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"That widowers remarry in greatâ€" er numbers than widows is shown by the fact that the number â€" of widowers at any one time is about oneâ€"half as great as the number of widows. a fact that can not be due to seox differences in death rates." Amazing tone. Unusual cabinet beauty. New airplane â€" type dials. Operate with air cell, storage or dry cell. Mantel and Console _ models, SS N ks . ¢ .. . 358.50 .Amazing tone Chicagoâ€"â€"l\hrriage ig: in the United States, but t angle is giving it a new ty William F. Ogburn, noted T of Chicago sociologist, says @BATTERY OPERATED sETs Young Men Find Economic Barriers To Early Marriage igars Ns e un in ie o m T t e Ne ts wet aite t uts m warone m o . f woe m se se es nc ave ts e on The N e es t use we aee clf !---â€"-; w = 16 066 es ues se cce ce n mm mt ce e ce mm e ons ons on on esw ow m mwr THE ROBERT simPsoN _ | for women, made from Ha are more married young han married young â€" men," n a paper prepared for a journal," and "there are ried older men than marâ€" ‘ is â€" increasing , but the money new trend, Dr. noted University | dear lady, besides those of 'inclinatlon." Cairn said suay Westerby and Mr. Prescott | tual business ties, which are portant. Mr. Prescott is ve about his duty in the matte | is to withdraw." [ ~*‘Ther who mm I sunnoss engaged to?"" Gladys asked, a little tartly. "I‘ve worn Mr. Prescott‘s ring, and introduced him to my friends." "I understand that you have let. ters which contain a promise of mar. riage." Cairns replied. "Obviothsly the writer of those letters has first clalm‘ upon you." ' "I don‘t see what all the fuss is about," Mrs. Clements said. "You can !see for yourself that the girl is satis. fied with what she‘s got. Westerby can go and ‘ang ‘imself." ; "There SIG ‘Oolher AbnclAssartams "What ‘arm was there in that?" de. manded the mother. "None at all; but you‘ll admit that the temptation to supplant his part. ner was a very strong one. Against the dictates of his conscience, Mr. Prescott seems to have yielded, for two days. Then his better nature pre. vailed; and he has been doing his best ever since to rectify his errorl of conduct." "There was his own picture con. fronting him," Cairns said, pointing to Dan‘s picture which still adorned the mantels "And the young lady, I gather, had bestowed an affectionate greeting before he had time to dis. claim the honour done him." "So ‘e Clements "If he‘s suited and my girl‘s suited, where does this Westerby come in," Mrs. Clements asked shrewdly. "If ‘e chose to stay in Australia, that‘s ‘s look.out." "Let me explain." Cairns said. "Mr, Prescott visited Hillingdon for no other purpose than to explain to M s Clements the business which had de. tained her bethrothed in Australia. By a stupid mistake made by Wester. by wi‘h the photographs, Miss Cle. ments indentified Mr. Prescott as the man she was to marry." "So ‘e says," intrepolated _ Mrs. myullccs "I‘ve no fault to f Prescott," Gladys said bohaved like a perfe while he was here. No a lovelier ring." She displayed it for Mr. Cairns. This compliment brought a smile to the doleful face aft â€" "That is not disputed, Mrs. Clem. ents," Cairns said. "Mr. Prescott real. ises, better than anybody, how strange bis conduct must appear. I entirely failed to understand it until I Aad the pleasure of meeting this charmâ€" ing girl face to face." "And what‘s the difference between ‘im and Westerby?" snapped Mrs. Clements. "If you ask me, this story is all bogey. We seen the photo and we seen the man. Witnesses will swear that he passed in this town, and among my girl‘s friends, as her true flonsay." ( C1 represent Mr Cairns began. uy PSE EV RIMC CUUEL Westerby has a fiancee, Gladys Clemâ€" ents in England. but when they arrive in Sydney he marries a pretty blonde. Gordon forwards a photo of Dan to former fiancee, Gladys Clements, in London and when Dan arrives she beâ€" leves he is Gordon. Eve Gilchrist, a typist, obtains work in Medlicott‘s ofâ€" nclr. the broker who is floating _ the mine. Dan Prescott and Gordon Westerby find gold in the arid bush of Australia. They stake their claim and start the lor‘\'u; Journey to the coast. #[ _ Uladys said. "I‘m sure he like & _ perfect gentleman was here. No girl could want the doleful face ot”tl;eirg‘l.rl' o