It’s Always | —To Be Well-on the the Safe Side Best “3a When buying Tea, insist on getting "SA ith a Quarter of a Century atl A aed a Public Service. For Our Boys Overseas By’ Christine Whiting. PART IL as The girl ns inet anxiously at her companion, who yawned and stretch- ed lazily as she Iaid aside her knitt- ing. “Why worry?” she polled shawn the train gets stuck in & as I uess that war r ma éan exist without you— though enor ey u're dying, to appear a Red pros nu The " sist saloped but the Varsity boy, 8: 9 heave m-sent OP p, portunit: We ma to aslct at the war re- orning?” he asked ea; “Per- heps you know my cousin, Dolly Jackson? She's going as a Red Cross nurse, too. She’s erazy about, her. peek ine {vai w her!” exclaimed the girl, with the Teniteine. “She had the room poll 1 know her as sister.” 1 “Well, now,” ala the commercial in war, an way!" gentleman, smiling at them benign:| “Well, don't iow as I do either,” antly, “ain't that pleasest? ‘T tall responded the old my wife that if folks would ete hein’ “They’s a good many a py speal iy’ to- believe in that seem to keep world would. be Hg Tot in’ just the same; an’ A Pra inirek place to live in. I’m sorry they're "on Ww fou'll miss hat runimage sale, going try ond saske things easier for-them lady. e a right cuté-look-, that are sufferin’ the most. «Maybe in’ Ware. ae ys etate: ae inter- you've got someon, belongin’ to you) pai fere with havin’ a rumm: sale of that’s goin’, ma’am? cs our own? There must be enough Junk; | The womad was pening A shut- ‘on these passengers to raise a good- ting her vanity Ser wit nervous fixe sum for the boys in the fingers. Suddenly she spoke out) th Secon { harshly: a Rate people stared at; “My boy was drafted. My boy! t, and then the girl with, the Kiting pfs te ed: Pei an would be a perfect and the paper boy. If everyono gives something and we get someone to auction them off. “That's the talk!” broke in ee commercial ape eager “That's the way I \ike to see an, ide p and carried out! There's no reggen | capalut you a committee of one a iiteiow that prosperous-looking ld gentleman in the corner and see what he'll do for us.” ‘Not on’ your life!” answered the poy, ecstatic at being addressed by his divinity. ““Do you kno that is? He lowered his voice and leaned forvard confidentially. “That's Henry B. Martin. of Winnlpee-miltonaie Bogan raves bottom, you know, paper| mite if it “| the bare floors in my dining room, ever wor! or or something on the railroad and gen dollars ng paca) living room, and and a wet thinking unhappy thoughts, 1. sat ies Pine sapien cn in rieeert nae mop for oes and te a nae aa read an ees article gi e & ip wringer fastened to a save apres a story or just Raat Bie eae yuva nett °y, o8| (GIVE EE RAISER TASTE OF IT (1h. unplaesant ‘lek aE wringing: out Nay: paragraphs ie ater tie oe eldest son, with the idea of avenging| Group of French Soldiers Preseribe| th? with my hands, and saves mind switched back to gloom, I tried his. brother's death, enlisted as a te strength besides. I save old under- memorizing a short poem. private, lettin othe:-trenches. ull Sohne in Military Form. | clothing Particularly for mop cloths, e plan worked. It has given me this time, | They say, the old ma French weekly, the Ori de hecatre 4 is soft and absorbent and so many pleasant things to think 0, siree! I don’t want to tackle Henry eat ns girl looked chouhtelly ‘ “te old man staring out_into the storm. f ‘8 him,” she said Bim eater for an old lady who's hurryin’ to it. done He's just said sond-byeto his gitl, an’ " mans, "i here in half an/ tangle hour an’ compare notes, low, get| * He shall spend every night in a busy! If this engine should take it| narrow treach, in which a few tome into its head to start goi ell bel rats shall opt and near wh co ee ee eee sree” met | there will tie some decaying car- ome three-quarters of ai r later. in khaki was there; also the e ne;| ground with water up to his waist. rasta onter | he suggested, Pe ‘ve got pi ised. In the res Slee the oh ‘old pre dy will erry ut “them in| She's arrible Fata young Birle sitting in. front ave scared up a one “tad a 6 Gitoothpaste. An’ I. woko a. brother! alesman out of a sound sleep, and,| inste: wearin’ gave me paio’ garters right of K ¢ magazines an chocolate