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Limited, Montreal ,, COj ur , Manufacturers intim famous Edwardsburg Brands 29:s.. 11 II ! tsj ,_ II 0 MN . r� .vfW!VP' .,<:. , ,,, •';',''''''''7"7",',// --,—sem,-'1 0 11 THE GOLDEN KEY Or, ,The A dventures of Ledgzrd.rr By the Author of "What He Cost Her." CHAPTER XVIII. After six weeks incessant throb Bing the great engines were still, and the Dunottar Castle lay at anchor a mile or two from the African coast and off the town of Attra. The heat, which in motion had been hard enough to bear, was positively stifling now. The sun burned down upon the glassy sea and the white deck till the var- nish on the rails cracked and blister- ed, and the sweat streamed like wa- ter from the faces of the laboring seamen. Below at the ship's side half a dozen surf boats were waiting, manned by Kru boys, who alone seemed perfectly comfortable, and cheerful as usual. All around were preparations for landing --boxes were: being hauled up from the hold, and people were going about in search'of I small parcels and deck -chairs and missing acquaintances. Trent. in • white linen clothes and puggaree, was leaning over the railing, gazing towards the town, when Da Souza came up to him -- "Last morning, Mr. Trent!" • Trent glanced round and nodded. "Are you disembarking here?" he asked. Da Souza admitted the fact. "My brother will meet me," he said. "He is very afraid of the surf boats, or he would have come out to the steamer. look of eubtle intelligence was flashed from one to the other of the brothers, Te paused with t1ne mateh h inht S fr -. that there was some.one • else who was interested in his existence,; and some one, too, with whom he shared a se- gers, puzzled, suspicious,. anxious. So `. cret ','rent lit a cigar and.sat down there was some scheme hatched al- upon the sandy turf. Monty resumed ready between these precious pair! It his digging. Trent watched him was time indeed that he had come, ; through the leaves of a stunted tree, "There was something else I want- underneath which he' had throe him - ed to ask," he said a moment or two self. later. "What about the man Francis. For an. hour or more nothing hap - Has he been heard of lately?" pened. Trent molted, and Monty, Qom Sam shook his head. l who• had apparently forgotten all "Ten months ago," he answered, "a ' about his visitor, plodded away trader from Lulabulu reported having amongst, the potato furrows, with . passed him on his way to the interior. every now and then a long, searching He spoke of visiting Sugbaroo, an- look towards the town, Then there other country beyond. If he venturedcame a black speck stealing across. there he will surely never return. !the broad rico-tent and up the steep Trent set down his glass without a hill, a speck which in time took to word, and called to some Kru boys in itself the semblance 'of a manna Kra the square who carried litters. boy, naked as he was born save for a "I am going," he said, "to find ragged loin -cloth, and clutching som�e- Monty. thing in his hand. He was invisible to Trent until he was close at hand; is 'Rich Yet Delicati.00 Clean and Full o! Aroma. • CHAPTER XXIV, it was Monty whose 'changed attitude and deportment indicated the ap- 1 An old man, with his face turned to preach of something interesting. He the sea, was making a weary attempt had relinquished his digging and, at digging upon a small potato patch. . after a long, stealthy glance towards The blaze of the tropical sun had be- the house, had advanced to the ex e come lost an hour or so before in a treme boundary of the potato 'patch.. strange, grey mist, rising not from His behavior here for . the first time the, sea, but from the swamps which seemed todenote the hopeless lunatic. lay here and there—brilliant, verdant He swung his long arms backward patches of poison and pestilence. With and forward, cracking his fingers, the mist came a moist, sticky heat, the and talking unintelligibly to himself, air was fetid. Trent wiped the per- ; .hoarse, guttural murmurings with- spiration from his forehead and ; out sense