The Exeter Times, 1922-4-13, Page 6vry n.For Hiniseif
By HOPKINS IVIOORVIOUSE
(Copyright by Musson Company)
CHAPTER XXL—(Continued.) 1Rives calmly discussing. the -meeting
But ;Timmy had failed -to reckon the -with the Honorable Milton Waring
rcibllity that he would be unable whieh is to take place on the night o
to escape. It had seemed to be an the twenty-seventh, arid while lie we,
eaey thing to give hie two companions unable to obtain the full details „of th
the slip; but arhen they detrained at scheme which is being hatched witl
IndianOreek he had been inveigled your uncle's co-operation, he 'carnet
mto assisting with the unloading of enough to show that their plans ar
the canoes, and •on his first trip to the pretty near maturity.
,reek a hert distance from the sba- "If that were all, I would be in
i ton, haled faund himself forced into dined to say that Jimmy must hav
been Wo1-gathering• and have misun-
derstood what he heard; but, unifora
tunately it isn't all—not by any mat-
ter of means."
The Price of Motherhoed,
.The 'reason that so many people fail
in life is beicatiae they are tacit williny
to pay the final mike of success.
For all that we get in the world
'we have to pay something, Nothing
is free, but when we Pay little, eve get
;
The trouble with most of •us is that
we are always on the hunt :Coo a bar-
gain, We want thd best, but we ex-
pect to get it marked, down) aid we
are surprised and disappointed wh en
we find that we do not, get first-elass
articles for a ondciass p
' Women fail as mothers because they
-1 think Rua 'somehow they can bring
es up theirchildren on the bargain COlan",
lell;lpoltaltile'rhood is a costly enough thing
e at b.est, For .e reit every wonian
pays in agonyrin endless anxiety,,,,and
- sacrifice. She cannot escape that, and
e haring paid eo much, elle would think
that she would go on and Ray her final
instalment on the superlative mother-
hood that would insure her boys arid
girls taramgout to be the sort of men
1 and women that are an honor to their
parents and a blesen.e, to the com-
munity.
Unfortunatel‘y, all too many women
baulk at this, litet settlement. They
dodge the final payment. These are
- the mothers ,who let their children run
the streets while they are gadding
- about. These are the mothers who are
so ocalupied with amusing themselves
that they do not know how their , chil-
then ale ot‘ er Lag themselves. These
are the mothers who follow the line
of least resistance, and gire in to; their
children because they have not the
nerve and courage to stand up and
light self-willed, half-grown boys and
girls.
The final prfee of motherhood is a
•
the Indian guide's canoe and carried
beyond reac.13 of help -
He had Planned tiler. to escape after
they reached the abandoned legging
camp, steal a canoe and come back to el
the railway line and down to Thorlak- le: Paused 'anti leaked up at Inn
son on a handcar or a freight train.
"M
But again he had notreckoned on the r. Kendrick, several times in tin
number of men with Whom ha would past few days our conversation has
have to deal at the camp. McIver's wandered to Political topics and once
party proper consisted only
of three; or twice you mentioned with some re
men. beside himself; but the -halir-Isentineat the personal attacks which
breeds and others who had been in -
are made upon our public men by
vited for a spree began to straggle in 3,e1lieleittiicoanleelaili'1111.,,,.onen4'espie Inthe
a
rtheit eaea
heant of
till escape became almost inaliesibles ough to drive all thought of taking
They 'caught him the first time he:
e
tried it and after that he had been part in the government of thcoun
guarded more closelyIt was plain
try from tha minds of -decent citizens
. -
tfewe
to him that Nickleby, knowing of this et pretty severe on the 11.0WS-
meivor expedition, had paid mavens "PaPers, the Party OrgUnS anyway, Tor
some of the thing's they have ventured
agent to'carry him, into the heart of
the, 'wilderness with them, and to keep 1° saV about pour uncle from time to
him away frau''i civilization. time' I endeavored to change*the sub -
In the light of this recital of the ject mrheyver you got goiag, along
facts the presence eag jimmy stiles this line .Lor fear I would say some -
was no longer an unbelievable
thing which would hurt.
your feelings I
coin -
1
eiderree, but a logical outcome. Nickie. 1 assure You it 10 -not easy for me to
by, having made a clicker with Mc- dothat now. 1 ani a novvaPaPel
woman, as you know, and loyalty to
laces 10011t0 recover the money -from
the atumP before Podmore could. get ,,nht Paper emends that I speak plain -
it, had attempted to kill two birds
1Y. Also the situation in whica we find
with one stone by having Melva,- take curse:Yes requires me to. give :.7°Li-
Stiles with him on his expedition be- facts in advance of Publication ----facts
y,ond the outposts of civilization.
111 ,..w=11.- Lave been very closely guarded
doing that Nickleby had ao means of !''Y the 'Recgjer'—atid .am trust-
ing to your discretion under moat dif-
kno wing that he was defeating his own
ends by putting; Stiles within reach ficult aircumstanees."
"1 understand, Miss Lawson. It's
The end of the narrative found scarcely necessary to assure you that
Kendrick full of eager questions. The Your confidence will be respected."
detiaite knowledge that NickNby had "I told you the othor night that my
a pclice record. that Rives knew this editor had grown suspicious of the
and had looked him up on the strength Alderson Construction Company and
Dr it, that the two had -their heeds to- that we had been gathering up evi-
zeta-lea—all this boded no good, as deuce for a graft exposure that would
SAW it. Nathaniel Lawson and shock the country. I regret very much
Benjamin Wade apparently had been that the Honorable Milton 'Waring is
justified in their 'worst suspicions of involved in these charges, along with
Nickleby. Kendriek aaked Stiles for Blatchford Ferguson and Nickleby
Tut:tiler ttetails of the conversation Alderson himself is ineitely a figure
he had overheard between Nickleby head of Nickleby's; for, as I told you.
and Rives., Had he.been able to catch before, the Alidereon ,coneern is ninety
an that was* said? Was there any in- per cent. j. C. Nickleby. It was' im
dieation that the' two, were planning me la, e y after a seoret meeting be
farther mischief ? itween these fou -
r men that the cam
"They dropped, their voices pretty paign fund contributicm of fifty 'thou -
/a* once or twice," replied Jimmy with sand dollars was made by the Alder-
son
Construction Company. You
know what 'happened to it. Photo-
graphs of this money are naw in the
"Recorder's" pes.session.
'the very exposure. which Wade was
helping, t bring •about?
'It was. a mg:
muddle which was -ha, to
penetrate. . What a' beautiful line of
- talk- Match 'Ferguson .had'hancle.d him
the other • dayl Accordingto Blatch
the Honorable Milton Waring: was one
of. the ,,lhaaidesteworkIng, • mosit :con-
iscientious :and high-principlecISMen of
ithe day and BlatCh had• had greater
opportunity of knowing that than
,
meat :he had aaid. fle:coeildsay- that,,
„
II knowing the ,facto, bed4g. .021.e of ,t4e.
Principals himself in 'the sgraft that
`WaS going :on! --,-could say that and fol -
;low it up With a hontily upon honesty'
' in public ,lifea-esay it with an exalted
look upon his face! .How completely.
• a bit 'et tinsuspectedtruth' could -alter
an. entireeperspective. How easilyeahe
had been fooled ,when he became too
.1 " ; ,•
• , Aid his Made?' Had his Uncle talked .
to him that foggy night only for the
purpose of fooldng him too? "Even
-"one man against a pack of wolves, can
a put up at least some kind of a fight;
.1
i
even though he knows- that .sooner Or
I later i
he s doomed to go ,dowin."..His
uncle kne*then that'sooner or -later
discovery must come? He had talked
about haring tried to do his duty and
wanted his nephew to believe it rib
I matter what happened-eB t, as Cristy•
:had pointed out, new farm:Mrs had tim. e
; to become worn :and inefficient in
twelve years of use His Uncle had
I been talking 121the past tense! Re
had tried to do what he thought was
1his duty—at first, when he swept'in•to
'politica, ins:Ph-ed• by the -victory over
the Rives crowd. Twe
(To be continued,)
setting:temptations. the
face of be-,
lingapiration, to bur-
;
lntly avas e Ion tinike years
ap-
pare
tle expect an
Dye Old Wrap Skirt
Sweater; Curtains,
in Diaroond Dyes
staggering cne, but onlY the Woniel1
WhQ ..
pay it do tome duty by then. chi,
idrell, and reap The reward.
'Whether a marriage turas out well
I or ill, depends absolat(gy on whether
lO man. end Woman are willies's to -pay
the final price or matrimony. EverY-
I(rnd who marries must pay something.
IlloY can't get out of that. Marniage
!is bound to bring canes and anxieties
and burdens, from which the single
are free, It exacts the giving up Of
one's ,own inc1ipabiopa and .desires,
1 Every husband and wife must pay
this Price: foe. being inarried, and it is
beeause they pay it with gtumb1ipg,
and whining, and under protest, that
so mny amarriages are failures, It
is because so many husbands and
wives try to cheat and get all for no-
thing that so many homes are broken
up.. '
Itis those who are just enough, and
generous enough, to paw the full price
of matrimony who make of marriage
and parenthood a shining) au' ccessa
They pay 1i ove, and patience, and
forbearances They strive for the 11--1.
piness of eaCh other.' They -give truth,
and loyalty :"Incl sympathy, and uncles
standing. Theycount sacrifice a joy
because it is made .for, something
dearer to them than their own selfish s-'
egotism. ,.1-atays it is those who pay
prcewho get the worth of
their money. Fate runs no bargain
counter,
some hesitation, but I got the most
jt..'He looked aCTO,SE itt Cristy
Lawson and cleared. his thaoat in such
evident embaarasarnent that Phil
gtanced quickly at the girl. "But before this meeting took place
"What is it, Miss Lawson, please? , at all we had run down the proof of
Xiat and Jimmy are keeping- something a real-estate transaction in connection
hack. Why? Is there aornething you with the proposed new Deaf and Dumb
think 1 ought not to know." Institute that was traceable finally to
She looked up atthat and he was your uncle and Nickleby anicl Ferguson.
sarprisecl at the diffidence reflected The three of them secretly formed a
in her manner.ittle syndicate. Nickleby, advanced
"It isn't that it is anything You the wherewithal to purchase the land,
should not know," she said with an ef- Ferguson .bought it up quietly and
fort to choose her words carefully. shrewdly- through different agents at
"On the contrary, you should know half its value, and the Honorable Milt's
B -at it is never pleasant to be the contribution was to, engineer the Gov -
bearer of—bad news." ernment's -purchase of the site. In
"'Nothing is ever so bad, that it fact, we obtained the proof that it was
rnight not he worse,'" he quoted, en- he who proposed tha whole deal to
&avulsing to cover hie anxiety by a Nicklehy in the first place. The site
smile. "What is it, please?" was purehased piecemeal, at sacrifice
"It is about your uncle, Mr. Ken- prices, from individuarlot owners for
drick." She turnecl to, face. him a total of $50,000. Its market value
squarely and epolce rapidly. "We have was $100,000. It was sold to the Gov -
undeniable proof that the Honorable ernment for $200,000. The profit of
Milton -Waring is in collusion with $150,000 was split three ways between
Nickleby—and, inoOdenitaIly, Rives— your uncle, Ferguson; and Nickleby.
and they are planning to misuse the These are facto, Mr. Kendrick Nvihich
wads of the Interprovincial Loan (Fa have been established 'beyond question
Savings Company. They are meeting by my editor, Mr. McAllister, by per -
about midnight on the twenty-seventh sonial investigation."
et your uncle's house—over on the She perused and loolced away from
island—to close a deal Zilch involves him to escape evidence of the -pain
control of Interprovincial stock. which she knew her words were giving
atickleby has agreed to dispose of his him. His face seemed hatggairdi in the
holdings anal those of his clique at feeble flicker of. the candle. Stiles had
grossly inflated prices ancl to provide sat silent throughout, poking some
the money for the pureha,se by a largeadried. pine -needles 'into a little, heap
cnn with very inadequate collateral with a -stick. He conthfried carefully
security. In Plain language it is a to. poke them together and scatter
hug e steal which may mean, possibly, them again, pole.e them together and
0, et lop man
have. to 8catter them agam,
re itdoors." You are quite sure—of the proof ?"
s
I'm awfttlly sorry, MT. Kendrick:"
CHAPTER XIT.
and lie looked -up at her sympa.thetac
X
tones to find tears in her eye -s. "There
"*"'"ver'ing Clouds is no mistake. The "Reeordier" has
'NAL gaze,c1 gravely :at the glad's the SW01'11 affidavits to prove " ito
; a
e -miens Jirninyi Stiles. He could not estate dear and Mr. McAllister has
smile at this ;startling statement as shown me photos of the cheques"
011 WA -and -out abasirdity when it was Phil eat aa if dazed. He could not
/ apparent that both of them were atrust himself to speak. He fought
sitmere in their belief that it was the against belief in his uncle's derelic-
t -tern
"Thai is a pretty serioue charge
gau are making, Miss Lawson" be said
quietly. "You speak of undeniable
pioof that my uncle is in collusion
with NickLeby. 1 think ,eve may eli-
minate Rives as impossible ill this
connection. As you know, my uncle
was the man who put Rives in jail, by shutting one' eyes to the fact that
Where he belongedjust what do you many a good man hml found the poli-
tical game as it -was played these days
'too many for him. He knew what, Mc-
Allister had up his sleeve perihelia.
IVt-ts it part oin, the puzzle which the
flu.shed excited face; then at the tale, altares a, sin connection with the real-
tion, but there 'seemed no loop -hole of
escape from such evidence arid he
knew that Cristy. Laaysou could have
no object in 'attempting to deceive him.
She was tellling him the troth. -
ass
This. then, was the sort of thing
Ben Wade had had in mind when he
said there was -nothing to be gained'
Each packa,ge of "Diamond Dyes"
contains directions so simple any wo-
man -can dye or stint her old Worn
faded things new., Even if she has
never dyed before, she can put a rich,
fadeless color into shabby skirts,
dresses, waists, coats, stockings, sweat-
ers, ,coverings, draperies, hangings.
everything! Buy Diamopd Dyes—no
other kind—then perfect home dyeing
is guaranteed. Just telt your drug-
gist,whether the material.soi4wish to 1
dye is wool or silk, or whether it is
linen', cotton, ow .nrixeli goods. 'Dia-
mond Dees nevea streak. 'spot, fade,
or run,
A 'Honie-Made Tea Wagon.
,
I am a, Practical farmer's wife, and
I work onthefarm besides; :doing the
housework, so, whateyer saves ,time
and. labors inthe hOusemakes that
fnueh. Moreatime :for -Matcloor .work.
We live in an oldeilaaillionaci farm-
house. Theara.ntry opens from one end
Of the dining -roam, and the kitchen
from the other end, making as good
'many, steps necessary vhen getting a
Meal: I had an old washstand that
was in good condition,also the wheels
from a. baby's gotert. I s;awed :two
end legs:, Irani the s.itand just the right
length, then sawed grooves in the end
of the lege to fit down :Over the: axles
of the ,gocart and pat -smald bolts
through the bottom of the alegs to
hold thein in-praCe. Then 1. put casters
.on the other two legs..
'. I eau dint's red the :stand, .and n:ailed
a small ralling around the top after
covering the top with. white Oiliti'eth,
Then 1 'fixed the lower :shelf in the
same lay. I stained the, s.tand a dark
oak: co dr, and varnished:it nieely. ;
Now I put all the things 1 am_going
to need in tbe kitchen, while.,gettingIe
meal, on this standaand wheel it Out
to the kitchen. It makes a very nice
little table teetiee: there. Than, when
dish up the dinner,' I put it en this
title stand,. and wheel it into. the din-
ing -room, thus saving. a good many
extea steps. The used dishes are pat
on it, whes1t! e o- the kitchen,
-Washed,' anct'""again wheeled to the
'pantityamaking one trip where I used
tomake a dozen, thus saying tiine 'rem
other weak.
Hair-Dressing.
Ti is exceedingly difficult to saggest
a sty -le of hair -dressing for a person
whom one ha -a. ilaVer gen. So 'much
ha,s to be taken into consideration -se
the shape of the head and face, and the
kind and quality of hair—that only
general rules Can be given. 'It is 11'A-
ty necessary to say that the'hair must
be kept in good, condition in order'to
look sits best
Very long and heavy hair is' difficult
to arrange. Few women Who possess
such hair are willing to sacrifice a
part of it, but those who realize the
difficulty of arraning it in a becom-
ing way, -wilt:cut a lock out of the
centre, in order to keep the coats or
knot within d'size which will not die -
tort the contour of a shapely head,
nor make its, owner look top-heavy.
The head should, however, be well -
covered with hair of sufficient length
to form a graceful outline .arid,provide
a frame for the face. Like gowns and
-lets, the hair arrangement shOuld be
studied.from all points. If the shape
of the head is good, keep it sot, if the
contour is -not gpod, study to impaove
it. Be most particular about back and
side -views of the head, and study the
face well in deciding style of the coif -
When oneagforehead is well shaped
it- wall stand an avrangenient. which
.11°w -a it off; but, the exceedingly high
Four small islands in the South Seas
were recently offered for sale in Lon -
do.
.Minard's Liniment for Grippe and Flu.
-a: a aelaaq
mean by 'undeniable proof'?"
"Tt, is itue that Rives Was jailed
your uncle's . efeorts, but that
was twelve Years ago, Mr. Kendrick,
Twehre yeara 18 a long time—in officerailroad president vsais trying to piece
PoIitloitl broome have an un,fortunate together ? What had aide done with
tendency of late yeatis to Lose St1C1T the stolen money that Cristy had given
apliaters very rapidly once they aro him? He had Lad it photographed,
saaa of a place inside the 'domarid it for one thiltt,,, and tuialeci the phios
i8t1'1, a great while before they 210 oVer to McAllister! He had been help -
tenger sw7.8e!) clean." -a. ing Cristy ha;•• work! At the eatne 3c n
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'ndeniable proof.' T believe yeti time he ltasi been trying to save Atini, t!,ea,ge as wc may.
taaid," pets is tea Phil. Dolly' from—what? The suffering she
"jilt -tiny twat:heard Niokleby anal aroold inidereo ontier the (Lisa -raise al;
ti 'Of' Rix.,
‘.......ivs it is Wit);:.,
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Don't kill • i ta le fa rian Re, Lt's tO tten it, and gam er
teal) A a/sac:edit:al 111 er A aial,erdttie )
Ies a
DOUBLE treac,
—Peppermint
jacket over Pep.
permint,gunx
10 hr
Candy 'jacket just Sfm4ts
in your mouth". then you
get the delectable gurta center.
And with Wrigley's three old
standbys also affording friendly -
aid -to teeth, throat, breath;
appetite and digestion.
Soothing, thirst.
quenching,. Making
the next cigar taste
better.
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forehead, or one whidh- has .an, ugly Only ',one man in three
looks best with the hair healthy. -
brought well down to the brows. In
spite of the protests against covering
the ears most women look Well with
the hair clres.sed softly over the upper
part of these members., There are
few really beautiful ears but if only
the lobes are shown, no one camprove
that ours are not perfect ones, and
most of us need this sioftening effeCt.
The shape of the face ;gives the cue
to one's coiffure. If it is long and
narrow, etrive to arrang-a the hair iso
the face seems shorter and briciacler.
If the face is short and broad, work
for the ichppereite effect. Never _em-
phasize a long, thin neck with a high
head-dress, but the woman with the
short plump neck needs to dress her
hair high.
Above all, choose an arrangement
which suits your particular type B
cause Miss"Blank looks weal with her
hair waved and dressed in an elaborate
manner dots not mean necessarily that
you aviil. Be conservative; for, 'while
none of us wants to look-old-fa3hior.ed5
we surely do not care to be so new -
fashioned that we are ridiculous.
[S.
Use Minard's Liniment for the Flu.
Milk will nhtlmirn ff., before heating,
a little cold water is put into the
saucepan and brought to the 'boll. The
earker'S,
Die Works:
Limited
Cleaners and Dyer3
791 Yonge .*St.
Toronto 93
-
04. M315.1*171ATZifipiari2
t can lenhe heated th
is perfectly
"Lifebe,aesa with chtembers flHed
,
with rubber sponge, would, he even
mare' unsirek,abla .than the present
type'," says an English scientist.,
za.4..mi&ozmazg-4,r,---,5-mamvazaw.
T1-1.-5,' postaia.n and expressman will
bring Paiker service right' to your
„ home. Wc pay carriage one way.
Whs.tever you send-- whether it be
housenold drapclies or the most deli-
cate rabrica—will be speedily returned
to their original freshAss. When you
think of cleaning or dyeing
hink of PARKER'S.
n e usual
way.
GAS IN THE STDMAC}I
IS DANCEROUS
Recommends Daily Use of Magnesi
to Overcome Trouble, Caused by
Fermenting •Food 'and Acid
Indigestion.'
Gas and wind in the stomach accom-
panied by that full, bloated feeling af-
Ter eatilin.g are ailmost certain evidence
of the, presence of excessive hydro-
chlonic acid in the s•toniach; creating
Go-catled "acid iindigestion"
Acid stomachs are dangettous- be-
cause too much acid Radiates' the deli-
cate lining ,of •the stomach, often lead-
ing to gastritis accompanied by seri-
ous sstornach ulcers. Food ferments
and souns, creating the distressing gas
which clasteedis the stomach and ham-
pers tills normal flthetiOITS Of the vital
internal organs, often affecting the
heart.
it is the worst of folly to ' neglect
such a ,serious camidialon er to treat
with ordinary digestive aids -which
have no neutralizing effect on the
ganiacii Welds. Instead get from, an'
druggist a fear ounces of 13isai.ated'
Ma g naiad a blind i.talco a teasacinnful in a,
et:alter glass of water right after eat-
ing, This: will drive the gas, wind and
bloat right oui of the body, swe'elen`
the stomach, neutralize the exeoes
acid and prevent its formation and"
there is 11.0 sourness or pain. Bislitated,
Ala,gnesie (in powder or tablet feral--,
never liquid or milic) is harmless to
(hestomach inexpeneive to h,ako and
the best TorrU of magnesia for stomach,
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47 ,Breakfast Sets and 898
Articles Made from Pre-
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Every. Pride Do doubt has confronted
the problem of what Lb do with dupli-
cate wedding presents, , When all the
aunts and uncles; suddenly de:cide that
salt c11iav 01' tibrastsisli \e'mt,b11Labo j
e svult.ionle
thiiug to give ile
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..11\11,111taig;,in;,11
ruit,,,as.higli PS' sixty, '