fault to find with Mr. Am I supposed to be other â€" considerations n said suavely. "Mr. r. Prescott have mu. . which are very im. ‘ott is very clear the matter, which Daniel Prescott," the benefit of personal Smiling is ing it takes frown, while thirteen, hopeful John Buchan, a sonality â€" politic man of letters â€" time has become 2ersonage, and our °OM & lifftle lacs . The elevation to the peerage of John Buchan and his appointment to the Governor Generalship of Canada are happy events for those who are sometimes depressed by the rapid arrival of notoriety and high place of those who seem to have got there by forced marches so exhausting that they cannot consolidate the position â€"â€"bersonalites who are all skirmish line, so to speak.. In ts nake .2z _ Phe stocky girl who pines to be wil. lowy, therefore, should not starve herself into nervous irritability but strive to keep to her "widthâ€"weight." On the other hand, Dr. Pryor said some Stanford girls who had been told they were "underweight" prom. J ptly shed ideas they were "delicate" when they learned they were normaall weight on her charts. Nee es Stwdh _ ‘Tests that have been made so far indicate injustice has been done to about 30 per cent. of those measured and labeled too thin or too fat under the old oneâ€"dimension table,," Dr. Pryor said. Thus, for instance, a girl of 18 who is 5 feet, 4 inches tall, might norâ€" mally weigh as little as 107 pounds, if her biâ€"iliac diameter is 9.6 inches or as much as 133 pounds if she measures as much as 12.2 inches. **{0°Mâ€"â€"tlechnically, the biâ€"iliac di. ameterâ€"is the measurement at the | crest of the hip bones with sliding calipers, on the same principle as| measuring a marble with a monkey-f wrench. I Instead of one "norma!" weight as given on height tables, her scales give seven "averages" based on width as well as height. Wldthâ€"technica]ly. the biâ€"iliac di. ameter â€"is the measurement at the crest cof the hin hnnnas wienm sran. .l "‘V5, Is iess wearing than _takes fifty musc‘es to ; , while a smile calls unc That‘s the advice of Dr. He!en‘ Brenton Pryor, assistant women‘s medical examiner at Stanford, who’ has worked out "widthâ€"weight" tables based on five years‘" study and tabulation of some 10,000 children and | college students. | â€"â€" If youw‘re worried about your weight, as compared with the average for your height, forget it â€" consider your width. $0000 0 2000000 CRMY AHOICY C Tew J Cel Clad in loose flannels, with a tweed ago are starting to return. A caval cap on his head and big knapsack| cade of confidence has brought abou slung over his back, Dan Prescott| the boom. Buying power has throw: waited on Victoria Station. He was the period of economic distress for i & full halfâ€"hour before his time, in | loss his eagerness to start on the promis. mm ed ramble. On his face there was such a look of boyish anticipation T that women turned to take another Mo“e Marvels look at the bronzed man, who looked ‘ savercees like a soroolboy on the first day of (Kamloops Sentinel) his holidays. | He cast many an impatient glzance _ At the Fall convention . of the at the clock before the hands pointed Society of Motion Picture Engineers to the set time. And here was Eve.!held at Washington the other day advancing to greet him, with an airithere was less talk of television and that was noticeably constrained. more of what might be expected in TO BE CONTINUED the next few years to improve the talkies themselves. Two or three yâ€"â€"â€"mmmsteosn years ago they were telling us that & each would have a small television Measure Your Hip |set in his home, but the highlight + of this recent meeting is the anâ€" For Average Welg"t' nouncement that by 1940 thirdâ€"dimâ€" es ,’ension films will be a fact. Characters â€"â€" If you‘re worried about Yollr"and backgrounds will stand out in weight, as compared with the average | bold relief just as they used to do or your height, forget it â€" consider (minus the thrill) when we looked at rour width. the photographs through the oldâ€" That‘s the advice of Dr. Helen | time stereoscope that laid upon the Brenton Pryor, assistant women's!parlor table. naarlcs PHPUWPT ! 