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v / J * •». â- J I \ \<^ wt * ^ . i , ^5J5s CHAritii TWELVE "Gocdbye, Mr. Chip*" Those t'uur years were aifficalt yeara at brookfieUi, what with the scarcity ot masters, the military activit.ts of the school â€" for it was training the older boys to be officers with the army in Prance â€" and sn occasional air raid. But Chips was happy; he, too, was serving his country in a way, des- pite his more than forescore years. He found time to keep his pro- mise to yourig Peter Colley; every few weeks he ran over to Char- boroagii :o s.ee Helen and her baby son v-ho had the blond hair of Peter and a head that promis- ed to de\ flop into one just like his father's. Chips rolused Helen's urging to ha\e another piece of cake.' "No, thar.k you. I always eat too much when I come here. Well, young Colley " he said to the baby in his high-chair, ''that's a fine mesB you iire making! This young fellow tdust come to Brookfield, Helen." "Of course. The Colleys have ^ne to lliookfield since Queen Anne died. Peter counts en that for his son. Peter always asks after you in his letters.'^ "We're even then. His letters to me are full of you." "I like to think to hope ...... that he'll he back before the leav- es fall. ' Peter Colley Killed "There':» every hope, Helen â€" hope of peace. Beats me," he ad- ded, smiliiig, "how any war could last so long with a Colley in it." "Oh, lo think of living without fear again â€" without trembling at the sight of a letter or telegram. Surely, we shall never again take our happiness for granted." It was but a few weeks after- ward that Chips stood at the lec- tern in the school chapel. In his hand was the latest casualty list. Trying to master a grreat emotion, be spoke: "From every point comes news of hope â€" we can say at last with- out fear that the end is in sight. But even in victory we have cmel news to bear â€" losse.f that are the more tragic because peace ;"s so close at hand." He looked at the casualty list, braced him- self as though against a sudden â- hock, and continued: " 'Peter Colley, Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards,, was killed :n action during a trench raid on tte night of November 8th. He remains 1 in full view of the en- ..enx.4n order to* rescue his bat- man, Perkins, who had fallen fat- ally wounded Both men died before they could be brought in'." His voice quivered and tears stood .Ti his eyes. "It. is a gnreat honor to Brookfield that his Majesty the King has posthumously awarded to Lieutenant Colley the distin- guished Service Order." Chips laid down the list of Barnes, and after a moment said: "None of you here will remember Max Staefel. He was German mas- ter at Brookfield from 1893 to 1902. He was popular here and had many friends, among: whom 1 was proud to include myself. I re- eeived a letter from Switzerland this morning informing me that he had been killed advancing with the Saxon Regiment on the 15th October last. He was fifty years of age." "Funny, ok Chips reading a German soldier's name out with the others. After all, he was an tn erery poimd tnd half pound p«ck- â- noflJptsn'iTM to«i« an Ttliubl* conpoDS. 8*** these ctii«fuUy, tlwjr axeuchtiiB^ •Ue for baaatiAd Wat. Kocn* tuA Sob SiWtivlat*. Writ* now for prv â- ioa booUat »* Thoa. J. LiptvB Lis!*?J, Li- 'oa BoildiBg. TMvjIt. luU-llm'oured^W LABEL yiAMt^j.-: 148K ^OAOTtO *aOM IMC LEBDEUSMITCHELl euc.j. MU.J unij 01 ti:e boys v;hen c.-apel was dismissed." "One cf Chips's ideas," com- mented his fellow. "He's got lota of funny ideas like that." At hst the armistice was sign- ed and Brookfield School, like all other schools in En.c;land, like the tav.ns and cities throughout the United Kingdom and of her al- lies, went frantic with delight. Brookfield had a bonfire, bells clanged joyously, rockets went up into the air and burst into bril- liant flares of light, ivhistles screamed, and Chips was borne upon the shoulders of the bi;jger boys â€" for wasn't Chips a sort cf hero, ^oo, a friend, a tradi- tion, as well as Headmaster of Brookfield ? An Old, Worn Man But Chips was an old man, worn and weary, and he welcom- ed, though v.ith a deep twinge of regret, hs final retirement from Brooki'^d upon the ap- pointment CI Marsham as Head- master. He maintained his rooms at Mrs. Wickett's and welcomed the boys who had been in school under him, and the new boys, too, for most of them knew of Chips from their fathers, or uncles or brothers or cousins, and those who didn't were quickly apprised of Chips's place at Brookfield by the upper classmen. Why, it was ahnost as though Chips's statue stood in the Quad- rangle along with the other Head- masters of Brookfield; Only Chips could be seen walking about the school gi-ounds, cracking his jokes with the youngsters, feed- ing them cakes and buns with tea at his rooms. A sort of game de- veloped among the boys, during the years: they