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pithy anecdotes of the famous square peg one of he most famous phrases n the english language a tquare pes in a round hole originated with sydney smith whom macaulay chris tened the smith of smilhs and fctyled the greatest master of ridi cule since swift this is how it originally came from sydney if you choose to represent the tarious parlt in life by holes upon a table of different shapes some tircular some triangular some square come oblong and the persons acting these parts by bits of wood of simi lar shapes we shall generally find that the triaugular person has got iuto the square the oblong into the triangular and a square peison has rqueezed himself into the round bole this sentence was later boiled down to a square peg in a round hole macaulay the most brilliant talker of his time a time of brilliant talk ers too was a poor listener and sydney smith who was a good listen- n as well as a brilliant talker got off one of his wittiest sayings when he remarked macaulay is improved macaulay improves i have observed in him of late brilliant hashes of silence preaching in london he was can on of st pauls on a special occa sion sydney noticed that the congre gation consisted almost entirely of women and altered his text to oh that men would therefore praise the lord another of his sayings quoted in the smith of smiths by hesketh fearson a happy fascinating book my idea of heaven is eating pates de fois gras to fie sound of trumpets proud of father the father of woodrow wilson the rev joseph wilson a presbyter- jan minister was considered an elo quent preacher and had a great love of the spoken as of the written word says edith gittings reid in wood- row wilson tho caricature the myth and the man father and ton mrs reid says enjoyed playing with phrases and words as others enjoy playing a game later in one of his rare reminiscent moments re calling these days to mrs reid woodrow wilson said i was swollen with ptlde as i listened to my fathers preaching and if ho hesitated for a word 1 would in my mind supply it i can still feel that exultant thrill ef joy if i got tho right word in my mind before he voiced it from the pulpit i look back over my boyhood and think of the evenings when we gathered together to read dickens can you imagine old or young weep ing or laughing over any of the wri ters of today and an entire commun ity watching for the next instalment f their work it cant be done amusing note an amusing i piquant note is itruck in this letter from hugh wal- pole writing to mr lucia on de- tember 12 1923 hugh says one thing has greatly distressed me i got a bundle of catalogues last night and in one of them 1 found ad vertised a book you once gave me how it happened i cant think ex tort that when my house was sold mid i was in america some hooks in e top room were sold and this must have been taken then by a guest i havo written to the man to get it back please forgive me recent observations of museum of ficials who timed visitors with a stop watch revealed the fact that the aver age halt before each work at which ihey looked at all was of n few sec- ends says walter pach ail critic in v or the false artist then fc s a story to illustrate the way i 10 seeing of pictures was re- g i in the renaissance cod will see the great artist piero della fran- eesca hail painted a band of decora- lion around the choir of san francis co in the city of arczza then another cries of pictures above the first and nas beginning a third still higher up whereupon a great prelate tried to reason with him saying but piero no one will see what yon paint up there god will seo it was the reply of the artist lie spoko for the artists of all time comments pach from tropical fish and their care by norbcrt lederor the ancient chincso bred the gold fish from tho carp a thousand years before the christian era tho goldfish was first introduced into europe in tho sixteenth century tho word aquarium was first used by phillip henri orosse who in 3833 published a naturalists itam- fcles on tho devonshiro coast tho transportation of tropical fish do various countries is difficult and iardous tho loss being sometimes ijh as 50 per cent strangely tono of tho greatest dangers tjling fish is icaslckness nowa thicker heavier plug for the same money if you want the most pleasure chew big ben the perfect plug chewing tobacco the wished until the final formalities were hrougb so you see mrs cavii concluded your fears for he future are unfounded youre a wealthy girl able to please yourself where you go and what jou jo youre not surprise i iww i hone bat i laughed lccause ye eaine in here worried oui of your lify at los ing your job smiled toyn allisen speaking for almost the iirt time from the background i can still hardly believe it is true sylvia eyed them both even now doubtful mrs carmichacl patted her hand reassuringly if you feel like that my dear ask mr muir he has known since we j were here last and has even talked j by telephone about you with the lawyer in london he knew all this then when he gave me that notice sylvia gasp- ed in surprise but feeling somehow