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"'Parer since I was a 1I tie girl, th r y years
1120, I bed sintered tortures front eczema (0
one of Its worst forms. The disease runs In
MY family, and nduo was of a scaly and
most disfiguring kind. Tine eczema formed
10 round. rings, and turn scales all over
my Paco and limbs. I
have been smothered
Prem head to foot. I was
born In Leamington,
which Ls famous for its
salpltur batlts and pump
waters, and ono would
think that after taking
atreatment l u toultyasdt
di^ca;te would long ago
have been cared, 1(01 It
wan not, I attended the
— Minolta' far years
and v years an you n s8d a o T. gate it a fair trial.
Everyone in the town knew of in Casa. My
face was disfigured very badly. A doctor
told mo that 1 shnuld never get rid of It, I
spent pounds in doctors' bills, and 1 attended
several hospitals but nothing did any good.
Then one day an uncle of mine recom-
mended tho Culknra Remedies, took his
advice, and commenced to use the Cuticura
Soap, To my astonishment an int rrevement
at onee set-in, and my heir, which }vol been a
complete mass of scales .and scurf, soon
begun to look In splendid condition. Then
I bought a box of Cuticura Ointment, and
this cleared my skin wonderfully. In a few
weeks' time all truces of the scaly eruptions
had oomidetel3' disappeared. Now my skin
is clear and healthy, and thanks to the Cuti-
cura Remedies I am completely cured of
eczema. All my neighbours wore (misuuded.
The Cuticura Remedies aro worth their
weight in gold, ami one tablet of Concern,
Soup goes further than four cokes of cheaper
soaps. It has brought happiness Otto my
home," (Signed) Mars. Butler 17 FrancisRd., The Cotterrlde, King's Norton, Bir-
mingham, Eng., July 26, 1610.
Cu ticura Soap and Ointment are soil overt'-‘
where, but those who wish to try ureas
without charge may do 00 by sanding to
Potter Drug R Chem. Corp., 62 Columbus
Ave., Boston, U. 0. A., for a liberal sample
of each, post-free, with 32-p. skirt book.
FACT AND FANCY.
Horses, on the unpaved, sandy
roads of Australia, aro shod like
men with leather shoes.
Some people. to brash the cob-
webs from their brain, would re-
quire a vacuum cleaner.
Maul being clay, woman makes a
mug of him.
The waiter's favorite flower is the
forget-me-not.
In Arizona the. temperature will
sometimes change 80 degrees in a
half day.
The only difference between a
debutante and a suffragette is
twenty years. •
71,
It's his running expenses that
keep many a man behind.
CURED OF CONSTIPATON
rYil'. Andrews praises Dr.
Morse's Indian Root Pills.
Mr. George Andrews of Halifax, N.S.,
writes:
Tor many years I have been troubled
with chronic Constipation. This ail-
ment never comes single-handed, and I
have been a victim to the many illnesses
that constipation brings in its train.
Medicine niter medicine I have taken in
order to find relief, but one and all left
me in the same hopeless condition. It
seemed that nothing would expel from
me the one ailment that caused so much
trouble, yet at last I read about these
Indian Root Pills.
That was indeed a lucky day for me,
for I coos so impressed with the state-
ments tnade that I determined to
give there a fair trial.
They have regulated my stomach and
bowels. I am cured of constipation, and
I claim thoy have no equal as a medi-
cine." •
For over half a century Ar, Morse's
Indian Root Pills have been curing con-
stipation and clogged, inactive kidneys,
with all the ailments which result from
them. They cleanse the whole system
and weir), the blood. Sold everywhere
at 25e, a bo::. 2
WRNDtRS OF 'PORCUPINE
AN 'UNi3IAfSSED ACCOUNT OF
ITS PRESENT STAGE OJl'
P1:t'EL0Pill ENT.
Tho Dente, Hollinger, Illeinlyre,
Vipond and Other important
Properties 6)eeeribed From
to Personal Visit.
