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The Seaforth News, 1928-03-01, Page 2"Pekee",co� ` JM;t Ch1,was • 410 a!d "i ake,he �r ir' which fled tai the ti j; nln s e ih� a p leaves on the Chinese tea bush. Tip leaves are wiry hi shape. In India.,thej were more orange In colour, so were called '60 -range Pekoe" (Pak -ho). atle 112,408Arice laid LEGE RIDE M 11 Fqx!. BEGIN MERE TQ -DAY, John Ainsley, a- min of education and breeding, whose aver wounds left him unfit for manual labor, • returns hungry to his shabby boarding-house. His landlady confronts him with a demand for the week's rent—$1, Be- ing a gentleman born, Ainsley is hu- inalfateci at bang unable to pay her on the instant. Ile asks her for an hour of grace. He decides to pawn an ivory ;min arum, of his mother—the last of his possession—in order to wipe away the debt and to get food for himself. NOW CO ON WITH THE STORY. I saw miself, before I had oppor- tunity to prove those undeveloped gifts, entering the French hospital service at the outbreak of the great war• I saw myself later, transferring to the army, which later decorated me for valor. And then I saw the months that followed the war. Wounded in the last battle before the Armistice, 1' was discharged, as cured, six months later, Illness developed, and the last of niy father's cstaze went to pay my hospital bills. T raw myeelI seeking work. I re- member the sudden horror that swept over me when I discovered that I was inc•cmpetent. I was a dilettante and the world refuses to pay the amateur. I knew no trade, no profession. The only thing that I could do better than most people was the performance of certain tricks in sleight-of-hand. That was because few peop:e,practiced par- lor magic. I had in me a streak of stubbornness that I called pride; that forbade me to trade upon my father's friendships. Like all youths who have been brought np with the idea that there will al- ways be enough menet( available for theirwantS, I was conceited. I thought that success was an easy matter. I will not recount all the visions that passed before me as I looked at the miniatuae. Suffice it, that with times hard, I got no work. And when finally I' had swallowed my pride and was willing .te work as a common martial laboree. :Ness and privation had sapped rty streagth.I had moved Prom the beet lot.l in New York to as shabby a -oc-:li :g -he: he as the city held And now my lan (lacy threaten- ed -pre with eviction. • R W e Well, I could at least assure myself another Reek of shelter. After that.- I refused to. torten -plate what would follow after the proceeds of my trans- action with the pawnbroker were gone. I had not eaten for forty-eight hours. Before that I had eaten seaat- ily, net more than once a clay, for six months. As a sardwieh man, as an errand rasa when I cold get a job, as guapdimn of motor cars parked on the city streets I had managed to pick up enoe b, added to the results of fre- quent trips to the pawnshop, to pay any small rental, and buy myself an occasional Meal. But for the last two days 1 had earned nothing. And I was too proud to beg-. Today I was starving. 1'reccgnl:,ed that fact at last Star - The cord, comforting flavor of WRIGLEY'S' Spearmliat is a lasting pleasure. It cleanses the mouth after e ataa-egreet a clean tanto atjj sweet breath. It le refresblug and di&s,tltpn a♦ifltegn. nation! That, unless I yielded to the impulse of self-destruction, was my inevitable end. The battle wasover, even though I might postpeno sur- render for a few hours longer. I, born andbredin luxury, educated in the best university in America, a con- noisseur of the Erne arts, would die in blackest poverty. "And probably the only person to mourn would be little Peter Gannon, the landlady's son, whom I had frequently amused with tricks of legerdemain. At least, though, I would die owing nothing. So I rose, putting the min- iature in my pocket, and unsteadily "Feel better?" he asked. my condition. He knew descended the stairs to the street. I walked uptown to Washington Square, then crossed to