victims ofanaemia need new rich blood to re store health and strength why the chinese are so calm- one of the most noticeable charac teristics of the chinese says mr kev in o winter in travel is their passive indifference they marvel at the ner vousness and excitability of forelgn- i remember one hot day says the writer when a party of us were cross- easy tricks no sa j find the ace f it uan unfortunate fact that nine women out of every ten are victims of bloodlesness in one form or another the girl in her teens the wife and bm jn tne way wa8 mother the matron of middle ageall h and gteep wqrk fr tte know its miseries to be anaemlo gevere m fte higheflt tot means that you are breathless after of 0u journey we stopped for ten mln- sllght exertion you feel worn out t0 tot ae mea rest instanu and depressed you turn against food j m gm ft m and often cannot digest what ou do a ttem eat sleep does not refresh you and ag not a care in the when you get up you feel exhausted and unfit for the days duties if neg lected anaemia may lead to consump tion f you should act promptly make good the fault in your blood by tak- world in any country that had learn ed the virtue of forethought they would have devoted the moments to complaining of the heat in order to in crease their tip we being europeans spent the time worrying whether the 1m tt f pu ssri automobile would be waiting for us reliable blood enricher ever discover ed these pills purify bad blood at the right place welltodo chinese would have started a discussion wheth- strengthen weak blood and they make good blood and as the condition of i eg rect motion or your blood improves you will regain haye con proper strength and enjoy life tolly as j vlrtuous every girl and woman should do the complete selfabnegation or case of mrs mary trainor perth ontario shows the value of dr wil- hams pink pills in cases of this kind she says i had not been feeling a it ivii d by circumstances that apparently well for some time and had been grad- j tnrca ually growing weaker i found it very hard to do my housework had severe headaches and was very pale i took j doctors medicine for some time but they did me no good lwas growing i weaker and used to faint and take er the universe moves in cycles or pro- may on occasion consider his own in- j terests i why are the chinese so unperturb- dlzzy spells in this condition i began the use of dr williams pink pills and after a unie found they were helping me i continued their use un til i found the troubles that afflicted me had gone and i am once more en joying good health and strength their national existence how can they remain calm when dan gers threaten from without and from within they have learned to wait for the fruition of slow natural pro cesses they will not be hustled be- j cause nature can never be hurried haste means only vexation for your self and accomplishes nothing in ad- i dition to its other discoveries china has discovered the great art of stand- i ing still i you people of the west are so ira- i patient so may i say immediate you can get dr williams pink pills i 1 you think in years instead of in cen- through any dealer in medicine or by tunes there can be no end to china mall at 50c a box from the dr wil liams medicine co brockville ont grasshoppers like alcohol in a campaign to exterminate grass- what can the conqueror as we call him do he can make money out of us and for us and he can rule us for a time but he cannot absorb us and we shall absorb him china may be hoppers it was found that a mixture overrun but in the end she will be used to poison the insects became so attractive when fermented that it was 60 to 75 per cent more efficient triumphant we are no doubt the weakest and most unpolitical of na tions but we are unconquerable i thus it is that a chinaman sitting an egg which is not due to be laid with his hands hidden in the wide hill nextf april was sold by auction sleeves of his silken coat discusses in recently for 2 lis the bird whose the most impersonal way and without eggs are so popular is a a homing the slightest suggestion of agitation pigeon jarmersjjulletiiis this trick has the appearance of being a famous feat of sleight ot hand but actually it demands no i skill the ace the two spot and i the three spot of any suit are j shown and are placed face down on j the table the spectators being asked to keep track of the ace the magician mixes the cards a little with the result that the most astute spectator is unable to dis cover which of the cards is the ace the cards are prepared the figure 3 cut from another card from the same suit is very neatly pasted over the a on one corner of the ace the part paste on should be shaved down very thin and colorless paste should be used in a like manner an a is pasted over the 3 on one end of the three spot when the cards are first dis played show them as in figure 1 the false pips being hidden next close the cards and turn them aronnd opening again this time showing