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#! #4 Coveritly he had already investigat ed it and he observed the strange fact that the horrible crimson line of gleaming moisture around the neck of the man in the picture was fading. This, Hunter reflected, was a subâ€" jJecet for investigation when alone. Digâ€" 20 Albert Street FATsaa ACTWE 2. â€"< There{ore: Everybody should help The Salvation Army, It inspires hope in the hopeless + extends help to the helpless, provides shelter for the homeless, gives guidance to the wayward, preaches Salvation to all classes. Its work is endorsed by Government and Civic Officials as well leaders in all lines of national endeavor. Aiter a few commonâ€"place remarks to the visitor, Hunter turned so that he might command a view of the picâ€" ture. The strange old man accepted Dig by‘s invitation and Mrs. Barlow slip ped away to her kitchen. THE SALVATION ARMY â€"o==> HELPS EVERYBODY CHAPTER VI The Call Of The Hound "Now you are here, Cranston, stay with us for dinner â€" well, that is, perâ€" haps I give it an unduly â€" phonetic name â€" but 1 mean, we‘re about to eat, after a long and tiring journey from town." On the first evening of Hunter‘s stay in the house there are unaccount able noises and ringing of bells, and uncanny things happen to an ancient picture of a priest. Presently, foot steps are heard outside the library Ditby enlists the help of MAXTON HUNTT *, who has a reputatin for private inv stigation, and the tw> take up residence at Owl‘s Croft, where they are atten‘ by an elderly couâ€" ple, MR. and MRS. BARLOW. The couple are un~.‘‘:factory, but Digby flads that other servants he engages refuse to stay. Several years lapse, and the scene is changed to an old hour:, Owl‘s Croft, on the East Coast of Cngland. It has been bequeathed by an eccenâ€" tric man to his nephew, FRANK DIGâ€" BY, who, on taking possession of the neglected place, is almost scared out of his wits by what seem to be psyâ€" chic happe ings. In his dressingâ€"rorm he finds await iny him his young brother, who is endeavouring to escap from a racket in which he has got himself invoived. Mysticus offers to take "‘r~ home to England, but the conversation is in torrupted by th entry of three men, who, producing pistols, demand that the younger man come away with them. He refuses and the older brothâ€" ¢r intervencs, with the result that both are shot and left for dead. 1 Close Avenue, Toronto, Canada Dept. 154. Synopsis The story opens with a scene in an American music hall. "MYSTICUS", a British artiste with a great gift for stage "magic," has finished his turn Of Special Interest to Women Readers Contributions :1 ibutions may be addressed to: issioner doo. L. Carpenter The fellow distorted his features with twitchings and mouthings, all of which Hunter decided were theatrical byâ€"play. Hunter stood with his back to the glow in order that the maximum amâ€" ount of light should fall on this medâ€" iumistic man. He watched every moveâ€" ment carefully. "Ohb, but I say!" began Digby, but instantly the behaviour of the mediumâ€" istic Cranston stopped him. "Silence!‘" he commanded in a holâ€" low, booming voice. "You know, Dighy, of my powers. Pray keep silence; for there is much in the air tonight that must be expiained. Somehow, I do ‘ee! that our friend here is vitally concernâ€" ed. Do not touch or disturb r e whilst I am in trance!" The two men stared in his direction. At his gaunt figure sitting rigidly erâ€" ect in a highâ€"ba *ed chair, his lean and bony fingers gripping its arms. The darkness had increased, and now they could discern the man by reason of the flickering fireâ€"light. "As you say, sir, why not now? agreed Hunte.. "Waitâ€"you shall," interrupted Mr. Cranston. ‘"The hour and the place are ripe. Why not now ?" "Really," politely returned Hunter, sipping his tea. ‘"I‘ve been telling Digâ€" by here that his place needs brightenâ€" ing. Now, if you could convenietnly see a nice prepossessing young lady." "This is not a subject for fun," Digâ€" by interrupted "Our good friend, Mr. Cranston, is