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In Ne efi ies B o mfl-«. i en l of _ Mize na Vontaine, n‘h-v lml m her secretary. She meets Plers Hannen, millionalre, who forces his attentions "Oh, 1 can‘t! 1 couldn‘t marry you, really!" Me looked at her hard for a momâ€" ent, and then asked quietly: goee n "Lord.. thivaids . areenten ) ult Joan leaves Miss La Pontain® to be« «ome a mannequin at the Halon Celeste. "Joan if 1 took you in my arms :::.lhnd you now, what would you She glanced round hastily to see that there were other people about, and said at last, faintly: "I think 1‘d die!" "Oh," he said, "I see." Me rose sad stood by the bench, and while she wondered what was going to happen next, he took a eigarette from his case and lit it. Then he looked down at her, and his volce when he speke was very She saw that nothing was gained. Sie fancled, indeed, that something was lost; Necause his tractable mood when he . 1d been trying to reason with her a:d when it was possible to reason with him jhad vanished. Ne was gritmly cheerfal; he attemptâ€" ed uo more discussion. When the ferry boat avrived at the East bank he marched her off it, with one hand gripping her arm, as though he had been marching her to gaol. "l‘xly evening we‘ve had!" he said, a} he walked her back to the car. "To think that other people go to Maidenhead and spend fortuncs in Woolwich and have as delightful an evening as we have had!" When they drove away through the maze of the dingy streets he Joan glanced at him uncasily. He was just as he had been at Cannes during that drive into the hills when ke had refused to turn back, only now he was even grimmer, ‘ "I‘m glad to hear that it has made you more reasonable," she said in a light, friendly tone, trying to make out what he meant now. e _ "If that is how it is," he said, "I would rather you died in my arms than in those of some other man!" gr.m: "I‘ve a passion for the old River ‘Thames. There‘s something about the air on i which clears the mind. fl!tthfmdnanMvu of oneâ€"to join the other fogs, I suppose, along the river!" _ _ "More reasonable, more . cunning, more unscrupulous in finding ways to get what I want and mean to have!" he replied with cold emphasis, and her heart sank. When they arrived at Hooley Street he pulled up the car at the corner, and escorted her on foot ever the excavations to the door «* the Denbys‘ house. He bade her goodnight in tones of polite detachâ€" ment. and left her there, without "T‘‘ have Mt:xn‘d have been off i â€"I ‘t know you «.1 stay on for a ride like that," se said. "But there, o‘ course, they wooldn‘t like to turn him off! Well, 1 must say, it‘s a funny tuste, sitting en Woolwich ferry!" & "I wouldn‘t mind sitting on Woolâ€" wich ferry if it was with someone élse!" Joan said with a smile. "Don‘t you like him. Joany girl?" Joan shook her head, and her exâ€" pression, her faintly puskered mouth, was so much like that of a little Very tired, bewildered with _ the difficulties of life, and inclined to smile at them now that she heard them driving away with a roar into the distance, Joan answered . Mrs. Denby‘s questions. "We just sat on the ferry," she said, "and talked about things." _ _ Mrs. Denby, who knew that she was tysthful was bound to believe Joan Denby of numble origin, is in Velvet d Steel THE REMARKABLE ROMANCE OF AN INDUSTRIAL DICTATOR PEARL BELLAIRS By But though she was relieved at what she felt removed a danger to Joan from this acquaintanceship, she felt a little sorry for the man. A fine big fellow he was, as lively and good a fellow as one could hope to meet, in spite of his riches. girl recollecting a dose of nasty medicine that Mrs, Denby was com pletely convineed, _ _ _ _ _ _ Next morning at the Salon Celeste everything went smoothly for Joan. She stood while a" designer modelled a frock on her, and exhausting proâ€" cess which took three hours, but in which she was very interested, as this was the sort of work which she hoped one day to do herself. _ "Well!" she said, "Perhaps It‘s all for the best!" Bs m A At one period of the proceedings Joan.became so interested that after the designer, a temperamentulâ€"lookâ€" ing Frctchwoman of noble birth, had tongue as soon as she had done it. for she knew that she had no busiâ€" ness to speak, and the designer, the Comtesse Loti, looked extremely put out. "Oh dear!" thought Joan. "What have 1 done?" Lovely lengths of gold lame were swathed and insinuated wbout her figure, and moulded into cunning folds. She could watch the fascinatâ€" Ing progress of the work in the great mirror in front of which she was standing. At the sides and back were other mirrors reflecting the gown from every angle. 