A representative of this paperhas
just returned from a trip to Por-
cupine, wirers he found Ontatiu's
gold camp passing from the pros -
poet stage into the producing eras,
He, had the pleasure of handling a
bar of the yellow metal valued al;
$3,000, the product of a few days'
rust of a ten stamp mill on the Me-
Intvro•Mine. He saw the' mill it-
self at work and was told by Mr.
C. 13. Flynn, the Vice -President of
the Company, that the daily output
would 'immediately be raised to
$),000, and that it was hoped be-
fore the end of the year to take
out $500,000 from this property
alone.
THE DOME'S BIG MILL.
The most impressive thing in
Porcupine to -day is the new big
mill of the Dome mine. This is a
huge structure containing forty
stamps and accompanying equip-
ment, which probably makes it one
of the most up-to-date mills in the
world. One is told that it cost be-
tween $300,000 and $400,000, and
that it will have a capacity of 400
tans of ore a day. The other equip-
ment on the peoperty is 00 a simi-
lar scale. There is a power house
worth $100,000 and residences for
the managers, club house, dining
Ball's, etc., the latter are all of
brick, indicating plans for perman-
ency. ' Altogether it is estimated
that somewhere 'between a million
and a million and a half dollars
have been spent on the property.
These figures are eloquent of the
confidence the on ners have in the
future of the mine, The owners
represent interests close to the
United States Steel Corporation
and Standard Oil Company, and
also own the International Nickel
Company, the big Sudbury concern,
tind control the Nipissing Mines
Company at Cobalt.
FORTY STAMPS AT WORK.
The mill has just begun operation,
and the sight of the stamps pound-
ing away on the ore, pulverizing it
to a powder, so that the gold can
bo removed,'was worth going a long
way to see. The mill would have
been running several months ago
had it not been for the fire of last
July, which swept away everything.
The mine gets its name from the
fact that fairly regularly the gold
is found distributed in a great dome
shaped hill of reek, which has been
found to broaden as it goes down,
and is known to carry gold to great
depth, The entire mass wilt be
milled, and is expected to yield
about $8 a ton, the cost of produc-
tion being perhaps $3.
HOLLINGER'S RICH ORE.
A visit was also paid to the Hol-
linger mine, which vies with the
Dome for supremacy. Here a 40 -
stamp )sill is nearing completion.
The ores found in this property oc-
cur in fairly regular veins, and is
very rich, running, it is' said, $28
a ton. The only question is as to
the extent of the veins, but the
main one has already been traced
Secure & Profitable B s Paying 6%
al Price Bros. & Company have been in business in Quebec over zoo years. Itis
the largest industry in Quebec Province. Their holdings of pulp acid timber
lands are 6,000 miles in extent, and have been valued by experts at over
$13,000,000. The net earnings in Iglo were $448,000,000. The new pulp mill
now under construction will double these earnings. Timber limits are insured
with Lloyds of England against lire. -
lJ Price Bros. & Company First Mortgage Bonds pay 6 per cent. interest on
their present price. They will assuredly appreciate in value. Considering
interest rejoin, security, and future increase in value, they are an unusually
attractive investment.
On application we will send you literature fully describing these bonds.
' ' oym SECURITIES
CORPORATION LIMITED
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TORONTO
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FlE�.+ A.ur bandsomelp dlu tented 112 page rntale oe of
Ar' Ve stable farm and glower S d PluutA IlulbA,
Poultry 0 pp1oe liardnanr, 1,nlrlea,onta( eta. for 1yP19 Seed t9r It,
John A. Bruce & Co' A.a'tQ.�3�"ML�T3ort, oivTARLo.
...y } Established S(x'ty.twoYears,
Zki
Keep "Dick"
At is Begte
Ho'11 gtvo
you his
sweetest
song only
when hes In
he pink of
condition,
Put him
there, a-nd.
keno 111m
there, by
feeding him
on
lirocii4's Distil Seed
He'll enley It mare, thrive better
one, look finer and sing more sweetie.
