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WHAT THE QUEEN TALKS ABOUT "Sbo loc->kii 6w»i»t, but 1 do wUli we A more dellnlt* and much "blsger" ooutd keur lier Bp««k uitl kaow what voice tlwn oii» would eip^tct from liwr sia« Ulks about!" exclaimed a cirl at slIstitueMi of stature belongs to the a ptctur»-|<alaoe, irhan a u>ptcal film !lttl« I>ucbeii» of York. Lilke the aliowlof the Quaea wi» naiib«d oo ihe gue«n, the DuchetM talka In a way *rreeD. Hf^r Ma)eetx couU be aeea which nuK8e£'t» a woman <>( sr«*at | sralllog and talkinc with various peo- oiirahflltv. Sho smi'.es a lot wliila ' pla. talklnc, but always in the r.<lil ! Royal ladWa do W« "public speak- I>lart.*. but la bright auj vital and vl | Ing" than their mal« relations, ao that vtu-lou*. we have fewer opportunities of hear- ing their volot>«. Th« Quot.'Q faaa a clear, dtsUuct *l>»aklDg voice, wliloh compel* attee- tlon. She look* directly at tlt« person to whom she is speaking and uses her •ye« as weU as her lips. Her Majoety The OuchesR like to tiilk about current topics, is k««u to he«r about new places and life in varioui parts of the wor'.d, and lovoe dticusa- ing country matters, ospeolaliy those relating to Scotland. "Hsr Royal Shyness." She 1* very luteru.tted in talking l» a good a>nvt>rftatlonali»t and pre- about new pla>-«. and «lnce her mar- ten serious subjects. | riage she haii shared hor husband's In- ' ilooks, old and new; historic and tereat in industrial welfare. But where archlteotural antiquities; old prints, ' the Duchess >s<-orc« piu-tlcrularly as a | china, silver, and fane; travel â€" <tii«se ' oonveraationalist la that she 1mm a . are ttM tlilng<» about which the Queen real gift for talking about any subjeot | Hkes to talk to hor (rlends. Often she \ In wtoloh the other person Is interest- surprises them by the extent and • ed. deptli of her knowledge. i PrincMs Helena Victoria has a â- ^w 1^1 n k ' pleaosnt, smiling way with her, and a The Little Duohese. j ^,^^ ^^,^,^ , ^^^^ ^^^^ j^j^ ^^ Princess .Mary, Vlecounteas L*u<»l- crlbod a-s "raothorly." lea, has a muc* shyer voice than her | ..jj^e spoke to me in mich a nios mother, and sometlmeo she speaks so ^ comforting, motherly way," said a Qnielly that It ta not easy to hear her. , ^orkgirl who had been scared to death Ueeplte this dllBdence of manner, how- ^ j,y ^jj^ prospect of facing a real Prin- ev«r. Princess Mary's volo© bmn a poai- cess. tlve note In It, and when she makes •tatemeots or suggostions tbey are based on knowledf^e. The Princptfl does not take a great Interest in antiques, and la not quite so serious in her talk as l.<t the Queen. Children and children's welfare, flow- ers and gardening, antaial/i and birds of bU sorts, from mica to tiorsee and poultry, are among her favorite sub- jects of conversation. She is also qulto fond of dlBcueelng clothes with her In- timate women friends. Princess' Mario Louise hais perhaps the host speaking voice of all the Bri- tish Iloyal ladlos; she sT>e;ik8 with dear crispnefw and has a wide know- ledge of many things. The Princess Royal, <Iespite her old nickname of "Her Iloyal Shyrvess," Is an excellent oonversationallst, iind has Every Dvy. Tbs ooaln coccern in life id not to gird (Nir*elve8 that we may face ex I teptlonal. overwlielmhig crises, but I rj.tliM' to meet wish Lv.urnge ajid gcod i cheer the octurrenoes of evr.ry- day. We are not to blam** when the longing i etirs In ua for a new and thrlH'ug lu- 1 cident. a change of icene or a cjiUact j with a faBc!na;inK por.