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The Exeter Times, 1920-4-15, Page 3mmFA E. FRANCECES SERIOUS PROBLEM • THE UTURE OF 2,000;00.0 MARRIAGEABLE GIRLS. tr How to Conserve the Purity of French Race and Ensure Its Increase. France is taking up seriously the problem "o1 her 2,000,000 marriageable girls, who as a result of the war's losses can never hope to have hus- bands. About the economic future of these girls and women Prance is not worry- ing much, She is convinced they will have no difficulty in taking care of themselves: The 2,000,000 vacancies created in French economic life by her killed and mutilated during the war will afford them opportunities for becoming self -dependent. But what does worry-Frauce is this: At a moment when the future of the French race is threatened by a death rate that exceeds her births and when the national economic life is handicapped by a shortage of human beings, these two million potential mothers are condemned to unproduc- tivenese.. Jame Problem in England. The problem in France, thus, set forth in a despatch frons Henry Wood; United Press staff correspondent in Paris, has its counterpart in England, where the oversurplus of women num- bers 1,500,000, and is growing rapidly, with an incident decrease in the male birth rate, and the female preponder- ance already has caused the crumbling of old ethical standards. Statisticans say that chances of every English woman finding her proper mate has long since passed. Meanwhile the labor market is depriving the nation of its best potential mothers, the .social i.tutterfiy, both male and female, is more prevalent than ever and scientists, despite great efforts, so far have failed to devise a remedy. Specialists etudyin-g the subject in France see only two -alternatives, says the United Press correspondent. :Either France must overcome the pre- judices and costa.= which in all civilized, countries have always sur- rounded the "statural chiles," or child born cut of wedlock, or else 33rance anu t ccnscnt to these two million skirls and women finding husbands s)mcng foreigners. This latter solu- sew'tiou would of course mean the begin- ning of the end of pure French blood and race. Ma trice de \* aleffe, one of the best '- y nov; n French t, r i tors and a specialist ' env the subject, thus discusses the 'prcb'.em : "Mile frees the 1,5'00,000 lasses Burin, (be war that condemn to sterility a corresonding number of French women. two ether causes )firing this total up to two million. First, there is the established disproportion between male and female birth, our French statistics showing 107 baby girls for every 100 boy babies. Seemed - .1y, there is the increased cost of liv- ing which is driving large numbers of men to celibacy. Wo can, therefore, estimate at two nsi` lcn the number of French gin's fcr whom no husband is possible. "But what ;vorres us is the four or five million bab:es that we could nor- mally expect from these two million women. That is the wealth that we must sack to rave in our present alarming state of decreased natalite. Two Courses to Pursue. "There are only two ways and only two—not three. Between them we must cheese. Either we must accept the natural born child or else we must accept a foreign child. "If we want to conserve the purity of the Trench blood and the French race then we must accept the natural child, which will necessitate the com- plete and active protection of its girl - mother, with maternity homes and the material welfare of child and mother assured over a period of several Lentils. Finally without entrance formalities and without incongruous publicity the childmust be adopted by the State. "If this solution proves shocking, for it of course entails the abandon- ment of a very old prejudice that has very respectable roots, then we must. favor marriages with foreigners, but in this case we must then do every- thing possible to oblige the husband to occupy his wife's fatherland and to become ins•tailed there so that we may have tile fruits of their marriage, Every marriage with a French woman. nitist render obligatory the civil if not the political