4 tried and ..led to achieve the reâ€" quired effect at the bottom of the skirt, Joan impulsively pointed out how it could be done. But after trying in other ways for a moment or two, the Comtesse Loti adjusted the material as Joan sugâ€" gested with the desired effect. a smile, which made Joan glow with pleasure where before she had been cold with dismay. She went to her luncheon feeling pleased with herself, but an uncasy expectation as she walked along the streets. her eyes open all the time for the appearance of a striking figâ€" ure or a familiar car. Aminbly she acknowledged Joan‘s good sense by a nod of the head and No Words are Found| «‘"@" rmanon."""sra‘s Never to step upon the fragram; I* to have known swhat lies therg odi:lmuyuomm e ‘Their countless words, who sing, are little more \ ‘Than birds know further this the A minister consentes to preas during his vacation in the country a an Episcopal church. When ho ayâ€" sved at the church on Sunday m». ing the sexton welcomed him al aull: "Do you wish to wear a s plice, sit*" | "Brother," replied the munister i‘ am a Methogist Whai do 1 knc about surpluses? All 1 know is about light. \ Therefore the amile is secret, . the And -.u words ‘ ing to trans» un To ‘ Winnipeg.â€"Fred Wise out a red ring around the 13th on his calen dar, after he was handed §$62 of "found" money at the police staâ€" tion. â€"In fact, two Friday vh# 18the got the red insignia. He feund the -on)nlmhllhnudhnd it in to the police station. Nobody cla‘imed it and now he has received it back. # | Do these. _ There are no words, though they are sand, To tell love to the loveless. . Noue shadows move, Unknown to day; and daylight tell« ing fails Yes, spell out color in a blind man‘s An Puts A Red Ring And to be loved, not loving, is but to know flce : CHAPTER X TRIALS OF A MANNEQUIN (To Be Continued.) eyo In Wrong Pew the where ‘The pre:inninary aunouncement of the World‘s Poultry Congress which meets in Berlin next year has just Ebeen publisihed. Congress sessions will be held lllll'mllfl’: will be officimily on July by Chancelior Aml:m During the Congress the afternoons will be devoteed to excursions to places of interest within the city of Berlin ahd ou:side. At the close of the Conâ€" gress the delegates will attend the opening cereemonies of the Olympic Games and twhen take a week‘s tour through rurall Germany, including a trip down the Rhine. A six woeks‘ trip is being arranged for Canadians when France, Switzerland and Bel. glum also willl be visi:ed on the Conâ€" tinent, and a few days in England on the way home. THE WORLD‘S SIXTH POULTRY CONGRESS So far the fo‘lowing countries have definitely . dpcided to participate: Canada, Argeentina, Australia, China, Czecho.Slovalkia, Great Britain, Eeu» ador, Esthonkia, Haiti, Holland, Hun« gary, Italy, Mexico, Norway, South» ern Rhodesiia, Sweden, Switzeriand and theUnitted States. x‘* |, Ther® has been a s:eady demand for the argle colour chart prepared | recanly by the Horticuitural Diviâ€" ‘th0, Gontral Experimental Farm, Otâ€" {IaW® to assist in the barvosting of | Mclntsh and Fameuse apples at the { proP®® stage of maturity, This chart ‘MAYbe obtained free on application to the Publicity and Extension M.Do.mubonmtolu-‘ viculture, Ottawa. Improving Poor, â€" Both grass and soil from pastures that have been grized for a number of years without manure or phos. animails are returned to the pasture there is a net loss of phosphorus in the production of live stock and abundant in the soll, soon becomes a limfling factor in the growth of desirable pasture crops, particulariy is the first fertilizer material to use through stimulation of both legumes and grasses. . Application of 300 to 500 pounds of 20 percent. superphos. pate per acre or ts ynlflh _ Commercial nitrogen in addition 10 superphosphate, applied at the rate of 160 to 200 pounds per sur* one to two weeks. To avoid burn. Ing the tender leaves, apply when the pasture is dry. _ & to phosphorus deficiency, contribuies further to the thinning of the grassâ€" es dependent upon the legumes for Under conditions where wery few destrable pasture plants remain it may be better to plow, 1 tilize, and three ty five ytars. reseed the land with an adapted pasture mixture than ts depend upon fertilizers alone for +«Juvenation, One of Jack _ London‘s best known books, "The Call of the Wild", now comes to the sereen nd.hluwmimu:bunh a to every movie fan. Clark (m-n:dbmh}umn Gable and Loretta Young ure fi';':'n and Buck, the will win eweryone. Gable and Young APPLE C~.OUR CHART 10 pot kEOMARD, Jnc. This story of Mark Twain und the old lady is the Pullman should not be dieâ€"says Oyril Clemens (in Twain Wit and Wisdom," A eollection of 154 stories und aneedotes about the famous humorist who was born one bundred years ago, come November 30 next): Enough of to balance pain, g.,,‘.,;‘,,",f lose, something @v gain. bomeone to love, some one to care, Ali;rle faith to mold in prayer, A sense of pence, of sweel content, To greet the night when day is spent. hfld to the point of exâ€" m:.