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Is «on fort gee tra wit Wis brl tel th fre ¢6 in # "Mints to Mothers" on request. Write John Steedman & Co., Dept. 19 442 St. Gabriel Street, Montreal 6°N Leok for the double EE Of Special Interest to Women Readers Mrs. Barlow was speaking. "So, you see, sirs, it was a very great temptation for my ‘usband an‘ me. We was Mr. Benson‘s ‘ousekeepers in London, and ‘e brought us down here when he came, that was before he built the big ‘ouse opposite." By Hook Or By Crook "Why did he build that place, Mrs. Barlow, too, was seated in a chair facing the detective, and by her side stood her furtiveâ€" looking _ husband. _ The â€" woman looked pale and ill, and the unâ€" comfortable man, at the back of her chair, shuffled from foot to foot. were Hunter, Dig erintendent. _ Lik very much upon iour, sat P.C. Brig noisily consuming and tea. "Yes," agreed the owner _« Owl‘s Croft, "your days of hun ing are over, aren‘t they, o chan?" The de reply. A trim parlourâ€"maid served tea, a cheerful fire burned on the hearth and over the whole apartâ€" ment an atmosphere of wellâ€"being was suffused. Upon the hearthrug sprawled the form of a big dog; who sprang up at Digbhy‘s enâ€" trance, licking his hand with great affection. Hunter laughed. "Looks more like a dog nowâ€"aâ€"days, doesn‘t EPILOGUE The entrance hall of "Owl‘s Croft" presented a more cheerful appearance than Digby had yet seen. than 100 years Mothers everywhere have foinnd Sss mm s tantn ho aerpneuer FREE Semple and Booklet Seated Issue No. 34â€"‘38 Strength Came to Her Out of Nowhere . . . Read How The Miracle Happened! In An Absorbing New Story Which Starts In This Paper Next Week THE AVENGER ind the apa Digzby and th Likewise, _ l Likewise, _ looking on his best behavâ€" Bright, steadily and red his long tail in "GCool W aters toasted s:ones by Walter Forder apart n By REX BEACH of p A dusty, narrow passage it was that they traversed, cloyed with innumerable cobwebs. About twenâ€" ty paces and then a turn to the right and another immediately alâ€" most, to the left, brought them into a wider stretch. Nothing loth, Hunter, Digby and the Superintendent followed the man. He stepped to an antique leather screen and deftly opened a panel behind it. The mechanâ€" ism was beautifully made and well oiled, permitting not a sound or scrape to escape in the process. The Secret Passage Stepping within the oaken panâ€" elling he beckoned. A candlestick with candle and matches stood on a small shelf within. Lighting the candle, he went ahead, stooping to avoid the lowâ€"pitched rafters in the secret way. "The passageway to this room leads to the panelling above the fireplace in the library," Barlow chimed in. "Come with me, sir, I‘ll show you." "By the way, Mrs. Barlow, I‘d like to know the secret of that portrait in the library. The genâ€" tleman who was supposed to have been beheaded." "He came dogging the footsteps of Benson, McClintock, and West, the three gunmen who killed his only brother in America. He too, when the affair happened, was supposed to be shot. His recovery was a marvel." "Quite so," agreed Hunter. "He simply adapted to his own ends the fearsome story of a ghostly hound that walked the shore." "And Cranston, otherwise The Searecrow2" "But Old Shageen was a very live story hereâ€"abouts," interposed the superintendent, "long before Benson ever came upon the scene." "You see, Benson did a remarkâ€" ably fine trade in the States with his whisky, because in the days of the fake whisky in America, this stuff of Benson‘s did actually come from Scotland. A pretty stiff price he got for the stuff, too, I guess. Having been disâ€" tilled in secret in Strathleven, it was carried here by the motor craft." "The access to the secret ways, I suppose he built for himself?" added the police chief. A Remarkable Story "I fancy there is still a remarkâ€" able story down in the village, of the vast number of foreign workâ€" men employed and the length of their stay. There can be no doubt whatever that one of those workâ€" men was none other than our late friend, Cranston." "That‘s all very well," breathed the fussy superintendent. "But you don‘t explain why Benson and his confederates wanted the place so badly." "I fancy I can explain that, superintendent," chimed in Hunâ€" ter. _1 see,° commented Aunter, "and what were you and your husband to receive for this scaring away business?" "A thousand pounds, sir. We should a‘ been comfortable for life." She sniffed and looked as though she had been robbed of that amount. a cle. When v scared, he and brought "Why, sir, becos, we found it was nigh impossible to drive Mr. Digby‘s uncle out. That was our instructions, sir, to get ‘im out by ‘ook or by crook. You see, Mr. Benson knew all about Owl‘s Croft before we came. He bought the secret from a German gunman in America. All this