naturalization of the hus band and this naturalization must be shade immediate., automatic and with - put formalities. "If both those solutions have their eray.hacics - there is. one that is still erorse and that:consists. In doing noth-` ing at all and in 'believing that France r'I of F i l continue t.nf le to, live merely through the operation of the Holy Spirit," Although many people believe that Avery Chinese in China eats, rice ev- ery day, millions of Chinese, li=ving in thensi and northwestern ,C,i$inaewiaere ,'i n., zce.,is,,, o� grown, have neuter!seen ol, tasted rice, and millions more in the rice -producing districts cannot afford to ,eat' it.. regularly. To be sure, rice is the staple article of diet in south h China, but there ,is 'remain' to believe that in the dietry of. the . Chinese people as a whole the sweet potato fiCctrpies.,a moral1ippr. I1t:placed:'" • SPRANG IMPURITIES MEAN WEAK. BLOOD A Tonic Medicine a Necessity , at This Season. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are ah, all year round tonic, blood builder and nerve strengthener. But they are especially valuable In the spring when the system is clogged with impurities as a result of the Indoor life of the winter months. There is no other season when the blood is so much in need of purifying and enriching. In thesp p ri ng one feels weak and tired— Dr. Williams' Pink Pills give strength. In the spring the appetite is often poor --Dr, Williams' Pink Pills im- prove the appetite, tone the stomach and aid weals digestion. :It is in the spring that poisons in the blood most often find an outlet in disfiguring pimples eruptions and boils. Dr. Wil - Items' Pink Pills speedily clear the skin because they go to the root of the trouble in the blood, In spring anaemia, indigestion, neuralgia, rheu- matism and many other troubles are moat persistent because of weak, watery blood and it is at this time when all nature takes on new life that the blood most seriously needs attention. Among those who have proved the value of Dr. Williams Pink Pills is Mr. Archie R. Carmichael, Turbot,- N.S., who says:—" Ftor a num- ber of years I was bothered with pimples which would break out on my face and body. The trouble was al- ways worse in the spring, and aI- though. I tried different treatments, it was without much success. In the spring of two years ago, the trouble was worse than usual, and although I was taking medicine it did not help me until I finally decided to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.. Under this treat- ment the pimples disappeared, and there has since been absolutely no re- turn of the trouble." Dr, Williams' Pink Pills can be ob- tained from any dealer in medicine or by mail at 50 cents a box, or six boxes tor 82.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. A pot roast should be browned on all sides in a hot pan before it is put into the pot for stewing. Starch for the dark calicos should be made in the usual way, then add to it one pint of clear coffee. MONEY ORDERS. It fs always safe to send a Dominion Express Mcney Order. Five dollars tests three cents.. Through a. powerful microscope such things as a nettle -sting, the scales of a butterfly, or the solid par- ticles in smoke are plainly seen. 1Vrinarct'a Liniment Lumberman's Friend A Turkey Toi!n :and a Fox. When a fox has succeeded in ;set- ting a he has sometimes f e a tin late a farmyard, toned his progress stayed by a gal- lant gander, for ganders are brave fighters and can strike terrific 'blows with their wings, „ Turkeys, on the other hand, are an easy prey and us- ually find safety high la trees, How- ever, Mr. Reynard made a mistake one day in tackling a certain old tu`ir- key gobbler that had been boss of the barnyard for some time. The gobbler terrorized the farmer's little, children. and took special delight in thrashing the dog. Even if the dog came with his master, the gobbler did not hesitate to attack him, and when, trailing plumes with fluffed and tl g s and a p e sharp "gobble gobble;" the bird rush- ed at. the dog, the dog would drop his tail, leave his master's side and race for the nearest