£ = 2 Ere eee Now is the Time 5%, you pimples and other pena waste matter, mes RIGA PURGATIVE waved general wish to avoid: constipation, bifousness, t at this cleaning out of the intestines if 25 cente the bottle. ‘ MONTREAL, Mrs. Brown Makes a Clean Sweep. “What are you doing, Mrs. Brown; are you moving, or what?” Mrs. Sim- mons had stopped ‘at the ae gate, curiosity attracted by th sight of all the belongings of the ¢ CHAPTER XVII.—(Cont’d.) crt there was no need of it, was pean ere “Ni one way. Onl BEE A I could dave made myself Sn some- where, even if I didn’t have to earn ad caught gimapse of gs Land bright Tight. al e uu had lost you friend, i ahi dhided See ee If talking wit Peter Noyes does’ that you, lon’t thinl you er better talk with him any more.” “He’s worth more blind than I with my two eyes.” 6 ‘a sad world if no one were left to smile, e words brought back to him the a she had used at the Ni “I am depending on you to keep ormal al.” something right at han ae d | arm: for him to do, and a pans job eh Gee had wanted a with every geo in him strain- towards her, e beauty aking him \diney, with ‘hot wor Jeeping for expression to his dry ried those facts, a: ah, made the game ‘Where are 9 = going to lunch to- ay 1” he saked. “ don’t know Monte,” she ai indifferently. come over at “T see. rs don’t wae ee he ite probably expect you. to look aapoee that’ "Her cheeks Josie arlet . said hen I guess I'll walk to Monte How about Carlo and lunch there, mer?” u hee Woo ee T'm an old friend. I that, am I not?” edOna of the oldest and best,” she From the window s! him fl th te Stee with you out of sight. He did not turn, There| {I wouldn't share the no reason in the world why she} “There wouldn’t be any dark yet me yepad hav im urn. He} at all if you iperes 4 it,” he answered| the avenue He| gently Th la pleasant day before fina, ino, enjoy a good the sunshine, and ony fale Ee at wi leisure ixce| ‘the It had kept him Doul be able to walk away from her without tarning back. CHAPTER XVIII. Pe Beatrice brought Peter at ten, and, mute appeal of Mar: pA i stole af on tiptoe and peek Prix gone?” denianded Peter. “Bie sould have done that,” he “You make me feel as ‘ I press wee ring @ sign begging 1 ova wi cae PS ne ght mhave they to do it?” reazt oe frowned ‘at word. So things in Sed ite Sooecand. ts have, nee decided without respect, for rig) “1 a Mie only on @ay wl | I shall be pitied or no” he declared, “Tye lost the use of my eyes Stes rarily by my own tau it. fase don Bic ; but I refuse to be pitied. was surprised to find him er whole im ins dy from one of guard con- fence to honest admiration. rei no whine here, "Ha was blaming It ‘one—neither himself nor her. shel = ch a wave of dee} thy, springing eo } fom veithin hetaelt that she spoke. “Peter,” she said, “1 won't pity you meget I'm ooery. for yon won't mind nstei ie ore ‘te my- wits “you.” lorman- = eae nswered bt told Peter 54 could ra him?” ith any at some villas want off.” F pand ican And ae yright) “Then,” “My plans are uncertain. way,” Peter returned. another—right off.” eep that, oe Sas led. “It’s “Peter,” the said ion pee breath, “you're wonderful wr| around _h mer panies own returns 6 reagan and calmer than she wee! maWhat if you make mistakes, petrigs "voice been learni pepe was clear. Masiorr! uneasil; bles to him— pat of his wisdom and strength. ier—she was of The hows ‘but ‘it held ata cause he could dropped back in her might command her him rou to do as a woman,” acs 've only been waiting; th to you—before you left Yes.” “T can’t must wait until T get my. eyes. back ‘Then I shall say them again, and per- your eyes?” sh “You mean ‘her or" in she saw his lips tigh' “We mustn't talk of, “hat oe said, “We mustn’t think o' hay more. s cause she had dared trifle with tl ible. at any event. owed i to bil save even the frayed nO ee pride. This had no .e had not come to make it clearer. The Apple Tree. On summer days a coaxing hand Keeps luring me to blossom land; Ie lend on through a dreamy m: eee Witching | tong” the he. barefot: Lae lane, Around the wishing grain, ish aa eet and sheer nook, ig the flower-tufted brook. | And then I see through misty eyes iver oa old before me rise hile the boughs in welcome ay ay | follow on down to the end | Yes; yes, it lives—my apple ‘tree, My tree! Ah, n The magic of of that coaxing hand! said, “we'll forget ae ae going to stay here I don’t oe i shall ever make any more) se,” yf PirYou mustn't let sei mat that ett ‘The thing .|to do, if one scheme fails, is to start] © nothing ever comes out as you Tet gives you a chance to try lo seemed to a ie slate. n| dusting ng atl the isle gimerack: eter rite te only, way you learn,” he w note in sticks “that Hh lovely, now that they wHave—you| e lean. ed forward as if ney to Since ste darkness ween His thin pete! hands were tight upon the hase + least, I've been making mis- tiently and ashamed not see. Alm .