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AMERICAN Newronel 5 IN "WORLD'S WORK." ' The smallest of the great kingdoms of old has spun history's largest empir over the fice of the earth, until long since, it could boast that the sun neve: set on its territory. . During four cen turies Britons have roamed 'the seven geas and the five continents looking for trade or troubko, taking under their flag colonies which now include nearly one quarter of the world's land, and more than one quarter of its people. Surface Signs. But recently there have appeared signs and portents which lead the glgomy to prophecy the decline and fall of this glorious empire. The motherland, say they, stagnates. The coal mines which earned its bread were long idle; its unemployed are still legion; factories are idle; and unrest steals through the land, In the overseas possessions, linked to the motherland by the Pax Britannica, are surface signs which hint at revolt un- derneath. Canada has finally appointed her own' Minister to Washington. Ire- land, which alveady had her own minis- ter to America, campalgned for her own Council seat on the League of Nations; and South Africa ha$§ said that she can continue under the Crown only if assured her full and free na- tionhood. Hence there were many who said that the Imperial Conference of October avoided an open break only by skating gracefully rouad the real issues. Canadian Views. Yet there are many Colonials who Economy in its rich drawing freshness. BEGIN HERE * uel :) retired ST Be ules ne news 9 of id murder of=,; neis daughter, Ma Foret, had 3 be Gay. Guy th hurd D her fata- ar Bis suspected of e of Scotland Yard, at the La into hi s somethin ee) ia had been found i gps in the "Red y after blood Adela Larkin, daughter of Rev.! gree with the Canadian lawyer who Septimus Larkin, srote his newspaper of his belief-- - lyne, disguise) a8 Lord Bul "that-the empire has one pritngss Lo visit the Grange 'with tor-Roakeon the pretext of" dol ng with Margaret. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. The: curiously assorted cou undementat Constitution, the essen- ial principle of which is the liberty of he subject; that the development of he Dominions to local gelf-govern- f "nations" or not, is only a natural change of a single word. municipal development and does not | affect the gencral constitution: -that even a Parliament or legislature or court of any component part cannot, conformably with the spirit of the con- stitution, take away nor infringe such a right . . + and that . . the ark of the Constitution is founded on the fundamental acquired right ot every British subject to the whole Empire, and on his liberty to use it." - But this point of view is a reminder of the days when the Dominions were crown colonies. 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Write your name and address plain- aide St. Toronto. Patterns sent by As they passed up the avenue a lurk shrubbery. pla nied to of one" vor at the cou ness in his voice. i ad yne, private de- like the voice that accu pt "making The British Empire oh EE ERS To Decline and Fall? : three different min He is watch. vants at Bul "Look here, Jevons," said his lord. ship. {I have got about twentp old sey- "Castle, and | I-respeet! =" the breed. Naturally you don', want to talk to a policeman who is having | yo your master's house watched. But peter; perhaps you will not mind answering the same question. if I put it instead COT=1 of Inspector Roake?" "I was in 'my pantry, my lord," eo | Jevons Teplicd: xeqaily enough. and reached Gra; !T thought 1 a cry down tows: nent, whether under the denomination | the nge without the ex 1 the road. Yicame oct to it it thought it strange that no question | a8 repeated, It was like Miss-Mar- | was put to him as to the watching of E#Tet's voice." "Humph," growled Lord Bulpeter, faces." ing figure materialized out of the "And = change of plan." ' "But what do you want Sir Guy for?" queried Lord Bulpeter. "These detective pranks of yours are beyond me. I shall have a headache till I have slept it off." they were beyond earshot of his satel; lites. "Sir Guy is under suspicion of having murdered the late baronet," long ago but for the young lady your. lordship came to Gondole with. She. set on defeating the ends of Jus t "» (Tobe continued:) | erent mis PROFESSOR HUTTON FAVORS EARLY START Study of Languages Should «Begin With Child. "No civilized country except Canada expects to make lahguage students out of children who are caught so late; possibly Ontario has net expected it either." nual report as Principal of University College, to the Board of Governors of | the University of Toronto. "It has'long been the glaring blot; upon our secondary schools," declares Professor Hutton, "that they get their! entrance pupils two or three or even four years too" latei What can the average boy or girl be expected to make of foreign languages, ancient or | modern, if they cannot begin them a the natural age for beginning foreign ! languages (as well as native lang-! uages), childhood, from the ago of elght or nine years to twelve? At pre- sent the majority are nearer fourteen, and never recover the handicap of a start so conspicuously belated. (especially "first year honor work) | Lathrop's little hoax may -meam al Roake glanced rourid 'to see that; GI he replied. "I hold a warrant for his clares Proféssor Hulton, "the honor arrest. It would have been executed graduation standards", of this college would' remove at | any such reduction once the one conspicuotis advantage which the University of Toronto pos- Eesses over every other university of this continent; the proficiency reached by its honor students at the date of | graduation, 'and the advantage they possess over other graduates in the i graduate universities of this continent, "in the competition for scholarships, fellowships