_ianship, but she _ Lorna his wife. _ roof of the banguet hall whoa) | Dancing orna -A Condensed Version of R. D. Blackmore's Famous Novel. Doone Old Time Stuff A New, Interesting Weekly Feature for Old Readers and Young. WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE Desperately ill, the Countess of Lorne is journeying by coach to her home in Devon, England, with her daughter, Lorna. Stopping at an inn to change horses, Lorna makes friends with John Ridd, a school boy. The "Doone bandits," scourge of the dis- trict in the seventeenth century, are abroad, but the dying Duchess de- termines to continue her journey. Headed by Sir Ensor Doone, the' bandits attack the coach, making vic- tims of the retainers, and in the melee the Duchess succumbs. Lorna is car- ried off by Sir Ensor to his stronghold. Ten years later, John Ridd goes fish- | ing in the Doone valley, falls into the _ Fiver and is swept down to the very brink of the falls. He regains con- sciousness to find himself in the arms' of Lorna Doone and realizes that the whirlpool had flung his body up on the shore. She tells him how she has been kidnapped by Doones, John pleads with Lorna to flee the place and accept his mother's guard- refuses, declaring flight would be futile, . Sir Ensor Doone, dying, gives Lorna a@ wonderful diamond necklace that had been her mother's, and craves forgiveness for the wrong he has done ker. His son, Carver Doone, insolent- ly enters the room and taunts the old chieftain that he intends to make, The distraught girl sends her maid to signal John Ridd army against us?" A man came running through th crowd. - "John Ridd at the gate to see yo Carver,--under a flag of truce!" gasped with mingled joy and appr¢ hension. Carver uttered an oath rage and strode off toward the gat From the watch tower he shoute chief tied to a stick, was standing be low the gate. "Carver Doone, if you be a may winged their way toward the hea of the unarmed man. John, dodging behind a bouldey suddenly saw a body of horsemen, hundred strong, advancing at a gaj lop. iat its head, on a white horse, rod§ _a girl, her gold hair streaming on th rein and leap from her horse as th¢ of incredulous joy, he darted ' from behind the rock and ran tg meet her. "Ruth!" he exclaimed, and could say no more--for all about him werg men he knew, and his voice wag choked as he realized the meaning of their presence. These were his neighbors for miles around -- all with some heavy score for help and he quickly responds, John tears a hole in the thatched, STRATFORD ~ CASINO Every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Holldays - FREDDIE WURKER and His Orchestra ADMISSION 10c DANCING 5c Newly decorated and under new management. _ Where the better class dances are held. Come and enjoy yourself. | Free Parking Free Check Room ~~""{INEN SUITS IN VOGUE to pay against the bloody Doones. . "There be twenty more coming fron} _ Linen suits are going to have an important place in summer ward- robes this year. You now can buy - linen suiting that is uncrushable and it comes in dark, practical col- ors, including black. O Matter how little you can afford to At the name of her lover, Lorng whine "tha Stearn down to John, who, with his handke i # pockets squa@ron halted. Then, with a shou A lady writes to remind us of the velvet jockey caps which the sweet Fgirls of forty years ago used to wear. P * R * # Parlor rocking chair fa flat base and a patent rocker came in, in the nineties. Life insurance was just be ginning to be popular; mineral waters were largely used in the nineties. Girls were still showing the beaus the fam- ily albums. Straw picture frames still hung on the walls, and sea shells lay at the foot of the what nots. . . Girls made their young men embroidered hat bands with their initials. * * * which had A lady writes to recall watch on the breast of ladies' blouses and very long watch chains i hanging down. * * * How many recall the wool "fas- cinators" which young ladies wore over their heads when they went # out of an evening? e787 eS Another lady writes of the "boas" which the girls and the ladies wore in 'the early nineties--fur ornaments, six feet or more long which were draped about the neck and hung down each side, almost to the feet. Many of them were made of bear skin or other fluffy fur. They were very stylish. One reader reminds us that in the ing bands on their arms to mark th death of close relatives. * * * THE GAY NINETIES In the "gay. nineties" men used t¢ most skin tight. The ladies still wore bustles (mod- ified), big shoulder ruffs, and when they went to the river or other places to their ankles and short overskirts as well. Those were the days when young girls for a ride. When we wanted thrills we went down to the Opera House on Downie street and heard the most exciting melodrama we could select -- "The Silver King," "Lights of London," etc., etc. Oh, but it was a great life! By 1893 the use of electric lights in the homes had come into pretty gen- eral use, and Ottawa was beginning to feel that it was getting somewhere. First quality (dark skin) coon coats were being sold as low as thirty dol- lars each. Of course Queen Victoria was alive then. She was 74 years of age. Albert Edward was Prince of Wales. In 1897 the Queen celebrated the diamond jubilee of her accession to the throne in 1837. IN THE REALM OF SPORT (Continued from page tr) when the hockey season rolls around again. Bunny Fryer is managing the team, and if he can get some fair pitching, Bunny may have a winner at last. Toggery Shop will bear. watch- ing as usual, although they do not ap- pear as strong on paper as they were last year. Kroehlers are in there again. 