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Eegun k Years Ago ‘r double Hull to can Who Capital," American ily, used ) coun~ Ottawa polls" ention turng avpital me it H of A M «t "The deuce she has." Medlicott exâ€" elaimed. "What did you do with her?" "I‘m lunching with Prescott and Cairns, Eve," he said. We are di cusâ€" sing what action can be taken. "There‘s an . . . an impediment . ." "I know," Eve said drily. "She has been in here, looking for Mr. West. erby, as she calls bim." Medlicott came in & preoccupied look. ‘"Here comes the chief," Frankie remarked as Medlicott‘s voice was audible. "Remember what I said." Medlicott came in, his face wearing "And isn‘t that an insult, when he was engaged to a girl like that?" "You‘ve only heard her side of it; and it is too comic to be true, or even a likely lie. Keep your wits, Eve, and your temper. Hear what he has to say before you form any opinion." ‘I never want to speak to him again." Eve said viciously. "Ugh! You shou!d have heard her describing how happy they were, and how she showed her love*" dependable Magic 'fiiki;i Powde};‘ali:‘ery _spoonfu assures vening power. That‘s why so many of Canâ€" "He came to other girl. *‘That shows she‘s a liar," Frankie decidd. "Snâ€"f! That is a grim brand of scent she uses! Eve, be yourself, the whole dam thing is impossible. Dan wouldn‘t fall for that pennyâ€"far. thing vamp. There‘s more of the scenario. Spill it quick." ‘ ‘‘The romance lasted two days," Eve sneered. "Then the film hero was ca‘led away to London. Since then * She hesitated, for Frankie‘s eyes eyes were gleaming. "Let me finish!" Frankie ordered. _.ve, dear," she said in alarm don‘t look lik that, for pity‘s sake." "Do I show it so much?" Eve ask. ed wanly. "It was a bit of a shock, I‘ll admit. That was the girl to whom Mr. Prescott is engaged." "What, that goggle.eyed gumsuck. er?" Frankie ejaculated. "Rot! T‘ bet he doesn‘t know about it." "She has his photograph and his létters, and the ring he gave her and the wristâ€"watch," Eve mid bitterly. "But he wooed and won her as Gorâ€" don Westerby, and he claims that hls‘ real name is Gordon." "Do I show it ed wanly. "It w I‘ll admit. That â€" Mr. Prescott is â€" mng with curiosity. One glahce at Eve‘s stricken face wiped the antici. patory smile from her own. T Frankie Wan Prescott and Gordon Westerby find gold in the arid bush Of Australia. They stake their claim and start the long journey to the coast. Westerby has a flancee, Gladys Clemâ€" ents in England. but when they arrive in Sydney he marries a pretty blonde. Gordon forwards a pHWOto of Dan to former fiancee, Gladys Clements, in London and when Dan atrrives she beâ€" Neves he is Gordon. Eve Gilchrist, a typist, obtains work in Medlicott‘s ofâ€" fce. the broker who is floating _ the mina Dan ‘, dear," she ook lik that I show it so ooner er had Gladys gone than irruthers dashed in, burnâ€" London, and saw an to speak to him riciously. "Ugh! You her describing how ind how she showed TEA and his her and bitterly. as Gorâ€" that his "IT REMAINS for the more maâ€" ture to change their habits of thought to discard oxâ€"cart thinking in interâ€" national affairs for modern thinking in harmony with the present age,"â€" Elihu Root. It has been estimated that it costs 17.91 per cent. of the value of each article when selling groceries. "Then why do you call him an im. poster?" f "You ask me that? When I saw that poor girl . . . " _ *‘Teha‘" _ Medlicott interrupted. "That girl is not hurt in any way. She looks like doing very well out of it. She‘s not under discussion here. Except that no time must be lost be. fore Cairns gets hold of her, and stops her mouth." â€" To be continued. "But â€"â€" but . . I‘ve seen the gold, Mr. Medlicott. There must be a mine; and he must have a partner." "Then why do you call him an im "He did that?