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"T mmt J \ >;"^ THE PRIZE WINNING ESSAY -- *<r rise to higher positions. The reHglous lifo Is w«ll attended to by men, many of whom are loaders In th«tr respec- tive bnincbog of tliought and all we Mk of you In return la that you help to make our great comiMiny a power ; just to l>e reckoned with, not only com- mercUUy, but in the finer tbl&«B of lite as well. TABLE UNEN HINTS but Italian Knen means Italian hand- work and perhaps Italian weaving. The Spanish linen may be woven in â-  Spain and certainly will be embroid- Brightly colored table linens are ered in that eountry. Both Spain and the thing now. WHAT TO WRITE FOR THE BOYS? The Winner and Her Sisters I especially gymnastlca but I am not strong enough yet to exoell In any SPORISMANSHIP U S. ARCHES. Five box rabbit traps and a twt^ by-four briar patch play«d a verj important part in the liwa of two small boy« of my acquaintance. They lived in the country on a amall farm, aU of which was under cultivation except the pasture field at the back of the place. In this pasture was a wonderful briar patch, a stone ikI« and sonw groond'hog holes. Border- ins ^* '"''"' ^ piece of woodland and an uncultivated swamp. The briar patch had long: been tha home and refuge of all the Peter Rabbits and Molly Cottontails of the surrounding country. The pasture was the pI«yfTo*ind of the two small boya. For Sours they and their dog romped unmolested, waded in the ^ brook, built dams at the spring, monster who devours 'thick-ear* stuff, ' ndshings are neutral in tone. Too' ^~ ^^ p„,g â- white Unen will alawrys ! climbed trees, threw stones and occa- Good taste, Italy are noted for their fine hsmd- which formerly dictated only white work and their reputation does not table-coverings and napkins, has suffer from these recent importationa changed. Now we can use color not of lovely embroidered linens, only In flowers and favors, but in the Italian and Spanish unens. table linen as well. The linen depart- j^ the Italian linons we find the ments in our big stores «ire no longer gquare and straight-line designs with staid and dignified. The shelves and jj^ jj^^ Italian hemstitching. Many .Juvenile readers have grown up in tables are overflowing with bright f\^y^^ needlewomen are making these the reading scnsa, and one writer, reds, pretty blues and other colors. ^j home. The round-thread linen, 40 whose evidently unfortunate business Our love of color must not lead us jnch^g wide, can be bought in stores is to write for boys, invokes the spir- ! astray. If we use painted furniture „„j \^ Italian hemstitching is not its of Hcnty and Ballantyne and Man- _ in the dining-room and set the table (jjffieult to do. Cr^am and oyster ville Fenn of the past to find out what \ with decorated china, beware of col- .^jjj^^ ^^^ ^j,^ \jAMtX colore chosen. The he shall do for the boy of to-day. The ored table linens. Cream colored Hft- gp^j^j^ \\^^^ ^re distinguished from vmter remains anonymous, as he well ens harmonize with any colored f uar- ^j^ others by their scallops and their might, since he describes his audience nishlngs. The ^colored glassware jegigns in scrolls, as made up of such categories as j which has become so popular can be Madeira embroidery still pleases, theseâ€" "the van^boy type, the juvenile, used with gay linens if the other fur-^ .ij,g Yi\Xi» eyelets and dainty scallops and the egotistical monstrosity whose much color will tire us, and we want y^^ st/mdard and consesjrattve Any brain is big enough to get him a our homes to be restful. I bride-to-be or a well-established motor-cycle driving Hoenee as soon as \ ^ European style. houselweper will welcome the gift of his parenU buy it forhim." Thus. ^ » box of Madeira napkins. Six or a I't T"* V r,!^!. ^Lr^ Jhk lin*" trimmed in cSlor. Czecho- SI«k **«>» ««» «" •» bo«- , ' , .. lish, but h.8 further '^««t of Ws ^^^^ ^^ ^^ .^ j^ | A cup of tea or a glass of fruit quandary, ^^^.ch appears inthelx>n- ^.^^ ^, Mn^^*^ woven of coarser !«*«• «»"«* *«. the afternoon caller don Daily Express, is ,P«*«"y**' threads in interesting patterns. The '* «*'« •ttractive when accompanied wider application, at least among EngHsh^aking boy^ His appeal ^^ ^.^^ ^ is to the "giant" writers of the past • ,^„^^ ' . ^JCT ^y.