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_Sym_bol of 1 You will eventually " Cool: with Electricity I H E electric Range makes cooking perfect. We the housewife : ideal of cleanliness in the kitchen. Does away with flame, fuel and fuse. A I turn of a switch 5 and your heat is on E or off. It is easy _ to operate, and E absolutely safe. In -_ fact it is ideal in every 5 -- way. Cook with o- --"= j j j ju 2-Q j j runs: on 33 days of experimenting are over._ The perfected electric Range is here. This Moffst Electra. is 3 practical and elcient Range. selling at a very reasonable price And is made in Canada by the Mornrs at Weston. Ont. lrinrr rurgr :-`=._E Iutel --== = Thursday, February 4, 1016 TOI'?ON'I'O (H) ,' Well has our great poet de- Iserved this universal commenda- ;tion for who has written like him? What poem descriptive of `rural manners and virtues-- _rural life in its simplicity and dignity, yet without a single false -outline or touch of false color- 3ing--clings to our memories and lives in our hosoms like his Q Cotter s Saturday Night"? !What humorous narrative in `verse can be compared with his i"'lam 0`Shanter"? From the `fall of Adam to his time, 1 be- llieve there was nothing written in we vein of his Mountain 1I_)aisy; others have _caught his `spirit from that poem, but who among them all excelled him? Of all the convivial songs I have ever seen in any language, there is none so overflowing with the spirit of oonvivlality. so joyous. so contagious, as his song of I l I l ' v I By William Cullen Bryant. ; 5. Closing lines of an Aaddrc-ss at; the Burns birthday centennial festival, Astor House. New York, Jan. 25th, 1859. ,.___-__ 1,--- V- ..,.......... I--~---v -rvvvvt-All III!` llIll .`cT7." I-U. 7 And we must. of course. ae-lbuckle the belly-band. and when; `cent this. Better something andl W88 In that position thf-`E late than `nothing never.` Ev..lho1'ses run away and dragged _' `rm-ybody agrees that the Gum-urn- him ft)!` 3 (:UllSldt`l`ablP di. mt-nt measure comes limping tar after Whih the S|f*i8'hS panned; ir-nough behind the rise of prices, over him. John Tholllpsull took The delay has brought about. un-| M13 Allen back to Webster-`sit _t.nld suffering. The t`amiue,camp on lot 21, where it was dis-;? jpz-ices of to..day are now be-;covered that the victim of the;; coming normal prices, and aglaccident had one rih broken and ;such are qunted m..dg_v in may-_;'liad received other injuries. Onil 'lin." iSatlu'da.V Mr. Allen was taken toe` ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' his brother's residence in Elma; vale. Since he was brought tni, the village a steady improvementlt Cullen Bryant. iin his condition has 1,99,, N.-c(,__;, address at;'ab1e_ T V lhn nu"... l\I..ll.A..-. --_A..__4-I noun Burns Anniversary. .;.\au1uu IUR1 Grfonola_s r..\-- . 'l`lIPsn facts are nlllnially (mu- tlrmed by the nlfortsx of munivi- palitios and some military ml, that-itius to regulate pl`i('eR~---: that is. to llx maximum p1'i(ws_ for lhe staple arliclo uf food`. At last. ton. after reprnsenta-; tlons from newspapers cnrpnra-V linns. t1-ade-uninns. and so. forth. the lmm-rial (`unverunnentl has taken similar steps and has. issued rt-nulatinns to fix a maxi-` mum price of bread. llA_n A lions more trembling before the menace of greater hardships still to comes In the hour of the Rreatesl. danger speculators are |)rnfHim.r by the wretchedness of mo poor. IAIIII _, AI .1 A nY!_:,,I|_, _ _. Millions are in want; mil-- . Therefore we women must! fbe as economical as possible and" `must husband all existing re-; sources. More than that. we; must see to it that these I-9-; sources are equitably and widely] distributed. It does not benefltg the farmslaborer or the small oicial to tell him cheerfully that the harvest of corn and potatoes is said to have been large en- ough to feed the Empire until; -'next summer if the price he has; ,in pay for his meals continuesl to rise to breaking-point. The; war has robbed many families: `of their chief support; it has! `shaken the economic fabric of} the nation to its foundations, and has brought unemployment: and low and uncertain earnings; to many. Millions of