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The Ouiet
Famine With Abundanc c
It has been a, real tragedy that in a I
land of milk and honey, of or�,hards -
and vineyards, of,the finest apples and t
peaches, like Ontario, these things I
s for those who t
depend on commercial organizations
to supply them, while1liose who pro-
duce them, the farmers, the fruitmen,
the cattlemen, are unable to receive
anything like the amount that -con-
sumers In the city are willing to pay.
Fortunate people who have means of
h ave been able
to bring home great stores of fruit and
vegetables gladly given by farmers
who have no wNli,to see these things
going to waste. Yet the appalling fact
remains that the waste of our farma
due to the failure, of our commercial
system to distribute our produce
would sul)ply our cities with abim-
dance, What Is needed is adjustment.
surely a matter not beyond the ability
of a community so intelligent as the
Province of Ontario. Means of distri-
L)ution ,already exist to a certain ex-
tent, but we need a wider and com-
pleter system of parcel post, and we
require as wide an extension of pub-
Itcly owned radials as the country can
.,;upport. The farm and the city should
be nearer together in communication.
people in the cities are suffering for
the food that is going to waste on the
farm, and the people on the farms are
giving up their labors because they
cannot dispose of their products to the
people who are hungering for them.
The cooperative systems that have
been establishe'd in various countries
are badly needed here. Seven years
ago the apple -growers of the O'Kana-
gan Valley in British Columbia
adopted this system and they have
prospered ever since. Sensible People
do not choose failure rather than pros-
perity when they see there is a choice.
Building and Health Problems
At the recent meeting of the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects at Ottawa
Charles Harris Whitaker declared that
"credit has ceased to function as far
as the building industry is concerned
in this country and the United States,
and the industry has to a great ex-
tent passed frofn the hands of con*
tractors and architects Into the hands
of bankers and credit men." Bankers,
he held, were dictating the kind of
buildings to be erected, with the re-
sult of paralyzing the business. It
may be noted that very rarely
financial men interfere in the ,,=
and management of a technical Indus-
try beyond their legitimate function
of financing, do they succeed. The
architect or builder would do no
better if he insisted on Interfering in
the affairs of his banker. The banker
has a right -to Inquire as to the shill
and integrity of his builder. He is fOOl-
ish if he fails to do this. He is equal-
ly foolish, having satisfied himself in
these respects' if he fails to trust him.
Mr. Whitaker v;ent on to speak of the
special lawa affecting building and
rents In New York. it was utterly Im-
possible he thought to pack more peo-
ple Into that city. No fewer than
33,0oo farms had been abandoned in a
single ye&r in New yorit State. The
housing Problem and the land problem
are linked together. Identified with
them 11 also the health problem, the
sanitatfox problem, the problem Of the
feeble-minded and others, These prob.
lems are being recognized by tOW11-
planners of the type of Mrs. E. A. Bar.
nett, a B. E. who has also been visit.
ing Ontario, 6ncl who Is known as all
energetic fighter against slum conoll,
tions. Her model village In HamP-
stead Heath shows as a result Of
greater
, air space, sunlight aid gar,
I den facilities the death rate is 89 Pei
cent less than the general death ratc
of London, which is itself low among
great cities. The Hampstead Garder
suburb could be desirably duPlIcatee
near any Canadian city which con
trolled its own transportation, ano!
something of the kind is imperativ(
it the congestion of the larger cities if
continued. Health Is a gift Only to N
had under such conditions as thew
model dwelling places provide. Sucl
enterprises, besides, are profitable to
InTestolm.
Canadian Horse in Battle
I Major-General Seely gave prol:
I ably the most vivid, graphic and ell
thralling account of the services rer
dered by any branch of the Canadia:
Army that has yet been heard in Car
ada in an address to the Empire Clu�
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i � of Toronto, dealing with the exPIOIL
; of which la,
� of the Canadian cavalry,
,;� �, � was commander. Nothing could hav
I ,�� I I taste than Generp
11 been in finer
I . � Seely,s impersonal self-suppresse
I i narrative. An outsider could not, s
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.11 completely have eliminated, as he ollo!
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� ,� e in the operations. Soul
If . his own shar
, of the incidents described WOtG of th
most thrilling character. The reg
� ments Included the R- C. D., th
iStratheona HOTse, the King Edwar.
