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=> = SYNOPSIS, Jn Wall joins Hank Hays' gang of cattle wustlers on the Star Ranch, in Utah, owned by Bernie Herrick, an Eng- lig) .man, who has two gangs of rustlers in hs plays ane: 160 by Hank Hays and he ot'.er one by Heeseman. Matters are complicated when Helen Herrick, the owner's gister, comes to the ranch, Jim falls in love with her. Hay#' des- peradoes steal Herrlck's cattle and sell them. Hays orders them to go to a can- yon," where he will meet them. When he arrives he is accompanied by Helen, whom he has made captive, Heeseman's riders give chase and the desperadoes prepare to fight. . Hank. Hays, crawl- Ing te an -gdvmwtageous position, kills "~Heeséman, The . besiegers withdraw .Hays returns to the cavern, and Jim de- nounces him. . Hank draws his revolver and Jim [kills him, HAPTER XXVL "Helen---it's all--over," Jim called, hoarsely. She appeared in "Gone?" she whispered. "Yeu, gone--and dead." "lI--saw--you. ...is he--dead?" "You bet your life," burst out Jim, his breast oppressed, "Oh, help me out!" \ He ran to assist her. She came phiding out, to fall on her knees, cla. p- ing Jim with fierce arms. Her head fell against him. ' "Get up," he ordered, sharply, try- ing to lift her. But she was more than a dead weight. tl "God bless you! Oh, God bless you!" she cried. The voice was gusky, strange, yet carried the richness and contralto melody that had been one of Helen's charms, "Don't say that!" he exclaimed, nghast. = "Jim, you've saved me," she whis- pered. Jim's hands plucked at her arms, caught them. She loosened her hold and raised her head to look up at him. He only paw her eyes, tearless, strained in overwhelming gratitude. "No--not yet!" he blurted out. "We must hurry out of this." # She arose, still clinging to him. "Forgive me. 1 am selfish, We can talk some other time. I should have realized you would want to leave here at once. Tell me what to do. 1 will obey." he Jim stepped back and shook him- velf. . . "You kept me from thinking," he began, ponderingly. "Yes, we must leave here....Put on your riding clothes. -Pack this dress you have on --and all you have. Take your time. We're safe for the present. And don't look out. I've got to bury Hays and the men." } "My: spirit wouldn't faint at that," rhe replied. "I saw yaqb kill the wretch--and 1 could help you bury him." "I won't need you," replied Jim, the opening. oe - PR, . AS A Ce a RO Sn MARANA, . packed every one «f his shells, ove the creases, Then I forgot them. A g Wi i EE ad -B X | ; : {le , TH the happy and new. I have never séen easier tonstrainedly, and wheeled--away. Madly he rushed to and fro, while he searched the dead robbers, to fling their money and valuables in a pile. Them he dragged them to the brink of the wash and toppled them over. Action had begun to steady Jim, if not compose him. He shoved all the money into his saddlebag. Next ho e might be attacked again in that hid- ing place. Then he selected supplies for two pack and filled them, not for- petting a few utensils. His next move was to strap blan- kets and saddles on the two gentlest horses. Those he led back to the rave, where he packed them. After that he had only to saddle Bay and the gray-horse Helen had ridden there. Suddenly he thought of Smoky. If he had been alone, or with another "man, even a helpless one, he would have taken time to find thut strange and faithful robber and have given him a decent burial. But he would not leave the girl. While he stood there, trying to think what else to do, he remembered a sack of grain that Hays had packed from Star Ranch. He found it half full and tied it on the lighter pack. He hurried back to the girl, call- ing: "Are you ready?" "I've been waiting," she said, and tame swiftly out. The rider's cos- tume brought out the rounded grace of her form. She had braided her hair. The sombrero he remembered shaded her face. "Where are your veil and long coat?' asked Jim, seeing her as on that unforgtttable day. "He burned them," she answered in a stifled voice. ! "Get into this." And he held his whicker for her. It enveloped her, dragged on the ground. DRAPERIES MADE NEW ! . "When we resumed housekeeping a Juonih ago I found my draperies had come creased from packing, I hung them out on the line, hoping to re- ought struck me to dye them. I just em a deeper green, and as I amond A they 100k gorgeous to use than Diamond Dyes, They e the mostsbeautiful colors--~when - either for tinting or dyeing--and sver take the life out of cloth as piher dyes do." ROBBERS' ROOST by ZANE GREY "We're in for storm, Rainy season due, You must keep dry." Turning to the gray horse, mounted, "Ride_close beside me where there!s room. Just ahead where there's not," he directed her, Jim tied the halters of the two pack animals to their packs; and started them off, Then he vaulted upon Bay---the first time for many weeks, The horse pranced, but stead- ied 'down under an