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At almost any notionucounter you can buy the tape with the snaps al- ready on it. These little tape loops come on cards, and are intended to hold the shoulder straps of the under- wear. You will find them convenient for that purpose too. It only takes a few minutes to tack them to the shoulder seam of a dress. A detachable pocket is a handy housekeeping accessory. If you have a left-over half-yard of house-dress goods, try one. Double the material and stitch down the sides and through the centre to make two compartments. Shirr the top a little and sew tapes to the ends and centre. Make each tape ten inches long, and tack the centre to the pocket. Then it can be tied to the belt of a dress or apron. When you aredoing up the house- work. one of these carry-all pockets will keep the dust cloth within easy reach. to say nothing of affording a handy way of conveying those mis- placed odds and ends from one part of the house to another. There is the problem of kitchen clothes wearing out that we have to accept. But if you have an aversion for patches, the across-the-front kind that are an evidence of too much rub- bing against the sink and table, try am 1‘0) th: bi! piecing. A young bride I know said she just could not wear patches, so she pieced her wormout frocks. It took longer and required more material, but the result was good to look at. Tapes on the hem of a house dress serve both as a clothes and time sav- er. You know pins have a way of not being where you can put your hand on them when you want to fasten up your skirt for a kneeling-down job such as scrubbing. This tape trick also was handed to me by a woman who makes her own dresses and does her own work. She cuts pieces of tape three inches long and sews snaps to the ends so that each tape can be snapped together to form a loop. By tacking the centre of these tapes to the top of the hem on the wrong side of the skirt, she has a sure and convenient means of fastening the bottom of the skirt to the belt. A tape on either side of the front is plenty to hold the skirt up. JUS TA FEW CLOTHES SAVEKS The waistline aprons are just straight pieces. These she folds lengthwise, and scoops the waistline edges a little to make them fit properâ€" ly. Starting one-fourth inch from the top on the folded edge, she cuts a gradual curve to the upper back edge. Tape and ends finish the waistlines of these aprons too. She can run one of them through the sewing machine in less than a minute. Every few weeks she spends an odd! half-hour making them. I have watch-E ed her. She has a straight slip-on; apron pattern seventy-two inches long; and twenty-four inches wide, with an oval hole for the head twenty inches; from one end. This pattern she places; on the larger pieces and cuts several‘; at one time: These aprons are full! length in the front and waistline‘I length in the back. When she has‘ several cut she stitches ordinary tape? across the back edges, leaving endsi long enough to come around and tie} in the frontf l Rubberized aprons are a great clothes saver too. Now that they are made in gingham and flower prints they look like any other apron. If you want to make your waterproof apron, you will find table oilcloth a fairly durable substitute for the rub- berized goods. Any plain apron pat- tern will do for this purpose. Cut the apron as described for the paper slip-on in the description preceding this one, or use any plain apron pat- tern. The most satisfactory finish for the edges is binding. You can buy bias lawn binding cut and folded double already to put on. With ordinary wear a paper apron lasts over a week. You can figure the laundry saving. Have you ever thought of wrapping paper as A clothes saver? I know a woman who uses it for that purpose, and the idea seems sensible to me. If she happens to have a large piece‘ of wrapping paper she makes an over-.’ the-head apron. Smaller pieces she) uses for waistline aprons. She says: that they come in handy when she is' working around the sink. CREAM We Make Payments Daily. We Pay Express Charges. We Supply Cans. Ii‘ghest Ruling; Prices Paid. BOWES CO., Limited Toronto pet Abaui the Hauge lSSU E No. 38â€"24. piecing idea was a ten-inch A book is put iii the ceiling above the ironing board, a little to the right of the person ironing. One end of the spring is caught into it; the other end is hooked to the cord. This keeps the cord ofl“ the board and out of the ironer’s way, as it does not need to be shoved aside and it adjusts itself as the iron is moved. Rain in the Valley. Rain’s in the air; the silver side of leaves Turns upward in the cool, half-odor- ous breeze That clings a little where it touches, then drifts on. The kildeer cries a warning, and the trees Lisp softly. greener in this crystal light That prints :1 fresh new world upon our sight. ‘ When ironing have you not been bothered with the electric cord get- ting in your Way? A spiral Wire spring such as is “sad in holding s;reen doors shut does away With this nuisance. Most of us are familiar with sev- eral various uses for discarded inner tubes. Few know, however, that these discarded relics can be made into floor mats, requiring but a short time and little labor. Now the wind hides, and the deep- shadowed pines, Their needles poised, stand waiting, ghostly still; A swift, wet whispering of drops be- gins; Gray clouds unfurled along the eastern hill Let down a. thousand threads, all jewel~weighted. The little wind springs up again, elated. The silver rain threads slant in wlnd~ blown fall, Blurring to gray-green mist the trees and hills; Along the pasture lane the hoof- shaped pools Are spattered full; the bmok'a cup foams and spills. Under the road bridge on a dusty shelf A gray hen clucks dry pity for herself. â€"Helen Ives Gilchrist. One of her washed-out pr dipped yeIIow and gave it a yellow and brown