would send cer- tain new boys to Mrs. Wickett's to knock at his door and say: "Here, I am. Mr. Chips," and wait to see the boy's astonishment when Chips opened the door. One fall, some years after the war's end, a new boy rapped at Chips's door, as he had been in- structed. The New Boy "Here I am, Mr. Chips," he said, when the door was opened. "What on earth I can see you are there. What is all this?" "They told me you wanted to see me," said the crestfallen boy. "Oh, so they told you, did they?" He looked out into the darkness of the street, and spoke loudly, to be overheard by the waiting boys: "That's quite right: I did want to see you. Come in and have some tea." When tea had been poured and cakes placed on the table. Chips sat down. "Son, you're a new boy? Name?" "Colley, sir." "You're not Peter Colley?" "Yes, sir." "I knew your father." "Y'es, sir. My father was here, and my gi-andfather." "Take your cup and sit by the fire. Have a piece of cake .... What do you think of Brookfield?" "It's....it's big, sir." "You'll Jike it though when you get used to it. It's not half such an awful place as it seems the first day. Bit afraid of it?" "A bit, sir." "So was I to begin with. But that's quite a while ago. Sixty- three years. Tell me, how is your mother?" "She's.. ..You'd like my mother, sir. She's funny I mean, she makes quite good jokes. Wont you come and see us some day, sir?" "It's good to have a mother that makes jokes. I was there one autumn when the leaves were turning.. ..There, that's the bell for Call Over. You'll have to go. Just walk by the master and call your name. Don't let it scare you." "I won't now, sir â€" after that lovely tea." "You must come again, some day, Colley; Let yourself out. I'm ...I'm a little tired." That tiredness failed to go away. And one day, Chips opened his weary eyes, coming to from oblivion , to find Marsham, the Headmaster, and Dr. Merivale talking in low tones. "Poor old chap. Must have had a lonely life all by himself," he heard Marsham say. "Not always by himself," re- sponded Merivale. "He married, you know." "Did he? I never knew that." "She died, a long time ago." "Pity," said Marsham. "Pity be never had any children." "What was that you were say- ing about me?" asked Chips weakly. Crowd Of Memorici "Nothin.g, Chips, nothing at all," Marsham hastened to assure him. "We were ju.st wondering when you were g.Mng to wake out of that beauty sleep of youi-s." ''But I heard you. You were talking about me. Pij't 1 never had any children, eh? But you're wrong, I have ... Thousand.^ of 'em . . .thousands of 'em . . . and all boys.. ." Chips sm'led, and drowsed away again. Confu.sed memories floated through his mind; boys pasising him, calling their names . Max Staefel saying something.. .. 'I would be happy to have you come with me' . 'Smart. Samp- son, Saville. Scott' . . The mist was rising, hiding the vailey be- low ....! Owen, O'Hare, Pearson, Pringle, Pascall, Pierce, ... .A voice coming down through lh»; mist: Hel-lo ... a girl's voice "You kisicd mel" Kathie ...Kathic!.... "Ycu are a very sweet person".... "Cooper, Craven, Caslle, Colley " A boyish treble vcice young Colley â€" Peter'.* son.... What is â-  he saying?. ..."Goodbye, Mr. Chips...." A low sigh fluttered from the dying man's lips. Dr. Merivale pressed down the eyelids. THE END She Ceohedâ€"' Their Marriaget XJE didn't see how she could do it â€" cook j steaks and fine dishes, with all the trimnaings; dress smart and look new in lost year's clothes. And save money doing it. As a matter of fact, she wasn't doing it. All of which plunged their marriage into un- forgettable disaster. How, is told in the vitol new serial BRiEIINAMiKn Starts Next Week People Today Are Hungry For Laughs Victor Moore, Comedian, De- clares Humans Are Trying to Keep Their Balance By En- couraging A Sense of Hu- mor Victor Moore, who soon will celebrate his 64th birthday anni- versary and his 50th year in the theatre believes that the people are more laugh-hungry now than they have ever been in his long career as a comedian. "Especially the kids," he said in an interview. They want to laugh and are not much concerned about what they are laughing at. But the older folks are pretty much the same way; a lot of them seem to be liking more kinds of humor. "Psychologists have got very profound over this, but it doesn't strike me as especially involved. The world has worked itself into another mess; and human beings are trying to keep their balance by cultivating a sense fo humor." "Same OM locredientt" Five decades in show oiisinesa have taught .Mr. Moore that there's nothing new in comedy. "We've dressed up the old ma- terial fit to kill and produced some gorgeous mountings, but the same old ingredients are still there and always will be,' he said. Rabbits vs. Snakes Shoppers who had stopped to v.'atch the antics of several rab- bits in the window of a p<'t store at Hull, Knglan I, were h)rritied to see snakes escape fiom the nc.