a keen believer in these matters, and we who do not underâ€" stand must not scoff!" "If 1 could see for menced Hunter. No Subject For Fun Cranston‘s lean finger craned forâ€" ward, and with his right arm extendâ€" ed, pointed to a spot between Hunter and Digby. "Is it a fact that by your side 7l'sere an old man?" "Mad perhaps," mentally assessed Hunter, "but artful certainly." *"Very interesting, I am sure," he added out loud. "After all, Mr. Cranston, that may be only a theory and not a fact." "Mr. Hunter," he leaned forward, pointing a lean forefinger, "take my advice and do not dabble in matters of the occult. Here and now, all around us, unseen by you, but seen by me, by reason of fl)y'pri;:elégs gift, are spirits, moving and walking, and having their being in our very midst!" A simple phrase, but unconsciously the atmosphere in that darkened hall tensed and Hunter accepted the flash challenged from Cranston‘s glaring eyes. The flickering fireâ€"light played very strange tricks with the gargoyleâ€"like face of Cranston and his voice dropâ€" ped to a low vibrant whisper. "Quite privately, Mr. Hunter. 1 use the inborn faculty for my own ends, and that of my friends who are interâ€" ested. Do you believe in spiritualism." "I‘m decidedly interested." Hunter smiled, "but can go no further!" "I should explain," chimed in Digâ€" by, "that Mr. Cranston is a medium â€" a spiritualistic medium." wise?" "Really, that‘s certainly interesting. Professionally, may 1 ask, or otherâ€" "A queer place indeed! That is why I am so attached to it. My good friend, Digby is going to allow me to imbibe its psychic atmosphere to the full." "A queer place, Mr. Hunter, is the Owl‘s Croft!" Cranston smiled as he spoke, and pulled his fingers until the joints cracked aloud. His Coat Was Dry The answer gave Hunter further food for conjecture, for the man‘s coat was dry. His hat, too, was innocent of any moisture. The quaint old green umbrella leaning against his chair, furled. Yet outside a drenching rain swept the countryside. by led the way back into the loungeâ€" hall and Mrs. Barlow produced tea, and announced that a meal of greater substance would be ready at dinnerâ€" time. Hunter purposely steered the conversation away from the gruesome subject of the picture. ‘"Do you live far away, Mr. Cranâ€" ston?" asked Hunter. "You can almost see my place. _A few minutes‘ walk. myself â€"" com CALLANDER, Ont. â€" The Dionne quintuplets, who struggled to get into the dentist‘s chair all at once, were tald by three specialists that nothing was wrong with the 100 teeth which the girls share evenly. All Have Perfect T. Quintuplets Like Dentist‘s Chair Senator Wiison has one women colâ€" leagu© in the Upper Houseâ€"Senator Iva Fallis, Conservative, of Peterbor ough, and there are two women in the Hor:e of Commons. They are Miss Agnes> Macphail (U.F.O.â€"Lab., Greyâ€" Bruce), and Mrs. Martha Black (Ind., Cons., Yukon). "In Canada women have been reâ€" sponsible for obtaining mother‘s alâ€" lowance in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec." Mrs. Wilson, Liberal senator from Ottawa, said women in Canada and Great Britain had contributed so much to social reforms in the past ten years that their position in public life could no longer be disputed. Interested In Social Feform "Women undoubtedly have devoted more attention to social reform than men," she said. "In Great Britain esâ€" pecially they have achieved many muchâ€"needed improvements in housâ€" ing and maternity welfareâ€"very often in the face of much unjustifiable opâ€" position." | More women are needed in Canâ€" ada‘s Parliament, Senator Cairine R. Wilson, first Canadian woman senator, said in an interview at Vancouver last week. Senator Cairine Need More Women In Our Parliament Make your linens sparkle with a combination of cross stitch and crochet! These motifs come in pairs. Pattern 1682 contains a transfer pattern of 2 motifs 5% x 13% inches, 2 motifs 6% x 13%4 inches, 2 motifs 3 x 5% inches, and 2 motifs 4 x 514 inches; directions and charts for the filet crochet 6 x 15 inches; materials