peppermints. I sie into the baveage, ear yet, but aH hopes are high, exclaimed the “ Toronto aah on any taking the mares ext apt! Up-skim, dow ene ee a aly dition of “Kid- a \" this As ih clergyman, i been in his pa wae Wee Pints 5: e group. “ethie | is a most endable idea,” came upon a aa Seepage parishioner as a gift wits donation proyed to be a dozen eae ed handkerchiefs, our-looking li an. three volumes abs Be 3 explained, name w sac book as an additional lure to the ice rane discontented woman with ‘y bag at last whirled her phen uae and cried angnil ‘Lim sick i ‘y tired of war rolief and French wounded, and people Knit- I don’t believe im it’s just a fad Do you derstand? Paerdld. nig tending cer: wtid at tod the nervous hand. ow,” sho began soothing- ly, “that fost how Lucy felt at frst bout Calvin. ‘Look at ‘him, Mother, says, ‘they’s no ;one in ment 0 straight an’ tall to He's going as the’ ‘priva’ Calvin ‘ someone else’s John; ai ri see as it i much rence.’ ie ‘ter this auction’s over, ma’am, I lieve Vl sta: on a muffler. yi ved y, the woman feeael sa auidenly ee ring from her fi “Here, elke it!” she said savagely. “What a tters Ris va nore or less when they've wo “That’s right, ” dearie,? "the ol id lady said cheerfully. “It'll make you feel, r to give ets an’ this is) fy 30, pretty reer suiprise me, tle pee Tataty et ived from a group of Prenthy tellerd eh Zoleaing Ietter ot pie subject of the ex-Kaiser’s pnnish- % ent:— This is er a eae the Kaiser ought to be death ei Hives: aay. “he shall march 15 miles trench pee and never be allowed to take it off. At the end of his 15-mile march he shall be made to cross marshy He 1a 30 walk down sodden communication trenches in which telephone wires shall have beets aetfully,srraiged 0° 48 to ot cases. As soon as he begins to doze off a tow hand-grenndes shall be explod. Mee sale didi Megat iow iin bodily some ten yards way. ‘At this! See n nae wage ‘war until i | tightly, and leaving it a ‘broom always standing in my “a in a corner of the He » and the rest of my clea: changed since my mother saan me the methods taught when T-eet'it:in position on the floor, and closes without losing a scrap dirt when T lift it “ap. An with a wood- en handle helps me to clean out dif- ficult corners and small spaces, and,a and these are kept in th closet also. Several tools which I am constantly needing when I am clean. ing T kee comps oe Reel cleaning 1 snbale sav; throughout. A dear for bottles and of cleaning materjal is built 5 fect, 6 inches from ae floor, and the nae 8 inches from broom’. han, th an sade some of ng i e floor. The. pase the shorter brushes abe er. Nee a ee pal ae a assort- The day ak L reke ee ey jea| ment of of a cleaning closet filled with con. the sh venient a) rective implements was 3| cleaning liqui a red 1 di When I deqx to| and polishing matenials that I use in °| have ‘a cleaning closet ane ae fill iP cleaning. A supply of with up-to-date equipment, I. had be-| monia, alcohol, 1 gun to wealizé that I me sting in pint jars plai hours of time, and no one knows how Some of the other ‘materia ae much strength, ia tolling | with that| I find necessary are oor bre and mop. realize that I; washing soda, faratine sais, bath wasn’t really pont my tinuee as it| brick, stove po! Be a good 3] should be cleaned, A of the| ing preparati time I was simply state: =, ae or| Before . Dutting yobs —— oe sab Patan it at al back in set I are T had the closet a in a recess thoruehy ane Most ‘ot ‘tee can in one of the kitchen. It i cleansed very and cleat \ from syne the mops and} ° rough, the floor, All are Patel comer hanging, and all cloths are hung up by means of tape loops. that closet. A suj cloths is kept in a tin a ae floor, so that I never havi A small ti mel saucepan ne ‘pre must be mixed i em. A basket for carrying mater- ials ashes conveniently hangs from the shelf, and a cham fon Polishing metals and glass hangs place beside the oiled dust cloth A Sacer vacuum cleaner, with which I can clean walls and furniture it probably ss a)power cleaner Sold rpet sweeper takes Re pees dirt, cepntay Une ond sewing, etc., when I am in a hurry and do not want to use the vacuum A good corn br hundred not lint aie ped ‘serub poe and two galy: van- e cloth thi lint. I find old silk clothing