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& ty Woman of 100 l Defends Morals of Modern Girls Montrealâ€"‘Girls of today are as good as they ever were,. excopt that in the old days they seemeo t« dress more elegaoily." That after having lived a century is the nelief of Mrs. Thimothee Valouin, whose fair has not yet entirely whitened _ She wui abed resting when interrupted for an interview on the gcecaror of ber‘ 100th birthâ€"tay. Waniie reing dressed she maintatued constans conversation until ushered into che little parior at 1263 St Cnr‘stophe street where she resides with, Alphonse vorkteia and his wife. A mass was to be ce.ebratâ€" ed in the prush churer m her honor, but the ims>ement weather urecliudâ€" ed her from artenditrg. Utrerwse, weather perrsittinsz, she ‘takes a duily walk She alway: toor these walk; alone un.il six munths ago when» 0 catarâ€" act formed cver one eve. the carâ€" ries no care and. she «ks «‘th a spry S.°ep She sat a* red peonies the cccasion nothing for ways ied a weit and s She sat at ease anud the white ADd | pereft of h red peonies adoraing che rocin £0T | make outct the occasion No, she cruic preseribe | motion is 1 nothing for {ongevity She bad â€" aiâ€" "Eh, wh ways ied a â€"umple life hersoelf, ate stupidly. weit and slept reactully Toke S9f if sne hi} any messuge to convey suhib knos it was to the risins gerwration of her -s eaggle," ewn sex b» anotner day. ’Guod'-' e srare ,he ness is the ~uly :ning that ceunts, 80 o. Snd she proclaimed. 'Yes t‘e â€"decent :h : ‘police people must run things ‘uble "I see by the newspapers that a Th.n yop fignt is bei.2 preâ€"ared against tnet 'lovl) movies,. _ New 1 myse‘d cannot say rose St.e i whether the movies ara good ut bad, I l\pera far but if they are a â€" danger to our his tu:har young girls then may the decent;'l'pe :a’:‘ people win Lut. if the fums g4, the his chai 7 stago will c.me back." 'ed ul\ a:‘e counsEL TO GIRLS :me Cly She counsolled yourge girls against nearby ts the too fruent use of parst n_nd Gliynn‘s. powder. Yhe ‘taew that cosmetics Sorah : were used .m the sixteenth century iung wh but never to auny great 2xtent. § ilt. "‘:fmm "What I would like t+o know is what will th» giris who are . using these things on their fares today look like aiter 30 yea‘rs it must destroy the skin, though sccasi: nally 1 have usod a little 5it ot it myselt, but very little." _ She tkoust that the young coming of age twiay were a as their eltoâ€"rs _ Durivg the immeciately fellowing the war, she thought that the moral standairds hadl slumped bamy. tThis she attraibuted in no small measu«e to the aftermath of the war and tbe wvild szending that was done when sroscerity was\ at its heigir. Things bas now reterned to nor»‘ mal. There «eemed to be a prefâ€" erence fror whar she sould observe, for the str.ter conventions again. She said thit when an‘ressing girls she aways cold them the story of the six wise virgins how kept their lights properiy tranmed BORAX IN VARSNNES Mrs. Malovin‘s maigen name . is Augus.ine Srienâ€"Pesroâ€"ners. Ske was born in 1844 at varemnes, a bitle village on we bancks of the St Lawâ€" rence, celebrated for the manuâ€" facture of Verchré boais. ~he atâ€" tended a couvent in Montreal and tended a couvent in Montreal and. then went to New York wher; under the guidans» of a :utor who was also her uncle sn« learned Sngtish, music and painting. She did not recall where ii;;a:!;vay was sit. ated but felt sure it was like the o.her streetsâ€"tull of hitching posts She returned to Mon‘rea‘ Snd al the age of 25 warred Thimothee Malouin, a contrsctor. . for whom Jacques Cartier street was changed in name to St. Paimoty, She lived for a short while at Notre Dame de Grace, but yrefes St. Jame: ward, sh>o has lived there so torg and knows every street. She would that the resdents were move permanent in St. James ward; they move too often in the wexern section of the city "and you are just beginning to know a face, whn you find they have moved elsewhere" % She has moperty ani ferives Trom | it more th.o sufficent reverue !ori her person.