The Clinton News Record, 1924-01-17, Page 6500
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CIIAP'r 1 th like hint s
Ira. Carnay had thexr exPart , ,meef, but he'.
11.4111'13d to the last penny long leefore ubt would rertiain,
tha°lt SCLaSTI()Il.
Cto itt final 1151'dd:611uli
i cps of his mota
b
00 arithipetleal process was mental. ,
Shad learned to distrust, even to '1' E
he
fear, things set down ula paper, and a , -
In- Foil
ilYing cume,
Fo re the nlsar ecul far
WheOt.the twisted palms on" the 7,
sife had no confidantes. The gild la(' of i1etidelldii14f,,, --seemed tha- ,#4.,er._, %co.1.1 ..th
her side, -so nefeehms, so infinitelY dear. °31'de5,m and-gseV'- e al71
th,e d'reara and the Dreamer are.
knew very iit,tle of what went en ina aeons frienifk.e,S-- Mr. HeCter Allguathik , - .
Jean Camay's head. . i Paunt 'nuglif.l.i,eve- been nlebtio7i.4.-1 . Di'earn o' Minns,
A widow and her. daughter; a ! One had saa,elaeffeiands- at least the; _
n' ')°..11.0e-wrntslig° nRiiille-S ;lido 0
.....; the stigmata of extreme poverty could often felt thdir-41aNktien, 'As far rela-,
IVIAffi-C-^TIFF WINDOWS pRETTY valance boiled is used all the cartaillS. render Undistinguished, and for the I tives,, there weaelf#Mardietant coil& ) ..
Dream o' 'Aline,
"1t; isn't money that COLMLS SD much May be otfai:hed to it heron; the beard moment 'all outward signs of i.nap.oc-., in__:_l:2,_ngl_alld, w.,ipi?.. ,,'W,11.,Oin,,, :ker intervals;
‘
Over' tife 'tiny
when it comes to making' one's Imam is pat in place, making the work very uniosity had ,vanished. How it had
'''°''''s1"°n5"'"" at 1.°T4' inlervas' one Over the, rim where tile i'slands rtio
been accomplished Ivos Mrs Carrury'a ef them Christo/filer Sri -lark boir"' a
pretty anti liveable' it's file thought easy '1"ic 1 e- 'd " t ' t 1
arid the love we put into the work," ed at the sides 'and the. valance tacked secret, although the advantages to be.' solicitor.; „Be looked after thear small And .the South Pacific 'clrO.wsing lies,
ohanitg,iariL,an ,sracuall,rlene:EyughliaNhd affairs and °T-lee-wh'n Alice was a The ceree. is ,pini.t as the sundown skies
cluid-they had gone to Boulogne to - ' • ' ''' + ' ' ' '
says Phyllis. Sim is a consultant over this.' ' gkii'tilnqUels byin
home-makee, sial I have seen her turn, The valance allows for all sorts of something to do with it, . meet him far, a discussin of money
the dreariest, stiffest parlor into a Pretty treatments, It can be .plain "Mother, you are wta roatters Tr' .' ' •'
onci‘rfl I." > a , , • av e11ing ab out th ey macf e
lovely 'home liehig
room by the mere Me'
C
rann ng couple, indeed, whom only aruaYs OW -and Allee
be-
th a slightly curved ediN finished the tireless comment of the adoring •manY aeclual"tance3.r but Jea'". Cd-Muly
twisting about of the furniture and With a bit of narrow drapery fringe,land adored daughter. seenlad not---fove4re-Inc the more' inti -
decking the windows- with gay hang- though if the plain valance is used it And Jean Canay wad wonderful. mute relation of friendship.,
ings. Hangings have so /nosh to do must be cut so that the pattern' is She had hoarded jealolls11 foe a Pm' Lunch same uP;alter which M7-g;pose, and now she felt yery rich. Clarimy had a great many things to
with the coziness of a room, says Phyl- alike at each window. `Some patterns
iis, that --they alwa,yt receive her first San be used oroSsWise for the valance, lerofirr°sht:ciluses reaT3ehneerethE;13'lie.hhatd travel-
oSitir ofPetrltu'n'tewci ftrooeckhesanEcel
consideration. Styles change with the and these ale best it the fitted sort fact there were, other passengers' on made out a little sh p ng list, steno
esasons,.bet let :the draperies be suit- -desired.- A combination of little plaits 1(p -see -Panicle who' were boiled for Bor„, things to be purchase a the cheinists,
able and tasteful and 0118an
e may laugh d plairt sections is good, and if yoer eghera and the Mimosa Palace Hotel, and a pound of chocolates. Also Alice
at the whizna of fashion andaase the, pattern has a design with bunclies of A false step at the start might "be was to buy one .of those fascinating
same oreee year teeter year, - flowers or other decided figures.it will fatal to the perfect eueceas of this Riviera rush baskets -.a blue .one--
N4.xt to the gdass phynis has a wide h.e lovely hong in this, way. little holiday. Likewise with their without which no woman visitor feels
uggage, most of which was new. The 2 ite complete: So, useful, darling,
ebeke .of lovely things to use, The Gut. the ma,terial le a suitable smart, neatly letteeed trunks, the mor- or small parcels."
