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mm the remarkable romance of an industrial dictator velvet and steel rthe new governor i by pearl bellairs joan lenby of humble or troiuee4 ua a oeiai iuti u torsi na li fontaine rathe her secretary sfa meets iu- lohhoiialre who forces his oa her gin is fn- of miss than as ls uutsneii attentions end be not in and so in the ribarfied good heavens cried joan her free hand she was holding a great furled fan a pretty tainted thing that miss la fontaine had civ- en her she swung it up and hit him hard across the face with it jt was sheer impulse which made her do it she simply wanted 10 ex terminate the man lie let her go and they faced one another she was terribly atiamed and he was no longer yniiling she knew from the thwack that it had made that it must have hurt him he stared at jier and the involuntary auger of a person injured went out of his face in an instant breathlessly he began to laugh and as he did so ho put his hand to his right side against his lower rib as though some pain caught him there and there hashed upon her the memory of that scar on his side the recollection of the monte video ballerina who had stabbed him in just some such circumstances as these tonight she was drowned in a rush of furious shame he stopped laughing to say youre marvellous sho left him standing there she hurried away into the hotel and this writes the renfrew mercury ii the coming of john buchan to canada as governorgeneral in suc cession to earl bessborough nil to many canadians seem like the ar rival of an old friend his novels i have had a wide circulation in the dominion the fact is noted that this is the first occasion a commoner lias been named as viceregal rep resentative in canada but before the is youi mental age 18 or over answer these time he did not try to stop her she rushed distractedly into the lounge intending to go u to her room at landing on canadian soil of the new ouce- but there she found miss la kideau hall host he may be given a fontaine sitting at bridge with lord j title titles being bestowel quite edward and the dales frequently m britain hut whether a nice ride darling said miss as plain john euchan or as lord la fontaine looking up j soandso there will be a welcome so georgina knew that she had for the new governor gone for a ride being dummy miss his novels teem with stories of la fontaine came from the table to the scottish highlands of deer and joan was standing by the j of fish especially the salmon of dis trifle all druggists have it get tin of 12 tablets or economical bottle of 21 or 100 at any druggists does not harm the heart an aspirin tablet starts disinte grating as soon as it touches moisture that means that aspirin starts taking hold eases even a bad headache neuritis or rheumatic pain almost instantly and aspirin is safe doctors prescribe it for aspirin does not harm the heart be sure to look for the name bayer in the form of a cross on every aspirin tablet aspirin is made in canada and all druggists have it demand and get aspirin trademark registered in canada artists and authors service send a three cent stamped en velope for information on our monthly bulletin ser vice lo artists and authors listing uptodate information on where and what to sell canadian and international art and literary contests yearly subscription one dollar sample sheet ten cents giff baker 39 lee avenue toronto ont where mantel shelf in order to ask erectly because joan looked a distiait quite happy oh yes perfectly said jean piers asked me if he could take you for a drive some time it was too bad of him to cany you off to nightand play such a trick on poor lord edward lord edward says that piers said that we were all go ing to vice or something he didnt actually say so we mistook what he meant 1 thought wo were all going to nice her manner so worried miss la fontaine that she asked though sho did not believe that it could have been otherwise piers behaved himself 1 hope yes rapidly going over the evenings events she saw that aston ishingly piers hantten had done nothing that one could reasonably object to in the sense in which miss la fontaine meant her query yes joan repeated perfectly and she laughed faintly because it seemed so ridiculous she wanted to go up to bed but fhe could not very well do so as it was too early so she sat down in an easy chair not far from the bridge table she watched the door fearing that piers hannen might follow her in after all but he did not she felt easier he had gone back to the cor sair no doubt in disgust she felt her fan furtively with her fingers what an absurdly victorian weapon yes it was broken it had snapped in two places it would never be a good fan again how absurd when ttie next hand was dealt at the bridge table it was lord ed wards turn to be dummy and ho came over to joan and sat down by her in the dismays of the last half- hour she had almost forgotten that he had asked her to marry him and that she had still to reply she could see that he had understood the kind ness with which she had been about to answer him when piers hannen had interrupted them in the garden as a sign that she was going to ac cept him but now despite his hope he was sulky