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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-6-12, Page 6e On GREEN T. CialtealtOt be adequately . osciibed but they can. be appreciated in -the teacup. FREE ;AMPLE tad ORFM ita, UPON RENEST. "ZAA A ri," TOROPTO i' AVOID THE TOPSY-TURVY DISPOSITION. It makes little difference to us grown-ups, whose habits are already well farmed, if our daily routine is considerably altered. We may sit up half the night to finish a job or go without lunch for a week if it doesn't suit our convenience to appease our appetite at the proper tine and suffer but little from the consequences. But with the growing child it is tremendously different. Every parent who has a child in their training should deem it their duty to see that the child lives a well planned daily se hod ule. An orderly habit of living strongly influences the child's disposition, health end ment 1 development. Child nature is so impressionable and easily irritated that a helter-skelter method of living will fern habits that will cling to him through life. The dis- orderly play -room, hat and coat thrown on the floor, and scattered pic- ture books will lead the child to forget the value of order. Physa;•inns tell us we cannot stress too c-troncly the regularity of eating with children. The growing child re- quires a lunch between the three meals each day, but they should be given to him with regularity. Late hours and lack of sleep means a dull and ill-tempered child the fol- lowing day. To develop the growing body, a goodly amount of healthy sleep is required. The parent's social duties should not be permitted to in- terfere with the bed -time hour, for a few hours' sleep lost will rob the child of considerable health -building quali- ties beside abetting to produce a tired, nervous and irritable child. This holding to a daily schedule is a Iong and difficult job that requires much thought and considerable plan- ning. But even though you seem to make little impression, Pressi , You have e planted standards that are sure to grow and develop. The boy who ap- pears to have very little idea of order will be proud of the fact that fifteen years hence he knows a tidy dresser - drawer from a topsy-turvy one. With a curious feeling, the young married woman will find herself do- ing things as she remembered her mother doing then when she was a child, but to which she paid little attention. EDNA'S SURPRISE BOX. Edna was a little girl thirteen years old who had been ill in bed for two months with inflammatory rheum- atism, and life looked dull to her. One morning after breakfast her mother and her younger sister ap- peared carrying a large cardboard box, which they announced was a "surprise box." It was filled with' packages of various sizes and shapes, each mysteriously wrapped and tied. "You are to choose one every morn- ing, Edna," said her mother. So every morning the box was brought to the bedside and Edna chose i one package. Many hours that other-; wise would have dragged passed] quickly and happily as she occupied; herself with the varied gifts, of' which new ones appeared nearly every day until the invalid recovered. Many after every meal Cleanses mouth and teeth and aids digestion,Relieves that over- eatenf[ee1inci and acid mouth. Rs 1 -a -s -t -it -n -g £favor sattsties the cravinggor sweets]. lrigley's is double value in the benefit and pleasure it provides.Sealed in as Parityd Paergo. 8UE filo. 23-'24. were of small money value but repre- sented thoughtful planning. Neigh- bors who became interested ransacked their bureau drawers and their attics for trinkets that would please the sick girl. Once in a while Edna's sisters would hint that a certain package ]should be opened that day, and she `would find flowers, home-made dain- I ties or some other perishable gift. Her many friends soon discovered that there is no limit to the things that can go into such a box. Home- made gifts, snapshots, letters, candy, toilet articles, books, writing mater- ' ials, magazines and trinkets of every sort came out of that delightful grab bag. rhe "surprise box" is among the pleasantest memories of the :-ick girl for whom it was planned and will be a source of contentment to any other "shut-in" who is so fortunate to have one. SMART SUN BONNETS. 