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THE SLIPPER OF
BEGIN HERE TODAY
A novelist, seeking nocturnal ad-
venture, leaves the ball room of the
Marchioness of Drimning at two
o'clock in the morning, While stand-
ing in the archway leading into
Shepherd's Market he hears. a woman
screaming to a dreg. He is surprised
to see a woman in evening dress.chas-
ing a small terrier.
When he sees that the dog is car-
rying the woman's slipper. in his
mouth he gallantly offers to assist the
lady. And is amazed when the 'wo-
man addresses him as "No. 9." Be-
ing unable to capture the dog the
novelist resolves to penetrate .the mys-
tery. Presently several men come
upon the scene and he is blindfolded
and taken to a part of London strange
to him. Many people are assembled
there who plot o kill the Emperor of
Berengaria.. The novelist is addressed.
as "No. 9," and is asked to voice his
opinion.
NOW GO 'ON WITH THE STORY.-
I plunged: "Well, 1 should say that
between 12 and 1 would be the best.
You see when the ... the tyrant is
going in and out of shops, it is quite
simple to nick him between the shoul-
der blades." There were murmurs of
assent, as I made a slicking gesture.
"In that case," said the chairman,
"you would do the removal, and I take
it that No. 5, would be ready to assist
you in escaping by having a taxi in
readiness. However, you will remem-
ber that it is more usual, when a fe-
male comrade is employed, for her to
do the removal while the male mem-1
drives the taxi."
----We discussed this for a short time,
and -1 made- quite a pretty picture sof
myself lurking at the corner of. Graf
ten Street, watching for the Beren.-
garian to come out of Pomfrey's. But
No. 5 eat us short:
' "No. That is perfectly useless. It
is most difficult to escape from a dis-
trict like Bond Street. There is too
much traffic, and the road is generally
up. When I was concerned with the
removal of Scblopstein, the traitor, in.
Fifth Avenue, I was very nearly
caught. If I had not run over a
policeman, I should not be here.'
"Certainly," said the chairman,
politely, "there is something in what
you say, No. 5. Though, of course, I
assume that you are not thinking of
your own life."
"Oh, no," said the lady, carelessly.
"That is not of the slightest import-
ance. But I dislike inefficient work.
I say the park."
"Have you thought out a plan?"
"Yes. You are aware that the Em-
peror of Berengaria rides sixteen
stone? Therefore his horse does not
go very fast."
"Well, assuming that is the case?"
"What T propose is as follows No.
9 and I will proceed to the park, and
be there by half -past eight in the
morning, a. few minutes bfeore the ty-
rant arrives. I shall be standing by
.the railings when his horse comes to -
award me at its usual leisurely pace.
We will select a. spot in front of a
tree behind which will be posted No.
9. As the Emperor of Berengaria ap-
fKeeps teeth
clean, breath sweet,
appetite keen and
digestion good.
gent after wrnasara
smelting h.se r its
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preaches, I will give a cry and fall
down in a faint. He will get off and
assist me. ' I understand, Comrade,
that the tyrant is very chivalrous;
due .advantage aliould be taken of this
weakness. While he is bending over
us, No. 9 will have an opportunity to
dispatch him with any weapon he
thinks fit. I say truncheons. They
go deep and make no noise." She flung
me a smile, as she added: "Though I
shall not object to No. 9's preference
for the knife if he is more practiced
with the weapon."
"Very. sensib:e, indeed," said the
chairman, "very competent. I con-
gratuIate you, No. 5. Have you any
objections, No. 9?"
"Oh, no. It sounds very efficient.
I am quite willing, end perhaps No.
5. is right. In the case of a highly
adipose monarch the '.-rife may not go
deep enough. I say truncheons."
"You can settle that rater. Settle
it between yourselves. Now can we
assist you in any' way?"
"Yes,"said No. 5. "As soon as the
good work is done we shall run across
the grass, one toward the east, and
one toward the, west, until we reach
the carriage road. There we shall ex -
here I was again in Climes% Street!
Near by I could see the file of car -1}
nates outs' 1: i)r•°nning House; tht;,
rights glowed; upon the air came the!
strei'ns once more of "Chop Chop
Chinaman." But now I was no longer
acme ; the beautiful figure by my side,
though she was in hatpin with the
opulent were, represented in her rcibe
of 'lame :the red virgin of anarehy..