iron hand and heel. - Helen looked back as one fascinat- ed, but Jim bent stern gaze ahead. "T would destroy this canyon if that were in my power. - Come," he said. They rode up out of the oval, driv- ing the pack horses ahead. The rain was now falling heavily, On the gravel ridge to the west Jim saw a dead man lying prone. : Soon they entered the wide, shal- low wash, in the sand of which Jim espied footprints filling with water, They rode out of the tail of the storm und into a widening of the wash, where it reached proportions of a small valley. Scrub cedar and brush and cactus began to show, and patches of sunflowers on low, sandy knolls. They passed the cove where the rid- ers' horses had been left. Broad and deep was the trail to the south. "Are you all right?" Jim queried. "Oh, I did not know I could feel rapture again. Yes, I am." "You're dizzy just the same. You sway in the saddle. Ride closer to me, while you can....Give me your hand. Don't talk. But look--look! You, might see what I do not see." They rode at length to a canyon head, down which the - hoof- tracks turned. . "We came this way by night, but 1 1emember," she said. "Do you dare to follow them?" "We must not." "But that is _anch!" "Yes, on the trail of desperate men, and across that Dirty Devil River. These summer rains, It' will be in flood. 1 would not be able to get you through." 4 "You know best. free. ...to see my brother, Bernie! is. unbelievable." Jim Wall looked across the brakes. Presently he said, "I will try to find a way out of this hole, The country is strange. I'll be lost soon. But somewhere up out of here--we'll find she the way to Star But just to be It and water. tlemen; robbers are not my only ene- mies. .I don't want to be hanged for --for saving you." 'Hanged! Oh, you frighten met "I didn't want to tell you. It is no sure thing that I can safely elude the rest of Heeseman's outfit, if I try to get out through the brakes. It'd be far safer to hide you a while--south of here, out of the way of riders." "Take me where you think best," she said tremulously. "When you get out, you must go home to England." "I have no home in England. Bernie is my only kin, except very distant relatives who hate the name of Her- rick." { "Then go to a country as different from this naked, stony wilderness as day from night. Where it snows in winter, and in spring there are flow- "No, I shall not leave," she replied positively. oo A flash of joy leaped up in Jim at her words, but he had no answer for her. He led on, away from that broad, fresh trail, into an unknown region. And it seemed that this point of sev- erance had an inscrutable parallel in the tumult within his heart. The sun set in an overshadowed sky and storm threatened all around the horizon. Far north the thunder roll- ed, and to the south maint mutter- ings arose. Jim could not hold a straight course. He wandered where the lay of the land permitted. Rising white and red ground, with the mounds of rock falling, and green swalgs between, appeared endless and forlorn. He began to look for a place to camp. . At last, as twilight darkened the distant washes and appeared creep- ing up out of them, Jim came to an- other little valley where scant grass grew and dead cedars stood up, spec- tral ghosts of drought, ard on the west side a low caverned ridge offered shelter He led her over to this and, dismounting, said they would camp there. Her reply was a stifled gasp, and essaying to get out of her saddle, she fell into hi .sarms, o Jim Wall it seemed a miracle tht he did not snatch Helen to his breast, Like a wind-driven prairie fire blosd raced, He set her up- ¥ 9 is th nd. "Can you stand?" he inquired. . She essayed to, and, letting go of him, plainly betrayed her spent con- dition. Jim helped her into the shal- low hollow under the rock: In the quarter-hour beforv dusk he | had 'unpacked; hobbled and fed the horses, built a fire and put water on a lovely canyon where there is grass] I must not run into cat- so that it could be pulled up in case rain beat in. The fire sent a ruddy light into the cavern, and all at once Jim discover- ed that the girl was watching him, (To be continued.) A Longer And Narrower Skirts For Winter Skirts + ll be longer this winter, and there will be a return even to hobble frocks for evening wear, : That is the edict of the fashion dic- tators ncw in Paris for their winter campaign, L The lacquered lady is dead.. Colors have fors ken their metallic air. Flow- er shades of hyacinth, jonquil, and prune will be the vogue, Evening parties will reveal a strange mixture of Edwardian off-the-shoulder gowns and mo' rn young women with sweaters of crinkly silk which look as though they were knitted in wool. Afternoon frocks of sporting cut will jostle with sober high-necked gowns like our mothers used to wear, The dignity of long flowing skirts is offset by the impudence of the win- ter hats, They nearly all run to an impish peak at the top, and are worn tilted sideways with .. gay little air, Here are the highlights of the new modes: - over backless evening gowns. Sleeveless "fur coats. ~ Velvet blouses with tweed suits. Blouses made of wash leather. Ultra-modern artificial silk and elas- tic wopl. Evening jackets in brocade with col- lars a foot high. But once again the dictators seem to have catered for the sylph-like figure. They hold out little hope for the plump woman this winter. The slimmers will love the new modes. There will be moans among the plump. i .