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PENNY PLAIN BY O. DOUGLAS Bhopman "You may have your cboleaâ€" penny plain or two-poDC* •olorad." 8()Icmn Small Boyâ€" "Penny pUlo. pleaa*. It's bttter valu* tor tlie monc) FROM THE DESERT TO THE MILL Great Engineering FeaU to Help Trade. In many parti of the world there U rallea of smaller waterwaya, all of a boom lu engineering, particularly in which will uombiiie to distribute water the construction of great dams. One and render fertile a vast tract of ooun- iB being erected on the Nile, which try. will be the largest In the world when { At the present time there is a small completer] â€" larger even than the fa- array of British workpeople â€" mechan- mou8 A8«uan Dam In Egypt-others Ics and so on--ln the Soudan cutting are bi-lng constructoU In India, while up the deiiert to make It blossom. And another wonderful piece of engineering even after the work is completed Brl- i will be the mighty works in course of tain will continue to benefit, for it is ' f^Il.M'TKU XVIH.- (Cont'd.) I J-an had not an <'riemy in th« wor'.d, erection on the Colorado River, the estimated that 300,000 acres of the yo I'amciu rcfld aloud the fetter that' ainiost every one \vishc<i her well, but object of which Is to harness that • desert will, as a result of the work, be converted poverty-itricken Jean into j '" ^<-''y 'ew cases was there any murk- mighty force. | bearing a wonderful crop of cotton, a very wealthy woman. ~ | cf! eiithu.si?isni about her inheritance. There are already, on the Nile, num- ' •""'"'' °' which will, it is hoped. And Jean's 'face was deHd white, and shei "^'<'''""'<*"s" was the most frequent erous laBtiug monuments to the skill''** *â- ' '° ""' ">'••» o' Lancashire. i ky back as if stunm-d, while Jock! """""""t I •"â-  "I'^ancy that litt'.e and enterprise of Britlsl' engineers,' Even more costly will be the irriga- pave Rolfmri utterance to the mostj *'i'"*f '" ^^ seemed absurd that such but thia latest undertaking easily complicate*! ejaculation he had yetl?" "n'">PO'"t"'it person should have eclipses all previous wcrks. The dam The Quality n SALADi II Citpyryfkt by G^mrg* U. Dvrmm C*. is most appreciated In the rich* delicious flavor. Try it today. »chiov«?ii: "(Joodnoss-jfracious-inercy- !*"'•' ""•"^ I* '"•â- *?« """K iiuppen to her. which is being erected on the Blue Moses-Murphy mumph-mumph!" ] Pamela was frankly disgusted writh Nile, v.-as commenced some years ago, Mhor said nothing, but stared withif'"' *""â- " things had taken. She had but the work was condemned. The yrnve green eyes at tlie stricken figure 'l'*''"'''^'^ giving Jean such a good Soudan Government then Invited tend- of the hcire.w. i time; she had meant to dress her and <"â- ". and a British firm, Messrs. S. Pear- "It'.s :iwful," Jean moaned. , amu.s<- her and settle her in life. Peter son and Company, were awarded the "But, my dear," said Pamela, "I ^cid had destroyed all her plans and contract, the sum involved being four thtjught you wanted to he rich. : tion project which has been begun in j India, also by British engineers. This ifi the construction of a dam on the Indus River, the cost of which will be fen million pounds. There will be sixty-six sluice gates, 860 miles of main canals, and 1,200 miles of small- I Woman's Sphere I er distributaries. ^^„ „.. .,^, „.„,.„ „„„ „.