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i hilnhai i loot s mandarin lee wong brings to san francisco more khan 3 000000 of unset jewels to be sold in the united states for the chinese republic he has them insured by apex surety and manager miligan details egypt carse famed private detective to guard them working with carsc is police lieutenant car ewe they meet wong in a suite aboard the ss city of shanghai and view the jewels which wong says he will show to some of his countrymen at a hotel dinner carse advises caution inasmuch as he has learned of a plot by interna tional thieves to steal the jewels my guests will bo chinese gentlemen says wong with dignity chapter iv egypt shrugged and said nothing more but when they had left the she stopped at the head of the stairs turned fearfully a buxom redskinncd woman in her eany forties wearing the plain blue dress and white apron all the chamber maids wore as she faced them con vulsively kneading the edge o her white apron in her workrougiened fingers egypt realized something serious had happened but even he was not prepared for lavish suit and were on the open rds that tumbled from her sitt deck he said to carewe i dont ep half wail of like it better keep an eye on the j j wuh own iewels and a euaru at the door to s sure no one gets in who does i h body lyn there nt belong royal yeast cakes are always full strength r- mi m graham bread i mm mm m the chinese visitors will be all right carewe said confidently theyre blazing with patriotism ana only the best of them will get in no crooks among them eh it would be worth the life of any one of them in this country to make even a try at them carewe declared with conviction they have their own ways of taking care of such matters if someone tries to lite those jewels it will probably be later on when they re taken to new york you may be right egypt agreed reluctantly but if i was after them id crack down as quick ly as possible no one knows where theyll be tonight carewe argued dont forget we were tailed that had nothing to do with tliat business carewe decidod how could it the boat hadnt even dock ed yet dont be too sure about your lo cal talent until we find out who is behind all this egypt advised calmly nov order an armored car seat down here and see about those three men for the party tonight ill stay around until the stuff leaves the ship the hotel splcndide was a mam moth new hostelry towering high in the jumbie of tall buildings that clustering around lower market st the fringes of teeming chinatown were a bare half mile away one would have thought that lee wong would have hastened into the midst of his countrymen the splendide however was a more fitting setting to the dignity of the occasion tliere chinatown was brought in a man ner befitting the mandarins station and rank two large suites were thrown to gether one of them given over en tirely to the evenings entertain ment two long tables snowly with linen were set with rare china and sticks potted plants and flowers lined the walls there were fully three dozen guests egypt stood at the door by the headquarters man and checked each man as he went in to make his elaborate ceremonial greeting to the most part many of them round lee wong small men they were for and stout with good living and af fluence all dresed in the clothes o the modern west it was a meal of many courses elaborate unnameable even the ho tel staff who served that meal knew little about many of the dishes they handled for in its entirety the banquet had been cooked in china town delivered course by course fj the hotel and whisked up to t5j tables late that afternoon the jewels i had been released from customs through which they had been rushed by diplomatic pressure arid carried by armored car to the safety of tne big hotel vault now this evening they were in a steel box on a tapes egypt stopped quickly to her spoke calmly pull yourself to gether yyes sir the woman stutter ed what did you sec the body lyin all twisted up in the closet she drew a shudder ing breath im from police headquarters carewe told her ill take charge of this where is the body he showed her his badge she talked freely then the lady in 329 checked out a little while ago sif i was sent up to make up the room and when 1 opened the clothes closet there was a body on the floor go down and tell the manager carewe ordered come on carse the door of 329 was standing open a broom and stack of towels lay on the floor where the terrified maid had dropped them the door of the clothes closet was ajar car- ewe draped a handkerchief on his fingers and opened it wide inside lay the huddled body of a man he was minus a coat and wore a white under shirt as car ewe caught him under the should ers and lifted him out egypt threw swift glance around the room but saw no sign of the missing coat hes still warm carewe sail with a grunt as he lowered the body on the floor hasnt been this way long say she was talking through her hat this fellow isnt dead hes breathing circular skirt stages comeback paris of the changes in the fash ions the first and foremost is the re turn of the circular skirt thi3 must really be taken seriously even the new winter coats are- full below the hips so full that they swing as one walks the slim line is maintained to well below the hips and then out they go in billowy folds the upper part of the