sleeping room. erings use some dull blue, such as p i ay> an j day for young folk will include work, Work drains one's and sleep renew no opportunity of rest or leisure, and j on the Sabbath day He was teaching Either of these arrangements would; Wae ^. a " (i , th<! cffct:t would ver ? atea or denim, faced back energies, play and sleep renew them, in the synagogues. Now H invites j of thc red material. Every homo to which God has given His disciples to cross the lake with. With these strong colorings, his boys and girls should make provision Him to a quiet and lonely place on the furniture could be of substantial but, fcr healthy recreation. Both in work ( northern shore, old odd pieces, all painted a dull ?_"!, p !. a .y n ? 1 prohibition of _ what isj Such rest and quiet : needed at leave the larger room for playroom, KyiKMasium, workshop and study. No| matter how en<l woodw perfectly. A boy's room is often wrong in one of two ways: either it is furnished ood indeed. pood, but wise regulation and control, will be the wav of wisdom. times by ull workers, and especially by those whose work irevolve.* great I cow. t(u j. t *- crushing mill each fall, and utilized aH When buyirrg cows at neighbor-- th< . crushed stalks as a winter mulch hood sale* it is often possible to learn | f or his berry bushes. The water from considerable about the best cows iti; the winter snows and rg(ing soaked the herd by visiting the barn at milK-J fa** into the soil around those briers, ujs: time several days before the sate. aml gome O f it was stored up for fu . Than it -s possible to see the cowsltuTe use. As the soil was well drained, before milkiug time and note theji SAJSl pect that a greater portion of amount of milk produced and gee how the surplus water ran down into the they look after being milked. This neighboring creek. Yet the sUalks information will Invaluable when the themselves absorbed a large amount bids are rolling in and a man is in o f wa ter, ami held it. During tha doubt as to the cash value of a certain ' drought this mulch did not dry T . , ... Lfv- 23: -9-43. The Feast of the nervous strairu The conditions of toil ; If fee lx>y chooses yellow as his I ord . The book of Leviticus contains I must be made such as to permit both : .,. .u- ....n u--, .,..,.,,,-.., .. , developed and completed i O f the weekly dav of rest, and of other _ e A t . _ _ i * ;_* " ' It is also useful to see those cows out. and the soil underneath remained we ll filled with water. The root bed ,' roughly finished its walls, Col 1 or 1 ** wal1 Background could be of tho highly deye ,.rk are, it can he fitted U p P/' le u ljuff . or <l( ' e P ecru ton ' , And , '*5' i ;" tlon l of ll , lt the hangmgs, cushions and bed cov- | relerence to reli , In thl9 case the Jews, having special eligous worship. Much lie carried out in browns and' of ! ts provisions have to do with oc- casions of great solemnity, but the ''brighter side of life is not overlooked It is in , furniture- would be With such shabby left-overs of oldl furniture, rugs and draperies that he brown or Parted a dark green, or| wc f|m , cn , ine ,, conai( i erati(>n f or the Is ashamed to bring Ilia friends there, or el it is furnished almost ns dain- tily as his sister's room, ami there is '*' ac ''- I poor, the . i rn i|;er, the hired servant, A strong blue room could be worked the dof nnd olind. and tho aged. We out against either of the above wall find not only justice, and honesty, and no chance in it for a boys to hav- a good time. A room womewhere between these two is thc one for which to strive. If one plans '' m ' with the boy and uses suitable colors HI I materials, the result should be a ro<>m where every detail of the din able furnishings suggests Wth a, Bin > manly refinement, and some of th> .formality and freedom of cump lit Tho whole should be in keeping wis'" a boy's needs and use. Ti':re should be simple, straight- j lin;' furniture, in craftsman or mission j but certainly not the large; domestic and of live tone uut with tne bta hanginfrs and clean living, and right domosti k room covers, use a little of either gold or ' Bocial relations requirtd, but dark red, to warm and before they are fitted