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001C9824 ~&«ober 4, 19"9 THE WEST VAN NEWS PRESCRIPTIONS In a language eloquen. to thnse who can interpret them, old prescription files tell of many a crisis in the lives of the people of the community. from childhoorJ to old age, and they often bear silent testimony to devoted service in the hour of emergency by physician and pharmacist. W'hile the Prescription Drug- gist must often combine the duties of merchant and profes- sional man, his chief pride is in the work hc does back of his prescription counter, surrounded by medicinal agents gathered from all quarters of the globe to combat disease and promote the health of mankind. Phone iYest 323 Lesage Drug Store G. H. REID, hfanager Nevr Building--Corner Marine and 14th FAST DELIVERY No Order ls Too Small For the Sake of the Children A certain young woman who does all the teaching and a great deal of the mothering for forty children watched her charges file out ut the close of an afternoon session, and then laid her arms on her tiesk and her head on her arms and began to cry. The ne- cessity for her being a teacher and a mother having departed she indulged herself in her un- deniable right occasionally to be merely a woman. "Well, well, whut is the matter with you 7" asked the teacher from the next room, who had come in to return a borrowed book. The first teacher dried her eyes and laughed. "Oh, I am just getting rid of some of the emotions that I have been trying all day to bottle up for the sake Of the poor children. Yesterday I made a bad investment: I scolded little Amy Dryer and hurt her felings. This morning hfrs. Dryer came with Amy and gave the scolding back to me with interest at Gvo hundred and fifty per cent. Oh, but she was angry' wouldn't care if only ~ she harl come this afternoon, but such an interview at the begin- ning of the day upsets me so that I am not fit to teach. I feel as if the day had been wasted. I think perhaps I was a little hard on Amy, but I have had a headache all the week, and she is dreadfully trying at times." "I know just how you feel," the second teacher sympathised. "Even if mothers have no regard for our feelings, and think of us merely as teaching machines, you wouldn't think they would want to take us to pieces and get the apparatus all out of gear at the beginning of a day's work, would you? Mrs. Elkins is love- ly about such things. She has a temper, too, but no matter how sure she is that a teacher is in the wrong she always waits until she is perfectly calm, and then she comes and says in the most friendly wuy: 'Margaret savs so aiid so, and I thought that I had better come and find out from you just what the trouble is. Children, I know, don't always get things straight.'hat gives you u chance to explain and makes you feel like apologizingit'here is the least possibility of your having been mistake». Just for the sake of the children you would think mothers would want to do it, wouldn't you?" iYouldti't you? THE NElV GAS S j. A I ION't 14th and hfarine IS NOSY Ol'EN FOR BUSIN ESS 'I hf I'ER I AL" GAS and OILS The Very Hest Service. PERSONALS To Reeve and Councillors, West Vancouver Municipality, West Vancouver, B. C. Dear Sirs:-- Now that the winter season is close upon us with its customary long dark nights I feel I should be lacking in my duty in NOT bringing to your attention the conditions that prevail upon Dundarave Pier after darkness has set in. It is not my intention to detail everything I have witnessed on this Pier but the attitude of many of the young boys and girls who make this point their rendezvous is something that every right thinking parent is seriously concerned about. In making this complaint I am not accusing anyone, but it is my earnest desire to enquire if you and your Councillors could arrange to have Dundarave Pier closed to the public after dark during the winter months; ac- cess to same being available to local official authorities only. Failing this, could not same be well lighted from one end to the other? I am aware of the fact that a policeman occasionally visits the Pier and takes the names of children found smoking, but, THAT IS NOT SUFFICIENT. Grief and trouble are easily met with without holding out the temptation to these young people and it behooves the elder mem- bers of the Fraternity to prevent any damage. If you will give this matter your serious