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Qiome Chats I4UQE Al/M BEST "A good heart does a little extra." Chinese saying. Wild Flowers. Oh, the thrill of Spring! We never; tlr of welcoming with glad acclaim > the tendei bursting buds of plant Ufa ; or ever ceas*. to wonder at tlie yearly resurrection which unfolds so surely and marvellously before our eyes. Out in the woods, from a lofty pine j tree, the crows send forth their glee ', song over th< meadow and through the aromatic pungent air. One could hard- ly call his song melodious nor is It a ' chant, but nevertheless he is heralded as the unceniably afiable and friendly announcer o' Spring even though his song may b" boisterous and occasion- ally raucous in quality. Then dowi far below him through the apparently desistless frozen earth the delicately petatled hypatica shyly and so quietly pushes up bravely from it* cool sequestered spot and wafts its fragrant perfume, scarce perceptible, on the Spring breeze. Truly, wild flowers need their wood environment if we are to appreciate their full bfiauty. One often wonders, i though, wr ether it Is because they are ; a free gift that they are, more and more, In great danger of becoming ex- tinct. Fo- some reason children and, 1 sad to relate, many grown tips, too, seem to b-> possessed with an insatl- \ able desir to pluck every wild flower they see, and worse still. It ia not an Uttcommo:. thing to see a bunch ofj wlthere-1 dog tooth violets or hypatica ' lying forlorn In a ditch, carelessly thrown there because the flowers have drooped and faded from the warmth of the hand that plucked them thought- lessly, depriving the woods, in that one discarded bouquet, of many n j xt yar blooms. Tho lovely plot from vhlch they were gathered will be' much smaller or gone altogether the following year. la years gone by it was not too rare a thing to find deep in the- woods near , by our towns and cities, the showy and much desired pink and white orchid 1 or the yellow lady slipper. To find llietu now oue must go far north where ' the miles of forest still stretch un-. touched by man. Climbing over lop* ami through 1U guard of marsh lands jn-> ;.- .-;i<!'lot:!y confronted by a show jf dozens of these wonderfully beauti-' fill ana rar flnwors. A lovely bouquet j j :. : i.inaitly picked and lovingly j jinny are left tor next year's propa- ia . ::. only to find the following day i , .iiira-l of people laughingly come ja-. of yoi.r secluded spot with their i '.'.I Oil these rare flowers, many X -Ahull were torn up by the roots and ev.ry last flower hunted out. "We can never use all these." one ran mijidn them saying as they sort out the best ones and leave the others, which are carelwsly thrown by th it*!* or UK road to wither and die. Mow iniK-h better it would be to al- ways it-member the rule when gather- IT.; wild flowers, "pick oue and leave one." a silent thank you for the woodsy gift. M.iw lovely our Canadian \\oml-i could become If determined efforts were madi to multiply and protect our wlM flowers in their own environment. What bowers of natural beauty Can- udt niisrh have. There they grow, their gardener the spirit king of the forest who keeps the ground moist and l/ai-k and free from weeds in some mysterious way. He covers them over carefully In the fall with a thick but Hunt coverlet of downy leaves aud lu the spring, quiet and perfect, his gar- den blooms. With forest preservation aud wild flower protection along with education, what wonderful places our Canadian wood* night become. Tha Twilight Hour Story About Wee Chick* and Other Little Friends. Chapter 17 Last time, you remember. I told you how wall Rover looked after Billy and eien how he saved Billy ono time, but Rover looked after more than Billy. 