] - eral R. W. E Me and Miss 1. Swift. * dancing. will be held in a few weeks. 4 Editor of Women's Page, Tele- . phone 229; Private phone 857w. - . The pretty little club house over Jooking the Cataraqui river, now fringed with trees in the beauty their new spring dress, where t members of the Country Club he G their gatherings, wa Bpot on Saturday afternoon when the first meeting of the 1 The officers are as follows, president, Prof. Alexander Macphail; vice- president, Mrs. T. D. R, Hemming; treasurer, Prof, W. P. Wilgar; sec- retaries, Major Bevan Dunbar and Mrs. T. Callander, Committee, Gen- Rutherford, Lieut.-Col. Elkins, Lieut.-Col. T. A. Kidd, Wal- ter Fleming, Mrs. F. W. Neill, Mrs. Campbell Strange, Mrs. Norman Les The executive year "a 'Jooks forward to a successful and a new feature is to be introduc- ed in the shape of dinner dances, as the floor has been tested by expert engineers and pronounced safe for The first of these functions Tea was poured at the. attractive table, gay with marigolds, Miss Hora and Mrs. Bevan Dunbar presiding, + Among those present were, General . R. W. Rutherford, Mrs, T. . Hemming, Col. and Mrs. Vie- for Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Fortt, Miss Gildersleeve, Prof. and , T. Callander, Col and Mrs. EB Norman Leslie, Mr. and Mrs. Walter { Fleming, Mrs. W. P. Wilgar, Miss soretta Swift, Miss Helen Strange, #88 Laura Kilborn, Miss Eleanor olan, Prof. Alexander Mac phail. Mrs. W. J. Fair, "Roland Place," as the hostess of a bright little dance on Saturday evening for Cadet Howard Falr, when the large rooms Were gaily decorated in red and White, and baloons in the R.M.C, col- | Ors were caughit to the chandeliers, | 10 be captured later by the dancers. Red and white flowers mn a stiver Baw] centred thd supper table and a | few red tunics and the pretty frocks of the girls added more color to the Bay scene, The guests included Mrs, A. H. Fair, Miss IAllian Fair, Miss QGweneth Carr-Harris, Miss Barbara ¢ Bidwell, Miss Kitty Torrance, Miss I Louise Hill, Miss Harriet Vair, Miss Caroline Mitchell, Miss Anella Min- nes, Miss Lois Taylor, Miss M ry Ogilvie, Miss Faucesca Foulkes, Miss { Helen Tofleld, Miss Isabel Minnes, Miss Clara Farrell, ex-Cadet Biglow band about eighteen cadets of the re: eruit class. - . . Mrs. Walter Court Hyde, formerly Helen McKay, Kingston, is re- living on Tuesday for first time ® her marriage, at the residence her aunt, Mrs. Lionel Smith, 32 vedere road, Westmount, Mrs. lyde will be assisted in receiving her mother, Mrs. John McKay, bgston, and Mrs. G. T. Hyde. * » - Mrs. John Mayer, London, Ont. ertained at/a small luncheon at Kennels, Friday, in honor of Mrs. 8 Rigney, Kingston. LJ » - Prof. W. P. Wilgar, Queen's uni- sity, will spend the summer *in Miss Audrey Judge, Prescott, Miss ¥ Richardson, Ottawa, and Miss bel Sinclair, Carleton Place, who receiving their degree in Arts on ¥ednesday will be at Queen's Resi- ce, Ear] street. L Mr, and Mrs. Judge, Prescott, will in town for the graduation of ir daughter, Miss Audrey Judge. * Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Farrell and \ Olarence Putman, motored Utica, N.Y. today. Dr. vi Farrell are with Judge and Mrs, A. Lavell, Barrie street, and Mrs. an with her mother, Mrs. 8. H. h, Bagot street. 2 - . » Sir Campbell Stuart, managing di- fotar of the London Times, will sail fom Liverpool for New York by the 3 on. May 27th, and wil spend time in Canada. His mother be with him, Nellie Jennings, Godfrey, will Gouraud's riental Cream n was held. | very Life's Social Side | ! ret home to-day, after week with the [ Misses Hastings, Brock street. Prof, and Mrs. L. D. Fallis and their family, Kingston, are with the {latter's mother, Mrs. R. H. Suggitt, Vestleton, Miss Roadhouse, Kingston, who 1 has been visiting her sister, Mrs, W. |W. Jones, at the Hampton parson- 286, has returned home. Mrs. Thomas McCammon, Harrow- (smith, is spending a few days in town | With Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore, Frontenac street, * . . Mrs. Ernest Thomas, Toronto, is the guest of her sisters, the Misses Jack; University avenue. Rev. Robert Laird and Mrs. Laird, Toronto, will be in town this week for the Queen's festivities. Miss Kathleen Goodheart, Tim- mons, Ont., is the guest of Misses Hastings, Brock street. . . . Prof. and Mrs. Callander are sail- ing for England on Fridey on the SS. Regina, Mr. and Mrs' FEvepett Townsend will ococupy their apart- ment 