HELPING MOTHER WITH THE CHILDREN FOR A HAHV CJUEST. Our t^iett rnoiii Lt sma'.t aixi e<> ar- raniffd t)t«r« never 'A-ns a place for a bu3dii;ot oven if 1 had had om*. Many of our gueatA twd small bahic» and 1 did not know how to aoUo lh« difft- cu!ty. A friend, who travels with h*r hus- band and who is used to beliiK tucked them up and countii»K t^p chaniro to CDlnplcte th« transaction. Their upe'l- inK particularly hiiM l*en he!i>ed, an I have cau({ht up words like "Hpinaife, >tlico, soup en>«, canteiope, auger, ^ maclies." • ^^. I'. l>. j GKTTING HKADY FOR ( OMI'ANY.: A buiiy mrtthor in my nelKhborhood Into kitchenette apartment*, come to'h;is lea r nod to han(tl<» the problem of my rescue in such a unique manner I entertaining her younjr dauKhler's | be'.iev-e others will be interested. i week-end gruests in the v«ry easiest j When »ho and Ed and Junior canie manner â€" especially Iho "getting to stay thre« da>-a at our ranch, I had ready" part of it. .At breakfast each thai same sinking heart I u.suslly felt i.t,i!(i Is «lvcn a .flip of pnpor, on which when I had no bed for the l>aby. I led |s writ ton Iho few sniaU task.s allotted h*r to thft guest room and she said, to them. So, while the liirls arc mak- • I'll Just ''x Junior's drawer the firat in^ beds, dusting and preparing vog«-] thing, so that will be ready." [tables, the boys are c.'caning the car From her suitcase she took a cotton ^nd th« verandah. In no time the pad that just fitted inside the dre.sser drawer. Over this nbiet had drawn, pillowcase fashion, a nibberized sheet. Then sho put a soft whtt« blanket on the top. She usod the middle drawer work is all don© and nobody gets fuss ed or worried or hurried. â€" W. A. C. UABY'S SCRAPHOOK. My baby first began to enjoy hor! of my dr«.er and pulled it out alK>ut "crapbook when she was a lltt.c overj thre. -.juarters of the way. Un.ler the " ^^^V',*! «"*^ ""^."^ *''!* '"^Kf "^ ^^'"''. centre .,he shoved the straight-back """^ « ^»'V' !" ^"" " P""?f ^".^"'â- "•J chair, which was exactly the right '""^"'^ "^ ^^"^ "''^^' collection of height. The dre«ser stood by the head ">-ango an.ma s a«d imaginative of the bed, and here she Ud Junior, scenes that fl.l the books of older chil- Hjrht by her aid*, in a bed he couldn't , <*â- â- «" ^ '"^•'«' 'V",'\ ''^ P'ctures of oar p<>:>sioly roll out of. When she left I painte<l the inside ^f that drawer plain white. I made a pad from an old blanket and put the waterproof plUowcaae on it. The other blankets I made from a worn woolen one I had, and every guest with a baby who has vLsited us sinco has wondered why she hadn't thought of that a.Tarntemunt before. â€" F. E. CAM. FOR ME. common household articles, animals and doings. ' There are pictures of an iron, a toothbrush, a stove, a comb and ofj some furniture and some utensils. The animals are the dog, cat, cow and horso that baby .sees every day. Pic-! tures show ordinary people about their ordinary business of .sweeping, cook- I ing, driving and eating. I included i several things to eat which babyi (knows well. Youngstei-s have a sociable fashion The book has helped her to learn to of calling for each other on the way ! talk and to recogni-/x! the things in to .school, but I have found it a habit the littlo world in which .sho lives, to discourage. 1 now let my daughters when she is older I shall make her a! depend for companionship on the i^.^ of fairies and strange scenes and schoolmates they chance to meet after unfamiliar animals with which to they start off, instead of having a broaden her knowledge and stimulate crony stop regularly. Soiv.e of our her imagination, but at present her callers, having very early breakfa.sts ,veed is to know the everyday things thotnaelves, come when we we're Just around her.â€" M. I. Q. about to sit down to the table, and my | ..piN^iNG IN" YOUNGSTER.S. daughters got jumpy and impatient to j^ -^ impossible to get a really good be off and, consequently, unab.e tx> eat I „j^^., „,^ ^},^„ y^.