3 } He drew a long breath of relief as he escaped from the house. "The end of this," he murmured, mopping his brow, "will be a settle. ment out of court. And I‘ll have to take a blank cheque in my pocket to effect it. My only doubt isâ€"who must sign the cheque?" | "That is just what I should advise," Mr. Cairns agreed. "You may give him my assurance that my client is not Mr. Westerby; and that Mr. Westerby will explain his position without any loss of time." "I call this fishy," her mother de. clared. "I go straight to a lawyer understand." He got no further, for Gladys dis. solved into copious weeping. With a handkerchief to her face she stum. bled out of the room. on "Hur!" sniffed the elder lady. “You' don‘t say who you are, I notice; or, where we can find either you or this man Prescott." "There is my card," Cairns said. "And as I act for Mr. Prescott, any communication for him can be sent to my address." | er, of a letter from Mr. Westerby which will explain all." le John Buchan TORONTO h to make a upon only frown We know a lady in who has two maids made her get them, :| things shipshape when in. But the maids, rath won‘t do the laundry, & the house handles the 1 , to the last piece of lin [ it all out to dry, too. ‘! Eagle, DOMINION MUSIC Hermant Building, ! _ Research, scientific data and the ~, laboratory are all contributing to ‘ ; the future of the industry, and a , further forecast of 1940 _ is that ‘,‘sound will be reproduced over a / frequency range of from 30 to 10,â€" | 000 cycles with smoothness and l‘reality, and that these disquieting ‘and disillusioning background noises | will be suppressed to the point | where the volume range of expresâ€" | sion will be comparable to the orâ€" ’igina] sound sources. | "Color," said the president, "will 'hz.ve achieved its majority and will clothe the picture in the raiment of a gentleman, neither shabbily nor blatantly but in such excellent taste and perfection of detail as to be alâ€" most entirely inconspicuous." Thus a science that everybody is interested in progresses and more | and more weaves itself into the| lives of a public that must be enâ€" tertained. sut the maids, rather hlgh.toned., n‘t do the laundry, So the lady ot _ bhouse handles the washing down ‘ the last piece of linen and hangs‘ ill out to dry, too. â€" Brooklyn | rln the sound apparatus will be so fected that noises will seem t coming from the appropriate tion on the screen. Also we are told, five years from now the pictures will be colored so naturally as to be "almost inâ€" conspicuous" and at the same time the ‘You hear business is picking up?" ’Mr. Smith queried in response to a question. "Say, have you ever been |here on a Saturday night? You have "to elbow your way into the stores." ‘ Many farmers who left the district in swirling dust storms a few years ago are starting to return. A caval. cade of confidence has brought about the boom. Buying power has thrown the period of economic distress for a‘ loss Note To Housewives Edited by Hugo best of a11 folios W. W. Smith, member of the Sasâ€" katchewan Legislature, has received numerous inquiries about farm lands in the district from points in Alberta and Manitoba. Small houses in the city are at a premium, he said, and apartment blocks filled. | After six years of watching grassâ€" hoppers eat what drought failed to dry up or dust storms blow away, the | district dad a crop this fall. It was not & large crop but it has brought‘ I‘bnck confidence, business men assert. Aund because their rural cousins are spending money, city folk are back at work. One department store head declared Ais company is doing the best business in seven years and has engaged 15 extra clerks. l Farmers have a little money after years of seif.denial and they are com. ing to town. In rattling old family chariots long distances to purchase necessities and supplies for the long} winter months. Swift Current. â€" The depression doesn‘t live here any more. This hub of the southwest portion of Saskat. chewan das been oiled with confiâ€" dence and the wheel of better busi. ness is slowly starting to turn again. Cash registers are ringing and people are asking the price of farms. science that everybody is 1 in progresses and more @ weaves itself into the a public that must be enâ€" two maids _ Her Love Song. Hugo Frey in Forest Hills 48 will be so perâ€" will seem to be appropriate â€"locaâ€" WEST BETTER SUPPLY Toronto Her husband or he wants guests