‘ Eve asked. "And you ask me .. I should say that he was a rank imposter." ‘"You think there‘s no Westerby, and no gold mine?" "Cairs said it is Westerby who isi engaged to her," Medlicott said with a grin. "But Dan went to Hillingdon, and let her claim him. He bought the ring, and was shown off to her friends as the happy man." "Stop! Stop!" Eve implored. "Did you say that Mr. Prescott admitted he was engaged to that girl." he seems to have vanlfihed ;nwtvo thin air." "I can only say that I don‘t really be. EDMONTON. â€" Under the title, lieve the girl." "Canada‘s Tide of Poetry Rising," Medlicott made an impatient ges.| the Journal says: ture. l "A recent survey revealed at "Prescott admits her story," he|least 15 new books of Canadian said. "His own explanation is what‘ Poetry that have appeared during I find hard to swallow. _ Slade, of‘ the present year. The majority of | course, dealt with a second man; but| these were by singers of established We ie eva s y s oo oo in oianat ts ENE 0 Goae itk L "So I gathered." "What do you think yourself, Eve?" "I have no means of forming an opinion," Eve said, frigidly. "That‘s not business, Eve," Medliâ€" cott said, sharply. ‘"You must set aside your personal feelings, for the moment ;and get down to brass tacks. I‘m in such a position, one way or another, that I stand or fall by Prescott. With me, there stands this organisation. If you are not concerned for yourself, think of all your friends here. If Prescott is a wrong ‘un, it looks as if we shall have to close down. And if he‘s Westerby he must be a wrong ‘un." "She‘s got the idea that Dan and Westerby are the same man, I supâ€" pose?" "I wish you had rung me up," Medlicott said. "I want Cairns to get hold of that girl and shut her mouth, pronto. You were hardly to know, of course, but this is very important. Did she tell you very much?" * More than I wanted to hear, Mr. Medlicott," Eve said. s "I made an appointment with her to see Mr. Prescott at four," Eve said. "It struck me that she had not been nicely treated." can only say that I don‘t really be-' SELLING COSTS Made in Canade [ Basing his prophecy on the temâ€" perature of the Gulf Stream, which he has been studying for several years, J. W, Sandstroem, expert of the Swedish Meteorological Office, Stockholm, says that this winter will be comparatively mild in Europe, Sent postpaid on receipt of p Specify color and size. Your back if not delighied. Lido Sales C:ompany 925 University Tower Bu LADIES! SPECIAL! Fine Calanacas CIW 6« i. I The wages of sin is what the lawy. ers get.â€"The crowd may be laughing at your jokes, or it may be your ; grammer.â€"The only person who can | tell your fortune correctly is your I‘banker. â€"â€" _ A fellow‘s assets don‘t ‘give his liabilities enough of a race | to make it interestingâ€" The terrible fthing about divorce is the statement | you get from your lawyerâ€"Long: green is the most comforting color | â€"The job you like that pays a living: is the most priceless of all possesâ€"! sions.â€"When we are right we credit our judgment. _ When we are wrong we curse our luckâ€"We can‘t truly serve another unless we satisfy his selfâ€"interestâ€"Unless â€" a woman is | willing to see that the buttons are on a man‘s clothas shea aucte ... #T "Under these cireumstances it is not surprising to hear that a monthâ€" ly publication devoted entirely to Canadian verse is to make its first appearance shortly. There is unques-i tionably enough material available to maintain a high standard and the time seems propitious for launching such an endeavor." | reputation such as Duncan Campâ€" bell Scott, Wilson MacDonald, E. J. Pratt, Arthur Bourinot, C. F,. Lloyd and Annie Charlotte Dalton. More than this, several second editions apâ€" peared, bringing with them the inâ€" dication that Canadian readers were turning to the muse to a greater exâ€" tent than they had been doing in the past. | ts marry ine Celanese Silk Stockin All the newest shades â€" Greys â€" FPawns â€" Browns 39¢ pber pair,â€"-o'r"- $1.10 for 3 Pair Issue No. Predicts Mild Winter And, my friend asks, isn‘t it stretâ€" ching the imagination a little too far to visualize anyone feeling like a steak, a drink, a movie, or anything else of such quality? ,DRINK, first, and then a big steak I‘m as HUNGRY AS A FURNACKE How are the