Zurich Herald, 1926-09-02, Page 6• Will C.o.nvIncel
is not equalled by any outer tea.
Who's Who in Wheat.
Based on a press report stating that
1. C. Mitohofd, of Dahinda, Saskatche-
wan, intended to try to win back the
wleea't crown at the International Show
et Chicago, the New York Sun recent-
ly published the following editorial
under the heading "Who's Who 1v
Wheat":—
Montana supplied to the world Its
champion wheat grower last year
when L. P. Yates, of Fishtail, in that
sate, captured the title at the Inter-
national Grain, Hay and Stock Sliow
In the autumn fn Chicago, but Canada
does not intend to let the honor stay
seuth of the interaational boundary If
Ate farmers can drag it north. The
Dominion now announces that J. C.
Mitchell, of Dahinda, Saskatchewan,
who has already been cock of the walk
three times ,will be a contestant this
fall. Mr. Mitchell was not in the con-
test ie. 1925, but he will be on the shore
of Lake Michigan this year.
This internationalcompetition was
instituted fifteen years ago, and Can-
ada has taken the blue ribbon thirteen
times, Seager Wheeler, of Rosthern,
Saskatchewan, succeeded in finding
top place five times. Nobody else
touches Mr. Wheeler's record in this
achievement...
Canada's hope this year has a typi-
cal pioneer's history. He came to
America in 19.06 from Manchester, Eng-
land, He did not have any capital. He
took up a quarter -section of land forty
miles from the railway and went to
work. Now he farms S00 acres and is
asking the Canadian Department of
Agriculture to register a new potato
he has developed which appears to be
all that a spud can aspire to be. To-
day a railroad crosses the Mitchell
farm and the homestead is a show
place.
Mr. Mitchell has spent" very little
time telling other persons that there
is no chance for a man to -day. He
went out and made hos chance. And
he did not make it by loafing during
the wheat seasonseither.
Big Family of Settlers.
Mr. end Mrs. John A. Stundebeck,
from Minnesota, have recently settled
in the Humboldt district, Saskatche-
wan, with nine children ranging In age
from two to 19 years. They bought
960 acres of farm land in this district
and came with several thousand dol-
lars in cash and effects and farm
equipment valued at $3,500. They
made the trip from their home in Min-
nesota in a motor car and motor truck
on which, was built a house large
enough to hold the big family, which
Is the modern style of covered wagon
or prairie schooner in which settlers
of to -day make their migrations. In
the old days the ox or mule -drawn
covered wagon took days or weeks to
cover long distances, whereas now the
motor driven prairie schooner makes
the journeys in hours or days.
Modern Learning.
School Mistress — "Now, children,
what did the Romans do for the Bri-
tons?"
Small Girl—"They 'em,
mics." —
1V1istress—"And how did they do
that?"
Second Small Girl --"Please, iniss,.
they taught 'enn to fight."
Clean Out Dust.
•
A surprising amount of dust drifts
into the necks of horn -pipe loud speak-
ers. It is a good idea to unscrew the
horn, every once in a while and to blow
out any accumulation that is visible
AFTRJt
A
11 Spur
di:sil91
Sad
fine after
Smolder/
525
That delicious
flavor of fresh
mint gives a new •.
thrill to every bate.
Wrigley's is good
and good for you.
No. 35.•»-'2a,
46 V.ROMP
as iesizr•r•
6y
FROCK OF DELIGHTFUL FABRIC
AND DESIGN.
The beautiful bordered materials
• are bringing about many charming
developments in frocks these days.
-Cut with a batteau neck to ship on
over the head, this attractive frock
elects plaits at the sides to flare the
"straight-line" silhouette. A narrow
belt appears at the top of the plaits
and short kimono sleeves -provide , •a
summery air. The diagram pictures
the simple design of this frock, and
the pattern provides long sleeves. No.
1081 is for misses and small women,
and is in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years.
Size 18' years (36 bust) requires 21/
yards bordered material; or 2% yards
:36 -inch plain material; long sleeves
3fi yard additional. Price 20 cents.
The secret of distinctive dress lies
in good taste rather than a lavish ex-
penditure of money. Every woman
should want to make her own clothes,
and the home dressmaker will find the
designs illustrated in our new Fashion
• Book to be practical and simple, yet
maintaining the spirit of the mode of
the moment. Price of the book 10a
the copy.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
Write your name and address plain-
ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. F,nclose 20c 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
return mail.