\t partition and sU-al among the rnijbits. Mut a rabbit cevour- od cne of the siia';es, and he rest ^lid back to their own " ii>n" as fast an they could Make Draperies Rejuvenate Room Tips to Reroember When Buy- ing Fabrics For This Pur- pose A new window ireatment^cju of- ten do more for makiaK a new room out of an old one tba:i auy- thin; elso â€" especially if you have not much money for new furuiture. But baying draperies, like buying anything else, must not be done blindly, writes Mary DavU Goilios In McCairs: FABRIC: Cotton novelties aa.l dull raxoD fabrics aro first cholco tor the averaKa house today Ue- cause of their pleasant info.mal- Ity. Siilny damasks, velvets and brocades call for a formal sauinn- Originality, color and lexturo are Imporiant but iuexpensiv& require- ments. For instance, unliaed beige sheeting. 72 inches wide may serve a.s draperies. Y.-VRDAGE: Never haug skimpy draperies. Floor-length is usually desirable and 3ii inches is a mini- mum width for each side of a win- dow. A 36-inch width is preferred and in lightweight fabrics a full 72 inches may not be too much. To be attractive, draperies must hang softly. COLOR: Fastness to light is im- perative, bat caasidi>r a!.so fastaess to cleaning or washing. To be sure tha color is pleasing, hold up by the window la :he room ia which it will be used. Hues vary with the quality oi both day and uight light. CONSTRUCTION : Good tailoring Is essential. Neat headings, careful- ly applied trimmings and hemmed edges instead of selvajres are ra- quiremeats. They must fit exactly the space for w^hich they are in- tended. HANGING: Makeshifts lOok dowdy. Correct hardware and se- curely tacked edges add to the appearance ot draperies. Always use boards for supporting valanc- Middle School Pass - 50 P.C. Secondary School Pupils Must Obtain Standing on Year's Work, Minister of Education Says Students in Ontario high schools must attain a 50 per cent, standing on their year's work In order to ob- tain a middle school pass in 1940, according to a statement issued by the provincial minister of educa- tion. Hon. Dr. L. J. Simpson, hi connection with the recent an- nouncement that middle school ex- aminatioas are to be abolished. Upper School â€" 66 Upper school pupils will have to attain a 6€ per cent, rating or they wUl have to write examinations if they wish to gain a departmental certificate. In 1941, all upper school students will have to take examinations. "There shall be no appeal to the miuister from the decision of the principal and his staff, but the spe- cial revising board wUl give consid- eration to cases in which, b.v rea- son ot Illness or other special cir*' cumstances, such consideration Is warranted." the statement said. Challenge To Rural Women Setting Up of Welfare Legisla- tion In Smaller Commum- ties a Big Responsibility Legislation is of little value un- less it is generously interpreted and adequately administered. Dr. Charlotte Whitton, executive dir- ector of the Canadian Welfare Council, said at Toronto in an ad- dress at the recent banquet of the Women's Institutes. Dr. Whitton believed the struc- ture of Canadian law, so far as it pertained to welfare services, ranked high, but the challenge for improvement lay in the field of administration. Work Out A Syttem "An immediate, challenge comes to women's organizations and cit- izen groups to acquaint them- selves with the welfare legisla- tion in their own communities," she said. "The biggest respons- ibility in the next decade will be in the working out in the small- er communities of a system for the best possible co-operation of voluntary efforts and public wel- fare service.'' Survey Average Canadian's Diet Study Being Made of Local Eating Habits in All Large Cities of Dominion The current survey of local eating habit.«, now operating in Halifax, as in Quebec, Toronto, ynd Kdmonton, is expected to pro- duce data, about what an<t how r>iU(h Canadians cat. never before iccorded, says the Halifax Chron- icle. The survey is under the spoa- To-day's Popular Design By Carol Aimes KNIT PULLOVER AND CARDIGAN Design .\o. 672 Every mail brings us reijuests for this staple design that is almost a uni- form with well-dressed women and girls. The pullover is plain, finish- ed with a round neckline, long or short sleeves and a ribbed band at the Uottoni. The cardigan is designed to match using the same ntjckline, ribbing and banding; the fronts are finished with corded ribbon. The pattern includes insn-uctions for making the set in sizes 12, 14, 1(5 and 18; material requirements and all directions for finishing. To order this design, write your name and address on a piece of paper and send with 15 cents in coin or stamps to Carol Aimes, Room 421, 73 West; Adelaide St.. Toronto. sorship of the Canadian Council on Nutrition, set up by the Canad- ian Government in 