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The Exeter Times, 1920-2-19, Page 6Pure, Clean Economx Preserved& sol4 only in . Sealed ttnetit;:n to preserve go..dness. Used in Millions of Te 410ots ,1•011,4110,• 0574 rm. la Nano= IEL Nak. vitt ist vek la NI* me, Ma NS. MI Mk 0 0 THE coppER BEEcll 0 0 0 1111, Ilak Viik, Wall& IL V& Via VS. PART I. The pleaeant hospital room opened directly on the city square where birds sang in the early morning just as they sang a hundred miles away at Ambleside. At the end of a sleepless night, or waking before dawn, Thomas Griswold heard them and lay with closed eyes and a throbbing heart, lis- tening. For many mornings he had tried to fix his mind on the sweetness of the sound alone, without remem- bering the happy peace of uncounted mornings when he had heard the same notes from the great oak tree outside his window at home. But he was very weak, and his will was less strong than his memory. The old oak and the little beech beside ,th were gone; the great storrn had made of thern a weapon against him; the erash of their falling had been for months in his brain. All the circumstances of his life except ohe Thomas regarded with a phslcrsophse spirit; he thought calmly even of his own death, which had seemed for so many weeks near at hand. Martha was provided for; she had a sister with whom she could live. and the separation would not be long. He had wronged no one; he owed no one anything; he had gone regularly to thurch and had helped the poor and the afflicted. - But Thomas had been wronged, and even after thirty years that injury still rankled and hurt. He said to himself, lying in his bedl that if he had had hie dust dues his house would not have stood in the path of the great storm; he would , not have been so cruelly smitten. Thomas was now almost well. All the cruel lacerations and bruises had healed; the hip, whieh the doctor had thought would never knit, could now bear his weight; the eyes, which they bad feared were forever darkened, saw as well as ever. Thomas would presently be as sound as he had been that August day, when, stepping out en his pereli in the middIe of the het Sunday afternoon, he had beheld, beariag with terrific violence down on his little house, a monster of black cloud and roaring sound. ,Martha was away; he had remembered that fact at once with a throb 'of relief. He knew immediately what to do to savE himself. Across the yard was mi, and butter were kept; there no harm could come to him. But in his confusion he stood for a second too long upon his doorstep. He looked stupidly up into the branches of the trees he loved—,the oak, a century old, the much smaller beech, which he had planted the year of his marriage, thirty years ago. Then, still more stupidly, he turned to look toward the land lying on the gentle slope of the foothills, where stood a mile away a large gray house almost hidden by thick trees. Then, and then only, he started toward his refuge. But Thomas had delayed too long. The roaring sound bad changed to a sharp hiss, and to his astonished eyes the branches of the trees seemed to ' leap up with strange cries to meet the BY ELSIE SINGMASTER -cloud. Sharp peals of thiinder, blind- ing flashes of lightning deafened, and , dazzled him. He dared move no! further. Then occurred an astouraidng phe-e nomenon. Upon Thomas, Standing: dazed and bewildered in his own yard on a Sunday afternoon that had al few minutes ago seemed so quiet and1 so peaceful, the great oak and thei little beech seerned to spring as if he; were an enemy to them. He had anl inatant of almost childish amazement that anything that he had so dearly; loved and cherished could treat him! 0 0 0 WI NEIL V& Ilk We Ma Via Vial Mk MIL , thus. Another instant and the roar- ing of the storm a,nd the splitting sound of the twisted trees were noth- ing to him. Thomas Griswold and his brother, James were twins'without brothers or sisters. They had been born in the big stone house •on the hillside,! toward which Thernas had cast un, -1 consciously what might have been his last glance in this world, and the . bond of affection between them had seemed indestructible. Until they were thirty years old, they were. never separated. They explored the! woods, they waded and damsned the streams they had their pet animals! and their favorite trees. Dearest of • all was the beech tree planted by, their father on the day of their birthi in a eorner of the Httle field inefronti of the Old house. They loved its , smooth gray trunk, its golden buds; and coppery leaves, its outline of per-; feet symmetry. 