7 MINIATURE HOUSE 1 The Queen's love of things in min- ature, well known.to her intimates, has led to the production of one of the most unique and fascinating products of present day art and in- ~ dustry. It is the Queen’s Dolls’ House which is now complete, and which is to be placed on view at the B h E Exhibition, near tle, and eventually in some national museum to preserve for future gen- erations a means of viewing the ac- complishments of post-war British Empire. It is*an unusual idea, and ‘if it had occurred to our forefath- ers in generations past we could now have on record the sort of homes they lived in and the surroundings of their daily life. The suggestion of such a mina- «ture home came from the aged Prin- cess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, @ daughter of Queen Victoria, who founded the Royal Canadian sae c) the Marquis of Lorne, » ernor General of Canada. Sir Edwin * Lutyens, who designed the famous cenotaph in. London, has directed the work and designed the house Witself, which is just five feet high and eight feet six inches long. The walls can be raised, so that each of the beautifully proportioned is visible. The picture above shows a corner of the library, where two hundred. books, each one inch high, have been contributed by famous writers who have. in some cases written the manuscripts with their ewn hands. Altogether, 600 artists have contributed to the making of the library. Each room is equipped - with electric light; pictures in scale with the rest of the house, adorn all the walls, On the desks are min- ute despatch cases, fountain pens, half an inch long; in the bed rooms are tooth’ brushes, three-quarters of an inch long, and tubes of paste in $ tact Nine proportion. In the kitchen is a vac- cum cleaner, racks of dishes; in the trunk room are trunks, suit cases and golf bags, all made to the tiny scale, The walls are exquisitely paint- ed, the windows hung with the fin- est of silks, the nursery has toys, in- cluding lead soldiers, about as large ILL PRESERV! ~ COMPLETE EXAMPLE. OF 1924 HO ad as a mosquito. The jewel room holds copies of some of the crown jewels, in real gems; the fruit cellar has stocks of preserves, and the wine cellar has bottles of real wine. The garages hold models of all the best known cars, and there is also a per- fect in every detail. Durham Lost, But Kept Boys on The Listowel Jump for Sixty Minutes THE DURHAM CHRONICLE'S RE- PORT OF GAME AT LOCAL ARENA WEEK AGO FRIDAY. Following ts the Durham Chron- icle's report of the recent Listowel Durham game, played in the local arena: Durham's Northern League team went down to defeat at Listowel last Friday night 5 to 1, and were nosed out on the roynd 9 to 7, by the Cully Rocker sextet, the game played here last Wi night being won by Durham 6 to 4. ‘ The Durham team went to Listo- wel in style, taking a special train and about 200 rooters with them, one hundred of whom entrained at the Durham station, the rest at in- termediate points. It was well for the Listowel rink management that the train was chartered, otherwise there would have been a mere hand- ful in attendance at one of the fast- est games this year in the Listowel rink. ‘It was a real game, and’ while there were not many from here who expected Durham to win, the game the local juniors put was @ eye-opener for everybody and had they stayed on the ice during the last period, we bave our doubts if Listowel could have held them even at that. The game was an eye-open- er to Durham fans who attended the played at Listowel, the game here ‘was a funeral procession, the keen ice and big surface suiting the loc- als to a nicety, and they kept the heavier and more experienced Listoé| wel team on the jump over the whole sixty minutes. The first period ended 1-0 for Lis- towel. This w the session in which it was expected that the Lis- towel team would run up the score, and the locals were playing on the defensive more than anything else. Had this not been the case, it is pos- sible they might have pushed mat- ters a little more and possibly have scored a couple of goals when two of e home team were decorating the penalty box for rough play. The play during this period was fast, and Durham. had as much of the puck as the homesters, with fully as many shots on goal. The Listowel goal- tender, however, had brought al! his horseshoes down to the D with him and could hot be beaten. In the second session, the play was much the same as the first period, the exception being that both teams scored one goal, leaving the stand- ing as it was at the end of the first. , ‘The third period was the hardest- fought and most spectacular of the whole game. It was a disastrous from a point. During the first five minutes of play, it looked all Durham, and with the score on the round tied, the}, locals had the advantage of at least appearing fresher and less ‘fatigued than their opponents. It was here that the balloon went up. Vollett was ruled off for bodying a Listowel player into the boards, Schutz shook is fist at Kelly when he smashed for an accidental trip, and Blvidge was banished for a love-scene enact- ed