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$ WOl'ld 10n Bort n What is it that makes us all so inâ€" terested in mimicry? When a child mimics his elders we are instantly amused, and even a poor imitation of a colebrity, so long as it makes the orlgzinal in some degree recognizazble, excites our smiles. ‘ Max BReerbohm in one of his essays expressed the opinion that "Mimicry is a form of criticism," and it is barely possible that this implication may be ona of the reasons why one person cleverly mimicking another has the same universal appeal a« a good cartâ€" Shybird Imitates Cracking Whip and Buzz of Saw Australian Lyre ! crept forward and peered h the angled undergrowth I saw hâ€"ruffted and angry kookoburra « about on the bare limb of a zum" tree. Now and then he slop to gaze down at something middle of a small clearing and «lance followed his I saw a magâ€" ! speciment of a lyre bird parâ€" ip and dowg. Then suddenly I ‘ lyre bird stand still and give olutely perfect imitation of the uzh that belongs, strictly speakâ€" y to kuokaburras. imitation was not at all pleasâ€" ‘he "jJackass,‘ and after a tooblo‘ forced laugh himself, he flew I observers of bird life are unâ€" impression that it is a very thing for a lyre birdto imitate thter of a kookaburra, but on islon direct evidence to the was placed before me. years ago I was wandering ‘y through the thickest part scrub one winter‘s day (midâ€" you please) when I suddenly what seemed to be a violent sardonic laughter going on beâ€" wo kookaburas. lohnson once said to Boswell: : a good mimic requires great great acuteress of observaâ€" zreat retention of what is obâ€" b L r, to quote Mr. Chisholm ©: "In spite of all ghoulish n for the sake of its tail the lyre bird is happily still ; in New South Wales." ‘s a bird in the Australian d the kookaburra, the giant )f the kingfisher family. It mately known all over the s the "laughing jackass," as proud possessor of a wild, urst which resembles more + laughter of a human being hing in the animal kingdom. b M Uk th corded that when Captain his men first landed in the itinent they were surroundâ€" Ireds of these glorious creaâ€" ver having seen white men birds saw no reason for disâ€" ‘em. Alas for their confiâ€" ie sailors clubbed them by ds and pretty soon the curio ‘ London were flooded with ul tails of these antipodecan Is Master Mimic one tribute to his prowess the famous Australian ornâ€" Alec H. Chisholim: d is too difficult for this ‘produce. _ In the case of usical notes, it is an exact m of the originals, while of harsh nature it is highly reâ€" tion. The swish of a coach hip and the sound of saw perfect deceptions, and the one bird‘s notes into those and the rendeffhg of two imultaneously are nothing arvelous. lyre biid .« one thing. Seeâ€" i another, but unfortunately ty of mankind has caused ome the shyest birds of all lian bush. \ 1a d great pliancy of organs to what is observed." r, though I do pay homage iumans who delight their by so accurately impersonatâ€" s and express my thorâ€" reciation of their powers, pels me to state without »1 that they are simply not on compared to a friend of in my opinion, is the best ho world. \ e accused of introducing an note of comparison, let mo‘ at my gifted "friend" hapâ€" i bird, known to ornitholoâ€" »nura Superba and to orâ€" as the superb lyre bird of Wales, South Queensland jungles."â€"P. W, of Ragson Tatters rises to romark: "Ever since ma bought one of them Always Too Much of Pain There will always be on sarth The ancient pain of human birth; Always the sad release of breath At endless horizons of death; And men will always have to pay The toll on nature‘s perilous way. No progress can evade the urge Of earthquake and volcanic surge. Yot why permit war‘s Judas knifo To snap the precious cord of life? Why must our factoryâ€"horded slaves Droop cold and ragged to their graves? Why let : 1ch bitter acid steat Through wounds that kinder men would heal, Kinder men who clear the sod For the commonwealth of God? â€"Lucia Trent. Enameled Wll'e e e e h Modern "Health Ware"., Watch for the familiar McClary label. Ware for cooking baby‘s food. It is so simple to clean . . . so easy to keep sanitary and free from germs. It cannot stain. There is no metal surface exâ€" posed to the food. Nothing to absorb moisture, flavors nor A Heolth Product of GENERAL STEEL WARES TAKE NO CHANCES WITH BABY! Cook Her Food in the "Health W are" S t i l 1 Owl Laffs . 31â€"‘30 BACHELOR Minard‘s Liniment Hor husband‘s name is John, and he stays at home every night néw and sleeps with one eye open add a reâ€" volver under his pillow. , A vacation is half anticip@tion and the other half changing tires A woman cured har husband of stayâ€" ing out late at night by going t the door when he came home and ‘whisâ€" pering through the keyhole, "It that you, Willie?"