4358 - 4358. Very pleasing and also be- coming are the models here shown. No. 1 may be made of gingham, with rick rack edging or of cretonne with ruffles of organdy. No. 2 may' be developed in drill, line, or percale. It is pretty in colored linen with a scalloped edge in white or black, or in red and white calico, with banding of red bias tape. The Pattern is cut in One Size. It will require for No. 1, 11%, yards, and for No. 2, 1% yards of 32 -inch ma- terial Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of ibe in silver, by the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern. Send 15c in silver for our up-to- date Spring and Summer 1924 Book of Fashions. LEAKING WATER PIPES. If the water pipe spring@ a leak and no plumber is available, shut off the water, melt some paraffin, wind the leaky place with muslin, and pour the melted wax around until the cloth is well soaked. Leaks mended in this way will hold for a long time, even though hot water goes through the pipe daily~ HOW? WHEN? WHERE? In this game the one who is "it," with no other help than the answers to the above questions, undertakes to guess the words the other players have chosen. The words selected' must be two or more nouns that sound alike but have different meanings, as: reign, rain; hair, hare; see, sea; pair, pear, and so forth. When the girl who is "it" comes into the room with the others she asks, "How do you like it?" "I think it's too noisy," answers one. "And much too fond of fine clothes," says another. "If it has a sweet voice"; "And lets me sleep in the morning." "When do you want it?" the girl then asks. "At all times," one says: "Mien' I am hungry for dinner," says 'an- other. "But where would.,you put it?" she says. "Close beside me," says a boy. "I'd shut it in a tower," some one states. "I'd take it to the ball," says another. From such answers you might guess. that "belle" was the word chosen bell, an attractive woman, and bell, an, instrument of sound. Those who cannot guess must pay a • Meat .is a dog's.:nateral food and should be given a least once daily. Fish without bones, vegetables (not potatoes), bread or biscuits soaked in, gravy, are good additions to a meal.] forfeit. The Golden Bait BY CHARLES KINGSTON. It was not often that Samuel Chile ten was pleased with himself, for by trade he was a jeweller, and by nature a pessimist, But as he sat in the little room at -the back of his shop in Kensington, London, acrd surveyed the massive gold plate he had purchased that morning: for five hundred pounds, he could not repress a thrill at the thought that he was certain to make a hundred per cent. profit. Five minutes later, when he had carried it into the shop and had ar- ranged it temptingly in the window, he congratulated himself on his life- long habit of keeping either on his "I ani afraid yott are too late, sir," person or at his private address a he said, eyeing Captain Cairns stead - sum in bank notes equalling half his fly. "What a nuisance!" exclaimed the officer, irritably. "We were such a merry party at lunch that the time slipped by without my noticing .it." "If you like, sir," said the jeweller, "I will put it in my safe and reserve it for you until to -morrow. Then you can call and complete the transaction." obviously in urgent need of money, It did not surprise the old inan that Captain Cairns should re -est kris offer. plate which the jeweller had placed on the counter. ''This will be just the thing," he said, with subdued enthusiasm. "By the way, have l; time to run round to the bank and cash a cheque The moment he said this Samuel Chilten's suspicions were reborn.. He felt that the officer must be aware that the banks had been .closed for more than half an hour. He pulled himself together and set his teeth and waited for his would-be customer to hint • that he must pay by cheque. Cheque! The old man had difficulty in repressing the desire to laugh at the bare suggestion. capital. The custom had many a time enabled him to clinch ae bargain be- cause his rivals had been unable to produce cash on the spot. Chilten wondered why Mrs. Caven- dish had not sent for a Bond Street jeweller, but she was very old and and it must have been because his shop was within a couple' of Hundred It was exactly what he expected "I'm afraid that'S impossible, he yards of her house that she had given remarked, gravely. "I must take the him the opportunity of his lifetime. plate home to -night." The old jeweller did not expect to Chilten repressed 'his desire' to effect an immediate sale, knowing laugh. What an old trick the so-called that in these days there are very fewcaptain was playing! His pretended people who can afford to purchase a I customer was simply repeating the ncient and much -used formulas eV thousand pounds' worth of solid golds the conventional jewel -thief. And yet plate. But there was always the pose! in the twentieth century and within sibility of disposing of it to a commit-; a short distance of (Kensington High tee or club secretary in search of a' Street, this specimen of the criminal suitable presentation. Iclass expected to hoodwink an up -to - Up to midday the only customer+ date London jeweller with fifty years' was the purchaser