consideration and act upon this suggestion, I am sure you will receive the thanks oi many parents who at present are helpless in the matter. It has occurred to me that as there are so few places of re- creation in EVest Vancouver for the younger people during the winter months possibly Dundar- ave Hall might be utilized one cr two evenings in the week; a Social evening or a dance for the younger set, might be held, at a very small charge; almost anything to keep them off the streets and the Pier after dark. EVe all know they must have entertainment of some kind and I am sure there are many people in )Vest Vancouver who would be only too willing to lend a hand. Yours very truly, L. G. STEVENS (Mrs.) H. B. Stevens P.S.--I am sending a copy of this letter to the Local Press. A GOOD r w I I ~ s U hfr. and Mrs. George Clarke have returned to their home at 29th and hfathers after spending a holiday in the Pacific States, during which they went as far south as San Jose. ~ o The school of black fish which recently came into Burrard In- let were seen last week by a number of KVest Vancouver resi- dents. One passed quite close to a ferry, and another as it enter- ed the First Narrows was seen by some residents from the beach. ~ o ~ hfr. and hifrs. hforrish, who have been spending the summer at a house at 18th and hfarine Drive, have returned to Vancou- ver for the winter. o ~ o hfrs. Jack Roberts, who has been residing at 27th and Otta- wa, moved yesterday into a house at Fulton and hfarine Drive. o o o Mrs. lV. C. Thompson, 20th and Argyle, who has been sic!c is now making good progress to- wards recovery. o o o S. Gilman of the Imperial Oil and Gas Station at Ambleside, with Mrs. Gilman has moved into one of the suites in the Hay block at 14th and Marine Drive. T. MacGregor, 13th and Clyde, is spending his holidays in New westminster. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. hfackin- tosh of Burnaby, have taken the Borthwick cottage on West Beach. J. D. G. )Voollen is having a bungalow built on the property he recently purchased at Cypress Park. o o o Captain and Mrs. H. P. Skeet and family, 14th and Bellevue, moved on hfonday into the Le Mesurier house at 21st and Ful- ton, which they recently pur- chased. o J. Newberg of Toronto, is spending the holidays with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Freemantle, 11th and Jefferson. o Ed. Rathje, 13th and Gordon, returned last Friday from a holi- day at Lacombe, Alta. hfr. and hfrs. G. Herring who iecently purchased a house at 25th and hfathers took up resid- ence there this week after hav- ing extensive alterations made to the building. o o o hfrs. David hforgan and hIiss Eluned hforgan returned on Sun- day to their home at IYest Bay from a holiday at Saltaire, Van- couver Island. 0 0 0 hfrs. Gibson and daughter of Vancouver are guests at. the Clachan hotel. o o o hfr. and hIrs. H. Wilson and family, 10th and hfarine Drive, left on Tuesday for the Old Country, where they expect to reside in future. o 0 o hfr. and AIrs. A. J. Addy. 24th and Haywood, moved last Friday ilito the Vernon house at 22nd and Bellevue. o o o hfr. and AIrs. F. Johnston, 21st a»d Argyle, moved on AVednes- dtly to a house at Travers and hfarine Drive. o o o hIrs. Myles, 24th and Haywood has moved into the suite above the B. C. Electric store at 17th and hfarine Drive. o hfrs. G. Black of Victoria, is :i guest at the Clachan hotel. o o o hIiss Miller of Vancouver, moved on Monday into a cottage at 14th and Clyde. o o o Arthur Ridley of the Ridley Ice and Milk Co., left on Wed- nesday to spend a holiday at Powell River. The Pauline Johnson girls'aseballteam, playing on their own grounds, defeated the Holly- burn girls last Friday by a score cf 9 to7. e o 0 The public school cadets are starting their winter's activities next Monday at Inglewood school o o 0 A. L. McDonald, 24th and Hay- wood, has moved into Cramond's store at Sherman. o 0 H. W. Moore of Vancouver, has moved into a house at 23rd and Lawson. J. S. Ney of Vancouver, has moved into a house at 19th and waterfront. o o e hIr. and Mrs. Avory white and family, 29th and hfarine Drive, have moved to Vancouver. V. hIat thews of Vancouver, has moved into a house at 10th and Mathers. hfr. and Mrs. W. C. Noble have moved into a suite in the Mes- singer block, 16th and Marine Drive. IS A CO'NSTAi4T JOY. ~iZb Have the children taken regularly and