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Chah BEST Asparagus Time It wan': so very !oug ago that asparagus was considered a luxury, but now nearly every gardener who boasts any kind of a garden has his little asparagus bed, from which sucli thick, Juicy stalks spring as quickly as the mushroom. The ho?ekeeper Is wise who uses seasonable vegetables when they are cheapest to bring down the high cost of living. They are always best when cheapest, too, because they are cheap- est when they are the most plentiful. Of course, coming right from the gar- den to the table, they are their best and taste very different to the vege- tables which have beeu standing In the air a!l day long. One can prepare asparagus so many different ways that it can appear la some form each day throughout the season without monotony. Cream of Asparagus Here is a place where the tougher stalks can be used from which the tops have been removed. To make a delicious soup cut a buncu of aspara- gus stalks into one-incU pieces. Boil until tender and put through a sieve; add to it and the liquid that goes with it a quart of milk. Season with salt and pepper. Heat, then pour slowly into it two tablespoons of flour cream- j ed with the same amount of butter, atirring constantly. Allow to come to boll and serve with croutons. Asparagus and Peas Cook ' aimed peas and asparagus in separate saucepans, drain and use two cups of asparagus tips and the tender part of the stalks, cut ia half-inch lengths, to this add one '-an of peas, a quarter cup thin cream and butter, pepper and salt. Boiled Asparagus Perhapt? it la best served all by Itself eitt'-r with a white, rich sauce or a dressing of melted butter and sea- soning after it is cooked tender in water. Never cook it longer than tne required time to make it tender. Serve without breaking ta>; stalks. A good way to cook it to avoid breaking tlie tips is to stand a b-;noli on end in a dish. Since the tips do not need miu-li I'd king fill the dish with water up to tb-i:^ -quarter.-? of the way, and the steam will cook the tips. It should .ilv. ay- be toiled in -alted water. Af- ter it is '..-.trtully removed to a platter niflt one tablespoon Vitter^ to which .nld '>!;: ip bread crumbs. Stir over t!i<- lire uiiti! brown th MI cov -r nspara- g':- nt\ , late. Asparagus With Eggs Cut , t .-i ,.:.i-us in --inch parts arid boil in *aiud water till tender, drain, tmr in ,t . i>.-erole. sprinkle with melt- e>l liir-r, -eusoninn and add 3 well- h-n'^ii -cps bake until iirown. iu a i leave the best till the last for Oh, sn,a was a lovely chicken. She wasn't too fat or too thin. She was just right, and she had such a pretty head and then she had especially beautiful white feathers. I don't know where she got all that beauty, but there she was. Mamma Lady loved to show her off and now she picked her up aud said to Billy, "Isn't she a beauty? and son, besides being so beautiful her body is made just right, so she will lay far more eggs than Bridget or Squatty, perhaps more than both of them put together. How is that for a chicken. In fact, Billy, she is such a fine chicken I believe we will show her too, along with Jimmie, at the show when she grows a little bigger." Billy looked at her with admiring eyes, then said, "Well, we will need to have -a pretty nice name for her. I tell you, Mammy, she's so white let us call her "Lily, white as a Illy." "That is a fine name. I'm sure she'll be a good chick with a name like that," smiled Mamma. "But now I'm sure I know a little boy who is very, very sleepy, for he has done so much to-day. How about your good old bed that has been wondering where you have been for such a long time?" Sonnet for a Day Wasted Indoors Lord, I have missed so many things today ; The birds' first splendid song across the dawn Reaching to greet Thy rose-flushed joyous dawn That crept soft-footed from night's fading grey; I did not see the silver