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BY IDA M. EVANS.
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that svas in love, Butt it wee With
a 'curious involurity ela.crity that
a few slaps later lie accepted an in-
vitation to dirie'ai; the 'Wellman table
and afterWard take in a plass down-
tevvri.
(To he 'contireued.).
I The 'Fly In the oiritetents mazi cau dye or 'tat set ,
1 Bridget, the Maid, apnroaehed her faded things • awe Dven if ow ii,ng
mis.trese, never dYed. before elle can Put a, rieh
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DYe OM S ,4rt,
Sweater, Okutotiris
in Diamond Dy
B1i13a acage of "Diamond Dyes"
oonitaine directiove so eimple aria' avO- the griddle or -waffle iron. I have
old ' them in , all eizes, and use them for
nearly everything iii preference o
other kinde of kettles and rrilacing
bowls. --L. A. E,
It is inipossible to do the weekly
wash without getting ones' apron and
dress wet, and the damp spot so milek-
ly„ Isecornes soiled, and then is not
easily made .clean again.
Why not make a bib -shaped apaon
a oilcloth, hind the edge e with tape,
fasten a piece ef tape to eaeh corner
..ef the bib, to slip over the head, and
attach a piece et tape to each eide' to
tie in the 'back?, Selash all yi5u Want'
to, y,our clothing will keep dry behind
easiex nianage thee the orslimiey
naikheg bowl, espeCialle kr one's, lends
are' 'Small and iote's wrists, not. par-
ticislarly strong., I 'find it easy to
tip the sisticepan for beating' ad to
ponr -017 Spoon. the batter frem iteonte.
frs' "01 woula loike a, saeeir's holidaY, fadeless collar tato shabby eirli,ts,
PsO,RT I. i eause a wet rainy hi:0y did not put Miss D'ileen," $he said. "01 -wants te dresees, svaiste, • coats, steckinget
FrOlil that first night $tePlien, Beet- itself into dry clothing until a gaunt, be married." sweaters, coverings, draPeriest ,liangs
visit know that Lettiors Towoe had wet 'horse had 'been unharnessed, fed, Her mistress gavel:Ler a week's holt- ins, everything1 Buy Diamond Dyes
wiped other woreen—ekeePt 'One-- and bedd'ed in a abed harn. I•day, a white areas, aye% and a cake- —no other kina---then perfect . home
' ea his 'mind, But everi then he I Stephen w"'tili*ell: For two Year'''' At the •end of the week Bridget re- a ' , IS, R. ra teed Just tell our
turned rein.g g a' 11' ' . 7
egairist marying her. Had Im been, fairlY deeent lamily -nearby. Later; „„ ' -es. „ ae. silo exolainvou, dwrnieghgtiest,dyWell.ir wool
teiranrak:aetierwialistYlloeur
feared that in the end he wauld decide ' or eo lie worked for his board With a '
eay, tweety-live yean .disl, he would he sOld his -few wretched acres. encl.! ee `-''', 4313.0 J''''''sell'*
d,ceestless 'have married her in paSsion, house for a few hundred. dollars and e ui was the alaat 'Well hride Me if is linen e,otton, or mixed goods,
,(1. hi ,,,,, rval. At twealty,five one gat to, Chicago, and, 'by ,pure triumph dress was, Perfent, me velvi lovely, and ,flaaidaere.,0:rcirt:ipi.y.es ,nevor streak, SVOt• ,,
Still believee in a Santa Claus with a of Mind over matter, through "Bush the ,eake splendid,"
golden pack of futhees for erten and Medical." . "Well, Beidg, this sounds delight- ...--:
emnen. i He was, a man who made friends. ful," said h Mistress. "I hoise YOU
Lettlee looked like a lovely ,gift faa!He was not vein. Sometimes he sus- have Rot aego,od busbaed,"
some man, Sitting a little back from PeCted that his surgieal and drug a'kill Briclget'e one changed to one of in -
the fireplace at the end of the Well- was half vicarious, pet go much orig- ,
ulanon I ' „,'
trian'e eispensive Lake Shore hall, in inal ass paaentally inspired. He looked -„, ' ne ne
a ,misey pale green! chiffon dinner at his long, lean, careful but not '4°Isr, ''''"s•''' -'''''.°13n, an what' u"
gown v.ilaaae extreme lew cut was most jeniu.satipped fingers, and •surrnised think? The spalpeen never turned
Rine to ear white Tiede and shosadees, that the two who bore hire had. given tIP."
