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in f g s o f o rtu n e by leslie beresford synopsis el at a travel bureau she mei9 jon- chrlslopber fellowes going to parli and monte carlo mrs iaula curmlcuael and ton lalltson staying at the hotel tell hei ha is heiress to a fortune left by hi uncle luke masslngham on the way to mome cailo tugetnei with iaula and tonv the train 19 wrecked and sylvia la under tht 1m- prebslon that tuny rescued her iaula warns hei uemnsi fortune seekers lolne tu a leushou alone sylvia over hears john jvllowes tell a friend ol ilia rescue or sylvia on the train sylvia confrotita tonv with ihls in- tiny men tells her that made by her formation- uncle tells tony anl john christopher sylvia that the fortune has been wiped out by market manipulations florrie the maid steals the will the inn round the corner because he thought the scenery pretty here abouts and then moving very deliberate ly with a graceful insolence a smile on her frankly selfsatisfied face she went out by that other door at the far end of the room closing it behind her sho left shock behind her shock in the baffled and furyflaming eyes of tony shock to the mind of sylvia who saw in florries ultimatum and anyhow in her possession of that allimportant will every prac tical certainly that john christo phers right to the massingham for tune would never be established now an alert questioning expression on his face and theres no alternative about it either she answered quietly scathingly well well tony laughed on a note of mock regret its a pity you feel like that about it im sure paula agrees with me there still we cant prevent you from following your own bent can we and the detective from shang hais staying at the inn round the corner so florrie says pretending to admire the scenery he added turning to the door well that doesnt take away my appetite for dinner nor am i going to let it spoil my evening which has begun in quite a pleasantly exciting way al ready what about joining the i others we shall be one short tonight by the way he mentioned to sylvia as they went down into the hall van- derduyls left us im afraid had a slight difference of opinion with the dabbatos pity when friends quar sylvia of course now what gussed florrie re- had distinctive quality fresh from the gardens what does your handwriting reveal geoffrey st clair graphologist all rights reserved editors note marked interest is j being shown in these articles and relfi i think hut of course vander- letters are coming in in increasing duyl was all in the wrong showing numbers have you had your hand you mind miss sylvia her almost shrilly membering no said when she had fust been told of the wills existence she meant to use it to force marriage from tony that was nothing to which sylvia could object but it did not help her in the least what vitally concerned her was a certainty that the will would be used to return to john christopher the fortune to which he was entitled remembering always florrie she intervened that you are talk ing about something which does not belong either to you or mr mallison something stolen something which ought to be given to its rightful owner mr fellowes your own business the other flung at that bit of paper belongs to me at the moment and im using it just as i think i will ive no time for you and what you think ought to be done with it if it hadnt been for you with your baby face and your uncles money coming between me and my love enough of that talk girl tony blared from the background where meanwhile he had bsen livid with fury and speechless from anger try ing to control himself he moved forward now gesturing towards the door by which florrie had entered with paula youd better go to my sisters room and wait there till were ready to talk to you about this silly game of yours silly she laughed a rich scorn dont make any mistake about that tony its neither silly nor a game that bit of papers going to make jou my husband as ive told your lister already or its going to put you and her in gaol you can please yourself which it is ive no more to say about it only this im giving you till morning think which its to be she added and come morning if youre wise youll be ready to take me to where you can have that marriage put through in double quick time if not and early in the morning mr fellowes will be learning some thing to his advantage by way of that detective who came here today while you were all out poking around and pretending he wasnt anyone in particular just staying at to chapter xix drama in the night when florrie had closed the door behind her graceful insolence she left not only shock behind her but a silence so tense as almost to be felt it as paula who broke it at last with her husky croon stinging contempt in her tone as she gazed across at her brother from glitter ing lashshuttered eyes if youre not one of the worlds biggest fools tony she said i dont know the meaning of the word i warned you in shanghai to leave that girl alone and you promised i was soft enough to believe you and from what shes been telling me in my room before i brought her in here oo forget it snarled tony sul len and his swarthy face tinged scar let for the moment shes just tell ing lies what shes telling doesnt matter what shes