makes cali dust- erat aoake there dailies, oll end “Alightly, putting © litle Of ih one corner of the for the oil to mi lustpan. Tae ease opens automatically wit screw eyes fastened to the ends, for, 4 Moment * ee | 018 as well as forest is the most import-, ew | car * ‘horoueh to thread from di cleaner. room does good service, although it in use 2 bch ae tien as tensed e be, and Scibuhs boom. often Meade owe good: camel’s-hair paint Deals ot different sizes ge me in cleaning the crevices in rniture, and two ane yeretable brushes find a i é iach string mop, oiled, for loth, rolling | it. “alt tt . My s a long-handled one that ever; em Then I clean the oie hee the vacu- um*cleaner and di The kitchen is even easier, a all to gether clei is one of the least strenuous and satisfactory of my duties as sotto: M. B. How I Cured Myself of the Worry” Habit. Speaking of how he , Smoking, a friend said to 01 before realized that the face belonged to my! usband’s wife. There was not al w: thing to hurry for, and there I sat fuming and fretting. I laughed—and sed at about that only rarely now do I have to ‘hunt up pOacthing Then I established in my home a “refuge spot,” which still is and al- Mates Wiitn Tae moet becom- i nervous ai rying from one thing to another, when a fit of the ything and flee to my refuge to read myself calm.—S, L, POLAR SEA IS CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION REPORTS NO CURRENTS. Last of Stefansson’s Party Lands Safely on Coast of Alaska After Years on Ice Floe. Every night he shall be made to broken ground, jcrhile carrying ie Department-of the Naval Ser- fe that Walk for two hours in the dark across} ae pa Ottawa has received frém Yu- and to cross several) kon, Alaska, a despatch from Stoker cones euimtne ing the safe arri- Ses 0 of his ice exploration party on s for Hygiene re comfort, he Baa 7 last, on the north coast pay shes ae mone etic only! of Alaska. This brings to an end the ich month, so as to| exploratory WON of the Canadian Are- verana OG shall be allowed to cack on that” day only. Por atoms, he shall be entitled to one tin of bully: beef per gay with a s in o r water i sour ae half a pit picks: This shall last for 205 days in the year... During ths eal howr by. readi beer improve his amin ing inc ttn aeloehaaca assages from Boche philo sophers, in lieu of the endured of rid through muleraitres Reus pits slaughter. his The ee dar! Over hill and into ‘hl lang sledge: ir m y nindrad cia les: from Alaska he poet the Swi Iniew: tie Expedition Gacepiivecersied oul by sloceaisen was planiea by Mr. Stefansson, h Hotta aan sonally, but was prevented from do- ng so by typhoid, whith ov: ertbok him about bape weeks beforo the expect- pees party, when nee ae ne| the north coast of Alaska at Cro: land. consisted ot ae whites aa: four rae with sledges. ee ag ai March 15, 191% = After out, weeks a ‘travel See across ie ice pee aien sent back three of the and four of the men. Two sent back three more sledges and all but with it. They carried practically n provisions, expecting to live on pe and polar be: : No Currents Sasi been the general oe senae has and Polars cess was @ current™: running westward aa a A VAST EDDY that Storkersen’s party would be car- ried west parallel to the coast of Si- beria. that the addition to valuable deep-sea sound- ings; whizh were taken, although no report of them has been received, this currents. in this part of the Polar Sea, and has ae additional demonstra. tion of th ety and getiy for Polar eaplorHtion of the method of 01 eros; Bustav Masik, Bi "Martin Kilian and. @,'G. Gu: eee The Wrench, The dentist. was taking stirs having" a joy-ride in his car, had just released from its wartime internment. penat from +he maddening crowd” ce do’ rae ind, with his thoughts ae with othes i pees iin spa got out and gi is he fixed his fant ark an A ofendie ed he mu £ a3 is going to! hurt just. a Thomas . Edison is Fakiceel |HOW BRITAIN - | time, and oe ited ™) On th 01 off| great and honorable a were devil, 1) unholy Sore for their neighbors’ beet ‘or 5 1 a day off + ess SAVED THE WORLD STANDING AT THE cnods.Road IN AUGUST. 