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l i were Americans, it would be infinitely more tactful not to send any report. The curious may find details which ‘I may have passed over in the, "Jornol do Commercio," published at Rio de Janeivo or the "La Bazon," at Pernamâ€" buco. For obvious reasons the names of the Am»ricans involved have been ebanged. Those of the Brazilians have @p sbout the some rew persons who read Spanish er Portuguese may have seen some mention of the case in South American newspapers; others will not have done so, for nations naturally try to supâ€" press news of the calamitons or horâ€" rible, just as the official communiques «turing the war‘ suppressed the news af defeats. . In fact, the correspondent of one of the New York newspapers at Rio de Janeiro told me afterwards that he tried to get som»e word of it through and was gertly informed that even though some of the persons concerned were Americans, it would be infinitely more tactful not to send any report. tioned No PUSTRNEeT aJ Erery Month )JM, /# k p «es -ni‘: *4 | ‘! & ‘ : "’ as ‘ Azs# “ As a oneâ€"time newspaper reporter and editor, specializing in the criminâ€" elogical, 1 have written or read probâ€" ably more detective cases than falls to the lot of the average newspaper man; and I have come upon some which could properly be called bizarre. But J did not dream how bizarre and mysâ€" terious a case could be unt!l 1 enâ€" «ountered this. 1 claim no credit for the narrative. 1 have merely visual« Jzed and tried to put down in as dramâ€" atie a fashion as possible what 1 saw and what I heard from the lips of perâ€" the opportunity w «wouble to get as n as possible from al Verdeâ€"of anywher terâ€"â€"who could tell fasch eony« train when get s story The man who said romance was C€ead must have died without leaving the bed in which he was born. The events vhich are described here hapâ€" pened to take place in South America; with a few variations allowing for loâ€" eality they might have occurred in Africa, the interior of Australia, Monâ€" golia or any one of those numerous regions where civilization suddenly stops short and the primitive as sudâ€" denly begins. Where a halfâ€"clad naâ€" tive comes to a rattleâ€"trap moving pic-‘ ture show, sees American pictures not more than a year old, listens to jazz made on a squeaky American phoneâ€" graph, then goes off to his home in the jungle which marks the end of the main street and has to be very carefur that a tiger does not spring upon him from the bushes or a dark shadow leoking like a tree branch sudden!y. come to life as a huge anaconda searching for a pleasant supper. 1 got my first hint of this tragic but fascinating case from a very casual eonversation with the conductor of a 73â€"H .St. Catherine St., E., Mo Fenclose 12 conts for one year‘s €ORCY RMEROTDERY JOURNAL 79.1f . St. Catherine St., E., Montreal Jungle Breath 100 new wad attractive FEmbroidery designs for HotaFrow transfer pat« teras and stamped goods. The most valuable paper of its kind for all the latest ideas on Embroidâ€" ery and other kinds of Fancy Work, Eim broidery m-..c.-nh.â€"a: aud other instructive informat most interesting to the practical house wile« % There are many viluable things for the gift season. Sixteen interestint@ pages showing 15,000 women all over Canada are receiving their copice regularly, why not you? Remember it ..u.uyu-‘ry... to get your copy cach mon Cut your coupon and send in your 12¢ toâ€"day! ISSUE No, 48â€"‘29 ‘ble from anyone left in 1 of anywhere else for that 0 could tell me anything. by h Ben Lucien Burman ety as 1. Beâ€" 3 DEaF Iroad carrying ‘that . \er . . bag of You‘re lettin> it Crag the ground <«ther fort." Yes, every other foc The Brazilian shrugged his shomnâ€" ders apathetically. â€" "No fright you," he mumbled thickly. ©"Why Frascito fright you? . Tell truth, Frascito alâ€" ways.teil truth. . Anybody:come here Porto Verde big fool. Bad people here. Murder. Theengs here. Evil theengs, Theengs which kill. One month, one peeplcs. Two months, two peopl?; Three months, three peoples, And how 7 Knows nobody. â€" Kill more peoples two, in the tragedy, not because his arrival in itself is important, but because it happened to coincide with events that began to mark the case‘s climeax, He was a little man of perhaps 65 or 70, with a sleepy, kindiy look in his round brown eyes, one of the few features of his gentle face which could be