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Through the darkened streets
of air -raided London, under the
probing rays of the searchlights,
pretty French -born Emilienne
Gerard ran to safety, seeking
the arms of the man she loved.
Shrapnel hissed down into the
empty roadways. Every now and
then the shuddering crash of an
explosion drove her into the
shelter of a friendly doorway.
It was a night of death
and the stage was set for murder.
The warning sounds had
driven most of the foreign popu-
lation of Soho to the sleep safety
of the Underground. Desperately,
Emilienne told herself that if
one of the bombs were marked
with her name she would pre-
fer to die with her sweetheart,
Louis Voisin.
Shelittle knew that Louis was
deep in the passionate embrace
of another woman. She little
knew that slender, sultry -eyed
Berthe Roche was already her"
rival.
Inthe, turbulent, shifting sea
of war -time London, Berthe
Roche loved her man with the.
swift hell -cat intensity of a fiend.
She was playing a game of
dangerous kisses with Louis
Voisin, one kiss for every. bark
Of an ack-ack gun ...and love
suddenly turning to terrible hate
at the sound of Emilienne's
footsteps on the basement stairs.
Voices were raised in the Soho
night. Like a tigress, Berthe
sprang at Emilienne, raining
blows _on. her head. Then she
seized a poker. and struck again,
till Emilienne sank in "'a sea of
blood.
Louislooked down at her
callously. A butcher by trade,
he must have noticed that
Emilienne still breathed, that.
her heart still beat. But Berthe
whispered feverishly, insistently, ,
in his ear: "Kill her! Strangle
her!" Like a man in a trance
Louis Voisin seized- a twisted
towel
And with demoniac cruelty
Berthe Roche must have laughed_
as she glimpsed the next grim
phase. A fake murder plotted
to hide a real murder! But first
the bock of Emilienne Gerard
must be cut to pieces, dissected
with butcher's, skill.
Next morning Berthe . was up
early, busy with •'buckets of
water, telling a neighbour that
Voisin had killed a calf and
stained his clothes. It took a
day to interweave all the loose •
threads of the,plan she 'had ..con-
ceived in her evil brain. And
first a bottle of blood had to . be
taken to Emilienne Gerard's flat
and smeared on the walls: The
head and hands of the unfortu-
nate woman were stowed in
bran in a cask in Louis Voisin's
coal -cellar.
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Oedi-Puss - Oedipus Wu, a Sia-
mese sealpoint kitten, poses pa-
tiently in a brandy glass with
some of the awards he is buck-
ing for at the 37th Annual Em-
pire Cat Club Show.
Choose Stainless Steel TaJ*ware Carefully
By EDNA 2NJLES
Il+i a very short time, stainless steel has come out of the kitchen
and into the dining room, where It graces the table in eompaoY
with good china and crystal.
Nearly every housewife has some stainless steel in her kitchen'
which she uses for stirring or other food preparation. • Thus, €
wonders how the more expensive stainless (selling ter- Whin"
$9 a place setting) diners from the cheaper varieties that off
a set for four persons at a mere 810.
The answer, as always, lies k quality. First, there's a ,matter
of finish. Unlike the inexpensive stainless, the quality stainless&
!has no rough edges and is buffed to bring out the lasting, high'
'luster of the stainless itself.
Many brides -to -he are picking stainless steel as . their only
tableware in starting out. Later on, they can add sterling, but
at the outset they have one good quality set that will serve
handsomely both for family and guests,
In shopping for stainless, then, Watch for hollow handles on
knives and graded pieces. Graded pieces are those tapering in
thickness toward the edge of the spoon bowls, handles . and tips
of fork tines, just as in the best sterling.
Such grading improves the appearance, feel and balance of the
tableware, The woman buying stainless should, always hold
piece in her hand and inspect it carefully for such qualities,•
Stainless is usually most beautiful in very simple designs, but
there are a number of patterns on the market today from which
the housewife can choose.
Designers no longer translate silver designs into stainless; they
design for the stainless itself.
Then the less easily identifi-
able remains were parcelled and
carried easily through. -the desert-
ed dawn. . Knowing that her
rival was now safely out of the
way, Berthe turned to her lover
with a • ferocity of renewed de-
light:
Such was the crime that
startled London during the dos-
ing months of World War 1.
Amid the fallen leaves in -Re-
gent Square, a roadman noticed
a bundle wrapped up in a meat
sack. It contained the ghastly
torso.'
How could it be identified?
To Chief Inspector Wensley of
Scotland Yard the problem pre-
sented no difficulties.. Despite
her cunning, Berthe • had over- ,
looked three tiny threads of,;red
.
cotton on a sheet, threads form- .
ing the laundry -mark "II H."
It took only a matter of hours
to inquire. through all the local
laundries for two miles: around
and trace the mark to Emilienne
Gerard. Her neighbours. had still'.
notnoticed her absence, for she.
had a husband serving with the•
French Army and was . some-
times permitted to go to see him:
But 'a quick scrutiny of her flat
showed Wensley that Emilienne`
had taken a longer journey. .
