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Are There Insects In Your Books? Tiny Book-lice Can Be Exter- minated by Cleaning, Airing And Spraying A diminutive household insect pest that often makes its appear- ance in great numbers in summer and autumn, especially in newly constructed dwellings, is the so- called book-louse. These insects are tiny, pale, yellowish or grayish white, and wingless, usually meas- uring less than one-twelfth of an inch in length. As their name in- dicates, they are louse-like in ap- pearance, but they are not related to the true lice which feed on the 'blood of animals and man. Book- lice have small, feeble mouthparts and feed on organic matter. They rarely do much damage, however, although they sometimes occur in sufficiently large numbers to con- stitute a nuisance. They multiply rapidly in warm moist places in apartments ancl dwelling-houses, and are occasionally found breed- ing in immense numbers in straw mattresses and in furniture stuffing of vegetable origin. Subject to Dry Heat The Division of Entomology, Sci- ence Service, Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, each year receives numerous complaints about the presence of these tiny intrduers. If their numbers are moderate,, they can usually be con- trolled by thorough house-cleaning and a sunning and airing of the in- fested rooms. In all cases the lib- eral use of a good fly spray contain- ing pyrethrum extract is an effec- tive remedy. Infested furniture may be freed of the pests by sub- jecting it to dry heat (.120-140 de- grees F) or by fumigation. Even when no special measures are tak- en, infestations usually disappear shortly after the central heating system is put in operation jvith.the arrival of cool weather. Choose Canada’s Air Hostesses Rules for Service on Trans- Canada Linesâ€"Musi Be Reg- istered Nurses, Unmarried, Not Over 26, Weigh Less Than 125 Pounds. When Trans-Canada’s giant, twin-motored plane soars from Montreal heading for Vancouver to inaugurate the continental pas- senger service in September, it is expected two beige-uniformed stewardesses will be on board. Adding an authoritative mark to their plain gabardine costumes will be silver buttons, with a sil- ver cap badge. To date the head office of the Trans-Canada Air Lines in Mont- real has been swamped with more than 300 applications from women across Canada who are desirous of pioneering in the hitherto unde- veloped field of air hostess. Most of these have been discarded due to lack of special qualifications on the part of the applicants. Without Prospects They must be registered nurses, unmarried and without planned prospects for matrimony. They must be between the ages of 2,1 and 26, not taller than five feet five inches and weighing from 95 to 125 pounds. Perfect vision and normal hearing are demanded. No flying experience or training is re- quired of an air hostess, but it is desirable that she have some knowledge of dietetics: A physical examination is a primary requisite. Tentative plans allow for two hostesses to operate on a one-way trip. Their flying time wculd not exceed 100 to 110 monthly flying- hours which would in all probabil- ity average each one a ret across Canada three t month. irn trip mes a Better Late In 1916 a young Austrian lieu tenant wrote a love letter to his girl. When she received it the other day she had been married to the writer .of it for 19 years. in the same year, an English- man, Henry Stephen Biour.", threw # bottle containing a message in- to the English Channel from a troopship. The finder wa t asked to forward it to Miss G. M. Sev- erin, his fiancee. The finder did soâ€"this year â€" end found that Miss Severn was Mrs. Blount, and had been for 19 years! "-CT,* , , Summer vacations, in the Arctic are popular among Russians this vear. The Goose &sny «M-r-r* a * Woman by REX BEACH CHAPTER I â-  For two days now an almost continuous stream of traffic had flowed back and forth along the road. The weather was dry, and dust thrown up by passing vehic- les had settled upon grass and shrubbery. It penetrated Mrs. Holmes’ house and covered its scanty furnishings with a thin, gray coating; it hung in the air and choked her. Dust was nothing new to herâ€"in fact, dust, grime; disorder were nearly always pres- ent in her houseâ€"but now its taste was irritating and it caused her to revile the sightseers who had turned this back road into a busy thoroughfare. All were morbid curiosity-seek- ers; they were bound to or from the scene of the Ethridge murder. Mary Holmes had heard the news of the crime while she was feeding her geese two mornings before, and had hurried up the road as fast as she could go. She had been one of the first to reach the scene of the tragedy, arriving nearly an hour ahead of the pol- icemen and the newspaper report- ers. Inasmuch as she had known Amos Ethridge quite well and was his nearest neighbor, naturally she had come in for a good deal of questioning. She had little to tell, nevertheless it bad been an exciting experience; it had re- minded her of old times to answer and to parry quick, searching questions, while répertoriai pen- cils flew to keep pace with her words. The reporters had stared at her curiously and had wanted to know who she wasâ€"all about her, in factâ€"but she had been sly enough to give them no satisfac- tion, Pounding Heart She had remained there all day, mingling with the ever-growing crowd, discussing the case with townspeople whom she knew only by sight, "rubbing shoulders and talking with utter strangers; she had walked home at dusk with a new feeling of consequence, with her head higher than usual, and with her heart pounding. 