near centre ice. This left two men on the ice and mald in goal, and for a minute or it seemed an hour) they had all they could handle keep the Listowel wolves from During this last period the home team scored twice to the locals’ none, making the full-time score 5 to 1. An unfortunate accident happened in the first period when McGirr, the Durham centre was cut in the cheek by a skate. He and Creighton of the Listowel team were checking each other near centre ice when Creigh- ton went down, his foot coming up and cutting McGirr so badly that it was found necessary to put in three or four stitches. While McGirr was on the ice at different periods during ped the’ team somewhat. It was the only mishap of the game and was an accident pure and simple. f Looking at the game as we see it, the Listowel defence and their goal- er are the main reasons for the de- feat of the Durham youngsters. Cully Rocher has slowed up quite a lot, ‘but be is still the same heady player as of old, and is a hard man to pass. Kelly, too, played his_position well, though not so effectively as Rocker, while Johnston in goal simply could mot be beaten last Friday night. Durham citizens generally, how- ever, are well pledsed with the re- sult. For their age and experience ; the Durham team have this year | given us a good brand of hockey and | surpassed even the most sanguine | expectations of the management. The | remaining games from now on will lit would be wise to put the Durham | youngsters against the best teams of ‘the eurrounding districts. They have demonstrated that for juniors, mostly, they are capable of making them all step some, and will be in a better condition next year to go far- ther, providing they are held _ to- gether and get the proper training. George Hiller of Kitchener, was referee, and made impartial rulings throughout the game, so far as we could see. It Sounded Too Good A woman wearing an anxious ex- pression, called at an insurance of- fice one morning. “I understand,’ she said, “‘that for $5 I can insure my house for $1,000." “Yes,” re- plied the agent, “that is right.” “And,” continued the woman anx- fously, “do yon make any inquiries as to the origin of the fire?’ “Cer- tainly,” was the prompt reply. “Oh!” and she turned to leave the office. “I thought there was a catch in it somewhere.” ’ \Buy Aircraft To | Protect Ontario Forests | PERGUSON GOVERNMENT HAS PURCHASED THIRTEEN HY- DRO PLANES FOR USE IN NORTH. Toronto, Feb. 25.—Systematic pa- trol by aircraft of the entire ‘North- ern Ontario forest area, with a view to early detection of fires, is soon to be an accomplished fact. The Fergu- son Government, in a determination to create renewed confidence on the ‘part of investors in pulp and paper milis and saw ae purchase ei “Wil be pat Ti service on May = hen present plans are comipleted and the eir force organized for op- eration, Ontario will have the larg- est commercial aircraft organization in the world. Hon. James Lyons, minister of lands and forests, in a statement upon the subject to-night, estimated that in addition to giving patrol service and protection to’ seey- eral times the area now patrolled, the province will save from the use of aircraft, at least $250,000 per year. “The enormous loss to the Prov- ince of Ontario each year, caused by the many fires from various sources, is one of the very serious problems that we have to contend with,” said ‘the minister. ‘“‘Last year fire burn- | ed over in the Province of Ontario 2,120,000 acres, 28 per cent. o which was timber land. Fifteen per od Compared with the hockey, be hard ones, and it is not thought cent. was cut-over timber land; 36 per cent.‘was young growth below six inches. The two latter items to a large extent should be responsible for our future forests; 20 per cent. was barren and grass lands. Due to the large area burned, and the enor- mous loss, the Province of Ontario spent in an attempt to put out the fires and prevent. other fires the sum of $1,100,000. A large percent- age of this amount w spent in wages, and, with the exception of $86,000, spent in the uee of aircraft operation, it was spent in the oe of an organized land patrol orce. ‘When we consider that we have invested in the Province of Ontario today about $190,000,000 in pulp and paper mills, producing over 200,- 000 tons of newsprint per day and about 900,000 tons of ground: sul- phite pulp annually, and that we have invested in sawmills about $75,- 000,000, cutting out about 500,000,- 000 feet of lumber per year, employ- ing in the aggregate over 30,000 men, with a combined pay roll of ap- to gobbling them up. During this whole awful minute that puck looked like ‘ the spewings of a: Lewis machine gun. First it was McDonald, the ders and Hlvidge proximately $40,000,000, providing as they do in their operations an e- normous market for labor and agri- cutural products, it is imperative that if permanency is to be given to future operations of this large in- dustry serious consideration must be given to the future protection_of.our “= Wingham Man Dies . Result of Drinking Party Montreal, Feb. 20.