He noticed the =stains on the
Walls with interest, for, to- the,
eyes of the . police, .'there
was not enough blood for such .
• a murder. Emilienne's flat, at all
events, was not the scene of the
crime. •
Inquiries b e g an into the
French -woman's known compan-
ions. A man came forward who
had dined with her on the night
of .:ie air-raid, and she had said
nothing of leaving London. This
was important, for as soon as
Voisin was traced the butcher
swore that when he had last
seen Emilienne she had told him
she was going to see her hus-
band.
The ward "Belgiam" had been
detected on a piece of brown
paper found with the body. Five
times Voisin was asked to write
"Belgium" . and five times he
misspelt it "Belgiam." And with
a calm that nearly fooled the
police, Berthe Roche said that
she knew nothing of any quarrel,
that she had never set eyes on
Mme. Gerard.
Voisin, too, spread his hands
in bewilderment as the police
talked of crime. But when an
ear -ring, identified as Emilienne's
was found in his kitchen, the
detectives searched farther. In
the cask, in the semi -darkness
of the cellar, they found more
remains hidden in sawdust.
Berthe broke into screaming
abuse of her companion. And
now Voisin told a different tale,
the story he and Berthe had
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Plan For Peace - Bearded Albert S. Falk will soon visit United
Nations members to urge them to tryhis plan for world peace.
Falk, 62, believes that the elimination of poverty would bring
peace to the globe. This, he says, can be accomplished by a 2 per
cent federal tax on all busing s and manufacturing transactions,
receipts to be.given to adult itxens of the various countries at
the rate of $60 to $31;00 - {month regardlessof income.
concocted together to mask'
guilt.
Berthe professed to speak lee
English and every ' word had t9
be translated..., •
She heard the judge solemnly,,
pronounce the death sentence
over Louis Voisin in ' French:
But Mr. Justice Darling directed
the jury that she could not lac
convicted of wilful murder. Smits-.
mg secretly to herself, she heard.
instead a•sentence of seven years'
penal servitude as an accessory.
But what dread nightmares
must have been hers in the pri-
son cell?. Within two years she
died, -a...raving madwoman. The
'Devil• had claimed her for his
own.
-From an article in "Tit -Bits"
by Mark Priestley.
TIIIIMN FRONT
John:'
When Pearl White wee cling-
ing desperately to a cliff by her;
Finger nails- over a pit of alliga-•a
tors and Williams S. Hart was;•
wiping out desperadoes in the,
Wild West with blazing six
guns, few people predicted that
motion pictures would serve any. -
purpose other than entertain-
ment.
*
In recent years, however, the
motion picture industry has
been • producing a new type of
film which is capturing public
attention. While some of these
films are produced in Holly-
wood, most are shot on location
- on a farm, • in a factory, a
country store, a newspaper of-
fice, a chemical laboratory or a
mine shaft,
* *
These are known as informa-
tional films and tell the story of
an industry, a business, an or-
ganization or a product lend
while thousands of dollars are -
spent annually in Canada in the
production of films of this iia-'
ture, . they are usually available
to the public without charge.
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To the average Canadian .far-
mer such films are a key to a
new world. They not only show
him how to produce better crops
and increased yields through
scientific agriculture, hut take
him back stage in enclustry
where he can see for himself
the complexities involved in the
manufacture of goods which
have contributed much towards
a better Canadian standard of
living.
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informational Mine are. nsual-
ly 16 millimetk production,
with sowed, black and •white or
color .(the trend is towards vol -
or), and •have a running time
of 10 to 30 minutes.
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Examples of the free film fare
available to rural and urban
• groups are 'several informational
films depicting the diverse roles
of chemistry in farm, home, in-
dustry and recreation produced
by Canadian Industries Limited.
.Subjectsxange from how to pro-
duce a better crop of potatoes
by proper fertilization and pest
control to the training of hunt-
ing dogs.
The company's 1,954 film este-
logue is available to anyone
who writes C_ -I-L• 's Motion Pic-
ture _Section, Box 10, Montreal.
Speedy Wrier .
Shorthand writer George Gal-
loway has just estimated that in
the past twenty-five years he has
written {WO hundred million
words.
Mr, Galloway once recorded in
a single day 64,000 words in the
Central Criminal Court at the
Old Bailey, Not only does he
write seven varieties of short-
hand, but he once achieved the
wonderful speed of 250 words a
minute for twenty minutes.
The utterances of judges, bar-
risters and . witnesses in many of
Britain's most famous trials have
been taken down by this remark-
able man. Now he's gone to the
United States where, in a neW
job, he will prove that machines
will never effectively replace
skilled men and women short-
hand Writer.