1 In time the trunk of the tree divid-! ed; and, though the symmetry was, not marred there grew side by side within the great leafy cone two main branches, each tending a little awayi ' from its companion,. . • The division between the twe! brothers came at their father's and: mother's death. James had been mar -1 seed for several years; it was naturals that his father should leave to him,1 whole ehildrer. had been born in the! old stone house, the homestead with the surrounding orchards and gar- dens, and to Thomas a slightly larger share a the rest of the property. The I , division had been long since explaineds ' to them; but the division had not been! to the mind of Thomas a clear one. 1 "I ani going to build a house beside' the copper beech," he said to his brother. "Then in the fall Martha' , and I will be married." James looked round at him sharply. Except that Thomas's eyes were blue! and James's brown, the brothers were alike in face and figure. The two were standing side y side in the lit- tle. fieid, -With their arms folded on the fence. They had been talking about their father and looking out over their beautiful inheritance. They had both inherited also their father's gift for farming, and together they had great plans for setting out or- chards, irrigating a dry cornerof the farm n making other experiments. Now James spoke in his inspulsive ; way. He always said what came to his mind. ! "Oh, no, Thomas! I am going to extend my yard to take in this field, and 1 shall want the copper beech." "But this is my land!" said Thom- as.' "I always planned that when you got the homestead I should build here." "But it is my land," insisted James. "Certainly father would not have willed away this little field from the home property! That would be ab- surd. And I have children to inherit from me, and father did, not know that you were even thinking of mar- rying. And we all know what the Duttons are, Thomas; we—" James checked his hasty ..saeecd... The two were so accustomed to think- ing one thought that it was difficult to conceal an opinion. "1 beg, your pardon, Thomas," said James. 'Martha herself' is a fine girl,: and she cannot help her family. But the copper beech is mine." Thus, indeed, it proved to be. The little field was James's, and into his; yard he took it. It would have been possible to increase the size of the yard greatly and still leave the tree outside it. so that Thomas could have built his hose in its shadow, and James could still have gladdened his eyes with a s;eiht of it and of his Canada's Silver Fox Farms Silver foxes on a ranch at Hungry 'Hollow, near Regina, are epicureans and live on the fat of the land. This need not be wondered at, for silver foxes literally are worth their weight in gold. The little aristocrats are fed as ex- pensively as guests in the best hotels. Xls.e meat served them is kept in a perfedly regulated and spotless re- frigerator.. It consists; of the choicest cuts of tenderloin ateaks and pork eitops, with a little horse meat added by way of variety. The foxes have shredded wheat prepared as carefully its it might be for some wealthy and citerulons invalid. Other breakfast foods, cereals and vegetables pamper the appetiteof the little ,beasts, The ranch is tightly tented in with wire eight feet high and sunk in the grolind several:feet. The fox houses are constructed on soientifie hygienic plans.. They nee kept scrupulously clean. The enceoss of tlii. L..= ranch c.n the. Canadian, Pacffic Railway and of sever- al others.' near Winnipeg has demon- strated that the Prairie protrinces are as well adapted to breeding silver foxes as Prince Edward Island, which is the world's centre of the industry. Some of the fox ranches in Prince Ed- ward Island are operated by corpora- tions capitalized at *several hundred thousand dollarS: 'Many of them have made immense fortunes for -their owners. Others have lost heavily, Breeding foxee seems to depend as much on "know hew" as any other business. In the possibilities of enor- mous profits the industry seems as alluring as gold minittg. One breeder started two years ago with two pairs. ale now has fiftyasix animals. He has sold $10,000 worth of pelts. A silver fox pelt brings from $200 to $2,500. He sells his two-year-oId animals at $400 to $2,000. -He sold eight -months - old pups this year at public auctienaat $900 aptee.e. He values his breeding fitock et close, to $100,009. brather'a 'Taves But' preeentlY. words were spoken that .forgaVenesef and even tonceszione were, impossible, Monies married his Martha and t built bis house under a great oak int the valley at the apposite end o that Iasi that was.his, and the two brothet r s spoke no more.. Of the two Ames only insideap- Jaches toward a reconciliation. 