ee ------------ RAN 105 ealm Of Woman---Some Intere THE CONFESSIONS OF ROXANE | ath ide Ee (By Franc hip to be a bar t6 a domance, that they never had met gto visit mother and Had T asked mysel! merely if it es Walter) w " ra would he- come her voted lover, T should J) have -replied much hesita- VIRGINIA PELHAM. (Copyright, 1916 New apa per dicate) The more { looked at Virginia Pel ham, the happler | became that.she was my cousin And when | real fzed that her charpeter was just as fine as her face and form the more 1 wondered that [ ever should have thought her dried up, ugly and ill natured. Although she was much taller than the average woman grows to be, her well-proportionell body and limbs convinced the observer that she was just the right mize Certain it was that she was not only handsome and fmpressive, but at times it seemed that "grand" was the only adjective that could properly desétibe her, Her hair was straight and of a chestnut hue which became all the richer 'because of the great wealth of this "crown of glory." she appear it to Rave any particular way to | do it up, It just seemed to arrange itself of its own accord in a fashion which suited her precisely, Her skin was the fairest 1 had ever seen pos sessed hy a normally healthy person. and it was without a blemish. At her throat it was so beautiful that one could but stare at it and marvel at PREITIT What to Use and Avoid On Faces That Perspire Skin, to be healthy, must breathe also must perspire 8 through the pores, (ts share body's waste material. Certain creams and powders clog the pores, interfer. ing both with elimination and breathing, especially during the heat ed period. If more women understood this, there would be fewer self-rulned complexions. 1f they would use ordin-. ary mercolized wax they 11d have healthy complexions. Th emarkable substance actually absorbs a bad skin alio unehgging the pores. Hesult The fresher, younger under-gkim is permitted to breathe and to show it self. The exquisite new comple gradually peeps out, one free from appearance of artificiality Obtain 1 ounce of mefrcollzed wax from your druggist and try It. Apply nightly Uke cold cream for a week or two, w ashing it off moruvings. To remove wwinkles, there's a mar- velously effective treatment, which also acts naturally and harmiessly: Dissolve bility that she and Kenneth should an ounce of powdered saxolite in a half pint witch hazel and use as a wash tion, i A DOMINION WIDE REPUTATION 1S POSSESSED BY TAR ONTARIO LADIES' WHITBY, ONTARIO, After 44 years of successful educat of the foremost of its kind on the C tion, 50 miles from Torouto. Acadentic courses fr Matriculation, Teachers' Certificates and First Vear t Domiéstic Science ; Soctal Economics and Civics ; Commer meand of wn fousually well equipped 1 systematized play, An alert mind, a strong body, a well-balanced moral sense, a broad social vision are the aims of ONTARIO LADIES' COLLEGE Waitey, ONTARIO, COLLEGR REOPENS SEPTEMBER 13th Write for Calendar to REV. F, I, FAREWELL, B.A., Princrrar, Beaut are possible if Bien Jolie Brassi The dragging weight of an inconfined bust so stretches the Supporting muscles that the contour of the figure is spoiled. BRASSIE graceful line to the entire upper body. * They are the daintiest and most serviceable gamments imagi- ihe in Front, Surplice, ean, ete, rustiess boning --permitting washing without removal. Have your dealer show you Bien Jolie Brassieres, if not stock- el, wo awrill ghadly send him, prepaid, Lp go BENJAMIN & is not only a satisfying food but it is also delicious, nutritious and + economical. ; KRUMBLES is all wheat--the young Go eany with the s ion more you chew KRUMBLES the ESET " 4 ---- tion that this very thing was most lovelitegs its charth was likely to happen But what of Vir- yubly enhanced by the curves of her ginia? What would she think of Her hands were Kenneth? large as became a woman of her I tried to picture them as man and size, but their softness and perfect wife, but somehow I could not make proportion made it possible for one the jmage scem real, Kenneth was to wish they could be otherwise than not the type of man whom one. might they were, Y She dressed simply, yet suppose would be chosen by a woman in perfect tosdte such as Virginia He was too civil- Dut her chief attraction lay in her ized, too metropolitan I'he man for personality. She possessed the most this virile '8ontherner ought to be wonderfully intelligent e gs I ever, such 8 as Richard Coeur de saw, and when they were lighted with Ion or Wi am the Congqueror--a a smile it seemed that a warm glow great, ma » man who dominated diffused [itself through the atmos- everyone with whom he came in con- phere, cheering everyone