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"When selecting ingredients for my recipes," says Miss Ann Adam, cookery authority of the Canadian Home Journal, "I comsider three points -- economy, health value, and successful performance. "Magic Baking Powder meets themall, I use and approve Magic, because I know it is pure, and free from harmful ingredients, and be- cause experience has taught me that I can count upon successful results with Magic every time." Magic Baking Powder is used exclusively by the majority of cook- ery experts, dietitians, and house- wives throughout Canada. In fact, Magic outsells all other baking powders combined - "CONTAINS NO ALUM." This state- ment on every tin is your guarantee that Magic Baking Powder is free from slum or any harmful ingredient, ( : Motor Hints Tires Cause Wabble There are times when front-wheel wabble is due to nothing more seri- sus than the state of tire pressures. It there is greater pressure in one tire than in the other, the result is likely to be tramping or shimmying of the front wheels. Moreover, unless tires are inflated to from three to ive pounds above the normal pres- sure the same trouble will be .en- countered when driving at higher than average speeds. When the Clutch Slips If it is because of greasc or oil on the plates that the clutch slips at fairly high speeds, it can be told by the action of the clutch at lower rates of travel. The lubricant on the plates will cause the clutch to grab and chatter when under load at low speed. Wear Does Its Worst It is when atmospheric tempera- tures are highest that wear has its worst effect upon the efficient lubri- cation of the car. Under such coun- ditions any looseness in chassis bush- ings or bearings permits the leak- age of lubricant at a much more rapid rate, Lubrication periods should be more frequent. Remedies for Vapor Lock It takes a redesign of the old fuel system really to solve the problem of vapor lock, or the formation of bub- bles in the gasoline lines which cuts off the supply to the engine. "By in- sulating the lines, however, the car swner may be able to minimize the sects of this trouble. Make the Rolling Test Owners of cars fitted with free- wheeling or automatic clutch control gan give their automobiles the roll- fg test very easily. It is just a matter of coasting, noticing at the pame time how easily the car rolls. B it does not do as well at one time as another, general conditions be- Ing the same, it probably is a clue Jo poor lubrication or under-inflated Mres, or, perhaps, to dragging brakes. R is worth while to use the coast Ing interval to note the freedom with hich the car moves. Will Prevent Wear pute he ignition when go- down hill with the car in gear sasoline to collect in the on chamber and seep down Ann Adam bakes her famous Muffins with Magic Baking Powder Miss Ann Adam's Ryoipe for Bran Muffins Mix the bran with the sifted fine dry in- gredients. Make a well in the centre and pour in the milk and well-beaten egg. With the fewest possible number of strokes, blend ts and in the. shortening. All greased muf- fin and bake in a hot oven, 400° F., lightly coated with some of the measured flour, may be FREE COOK BOOK~--When you bake at home, the new Magic Cook Book will give you dozens of recipes for delicious baked foods. Write to Standard Brands Ltd., Fraser Ave. and Liberty St., Toronto, Ont. washed from the cylinder walls. Leave the ignition on and let tha gas burn. monte mlm soiasie Market Day Within a maze of purple, Of tangerine and red, I wander from tomatoes To lustrous cabbage-head. Shall I take home the scarlet, A basketful of greens, Or shall my purse be emptied For pink and silver beans? A drift of fragrance weakens Original intent. 1 see Madonna lilies And squander every cent. ~Katherine Ventres Welch, Gypsy. in The a Balkan Village One Family Every one of the 1,000 inhabitants in a village in the wilds of Montenegro Las the same name, Vlahovitc.:, The place sprang from a large "co-oper- ative family" of the patriarchal type once common throughout the Balkans. The people are now so distantly re- lated that they intermarry freely. In 1918 one of the inhabitants mur: dered his mother-in-law, father-in-law and three sisters-in-law in order to i..herit a large estate. He was tried before a people's court, set up by the Mayor of the village. The judge, the jury of twelve, the defendant, the pub-~ lic prosecutor, the counsel fo. the de- ferse, and the prosecutivn, all were named Vlahovitch. The murderr was wondemned to death and shot by a fir- irg party of three Vlahovitches, two c. them his own brothers, who had 'also served on the jury which had condemned him. "I never hear you talk about your old college days." 1 "Our clags didn't produce any- body big enough for the rest of us to brag about." Chester .