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Port Perry Star, 27 Aug 1931, p. 2

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. roar =i usual + Glamis as it stands is a thing of joy to the untutored eyes of the casual visitor no less than it is to the spec- tacled optics of the archaeologist. Both are confronted--the first prob- ably with rather more distinctness than thé second--with a massive, tow- "ering Keep, bristling with odd little pepper-box- excrescences, dotted about here and there, without any attempt at regularity; two flanking wings, one of which 'wanders away into a long stretch of offices and outbuildings; the whole of pink stone, pitted and bleach- ed with the wind and weather of many centuries, Such is Glamis Castle, the oldest, the most picturesque and the most discussed private residence in the United Kingdom. The antiquity of the central part is immense--so great in fact that it stretches back beyond all records and loses itself in a haze of mystery and legend. Whether Mac- beth ever pillowed his royal head there... . does not matter much. The evidence of the Castle's stupendous age lies chiefly in itself--in its forma- tion, in the stones of which it is built and in the premediaeval thickness of its walls. It is these walle which have kept the old pile standing through all the rolling centuries and it is these walls which are responsible, in the main, for all ithe legends and "tales of mystery that surround the Castle; for in their thickness there is room for a conceal- ed house .of cubic dimensions not greatly inferior to those which the Keep now exposes to the eye. - Some of these comcealed stairways and by- ways are still accessible. What thrills of tremulous joy were mine when, as a boy, I lowered myself through a trap- door in the floor of the Blue Room dressing-room_and--candle in hand-- wound my excited 'way down a little corkscrew stone stairway which event- ually ended in nothing--I believe in the thickness of the drawing-room wall, The old twelve-foot walls are full of such little stairways and passages-- many of them known to the present generation; many others, no doubt, un- known. People used to talk much of a supposed secrét room at Glamis, 'Why, there are probably a score of secret rooms or more, blocked up per- haps centuries ago and hidden away for ever (until the Castle crumbles to ruins) in those vast mysterious walls, It would be odd indeed if eerie tales did not circle tumultuously round such a house.~Lord Ernest Hamilton, in "Qld Days and New." . Tallest Building Proves Largest Lightning Rod New York:--The new Empire State Building, towering 1,260 feet into the clouds, proved itself the world's Jargest lightning rod when it was struck three times by lighting dur- ing a thunder storm here. A 'great bolt hit the metal mooring mast: at 9,20 pm, causi g a flash of flame seen for many blocks ,and a de- tonation as of thunder, but no damage was done to the building, power and telephone lines. Telephone operators on the 86th floor said a sheet of flame shot past the windows down to the ground. "Rxperts' Hive proved the Empire State Building' is a giant lightning rod,'t- Edward Carney, superintendent, sald, . "It protects nearby buildings from lightning damage." "It isn't equitable." "What's the trouble?" "A divorce costs a ea, deal mors than » marrage I £7 commit dime City Vistor: "You're quite wrong in . What New York Is Wearing BY ANNEBELLE V WORTHINGTON -- Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- mished With Every Pattern A printed crepe silk all-day dress --ever so youthful, with its tiny vest of white eyelet mousseline. It adds stch refreshing newness. The bodice is given a slight cowl effect caught with a knotted trimming piece of self-fabric at the front. Sim- ilar trim appears on the short banded sleeves. Deep scallops give emphasis to the snugnesg through the hips. Style No. 3021 is designed for sizes 16, 18 years, 86, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. Size 36 requires 8% yards of 89-inch material with 3% yard of 85- inch' contrasting. For resort pastel flat washable crepe silk is stunning, particularly in yellow, pink, green and blue. Cotton mesh may also be used for this model and is a favorite sports fabric, Linen, novelty pique, chiffon prints and eyelet batiste are attractiva. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 78 West Adelaide St., Toronto. rtm erat Before You Write Think twice before you write a letter, The things to say, the words to find. 'Will it make someone happier, better, More pure of heart, more clean of mind, Or make the eyes alittle wetter With thoughts utikind? Think twice before you write a lover, Think twice before you write a friend, Shall what you write seem sweet as clover, More firmly bind and closer pend, Or shall it say that all is over . And at an end? Think twice, Life's sea may more divide us A Or may unite us, good or 1, Our letters ships to those denied us _ That make them near, or farther still, Yes, they may come. and sit beside us, It we but will. 5 : Think twice before a letter leaves you, And, it your pen was dipped in gall, Though friends are false, though love BYNOPSIS Sam. Les, who looks "white" Rdatern, for Spud 3 Gorham and. ® Ricker D0 Sale Sh them - at | pense na brass 8 Hert rt. discove ves, # that Sa; 2 €0! e- as the son ing thy. Chinese impor! dn Then she sees bilities in PA wealth and calls him up. CHAPTER V.