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a ris --New York ALL-DAY FROCK You'll be prepared for any day-time occasion in this simply styled frock of sheer woolen in geometric print with plain woolen contrasting. The bodice closes in surplice effec, fastened with button, just above waistline for decor- ative note. The attaching two-piece skirt is plaited well toward each side of [ront to form panel. A shaped pocket is stitched across ia its at right side. It a partie model for sheer tweed, co pc the inoment, Patterned wool plain black wool velvet harvest brown, black crepe satin; Ma- deleins blue dull silk erepe, and print- A er interesting 10st women. Style in sizes 16, 18, 20 nd 42 inches bust. mps or coin Wrap coin care- ir Pattern pr (coin is fully. ,HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and of such patterns as you want, Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and referred). Care of Tires. Prime Factor "In Riding Ease Car Owner Must Do His Part or the Best Product Will Fail, Says H. C. Brokaw Proper Inflation Is Vital Occasional Check of Minor Damages Found Pro- fitable | The fact that the modern motorist rides on cushions has much to do with his or her satisfaction in operating the automoh' Not only does the occun- rant ¢ ride on comfortable, up- 1 cushions, which are found in rior of every automobile these days, but aleo the car itself rides on four cushions which are comprised of the tires on the four essential wheels. The advancemrent © whick has been made in recent vears, due to the tech- nical skill which has been brought to bear on tires, has made touring a de- light, has practically eliminated fati- | gue from motor trips; In fact, has re- | volutiohized ~~ motor transportation from the standpoint of comfort. However much the manufacturer has done to produce an automobile tire which has riding comfort, the owner of a modern motor vehicle must necessarily do his or her part to secure the-greatest possible satisfac- tion. One of the most important ways in which the automobile owner can supplement the manufacturer's good work is to see to it that the car's tires are properly inflated. By far the major number of inconveniences caused by tire trouble probably grow {out of g lack of proper inflation. If there is too mmch air in auto- 'mobile tires the riding discomfort is increased. -1f automobile tires are under-inflated they are likely to be more easily, bruised or rim cut, Also, the continuous flattening out of the casing of a tire not | ly inflated causes the fahric of to. be- come heated and break down. This soi! m of the fabric, toge:ier ts. constitute a ti Tard to combat 4 ob number consider- four and one- h tire used to ie pounds press balloon type tires, 1 inches in diameter o much less pressure, th i ized car being around thirty It is always best, however, weult the manufacturer's book {and follow the instructions given {there as to tire inflation. Manufac- turers know what is likely to be the post satisfactory pressure for the particular. automobiles they menufae- ture. It is important to look over the auto- Houston, owner of tim! in northern os He motors (from Botton +) investigate a series of | 5 the um accidents hich have held lumbe > p! jon. ple tempting to Tose Hacard Pass, n"s' au e plunges over a cliff. The unconscious Fibs is carried carried to a small cabin where he re- covers consciousness six "ours later in the presence of a beautiful Su The patient hears the voice of Thayer, the susp' ted mill superin- tendent. Feigring unconsciousness, Houston hears Thayer approach his bedside and mutter "I wonder if he's wise." In order to disarm Thayer, Houston feigns complete ioss-of mem- ory. GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER IV "Is there ever a time when the operator isn't there?" - "At noon. He goes out to dinner, and he leave open the door. If eet is something you want, walk in." "Thanks." A strange eagerness was in Houston's eyes. "I think I'll be able to get up tomorrow. Maybe I can walk over there." "Bon--good!" came from Ba'tiste, as they turned into the little village of Tabernacle the next day. "Bon-- the agent is leaving." i "You walk ds though going into the station to loaf. Ba'tiste will come behind--and keep watch." Barry obeyed. A moment more and he was within the converted box car. Houston turned hastily toward the file hook and began to turn the pages of the original copy which hung there. "Suddenly he bent forward and ex- amined a notation in a strange hand: "Missent Houston, Resent Black-|8° burn." It explained much to Barry Hous- ton, that scribble of four words. It told him why he had received a tele- gram which meant nothing to him, yet caused suspicion enough for a two-thousand mile trip. J. C. Blacburn, Deal Building, Chicago, 111. Our friend reports Boston deal put over O, K. Everything safe. Suggest start preparations for operations in time compete Boston for the big thing. Have Boston where we want him and will keep him there. , THAYER. Haetily