1. hen Martha lay for mouths ill wail ver, he Ouse to his brother's housei to ask hether he could be of eervice e was refeeed adinittance. INTIM horn as, who had always been the mere visionary and the less steady of the taro, who would stop his plongh, iing while he followed with his eye the flight of 4 bird, fell into difficul- ties at the bank, James's efforts to set things right without his brother's knowledge Were promptly discovered and brought to naught. (To be =tinned.) A Song of Days. Sing of the bee, taking her busy flight, Sing of the sun, driving off the night, Sing a Dame nature's days, freshand bright. Happy the springtime, strolling through the grass, Happy spring hours that brighten as they pass, Happy our youth, it conies but once alas! Sunny the days that go to make July, Sunny the life beneath his flaming sky Sunny the summer as our life goes by Fruit fills our orchards in the autumn days, Fruit of the vineyard shimmers through the haze, Fruitage of life work Ells our harvest trays. White is the winter, snowflakes cover Yellow the fireplace in the cheerful hall, Golden our visions as the evening shadows fall. A Strange Playmate. A boy will be a bdy whether his father is a millionaire in Canada or the meaneat • , between Bag- dad, and in the matter of healthful, strength -giving play it is by no means certain that the Arab boy of Mesopo- tamia has an' the worse of it. All, for example, says a tourist, was typical of ten thousand boys in hundreds of tiny villages on the great central plaln of Irak, or in the tl d f the Tigris, Euphrates, Diala or Ehat= el-Adhem. He rose at my sudden appearance round the corner of the cemetery wall, where I stopped to watch the la-aab- adm, or bane game, he was playing, and the top of his bead just reached my belt; but his name, he told me in answer to my question, was Ma.homed Huessin Ali bin IVIahdi. I called him Ali, few short. I had noticed the big black -and -yellow zamboor, or gigantic Mesopotamian wasp, buzzing close to his face. 'When Ali rose, the great in- sect rase with him, and kept its place as he trotted along at my side. I dis- covered' that it was tethered by a bit of thread, the other end of which was made fast to a frayed strand of Ali's aba. As we went past the stables of the bus line running between old and new Kut, past the Turkish bath All's father owns, and round the corner in- to the bazaar,—or sug, to give it the proper Arab name,—the wasp flew ahead, tugging at_Its thread like a gaudy captive balloon. Tens of thousands of the great in-, sects fly through the crooked streets and narrow, tortuous alleys of Kut. They swarm in the bazaar, aettle on taarukh, rumen, banyal ancrloobiya.h, rise in black -and -yellow clouds, hover in the air, and settle again when the customer has departed and the shopkeeper is squatting cross- legged once more and smoking a jigaara. So slow and lazy is their flight that the littlpst toddler thinks nothing' of catching one as it sang by and plucking out its sting. With a sliver of wood dangling by the piece thread,of ligilt enough' y easily, too heavy to allow him to es- cape altogether, a wasp makes a racer capable of furnishing many an hour's sport. GOT A CHILD'S COAT BY DYEING GARMENT "Diamond Dyes" He! li Make New Outfits for Youngsters. Dont worry about perfect results. Use "Diamond Dyes," guaranteed to give a new, rich, fadeless color to any fabric, whether it.be wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods — dresses, blouses, stockings, skirts,, children's coats, feathers, draperies, .coverings, —everything! The Direction Book with each pack- age tells how to diamond dye over any color. To match any material, have dealer sbow you "Diamond Dye" Color Card. Made Hiin Feel Small, A foppish Young ,man who. could only find a seat next to a fishwife Ina North. of SeotlandesmokIng carriage expressed his disgust by 'many 'dis- dainful glances. ' At length the woman remarked "I'll bet ye, My manny, you an' Me's baith thinking the sa,mo thing," "What Is that, woman ?"