„.,^„ ,.o..,6 x^/ui I '^^^ '^'*â„¢ acroaa the Colorado River! ^^ match-making mother is one of Jean would never now tte dependent million pounds. The dam te being con- 1 "'" ^^ *^*''^^ ^* height of St. Paul's t^iose people whom we often meet in "Oh â€" rich in a gentle way, a few'*" '"''' '*"â-  ^^e pleasures of life. | structed for Irrigation purposes, and if hundred a yearâ€"but this " | ^^'-^ wrot<> to her brother: I ^he company's engineers fall to have "Poor Jean, buried under bullion."' "J<"«n set'ms to be one of the people *"'®'" "P°° "'^ ''»nd by Ju'V. 1925, they "You're all looking ^t me difTorent- : ***"*â-  "" ^^^^ °^ <"^d things happen to,' '*'"' ^^''^ to pay a penalty of $500,000. ly already," cried ijoor Jean. "Mhor, ' {'"'^ . ""Y fortune has played one ofi Cutting Up a Country. H's just the same me. Money can't ''" '"'P'®^ ^"'^'^^ """^ J<^a" has become' -r ♦ .., make any real differencxr Don't stare " ^<^'"y considerable heiress. And I , '"^"^y thousand men are being em- at nw like that." I was there, oddly enough, when the grod tlr ,. construction of this, the "Will Peter have a diamond collar"" ^''^ <•«'• a'iKhted. so to speak, at "^„!^",^^'"',''"VI'^'' "° *°'"'' ^^^ now?" Mhor asked I The Rigs. P>larly for only eigiit months in the "Awful effect of sudden riches"! "One afternoon, just after I came to' fu"'J;^* ?^"* "^'"^ *" J'°°<' '»'"•"'« ..dPan.l,a. -ear up. Jean-Pve no' --.. ^ -Jn^after^.a and ll^ is^XT^lt o^w^S J^K he must be some old family friend, dam .tse^J w^n h^t ^f '"f- '^''^ but it turned out that none of them S irelt a Jke flfTv° m 1 L's n°^ *".' had ever seen him before that after - " - ''^ '""*'' '°°'^ """^ Cathedral, and will entail the expendl- ! "Ovels and at the cinema. We seldom ture of nearly flfty-flve million dollars. The River That Brings Ruin. If the Colorado is not tamed there is no hope of savinc from inundation the prosperous Imperial Valley with ' its 100,000 settlers doubt you'll lie able to get rid of your money. Just think of all the people you will be able to help. You needn't spend it on yourself, you know." "No, but suppose it's the ruin of the boys! I've often heard of sudden fortunes makinjj people go all wrong. "Now, Jean, does Jock look as i. anything so small as a fortune could put him wrong? And Davidâ€" by the w«y, where is David?" "Out," said Jock, "getting some- thing at the stationer's. I^et me tell him when he comes in." noon. He had asked to look over the two miles wide. From this lake will HiK people go all wrong." """ ^ ''»" -^-vvu i« iook over ine run a canal seventy miles long from n, does Jock look as if Jot^e. and to^d Jean that he had lived „Mch, In turn, there will be iJ'oO^ small n« a f^r^,,..^ „«..ij m It as a boy, and Jean, remarking! ^ â€" i".vvw his rather shabby clothes and frail i appearance, jumped to the conclusion 1^ VERY PLEASING BATH ROBE daughter announces her intention •£ marrying him despite all the waraJ ings that are held op before her mi to how such a marriage is sure to turn out. The managing mother prevents these catastrophes. Not believing in the marriage of cousins, she does not invite good-looking young kinsmen ta make their home with her. Sh« freezes out the undesirables. The wise mother teaches heij daughter that while love is the great that he had failed in life and â€" you I Icnow Jean â€" was at once full of ten-| derness and compassion. At his STYLE. "Then I'll tell Mrs. M'Cosh." cried ^"*^' ^^* ®'*"'^ *° ^^^ » ^ong he had ' Mhor, and followed by Peter, rushed ^^'^^ ^'^ mother sing, and finished by from the room. The color was beginning to coma back to Jean's face, and the stunned \ook to go out of her eyes. "Why in the worid has he kft It to^me?" she asked Pamela. "You see the lawyer suggests com- ing to see you. He will explain it all. Ifs a wonderful stroke of luck, Jean. No wonder you can't take it in" presenting him with the song-book containing it â€" a somewhat rare col- lection which she valued. "This shabby old man, it seems, was one Peter Reid, a wealthy London bus- iness man, and owner of The Rigs, bom and bred in Priorsford, who had just heard from his doctor that he had not long to live, and had come back to jhis childhood's home, meaning to die 'I feel like the little old woman in ^ .