steaks, anyway " Waitressâ€""FINE AS SILK." First manâ€""What are you doing after dinner, Tom?" Second manâ€""Well, 1 sort of FEEL LIKE A MOVIE. How about you ?" First manâ€""I‘d like to go, but my wife phoned that she felt LIKE A NIGHT CLUB, so 1 guess that‘s where we‘ll go." & to see that the bdtvt:ons are man‘s clothes, she ought never Waitressâ€""It‘s getting as COOL AS A CUCUMBER in here. What‘l! you have, gents?" First manâ€""Well, with this weatâ€" her, I FEEL LIKE A STEAK tonight HOW about you, Tom *‘ ‘ Second manâ€""I FEEL LIKE A AS A BABOON." l"‘or example, listen in on this conâ€" versation at a restaurant. Two men have just seated themselves at a tabâ€" le. _ A waitress comes up. Waitressâ€" "(Good evening, gentleâ€" men. How‘s the weather out tonight‘.”" First manâ€""It‘s as COLD AS THE DEVIL." ( It‘s funny, says our friend, but those people who watch their speech carefully and avoid slang expressions often are the worst violators of what he calls rather impossible, if not imâ€" practical similes. ( in se ooo e king‘s English, according to a friend of ours, the greatest massacre is not in the use of slang. Rather, it‘s the inept use of s‘imiles. New Magazine All Verse INEPT USE OF SMILES IS BAD Impossible, lmpracticzll Ex.â€" amples Cited; "Feel Like" Anything | Second manâ€""Yes, I‘m WHEN it comes to murdering the â€""I FEEL LIKE A ‘What are you doing‘ However, there is a m ?" ’the question which she Well, 1 sort of FEEL|racing is, to my mind, of payment. Your money Stockings Building 27 as COLD On March 31, 1986, the first month ly part of this immortal work â€" apâ€" | peared. Neither publishers nor author â€" had an inkling of the stupendous ; success awaiting their enterprise, The | letterpress, indeed, according to the ‘ publishers‘ intention, was to serve _ merely as a "writeup" to show off the abilities of the artist, Robert Seymour. "Pickwick" had the fates strongly against it at the start Seymour comâ€" mitted suicide before the second monthly part was out, his immediate successor was unequal to the job, and it was not until the issue of the fourth part that in Hablot K. Browne ("Phiz") there was found an artist whose genius was best suited to deâ€" pict the gallery of Dickens‘ charactâ€" ers. Even so the public displayed only a tepid interest in "Pickwick" until Sam Weller was introduced in the fifth part. â€" The monthly parts conâ€" tinued until the story was wound up at the end of 1887. By then "Pickâ€" wick" had ensured enduring fame for Charles Dickens. â€" LONDON â€" One hundred years ago a 24â€"year old parliamentary reâ€" porter whose ‘"sketches" under the name "Boz" had attracted some atâ€" tention, â€" electrified the Englishâ€" reading world with "The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club." Now the Dickens Fellowship is making plans to celebrate the Pickwick Cenâ€" tenary, Centenary Of Pickwick Noted _ may be as to the article she is tryâ€" {ing to sell, or it may be as to her | ability to convince her â€"customer _that it is the very article that he | needs and that he ought therefore ‘to purchase. To be a good salesman ; or saleswoman, one must have faith in what one is selling, togther with [Faith in his or her abHMitqG s ann._" That brings me to what I think is the chief trouble of my correspondâ€" ent. She has never acquired the art of positive thinking. She is thinking negatively. . And negative thinking never makes for successful living. My advice to her is to try and change her mode of living.© Go in for some form of mental training if needs be. | | _As to the sales she almost makes | but fails to close, that is a different matter. I do not know what her business is or what she is trying to sell, but whatever it is, she seems to fall short in salesmanship. While she may feel in her conscious mind‘ that she has made a sale, I think in her subconscious mind there must be | a doubt about it The subconscious | mind is, of course, the directing mind ; and is very much more powerful than the conscious mind. The doubt may be as to the articla cha ie +o. Dickens Fellowship Will Mark Anniversary of "Papers" off financially irrrlfit};e”el{;]‘ m Well, there it is, and I have quotâ€" ed the central block of this young lady‘s letter. I am neither slighting nor sarcastic when I say that, in her letter, she portrays the type of mind which runs to a palm reader, a cryâ€" stal gazer, or some other kind of so called fortune teller. And, of course, I+â€" make no pretence at telling fort tunes. 