—A drinking party that culminated-in the death ‘of William Doray, Wingham Ont., rning, caused three people to the afternoon with other members of the household. _—s. rding to witnesses, early in ; Doray complained . of ing sick. He was sént to bed. A d t to & to wheer I shtart- ap et fr Mishter Ferguson, % worgyin much about m St. James Street, where he had spent | i to the pir 1S ne wi vance: t in his own oyes, loike the toime whin theer wus no king in Israel. This dus- Doherty, an at 4 Mishter Doherty ‘wud same to hey the fursht claim-6n the jawb, but he is a quare man.to be layder av the farrumers’ parthy, if it is a parthy shtill. Shure, I am tould that he is prisidint ay the Northern Loife As- surance Co., voice-president av the Reinsurance Co., ay Canada; a dir- ector av the Ontario Equitable Loife Assurance,. Co., an Prisidint av the Doherty-Easson. Co. If he attinds to awl thim jawbs, besoids shpakin, at viry U. F. O. picnic nixt summer, he an wevhad the case av an ould cow befoor us fer two hot days in June. What wid the lawyers, an the witnes- ses, an the Coort Shtenographer, an the Judge an jury, it wud hey paid us to hev.aitch put in fifty cints to make up @ purse an pay both the plain an defindint the proice av the baste. An we wondher at the hoigh cosht av livin. As me frind, Sam Hill used to say, theer is too much talkin in the wurruld, an not enuff shmokin.” I can’t say that I agree altogether wid Sam, fer they are both ixpinsive, an to a large ixtint, useless habits, an a man can’t git troo wid much wurruk if he is shtrong on ayther wan av thim. Mebby we cud git the Government to appoint a commishun to enquire into the matther, fer in these days whin economy is ein praiched frum the hill tops, shure, ‘tis nicissary fer us to know how the an whin, an wheer, an what fer. Me trind Jimmy Hunter an mesilf cud give ividence wid regard to the ix- pinse av smokin, an Tam_ Binnitt an Jawn Purvis cud till about the hoigh cosht af talkin. Shpakin av Tam Binnitt moinds me av auxshun sales, an thin i re- mimber' that Jawn King has jist hild wan. Shure, theer will soon be no farrumers at all, at all among thim . O. lads. "Tis the broadinin out polishy av Mishter Droory goin into iffict. Bu The Wingham Ad-|. t Mishter| money is bein wasted, an how much, b = eae we, eee a “Royal Household and Clover, Alsike, Alfalfa and Timothy Seed. Man- ses eee Seed Corn, Red gold and T “C. H. SMITH Deliveries to any part of town. ¥ 7.00 70° ee Oats. © has been Howard Carter, who ousted from Tut’s tomb, just as he reached the gold-wrapped ummy of the king himself, through a quar- rel with the Egyptian government. The quarrel was partly over to newspaper reports of affairs the tomb. He has started court action against the government, and it is announced that an offer of a fresh contract may be made to him. Says Heavy Taxation Is Killing Industries INSTEAD: OF USING HIS SPARE CASH TO EXPAND, STRATFORD MANUFACTURER SAYS HE IS PUTTING IT IN BONDS. Stratford, Feb. 20.—The general dissatisfaction with the Government and the unduly heavy es was plainly voiced by H. W. Strudiey. of the Imperial Rattan Company, to- day, who said that it didn’t really pay to continue in industrial busi- ness. “I can make more money buying and selling bonds ga*n I can in my bought bonds with it. “If things were normal I would be enlarging my plant and employing more people, but under the present conditions-it is not to be thought of. property, city, provincial and minion, only amounted to $3,000. Last year our taxes were $36,000. It doesn't pay to invest money in in- dustry, and if anyone came along and offered to buy me out dollar for dollar on my investment I would sell Jaa he woure spent in building penlitea + “Spree usiness,” he said. ‘Yesterday I took some capital that ordinarily: “vould have gone into my business ‘und ance iad Super Salesman “All my sales are by Long Distance,” says an Ontario merchant. made “My brother, wh o travels for the firm, strikes large towns “perience shows that Statida-to-Station calls can oftem be used with entire satisfaction. ati ah be i TS Manny Doherty arr the jawb he is afther, barrin that if a U. F. O. did- n't git that $5000 posishun it had to go.to a grit, which is nearly as bad, but I tink mebby me ould frind is losin shlape over the redishtri- bushun av sates, an the rifirindum quistion. I am ixpictin wurrud iviry day to go down to Toronto to consult wid him about these matthers. (Av coorse awl me ixpinses will be paid.) Wid mosht av the mimbers in the house bein Tories at the prisint toime, ‘tis harrud to know how to fix tings widout puttin some av thim out av a jawb, an Mishter Ferguson isn’t wan to go back on the byes. ‘Tis a harrud problem loike wan av thim me dawter-in-law used to be wurruk- in at in that Geometry book av hers. I tink I will borry the book an take it wid me to Toronto an shtudy it on the thrain goin down; it modight hilp us to foind out some new ways to de- void up the counties. The rifirindum is worse shtill, an I tink mebby I will advoise Mishter erguson to “lave well enough a- lone” fer, shure, that is the'cry that we bate Laurier wid in 1911. The Tories hev a‘safe majority in House at the prisint,toime an go shtirrin up thrubble we shpoll tings fer the parthy, Mishter Baldwin did in the Country. the if we may loike Ould " Yours till nixt wake, Timothy Hay. Farmer Wins Suit Against Weather Insurance Company Toronto, Feb. 22.