Sixth Avenue. The oily gentleman with hard black eyes, with whom I had had so mane little transactions in the past, looked up as the bell on the door jangled at my entrance. It was an unfiourishing establishment that he ran. I never was compelled to meet curious eyes. But this evening he was engaged. He leaned acro as the counter whisper- ing to a client who also looked up at my arrival. He looked away again swiftly, but not before 1 had time to gain an impression of shaewd eyes, a rat -trap rou`..h, a diamond shirt -stud, a rich fur collar and a general atmos- pbere of menet I wondered vaguely why one so apparently prosperous should be dickering with a pawn- broker. As I waited for my friend Wein- berg to finish with the other man and attend to me, I somehow seemed to sense that, whatever had been the subject of their conversation before my entrance, their talk now concerned me. The fur -collared gentleman glanc- ed over his shoulder at me, not once but two or three times, and seemed to be putting questions to the pawn- broker. Then Weinberg's visitor, turning his collar up so that his flashy shirt - stud was hidden, nodded abruptly to the proprietor and walked -out of the shop. His hard eyes searched my face as he passed. However, he did not pause, and I promptly forgot him under stress of my negotiations with Weinberg. I had done too much business with the pawnbroker for him to believe that there was any remote chance of my redeeming the goods which I pledg- ed with him. I had every reason to believe that he took advantage of my poverty; yet I was too proud to open negotiations elsewhere. I did not haggle. I asked for ten the ivoryalone dollars;was worth e than that, t, I believed; the silver frame in which the portrait was riet must also have been worth at least ten dollars. Intrinsically, the thing, se a work of art, was worth hundreds, Sentimentally; it was priceless. But the need of Mrs. Gannon was beyond anything else, I took the five dollars that -Weinberg offered and went out. W W. * The midwinter air had grown chil- lier with the later hours, I shuddered as 1 stepped from the close atmos- phere of the pawnshop upon the side- walk, I had promised Mrs, Gannon her money within an hour. I could keep my promise and still have time, be- fore paying her, in whioh t osatisfy my anguished stomach• I walked up Sixth Avenue'towartl a mean little restaurant whine T could, dine ehieuply. • I was as near. to an animal as it ti'Ossibie for Ian, to be, My whole being was concentrated on the effort to conacrvo idy , enoilgiee so/ that I would not collapse before reaching the restaurant. So, when a man laid a hand on my" shoulder, • halting my feeble progress,1 turned mahim with a snarl:, I was at the door of the plae'e where itt planned to, slatisfy my- hun- ger, and a d Tay maddened me. "Let gq !" .)' cried. I recognized my gentleman of the fur collar at gree. Ile stepped slightly back, then smiled ingratiatingly. „ •.. Take' it easy, son;",r he said. I 'want to talk to you." I shook my head; the effort of speech was too much; I moved again tea gad the restaurant door- He stop - p pd me .once more. "Wait, son," he commanded. "You want to be careful; you might kill yourself evereatini;. Come along with me, and I'll fix you up." It was bad eftotigh that Mrs. Gan JRSEtd WANTED Tito Toronto' llospltat tor incurables, in a homier „itb 1Le11etue ti0.kllleU HospUale', New 'York City. Wein, p three .years' Course :af Training in'• ,rung Women having the rggedree. eau atter, antt'' desirous of becoming nurses. Tles hospital bas adopted the eight ,lour system, The mine receive uniforms of the Sei8Ol, a monthly allowance and traveling expenses 0 noir, from New York iter further 10 fermi -atop 'v ri to the' Sl1Rorll)tendenq. nen and the :patvnbroker'should ltnow :off my starvation; lint it 'wee worn that a man whom I had, never seen, until twenty minutes age, should ac- cost me Was and venture imjertinent solicitude, For no :nether how' kindly ho may have meant, it,. I eonsidered it an "unwarranted intrusion into affairs strctity, my own, Moreover, ho had strIX s;; at:n}ore tlyananiy prole; .he was interfering .