sunbeams play On rippled water and on wind- swayed lawn, Nor yet the tree-spun shadows, quietly drawn Where dew-hung, wildrlower-pattern- ed carpets lay; I did not see the sura returning tide Stretcu out to clutch again the pebbled sand WitU those swift waves of jade which one by one Came tumbling shoreward*; and I missed the wida Cloud-stippled sky above the day- green land. And. Lord. 1 lost tha setting of the .sun. A. It. Ubsdell. in tlie Fortnightly Review. TWILIGHT HOUR STORY Chapter -'J About Wee Chicks and Other Little Friends I'm tu:. you remember last week .' ii,unt<. ..110 of th* little chicks. W- i.mVc her Squatty, didn't we? B 'cause bi: was so short and fat and had .such fjnny short bill. Then, of course, we named Jimmltj Chick a long time ago, uidii't we? Well, hew about the othi-r two? Since they had grown so much bigger t;i'-y rertaJuiy did look very different (or, da yea know, oue> of the other two sistf rs Jeft wasn't like Squatty one tiit. She had a long neck and long l.'^s aui). .r.stead of her beak being short like s'quatty's, it was long and pointed. She was a little cross, too, and boswd all the others around. How winijd it be if wt call her Bridget? She ate just as much, even more, scnutinies than Squatty, who w;is so !ai, but she just stayed thiu. I wonder why that is, don't you? Are you fatter than your little sister? Or I'-i'liaph >iu are the thin kind. Well, anyway, wt have only one chicky left, haven't we? We haven't said anything about it, b,:t you know I wanted to French Births Exceed 1930 Deaths by 100,000 Paris. There weru 100,000 more births than deaths in France during 1930, government statistics published recently revealed. There were 34'2,- G98 marriages in l!)oO, against :;:;:;,- 841 in llti'J, but there were 20,40.) divorces last year, against 19,333 the year before. Tha Paris press hailed th marsjir. of births over deaths as indication that a long period of a declining French birth rate was ini-t. "I want a man with a higher calliug." "Then you'd better marry a chimney sweep." What New York Is Wearing BY ANXABELLE WORTHIN'GTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson nishfd With ".7 ('/</ Pattern. Perhap.- you'd like a youthful cape- let one sees on so many of the smart frocks these days. However be certain you choose tin right capelet. This one is a beaut) and suited to miss or matron. Fasten- ing at the front as it does with a but ton, gives it a sportive air. Its scal- loped bound ed,V furnishes a love!) theme for contrast. The buttoned be't and circular hem smartly agree witr the scalloped cape. The hipline also favors scallops to narrow its bread's The frock was originally carrii-i out in pale blue eyelet batiste will blue binding. Style No. ;jO."iO may be had in sit lli. il. lt>, 13, III) years, 3ti and I inches busjt. Peach-pink linen with brown bind ir-.g, yellow shantuij? print with plain yellow, pale blue flat washable si! 1 -repe with pale pink, red and whll bat:-ta print and green pique prin with white pique collar and bindini are charming suggestions. Size 10 requires " :v yard* :'."i-in"h or 39-inch. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain !y, giving number and siza of sucl stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it caref ally) for each number, MI address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toront Verities Don't cry oV'-r spilt milk; call cat. llossip. :.