^^^ ^^ ^ Anna Dellc'H mother listened to har; daujihter's story. And ail tho ! time she listened her â€" â€" eyes were ' smrling and the dimplea around ^ her mouth wei« smiHng, too. . i "And, mother, those trees did really dunce and dance, just the way wu do in Miss Millar's clas.s. Oli, how 1 wish you could have seen tlvem!" '• Anna Belie's mothor laughed and gave the child a kiss. | "Do you feel r«!Bted, child, after , your nap?" w«a all she said. ' ♦ A Chick's Appetite. j That tho (juantity of f»s>d which chickens coneume from day to day will often vary considorably I.h commonly recogniiwd, but until recently there has been littlo actual evidence to show Just how much variation occurs. The results of one exporinicnt show that although there is a rather steady increase in the quantity of feed or milk that lOO chickens consume per day as they grow from one to nlno weeks of age, there are frequent changes from day to day that are de- el<tedly out of line with the averajs for the week In which those days d^ cur. Ah an illustration, though the aver- age daily feed consumed by 100 chicks in the fifth week was a little over 2,400 grams, they dropped from 2,540 grams on one day to 1,450 grams on the next. Similarly the milk coiwum- ed varied in that week all the way from about 5,500 grains to 8,500 grams for lOO chicks in one day. Variations of 25 per cent, in total feed or milk consumption from day to day were not uncommon, shelving that a chicken's appetite is a distinctly variable quantity, and suggesting that perhaps one of tho reason.s for differ- ences between poultrymen in their ability to grow chickens well is to be found in tho succ<.'«» wliich they attain in keeping the chickens .steadily at tho business of consuming feed from day to day. «â€" â€" â€" I a proper meal. i i »• . ,u uu .1. . , . , , ( several t'.mee to cove.- iho children. .Anoth.>r girl, with .-, ten.k-ncy to â- p.^^- ^j,^^ ,„ ^^^ suggested, but I tardiness, kept my e.desl daughter ^^„„j ^j,^^.^ j^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^„„^. , ,H.rvou.!y waiting for hor in the^„^ ^,, ^^^;j„.^ ^^^^ ^^^.j „j t^,„ morninp and often w> Uun a few sec- ; i^j^^^^^^ ^„j uncovered babie.s would; ends of being late with her. Other ,^ the result. I have found the foUow- timt* one of my girls would linger for , ; ,„^j^^,j ^„ ,,„ successful : a fnend who did not h.-.ppen to be, ^J^ t,,„ , ^^^^^^ j^^ ^„j ; J going to .chool that day. |^„, ^j,^^ ,j, ^^^^ y^ ^j^^^^^ ^„ I Altogether, it was *" . "Ps^-Umg, ^^j^^^ ,,^^^ ^,^ ^ ,j. ^,,^ ^j^j.j j^ , I L^T!i'*:,.!!.i.'''i!'"'!Li."!l"''l";!:.A"'!.Jlth« iower .sheet and to a light padj which rests upon the heavier pad ori had to discontinue these morning calls. â€" M. P. I). PR.ACTICAl, HOMK WORK. My lichool daughters are Ix^iiig help- ed in writing, six-'iling and arithmetic mattrvss. Do not pin throuj<U Ihei nightgown. Use a pin over each .shoul- der, close enough to the neck to keep ' them covered well; then another uti by way of <jur groctry-stoie order, each top corner of the cover and one Bfforc Iea\;ng hom?>, the girl going 'on each side opposite tho knees. Tho with mo tnkes the order riown from child can move or turn ea.^ily, the dictation. While I shop elsewhere, ' corner pins keep the back covered ul- she goes to the grocer's and buys these ways and the blankets are not lorn, things, affixing tho prices, addinif â€" F. L. T. Storage of Vegetables on the Farm. 8T'>RIN'c; CABHAGK. Danish Ballhead is a good variety for winter storage, on account of its compact, hard heads. The cabbage to be stored should be sound and free fr<,m di.sea.se and injury. A good, uni- formly cool place around li.'I (leg. F., where a fair degree of humidity may bo maintained, is desired. When cab- bag<> is kept inside it is best piled on 8!iitt«'d racks not more than two heads deep. Outside, the crop is stored in various forms of pits and trenches. Sometimes, the heads are cut and stored in A-shaped pits as used for roots, or the plants, roots and all, may \>o pulled and stored roots down in the shallow trenches. Around the lied a frame is built and banked up with earth, while over the top straw or other material is piled. Ventilation should l>e provided in all pit.