Horse, the Fort Garry Horse, an
I � Mounted 'Rifle!
. � many regiments of
I'll They served as dismounted units to
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q, � long periods before the Battle of th
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- Somme. At Cambrai
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adopted which was afterwards used a
, t, the critical stage In -the attack on th
, � ridge at Moreuil in 1018, in each cas
. t giving complete success. This Was
, `!�� surprise -attack against -great number
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I.1', � carried out by ,encircling behind th
I � enemies, position and charging frOT
I � ,,� the rear. At Moreull the German
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� of Over a million bayonet
had a force 4 [ a witl
�� and General Gough advised
� drawal ' He acquiesced in Seely,
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; I dare-Kvil plan and the R, 0, D- In
, � sent through the German wire dur
� the night, and after they had Pen(
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I they spread out arid swept Overythlaa
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: own lines. The Germaliff thought thO
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I such tactics Implied the existence (
� * every on
I', 4,, a great force
� an'f gave Way' r beln
, of the eneffty in the secto
� � either killed or talten prisoner. Gel
I , oral Voth wrote General Seely a lettc
-Which he read In which this explO
..", was Mentioned. 91your brigade Bu,
ceeaed," said General 3?6chl 1� "by "
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nagnificent performance and Its un. �
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onquerable dash in first checking and I
nally breaking the enemy's -spirit of t
ttack. In the highest degree, thanks t
o your brigade, the situation, agoniz- 2
ng as It hpd been at the opening of I
he battle, was restored." Canada
may well be proud of the men who .1
won this unique compliment for the J
greatest soldier of the Great War. I
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Coal Means Food .
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Conditions in the Old Country are '
thought by many to depend on Tegula- :
tions and policies of one kind and an- '
other, but the foundation part of the .
situation, as has frequently enough '
been pointed out, Is that Great Britain
Is an Island with more people in Its '
territory than It can feed, and that
these people -are dependent for their '
food to a very large extent on what
they buy from outsiders. Before the
war It was estimated that there nev�er
was more than six weeks, provisions
in the island. This fall, it was stated,
at times as low as a throe weeks' sup-
ply, During the war by heroic meas-
ures both In production and in ration-
ing It was estimated that nine months'
supplies,were produced domestically.
Which means, under the most rigorous
conditions, the people of Great Brit-
ain would be entirely dependent for
h tside supplies. It
those were cut off, in three months
there would be few or no survivors. It
Is imperative therefore that , Great
Britain shall have easy access to
ample supplies. This is where the
trade situation enters. Great Britain
must pay for what she gets and as
money is not value in itself, but only
represents value, she can only pay by
her exports. She has been Importing
so much more than she exports that
her money has ceased to represent
value, and is taken as credit in tile
United States at a -discount of about
twenty per cent, in Canada at a dis-
count of about ten per cent. The only
way this difference can be balanced is
by greater production and export.
Coal is one Of the things that Britain
can supply, and which is in demand,
and this is why the coal miners'
threatened strike has such serious as-
pects, and their policy of short pro-
duction is nationally so serious. It is
not merely coal for which the miners
are working. On their coal production
depends largely the supply of food it-
self to the people of Great Britain, for
coal largely pays for the food brought
into the country. The same, of course,
Is true in degree of all the other ex-
porting industries of the country. _
Coal Miners' Explanation'
Ben C. Spoor who Is on this con-
thient as a del4ate to
gress of the Brotherhood Movement
in Washington, has not neglected
Canada, and as one of the outstanding
labor M. P.'s in the British House of
Commons his address at the Canadian
Club in Toronto, has attracted wide at.
tention. If he had been announced as
representing one of the universities
the elegance, the eloquence and the
culture of his speech could not have
been bettered. He spoke of the unrest
In Britain which he did not Seek to
palliate, but suggested that the situa.
tion existed equally in other parts of
the world. There was a great deal of
misunderstanding as to what -the
miners really wanted. Representing a
large mining -area himself he knew the
hopes and ambitions of the men and
he never wanted better. or more coura�
geous friends. Mr. Spoor dilated or
the pre-war conditions under whicl,
these men labored, and the strugglE
that had been maintained beforE
women and children of seven to
twelve years of age had ceased to
. work In the pits 12 and 14 hours a day
some of them for years never seeffif
daylight. Previous conditions must b(
remembered If the present were to b(
understood.