• with tho .gratification of my appetite. As I have said, I had become animal -like. Reason had de- parted from apse; I was governed by my belly, not by my mind. So, like any ' animal balked of his food, I struck at him. Had I not known how weak priva- tion hadmade me, I would have learn- ed it then, For he avoided mydplow with ease. Exhausted by my effort, I pitched forward and wouldhave fallen to the ground had he not caught ire. The next few minutes were blur- red. I dimly saw him signal the driver of it closed motorcar. I felt myself being as's'isted into the machine; I idade no effort to resist. ' I think I SUN LIFE SETS NEW RECORD Canadian Company With World ide Oxganizaation a Great Credit to Thls Country. Increase in New'Business For Year Greatest on Continent. The extraordinary expansion of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Can- ada during the last few years has caused its annual report to be awaited nith unusual interest, not only by the policyholders of the Company, but by a large section of the general public. The, annual report which the Presi- dent has just submitted,and which ap- pears in this issue, must have sur- passed the expectations of the most sanguine. The total amount of as- surances in force with the Company now approaches the billion and it halt figure, $1,487,000,000, an increase for the year of over $231,500,000. The total net income for the year exceeded $100,000,000—five' times what it was ten years ago and more than $23,000,- 000 in excess of the income for the previous year. Such statistics as are available for 1927 indicate that the aggregate new business of all the companies operat- ing in North America last year barely exceeds the total new business of the previous year. The increase in the new business of the Sun Life of Can- ada, on the other hand, was twenty- three per cent. Assurances in force on the books of the Company have doubled in four years—new business has trebled in that period. This wonderful expansion has been paralleled p by a great increase in the MR. T. B. MACAULAY President Suit Life of Canada already proverbial strength and re- sources of the .Company. The assets have been increased by over $66,000,- 000; and now reach the impressive total of over $400,000,000. The Com- pany's assets approximate the amount of the total assurandes in force only eight years ago. The wisdom of the Company's in- vestment policy is reflected in the fact that it has ne arrears in interest or dividend on either its bonds or pre- ferred stocks, while the dividends ac- cruing in its conimon stocks are great- ly in excess of those payable on those stocks at the time of their purchase. The care and foresight exercised in this branch of the business is indi- cated by an appraisal Of company H Y securities, the market value of which has increased by over $19,000,000 dur- ing this year. The surplus earned during the year amounted to over $88,600,000. The Company has followed Its conservative policy with respect to this surplus and The strength and solidity of our Iarge insurance companys, banks, etc,'is a source of great pride to all Canadians, and it is in the best interests.. of the country that these institutions remain Canadian in ownership and not pass to foreign Qontrol, as have many of our large business enterprises. deducted. $6,000,000 from the marke 'value of its securities as a further pro vision against possible future tuctua tions, the total amount set aside fat this purpose now standing at 910,000, 000. The account to provide for un foreseen contingencies has been in creased by $1,600,000 and now amounts to $12,600,000. The sum of $1,000,000 has been written off the Company's properties; an additional $600,000 has been set aside in antici- pation of the greater longevity of an- nuities—the total provision under this head now being 92,000,000. Another 950,000 has been set aside to provide for claims with respect to total. dis- ability cases as yet unreported. ..911, 