| she could tell him of herself ma at ‘e's such a beautiful woman in tel poe he: old ring in his voice—he old ecision * that 2°°0 TALE OF THE AIR aa lth, authority, wad Poat™ahe mown that you'd learn that Jay e He soul not see her cheeks—she was But the hear the them to you now. * haps—” * “Do you think Tid Jet you wait for en it «i ‘answered ea: i: ‘No, no, Peter,” she interrupted, in wecithen Yl eall you up when T como) a panic. “f didn't, mean T could listen in’t ‘wal it, you to| lates MWh a nod and © matle; he Tiedt her.| thinks that if i were| close at nine. We walked down the that| clear evening. Ther holy passione and so had made herself Lowe It} hs A sacred obi jigation eo) oS ‘must: ee ronpant) was made upon Paris, and Director Sat eae ae this: “While in p the name to which no ae: ‘with which she had) 00 all sides an Groat fecl| experience another ajr raid, ly glad thet Pevar’ could not a imposs! Shildhood Brown “scabtered about the yard| * in the bright spring sunshine. “Do you remember the lecture we heard on home-making last winter? I ever since: ‘Have nothing in your home that you do not know to wn chi say to something, RS eactibtt tnd tent ag 00 myself, ‘Have you enough strength of mind to get rid of it?’” keeping a lot of stuff no one ever 18€S,/ own “T]_ a dust one chair, and wesall stumble over it but ‘ever sits in it. old Enea is just a catch-all Ap is only in the way when we want to get near the window.” . Brown was going critically from one article to “Now (oe little table with inted and wi seas gtinkere Bae) for my sew- things, but hat ickety old stand is of no earthly “But why did Hee ae everything out here?” asked immons. “It was easier oF a new, with a clean ws, I’m tired of 8, I the confusion. I it rests me just # Then I’ve taken down 2 polished. think about it. ue ere tacked up on the wale The pies ‘thing Gee a to now is what pictures I ought to keep, tk am sure the plain than the trash that he tack around.” “Have you had the ‘sitting-room Daperes: Mrs. Brown?” ‘Yes, with one of 0 the room is so much more be useful and believe to be beautiful” | Dab Tam really having ‘t out with my | with a blue rug and harmonize with |* all the ees old calendars ae such | fi ings that those lovely, al-| i most. plain papers the lecturer showed ted M us, ve had it ight cheerful, and it looks larger, for some Feason, Come tp and see empty mae certainly offered an | es begin’ “Take off “ee ar hat, Mrs. Simmons, and let us tee what we can do wit vail Tam so glad I that red me. jooks p1 bad, Ta dike to have a hard- They > went back into the yard and Fe Mrs. Brown stopped before a Sac I had to be feeling pretty firm be- Sitoranie old sofa. “Are fore I could do it, but you know as} ful? Are you ponutiful? well as I do that there is no sense i es. in| No-o, except that there is something vubiful in being so ‘comfy.’ I know fresh- looking slip cover will fix you. If I can fit covers to the whole e | family I ree I can do it ir a piece of furniture. I’m just cra: ‘show what I can do with slip gs ee and Ss carried the sofa in- oe | of the way we can fore the big Tinton, with my il sewing-table Next Wall bajo 46 face the feepiace | with its back against the big table, so it will be convenient to the lamp and magazines.” Every piece 9 of eee wen chal- re found means of paint, but others were heroically discarded. Bel are you going to with them?” said Mrs. Simmons. _ To her rus mind Mrs. ’s wholesale elimination looked almost wasteful. to Se useful for some one.” wn tainly does, whole houle is boing to show the effect of the same kind of treatment, RAIDS ON PARIS FECTED BY RAIDS. Soldiers and Young Women Sing in Streets While Mothers and Chil- dren Seek Shelter, Boche airplane raids on Paris, de- signed to lea the frightful- ness which armies use in the field, are waka described by Di- jolumbia a Avenue de l’Opera an |the ere (subway). I walked down toward the Place du a Francais, where the Union is located. “A play was going on the soul, Always she must see him com-| Theatre Francais, entitled ‘La Marche ing to her o arms, knowing| Nuptiale.’