-ot:filHy thut Ufhali tr;iiis'poii iw from the «nvlr<>:i- meul we know so well to a uiffereut sriliere of thought and foe'.ing. The urge is natural and piimal. it may supply an incentive or create a fixed I ambition. The thought o( a good tlm« I coraiug Is an Inspiration while we j Ishor in a ta^'i of duty and of con- Ucienoe T.het^iu the element of fun is ' moagre or nonoxU-tont. Hut one ot tlio le°«ons we have to learn as we gnul'uate from youth to maturity and to the assuuiptlon of re- sponsibility la tlmt life cannot all be play, ttiat holidays are the guerdon of worlcing days, and we have U> make up our minxlci, if we are to be of lasting account, that on the way w«nR> each day'fi work depends our ultimate rat- ing as servants of the race. We are not called on by our fate to lead a cavalry ctiarge, or direct a symphony orcb«»tra, or thrill the multitude from j the motion-picture screen, or write a ^^^ j book that tops the list of best sellers, • - - 'â-  I j,r so'id exaltfKl political offlce, or wield tnclion of Birds. ja far ramifying power as executive In For a third of every year he lives corporate administration. But with The protection which i» now extend- fo a small but on tho crajps. iiiid his every worthy deeign of making the only contact with hunnin beings Is most ot our opportunities and the beet ones a week, when food and letters of ourselves, each of us In his place 'I'lm largt ; inolkin. plclnru c-amcra In the world will be u«<>(l to photo- graph the totaJ ecUfse of the sun on January 14. 192C, at Uenk'M>^lon. Siitnatra. Capt. Bamett Hflrrl», XJ.8.U., of the ';irvard ec!tp60 foundation, Is shown. Britain's Lcneliest Man. ed to our wild blrdci has led to a num- ber of people taking up a new profes- sionâ€"that of bird-watcher, says an Engll.sh newspaper. Women are â- l»elng attracted to this life. In spite of the fact that it Is a The Shepherd. The shepherd is an ancient man, His back Is bent, bU foot Is b-Iow; Although the heavens he doth not scan, He soenta what winds shall blow. Hit face ie llko the pippin, grown Red ripe, la fros.ty eun* that shone; Ti* hard and wrinkled, as a stone „ . , , , .^ , . The ruins hnve rained upon, are brought from Har<jlaBWlcJ«, the every day has the same amount of poitofflce, -fiirthefit north." Out to time committed to his charge, to use Tyjjg„ tempests sweep the dripping Rama VI. King of Stem, who passed away re- cently after having occupted th« throne for fifteen years. very dennlte ideas upon the things she solitary one. But few women would dtacuj«ee. Her two daughters, Prln- ujie to change places with Honry Ed- ce«» Arthur of Connaught and I.iady wardson, the lonolleet man In Britain. Maud Carnegie, have both nice girllah ; EMwardaon became guardian of the voices. F.e& froni Edwarilson'd Init la the ' well or 111 according to his own free .Vucklft Flaggo Lighthouse, which Just choice. The day belongs to each of us, j beats tbo watcher'ii home os the most the same number ot sunny or becloud-! unmoved beneath the ' northerly Uin. luhabltod dwelling In Brl- A Poem Worth Knowing. An Ideal. During bis brief life of thirty years Automatic Fog Warning! Made by New Device. Thanks to ttie invention of a young ; birds of Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland } Live Owl In Police Court. I Islands, In the elghities, and for the Among the list of lost property pub- ! last nineteen years has been watcher . llshed by the polica of Loeda, Rnglan-I, under the Royal Society for the Pro- ' is a live c.vl wi^h rings on Its Ioe-*. Percy Bysske Shelley wrote a great profetsor in the National University mass of poetry. He was conaUntly in ^f Irelandâ€" J. J. DawlIngâ€" Dublin Is revolt against the narrow spirit of his ; ^^e lirfrt port In the world to possesa Umea, but hte verse is noble and filled ^ completely automatic lighthouse and with the very breath of freedom. i fog.