—The barns and buildings of F. Bosomworth, of Ar- ies, Wellington county, were destroy- ed by a windstorm on June 23, 1923. They had been insured since 1920 in the Western Farmers’ Weather Mutual Insurance Company, of Woodstock, for something over $5,- 000, against destruction by cyclone, tornado, etc. His claim for payment of his loss was.met by the conten- tion of the company that he had been notified that his premium in arrears and that his proof of loss had mot been properly given. Action entered for trial came be- fore Mr. Justice Wright, who has given judgment against the company for $2,175¢ with interest. His lord- ship finds that the premium notice was not that required by the statute and that the company was cognizant | of the loss soon after it had occurred. The company’s contention that the lutetitle to the property and had not disclosed a mortgage of $6,000 also dismissed b points out that |w c fire insurance a mortgage might be as offering a motive for the buildings, in the case of weather insurance, where the in- sured has no co 1 over the ele- ments, the non . of the mort- gage could not be material. ~ mportant destroying up the trade. : “There is a man in this city in a comparatively new He wants to expand ‘his and should expand it. In normal times a eh Yates vi Every + wr an ¥ Bs + ~ f i: ye = 4 | woul | J i] a Arlington Hotel THURSDAY, MAR. 6th. Sole makers of Dorenwend’s Sanitary Patent Toupees and Wigs. New styles for the year 1924, including the new flesh color sight proof parting. Mr. Knight will demonstrate and give free advice on all PRINCESS Friday and Saturday -bunch of hs would have gotten to- gether as in the case of George Mc- gan and others in the past and said, ‘Let’s go and build a new fac- tory.’ Now we advise him _ to sit down and wait fora year to see what May turn up. “That's just the trouble with in- dustry everywhere. We're all await- ing to see what's going to happen, and nothing can until the Govern- ment gets busy and helps to reduce the cost of doing business.” Glad He Heard Of Dreco Splendid new herbal remedy is rap- idly restoring Mr, Schafer's health after repeated failure of other medicines had sunk him to the depths of discouragement. Mr. Daniel Schafer, a well-known retired citizen of Kitchener, Ont., re- siding at 62 Mill 8t., found relief in Dreco after other medicines had failed. “My stomach had caused me a Iot of trouble for the past two years. My food would not digest, everything I ate turned. sour, My liver was slug- gish too, and I would get billious at- tacks and dizzy spells. “I had,pains through nty back and hips so bad I could hardly bend over at times. My bowels were never reg- ular and I didn't sleep well at nights. My appetite was also very “Now é6ince taking Dreco, my stomach ‘has improved so much that I can eat almost anything without suffering afterwards. é€ pains in my baék are much better and I can take long walks with ease. My heart used to palpitate so badly. when I walked fast that I was| would often have to stop and rest, SPECIALS GEORGE'S RESTAURANT Hot and cold Sand- wiches, Omelets, Steaks and Chops. STILLMAN’S DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS 6 ‘The Mollycoddle” Ice Cream Bricks, Sodas and Sundaes. We Supply "Floral Designs Funeral Work Your orders appreciated and given prompt and careful at- tention. - - E. E. SCHLIMME Greenhouse ‘Phone 620 r 24 but now I can get along fine.” Dreco is made from the pure ex- tracts of herbs, roots, bark and leaves and contains no mercury, pot- ash or habit forming drugs. It is a reliable corrective for all digestive disorders and aids the system gener- all is being specially introduced in Listowel by J. Livingstone, jr., and is sold by a go0od druggist every- LISPOWEL BOYS GET ; RADIO CERTIFICATES cates of proficiency in radio tel hy: f Amateur—T. C. Chittim, Ont.; © , @e Sesto tonevneeveenee Ll License Will Be Cancelled—-. Every holder of a standard hotel license in this province will be held to accountability for any breach of the Ontario Aot, according to the policy now put Board of License If the forward, when the conviction the license holder is to be summoned ‘ore it to show cause why his license:should not be can- celled. Temperance, A Little Lunch touches the spot, right 4 after the shopping tour. 4 Of course, you don't | want much—just enough to stay the hunger until you get home. We are very conveniently located and are always ready with something tasty to eat. Hot or cold drinks of all kinds. « eels i Doe May Hare 60 Mill Rate— he reeve of Durham has warned the council Li is observed in See eeenoweereonvnnereaes town's expenditures, bave a 60 mill tax rate, the Durham — will of that town that uniess/’ Mr. A.—What h did your son learn et college? ‘ F . . B.— Well, he can for mon- ey in such a way that it seems ike am honor ' nor to give it to him!