coat is snugly fitted and buttoned from neck to waist and the fullness below exaggerates its slira- ness giving almost the effect of a cor seted figure an effect which is height ened by the long tight sleeves af ternoon frocks have gored or circular skirts and some of the houses use the gored skirt for tailored suits although the majority make the tailored skirt with an inverted pleat or a pleated godet at the front or back a favor ite skirt worn with a jacket which has a full basque at the back has a full back shirred pleated or in rounded organ pleats more demand for hay wo have noticed several references to the poor hay crop in many rural areas of great britain duo to an ex cess of rainfall canadian exports of hay to the united kingdom last year totalled 20221 tons being he largest quantity sent during the past six years indications are that these fig ures will bo surpassed in the current year at more attractive prices to the farmer kitchener record not the men some of tho mens fashion design ers are endeavouring to bring back flower covered waistcoats for the male of the species the chances are that the average lord- of creation will for cibly resist this attempt to turn his manly bosom and adjacent parts into a peregrinating nosegay brahtford expositor d science the cake that makes guests linger try covered table against the wall back of lee wongs a few feet chair coconut layer cake wins high praise if you wish your guests- would hur ry off dont take a chance on serving egypt had walked every step of coconut layer cake for they just will the way from vault to table with not leave before they have had gener- the jewels his hand on an automat- ous portions but of course the real ic in his pocket more he had made hostess prefers them to linger a bit sure that the steel box was locked which shows her that their appreeia- securely and that the two plain j tion oi 10r hospitality is truly sin- clothesmen on guard were armed ccre a coconut layer cake gives any and ready for any trouble i meal or party a gala finish and the carewe dropped in to see how guests leave your home with genuine things were going tho dinner was praise and gratitude for your efforts use dependable royal yeast cakes and royal sponge recipes you can keep koyal yeast cakes for weeks even months and count on the same fine results whenever you use them this is because every cake is airtight separately wrapped they stay fresh full strength no other dry yeast has this special protection royal yeast cakes are used by 7 but of every 8 canadian women who prefer dry yeast try them 3s ssfc free booklet tlio royal yeast bake boole gives tested boyal sponge recipes for the breads pic tured abovo ana many others mall coupon buy made-in- canada gooes standard brands limited 11 fracrateandllbertysttoroofoonf rirase tnd mo the rojal ycait dakc nook barely half through as he and egyvt talked in tho reception room of tho suite what did you find out about that fellow i stopped this after noon egyp asked carewe shook his head nothing much so far should have locked him up and made him talk not the ghost of a charge against him carewe said theres a limit how are you fixed here egypt told him not a chance of anyone getting in here carewe assured him you might as well go home and turn in this banquet may last half the night ill be hero until i seo tho plun der locked in the vault again carewe yawned sorry i cant get that much worked up over it ho confessed im going to bed egypt walked down tho hall with him waited at the elevator as they stood there talking one of the hotel maids slipped hurriedly around the turn in the corridor her face was deathly white her eyes staring with stark mute fear she made for the stairs at the side of the elevator shaft egypt called o her sharply any thing wrong these coconut layer cakes are so ir resistibly enticing fluffy while coconut frosting is so suitable for any table decoration and while such a de licious cake is a dessert in itself it can be served with any fruit ice or quicksetting jelly 2 cups sifted cake flour 2 tea spoons baking powder teaspoon salt 23 cup butter or other shorten ing 1 cup sugar 3 eggs unbeaten 13 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla sift flour once measure add halt ing powder and salt and sift together three times cream butter thorough ly add sugar gradually and cream together until light and fluffy add eggs one at a time beating thorough ly after each add flour alternately with milk a small amount at a time beating well after each addition add vanilla bake in two greased ulncli issue no 40 36 layer pans in moderate oven 375 de grees f 25 to 30 minutes spread coconut seven minute frosting be tween layers and on top and sides of cake ccccnut sevei minute frosting 2 egg whites unbeaten 1 cups sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 5 tables- spoons water ly teaspoons light corn syrup 1 can coconut southern style combine egg whites sugar water and corn syrup in lop of double boil er beating with rotary egg beater until thoroughly mixed place over rapidly boiling water beat constant ly with rotary egg boater and cook 7 minutes or until frosting will stand in peaks remove from boiling water add vanilla and beat until thick en ough to spread spread between lay ers on top and sides of cake sprink ling with coconut while frosting is still soft makes enough frosting to