it touched | tact. into joyousness. One could not look | But I knew that women always at her without letting one's gaze lin-/ choose a different kind of man from ger as long as possible, - I have seen|the one who seems most suited for faces transformed by a mere glance her at her. [I have been present when an entire company of people were chang- bak ed by her very appeargnce that one | would have thought a different crowd | suddenly had been. substituted for the one whirfi previously was in the rodm This may seem extravagant praise, but it is no such thing It is the truth about one of the most remark- able women 1 ever saw. What surprised me was that she still was unmarried I conld not guess her age, but she certainly was not less than 26, althoygh she might have been any age on. hi 20 and 30 She was one of those daughters of the South who mature early yet retain their youthful beauty through Jin years. How she had. escaped} the arrows of the industrious little Love God? Or had she felt the sharp- ness of his dart and hid the wound? Was it possible that her gentleness and unerring sympathy were the re- sult of a sad experience through which she had come triumphant and purified as if by fire? Or was she merely one of those natures endow- ed by Providence with the most wo- manly of attributes? I could not help thinking about Virginia Pelham in the solitude of my room. The impression which she left with me was too poignant easily to be effaced. | wondered what her past life had been and what the fn ture would have in store for her. Was it within the bounds of possi- | shoulders (To be continued). fall in love with each other? Cer- tainly they were too distantly related COLLEGE J TAFFETA COAT FOR AFTER- NOON WEAR. Many stunning afternoon coats are offered in taffeta silk, in many in- stances the fabric and line of the garment contributing entirely to the smartness of the model. Little or no trindming is evident in most cases, Illustrated is a coat of navy taffeta featured with convertible collar and roll cuffs. The fullness is confined at the waistline with a belt of self- material, Silk stitching in matching color affords an appropriate and nec- essary finishing detail. A flower trimmed taffeta hat is becomingly worn, ' ional work this College is recognized as one outinent, with a healthful, picturesque loca- om Preparatory Work to Junior 'Hiversity ; Music, Art, Oratory, Work; Physical Training b; nodern gymuasium, large swimming pool an ER 4 or ST I y hb ad a iful Bust and Shoulders you will wear a scientifically constructed ere, SWEET PICKLES ¥ t the blist back where it be- ongs, prevent the full bust from having the appearance of flab biness, eliminate the danger of Ss Srareing muscles and confine the fiesh of the shoulder giving a Use Only Porcelain or Enamel Kettles and Silver or Wood- en Mixing Spoons. Dill pickles--To make brine boil two gallons of water and ome pound of coarse malt. Select medium-sized cucumbers, wash and wipe carefully. Have ready a stone crock that will tl materials and styles: Crosd Back, Honk Boned with * Walohn," the les to shaw you. JOHNES, 51'Warren Street, Newark, N. J. alternately a layer-of cwrcttmbers and one of grape leaves with a bunch of dill on the stalk until the crock is « full: Cover top with bbage leaves, , and on the very top hi a large plate and add a clean stone as a heavy weight... PH! up with brine and let stand. The cucumbers will be ready for use In two Wecks, ------ Sweet Pickle, Let encumbers stand in salt brine three Jays. Rinse well. Put in a cheesecloth £ one half teacupfull noe E peuptul tablespoontuls each of whole gi cloves, and black peppe ® eimai | teacuptul oftnamon sticks and boil With a Mttle vinegar, - Measure suf- Hcient vinegar .to cover the cucum- bers well. Add a poumd of brown Sugar, scald and pour over pickles, Toveating for. five consecutive days. *efore sealing pour a litt) lasses over pickles. i . Aion, Scumbes Pickle 'W one pint of salt to 100 pickles, Pour boiling water . aver pickles and let stand twenty-four ; Sours, Pour off water, add the salt and cover again with boiling. water, Lot stand another day, then pour off the watér and cover with ice water for two hours or vntil plum Put a generous piece of ite in = water to keep it cold. Boil sufficient piekies, _------ r with the vine- geal > . My Suity ;Drociain or enamel ket- 5 ' : iy ' * 8 A he rie | 4 er or. Wooden mixing | - Mrs. Darley Livingston, the young ! American wife of a British officer and who acted asa British representa- tive at {he recent Anglo-German von- ference at The Hague, is the first Woman ta have been engaged in dip- Iomatic 'negotiations in behalf of Groat Britain, a fo AND DILL PICKLES, © Chief Uncas. hold