HOW TO CLEAN CEILINGS.


.■VirordiiiK to prosont arraiigomrals, ami if Itw Majesty !h well oiioukIi to loavo Jio(;uor Imvarils tliu cml of April, tlio Court will no first of all to Wimlsor for a .short spoil ami ijioa cm to fS'orlolk alioat llio miildlo ol .May.


'* ho<mI ‘>f tlu»


naili'st' Mmn


•r Uio- |i'<l nr»i


.;t*r «.s nt« in In* <*\- t*SK he n .sliot


o UlO lonoij


Um'V I •


■■osiLion nr\vai<i


|!>nt. on onatili*


ard U


I r(‘s.sMi;X aim of niit («>


lull Uio OlIUM*


lorwa la? : !)rlli‘r i I* h>ani V Jioal. as 11k ‘ ifward.


latl. is C: . Irap uinii;-


r n. up him.


.*r Uiai-


.jru’a laj. up as in i.ho


Tlu*


\vnin*'r ilra-lin-


iil.Ti


f in^i-half I* ov«’r


11: ahout i* two


dHhal; so Un>


Ira turtJ Ilioin. hull it


I iu^ iln» I in \anif


|;oy may loar tho


rk in a dl ohxs«-. hotavoou


okl«* hy 'Phis


is way. oil lht>


im, yon turllior


Iorwanis


iiLs, lint. j<* ijamo.


|l<*p(Milod J marked In' lm«di jimt dis- |tlial. ho ;r sido


ward is to plain •nipt/ ((»


>mp<*lh‘d


alfdiaok lot. nu'^ itro tho


i thoii* hom far <lrawji


;t. Tliat.


oossarily limj' i.lio anils in ads. L il‘ iln‘ oroiviip^ ido man man on


truvol II maUdi


I Morion, contronN


y toiROl. iVforUm


I oxtroino- I FoiilhaU


NEW HEALTH NOTES


RHEUMATIC SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN.


TTio polnntinl iTionmat.ic child is n. Iii^hl.v nervous, un.stablu child.


w»*atlior ohauKcs very trying because that portion of tho nervous .system^—tho .syin pathetic—which regulates tlio skin s blood supply and .secretion, is also very unstable. The amount of hlootl jiassing througii


.Such a child lind.s


muler primitive eomlition.s, that is, un- ciAulised nati\*o races, do not sutler from


through tho enamel covering and jiroteuling the teeth; thus a. hole in tho tooth results,


wait until you have a carious cavity, that i.s, a hole in tho tooth, and then go to the dentist and expect him* to cun? it.. All that lie I'an <lo in that ease is to (ill, it. This


ilie skin, and tho di'grt'o t(> whicli it par- spin's. are constantly <*haiiging in n’sponse to weather changes. T'hus in wai’in weatlier the .skin i.s flnsiiod with Mood and pirrspire.s, and ill cold weatlier tlio reverse; and it largely hy these a<hiptations that the child i.s able to maintain a. norinii| temperature slespito an over-changing euvironnn*nt.


•dead lingers, a temleney to chilblains, and so on. Again, tlio sweating o! his skin is also erratic; generallv too dry, hut at. iime.s


dreticluHl with persidration. •certain .suh.stanees, i.e.,


;icL (dlicioidlv, it ruiiuirt's ;v dim supply .01 ■ ‘


tiiyroiil and ofiher internal glands. H the supply is deficient or exco.ssive, tho symp.a- iiietic will bo niiablo to regulate proper!;, tiie skin’s fnnetums. and—as boiore shown


this is prooisolv what wo find in tlie.se chil­ dren.


, . i«----- chil- It is an interesting fact, that (Us-


slioAV tliat rheuniatism


up common.


orders of the thyroid flkind aix? closely linked up with ” rhoumaiisin.’ Statistic.^ wiu'ro goitre^ is prevalent, ami heart disease aro also


•si'creting too much or too htUo oi «'s.scnc«\s or hormones; ami it is just ihi-s


rlmuniutism. . Signs of thyroid nusbehayiom —without


ftinetional tor


mitted to perioilic <?xammation at lix<xl in­ tervals, H


the same


contiiinons me ical reason


uaiMi children ......... .. should be sub


function may bo recoguisojl ami corrected Ivelimcs.


TTTB CARE OP THE TEETH.


Tho watch-wor.l of tl.o Honllh Sooioly is - Prevention ” - a word, tl.at .s of t o


very greatest iinportanco in roga, tooth. Those have a way of forcinc th m- selvos on tho attentioiv nnplcasantl> when


— Dr..


Im Good' I. 32. li..


I u con-


•anvthing is AA'rong w'lth , them, f®. ■ocenpv a ro.sponsihlo place " 'T h e


noAvadavs. The onemy which attachs ">"• ,


wor'’ inir of onr bodies. Toothacho, anil •dirty d « a y ^ teeth, aro far too common


a| < -


ic f


slontai decay. . Tliis is a -tion, and can bo prevented. Men Imns


develop at fivo or carlieV; hence the ntJ^e.ssity nodical supm-visum.


misbehaviour goitre—nniy,


like super.


rliemnatism, l*oi


O that any signs of thyroid ina - th»l> makes lor


Wo have to realize that Avhethci thyroid gland bo swollen or iHit. it may no


, , ,, .i


If the sympathetic nervous .sy.stoni m to ■ liornione.s Ironi tlie , .


•


irldkl i.s in perpetual conflict with his en­ vironment. This heoause his .synipalhelie nervous sv.stem <loes not act (3lheieiitly. .thus. Ills temperature, insteail ol being norniiil, i.b often subnormal; his skin’s blood supply is unstable, as shown hy cold extremiUes.