of a cheap cervi- experience behind him! ette ring, and by three o'clock Chilten, A couple osuggfsminutes ence which lasted had taken exact] eight shilling and; a of was ended by the y g g ,arrival of the manservant. sixpence. When the jeweller saw al "You're late, Simpson," said Cap - man of about thirty with a military/ tain Cairns, sternly, "but that doesn't bearing appear at the door, he sized ;matter now. You can help me out of him up as a borrower rather than a' a difficulty." Addressing the jewel - buyer. ;ler, he continued: "I have just remem- at "Has Captain Cairns been here yet, the Carlton mHote�l @will bewhosabley tstao get sir?"asked the pian. nle.the thousand pounds in notes. er "Who is Captain Cairns?" brother is manager of a bank in Pic - "He's my governor, answered the cadilly. Xis lives quite near it. I will and man, gravely, "and he told me to call when he brnd ingsn lthe cash I willth a note to settlefor him at three o'clock. He men the account with you and take away tioned before he went to lunch with! the plate." the general that he had seen some' This was more than satisfactory to gold plate in your window which he Chilten, and he was so delighted that intended to buy, and which he wanted. he regretted having suspected the me to carry to his hotel. You see, the! bona fides of the officer. captain lost his right arm in the war,, "Nothing could suit me better, sir," though, in I don't suppose he hastened to say. "Hee are pen g ' any case, PPose and paper." He was in the act of he would carry the parcel himself." handing his chair across the counter Chilten grunted. He did not 1iee when Captain Cairns stopped him. the look of the manservant, and what' "As I haven't mastered the art of could an Army officer want with gold, writing with my left hand," he said, plate priced at one thousand pounds? apologetically, "perhaps you will "If you don't mind, sir," said the! write the message to my wife at my "I'll dictation and stxan era 1, putmy Initials apologetically, eticall g p g y, call back to it" in half an hour. You might tell the' „ ' • captain that when you see him." With pleasure, sir,"answerednthe The shop door closed and the jewel- jeweller, and took ,"uthe pen. cer dic- ler fell into a reverie flooded with tat d,y"byathr egreatest llpie pe iece of good memories of former attempts to de-, luck I have the chance of making a fraud him. He smiled as he reminded bargain. Some gold plate has been himself that there were always ate offered to nee for one thousand least two crooks in every swindle, and pounds, cash dowel, and as it is exact - that the usual procedure was for one' ly what I want I have 'decided to buy it. Send nee one thousand pounds in to prepare the way for the other. 1 notes by bearer as quickly as you can. Captain Cairns read the document through. "Thank you," he murmured, polite- ly, taking the pen in his left hand dozen generals to prove his honesty, and scribbling his initials. Then he he would not permit the gold plate to handed it to his manservant, who hur- leave his shop until it had been re- reed placed by its equivalent in hard cash. No cheques for him. It was exactly half -past three when Captain Cairns might be all that he was represented to be by his man- servant, but Samuel Chilten resolved that even if the officer brought a • "As he is Iikely to be away for quite an hour I will pay a call in the neighborhood," the officer remarked. "In the meantime, you might make a the Iittle bell over the door tinkled handy parcel of the gold plate so that again, and Samuel Chilten, rising my man can carry it to my, hotel im- slowly from his chair, confronted ea mediately you have given him the tall, distinguished -looking man of not 1eceipt." more than forty, whose empty right "It shall be ready for you, sir," said Chilten, who was certain that this was o ee greatest day in his life. At a quarter past four the gold plate was lying well wrapped in the softest and most delicate paper, with a strong brown covering and an in- genious arrangement of the string to enable it to be carried easily, and at half -past five Samuel Chilten was staring at the receipt he had prepar- ed in the name of Captain Cairns. At sleeve identified him at once as Ca tain Cairns. "Has my man been here?" said the new -comer. "Yes, sir," answered the jeweller, quickly. "He called at three o'clock, and when he found you weren't here he said he would return in half an hour. I presume I am addressing Captain Cairns?" The stranger nodded. "I was pass- ing your shop this morning," he said, "and I noticed the gold plate in your window. What do you want for it?" "A thousand pounds," answered Chilten. "Well, I expect it's worth it," said Captain Cairns, smiling. 