the false pips but not the faces ot two of the cards figure 2 as you turn the cards face downward draw the three out and put it on the table as the specta tors saw the index of the ace they take it for granted that this is the ace the more closely they follow this card the more they contribute to their own deception when you pick up the cards pick them up so that your finger tip hides the false index olip this out and paste it icith athcr of the series in a scraphootc saved babys life health education by dr j j middleton provincial board of health ontario dr mlddleton will be glad to answer questions on public health mat ters through this column address him at spadina house spadlna crescent toronto december oh holly branch and mistletoe and christmas chimes wherer we go and stockings pinned up in a row these are thy gifts december and if the year has made thee old and silvered all they locks with gold thy heart has never been acold or known a fading ember the whole world is a christmas tree with all the elements of romance ing of many bodily processes since and stars its many candles be the humble firefly has played his part in the drama of discovery of ultra violet rays in the prevention and cure of rickets a disease common in child hood this insect as is well known gives off a cold light as can be seen on any summer evening in the coun try where fireflies abound this light from the firefly is manufactured by the oxidation of a substance in an alkaline medium producing visible light rays would the same chemical action applied to substances that cure rickets produce invisible ultraviolet rays numerous experiments have proved this to be theease within recent years there have been mrs alfred tranchemontagne st michel des saintes que writes babys own tablets are an excellent medicine they saved my babys life known two definite ways of curing the ills of his country and its possible i w oa conquest he would receive the news i and i can highly recommend them tpjjwjdirjgptf of the occupation of peking by the au mothers mrs trancheman- trancheman- i sunlight a physical force containing they not only cure but prevent bottled sunshine is a novel way of describing codliver oil but that in the light of experimental studies in the curative values of certain rem edies is what codliver oil really is the curative action of this oil in the treatment of rickets has opened up a new field for investigation one thing is already certain there is a definite similarity of curative powers between sunlight and codliver oil especially in the treatment of rickets two doctors in the yale medical school have been experimenting late- oh sing a carol joyfully the years great feast in keeping i for once on a december night an angel held a candle bright and led three wise men by its light to where a child was sleeping harriet f blodgett the walters favorite dish three men seated at table at a cer tain american hotel were discussing their favorite game food the first fy and they believe they have already i declared that nothing could be corn- demonstrated that codliver oil taken pared with pheasant the second pre- internally gives off ultraviolet rays i ferred partridge the third was en- which cure rickets thusiastic over quail among the substances known to the dominion department o agriculture has more than 400 pamphlets covering every phase of farming practice they are written to help make farming more profitable and are free the following are examples list of 400 publications seasonable farming hints fox ranching in canada apple recipes the feeding of beef cruuo storage of ice winter production of ezra frait and vegetable recipes beautifying the farm horn corn borer control crate feeding- ponltry itouse conatrucuon bulletin filing system feeding racka for sheep insects affecting lire stock the farmers piggery the feeding of sheep the milking machine sweet cream butter the cranberry industry cut out this advertisement mark the bulletins desired including the list of 400 pub lications fill in your name and address and mail to publications branch department of agriculture ottawa canada no postage required name post oce r r no ptovince sfcv-v-r- e13 in order to decide which food really ultraviolet rays absorbed through cure rickets are codliver oil egg yoik h6s h ev annealed t o the col- enemy in the same unagitated manner tagnes experience is that of thous- skin and oil taken from the biie sperm oil and others all these muf tdey a u n io ul cm whaterer the present may hold forands of other mothers who have test- i 0 a fj which enters the bodyvere oxidated and specially prepared vmo china he feels certain that the future ed the worth of babys own tablets through the mouth and digestive tract photographic plates screened by is secure it is the same spirit that the tablets are a sure andsafemedl- taken as medicine at first glance it quartz filters and exposed to the sub- has prevented china from becoming i olae for little ones and never fall