-<, trenches â- nd root cellars or store houses. rAi;Liri,owEK storagk. Cauliflower is not an easy crop to aitore. Good sound heads with the leaves left on may bo kept under pro- per cold storage conditions for several weeks. Many market gardeners store quantities which are pulled late in the aeason and not fully matured. The plants are rf-moved to a cool cellar or frame, where they are stood close to- gether and the roots covered with moist sand or loam. When outdoor frames ore used, too much covering •â- ;rly in the season with improper ventilation will cause heating and rot- ting of the heads. SToRiNi; oNioNa. Slatted crates are desirable, bnt any method which will allow free air cir- culation Is good. The teinperi'lure o* tho st/irage roon* -hould !«» kept I.?- twean 113 deg. V. and 40 dcg. 1. and a dry atmosphcrn maintained. artM'.NO ifiTAT(>i;.-«. Potatoes may b<i succrssfullv store 1 In cellars or pits. When cellars mto usod there nhoii.d be provided ple-ity of air circulation around the po!,'«t',;es. The temperature range should bo be- tween 3!1 de(j. F. and 40 deg. F. and tb* atmosphere should bo just medi im moiit. Hins should have » tu m-, s^Iit- ted bottom and, if possible, large r.lr •hafts thro'igh the pile of folpto,js. I*it» should Ik. ciinslrurted in rt well- dinined lo»-ation and made twelve to sixteen Inches deep and four to five fe*t wide. Pltnty of ventilation should be provided and yet sufflciev.t covering Ail the wjather ;;rows colder to prevent (.eexinij; of the potatoaa. sTORiNo pir>ji'Kir';a. After becoming well-ripened, pump- kins may l>e carefully cut off at tho stem and stored in a comparatively warm, dry room with jilenty of ven- tilation. They should b^- carefully handled and not bruised. The Tree People. (Write in your own adjectives.) Hehiiul .Anna Belle's house there were deep woods with a little path running through them that led to a j big rock. On â€" • â€" days Anna Rclle loved to take a l>dok, wrflk along the path, and then settle herself cozily with her back against the rock. ! There she would read and read in the j â€" â€" shadows of tho trees. One day as Anna Belle sat reading in that â€" â€" place, sho had n very â€" experience. First, all the words on tho page of her book ran together before her eyes, and when sho looked up the trees were moving also. Anna Belle could scarcely belitrve it, i but the trees all had faces. Sho could i see their â€" â€" eyes looking at her. â- Their branches wero waving about like arms.^ 1 Anna Belle was not afraid. F.ven svhen one of the tre-.s reached down, took hold of her tirn)ly with it.s ! branch and set her high up amonc its ' leaves, she mi rr.y wondered what would happen next. ' Waving their branches, with every leaf shaking, like drapery, '. the trees ! egnn to dance slowly and ' gracefully, niid Anna Belle was car- I riod I boat through the air as if she [ were on a slow hind of roller <" )aster. • She .iked it. She felt as if she wore 'a â€" - bird flying, «>r a cloud floating in the -- sky. U:/iind and about the tress dancfd, jjusi O'. if Ihi-y wore real, •-â€" people ; having a â€" - tiine. Anna Belle juit â- held i,n tight and had a tim •, too. Tlv;-i, all rt onre, tho trers stood btock Ntill. j .Anna Bella fell herself slipping, ' slipping, down from the - â€" - braiKh â- onto Ih!! cvound. Then, she felt tho j ri-ck hnrd against her back. .She , saw lite pages, of her -â€" l)ook bef'jre I her nyeji and thn words