more sure in these circumstances you only had that notice because he knew and sent you up to us to be told the truth my dear replied the other adding all this naturally is going to make a very great difference to you completely change your life i dare say you would like tony and my self to do anything we can to be of help we shall have to take you to the lawyer in london of course afterwards sylvia was thinking of that she was thinking of john christopher fellowcs now on his way to paris and monte flying on the wings of fortune now those wings had mira culously come to her too why shouldnt they carry her to where he i had gone if only to show him that she could fly as well as he and just as safely delicious quality green tfa also in black and mixed wings of fortune by leslie beresford synopsis wings op robtune hulbert sylvia uarnley an orphan is em ployed at a travel bureau in that way she meets john chris topher fellowcs goiny to farts and monte carlo because of poor business slvla logi cs her job but at the same time mis paula carmichael staying at the hotel with her brother tony mallison sur prises her by telling her that she is heireps to 0000 by her uncle iuk- massingham the deep thrill of emotional sin cerity in her voice quite affected sylvia for the moment and she squeezed her hand leaning towards her its nice to know unde had such good friends she said that mak es me feel all the more ashamed for myetiit 33 r it colors if fret snd tilt frlt 2 bit pltk- petfor free copy ol tha a b c 6t him rug making to john a hutton co ltd 40 cto- t gofll rd loronto get exactly the color you want from the new instant rit range instant because soaks right mid stays never leaves streaks or spots and makes everything you use it on positively lovely ipmlliiir mew o ongeiasoap dissolves instantly why should you be my dear the other remonstrated as a matter of fact iour uncle blamed himself for not having tried to get in touch with you after hed heard of your mothers death years ago through some newspaper announcement it was because of that we tony and i came to england to seek you out for him we were on our way when a wireless message reached us that he had died she pursued he had a stroke from which he never recover ed it was a great shock to us my dear i can assure you but we couldnt turn back that would have been no use we just came light on to carry out his wishes and bring you as we have done this news of his remembrance of you mrs carmichael continued explain ing the difficulties they had experienc ed at first till chance enquiries had brought them to malchester where after further search they had found here actually working at this hotel where they had bcenstaying that bad been on ther previous visit they had not however said anything to her at the time feeling it wisest first to return to london to the lawyer there who was in touch with the shanghai firm handling old luke massinghams affairs to report their success in tracing her and make sure the legal procedure in re gard to the will was in order all that sylvia had to do now she learnt was to go with them to this london lawyer and establish her identity when she would at once enter into her inheritance or at least be able to draw updn it if she knows shes been brought up on christies larrowroots the original made from choicest pure arrowroot blended with other ingredients wholesome palatable and dietetically correct chrisdies arrowroots chapter iv days of excitement paris steeped in the velvet mystery of dusk paris the gay and incon sequent above all to sylvia the threshold of dreams come true it still seemed to her such an un believable miracle that she could be here able to look out from the open windows of her suite in the vast and luxurious hotel which faced the broad and beautiful avenue des champs elysecs how startlingly different this was to dusk in dark and murky malchester the brilliant lights the stardusted sky the very glow of the sunset seemed a romantic poem there was laughter in the noise of the streets music in the hum of the traf fic the warm air drifting in seemed to sylvia to hold a scent of intoxicat ing sweetness not like the heavy sickly manu factured perfume of the malchester palace hotel sylvia even found her self wandering if she had only dream ed of that so far away it seemed and so long since she had been there yet it was only a couple of days ago but what days days crammed with excitement happiness ceaseless new- experiences it came back to her all rather hazily from the time when paula and tiny had so surprisingly fastened the wings of fortune on her shoulders and set her flight in motion not much time had been wasted in malchester it self barely enough for her to fetch boardinghouse home which with its occupants she would never see again the news of her sudden departure and the reason for it had caused a sensation that evening no doubt they were still talking about it as they did of everything even less really ex citing and then goodbye to mr muir and the hotel after dining there as a guest she had been rather sorry to leave mr muir not so sorry how ever that she had not been glad tc find herself speeding