cover tops and sides of two 8inch layers toasted coconut may be used if desired or one cup quartered marshmallows may bo added to frost ing before spreading on cake ask for salada brown label modern prisons breed crimes chaplain says 20 pc of re leased prisoners land behind bars again sees halt sisters after 30 years kingston after 30 years jodn cooper of ottawa had made thb ac quaintance of two halfsisters mrs lome irwin kepler and mrs herbert burke oso station cooper left homo in 1902 before the sisters wero born the family lost contact with him and it was believed he had been killed in the great war llecently it was learned he was still alive and liv ing at ottawa and a family reunion was held at the home of mr and mrs lome irwin at kepler mr cooper is still at oso watch your voice soft voice and clear enunciation are important a from 2610 for six- yeargins navy blue poplin made this cunning little dress with french bodice and led buttons down the back the peter pan collar cufisana plastron at tile front of the bod ice are trimmed with bias folds of red blue and white gingham the full shoulder sleeves may be long or short the skirt allows plenty of room for activities of romping young sters it has soft gathers at the back and a tailored double box- plait at the front clan plaid gingham is another scheme for this simple to sew model white pin dotted percale with wine ground is fetching with plain white trin style no 2g10 is designed for sizes 2 4 and g years size 4 re quires 1 58 yard- of 39inch ma terial with m yard of 35inch contrasting harsh rasping voice coming a pretty wellgroomed woman is sure to jolt the nerves of listeners all sensitive ears rebel against a flat dull voice or one that screeches and shouts and even more against hardly audible almostimpossibletounder stand conversation it is important for mothers to teach young daughters the value of a soft voice and perfect enunciation softness doesnt mean too low tone3 that are barely above a whisper one should always speak loud enough to make oneself heard easily an unpleasantvoiced girl who has enough money for professional facials hair treatments exercise courses and other routines certainly ought to rebudget her beauty allow ance cutting down here and there on these treatments and leaving some money to spend with a speech teach er advises alicia hart it is pos sible to take ten lessons get instruc tion in various voice and speech exer cises then to be able to carry on with them yourself at home if you mutter slur words together and leave sentences unfinished bet ter read aloud for twenty minutes each day this is one beauty exer cise that costs nothing yet will show definite results with in a month incorrect breathing often is the cause of jerky gasping speech you should breathe deeply filling your inugs with air holding your should ers quiet and making sure that your diaphragm contracts and expands with each breath chicago a penitentiary chap lain told the american prison asso- elation iougioss recently that tee modern prison taught convicts now to execute the perfect crime folice baffled education within the prison walls produccduieu so skilled in crime they baffled the police declared father eh- gius weir franciscan chaplain of jo- lict iu an address prepared for deliv ery these honor graduates of the pe nal system were rcsponsiblo he said for the enormous amount of crimes that have never been solved voicing the spiritual advisors view point for the first time ona prison congress program since the congres ses began ctf years ago the priest says we are assured by statisticians thct from 15 to 20 per cent of those released from prisons are recidivists and that from so to s5 per cent are never heard of again from this the conclusion is drawn that our methods are successful become more cautious before we draw this conclusion wo should bear in mind that the man who has paid his price for his crime behind the prison bars will be more cautious in the future not to fall into the hands of the law i am of the opinion that the enor mous number of unsolved crimes could be traced to the prisoneducated emphasizing that he was certainly not in favor of abolishing existing educational methods father weir ad vocated instead that these methods be supplemented by moral training the chaplains address opened the fifth day of the sixday congress that wound up its business sessions last night by voting to hire a full time crime paidstalf to push the fight against crime abolition of the county jail was also named as one objective with extens ion of the parole and probation sys tem and solution of the prison labo problem as others paying the doc protect your eyes many women who bemoan crows- feet have only themselves to blame for this unbecoming state they work read sunbathe or sit in the glare of th sun without any protec tion they motor or walk all day without dark glasses hat or eye shades and are surprised when they get home at the crop of wrinkles they see reflected in their mirrors eyes should always be protected in some way if wrinkles are to be avoid ed always at the end of the day they should be bathed and the sur rounding skin soothed with special creams or oils william daniels is photographing his twentieth greta garbo picture she will have no other cameraman how to order patterns write your name and address plainly giving number and size of pattern