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| THAN 1¢ WORTH OF MAGIC MAKES A FINE BIG CAKE. AND YOU ARE SURE MAGIC MADE IN CANADA "WHY RISK FAILURES WITH ( DOUBTFUL BAKING POWDER. OF SUCCESSFUL RESULTS." says MRS. CLARRY HUNT, Chief Dietitian for Gillett Products, Toronto MAcle costs so little! Just think--it actually takes less than 1¢ worth of Magic to make a delicious layer cake, Why take chances with doubt- ful baking powder? Bake with Magic and be sure! "CONTAINS NOALUM."" This statement on every tin is your guarantee that Magic Baking Powder is frée from alum or any harmful ingredient. > a STRANGE ABSFN by ALLYN SIOAN ABSENCE] . SYNOPSIS, \ Jean Graham and her brother Kuan yay on the Riviera with Geoffrey Win- lon and his wife Doreen, who leads Euan pn to gamble at the Casino, Jean coaxes pm to go tc Paris On the road to Party, Jean finds a string of pearls in Euan's pocket. He snatches the case from her and the car crashes. The accident Is fiscoyered by Jerry Grant, who takes ean back to his hostess, Helen Go.st. | »., Rivaux, French in- Geoffrey Winton wife's pearls ce van is missing. spector investigates. tells Helen that hi: missing. Rivaux confronts Jean with this us the reason for Euan's disappear- ince. Jean visits Euan's friend, Baron ge Laurier, whoni she dislikes and lea. is that Euan is in debt to him. Meanwhile Jerry Grant meets MM. Perichon, famous fetecfive, who promises to help then. 'Rivaux produces a petrol lighter which Jean admits to be her brother's, Jerry proposes to Jean: CHAPTER XVIL--(Cont'd.) : It was difficalt to propose satisfac- ' torily to anyoné who would not keep still, ard a little self-pity, a little anger; crept into Grant's heart. "I suppose you'd be grateful to any- one who would help you out," he said. Too distrait vo notice the bitterness in his voice, she answered unthink- ingly: "Very." : . "Your friend De Laurier would do as well then?" : She stood still suddenly and stared at him: "De Laurier. What do you mean? What are you talking about?" "Well, 'it seems to me that you'd rather have him about you than me." She continued to stare at him, open- ing Her lips to speak, then shutting them again, -It was all so hopeless, so abominable.:She gazed at the young man's troubled face, well knowing that by just saying three words she could transform him; longing to utter those words for her »wn as well as his hap- piness, yet knowing that as things * were it was impossible to voice them. At last she stammered: _ "Oh, Jerry, w-yon't you wait a little longer?" - : : He saw that sue was troubled, wor- vied almost beyond enduring; every- thing about her told him so, her nerv- ous hands, her restlessness, the misery of her strained face; yet jealousy roused by the thought of de Laurier made him faintly suspicious. If she scared for him, there was only one thing for her to do--to say yes, and yesign herself to him. . : "Jean," he said rather stubbornly, "eithef you care for me or you don't. If you, do--" : "Oh, Jerry, you know, that I do, but it's not so simple as that." She gazed at hini hopefully, but when he said no- thing, 'went on: "I can't say anything 1-ore just now." : She sav him hesitate. Evidently he was not convinced and was, she saw, "swayed by emotions of frustration, doubt and love, but she felt that if he failed her then she would not know what to do. "Jerry," she appealed, "if you care for me, d-don't fail me. Trust nie!" "I do trust you," he cried in a chok- ed voice, "I'll never fail you, But--" "You don't,' A: sudden impulse to confide.in him possessed her. It would be such a relief and if he loved her he must keep her secret, "Listen, Jerry. You are jealous of Baron de Laurier, I know, but you need not be. No, really--I'm seeing im 'so often because I think--he knows something about Euan." "Qh Gtant looked at her atten- tively. "Well, if he does, why doesn't he tell 'the police? Look here, Jean, let me tackle this, Ill see the fellow, "or get Rivaux on to him." "No, nol" "he shook her head, It 'was just what she feared, Her confi- dential impulse died a speedy death. Grant watched her with exaspera- gion, His love, which should have made him understanding, filled him in- stead with an unreasoning fear and Jealousy. ; SY _ "Jean," he repeated obstinately. HWill you marry me? I must know, Li The girl felt stunned and a little angry. For a moment she stared at Lim, trying to