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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT. THURSDAY, DEC. 27, 1934 The TUDOR HOUSE By MRS. STANLEY WRENCH (Author of "Sing for the Moon" "Strange Lover*," etc). him to Daphne arranging Daphne does not appear. On the home Michael collides with a car di by Diana ITamiH-Haray. Mrs. Gregory dies. Daphne t f Michel and Dian: mill-Hardy. She went on to tell Michael stories of the old-fashioned plants, many of which are seen only in country gardens today, and his mind leapt back twenty years. Again Michael Borde found himself gazing with misty eyes at cottage patches, where Crown Imperial bowed its head, where purple Honesty bloomed, and patches of pansies, little Ladies Delights, stretched in straggling beauty beside brick paths. Lady Trotten-leigh told him the story of the Crown Imperial, in whose petals bees never seek for nectar, for the flower lies under a curse; legend tells how Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane found it alone, of all the flowers in the garden, upright and proud, while He walked in sorrow. So, in deep distress^ He rebuked the haughty blossom, and ever since then the Crown Imperial has wept, but has been unable to lose her tears. The door opened, he could hear the click of counters, Diana entered, and he saw her eyes were full of annoyance. "We wanted to make up a table," she said rather abruptly. "I thought you were coming down, Michael." He turned his head, but did not get up for a minute, and when he rose, did so with reluctance and with no intention of leaving the room. "No, I never play cards," he said, deliberately putting a lazy intonation into his voice. "Besides, I am very happy here. Lady Trottenleigh and I were discussing gardens." Diana came a few steps nearer. Her eyes held those strange lights. "This is not bridge," she said testily. "What we are going to play is much more interesting." "Sorry, Diana," he said. "I'll come down a little later on, if you like, but if it is baccarat I'm simply bored, and, as I've just mentioned, I never play." Despite the laziness he managed to throw into his voice, there was something more, and Diana Hamill-Hardy, sensing this firmness, felt like a cat who had been snatched back from a saucer of cream. Lady Trottenleigh blinked her china-blue eyes pensively, ehe, too, sensed that something was wrong, but did not like to make any comment. Suddenly Diana turned. "Very well," s»he said curtly, and Closed the door with a sharp click. Michael Borde sat down again. "Now we can go on with our talk," he said. "I realy loathe cards, and gambling doesn't interest me. Now let us go back. You were saying--" ning the newspapers at breakfast j Michael saw the advertisement of i Bennett, Downing and Downing, and | frowned. So someone besides himself | wanted to know the whereabouts of i Daphne. He was returning to town, | but before he did so, would have a I talk with Mrs. Gregory, to whom he had written, explaining his accident, \ the fact that Daphne had not kept j the appointment, but said nothing in | that letter of Diana. Now, after the happening of two | nights ago, when he had proposed and deftly he caught up the threads to Diana and she had accepted him, of the conversation, skilfully flatter- he wondered rather sheepishly what ing her, and listening to her with Loi-na Gregory would say. that air of deference which is al-, Something happened, however, to ways soothing to a woman no longer j defer the promiSed talk with Mrs. young or beautiful. Gregory, for Diana intimated that Indeed, it was a long time since she wished to discuss certain matters Lucy Trottenleigh had so enpoyed ^th him concerning their future, herself. Instead of slipping quietly and suggested that away to bed with a book, she sat here in her pleasant drawing room, smelling of pot-pourrie, and felt, as she had not felt for a long time, that her opinions mattered. From garden lore they slipped by way of manor-houses of the Midlands, to Shakespeare country, and Michael Borde found himself with an' ache at his heart, for Lady Trottenleigh spoke of Shakespeare's house and garden, and again that vision of Daphne slipped back like a pale ghost. Presently she spoke of Diana, easily and naturally, of her two brothers, who had died in the War, of Diana's prowess on the hunting field. He learned, too, she rode at point to point, and that led to a mention of Tony Leigh, who, also was a noted rider. Lean-jawed, lithe, not an ounce of superflous fat anywhere about him. Michael Borde knew that she meant the man who had sat beside Diana on the stairs. "Was he Diana's lover?" he asked. "He has always been inlove with her. . . . ever since they were children," she answered, and neither of them seemed to think question or answer strange. "They've so much i, their love of horseflesh. Then she stopped short and smiled. "I ought not to be talking to you like this," she said gently. "But you would be sure to hear of it from Diana herself. You and Diana are getting married. ..." "Why didn't she marry him, I wonder," he mused. Lady Trottenleigh smiled, but the smile mingled with a sigh. "Tony Leigh is poor," she said gravely. "I don't think Diana would ever marry a poor man." He had known that, too, yet, somehow, the thought that Diana had consented to marry him had been nattering, even though he