at least three gallons, and place include wome¢ among their mem- mustard seed, two' hdd Told In > . { i A - * * {Continued from page 7.) | 'Miss L. Fowler, Kingston is the | Saoat of Mr. and- Mrs. White, Brock- | ville | ' Mrs. M. Hill and daughter, Mii-| dred, Hamilton, are guests of Mrs. | H. Teepell, Kingston. : Miss Hazel Brown, Kingston, is | visiting Miss Irene Dickson, Ottawa. Miss Phelan, a guest of the Rev. | Superior of St. Vincent de Pau! Hos pital, Brockville, returned to Kings- | ton. * * =» > Sir Wilfrid and Lady Laurier willl spend a few days at "Fulford Place," Brockville, guests of\Mrs. G. T. Ful-| ford. 7 ~ Sir Joseph and Lady Pope are re- | Suruing from Little Metis on Mon- day. Mrs. Adam Shortt is expected next week from Victoria, B.C., where she has been with her husband for the past few weeks. Dr. Shortt will not return just yet. Master Willlam Hurley, of the | Sacred Heart Convent, Watertown N.Y., is spending this holidays at his home on Wolfe Island | * LJ » i Princess Patricia has appointed | Miss Dorothy Yorke to be her lady- | in-waiting. The Hon. Lady Egerton, | formerly honorary lady-in-w to the late 'Duchess of Connaught, | will now fill the same office for the | Princess Patricia, Mr. and Mrs. John Allen, Peter boro, announce the marriage of | their daughter, Annie Elizabeth, to Robert. Campbell Butler on August 1st at Kingston. Miss Mildred Brown, New York is visiting the Misses Chadwick, 217 Division street, for a few days -* . . Mr. and Mrs. James Bell, Kinps- ton, Ont., announce the engagement of their eldest ' daughter, Nellio Pearl, to Roy, only son of Mr, and | Mrs. John Schamehorn, Roblin, Ont., the marriage to take place the latter | part of August, : 0. Mr. and Mrs. John Peters nounce the engagemejit of thei | daughter, Mary Vereagsto Robe:t | Marshall, son of Mrs. John Harsha, | Belfast, Ireland, the wedding to | take place early in September. | - FB eer ee esa | THE ACTIVITIES OF W)MEN Fr eh The cotton factories in apan em- ploy over 125.000 women. Queen Mary of Englanl recently made a visit to the war front. Women employes in journalism in Japan receive from (10 to $25 a month. Mrs. P. G. McEvoy 8 known as the Apple Queen of Ilinds. Nearly all of thepulpits of Eng- land are now ocepied by woman ministers. Over 31,000 women are.employed in amusements an{ hotels in Great Britain. Mrs. C. C, Bradfird has begh elect- ed president of th National Educa- ! tional association Mrs, Tracy Fieling Story of Gro- ton, Ct., can traciher ancestry back Mrs, Ad. Tepprwgin has defeated all of her sex aj many male shots for target honot Some female runition workers in Greak Britain sioke as high as 350 cigarettes a wek. s Japan has vey few female doctors with the best ops earning as high as $3,000 a year. { The muniecipl councils in Berlin 'and other lare German cities mow bers. | The killingof male heirs in the .war_has mad .it. imperative . that many womey in England be made peeresses, i A Kansas ity woman is the pat- entee of a riking chair in the arms and seat of ¥hich are boxes to hold sewing material. ' Men's pa for women who labor during the var is the demand of the women's grat organizations through- out the coutry. Miss Ryh Russell has been -ap- pointed a 'lerk in the classification office of tip Pennsylvania railroad at Northumpriand, Pa. ! The Nw York, New Haven and Hartford 'ailroad is replacing its men guards aferossings with women, who ; will wort six hours a day. | Mrs, 2. C. Moore is the richest farmer in Wyoming, where she akes i business of raising sheep. As higl as 35,000 shéep have been shearec in one year on her ranch. The mast conservative bankers in the United Statés are paying the! womer employees the same salaries that they paid the men whose places the women now fill. : Miss elLanghlin of Gorham, N.H.. is the first New Hamp- shire woman to pass the bar exam- inations and be admitted té the prac- tice of law in that state, under the new law. ah : Being ambitious to secur® a high school education Miss Florence Moy- er, of near: Pottstown, Pa, th n each day for t 3 and in that time never missed 4 sion. 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' omen workers for the gover |turs's plan f Istin cago ment are asking that the eight-hour work op ny Tor tho Barve anon Senger agent of Vie Chi ¢st at the age of thirty. Under the department of agricul- Migs Orpha J. Moss, travelling pas- North western and Union. Pacific lines, has . day order be rescinded so that they | women ean bo em loyed to feed and pass erent New York a can mike overtime pay in order toleare for harvest dn oil can ema) yt Dota per- pay for the Liberty for which} and oo wr Pi refironds and covers the whole na- | tion in her work.