marshal her panicking tlought; then in a tense voice she s»id. "I'm sorry--I can't." Turning away abruptly, she hurriad from the room. ; CHAPTER XVIII, The next morning before Jean was dressed. Helen called to her that she was wanted on the telephone. "Jerry!" she thought, and her heart,' which had been desolate since their break of the night before, began to race. When she reached the telephone, however, it was only Dan Washburn. "Is that you, Jean?" came his voice. "Say, 1 wonder if you'd come up to the villa and fix the flowers for me. Sis gets here today, and I'd like to hav® the place looking swell when she arrives," . Jean laughed in spite of herself: "Why don't you do the flowers your- self?" "Why, I did try to fix the darned | things, but when I'd finished, - they looked like a Peace Conference, all separated and falling out. Say, won't you come? You will? Gee! You'rea peach. I'll call for you in the roadster and get you! TI'll be there at five minutes to eleven," Washburn rang off and Jean's laughter faded. There had been no mention of Jerry Grant." Had it been intentional, she wondered. The mem- ory of his hurt and angry face had haunted ner all night, and the fact that she could nct do anything about f only made their estrangem :nt the worse. Incidentally, it also augment- ed her dislike of the Baron, and she wondered again as she had several times in the last few days whethe: she dared defy him. When driving up to the Villa St. Juan, Jean enquirad rather tentatively wether Gran: was| at hone Washburn shook his head. "I wish I knew what bug was eating that boy. His temper lately has been about es sweet to'live with as a hornet's nest. He went off romewhere this morning with a life-sized grouch upon' him. Well, here we are, Now you're run- ning the decorative business, but I'll do whatever you tell me to." For the next half hour Jean wandered through the garden, directing Washburn which branches to pick, and herself gathe#- ing great bunches of roses, narcissi and anemones. WRAL "I'het you, sis breaks right out into a party the minute she gets here, She's a live wire, I can tell you, Even the clock goes faster when she's around." Jean glanced- at Washburn who stoow. at her side'with his arms filled with the flowering branches. His good- natured face struck her suddenly. as:a very friendly. one, and -ignoring his previous remark, she said: "Dan--"' H. grinned: "Jean?" : "What d'you think is wrong with Jerry?" His face flushed faintly as he an- swerved: "Well, .I kind of hoped you knew that." ¥ "You think it's my fault?" "I don't know about your fault, but it's you all right. When a feller's as gone as Jerry, there's usually some- thing wrong with his heart. Don't you like 'him, or what?" The question was go matter-of-fact as to embarrass the girl, Without an- swering, she loosened the flowers in the vase she was arranging, shaking them out and standing back to look at them critically with her hedd on one side. But at last she said: "Dan, I do like Jerry uwfully, but for--well, for certain reasons, I don't want to be engaged to him yet: That makes him angry." ' "Yeah, I guess he think you're run- ning another bean alongside of him." "But I'm not, I've begged him to TEE 3 | ptr eet ---------------------------- | MANY SECURITIES Net Listed on Exchanges Have Markets ~~ WE FIND THE MARKET ~~ W. J. MARSHALL & COMPANY '| trast to the sober black it would be a West, r Eat, 1919 Toronto, Ont. trust me. Can't you do anything with him?" "Well, I'll see; but it's rather like beirg a buffer on the end of a train. Hello, look who's here," Turning rou..d, Jean saw an elderly man plodding up the drive. A long black cape swung from his shoulders and in his hand ke carried a wide felt hat which left his somewhat dome- shaped head gleaming baldly in the sun, ¢ % "Who does he look like--Sancho Panza or Sir Gu'shad?" whispered Washburn. 4 : '"Who is he?" "Perichon, the ex-tec." The man of whom Jerry had spoken. Jean watched 1im curiously, and for a moment the old man returned her gaze. "Bogjour, mon ami." ! "Good morning, sir. I'd like to have you meet Miss Graham." "This is a pleasure I have long de- sired," answered Perichor with a smile, " "I suppose you've heard all about me," said the girl, on the defensive, yet forcing a certain lightness into her voice, "Ah, I am a friend of M, Grant, so it is not surprising, n'est-ce pas?" "Did you come up to see Jerry?" Washburn enquired, pushing forward a chuir, -. "No, I came to see Mademoiselle," "Me?" Jean stared. The Frenchman smiled. 