seen, for the rest was much obâ€" secured by heavy nose glasses, The lower part oi his head was bordered by a slight fringe of beard, very seanty, but whose well kept apbearance showâ€" ed his pride of ownership. His quick, rather jerky movements, as he got off the steamboat that chugged into Posto Verde, betrayed him at once as a man more, . You #a fljnu"o Liniment] relieves stiffmess. niis surroundimg the valiey in which lay the town, showed a field plowed with an English plow, fenced with Amâ€" erican fence; but everywhere else, beâ€" hind, in front, in back, beside, wherâ€" ever man‘s nand had stopped, was jungle, green, dank, poisonous, a mon+ strous infinitéâ€"legged octopus, waiting only till the intruder‘s vigor had.slackâ€" ened for an instant, when it would ho nex tio de . rom there deadly Bvazilian rattlesnake;_ d across the road for a frog or han leon on the other side; if he chanced be a native and left a pet goat out his yard ene night, he might wake in the morning and find nothing t the bloody tracks of a great ouma. | Around his neck ke wore a string of ‘human teeth which probably reresentâ€" ed at least four victories over his jungle enemics; if spoken to he could only answer with a geries of grunts. Next door to the shop which displayed the watch was a store where, if one had a little money and knew the proâ€" prietor, he could enter a back room and These he could buy it be felt so !nâ€" These he could buy f hs felt so inâ€" anese ke couid buy i ns ies so inâ€" ¢lined, though the transaction must be & trifle surreptitious for the traffic is banned by the goverrment in farâ€"of Rio de Janeivo. ned ior a art ou% its He wiped It was a city of contrasts. Here was m shop where for‘ outrageous prices could be bought American soap, razors, chewing gum or a single secondâ€"hand watch; across the street from it was the uneseapable American cinema where the latest exploits of the kings of Hollywood waited ail who had the necessary number of reis. But beâ€" tween these two buildings walked a huge black savage whose only clothing was:a bréechâ€"clout and whose ears were pierced and lobe# widened until they could hold heavy stee} orna#hents as big as saucers, Like so many of these tropeal cities, Ith settlement seemed to exhaust its }mrgi- on one or two buildings, makâ€" )ing these magnificert and letting the rest manage for themselves as best they might. ‘There was a splendid municipal building that would have been a credit to a city ten times its size, built of a sort of red volcanie rock abundant in the region; a very creditâ€" able theatre which every man, woman and child in town must @pparently visit every night to prevent a dreadful deficit; a fair hotel, and beyond that nothing but shacks of every descripâ€" tion,+ shacks of wood, of battered pleces of tin, and even of thatched rushes, in whose every door fat negro women sat grinding corn or shouting affectionately at their naked children laying in the mud. ‘ e contrast exte . Here â€"and @ phoo s own once more e eascavel, the beaut Brazilian . rattlesnak he road for a frog of he other side: if he ch to New York." mient @â€"point as any at gin the story is with the ne of the prineipal} actors dy, not because his arvrival important, but because it coincide with events that )02 ralate~ handkerchief. r . .‘ frighten me any ie your energies for Ner . . bag of mine. all your gicomy evriously, I would tately eity building, | whose : sidewalk hadt ate of Washington,; at a great pawma. rded to the landâ€" here on the low e%:fley in which d a field plowed ° because it events that climex, perhaps 65 would see at avutiful .and naket _ dash head with r even‘an ep speakâ€" ements old me Quite. " 1?;" the neckline R * The basis ‘ed by model is the 2RIY) 0 tieular attent showâ€"| inctheback f ‘1‘;‘2‘3 skiPt. _ This o n Posto | Cord with _ t iÂ¥ uite.; material of the d. 1} it for the long g to| tunic for afterne inly | the.circular gep‘ r.. .