come i THUNDER OVER THE { by Arthur Kober â€" (Mussc ronto) is Here.we meet the patients, &;Eiou. nurses and visitors, all vividly and minutely described. ASLYUM by William Seabrook, offers the reader a detailed record of the bewildering life in an â€" asylum. Here.we meet the nubianks Alupi o H homp hi ne Liave you heard about this new YOUTH UNCHARTED by Stephen Lawford (Macmillan‘s, Toronto) to begin with is wellâ€"written in a 'charming style. Stephen Lawford writes to his young son, Ivan, of his many adventures. With the author we go to India in the British Army, then to South Russia where many fantastic adventures occur. Here the author meets, falls in love with and marries a Russian girl. From there he goes to Geneva in connection with the League of Nations. Next we travel to Bolivia, South America, to investigate a group of refugees from the continent. The author is now connected permanently with the League of Nations at Geneva. A YEAST THAT COSTS YOU LEss THE SECRET OF KEEPING FIT ’by Artie McGovern, (Musson‘s, To. ronto) is a book many people will apâ€" preciate. Do you want to reduce? Do you want to gain weight? Do you suffer from insomina? etc. If you or any of your friends answer yes to these questions then by all means read this guide to better living, bas. ed on common sense. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTLAND And The Isles by Stefan Zweig (Mac. millans, Toronto) offers this author at his best. The subject of Mary has !always intrigued biographers and in the past they have been prone to be overcome by her fascinating qualities. Stefan Zweig has weighed all the evi. dence and at the end of the book we have an exceptionally clear picâ€" ture of this tragic queen. Queen Elizâ€" awbeth, Darnley, Bothwell all come forth as living breathing characters. The scene of the execution of Mary is al. most gruesomely top real. A book to read and remember. _ MAN, THE UNKNOWN, by Alexis Carrel (Musson‘s, Toronto) is an ideal book, as a gift to the more thought. ful of your frinds and relatives. What is man? What is his future? Alexis Carrel, surgeon, scientist, an. swers these important questions in straight.forward, _ simple _ language, easy to grasp and pleasant to read. , SALAMINA by Rockwell Kent (Geo. J. McLeod Ltd., Toronto) is a book to treasure. The illustrations by the author, of which there are over eighty, are alone sufficient to recom. mend this book. It is an adventuroul‘ autobiography, a true chronicle of many curious and romantic happen. ings in Greenland life, the land which has so captivated this author. _ Have you made out your list of Christmas presents yet? Undoubtedly marked against this name and that is â€"a book. The following offer a nice variety and make gifts that your friends will remember long after the season of giving is over. r Rober (Musson‘s, ;l’;: a unique handbook, dealing on‘ t -Â¥ | g . k ~JP. : Japan green tea at its very best <JAPAWK TEA > BRONX 27 P Before You Give Your Child an Unknown Remedy to Take mi Ever since she visited the hospital some time ago, Patricia had saved her pennies for the occasion and at the same time made her sister do likewise. Aided by her sevenâ€"yearâ€"old sisâ€" ter, Joan, Patricia distributed cigarâ€" ettes and candy to the bedâ€"ridden World War veterans on Rememâ€" brance Day. Halifax.â€"The discovery that inâ€" valid veterans in Camp Hill Hospital here "never got out to play", turnâ€" ed eightâ€"yearâ€"old Patricia Godfrey from dolls to social work. T he Book ASK YOUR DOCTOR FIRST, MOTHER with the Gross family, inhabitants of that section of New York life known as the Bronx. The book is brilliantly illustrated by that wellâ€" known artist, Mr. Hoff. Halifax Youngster Saved Her Pennies For War Veterans Made in Shelf ¢ of Magnesia Tabâ€" 4j on sale at all drug here. Each tiny tabâ€" C yc mullc ol @w\X ’ ' \V“*‘\~l LIPS (S]| t of M. 7 L aonesia Canada | it is wise to make the best of winter, , and pretend that we like it. There is. at any rate, one pleasant attribute to winter, and that is its potentialitics for snugness. One cannot be really snug except in winter, The word imâ€" plies warmth, but it must be an inâ€" door warmth. It is impossible to b« snug in summer with doors and winâ€" dows wide open, since it is an obâ€" vious implication of the word _ that we are