The miners had succeeded In build
Ing up an exceedingly powerful organ]
zation, the biggest in Britain, and tc
i day they were making greater de
m -ands than ever, He thought th,
. out of the fac
that two years ago - the governmen
had set up a Coal Commission Prc
sided over by one of the ableE
lawyers in the country� it would hav
been impossible to find a more. jud
. cially minded man. The recommendE
. tions of this commission were to b
1. accepted, It was agreed, by -all partiei
but the government refused to accer
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) the recommendations made, and th
3 miners felt that they had been fooleo!
i in consequence a temper was createo
and largely aggravated by the gOverl
I The miners are now asl
I ment policy.
I Ing that a portion of tile huge profit
) of the coal mines be paid to then
This demand, Mr. Spoor considere
I was a perfectly reasonable one I
� . of the facts and the recommendi
I view .
I tions of the Sankey Commission. The
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) were no better off than before the wa-
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nd be would be surprised It the gov-
raiment allowed the situation to de- S
elop, along such dangerous lines. As
me brought up among them he re-
iudiated the accusation that the
ainers had adopted the policy of "cal
anny,11 There were reasons for the
lrop in production. Machinery recom-
nendations had not been fulfilled and
here were transportation difficul,
les. The owners, believing natiouall- �Q
;ation fas in sight, toow good care not
o spend any money.
Having paid tribute to Robert
;mIllie as a man of character, in.
.egrity and capacity, he declared there
was something 'behind the demand for
nereased wages which could not be t
)xpressed in material terms. They c
were working as they never worked It
3efore for Improved status. TIxe
itilitarian philosophers had hold that I
men worked In order to escape want. I
Uunger drove them to work. This all-
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,ompelling force had been taken away t
ay the war. The war that swept away r
3mpires had brought greater changes I
AM. The men spared to come back E
i!rom the fields of battle came home C
with fixed ideas and resolved to have r
D. man's standing in a man's world. 0
rhey were not going back to the old t
order. They wanted equality In status f
and opportunity. They 'know, after (
rive years of cessation, of the lieed to E
produce. But they needed to know J
also what to produce. And they (
ew Incentive. The old (
motive power of hunger would work (
no longer. "I put It to You, gentle- I
ealed, "the best
work In the world was never done for
money. The appeal must be to a manps '
self-respect, his honor, his public
spirit." Mr. Spoor went on to dwell �
on the spiritual values involved in the
struggle, and the necessity of em-
bodying in our civilization the one
principle that will enable it to stand
the strain—the principle of brother-
hood. Ireland, India, Egypt, wanted
Independence, he observed. "I don't
want to see an independent Britain:
an Independent Canada. I want us to
understand how utterly luter-depen-
*dent we are. We want to -get a world
in which a repetition of the last six
years is Impossible, to find a path on
which our children may pass on to a
-%world of Which to -day we can only
dream.' '
RESTORING A SHABBY
UMBRELLA.
pon a well with
strong tea well sweetened, and you
will be delighted with the transforma-
tion. The tea restores the color of the
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fabric, and the sugar stiffens It.
THE CARE
AND FFEEMING
OF CHILDREN
BY ELINOR MURRAY
Registered According to
Copyright Act.
Baby is a hungry creature. It he is
not, there Is something wrong. When
he wakes, his first thought is to eat,
And It his desire were gratified he
would be sick. Many mothers who
feed their children with regularitY
while they are little, seem to neglect
this important thing as soon as th(,
young ones are on a diet of solid food.
How many babies of a year old you
see eating a biscuit when It is not
near a regular meal hour. The habit
of eating between meals is one of the
easiest to form and one of the worst
in its effects.
We know that when a baby refuses
his food something Is -%wrong. Either
he has been getting too much or some
element of the food is not right. His
food must be weakened or given less
often until he is really hungry for it.
older children should be hungry when
meal -time comes. If they are not.
something is wrong, and generally the
something is that they have been eat-
ing between meals. Generally it Is
candy. Children with naturally poor
appetites should be denied candy alto.
. gether except as an occasional dessert,
. Eating between meals should be ab.