'during the summer. Miss Marion Laird, who has been in Smith's Falls, has returned to "The Avonmore." Canon Emery, Antigua, BW.I.. is one of the notables in town for con- vocation. His son ie one of the sci- ence graduates, | Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Bthering- ton, University avenue, have return- ed from "Fettercairn." | * * . Mrs. W. B. Shutleworth King, "The Tower House," is entertaining at luncheon to-day. Mrs. J. M. Halliday arrived from Chatham to-day, for the graduation of her daughter, Miss Belva Halliday, from Queen's University, and is the guest of Mrs. Harold Day, King street | west, Mrs. Stewart Forbes, Montreal, is with: Sir Archibald and Lady - Mac- donell, at the OCommandant's Quar- ters, R.M.C, ; Mr dnd Mrs. R. F. Segsworth, who have been with Mrs. W. B. Dalton, Johnson street, motored back to To- ronto on Sunday, Miss Flossie Gray will return from Ottawa for convocation and will be at "The Avonmore." - Brig.-Gen. King and Mrs. W. B. Shuttleworth King, 'The Tower House," will spend the summer in England. ------ The June Bride. Simple outlines are in vogue for wedding gowns, and lace or net which has traceries of silver threads | running through it is used. There is {nothing better for a foundation than ivory-white satin, though I have lately seen exquisite gowns made of white organdie and fine Valenciennes mounted over white taffetas. The {choice of a gown, of course, chiefly depends upon the style of the wed- ding; if it is to be held in the coun- try, organdie muslin inset with fine lace is excellent; if in. town, white satin might be chosen, » long train of different lace--Chantilly, Brus- |sels, or very fine Cluny--being add- ed. Or again, all-white satin, the {outline Moyen Age, with an elabor- {ate girdle made of orange blossoms, of. satin ribbons and chains seed pearls, Velvet, combined with lace, is con- sidered a delightfully suitable fabric {for the spring bride, A beautiful [model was composed of ivory lace hand-threaded with sliver and mounted over shell-pink crepe mar- ocain. A pale touch of color 8 much liked by the modern bride, and is best introduced in the underfrock. The train, made of ivory velvet and lined with pink crepe, was hung from a girdle of silver and pearls. The traditional wreath of orange blossoms, softened by fairy-like tulle, is returning to favor. I have also seen effective filet headdresses made of tiny orange blossoms, with chains of seed pearls at either side over the ears. The mask-veil, worn in conjung- tion with a Greek filet made of wax- en orange blossom buds and minia- ture roses, the latter formed antire- ly of seed pearls and diamond sparks, ig an effective bridal. .head- dress, but the veil worn over the face with a coronet of orange blos- soms is the favorite. carts on Saturday : ful flowers from the florists and dainty little nosegays from the nei- #hboring woods were also for sale and eagerly bought. vorthern side of the ofty are giving promise of being very attractive, Whs and boulevards are being seed. ed and watered, and no doubt later dowers will add a beautifying touch. . -- That in Venezuela the Masonic lodges have furnished o home for poor children. That some of the streets in the. THE DAILY |neat pump that has elastic at the {eide to "eep it from slipping up and down, That Paisley capes, made from | Paisley shawls, with collars of mon- | key fur, are being worn in New York, | and coat dresses of Paisley, some per- {feotly plath with a narrow roiled | belt of self material, or withy semi- ' olive green and hats to | sometimes seen. Pood § Russian Famine 3 Work of Soviet | > SOBEL SOOT Famine in Russia has not been un- usual even in comparatively recemt times. The unselfish relief work of Tolstey in the dread years of 1890, 1891 and 1898, and the pictures he drew of the destitution and suffering of the peasants are familiar, not only to readers devoted to his werks, but to thousands who are unfamiliar with any other part of his literary produe- tion. The difference between the famines of those years and that of to-day marks in a striking way the difference between the political con- ditions of that time, however severe and autocratic the rule may have been, and those imposed by the domination of the Soviet Govern- ment. The famines formerly were largely confined to the regions peopled by the peasant farmers them- selves; that of 1891 was, to a large extent, restricted to the Volga dis- trict, which is to-day