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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-08-23, Page 6•EMBROIDERY, Some Points On Its Care When in the Laundry. NO Matter bow precise the work of embroidery needle or crochet hook, the finished product gala Item be judged until It has been through the hands of the expert laundress, that if, et course, when the work is done on washable material. To. best wash centrepieces one ahOuld use lookwarm water and suds of a pure white soap., If a piece is much soiled it should be allowea to soak rather than be rubbed, Some- times a very soft hanclbrdsh can be used to scrub the most soiled spots it the brush is rubbed in the direction of the threads of the embroidery. Thorough rinsing in geverae inks. Warieamaters is a necessity, and then the piece should be rolled in a towel until the irons are hot. Embroidery is best ironed wet with a hot iron, the embroidered side laid down on several thicknesses' of towel, toraise it and beteg out the pattern generally. Eyelets can be further rad and opened by going through them after ironing while still slightly damp with a stiletto or orange wood stick. Always iron embraidered linen with the thread. If you iron the centre of a round piece first you will find the out- side will ruffle, It you iron the out- side first the inside will pucker. Iron right across the whole piece with the thread to get best results. Never ap- proach any piece of work diagonally. Sometimes in working one will pucker the work in places. These should be wet and etretched until dry before pressing at all. Of the em- broidery seems to be taking up too mach of the material and the centre till puffs in spite of all your efforts, try shrinking it out and placing a very hot iron down on the wet goods just on the puffy portion, leaving the iron as long as possible and not moving it along. Care must be taken not to scorch. Oftentimes stretching before ironing will bring a piece into shape, Mark off the correct shape on your ironing boned or a large baking board and then proceed to pin the pieces into this shape. This is particularly a good piall for crocheted lace articles. In ironing lace on a towel or runner end be very careful to stretch the lace and meter. la1 together and iron them thee, for if the lace in stretched by itself and allowed to stretch in the least bit it will incline to ruffle, In ironing a lace -edged centrepiece, stretch the outer edge of the lace first, lay the piece flat and iron across with the thread. lace and all. Minard's Liniment Cures •Garget In Cows. . SCIENCE. NOTES. The pearl is the only gem that does not require the lapidary's art to bring out its beauty. HELPING THE mum. Some Don'ts for Mothers to Turn Over in Their Mina. A few don'ts might well be cense*. uousiy posted in many a mother's Mind Don't Consider it necessary to sys- tematically underrate your child. Your adult friends will know you do not mean it, but the cleild will not, and probably more characterS are weak- ened by the lack of self confidence en- gendered by such a process than by the vanity which follows the silly bragging of overfond parents. Don't think that the inciment you are alone with your boy or girl you must find fault or encleavitr to im- prove the occasion by a little moraliz- ing, no matter in how loving a spirit, This is the hardest of all, for no one Is so anxious to help a child toward perfection as is its parent, yet it sure- ly leads to an avoidance of the mo- ments alone together, which should be times of happy confidences. Don't correct the child before oth- ers. Never mind if a well meaning relative does say: "My dear, I am surprised that you do not sbow more force of character. Your children are suffering from a lack of discipline." Pass the matter over until you and the small offender can have it out alone. If the circumstances are such that it cannot be passed over take him out of the room. Lastly, laugh often with, but never at your child. This takes self denial, but it pays: Make up your mind that whatever others may say he can de- pend upon you for a quick, sure un- derstanding without quibble or joke at his expense. This does not mean that he must not take his share of harm- less fun. It is wholesome, and too much sheltering would make him oversensitive, uut the mother 'who lets her child know that she never makes fun of him wlhl be surprised at the confidence with which he relies upon it.—Mother's Magazine. -- Although England's meat inaporta: tions are very heavy coming from Au- stralia and North and South America, 60 per cent. ,of the supply is growli at home. The cod filth has the reputation o1. being the goat of the sea. it 'will eat anything and there are many 're: cords of it having performed some marvelous feats of swallowing. • An effort is being made to adapt the horse cheetnut to the human dietary. The nuts are more than hale starch and sugar, with some pro - tent and fat, and are nutritious. Their value chiefly,. depends of the elimina- tion of •the bitter elements and the irritating seponin-like glueosides, A "milk" made by the Chinese from a native bean is shown by an- alysis to have a specific gravity of 1.020 and a fat content of 3.125 con- trasting with a spealic gravity of 1,029 and a fat content of 3.9 for a good