The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-12-23, Page 6'77
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' 'Notice t clialige its the date of
the ooncert in the Metes). chereli
Chrietuuts eve ineteed of Chrietmas
night. A good program and a pod
erewd are promised,.
Mr. and Mrs. Billine ape Wain),
innd Mr, and Mrs. W. Young and.
luny attended the funeral ot Mr.
;Campbell in Strathroy, on Monday.
Miss Myrtle Luther is visiting' her
parents.
• Mies • Preseey reeigued •a.s
teacher in the wet (shoot. •We wm
mise her in the counnUisity.
Next Suudaare .the United church
a special Christmes° Service will be
held. Tile choir •are PrePaaine
special MuSie and. tee Christmas
white gift service win be interest-
ing. '
. . .
Tr.M.K.FIXS Pli()FXA.131X FOE
TliOSE Nylf(). $4,147V 411.1331.°'
go agabist tird'IRYnt3
, ,..... e e rn 1 • • •
nip is furnishing
dueleg iacrease the disorders arl
sAinst the A &Ranee fo:keved the ras
.eSing aR hie I
INSTainr A. L5 breathing
, . s other white.
The regular nY courage toe
P.A. of St. Name under the ne-
wee held in you for this "Rove
Male teatur advantage of your.
installationdition."
G. W. Medvantage of it whethee
Mise Enloe" blazed Sir Terence
ford I mean you to take gavels -
Ho
me did the hot-boacled feleaw de-
baimself into the , betels a his
•th .
eV' said the Count. "You are
reeys of cosi- ng me a chadenge, then? '
fest, ()nett I may make so holds And co,
"I thzuk," Stianoval sAid at a le've a mind to shoot you deads-e
!3mit ars of -
"Shoot, did you eay?" Samoval in-
'cvelry, which epealsine' slosely and softlys "I tlis '
t of Portuguese that is innuendo. I shoted be relleeSees terraeted itent:sa "You have elsaltleug-
• from his regi- Capt. Tremayres, to hear you say thist ed me, The ehoice of weapons lies, I
think, With me. I shall instruct my ,
rother-in-law of . "I epeke quite geuerally, sirTres :friends. to ask for swords."
(To be continued.)
t don, for the ladies, who were lookine . at
i
ortaguese sere- scared. "I think," he added, "that the .
arnS Sir Terence . ladies fincl the topic tiresome." " What's the Use?
Shot for his a -i "Perhaps we may have the pleasure . .
e -es. 'It is vale. to serve God. and what
I of continuing it when they are no '
if the coutiell a. longer present." moat is it that We ha-va kept hes ar-
o Lord Welling -a Hastily O'Moy broke in on the con- dinnuce?" These are the \verde. thet
part of Porta- e versation and steered it into safer the propeet Malachi puts in the
e. with military OP- channels, so that presently a sem- mouths net of bad peopies but of dile-
) British commander- blance of ease was restored. conraged good people. They had been
d the ultimatum that When the repast was at an end the treble hard to de right, stud things
4 removed from the ladies rose and sauntered away, Syl- went wrong They had been courage -
'Wellington, will with- via urged Una to call Ned, renundin.g ' .
ous, but their courage sieemed of no
!Siuntry.
! her that a duel would be fatal after
ir Terence's wife, and Lord Wellington's decree.- avail They thought they had been
Melee Butler, unlmown I And now behold Lady O'IVIoy imiss,ing a great deal of pleasure, that
CI, '1 I thrown into a state of alarm that bor- they had "walked .in funeral garments
val,.. avowedly an ardent dered upon terror. She had more. me- Wore the Lord." The compleint: that
Welling -toe, assures Una' sten than Sylvia could dream to wish religion is a kill-joy is, not as modern
aid Dick if given an 013-, to keep Capt. Trey-sae/le out of trouble as people suppose.
: just at present. Instantly, agitatedly,
, What it sighteotteness does not pan
e elestarettees 0'11.1oy's seee she turned and called to him.
is in love with I "Ned!" floated her silvery voice
in the sense in which some people
thillk oil pay? What if a good man has
ma. Armytage, Una's ceusin, '
a across the enclosed garden. And
ser-thisildng, intelligent young lady. again: "Ned! I want you at once,
please." to give as many •dollars a ton for coal
as a bad man, ana his bread and. oakes
CHAPTER XV.—(Cont'd.) cost just as much whether he loves his
"Can you not deal with. the in -
CHAPTER XVI. neighbor as himself or not? What if
righteousness is sometimes expensive,
triguers here?" asked O'Moy.