gate, One day the farmer, who was busy in his tall silo, looked out and saw 'a sight that he will never forget. A fox had stalked his turkeys and had got among them in an open field. The fanner expected to see the fox get some of the young ones at least, but he had forgotten the fighting prowess of Big Tom, and Tom was with the flock that day. When the fox first snapped at a turkey, Big Tom rushed forward with his feathers all up. The fox reeled back in surprise, then. matte a spring at Tom's neck. To his great chagrin, he met a blow from the• turkey's wing that brought him to the ground; but he was game and came back to the attack. Mean- wbile the flock was hurrying away. Seeing this, the fox tried to pass the old gobbler, but Tam steadily con- fronted him and forced the fight. The fox made a third charge, and this time Tom caught hien squarely on the nose, Tho fox curled up like a ball under the blow and rolled over and over, Tom, furious and fluffed, follow- ed up his advantage; but the fox, quickly regaining his feet, fled for the woods. Doubtless Tom's fights with the dog had developed his pro- flciency i$1 fighting avid made his at- tacks on the fox so effective. Exploding Vegetable. Nature tries her hand at pretty near- ly everything. As if to prove that she could make a bomb, she produced the "shooting cucumber." This interesting vegetable can be eaten. Probably some people do eat it. But the chances are that it is not, goad for much, gastronomically speak- ing. One does not see it in the mar- kets. When it is fully ripe the "shooting cucumber" explodes. This, be it un- derstood, in a literal sense: It bursts with violence, scattering its seeds far and wide. It is the method the plant adopts for distributing its seeds, and is cer- tainly very curious. Buy Thrift Stamps. Styles for Summer Days 9397—Ladies' Dress (with chemi- sette; two styles of sleeve; 38 or 36 - inch length from waistline). Price, 25 cents. In 3 sizes, 34 to 48 ins. bust measure. Size 36 requires, 38 - inch length, 8% yds. 40 ins. wide; contrasting % yd. 36 ins. wide; chemi- sette, i/2 yd. 18 ins. wide. Width around bottom, 1% yds. If preferred, the front inset panel could be cut on the bias. 9399—Ladies' Eton Dress (two style of sleeve; instep or. shorter length). Price, 25 cents. In 7 sizes, 34 to 46 ins, wide; blouse section, % yd. 36 ins. wide. Width, 1% yds. This is a very effective collarless model. McCaIl Transfer Design No. 797. Price, 15 cents. 9402—Ladies" Raglan Dress (with vest; two-piece tunic and two-piece underskirt lengthened by two-piece lower section attached at low waist- I line; 37 or 35 -inch length). Price, 25, cents. In 8 sizes, 34 to 48 ins. bust' measure. Size 36 requires 3% yds,' 40 ins. wide; vest, r/2 yd. 18 ins wide, I Width, 1% yds. These patterns may be obtained! from your local McCall dealer, ori from the leleCall- Co., 70 Bond st,, Toronto, Dept. W. FOOD FORTIFIES against exhaustion and illness—if it's the right kind of food. Gra is easily diae'sted and with cream or go6d milk is a well balanced ration that builds tissue and increases strength of body d mind: d do ?hs' a Reason" ere .s Traffic in London. At a recent meeting in Loudon, Lord Ashfield gave address on thee t rats 0e and transit Problems in the metro- polis and his figural: were startling. There are now in London some 8,- 000,000 people that require transit of one sort or another within a radius of twenty to twenty -live miles from Charing Cross•. Lord Ashifofd said that in 1914 the average number per head of journeys taken was 303, while in 1919 various forms of transport travelled 285,000,- 000 miles, which is equivalent to 10,- 000 journeys around the earth and 252 Journeys from earth to moon, He then went on. to declare the need of some, proper authority to deal with the cognate questions of trafo and trans- port and to say that probably a solu- tion of partof the problem would be to erect a vast system of underground roads for the exclusive use of fast motor traffic. Dwellers in cities the world over where the streets are laid out in an- cient lines will recognize at once a problem that is insistent, for say