knew it was his money that was his recommendation. Presently she rose. "Listen," she said, and in her faded eyes was a look of ecstasy. "The nightingales have come back," She led him towards the open window. A soft, pulsing sound, unmistakable, arousing strange tremors in him fell on their ears. The pulsing and throbbing notes merged into melody, and Michael Borde found himself trembling a little. Without a word, he walked away, and quietly went upstairs. It was a long time before Lucy Trottenleigh missed him, for she, too, had been carried far away on a wave of ecstasy. She looked round, saw the room was empty, and sighed. "I wonder what made Diana decide to marry him," she said. "GAMBLING DEBT?" The next morning, carelessly scan- turning to London they should visit Werburge Lucy before he went. "There are several things I'd like settled before we start to make alterations," she said. "I know you're putting in central heating and electric light, but it is about the stables I want to speak. There's a good deal needs doing." It sounded feasible enough, but Diana seemed in no hurry to begin her inspection of the buildings, and it was in the beautiful oak-panelled drawing-room with its carefully restored Elizabethan ceiling that she spoke of what was in her mind. (To Be Continued.) SALADA Distinctive Quality Fresh from the Gardens What Does Your Handwriting Reveal? GEOFFREY ST. CLAIR (Graphologist) All Rights Reserved Canada's Problems Reviewed By Bank Bank of Montreal Annual Meeting In the outlook for the future there are many reasons that justify the hope for a continuation of the betterment experienced in Canada during the past year, declared Sir Charles Gordon, President, in his address delivered at the Annual Meeting of Bank of Montreal. "There is comforting statistical evidence that our resources are so large and so varied that when one door of opportunity closes another always opens. It has truly been said that Canada's salvation is that she is still a land without a frontier." In the fields of government and finance, Sir Charles stressed the necessity of dealing with the whole subject of unemployment, which he characterized as the "greatest problem since the war"; recommended that all forms of transportation be regulated by a Dominion board, in Order to effect railway co-ordination and cut down the losses of the Canadian National Railways, "the greatest deterrent to Canada's financial recovery"; and suggested that in the present strong market for government bonds, governments should effect long-term rather than short-term borrowing. hanking legislation of tlw» past year would in the main have the effect of curtailing bank earnings, Sir Charles stated. He pointed out there are in Canada some 4,700,000 depositors, receiving by way ol interest $37,000,000 last year as com-ared with $12,000,000 received by Shareholders. It was to the depositors' interest, he said, that bank duced. General Manager's Address W. A. Bog, Joint General Manager, addressing the meeting, stated that the increase in trade activity in the past year in Canada was financed largely by a mor° rapid turnover of bank deposits rather than by increased borrowings. Mr. Bog laid emphasis on his statement that lending money for commercial purposes is the backbone of the bank's earning power and the bank is ready, and always has been ready, to consider applications for loans that fall within the category of prudent banking risks. "Canadian business is vitally dependent upon external trade," Mr. Bog said, "and is, therefore, particularly interested in sterling ana tne United States dollar being stabilized. It does not appear probable that satisfactory stabilization of the world's moneys can be achieved upon any other basis than a gold standard" in conclusion, Mr. Bog said:--"In Canada the depression did not reach the low levels experienced in many other countries. The intrinsic wealth of the country was undoubtedly a protective factor; the stability of the people another. A third was to be found in the banking system. In this connection as evidence of the confidence in the Bank held abroad the number of shareholders of the Bank residing outside of Canada has increased during the past year by over three hundred; since 1929 by more than eight hundred. This confidence is justified as 1 can assure our shareholders and depositors that the Bank is in a strong and sound position." Movie "Extras" Must Be Smart Women Extras Parade For Test Before Casting Officials -- Difference in Pay One of the most unusual meetings ever held in Hollywood takes place when the women extras of the colony parade before a selected committee of ten, in order to end the disputing that has been going on for some time, as to whether a girl shall be hired as a 'dress girl" or a "regular extra." It makes all the difference in the world to the girl;- and it will help the ure a call for "dress extras" won't be answered by those not qualified for the part. Dress people in studio parlance, means girls who have attractive wardrobes and the paise and distinction to appear in a film showing a smart crowd, without looking out of place. In other words, they must look as if they belonged. If you get into this class your pay is fifteen dollars a day. Smartness Pays If you can't make the grafts v. are only a "regular" extra, you will play the part of street crowds