It was exciting and wandirrh1. I knew
that my duty was to ;Srid her forth -
'with to the pollee and, to expose the
plot, so that the Emperor of Be'ren-!
garia might proceed with his pence-!
ful life. But the idea of manacles!
upon those tender wrists, that dark'
waving hair under the leap of the pris-
oner, it was unthinkable, 'horrible,,. -1
hated and feared her, but at the swine
time a. gentler sentiment arose in me.
If only I could save her, argue with
and convert her! For, of course, some
day ,she must be caught and die,, or
see the roses of her check grow dull
in a prison cell. Only, to convert a
woman one must make her Iove ono.
There was not much time.
It was then that with a pretty laugh
No. • 5 paused outside the archway,
and murmured: "It's all very well, but
I still haven't got my slipper."
"I say," I replied, remorsefully.
"How like a man! I was going to
make you walk until we met a taxi.
Whyl You might have hurt your
foot," •
She laughed cin a queer, intense,
ecstatic 'note: "Oh," she'murmured, "If
only I might spill my heart's blood for
our cause."
"Spill your heart's blood if you
like," I replied, "but your foot's blood
is not glorious. The question is, how
am I to find you ;a slipper. Look here,
I'm afraid it'll be a bit large for you,.
but let me lend you my left : shoe.."
She laughed again: "And then it
will be your foot's blood. which will
be spilled for the cause." I marvelled
at her lightness, but she was not 20;
she eould laugh in the middle of
tragedy.
"I know what to do," I said. "I've
just been to a dance, and it's niy mis-
fortune to 'grow very hot. Thus I
carry several spare handkerchiefs.
Let me snake you a sort of• sandal."
e"'Shelaughed again, and silently ex-
tended a charming foot, covered in
flame -colored silk; I knelt down,
fumbling with the handkerchiefs, and
I was filled' via pity as I noted this
exquisite little foot, rather too. long,
but ve-ry slim, and perfectly arched.
It was cold in my hands as I swaddled
it in the handkerchiefs, clumsily tying
She flung me a smile, adding: "I shall not object to No. 9's prefer-
ence for the knife!"
pect to find two Bolls -Joyce cars,
driven by comrades: they must follow
us."
"Certainly," said the . chairman.
"Comrade No. 1 (Supplies), please
make a note: Two Boils-Joyces. .
"We've only got one automobile,"
said No. 1.
"We can't bother about that," said
the chairman. "You'll have to find
another. Outside the Blitz Hotel is
an awfully good place. That's settled.
What day do you propose?"
"This morning," said No. 5 in a
savage tone,
"No, we shan't have the car till day
after to -morrow. They're awfully
difficult to find in daylight. To -day's
Tuesday ... far safety, say Thurs-
day morning at half -past eight. Is
that clear?"
"Yes," said No. 5.
"Yes," said I.
"Any other business?" said the
chairman. "No other business? The
meeting is declared closed."
As we went out, No, 5 said to met
"I say, we'd better have a talk to-
morrow and get it absolutely clear.
We don't want any mistakes.".
"Rather not," said I.
"Weld; Iook here, we'd better lunch
to -morrow at . . let's lunch at Miv-
art's. Suppose the tyrant were to
catch a glimpse of met" She laughed
low: "I'm not altogether . repulsive.
Then, when I fall down in my faint, he
might recognize me, and he'd be, all
the more sure to take an interest in
my sad ease,"
"Aad right," I said, "to -morrow
lunch at Mivart's, one -thirty. P11• book
a table," Before we went out, how-
ever, Comrade No, 1 (Supplies) stop-
ped um:
"Have you got enough money?"
"One never has enough irony," I
replied, out of habit.
"Better take fifty pounds," said No.
1, confidently. "One never knows what
may happen, and there's .• .lots more
where that came font."
I put the money into my pocket, and
thanked him with a smile.
PAlt tII.
Not .a 'belt an hour had elapsed;
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them about the ankle. When it was
done, No. 5 murmured: "I'm afraid
I shall limp."
"Take my arm," I rep led, and we
walked along Curzon Street; I
trembled under the :ight weight of the
little hand.
"I say," I remarked, "I can't go o'r
calling you No. 5." _
She drew a little away:. "How do
you mean? We have no names. We
are but lonely atoms working toward
a common end."
"I know," I replied, for I realized
that in such adventures names are
not used: ',Tut, all the same, you and
I are entering upon a business from
which neither may come out alive.