| odge of the prin Not) ag an. effective_ . er| skirt fare, * * ®* jits formal ( ked | simple whe + * Mongâ€"sleeved "Ce:| ed with a °"i the upper ; k Land uniting To Fot its skirt. ing| Two mate gan| combine in hoâ€"| the upper ; anu | tha new en girls of the boarding school and colâ€" lege type, the afternoon tunic with glseves and round neck is popular in gimple ‘"pullâ€"over" fashion. ~IA largâ€" €r sizes there is a preference for a more sophisticate,. _ poeckline, the tunic closing invisibly at the left side. This allows more freedom in putting on the afternoon turic and does not disarrange the colffure as does a garâ€" ment of the "pullover‘" type. This convenient side opening can also exâ€" tend to the hipline, insuring a snugâ€" ness not (otherwise possible. . The closing can be made a decorative fea ture of the dress with jeweled _lhlk1 buttons or tiebows at neck, waist and hipline, ‘The slanting, @@ symâ€" metrical neckline is particularly be coming for the dreasy afternoon tfln}‘f{‘ with long side open‘iug,; ontlined by & In <experimenting â€"with models ~of this type, it has been found that in ‘he soâ€"called â€" "junior" ~sizes, including Two materials are well adapted to ; ! combine in such a model, satin fortb the upper part and chiffen, lace or{|®© the new coarseâ€"meshed net for the| t faring skirt "finished anrd peplum.{ 2 This combination of fabrics makes it posgible to repeat (the transparent material of the flared skivrt Ry.using| . it for the loug sleeves of the antlni C tunic for afternoon wear and also to;" te the.cirenlar gep‘um which fnishes the| t edge of the princess tunic and ;ggveg"p ag an effeciive comploment to the| U Still another ‘"trick" dress â€" has been evaived by an ingenious designâ€" er, theâ€" dual purpose of this model being effected by an easy transition from formal eveming gown to equaliy formal afternoon dress. As both these types of attire now follow the princess. contour, with elosely, moldâ€" ed bips aud deeply flared skirt. with elongated back, the important details of difference between evening and afterpoon formality are confired to the neckline and sleeves. F The basis for this combination model is the evening dress, with parâ€" ticwlar attention ‘given to the downâ€" inâ€"theback feature of the fiaring skirt. . This is the line that is to asâ€" cord with the ‘lower edge ofthe princess tunilc which slips over the‘ sleeveless eveninig gown and co’ncealll its formal decolletage. _ The idea is simple when . once understood, the‘ longâ€"sleeved, closeâ€"fitting tunic, fnishâ€" ed with a flaring ‘peplum, covering] the upper part of the evening gown and uniting gracefully with the flare! you see. Give Frascito tip for tell you this. Hub?" . * The newcomer hesitated, put his }hand into his pocket and, drawing out a coin, gave it toâ€"his gloomy servitor. They. reached the hotel from whose brick wals the plaster and paint had begun to fally and entered. The newâ€" comer wrote inâ€"a tiny, very legible hand "Lincoin Nunnally, Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S.A." ; saw his luggage safely depositedâ€"in his room, took out. a package of drtistically labeled cigarâ€" ets of a mildness. which a teamster t New Style Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Furnished with Every Pattern _ _ By Annebelle Worthington « XYHAT Proves Useful Rew VYVorfe 2908 itinued. ) WVWUNT AMTITV HOW TO ORDER PATTERXS. Write your name and address plainâ€" ly, giving number and sizs of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by an early mail. Crossâ€"stitching is decorative© and original for millinery, and quite simâ€" ple to work. Embroidery silk or fine wool may be used. Here there is opâ€" portunity for attractive blending of gay â€" colors. The model "is in string colored felt with embroidery in nasturtinm shades, which would also look well on the faskionable dark brown:> bright blue and violet Mihard‘s Liatiment for Coughs. en You‘ll adore this geometric pximi in silk crepe in new tete de negre shade in combination=with tobacco brown, which shade zun again in bows at neckline an? ip in sheer (velvet. The collar is in the tete de 'nefro shade plain silk crer. * _ It is one of thos wearable dresses «that meets almost any daytime occa-‘ «sion. An economical choice !or; carly Fall wear. b leaving the edge without need of a binding, so that a model that is oth erwise becoming but has too wide or too uneven a brim, can quickly~be altered to suit the purchaser. Felt‘is the easiest material for the amateur to work on, as a good quality does not bend out of shape when handled as straw might, or | show marks dike velvet. . Most felts may be cut with aâ€"pair of sharpiscissors, »ew women manre {helr own Aais nowadays, but many like to. trim them at home, and so obtain an in dividual touch not always easy to find on moderately priced, readyâ€"toâ€" wear models. Felt is still one of fashion‘s . favorite fabrics, and is much