| murdered in his bed SYNOPSIS. Philo Vance bécomes interested in Greene Murder Case after Julia Gi is killed and her sister Ada is There are Mrs. Greene and five chil Julia, Chester, Sibella, and ed daughter, living in the on, of % to be on Intimate t Blon, the young family ph the adopted daughter, comes Attorney Markham's office. flere Rex is murdered in his bedroo: h case there are footprints ou with 3 yale, bist : Dr. Von Blon reports that} of morphine and strychnine have been stolen from his bag at the Greene house. The next morning Ada is poisoned with morphine. but the doctor reaches her in time. The same night '| Mrs. Greene dies of strychnine poisoning. Ada and Sibella are the only survivors. Vance summarizes the points of the case. CHAPTER XXXVI--(Cont'd.) Vance went to his desk ard wrote something on a piece of paper, which he handed to Markham, "Here's a list of the five books in Tobias' lib- rary that showed signs of having been read by the nocturnal visitor. I want those books, * Markham--immediately. But I don't want any one to know about their being taken away. There- fure, I'm going to ask -you to phone Nurse O'Brien to get Mrs. Greene's key and secure them when no one is looking. Tell her to wrap them "up and give them to the. detective on guard in the house with instructions to bring them here. You can explain t- her what sectior of the bookshelvs they're in." Markham took the paper and rose without a word. At the door of the den, however, he pausd. "Do you think it wise for the man to leave the house?" "It won't matter," Vance told him. "Nothing mere can happen there at present." Markham went cn into the den." In a few minutes he returned. "The books will be here in half an hour," When the detective arrived with the package Vance unwrapped it and laid the volumes beside his chair. "Now, Markham, I'm going to do scme reading. You won't mind, what?" Despite his casual tone, it was evident that an urgent serious- ness anderlay his words. MarkLam got up immediately; and again I marvelled . at the complete understanding that existed between these two disparate men. "I have a number of personal let- ters to write," he said, "so I'll run slong. Currie's omelet was excellent. When shall I see you again? I could drop round at teatime." Vance held out his hand witk a look bordering on affection. "Make it 5 o'clock. I'll be through with my perusings by then. And thanks for your tolerance." Then he added gravely: "You'll wuwndrstand, after I've told you everything, why I wanted to wait a bit." CHAPTER XXXVII When Markham returned that afternooa a little before five, Vance was still reading in the library, but shortly afterward he joined us in the living room. "The picture clarifies," he said. "The fantastic images are gradually tuking on the aspect of hideous real- ities. I've substantiated several points, but a few facts still need cor- roboration." "To vindicate your hypothesis?" "No, not that. The hypothesis is self-proving. ' There's no doubt as to the truth. But--dash it all, Mark- ham!--I refuse to accept it until every scrap of evidence has been in- contestably sustained." "Is he evidence of such a nature that I can use it in a court of law?" "That is something I refuse even tv consider. Criminal proceedings seem utterly irrelevant in the present case. But I suppose society must have its pound of flesh, and you--the duly elected Shylock of tho common people --will no doubt wield the knifc. How- ever, I #ssure you I shall not be pres- ent at the butchery." ~ Markham studied him curiously. "Your words sound rather ominous. But if, as you say, you have discover- ed the perpetrator of these crimes, why shouldn't society exact punish ment?" "If society were omniscient, Mark- venomous, devoid of any trace of in- sight or understanding. Rurder in BY 8. 8. VAN DINE. "Oh, no," Vance assured victim, : case," he said, with the irony of te sentment. ! : 'shall turn your victim over The Greene murderer is of "While shells of crime at the Greene mansion will continue unless we can put a stop to it. h That's why I am being so car As the case now stands, I could 'even make an arrest." n tea was over Vance got up and stretched Himself, Fe ' "By the by, Markham," he said off- 'hand.dly, "have you received any re- port on Sibella's activities?! J | "Nothing important. She's still in Atlantic City, and 'evidently intends to stay there for some time. She phoned Sproot yesterday to send down another trunkful of her clothes." "Did she now? That's very grati- fyin'." Vance walked to tha door with sidden resolution. "I think I'll run out to the Greene' for a little while, I shan't be gone over an hour. Wait for me here, Markham--there's a good fellow; I don't want my visit t6 have an official flavor. There's a new Simplicissimus on the table to amuse you till I return. Con it and thank your own special