because she had gone out with piers hannen i hardly expected you to go off for a drive with hannen said lord j kdward from what you said i did not think you liked him hut of course women never say what they mean i ought to know that i dont like him said joan who knowing what he must feel could not be offended by his tone i was airraid you would bo annoyed i tried to make him turn back as soon as i found that we werent going to nice i thought just as you did hat we were all going yes yes of course i quite see lord edward stroked his little guardsmans moustache and glanc ed at her she was so lovely when j highlands and lowlands he will find no end in canada while we have deer of various kinds and our fish are wonderful also of wide variety mr ituchan has been in the domin ion before and looking over it as he would with a critical eye he could not fail to accept with readiness an offei of residence for a term al kideau hall there are those who would fain see a canadian made governorgen eral but not many native sons are prepared to put up the necessary money it is true that the office carries with it a salary of 50000 a year but expenditures run beyond that there is a social status to be maintained which runs away with cash at a rapid rate moreover the appointment of a canadian would be severing another link with the mother country in addition to this a governor is governor in name only his powers are defined and limited renfrew county has had citizens of the name of buchan also it has known the buchanans the name is not a common one here but if one may judge from john buchan the buchans are people cast in no or dinary mould his pique vanished in a lush of ten derness for iter joan dailing he murmured and under the cover of the dim rose- colored light he put his hand on hers that fool piercs rushed up when we wanted him least what do you say joan will you marry me to be continued heres test that will help determine your intelligence quotient washington sharpen your pencil and tind out your mental age you may be 10 or co years old but those questions will help you deter mine your mental age on representa tive intelligence tests prepared by the oltice of education in the united states department of the interior dr david kegel who prepared these questions believes that the av erage adult should be able to answer at least two out of every three tils would give you the mental age of is which recent tests have shown to be the average adult age while dr segel said that the ex act mental age of a person who was able to answer five out of six quest- tons could not be determined other educators said that if the same ratio were continued on more extensive tests it would be 20 years missing fewer than one question in every test would entitle you to become of age- mentally as a test of mathematical reason ing try to complete thee numerical j series such as 3 5 7 9 and 11 or 5 10 jo and 10 l si 27 9 2 si io liu- 3 0 23 1 13 43 10 31 94 5 43 38 44 39 0 s 20 80 general information 1 john erskine is famous as a sculptor actor writer or painter 2 norris dam is in tennessee alabama georgia kentucky 3 poland china is a kind of cow hog chicken horse 4 knee action is found in air planes streamlined trains or auto mobiles 5 kale is a kind of fish book binding vegetable cereal g manchoukuo is in europe asia africa or south america sues charlottetown prince kdward island the prfcue edward island department of agriculture proposed this year to extend its services by establishing cow testing associations sheep breeding cuhs swine breeding clubs and other aids to the farming community halifax nova scotia new all- time records fcr tonnage handled over the halifax harbor commission piers were established during the months of january and february according to the following official figures january february tonnage tonnage tonnage total 1935 1934 increase 22459s 172971 1027 201508 212380 450160 385351 491ss 100815 5 can prominent people admin ister relief 0 does indigenous denoie prehis toric same or oppositcs 1 any none 2 aphorism maxim 3 temerity fear 4 adventitious accidental 5 ambiguous equivocal 0 carnivorous herbivorous he profit was 152000 and that of xova scotian was 9500 to date said mr fullerton s544 000 had boon spent on the unfinished cnr hotel at vancouver it was estimated 2700000 more would he required to complete that establish ment including the furnishings and true as false 1 can telephones be used to heat water 2 are brazen boys the best be haved 3 may a spatula be rem with ease 4 is an assiduous student a dili gent one test your vocabulary use the following words in a sentence cor- i rectly 1 avid 2 dirtcheap 3 monopody 4 salaam 5 tody 0 yiliipend what does your handwriting reveal ah rights reserved 0 0 geoffrey st clair graphologist i have often been asked of what practical value is it to any one to have their handwriting analysed well the more we know- of our selves our innermost natures the greater will bo our understanding of ourselves qualities characteristics talents and the more we under stand ourselves the greater our op portunity of getting on in the world the better able we are to make friends and keep them in other words to be happy popular and suc cessful