outaide view is nee obstructed are thehem and heading 2mA matching the would look, very well arriving at the mother unpack and then they could go
nk-ost elways a sea° selection, but if design; then when it is tacked to the Mimosa Pelace under the eye of the out togethea, but she was an obedient
W are looking Inc something. novel beard let the figure be the Plain part critical verandah audience which ex- child and yielded without much re-
test to the older vromaras wish, -
ref/1y curtains tied back so that the length for the. valance, allowing fot oceo dreasing-bags ,and roll 'of rugs 'Aliee wanted to attlY and help het'
and lovely, theatrical gauze is the and a little hunch of plaits taken') the Perlenee 9f long age Warned -Mrs. Car -
latest choice of smart decorators. It fullness between.. You will be delight- nay would
testa and skirts well
Wwould pot be lacking.'
ia a charming, inexpensive fabric ed With the professional. effect. A brushed, veils :Adjusted
Which lends itself to varied modes oe simple 91512230 valance le the- easieat tightly furled, .the 'adve'nturing and umbrellas
nturing couple
re
e-aration. 'The material is in rather for the amateur decorator, and it is were ready to embark upon tae last
eearse Weave somewhat like a soft always good. A bit of guimpe can be stage of their long journey. •
nerim and it comes in only a few need to 'covet the taoks at the top if "Yes," said Jean Carney to herself,
ealtdes-a deep ecru and a gold are need be, 'but by all means have asval- "we aro adventuresses-or, at least,
lee most easily obtained -but it dyes 819C8 ,of some sort; it gives the &dell: I am." Bttt her eyes sparlded merrily pretty, Pletnre in spite of her thirtY-1"
k-ssily and effectively. Its Main charm in touch to the windova
' adrapery. at -the thought and.her eciriscienee was nine Years and, gently fading.0-hams. ,
or at clear as the blue airy... For yeaes. Her .hair, not se bright a gold as in
ie its lovely sheerness. It If thvalance'be d h ter
should be e board as 6
Jeen. Carney's' head was- in, the leo
tom of a trunk when ,her daughter "el
'parted, be:tit emneem agaie ene
and', tot a little:eel-tile. the: unpack{
was, inepetided, "'en her petticoat a
deeseieg jacket She eat &van at t
writing -table andtechoesingsPaper
pen, 'began, e nate making ve
. 4 ,
'Over the Rirol
F-olloW the:rustling %oath' 8ea
the trade' wind's .traelt,
Where. the.' salt. "sPraiy,' sings' On the
Over the rim -and back!
. -Dickinson.
TheMiracle of Mouth
• . Wateiipt: ' '
When you hon out Of bed In the
moraina, and are speeded your
dressing,processhy the smell of bacon
and eggs frying in the -IritOhen, if you.
take 'the Wife you will observe that
your month is 'watering.
Pavlov, the great RuSalan phyelolo--
te gist, found that if aelog watt shoWnliiic
familiar feeding elisa, twee Wit- were
e, enipty, certain glands 'in his ' MOuth
anniediately got into action` arid liber-
ae, atetl a- saliva having the.eame camel -
he .
cal composition as that produced by
stitaillegdoea. Many of us have ha:d
tith involuntary moutlawatering ex-,
parlance' which complimeats a' highly
ecdoren teed advertisement in one of
the magazines
"Psychic eeflex" is the polite pbysio-
loglet's name', for. inich excitattons,
Then after the food has startecie
downward- journey there are millions
of other xi -dente cells pouring • out
chemical substances to aid in the al-
gestive process.. .