'Mother of Mankind" Did you know that there are some dogs that run afjter every kitty they see? They don't care how we love our kitty, if they see her they run after her and, oh dear, if they catch her they'll even kill her perhaps. Isn't ] that awful? Well, Rover looked af- ter Fluffy and Topsy and the little gray kitty. This la how he did it. Of course, you know. Rover had lots of dog friends. Yes, he was even friends with the dogs who ran after kittens. But, I tel. you. none of those other dogs could come- onto Mama Lady'a farm, If they did Mama Lady would say, "Now you better go home," so Fluffy would be safe, and immediately Rover picked up his ears and all at once, barking softly, would run at the other dog. If the stranger didn't run away, he'd bite him and make him go, then dun after him hard away off over the lawn until he came to the divid- ing fence which belonged to the next farmer. But the funniest part waa this: After he chased him and waa so cross to make him run away, he waa suddenly friends again with the dog he was so cross to at first, as soon as the dog got off Lady Mama's land, and then the two would trot off to- gether like too good chums. Pretty aoon the dogs knew the? could just come so far and then they'd wait for him down the road. Oh, he was a funny, wise old dog. You know, even If he did tak such good care of Fluffy, I don't think he was very foud of her. Not many dogs are real fond of cats, are they? I think he was a little Jealous of her at first when Mama Lady brought her home when she was just a little ball of thick furry kitty. She was so cute Mama Lady and Billy wanted to play with her all the time, aud so that made Rover jealous, even though they pet- ted him too. Fluffy was pi-"y fright- ened of bis Roveri too, at first, and ao uutil she got used to him they put him outside for a while when they wanted to play with her, which also made him kind of cross at her, too, j for a while. But then he wets a good j Rover and he knew Mama Lady loved j her, so that was why he took such good care of her anyway. Next time I'll tell you what Rover "I Pluffv <uie day whvi >!ie win a , Spring Brings Hope The farm U always an Interesting place la the early apring. No mat- ter how serious the- drought In wn- rner, how disappointing the liarrestrf j in the fall, or how discouraging the outlook through the bleak daya of winter, when spring comes with lia warm rains and the warmth from the sun daily increasing. there is renew- ed hope. All nature has lam dormant for weeks and weeks. The world, in the coun'r" has seemed to be at a stand- still. The farmtr has been well- nigh :u h::)"r".:t'.'o'i, he haj stuck closa to the sheltering roof and the "Ta mother of mankind" a h'e-size statue was built. Her aa:n-> waa "Segls Pieterje Prospect," and she held world's record as milking oow. At impressive ceremony, recently, at Seattle, WasH-.nran. tiii-i atatua waa unve'.led. Sunday School Lesson Then 00:11.-- il .- April, aiid, ia re- spousa to her showers and sunshine, all thing in sight seem to come to life the sap begins tc rise, the grass ipriu^-i green, the farmer geU out and sees hU shadow and finds the air and sunhin.> good and delfcfou to atay ou: in. Just a few of these warm days and we see teams of horses trampln? too and fro in ai! the fields about us, and hear the familiar hum of tractors as they pu!l the tillage tools or plows across the fields. Another season of work and hope is here. I April 19. Lesson III Th a Ricft Man and Lazarus Luka 18: 19-31. Gol- den Text Lay up for yourself treasuctrt in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. Matthew 6: 20. ANALYSIS. I. THE PLEP"SE OP THE P ARABLE. II. THE P<X)R BEGG.Ut. III. THE RICH MAN. I. THE PVKPvsf. i>F THE PARABLE. The surest wuy :j lisunderstand i this parable is ;> '.uke .t as ;riv.::)j us Jesus' teaching about the next world. I I: is natural, but unprofitable, to ask such question-s as "Is Jesus teaching; that there is an ii'.vnv.ediate .