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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1913-04-25, Page 2KetreleMeseelleelbeeteeserareeezeoseesoveiraele Seen In Paris Shops. Few long coats are seen this spring, A novelty cotton crepe has che- nille borders. White and magpie veilings are the favorites. A few plaited skirts are seen in the tailored suits. Hemp continues to be the favor- ite hat material. Navy blue holds its own with the newer shades. Lace trimmed gloves are an inter- esting novelty. Colors in the new silks are bright- er and brighter, Evening boots are quite high, coming above the ankle. There is a tendency to the long waist lines this season. The surplice line is followed in many of the new blouses. The new wrap print ribbons have dark rich grounds. Bright green and cerise are much used in silk hosiery. Striped tub silks are used for many of the new kimonos. Beaded ribbon is the latest cry among millinery trimmings. Pearl and smoked pearl buttons ere used to trim modish gowns. Veils most worn have lace pat- terns and are in black and white. With lingerie and black satin gowns bright green hose are worn. The new hats are trimmed with rich ribbons in tall loops, like wings. Spurts coats for young women are best made of checked tweeds. Many evening gowns for summer are in beaded or spangled effects. A novelty introduced this season is cotton goods with a beaded bor- der. The blouse with the contrasting sleeve is a feature of the new fash- ions. Bright colors are combined with white or black in almost all gar- ments. The colors of the moment are beige, white, champagne, and pale citron. Bright colored bead bags will be carried with the new spring cos- tunics. Brocaded silks and chiffons are used for some of the richest new parasols. Colored handkerchiefs with gay printed borders are another spring note, Flat brimmed sailors with a band and stiff little bunch of flowers are seen. Black and white, which has been so much worn, is now a thing of the past. Check materials in gay colors are to be combined with plain materi- als. Cotton voile embroidered with email heads make a pretty gown for summer. The Indian silk crepe is the most popular and is woven in many odd designs. The new parasols suggest Japan and all her rich and picturesque loveliness. Yellow silk hose and black satin shoes are worn with beige or dark colored suits. The long, pointed slippers of the Parisiennes are expected to be fashionable. The sleeveless jacket has taken a permanent place in the new fash- ions this spring. Evening gowns grow more elabor- ate, much cloth of gold and bugle trimmings being worn. Other street suits are made of lightweight broadcloth, poplin, ra- tine, or diagonal serges. The new tailored coats have soft dainty linings of flowered mousse- line or embroidered linen. Of all blues, periwinkle is the most popular. It is best trimmed with rose red or cherry colored red. Poplins, a combination of silk and wool, will be. popular. It is of softer and more supple make than heretofore. FF Fashion Hints SPRING IMPURITIES IN THE BLOOD A Tonic Medicine is a Neces- sity at This Season Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are an all year round tonic, blood -builder and nerve -restorer. But they are especially valuable in the spring when the system is load- ed with impurities as a result of the indoor life of the winter months. There is no other season when the blood is so much in need of purify- ing and enriching, and every dose of these pills helps to make new, rich, red blood. In the spring one feels weak and tired—Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills give strength. In the spring the appetite is often poor—Dr. Williams' Pink Pills de- velop the appetite, tone the sto- mach and aid weak digestion. It is in the spring that poisons in the blood find an outlet in disfiguring pimples, eruptions and boils—Dr. Williams' Pink Pills speedily clear the skin because they go to the root of the trouble in the blood. In the spring anaemia, rheumatism, indigestion, neuralgia, erysipelas and many other troubles are most persistent because of poor, weak blood, and it is at this time when all nature takes on new life that the blood most seriously needs at- tention. Some people dose them- selves -with purgatives at this sea- son, but these only further weaken themselves. A purgative merely gallops through the system, empty- ing the bowels, but it does not cure anything. On the other hand Dr. Williams' Pink Pills actually make new blood, which reaches every nerve and organ in the body, bring- ing new strength, new health and vigor to weak, easily tired men, wo- men and children. Try Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills this spring—they will not disappoint you. Sold by all medicine dealers or sent by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Curious Wells. A curious form of water hole is found in the deserts of Western