-demancled the Youth haughtdr; "You are 'wishing you was silting next a gentleman?" '• "I am, indeed,", replied the ,young "So am the fishwife' relined mitre ly. • '1nbit 011e : eTl rh ly\ The irTilethe VeleillidArebre feel'.1 on. the Ivo:11(;eeplrell(IS &nost entirely her—that is,. if thepall'veanytstliseeeplaarbe(i?ittlst feel is allowed to enter into their talk before the ehildren, and it often- thaes does, to the detriment both of the teachel'hand the child, For instanee, a young teacher friend af rnine said to me the other day: "What do you suppose. little Doris Handy told me yesterday? Why, she climbed into MY lap during recess, and put her arms around my neck in that loving little way she has; then she startled me by saying: 'Marna says you're just a little girl, end I can't eicpeet to learn anything from you. She says we ought to have a grown-up teacher—but I like you better," My friend smiled at thought of the child's affectionate words, then con- tinued soberly and thoughtfully: "I Suppose I am just a girl, but Pin try- ing to do my best as ,a teacher, Some- times I get discouraged, though, and now, since Doris' mother made that remark before Doris, I'm almost afraid I'sn going to lose control of the whole school. Doris won't take anything I say seeiously; she has been told Pm just a girl, and given to believe I know no more than she does herself. And she has communi- cated her feeling to a good many of the other seholsirs, I really don't know how I am going to live down that accusation." Seldom do remarks of a single parent prove so far-reaching in their effect on the teacher and the school, but always they affect the one child's conduct and attitude toward his teacher. The child coming to school with his father's rather blunt expres- sion: "That teacher of yours don't know nothing" ringing in his ears isn't going to buckle down to his les- sons properly. Instead, since teacher doesn't know anything, he thinks, 'What's the use of learning what she tells me to learn?" Or the .child , who, because of some miedemeanor was compelled to remain after school hours, was comfterted at home with the assurance; "If that teacher keeps you in another night I shall take up the matter with the school board," is not gong to come to school with' the determination to be as good as passible all day long. He is, however, 1 going to endeavor to get kept in so, that his mother can cause trouble for the teacher. And in nine eases out of ten he succeeds. Parent -teacher associations have done much to bring parents and teach- ers together for a better mutual un- derstanding of home and school con- ditions and aspirations. Yet there are many small communities which have not as yet such associations, and there are many mothers who could net attend the meetings even if they were held near at hand. But whether or not there be a weekly or monthly gathering of parents 1 and teachers, the same responsibility rests on the parents regarding ,the talk about the teacher their children hear at home. Not always, of course, can good things be said of the teacher—yet very seldom is it that the children cannot be told that their teacher is trying hard to teach them right, that she is doing her best, that it is a hard task teaching so many active, eager little children, and that she needs their help every minute' if she is to give the school a good name and record. But even though the parents do aot consider the teacher as good as a Previous one, or do not approve of her methods of teachius or correct- ing unruly scholars, there is no ex- cuse for airing these.,belief,before the children. Every parent shtfuld take sufficient interest in the children's progress at school to fee approval or disapproval of the teacher's methods or ability, but discussion of ,the latter should be carried on when the children are absent. Whenever possible "the teacher should be invited to the home, where, problems presented by tha chil- dren can besdiscuseed when the chil- dren are not aronnd, and the'parent and the teacher can come to, a better understanding. But whatever your real feelings toward the teacher, if it be not good let no inkling of it reach your chil- dren's ears. Instead,' pick out all the teacher's good points and hold them constantly before the. children. SavingTime and Strength on I Washday. : I think one of the hardest jobs a 0 farm woman has, especially.- if there 0 are stnall thilds..en and men to cook for, is the washing. A large' washing , done in the old Way means :such a ' hard, busy class. I was never very strong, and I fin- ally: got so that, I ,e9u1d not do the a large heavy Washings in the old way, and found su.eli an patsy, effioient way e thats the washing to -day is my easiest f work, and the clothes are beeretifully white., end much sweater than if sent to the laundry. 