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- \n \Il&IRblL\IO LluVb' through Manitoba, Saskatchewan,} Klberta. and British Columbia, but; did not see anything that could` compare with this new. country, north of the Silver City of Cobalt. W Easy to Clear; I The. east of clearing varies ac- cording to the kind of timber, the `speed with which it is thoroughly done `and the condition (burnt or not) in the settler nds it. In some `cases the timber will more}; than. for the clearing` of the`; .,- u UL \Il.\L' uuourno need 11013 l I see} `E133: he will leave behind him =the pleasures of his ower gardens . and lawns. Millions of Fertile Acres. I` An who visited the Nipis-I sing `District of Northern Ontario! recently, says he saw timothy bay 6 feet 2 inches high, and second crop clover 2 feet 6 inches high, with an `A abundance of seed just about ripe; -` Fall wheat, spring wheat, barley, a` .oats, peas` and vegetables all far in advance of anything I have seen in {older ' Ontario. I have travelled Manitob eehepehew;en, 53 l"'A.u.-_.h- -_ 1 -n n- - uuuca auuul U1. Du.` llmonton, Alberta. Farmers who ,have been on the land north of Lie- keard for several years say that their crops, are never affected by frost now, although before the bush was cleared away the frost did come earlier in the season. The longer nu ma... vv 1' hours of sunlight make the crops lripen quicker and practically equal- ize the time of harvest with Ontario South. lllfut it- is not mere agricul- gtuml ut' ty. The _country can min- lister to the ner and aesthetic side 03% tho settll:-as A visitor wrif: e wer and lawns at n- vglehaart Station, were magnicent, `and certainly the emigrant from the Old Land or` Old Ontario need not lfmn. 41...; 1.... ...:n 1-__- 1-1- 1 ~i'atmosphe:re and forest surroundings; imake the cold less felt. The cli-3 llmate is better than that of Montrea1,l `the vicinity of .'which is great in .fruit-growing. Regarding latitude, : which has much to do with tempera.-, ture, it will be a surprise to manyi iito learn that Cochrane, on the ` 'Transcontinental Railway, is-, thirty {miles south of Winnipeg, and near- {ly three hundred; miles south of Ed- .lT I Tv\(\v\`(\v\ A1`---J-- :_ N-'0. 17--I-1 Gallon` VVhite Oats, grown from hand select- T ed seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--j-I Gallon Spring VVheat, grown from hand sel- ected seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I9-.-I Gallon 6.-rowed Barley, grown from hand sel- V ected seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *`4Jjv*mm*x\\u;&L*m`}6;___._ % 3 7--_ \v&.i.\vs'\ , WI The fellovng prizes will be awarded'- on best samples of Seeds exhibited in accorfiance with the`:-ules governing seed fairs. Spring Seed Fair Bush. ' . ... ....h ......u.., any vu.iu:Ly ll'd.I'I1` Prall Wheat, any variety named` White Oats, any variety named .Black Oats, any variety named Barley, Manchuri . . . . . . . . .... . . Large White Field Peas. . . . ... Small White Field Peas, or color: Field Beans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corn for Husking . . . . . . . . . . .'.'l Timothy Seed . . . . . .1. . .` . . . . . . . . Red Clover Seed . . . .