^ whose path was encumbered with none of the distractions from bookish pursuits that prevail to-day: linen is made of cream colored flat'^y â-  P'^ty napkin. Gronpe of four or sue who gather for committees or for a sociable time appreciate the simple refreshments served in the mark off squares and to make the border. Dark blue Is combined with , ,. , „. the cream background, too, and some- 1 1'^?"*?""*""- ^'^^ napkine are appro- . timM more delicate polnm siiich an ' Pn*te to use at such times. "Giants that you are, I am craving {^'^^'^-^"br. ^ vdkw ^^ »<>""• damask linen is so fine that your pity. You lived in an age, and; 3^*'' ^'«^* *""« "" y**^'**''' *"*! the pattern is the same on both sides. wrote for a generation, with few dis- 1 . .fr«T^„ «ni«.fl, I When enough threads «re crowded had one box trap which he carefully trcoTotiti^^oJle'^ma «d"rto? rou^thrTaSf is fL^^T^lid'S^ | -*« one «iua^ inch, it is almost im- ^^-^-^ --^ -^^^ '" ^^ »^'" -->• -* wJir^n>,â„¢lfZ^ T„ .^^ •«'«» "l"" »n the cream colored cloths I P^'^ble to tell right side from wrong, bicycleâ€" ephemerahties m an ephem-j^,^^^ »«,rf„„ „# ^i^,.^ .^.^,^ a«1 Pattern cloths have been woven eral ag:e sionally joined the dog in a chase for an unwary rabbit. This field belong- ed to themâ€" with r.U its delightful nooks and crannies, all its birds, all its raibbits â€" ^it all belonged to them. The old rabbit with a knowing wink would sometintea jump out ahead of the dog, circle the field and come bade to disappear in a ground-hog hole. Small wonder the boys loved this place and claimed every rabbit in it. There is one monih in. the year when men are allowed to gun for the. rabbit, which is considered a real delicacy in this section, and boys may set trapa Each of these email boys baited and hid in the briar patch and one which he placed just beyond the fence in the swamp. A nei-gbbor's playmate and chum â€" brought Dear Sir: â€" I did not dream when I sent In my effort for the Canada Essay Contest I great degre©. that I would be lucky enough to win a| prize, such a splendid one at that, and I can hardly realize my good fortune even yet, but I have the evidence of my own eyes and must believe it. This Is tlio HrU time I have tried In en Essay competition, though the sec- ond ^bllc prize I have won, for last year I secured fWrd prize In the Home Garden Comi>etitlon In connection with the Public Schools of the County. I. on Oct. 14th. 1913. was born on my father's farm In Burford Township, and aitenaed Public School at Fair- field Plains School, Section No. 15, Burfcrd, and paseed Into High School In Kiirford village laet September. There, although pcrbape not my best •ubjectK, compoeltlon and English literature are easily my favorites and the more I study them the bettor I Mke them. In the last Easter examin- ations my avorage was 82 and I rank- ed fifth out of thlrty-flve students In my form. I like sports and games and ..„. »,.. Thus were you allowed to* ^^^.^'t^JaSn^Wch'^ ^\^ the entin, pattern i« complete in boy-^ k^-,".»~ ~ â€" grow to your present stature, «"<*, ^^''^ t^^lSoth of solid cX'^ the two or thretyard Ingth. Sets of three traps and set them in the be- t<vday we envy you the opportunities '^, " *?« Câ„¢^^ v„.^ i" !!i^: six or a do«n nankins come In the loved briar patch, and each mommg I attend regularly the local United Church for service and Sunday School and I find my leesiona In English literature axe a great help to me In undersUndlng what I hear there. I have a etrong desire to become a Public School teacher though I have my doubts sometimes as to whether I am clever enough but I am doing my b€flt. you had "The boy reader of to-day has seen the dreams of Jules Verne come true. He has lived through the worst blood- and-thunder in history â€" the Great War; and a printed blood-and-thunder is tame stuff by comparison. "He is hlard to please. His imag- ination is bunted by reality and is difficult to shock. A printed thrill is nothing compared with a motor-cycl with wUte hem. Napkins are made to match. This color combinatlen is also reversed, with the centre feft cloth. In the good qualities these sets white or cream colored and ths hem a solid color. These sets may be dar- ing, but they are attractive. The col- ors can be chosen with reference to the color plan for the dining-room or the china. attractive decoration. When meals are served on the ver- andah or on the lawn, a cloth made of Japanese toweling Is suitable. ang thrill. You can not convince him I am sorry I have no photograph of ^j^^^ ^^^ future holds any adventure - -_^ „ ^ _ „„..