affected. The primitive methods of culture and the small plots of ground allotted to the Peasants brought them in years of Poor harvests a return insufficient to meet their own requirements and those of the community dependent on them, says the New York Herald. The situation quickly brought about a famine condition. The large centres of population and the indus trial and manufacturing towns. were seriously affected. ,But the transpor- tation facilities of the empire brought to them the grain of the Black Earth districts of the Caucasus region and the plains of Siberia. The affected rural districts were thus in time re- lieved and the Government furnished the means for the fertilization of the until the next harvest. In contrast tion produced in Russia since 1916. This a Russian economist has re- cently elucidated in his effort to explain to the world the present fam- Ine and the reasons why it has so long held the country in its grasp. To him the famine is but the logical outcome of Soviet rule. From 1918 to 1920 the official estimate is that the planted area in the thirteen European provinces of Russia drop- Ped off 38 per cent. One reason for this was that the farmer Yound the result of his crops Was uncertain and there was no in- centive for him to plan to harvest foore than would fill the needs of mself and his family. In the next Pldce the large estates, which alone employed modern agricultural meth- pods, were given out in allotments to Communist adherents, and the out- put of the land dropped almost to nothing. To this was added the com= plete disorganization of the. railroad system, a disorganization which made impossible the transportation of grain, and left the cities of the north, and the more seriously affected fam- ine districts, helpless. Even had the acreage been increased in 1921, and had the country net suffered from a drought, Russia would still have been & land of famine. The compléte breakdown of the transportation sys- tem under the Soviet rule would have made the supplying of foodstuffs to the towns of Northern Russia im- possible. seed: for the crop in the Moscow The hope for the this year les not Government, but in help from for- eign lands. There is no help to be €xPected from the Communists them- selves. Though they be eager to aid, they have not the capacity so to do. They have not been able to hold to- gether the public service they have, controlled; they cannot Improvise service to meet an emergency. It ig impossible, as the. Russians them- selves have pointed out, that the ef- fect of these four years of suffering wil not be felt by the pPecple and that they will not lay on the rule Lenin and Trotsky have imposed upon them the responsibility for the Rundreds of thousands of lives sacrificed to hunger and destitution. Tolstoy, when the condition of the Russian Peasant in a forme- famine was laid before him, uttered a remark whieh has since been aceapted as so thor oughly characteristic of the people. "They are like a great good-natured boy who tries to smile in his tribu- lation because he is inspired by the faith that in the end all will come out well," he said. \ The Russian's faith in the future Is not of that Oriental tinge which trusts entirely to fate. He helps work it out himself. He arises in the extremity and he is then a host. With the recovery of his strength, ay he not find the Power to relieve himself of the heavy burdens he has borne? The Moscow Soviet has given up its hold on Northern Persia, and it has retired from the Caucasus be fore the small group of patriotic peo- ple who have ded the right to "ule themselves. Lenin no 10; ies with the e of his power southern coast of the Black Sea. He has affairs nearer home to watch. he Republic of Archangel has and a union of the Northern States threatened the Moscow powers. the Soviets' natural enemies in the south, have again published their demands for freedom from the Moscow rule. On the west Trotsky's Heutenants have been Strufeling to repress the growing spirit independence in Ukraine. ds i hy j cape effect in the back and the waist- | {Vine . confined with a cloth girdle in | match are | longer traf- Turkish Natfonalist for | ' | Why is, Silk So Expensive? | A reader 'of this column has writ- ten to ask why silk is so expensive. "Don't the stores overcharge for it?" she ends her letter of protest, "And how jis silk wade, anyway?" In the out why a fainly high price is entirely justifiable for this