` . . . . . . . l -Alsike Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alfalfa Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buckwheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Potatoes, any early variety . . . . . . Potatoes, for general crop . . . . . Hall, V Barrie, Saturday, March 2nd Boys Hand Selected Seed . CLASS Prize L 1st P1610 reas, colored i<}r}'IIIIIIIII'fl'.II eed uloocovnloonlnaanoa .. . generaf . . : nlfl luau zvuauuag i Provinces. And another expert writes: Taking everything into consideration, I am convinced that on the average this |_l_and imay be made ready for cro1_n [as readily as that of the P-raina IpnI1:l\naa 7 . lland, in others` it does not fully real- lize what it is worth, but in all case _les (except where burnt) there is an [advantage which the treeless prairie cannot g'ive--materia1 for building p and fuel for re, with a mitigation, ,as a forest country, of the monotony incident to all pioneer life. Another {expert says in a meaant letter: We [had every opportunity to acquire a true conception of the opportuni- ities, difficulties and successes con- inected with the life of ai settler in the* Clay Belt. The comparative iease with .which land can be cleared was `a surprise indeed, and contrast- ed, strangely with the mental pic- ture that` I have with [regard to the gigantic task that fac~ Ad mu wFnu...+1....... :_ run n*4L'A .> -- `van-_unn W. W. CORY, Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. N.B.-Una.uthorized publication of this ad- vertisement wiil not be paid for. 52-23. . , ,,_, __.`. UlullV8.lC8 nny acres extra. homesteader who has exhausted his home- stead right and cannot obtain a pre-emption may enter for a purchased homestead in cer- tain districts. Pnce $3.00 per acre. Dnties.~ - Must reside six months in each of three years. cultivate fty acres and erect a house worth $300_0u. (ending nomesteader. Duties -511: months residence upon and cultivation of the land in each of three years. A homesteader may live within nine miles 0: his homestead on afarm of at least 8 acres solely owned and occupied b him or by his father, mother. son. daughter. rothcr or sister. In certain districts a homesteader in good stamdinlmay pre-empt a quarter-section along- side his omestead. Price $3.00 per acre. Dut.ies.-.M ust reside upon the homestead or pre-emdption six months in each of six years from ate of homestead entry (including the time required to earn homestead patent) and cultivate fty A Ehn Han lIC`|"` `*:` ` " %___._v-v-yo i NY person who is the sole head ofa family. or any in ale over 18 years old. may home- stead a quarter section of available Dominion land in Manitoba. mslmtchewan or Alberta. The applicant must appear in person alfthe Dominion Lands Agency or Sub agency for the district. Entry by proxy may be made at any agency. on certain conditxons by father, mother son, daughter. brother or sister of in- tending homesteader. IIfIl-IR _\v -nn-.on....!' -_-SJA~ ` _...,+%..;_v--<-5.57 SYNOPSIS Of` CANADIAN NORTH, ! WEST LAND REGULATIONS. i A mv ........ 7- - -- 2.( $1-50. 1.50 1.50 -quarter of an inch wide. Sometimes it is almost impossible 1.0 remove the covers that scrow . on , jars. An elastic band wound around; the cover gives an excellent pur-; chase, so that the band does: V1101? slip. Have the elastic about a _ - - ~ -~'- .`'```'`` `'J V _. ' ~, L r" V _ I Sm] by Dru.ggi.s:tB_, pr1(_:-6 45c. A 'i`ukr- Ila]-1 s Famzly `P1113 for con- stipation. _ I -side vacancy, or it may be-s.a'y it, vvv-- -~- -~--v-g-M5 bl-NC` a`pj_JU111.|.\IlleI1.jT;]5 not announced. It may be that` the` Government intends to follow `the! precedent set by. the V late Govern`-ll ment in appointing an outsider `col the vacancy here and standing 4 the: `Grey County appointee to the out-; softly! --that the Government Is. not just. sure how strong`. the disapelf pointed aspivrants may prove to be and wishos' to postpone a possible evil day. The only thing, in fa,c.t,l: of which, at this stage of the g`.a1n:e,.'