1 The day 'before I wash 1 put ail the ' White clotheto soak in cold Water. Tf theii' are fruit stains en table,. elethge, etdd 'pear bbilitig water on s them firet, Either hothhr cold Water e stains; but I like hot host for cocoa cold for milk and egg stains, arid ! sweet milk bar ink stains. At night 1 wring the clothes out and 401Ter untii snorning. While get- ting supper I melt a bar of soap with la little water added in a granite ket- tle, adding a teaspoonful of lye and 1 about 'two tablespoonfuls of coal oil. !I let this hail up and set awey until InoTrilheingnext morning, as soon as the fire to lit, 1 put the soap solution in the boiler and fill half full of cold water. I put the white elothes in the cold water, and cover. After th water comes to the boiling point I le it boil about, fifteen minutes. Whil the clothes are boiling I get th breakfast and dishes out of the way When the clothes are boiled ( punch them good while boiling) 1 pu them in a tub of cold water; punch and rinse them wellrwring, blue, and starch. Now they are ready to hang out, and even the roller towels and men's underwear are beautifully „glean. As soon as T take the white clothes out of the boiler I put enough cold water into cool it—just enough so you can put your hand into it—then put the colored clothes to soak while wringing out the White ones. I soap all very .soiled spots, such as on men's work shirts, etc. When I am ready for them, I simply punch them well,' and very seldom have to use a wash- board for anything. I have a big washing out by ten o'clock, my floor mopped, and have time to rest before starting dinner. That nilleh soap will do a large boilerful of white clothes. The secret of getting such good results is in put- ting the clothes on in cold water. The cold water loosens the dirt and it boils out. When I bring the clothes in from the line, Wald and put away many articles without Ironing. Everyday towels, pillow slips, and all flat pieces I fold and run through the wringer and put away. Underwear if folded smoothly and pressed out with the hands looks as well as if ironed, and is sweeter and healthier. When Fatigued Aeupof0X0 is both re- freshing and invigorating. Ready in a min- ute—the minute you want it. Ties z iOc. 25c., 51.15, 82.25. CJ Baldness. Baldness—the medical term for it is e alopecia—requires no definition. With t very few• exceptions every man who e lives long enough gains practical e knowledge ailit through his own ex- - perience. Why this should be so, why I women so seldom suffer from, baldness t as compared with men, and why a man A Home Blackboard. A very useful article in our home equipment, writes a conthibutor, and one that has successfully combined pleasure and profit for the children, is our honie blackboard. It occupies a .-well-lighted corner of the dining room, is two feet wide and three feet long, is framed in stout oak and is clamped solidly against the wall. Ten years ago we bought lit for three dol- lars and MO tents as an entertain- ment for two boys. It has been one of our best.ievestments, not only as the means of unlimited entertainment, but also as the source of real educa- tional benefit. When we first put the blackboard in place, small Rob knew nothing of letters or figures, but he often spent hours "making things" upon the smooth, black surface. Then one day he voluntarily set about copying the figure he saw on a large calendar. Unaided, he learned to make the num- bers as far as thirty-one. Then he began to ask questions about them nuers. - With a little help he was soon counting up into the hundreds, and each day filling the blackboard with crooked rows of tippy figures; but gradually the rows grew straighter and the figures stood up better. The boy who learned thus early to work things out for himself has flways liked arithmetic. As the children grew older the en- tertainment that the blackboard pro- vided gradually yielded- to utility. An arithmetic problem -brought up in re- view of the day's lesson, a sketch, a bar of music, an outline map, or per- haps a drawing of same article made in the rnanual-trainjng shop appeared in rapid succession on its surface. Once ,a veteran of the Great War spoke to the school children about the value of the habit of prompt obedience. Our boys were much irn4 pressed, •and upon returning home they wrote the words, "Prompt Obe- dience" on the blackboard. As the subject