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fresh fragrance of blossoms mm mlwbkw am fiififlxli -i- ftrafik fresh from the gardens amusing anecdotes of famous people a popular author gets sorts f iaird letters and usonlly isnt sur- irisei at any reufu the ncstmaa nings kim but hugh walpolc re vived one hat indie tes the trend of k- ccmempoay nove i understand from comments in he press read the letter that on are at work on your new- ncel am writing o inquire as to the fee on would charge for inserting a eeognizable portray of myself in he above work i am reudy 1 may ell you to pay a very considerable urn the conditions are that my lortratt must he recognizable to my friends relations and most espe- ially to my enemies i need not iay that it will be immaterial vhelher the pel trait be eompument- iry or otherwise one of arnold bennetts iiuu pe- aliariticf recalls e v lucas in reading writing and remember- ng in restaurants or in other topics houses was to look at the trademarks beneath the plates to tee from which factory in the five towns they had come when 11 g wells two sons were mail beys george the elder after n operation wrote this letter to his irother mr lucas says bear frank 1 hope you will not hink me selfish hut i am in great i ain that 1 think you uoght to get i a small present your loving jeorge mr lucas tells a priceless story tbout robert bridges the late poet laureate a downright man sehclj srly assertive cranky quarrelsome with a handsome lighting head having settled down at yattendon n berkshire dr bridges in his zeal j or church music produced the yattendon hymnal and led the ihoir later the rev 11 0 beech- ing afterwards dean of norwich md author of paradise of english poetry was presented to the liv- ng of yattendon s at first all went well says iu- as but beeching also a precisian vas not incapable of pugnacity too ami when bridges as choirmaster seemed to he taking too large a thare in the proceedings there was x row- culminating one sunday in bridges leaving the church in the middle of the service with all his joys behind him thereafter he at tended no more but on sunday mornings would stand at the gate urging the parishioners not to go in the days before david graham phillips the novelist had made a name for himself relates isaac f marcosscn in his life of phillips ho was asked what ho did with his stories that had been rejected i affix a new ticket on them with a greatly increased price mark and put them away he replied some day after i have made a real hit these editors will write to me and ask for a story and then they are going to get hack the manuscript they declined and pay four or five times what they could have it for today a sweet revenge when it works out that way but dont forget that most editors were only too glad to pay four or five times the price for it story by david graham phillips tho wellknown novelist than for ouo by david graham phillips the uuknown author yes sir names do count mentioning that phillips hand- ivriting was fairly clear but almost microscopic which made it difficult to read mr marcosson adds that john buchan once told mo that if lis buchans scots typist ever died he would be cbliged to stop writing as no other person in tho world could decipher his manu scripts horrible thought which recalls a story about war wick deeping the popular novel ist told by conso karnahan in celebrities tho only writer known to me whose penmanship is worse than jnire snys kernnnan is that brilliantly gifted exmedico writer of romance warwick deeping he was t cue lime in the territorial army serving with distinction in the world war rrd when i was writing a little jjook on the territorial army i asked deeping whether he recalled ny issue no 52 32 stories of happenings in camp drill hall or on the range which 1 coud vse he replied ill think it over and if anything cccur to me worth telling ill jot it down and send it to you my dear warwick deeping i re plied i have known you since you were a little fellow in knickerbockers so i have some claim on your kind ness call me up on the telephone telegraph at my expense any story you have to tell but as you love me i beg you i beseech you i implore dont dont for goodness sake jot it down fish resume life after freezing tests in alaska show they live on if all organs but heart turn to ice cambridge mass experiments de monstrating the fact that some species of fish can be frozer and subsequently thawed out resuming life and all their former characteristics and properties are described by dr nicholai a boro din curator of fishes in the harvard museum of comparative zoology dr borodin explained that lite in lisb can be suspended by freezing only as long as the heart remains unfrozen every other organ of the fish may turn to ice or its equivalent but the heart must go on beating by its action nervous shocks are sent through the body of the fish re taining the spark of life which spreads through the body tissues and vital or gans during the process of thawing out the scientist has attempted to re produce the conditions existing in shallow ponds and streams of alaska which freeze solidly