tediously-gotten fabric, Centuries ago--about $700 B.C. a Chinese empress discovered how to use the fibres of the silk worm. No doubt she watched the little worms at work and so got her idea. Today the Chinese people atill celebrate her discovery each year in April--a dis- covery that not only enriched her own country, but meny of the other na- tions of the world. The Japanese and Chinese prodiice more silk than any other countries. They put their girls and men to work watching the silk worms closely, ang tending them carefully. When the mother moth lays her tiny eggs on mulberry leaves, the sun hatches them--and then it is that the thrifty Orientals tend the little worms, keep them clean, and feed them by food which they chop finely for them; for, they know that if the worme are not kept clean and fed well, they will not thrive and produce silk successfully, In about one month of careful at- tention, the young worms have grown to their full size--about as large around as your thumb and three inches long. They now begin to spin cocoons for themselves, They do this by throwing out a tiny thread at each side of the head; these threads are made of a Jelly-like. fluid which' hardens as it strikes the air. As the worm's head is thrown from side to side, the two threads become one, In {three weeks' time the cocoon is made of these threads glued together in a mass like a piece of parchment. following article I have tried to point | Incide the cocoon the worm changes into a moth, like its mother. If left alone, it will eat its way out of the cocoon and fly to lay eggs, as | its mother did--thus beginning a re- petition of the process, But if the worm is allowed to eat its way through the cocoon, this hole breaks the continuous thread of which the cocoon is made. this reason some of the moths are allowed to eat their way through their cocoons so as to lay more eggs, and thereby propagate their useful kind; while other cocoons are placed in a very high temperature so that the moths inside them will die--thus allowing the cocoon to be stripped of its perfect, unbroken thread. e The silk is taken from the cocoons (or *reeled") fn this way: The oco- coons are placed in a basin of hot water to soften 'the gummy secretion, The ends of four or five €OCOODs are then caught together and reeled off, This makes a strand of raw silk. Silk from a broken cocoom can be used, bat is never as strong as that made from one continuous thread. To understand why really good silk j fabric costs a high price, one has only [to realize that it takes 3,000 silk worms to epin one pound of raw silk --and it often takes two or three pounds of raw silk to make a single dress! Tomorrow--Answered Letters; All inquirfes wuddressed to Miss Kirkman in care of the "Efficient Housekeeping" department will b. answered in these columns in their turn. This requires considerable time, however, owing to the great number received. So if a personal or Suicker reply is desired, a stamped and self-addressed envelope must be enclosed with the question--The Kditor, soil and the planting of the crops, | besides food to tide the people over | with these conditions is the situa- | Betty and Doris Meet Tut-Zan. Betty and Doris were having 'a die- | cussion one beautiful day and it look- as if things were going to end in a row, when Betty chanced to look up and spied Gocomeback, the little travel eifin, coming in the gate, She gave a glad cry and ran out to meet him, Doris close on her heels. "Oh, Gocomeback, we're so glad you've ccme!" both little girls cried, as they threw their arms around the little elfin's neck, "Well, I'm ¢ glad you're glad!" he laughed. "I've been list- ening to you two le for a long time, I thought if one of you didn't spy me before long that I'd never get through the gate." "Well, I don"t care," pouted Betty. "The Fourth of July is the best day in the year." "I don't see haw you can say that, Betty Bly!" orfed Doris. 