(41f I have not a.laseady done so it is A CHALLENGE. an actual dis,advantage? Still which
because I find it more profitable to Capt. Tremayne Petted Lady 0'1Nley of us is, willing to meaure 'profit and
leave them at ;large. Conceive that hnmediately, and as they sauntered lees in that way? Maybe the three
they have enabled me to seize La off together, he explained the detais hundred men who fought with Le-oni-
PIethe, the most dangerous of all
Napoleon' agents. 1 founa him at of his plan for getting Dick safely des sometimes growled. that their ra
away. teems were bad. Maybe the isnmeeta
Redondo's ban last week closeted with He would come up to Monsanto at sax hundred at Bakactleve sometime
Menus. I °apologized for my intru- 12 o'clock the following night in a stormed and blusteaed beoaus.e thel
siert, and withdrew. La Fieche was to currick in which he would drive Dick pay was small. But which. of them
have left Lisbon at dawn equipped down to the river at a point where a laokingback on the re.coetis would now
with a passport countersigned by boat would be waiting to take him out 'say thats the final estimate of rewar
youreelf, my dear adjutant." to the Telemachus. She =est see that
"What'e that?" !Dick was ready in time. The re.st she was so be made in that fashion?
A pas.sport for Mae Vieria of the , couki safely 'leave to him. He would It would be easy to show, and ha
Portuguese Cacadores." 'come in through the official wing of often been shown, that in the Iong ru
`Vat. Vieria!" Sir Terence frown- 1 the building. The guard would admit rtghteoussness is prefitable; but it i
ed thoughtfully. "But that was coma- • him 'without question; accustomed to not weal to stress that fact unduly. A
tersigned by me at the request of seeing him come and go at all hours. soon as we °convince -ourselves th.a
Count Samoval, who represented him; Dick was to be let down from her "Isonesty is the best policy" we are i
self a pers,onal hiend of the major's.' ; ladyship's bakony by a rope ladder danger of being only so far honest a
"So indeed, he is. But the major in
te with which Tremayne would come
question was; La Pleche nevertheless.. policy requires. Ne, it is better to
" i equipped.
"And Samoval knew this?" , Lady O'Moy was delighted. She serve God in funeral garments anti
Cols Grant did not immediatesro
'-• `hung upon his arm, overwhehning him live a joyless life et bdndage to duty
answer the auestien. He preferred to with her gratitude/ as they came into than. to have no higher standard of re.
continue his narrative. "That night
the meadow -land in full view of the ward than the cosnmercial.
I had the false major arrested very , terrace where Count Samoval and Sir But that is, not the way the prophet
quietly. I have caused him to iis
appear for the present." s i Terence were talking together. - ends'. the matter. Even those dissent:"
You enla remember that O'Moy had. aged peeple who sometimes doubt
"And you ray that Samosa', was tem Grant...count s,enw;.ars vieitasto
---raer-'gtak0-L-r-tn:114"s'ar,i,n-- Monsaree would be discontinued. whether it paye to be good are net to
eisted Sir Terence, still incredulotee I- be harshly oast aside as of no a.ccount.
eeiretang himself alone with the count,
"Aware of it?" Col. Grant laughed! "They shall be mine, saith the Lord,
ea, t Sir Terence con•sidered the moment a
"-a111°Val is SaliZa'S 1}--Ichake one in which to broach the in that day when I make up my
shortly. S
cipel gent --the mast dan;gerous maul
:matter. jewels." That is high reward' promis,ed
-
.it Lielem and the most subtle. His t 9 take ••
is ye're fond of walking, to people who are earnest destiouraged
lerathisse are French through and
count," had been his singular opening in pursuit of righteousness. It is
ts''''lls" . • move. They had left the table by worth striving for,
faStered Sir Terence, "Count now,,
and were sauntering together on
' Samoval has been a regular visitor It.he terrace.
here for theepast three months." I "Vealidng?" said Samoval. "I de -
"So I undetdta.nd," said Grant cool- test it."
ly. "If I had known of it before 1,
1 "And is that so? Weil, well! Of
should hate warned you. You reelize. course it's quite a walk from your
the danger of having such a men piste at Bie,gt,
about the place-----" . , "Fairly long, I should say."