British Landscape Spoiled
By Ugly Modern Houses
England is 'Naomi/1g worried about
its countryside The English country-
side is famous, not only for its lovely
landeeape, its hedges, meadows and
parklands, but also for its picturesque Y
THE WAX LADY
BEGIN HERE TO -DAY,
A novelist, seeking nocturnal ad-
venture, loafs one night upon a bench
.n Hyde Park, London, Coming
ward hien he tees a little man carry;
a huge bundle on his shoulder.
Victoria gate the man is challenge
by a policeman, curious to know
contents of the bundle. •
At first the little man is impude
but finally tells the policeman he is
his way to bis barber shop in Act
In the sack he has a wax figure of
woman.
Out of curiosity the novelist oil
the mar, to learn whether he is smut
'els a' fly customer; cent per cent.,
that's what he charges them,"
"I follow. You and your friends
to- indulged in a little burglary at
ng Cherlev ,le's to -night. But I don't
At quite see why you took this young
the lady away with you."
"Well, it's like this, guv'nor. I ex-
nt pect you've 'ad no experience of crib
on cracking.. If you 'ad, if you'd done a
Acta stretch, same . as I have, all along o'
a being careless like, you'd know that it
don't do to go about London o' nights
folio
the
frig the truth. 'When the man lures
into a direction opposite to the route,
to Acton he cnallengcs him. The nov-
elist offers the man five -pounds if
will report with him to the police at
tion. He notices that the man's fin
nails are stained with machine oil.
carrying a sack full of money, and
things like that. You got to be care-
ful. ~ So when we'd got all the stuff
together, my mate and I we didn't
he ,quite know what to do; there was
a- jewelry, . that's nothing; one can put
ger that in one's pocket. But there was
lots of other stuff: gold snuff boxes,
silver sauce boats, combs allver dia.
• monds. It would have broken my
'eart to leave it. So my mate, 'e 'ad
ave an idea. We got 'old of two of these.
a 'ere figures; the inside of the stand is
a-
40
he
b=
d
'rho
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
A glow of hate hung in his eyes
if he had had a weapon I should ha
suffered;indeed, his .aria made
movement aa if to strike, but he re 1
;zed. -that I had eight inches and
or 50 pounds weight to spare. So t
shoulder I held struggled, then su
sided In a sulky tone he said: "1 ha
to tell the cop a tale. I don't see
'arm in telling you I ain't a 'ai
dresser. I'in an engine cleaner."
"That's better. Well, what do you
want with this lay figure, then? Are
you going to make a mascot of .it for
an engine?"
"No."
"Still, you're telling lies, and taking
risks for it. You seem rather attach-
ed to it. You tell me you paid ten
shilling for it?"
"Yes."
'.`That's cheap; at least I suppose
so, never—having bought one myself.
What do you think it's worth?"
"Oh, I dunno"
"Let's walk along and talk about it."
We went toward the west. "Think
again. How much do you think it
would cost new?"
"Couple of pounds."
"Would it indeed? . Look here: I've
taken a fancy to it. I'll give you five
pounds for it as it stands."
"I ain't selling."
"You're not selling for five pounds
a thing you can buy new for two
pounds. Really this is very interest-
ing. The police ..."
"Oh, 'ag it. There you_are, talk-
ing about the cops again."
"I've got `to. You've stolen that
thing. You're a thief."
"Oo are you calling thief?"
"You." In a low tone, I added: "If
you tell me the truth I'll let you off.
But, just one more lie, and I'll hand
you over."
There was a silence. Finally the
little man cleared his throat, and in a
gentle tone said: "Look 'ere, guv'nor,
you don't want to be 'ard on a• pore
working man. You say you want to
buy the thing. Well, I ain't so fond
of it. I don't mind selling it, but I
couldn't let it gofor five pounds."
"How much do you want?"
"Say a 'undred pounds."
I laughed: "Now, my man, I'm
afraid you've given yourself away
Tell me why this figure's worth a hun
dred pounds. Otherwise, off we go to
the police station."
There was a struggle in the roan's
mind. He probably thought of bolt-
ing, for he moved toward the road,
but I stepped on the other side of him.
Then he must have decided to „trust
me, for in a gloomy tone he murmur-
ed: "You're a gentleman." At last,
with fine frankness, he said: "I'll tell
you all about it. But I can't do it 'ere.
Someone might come along. 'I'll show
ou something. Let's go up that
"We shared out and each put his
half in a lay figure."
empty. So we shared out, and we each
put our half in a lay figure. Then we
put 'em into the sacks which we'd
brought with us, because you never
know, and off we goes, each our own
way. Like that, when the cop started
asking questions, 'e• didn't tumble to
it. Be pointed to the ground: "And
there's my 'elf. If you say the word,
you can 'ave it for a 'undred pounds."