she exhibited that Oared-fer Petal per- him, for all their vvillingmess but half ......=-*7,7****--„V--..-""'"'"""""`""*"'""7-7.."""*"'"""**"--"^""*"-- .---,..------...--
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Lettice Towne—lie was earning around
heat day. '
But Stenhen Bentlewin was neither' twenty • thousand dollare, he was on
seven. He had men friend's who were 'tals, held, f,or waiting patients a dersk itar
sixteen nor twentY-slx. He Was thirty.. the eonsulting staff of several hoseal-
hasbands---surgeons, and interneso and a long bench of the
,
The Riding Mountain :forest eeseave
contains, what is believed) to be the this protector.—Mrs. . , •,
large,st herd of elk in Canada,: esti-. Last y,ear w,hen we butchered I rat,
ma.ted at betweeri tlixee thousand and all the fat through my food chopper.
four thousand head,. It came ,out in long white etrings, and
MInard's Liniment for Cu Colds instead of the usual amount of crack-
lings, I had, in cornparis.on, just a
,handtul. Of tourse, I have no lard
prees, and this gets me more lard than
a heritage. But he had a Itieen mind --r•'-ag.-2ses—,e_e
feetion which is poeses,sed cemmen
be- hoilmose roses and inarty worsen and a conscientious mind, and in tinse
pi' this modern me,sseuse and steam the time he was destined to meet
i to. look o -ver the bench -ranged patients, aesda----ay, .....-
-renaissance walriut.
professiora And even Bichings,.tight-.1 Although no one knew this—and he An Apron From Left-Overso
and some not belonging to his own
lipped. and reticent, had onee grunted'
the matter his own private affair—his
was careful to tell no one, deeming -
Turning a stray yard of ehintz and
conclave: "The sox isn't quinine. You ' Mali, bent, wind -browned, rain -soak- a jagged length of organdie into a
in an after-dinner semi-pxotessional
coot say thus, or thus or so and thus eel mother often stood beside him at fichu apron is a good antidote fox a
will a lean's, spirit react to, a long or that renaissance walnut desk, pansed blue Monday or a drizzle spring Wed,
a short dose of some woman." It givesathat pronounced sat-
ing, iiiiaek and whose hair was a vrhere rnen and. avamen stripped their isfaction—the sarn feeling you have
Eorffer, selaosei eyes were a glitter_ . often eat with him in his inner office
bodies and their s,ouls for his dig- when you roll out °the bit." -of you
washed-oat gray, was ironically ac-,
nosis, and once or twice sh.e had pooh- Pie cruet, pare a (maple of speckled'
himyen,, I poohed in his ear while with a con- apples, slice them, crumple up the
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quiescent. "Simulate him or stagnate
Bickinge finished oracularly, "Man, ' fire he had -discussed the incoriven- crust, and pop two delicious turnevers
there's no way of telling 'before -handl" ience of night calls, into the oven, registering the thought
Stephen Bentlawin learned a. little! She vaguely seemed, to • afford a tleat you hay.e made something tasty
about Lettice the next ay1 from the quizzical contrast to Lettice Towne °lilt of what might have been thrown
Blekings, who had known the Townes those first few'months. His meetings away.
since the Cour Children had the mumps. with Lettice were casual pees; edged ,
with infrequency into the The fichu'apron is a'xeCipie, too, that
"Good family. Nice girl—Lettioe. necessarilY can be varied to suit the ngredien s
six!, . „ 1 occured mast once or twiee they at hand. Crisp -blue chambray with
.