are you happy or arc you continually frowning with a con stant chip on your shoulders are you progresing in your work or are you dissatisfied a square peg in a round hole unable to make any real progress in the work you she looked contrile with her smiling i are doing yet not knowing what to mouth and troubled eyes that all direct fttom factory wc iay ioslnee 4 cents each for mild frnjrmnt juilgc durnntl clear cellophane wrapped bimlcl ull size factory fresh kqual to beat 10c brand moneyback guarantee smoke 5 if not satisfied return balance and back comes jour 200 this ruarantee backed by a firm that has been making fine havana clears for 72 years sfnd 1j cash or uoncy orom ft thcat yourself to a cool smooth smoke wc pay postage rmontreall c ceadiruf- the famous energy food a protluet oj tht canajja starch co limited j do to effect a change for the better if you are married are you con tented or is disquiet and unhap- piness creeping in with perpetual bickering between yourself and your wife or husband do you make friends and keep them or arc you living the life of an involuntary recluse unable to enjoy the society and companionship of real friends are you selfconfident or are you diffident and bashful restrain ed from realising yourself lo the full because of inner qualms and self- consciousness if you go through life without knowing and understanding yourself your faults and your virtues your merits and your weaknesses of character and disposition you will be seriously handicapped graphology helps you to know yourself to the end that you will seize on your strong points and make the most of them and shows you the way to overcome the weak traits so that you will not be handi capped in the race for happiness and success handwriting is not merely a mat ter of puting your pen to paper you have to use your brain in order to write and because the brain is the captain of your body every thing that you do emanates first from your brain handwriting is merely the physical expression of the brain impulsees whatever you are and what you might be if you make the fullest use of your capa bilities are expressed in your writ ing a character analysis from your handwriting vill not of itself of- tect a change iu you but it will show you wherein you need to strengthen yourself and what traits you have but are not building to the full and knowledge is the forerun- ner of action would you like to liavj your character analysed from your hand writing have you any friends whose characters you would like to know the author of these articles will send you a personal delineation send specimens of the handwriting you wish to be analysed stating birthdatc in each case send 10c coin for each specimen and enclose with a 3c stamped addressed envelope t geoffrey st clair room 421 73 adelaide st west toronto ont in confiding in mr st clair you may be sure that whatever you write will be treated confidentially letters will be answered as quickly as pos sible the answers mathematical reasoning 3 2 13 3 2 4 283 5 242 genera information 1 writer 2 tennessee 3 hog 4 auto mobile 5 vegetable 0 asia true and false 1 no 2 no 3 no 4 year 5 yes 6 no same and opposite 1 opposite 2 same 3 opposite 4 same 5 same 0 opposite vocabulary see your dictionary scoring yourself with 10 wrong in the entire tests entitles you lo a rating of 18 or average mental age five wrong allows you to claim a mental age of 20 and three or less wrong means you have come of mental age enjoy a really fine handmade ciqarette by rollinq your outo umfcn golden virjginia lsfmmadeupirtmirpbcb resources industries group make film visit how the development of one of canadas most important natural re sources led directly to a kitchen revo lution was one of the interesting facts revealed at an unusual gather ing of members of the toronto coun cil of women last week sponsored by the committee on national resour- cs and industries under the chair manship of mrs c a northover the group made a synthetic tour of can adian mines smelters and refineries which culminated in a semitechnical study of kitchen operation when it saw a private screening of new tech nical and popular canadian screen studies which included camera shots of the canadian nickel industry two cnr hotels show 1935 profit merhttosihehaliitof oeanteeth sweetbroal satinsfein hmheamr dentifrice loticrt foamf weak women are you tired nervous run down no pep no ambition take lydia e pinkbams vcg- ctablc com- pound it quiets quivering nerves improves the appetite makes i life seem worth living again t mrs james martin of 22714 main street e hamilton on tario says your vegetable com pound built mc up wonderfully i have gained pep my nerves are better and i have a good appetite i feci much stronger je ottawa the chateau laurier hotel in ottawa and the nova scot ian in halifax were the only two un its of the canadian national rail ways hotel system to show a profit on operating revenues last year hon c p fullerton chairman of the board of trustees told the house railway committee the chateaus to all users of yeast t find i am deriving more benefit from phillips pure live yeast than any of the other mattes i have tried so i have decided to give it a thorough trial and complete my recovery from eczema wellington england extract from original letter now you can got rich active yeast in a form that avoids all the bother of getting fresh supplies each day this uew yeast is phillips pure live yenst which is extremely rich in the active elements that do you so much good there arc two distinct advantages here first the convenience of phillips and sceond the economy of it it costs only about 3c a day because it is so rich in active ele ments phillips pure live yeast is duplicating in canada the excellent results it has achieved in england in correcting digestion insuring the assimilation of all the body- building goodness of foods and purifying and enriching the blood if you have found yeast good for you try phillips pure live yeast 15 days supply in grannies of pleasing taste for 50c 45 days supply 100 at your druggists kentvile nova scotia bringing the highest prices in a european market since the days of the great war a shipment of 10000 barrels of nova scotia apples were sold in hamburg germany recently at prices ranging from 30 to 41 shill ings a barrel for ben davis number ones saint john new brunswick the plant of t s simmons co ltd manufacturers of brushes at fair- ville n b is now operating on full time for the first time since 1920 with all nine departments busy employing 150 people frederieton new brunswick im proved conditions throughout new- brunswick have resulted in extended educational opportunities in many rural parts of the province dr a s mcfarlnne chief superintendent of education reports quebec quebec in the fust two months of the year the quebec min es department issued 095 certificates for mining claims according to mr a o dufresene director of the provincial mines bureau prospectors are unusually active in the northern section of the province the director says adding that the spring will see much new development even during the winter prospectors have been busy travelling to the various claims by dog teams tractors and aeroplan es three rivers quebec the official report of the three rivers harbor commission for 1934 shows a sur plus of 22138 montreal quebec out of 149 firms in canada engaged in the hat and cap industry in 1933 02 were in quebec province these latter were capitalized at 2000042 they cm- ployed an average of 1528 persons and had a gross production value of 3902401 ottawa the report of the domin ion minister of agriculture shows 207 illustration stations in operation last year in outlying centres but working in cooperation with the more centrally located dominion ex perimental farms thirteen of theso stations are in prince edward island 20 in new brunswick 52 in quebec 30 in ontario 15 in manitoba 30 in saskatchewan 22 in alberta and 19 in british columbia some- 142 field days were held at these stations visited by 14000 agriculturists to view and discuss the work with th8 supervisor and other representatives of the experimental farms toronto ontario mineral produc tion in ontario set an alltime re cord in 1931 reaching the value of 144125139 the nearest approach to this total was 118118178 achieved in 1929 the total for 1933 was 109819557 for the first time min eral production in this province had a valuation in excess of field crops which dominion bureau of statistics figures show had a value last year of 143450000 gold production in he year was up 10 per cent from that of the previous year canadian funds according to preliminary re port issued by the ontario mines de partment silver production increas ed 32 per cent nickel 50 per cent copper 37 per cent and platinum 312 per cent some of the years totals were gold 70900914 nickel 32139425 silver 2002320 cop per 14822701 platinum metals 0187992 issue no 16 35 high school boards boards of education are authorized by law to establish industrial technical and art schools with the approval of the minister of education day and evening classes may be conducted in accord ance with the regulations is sued by the department of icducntion theoretical and practical instruction s given in various trades the schools and classes are under the direction of an advisory committee vancouver estimates 845000 cash deficit 18 commercial subjects manual training household science and agriculture and horticulture arc provided for in the courses of study in public separate continuation and high schools collegiate institutes vocational schools and departments copies of tho regulations issued by tho minister of education may be obtained from tho deputy minister parliament buildings toronto application for attendance should be made to the principal of school vancouver an estimated cash deficit of 815000 on operations for the current year is shown in vancou vers 1935 civic budget presented to the council last week the civic finance committee esti mated 13770299 would he collected during the year and estimated ex penditures were 14110393 as com pared with 14717814 last year the deficit expected is 315000 in addi tion the expenditures show provi sion for rci of 5000000 less than actually anticipated which brings cash deficit of s the tax rale would be the same as in 193 3983 mills net provision is made fcr pay ment of interest on the bonded in debtedness at existing rates