Houston crawled over the railing, and motioning-to Ba'tiste, led him away from the station. camo from Boston?" mean that Thayer's ny mill down, to help 5 same competitor. You'll notice he says he has me where he wants me." aning But has he? What 't know. Suddenly Houston frowned with presentiment. "Thayer's been going with Medaine a good deal, hasn't he' "Oui--yes. When Ba'tees¢ can think of no way to keep him from it." "It couldn't be that he's made some arrangement with her--ahout her for, est lands?" "But Ba'teese would have hear of eet," came the repetition. "No, eet is something else. Ba'teese will try to learn who eet is, this Blackburn." They parted, Ba'tiste to lounge address y your order to Wilson Pattern mobile.tires occasionally, to check uD back 'into the tiny town, Houston to 3 West Adelaide St., Toronto. sent by an early mail, wis me pnt mre Lucky Coincidence Motorist (held up for speeding)--"1 was hurrying up to town to see my solicitor," Trafic Cop (writing his ticket)-- "Well, you will have some more news for him now." "Fervice, Patterns if they do not settle the banana strike pretty soon there will be more truth than poetry in "Yes, We Have No Bananas." Used Pianos Sale on possible cuts, bruises and other | minor ailments which may he develop- ling { | Animes on HAD NOT HAD ANOTHER Dad: I hope you and your wife haven't had another fight? Son: Of course not--We're not through with the firgt one yet. ver emt ' La Awakened East Spectator (London): The dawn over Hothen will bring new things take the winding road which led back to the cabin. He glanced ahead and noticed the trim figure of Medaine Robinette swinging along the road, old.. Lost Wing trailing in "her rear, astride a calico pony and leading the saddle horse which she evidently had be- come tired of riding, She had not seen him, and Barry hurried toward, her, jamming his cap into, a pocket that [his hand might be free to-greet her. He waved airily as they came closer and called. ' But if she heard 1 Lim, she gave mo indication, Instead, she | turned--swiftly, Houston thought-- 'and mounted her horse. A moment |g later, she trotted past him and again he her, to be answered by a nod ent of the "been averted. the thinnest had shielded she spoke to him-- an = distaste, of distike, almost Yoathing! with it. For forty years we looked on Turkey ae the sick man of Europe. Now a lusty young nation has arisen, So with Persia and Afghanistan. And in Egypt, Palestine, Iraq and Indla {here are more important movements 'than. the political manoeuvres of which we hear. The patient and con- templative Bast seems. dissolving be: fore our eyes, Mavie-fans, v " devourers, 'both sexes have aa, from he shout 1s ie n Modainets Ba'tiste shook his head. _ "No. Eet is on the five acres own' by Jerry Martin. Eet is no =~ rocks and rocks--and rocks. build eet there.' . Houston shook his head. "I can't see it. I have the only timber around here with the excep- tion of Medaine's land, and you sey that she doesn't come into that until next year. I've never a cruise of the terri around here." "What you know about lumber?" "Not more than any office man could learn in a year and a half." "Then we shall learn. Tomorrow we shall go. Perhaps Ba'teese can tell you much. Bien! Medaine, oui? Yes?" "I---1 don't think she'd go. "Why not?" "I'd rather--" Houston was think- We shall take = ot ba Te a, commissary. Houston leaped from the wagon but at the door of the commissary he 'whirled, staring. A buggy was just coming over the brow of the little hill which led to the mill property. Some- one had called to him--a woman whose voice had caused him to start, then, a second laten to go running forward. Agnes Gurdon was beside Thayer in the buggy, leaning forth, one hand ing of a curt nod and averted eyes. "Maybe we'd better just go alone, Ba'tiste," GAL TWO--WHITE DESERT "Tres bien. We shall go into the forest. We shall learn much. 2 CHAPTER v The road narrowed to a mere trail; Ba'tiste tugied on the reins, and mo- tioning to Barry, left the wagon. pull-' ing forth an axe and heavy, cross-cut saw as he did so. Ba'tiste stopped and "motioned toward a tall spruce. The Fl gleamed in blow after blow. incision appeared in the AE lt e tree, and at the base of it Batiste nario the saw, Barry working on the other end with his good arm "Look out!" extended as Barry hurried toward her, her black eyes flashing eager- ness, her full, yet cold lips parted, her olive-skinned cheeks enlivened by a flush of excitement as Houston came tv her. "Agrics," he gasped. you--" "I thought--" and the drawling voice of Fred Thayer had a suddenly | sobering effect on Houston, "that you weren't hurt very bad. Your memory, came back awful quick, didn't it?" (Continued in Our Next Issue.) The Shower Bath Better bathing facilities are often needed in hcmes where bathrooms are not found. A cheap and convenient shower Bath can be easily made and "Why did Zz her home, It Was no uf essary for her to oy 'wo the money would enable the family to buy many