average CONV'a milk, and looks exactly like unskinamed cow's milk. Rubber -tired vehicles provided a passenger and freight service in the United States estimated at $175,000, 000 for the year 1916. Therapid growth of vegiration of the Arctic regions has been attribet- ed by some investigators to the action of the electrical currents in the air, hut the Government experiments have failed to show that that the • growth of vegitation can be forced in this manner% • The King's Thanks. King George expresses the gratitude of Great Britain to Catiada in the steps taken to increase exports of food stuffs to the motherland, "I have no doubt that the self-sacri- fice displayed on the battlefields of France by my hereto Canadian troops will find its counterpart in the efforts of those who, at home it tho Dentin - ion, are devoting themselves to -his work," ".."—•—••••••••—•••• Spanking Doesn't Cure! Don't think children can be cured of bed-wetting by spanking them. The trouble is constitutional, the child can - FREE 111°Vil:P g'y 10gassifi? OITZ treatment, with full instructions. If your children trouble you in this way, send no money, but write me to -day. My treatment is highly recommended to adults troubled with urine difficulties by day or night. Address. Mrs. M. Summers, BOX 8 WINPSOR, Ontario. SARGASSO SEA MYTHS, No Ploatnig Island and No Im- prisoned Derelict Ships. The shortage of potash, owing to the war, has greatly stimulated the business of recovering potash from a kind of seaweed known as kelp, on the Pacific coast. They drag up the kelp with rakes' made especially for the work, dry and burn it and get potash from the ashes. This has led to the formation of a company in Florida, which proposes, if it can get capital to back it,to build a floating potash works which will be towed out to the Sargasso Sea and anchored to one of the vast islands of floating sea- weed supposed to exist there. The plan is to manufacture potash at a rate of 200 tons a day. The prospect- us of the company says it can go on forever because the supply of seaweed is inexhaustible., covering an area al- most as large as the continent of Eu- rope, and tightly matted into islands. The formation of the contpany em- phasizes one thing: That the .ancient myths about the Sargasso sea are still generally believed, and that 11 18 still a mystery to many, probably ta the majority of persons. The old geographers described the Sargasso Sea as impenetrable and in- sisted that it held forever all that came within its bounderies. It was a. vast slow-moving eddy in the center of the Atlantic, where clogged -and matted seaweed stretched for end- less leagues like some slimy .swamp. Here all the derelicts drifted and floated with the seaweed in eternal revolution slowely around and around, and. there /night be ships there that were caught in its embrace centuries ago. It was a fascinating thing to dream about it; books of fiction and boeks pretending to be feat. But it was all fable. The roman- cers forgot that Columbus sailed right through the Sargasso. Many another mariner has galled through it sines. The hydrographic office ot the United States government sent a ship through it with a company of scient- ists six years ago, so there is no my- stery about the Sargasso sea to those who have sought to learn, Plums tave A apiey nest jorbieh matte .thent a favorite preserving fink, anci several excellent vas tieties are :plentiful this year. Preserve all you can with "Pura and th,..10.414 for the salt° of eeonomical and wholesome desserts. 10, 20 and 106 -pound Sacks , 2 and n-potind Cartont Write tor free toples Or otir 6444 sew Cook nooks—She 11154a141 u. Ball Trlas-saark. MIAMI° Sugar Bennetts* 140 Limited, Montreal OfiASA HOW BRITAIN SAVED• THE PAY. Ao time poem the full complicity of Germany in the war eonspirecy be eoluee more and more apparent, as do her far-reaching worldelondnatina de- eigns. in league with Austria ae her tool, she sought not °My to enthrall alltrope but to overlord all the na- li'ona or the Near Feet and penetrate (Len into India. Tutkey woo inveigled into her cehemee and she saw iu the future a vielon of German dominanee over the whole World. But Germany had deaigns in other parts of the world than the Near Eaet. The Heiser Lad east longing °yea foe a place in the sun on the weatern hendephere. The Christian Scieuce Monitor eatet that the effort ot Herr van Zimmermann to draw Mex- ico and Japan into the Ger- man camp hue, had to be acknowl- paged, in spite cie the violent asser- tIou of the German -American impera that it wale an abominable British plot, a charge unfortunately made in the very hour of the admission of the truth of the aecusation by the Govern- ment in Berlin. What the plots of von Papen and Captain Boy -Ea had failed to mem the people of the United State, to understand. wee auccessfully accomplisted by von Zimmermann. Then came the news of the contem- plated acquirement of the Danish Wet lndiece in the very mouth of the Pan- gaea Canal, and now finally cornea the final touch, for the present, to the tremendous • comprehensiveness of these, FCItera-o, in the expoaure, by the ex-4.mbaseador a the United States, in Berlin. ot the feet that the 400,000 Germans in Southern Brazil were as- tually ettbsidtzerl by grants from the