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But when she had read the morning papers, when she had seen herself through the eyes of those reporters, she had been stunned, stupefied. “The person living nearest to the scene of the tragery is Mary Holmes, a middle-aged, slatternly creature who occupies a wretched hovel and runs a small chicken ranch at the rear of the Ethridge . estate,” the first account ran. Mrs. Holmes had read on dizzily, “She is reputed to be a drunken, irre- sponsible character of violent tem- per and eccentric habits, never- theless she shows surprising intel- ligence and unmistakable signs of education. She was positive in her statementâ€"” etc. Uncomplimentary The other paper had been equal- ly uncomplimentary. It referred to her as “the goose woman” and it described her as “a queer, bed- raggled, old hag with the stride of an Amazon and the airs of a queen.” Mary Holmes had torn the pa- pers to bits, and later, when rep- resentatives of the afternoon pa- pers came to interview her, sjie had refused to talk to them. But the Ethridge case had grown in importance ; the Chicago papers had rushed men to Westland by the first train and these newcom- ers were even more inquisitive than the local news-gatherers. This morning, in self-defense, Mary Holmes had wired up her gate and nailed a sign to it which read: Keep off. Reporters trespassing on this pla.ee will be shot. She sat now inside the open window of her front room where she could watch the automobiles coming and going and hear what the occupants said when they stopped to stare at her premises or to read her sign. Evidently the" term “goose woman” had stuck, for she heard it over and over again. The manner in which it was used, the laughter and the comment evoked by her warning sign, were so offensive that she turned for comfort to her gin bot- tle. A Sensational Murder As to the crime itself, it had created a genuine sensation. The murder of a man as prominent as Amos Ethridge was bound to prove front-page news, for he was more than a figure of local importance. To begin with, he was, or had been, a man of immense wealthâ€" the richest man in the whole state â€"a political power, and in all probability the next Governor. Moreover, the manner of his slay- ing, the circumstances' surround- ing it and the evident ferocity of his assassin, had rendered the crime peculiarly shocking. He had been shot to death, riddled with seven. bullets, while returning to his home late Thursday night. His body had not been discovered un- til the following morning; then it was found lying in a. lane which connected a back road with the rear of his handsome estate and upon its breast was, laid a cross made of two dead twigs which har been hurriedly tied together. Neither the body nor its immed- iate surroundings revealed any clue to the identity of the slayer; nothing indicated any reason what- . ever for the crime unless a letter found in one of Ethridge’s pock- ets was an indication. This let- ter, which, by the way, was deli- cately scented, had come through the mail and bore the local West- land postmark; the writing upon the envelope was in a woman’s hand, and inside was a shee,t of plain,notepaper containing the one word, “Thursday.” There was no signature. Why, in the first place, a bach- elor who could come and go at his will, should make use of a narrow, unlighted back road instead of the broar, macadam thoroughfare which passed his massive front gates was puzzling; why that cross had been laid upon the body ; why, in fact, anyone should wish to kill Amos Ethridgeâ€"all were matters of pure conjecture. Ques- tions like these lent mystery to the affair, and that laconic, per- fumed note which might have been either a warning or an assigna- tion spiced it with a suggestion of pcandal just sufficient to intensify general interest. • . CHAPTER II Mary Holmes dozed in her rocking chair. She was aroused by the blare of an automobile horn and by the sound of voices. A car in which were several men had stopped before her house; one member of the party had stepped down and was trying to disengage the wire fastenings of the gate; another, with a press camera over his shoulder, was getting out. The man at the gate started to climb the fence, but be was halted midway by a chal- lenge from the house, and looked up to discover that a tall woman in a faded gingham dress had emerged upon the porch and was facing him threateningly. She was a vigorous woman, long-limbed and erect, anr she carried her chin high. In spite of her ill-fitting garments, her flat, shapeless shoes, and her untidy hair, there was an air of command about her and an appearance of some conse- quence, That which caused the fence climber to