The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

"I am so glad you‘ve come," she cried. "It‘s been terrible just waitâ€" ing here expecting every minute to "They‘re round in front, under the trees," Adam informed Aim, Together they made their way to the front of the building where Scylla stood, bewildered and excited, with the driver, both watching anxiously for their arrival s 248 a bubbln fg:::":g{:f.;z::f- Andppm Lare (a)s oggh ol( the bu "I1 suppose it was the hunchback that lit the fire," suggested Adam, in order to change the subject. "And yet you ventured to the top of the stairs in order to pull me out! I daresay you expected to hear a roar of exploding gases at any moment, while I never expected anything of the kind, had no imagination to deâ€" ter me from finding out what it was that was smoking. Different men are brave, if you call it that, in different ways. It takes the Meriston Rays, apparently, to nrove all men cowâ€" ards," answered â€" Professor Stariing neatly, * occasional glassâ€"once or twice each woekâ€"and you‘ll stay perfectly fit. Get Andrews now. Small tin, 35¢; Large tin, 60¢; Extra large bottle, 75¢c. Proprietors, Scott & Turner Ltd., Newcastleâ€"uponâ€"Tyne, Eng. * _ When you feel like a Tog and iour muscles tire easily, it‘s more thafh likely that wastes that shouldn‘t be in your body are sending out poisons NQ PEP ? "I beg your pardon, sir," said Adam, by now thoroughly abashed. "You‘re a far braver man than I. Td never have had the pluck to venture into that cellar." "Lack of observation before action, that‘s all. Lots of people behave like that and are publicly congratulated for it. I assure you. You see, not beâ€" ing in such a hurry as you very jusâ€" tiflably allowed yourselt to be, 1 was able to observe things correctly, things like smoke coming up some atep:, and to deal with them effecâ€" tively," "What a fool I am," said Adam sinâ€" cerely, "There‘s something very precipitate about you tonight, Meriston," he com. plained at last, moving back a few tentative paces towards the doomed building until he was brought up against Adam‘s outstretched arm, "I think I have always tried to impress on you the importance of never actâ€" ing except on ascertained facts. Now in this case the facts are: firstly, that there are two cans of petrol in the cellar; secondly, that there was, until I extinguished it, a heap of blazâ€" ing straw. It still manages to smoke rather violently, but that if one of the characteristic; of burning sraw, you know. The petrol would have been about a quarter of an hour before it‘ exploded, that is it I had not removed the cans to a position of safety, But| really, when you have worked on high explosives as much as I have you will not worry much about the effects of four gallons of unvaporized petrol." The man turns out to be Adams employerâ€"Corville Perkin. Adam, in his private hours . experiâ€" ments with shortâ€"wave wireless, Walking homeward, Adam is nearly run down by a large swift car. Me caulls on IPriscillia Norval. Mer father recounts the history of Bve antione chairs he possesses. Adam is extremely puzzled over the conmnection _ of Corville Perkin _ and Montada who wants the antique chairs. Then Priscilla is spirited away. Adam _ Meriston, a â€" farmer‘s son, articled to a solicktor, makes a brave but unsuccessful attempt to thwart three thieves in a bagâ€"snatching raid The bag ‘was torn from the hands of a &girl who explains that it contains the day‘s takings of her father‘s shop. e attempts to track the thieves and reaches an old _ warehouse. Adam enters the building while the girl watches the door. Suddenly hbe hears footsteps. B ie io io To i ts Ap e t dn y l io t io ty ty y ty N e t t iy t ty ty ty y ty l y y ts ty ty y l ts ts e es ts ty ty t ts n FIVE CROOKED CHAIRS sYXOPSIS By FAREMAN WELLS The Professor turned smilingly to} other po Adam. "The first time this evenhx]"l'n afra that I‘ve really felt it safe to take‘ inviting my hat off," he remarked whlmslcal-! nounced. ly, flourishing the hat with his free Just as they were sitting down to supJer there came a knock at the door, Adam went to open it On the pavement stood Professor Starling, his neat overcoat bulging like that of a poacher. "I wonder if I might accept that invitation now, and come in for a few minutes," he asked apolâ€" Bgetica@. "’6an & flely m!l:qtfi'." "Come in, sir," cried Adam, taking upon himself the position of master there. And as the scientific expert