.In contr.a.st, the potential rlicnmatie .service


provinits iho liocny from sproadinp: in the j):irticnhir hole, Imt it does not jiroteet the tooth from further attack. AVliere the <leiit|sb can ho of the groalost to you is


.e»v«* mi vniir


.see him at regular intervals, ovo* think there is nothing^ Avrong. pmnodieal examination Avill find signs of decay and sto]) tlmm in time, sav


ye on your teeth—imividcd you will go to 1


in eontiiinally keening : pro


e find out any *1


ing much paui ami trouhlo laler, THE VALUE OF NUTS.


important ptisition nuts should occupy —nainefv, their liigli content of protein


.k’niir main factors are responsible- lor the


groat rlelmess in oil. tlie presence ol vita­ min R, and their .store of several ot the minerals essential io life. The llosli-form- iug constituent, called protein, is usual y ahont one-fifth ol the weight ol the odibte iiortioii in nuts.


1)0 tin? only notalde exception; .this, though poor in oil and protein, is uiiniue in that half its Aveiglit is tlue l«> st:ireli.


'I'ln* ehestnut appears to


Hint tin? proteins of tin* almoiul,. eoconnt, Brazil mil, lilhert and English Avalnut are of high biological value. Jn J^hort,- nuts provide Avhat is known as ” good , pro; toiii—tliat is, jirotoin Avhicli can supply all tlio nocessarv bricks in right quantity ro- (luirod for the hiiilding material of


Actual feeding experiments have shown


cpi healthy body.


Avhich nsuallv compri.ses from half to t.Avo- thirds of llieir Avoight; tlioir fuel value, is consoquenily high. In vIoav ol Iheir rich oil content tho proseiice ol faLsolnbio "ydo- miiis might ho expected. Unlortunately, experiment lias not realized this^ anticipa­ tion, all tho odihlo nuts tested having proved to be poor sources of vitamin A, VUam*n C tlio antiscorbutic factor, also apiiears to be absont.A I t is for their rich store ol vitamin D that wo must regard tho ianuly of nuts ns of special value. , , ,


Nuts have long hoen valued lor tlioir oil, , , „


dilDcult of diRcstloll. Tbo carofnl iibscrra- tions of Professor .Talta on frjiitarians lU California, howovor, bavo shown quite


dofinitolv that nuts are not spcoinlly re­ sistant 'to tbo diRcstivo functions, inid, if used in tbo diet with tbo roRiird to tboir concoutrnted . nature, constitute valuablo


buinnll foods. A now tvpo of motor coach runmnp bo-


tu-eon Oxford und Clioltonlmm .is equipped with coiitriil boating, and nutoinalio olgar- etto, match and chocolate machines.


Recaiiso of their coiicontrate<l make-up nuts liavo boon iioptilarly supposixl to bo


. How are to a\*oid tins decay. , J>o uot> , I , .. i-i


tootliacho. J)ont:il ilt'cay is caused hy aeuls Avhich oat


wliieh, if it penetrates far enough,, roaches the sensitive pulp wilhiii—and gives you tile toothache.


Ulf:


lio ahlo to make (irsl two ( ’on jtossihlo.


k'or t.lic opuiiint; of tlio soason Quooa Mary naturally wants to ho oloso to Town, anil with tho Koyal


iniko all tho liiml plans for tho iiirts with a.s lilllo o.xortioii a.s


iovalid a1t AVimlsor slio will . 1. >» i .sur siuj win


(Vaijiwoil .sho had vSiich a choorinn olFoot on ihi* Kinj: that sho will almost oortainly ho a mn*.st at tho Oastlo. ^I’lio two fiasoolh'.s lioys aro also h»nn}r askod to keep hor rom-


While rrincess 321izaboth wa.s slaving at


mmlorn sot, Sir Ni;'ol .Playfair must .surely Ikivo ma<io a slight, umhw-ostimato in say­


>J I (J Kli :i» hA Y KAI It’S PA It'r I K.S. (\mHi<lerinj; that ho inovos in-such a vorv


.Moore, as yon prohahly know, is the antlior ..»f the late.st “ be,st.-soller ” that novel readers have eone quite crazy about. lf<M


ing: that ho has oidy hoim to throo cocktail I»sirti*‘s in his.life. At any rate ho a.ssnrcd fho other people at I\Irs. .Doris !Moorc’s Mat lh«5 other ni"ht that this was true. Mrs.


'ree!nii(|Uo of a isivo Affair,” ami .1 scorned N» ho tho only person tln>ro who had not reail it.. At least, F was tho only one who ;idmitte<l as much. Jf inodmai writers m?ed modern siirroumlini's to inspire them, iMrs. Moon* should mn-or lack insfiiraiion.


* book has tho intrinuiuii;'title of “ 'Dio


hot what tho orij'inal ownoi*s would think if they could see (heir (‘rstwhilo treasnre.s in tlioir pr(*sent surronudini's, I really cannot ima-;rine. A bedroom suit« of tho ’’ei^Iit lor example, . luis inolallie walls for its settiof^. Quito .staid imrlains have bemi imnie riotmisly ili\y Mmmj;h hoinji ilrajied from iiainliHl curtain-ro<ls. Ami (pleaso fm’^^ivo ns, iMr.s. Henry W'ood!) a. bijx writ­ ing: <lesk has he<Mi turned into an extra­ ordinarily handj' cocktail bar.


;i]mdo hoasl oilskin curtains, while the ci'il- jM'i.s i)f all tln^ rooms are (sivered with j»leato<l Aim*rii!an (!loth in rainbow hues. (J>tnt-e a lot of the fiirnitnro i.s Victorian,


WHAT AVOUId> VICTOJtlAXS SAY? The silver w.'dled <*orridors of her Chelsea


NI2W 3M2CHM0.