It was very tempting to arrest the
man forthwith; no doubt, by this
means all the property would be re-
covered, since the other man could be
found. But I felt curious; after all,
I knew many ladies who had their hair
done by Charleviile; some were hard
up; one of then had recently received
from me a few valuable little presents
which it would be amusing to identify.
So I said: "No, I'm not going to buy
a pig in a poke. 1, don't mind doing
a little business with you: if you think
the stuff's worth it, I'll give you a
hundred pounds; I can't get caught,
so I don't mind."
He twinkled, recognizing a fellow
crook, draggedatthe canvas that was
' roughly nailed to the bottom of the
figure, pulled it off, thrust his hand
face. He fumbled in the recess, took
up the figure, shook it; then, his mouth
fallen open, he turned to me and said:
"There ain't nothing in itl"
II.
For a moment the air was filled
with the thin sound of his misery.
When, however, he had said about a
dozen times that he didn't know how
it could have happened, I decided to
be a little rougher with him,
"Look here, my man," I said.
"You've tried to play a dirty trick on
me. You've tried to get a hundred
pounds out of me by making me be-
lieve that in this figure there was a
lot of valuable stuff, and ..."
• "But there was."
"Don't talk nonsense."
"It must have dropped out." Ile
searched the sack furiously.
"What sort of fool do you take me
for? How could the things fall out
when you'd nailed the canvas bottom
on again? There never was anything
hi this figure; the only thing that up-
sets me is, that it's hardly any use
handing you over to the police, since
you haven't ,got any stolen goods ..
but of course you've got the figure;
that's probably stolen goods. I think
gaol you for this."
".Don't do that, giiv'nor," implored
i.he.littio man. "I think I know 'ow
this 'appened. I'm a bigger fool than
anybody'd think and P11 tell you for
why. I put the stuff in with my own
'ands, Would I tell you a story like
thot if it weren't tote?"'
"Indeed I don t irnow,"
"What do you think I'd tell you I
eraeked a crib for if it weren't true?
Ain't the sort of thing a coye boasts
about to a stranger is it?"
"That may be. But you say you.
think you know how it happened?"
"Well, guv'nor, I don't know, but
I thinkit must 'ave boon like this, I
took inmy'elf., and my irate took 'is 'elf.
We each got 'ono of these 'ere figures
off the floor I •filled mine, I 'ad to
cottages, many of them hundredsof s
years old and of historic origin
Many of these cottages, nestling s
close to the ground, their thatched
roofs blending with the contour of the
land, are now decrepit; and one by one
they are disappearing, to make way
for modern houses of practical but e
ugly design. Post-war real estate "de-
velopments" are sweeping away whole P
colonies of old-time English homes. su
Agitation against this "vandalism"
has finally produceod a definite move- rn
ment to check it. A number of leads m
ing 'societies, including the Royal Sa- D
ci,ety of Arts and the Society for the be
Protection of Old .Buildings, Is raising
a fun of $250,000, to be added to from
time to time, which will be used to fa
treet." He nodded toward Inverness
Terrace. "There'll be a garden or
omething." I followed him in silence,
until we reached an empty house. We
were fortunate; the front garden was
eparated from the road by tall
hrubs. Behind some •of these we
stablished ourselves. Again the sack
was undone, the ghastly beauty -ex-
osed, looking strangely human and
rprised.
"I got some swag in 'ere," said the
an. "Face is, a friend of mine and
e, we cracked a little crib to night.
o you. know Charlie Villa, the her -
r?"
"Of course 1 know Charleville." In
deed, this was the name of the most
shionable hairdress in Landon
s
s
repair and preserve all worthy ex. ; v
amp es of rural architecture, so far as B
it is possible. 4
The fund may shortly be suppiement- al
ed by the Government, which is con.' bu
tempiatfng a new housing bill. As w
foreshadower) by Neville Chamberlain, th
the Minister of Health, loans will be ire
•provided for the repair of cottage pros th
llerty. While this, bill has a primarily w
utilitariab purpose, it will automatical- th
o'
w
eochose shop has stood at the corner of
and Street for over half a centiiry.
"Well, it's like this: Charlie Vf'1
n't only a barber, ' He does a bit of
siness (Iwith the fashionable dames
Idle he's doing their "Fair; naw and
en one of them gets Into a bit of a
ss, cards, and champagne wine, all
at sort of thing, You know," he
we
Ile aid In the fight against veildalism.
Multiplication.