E?gg_xed past him in the passage, he led out to thise within: "Professor Starlingâ€"Mr. Norval!" ine men silent from the very fullness of their hearts. Scylla, though no less fullâ€"hearted, was by no means to be denied her horrified measure of complaint at the state of their doâ€" mestic _ arrangements. ‘‘You are neither of you fit to be léft without a woman to look after you," was her verdict. "I too have something to tell you, but my news will keep until tomorâ€" row," said Norval, when he had heard their story.. "I expect you young people could do with some supper." The three of them joined in the preparation of that impromptu mea!, the men silent from the very fullness of their hearts. Sevila thonek na few minutes earlier of a hired car. | The weary sounding feet of Mr, Norval were heard dragging along the passage within. There was a fumâ€" bling at the latch, and the door swung open, The man‘s grey face lighted with an intense light. <He leaned against the wall and collapsed gradually to the floor. Adam raised him and bore him into the sittingâ€" room, where the two applied themâ€" selves to revive him.. Very soon he was able to sit up and listen to their story, his arm clasping his daughter to him in very much the same fervid manner as had Adam‘s own arm a VALDAMONTE APPEARS Professor Starling was invited to enter the house in Cavendish Street before which the hired car pulled up. "Thank you, I will not come in just yet," he answered tactfully. Then he handed something to the driver, "I think you earned it after all," he reâ€" marked benevolently. "Piease drive Me to the nearest public house." The car pulled smoothly away as Adaln‘ knocked at the side door. ‘ He took his time, and for two people at least, the two who occupied the back seat and sat with their arms about each other, whispering, he could not have taken too long. What they found to say to one another only those who have been in similar cirâ€" cumstances can imagine, and for others a report in detail would sound quite unbelievably absurd, so* imbeâ€" cile in their happiness can reâ€"united lovers be.. % "In that case I don‘t think it‘s any good our trying to catch them. They must have realized by now that they have failed in whatever it is they are attempting, and doubtless they are more concerned with avoiding the consequences of their failure at the moment. You may take your time on the way back, driver." "Looks as if they‘d got away in the coupe, sir," answered the driver, ’ "Now don‘t let us have all that over again," protested the little man in an aggrieved voice, "It was only necessary to realize that they were not likely to be able to produce a very thorough explosion in the few minutes‘ start that Mr. Perkin had of us, even if the idea of an explosion bad entered my mind, It just occurâ€" red to me that the bunchback fellow had set the place on fire, when he came creeping back from the cellar stairs with smoke indisputably creepâ€" ing after him. It‘s fairly easy to put a fire out if you don‘t wait to let it get a proper hold, Actually it was very easy indeed. By the way, did anyone see what happened to out friend Perkin and his associated bandits * "‘There isn‘t going to be any exâ€" plosion after all," Adam explained to put her mind at rest. "The Profesâ€" sor put it out, a thing that would never have occurred to me even if 1 had had the courage to go down there." in the rear seat With a flourish like that of a conâ€" jurer he produced from one of the pockets of his coat a neatly wrapped roast chicken, a bag of green stuff, and a few bottles, some of which were condiments. He laid them on the table and proceeded to produce from the other pocket a parcel of crisp rolls. ]“l'm afraid I‘ve taken the liberty of ‘ inviting myself to supper," be anâ€" "I shan‘t mind at all," declared Professor Starling, "but I must realâ€" ly take it upon myself to disprove the implied criticism of masculine housekeeping, I myself am very fond of housekeeping if I am every guowâ€" ed to indulge in it, which is not often, However, tonight I have taken a litâ€" tle liberty in that direction." "But please take off your coat as well," invited Seylla. "We were just about to,have some supper, It is a poisonous meal, I am afraid, but that‘s not my fault. I hope you won‘t mind too much." hand so as to display its tinfoil linâ€" ing., Ottawaâ€"The Government has no immediate plans for amending its annuities branch, Minister of Labor W. A. Gordon announced