'You are surp ised,. But, 1 will not keep you long--just a little minute, if you will be so amiable." He glanced meaning- ly at Washburn, who immediately took the hint. It was with mixed feelings that Jean accepted the seat which Perichon offered. Grant had said that he was on their side; nevertheless she feared him. . "Ah, what a day of sunshine," sighed the old man, leaning back and tlissfully lifting his face to the sun. Unaccustomed to his irrelevances, Jean wondered, and shot him a surrep- titipus glance. But in a moment his tone changed as he remarked: -"Mademoiselle, you are in trouble, and I am here to help you--to find the culprit." : She murmured: "I wish you could." "Ah." His eyes, whilst appearing to Le on the scenery, were covertly watching the girl. It was the first time he had seen her from so close, and he thought her a rather lovely creature, Not pretty in the manner of a Frenchwoman, but he admired her skin and coloring, her sunny hair and slim lissome figure. There were other things which he noted as well. "Mademoiselle, yon are not happy," he announced abruptly. ; Jean looked away: "You know about my 'brother?" "Le pauvre M. Graham. Yes, but that i$ not all, You are--afraid." "Afraid?" Involuntarily she turn- ed to him, but when her eyes met his they fell. Shrugging her shoulders, she murmured: "I don't know why you should say that." = (To be continued.) Well-Dressed Male Will Wear Pastel Shaded Host Suit Coat Has Shawl Collar and Sash of Silk -- Will Do Away With Customary Dinner Jacket " Chicago.--Here's news for the men --they can decide for themselves if it's good or bad. ARR A host suit in pastel shades, with a shawl collar and a wide sash-of silk has emerged ag the latest dictate of what the well-dressed male shall wear when entertaining at home oron semi: formal occasions. Bo Walter A. Stresen-Reuter of -Chi- cago, chairman of the fashion show at the joint convention of the national association "of merchant - tailors and the merchant:tailor designers assocla- tion at a local hotel, told about it. He sald it would do away with the customary dinner jacket and in con. available in maroon, light blue, wine and green. ! : tenses, oon rotnd A dash ol Worcestershire sauce add- ed to the French dressing gives a very. pleasing flavor, ; ° AT "To-day it is not so much the repu- tation of politicians which is at stake as that of the voting public."--Have- Ia 0) Oraige Pekoe . Blend S ------ EE ----_ An Eminent Victorian (From The London Spectator) 1am the Poems of the late Eliza Cook, For sixty-odd years I have occupied this nook; ; : I remember myself as a bright young book ; On a bhookseller's ormolu table. Just beside me I had quite a nice friend, Mrs. Hemans's Works, and at the far end : Was one called "It's Never:Too Late to Mend," . And a print of the Tower of Babel. We were a pretty pair, Mrs. H, and I, My crimson velvet was the best you could buy; i She wore green--and a love of a tie,~ I suppose it would now look tawdry, One fine morning she was taken, as I heard, For a prize to a Miss Georgiana Bird. Then my turn came---I'd to carry the word © Of "Podgers, with love to Audry." Some little time I was much in quest, _ Either she read me or hugged - her breast, ~ And several sorts of ferns were pressed Between my red-ruled pages. re- me to Then, one night (I can almost see it : still) 2 : A letter came, and stormed, "I should like to kill That two-faced miscreant Podgers"; And she flung me under the settee, - where ° I lay in want of light and alr, And endured the supercilious stare Of the Works of Samuel Rogers. That always stood on the bracket-- 2 well, There's not much. really left to tell, I was rescued by the housemaid Nell, Who hadn't no time for reading, And here Iam, and yet I suppose I'd better not grumble, as this world goes, For I see" I'm outstaying rows and rows Of the newest immortal flction; And Rogers has vanished--I don't know where-- With his "Pleasures of Memory"--and "I don't care; I presume he's propping the leg of a chair With his sniffy, elegant diction. --Edmind Blunden. SIE ""' , . Longer Skirts the Rule in Spring Mode Paris,--Longer skirts were the rule in fashion shows, which are beginning to indicate what's what ia the spring mode. i Ses "No more striding abdut fn short skirts, is the present decree for all hours of the day, following a general trendstoward greater feminity, - Although the length is far from ex- | treme, there {8 a tendency to lengthen sports and street outfits to nine to eleven inches from the ground and to make informal afternoon clothes slightly longer. 