' .‘^wtss Ittrh.” I am toUl that it is jpiarantecsl to ” down with tin? case of an elevator.” Plaei? a pinch of salt on tho hack of tho ri|'ht hand and hold half a lemon hetween flie thiimh and fon*(inp;or of the suim> haml. Hold a small j;lass t>f I'in in tho left hand amt ]>nu!i'ed like this: Lick the salt, drink the lemon! K:isy, eli ?


'Falkinji of cocktails—liavo yon sU‘d a and suck the


<arloonist, I found tho walls of Ids stmlio pla.HhinxI witli iihotoj'raphs of !Mr. Lloyd


fiieiulH wlio is by way of heiiiK a. well-known III answer to my tpieslion, lie explained


that ho had not .suddmily tleveloped ;.n .attack o f hero-worship, for tho Lihinad


leader hut was merely memorising his faeial


<>xpr<\s.sions. “ i lo has been very litllo in the mnvs


lately.” said tho artistic one. “ Ihildwin, Churcldll, and ‘ .Hx ’ have been tlie car­ toonists' most


.iml rather csuij;hl. us nappiu}!:.” Lloyd (1eor^io has po}ipetl fashionable iiji a^xain suddenly


suhjixd.s. «a


Now


LLOYD (;I20P(:I2 AND CAUTOONS. When r ilropped in to see one of my


I'ri'l.ai-atioiis are uhciidy widl in Iniinl for i Ihj arrivo] of tho Ivinj. at Samlrin^lioni.


AV03IAN mCi-GAME 11UNTER.


WJ1.S that.:it tho Savoy, given by a tew friends of Air. and Airs. AVilliam A. Flinn,


This week’s most iiiten?sting liincli-parby


two well-known Americans, to w’elconie them back, from a three month.s’ hig-gann? slioot- ing exncditioii in East Africa. Afr.s. Flinn IS a cliarining little woman whose appear­


ihcir stay in a country whore alcohol Is considered tlio only thing that can avert tho onslauglits of malaria, Afr. and AFrs, I'Minn never once toucheil thu small supply of whisky they took with them. Ami they came through tho whole three luontlis with­ out .so much as a headache 1


ance does not sngge.st that slio is capable of Niieh a font as bringing down two lions and lliroo leoparils in a total of .sI.k .shots. 3t wn.s interesting to hear that. <hiring


COAIAION SENSE ‘ ‘ SAAI.”


.stories of imcounicrs with wild aiilmaJs that led me to jia.v my first visit to tlio Zoo for a very long tiiiu^ Hm-e I found that our old friend^ “ Sam,” the polar bear, has learnt a new Iriek. At. least it Avas now to me. He was h'isiirely .surveying a largo num­


It wa.s prohahly Iho Flinns’.s thrilling


double ration of fruit) ' ho Avas on liko a shot, and lie also made a lu-e-linc for those Avliich the ilonors liad had tin? foresight to spread Avith .sugar. Ordinary plain buns Avere left .sovi'rely alone by the sunning Snmmd until the more dainty tit-hits had been .safely stoAved aAvay. All animal now to nm in the Gaivleii.s Avas


ber of linns ludcl out or thrown to him !iy the crowd of- visitors wdio .surrounding liis eiieloaiiro. 'rw'opennv ^)ne.s .(t^;o>*taining a


tin* Tasmanian Wolf, Avhiidi is i*xaetl.v like a small kangaroo, and has a- similar pouch ill which to carry her young.


l■V^IQlTl■•.TTE TAUGHT HERE!


can go to h(* .si-liooled in tlio Avays of 32nglish socicly is being startcfl, .1 gatln*r, almost at oiK'o in London hy Air. Cedric Alexamler, neplu'w of the ICarl of CVirlc. .Among the amenltieH which AVil! he pro­


A huroaii where Ameri<'ans ami otliers


.soeia! importance. Already a liost of jieople in the United


vided for I'lients are lessons in the corrci.t attire for <;very kind of function, advice on tln^ .‘•ort of house to choose and hoAv to furnish it, and intnuluctions to jicople of


States liave retadved personal Ii*lter.s from Air. 'Alexamler draAving ■attention to Ids M-heim*. 'Pwo A\adl-luioun women an; iH'lping with


the Imreaii, I ln*ar, and liave already hud .a ]>h*tliora of preliminary ]>!ans.


success, hut f do luipe ho has not forgotten that in many n*spi'cts the soidal code tiio States is niore rigorous than it is over here. Department and so on plays a. big part in tho edrn-atlon of most American girls. In fact, 1 am told hy aii Atnoricuu Avomaii frimiil. that there are special diplomas oh- taiiiahle at the emi of Social Jlelnivionr Courses.


AAIFRTCA’S S(XUAL ” SNAGS.” Personally, I wish Air. Alexander every


up against in Amcrie.a is to knoAV on first siglit Avlio an? the aiTistocracy and who are not. S’ou see, they an? all plain ” Afr, and Airs.” : there an? no titles to .act as A\-arning liglits AA-hoii the introdnetionH begin.


Now York, it .struck me tliat 32nglish people ill Amorioa an? much more inclined to make ” faux pas ” than Americans in England. The greatest dilVicultv the 32uglishman is


When 1 jiaid my last (and only) vi.sit 1o . . .JACK LONDONER.


AvJiito-washeti Avill bo interested to licar that they cun bo cleaned by first dusting ami then applying a paste ina<le of finely pnl- A'cnsed Avliitiug mixed Avith Avator. This .shoul<l bo left on all night. Next iiioruiiig linish off ami au-o a soft rag to Avipo ovor afterwards if any .surplus paste is left on. Do not scrub.


