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“Yes, that’s just it," Aunt Patience interrupts! her, ‘fivirthout any place to put them. Of course the children bother you when there is no place for m to sit down oomflortably and ‘be actuated in homecmft. Stop and thin-k “Of all] things!" exclaimed Mus. Grover, shaking her head. “I should think three children in a kitchen were bad enough withoutâ€"” “Well, maybe a white bench of a q'cnlnt, 5121de design would be better ~un}_esn you want ‘bo put in a window "W‘hat dlo I need' more walks in the ldbchen for?” Mrs. Grover asked in wonder. “I have a white stool to use w§9n I'm working." The Kitchen School. “0 dear!" exclaimed Mrs. Gnover and Big‘hed as her aunt came into the kitchen. “The children drive me near- !‘y disma‘cted' when I’m trying to cook. They cmwd into the kitchen and ask all sorts of questions until I get, @055 and drive them outdoors; then I feel W- John says you are a reg'uflm' happiness expert; so tell me, please, what you would do about it.” Aunt Patience Alden smifled and Mked round the trim, exquisitely neat kitchen. “First fihing I’d do,” aha mid thoughtfully, ‘fivwird be to put urea chairs in the kitchen.” Herr â€"-AN . w -.... Canadian Postum Cam: Compmyfmmize'd 6 Front 8m. 8., Toronm Pnrrnm- ‘ Tea and cofiee are harmful, especially for children. Instant Postum is the one best beverage to give them needed warmth and comfort, these cold and frosty mornings. It is made of roasted wheat, has a delightful flavor and aroma, is free from any harmful dome!!! whatever, and is wholesome, healthful and invigorating. Order a tin from your grocer TODAY. You will enjoy it an much u the kiddies do. Instant Postum _F o R H E A L' T" H' eyes twinkl‘ed under her flufly Childhood is the period when nervous activity is at its height. The brain is ever busy receiving new impressions; the nerves, muscles and senses are alert and actively developing. About the House “Tth a Reason” D THE WORST IS YET TO COME é”v'13+°v la minute, Grace Grpver. The three :c‘hil'drren watching you srtir and mix and brew and bake are not asking iquesti-ons to be annoying; they are Etrying' to learn things; and if you 5 hang on to your patience and tell them Let the Feet Breathe. Of course, it is trite to quote Na,- pofleon, (but no saying is truer than “An army is no stronger than its feet.” "No," 'her niede replied slowly, “ think you have hemmed me alive." “When I began to cook my mother did not have to teach me, because I‘ had watched her and asked questions from the time I was a Little girl. My husband didn't have to eat bridle’s biscuits either 01' Wind pudding and ad!- sauce! Let the boys and girhs watch and see how much roars and walk you put into'thleir daily flood; let them get lessons of cleanliness and neatnes's; let them acquire that old virtue oa-llled taking pains. Mercy! Have I lectured you to death?” " see things made, and that’s why they cluster mum‘lI you While you make a cake or a pie. what cinnamon comes from and why you put slits in the pie crust and Why you beat the eggs to a froth, they am getting an education in the best domesticacience school in the worfldtâ€" mother’s kitchen Children like to A morons lmple Iln of lnstlnl onum wu be lent. postpald r 4 "an in lumps. Write! Factory: Madam, Ontario use alcohol 1’ ” “Use fine, {by all means. I am prea-chrinig' a doctn'ine of mercy. After the bath dry the feet and rub them well with alcohol if they are tired. It ls impou'tant that the phaces between the toes should be dry or soft Corns will appear. Sometimes a little tafleum powder is comforting. “We-111d” it be better to use pumice flhan fine?” l “011, they are very simple Bathe and dry the feet tho-roughly and let them remain uncovered for fifteen minumes or so. It lets the poor things breathe. When you take your tab have the water warm, not steaming. Use a wash cloth and pure scalp and wash the feet carefully. With an ivory or composition instrument, made for the purpose, clean under the toe nails and around the cuticle. Be very gentle about it. Rub the caloused places on fihe sole of the foot with a square .piece of pumice. Then with a soapy mail brush scru‘b the soles vigorouslly, and the bees rather gently. Do not 1159‘ the brush on any other part of the‘ foot, as it will break up the skin and‘ cause Achelprpinlg. The scrubbing- in- creases the circulation and helps to prevent coajns.” Because so few pedal extremities are beautfl‘ul, poets have seldbm sung their praise as they have done or! the hands. They seem to be almost for- gotten except when serving as a sup-- port for fine footwear, or