Let us not tel each other our name:,
but let us assume names as might a
pair of ghosts meeting on the other
side. For ... well, call me Geof-
frey, and. I'Il cal you . . Sylvia."
"Ali right .... Geoffrey," she mur-
nnured, corning a little closer.
• (To be continued.)
Wool -Growing in a Hurry.
An invention which makes sheep's
wool grow faster was described by Pro-
fessor Barker, of Leeds University, at
the international conference of sheep -
breeders at Chester, England:.
He said a Japanese doctor had
placed on the market a fluid which,
when injected lathe veins of a sheep,
say, every two days•, promotes rapid
growth of wool.
"So rapid ds the growth said to be,;'
Professor Barker _continued, "that two
raorethe' injection produces twelve
I menthe' growth at the ordinary rate.
Thus two or three shearing each Yeas'
are possible.
Whaies Have Teeth.'
Teeth are present' in the jaws of the
wlaalebo e
n whales but
they never ap-
pear above -the 'surface, and the young
of the ruminants have buried in the
,gum's minute upper incisors, though
they do not develoe into Zunctionel
teeth dn• the adults.
Mlnard'a Liniment for Dandruff,
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A' FROCK FOR THE WEE LADY
: OF FASHION.
Frills of narrow :ace, wide inser-
tion and' •shirrings, result in a, frock
whose lovely daintiness might well
adorn any little girl from two to
elg& Years of age. It is an easily -
made frock, with •the front and back
shirred to a nar'r 'w band, which in
turn is joined to the lower edge ,of
the front and back yokes, forming a
square neck. The s:ecves are just
little cap affairs:edged with narrow
lace to match the neck. A wide band
of insertion is set into the skirt at
the top .of the hem. Then, there are
little pant -We . which accompany this
frock, the legs of which are gathered
in knee -bands edged with lace, and
the upper. part finished with a band
to button onto a waist. No. 1321 is
in sizes 2, 4,, 6 and 8 yeas. Sloe 6
years requires lei yards 32 or 36 inch
material for bloomers and dress; or
1ai yards for dress without bloomers.
2 yards narrow lace, and 1t, yards
wide insertion. Price 20 cents.
Our rely Fashion Book contains
many styles showing how to dress
boys and girls. Simplicity is the rule
for well-dressed children. Clothes of
character and individuality for the
junior folks are hard to buy, but easy
to make with our patterns. A small
amount of money spent on good ma-
terials, cut on simple lines, will give
children the privilege of wearing
adorable things: Price of the book
10 cents the copy.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
'Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want, Enclose 20e in
stamps or coin (opal -preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number and
address your order to Pattern Dept.,
Wilson Publisi'iag Co., 73 West Ade-
laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by
return mail.
At the Soda Fountain.
• The Soda Glass --"Those Straws are
a. bad lot!"
The Ice Cream Spoon—"How so?"
The Soda •Glass-"Jurrt lay for truck-
ers all day."
"Those That Go Down to
the Sea." _.
Men who have loved the ships they
took to s•ea,
Loved the tall masts, the prows that
creamed with foam,-
.1'lave learnt', deep in their hearts, how
it might be
That there is yet a dearer thing than
home.
The decks they walk, the rigging in
the stars, -
The clean boards counted in the
wateh they keep.",,,•
These, and the sunlight t on the slip-
pery spars,
Will haunt them ever, waking and
asleep.
Ashore, these men are not as other
men;
.They -walk as strangers through the
crowded street,
•Or, brooding by their fires, they hear
again
The drone astern, where gurgling
waters meet, .;
Or see again a wide aril blue lagoon, '
And a lone ship that rides there with.
the moon.
David Morton, in "Shins in Harbor."
Witse Willie.
Willie—"Say, Siad, my, shoes need
solea, but if you buy mea roller skates:
I won't need to send them to the shoe
maker."
Ancient Egyptian surgeon's had: a
way of hitting the patient on the head
in just the prose piece and then op,
orating white he Was unconscious
from the blow.
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R.inso takes the bard work out of washday.
With . Rinsoyou just soak the clothes for
a couple of hours, or overnight, rinse and
hang . out,
No more cutting up of soap azad smearing
over the clothes. No r pore'"rubbing,
Rinse the clothes clean
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The New Kind . MADE BY THE
of Soap MAKERS OF LUX
What Totems Tell.