000,000 has been paid or alloted as profits to policyholders during the year, and over $6;000,000 has been contingents'y allotted to deferred 'ferred dividend policies issued prior to 1911 and to. five-year distribution policies to provide for profits accrued but not yet payable. After making these Iiberal deduc- tion and allocations, over 911,000,000 has been added to tba undivided sur- plus, which now stands at more than $45,000,000. There is good news again, for the participating policyholders of • the Company in the announcement that the scale of dividends to be paid to policyholders during the year com- mencing April let next will be again increased—this for the eighth succes- sive year. The interest rate on divid- ends left with the Company' will be maintained at 61/a per cent. per an- num during the new dividend year. There weir)paid to policyholders and beneficiaries, in respect to death claims, matured endowments, etc., during the year over $42,000,000. The Company has paid out since its organi- hr ad zation under,' this he over 9300,000,- 000. It is. indicative of the emciehey and morale of the world -Wide organization of the Sun Life that the increases in its income are from every department of its business and from .every terri- torial division, namely, Canada; United States; South America and West Indies; Great-Brifatn, South Africa and the Near East; China, Japan, India Wid the Par East. Such a showing is not alone a tribute to President Macaulay ,but a striking proof of the `high quality of the per- sonnel of his organization. The Head Office building in Mont- real is to be increased to mammoth proportions, the first unit of the new building being now under honstiuc- tion. Tina building is designed, when completed, to accommodate 10,000 em- ployees. Almost equally interesting la the action of the Company this year in one of the most nTCllaslII P g central sites in London, Jett off Tra- falgar Square and adjoining Canada House. Hero is being erected,`: what wit be undoubtedly one of .the finest office buildings in .the world'smetro- polis and from which the business of the British tries will :be administered. Must have fallen into a stupor, for the next thing that I remembered I found lnyselCittn-g' in it huge arni- chair, Sonie o -;o vire holding a spoon to my Pips; end I wait drinking greed- ily of a blot soup, A. few spoonfuls must have revived mo, I sat up, pushed the spoon away alld reached for the bowl from which the fur -collared gentleman—he had. doffed his overcoat now—was feeding nue, IIe did not resist, and I lifted the bowl to my, math. It revived me' yet merely sharpened my craving for solid food:" My benefactor -at the moment I considered • hlni : such•—smiled. There was neither mirth not kindliness pos., si•ble to these thin lips, btft there was a eel:te mi bleak friendliness. Fe4l:bettal?, he.. asked,. He kioew my condition and,I did not "I want mole," I said, lie smiled again. "Wait n minute; let the soap get settled; then •we'll see what you can da to a chop." I tried to return his smile, "1'll do more things to it than you can 'guess," 1 told hint. over shoulder He glanced a his sha o ] old at the =opened deur lending'to the next root». Ivo 'called.. a question, and a man- servant, correctly (1rtssed, appeared.. He announced that dinner was served. i1Iy host looked at ole. "Can you make it?' 'lte.asleed, "Watch me," I replied. I rose unsteadily and walked with him into the dining -nom. The soup had helped 1110 mentally as: well as physically. My mind felt clarified; I was able to exorcise a self-control that had been lacking in''nte. I did not need his wariiing'thnt'I must eat sparingly. But after his warning he tried to put me at my ease. I wee surprised that the owner of such, a face could possess so much tact. And as I ate, I tried to take steak of my host and hissur- roundings. (To be continued;) Millard's Liniment relieves pain. Admirals Entertain Crew at Britis Reunion Tea All Who Served on Frigate Raleigh in 1885-'87 In- vited to Party Portsmouth, England—The