The seed is a scientific mixture --a
perfectly balanced food for sone -
birds in this climate -and Mooch of
Brock's Bird Treat In every package
15a splendid bird tonic.
Let "Dick" try this Bird Tonic at
our expense, Mall us the coupon
below, tilled In, and we will send you,
abmlutely free, two full-size cakes of
Brock's Bird Treat. 46
NICHOLSON & BROCK
941 Francis Street, Toronto.
For this coupon please send me,
froo of charge or obligation an my
part, two full-size cakes 0f Brack's
Bird Treat, and oblieo.
Nana
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ADDaasn
1,000,feet on the surface, and to a
depth of 200 feet, We descended
to this level in the Hollinger and
also in the McIntyre and in the Vi-
pond mines, and it was encourag-
ing to see the well defined quartz
veins at this depth, and to be able
to pick out samples carrying dis-
cernible free gold. Mr. Arthur
Cole, mining export .of the Temis-
kaming and Northern Ontario Rail-
way Commission, accompanied the
party, and secured some striking
specimens..
The Vipond is also rushing a mill
to completion, and it is expected
that within a couple of months the
mills on the 'Vipond, Hollinger, Mc-
Intyre and Dome will be rtinning
and will have an aggregate capacity
of 800 tons of ore a day. It is esti-
mated that by the end of the year
$1,500,000 in gold bars will be pro-
duced thereby at long last, putting
Ontario in the list of gold produc-
ing areas.
Other properties visited included
the Little Pet, which contemplates
putting in a five -stamp mill, and the
Dome extension.
PORCUPINE'S HOPES.
Porcupine hopes that it will, in a
few years, develop one of the great
gold camps of the werrd. The next
few months, with the four mills in
operation, and with the pushing for-
ward of underground work, will do
much to show how well founded is
this hope. Already on the leading
properties an aggregate of some 3,-
500 feet in shafts have been sunk,
and some 15,000 of drifting and
tunnelling done. On the whole, the
results: of this underground work
have been satisfactory, thouglo some
of the prospects have disappointed
their owners.
To celebrate the opening of the
Dome mill' a celebration was held
under the auspices of the South
Porcupine Board of Trade. The
arrangements were in charge of the
President, W. Proctor Smith, who
with a fund of anecdote and wit,
proved to be a delightful compan-
ion, and as a host attended to
every desire of his guests.
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HON. WI11T1ILAW 11111D.
United States Ambassador to Groat.
Britain.
CAN NOT :LOOK AN OWN FACE.
English Prisoners Not Allowed to
(laze ell Features.
The Italian brigand and murder-
er who has beon forty-six ,yea30 in
jail has come back to a new world,
like Rip Van Winkle or one of the
Seven Sleepers of Ephesua. One
wonders what is the thing that
would most ''strike a man who had
been in confinement for nearly half
a century. It was the motor ear
and the bicycle that horrified the
Italian bandit. An English prix•
ones after ten years in prison was
astonished by the "shape of the
women," But the ordinary convict
on release is mosb startled at the
t
he l
look of his ow£ace , ;.
for our Tanglisiln jiails in a riygass tll�
prisoner of anything that fe ted's
hos face and the man who has not
seen IIitfineli ,frIr ten years 'of rig-
01006 eonf'1nomen$ scarcely knows
himself in 'the glass,—London
Chronicle.
A bite of this and a taste of that, all day
long, dulls the appetite and weakens the
digestion. '
Restore your stomach to healthy vigor
by taking a Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablet
after each meal—and cutout the 'piecing'.
Na-Dru.Co Dyspepsia Tablets
are the best friends for sufferers from
indigestion and dyspepsia. 50c. a Sox
at your Druggist's. Made by the
National Drug and Chemical Co. of
Canada, Limited.