to would seem as if there was little or stances so treated gave unmistakable a disturber in the world discontent i regulate the bowels and stomach thus connection between radiant energy indications of the presence of ultra- and aggressiveness would haveforced another people living such a hampered existence to seek an opportunity for betterment their very numbers would have made them almost irresist ible first snow first snow is fine snow- slanting down the wind not a twig will hold it not a shelter mold it youd think to see the way they act that purity had sinned y first snow is thin snow the meadows barely salted the brook is so prooccupied with brittle frost lace at its side it has no thought beyond itself and cannot feel exalted first snow is lost snow each flake a pioneer that dances down to certain death his span of life a frozen breath that spins its seconds merrily between the infinite and here relieving al the minor ills from which children suffer they are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cts a box from the dr williams medicine co brockville ont there has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering roosevelt we are interested in obtaining old and rare books on canadian subjects send particulars to the wilson publishing company 73 west adelaide street toronto ontario winter cruises 1925 from new york to ponla delfads 12 hrs madeira 10 hrs algiers 24 hit palermo 12 hrs naples 12 his plraetjfrathens24bra constantinople 24 hrs beyrouth 14 hrs jaffa- jerusalem 39 hi egypt mays muslm 8 hrs monaco is bra marseilles longth of the cruise ssproidence ian 10 an 17 an is an 23 van 23 an 2 peb 45 feb os feb ii feb 11 feb 14 is days ss paula feb 17 feb 24 feb 26 mar 2 mar 4 mar s mar 8 mar 10 mar 1 mar 1413 mar 1618 mar 21 mar 21 mar 24 ssdaye ssprorldeoce mar 21 mar 28 mar 30 apr 3 apr 5 apr 6 apr 9 apr 11 apr 14 apr 1516 apr 1710 apr 22 apr 24 apr 25 35 days ss patria apr 28 may 5 may 7 may ii may 13 may 14 may 17 may 19 may 22 may 2324 may 2527 may 31 33daya minimum para 450x0 including shore excursions and hotel at egypt clean comfortable and comodioua vessels especlsuy built for the mediterranean trade shore excurslona at portsofcau stopovers permitted concerts lectures dances card parties games of all aorta in addition to the social pleasures of ocean trssel un surpassed preach cuisine and first class service throughout orchestra moving pic- tares wireless kews daily po further inrovmsrion and descriptive litersture apply 1 please j bout orchestra moving pic- descriptive lift any authorizes steamship agent or and codliver oil and yet it has been violet light similar substances but proved that in their action on rickets not possessing the power of curing the results of these two therapeutic rickets such as linseed peanut and agents cannot be distinguished when it had been demonstrated that direct sunlight cured rickets the experi ments went farther and it was shown that mercury vapor light passed through quartz prevents and cures this disease exactly as does the na tural sunlight and since that process i produces ultraviolet rays it was i readily inferred that it is these invis ible cold rays in sunlight that exercise i the curative effects upon rickets that i factbeing established it remained to i learn whether codliver oil if taken internally likewise gave off emana tions of ultraviolet rays cure rickets and moreover that they play an im portant part in the normal function- and what do you do when your hus band objects to your flimsy gar ments i object to some of his flimsy ex cuses winter bird my bird my darling calling through the cold afternoon those round bright notes each one so perfect shaken from the other and yet hanging together in flashing clusters the small soft flowers and the ripe fruit all are gathered it is the season now of nuts and ber ries and round bright flashing drops ontiio frozen grass katherino mansfield avoid loss when sending money by mall use dominion express money orders tho safe convenient inexpen sive way ti a garden of rubber fiowers the art of incorporating color into rubber has resulted in the english in vention of indestructible flowers a dls- well suh replied the waiter slow ly for mah part i would rather have an american eagle served on a silvah dollah very likely he got it cottonseed oils were also oxidized but showed no evidences of ultraviolet rleht rays upon identical photographic i legs ana aepti plates this is along the lines that the experiments were conducted in proving that codliver oil does prevent and cure rickets and that it is the ultraviolet rays contained in the oil that do the trick upon this new discovery of the ultraviolet activity of certain food substances may be based further re search and accomplishments that will be of benefit to all physicians and dietiticians interested in the preven tion of diseass and the preservation of the heath of the child and adult alike war what is it after all the people get why 1 taxes