~ we are. at all absolutely `sure is that `g the Imw Judge will be a. Conserva: 1 tive. And it is just possible that he may, after all, turn out to be :1 Con.-I1 sorvative. sta.l.wa.r}t: from the 11eigh- (] borlmod of Belleville. "Who kn0.ws?!.1 T3 Druzgist. The Owxlri v- , .ayS: "' I 81` `V I . V-Cv_" iii; ' ;' l:`f:: that is agitating good manY.i'l11s-t now i be the_ new County .Iu,dge. Q.T name -of almost every legge ; tioner in the hat some time or other ith ` probable successor to the "law `Ju ' Hatton, for the vacancy . before the debacle of- `sgpt,`embe1.:_ .1 21st, so that both *3 have had a" chance at , it. The ~de:f[. clay i11.1l.ing theevaoancylseems to be getting on. some peop1e si1eWes ` for a disposition to force Gov: u'I1111e11t. S hand is becoming fat. Several newspapers. in County have taken. 1a'mattem. up. recommending men for the 'posi_1;iro;; 01` OD-P0SiI1g the recommendations of others. Among .. those persistently mentioned` as the probable" appdin- tee are Messrs. A. D. Creasor, H, G Tucker and Wm-. Masson of Owezi Sound. (Messrs. Horrning, Came,-lone and Evans have also at times been mentioned. but it seems to be gen. orally conceded by those in the know that the coveted appointrnent f is to go to Mr. Charles T. Suthere .t]` jlaml `of Meaford, .who should ll the 1-; position very acceptably. The rea-T Sf son for delaying the appointrnenvis I not nmnnnnna T4- W--- `L. 1.1, . I ll`: MAKES voun SKIN LIKE VELVET-- .Monkman s Glyced_oi\ia. ` Has" a marvellous eect `on rough skin. One oritwo applica- zions will remove the roughness, and by its occasional use the skin acquires the smoothness and softness of a baby s. Glycedonia ' is not sticky, and gloves may be Worn a few moments after using it. Price 15c and 25c. Delight-_ ful after shaving. ` ' ` 1 V `V VVV ` ' I .J. (,IIIuNL-Y&_CO., Props., ToIedo,O L'.ll I CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED` T.Beecroft Mr. Chas. T._ Probable Snccess_orA:.itov;_Iga;eV.;:I Judge Hattbn Y. ; '1'ran.sact a Gmjral V Bankid . Business. . . . . Notes Diacduntfd at rersanable. rates. C'ollec- lion 9/` Notes and Accounts I:'?7?*5 0 v 0 0 0 I `l Drafts Issued payable Cheques on oucide banks cdh at lowest rates.-qf exchange; Sale V Notes Cashed `df, (_4"0H .: _';l.;- GEO. MEJNKMAN, umzinr n-.. dug v on mostfqvorable tef7 It 8; TBANKERS. Occ Hours-1_0.t o _; _}; 6:. CO. > the that the Al I 3`1..V +l\ .B..11-___ ..1 , M7Wl7,'fj Ba!-rib. The `Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph; has issued a `circular _;con- 'taining the. names and addresses of the._cTay tile make1s;i;i_`the Province wanxi `the fmight -: tile.V I C.9i111t.*I; . T .?,-]ft111`1'8$o cla ' ' " i ffs-"1ist.`.:`..:'.I;v`heyL` j e nave great: p1easu1'e 1n stanmg ' ' ; " _ ~ has been done, and -which we hope! The ml7`n_d1n' Purchaser should to publish in future `jointly with. make apphogtlon to the Crown Times; The benets which we ex-V Aeen In charge of the town- pect will accrue -from thelamalgJ.-,5h1P 1 much th_191`*d is Sit-8T0d. mation of these publications, will le the 3id9V1t F1'6q11i'1`ed. Which ,we trust, enable us to issue a. strpng- .3 W111 be '5? *0 the` department. If er, more` newsw and betterpaperthan the`-hnd, V3091--9-11d 0.9811" for sale we have been able to do in. the past. the japp11cant_.must. upon notice Subscribers` who have been taking` f .