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ii ^5H0llT5f(jJ^ Mojolica Vose By L. T. McFAKLAND HARRY LANG had come pre- pared to spend fifty dollars for the vase. He sat nervously watching the auctioneer, the people, ind the door and prayed that tiarjofy Higgins (that horrid ipinster who seldom missed an kuction, and always outbid him for his treasures) had broken a leg or something so she couldn't ap- pear this time when the Majolica »ase was to be put up on the block. He strained his neck for the hun- dredlh tim-- toward tlie entrance. He wondered if her knowledge of anti(|ues covered old pottery. Maybe wot. Maybe his auctioii- â- parring enemy didnt' know a Majolica vase from a beer mug. Yet the very thought of those snapping eyes and that crisp san- guine voice sent his blood soaring. I.-' ♦ » « "What am I bid for this Majolica Tase? A rare antique! Rarest thing ill this room!" the auctioneer's well- oiled voice boomed fortli while his free hand gestured over wash tubs, kraut shovels, and the toil-worn carpet sweepers. There it was! Harry looked about cautiously and held his breath for the sheer beauty of it. "Who will start the bid?" the auctioneer coaxed. "Five dollars." Harry called out. The girl was nowhce in sight. "Thank you, sir, five <lollars. Who will make il ten?" Thus the bidding prorceded until thirty v.'as reached. • • • The crowd was swaying rest- lessly. Interest was on the wane. Harry took a plunge. "Forty," he finally said. Now the vase was practically on his lap, but the auc- tioneer held on. "Forty â€" forty â€" is all 1 am offered â€" who'll make it fiftyâ€"?" ''I'ifty." called a clear voice near the door. Suffering cats! It was her voice. The crowd turned en masse lo gee Marjory Higgins make her way up the aisle to a lipot almost di- rettly in I'roiil of Harry. She stood there, tonfidenlly, already pictur- ing her proud exit with the vane in her possession. Harrv groimd his teeth and mut- tered, Sixty." "Seventy-five" the crisp voice came back at once as Miss Higgins tossed a swift challenge back in Harry's direction. "Eighty," Harry took the chal- lenge, and this time Marjory flush- ed and seemed embarrassed. "Eighty," teased the cryer. "Eighty I am offered. Make it eighty-five. Miss?" The girl nodded. "Eighty-five." Harry was really seeing red. "Eighty-five it is. Now make it ninety. Mister, make it ninety. Don't let the lady outbid you." ♦ • * Harry sensed that the crowd to a man was on the lady's side and were inwardly rooting for her, en- joying lur sportsmanship â€" so he raised up and shouted, ".Ninety." Kow he had it. The auctioneer scolded and pleaded and begged but Marjory was immovable. She must be pouting. She heard the "Goingâ€" goingâ€" gâ€"" Then it happened. Marjory Hig- gins whirled about and faced Harry I.ang. She was trembling. "You cheap skate!" she shouted. "You penny pincher! It's not the money, but the principle of the thing that burns me up. All this embarrassment over a measly nickel or two. Ninety cents â€" well you don't get it for ninety. I bid one dollar. So there! And now that the vase is mine, Fd like nothing better than the privilege of break- ing it over your head.'' * * * She stepped up to the stand and snatching the \ase from the for- once speechless auctioneer, threw it with all her strength at Harry Lang's dome. Lucky for Harry he had made his record in football catching forward passes. A mo- ment later it lay neatly tucked away under his arm. "Touchdown.' someone shouted and the crowd surged forward pushing Hairy Lang until he was face to face with his assailant. "Thanks, Mi- dam. Thanks very much for the vase â€" the clerk will be along to collect your bid." nc managed as the crowd pressed up. And in the riot that followed, Harry edged his way outside. FUNNY BUSINESS By Hershberger "I only liavc one thiiice cni)!" MOPSY lyGlADYS PARKER Cream of ths Tokyo Baby Cropâ€" These robust Japanese youngsters arc part of tlie group of 25 recently picked as tlit healthiest babies in Tokyo. Mothers pose prowdly with their .stmdy offspring, who regard the cameraman with questioning "shoe button" eyes and would rather go to work on their prizesâ€" sugar candy. VOICE OF THE PRESS Slippery Money Scienti.its are now making mer- cury cut of gold. We hope this doesn't mean that mercury is going to become the new standard unit of money. The present one, as most of us have discovered, slips through the fingers easily enough. â€" Kitchener Record. Must Be Vigilant Small thililren ulio da^h out from the sidewalk after a ball or in pure exuberance of spirits, oft'.n from behind a parked car, un- kneivving'y subject themselves to great peril. X'igilant motorists on city streets always drive with this sort of emergency in mind. â€"Ottawa Journal. Must Have 'Em PlanniiiK