The modean etientist opiate with
pride, to a rainbow of dyes snatched
tram eticky black eoar tar; he tuakee
deadly' mestard 'gas and taet; when.
wer, is ;over transforms it into violet
perfume that' outdoes the 'most int-
modest"eloret; corn under Ide guid-
ance yields whiskey or exalosivese his
flaming alectrie arcs .ilx the nitrogen
of the air so that planes eau feed tniou
. a e ,p „ ; e :me ! art pieces
, e an
hung extremely aull if rt isi to be used three holes deilled through it
to orlyantege, ieng of steal. coin as could be squeezed out wavY tendrils elastered aboat her mire
inails ean be put through them directly of. an income frequently described to end at the white" nape of , her neck.
'Then thercis pongee. A house with int° the top of the, wilidow:fraine. [Alice as "too small to be seen with th: 4et blue °1'e had a lar-awaY e--Pres-
Small windaive and dark woodwork Ali the daaPeaide must be made nakedeeye,' moving eae:tgalrlyeforom eon_ saen I gently nibbled the pen -
where no overdrapee are to be rised neatiY and carefully .and hting 'With foreisgl4 P ends looin waned,to;i):hteeetieinagdevoenh heider• ' '
What to say to him? "What an ab -
can be treated efTectivelY with it, the exactness; the hen* must be even and t ge
the ctirtains all the same length:- If haeatt-bresfking, economres ae only an surd man he was; anyway, The newel's
gaY eolora being eupplied by cushions
and ishair covering,s, tags and the like. the curtains require lining the thin- impoveriehed woman of g'entl'e birth had ,beeT' 4 galia.ae„, ana,Pt_iett iiilatt7411:Les
can conceive and execute, yet through !lot, Decause olt..11-t.r "- un
Peugee 011etains Made with inch -and- nest of unbleached muslin is the thin e a Ith h 't
g it all maintaining a cheerful hope that as -a- same te iletaig eras a °lig I -
items and hung on- small braes' -some decorators ieterline eurtalas
eods tu:e stenting, though cotton crepe with Canton dannele-but whatever is
can he used, in the same, vi,25
7 at much done- the materials are fastened 25.
1055 expense. Phyllis decorated a big gather at the sides and the hems are
aeem with beamed eelstag and rough separate, otherwise we could eever
piaster walls in this manuer and the make the curtains hang gracefully and
ereeuit wa9 delighlxfxol, Witilbut liglYbulging.The length of the
When amazing the inside 'window side edraperies 89 a matter,' oa taste.
draperies the wall Covering' moat be tisnallY the glass eurtaLUS hang even
earefully considered. If the walls are with the sill or -a tiny hit above, so
, papered ini plain neutral tints, any that they -will not doll easily, but the
gay-petterned cretonne, flowery chintz brigat inside draperies reach to the
or figured material the heart desires lowest line of the" WoodeVerk or even
can be used; it eartuot be too glowing, the floor. Length depends' greatly on
Warne or celorful. A faint shadOwy the shape end location of the wimlew
tracery oa leaves and .vines in the' A Wide windaw cap stand this treat -
wall paper is almost -as sitnPle to deal Ment, but a long; oth-fashioned windOw
with, Mid a strildng pattern in direct will seem only the longer with the ex -
eeetrast, or something with gt striped tended draperiea, Small windows may
Offset ears be used here to advantage. have the valance board extended at
But if the Walls are covereewitle a the sides so the draperies will net
tieeided paper, one with a height all., cover tins glass and thus will not keep
eves: pattern, caution is necessery. A. out a 'Particle of Welcome light. Lew
plain or striped cretonne is beet to we Windows can have the valance board
With the coloring, in rather a dull raised On shelf brackets, giving an
kesetral thee, added appearance of hel lit. L'I •
Cretonne, of course, is the first
thought when we are planning draper-
ies, hut there are a ;umber of other
fabriee which can be n'aecl With charm-
ing remits. Some of the prettiest
things the smert decorators use are
purchased in dreee material depart -
moat& Cotton crepe comes. in tile nmet
allueing shade, and it has ane.li aasoft
weave that it ie sure NS harig grace-
fully; also, it is inexpensive. We can
do, Weeders with the quaint 610 -
&Allotted prints of calieo that are
tucked IA the cornere ot Many country
stores and Can be bought far SOPg
the fwarp efl:en a remote euture__ was true that a matt had lured her to
rniffht have something very Pleasant this romentic elmt, or the rumor of a
up its sleeve, if not for hersele, then certain, 'man. Her own latat life eras
fcast resolutely laehind her. For fifteen
c'r A•lie• years Jean Carnay-had lived only for
The hoPe Ivas now mstanis'd anci her deughter. Before then her hos-
tile future had become the actual pres-
ent. They v:ere to have two mon band had claimed, a peat deal of her
in Bordighera at the 'height of Ihhes..,attentionsbut after his departure from
spring season; two rapaths ae the me, vote
wheorreledisselixadhoescliveibeyento,lAreleieeto As de-
mos a Palace, accompanied. by tw
trunkfuIs of Parielan clothes and ehle for Hester At.18:listas Gaunt, he be -
1 eged to a period ' so -remote. a.nd so
Was just merging- into March and it
prorniee of fine weather. Februexy
ie°rief that at thnes she often forget
wellid be nearrY layhefore-t-h-ey-fri- - :ail: ehrli 3 ietairsutPlinoceiMilYet ashO6ePhdad,111.%leinaelill}ob°A--
ed back to" the pension in .1florance,
which was the very cheapest of its eard from Florence, although.not nt
kind 'late. carnay had vet diaeaverad. all sure he ware still living at that
Two months of calculated extravia, ridiellieiis little'llina al hi° high' uP
on the slopes. of Monte Nero.
