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~ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG WS UFE RUN BY DYSPEPSIA Until He Tried "FRUIT.A-TIVES® The Wonderful Fruit Medicine SR rey MR. PRANK HALL Wyevale, Ontario. "For some two years, I was a THE VALLEY OF SILENT MEN. By James Oliver Curwood. Cosmopo- litan Book Corporation, New ork, Price $2, - The reviewer has just finished this last novel from the pen of James Oli- ver Curwood after carrying it con- tinuously for about sixty hours. The other night he s the picture play of Curwood's novel of the Northland "The Courage of Marge O'Doone"', and, still thinking over that splendid Story, picked up 'The Valley ot Sil- ent Men," and started reading it with the belief that it could not possibly bo as good as "Marge O"Doone." In a short time the reviewer found him- self transported to the little mis- sloner"s country with the characters even more vivid and interesting. He soon saw that this latest book, let alone being the equal of "Marge O'- Doone." is vastly superior to it in many ways. | NIBBLES FROM who----but that is Mrs. Burt's story and need not be told here. If we might be permitted to criti- cise, however, there is one little point to which attention might be called. In the opening chapters, Hud- son is classified as a man with an 'income of nearly half a million dol- lars." Is it not rather unique to find the wife of a man with such an in- come doing her own cooking and washing her own dishes? It seems so to us. "THIS GLOBE." From "This Giddy Globe, by Oliver Herford., Published by Hodder and Stoughton. The English-speaking countries, which comprise the United States and the British Empire, occupy one- fourth of the entire surface of the globe. The rest are just foreign , GIDDY can to the nearest river-bed, in which it remains for the reat of its days. . Wales are the Welsh Prince of Wales, and Jioyd George. . Poles; the &'rigid Poles in the North and South, and the very hot Poles in the centre ot Europe. » power on earth. and quite bare, have nothing to do with those of the Russian dancers. . . they have many wives. . . . The most famous products of rabbit, the The earth has three kinds of France is the greatest millinery * The steppes of Rusa, though vast The Turks are a foariess pecple; What then is the use of the weath- ? Supposing you have made a globe ---- ---- UNCUT J Dh AW MW In the first place the characters in it possess a greater appeal to the average mind. They are more prob- able, more natural and decidedly nore human from the point of view of the normal reader. The action of the story is about ten times as fast, with the interest held to every word before the reader. There is not a chapter or paragraph in the whole book that will be skipped over hast- ily. There is life, romance and adven- ture in every word until the very end. The opening introduces us to Jas. Kent, sergeant in the Canadian Nor- thwest Mounted Police, lying in the barracks hospital with no prospects of living more than three days, and in the act of confessing to the murder in cold blood of a man whose slayer he had been seeking. At first most ot his friends doubted his statement but finally he made it so convincing that only one or two believed him inno- cent. One of these few was a beauti- { ful unknown girl ot mystery who came to see him and caaracterized lilm as "a splendid liar." Then the biow fell, The corps sur- geon had made a very natural mis- take In diagnosing Kent's case and it | was found that he was no nearer | death than any of his comrades about | him. Realizing what he had done, for [he was innocent of the murder, of | course, he made a bid for escape but | was captured and located in the pri- w | son of the barracks- From here the .ss, | Bir] rescued him, and the story after that is completely theirs. Anyone who runs across this book Brit) dl Bil ot y A un, | Will find himself propping it before | Britain are beef, ishops, banks, an ea A an valle ha PH reading it | barometers. through before doing anything else. s 2 Once started the reader cannot get The principal products of Scotland away from it until he has finished it. | are porridge, parsons, and pibrochs. and put some people upon it to live, what would you do to make them feel at home? You would give them something to talk about. Just so--the weather was Jesign- ed to furnish a universal topic of conversation for man. Without the weather, 999,999 