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-- -- Ty aS ---- A -- pt Fea ST" nn v. LJ NRRL LR RAN ARIAXXAIORLRRXAARR RARER RRNA AX SXRD % 4 ne | The : 3 » : = J P< XR 4 n l ; 'e Px) T D O % 3 % . wt we RS KL) [4] i By MRS. STANLEY WRENCH i % re KA (Author, of "Sing for the Moon' "Strange Lovers," etc). i C) t RR RRR, SOOO Synopsis Michael Borde, 4U, unmarried, born and bred in a Birmingham slum, 1s now & wealthy motor manufacturer wrapped urge to visit the countryside around his up In hls business. One day he feels an old nome and motorg up there one Bpring day. He rescues Daphne Eden from a menacing tramp, falls in love with her and proposes. She accepts and introduces him to her father who greets him with the words, "Get out of here, you cur. You rulned my home . . stole ny wife . . . broke my life . , , curse you!" Michael meets Miss Hamill.Hardy who insults him, but he negotiates suc- cessfully for the old Tudor house. He tells Mrs. Gregory, Daphne's friend, of the purchase. He goes to London and stays longer than he intended. Upon his return he learns Daphne has gone away. He tells Mrs. Gregory how he Daphne's father. knew THE NEW OWNER . A month went by. The spells April wove changed to the magic of May, and when Michael Borde drove down from London, having received in- timation that the Hamill-Hardys had removed all their belongings from Werburge-Lucy, he could scarcely wait, 50 impatient was he to see what had happened in the garden. The great parterre had been ablaze with tulips when he saw it last, wallflow- ers scented the air, polyanthuses and Dusty Millers edged the drive, and for the first time for many years, he began to find himself interested in growing things. "It will be a picture, sir, when the lilac is out," remarked one of the gardeners. "Folks come for miles to look at the lilac when it's a-bloom." He had kept on the staff, most of them; all of the outside servants were remaining, and Michael Borde did not believe in making innovations just yet. He told himself quietly he had a good deal to learn, and he was the type willing to learn, and he was Good old-fashioned servants were not go easy to obtain nowadays, even when one had money, and although privately some of these dour-faced retainers indoors might regard him as a jumped-up. nobody, he'd show 'em that sometimes a man with only meney to his name can behave as a gentleman. He was not going to make the mistake most men do who buy an old place like this, and scatter money about for nothing. No, Michael Borde believed in paying for services rend- ered. No bribery, - But he was very just, and went carefully into estimates of expendi- ture, also accounts regarding sal- aries, and finding that the head gar- dener received payment at a much higher rate than he considered a gardener should receive, sought ad- vice about this in the right quarters, To his surprise, he discovered this was correct, ' "But he doesn't do the work. These other chaps do that, and the one I've {alked- to, the second in command, seems a fine type of man, knows his job from A to Z,'and puts on no frills," he demurred. "I like him, in fact, and I don't like this other fel- low." : "With a show place like Werburge- Lucy 1 think you'll find that a master brain will have to be behind the plan- ning out of the gardens," said the horticulturist. "The others are gar- deners pure and simple." Michael Borde thought for a mom- ent, his brows drawn together, then he smiled. "Werburge-Lucy isn't going to be a show place," he said. "I never be- lieve in keeping a dog and doing his barking, and I'm going to interest myself in the garden side. I shall be the master brain in future, with the help of that second 'man. Take on an- other worker, maybe, perhaps two, for there are things } can see want doing, but 1 shall make it my head- quarters in future and get some fun out of living. May as well do that,! and dig out weeds, as play golf, A lot more profitable, too, when it's your own weeds you've got to spud out." The other man laughed, privately thinking that Michael Borde was tak- ing on a great deal more than he im- agined, but it ended in the dismissal of the high-salaried gentleman, who 'had previously presided over the glass houses and given orders to the working staff, and after a talk with John Compton, the second man, a new campaign was arranged. "It be my private opinion as the gentleman don't know much about gardening, Jane," was John Comp- ton's comment in the privacy of his cottage. 