-tate be- tween death and the La*t Judgment'." 1 or "Is Je^us giving uj here a doctrine i of hell'.'" or "Is rhe fa:e of men; eternally and irre\.Kably settled for ( them at death?" \Vj ma.sr. remembor' tha: this story presents us. not with n map <>f heaven or hell, r.or w.vh a prophecy, nor -.vith theological dogmas. I but .vith a panbK The first part! of the parable, givinf the surprisinn' interchange of fortune between :htf rich mar. ami the betcgar, ;s not in any way uni.iu.v Similar -t.)r;es havrf been told not infrequently within atul with- out Judal>!n jif.l Christianity. Ir.tieo.i. it is probably righ: to suppose that :r. the firt part of tho parablo .le-i;-; i taking over ami repeating a Jewish version of a well-known st.iry. I: would, therefore, be a great mistake' to pi"<:- the details in order to arrive ( at the n.ir.d of Jesus about the future or at -miie auth.ir:zt?d foundation t( .'^)Ut heaven a-d he! . T'-" I stir.ctive e'emert '-". story !>* in its ;onol * : '". II. THE PIHI Gabble Ge-i a "A kid wlio know^ the \'i\>--t cau always get a fi 1 "* <'.>' iu tli cir- cus." CALM OF NATURE It seems as if it were Nature's aiu Sabbath, and the verra waters were at rest. Look down upon the vale profound, and the stream is without motion! No doubt, if you were walking along the bank, it would be murmuring with your fee-t. But here here up aiuoug the ht!U, wa cau Imagine it asleep, even like the well within reach of my staff Prof Wilson. Lazarus, al..r.> .n" :iic..:\-- in the parables, .s n.vvr. a Lazarus seems :> be an abbn vi.r. 1^.1 for Elazar, ir.ea'' .r.g, "God help!" or, | we might say, "(.lod help him!" t. ar tlv.i.s lie eir.M-'niatio if hi* c')iiiii'-' tion. Apparently I aiarus*. who the victim of VM '.oaths.iwo could not walk. H. w.i "dropped" >r "chucked down" at the rich man's gate and left there t do tha best h ' could for h':-.i--'.f. H* !<>nge<l "n - i ate hi< hunger -.virli the cnr.v' 1 dropped from the rich n-.ar.'* 'a ' '. Iiut even this, it seems, was denied . him. To n'.ake matter* wor-e. he h;ii to suffer the indignity of having his sores licke.i- by dogs. H* could not keop : them off. W- are apt to contrast the sympathy . t' :}.<? ii.>i: with tiie cal- ' loii.<nc<i of the ric'-. i.-nn. Bur th.nr '< not the meaning here. To the Jews | the Jog was ar unclean animal, .1 mere scavenger. We are not toM thv I.azrus was go**! mar., and we should not untiorstan.i J-?s-js to moan thi:t t any :r.an who has been sufficiently , poor and miserable n this life will be tnken ^'> h 'aven fir compersati-i" He : < *iniuiy rep:ati:-g the familiar 1 Tory for the sake of the moral which i? to lx> drawn. The poor man is car- ri.'.i at death by the angels to Abra- ' ham's boson, or, as wo should say, to Paradise. When the rich man di^s, and haa been properly buried, ha roes to "Hades." This Greek word co-rres-1 ponds with the Hebrew "Sheol," tha! place of the departed. It normally means the place where all departed souli go to await the final Judgment. Here, however, it seems, unusually, to mean "hell" or tho p'ace of torment ; | not a placu of waiting, but of doom. Presumably Jesui t?ils :he story aa it! was usually told and with<>nt any thought of harmon-rlrg it with theo- logical ideas. III. THE RICH MAN. The rich man in -.onuent asks Aiira- ham that Lazarus may i^e vr.t to him with a drop of cooling water Abra- ham replies that betv.-een him an.i the; rich man > "a area: gulf tixed." ami] that the rich irur. h5 no cause T complaint, for he has had hi. z>l -time ai'.d now it is T.aitaru?' turn. '>:r natural inclination :* '> =ay. "how very unchristian!" i :ni w> :-r.ai- r inr| that those in Parn<i:--e :->ok on with eiiuar.imity at tho ?utf".".r.;r : :hv? damned? "What had la:.irv.