recently in the House of Commons. The present maximum is $1,200 and the interest‘ rate, 4% per cent. Miss Barker recently won a comâ€" petition for the design of a small villa on the Sunnyfields Estate, Mill Hill, the first competition of the kind to be won by a woman. GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES ARRANGEMENTS TO STAND Remarkable success in the field of speculative building has been achievâ€" el by Miss Frances Barker, a girl architect, who graduated from the school only three years ago. Miss Elizabeth Scott, who, in comâ€" petition with men, secured the deâ€" s‘gring of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratfordâ€"onâ€"Avon, shows designs for a conference hall, the Marie Curie Hospital, and two counâ€" try houses. Those in authority say women lack the physical stamina to stay the course â€" only one woman to six men graduate each year. The woman who does succeed executes work indistinâ€" guishable from a man‘s. Only 13 are women out of 102 exâ€" hibitors at the show of photographs and models of work executed during the past three years by young archiâ€" tects trained by the Architectural Associaticn. Women‘s lives are much more closely bound up with houses than men‘s. Why, then, do so few women go in for the profession of architect? This question is asked by the London Newsâ€" Chronicle. Provision has been made that a copy of every byâ€"law or regulation made by the governors for the govâ€" ernment of the festival and the manâ€" agement of its affairs be deposited with the Secretary of State, who has power of disallowance. ‘ More Women Should Be Architects The first governors would be nomâ€" inated by the Governorâ€"General and the annual meeting would be held each year at the time and place of the annual festival. At the first general court the governors would be divided by lot for one year, two years and three years. | The chaster gave the new body owner to hoid real and personal esâ€" tate and to receive grants. It canâ€" not hold more than $25,000 in real estate. _ Provision was made, the statement explained, for appointâ€" ment of general and district officers, granting prizes and awards on such conditions as might be prscribed. In a statement Mr. Cahan said that the charter was being issued as a memorial to His Majesty‘s silver jubilee. _ The charter recited the stimulation of interest in and the encouragement of the dramatic art in Canada the festival had providâ€" The present Governorâ€"General iniâ€" tizrted the festival three years ago and it has been growing in popularâ€" ity each year. His Excellency was anxious that the festival be contin-“ ued and extended after his deparâ€" ture. T | Ottawa.â€"To assure perpetuationl of the Dominion Drama Festival after the departure df the Earl of Bessborough a Royal charter had been issued, it has been announced by Hon. C. H. Cahan, Secretary of State. The corporation will be unâ€"| der the name of "the governors of the Dominion Drama Festival." | DRAMA FESTIVAL WILL BE KEPT UP Royal Charter For Organâ€" ization Issued By Cahan At Ottawa (To be Continued.) London, Ont.â€"When John Parr, 14, was killed in an accident, Naâ€" poleon, his collie dog, chose to join him in death rather than live withâ€" out him. Napoleon starved himself to death when his young master failed to come home. The clinic will be located in Metroâ€" politan General Hospital at Walkerâ€" ville, which already possesses some equipment. Decision to establish the clinic followed a survey of conditions at the border by Department of Health officials. Young Master Dead ’ Toronto â€" Establishment of a cancer clinic in the Windsor area was announced recently by Hon. David Croll, Ontario Minister of Public Welfare. The Ontario Government will supply the radium, valued at about $15,000, and the cancer comâ€" mittee which has been functioningg for the last 18 months in the Border Cities will arrange for the puchase of equipment and the appointment of a radiologist. Walkerville Clinic To Fight Cancer The uses of finger prints for idenâ€" tification purposes are practically unlimited. _ For instance, claimants for estates could be identified posiâ€" tively and thus do away with the possibility of a clever usurper deâ€" frauding the heirs of their just share. â€" Finger print identification could also be made compulsory by insurance companies and other finâ€" ancial concerns which hand _ out thousands of dollars under the preâ€" sent system upon production