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:■ V I 1 f } } À ç i î z\ .c M v ri B m Èv,-: te-, fet'.' B-- 'Silver Gloss" has been doing perfect starching in Canadian homes, for nearly 60 years. In one'pound packages and six pound fancy enamelled tins. THE CANADA STARCH CO. LIMITED MONTffEAW CARDINAL. BRANTFORD. FORT WILLIAM. Makers aj "Crown Brand" an# "Lily While" 'Corn Syrups, and Benson's Com Starch. -.i 235 : PERILOUS NAPS. Some Men Take Their Snooze in Dangerous Dangerous Places.' A short time ago a man was discovered discovered iii his lunch-hour fast asleep on a plank. His arms were hanging down, one on each side of the board, which was about a foot wide. He was snoring gloriously, and quite careless, careless, whether awake or asleep, that if he turned over for greater comfort he would "tumble out of bed" one hundred and twenty feet, for that plank was part of the scaffolding erected for the repair of a church spire! A similar disregard for danger was reported lately during the erection of some electrical works. One of the men engaged on the tall chimney, missing his. mate at the lunch-hour, went up the half-finished chimney to find him. He discovered him fast asleep on a narrow ledge of brick inside inside the shaft, a fall from which meant a drop of eighty feet. The other week a circus arrived in a certain town, not a hundred miles from London, at an early hour after a long journey and a performance the previous night, says London Answers. As a consequence few of the company got any sleep. That day there was the usual procession and the afternoon afternoon performance. The' lion tamer had had a very rough time because of the illness of one if his beasts. The evening performance arrived, and this man had to pretend to go to sleep with his head on the body of a couchant lion, finishing up the performance performance by springing up, and putting his head in another lion's mouth. But when the jumping-up time came a gentle snore was heard. The man was fast asleep with his head pillowed on a lion!. * ^ Two Anglers. / A barefoot boy, A white birch pole; A can of worms, A swimmin.' hole, A baited hook, A tug and swish; A steady haul, A string of fisK". A white duck suit, A canvas boat; A costly rod, A patent float, A gaudy fly, A cash and swish; A pretty sight, But nary fish! And there were always other things to think of* There's lots of things' a man has got to think of- His work, his home, his pleasure, and his wife; And so we only thought of You on Sunday, Sometimes,- perhaps, not even on a Sunday, Because there's always lots to fill one's life*.. And all the while, in street or lane or byway, In country lane, in city street or byway, You walked among us and we did not see. ' Your feet were bleeding as You walked our pavements. How did we miss Your footprints on our pavements ? Can there be other folk as blind as we? < Now we remember over here in Flanders (It isn't strange to think df You in Flanders) ; This hideous warfare seems to maké things clear. We never thought about You much in England; But now that we are far away from England We have no doubts, we know that You are here. You helped us pass the jest along the ' trenches. Where in cold blood we waited in the trenches s You touched its ribaldrv and made it fine. You stood beside us in out pain and weakness, We're glad to think You understand our weakness, Somehow it seems to help us not to whine. We think about You kneeling in the garden, Ah, God! the agony of that dread garden; We know You prayed for us upon the cross; If anything could make us glad to bear it, 'Twould be the knowledge that You willed to bear it, Pain--death--the uttermost of human loss. Though we forgot You, You will not forget us; We feel so sure that You will not forget us, But stay with us until this dream is past; And so we ask for courage, strength, and pardon, Especially, I think, we ask for pardon, And that You'll stand beside us to the last. --London Spectator. CONTAINS NO ALUM - MADE IN CANADA GREAT BRITAIN IS A VAST ARSENAL THERE ARE 4,000 CONTROLLED MUNITION PLANTS. THE FASHIONS 0 How to Feel Well During Middle Life Told by Three Women Who ' Learned from Experience. The Change of Life is a most critical period of a woman's existence, and neglect of health at this time invites disease and pain. Women everywhere should remember^ that there is no other remedy known to medicine that will so successfully carry women through this trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from : native roots and herbs. Read these letters:--- Philadelphia Pa.--"I started the Change of Life ] five years àgo. I always had a headache and back- \ ache with bearing down pains and I would have heat flashes very bad at times with dizzy spells and nervous feelings. After taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound I feel like a new person and am in .better health and no more troubled with the aches and pains I had before I took your wonderful wonderful remedy. I recommend it to my friends for I cannot praise it enough."--Mrs. Margaret Grass- man, 759 N. Ringgold St., Philadelphia, Pa. . Beverly, Mass.--"I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, for nervousness and dyspepsia, when Î was going through the Change of Life. I found it very helpful and I have always spoken of It to other women who suffer .as I did and have had them try it and they also have received* good results from it."--Mrs. George A. Dunbar, 17 Roundy St., Beverly, Mass. . - . , 'Erie, Pa.