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tt'°rill its weight in potato esaJ, tivould
be well.
Paan nations niay, as stggesteci,
show the ivay to Peace, but they nev-
er will convince enlightened civiliza-
tion it's the right (`lay.
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Vindication for women dieting to
reduce is found in the prediction of a
food shortage in zoo years. They'll
found a race that will not need food,
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be in the office by noon, Monday,
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(Continued from last week)
Asa. side line to' the,business, Mr,
Andy Thompson is grave digger: He
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wealth, enough at least to settle down
1926 as he is going to bay a house in the
most aristocratic part of the slums of
Winghatn and; marry' his housekeeper
hiss Irene Mundell. '
I learned that other former school-
mates have entered the world of tra-
de, not only boys, but Miss Mae Van -
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stone and Miss Muriel Thornton were
two of the most prosperous business
women in town, . having amassed a
huge fortune in a Chewing. Gum. Fac-
tory down in the City. Mr. Gordon
Mundell, wins a fasionable gentle-
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models being the Field Bros., who ha-
EASTER! ve made the Mundell Store a success.
What happy circumstance that the The elevator boys, Neil Carr and Bill
anniversary of the resurrection should: Brawley, were still as mischievous as
-come in the springtime of the year, 'ever, and :sometimes gave customers
when all nature joins itt proclaiming terrible frights, as they still played
.that "Life is ever lord of death." 'childishranks. Mr. Gibson Rintou
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Wise were they who ordained that Master Carpenter, has built ,a 'model
the observance should take the place bungalow in the suburbs, which, gw is Er -
the old-time festivals of the spring ma likes very well, and is quite satis-
season, adding the hope of .life etern- fled with it. The Carr Sisters and
al to popular rejoicing in: the warmth:their friend Miss Peter -man ton hate a
tf tate sun, the beauty of the- reborn 'manicuring' parlour which is quite a s
earth. and the promise of another sea -(success, as it is patronized by all the n
on of bountiful crops, creature coni -.young gentlemen of the City
farts and outdoor pleasures. I I suddenly remembered-Insky Mac Iy
Ewen as Christ arose fromthetomb Kenzie and asked' if he had become a
kala Easter` morning, . so do the plants 'successful tradesman, Ross shook his lo
break through their wintry ' graves and 6 Y . head: sadly. , .
.,the blossoms throw off their shrouds "Nopoor Insk never it's `d "
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e'orth in iit:a:ty. The whole school. He found latin so` dry, that C
earth breathes energy afresh and re -'he jumped madly into the Maitland y
has actually had thiieen divorces and:
as that number seems to 'him to be
unlucky 1. ;heat that ho is considering,
a former school client . as the lucky
"Petty bard to suit,' 1 murmured
'`l'wonder if Miss Taylor bis old
friend is in any way involved?"
"Oh, I hear not," he rel5lied, "Once
upon a time they were quite good
friends, but it is said that she attend-
ed a sufleragettes' meeting whose le-
ader ii,'as no other than Miss Gertrude
Anderson, a very effective socialser-
vice worker, so they say; but to my
mind a terrible creature: I'm quite
disappointed in her, she (,wrote that
much talked of book, ",`The, Degenera-
tion of the Modern Woman'•, Jessie.
heard her, and would have no.,more
to do with Cecil. She changed tiler
mind when it was too late, so blam-
ing Gertrude, she gradually `became a
crank, until now' she is a discontented,
disgruntled old maid, her only cbm
fort being her powder -puff and her
persian cat, which she cant "Cecil."
"Dear me," I thought, "I fear 'Mic-
key is a hopeless gossip, I wonder
what else he knows,
But he knew still more'' and after
stopping to take breath as well as a
look around he drew my attention to
a gay group of young ladies and gen-
tlemen who were.' hugely ' enjoying
some" -joke. ' A' couple of rather bra
zen looking young ladies seemed; to' be
the' causeof the merriment. One was
quite dark and the other quite fair.
Suddenly, the fair one said something
which must have vexed tate dark one,
because she received a vigor -ons, well
aimed blow in the stomach,' . which
caused her to give vent to a most'un-
ladylike bowl. I was quite shocked
but no one else was, My companion
eemed to be enjoying, my evident ,be-
' Who
e'`Who are they. I asked indignant-
"They are the famous "Miss Char-
ate and Miss Ann," of the.Dumbells,
td are a huge success," he' replied,
At school you know them as Si and.
harlie. They , make very sweet
oung ladies when they are on their
est behaviour.'°
I could readily imagine 'these two
eiug successful in the feminine role,
"I wonder if any •other old friends,
ave won fame on' the stage," I said.
".Oh, -yes," replied , Ross, "Mr. • Ar -
hie Montgomery and Mr. Finley
Shackleton are in Vaudeville and are
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giarefully light footed :dancers.