worn between seasons and for sports, Shades for autumn and winâ€" temare deep and rich, and include bot tlegreen, prune, black, dark brown, and crot-b'lue. 4. * » Few women make nowadays, but many them at home, and s dividual touch not a find on moderately j Canton c}-epâ€"e‘,";la-i'r_';“sil'k‘ cr;pe,; wool crepe, crepe Elizabeth, crepe Roma and gcorgette crepe agpropriâ€" ate. Trimming the : Style 2908 is designed: in sizes 16, 118 years, 36 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. In the medium size, it takes but 3& yards of 39â€"inch material with yard of 27â€"inch contrasting Ia)x;d 214 yards of sheer velvet ribâ€", m. % ‘ It‘s stunning in black crepe satin and so serviceable. The collar may be made of reverse of crepe or of plain white, silk crepe to carry out the fashionable black and white theme, with bows of black sheer velvet. } . One of the @dvantages of such a itwo-puypose dress is that wher an ‘ahernoon entértainment develops inâ€" o an evening party it is ‘only necesâ€" sary to slip off the tunic and one is in formal evening â€" dress, .The shop. featuring this model in an upâ€"toâ€"date storeâ€" window display made the most of this point one manikin appearing in afternoon attire with dressy turbin to match; the other in formal evenâ€" ing dress, the discarded princess tunic laid over a chair.~ At an evenâ€" ing party, the opera or theatre, this superfious garment awould be suitably handed to the cloakroom atfemianf.‘ . As both aspects of this combinaton| frock are formal,â€"it in no wa‘y reâ€"| sembles the informai dinmer jacket €nsemble of last year, although the tunic can be as easily donned or reâ€" moved as was the little jacket. 3s in oneâ€"piece at back ; front in two!| sections with right side overlapping in â€" diagonal â€"line â€"to waistline.) Sleeves afe set into armholes andl collar stitched at neckline. I «_A twoâ€"piece hip yoke inserted beâ€" tween waist and crcular faring skirt, molds the hipline and maked« it suitâ€" able for women of average full figâ€" ure, _ It is so easily made. The bodice soft Jabot.. The material for the afternoon tuuic should be sufficiently thick to concedl the. line of the dé colletage of the sleeveless evening gown that serves as its foundation. The long sleeves, of matching co‘jor, are ustally tran@parent,â€"this type of sleeve beifig especially suited both to home and restavurant dining. S I/ WEARING: TORONTO Ribbon and ‘Crossâ€"Stitch PS Felt Hat is used a effec» is simâ€" way‘ of Millinery bows are usually made by folding.one or more strips of ribâ€" bon for the loops and ends, and put ting a separate piece round for the center knot. Flat bows should: be pressed before being sewn to the hat. The hat can be smartened by. pressâ€" ing with a fairly bot iron. Fold a clean cloth into a pad, and hold the hat over this in the pa‘m of the left hand, press. carefully, beginning on the crown and turning as necessary. are good on black, and oyster gray with the new ink “luc. We Want Poultry TOP PRICES PAID Write For Quotations The Harris Abattoir Co., Limited St, Lawrence Market « Toronto (2), Ont. U Pressing and Lining EPASPIRIN All thatshower andsun can giveâ€"in fragrance ‘Fresh from the gardens‘ * iA iJ ‘Blf‘ru ‘ m- B\ A 7 Cop‘e are often too patient with pain. &4 Suflgrlnwhentbemhnomedwml- *%) fer. Shopping with a head that throbs. Working tEough tmwl_ennover. _fir_zd‘ Aspirin would bring them im« Need leo s s L RK RBG. eomfort. But if pain is of frequent mmnd«pt:thuhiham h‘Reafihequva&i'forM. colds, easing a sore throat; relieving headaches and the pains of neuralsi Tow s al fNnT so it :i:: ou can count on comfort. " Buy "If Souit o To aiek e s n ied 4 postpone relief Sm n The Best time to take Aspirin i Yety miment you hot o im FPeople are often too patient with pain. To make a hbead lining measure the circumference of the crown, and «at a gtrip of thin silk on the bias about two inches longer, to allow for turnings and easy fitting, and 5% incbee deep.. Seam the ends together, and make a narrow hem on one edge, turn in the other and stitch to the hat. Then run a draw string through the hem, and tie at a suitable length. Cut a square of silk to cover the opening, elip insidé and stick or tack it invisibly to the crown.â€"Christian Stience Monitor. Hate that are out of sBa be improved in this way. postpone relief until the pain has aln out of shape can often eneque, % To minimize the risk from frauduâ€" lent cheques observe this rule: Don‘t gash any cheque unless you know the holder or unless he is identified by a person you know.