of doecuâ€" ments that can be forged or stolen. SIMPLE MOVE Advocates of a national finger print bureau for Canada point out that the establishment of such a bureau would be a comparatively simple matter. _ It would be entirely separate from that of the police and would function only in nonâ€"criminal cases. | \ _ Gradually, however, Canadians are 'bocoming accustomed to the idea of ,finger printing for _ identification purposes. Prominent citizens of the PDominion have.already used the sysâ€" tem and the records are filed either _at Ottawa or in the police identifiâ€" _cation bureaus of their home cities. The United States is far ahead of Canada in this respect for thousands of "identification‘" prints are on reâ€" cord at Washington in a special seeâ€" tion reserved at the Bureau of Idenâ€" tification headquarters in that city. Impetus was given recently to this practice in the United States when a recent kidnapping case was solved and the perpetrators jailed largely through the discovery of tire finger prints in the lonely house the vicâ€" tim was first removed to after his disappearance. Victims of accidents, amnesia or death have also been quickly _ identified _ a nd relatives promptly notified when prints were‘ on file. | Great strides have been made in 1 finger printing since Sir William Hereschel first established the method :« of finger print identification in India | late in the 19th century. Unfortunâ€" i ately, however, finger printing was i for years used only as a means of | identifying eriminals. Thus it became associated in the mind of the average 'citizen with crime and he regarded lwit:h horror its use for any purpose. National Bureau Plan Meets With Less Opposition Now GAINS POPULARITY Enjoyed by fire generaâ€" tons of Canadians. Dog Starves Self Stainless steel of a new type, to overcome the effects of rapid wear in the cylinders of motorâ€"car engines, is the objective of Sheffield‘s reseach workers, If sucéessful, the ‘city‘s out put of stainless steel will probably be doubled, o 7 To brighten village cricket the Rev, K. C. Horwood, rector of Rushâ€" ton, Kettering, has promised village batsmen 108. for every fifty runs scored within fortyâ€"five minutes and £1 for every century scored within ninety minutes, _ Strolling along Woolli Beach, New South Wales, a man picked up a perâ€" fume bottle. Drawing the cork he exâ€" tracted a note which read: "Greet. ings from Ben T. Smith, P.O. Box 207, Pasedena, ~California, February 16, 1930." The bottle had apparently travelled 8,000 miles from the shores of California to Woolli Beach, taking over five years to complete the voyâ€" age, Eighty tankards are believed to Me buried under one of the arches of Waterloo Bridge, now being demo!â€" ished, When Waterloo Bridge was being built, eighty masons from Ab. erdeen were engaged on the granite work of the balustrade, Beer for the workmen _ was provided from _ a Thamesâ€"side inn, but it was not popuâ€" lar with the Aberdonians, who flung all the tankards into a crevice and filled it in with mortar. : Mr. Brahan Houston, acting as counsel for his wife, is asking the court at Memphis, Tennessee, for & divorce against himself, Mr, Housâ€" ton accuses Mr, Houston of deser tion. An Alberta farmer bas decided to frame a cheque he received in payment for a cow sold at the Calâ€" gary market. The cheque is for 19 cents, ® Mrs. H., whose identity must obviâ€" ously remain secret, tell me that she has recently become rather enamored with a young man who is staying at the same house. She das several children, and is, ostensibly at least, happy with her husband, but this afâ€" fair has recently caused her quite a lot of worry, as she says she is apâ€" parently falling in love with the young man. She asks my advice. CURIOUS WORLD _ There is nothing intrinsically wrong with your boy friend, Miss J. T. He seems to be a straightforward, likeâ€" able young man. You yourself are somewhat highlyâ€"strung, and easily fall in loveâ€"and sometimes, just as easily out again. However, the hand. writings of your sisters show a cerâ€" tain amount of deceit, and a rather narrowâ€"minded outlook, It is my beâ€" lief that they are mischievous and intolerant. Follow your own heart; take no notice of relatives, or others, who interfere wilfully merely to spoil your happiness. It is surprising that there are people like this, but the only thing to do is ignore them, Miss J. ‘P. says: "Is there «omeâ€" thing wrong with me, or is