*"'' "* *'*^ "** retations and few ttie ntirsery-rhyme who said, 'This is '"*"^' *"^ *»»<• niade up his mind to none of I.' I'm bound to wake up and ^"^ ^^ money to the first person ' find I've dreamt it. . Oh- Mrs I**"* **'^ anything for him without, M'OoshI" ' I thought of payment. (He seems to' "It's the vrae laddie Bcott to say hia ' *'*'* *?*" * ^^^' »"^5«Jo«s type of; mother canna come and wash the "**" ^'^ "*'*^ attracted kindness.) ' mom's mornin'; she's no' weel It's ^° ^^^ g:uided his steps to Jean, and juist as weel, settin' the biler's gone ^J^l^j^ *•*** '"*'"''• ^^' '"*''•'«•â-  '«r- ' wrang. I suppoM I'd better gie the '^"='^<^^' ' ^^^ee, but Fate is often laddie a piece?" I "'^* ^ novelette. "Yes, and a penny." Then Jean re-' J'^"' ^^^"^ ^^''' ^^^d meant to ask' membered her new poeseaaions. "No, ' V^ Jardmes to leave The Rigs and let give him this, please, Mrs. M'Cosh '• '^'"'^ there, but â€" there must have Mrs. M'Cosh received the coin and ^^'^ * ^'^^^ P"""' somewhere in the gasped. "Hauf a croont" she said. ' ^^^^ ^'*^'^'® ""anâ€" he hadn't the heart "SJl\'er," said Pameb," is to be no ' *° ^^ '*^ ^^'"^ ^'^ found how attached more accounted of than it was In the '^"'^ ^^""^ *** ^^ P'*"^*"- days of Solomon!" â- ' "^ ^^a^ at The Rigs when the law- "D'ye ken whit je'U dae'" demand ^'"^'^ ''^"*^ '^°"'*- •^*''" "^ *" heiress' «d Mrs. M'Cosh. Ye'li get the laddie '^ ^^''^ funny and, at tlie same time.j taen up by the poltis. Gie him thruD- ' '^•""'"''''y ^"*^'''"^- â- ^'^ '''"*^ **>« fou'd' .ij„-„ j '. .,'--,-â€" -.^=^ ... =.>.» penco-^ifs mair wise Uke " I *'^'">' «' nothing but that the lonely ; ^'*'*'^'^**y",.,*'"^«°*^ materials for a' Was never said In rhyme. "Oh, very well," said Jean thwarts '^''* •"«" «*>« »*«'' '"«d ^^ be kind to'!"/]â„¢' f •,*^"--,u * ~"'"^- *''"* •*' n • *T ^ edfltthevo,-ybe^nningoTh;reffoS'^"« ^''''^- ""^ ^«Pt bitterly. Then | ^et ,lnth ^* ^^ '''*'"'- **'' "^1 ^ w"? '^ In philanthr<T,jr "I'll go and ,^ hU ! "' ^'f'^' ^^8^*" ^ ^""^^'-^ t^* 'act of the ' T,^^p^ ?*^- • . - . o- ' ""^^ ^"'f ^ mother to-mo?row and flnrlt^hat '"""^^ ^''^ ^^ ^^'''^^t' «"fl^<>^«t'^d with I g/'^ ^^^^^^ record-n.,3 per thousand she needs. Have jx>u heard the ,^«^ i *be thought of her own wealth. She'itS I art .« f«T\^'T'*/^-^* = ' r ,,• k, Mrs. McCosh?" "**^'| told us piteously that it wonlrfnV ^''"" l^"'?.'".!'^-^^ Inches bu.st meas- Fashionable person see her in real life, because such odium is attached to the match- making mother that most women steer clear of the role. They wash their hands of all responsibility and leave and yearly crops ^^^^ daughters to shift for th«n- representing a value of »100,000,000. i **''** *^"* getting husbands. The rtver flows at the phenomenal ^'*'' *" wrong. Between the schem- speed of thirty miles an hour, as fast ''^*f mother who disposes of her as many trains! In 1906 It overflowed daughter in marriage as if she were^ its banks, cut a deep channel thirty- * slave on the auction block, and the ! thing in matrimony, it is not every- flve miles long through the desert, and mother who leaves her daughter's ma- ; thing, and that a woman does not formed what Is known as the Salton trimonial fate entirely to