cliff was to be an arsenal in the days of the war, if the German troops had landed here. For years they had preâ€" pared the caves and passages beâ€" low as an arsenal and store for war materials. Benson wanted to get it all, but when Mr. Digby inâ€" "Peep through here. sir." said Mrs. Barlow?" the question came from Hunter. rited the property, why he was worse proposition than his unâ€" . When we got him thoroughly ired, he went off to London d brought you back, sir." "I see," commented Hunter, nd what were you and your sband to receive for this searing "Everything he did," said Hunâ€" ter in a low voice, "was planned with theatrical effect. I know he was a qualified chemist before he became a vaudeville performer. His knowledge of drugs alone placed the lives of these men in his hands. At any moment he might have dealt out a slow and pairful death.. The +*bastrical Returning to the hall lounge, they disturbed P.C. Bright attackâ€" ing the last of the scones. A Great Wrong "It beats me," murmured the Superintendent, "what a lot of trouble Cranston took to kill three men, when ‘e might ha‘ shot at ‘em any time; I daresay years ago." "It was the work of Herr Straumann, the German gent who used to live here in the preâ€"war days, when they were preparing for the great war. He was a reguâ€" lar inventor, he was. He wanted to be able to scare off undesirable tenants." "Very clever," agreed Hunter, "but whoever took the trouble to invent and install such a device?" He indicated a half circular patch on what was the back of the canvas of the picture. "That‘s gauze, that is, sir. An‘ we soak this sponge in red stain and just press it to the gauze, and the _ colored _ moisture _ oozes through." "You‘re looking through a peepâ€" hole in the big frame of the porâ€" trait now, sir. It can‘t be seen from the other side. An look sir, this is how we make the portrait bleed." Hunter applied his eye and saw that he was looking down into the librarv. the man, lifting a small canvas flap. _ Send 20 cents in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this patâ€" tern to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Write plainly pattern number, your name and address. The initial adds distinction to this filet crochet set that‘s the easiest ever in string. The design also lends itself to buffet sets and scarf ends. You can use the initials alone, too, as inserts for linens. Pattern 1844 contains charts and directions for making the set and a complete alphabet, the initials measuring 4 x 4% inches; matorials required; illustrations of stitches. Summer vacations in the Arctic are popular among Russians this vear,. Be Personalâ€"Use This Laura Wheeler Initial Filet Crechet Last season‘s tendency toward a lower waistline has given way to a higher line sometimes clearly markâ€" ed in certain evening gowns by a corselet bodice as tightly adjusted as the jerkins of the Middle Ages. Florentine Sleeves Skirts are full, sometimes hangâ€" ing straight and sometimes pleated all around. Certain formal evenâ€" ing skirts are narrow, clinging, and taper off into long trains, but there are just as many for evening wear which are made fuller by godets and stop short of the ankle. Bishop and mutton sleeves remiâ€" niscent of the 1900‘s are popular, but no more so than tightfitted Florentine sleeves tapering off to a point at the back of the hand. The new silhouette takes two diâ€" rections: The closeâ€"fitting sheath and the flaredâ€"skirt, tightâ€"bodice line known as "Versailles," evoking as it does French court fashions of the lith and 18th centuries. Rich Materials Used Rich materials and gay colors are seen in all the shows. Sumptuous brocades, glittering lames, stiff moires and gleaming Duchess satin are used in profusion. Natural Line Favored For Winter Styles PARIS.â€"The winter fashions feaâ€" ture a natural line, an essentially feminine silhouette. Skirts are short, waistlines either normal or slightly higher. Elaborate sleeves constitute an important detail. Skirts Short, Waistline Normal FILET CROCHET ..-uou-.c-..uonu--.u- #see SSS3Seee4 â€" ..claa.tnlltu .III..‘.Q:ICI.:I.'I'I". .”..ll'!........'.. $8000e nto-l.u.uaocluc.cnm ...---ou-n.-u.-on-.-. -.oo--.u-co n.-ol--a-lu-b-!t-l .u..--.eun---nncnuo 'lll'..l'..ll... *Becceqg$2s*ais n'-----nul--l.-a' ll.lllll'l...i.gll eeql2ts sE89beer$ **u09 -.