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BUYING A HAT. I went forth to buy a hat. A simple process, it would seem. When I re- turned my mind registered despair I cherished the thought that- saints needed only halos. Oh, the sights I, saw! I lost all faith in my fellow, * woman. Think of the mother of six, bearing on her face all the signs and symbols 'of 'frantic 'struggles to get breakfast' for those six, with a hus- band thrown in for good measure; be- | ing persuaded by a vamp of a sale woman that she was a Cleopatra in an asure Egyptian hat . with straight. pleces over the ears, embroidered with! wormlike cobras of Pharaonic dyn- asties! Think of a hatchet face, anaemic and' wrinkled, going below the silk beaver topper of the gay young Prince of Wales, its curved brim sprouting a} black silk shaving brush at a rakish angle. Imagine a fat and florid face, a bit moist with anxiety, gray hair straggling back from thick ears, smil-! ing at itself in a Rose Descat helmet, high:crowned, narrow of brim, with a cascade of tropical palm leaves tumbling over one ear; or an old maid's face belonging to the genera- tion that made old maids the burden bearers of the family, gazing with lackluster"eyes in a 'mirror that re- flectedin visoréd jockey's cap marked off in Méctiong like a cantaloupe, the colors black and. purple. | Surely the French proverb should be pasted on each 'mirror, "Search the face well and without optimism, before choos- ing a hat." Not only the face, but on'e environ- ment, social activities, type of mind, outlook on life should count. The! wrong choice gives away one's secret] foolishness. Be sure you aré coquet- | tish before attempting a Dutch bon-| met. Be sure you look mysterious and | a trifie meiancholy before attempting the tiara turban of the Russians; a bit wicked and pagan before accepting the wound turban of the Indian danc- er. Remember that you should run from the wing feathers of the African bird as fast as he would run from u unless you were fitted by Nature carry his plumage. Whether the feather is burnt, tortured, glycerined or curled, regard it with a speculative i oye. Each of these hats and fancies is at the top notch of fashion. Every one of them will be thrust upon you by those who have no conscience. CLUB WOMEN, ATTENTION! If your club is just drifting along, meeting now and then to exchange the! news, or if the women in your! gommunity have never organized, Why ggmired for its graceful lines and at. | Of things. If the sun shines, "mot develop a home-makers' club? The plan is for each member to teach the other members how to do something fn which she excels. In one commun "fty in our county there is a home- 'makers' club having twenty-five mem- 'bers. Regular meetings are held the ' 'second and fourth Thursdays of each month; the meetings begin at ten and _¢lose at four. Each woman brings a| 'Juncheon consisting of sandwiches,! fruit and cake or cookies. The hostess for the day serves hot beverages dur- ~~~ing the cold months and iced tea,' or lemonade at the sur- » are excellent when, one does not pos- ¥ she uses to market her product. We had a hobby show in our club, the members of which ara; rutal iwo- men, Each woman gave a demonstra- tion showing how her exhibit (or "hob! obby) had been made. The demonstra- ' tions included the making of a set-in | pocket, pillows filled with milk-weed pods, hooked rugs, quilts, Swedish; weaving, embroidery, tatting, crochet-| ing, china painting, water-color paint-| | ing, decorated candles, lamp shades, | artificial flowers, baskets and angel ake. The baskets were made of iris leaves which had turned brown, The | maker showed how she steamed the! The closing de- monstration was the mixing of, an angel cake. Following this," angel cake and grape-juice were; served: So many ideas developed from this show that members of the club plan-| work or other surfaces which cannot' ested," ned to have these demonstrations be- come a regular feature of their club meetings, their club program provid- ing for several of these meetings dur- ing the year.--Eva Floyd Smith. A POPULAR EVER SEASONABLE STYLE. 8971. The apron and house dress are now considered :an essential in| every woman's wardrobe. Surely thé model here portrayed will be much tractive pocket. As a porch "dress" or for garden and kitchen, this style will be very satisfactory. The pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: Small, 84-56; Medium, 38-40; Largh, 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust mea- sure. A Medium Size requires 4 yards of 86-inch material, The width at the foot is about 2 yards. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 16¢ in gilver, by the Wilson. Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St., | Toronto. Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern, sess a zinc-covered table, savive ON PILLOW SLIPS. |; {dog ged Surnidg { them rahe og T RTOAKE 'FOR SUN« IGHT TEA. In oe snarl cl powder bise in large rounds. Bake quickly. baking prepare the oysters by dress-- ing with cream satiée, which | plain or have added io it har OYSTER SHOR fled | eges run through the potato masher. Break the biscuit, butter! generausly, cover the bottom half with the, 'Syster. filling, put. top on biseujt and, more of the oy over the whole. This is 8' | very 'delectable 'method 'of preparing ' leaves and then showed the method of | Oysters and extends them economically. ™ weaving baskets. TO REMOVE LABELS, This simple method has proved effi- cacious for removing labels from trunks, bags, furniture, bottles, wood- be immersed in water without, injury. Thoroughly wet a. piece, of Plotting paper large enough to cover the label and apply to the offending sticker for ten minutes. It may then be removed, { and you will be pleased to find that it | has left no trace of disfigurement mpon the article to which it had adhered. -------- WOMEN! . DYE FADED. , THINGS NEW AGAIN Dye or Tint Any" Worn, Shab- by Garment or Drapery. Diamond Dyes Bach 15cent package of 'Diamond Dyes" contains directions so simple | that any woman can dye or tint any old, worn, faded thinz new, even if she has never dyed before. Choose any color at drug store. Sorte c---- Discontent. Contentment is a spiritual grace, and a very charming one. It is not produced by outward clrenmstances, | as we are all well aware. You may | have riches and luxury and friends and success and still be abominably dis- contented. Some people are born contented. You see it when they are babies, They ' will coo and chatter and langh over a self-invented toy or even a ray of sun- shine when others whine with all the] apparatus of cunning entertalnment about them And the eame disposition |" | persists through life. Those content. od persons instinctively make the best it is of course delightful, - If it rains, well, somebody's garden probably néeds a wetting It is natural that they should be contented in. prosperity, but even' adversity loses most of its annoyance il when you do not recognize it as ad- rR) time to regret Big 50 good- If you can 'muss versity, There are good points in poverty, in weakness, in age, in tail! ure; and if you:are naturally con- tented, you find them, oven without taking any great pains to look for them on the other hand those "contented people rarely: gét anywhere; that is, o anywhere else than where they are. Why should they when where they are 'Don't--don't pre ds that buy- Rig A eo ay ber Oley He wmiled WOT m Jou UR later 10-1 ght a 'report: pro: ¥ arupitie one Rest dr At the end of fiftpen he sf A jo sthe booth. | His cousin doing some "evening work, at the n charge where Sette ip HT ; T Ed nographer 'was but Ji looked "Was that you asked, ack = of- dune IR ee aby, mite i ct al i admins this i ; on let you know: hou fie 3 cota i 1 wanted you you 'didn't let me said. a. [he he CH on in the other foot |, ES Ty 1 was { ou. Say, Wm not Fined in énything you 2h ¢ prope Ve Kirby He} tn to his 4 lates hist Ande thot or ay on We Vo 1 and green ove See Tong en Auto fire and war been, They pass and smile, the children of i) nd acy'ony pir part I'm not i os wr sald the Kirby gin ul Aves en vo Eat, dh Benen Feasona i pe Be ot The It d not talk, have 2. say. rapher had e. Kirby | sod hear s footsteps echoing dowa the corridor, He Few jhe catch of the lock and closed the. di or ie "I can n promise. to Keep You fnter- inter- 2 i xia very quietly, LE oh n « 4 hk ome. e. sre Tha 3 es or pies 5 Folens : uc users, & Ww pique 290 Sine, 2 and a blue serge 'coat tha Wis b Side. 8 The Country of Cam- graceful figure perfectly. tofiiod vis port EE of the you do that for?" he demanded. ag did bowls pai that door!" Bn foaled in Joust. print of atm "Not. just yet, Jack. I've come for: lr that S15 soith | Fer ls irb a settlement. I¥s'up to you to say. to th what kind, of a one! it'll be." "You tim fod nt what I Cunningham's dark eyes littéred. 'want to know." He was no physical coward. Moreover, Out of a dama, he wo rbd Ate i ng out a Fe Lm mot of college. e ha mn the mi of { weight (hamplonboxer of the univer- 7Aad,0, b the Sword they Mold; sity. If this tough brown gousin cond +O ho! p the corn Bd a set-to, he would not have; th "Along the battlefield to ask twice for it. "Suits mo fine " he said. "What's would your proposition?" - he wr he would not. "Pye been a blind idiot. Didn't see The broneo buster walked back to what was right before my eyes. I his hotel. special delivery letter reckon you've had some laughs at me./was in his box. It was post-marked Well, 1 hope, you-gnjoyed "em. There Golden. As he handed it to him the === aren't any more gring comin' to. you." iSlerk looked ijn over curi curious! I 1 Kirby 'spoke' coldy, plaeably, his had been some