was further discussed that evening, other desirable traits of character naturally suggested them- selves, and such words as Honesty," `Unselfishness" and "Industrious- ness" went up to join "Prompt Obedi- ence." Thus they formed ,the habit of expressing in black and white anything that they might wish to nake especially impressive. Our blackboard long since became a sort 'f bulletin of farnily• Progress, with•- ut which we should feel much at a ces. Frenchman Trst ;her. Feseem., The art of canning fruit, vegetables ,nd other feed was discovered by a 'rencliman, Firanchie Appert, who was mployecl by 'Napoleon to help provide ood during the blockade of France by Great Britain, Largest Airplane Motors. aalian automobile engineers have uilt the world's largest airplane mo- ors, a twelve -cylinder :Weir of 720 iorsepower, Ufa:trees Zininteat tor sale overywhora willaremove tea, coffee, and cootie Mid r tr 0 IN 'Eoutytroo attar:141a, does not get bald on his face, are mysteries. Indeed, it is often notice- able that the stronger and niore luxuriant a man's beard is, the earlier and the more nearly completely does he get bald. It is generally believed that the pressure of the man's hat, by shutting off part of the blood supply from the scalp, starves the hair and causes it to fall. But most men wear their hats only for a fraction of the day, and the pressure of the brim of the hat is never enough to shut off the blood supply altogether; so probably that is only one of the factors that cause baldness. One cause undoubtedly is seborrhea, or dandruff, and for that reason, as well as because of the unsightliness of the white shower on the coat collar, no one who cares at all for his ap- pearance>. either present or future, shoaad neglect to treat dandruff. It Is comparatively easy to cure dand- ruff; but when the hair follicles hdve been destroyed, the baldness that re- sults is irremediable. Indeed, the fu- tility of treatineestablished baldness is proved by the number of derma- tologists of middle age who are them- selves bald. In cases of premature baldnese, except those caused bY dand- ruff, the victim is ahnost always in. poor health. A chronic invalid seldom has a good growth of hair. After' an attack of some acute dis- ease, such as typhoid fever, the hair verycommonly gets thin on the top of the head, but it usually returns as convalescenee is established, and its return can be hastened and assured by the use of a tonic taken internally and daily massage of the scalp. A good shampoo. is made of tincture Of green soap containing ten grains of thymol to the ounce; but the scalp should notbe shampooed oftener than twice a month, and after sham- pooing it is a good plan to nib into the scalp a few drops of olive oil or liquid vaseline. Lloyd George Predicts His Own Defeat Soon. III fortune has attended statesmen intimately associated with the fram- ing of the Treaty of Versailles, in the opinion of Premier. David Lloyd George, of Great Britain, according to a newspaper article published in In conversation with a member of the Chamber of Deputies the, British Premier is said to have expressed an opinion that the "peace treaty was hard luck for anyone having had a hand in it." "Yes," the Deputy is quoted as re- plying, "Preinier Orlando is out of of- fice, Premier Clemenceau is again in private life and President Wilson has met With reverses in Washington. Only you have been spared." "Yes, and in less than six months it will be my turn," is the reply at- tributed to the British leader. , • Highest Mount in England. Scafell Peak, '3,210 feet, Is the high- est mountain in England. It is in the county of Cumberland, in the ,Lake District. • imanzto=tarmiceoftm.zza, Inv& st Your Money In 5112% DE,BENTURES Interest payable half yearly. The Great West Permanent Loan Company. Toronto Office 20 King St. West azimesnemeisassanzaezawanaserararansaramesraeors All grades. Write for vices. TORONTO SALT WORK3 (1. 