`m the Agent P8) 1136 first instal- both papers and awe _p'aicl in ad-. me! the P1l1`0haev .n}oney, `for Vance to each, will [be credited with 1F.=h 511 A-sent W511 % ewe him a the extra. Jtime. -- Wm. T `Wesley &' A"'1Pt;l gpphcgnt has then Son. A " _ 5 " ' . _`i`th` . t7 t 3 mm P03999550 and Mr, Wm. Wesley; lived in- Bmieoommenoe the settlement `duties Before he.went.'into -"the `p'ape,r'-.. At bf t1'1:reAe:`yea;1`-5 ' ..-..'n..n.. - l ' Ann: --._ ._ ._ ._u_ _ -_A. D011. Win. Wal`ey_ lived Barrie. V; before he wentjinto newspaper`, business in Walkermn, . ij V - 7-- v v v-unv va- - i the following announ bllast issue of The .Walkerton Times, L,a paper which he and his son. have conducted for a number of years: The publishers of The Bruce Times have purchased the business, subscription list and good -will. of The Bruce. Herald newspaper, and henceforth these , two publications will be amalgamated under the name and title of The Bruce Herald and Times. As both journals have been supporters -of the Conservaive cause there will be no ehangetin `the poli-' tical attitude of the paper. "As has long been` known three papers -were too many for Walkerton and it was only a matterof time when one or. other must have ceased publication. The appointment of Mr. L. H; Mc- Namara, editor of the -Bruce Her- ald, to the position of Customs Of- cer here, eprdvided us .wi-th~ an op-. -scuba. A AV, 4Ll.Ll\CD I portunity to buy that journal," which` we have great pleasure in stating done, and -which we -hope to publish in; afut,u're_ -jointly with Times." M" benets .whicl_1 we_exj-, _- _ 11. A._., cement in the - `I1 `M 1....) Terms of Settlement. The townships open for sa;1e are subdivided into lots ofp320 acres, or; sections of 640 acres, and according to the regulations now in force 9.! half lot or quarter section of 160' aer<', more or less, is allowed toi each applicant. The V price is 50 cents an acre, -payable one-fourth . 038'h, and the -balance in three an-_ ; nual instalments with interest. at 6 per cent. . i The applicantemust be_a male (or .` _ le female) head of .a fami-.ly., or a single man` over 18 years -of age. ' n- The sale is subject to the follow- A - il1g_ conditions: The purchaser must 1 go mto actual and bona de occupa- tion within six months from date of ; p`urcha`se, -erect _a habitable- house at - least 16 x20 feet, ._-clear and cultivated ` pat Jeast 10 percent. of the area of 1 .519, land, `reside thereon for . 1 intending 5 `make 'appl1cati'on Crown e LandsA.gcent in of the i 3- -!L,__;` I I I so { I l l < ` Mr.` W. Wesley, who is a. brother iofMr. S. Wesley of Barrie, makes ;the following announcement the 'last Times,I ,a which son. lconducted for number rm... .....L1:..'L...._ -1 m1_- -um--- l,,---- ---....- uvs'~A- Au wuuu. 11LDLCauI'Ud. wu- > tor power, citizens here may rest as- ? sured that. they h.ave'a lot to be `thankful for._ -The meter `system is * the only fair way to charge, as on `Eat rates,- the` small householder is `paying for the `hotel or store where ;the lights used many more [home than ' in private residences. "Ori11ia s `boast of. cheat) light and power is " undergiong the acid test? and, many people" are beginning to consider that the Couchiching Town `residents have been paying pretty `dear for their .whist1e g:11_ the mat- ;ter` of heavy taxes and big debenture (debt. to offer this so-called cheap ilight and power. (M5 wm Wesley! Former Ban" , were all grown by actual settlers . Newspaper Man, Acquires Walk- 'and. qegqonstrated the`. - w~on.derfuIl I _ H - d Am I _ pos1b111t1es of the ferte soxl of ` en? 973. van WV` 3 ' thls vast area. V `- . V ' gamate it With Bruce _ ' Many million acres of this 'Ia.nd, T-- T -flying` along the T. & N. 0. Railway, `mes * is nemi 1w Hm nnc-....:n ............ i NEWSPAPERS T0 [ BE AMALGAMATED This means. that 9.416-can-d.1e pow- *; er light. Will! cost 20 cents per month ior $2.40 per year, _A house lighted {wit-11 10 lights Vvwill cost $24, near- jvly double what. the average. ten-light ?house .in Barrie costs under `meter. VVhen the light rates in Barrie `are `c0n1p.a.1\ed with other Towns, and the" ifact that. `coal used instead.-of wa- ` Eon `l`\r\1Ivr\vn ..:'L:_...._ `- - the usual 20 per cent. off, or V a net 'rate of 20 and 24 cents. The pre- _The .old- rate, previous to - the reduc- tion about four years ago, was 20 gnn. QR ntnr-:4-a A4 ` ` sent net rate i318 and 22 1-2 cents-. ' i...-vac uuuu-0 .LUUA1' J` I and 28 cents, `net. and is, of `course, subject 0 ame.nd4 `I ment. The question of power rates _ ..wi1l.a'.lso be ' ' this meeting. - '1 stood that. the price of power is 1301 be increased; The desire of the 1 Council is to put the plant on a; .sound 1_1a.ncia1 basis and bring the . equipment up to a. `high stacndard. t To accomplish this the rates mwst t sm0o'_E-s This a4 16_-- . 1.'...1.J. __!`I`I -' A of HElec- .. tricj Cnnent.---VPla_nt tube Plac-` ed On Strict Business Basis. ;_bas I I Ontario pdmphlef} has 3a weagltlyfof invformation in retf- %-erence` -to Cthis country, and we .-its A 4 -`-. .- `W- _._- 7` -....-.--`, av yvoa\vhJ'U -7-3 3f 0ntari9- A26862' F5} m1h2'7pInE;L1;;, `317: :5` Bureau. of Colonization, ..Pa.rli;ament %Bdin%S T01`mP4 ' L % ` . 4;.u uuv 1:4-byes; UL uuuu JUIIAIB IP01!)- `the'. date _-of sale, and upon payment `in full of the `purchase money and ; interest and proof. of the oompletian !of the settlement duties `by the regulations, the purchaser is ab titled--to a. patent for his. 1and.: ~ ;L.jf._;;-1; 8 . Beauty, Golden Vine c and Crown, '- . and the pea weavel or pea Worm is y " u.nkno.wn in this new country; There. I ' g __-_v-.1 v.-. \I.|.\.5 \JLL|I(UA.J.\In Then there mvas spring- wheat, `which many ` claim equal to No. 1 hard, which yielded 31 _ bushels to the acre and 61 pounds to the bushel.` Fall wheat yielded 43 bushels" to the acre and 63 pounds to * the bushel. Banner Oats yield- ed 100 bushel to the acre "and: over 4O pounds to the bushel. Barley went -over 45 to the acre and! 52 pounds to the bushel. were in three varieties, Peas there ` Can~a-d-i-a.u l` was alfalfa,"aa_1d timothy hay which lj grew over 6 ft, tall, -and beans, cab-' bage, squash, sunowers,` -and -in fact 4 almost every know-n vegetable. These * 1 011.1` 1J.l\v\v\:\9-an`-Q`- I-A41 L1. _ . " I. Theepplicantemust sole ing go into bona tion within. date fpurchaise, house least x 20 clear cultivate .._at 1OAper'cent. of fthe land, reside `thereon `Hoot-As flying` is offered "by the Ontario govern- ment at 50 cents an acre, a farm of 160 acres costing but $80.. v uuuu UL IJLIU H.` .- .w~:ui.u1. U1 L-116 SO11 OI .-- ; this new "region and its ad:a.ptabi1it;y o _ to.,the growth of all` kinds of farm e products of the best quality. . ` B; Perhaps one of the" best methods 9 of telling to the `farmers of old On- `-- tario` the wealth of this new land, is t that adopted: by the Govermnent, 3 the new. Ontario . Demonstration Car which has been on a. tour of the Province since last October. - The car has been through while at Barrie 9. few days ago. - The car was in charge. of -Mr. R. A. ' Jones of the Dept. of Colonization, '. who was most attentive to his visi- ].tors, explaining the different varie- ities _of grains, vegetables, roots-, etc. A . 