‘ warts She avails ber-' self of the vote and last April went : to the polls to cast her tallot â€"for Alid. Henvri Auger When she came out of the polis there was a nowsâ€" paper representative who took ber. photograph standog beside the alderâ€" wan. She belioses in giving women the vight to vo‘re. ‘‘They will not prevent It from coming," she prophesied in geferring to the iegisiation that anâ€" nually meets defeat in the Quebec House. Woman Convicted As Child Beater Quebecâ€"Madame Joseph . Morisâ€" gette, of this city, was recently conâ€" victed in Court of Sessions on A charge of illtreating and meting out undue punishment to her sixâ€"yearâ€"old daughter, Judge Lactare KRoy in finding the woman gusity of the charge, pointed out that the child, considering her physique, appeared more like a child T _ To ic tcmntrncde C Yhik efi CHHEC C TT O cce ® of two. "1B and undersized," the Judge declared, "the little girl should have been treated with utmost kindâ€" ness and given every care." SPRY SIEAS tollowing the wat, shel : the meral standards had iwy,. _ This she attrabuted measu«e to the aftermath and tbe wvild szending ne when sroscerity was‘ d :o Montreat snd at ; _ warried â€" Thimothee ontrsctor. for whom op street was changed erty ani dterives from su‘ticont reverge for girls ‘ good years | ‘ Glynn Elliman, pilot of Imperial Airâ€" | way, is travelling by Air Mail to India, i carrying two coples of a talking flm ‘ of the Prince of Napalta, who is too im to travel kimself. The ulklnf flms | are sent as a last resort to foll . his | halfâ€"brother in India, 10 usurp . this throne throne. Un the same Mail liner travels Norah Seaman, who . becomes interested . in Gly nn. Several attempts are made by the Vulture‘s envoys and one film is stolen. Glynn has the othéer film secured round hi« waist by a steel chain. U W MLITO OR O cce Jw a AUDs Ey TBRm n At Karachi, Glynn is met DJ i# 200° posed envoy of the Prince, who _ reâ€" quests him to accompany him to A theatre. Jsmmg Doyle and Norah Seaâ€" man go with Glynn. They are followed. The Prince‘s envoys in the meantinme have become alarmed at the nonâ€"ap > pearance of Glynn . and institute @ search. Glynn accepts a drink in the theatre restaurant, which has a strong sleapin® draught. "The sahib will understand," . the Secretary resumed in his slow dronâ€" ing voice, "that a wan who is not bereft of his senses will struggle and make outery, and that such comâ€" motion is not desived " "Eh, what‘s that? said â€" Glynn stupidly. T o uo conce iiden Tne Sub«rdar sahib knows 1 : struggle," and gesture he shot eord, and a jer} the police mov\ table. The supposed rose slowly and w liberate movement his turban as if | The ed in it. The until he sto above Glynn. nearby table Glynu‘s. WWPRTTCCC Norah and Jimmy Doyile had been sitting with their eyes on Glynn and his companions from the moment of their arrival. Before then they had seen the incident of the glass and siphon being sent away, and of the waiter returning with a full unopenâ€" ed bottle of whisky. Jimmy Doyle chucklied. "Looks as it Glynn meant to make a night of it." But Norah knew enough about the East to understand, and she explain ed to Jimmy just why an Indian, knowing the dangers, would â€" guard against the poisoning or drugging of the man he was set to guard. â€" "It makes me more thankful than ever that so watchful a man has been set to protect Glynn from danger," she concluded. ed to Jimmy just why knowing the dangers, | against the poisoning 0 the man he was set t makes me more thank They saw the arrivai of Glynn‘s exâ€" pected visitors, and just before the moment when the onge stood up putâ€" ting his hands to his turban, Doyle remarked, "D‘you know, I believe ol Glynn‘s fed up and nearly asleep. I‘ll swear I saw his head nod then as if he were dosing off Won‘t I rag him presently." . "Jimmy," Norah said breathlessly. "I noticed the same a minute ago. What‘s wrong? It isn‘t like Glynn It was then the man rose, and Jimâ€" my answered quickly "They‘re going, evidently. Don‘t worry. He‘ll come over to us as soon asâ€"" At that instant all the lights in the garden snapped . out, and â€"left them sitting in a darkness that was pitch black after the bright radiance of a moment before. And â€" before either Norah or Jimmz could move or speak, they heard a hoarse, halfâ€" strangled shout, & faint sound of a scuffie, of a clink and jingle as if of a breaking glass. 