or the people in simpler circumstances and get seven-fifty a day for doing it. Dress people own their own wardrobes and other extras are costumed by the studios. "wi At present, Hollywood studios have figured out that more than 20 per cent of daily calls are for "dress extras." Hence the decision to end all argument on the subject by giving each girl a fair chance to be registered for this special work. The committee will consist of vari-ious casting men from the studios and two fashion artists, as yet unannounced. In order to get full camera effect the girls are free to appear in makeup and may even be beautified by the make-up department of R.K.O. where the meeting will take place. As they parade around one ot the j biggest sound stages on the lot' they will be called out by numbers' until. I the lucky few will remain on the (Editor's Note: Marked interest is being shown in these articles, and ! letters are coming in In increasing j numbers. Have YOU had your hand-I writing analysed? Have you any . problem in which this well-known | writer could help you? See his invitation following this week's interesting article). A surprisingly large number of readers have written in, from time to time, asking for advice regarding friends with whom they have become acquainted through the medium of correspondence clubs. Sometimes the object is merely to have interesting correspondents, and there is really no particular harm in this. The real danger arises when the object is more intimate; when, in fact, the aim is marriage. The case in the United States in which a man became acquainted with a number of ladies through a correspondence ciub, and murdered them for their money must be still fresh in the memory of many readers. However, it is not every case that reaches this horriT.le pitch, by any means. Very frequently, however, women become embroiled with men and marry trem, only to find that the:i impressions of the man were anything but correct, and they have lived to rue their decision. This article is especially aroused by a letter I have just received. It is from a lady reader in the East. She asks mo about a man, living in the West, and wishes to know what I think of him. She is a widow, 38 years of age, with two pretty children, and very comfortably off financially. The man, on the other hand, says he is 49, is still married but is separated from his wife, because, he says, she made his life miserable, and was interested in He is very anxious to marry the widow, and will, he says, obtain a divorce, if she decides to marry him. Now I have seen letters that he has written. And they reveal not only that he is selfish and self-centred, but also has a violent temper. I cannot imagine anyone living with him having any happiness, because his temper is such that he will break out into a frequent fury. And there is very little that could be worse than this. This man is avaricious. He knows that thjs widow has money, and he would like nothing better than, to get possession of some of it. And there is still another angle. He sensuous. Certainly, he is not tl type of man for my correspondent. They became acquainted through a correspondence club. And this shows up one of the very real dangers that lurk in these clubs. Here is a married man, who first posed as a singk man, until he thought he could appeal for sympathy to this widow. I am not going to lay it down as an axiom for my readers that they should have nothing to do with respondence clubs. That would be. injuring the innocent as well as the guilty. For there are many peopli living in remote parts of the country, and in many cases too retiring to make friends in their own locality, who find some similarly lonely soul elsewhere in the country, and conduct a correspondence that brings some rainbows into both lives. At times, happy marriages result from these mail acquaintanceships. But grave care must be taken by would-be correspondents. The dangers should be borne in mind. And it is especially to si girls that I address this word warning. Women who have been married and become widows, are, very often, better versed in life's intricacies, and have at least that much advantage. In the case I have mentioned above, my advice to the widow is to nave nothing to do with her married correspondent. I do not trust him, and believe that he will bring nothing but unhappiness to my correspondent if any marriage is to One ether word in regard to these correspondence acquaintanceships. Beware of any man who appeals for money. It may seem surprising that such a warning is necessary. And yet I have known of women who have sent money, following the interchange of letters through one of these clubs, and have lost it. The author will analyse YOUR handwriting for you, and he will tell you what your friends are really like, without any frills. Send specimens of the writing you wish to be analysed, stating birthdate in each case, and enclose 10c coin for each specimen. Send with a 3c stamped, addressed envelope, to : Geoffrey St. Clair, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, Ont. Letters will be confidential. [ Would Be Trained Let r e train my eyes to see all the beauty. In a strip of darkly wooded land; In snow, like an outspread hand, Drifted in gray streaks on fields cold with November. Let me train my ears to hear all the beauty In the Slow, steady