«wl-llfiyhfib cago, boarded the night train for New York and retired to his berth at once for (as he fondly thought) a long night of blissful repose; but just as he was slipping over the borderâ€"line between wak« ing and sleeping he heard an old 3‘- walce wistfully . soliloquizing telling herself how thirsty she There was much explasation and laughter and then the clerk nobly offered to charge Bousa only the wholesale price for a pirated copy of his own march! And here is Irvin 8. Cobb‘s conâ€" tribution to Mr, Clemena‘ collection: A young wporter called one mornâ€" ing as the , reat humorist lay readâ€" ing and smusing in bed, and anâ€" nounced that he would like his life» story for his newspape.: Mark Twain took a draw o. his pipe and comâ€" was, with the regularity and D° sistence of the ticking of a c "Ob, I am so thirsty!" At unable to bear the nulsâ€" ance any r, Mark got up in his and groped his way the length of the cold, dark car to where &oflntnmmmu a glass, be carried it back to the elderly vietim of loquacity and thirst, This good deed done and a W h:nr!-hlt thanks from ly pocketed, Mark got uflnmhuu”lllulh blankets up over his head with a deep sigh of relief and content snuggled down to slcep. But just as the sandman was bending over him a now allâ€"tooâ€"familiar and accursed voice i;u exclaim and kept it up at intervals the rest of the night: s ». 6A _ "Well, in the days of King George the Third when 1 was a young man I used to . . ." 'h-t-.rilht there," interâ€" rupted weporter. "I know that you are not a spring chicken, but ining during the""time o. Gevge the time m"l’lu. y retorted e man," M-a‘alorlu the young -un?,“l heartily congratuâ€" late you. You are the first and only reporter I have ever met in my whole life who corrected a mistake before it Rppeared in print." . _ "Permit me to introduce my husâ€" band, Signor Glovanni Filipo Sousa g: composer of â€"‘The Washington " "Washicgton Post" marchâ€"of whica will:ons of coples have been soid â€" '.'l.h:“u-h ldea of the e no n:u-l-yw..' he cxâ€" plained, "and ‘Washingt3n Post‘ and several. others for $35 aplece, and 1 was also to furnish At ‘hat point Sousa turned to his wife nd'\cflhfl. clerk: is t "Then let me you iimg b4, )* war Ararl Twain Society and a relative of the beloved humorist whose real name was, of course, Samuel L. Clemens. one for orchestra, and one for band!" Italian e.;.:-.."" {â€"\> e td alidr Abttabet "Indeed interested to mnnu’-'-z--v.m- "Well, perhaps not quite as famâ€" ous as Verdi; he is young yet, you relates it in this memoirs, "Marchâ€" ing Along." At the close of the piece Mr. and Mis. Sousa entered a music store near the bandstand and inquirâ€" «d for "the the band had just played." A went over to the bandstand and on his return handâ€" ed out an Italian edition of "The Washington Post, _ by _ Giovanai Filipe Seusa.* _ _ _ Sousa ?" hk _ "Ob, he is one of our most famous alors "Have you ever seen him?" "I do not remember, Signor." And Mrs. Bousa, in turn, observâ€" 1 was so thirsty! Desige for Living his the Graphology, allied to paychology, plus a smattering of common sense and some knowledge of human naâ€" ture, will help you immensely in soiv. Ing the problems that daily confront so many of us. ‘ But it will NOT tell your fortune, nor is it able to pleree the vell that hides Tomorrow from Today. . it is based on scientifle foundations, and whilst we do not . claim infallibility for it, no do 1 myself claim that all the delineations 1 make are entirely beyozd criticism, at the same time there can be no doubtâ€"that it is a tremendous power for good, and a power, moreover, that most people wf disposition you have, or your boy friend or girl friend â€" tion i can help you there. Graphology also shows whether a writer is reserved and sensl.ive, or spontancous and ardcnt; greedy and selfish or kindbearted and generous; broadminded and tol. erant or narrowâ€"minded and partial; refined and cultured or purely physiâ€" cal.minded and material, and in fact it will.reveal the character‘stics that go to make up what you ars and eause you to act in the way that you cannot afford to ignore, if they are anxious to make the most of them. scives. I have evidence in the form FARM ACREAGE _ . IN GREAT BRITAIN scope of my work. Ques.ions having to doâ€"with fortune.telling are entire» ly beyoud my sphere of influence or Recently I seem to have been re» ceiving more letters than usual ask~ ing whether 1 can tell just when mar« riage might be expected. 