Government in Berlin, nominally for educational purpcees. No wonder that the Brazillane have broken off diplo- triable relations with Germany, and are convinced of the fact that the en- try oe the Germans into Paris was to have been celebrated by the .proclama- tion of theist) Southern Brazilian pro- vinces as German republics, under the protection of Berlin. Summing un all these plans and onhemes the Christian Science -gone tor says: What caved the libertiee of Europe at this juneture Mr, Gerard makee no seeret of it—was the sudden entry of England into the war. "It was the en- try of England into the war, in de. fence of the, right,s ot small nationa, in defence of .the guaranteed neutral- ity of ,I3elgitnie" he writes, "which eaved the world from the harsh dom- . inion of the conquest- hungry Prue - clans, and therefore caved as well the two Americas and their protecting doctrine of President (Monroe." No man knew what the decision of Eng-. land meant better than the Kaiser. In the very interview with Mr. Gerard, In which b� handed to the ex-Ambae,- `ceder the message ot President Wil - atm, he was already talking deepond- -ently about the wen "The English," ,lie declared, "changed the who:e situ - an 'obetiaate nation, they will keep up the war. It cannot end coon." That was the Kaiser's ()min verdict and his own interpretation of the Mtn- ;tlbn, and. be has had no reason to :change it since,. . ' For three 3 -ears the ebelinateenatiop his kept up the War. For three years Rs fleet has cleared the eeao or Ger- man shipping. During three years it :has built up vast armieq, financed half of, Europe, and instead of aending half' a -dozen divisions to acalst France, has Pet into the field some million° of trained soldiers: Britieh troops fought with the Ja.paneee at Kato Chaa. Brit - 1st troop premed from the Persian Gulf into Bagdad, driving the Turks 'before them. Britiah troopa flung the Turks back from the Suez Canal, and advanced to, the walls of Jerttea:em. tliritieh troops kept the Turke busy, In the Gallipoli during eritical months, and landed tit Saloniki to help to hold '11P the Bulgarian attack. And yet the 'lie...nein with the Dual Alliance waq the Britiele fleet to aid the armlets ol Etance and Russia, and only a fen .dOisiotia- to reinforce the French acrese the ehapnel. see* Worth •Remembering. Cayenne pepper will keep away ,mice. When stewing fruit, it takes nearly twice as much sugar to sweeten before It is tcOoked. To clean Zink, rub well with strong vihegar, then wash 'with hot suds, and polish with (ley cloth. Pure glyeerine .should never be Una On chappy heads as it extracts the Moisture and leaves the skin dryer than before. Dilute with rose water and add a feW drops of benzoin. Thel- zoin should be dropped into the gly- cerine before adding rose water. Jit making a Mustard plaster for a petient . with delicate akin, mix with White of egg instead Of Water, and it Will never Meter. A little lemon juice with a pineit of baking Soda Will Often Mire a sick eadaeb e. - BUYING PURRITURE. two. tn choosing alie furniture, ol d ,or new, leo practleal tests should be ap- plied besides the satisfactiOn of the aegthetie nense—the test of itee:ulness and the test Of Meaning, Ihe great thing in oil seal decisions ie, not to hurry; to take advice from friends, end even enemies; to seek ad- viee In the legitimate way from thope arld farnittite warehousee, tempering, eeletting, rejecting, and—whett the right thing is found—to buy it at &nee. •4 44e— Wastefulness in the lionsoliOld IS an Anieriean habit. Don't throw any- thing ilway. A woman might even keep a c-eeret. Unhappiest Woman In All of Europe Countess Inas Piot to Ruin the Ger- man Crown Prince. neeme.........e...ere---... . , The writer of these staggering ) 1 diSelosures is a lady who ren- dered a eignal service to the German Crown Princess th the latter'a schooldays, and beCauSe of this was appointed her Per sone' c ompanion. To tier the "Unhappiest Woman in Europe" confided mot ot the terrible troubles and secret anxietiee with which her life has been be- set. No more remarkable hu- man document leas even been penned. "I can't stand this life any longer!" Cecilie- flung herselfemon a couch in utter abandonment to the misery that filled her soul. I did my utmost with such small attentions as one woman can pay to another at a time of in- tense suffering. At laud she raised her tear -stained fitee to mina. "I am going to leave 13erlin at once," she eaid, "and take refuge with my Mother)" I knew that, like all people who ate, absent, Cecilie would be put in wrong if she took this extreme step. The ar- rangements for royal personages ot her importance, made for many weeks beforehand, would•have to be cancell- ed., and her failure to fulfil the en- gagements she had made would alone give rise to endlees scandal, especially in consideration of the notoriety the Crown Prince had, recently been earn- ing, I therefore suggested that she should write to her mother, urging her most powerfully to come to her, and that the Grand Duchess should lay her wrongs before the Kaiser, aud try to ceitmu. ereto some arrangement for the a Ceellie listened with attention to such arguments ae I was able to find, and finally consented to .remain in Berlin. She wrote, however, not