„ myself alone find only the enclosed j^ which he does not know. Modern Small napkins to match save the bet- snapehot taken with my two sisters | education has made him the spoiled ter ones of linen. Japanese toweling last summer. I am standing on the , ^^^^ ^^ Progress, whichâ€" as Disraeli is made of cotton, therefore is inex- left, my elder sister In the middle and gaidâ€" is not so much progress as 'the ' pensiveâ€" a table-cloth can be purchas- tendency of things.' I ed for %\, or less. Its blue designs "As for the sort of reverent rom- are not likely to fade if washed care- ance you so easily served up to him fully. in your days, he sees it trampled on , Handsome table-damask of fine by his grown-up sister, and he has quality, having a beautiful the younger on the right. I wish It were better but this is the best I can do and I hope this will prove satlefac- tory. I have no brothers. Again thanking you for considering my Eisey worthy oX. your splendid prize. I am,. " " Yours faithfully, Margaret Hobson. THE JOHN CANUCK DEPARTMENTAL STORE'* -- I u L c D -f ,^ I desire. A train Journey across our Margaret Hobson, or ISurtora, posse«slone from the Atlantic to the in Original and Delightful Paclflc wltU lU generous conditions as Style, Tells of Our Coun- are high in price, but thy outwear the newer varieties of linens. Cotton la being made into a fabric which close- ly resembles linen damask but does not launder so welL - , „ napkii^ _„ .me <fe8ign and are sold vrith the I 'or six successive days caught one of ' Peter's family while the eater two boys got none. Hot resentment filled th^ breasts. Friendship was for- gotten. "It is our briar patch," they said. "T%ey are our raUbits. Red has no right to put his traps in out field." My sympathy was with the two small boys, but no matter bow we "lean" the principles of good sports- manship remain the same. The father of these two embryonic citizens used this incident for a les- son. If they felt free to set a trap on the other side of their fence in the STRAWBERRIES! A New Bulletin AvaUaUe. Strawberries can be successfully grown on many kinds of soils from a very light sand to a heavy clay, but swamp, then, by the same code, Red it flourishes best on a moderately had a right to put bis traps in the light friable soil. It is important to briar jwtdL He showed them that choose a soil that does not pack or a rabbit was a small thing in the bake in order that the young riuner- satin pia^ts get rooted as early as possible. learned to regard the VXctorian age gloss, is made by using fine colored- fis a freak. I linen threads in the pastel shades "And he goes to the picttiree. He combined with fine white linen feeds on the living image of 'he-man' | threads. The effect is charming, and stars who, to him, are real. He has \ the damask is rich-looking. .lost patience with the boy hero of fourteen years who quells revolutions in a South American republic, or beats Napoleon at his own game. He can no longer endure the boy hero try. Years ago In Old London It was the cuE'iom of apprentices, among their other duties, to stand outside their master's place of business and cry his wares to the paesera by. They usually began by crying "What d'yer lack?" "What d'yer lack?" I appear before you to^ay In much the same capacity bUt the firm I re- proeent Is, I will not say the richest, but I believe In the extent of \Ki re- courcee, the largest In the world, I •peak of our newly organized Depart- mental Store of Canada. In our early day« we started as a small outpoet of the British Empire Ud. Sixty years a^o we became one of the chain and recently we have developed Into a fuUy esUblishad store under our own oianagetnent entirely, but still and always affiliated to our great Central Office. Now what does our store contain? I honestly beHeve everything that Is neoeesary to man, woman or chUd. For you. Madam I'Yisblon, we have the cboloest of furs, and the flnest