. In the entr-acte the aos at she had lost the right to lift her) was increased by the “people wh: iy : Peg Noridabi 206 came out of the theatre. The ladies im gol i lame! and all ran out into the street and ore age oer ererrigt in ee ie seanned the sky. Soon we saw a light nltimate curse of watching him re-| Moving A at ps ang ae it this oa one of a nch airplanes. The guns contin- Rin ote aa eernect oy ta Pacing until twelve orelock.” Scenes During Raids. Several days later another raid Krans narrates scenes accompanying sirens shrieki knew that we were is sible to sit quiet dering ie excitement and I m: my wi tairs with a view going oe ashy what was to ve seen, Wher I reached been extinguls aces ocabaeas irtian his irl on his arm and a flashlight to| out ‘ound a friend lining ly on As sare yawning, sanoclie fowtab and in his “And re Pittle while we could the Opera metro ~ (sub- way) tatiod a ives had taken re- craple is mace of oat-| fuge. en ieat lcsiawaeize Vet! When a hem on frayed, cut off the whole rehem it; it pays in iooks, article is hem and were still booming. Air- were still visible sailing eae the skies. is Parisians are variously affected by such raids, Wo- men and children Bacall seek shel- We PARISIANS ARE VARIOUSLY AF- ter in the metro stations. Others ap- pear quite unconcerned. Soldiers and their girls go singing gayly along the streets.” Sea g S Her Garden. had no heart, remembering hi To seek her lonely garden Ree Fearing at every turn to m The eager little face. The gingham apron stained with mou About the stooping, slender form; The hands that plied the weeding fork With care for workman worm, The garden hat soon thrown aside, The broad, low brow without a ‘The vagrant little curls that shone ~ ‘Above a sunburned n n8 | Incredible it se when she Forsook the spot and went away, The garden still could flaunt and lame Indifferent and gay. Neatartium glory waxed and waned, woodbine, with none there to a se Tecagpeteacveler eociok aia ‘About the cedar tree. Last night we sat before the hearth, = ile winds were wild and rains Ms were rude~ ¢|We sought the garden path at dawn In swift solicitude. Lat hight the garden was a-cold, were ecdaye the litte garden lies Warm-covered, leaf by leaf. The pine tree dropped his needles dor To guard her cherished pansy. bed. To make her foxglove seedlings safe The maple all his leaves had shed. | ed, t, al 3 | With wind an rain and leaf to aid din; From fading to the growing light, While we “oreo T think that she is all the nig! Her ance children nee from harm, At ee perhaps, with shining A tired. grubby little ghost Crept back to Paradise, BUTTER FROM POTATOES. rs A | he ground the British ministry joor all the its in the Union had ee pues for Ri in the house penne Article Can Be Manufactur- for Ten Cents a Pound. Potato butter is recommended by fe ata soldier with than ten cents per pound, as follows: “Peel the e potatoes and boil until spoke to them and they fall to pieces and become floury. ‘Then run through a fine sieve into teaspoon- ajpearaic approvable use batter “ol, and if intended to keep beyond a few days a butter aeiveuve should be added.” most momentous aya ee which any of us has lived 0: can ever live, Our all is poised in the scales. This instant and vast emerg- ency calls forth amongst our people the magnificent capacity for calm, moral discipline, which has been Bri- tain’s true stay. Never was there in crisis a firmer- Loaries cooler race, ‘Axminster Jones tried to sell | The I ihe ‘was occupit duty. T bat the prisoner ran to is 6 turn pi had reached the re long the)... wrapped in selfish forthe PESCAPING FROM INTERNMENT. How a French War Prisoner Reached London After Many Adventures. ch observation officer gives a ah picture of his escape from Holland. He had twice before at- tempted to escape, a) ac- that cosh special precautions were taken to guard him. He occupied a room on. the story of an old and very high Pea se and a steel grating, locked by a Sk and padlock, had been erected in front of the door, An officer personally locked this grating and kept the key. guard, ition, consis of non-commissioned officer and twelve The #oom above the prisoner’s served as a soxribeass) the one be- by +doc! che on stood ree jetta Through friends, the prisoner ob- tained a rope and a saw and began to work on the bars of the available win- for during the day he was free parole, and under obligation not only not to to escape. a ee his ight It took him fifteen nights to saw the bar in two. It hdppened that when the prison returned to his room at nine Drelock every evening the officer eee and sien ee aight guar Soe ee eee that by a, eae he might be able to reach the garden before the guards came down from the room above. one night, at nine o’clock, wh the officer had left him to go w the window, pull- ed the bars aside, arranged the rope, opened the shutters and slip) ening. He slid ey ome below, | r the doctor was reading his paper with his back to indow. He half turn- round, but saw nothing and re- i risoner ate oon ae adjoining ee when he noticed two soldiers low of another building staring at ts sl guar roof, jumped into a ground, and runnin lander, who kept him led for four days, until the police, believing that ‘the Frenchman hi city, relaxed their vigil somewhat. Thi 3 In a small house in the coun- From that place the officer was able to go aboard a boat without being seen. He was first hidden in a locker, where he remained closeted with ropes, paint pots and got Daas a smal room into ae he climbed throu: a r as all vessels under- nee