required; illustrations of stitches used; color schemes. Send 20 cents i-r'xnl'-o.i.;\;m(stamps cannot be a to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., 73 West Adeclaide St. . Arnold D. Ilaion, dean "This night must nu: pass without the reâ€"visitation of those who took a part in the mighty scenes of old. The passing of time is as of nought. The things there are which may never die; scenes there be which shall never cease to be enacted. _ Imperishable, they live through the ages." (To Be Continued) Howling Of A Dog The figure in the chair craned its head stiff{ly and appeared to be listenâ€" ing, straining to hear something above the noise of the gale. by "Hush," cautioned Hurter beneath his breath. ‘‘Who calls?" The voice with which he spoke was assuredly not the crackâ€" ed and rasping tones of Cranston, but the clear, wellâ€"modulated voice of a man in vigorcus health. Hunter involuntarily made a moveâ€" ment, but even as he did so, a shudder shook the lanky form in the chair. Mr. Cranston sat bolt upright again as though vested with a newâ€"found vigâ€" our. The voice trailed off into a whisper, and by the dim light they saw that the medium‘s head had fallen forward. His chin was buried deeply in his chest. "Master â€" master â€" I await." A pause during which the silence was only broken by the swishing of the rain and wind at the windows. "Back, back aeons agone, yet 1 am passing â€" passing â€"" The fire temporarily died down and the black shadows of the old hall had leapt out from lurking corners. CHAPTER VII Cranston‘s voice began in a low monotonous rumble, muttered meanâ€" ingless phrases came from his lips. "It‘s another man," whispered Digâ€" Laura Wheeler Motifs, Used Together Or Separately! l we s e e o o o eme d t in f uo 1 05 l n 5 _ .. mt HOUSEHOLD_ LINENS: ~~‘PAT7ERN 1682‘ ation Shows Voices befuliiiic 2l Antivi A i1 In a sermon at a communion mass of the New England Province Federaâ€" tion of Catholie College Clubs at Holy Cross Cathedral, he described modern fashionsâ€"as "silly and pagan", "If fashions have set out to make women ridiculous, they are certainly succeeding," he said. "In all our silly dances and perfectly stupid musicâ€" where is the art in it? Dance halls are perverting our young men and women. People today make millions in the corruption of our young people," ‘ Cardinal O‘Connell urged his listenâ€" ers to make their protests heard mdl to stand by their standards. resistine» iinAniianhntiataliedits csnls Th is2 th t 5 the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the United States, last week at Boston spoke against modern fashions, dances and songs, and charged that some persons were making "millions in the corruption of our young people", o teame Calls Women‘s Cardinal Deplores As the dentists first pronounced Yvonne‘s tecth perfect, Emilie, Anâ€" nette, Marie and Cecile reshed to take her place in the chair. Â¥vonne was reluctant to leave and it was only with the help of the nurses that the specialists could prevent all five climbâ€" ing into the chair at once. The dentists took impressiogs their teeth, which will be kept records. ly. University of Toronto‘s Dental Col lege, said that the children had "un usually beautiful" teeth. Neither he, Dr. Charles Corrigan of the Univer sity, nor W. G. Thomson, of Hamilâ€" ton, Ont., could find a sign of decay. Have Eaten Right Food They had no suggestions for Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, physician to the five, about a change of diet, finding that the food which the children were eatâ€" ing had developed their teeth perfectâ€" William Cardina} O‘Connell,â€"dean of ‘and by their standards, mmhi; "corruption all about us", \ _2 cups cooked diced carrotg 1 tablespoon minced onion 1â€"3 cup grated cheese 14 teaspoon paprika Cream sauce f Make cream sauce by using 114 cups milk, 2 tablespoons butter, and 2 tablespoons flour. Cook until thick. To this add the cheese, onion and papriâ€" ka, and finally the diced carrots. Mix well, place in a buttered baking dish and cover with buttcred crumbs. Bake