1 _ _ this district f and was visited by a large number . I i I _ches. , Below this comes the clay, a `loamy white substance, in. which all A box con_ta'.ined blank muck, which Mr. Jones said covered `thei c1_ay't0 a depth of from 4 to 8 in- I kinds of grains and vegetables. gro.w with Wonderful mapidity. In- the box showing `samples of this clayt were ne samples of potatoes, which` yielded from 450 to 600 bushels to the acre. This: country is destined to " outstrip New Brtmswick as the potato country supplying the large! towns and cities of Old` Ontario. _._v, _.........a .aa5L\/Iv uumg 'uul,gJl_A5.l..l.' bl-IU ' memory of a smooth-looking.` chap who sold them some` worthless mi'n- s,ing- stock. This ignorance of the t vast farming area of '-t.h9`g'-reat Clay - Belt of Northern Ontalrio is being ldispexlled by the evidencm every day! ;ft-o hand of the .wealth of the soil of -afla now '1-um'm. mm! -:+. ...1.....;.-1...-1:1..- ....~.., A \snol.uLu va.u.v.I. xuvu, I/|._n.h} _ JV many of us, up to within five years ago, this `land lying in the northern. part of the Province -of Ontario, has been an unknown country, with nothing to rec-omzmsencl it V-he the; mining meg-ions, which; un-fortunate-` ly, _m.a.ny knew only through the lrnnmnrv A4-' n .3.-n.n.\A-L L..\1--....... .1.-- . Horace GreeIy s oft-repeateci and ?1`l9quent1y'.acted-upon" advice to Go West; 3011118 .ma.n, might with pro- t changed to .`V`Go North, young ma.~n,. (and older men, n" ) _~-To Vvlnvsvv AC H -.... 4... ___';_1.:,_ lmmens -Afea of Finest % Fannm' g T Q Land For Cgnts F IFORTIINESAWAIT cuwsm A n Acre; NORTHERN ADVANCE 7 T ' J -' '$.lI'cl:Ty.'::|I.l `cgglfrguexotg. :..`.f. I , lumberman, the sherman. the tour- _ minenal ` wealth, especially nickel! ~eye of the nancial world, and, "ed on its south and traversed through Pacic ` v-av vvxs-Us HAIL. , I in AD u. uuiu OI I84!" stretching forests and. innumerable lakes and streams, alluring to the \ ist and the man of sport; a land of and silver, that has arrested the 3' above all, a land whose agricultural fertility over an immense area is Northern Ontario isalready skirt.- 1 1 its territory by nearly 3,000 miles of steam railways, and construction is rapidly progressing and .Will pm-_ gress until the railways form a con- venient network as in the older por- tion of the Province to` the south. The Temiskaming and Northern. Ontario Railway, owned by the Pro.- yinoe` and . fmanaged `by a : sibn, starts at, North H _on * yvay,_.andr1m8.. no th`-`west '-for `of 25:3. 1 ...}a.!`l..'... `_ . i The` summers a.rvieT- hotf and winters cold, but the dryness `of I the r a section of Canada that is now be- ginning to come to its. own. That section is- Northern Ontario. To` some it will be incredible that it isl about double the size of Manitoba! and about 20,000 square miles larg-: ver than the- British Isles, or 140,000 square miles in extent. ~ Magni? roent as magnitude is, it would ap- peal merely to the imagination if it were but barren land like the great desert of Sahara. It is by no means barren forbidding. _ On the contnary, it is a land of far- a+'nA4-'n]n:s-... .B.