"I have given youw many warnings, Your Excellencyâ€"and now I have come to say my last word." Beneath lowering brows the other motioned him to continue. _All but one left the room. This was Ernst Boehn The latter, whose jugglery with the national finances had w‘oan not only the admiration but the amazement of the outside world. stood as though he had been turned to stone. It was common knowledge in Ronstadt that this former bank manager had once said: "I g> either to immortality or to a scaffold.‘" No man in the history of mankind had ever had to tackle a more ‘"What do you want, Boehn?" asked was his duty to try to balance an enorâ€" mously increasing expenditure with an alarmingly diminishing credit account.| So farâ€"by some means known only to | himselfâ€"he had saved his country from overwhelming financial chaos. ' But nowâ€" "What do you want, Boehn;" asked Karl Kuhnreich, harshly. chancellor of the exchequer stood his ground. "We march to the frontier toâ€"night. England shall be given no further time! And now, gentlemen, I want to be alone â€"â€"I have much to do." The words sent the haggardâ€"looking man into a tempest of rage. He sprang to his feet, waved his arms above his head and became almost incoherent. "Have I not been patient?" he stormâ€" counselled the nation to ‘be longâ€"sufâ€" counselled the nation to be longâ€" sufâ€" fering?" He turned to his of war chiefs. All these waited for Kuhnheich to look up. When ‘he did lift a haggard face, he asked a question. "What news from London;" It was his minister for foreign affairs, a stoutlyâ€"built man of the old regime, who answered : "Say what you have to say and go," he ordered. "If these military operations, for which you have just given the order, are carried outâ€"then I resign." ‘"Your reasons?" "I have told you many times, Your Excellency . . . this will mean the end of all things finrncial in Ronstadt. Alâ€" ready we cannot hope to meet our comâ€" mitments; ruin stares us in the face. We have been borrowing from ourselves for months past ; the great debt we have piled up by this scheme of rearmaâ€" mentâ€"*"* "Sir, the British Government have told Von Friberg that they must have more time to consider the matter." had built him up and made him the great Power he was toâ€"dayâ€"his military chiefs of staff, his minister f‘>r propaâ€" ganda, the dynamic minister for air, his minister for economics, his chancellor of the exchequer (fa very worried man, this), his travelling ambassadors, his chiefs of the press bureau, his press cenâ€" sor, his yesâ€"menâ€"and, grouped around the room, clad in their sombre uniforms of black leather, his private guards; each man of whom has sworn to sacriâ€" fice his own life rather than any harm should come to the Chieftain. "Stop, you damned croaker!‘" stormed his listener; "you think that Ronstadt can be prevented marching to her desâ€" tiny through you?" The other nodded. "I love Ronstadt; I have served her to the best of my abilityâ€"butâ€"" Before the private guards could reach him Ernst Boehn had‘taken a revolver from his pocket. Two shots rang ‘boutâ€"the guards saw the Chieftain fall to the floor first. As he did so, Boehn turned the revolver on himsel1f. When they reached him, the former chancellor of the exchequer was dead; the wound in his forehead testified to Olympene is an enemy to pain. Rub it on and it soothes, eases and smooths away aches and pains. Keep Olympene handy in your mediâ€" cine: cablg:;t_. It will repay you by its Author of "Tiger Standish," "The Evil Chateau," Etec Published by Special Arrangement _ C men who Heinrich Grose was a good Aryan. That was the principal reason why he ihnad been able to secure such an excelâ€" lent post in the Ministry of Propaganda. Many in Pe envied him. He seemed set for promotion; who knew, blessed by such astonishing luck as t> have the goodwill of Sturm, the third most powâ€" erful man in the whole of Ronstadt, to what heights he might not climb; Alâ€" ready he was acting on occasion as seâ€" cond Secretary to the Minister of Proâ€" paganda. This runjour was followed by another almost equally sensational. The second was to the effect that Ruhnreitch, in a fit of remorse through knowing that he could never hope to fulfil oneâ€"tenth of the extravegant promises he had made to the Ranstadtian people, had comâ€" mitted suicide. It was said, for instance, that the whole of the present Government had been wiped out as an act of revenge for the neverâ€"toâ€"beâ€"forgotten bloodâ€"purge of two years before, when hundreds of the men who had helped to put Kuhnâ€" reich in power had been