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.''>:- "â-  -"ifl "^ THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE. THAT H.C.L AGAIN ! WIVES MORE COSTLY Traffic in Mates Is Still Goings On in Europe, Declares Lon- don Lawyer. Startling though it may appear, wives are being bought and sold in European countries as though they were so much farmyard stock belong- ing to their lords iad masters, says a prominent London lawyer. Extraordinary revelations regarding the traffic in wives were made in the divorce court by Mr. Tyndale, another lawyer, recently. His statements have now been confirmed, and furtlier as- tounding evidence is forthcoming as to the widespread nature of the practice. A well-known Durham lawyer tells of a case where a coal miner, realizing he could not live with his wife any longer owing to incompatibility of temperament, decided to leave her. Before going away he approached a young bachelor and declared, "You can have my wife. I do not require her any longer, and here is $25 to boot." For $2.50 and a Dog. "This expression," said the lawyer, "is invariably used and numerous cases have come to my knowledge." There was a case of a Midland farm- er who parted with his wife for $2.50 and a Newfoundland dog. "Gentlemen," he proclaimed at the auction sale, "it is uer wish as well as mine to part forever. She has been to me a serpent. I took her for my comfort and the goou of my home, but she became my tormentor." Having dilated on her faults, he proceeded to expound her virtues. "She can read novels," he said, "and milk cows; she can laugh ana weep with the same ease that you can take a glass of ale when thirsty. She can make butter and scold a maid." A man was paid $2.75 for his wife at a public auction in Pontefract, where the minimum bids were 25 cents. Another accepted $1.25. Prices Now Higher. At Bedford in 1912 it was men- tioned that ten years previously a wife was sold for 25 cents, while at Wigan $5 sealed a similar bargain. The method today is slightly differ- ent. Instead of the public market place the local public house is the ren- dezvous, where over a glass of govern- ment ale the agreement is produced and duly signed. Prices also are higher. From $1.25 to $500 change hands, and both men and the woman in the case go on their wav rejoicing. This bartering in better halves came to light during the hearing of a peti- tion in which a co-respondent said he took the other man's wife because he understood there had been a "dissolu- tion of partnership" in writing be- tween the married couple. Justice McCardle remarked that in Parthon's Folly (Continued from last week.) bigamy cases in Manchester and other places in the north of England he had had letters handed to him showing that the husband and wife had decided to dissolve partnership, and had done so in writing. CANADA East and West "You don't travel dry," says he. Billy answered "not much." Ho add- ed also that the warder's employment might upon rare occasions impel him towards strong drink. The insinuation was not deemed with indignation. "Oh," says the fellow, "there's not much doing here, that's sure," "Don't give you much trouble?" "Bless you. They're a lot of lambs, they are. Gentlemen all, same as you and me. They've got the milk of human kindness in 'em, every one, they higher the ratio of production. Given the speed of the earth â€" the sun have. " paqSis 33 '^Bq^ ja^jB sa^nuiui IvLvm. ioj uoi^BAjosqo raojj uappiq "sBAi iap -jUAi. iij; â- v.T.-ij^ HSBia 3\{\ JO ;no jijoj agreed. "Got an accent on, hasn't it," says he. The warder was not sure, but he had another drink just to put the matter to the proof. "Yes," he said at length, "it would be Scotch." Then he asked a question about the plane. "Had an accident or anything?" "Petrol pipes like you and me, get a bit thirsty," said Billy, "be all right presently. I'll eat a sandwich, and then see." He ate the sandwich and the warder ate two. The convict with the sad eyes worked upon a row of the hay while they ate, and every time he came up to the place where Billy sat he lookeil at him in that haunting way. "For God's sake give me a chance," the poor fellow seemed to say. Billy wished that he could, for like most of his kind, he did not care a dump about anybody's past while his country was fighting for her life. It was "quite hopeless for all that. "Well," he remarked to the warder presently, "guess I'll be moving. Give me a hand on the old girl 's waist, will you. I'll start the engine up while you sit back there, and help me out with the juice. Keep your finger on that float there, and we shan't be long. You've never started up a hairyplane before, I suppose? Well, It's never too late to learn anyway â€" get up now and see what you can do." The warder obeyed clumsily. He was very much interested, and this was a welcome interlude. After all, the excitements of guarding convicts who behaved like sheep were not many. "Her won't explode, will her?" he asked. Billy was emphatic in his as- surances that she would not. "I'll just get up beside you a min- ute, and see if it's all