or import. Trent changed breathed hard. This was an evil nno-' his place, and for the first time saw ntent for hint. the Kru boy, His face , darkened and - Monty turned round at the sound an angry exclamation broke from his of his approaching footsteps. The two.: lips, It was something like this looked ed r, men stood face to face.Trento which he had beenexpecting, eagerly for some sign of recognition —none came. "Don't you know nee?" Trent said huskily. "I'm Scarlett Trent—we went up to Bekwando together, you know. I thought you were dead, Two and a 'Half Quarts as Nutritive Monty, or I wouldn't have left you," as a Pound of Beefsteaks is b'leiuled from selected, hill -grown famed for their fine flavour teas, y ..-utilities. Imitated yet never equalled. (To be continued.) a• VALUE OF SKIM MILK. "Eh!• What!" Monty rnubbled for a moment or The value of skim milk as a prac- two and was silent. A* look of: dull is be no time in searching for Monty. My tical axed economical food g brother will tell you exactly where he disappointment •struggled with the urged ' by the United States Depart - is." vacuity of his face. Trent noticed that meat of Agriculture. Recent tests his hands were shaking pitifully and Trent hesitated. He would have I his eyes .cwere bloodshot. ! have demonstrated that skim milk, preferred to have nothing at .all to I "Try and think, Monty," he went frequently thrown away as a waste Realizing the importance of having do with Da Souza, and 'the very on, drawing a step nearer to him. I product, contains nearlyall the food thought of Oom Sam made him spud- ° definite standards for all live stock g „net "Don't you remember what a beastly l values of whole milk, despite that it products `the Live Stock Branch of der. On the other hand, to ght I time we had upin the bush—how theyis nine -tenths water. Two and a half very valuable to him' and he might i i the Dominion Department of Agricul waste weeks ]coking for the manti kept us day after day in that villain- j quarts of skim milk, costing 10 cents, ture has 'endeavored by means of whom Com Sam could tell him at I ou and howeca se it hadsgot the fetish woes' I has about the same nutritive value as pamphlets, placards, and other means, itad of beefsteak costing 20 cents to• give the standards for eggs as Standardizing Canadian Eggs. From present indications it would appear that one of the most impor- tant developments „to date in the im- provement of the Canadian egg trade was the action taken by the Canadian Produce Association, last winter in adopting, definite, standards for Cana- dian eggs. Hitherto .each market and in most markets each dealer had a system of grading peculiar to his own trade. This resulted in endless. confusion to the consumer, and great difficulty. was experienced at times on • the part of the producer in finding a satisfactory market for, his product. once where to Dna: L Y ••� was better to accept Da Souza's offer. ! sions those confounded niggers fol - "Very well Da Souza " he said. "I ;lowed us! They meant our lives, • t s are in this country , Monty, and I don't know how you anve no time o p back 'to En land escap and the sooner Ied! Come! make an 'effort and an. indispensable food for the young, the better for all getf us. If your erne! pull yourself together. We're :rich and even in the diet of the adult it they knows where Monty is, so much ` men now, both of us. You must come is comparatively economical. The the better - for both of us. We will 1 back to England and help me spend a only nutrient taken from it in skim - land together and meet him." • bit." Already the disembarking had coin- Monty had recovered a little his menced. Da Souza and Trent took , power of speech. He leaned over his their places side by side on the broad,' spade and smiled benignly at his flat-bottomed boat, and soon they were , visitor. off shorewards and the familiar song' "There was a Trentham i the of the Kru boys as they bent over Guards,"he said slowly, the onor- j their oars greeted their ears. The able George Trentham, you know, one excitement of the last few strokes of poor Abercrombie's sons, • but I was barely over before they sprang thought t he was dead. You mus dine upon the beach and were surrounded .