all rominar I straight p^ she could rend them. Sh* j ws» more surprised now that the .trees w.Te I'till than fho had been t when she bad seen ihcm d:.n in^r. I "I'm (.ning riirhl home ti> tell my ' molhuf about it,' she said ^1 herself. . :in she c'l'^ed her â€" - • hook and huf- J tied a <in? tlie psuh toward her iJwUSJ;. Fertilization of Tobacco. A statement of considerable import is made by the officer in charge of the Tobauco Division of tho Dominion Ex- perimental farms (Mr. C. M. Slogg) when he says in his report for 1925 that the u.w of lime in tobacco fertil- izati 'n has in all cases lowered the yirfd and quality of the resulting crop at Fnniham, Quo. The use of com- mercial furtilizer.s in conjunction with manure gave an ixverago yield of two hundred P' un.is more per acre than manure alone a.s well as leaving a net profit of approximately twenty dollnr.i per acre more. It i.s al?o ntated that last year's coinpari50ii ot Tarious manure;! in tobacco fcrtilization gave highest yields with sheen manure, fol- lowed by cow, poultry, horso and hog manures. Tho .'-.tatoment, however, is added that since the soil used in this oxpvrinient was sonifwhnl va'-iable, the results secured are not considered reliable, Tho .si-mi-hot bed has been found at tho Farnhi.ni station well adapted to the production yf vigorous, early seedlings. Is this type of Tourist really an asset to Ontario ? L IQUOR advocates claim that Ontario vfill get thousands more tourists if it goes wet on December I. These are the facts : â€" The Dominion Government Report for 1925 states: Ontario under prohibition had 1 ,290,000 motor tourists. New Brunswick under Prohibition had 476,555 motor tourists. Quebec under Government Sale had 1 1 1 ,983 motor tourists. Government Sale means increased liquor sold and consumed, with increased dangers. Do you want our highways thronged with hilarious joyriders and campfollowers of the liquor traffic? Do you want to encourage and promote reckless driving upon tho highways on the part of our ow^n citizens? Don't be fooled. _ Make your vote count against these dangers. Vote for your DRY candidate ONTARIO PROHIBITION UNION 24 Bloor Street East, Toronto "The province of Chekiang send^s us There are families in that province much of our white silk. It is also tho i which hatch, artificially, 50,000 or celebrated pcultry-egg centre of China, more eggs a year. An ounce of tomato seed will pro-' duce 1,500 ounces of seed, or 3,000,000| tons of tomatoes. be Footed ! GoTeriiiiietit ^^control" does not cure these evils:â€" 1. BOOTLEGGING {â€""Bootlegging to extent of 5,000 cases a month in and around Vancouver." â€" The Hook (an Anti-Prohibition paper). "Bootleggers handle twice as much liquor as the Government stores." â€" Vancouvet World. 2* FLASK DRINKING Iâ€" The Sherbrooke Dai7y Record, speaking about con- ditions in Quebec, says: "The hip-pocket flask is an institution to a greater extent here than in Ontario." 3. LAWLESSNESS OF YOUTH lâ€" Andrew Blygh, J.P., of Vancouver, describing the state of affairs in British Columbia under Government "Control", says: "Any night, cabarets are operating vnth 50% of those present showing signs of intoxi- cation. The dance halls are a public scandal with young girls slipping to the back alley to get a nip from the flasks of their escorts." 4* DRUNKENNESS :*" There have been 851 names placed on the Indian List in Alberta during Government "Control", the majority of whom procured liquor v.-ithout permits. S. RECKLESS DRIVING :â€" Comparing Montreal and Toronto, Mayor Duquette of Montreal stated: "Montreal has registered twice the number of automo- bile accidents with half the number of automobiles." CL What WILL cure these evils ? CL The honest, sttstalned enforeement of the Ontario Temperance Act. Wote for Your DH Y Candidate I ONTARIO PROHIBITION UNION %4, Bloor Street East • Toronto â- rr^a;: