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pithy anecdotes of the famous excerpts from lloyd georges memoirs bonar law and others bonar law famous british stater- man never seemed to have any ap preciation of the brighter side of life says his old friend and colleague lloyd george in war memoirs 1015- 1916 when be and i paid a visit to paris to confer with the french government during the world war i took blm tn the evening to see that joyous comic opera la fille de madame angof reminisces the little welsh wizard i have never seen a man so painfully bored at a performance he continual ly left the play for the foyer where i found him smoking bis pipe when i asked him whether he did not enjoy the performance he said it would bo quite tolerable if it were not for the singing bored with scenery then there was the time before the war when they were out driving to gether in the south of france the sky was cloudless and the sea was blue as only the mediterranean can be while on our left was the white- topped amphitheatre of the maritime alps recalls lloyd george i turned to bonar and asked him if he did not think it was beautiful i dont care much for scenery he replied in his rather toneless voice the night before i had been to one of mozarts operas i think it was li seraglio it was the first time i had heard it and i was struck with its ex- juisitebeauty 1 mentioned the fact o bonar law but his reaction to my enthusiasm was only to say i dont care much for music as we approached the golf course at cagnes we saw some extremely pretty women on the way to play golf called bonir laws attention to them women lont attract mo was his laconic answer will you tell me i said exasper ated what it is that you do care for scenery music women none of them has any meaning for you what is it that you do like i like bridge was the reply we know of a gold stock listed on the toronto stock exchange that in our opinion is in a technical position for an immediate advance send us your name and address to receive our semiweekly 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remember that they date back to the time before screens were in rogue and that a part of the morn ing ritual at breakfast was to retrieve the flies from the cream pitcher and the semifluid butter women of india make progress canadian doctor is head of hospital of 100 beds that the women of india are swift- ly ridding themselves of the old sys tems that tor centuries have prevent ed them from making progress in healthful condition is the opinion of dr jessie allyn graduate in surgery harajah a maternity ward in 1915 becoming a memorial to his wife the maharani who died subsequent to being burnt through her sari taking fire from the burning caniphr at hindu worship a sousa story which recalls a cheery story told by john philip sousa tha old march king in his reminiscences march ing along in his early days sousa was bandmaster of the united states marino band an opportuity present ed itself for him to say a good word to secretary of the navy tracy on be half of a cornetist whose solo work had particularly pleased the secretary in doing this sousa also called the secretarys attention to the meager pay the bandsmen received all the government pays him is 3s a month he added you say ho doesnt drink said tracy not a drop and he doesnt smoke not a puff andyou say too that his general habits and conduct are good he leads absolutely the simple life well sousa and the secretary leaned back in his chair fo- heavens sake what good will money do him at thanks to ireland to go back to lloyd george he reveals how ho escaped going to his death with lord kitchener it bad been arranged that they should travel together in the illfated warship hampshire but the irish rebellion came and at prime miulster asquiths request lloyd george stayed at home and took in hand the situation in ire- laud my escape he says at least i owe to ireland the passing of tod sloan who was the idol of iho crowd whllo his skill as a jockey and his money lasted re calls the similar fuss made over fred archer bis great predecessor on the english turf archer had tbo racing world at his feet from 1870 to 18s6 when ho went to ride on any course tho streets used to bo packed with people and tholr carriages watching the famous horseman driving in bis cab from his hotel to the track archer knew on terms of intimacy as did sloan later on all tho great people of his day tho duchess of montrose a famous sportswoman and racehorse owner wished to marry him i get the story from tho life of fred archer but the jockey finding upon inquiry that doing so would not make him a duke promptly refused tho lady oneill play a flop eugene oneills first published col lection of plays was a thin book called thirst and other one act plays tho manuscript had been offered hero and there but no oao would risk pub lishing it thon a publisher offered to do so on condition that thr author should stana all expenses this the author couldnt do hut lis father james monto crislo oneill fa mous actor stepped ip and put up tho monoy the book did not sell i hao heard c only one man who was not spoilt by being lionized re marked a wit and who was he asked tho goat tho prophet daniel sir wag tho response watch for fire blight cankers when pruning growers will recall last season the sudden appearance in their pear and apple orchards of dead twigs and oranches with the browned or blaek- from the university of toronto who i ned leaves clinging to affected parts 1 this disease known as fire blight is saused by a bacterial organism which under favorable conditions is capable of very rapid multiplication and spread the bacteria remain alive over winter tythe margin of the cankers resulting irom the infection nd with the return of growing con ditions in the spring they renew their activity and produce a gummy sub stance known as bacterial ooze this ooze appears as small glcbules over the marginal surface of cankers and provides the source of new infections this bacterial ooze which contains many thousands of bacteria is vary readily spread by windblown rain as well as by insects which come in con tact with it the above facts concerning his dis ease serve to emphasize the import ance of the careiul and thorough re moval of all bighted parts it is ad visable to make several inspections of your orchards to spot the presence of the cankers which are serving to har bor the fire blight organism over win ter removal and destruction of such cankers reduces the possible sources of infection and this is an essential point in disease control the appear ances of the cankers might be briefly described they may vary consider ably in size are purplish to black in eclor somewhat sunken often crack ed and blistered generally the cank ers are well delimited by a distinct line of demarcation separating healthy from diseased wood when cut into diseased bark will appear brown while ncclthy bark surround ing it vill be pale green or creamy white in color in pruning out fire blight cankers it is necessary to remember that the organism may extend some distance below the visible boundary of the canker this nesns that the pruning must be done at least four or five inches below thi apparent limit of the canker on young wood eight or ten inches is preferable very frequently fire blightwill enter suculent tender wntersprouts and produce cankers on the supporting limbs o trunks these should be watched for carefully such cankers should be cleaned out being particular to cut well into healthy tssue all pruning wounds and tools shobld be disinfected the most satis factory material for this purpose is one made up as follows a oz mer curic chloride mid u oz mercuric cyanide dissolved in 1 quart of water and 3 quarts of glycerine at a temper- 1 aturo of 175 leg f j while pruning pears and apples keep a watch for fire blight cankers remembering that much can be accom plished at this time of the year in reducing tho possibility of infection in the coning season by destroying the sources of infection for further in formation on the fire blight disease writo to the dominion laboratory of plant pathology st catharines ont has worked among them 27 years and is at present on a years fur lough in edmonton dr ally is the head of a womens hospital of 100 beds in tho madras presidency among the telugu-speak- ing people a language fouith in im portance among the 222 dialects of india miss laura allyn who joined her sister in 1912 after training in tho hoyal alexandra hospital in ed monton is in charge of a nurses training school for indian girls at the hospital tho women of india utill object strongly to male doctors dr allyn said this is of course a result of the purdah a system fast disap pearing along with caste although only two per cent of the indlaj wo men are literate these are wonder fully progrssive they vote and hold public offices we have nine drug gists trained in tho hospital and three indian women doctors on the staff dr allyn is the personal doctor for tho family of the maharajah of pitta- puram a progressive cultured man who though the son of a father who had seven wives is modern in thought and living the maharajah enter tains many distinguished european visitors inclnding the governors of tho indian province and last year lord and lady willingdon after the birth of tho yuvarajau his son and heir in 1910 at which dr allyn attended the maharajah gavo 10000 rupees as a gift with which to start the build ing of the hospital for womon dr allyn planned and supervised the building of tho hospital herself with an indian driver to manage the laborers additions of surgical extensions and private wards have been made from tlmo to time large ly through tho generosity of tho ma- arm in sung with neuritis a token of gratification his wo man says sho is giving when she writes of her relief from neuritis for twelve months i bavo had neuritis in my arm and up till the last two weeks have had to carry it in a sling since then i have aband oned my sling am able to sleep undis turbed and 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according to miss elsie mcrobb of now york who sees at first hand the financial problems of many selfsupporting young wo men as secretary of the retirement fund of the young womens christian association it is surprising how much of a business womans income goes to the support of parents sisters and broth ers rnd many times to friends miss mcrobb says naturally these girls are frightfully worried for their own savings have been drastically curtail ed and omitted entirely in most cases it is interesting to note that thoc people who have some form of in surance annuity or pension to look forward to hav- been better able to carry heavy responsibility withot showing so mich the strain on their nerves and physical energies fingers of the soil between tho cahbago rows grayshadowed as a hawk in summer sun sho hoes through afternoons that stand like horses switching flies and all her thoughts are blades of steel that shavo away tho augers of tho soil for ground has hungry fingers that reach out and drag a farmer in and leave a wlfo the silent rattles of a dream l dalo ahern in poetry world captain answer me why did you desert under lire private rastus capu hits dc os- pel trufe ah wuz jes backin up foil to get a good start to charge green paint may be removed from the seat of a pair o white duck trous ers with a bottle of ordinary turpen tine a stiff brush and a pair of scis sors man my wi says that if i were to die site would remain a widow neighbor evidently sho thinks theres not another man in the world like you man on the contrary shes afraid there may be and that shed get him scott s i emulsion j richin vitamins comes now the electric razor if they succeed in attaching a loud speaker to it the barber is doomed teacher sternly this essay on our dog is word for word the same as your brothers small boy 1es maam its the same dog it would be well to understand that recovery means getting over a bad spell not getting jazzed up again junior what mado you sister so mad bobbie in 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no thanks i always use a razor strop you simply cant light a person who refuses to hit back to one dead there aro opinions which come from tho heart and whoever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings joubcrt its liver that makes you feel so wretched walcc up your liver bile no calomel necessary for you to feel healthy and happy your liver must pour two pounds of liquid bila into your boweb every day without that bile trouble start poor df f cation slow elimination poison in the body general wrctchedneae mow can you expect to clear tip a altuatlon tilt this completely with mere boweleaoting salts oil mineral water laxative candy or chewing sum or roughage they dont wax up your over you need carters little liver puis purely vegetable safe quick and cure result ask or them by name refuse substitutes 36c at hi evuggset m it is pleasant to me to know that i havo done with you if i owed you a debt i havo paid it if i mistook you i havo set it right if you wronged me i have 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