gods that you have no Thony or Gulbranssen in this coun- try to caricature your (ladstonian features." As he spoke he beckoned to me, and, before Markham could question him, we passed out into the hall and down the stairs. Fifteen minutes later taxicab set us down before the Greene mansion, Sproot opened the door for ug, and Vance, with only a curt greeting, led him into the drawing room.. "I understand," he said, "that Miss Sibella phoned you yesterday from Atlantic City and asked to have a trunk shipped to her." Sproot bowed. - "Yes, sir. tke trunk off last night." "What did Miss Sibella say to you over the phone?" "Very little, sir--the connection was not good. She said merely that she had no intention of returning to New York for a considerable time and needed more clothes than she had teken with her." "Did she ask how things were goin at the house ai Soe "Only in the most casual way, sir." "Then she didn't seem apprehensive about what might happen here while she was away?' "No, sir. In fact--if I may say so without disloyalty--her tone of voice was quite indifferent, sir." "Judging from her remarks about the trunk, how long would you say she intends to be away?" Sproot considered the matter. "That's difficult to say, sir. But I would go so far as to vetnure the opin- ion that Miss Sibella intends to re- main in Atlantic City for a month or more." Vance nodded with satisfaction. "And now, Sproot," he said. "I have a particularly important ques- tion to ask you, When you first went into Miss Ada's room on the night she was shot and found her on the floor before the dressing' table, was the window open? Think! I want a positive answer. You know the win- dow is just beside the dressing table and overlooks the steps leading to the stone balcony. Was it.open or shut?" Sproot contracted his brows and appeared to be recalling the scene. Finally he spoke, and there was no doubt in his voice. bh "The window was open, sir. I re- call it now quite distinctly. After Mr. Chester and I had lifted Miss Ada to the bed, I closed it at once for fear she would catch cold." "How far open was the window?' asked Vance wtih eager impatience, "Eight or nine inches, sir, I should say. Perhaps a foot" J "Thank you, Sproot. That will be all. Now please tell the eook I want to see her." A Mrs. Mannheim came in a N I sent utes later, and chair It exalts| woman had | ness?" & ber.' Tha * "Had he been ill long?" ~~ "About a year." i "What was the nature of his ill- Now a look of fright came into her "I--don't know--exactly," she stam- mered. "The doctors didn't let Sa him." "He was in a hospital?" She nodded several times rapidly, | | "Yes--a hospital." : % "And I believe youttold me, Frau] Mannheim, that you saw Mr. Tobias Greene a year before your husband's death. That would have been about the time your husband entered the hospital--fourteen years ago," She looked vaguely at Vance, but made no reply. (To be continued.) -- ee For Canadian Musicians The Radio Commiscion has taken a step in the right direction in ar adian symphony orchestras. -- There are several of these scattered over the Dominion, and they are all cap: able of providing programs that are well worth hearing, The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra has already been broadcast on several occasions, and the music it has presented has been of a high calibre so far as in- terpretation is concerned, while the selections have been representative of the bect composers, The Toronto Symphony and the Montreal Or chestras have been heard regionally, but are now to be put "on the air" by the Radio Commission for the whole Dominion to hear, in addition to various Canadian bands. This will have the double result of providing employment for a body of men who have suffered perhaps more severely than most from the depres- sion--since they are professional people whose training has not fitted them for any other work--and of af- fording every part of the Dominion an opportunity of . hearing what musicians in other parts are doing. The cultural forces of such a broad- cast are obviously real, and it is only necessary to regard the achieve ments of such cities as Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and New' York in this direction to realize that our leading cities may easily be helped to play a similar part in the cultural life of the Canadian people.--Mon- treal Daily Star. Detroit Population 1,495,392 Detroit.--The population of Detroit on January 1 was 1,495,392, accord- ing to an estimate based on figures obtained by the Board of Education. The board estimated the population at 1,463,741 a year ago. : . "I have no family for many years and now my family is my American public."