Ile does not come again,' said Sir «much too long," said Sir Terence.
Terence, rising. ,, "Now I've noticed that ye're not look -
"That is more than. I oilmen have , ing well lately, count."
- ventured to, suggest. But it is a very "ReaRy? You think that?" Dark'
• wise resolve.- eyes scrutinized O'llloy's face suspi-
Cei. Grant rose. mousse
• "You'll stay to luncheon," mid Sir "I do, and. it's sorry I an to see it.
Terence. "It is about to he served.:" But I know what it is. It's this walk -
"You are very kind, Sir Terence." ing backward:3 and forwards between
They descended, to find lanchann here and Bispo that's doing the mis- Would Put Up the Price.
• served already in the open under the chief. Better give it up, count. It's
trellis vine, and the party consisted of not good for your heaath. Why, man, Bore—"If I just had the price I car -
Lady 011ey, Miss Armytage, Capt. ye're as white as a ghost this minute:" tainly would travel."
Tremayne and Count Seinoval. He was indeed, having perceived the She (eagerly)—"I have •saveral ca
The count -had been at Monsanto insult intended. To be denied the cheeks I can let you have."
for the past hour, +al fl:mil li lf f
--se — es --!a- G!"- house at such a time was to checicmate
which he had spent most agreeably on his designs and to set a term upon his
the tel. -race with the ladies. With not crafty and subtle espionage.
the slighte.st difficulty, he had succeed- For a moment passion blinded him, Using the Imagination.
ed in extracting from Lady O'Moy all but soon the mist of anger clearing A small boy solemnly sat by th
..- the information site possessed in.re-from his keen wits, he sought to fas-
gard to the plasm of the fortifications ten the quarrel upon Sir Terence in
�f Torres Vetlea.s.
Even Sylvia did net suspect that he
was drevring information from them,
so bantering and frivolous Was his
manner. Yet in that sb.ort time he
Ised been plassd in poseeesion a two
filets: that the plans of the lines of
Torres Vedras were kept locked up in
Sir Terence's own: romn, and that Sir
Terence always carried the key on a
gold chain, worn round his neck.
He was at the table as you know,
when Sir Terence and'Col. Grant ar-
rived. At table the conversation was
eneral, visitedusayne aaellred him, out of considerati
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You Can
BOX -PLAITS ARE SMART.
Delightfully chic is this sports
model of wooermaterial. The skirt
front is laid in box -plaits, while the
back is plain. The collar is of the
1
modish high type, and the left side-
s
r .
closing is effectedbeneatha band
;
I trimmed with small buttons, while the
' same trinsming is repeated on the long
4,Idart-fitted Sleeves. A narrow belt
I fastening in front completes this
I smart frock. No. 1483 is for misses
s ;
and small women and is in sizes 16,
n !
s ' 18 and 20 years. Size 18 requires 33
s yards 39 -inch material, or 2Y2 yards
t 54 -inch. The width at lowereedge of
n the skirt with the plaits drawn out is
s about 78 inches. 20 cents.
Sir Terence's own win of galaing
mockery. Instantly he found it. CV-
Mey's jealousy, which was almost a
byword, had been apparent snore than
ones to Samovalt
A smile spread graduaRy over his
white face—a smile of immeaearabile
malice.
"I quite understand and even sym-
pathize with your feelings, General."
"I ame glad of that now," sale Sir
Terence, who understood nothing of
all this.
"Naturally," the Count pursued,
led naturally enough to Waingthn's "when a man, himeelf no longer
general order against duelling. young, commits the folly of taking a
"In my opinion, it is a most arbi- young and cberming wife, he is to be
trsey and degrading enactment," said forgiven when a natural anxiety
•letliositi, "in that it reduces a gentles drives him to lengths which in an -
'3' • man te the Iesel of the clod. A gentle- other might be resented. 1 hasten to
man must have his quarrels, and a assure you upon my honor that so far
means must be afforded him of set- as I am ganceened there are no
• thng them."