things tor which they had longed. : adherence to worn out the old are in the saddle and ay '{s that much needed. new blood, ad- But with the duties of the new post vanced ideas, new methods, a com- tion, there was not much time for home life left. Before Teddy's school time, his mother was gone, leaving directions for him to follow' when he arrived at home. But there was no one to see that the directions were carried out. Teddy played with the neighbors' children, and Mrs. Blank had no way of knowing that some of the neighbors' children had been: learning many wrong and injurious habits. She did not know that, now, Teddy was also learning these same habits. She had followed her child training system, and as it had worked out beautifully so far, she trusted it to go on working in hér absence. Mrs. Blank had forgotten that a "system of child training is at best only a tool, and cannot work without the owner's hand back of it, One can- not press a button to start the ma- chinery running in the morning, and then expect it to go on running smoothly all day. > The right kind of a tool will work wonders when someone is present to use it skillfully, but it accomplishes A crackling Sound had come from used in the kitchen or en the back nothing when it lies at home without above. Ba'tiste abandoned the saw, and with one great leap caught Hous- ton and pulled him far to one side, as, with a roar, the spruce seemed to. veritably . disintegrate, its trunk SUDDENLY ME BENT FOR: WARD AND EXAMINED A NOTA- TION IN A STRANGE HAND, spreading in great splintered slabs, and the tree proper crashing to the ground in the opposite direction to which it ghould have fallen; breaking as it 'came, A moment Ba'tiste stood, with his arm still about the younger man,' waiting for the dead branches, sev- ered from other trees, to cease: fall- ing, and the disturbed needles and dust of the forest to settle, "Eeet break up like an ice jam!" came at last. "That tree. he is not made of wood, He is of glass!" Barry joined him, studying the splintered fragments bt the spruce,' suddenly. to bend forward in wonder- ment. "That's 'queer, spike driven clear into the heart." - "Huh? What's that?" Ba'tiste bent beside him to ekamine the rusty spike, then hurried to a minute examination of the rest of the tree. "And anoth- er," came at last. "And more!" Four heavy spikes had + themselves now, each jutting forth at place where the tree had split. Batiste straightened. "Ah; oui! Eeét is no wonder! See? | The spike, they have been in the tree for mebbe one, two, t'ree year. And the tree, he is not strong. When th winter come, last year, he split Toside, from the frost, where the spike, he" spread. OD i wre he woods, to go © eigarette-corisumers of His Here's a railroad' "on the marke! porch. ful in homes where there are children. A hole is cut in the botiem of a 4 gallon buc':et and a piece of pipe 2 icnhes long soldered in the opening. Rubber tubing 4 to ¢ feet long is at- tached to the pipe and a nozzle is fitted on the end of the rubber tubing. A sprinkler from a watering can may be used instead of the nozzle. The bucket can be raised or lowered to suit the convenience of the person taking the bath by a rope fastened to | the handle of the bucket and run through a pulley 1 is fastened with a staple to a joist in the ceiling. The end of the rope is looped over a hook, which i¢- driven securely into the window or door facing, or into the studding in the wall, A clothespin closed over the rubbery {tubing serves as a stopcock to cut off water as desired. The shower can «tter regulated by using a device OWE? 14 wire is fastened to a disk of | leather or tin, or a cap of a tin can, [by making a hole in the material used, running the wife through and looping the end. This disk is placed over the 'hole in the bottom of the bucket and the attached wire extends through the rubber tubing and the nozzle. The -shower can be regulated by the-qisk being raised and lowered by means of the wire, The weight of the water in the bucket on the disk will form a sufficient seal when no flow is desired. A large tub is placed under shower, in which the bather stands. The tub and bucket are more attrac- tive if given two coats of white paint and one coat of white enamel, eR For frostbite use Minard's Liniment. AR SSR RARE A. young bachelor, hered. by a sew: ing machine agent, said that the ma: | chine would not answer his purpose. 