Australia, dry by day, but yielding an abundant supply of water by night. The flow of water is preced- ed by hissings and sounds of rush- ing air. The phenomenon is dis- cussed by Dr. Malcolm Maclaren, who has located and examined ono of these wells. He found that the water supply occurred in a long, narrow trench, at the bottom of which was a thin plate of gneiss separated by a cavity from the main rock mass beneath. Apparently the heat of the day causes this plate to expand in the form of a depression, into which the water retreats. When it cools and contracts at night it forces first air and then wa- ter back into the trench. A man who lisped had bought some pigs, and he asked a neighbor for the use of a pen a few days. "I have juth been purehasthing thome thwine—two thowth and pigth, I want to put them in your pen till I can filth a plaith for them." "Two thousand pigs !" ex- claimed the astonished neighbor. "Why, my pen will hardly hold a dozen." "You don't underthtand me, Mither Bent, I don't thay two thouthand pigth, but two thowth and pigth." "I hear you," said Mr. Bent. "Two thousand pigs Why, you /*fist be crazy !" And then the lisper gave it up. Never send a friend on a fool's errand. Go yourself. It. doesn't take a very big compli- ment to swell a small head. NAm UmCO LAXATIVES are entirely different from others both in their composi- tion and their effect—complete evacuation without purging or discomfort. 25c. a box at your druggist's. NATIONAL DRUG AND CHEMICAL CO. or CANADA, LIMITED. Yui See How the Wringer is Attached The wringer Board ortouds from the Gide, out of the why of the cover. sae allows practically the whole top of the tub to open up— makes It easy to put bac and take out clothes. No other washer nae as large as opening. No other washer eon be worked with Oran* handle at aide ore, wen as lop !ever. Do you mo Wtaxwoll'e "Farorita" the churn that nsakee quality butted . Write us for catalogues If your deafer Ades , not handle them " 59 DAYS MARWEU. 4 SONS, ST. MARY'S, Ont. l of this sand was demonstrated by the occasional Bed' t Ou LETTER Ftp�ry' To o I i 1 d' t 'n the water and by i� FR (�1 a serious amount of in the damage being canted to machinery. It was suspected, also, that it contained impurities. Finally the Waterworks Department decided that the tunnel would have to be cleaned, and to this end shut off the supply coming through it and asked the citizens to get along on the amount of water that could be pumped through two old pipes lying on the bottom of the sewage -polluted bay, and which have been in disuse for a great many years. One of them is the historic pipe that on one occasion rose to the top of the bay, thereby causing the greatest water famine in the city's history. Though these two pipes have a capacity of 35,000,000 gallons of water a day, they were found to be ineufcient, and before the tunnel could be pumped empty of water, to say nothing of get- ting the sand cleaned out, half the city was without a supply of water of any kind. Naturally, there was a great out- burst of indignation. The waterworks' officials threw up their hands and re- sumed pumping through the tunnel, leav- ing the problem of getting the sand Out of it to a more propitious occasion, if that ever arrives. The chief result of the incident was to brine a harvest to the private companies which supply spring water, as a good many citizens through long usage have acquired a distaste for the boiled and chlorinated variety. Baseball on Again. The opening of the baseball season fines the fans not any too hopeful. For the first time in history they have been told by the press correspondent at the front that the team is not in shape. Perhaps an explanation of this lies in the fact that there has not been competition among the newspapers in fulsome adula- tion of the heroes of the diamond. In- stead of each newspaper sending a cor- respondent with the team on its training trip this year, as in former years, only one correspondent, representing all the papers, accompanied the team. On paper the organization does not seem to be as strong as last year. It contains a num- ber of unknown quantities, but under the direction of the popular Manager Toe Kelly may develop into a good fighting machine. THE SQUARE DEAL PAYS. And square with the enemy every man gets when he separates himself from his corns by Putnam's Corn Extractor. For fifty years "Putnam's" has cured every man it treated—use "Putnam's" only—it's painless and sure, 25o. at all dealers. lIe GERMAN AIRSHIPS CAN RIDE. • INTERESTING BITS OF COSS!P FROM THE QUEEN CITY.' Sir Henry Pellatt's Clft to the Queen's Own Regiment—The City's Food Bill for a Year—Bolling Water Again. The gift by Sir Henry Pellatb_of a largo plot of land in a populous section of the city, to be used for drill purposes exclu- sively by the Queen's Own Regiment, calls attention once more to this worthy Knight, who is in many respects the