by car to lon don real luxury begining for her then london and the pleasant round- faced lawyer to whom her new friends had taken her he satisfied as to her identity hy a birth certificate and other paper had obligingly filled her handbag with amazing quantities of bnnknotes after some papers had been signed afterwards a delightful orgie of such shopping as sylvia had only dreamed about never thinking it pos sible she might enjoy it in her life but for paula carmichael how would she have coped with it known what to buy and where she had been frank ly awed by the way the quantities of banknoees had dwindled but she need not have been the lawyer had ar ranged a credit for her at a london ban when i could not sleep at night with babys cries it was babys own tablets that cleared tho littlo system of offending substance and kavc sweet sleep and rest that is what mrs robert greenhorn vhilipsvillc ontario writes babys own tablets arc mild and soothing in action yet most effec tive and always safe for colic teething troubles constipation jummer complaint upset stomach restlessness and simple fever lrico 25c everywhere 7c drwilliamj babys own tablets bank and she had only to write out cheques beautifully simple finally amazing and delightful experience from london to paris by air and here she was aftcra nice lit tle sleep and a cup of tea being help ed to dress for the evening by paulas maid florrie it seemed as she studied her own reflection in a mirror an utterly transformed slyvia darnlev whom malchester would scarcely have rec ognized delicious the feel of the silk en underwear caressing her skin the perfect fit of the exquisite little frock of primrose yellow she had chosen for tonight chosing what she would wear in these days no need now to be wast ing envy on other welldressed wom en not even on paula carmichael it had been a delight to unpack and to touch and examine the piles of love ly things bought in london and scar cely as yet seen by her frocks hats stcckings shoes negligee wraps furs and a score of those dainty and ex pensive little etceteras in a smart girls toilette the result for her first night in paris quite pleased sylvia anyhow doesnt look so bad does it flor rie she pirouetted gracefully before her reflection in the mirror and then was rather startled by something else she chanced to glimpse in the glittering surface of the glass to be continued beetle preys on fish bigger than self fish cat beetle larvae and the beetles themselves but apparently the rule sometimes works the other way too if the fish in pond or stream are small and the larvae are big that means one more to be ad ded definitely to the perils which en compass the fish in their baby days and it is probable that the beetles take quite toll- there had been sus picion of the beetles before but an incident at banff alberta last sum mer confirmed suspicion the superintendent of the fish hatchery operated at banff by the dominion department of fisheries was watching baby trout in a large hatchery pond when lo and behold he saw a twoandaquarterinch larva of the diving beetle dytbscus dart along in the water with a fin- geriing longer than itself held firmly in its mandibles that happened to be the only case actually observed in which fry or fingcrlings were cap tured by the beetles but there is rea son to believe that there were numer ous other instances in which the little fish were destroyed nature played a bad trick on the banff staff in putting the beetle lar vae into the pond which is one in which certaijj experiments in- the feeding of young trout have been in progress every precaution is taken to keep such ponds free of anything that would be injurious to the young fish but this particular pond at banff formed by flooding a slough is especially hard to protect and na ture eluded viligance and slipped the larvae in s steps have been taken to destroy any larvae before the pond is used this year but there are many streams and natural ponds frequented by dy- tiscus and it is to be feared that the beetle will work its depredations a- mong newlyspawned fish in these waters from season to season the laughing man manchester guardian a german who has been visiting london has made the interesting dis covery which he discloses in an ar ticle in the berliner tageblatt that the british laugh too much as soon as they begin a serious conver sation with a german ihy turn the talk into easier channels with a laugh from that he deduces that superficiality is the vice of the eng lish he has evidently never heard of the french aphorists contention that gravity is a mysterious carriage of tho body invented to conceal defects of the mind and that humor is the cloak for that superficiality it might also be a form of polite ness there are some points about modern germany on which a modern englishman could hardly touch at all without his opinions becoming so serious as to be possibly unwelcome to a citizen of that country and in casual intercourse it is just as well to avoid the awkward topic and the unwelcome treatment of it so if the englishman talking to the german is accused of too much risibility one excuse for him might