battle- ship Nelson was the scene of a tea party which •has written a new chap- ter to British naval social histdry. English newspapers say it is the first time two admirals' invited the crew of drdinary rank to such a func- tion. The Hosts were Vice -Admiral Sir Hubert Brand, commander in chief of the Atlantic Fleet, and Admiral Sir Osmond de Brock, commander in chief of the Portsmouth eommanil, The guests were: broth Wien and offi- cers, without distinction of rank, who serried in the, steam frigate Rabeige 'during the comanissiop Prom 18855 to 1587.Be Sir I3 rt Sir Beth bo d' u an Osmond 'were midshipmen of the watch together in the Raleigh. 'Hundreds of Queens Workers Ral- ly to Connolly's Support."—Headline. Possibly to the tune of "Fifty thong: and henchmen: can't be_ wrong." ST4NDARD OF QUALITY FOr2 OVER 50'YEARS MAKE. BETTER HOMI MADE BREAD it ii. liyil;et' "Your uncle seems rather hard of hearing?" 'Hard of hearing! ' Why, once he conducted family prayet's kneeling on rho eat;" ' The pian who blew h- ot to warn itis lianas and cold to cool his soup lead 'nothing' on the candidate who is per- sonally dry and politically toot.—Bos• ton Herald. Thome w1 say that Prehtbition is a taillike have never tried it, seas Pussyfoot Johnson. The same can be said of .capital, p ini hmeet.—Tlie New York Periscope. Minard's_Liniment for asthma., Use Replaces L The Lance as a War W.eapoi1 Now Meets Its Second Doon1 FOR S1 -IOW ONLY The lance. Is - doomed, England, its stronghold during the cellturiee of Its prime, before ire inigortance in battle, .wain eves' questioned and„ egeiu during the years of its revived popularity, now uses it only fpr tlaciition's Sake in ce3'omonies:enit parp,,c Tints passes trent the practice field a weapon almost as ancient as fight - Ms -.tl}ea:Wolves,, When the crack of gunpgwder was first heard on the fleld Of, battle ity,prostige was blasted Z;eigrp ,the arquohue it rapidly de- clined in" importalioe, and by the end of the -sixteenth century it had been almost entirely; laid aside in I)urope There remained for it only n few' prominent partisans. At the battle of Ivry, in 1590, iniginciatie lama/ash spears," as Macaulay named them, fought. tor the Catholic League tinder and 1 teas the Dult f llfavonna 8- t sa' Duke osaid that henry IV, feared thoeo thouranct more than double the number of 'airy of the league cavalry,: Some el! the Scotch cavalry •in Crcmwell's aritlj%^ bore lances, too, at the battle eta ,liar, ..ton Moor, and the Spaniards also showed themselves loath to give 'dim, tip. After the beginning bf the sevene. g. teenth century, u however, the laltm was .little seen or heard of in Western Barone until Nayoleou brought it !bade.. The Purke, however, :lean it, in neo in Eastern Europe. They then: - selves had abandoned it, but their enemies found It, the Mort mise:iy,o weapon against the seiiutta-e ni th hands of theirswift and skillful horse- men; ams s0 theYoles, the Croats and the Cosracks refused to give it up Mar—.hal Saxe, ca periencod in warren; with the Turk, attemped to revive the lance ih Trance by p•atting It lute t1e ite.nds of ore regiment of di•a• goons;, bat Lifter his death it Cant 1• geared again, lainide-•iclr the Cheat Mussolini has agreed to write the story of Iits life, and it will probably be called "Me." - 'Uncle Sam has earned the credit of hired a regiment of Wallach:en !a introducing two Wade of diplomacy: , cere, but he nook away their lance; shirt -sleeve and airplane, • and armed 111Ctn as hod .air Instou d. When Poland was ;11.,•:(13.1., howev,r, her troops, .•b••or•bctl iota the a. -nue t r9 hr.r masters, wel•o allowed to itaea thr'r unison al c:refs a•.d wren t,; ASic FOIL to L'lilans, the Polltlt wyeen the L1 - viiF� to ,app rd In the ._. `t( r t lLIS eta, Prues-a and Auetrea Napoleon's Petish y^nca:'i ,If the Guard, formed atta[ ria rcnstitutetl tha, Grand' DDuchy of Taurean,. he o .,.e 'r famous that later he formed sis :acme lancer regimcate, un' erni n-, teem in green and crimson with leathev h,,!