'I don't; want it for myself -couldn't afford It, in fact—but niy old colonel is retiring at theend of next month, and we have decided to make a special presentation to him,; I am treasurer of ..the fund. and as:we have collected fifteen hun- dred pounds'I think we can afford to give him 'gold plate," f I "I am Sure he would be pleased 1 ,with it," murmured Chilten."It was only purchased by me this: norning1 from a lady who marc ed iittc a very distinguished family. She parted with it because she bgEs 112 heir; and as 1 she explained, if it be ll1' e known/tel T that she had such valuable stuff' in het. house, it would attract' half the burglars in London," "I ilnderstancl," sad Cant. Cairns. I'Nov, Mr. Chilten; you clout; know me ,,:d for all you know t� the contrary I might be no" more CalrtSin Cairns hthan a profel 'ssional burs The jeweller laughed heartily. "1 assure 'yob, Sir," . he acid, t1e h iveljr, "that no one would tar v yea for any- thing but a military Bell leruan. I ain sorry to see "you; have lost an arm." "It's beastly awkward," said : the officer "b� it ihtt t b h oth tree raceipt' and the gold plate were still in the shop and the officer had yet to re -appear but the jeweller was not surprised, and when he closed for the.day at seven and the gold plate was till in his possession he was not anxious. It was obvious that Mrs. Cairns had been unable to get the cheque changed and it was more than probable that the reason was' that her brother, the bank manager, had not been at home when she had called at his flat. On the other hand, if . Captain Cairns were a crook no harm had been done; he had been outwitted and de- eated. Little wonder that the jewel- er was smiling when. he let himself nto his house at a quarter to eight. Mrs. Chilten, instead of greeting him with the customary perfunctory kiss, eclaimed on catching sight of 11ni. "Did' you getethe. money all. ight S?m?" ,what money do you` mean?" he asked, surprised but not excited. '"Why, the thousand pounds in bank notes I sent to you at four o'clock." The old man began to tremble,` but his common sense told him that 'his wife must be laboring under a' de- lusion. "You're joking, Mary,", he exclaim- ed, forcing a laugh. "Are you refer- ring to the five hundred pounds I took this: morning to cornnlete the lit- tle transaction with, .hers. ' Cavendish? Why, I didn't know that fou, had heard about it. r wi. koei Ing it a secret until I had clineh'd the bar- gain."- , gy; uingbe worse." His face clouded. Then lee Minard s, L!nimsnt tor, Dandrull.Lol'eed a, laugh and turn Q e<l;to-the gold Making wash day pleasant== MHE hardest part of wash -day, 1 rubbing, rubbing, rubbing, has given way to the new method of soaking the clothes clean withRineo. This wonderful new soap gently loosens the dirt and a thorough rinsing leaves things white and glistening as you never could get them before. Only spots where the dirt is ground - in, such as neck bands, cuff edges, and the like need -a light rubbing, and a little dry Rinso• rubbed these spots quickly snakes the" disappear. Rinso is sold by all grocers and department stores just use Rinso viler! you used to use bei' soap for soaping. boiling, or in your washing machine.. MADE BY THE MAKERS OF LUX "Your wits are wandering, Sam," she said. "Do you think I don't know your writing after thirty years? Didn't you write a note in your shop this afternoon telling me that you had got the opportunity of a lifetime and that I was to send by the bearer of the letter a thousand pounds to pay for some gold plate?" Mr. Chilten collapsed on to the nearest chair. Through the hazy mist and the doubts that enveloped his brain certain figures were forming. The chief figure was that of "Captain Cairns" dictating the letter he had written. He experienced a pang in the region of his heart when. he real- ized for the first time that the initials of "Captain Cairns were the same as his own. Samuel Chilten and Stephen Cairns. At the same time he had not thought of it, and he had been quite oblivious to the coincidence in the Christian names of his wife and the alleged wife of the swindler. "Show nie the letter," he murmur- ed, feebly, and when it was placed in his hands he read it a dozen times. "I have discovered a new swindle," he said, but there was no satisfaction in his tone, and there was even less when all the attempts to trace the bank notes back to "Captain' ' Cairns" failed because that ingenious rascal had changed them within a few hours of their receipt. (The End.) Iltinard's Llntmem Heals Cuts Quite Natural. Spiffkins, a poetical young man with soulful eyes, was walking with his matter-of-fact brother by the Brook- side. "How the stream tosses in its slum- ber!" he exclaimed. 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