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VIEWS ON LONCEVITY "Now you seem to have a vyery good story, Miss Clements," said the beaming journalist, "Why s*>uldn‘t Thereupon Gladys was conducted to a cosier room; where a man older and suaver beamed upon her. Gladys was still difficult, for visions of a reâ€" proachful Mr. Peters clogged Aher speech. n Write For Particulars MASON & RISCH LTD. 642 KING ST W., TORONTO, ONT A junior report‘r in plus fours rather scared the girl, and she beâ€" came evasive and reticent. She could have taken no line moré calculated to awaken his interest. He could make neither head nor tail of the garâ€" bled story she told, but he gathered the fact that she owned letters writ. ten by this man Prescott, who had been â€" masquerading â€" under another‘ Made in Caneda an easy re.conquest of Dan Prescott. Walking away from Medlicott‘s of. fce, Gladys raged under the sense of inferiority, which makes so many people want to hurt and destroy. She was just a little frightened too; scarâ€" ed enough to have no real desire for & meeting with Dan. That girl who had dismissed her with icy contempt would leave her no chance at all. But she could expose them both; and then that girl would put aside ber fineâ€"lady airs perhaps. It chanced that the bus which Gladys caught on her westward way from the city paus-‘ ed through Fleet Street, and the sign of the "Courier" caused her to alight hastily. Her inquiries disclosed the eircumstance that she had approached the advertising department of the paper; but an office boy was specially deputed to conduct her to the editori. @! branch of the organisation. NEW PIANOS From $295.00 GRAND PIANOS From $575.00 was still sle scrawled a and hurried to London. tralia might do what he liked. When she read the story published In the "Record Courier‘ Gladys fairly kicked over the traces. Her mother was still sleeping peacefully; so she scrawled a few lines of explanation and hurried away by the early train to London. But her short talk with Eve (iilchrist shattered any dream of FACTORY REâ€"CONDITIONED PIANOS AT ALL PRICES "And if he doesn‘t write at all?" "Then we must consider what steps to take againgt Prescott, if any. But remember, Mrs. Clements, nothing is to be said or done about that matter without consulting me." For nearly a week Gladys had waited, and every day the burden of action had seemed more intolerable. In ber own mind she was quite sure that she had only to meet Dan, face to face, and offer to kiss and be friends. After that the man in Ausâ€" * tnke esn n PnE OOE Neves he is Gordon. Eve Gilchrist, a typist, obtains work in Medlicott‘s ofâ€" fice, the broker who is floating _ the miwa PC omi 22 CEnP EC former fNlancee, Gladys Clemems,“ in .ondon and when Dan arrives she beâ€" Meves he is Gordon FÂ¥a (@Milahrics . un I‘rescott 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 fiancee, Gladys Clemâ€" ents in England. but when they arrive in Sydney he marries a pretty blonde. Gordon forwards a photo of Dan to‘ Cnrontow ~ Memans o meks uid $+â€" A NICE SURPRISE FOR DICK sYNOPSIS is delicious TEA The young reporter in plus fours was sent off by taxiâ€"cab, with Dan‘s photo for identification. In the mean. time Gladys was encouraged to talk, and one by one the letters written by Gordon Westerby were read and noted. But Gladys was careful to say nothing whatever of the cable from Sydney, or of the advice of the pruâ€" dent Mr. Peters. Presently the young reporter returned, full of excitement and zeal. Prescott, we will give you £50 for it, and all the letters you have. But it is of no use to us, if that isn‘t Pres. cott‘s photo." ‘Now, listen, said the reporter, I‘m just checking up on this You say it is the picture of the man who call. ed himself Westerby, but is really Prescott? I‘m sending it to a man who knows Prescott. If he says it is "He wrote back, and I wrote again," Gladys said. "And then I got a letter saying that he expected to make a fortune, and if he did, would I marry him? So I wrote that I would. ‘The next I heard from him was that he owned a rich goldmine, and was coming to England. He sent me his photograph, and told me the name of the boat â€"â€" the Moonalong." ‘ "Have you the photograph?" Gladys produced Dan‘s picture once more. "So you wrote, enclosing _ your photograph," he said, with assumed carelessness. "And what happened ?" "He wrote back, and I wrote again," ‘"The reporter looked up from a per. usal of this letter with glistening eyes; his only fear was that it was too good to be true. _ "Applicants should enclose a recent photograph and particulars of height, weight &c., together with a doctor‘s certificate of good health. Letters to be addressed to Gordon Westerby, Esq., at the above address." ‘"The writere is the owner of the fruit farm on which these beautiful apricots were