women; `children, aged parents, and peo.' ple in weak health mut hence-3' forth rely for their means of ex- istence upon the pittances they ;reccive from publir funds anal! ' Charity. l 4 u . u i I A s cattle are fcd~-tha- poor ;man can nnt. buy food. Likv a child's soap-bubble which bursts at a touch. so has the legend been dissipated that: the war would be a short `mili-l tary promenade` to `Paris and! Petrograd. We know that we` ` are in the midst of a world-warl 1 own `reserves. which will last a very "long time, and we must. face the fact that. Germany for many months to! come will remain cut on` fromi commercial intercourse with 0th-. or nations, and will be compelled- to feed her own people from her Feeling the Pinch. No matter how intense our feelings against the Kaiser and the militarists who brought on this terrible war, Canadian wo- men cannot but feel great sym_- apathy for the German women and children--the innocent suf- fferers from the Kaiser's lust for - power. Although Germans? would have the outside world ho- ilieve that it is a case of busi- xness as usual," information is coming through that shows very zmuch otherwise. An article in a Sm-inlist woman s baper, Die? Gleichh.-it. published in Stutt-I gart, admits that the war will last a long time and that a heavy burden has fallen uponl` the women. It runs, in part: ' O6` 11- - ..L:I.II.. _-- L.4LL|- I EN WCDMANS REALM All communications should be addressed to Editor Woman's Realm - 92... ; Xi'an: the cluslod Want. Ads. l On Friday afternoon when` l Ronald Tideman and Mrs`. A. Mo- Lennan.`s little niece were play-l ing at the Wye bridge. near Mr. Copeland's mill. the little bn_v fell into the river. His child compgmion hurried to the res- cue. and she. too. got into the water. Her cries for help at- tracted the attention of Mr. Wilfred Barnes who was .::onnin_&' towards the bridge from Mr. Copeland`: mill. He hurried to the south side of the bridge where he found l.he little girl standing waist.-deep in the watt.-r and the litt.le boy lying on his] hack in the stream with his hmd under the ice. Wilfred took both children over to the engine room _at the. mill where the water was wrung from their clothing, and then -took them t.o their hem:-s. Both children sonn recovered from the chill of t.heir plunge `into the icy waters of the Wye. e Music 1: Sam Allen met with a serious? s.a~.ciaiont 0]! the 10th lim- rm F`ri-, -lday. `When opposite Int. 15. hej `went between the horses t.n_ -`buckle tho whent the in -jho1'ses riraggedf - a distance; p panned, , John tookg .tMr. We-bst.m"9;` wcarnp dis-; .|covered the; .|unnrIn..l l....I ,.._ . nu uu-sax 1|. I `, ,__-- ---..-- .. uuvaua nuuI._ E. Burns was great by the great- ness of his sympathies--sympa-, ,._thies acute and delicate, yet 1 5 large. comprehensive, bo.und- ' _:less. They were warmest and ,{strongest toward those of his _;own kin, yet they overflowed up- ,.on all sentient beings-upon the animal in his stall; upon the I-"wee, sleekit, cowerin`, tim`rous L beastie" dislodged from her ant- , umnal covert; upon the hare _ wounded by the sportsman; up- i,nn the very field flower, over-, ,lturned by his `share and crushed: `famous his stubble. And in all- ,!this we feel that there is noth-1 Ljing strained or exaggerated _!nothing affected or put on, noth-; -iing childish or silly, but that all% "is true, genuine, manly. noble;{ nvn l-In-an-. nun -A-A-- ' `""' I The Spartan spirit is not dead.; John Reyxmlds of Wavm-Icy, whu has two sons away with Canadi-` ian Contingrenls, says that every; _young man who is nnt tiod down` should an In assist. in hringingf ;U|('.' war to `a speedy termination; and if he were a yming man he: `would go himself. m . nu - - - ' I On Saturday and Mnnduy ai zcanvass of thv village was madei fin raisw (me hundred dollars to: assist in improving the mad be. `tween Elmvalo and The Beach.f ;In the two days one hundred and` two dollars and fifty cents was` subscribed. This mnney will bvi handed uw-r tn the Reeve of Flos; and expenrlod undor his super- .visi0n. ` l l l 1 La u-uu. genunne, manly. noble;! !we honor. we venerate the poet} lwhile we read; we take the ex- ?pres-zsinn of these sympathies to! your hearts and fold it in our` gmemory forever." 