for the ring. A [was Hke some enormous sponge that certain amount of trimming often h e ui an unlimited supply of moisture, makes cows look letter than they are. j The rainfall soaked down into the stalk stream. "It is in these quiet places: II takes a little s ' lu<i y to "<1 out the: mu lch, and the soil became capable of that there is time for thought, that i accurate value of the cow which has folding more water each succeeding peace steals in upon troubled and J been carefully fitted for inspection in; season. Evaporation was stopped by periods of resort to God's resting- places by mountain and luke and : weary hearts, and God draws very the auction ring. Buying of a reliable farmer is one of the surest ways of obtaining good near ; cows. When such a man holds an Application. A woman sat with her child _ ..._ the open window and earnestly toiled j auction he describes his cows aecur- sina whilel RteIy . He m>t cn j v tel]g the ^^ ' points of the cow but he tells the bad ones if there are any. He does not necessarily run down his own herd but he does not mifrepresc-nt the cows by leaving unsaid anything that a buver should know. , (l , , , the mother, ami got the vlal "- u ls a rest f(>r tirwl Btyle, heavy p' c<1< ** of mission. What is Every once in a while , , ' " Id I I ' I I ! I ' i - I I | ' . II' I i , I I . I I . ' I 7H I - - - --, , iL kiii(lnni und thninrhlfuliw^ nml n-v Jne looketl through the In Wdvm ntuf *>h*nr t\\it M'lUlll^h UIUI l[KIU>^ nil U II1\*.*.> iHI IcV- . , . - i i i 1_ XT t erent piety . where the stars twinkled above. Not- 1 Chapter 23 contains a calendar of icinff 'hese movements, the child at! The success of such furnishings de-! thc p ,.,, at fl>usts or noli(iays (tha t is. le ( n ?' h said, "Mother why do you look ; pends upon using only one or two ma-, holy days) of the Jewish year. The at th ,f S H V * often" jmple> terials for all of the draperies, covers, seventh" month began in Septeml>er f>3f L: ws and so on and having these aril would include also the first part ami dignified in tone and rather of Ooto n^r heavy in weight. Leave all of tht' dainty, flowered materials and vine- covered wall papers for his sister's room. Tho Main Essentials. At the centres of the windows thin the loose mulch. Artificial irrigation was wholly unnecessary. Judging from these two gardeners' experiences it seems folly to use irri- gation with berries. Instead, let'i utilize the old corn stalks. In this month the people le l ' f " real rest at things in a comprehensive The eare.i of the world arc so and the calls of the world are so insistent and imperative, that we j for white or cream curtains are neces-' Iittlp villages and towns, trooped out look 23: !(). The fea'st of tuber- ^ or feast of te-nts (v. 34), was out for seven or ! whTUu-ee';, coop^l'upTn their We need to get a true perspective Why Hi-. Berries Won. Not many years ago a gardener I know, named Brown, determined to put one over on the weather man and, for once, to raise some really mon- STONE SONS WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO ESTABLISHED 1*70 ""' '"" VM >'sirv Tho(> 'LI-., nf (hi. ininl , rrim ': into the country. They made rough * i ..i r^linirf. furniture is of llifllter ~ t * | j- ^ n*-~.i- ii t *u me .siniiMesi tscrim, . .. , '. . l v j i. , .. i .._i_i--_i__j ,. , ._._. , .,. i shelter* of lioughs (v. 40), and had ai weight and smaller size, more suitable, unbleached muslin or cheese cloth, merry> nappy timo The older form for the averaKc-sized room. The most, " by the thread, in order to hang ^ th ' e law <V8 40 . 