Vesta Fox, Mae. Perdue, Agnes Me-.
Itague and Ena Switzer are in the
Christie Comedies, whose manager.
a very talented young chiropractor is
another sea-almate, namely Morris
Christie. "By the 'way, your sister,
is in the movies, is she not-?" asked
'Ross. "Oh dear nate no," I answered.
"Billie never even goes to the movies,
She takes the collection in the Salva-
tion 'Army, I said. This almost
knocked poor Ross over,
He said that we had inusicians of
no small value in the city. Miss
Gertrude MacDonald was a noted pri-
ii, the promise of new life of-" River, which, alas, proved 'a watery b
ter the dark, cold, death -like months grave for the poor fellow." We sigh-
f the winter season. Even man be- 'ged dolefully, and retrained silent for ,b
decks himself with new clothing and�a while.
surrounds himself with flowers sym- t But Latin `reminded me of the staff le
bolic of the occasion and of the sea- �of the Old High School. Ross could
:son. tell ire of them all. We knew that c
It is the happiest, brightest, best ;none were teaching now. All had left
day of all the year, is Easter, not ev
era excepting Christmas.
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It isn't what a man earns but what
he gets that counts.
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Another thing • that makes a linger-
ing winter endurable to' a man : is the
delay it causes in housecleaning.
Census figures reveal that there are
do,000 Germans living in France. Still,
the ex -kaiser isn't one, of them.
If we only could amend the gold
:standard to make the precious metal
the City except Mr. Brackenbury, who
had retired and now spent his time .re-
ading the sports page of the Globe,
attending baseball games in the sum-
mer and hockey- games in the winter.
"Hockey—We used to have quite a
hockey player 'in the school when I
attended," I said, "Wasn't his panic
Cecil Mooney?
"Oh yes," Ross exclaimed delight-
edly. a
elight-edly`.a suspicious gleam in his eyes.
"Oh, Oh, yes, quite a famous hockey
star," he exclaimed. "But the poor
fellow has had considerable domestic
difficulties. He is still the wonder
and delight of the fairer sex. But he
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Thursday, Apo .
26,
e You Thinking of Easter.
and -New Clothes t o Wear ?
WE HAVE ' AN T ICI .P ATED YOUR WANTS
and are ready":to fit you out with the season's' best styles in
SPRING COATS,
Also our showing of the newest in Corsets, `•- � Gloves Scarfs TrimmedHas, � etc
Hosiery, � ats, .
is all that could be desired. - Wewill be
pleased to show yoti. .
Style and
y Quality Without Extravagance - '
BanceJuni a. Word About a' Few i
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COATS
Sinart Coats in the newest
Shades,for S ., Wear.
}Spring
Some trimmed with Fur, oth-
ers in the New Cape styles,
also neat line of Tweeds and
all very reasonably priced.
SUITS
DRESSES
Snappy Tweeds," in the new
Short Coat Effects, very
smart this season, .for : the
Youthful Figure inparticular
priced from $22.5o
A Beautiful Range of differ-
ent Cloths to choose from,
Crepes, Crepe. Satins, Printed
Rayons, Charmene, Flannels, •
etc. Priced to ',meet every
Purse
MILLINE
Our display of chic ready to
wear Hats for Ladies, Girls
and Children is attractive and
at such low prices it will pay
you to investigate.
COME IN AND LOOK AROUND _ . • IT WILL PAY YOU
See Our Display f. Natty
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Accessories For. Easter
CORSETS
Up Stairs _ in -the ready-to-
wear Dept. you will find a
range of Newest Styles in
Corstes and Corselettes to fit
every figure: See us for your
requirements.
HOSIERY
11 ll ood the .new line (Hollywood) yK' ) of
Full Fashioned Hose for Wo-
men on display in a vast ran-
ge of the latest colors: Feat-
ured at $1.95. Other special
,numbers featured at soc, 89c`
and $i:45
GLOVES
A smart range of Silk Glov-
es, just put into stock speci-
ally priced at
pecialty;priced'at $1./g, with em-
broidery on a neat turned
cuff, you will want to see
these. Also lines of Cham-
oisette, Kid, etc., very reason-
ably priced
SCARFS
The last word in Scarfs for
Easter and Spring Wear,
Knitted Silk at $1.59, Fancy
Floral Patterns on ag ood 1,
quality Crepe, Priced at $189
Other Lines at $2.75 and
$3.95
We are showing a wonderfulrange of New Silks, Crepes, Shantungs,. Bengalines, etc. in plain and floral pat-
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terns we are sure will interest you, also a number of other lines, suitable for Easter
requirements, are on. hand to meet the latest desires.
Be. sure and see our range of Curtain Panels; • Curtain' Nets,' Marquisette, Madras, Scrims, ,Muslin, etc. Also a
big shipment of Linoleum, Oilcloth, Rugs, Mats just put into stock for Spring needs. See,Thern.