Right at- the root of totemism was
the profound superstition of savage
races wheels associated the,world of
birds, beasts and insects ---'ad even of
vegetables --with the cieti'nies `of nieru.
Totemic worship was practiced in'
ancient Ghsece, Egypt and Rose, and
to this day is found In Canada, Alaska,
India, AustraTte, New Zeala3nd and
other places. In India manly natives
rejoice in such nammes as Kollo ( jackal),
Hans'•al (naose)•°and Dudrhi (Pumpkin)
and claim descent from the particular
animal, bird or vegetable that they
deify. •
The aborigines of Australia worship
animals, birds and fishes of :ail kinds.
Nevertheless, this' p'ious regard does
not restrain Were, froze killing and
eating these revered tribal gods.
But it is among the Indians of
North America • that .totennisa n exists
in its most picturesque forma. -Some
tribes, like the Iroquois, tattoo their
totems on their bodies. Others; such
as the Heide Indians, of British Co-
lumbia, erect;; 'wooden totem -poles,
either unpainted or crudely colored,
carved with grotesque representations
of various local birds, beasts, reptiles
and fisll.es.
At such an Indian settlement as
Alert Bay, on Puget Sound, these
totem -poles- afford an • amusing spec-
eace. Almost every house has before
it a carved post; its angle rein iniscent
of the leaning tower of Pisa, and the
entrance to •some of the dwellings is
through the yawning mouth ofa weird -
looking killer -whale or timber wolf.
If a stranger Indian enters a settle-
ment like Alert Bay, and spots a her
aldle symbol similar to the one .lie
bears himself, he -is justified in claim-
ing blood -brotherhood with the owner
of the totem -post, even' if he does not
speak the samelangucge.
Polk entitled to the same crest must
not merry, however. Thus; a wolf
may not marry a wolf, but must seek
a mate among the Frogs, Whales,
Crows or Salmon. The symbols of the
mothers are passed on to the children,
for the In iaii women rule the roast
and have the chief say _a the home and
council.
By this time many totem -poles of the
North American Indians have found
their way into the museums, and one
does duty as an ornament in the main
street of Winnipeg.
Minard's Liniment for insect bites.
Romany Riddle.
i cannot give the bread you seeln to .
need,
For. I am just the sound of wind in
fields of grain; .
Nor can, I offer shelter of a roof,
Being but the, tune of pine trees in the ff
rain; - .. I
But make you pipes •of oaten straw, or : .
violin of tree,
Ana I will take the road with you and
set your spirit free,
—Edith Thompson.
Music and Public Welfare.
The immense investments, which are
visible in the operations of the'phono-
grairh and the mechanical pianos end
roll industry, not to mention the con-
cert and opera field, demonstrate be-
yond a doubt the necessdtyof music to
the public welfare.
That the share devoted io inusle edu-
cation le not a larger one flatlet then,
be due to some other .Cause . than
apathy of the public as regards music
itself, Pon°rlering upon the millions of
dollars annually eXpended .upon* these
various. vehicles through which music
is given to the masses solely through
their ear, and at a minimum of persons•
al exertion, how ,cemp.a,c•ent, indeed,
must be the teacher who is content to
ascribe it to the matter of laziness on
the assumption that it is from mere
choice that the people buy their music
ready-made instead of making It for
themselves.
. The Barrel Garden. •
By boring holes of sufficient size for
a strawberry plant, in a, barrel filled
with earth, enough of the fruit can be
grown to supply a family for a season.
A. vine, set in eadh•of the holes, is
suppon'ted; by a screen platform to hold
it as it grows and bears fruit,.
No fewer than sixty vines can be
raised in one barrel:
BICYCLE BARGAINS
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What feeds contain the vita -
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The correct answers to these goes- -
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he Department of Agriculture, Ottawa,.
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- POULTRY r
'1HAS WIDE ROOKCANADA CHOSEN �FORY
WORLD i' ,LD ' CONVENTION
OF 1.927.
Women Are Responsible for
Ninety Per'Cent. of World's
Poultrry.Pt'oduction.
In Canada people are badly needed
to take up the poultry professions, as
oorcliug to Professor Edward Brown,
English pouitry expert, ,who hes been
touriug tho Dominion in the interests
of the Work' Poultry Congress to bo
held in Ottawa in the summer of 1927,
of which he is the president. Certain
significauce from Clinede's point of
vievv attached to a subsequent utter -
mice that women were responsible for
ninety per cent. of the world'a poultry
production.