an (uerall parade to pub- licize a littyers' strike, imnibirs of the Vancouver Housewives' Con- sumers' League are iirestiniably luisy shopping for the mcKi attracllve overalls Ihiy c.iii luul. at any price. â€" W'iiKlsoi .Star. From Bottom Up. The Massiie-liiisctts ccjniimniily cf Newburypurt lias abandoned .Is month-old 10 percent price cut be- cause suppliers failed to co-operate. .Ml other similar efforts to reduce prices must fail iiiilcss the reduc- tions arc first iiiaile by the niaiiu- facturers ami wholesalers. Couldn't Do Better Newsweek Magazine opines that : "Japanese closely associated with Hirohito are carefully studying the British monarchy as a model for the Emperor's future under the new constitution." They could.. do no bottcr. â€" Stratford Bcaconlhrald Ignorance Is Bliss Everybody likes to be luiinbug- ged once in a while, so long as they dor't know how it's done. â€" Guelpli Mercury. Then Education Begins Schooling is what you gel ;•! school, but <-diicalion is what the rough old world gives you ulieii schooldays arc over. â€" Brandon Sun. Lewis Asks Boost For Mine"workers According to the latest available figures the soft-coal miners were averaging about $69. .SO a week, says the The New York flerald Tribune. This is the highest average for manual workers in any of the country's major industries. The steelworkers, for instance, witli ' their recent wage increases, have an average wage of about $55.50 a week, the auto workers one of about $.Sy. Yet jMr. John Lewis now insists that his niineworkcrs get a boost of .55 cents an hour, or else, though the steelworkers and others have been content with one of 15 cents or less and the Northern and Western coal operators have offer- ed 15 cents. .\|)proxinialely <! -.,000.000 people ininiigr.-.ted to the L'nited States in tlie 100 years from 1831 to 1931. First Silent Plant Developed By U.S. A< ronaiitical engineers have com- bined all known noisc-silcncing devices to produce the first "silent" airplane. One of aviation's major develop- ments in recent years is the way 200 experts, at Langley Field, Va., for a demonstration, describe the new ship. Taken up above 300 feet the plane mad.' only slightly"niore noise than a glider. Its fivc-bladed propeller, which revolves at a slower speed than the conventional ones but propels the ship at a higher speed, and an engine muffler contribute to its "silence". It was pointed out that com- plaints about the noise near air- ports not only have caused adjoin- ing property to decline in value, but also have brought a number oi lawsuits and resulted in many metropolitan fields being closed. OoycusMrmOMTHLY Thia fine medicino is very effective to relieve pain, nervouH clislrefls and weak, cranky, "dragged out" feelings, of such days â€" when duo to female functional monthly disturbances. Worth tryingt imjiEF/JifmM'sszi Von nill Color staying At The St. Regis Hotel TORONTO C Every Room WKIi Batli Shower nnd Telephon* « Single, •2.R0 op- Double, S3.G0 up • Good Kood. DInlns and DaBc- Ids NiBhtIr gherboarnc â- < Carltoa Tel. RA. 41SS RU0M8 BEAUTIFCLLl FCRMsnru $1 50 up HOTEL METROPOLE NIAGABA FALLS OFF. â€" C.N.R. STATION ivrffFsmiJCFO/'mEPf/Bi/c Better 'Wait First Time saved by crashing tiallir is often lost w.iitiiig fur the amlMil;iiice. â€" I'.mlpli \liiciiry. Radio-Minded The small hoy who was takm to the country for the first lime saw a .spider Kiiinning a web be- tween two tall reeds aiul t(d(I Ins father that a bug was piittiii); \i\\ a wireless. â€"St. Thomas Tiims- lonriial. Neglected Language A 'J'oroiito <cliicati<)iii'.t has let the cat out of the bay by refernni; In the "five laiiguages now taught" in our secondary schools: He n."mes lltgn as Latin. (Jrcek. b'rench, ticrnian, •Spanish. This explains wiiy so many graduates have an iinperfrcl com- mand of F.nijlisli, uliicli is .-iiiparently not taught at all. â€" relorlior(in!;Ii I'.xaniiiier. Mounties To Get Back Their Horses Return of the higli-step{)iiig RCMP mounts is announced. It is certain to win popuar acclaim. With the force resorting more and more to the use of fast patrol ca-s and planes in tracking down the West's "bad men", it had been feared that the highly-trained police horse was on its way out. In the minds of people nio-.t everywhere the mounted Ivedcoat is a symbol of law and order. Without the lu>rse, the symbol is definitely weakened. The pages of history cannot be so easily and should not be so harshly blurred Progress is fine but so is tradition. One of a series of advertisements in Irikite to those Canadians in the service of the public POP â€" Nothing Wasted By J. MILLAR WATT IF YOU CUTOFF THETAItS^ TAKE THe PADDlNCi ;_, OUT OF THE r,' ,; sMoui-peiiC_,- ^^--AMD PUT IT K \. 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