. solutely forbidden, -too, for these chil-
. olren. Like the baby, the older child
� may have a, pooraiIpetite -because IIIE
; diet Is wrong. A healthy child eat,
L what Is put before him.
. I am taking it for granted, of course
od is of the righ,
) kind, Children dislike a montony a
. food, and rightly SO. If a child re
- fuses his food, let him do without unti
� he is hungry. Do not weakly substi
, tute cake or pie or candy for the re
t fused porridge or bread and butter
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, A certain firmness on the part of th(
I , mother is all that is necessary. I hav(
I been asked if a child could eat to,
.. much plain food. I have seen childre,
.. who had to have the amount of too(
9 given them limited, but, generally ,
.. child who draves too much in bulk t
I getting some element Of food in in
a sufficient quantity.
I- A knowledge of food value is absc
v lutely necessary to tile
1, growing children.
POEM -S .
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Christina Rossetti was born in London in 1828, She came from that versati
family in which the father and sons as well as the daughter were writei
artists, critics and poets. While still in her teens, Christina published a litt
volunie called "Maud'i Prose and Verse," and crude and morbid I as the ver
,work was it gave promise of better things, She, died In 1894.
UPHILL.
Does the road wind uphill all the way?
Yes, to the very end. '
Will the day's Journey take the whole long day?
'From morn to night, my friend.
But Is there for tife night a resting place?
A root for when the slow, dark hours begin.
May not the darkness hide it from my face?
You cannot miss that Inn.
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nhaii I meet other ,%wayfarers at night?
Those who have gone before. -
... Then I must knock, or call When just In sight?
They will not keep You standing at that door.
Shall I find comfort, travelf-so-re and weak?
of labour you shall find the suni.
. . Will there be beds for me and all who seelt?
-1 -1 � Yea, beds for all who come. Christina Georgina Rossetti.
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SHORT OF RAIL -
W AY MATERIAL
, .
ituation of Union Raises
Question of Country's Abil-
ity to Establish Own Steel
Industry,
A growing demand for railway
-ackage is reported from every part
f South Africa, The railways finol
ils demand diffictilt to meet, though
ew freight cars are constantly being
laced in service.
The South African Journal of Indus-
�ies estimates that In the union's an-
ual requirements of iron are included
7,000 tons of rails for the railways
nd mines; 5,000 tons of ,angles and ,
hannels; 21,000 tons of bar, bolt and ,
Dd irons; 8,000 tons of girders, beams
nd columns, as well as large quanti-
ies of plate and sheet Iron, bolts,
ancing, stnolards, drill steel, steel
astings and pig iron. All of this �an-
,000 tons. South
dries, possesses immense resources
f iron and coal; and the question of
stablishing a large iron and steel in-
�ustry in the union Is being seriously
-onsidered.
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L.ME CAME FROM
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" Bull " i Montana, Formerly Ice- I
man, Now Well -Known to,
Millions. I
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To those -who have marvelled at
the bulging muscular development of
"Bull" Montana, the ice man who has
risen to the ranks of featured film
actors, it will'be difficult to visualize
him as an artist's model. The "Bull's"
cauliflower ears, for one thing, are a
trifle too conspicuous.
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But that is the role "The Bull"
now is filling to the satisfaction of
Rex Ingram in the new Metro pro-
duction of "Hearts Are Trumps," the
spectaciiIar melodrama by Cecil Ral-
eigh. Clad in the classic but ab-
breviated attire of a Roman gladiator.
attracted so many visitors to the set
on which Director Ingram was work -
Ing at Metro's west coast studios in
Hollywood that it was necessary to
erect temporary walls about the stage
and bar all but members of the com-
pany.
The "Bull's" plunge into filmdom
-,was one to encourage any ambitious
amateur. He was attempting to beat
the H. C. of L. as it exists in New
York City by organizing himself into
a day and night shift. By night he
struggled on the mats of outlying
athletic club houses as a wrestler.
By day' he made use ofl,the unusual
muscular apparatus with which he hao
been endowed by nature in the more
plebian role of 1c6 Man.
Even with this strenuous program
the "Bull" found It difficult to keep
the wolf at a safe distance from the
door. In the midst of his struggles
Douglas Fairbanks chanced upon him
as he was shouldering an extra large
order of ler into a saloon In upper
Manhattan.