€iignaMng Hcrvico. I Mr. Dowllng lias devised a quite To â- â€¢utter woes which hope thinks in- g*,npio arrangement by which the ad- fln't*; ! vent of a teg starts the warnlngw of To forgive wrongs darker than death ^^^ apparatus. It has been under or night To defy Power which seems omnipo- tent; To love, and boar; to hope till Hope crf>ates tost at the Dublin port for the last yoKir and, having answered all the do- maiMls made upon It, i& now pro- nounced a complete eticcefiT'. On one side of the River Llffoy la a From its own wreck tbo thing it con- .j^^^jp ^.,,i,.,j projects a ray of light terapletos; ! obliquely across the channel upon a Neither to change, nor falter, nor j^^^g i^^j, window in the wall of a repwit: lighthouse. The light Is thereby con- ThlB, like thy glory, Titan, Is to be Icentratid on a lig-ht E^nsitiva cell wlth- Oood, great, and Joyous, beautiful and ',„ ^^e UglithotLse producing a mimite 'elijotriciil efrc<-t which Is enlarged by la magnifier until a current strong and free; Thl* is alone Life, Joy, Empire, Victory. ^ ! enough to operate a relay Is produced. Every time it rains the real opti- vvhen the light ray Is weakened suf- mlst consoles himself with the thought fici^ntly by a fog. the relay current re- that tho sun is shining somewhere. verwa ami closes an eloutrlc circuit, *~^ ^' . ciiusing the powerful fog-slgnaling ma- yjn otyle. chlncry to operate. Mere attention to words Is not ^ »i)ecial device prevent,-* passing enough: for real style Is not a matter , si,lps, puffs of smoke, .«^ablrda or oth<vr of showlnc.<!S. .Solicitude over verbal j transient interruption.^ from operat- niceties quenches the ardour of j j„g n,,, apparatus, a persistent weak- Imagination. But no appropriate word ^ ©ning of the light, due to fog, alone wUl be lost. It one ... by pro- having any etftxt. Tlie apiwiratuis l.i longed and Jtidlcloue reading acquires | capable of operating without attention a plentiful stock of word.s and applies ' ^^„^ ,),,, original installation, after a thereto skill in arrangement, and, fur- j year'd service, is giving complete sat- ther, strengthens the whole by ubund- 1 tgfaction. ant practice, so that all la cuiu!tantly at hand and before one's eyes. When our words are sound Latin, Higniticani, elegant, and fltttngly .^r^anKed, why should we labor for anything more? â€" Quintlllsn. The Poor Porter. A traveler, being In a great hurry, told his hotel porter at the station to buy his railway ticket for him. The traveler then got aboard the train, and just as It waA about to pull out the porter gatluped up to the window breathlessly. " Yer ticket, sir," he said. "A dol- lor nlnety-nlghl, sir." "Thank you very mucli," said the traveler, taking the ticket as the train Virtue. gath< rod spoed. Here's a dollarâ€" you Uut never will we barter virtue for can keop the nlnoly-eight centa for gold. Virtue lasts for ever; nu)noy Doves. What folly lies in forcasts and In fears Like a wide laughter sweet and op- portune, Wet from the fount, threo bunded doves of PHul'a Shcok their warm wings, drizzling the golden noon. And in their rain-cloud vanished up the walls. "CSod ke^ps," I said, "our little flock of years." â€" L.oiil.se Imogen Gulney, in "Happy Ending." r"2 3 li 15 ,1 J2fe 27 33 {40 A\ m Ak 47 50 54 CROSSWORD PUZZ?,F, 4 5 Jg^b \7 f^\2 13. 