in temperatures far below zero he found that certain plant life in the water acts as insula tion around the body of fishes prevent ing them from becoming hard frozen and that the fishes live for months in the frozen streams regaining anima tion with the seasonal thaws most hardy of all the fishes used by dr borodin is the common alaskan blackfish which has successfully sur vived freezing tests in its native habi tat he reported that continued freezing out of tho water for an hour at a tem perature of slightly below zero fah renheit will prove fatal to any fish although the blackfish will survive this severe test for 40 minutes thus ho explained that quick freez ing processes now applied to fish and many kinds of food are sure to kill all fish species long before they reach the frying pan although he believed it con ceivable that a blackfish might live for some time frozen without water the carp and the decorative goldfish are next to the blackfish the hardiest with which he has experimented through henry omalley commis sioner of the bureau of fisheries dr brown learned that in alaska the blackfish is used extensively for feed ing sled dogs because of its freshness when frozen experiments have proved that when fed to tho sled dogs the fish is thawed out by the heat of the dogs bodies and that its movements within the dogs stomach beforo digestion be gins have actually been observed saltwater fish cannot be frozen and revived dr borodin said this ho ex plained is because ocean fish can al ways find open water making it need less for nature to provide them with the cold resistance required by species which live in water that freezes itegarding tho economic significance of his experiments dr borodin point ed to tests by russian scientists who seek practical methods of largescale freezing of live fish foods frozen loso some of their color and natural flavour especially fish he said hut the possibilities of widespread marketing of frozen live fish aro being studied ask no questions by beldon duff bank of montreal annual meeting japar nese cottons flooding ceylon colombo jnptn supplied more than twothirds of the cotton goods imported into ceylon in the first nine months of 1932 official reports re veal in all 20003 bales and cases of cotton goods were imported of these japan sent 20010 great britain g56c and british india 2313 this represents a big increase for japanese imports and only a minute increase of british imports when compared with the corresponding to tals for the previous year japanese imports jumped 6151 bales and cases british import 100 and british in dias only hi synopsis annassa wt leases brides house in connecticut several previous ten ants had died there mysteriously and a bride had disappeared it is stipulated that the new tenant ask no questions john diamond owner of a new york newspaper is strangely insistent that ann leave she refuses her stable boy otto is murdered then a deputy who is put on guard in the house is shot to death a stranger who has he ridink one of anns horses at ulsht rescues her from a morass when sh- seks aid at the house if lr cranston veterin ary surseoi alia orupsey managing editor of diamonds paper ddes to try to solve the mysmsry of the double murder and learns of a mysterious ia- turalist who does all of ids searching at night chapter xii contd taken by and large it was an ex hausting morning but by twelve oclock they had all trailed off in the direction of hales crossing carrying with them the body of the deputy which owing to some breach between the officials of danbury and those on the ridge had been left lying on the couch in the living room at brides house all day monday most of the men were headed for noahs ark and lnch it seemed safe to figure on an hour or two of privacy before any of them would return once convinced that she and abby were alone miss west under pretext of looking after the horses made her way to the white barn for the past eight and twenty hours ever since the investigation of the second murder had commenced she had gravitated between the house and the outbuild ings going into the red barn as often as she dared but though she had proof that the big stranger was not far off she had never once caught sight of him it was no longer a surprise to find that the ponies had been watered and fed indeed standing in the doorway there was nothing to indicate that life on the old farm was not going on for her as it had begun ottos orderly presence seemed still to hover over manger and feed bin even the stalls had been cleaned out and fresh hay- brought to the mows in the red barn dracula had fared at well it was a safe bet that the big stallion had been ridden again the eye he turned upon the mistress of brides house as she approached the box stall was as mild as that of daisy bell the rented cow after a moment spent in contem plating the work of her unseen helper miss west said in a tone loud enough to be heard in all parts of the old building thanks for attending to my chores but i cannot accept any more favors at your hands until i know who you are and why you are doing these things a sound from the hay loft