it my relatives that are to blame? Several boy friends during the last year or two have become ‘hasâ€"beens‘ because of interference from my sisters, Now I have really fallen in love with a very nice boy, and my sisters tell me things about him that make me wonder if he is as nice as he seems. I‘m sending specimens of each of our writings, and await your advice," ‘ This week I am devoting my arâ€" ticle to dealing with several letters, and the problems that they »aise, beâ€" cause I feel that many of my readers may have similar problems ty cope with and the advice rendered to these correspondents may be helpful to a wider circle, (Editor‘s Note: Have YOU written in to obtain a handwriting analysis? Many of our readers have done so and have been both surprised and pleased. A character delineation may be the means of reorienting your whole future, See the announcement following this week‘s article.) TORONTO HOW T0 MAKE 1CED TEA Infuse six heaping teaspoons of Salada Black Tea in of fresh water. 'klhnlx :luhuhhllqdd into M-qn.:! eo-.hl::. While bo!b:“:‘n 1% cups of granulated end the juice of 2 lemons,. Stir well until is M,J:oahh«'meoum.hmdbwhcbmlhlmmn the cold water; otherwise liquid will become cloudy. Serve with chipped ice. assimilation of all the body â€" building f foods, and purifying and 23&'.:.'."&.. Plood. ho e * ou have found yeast good . tey l‘,lgl:i‘g- Pure u‘;l'q Yeast. 13 days‘ sgupply (in granules of pleasing taste) PNSHT 12 _ [3 2_203° S9C CZCcHent results it has achieved in Engllnd in correcting doi“utlon, insuring the assimilation all the body-bufldi:x goodness of foods, and purifying a envrinhins sb . as. _4 , Phillips Pure LIVE Yeast is ments, re east dupliufint}:”Clnadl the excellent results it has echieved in Ensiana i. Now you can get rich, active yeast in a form that avoids all the bother of getting fresh supplies each day, This new yeast is Phillips Pure LIVE Yeast which is extremely rich in the active clements that do you so much There are two distinet advantages here. First the convenience of Phillips, and second, the economy of it, It costs cng‘:'bwt 8c a day. use it is so rich in active eleâ€" ments Pkinis wl 2o2 S2P EC Have you any problems that Mr. St. Clair can advise you upon? He will be frank, unbiased, sympathetic and friendly. Perhaps you would like to know what your friends are really like? Or it may be that you merely desire to find out what your own handwriting reveals of your real self. Your writing tells the truth about you, as you are, not as you would like to be, or what you think you are. Send specimens of the writâ€" ings you wish to be analyzed, stat. ing birthdate in each case, Send 10¢ coin for each specimen, and enclose with 3c stamped, addressed envelope, to: Geoffrey St. Clair, Room 421, 73 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ont. All letters will be treated confidenâ€" tially and replies mailed as quickly as possible, Most people are just the same as you are, neither better nor worse, and it is only in your own mind that they appear superior to you. Be natural, but don‘t be afraid. Don‘t take so much notice of any "kidding" that you get, because we all have to give and take, 1 °7 YTHen the ®MRERSRWANREANaRd day‘s work is done you are too tired to enter into the good times that other women er joy. For extra enern, try Lydia E. Pirkham‘s Vegetable Compound, It tonc« «p your general lca'e‘.ufi?" Gives you more pepâ€"more a rm c _ _Perhaps you are not really ill yet when the My advice ty you, Emily, is to culâ€" tivate more outside interests, Take a deeper interest in the things going on around you, and the people you meet, Show your interest in them, and you will find that you will graduvally lose your sense of habitual reserve. and vitality. Clear skin attracts. The benltbyacu'vegu'l is bol.h happy and Speaking entirely from my judgeâ€" ment of the several handwriting speâ€" cimens you have sent me, Mrs. H., 1 advise you to have nothing to do with th‘s young man,. His writing is not convincig and, a‘though there is very litile of it, there is enough to show me that he is something of a philanderer, You have a good husâ€" band, and his writing shows me that he is a clean.living, honest type of man. Why jeopardize your happiness for a willâ€"o‘ the wisp? Emily, a nonâ€"deâ€"plume covering a young Toronto girl, writes to ask why she doesn‘t make friends, Her handwriting tells me that she is reâ€" served, somewhat aloof, and rather bashful. sod seilicg tes soni ips speak of nge.lth HEALTH MEANS CHARM AND HAPPINESS 3. _ i "CMA. ~â€"â€"Wellington, Englandâ€"Extract from original "I find I am deriving more benefit from Phillips Pure LAVE Yeast than any of the other :;k‘e:‘ 4 lu:: trl.ed. lohl have i to give it a t orough trial ind coraplete my recovery Lyna eczema."