42) prov i ( |ed that necoiwwry pieces arc the single or, we", and made to come just to the the first dny should be kopt as a Sab- ihres-quarter IKH! of wood or of i window sill. There should be two sels bath, a day of solemn rest, but a frtT'cight-line metal. Those are now!f these, changed often. The colored, later statute (vs. 3fi nnd .'19) appears in)l in brown wood colorings- a good si<le curtains are not very full, reach' to have added a swond Sabbath on the , , ' ( ! a little below the sill niul are Had' e '^hth <lay. (compare also Deut. 10: fttri'iii? couch to lie ppru \vloil upon at:** nww wvivw me BUI mm ic IIQ ir\ tfrvin i.v "DiB wtuilp liunch"- &' back with a band of the same. mi? f i ta\y time i>> tne wnoie Dunin , n, ... These happy < ays of play and wor- comiortablc arm chair, one or two| A hardwood floor oiled or vuni.slic<l snip wefe JgJ to remind the people straight hickory runh-bottom chairs j nn< > waxed or u soft wood floor stain- j continually of the time when their or plain wooden chairs painted in the C( ' all(l varnished or painted are equal- ( fathers lived in tents, or in booths, in room's coloring; u table that wilh 'v good, hut the varnish must be of; thc wilderness, in the days of Moses, land wear helves leniences there should be a chest of drawers, mirror and, if u bath room to not near, a wa&hatand. id firmly anil endure considerable I tt vcr y durable quality and the paint-, when the Lord brought them out of i ,r in game, or work; a set of book I K -lone in several ,OU.H Either floor, the land f'^Jj^'JFJfc j Ives. For clothes and toilet con- treatment should be allowed to ^i^ whU waT to be o^Wd viw iencea there shouW I* a chest of thoroughly before being used & t h JU7 Deut oTlSS. The wers, a mirror and, if a bath room Light colored ami light weight rugsj sahl)alh day . The woril "abbath" is , t near, a wa&hatand. are ultogether out of place here.j lakell i )V lls f ron , t h e Hebrew Ian- 1 Made by THE Canadian Steel & Wire Co., Limited HAMILTON, CANADA The Post Without a Fault. With tliM substantial furniture, all Somethmg rather dark and heavy but! glm ge in which it means rest, The in small aizes so as to be lifted and! Sabbath day is the dy of rest. There cleaned easi-ly is tihe right floor cov- ering. Good lamps are very important. For comfortable reading and study, a I ',"! table lamp is necessary, hut for lighting thc whole room one or two of the large, modern barn lan- terns make an excellent choice. Paint is good reason to believe that this law was actually nittde by Moses, but the custom of observing certain days of every months as holy days may to much older. It aeems to have been originally connected with the new moon day, which ws Hkewiae kept holy. The lunr month of twenty-nine days might thus have had five holy American" GALVANIZED their frame-work red or black and ! dys, the new moon day, and the hang them on the end of extending seventh, fourteenth, twent> -first, and i bracket hooks. These make a light-' twenty-eighth days, which we now i i_- t. ! i .1 t , ; i know were kent sacred in ancient nig which ,s both snfoand < erora ive I {,, ., ._ Th( J , aw of ^ how . It is of the utmost importance th*t * Ultimately made the sabbath to tho. room eihould have a good closet : be ,,berved every seventh day, irres- and plenty of shelf and drawer room p ec tive of the days of the month, for, without these, it is useless to at- This law appears also, with the ten.pt to teach order and neatness. If rest of the ten commandments, in the closet ha laundry bags, trouseri Kxod. 20: 8-11, whore reference Is hooks, coat hangers, lie rack and | made to llu> story c,f i -. .!>.n. in which shoe-blacking outfit; thc withstand! God's work in making tlft world 13 its towel rack. Lath mat, luth pow- presented un.lor thi- R.jnrp of the. i week - six days of progrrssivo Ip.bor der, HORP and shaving materi&lfj the w dresser its jiincushicn, clothes brush- leading to completion of the \vprk, and a seventh day of rest. Thia ia taken es. trays for collar buttons, and a case to mca n that the Sabbath day of rest of manicure articles, personal neat-'i s divinely sanctioned. TU can always teB the experienced motoriai. He ride* on DOMINION TIRES and always carries a spare DOMINION TIRE in case of emergency. He judges quHry by performance. Ha keeps a reco.d 'of tire cost Ha knows that DOMINION materials and DOMINION workmanship show up in the mileage ha get* in DOMINION TIKES. Then ara DOMINION TIRES best suited to your car, no matter what tho sbm or what you UM it for and you get DOMINION quality in tho 3O x 3 .' 3 tire* as wll as in tha big "Royal Cord*" sod "Nobby" Treads for heavy cars. from coast to coatt, tht beet dealtn in Cttnad* carry Dominion Tint. Domini** INNER TUBES Dominion TIRE ACCESSORIES. Ak for tH DOMINION TIRES ARE GOOD TIRES