freeze into im- mobility, however, was the sight of a shotgun in her hands. “Hello! You’re Mrs. Holmes, I RITZ ... a hit! Christie’s “Ritz" ... those toasted and tasty, nutty flavored, slightly salted little wafers .. . hit the mark every time. Christie’s BfiscsaiSs Mere's a Christie Biscuit for every taste" take it,” he began, cheerily. “Get off that fence!” “Tell her who you are,” one of the fellows in the car directed. The photographer hurriedly op- ened the clasps of his camera case. (To Be Continued) Measure sugar and prepared fruit, tightly packed, into large kettle, mix well, and bring to a full roll- ing boil over hottest fire. Stir constantly before and while boil- ing. Boil hard 1 minute. Remove kettle from fire and stir in pectin. Then stir and skim by turns for just 5 minutes to cool jam slight- ly, to prevent floating fruit. Pour quickly. Paraffin and cover at once. Makes about 10 glasses. (6 fluid ounces each). In Fall Mode Dark Frocks Worn With fer Colored Jackets A NOVEL MONEY-MAKING SCHEME Have you been having difficulty raising money for your church dub of your favourite charity? The answer is: who doesn’t have difficulty raising money? Because it’s a universal complaint, we’d like to suggest a method of money making which is novel and not too much trouble. In fact, it can be a lot of fun if everyone co- operates and docs her share. Try holding a jelly bazaar this fall but do the work now. Of course you don’t have to confine yourselves to jellyâ€"-jams, marmalades and •conserves will be equally popular with the buyers. Here are a few points to remem- ber if yon decide to hold a bazaar of this kind. First appoint a com- mittee and have ‘ each member pledge a definite number of glass- es for the sale. If you can get 200 glasses pledged and sell them at 10 cents a piece, your profit will be $20.00. Get the co-operation of your local newspaper in pub- licizing your sale and if it can be arranged, have a display of the jams and jellies in the lobby of a theatre, a library or in the window of a popular store beforehand. An attractive poster giving the date, place of sale and name of the charity to benefit by the bazaar should accompany this display. Another point which is very im- portant to the success of the af- fair is the appearance of the glasses. Dress them up by putting them in unusual glasses and jars and wrapping them in transpar- ent paper. Lastly, be sure the labels are neat and legible and the covers of the glasses tidy and attractive. Because you want this to be a success, make jelly that is worth buying. You can’t afford to lose time or fruit and sugar , either so we suggest using the “short boil” method. This method consists of adding bottled fruit pectin to the fruit and sugar and takes less time, less trouble, but gives you more jars of jam or jelly. You can be sure too, if you follow the recipe exactly, that your jelly and jam will be of the right texture and have a delicious flavour. Here are the recipes for grape jelly and pear jam and you’ll be proud to admit you made them. FRESH GRAPE JELLY 4 cups (21 lbs.) juice TYz cups (314 lbs.) sugar % bottle fruit péctin To prepare juice, stem about 3 pounds fully ripe grapes and crush thoroughly. Add % cup wat- er, bring to a boil, cover, and simmer 10 minutes. Place fruit in jelly cloth or bag and squeeze out juice. (If Malagas or other tight-skinned grapes are used, the juice of 1 lemon should be added to prepared fruit.) Measure sugar and juice into large saucepan and mix. Bring to a boil over hottest fire and at once add pectin, stir- ring constantly. Then bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard % minute. Remove from lire, skim, pour quickly. Paraffin and cover at once. Makes about 11 glasses (6 fluid ounces each). PEAR JAM SYz cups (1% lbs.) prepared fruit 7% cups (314 lbs.) sugar 1 bottle fruit pectin. To prepare fruit, peel about 2 V2 pounds fully ripe fruit. Grind or chop very fine. If desired, about 3 teaspoons spice may be added. Among the highlights in the fall mode are: New striped and plaid jackets with plain woollen dresses. New ensembles, black wool dress, bright green or red jacket. New increase in zipped closings' for jackets. New gobby, big buttons on jac- kets. New suits with contrasting woollen lining like jumper. New full length coat ensembles with coat slightly darker than the dress shade â€"- green, copper, and green-blue. New fur sleeves. New fur jackets and -boleros, chiefly beaver and marten-dyed skunk, with cloth dresses. New appearance of mauve among greens, ink-blue, green- blue, copper and dark brown. Help improve your personality with Wrigiey’s Gum. Keep your teeth white, breath sweet, by using healthful Wrigley’s Gum dailyâ€"as millions do. The chil- dren also love the delicious re- freshing flavor of Wrigley’s Double Mint. Take some home today, cs-j* AAA AAAAAA AA SHREDDED WHEAT is nature's most per- fect cereal grain containing vitamins, mineral salts, carbohydrates and proteins, in well- balanced combination. It’s the whole wheat that supplies these vital elements which help keep the mind alert and develop sound growth and strong muscles. The Canadian Shredded Wheat Company, Ltd. Niagara Falls - - Canada