-:s ip Indian . Summer These are the days when birds come back, A very few, a bird or two, To take a backward look. These are the days when skies put on The old, old sophistries of June,-- A blue and gold mistake. Oh, fraud that cannot cheat the bee, Almost thy plausiblity Induces my: belief. 5 Till ranks of seeds their witness bear, And softly through the altered air Hurries a timid leaf!" --Emily Dickinson. Poems. Little Brown). Open-Air Baths Cause English Wool Boom London.--The social habits of young England are being changed by the swimming pools that are springing up alongside roadhouses in all parts of the country. So many bathing suits were sold last year that a boom re- sulted in the wool trade, and since then the number of open-air baths has been doubled at least. The more pretentious of these estab- lishments offer dancing as well as swimming to customers, and it is now the growing custom to round off a day walking, motoring, or games-playing with a plunge in the moonlight, mimi Ld Times Change A hundred long, long years ago a wild- erness was here, ' And man put powder in his gun and ° went to hunt the deer, But times have changed a lot since then--we've found a different plan: The dear puts powder on her face, and goes to hunt the man. - --Kitchener Record. ° (Boston: "+ Britain Makes Gains Great Britain has been cutting down unemployment at a slower rate than our own, but impressively enough it we consider the slower general tempo of British life. Toward the end of last month there were 448,000 fewer unemployed than a year ago. it would be a decline of about 15 per cent, as against a probable 25 per cent, recovery for ug since last march. At the present moment the rate of unemployment in both coun- tries must be very nearly the same, about 20 per cent, Oddly at first sight, British figures for reduced un- employment do not coincide with the figures for increased employment. As compared with a year ago Great but she has 648,000 more people at work. The difference would be ac- counted for by young people now working who had never done so be- fore to the extent of 200.000.--New York Times. Jeri tiene OPPORTUNITY! Sweaters with polo collars to wear, {hat and sit up nights making a dress Britain now has 448,000 fewer idle,|. 'Canadian Girl Is Smarter Than Parisian French Workers Save For Dowries but Our Cinder- ellas Hope to Marry Millionaires Paris may be the fashion centre of the world, writes a Canadian woman living in the French capital, but Paris working girls can take lessons in chic from any -Canadian shop girl, Watch the gix o'clock crowd pour out of the employees' entrance -of Paris department stores, offices, fac- tories and business houses. Here 1s no snappy crowd such as pushes gaily out of similar buildiings in Canada. Drab little figures, these, whether skinny or buxom, dressed predominat- ingly in sleazy black clothes, cotton stockings, nondescript hats, with worn pursgs and mended gloves, Canadian working girls may buy their clothes at sales or make them themselves. They may shop weeks at noontime for the right accessories. But they have an underlying sense of style, a trim look of chic, a real "class" that is utterly missing here, So is the colorfulness of their print: ed costumes, the dash of their gleam- ing white accessories (that must be washed every,night), the glint of their silk stockings, Saving 'for ths 'Dowry. This difference in appearance of working girls in Paris and Canada illustrates one of the most fundamen- tal differences in the two countries. In Canada, the working girl puts her wages on 'her back, hoping to catch a millionaire and so climb out of the working class, Even if she helps sup- port her.family, she will deny herself lunches for a week to buy a new to go with it. For a smart looking Canadian Cinderella, in spite of the depression, still has a chance to marry above her station. In France, class distinctions are absolutely rigid. Paris working girls know they will marry some one in their own working class, Also they know that a little "dot" (dowry) will help them make a more advantageous marriage. So they save religiously! French working girls' cannot under- restlessness. © That a Canadian sten- ographer or clerk! could save her money for a couple of years to take a trip and spend it all is utterly be- yond their comprehension, So, too, is the fact that the Canadian girl gave up her job to take the trip! Once they