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everything. people will say ‘We've- had this. And when a definite subject is deCided on. if it is adopted by organizations to which differâ€" ent members of the family belong. mother. father. young people and children Will have a common interest. will discuss it front their various angles and the impact will be greater. This year the special safety topic in Michigan is "Fire Prevention", and some of the people involved in it are the School Superintendent, the Fire Marshall. the local press. radio and television. it is important. Dr. Pfister said, to have a definite time to start a project and a definite time to complete it. Try to popularize the project: we need a better press to spread the idea that accidents are not “soc1ally_ac- ceptable." that it's smart to be safe. (Espectally important perhaps for teenage car driversllln Michigan the stress is laid on safety education for youth: their attitudes are still flexible and they are idealistic. Rescue Breathing Mr. M. A, McMartin. Red Cross Director of Water Safety. explained and demonstrated “mouth to mouth" or “rescue breathing“, a comparatively new method of artificial res- piration. “Breathing stops because oxygen is not getting to the brain.“ Mr. McMartin ex- plained. This may be caused by being deâ€" * * it THE TOYS By Coventry Patrnore My little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the seventh time disobey'd, I struck him. and dismiss‘d \Vith hard words and unkiss'd, â€" His Mother, who was patient. being dead. Then, fearing lest his grief should hinder sleep, I visited his bed, But found him slumbering deep. \V’ith darken'd eyelids, and their lashes yet From his late sobbing Wet. And I, with moan, Kissing away his tears. left others of my own; For, on a table drawn beside his head, He had put, within his reach, A box of counters and a redâ€"vein'd stone, A piece of glass abraded by the beach Ancl six or seven shells, A bottle with bluebells, And two French copper coins, ranged there with careful art. To comfort his sad heart. So when that night I pray‘d To God, I wept, and said: Ah, when at last we lie with tranced breath Not vexing Thee in death, ’ And thou remembetest of what toys \Ve made our ioys, How weekly understood, Thy great commanded good, glam, iflthirly not less an w om thou hast moulded fro v Thou_'lt leave Thy wrath. and say, m the day "1 will be sorry for their childisbness.” it t * s 30 prived of oxygen by being under Willt'r .. "drowning", by breathing smoke fumes in -[ burning building. by carbon dioxide getting Int: the lungs in :1 tractor accident or by ant-71mm else that shuts off the flow of oxygen {H m; lungs. Detailed instructions for rescue bienni- ing are given in a booklet “Save a Ljr’k." MIL able from The Red Cross Society. Oman} 01‘ Vision, 460 Jarvis St., Toronto. Mr. McMartin does not approve of . but a doctor inserting an airway into 1hL as there is danger of injuring the Von. Rural Electrification Problems "Many of us are trying to get 1-. Wm thirty-year-old electric wiring." said M l' Webber of the Hydro-Electric Powci mission. “while we wouldn't think in l \Ilnc "liilil hm llllll will- ‘xini thirty-year-old cars. Also. electric wiring "its be done by an electrician experienced the farm use of electricity. He is really .‘ wit expert." ' He warned against the dangers of ii‘ iii ingâ€"most farm homes wired some yt no were wired to service a few lights and uh ing machine, not the equipment in us kn: And the danger in working or playinj tier overhead conductors â€"â€" on one occ;i- he had seen a boy on a load of hay use ith» fork to lift a wire so the load of hii uld pass under it! At each safety conferc \\6 have been warned about the unsafe i Iii. tion of heat lamps in a barn but we ~ .ike risks. A heat lamp. Mr. Webber said vild be installed in a socket directly abOve nth an extra cord to support the weight the lamp. Extension cords “should be hiiii i as though our lives depended on it." , ‘i'lC fences should be inspected periodical \lr Webber recommended that farmers in their hydro man. their agricultural rep nine tive and their agricultural engineer. \u down with them to plan their electric .Iln- tions and wiring for safety. Rural Fire Hazards “Rural people have more to fear fir lire than city people have.” said the Guel; i-iie Marshall. Mr. Fred C. Anderson. “Til Lite farther from a fire department. they 'iim have a sufficient water supply to fight Ari-‘5 fire, and in the hay and straw around am there is highly combustible material." Some of Mr. Anderson‘s recommem ith were: Have buildings far enough apart ill“ a fire in one can be kept from another in? an emergency water supplyâ€"a farm r ll I5 one of the best; the next best is a i'c- M‘If containing at least 3,000 gallons of water the connections with garden hose; and a tree tut)" ing Outfit might well be kept filled for . Iiire emergency. Have fire extinguishers in Will house and barn â€" these and a “bac‘t Duck HOME AND COUNTRY