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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1936-02-13, Page 3Suit Your Type Select Becoming Colors Plenty To Choose Froin What . color will you choose for your new cuitfit? Time and time again this vexing getestion crops up. Bet You'll have plenty to select from this season, as shades are particularly Varied. Many have borrowed the rich, deep colorings of a. bygone century. Reels that stand out vividly or darken to a rich rose wine, berry shades with a bluish tinge. • •••-•-•-•-•-•-1,4 Greens vary from a 'bright Robin Hood,' lime and olive, on to subdued The Queens Hall Murder By Adam Broome 11,-4-4-•••••••••••••-•••-•••-•-•-•-+......•4444 **U SYNOPSIS/ SIGNOR AR) LLi, of Milan, a tam. ous composer, is about to make his first appearance in London. lie is to cottliuct tho first performance of a syn- nitonq of his own composition at the Queen's Hall, The event has aroused very {treat interest. The hall is crowd- ed, and millions of listeners aro waiting for the performance to come over the radio, Parent makes his entrance, and mis- hit his baton suddenly collapses. Medical aid is immediately forthcom- ing, but it is obvious that the man is dead. in the audience are two young people, Lottiee lluntou and Stlien Carton. "Thanks --I will," said Doctor Me - hay in answer to the D.O.'s offer of a drink. He settled himself, noisily, comfortably in the chair. Weeks groaned inwardly*. IN/lethally look the sort of man who would treat the ritual of drinks before dialler as a mere formality. The Doctor, fortified by his whisky and sada and a large helping of chipped potato flakes,'anehovy sandwich and stuffed olives„" began an account .of. Itis taste journey which was certainly 'lengthy and which just as certainly promised to be long. There was nothing for the `.:;a:st- ant D.C. to do but follow suit and hope for the best and ho made a consdei'able raid on what the M.O. pact left of the "small chop." Sudden- Iy there came a diverson. The distant flickering of the lightning became more frequent, its brightness in ore intense. There was a sudden gust of wind through the. open `windows of the veranda. The first heavy drops of rain began to patter heavily on the corrugated iron roof above. Im- mediately each of the three men left his seat, and a couple of servants rushed up from the kitchen behind to close the shatters and windows be- fore any harlti'was done. In the midst of the clatter of bolts and the howling of the wind outside, the curtains which hung over the pas- sageway from the bungalow were pushed aside, and an eerie-Io•oking fig;nre in a sou -wester and oilskin cape appeared. The apparition quick- ly removed the hat. and a smiling face, black, but not comely, snub- nosed and pockmarked, and showing a huge row of even white teeth, was disclosed. Westcott turned. He had iiniehe 1 securing the bolts of the shutter which had fallen to his lot, and had just saved the petrol lamp from being blown out by an extra large sire in draughts. "Hullo Alilnannt --you done come earl;,-.' "Pttatncaster d.,ne say the mail conte by first train and I hurry -- quick --bad storm come this night." The mail carrier brought up the mail -bag from railhead, three days' march for the more leisured white loan, but not more than twenty-four hours' hard marching: for the native carrier encumbered only by the saeln "Tie luck indeed," cried the M.O., "the+ugh tt uth it is that my mail usually brings in nothing but a spate of bills, which I've neither the money nor the inclination to pay. Why not give us a tune on the fiddle while we read the news from the darlings we've left behind?" Westeott had opened the sack and began to distribute the letters, It was Weeks who had the lion's share. "It's always the way: the young- ster gets the most. He's net been out long enough yet to be forgotten." Tho Doctor's tone was jovial, but there was an undercurrent of bitter- ness in it all the same. The Assistant D.C. gathered to- gether his pile with eagerness. 'West- eott, when he had finished the dis- tribution, and each man had his own collection of letters and newspapers on the floor beside his chair, sat down and, putting the rest of. his mail aside, fingered a small. round flat parcel done up in brown paper and sealed with red wax. "That's funny," he said, half to himself, "What's wrong, Westeott?" asked the M.O. "My usual monthly ration of 'cello strings," answered the D.C. "But mine are ordered regularly from London. This lot's got the Bright - mouth postmark and the name of ;sante shop I can't remember, D'you mind ir I open it and see if it's all right?' The other two agreed, and West- eott. cut the string and enwrapped the paper covering. A little. card- board music string box was disclosed to view. "Seems all right. But I don't quite understand why it's not from the same place as usual," He opened the box, and took out a little package ill his hand. Then he closed his hand to ascertain more definitely the nature of the contents. And then a strange thing happen- ed—The District Commissioner drop- ped -back in his