‘ Blessed are the poor. just keep on working aad a cold wéars off instead of knocking off for a week, Some women contrive to look ,oung, others dyo in the attempt, $ When a girl tells you you‘re Gifferâ€" ent, you know shes‘ not, £ It was a cold and stormy night, There was no £..0 in the furnace. They were sitting all alone in the living room. She had no coat. Neither did ho. They shuddered to think of how cold they might have been. The world likes a good loser,. osâ€" pecially if somebody else ;ets someâ€" thing out of it. Many a man who says he was driven to drink was headed that way of his own accord. There‘s nothing good or bad but custom makes it so. Hisâ€""Uh huh, and remember it‘s lip year," Himâ€""My, what a nice mouth you have." You may talk about your "nifty dogs" And cute calves all you please; But me, I am contented with A little peek a‘ knees. Judgeâ€""Have you any proof he hit you in the eye?" Another thing no girl should fail to put plenty of in her hope chest is patience. She‘ll need it badly before she is married three months. Prisonerâ€""Why here it is in Black and White." If you thing toâ€"morrow never comes just make a note at the bank due then and see. Maybe the only trouble with busiâ€" ness the last fow months is that it has forgotten all about Cous. Oiledâ€""Because the motorman‘s a nonâ€"conductor." Oliveâ€""Why can‘t lightning strike the front end oi a street car?" When some girls break off a match they try to make light of it. Everything comes out in the washâ€" including the buttons. newfangled cabinet furnaces, I never know whether I am pouring coal in the phonograph or putting a jazz reâ€" cord in th‘ heatrola. Automatically Speaking Laundry Work ry night n6w and | ye open add a reâ€"| lHow. , | n rnermas w If anticipdtion and | iging tir | en _4 removes Warts. l & & t h Cigar 1 PCOW ECCC TTE MCVE MREYOGE MIVUT L | and the exterior of the base will be’ Many people, two hours after cating, ' nickel and black up to the third floor,| °UNer indigestion as they call it. It is Its heightâ€"505 feetâ€"will be °m'l usually excess acid. Correct it with !phaslzed by the use of black spanâ€"! ° alkali. The best way, the quick, o drols, sc ‘ harmless and efficient way, is Phillips‘ | o# > Milk of Magnesia. It has remained | _ A small boy was attending church | for 50 years the standard with physiâ€" , for the first time. When the collect. Clans. ~One spoonful in water neutralâ€" ing plate came roud, he said, politely,‘ izes many times its Â¥olums in stomâ€" "No, thank you. I have money of my &th acids, and at once. The sympâ€" owan." toms disappear in five minutes. At the first sign of illness during the hot weather give the little one Baby‘s Own Tablets or in a few hours he may be beyond ald. These Tablets | will prevent summer complaint if given occasionally to the well child, and will promptly relieve these trouâ€" bles if they come on suddenly. Baby‘s Own Tablets should always be kept |1n every home where there are young | children. ‘There is no other medicine as good and the mother has the guarâ€" antee that they are absolutely safe. They are sold by all druggists or by mail at 25 cents per box, by The Dr. , Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The effect will be of an entirely "shadowless" structure of extreme simplicity, depending entirely upon masses and proportion to give an imâ€" pression of dignity and grace. Conâ€" trasts will be attained by the use of white enamel anl black brick, albaâ€" rene stone and black granite, approâ€" priately relieved with silver metal, and the exterior of the base will be nickel and black up to the third floor. Its heightâ€"505 feetâ€"will be om-( phasized by the use of black spanâ€" drels. Fioxtpents 2 ‘ New Yorkâ€"An unusual note in architecture is planned for a new office building by Kenneth Sranzheim, architect, by having the window panes even with the exterior surface of the walls and omitting all entablaâ€" tures, cornices, architraves, pediments and similar ornamental features, acâ€" cording to a recent announcement. | To a Bluebell Even Kings are not immune from traffic accidents, as Alfonso of Spain found in London when a slip of a girl in a twoâ€"seater car bumped his auto and kept him late for a luncheon apâ€" | pointment with King George and I Queen Mary, No doubt the lady gave his Majesty a piece of her mind for being in her way; the women drivers I do thatâ€"bless them! ‘I gaze into your bells of bive , So delicate of form and hue, + ‘ That here within this quiet dell, Bring yearnings that I cannot tell; | A yearning deep to feel and know The touch of Him who formed thee so. And when the soft wind wakes and New Office Building swells The muscle of they magic bells, There springs within this soul of mine A song almost as sweet as thine. And then it is you seem to me A part of God‘s eternity; â€" A favored flower, thou art by choice A messenger, "the still small voice," That with the song of natur~ rhymes The morning and the evening chimes That call me from my house of sod To walk upon the hills with God. â€"William Dovey. mmer â€" Complaints Kili Little Ones to be "Shadowless" each A golden dazzle like a glimmering star, Each broader, bigger than a silver crown; While here the weaver sat, his labor done, Watching his azure pets and rearing them, * Until they seem‘d to know his step and touch, ‘ And stir beneath his smile like living things: The very sunshine