"There's a type that would go big
on the screen," said the athletic screen
star.
He talked to the "Bull" while the
cake of ice dwindled In the sun. The
decision was that Fairbanks was to
give the ice man a camera tryout any
time he made his appearance in Los
Angeles. The date of his westward
Journey was not settled. The "Bull"
settled the question, however, by
beating his way dn a freight train
with such speed and efficiency that he
was awaiting his ' discoverer when
Fairbanks alighted from his train at
Los Angeles.
As a result of this experience and
association with the biggest stars of
filmdom, the "Bull" has ceased merely
to be a type and has become an actor
Rex Ingram has announced that he
would entrust him with any part that
would fit his peculiar style of facia
development. And Montana himsel
admits that he has learned a lot from
the once scorned members of th
theatrical profession.
"I'll do anything onct," he said
"But I hope I'll be saved from stand
Ing for a paint slinging, brush -Push
in7 artist again. When you've pinne
the best of 'em. on their shoulders al
over Harlem and the Bronx, this Pos
Ing business ain't all that it's cracke
up to be."
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� KING GEORGE'S PUDDING.
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As most of his subjects are aware
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� King George's tastes in food are e
tromelY simpte, and very British. No
- does be eat much. At public In
cheons or dinners the tall ROY
waiter who stands behind his cha
offers him only the plainest thing
and he takes very little of them. I
is fond of fish and game, but car
b very little for made dishes, while as f4
S, sweets, he hasbeen knowu to say th
10 a well -made rice -pudding was the be
In, of them all. His father's tastes we
more elaborate. He liked rich dishe
He was particular about the cookin
and preferred It French chef. Lobst
he was very fond of, and also wil
duck. Savories were always a featu
of his dinners. Clear soups were h
preference, while Iis a, fish course so
RII gratin—that is, cooked with a su
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picion of cliceoe—never failed
,Please him. Queen Victoria was to
of Scotch dishes. Scotch kale was
favorite vegetable of hers, On tl
other hand, she had a truly T,Ghigli
love of roast beef and Yorkshire pu
ding, and—strange as it May seem
frequently ate pliull-pudding with tl
beef.
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News of the Movies ,
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By William Willing.
"The Old Swimming Hole," Im.
nortalized by James Whitcomb Riley,
�s to be Charles Ray�s next picture.
"lonsiderable acreage, with a river,
rias been leased, and the carpenters
ire busy bringing to life the water
mill, and other structures depicted In
this poetic gem by the Hoosier poet.
No. expense will be spared by Ray's
producers In duplicating the exact
locale made famous by theauthor.
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Until a suitable -vehicle can be se.
cured for Pauline Fredrick, she is en,
joying a brief vacation. Henry King,
engaged as her next director, is busy
perusing many books, looking for
material suitable to this star's requi-
sites. z
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Another playwright has been added
to the list of captives made by the
conquering movies. He is William
Hurlbut, author of numerous success-
ful plays. The first to be produced
will be his comedy, "Made in
Heaven." The Goldwyn Company have
selected as director for this Import-
ant series, Alfred E. Green, formerly
director of the Jack Pickford features.
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Mildred Davis, like other stars re-
ceives from fans many tokens oi ap-
preciation of her screen endeavors.
The oddest yet to be added to her col-
lection are two East Indies parakeets
received from one of her Australian
admirers. Mildred has named them
"Screech" and "Scream."
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Frederick Vogeding, a Dutch actor.
who has done thirty pictures with the
best known film companies of Europe
and was seen in vaudeville in this
country, will be leading man with
Dorothy Dalton in "In Men's Eyes."
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With steady consistency the works
of famous authors are being given to
the public via the clner�ia. "The Mar-
riage of William Ashe," by Mrs
Humphrey Ward is one of the latest
to find its way to the screen. It is
now being directed by Ted Sloman
with May Allison In the stellar role.
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The public report Is denied by
Geraldine Farrar that she is to aban-
don the movies.
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Nell Shipman, whose "God's Coun-
try and the woman," was one of the
most popular of films, has begun a
new outdoor feature, "The Girl from
God's Country.' '
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When the announcement was made
that Charles Ray's next picture pro
duction would be James Whitcomb
Riley's Immortal poetic gem. "The Old
Swimming Hole," numerous boys and
girls besieged his studio in the hope
that there would be a chance in the
scene for them to show their prowes
as Swimmers. There will Te in ac
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Rosemary Theby bas signed a long
. term contract to star in special pro
ductions, the first of which Is a st � or:
by George Bernard Shaw.