keeping inclement weather out and one of the great merits of snugâ€" ness is that it has nothing to do with wealth and luxury. It is within the reach of all. A few sticks of cordâ€" wood and a box stove will give it. All cook! The kitchen has allâ€"electric equipâ€" ment, red _ accessories, shellâ€"pink | wall, a floor of black rubber and a | lighting system backed with a white ’ | metal reflector and hung from the | ceiling to avoid glare and shadows. As a matter of fact, utility is comâ€" | bined with beauty in kitchens more than anywhere else in modern deâ€" corations, The kitchen floor you could eat off of that our grandmothers set so much store by is the rule rathcr than the exception these days, what ‘ with special floors especially deâ€" , signed to shed dirt without all the "b.ck~bmkin¢ scrubbing that grandâ€" mother had to do. ' They are using washable papers on the walls, too, and have added so lmy handy builtâ€"in gadgets that 'tlle modern home foodâ€"factory looks ‘lilf“n laboratory, Types of Lights Living room, bedroom and dining alcove have sunken lighting fixtures in the ceiling placed above the piece of furniture which most needs direct and reflected light. The living room | floor lamp can be adjusted for three intensities. A chromium tube on a | metal base, used as a desk light and ’very similar to the lights over the beds in the bedroom, directs the _ light to one spot when adjusted. Even the nursery has the varie _gated wall treatment. Three sides are done with a blue polka _ dot paper. The fourth is papered in | plain blue. The chest of drawers has ; variâ€"colored _ knobs _ which are matched by the insides of the drawâ€" ers. The idea is that the child wil learn colors and neatness at â€" one fell swoop. The practical crib can be modified and used for a bed when the boy (or girl) grows older. There is even a childâ€"height window in the toy closet. The bathroom is mzde up of prefabricated units. In one panel are the sink, mirror, medicine chest and clothes hanger under the ilink. In another are the tub and | shower. With_ the first winds of The mistress‘ is a feminine affair with fittings of every conceivable sortâ€"they can a!l be bought at budâ€" get prices, incidentally â€" in glazed chintz. Two bedroom walls are paintâ€" ed, one is papered, and the fourth is of wood. | Only two of the four walls match, , These two are pained in putty color. Another wall is tinted yellow, The fourth is done with glass bricks. The floor is cork, easy on the feet and }ensy to keep clean. Closets Meet Needs The master stroke in the bedâ€"room is one closet for the mistress and anâ€" other for the master. The master‘s is done with a fine arrangement of tie rack, shoe case, trousers bar and sturdy hangers finished to match the walls. Flexible chairâ€"sofa units are arâ€" ranged architecturally on two walls, giving the spaceâ€"saving . advantage of builtâ€"in furniture. _ A glass brick halfâ€"partition is used instead of the usual wall to separate the dining alcove from the living room. The glass hides the kitchen entrance from the eyes of those in the living room, and yet, being glass, does not shut off light. In one that is on view at Rockeâ€" feller Centre, New York, the living room by careful planning from the inside out, is made to appear much larger than it is. Air conditioning ’mlku it possible to put all the winâ€" dows on one side in a group. This leaves more free wall space. Doors are concentrated at one end of the room to the same end. The living room mantel is about half as high as the ordinary mantel and the picâ€" ture hung over it is thus brought more intimately to the gaze of the beholder. Sounds like the millenium, doesn‘t it? But we are assured it is really true that architects are planning and building such houses. The moderatelyâ€"priced house of the notâ€"tooâ€"distant future will have logical room sequences and arrangeâ€" ment, windows placed for interior effectiveness rather than â€" exterior design, with fifteen per cent. more wall space as a result, yearâ€"round air conditioning, scientific lighting and a coâ€"ordinated unit plan of furnâ€" ishing that will insure comfort, economy and good taste. need now is an automatic Designed For Living With Minimum Of Effort And Maximum of Health THE IDEAL HOUSE The Kitchen Alcove November Bâ€"AS MJ