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_ thick pungent smell of burning tar, ac- _ companied by the equally overwhelm- Ing sound of compressed air drills, for | Paris was repairing its streets. At such a time, an ordinary bus ride be- comes much of an adventure, for many . of the streets of the city are so narrow that they must be closed while ti repairs are in progress, and traffic _ therefore sometimes has to make very _ considerable detours. The bus will around suddenly and you look 'up from your book to find it rushin; along narrow winding streets lined with quaint, old-fashioned houses and bearing names which remind one of long-forgotten history books. Then, Just as suddenly as it began, the ad- "venture ends The bus is once more rolling along the old familiar noisy route again, and you turn back to your book, wondering a little if you have not been dreaming. Z Toy Hunting With Herriot An acquaintance recently asked M. Herriot how it was that in the midst of such pressing problems as world , State finance and politi cal turmoil that threatened to bring the Government down about his ears, he always seemed to find time to spend a few hors of even his busiest days with his younger friends. "Oh,, but children are different," the Prime Minister replied. "It's my greatest diversion and pleasure to be surround- ed by children" When the Sultan of Morocco was in Paris on his annual 7 visit, M. Herriot. Jost no time in mak- ing the acquaintance of his son, Mou- ley Hasson, aged four. A few minutes after meeting they left the hotel, hand in hand, bound for the toy department of one of Paris's leading stores, They were going' to buy a motorcar that Mouley Hassan could drive all by him- self. It took quite a long ..me to find one to fit his tiny legs and when he at last was seated at the wheel, trying the horn and feeling very important, the rather weighty statesman sugg ed getting on behind. The little boy, however, looked up and said very solemnly, "Oh, no; you mustn't, you might fall off!" Suddenly the future Sultan spied a magnificent cardboard horse, and instant'y forgot his motor- car in admiration of it. Whereupon M. Herriot paid the purchase price of a few francs and they both left the shop highly delighted, Mouley Hassan car- rying his fiery steed clasped tightly under his arm. 5 Landmark Disappears Chess is a popular pastime in France, and hag long been an integral part of the cafe habit which gives Paris one of its most original aspects. At many of the tables that line the boulevard couples might be seen play- ing chess, but certain cafes were par- ticularly favored by the devotees of the game and these came to be, in ef- fect, clubs where chess players gath- ered daly. One of the most famous of these, and one of the oldest, the "Cafe de Ia Rotonde," in the Gardens of the Palais Royal, has just been pulled down, "Situated at one end of the gar- dens, which even to-day form a haven of quiet beauty in the midst of the heavy traffic which swirls around it from the noisy thoroughfare of the Avenue de 1'Opera, the cafe, during most of the last century, was the cen- ter of fashionable society in Paris, which promenaded in the gardens and 'under the arcades of the palace built by Cardinal Richelieu in 1629, a while, smothered under the| BF gsi i 5 i is i i i 1 g gs 2 : : : ef : : i E i E fl i as £5 gs i i 2 | : : & g 2 Faithfully yours, DOUGLAS 8. ROBERTSON, Trustee. _-------- Ee . . Ancient Chinese Mirrors Mirrors were important to the Chinese not only as aids to vanity but also because of the belief that they dispelled evil spirits and goblins, ac- cording to Dr. Berthold Laufer, cura- tor of anthropology. The common superstition ' that breaking a mirror brings bad luck prevails in China and goes far back into antiquity . "The breaking of a mirro. in China augurs a separation from one's wife by death or otherwise and is second in evil potent only to smashing an ofl jar," Dr. Laufer said, "An old legend tells of a husband and wife who were compelled to part shortly after break- ing a mirror. Each took half of the broken mirror as a pledge of fidelity. Subsequently the wife violated her promise of faithfulness, and her part of the mirror changed into a magpie which flew to her husband to tell him, This legend led to the decoration of many mirrors with carved or other re- presentations of magpies." Until the introduction of glass mir- rors from Europe, in' comparatively modern times, all Chinesc mirrors were cost of bronze, sometimes alloy- ed with gold or solver, or of iron, the reflecting surface being highly polish- ed" by means of mercury and some- times by a coating of black lacquer. The bagks' were usually artistically decorated. Mirrors were used in burials, being placed face downward in the grave with the idea of lighting the grave and keeping evil spirits away. It was the ancienf belief that spirits and goblins could render them- selves invisible, but thet thelr images would at once become visible when re- flected in a mirror, and to avoid this they would retreat from mirrérs. For this reason, Dr. Laufer says, mirrors still function as charms and are sus- pended in front of bed curtains. ~ Re ~Alding Others The race of mankind would perish | did they cease to ald each other.