'Still, an extra pound a week 'll be very welcome, and if it means putting my back into things a bit more, well, there it be. Anyhow, he be very pleasant. A bit touchy, no doubt, if he were put out, but there it be. You can't have everything." "Well, you watch it, John, and don't go putting him out, that's my advice," said Jane. "Things be going to stir a bit round here, I reckon, and everybody says as he be made o' money." "Terrible set on blossom, he be," remarked John. "Old master never set no store o' orchard trees. This one asked no end o' questions. Pity the pear bloom well night be over, He seemed terrible drawed to them old pear trees." Which certainlv was true. and when Michael Borde drove along the edge of the woods, gazing .down at the wheat-lands, from there to copse of hazel and beech where the hyacin- thine track of bluebells told of the passing of April, his eyes sought eagerly for signs of wild cherry and pear blossom. John Compton had pointed out to him a certain hedge- rowfi holding fruit trees, which mark- ed formerly, so he said, thé bound- aries of an old orchard belonging to Werburge-Lucy. Whitebeam, wayfaring tree, hazel and beech, broad-leaved sallow and birch, they were leafing now, the underwood had been cut in the woods, and primroses grew in such quanti- ties as Michael Borde never remem- bered seeing before, and a blue haze told of the hyacinths turning from bud to blossom. But his eyes linger- ed long on that ragged line of white blossom where Compton had pointed out the old orchard trees, and into his face there stole a look which few, who knew Michael Borde, ever saw. Fretted by close calculation, of the hard grind of business, of keeping a grip on men and money, there were few moments when Michael Borde ever allowed himself to relax, even when alone. The little hard lines about his mouth smoothed them- selves out now, that network about his eyes vanished, pear-blossom and the breath of spring coming up the valley wrought anodyne for that dull unquiet which was always haunting him now. For a minute or two wood- land and wild place brought healing. Then his face changed. "Daphne," he whispered. "Daphne, where are you?" For Daphne Eden seemed to have vanished in thin air. Mrs. Gregory had had no word from her, and all Some: men forget fast. 1 know __when I learned to drive 1 was mighty glad that some other drivers practis- ed the "courtesy of the road," I. know I appreciated it then, and 1 have not forgotten it now, For the life of me I can't see why anybody should forget, After all, the courtesy of the road doesn't cost you SupLing, other than a thought for somebody's welfare and safety, Little things like care- fulness in signalling an intention to turn, or slow down a bit when one Js passing children, or going through villages, or giving the other fellow his share of the road, mean quite a lot to others, And they don't lessen your own self-respect or safety in degree. ~~ bos oy lot of drivers--it's part of my job to watch them as they go by =-and believe me, in the main the A PAGE MY DIARY FROM by Pr.C.2 drivers of this province are a pretty decent lot, That is what makes the exception stand out so badly. When 1 do come across one of these road hogs, without considera- tion for anybody but themselves, 1 don't feel very friendly, You don't blame me? No, nor any other decent man, I could give you quite a few in- stances of where inconsiderate driv- ers have been responsible for acci- Sein, but they always get theirs in me, The highway is for everybody, ped- estrians as well as automobiles, and' the man that co-operates in driving safely and who exercises the courtesy | of the road when he is driving is the man who js liked by all, I'm PRESSE 20 sermon-1'm just saying what I think, ? his own efforts to find her had fail- ed. . INTRUDER IN THE NURSERY Michael Borde sighed, drove on, and as he descended into the valley his face cleared. Possibly he - had made one enemy here, the family agent without whose advice Mr, Hamill-Hardy had never 'done any- thing, from buying a hunter to lay- ing down port. He was old, Borde had decided he would do better with a younger man, and had engaged someone to take his place. Already al certain amount of reorganisation had begun among the workmen on the estate, and the young Welshman who had taken the old port-drinking land agent's place, had dismissed several iwho thought themselves = indispens- able. That was that, He was going to put in electric light, too. Why not?| Imagine a house of this type still go- ing with oil-lamps. Hundreds of them, too. There was one room, a ghastly place, they called it- the "Lamp Room," where all the lamps were taken to be trimmed. Michael Borde grinned, "A house is like a business, We shall have to reorganise all round. Central heating as well. I wish--" (To Be Continued.) Day Skirts Fifteen Inches from Floor Monograms in Gold Hung From Bar Are Worn Like a Medal Paris.--Paris style czars have gone back to the renaissance, to Louis XII., and to the gay days of Vienna, the winter style shows revealed last week, A sequinned bodice, like a bright coat of mail, beneath a little bolero top for afternoon wear harks back to the days of knighthood, - Skirts continue straight and nar- row, with a vast economy of cloth much appreciated in these days of depression. : Winter will see many hand-knitted dresses, suits and hats. : . Anny Blatt shows a gorgeous knit- ted evening dress, made from dull flatback yarns. : Designers seem agreed that it is not necessary to change daytime skirt lengths. Most hold to the level of 15 inches above the floor, Alleen Rice, whose sports clothes are the sensation of the winter style season, features exotic color combi- nations such as emerald green and sapphire blue or pine needle green and plaid taffeta, Her hand-knitted ensembles, tightly woven, feel like woollen fabrics. French women have no need to envy their be-medalled husbands. For wo- men there are monograms in gold or crystal hung from a crystal bar and worn pinned on the jacket