in a moderate oven for 25 minutes. Here are some attractive vegetable recipes which will add variety to your meals. Of particular importance in serving vegetables is their cooking. Even the finest vegetables may be made utterâ€" ly tasteless and unappetizing by poor cooking â€" vsually overcooking or else slow cooking. Their natural colour and fresh flavour must be presetrved to get the best value and one of first rules to achieve this is to cool: them the shortest time possible â€" only till tender, Modern dietary standards demand vegetables and still more vegetables. stressing always the vitamins, minerâ€" als, and bulk which they provide, and the particular merits of leafy greens. Granting that vegetables are a daily essential, a housewife appreciates them for still another reason â€"for the variety they contribute to her meals. They bring something fresh and seaâ€" sonal to her table every day. Current Fashions TORONTO How to Cook VEGETABL®S Carrots Au Gratin acepted) for this pattern t., Toronto. Write plainly irb "Silly And »» sioes of kept for of D00 0e OA RC CCCR HAen, HHo «190 a helmet of the Albanian national here, Skanderbeg, as wedding presâ€" ents.) (In Berlin it was announced Chanâ€" cellor Adolf Hitler sent King Zog a Mercedesâ€"Benz automobile bearing the Albanian royal coat of arms, and also Wedding guests attended a dinner in the foreign ministry which was folâ€" lowed by a ball at the officers‘ €lub. A gipsy orchestra arrived from Budaâ€" pest, Hungary, to add musical talent at the evening‘s events. Coins and stamps bearing portraits of the king and countess were put into circulation while various towns chrisâ€" tened streets "Queen Geraldine", OPEN FOR sEAsoX, MAY 14 From 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 1 hour‘s tour ‘with guideâ€"castle tower, tunnel, and stables, royui antique, and military exhibits, art collection, Vimy Ridge Memorial. Adults 25¢; praraccc 220 y Fifty were married at the soverâ€" eign‘s expense and 100 at the expense of various municipalities. They were selected by local authorities. A large crowd gathered to witness the ceremony at the Tirana City Hall where 14 couples were married. The couples were formed in line and marched through the streets singing native songs. King Zog‘s Merriage TIRANA, Albania. â€"Lucky couples numbering 150 were united in mass weddings throughout the kingdom in honor of King Zog‘s wedding to the Countess Geraldine Apponyi of Hunâ€" gary. Albania Holds Mass Nuptials Mushroom Sauce 4& pound frosh mushrooms 3 cups water > teaspoon salt * tablespoons butter 3 tablespcons fiour Dash of pepper Wash mushrooms well. Slice lengthâ€" wise through cap and stem.> Cook in water 30 minuteg, over medium fire. Add salt. Drain liquor and measure 1% cups. Melt butter, add flour, and blend well. Add mushroom liquor (1% cups) and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add mushrooms and pepper and cook five minutes longer. Serve with above spinach dish. This sauce may also be used to serve with chicken, veal, egg and other vegetable dishes. Makes 2 cups sauce. If desirâ€" ed, chicken broth or cream may be substituted for 4 cup mushroom stock. 150 Couples Wed In Horor Children la:-e.:ee:: ;u‘" 25e CASA LOMA 2%, cups cooked spinach, chopped 1 teaspoon salt ‘ Dash of pepper Dash of marjoram 1 teaspoon seraped onion 2 ezgs, slightly beaten 2 tablespoons melted butter Cook spinach (%% peck) only until tender. Drain and chop. Add seasonâ€" ings, eggs and butter, and mix very thoroughly, Turn into a wellâ€"greased ring mold. Place in pan of hot water and bake in moderate oven (375 deâ€" grees F.) 30 minutes, or until firm. Tur:. from mold and serve with Mushâ€" room Sauce. Individuc! molds may be used. Serves 4. Wash mushrooms and place in casâ€" serole. Season with salt and pepper. Dot with butter. Add cream, cover, and bake in moderate oven (350 deâ€" grees F.) 30 to 40 minutes, or until tender. Serves 4. Dash of pepper 2 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons cream Peel onions and cook in large amount of boiling water salted until just tender. Drain and dry on cheeseâ€" cloth. Melt butter in saucepan; add sugar. Then add onions and cook over low flame, shaking frequently until onions are glazed. Serves 6. 