0 "Jimmy," gasped Norah. â€" "You heard." "Glynn," shouted Jimmy at the For EASIER D‘yeing“ i % VEY CCOOmT Tess The new Instant Rit is easier to use then ur_yolhetit.i‘ntlotdfli?“"“m it die COJ + ie Subsrdar cut m harply, "The ) knows I am here 40 prevent rgle," and again with an urgent re he showed a glimpse of his . and a jerk of his head towards police moving. nearer table by fifis mt':,,::d +. mg"" "*~*~ youu war smm wad wiTh C |n1 .!-:ls‘\" m ‘li |: j [ /. Cl sUpPC®®~ momURSet owly and with marked and deâ€" > movement put both hands to cban as if adjusting its folds. her man at the table moved rir back a foot and half turnâ€" t. The Subardar edged forward he stood directly behind and Glynn, Three men rose from a . w d 4 umm wcke Have you a Story, a Sketch or an Illustration that is saleable? Or perhaps you have some other saleable idea, Tell us about it. Send a stamped (3¢) envelope for information about our Flying Courier and IDEAS Unlimited THIRTYâ€"NINE LEE AVENUE, TORONTO secretary â€" nodded, waiiséd towards by Boyd Cabie 2 ind ..mir w FREE cepy of "Th A B C of Home Rus PREE IDEAS right?" But although they could hear a babble of talk and laughter beginâ€" ning all over the gardens, there was no reply from Glynn. top It must have been some minutes after that, his senses began to strug-‘ gle back to him, that he knew himâ€" self to be lying flat on his back, that hands were gripping his arms and legs, that fingers were tearing at hisl clothing. He felt the sting of a knife across his ribs, and the bite of the momentary pain helped to clear up his numbed brain. His breath was coming in galpinz sobs, he neard a question and the sharp answer "Keep your hand on the cord, but leave it loose." And then in answer to another muttered grumble, the peremptory command "Do as I say. A man robbed is little. A man found dead will raise the city." Glynn could think now, heavily,| stupidly, and slowly. His eyes were open and he could see the starlit sky above him, but darkness around. Dimâ€" ly against the sky he could see dim turbanned figures moving; he could feel the fingers pulling at the chain to slip it round his waist, could hear the quick, lowâ€"voiced exclamations and orders. He had senses enough back now to understand what had happened, what was happening, and he had sense enough to know the meaning of the cord he could feel close about his throat, to lie still and make no attempt to struggle or shout. "Here it isâ€"the padlock," he heard : "Nof, the zey. G ve it to me." There was another pause, more fumâ€" blings and muttered nath,. "The key does not fitâ€"will not even go in the lock," he heard next. "Foo!," exâ€" clamed an impatient voice. "It must fit. It is from the same shop as the lock. Here let me try." Glynn lay still and let them fumble and try, knowing there was little likelihood of the key turning that lock. But the next command frightenâ€" ed him. "No, and may dogs defile that keyâ€" "No, and may dogs defile that keyâ€" maker. We must smash the lock. Quick, the lights may come again soon. Put a stone under the lock." The chain was puiled around him again, to get the lock against the ground. Glynn had no idea how well or badly the lock would stand up to hard hammering. But bis involuntary movement brought an ominous tightâ€" ening grip about his throat and on his arms and legs. He was helpless. Fortunately for him others were not. Norah