what we will, the motor vehicle is bulky and takes up ' a huge amount of space, while its numbers steadily increase. JOY AND G_ DNESS CHILDREN THE CHILDREN Every child—whether it be poor or rich is entitled to joy and gladness. Health is the birthright of all and there is absolutely no doubt that the healthy baby is a happy baby. It is the baby's nature to be happy—not cross. Only the sickly baby is cross. The well child Is a joy to the home— it is a laughing, gurgling, happy little piece of humanity which drives dull care from the household The sickly baby is the opposite—he is cross and peevish; cries a great deal and is a source of constant worry to the mother. But .mothers there is no need of your little ones being sickly. Regulate the baby's bowels and sweet. en his stomach with a gentle but thorough laxative and baby will soon be well and happy again. Thousands of mothers have proved this through their use. of Baby's Own Tablets— there is a smile in every dose of the Tablets. Give them to your baby and make him happy. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co,, Brockville, Ont. • Making Tube Travelling. Easier. A now and ingenious device to ren- der travelling easier on the London underground <raliways has just been installed in several of the principal subway stations in the West End, says a London despatch. The device consists of a large map of the underground • railway systetn showing the position of the principal streets. Round the map are alphabeti- cal lists of theatres, shops, rail ter- mini, restaurants, dry goods stores, the sights and show places of London, the hospitals and other places of pub- lic interest. The traveller look down the list for the place he wants to get to and then presses the button apposite to its name on the list. Four lights at once spring up on the map. These are: Large red light -,-Where you are. Green light—Where you change. Red light—Where you alight. White light—The-place you want. The device, which is of British in- vention and manufacture, ins known as "The Silent Guide," and if successful will be installed in every station on the underground system. 100% PEP! I g If Constipated, Bilious or Headachy, take "Cascarets." f..wa.•m..m..c..a,.m•m.,e,m.•n.«.m..p.«.p.«a..e..m..«.w«•m••w j, Feel bully! Be efficient! Don't stay sick, bilious, headachy, constipated. Remove the liver and bowel poison which is keeping your head dizzy, your tongue coated, your breath bad and stomach sour. Why not spend a few ceats for a box of Cascarets and enjoy the nicest, gentlest laxative - cathartic you ever experienced? Cas - carets never gripe, sicken or incon- venience one like Salts, Oil, Calomel or harsh fills. They work while you sleep. • The Uncertain Zeppelin. With thirty passengers occupying its comfortable cabin the big German Zeppelin Bodensee sank toward its landing field near Berlin. The regu- lar trip from Fr'lectrichshafen had been made without incident. Then everything went wrong. Unexpected air currents dashed the ship against the earth, broke• the cabin windows, disabled the engines and put cut the lights. A side `puff drove the craft in- to the crowd of 'onlookers and killed one person and maimed five others More bumps followed as the captain tried vainly to pass his mooring Iines to the hangar crew below. Then an upward current seized the great ship and carried it high into tiro air. Mean- while the terrified ,passengers were huddled in the cabin linlf .Er,ezen. At ter a time the mechanics succeeded din{ I repairing the •englues, and finally, near midnight, the airship was brought • safelOo earth in a grove of stunted • fir trees in the Hary Mpuntalns. ia. 