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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1924-06-19, Page 6Cif,ies ` . .lervsEde,tii is lilts n. tower in tho-E1a T1r1) name lilts upward` 12co a Keoar es"V T.6.:d+•: �..�oA. t •1< 'Ir 110n1107 -tl1.13 ed r sky t y`'[ 1.1ZA SaTU YC.?°RK M1'i-.1„E'R DA eadbicke13 bylonleasis porphyry aad,cad - wine; Spent Met made gorgeous like a pots,. (mod rose; "lt{i,iii iertrf+o Cevnntan - A princes of the royal blood, who goes. Xiro+ferittrrrle" tJis, ~ogee ooutte'®tl{isPm' tugiu9'tF" liberty her offering 4n a'tatnted shrine, Iliekra is like a silver math, and Ciepiii CHAPTER XXI. He babbled on while Jean bent her tells Jean was lucky, for shortly before astonished gate, upon the typewritten Of sapphire slcy and hater, and pink she was quite ready to start for the sheet:•When -she had finished, she shellea: farin'Carlo drew up at the gate in the handed it to Gaunt without comment, pal'esmo to a eculpturad dream, and two -wheeled cart on his,, way back it being taken for granted that Hugo Thaoes.cry from earlymarket. He -had a ,feW had>no objection to his private affairs To hoe�lebeese oryuriea hurrying bY: thing's to leave on behalf elite mos- being bandied anent. ter, -arid Jean readily availed herself 11'Irs. }rgan's :solicitor had written to "You not stay, we e stayed, to of the opportunity fora lift. say:tbat acting upon her instructions 'row l head was Phitrnolr—be There was a so-called road to the he had realized securities in cash to This awful farm, but it' was a long way round the sura of. £$ 000, and placed this' much too far for her, *to 'attempt by atoe ti tothea• with ,bonds to the 1VrQ foot, and she had been. dreading the value :of £16,000 to the"'eredit of Mr. steep mule -path. Alice' would have Hug'o;Smarle, otherwise known as.Mr. goes Ming.wlappel in purple like a undertaken the. mission of delivering John Belies, in: the Fleet -street branch ls mysterious -looking letter, . or of Mercer's Bank, whose receipt he _Old thoughts in lavender exhale abreath, • it could have been sent up by a 'pen- held, and Who doubtless would tem - sant or farmer's'boy going that way, municate with. Mr. Smarlo. If Mr. Through long and beautiful remember- but Jean was too curious about it to Smarle required -funds for immediate ing, delegate, the errand to anyone else. use, ,a wire to -Me. Herbert Dowling, Besides, ehe was longing,for a brief manager Of, this particular branch, of scape' from the wilderness of stitch- Mercer's, `would .result in a transfer ing, through which she had been plod- of the sum Mentioned to the Bordi- dingg, and this was a' good excuse ;for her branch -(f •the Italian State taking it. Bank. The ~'cart :-started:_ off at a smart. It -was almost tut:though Iluge.held pace.: Carle's of idea travel •beilig'die £o;coo in his„ hand; • meke'the - little; horse gallop Jean.gazed- In silent `:aweupon the The :,cart rocked -;from aide, to -side, capitalist." vin in •a ;Ane dieted. of white dust,! Hewhad belnan<ged it? ' by had ande nd :Jean ;Sold on Ton deter ',life,. her he -been so suiro=of-getttng•such a, age head bent'against •the wind to keep; sum from- 'roily E an's widow? And her hat $rein:blowing 'oft She had hero it was—here but for the asking, no breath to -spare to -scold. Carlo. But the matter of a telegram or`two. orr the up -grade the little horse set- ' `"You see!",. aaid Hugo, immensely e tied -Into a more sedate- pace, Carlo 'puffed. leaned back with an idle whip and Yes, they saw, and they `wondered. slack reins, and presently they mere- Gaiint began to question: ly' crawled. And -now , they were ed- "I' suppose this is a-genuine'letter?" veloped in a black cloud, a cloud of ' Hugo laughed and lunged recklessly gnats - and horse -flies, infinitely at his tiresome aye -glasses. troublesome. Jean fought ;;hem; " `Bowers'=read, the name, Hector. Carlo: and the little horse were Mat- Most important : firm of solicitors in ferent, It'was' very hot, the hottest London. 