so keep a record of their development Phone Seymour 1046 and make an appointment. THE StQ110 V. Vl.aSOY, Prop. 311 Hastings Street, AVest, Phone Seytnour 1046. TRY OUR NEW ')f io e W ieai: .OA.'ade by new process. Splendid corrective and High Food Value. PHOA E iVEST 2Z hnd our Delirery man will «all. STRATTON'S B RY A%i BLESIDE PHONE WEST 110 FOR Coal aad %Vood Prompt Delirery Jimmy Thomson' 'NSF Daily Trips to and from City. hforing Baggage a Specialty. BILLIARDS at CHETS'4th. near Ferry Lantfing.GARDENS and GARDENING surface, quite becoming, and Veronica repens, a small leaved compact little plant having tiny pale lavender flowers, are the two most satisfactory choices. Sedum album, Menthat Requieni, for moist and shady situations, Gypsophila repens. Herniaria glabra, Kennelworth Ii~, Lotus corniculatus, are also good. For the large bulbs such as Daffodils, Tulips, and Crown Im- perials, Aubretia, Arabis, Creep- ing Phloxes, Stachys lanata, Cer- astium, Veronica prostrata, Ar- enaris montana, Gypsophila rep- ens, all of them more or less of the creeping habit, will tend to bestow tenantry on what would otherwise be disheartering blank space. Other helpful ground coverers such as Nepeta hlissini, Corydalis, Primroses, Silenes, Violas, hfyosotis, Hardy Candy- tuft, Pinks, etc., maintain a good show of foliage throughout the summer, and bulbs may be set among them with good effect. Some of these are spring flower- ing and will bloom with the bulbs others flowering later will give us two displays of color and beauty on the same ground. By NINA G. HUIT, Landscape Architect Graduate ls LasJacaptss V. et C~ Aaertcaa School ot Las4scape Architecture as4CarJeaiagr haeh4f Nattasal Lasescape Service. The climate of the Pacific Coast is almost ideal for the growing of bulbs, and every gardener may have their cheery blossoms with very small effort and care. There are varieties in- numerable, with a price range agreeable to any pocketbook, so that there is really no reason for not having at least a few bulbs in every garden. Spring flowering bulbs may be set out a»y time from October until February with expectations of success, although better results will undoubtedly be obtained through fall planting than that undertaken during midwinter. The care and culture of these bulbs is extremely simple, ~as good drainage is their only un- alterable demand. This is easily cared for by placing a little sand under each bulb if the drainage is not always good. Bulbs should be set from five to six inches deep in the ground in a hole levelled to accept the bulb with- out allowing any air space be- iieath. Bone meal has proven to be exceptionally suitable as a fertilizer, and a small amount mixed in with the sand into which the bulb is set, is available when the roots start. It is possible to leave the bulbs in the garden from season to season for three or four years. but at the end of that time they should be removed from the soil and divided. Some gardeners hesitate to in- clude any quantity of spring bulbs because oftheir defection after they have flowered. After seeing Butcharts Gardens this summer, I am inclined to think this desertion could be capitaliz- ed by filling in with the many available annuals. However, all bulbs are tolerant to a ground covering or some shallow rooting trailer or tufted plant; many, such as Snowdrops and Scillas benefit by such provision, pro- tecting them as it does from the spatterings of mud on their deli- cate blossoms. Snowdrops, Cro- cus, Scillas,etc., planted in the grass are naturally protected, but when planted in the open borders they seldom complete their brief spun in unsullied beauty. To use above small bulbs, wool- ly-leaved Thyme (Thymus lanu- ginsus) which has a soft gray o hfr. and Mrs. S. Bracewell of Port Haney, have purchased a lot on Huywood Avenue, between 26th and &7th Streets, which they are now having cleared. Here we are again with the famous Newcastle Drumheller COAL Hobb Coal & Transfer (Bob Black) Phone IYest 17. NOTE--The writer rill coaster it ~ pleasure to aaswer quostioas coscersisg the Sanlea la this coluas. The Queattoss shwld 4 aNtesaod to the writer ia care ot the Biter. The aaawer will appear ia as early issue er It ~ petaoaal re)lip ts IlesirA a ~tel~ ~elt~eaae4 earalope sheuhl he eacloso4. Daily Trips to City. hloving, Expert Packers. COilPLAL'~t S ABOUT LIGHTS ON DU'NDARAV E PIER wc Eorrv~