when mm, iwee-1'}! of abfise, rebels. There is no part of the body of which less care is taken or which pays such satisfac- ‘to'ry dividends if a little time and at- tention is given them. I The questions of chiropody and [shoes are too large to be entered into {in this article; they might easily fil'l a book. “Do tell us about aim baths. I have heard of steam and all sorts of strange baths, but never of air. How does one take them?" “The pores are constantly active. The feet perspire and instead of evapoma’oin‘g, as with exposed parts, the pm‘spiz‘afion remains because the shoe does not admit. the air. Lack of light combined with accumulated pen spira'ti'on has alble‘aiching effect. They have an unpleasant one, too, for the shoes are soon saturated and an odor result-s. Much of this trouble, of which so many are victims, is due to lack of ventilation." “How can it be avoided?” “By absolute cleanliness, air “baths and using two pairs of shoes, wearing them on alternate days.” “What makes them so white? When I take my stocking-s ofi’ at night they are sometimes damp.” and refuse matter are cut out through them. Picture, then, those poor feet, confined in stockings that often do not fit. and then inclosed in nan-pomous she-es. They simply can- not breathe.” v prisoners are subjected to. All night they are shut away from light and air by bed clothing. During; the day their cells are shoes and stocking-g. Remem~ her that we breathe not only through the nose and mouth, .but like the plants, through all our pores. Disease “Only a Little whom what can be done every day to make the feet more comfortable and to keep them healthy. One hardly realizes what those poor “My feeAtflare veri dry. Should I “About what do you propose to 131-] "wry-4w mug why Juvv nu, vyyvau’c. “No, in reality they are easy and the stre'bching is a very good form elf. exercise. They should all be repeated,’ however, a reasonable number of times, but Home of them until fatigue results. Overdsoing an exercise isl “They all sound very simple, but 1 they are just the opposite." Not ours to pram 01' nobleness and gio , Having learned naught, immersed War’s red 1 Thinking, because the rose repeats its story, Men must repeat their crimes, though crucified. Lord God, if this be stifl our foolish path, Tomorrow how shall we escape Thy wrath? All, all in vain the human sacrifice, War against War a light and empty phrase! Thrice vain those graves beneath the brooding skies, Since a new menace hangs above our days. If this be all we gained through blood and tears, A crimson harvest waits us down the years. The ancient feuds go on; the grapes of wrath Are pressed in man a vineyard of the world. Men whisper, who won! tell it not in Gsth, That soon fresh flags of War shall be unfurled. Lord God, have they forgotten how youth bled For peace eternal? Oh, our wasted dead! The hatreds of the world are not yet over! Men quarrel in the old, eternal way; Shadows of armies fall upon the clover, The helmet is put byâ€"for one brief day. Now, Lord, Thy people cry for peace, for peace; Yet politicians rage, and never cease. Tobach Qualigy Th €88 III. "Jane," said one or the friends oil 1this young critic, “does your father ' ever preach the same sermon twice?" g “I think perhaps he does," said Jane. 'cautiously. “but I think he talks loud 5and soft 111 diflerent places the second itlme, so it doesn't sound the same at , all." Times Tighrt boots are said to aggravate attacks of neuralgia. Two rings are used in the marriage’ ceremony of Tlhe Greek Church. One is of gold and the other silver. No Monotony. According to the ten-year-old daughâ€"_ ter of a. certain clergyman, therefire ways of making an old sermon seem; almost new. “Laws, bishop,” she replied, “that’s the tune I boil eggs byâ€"three verse! foa- hard and two for soft.” “My dear sister, you have given in! a. new conception a! praise to God‘ in song. As I awoke this beautiful Sunw day morning, the sun was streaming in my window, the birds were singing amomg t‘he fnagmnt morning glories and @111 the earth at peace seemed to praise the great Creator. Then a: conmlerte Earth's Alfiei'uim I heard your sweet voice singing ‘Nearer My God to Thad.” A certain [bishop of an English diocese was quartered at a certain hmne when visiting a small country. parish Upon coming down to breakJ fast be greeted the )ady of the house as follows: worse than not doing it at aLlL It in! only by keeping on that we may to get what we are after. ‘One step won’t; balm us all the my,’ you res-1 wasmmg‘." â€"Charles Hanson Tom Boiling Eggs to Music ‘we have toflke'ep on’ ’5 red tide.