-) ".u mother-lii'law .if In vention. Never hit a man when lia'i y you down. The unfaini'-ss of the fair sex t proverbial. The redeeming fe.irira of a pawn shop is the ticket. Women with the most cheek, don' always do th most blushing. Character is what you are; reputa tiun is what people think you are. Valor God of men who f;iil Aud face tha foe of fear, Help each and everyone Bravely to persevere. God of men who trust When clouds of gloom olisiiirc, Help each aud everyone Bravely to endure. Gren villa Klelser. i" E3 is e dii VI o;c ii:i i :; ttV IV thri ti.i Sun nday School Lesson May 31 II Lesion IX -Jesus in Get- hsemiii! - I_uke22: S.9-54. Golden Text-Fit Jth;r, if th on be willing, re- moviMse a cup from i ne; neverthe- lessiiotitirny will, but tiine, be done. -Luki22SS2: 4i tr.e Mount of 47 -o4. true Mount of in i hii Ji) ol.l shri t orno ves si: bn !HJ Jis foo ho peaq nu ra. hac desl) uRti thii) oflo oHo So2 faxl or/c thfii voov oflc arnji ami) stolz iei98 of lo thrll Ih ri) ke oil fesj Cn'J [. TheAgS-gony on Olives, IB: a 3-, II. TlitinArt-est,'" I. ThtAgs-goTy on Olives, 2: 5 3ii-i. What iiirrrane- ant by =ay 5. ng that Jesus nnt, "ai hirru's. custom vvas," to the HountofOOCliw'.' It rmiight be that | was wirB-nt to retreat thither for prayer anil n m eilitation, fc* ut more p t- ob- it u n otsafe foir- him to sleep ii the cilj. _ Jens did not refuse to wtarrri he- tine cam. e, but he re- fused to be assassinated before his tour. Wetraetr.erli6 sler>~t in the open lit ornilh i firieiils, pcriiaps at Beth- ny, is not o qt-aitd'ertair*.. Thefcipqiplesire to r>_ray that they tile i Win rmto "imiptatton." We are mniniWof 1f *hi conclimsion of the Lord's Pray y ye f. The word transhited "lemptatioi' "d" sttm to mean rathe'" "fery triil,'" f " such a sean'chinj; icst as Peter iritr r rrw nt when accused of be- iif a &ipBqple>, or as ma ny Christians underwit ini in limts of persecution. How don '. knoifthe words of Jssus' pnyoi 1 '! T'TThe disciples, apiwrcntly wre aslup. .. Vko, the^n, overheard Ik prayer o of" bus? The only pos- sible person rm ^SMU to t>e the yotirig inn o()l]rl*I It 13:51, whoni some have wppoaedti) b)lark himsnlf. This is interesting KS gti swork, Laut we can no' tell, Thepr-ira. y itself i 3 reminiscent I two alien er passages: First, The question, ". Jt -"Ar-o ye abl^ to drink of ItacupthaMmt Iilrink?" ZVlatt. 20: 22. Seconililho petition in_ tha Lord's Prayer, "Thirriy will be do "no." \Vhysloul Inld tkeJiscipL es fall asleep r-ief"?v,4.". C^rief tends fo top pwpie :*; av^'ake, No cdoubt the dis- tipliis miyhsna\.~e been n lore or less ware nflke s e storm that was about to tarst onrlhrirhe ir heads, l> xit it looks as U"fnn jrrTrie-f" os pt3t in by the Evangelist a SHIS sonio sort r>f excuse. It ii,on tin ivrrl hole, more li iely that the fcciplw,Bsa suniinj that Jesus propos- ejto s|iil ti th, night on the Mount of Olives snj toolo sleep there- himself, had liaplylaiid b<lo^vnin the ordinary way, aid filltn &BJBglep, \Vha* was it that caused III ga gratdistres s nf Jesus? 1ft arewyyy inii(h out of our depth rten m = attempt t-> define the il 1) <1 fwlinifn nf Jesus al this f tine. \w/ not ho ic, ?-( r // I* had f~o (k'nr, \Vtfanbsi_Jt indicate SOKIW 01 the c- lo- mntj riith, rti may have e: ntiT"n i :ro til 'losptraTaat^ disti oss No do:i!)t JMUS, nhuirvwva-a lit some- thirty ye:rs old, inayliavrMv^ shared n~a.an'3 natural ilrinkiijiroo-rom death, ara.d the de:ith to which he s must look iorwarj was on pwiirn-a-ljr piinfui a.nd normally wy slot. El But olliL-rs before and silts haw ft fu.cl a painful di-uth brivcly md i <i uiclly, ami \ve may tie lira tbtthi inis dims not account for tens' "Ajinnnjr." It nm^v well have (iiu to Jess-sua ith f^verwhclminu horror llil I: . 'I lk'_ a Jew. th^ lover of His piople.ivut t ID lieexecute-d by the R>>- BUS. Betu*zr i;ir, pcrh ajis, that he nijht ilidik-jlke thi propfriets at the kinds nfhis e. s ovn peoples. Mreover, ! dalh liy cru-m-uc-iliiion, tV~ie "liiin- ; .ni: pn a lw,""." seemed to fcrinu with it til CUM of Tt the Law, a. nd th"ivfoie offiod.fct) CDivinoAuthoMT of the La -w. ottheUi, _ Could l.e -i'ally be tl-e SmofWii i if Cod allowed this to ha- fall him! A./^psiii.if he vvere handed over to He ftomans, it would nit- an that he Ut failed, His religious -re- volution, !ynwtiil> oliwi by fc-he cleans i*i;r of lh TmipUcple , wild ha. ve col!npse<). aid hem i to he done to dca'h ns another