done is to hold you and me and sylvia for that matter in the palm of her hand shes shes nothing interrupted tony and flung out a savage ges ture leave the foul little thief to me to handle ill get that will out of her dont fear at any rate shell not blab about it to another living soul theres one alternative i shall put up to her which she should have thought of before she made so cocksure she was topdog an alternative he lapsed to silence rather abrupt ly after a sudden and grim little chuckle and sylvia chanced to catch the flashing exchange of glances passing between paula and him glances so swift and sinister in their unspoken meaning that a little shiver ran through her then tony laughed swining round to her my apologies sylvia for not taking your word as i should have done that girl never entered my head as the thief for a single mom ent but you oh i meant to get it all right if i could sylvia shrugged its just as well you knew that better we understood each other once and for all quite plainly ive never in tended you two to get away with that will and whatever arrange ment you come to with florrie over it im going to see that this de tective from shanghai gets the whole true story from me you are tonys eyes narrow ed as he looked across at her with iar too much attention to our little ontsa dont you think writing analysed have you any problem in which this wellknown i reallv dont see how he could writer could help you see his in- ivrtj r i tt fnllmuinn tle wfclt inter- be blamed for that anyhow sylvia shrugged nobody can say that she and even the conte himself didnt give him plenty of encourage ment to be continued canadas problems reviewed by bank bank of montreal annual meeting movie extras must be smart women extras parade for test before casting of ficials difference in pay one of the most unusual meetings ever held in hollywood takes place when the women extras of the colony parade before a selected committee of ten in order to end the disputing that has been going on for some time as to whether a girl shall be hired as a dress girl or a regular extra it makes all the difference in the world to the girlr and it will help the casting officials becausn in th fut ure a call for dress extras wont be answered by those not qualified for the part dress people in studio parlance means girls who have attractive ward robes and the paise and distinction to appear in a film showing a smart crowd without looking out of place in other words they must look as if they belonged if you get into this class your pay is fifteen dollars a day smartness pays if you cant make the grade and are only a regular extra you will play the part of street crowds or the people in simpler circumstances and get sevenfifty a day for doing it dress people own their own ward robes and other extras are costumed by the studios at present hollywood studios have figured out that mors than 20 per cent of daily calls are for dress extras hence the decision to end all argument or the subject by giving each girl a fair chance to be regist ered for this special work the committee will consist of vari- ious casting men from the studios and two fashion artists as yet unannoun ced in order to get full camera effect the girls are free to appear in make up and may even be beautified by the makeup department of rko where the meeting will take place as they parade around one of the biggest sound stages on the lot they will be called out by numbers until the lucky few will remain on the stage in the outlook for the future there rc many reasons that justify the hope for a continuation of the bet terment experienced in canada dur ing the past year declared sir char les iordon president lii his address delivered at the annual meeting of bank of montreal there is com forting statistical evidence that our resources arc so large and so varied that when one door of opportunity closes another always opens it has truly been said that canadas salva tion is that she is still a land with out a frontier in the fields of government and finance sir charles stressed the necessity of dealing with the whole subject of unemployment which he characterized as the greatest prob lem since the war recommended that all forms of transportation be general manager address w a bog joint general manag er addressing the meeting stated that the increase in trade activity in the past year in canada was fin anced largely by a more rapia turn over of bank deposits rather than by increased borrowings mr bog laid emphasis on his state ment that lending money for com mercial purposes is the backbone of the banks earning power and the bank is ready and always has been ready to consider applications for loans that fall within the category of prudent banking risks canadian business is vitally de pendent upon external trade mr bog said and is therefore particu larly interested in sterling ana tne united states dollar being stabilized vitation following this weeks inter esting article a surprisingly large number of readers have written in from time to time asking for advice regarding friends with whom they have become acquainted through the medium of correspondence clubs sometimes the object is merely to have interesting correspondents and there is really no particular harm in this the real danger arises when the object is more intimate when in fact the aim is marriage the case in the united states in which a man became acquainted with a number of ladies through a correspondence ciub and murdered them for their money must be still fresh in the memory of many readers however it is not every case that reaches this horrihe pitch by any means very frequently however women become embroiled with men and marry tnem only to find that thi impressions of the man were any thing but correct and they have liv ed to rue their decision this article is especially aroused by a letter i have just received it is from a lady reader in the east she asks rnc about a man living in the west and wishes to know what i think of him she is a widow 38 years of age with two pretty child ren and very comfortably off fin ancially the man on the other hand says he is 49 is still married but is separated from his wife be cause he says she made his life miserable and was interested in other men he is very anxious to marry the widow and will he says obtain a divorce if she decides to marry him now i have seen letters that he has written and they reveal not only that he is selfish and self- centred but also has a violent temp er i cannot imagine anyone living with him having any happiness be cause his temper is such that he will break out into a frequent fury and there is very little that could be worse than this this man is avaricious he knows that this widow has money and he would like nothing better than to george dollar get possession of some of it and there is still another angle he is sensuous certainly he is not the type of man for my correspondent they became acquainted through a correspondence club and this shows up one of the very real dangers that lurk in these clubs here is a mar ried man who first posed as a single man until he thought he could ap peal for sympathy to this widow i am not going to lay it down as an axiom for my readers that they should have nothing to do with cor respondence clubs that would be injuring the innocent as well as the guilty for there are many people living in remote parts of the country and in many cases too retiring to make friends in their own locality who find some similarly lonely soul elsewhere in the country and con duct a correspondence that brings some rainbows into both lives at times happy marriages result from these mail acquaintanceships but grave care must be taken by would- be correspondents the dangers i should be borne in mind and it is especially to single i girls that i address this word of i warning women who have been married and become widows are very often better versed in lifes intricacies and have at least that much advantage in the case i have mentioned above my advice to the widow is to nave nothing to do with her mar ried correspondent i do not trust him and believe that he will bring nothing but unhappines3 to my cor respondent if any marriage is to occur one ether word in regard to these correspondence acquaintanceships beware of any man who appeals for money it may seem surprising that such r warning is necessary and yet i have known of women who have sent money following the in terchange of letters through one of these clubs and have lost it the author will analyse your handwriting for you and he will tell you what your friends are really like without any frills send specimens of the writing you wish to be analys ed stating blrthdate in each case and enclose 10c coin for each specimen send with a 3c stamped addressed envelope to geoffrey st clair room 421 73 adelaide st west toronto ont letters will be confidential ottawa a canadian silver dollar is to make its appearance in the currency it was announced recently heretofore coinage apart from some gold pieces has been confined to fifty and twentyfive cent ten and five cent pieces and cents the silver dollar will be commem orative of the 25th anniversary of king georges accession to the throne on may 6 1935 it will be called the george dollar the extent of its popularity will determine the amount of currency to be issued in this form but it is un derstood the first minting will run to at least 100000 only slightly larger in circumfer ence than the 50cent piece the new coin will be thicker and in the opinion of the experts fully as ac ceptable from the point of view of convenience of handling as the smaller coin keens painting contest prize winners 7 st the stuff of life i would be trained mat an ivnu v it does not appear probable that regulated by a dominion board in satisfactory stabilization of the order to effect railway coordination worlds moneys can be achieved up- and cut down the osscs of the can- on any other bas t a gold stnnd- adian national railways the great- ar est deterrent to canadas financial recovery and suggested that in the in conclusion mr bog said in present strong market for govern- canada the depression did not reach ment bonds governments should ef- the low levels experienced in many feet longterm rather than short- other countries the intrinsic wealth of the country was undoubt- let rhe train my eyes to sec all the beauty in a strip of darkly wooded land in snow like an outspread hand drifted in gray streaks on fields cold with november let me train my cars to hear all the beauty in the slow steady rhythm of a river in winds when even trees shiver nakedly and their topmost branch es crack and fall let me train my mind to remember only beauty in clouds when they cast a sullen gray over all the earth and day wavers on the edge of sorrow on the verge of night josephine bagot term borrowing king legislation of the past ity of the people ould in the main have the cf- to be found w tern in this e fcanki year would feet of curtailing bank earnings sir charles stated he pointed out there are in canada some 4700000 depositors receiving by way or in terest 37000000 last year as com- arcd with 12000000 received by shareholders it was to the deposi tors interest he said that bank duccd cdly a protective factor the stabil 1 i another a third in the banking sys- connection as evi dence of the confidence in the bank held abroad the number of share holders of the bank residing out side of canada has increased during the past year by over three hundred since 1929 by more than eight hun dred this confidence is justified as 1 can assure our shareholders and depositors that the bank is in a strong and sound position makes false teeth feel like natural there must be a reason dr weracts powder is the worlds largest seller and prescribed by leading dentists it holds teeth so firmly they fit so comfortably that all day long you forget you ever had fatso plates leaves no colored gummy paste keeps mouth sanitary breath pleasant toe best powder you can buy yet coat is small any druggist all men are born unequal the equality of humans is limited to one thing time the prince of wales and the tramp asleep on the park bench both have twentyfour hours to use each day no more and no less every man has so many years to live some a few more than others but when the end approaches the machine wears out and neither power fame nor wealth can add a year the only equality is equality of time time to work time to struggle time to achieve no one will be held accountable for not becoming a millionaire but he is accountable for not making the best use possible of his time benjamin franklin used the years of his life so well that from ajiumble beginning he rose to be one of the wealthiest and wisest men of his age he aptly defined time as the stuff of life a mans fortune depends on how he invests his money his character on how ho invests his time dr frank crane claimed has the property of resisting combustion in the engines of motor cars and converting the unpleasant smell of exhausted gas and half- burned oil into a delightful odour wealthy flowers english flowers for english homes is the happy motto of british horti culturists and nurserymen and how well they are fulfilling it is shown by the ministry of agricultures esti mate which puts the nations flower bill this year at 10000000 pounds imports of cut blooms fell in value from 1000000 pounds in 1932 to 600000 pounds last year and are not expected to rise above 400000 pounds in 1934 one thriving flower factory on modern lines situated at uxbridge middlesex now works to an annual capacity of 45000000 blooms four crops as against natures one are harvested yearly in its scientifically regulated greenhouses one of which recently produced 250000 carna tions each plant over 7 ft high covent garden also disposes of 250000 roses a day at the height of the cutting season and the years output of carnations totals two mil lion dozen blooms so many beautl- fully painted books were sent in it was hard to decide who should get all the nice prizes first prize of all was finally awarded to thelma hillier 14 brantford 6 7 and 8 years old 1st lois kiddell catharines ont 2nd alex c newlands 6 berwyn alta 3rd billy graham s quill lane sask 9 and lo years old 1st geolge 1rca 10 cross- delili altu 2nd hklene georget 9 domieray sask 3rd beula patterson 10 pine falls man 11 and 12 years old 1st mark webber til re glna sask 2nd amy wright 11 sarnla ont 3rd florence denton 12 reglna sask 13 and 14 years old 1st jean parish 113 fort erie n ont 2nd george s holden 14 regina sask 3rd alice toullelan 13 st brleux sask the other prize winner were ontario marjorle simpson s brockville francis carter s hamilton leonard butler u new toronto doris quinn 9 moscow jack harris 9 peterboro flo rence jean mccallum 11 alvln- ston mildred seartli 11 elmira isabclle ross 14 north toronto ellene maynard 13 brlgden manitoba margaret emke c winnipeg dolores larsen 6 win- illieg yyonne malfalt 11 swan lake louise tetrault 12 fort garry martede rocquigny 11 haywood ann howes 14 great falls leonard woods 14 stony mountain ruth kneeshaw 14 carberry saskatchewan leslie star ling 8 eyro harry farrow s hazenmore kathleen nlchol s bnttleford bernice graham c quill lake ruberta halnstouk 9 uenson dora cook 9 imperial louise metz 10 rowatf kathleen rayncr 9 reglna yvonne sharps 11 reglna evelyn i johnston 12 reglna ccrmalno julllon 12 st hldiiolytc estello germalno st cyr 11 neville juanlta lambert 13 moose jaw aliee lustlg 14 bethune alherta ralph kbbes s ed monton josephine osinlk 10 mun- jare margaret anderson sjj-ea- monton gordon vaughan 9 medi cine hat laura e smith 12 cal gary joo takahaskl 14 ray mond betty robertson 13 monton emma g pogmoro uyemoor lillian wood 9 ton about sakespeare one day in 192g