'Pon my soul, Hector, one time of day, with the soethern.spring Would think that you'd lost touch with ' much to the for, bed that she*ere the world." Jean wiagoing to She was afraid to believe toe readily Lucerne An a honeymoon, and'that•she She was afraid eo-believe too readily pint had finished her interminable ;sewing"",.for -fear , of future disappointment. a p nd that she hada' little more money. ""And now for that° telegram:" Hugo a :thegnats and got up and brnehed himself free'of In intervals' sheof fighting s ]terse -flies did sums in mental pine needles. ' He was- business -like krithmetic—leer greatest accomplish- and important. However fluttering meat—and came to the conclusion his mind might be on other matters; that it would' be necessary to wire the thought of this money seemed to Christopher Smarle for• a small sum. give it a wonderful sense of balance. After all, it could be paid back out of "Just in the very nick• of time," he Alice's little savings -bank hoard. went on. "Because my poor wife is Weddings aro not 'everyday affairs: frightfully hard up, Hector. You may Close-fisted Christopher -ought to real- not have known it,, but I did, and it's lze that. Of course .lie dif not know worried 'Pte. But, .of course, after I` et that there .:_was'to 1i 'a wedding- yaw Mrs. Tigan I' knew it was onlyda yy a s he would'be annoyed that matter of a -few days when I' , K they p , rite to 'him . 'this news. • Dear me, T was afraid vhadn't th could w even though he couldn't come. Some ppoor Alice might have no' dowry; • ]a's people -aresY o easil annoyed, • humiliating for A girltolltart married By the "time the exhausted little : life with no Money, of; her OM ; and I horse crawled,theineap the last, steep disliked the idea of my daughteb Abe-. lap to the, fair emiling• plateau at alto ing in such a ,position.' '.• top,: Jean was in a pink perspiration .A flame of anger swept. Hectors between the arithmetic and the gnats, Gaunt's face,,fOUnd a burning cent dnd inclined" to regard the world . as in his eyes, where it rested for a me- a het - and " excessively troublesome; ment, they faded away. "Actually I, am jealous of this ab - sphere. laygrilling tram- surd little mend" Gaunt said to-hint- quilI _ The under thhee little fa tshimmering sun self. "What does it matter if he thinks waves, not a soul, not a sound. of Alice as his?" • • Joan„beingleft at the kitchen door, Yet in .a way it did seem to matter entered and eurprieed' a .contented tremendously, although ]ugp s . cool group of hens maldtig,a meal off 'the assumption of 'parenthood sunplified untidy remains of breakfast. Men's matters: Hugo, lilte the man of the muddy boots :stood about with an air world "which he most decidedly was of some time etppecting to be cleaned. not, had swept away all awkward bar - Other articles' of. more intimate attire iters by alis easy process: of ignoring. had been •hung to dry before it dire them. Wasn't -it wiser.?": Didn't it which had ceased to ekist. Why had dispose for'. all time', of- that old and they. not been.. spread in file sun? And- painfully swept , aelationship tvhr ch twhere was Maria? had once existed -between lura—I-Ie Jean called, and presently he old tor Augustus Gaunt -and this per- -woman Carne hobbling in- with. a has- turbed little7.woman now knows feet of newly -deg potatoes