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I With seventeen years stage experi
ence as actor and director wit]
0 Richard Mansfield, Mary Mannering
and other stage stars of former day�
, and as the cinematic director for nv
. merous present-day stars. Arthu
. Berthelet, selected to direct Bessi
d Love, is well qualified to handle th
I reins of this charming Young star.
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d It is understood Lew Cody an
Robertson -Cole have agreed to dii
agree. Cody,is said to have receive
a big offer fr6ni an eastern c.ompan,
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C. � it , a 00 ncidence that the con
r Pa"Y 11ilmingl Mrs. Humphrey Ward
n- 1,,The 1,larriage of William AshW'
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al (,.I almost entirely of Englh
ir players, The director, Edward Sl
s, man, is a Briton by birth, as is WYI1
Is ham Standing, the, leading man, al
es Frank Elliot, who has the heavy rol
r The star Is May Allison.
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St Jerome Storm, who directed mai
re of Charles Ray's most successful P�
s- turas, has been signed to direct L
91 lian Gish under her new contract wi
Or the, Frohman company.
d- Production work has begun 1
re ,,Lavender and old Lace," Myrt
Is
10, Roed's novo�l, by the Renco comPalar
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to �Nlost of the successful motion p
id ture directors of to -day started
a actors on the speaking stage. Altr
e Green, director of Jack Pickford,
gh no exception. He began his career
d- a small musical comedy company.
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ie Recently Mildred Davies has be
swamped with scenarios written '
— ardent admirers who are Impatient
A band saw operating horizontally
and being fed into Its work by Its own see her starring all by herself, and
weight has been invented for cutting one of their own stories. Mildred b
metals and it is said to be more rapla hopes of stardom, too, but riho Is I
than a re.cfpror1t!n1!:,-.-.- quite so impatient about It.
rRICKS OF TREWIRES
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dessages That Astonished Rocip-
ients, Others Quite Plain
Yet Mysterious.
The wonder of the telophone-user �E
rho heard an unknown voice ask:
Did the poison work?" is watched by
ae lady, awaiting news of her a
aughter's safe arrival somewhere, ti
rho received by mistake a sports- v
ian's wire: "Put two ponies on Bon. III
rJ
y Boy, but hold the monkey for the n
resent till we see how the cat jumps." 1h
Supposing you were crossing the At- a
intio says The London Answers, ,and P
iranted to send a message by wireless p
n
0 t,
ell your wife, or husband, that the p
=e,rtrwasoperfect, the food super- e
Is y ur follow -voyagers con. fj
enial, your health perfect, your bunk e
onafy—how would you do it in two f
vords?"The time-honored "All's well!" b
s much two mild. "Good time," or
'All serene," are better, but ,still on a
he unsatisfactory side. V
___ - . - - - c, a lady, whose husband t
ought he know all about poker, had r
been left behind in "little - old New a
York," succeeded in saying all these t
things In two words.
fellow -voyager what was the biggest
and best poker hand possible. He (
told her, and the lady sent her hubby �
the marconigram: "Royal flush!" t
I
During the last election a certain M. I
P, had as opponent a man named i
Coates. His wife gave her husband I
the strictest orders to wire the exact I
result the moment it was announced, I
as it was certain to be very close I
either way, The wire she got gave her '
great joy, for she understood it if the -
telegraph clerk did not: "I am In by :
38 overcoats." I
- .
'
F. R, Denson, the Shakespearean
actor, was in the North playing "The
Merry Wives of Windsor," when the
actor who took the par+ of the servant
, I
Rugby fell ill. He ired to a young
actor in London: 71Can you play
Rugby? If so, come at once"' He
prepaid a reply, which arrived an
hour later. "Arrive at 4 p.m. Played
serum half for Leicester."
Some years ago a member of the
government was maying for a rest in
,
a little country village, and, being a
lawyer, he was much interested in a
certain bill which was then before
Parliament. Wishing to consult It and
prepare his speech, he wrote off a wire
to a friend, who he knew had a copy:
"Se d Homicide Bill," and sent it by
t=.cardener to the local postoffice.