wince and luxury aheadtof them, ssad
....` 'Tear LI A." (she waote)---.
--who could te11-it might not end awhy dia.yae de each, a things Ail
there' the seine it was Very, very kind 00 7-00.
"What made you think of going to Alice found your card before had
Bordigliera?" Alice asked as they
quite suspected who sent the flowers,
walked hrisidy in the wake of their
luggage for the Customs examination. We alt both very well, but I axe, get-
ting old. My hair is hot so-'
lier mother -replied vaguely: "Oh, I
Here she interrupted herself and
delft know, I was theee once abcnit a
dyeelairghtxbeefierieittyleouraeweere,eaellrief_a got up to have 3 look in the Plirrer.
Resendeg the note:
if the window is long a sleep Ira/mice the Italian exchange . . "nice as it used to be, and, of course,
there are other thanges. alowever,
Will decrease the length. "Was it on your honeymoon, mem- one cannot expect te remam young
sey deeding'?" forever, -
No Absolute Zero, Jean Carnay's delicate face flusaed el it heard from Christopher
and her eyes were a Iittle misty, She Smarle abotit six moriths ago and at
Science asstu-es us that there is it looked like a girl thinking ot her that time Hugo was luite Wei/ I do
definite limit to the loseest conceivable lever, not keep hi close Mu with the f
. wen, yes- suppose you -would ilse, Needless to say that if. you re- n
placed with eozieeivable accuracy at The prosaic Cusems interaered at unfortunate 'business which has spoil-
temPerature, mad that thle nlaY be call it a honeymoon she said. into us here make no Mention of the
459 degrees below sere an this mint' A trunk and oue of the ed so many lives. I enelose a little
hen stale. dressing bags had to be,eperted and snapshot 'of Alice. YAM might be in -
Mrs. Carney was secretly perturbed terested to see tv)aat she looks like,
It is held tho.t at all temperatures aver a braken box of French cignrettea "Thank you so much for the lovely
above this "absolute zero," particles which ahe had debated 'whether to de- flowers,
of matter, Wei) lid eta 6 or not to ,declare, and was now "Affectionately yours„
e r so or gase us are r
rather sorry to have decided, in favor "Jean Carnay."
of smuggling. The. Customs °Vidal, This finished, 1VIrs. Camay enelosed
however; failed to discover them, and it in an envelope with the snapshot a
with a suppeessed eigh of relief athe 'Alice, and sent it down to the con -
guilty Woman relocked:her bag vshile cierge with instructions that it was
Alice made frieeds nritle a young man to be despatehed int hand. Thee. she
Who wore a cap marked Mimosa Pat- returned to her unpacking.
ace in bright gold letters, (To be continued,)
Away, then, in the smart hotel am-
nibus, to Bordighera. It was 'an un- yam „ may censure the faults of t
attractive dusty need, but on the right thyou have none of yotir w
„ in a state of vibration, the more rapid
One clever woman used a brignt vibrations gorresportding to the great-
yelloes calico with a tiny figure scat- ee degree 01 heat. All seek vibrations
tared over it. It had been In the shop would cease entirely at absolute zero
for I don't. know hove nialiSa Years be- and all gases wauld ligaerT and eve'.
fore .he. -discovered it, ad decided it solidity before reaching this absolute
was juet.the „thing for her liviag reoln zero Point.