and a dead Mrs. Car'nay?»Hugo had done'the thing rabbit. She did not seem any ..too decently and thoroughly from the pleased., to see coinpuny. Obviously vary beginning. It. wa 1 too ateny. this was a man's house, and feminine Challenge huu, xtoW, too lifee011 . society had to -be prepared for end thing that might make was not encouraged to pay impromptu while., r With a sheug.Ideeter led o visn,his guests • Maria :said that she thought the to the circlet, the rabbit, 'And the signori revere in the,fir grove taking a -cheese.. the little horse siesta. After ,lunch, while th Jean went out to the. fir ,grove, that was bein harnessed again, Hugo H hiso little plantation with its cleaned himself up, ch II delightful l odd bits of rock and floor: of dry pine clothes, and packed his bag. needles, which seemed from this lofty Qaunt and. Jean waiteddfor. himssed in eminence to Survey -the whole world, the shady, verandah. an and found Hector Gaunt. and Hugo low tones the possible reason for Car - regularly enjoying themselves: With rip Egan's remarkable action. e et into their coats rolled' up for pillows they Insidiously there . had ant word. into lay side by side : on .0 slanting rock, ;leans mind an unpleasant acquisition3 d.Did eyes shielded from the glare fry' old blackmail lay behind the enames, with a pair of pipes mid a of that huge windfall? pentanes, tied_ flask of Chianti and • (To be continued.) hal p " water to bear them company. ,Just Jean Feared • stir"'tram 5l thoughtJe Egypt like,dlsgu P as she Approached their pleasant sate- teary. cud she said: So this is how you Al work!„ .Instantly the lazy flow of their con' versatiou ceased,. they raised them- selves on their elbows, and blinked smilingly at her. • Hak -lei" Cxaunt =led. "Here's Jean. Well, this' is a surprise." Iletgo looked to be in radiant health and aplritd, Already rite was consid- erably tanned and hppeared to have lost every: vestige ofelite had cold. He jabbed at his -ovo-glasses and his against a desk u EENI has tai® ' Users Sold b"kali , i E Ta e'SI`iLAJA," T®1 1TL FiE51. SAMPLE' ®9 dRi:ti8 TEA UPON REgSi 3...,�...�•.,---.-,-J°r' ....+..«.m... .. ., __- �..beu,...•ehr,Y.'�8..iffier 's.,.... tv1 inch band of fest-color checked PAYING PARTIES, a gingham is used in 'place of hems. People irk the country frequently are taxed for the building of net only the ohurch' of their, own particular choice but» for those oi' other denom- inations which neighbors and friends are• ' interested in. The -problem is.at times a difficult one to •solve.• Many el- us have wi171h hearts but lean purses, • eo. we must sharpen up our '"wite^in-order-to tlind means to do our part, Entertainments of various sorts: offer a oolutton, fat, they bring the pee'ple together in a social way. The old-fashioned pound . party,. apron and aitektte party, strawberry festival and oyster supper stood the test -for minty 13$ anal. helped ' to build many +i1}itll:elbse but 'there are newer ideas .taking their place. One is a poverty •g+saty, where each 'guest is taxed: r n Such cloths are .durable, easily made and laundered, and much more attractive than' ;oilcloth, LINOLEUM FOR THE' STAIRS. -,,,Thorp was }10 stair .carpet .and the stairs were painted white. The. ten- ant wondered how; -sire, could keep those Stairs looking'presentable, for she eoutd not :afford to••buy *carpet to tit thein, which would, perhaps, Prove totally unfitted to the next farmhouse into .Wh1eh'she might move. Por a dollar rho found a remnant of� -Batas= i"n a', neat tile pattern whlggk <* 3Ip but into pieces the Width of the stair tits ' and about half their. length. .One of these .pieces Was far= tend in the .contra of each step, and the effect is very -neat and pleasing. linoleuin softens the _sound, •is rispdest sum for=every bit:of-,luxuri0 _Ieasy to clean and looks much bettee. mi.!) th ha fe J cheapear t. � ,icer or • etvelry 45' piT'. than a' 1?8 -: ve6 �tiot In This' creates -a lot of •'ta 'bi' vreaz gt the'judges-446A ori -the Vases • and e y,.: • , ,_ , _ , . Suede= befote a od ala�sallect just dues " serve dab coffee 'feast is. i&e .and A �.. a _ all sum per;piat¢, initial arty is perhaps ;newer' p tried in d' not ''have been t and may your particular neighborhood: " Aaeh guest has to pay an admission fee. Upon arrival, gauged by the number of otfer1'in his name; live cents for caphair and a penny' apiece for the, small' letters.: No -middle names are allowed te'• be tiyerlooked ; There is usually.a punch bowl of lemonadeor fruit punch, a table of homemade candy at modest prices, and if dancing is indulged in tan cents a dance is asked. This yields quite a tidy little sum and does not male an evening. that is unduly 'expensive. In one email, town there were three churches . going to be Ilbiit and in order to be fair the heads 'got to- gether and arranged their entertain - Monts so that they did not clash, and each pledged to attend them all im- partially, and it made the .greatest harmony among the workers. There is another point in church Work that these same people cleared. up and, their findings are worth pass- ing' along, At each entertainment the women were asked to furnish food, cakes, pies, cold heats, and so on. /ideally all such things that are, not sold co eaten. are wasted, so the wo-' knee decided that the donator should fake bonne anything of hors that was left. Another. idea was to have a food Bale by each of, the different groups en three Saturdays of the month. leaving the fourth 'Saturday free fpr p�a11, At the Sates bomd-made bread, biscuits, oafish pied tasyonhdisa, jel- lies, tato ' 4esseris, based beans; pickles, candies end other gb6d `t)rlagtl, were oferedi at far prices, and here a { the: donators took back the t�aan not d ld. The sales things of 'theirs n o ware wonderfully popular and profit- able. An indoor pienio is 'a jelly affair and has one money -making feature. Each worker, matron, or maid, ar- ranges a picnic luncheon basket for t'0% nicking'It as dainty and attrac- tine as possible; then at the appointed time they are sold at- auction to the highest" bidders, who. invite'. their especial girls to enjoy the contents with them, The rest of .the evening Pray be devoted,to games. That Spell the name of Nazareth: Some towns are fountains; sonic are webs; t3ovi11e is music;- Delhi amens.. Of musty •fabrics sown with'gold, And vary old; .And there. are ruined cities, ball for--' goat, That fell before the Vandal `and the, •• Goth; Ails ane there was that bred lecariot-- Acoursed of: all the ageseeKeilath: •-Marry Brent Whiteside, His Mother's Spirit? - A'little bogy, six .years of age, re- cently ran away Irem. iris home in Averea—about twelve miles from Napies—to escape Isom his etepmoth er•, who ill-treated ' hire, ' • Having searched ,for, him in vain, his: tether informed the police. Soon Pas- (Menne as- quallnewee.disoovered at. Naples with hie grandmother. , The latter told heard how, a feW days "before she i.ad a knocking` at the door, and, en open- ing it she had seen: to lee ,sato g chi, snont,� her snail •g"i`'andsou etaR there alone. - - �-. "Who brought you hese?" eke asked. A woman,', answered Paequaline. "What woman?" "I don't know," said;•the child; who then told his grandmother that he had ran awaybeeaus•e his stepmother beat him, but. had got frightened, not know -ing