a husky cornfed texan named anderson baten retir ed to his dallas cottage opened the first volume of the encyclopcadia britannica and began reading about aauknekaa a town of den mark two years later without having skipped a word between he came to zygote the biological term for the ertilized egg closed the latt volume went prayerfully to bed next morning he arose at 6 clock took a fivemile walk with his wife after breakfast he sat down at his desk in the centre of a horseshoe of bookstacked tables when anderson baten left his study some time between 2 and 3 oclock the next morning a complete dictionary of shakespeare had been definitely started into this compilation during the nexi six years lexicographer baten packed a definition and discussion of every one of the 15000 words shakespeare ever used the word love which the elizabethan found 2659 occasions to mention took days and days of special work each locality mentioned in shakespeares plays and poems was carefully de scribed a biography of each historical character was written and a sketch of the origins of each fictious one the dukes of bedford and beaufort made particular trouble because shakespeare referred to several without bothering to distinguish be tween them summarized were all the scholarly comments on every dis puted passage and the baconian theory was exhaustively surveyed by last week anderson baten had finished writing into his 1500000- word complete dictionary every last scrap of information about shakespeare he could lay his hands on then he journeyed north to de liver the final section of his bulky manuscript to his publishers john c winston co of philadelphia until he sent them the first part five months ago they did not know he was writing the shakespeare dic tionary but last week lexico grapher william dodge lewis edi tor of the winston company was sure that it was one of the monu mental works of all time ed- 14 edmon- keen mustard first newspaper printed dsf a printing press 300 years old and an exact reproduction of what is be lieved to be the first newspaper in existence were on show at the ex hibition of postwar type revivals in the technical library at st bride institute w t berry the librarian who has arranged the exhibition says this old press is undoubtedly the oldest example of the original form of hand printing press in ex istence in england with the exception of one a slighty earlier pattern that can be seen in the south kensing ton museum it is practically identical in design with the hand press used by caxton but it is the only one of its kind found in great britain in which both horn and wood have been extensively used mr berry places the probable date of the machines construction some where about the year 1625 it was found in a fleet street cellar about thirty years ago fastened to the lid of the press is a replica of what is thought to be the first newspaper ever printed the nieuwe tiding- hen new tidings it was pub lished in antwerp in 1016 and with the possible exception of the frank furter journal 1615 is the first newspaper in the modern sense of the term the first english news paper the weekly news appear ed in 1622 issue no 51 34 43 41 perfumed petrol fastidious british motorists can now fill the tanks of their cars with scented petrol a process has been developed whereby it is possible to perfume petrol and it may soon be a delight to trail a motorist as the cxhausc pipo of his car emits violet lilac or possibly attar of roses a patent has recently been granted for a process which eliminates the unpleasant smells from the exhaust gases of internalcombustion engines these gases can be given an agree able odour by adding to each gallon of petrol four grammes of an artifi cial musk rontnound ifii0 it th e salvation army christmas appeal 1934 undoubtedly there has been improvement in business con ditions but the vast majority of needy people have not yet been reached by this improvement help for them is most ur gently needed the salvation army will make your gift do maximum service please send your donations to the salvation army 20 albert st toronto ont moons harsh voice on the track of those mysterious echoes which cause sudden lapses in wireless receptions radio scientists have come to suspect the moon for the next few months the world radio research league calling upon the services of its 250000 members scattered throughout the world is to study by means of prearranged signals the effect of various phases of the moon on broadcasting sun spots it has already been deter mined play havoc with wireless waves and since the moon reflects the suns rays it cannot be regarded as innocent how rroonlight may be transmu ted into sound was demonstrated in czechoslovakia recently the rays were first captured by a telescope to which was fittxl a photo cell of the kind used in sound films with n metal membrane inside as the light fell on the membrane i created a high grating noise london morning post a thousand boy scouts at port said salut a chief whose heart is as resilient as theirs and who retains it wouh seem almost their young energy for lord badnpowcll the indefati gable is off again on one of his world tours at the age of secnty- seven and a matter of months after an illness that filled his friends with fright