149
LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL
INTERESTING GOSSIP FROM THE
QUEEN CITY.
Temperance Question In the Legislature
-Inspectors Hughes' Excursions -How
Our Legislators Dress.
(We hove arraugc'l for n weekly letter
about Toronto affairs, which, we believe,
will be of great interest to many of our
readers. These letters will be from the
pen of one of Canada's foremost journa,
lists, a man who has covered some of the
world's greatest happenings and now oe.
cupies a lending position on ono of the
Toronto dailies.)
•
The temperance issue, once projeeed
in conereto for into the Ie seaL
re da
voloped with etrplsing rapidity.
In.
deed it is doubtful If it is fully realized
yet what radicle' changes we are In for,
or how 00011 it is possible these may
come about. Unit the announcement of
an alternative policy by the Premier
many people did not accept Mr. Ron'ell's
proposals as necessarily meaning there
would be any immediate change in the
Hoene? laws. It was felt there would
not be an election before four yearn. and
thai then the result would be doubtful.
But the Government's proor.sal puts an
altogether different aspect on tho ques-
tion. The Government having declared a.
policy, may be expected to put it into
effect. And whatever the originate plan
was,. It is reasonably certain that the
temperance formes will bring strong preg-
ame to bear on the Government to get
It to put its anti -treating legislation into
force immediately. The 'tegument will
he that if fi 1s recognised as a good thing
now there is no need to wait until after
another election to put it into opera-
tion.
Thus we may hare within a year or
two an actual anti -treating lot, 101 foree
in the Province. If so, at the next elect -
tion the issue will be between the system
of anti -treating then in force and air.
ltowell's abolish the bar policy.
INSPEOTOR HUGHES ON TOUR.
Every Easter Chief School Inapeetor
James L. Hughes organizes a party of
teachers to make au excursion .to some
American city of interest. One year it is
Now York, another Washington. another
Boston. This year Chicago was chosen.
Mr. Hughes and his party, which gener-
ally numbers ltuudreds, and are nearly
all ladies, creates something of a Sanaa-
tion, and the teachers find the trips have
great educational advantages as well its
providing a. good time.
Mfr. Hnghee is one ofToronto's im,titu-
ttons. He looms even larger to the pub-
lic eye here 'than does his brother, the
Honorable Col. Sam. Hughes, the Minister
of Militia, to whom he displays a strik.
ing resemblance in many ways. He has
been accused of running to fads and
fettle in his odneationnl methods, and of
keeping himself in the foreground. But
in many directions his influence on the
life of Toronto bas been good, and There is
considerable regret expressed at his s'al-
tuntary retirement, which is to take place
at midsummer. Had he wished he could
have remained. Toronto's 0,1w01 inspector
for many yens to mune
'In ;auk hie Inug aervu.t extending
over a generation, the leathers of 'Toronto
purpose to stake trim a presentation. Ile
hits risked that instead of this taking a
Personal form it tlhauld bo glade the em
dowmoot of a ant nr cots in a 1'nnaUmp-
tion sanitarium, to be at the disposal or
allliett+d teachers from Toronto, or from
the Prnvinee as a ('h010,
ALLAN HTUDi101,51'H BOOTH.
A Tnrontn newspaper man who has been
Invc.ligo ting the chilies worn in the
Legislature has made acme intoreuting
disc ruses. Hon'. Adam heck 11 the beat
-ares d,
If is always intntaeula.e In silk
hat and heavily braided morning coat.
lion, d, 0. litnndrie ja the next beg, 1t.
R. Gurney third, 114)5. W. J. lianas, Pru.
t9nrial Setrelary, 1a the m01t rmrn(Po9.
Neither the Premier nor the leader of
the oppnxltion aro notable tor their
good c'lotltrr, rnatfortabh• Mark 'Mita of
val'loue Cuts rltaraeteritl,tg the ',astute',
of oath. Allam HLudho4u, the labor mem.
ber, bus au ode( habit; he changes his
boots while in the House, lie arrives in
heavy wulkiug h'en's, which h0 takes ell'
1001(1 ]roves undct 1118 desk, dunning 114)111
Slippers until gr'ing'11om' time.