and, eventually, professor- which are told by the Paris corres. pondent of the London Sunday. Times. The Premier was recently the prin- cipal guest at: a political dinner at the house of otia of his friends, and, though all the other guests had been" Lthere for half an hour, nobody was =~ surprised at the delay, for the Pre- $ mier's idiosyncrasies are well known. Pty But astonishment was provoked when, : od a quartér of an hour later, a telephone Rt call to his official rgsidence revealed that he had begun the short journey an hour before. A manservant who went downstairs 'to investigate, how- ever, found M. Painleve in the care- taker's lodge working out a mathe- This statement is made by of the high standard = of our honor Professor Maurice Hutton in hig an. | Students at sTaduation, back.to the schools would reduce," de-' since then." matical problem, part of the home work of the cavetaker's son. - In remembering he was M. Painleve 'the mathematician he had forgotten he was M. Painleve the politic political guest. But ele nd body's sympathy by admitting that the problem was difficult. Ancther adven- ture of M. Painleve's was to forget the name of his Fore Minister' in full Chamber, On #n interpellation he said, "To-morrow may be unsuitable | for debate, because my. friend Mon- sleur--" and here he stopped, pointing to M. Briand. Then he tried again, '| "The ex-Premier, Monsieur--" and he again halted, till, rock with laugh- ter, a hundred deputies 8 fake] out,=M. Briand." ships. "It is not by accident that Toronto graduates fill so many chairs in the | new universities of Canada and, the United States; it is the direct result Colds--Minard's Liniment. Lac | For i ea ee Heart Disease in Children. Disturbances of the heart in. children automatically divide themselves into two groups. Those which were pre sent at the time of birth, and are due to defects in development and those which are acquired after birth. Congenital heart conditions, or those None. "Since Then. Mrs. Gabb--"Well, what's been the "Any shifting of the first year work gossip since I left town?" Mrs. Stabb--"There hasn't been any x, present at birth, are not uncommon. They are, as a rule, easily recogniz- The Oxford Edition Making of a Nation. Act 1. The French Regime. Act 3. The Winning of the Great West. 25 Richmond St. "Makers of Canada "' A Drama of Three Hundred Years, in Five Acts, in which the Characters are real and the 'plot is the Act 5. Confederation and Expansion. able, and while they vary materially in extent, the majority of them termin- ate fatally within a given period of time, Acquired heart disease is rarely pre- sent before the second or third year of '| life, 'and when found in extremely young children, is almost always al- ways due to a rheumatic infection. Careful examination Qt school.age children shows about one per cent. to be suffering from some disturbance of the heart. In many instances the presence of this disease was unknown to the parents or child affected. Rheu- Act 2. Early British Rule, Act 4. Struggle for Hespons: ible Government, Write for Illustrated Prospectus. matisni fn some of its forms, St. Vitus' Dance, diphtheria or some other Infec- # lon was usually found to be the cause. S. B. GUNDY t y § Many of the existing cases of heart OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS disease could have been avoided If adequate care had been taken at the" 'est, Toronto West, -- time of the onset of the disease respons- ible. Rheumatism does not necessarily such was forthcoming. = Lord Bul-; peter left it to be inferred that he was not interested in the aspect of the | case--that he was only paying a "duty" call of 'condolence on the datighter of an old. schoolfellow. As they passed up the avenue some lurking shadows 'materialized out of the shrubberies, but at a word from the Inspector they vanished. At the front door the white-haired butler was standing in a listening attitude. He eyed the police-officer in the half light with signs of hostility. "That you, Jevons?" i Roake. "Is Miss Lathrop at home? This is Lord Bulpeter, an old friend of her father. His lordship desires to con- dole with her on her recent bereave- ment." : "Got your company manners on to- night," the old servant rejoined dour- ly. "Miss Margaret afn't in. That's dre Used Cold Cream. "Her skin's as white as milk. "Of course--she uses cold cream," le ee The Queen's Guild. Queen Mary's interest in her poorer For It is now, when the needs of the Queen Mary takes a great interest the work of the Guild, and personal ly of "also personally contributes every year six cot-covers in pink, blue, and white wool, which have been crocheted by herself. who Teceivs these gifts are proud wo- 'men indeed. why I'm standing here listening. went to call her to coffee _with her Seid ad Yor ty ue 1 house. Hark to that!" "That" was the yapping bark of oy small sill Gog of the "toy" species. The} y animal seemed to be in trouble. superintends the unpacking of many the parcels of garments sent in, She . Needless to say, the mothers es spector?" he continued. you to clear .the Force of evil inten- tions, and you had' better begin by asking your fellows if 'they heard J saw anything. They were pretty on the pounce when 'we came in." key had To ructions 'only to note peo approac! house, not those leaving it," explained Roake. | "But it is as you I10¢ course we will of innuendo. "Has Miss Margaret got any ene- mies?' "Not that i aware of, my lord, besides the police," replied Jevons. "They seem to have a down cn her, and on Sir Guy. But the family must have an enemy, wouldn't have been killed. And the police hadn't come on the scene then." "Meaning that our friend Roake coukin't have murdered Sir Francis," Bulpeter translated the vicious "Hear that, In- or Sir Francis "It's . Wasters. 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