of Jewellery, the latter from our own mines and both nwnufactured In our own store. We also grow the tineet , ... o( wool for your garments which ore 'apW'y building up a reputation for the made up by the moet talented of \ cholceet baoon and butter while our drosttmukers ''""'^ ""<* especially apples would be Mrs Housewife, you aro Indeed fort- ' lin"^ '» «*«>«'• Our Hritlsli Columbia onate roiowlng to the p(H:u;iar position "PPl" 1» «<>"''• «'"! • ''"ve heard It of oiirrsL-ibllMimentyou have a larger stated that It was probaby Ite brlght- rai.r.c ot iirodiirtji probably than any c«t color that tempted the mAther of olhei' couDlry in llio world. Opuii to yoiii choice. 01 e not only fruKs aii'l Vffcei.l)'.i-> t-qual (<« llio btal Rrowii in Uic lcrni.c:a(o diniala, but from Iho Niiif.ra rciiinm.hi mil HrltlHli Colum- bia i.r." obtuiiieil niuiiy of tho»o uauall/ ess<K'.<it<'4 Willi iliB Tioplcl zone. Ml. Iliri iK'f.s man, you ure not for- folt'^n for ftliat tver >oiir biisinoss, if it ieij!i:;':« l><!W(!r, we can mpply you ijlieiiply aii'l p'enllfnlly from our coliipitratlvoly iuiu»e<l water-powor wbUu your raw in.ilerlHl If not grown, to "etop over" prlvllefi«j at place* of Interest, will give you a general bird's eye view of what we have to offer. If you wish a closer Inspection an auto trip, over our network of good roads, with well equipped re»t camps la which you will have your comfort so welil looked after, that you are free to enjoy all the beauties of the road. Is an experience you wH'l always look back on with pleasure. The diversity of headquarters you have to choose from Is only equalled by thetr differ- ence In type of Interest. The Niagara Peninsula when the fruit trees are la bloom you wUl consider a doss ap- proach to fairy land, while yon must not miss visiting the Falls, eepeclaUy If they are Illuminated. You will not soon forget the sdght. A voyage through the Thousand Islands, a visit to Quebec with Its hietorlcal Interests and "Evangellnes land" would be well worth while. For the "bickers" are the Kocky Mountalnis with their Bul>- llme views and British Columbia offers scenes entirely different from the rest. Por Mr. Farmer there Is eom^ of the flneet land that lies out of doors and be can find anything he requires from an ideal site for a chicken farm to a thousand acre ranch. We grow the flnest wheat In the woirid and are pale greens and yellow. What could be so cool-looking on a hot summer day for a company lun- cheon as a cloth of pale green da- , , „ 11 iu * II mask? Plain white dishes, faintly who, sub rosa w'as reaHy the fellow y^^^^ glassware and brightly who won the Duke of Wellington his' n^^^^ ^-j^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ jjj^j^^ renown "He is past such nonsense, and he knows it â€" and he is such an intoler- ant little monster that the only way to foist your giantly books upon him is to give them as school prizes or Christmas presents. "So I should like you ^ tell us what we can do with him as we sit down to write his stories to-day. I wager dt will be a problem beyond your power to solve, for nowadays even a Shakespeare could be boosted into the background by an American film king from Hollywood. You had To avoid damage from white grubs. w<orid of men; that Just such trifles as rabbits, li>ne fences and trespass- ing clamis could make bitter enemies; land that has been in sod for some that they needed to get the right per- years should not l)e used for straw- berries until a few hoed crops have been grown upon it. Land infested with couch grass or other persistent spective of their relationship to life's events. This was training in fair play and good citizenship. The lesson w«s not weeds should also be avoided. They taugbt nor learned in a single day, may be planted either in spring or , but, before the month was up the boys full, but it is recommended that ' could hail their comrade with a cheer- spring planting should be adopted. ; ful grin and, "What luck this mom- The planting should be done as early | ing, Red? Gee, he's a big one!" of cool breezes, A spring luncheon would be pretty with yellow damask cloth and nap- kins. Some of these damask sets are expensive. The napkins are in the 24- inch size. Since all good damask is high-priced, it is a