1 would like to be able to answer questions of this kind, but it is quite outside the Occupied Agricultural Land In England and Wales 30,â€" 370,000 Acres. hA eccupled in England and Wales in June, 1935, was 30,359,000 acres, comâ€" pared with 30,454,000 acres in 1934, = seduction of $4,000 ncres or 0.3 per cent. according to a report just is. sued by the British Ministry of Agriâ€" culture. The arca returned as under crops and grass was 24,984,000 acres, a decrease of $2,000 acres or 0.3 per cent. Contrary to the general trend in recent years, the total area of ;lflim“ §,422,000 _ ncres showed a small decrease of 2,000 meres compared with the previous again a reduction in th> area under roots, a small incivare in the acreage m.hvtlolruu.n*uull‘ the steady decline in the arable area has been arrested sz& there was an increase upon the area in 1934 of 144000 acres (1.6 per cent.) to 2, 394,000 acres; the total arable area is now rather larger than 1932, This Increase was due aimost entirely to the expansion in the area under clover and roimtion grasses. On the meres occurred in the area of bare fallow. This was the lowest figure re. turned uuder bare fallow for severai years. Por the second year in suctos. slon there was a reduction in the area of permanent grass amouuting to 227,000 acres, representing 14 per cont, the mercage under permanent grass of 15,554,000 ncres being very little more than in 1930, The total ares under cereals deciin. ed by 41,300 acres or 1 per cent. to 4004,600 acres, Increases in whent, oats and rye being more than count. er.balanced by a szbstantion cedue. tion in the screage of berisy and a substantial increase in the previous year the wugar beet acroage in 1935 suowed a moderate deciine, There was a amai)l decling in the area auder the four princinal vegetables, but a further not Increas: in tae adre. age devoted to frult. The rcreage of hops was unchinged. C other hand the area actually under crops, exciuding clover and rotation grasses, at 6,775,000 acres showed a decline of $2,000 meres or 0.9 per cent. on 1994 A further substantial reduction of 15.9 per cent. to 286,000 If you ask me to tell you what kind The total area of agricultural land A treat for green tea drinkers Your Handwriting Tells Your Real Character! By GEOFFREY ST. (Graphologist) All Rights Reserved. angles about your friends, too. Send speciments of the writing you would like analysed, stating age in each case. Enclose 105 coin for each speci. In.n‘n‘ldh(un that express the gratitude of the writers for helpâ€" ful advice and guidance. And what has helped so many others, das, ! suggest, a message for you, 100, if you see it in the right way. This might also be an opportune u-tw-ounumm-m{ that the advice 1 give in cases of perâ€" sonal problems . is not necessarily fnal and arbitary. 1 often bave letters from readers 6f my articles or Hsâ€" teners.in to my radio broadcas.s, telling me definitely that they will do whatever I advise. in some cases this has to do with a cholce between tw9 men for a sultable husband for a girl who writes me, and it is & tre« mendous responsibiliy to bave to shoulder. I am not afraid to give ad. vice when it is asked for or appears to me necessary, but 1 would like to say that any advice 1 give is render. ed with a view to giving you a new point of view on your problems, If, youy ponder over it and use it as a badls for fAinding out the truth for yourself, then .the advice will have served its true purpose. * men, and send with 36 stamped ad. Clair, Room 421, 73 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ont. Your letter will be replied to as quickly as is pos. sible in view of the volume of mail that is continually arriving. And your tetter will be strictly confidential, The Love of Nature You ask why I write of Nature, Of bird and blossom*and bee; You ask why the ways of the wild. _ Bring joy to the heart of meâ€" And why 1 write not of the ciiy Of its life and its busy throng, And wh» the