The man returned, saying that the
postmaster at the village had refused
to send such a wire, as they had
enough bad characters around without
sending for any more.
'
A London wire to an Australian pa-
per read: "Lincoln Ob Dean Swift I
Roseate Dawn." The sub In charge I
expanded the London wire as follows,
and as it appeared the next day: "We
deeply regret to announce the death
of the celebrated Dean Swift, author
of the well-known hymn, 'The Roseate
Hues of Early Dawn'."
Reference to the newspapers recalls
the one which received a wire, and
Immediately put, upon Its poster the
startling bit of war news: "Capture of
Point d'Appui," which again recalls
the wire reporting the destruction of
the Hotel de Ville at Schaerbeck by
fire just before the war, -and which a
local paper announced as "Famous
Hotel Destroyed," adding in its news
column: "The proprietors suspect that
the outbreak was not accidental."
Which reminds one of the parson
who, being In Paternoster Row just be-
. fore Christmas, and having been strict-
ly enjoined bv his wife to bring home
a certain motto for the Sunday School
wall, and having forgotten len,gth,
breadth and text, wired his wife, pre-
paid, for particulars, and got the reply,
s which is said to have prostrated a
'I whole telegraphic department:
"Unto us a child is born, two feet
wide and twelve feet long."
ITattoed Monarchs
At the present moment it appean
Ilikely that the mystery which sur
rounds the fate of the Czar of Russir
may never be adequately solved. i
number of stories, all of them ap
parently well substantiated, have beei
advanced to account for his disappear
auce—but these accounts range al
the way from his supposed murder b,
the Bolshevists to the report that he i
located in Siberia and is arranging I
coup whereby he hopes to regain pok
. session of the throne. What is not ger
I erally known, however, is that ther
J Ill bt difficulty in exposing air,
W enol
I impos er w1io claims to be Nicholaf
Czar of Russia. on file in Petrogra
.
, I and also in London are photograph
' I showing the magnificent red -and -gree
I dragon which the monarch bad tatto,
'. led on his left forearm a number (
Yea,. ago, merely as a whim and,n(
.
, with any idea that it might ever I
I useful in establishing his identity. Th
�- dragon is peculiarly colored and I
appearance differs so radically fro
the conventional design that it won
y be impossible to duplicate It witho,
,. a practically continuous reference ,
1. the closely guarded copies.
11 Edward VIT., George V. and tl
present Prince of Wales are. other'r
n latives of the Czar who have be(
c also tattooed, but probably the 1110
remarkable case in history was th
of Charles XIV. of Sweden, who nev
permitted himself to be seen wi
" bare arms. After his death the seer
s leaked out. During his younger da�
d In Paris, when lie was only a priva
s citizen with no thoun�ht of successi(
'
11 to the Swedish throne, lie had III
himself tattooed—not with a (1111,90
or on eagle or a CTOwn—but 'Vith tl
n red cap of liberty and tll(% mOt
Y toDeath to Kings!"
10 Among the Mahommodans "Bah
11 Is a title of respect.
Ls
A Bagpipes ,ire shown On a ROM;
colm olating to 68 A. 7).
'RENCHMEN KEEP �'
OFFICIALS BUSY
MARRYING THEM
;aturday in Paris Means Busy
ritne for Mayor's Office staff
aftGai, Gal, Marlons nous_�, so runs
old lf'rench chanson calling atten-
on to the joys of Matrimony. The ad.
Ice Is being taken very much to heart
ist now, and there is a rush into mat,
MOnY such as the F rench nation has
wer before experienced. Saturday
the great marrying day in France,
ad eveilk week -end the officials who
�rf`Orlm the civil ceremony—French
Brsons I are married first at the
iayor's office, and later by the parish
riest—have been fearfully overwork,
1, being frequently kept hard at it
'Ona ten O'clock in the morning until
Ight or nine at night, tieing the bonds
)r as many as a hundred couples dur.
19 the course of the day.