loved them, and would lie Here happy, coming early, lingoring late, Because they were so fair. â€"Robert Buchanan, in "Hugh Sutherâ€" land‘s Pansies." A tall man can, according to one exâ€" pert, stand more intoxicating drink than a short one. Have Minard‘s Liniment on your shelf. Here they grew, From blue to deeper blue, in midst of What is needed is a bloodâ€"builder to give her vitality to perform her everyâ€" day duties, Such a bloodâ€"builder is Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills, of which Mrs. Jos. L. Corbin, Moncton, N.B., says: "I was weak; badly run down; houseâ€" work was a burden and I was greatly depressed. Dr. Williams‘ !nk Pills were recommended and by the time I had taken half a dozen boxes I was fully restored to health and strength."‘ You can get these Pills through any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr, Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The work of the average woman in the home makes greater demands on her vitality than she realizes, Long hours, care of children and home is the ‘daily grind. No wonder she is depressed; that she suffers from headâ€" aches and is run down. The Chamber may also be asked to make the "coup de grace" obligatory, by which the attending doctor would inject a mortal poison before allowing the. body to be placed in the bier. ihere «.e other means sometimes M |0 IRISâ€"ALL I')II'FERE&T. SELISCTâ€" 4 ED from choice varieties onlyâ€"good used to make certain of death, one ol!i healthy _ stockâ€"$1.00 postpaid. " w _ J them being to hold a flame to the feet. | F rward, Iroquois, Ont. Another suggestion is that invisible letters written on paper with lead aceâ€" tate be held close to the nose of the subject. If the hidden letters appear, the body is without life, for the sulâ€" phydric gas emanating from the body will have a chemical effect on the lead. There «.e other means sometimes used to make certain of death, one of The injection of a small quantity of ether, If the body is dead the ether will come out. If there is life it will be absorbed. The injection of flouâ€" resceine in small doses. It is not toxic, and if life is not extinct the whole body will take a greenish tint. Weak Ed%ressed | f ‘French to Prevent | _ Burial of Living Dr. Dedvieux, of the Medicalâ€"Legal Institute, chief coroner of France, oxâ€" plained to the Chamber that there are means of telling whether life is exâ€" tinct. Among the simplest, he sugâ€" gested: In introducing the project before the Chamber the Deputies contend that one person in every 500 buried is alive when lowered into the grave. They cited particularly the case of Abbe Prevost, composer and author of "Manon Lescaut," who was about to be buried when one of the burial party saw a slight muscular moveâ€" ment. Many French doctors adhere to the theory that it is impossible for at least two days to tell the difference between a dead body and that of a person in a cataleptic state. They sugâ€" gest that before the burial of any body a poison be injected to make sure. 35 Doctors Shape Measure Requiring â€" Scientific Proof of Death Paris.â€"Thirtyâ€"five doctors in the French chamber of Deputies are pre paring a law for the verification of death by medicalâ€"scientific means be fore allowing burial. According to these doctors, there have been many cases in the past of the burial of livâ€" ing persons, who only appeared to be dead. TORONTO Too ACID Be sure to get the genuine Phillips‘‘ F_ veqmmzalé >o 3 Milk of Magnesia prescribed by physiâ€" ‘d"'%%‘fi mfw clans for 50 years in correcting excess other women about your medicine."â€" acids. Each bottle contains full direc= Mas. Gus Arsenavur, 82 Albert Streek, tionsâ€"any drugstore. | Moncton, New Brunswick. You will never use crude methods when you know this better method. And you will never suffer from excess acid when you prove out this easy reâ€" lief. Please do thatâ€"for your own sakeâ€"now, "The cusomer complains that this | sandwich is too small." "Put it on a‘ smaller plate and take it back." For winter feeding of wild birds place suet, sunflower seeds, and grains of corn where they will not be covered with snow. That child whose mother is a golt widow and its father a bridge widower is like to become a divorce orphan. _ money quickly, taking orders for the most beautiful line of Personal Christmas Greeting Cards ever shown in Canada. Write for particulars. Regal Art Co., 312 Spadina Ave., Toâ€" ronto. gTarr now â€" you 4& 16, with new 22 H.P. Evinrude mo. tor, all in perfect condition, very fast, absolutely safe,. splendid fishing boat, has special sedan top; owner getting larger model. Now lo© .ed on Georgian Bay. Wilson Publishing Co. 73 Adelaide Feeding Our Wild Birds Revn Rose TEA â€"_ be very hapgy. . May we invite you. to try Red Rose Tea ? h“fifi RED Roiet ReD LAgEL. 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"A religion, like a nation, is saved not by the wars it wins, but by the children it breeds."â€"Dr. Will Durant. Thinning Hair Stimulate your scalp and prevent dandruff _ by _ massaging _ with Minard‘s. It give hair new lustre. BABIES are Upset + a tw N