--"I was in poor health .when the Change of Life started with nie and I> took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, or I think I should not have got over it as easy as I did. Even now if I do not feel good I take the Coimpound and it restores me in a short time. I will' praise, your remedies to every woman for it may help them as it has me." --Mrs. E. Kissling, 931..East 24th St., Erie, Pa. No.other medicine has been so successful in relieving woman's as has Lydia E; Pinkham's Vegetable Compound* Women may receive free and helpful advice by writing the Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Such letters are received? and answered by women only and held in strict confidence* X Popularity of Georgette Frocks The white Russian frock of Georgette, Georgette, with perhaps a touch of contrasting contrasting color on cuffs or collar, is one of the favored designs for afternoon and evening wear. Georgette is delightfully delightfully cool and graceful and lends itself particularly well to the season's styles, both for daytime and for evening evening wear. It is one of the sheer materials materials which really washes and wears very well, making it practical for* the modish transparent sleeve, the costume costume blouse and the dance dress. For dance dresses, the printed Georgettes Georgettes are youthful and pretty; some of these have printed borders, and plain white or colored grounds, and then again the softly tinted rose or conventionalized design is scattered over the material, on a ground of white, or stripes. It is most effective effective and . satisfactory, for many purposes. purposes. One-Piece Frocks Although many cling to the tailored suit with ' its contrasting blouse, even in the warmest weather, the one-piece dress is becoming more and more of a favorite. One of the most attractive of simple serges noticed recently, was made of two straight widths, belted in loosely with a belt of the material em- material as the frock. An especially pretty white linen on this order, was made with a touch of black on the collar and sash. | The sash is quite smart-just now on all types of dresses, from the simple serge to the afternoon taffeta or pongee. pongee. It is usually narrow, and made of the material of the dress, or of satin, when the frock is serge ; gener- ! ally a motif is embroidered on the ! ends, in colored beads or wool. | Many of these sashes cross in front and are knotted in the back lossely 1 and gracefully. Serge and Silk Combinations Many of the favored sillLfrocks are combined effectively with a wool ma- 7296 Smart Flowered Voile terial, serge, gabardine or cloth. This is an idea which appeals to many and which is being used considerably in the ready-madfc garments. The lower portion of the skirt, the sleeveless sleeveless jumper, wide^cuffs and collar are generally made of the serge, and the body of the frock' of the silk, taffeta, satin, or one of the Japanese silks, as the case may be. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall Dealer or from The McCall Co., : 70 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario. --* Hlgh^Tide of Output For War Purposes Purposes Not Yet Reached. The enormous stride made by Great Britain toward solving the problem of munitions was made clear in the course of a speech recently delivered by F. Kellaway, Parliamentary secretary secretary to Dr. Addison (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions). Munitions). " Mr. Kellaway said the most ! prominent fact of the war was that the ! price of victory was unlimited munl- J tions, says a London correspondent- I "The British army in the early days," he said, "was so out-munitioned that the British soldier ought to have been beaten before the fighting began. But he proved that he was a better fighting man than the German. What he-lack- ed in munitions he made up in devil, in initiative, and in endurance. "I do not think anything that Germany Germany has ever done equals the work this country has accomplished in the way of industrial organization during the last twelve months. Great Britain, which has throughout been the treasury treasury of the Allies, has now become their armory. There are now scattered up and down the country some 4,000 controlled controlled firms producing munitions of war. "The vast majority of these previous to the war never produced a gun, a shell or a cartridge ; yet in ten months the Ministry of Munitions has obtained from these firms a number of shells greater than the total production production of all the Government arsenals and great armament shops in existence at the commencement of the war. Increase of Arsenals. "Speaking in the House of Commons last year Mr. Lloyd George startled the country by saying that eleven new arsenals arsenals had been provided. To-day, not eleven; but ninety arsenals have, been built or adapted. Our weekly output of .303 cartridge is greater by'millions than our annual output before the war. There is a certain machine gun being produced by the hundred every week in a factory ordered, planned and built during the past twelve months. The output of guns and howitzers has increased increased by several hundred per cent. "We are not yet at the full flood of our output of guns. and shell. If the Germans cannot be driven home otherwise, otherwise, our army will have such a supply supply of guns that the limbers will touch each other in a continuous line from the Somme to the sea. France, Russia Russia and Italy have been supplied by or through Great Britain with many of the most important munitions of war. Many thousands of tons of steel have been and are being sent to France. "Our Contribution toward the equipment equipment of the Belgian army has been continuous, and the Serbian army has been reequipped and restored to a magnifiaient fighting force very largely by the workshops and workers of the United Kingdom. "The labor situation has been to a considerable extent saved by our women. women. There were 184,000 women engaged engaged in war industries in 1914. Today Today there are 643,000. The total number number of war workers in 1914 was 1,198,- 600. It has how increased to 3,500,000. There are 471 different munition pro- ceses upon which women are now engaged. engaged. The women of France are doing doing wonders in munition making, but our women munition workers beat the world." Work