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i I C L I T H E R O E A O V E R T I S :


♦«« »♦»»»»«»»»»#»♦♦»»»«< «»»»»»*♦»««*»»«»»***»»»»»•♦ IN YOUR GARDEN MIXED jMEMOS.


; i a IbowI of Bulbs. — Having flowered [Without much. foo<|l, and fertiliser can ■he.ajldea only In proportion to the quan- Itlty |Of hbre*'the snowdrops, sclUas, 'etc.,


lor-


, icannot jbe as strongFfor service a^ where' :they| have had food resources of, ajbed flh .tljie Igarden. i ■ Flint the bulbs inj the ■open ground this'a,utumn. They piay Jremilri In bowls u4tll then. Let ' : fibre! be kept quite dry.


the ,


;i Arum ‘Lilies.—Pot up 'the dormant ::rootS|i during the month In the cold [Conservatory for Jane flowering.


[Variety Afrlcana LI staking.: These sijbtroplcal plants


Iby pst-


; natlVe to bogland. ; holes clear, so that


losb- or~;


. j : Begonias.—Not on^ are. the blooips of ■the single varieties bigger, but [the ; velvety substance oil the flower leavps Is ■imore noticeable. ,The tubers may be ! stared now In itjhe/ window ot ; a i warmledl^oom—In the kitchen .wlndbw— ‘ for flowering In the i garden lif .the j^uih- ‘ mer. I The tubers should be sprouted on i soli wjhlch should be kept moist; but ,they I should not be covered ,wlth soil,; pecause ! wet lying In the dipresslon around the V shoot] might rot a tpper.


ifull of watetf. [ I rshru i th te s t


qK on,.


ting: . a.


J n r


! shoots, while, sprlhgTflowerers flower on jth e shoots that started thfe' preening j.spring. The former !shrubs could .soon ! be pruned In ordetl to encourage] the I shoots to start and to flower the .sooner. [ Sprlhg-flowerlng s ^ b s ' should not be i;prunefl until they have flowered,' for] fear ['that the, shoots that


P rimfri ing Shrubs. . flower on


- , . , i'.be cut away. ' T'’ !■ ■ j !,


i The»st bstance of the flower leaves Ip llki ! velvet./ The ’foUagb leaves aije: f(esh: ! and hrm. Plant f tis inargm


i, spell ol dry’ soil. The margin might hi ii strewed on both sides with stbaw.


' ]


! Fine Ferns..t-Th0 kinds of ferns, pthei I than! those .With butfone main, stem,jmai


: be cut mto tWo or three- plants.’ l^ e i ii a fern [has become [pot-bound, the root ’/might be divided.. Eeverai stones shoul ii be plahed at. the bottom of apcjtfc drainage; next,'a little decayed manuri and,: afterwards.


fibrous Iloam and W if mould, for cholc,e.


1. ‘ Save Money.—Pot plants flower sooner; j but more Important Is the fact that] they


llffe.‘ i


lu n r In n .


Ittie-::


i-flower more strbnm ! than loose roots; j: Buy boxes of seedimgs, plant the flowers ! In small poti, brihg|them on l i t h e !■ frame,' gnd thus hdVe pot plants lor the summeribeddlng. | '•


! : ■ The Fbame.—Thdisoll Inside a bottom- i .less fraihe can be kept from becomiiig |- too wet If a deep hble'ls dugiat the top ! and at the bottom outside the enclosure. ]: The way to ventlldte a frame,.; so that


. 1 i Mf


|‘- draught shah he wolded. Is to ral^e the i ’ light on la piece of wood rather than to


!■’Slide'tlheilight up j Beetroots.-r’Ihe


I- varieties ils more r ]•: the-flesh [of the'.tur I ground heed not b


down In lts njnner. flesh of' the] loig ihly coloured than Is


lp4snaped beetb. Tie deeply dug for lo:ig


beets to: grow shapely, because the 'tube rs


i- of'this pjknt; unlike toe , tubers of pw- L' snlps, grojw/but ’ oj as: well as Into t ie


i , .Fjgs^lme flg produces food and Is ^ ttoandsbme : in lewes as are ;ma:iy ‘/foilagln^ plants. [This tree does i^ot i flower—the fruits afce produced; str^lgh^ ! way!; : j i t flourishes In, cold.or wpfi?d,


[ conditions..’ The setond crop Is prbdured’ t.'on the new shoots-|-they will cyopjagain j.thehextsammer. J-i-' '! ] ' -fl ' / ! If the mb Is filled with a limy, ahd > poof, soU at.the sthrt.'and'lf the soli is ■ '^ihissuretobe'fru.to ilts are ah ;lnch long


! I .conservati’ry and produces two. crops of; figs per annum' in the latter cUmape


i. .not! overfed, toe b 1 ful.: When the f; j::la the time for m 1 of toe riburishmen j thelsweillhg fruits, j. -. shobts’ decreases, f) i '"The stems of fig ar.e: pruned, and


: I contlnu - ji'Of ‘


the


[long. |, I


ji active se i


sap Is shoo


Parsnips


I ;. rub: the spejots oflj|an \ ; sideways beneath


. going out jd f -----


toe; grqun i


summi ilckly


bn. ■ P! as tl


huringi hecaus^ most will then be used to iEncburaglng th: ck


,vreeS bleed when tt ey this isitoe fe ^ n : :o r ; pruning; ! The bss lade igbod during the


ilt production. | i ;prontihg.4lf


! Alpine Auriculaa—They are the most j showy among the hardy primulas'except ! the Eoveltlfs fromj the mountains lof Tibet. They are eifengreen perer ilals,


lJC4,


— AutumH-flowerlhg their: same year’s


; ; i I f ' '


;tle Gem, heeds Have the drainage


;he water will rise up


■the earthenware pots. Water flndi Its iown level; keep thdisaucers to the pots


ponpost-plt manure—Is a complete plant food! and Is richer than much of the horse minure. ■ ;


itloh. His own manure bill will be reduced itolhothlng,' and more manure will be left IjvliK which other people will beiable;to


produce food. The heat generated In the


Idflcaylng refuse Is sufdclent to kill insects 'and to prevent eggs. 'and; chrysalises


S potting comppstf-' /


uing to life; but disease;spores may ictlfy and they may infest the ground be enriched.


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! 'md gardener should have'two compost plte, one Iniuse and the other Iniforma-


i Stend jat for Beauty


'womM faces yon »ee,'ll I the I street'and 'lie uneasy ehif ting of those whq are 'waiting in the street for a bnji or a friend. Yoi] can’t feel yonr bMt when yonr slices I are nMomfortablel shdi the fact tlat so many people .die suffer in this way ihowa.'^at' little 'iimunonsenso. they ;have when they jbay .theiti footgear, One of the first ithingS; t >_ do ;if .■yonr fw ihurt is ,to find out why. Perhaps it Is a ■


. If j7on snspeot your feet ared^ined 10! ^ ' flat," yon can cure them yourself and save ^dless, tronble later


Mg. a ■jvlde hole for the copipost heap, e excavated soil Is banked up around I opening; the soil Is arrajnged In the ipe of a circular raised edge.; iFlll the npost pit with layers of plaht waste, i cover every] layer with soil and lime. _ read [some waste In the dpenhig and.


: .rample on the i waste. As boon as the refuse begins to, speak, ; silence fit with i coating of soil ^and with a cblourlngiof lime. Besides niaklng the hbiap sanitary,


fllme causes Its more rapid'decomposition. (A supplyiof rich decayed manure should be ready In a year’s time., ‘ ' ■ ! li Builder’s Ume is che|iper' and more powerfdl than the iUrae sold ;for horticul­ tural purposes:, it spreads easil:^ after It Is wetted. This fresh lime Is hot, so that it must not be splashed Into the eyes. Tile compost pit will not be as.ltalkatlve. In whiter as In summer;! therefore, lime can be used more ecohomlcally,until the summer without estranging' the neigh­ bours,.


I (’The first essential to » successful bon­ fire Is a dry day on which th^ wind dpes not amount to more thari a brpe'ze. Some dried material willbe wanted jfpr keeping rile 'pile aUght. : Bum the flrp bi°wly. ;A quantity of damp stuff’Should be kept handy for stifling fierce flamK.j since the wood ashes, as; they are called, contabi the higher percentage of plant! foods from a smothered fire. Dlg a hole one foot deep In. which to start the flrp. I Line the bottom with loose paper;and;.wlth screws


/|'When the garden wpste ! Is burned, while thepbtash, the phosphates and the lima' are preserved, the. inltrogbn is Jost. Potash gives quality to fruiting vege­ tables and to the edible foot crops. Lime is necessary In order to keep] .the. soil wholesome. Have the boi^rei^hes under cover for ,use In March [or April. T h i s fertlllser .lttechnically wood ash) is mod­ erately, slow In'action,' ; . j| |:


ii ' I / I ■ ifioDERN POULTRY Keeping


ci; . -; .r ES i ’S':':rS'| ■ .'


by TohiiNiwm^ Suitable varieties’'shbuldi I be tralnbd THE FLOWER iGARDEN,


tree, trunks eight feet llon^!:; Sa.w t|ie branches so that ten Inch leh^hs are left.


around and over supports ]sb that toe results resemble giant rose itrees. The supports for toe climbing rpses may pe


These stakes will,I^We: to ;;bear! heayy burdens, and vtol have to vrtthstand galqsi


A wide opening should ;be made for, the climber, because If the roots of a plant are spread a big feeding! range ]ls, secured, A narrow hole should; be dug! for t|ie stake Inside this opening.' ’ TJhe stake 'wlU be toe better supported In'!the narrow hole If bricks are rammed Into the earth against It. Another, wpy of; giving .addi­ tional support to the stake ;ls to driven triangle of posts Into thh planting open-i Ing In such ,a mariner toatl the tops of toe posts can be nailed’ to tile stake just below theisurface of , the ground.


: i;


nch ;bu(; the points of [ey beepihe six jlnc' les


are sprouting,- strength |is' t-he flesh; .


toe i tubers jin Lift the plants,


nd clamp toe tuters four-inches cOverihg


, - , h ■ °^TeUow Raspberri|es.---Where is has bpen


3 : found that ithe blrls get the bulk of the .’.•crop, a yellbw var!ety; should be tried,


r Yellow raspberries are /.with birds alnd pecple because thje .fmlts \ arei not! so good-ic oklng, jbutjth^ yellow


I ] fruits' are as good] in qu^lty |as toe red i ; ifrults.


THE ALLOTMENT. manure AFD PEB/nLISEp. -The difference! between , these plant!


foods Is that ilhe+aterlai inllte^^^^ state is called manure; whUCjfertiliser Is,


prepared .from n anure, I it tmted.' Thej’dlSt: notion ] Is


i \ [


adhered to. ,f^r pcultry w a nw e i ls p to called a fertlhser, and there are iproprie-


’ tSTmahurei sold.: A proprietary ^ manure is the brewer’s waste ^jjrj(|hed ■ -with nitrogeri,.pp_fsh._ aiid]splu^^Me^and lhtoluable'p^o"spl|iates.


I t does slowly [dlssqlye in )vet,soll. ^ phosphate


Iriai: Is 'bf-■; I |n cy / i


.tog-


, ./: Healthy, so^ W b , such ^ th? ‘ !^eaves of lettiicft s^ouldi36 InteiTfid*


j ,:imhealtoypl|it;Waste,llke 'ipqtato ha^lnil alvijays holhs ^Isbaw,land


■ i will III lio!; disMlye [n^,***^ but ,


An; insoluable


must be chosen. The stalfes ishould he quickly ciotoei The roses should: be robufet, becausb thej/ would be exposed :to winds high In the air. * Liberally feeding Is desirable, for the reasons!,Of encourag­ ing quick iprogtess and; of' s tre ^ h e im g the flower shoots. Strong flower shoots should be.i encouraged In order to' make toe flowers upright. The cllnibers should be fed with a mulch of manure eyery spring,!and a meal of ml:red; fertiliser should be given, every; July. Fork up the ground once a month, so jthat air can enter theibeda. Air! makes p l^ t fo'ods In toe soli active.


jlVlgorOusly growing and robus,t yarietles ' Roses, for toe purpose,of this article, ' [


are these, Three roses without; thorn?: Zephyrlne Drouhln, cherryjplnk, moder­


ately scented ;• Mrs, Alfred Carrierel a white, heavily jperfumed ;: and [Tausend- schon, rose- pink, scented, a bunch-.' flowered variety. Two rqses that keep their foliage riearly all to,e winter a re : Alberlc Barbler, cream', scentless/a bunch flowered variety,;; and Lady, Gay> re®® pink, scentless) bunch-flowferlng.- Oraer, suitable roses!: Climbing Ffau Karl Druschkl, white, scentle^j with extra­ thick flower leaves; Conrad F. Meyer, silvery rose, full of fragrance j:' Carmine, Pillar, single flowered cluster variety, no


scent: Francis, similar to the_ Crtoson Rambler, but the blooms are follow^: by


siarlet berries, no scent; [Caroline out, shell 'pink, moderately: I scented; General McArthur, crlmspn, inoderateiy scented; Gloure de; Dijon, huf^'tooder-


ately scented ; and Irish reddish orange, single flowers apd highly


.fragrant. | - ■ ! | I ! ,


k devout Hindu j (Stodus regard^pU cows sacred) It was* taken as;an Insult and to revenge he killed the; donor, wh^se son to tSn murdered the slayer.! [The sen is to be


I A cowhide covered chaix of two wealthy todians'at JohoreJ GlvM to


toarged with murder. - j , , . lj Two workmen; high up


helped Quell the conflasration*


sToke ntariy-lebt below them. J h e n heard fire gongs) They came doi^ at recoiid ^ e e i ' foitod the church in flames,' and


ower of St Paul’s Church) Leicest^ smeUed


of paper that have been soaked] in paraif- flnoU, Light tlie;llning and start making the fertiliser. |


' .STANDARD ROSES. |


son; [that jthey'.tend to lay before attained satisfactory body size; and usually lay a relatively; [large number of which means that the average we Is iloiVefj than that: produced by b ids slower to imature. It does not follow that bq[h I early and! late hatched-pulk is


of!similar,breeding Hatched later tei ‘


'


Man! those in the sear they! have


pr^uce:eggs;o(. the Mme';W!blght'; 'th^t say,,; i t ! must i not be assum'ed that


.qvptuaUy ■


..cl^ACter,' and,-' Itherefore; :,the.,(nly ;Eoitod control must be' Effected throug 1 selection of |the |breedingj sjnok.: We may! de iay pfoduc- certain'l methods of ; ;fe(ding!or by a ; any rate, he biggest rate of


altot’ iin ,maljy strains is imdfslrabli for seyeral reasons) but our efforts to prevent it by the adoptiop' of special methols of feed- and!management have not! bren success- for , the .reason that it is aijinherited


niatiiring birds [have not inherited the e;gg f a c t o r . j ’ery early maturity which 13 ne w sojprey-


tldn iby kefepijng I 'bbrds) under, bad, or, uBjlavourable 'cohdltions; but as factor! at work in.vdetermininfe, — ra&turity is ahj.toherited otie', if ve give, the ■qiifestlbnddue obhslderatlon,!'sqrel ,7 we j shall a ^ 'e .that ho haiin will be done b / proyidtog a;blrili,wlto eyttythtag necessary to giye .ex- presslbrilto that inherited charact :f, whereas If thp ration i? deficient In quail! y, or iquan- tlw,,qr bther.enyironmental factors are un- favoijrable. there is every possibglty of''bur ur dephtalng the constitution. [ ■


fT must not! ne supposed tiha the [rapid I-'; maturity'assoclated with lea'ly hatched birds'he'cessarUy; inhabits! good b idy' size -;or


thi t ibecause a bird is hatched e iriy to the se isdh' she wiUl continue to lay sm; iff eggs,'[for thjk Is'not so.I The danger lies tot to' early hatchlHg but in the continual, helectlbh of bl]xri Iwhlch attain sexual ihati .rity before they) have built up body ahd-t'ame.j I :We Bliouid! ijot forget that early,hatching results iw mbreirapld growth of the body; all bodily dcvelopnpent, including that of ti e ovary, Is s^edediup, though thisineed jnct bejdetri- bntal And yiiirnot bejdetrlme ital if the


yqung.iblrds are given ah adeqiiale rat|on at (el;


all times ariless' : the i datq of hatching


matiirity.


fqrais me thatifrom a flock of Mk ch hatched )f the heed


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: rnSE: following Is an example ■X [for discretion.