'Why, said the agent, "it is the best Jn every respect" "That may be," replied the bachelor, "but"the sewing machine I am look- ing for must have flaxen hair and blue eyes." RS The end of a piece of No.. "child, the' the trained hand to employ it. It wag The shower bath is ¢specially uge- a terrible. shock to Mrs. Blank when! she heard of gome things her son had been doing. Her eyes were opened to' the fact that she was needed at home. The money she was earning at the office was buying useful and beautiful things for the home, and helping to pay off the mortgage, but Mrs, Blank decided that it would be better to be gatisfied with the plainest of furniture and take longer to pay for the home. It took some time to undo the harm that had resulted from neglect, but the first step was a heart to heart talk with the boy. He had imbibed a wrong idea of the valne of money as compared with other things, hy seeing: his moth s0 eager to sgecure it. . When he saw her give up her salary. for the sake of doing her duty at home, it dig-him more good than any amount of lecturing could have done. When his mother and father ceased to spend money on "fine clothes," cosmetics, and tobacco, then the boy began to see something bigger and better than. a quest for ,money to spend for toys and candy. The tool worked again when its owner came home and took it in her own hand. If a mother is obliged to be away from home, some 'other competent person should be left to care for her She must not expect her knowl: edge of chiid training to be effective during her cantinved absence, ey Most men. who go to court don't go to get justice, hut to get even. Local Agent Wanted An old established Toronto Invest- ment House wishes to add to its organization a full or part time local representative of good standing but not necessarily with previous exper- lence. He will have exclusive terri- tory leads. literature and every vestgtance; permanent -¢onn- tion and: an excellent income from energetic sffort. ISSUE:!--A preferred security now paying a substantial monthly dividend. All replies' treated confi- dentially 'and. should be addressed to Dept. B, =. J. DINGMAN & CoMPANY, Investment Bankers, eniral Builaing, t t Buds Rn "AT, AL IF YOU ARE GOING TO. BUILD IN THE SPRING . Now IS THE TIME TO HAUL YOUR Low COST OVER WINTER ROADS. All kinds of Textures In all colors and shades for all' purposes. Jeng for frep Cotored: Catalogue and, Samples - _} in his skill af prehensive study of the needs and wants of prospective buyers, improved methods of producing and marketing and, in fact, much that makes for suc- cess today;-is stopped short. Grand- father made money without a stenog- rapher, a typewriter, an adding mi chine or a cash register. He became a rich man without transacting bus ness by teleplione or telegraph. Grandfather was never known to be in a hurry. He sees little to be gained by up-to-date improvements. And the sad part of it, from the viewpoint of the younger generation, is that grand: father is still the "boss." The 'governing boards of a great many heavily capitalized railroads and industrial concerns in Great Britain are dominated by the older men. The very word "standardiza- tion" is anathema to them, Mass production is despised. There are some business houses so old-fashioned that they take great pride in the fact that they have never, spent a penny far advertising. The fact that dividends are lessening all the time wkile othcy houses in the same business are flourish does not move them. Thére must seme mysterious reason for the falling cff in trade. We must have fallen on dull times. Why an elevator to make the journey to an upper floor easier for a customer? This house fiag been successful since 1721 without such a thing and we won't have it now, Why motor cars for 200 years. And so if goes--old things must be best be- cauge they have stood the test of time. Certain it is that the resentment against new machinery and methods is largely due to the fact that much of the science of production and tribution originated in America. An' ~ Englishman will say that Americans were busy fighting savages when his firm was making money. He cannot admit that there is anything "better than Englisch methods. Sentimentally this is fine, but it is regarded as poor business. The younger men know fit is poor business. - They fully realize that in order to survive they must take the the best method as agai@st establish ed methods. Reduction in costs with out logs of merit is the aim of the younger generation. mtediieiaiicas Ancient Hunter Gets Last Wish Rider Rilled Hu Huntins With Prince of Wales: Horse Crushes Man Eager ito Die in Chase Colston = Bassétt, Nottinghamshire, England--The hunt of the Belvolr hounds with /~hich the Prince of Wales rote recently was marked by a "tragedy, tha death of the. prominent hunting wan, William: Wroughton of Melton Mowbray. his horse fell at a high fence and rolled on him. ) other rider who fell at the same fence escaped injury. My. Wroughton was former master of the Pytehley hunt. .. The accident "took place not far from where rthe Prince cf Wales was riding, but the Prince. himself did not witness the fall. Mr. Wroughion, who was more than 70 yearr old, has had a number of _ 'minor hunting accidents during the last three seasons and expressed the wish that when his time came to die it would be in the hunting field. ~The body was placed on a gate and . farm hands carried it to the road. | The riderless horse, which was Seri 'ously injured on' the foreleg. took fright and stumbled away. Mr. ' Wroughton was regarded |" among the first: po a England