wanted enclose 15c in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap it carefuliy and address your order to wilson pattern service 73 west adelaide ski toronto this weeks winner orange cake two eggs cup butter one cup of white sugar one cup raisins one or ange cup sour milk teaspoon of soda 2 cups flour put orange and raisins through tho chopper and hake in layers in a mod erate oven this cako is delicious with date filling and any favorilo ic ing miss g ilewson thornbury ont attention send in your favorite recipe for pie cake maincourse dish or preserves we arc offering 100 for each recipe printed htyj to enter contest plainly write or print out the in gredients and method and send it to gether with name and address to household hints room 421 73 adel aide street toronto lcridcn ontario has cricket pjagise and youll jump out of bed in the morning rarin to go the hvcr should pour out two pounds of liquid bile into your bowels daily if this bile is not lowing freely your food doesnt digest it just decays in the bowels gas bloats up your stomach youjrct constipated harmful poisons ko into tho body nnd you feci eour sunk and the world looks punk a mere bowel movement doesnt always cet nt the cause you need nometbink that works on the liver as well it takes those jrood old carters little liver pills to pet these two pounds of bile flowing freely and make you feel up and up harmless and rcntlc they make the bile how freely they do the work of calomel but have no calomel or mercury in them ask for carters little liver pills by name stubbornly refuse any thins else 25c london ont mayor t f kingsmill has wired to ottawa for help in riding south london of its plague of european crickets the federal department of agriculture was asked to send an expert in in sect pest extermination here if such a man is available or to advise lon don in any other vas as to how to combat tho pests mayor kingsmill acted as it result of city councils decision that civic authorities should take a hand in thc cricket war and help more than a score of residents rid their houses of the insects lie announced that to work with him on this job as a committee he has chosen city en gineer veitch dr c a harris m oil and aid copp and dyer tourists in france this year ill number about 700000 in comparison with 2000000 in 1927 fa burns scalds sold byll drussimt 23c 35c lub 30c nd 3100 have you an aim in life the race may not bo lo the swift nor the battlo lo the strong but tho prizes in life 10 ko to the men tally alert and efficient vou can brinjt direction to bear on your life and learn selfinastciy mental efficiency is a matter of training write for particulars of our course the institute of practical and applied psychology 910 confederation bnlldln monikeaii pq there is a common belief that wealthy chinese pay their medical advisers while they are kept in good health and stop the- bonus when they are ill comments thc brandon sun perhaps that story of health insur ance ran in the mind of the presi dent of the american college of phy- syans vnd surgeons di robert b greenough in his inaugural ad dress to that body at boston propos ed a periodic prepnpment plan of costs for medical care tiu medical profession may conclude with aim that the present system of paying and too frequently not paying for such care is a heavy burden both for the profession and the large class of selfrespecting persons of moder ate incomes the noncommercial in surance is an idea worth consider ation by physicians and it is essen tial it all forms of public health in surance that the medical profession bo consulted and concerned of course health insurance plans are mainly aimed to assist the in digent and less wealthy but the strain of illness is most pressin on these of moderate incomes the sug gestion of period prepayment to dec- tors themselves will appeal to those unable to pay more than small am ounts and it would tend more to its success if such a movement started through the doctors than through some agency of government for all stateaided bureaucracy has faults and drawbacks in the sie convention at boston further prom ises from patient medical research were hopefully expressed the most brilliant discoveries of healing sci ence are of no value to one who needs them hut cannot pay and is unwilling or unable to get them for nothing pnig the doctor is a problem needing grave attention good silver deposit said found at aiden the grapldtart shows how lo read character irom handwriting al a glance 10c prepaid graphologist room 421 73 adelaide st w lorohto i toronto news of silver is ad ded to the luro of the country around j about arden in prontenac county whore a gold strike by mervin arney and fred loyst is turning fanners loggers and storekeepers into pros pectors and mining magnates in toronto with arney and loyst was t j alexander arden automobllo dealer who said he bad obtained good i assays from silvei holdings the j claims aro about 11 miles from tho 1 arney and loyst gold claims he said none of the three had any money in cash that didnt seem to worry them arney and loyst already aro in possession of certified cheques re presenting deals which climaxed many months of rocksampling in the arden country corel losses from the opera- toi of railways in the netherlands h3 made government assistanco nccossnryj and the two large lines rosy he amalgamated