\...L..A... ._ J ' ` 1 v\.I.aa.Av.] 0 ' THundrede) of miles nearer. than; .thQ prairie and just at the back. dO01`,[ iso `to speak, of Southern Ontario is n anal-:.n-n At f`L......J_ 1_`L-A_ '-, I ---V v'vvOI-\/ v.A. Atv ucau. ULULIE ILL J-U1-U! was greater than these three Pro-I vinces together. This is apt to be overlooked in. the attention given by! tl -_- great stream of `immigrants in- to those fertile -prairie lands. They are deservedly A attractive, "thought they have their disadvantages, but.` they are not the only lands of na-l tural agricultural wealth and oppor-' :tunity. - _ I v'r1'___.,1__ ,1_- -9 -1 one of the provinces of the North-E! west. It is larger in square miles`! than'A1berta. by 7,322, Saskatche-F wan by 10,212, Manitoba by 187,130.} The value of its eld crops` in 1910; Ivan (V1`Qn+l1Il 4-L.-..... LL .-~ ~ A-1---- l___.._..,, .. I.'OO\/ va.:.5:.1.&au a1.uaya.`11u'V1ugi abexenv re-engaged, and the entlre New; York scenery, costumes and effects `I will be seen in Barrie 11 February` i24th. " \ : I ~--, -v--~~v- -v 'VV'-"*`-`I vi] But the husband is not satised] . - and questions his Wife more closely,| with the result that. in :1 torture. of I pagony, tears and supplic.- ations,_ shel | nally confesses that she and not the` V boy-- is the thief. Her husband is; . thunderstruck. He. denounces and`; - casts her off. The wifqwrought upi `to the highest pitch of anguish, threatens to hurl herself from her` bedroom window. She- is restrained! \ and made to confess" to the Woman; from whom she stole. the- .money. The disgrace. is too great for the husband `to bear, `however, and he ,3 decides to leave the country. fore going, he forgivesihis wife and; lshe accompanies `him to begin life: lanew. It is acclaimed by the Worl.d sf greatest critics to be the greatest} play of its kind ever Written, and itsi presentation should be taken ad-! vantage of.` The chst engaged to? [present The Thief is compsed of 1 ;players of distinction and ability, [many of the original artists having; 2 I been `no.-ona-an-ml mu! +1. ,...'+:.... x`r__-t - The Thietf the inner! 3 workings of a wom-an s heart-a wo~' V. man so~deeply_ in love with her hus- .' bandas to go `to; any lengths to please and lg`-ratify him. Marie 3 Louise, the wife in The Thief, the ' role originated by Margaret Il-1ing- L ton, has a passion. to please her hus-I _ band. eHe- has often expressed his 1 . admiration of her friends because 1 r they looked so nice and dressed V so becomingly. Marie Louise, for fear of losing the love she held so dearly, determines to hold. it by dressing in a manner to attract and interest her better half. But she has insufficient fu.nds.~ Her husband is not rich. and clothes cost lots of money. So she buys dresses she] cannot pay for and in order not fol be found out steals money from her dearest friend, whom she is visiting: The `blame is * laid on her friend s son, who, because of -his love for .Marie Louise, confesses to the crime.` `I \ . - V- . yaw v.1. uvuvcxa-uuuu 101' months afterywitnessfng a perform- n `.`The Thief which comes to the Grand Opera House` on Saturday evening, Feb. 24th, `is a play for wo: men to talk` about .. `Ever, since its production in Earis, where it creat- ed ha sensation, and in New York where it caused all the dramatic re- viewers to- exhaust themselves in columns of praise, the women of both countries have used it as the chief topic of conversation for rnrxvsi-la.-. AIL-.. .___'-I---AA3-- Lure `of File Chthe:'teIte Weman To Steal From Nearest Friend, Husband` Forgive: Her. I (cl HER cums I` 7)