--(Cont'd.) Following this conversation Sam made bold to present Alice with gifts somewhat more substantial than theretofore, Today he had: sent her a dress, and in view of her ardent gratitude he took occasion, latef in the evening, to broach another matter to which he had given much' thought. He began cautiously by telling Alice something about his father. He had never said much about Lee Ying but tonight he informed her that the im- porter was a man' of wide but unob- trusive charities. Lee Ying did much to help those deserving of assistance, regardless of race: he was deaf to no appeal. It was his money, for in- stance, which the speaker lent so lib- erally to the boys who honored him with their friendship and his father approved of the loans. The old man was forever urging his son to do more for those less happily situated than he, arguing that help at this time might be of inestimable value to them in later life. Sam wondered if Alice would take it amiss if he offered her the same sort of assistance he render- ed fellows like Gorham and Wade. "You mea:) --money?"' "Exactly. Understand, it's not mine, 'it's my father':, He considers it a privilege to aid any one engaged in the pursuit of a higher science." "I'couldn't do that," Alice exclaim- ed hurriedly. "I feel wretched enough at letting you do as much as you've done. I---think I'd die if anybody found out. Please don't tell him any- thing about me: I don't want him, or anybody, to know." "Have you told your people about me?" ! "Good lord, no! They're only look- ing for an excuse to send for me." After a moment Sam announced gravely: "Under the circumstances, I'm afraid we'll have to give up these rides. I'd never forgive myself if I were to cause trouble between your family and you." "Oh, Sam!" Alice laid a hand upon his arm and looked ap into his face. "Don't you want to gee me any more?" He assured her SHE ty that he did want to see her, that he wani- ed to see as much of her as possible. He could not tell her how much her friendship had meant to him. "I'm the loneliest, hungriest fellow in. the college, and I find nothing incongru- ous or improper n our friendship. But I'm not blind. I understand why you meet me in the darkest spot on your street: why you refuse to go out in public with me. It's a hard thing to swallow." For a while they rode in silence, then Alice inquired: "Is it my fault any more than yours?" "No. It's the fault of a senseless, formless prejudice which I hate be- cause 1 can't understand it. For that matter, I hate clandestine things, too. We can't go on like *his." "Why not?" 8 "For one thing I have a pretty stiff Chinese pride and for another I've been taught filial obedience, You owe it to your people to observe their pro- hibitions." "Indeed! . .. You remember the girl in the Chinese story? Chin Ting, wasn't that her name? Well, her peo- ple forbade her to go to the Feast of the Lanterns but the boy contrived her escape. . Clandestinely, I guess people are pretty much alike, the world over, Chinese or American. It's rather exciting to be clandestine. There's a kick in. it." 'Alice laughed in her intimate "cozy" tone and lean- ed closer to her companion. His heart pounded at her touch. "Don't let's get prudish in our old age, Sam. I'm not going to give you up. Not for some silly principle--some foolish prejudice. I'm too selfish." A trifle thickly he told her, "I must either see more of you or--very much less. 7 "Very well, but with things as they are we can't go out in. public--Oh, gulp down that Chinese. pride of yours! One of us must be practical, I've learned to.look facts in the face if. you haven't, . . I used to be afraid of you--most fellows are so fresh "How can we see mote. 'of other?" "I'm Abinking-- ed. of ours--" "Moy?" "Can you, trust him? 1 mean, would he talk if--if I came to see you 1f you can't call ne ing coament why hen th out alone with a girl." When they 2 'each' ring 'the IER, procoling the Close of the spring several evenings in Sam's a) ¢| She reveled in her boldness, the ad °| venture delighted her, at' the same) . | time she was walct fol, suspicious of | rim. When ha treated her with the same unailing courtisy that he had displayed on their automobile jaunts snd took no adventage whatever of the situation she had created her dis- trust disappeared, she abandoned her- self to a triumphant enjoyment of her exploit and assumed a sort of} gay proprietorship over him and Moy. and tho place itself. Sam's quarters were filled with objects of Oriental] art; anything she admired he gave to her. That was his Eastern way, and | k a very 'pretty practice she considered it. He was ever obliging: when she wished to talk he talked, when she was blue he made her laugh with an- tics and absurdities. He could do many mystifying tricks. of legerde- main and she called him a wicked magician; she wag surprised to learn also that he was a musician of sorts and could play a number of instru- ments passably well. He could even improvise words, like a medieval min- strel, and sometimes he put on nis Chinese robes and sang Chinese songs, some -of his own making, to the