have a job they hold onto it like grim' death, : The Paris working girl's petty econ- omies are just as much beyond the Canadian girl's 'ken. Many live in Paris suburbs with their families. These go to work a whole half hour early, just to save 50 centimes (three cents) on their round-trip subway tick- et, They either bring their lunch or go clear home for if, rarely spending nioney for food at noontime. They make their underwear from pink or white muslin, never dream of silk. They turn their old dresses and coats inside out, sponge and clean them and make them up again. They do their own laundry, usually with an old-fashioned flatiron. In fact, they practice now the economies that we knew 30 years ago, before our stand- ard 'of llving soared. . Mannequins Highest Paid. Mannequins are the - top-notch of Paris working girls, They have a chance to strike the fancy of some rich man, when they model all, the gorgeous clothes in high class houses. Moreover, they get as high as $180 a month, while girls in department stores get from $35 to $60. Models, after a few years, often become sales- women in couturier establishments, These get less pay, from $80 to $100, but they get a' bigger commission on everything they sell (calling "La Guelte") than they did when model- ing, though mannequins get a small commission on every gown they model that is sold. Both mannequins. and the sales- ladies at Patou's, Chanel"s and the other places where, Barbara Hutton (now Princess Mdivani) bought her clothes, are the envy. of all Paris now. Some of them got such big commis- sions (she bought 60 costumes at Patou's-alone, none under $100) that they can rest easy for a while. Recreation is a simpler thing with French working girls than with Can- adians, The boy friend usually comes to supper at the girl's home or goes to a concert, picnic or to a cafe with the family, Once in"a long time the couple will take in a movie, and it will be a real treat that they look forward .to. Or, perhaps once a sea- son, they will go to "Robinson's," the working class paradise, -on the FOR 00 PEOPLE ONLY _ AT 40c PER SHARE The shares of this Company pre: sent an unusual opportunity to participate In a Property which Is rapidly reaching the ' producing stage, For full particulars write or wire at once, : Northern Quebec to boil. : He carried his bed under the shelf 1 Mre. J. F, T, Montreal. C1 A 1 and unrolled it, changed and doubled WAverley 6402 : the blankets and folded the tarpaulin | --te------ Gold Mines, Limited 242 BAY STREET, TORONTO 2 | where you climb up ,on évery side where you git and sup edge of Paris, where' there are dance figors, movies, [ities in the trees o eat, and cafes one liqueur for hours, Once married, young folks prefer simple, inexpensive pleasure to spending their money, Favoring Married Women, . Department slores! encourage mar- rled 'womén working, Fond of chil: dren as thie French are, some of the stores make special provision for. mar- rled women who have bables. The Galleries Lafayette has a 'charming stand the Canadian working girl's] Sm -- renin € mammas work, with time off to come' in and feed them. = Moreover, their mammas get three months off before their birth, .with pay, and three months after birth, also with pay. And while their babies are of nursing age, they can come (and bring their babies) a half hour ,Jater mornings and leave a half hour early evenings. Many other stores and factories are starting cafe- terias where food is sold at cost, - Practicality is behind most cf the social service work done. And prac ticality- is really the warp and woof of the French working girl's life. They love to see the fine- ladies dressed up in gorgeous clothes, But they never dream, as our girls do, of being dress. ed up that way themselves some day. Perhaps that is. why they are such a busy, satisfied lot. They know the life they have always lived. So they settle down, very yong, to make the -best of it they can, ---- -- a oe Young Princess Compliments Sir James Barrie A charming story illustrating the care with which the young children of the Duke -and Duchess of York are being brought up, was told re- cently by Sir J. 'M. Barrie, writes the Toronto Mail and Empire. He wag, warmly welcomed in his native towfi of Kirriemuir, when he per- formed ths opening ceremony of a bazaar in the town hall in aid of the funds of the town band. Thous- ands of people watched his arrival, and inside the hall; which is just across the road from the little house where he was born, there was not a vacant seat. Among those pres- ent wag Mr, Peter Davies, the ori- ginal of Peter Pan. Sir James said that after all Pro- vost Peacock, the chairman, had said about him, instead of going on-.be- ing modest, he was going to give it up at once. Instead, he would tell them of a little compliment paid to him about a week aro by a person whom he would describe as the most delicios lady in the iand on the occasion of her ihird birthday