grown. He is a bachâ€" elor, young, and said to be goodâ€"look. ing, and his disposition is affection. ate and faithful. His fondest wish in life is to obtain as helpmate an \nâ€" glish lassie, to share all his prosperiâ€" ty and happiness. "If this should fall into the hand of an English girl who is niceâ€"looking and domesticated, a great opportuni. ty is waiting for such a one in Ausâ€" tralia, the land of gold and sunshine., The writer longs for a warmâ€"hearted loving wife. Glays selected a sheet of paper, on which, in a very neat hand, was written the following message; â€" you show me these leiters, and the photograph of the man you say is Prescott, though he signs his letters Westerby2" "I musa‘t," Gladys said. "I daren‘t," "We pay for letters and pictures like that, if we make use of them," urged the examiner. "If hey are what you suggest, I cou‘d ofer you a lot} of money. But of course, I must see them first." "How much money ?" Gladys asked. "As much as £50," said the tempter. ‘"But bhow can I say? _ Suppose you showed me one letter; the first one you had." To be Continued T EERmg â€" ETTE CICC PNCRTISs VC dowser averred that he could judge Columbia government surveyed out all the mineral areas in the province by this method. They employed a lady of unusual powers to go over their maps in the government house. Be that as it may, the certainty with which water is found by a good dowser is something not to be laughâ€" ed away. We have seen the bark of a hawthorne twig torn off in the firm grip of a "water witch" as the point turned toward the earth; witâ€" nessed a dried twig snap in two at ion by a ring susp'en;:l_eamt(;": ‘th:;ead over an ordnance map. It is reported that the British They have societies of dowsers in England and Europe, and some reâ€" markable statements are made beâ€" fore these bodies, which out of deâ€" ference to the scientist we refrain from describing as "learned." The most astonishing assertion made beâ€" fore a meeting of one of these bodies, & statement which strained our creâ€" dulity to breaking point, is that some dowsers did not require to go over the ground with their forked twig. They could detect underground streams miles away from their locaâ€" , Scientists may look down the nose |at water divining or turn these use ful appendages away from any sugâ€" gestion that there may be something in this method of locating water beâ€" low the earth‘s surface, but in Halâ€" dimand county they take "witching" for granted. No one up there would think of digging a well without first consulting one or more of the best known "water witchers.‘" Long exâ€" perience has convinced them that thel sceptics are "all wet." What is known as water divining or "dowsing," in other parts of the world, is known as "witching" to the good people who live along the shores of Lake Erie. Dowsers and Forked Twigs Detect Water From Maps The baby was born with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, and all his 16 brothers and sisters were born with the same malformation. * Baby Has Six Little Fingers and Six Tiny Toes President Arturo Alessandri of Chile will be godfather to Arturo Ramiriez, the 17th child of a poor couple in Antofagasta. The true educationist doesn‘t eduâ€" cate the child with the end in view of developing his ability to make money, but to develop his abi:ity to enjoy life, he said. Dr. Blatz noted that, although the whole future enjoyment of life of the individual depended upon the training in youth, such overâ€"expenâ€" ditures are constant. In the most formative â€" years _ of development from birth to five years of age, nothing at all is spent on education. "I question if the child of toâ€"day will ever hecome an adult in ‘he true insaning of the word under our present educational system," he said. "Education toâ€"day is divected to the wrong end of life. There isn‘t one of us who will not admit that toâ€"day we send our children to school for the sole purpose of their, financial gain." (From the Hamilton Spectator) is six times as important to Canaâ€" dians generally than the "buildingâ€" up" of a character through educaâ€" tion, Dr, W E.. Blatz, director of the St. George School for Child Study, declared here recently. He noted further that eight times as much money was spent on tobacco and 12 times as much on automobiles, as on education. Issue No. TORONTO.