In almost sensational manner Can-
ada has come to.. assume a position of
outstanding imp'ortaace amongthe
countriesof the world in the Poulin'.
Industry. `No -clearer Proof of this
could be given that the decision ar-
rived at to hold the World Poultry
Ceuvention, Fvhlch is nner•ely'the third
congress of its kind, in Canada next
year. This will not be merely a 'poul-
try show but a complete exhibition of
breeds and varieties, educational tea.. -
tures,. poultry appliances, etc. Several
tdiousend delegates, representing`ueer-
ly a1•I civilized countries, are expected ,
to attend; and United States poultry
men will be particularly well repre-
sented by an elaborate and expensive
exhibit. In addition to being a fine
tribute to Caaiada the congress cannot
but be a very striking advertisement
for Canadian agriculture.
Canadian'Breeds in Demand.
It oan truthfully be said that Canada
scarcely appreciated the worth of her
poultry until exhibits went overseas
in 1924 to the Wembley Exhibition and
the International Congress at Tierce -
lona, -,Spain, and came into: competition
with birds from. other countries for the
first time, In the success and enthuse..
asm which followed, Canada ,immedi-
ately leapt tq an important • place in
the international poultry industry.
Since that time Canadian' poultry
breeders have comae to attach a much,
greater value to their industry and
have been more active and energetic
in fostering it. Canadian birds have
been in demand in all parts of the •
world and have .been shipped to the
Argentine, Japan, England, Fiji, Aus-
tralia, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, u,nd
Ireland, as well as v'ariouss parts of the
United States.
There has been a steady rise in the
last live years in the number' of hens
n Canada, their average production,
total egg production in the Dominion,
and their total value. Between l99
and 1925 the number of oag producing
hems on farms rose consistently from
5,751;356 to 32;837,04.0; the average
production per hon from 73 to 82; the
otal eggs produced from 168,049,1554
$ozen to 224,778,867 dozen; the aven-
ge value per dozen from 25 cents to
6 •cents; and the total value of eggs
produced from $40,968,841 to $57,950,-
40.
Despite this increasing attention de-
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reed to the poultry industry in Can-
a, the Dominion is still importing
more eggs than she is exporting. Im-
orts have been drastically cut whilst
here has been a slight failing off in
xports. In the past fiscal year Can -
da imported, ;very largely' from the
nited States, butalso from. Hong
Kong and other countries, 3,3.41,591
zein eggs worth $9?7,127, as corn-
ered:with 2,695,047 dozen -worth $945,-
19, in. the previous year, and 6.512,312
dozen, worth 81,975,707 in the ;year'
afore that. As against this the Do -
inion exported, mainly to the 'United
ingdom but also to the United States,
ermuda, 'Nt4wofouhdiand, St. Pier
nilMiquelon; and' other countries,
501,191. dozen eggs, worth $995,349,
n the Last fiecal year, as compared
nth 2,690,959 dozen, worth $1,000,501,
n the previous year, and 2,890,509
men, worth $1,027,171, in the year
efore that.
There is every indication that Pro- eesor Brown was right. There is still
pportunity for expanding the poultry'"
ee
dustry in Canada. This may be ef- -
ected on mixed farms which account
✓ the greater part of Canadian poul-
y production, or on specialized small
oIdings in certain areas.. of the Do -
inion peculiarly suited to the pursuit.
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The Irrepressible Poet.
In elle English class a 'certain boy. ,
had been •causing deal of mischief,
and to punish him his teacher has.. •
Asked Mm to make- up ' a verse of :.
poetry.
To her annoyance ho produced the
following:
"A little mneuse ran up the stairs.
To see Mise Blocig tt slay her
• prayers. •
"Very well," she said, "unless you
can think of something else in two
m}nates' I slma1I' cane poi's."
Tho boy eudgellec1 his brains for a
minute, and then he seizeda pen, and
this is wirat he wrote:
"PIere 1 stand before. Miss Blodgitt,
She's point;' to strike, but Illi dodge
' it,"
7'irnbe r Waste tlhoreased.
Timber waste may be greater In the
future than it is now, because many
trees springing uua will be hsrv'ested
at entailer diannetofia.: