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iillJ Cizarlie {Vlclflit with tiic.r parents (oi U-ltllly w; t.:k.iil,' a noliday from his (tu.;i.. it was an excit- ing lirnielit wn ii Dnd icud out a c oUilll. nskilig tiiciii

John il.lili: llIili lii

were l

"Does it hurt much wncn you fall

, on the ice?‘ asked Charlie nervous- . ly.

"Rather!" teased Ted, mischiev-

ously. "You go cr..ck on the bacli of your heau and sec stars. A

We all like to have our fortune told at Christmas time. Althou h we may look upon it lull l! Y tun. it is always interesting to hear what the future has in store for us. and the guest who can tell for- tunes is likely to be the mast popu- lar person at the party-

But although it is thrilling to have your turtulie told in email. Wfilillli; your turii is apt. to become tcolous, especially where there are

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ii his farm in Dev- s.ers lire about the gc its your-H, hizd tiie girl is ad a spelt as her ozotiicr." he \\ik.ti‘ , ‘Li’. du let u. gal," ti.e children lucked their boxos nit! at Ehlllbie ..iil; with Mavis

iii. Soon they

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_ s and bacon, l-liwm plzui cake. and a dish of were all scat-ed round t; the pond fare. tnl»

k. would come lii-yenrs-old

box so hard that he was never any ,g:od for lessons utlcr that." , Charlie did not lkc the sound oi tins, but he would not show his . tear. _ , iwxt moi-ling the [our set ofl ior . the Manor Pond. .t did look pretty

g iicw a.l covered with sparkling lcc. I , The skaters were graceiully gliding -

' to and fro. and the vllage bcys and i girls making slides in u corner. i "We iiiust learn at once" cried

Jcrxi and Charlie, dancing with i eagerness.

“All in Lroud time." said the keep. vi‘. V-‘iw hiiliied them to put on tliezr skates. "Now bc careful you don't l Ko-bflyctld that whit: board marked

‘Dangerous.’ There's a hast. deep hole under there,’ he wame them. "The children promised. and step- illed on the ice. Jean and Charlie hailema on to Mavis and Ted. Thev felt rather siily and awkward staggering and slipping on skates, while their cousins tried to teach - them amid rears of laughter. Joan jquickiyAleai-nt to balance herself and strike cut, and was soon able i to skate alone. i "She'll do all rirzht." said Ted. ‘proud oi his pupil. “Jean doesn't ‘millii a fall or two. But Charlie. §.\‘0u’ll never skate unless you let tyourself go. What's that round your head?" “My muffler. I tied it round to soften my falls.

oettei- plan ior the party

rte reutcmro ==

you in have tbroe

meanings. A dart in any of

the named spaces, good progress.

hlllpineas

of life. Either side of a epg°g_ chooses and new schemes in that part of your life. but ultimately for the good. "Next door but one" to a

who wants to keep everyone hBPPy int once is to have some fortune- ; .ciling games in which everyone can 'liu.c u g0." Herc are sctne ideas for fortune- ' telling which are sure to go down well at your next part. You can . play them all with things you are, sure to have about the ll0li5€. and. . the methods are so simple that you i - can pick them up in tive mlnutes.| i Keeping Company i Would you like to know wiiat friends you arc going to make in H940? Qnen take from a pack of i playing cards all the court cards- what ls. the lice. kins queen and ,‘ knave of ecah suit. l8 cards in all. | Remove from the pack of i6 the .C1‘ll’d representing yourself or the “subject" whose fortune you are telling, choosing it as follows:

King of Hearts represents a young. fair man, King of Diamonds: an older. fair (or grey-haired) man. - King of Clubs a young. dark man. King of Spades an older. dark man. > Queen of Hearts deprcsents a young l fair woman. Queen of Diamonds an ' older, fair (or grey-haired) woman, Queen of Club: a young, dark wo- man. Queen oi’ Spades an oideizs

t dark wctiirln.

specc _dlfficulties and hindrances.‘ \.hich W" make or mar your future aficordlng to the way you deal with t

A dart in the centre is specially lucky. pi iniising a good year al

snot-bot

h! plaoed- you can determine the "aub- lecta foi-tune from the followin,

and succes in that particular upect.‘

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‘ "eftc" With your work. poii=iblv im-

I dont want to crack iiiv brains like that boy in _ your school." said Charlie, blush- .:ng. l Ted shouted with laughter .that. and even kind little Mavis ‘ said. "We thought Indian boys were lri-vrrtrs so plucky living among snakes and tigers.“ ‘ 59 Chflrlle determined to try again harder. He started off more cautiously with Ted. and managed ‘to cross the pond alone and come i bath to where he had started. "That's better," said his cousin.

face . wards. frnm the remaining ones. add, I the “subjr-ct" to these. shuffle, and

I Draw three cards, down

roar ‘. To score a “double" means a “double dose" of whatever the, I turn up. By notlnz the details be-g ggaogrfljlrgffaacfidmsfiififisffywgagm; ‘m’ -"'°“ m“ mwtf“ m” °°m““"Yl' rcbie.’ A dart in the outer riin

‘you will keep in he coming yearn; o; ‘he beard shvws a "m," nmb thcr nor" year to come, with few

changes and slow but steady pro-

igress. The position of the three |d..rts shown in Fig. 2 may be translated in the following terms This will be ..n exceptionally good year financially. with a promise of either new home or an enjoy-

lotlior- bold them i"? fihiifi“ e

fioor- You will probe

they have fallen in one mull mugroupgmziéh a few

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Remove all the and if there is more than one g: remove all but the largest. “n.

douri or so. ‘The is unimportant. u”

As you will readily bee, interesting fact; can be from the colours and position of

financial . several green ,0"!!! Hillivt that you are "going places." and so on.

A verv lrremilar zroun stwuest; a veer full of unexpected hlpngn- iIlBlZ where some kind of pattern i1 formed. your life will go accord- in" to plan.

‘Two cxvnplen aro elven in rig. 4 The first. =ticws good business pro- spccbs. with some tourney: so“.

l elmected ones. Take care not, tn let ‘his vrork and travel upset vour "time We fro much (not; the one "heme" split beneath pl] (h. new. "st The sv-nnri indicates w peace- ful year with home evidence. ___.__________.

CHRISTMAS GREENS

For a great number o.’ people l house not decorated with Christ-l

1 mas greens would be ilull indeed.-

0r.e expert has pointed cut, though. .‘ that there need be no fear that there ever will be n shortage of; the greens peculiar to the various sections of this nation ii DNPGII taken in collecting the

is today, wanton de. struetion in the collection of the Yuletide decorations, so thought- fully placed ior our use by Mother "Mute. has broiliht about a dan- ger that we might not have some of the greens we are so accustom-

care is

lllixwilrtwontyeillc well to- woen your height-I. and ti! to find that _ or more | ' isolated isolated ones,

leaves one group of spills. (mm-m.

many. forecut the spills in the group. A largo pm. oortion of yellow ones suggest good

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HERE IS A FESTIVE

his mufflcr round his head

ihmi

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bii_..ctt-i', While Joan

e f: t rather excited at

real ii-c and snow which lily ream] of in books.

sharing a rociii with

tiiorniiig when she

.tlll was very dark nii

Willi

"it'll i-oliie ‘UUllCl' " il"

ct fall. fine fiiii these

Their Ziiilli. polite in and found Jinn 5i.lii staring at; the unfamiliar

'i'y"ii_n and itci. drtsccd," Sflid Fun. "ire _bo_.s all: down iid Tcti L\ c caning the io-

t breakfast Ted and Mavis tool: th- cousins i0 n 999i) swPmg field. where they had great fun siding t'.'.‘.\'i“l and stimciiiner. upset- 1‘ ' [110 snow. But delicate ( "lie found it ivas lather hard wLi}; pitting the toboggans up tho hill 32PM].

Ted hint vis were amused to sec i';~'.- su 1e of their cousins fr: India . they ,. the ire. "s of hHiTS, rabbits and small beasts, all neatly printed on Ill!’ snow.

‘ ow bit! a tigers Pill; ‘will? lrt; " crLcci Joan. But it wasnl all flin for the children from India. for tltc cold nipped their Imam and to»; and tweaked their noses. Ciicirhc w 'ii‘i sorry when the big farmhouse bfli called them homo to CilliliCi‘. _

T€.i anti Mavis teased their cous- ins who thought everything so new hiitl strange. But Aunt Fan said: “Wouldn't you i"0k silly Ted, if you wire Sli(id(‘lllv so: down in

iiiiti couldn't speak the laii-

..'.l‘ first Sialitiilv ir. the New Yi"il‘li1f‘y . it in ciiurch. anti Jtmli nivi (Jlvrlic WU‘? dc ghted to sec reel holy be""ri~o i .. the li‘i‘"ti!: Th“ id ii srrzroh on courage whim p cased Charlie for he did want to i)!‘ brave.

’I‘li.'lt evciiintt Ted said: " (','tl'lC'I you will sec

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. ill-Ti. f hear the liiziiinr lziii-rl l~ to lic thrown (‘.|J(‘l‘l tn-mnrrmv when the ice is safe to be, r."

This was exciting new-s.

“flit-re arr s.vcral mid Dilirs of skates in the crplzotird.’ said Aunt Fan. "You children had better clcnn them. Ted. you must teach your ccusins to skate lilonerly. l don't want them to tilmblc about. ton much and fltt hurt."

“We'll lonk afttr them. Mrm," prnnilscd Mavis. "They'll soon lcnrli and then we can play hockey on the ice."

Now ‘

‘r i-iii: to wait."-

‘“Now watch our Mavis-she is the best girl skater liercabouts."

The little figure iii red begnn to Skim liahtly to and fro, cutting figures. making cire"s. People fiwlltlcrl to admire licr. Growing flushed and excited. Mavis skim.

dried fflrthcr and farther round the‘ great pond. ‘Ihcn not needing the‘ ' iBYy of the keeper. she shut past the

l danger mark.

i _Tiierc was a crack of ice, a

-pi':rcilig shriek, and Mavis disap.

{geared beneath a licl: in the ice. resently she was seen clinging

1oeril0tt§li' to the edge, Calling (or

‘ help

_ to her. but ach ‘time it fell short.

"Its ‘no gout-l can‘! get near Blwuilh’ hi! filled. "The ice won't bear e. mans weight-mar yet a big 1133's. is there any lightweight youngster who will fry to save her?"

Ted and Joan were hurrying to- wards them, but the Keeper waved tliccrln back. "Youre too heavy" he si-i .

‘Then Charlie stcpped fol-ward It'll pale face and beating heart. ‘Do let me try. I'm very light" ‘he said earnestly". ' l "All right, my lad, have a try",

Said the keeper. as he Gave the boy ticilc ropc with the lfcbucy attach. ("I . i Everyone held their breath while ‘the Small fiilllfc crept cver the 1c»,- iiiich by inch, slipping back and inning.

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! "Now throw," shsuted the keeper twhcii Cliarkc got nciir enough.

Charlie stsiidicti himself and threw with all his strength, Th: lifcbucy felt Just within reach oi gMili/LS. She grasped it with one hand. then W411 bath. rler strenktll was failing, the rescue was only just in time. Gently she was drawn over the thin ice to the safety of the bank.

Charlie heard loud shouts of "Hooray! Brave lad!" But he did not stay to be thanked. l-taetiiy taking off his skates he ran back to the farm by a short cut.

The house was all astir, making ready to put Mavis to bed with a hot drink and blankets.

Charlie crept up to his bedroom. feeling glad that nobody noticed him much. H: hoped perhaps they would not cal liim coward again, but he had becii afraid to crawl upon that cracking ice. He wondered what Ted would say next time they met, and hoped he'd say nothlnll at all.

Ted had toid lilt‘ family all about the rescue. Uncle John patted him on the shoulder and said: "My lad wc can never thank you eiiou h for saving our Mavis. it's the hlhest. form of courage doinB brave deeds when y0ll are secretly afraid."

Aunt Fan agned, and they Ill made much of him.

Charlie felt that it was prayer that had helped him to come for- waiwl and save his little cousin. In his heart, h: thwnkrd God for send- ing him the cournEe he had asked

for. (Tl-ii: END.)

nil! kefilcr ran MODE the bank‘ jiryiiilz to throw ,1 rope.

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Kings and Queens have the meaning already given. In addition, Kings frequently suggest people of authority or superior social ltand- ing. All Knaves indicate a slight Hspot of bother." Black Knavcs land also black Queens) suggestg 205st? or slander: Nd Knavesshow flirtatious, or people in uniform (perhaps a policeman stopping your car, or a postman bringing your

ome-tax formil.

Ace of Diamonds means money. Ace of Hearts love and affection- Ace of Clubs work and progress. Ace of Spades slight obstacles or else a change of circumstances

Two examples are shown in Fig. l. from which you will soon learn ‘o forecast an interesting fortune- tn each case a cross indicates the "subject." Miss Blonde, for instance, i lii ely to have a fllrtation- or per- haps a dilrk woman causing gossip about her. but the Acc of Hearts shows that she will find the right wan before long. l-ler dark-haired _ brother or boy friend. however, as shown in the second example. is all set for a good year in the world of business. Money and promotion is tirctnlsed by the two aces. while the King of Spades suggests an in- fluc" Li. friend who Will help to I cafe this happy state of affairs.

Dart Board‘ Fortunes

Ezny home has a dart-board nrvwadflyS, and when you arow tired of the ordinary way of plavins. try ' rturie-telllng instead. For this. take m) nnvice of the numbers. hut ict the four main divisions on the bcarri indicate four aspects of life. as shown in rig 2. respectively moiicv. licme. work and travel. if mu gpnriOi, remrmber those four. wr"e them on slips of paper. and fix to the board with drawinK- pins.