only to her mother, but to her brother, the reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin. As I related in the last instalment ef these memoirs, the Crown Prince had charged Cecilie with having been instrumental in the poisoning of his favorite mistress. Cecilie was deter- mined to obtain redress for the intol- erable wrong her hudband had one her by making this charge, I need not say that there were many people foul - minded enough to suipect that my be- loved 'mistress really was the culprit. , A LOVELY CONSPIRATOR, , There is no need for me to describe the great family council which was the result of the prompt appearance of the aroused relatives of the Cfowu Princeea. Both the Emperor and the Empress took part in it; and the result :was that the Kaiser insisted on the fullest possible reparation. That took the part of a withdrawal and an apol- ogy,. tendered by the enraged Prince before the relatives of his wife, and before his own mother as well. The Empreee, like all partial moth- ers, blamed Cecille for the humilia- tioa of her favorite son, though surely he had brought it upon himself if ever a man had, But she is a jealous, mall - minded woman, who professes very high principles, but confusee them sad- ly when it comes .to putting them into practice. In no other way can I ex- plain the part ehe played in the in- trigue against the Crown Princese evnich followed the visit of the mem- bers of the Mecklenburg House to Court. ' The chief actor in this affair was the beautiful Countess Ina von Besse- witz, now the morganatic wife of Prince Oscar of Hohenzollern, the Kaiser's fifth son. A few years ago she was called at Potsdam and Berlin "The Stormy Petrel," for her appear- ance in a prominent capacity was al- ways the forerunner of trouble. The Countess belonged to a very old Pruseien family, her father, Count Hugo von Bassewitz, being a large and very wealthy landowner, Ina had a very well-recognized talent for intrigue, and a recklessnees of dis- position -which prevented her from drawing the line when serious trouble was loomitig ahead. When a young girl she had formed an association with a married man—a person of some importance at court—which had ended In her appearance in the divorce court, where she was accused by a wronged wife of conduct which would have wrecked her reputation entirely had the evidence been strong enough to substantiate the charges. "Adored one,—Since it is now prov- ed beyond all doubt that f must no longer lift inY Veit to one such es you, end my life in despair, "Why were yott so kind to me at first, it it was in your heart—as It must have been—to be so cruel after each a, little time? Your rebuke, that one so lowly as I should lift my eyes to one so exalted as yourself, has gear- ed my heart. It was not always So. I die with your picture on my heart; Yott gate it to Me, and 1 dere any man to take so precious a possession from the unhappy dead, Let it be burled with me; that is the last wish of Your unhappy, In the inquiries, both legal Red mili- tary, held into the circumstancea of the suicide, it was stated by the orderly who found the dead body, and by the doctor who examined it, that there Was no wornan's picture at all; and the de- cision was made that the youth was suffering from acute delusions, That evidence was credited by no- body. Whispers went round Berlin so- ciety, and it was seed that this and that lady of the Court was the person implicated. In a very little time the rumors concentrated upon the Crown Princess, audit was said that Von Fensterberg had been found with miniature ot Cecilie clasped in his hand. No rumor of that kind cen live un - leas there is something to justify it. Fensterberg was a gay and gallant young fellow, and aecomplishe•d in a careless, trivialway. He had been one of the introducers of the Tango into Germany, and was acknowledged at the time to be the most graceful amateur dancer of that difficult meas- ure. The dance had attracted Ceeille from the vary first sight of it, and she had made no secret of the pleasure she had received from the assiduous in- struction Fensterberg had given her in the first days of,the new dance. But the people Who ventured to take the name of the Crown Princess in their mouths had more to their story than this. They declared that a pic- ture was found on Von Fensterberg, and that it was actually the Prineess herself; a miniature concerning which there could be no mistake. They said it had passed into the possession of the Kaiser, who had hushed the mat- ter up as far as he tould. where the suicide had taken placate and et tk 11111' 5to Wierte 4w/1 the Whole sin Among the persons he quedielled fileSely wee the soldier serYant ot the dead man, This fellow preved to be conversant with his master's atfaire, and atter a lot ot difficeity, the Prince elicited from him the tad thet the dead Man had been madly in love with a dark lady, who had visited him once or twice at his q,uartere. Prince August concluded thie servant knew more than he had dieclosed, and took efficient means to make him tell the oreettsaillimtl*Yathkweihnegnaone happens to be a prinve German army there are ways man like that talk, teme- of the blood. The fellow remeined obstinately silent for a long time, but at last his secret was wrung from hini. gehad been in the pay of the Coun- tess Ina, and hed acted on her order. When his master had cenamitted sui- cide, lie had discovered the dead body and read the letter, knowing to whom it referred and was addressed, He had seen a possibility of extracting more money, and had taken away the like- ness of the Countess Ina from ,the piece, carefully concealing Ids mac - ter' s death for the time. , On receiving the news and the pic- ture, the Countess had detained Itim for a little time, and had then given him another picture, promising him no lesa than 10,000 marks if he would place it on the body In place of Flit he bad taken away. This, owing to the precaution he had taken on di,. covering his master's death, he was able to do. He then contrived that a servant of the Casino should discover the body of Fensterberg, with its damning evidence against the innocent Crown Prineess, LAUGHED AT THE KAISER. I need rardly say that when Prince August William arrived at this stage in his inquiries he determined that the whole matter must be kept a profound secret, At the same time he was not prepared to allow Cecilie to suffer in the eyes of the Kaiser in a matter of which she was. entirely innocent. The Crown Prince was summoned from Dantzle, and another of those family councils of the Hohenzollerns was summoned, the only outsider present being the Countess Ina von Bassewitz: It the Kaiser or Prince August exj pected any remorse or shame on her part, they were utterly disappointed. She cynically admitted the part she had played, only denying, for the sake of Prince Oscar, that there had been anything between her and the dead man except a mad infatuation on ris part, which she had done her best to discourage. "I was mad when I learned what hal happened," she said, dramatically, "mad lest I should lose the love of the only man who has ever stirred my heart to its true depths!" This was uttered with a languishing glance at Prince Oscar, who stood by ready to champion his love to the very bitter end, if need be. Nor would thie bold worhan consent to the silence that all, including Ce - eine herself, sought to impose upon her, 'except upon her own terms. "Withdraw all opposition," to my marriage with Prince Oscar,' she de - mended, "or I will tell the whole world how the Empress and the Princess Al- exandra helped me to deceive the law, and create a scandal against the Crown Princess, just because they hate leilh" Te Kaiser raved, but she only laughed at his thunder. Prince Oscar played up to her with more spirit than might have been expected of such as he, and the Royal Family was in a most unpleasant predicament. In con - 'tension, the Kaiser was left to find the best way he could out of the difficulty. His position was made 'harder by the old, Count eon Besse- witz, who argued out every step of mpraercreidaegnece in discussing a morganatic INA CETS HER WAY. It was my task when these mall* ious •scandals were current to keep them from the proud ears of the Prin- bees. I thought they would die away, as many another malicious untruth had •died, from shear lack of anything to justify them. The Crown Prince, nowever, Would not have it so. He wrote from Dent- ate a long letter to the Crowe Princess, setting out at some length. the .soan- dal that was current, and cunningly 'affirming 'his belief that it was base- less. He intimated that he was writ- ing to the Kaiser with a view of es- tablishing the fact that his wife was In no way concerned with the death of Fensterberg. Following this letter Cecilie was re- eeived in private by the Kaiser, and returned from the interview in a state of terrible emotion. She had seen the miniature which had been found with the dead man, and it was one of her - sett. The picture in question had been painted by a Dresden artist in the early days of her marriage, and tad been her birthday present to ber bus - band. Neither he nor she liked it; it was certainlya bad likeness; and she had aeterwards replaced it with a better piece of work. The last ate had seen of this pic- ture was in a cabinet belonging to the Prince, where it was lying -apparently disregarded. The position was a terrible one, for the matter was extremely delicate, soe delicate that open inquiry •could not be made. Cecilie appeared to have aged by years in the course of the few days that ,followed. and though we both puzzled our brain -s over the matter incessantly we found no solution. AN UNEXPECTED ALLY, THE PRIGGISH PRINCE. She scraped out of that trouble, only to figure as to the cause of a fatal duel between two young officers not more than a year later, Iler beauty and her charm Were un- deniable, so much so that she became a fast friend of Princess Alexandra, eats of the Prince August William, 'The Foxe' as the Berliners call him 1,Im wItert speaking of the Kaiser's tong, for August 'William is res merkaale for his cunning, Tees Prineess is the niece of the Kalserin herself, and, the favorite onions her daughters-in-law a smooth-apoken, spiteful woman, as ff.:ay as she is full of mischief, At Ole time young Pririce Oscar, having been gazetted to a lieuteaaticy in he Gaards, took up his residence at Potedatti, bringing with him from Bonn a reputation for amazing prig- githnegs. He had warned the unfor- tunate yottths who Were his fellow - students against drinking beer and fighteng etudents' sleets; and he had made several speeches about "Galt, our gi eat Pe wets jest the sort of puffed-up Youth to fall head over heels in love with_ Coultte.ss Ina, and the lady with to rather vivid Past professed to re, turn the pession Which she had easily aroused in his heart. Itritiettes Aletcandra, Whose husband Was ebzent at the time, acted as kind friend to the eouple, and at her estah- liatiment they 118.2tI to Met every day, "'TOM *UNHAPPY CONRAD." Matters had reached this Imes when O. young end handsome Bavarian Offi- tee of Uhlatts, Von Pensterberg bY name, tommitted suicide at the Caelno, or tiub, Of his reglinient, leaving be - rind him nothing to account for the sot except 0, letter addressed to sothe ladr Whote name he carefully conceal.. Isd. I have a COPY Of the letter by me ea 1 Write. It runs as tonne; At this stage we found an unexpeca ed ally in the Prince August William. He had received from same source a letter whicli .disquited him on account of its exposure of his wife's close in- timacy with the Countess Ina von Bassewitz and of the ihtrigue between that lady and has callow young bro- ther. He returned to Berlin quietly and unexpectedly and set his -cunning brans to work. His Princess was no matck for him in astuteness, and he found his broth- er Oscar an easy victim. He at once obtained the full measure of the in- trigue of the Countess Ina von Basse- witz. Oscar was set upon carrying her, and would be tontent with noth- ing less. He disregarded all expostu- lations and etatentents that neither the Kaiser nor the proud father of the lady would tear of a inorganic mar, rlage. He was infatuated, and be- haved after the fashion of infatuated young men the world over. The little Princes, in her glarm at the part she had played in at affair which was turning out mo seriously, gave Prince August a -clue to some- thing else. He could see front her alarm and tears that she was keeping sornething back from hint. He pressed her hardly, and she went into hysterics ahd declared that "Mamma" was as mueli to Matte as she was, This did not deter him. "You Must tell me what it is, "Alekandra," he deolaredt titernlY.:What is it that Ina 'von Bassewitz haa fit- dueed you to do?" "The portrait! The miniature," sobbed the hyeterical woman, "Oh, it was net my fault, really it was not. Mamma gave it to me to give to her." The Prince then took his questions to the Empress, who is just as much afraid of him as is his wife, in a very few minutes he had elicited front her the fact that she had taken the old miniature of the Crown Princess from the bureau where Willie had thrown it. She had kept it for a long time, arid when Princess Alexandra had asked ter a picture of Cecilia had glvert it to, her 'without asking why it was required. "I did not like to say anything about it," Was the only reason she gave when preseed to tell why the hed maintained silence since the wicked Whiapers had .been In eirculation. DARK SECRETS REVEALED. Having probed this teyetery so far, Prince. A,ugust carried it oue step further, Ite Vent to the little town The Kaiser had hoped that the lady would not appear at Court, but her father stuck out for every privilege, contending that in the case of such a morganatic marriage the lady must rank.only to Imperial and Royal High - leases. In the end Ina von Bassewitz had her way. On the eve of the war tee pair were united by ceremony known as nuptials of war, and as Count ess of Ruppin she ranks before the Mistress of Ceremonies herself at Court. The victim of the wholeaffair re- mained nay beloved and wronged mis- tress. The secrecy taken to imp the name of the Empress out of the scan- dal ensured that the gossip should continue to collect about her name. She was quite innocent, and the Em- press was guilty of at least e very mean and spiteful action, but Cecilie, as always, had to sateen "I wish to hear no more of this," she said to me, almost sternly, when I alluded to the grosa injustice of the whole affair. "Let them settle their troubles as best they may a One wrong niore or less, what does it matter to a woman who Inuit suffer in silence en- der the greatest wrong of all?" SONNET. (By James Cobourg Hodgins.) To those who Went, the dearest name on earth, To those who, seeking shelter and soft sloth, Paltered With God, forgetful of their oath, Aname to haunt throughout the world's wide girth. Full ot high choler and herota mirth, The elected ones, front tendrils of old growth Tore fiercely free and, to an anelent Stoodtrot h, faithful auto death and proved their Worth. But when the wa'r Is o'er and those re- Whot,ttrnlike great heerted heroes, rushed to fight— Ood'e champions of the outraged and oppressed— And pasSionate love in every heart doth 'burn, Where shall e stand --base re- creants to the light? • Pull in the ranks of cowards salt - confessed! --Prom tha Canadian Magaeine for August. It has the reputation of nearly a quarter of a century behind every packet sold,- Black—Green—or Mixed 13304 Color News. Navy, of course. Meek and white. Beige, straw, orchid, flesh, etc. Vivid emotional toilets trona China, Resets. and Turkey. Soft, dentate term of our own west, and rick dull ones from Persia. -4.4 Potatoes have dropped in price anti the hatiortat bakers have promised reduction le the rlee of bread. Those who had made up their Mieds to starve to death would better consider. —Know City Journal, The so-called Sargaeso Sea Is an egg- shaped. Area of ocean about 1,700 =nes from east and west and. 1,000 zones from north and soeth, brlog clue east from the coast of Florida. It le really A kind of eddy; it owes its ex- istence to the ocean eurrenta that encircle it; while in this great area or nearly 2,006,000 fiquare miles there is scarcely any current. Seaweed does exist there in quantltiee, but the greater part of its growth is a surface seaweed kept afloat by tiny bubbles; but there are no floating islands ot raatted aeaweede and no derelicts im- prisoned there for years.—Kansan City "Star." TEACH THE CHILDREN: That it does not take long to be careful, That fire and glitches are not play- things, That rusty nails In old boards may cause blood-asiseemet That swimming in unknown waters is dangerous, That they should Stop, Look and Listen before crossing any roadway. That the roadway is an ungate play- ground. That fallen or hanging wires may be 'live" wires. That they should never get on or off a moviftir street -car. That bicycles should, not be ridden on busy streets. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gentlemen,—In July, 1915, I was thrown from a road machine, injuring my hip and back badly, and was obliged to use a crutch for 14 months. In Septenther,1916, Mr. Win. Outridge, of Lachute, urged me to try MIN- ARD'S LINIMENT, which I did with the most satisfactory results. and to- day I am as well as ever in my life, Yours sincerely, His MATTHEW x BAINES. • mark, ..111M•••11•11111•111111101111110 Population by Sex. About half the probable population of the world has been enumerated with relation to sex. About 50.3 per cent. male, 4.9.7 per cent. female, is the result of this count, Only in Buie ope, among continents, do the timbales outnumber the males, the proportion being: Female, 60.6 per cent; male, 49.4 per cent. In most parts of the world of which we have informatioii the reverse is true. The percentage of males in British India is 50.9; in the tributary states, 51.7 ;in Japan, 50.6, In the United States by the last census there were 106 males to 100 re -- meals, the divisions of native, foreign, etc., being as follows; Native white of native percentage, 104 males, 100 females; native wMte of foreiien pea centage ,99.6 males, 100 females; for- eign white ,129.2 males, 100 females; negro, 98.9 males, 100 females; all other, 185 males, 100 females.—New York Times. Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. IVIIISICAL TRAINING. It Should Have a Place in the Education of Every Child, We shall make no real progress in .m. usic in this country, says Bruno Huhn, until we come to consider a training in the rudennits of music as an eseential point in the education of our children. Too often parents excuse their re- missness on the grouna that their children show no spontaneous desire to study music. Because a child ehows no such desire to study read- ing, writing and arithmetic do we for that reason permit him to neglect totally these subjects?, No normal child desires to study any subject, and a failure on the part of a child to crave a musical education shoulti not be permitted to exempt him from sech training. In my opinion the average chill should begin to study mush: at the age of eight or nine and for at least two years devote an hour a day to the ex- ercise of it. After two years the child's prefer- ence and aptitude may safely be con- sulted in regard to further study. But in any event the te o years of study have not been wasted, for he has al- ready learned something that will be of use to him all his life. Musical training, especially in the home, should have a place in the edu- cation of every child.—Exchange. CHOLERA INFANTUM Cholera infanturn is one of the fatal ailments of childhood. It is a trouble that comes on suddenly. especially dur- ing the summer months, and unless prompt action is taken ,the little. one may soon be beyond aid. Baby's Own Tablets are an ideal medicine in ward- ing off this trouble. They regulate the bowels and sweeten the stomach and thus prevent all the dreaded stomach compiainta. Concerning them Mrs. Fred Ros.e, South Bay, Ont., says: "I feel Baby's Own Tablets saved the life of our beby when she had cholera infantima and I would not be without them." The Tablets are sold by medi- eine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. So Say They All. Some time ago a charming girl came to town to spend a week with a young woman friend. While there she wag induced to take part in a church bazaar, ahd was given charge of the confectionery stall. Eventually a middle-aged man was led that way. "They tell me I meat buy some chocolates," smiled the victim, pick- ing up a box from the stall. "How much is this?" "rive dollars," answered the girl without any visible evidenee of con- sdentious pangs. "Urn," thoughtfully returned the victim, glaneing from tlie ehotolates to the girl, "aren't you a little dear?" "Well," coyly rejoined the other, "that's what all the boys say." • • • Life's Little Perversities. There are many little perversities in this life of ours. Doctors cannot heal