}'nth me one night at the Trav leis b a little crowd, on the outskirts of I've given up eating myself, but I'm • whom was Oom Sam. Trent was seiz- always thirsty." ed upon by an Englishman who. was He looked anxiously away aids representing the Bekwando Land and the town and began to mble. . Mining Investment Company and, Fent was in despair. Prase he before hecould D Souza, a began ae•ain or more. Whole milk, as every one knows, is n H el . • tow mu ntly e ore regain a ouz , g few rapid sentences had passed be- I used to belong to the Guards— tween the latter and his brother in always dined there till Jacques left. •Portuguese. Oom Sam advanced to Afterwards the cooking was beastly, You remember'hirn?" seeYeees.1 remember him," Trent an- swered. "He was not the sort of per- son one forgets." "He is a very rough diamond," Da Souza said apologetically. "He has Lived here so long that he has become almost half a native." "And the other half a thief•." Trent muttered.• Da Souza was not in the least of- fended, "I am afraid," he admitted, "that his morals are not up to the Thread- needle Street pitch, eh, Mr. Trent? But he has made quite a great deal of money, Oh, quite a sum, I can as- sure you. He sends me some over to invest!" "We]I, if he's carrying an the same old game," Trent remarked, "he ought to be coining it! By the by, of course he knows exactly where Monty is?" • "It is what I was about to say," Da Souza assented, with a vigorous nod of the head. "Now, my dear Mr. Trent, I know that you will have your way. It is no use my teeing to dis- suade you to listen. You shall waste Trent hat in hand — • and—I can't quite remember where "Welcome back to Attra, Senor?" I went then. You see—I think I must Trent nodded curtly. be getting old. I don't remember • "Place isn't much changed," he re- things. Between you and me," he marked. sidled -a little closer to Trent, "i think "It is very slowly here," Oom Sam I must have got into a bit of a scrape said, "that progress . is made! The of some sort—I feel as though there climate is too horrible. It makes dead was a blank somewhere. . . ." sheep of men." Again he became unintelligible. "You seem to hang on pretty well," Trent was silent for several minutes. Trent remarked carelessly. "Been up He could not understand that strain - country lately?" ed, anxious look which crept into "I was trading with the King of Monty's face every time he faced•. the- Bekwando a month ago," Oom Sam town. Then he made his last effort. answered. "Monty, do you remember this?" "Palm. -oil and mahogany for vile Zealously guarded, yet a little worn ruin, I suppose," Trent said. at the edges and faded, he drew the The than extended his hands and picture from its case and held it be- shrugged his shoulders. The old ges- fore the old man's blinking eyes. ture. • There was a moment of suspense, then "They will have it," he said. "Shall a sharp, breathless cry which ended we go to the hotel, Senor Trent, and in a wail. • rest?" "Take it away," ?`onty moaned. "I Trent nodded, and the three men lost it long ago. I don't want to see scrambled up the beach, across an it! I don't want to think." open space, and gained the shelter of "I have come," Trent said, with an a broad balcony, shielded by a striped unaccustomed gentleness in his tone, awning which surrounded the plain "to make you think. I want you to white stone hotel. A Kra boy wel- remember that that is a picture of corned them with beaming face, and your daughter. You are rich now, fetched them drinks upon a Brum- and there is no reason why you should magem tray. Trent turned to the not come back to her. Don't you un - Englishman who had followed them derstand, Monty?" up. It was a •grey, white face, shrivelled • "To -morrow," he said, "I shall •see and pinched, weak eyes without depth, you about the contracts. My first a vapid smile in which there was no business is a private matter with meaning. Trent, carried