furnished with oldstinie pieces handed many experiments, extending over
down' in the family for years. She a long peliod of years, wore necessary
bring earrow grips at- the eides of to attain this knowqedge, Liquid air,
(he wiedows and then made 4 full
But the chemist cannot yet rival the
laboratory a of tho organism
wheleellie starch of our breela, the tat
of our butter, the proteins ot our
meat, all ineolulile in water, are won-
derfttlleatranstormed into substances
that are smoothly and rabidly taken
into the blood. The enzymes produced
in living cells' that -effect these trans-
toimationa have net even been Iso-
lated by the chemist, They aid in pro-
ducing, catholaydratest alkaloids) gin-
tesides.and other comPlex substanocia.
Theabiologiet and chemist would be
thankful it Iteecould only learn a little
more about this themicals of the body.
Malting them is the distant and onlY
dv'eeflilimaortht gwa."it'ering. was not suell
it
cemmon thing, hove etartling would be
ehe news oeits discovery. We are just
bunclaof livina everyday adeables.
Cost of Maintenance of Ssyine.
Iso inveetigational work -with swine,
conducted by the Depaxtrnent of Ani-
mal Husbandry at the Ontario Agri-
cultural College, it was.found that in
wintering brood sows on A narrow,
nutritive ration produced largely front
concentrated 'feeds, the cost was 15
cents per day for mature sows,
whereas .with groups using more
roughage the cost was reduced to
eight and nine cents per day.
An extensive experiment with com-
mercial hog feeds versim horne-grown
feeds showed that under average farm
conditions none of the commercial hog
eeds used wag as economical as a
ell -balanced rrpixture produced on
PlawnesS she l'en three tewa ef cords althouga h oever1.10)0r°dvelTe 1.8eilrot he farm.
Y
to vered the nesuntains, so that by
q 7 gen' eyes there were pleasant things to
w te 812 degrees below zero, was lay the see',--------------------5002212512anon ,t
valaece over the top. To relieve the a gre t advaae • m sterious and intriguing valle s
lag thr.eagil the valance, "d the etreet this absolute zero, 1,1 he'sdro e'lle'e head el' "e -AND THE WORST ILS T TO'COME
was as Prettll' aSt cetild be wished, at ;nines 122 degrees, or 37 absolute, look upore . .,
But window detiperlee need not be was a still greater advance, and when Fifteen or twenty minutes later and
all of orte color or material. Phyllis this was frozen into solid hydrogen they were
'climbing up and up arid up the cleverly
sometimes uees plain material for 'the at' 432 degrees below, or 27 de- in beautiful Bordighera,
grees absolute, it seemed as if science
In a gay nattere over -the top of the had gone al far as it c0uld in this 01 -
rection, This teeiTtment is useful if rectum, But nol so long ago the rare
-...
tho room IS not large, or you feel that gas helium was Ilqueffecl at minue 451
the pattern is so heavy or bright that degree,. -men this was ).)oned under
it is apt to give the room a crowded reduced nreSsure , a temperature of le d eed After the one stet-
eide draperies with a fitted Ianee
graded driveway to the Mimosa Pal-
ace, in a stage set of palms and flows
ars against the background of the big
white hotel.
Then they found themselves in the
charming little suite which Jean Car -
1 nay a enga .
appearance. I minus 454 was reached, in. wily -aye e bedroom they had shared ,in their
After the window draptnies bave degrees above ahetti 0 zero. Slightly perision--in all them pen Ions -this
been selected come the makingand, lower temperatures can undoubtedly was opulence indeed.
hanging, and here the man of tlie be reached, but it 18 said, that, even "Oh, mother -oh what lovely flow-
-ratline. Will have to be called into 105-1 •th ti t il d z ' tl de tl ors1 Who could have sent them? Have
, WL le 2110$ re Ile ne na , ).-ere • . ,
vice. Rods may be used, though it -.