11^14 wF " â-  20 21 8 9 10 18 i 3I> Hp5 49 42 43 41 it _â-  5rw52 mf^ ed hour,s are bestowed on "rich nuin, poor n\on, beggar man, thief," for vir- tue or for vice, for business or Indol- ence. It rests with us, oneby one, to decide how we shalJ tise the time. The kind of day it Is to be depends not on the weather, net on the caprice of for- tune, but on our own valorous pei"- formance, each In his own place, tliroufth thick and thin. Man Who ChoBe Unknown Soldier Works for Grocer. AuguEte TUin. the private selected j to clioo.s.e the body of the hero who lies • heneath the Arc de Trlomphe and to ' whom millions n'.ready have paid hom- I age, is now a grocer's assistant In I I'nris. and is glad to bo alive. j On N'oveniber 10, 19"0. he was sura- mor.ed by the Minister of War. who pUln. He stands hedge. ' Ana seee the columns ot the rain, I The storm-cloud's shattered edge. I Short speech., he hath for man ana , \ beast; I Some fifty words arc all his store. . Why should his language be increased ? , j He hath no need for more. j There Is no change he doUi desire. I Of far-off lands he hath not heard; . • Beside hte wife, before the fire,' i He sits, and speaks no word. i â€" Arthur Chrtetopher Benson.' Protecting the Farmers' ? Savings. . A matter that l9 causing grave con-* cern to Canada's resipon&lble financial • and business men is the investing of the farmers' hanl-earned savins*.' handed to tho private a f:mall bunch Canadian fnmisrs have had good croi>^ ,of flower* caying: "SoWier Thin, you tS"s year and are i^^eiv.ng fniriy gocd 'have in frent of you eight coffins j Pricee therefor. By for the gr^ate; . (IrapeJ with the Tricolor. The coffin -, !><«•'">= »' ^^^ ^ave a Utile put away ' upon which you deposit this hunch of . ' '< fi'jwtrs will be designated to repre- *" ** <â- '"•<» R°<>''- â-  s.oct tU? Unknown Soldier of Franca." - Unfortunately, In the honk for « rainy day. This ta there are certain ; Thin Ealutcd. tremb!!ng-h.. was 18 [parasites that find ^y pkJdii5» lve«rs of age. He sl.imbled pa-'t the ,«n">°E Canadian farmers when timee '"oii;ht coffins and haif-daze*!. p!ace<l ;»r« K""^- These are the promote4-s.ot â- itie bunch ot flowers on one. doubtful sompaulea and salesmen ^ot ! Then fuur privates.' decorated wixh !««<;»ritl€!. or artlclss that are not : the cro-o of il'e Legicn of Honor, the '*"<>"'' '*>« V^^ces. paid therefor. All !l.Yench Miiiti-ry Medal, the f'roix dei>''nd» of companies _ar« Boated asd I o-.ii " ' ^."' Its ins'pirrng hymn the coiHn of the tar'aer. He receives a stock certlB- •rencn .\Tiiiuirv .Meuai. me > roix ue â€" -- •â-  >-,ierre with many bars, stepped cut ^^io^^k M>Id at from a few cents a share :nd while "ba Mar&eiUai.-e" crflshedl'^P- Much of this Is unloaded upon tlje Unknown Hero o't France was re- '«*<«• ^^^ '" many -nay. the majority 1. 6. 11. 12. 14. youreo'.f." *• Mamma l-las Her Reason. Visllor "Do you llki> Ut rf'ilo?" .Mairjorle "No; hut nuimnia always asks ni'! to biTar.^ • li nniktM vi;j|ior« go home'" flies from hand to hand. Holon. How Styles Change. . As u me'.ins ut hoc. ting tho mortallly r . Hoiizoatal. Treats maliciously. To Btaka money upon a certain event. A game played on horseback. To be ill. Adlrmative votes. 15. The whole quantity. 16. Took dinner. 18. An ;-o forth. 19. To perform. 20. Crumbles Into «mall particles. 22. A cry of f urprise. 23. To color. 24. An afllrnintivo. 26. To be In motion. 28. A character in "Uncle Tom's Cabin." 