away for a these gentlemen. Will you come here moment by an impulse of pity, felt and breakfast with me?" only disappointment at the hopeless- The Englishman, a surveyor from ; Hess of his task. He would have been 'tity "go further. much' publicity as possible. The co- operation of exhibition association has also been secured, prominent among which has been that of the Canadian National . Exhibition Association, at whose exhibition in Toronto this year, ming is the butter fat.. There is left, in response to prizes offered, probably therefore, in the skim milk, not only the largest collection of eggs ever all of the sugar, which amounts to brought -together in one exhibition of about four and one-half parts in every the American continent was display - 100, and all of the mineral substances ed. Some .7,000 dozen in. all were on but. also all of the protein. -exhibition. • The prize list for eggs The last named substance is im- was prepared in .accordance with the portant because, besides serving as a standards; and the judges made their awards according to the accuracy, of the interpretation, on the part of the exhibitor, of the • definitions of the various grades. At a number of exhibitions.where no extensive classes for eggs have been offered,. the Live Stock Branch fuel for the body, as fats, sugars. and starches do, it also supplies nitro- genous tissue building material. The proportion of protein in skim milk, as well as of the mineral constituents, which are also valuable for body. building, is even greater than in whole milk. has made a display of eggs graded in Since the nutritive pirt of skim accordance with .the standards, and in milk consists very largely of protein, i each instance has supplemented the it is to'be classed; as whole milk is, display with actual demonstrations in with such food materials as eggs,1 a candling booth specially designed meat, fish, poultry and cheese for the purpose, of the way in which (though it is much more delicate than i eggs of the various grades appear those foods) rather than with such ` when . candled. . In ' order that the consumers and producers generally may become more familiar with the various' classes and substances as sugar, which serve only as fuel. Two and a half quarts of skim milk contain almost as much protein and grades, the following explanation. is yield about the same amount of en- given: ergy as a pound of beef.' When skim • 'Three general classes for eggs are milk sells for 4 cents •a quart, orabout; provided under the standards, yiz:- 2 cents a pound, and round bf beef i 'Fresh gathered," "Storage," and for 20 cents a pound, a 'dime, or any'"Cracked and Dirties." • Four grades are provided 'in the first class, three in the second, and two in the third. The grades in the "Fresh Gathered" class are "Specials," "Extras," "No. l's," and "No. 2's." The grade "Spe- cials" is omitted from the ",Storage" class, .and both specials and extras. from the c'ass for "Cracked and Dir- ties." "Specials," according to the st%nd- ards are eggs of uniform size weigh- ing over 24 ounces to the dozen or other sum of money spent for •skim milk will provide 'nearly twice as much nourishment as it will if spent for round steak. Round of beef, of course, is one of the lower priced meats and when compared with the more expensive cuts skim milk makes a' still better showing from the stand- point of ,economy. ' The comparison with oysters is very significant; a quart of oysters contains less than twice as much nourishment as a quart of skim milk rover 45 pouhds •net to the 30 dozen and yet it often costs several times as case; absolutely clean, strong . and ;each. Both are useful, wholesome sound in shell; air. cell small, not over foods, and in the oyster one has a 3/16 of an' inch in depth; white. of special flavor. A combination of the . two in oyster stew or creamed oysters is an economical way of using the ®1�(sum l� �(l■(h[ h(h(�(0 h(l�( l5( i ls(l� l�(iow ro® oysters, since it makes a given quan- egg . firm and clear, and yolk dimly visible; free from blood clots. "Extras" are eggs . of good size, weighing at least 24 ounces to the dozed or 45 pounds net to the 30 doz- ; aircel 'en case; clean, sound in shell, 1 less than it of an itch in depth; with white of egg firm,, and yolk . slightly visible. "No. 1's" are eggs weighing at least 23 ounces to the dozen or 43 pounds net to the 30 dozen case; clean, sound in shell; air cell less than ' inch in depth; white of egg reaAon- ably firm; yolk visible but mobile, not stuck to the• shell or seriously out of place.