not far from there. "She was sitting gazing with en- the day while their day presents; It was a little toy table with two pointed flower pots on it, each about the size of a thim- ble, I said to her, 'Is that really yours? and she said at once, 'It Is yours and mine, "I cannot pretend," said Sir James, "that I am able to have such a pretty thought as that, but I think in the circumstances I may be allowed to borrow the Princess Margaret's phrase and say, 'Oh' Kirriemulr, if there is" g in me that is worthy of sharing, it is all yours and mine,' " ems A eam -- ' The Wide Awake : Wholesale House The following was taken from a cir- cular sent to retail merchants by a large wholesale house: "The value of your local newspaper cannot be over- estimated. It's worth all the support and co-operation you can give. For the newspaper is a mirror reflecting the life of the:community in which you and your store have an important part, Your advertisement is the reflection of your store. if it is mot there the mirror is dark where your store should be. You are there but you cannot be seen, as usual, but "Out of sight; out of mind!" To keep in step with the pro- gress of your community; to get your share of business you must advertise regularly, Take your newspaper pub- lisher into your confidence; he can give you invaluable assistance. Es- tablish an advertising budget. - Plan a regular schedule for your advertise- ments, It's a policy that is followed by the most successful stores; it's an idea that will be profitable to you. 5, ------ Wild Dogs in U.S. Towson, Md.--A pack of wild dogs, highways near here, are being hunted by Baltimore County police. The dogs have been troubling resi- dents of the section and attacking persons for sevéral months but this was the, first time they have béen known to jump at moving vehicles, Reporting the incident to local po- driver of one of the cars, asked per: mission to carry a pistol in his car, OLD AGE and faithfulness to duty now. First not the best of what fa bad at the best, Dut of what fis, it I will but nursery, where 6§ bouncing babies un- der one year are cared for during 'understand it, the best of my whole life, because it is the last" 'tranced delight-at--one of her birth-| astonished officer, Your store is open for business | which attacked two outomobiles on} lice, William T. Ballard, Ruxfon, Md.,| "When old age comes, what then? , The preparation for it is-a pure life, | of all, try fo make the best of iti} Mining Industry Ousts Forestry -- Agriculture Still Firmly Entrenched In First Place The mining industry is now the second largest primary producer in Canada, superseding forestry, which has held this place for many years, The premier position of agriculture is still firmly entrenched, says the monthly bulletin of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, despite the disastrous decline in prices and the low average grain crops of recent years, but it was apparent as early as 1929 that the position so long held by forestry was in jeopardy, owing to the out- standing record of the mining industry, not only in comparison with other Can- adian' industries, but also with world mining, of which it has become an important unit, During the ensuing years the for- estry industry fell back rapidly under the impact of business recession, but the mining industry showed extraor- dinary resistance and eventually suc- ceeded to its. present position, As illustrating the progressive im- portance of mining among the three primary industries, in 1920 the per- centage of total primary production was as follows: Agriculture, 66.7; for- estry, 17.9; mining, 9.4, In 1925, the figures had changed to: Agriculture, 67; forestry, 15.2; mining, 11; and in 1932, the percentages were: Agricul- ture, 47.7, forestry, 17.8; mining, 20.2. Thé farmers plant the corn-- Unless my guess is wrong, i " 8ald Mr. Crow; : To feed us birds-- ' And help the caws aleng. 3 PX What A Pal Two men were out hunting when suddenly the game warden appeared and demanded to see their licenses. One immediately took to his heels ahd the officer. rushed oft in pursuit, For ten minutes the two dashed over the flelds, and finally the officer caught the fleeing huntsman. - "Now, then," exclaimed the officer, almost out of breath, "I'l have to ar- rest you," : "What for?" demanded the hunter. "For hunting without a license." Very deliberately, the hunter fished the necessary document out of his pocket and presented it to the gama warden, "Why in blazes did you run away when you had a license?" asked the "Well, you sée," was thd calm re » , ply, the other fellow didn't have uny,"-- Sante Fe Magazine. : ° es *! "It is not during prosperity that we reflect and, progress, but rather during slack times when we must put our principles and our methods to the test of adversity."