A corret —


Ten] Tangled! / ' Tile answers to these] qti


1. ' l ^ a t ivas the’ : uatL j Beethoven, the con|po


2.


! [England? 564!acreS.


3. How mahy known colour!: are; therej ! i! In the world?


’ rr s jondemt to-; l a s e r s


are purposely placed out 0: You Ishould be able to Isoijt out in a few minutes..


The Gota Canal, in Swee ]' [115 [hlles long. , j


estldris order them i


ouallty >er?


en. ; Vfho first Introduced Ihcc of iI I t Is i . j me Tax la* and| other


eilvlrohAientali factors are taken into account' w len considering rate of matuHtj, there is a


danger],’'I'of 'our! discarding sbrns flrsUslass bijeedlng', stock on the grbund p l tooi early


analll eggs, ght df egg


Ihot 'Is to early large


TT^ Is, well-known that earlV -A 1 birds mature! more rapidly '


hSjteiied •'! ! - ' 5 ^ : ' : ' ' 5 ! ' - ' - ; ; . n - i . . ■' — ' )_ !. •' ot;SdentIfio'Poniti7 Breeders’ A'ssociationj and,Editor bf “Eggs.^ ' , '


iRhddes,-which,' with the exception of'!kl’few ilndiyiduals which made a start in September icame Into production In October, he seleoted a'brredtag pen. ■


6-lba and 7-lbs. Egg size was excellent! and production very good, though not speettcu- lari; These birds were mated with a homer bred] cockerel, and the . first dblckens'iWere hatffied;ln, Jahuaiy,: 1938,'' 'At five mUhths a^d. two, weeks of ageionqiql the: pullets'tbm- meiiced: to lay, thb ,others follbwlhg ;ln'rkpld successloh. ' As'we should expect; the'jtet eggs were small, the birds laid rapldly.1 and so-produced a lot of them. The pullets;were reared on good rangeland received aifiUlky ration with little maize or animal prdteto.


■ ,'The hens;varied between


Problem has been discussed marly,times) And yery different views have been expressed with Regard ,to ithe part played-.by Inheritance, rut envh'onmental conditions evidently per-


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alt its expression, and, therefore; cannot be llsregarded]


The'i] :have now niqulted)-;a!hd:.he Is airiious to breed from the! best of them but hesitates to do so on account of their.'laying before they] were six months old.' They t o as heavy as their parents) of.slmllai; type, 'while egg] size is eqUaUy 'gbbd.''“ Pullets hatched later from this pep matured more slowly) but they have -not moulted, and fori this'reiason he d»s not wish to biieed from them. |


the I early pullets. It is evident , that they are' large egg! strain, the,'.comparatively large ier of small eggs and the fact that|they


hatching, and should, not be regarded as seriohs; It would, in fact, have been rather surprising had they nbt, done so. ; Pullets frohl [he stoe pen hatched in!May might haVej'taken'■'t'wo months longer to reach , the prbtiuotion stage., ' :


, :] :!,


Sciepce may be of interest.. Theyl refer to work by N. F."Waters:


riSHE following notes taken from! the f- I International Eeylew of ■ I Poultry


a measure of first years’-;maxlmum! egg weight is after the bbrd has attained,its majtoum body weight, ‘which is at, about, 10 ihoiiths of age. There]13.no further lncrease to t o weight till: after ilfi mbriths. Thpuglf early maturing bbrds lay smaller eggs at the start of laying than those maturing late,''it doe? not necessarily follow that! the latter’s Inherited egg size Is'greater than that of -the, former. At lO monthsjbf age, by which time both types will haye-attained final body, weight, the early maturing bird will be laying egg? as large as the late starter. .Birds which: at an early, age gtpw very rapidly upito date at whlch'productlon commence?, but body weight at; 10 months ls;qpproxi-


"It Is shown that the best;time to obtain .'


lay thee their malely the same mat ure later."


a? that of those which ■


X


The reason for eayly maturity „ hatched birds is not, fully understood.


to early The


Trophy awardeji for polo matches • played .between; Englapd; /and


' America.' . for‘to'1886.


■What Is the greatest known ocean depth?


Forty-eight, representative of the^48 States of America.


How many Bishops sit In the House-' . of Lords? ' >


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Gopher wood, according to the Bible (Genesis vl, 14). '


What Is the longest sMp canal to ! the world? ,


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GermSn'by descent, but he was horn at Bonn, to HqUand, to 1770. ,


10, --"-x --- (, i. ■ ■


e 'Into production’ before they were six ths old are the-^nbrmal, results of gafly


1 1 ave no hesitation to advising him to use,


merely a question of protein, which, after [all. Is only one of. many essential nutrients, lack df any being, sufficient to delay production. It Is obvious, however, that If any attempt IS made to arrest the normal development of t(ie ovary It wiu; if successful, rdso arrest the growth of the body as a whole sipce food Is f|iel for the entire machine, n'bt for a stole piart’Of It.