CITIAINEY FLUES.


at sjiring-cleaiiiiig tinio as o\*en where gas fires an? u.sed, it occasionally happorus that brick dust gets accumulated in tho chiimiey ami bloi’ks up tin; fiin?. Small Hues may be done Avitli a Hue brush hy tho hoii.se‘wife licrself.


TO SHRINK ]''LANNELS.


are afraid that it Avill .shrink in tho Avash, try soaking it jii borax water before Avaushing. Anntlier Avay i.s to pour boiling Avater o\*er a roll of flannel Avhicli shotml be folded round a bnani to pre\*ent .stretching. Tliis In.st method is only suitable for Hanncis Avhicli aro not made iij>.


i f you have bought some ncAV Ihmnel and A DYEING TJF.


sets the dyo and keejis it. a better tint. Ahvays A\-et garments before dyeing other- Avise they Avill be patchy.


Nj?xt Hiiio you are dipiilng .a garment try achling a little .salt to the dyo Avater.


YOUR. FOOD.


try an allere<l dietary? Generally .speaking most minor ailments an? duo to faulty nutrition. For »;xample, if you aro in the liahit of taking tlin*e meals a day, Avhy not try tAA'o instead? This eoultl bo done by cutting out either breakfast or lunch and having a sandwicli snack in its place. 3)rink more during the <lay and eat as much fruit as ]>os.sil)lo for a change. Cut out jmstry, highly-xpiccd foods ami any alcohol. You Avill 1)0 .surprised at the changt? Imt remem­ ber that thi.s regime must he persevered in to get good results! At least six Aveoks should he tried systematically.


I f you are L*oling out of sorts Avhy not


HAVE YOU A AIEDICINE CHEST OR. CUFUOARD?


cupboard Avith a foAv simple <lnigs ami a ” first aid ” box. One never knows the time wlieii an accident may occur and it ahvays liappen.s on Sunday Avheii the nearest chemist is cIo.sihL Do sure, to keep medicines locked up ami any ^ jioisons in coloiirotl bottles for fear of mistakes.


TCvery liouse sliould have :i small medicine WALKING SIIOJ2S. TIiosc Avho an? in iho habit of taking long


i-niintry Avalks Avonld do avoH to Av;ite.rproof tlioir footgear befon? setting out. Tliis_ Is easily done liy melting somo beesAvax Avitii inilf tho (ina'ntity of iimttou fat. Dhice both ingnxlients together in a pan and AA*hon melted stir togctlier Avell and apply Aviih a hni.sh round the A


and upper. This precaution will save getting the feet A\*ot.


A’clfc in lM?lAvoon the sole MEND.TNG MUSIC. -


.some transparent i>aper for tho lea\’0.s, and foi- Urn ImdiH 11S<. vitlior tllick iulliraivc t;ipn m- .spurinl Imokbindi-rs’ canvas. Tlic latter is oxcclli'iit fm- tllick backs. U.Y tbo wa.v wbcii you aro incmlinj^ tbo Icavos see that you init a strip of paper ou both sides as tbis helps to keep tbo tear firm.


XoAv is the time to loolc over your mnsie and seo Avhether it needs repairing.


■ HKR.RlXCi,S’ ROt^.S.


toast, trv parboiliiiK tbem first _iii uoiba!' water with a st|iieezo of loinoii juise. Tlii.s lakes away that very imiiloasaut lisby tasto wliicb soil'll) jiooplo object to iu tins disli. Hsn caycuiio popper iu place of ordinary wlilto pciipcr and iiiakc tlio toast first. 1 Ins sliould bo wotl liiiUorod and tlio roes urilled on each .side and tlicu placed on tbe toast.


AVATER CRESS.


excellent nrccli vi'cotaliln if liolIiKl like spinach'.' I t onlv takes alioiit ton nnmites and is then ready for cboppiuR on a bo.ard. Afelt .sonio butter in a pan and ntlow the eboppod crc.ss io alisorti all tlio fat. Oao lioiiiid of watercre.ss is siinicicnt for two


Hid voii know that wntorcress innkos an jieojilo.


AUCTION MARTS. CMTHEROE.


.^ml .10 l.vinR-olV calUo, on iK;coiint. of ttiu chaiigii in ibilo and the clash with nUiei sains in tlio disliict. Tliero wax a. liurl.V Roml nttcndam’o ol bnycix.


Tbiir.sibiy.— -V liglik xlio'v of fcO golil lioifcrs and lmll(K'h» realized from LIJ to £22 .as.; older cattle, £11 10s. to £i:i Ills.; smart '■‘'sb


.C‘2:! lO.s.; ot.bcr heifers. Lib lOj. iOs.; twintcr.s, £1:5 to £10; stirks, £0 to £1) io s . ; a few bull stirlis made Ivoat Lfi


■


W. liarRli, Rontbam. and E._ Nowlionso, IVisball Eaves, made the followiiiR awards. Cieid Oatllo, i and 2, R. mittaker, ul.^ beroo; Lyinp-ott Cattle 1 E. Coato.,, Cbat- Imrn; 2, T. Simpson, Rasball l‘..a)0.s.


lio.st abort date ly‘ "«-" '^, IDs.., later dates, oattlo £18 to £-20. The J'ldgc's. JIcs.is.


ii


Ibero bciiiR GO to 70 dair.v cattle on (i.for to :i. bip attendance. Rest licifors nr yonnp cows .slmwiiiR good inilkinp ipialitie.s wore good to soli realising priec.s eipial to i.bosd !^f recent weeks. Heat deep


Tnesdny.—.V ratbcr less show than iisnal nado


from £ ‘2S to mediums, lOs.; otbcr.s, £18 to £20 lo s . ; Ijest made from £2.5 to ^3 1 ; others £1(, to 10s A light show ot calves, the be.c making from 27.s. to 35s. ;• others.


io 2Gs*^ Oil. Tbo judges, Messrs. I.. L.i)', Of Hanven, and E. Morns


tbe following awards for <>"'0 ‘i *' J Gixionbidgb. Ha-sball Eaves; 2, L. Hons,


to bo constructed at tbo western end o Ramsgato (Kent), is to Imvo an nnder-


field, Kirkby Stephen. Lawrence Clills, tbo ))0W £225,000 resort


otiif drive nearly a indo long and a non nromodado lined with trees, ono of which


r « s planted by tbo Princo ot Wales. — H H -—


M.istanbn Komal, the Turkish President, bn. mifc^forward a Bill which provides for


; . r ConTtanlmoplo'’ conTd'orabK ’ exceeds tlm birth-rato.