â€"The *"buildingâ€"up" of a face, by purchase of cosmetics, More Spent On Faces Than On Character The King is dead, gone to eternal rest, The Empire‘s lost a nob!: friend indeed ; Regardless of his peoples‘ class or creed: # ‘ He loved them all; their welfare was his quest. His noble heartedness was manifest, â€" He had no brief for selfishness, nor greed, Nor did he ever fail th show <he lead * In state affairs for that. which was the best. For twentyâ€"five hard years he gracâ€" * ed the throne â€" Of England with great fortitude and zeal. At all times in his hneart the Emâ€" pire‘s weal, And now the Empire mourns, but not alone, A stricken world feels, too, painful sting. The King is dead. God bless noble King, JOHN Ww. LEWTHAWAITE,. Toronto, King George The Fifth e School for Child Study, here recently. He noted hat eight times as much s spent on tobacco and 12 much on automobiles, as (Died Jan. 20, 1936) 27 _ More people have the power of ’dowsing for water than is ordinarily !thought. We have seen a group of children run about with forked twigs, getting a lot of amusement from feeling the pull as they crossed an underground stream. They were all agreed as to where the influence wns" to be felt. I This was not the experience of Mr. H. M. Budgett, who recently read a paper before the British So ciety of Dowsers in London. He was taken up 5,000 feet in an airplane by Air Commodore Baldwin, where they were able to locate water courses without looking down. But the: strength of the action appeared to‘ be independent of the distance. He was able accurately to locate the galâ€" leries of the Sneyd colliery, Burslem, about 83,000 feet below the surface of the ground. Here, again, the inâ€" fluence was undiminishd, our the the â€" distance of . the water underâ€" ground by the strength of the pull. Asked whether Miss Kranig had proposed the marriage the brideâ€" groom bit his finger nails nervously and said he guessed there wasn‘t any sense in talking about that. FOND DU LAC, Wis. â€" County Clerk A. J. Kremer gave the first 1936 bride who proved she "popped the question" a free marriage licenâ€" se, just like he said he would. The bride, Rosella Kranig, blushâ€" ed and said she had asked Lester E. Snyder to marry her. § nerves. Soothing relief is prompt. 35¢ a bottle. Ask your druggist. vee, _ break up congestion 4O end aches, pains and sere muscles . . . rub in Omega Oil! It actually penetrates right to the spot. Brings a clearing flow of ’ She became so afflicted with arâ€" gyria that her face was the color of a photographic negative. The silver in her system had affected her hair. turning it almost into silver wires. Montreal doctors say there have been several cases of this in the city but althqugh the skin remains discolored, there are no bad effe('tsl otherwise. Bridegroom Bit His The other case, he said, was outâ€" standing. An elderly woman had for 20 years on the advice of a quack, been taking pills of silver nitrate to cure her indigestion. ’ In England cases of argyria are extremely rare. Beyond a few perâ€" sons who have contracted it from some occupational cause, such as the handling of silver preparations over many years, it is almost unheard of. An authority consulted in London said ‘hat in 30 years, he had only| come across two or three cases. In: all but one case only the backs â€" of | the hands were . ffected . | "SILVER WIRE" HAIR Beyond the unpleasant discoloraâ€" tion of the skin the affected persons are apparently quite healthy and norma_l iq every way. color. In chronic cases vtfieu;;"l;ole affected and goes a silv Slatyâ€"blue blotches first the face, hands, and the of the fingerâ€"nails as th the silver in the system b ically acted upon‘ by light. According "to medical authorities, the discoloration of the skin is perâ€" manent. _ Ot present no treatment for the condition is known. The human body can retain only so much silver. If more than the equivalent of seven grams of silver arsphenamine are taken, argyria deâ€" velops, ( During the last five years the grand total of argyria sufferers has been more than doubled. Medical circles in the United States are alarmed at a sudden increase in this hitherto rare complaint. Sev.â€" enty cases have been recently _ reâ€" ported. Ten little American girls and five little boys have within the last year turned blue. They have developed argyria, a rare discoloration of the skin resulting, in. thest 15 cases, from the use of solutions containing silver bought to cure colds. 3 Silver Solutions to Cure Colds Responsible For Discoloration Skin Turns Blue â€" He Would! ‘nes lirst appear on and the halfâ€"moons is as the result of system being chemâ€" silverâ€"black It was while in the United States that be wrote "Our Lady of the Snows," which title some Canadians have resented, but as it has been pointed out elsewhere, one line in this poem also gave voice to our charter of "autonomy" "Daughter in t _1 _ MLCET, PHI8. VVIRL E. Cole of 13 Hamilton Road, London, Ont., said: "When I was developing into womanâ€" hood I was rundown, weak and fn.le. I suffered so badly with cramps that 1 would almost double up with pain. Mother gave me Dr. Pierce‘s Favorite Prescription and it helped to build me up so that I developed into womanhood with very little pain or disâ€" comfort and had no more cnm‘rn" New size, tablets 