â€"Wellington. o All Users Of YEAST moe Om Cmn® W . PTmmmmeZ was blown. The smoke, she claimed, removed her hair. She only made her claim â€" for $20,000 â€" after she had lost her job with the League for which she had worked 12 years as a stenographer. Geneva. â€"â€" The League of Nations has just had to pay $1,650 as comâ€" pensation to one of its women workâ€" ers who went completely bald while in the League‘s service. The woman, a French widow, said that she had had to work in a room into :vhich smoke from a chimney It was only recently that Miss Pickford won a $77,500 | judgment against suburban estates and several individuals | over a transaction inâ€" volving these trust funds. The actress sold . Liberty bonds during the World War, she frequentâ€" ly is a speaker at benefits and has her part in national affairs â€" She spoke in the "Buy Now" campaign of the NRA in a national broadâ€" cast in October, 1933, Woman Goes Bald In League Of Nations‘ Service ~eep nouse. i am strong and healthy and have no objection to a fight." When â€" Mrs, Charlotte _ Pickford Smith, her mother, died in 1928, she left an estate of $1,196,884, much of which Miss Pickford had carned. Mrs. Smith left the estate to Mary, providing trust funds of $200,000 each for Lottie and Jack, who died in 1983, and Lottie‘s daughter, Gwynne. She made Mary trustee of the trust funds. _1 can cook keep house. 1 and have no . "If you ever hear I am very poor," she once said, "you need not imagine me as crying nor as staying poor gither." Right now she is eng:; associates . in charting course of United Artis and distributing agency Hollywood.â€"unry Pickford, the business woman, isn‘t as well known as Mary Pickord, the actress, but while pursuing her stage and screen career she has done well by her cheque book. Little is known of her investments, but tax valuatiors recently placed herwealth at $1,950,770. She is a business opportunist. When her inâ€" come as a screen actress began to decline she turned to the stage and radio. _ During the pee wee golf craze a few years ago she built one of the most elaborate courses in Hollywood and earned big~ money while the fad lasted. Worth $1,950,770â€" Actress Investments Are Profitable However, when the new survey is complete it is understood that if the use of streets is continued to carry on private business that the full rights "under municipal law will be exercised and possibly new jegislaâ€" tion sought to strengthen the city‘s MARY PICKFORD GROWS RICHER hands The Ontario Municipal Act nas caused much confusion over this situation in municipal circles for some years. One of the yreatest problems has been in dealing with gasoline stations and the erections of pumps on city property, (On seyâ€" eral occasions in past years the counâ€" cil has not interfered with instalâ€" lations when there were no objecâ€" tions, but they received legal advice they were powerless to cither grant or refuse applications. Ald. Archer referred particularly to certain coal companies tollowing the practice of dumping fuel outside of the street line. He asserted that the streets were not meant for that purpose and something should be done to check it. The city engineer and city archiâ€" tect will have a summary ready in the course of another week or two, when it is expected some action will be taken to remedy the situation. Scores of complaints have reached civic authoritiee about conaitions described as "nuisances." The chairman admitted that the city should not tax firms tor using the streets, since there are no by. laws or provincial regulations giving a municipality power to give any such concession, but he asserted byâ€" laws could be enforced preventing this encroachment. has been ordered by the city council, with Ald. Archer, chairman of the property committee, filing a protest against conditions. Of All Nuisances â€"â€"Abuses By Firms Soon To Be Curbed cook and quh and jron and h left the estate to Mary, trust funds of $200,000 Lottie and Jack, who died _ she is engaged with her n charting the future nited Artists, film sales business d to the stage and the pee wee polf s ago she built one 14 He