WHAT A 4+0013Y REALLY IH.
Every session a grew) drat of the tlm0
of the Legislature, particularly in roue
mimeos, is trilaon up 03 special legiela-
tion sought by the ei:y of Toronto. And
every ,eoniatrthere i,+ always a big Pro-
test from Toronto because a lot of 11101
1rglolation is killed. A good loony of To-
ronto's hills bring the pity fn ,oulliet
with ono or other of the big corpor'at'ions,
and whenever Toronto gctr. ,t het.. hark
the c'ry i0 mad0 that the members of Ole
Legl,)atere from the counties have been
"lobbied" by the big interests. No doubt
a more general costae of failure nee in
the fact that Toronto asks for too much
1eae6bis1e.
ation, and that rnauy of the bills
proposed are ill -digested and imPraotl-
It in, however, reasonably rertain that
a more or lose Affinitive 'lobby" ia car-
ried on among the member, by the 006-
poraticun. There has never been any sun•
gesttpn of direct bribery. But through-
out the session representatives of the.
companies, whose tuteresta are a: stake,
mix freely among the members. In thin
way friendships are established, which,
no doubt, aro valuable when voting time
comes around, And the big eorpol'ationn
have a hundred ways of befriending
OL.P.P.'e and others whose good will they
want. They may Rnd jobs for relatives
and friends, or they ran giveips on the
stock or real estate markets. These and
similar things nro hard to ax on, and,
in any event, might be regarded a1 legt-
Minato, though, it in safe to say that a
good proportion of the members in C'a-
'Indian legislatures seruputously avoid
compromising themselves even in this
way.
Ip
55AKIN SAFE INVESTMENTS
AT PRESENT TIME BANK SHARES
YIELD ABOUT THE SAME RETURN
AS MUNICIPAL BONDS.
But They Possess Prospect of enerooiatlon
In High Degree Owing to Increase In
Reserves During Last Few Years, as
Market Prices Have Generally Declined,
(By "Investor.")
The articles contributed by "Investore
are for the sole purpose of guiding pros.
peotive investors. and, If possible, of eay.
Ing them from losing money through
placing it in "wild -cat" enterprises. The
impartial and reliable character, of the
information may be relied upon. The
writer of these articles and the publisher
of this paper 11050 no interests to serve
in connection with this matter other than
those of the reader.
(By "Investor").
The question of the rate of income on
bank stocks is an important consideration
which is too often confused with the per-
centage the dividend bears to the par
value of the shares. One buys Dominion
Bank shares, bearing a twelve per cent.
dividend, to find that at the present mar•
ket price, 230, the return on the money
invested is 6.2 per cent., while on Bank
of Montreal the return le 4.1 per cent.,.
and on Commerce is jest slightly over
41.2 per cent., although both these stocks
pay 10 per cent. Of the listed stocks the
highest yield is that of the Banque Na-
tionale, with returns 6.7 per rent., while
Dank of Montreal is the lowest. The re•
turn on this elan of security is scarcely
as high as on sound municipal bonds,
which yield ie the ease of the Oity of
Toronto 41.4 per cent. at the present mar-
ket, andrange up, to 51.4 in the case
of the City of Nelson, B. 0. As compared
with other shares, there ie an average
difference of about 2 points.
In point of convertibility bank shares
do not 'stand particularly high. Being
now -a -days strictly investment shares. the
NEVER ANY FAILURE
OR DISAPPOINTMENT
WHEN
EG
i5 USED.
CONTAINS NOALUM.
COSTS NO MORE
THAN THE.