ac- companiment of a long-necked Chi nese banjo. / That which delighted her above all however, was to have him perform on a slim little silver pipe, or flagelot, which gave forth thin, flutelike tones. As the spring semester drew to a close Alice confessed that her plans for the future were uncertain and as a consequence she was in a painful quandary. Her parents expected her to return home, but she knew very well what that would mean--the end of her career. On the other hand, she, could not remain in the East unless' she found employment for the sum- mer and positions were rare, was greatly depressed. Sam spoke again of a login but she would not listen to his suggestion. It was unthinkable: some self-respect. After all, what would another year in the art school profit her without a finishing course abroad? The worst of it was she and Sam would never gee each other again. No more rides, no more chats, no. more cozy evenings like this. . . It was all very well to talk about sacrifice, the stony road to success, but what more could she sacrifice? . What mere had she to give? . . . "Fireflies!" It takes a lot of fireflies to light.the road to. Paris, . , , Poor Chin Ting! How she had longed to escape from her prison. g term' Alice. spent She! she still retained Nigh A a faint' Ii the ------ ye sat, find out that it was my imagination, Then came an excited yell from Chung. . ; : : "Lookee, lookee. - Bigee Boat!" i There sure en-| ough, was a good freight steamer, anchored several miles from shore. Just about sun and' a little while later it was beach- oa EPS where we landed our Jane. The' Captain, whose name was Bueno, had seen the faint glare of our fire and decided to stand by and investigate in: the morning. © The { crew were all. Philipinos and spoke not a word of "English, ; - 1 explained to him that we must take. the plane apart and "ring it 'with us, and after a while we dis- mantled it, and carried it abroad. General Lu had gone with the first boat to the ship, from which he re- fused to budge, but Chung stayed with Scottie and me and went in the last boat. "Chung", I sald when leaying, "What shall we call that island of ours?" : . Chung gave it a scornful look, "Call him-EGG" and so Egg we call- ed it, which after all was appropri ate, for it was nearly egg-shaped. It was hazy and growing towards dark as we stood on the bridge of the Madrigal 'Peering by turns through a telescope at the vessel which lay on the very, horizon. Now. and. then we could see faint flashes as though A thought I made out a ship--only to | PSY uP, a boat put off. and 3 ing the trip with Capt, Puano planning to spend some tim an the islands. Securely lashed was our plane, the Borden 'pontoons and we had rigged 's der- rick and sling go that in a very shorf plane, overside. The Captain was inte ntly examin ing 'he #trange ship hrough | .the telescope wher Chung rudely fnter- rupted. °° "Chung longeo stlick," he 'announced. That China boy was all a quiver to get the glass .into his hands. alone hold one, and he was all excit- ed. With one. hand he "held the eye plece to his eye and grasped the other end of the teles¢ope firm- ly. The very 'mext minute' there was and "ex- ' . clamétion of surprise and . dismay and there stood Chung with the telescope all collapsed. had pushed the 'two ends to- of a telescope gether and instead about two or three feet long he held in his hands one that was only ebout eight or nine inches long: You should have seen the surprised, ex- pression on his face. (To be continued.) Note: Any young reader writing to "Captain Jimmy", 2010 Star Bldg. Toronto, will receive his signed photo, free, 4 Borden's UN The health-giving, delicious i ups: colate Malad Milk | drink for children and grown- Pound and Half Pound tins at your grocers. at your service, take you tothe shows and the shops--" "It would be lovely!" "~----and perhaps you would enjoy meeting my father, I want him to know you, 'He's a learned man, a; philosopher, a person of importance. Very likely he could put you in the ' way of Securing a position Jor the summer." "Oh, 'Sam! would you--? 'T'vé al-| -- ! felt something stir inside of her when she and Sam came out of a depart- ment store and stepped into it; she did her best to look rich and haughty | and meanwhile she envied her com- panion's complete oblivion to the | staves he evoked. It was an experi~ erce to be stared at, to be seen in | company with a young man as per-, fectly groomed and as: important as Sam Lee. Nobody seemed to take "You can see the Feast of Lan- ways watted to 'see the New York him for a--for a foreigner. terns if you wish," Sam told her gravely. "How?" "By stopping over in New York for a week and allowing me to show you! about." "New York is too expensive for a Bartonville art student." "I would consider it a privilege to entertain you as my guest." Alice eyed the speaker in startled interrogation. "You could go to some hotel--the very mnicest--and nobody need know that you're my guest. I'll hold myself A Study in Grace shops. A position! You are a ma- ! gician: you're a prince out of a fairy book. No. You're just a plain dar- ling. Why, it may mean the chance I've been looking for. . . Sam, dear." | The speaker clasped her hands and ' strained: at them, ber voice grew | husky, "I'll