'Nuf said in that direction. The sensational Larks of last year will not be any worse this year. St. Paul's look like the dark horses. Launches Schedule Tonight spend on your eyes, every care will be giyen the treat- ment of your case, and glasses can be made at any price from $5.50 uv This is not asale or a spec- It prevails, and. has prevailed, always. My facilities are at your service. Charles T. Newell Registered Optometrist Office-- 184 Wellington Street (Entrance through Roche's) The Uptown Softball League will launch its Summer schedule tonight. Mayor G. I. Graff is slated to pitch the first ball which will send the white collar men down the trail. which should produce more real fun than high clas softball. That the boys are interested has been evidenced by the ! numbers who have been turning out to 'practices. Creaky joints and _ stiff muscles are just beginning to respond 'to the liniment which has been gen- | erously applied, and before the sched- |ule has gone many games, the per- | formers in this loop will be cavorting |around like schooi kids. Two Problems On Hand Carl White has two problems on his hands in managing the Stratford junior entry in the O.B.A.A.--at least there are two problems which are out- standing. One is cutting the squad down to workable size, and the other is to segregate a couple of lads who look something like pitchers from the bunch of hopefuls who are ready to try their hands at mound~ duty. For every other position except the box, Carl has a surplus of likely ma- terial. If he can get a pitcher from the whole works, Stratford should have a contender in the junior series. White knows his business, and if there's a hurler there, he will likely *|find him. The kids get into action in Brantford on Victoria Day. Saturday King's Plate Day Saturday is King's Plate Day down at the Woodbine and Stratford will have its quota of followers of the bang-tails at the course to witness the renewal of the oldest continuous race on the North American contin- ent. Contrary to general opinion, the King's Plate is older than the Ken- tucky Derby. When it comes to a matter of dollars and cents though, the King's Plate can not be mention- ed in the same breath as the Derby and the Preakness, outstanding clas- sics of the Spring racing seasons in the United States, ra Four Charges of Theft Faced By Kitchener Man KITCHENER, May 18 -- Louis Nihls was remanded until May 25 in police court yesterday on four charges of theft, three in connec- tion with the entering of the brew- ery warehouse here two weeks ago. He was allowed out on bail of $2,000. ' The major charge is the theft of $400 from the warehouse, and coupled with that are charges of stealing a case of beer and a case of ale. There is a separate charge of a $40 theft. Nihls was not asked to plead to the charges. Always carry a pencil when you start out for a motor drive. The traf- fic cop may wish to borrow write down your license number. early nineties people were still wear-_ crowned hats, trousers that were al- to bathe they wore trousettes down > men hired livery rigs to take their : it to £ THE STRATFORD MIRROR Grounds For Divorce (By Viola Cameron) (In Toronto Saturday Night) In all the chaos of modern divorce court, there is one word which has never been mentioned in the list of 'the plaintiff's "grounds." And yet it has wielded its sure but insidious in- fluence in the making of disappoint- ed and misunderstood women who go seeking their freedom. This word is "masculine." It is a harmless word, yet we must admit that more women have knelt at the feet of so-called "masculine" men than before those who generously shower them with odrchids and Rolls- "Royces. When a woman raves to an- -other about her latest fancy, her first descriptive phrase is: "He's so mascu- line, my dear." That is supposed to cover all other deficiencies, such as 4 -small bank roll, or a large nose. It needs a little explaining ,this word. Women themselves interpret it differ- ently at various periods in their life. At the age of fourteen they associate it with pipes, and tweeds and dark" profanity. When they are eighteen 'they think it to be one with such quali- 'ties as strength, courage, an inability to be depressed and a complete in- sensitivenes to rebuffs. Then, later, all this congeals into a bright vision of "masculine" men as gay dogs, total- ly immune to life's_ blows, striding victoriously from one feminine con- quest to another, reaping all good things as they g9, and, above all, ac- complishing the big things and leaving the trivial domestic affairs to their womenfolk. This is because of the fact that from childhood woman has been given to understand that man was entirely diferent from herself in, outlook, habits, joys and accomplish- ments, and this majestic and awful difference