1 pound large fresh mushrcoms 1 teaspoon salt 1 pound (30) small white onions 4 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons sugar cheose !> cup buttered bread crumbs Place cauliflower in greased casserâ€" ole. Pour white sauce over caulifiower and sprinkle with cheese and bread crumbs. Bake in moderate oven (375 degrees F.) 30 minutes, or until the crumbs are delicately browned. This serves 6. Canadian cheese may be subâ€" stituted for Parmesan cheese, if de sired. Sclect large onions. Peel and then remove core with apple corer. Fill the cavity with seasoned bread crumbs. Bake until tender. 1 head caulifliower, cooked 1 cup white sauce 3 tablespoons _ grated Parmesan Issue No. 20â€"‘38 Gifts And Festivities Cauliflower A La Parmezsan Baked Stuffed Cnions Priced from $7.70 _ To §13.95 mation of excess uvric acid. Two of the ingredients of Kruschen Salts have the power of dissolving uric acid erystals. Other ingredients of Kruschen assist Nature to expel these dissolved crystals through the natural channels, Neuritis, like rheumatism and sci atica, frequently has its roots in intesâ€" tinal stasis (delay)â€"the unsuspected accumulation in the system of harmful waste matter, which leads to the forâ€" mation of excess vric acid. "I had neuritis in the head and right arm. 1 suffered untold agony with my head, and I dare not think what might have happened had it conâ€" tinued. Everybody knows what a headache is like, but it is as nothing compared with the awful pain of neuâ€" ritis in the head. I spent sloepless nights tossing with pain. I began takâ€" ing Kruschen Salts, and after some months of the treatment I have effect ed lasting relief."â€"(Mrs.) LM. Ordinary headaches are bad enough, but they are as nothing compared to the awful pains of neuritis in the head, says this woman. Read how Kruschen completely banished the pain:â€" m . 22° erPRZIC and aids digestion. Mrs, H. Jones, 134 Glen Ave., Western Hill, St, Catharines, Ont., said ; â€" A few years ago I was so wenk and sufâ€" fered from acid indigestion and sour stom» ach, _ I was almost always belching Ta“‘ Dr. Pierce‘s Golden Medical Discovery has helped me more than ln)1hin7 else I have used. It helped to relieve me of the stomach upsets and I felt 100% in every way after taing it." Sold by drugwiste New ci., MIC Uelng i‘." Sold by druggists. $0c, Liquid $1.00 and $1.35 SOUR STOMACH, GAS? Lay Awake In Agony Vith Nevritis A boy in Hartford, U.S.A., has a threcâ€"legged kitten for a pet. The animal was born with the front left leg missing. Mrs. Farrant said she only wanted to work until they had enough money for her comfortably to retire and have eight children. She taught him to cook, mend, darn and sew. "By this arrangement we both have opportunities for attending meetings in the evening and taking part in other activities." DURHAM, Eng. â€" Defending the right of married women to continue at work, Mrs. Rose Farrant, 26, clerk in the same London factory which emâ€" ploys her husband, told a meeting here of a 5050 arrangement which gives here equal opportunities with her husband. Married Worker Teaches Huskand To Coock, Mend, Dara "Equal Rights" Has A Real Meaning Kruschen Salts Brought meals. Helps keep you healthy! Take some home for the children ticles, massages the gums. Aids diâ€" gestion, relieves stuffy feeling after too â€"they will love it! Dentists recommend Wrigley‘s Gum as an aid to otron? healthy teeth, cleanses them of food parâ€" @Lights instantly, No preâ€"heating. * with stomach upsets, acid indiâ€" gestion, gas, or have no appetite, there‘s nothing better than Dr. Pierce‘s â€" Golden Medical â€" Discovâ€" ery, It stimulates the appetite and lF you‘re troubled ers 15 to 20 hours. New size, tabs A festival of Russian classical muâ€" sic has just been held simultaneous ly in 20 cities in Russia. If you are one of the many camear enthasissts who develop their own films and