Chintz. Sh was prettier than when it v You might use the left-over 6-: one dress to piece another. The old tubes are first cut into strips. The strips are then woven or interlaced with each other, basket fashion. The end strips are made double width and turned over. These strips shouldvbe cemented in place. “Never slip up on the fixing day," she Writes. “Keep the damaged toys in a box for that purpose. Carefully show the child how his playthings are repaired and let him help whenever possible. “Unless you have tried this, you have no idea how educational it is and how much interest the child takes in the operations. This method not only saves time, but it teaches the child, by having to wait for them, to be‘ more careful of his toys. The fact that he is deprived of them for several pane} of contrasting the front with rickrzxc TOY-FIXING DAY. The busy little mother of two small boys finds it necessary and wise to bring as much system as possible into everything pertaining to their daily life and upbringing. She has, there- fore, set a day each week when she regularly mends their broken toys. This habit, she believes, impresses upon the plastic little minds a degree of responsibility and regard for the cherished possessions. days makes his playthings see}; like new." A row of brass rivets; placed around the edges, improves the ap- pearance greatly. in addition to mak- ing the mat stronger. THAT ELECTRIC-IRON CORD RUBBER FLOOR MATS IMPROVING FUDGE materiai down c braid. out prints she 9 it a panel of tz. She said it new. from To the unthinking person this fire wood output is but one of the many uses to which our timber producing areas are put, and is passed by with the same unconcern as day and night, says the Natural Resources Intelli- gence Service of the Department of the Interior. If, however. he were travelling from Halifax to Vancouver. and, looking out of the car window he should see a pile .of firewood seven feet high on either side of the track, with no break through the 3,494 miles he would Cover in‘his trip from coast to coast, he would get a visual demon- stration of the importance of Canada’s annual cut of firewood. Pilled four feet high it would make a wall 12,832 miles in length, or a wall across Canada fourteen and one-half feet high and four feet thick. ~Almost all species of wood are used for fuel purposes, depending upon the area in which it is cut and the marâ€" ket. In Ontario, Quebec and the Mari- time Provinces the firewood is mostly composed of hardwood, maple. beech and birch predominating. In the Prairie Provinces large quantities of poplar and jackpine are used, while in British Columbia. owing to the very large variety of timber available. many species are used. When it is remembered that Cana- da's forests are annually providing over a cord of firewood for every man, woman and child in the country, and that the warmth and comfort of mil- lions of our people are dependent up- on the continuance of this fuel supply, the value of the forests of Canada will be more fully appreciated. Large areas of Canada. particularly in the central portion, are devoid of other local fuels. and dependence must be placed upon wood or imported coal. It is therefore the part of Wisdom to protect the forests from fire that the supply of firewood for domestic and power pur- poses may be assured. Igthe Canadian forests could ren- der an account for the firewood sup- plied by them in 1922, it would read something like this: “The Canadian Public. to the‘ Forests of Canada: 8.- 860.846 cords of firewood, $33,228,702,” And then the bill would represent only the original value. To produce this enormous quantity of firewood required 841,780,560 cubic feet of standing timber, the largest amount consumed by any of our many forest products. Care for Pets. Do not neglect your pets it they are sick. Have something done for them. Do not hahdle them, but make a com- fortable bed in a. quiet place, with water and milk near, and let them sleep. it they can. Put something woollen in the bed, for a sick animal feels the cold, especially at night. Do not try to make them eat. W'he'n con- valescent coax them with their favor- ite dish. but a very sick animal does not want food. Do not forget fresh water. Autos Dlsplace Camels Automobiles are beginning place camels in Mongolia. Canada’s Bill for Firewood. A tumbler is placed in front of the trickster. He causes the fork to ring by drawing his finger tips over the times. He pretends to gather me sound in his hand. As the sound of the fork becomes inaudible he throws this “handful of sound" at the tumbler. Im- mediately the ‘tumbler begins to ring. The fact is that the tumbler only seems to ring. Much depends upon the manner in which the trickster acts the affair. Just as the sound of the vibrating tines dies away. the trickster touches the handle of the fork to the table. The sound again becomes audible but the spectators believe that the sound comes from the tumbler. With a little practice. the illusion is perfect. Everyone knows that if the finger tip ls drawn, with some force over the times of the fork. the fork will give forth a ringing noteâ€"as a tuning fork will do. This should be done several times to prepare the spectators for the real mystery which is to follow. A tumbler is placed in front of the trickster. He causes the fork (Clip this out and paste it, with other of the sencs, m a scrapbook.) This is an excellent trick for the dinner table but the specta- tors will have to keep very quiet while it Is being performed. An ordinary dinner fork and a tumb- ler are used. EASY TRICK The Flving Note >113 to re l Physical defects that interfere with ‘the normal growth and development of the young are very prevalent am- ong school children. These conditions must be given early attention, other- w15e many of them will lead to serious consequences later on, and bring about ill-health