"Ye can always thrash an impudent
fellow," opited the adjutant.
"Thrasb?" echoed Samoval. Ilis sen-
• sitive'Ep eurled in (Hedger. "To have
hands laid epon me, soiling met I as-
sure you I should not hesitate to shoot
the Man who did mush a thing to me
'ust as I should sboot any other wild
tate. And the courts would uphold
wrie."
"Then you rria.y thank God," said
Oldoye"that you are not under Exit-
•° ish samsdiction."
• "Isret the conversation rather too
blocelthivaty for a luritheon table?"
Wondered Lady 0q/loy. And, tad-
• Iteely, she added, thinking with flat-
tery to mollify Samovale "You are
yourself KWh a femme swordeman,
asked.
eetint." Captain Tremayne
Mr. and Mrs, E. A, Wade made a lime of a Douglas fir ice fa. 4 inches
'• Moyl." he
And then Turneries' dislike of the is of her Own te.ge, convenient to, her high, and Mounted on a +molt and trailer. It Is 10 feet lung and divided into
erten betrayed leim into his dealorable hand, and for an lleglishmein, not ill- Ohre rooms. The tm ce HIE C.'t iteriber.:1 to grow in 1492, end when cut was 311 tem, high,
grounoe foe your Anxiety."
"And who the devil asks for your
ar,suranees? It's stark mad ye are to
suppose that I ever reeded them,"
roared the melte:piing Sir Tei•ence.
"Of course you must say that,"
Samoval inedeted, with a smik. . He
shook his head, his expression one of
amused sorrow. "Sir Terence, you
have knot:iced at the wrong door.'
"You'll: be after tolling me exactly
what you mean," Sir Terenee cried,
It was in that moment 'that Tres
maple and Lady O'Moy came arm in
arm into the meadow -lard, very those
and confidential. The Count flung ant
a hand to indicate them to Sir Ter-
enee, a smite of pity on his lips.
"And Who ehall blame Lady 0'-
side .of a pool, fishing
'What are you fishing- foe, Mel
Iniath.?" asked- a mn. awh-a WOE passing
"Sharks," replied the boy.
"But th.eze, are no sharks tha,
pool, my little man.," said the man.
"There ainas any fish in the pool,'
a.nswered. the ,child stolidity, "so I
might es weal esh for sharks as any-
thing •else."
Home sewing brings nice clothes
all, within the reach of a, and to follow
the mode is delightful when it can be
done so easily and economically by fol-
lowing the styles pictured in our new
Fashion Book: A chart accompanying
each-patpen shows the material as it
appears 'when cut out. Every detail
is explained te.• +hat tire iiiexperienced
sewer can make without difficulty an
attractive dress. Price of the book 10,
cents the copy.
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'Write `Salaciet9, Toronto,, for free ;wimple.
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CLEVER INVENTIONS BY AND FOR WOMEN
An, 'extra hand. tor the housewife to
help her cooking her vegetables
while she attends to other duties is
what a woman's clever little invention,
called a "handee," claims to be, In
aplike, 'w
it is lia hall -open flower
reade ef tint with a wooden handle. tak-
ing the place of a stalk, It is placed
over the greens in the water, and the
steam escaping through slots iii thee
"petals?' prevents any bodling over. As
it is flexIble it fits pa:ne• of different
sizes. This little gadget for greens
leas been used, for a couple of years by
the inventor in her own kitchen, and
so mtany people who save it said that
they wanted: one tike it and. asked
where they could get it that finally she
decided to patent it, and it was shown
at a recent exhibition of intventioast.
Another very clever invention is a
tuck -away seat for a small kitchen or
kitchenette. It has metal supports
with. a wooden seat and back and is at-
tached to the. leg of the table. Wh,e,n
not' in use the back folds over and the
whole chafe swings under the, table.
The single leg rises automatically so
as not ±0 tear the carpet, •
A mop for many purposes is. also a
'Manan's device. It combines. a mop,
a triangular scrubbing brush that will
go in the corners; and a cloth with, an
Iingenious apparatus for wringing it
out automatically e.o that the flooe can
be scrubbed over without the hands
tbuching the water.