--Andre Siegfried, -- oo "The principles of insurance can he made to meet the basic problems of unemployment and old-age insurance." --Franklin D, Roosevelt, - Is Now Second . | damage by luggage? Housekeepers ~, Organize in Great Britain Membership Rapidly increas ing--Aim For More Efficiency London.--When, a few months ago, Miss A. Walden, of the National Ex America, was visiting England, made the discovery that no-similar or, ganization existed. over here. therefore wrote a letter on the subject " [to the Caterer, - which, appearing in print, aroused much public interest' and drew forth a number of replies. Forthwith the British Executive House keepers' Association was formed, "It 1s our intention, as a representa tive body of professional® women, te do everything possible to further the efficiency of the housekeeping depart "| ment," the secretary, Miss D, I, New- son, explained, "We want to encour age the young housekeeper, entering the profession, to take up specialized forms of training. We want to foster keen -co-operation between all grades of domestic staff and the management of the establishment, and we want, in every way, to meet the increased de- compel far more specialized knowledge than hitherto, +--- Quickly Growing Membership : With a quickly growing membership, representing housekeepers, matrons, and caterers of leading hotels, hospit.: als and business houses, the assocla- tion, in a very short time, had .made excellent progress. Monthly meetings for informal talks and debates are ac- ranged, and lectures by specialist's sre given on such subjects as dyeing und cleaning, Interior decoration, hren, training of a staff, including organized visits to various factories. Conducted tours for Saturday afternoons ave an- other excellent idea giving the mém- bers the privilege 'of seeing over the privat suites, ballrooms, garden rooms, kitchens and linen rooms of the big London hotels, . : "Where does your staff zleep?" asked a member during a trip round the May Fair, The housekeeper pointed out a row of windows set in a high, airy position overlookin; the roof garden. "They get a good deal of sun up there," she explained, "so"1 have provided the with green sun blinds." ! One's thoughts ran to the dark base- ment bedroom with dust sweeping in '| from-the pavement and the continual odor of stale cooking. £5 Practical Help " How do you protect your walls trom What do you consider is the best. wearing material for a lounge? How da you deal with the visitor who has no respect for furniture. What color 'do you find is most favored for private suites of rooms? These were some of the questions put by members to a house- keeper well versed in {he ways of hotels. Je "We have many schemes for the future, one of which is to form our own Sports Club," Miss Newson said. "We may also start a branch' of the association in Bournemouth next year, At the moment we are asking for sug- gestions--heaps of them--good, practi- cal ideas that we can work on." 'Miss Anne Owens, president of the New York chapter, has expressed her sincere good wishes for the success of the British association, and hopes that in time the two organizations may be able to join forces and achieve world- wide recognition for the profession. et ----e The Parcel Post Jubilee Fifty years ago a postman rapped with a loud double knock on the door of Miss Geraldine Maine's house at Hampstead and handed in a parcel. -It was an historic double knock, for it heralded the first parcel delivered. in Britain by the parcels post, which was inaugurated on August 1st, 1883. Before 1883, parcels could only be sent by private carriers, and when Henry Fawcett, the blind Postmaster- General, instituted the parcels post, the new service was an instantaneous success, EL In the first year, 23,000,000 parcels were carried, To-day, the Post Office handles 160,000,000 parcels a year. And as that figure will almost certainly be eclipsed this\year, a new wing is being built, which will maké it the largest sorting office in the world. One of the most interesting develop-. ments {s the "parcel hospital," where battered hoxes, torn labels, and such casualtfes are sent for first-aid {reat- ment, An official told me of some of the amusing "cases" they receive, 3 "Once we received in a loose brown papér parcel a top hat, in which was packed a goose, The odd spaces were filled up with eggs, and When the par- cel was given to us for was oozing with yolk, "There was also the case bf an en- terprising 1d lady, who sent a-pair of | trousers to her son by book post. When she was asked to pey the full rate, she pointed ont that the regulations stated that anything with open ends could be gent for book post rates, : "A very curious parcel was received from' Atherica, addrdstéa to Japan. It contained the ashes of a Japanese gén- tleman, who had been cremated, and was being sent back to his rgtive fand for 3s, 6d."--Speelal Corromjondent of the "Dally Telegraph." ecutive Housekeepers' Association ir she" She mands of the traveling public which - carpets, the value of sport, and the treatment it