50 cts., liquid $1.00, Large size, tabs. or liquid, 81.33. tance run, + Yours is the Earth and everything that‘s in it, Andâ€"which is moreâ€"you‘ll be a ' Marn, my son! Kipling lived for some time in the United States, where he married an American girl, Miss Caroline â€" Starr Balestier in 1892. They settled in Brattleboro, Vt., where two of their three children were born. In 1896 the Kiplings left America to winter in South Africa and then decided to make their permanent home in Engâ€" land. hwas 420 Oglz 0 CO000 EUCTETT IDGUEL Send in 7 S7CGC statement that their story is elther original, or & true life story, the name and addresc, and number of words in the story. Enclose return postage. Typewrite if possible or even legible handwriting in ink accepted. lturmmlltho:umm Fobruary 12th, 1936, with an entry fee Oof twentyâ€"five cents. 25 per cent. will be shared between those who send in & Correct list, 15 per cent. with one error, and 10 per cent. for two errors. An-m-wlnmdufi.nnluby-an. PWIEUS CE DE P C OE HnZ & Perhaps in your life or the lives of your friends there are striking human episodes which may suggest a story that can be told with clarity and force in a few words, and not more than 500 words. A constructive criticism 0 market for every practical signed statement that thel tho‘ nunc__und addresc, and FROM GIRL TO WOMAN m| Kipling, with that true gen‘us of e| the born writer, seized the material p| closest to hand, and transformed ¢, | local, domestic and barrackâ€"room n|life into universal literature.. His y writings traced the log of his roamâ€" n | ing, var‘ed life over the Seven Seas. g) "Plain Tales From the Hills," "Deâ€" Ipartmental Ditties" and other early .| works recorded his life with the Briâ€" ] tish Tommies after he came back to ’lndia (he was born in Bombay) from | school in England. "Ifâ€"" that poem which stirvred the hearts of all when ! it first appeared in print will go down / to posterity, keeping the Poet of |Empire‘s name forever alive. If you can dreamâ€"and not make dreams your master; | If you can thinkâ€"and not make thoughts your gim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth | you‘ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap ) for fools, . Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build ‘em up with wornâ€"out tools: If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kingsâ€"nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds‘ worth of disâ€" It | _ en e ie un Le on ce 0B C Ed 0 C .R :E\ 1 The Empire is pluaged in mourn-lmy mother‘s house, but mis . ay it |\ ing by the death of our beloved sov.| my own. 4 s +« ~ » y s r] a p ereign, King George V. The world of}f Famous the world over it literature, too, has Icst its reatest and song, but how many car | & * OO TH S 4*E :C , _ .\ | completely, th» lines of "The creative literary genius of modern Mandalay"? â€" Here we have | times, Rudyard Kipling. picture of a soldier‘s jearnin | "Ship me somewheres east . where the best is like the \ Where there aren‘t no Ten Co ments ‘an a man can ’ \ thirst; 1 ‘ t For the templeâ€"bells are call l & mm » it‘s there that I would beâ€" f . * C I _ L VIGNETTE STORY CONTEST Rudyard Kipling ‘VC Cniticism on each story submitted is given every x‘:_mtlcnl story offered. Each entrant m "CORT TE rer o a . ) & GRO\VING girls are often sufâ€" ferers from female irregularities, caâ€" tarrhal drains. Dr, Pierce‘s Favorite Prescription is the vegetable tornic to give your daughter at such time:giear what Mrs. Wim, 39 LEE AVE., TORONTO The Institute of Practical and Applied Psychology Those Leisure H ou; »-.‘-mnmms.-a eslmuesene ce : m The Book l Its Old Technique "Aspirin‘" Tablets are made in Canada. "Aspirin‘ is the registered tradeâ€"mark of the Bayer Company, Limited. Look for the name Bayer in the form of a cross on every tablet, "ASPIRIN" average person to use regularly. In your own interest remember this. Scientists rate "Aspirin‘ among the fastest methods yet discovered for the relief of headaches and the pains of rheumatism, neuritis and neuralâ€" gia. And the experience of millions of users has proved it safe for the He will tell you that before the discovery of "Aspirin‘ most "pain" remedies were advised against by physicians as bad for the stomach and, often, for the heart. Which is food for.thought if you seek quick, safe relief. TI{E person to ask whether the preparation you or your family are taking for the relief of headaches is SAFE to use regularly is your family doctor. Ask him particularly about "ASPIRIN." We must form perfect mode}s in thought and look at them continuâ€" ally, or we shall never carve them out in grand and noble lives,"â€" Mary Baker Eddy. # ‘"‘They are. never alone / accompanied with noble th â€"Sir Philip Sidney. w nftinatids â€"»dibtis in it :i im / â€" the mind, as exercise does the strength of the body."