'I've never heard any one say a thing like that before in my Mfe. Right down deep in your heart you know Su Ohrist- mas is the best day in year, so there! There fsn't a child diving who wouldn't agree with me if you asked them all." "My goodness!" laughed Gocome- back, putting his arms around his two little friends. "Are you quite sure of that?" Before either of the children could answer they found themselves stand- ing in a strange country in front of a queer little house built of gray brick with a roof of black tile. A little Chinese girl came out to meet them, and Gocomeback introduced her to Doris and Betty as Tut-zan. "Now here's a little girl you might ask what she thinks about Christmas and Fourth of July," the elfin laugh- ed. Tut-zan bad never heard of either holiday, which surprised both Doris and Betty, "And Santa Claus never comes and brings you toys?' Doris asked. . "Oh, you mean New Year's day," laughed Tut-zan, "You see, it's on New Year's day that we get new gifts. Oh, my, what a lovely day it is! We--why surely we have a won- derful time that day. I'm sure it is far better than your two days put to- gether. All my gifts were wrapped in bright red paper last time--oh, so Many of them. You know red is for good luck--that's the reason our presents are always wrapped in red paper. Every one wants good luck on New Year's day, you know, Why, even the eggs we get are dyed red and the dishes we eat from are gen- erally red on that day." She stopped for breath and then went on: "We have a 'wonderful time on New Year's day eat\ for two weeks following. Games are played, there are parties, dinmers and feastings, and every one who can puts on a new suit that day 80 they'll have good fortune all the year. Oh, yes, I almost forgot--on New Year's day we are all one year older. Gocomeback, sometime bring Doris and Betty and let them enjoy our New Year. fireworks on that day the same as you do on" the day you call the Fourth." And with a merry laugh Tut-zan bade the girls good-by and ran into the house. "I don't know," mused Betty when she and Doris once more sat down under thé maple tree in Doris's front yard. "I Dellevé I'd rather have three holidays--Ohristmas, New Year and the Fourth of July--instead of cele brating them all on one day." Just then Dorls's mama came out with a handful of fresh-baked cookies, and the two girls forgot an about their discussion In eating the cookies, There #8 one possession you can- not give away--that is youl own in- nermost self. ' When fortune knocks at the door, be ready to let her in. STROUD'S TEA | You see, we have | So for | Shirri Many ways to use marmalade U= it for puddings, cake-filler, sandwiches, tarts, toast, ete. Use Shirriff's if you want the real, original marmalade flavor --always delicious and delightful right to the very last bit used. Cor- rect consistency always--it never runs too thin and spreads as you like it. Cheaper to buy than make --why go to all the trouble of pre- paring your own when ? It costs less to enjoy S MARMAL E Bame quality In jars and tine-- at your grocer's. Other Household Faverites-- Bhirrif's Jelly Powders, Shirrif" HOROSCOPE The astral conditions for this day make for liveliness | affairs generally, although there may | be some annoyances to surmount. There may be a break- ing away of old obstructions, some how to meet the changed order may arise, to the course to changes are advised against under this bewildered state of mind. Very pleasant and prosperous conditions may be looked for in domestic and romantic matters, To-morrow's By Genevieve Kemble \ ] TUESDAY, MAY 0th, and activity in and difficulties but perplexities and doubts as to with the mind vacillating as pursue. Radibal cities, Those whose birthday it is may find the breaking away of old ob- stacles and yet find it adapt themselves to the new state of affairs, and perplexities in making the ad- justments, Social and affectional in- terests may be happily aspected. A child born on this day will be clever and enterprising, but may be unre- liable unidess carefully trained early in life, {in emplo Watch your step and watch the ad vertiseaments, dificult to There may be annoyances It may make its best success yment of others. -------------------- For a long time Golconda, India, was the great diamond-cutting centre of the world. contested by the Dutch city-of Am- sterdam, by London and by Belgian Later this honor was It's easy enough if you have the tools and know how. .B Now is the time to The Reason Why CHASE & SANBORN"S Simple, isn't it? _---- nn BARNUM'S fy The Bride] BAKERY order your Wedding Cake. If you make your own we will decorate it for you. THE HOME OF CHOICE CAKES AND PASTRY 1 lors. Come in and se Phone 441. + WE ARE WIRING HOUSES EVERY DAY NOw | This housecleaning time, | new outlets for floor | lamps, bedroom, etc. | | | K | installing | lamps, reading Supplying beau- tiful fixtures for dining rooms and par- e them: H. W. 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