Is tittle enceilhood of our -Ewer attain. svc. any flue/ids here? You never told
takes several Pairs for a whitlow if tug a so b e zero,
glass curtains, side draperies and .-L,--0 , Pretty little Mrs. Carney blushed a
valcume are to be hung. 7-1,»bestaccels I furious crimson, this -time, not merely
are those made for thepurpcise; they pink, and murmured something about
come two and three rods attached to ; the management. No doubt the hotel
one pair of! fastenings, 'Be sure when
using tinen ilita they are hlinr hih
g
I thought t worth While twelcom
e
themso lavishly. The sitting.00mwa
f_illed with delicate blooms -carnations,
enough to cover the -woodwork COM- r.oses, freesias, violets -all the gener-
nletely, for this is what all over- wealth of the oilthern spring
draperies aboat a window should do. time massed i12. this ore little imom,
if a fitted valance is used or if you do But they were not the gift of the
not clue to use the rods, a volanee management. Alice found a card on
bowel will be reouired. Any beard the writing -table inscribed with the
will serte, as it will not 511e355 1925 -119 respectful etnriplimente of one 1 -lector
b h o rd. d be long enough to lit acz'oes the Augustus Qaut b.
810120 top of the woodwork. It need "I ()expect it 12 a mistake, murnsey,"
not be unnecessari/y imavy. she said a little regretfully. "The flow-
ers aren't for us.'' '
'Unless the winw' do'is unusually Mrs. Carrfay, however, busy direct -
largo or the .inaterial has little. fibocrY, 110/1 the .iorfers Whore to put the
aide of , the windovr, and it can be s Ie . -know a Mr. Gaunt ')V110 1TA
Ilaad r.(111, doeired. Weights sents ""0/10 e flower farm somewhere- btck of Bordi-
?ci fn. the hem will do wonders in Mak- - gbera and that, ,:lust posSibly he had
mg the Curtains hani„, prettily. A heat 5110 -----"Yes, got wind of their impending visit. Tic
leaSL an inch wide should. nish thersa
l dY bad fo
50y -fain at the inside edge. Wheti thoi Proailso."' v;a"alsnoaruc, recoil c Sot of Inaa 111,
rather nice and in his cley had been
)xttl-r. r: vidth ‘vill be sufficient for nett
tdLd311/1 ,-1funl,-,s, es. led out casually that oh, yes,
00,
1.
nd
old, but you've at.
seven 011 L110 same
O' iese, celebrated exp.lover.
ASI NDEPOSITS
S TOF
ROYAL BANK
F
Year, POsiti4
11$100 -
friliatediVmf',14go ('ailni"ilalo84n810020st a"-'
28, 9 61,411113tLt i in till rtng 1xy 1.1ciblagojfiia try sad
aMeng;1th, o on; ft.:atm-ea of a c0IIIITIene SarVed by- the Bank thetas
remarkably' strO":40''Staternnt which ljaa erideo t) y been a eternal -id for in.
Tim Royal lianiCof Cada is forward- creased accommodation. Tills is aa'
ing to its shareholders for the ilsen1 fleeted in -a gala iu
Year •ending Novernber,'30th. - A T50,- which now stand at 0004,722,907
000,000 gain in doposits is really prer.- against,,$242,937,776. During /923 the
.omenal under conditions that prevail- balancedoe•to the Dominion Cavern-
. ed during tim oast year and must be. meat 'of $17,461,750, reported, a year
accepted an atsh,sui.,Ilitiliosat:kCabank'atitlentinhi7:: ago,
ble:rng.eengtiitrinelY:f ,°fOOLO,000 ,10
of the confidence that is everywherend
ie
aInglalf:et gaintin 1W1 11 tat wlU al SI,efea ctilocr :11;o1°.:,„viorttheg is e DB:ele:t:er:Itt in'tch those
from the shareholders' Standpoint
the business done by is Amount to $311,759,127, as coin -Pared -
that owing to the general character of
aro no eopeoiaily large tdlieep.orranskorthaenr_ye, ir,e'sitslitg:75s9t860322,45atrisrint'leirseyassear.of no
nature. ; ; ' ; ,Earnings Well 171eIntaloed.;
Qene'ral „Position Further Stren.gttw,med ?Ai p ihnot a lel' al C7i. Cln n'gP. %.ilotrs t.he1w9-ai' having \anyellr°°unwtreeldl
od 08 an teliy05:0 general on itosaf la siaisisbs wue ta:.tnanerseSe xnopo'fawatal:5teh3g8B:3taensril,t: 950,469 In '13n16'th GT vc °Mullis a rye'se alv` 71' 41 T01139'
ogot
S59,300001. Liquid a8siste Aro was distributed as follows;
w16t125i)1564:14pea724sa se, Veaai:sehnill:D9an,17,. e: a -r: del trhaam$4:7191,:in.: :20:306a:b$ :rii°i,rt, .P°rirsrsc°: brsra?b,titodo1112anderae°6trulu: int:.1t.tah.to,bn eaa6.61-70.18ac.a3.1$8101:2.a:.8cial6er'yfiehfi erlioscrri
-01f1Pared with 6216,048,331, Dividends and bonuses to .
604,539, against 671,935,920 a year ago. Transferred to Officers' .
111 the liquid assets a number of ether _Pension 'Fund 100,000..
large increases are shciwn, the piinei- Appropriation for Bank .
Pal befog gairi.in, short term govern, "PiemiSeEt „, ..„. 400,000
ment alien/Ides. Dominion and Provin- Reserve for Dominion Gov -
51E0 GoYertiminat securities now stand ernmentTaxes, including
$28,783,050, froni $22,950,224rid w
, arid tax on Bank Note
Canadian, :Municipal ' and 'British, For- circuratioa , .. .......... 475,300
eigll and Colonial Geyerantient securl- leaving an amotmt to be carried for-
ties, ,other` than...Canadian, amount to ward. of -81,085,839, as against $1,0025$15,900,303, against 67,901,927 is year 514 at tho end et -the previous year.
total 0441706"
The principal accounts in the statement Of assets and liabilities, as com-
pared with 1932, are ae follows:- '
. . , . . - 1923 1922
Liquid Assets .. .... . ..... ...........$ 233,125,474 216,048,331Tetal Assets".. 58,358,54 479,362,366Call and abortloa....... '46,372,574 48,510,120Deposits not bearing ....... :..............139,575,137
- 94,400,078
Deposits bearing interest ' 811,759,127 277,505,882
Total Deposits ' . 421 334,265 372,003,961. .
. a ...,....... .. . .. . .......... ,
Dominion and. Provincial Govt. Securities_ . 28,783,050 22,95e,224
Can,adianaViunieteal securities an -d British, Fo'r-
; ;. eign and Colonial Public Securities, other
. ' than Canadian-., 15 900 363
. „ 7,9101,027
Current Doane and Discounts . 364,722,967 „ 242,937,478
Depesit in Central GoldsReeervese' - , 11,500,900 8,000,000
Note a of Bank in Circulation- .....• . . .. . -. 31,226,5e1 - 26,645,903
Balance dile to Dominion Government .. ; • . .. •17,461,750
csiees. .
' „en
Cost Great :Biltain $ioo ooc000 to.
Stage Single Battle.
Everybody 'knows that the into an
a 11 lamented war was not only th
biggest:but the costliest wet' in III
tory.. it remained for Greet Britain t
allow how rapidly medeim varfar
runs into meney, so that, for inetanee
the Mere setting of the seega for
single beetle may cost *ward Of
000,000."
Bering the foueteetedaye from July
17 to -July 80, 3:917, the British Army
was, getting ready for the third battle
of Ypres. . Paet of this preparation
consisted in it thorough bomattadnient
of- the German petitions, during which
Britlith guns expended 4,2S8,550
rounds ot amninilitton. T4lo alumna
tion eclat A22,211,885 1.4 s. 420,„ or ap
peoxinattely $1.07,947,351 at normal est
change aecordieg to, "alatisties of th
railitery• effort of te British .EMpir
during 'the •great Wale". •
This ,tormidable .volume, recoatl
publiahea with the sanotion of Si
War °Mei, audita Arniageddon an
renders a ettet 'accounting of destence
don with elmoat appalling minateeees
as vrItneas, the tour pbece eetee eh
recenited bill ter tho Preliminary bom
bardment of Ypres, Which. la' turther
more Itemized to show the differen
varieties and sizes et shell used. ,Thoy
ranged from 1,606 fired by the glen
fifteen . inch howitzers to.. 2,239,60
elirapnel, athd high explosive from the,
eighteen poliedets , oorreeponding to
mit three inch field, gun. :Next to
theee she Melt hoseltzere. eoesumed
moat .shell -750;119 -and the itch
'gun was A close third, with /23,345.
d ried wan 62,823,649,981.. The army ex-
peuditure for the year April 1, 1913, to
s* March 31, 1914, eras 0137,859,250. So
o the average war time annual expenea
° tate was ims per omit, of what it hid
been, Pad during 1018-12 'was mord
a than 2,9(10 per cent. higher.
And' the immy expenditure Was °Elia!
one of aeveral war east nettle. ' Art -1
other table gives the average daily ea.
penditures at different periods for the
army, navy, Munitions, shippiag, etc.,
"1:1161-0G"Ctober 8 to DeceMber 94 02"7,..)