'Spring coats, a big item in feminine wardrobes, appeared in sober tones of black, hrown and navy in beige and wools, often brightened. by scarves of gay colored suede silk. ; : -- a EIA ay It is poor economy to buy cheap fix- tures for the bathroom as they require more care and soon need refinishing. 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Branchat 3} & ADelaide 6061 'to carry over the hypothesis from the '| seeds found last summer in Pennsyl- 11 MAIS STRBRE BAST, HAMILTON ISSUE No, 8--'34 Baker 1126 ity Fresh from the Gardens 3 Ee yy Ea ---- Says Missing Link Found in Plants Doctor at Michigan Museum Finds Six Seeds Dating Back 325,000,000 Years Ago New York,--Ever since the theories of evolution were advanced, artists have searched for the "missing link" highest of the animals to man, The missing link was some undiscovered (and hence "lost") common ancestor of man and the apes. ! Evolution, of cource, does not apply solely to the animal kingdom, There is evolution in plants as well. And plant evolution, like animal evolution, has its "missing link." The still- sought key in botany hinges around the search for a common ancestor of seed-bearing plants and non-seed- bearing species. The analogy for ani- mals would be those which reproduce the species by laying eggs and those which are vivaparous, or give birth to live young. fi The botanical "missing link" is to find a common ancestor for plants that produce their own seeds like our fruit trees and most modern plants, and the ferns which continue the species by growing spores on the leaves. When ripe the spores fall off and are blown away by millions, to become seeds only after hit-or-miss fertilization. This is characteristic of primitive plants. More evidence that some 825,000,000 years ago there existed a "missing link" in the plant world is reported by Dr. C. A. Arnold, curator of fossil plants at the University of Michigan Museum, upon examination of several vania, : Seeds as old as those found by Dr. Arnold - ha twice: before, once in the Catskill Mountains and once in Ireland. He found his specimens in northern Penn- sylvania rocks dating from the De- vonian period, at least 825,000,000 'get satisfaction, "been discovered only |! years ago, and about 80,000,000 years 'ago when the great coal beds of the region were deposited. The newly-discovered seeds, six in number, are about a quarter of an inch long and were inclosed in a fib- rous husk, Although pressed flat and ~ | reduced to a "coaly" material, with the interior structure unrecognizable : in detail, their size and shape are clearly revealed. Near the seeds were found numerous large fish scales, an inch in diameter, and several primi. tive forerunners:of the modern crus- taceans and bivalves. 2 priate SURGES Everyone Criminal, Says Judge, Denying Criminals Are Born Montreal,--"There is no such thing as a born criminal," Judge Amedee Monet told the Business and Profes slonal Men's Club in an address, ' iI:purposes to one person will'not be ad- "The only difference between the average citizen and the prisoner in the dock is that the latter has been caught--otherwise everyone - is 8 criminal in some way or another." HARNESS AND COLLARS Farmers Attention--Spring is nearly here. Consult your nearest Harness Shop about Staco Harness Supplies. . We se!l our goods only through your local Stavo Leather Goods dealer, The goods are right, and so are our prices, We manufacture in our fac- tories--Harness, Horse Collars, Sweat Pads, 'Horse Blankets, and ' Leather Traveling Goods. 