Lers see, she must be about -twenty- Professierral.daye of. a busy and pre- -
Be changed the subject. But even met on the steed; otherwise at din- a fichu of blue -dotted white swiss ie a
then he had begun relentlesely to eons- 1, isms Or 'evening gat'herings 'mostly- possibility that comes to my mind.
pare Lettice Towne with another under the Wellman. roof. He gave Checked gingham might be used with
man—the little, bent, scrawny, per- Ban and Maud Wellman due erdit for
irn and Lettice in each a starehed voile, batiste, er lawn fic'hu.
we -
easeful one who. had -borne him. It ,Pfitting ,hOr cut cross -barred dish -toweling for
was unfair to Lettice Towne, perhaps. a fichu using the band that come; off
'other's way. Adroitly, so they thought.
Friendships are inade as well as . ' „ . . .
Admitting this, he could. not restram, I
born. His friendeldp with fat, rieh at the side aor trimming on a white
of voile that's ye
When Ise was nine years old, treakla Dan Wellman had begun twelve years lawn apron.
e c.
clothed any ve
monih of the yea•r, he had oerdressed,- and ovrrdsig,ed for ha beyond using, put on the tint pot and
,
The Little Vanities.
thomparison
ed, barelegged, and bramble scratched before, over a busieess and profession- And if your sewing bag disgorges
inost .of the year, not overfed ,or direr_ al men's• gatheri.ng. yaud, stout, an odd lerigth yellow
age, had tried to marry Stephen, off.
taken his mother to be an ordinary
parent, He had. never been tempted by her
,eiiice then, as he had ,attained akin, bait—until Lettiee appeared.
be had dissected cora B,esstiewhe tend_ TemPted—he corrected himself. He
erly enough, analyzed her, given her w.as not tempted' no -w, Dangerously,
soul that is. He laid the pros against the
a "hurnanitY complex," a lonely
aiel a timid but purposeful nature. eons,. Besides love and money, the
She must have had all three, se he greatest modern argument for mar -
guessed, c,r she would, not have con- liege is loneliness. Ile had his Mo-
tirmed to live on, after hie father's ments of that of course. But an ab -
death in that sparsely settled., poverty sorbed and successful professionai
inhabited northern sandhill district, man is likely to realize personal lone -
and minister to its needs without any lines S less than many people must
expectation of proper recompense. realize it. -
She and Stephen's father had been Furthermore, he had seen almost as
tudents at the same medical 'school. much loneliness inside the marriage
en as outside it. His work gave him
almost Inereiles's vantage for seeing.
The interiors he saw—the acrid homes
he entered. And even in his own pro-
fessional circle
There was Kerffer of glittering
black eyes and washed-out gray hair,
whose consultation fees alone brought
hire in around fifteen thousand dollars
a year, but whose medical desk was
Stephen never understoo,d past why
the two settled. in those northern sand -
bills, in a three-room shack with its
few wretched, acres. Perhaps for his
father's health or because two poor
graduates could not afford to go far-
ther or make a better bxeak for a
practice.
His father had died five years later".
,
ogatephea's ohildhood -was, a. series of
grim pictures. heaped so high each'Bret of, inonthi
ern old, rattling buggy and a gaunt with reodiste bills, millinery bine,
horse and a little, bent woman going masseuse bills, caterers' bills, house -
forth, wind, and ram, all seasons of the
hold bills, that every end of month
year, to answer calls, saw his bank account overdrawn and
nerves had an edge he per -
He could not -recall that. she ever Eorffer's
refused bo go herself, no matta what mitted to few of his patients.
the hour of night, what the miles to There was Bickings, general prac-
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aerne "foreigner's" kitchen bedroom titioner, with his tall, immobile faoe
and shackful of nuanerotts progeny. and sarcasm Mrs. Bickings weighed
ThOse she' attended in their sick- two hundred and forty-two pounda
nesees---- • and was a leading and contributing
Caine ever a five -dollar bill, or even member of halt a dozen charity boards,
a two -dollar, his mother's way, and Stephen had heard that thirty years
pr.omptly it posted to 'city wholesale before she and Biokings eloped be -
house for quinine, calomel, aconite, cause her parents considered her too
podophyllin and chloroform. He re- young• to marry. Now Bic:tang's apol-
membered once asking her what she'd ogizedmechanically when he had kept
like to have or Christmas. "Two dinner waiting, even to perform a
thousand grains of quinine, s,o-n," she major operation, eyed email, dirty
said gloomily, "That swagrip four boys wistfully and wiehed he eetild
-miles west of Nord's hill—" adopt one.