and even premature death. How are these defects to be detected? One way is through the work of the Public Health Nurse. It is now becoming an established fact that public health nurses are urgently needed in every district. The record of examinations made at ranL dom in one community shows the actual condition as it exists at pres- ent throughout the province. Here is one report made by a nurse:â€" In a total of 592 school children ex- amined during the demonstration. there were 1,106 defects suspected by the nurse, the percentage of defective hearing, dental defects and malnu- trition cases" being especially high. Several extreme cases of defective vi- sion were found; two of these children were examined by an eye specialist who advised admission to the Ontario Foreigners. Among the broadening influences in our lives, one of the most potent is an acquaintance with those who have lived in other lands and have a range of intellectual interests and spiritual inclinations that are new and fresh and stimulating. Those who put a girdle round the earth and have not the powers of sympathy and imagina- tion, enabling them to feel and to see deeply, are traveling in a physical sense, but they might as well remain at home for all the gain they make in the knowledge of the world and in the understanding of their fellowmen. In a little. isolated country men lead narrow, egocentric lives and boast that their tethered daily round circum- scribes all that is worth while. Oliver Wendell Holmes said of a New Eng- land city that you could not pry the inhabitants loose from their idea that it was the hub of the solar system. In Lhasa, capital of Tibet, the belief of each ignorant, simple soul is that the filthy, smelly town is the centre of everything. The mountain villages of the Andes are filled with folk who scratch for fleas. postpone till “mana- na" what ought to be done to-day and indulge the chauvinistic pretense that no land is like their own. no glory It is a sign of savage Ignorance and of imperfect civilization to feel resent- ment against another man merely be- cause he comes from a. land we never saw and uses a dialect with which we are unfamiliar, If we are mentally hospitable, we shall eagerly welcome the chance to hear wonder tales of strange climes and peoples and ad- ventures with “beasts. men and gods" such as are denied to our shutâ€"in lives except through the medium of litera- ture. It argues a. purbllnd. miserable comparable With us g10ry.- ‘bul me like conceit persists and runs at large in parts of our own Dominion. ~Too sufficient unto ourselves, we inveigh against the alien as unassimilable when we ought to be teaching those whom‘ we would find docile enough in most instances if we cared to teach them. haspitable, we shall the chance to hear strange climas and ventures with “beas Ann THE WORST IS YFT TO COME md arabl HEALTH EDUCATEON l.mlim 93 Provincial Board of Health. Ontario Middleton will be glad to answer quasuana on Public Beam: 33% “I! through this column. Address him at Spacing Home. 89141“ Cmcsut. Toronto. its BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON 10 glory ; But the ‘ “.501 at lgrge ' ing 11. Too inveigh ‘ imilable’ H :g those the tough in; “‘96 :o teach E118 \ll 9' In one instance of home visiting, an infant of a few days old was found with a. serious eye condition which was receiving no treatment. Owing to the early discovery and the gratui- tious services of a local physician, the child’s eyesight was restored. 51L»; \4- A case of congenital dislocation of the hipâ€"a girl of e1evenâ€"-had been attending school daily and had never received any treatment for her dis- ability. The Junior Red Cross of On- tario has been asked to take an inter- est in her, and through their effort it is hoped to have her admitted to the Hospital for Sick Children and treat- ment instituted. ’ The number of corrections known to have been made before the depar- ture of the nurse included 3 cases for which glasses had been procured, 26 cases of dental corrections, and 6 op- erations for the removal of tonsils and adenoids. visits were made to the homes of school children. A School for the Blind, and an effort is being made to have them admltted there. 7 _ ‘ satisfaction with the groove we move in when we are unwilling to step~out of it with an outheld hand of personal greeting to a "foreigner." Those who most want the peace of the world are those who sedulously cultivate all ways and means of in« ternational intercourse. They do their best to giv'e the desirable stranger to feel at home and at ease among us. Because they seek to establish a uni-' versal friendliness, they are of one mind to discourage the anarchist and his seditious principles. They would not inundate Canada with those who would demoralize and destroy. That kind of foreigner they would repel, but the others are welcome guests, and the desire of every lover of his own land is to make friends of them for the ad- Teacher Was Slow A school teacher was talk mother of a boy who had rea book. “He's got all the learning attache pulling eating years are 19 grea 659A Yonge St. MAGRSETGS PARTS and SERVICE Auto Starter and Generator Repair Company. 'ould demoralize and destroy. That ind of foreigner they would repel, but 19 others are welcome guests. and the esire of every lover of his own land to make friends of them for the ad- intage of the entire cornity of civfl‘ ed lands. nglan ant The A1 s got all the said the m0} teacher re until eighte at coliege. y [-5, not boys, have proved to be sates: danger to which apple riflnted in the streets of Bath, :1, are subjected, now that they ariug fruit. Recently a horse d to a brewery van was seen down a bough of a tree and the apples on it. Street Apple Trees WEBSTER the le mothe 11' lie l: “I was at and spent four know very lit- ling ower at ing :0 the ched third he'll ever Toronto mother, Ms!