110W TO ORDER PATTERNS -
Write your name and address plain.
ly, giving number and size of Bush
patterns as you want. Enclose 20e in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number and
address your order to Pattern Dept.,
Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade-
laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by
rettutn mail.
sse--
Kornai to Himself.
I, Japanese that I am,
Have come here to study Janata
POT I see it best from afar,
As you "nglish see England dearest
Acrose the seactering seas.
Prom Hampstead Heath is revealed
Most •cl•early-b•eleved Fuji:
The cherry -blossom at Kew
Is etill our "sakura" to me:
So all people and things are sal to
me Japanese,
Since I see them through Nippon eyes.
—Gonnoske Kornai, in "Dreams from
China and Japan."
Siberia's Farm Area.
e Only one-fourth of Siberia Is --suit-
r
. '-suit-
al' for farming, but this area oovers
New Con4ort.
Among the valise:is notions for cook-
ing is a kettle with a flat .trosit on
which it can be rested while the user
Is stieriug starch, the lid:, with a rust -
leas hinge, being placed at the beck
to facilitate the filling of the kettle.
There is also an 'aluminum sauceps.n
whieh ease bp used on the top of an
ordinary saucepan to form :a double
cooker.
A- new design for silver and plated
forks and spoons is so simple. that one
wonders that nobody thought ot it be-
rme. The handles are ever so slightly
bent over so that they cannot possibly
slip into the plate. These are made
to. very gootelooking old English and
Heppelwhite patterns. This idea is
also a women's. Her Asusband has
planned a variation in the shape. of
some little swallow -handled Rake, for,
serving dates cr preserved fruits, !
which also catch on. the edge 01 the ,
dish.
wound up within a neat little. oblong
case at the base of the wand which ia
used for lifting the Xne. onto. the hooks
instead of having to m•ount caller to
reech. up to them. The inventor said
that she always, hung her laundry up
after supper, and took it down in the
morning before breakeest. Iedee,d the
quick ,fixing and oem,oving ot the line,
is a great attraction of this device.
Paauctiletel experience of living* in eSr-
cuneseribed quarters. prompted the in-
vention of a w,onderfu.11y compact baby
•clusir which when. not regairece for a
small perison can be used toe an or-
dinary .ehair. It is in two, dovislems,
one of which foams a, bath -stand and
tb.e other a low chair for the mother
to alt in. The letter can be trans-
formed into a 'little padded play ehair
tor the child and when mounted on the
bathstand the eorabimation becomes a
high ehair.
For Craft Workers.
TWo of the eemarkeble inventiens
the women'si sectien have to do with
needlerwork.• One .reseolutiondzets. the
pos.sibilities of home knitting in sever-
al eolors by means, of 6.013.124 little gads
gets f.or attaching to the thumb or first
finger of the left hand•. It was thought
of by a woman to h a b. . to.
of knitting a Fair Isle, juniper tow a sax -
foot son. She wearied of the task and
athnost decided to. waste the two
pounds of wool in which shehad in-
vested. And then she realized, that
(she was nom
.t akliag use, of her hands,
the left heed being misplayed only In
hold.ing the work. She therefore set
atborat to design three little ivorine
attachments which have eaabled he
to develop a new and quick method of
knitting of which the undeseying basis
is the fullest us,e of both hands.
The s,ecand_ device win invalu-
atee to the plain sewer, the dress-
makeiteand the woman who makes her
own frocks. It tea eimple. aluminum
holder that ean be put mite any table
for holdiag the work, thus doing 'away
i with the oni satiefactoisy methotept
' pinning 1. tet the knees. The holder
3 doze not tear SalAV fabric as the pin is
apt. to, and makes the work go much
mere speedily. A woman who is her-
self a peofessional needieweriter and
makes most bee:utiful things is the in-
ventor of it. She has used it for sev-
eral months and feels' that she could
not work without it new.
Cushioned Coat..
. Inventions for the convenience and .
comfort of the reader included a
•
pocketes , a vest simpe •col apsnee
arrangement which is .saing tumult'
the neck and. forms a euppert on which!
a book can- rest; .and a very delightful
combined book -marker find folding
hook -Rand to prop the book up on -al
It is. very light and .eati he case'
ried ea the beak. The latter has been
netersted by a atoman.