themselves. Dentists nearly al- ways have bad teeth, 'Undertakers rarely die and never bury themselves. Editors carlItOt edit theinselves. Fin- ancial authorities are always broke. Chefs have no appetite. Tailors are always poorly dressed, Barbers usual- ly need a shave. Bartenders seldom partake—uniess it be of a eigar, mere. ly to keep the aliingles on the root nee is no need to multiply instant- tpuis Post.Dionaten. ISSUE NO. , 1917 HELP WANTED. WANTED — PRoPATIoNERS TO i! treat for nurses. Apple, Wellendre Itospital, St. tettiutrincs, ont, T. AWL'S WANTISO To no PLAIN, *4 light sewing at home; allele vpare time: good !play; work ant any dIetencei charge prepaid. Send stamp for Par, ticulare. National Manuftwturing Montreal, Que. rtk 4NTED-1,001e PIXEin ON CnoMpe ' ton and Knowiele eaerno. Good opportunity to right man. Apple, stating age and experience, to the atingsey Mfg - Co., Ltd., )33rantford, Ont. MONEY ORDERS. B" YOUR OUT -OR -TOWN SUPPE:MB 4-• with Dominion Express Money Or- aers. Five dollo.rs costs three cents, THE CAR StIORTAGE Consignees Can Help by Order - log Full Carloads, 1,mgeog.• The railways solicit coneigneee' co- operation in their endeavor to pro- vide all their patrons with a satistae- tory freight car supply, CONSIGNEES CAN HELP BY OR- DERING FULL CARLOADS. Many consignees never order more than the minimum authorized under the tariffs and classification. The re- sult is an economical waste which re- duces the efficiency of the railways and the public suffers. To increase the average car loading by 1 ton, would be equivalent to placing 10,960 adidtional freight cars In service In Canada. To 'fully load cars would go a long way towards solving our transporta- tion difficulties, Railways realize that some consign- ees cannot always order full carloads, but they are requested to help by or- dering in as large waits as possible. A CAR SAVED IS A CAR GAINED. The difference. between minimum loads and full loads of certain stan- dard commodities is given herewith: Flour shipped in 214 lb. berrels. Minimum load 210 labise A 30 ton car will hold 300 bhls., a 40 -ton car will hold 316 'tibia 98 lb, sacks. Minimum load 459 sacks: A 30 tan car will hold 673 sacks, a 40 Lon car will hold 000 sacks. Sugar shipped In 100 lb. sacks, Min- imum load 300 sacks: A 30 ton car will hold 660 sacks, a 400 ton car will hold 940 sacks. Cement shipped in 87 1-2 hb. sacks, Minimum load 467 sacks: A 30 ton car -will hold 764 sacks, R 40 ton car will hold 1074 sacks. Nails shipped in 10'i lb, kegs, Mini- mum load 230 kegs, A 30 ton car will hold 616 kegs, a 40 ton car will hold 878 kegs. CONSIGNEES CAN HELP SY PROMPTLY RELEASING CARS. To most consignee's suck an appeal Is unnecessary—they do not delay cars under load. There are others, however, who appear- to be satisfied if they release cars in what is known as "free time." Again, there are still others who hold cars in storage sea vice for weeks, and such consignees are largely responsible for car short- ages and terminal congestion. A recent check of cars placed for unloading and held by consignees at some of the stations on one of the railways showea 700 cars delayed an average of twelve days. Had thee cars been released within even five days they would have made nearly 1,400 trips, and would have handled about 35,000 tons of freight. 2,615 other cars unloaded within three days could have been placed for delivery on the tracks occupied by these 700 delayed cars. The railways do NOT want their cars to earn demurrage, but want them employed in carrying freight. A ROLLING CAR GATHERS NO DEMURRAGE. If consignees will order freight from shippers so as to increase the average loading by 5 tons per car, and if they will reduce the average delay in unloa.cling by 24 hours, it will prevent car shortages, In Co-operation There Is Efficiency, Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc. 4' • The Broken Broker. The late Judge Pennypacker, of Phie. adelphia, was an advocate of the en- franchisement of woman, but he also advocated justice in the relationship between tbe sexes for man. "Women," he said whimsically one day at the Pennsyleania Historical So- ciety, "mustn't pay in both ways. he mustn't get the vote and the equal wage through man's sense of. equity; and then get all kinds of unfair priv- ileges through his sense of gallantry, "There's a lot of truth in the eery dt the young broker who after his failure was thrown over by a pretty girl. "Why was the .engagement broken off?' a banker asked the ruined broker, " 'Well,' he answered,tafter 10 given ber a string of pearls. an opera boy and a birthday gilt of a twelve-cYlin. der limousine I went to smash, and her people accused me of amusing myselt at her expe_........._nsee ".—Baltiniore Sun. Minard's Lihiment Cures Diphtheria, 4 • High Coat of Living. The researches of Professor Mead, cie the University of California shoe that 310 men own 4,000,000 e.vres of the best land on the Continent and that one railroad pints 6,000,000 acres. The report Of the secretary of awl - Culture shows that lees than half ot the arable land in the United States is Stion for those seek, unicl_ieerrecitial tat vitsutiglte. ing the cause of the high cost of ing.—St. Paul News. It warehould ever atop, we should have to invent it.—Williani James.