An interesting classificStion of the
weadthg.giftsi ishowethat/ in. the -Jewel
sec Lon ithere ay RS 'the ' eva
deuces of "great.,milids fumiting in the
fifilate.iacce4,1aells11,,G1'i'i'irse'; necklaces, five; ti
popdarris, six; tiarr,0, t'sr1,0,; bronelles,
twenty-two; rings, seven; chains,
eight; gasketso;ten; boxes., tirirtyratine;:
pine, ton; dires,s ornainents, tav'entys
A▪ mong the 893 gilt's ivad Idopt pre -
clot's, metals there Wono:
Jug:s and bowls, 66; dishes. 28:
trays, 29; veaes, 24; cups, 31; golill•
lets, 12; inkstands, 18; ornaments, 86;
statuettes, 25; carcloases, 1.4e ash-
trays, 53; teavelkig cases, 8; cigarette
cases, 9; workboxes, 7,
'[Pie largest individual number of
gifts of any,particular type was books,
which total 197. Next in numerical
order was pictures, totaling 87. There
a -ere 71 :artteles of furniture, and the
list of household gifts included:
Ornaments, 62; apparel, 51; glass
howls:, 40; candelabra, 22; clocks, 22;
mirrors, 10.,' cabinets, 14; =larch -lea,
17; lamps and shaclea, 14; rugs, 17';
cutlery, 22; wall brackets, 8,
For:- the varicus table services there
were 'the 'following items: Dining
table, 36tea table. 28; breakfa,sf
table, 41; writing table, 52; complete
setivices,,14; toset racks, 16; dninking
cups, 18; silver dishze, 30; goad dishes,
11; silVer sailvens, 18.
The items for the writing table in-
cluded 17 paper knives, 14 blotters ain't
12 writing sets. A few miscellaneous
items were: Baskets, 16; old linen and
lace, 24; boudoir articles, 28; naive of
gloves-. -70; tab] e linen, '28; wedding
cakes, 10; dress lengths, 13, and hunt -
big crops, 7.
500 -pound Wedding Ceke.
P rincess, -Mary. borrowed Viscount,.
Leacolles' sword to cut the_ huge wed,
ding cake which was served' at :her
wedding 'breakfast When the party
had assembled in the dining room ol
Buckingham Palace, King- George in-
vited the •Princess to lead the attacdi
on the, formidable 500 -pound confec-
tion
Viscount Laseellesacted as lter es-
cort, and as they approached the huge
cake he handed her his sword. Prince
Henry, who waa close behind his sia
ter, offered to get a hatchet, but prin.'''.
cess Mary laughingly declined.
The Duke of York evoked a laugh
by suggesting that a Louis (machine)
gun might settle the 'thing more ex-
peclitiously that either sword or
hatchet.
The London Daily Nowa correspond -
emit who thus descrilies, the fun it tho'-
wedding breakfast breakfast failecl to. state -what
,sucetess the Princess had with the
a:word. Heay that when the Queen
Mother Alexandra arrived at Backiag-
ham Pala,oe after ,the wadding care-.
many. Princess Mary made an im-
petuous dash at her and the two em-
braced affectionately. „
The Duke of York remarked 'that
Queen Aleaconclea was the -first to kiss
the bride, but Queen. Mary smilingly
'refuted it, saying that she had Meisel
the Princess when the register was
being 'signed in' the ehape,1 of Edward,
the Confessor. '
"Well, anyhow," the Duke of York
is:quoted 'as saying, "I a121 going to be
the firat beichelor to kiss, her," and he
did it so emphatically as to eause a
laugh at his expense.
King George suggested that tho
Duke might like to kiss all the brides-
maids also, but at this point the
Duke's nerve evidently failed him.
Fireproofi-lg Wood
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on account of the ease -with which It
may be worked,, its -relative strength,
its low coat, and attractive appear-
ance, that if It could be rendered fire,
Droor it Would be almost ideal for
many Purp.c'eA. Tb e rinT'eait
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1Department of the Interior, Ap,k_ht
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that is to decrease its natural ilifi0itt-
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he inacie extremely difficult to
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