right," said he. "Pitch these overalls out â€" they're in your way. That's right, old lad. Now hold on steady and see what happens. Up she goesâ€" how do you like it, Blue- beard â€" " "D n you," cried the warder. When Chief Poundmaker, head of the Cree Indians that were in revolt against the Dominion Government in the Northwest in 1885, decided to ac- cept the offer of General Middletoii and march his men into the British camp, he did not delay action. As a result on the 26th of May with his braves he came to the camp at Battle- ford for a great pow-wow. The Indians in war paint, and many of them in strange attire, ranged themselves around the camp fire in a semi-circle in front of the general. Poundmaker, a tall, fine looking brave, made a speech in which he declared he knew little of what was happening in his country, and that he should be co ani..nded tor keeping his braves so well in restraint. Several subordinate chiefs spoke m the same strain. . General Middleton spoke briefly, say- ing that Poundmaker and four of his chiefs were under arrest, but that the rest could depart when they deUvered up 'wo Indians who had murdered two whites in a barbarous method. Two Indians at once stepped out, confess- ing they were the men wanted. One of the pair wore the hat of an Eng- lish woman, a straw creation, with all of its attached ribbons and feathers. When the men surrendered the day was at an end, and the chief and his party were sent off at once to prison at Eeeina. , , , . • j ^„ There were many laughable incidents in the day. One was when a squaw, very old, and more than usually dirty, came forward and wanted to make a speech to the general, bhe was told that, like the Indians themselves the Whites did not admit women to their counsels. "But," was her quick re^ tnrt "the white people are ruled Dy a woman" And General Middleton and all his oft-icers laughed heartily at tho quick retort. CHAINS ON REAR WHEELS. You often sec ears ambling along the wet pavements on a rainy day with a tire chain on ouly one of he rear is true that by in- wheels. While it Buring good tractioi for one of the rear wheels the chances are that the car will be able to move oyer even the sUpperiest places, still it is a bad practice to use but one cham, because vou are tliereby imposing too great a strain on the diffeiential. By working it overtime in tliis fashion undue wear is tho result, and no doubt many noisy axles come from jus"; such thoughtless stunts as this. By using but one chain you gain nothing except tho few min- utes' extra time it would take to put on the other chain. A word to the wise is gufCicient. In Franco the doctor's claim on the Mtate of a deceased patient has pre- Mdeaee of all others. "put me on the ground at once "Oh,'/ says Billy cheerfully, ' ' that 's all right ' ' â€" and rising high in the air, he showed the astonished official the whole cliffs of old England and the blue sea which sparkled upon the sands at their feet. In an hour they were back again. Bluebeard was speechless by this time. He had run through the gamut of the politer blasphemies, and come down to words which no decent man should utter. "You'll get five years for this," he said to Billy when ho was on terra flrma again. Billy didn't care a red cent. "Bight ho," cried he, "address Berlin, care of the old Kaiser. Don't you forget it â€" and if you're sending gifts, mine are Virginian â€" " Bluebeard shook his fists at him, and ran away to count his flock. That was a sum in arithmetic for whose so- lution Billy did not wait. He was five hundred feet in the air before his red-faced frien 1 bad got half way across the moa.lovv, and when he houtd the shrill sound of the whistle come floating up on the still air, he laughed like a child. A moment after he was half serious. "I wonder if tho poor devil did it?" he asked himself. It really was an exciting thought. He had thrown his overalls overboard; he remembered that he hadn't seen them when they landed. Now there was this whistling, and then the sound of a gunshot. A cannon boomed from tho prison nearby, and a bell was tolled dismally. Billy thrilled with the joy of it. "Poor devil," he exclaimed again â€" "and â€" and â€" I wonder if they'll oateh him. I hope they won't " He was speeding away in the direc- tion of Salisbury Plain by this time, and below him was tho great tangle of the New Forest. An hour's steady driving brought him to the camp, when he got his plane into the hangar and then cleaned himself. Not a word of his adventure passed to any man, and ho had half forgotten it when he opened his daily paper next morning, and read of the escape of a convict from the prison of Pentmore. It was all true then. The fellow had got clean away. Billy hardly knew wheth- er to bo glad or frightened. What had he done? Anr would it prevent his killing the Germans. He was all in a cold sweat at the thought. The convict, so tho paper said, was heir to a baronetcy, and had been sentenced to three years' penal servi- tude for forging a relative's signature. There had been some doubt as to whether the prisoner had or had