-----nnco.o-- ET sr8sseee $388.. e $80e0 EC FERENH sass®" fee AALTC: HEHPHH Neus ", 8# bÂ¥a0, "°. *ou "Well, for all his faults, and having no sympathy with a man who takes law into his own hands, I cannot but help feeling a great sense of understanding with this man Mysticus, or Cranston. His was a great wrong, but equally so his was a great vow and a terrible fulfilment." strain forbade him, and he preâ€" ferred the dramatic. Jelly making is still a tradition in the sense that good cooks pride themselves on their ability to capâ€" ture delicate summer flavours for winter use. But the hard part of the tradition, learning how to do it, has been removed by modern jelly making methods. The reason that some jellies wouldn‘t jell in the old days was because they lacked suffiâ€" cient pectin and even after long boiling, which robbed the fruit of much of its colour and flavour, the results couldn‘t be depended upon. Modern cooks use fully ripe fruit, add bottled fruit pectin, boil for only a few minutes and turn out By KATHARINE BAKER That magic phrase "home jelly" brings to mind rows of gleaming, colorful jars on a shelf, shimmei ing glasses of various hues all ready for winter use. It‘s more than an art, more than even a pleasant occupation, jelly making is a tradition. A tradition is usuâ€" ally a custom which is handed down from one generation to another and that used to be so with jelly making. It was a tradition in the sense that mothers used to have to teach their daughters the secrets of jelly making; how and when to choose the fruit, how long to boil it and numerovs other hints to secure a good batch of jelly. But even then it didn‘t always turn out as hoped. Sometimes fruit had to be thrown away with a great loss of sugar, time and fuel because it did not jell. Tradition JELLY PATTERN 1844 â€" THE END â€" ONTARIU AKCHIVES TORONTO Things that "stick out," at throat or sideâ€"front, are an entertaining feature of pump decorations, often the means of introducing contrast of bright color. Pattern types are less differentiâ€" atedâ€"that is, one pattern adopts features of another, but pumps are increasingly important, and oxfords have new appeal by reason of their easy adjustmentâ€" In buying fall shoes remember:â€" Color is threatening the long rule of black, particularly for daytime wearâ€" Choose your colors with discreâ€" tion; each has been selected by the tarners and manufacturers for a real reason; don‘t try to make one color do the work of another too often. Smooth leathers increase in favor for allâ€"round wearâ€"Watch suedes for lessening significance, especialâ€" ly in blackâ€" 6 large, firm well flavored apples 1/3 cup chopped dates 1/3 cup seedless raisins 1/3 cup Bee Hive Golden or White Corn Syrup 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 tablespoon butter 2/3 cup Bee Hive Golden Corn Syrup. 1/3 cup water Wash apples, remove peel from top third, and cores to within %% inch of bottom, and stuff with comâ€" bined raisins, dates, 1/3 cup corn syrup and lemon juice. Add butter to diluted corn syrup and pour around apples in a buttered baking dish. Bake in moderate oven until tender, basting often with syrup in dish. Serve hot or cold with cream. Fall Footwear to Feature More delicious jellies, the texture of which they know will be right. Plum Jelly 4 cups (2 lbs.) juice 7% cups (3% lbs.) sugar %4 bottle fruit pectin To prepare juice, crush thoroughâ€" ly 4 pounds fully ripe fruit, Do not peol or pit. Add 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer 10 minâ€" utes. Place in jelly cloth or bag; squeeze out juice. Measure sugar and juice into large saucepan and mix. Bring to a boil over hottest fire and at once add fruit pectin, stirring constantly. Then bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard % minute. Remove from fire, skim, pour quickly, Parafiin at once. Mcskes about 11 glasses (6 fluid ounces each.) Christie‘s "Ritz" ... those toasted and tasty, nutty flavored, slightly salted little wafers ... hit the mark exery time. ‘RITZ Baked Stuffed Apples Shoe Styles Biscuits "There‘s a Christie Biscuit for every taste" a hit ! Making a native look lovingly at a girl was something. The only way that Denis could evoke the "dying swan" look that movieâ€"goers expect in the first stages of a screen romance was to put a tempting meal before the hero. Then while he looked lovingly at the food, Denis substituted the heroine for whatever edibles appeal to a naâ€" tive of the tropics. & A A A A A A A A A A That is the conclusion of sophisâ€" ticated Leila Roosevelt Denis, wife of the Belgian explorer, Armand Denis. She formed her opinions about romance after living for a year in the Belgian Congoâ€"land of pygimies, giants, wild elephants, strange customsâ€"while her husâ€" band photographed the life of the natives for the Belgian government. "Dying Swan" Look Acquired Armand Denis agrees with his wife that romance ani loveâ€"making are unnatural. He learned the lesâ€" son well when he made a film about East Indian natives, in which a Jove story was enacted. teeth white, breath sweet, by using healthful Wrigley‘s Gum dailyâ€"as millions do. The chilâ€" dren also love the delicious reâ€" freshing fiavor of Wrigley‘s Double Mint, Take some home today. Csâ€"ss Soft glances, soft words, hands touching slylyâ€"in short, romanceâ€" are not natural to the human race at all. They are just some of the innovations