1914, —s on ts asiee man and nation the moment to decide, In the ercits of Truth with Falsehood, For the good or evil side. a Lowell. eighteen hundred and eighty- ones cones after ee ee pest fatal and far-reaching choic the ne in eat “i, stood at the, Second Greatest Cross-Roads_ of all a lead, wi Oxenham. Tlie decision on which its ti ree breath, “What will ‘Brita in Little 1 pelginm, betrayed sat stabbea y the power pledged td} sufferin, ae hot tyrdom, but was making an unex- Hever galisa fight for it, thanks to that true and valiant gentleman, her, cate a The world may thank God | ploiter ‘of the the challenge man, ni the Kaiser, would have been able to taunt him with saving his at ince was girding herself for the rm rmed hosts: All these, manor tar Ps ee can: onrush, must have gone wn before the barbarian eee Fateful Decision. i Britain fae at the cross. roads and ir de- it that time only to a very small extent—the grim horror of what lay before her. ever entail upo: , nation, knew /practicaily nothing of our ac- mimitme: r wards our neigh- That is a thing that must never gain, Fortunately for the world Britain had at the helm of ain Nae: as 8 Kini bras for bea to the very 7 tia i rts were u: sessions. ras their dae Sir Edward Grey pate answered, 5 “Seeineht rane the it die was cast, a 6 Honor of Britain and the Life aaa Soul of the us—or against us?” ore than four dreadful years The Empire to the Rescue. ly, and aid once and pink bes = world expected of wil thas ‘Betishe Host and Mercantile Ma: ~~ the war could never have bee: id all the Hora. eratere. ace aawicdan it. my purpos to go he great Others better quall- hen Britain cast her lot, against dishonor, flung her gauntlet into the teeth of the barbarians, girded her loins wit r inty girdle, alled her children from the ends of £ lurope was sounded, and with it the knell of epee and despo- tism bine lat by, and for In first black days “Britain saved tks eh Talk it over quietly with the men who were at Mons and teau. and later. it. hy—they know no more than the Germans themselves, who gay. the. same—that just when they Pe ed h Paris, some mysterious ay iaerbbeat and with- ae aoe so 1 ay. fies it was Britain, a nopitins ond our ken, that saved the wartt a nies terrific days of 1914, ye as Boke look back along the way @ have Ween led through this ae ‘valle ley of Shaa- irgest. of ie cerns whic! . | tablished tungsten reduction-plants in war, - | has received special apanban jams broths or gruels, es toast, bak otatoes, nstewed fruits and vegetables. this for a few days, until the cold seems to be broken, it is well to eat an ordinary diet with Plenty of fruit ows, the hagas of ny who feel with me will join With me in a most fer- vent and miatatal “te ee m!” for help so timely given, And in the unforget- able remembrance of it we shall sure- nea height of The Gift so irs pannel it that he holds zest? wer, Men said, Show art, lom, greater tna, the rest.” “Ah, fa quoth one, “and see you Ti enter gifts are his te bring? | and conipassion, courage, | uth, ana” tive ses every li THE FUTURE OF TUNGSTEN. Activity in the World's Steel Trade Should Create a Demand. Aus! te second in importance among, British territories producing Gres cane since evel pros the war, and the ea new era a Pre or ¢ this ae of mining Queensland. Wo! mined in Roe ‘South Wales and Vie tor! while im- BRITAIN’S LONG ARCTIC JOURNEY TROOPS COVERED 300 MILES IN TWELVE DAYS. Reinforcements to Archangel Froné Well Equipped With Suitable Food and Clothing. portant quantities of seneailn an-| An arctic journey of probably the other ore of tungsten, are obi fp | Sreatest magnitude since the fam Klondike gol New Zealand and in Tasmania. Wolfram is also obtained as a by-pro- ‘duct of the Cornish tin industry and boise last four years. Canada has be- a producer chiefly of Geant: rained in Halifax county, ra Sco- ere and deposits are also cet in hodes! a is diificult to forezee the future of but it is . worth while to considerations commercial PEER and a “tall in jb re the world’s demend for steel were to j *°, enforcing t steel trade should support the position | trip aa being “auite choory an S Ej & S e ia o to uses for the Tungsten proved to be domtatog factor in military power 5 Ze 5 a) a with shells by the million and with guns by pao Its individual power in mes of peace may prove equally REE ERB SLACK SEASON FOR PACKERS, British Columbia Salmon Canners Not Successful