send prints through toe mail to admiring fiiends, you may nad that even wit? a protecting cardâ€" board the pictures are sometimes damagea when they reach their desâ€" tvination. If you add a little glycerâ€" ine to the final rinse water, the prints will be much less apt .o crack ur chip. The glycerias w‘ also heip make ‘ae prints lie ilat Glycerine "The oldfashioned woman who thought it was ethical to cheat a corâ€" poration ‘because it was so big‘, has disappearedâ€"if ghe ever existed â€" aloug with the old{fashioned woman who had to use her fingers to count over three. If the mon of America were as honest as their women are, our jails would be less crowded and our government many millions bettcr off today." form Crime Reports. It lists convicâ€" tions of criminals in every city and state. And in a nineâ€"months‘ period of 1937, this book shows that 44,127 persons were found guilty of larceny or theft. Only 3,159 of these were women! "Every year ‘he Departmont of Jusâ€" tice of the United States issues a solid, buiging book known as the Uniâ€" *In spite of the common belief that large numbers of women smuggle new clothes into the country, the governâ€" ment inspectors know that this is not true. Their own experts are trained to detect the sales slips which are un reasonably low. They know about the women who wear three dresses, one on top of the other, and about the women who sew old labels in new {oreign coats, But they say that such dishonest passengers number fewer than one per cent. of the women reâ€" turning from abroad. They‘re Not The Crooks "Well, you may say, women are the sex that shoplifts, They form a large section of the criminal class found guilty of theft. Oh, do they? The common belief that almost all women are amateur smugglers and that no woman thinks it a crime to cheat the goverâ€"ment or a big cor poration is disproved by the experâ€" ience of government investigators, deâ€" clares Gretta Palmer. Quoting facts and figures, she writes in McCall‘s for May: Governmert Inspectors Say They Seldom Try to Chest Discovers Women Less Dishonest Look at them. But, of course, you‘ve looked. They are so attractive you couldn‘t help yourself. _ Movies also teach her things about social behavior, style and beauty. So does radio, :3 well as setting an examâ€" ple of correct pronunciation,. They Help Themseives There is help at every turn and if you think women are not taking adâ€" vantage of itâ€"look about you at the girls working at humble tasksâ€"girls who knew when they were children that whatever they got out of life they would have to get * r themselves, girls who, now that they are young women, work hard for small pay. And her actions needn‘t belie her looks, Practical c.Jumns on etiquette, which anticipate awkward situations and tell how they can be met, pracâ€" tical advice on beauty and charm, which a smart girl can adapt to her own needsâ€"all these may be found in newspapers, magazines and books. if she has so much moneyâ€"and what to add if she has a little more. Today any woman can manage to look w@!â€" dressed, even on a low income. If she wants more education, for the confidence she thinks it will give her, she can go to night school in any city, If that is denied her, she can read, with a librarian‘s guidance, the same books that are on college lists, Wellâ€"Dressed On Low Income She needn‘t wear the wrong clothes nor dress cheaply, even when money is very limit 1. Women‘s pages in newspapers and women‘s magazines have at last come down to solid facts and figures,. They no longer general ize, but tell a woman just what to buy ett Even though her school days end early and hoer parents set a poor exâ€" ample, a girl with goetâ€"upâ€"andâ€"get can turn herself into the sort of person she would like to be, writes Ruth Millâ€" It isu‘t stretching a point to say that today any woman of average inâ€" telligence can acquireâ€"superficially, at leastâ€"the graciousness, smartness and personal charm which once wore the exclusive property of Great Laâ€" dies. 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