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ma Donna. Miss Laura Smith leader dtsappro'vmg; I. should never have
of a _famous Jazz Orchestra,: which
played at one of the most fashionable
Roadside Inns, where Bill Kew was.
an efficient waiter.
Daniel Arliuekle once the Studious,
is now running wild, proving a se-;
coiid Valentino and a terrible heart
breaker with the wonitn.
But we got no further in our dis-
cussion.. For a slender, dreamy look-,
ing chap came over. Ross introduced
him as Mr. John Fowler, another old
friend. John smiled warily when X'
remarked I should never have known
him, he said, he was very busy just
now writing poetry, which was not
mach of a paying job, but satisfied
the longings of his heart. He said
lie alto .wrote the Sunday lessons for
the biggest newspaper' in the City
run' by Mr, 81111 Henderson, who, for-
tncrly lead been: a champion lightwei-' o
lht boxer, but was itow settled down.'
recognized her as ,Beat Dobie but su-
ch she was, though she had quite a
string of letters after her name, as site
has become a famous astronomer, but
having lost sight of Mars has never
yet been. able to . find it again.- .Be-
side her there sat a dowdy -looking
meek little;,lady in brown, with an ex-
pression of weariness, on her face,
She was Mrs: Morley Trench; former-
ly Miss Jessie Menzies, '(whose hu -
band owned a number of famous race-
horses. I sat down and began tallc-
itig 'with her, , She said the really did
not enjoy parties at all now, but wish-
ed she was at home as she always
worried about,the children when she
went out.
I met once more Miss Grace Wit-
chell arid Miss M. Gurney, matrons., of
zltospitals in the City. Grace is still
n the gay round of pleasure, I hear
triad still as heartless as ever in lien•
Iealings with the admiring druggist,
essie told into that Marjorie took no
iterest at all iii men,; unless' they
vete -patients sufferiti from e plos-
I said good bye to Ross and John c
ted me over. to ;'a group of ladnd'
ladies aJ
gentletticrt, Sortie looked terribly it
cue,
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and T almost Eliz( like i;itniting.,�t,
ons due to Suj et'tett. I could see
l."licy proved to' be mostly the old i
gang
I first met a big dark lady, who t
over her glasses cast of nine a look Of 'b
o sign of Miss ;"w:dna Carr, but waq,
old s;he •V,/as op a tour" with her hus-
atsd;'. Mr, ' `Stewart MacKenzie ovor
lfy
to the land of the heather. in
The Mayor of the Cit Yg t o ane that I hall descended from
, who ltad
just won his election and seemed to
be slightly tipsy proved to be n
other than kir, Charles Messer. Who
could : bla.me: the poor chap for cele-
brating? It was the twelfth' attempt,
and ifhe.had failed, his friend, Miss
Yvonne MacPherson, -vowed he
a Monkey. When he had fully coin;
vinced me of this he commenced a
wierd account of his 'experience as a
apiritttalist. Just then I was rescued
by a burly looking fellow' with a red,
full' moon" face. His looks- seemed to
loudly proclaim him as a prosperous
farmer, He gave me a wliacic on the
should newer 'win her. Due to much back and laughed heartil
loud ' talking, and breezy arguments,Y, _ I cald
it was � said that he blew his' o not itt:any way'Place him'as an old
opponents friend: "Dont you know me?" he
of the platform, thus winning it by a asked, ".Perhaps you wouldn't as
great majority. most people can't," and he :chuckled.
In this distinguished group, I (net "But I used to be and still .'am Davie
.once more Miss Maurine Mitchell, Armstrong, bachelor, farmer tiow and
Missionary, :vfiss Fuva MaMaecha1, forever,
teacher of Mathematics lie Winghain I as1ecd him fearfull
Collegiate, Miss Margaret Beg, and then crazy lookitt 3e wl o that ra-
Miss Janisa`Iloinuth, also teachers itt "Why,"
gcntlezve, you
the Collegiate. Yy replied farrier Dave, You
used to know him quite well, Ile
John next introduced nae to a small has studied travelling a great Ileal,
but very important looking fellow, thus 'getting :a foreigiis name and ac-
wlwith very thick grey hair, which brit- cent, Hew used to . be Tbeodok'e Bo-
ed fiercely wont his head. His baa- bertsoia, First it
cad eyes snalilaed ttp'at me aitcl .be r; . was a't#sinister,
talked with a,p clig}ttly foreign accent, but he disagreed with the 'ministers
t 11 e the name? I ccaccen on ac Iain points of theology, tater,
can't remember t it now as I ertaic he became a priests and was rising
ca 't re It was about twice asik it high in the Catholic Church, when:he
lont,. again found soattetliing of Which axe
ae himself, tie began to read .nae a raid not approve, he is now studying
long lecture in a staccato tone, pray
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