since he voice grating like steel on stee a face so badly cut up 'and or "Meaning, "in plain English?" "You ought to see the other fel- "That you've let a dead man's'low," Kirby ald him with a lopsided shoulders carry your sins. You heard ei as he ripped open the envelo, us blame Uncle James for Esther Mc-| Before het eyes had traveled hal 1. Lean's trouble. An' you never said way down the sheet The cowman gave |' a word to, set us ht, Yet you're|a modulated whoop of fox the man, you damned scoundrel!" "Good news?" asked the'clerk. Jack went white to the lips, then| Kirby did not answer, His eyes flushed angrily, "You can't ever mind | were "staring in blank Semis your own business, can you?" (at one sentence in the letter. The "I want just two things from you, pote ps s from Cole Sanborn. This is |. The first is, to know where you've! what Kirby read in it: taken her; the second, to tell you Well, old-timer, th in't il (that you're goin' to make this right Web Cn there ain't no tea |an' see that you do it." | "When you talk to me like that $ Sun in it somewheres. I done I've nothing to say. No man living tht sii can bully me." sings fou won't come 'through. Is that Teckon RL imei ---------- Minard's -Liniment for Dandruff, . On 4 Tong journey: er eh can 'ound Platte Canon and every: 0. ae You pug t say. I " on you are W nde: howcome | Jogtmarked Golden, Well, | "1f8 ma; w ithe od I'm sure eno % Jou may go to the devil for all at last but I had 8 5 Their stormy eyes clashed. | "The girl. you took Sdvansage hasn't any brother," the Wyoming £3 ha me had ¢ to, Jo that wouldn't Job for hile slot Ee ny 0 or a while, on Hs into LR ale the life outa' & Tuck slipped out of is cont 16 on the dale. Tven in that SID Jou, one while Kirby was Soncenisate uncle at ing for the attack; the rough rider X all him up 'proper for |. I flocking nd one jo gallantly pois and so grac 'aceless, a es food es P man. Under thick ook rk lashes wy {black eyes danced 'with excitemen Kirby § Quned out with his ts hard and straight. His cousin duck-' : d with the easy grace of a man who' pos spent many hours on a ballroom ! floor. The cattleman struck again. | Minard's Linimert Heals Cuts. average sight miles Si Hour ine he hy "Ythpire, "Englan : £4 8. yn a the + demonstrations which BUILT SPECIAL CUPBOARD. most. interesting included of stains, remodel 2, batik and dyeing, basket medium-sized kitchen and in the-mid-| of serving fi one, making a d "selection for the healthy his strip he fitted a full-sized door, the newly acquired pace here opening "In here he nails to pails, and in ge of the to some open shelving for food, makin| «of 8 window. My good husband. took a strip four| makes the world go om, says a writer at the same time Wppercutting feet six inches off one side of our put' pans, griddlés and Sugbousds is good enough? It is discontent that Jack caught the blow, and deflected a 2 in Youth's Companion. Discontent is for the chin. The counter landed flus | responsible for all our progress. If jon Kirby's cheek and flung him back | , dle of the strip built spacious cups! men had been Bresiastingty contented jo, the 1 the 1 3 § : 5 "boards from floor to ceiling with doors hods of cooking vegetables' and two drawboards. At one end of be eating acorns was ontent EEE wheels - | window. glass, made letters and arts *»' and sciences, make the richness of the | civilized world and its wonder and its 4 beauty. It was discontent that edu: gn came. to h "cated us politically. - It 15 the greatest his: b) ot: all magicians . ; : But it should be: wite q ) NTL birth rates os AOE Rd es in the Dominion are: 'registered e Provinces, where the" culture. toad with 5. 8'per Thonesad of pope ¥ | tation. It bi C8 ~ doub interesting to pare 1 statistiof with as are available for np coun- tries of the globe The birth rate of 'Quebec 14, 'as Tar ag can 'be discovered, higher than that of any country in the - or years, few countries. d Canada Jats proportion of Canada 8: per cent. slightly higher than that of the 1 | States, which of te years v are. Spain; with 2014 with (28. 9. 'Strange prox os With' 25.4, 'Australis "wi bide New Zealand with 25.1. The Canadien 'rete is substantially greater than "that of * Italy, * Germany, 'and France, The Dominion Leads, One country, New. Zealand, showy a SH | lower death rate countries whose low death Fate approaches that of he Dominion are Suu 'Africa with: per thousan populatio land-and Wales with 12 Taking the. pripelpel cities tn the various. provinees of Canada, a uni formly high birth rate is ceeding in nearly all all 'cases ® Do WIIG ate, tis highest, In an ag- gregate o of cities iu Oxlgary with 36 'of Popliiatio T. thousand n, closely fol- wed by Winnipeg 'and Montreal with y 5 Soutunt beh, 324n "Regina, 80 Hein. 20 10 St in Si Tas Glasgow, Seotland, which is surpassed by all "Canadian cities a nro: eel