of civilization. People who have been untorched by the slow process of civilization have never found a need to romanticize the urge of men and women for companionship with the opposite sex. Help improve your p'i(l{’ Wr&loy’q)cum.l Help im Says Romance Is Unnatural Wife of Belgian Explorer Deâ€" clares It Is An Innovation Of Civilizationâ€"Savages Know Nothing About It. Keep yo_Jr i Buch a cushion requires a dainty covering, and rose colored satin or a soft shade of green with dark red velvety roses embroidered on it would be ideal. Wy . he bag appears full, the pe.i.s saould be thoroughly shaken up and more added if necessary as the bag must be well filled to be satisfactory. Before stitching the muslin bag along the top, sprinkle in a few drops of a good rose perâ€" fume, and also add some potpourri if available. This will accentuate the sweetness of the rose leaves. Collect the rose petals in a basâ€" ket every fine day, and then pluce them in shallow cardboard boxes in the sunshine to dry. Meanwhile, make a muslin bag to hold the petals, which should be ja;e enough to form a goodâ€"sized cushâ€" ion, and as the petals dry they can be dropped into it without further handlin A rose leaf cushion makes an atâ€" tractive addition to the drawing room or the guest room in samme;« time. Filling A Room With Its Frogâ€" rarce, It Makes An Attraâ€"ti~c Although this is thought by some critics (particularly males) to be overstating the situation, Dr. 8Smith makes a strong plea for the pjreâ€" eminence of such novelists as \i; ginia Woolf, Dorothy Richardson (who was experimenting with the now . popular | streamâ€"ofâ€"consciousâ€" ness style nearly 15 years ago) and Dorothy Sayers, who is compared to Dickens in her formula of "a tove story with detective interreptions." In a survey of 20thâ€"contury literaâ€" ture, appearing in the new edition of "Chambers‘ Cyclopaedia of Engâ€" list Literature," Dr. J. C. Smith says that "fiction would have wilted but for the genius of women. Found Hard To Match "In Edwardian days it would have been impossible to name six women novelists to compare with De Morgan, Conrad, Kipling, Benâ€" nett, Galsworthy and H. G. Wells," adds Dr. § nith,. "Today one could name a dosen whom the men woud find hard io match." "Cortainly the time is past when men could write disparagingly of ‘our lady movelists,‘ a sneer that was never justified,. For various reasons, partly economic, partly soâ€" cial, the woman novelist has ceased to be an amateur," says "Colophin" in the Book Collectors Magazine. It Would Have Wilted But For Their Effortsâ€"Survey of 20â€" Century Literature Coxtains Women‘s Genius Rescued Fiction Then she saw a face. The second color she noticed was green, and the other colors later. She had to be told the name of each color. "Faces at first looked alike, but she is now able to distinguish one from another. She was greatly disappointed with faces, as she said she had thought all people were beautiful and had *happyâ€" looking faces‘." After Dr. Colley operated, v.sion returned slowly from appreciation of light through blurred vision, eventually to seeing things reaâ€" sonably well with the aid of glasses. The first thing she noâ€" ticed was a white apron worn by a nurse, then the red of a dress. Next she saw a window and a doorway. The latter had no shape but appeared as a bright area. The sky was white. Greatly Disappointed "Later," Dr. Colley relates, "she saw her hands and fingers, but could not distinguish her nails, Afâ€" ter this she saw chairs and tables. Then she saw a face. The second color she noticed was green, and the other colors later, She had to be told the name of each color. The girl‘s case is one of the few on record of a person blind from birth who has gained sight as an adult. Her blindness had been due to congenital cataract. Must Learn to Sce All her ideas about the world had been obtained from reading Braille, from information given her by others and by the acute deâ€" velopment and use of her other senses. years old, only to be "greatly disâ€" appointed with faces, as she said she had thought all persons were beautiful and had ‘happyâ€"lookâ€" ing faces‘." Her experiences are recorded in a recent issue of "The British Medical Journal" of the British Medical Association by Dr. R. Colley, who performed the opâ€" eration. Rose Leaf Pillow Briton, Who Sees for First Time at 22, Thought All Were Beaut=r} ard !ad "Happyâ€" An English girl, blind from birth, got her first sight by an opâ€" eration when she was twenty two Human Faces Looking Faces" Dull Girl‘s Joy In First Sight ® / usual. Th« had a bad rabbitsâ€"th shortage of in prices. Thinking of for the winter them expensiv« ons, wh the mixi Jalestine dominant as Jews, the lectu from of Ex th Bad Year For pi M Jews‘ Histo Blending of i TY New Guineca N Dining on Thei Relatic 4 M duced t} Agercy Their Min d uim