assasinated by the Chieftain‘s orders within a few hours. It was not time yet for them to show their handâ€"they had to await the chaos which would follow inevitably the dicâ€" tator‘s death for thatâ€"but they gathâ€" ered at street corn@rs, in obscure cafes, in small flats to which entrance could only be obtained after a series of secret kriocks, in dingy cellarsâ€"and in all these places they discussed the news Toâ€"night, owing to the extraordinary events which had occurred, he was beâ€" ing kept exceptionally busy From desk to telephone, and from telephone back to desk again he hurried, whilst in beâ€" tween, as it were, he fulfilled a multiâ€" tude of other duties. There was more than ever occasion this night for his associates to be jealous of him; clearly, it would not be long before he passed them all by. The wildest rumours were circulated despite the iron hand of the Minister for Propaganda, who had taken the entire newspaper press of the nation under his control. A bell rang and he hastened to obey the summons, picking up notebook and pencil. Sturm, the Minister for Proâ€" paganda, was calling upon him for furâ€" ther secretarial work. So it was that a minute later, Arthur Peters, ace agent of the British Secret Service, sat by the side of Gustay Sturm‘s desk and took notes at the great man‘s dictation. As his pencil raced over the smooth paper, a thought flashed through the secreâ€" tary‘s mind; what would Sturm say if he knew,the truth? Truth of a different variety but, nevertheless equally interesting, was on its way. After ten minutes or so‘s rapid diotation, the Minister for Propaganda took off the receiver from the telephone For years the opposing forces to the dictatorship of Karl Kuhnreich had been forced underground, but when the word was spread that the man mainly responsible for the barbarous methods of creulty which had kept them down was badly woundedâ€"and perhaps dead by this timeâ€"they came to the curface. THE PLOT THAT FAILED In spite. of the strictest censorship, the news leaked out. The whole of Pe that night became a huge whispering gallery. most notorious figure in the world cannot have an attempt made on his life without information being broadocast. f compliments (knowing Sturm he realized that the Minister for Propaâ€" ganda was already trimming his sails in view â€"of nossible eventualities; the dowâ€" tor‘s latest bulletin was to the effect that the wounded Dictator‘s life was still in danger the man on his left reâ€" rest by his side and listened intently. At the end of what appeared to the waiting secretary to be an interchange Heinrich Grose expected every minâ€" ute to be dismissed. Although the inâ€" formation to which he was listening was important, the difficulty with which he was faced was how to get it across land and sea to his superior, Sir Harker Belâ€" lamy, the Chief of Q.1. of the British Intelligence. That afternoon he had been able to dispatch a telegram in codé to the effect that, according to the latâ€" est information at ‘his disposal, Kuhnâ€" reich was about to break off the peace talks with Caroniaâ€"and that dramatic developments were almost certainly on their way. "Grosber wants to see me," he stated, "and I‘ve asked him to be sent up." _ The man who entered shortly afterâ€" wards was a tall, shambling figure, with the face on one who looked as though he had spent the majority of his sixtyâ€"odd years lurking underground. Truth, jusâ€" tice, equality. all the commonâ€"place: human decencies, in factâ€"were stranâ€" gers to Emil Grosber, Chief of the Ronâ€" stadtian Serret Police. He had been master of intrigue since a youth and the story of those terrible fortyâ€"odd years was stamped indelibly on his grey face., His position now was a peculiar one. Ostensibly head of what really amountâ€" ed to a secret police terrorist organiâ€" zation, possessing unlimited powers, he liked to poke his finger in everty other pie. The story when that in order to safeguard his own skin he had compiled asecret dossierâ€"a mammoth volume of. many hundreds of pagesâ€"in which were entered the vices and other indiscreâ€" tions of practically every important figâ€" ure in the present regime. Whatever the truth of that story was, Gustay Sturm had a sufficiently wellâ€"developed sense of selfâ€"preservation to want to keep in with this sinister personage. So it was that when Grosber entered the rom, the Minister of Propaganda rose with extended hand. "I have just come from ‘the Palaceâ€" the doctors can yet give us no hope. The bulletâ€"‘"‘ and here the speaker went off into technical medical