3 -----.`.. -~-.-- I "IVf"i'3urns was thus great among _ poets, it was not because he_ stood higher than they by any! pre-eminence of a creative and` fertile imagination. Original, affluent and active his imagina- tion certainly was and it was al- ways kept under the guidance of a masculine and vigorous un- derstanding; but it is the feeling which lives in his poems that. gives them their supreme mas- tery over the minds of men., lBurns was thus great because, "whatever may have been the er- ,rors of his after life, when he! =came from the hand that formed him--I say it with the profound- est reverence--God breathed in- `to him, in larger measure than [into other men. the spirit of that :love which constitutes His own lessence and made him more than Eother men--a living soul. l n...._- ._--- he - Willie Brewed a Peck o Maut." What love songs are sweeter and tenderer than those of Burns`? What song addresses itself so movingly to our love of old friends and our pleasant recol- lection of old days, as his Auld Lang Syne," or to the domestic affections so powerfully as his "John Anderson"? w--u 11-an unmz txnuuan no snunnnv Iomuma 1 ILMVI Ll ;\IIIIul laVIT (`l.Ill"'-II. Long sleeves are to be so-en on lall gowns. I asked a prominent `New York tlressrnnkor not` long` {ago if she would mako long szlor-\-`es for summc-r. and she re- "plied: I most cm'tain|_\' will un- `less my custmlmr insists other- wise. A _L_,,,,,- Mina:-d : Linlmontfcuroo Dlo-; tamper. VV Kali. _ A_ charming zgftc-1-n0_on dross us pictured hm-nwvth whnch shnw:-' `crepe do ahino and Lace com- I blnod In a Gown with Waist. In Bolero Effect. ! The dressmaking houses Ewhivh have kept opt.-n are doing fbusinoss. with the United States ial, lva. Rmlier. tho great ivnannfacturer of fabrics reports that ho- is flu-nishin:.r mate-rials In Lhv Uallnt Sisn-rs, (`.h6-ruit, jl 1'(-Im.-1. and Br-91'. - VIVL. _ AI...,..A.._.-. - - -r' A- - - A` .....u umu u15lu.s must, De out. It was natural that this should alfecl business, but now things have changed and are taking on} ta much more normal outlook. ` g .`|IiIVVllI) bI.l.V'll EFIUI DUI; llI_.L|e. . cwagn 1:1 1st I, e fiear _of 'mv_as1on, mi-[Tl Q8 . am 1mmed1_at.eI_yH _ .8. xure cl0sed-no l1ghts- wme allowed, the cafes could not 13 D911. the theaters were shut`: down. and a curfew told people]! ' o uhat their lights must be out It. was nnhn-nl Hm; nu- ..n....._n_ -v-.-, a. wall uxsu; lluo It is said that Berlin has been much the same during the war: as at other times, excepting fur the war spirit, and the grief at the bulletin boards.. It has been! t e Kaiser's wish that things; should be as unaffected as pos-. sible. and, as he is well beloved,l as well as feared, the people,| especially the women, have. lshnwn their grief but little. l In Daniel H. hu... .0 :.._.--: [The separate Blouse Shows the Addition of a High collar. SAND AND PUTTY COLORED` WAISTS. gnsmou oLAmuos New York, February 1st. . n..:.l JI_-L n,_I:,, I ' UVVVV V Uvvudr II 71m(k1?noaJEeo.@`z1{uIu;.g.A/ al`/ 7 c mm _ 15441 NW 5/agcaas am owz --~ J1Z'7/mhzfamaah I" V"I'Hf3w;i$g("l.llll)l ?-3 w('I'e iudebturl-' in tho Barrio 1-note-.rs for the en-, Iurtainment anrded them on the ice during the intermission, it o'eItainly Iwlpvd maharially to pass thv time. Even if it wasn't` high-olass vmulevillv it was '3 vhangn from nu mnnntnny of wuilimr whilv th.- ion was being sm'[md. I ` : u I v\ 1-`riot: I-Anus: It. does not seem possible that those high-collared blouses and. t'i-oaks will altogether supersede the low collars which we have boon wearing for so long. The; woman haw folt. the comfort of! doing without anything about; the throat, the Iievks have 1.- vived from the old tight collars and hncome more beautiful. and! it (1008 not seem as though they! could consent to tho wom'ing`l them on overytliing again. 'F|Inrn is nn `now In lull ':IIrI`! nun: tu UP a. I!'Vl\i'I.l HI LIIP mus hultnn-in'-Lhc-back" waists and trimmings nf braid and blltl-nn.~ -) in rnilitary ('fTN'.t ii) the frunt. uucnu uu t7vt_`l_y|.IIlll5 ulll. i There is no way to ti-ll just: what the lingerie wai.