and Jimmy Doyle both jumpâ€" ed to the same meaning and underâ€" standing of no reply to their call coming from Glynn, He could not fail to have heard them at that distance and both remembered the choked off cry they had heard at the instant the lights went. his voice. "Glyna! Are you "Wait here," said Jimmy abruptly, and began groping and stumbling in the direction he thought would bring him to Glynn. But the change from bright light to darkness was still blinding him and he could not be sure of his direction _ He pulled matches from his pocket, and a couple of letters there. The match flared, flickered about a letter edge for an instant until it flamed up. Holding it cver his head Jimmy sprinted for where Glynn had been sitting. The table were there, and overâ€"turned chairs about it, but Glynn had gone. & Jimmy dropped the last fragments of the burning letters, lifted his voice and yelled Glynn‘s name again. His eyes were a little more accustomâ€" ed to the darkness now, and in the starlight he could see enough not to bump into trees or tables. As rapidly as ne Co‘ the spot. '-'in~rt'l'n-é distance he saw a flash of light, and a thin white beam from an electric torch sweeping round. . â€" "Help!" he yelled. "You with that torchâ€"here! Help, thieves! Help!". _ "Coming," he heard an answering shout. "Wait there and keep shoutâ€" ing ..-!’,I;he light came dancing towards him at a run, hbe calling. "Left a b\t st;axéht on . . now right . ." until the beam of light was on him, and the man carrying it came on at a fast run. SHARON, Paâ€"The "largest and laziest hog in the world" is on exhibit at the Domer farm near here. "Inâ€" cinerator," as the halfâ€"ton boar is called, occasionally collects enough ambition to stand up. He is four feet high. he could he began to circle round (To Be Continued.) all "Generosity is only practice,"â€"Bistop K take up, but what we 8i makes us rlch.”â€"Beqcber‘ "Giving does not impoverish us in the service of our Maxer, neitoer does withholding enrich us." â€"Mary Baker Eddy. "In giving, a man receives more than he gives."â€"George MacDonald. dlapens'tb-lyfi;e;:'e’o;ary as those imâ€" posed upon us by the law."â€"Goldâ€" smith, "Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove®‘ unkind."â€"Shakespeare. "That alone belongs to you which you have bestowed."â€"Vemuva. Six WEAK AFTER PAYS ON SEA, FRENCH CONVICTS REACH BRITISH GUIANA GEORGETOWN, British Galana â€" Weak and emaciated from the rigors of a long voyage under tha blazing tropical sun, six men stepped ashore from a tiny open boatâ€"fugitives from the dread French pernal colony of Devil‘s Island, They woere exbausted, hungry, and thirsty, and their bodies were burned almost black from seven dave of exâ€" posure on the open sea. But the six ~â€"five Frenchman and one Spantardâ€" plauned to push on to the West In:â€" dian Island of Trinidad, another sea vovage of 300 miles. They were given medicai P.ICMUU! here. â€" Police of the colony fo @ot the piceties of law temporarily . to give the six sheiter ashore and fuod for the coming journey. But they warned the fugitives they must not stay here long. In a few days the escaped prisâ€" oners must be away again, or be deâ€" ported from the colony as "ardesirâ€" ables." Gems From L Scrapbook In Girl ‘Crop Cruiser‘ To Make Daily Flights "True generosity is a du_ty as in Wilmington, Delâ€"Keeping tabs on | growing truck farms from the vantâ€" age point of a lowâ€"flying airplane is the new joh discovered by Miss Patâ€" ricia F. Canning, an experienced flier. She has just been engaged by the hillips Packing Company, of Camâ€" bridge, Md., to make a daily inspectâ€" jon from the air of their great acreâ€" age of widely separated truck farms. _ Flying low, she is close enough to the ground to get a full view of the growing garden stuff, Every evening she is to report to headquarters the condition of the vegtables and fruits as she has observed them. It is estiâ€" mated that Miss Carning in her plane can perform a great deal more crop inspection service than could 50 men going shout on foot. Goodâ€"Will V isit Unites Canadianâ€"U.S. Youth Rochester, N.Y.