over her head drew her eyes upward there seated on a crossbeam legs swinging shoulders sagging indolently was the big stranger seeing himself observ ed he spoke good morning your mud bath hasnt hurt you then after all when you didnt show up at the usual time yesterday morning i was afraid it might have his voice was deep musical sug gesting a background of culture and refinement there were other points too now that she had a good chance to look at him white wellcaredfor teeth hair that had been trimmed not butchered by a barbers clippers a nice brown skin the girl said she had had plenty to keep her indoors the day before adding come down please i want to speak vith you he obliged without delay swinging his truly formidable bulk from beam to havloft nd thence to the floor with the agility and something of the clumsy grace one might have ex pected from a grizzly bear well there was challenge pos sibly a uace of uneasiness in the question before answering it mis west re treated a step just enough to keep from having to tilt her head back when she addressed him and found as she had on sunday night that her first sensation was one of remini scence the persistent conviction that somewhere somehow they had met be fore surely those dark eyes with their halfpleading halfdefiant ex pression had looked into her at no very remote moment in the past she tried her best to recapture the occa sion but it eluded her flickering in and out against the background of memory like t firefly against a dark hedge if the man were more fortunate in recalling where and under what circumstances they had met he mad no sign well as it was repeated that word would have recalled the most truant of thoughts the girl said hastily you may not know- it but there has been another murder up at the house he ignored the opportunity for pre tense i gathered as much from what you and your maid said night before last and if there had been any doubt left in my mind mr toby and his deputies would have dispelled it when they searched the barns this morning annassa though she could not have told why experienced a sense of re lief oh so youve seen mr toby then the giant said yes adding al most immediately but be hasnt seen me the relief gave way to annoyance j where have you been for the last twentyfour hours up in the hayloft hiding he shook his head thinking fov all her accredited poise an nassa west was suddenly aware of feeling juvenile in the presence of this man to cover it she adopted the maternal tone you made a great mistake in not coming forward at once to explain your presence here by evading the law one only antagonizes it espcci ally in a small town like hales cross ing no dout youre right agreed her companion indifferently but as it happens i do not wish to explain ray presence frankly i would prefer not even to disclose it try as she would miss west eouid not altogether stifle the suspicions which this answer aroused then i suppose it would be futile for me to ask what you are doing here he did not reply and conscious that his eyes were devouring her with a fierce almost burning intensity she hurried on this place belongs lo me 1 would have a right to ask belongs to you i am the tenant and a tenant is supposed to have some he checked her gravely and with no hint of disrespect you are here under color of a lease but i doubt whether its worth the paper it is written on the annual meeting of the bank of moatrer was marked by very inter esting and forceful addresses by sir charles gordon president as well as by w a bog joint general manager with jackson dodds sir charles gordon iu his address to shareholders pointed out that there is no need for a central bank in canada for all practical purposes such an agency already existed under the finance act which for eighteen years had admirably performed its purpose furthermore a monopoly of the note issues by the government would not increase by a single dollar the amount of currency iu the bands of the public unless the notes were irredeemable and recklessly emitted sir charles also registered very strong opposition to any proposed plan that would bring about currency inflation if there is one fact in finance more firmly fixed than another he said it is the certainty that the un restricted issue of paper currency cul minates iu disaster 1 may point out moreover that we in canada do not suffer from inadequate credit or in adequate currency trade has con tracted in volume and value to a de gree where much less currency and credit are iequlred for it conduct our banks welcome borrowers to whom they can safely lend and as trustees of depositors from whom their loaning resources are derived banks ought not to len on any other condition in referring to the railway bill be fore parliament sir charles said it will he apparent that a scheme of voperatlou and arbltailou of dif ferences under a system which con tinues the parties in competition pre sents difficulties and it is to be feared that the bill would not effect the economies which the situation fm- peiatlvely demands it will be ap parent also that the maximum of economy can only be obtained by a union of