where to go, While he was Wan- dering about the streete of Averee,a wolean.came up to` ;him and teak'him'. by the band. Without speaking, 13h13 lifted him ' On to the electric train that runs between Mersa and Naples, holding hint closely to her all the way. At Naples she led hien to his grand- mother's house, knocked,' gave him a hiss, and left him, - 9 "Had -you never seen her before? Milted the wondering grandmother. "Never, but she wasp like that," said the 1307, Pointing to a potograph of Iris own inother that steed on the table. His mother had died when he was only a feet months .id. • A. PRACTICAL: GARMENT 10R YOUNG- GHILEREN: • 4668. Marc ---is a style that will appeal to the busy mother of "little children, especially those of _ the "creeper" age. This design provides a convenient closing at the Inner seam, which is very practical for children below 2 years of age. The garment may aleo be made with this 'seam erased, for the back is in•drop style. ' The Pattern is cut`in.3 Sires: 6 ,x menthe, 1 and 2 years. A 13 months glee 'requires 1% Yards of 36 -inch material. Pattern 'mailed to any address on. receipt of 1'6c in silver,: by the' Miaon. Publishing Co., 13 West, Adelaide St,, Toronto. Allow - two weeks for receipt• of pattern. Send 16e in silver for our up-to- date" Spring and Summer 19p4.Book of Fashions, • EVERY -DAY TAIILECLOTHS. 'USES Pr011,STTCKERs:. . Keep a box. of stickers in your china closet, r You will besurprisedat how Many times they willcomein handy.. For inatanee, when you. want to put away jolly or preserves you can write the variety on the sticker and be sure it won't come off, Another. nee for them is to paste over the. boles in salt and pepper shakers, ;usually closed with a cork, - TO CA'rOI1 THE DUST. We want' to leave ' the pantry win- dow open.when the hot-days„eomo, but the; dust tomes it through the screen. About the best things to . do, then, is to fasten:a piece of 'white It, is a• feet that pure linen seems cheesecloth neatly over the screen on too expensive to use for common table the inside. This allows a free cir- wear, but it is also a fact that the ciliation of air, and the frequent need tnuch-advised' table' oilcloth does not :of laundering proves how much dust always -prove to be a satisfactory sub- the eleth •keeps out, • stitute for liners. a R' A: farm Woman, whose dining table - How .Big.:is ,the Pacific? always; looks inviting, says that un- Pew poop1e realize the hemense 31ee , uddQdhis gxeetingisty lto Gaunt oQY a - he bleached cotton eolves her problem. of 13130' Paelfle Ocean. Comparing it . c"Wo were talltitig'sb'out,the Seven She buys the 'sixty -three-inch width, ,with the Atlantic is like contrasting Seas," he said, "and ,once' when we and uses it 'square, as -her -family is the Grenadier Pond iii High Park To -'were lost and couldn't get our bear- abeamWidth, It can be used in mre•ing, rontc, with Lake Sirncoe. - legs for three weeks. That was long Width and longer too. For trlmining, : The Pa hie is ahnost •a hemisphere lufere you tante to ilordlahera: witht at, if the whole land surface of the quite a youngster• then, .: . clown mydaar. Would you like m s fa true health soap. l:ts eop.iol,UB ,creamy' lather eonl:aUfS 2a, wonderful heath ingredient., which goes dee .down Into every pore all purifies your skiln—,- a1lt SEt°s '1Cally. The whoieyecie liex11h odour of Lifebuoy voniJ es':tS few teconds-niter n11ng—b:lt tho proteetloa. ro:n©in9:. Lb -4.50' Paris Fair Clips "8 Centuries Off March of Time. Tho Pelee Saint Germain,' mast, pic- turesque of Paris fairs and the One gives mbsk erfeotiy the illusion' Which gi p if days long'past,drew throngs to the Place Saint Sulpice, .facing the his- toric church .of that'name, says a Paris despatch, . This fair, which was revived alter the war, 15 an event which the spring Muria 'cannot well mord to miss. With the. aid of substantial "scenery" a• perfegt reproduction of a medieval village is secured. "The famous foun- tarn in: the centerr;of the Place Saint ,Sulpice'hes disappeared• under'its'dis- ,guise and crennelated battlements rise. In . its stead. ' Quaint - Bair -timbered houses surround it, offering alluring. wares of . ancient vintage -warming. pans, brass andirons; bits of faded bro. cede, jeweled earrings that perhaps, were seen a Versailles when it was ' the: aboke of ngs, lovely, pad furniture hearing the "patine" of time and cen- turies~ of caretul pollehing: 'Phe dealere in the stalls elo not mar the picture—they are garbed in silks; velvets and laces, that belong to, the past.' The barterhig•"itself'is'ageold —the' world has always traded shrewd, ly at fair1c.' Being under state patronage, the amusement feature of the Lair Is ado- gnately eared far. In. an open -ail` bheatre, performances of ballets and plays ere given -which re-create those held long ago. One of the faree0, "Le Pate' de Chapon," 13 an adaptation .of the "Badin Qui Se Lone": that"' was played in Paris in 1346. " The. signal for the closing hour is given.. each night. by buglers, who,, in their medic - of water, and it is startling to think Madame Douste Wee, ilectol i • th Put sit s th'y globe could ire' f[Cted togetll rr ilke a coat? It's net dery clean, I'm afraid, would jig -saw Puzzle, the resulting, eurlaeo. We gat so muddy 00 the terraces in ot be 'as exteuslys thia 2116 the erg every ivte 41 pleasant and ispreenele sIilea,# assdd a fib pen e d lit se weal. Aoodi flop, teethe reremtee fetid a3tgfetsa8O1 . i 44 #t1 eat 1WseSilt.. ocean! . Joan declined the; coat end,.settled A Pew Reiires will show tale. For herself on a convenient boulder under.' titstaeee, the well-trwversed ratite Prom an inlay splash of sbado. Liverpool to New. Yorlt be 3,060 miles, "here's a letter for you,. Hugo.' 'It but from Yokohama to Valparaiso,. a entre this.m0r11Ing:cl:13 thopght it similar' southern trend, serosa the Pa- n iIluggoeieae1i da° i eagerly` 01 a at - eine, the 'r -distance to 0,340' Mlles. tache 1 liis a pyo-glnsaes again, 'giving this aoeah'si ararrbwest par[, theme very senora punch''tliis time.: Purely, from Vancouver to Yoko- atiya le 4 240;miles, 'fcg 1'aoliic'fitlert:hds freta^°the Are - aa to o rgt12 Qcoan, and 40 Pro11 heats 1}tt1b laf'Bt1 01 +l if,and otiters, w 1e iul,4:o 1104 De eiSev ai•o but arae Ar a- o(1 by their situation. in 40lacestehe's•Memory. lielet I1 towyere ere pre;onting to,:d cl ovd0 3110 drift 3001107 ' n11 8110 d1d a" i111i1icate with ic' sohritoi a:-33110 _. figlIr 111 tiro z'° .o�f- 4 li,i ..:. .. W111don• 1•311)41%t4"'4-°'. 11ot13tp F c u rnlnised 0110 would., I was right, Wili1 •iia z31ao1ff ton° bo1ln in Ghcap• w, sh't I? I itece - he'd pay it .when 01110• to 1.7f8, whose c9d't4oaLjii 11 `1?0 ,t011)e,1•the Matter.:_It probably 1 'cginuiell' ikw lttltles: him ,, it ed ]kirk mind: -'iia tes•'rre so for•- .l - - _1. g-.., e } rli 's honest: . lege]. eo• 1�se �a o.tite � it.oL a o tl P g. o.a t. a loll �, i. 1. To �u Euali�all-�s7,soalcing cnunnnni• Lark .cloUllt©ci it for aatp3a..nw, So ._.:".._ ;you see I' Was r•igla \\01.011'1,3.?" Cat Sorcery. Tee belief that cats were connected with .sorcery end were the preferred attndsnts of witches is said to Have originated le Egypt. 4 Man. The biped called Man is the, only animal who ',nears a hide other than,. his own. Who is bound by the fetters of caste, Who considers that his, own is the only species entitled to liberty and the pursuit of happiness.. • 11 Who will not give hie heart fully aucl freely to the Master who loves and tenderly cares for him. Who preys mien his own ldhld:S Who will attack or whip the female of, his own species. ' Who makes a gala occasion of the agonized death of other creatures. Who, when he is imprisoned, gets "time off" for good conduct; Who conelders that lie alone is en- titled to the.love Of his 'Maker and the joys of eternity,—David Lea Wharton: .es. . 11 Fixed Principles.- The nnc p The.:leaders for whom the crowd 13 alWays looking are men- of Where it thatIn a.certain-set of can be _known i11 believe in a 0: �' des they y w me to ' the 'res u sore F oPlrtain way. Before Y govern othe`rs.they have learned to govern. themselverr. Early in life they • formulated a creed whereby to live and to shape, a character. One difforeneo. between a politician and a 'statesman Is : that the first of th °&trines•-his'asils to 'catch's favor, ing trend of public opinion. 'He seeks • to "please' everybody:. Tie is 'acutely sensible of the least change of favor, and his first care is to recover lost popularity. The statesman thinks ahead of his time, :though his personal fortune suffers' "Statesman" he is called because he puts the welfare of the State before a personal advantage. Of course a man in public life or in 'private relations must suffer at times for having principles and. adhering to then~. He makes enemies ---and there. by bis strength Is manifested. Only a weakling, a truckler, can fled him self invariably on the popular side; and he does not win popularity by his shifting.: attitudes. .Bather; he Inouye oontempt, for people soon learn to des. piss the veering weathercock' who de. °laree, ti -0 in the story of the Member acldnese'ing his constituents "Those are my principles.' It you don't like them, I can change them." -° Yet none Who lives life,-aud uses his senses and 1A glad to learn, reverie all trach as something once sealed a vial, never td be opened tor exam- ination, it will not do to dwell In a cliaihbar closed to ~found ani] air. We, shall be exposed to the peril to which 33 shot, the British economist, ail- ag� verts 'when he observes that .most writer aro "men who have, - always lived in -a room. We must have new light and leadlug wherever We can ' find • them. But 'ohallenging tenets, fresh d1s•ooverles, deserve to be tested and peeved from - the standpoint of what We ltnow already. The aid.. is not to ire discardedsuddenlyjust be - "Well, now—yea, of eouttle! I. thought so, I could hltve told you even before I sew it, Ez'neel,'yes, Yee Y" he inaenitll ,0 went (ell. its he tore pen th{t en ole }'and road its eon.. Otte, whil0 'eh C12,i1,iit, and Jean Waited ed tp;t a Il in hi p,iieWs, A ,het ,1), pt1{lento woro thin. " ff:g` $, : b le it from? Do stole that eillyrli t0ki_jegr I Hugo leekie u i Mightily ple ,sod. "Volt can rend it if you like. Only ncainnpujlieltelon' from kIro I eon's lrcitor. "Yet Kee 'I eves ' right ' She e, »Work on Rheims Cathedral 1-ias Begun. The work of rebuilding the war- xuiued Itlreime Cathedral has started as a reuult of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s gift of $1,000,000 for repairs to the church. Scaffolds, are hnrrledly being built around the building, while•soores of workmen are °.busy :with stone and mortar. . va1 costumes, 'm'ake a, picturesque sight as they stand. on'ilie battlement§, One understands better tho great, anticutity of French eivilfzatiou when one reads: the placards announcing that it is the 638th Detre Saint (ler- main. The first one was held in 1100, but there have been gaps in its se- quence.- •The modern revival dates -front 1922, and the crowd purchases cause it 15 old.•There is an fntebea- lvares and is thrilled, bythe fakers and that restlessmas that gees from fad to fancy and back agate, moiety be- cause of the desire for some new thing tit St. Paul found'amang the Athen• tans, They had no fixed prineiplesl acrobats in much the haft fashion as were their remote ancestors. -All of which proves France is very old—and eternally young,,' .Bright, But Slow. The inhabitants of the New Forest, one of the •few Woodland` regions. loft [u Englaud",'are truly Arcadians. The English noveliast ' Dir. Ii: A. Vachetl,: wino ;lives tlter0,,vtriteo in Fellow Tra- velers that -there al.e •liken and women there who have never been eo far trent --- home are Southampton, the principal city of the,. county, During the war ' ono of the'ancients asked Mr, Vachell, ' "Whatever aro wo ,goin' ,to do Ni' • the Frenches whoa We've beaten un?" efe believed I]nglaud \vas fighting the hereditary enemy! Mr, Vachell tells another story: An . olcl Pian was: asked whether he had. ever been to Leedon. •. "Aye, that I' has,' he piped up cheer- ily. "They conies to Pre an' asks Pre farm part of what they calls a clap libation. ''Lard love:'ee,' I says '1. aint got no closes fit for Lannon -town,'' I says, 'Never you mind; says they; 'do 'ere come along W1'11s:' ' An' I did. "Well, we MI marches so grand an' they had demagogues instead„ aria to- _ day the world is full of modern Atkcn- tans. who puteap a favorite or publish a ,deetrene one day.' merely to tetra - Oise on'the morrow. Of such 'is ilia kingdom' of those who have no fixed principles: gay down that there street they pails: res w onn. Regency St t h 11 of a sudden like a gent reel -faced ruin atop of a 1 bus yells out: 'Halt!' 'CC -Mee eve halt- ed; and then -lie earl, 'flow 111 bleees do ' they keep the crows off the wheat when you fellers oolne to town?' RVs ivas ondenia6;1+ dein .aramb lad, eve was; but 13 very 0)t.lble Aa0- n 'ec re .•1 .c wer,bleved fete y } ] t 1011 rl il. Brain -rood stuff A0'ain. 101 Neighbor'—'V 1iy are yon chew ing t=iy r it' and tailingher a. d1100 brute? She's a irery intelligent an!• mal!„ - " T' she hi,'madam~ laid I7atA �- 'well, if ., it's because Sec's just eaten 13 7 bowl of• gel dfieb 3 like. Yeti to kno3'! L d 'Teem in No• .~ares~ 4 when we w night al'erwaa ' dothat, s v+" Pp1 as ni0rcltinwn t l40 fres. there Regency Street, and' 10 Novem- ber there be no wheat, to keep °rove off Coa!"Save i by water -Power. The combined coal coroumpttan of Ontario and Quebec, ,'.the provinces without a native coal; supply, Sar 1922, was 15•,405,000 tons; tho coal equ!va-� lent of water -power de.velopment in,tira some area le. "1353,000 tone. It Will 13 • eR� 1." • .-. •therefore be seen that but foe the a water -Power• In 3100 • `these provinces r.^.uten1ob11E6, ar'ge<tnQ sinall,`may a • crowd hint Mit in the big e!tlee, but 103eae require 3.,7611,000 tone 1)01 year l b nY 1�'u, lderal3v more -than twice then' when it comas to Fording t1u. Centel horkes 'River at ZVioun�Ra zt cou i • , • L coilsuruptou; British Columbia, the horse 1.,.01111 migeey useful, as hip master „1.l 10011t 'Tis nota joy that' ; bernet-Weelt111 The poor 1000 inay1Ose,00- 'Tis,nct alorte. the prize of health; No sickness Cap lei(rese 1t.' • • 'TM -bet tile end of>melee! strife, The aunset of the day of life, !Os• but the old sheikh! fled it; !t 1e the bond teviet Ceci and tnan,. The to31c11 divide in alt wo .plan, And line the*soul •belth5d it. And so this toast to h 1ppinese Tire seed of Which weak, possess.. -lMyor A. eite;t IA mai wrapped op in len:sell hap I u shabby 'cloak.