'NEURALGIA If yon know the nerve- , ?reeking agoalesof eurei. to you 11 Mess t 1e lair tltat `'re.rnplotbn's Ftheu'natio capsules wore discovered. This famous remedy is abso- lutely guaranteedto give relief to sufferers from Nt uralgia, !'fend for free sample to Tom setons, 142 Xing St. W., Toronto. Ooctore recommend them, sad reliable drug.. h n b g fists everywhere sell them Igor 61.04 a box. ASTHMA Templeton's P A -M;A 14 Cap- sules are guaranteed to relieve ASTHMA. Don't suffer an. other day. WriteTempletons,142 King, St. W., Toronto, for ireesampie. Reliable druggists sell the st $1.04 a box. Nothing sweetens vessels in which milk has been kept so well as a solu- tion of baking soda and hot water, in the proportion of a teaspoonful to a quart of warm water. Let the solu- tion stand in the vessel long enough to get cold. A Health Saving eminder. Don't watt until you get the Spanish influenza 'USIA Mivard's Linimont At the first algn of it. Its lTooling Qualities are amaaing. TEIEi OLD RELIABLE. blIN:4RD'd LINIMENT co„ Limited. Yarmouth, N,5, Bricklayer (after falling two stor- ies) ; "Just my luck! Paid my acct• dent insurance only yesterday, and 1 ain't hurt a bits'•' "Do little things as though they were great things, and you will live to do great things as though they were little things." The thief who steals our money is no worse than the misanthrope who steals away the thoughts that make us happy. Lift off Corns! Doesn't hurt a bit and Freezone costs only a few cents. With your fingers!' You can lift off any hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and the hard akin calluses from bottom of feet. A tiny bottle of "Freezone" costs little at any drug store; apply a few drops upon the corn or callus. Instantly it stops hurting, then shortly you lift that bothersome corn or callus right off, roob and all, without one bit of pain or sore- ness. '"rulyl No humbug! DARTING, PIERCING SCIATIC PAINS Give way bbefor e the pene- trating effects of Sloan's Liniment So do those rheumatic twinges and the loin -aches of lumbago, the nerve - inflammation of neuritis, the wry neck, the joint wrench, the ligament sprain, the muscle straits, and the throbbing bruise. The ease of applying, the quickness of relief, the positive results, the cleanliness, and the economy of Sloan's Liniment make it universally preferred. Made in Canada, 85c., 70e., $1.10. America's Timmer log F,oanciica Book on D IASEASES and Blow to Teed Mulled Free to any Ad dress by the Author. rt, may ctlovor Co., xaa. 113 'West list Street New York.. C..T ' .i.. SINCE .01870 " al, 0 }IIL�1 30 1481.1 5T01.1CO•i.► GHF ISSUE No. 15—'20. up;,aWi' 1 +Op #\f,AOR FROM NEE &TOM How Could She? At a school examination the Hen* tence, "Mary milks the ow," was, given to be parsed. The last word was disposed of by one of the pupils, as follows: "Cow is a noun, third person, and stands for Mary." "Stands for Mary, said the inspec- tor, "how do you make that out?" "Because," answered the pupil, "if the cow didn't stand for Mary, how could Mary' milk her?" Conscious of Error, A little girl was asked, upon her re- turn home, how she liked the singing of the congregation in. the church. "I liked it very much indeed," she said, "although all the people said it was bad," "All the people said it was bull What do you mean, my dear?" "Oh, it was so bad that I lieerd the people praying, `Lord, have mercy up- on us miserable singers.' " f'7144,10ti Arlaertieernetita, YON SLLI. IVEI,L .nd lob elnling . shpt i $ft Ontario, 4nsuxanoe asr led $1,sOq, •ssa Or i1,to4, on quick mals Be=. wiisan 3'abiirhlnp; C9.. 'Z t4., T41Pt►t14Mr, Q I5 P_ x ENBI' CQM I,41111 Z(r`I7Ft'1'Iir, lser will pay you.. Write for prlainie ``1 RIP TOOR EMPTY 13AGs--SUG4.1f„ flour, bran sacks to Stevens. Ul M estprices. Geo, Stevens. 444 Marie . r Pa. terbo o, *NUTTING '7f Al7AS; 11IINT'ING YARNS, 131 ATIT1FUxa eotrr,'t iambs' wool four*ply, finger. Ing yarns in ;sixteen ,colors. ,1'Itst thq thing for oweater0, pullovers, toques and children's wear, Made In Canada .4nCanadians from sura cubs Wool, a nothingelse and somewhat at C s0.mbl the high Cass English yarns, but 0(0 much cheaper, : as you buy direst Iron the spinners. Price 'twenty cents pe! skein or three dollars per pound. Srna&I sample skein, twenty cents, postage free. Also heavier yarns in homespun style. all wool to wash e.t home, in Grey. Black. and White at one dollar, fifty pet' pound. Large sample slteln, thirty cents, postage free. Postage extra on all orders under ten dollars, George- town Woollen Mills, Georgetown, Oa- tarso, Note—Carders and Spinners Want- ed, used to country life. t onooL TEACRER9 Gy CEHQQL TEACHERS—MAK REAL money in spare tirne—send post card to Ratepayer Publishing Co.. i Columbine. Toronto. SOFT ELM WANT'T1', Brit fortaxd's and talks 120 other. OFT ELM WANTED, 2 IN: AND thicker, shipped green from saw. Do not sets until you communicate with Carbonate of soda gives instant re IOtt Keenan Bras. Limited, Owen Sound. lief to a burn or scald. It may be! applied either wet or dry to the burn- water, ASRI S. ed part. 