terms. placed the receiver and vouchsafed some information. "How goes it with the Chieftain?" was his opening gambit. The Safe Reducing Diet ‘ When an overweight individual, wishâ€" ing to reduce weight, is told by her phyâ€" sician to simply eat less food and she will lose weight, she goes at it ‘halfâ€" heartedly because on former occasions she has cut down her food to some exâ€" tent, didn‘t lose much weight, felt misâ€" erable, and became constipated. If then she were told that she could eat as much, perhaps more food, lose weight, fell better and not be constiâ€" pated, she would hardly be inclined to believe it. Nevertheless it is a fact that if instead of meat, eggs, butter, potaâ€" toes and bread, more lettuce, cabbage, celery,string beans, skimmed milk, toâ€" matoes, cucumbers and clear soup were eaten there would be a noticeable drop in weight in from ten days to two weeks. Thus two typical reducing diets are as follows:â€" Dinnerâ€"Tomato consomme, broiled fish, string beans, cold slaw, bran roll, Breakfastâ€"Stewed prunes, puffed rice with sugar and skimmed milk, eggs thin slice toast, coffee. Lunchâ€"Clear soup, cold chicken, bran bread, cucumber and radish salad, tea. Dinnerâ€"Consomme, roast veal, asâ€" paragus, peas, tomato and chives, salad, fresh, pear, black coffee. Some of the suggestions offered. with all reducing diets are:â€" 1. A pint of milk should be taken Breakfast:â€"Fresh peach omelet, thin slice of toast, skimmed milk. Lunchâ€"Clear soup, American or Canadian cheese, orange salad, bran 2, Vitamins should be included:; vitaâ€" min A from whole milk, cream, butter or eggs; and vitamin B and C from fruits and vegetables. starchy foods should be reduced. 4. Butter, cream and other fats should be reduced. nuts should not be used. 6. Meat or fish or cheese or eggs should be eaten at least orice a day. 7. Ovly enough fat should be used to make the food acceptable. â€" 8. Generally speaking, the servings of By James W. Barton, M.D., Toronto Copyright of Pours TChat Bouy and other Diverging Types in Furniture In ‘period furniture two extremes are noticeable. The French 8th century, Duncan Phyfe, Chippendale and Sheraâ€" ton,. on the classic side, with modern furniture on the other. Surely, here is sufficently wide range of types for every home decorator to find pieces to suit her own fancy. It should be remembered, however, that modern and classic types are not congenial to each other. Thereâ€" fore the first thing to decide is whether modern furniture and furnishings are what you. want, or whether you prefer the old favorites. a + _ _Colours in Upholstery Colours vary for large furniture,â€"~and for smaller pieces. Plum brown and blue are much in evidence in upholstery for large furniture. While beige, plum, meat, eggs, fish and cheese should be small and the servings Of vegetables (leafy vegetables) and fruits should be large. Fruit juices should not be used. Styles in furniture and upholsteries show changes, sometimes slight, someâ€" times pionounced, each season. . The forecast for the winter has interesting features, especially in period furniture, and colour of textiles used in upholâ€" Woods In woods for furniture, mahogany still holds choicest place. Walnut, finely carved, is much in evidence in French pieces. Magnolia is reputed to be popuâ€" lar and similar types ‘of woods in bleached walnut finish, Upholstery Fabrics In upholstery crewel embroideries and needlepoint tapestriese have presâ€" tige. Mohair and cut velvet are also found on high grade furniture These are but a few of the textiles, but are worthy of note. 9. With the average serving of oneâ€" half cup of vegetables, the allowance is % teaspoonsful:of butter. Are you bothered with colds three or four times a year? Have you ever stopped â€"to consider the consequences; Send for Dr. Barton‘s illuminating booklet, THE COMMON COLD, the ailâ€" ment that receives so little attention yet may be as dangerous as being attacked by a hungry lion? Ask for Booklet 104, enclosing ten cents to cover the cost of mailing.> Be sure to give your name, full address, and mention the name of your newspaper. Other Dr. Barton ibooklets, EATING YOUR WAY TO HEALTH (101), WHY WORRY ABOUT YOUR HEART? (102) and NEUROSIS (103) are also available at ten cents each. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act). A glimpse of some of theâ€"classic types of furniture that are in vogue toâ€"day. for Bread, Cakes and Pastry â€" The materials that make children grow and that keep up their resistance â€"come chieflyâ€" from ~fresh milk, â€"butter, leggs, meat and fish, vegetables and fresh fruit, Cereals that are lightly ‘milled also help. Bread, potatoes and sugar are not as useful for growth and form protection against disease, but 'they are the great sources we have for ; the energy we use. They are the fuel of the body. gold and various shades of yellow are noticeable on smaller pieces, and on occasional furniture. It will be seen that colours on both large and small furniture are in pleasing harmony. While mention is made of these colours as used in connection with sizes of pieces, each may be found alone or in combination on any furniture. It is merely a trend ‘of fashion that is noâ€" ticed in connection with prevailing upholstery and its uses on large and small pieces. % (From Health League of Canada) When mothers are making up lunches for their children to take to school, they should remember that a diet adeâ€" quate for growth and health must conâ€" tain enough quantity of food and enough of those foods whch are used in growing and in maintaining our daily resistance against disease. Children‘s Lunches for the School Days (Copyright, 1936, by The Bell Syndi cate, Inc.) Diet Adequate for Growth a Special Consideration for Lunches to Take to School. What mothers pack in ~Childréen‘s school lunchâ€"box will depend upon what the child is eating for breakfast and at other meals at home. An ample and balanced ibreakfast and evening meal will lesson the necessary size and perâ€" mit a wider selection for the school lunch. If the breakfast is hurried and small, with no fruit and perhaps highly millâ€" ed cereal and tea and coffee instead of cocoa and milk, the other meals must provide the ‘fuel" and the "growth foods" and the "protecting foods" that were missed at breakfast. A school lunch is an excellent opâ€" portunity to include much of the milk that is so essential in the diet of a child. The milk must be pasteurized if the child is to have complete proâ€" tection against diseases such as tuberâ€" culosis, which may e borne by milk. : v'-""-'.'-.--'-"'---'----'---".-.-'.-'--'-'--'. Fresh fruits are easily carried and should be a part of every school lunch. They provide vitamins. Probably 50¢per cent. of the school children who take lunches to school will be provided with excellent, wellâ€" planned lunches. Our concern must be for the remaining group of children, who, because .of limited income at home, or because of ignorant or careâ€" less mothers, need more and better focods at lunch if they are to suffer no malnutrition. Many schools are providing small stoves where children may make hot drinks such as cocoa and chocolate. Stoves provide the opportunity to make soups, creamed potatoes or stewed toâ€" mates, etc., etc. In schools where a cafeteria is pracâ€" ticable it is edsential that the teachers school medical officers and a dietitian coâ€"operate in providing menus that will guarantee optimum growth and health. Pembroke Standard:â€"Norma Shearâ€" er, of screen fame, has been left the big bulk of $10,000,000 by her late husâ€" band‘s will, and has herself a salary of $3500 per week. If money talks then she is in a position to say something. Ottawa Journal:â€"A Seaforth lawyer who stole $150,000 from trust funds in his care has been sent to prison for three years. Certainly the sentence does not err on the side of severity. CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTIRIC CO., Limited FOR BETTER LIGHT â€" BETTER S$1GHT~UV SE SO much depends upon good eyeâ€" sight that you are wise to choose Edison Mazda Lamps and obtain the best light possible. 4 ime cA Tea Ti (By Jack Herity}, He must pack a heap of plé urc Underneath his shaggy do Now it‘s getting on to aut.p‘x‘nn _And his birds are coming home. It must stir up all his senses In a kind of inside grin When he gazes down the Southway and Sees his squadrons winging in. Must be like a mighty merchant, When his ships come one by one, To the harbour where there‘s quiet And retreat from pirate‘s gun. Pirates! That‘s the right name for us, Oh, I‘m guilty, same as you, For I‘ve often sent them tumbling, Broken, tattered, from the blue. I have lain for hours listening For that throcobing cry, And to see an old commander. Lead his flock across the sky; Butâ€"well there above the fireplace You can see my guns today, And they‘re mighty ornamental Since I went down Kinsville way. We don‘t have such things today. Still I guess if we could see things Angels used to be right common, If I believe what I‘ve heard say; But a scientist will tell you In a sort of spirit light, We would find Jack Miner‘s raiment *Is a robe of shining white. JACK MINER