O R D I N ARY KINDS.
rE IN CA + : DA
'market for them to narrow and ennfined
'.o investors. Therefore, except oeoasioh•
ally. there is no demand for more than
a few shares at a time. Consequently,
if a largo binxk, say of 500 shares. was
offered at a forded sale the price might
decline many points before a purchaser
could be found, unless time could be taken
to work i0 off.
In the matter of prospect of aonreele.
tion bank stooks for purely investment
securities stand particularly high at the
present time, The fart that they have
not, on an average. appreciated in value
t0 any extent -even declined in many
eases -for several years, they are in shape
now t0 make some advance. ,As was
pointed nut recently, the process of laying
un reserves increases the book value of
bank storks every year, with the result
that in many eases that I have worked
out• the market value of the stock is con.
Adorably below the book value. As a
result, the price of the shares is likely to
approximate closely to the book value by
an adjustment in the market.
Another reason why bank shares are
likely to advance is flue to the fact that
their expanding business requires yearly'
more and more capital. In orderto sell
the new stock advantageouslyandto give
their shareholders a profit the manage-
ment usually issues the stock at a price
which gives them a substantial discount
from the market price and, as it is almost
always offered 'first to the shareholders,
the resultant profit adds materially to
the income.
Like all stocks, and particularly stooks
with a narrow market, batik stocks are
not particularly stably in price, and eo
anyone who 0annot afford to take chances
of market anetuations should not buy
bank stocks. In feet. they should non.
lino themselves wholly to bonds.
4•
James—"Yon are horn to be a
writer, Charlie." Charlie (blush-
ing)—"Ah, you've seen some of the
things I've turned off." James --
"No, I was thinking what a splen-
did ear yeti had for carrying a
pen."
Small Brother—"Pa says he wish,
es you'd make haste and propose
to Grace." Young Man (delighted-
ly)—"Then he is willing to let her
mare, met" Small Brother—"It
ain't that. He says you won't
come so often after yon have been
rejected."
Why Should a Chicken
Lay a Soft=Shelled Egg ?
Because, Willie, the chicken don't know how to create a hard shelled egg unless
it has some food with ,lime in it.
So chicken -raisers often provide limestone gravel, broken oyster shells or some
other form of lime•
Let the chicken wander free and it finds its own food and behaves sensibly,
Shut it up and feed stuff lacking lime and the eggs are soft-shelled.
Let's step from chickens to human beings.
Why is a child "backward" and why does a man or woman have nervous pros-
tration or braid -fag? There may be a variety of reasons but one thing is certain.
If the food is deficient in Phosphate of Potash the gray matter in the nerve
centres and brain cannot be rebuilt each day to make good the cells broken down
by the activities of yesterday,
Phosphate of Potash is the most important element Nature demands to unite
albumin and water to make gray matter.
ClrapemNuts food is heavyin. Phosphate of Potash in a digestible form.
A chicken can't always select its own food, but a thoughtful Iran can select
suitable food for his children, wife and himself.
"There's a Reason " for
A�
Crane=N
ts
Sold by Grocers.
Blade by Canadian reetilul Cereal Co. I7td.5 Pere Food l0aeleries, Windsor, Ont,, Canada.
SHELTER HUMAN DERELICTS
ABOUT TOE COFFEE ST.tLT,S
OF LONDON,
One Penny' Makes the Cut'bttnnl)
Hotel it Paine., for Very
IFP )illy.
They are of the night time, the
$hallow time, there curbstone ho-
tels, called coffee stalls by an un-
romantic world, They belong to
the cloaked and heeded flours when
the world etretehes itself after a
comfortable dinner, when the work.
er draws his (hair to the fire, when
old shuffling shades creep along the •
CUr'b, their eyes ever downcast. To
the night and to diose whom the
night shelters and shields, coffee
stalls belong by right of association.