â€"Business Week. The general klowledge‘dasa had been discussing forms of government. The weary teacher at length proâ€" pounded the question: >"We!, Simpâ€" gon, what is the difference between a King and a Presigent?" "Please, sir, aA King.is the son of his {ather, but « President isn‘t.". A similar racket was worked on institutions. The fake certifica stamp and the forged signature v ®o cleverly executed that no one c determine Which was the legitn Business runs on cheques, There is so much honest paper that it is easy forâ€"impostures to get into the comâ€" mercial stream, What is more corâ€" vinting than a certified cheque" Obâ€" serve how easy it is Zor a clever crook to maxe use of such paper: A Mr. Morrison opened an account in a Buffalo bank. An accomplice using the name Le Moyne opened accounts in five other banks. To create confiâ€" dence, good cheques were drawn againstâ€"each account orer a period of several weeks, Morrison then issued a certified cheque to Le Moyne for $2,700, almost his entive balance. The cheque was certified. Five exact copics were faked upâ€"each bearing the *orgâ€" ed signature of the issuing bank offâ€" clal. One of these was deposited in each of Le Moyne‘s five banks, 1e Moyne then drew trom each bank $2,â€" 100. He was paid without question since he had deposited cértified cheques bearing signatures with which the t<!â€" lers were familiar, Not satisfied with the $10,500 which they got from the five batke, Morrigon took Le Moyne into the first bank and identified him so that he could a‘so get money on the originalâ€"heque. ° »~ , _ OPINIONS ‘ We receive great eatisfaction from the opinion of some preeminence in ourselves, when we see the absurditics of another, or whq‘:’ we reflect on any past absurdities of bur own.â€"Addison. Filling stations suffer much fr« these deceptions* A man with a v man anrdâ€" perhaps a child, will dri up and order ten gallons of gas. paymeht he countersigns one of } travelers‘ cheques and receives t change. Many good travelers‘ chequ are used in this way; and fake on often get by just as well. dore &1 A popular variation is the counterâ€" feit travelers‘ cheque. These imitaâ€" tions are excell@ y engraved, with impoSing serial humbers and signaâ€" tures, and are cuslied after the manâ€" ner of cheques issued by the Am#®rican You may pasfi 40 bad cheques, but as Jong as you hold down the amount to $10 for each yo can only be tried for a misdemsaror. Again, you canâ€" not be extradited from one state to anâ€" other unless the amount of a single fraudulent cheque is as much as $100. You may pass 40 bad cheques for $90 without that risk. An "ebony gentlieman wearing. the uniform of a Pullman porter bought a purple sack suit from a Des Moincs ciothier. The price was $85, The cusâ€" tomer fumbled inside his coat and proâ€" duced a cheque. "Da‘s my pay cheque," eaid he. "Jos‘ u&ft and take out fo‘ de suit." merchant looked from the hor. est black face to the equally frank countenance of the cheque, The name Pullman Company was printed conâ€" vincingly at the top. The amount was $95. It was payable to Robert Bartlet, Fingers again fumbled inside the uniform coat. They emerged with a Fullman badge and an ornate marâ€" ricge certificate. The merchant acâ€" epted the chequ> and forgot the tran«â€" action till he got a concise notice. The Pullman Company repudiated Robert Bartlâ€"t and his chegqre. The paper awas a fraud. _ The clothier learned that he was one actim. among many. . Gangs using counterfeit Pualman cheques and neâ€" } groes of a guiléless expression have secured $170,00¢. Surety companiecs class cheque frauds as the fastest growing rime in the cs:try. Losses are estimated at $220,003,000 every year. The increase is about 20 per cent. annuaily. Many states are making it harder and hardâ€" er for the criminal with a gun. Thereâ€" Such fake cheques are counterfeited it modest prin« shops. An operator known as the "scratcher" #orges the name of the paymaster on the proper spot. The ‘layer down" takes the paper and sells it (for so much per cheque) to the "passer." It is the la«t who eashes in with credulous merâ€" chants. Pay cheque: of Bell Telephone companies and many other prominent concerns are counterfeited in this same manner. j art crooks are rurning to paber On Increase and llion ve Sun