She died ene spring—of a common' 'rhere was, Caldson, who, when an
prize, two y,ears in a foreign
have a new blouse. It wall tage a
lovely light gray, which happeas to be charm. Professional manicurists give
an a double Fir,st a pink cream.
decidedly smarter than white as
accompaniment to a blue suit. Thee a high polish powder. A -whisk
'or two of the buffer, and you have a
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Everyone likee the woman witlethe
dainty trail of elusive fragrande---
something different that stirs the im-
agination. Fortunately for this) pin -s-
ea it isn't a question of price or label.
This aroma of distinction may be
achieved by anyone who gives. a little'
thought in selecting her perfume.
Of course, you know certain colors
are becoming to you. But do you
know that a perfume May add equally
to your individual chant ? Colors and
perfume are much alike. YelloW may
not look well on you. Then leave
amber, chypre, and narcissus to the
dark -eyed languid girl. They belong
to the same personality at the yellow
shades. Brown hair and, blue eyes de-
mand one of those half -flower, hall -
oriental odors. A-nd for the woman
gray-haired and. a trifle plump there's
a bottle of sweetness not too frivolous
yet not at all "old." While a scent
as sweet and dean as orchard blos-
een-is belongs to the young girl who
looks so pretty in pink and white
gingham. ,
Well -kept Dans are another little
vanity that adds one hundred per cent.
Thul's,day, btarch 25
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rovlides soIeastant septillion
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VOLCANOES MADE
TO ORDER!
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All kinds of, tricks And deviceegaro
used by fllin preducer'e to make tbeir •
nieturee rea/istie and twining.
modern films gomettaies need Ter,'
elaber-ate e,ettings, such as volcanoes
In eruption, railway accidents., and so
on, arid in many' casee impossible
to plvotogr,aph the Teal thing. So the
producer has to find•a substitute.
Suppose a voleano has to be ellmea.
A pile of sand a feet high is built up,
and inside it are Placed exPloSivee and
fireworks, A few hossiltds of various
ebenficals are added, and then the
"mountain" is tired. Streams' a 'mol-
ten ban ek 'clouds; lurid" barnee,
masses ,et rock falling from' the sky—
really haudfuls of pebbles tierown from
a distaace—are seen by the audienee,
and, to anyone but an expert it is en -
Possible to teal the difference betweeri
"the substitute and a real volcano.
I us -daily get, and' the waste is al- --__________n
ready , ground ready for the ;Ilene. ell, f - / .1, ., t ;,ho boiling
•---.--liirse, Y. C. p o co ,c water in o ,
right, 'When I a.m"dres,sin,g the chicken'
chicken if the water is boiling hard in
I use warm water, as it .cleans natich
the teakettle, it is too hat, and is apt an to put it in cold water.
to dean, and aleo sp.oil the looks of it,
shin will.' easier than
After dressing the chicken I always
to eook the flesh, so that ;the
Some rub baking soda on -the chicken,
come off and make the chicken hard '
s it has a terelency sto clean easier.
I always put half or two-thirds of a
put it into cold water at once,. and'add
-just a little salt, RS .it helps -to draw
'out the blood and makes the flesh
white and clear.—Mrs. A. R.
water; and it will be •scalded,.jUat
When' getting ready th dress- a
fact, running over She new styles
makes me think a many more "tuck-
aways." ' A square of. lace, for in-
stance. It will make one of the ripply
berthas that ell the girls are wearing.
There are .several ways of accomplish-
ing the feat. It can be edged with
polish,that is lasting -arid water -proof.
If. time is valuable, plan your mani-
curing after you have bad yeur hands
in -water. Then the cuticle ,is thor-
oughly softened and responds rapidly
to treatment. Or you may use a new
narrow lace or the eo-rners rounded preparation that actually melts the
and left raw. Or seallop it and finish 'entiele and reduces manicuring to a
open-
ing, just cut a eirele in the centre. Of Blacleheseds! Of course they're eot
it with an edging.. For the neck open- Tninimilni•
,course, you must tint the "lace exactly a vanity, That to my way of thinking,.
to match the shade of, the dress.
univer-
sity,
cold which went into bronchitis be- interne, had given up a sicholarship
because Mrs. Caldson -would not
' go to far from lier family for so long.
Caldeen wag bald now and fat and
• not a very .good allopathist; Never
sure of hie own jesigment, Some in-
nate fault in the man himself, of
cours,e.
There was old Dewey ---who bid his,
non-paying patients' immes in a ee-
'iceet .dravsee or his desk, There was
yonng Stillwell, who reddened when
slander etas eyete mentioned. There
was Graisy, too, with his huge peas -
toe and huger fear that eventually
Mrs. Greasy would win lier way and
he would censer -It to move to New
Yolk—and, at fifty -Cour, build agaies
I Extreme eases, Stephen admitted.
1libtic
nrejudieially by himself- Ile lamps, as so -Imlay eeemees do, mita 111011, --not so extreme, but garnered -a
had DO .great Lear that he hirollooli; we perehased en first gasoline vapor
come te apologize for dip Mantle iamp, A year'use proved
'tardinee.s. But he said to himself that
he could placisi. Lettioe Towne. this -system for lighting our home so
Towne, her father, was o' e,ere. tatisfee,toty that we me -Chased a se
,esordy met tepee -sand riot the worst and one, 4 - Derry mother! Ryon a cross s'ok
earth knows. 'He 'bragged about his This svs the latest 'trot lamp gen- el:did loves, tee "fruity" 4,0steof ‘I:
bn.siness arid his datighters, , "Other crated and lighted direetly with a foi•nia SY'rup" and a
it leverftilleta
PeoPle 'Gan stew 'over their OffSring. osk01 matches, It felve,s a potver-, open tile bowel:4, A teaspoonful to-daY
Iinsoltehrieqr haveiotlr,ssmTalseviya laseidariitertri:are,r eseveral ------------------------1.14,4ecandle-1 ma,Y prevent a sick child to -morrow
min, eee.,;ene 410 :way gi`Ye pewer., ebatirif4" us oply a few cents an , 1r conetipated, bilie f
es
'boo Is re.
umedo the 1 qic
doe. far, mO,ro y,
fteenaogyoilto $fin
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you With tie -aired ailitiS add
wrista, if yotfirni. the
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Perhaps you have a seedy Paisley
e/aawl-'—one that's too fax gone to
make a jacquette. ,However, there
may -be enough that will hang to-
gether to patch out a delightful band-
ing for a 'white wool sport skirt, piecs
ine your hand atethe centre front and
the sides.
When you are rummaging around
you may bring to a dress length
of blue chambray which you have been
holding fer a house dress, way heels'
to the time when house dresses were
not gay calicos, chintz, and tempting
peppermint green-cheeked gingham.
My advice is to forget the house -dress
idea right off. You have the start of
a smart summer street dress if you
invest your spare tiine for A eouple
of days in stitching a pattern on it.
You can use a band design. transfer
pattern, stamping the band crosswis,e
of the geoids and parallel to give an
all-over effect. In stitching Op your
machine, place the papei 'under the
goods ,so it won't laucker, and use
coarse sewing cotton. Then there are
slipperfrills to use up your scraps of
silk, Some are just straight strips
of material, six inches wide, folded
through the centre, lengthwise, and
gathered to forrn a hoop. The centre
is finished with a buckle, This forms
a "tries," as the Shops call it, that
can be tacked to the Front of a plain
pump.
We Lilco Gasoline Lamps..
Since we have installed, two 'gaso-
line v.apor mantle lamps in our home
it is so veal emelt mine cheerful,
bright, and agreeable that now we
look forward to the arrival of evening
with its time f or teading and fun.
We had, tis,ed the con -in -ion coal -oil
getting rid of them is quite a won. -
while indulgence. Rub a little lard
on them.. Let it stay for a few min-
,
utes. Then wipe it off carefully 'And
rub the same place with a cake of
wet soap. Rinse this off with warm
water.