out of 1,000,000 conversations would die in their infancy. NIBBLES FROM P.G. WODEHOUSE From "The Coming of Bill." If you keep a dog, a dog with a high sense of his abilities and im- portance, tied up and muzzled for a length of time, and then abruptly set it free, the chances are that it will celebrate its freedom. countries. MM » . The best definition of government may be found in Wordsworth's lines: "The simple plan That they should take who have the sufferer from Chronic Constipation and Dyspepsia. I tried every remedy I heard of without any success, until the wife of a local merchant recommended Fruita tives'. I procured a box of 'Fruit-a-tives' snd began the treatment, and my sondition commenced to Improve Immediately. The Dyspepsia ceased to be the burden of my life as it had been, ar I was freed of Constipation. I feel that I owe a great deb: Fruisa-tives' for the benefit I derived from them." FRANK HALL. 80e.a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25. At all dealers or sent postpaid hy Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottswn Public Library Bulletin ¥ New Books for Boys and Girls: | © Old Ryerson, Camp, W. nny Fists, Camp," W. mbler Club £4 Circle, Sheppard, Ww. C { Black Hawk, Tomilson, P. G, © Mohawk Chief, Tomilson, E.T n Strong, Hegliger, W. mrades of the Trail, Rob art of Many Colors, Meikle Scout of Woodcraft, Burge Scouts on Swift River, Ww . Power, And they should keep who can." * -. LJ ; HIS is a book of Diamonds and Pearlg--of Gold and Silver--of Rings and Brooches--of Watches and Purses--of superb Silverware--of Gifts for Weddings, Birthdays and Anniversaries. \ In an Absolute Monarchy, the People are Controlled. In a Limited Monarchy they are Cajoled. In a Republic they are Sold. » ¢ Every woman who expresses her individuality in her jewels, her silver ware and in her choice of gifts for friends and relatives, will enjoy many happy hours looking through this Mappin & Webb book. Is your name on our mailing list ? If not, will you write us at once, so that we may send you a copy ? It is the book of the month, indeed, for within its covers are the treasures of the world and the supreme workman ship of the master craftsmen of a dozen nations. Vice is nothing more than Virtue outside of its natural geographical latitude. . . . The United States is a large body of laughter--ving people, completely surrounded Ty trusts. . . The popu- lation consists of one hundred mil- lion thirsty souls, some of whom are Americans. It happens only too often that the uplifter of the public mind is baulk- ed by a disinclination on' the part of the public mind to meet him or her half-way. The uplifter does his share. He produces the uplifting book. But the public, instead of standing still to be uplifted, wanders off to browse on colored supplements and maga- zine stories. A race of trap-hangers is develop- ing. At certain hours of the day they may be seen seeking their habita- tions in great flocks, swinging from strap to strap with loud cries and a peculiar Whirling Jotlon. It is a book you will consult frequently and come to rely on more and more as you test the efficiency and thoroughly satisfactory service of our mail order system. Write for it, LIMITED (MNappin & 353 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal At that moment she was examin- Ing his masterpiece "Ariadne in Na- x08." He had called it that because that was What it bad turned into. The 'Indian practice of painting and wearing feathers shocked the Pilgrim Fathers and Pilgrim Mothers but the Pilgrim Daughters made a note of the fashions Jor future use. He knew no artists, but he had read novels of Bohemian life in Paris and he had gathered a general im- pression that they were, as a class, shock-headed, unwashed persoms of no social standing whatever, extre- mely short of money and much ad- dicted to orgies. en I Was a Boy in Persia, Merza, | leabel Carleton in the L Ringnecked Grizzly, Miller W. H. 3 tle of Zion, Hodges, George. § Book of Fairy Tale Foxes, Johnson, C. , Trail Book, Osten, Mary. 3 Angrove's Repairs _ Seales, Talking Machines, Bioyeles, Baby Carriages, Lawn Mowers, ete. We © do repair work right and guarantee sutisfaction. - 197 WELLINGTON STRERT The principal products of Great LAUSANNE SAO PAULO PARIS ROME RIO DE JANIERO BUENOS AIRES JORANNESBURG "It's the only thing to do, ma'am, when you're up against it. Get in the first wallop before the other guy