Home Convenience.
•h
enetain ook that A.'lla ileither rust
nor come undone, lettaug the curtain
tat] in 'Unsightly- gaps like the ordinary
safety pia with a holt on it, is the
invention of a woman, of title, it is
very simple indeed and meets a great
need. Another woman has plumed a
clothee line Which she has been using
-herself for some time, phis can be
attache,d to .two or three books on the
picture kitchen -dining roam
1 300 000 uar 11
When aot in use the whale Dine is
t
With the boom in building, we are The Best Trick of the Week. 1
It wee_ wit ile !sithting on, the tseasore
in North Devon where, as she express-
ed "the seenery is so glorious. and
the rusks
ore ne hard," that a woman
thought of the iaca of liattieg air cus-
hicre fixed, into detachable 'at.lin-
IngH
e. These aines will t •
coat and as the air valves are in front
the •cnehiees may be inflated and de-
flated witheet remoeing the coat.
The pleasure of a country -or sea-
side 'walk will beIllany times More -need
wI
hen wet unpromising Testing places.
can be turned into a comfortable seat
by rii.e.aliS of this thishionee coat, and
as one cuehien is fixed across the
shoulders,
even a. tree teunk will no
longer he kin all -too -herd support. s The
linings are made efther in light weights
but neceaookitig materials, for quite
a moderate price, er rech brocades,
h
an e wet) the cualtions are not in use
the coat has an abseattely nonenal ap-
pearance.
A RIVER OF
FORTUNE
What Thames Means to
London
Seine Abate elite are secure fromee then.
eontradiction. One Is that made re- for
seently by an serchiteet. He said that
it there were no Thames there would
be no bother regerding bridges in, gen-
eral or Waterloo Bridge in. particular.
That raises tb.e questions: be the
Thames worth Ite place? Would Len -
dun be better off without it?
It can be sued at once tbat • the
Thames made London, the migley oity
she le, and the Theasses is fer and
away the largest factor in keeping
Landoll mighty, • says English
Writer. there been no Thames
there would have been no London—or
but a small and iusignificant town.
Posse•ssing no ,normal wealth of coal
I or Iran, site would have remained stag-
nant. Mit sli•e has risen on water—
• the muddy waters of the. Thaanes, And
, how many know that there Was a
time when the Thames did not touch
, London, but emptied itself in the
I Wash?"
A Few Moments.
S I I --Of thoughtfulness is worth a week
• This is e very stirprislug triek. `rstke leg apologise.
Minard's Liniment for sere Back, an ordbeire rules. and hold it in your 1 ---01 getting the facts is worth a
--- •
fright fist. Su adeely, at you tomniend, year of gaeeswoek..
sulte,y to see a good many stories about• The Flying Ruler.
lookieig." con,ard el
"At the preemie time Portugal is iti Ile ereiled 011oy With insolent taielna 56600 befee
a ,
the _ruler will rise. up in yottr band. i --01 silence is an antiseptic for
Then you push St down again, and:this 1
time it kepi high in the air. Both !
the hand and the ruler may he
• Strained.
A fairly large, but thin, rubber band
Is required. Slip it over the right fore-
finger, and catch the lcose loop with
the right thumb. Take the atter in
your left hand and stand several feet
away from the spectators.
(legs ycer band in a Mese fist, and
eush the rulesClown in the fist with
the left. bane The one ot the ruler
wel engage the eleetic. Hold your
right hand w it b. 1 h e fi u gore toyard the
spectators, and he band will not be
-fieern.
Release ere:3 sure gradually, and the
ruler wt:1 slide up. push it doWn!again,
'release it 'suddenly. and the ruler will
jump. Inimetilately let the ru bb er band
14 on the finer. • •
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raihard's Liniment for Colds.
—see_
A Safety First Lamp.
Lew mine .safety temp ham been.
peered ed wit!eli s u ppl les lightler the Didn't Like Hie Pacet
mires and altso glows In warnieg 11 essewnsan--"1 wash the ltiritl that
the deadly "lige-damp" be present. mstdo me e.t.a ,heee. au4116 more ese1
ea.
mue.h slander.
--01 restitution te worth many
months of excuse making.