' hoard your luck is forecast accord-

able holiday which opens new pros- pects. Your work and friends re- main much the same. bringing hap- piness and quiet contentmen -

Spin A Ctl-i

i0. There is a danger til-it the Am- erican holly. in southern Atlantic coast states. and the laurel plants of the mountainous country of the t. will both face extermination iunlesa some organized tnethod of harvesting is brought about.

Thra- othei- Christmas decora-

UVQ Pints that are rapidly dis- BPPEIHI: because of new. and in- creasec- demand, are the winter. Nffl’. the ground pine. and the bittersweet. To a lerfle extent these plant: can be Saved if the nut-ion turn: to the use of evergreen boughs, such as cedar pine, hemlock "ind spruce. For a touch of color. nrmiclnl red berries could well be used.

Th4! "WV 0i our over commerc- ialization is always connected with "19 “Cllfflilfld 0f the dissipation of our native plant life without rellrd to future stock. some form of Protective law has to be put into effect to protect the quickly dia-

You need n chess or draught: ' ~urd for this game and a number 4 sim‘lar coins- ohe for each per- son. The coin will depend on the size of your squares. lt should be fairly large in proportion to the snuare; Slmiifll‘ tc the proportions shown in Fig 3

Ereyone some a coin, choosing -' "event parts of the board, when all the coins are at nest ch the

inc to the newt-ions exr-“in-d icw. and nlen shown in Fig 3 A-fii centre cf snuarc -iicme life and lovi- affairs go smoothly. M"ke few changes this vear. B.-!rregii1ariv placed within square -_-= new home or all addition in the fat-nil". frok for hen-vines: lllboaiing greenery. Restriction or this ye" within your lmme circle. Pmhlbition in certain areas seems C.-—T0"f3lli'\'! one line -unev- l0 b9 the 60min! necessity to save nccted happenings -slioht pro- them- motion if in twin-r: =mall financial irmroverwnnt. i? qt, hung D ~Centr9liv F"l"‘.\'§ one line-

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Ofllln of Yule Gifts

The iving of gifts L» the m... at Chr tmas time originated with the belief that the Christ child

HARD SAUCE ro co I _ Wwnlluvuls puocma

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Even the tasty hard sauce now comes to the table in a gala dress For instance here are these holiday hard sauce plnwheeis to serve witi" your favorite steamed pudding.

lhrd Sauce Pinwheels

1-4 cup butter. i cup sifted corifectioners sugar 1-4 teaspoon grated lemon rind 1-2 tablespoon cream

2 teaspoons orange Juice

1-2 tnaspoon grated orange rind Orange food coloring

Cream butter until soft and grad- uiilly beat in sugar. Divide mix- ture iii half and add cream and grated lemon rind to one portion and the orange Juice iiiid rind to the other portion. Add food coloring to orange flavored portion to tint

a delicate orange. spread lemon.

cloth and spread orange mixture-i 0V9)‘ it. R011 8S ior jelly roll and| place in refrigerator. When hard, cut in slices and serve with steamed puddings or mince pie.

Not Santa, but ‘ms-son’ Visits Danish Children

The Danish chlidien do not have a Santa Claus, but instead a 0mm. mas brownie. calkd "Nissan". a little old man with a long, gray bread who supposedly lives under the ground.

Tho chief features of a Danish Christmas dinner are roast goose, rice and apple fritters.

when the storks have left their nests in autumn, boatload; o1

sometimes came to the door u e beggar

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new friends or HIZENSH - new llouoy or lob-dc ready to seine any uilpvfbuln~y which Collies along. d.—'10|lCllll‘lg two lilies-you have to make decisions in the commg year —rrieiius or events are pa“. iiig you in two cutie-rent ways.

L". ~—'LU\lCnlllg two lines and a corner-you Will go place; gnu qq things this year-travel Ind exclu- nicnt is in store for you.

G- Clmirflfllly It Junction of four equates -thl.s is your lucky year- everything will go right ior you PWVWIBI you 100K before you leap. Yul] ar. sure to leap in the right Jlrectionl

Bpi-lle For Luck

Have a bundle of coloured spill: about the house, those that men use to light their pipes. If you haven't You can buy a bundle for a cflppol‘ or so. and they are Just the thingl for fortune-telung.

They are usully in four ¢010llIl— green. yellow. pink and purple. Tb each colour allot one of the aspect; of your life. as for the dart-board method. The best arrangement in - green for travel, yellow for lnone , ' pink foi home. and friends. purpo ' for work.

If your lpiils have a different. ' assortment of colour; from thou. stated here, you can eubstituw oth- '

cra to suit your purpose. prov

I-‘IG 8 Each person till-owe three darts

tui ll‘ spot or letting each dart take its chance. If a dart I00! 0" "l9

either altnlng definitely at a PBPU- |