like a medal for brayery. Women Want More Government Jobs U.S. Fall Elections to See Campaign Launched New York,--Women intend to fol- low the traditional method of organiz- ed labor and pit one political party against another in the United States fall election campaign for the: fur- therance of their interests, it was an- nounced. recently by Mrs, Geline Mac- donald Bowman, president of the Na- tional Federation of Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club. What the Federation wants, Mrs, Bowman asserted, is more Govern- mental positions for qualified women. "We're going to make a survey of every State to find what recognition women have had in appointive or elec- tive positions," she said. "We are go- ing to pit the Republicans against the Democrats, and let each one know it. "Both parties talk a lot about the political recognition of women, espe- cially around election time when they want the women to get out and work. We want to find out whether this is just a pat on the back or whe- ther they really mean it, "The results of our--survey ought to make pretty Interesting reading around election time." 7g Many a time "May I have one min- ute, please," has ruined an' entire day. -- ATTENTION If we gave you complete facts of a company that has exceptional pro- fits in sight, you would welcome such an enterprise as an opportunity worthy of investigation. We have full detalls of an In: dustry--a Canadian {industry now In the making-that will absolutely re. volutionize a phase of . agriculture and horticulture; an Industry that can look for a consumer of ita pro: ducts in every home in Canada. 'For Further Information, Write Schilt and Company 812 Metropolitan Building TORONTO ----_-- Exquisite Quality ~~ GREEN TEA 1112 Also in Black and Mixed Nova Scotia Gets Survey Royal Conimtesdon Will Study Its Relations to Dominion 4 het Halifax.--T'he economic welfare of Nova Scotia, and its relations finan. cially' and otherwise to the Dominfon of Canada are golng to be checked up. A Royal Commission will be ap. pointed, Prem'er Angus I, Macdonald has announced, which will investi. gate these matters, The former col. leger professcr and football coach named Pro. J. H, Jones, head of the department of commerce of Leeds University, England, as chairman, HAS TWO ASSOCIATES Assoclated with him will be Dr. Alexander Johnston, C.M.G., Ottawa, former deputy minister of marine, and Dr, H. A. Innis, F.R.S.G..,, asso- clate professor of economic geography of the University of Toronto, Hearings wil open in Halifax short. ly when a Lrief prepared on behalf of the provincial government by Pro- fessor Norman McLeod Rogers of Queen's Umversity, retained some months ago, will be' présented, "The commission appointed for the purpose i8'an exceptionally strong one in every respect, and it should con. tinue to command the respect and confidence of the people not only of Nova Scotia but also of the Domin. fon," sald Premier Macdonald, in an. nouncing the personnel. "Its scope of inquiry 1s the broadcast. It will be asked to investigate and consider not merely the effect. of Canada's trade and fiscal policies upon Nova Scotia, not only the present financial arrange. ments between this province and the Dominion, but also any other matters that may affect the economic welfare of Nova Scotia," " 1 DUNCAN COMMISSION The report rf the Duncan Commis. sion of 1928 declared at its beginning that "the outstanding fact is that the Maritime Provinces have not pros: pered or developed either in popula- tion, in commercial, industrial and rural enterprises, as fully as other provinces of Canada," Prof. Jones, who has headed the commerce .dopartment at Leeds since 1919, will arrive in Halifax next week. He served with the war trade depart. ment, the ministry of munitions and the mjnjstry. of labor during the World War, and wae a member of the trade boards from 1919 to 1922. He has acted. as. member of the economic ad- visory councit committee on live stock, on the hoard of education con- sultative committees on adult educa- tion, and as impartial member of west riding agricultural wage committee, An honor graduate of the Univer sities of Cardiff, Leipzig, and Berlin, tie has lectured since 1907 at the uni- versities of Liverpool, Glasgow and Leeds, and has written extensively on practical and theoretical problems in his field, i NATIVE OF PROVINCE } Alex. Johnson is a distinguished na- tive of Nova Scotia, who was deputy minister of marine for 20 years. He sat in the provincial Legislature 'and the House of Commons before his appointment to the federal marine post in 1910. The C,M.G. was bestow- ed upon him in the King's Birthday honors list last June, His Alma mater St. Francis Xavier University, con- ferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws upon him at the last convo- cation, : The third member .of the commis. sion, Dr, H. A. Innis, M.A,, Ph.D, F, R.S.C., Is considered an authority on Canada's economic development His. work at the University of Toronto as professor of economic geography brought him fato direct study of mari. time problems during the last few years, 8? A, Saunders' prize-winning thesis on "The Economic Welfare of the Maritime Provinces," published in Ask Mother-- She Knows Mother took this