1 am go‘ng to do will turn out sueâ€" cessfully, but as a rule it turns out 'the reverse. I make a sale, customâ€" er perfectly satisfied, but at the last moment changes his mind. He deâ€" cides to wait a while longer. I go to the races, pick a winning horse, play him first and he runs second. If I play him second he runs third, and if I play him third he runs out. I select winners in every race and if I decide not to play they win and pay big money. I should be grateful if you could tell me why this is thus." "I should like to ask you question: Why is it that â€" everything â€" I do goes opposi what I intended? I think that Many strange letters reach desk, and I am asked all sort quest‘ons. . Consider, for exan the following coming from a y lady. She writes to me in part: EVERY DAY LIVING WINNING AND LOSING A WEEKLY Tonic by Dr. M. M. Lappin he ought therefore > be a good salesman one must have faith selling, togther with her ability to conâ€" spo‘led by the s into it I have ‘better‘ to have As a rule, the sked all sorts of ler, for example, ng from a young o me in part:â€" to ask you this s it that nearly goes opposite to an answer to : e asks. Horse | d, a matter of | _ Why not revive the spelling bee? During these hard times it would provide _ inexpensive entertainment â€"real entertainment. Get all classâ€" es of the public into it. Let the big business executive be bowled over by his office boy; the lawyer by his clerk; the artist by a laborer; the editor by one of the printersâ€" and this is among the certainties. Let there be revealed in all comâ€" munities spelling champions, wearâ€" ing belt or medals. They may be proud of their decorations, but they will be execrated by ordinary folks who always leave the first "h" out of "diphtheria." LL0 002C CAAMEE, Znclose a stamped addressed envelope for the return of your drawing. Well now, here‘s a chance to ’ Eggs should be collected at least once daily, and during very _ cold | weather or very warm weather colâ€" ’lections should be made at noon and | night to avoid freezing or heating. IThe eggs should be taken at once to a cool cellar, where there is usually a fairly uniform temperature. _ It may be advisable to open one or two windows and â€" substitute screens covered with cheesecloth to carry off odour or excessive moisture. Dirty eggs should be cleaned with coarse sandpaper, but not washed. Stains may be removed with a little vinegar on a clean cloth. Washing eggs deâ€" stroys the protective coating and lowers the grade. what sucâ€" He is becoming too busy for "play. boy" activities now and only occasâ€" ionally does a west.end restaurant or cabaret beam in sudden gratification at the unheraided arrival of His Roy. al Highness. Women have been constantly link. ed with his name, among them Mrs. Dudley Ward and the mysterious Mrs. Simpson, an American, who is his favorite dancing partner. | "During twelve hours of every day ‘I have to be what other people want imv to be," he explained once. "The lrest of my time I can, as a bachelor; be myself. But if I married I should have to spend the rest of my time beâ€" ing what my wife wanted me to be." "You will not get very far without the help of women; with it you can do a‘most anything, for women have a gift of sympathy and selfâ€"sacrifice that carries all before it." WHAT! YOU CAN‘T HANG ON TO MONEY? He has, however, a keen appreciaâ€" tion of women, as illustrated by his telling an audience. part in his scheme of thing;.rat lea~s§ as long as he remains the Prince of Wales. ! The king is now 70 years old, and ‘bis health is reported officially as ‘good, but he has been absent recently lfrom various functions which he would have attended even a year ago, | notably the Armistice Day ceremony , at the cenotaph, | No matter how soon the Prince of 'Wale ascends the throne, becoming King Edward the Eighth, however, it is not generally believed he will ter. minate his long bachelomhood and _select a queen to carry on the royal line. _ His motto "Ich Dien â€" I Serve" he applies religiously to his official du. ties, but he has won the long and often hardâ€"fought battle to ad his own private life â€" and he h.