rhythm of a In winds, when even trees shiver Nakedly, and their top-most branches crack and fall. Let me train my mind to remember only beauty In clouds, when they cast a sullen gray Over all the earth, and day .Vavers on the edge of sorrow, on the verge of night. Josephine Bagot. MAKES FALSE TEETH FEEL LIKE NATURAL There must be a reason Dr. Wernet's Powder is the world's largest seller and prescribed by leading dentists: it holds teeth so firmly--they fit so comfortably --that all day long you forget you ever had false plates. Leaves no colored, gummy paste--keeps mouth sanitary, breath pleasant--the best powder you can buy yet cost is small------- Issue No. 51--'34 The Stuff of Life All men are born unequal. The equality of humans is limited to one thing--time. The Prince of Wales and the tramp asleep on the park bench both have twenty-four hours to use each day, no more and Every man has so many years to live--some a few more than others-- but when the end approaches, the machine wears out, and neither power, fame nor wealth can add a The only equality is equality of time--time to work, time to struggle, time to achieve. No one will be. held accountable for not becoming a millionaire, but he is accountable for not making the best use possible of his time. Benjamin Franklin used the years of his life so well that from a humble beginning he rose to be one of the wealthiest and wisest men of his age. He aptly defined time as "the stuff of life." A man's fortune depends on how he invests his money; his character on how he invests his time.--Dr. Frank Crane. Perfumed Petrol Fastidious British motorists can now fill the tanks of their cars with scented petrol. A process has been developed whereby it is possible to perfume petrol, and it may soon be a delight to trail a motorist as the exhause pipe of his car emits violet, lilac, or possibly attar of roses. A patent has recently been granted for a process which eliminates the unpleasant smells from the exhaust gases of internal-combustion engines. These gases can be given an agreeable odour by adding to each gallon of petrol four grammes of an artificial musk compound, which it is claimed has the property of resisting combustion in the engines of motorcars and converting the unpleasant smell of exhausted gas and half-burned oil into a delightful odour. Wealthy Flowers English flowers for English homes is the happy motto of British horticulturists and nurserymen, and how well they are fulfilling it is shown by the Ministry of Agriculture's estimate, '"hieh puts the nation's flower bill this year at 10,000,000 pounds. Imports of cut blooms fell in value from 1,000,000 pounds in 1932 to 600,000 pounds last year, and are not expected to rise above 400,000 pounds in 1934. One thriving flower factory, on modern lines, situated at Uxbridge, Middlesex, now works to an annual capacity of 45,000,000 blooms; four crops as against Nature's one are harvested yearly in its scientifically regulated greenhouses, one of which recently produced 250,000 carnations, each plant over 7 ft. high. Covent Garden also disposes of 250,000 roses a day at the height of the cutting season, and the year's output of carnations totals two million dozen blooms. George Dollar" • dollaj Ottawa--A Canadia is to make its appearance in the currency, it was announced recently. Heretofore, coinage, apart from some gold pieces, has been confined to fifty and twenty-five cent, ten and five cent pieces and cents. The silver dollar will be commemorative of the 25th anniversary of King George's accession to the throne, on May 6, 1935. It will be called the "George dollar." The extent of its popularity will determine the amount of currency to be issued in this form, but it is understood the first minting will run to at least 100,000. Only slightly larger in circumference than the 50-cent piece the new coin will be thicker and, in the opinion of the experts, fully as acceptable from the point of view of convenience of handling, as the smaller coin. KEEKS PAINTING CONTEST PRIZE WINNERS So many beauti-fully painted books were sent in. It was hard to decide who should get all the nice prizes. First prize of all was finally awarded to: THELMA HILLIER (14) Brantford 2nd--ALEX. C. NEWLANDS (6). Serwyn Alta. 3rd--BILLY GRAHAM (8), Quill 2nd--HKLENE GEORGET 3rd--BEULA 3rd--FLORENCE DENTON (12 Regina, Sask. 13 AND 14 YEARS OLD 1st--JEAN PARISH (13), Foi Erie N., Ont. 2nd--GEURGE S. HOLDE'N (14 3rd--ALICE TOULLELAN (13 The Other Prize Winners Were ston; Mildred Searth (11), Elmira, Isabelle Ross (14), North Toronto, Eilene Maynard (13). Brigden MANITOBA: Margaret Emke (6), Winnipeg; Dolores Larsen (6), Win-aipeg. Yyonne Malfait (11). Swan :ain, Ruth Kneeshaw (14 K A TCI J10 WAN : Leslie Stai S), Eyre; Harry Farrow (8. more; Kathleen Nichol (8; !".Metz'l(10), Rovvatt; Kathlee r ex, Retfina; Yvonne Sharp Regina; Eveljn I. Johnsto Regina; Gcvmaiiie ,Million 112 mond; Betty Robertson (13), Ed-Byemoor. Lillian Wood (9), Edmon- KEEN'S D.S.F. MUSTARD The Salvation Army CHRISTMAS APPEAL, 1934 Undoubtedly there has been improvement in business conditions, but the vast majority of needy people have not yet been reached by this improvement. Help for them is most .urgently needed. The Salvation Army will make your gift do Please Senrl Your Donations to THE SALVATION ARMY, 20 Albert St., Toronto, Ont.