< .i..ne[ that he had deserved tapparmtly) endless bliss? And can we reV lieve that G<xl wou'd c. ndemt! -.:} rich , mar. to endless, hopeless, unrelieved Mnv.ent? Could any.hir.t* be less like the s-jirit of Jesus than the ar.swer >f i Abraham? Bur :hc--> : r.ura! >b^o- ttor.s ara really beside tho point. The ^ story it a parable, not ar. account of! the future life. W-> have, rather, to. ask. whar i* it which tho pavab'. - :ra-,>s" Of whom was ,I->su :-. - <e thi 4 ? p. 1 ..' s difS- - :.t to e sure ' er - ; i cl<>se Ion with the 'fter qu.>rcd sav- ing of Jesus, that the lirsc shall be las' a r .,j the last firs:. T of heaven will r?ver*<? the ; ':iign:er.rj of earth: such Pi-:;ri j '-.'-' a< - ai;- 1 !opg prayers in pub!..-, or fasr ar.d pray *o . sret a reputation for arth. "have receiveii :hei reward.' sought the reiraH of men. av.i i: has come to them. Thar, is al! th >y Thar, theref --. '* a I the> - '! r->- - re. He wh" prays : " - tt not his loft hand 'crow ' rlcht hand dvs. wii! !,acc rr-'.i heaven. It w-'l : - 'or the former .i i.vlare. "It i* r.->r fair." It will h open to them to i*!ai-v so"-.' >f 'ht reward of the latter: i- : ; a if.atwr *>( :.\\ and mora! ' vp,,,- " Peace There U a green land hid away Within :!ie hearts of all, A pleasant laud ot Hght a.n4 s Waehe 'iap'_>y voices call. Beneatii Ita wia* aad azure sk'. M Its cool, clean houses rest, In gardens wide where rosea l)iow Upon *!n warm ioi'.'s breav And wid< yed w jm<?a ;.'. aad spin Beueata ;hd ta'.l tre~>' .- Aad la r!ie tie '.da the oiea at work Ar-i s-r ,-).' IK: ! pi jh1 'Hade. A r'.ver fluw-- thro .4:1 '.!.. : i. ! By meadows !uoh aad - No boa' wi:h oar pile-? thereup< a. Bu . - , ' - .::!:.- Or sfaa^i -la -iiall-jws calm. And woolly s'.'.ee.p v.-iiU r1::!il:ag bella Sijo'rn i i halm. AuJ ie Is full o! -,-. And -very back unbowed. And ev^ry .isad Is lilted A::-i .< -ir ): ' Tli'.':' .- f !it> aush of eve-;:.ii- Wli^n purple shadows fa'.!, The s!i->phrd3 on the U'.V.MIH A T 1-1 ' . til -.-4 .-a'.!. AuJ men . -ua' An.l o'i'.'.ilv.jn CP;H^ from play. Aad Iveavig kl'.h run '> 'heir dama, , ,,-!,-- .._,., ,-- ly Springtime Touches For the Home New Paint for the Front Door In driving through the country what i more pleasing to the eye than a fbvely freshly painted front door at aome farmhouse? One house owner re-enameled hl door in white. The surface waa in fair 1 rendition, but that part of it which ' waa exposed to the weather waa bad- | ly blistered. First of all the door wa thoroughly scrubbed witk a solution -if .-ugar soap and hot wa'--r. Sugar soap can be purchased at a drug shop. , About half a pound .n half a galloa of wa't-r is suificienr. \Vuon the paint was thoroughlj .scrubbed the door was washed 'jff In clean wau;r. This removed every trace of til-? -'.)!'.,' alkali which wa* t in t!ie scrubbing process. After the washing down had been completed the door was wiped with o.ean rags. The nest process waa ia scraping ! the surface. Th!s waa done with an ' old knife, care being taken that no cut was made into the wood itaelf. Tie surface was a bit uneven and it was rubbed down with a piece of piim- ! ice .stone and the door waa given a ] coat of nlling. Thia coat ta not a- sential, though U U useful wher* lh door la exposed to bad weather, as It makes a good foundation for tlw ooatt that follow. Filling U made up of rd lead, white lead and boiled oil. It can. be purchased ready for use. For white, enameling nothing U bet- tar than white lead flatting for an un- dercoat. This may be bought already prepared. It will dry very quickly, and so aiuM be applied fairly rapidly. Under float- ing does tier -prsad well and it allow* iia brush markj, but thia ia all to the i? iod. as it gives one excellent prac- tice for thj actual enameling. If, yoa can get \ - - >'. --:rfaoe with ti Utt- d"!. .