' [ ; ,..! ;! . ]


i show that good and liberal rations Ide- gned to ' permit' the' maximum growth decreed by Inheritance ■


So far as I am aware, there is ho evidence


this were so then 'the fundamental principles j ivderlymg nbt’ [only antoal-but huiPeii


are detriihental. 1 If utritloh wouldhave' tb be' tobtoed;' ' ]. | /


' I'aI a toatter'bf facl) low protein fatlbhs do rfesult-in slower'growth to' lthe early stages, M! the,|final weight of! birds: receiving to h arid low protein


the sloweT'growing chicks. .ultlmatelY/’c^^h- to ' up'their sisters which'made more rapid growth during the.first,few,.weeks. -, ] ]


I® about-.'the same,


! It is .gCnerally agreed! that the first 30 or so eggsfproducedi after'a period of restiare


the best fofi hatching purposes, which means in normal' circumstances, early hatchtog, and, therefore, comparatively early maturity; but this need not cau3e anxiety, providing the birds are'well developed. It is in.lffie' precocious, undersized individuals where ithe danger lies.


■ '■ ', - JOBS FOR‘ THE WEEK


NESTS : : WET MASH : COD LIVER Qllj.: Plenty of nest boxes should be provided at


I In normal circiimstanCes' the supplemfehii- tiiy.feed’Of wet lhash: advised for dry jriash fed'! birds during :the winter may! be dlscoh- tlnuCd at the end of this month. , : ! i !' j I The use of cod liver oil in the ration fof all Classes of stock on grass range ma/iiow he discontinued. Under! these conditions there js no'advantage.;to feeding It./ ' i ■ '| /


ihould be.raised. from the floor and;sh|uld hot face! the'light.' , , ', ! ,. '


;hls season. If additional, sets are used thej/ ': j , -


queries addressed i to 'the- Editor of Ithls paper.


Mr. Newman will personally answer all ; ! V ' x " . ■


!


■What la the i! London? Wllllkm Pitt the ypunger, to


area of/ Hyde Pwk, 179^


■wiiat Is th.b Westchester Cup?, 800 ; different coloui^


[ i: London] last week.


:/! i British Colour Council according ! ! i to reports made at Its annuM i dinner i t the Dorchester .Hqtel,


/ named./and classified by [the been


HoW ' imany'i stars are there In the I !;: United States flag?


32,000 feet, in ’the Pacific,


, O^! what was Noah’s Ark made? Twenty-four. : They j are selected I according to their seniority of


! :!' consecration. ' i j


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■DATE of maturity can be' controlled -•-»/ through the feeding, but it Is 'not


visit to] Ldndoi !'njith imembeis] of his staff soon. At preseithelis staytag^ut his chateau: at St. Briac to Praiice. When.be returns to, England I und ifstahd he| is t/j be given a rousing I welcome by his old felto students, at, the. Ldimofa Sc lopl jof'Economics. ..


' -*•. the Russian throne,' Is'.-likely to pay a


a student to England and became very popu­ lar with his feUowJ students. | During his career dt the S’ hdo/ hewas careful never to use his hame ai d was known as Bomanofi.” One of hisjfeUoT Btudents.was;,tolling'»e, the other'day' that' ie'lhhd’e'arned the real affec­ tion of the oth erj students by his unassum-;, tog manner.. ' : ill . :'! . !


For njahy yea[he young Grand Duke was ,


nice fellow. Ver( few of us.even'ireiallsed thht on the deafid 0! hi3| father he-Wbuld assume


“but h “Wfi


that hi i chief !lil o her day


aw very littie of him," he explained,' alwayli struck us. as pn extremely


the position of ] Czar.’ He always told us * ’-■x -T-i-* -aterests were In; economics." iNA'nON-''TBE|ES/[/:'!■'; 1 / to iny: astonishment'ithe [that at the limp of the. Cor*,'


onatlonl there were | over ; 10,01(01 schemes for. plantta; commemoration trees put Into action,. .The.bit ^dst. tohemeri wpre! theiplant- ing of: '1,100! trees on iAshmore tt)wns..ta Wiltshl‘e and the planting of beeches to' form a Royal C rown In Sco ;land.


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Plantta; Gommttee;are wo 'ktag on a-record which vlll be'presented to the; King before he leav3s for Ctouda. ■This:scheme has riot mly been carrildl'Cgit to Englajid but to alT oarts of the-.wcrld,' In America President Rooseivelt has i laijfed a nuipbei!.' of'"trees Iri his I private g:iounds on 'the Jiaiiks of ,the Hudson River. If ? to) New 1 - South “ Wales, ■[ustraua,-over 25,000-were pltoted,'^ 1 alri


At !,i resent : pembefs 0:! the Coronation'


Conlmlxtel hope! to-reveal that mariy piUllons have b|en planed to all parts of the world.


ildi tt at! when I the,' full count i is; taken the


. Apar from the sentimental value of the scheme IsIwlU p toye a boon,to'-Englarid whose timber supplies; are causing some .anxiety to forestn experts


; X' !'' / i - - i LONDOV ON THE. QUIET


tacreasng num'iers. At tea-tlmie at the Dor­ chester Hotel .i the other, day11 listened' to, voices speakirij l at'least! sev?n' languages. Notice: bid amofet the.;throng y/ere tlm Arab, delegates'atteninig the Palestine Conference, theirj aicturesqde .robes a edntrast to the quieter garmente of the Europeans.