• "No. 2's" are eggs clean; sound in shell; may contain weak watery eggs, and eggs with.'heavy yolks, and all other. eggs sound in shell and fit for food. Consumers, in order to protect themselves in the matter of .purchas- ing eggs, should acquaint themselves with these standards and the above definitions of the grades. Only by creating a demand for certain grades of eggs will the supply be forthcom- ing, and the demand• can come. only with a thorough knowledge on the part of the consumer as to what con- stitutes the .various grades.' It has also been frequently suggested that since the: adoption of the standards consumers generally, in order to 'safe- guard themselves, would do well to in- sistthat all eggs as offered for sale be labelled in accordance with their proper grade. Producers, too, would do well to' more systematically grade their eggs before marketing, and, knowing defi- nitely what they have in hand, there- by be in a better position to demand a price commensurate with the quality supplied. ,r FREE "Hallam'a flappers Guide" English ar Fre ion, dd }rases tett bole orad 'share to trap • ,nd other valuable Informs• +inion for the trapper Rae/ Fiir Pr!ee L'st" "fur Style Book", o.beautLul fur sets andder• meats, also "Trappers aml Syortsmon's Supp'y Catalog;" Guns, Traps, Animal 13ait, VI ,h Nets, eta. at lowest prices, all iilnst'ralteil, Sent FEES, Address, JOHN NALLAM ppl1 E TORONTO ! a London office, assented with enthu- honestly' glad to have taken Monty ;deem.}'whom he had known back to England, "I can't offer to put you up," he. but not this man! For already that FOR !said gloomily.. "Living out here's ' brief flash of awakened life seemed to HEADACHES,BILIOUSNESS beastly' See you in the morning,1 have died away. Monty's head was t then " t wagging feebly, and he was casting CONSTIPATION, He strolled away, fanning himself. ; continual little, furtive glances to 6r "I understand," he said, turning to i "Please go away," he said.. "I a Trent lit a long cigar. I wards the town. Neariyallout rninorailments,andmany of the serious ones, too, are traceable to some disorder of the stomach, liver, and bowels. If you wish to avoid the mis- eries of indigestion, acidity, bearfburrt, flatulence, headaches, cons:ipatiom and a host of other distressing ailments. yna must see to it that your stomach. liver and bowels are equal to T i Y. the work they have to do. It is a simple mailer e r,% r l r •, d - at k5ca 3"s i take 30 drops o€ �iafli t; , iti daily, of ter meals, yet thousands of former sufferers have `banished indige ti a ,a- 'ihr Tousrless c ns i a noxi nd at ter o t t �l , .. fressin cotlse ttencesait „t riga �,. , g q just R way. Profit be thcir.eeperienc ex .a' digestive tonic; grid stomachic lacune -.1, Mother Seigete Syrup ig un,:sttlpa;::, ed,, ' ;IIS MOTHER SEl-GEL SYRUP. 1l1its 1VsW1.Ot13tzt eQ,'Atss 3 !tams AS igttcH AS Tun i.•tttAt. StY,s,sor rs ATSOc>yillt aerate . CHICKENS SIX CENTS EACH. Eggs Offered at Three Cents a Dozen Near Hankow. Prices .of eggs, chickens and other poultry are so low in the Yang-tse- ' O 5 "that old Monty is alive don't know you and you give me a l inane Valley, China, that an English company has developed a large husi- om Sam, a 1 ing •till If so it's little short of a mfr ' pain in my head Don't you know i i acre, for I left him with scarcely a' what it is to feel a buzz, buzz buzzing Hess in shipping such I 1 inside? I 't remember things It's . pp' g products. to s ' ° s y, "It was " Oom Sart said, "veree "]Monty, why do you look. so often I. ,Virtually, every Chinese family in. wvncicrfulp The natives who were ; that way?" Trent said quietly. "Is , the remote country districts, as well chasing you, they found ,, him, and . some .one coming, out from the; .town as in•the towns' and' cities, 'keeps. ' then the Englishman whom you. met! to see you?"at dim chickens. • The price of ,;eggs in the lance in BNik7raai+I.r an hip, way inland, he! Monty threw a quickgvillages accessible tq : river transpor- re ,.Nuri him. 