In Montmartre, a district which has
Population of around 300,000, there
rere no fewer than 3,112 marriages at
uring the f
tie mayor's office d Irst six
ionths of the year, Every Saturday,
nol on the eve of every Public holiday,
Lie mayor's staff had to be.Increased
o cope with the rush Of business,
It Is significant that nearly all the
ontracting Parties are either very
,oung, or elderly. There are prac.
ically no middle-aged Persons getting
carried. The explanation,, of course,
les In the fact that overy 57 per cent
If the Men mobilized between the
tgeS Of 18 and 34 were killed In the
war, and that over a million -and a half
if the poilus who fought for France
,ISO died for France.
With a view to the re -population of
France, the authorities are doing all
�n their Power to encourage the raising
)f large families, not only granting
3ensions to mothers, but also allowing
3pecial bonuses -where unions have
5een Particularly Prolific. The propa.
,anda urging large families is typical.
ly French, and embarrassingly frank
In Its advice,
WHY YOU FEEL 11DUMPYPt ON
DAMP DAYS.
Most Persons have wbildered at
times why It is that their moods de-
pend so much on the weather.
A crisp, frosty day makes one feel
cheerful and energetic. A damp, dull
one tends to cause depression and
listlbssness.
Dull, rainy weather means a low
barometer. When the barometer is
low the reduced pressure of the at-
mosphere lets the blood vessels near
the surface of the skin dilate or swell,
and so take up more than their share
of blood. This makes the brain anae-
mic and the flow of ideas runs slowly.
Soldiers wearing puttees feel the ef-
fect of dull weather much less than
other men, as the puttees leave more
blood and heart energy available for
the brain. It has been noticed that
men who have lost their legs usually
gain tremendously in mental vigor,
The reason why your spirits are af-
fected as well as your brains Is that
moist air Is a better conductor of elec-
tricity than dry. 'When the weather Is
damp most of the natural electricity
of the body is drained away into the
ground.
Most city workers who have thought
about it agree that they do their best
work in windy weather. The reason
Is simple. Calm weather fills the at-
mosphere with the poisonous carbonic
acid gas that is produced by human
breathing. A wind sweeps this away
and rr.places It with stimulating oxy-
gen.
Artificially -produced oxygen Is now
used In some offices with the object of
abolishing "that tired feeling" among
the employes.
HAPPENED 200,000 YEARS AGO.
Astronomers are now watching an
event that occurred more than 20G,000
years ago. Two years ago a new star
r k in the constella-
tion known as Aquila. According to
the astronomers, It was probably caus-
ed by the collision of a small star, fly-
ing through space, with what Is known
as a dark nebula—a star cluster, or
group of stars, which, In itself, gave
no light. When the star hit this dark
nebula the friction of its passage
caused a great explosion, which lit up
the rest of the dark nebula. This il-
lumination travelled through the nebu-
I la at the speed of light -186,000 miles
� a second, The astronomers, knowing
. the speed of light, were able to esti-
� mate, by recording how long it took
I the bright spot to grow to a given size
1 as seen from the earth, how far away
� the light spot was. The spot, after It
. had been growing for two years at the
. speed at which light travels, was still
� so small that it required a telescope
,' and sensitive astronomical Instru-
. ments to measure its size. The as -
I tronomers compute that their meas-
" urement of the apparent size of this
I spot means that the flare Is 217,120
�- "light years" away, or, In other words,
I that 217,120 years have been required
�
,, tr,r the light rays to bridge the dis-
e tance. A "light year," or distance
' traveled by a ray of light in twelve
'
S months, is approximately 5,781,600,-
11 000,000 miles. This number, multipli-
of ed by 217,120 would give, roughly, the
It distance from the earth to Nova
0 Aquitae. Astronomers declare that
few visible stars are known to be
,e farther from the earth than this.
0-
n In cars where the headlanips, are
3t fastened to the fendem, looseness in
It these latter results in eivabssivevibra-
m tion, which will account for rapid ruin
Ill of bulbs.
A
�s One of the most useful amethoift of
�0
u conserving the life of the springs is to
A cover them with boota of leather or
11, imitation. Many supply storeq carry
ke spring boots ill a fair range of sizes,
to but, lacking this, it is easy to make a
boot, cutting the Material, leather or
imitation, to fit, and then sewing it.
t" The boot serves a double plarpase In
that it keeps the lubricant III ond the
water Out, and Imitation leather, being
kii waterproof, Is perhapa ,even better
than the real leather.
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