of the Scientists. Referring to glass Mr. Kellaway said : "The problem facing the Government Government is, first, to discover the formula Of glasses, and having discovered it, to establish the Industry. It Is fortunate that in this crisis we have available a few scientific men who have been- working for years almost without recognition, recognition, and we have also institutions institutions such as the Imperial College at South Kensington and the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington. The Government went to these men of hundreds of feet. You will realize how that handicapped .our gunners in their attempt to bring down Zeppelins. "Three men 1 set to work on the problem, problem, and in two or three months they produced" a height finder which gave rapidly and exactly the height of a Zeppelin. It is an important discovery, but the problem is only one of hundreds hundreds which are continually cropping up." * : A FAMOUS ROAD. Miles It Runs Fourteen Hundred Through India. Everyone who has read "Kim" will agree with the New York Sun that the Grand Trunk' Road of India is by all ' means the most romantic highway In i the world. That paper says of it : j A stately avenue of three roads In i one--the centre of hard metal, the ; roads on each side ankle-deep in sil- ; very dust--fringed by double rows of ! trees, it runs for fourteen hundred miles through the vast northern plain that skirts the Himalayas, from Calcutta Calcutta to far Peshawar, which keeps sentinel at the gate of Afghanistan. From horizon to horizon it stretches like a broad white ribbon, as straight as-If traced by a gigantic ruler. And dotted along the "entire length are hundreds . of serats (wayside rest houses), each with its arched and tur- reted gateway, its spacious inclosure, where humans share: shelter with oxen, camels and goats, and its central weU : w of sparkling water. X For three thousand years the Himalayas Himalayas have looked down on this road, and have seen it as they see it to-day. It has seen a hundred generations of men come and go ; a score of dynasties dynasties rise and fall. And yet to-day it is to the eye exactly the same as in the long-gone time when Ninevah was a proud city, and our ancestors gnawed bones in their caves. Riches may not bring happiness, but they have at least one advantage over poverty, they do not prevent ' Dominion Government Loan Are You interested Winning the War ? If so-- ■Help the Government by investing a few thousand or a few hundred dollars in its new loan. Ask us for particulars. We make no charge for our services. G. H. Burgess ék Company TRADERS BANE BUILDING TORONTO CANADA îhhshb O sa.3Ha.satf £3.:â.Ea,:22i. X7S7*X^caxi Let every good Canadian apply for - every dollar he can afford. Wo will handle applications without any charge. aa? Loan. '-*V $1,000 invested in these bonds will be repaid on maturity by the Russian Government with what will produce in Canadian money approximately ? 1,65 0. and a good half-yearly interest in the meantime. Both Bonds and Coupons can be cashed in Toronto. This is the safest and most ligitimate of all the great war profits, and occurs through the technical condition of Russian exchange exchange produced by this war. Write or telephone for circular fully explaining. EDWARD CRONYN & CO. BUILDING, TORONTO. TELEPHONE M 1111. CRONYN 7141 Russian Blouse Costume. broidered in a dark red soutache. The armholes were cut out deeply and bound. With this frock was worn a white Georgette underblouse with j Brown, tell me, what is a vegetarian ? " loose flowing sleeves, the lower edges j «if you please, sir," answered bound - with rose color; the wide col- j Johnny Brown, glancing toward the lar was also bound with the rose. It extended fingers,_ "it must be a man mfÊBÉ0 THE JâFE/T «fESS, FOR PREXERVI was a charming little model because of its simplicity, and very youthful in its straight lines. The heavy linens, too, are effective for street wear. Ivory white, French blue, the soft pale grays, and cool looking greens are among thé favored shades in these linens. Many of them are cut along, the straight lines of the serges, being pleated often on to a shoulder yoke, and belted in loosely with a belt or sash of the same The Vegetarian. A senior pupil teacher, who was vrcruu lu noted for his dilatory habits and slov- and asked them to discover the formerly formerly appearance, was one day in- ' uia used by the Germans In their pro- structing his class in the art of econ- ductlon of optical and chemical glass, otny. ' ; I , "These British scientists, after a few "Boys," he said, extending his not weeks * experiments, discovered many over-clean fingers In the direction of of the formulae,, and it then became „ XL. • JJ-*.- x v • possible to begin manufacture on a h ! t , boys,, m addition to being , commercial scale. The result was that a total abstainer, .and non-smoker, I, within a year after the outbreak of the am k a vegetarian. Now* Johnny ; war the output of optical glass in this country was multiplied four and a half •times. It has-now increased to four- teén times - the output previous to the war, and there is good, ground for saying saying that by the end of the year it will have multiplied twenty-fold. "The Ministry of Munitions has built or is building, housing accommoda- j tions for 60,000 persons, and canteens'] and mess rooms " in munition works ; now provide decent accommodation ; where 500,000 workers take their meals • every day. I "For, a long time our atfti-aircraft j gunners have been crying out for an I improved height finder; for Zeppelins, J the "existing height finders being, slow, clumsy and having a margin of error ! Is pure refined Parowax. It keeps the tumblers absolutely air-tight. Keeps the jellies free from mold and fermentation. V who' don't use soap.' Whipping does not always separate a boy from his bad habits. 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