41„ OLT, • • TORONTO Appear At Your 's Best,--Instastly n you. veceble' a sudden caller, or an unexpected vitatian you can feel con- fident of always appearing et your best, in but a few moments It *enders to your skin a wonderfully sure,. soft Complexion,' that Is , beYond comparlsOm THE FATE -OF THEi.,. .',..MfAR'S GREAT MEN ONLY ONE IN POWER All PRESENT TIME. 3 Orlando, Wilson and Clerneng. ceauliave Suffered Loss of Prestige. At the heels of the lion in the anis mai kingdom snarl the Jableale, await( ing for. the King of I3easts to show( sign q, deadly wound that they may spring upon him and tear from him the spoils of his prowess. Certain types of -human beings bear startling resemblance to the jackals. They 014 those who envy the glory of heroes and who lurk ever in cowardly wait, ing for the moment when the object oi their jealousy may falter for a mos merit," so that they, too, may spring forward end seize the spoils rightly won by him they hate. 1Vit11 the startling, sensational de- feat of Georges Clemenceau for the offioe of President of France there disappears' from active governmental affairs, the greatest and most romantic figure of the world war. With his fall - from power there remains but one of the chief personages of the conflict still in real centrol—David Lloyd. George, the British. Premier—and ai. ready his enemies are eagerly at work to cast him from hishigh place. Others who, at times between 1!)14 and 1919, were high in popular acclaim and who have been cast down by the machinations of the envious are Vit- torio Orlando, Italy's "Premier of Vic- tory;" Lord French, who was hailed as the greatest of British acenms.nd- ers, and, in a somewhat different way but none the less effectually, Presi- dent Wilson. The efforts to drive. 'Winston Spen- cer Churchill from the British Cabinet and to deprive Marshal Joffre of hon- ors due to him failed, but the influence a of both has been sadly reduced from . the tremendous power they once. wielded. Only after a storm of indig- nant protest from the world at large was Joilre given a place of honor in the Victory Parade at Paris. Clemenceau was refused the su- preme honor of election to the Presi- dency of France, so the Paris des- patches assert, because he was "too strong a luau." France feared the ele- vation of so dynamic a personality and so energetic an intellect to the high- est office. There was danger, so Freuch politicians thought, that 'rise Tiger" would refuse to be bound by se the tradition that the occupant of the • Elyse& Palace was to be a mere figure- head, to receive foreign visitors of ecl , distinction and to make pretty speech- es when he conferred the Legion ot Honor upon those recommended for that token of merit. Defeat of Clemenceau. Orlando's Sudden Fail. Vittorio Orlando's loss of power and popular acclaim was sudden. His Power remained without serious gales - tion as long as the Italian armies were fighting. _ Like Clemenceau, he was one 'whose patriotism and will to defeat the enemy could not be ques- tioned. He had driven from office men whose loyalty might have becui open to attack. He went to the Peace Con- ference at Versailles with the cheers of the Italian people still ringing in his ears. At Versailles he presented Italy's irreducible demands, in which was included a declaration of the right to annex Fiume. Under the leadership of President Wilson the other dele- gates to the conference denied Fiume — to Italy. Orlando went back to Rome for a. mandate from his people. He was re- ceived with enthusiasm- He went once nrre to Versailles, but he made no headway. AThen, as quickly as the thought could be formed, the Italian people turned against him. Orlando, a patriot to the last and putting his country's interests above his own, bent before the storm aud gave up °Aloe. He lost neither dig - laity nor honor in doieg so, but he did lose power and high Wade. He no longer sits in the seats of the mighty. Lloyd Qeorge Alone Remains. Four men made the League of Na- .tions—President Wilson, Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Orlando. There was widespread belief that Mr, Wilson would be its fist president. Yet the league is now being organized at Paris without American representation and Clemenceau and Orlando are out ot office. Mr. Lloyd George so far retains poWer, yet the storm clouds haveabeen gathering around him for nionth.s, England is beginning to lisen to the talk of the politicians that it might be well to clisSolve the coalition of parties which has kept hirn in office. He is a ae shrewd man of peditics himself and it (7 will be interesting to watch the de- Velopments of. Sverits as his enemies carry out their plots to wrest the . Premiership from him. He Scored, it alma his first public speech as an election candidate, and before ho was half way through the trying ordeal he was Presented with it turnip, which bit him fairly and soluarely in the head. In a mornent he bad recovered his composure, and with a smile re• Marked es- "I notice, gentlemen, that one of my Political opponents appears to have 10St Ids head,". •