SPRING-LIHB .weather has been bringing .


many times, vrds telling me ithat he finds tondoi. at its i te t toithe early months of the ye!r. . ' | ii ' '. i :


;An American; who has vlsltra this county/


■myliri^ London when she,Is; not tdressed, up to deceive visitors’ is even more charming tha'nivhen she is op the,qul;VlYe for guests.’’


tages of the Seton and'few of the disadvan­ tages. When.I’ve been here before to the summet there laris not been.tinjie to breathe, Now I can go iand see my friends, visit the couhtr’ -or ereoy -myself -to-Town without findtof everything packed,’’ he told me. “ To


;"Conlng over now one gets all the advan­ j


before spend!


circlin r round bye-stisets aroi


/oNdon choked accordtal sornetlm


hope Dljfindiri


PjROBL MS OF PARKING. N


is becoming more and , more with motor-cars than ever ^ !to clubmen who' tell me th ^


-l ' . ’ ■ ■ I i ' '■


he squares of London and the “‘‘d the West Enid to the vata 'a corner to which to park


I as much as twenty-minutes i risltors frond abroad to this country .to.


rjpHE Grand Uke Vladlmlr.lprfeto^^^ iQ« fV»iv\«o" io'.iiu'Alw TA rSoxr o


go Into llinCh. s.;_»_ .


of so while they . 1 1 *.;


thirty, and one-thirty to park to the foUowiiig-!i! places, all of which were crammed toicapac-:!: Ity : ■ Carltoh.House .Terrac?,'Waterlbdl Plate,: j St:, James's,Bq'uare; iand Pall ’MdU)back ' i' streets). ■'. !


, I it£sted,|thls .out for myself to-dhy tuid i tried In vain, between the hours of twelve-'!


'' .!' ' :' |! . ' !/■!:!!


Lane.! But; no Tuck. ’ Finally, after j trynlgi !■ : the side streets of Oxford JStreet.i-behtod:'’ I BetkelfeySqliare arid to 8hepherds.;Mrirkefi : : ’


a After this I drove North and tried, to,fiiidi.'


gave )t UR and-parked in a; garage,':iijTotr'' cpst/-at least'. a' shilling .In'; petrol imvi; round,' ariothef two-and-slx: f6rvgaragin|;! future!I shall leave my car at”home apd t | the humble ’bus, tube, ortrnta.-;-:; ■/:


) THE EDI"™ ‘.nrir /'v' '-TIE.' )■


young (bloods are- wearing multi-coloured’ tij to the morning before siesta. When thri be) of the day comes. Instead of taking the tl off and laying |hem aside) as Is usuallw don the' tlris’ hre eateh—for they are made of [a


YOU can eat your tle|! This Is the lati ! In fashions fjrbm Lima, In Peru; whet


kind of meat wafer,. very dellpatabJo,alto nd| g r e a s y . / / f; ,


it:;'- / f. i/![;'! -I ,.


which the ties, are made Is a,sort of dried pemesan and It Is so treated that It will take' dlffereht , typris;. o f , colour. matter for ! :patternlnfcl/X;/‘ x.x-.’-x/


■ : i hehrd this'the other rilght'from'a young I Peruvian Soclety'glrl with whom I.wris darip- ; tog in the Dorchester.ballroom. The meat of


; !■' ! [ - ' / ]■ i jPLAVmG AT TRAINS


arid bn rbof-toiis;'elaborate model railway . tracks are being laid out. .Most popular are the mlnature railways, kn'own to fans as 06 gauge,, which hm, by electrlqily.These are. so mall i that' a complete shunting set lean' be ' lUt up on a!dining-room table.. .


M


electric.ligbtmg system,,but the real experts, :. who crin afford greater space foir their hobby, haye ;fully equipped mtaature engine? drived by steam. -I' .' ' ' •


Sets: like Ihls' cari .be run off the ordinary ' ; ;| ,!) x


friend of mine, living outside London. It ' entirely controlled fronj his garage and: roiuid the' 'ri'hole df Ms garden, over iri:__ lure bridges, through ittmnels, and'over. lev^ ; crossings. 'He originally,,started. It as ? toy ’


One of. the finest I, have seen belongs to a :


for his children-but eventually; became so engrossed to. the technicalities of railway ' problems that'he aria his raU-mtoded; friends i ratoer le%vd Urn ebUdren out ta -the/cold, /! '


•


/ ^ / | ’ aiM ilndng-Ascher are back fromi / America, and are announclng.thelr plans'' for this year. Freldihan, Columbia film Czar, declares that his budget will I hit ithe ’five million dollar mark on to - ! crease alone, and hinted th a t ' Frank Capra Is !;about to' .direct Columbia’s latest. Alexander Korda ris .usual Is evasively ebullient: Ascher, far and away' the best 'producer in this country, an- ; nounced 0 further font productions In. the near future—no titles—no names, no pack drill—said " Q 'planes," ' privately sneak-viewed! In Hollywood, impressed talent scouts,] snooping executives. ! :!-; '.'


■ PLAnH ’OF the - f ilm ' kings. . //, A LEXANDER KCpDA/ Joe, Freldman, ]


JACK LONDONER, 4.i f *


odel t^ways are Society's latest ! craze. i :Iri drawing rooms,!gardens '.