medicine bes fore and after the babies came: Is gave her more strength and energy when she was nerve ous and rundown gv 5 her on the job all through the Change. No wonder she recs ommends it; LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND lr > m"i0@ Ar>o"'"c M--AadicH]itPfrrd Issue No. 33--'34 1932 by Acadian University, was pre- pared under nis supervision, as well as the recent rook of Mrs, Ruth Ful. ton Grant, "The Canadian Atlantic Fishery," to which he contributed the foreward. He is the author and edi tor of several volumes of particular interest to (Canada. Born at Otter- ville, Ont., ne received his M.A, from McMaster University and his docto. rate in sconomics from the Univer. sity of Chicago, Study Effect Of Type Faces Psychological Power Is Prov- ed by College Tests Bloomington, Ind,--Conclusive evi. dence that different sizes. of advertis. ing type faces have a definite psy. chological effect in denoting tones was gathered in a recent survey at Indiana University. Professor R, C. Davis interviewed scores of students and others to learn just what effect, if any, type had on readers of udvertising, Concerned about frequent assertions that bold types expresses cheapness; italic, feminity, and so forth, Pro- fessor Smith put the theories to ac- tual tests, The subjects were given sheets of paper on which were printed various sizes of type, varied as to boldness, condensation, use of italics and size, The subjects then described the 'psychological effect each type had on them, and they described which type they thought best fitted for 23 high. ly "advertised products, 'The tests aiso showed that type faces express feeling, the size of the type determining the tone, It was found: that bold and heavy type carried the {idea of strength, confidence, snappy appeal, durability and masculinity Thinner and less bolder typs was described as carrying thoughts of courtesy, beauty, sex ap- peal, delicacy and femininity, ---- eee. Crippled Indian Girl Now Walks Missionary Found Her Suf- fering Three Years Ago Winnipeg, --A little Indian girl cele- brated July fourth by gaining her in- dependencé from pain and crippled limbs, She returned home to the Bran- don Indian Residential School, follow- ing a successful operation at a local hospital. Three years ago a. young student missionary stationed at Nelson House, had made a journey into the Far North. In an Indian settlement, five days by dog team from his mission headquarters, the young man found Emily, a child badly crippled from congenital hip disease. The mission- ary made arrangements to bring the child to the Brandon Indian School where she could receive treatment, In February, 1931, the memorable trip was made. The missionary set out with five dogs hitched to the carriole, faced the bleak north country and headed for the Indian settlement. It took him five days to reach the settle- ment and another.ten on the trail before reaching Mile 137. From there Emily was brought to Brandon by rail. Through the Indian department the best 'medical and surgical advice was obtained for the child, Now Emily can walk anid take her normal place in life, , } * Slate is a metamorphosed shale or sometimes metamorphosed igneous rock which easily spits into sheets of considerable thicknéss, Good Nature Won Him Love Sense of Humor--Germans Were Devoted to Von Hindenburg Berlin,--To Germans, Paul von Hin. denburg was not only an unusual field marshall and president, but a lovable and loving character whose humor and good nature endeared him to the millions, Death came to him 74 years after he wrote his last will and testament at the age of 12, That will, of course, is not taken seriously but it testifies to the good nature and sense of hu- mor which were two of the many qualities which marked his character. When young Paul joined the cadets of the Scholl .Wahlstatt he wrote a will providing that his toys should be distributed between his brother and sister. To a needy schoolmate he bé- queathed a sandwich for breakfast every morning, The posteript on this document was characteristic, It read: "Peace and quiet I ask forever." Today on his writing desk in the dim study at Neudeck there still stands the inscription that was the guide to von Hindenburg"s life and living. "Ora et labora," read tha in- scription: "Pray and work." The superior' human qualities of Germany's dead soldier-president were exemplified by the following words which he spoke after the battle of Masurian Lakes: "I am rather ashamed that I did 'not feel cold back there in the safe headquarters, At that time, I could not be at the front as I was at the battle of Tannenburg.: "Almost every day, I ran for two 'hours against the bitterly cold wind to bring to my conscience what hard- ships our poor soldiers had to stand up against out in the trenches." Short Precarious Hour -- A bird of red consented to remain A slim guest artist, in my maple tree Where, glowing as a lantern in the rain, It balanced on a gay twig perilously. Over the piebald sod beneath the branch : The.thick fog lifted from the thinning sNOW, 4 I marveled that a creature had so staunch An optimism, facing such a foe As life. This bird, alone, devoid of! power, Persisting through strong, This wing riding the short precarious . hour That brings disaster or tomorrow's song, } Had. kept its bright appointment with the tree, : Its gay 'itinerary etched in flame, It was as though a spirit spoke to me, It was as though 'the silence breathed a Name, --Florence Dickinson , Stearns "Spirit." survival of the in The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.