chair, his face death- ly white. The sweat rolled down his forehead in great beads. The pack- age which he had been holding 'fell from his Iimp hand: the muscles of an his limbs were convulsed and cou- to•rled in ghastly wn'ithings, Doctor Mahaffy was out of his seat in a flash. He bent over Westcott's limp body. He was quickly joined by the Assistant D.C. "Speak man ---speak! What's the matter?" shouted the M.D. to the unheeding Westeott. "My God — he can't—he's---dying. What's the mean- ing of this?" ,k ,' CHAPTER VIII Chief Inspector Tal4on, with a look of triumph an his fare, and suppressed eagerness in his voice, continued speaking— "We knew quite well that if the theories on which we are working were correct, a mould of some sort must have .been made ill this case. It - was out of the question, on the s y. as we know them, that Pratt's ke could have been oil its ring at the same time as Ilowlandsou's, The thief would have been tacking far too great a risk. And as we know from Professor Pratt's own statement, he had never missed it for long periods —it was never out of his possession for very long eat a time and even then when he was actually working in the laboratory. So that the mouldor impression must have been hastily made in the laboratory itself. (To Be Continued) "Peace is the greatest of British interests. Everyone is agreed about that."—Viscount Cecil. JAMES STEWART HEATING EXPERT Says': "Forced draft methods of hcatiag are itot only expensive, but unsafe use 'blue coal' and be sure."' hues that give an almost fated ap- pearance. Lots of black is shown in Paris, with brilliant cams intl'oduced as yoke, belt or scarf. Royal blue, steel grey and purple are also featured, while tangerine and green, red and, blue, orange and turquoise effective- ly combine in day and afternoon frocks. A famous dressmaker once gave a word of advice: "Always keep the color of your eyes and hair in mind when choosing fabrics." This is very sound, as there are certain shades that can absoltitely overshadow year own coloring. Women can be broadly divided into four types. Those with . soft, rather delicate, coloring, the florid, the dark complexioned, and those whose color- ing is indefinite. The fair complexioned (by this blondes alone are not referred to,. but also the fair skinned brunettes), can afford to wear bright shades, as the fairness of their skin subdues color to a certain extent. Green, blue and black for the golden haired, and red, blue, orange for her darker sister. The swarthy type can wear green, shades. of brown and orange to good effect. Those with florid coloring. should select the rich, subdued tones of the berry shades, but they will find that black or navy will do more to help them to soften their super- fluous coloring than anything else. Color, to give a touch of relief, can be introduced at the neck in the form of collar and cuffs, scarf or waist belt. As to the "in-between" type, who are neither dark nor fair, select bright shades. You can wear shades. that. are colorful without being too bril- liant. rilliant. Quint Set The Fashion It is human nature for the mass to fix its attention on and follow the examples of the chosen few. With the passing of time those- ex- amples have been broadly labelled "fashion" and Canada ;las no mord important leaders of fashion than the Dionne Quintuplets. It is no exaggeration to gay that the bulk of the recent arrivals in this country — and others -- are having their clothes, their daily rou- tine, their diets, in fact weir very lives, determined by the Quints, And, taken by and large, it seems a very sensible practice for that time,• at least, that the Callander babes remain under the supervision of their "commonsense" physician, Dr. A. R, Defoe. Latest fashion set by the Quints is that of being immunized to diph- theria. The result of the press story announcing this precaution was a GO per cent increase in the "first dos- es" of toxoid given to Toronto children over the average eor the year. According to figures supplied the Toronto Social Hygiene Council by the city's clinics 01 first doses were given at 11 clinics over the two flays immediately following the story. .. Woman Kept Silence For Twenty -Five Years Miss Eloise lteinzi, former teach- er of seven languages, who in the pitst 25 years had never .conversed with her Charlestown, Mass;, neigh- bors, not permitted anyone to cross the threshold of her home, flied after being taken. to hospital. Police, summoned by nearby residents, bat- tered down the locked door of her house and :found her lying on the floor with a fractured lett leg. Because the 90 -year-old woman refused to let anybody in the house, the building was without electricity, water or gas, all of which had been turned off years ago. She would not tell how long she had been lying in, her home with an injured leg. Neighbors said that they notified police when she failed to be seen .for several days. The Buying Sex WASHINGTON -- Feminine taste is an important factor In American journalism, Eleanor A'fedill Patterson editor-inchief of the Washington Herald, told the