-- Wordsworth, : A snappy dress: that will add loads of chic to your wardrobe, is this wine red rough crepe silk. The bone but- tons, its sole trim, are in self tone. ite sleek, slender lines, makes it suited for the miss or the matron. Crepe satin is another nice choice in tobaceo krcwn shade, that is very beceming and practical, and an ad- vanced fall idea. . Its cost will be very small, £tyle No. 3063 is designed for sizes 13, 18 years, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. © Size 36 requ'res 3% yards of 89- inch material. HOW TO OLDER PATTERNS. Nite your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 15¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order tc Wilson Pattern Service, 73 Wes: Adelaide St., Toronto. eg, Repose How vainly men themselves amaze To win the palm, the oak, or bays, And their uncessant labours see Crown'd from some single herb or tree, 'Whose short and narrow verged shade Does prudently their toils upbraid; While all the flowers and trees do close To weave the garlands of Repose. --An rew Marvell. ------ Ain "You know, you've been engaged & long time, old man. Why don't you marry her?" "I've been thinking about it, Joe--but where should I spend my evenings if I did?" af-- ! » + 5 & 1 IE Horizontal 38--To loot 10--Leaks 1--Limited 40--Positions 12--Cooky 42--Auxijliary verb 13--Opposed S--King with golden 5 ies root 16--Joins touch 45--Animal 19--Respects 11--Race officials 46--Part of "to be" 21--Zealot 13--Pledge 47--To imply 23--Coins 14--Conjunction ¥ 49--Look 25--Color 15--Form of insurance [0--Elementary sub- 27--Overly 17--Pronoun stances 29--Tooth 18--To cool 52--Bird 31--Sea ny.iphs 20--Attends 54--To scrutinize / 33--Wanderer 21--A dandy b5--Animals 34--Meat 22--Point cf moon Vertical 36--Physician 24--Fit . ! irritation 1--Patient 37--To gnash 26--Vessels 2--Amphitheatre 39--Political group 26--Proofreader's word 3--Part of "to be" 41--Packs 28--To support 4--To clear 43--Cabbage-like plant 30--Man's name 32--@irl's name 33--To shrink 36--Biblical town 5--To suppose 6--Provides crew 7 Indignation 8--To perform 44--Remainder 47--Vehicle 48--Rather o¥ b1--Toward 37--To arrive 9--Nut b63--French article "A woman" someone else suggested Owl Laffs tha! it was for the same reason th: : Christmas Again we approach what ought to be the happiest season of the year-- Christmas. How it has always thrilled us since childhood! But how about those who have not bee so fortunate this year? Let us spend our Christmas this year in the most unselfish way that we have ever done. If you do not, personally, know some family with whom to share a happy Christmas, make inquiry among your friends and they will give you the name of some worthy one. In spreading joy amongst the unfortunate, you are also spread- ing joy in your own heart. School Teacher (Juring English les- son)--"I didn't have no fun at the sea- side."--How should I correct that, Jack?" Jack--"Get a sweethedrt, miss." ------ Tailor (measuring a new customer) --"What about a small deposit, sir?" Customer--"Just as you like; put one in if it's stylish." Reading in buses is very bad for the eyes, vrites an optician. Especially when the person whose paper you are reading won't keep still. Most successful men are just com- mon people who applied themselves in an uncommon Way. When someone asked why prayers aru ended with "Amen" instead of + Do You Know? + Ward aid ix: the Autumn hey migrate south. ward, Th travel in large herds and not even the swiftest streams can-stay thelr movement from one part of the country to an- e photograph shows only a small portion of a large herd 'Way across the famous Whitehorse River in the Yukon. they sing hymns and not hers, Wite--"John, the cl.ck fell off the wall, and it it had been a minute soon- er it would have hit poor mother!" John--*"I always said that clock was slow." Wite--""I'm going to town this after- noon." - Hubby--*Shopping?" Wife--"No; I won't have time, I just want to get sonie things I need." A newsparer headline reads: "Burg- lars Surprised by Bank Officials Work- ing Late." Who wouldn't be? Dramatist--" 'Why are you going away already? There are three more acts to come." Guest--"Sorry, that's why I'm goizz away." Young Wife--'Pierre {is wonderful to me mother, me everything I ask for," Mother--"That merely shows, my dear, that you :.re not asking for enough." perfectly He gives Employer (to office boy who wants afternoon off for grandr-other's fua-r- al)--""My boy, be economical. Don't waste your grandmothers so early in the season; save them for the cup- ties." Mary--"I didn't know Ted had any idea of marrying you." Ann--"He didn't, That was my idea." So many people are so busy won- dering what the other fellow is doing that they themselves accomplish noth- ing. Philip, seven years old, returned from playing with a little neighbor girl. After a thoughtful silence he asked: ; Philip--"Mother, is it wrong for lit- tle boys to kiss little girls?" Mother--*"No, it isn't wrong, but I think you had better keep your kisses for mother and baby sister for a while yet." Philip--"I'm sorry, mother if I ought to have kept 'em, for there's seventeen gone already." Friend--"You will soon forget her and be happy again." Jilted Lover--"0b, no, I shan't. I've bought too much for her on the instal: ment plan," Slight Drafts distasteful is going to have a tough time in heaven. So long as you are happy, what does it matter where you are or what you hava? It is all right to "give tie devil his due," but .uc-e 1s no sense in adding a bonus, Do you really think you are capable of sitting down to-day and some young man what he really should do? ; Gravity Gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness, constitute perfect virtue.~Confucius. t Ey We pity fn others only those evils 'which we have ourselves experienced. ~Rousseau. The fellow to whom harp music is|' It must have taken some time for this man's rheumatism to have be- come so severe. He does not say any- thing about that. But he does make] 4 it clear that it needed only four or five months of Kruschen to make him forget all about the pain he once suf- fered. 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