most spectacular figure in Canadian finance. Sir Henry believes in doing things in a big way when his enthusiasm is 'aroused. The Queen's Own Regiment, said to be Canada's crank corps, has always had Sir Henry's enthusiasm. He has served iu it, himself throughout almost his en- tire iife-tiineand '"•in'-ull-•iEh-hfe--from private to colonel. The Jaunts he took the regiment on are matters of history, first sending the bugle band to England and afterwards arranging the _ trauspor- tation of the entire regiment to take part in the manoeuvree at Aldershot. His pre- sent gift of drill grounds is estimated in cash value at something like '$120,000. Sir Henry has some other enthusiasms, He has been a generous patron of Trinity College and of Grace Hospital, His House on the Hill. But perhaps his outstanding enthusiasm is the residence he is building .for him- self on the hill overlooking Toronto, at the head of Spadina and Walmer Roads. No description can convey nn adequate idea of the size and solidity of this man- sion. It has been ander construction for two years. Years previous to that, the lodge and stables were erected, stables which in themselves resemble a baronial cattle. When complete the residence will un- doubtedly be the most expensive and elaborate to be found in the Dominion of Canada, and will vie with', those to be found at least anywhere on the Am- erican oontinent. What the cost will be no one knows, but it will probably be no lass than $1,000,000. The house has become one of the show places of the city, and sight -seers are not considered to have completed their rounds until they visit what is sometimes carp- ingly referred to as "Pellatt's Folly." De- spite these and similar slighting remarks, one cannot but feel an admiration fore the conception and execution of the idea. Where the Money Comes From. Sir Henry Pellatt's career on the sea of Canadian finance has been marked by ups and downs, but chiefly ups. The buoy- ancy uoyancy of Canadian business during the past few years has carried him well forward. While he has not yet been regarded as one df the most wealthy men in the coun- try it is known that he has acquired a very large fortune, and that a number of hie ventures have been attended with re- markable success. This is a fact which is not fully appreciated by Canadians, who regard his present venture in the castle building line as a piece of erratic extravagance. As an example of his success, it may be noted that in purchasing the site of his residence he made a remarkable coup. That was some years ago, when land even as close to the city as the site is was selling, not at so much a foot, but in block by the more. Sir Henry purchas- ed the entire block from Spadina Avenue west to Bathurst street and from the face of the hill north to St. Clair Avenue, re- taining what amounte to two or three city squares for the site of his reeidenee, but sub -dividing the rest and seliinelee under'. restrictions as .a 'high clams beentiai- district. It is stated that he was able to acquire the land at what figured siltat about $3 a foot frontage and that .what he sold netted him about $45 a foot front- age. It is now selling much higher than that, some of it perhaps as high as $100 a foot, but in this instance, at least, Sir Henry was willing to let somebody else got some of the profit. It is probable that this single land transaction netted him enough to pay the entire cost of his mansion. And this ie not the only real estate deal that Sir Henry has partici-' ported in during the last five years. A Hydro -Electric Opponent. At the time of hie absorption by' the Mackenzie -Mann interests, Sir Henry held a controlling interest in the stock of the Toronto Electric Light Co. He had always been very optimistic. about the future of this company, and on every recession of the stock had boughtlarge blocks of it. Rumor has it that in the transaction by which the Company was sold to the Toronto Street Railway and allied interests, Sir Henry Pellatt secured a cool million in cash. He was one of the original promoters of the Electric Devel- opment Company, and was exceedingly annoyed because the certainty of tre- mendous profits in this venture was modi- fied by the competition of the Ontario Government with its Hydro -Electric policy. It is frequently stated that Sir Henry's lack of tact had much to do with the an. tagonism which developed between Sir James Whitney and the Electric capital- ists. Another financial transaction which il- lustrates Sir Henry's tactics is said to have occurred in connection with'the stock of a salmon -packing industry in British Columbia, known on the stock exchange as B. C. Packers. At a period of dull times, shortly after its organization; the stock of this company fell on evil days. Sir Henry did not know anything about, salmon packing himself, but he engaged two experts at a price of $5,000 to visit British Columbia and- go into the