•• mete crowned with comb and creta or fur. In Spain and ag iinnt the 1 itr- siain Cossacks they greatly Increased the reputationof the weapon racy bore. Polirli lancers eci'i se , I- �_�_�. poloon's bodyguard at t::tn, . C2Tl'ro.Igarccd 'or "CourICil Standard" A thick, even, heavy spread of galvanize over eeery inch or sur- face. Deep co tugdt'.ans." Wrote us, stat ng oicc of barn y 0 want 00 cover. 10'E PAY FREIGHT WHEELER & GAIN;' LIMITED Dept. W..108 George Si., Toronto 2 Minhi. lot h a' = They arc now at tow levels, and there are several • which' show splendid profit possibilities. Wrote, wire, or phone us for Information without obligation. LYLE, BELL & CO. Miring' Brokers 104 Mali Bldg;,. Toronto. and MathineinivOs 616MONrte CAN'AbA SAY 00, LTD.... Mt)f. Y.A4.-. VAN0OINEII, OT. JOHN, TORONI'o Insure Yp Fertilizer insures• a crop above Me average—and D W Fertilizer gives you DOUBLE WORTH One Ton D W 4244 =Two Tom lD. cW; QUNN, LTD; 200'Cfind Ave.; Toronto, Ont aeaate C. 10 CA I• _.i A. P. H. Acadian Pride' Homespun I Registered) turned with him, carrying their sad- dles until they doald And horses. They did such damage during the Poninsu- camp aign and at ✓aterloo that 1,e etrotfeest andbest lar after the victorythe British alto re - dark n �e��▪ inl1ss Ysrtts made r 4a oda • Ileaiy wel6ht dark ;introduced lancers into their array. gree• nils turd 'manufactured by the c St.i, The ' lance continued in Briti:1 � ,, 'Croft: woollen Mina front favor through the nineteenth century, "`•,' :first weave Canadian Wool. 'especially for the Anglo-Indian 111 p}; hent by the leading Cloth--: P Y fere in the Dominion. Opinion was set against it at uadOtt'it. ry'' lr YOU cannot .procure thein " 4 fan), you, rinser, enclose and Sedan bythebrecch•loadel and 66.00, with waist and leg' th.o-French and Austrian armies gavo measurements, fora sample it up soon afterward. Iluesia f0110 '• pair, restage Haid. ed their lead leavine, lances only to the Cossacks and the Imperial C.uO,i. It was found that a regiment had n ';d of carbines as well ail laucce, but the combination left than ovorarraed, The llritlsh plan of using lances as a fror•t rank weapon, with carbines for the men in the rear, won the favor of Em- peror William Iii of Gorniany; and France, trio, employed: the lance in this way to a limited extent thoui h f Pin" and throats. PneumoniaEwes Sold site had condemned it sr nce.l*a.e t... a:,.. tatedthronta. Hny' Hackleye". Bold I ty years before. oy aterussiats and intarar-teed. W: is Beckley, Limited, ill the IIOCr' \\' 1 tl E i .,:� l 142, Mutual St., Toronto. 2 - rseless bef0rti an. et0111 ill.: v,..-L•t not fight at close quzptere; and o Lila weapon fell into disrepute le A ngau nt ui,uxyWraE to the early part of Lre twentieth ie,- Acu like a flash-- Wry, The !ii e ikon declared se eef all' to War 0 c r vee i food n t PP t d t CLAYTON &: SONS Aallfak, mo. And there ere 40 doses in a 75 -cent bottle! Pleasant to take and instant' in acorn itt every kind of Cold.: relieves Bronchitis, Croup and whoopitw Cough.Prevento But for its aban onmell . army, mon • still held it the "queen of col 1 (test weapons" and pleaded for its l:luro' until the World War finally put it-oa the antiquated list. 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They aro also appal, ently etscovering that quite a decent brandy comes much cheaper when it hails fron South Africa --and the Inn ho't� roes 2 i ., of brant from foreign sou brandy h bave also dropped considerably. Rum, of course, always did come from a crown colony—Jamaica—while most of the Canadian rye consumed la this country Is consumed by thirsty American. tcurists who are bigoted about "stickin'g to the -old •familiar brand despite the accessibility of Scotland's best; As for smoking, lm. ports of Rhodesian tobacoo havo Jumped by £21,000,000 in two years. All of which goes to show, :accord• Ing to the Empire Atarlseking Beard, that it pay's to advertiee. Mrs,' -"1 won't be long, dear. I'll bo ready in a minute," Mr,—"Well, for goodness' salsa de piek out a milt ate that's not more tjlan hall'.'an-hour