be in the words of figaro i make haste to laugh for fear of being obliged to weep in any event the general charge that we laugh too much is in curious contrast to the proposition at least as old as froissart that the english take their pleasures sadly and there was also a mediaeval latin proverb which asserted that the english race is the best at weeping and the worst at laughing evidently we have changed a good deal since the distant days of what must have been a ra ther doubtfully merry england probably many of us do today adopt a deliberate lightness of approach which is not in the manner of our german neighbors the english sol dier in the trenches displayed it sometimes to the real bewilderment of those neighbors at the time wlien they were also enemies it is if you like and in a catchphrase of the mo ment an aspect of the escape from reality but it does not necessarily mean that reality is not being seri ously tackled under the surface and gravity itself as la rochefoucauld observed is sometimes a mere cloak for incompetence fastest bestseller little brown and company rises to dispute the claim of hcrvey allens anthony adverse to the laurels of the fastestselling book of all times their claimant is if winter comes by a 3 hutchinson which without a book ciub adoption piled up m ten and a half months a sale of 350396 copies its biggest month having been december 1921 had the amazing sale of 109092 copies anthony adverses sales for ten months omitting the co pies used by the bookofthemonth club totalled 333359 copies its big gest month being december 1933 when the sale was 53073 copies however considering the difference in business conditions between 1921 on 1933 the sale of anthony ad verse is the more extraordinary of the two especially as it was that ra rity in publishing a threedollar no vel gems from lifes scrap book ascension and aspiration too low they build who build be neath the stars young aspiration after the holy the on ly aspiration in which the human soul can be assured that it will uevei meet with disappointment ma ia mcin tosh what we truly and earnestly as pire to be that in some sense e are mrs jameson how true it is that one can rise no higher than his thoughts christian science sentinel his jesus ascension marked a stage in his revelation as the resurrection openedthe grave the ascension opened heavn evan gelist gait to dismiss ten teachers galt with the closing 0 victoria school at the end of this mouth as an economy measure and uncertainty as to attendance at the collegiate and technical school as a result of the possibility of preston establishing a high school the board t education has decided to terminate tne contracts of 10 teachers eight at the collegiate and two in the public schools burying babies just old turkish custom a quaint old turkish custom of burying babies alive is being fought by child welfare societies in turkey from time immemorial turkish mothers have economised in baby- linen by burying their offspring waistdeep in loose earth occasion ally they changed the earth ideas have you a story a sketch or an illustration that is sale able or perhaps you have some other saleable idea tell us about it send a stamped 3c envelope for information about our service ideas unlimited thirtynine lee ave toronto pictures of tho 1934 bathing suits indicate a big year for the cold cream business makes false teeth feel like natural there must be a reason dr wcrncta 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 false plates leaves no colored gummy paste keeps mouth sanitary breath pleasant the best powder you can buy yet cost is email any druggist pac5e by taking an effervescing invigorating glass of andrews liver salt it ie no 24 34 r to cool your blood i tint 3bo and oc ntw lait i bell 7so i will wonders never cease today i ran across a driver of a car who had forced another car into tho ditch and didnt have an excuse to offer i i admit it was my fault he said i dont know how it happened i must have been going too fast this mans attitude was most refreshing usually neither party to an accident will accept any part of the blame of course i knew what the trouble was it happened to be sunday and the man who caused the accident was j driving at a rate of speed faster than he had been accustomed to during tho week he forgot that six days a week he drove at a twenty or twentyfive miles an hour around town and that all of his motions were keyed to that speed out on the highway going about fortv ho couldnt think fast enough he intended to edge over and give the other chap room on the road to pass but his citytrained sense of speed and distance lisceivcd him thats the case with lots of drivers the minute they go faster than their usual rate of speed theyre lost sooner or later in highway traffic theyll encounter a si nation theyve never fneed before and they dont know what to do in time to pre vent an accident tho moral is of course not lo drive too fast i have been on the job long enough to know that no speed over 35 is safe and lots of drivers cant drive even that fast without danger of meeting up with a situation they cant handle well ill be spintr yon