’ .'“''i” ISs. Next tinio you cook berriuj's’ rocs mi (.Jet 'I’his I f possible all eliinmoys should bo sAvept lIoiiscAvives Avho aro not liaving ceilings


INTERVIEWJXC: THE CLERK OP THE AV RATHER.


—tho liitlo magic motor car had arrived. Hi .stop])od 'suddenly in front, of n.tiny


door. Ami tliiis av«.s Avritloii up: • THE CM2RK OP THE WKATJH2R,. I’ loaso knock.


AVliirr-r-r-r-r-r-r-up I Tlio wheels .stiueakei!—the brakes jammetl


oxUtonco of boys. Whether it is that cn the lir.st of tho mouth avo invariably' fall victims to their almost iiiercdible A.alont lor making fools of their older.s and betters; or Avliether,’ like Clinucor’s C:intorbnry Pilgrims, they are roused from winter somiioleiico to activities AA'hich cannot escpiie notice, avo m*ed not jinuse to enqmro.


Tlio first (lays of April aA A’ukeii us to tlie


olliors. “ Wei’uty Avill eonie Avitli me.” . Uncle Hliymiis iioddod.


Ion,


the i;ar. ” W.ait Imre,” said Air. llahbit to llic


Moonty and Air. Rabbit stepped out of


Wo shall only staj* long enongii to per- .snadi? tin? CMork of the Weather to give ns


i l ig l it o r ’ said Leonard, ” but don’ t bo I <Ioii’ t like Avaitiiig!”


a lino clay,” laughed AVeentv. And sho followed Air. Rabhit to tho Httlo


door. IFo knocked.


cracked ami squeaky voice. Afr. JFahbit opened tlio <loor. '* Slop inside,” .said the .same .S(jiioaky ‘ ‘ What, are there two of you ?”


'I'ap-tap I Tap-tap! “ Como in, come in, come in I” said a


voice.


herself to tho <pieer little tigiiro that sat at a table in^ front of tlieru. “ Yi'S, sir, please s ir !” ‘ ‘ Dear, dear, d ea r !” sai<l tho little man,


that they were tiixl into knots—tliat Avas through hard thinking!


and ho rai.sed his ,<*yebroAvs ai]> and ilown furiously. Ami Woenty, Avafehing them, could see


‘HIN ( f


H i L • 1 Weonty coughed nervously, and .a<ldross(*d


upon onr notice i.s not, of course, their only claim to .special observation. We are living in an age in Avhieh it has been dis­ covered that mankind in general is an iin-


Cerinin it is that hoys become obvious in April. U’lic mere fact that they force lliemselv<*s


keynote of all tlioso avIio avisIi to make us jiAvaro of their existonct?, or of Ihcir ex­ ploits, is thereforo a gesture, vivid iu colouring and noisy in .sound, by Avlneli they hope to arrest our Ava'mleriiig atten­ tion.


ohserv:inb creature. Unless a thing i.s held under his nose he Avill not. seo it-.


'riie


say “ ns<;d to hold,” because theories change Ml rapidly noAvadays tliat Avhat i.s held to-tlay is thrown aside lo-niorroAV), that avc all jiasH through tho Avliole experionet? of tho raco iliirlng the period of our growth. Though some neopio iu*A*<*r .seem to catch up to the rest, there can bo little <lonbt. that., on thi.s theory, hoys may he roastmahly i x- plaincd. From our standpoint of a AA-ddor, T Avill not


strange. To see them ono Avould think that their one object in life Avas to avohl tlie too pressing not.ico of tho rest of ns: they .slink ahont like lion.sehreakers; they as.siiniu an attiliido of indiiroreiieo Avheiicvnr avi? come upon lliom unexpectedly; they “ clear otf ” froin tlie rest of tho family on every jHKssiblo occasion. And yet, in* .spite of all these jireeaiitioiis, they are as obvious to us as the light of day. Sociologists used to )iold a theory (1 must


say, superior, experionco, Ave view them Avitli a certain degree of pity. AVe recollect with regretful thouglits the happy ignor­ ance of childhood: its careless joys, its short­ lived sorrows! We echo with the anproiha- iion of grown-ups the Avords of tne poet Gray:


Alas! regardless of their <looui, The little victims play;


Must bo a Horo.


of the Weather, ami ho raised his eycbroAv.s up ami down furiously.