not acted innocently, and many people thought he ought not to be in prison at all. He had been engaged to Lucy Fairfield, Lord Boromore's daughter, at the time of his trial, and his was, without question, the saddest case of the year. Now he had escaped and the police of three countries were loking for him. (To Bo Continued.) Grading of milk and cream encour- ages the careful dairyman to do even better, and places tho manufactured products on a higher b.asis. Paying by quantity instead of by quality would strengthen our dairy industry. THE ENGLISH GIRL IN CANADA Does She Succeed in Social Life? This month will see the inauguration of a weekly presentatiim in Canadian Theatres of British films with British stars. The distribution of these "British Mastercraft Productions "is being arranged by Specialty Film Import, Limited, in conjunction withthe Anglo Canadian Picture Playa,Limited. The following stars, whoso pictures are shown above, will be familiar figures on Canadian Theatres' screens: 1, Queenie Thomas; 2, Chrissie White; 3, Henry Edwards; -1, Stewart Home; 5, Alma Taylor; «i, Gregory Scott; 7, "Violet Hopson; 8, Gerald Ames; 9, Poppy Wyndham. ADVICE TO GIRLS By Rosalind Regiatered According to the. Copy- right Act Dear Bosalind: â€" I have been going with a young man for about a year, and we can't get along for some reason. His sister and I are great friends, but every time I go with anyone else she tells him and then he raves like I belonged to him. Ha asked me to kiss him once, and I refused. I have always been glad I did so, for he says that I am the gentleman should lead the way into Do you think it is proper for a girl church. (2) Should a lady enter a|to visit at the home of her boy friend gentleman's room even when he is noti i i_ j. .^ i. , S.„„ n /o\ o^ <=u .Tuou uo 'o """ at a house party if she knows some present? (3) Should a lady ask a; . , ... gentleman, whom she has gone out "^ ^^^ family? BY A. BEVEELET BAXTEE, in the London Express. In u recent interview with a ' • Daily Express" correspondent Ladv Rodney ;,'ave some interesting information about life in Canada, .ihe said, among < ther things, that the English girl who marries over there almost invariably succeeds in the task of homo-building. As I ha^-e lived mosv oi my ufe in the Dominion, and was tlien. three mouths ago on a visit, I feel that tho 'luestioii is one that can hardly le handled in a generalization In the first place, life 'in Canada aifror.s tremendously with tho locality In tlie eastern provinces a mother rears h.-r baby on infant food and politics ^^^ (hence Sir Eobert Borden, Mr Bonar =^^ ^â- \^'''' ^"' Wamar Greenwoo.l, and many ^^ others;. In Montreal there is a real cosmopolitanism. A true Montroaler no matter how well he behaves, always likes to thiul- he has a nice instinct ror indiscretion. Ottawa is pretty ana siiiy; snob- bery fiounshes, and the social columns ot tho newspapers would delight the hearts of the most inveterate svco- phauts in England. Toronto is charm'ing. but, being overwhelmingly Methodist in freed, a Porontonian alwavs feels that no matter what he is doing he snould be doing something olse-au uncom- fortable city for any one who does not take hte seriously. And so on to the Last Great West I am going to pass over tho question o± English girls on tho farm or ranch where courage and faithfulness are tiie great necessities, and consider in- stead the important superflciaUties of social life in the cites. In that sphere how does the visitor compare mth the native-born girlf GENTtJS FOR DRESS. -^3 far as beauty is concerned, the honors probably go to the English girl. IL-r complexion and hair are historic, but 111 amniation and the art of dress tiio Canadian damsel rivals tho Paris- lenne, .She has more than a flair for dresisâ€" .she has genius/ What, then, of the social arts? In conversation, the English girl will charm with her voice (except when she sa.vs "topping" o.- "ripping"), but she must be careful that her rival does not penetrate her guard with quickness ot wit. Tluns move faster over there. The extremes of climate, ; the buoyancy of tho New World, the lack ot precedent, the pressure of busi- ness competition are all reflected in the virility of ordinary social inter- course. There is not so much "thought- suicido" in Canada as over here. As the builder of a homo the" Can- adian girl expects more responsibility than IS tho case in England. The resi- dent school is very rare, so that the sons and daughters in almost all cases live with tlieir parents throughout their schooling. I am not sure whether the English girl brings the same idealism to the task, the determination tliat a home must be a workhouse for tho creation of character. Show me a successful Canadian and I will show you a suc- cessful home. Perhaps I am biased, but I believe that Canadian life holds the germs ot a great workable democracv. Al- though it has many faults (a'nd far too often a Canadian is as provincial as a Londoner), tliero is no hereditary lower class in the Dominion. Canada is essentially a favorite of the future. The English girl need not feel her- self an exotic ovor there. Life is in- terpreted a little differently, but it still remains life, and beneath her white cloak Our Lady of tho Snows lias a heart. Editor's Note.