«s made it crystal clear that marriage has no part in his scheme of things at lanet I SALAMINA by Rockwell Kent, ASYLUM by William Seabrook (Geo. J. McLeod),. GILBERT and SULLL | VAN by Hesketh Pearson; MR. FIN.â€" ]CHLEY'S HOLIDAY by Victor Can. London, Eng. â€" With King George advancing in years, Britons are wonâ€" dering whether the Prince of Wales may take a bride when he mounts the throne. Revive HRH. Has No Intention Of Marrying While He Is Prince f lm.wmlmm The holiday season is over, and the quiet month of January is with us. Those who _ were fortunate enough to receive books as gifts now have leisure to catch up on their reading. Gance over the following list of books reviewed in this column. Un. doubtedly one will appeal to you lnl this quiet season. GIFF BAKER Ave., Toronto, Canada (The Toronto Globe) ive Spelling Bees Handling Eggs wingmne tw 5 neseojmtnid e nomng : td P ow lt F w« MB Â¥im e side M c 7Â¥ )z omees Nikiee & m e Demand and Get "ASPIRIN" Canada. “As[i»irin" is the registered tradeâ€"mark of the Bayer Comgany. Limited. Look for the name a?'er in the form of a cross on every tablet. Remember ‘this: "Aspirin‘"‘ is rated among the fastest methods yet discovered for the relief of headaches and all common pains . . . and m‘{: for the average person to t: Countless thousands of people who have taken “Aslg)irin" year in and out without ill effect, have proved that the medical findings about its safety were correct. Preparations BEFORE you take any rmgzra- tion you don‘t know all about, for the relief of headaches; or the pains of rheumatism, neuritis or neuralgia, ask your doctor what he thinks about it â€" in comparison with "Aspirin." We say this because, before the dlscovel:y of "Aspirin," most soâ€" called "pain" remedies were adâ€" vised against by ph{sicnans as being bad for the stomach; or, often, for the heart. And the discovery of ‘"Aspirin‘ largely changed medical practice. Don‘t Entrust Your Own or Your Family‘s Well-Bging to Unknown *"‘Aspirin‘" Tablets are made in You are taking for Headaches, Neuralgia or Rheumatism Pains is SAFE is Your Doctor. Whether the Remedy Fender makers are carrying out big factory extensions and a carâ€" buretor firm is doubling the size of its machine shop. Man Who Knows A Bimingham firm maufact motor accessories and componer now employing 20,000 workers manufacturing centres and Coventry, are I what they call the big the history of the ] industry, â€" More than being spent on new fa ions and equipment. ~~**espondente envrBe@ _ _ The Institute of Practical and Applied Psychology 910 Confederation Building MONTREAL, QUEBEC Those Leisure The Book Shelf mw.mmms ning, THE ASIATICS by _ Fredsric ’Proko-ch, MAN, THE UNKNOWN by Alexis Carrel, THE CLUE of the RISING MoON by Valentine Wil. liams (Musson‘s, Toronto), YOUTH UNCHARTED by Stephen Lawford MARY, QUEEN ‘of SCOTLAND by Stefan Zweig, A VISIT TO AMERICA by ~A. "G. Macdone‘!l, WHO SAID MURDER by Charles W. Bell, K.C., THE TRAGEDY or HENRY THORN. TON by D‘Arcy Marsh (Macmillans, Toronto). ‘ BY MAIR M. 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At least 500,000,000 of the world total population of about 2,000,000,â€" 000 are unable to provide themselves with sufficient food. 1,200,000 in 19834 committed sutâ€" cid_e for lack of adequate food. protects the tree from crawling sects and caterpillars. GENEVA.