was summed up neatly in the word "masculine." Any kindly, thoughtful quiet member of the op- posite sex who may show a preference for literature rather than for football is tossed aside impatiently as "not masculine," (at least in his college days). And then, woman marries her "masculine" hero, inwardly believing that at last she shall be initiated into the inner sanctum of "masculinity." Fervently she believes that there are -times he will beat one, be ready to fight for one's honor, that he will de- mand one's faithfulness, that he will rage (and perhaps kill) if he discovers one is not the virtuous innocent he married. Above all he _ will always be that strong, alert, be-tweeded, pipe- smoking creature she dreamed of... the complete symbol of masculinity. And then the blow comes. To her horror she discovers he can cook quite as well as she, that his salad dressing is far more appetizing, and that he mixes it with a precious eye to detail. Then again she finds him deeply concerned about the tempera- ture of wines. She learns that too many cigarettes make him bad- tempered and a little old-maidish, that too much liquor keeps him in bed the| FOR MEN fawn. For this week-end we are featuring two groups. Black and white or brown and Special price ......: pee SPORT OXFORDS For Men and Women AT SPECIAL PRICES NOW is the time to select your Sport Shoes while the selection is best. The patterns are all new and the values unbeatable : ". brown. FOR WOMEN Black and white, or fawn and Special price # $2.45 PHONE 955m out extra cost rega Naborhood Shoe Store SPECIAL ATTENTION TO FOOT SUFFERERS! Our FOOT COMFORT DEPT. under the direction of R. J rding any foot ailments you may have. . Orr will advise you with- 32 WELLINGTON ST. rn wonders desperately what this genera-; Let us agree on the way of making tion is coming to, and she goes to her| dressing, for instance... a small mother with her problems, hoping for| thing, but the nucleus upon which a the comfort of one who has known | whole happy companionship may be otherwise. But mother only smiles and | built. says: "But they've always been like that. Men are only babies." And so to the divorce courts with | 'the real complaint disguised in dozens 'of technical pleas. After all, it is bet- ter to be single again, she argues, than 'to live a daily disappointment, Perhaps this point can be applied conversely. Men too may have their) disappointments on a similar score. | Perhaps each of them have eagerly, looked forward to learning at last the | subtleties of the rosebud who has en-| chanted him. Perhaps men too are) amazed to discover that the modern) woman. has few qualities very differ- ent from his own. She is a poor cook; she doesn't fuss with the household linen, or arrange large family dinners to beam benignly at him from one end of the table. She can mix a better cocktail than he. She jsmokes too many cigarettes. She reads with her| feet up on the mantel. She swears} profanely when she stubs her toe. She} treats the children like pals instead} of in a motherly way. She doesn't | ery when he looks at another woman ! "next day, peevishly whimpering about; or comes in drunk. She doesn't even* his head. She discovers that he knows, more about clothes and how she should dress than she does. She learns in astonishment that he can weep, that he has very white arms and a pink neck which somehow offend her sense of the masculine. She is amazed to find him not particularly interested in the fact that she has led a virtuous life; nor does the announcement that occasionally she lunches with Tom Brown prove very stimulating to his possessive sense. Finally he is sub- ject to deep moods, extremely sensi- tive to all sorts of strange things such as the wrong colors, bad lines, a poor cup of tea. In short she finds him so much like any of her woman friends, so much like her room-mate in her school days that her ideals are offended. She wear jewellery or fluff up her hair like her grandmother did. She wears, in! fact, pyjamas, in the house; and re-; veals herself to be an excellent club} organizer, a good talker, unafraid on} the street at dark, healthy, strong, un-/| sentimental. In skort, very much like himself. And why should this similarity be. such a disappointment. Why shuold we demand this vast contrast between the two sexes .. . these strong silent | men, these weak, ineffective women.| For these are two beings who could never possibly understand one an- other, who would have little hope of living in harmony unless one agreed | to be the underdog. , The point is we should not marry | what pleases the eye and the imagina-| tion, but simply for a "point of view." | aA i WANTED HIGH-CLASS SALESMEN to work in the city. Must have references. Apply by letter only to Box 6, Mirror Office. Constable Is Forced To Crawl Under Bed for Man SARNIA, May 18.--Frederick and Hendrick Schwartman of Sarnia Township appeared in court here yesterday, charged with stealing wallpaper valued at $18.63 from the Crown Savings and Loan Comp- any of Petrolia. The trial was en- . larged for a week. When the officer went to arrest Hendrick he got under a bed and a lively scramble took place before he was gotten out. 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