>a;:ajj there is no f"ar of falling I The number of c.ua'j r ..quired will Jspi'Ud . ista ices. Generally H 1 - akiug, three coats will be sufficient, Ii . i-ri: if y :u liav to paint on a dark jurfa - four may be necessary to It. U :- a ,''.)<>..! rule "o coutlnu* . 11 . 18 ! tha iriglnftl ,-ulor - . - .\o'h.:i, - i :'.. i.iij ;.< nit 'o applj thi rii: . it o( i.iiiu'l. but her* '.<'. it be : -iia: you win nnrver be .i:ilj to ni:i'.i-j L due Job jf it unl.?sa you ' eaamel. K\: . M .Iwiyi say > ' >>.L brosJl- * f ir . < iur opinion .- th in tin irdla- t ' . . -i i i.'. : i t"rj s>i eu 'i^dd b^- f :r- ,- v rU. Appl ' . :. . . . ,!. >'-'-'i iiaaly. K_' y -.1; ish well down. *ls ta enamel '-vil'. t^nd to ran down u> the nook. i::i -lop iiM'l'. Julia W. . . - :!-) eii. Isolated! Ein'.ry per.s.ri.i who liv-? A.''jin 'liree and a iialf m I-M of Co I in ire, K:i^ I, ire at t'.inos cut "It entirely f-oin the - . worM. They are the i-i'.ia litanti o Drybrook. a hamle- betwei spurs ot two hi'.i-i i'i :iia Forest >' Dea:i. and tiiey liv? in couditli as last recall tii^ Middle Aes. Drv'.n-ook has no public I:i ; r,:i4 nor di.ii-ia^^. no :i:ain water, and. worst of all, 10 roail T'.\a only approo ' a by a tor'.uous, treach<r i- thro'u'a tlie woo,i- I'voj-.- ":4 'r- roots, deep pits au.l -vaini's ;ire i (laiiKer to lU'e and limh at nU!' . < Trad''sii!<Mi are of- on unable '' i-'- liver essential sdpi-'lies; .loc'ors li.iv, som 1 '.:!!-} b." 1 :! 'in.i'il-' '> :::ake the perilous journey to visir t.h^ sick; and the dead Mav.. literally to b* hauled up ''LI 'i:".-iid-j for !>'.r-ial An I :ii'i':l dd 4 :: .1 Tha -ii ' T-.'.'.r jut-.'ii ::-i':'. rl .:ii;il.'s r,!v ' . : > i he ; r ^--<. [a p liui .I'M . -.. na all, Tl:e rt.i . T. the ::ua, tin l)ea*t, - '.- all, .Hid ':Tj.h all, rt and the ieust. i iiarle.s iii'-'ir,--.;;* \\'.:-oa in "The iris:l.i." S i M ''" >" " 3AO TEMPER v ...i . > - in is <!!-_:-' i c' %- v.;iaa. 1 - ::ev-r ' < shaliea o:f from -Ii to iaath. Yot locse defllra lie companiona jften forgets -> T.itn h'.inse.f !n tha i '. .if 'iar>py llviu,- To li-.-a '.a 'ha -a:ne ri vi ^ : t!i a bad ten la - - 'able en- ough: !v.'- so:nj ".-. /, . en .- -i iiin'i < I v,- 'a M iame boJr wit'.i i : .'ch '..* ,i;n n' >., j- : , "la it true you ed so often ' "Yds. nit.ni. i ci.^.liii : !ia.< i)eu 1 arrest^i d'jy Dft^n^r !f I >WD6<I 4tt nut 001 Start Spring Chicks Right DISCONTENT '< iur . u :!fa Is .i'.ie les.-i " ;riy lack i' -ur -IA-TI lot !iaa :<i the > >mlng c . . :>,: r; ; ia that -'' > ir :U'UYi' " \' !l :ul not .'o 'ii :.-ri v* jli mid ! .-.cover few- er ile;ici.':ii"'es f'T .ur'-'ive'. W.> are not .>. arear'.y !:^s r'-:io ! with A'M> -.-. !;!.;< ;n \v:'!i \v';i: lie 'ias. Vgri . jrlst) By far le g atast inorMilty and : vd .11 c;i . lisillg oo- -. : irtng tha fin . ^.-eis of brooding O:>j ,-f -.* :\. i .myonaat rs :u i>-" ing a . i .jood .'.- a'.'!; - - i. aad i.; ' .i-"n .; ; -i y pel /. I* th i feed wi.l'-h ;h-y ,n- uousuai - nl l ". -ill.! -11 r.ltlo* Is .TS !' v , I yellow co -. 20 !)>. i.l : at Uli.i.!!: :v^. j !b, itrou:id Ta v bou*. a Ibs. gruii'id iiin*- itoue i any c-omm-rcial grii lu'tfti in 1 1 '. uin i.-d: bouat" < . 1 !b. cummou salt. 5<kiiri milk ;:st'-l ; - -\a'er lirsl v i or tlir-e , i':-d liv-r oil, 1 ni;i r 'i to 1 '" , ;i:ali. ' -i i-Mi-k.1 !n H.>( gH : ' '. > . MUTT AND JEFF- By BUD FISHER. Golf Is a M'.-r".;-.-r C YOU CAAJT PCAV Up- AN* "W6 L6.FT /^R(V\ STRAIGHT. AT TH TOP OP TH< TU. TH* CL08 FlRMLV TM* F\1ST 9? TMa. tter MUST SHOW. 1 TM6 CLUB BACK ALONG GROUND- WlW TMe RiGHT WATCH J ^ A- -f" rse.