interests which will make united administration possible and is to be hoped that some plan may be be devised for this obviously the more permanent such an arrange ment can be made the more effective it will be w a bog joint 0neral manager dealt more parttcularlj with the af fairs of the bank during the year and the general trend of trade and indus try in the dominion mr bog in looking towards the futuredeclared that hope might rea sonably be entertained of brighter days from now on he said we have expe ieic- a great contraction in our export tivd we have sustain ed substantial rebuffs in the form of li ightened tariffs against our pro- duets we have seen our dollar go to a heavy discount in the united states a c yet with all this we have main tained as high a level of gener well- being as any other country and we are among the few na ions of the world promptly meeting every obliga tion including war mdebtedn ss these considerations should strength en our confidence in our country and its future dont be absurd wasnt there a lawyer and didnt i sign in the presence of witnesses he pressed the point with more heat witnesses or no witnesses was that lease made with the knowledge and consent of the real owner she came back at him jut s hotly who is the real owner do you know his momentary irritation gone he shrugged brides house seems to belong to anyone who chooses to claim it do you claim it i may before 1 get through a chapeau plus although felt still leads as tho favorite fabric this charming model of black straw has much to commend in the way of chic chapter xiii they studied each other the girl appraisingly the man with eager de vouring eyes annassa at last broke what had become an uncomfortably lons pause who are you your stable boy if you will have me i should have said what is your name she wished he would not look at her so strangely in a min ute shed be blushing a provincialism which- the members of her set had given up years ago david he answered still adher ing to that economical closeclipped phraseology david what this was as bad as pulling teeth a quiver sternly suppressed play- et about the corners of the wide pleasant mouth smith jones robinsn take youx pick if it had not been for that glimpse of the boy beneath annassas red head would have had something to say to this as it was she took plenty of time to simmer down then david was a little man but only in comparison with go liath the modernists way of reading new ideas into the old testament she could not help wondering who this davids goliath might be and whe ther he had already prepared a sling with which to slay him mo you keep up this air of mys tery with me i am willing eager to be your friend he stopped her why are you eager to be my friend after all what do you know- about me yes that had been a mistake she had not meant to go as far as offering friendship to a person she knew so little about but something in the dark eyes which had never left her face would not let her say so instead sho found herself murmuring i know that last night you saved my life he would not hear of that for a reason a mere matter of being on hand at the right moment the time the place and the man and that you rode my horse dra cula she went on heedless of his protestations which gives you two of the first requisites of friendship resourcefulness and courage as an afterthought and youve just added another modesty her tone rather than her words seemed to touch him for the first time the broad shoulders relaxed an invisible barrier fell away dont he begged with disconcert ing earnestness dont say youll be my friend unless you mean it no use trying to back out iow but at least the situation should be han dled with as light a touch rs possible the fact that fate has thrown us together on this ghostridden farm establishes a sort of bond and any- way here came the light touch better friends thjn enemies to be continued adventurers and actresses in his breezy reminiscences yon der lies adventure colonel e alexander powell wellknown travel ler and war correspondent tells of a memorable occasion when he was living in london said memorable oc casion being the cashing by him of a cheque from home at the old iady of- threadneedle street bank of england when i found half a sov ereign more than i expected in the scoopfu of gold pieces poured upon the counter its al right yank said the teller smiling at my surprise we dont count gold pieces you know we weigh em youre getting an extra one because of the abrasion page montagu norman please any suggestion of indelicacy in my treatment of a part always blighted me says ellen terry in her enchanting memoirs reissued with notes by edith craig and christopher st john then she tells of an occasion when mr dodg- son lewis carroll of the immortal alice in wonderland brought a lit tle girl girl to see me in faust he wrote and told me that she had said where margaret begins to undress where is it going to stop and per haps in consideration of the fact that it could affect a mere child disagree ably i ought to alter my business i had known dear mr dodgson for years and years he was as fond of me as he