“ Dear, dear, <lear!” said tho Clerk


should like .some good weather. Can you arrange it, please?” Up and down Avent tho little man’s cyc-


“ .If yon ))lease,” saiil Air. llabbit, “ avo


Dear, dear, dear, iiobodjj’s over .satisfied. J^uok at my hair!” ho said, suddenly. AVonty looketl. But s)ie could not sco


look at. Once 1 had a tine liead of liair— hut it’s nearly all gone—too much Avorry— these tAvo’JI go soon—iiohotly satisfied—every­ body grumhruig—too miieh Avorlc!” l ie jerked tliis all out in one breath, ‘ ‘ Como on. AVlm.b do you Avaiit?” ‘ ‘ Please,” said Weeiity, ” could you stop


blurted out, smldoiil^'. 'I'ho little man blinked. “ Of eour.se! Tliat’s Avliat I Avant you to


broAvs, ami his spectacles (larted light. “ WJiat, not satisfied AvitU tho AA'eatlier?


much! ‘ ‘ But you’ve only got Iavo hairs,” sho


upon tho past through a mist of .subsequent experiences, Avliich ojfcctually blurs tlio out- linos and sniotlier.s its true rolonrlng. AviUi a foolish s«*ntimontality. No boy is regard­ less oi* his doom. He is only too roa<ly to go out of ins Avay to meet it. In this matter Airs. Ilcman.s knew more of boyisli nature, if less of i2nglisb graninmr, tiuiii tho author of an Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard :


But this is a false vicAV. AVo look liack


Tho boy stood on tho burning deck, AVhcnco ail hut him had lied;


’fho ihiino that lit tho battle’s wreck Shone round him o’er tin? tload.


for. To stand on a burning deck alone; not a.s a little victim at play, but :u; a


This is Avliat ovory hoy ilcsiros ami prays hero, daiiiiLle.s.s and unafraia.


tlie stage of tlio hiiutor and tho Avarrior. ilis principal c:ircs aro his Aveapons of tho chase.


ffo lives in


tlum gold; ;m air-gun of greater value tlian ii mansion; ami a catapult, a prize not to ho bartered for all tbo Aveallh of


’1\> him a boAV and arrows aro more


Ormuz or of Jml. Happv is tlie boy who is brought up 'm


the snow!” Tho littli? man gazotl .absently at a largo


No s<*tis<; luu'o they of ills to come. Nor care heyoiul to-tlay.


lint hero is whore hoys are so


orchard is far mure.higlily prized than the Jtibston pippins which hang easily Avithin reach outsiilo Jiis oavii bedroom AviiidoAv,


Companions in Advoniurc.


join Avith others of hi.s ago in droves. Jlo «loclare.', that there i.s “ nolliing to do ” if lie is left alune. Whereas formerly Jic AveiiL alone on his inaramliiig expeditions, noAv ho must set*k out coinpaiuon.s iii mlven- ture. . Wo may suppose that here again sojno atavistic element is at Avork in his mind. Far back in tho early history of tho raco isolated liunter.s discovered that their success against tho larger animals, .such as hi.soiis, wa.s o.noriimiisly ineroase<l if they joined themselves ivith two or threo others .similarly armed. They organised battue.s, in Avhich a .special part was a.ssigned to each member. •


Presently the gang-spirit leads the boy to


and ail imitation of the great work of life. But whatever its origin, its poiver i.s tremendous. If one ivero askoil to name, t.ho position of greatest ])ower in tho work! toylay, the cajitaiu of a prep, .school cricket cloven ivould head the list. Kings sit niion unea.sy tlirones. J)ictators ivatch tho :i.ssa.ssin. Primates liavc their prohlcms. I'hnployers are more and more restricted. But tho captain of tho cricket eleven, who


of play Avhich is such a puzzle to tlio psychologisis.


liat up and down uith linseed oil? The Avholc school promptly docs likewise. Doo.s lio near jiads a size too large*? Largo pa<Ls an? immediately the fashion. Does he hru.sli his hair on tho Ic*ft .siile of his liead? Despair seizes tho hoy.s ivith right-handed .scalps. .Is lio out for a duck? It Avns rotten bad luck. Is his howling knocked :ihont all over the place? AVell, overi'oue lias an blf-tlay uoav and thou. Jn a Avord, there i.s not a thing that thi.s young hero


.shall AviLli.stand ? Ho may bo a fool at hi.s books. Jlis falher may lu* ipiite th<? limit, and hi.s .sisters too aAvfiil for Avords. But the Avhole scliool watches him as a faithful <log uatelies his master.


(ran do or s.sy Avliich i.s not absolutely right. The headimisU?r may bo a man of cluii'acter, but ho is liko tho ^ ehairnnm of a district couiK'il in compari.soii ' witli tlie premier where the erick»;t captain is concoriu’d. It is ev(>n rumoured in the dormitories after liglils-out. at niglit that tho captain of the ericket eh;veii (rcnild give the head tin* sack if the Avelfare of the SL'hoot required it.


What, Homo ?


Thi.s is not hecan.so tli(*y are unhappy at Itome, but bocnu.so there aro certain things, amongst Avhicli homo is one, about Avliich hoys <1(> not speak if th(*y can help it. Homo liAilks very large in their thoughts, and they aro very loyal to its atmosphere and ro- quiremeuis. Even though they may seem at timevs to sit lightly to its demands, yet they are intensely conscious of being Avitliin its circuinfoiaruce. inalienable members of an indc.struGLib!e felloAvsliip. Alost boys are extremely fond of remling.


Boy.s .speak very Httlo .about their homes. l)oe,s lie rub hi.s iH KM


This I.s proh.'ibly tho origin of tho .spirit It wa.s a jirejiaration for


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till that stooil by his .side. Ho picked it up ami shook it. Ami AVeonty could .see “ .SnoAV ” Avritten in large letters on tlio front. SnoAV is stopiH’d,” said the liUlo^nian.


” No luort? snow—till the Atuiosjilievie l^airios gather somo mure in.” JFo turned his head over his shoulder, ami


looked at a largo shelf that ran along tho Avail behimi. Several more tins stood on this. They j-omimlod AA'eenty ,of pei>por-


Clerk of iho AVeathcr, turning round again Avith startling suddenness. “ oil, no!” sahl AVeenty. “ Or a little Avind?” “ Oh, no!” said Air. llahhit. * '.riiore you go,” said tin? Clerk of the AVcatlior, raising iii.s eyebrows upland doAvn again in a terrific manner.


jiot-s—only they Avore .so very largo. “ AVlmt ahont a little rain?” enquired tlio


fied I II j


AVeoiity, a little timidly. “ Sun?”