097.3.0itrci.47,40-asAnirp:rrttri .1.t. etdo two atyhe5H, zirubuthrge
line and the Arras enslave began,
' 039,2614020 datha
20 1917-Neveniber 1, to 1918, January
19, the period of the peak load, 886,-
533,620 deity.
Y 1918 -April 1 to November 9, a
O stretch of more than eight months,
d $36,132,980 claily.
TO provide for thesis expenditurea
, Parliament grenteci between August as
e 1914, and November 12, 1918, a series
at twenty-five war votea of credit
ranging in aineuet frOM 037,000,000
t to 03700,000,000. The grand tistal of
these eredits Wee 68,742,000,000
t equivalent to $42,486,120,000 at normal
eaehange for the goversign.
The total cost , of this' preparatlee
:wee'greater than of any other indulged
In by the British•during the war. Bat
the eost per daylacial inannted to art
• .
,even higher level six weeks earlier,
when, from May 0 25 .Jetue 0, they
*ere getting set foe the battle ot
sines. During a period of eleven days
their artilleries .expended , 8,561,630
rounds' at an .epproximate coat .of. $80,-
075,50e.a• 'ate averagee.'$/,734i227 a
day, where -the lonaer bombardment -at
Ypres averaged $7,710,525.
Nearly 19 Million Dollars. Wes
Burned Up in One Day.
Ilut'even Ypres and Messines do not
represent the peak load: The heaviest
expenditure'in any single d's.y by.the
Britisharmies in peenee, was fr,r3in
noon to noon, September 28-29, 1918.
when they pushed off far the final ad-
TRIIEJe .10 Flanders before tlx armis-
tice. Daring these twenty-foer hours
943,847 rounds were M9ei30ecl, very
Mearly twelve shells a;;seetand or 720
it minute. The Stated ,11,pprex mat
cost of this ,amniunition was $13,313,-
060, whiph amounts- to $783,378 an
hour and 013,064 a minute. Every
time a, watch ticked, ofe a second. that
day the equivalent of 947.77, or more
than the monthly income of the .aver,'
age family, „went epee, smoke. ' .
,T110.50, figures -bee' for 'artillery a -
munition and to France whoro
the estintated strength of the British
forces, all ranks and' labor units, on
Nevornber 1, 1918, was 1,900,727 offi-
ces -sand 'men. And this was only one
of several theatres of 'war in Which
British laud forces tvere operating. In
Italy, on the 'earne date, their number
was 82,630; in .Salenica, 183;007; in
13ritish East „Africa, 115,670; in Egypt,
458,245; lir Mesopotamia, 400,132, and
at Aden 11,461, .giving a grand total. of
8;226;870 in the expeditionary threes,
To this Must be added .the estimated
streagth',of British -and colonial teems,
Ot honie, 1.603,384, 'and ,in India, Mu'.
alt and 10.8 garriSons . Of defended
ports. This' brings the .total -estlInated
strength of British land forces , ten
ays before 'clic ArmiStice to 5,336,948!
004 e? Army "Maintenance.
To malfileiu and operate ere'li ar.
rates cost correspondingly great sums,
Tlie l'S+etistic,s" states that for the
period from April 1, 1914, to March 31,
1919, five full fiscal years, the army ex.
pentlitare proper was equivalent to
1914,118,249,807, of which ;4,008,310,193
Was spent in 1918-19 alorm. The aver -
Igo vmuly expenditure 'durii/g the pa,
His Ideal,
Ile steolloa with lovely Enalleh Maude
Beneath the silver moon,' '
Ana heard in newly leaded. woods
The nightingale in tune -a -
With Scottish Ji`3ali he toured the lochs,
'With -Irish Nora danced,
Ana gazed in'Spemisli 1,ola's eyes,
But none of these entrenced.
In *mike, city of romance,
eat purple nights ot istare
Il e floated dowe the Grand Canal
To laughter and guilare,
With proud laraecescit at bus
Hee dagelliag beauty 'bold,
Of orlitson ltpe and dusky locks
."And laahes, left him celd.
Among the cherry treep he sat
" With geishas_of Jamul,
As auaintly clad as figures gay
• TIpee it paper fan,
Ile golden girle of China, too,
Engeged hire sipping tea
in queer pagedas red and gilt -
he was 'fancy free.
The saa' the faireat of the fele
In every land on earth,
itetureed and mot it flapper in,
The village of, his birth,
A little freckled slangy thing,
A saucy minx, and fell
So very hard for her, behold!
He rang the wedding bell,
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