â€"According to League of Nations statistics 2,400,000 perâ€" sons died of starvation in all parts of the world in 1934. |. The depth of the fiuffly mass can ‘be controlled, and for its most pracâ€" |tical use at present it is permitted to ‘n.ther to a depth of four inches on & moving belt so that it resembles a small boy‘s idea of the way angel food cake should be offered. In this form the glass is cut into "pillows" for insulation for steam and hot wa. ter pipes, and for homes and build. ings. Tree lovers, too, have found a ’b&nd of glass wool around the trunk One Quarter of World‘s Population Goes Hungry The apparatus by which glass i converted into its new form is com pletely hidden by the necessities o operations, but the casual visitor car see the glass being assembled on con. veyor belts, tiny wisps resembling th« down of geese raining down until a white mass of it is assembled on the slowly moving line. Glass in such form is practical now, however, the technicians exp.ain, as insulation for the smaliest of elec. tric wires and the largest of cables, thus offering important new possibiliâ€" ties in the elimination of fire hazards. The latest industrial development is a closely guarded secret, but the process incorporates the use of steam, according to the officials of the Ow. eng.â€"lilinois Company, in whose p ant such glass is being produced. Another woman wove a glass about six feet long and three wide, on a 150â€"yearâ€"old loom. of linen and other common fabrics except under close scrutiny. cannot be distinguished from doilies _ Just to see what could be done with this new material as a fabric, a few girls employed in the plant where glass is being produced in this new form obtained several spools of it from the laboratory. One embrojdered a doily, a lacy bit of ornament that [ Glass technicians have disc that one pound of glass c drawn into a single strand of glass measuring more than 31.( feet, so fine that 100 of such are required to form a threa size of the familiar No. 50 u found in every housewife‘s s kit. Toledo, Dec, 20, â€" Gla an‘s oldest known mate which is issued, someone h: out, from the cradle throu; everyone in one manner 0; now has defluite possibiliti most limitless use in flexibl« A process being develope Owensâ€"lllinois Company in Ohio, enables molten glass sembled on a conveyor line i mass, a downy substance th: wound on spools and twi silkâ€"like thread and yarn o: textile machines. 'l BROAD Figlp oPENs ‘j| _ Oomecials of the Corning â€" Glass » | Works, where technicians have been ‘ |earrying on experiments for 11 years, | asserted they little dreamed of the ’ possibilities _ of spun â€" glass, even | should they be successful in ironing Jout difficulties which best the early | investigators, Today they see the beginning of a new industry in which glass as a new type of "dry goods" may become â€" as important among textiles as cotton, woo!, gilk or rayon. Industrial possibilities of _ "spun. glass wool," by which name the pro. duct is now known, occupy the focus of present research, The fibres are twisted into thread and with this manufactured rope, string, insulating pads, â€" fireproof garments, | theatre ’scroenn and a host of allied products, |_Buccess in this field, and success is already assured, means branching out into the manufacture of glass awn. jngs, tentage, bed covering, tapestry and eventually | articles of clo hing, Spun glass wool appears very like y to invade every field in which mon» opolies have been enjoyed by othor textiles for so long. Even ‘the futuse costuming of Broadway ballots â€" in glass, seems not an impossibe pre» diction ,coming from the prese: rchers themselves. |Glass Houses Corning, N.y, _ Fibres that look like strands of spu can now be twisted into th yarn> for textiles wholly Ground has been broken here first factory in this new indun New Industry Promises â€" Use It for Many Thingsâ€" Including Textiles ONLY NOVELTY now GIRLS KNIT WITH iT OLD MATERIAL 0_ _°0_ "PFZ giuss, even ey be successful in ironing ulties which best the early ‘ors. Today they see the _of a new industry in which & new type of "drv goods" N.X. â€" PFibres oft glass like strands of spun sugar e twisted into thread or textiles wholly of glass. Near Reality here for industry sew.ng fib in feet ually 1= 1 the (0 to