“ B-But Avhat “ Why, evi'ryhody a.sks for sun. Surely sai<l tlio Clerk of the AAeather.


you’ ve had too much sun?” “ AVhy, no?” said AVeenty. “ Loolc, tho


tin’s all dusty!” Tlio litllo man peered through his .spec-


not womlor :it that! They A\ero ^hirlc ami blue-looking.


tai'le.s. “ 1 can see no dust,” lu? said. And Weontv, looking at. his spectacles, did


her own rose-colouretl spectacles rested safely. “ Here,” slie said. “ Put these on. You


.a long time!” There a


AVeatiler* as tho rose-cnloure<l spectacles .settled, on liis nose. “ A'os, yc.s, ye.s, yon aro <iuite right.”


“ AVhy, yes,’ ’ said tho Clerk ol the a us a pause. rlieu: ^


forgotten its turn—I use them all in turn, von kiioAV,” ho finished.


* And ho began to slmki? the tin about in all directions.


. both togotlier. ,


“ .lust let mo get hack my rosc-coIouro<i spectacles, and then avo avRI find tho otlicr.°


“ Hurray,” said ANoenty and AFr. Babbit, .


„


AVecutv and Afr. Rabbit loft tho Clerk ol the AVeatlior to find Iicoiiard tho Lcprochaiin and Uncle Bhymns-and Iioav they ivcro


and toll them tho good news!” (In tho next story you will hear hoiv


missing.)


Poor,” near tlio Ontral Markote, whore the poor people could obtain a litre of wine and a night’s sleep on a bench for 2 francs


Paris is to lose Us famous “ Door of the


25,000,000 tolophono subscribers in nil parts of Great Britain, America, and the Con­ tinent haa just boon completed at tbo Snvov Hotel, London. Tho only J-mropcan country not included is-Soviet.lluosia.


(about -Id.). A library' containing tho names o f some


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Ho lifted <lown tho tin. “ (toodnoss mol It is dusty. .1 must have


Slio put her hand m her pocket. J-hero ,


Avill 1)0 able to seo bettor, I anv.snro. Look at all the cobwebs on tho Sim tin-surely that proves that you luivou’t touched it for


about soiiu? sun


‘ ‘ Never satis- said


tlio coiiutry, Avhero lie can find legitimate objects upon ivliioli io exercise bis tribal instincts of Imntiiig and warfare. Not imlocd that lie is much troubled by tho cpiestion of legality. Jlo ivill go bird.s- nesting quite as Iiappily up soniobodyolso’.s


trees as up tlioso in bi.s oivn garden. And when it conics to apples, the green,' and bitter fruit Avhich groiv.s in a neighbour’s


IDEALS IN STONE


THE ARCHITECTURE OF INDUSTRY AND EMPIRE.


HY GEORGE ANSLEY.


The huilding-s of .a groat city, unlilco tho trcc.s and lloivers, have no regular season


for renoAving tliem-selvcs. There may ho a decade, or a generation, or oven more. botAvccii ono architectural blosHoining :ind


aiiotlier; there is no rule, and ono can only say tiint the longer the revival is in coming, tho more splendidly fruitful it. Avill be. But tiioro aro very marked periods when ry- placcimmts aro more conspicuous and rajiid than at others. Architecture, liko OA'ory other croativo activity, proceo<ls in waves.


in its liistory, has arrived at ^London. It Ava's lirst noticed a few ycar.s after tho war, ami the crest is not yet in sight. Perhaps iiigh level mark Aviirbo lonched Avilli the completion of tho grandiose river sclioino Avhich is noAV causing so much discu.s-sio


At the momoiit tlio tide of new construction is still mounting.


A’ ICrrORTAN BEMNANT.S.


tvpical A^ictorian London sliouijl do so mnekly Avhilst tho remnant of it still stands, lor ' ’erv soon that too Avill have gone.


stucco of • our ance.stors, hrayoly light­ hearted to tho end, in spito ol its coating


. Iho


of grime, has disappeared from tlio shopiiing dUtrictfi, and is on its last lej;s, or htcrally toppling to a fall, in tlio residential.


that tho luotamorphosis is most compicto and mo.st revolutionary. It i.s not .alAvays easy to understand what modern art is try­ ing to express. Tn contemporary painting, verso, or 1011*^


But it is rather in its commercial aspect


is loft wondering “ Avhat tho man is driving nt.” cspoclallv as everybody scorns to bo driving nt something dilforcnt. But the noAV British architecture loaves no such


10, more often than_ not^ one


dniihts. Nobody can fail to notice, that almost witbont o'-ccption, the great bmltl- ;p^,_„rnrh- nil of them business houses— croefod in London since-tho; Avar, have tho «nmo «»i(»ni‘**cnnce. Though it is not always onRv fo inforprot nn architectural concop-


,r!.in ifion wliicli tliia ono Js trvingjto g^vo .-..♦A.fxr. the cnmhinnt.ion of ideas.


-J- U i« imnossihle to miss the .1 --I. AT.;.,


•VO . T' 1*. +rvLlir fn frivo


. Tf"'r1on conid ho jntcrnrqted in three __E-'‘piro. Industry, v°cicnco.


•o—.u •


nt: not to anv that nil tho new huild- ^ratfevo AiniformUv. either in aim or lav- stros.s on ono and somo on


character of tlio capital is rapidly vanish* Anybody ivlio ivislios to .seo Uio


AVith tho noAv arcbiteclnro ibo former Ono of these ivavos, perhaps the biggest


Tn the oM days before boys’ books Aven; written to order, they must havt; battened on the ancient folk-tales of tho race, some of Avhieli have been pre.soiwed in the .sliaju* of fairy-tales. But o\'or sinco the piihlicn- tion ol' llohinson (kni-soe Iavo hundred ycni.s ago, lliere ha.s boon an unending stream of iiooks of adventure upon Avhicli J2nglisli hoys have fastened witli :ividity. I t seems to liave been merely an accident of litor.'iry (lovico tliat Defoe hit upon his succe.s.s.^ He Avas Avriting for groAvn-nps, he Avas Avriting for hr(?ad. But ho became the father of


‘ Lock’ ^G


Ole^.


Counter Balances^ Beam ScaloSf Platform & Dead Weight nfiacliinofi


For Wholcsalo and r’clnil Dealers of Flsb, Fruit, Meat, Grocery, Provisions, Coal, Ac-, Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers


so various tliat it lins to be udmHtcd that there i.s only one quite certain thing about them, Avhieli i.<, tlnit they groAv \ip. And oven that is not true of all of them.


JOHN AVALLTS.


anothor of the three ideas, hut that e.'Ach to .some degree played a- part in the general inspiration is apparent everyAvheri*. For an instaneo Avliero tho combination 1ms been realized ahno.st perfectly there is no Iiottcr illustration than the new central olliccs of Finperial Chemical Industries bn tho Alill- hnuk Embankment of the Thames.


host worth studying, of tlu? present arclii- U'ctural phase. Fir-st, it has something to say; second, it has fonml an arcliitect who can expre.ss that something in masonry, third, it possesses ono of the finest archi


For three reasons this building is the teetiial sitc.s iu liOiuloii.


trii's to articulate three ideas; Empire, lu- dustrv, Seieiua?. Tho name adopted in 1020 hy tho Chemical Comhino Avas chosen for tlu? .samo reason. But it is easier to he loipient ill a title than in stone and


EAllM RE, INDUSniY, SCIENCE. Tho noAV architecture, it has been said,


all boys’ hooks over siiico. AVhon all is said that can ho said, boy.s ar»?


REPAIRS A SPEt-IALITY.


m m E B BHBSSLEY Works : HIGH ST. (Noar Station), BLAGEfBURry.


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during 1928 totalled 2l,285,lo0. Oxford’s famous lihrari*, tho Bodleian,


ITEEV3S OF liyTEREST. Tilt? miinber of l)*?Lting dulv ticlicts aold


added 21,001) volumes htst year to tlio 2,000,000 tilroady on it.s .shelves.


duced a film on tlio siihjecb ot liorringH Avliicli Avill ])f) .sent to Poland and ()Lli(*r nlac«?H on tlio Coiitiiiont lo stiinnlate tlu* s.-ilo of tho iit^h.


stones tlum any other countly in tho Avorld. An iiisuranco roiiort statc.s ilial £800,000,000 Avorlh of gems aro oAcm.'d hy resnlonts in llio United States.


mortar. Fortunately, however, tliere Avas found an architect avIio could conceive and who has risen iu aeeoinplishmeiit to the level of liis conception.


‘U.S-SlOIl.


have been paramount in tho design aia? im niodiately obvious. Tho house of tiie Im­ perial Chemical .Industries, tho largest, coin- iiu?reial unit in tho British Empire, had t(i 1)0 largo iLs(*lf, and yet to ho expressive of .something moro than mere size. It oiight, iu short, to have grandonr, but as much hy its character as its .scale. ^ At the saino tinu? it rofiAiired tho restraint Avlnch is in keeping with tho fact that industry means work—not necessarily unpleasant work hut Avork, as opiioscd to plny. 1 hen, to sug­ gest tho achievoment of .science, there is tho iimirc-ssion of ]ioAvor and nieclianical skill needed to clotlio tho gigantic steel skeleton with its mas.sivo stono blocks


Several primary eonsi(h*rations Avhicli Ol mu I'iinpiro


lia.s been touched with that spark of iiimgin- .xlivo cutimsiiism in the crontor winch triinsfusoa it-sulf into Ins work and hits it from mere nsofnlncss to boaiity; Irom craft to art 'I'ho colonnade, winch supports the roof and crowns tho immonso facade, i.s as fino a .symbol ot Iho tweiitioth century ideals of our raco as London possc-sses.


to cvprcss life; in other words, it is tlio visibio token ot tho deeds, thmights, and fcelihgs of its ago. Architecture, of iil the arts, is tho ono which speaks for tho nation. H tlio imaginary capital of our Empire, standing on West­


Art exists, it has heen said repeatedly, minster Bridge son*?. .co"V'Vmo’ ‘ ‘iro“ wm do monument.


to rechpturo tlio spirit ot 1929 ho n 11 ilo no better than turn hisreyos to SHIlb.ank


where tlio- building of Amponal Clioniico) Tiidiistrics stands as .its most eloquent


and vet dominates, tho other Iavo, tho^ dc.sigii ......— -- _ . •


txslimates for'this year shoAV a toUl roduc- tiim of C:i/192,:UX). .Payments to disabled


'flio reccntly-i.ssntid ^fim.stry ol Pensions’


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NERVES DISTRESS How Sufferers aro Handicapped.


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NorA'ousnos.s .nriso-s from inalnntnlion of life.


Many. one-tinio victims of nervo trounlo have reason to bic.ss tlio day


. n


strorng, and got the l>ost out^ of life. oo Od.


Of all chemists, «Js. will do.


t4vko Dr. Williams’ pink pills, for nwtond of nervous aatccUs they are noAV virile and


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i ' L l ' 1 .d. r- * —A . hs j ? A-’ fV ' , 1' L Virtims of ncrv<\s ” labour umlor a America claims to ptwse.ss moro prociou.s Tlio Kmpiro ^I.arkoting Board hu.s pro­


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