" temporary, home In the' purlieus bit Pqrlc ! !!i ; , ; ; , ,


the soil Is not supplied with the Invigor­ ating “ humus ’’—old, decayed vegetable or animal matter. Humus] stimulates the nltrate-iriaking bacteria'[in the sbU. Nitrate ;(hltr6gen or ammonia) is the filiage-niaklng food.


! If the refuse Is indlscrhnlriately burned ; , ; ! ■ „ ■


. gives I ™ t . enough snppo:t. ' *'! ,.long cl)iiint y walk • , . , • than'ja' aiy’sjshopping. If yljur 'feet 'feel tender and hot and yonr. anklej are aching, get twa waoiu. ui vyawr^.uuu


. a


, rest i^ith them up for ha f an hour'and fatigue.


ri v ftia ‘


other.'wath cold.water,.aid put yonr'fept h each alternately. Then, dry them gently' and pat _ , little!eau. ds .Qolcfce luto the aUkles. Then


ba&s .of wSterJifill.one with hot and the ul_ yo:i will have forgotten your You Can ] lie iLovely in Winter


is to put on enough clotl es old-fashioned or be. nfraic * effect;, Modern nndiea in


thicker than summer, scar ties and so wtjrm and cosy, 'It your body is really warm it’ ii hands;'in good condition hands;: Always put a 'lo


r. V’.' ““O'"


thafc^ thfey will Bpoil the stream-line 80 i ti|tUii,uuu ^oiB ,^ut tney are naraiy


^ and fipe tpa h 6 h dl


' winter, for otherwise it• wI - , ■ k good skin food at night. : nd1 pa o


A red; nose may be cAused by a faulty! l


cold.weather it means th:t they'are ni A. little’almond oil mass£ ged'into the ;b, night rwill get them into 1 lettiir [condition, also improve your hair i' ‘i-l-i-'-


of camphor it helps.


atiohj' If yon bathe yo*^" — 7.I ’ ■ ' a .


oir nose; withj jcold water and spirits yonr inails crack, anid break' eaaU’


r -k T — .


looks linip aiid lacks Instje,‘ . Carry a ilitllq tuDo of lip salve about! wifi you, and smeir some’.bn j<bnr hps:if they feel at


WIV4 jwiiuji uu. An oil massage will ’-


. , - - — -i® tholspalp iaiyery diy’and'the hair


-pCiently nourished. ie| ortho nails every


just mother them in a jood'icream at' night. If Vou ate fair with [rather a thin,, dry skinj you mhst. ije carefnl of it in ;Us


use !oi'diriarily ias'a fo'un lattiion!on during, the [day.; Even ;if you are nit going to use ppvder/juSe the'


pat on a jn'eavier cream than you! as a protection,


ie cream ha


ion or poor ciren- ^Uy in


easi,^r .to keep your .complexion and Yb]U must]/lake pains •'with your /ion [on jwhen iyou have washed, and


ill ■-* — get rough a^d blotchy. - iff®® “■; jh'e


and ybur hands bluo arid mottled. The Jf ^im remedy, of course, pbii’t despiaj) woollen undies as


^urjrid


Md, yonr eyes watery, "


u


I weather certainly □ not; very-eticburaging to yflat looks.! A. coI|l windrsedms |to fllriverlone up,! arid! it is hardly, tforth while [trying to look nice i yonr nbse gets mo


C0I5wuiv* tvcui/uoi


chiiblaii^, the dread-of-^veryolio whose hands and feet get cold easily? Never, Jet them, get really cold. Cabman’s hug iff an effective exercise for cold hands and skipping for cold feet. It is better to stimulate circulation by plunging the hands first into hot ond then into cold water rather than warm them at a fire, which jonly encourages ohilblains* j ,


^i-n you will ^yotd painful cracks. Then what about Fronj Toddler to i Sch6olbo)r


beginning of mdejiendeniie at school- are 'important ones. In them the_ cmld begins to [learn' ini good! earnest, and the: parent' has the best repportnnitiea for starting him off! well,: especially'


regard to hia hnrighr, but the child of five or six may develop very poeitive and inconvenient likes and dislikes. These must'


chddren should, have the best,•ihberculip-tested milk attains B s t a n d a r d of purity,- for it’ Ceiies, from'cowsiwhich


th® pure natural milk, untreated in any way., - Givdt the child plenty of food which needs chewing ijfell. Hard-baked 'cruste are good, applet,’also, jind : crisp ,'salads. ‘


®i test every three month's, and is . 1


should ^ plain,'[hut apjjetising. ’ The standard of milk has ® i


prevented from becoming habits. Food %hin the .last few. yeafs,: andiyonr


genuine dislike should be food except with' The year? between thejalinost helplees toU&er stage and ,the'


is fat leas! tiring m n


. A nij,iri;hir.a CftCM M.'! prolea your skin and ths daily ddtsn vsiW help you to resist toinler ills.


,■' ,


bendi^ It as’ much as jou otin ;from [the 'anJde. Don’t wear shoes.' without uny jieel, even ioir,'ap|)rfs or: the lonso;' Yon can Mt both : shoes iand slippers now w itn a small heel b rilt^in! s i to speak j which


five minutes, loijfering tqe u


Then sit down I nd dC^ibe bilcle/with each foot in torn, Wejk np and down the room bn tiptbe for


- T—— > r.x"—w '-I'* heel and raiiin ; it at every step.’ Then wrn your feet ip and w. ;lk on! the oatelde|edge along a single floor- '


mei^ien blistera/are due td';b^y-fitting shoes and will disappear. When you .get reatlyicomfor^le ones. If, however, !your foot aches, or you feel a'sharp pain aeross the sole ^when. yet tread, .yon ought'to sec a doctor or, a foot specialist I ou wiU prob^ly be tbl I that yon haV^ nM feet or that the arches have fallen. Yon will be given exerciies, gnd tnayl have to use a snpport inode your sh'ots.


com,' M ingro ring ^toail, pt flat feet. ' Corns ojid callouses, not to many people wk never riand'or halt at ease,may,,bo guessed from the A GO roH OD 1'!',


I r i i l R E f l - ' - ' - " -----------


................a r - : ■ TENTS.