To a palace a coffee stall may be
refuse, but to refuse it is a palace --
a palace where shining paraffin
lamps cast a comforting glow on the
pavement, where stacks of plum be-
epattered cake and piles of sand-
wiches make the absence of a penny
a thing of shame, Through rain-
bow -hued windows the passerby
scea the announcement of•tea, coffee
or cocoa. Tantalizing, the words
seem to taunt him, fur the coffee
stall holds just enough warmth, just
enough comfort, to make the vaga-
bonds wish for more. An elbow
may rest on' the counter, while. eyes
tired of the darkness feast on the
light of the coffee •stall. Quite n
long time may be spent over the
consumption of a penny cup of cof-
fee or a sandwich. Time. enough to
talk, time enough to jest, in a grim,
unsmilingway. Time enough, too,
g
to watch tete' busy vendor serving
Out
WARMTH AND COMFORT
and receiving the coin that repre-
sents the -difference between rich
and poor.
There are many vagrants wander-
ing the streets who would rather
stand by a coffee stall at at windy
corner than sit huddled in some
cheap lodging house. The money
spent is neither more nor less, but
the association makes all the differ-
ence. There is something of gypsy
life, of vagabondage, surrounding
the coffee, stall. And so it makes
its strongest appeal to those with
something fine and primitive still
lurking in natures warped by the
world.
Food in the open tastes better
than any house meal. Pienies have
a fascination for all grades and sec-
tions of society. And the coffee
stall Offers a perpetual picnic to
those who can pay the necessary
toil. It may not imply lobster may-
onaise and champagne, with an ex-
pensive cigarette to follow, or the
langhablo descent of weird insects
into coffee cups. But it is an ever-
lasting picnic, nevertheless. Some
of the picnickers haw ceased to re-
member anything else, anything
better. The time has passed when
an echo of convention whispered to
their numbed brains that it is 151tal
to return home after a picnic. Per-
haps that is just as well, since home
is a negligible quantity to them.
BECOMES A PALACE.
A coffee stall and its merchandise
beneath a roof would be the most
hopelessly prosaic and sordid ora-
tion. The food would become mere-
ly unpalatable, the drink anything
but appetizing, and the associations
painful past bearing. But on the
roadway with lights running to and
from it like a steing of gems, with
distant traffic veering along, and
the flotsam incl' jetsam of lifo
pausing to satisfy es much hunger
as the means allow the coffee stall
becomes a thing of interest, of rom-
anee.
Pitot by the poor for the poor,
those outdoor earavanseries base
found and kept their own level and
their strange pathetic charm. To
some of ns a cup of coffee on the
curb among these "queer crea-
tures" is quite a cleeeeems ndvrn-
ttnr, after a donee or theatre. and
we patronizingly pronounce the,
beverage "quite passable." But to
the '"queer ereatnle5'' it is Bechar
and oar ''der 10132 advent tire' is
their sad life.
REGULAR CLIENTS -
The comedy and tragedy of a eon-
tradictory world may be met round
the coffee stall. There a laugh is 50
nearly a sob, earees se nearly a
blow, and a steaming cup of eofft'n
can turn a tear into a smile, There
is a kind of freemasonry among the
frequenters of these vagabond h,'•
telt. Not a stall in London but
possesses its rcgula.r el len tele.
'tVett or fine, winter or summer, ab
about 10 o'clock every evening,
London's enfl'.ee: stalls are elected •
in their different la'calities, Shire
the eavl,v 01051019 of public holtees
plado sne9la 11realepeellt booths a,
necee;3lte ills Metvepulis has never
13001, without its stalls. Starting
with a board prepped on trestleac
they have yearly nl j)rgveel ttYti� 4
to -day Juana' them sire regular
eal'AVdtl's, j11'11 VII ing ,Lqt Td..l)nni1S,
As ri p}',s,trife in °entrants, VIiiiiifhl;Y EAU ret` roitnd the celebrated
.Offer sta11 all l'iteadilly, known ns
'the Junior Turf Club)
is'
sn r -
passed:
"Why, l understood Mr. Chose is
f full of at'enerosit;y.1" "Probably.
None truer Came out,'(