'o lice that little white ', and Trent sighed. For the glance tenon is now about 3 ,cents gold a houee with a fiagetafl yonder?" ! was full. of cunning, - the low cunning l dozen. Slicing chickens •sell for about. He pen—seed to a little one-story; of the lunatic cr ni 6 cents gold each,, Ill remote interior �. , . _ " e no on '' he said hastily, e,+i.+.��65ad• 4..s>,i,. � mile away along the ° No on , e+. newt, 'I'rgnrnsehlerl. i "Who should 'come to see me? I'm points, where copper coins -are still • much use,the prices are i"Monty's largely ine d itI n a el Poor old lV o Monty. y T'tr� r �� O�',trt �,am said, "a station :only poor, Mon yY g ,.. . letme •awayand r. •' ' .-f ^send , ..Cxo!owe r Beane andMonty got no x , oldlox r ., i �n an I .� :t a$ tr #i�..l 9aY ,�, 1 and• hasec Yea!aimanyofthe s purchased � � �godig."Many e 1 , ,.• x '1', A .an see. °• « ! eggs p along ".glass,' yea sake, kit he will not know Trent walked a few paces apart, the Yang-tse-kiang are dried for the • 1"Ilin roincle".,, Oom Sant said, "is : broad, fit•rn sands. What a picture yolks al. e ue ser st____. y.., gone, Ond little flickering spark of i of desolation! The' grey, hot mist,;.' life gees on, 'A deer! a week! *Who . the whitewashed cabin, dm long', ugly "Every .ong in our family is someit can tell hove long?" ' notate paech, 'the -Weird, pathetic fig- kind of animal," saiel Jimmie to the"The misielonary, he. is a niedie.ai i the light of life had eurely passed arnazed. preacher. "Why, yoti should"Has he a doctor?" Trent asked. eire of that old Irian frorri whose brain that!" the gasp an has body, and was nearly xnbx a can Great Britain. exclaim - done myself. I no use trying �' ! d red out of the garden to a ow, p that?" Trent h 1 ' ' b l and looked dotivnward„1 *vt.: an pass , "I a i rw en far gone as a rent ; s e vxng. ane•, ' use of- bakers: in Euro e and . other - . r •. ,_ . ,-- sed _:a• ,,.1,..,. rippled ,, , to +t, Barts of the wol,lcl.,. The �( War upon. ' Pain !• -,Pain is a visitor io every home and usunl'ly'it comes quite, unexpectedly.. $ul yoi' are .prepared for every prpergency if you -keep a small bottle of Si'gh's Liniment handy, It is the greatest pain killer ever discovered. Simply laid on the skin— P 0o rubbing required—It drives the' pain away instantly. It is really. wonderful. Sloan's . 6 Ltnimen 11ItiiI111111I .46 • • 0 H um:An PPRAI$i: man," OomSain explained. "Yet he ! �oi^cv�er A.tid yet Treltt was pltrzlect: `not <y-�> - � •_ . „ , n n inland, his' ed. "Wen's' said .Timmie; "l other's a art of medicine. Monty's s furtive gl°,ne�. x la , is. ion pant the { o , y e' Iamb g p ' i 1 dear, ,fie baby is mothers little , . t that `' r` •litened h^ilf�cuntiing lett a It seemed to i'rerlt turning a th hal:i f ig � �(� � � j3(� � �( �(, moxrient to relight itis cigar, that a of any; antieipatdd� 'visit . suggested I'm the kid, and dacl'e the goat." sv 1141 v v1 .—.�..,-....•..,-vt Fash,fon Hints Odds and Ends of Gossip,. The newest of new blouses are yet of the frail fabrics, the crepe geor- gette, chiffon, silk lace and filmy net, , but even so, they button up the back. Even se the collars are cut low in the front, scooting up in the rear, high above the ears and soreetixnes fanning tlre,:eoifftire,'The sleeves are adorable, . quaintly old-fashioned, and as piquant as the' left eye of a coquette. Puffs, madame, and.more puffs, one °. upon another, falling, tumbling, rippling, down the arm, from neck line to little. linger tip, Also; there are high puri- tanical cuffs of exquisite frail em- broidery! French=bound buttonholeany• are seen also. Separate waists for street suits are as good as ever. The princess gown