convention of the American Association of'Teachers of +Tou1'nalisin here recently. "Fifty to 75 per cent of newspaper. reactors today are women," she said. "And if they are not, they should be • because at least 50 per cent of the • buyers,today are Ice111en." Women Ien a ' • rs Take Hon LONI:DON, - Of recent years wpm- en farmers of the British Isles have been steadily proving that they cull' hold their own with the more astute hales in the ancient art of agricul- ture. Last year at the great fat stock 'shows which come in December, the stook shown by several women la.nd- oivnesrs gained championships And tris year; while not as litany women were exhibiting, the honors gained by thein were just .as interesting. A comparative newcomer, Lady Ev- Cline Maud Robinson, widow of Sir elm Robinson, had a small group of Aberdeen Angus cat'lo from her Kirklington Hall estate near Newark Nottinghamshire, at the Norwich, Birmingham and London Smithfield shows. At Norwich her heifer Tris of ISirklingion animal reserve. Lady 110 - champion and at Birmingham she also Won the supreme honor with another "{irkling'on animal reserve, Lady 110- binson thus won three challenge tro- phies worth approximately $1,500 and '$150 in cash prizes Later at the final court of appeal for all fat stock, Smithfield Fat Stock phew fa the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, Tris was again reserve to the supremo champion of the show, 'se champion this time being another Angus heifer shown by 3. S. Cridlan of Maisemore Park. Another titled lady whose stock has won several prizes at the English shows was Baroness Burton with An- gus stock from her Inverness estate In fact these two ladies, along with H. M. the King and Mr. Cridlan just about provided all the champions and runners-up at Smithfield. Fanny, La- dy Leon of B1,'tehley Park, also had 'one or two angel,: showing at Lon - 'In, but could scarcely reach the charmed sires of champions. At the Scottish National Fat Stock Show at Edinburgh where last year Mrs. Brewster Cirant won tho sup- reme ellampionuhip, sincere regret was expressed on all sides when word Came of hor death the day before the show. Seven of her animals were for. ward. and look a good share of the pries. As mual Miss E. M. Smith of Kenncrty, Peterculter, the noted Clydesdale horse and Shorthorn cat- tle breeder, was forward with sever- al prize winning pure bred and cross bred steers, to mention only a few of the landed proprietresses who are playing an important part in improv- ed farm practice in the Old Country. Exarninatio Of the examiners, (From the Peterboro Examiner) They have been making aa investi- gation in England into the question of examinatons—both school and Civil Service tests—and the findings leave exponents of the examination system with a lot of explaining to do. It has been shown for example that not on- ly are the markings 'widely dilf+:rent when done by more than one board, but that the same examiners do not always see the same answers in tho same way. The investigating committee sent a set of papers to examiners who had marked the identical papers a year before and this time the marks were quite different. Similarly when answ- ers were submitted to seven different groups of examiners there was a var- iance in the results that wa:s man - Mg. Finally two squads of examiners, some of then i11 the Civil Service, were called upon to test 20 centiid- ates by the viva voce method and to; place tileni in order of merit, and it was discovered that the pupil who Was harked first by No 1 panel was put in thirteenth place by the other' panel and the first place studeat sel- ected by the second panel was only rated eleventh by the first, So much emphasis is placed on the l importance of examinations both dur- ing school years and afterward that the Publishing of these findings has ceased somewhat of a sensation in England' and already steps have been taken to improve the system. At the same time another very progressive MOTs has been undertaken in the de- cision to abolish the matriculation ex. aminations, except in the case of pu- pils who intend to enter 113e nni1crsi- ties, and to substitute a leaving cer- tificate, showing the student to have completed his secondary education. These are developments that should be of more than passing interest to educators in our own country. Is our system of examinations any More aC- cus'a,te than that followed in England, and isn't it about time that we toe got away from the fetish of matricit ration which 9110111(1 only concern a comparatively small pereentago of the students in our secondary schools? �IIlli�ili6�(i;I�Iliu.�9lGll�liill�ll!1i1�41111�11111tAlllii69111111�41111!I�Illill�l;IIL�II!IIPJ11111i�&'lllll�lllll�illll�lllL'i�iill1�11111�11111�111IIR�,� T he ook helf 13Y MAID ill. MORGAN L'1111111g olli i 3iiiia UJsilu ai;f,1s .zICtaumiillll liCl i rgoligui I nimE,'lllliiGiiI11iguillf. ini gli;GIB°cou "Down The ICE" by Foster He- witt (Reginald Saunders, Toronto), $1.50 is a volume long -needed on Canada's national sport. 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