With Low Grades. mery operations 2, British Col- ee this year are expected to be Haire Ea esi eas patriot ism propelled the canning of every edible Sa he oe Only the most t ig being install- ed or repla a esi ae in a few in- stances are canneries putting in any new boats o' The difficulty in marketing the hts grades of fish canned during the way has made the canners wary of stoc ing any this year, with the result that only the most marketable salmon sed Pe rr “trp during the 1919 s ESS AG the present time the prospects are that only three or Bae anes ainnerles will be in operation on the Fraser River, as the old fishing aie have become depleted. In the north, however, many of the plants will be running to capacity on and pinks if the fish are ful. Although operating costs\on tinplate supplies will be considerably reduced this year, net and gear oxponses will be higher. It is regarded as almost a cortainty that the Allied food board will not be In the market for all the sockeyes and pinks this ey and ae operators aro endeavoring ito the pre. war anise ge Te ancabyining their old mar! red by some substitute that is finding favor. Diet for a Cold. pe a cold first starts physicians ly advise a light Jaxative diet, cols chiefly of hot Jemonade or ‘angeade, and vegetables. To ai e bedy in recovering eat meals whic i ea © more fuel value than mihi al. Just Missed I Perfection, When Mrs. Langtry was at the summt of her beauty and famo, she met at afdinner an African seing who, “pe visiting yeas She did h est to please y monarch and fat, you would *be irresistible.” par tra troops to the ree the greatly "outa ei ‘too “hehting Se ae Ee says ‘changel dreds of aaa arivine ~ ‘alae ‘ie over frozen tundra and along ie a through bing. forests, completed most difficult part of their souate trip in twelve days. Tho trip was plaaned and directed! by members of Sir Ernest #1. Shackle- oe Antaretle expedition, including r Macklin, and was a signal suc- id angel 01 with ta ‘st totachineae eA ee cant ay this navies guard, who had his men comfortably seis ik a. Httle village, decided the cold.” ut of the first detachment of 130 mén only five or six had been compelled to fall ont for rest at a en route, Al- n {though he had been trained for several months to work in Arctic latitudes, the captain of the leading detachment be- longed to'a West Indian regiment. Varied Travelling Devices. Hero and thore along the trail ae found villages where there was American Y.M.G.A,;-hut, Workers wie ha bt ers 0 the aa soldiers with hot divinlee sine walked about half the time and with all sorta of devices, including dog- sleds and light hand-s) Of course, ere are skis and snowshoes for-all.” ‘Light windproof jackets and trousers designed by those of long experience in the Arctic were w« r tt dier’s uniform Tho tail oe was rick in fats and proteins, forced with a-special Aretic etihag which tasted like thick Pe toe gravy ahd kept up theiy strength. @ Tieu- tenant of Norn ogian birth, who helped to outat the expedition, bathed naked in. the snow each day.g He had a con. yerts. eMctats SS LIE SURGERY acid ed “PLU” Epidemic Said ‘wd Haye Left Wake in England. The operating surgeon is now be- ing called in to bape fear his Knife 75 sesh away of tha after cba intneses, epidemic, the Net oe mA which appear to have end. Children are more serious sut- ferers than adults from thos se influ« one comnleens which necessitate reatmont 0} ing table. bike items which first a tho general speashidane so. bus 8i Dr. J. Howell Evans, a West ind aera iis surgeon, recently, “scems be passing into the curgeon's and epeclaliave Mipuata Nie dee eee dealing with Brie ae By yy the ‘flu’ epiden brought 1) i of the else’ he removal ot re dues and infections. “Other troubles. occ med, by “flu” which are now. being treated surg ally are a pacts tonsi ulcers of the tonsils, en gl in the neck, piace in the eay an ist not iy niet patie serve to warn the pu may arte it they t the .epi- demic lightly.” Re amieabpe tae ‘There are 21 leper is tat jons Russia and: nearly supported by et fata : Sian ONS, co RST RSE maar RONEN TO The Only True “UNIVERSAL” Phonograph the name, because it actually/ foes play to rds C ihe Bronewiok THE MUSICAL NERG Dept. 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