question if one should buy it colored. The same am- ount of money invested in plain white damaek will be a better investment for the average housewife. VARIITY OF CHOICE. Printed linens have appeared re- cently. We see them with a riot of no Hollywood when they gave you | "^'f ". spread over the entire table- your laurel crowns. Motwpolies and monopc<lists may be useful in trade â€" but they are bad for the art of the boy's story. "We describe the knight who takes his sword to conquer in a world where the worthy win and the spoils go to the brave and true. We offer the ser- ial rights of the honest old story, with the eternal moral discreetly glossed â€" and we are lucky to get it accepted, provided we sign away the cheap book rights as well Our mone- tary reward is an insult to our errant knight, but wo have to live, and so we must sell." cloth in interesting designs, or we see plain centres and the many-colored border. These table-covers are beet •ttlted to meals served on the ver- andah. Because they^ ctf>a new, the prices are high for the printed lin- ens. The designs are often Persian in their feeling, although some are more vivid. The colored embroidery used on handkerchiefs is now shown on table linen. Threads are pulled out and colored threads run in to replace the pulled ©nee. Fkuwers of French knots, and pretty baskets, are used for de- as possible in order to get the benefit of the cool weather and the moisture. Before planting, the land should be thoroughly plowed, disked and har- rowed, and it should be rolled in order to facilitate planting. A new bulletin of the Dominion Experimental Farms, on the Straw- berry and Its Cultivation in Canada, Is available on application to the Publications Branch, Dept of Agri- culture, Ottawa, and covers every phase (A strawberry growing. PUREBRED RAMS CLASSIHED. If children can be taught to get the right slant on chtlt^sh difficulties then men will have a broader outlook and a clearer sense of justice when it comes to dealing with the larger problems that confront them, for,' "Men are but children of a larger growth." GEARWlOING New Invention Does Away With Grind and Wear of Clashing Gears. At a recent meeting of the Royal Society of Arts, in London, Mr. Geo. Constantinesco delivered, by invlta* The grading of purebred rams was commenced in the Province of Our- tario last autumn, when it vras con- 1 tion of the Society, a lecture describ- fined to the eastern counties. The classification was limited to breeders of Shropshire, Oxford, Lekester and Cots wold breeds, who made applica- tion for" it The grading was done by Mr. A. E. MacLaurin under the direction of the Live Stock Commie- sioner of the Dept. of Agriculture, Ot- tawa, in co-operation with the Ontario Dept of Agriculture, through the Agricultural Representatives in the coratlons. Much of this work is done i different counties. In all some twenty Barrister â€" "He is a man who has overpaid money by mistake." Judge â€" Have you a glass case or a museum or she may, for the sianw price, make in Porto Rico. One who enjoys doing handwork oan duplicate theee sets for half the cost of the ready made on«e; to put him in?" the world, but I believe that It took tho flavor and aronin of the Ontario eiown orllclo to bring alioiit the down- ' °' lull of Adam. It Kfl, If ho i-iiulj speiik, ] =r lio would probably say It coavpenautod | I'ven for PuradlHO. A greflt and ex- 1 pandlng market for iiU tho fartuor grows, lieu at our diKirs, wMIe Ills in- tiM'onts are lociked tiMer by a paternal govurnment. with agricultural collogoa and experimental stations at different points^ To sum up, good people. It does not Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can a set for herself and one set to use as a gift. The Spanish and Italian embroider- ed linens are pleasing. The flax for flocks were gone over, in which about 200 rams for sale were graded as suitable for use on either purebred or grade flocks. For the better class of rams, good enough to head average purebred flocks, the grade of XXX was fciven, and fo* sheep of slightly lower grade but still of good quality ing recent developments of his re- markable device called the "torque converter," replacing the usual gear- shift systenu of automobiles and sim-! liar machines. Says