C4'licn Mr. Galloway was ask-
ed why he took the trouble to
learn -seven different kinds of
shorthand, he explained. that they
enable hint to switch from one
to the other to relieve the mon-
otony of tong and tedious trials.
rids bride-to-be carefvily •9n t'eefs a stainless steel %Poon, for,
finish and grading, two qualities that spell the difference between
Flood tableware and the less expensive variety, The pattern she
is inspecting its wailed "Ballet."
"The Will To
Work"
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LESSON
Edgar Andrew Collard, Editor
of the Montreal Gazette, per-
formed a signal service when he
warned Canadians in a recent
speech that the greatest present
danger is that one • of mankind's
greatest weaknesses -his disin-
clination to work -is undergoing
an "unprecedented exploitation."
He pointed out that instead of
being condemned, this disinclina-
tion to work is almost being
exalted into a social virtue and
a progressive aim. "It is being
suggested that work is a neces-
sary evil that the present society
may render more and more un-
necessary. It is not surprising,"
he said, "that converts are easily
won to so attractive a philoso-
phy."
•
There is increasing evidence
that markets are becoming
strongly competitive and no pro-
ducer can compel customers to
buy goods or services at prices
higher than they are able or
willing to pay. The major cost
of any product is the labour
which goes into it, from the raw
material state until it reaches
the hands of the ultimate con-
sumer. If that cost continues to
- else `with:out' any compensating
increase in the number of units
produced, a sales resistance is
developed which could spell
disaster.
The formula of fewer hours
and higher pay, with no increase
in production per man hour, is
hardly one that can continue in-
definitely if Canada is to remain
in business as a successful com-
petitor. Mr. Collard said, "The
fate of Canada's merchant marine .
has been a grim warning. The
cost of operating this fleet has
rendered it increasingly unable
to compete with deepsea shipping
under the registry of most other
nations. What has happened
here could also happen to many
.other Canadian industries."
As the speaker pointed out,
the disinclination to work does
not characterize any one group
or class of Canadians, but is in
fact becoming generalized as a
way of life, Even the schools,
at times, instead of .resisting and
correcting this attitude, almost
seem to reflect and confirm it.
Pleas for less homework, short-
er hours, and longer holidays
certainly do not help to develop
the strength of character re-
quired to recognize 'work as
something to be welcomed
rather than shunned. Molly -
Br Res R h Warren t3 Pi. 8S7
Sight for Man's Blindness
John . 9: 24-38
Memory Selection: One thing A
know, that, whereas X 'was blinds
now X see. John 9:25
Blindness is one of the most
grevious afflictions. The healing
of .this man who was born blind
should have brought gratitude
from all. But the Pharisees would
not accept this plain sign that
Jesus was the Christ, the Son of
God. The healed man was very
patient in answering. the ques-
tioning of the Pharisees. When
they said that Jesus was a sinner,
he replied, "Whether he be a sin-
ner or no, I know not one thing
I know, that, whereas I was
blind, now I see." He was not
in .a position to argue in theologi-
cal terms but the experience was
to him a grand reality. When he
had been cast out of the syna-
gogue by the bickering Pharisees
Jesus met him. He revealed Him-
self to this man as the Son of
God. The man believed and wor-
shipped.
Once an individual has exper-
ienced the touch of God in his
own life it is easy to believe the
record of miracles in the Bible He
has experienced a miracle in his
own life. He has turned from
darkness to light and from bond-
age to liberty. In an instant he
has come to the knowledge of
sins forgiven and become a new
creature in Christ Jesus. Jesus
Christ is his personal Saviour.
Unbelief is widespread today.
People believe those portions of
God's Word that pleases their
fancy. Argument in the finest
terms will not dispel this unbe-
lief. What we need is to behold
the miracle of changed lives.
Here is a demonstration+ that
everyone can understand. Let
us work and pray for a gracious
moving of God's Holy Spirit in
the world today. Neither govern-
ments nor scientists can take us
to moral recovery. We need God
and we need Him desperately.
When we draw nigh to Him He
will draw nigh to us.
If you're a windowsill garden-
er all winter long, decorate
your earthenware Hower pots by
painting them to match or ac-
cent the room's decor. The
leaves touching the rim of the
flower pot need protection from
the corrosive action of certain
soil elements which seep
through the clay pot. The an-
swer is to coat the rim with a
film of paraffin wax. First, melt
the wax in a large double boil-
er. Then, dip the rim of the pot
into the liquid until it is well
coated.
coddling at home and in the
schools does not help to temper
the steel of charatcer.-From "The
News Letter." issued by The Can-
adian Chamber of Commerce.
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One -Track Mind - According to his owners, Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Dooley, Ch. Bachgen Glan of liarha:Ti, or "Monte" to his friends,
is quite a thinker. And when he gets to thinking, the Welsh ter-
rier walks in a circle. The more he thinks the faster he walks
until finally he's thinking so furiously that he's going full steam
ahead. Oddity is that he makes et track that forms a circle as
perfect as a draftsman could draw, as seen above.
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