--Of deliverleg the geodeis worth
1
en eternity of alibi shooting,
-01 Justice le worrtb moire than
many, long and empty praYers.
--Of week is worth a lifetime of
Wish leg.
ISSUE No, 61--'20. tested"
Market of the Nations.
London was a buey poet centerees
before the Roman invasion, and be-
came even more flourishing .under
Roman. rule. The Venerable Bede re-
corda that in his, tine London had be-
come "the mart of many nations re-
sorting to it by sea and land," Its
growth onwards forms a fascinating
narrative—told in detail in "The Story
of the Port of Loildon," issued by the
Port of London Authority. But what
does the Thames mean to London to-
day?
Ot the vast army of Isonclon's work-
ers, manual and mental, it is estimated
that 98,000 out of every 100,000 "live
on the Thames.' 0 Yes, that puzzles.
Your work, and the reward it brings,
may not seem to have the remotest
connection with the Thames. Think
hard, however, and back it beck, A
link another -- another and you
touch the Thames! The following in-
stances may help:
Do you sell. shoes? Well, the leather
was brought, as hides, in one of the
thousand ships that every day pass
Gravesend. If you sell fruit, most of
that came Thames -wise te London.
You may be employed in the honie,
say, of a Smithfield meatsalesman or a
Mincing Lane text -broker, Well, the
meat and the tea earn& to London on
the Thames., and thus' you, through
your employer, are living on the re-
sults of the Thames.
And think et the direct work it pro-
vides. Deckers, wharfingers, lighter -
men, atereedoses, sailors, engineers,
packers the staffs in the great ware-
houses and at the docks ---a veritable
army! On that Thames -living army
lives another oncaethe one that. feeds
and clothes • it. The direct Thames -
earned wages spent each week run in-
to millions. If by some conwelsien of
Britain's crust the Thames went back
to the Wash, the plight of London
would be appalling. Unemployment,
destitution. starvation would result,
and bankreetesies would be as leaves
in autumn. _el-son:Ion would become a,
derelict city, and the disaster would
shake the world.
Men Who spend MOlions.
That is one way of sbowhes what the
Thames mutes to London, auJ tile pie -
titre has been under and not 'over
paint. Nothing, tor metance, has been
t-tataot tho weaki, that can -Les !at, Lon-
dom dietributing itse'l all eves the
from the fact that the
Thaasiee-creaed treffic draws to Lon-
don a wealthy floating population at
business men end buyers from all
parts of the world. They spend money
—mine:sus Ixi a year. That is .s.11 to
London's good as a whole, for the hotel
proprietors and tradesmen who take
also spend, The money paeses on.
Music and Literature.
Most people with a taste for read-
ing have at sense thne or another
found enjoyment in considering their
favorite heroes or heroines, in fiction.
They comp -ape the types beateved by
the great dramatists ter novelists; they
comment upon the va.rieties of _eller-
actor displayed by the personalities
.whe moved through the works of tthe
same author; they may oven go as far
as to write criticel studies upon them-
Shelteepeane's hetroinee are 1-18 Sias
natilar as our triemde. Most. of us
have admired Seott's Jeanie Deans,
baye heaved a sigh over -Lucy Ashton,
or been aggesavated by the genteel be -
navies' •of Edith Belleclon, while to this
day readers of haelsessaY judge -Ltuelly
Caatiewooti as if ehe were a :veal per-
m].
All tilts La delightful, but one is apt
to Macy the pleastree to belong to the
realm of literature alone, forgetting
that music is also a iranguage in which
great clirematlets and tours Poets halve
expreseed theansoleeta . The literary
folk ba,ve lead the Ole -tree start,
tree, for meek, as a means oF
human expression, begaa. its career
Only •with Mentevorle, the bachoicete
of ooticeoeitien resneining intecteblie
argil harmonic discoeeriee had- been
pushed. far Into the enknown. Chaucer
svirote his Cearterbere Ta.40S, eomee
where between 1340 ass:elves, •mese"
reached an aaalogotis state of develtsPs
moat between 1740`sand 1800.
How to Sreethe Hellem,
lbctitam,
u)'4eitt, with oxygen. florins azt
at,moeplees•e. teasel -liable aa Oteliss
air, .and. 10 beigg 'ilded in
tatasellug 04 tsvitirest