thotoughenserth oifetic batons leiving the Daieh waters wae he cessary to take every precaution, Foe that reason thi alte metallic plate that ee felt banat his feet and, crawling through a hole, sat ‘or five hours astride. he cyligder in- | side of which the screw shaft rev out. On the following day, he arriv- ed in London. ce aint oa The Wings of the Aeroplane. aSreey will thereby oot only aad eir sources of income, but will also be of direct and vital aid in the Allies. T 0 nee chine gun webbing, ai truck covers, Joe or forms, and a number of Were the ie of fibre flax for these forces. Before the war, flax was Smported a the United ‘Kingdom mainly fr nce, Germany, Netherland | a Bo man supply is, of emne now cut off, flax for export, Belgium a mere frac- | tion of rmer supply, and the! Netherlands about half its former quantity. bn conditions United Kingdom itself, the best of seasons largest possible acreage fi SoRuibe toztaset the iene for fibre The foregoing information is con- jained in a circular growing daadedcby the Wederat Dapecanech a Agriculture and that can be had free by addressing the Publications Branch of that Department, Ottawa, Eat More Fish. otorte have been made throughout a to Headice and market mor ‘y has fish resources, cially for the in the big sitios ary fresh fish been avai Hae OB Northern tario an ie Great Ne fi will fatal “hsh if the demand for it Daud regular and constant. Eat: more and save eRe for the meni at the fee rolv- | He could work only at night, the man | cared by: this company, nd stairs, | j fourteen hours | V4 | eabled to the Canada ° | is very substantially reduced. other uses. | ed b; There is sugar in Cuba but we cannot get it |into Canada. hat we can get we r-| must conserve for preserving time. | while in 1916 France produced no} * | Cross heroe: ALL TANKS BUILT. NEAR BIRMINGHAM LANDSHIPS ARE SUBJECTED TO SEVERE TESTS. | Wagon Factory. in Midland Village Has Been Enlarged to Accommo- date Thousands of Workers. A little village in the Birmingham trict has the ae of being » th rue and which is be found ery theatre of war where British troops are figh ‘wagon manufacturing company, oe many seatiored throughout England, onstruction of the first ae It chose ‘te factory in this Midland = villa, ufacture of railway equip- ment, is now greatly enlarged an still growing, and is engaged in manufacturing tanks, Ne are turn- lardized au- manufac- thousands of workmen and women are engaged on the work. Must Pass Tests. Starting in one of the shops, one sees the parts being made, and yp to be crew of Bhceal Pa and their as- sistants. wel These latter put the tanks through | that they me yao on flatcars to be tak- rd and thence to the tent ‘The loading operation is com- plete ina few mimutes, and soon a train is made up, and the tanks leave | their birthplace only to return should they meet with some lesser misfor- tune o: re WEES ga IT IS THE IRON OF LORRAINE. Ore Secured in 1870 Enables Germany age War. “It so happens that the Germans | 9¢° eight hundred million ;|raine yields twenty-one hundred lion tons of that iron, says an Seu writer, Or, if it be easier to grasp it so, Lorraine 1 volte three out of every ermany’s steel! It is with inh ie of ay ee fires thre | erman rabella into the Allied euch a ae en land and blots tear rs men. It is wii of France's ‘s a Tarai a he cai down French di ught tl this vast war. trench de- it is the iron of Lorraine that ‘scatters death from the night sky in London streets when the in ras that sends te submarine under deep and enables the German piracy to sink defenceless hoe and Be hh drown Spredaid ise impunit Wheat Fapecrstinn Insufficient. The British Ministry of Food has Board: “Wheat importations are not arriving our that can be exerted in Canada to crease shipments of wheat and meat will be invaluable.” The British Ad- ministry ~ has Breper provide ships to move all the wheat that Can- ill spare. less consumption in the United States Sugar Saying 25 Per Cent. ‘The recent sugar restrictions pass- Food Board will . | tons of | was then 345,000. to tons and Sie year ore er with the iron of Lorraine bel sae 84,000,000 bush- |. lels remain on the continent that can ‘be possibly available for export un- “) Food Control Corner Some surprise tas been opie where-Java sugar was cut to war conditio: ‘The situation in this rast Ge how- been Com- handles e raw sugar of this continent, we locating and distributing the gar minsion of New York, hice ‘As Canada last year exported 55,000 at 320,000 tons her supply would be reduced merely by 25,000 Sota or 6%, ‘ich would not distur tion to this outlook the Commi: tons of which ’s share or io, so that before the year out this country would have been je mie, under former arrangements, ‘with 45,000 tons more sugar this year then last. 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