couldn't oust thein. They are neces- sary because they are comfortable and convenient. A Goupy model is all in white, of silk veiling and, a new fine net -corded velvet. Very lovely! A. saucy little bodice in cream satin: is trimmed with sulphur -colored .Otto- • man velvet ribbon. A Paquin dream of becomingness is of deep. violet chif- fon, trimmed richly and splendidly with violet ribbon. with picot "edge. As companion for a Drecoil costume of peacock green velour de lain, there is a blouse made of yellow radium silk, elaborately embroidered in gold and silver thread; with just enough cinnamon brown thread to , give character and strength to the design. Jacket effects appear now in blouses. A white chiffon has a little bolero of white Lierre lace and on the bolero is a wide collar and revers of lace, The long undersleeves are of chiffon, and the three-quarter oversleeves are of lace. On the front of the bodice, forming a vestee ef- fect, is a clever design, done in old blue ribbons., A blouse of white crepe Georgette has a straight -across shoulder yoke, which is embroidered' with blue silk half moons and eyelets, which decora- tive effect is also used for roll collar, .cuffs and revers. The sleeves are long, with flaring cuffs. -Peachblow crepe de chine is used for .a bodice that looks like a rosy cloud at sunrise. The fronts.are pin - tucked in groups on either side of a wide front he'm, and the upper por- tion has a simulated yoke made by exquisite drawn work done by hand. The roll collar is of crepe, and there is an additional fiat collar at the back of martin. ° Collars are unique, cuffs are un- usual, sleeyes are di many kinds—in fact, every, garment is something new. . A Watteau costume by Paquin tints of pale rose and pale blue is ex- quisitely trimmed with garlands of ., hand -made flowers. The bodice of this gown has wide shoulder bands of pale blue velvet ribbon, holding in place a silver lace cape at . the back. This lace cape idea is shown in a dif- ferent form in a gown by Drecoll that is all in Black, a very smart dinner dress for older women. • This is in black tulle,. the skirt trimmed with wide bands of satin ribbon edged with kolinsky, the bodice short sleeves, very clecollete, with cape effect at the. , back of black Chantilly. ' Taffeta is being replaced by faille, both in plain weaves and in piquantly brocaded effects; •and grosgrain, which is somewhat similar to faille, but has a tighter weave and is there- fore stiffer, although not heavier, is by some houses preferred to faille. The word "stiff,” however, must not be taken to mean a fabric that is not pliable, for although there is decided substance to the new grosgrains and satins, they are not unwieldy. fabrics, but lend themselves .pliantly to the present mode of.puffs and flounces. e. GERMAN FIRE BALLS. London Police . Prepare, for Gas Bombs: • In recent raids by German airships erenteondon most of the bombs . were, incendiary', carrying but a small ex- plosive charge. From this fact it is now assumed that the Germans' be- , lieve greater harm canbe done td London by a fireat fire than by drop-; , ping bombs wldch mere" explode.. 1'The,,"fire ,halls," as- they are call- ed, burst upon hitting their mark and scatter hot' fire in a wide radius.. It is feared that in future attacks these bombs may be followed by the so- called "gas -bombs," which in break= andol'ce- ing would prevent firemen p , n from approaching any building set afire by the "fire balls." • the outskirts • of All the once' in p 'London and in all coast towns. are .now supplied with a new type, re- spiratorin'' .i which though simple cori<` ` w c g structioii will permit thein 'to"•safely` enter -.as region filled with poisonous gas ; The new respirator consists of a heavy'. 'bandage, saturated with to ch'einicel •coinpouncl' }which neutralizes the poisotious fumes. Although Lon- don is inclined to laugh at reports of a whol,esale.,gas bombardment, it is said that : many, of the more timid , householders have secretly .purchased there irespi atorrs 'and always keep them tear. at hand -