possi• bilities of the industry. They reported that the Company was all right. Sir Henry immediately began buying the stock, which was selling around $30 or $40 a share, and before anyone realized what had happened ho had a controlling inter- est in the company. The views of hie experts proved well founded, and the stock is now worth several times what Sir Henry paid for it. In this was an- other mint of money for the venturesome capitalist. Sir Henry ie on the boards of a score or more leading financial companies, and has more or lees substantial interests in them all. leis hobby is horticulture. His green- houses are the equal of any to be found in Canada. Toronto's Food OM. Produce a Vapor Which Renders Them Invisible. Capt. Faber, M.P., at a recent meeting of the British Navy League in London made some remarkable statements as to the capabilities of German airships. A German officer who had made the voyage, said Capt. Faber, had told him that the vessel had travelled 1,000 miles, re- maining aloft twenty-nine hours with a crew of twenty-eight In -en. This airship could, in case of emer- gency, produce a vapor which would prevent it being seen and was also provided with et covering which ren- dered it invisible. By. the side of the helmsman was a map of the country beneath which automatically unrolled as the air- ship went forward. Moreover, the airship was provided with a camera with a special Goerz lens which, when turned down enabled an ac- curate view of the country to be taken. Germany has now thirty- eight airships and thirty more on order. Often the Case. When a girl begins to worry her- self sick because she's too tall it's because of some man who's too short. Some person with a taste for figures has been working out how much food Toronto consumes in a year. He has arrived at the result that no lees than 460,0,00,000 pounds of food -stuffs aro required dnnu- ally to keep the wolf from the door in Toronto. In this it is figured that no lees than 14,257,811 dozen of eggs aro included. While the figure may look large, when it is divided up among the approximately half million citizens, it does not look out of the way. It provides for about 900 pounds per person per year, which is at the rate of about -only 21.2 pounds a -day, which does not seem exorbitant. It is figured that the value of a year's supply of food for Toronto is no less than $65,000;000. ' - On the "Boiled Water Waggon' Toronto has just been having another week en the "boiled water waggon,", as it turns out, all to no avail. Two years ago, when the intake. pipe broke, a large quantity of 'Nand was drawn into - the tunnel under the bay. The preaches "Before she married she was con- stantly on the look -out for a hus- band." "Weil?" "And since ;he got one she is still constantly ;In the look -out for him." The family remedy for Coughs and Colds, Shiloh coats so little nd does so much!'" TI •I WHITE tiL twu1UTTtomporom IFA R(yamM14klo[O ONYO UK4.eeF1. / //i�//�f// M �t ////sit 1nS..7• ✓-1F 3 . .-+vl 44. MANY MINISTERS DISAPPEAR. Nervous Breakdown and Overwork Account for Some. No fewer than 30 clergymen of the Church of England have been missed. since March of last year, with no explanation of their disap- pearance, according to the experts now engaged in the preparation of the new edition of "Crockford," says the London Chronicle. An the other hand, 10 incumbents and curates who had been missing from their parishes before they have been discovered by this many - eyed semi-official directory, so that the church has lost in all twenty of its ordained members in the last twelve months-. The compilers of "Crockford" express the opinion that nervous breakdown of hard -worked- clerics -a d disappearances while travelling abroad account for some of- the mys- teries, while the solution of others has been found afterwards in the transfer of clergymen to the world of business without any intimation having been made. The list has -grown so large, com- prising now some 400 missing clergymen, that the edition to make its appearance next month all those who disappeared more than ten years ago are to be taken out. If woman makes all the trouble in life it's woman who makes life worth all the trouble. Mother—No, dear, you mustn't eat any candy to -day. Don't you know it is bad for your complexion? Daughter—Well, 3 know it makes my complecshun awful sticky, but it washes off. I" Pink Eye, • v For A-4 + 8. Fever rand Catarrhal EpizooticSh Fevner.ing Sure cure and positive preventive, no matter how horses at any age are infected or "expoeod." Liquid, given on the tongue, acts on the Blood and Glands, expels the poisonous germs from the body. Cures Distemper iu Dogs and Sheep, and Cholera in Poultry. Largest selling live stock remedy. Cures La Grippe among human beings and is a fine kidney remedy. Cut this out. Keep it. Show it to your druggist, who will get it for you. 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