never, never be a misfit. Don't let 'me go back to Bartonville {and} --rust out on a sidetrack: Please!" That car of Sam Lee's excited quite i a8 much admiration on Fifth Avenue ag it had excited on the college cam- pus; wherever it stopped people gathered to look at it. Alice Hart | by Words at all, but by our conduct. | It you' wish your : neighbor to see what God is like, let them Bee what | Sam, she learned, had a subtle, un- obtrusive way of commanding atten- tion in the stores themselves, he was recognized as a somebody and his| pame was magic. They had spent the morning sight- seeing, in reality window shopping, for that was Alice's wish, Sam had shown her through art stores, silversmiths, antique shops at first, for his taste ran to exquisite things like bronzes, jewels, ivories and such, but she did not begin to enjoy herself thoroughly until they entered the stores given over to fashionable women's things. Thereafter she was in raptures, (To be continued.) aig " To A Blackbird O pagan poet, you y * And 1 are one : In this--we lose our god At get of sun. And we are kindred when The hill-wind shakes Sweet song like blossoms on The calm -green lakes. We dream, while Earth's sad children Go slowly by Pleading for our conversion With the Most High. ~--Patrick Kavanagh, in' the Bpecta. tor. meem--t-------- "Conduct = We, should. teach God's' glory day by day; not 'by words only, 'often not 'can make ou like, Nothing Is 80 infections as smapent, Rings ley. i Two Groups | : There. seem to be just two 'great n the great world--- space of time we could launch the | Mies 160kee through i Never had be seen one before, let| At Karatsu, we hal built her some | BLS: its destination in front of 'the 'Car, beam of light actuates a photo-elec tulie and causes a photo-e tric 1 xe | means of a solenoi hand by an inspecto Fer wl Eh : SolExnpishing Cigaretes Treating cigarettes so that they "will, extinguish * themselves in "a "Fedison- oy sldération to reduce the possibility of forest fires... No change in the taste: " ota tte 80 treated, is noticenbls, though | there is a certain. dryness' easily. counteracted by humidification. Of a sample of 200 cigarettes ome and offered to workers in the United States Forestry Service for: experi He' mentation, only five failed to die -out in the *reasonable time! 'after. they . had been thrown away. After another lot 'had - been humidified, thére Were: no failures. The chief 'difficulty in getting the treatment adopted is said to_be the expense involved to the to" bacco menafacturer. - wt pe 7% Photographing Under Water! « A new method of photographing un der water is described in a patent re cently granted in Washington. .. The ber slung at an angle from the side of "a ship, Ite lower eud being faced, with glass; its upper end open. The 'cham- ' ber is large enough for ome or two ersten and a camera. 'Part of the'* ber .will be immersed in- Water hic 111g photographs are being taker, * and thug the operator: will be able to * take piatures in any direction of naral, rocks, marine vegetation, fish life, ate, 'less expensively than by any other sub. marine method. A'system of compen. sating weights allows' for the abseXice or presence of the operator, keeping the chamber under the watér 'at-anm even depth. ; 5 Banger: in Our. Manholes. + 23 ' * holes of cities. The most common origin of:this danger is from gas leak: ing through pipe joints belo: the" sar face of the ground. Many éxplogions : have. occurred, - with damage to lite" and property. A number of tests have. been 'made to determing the gas con tent of manholes, and while in the ma Jority 'of cases this is 'not sufficiently high to be an explosion hazard, the oxygen content was low enough to shaft to suffocate, : Workmen aré now er the air is free enough from gas for, them to enter the manhole. ' . . oo. Price of Automobile Speed and power are gaining favor afld' that a price: must be paid for' speed' were E. Howe of _the American Chemical Society. He pointed out that five years ago the average car went.about eighteen miles on a gallon of aso: line}: to-ddy an' eight-cylinder can 8 about' ten miles on a gallon of The petroleum technologlsts, he gata; = had made savings possible by the<de- "- velopment. of anti-knock compounds and the engineers had made them pos sible by higher compressions, but the increased efficiency was being taken operation' economies, This mounting ually have to be reckoied with. : lpi : | A Little Thing + 45 I'am a little thing with a big mean- ing. I help everybody. I unlock duane, oben hearts, dias. prejudice. (- 1 create friendship and. good. will, * I inspire respect .and sgmiration, LL loves n me. bi y ingenious mechanism. is - set detore : able time" after having been thrown . dway is a development now under'con: * THON Ae There is danger lurking in the mans.' : have caused workmen entering 'the That automobiles of greater luxiry ° gf ; brought out recently by. Dr. -Hartison out in 'power and speed and. mot. by g ' cost of speed, lie thought, would event. - 4% Ca devioe is in the shape of a long chiams; + -. .. .. Chas ou adad Val fu vas Suef thn lL ammat being equipped with a simple device. .- 'which will indicate in advance wheth-. - Noel 2 Koa 3

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