could be of any one over the age of ten but i was furious i thought you only knew nice children was all the answer i gave him it would have seemed awful for a child to see harm where harm is how much more so when she sees it where harm is not but 1 felt ashamed and shy when ever i played that scene adds the actress o when sir henry irving was a small boy staying with his aunt in cornwall sin sent him pna day to call in the cows walking along a deep narrow lane he looked up and saw tho face of a sweet little lamb says ellen terry gazing at him from the top of the bank the symbol of the lamb in the bible had always attract ed him his thief companions in youth were the bible and shake speare and his heart went out to the dear little creature with some difficulty he scrambled up the bank slipping often in the damp red earth threw him arms around the lambs neck and kissed it the lamb bit him i latest discovery proves diet stops decay of teeth two young canadians ac claimed by us doctors vitamin d main factor new york dr and mrs r g agnew of toronto two young cana dian missionaries to china were ac claimed last week as codiscovcrers of scientific proof of a diet that van quishes dental decay a combination of phosphorus and vitamin d does the trick 10 years ol research recently concluded at the university of toronto have shown vitamin d comes mainly from sun shine and cod liver oil or their sub stitutes in order of their richness phosphorus foods are egg yolk milk meats leafy vegetables and the seeds grains roots and tubers victoria graduate dr agnew graduate in arts from victoria college and holder of a dds also obtained in toronto dis cussed the important discovery here before 100 leading scientists invite to a testimonial luncheon by gover nors of the west china union uni versity a protestant university sup ported by canadian british and united states churches dr agnew is head of the depart ment of pathology at the university located in szechwan province mrs agnew a biochemist also was a guest of honor at the luncheon long research the young canadian research man leading the learned group over his work step by step said tha through experiments carried out in the diet of 350 children and thousands of rats over a twoyear period at toronto and in earlier experiments on na tives in china he had been able to produce and prevent tooth decay in almost 100 per cent of cases the ad dition or subtraction of phosphorus or vitamin d governed the course of the action dr e v mccollum professor of biochemistry at johns hopkins university and discovered of vita min d declared what we have just heard consti tutes an abstract from one of the most important chapters in the his tory of nutritional research it marks another milestone in scientific prog ress toward bettered human health through knowledge of the biological effects upon us of the food we eat in the light of this discovery it is likely that tooth decay the suffering incident to it and the many diseases which are directly or indirectly due to decayed teeth will be minimized what did old owl say when 1 was expelled from tho club that he didnt glvo a hoot it is a secret well known to all great men that by conferring an obli gation they do not always procure a friend but aro certain of creating many enemies fielding shopkeeper heres a cigar you can offer to anybody customer no thanks i want ono i can smoke myself when you were a little girl when you were a little girl and you went driving with grand father if it rained didnt he braid up the- horses tall binding it round with a bright silver band and fasten on the side curtains of the carriage and pull the rubber boot over the dashboard and do you remember how the horses feet went plop plop in and out of the mud and you felt the mist blow in on your face when ott managed to peer out over the curtain and didnt you snuggle up close to grandfather and hug your fairy tale book which ho was going to listen to when the rain stopped and you lunched beside the road didnt your grandfather always drive over to the cheese factory and bring out the fresh cheese curd to you cant you remember the taste even now and sometimes when it stormed hard and thundered and lightened and the crashing made the horse want to run wouldnt your grand- lather always say steady thore now boy steady oy so gently that neither you nor tho horse were afraid after that iiecatiso grandfather said everything was all right and ho knew and vrsnt your grand mother waiting in the doorway watching a bif anxiously until you two turned into the yard mine was jean m snyder more men teachers mexico city mexicos public schools will have two women to one man on their teaching staffs as president rodrigues has issued a de cree fixing that ratio heretofore the number of male teachers has been insignificant in comparison with the number of women so employed and the president seeks to correct the un equal distribution teachers for the primary ant secondary schools will be taken ex clusively from mexican norma schools the system of choosing can didates will be based on grades th normal school students received d r- ing their attendance