â€"More than 1000 young men and women of two coun: tries shared food at a vast lawn picâ€" nic and played together in a field day of games and races when the Youth Federation of Monroe County crossed Lake Ontario on a goodâ€"will visit to the federation of the Bay of Quinte, Ontario, recently. The Canadians met the 500 Amerl-‘ cans at the water front and conâ€" ducted them to Cobourg Park, where the field day was held, The Youth Federation had delegates from virâ€" tually every church, religious and characterâ€"building organization in the county. Avoiding Excise on Cheques It is amazing the number of folks who defy the law and take advantage of the business man, in tendering cheques for payment of transactions by omitting the three cents excise. We doubt if there is a man in busiâ€" ness in the country, who would not report half a dozen of t_hes-e, §uily- this if he were going out of bnsines]sd. "mn fe And what a fine example it wou make‘ of not a few, who consider s FAI'SE TEET“ themselves some pumpkins. In many | "GHT As CEMENT cases the values of the cheque is‘ 'tâ€"b_l; smallâ€"$1.00 up, and when one comes ; Plates can when to cash it and pays 10¢ or 15¢ exâ€"| m‘:&:fieru:{?. Povm change and 3c excise, the value is y % they can‘t "'uâ€",e:u'l!hhn shot and certainly the possible profit SWWM ; m‘:"""’"‘ in any small transaction. A cheque owm mouth sani .hl?n:: without the excise stamp attached~â€" flfimfl eanlcbuhn pree if the stamp is‘ not available, the u"“ gums from getting sore: amount can easily be added to the, , costâ€"any drugetore: world Generosity Devil‘s Is‘and it ty benevolence Ken. medicai attention not give Life‘s what up, that r 15e ex.| @prinkle on Dr. Wernet‘s Powder, ~AMBE or 1?" "; | d’...... seller in worldâ€"holds plate so |"my bral e value is mnheyenumyyunmm € sible profit fiz:'hnny and act like your |°"°° *® A cheque ownm mouth -flz. breath | get then “W" _hw :w__-w‘__ Cusnion _E!' trouble," in TORONTO Recent Events From Overseas MORF MILES \ Blackpoot, Eng. â€"â€" Probably no. place in tke Brtish Liles cisplays & livelier fa‘th in «omplete |â€" national economic recovery that this Lanâ€" cashire wa‘terâ€"resort Bisckpool | The mighty town of prsasure which in the ho‘liday seison ecunts on gathering in a goodiv propurtion of tourists from every part of Britiin and from the Contin=vrt, is seter vined to beat its own rec.: ds. Blackpout is still le: gthening its promenadeâ€"â€"as it has bren doing for at least 30 years, Ther is a saying the town w»il no: be ~uppy until it has girdled he srtire eoast of Engâ€" land and Seotland wito it« "prom." Just now cxtensions are in hand which will #ive a total longth of nearly cighty miles. A: on point an undergrour ) garaye is being built to hold severa! hundsed avtomobiles. 6,000,000 Vissors« _ Blackpoo,, with its 7,040 hotels, boarding and apatmert houses, reâ€" ceives more thar 6,000,000 visitors yearly. Trore was a time when derision wos cast upon the town beâ€" cause of its alleged inshilicy to proâ€" duce anyth@g in ibhe way of natural beauty. In recent year> the town has made a gaiant effort to give itself more than & touch of tis verdant. Stanley Park, said t*> be the iargâ€" est park in England wih the excepâ€" tion of Hy.Je Parsâ€"is row glomousâ€" ly decked with aimost ersry device of the landscaye gastiener. Hock garâ€" dens have been laid out on the North Shore. and if the planis cherein de not flourish as might be wished one must onclude they don‘t appreciate strong sea air waich firs: earned fame for Bisckpoci. Many Charge»s A traveiler retrrnine to â€" Blackâ€" pool, after an absencs, sey of 20 years, is amazed. Tke centre of the town, it is ‘rge, has no‘ aitered much. People are still pumpes up the Tower, where the menageriâ€", acquarâ€" ium and th« balisoom alse continue to