can get himself set for his punch." The inhabitants are a tall, barb- wiry, music-loving, pious, and joke- fearing race, fond of loud plaids, and still Lauder songs. « « . Their tall spare frames have given rise to the term Bony (or Bonny) Scotland, supposed by some to be derived from "Bonnet," the na- tional headgear. ¢ EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRACY By Henry Frederick Cope. Published by The MacMillan Company, of Ca- nada, Ltd. Price, $2.25 Net. This book is a plea for the spiri- tual in education--a plea for the re- cognition of the fundamental princi- ple that at bottom all problems of democracy are religious problems and that all education is or ought to be essentially religious. "Every true teacher deals with souls: subjects are only his tools." The book abounds in striking epi- grams which suggest discussion, which sometimes even invite criti- cism. Such arresting phrases as "Our general culture has failed," "our vocational training has been di- vorced from the greater redlities of life," "moral education remains a problem because it has never been at- tempted, has been hindred by reaa- gogical mechanisms," give a faint glimpse at the earnestness of the writer and the seriousness of the pro- 'blem. The author is better at diag- nosis than at prescription. He sees the darkness. We are not so sure that the problem admits of easy solution. But Mr. Cope has done a great ser- vice in stating the problem succinct- | ly, and he has made a distinct con- | tribution towards its solution. The | world, he says, will not be made right by regulation, legislation, or sccial machinery, the motives, pur- poses and wills of men are wrong and they must be taught a common good will in a democratic life of bro- thethuod and co-operation. he words democracy, religion and . education take on new meanings-- | 'California Syrup of Figs" they are at bottom phases of the one . common ideal life; the spiritual is Child's Best Laxative the supreme, education is the means; . both function in the social order, - : ---- 7s SAAN He had a thorough contempt for all actors, authors, musicians, and ar tists, whom he classed -together in one group as men who did not count, save in so far as they gave mild en- tertalnment to the men who, like himself, did Count. TY YS rr re Sr rere The dew distilled from the Scotch mountains, flavored with the peat of the valleys, is highly prized by the natives, not only ot Scotland, but of all the English-speaking countries of this giddy globe. . A vaH 38 AND REQUIRE SUS. INED LY herone » "You have not read my "Principles of Selection'? "I have not." "I will send you a copy tomorrow.' "I will burn Je directly it arrives." » Ireland is the land of the Irish Bull,, a paradoxical Bovine whose cross-eyed horns can toss a British commonplace in two directions at once. He just sits there waiting for you to go, and, when you do go, shuts the door on you so Quick that you have to jump from getting your coat caught in it. I tell you, those two are about all the tompany either of them needs. They've got the Newly- weds licked to a Whisper. i » "Who was the pop-eyed second- storey man with the bald head and the convex waistcoat who glued him- self to me tonight?" "If you méan the fine old gentle- men with the slightly prominent eyes and rather thin hair, that was Brock Mason, the vice-president of consoli- dated groceries. You mustn't even think disrespectfully of a man as rich as that." "He isn't what you would call a sparkling talker." "He doesn't have to be. His time is worth a hundred dollars a minute, or a second--I forget which." "Put me down for a nickel's worth next time." . DB THOMAS' ECLECTRIC Ol LI The principal products of Ireland are potatoes, pugilists, pat-riots, po- teen, and Bernard Shaw. LJ * COLONIAL "A" Thin, without acewre ay. At eed poor of ae $280.00 cod Other altham s wpwar The population of Ireland consists chiefly of ahgentee landlords and emf grants to the United States. . , They are ruled by two absentee govern- ments, a parliament at Westminster and an Itinerant President. Sawed in Stove Lengths BOOTH & CO., Foot West Street hone 133 Why? "Proof is positive when founded The first thing a river does after rising is to betake itself as fast as it AAA A en MOTHER! When buying a watch think first of quality HE first cost of an inferior watch is a long way from being its last cost. Instances are by no means uncommon where the