--Dr, Johnson, FALSE TEETH > Da WERNETS POWDER Would you like false teeth to fit so firmly yet comfortably they feel natural --eat, shout, ladat al) ay long you' can forget about them. Simply sprinkle on Dr. Wernet's rv Pam wi by| world's foremost dentists--the one = Stories and Articles. \\ Ideas Wanted Artists and Authors, Amateur or Professional are invited to send us saleable Sketches, : Are You Artistically Inclined? 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It is still standing a few miles north of Stonewall in the township of Vic toria. 1 had often heard. of the annual "dancing of prairie chickens" but had never seen.an instance of it. Near my little church, a few miles north of Stonewall, was a beautiful knoll usually called the '"Wavey Knoll" because white geese, or "waveys," were in the habit of alighting and swarming upon it on the yearly flights to the South. There; too, my friend cften told me that prairie chickeni or grouse put on their annual Spring dances he- fore their mating season, He under took some day to make a place of concealment for us in the neighbor- ing grove to take me to see the strange sight. One beautiful afternoon he ruch- ed in and exclaimed, "Come along! They are there and they are at it." We went and I shall never forget the sight which has been indelibly print- ed Upon wy meuiory ever since. Scores covered tie wiole surface of the knoll and they moved around in the most cownly fashion, The male birds seemed to plume their feathers, their wing., and especially their "top knots" into enticing attractiveness. They appeared also to exhibit gal - laniry as they bowed and curtsied to their partners of the opposite- sex, which in turn seemed to respond with beeoming modesty of demeanour. With rythmic orderliness the whole covey seemed to move in rings and ciréles around the spot. They appear. ed, moreover, to take turns in their display and various movements, and rest between their performances, If the males were. gallant, the fe males were responsively coy. It im- pressed you as a real exhibition of a veritable dance and nothing else. 1 had often heard that our Indians and settlers generally had in the old days learned the Red. River Jig from the French people who had come here from Quebec and that square dances --Duck Dances, Rabbit Dances and Kissing Dances, were brought with them from Scotland, but here | thought might have been a school from which they had' learned some- thing that was really native to the soil, and possibly they had learned. At all events I shall never forget the' charming spectacle which I wit. 'nessed among these feathered inhabi- tants of our prairies, It was a won- derfully picturesque sight and most realistic. ; Since, recording the above 1 have been reading in the "North West Passage by Land," by Viscount Mil ton and Dr. Cheadle, a description of the Prairie Chicken Dance, which I append lest my readers may think that I have been drawing upon my imagination and not, from reality in giving my version. The extract is as follows: -- : . "A peculiarity of the Prairie Grouse enabled us to procure a good supply of them, In the Spring of the year these birds assembled to- gether at sunrise and sunset, in par- ties of from 20 to 30, at some fav- orite spot, generally a little hillock, or rising ground and danced, yes, danced like mad! "Prairie Grouse Is a running. bird and does not ordinarily progress by hopping; but on these festive. oc- casions they open their wings, 'put both feet together and. hop like men in sacks or the birds in a pantomime, or 'The Perfect Cure,' up to one an- other, waltz around and set to next, A Prairie Chicken Dance is a most ludicrous sight and whilst they are engaged in it they became so absorb- ed in the performance that it is easy to approach them. / "Their places of rendezvous are recognizable at once from the state of the ground, the grass being heat: en perfectly flat in a circular patch or worn away by the constant beat- ing of feet. At the present juncture 'we took advantage of their weakness for a social hop and broke up 'the ball in a most sanguinary manner, justified, we hope, by a dire neces sity, We never, however, took this mean advantage of them except when driven 'by hunger to obtain food in the best manner we could." . Streamlines Used In" Time of 'Pepys Montreal.--Streamlining is not a new development, according to James R. Jack, professor of Naval Architec~ ture and Marine Engneering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technol: It dates back at last to the time of Samuel Pepys in the 17th century and mention of it can be found in his works, Pepys wrote of the ships in his time as having "a stern like the tail of a mackerel," Prof, Jack point ed out here, : Speaking of streamlining for mod- | ern cruisers, the professor said it had its advantages under certain condi- tions, but had a tendency to reduce the efficiency of the serew propeller,