draw th»ir thousands Thke Winter Gardens, wuh the fancus Empress ballroom an4 Indian lenung:, are as thronged as ever. It is up North Shore where one beholds th> most striking changes. Gone is ths old Cynn Inn. a great resort with Thirsty ones au "opening time" on a Sunday mornng. in its place is a tusy tram ard bus centre. Further along the clifts that dilapiâ€" dated wood: » drisking shanty known as Uncle Ton‘s Cabin has been desâ€" troyed and at a little distance â€" has arisen a new Uncie Tor in a comely hostelry of red brick. The meismorphosis jurnishes of itself a cormmentary upon the change in the habiss of ‘he Larcasbire "dayâ€" tripper." Bispharm, whics used to be in a tiny village on toe cliffs, has grown to a size wnich makes it look almost as big as the EC ackpool of a gencration ngo. PROVES FATAL London.â€" The train was making a good speed . . . cuddenly the driver saw two men 75 yards in front . . . could he pull up in tims? . . . Could they jump ciear? .. Ke grabbed the cord of the engine whisce . . It broke, . . . and ibere was n> warning sound, . . â€" This drama of the footplate was revealed at an inquest st Clacton reâ€" cently on Jimes Moore, of Hornsey, N., and Jo‘in Navior, af Colchester, who were ied while at work on the line. GHPEAT WELLOME Blakpool Eng..â€"Gracie â€" Fields, one of the most p;pwar comediennes of the day, has just bven in Blackâ€" pool as principal in the making of a movie of Laucashise life ‘The Prince of Wales }mmaself could hardly have had a mors enthusiastic réeception than was given this true daughter of Lancashire All day }ong the iacs and lassies of the mill towns, with s good sprinkâ€" ling of eldu» folk stord round ber Exquisite Quality Issue No. 27â€"‘34 hotel in homdreds. emerge the ‘vaffic royal progrérs. EXg mR Em CCC ‘ Much of the fiim was "shot" in the Tower Hallirâ€"om, the dancing holidayâ€"makers providing the general spectacle _ They were alw ost painâ€" fully anxiors to follow the instrueâ€" tions megavhoned by the f‘imâ€"maker, for if the +osult was successfu! it usually meert thet Grgcie rewarded them with a song. ln th‘c ivervais she signed autoâ€" graph boo‘:s by the hurdrea. it is a toseâ€"up whaher uracie enjoyed herâ€" Sn Cl eqay ie m . B3 NE self at Blachpoo! more than did the thoussnds or her tellow Lancastrians when they soined her tnere in filmâ€" making. PLANES HELP Liverpooi, Eng.,â€"More than 9,000 feet high muuntuins separating the coast of New Guinea from the gold fields the planes otf th air services carry passergers and ireight in 35 minutes, It takes c«ight days for the same distance afoect. ‘Iwo thousand tons of cargo is transporte‘ by the air services ev.ry month. This actievement of the fiying craft was reported her» when Alwin 8. Cross, menagirg d‘vector of the Fijian Airways and dircetor and technical adviser to Gu‘nea Airways, arrived from New York, Accomâ€" panying hi‘r was Niko Raikuna, beâ€" lieved to o+ the first Fiyian to visit this country since the war. ; FINED FOR KICK!NG DOG Stanley â€" Stevens, uf â€" Thornton Heath, was at CroyJon Borough Police Courr recently iimed twenty ishillings {or kicking his dog. and orâ€" dercd to pz3 81s. 64. costs. GREEN TEA It was stated that the animal, a cocker spaniel, was qu etly following two workm n, to whon, it had shown some attact ment. wher, Stevens gave it a kick uarder the body. â€"The writer who makes two words grow here only one grew before does not always deserve praise; more often than not he is helping to clutter up the language with unnecessary words. A report to the psychiatric consulting service of the Women‘s Division of the Emergency Work Bureau supplies an example. A deâ€" scription of the work with the staff begins with, "Referrals came from deâ€" partmentsâ€"." The sensitive reader lsvullows hard and comes to the next sentence, which begins, "Certain asâ€" pects of typical referrals. . . ." The eye roams down the page and finds in the same paragraph, "The first referrals were . . ." Now it may be that persons who treat the language so brutally are correspondingly tendâ€" er with the human beings who come before them. It is to be hoped so; there ought to be some compensation for so barbarous a word as "reâ€" ferrals."