politiJ tie al fanatic-, misumler- stwd, cnleirfiiiii>tuoiisly re- moved. In tlwhrlTTk, dirk hou'ar of (!eth- Kiiaiw w n n ma.y sec "desperate tides ofthonWaeo -vorld's an jatuish" (ar;d til while -ivnrlil's ss-in "forced through the ae chianels of a sinprle hit." ll>v v-vaa usual fyr~ men to lin- fertwoor tlim days upon the Cross. Itlisjnas. been saicM that Jssus died quickly because his heart was broken. Finally, it must be remem- bered that Jesus walked by faith, as we also are called to do. His arrest and death, just when he seemed to be succeeding, must hava been utter- ly baffling to faith. It is easy for ui after the event to see how, through his death, he triumphed, but we must not assume that this was easy for him to see. Jesus is set be- fors us, in the epistle to the Heb- rews, as the great example of faith; the leader of the faithful. Hia faith in God was tested to the uttermost, as alone he faced absolute disaster. We dare not think what it would have meant far the world if his faith had failed, but it held firm. II, The Arrest, 2:2: 47-34. Luke says that chief priesu and el- ders came to arrest Jesus, but they would surely have recognized him, and there would have been no need for the traitor's kiss. The arrest was more probably effected, as Mark in- dicates, by servants. Exactly what happened is not clear. Thera seems to have been some sort of a scuffle, but Jesus did not attempt to escape arrest. It is rather surpri<ini? to find one at least of the disciples armed, but Jesus knew that "two swords" would be of no avail, once Pilate was invoked. Wind- Whipping By Plane Believed Good For Alfalfa Tha wind whipping given an alfalfa field la full bloom by an airplane flying low over it s ii.ni^it to hava resulted la an increased yield of 140 pounds of alfalfa .seed an acre. Thii test wa.s conilui'ieel on tiie farm of Jay Larkin, Cook County, Oreer;on. In July when the alfalfa being left for seed was In full bloom the coun- ty asent arranged with CUarVs E. Halm and Jonua Biiss to demonstrate the effectiveness of tlia airplane pro- peller blast in tripping the alfalfa blossoms. .\ strip forty fee': wide tha entire length of the field -.vsa selected. The county a;ent and a group of farmers counted bloasoniH tripped a.ud not tripped on marked areas previous to tlie airplana * roar- nient. T!i alplane was then' flown over the strip at a low elevation al- most clipping tiie top of the a'.falfa with tae lar.illn? gear. The iloa- sons Wfre :u r ai:i Counted and it ^vaa found thai :;n ]>r oen p additional lilooim were tripped as a rsu!t of tbo alrblUHt from Uia ship. Yields at li.ir.'ost ' .inn proviM la the strip 'Inn treated yielded JKD pounds of -i("'il in acre In compari- son with tils yl.Md from (lie untrat- ed portion of tlia flfld of <mly <!0 pounds i -i aero, New Combinations .>;. nii'ain .in ' ....... mliu iiior'J and more popular. Although thoy hava th tlrawback of demanding That several vci^iuliles 1) conked indi- vidually and -i-rved simiiitaniMiu !> they can l)i inaiiau"l. and thure an 1 many cMinbiii.iuniis ln-sides the mound- of spina !.!], mound - of carrots fid mound-uC-iii.i-lii'd pota'.'ii-s oiuv Those plai"s off.>r moj-i) variety nui ar but lit !!i> niors trouble to prepare. 1. Caul- ilow.T with Hollandai.se sauce, string in'iin- 1 . b;iU"l i>'i!:i "-. butternd hi-i'i 2. !':-. li broiled nitii'lirouma on toast, Imx-coll, cn':ini'<l ;><)t:it()(>s, grill- 3, Dal: ed niwtt |if|>i"'r stuffed with tomato au<l ri' 1 ". bc-.'t -. -i-'Miin'd .elry, green p-;i.s. 4. Spinurh wilb :i''>'-M) 'in.:'.', but- tun'il ouioiH, t'rii'il -: , -piant ulli-"s, celcrv lii'ji rt . America Inhabited Long Ages Ago Early Man in Arizona Lived in Pleistocene Age New Evidence Cleveland, 0. Discovery in Arizona of a "butcher shop" more than 110,000 years old was reported at the recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science bf Dr. Harold J. Cook, of the Cook