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Remember: Only Medicine Helps Sore Throat Aspirin is the trademark of The Bayer, Company, Limited, and the name Bayer in the form of a cross is on each tablet. They dissolve completely enough to gargle with- oiit leaving rritatifig particles, SN Farmers' Notes Overhaul the Farm Plany Now is the time for farmers tu pa) attention to their buildings. B\ckex all bands on stave silos; reps s any leaks in the roofs, check up on storm sashes; . fit them, and repair brokes oughly flush drains, clean out rv it cel lar ventilators, [resh air intakes and foul alr outlets in barys, stables, pig: gerlés and poultry houses; thoroughly inspect and overhaul the wate: Bup ply, If a pump service cheek up on the valves, if 'a pressure supply see thal 'all pipes and tanks are protected from frost, is = Home Cleaning of Small Vegetable Seeds ; Thresh out the geed by placing the plants in a strong, closely wovea cots ton sack. Light flailing with a stick will liberate the seed from pods or heads. Lettuce and carrot seeds should be rubbed out by hand, using a pair of strong leather mitts. a A coarse sleve will remove the straw and chaff. Place the seed and chaff on a fine sieve; a quick, down. ward side movement, repealed sey: eral times, will remove the chaft and light seed. Only the large plump seed should be kept. Hand picking will jm. prove the sample,' » 3 Reforestation Encouraged Continuing its campaign to stimu. - | 1ate the reforestation of waste areas in the province and to encourage the planting of trees by farmers, the On. tarlp Forestry Branch announces that 'owing to the fact that it has on hand a surplus of trees this year, the form- er limit of 3,600 trees for reforestdtion hered to and that no charge will 'be made for additional guantities over this number, 'For windbreak purposes however, no increase in number will be made, 500 being the limit fo each: applicant. It .s 'interesting in 'this connection to note that the Omtarlo Statutes declare that "any part of a farm used for forestry purposes or be- ing "woodland" 1s exempt from taxes, ' provided that such exemption shall not be greater than one acr 'in ten acres of such farm and not more than * twenty acres held under a single owne ership. i ° ; Winter The head of our Funny Coincidence Department pointed out "to us the '| other 'day that the lovely poem called "Winter" in the current Scribner's, signed: by Charles de Kay, first appear- ed. in 1859, signed by Henry Wads- worth Longfellow, writes the 'New Yorker." : 4 'Out. of the bosom 'of thé alr, Out of the cloudfolds of her gare ment shaken, ; Over. the woodland: brown and bare, Over the barvest-fleld, forsaken --- Silent and soft and slow ; Descends the snow. Unable to believe that Mr, de Kay had deliberately gone in for plagiare' ism in so cool and pure a: stanza, we phoned Scribner's and asked what had really happened. They sullenly ex plained. It seems that, one snowy day, they received from Mr. de Kay a poem of eight stanzas, of which tha - 'first was -the "Longfellow quotation, the other seven. Mr, de Kay's varia tions on the timely theme of snowfall, Quite by accident, Mr, de Kay had neglected to credif' Longfellow (as We understand it, his secretary, in copy. : ing his original manuscript, had skip: ped the vital line). The editors of Scribner's were enchanted with the first stanza but liked the others less well, So they obtained permission to use the manuscript "In part." All they used was Longfellow. In a way it is a feather in thelr cap, for without disparaging Mr. de Kay's lyrical qual. ities, it is our opinion that Longfellow never wrote any more divine lines than the above. We are glad to note that he still makes the grade, Gentlemen Don't Prefer Blondes, Says Producer George White, Who Stages Girl Shows, Claims Beauty May Have Red, Blonde - or Black Hair--Always ; a Gentleman : "Preferring" 'Hollywood.--It's just a myth -- the idea that gentlemen prefer blondes, says George White. He bases the '| opinion on successful years of exploit: ing feminine beauty via the stage. "It makes no difference whether the beauty has red hair, blonde or black tresses--there's always a preferring gentleman close at hand," White said his first screen production in which . 142 chorus girls appear. ¢ : White's beauty rules are a trim figure, pretty features, intelligence and hair that is/attractive, but actual hair coloring does not matter, White pointed out that of the 13 girls who have become prominent since appearing as either chorus girls or featured players in his shows, only {thesa four are blondes: Alice Faye, Dolores, Costello, Boots Mallory and June. MacOloy, Seven of the 13 are brunettes and two are Af the thestnuf varlety, ! ; ; glass; clean out all trap gullies; thon . . between rehearsals of the numbers fox *. vv : : 3 oa ho » : A G2 Sum mht my mf A, - to 15 No? I ------_-- a peme------------