----- --— for'Summer and holidays. Whether or not) you will camping out, you know'.there will be; tents up and down our lar d,fjtenta ofieveryislze and shape, from;tie little square tent I sheltering a couple of: cyc|lfets!tq the fine bell tents


W "1pprlng then hurrah


and t.l le , greja S marquees i erected for flower showsf Boy Scouts and Girl Guides boys and girls from! the schools, all a n . pitching !th»lr terits In green pasturis, beside still waters; and on the seashoie. i '


H Is easy to I see that the day of the tent Is lot yeti'done. It had been a long


1 :| | '!'


day, arjd no o|rre knows-when It da'wned, though we read Iri thq Bible- that Adah was th? fatherjof such.as dwell In tents, Wiel may be sui;e that.evefyi’tent We see today’ls linked with tents that have


sheltered men for thousands |of years. The lllrmes of Nomids.


trail ai d by soldiers on the march, tents have long be ;n the homes: of - nomads whose Ives hive been too unsettled for them jtd build [nemseWes an hbldlng city, ' We think at’ 0 ace' df the Arabs who wan­ der about the desefts, pitching their tents whenever theri Is ipasture,- and striking camp again lo soon that their custom has been Imn ojrtallsed by Longfellow In the familiar vesrsej.


Now chiefly I jusedi by: hunters on the. i : i ’ ........,


And th[ night |haU be flUediwlth music. And’the 'caijes that infest the day


Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And p sUeiifly steal awayj


Gorgeous t.ebtsiihade aisplendld show


at the Field[I'ofI ithe Cloth of .Goldj Richard, the IFlrst. pitchedj his, tent in Palestlhe : when l lie .hoped- to take' ^erusaljemt from the Turks. Mountaineers Who, like Mjallpry land Irvine,’ 'have attempted to i conquer Mount Everest, have [lepended on tents for ' shelter. Wherever expltjrers have plorieered'a way to the! North [lor I South Pole they have taken tents with!them, andiib was In a tent that! Captain'Scott-wrote his last jettersJ j 1 h


| I The [Men I of the Bible.


Noah lived, Ip a'tent, Abraham pitched his tent iha'vlngi'[Bethel o n ' the west.


'


ithe lengthening. of the days, will soon be upon us. .And


Lot pitched his 'tent towards" Sodom.' Jacob ! was a plain man,. dwelling to tents. , The Psalmist declares he would rather, be a doorkeeper to the house of : , his Qqd than dwell In the tents' of wickedness: and Isaiah speaki of the : heavens as being, like a curtain, or as a ’ tent to dwell to.


' ' ' i • The poets of more modem times have


had much to say of tents. John Green- i leaf Whittier speaks of the grave as The low green tent


. Whose curtain never outward swings;


"- !


and Francis Thompson, writing of angels, ’ says;


They have struck Heaven’s tent, : -' - And gone to cover you;


Whereso.you keep your state ! Heaven Is pitched ovet you.'


: ' (!


self, a tent maker; and ever since, the te n t , has been the,symbol of the march; and lb was -with ,this thought to mind th a t " James Montgomery: v?rote the- well- known verse: " i


: il Here In the body pent, ’ : .:


Yet nightly, pitch my mhvtog tent i A daSy's march neaiier home; : ' v


Absent from Him I roam; I


. -T a garden at Wick were continually ’ quarrelling but onq day lately they for-*' '


'THE CAT AND THE CROW, i ' fTHE Scottish crows In the treetops to


got thelil’),disputes ' ’ahd' showed I a : surprising unity.


; l : - A black: cat had caught one Of the j


crows, , and’the victim made loud! prj) tests, so' tha t a f ' once there was I a ! chorus Of indignant squawking from the trees. ’ ’Then®In mass formation ;a fleck of'Crows sWdbped’to the ground.: :


: ‘The ■'cat lwas steiling.off with its pr ly, 3 ■ ■


but the croWs formed ^ 'noisy circle rouid' It and It could not pass. ‘ They were so Menacing that the cat dropped the crqw, which flew off, safe. '.........


! . i'.'- '■ j , , : ; ' .'.-r-J .


'THE CRAB. ! ' )■


,: All to his favour I wllfsay' x I ’ •'. Is: that he’s nice to ’SMad,


.! ■ i; ''/ :! '! :


Of him who bites my toe to pools j i ; I will not sing a ballad,':


) I' ' j ■; j , ■


! '!,!


l M : j 'I: i :


F) c, 'i:; / ■':' ! ! i ' Long before the days of St,: Paul, hlm^ ':


'’lx I


i e f ' 11 r-i ■;


:r a n d


t i m e s . F r i d a y , TITT-


.1 i /ii.l.t.'.f M A R C H 3 , 1 9 3 9 . ■ ' I 'I 1 1 ' - i '. (E L E V E N ) ’ ll ■ ■ ■_. ji ;


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