Mu- seum of Natural History, A^ata. Nebraska. Bones of x the hujre elephant-like mammoth that had been hacked with flint knives by the ancient butcher*, and some of the knives themselves, have been found in Yuma County, Arizona, by Perry and Harold Ander- son, Dr. Cook said. The knives buried with the bones show men must hav lived there at the same time as tha mammoths, Dr. Cook believes. Som of the mammoth bones showed evi- dence of having been hacked while still fresh, or toujfh and green. A bison bone evidently used in flaking off par- ticles of flint in making the stone knives also was discovered. "Some of the bison and mammoth bones found here also appear to hav been gnawed." Dr. C-HIK id. IN PLEISTOCENE ACE. The dry Arizona pla;eau whore tha bones and k:uves were discovered was a well watered flood plain when the ancient butcher shop was in operation, Dr. Cook fX|>i...ned. >:,":iin^ were flowing across it from the mountains toward the east. All evidence indi- cates the flood piam existed in the pleistocene aire, which extended from about l.OOO.uw years ago to within JO.OOO years of : he present. There Is no probability '.hat the flood basin ii more recent than that, he declared. The flint knives were similar to those found a: Colorado, Texas and Torrinjf'-ir., \V;.,min^. They are well made iiuivaMiir their mai:ers were comparative:;/ far <i>iva:'---"i ' nvard civilization, "Tho L-oi-star.tiy inriva.-..'!^ evidence -if this oharai-'.er makes it appear that early man not .-ruy existed at a much ear T i late in America than has been, tint.; t-jceiuiy minonly believed, but that ho had reached a rlat;vely hiirh state of adva: 1 .'-"!!!!-:::. a: least in cer- tain iirections, in p.ci^-Kvne t:m ,a this country,'' lir, <''H>k sa ,1. "\\'!liii in.ik:.s Sir: it '.: si In maun or?" "He h:l.s li.umlit : !!' i<ii< .''io- pcilia ami oantln-lp thinking about how wise hu will be svlien ha liaa read sum'* of It." Organ Industry Grows T!iu greo .11 i"r 'if -ii'i'iiin pic- ture tll":i'i'i that i iv-i <;ir'i:i4 i|i In lionnaiiy :i.r>'< i--:i:siied a -.valcome 'xtenslou of on,) if :ii,j "iu:rry's In- 13, though in' .1 orii;>a:-n'1.9- ' ,11111:; mi. M.I' of or^na 'nilldlng. T!in yearly mitpir s r>-m' 400, al- IIKIS; <Ioiibli' 'in :iii:n!)i>r of pro-war but Ilia : i '')! part of 'Muse : niiiiiNiloneil for the cimmiai, vrltea ".!( ;i":-';iu our- ri'spoiultMK ..f "The rhr..-, ian Sci- ence Monitor" An <VM- i^>;-s'.zo<l Illirdl of:?.!!! Mii'-rl foil?" '> 11T8 inoiitliM '.i i)ii:M .\:iL;,> onu for '!ia plo- "IM th. -:i':v takes 'ii:r -in! -'.me. Al- ':ion^!i :iu:i t or : 1:1 till Idin;? llring : i . i .:. - ! with large '.ndus [rial concerns it > \ , i :'<>ii !y number ii , i ler ii'ini iiavo re- ma :i"'i !'ii'tii'ii'i"M' . ' .!' "".rioii be- ini; that. -A!!.',!' In '.!in :n.iiiiifactiir of the iiiHtrtmi'Mit and thu tiinor, thta is not ' !iu r;is. It tliij o: ;:in tndiu- 'ry. Tha in'rlianlsm of an on;an Is HO oomplirat'-d and dis'.cata that only 'ino who has 'liorouslily !oarn- .'.i Mi'! consir -<;\ : s <'> ' > "ina Miat In > Britain and India Calcutta tiiiKlishman: A him* con- o"-.si<m w;n nwdo in 1317 on certain cMinditions. Since that dato Great Bri- tain hun 4, UK- ni giving ono concession ufler anotlii-r. ^alt hough the original I'onilitions 'v>'i-< H.V.T ubscm-d |>jr In- illan politicians, .iiid as time h;n pass- >'il ll.ivo 1>on ;.it:il!y jettisoned. Had tin ab.ind"!i:>; "i of the conditlona iaid down ui i!i, pn-iinibla of tiiu Uovoriinifiit iit'Iinlia Art been fo, lowed by political P.M- unl in-nspurlty. t hern .vouKl liavij ln-.-n .'iincli 'o say lo ivor of abandonment, but the .stata of India liisrini; i!i.> hist !,. years and the nllurini; inos|i,M-t of a "civil war for 11 littlo Mm.-" :i,.|,l out by Mr. Gainllil .siigi?fi. ;h:it y.Tluin , t mis- take !iaa be-'ii mada in ni.is-.ng so many .ulvjuii-.^ wit (Miit s.-runiy MUTT AND JEFF By BUD FISHER. Where the Flying Fi;!::s Phv.