1938, under the Department of Pensions and National Health, with the deputy minister Dr. R. E. Wodehouse as chairman. Standard Set . The investigators will compare the diets of local families with a standard adopted by the council as adequate and satisfactory. They are trying to find out wheth- er oar people eat more or less than such a standard. During the surveys in the four cities, several hundreds of families will have their weekly food budget analyz- ed in terms of calories, fats, sug- ars, proteins, minerals and vit- amins. Important To National Health The data whcih the survey will yield is of importance in national health work at any time. It is es- pecially important during war in order to safeguani proper distri- bution of foodstuffs. The Domin- ion Bureau ot Statistics ha.s com- puted figures on the export* and import of foodstuffs for years, but figures on average food con- sumption have been lacking. The survey should yield an indicative picture of what foods and how much people in various pai-ts of Canada are eating. Strange Medicine If you had a headache you would think twice before going to your chemist and asking him to mi.x you a potion of frogs' legs and powdered skulls. But that is the sort of remedy the beaters of past ages used to recommend to their patients. As recently as 3 716 a book of "receipts" was publish- ed in Britain, giving infallible remeoies for all manner of ail- ments. Among them are these stiange cures: â€" Against Deafness: Ants' eggs, mixed with onion juice, to be ap- plied in the ear. Colic: A live duck, frog or sucking dog applied to the part "draweth all the evil to itself and dietn." Fever: .-V cataplasm of snails, bruised in their shells, applied to the forehead. Paralysis: Anoint the affected parts with an ointment made with earthworms. Sleeplessness: Living creatures applied to the head. Greens Fool Hens Into Spring: Laying Weather note: Winter seems to have skipped entirely the poultry house at ihe University of Tenn- essee. Dr. Paul W. Allen, bacteriol- ogy professor, disclosed an experi- ment in which hens were fed suc- culent green vegetables "to fool them into thinking spring has come." The hens fell for it, put off their customary winter strike against egg-laying. Dr. .\llen said they produced 80 per cent more eggs than binj on normal ra- tions. GOOSE AND DUCK FEAFHERS WAN 1 ED Hlakral I'rIfPK rnld. liMnie4l(n(e ltriniiiiiR«>e I'AMAUt lOMKimi l:i« « «>. Trleiihuae .M>rlai<lr II'.' I T'XQ Uitntltt.* ^t. K. â€" Tnr«*nlf> Christmas Trees Profitable Crop Orderly Cutting And Market* ing E!ach Year Provides A Worthwhile Occupation for Canadian Farmer Canada's growing Christmas tree trade offers no serious threat lo the forests, according to tlie Dom- inion Forest Service. Depaitment of Mines and Resources, Ottawa. Each year about six million Christ- mas trees iire cut ia Canada, Sut under proper management these couid be produced iu perpetuity on an area of less than two hmidrod square miles Indiscriminate and wasteful me- thods used by some tree dealers are coademued. but the orderly cutting and marketing of th'» an- nual Christmas tree crop provides the basis ior a legitimate and oro- fltable industry. About one million Christmas trees are used annually in Canadian homes, and five mil- lion are shipped to the United States. Six Million A Year Formerly young trees ior 'h» Christm-os trade were secured with lltte or no difficulty from the wood- lands or pastures situated within convenient distance of towns, vil- lages aad other shipping centres throughout JEastern Canada, par- ticularly la Quebec and the Marl- time Provinces. Within the past few years, however, a scarcity of suitable trees has been experienc- ed in some localities with the re- stilt that many farr ^rs are now gi-owin£ Cbristmas trees on manag- ed plantationis. Weather Signs Mostly "Boloney" Just because squirrels store ex- tra large quantities of nuts and horses grow thick coats, it does not mean that a severe winter may be expected, Dan McC-owant Banff naturalist, said when he ar- rived at "•Vinnipeg last week on a lecture tour. "That's a fallacy," the natural- ist declared when asked if the storing of nut^ by squirrels was st sign of a cold winter. "The squir- rel does not hibernate but sleeps intermittently. The milder the winter, the oUener he wakes up and eats. The colder the winter the more he sticks to sleeping and the ;ess fo-jd he eats.* DEAFENED M.ML COl PONT TODaV lllc nru' ACOCSTICON pruvKJos clcjr ciTorileu hearing. Prove it to vnur- Kif ... no obligau'on^ *ddre<» couyon to .l««iMi«. lo«i iMaiHiiic al your nearest city. llamlltaB â€" i6 (ving .>^;. C KHche»«râ€" 142 Victoria St. S. l.aB4*B â€" '94 (f:irawo'>d Ave. iiiiawM â€" ?43 Nepean St. rnroBin â€" ;t3<) B.iy St. «%lB4»»r â€" 408 Bartlet BIdg. ACOtSTICUN l.MSTITKTB ricase sprnl full inform.T'.UTi yn ACJCSTICONâ€" no obl.^.i- '.!on. Nam* Addr«f.« Fowl ISSUE NO. 51â€"39