â€" What do our On- tario men and women think of the above article? Wo would bo glad to receivo letters on the subject for pub- lication in those columns. with two or three times, for a lady's choice waltz? (4) Should a lady al- low a gentleman to put his arm around her or kiss her when they have been going together for some time but are not engaged t HAPPY. In either church or theatre, the woman precedes the man down the aisia when there is an usher, but when they make their way to their seats themselves, the man goes first and then stands at the end of the seat and al- lows the woman to pass in front of him. In regard to your second question, circumstances alter cases, but, as 8 general rule, a girl lays herself open only girl he has ever gone with that he , ^ _ couldn't kiss, and I really do think it to criticism when she goes to a man s hurt his vanity just a little. Please advise me just what to do. Please print my answer in the news- paper and then I will know just what to do, for I think your advice is fine. BIANCA. Dear Bianca: â€" There is very little happiness to be had in the rompany of jealous folks, my dear, and the sooner you make up your mind to it the better it will be for you. I believe that real love means un- selfish love, and the unselfish love Is that which rejonces in every good thing that comes to its beloved. The selfish lover wants to be "dog-in-the- mangerish" and keep away everyone else from his loved one. And it is quite likely to grow worse with .years my dear â€" be careful! I am glad ypu refused the kiss â€" not because it hurt his vanit.v, but be- cause it bears witness to tho truth of what we have always claimed in this column: That a man has no respect for the girl who does not respect her- self enough to keep her caresses for her fiance. BOSALIND. room unless he is a relative, The polite thing for her to do would be to ask the man who escorted her to the dance. For your fourth answer, see answer I to Bianca and then follow the advice. I You will find it will prove the better way. BOSALIND. Dear Rosalind: â€" I have a girl friend who is going on a long trip. Her father has money and can buy her everything she wants. I would like to give her some little thing which she can enjoy while on the trip. What would you suggest? If the girl has no kodak, that would probably give her more enjoyment than anything else. For a girl who h„3 everything, there is very little one can give except a book, flowers or candy. the face of tho earth. This is of employment is that of those men and nearly $1,500,000 is inconsiderable. course more spectacular in tho sprin,:; ROSALIND. Dear Rosalind: â€" Kindly inform me If: (1) A lady or love him? Dear Rosalind; â€" Do you think that a girl 22 years of age should receive nn expensive present from a boy if she does not BLUE EYES AND BROWN EYES. Unless a gixl loves a man and is engaged to him she should not permit him to buy her expensive presents. It would be all right to attend the house party if the young man 's moth- er invites you. BOSALIND, SPTtM. OF SDMHER IN DAINTT FROCKS EIGHT HUNDRED GOWNSIM WOMAN'S WARDROBE CI6thing of Late Princess Lob- anoff Sold at Auction. Inventory of tho personalty of the late Princess Lobanoff shows she was probably the world's greatest hoarder of fine clothes. '•>. Her evening dresses numbered 500. She had ,300 tea gowns. She had tons of dozens of every article of und r- wear, never won , never unpinned or unfolded, with the tissue paper just as the work girls had packed them. Rich brocades, heavy silks, fine linen, rare old Incos, embroideries that must have been the .fork of months â€" •tU were bought wholesale. But for the war her rich clothing might have been sold for a song, but now such ma- terial cannot bo bought in tho shops. This wardrobe was sold recently by auction, when Paris dealers bid against each other for her lingerie, §1,000 to •'^2,000 for each lot of six pairs of knickers; more for each lot of oight- ecii chemises of pure linen. Pari<(iennos were eager, too, to sleep in tho Princ- ess' sheets and one bundle of five was knocked down for .$500. What woman is there but likes . iniraer best â€" well, because â€" oh, â-  o's clothes look so much better -the crisp, clean freshness which 11 women like. If that white or- ndie â€" tha,t TOile â€" that geor- ,., tte â€" has not been planned as y,,t â€" maybe these two new sum- mar frocks In all their da'nMnesf vvill help In the decision. To prevent over-sleeping, and thus risking the loss of their employment, the mail-carriers of Morocco resort to a uniiiue and perilous scheme. They tio a string to one foot, and, as they know hnw long a yard or two will burn, they regulate the length of the string by tho time they have to sleep. They light tho string, wheh burns slow- ly ; and, when the Are comes to their foot, they are painfully reminded that it is time to rise m -m