. Doetoi-"Now take a deep breath
and 40,37 ninety-nine three times,"
The Hust.lei---"Two hundred and
ninety-soven,
Minerd's Lin eetyor
� f i' insect bl4eir.
on with a confidential smile. "So
ey get short and want to raise a bit
money on something, That sort of.
Annan, she won't want to bo seen
Bring out ..."
'Of a pawnbroker's. 1 understand."
"You see what 1 mean. They lakes
all sorts of stuff to Charlie hill, jew-
elry, gold plate, kniek-knacks what
they pinch. in their own drawing -room,
and he lends thein money on it. Oh,
I3
11111 I1/flI(Il(/jI
,
ecause
you really
live with;
our Lace
Curtains,
they should he
Eaundered in LUX
EVERY hour of the day you
see them.
If they have been poorly launder•
ed they are a constant annoyance.
4
Lux laundering will keep them
true in both colour and shape. ,y
will permit them to drape in
soft graceful folds.
Be careful to get the genuine
Lux. It is sold only in
packages,.._. never in bulk.
Wanemeeneneemisaexemesingesesemaezsette
. Lever Brothers Limited
Toronto
L-544
1
take' the canvas off the bottom first,
but I put it on again after. There
was about a dozen of them figures
there; waiting to 'ave 'air on. What
1 think's 'appened is that I picked up
one of then; lay figures that was
empty. • And mine, what's got the
stuff in it, is in Charlie Vill's back
shop now. Oh my! this is a go!"
"I shouldn't wonder," I remarked.
"It seems very likely. I suppose you
were in rather: a hurry."
"One always is in a 'urry in our
business. My mate 'ad been nearly
two hours opening the safe, and it 'ad
got on my nerves like. When I'd got
my figure full, I didn't 'ang about, 1
can tell you. I just 'opped it," Once
more he expressed his.misery, his re-
sentment against fate, until I stop-
ped hint.
"Look here," I said, "this is all very
well, but the fact remains that you've
left the stuff behind, and there's no
chance of you're going to get it."
"Of course there ain't; it's too late
now; I 'even't the nerve to risk it, and
as for to -morrow night, they'll 'ave
'elf a dozen watchmen, with 'all a
dozen guns, so that it don't 'appen
again when it's already 'appened."
(To be continued.)
eteeenee see
importers, Attention!
Wifie (already scantily attired)—
"Women are 'wearing altogether too
many clothes!"
Hubby (disgustedly)—"Well, in this
latitude fig -leaves simply oaa't be
grown."
Thousands of 'Birds Die
at "Swallows' Pass"
The swallow, so dear to the hearts
of the German people that countless
songs and poems have been dedicated
to them, aro reported to be on the
verge of extinotion.
Investigation has revealed that the
birds are being electrocuted by the
thousands at "Swallows' Pass" in the.
Alps, which in recent years has been
spanned by High tension electric lines
from the power plants of lake Conio.
On their flights through the Alps to
and from. North Africa the swallows
rest on the wires, and in Buttering
about frequently touch two wires at
the same time. Thousands of dead
birds have been found in the caverns
The Generous Man.
"How is it we never get any 'cream
on our milk?" said the newly wedded
ho eland.
"I eolupleined to the milkman," ex
lileined like young wife, "and ho said
that he alwayS filled our jug so full of
milk that iberci was no room for cream.
Ho is such a tiles malt."
Sir Frederick Williams -Taylor
Montreal financier and bank president,
on a visit to Jasper National Park„
Alta.
A Hopeless Case.
Willie, who was nearly five, and his
mother were sitting at home one night.
At the table his sister, aged seven, was
doing her home work. Suddenly moth-
er looked up and saw Willie watching
his. sister.
"Well, Willie," she said, "it will not
be long before you will have to go to
school."
"Oh!" sald Wilie, "it's no use send-
ing
ending me to school,"
"How is that?" asked his mother.
"What's the use of sending me tol
school?" exclaimed Willie. "I don.'t
know anything and I can't read or{
write." '
Golf Courses for Women.
Golf .courses for woman only are
common in England and Scotland.
Feminist desire for complete independ �
encs is the cause for the separist
movement,
MInard's Liniment for pandruff.,
:'-
Summer Night.
Come, let us forth, and wander the]
rich, the murmuring night!
The shy, blue dusk of summer tram -1
biles above the street.
—Laurence Benyon,
WII� 8N TORONTO
We oor?ilally invite you to 1u-
spect our latest cars at our ex-
hibit;
x-'1i bit; or with our thrarantoed
Deed Oars oen:trally located at
909 Bay Street.
WILLYIi 0VCl`',LAND 8AL.F.s
COP.IPANv