The furnishing of Canadian homes is tasteful and practical. There is not the crowding and the heaviness apparent in the furnishing of many homes in the Old Country. I gather that the Canadians like variety and artistic merit in their furniture. They do not go in for suites and extreme substantiality, if I may so express it, although one or two visits I paid to the furniture departments of great departmental stores showed that, while the furniture as a whole looks lighter in effect than English furniture, it is well made and calculated to stand a lot of wear and tear. The manager of a furniture department of a great departmental store at Toronto told me that New England models are popular in Canada. The old New Englanders developed styles of their own, which lend themselves admirably to modern imitation and fit in well with the scheme of the Canadian house, with its usually smaller rooms than those of an English house of a middle-class family; but old English and old French styles of furniture compete with the New England models, so that there is plenty of material on which the Canadian man and the Canadian woman can exercise taste in choosing furniture for the use and ornament of the home. [Illustration: A SASKATOON SCHOOL (ACCOMMODATING 1,500 CHILDREN).] * * * * * CHAPTER IX LEAVING THE OLD COUNTRY When a man has made up his mind to seek his fortune in Canada he naturally wants to know the steps to be taken. The Dominion Government is more than willing to assist him in every possible way. It regards every man able and willing to work, with a good character, as a valuable asset to Canada. Not only the Dominion Government, but the various Provincial Governments have established agencies and offices in this country to supply intending emigrants with all the information they desire. It will be useful to give here a list of the Dominion offices and agencies:— ENGLAND AND WALES. Mr. J. Obed Smith, Assistant Superintendent of Emigration, 11—12, Charing Cross, London, S.W. Branch offices:— 48, Lord Street, Liverpool. 139, Corporation Street, Birmingham. 81, Queen Street, Exeter. 16, Parliament Street, York. SCOTLAND. 107, Hope Street, Glasgow. 26, Guild Street, Aberdeen. IRELAND. 17—19, Victoria Street, Belfast. 44, Dawson Street, Dublin.