NI... From Other Farm Women.
Try using a straight -handled sauce-
pan in -Which to mix waffle or pancake
batter or stir up a cake. It is much
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An INVINCIBLE
Treat .
Everyone in. the family will
enjoy the deliciout deserts
made from M cL A REN ' S,
INVINCIBLE Jelly Pow- '
Sixteen Fruit Flavorings.
Easy to make
Economical.
1 Package Serves Eight
People.
Ask for
McLAREN'S
INVINCIBLE
Made by IVIcLARENS LIMITED,
liamilt,on and WinrdPeg.
M inard's l-frament for Corns and
Warts
Fre-
" meets
Chavpied•
'ha ds,
crackeellips„
Mit4es yoinr
skinsoft,white„,
clear and smooth.
DaupaisTs sig.'. IT
'California Fig Syrup" i
Child's Best Laxative'
Jint fsr eould caok. Say, by the way, (lid y' "elthig to use., While its light is full, bvs 11 li "' t)vstisl'' trk'
tongue coted, breath bad, ra- i
hear /Vidal Motet's Axeesiories drop- bright, it is nou-ilicring patc, white, 1 ' °°" ' 61 if '4etnad1 1' 4
Ped to eiX aha three.efeartlis yeeter- and restful to 'the' eyes ' W 'f'1I 1 4)111.''
day? YlatOrW) 1 don't Often get, eaught lamps onl ri,.'4'°rthe I 111°1111)e:1' a good
°1(ettla8111:g e the little '
on the 1,,,,voryr ewe ot the
rarket_for Ti or y ). i ----------------1 wee, i howeiti is often all tithat is necea'sary,
f or babies and children tit all b,t.w) 1
Ile said to liimeelf that he w's• t 'c'Yte'l "(1°7 f4:1'1411 n could see printed; on bottle. Maher! Yea reust '
that---" ' Y Sa 0.
.,.
,n lore with ha and he had 1. (I, '4.Lni,o, our, holoe, ne wit now et ' ' ' '
1." a far night osY 4001061mM" or, Yon may get. oat.
Of ,al low i n L''', b ini sell 1. el b-ssiii?V's; ""(-11A14°n-: - P" 14" ' iniitaticsk itig 'ityrup.
at a
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only intre m.o. ., 0 al`.0 wieas to trim, no shim- Ask your 0.t14:4,491', toi` gOpmlnio "Calf.
gil ttlt iLto yilq,), clowqn 1,116Y$ IX> keen elettn, They ate perfect- orniit ,T,Pig Syrup" which has eti.rootiorls
home the bacon, collar the MCC vase,
carry the message to Garcia, etc.
Il'TLE Raisins, full of energy and
JLjiron, -will put the pep into you
that makes winning plays. Use vim
like it in your business, too.
One hundred and forty-five cal-
,
cries of energizing nutriment in every
little five -cent red box that you see.
Comes from fruit sugar in prac-
tically predigested form----levulose, the
scientists call it—so it gees to -Wolk
• almost i Mined iately. Rich in food -
iron also.
Try these little raisins when you're
hungry, lazy, tired. or faint. See how
they pick you tip, and set you on your
toes.
. Destroying two Towns.
It is a simple matter to build a to
town and s4o*, it;beipg destreyed by
tile. eruption. IA nee,pietare tiny mo-
tor -cars were seen 'desnieg about the
.streets, vvialle in the li.arbOr equally
tiny ships were striedied and eet on
fire. To give .the impreesiee of 'smoke,
several thicknesses , of gauze are
placed between the .cameea and the
"volcano." .
Railway ."accidents" are often s.e,eu.
on' the screen. in 'old. days .reet
trains were Used, and even now, when
the expense is considered. to be in
keepirig With th,e 'effect, producers des-
troy thens.a.ncle of dollars w.mah .of en-
gines and ceiriages to obtain a starts
ling picture. , But as . a rule ,the acci-
dents are 'skilful insitatiane.. -
Trams which are esraet models are.
uged, som,etimes ,driv.en by electricity,
.sometimes. niereIY. drawn by A'String.
'To show the reeult of the accident,
tra,Ms with paper fro.nes are. used, and -
'With the aid, of a littie,oil roe/errs; fire
can be obtained in a moment.
Another..thrilling sight e'en -tete -nes
seen on the screen te.thwt ora..burstiag
-dem, -with the water- rusf.iing down
valley and destroying everything in its
path. Here, again, expen,so and ,othor-
cosideration:s forbid the use of . a real
seen,e, and it bas to be "faked"
Pebbles; when magnIfiecl,and thrown
on the 'screen; loot like rocks,' and .•
quite a small stream will pass muster
for 'a huge -riVer. Every detail is fol-
lowed in Miniature. The Model dam is -
fractured beforehand and fixed to-
getliee again...:,Levees are ereplo,yed to
,o.perathes,e cracks., and..the water rush-.
es through with .wonderful yealistii
,
,"Faking" a Battle', .
Perhaps, the'mdst, extraordinary feat -
,
of an produeer Wee that of 'the man.
'who filmed the Battle of Jutland. It
,
was done so -well that experts were un-
able . to detect any difference between
it and ,the genuine battle,- Medal's were
I made of everY, ship :engaged. Waves
were obtained by the passage , .of. d.
strong air current over the water, into.
which ,stones were- dropp.ed to repre-
sent falling eheils. •Thiy gens flashed,
and the,s,hins moved a,bont in the same
m,an,n,er aa they did in the real fight.
T -he .film. producer has -many other
tricks. Some are jeeeOusly-guarded
seeretsg but others are more Or less
common property. Snowstorms, for
instance, are made bysdropping paper
torn . into tiny scraps, .en.d. on. Aire sarcien
co.tton-wool looks very mach snow.
Gales can be made by Settee, to work._
a number of powerful aeroplane Pro-
pellere.' in fact, there .nci feature of
Nature 'which cannot be re.produced by
the filni-eireeter,
Not Working .0'vertirno.
'Ev-ery cellar Window waS,breken in ,
Mr. Jones'- 01:tumble-down ' hot-1Se."
-Oonsequen,tly, all the small' demeetic:
- . . .
ananeale. in the neighberhood--partice.-
Betiveen ear
Raions,
50 Everywhere
pca
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Had Your
(roll Today,?
lai-ly" the dogs, and, cats—ran in' and
'out at will.
:7-Sometimethere
s, was quite a gather-
ing in the cellar, and when a, pet was
rnis,sing, it was the regular thing to go
to "Dude Bill's. door with., "Have you
seen my cat?". - •
One eveaing a nearby family missed
their "tortoiseshen" at hpiltime, and
'ooncluding that she li.ad joined the
happy throng at Uncle Bill's, sent their
maii over to ask him"if ;be would take
a look 'and see if she was among the
number, It may -have been a cloy dI
many similar demands; at ali 'events,
Uncle Bill was not in 1118 usual good
temper.
"'Your cat may be there, or she may
net be there," he said, but I ain't 0-
goin' to, light up no ianip an' go down,
it tLat cellar this -time -0' night sottin`
out, cats for nobody!"
Who, Lives Longest?
Talking witit i big inSurance man
the other day, 1 aelreli lain in what oc-
cupation he found the longest lived
It may surprise You to knew that
Clergymen and farmers head the, list.
American negroes,' aro arrione the
'shortest, lived tit humane, while IriSh
imtnigrants ale& die yotrog. Or-
ge,tn %hall. The Jews are per.'
haps tile (hardiest of the garious. races,
There is food . for thought in these
_
Tim's Description,
An TriSh rOilWaY 'OOR'IllO.11Y liesa re-
gelai- printed form en Which to report
any inishaps which occur to aelmals
ore Its lines,. • Recently a stray cow thiat
had wancletari or to the lie° was I•illed
and Tim O'Toole, the traffic inspeetor,
Was asked to elld ill a report.
• in ansWer to the sorestlee: "Disposi-
ticii leafcarCatee," he ,wrote: "Kind. and
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