cost of repairing such a watch exceeds its original price. Watchmakers nowadays receive high wages. Their bills are apt to be very large for ti spent in trying the lives of other people. When there to repair low grade watches. Especlally is this. true Sunde; is the atr they precipitate of the cheaper imported movements for which repair it. . pans are often unobtainable and must be made by He was considered foo gifted to be ag wholesome. The men of his set, being i for Je Bon prt amiably stupid, re- Ls i re By le th at a reasonable sen @ I he #) ey f price consistent with quality. "Say, cull, you tell your aunt Apart from accidents and the Lora to make a noise like an ice- which watch TOCA Jerre ve cream in the sun and melt away. Jeweler, your Waltham means cash savi Shas & prune, and what she says The a fey Sv : go. 3 * LI There are some men whose mis- sion in life it appears to de to go about the world creat: rises HIDDEN CREEK. flag Silas in By Katherine Newlin Burt. Thomas Allen, Toronto, Price, $3. \ When Mrs. Burt gave us the "Branding Iron," we thought that she had put out a fine story and ex- pected big things from her in the tuture. She has certainly filled these expectations in "The Red Lady" and lastly in "Hidden Creek," "The Red Lady" was a good story of mystery, love and adventure, but not nearly 80 vivid nor so full of the human and powerful forces as the other two. All three contain the main chapters in some girl or woman's book of life. In the "Branding Iron" we had an ex- traordinary women who was the sub- Jeet of gripping but nevertheless very ordinary adventures. "The Red Lady", was just an ordinary person subjected .to the most extraordinary experiences, while in "Hidden Creek" Shella Arundel is as extraordinary as the conditions she is subjected to. The daughter of an unrewarded ar- tist, sl into the protection of Sylvester Hudson, owner of seve- ral hotels throughout the west and the middle west. Hudson is a strange Gian, with the bar of his finest hotel as his hobby and his dream. In a strange way he is a kind of artist, aithough his masterpieces would not be fit for entry in the Royal Acade- my Exhibitions. x Sheila, in the course of her Ass0e- iation with the strange benefactor, hecomes a "good angel" to the care- less, happy-go-lucky who frequent Hudson's hotel in the town of Millings. She is left here, ra. ther marking time, while fresh char acters are introduced into the Finally, frightened by a mad decla. ration of love from her employer, she leaves the town of Millings and os- capes to the mountains. Events move in fast order from this point, leav- ing the reader as much bewildered or 6 for $2.50, at 4s some of the characters in the plot. or by mail In the end it is Dickie, Hudson's son, ; the dreamer and zeueral no-account Store. ~ Waltham Grandfather Hall Clocks and Mantel Clocks Jor homes of refinement, Ask In a converted cannibal there are always possibilities of a return to the &0ds of wood and stone and the dis- position to look on his fellow-man purely in the light of breakfast-food. Makers and Ww Binvibuters of altham Products Factories: Montreal, Canade; Waltham, USA. £8 E tory," Mr. Wells aims to tell jn one ¢ontinuous narrative the whole story of the life of mankind, believing that such a droad and comprehensive Majdling will bring it within the pos- of reading by the ordinary } m. He has written it, he says, , -- pocause of his conviction that there| "The Report of the Ifterchurch | ready for immediate Is a very urgent need for a common | World Movement on the Steel Strike | D, Appleton & Co. In know t the world of of 1919." the controversy over which | matio: has been filiing muh space in the newspapers; is to be published as Soon as it can be put into book form MOR peace in all the world; no pros- by urt, Brace & How-. The vo- cial, berity 'but a general presperity. But lute with contain the full report as there can be no common and prosperity without common histort- cal ideas." The work is to be in two volumes and will be filustrated with any maps and specially drawn line cuts. it was adopted unanimously by : commission of 'eight investigated the ya tbr, That A new work by G. Stanley be called "Morale, the Sumries Standard of Life and Conduet," ew vitality and energy. will make you strong it you are not past the medicine can help you. you up try Vital Tablets @: people seem -to think 'they purchase friends just as they do 88. - = 9