joys of the country Are luring and deep and strong. . I once was a child of the wildwood, : _ As free as the birds that fiy, ‘ As free as white clouds that wunder Afar in the asure sky; The fuwers of carly springtime, The whispers of fores: pine, The call of the wind from the hilitop Were pleasure that all were mine. The robin secure‘y ne:ting On a beam in the old logâ€"shed, â€" barn eaves \ Showing their shining heads. | Where friends and dear companions To the little country child, Whose spirit was shy, like the birdâ€" That flew through the forest And when the summer waning When felde and woods~alluring Were bathed in yellow haze, ‘ The painted leaves, slow drifting To earth in the sunlight gleams, ‘The purple haze on the hilitops Pilled life with the joy of dreams, 80 must 1 write of Nature, Bo rust I sing her praiso, With her I walked and wandered In the freedom of childhood days. And in the picture before me Of tree and blossoming sod, Of lake and stream and hill top _ l can ite the hand of God. Can Mr. St .Ciair give you a new NO PEP ? ut Antrecs now.. Eunsl on 48 It is truo that children are often deeply engrossed with something and actually did not bear, True, too, that weâ€"rudely interrupt others deep in a rightâ€"minded person could stay comâ€" pletely sane for twenty.four hours. Each member of the family has to re« post whatever be cays twice,. Each one asks to be told over again. A tell a tale of inattention if not actual stupidity. CONCENTRATION 18 DIFFPERENT "Open the window. *1ne," means awered when she #*,®, "What did you say?" when »4e has heard perâ€" fectly well. "S« who is at the door, Billy," or "Whore is the papert" whould "register" at once. Why re. pest it? c h asintmtatag. c in mtc /fi mcb io v ty 8O â€" PA justified perbaps in asking for a reâ€" petition, but it is the case with sticky» minded that nothing at all soaks in at the first telling; ensy or dificult It‘s all the same, * Children pick up this habit so eas» Hly that a mother, or even a teacher, may let it go unnoticed. They patient. ly repeat every sentence they utter. ‘This mental lethargy is almost as blameworthy as the other, story or a game by some unimportant Nothing is more restful to the eaves. dropper than to hear people conver:e 'hcnnlhr-l'fl-flo& ger, Children need to be taught Whether dunmb or not, the mentaily, it," and act and look Intelligent when spoken to, Molly might actually be a smart girl. But if so she is keep» Ing it a good secret. HABIT ESCAPES DETECTION She hears perfoctly well the first time but won‘t rouse her attention to the sticking point and lets the idea soak in by absorption. Jt is the laz» lest and most cloven‘y trick in the worls, this babit of putting all the work on another, If Bill had sald he had been trying to find out the difference between iohthyology and Fire And Forgetfulness Dashâ€" ed Hopes of Bridesâ€" wor Ellen Corrigan, it was a case of disappointment at the last minâ€" ute. Im'“h-u St. James: went to ‘s Church, to be married. * e EMEA O s k tries hard to remember that Moliy‘s eurls are goiden and her eye# YeT mmnmmnuvnu vaguely irritated although be is on!y subconsciously aware of her stupid habit. « HABIT ESCAPES DETECTION groom‘s certificate of the banns. Mr. Mottershead could not produce it. A telephone call to the vicar of the parish in which the bridegroom lived was unsuccessful, and the best -ud-hdunulhmhd.u i'.ll.-mcl!h-hllqm. tificate. SHRT »Jtuh?" says Molly again. Bill says "What are you doing!" Molly says, "Ob nothing. Jus: read Sh csmmc n 2P HOnl â€" uBP bride that Mr. Mottershead had forâ€" gotten to publish the banns in his mm Wih tears in her eyes the bride ing?" Ing." u'uhllllvvnlnommb She says ‘Hnbt?‘ sgain, and BiHll you @OMB:~ "Huh?* says Maot‘v Nill repeats it Then he says "What are you d0â€" | P Au.uy,nnllnl.p'blbl““- bhone. Bomeone . annow‘ce8 hiumself »2d Molly gets it like a shot. "Ols .....nu-mumr"-"“"' you doing?" RMM®® _ ___ ))0 wil consate It. At the nnat, C 4 001C 000. ol "'l"'-l’l-lkuithtu:n-. "hcln.' t the home of her was a ".,"'.;“"“ Geovge Benton, in Ir.l.nua'h-lp‘hm ths flames. holtuvmm,..- a postponement of the weddine Fire and forgetfuiness dashed the pes of two Manchester brides.to. io o h e o en â€" cnd there is the other which voum, in personal civic m.m"""'; ..m.-‘|h“."’.'h. ‘n the past despite conquerors and wareccation, have led the world and '...."m““"hlh.m â€" Dan Beard, US. Hoy Scout Com. missioner, THE MEN WHO Lkap * A Bad friabi: moment we have in mind we hase two classos oven.ste_hae_orasd . w Toâ€"Be have which