--Antonio Scotti. = ranging for the broadcasting of Can: | More fascinating calendar = shown SA , In sober letters, and I own I'd rather mark a season's flight By tulips or a pot of white Hyacinths than depend on dates. Patient indeed is he who waits For time to tell that accurate hour When April sun invites the flower. What matter if I am a bit Early! These windows can outwit Cold weather and the sluggish seed. Here's all the calendar I need! Spring comes the day when I behold Forsythia and acacia-gold; I read good omens in the frills Of these undaunted daffodils, Say, it you please, that I ignore Signs of old winter at the door, That what I feast my sight on here Accords not wisely with the year; Admonish me to face the stern Warning of wind, and somehow learn « To set my clock back, still I'll' go My own way, knowing what I know! The simplest flower that blooms can bring : Harbingers of eternal spring! --Leslie Nelson Jennings. ------------------ Liverpool Order Fleet ' of Heavy-Oil Motor Buses Liverpool, Eng.--A fleet of heavy- ofl motor omnibuses to supplant pres- ent gasoline-driven vehicles is being purchased by the" Birkenhead Cor- poration for its public transport sep vice. have hitherto. been used in a year. Exhaustive experiments over a period of six months showed that the fuel charges of the petrol-engined Huses, at present gadoline prices, are al- most six 'times greater than those of heavy-oil vehicles. ' i Throw CO o il i» FF That : Than this. on which the months are] More than 500,000 gallons of petrol | ed econo boom from 192( not to-day."--Roger 'W. Bab Lmy was during to 1929, son. _ "The and better founded era of industria | progress than we have enjoyed hither to.--Charles M. Schwab. Tha "Only life lived for others is worth while."--Albert Einstein. "To-day's youth believes In very few things, It has learned to doubt almost everything and to haye confidence ix nothing."--Vicki Baum. 2 "The fruits of this depression, like the fruits of war, will be gathered ir future generations." -- Franklin D Roosevelt. > - . "If in International relations we are to avoid the dangers of war we must put in its place law and the recognt tion of obligations."--Edouard Herriot "Nothing is more boring than com mon reminiscences of old fogles.'-- Bertrand Russell. "History shows us again and agair that about every 100 years civilization needs shaking up and a general up heaval results."--Hugh Walpole "Melody and -rhythm are almost at: essential to mankind -as bread and water.,"--Charlie Chaplin. "No matter what is said, the parlia- mentary form of government will not disappear,"--King Carol. "No one knows what constitutes an other's happiness."--Feodor Chaliapin "We must not be afraid of change It is the essence of life."--John Mase field. "If we go on trying to run a twen: tieth century civilization with eigh teenth, century-policies we shall bul court chaos and hasten the collapse of our social and economig order."-- Glenn Frank. 8 "Love of a country, like love of a woman, may be a matter of prox: imity,"--Sherwood Anderson. erste Physician Uses Airplane Although it is only a small town, Mangum, Okla., has something unique ir medical practitioners, It is a "flying 'doctor" who makes his rounds in a four-place cabin 'monoplane and erploys a pilot to fly his ship, accord. 'ing to a writer in The Kansas City Journal-Post. Dr. G, Fowler Border, chief of the Border-McGregor Hospi: tal, estimates that he travels approxi. mately 50,000 miles a year caring fox hig patients. By means of his "air 'ambulance," he administers to pa- tients in five states--Oklamoma, Tex- as, Arkansas, Kansas and Louisiana, Victims of accidents: who require immediate medical attention . are | thankful for Dr. Bcrder's foresight in, adopting this modern method of travel, says the Kansas City writer, who qaotes the physician as saying he got the idea of using an airplane after a patient died because muddy roads prevented him from reaching the case in tice. Dr, Borders pilot is, subject to call any hour of the day ot night, His hospital is equipped with & hangar and landing field. » ~ and then declined to run for that of- fice any more, frequently goes 500 miles to care for some emergency case. His plane contains much surgical and medical equipment. Dr. Borler and' his pilot have never had a major acei- dert, Fairbanks Off to Italy Douglas Fairbanks, motion picture actor, has sailed for Italy on the Ital ian liner Conte Di Savoia. His wife, Mary Pickford, plans to join him in picture. w ; Fairbanks sald all his work is be- ing done under his wife's supervision. "She is much more clever than I am," he said, "She is the head and I am the feet of the family. there to make the plans." "The world as 4 whole durfug the ©, next twenty-five years will see a wiser Lo The flying physician, who served as Mayor of Mangum for eighteen years Rome, and then they will proceed to Indo-China to complete a motion . I couldn't .| get anywhere now unless she were