30. Wl demonstrative pronoun. 32. Ijooked forward to. 33. A combat between two persons. 84. To employ. 35. Thin. 37. A large luHly of water. 89. Human beings. 40. In such a manner. 42. Put in u stable. ' 45. You and I. 46. To make a certain kind of lace- edging. 48. niillianry ot .succesa or effort. I 49. To Invite. I BO. A public echcol in England. 62. A number. rate the appendix ha.» long since given j pLu'o to ihh u<ce!crator. An island of tJie Medilcrranean , Sea noted for a Colossus. 55. Conveyed cr transferod by ilct 1. Vcrllni!. 1. Garden implements. 2. A. game played on horseback. 3. Sick. 4. A preposition. 5. A piece of canvas ttse<i on a .ship. 6. Mirth. 7. Bcloneing to ma, 8. A stinging in'sect. 9. A thin narrow fthlp of woo;! us«d in building. 10. One who nccorapanles someone. 13. Not capable of being divided. 16. A de(»r. 17. Kroe from moisture. 20. Shrubs with evergreen iwavefl and white or rosy flowers. 21. EstabtUhed a dwelling. 23. Partakee ot a certain meal. 25. Luster. 27. A Gre«.k letter. 28. A small ivhlekt carried In tho lith century. 29. To imitate. 31. A gIrl'.M naroc^. 33. An implement used tor dusting. 36. Required. 38. Consumed. ' 39. (;anie together. 41. A solemn arP^nl to tiod. 43. Part,'! of plnys. 44. To go a.-ihore. 46. Small rodents. 47. Also. 49. Wicked. 51. Initials of a northwe.= lern state. 53. Ferrous (Symbol). ' moved from the citadel of Ve«\iun to a i bollagged gun carrLige to be entrained I to Pari.-i Hn:l thence lo the Arc de Trlomphe. I Thin now EeOls halt a pound of btit- 1 tcr. a Ikjx of ."^ardinc^ an:l with his I meagre wages ke-sps li'> little family. j His il«uehter. aged 2. accompanied M. {(lud Mme. Thin to the tomb of the Unknown SoMicr recently. The three f'l'hiu.s were In the crowd, but Mme. ' Tliin was inwardly more proud than I the (Hplomat sti-uiling under the Arc ' (le 'I'riomphe. while more than 200 French flags dippej as they wvre car- rlo-J past. An.'-vker !»> Inst wnck'a ptizrii • of case.s. this is all he rec^ivfes. Fanners should bewure of these gta- try. Any propoe<ition that is worth the, Vrlce to-day doee not have any dif- ficulty In placing its securities, tieglll- mate bond houses rerart a dearth of good securities. This i« evidenced l>y the keen conip«iUtion for gavemm«>it and municipal issues. • When the Canadian farmer le ap- proached by tho6« who wouM have him pert with his savings, before slgnliig any paper he shonid consult his bank manager. The latter Is In a po6tti6a to safely advice, and his advice, shouU) be taken. The responMWe; bond salesman wiU be only too glad to have the banker's endorsooent,' while the fake promoter will endeavor to show that the bankiar la prejudteed' against his scbentei. This atK>uld> b« sufficient to put any Investor* on t^elr^ guard. After the farmer ba* partedl with his money regret* will be of lit-' tie avail. The Incomplete Bible. "Is any ot the Bible lost to the world?" Yea, nine books and one isalm are mentiono<l In the BlBle, anl we have no trace ot them. Theijo nro lost to tho world â€" w^hile many of the other books are lost on tho r-orldl MUTT AND JEFFâ€" By fhid Fisher. /Jerc, B£iu& TV\e Diw.e£.ToR.^ ^IV/eS Me THC A<JtV\oW\TV T* KU&AC^ ALL "me AcTOftl For TH«% |e\v€ RecLCP. ANb Moo OCiMG oyT oFAJoB PRoMPT\ fAE TO 6\v/e YOU A SMA»LL PftRTl ^\M sccNC oKja atkmcab' IS ^PCCl>IMa bftUlM TWfr ffOAli AN»t> AJ IT PAStet uN)b£fc A TRee iM vAJHitrt You AKc HibOcM Voo Jump t'LL HAiwe TO %HVm voy HouuTHAT i^ bowel Jeff is Very EfficJent at Doing Some Things. HlfA Off THg TAXtl t'Lt. ^t>0 TW\T,"n>o.'