Dr. E. E. Free, in his Week's Science (New York) : This device is described by some engineers as being the most remark^ able innovatfon in the science of me« chanics since the invention of the steam engine. One of the problems encountered in many applicatiorks of power is the problem of varying the speed of a moving machine without changing tho speed of the engine which drives it. In gasoline automo- biles for example, it is necessary to provide some gear-shift arrangement, by which the driver can operate bis car rapidly or slowly, the speed of happen to ii good man, cither in life these linens may be grown in Ireland a**^ fi* *t) head grade flocks was given; the engine changing much less than or after death.â€" Socrates. j and woven in Scotland or Belgium, i the grade of XX. Of the former 130 ' does the speed of the rear wheels. The rams were classified and of ths latter] Constantinesco device does away with 70. this necessity. Small automobiles At tho conclusion of, grading, lists' equipped with it .^re now being built showing the o^vn€r8, the breed they in Eu'gland and have no gears at all. â- â€¢ It likely la lii.iido our limits, can bo nvaKer who you nie or what degree cheaply broU£bl to you over otir great you occupy In the world, wh-etlier you Inland waterways. Then your plcaii- i are a young person with nothing but ures are sJeo well attended to, for It your hnmls to help you, or of mature you are a smoker you wIM find we grow | age with wealth to invtwit, you catinot (he flnest of tobaooo while for your iKMin ot r«laxatk>n In our vast un- MphMVd open spaces you will flnd a mHsliis Sftortmaa'a parmdlsek For , w1i«rS ilM la th* worhl can yon oom- /Mas Mc taBM buntUic and flebing ot •MlitiMittrT : If !«• Urn undeoldeA wbere to go ^ %kA Ml*. Tovrlst, lu«t kwk omt Mff •lor*, for «lM«lNr nw dMlr* to yoakW" or a ooaMaattoa of all tomv do better than como tu this young growing store. Wo can givo a wel- come to you all. To ths children, a good education, the only quallllcatlon (or which Is brains apd "grit" for, un- Ukx nvoet of tho older countries It can bo truly aaM of our store that every "toMtw* )uBt atarting school carries i tht Pranlora poettton in hts book, HMlMk V%« in^a with Ideas U aI-{ ll«|a IroteDCM and here he will have a keep, Ute identity, grading and price of eaclT' animal, were distributed to thoee interested in the purchase or distriibution of purebread rams. The work was highly appreciated The driver needs to pay ho attention only to the throttle and to the steer- ing-wheel. The principle of the device is one essentially new in mechanics. Mr. Contantinesco decl<ires that he by the producers of market lambs as \ worked it out mathematically and well , as by the breeders «f purebred | philosophically before any model of sheep, who, through this service, it was built The trick is in the xjm found a ready market for the stock I of an oseill.iting weight, which vi- they had to sell. Hont^r graduates from Japan's substitute for Klngiston Hoyal Military College. The Ave "ptrfect" cadets of the Military Cadet school, Toklo, at tho M «lVlMt th«(n, while the pro-|*""'"a"o» ceremonies, were prewmted with prlie watches by the Emperor BM ovory oppottuolly to ot Jvpan. Smoke Bares Leaks. One of the most perplexing noises In an automobile Is the escape of gas undef presMre, cither through a leak- ing gasket or a small holo In the ex- haust pipe system. Recause the ga»es are paselug at such terrific pressure, tho smaller the leak the sharper the uo;e« and the more serious the sound appears). Exhaust and ga»ket leaJcs usually can bo discovered by blowing tobacco smok* around the part sus- pected. *" a ii El 1< brates back and forth like the pendu- lum of a clock. The mechanical prin- ciples involved are far more compli- cated, however, than are these of a simple pendulum. " ^ â€" ^_â€" ^â€" The teacher was testing her schol- ars' knowledge of the Ten Command- ments. Coming to the last one, '•Thou Shalt not covet tiiy neighbor's house; thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife," the teacher asked t "Can anyone tell me why Moses wrote down 'house' before 'wife'?" "Bs- cause a house is harder to get!" !•• nlied a small boy. pi D hi w y^ rii to ce se St to ei K P le tt tc t< ei V k ci b y c V