widows wooden night 6- mornings 1keep your eyes clean clear and healthy trjx vo lu ktft cam ftook- hummi cgbcmcmtutat with britains compliments a short time ago the british gov ernment presented to the regent otf abyssinia the crown captured in war with that country fiftyyears ago the incident recalls that on many prexious occasions the british nation has been the recipient or giver of a token of re gard in the form of a special present for some other power probably the bestknown gift ever this crowded life how sordid is this crowded life its spite and envy the unkihdness brought to light it makes me think of those great mod est hearts that spend their quiet lives in lonely parts in deserts hills or woods and pass away nervous people that haggard careworn depressed look will disappear and nervous thin people will gain in weight and strength when bitrophosphate is taken for a short time price 1 per pkge arrow chemical co 25- front st east toronto ont received by britain from the govern- judged by a few or none from day to ment of another country is the good i day ship hesolute of arctic exploration and o that i were free enough to fame which the united states at a i dwell cost of 200000 voted by congress in their great spaces for a while until j restored to britain after tho vessel the dreamlike life of such a solitude had been abandoned in the ice some has forced my tongue to cry hallo i time previously twenty years after wards queen victoria had a table made of the ships timbers and pre sented it tothe white house wash ington where it still does duty as the presidents writing desk tho statue of liberty which marks the entrance to new york harbor was a gift to the united states from france height aloud to make an echo from the silence give my voice back with the knowledge that i live w h davles making it right two cows in the field said a teacher to a class of small boys in- over two hundred feet in heating the writing on the black- it is the worlds greater board now that sentence is wrong play ot which was made at the womb- w as a permanent memorial to brl statue and cost nearly 500000 j can any boy tell me why france has also shown her esteem ono youngster sought to help her for britain by giving tho british mus- j out of the difficulty praps one of eum 4 magnificent specimen of a them are a calf miss he suggested sevres vase while more recently she p announced her intention of making a i what many automobiles need is present of certain parts of the battle- not fourwheel brakes but fore-sight- ed drivers james w elwell co inc gen agents 17 state 8treet new york city ley exposition tho exhibit cansisted of a small garden plot in which the floral display is surrounded with a bit of lawn grass blooms and foliage were all of rubber composition with an occasional worm and bug to lend realism to the scene the flowers havo the advantage over other things of the same character which have been made of fabric in the respect that a doso ot water restores their brilliant color after they have been ex posed to dust o mlnards liniment rellleves pain a portablo camera weighing only thirty pounds will detect hidden trea sure or smuggled goods in brick walls or inside trunks alnhlrgiven england a gold i more than 55000 farmers model of the ship in which columbus have bought their farrr3 in 7jsern voyaged to america arothcr unusual canada from the canadian pacific a gift was the ancient cannon given to remarkable fact think thero is a the british people by the dutch this reason the large area of our hold- brings to mind the two very old pieces j affording choice of location and of a k njti land to suit every farming need fair of ordnance given by britain to the fair contra and w baling united states as a memento of tho comd win abundant fertility of fort built by tho pilgrim fathers at j soil good climate and social condl- plymouth mass i tions mako farm life there desirable another relic an old mortar found and attractive thousands more will in one of tho american army stores their farm from our virgin lands from our improved farms and with was presented bf congress to the some capital and determination to united kingdom it having belonged i wor can make a home and pay for formerly to tho 50th royal american j it write for our booklet the prairie corps which afterwards became tho provinces of canada- and leaflet kings royal rifles western canada forges ahead c l norwood land agent canadian pacific railway desk w windsor station montreal que getting bald save your hair by rubbing the scalp three times a week with mlnards yjsts 7 mlnards liniment for rheumatism dont getbald cuticura does much to prevent it dandruff itching and scalp irri tation point to n unhealthy con dition of the scalp which lead to falling hair and premature bald ness frequent shampoos with cu ticura soap do much to prevent such a condition especially if pre ceded by a gentle anointing with cuticura 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