-st of the` summer will be-come. There is, said to be a revival of Lhp nldi hultnn-in-thc-back" I fl`;lI|li\;I|(r;v 4\f I-n...:A ...._n I...AA,._..i with a separate sum of Blue; flnhnlullng In Illa-un 4. \Al..I..4; `somewhat the bolero effect, to-' 3-gather with the long sleeves. which are most striking feature; . of the"pro-sent styles. Thesyaist` is ma e with an underwaist of- crepe de Chine with the btileiol effect, in wide lace. The sleeves; 3'01 this outer waist are short and; of the lace, while long net; sleeves extend to the wrist. The"; skirt of crepe de Chine is shir-g Ilred several times at the waist Bland hips. and is nished at the l.'top with a frill of itself. 'l`hi-we -. tigraduated bands of net are the llpnly trimming on the skirt. This 5:18 a frock which may be worn _ag`ain and again. as its long lsleeves and high collar give it a "distinctly d'ay-time air. while the ;l1naterial makes it elaborate. en- "ough for many evening fume-` Ittmns. ,i The separate waist takes on ,_!ditl'erent features with the ,changing of the season. and d Ljthere is no end to the numerous V _' models, although they all bear a .resemblance one with the other. h ' Qnsleamr {kn |-in-R ---"i~ Ill! 5. Some of the waists are made with a V neck and :1 high collar above it, leaving a little of the neck or chest exposed. This is unique, but gives" such a look of something left out, or unfin-ish_ ed that it is scarcely popular. Others are made with a straight band around the neck and a run` of net or chiffon above and be- low it. The best of the high- necked waists button straight up the front, from the waistline to top of the collar. A stunning waist which I saw not long ago was made with the collar in one with the body of the waist, the shoulder seam extending into the side seam of the collar. This collar wrinkles around the neck] charmingly and was held from working down into a string around the neck by bones at the lback and sides of the collar- ,.uav-Juulallut` une Wltn the Other. This season` the high collar has been the fivwest note in these waists. A few good mod- ,el_s have been made with the lhlgh collar. but it is much hard- er to achieve than the waist with the round, wedge, or rolling out. lainsf, run a wvpurutv wnlrla Ul DIUU; Gabardine, is Worn 11 Waist of Sand colored Net. ``I suppose the price uf New1 England pies will go up. won`l' it?" Yes. I believo the war affects hardware in all its vari-: `HIS forms.---Life. mfg/L &:1. }L.'3"0/$5" Qmzgggyom :50/1/ wnhind head the cnaisinod want us. l The manager of the Git-and opera house has arranged with the Paramount and Famous Players Film Services for" the following special features, all of which are shown only at the leading opera houses and pic. ture theatres: On February 5th and 6th. Lost Paradise"; Feb- ruary l2th and 13th-, Mary Pick- ford in Such a l.i'l,-`tle Queen"; February 19th and` 20th, Vir- ginian": February 26th and 27th, Wildflower." l.`hey will also Show the famous picture, It's a Long. Long Way to Tip- perary." on Monday and 'I`uo:-s- day, February 22nd and 23ml, [with a favorite comedy picture. `This picture is in great demand and these are the only dates available for Barrie. uuv.` ll Ulll. cut in the new Callot square, which is rnnst becoiningr and far less trying than the usual square or Dutch neck. The model is developed in ci-aquele net and untrimnwd. except for a cord outlining: thv nvck. The `skirt worn with this waist is an o-x- cellent one for the-separate skirt. as it is made with a yoke and front in one and` pleats at the side. causing the skirt to an: in thv up_t0-date manner at the sides. wt) 3 1 Fl! Cut Flowers& Ferns always in stock All Hot Drinks & Oysters Served, as well as Ice Cream. LUNCH AT VAlR"S TEA ROOM A Business Man's TRY The lam-lo Rooters. ' In its report M the Barrio- Mnafnrd hockey man-h, tho Mea- ford Min-ur N*.fPl'.~' in HM runters as follows: r-y srnarl and very winter. They are gh collar-s and us- .-traiprhi up the- small .-nlk-(-uverud w:u'.~'t of (`l'(DP doe very {:4-md. espo- vnndn with large- fall g1'zwv1'ul|y in Page Eleven Ln; IADI III CANADA... F. GARRETT, Agent, IAPHO. lnvcontre of Sllopplng and Business District. nu noon-100 with Prints lulu Etmot-nu um Aunmom Put: A I: cum Ioohlllnt