'fir' Ft` YOU TIAVE A CAR FOR SALE JL write me, Geo. Stevens: 304 Marr Street. Teterboro.. DANDRUFF SOON GETS YOUR HAIR Let "Danderine" check nasty scurf and stop hair falling out To stop falling hair at once and rid the scalp of every particle of dandruff, get a small bottle of "Danderine" at any drug or toilet counter for a few cents, pour a little in your hand and rub it into the scalp. After several applications the hair usually stops coming out and you can't find any dandruff. Soon every hair on your scalp shows new life, vigor, bright- ness, thiokne,s; and more color CUTICURA HEALS �1'M ON CHILD On Body and Face, lied and itchy. Cried For Hours, tasted a Year. "A rash started all over my little girl's body, and she had some on her face, It started in a pimple that was full of water, and It got red and itchy. She cried for hours. Thee trouble lasted a year. "Then I started with afrce sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I bought more, and 1 used four cakes of soap and three boxes of Ointtnent which healed her," (Signed) Mrs. Dora Langiy, 1032 Gertrude St., Verdun, Calc., August 11, 1918. • The Cuticura Toilet Trio Consisting of Soap, Ointment and Talcum is an indispensable adjunct of the daily toilet in maintaining skin purity and skin health. Soap 25e, Ointment 25 anti See. Sold throughouttheDotninion. CanadianDePott Lyman, Limited, St. Fast] St., Montreal. " "Cuticura Soap abases wtihcxtsms. SCRAP riot., F YOU HAVE A FIRE AND HAVE a car or more of scrap iron I will come and puote you where it lays. Goo. Stevens. 564 Mark Street. Peterboro. atISCELF,LNEOU3, i.NCER. TUMORS. L:UMlt"J, 1G'TCL. internal and external. cured without pain by, our home treatment. Writeus before too late Dr. Beliman Medical Co.. Limited, Collin¢wood, Ont. The small boy who is being cor- rected never goes to sleep at the switch. "SYRUP OF FIGS" CHILD'S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove poi- sons from little stomach, liver and bowels Accept "California Syrup of Figs only—loot: for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Child- ren hildren love its delicious fruity taste. Full directions for child's dose on each bot- tle. Give it without fear, Mother! You mast say "California." oov99Rat./uv(432ivw•Q•Vet e A Dyspepsia Cure • C• M. D. advisee s "Parsons who suffer £iu»n severe indigestion 'e and. constipation can cure them- selvea by taking fifteen to w thirty drops of Extract of Roots e after each meal and at bedtime. �s °e This ronnedy is Ftrawn as lilolher a Scigel's Csrafee Syrap1, tlteedrug •trade." Get the genuine. 50c. e w• ear,1 tl tii81.00 Bottles. r •• • --a • • • • • • TABLETS ONLY KED ,BAYER" ARE ASPIRIN Not Aspirin at All without the "Bayer Cross;'" For Colds, Pain, Rheumatism, Ach- package which contains complete di' ing Joints, Iauniago, Sciatica, Nen- sections. Then you are getting real Iritis, and for IIeadache, Neuralgia, Aspirin—the genuine Aspirin pro. Toothache, .Earache, take As ir•in scribed by physiciarie for over nine• marked with the name "Bayer' or teen years, Now suede in Canada. you aro not tatting Aspirin at all, Handy tin boxes containing 12 tab* Accept only 'Bayer Tabl©te of lets cost but a few cents. Druggists Aspirin" in an unbroken "Bayer" also selllarger "Bayer"e1" Parl3dri, , There ars only °xe Aspiatcin..-."13ayc3'' `Srau mutt say"'*year Aentrin 13 the trade mark hors tcred to C'enase) of Egrar trtnu` cturo of Mono. aeettcactcleeter of calIevIloottel. I'VhIle It i ,veil kaowrn that A41plrth Yn.dns,Sel,+er manufacture, to'As ?trt ti,e p." !io Ole tn 11111;:fticin,. rho 'Tablets of iiay a CoMpiify trill 1, etaaaped trial their .enerai tr-So mar.:, the "Dever arose."