Reece et uo] THE DAILY BRITI SH WHIG,, | Hwan ~ gikefer $N70U'D be surprised, Molly, if you knew I was responsible for that! When she first arrived, she asked me to tell her what were the best stockings she could buy. "Of course, I said Mercury--I've worn them for years--and I told her about them being seamless with a wide top and full fash. ioned calf. She asked how they fitted around the ankle--I just raised my foot to show her, and that was enough! And you know youre self how well they waar, "So she went right down town and bought Mercury--now she's got as trim an ankle as I ever saw." Hosiery Srovu dls Limited damian Cintas, those-an es look 1 scamess' | FAL FATMIONTD CALE © \EOR.MEN, WOMEN AND_ CHILDREN' I~ The population of oumbers 4,882,167. This Sociind sow for 200 years Elephants have been known to live couldn't think what you meant when | | Doris Sees he Dusters of the Mea- dow, ' > out of the rose bush et + is one time T got ahead of | lee laughed. "I've been to wish for me, but long about it I couldn't h, ieedee!" Doris exclaimed, n so glad you're here. I've heen lonesome." t wondering if you had 1 the Dusters of the Mead- Ad 'Dusters of the Meadow.' 's what they are---dandel- { fons!" laughed one/of the Wind EI- i fins, "And right glad 'we are to have i { them, for there hasn't been a show- | er for eve: » long, and the blossoms that pe n keeping their houses open this la need dusting." tt "But I | sliks were the Joris, looking eclos- on puff ball. ely at the dandelic form before they can settle down |and nestle into the ground. They | must brush the dust from at least | tne little blossom's eyes before they | 8 » down to grow." My goodness!" exclaimed Doris, i 8s ghe tried to count the Dusters | scattered over the ground. "I wish some would fly up in our yard and dust off our blossoms." "That's against our rules," replied Mr. Wind Elfin. "You can.help your own blossoms yourself by spraying them with water. Out here the blos- soms depend on us Wind Fliers." "I never thought of that," laugh- od Doris, and like a flash Sqyseedee, (Wind Elfins, Dusters and all disap- peared, and Doris found herself once I moro in her own yard. Doris ran for the gardeg hose and gave her little blossoms a good dus- ting and a fresh drink of water, "We're Going in Style" maybe you'd like to go with me." Doris was so delighted she could- Squeedee's hand. the air alone this time," he laughed. "We're going in style)" And with a reached over and rapped on the milk- weed stock at his side, "May I borrow onz2 of your seed fliers for a ride?" after shaking -hands with the white- haired elfin who took care of the seed balloons. : "Only too glad to lend you one, Squeedee," the white-haired elfin re- plied, and he selected the very nicest seed flier with the tail, and handed it Squecdee, "You'll have to hurry if you want to see the Dusters of the Meadow," he laughed. 'For the wind elfins ara going after them this very morning to dust off the meadow." Squeedee thanked the little fellow, and he and Doris climbed upon the seed filler, and away they sailed through therair toward the meadows. « Doris gave a cry of delight when she saw the ground just coveted with white fluffy-white dusters, and the busy little elfins running around am- ong them. "Dandelions, I do claimed the astonished Doris. to Doris and declare!" ex- "1 Oct. 1310 Oct. 22, 1921 only pan will EARN its way #4 in YOUR kitchen it *"Wear- at the special in own s pre- "pared in "Wear-Ever" utensils are cooked more evenly and more _ quickly--why foods so cooked have a better flavor and in addition, know: Why "Wear-Ever" utensils SAVE FUEL dial offer is good from Oct. 13 tp On ot yo on Northern Aluminum Co., Ltd. . Toronto, Ontario Look for the store with the "Wear - Evé&r" 'window display. IF impossible to eo, call at store, mail your dealer RE - vf © pan will be sent you post-paid. McKELVEY & BIRCH - - . . . © SIMMONS BROS. - - - . . . 179 Princess Street 65-71 Brock Street ows, I was on my way, and thought i n't say a Word She caught hold of | "No, we're not going to fly through | merry twinkle in his black eye he | asked Squeedee, | prettiest fluffy | | Three Minute Journeys Where a Sunday is Most Favored for a Wedding. If vou ask an Italian about the su- perstitions of Italy he will say--if he is well-traveled, that Italy is rife { with superstition, and that one has but to journey fifteen miiles in any direction to find an entirely new set of superstitions. 5 A village at the foot of a moun- | tain may vary in its belief in certain | superstitions from a town in the plains or a village halfway up the mountainside! Indeed. there is a ten- | dency in old 'countries for one little | community to vie with another com- | munity in its belief in or scorn of {signs, portents, omens and charms. | It is a sort of competition in super- stition, " The repeated failures of 'sure {signs" seem not to weaken belief, | Failures are forgotten, for one coin- [cidence of "'success" is acclaimed ag- einst a thousand instances when the charm failed to work. Countless years are behind some of these naive beliefs. The weight of centuries is in the scales of faith, Nowhere, perhaps, more than al- org the shores of the Mediterranean and the slopes which lead up to the hills of the interior which overlook this sea amphitheatre of ancient civ- A Wedding in Italy. ilization {s belief in lucky and un- lucky marriage days so prevalent. For some reason I cannot explain few Italian peasant girls would even think of marrying in the month of May. In the matter of days of the week, the average Ifallan girl and her fi- ance have strict preferences. Many believe that to marry on a'Monday is. sure to bring bad luck to future gen- erations, Tuesday is frowned 'on because it is supposed to be devoted to witches, evil spells and all their attendant SOTTOWS, Wednesday is a fast day, and, therefore, out of the question, as is Friday. In addition, Friday is consid- fered unlucky. If it happens to be Friday the thirteenth, woe betide the Neapolitan youth who even breathes the name and date of this Gay to the woman he loves, Saturday is the day reserved for widows, and so is out of the question for a maiden. Thursday might do, but Sunday-- the day of rest and of sacred offices ---usually is the one day of the week chosen to celebrate weddings in It- ely. Lo ' WOMAN CANDIDATE HAS NOVEL PLANKS Would Return to License Law and Let Lord Shaughnessy Have Railways. Mrs. Minnie Bell Adney, of Wand- stock, N.B,, Wife of Lieyt. Tappan Adney, C.E., row of Kingston, Ont., has decided to offer in Carlaton-Vie- toria riding as a Liberal candldaje in the dominion glections. She says she is assured of the suppor: of the greater number of the 0.d schuol Liberals, farmers, professional and industrial electors, - Her politics are: Mora pay for the soldiers; Lord Shaughnessy to have the feilways if he wants them; & wessional indemnities cat to the te in the year certainly | thought those dandelion | hips. that carry the.h.....| : "Just what they are," said Squee- | dee, jumping off the milkweed flier i "But they have their duty to per- | Butterick Design 3179 1 every frock. 2 3 i: T Butterick Designs 2988 Paris--and for 50c to $10 less than any clothes you made ever cost! PARIS CLOTHES!--clothes of tantalizing, elusive charm- Paris itself, with a new economy never possible before! 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