â€"New York Sun A woman writer is exulting over reâ€" cently released figures showing that 11 per cent. more men than women are crazy,. Yeah, but who drove the men crazy? Barbarous Language In the course of a day I have listâ€" ened to some pretty weird alibis, I thought I knew them all, but I heard a new one last night on the Hamilton highway. "How are your brakes, sir?" 1 askâ€" ed a driver who had just rammed the rear of another car and done consid. erable damage. "That‘s just it, oficer," he said, "my brakes went bad on me all at once and 1 was hurrying home to get them fSxed before 1 got into Can you beat it? ‘The man driving the car that was hit was pretty peeved, but even hbe had to laugh. and whes she did was helo up for a A PAGE FROM MY DIARY by P.C.2 The United States is threatened with a foreign bird pest to which the imported house sparrow, the soâ€"calle d English sparrow, is as nothing. Ecropean starlings, brought from England in small lots to Massachuâ€" setts and New York in 1876, 1890 and 1900, now number millions, They are dense in the east. They have inâ€" vaded the Chicago region. They have spread to Canada,. They have crossed the Mississippi and are reported from lTowa and Minnesota. If allowed to go on unchecked, they will soon cover the country. These bobtailed blackbirds were introduced by wellâ€"meaning, but misgvided, persons on the theory that they would help destroy such harmfu) insects as the clover weevil, the grasshopper and the â€" gypsy moth, They may do a little good in that way. But the harm they do in other ways is far greater, In the first place, they are driving out, wherever they go, our beloved native American birds, in particular the purple martin, the redâ€"headed woodpecker, the cardinal and the mourning dove, In the second place, they destroy large quantities of fruit ] and vegetables. In the third place, they are persistent weedâ€"seed distriâ€" butors, In the fourth place, they carry | deadly chicken diseases, In the fifth | place, nesting gregariously in vast | flocks, they drop filth and destroy â€" | whole groves of fine trees. In the sixth place, they are noisy and altogether *‘] unlovely. In short there is nothing to | be said in favor of their presence on ‘ | this continent. Jack Miner, Canada‘s wellâ€"known bird lover, has declared war on them. In one campaign he killed 17,000, But to his dismay, as he says, "a million came to their funeral," In another campaign 200,000 were killed. And still they come. Meanwhile, however, it has been discovered that starlings are edible. Fourâ€"andâ€"twenty of them, dressed, weigh about three pounds and are said to make a fine blackbird pie. If this is true, the more blackbird pies our people eat the better seem the chances of restoring equilibrium . to our native bird life and of freeing the country from a menace, PRINCE OF WALES Londonâ€"The Prince of Wales acâ€" cepted the presidency of the Englishâ€" speaking Union of the British Empire recently. Also in Black and Mixed \?h Preeminent Hotel Achievement Finally the man who had done the damage agreed to pay and ‘phoned a garage for help. Sounds ridiculous, doesn‘t it? But if you were to make an analysis you‘d find most accidents result from sheer carelessness, Gee, what chances some people take! The man who drives a car with poor brakes takes a needless chance lonry mivute, and when he gets into a smash he hasn‘t an excuse in ihe world. Brakes can be put into good order in a couple of hours and the charge is very little compared with the cost of an accident. gi. [ RAYMORE Chicago Daily News Well, I‘ll be seeing you HEADS EMPIRE BODY TY BUCHTA 8U@ it O bu hay BJ M and 1¢ M at t A1 SWEEI CINNAMO R t jerate B STR A W1 High is M 4 ML