â€"Jevis. 910 Confederation Buildin MONTREAL, QUEBEC * the sail Hare., With our sick beneath the When we went to Mandala; Where the flyin‘â€"fishes play An‘ the dawn comes up like Thunder outer China ‘cross lazy at the sea; 7 On the road to Mandalay, _V!!lgre the old Flotilla lay, By the old ‘llofiin;ei;l Pag Whether the"Pain‘" Remedy You Use is SAFE? Ask Your Doctor and Find Out Why Not Employ Them Pro fitably ? Epecializeq training leads to Increased efficiency. Increaseq Efficiency means Increased Earning Capacity, OQvercome Inferiority Complex, develop _ mental power, and equip yourself â€" for _ ‘better things. Study leisurely in the gulet of your own home. Write or particulars of fascinating correspondence courses â€" Don‘t Entrust Your Own or Your Family‘s ‘ell â€" Being to Unknown Preparations "Reflection increases Do You Ever Wonder BY MAIR 1. MoRGAN mand and Get Thought is entrant must send in a Shelf tht is the wind, knowledge and mankind the vesse!." _ the worid over in but how many can the lines of "The R ? Here we have a a soldier‘s yearning: THOUVCHT mewheres east best is like the aren‘t no Ten « a man can a suggested he vigor of a v Lat are oughts." the Bay awI of Suez worst, mmand. rAise Calgary.â€"Inauguration of a new system of issuing automobile driverg‘ licenses will be a good thing, finanâ€" cially, for Alberta. _ A revenue of $250,000 annually is anticipated. Lt censes at present are issued in perâ€" petuity for 50 cents, Alberta To Gain f By License Shift This is a genial experience No doubt the slimming effect supplics, in the case of the giris, a powertul attraction which does not appeal urgently to the other sex. But howâ€" ever mixed may be her purpose, the London business girl certainly achieves a remarkable standard of health." recite, oad to vivid London young men are not so keen on drill. One of the largest blocks of business offices keeps a resident drill instructor who superâ€" vises physical exercises on the roof during the lunch hour, but while the girls resort there with enthusiâ€" asm, few men attend. verse and _ Beauty~ League, founged by the Jlate Stack in 1930 with 16 , now numbers £7,000, o 000 are in London. Mo girls from offices and spend 45 minutes to an | two, or three evenings after business hours at ; under qualified teachers. PW organizat games cl London, to estima Lraini unders l The other big change, the »reorâ€" ganization of the infantry, conforms 'closely to what was foreshadowed. |If this year‘s tests with the 6th Inâ€" fantry Brigade have brought to light difficulties â€" especially the need for a higher standard â€" of intelligence and of training â€" they have shown that the balance of advantage | lies with the new model. With the deâ€" velopment of the armored machineâ€" gun carrier, these twentyâ€"eight meâ€" chanized _ machineâ€"gun _ battalions will @cquire an added power, â€" and | may pave the way for important | changes in the sphere of tactics. The creation of a smaller and handier division is a necessary step if there is to be any prospect â€" of | future operations avoiding â€" suffoâ€" cation under the mere weight of the Iform:tionn employed. All in all the thoroughness of the reorganizaâ€" tion now decided upon is â€" a ~matâ€" ter on which the responsible auâ€" thorities must be" conrratulated 1+ ian :â€"â€"The state jor, Warden of ical Training @ ment well for War, and a the term of the ial General Staff 18 an auspicior term of the nc TORONTO d vomey be preserved. But some remain, until experience contrary, as to the abilit minded soldiers to becon cally minded, and to get : of their machines as a are natural enthusiasts ery. Past experience, as does not lessen this doub n airy brigades instea dition to the Tan horsed cavairy brig Each mechanized _ ’will'ha\'e an armor | ment, and will com | cavairy regiments it The mechanization « brigade in Egypt is ; step, well justified | lconditions there. This mechanization of the ca has been decided upon in prefe to their reduction and the expa of the Royal Tank Corps. If thi rather hard on the new arm, v has borne the burden of develo the means and methods of mech ed warfare, it enables the can tradition, general and regimenta Ol ut U the thi to equ: Beauty techr chan histo The changes o Oflice announcen really large sten al t} vea T on lut tes th In Athietic London CGi:] rouy Sumn ‘ently a} Py to the Tank Brigade, cavairy brigade will ren mechanized _ cava‘ry brig ive an armored cavairy ; and will comprise two m reg‘ments instead of th echanization of the cay in Egypt is another © vell justified by Othe »ro It (Fron rC the ata have it the it it the Ns t} 1¢ in ing Â¥ 47 London T it are n Army prc 1€ t« ne t h M itulated whi th h in the War c the first levelop mechay wh innou 1€ t,h‘ present id with trend rganig» so in a definite §) it hr n the Iry