chance, long love a husband who has not th* Sea, a huge lake 50,000 acres In area, there is a wide field In which it is not solid qualities that command her re.; Early In June, 1922, it wiped out al- *"'y the province but the dVity of a [ spect She teaches her that a maa most half the Palo Verde Valley, hope- S'^od mother to forward her child's! who can make his wife a comfortabh lessly submerging two towns, mining happiness and well-being. living will hold her affections longe* thousands of dollars worth of standing It is strange that so many mothers ^''an one who starves her and repeals crops and rendering thousands of peo- : do not realize this, for nearly all wo- PO**^y t° her. So, when the girl s»^ pie homele ss. | m«n, even when they have not been ! ^•'^ her life partner she does it In- - I happily married themselves, believe in j t«Ui««ntly, instead of marrying tha Pattern mailed to any address on'^^^^age'. They recognize it as wo-j J"* attractive man who strikes her. receipt of 20c in silver, by the Wilson man's predestined place in life, the : 'ancy. Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St., â-  career in which slie is most likely to Toronto. i find peace and contentment. Every Send 15c in silver for our up-to- woman wants her daughters to marry. date Fall and Winter 1924-1925 Book ^^^ never feels safe about them until of Fashions. A Poem You Ought to Know. In a Drsar-Nlghted December. The following lyric Is by John Keats, and the concluding lines are among the most poignant in our literature.: â€" In a drear-nlghted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy bmnches ne'er remember Their gieen felicity ; The north cannot undo them. With a sleety whistle through then; Nor frozen thawlngs glue them Prom budding at the prime. In a drear-nlghted December, Too happy, happy brook. Thy bubbllnga ne'er remember Apollo'e summer look ; But with a sweet forgetting. They stay their crystal fretting. Never, never petting About the frozen time. Ah! would 'twere so with many A gentle girl and boy! ' But were there ever any Writhed not at passed Joy? To know the change and feel It, Ai^-n o . J fl , I When there Is none to heal It, 4»o9. Striped flannel, corduroy and Nor numbed sense to steal It, they are married, and the first breath of relief that a mother draws from the time her baby grirl is born is when she sees her walking out of the church door on the arm of her husband. This being the case, why Is getting her daughter married not a legitimate occupation for the mother? Why should not a niother use her wisdom and experience in trying to secure a good husband for her child? No mother has a right to use her influence to make her daughter marry any particular man Just becatise he Men help their sons to start In business. Why should not mothers help their daughters to marry? That'* the average girl's business in life. AVOID CROWDING THE WIN- DOWS. A few well-grown plants are mors beautiful in the window garden than a compact mass can possibly be. I like to have every plant I grow show. Its iudividual beauty, which it cannet do when crowded by others. Then^ if we have to divide our attention tos much no plant will get the personal care that is so necessary to success. If you want to feel the greattst pride in your flowers aim to grow is a "good catch." But she should usel «pl«ndid specimens rather than a not- ber own matrimonial experience and ahle collection. I would rather grow her own knowledge of men to guide 'one fine Thurstoni begonia and bavs her girl in making the right choice of j it so perfect that it would compel ad- a husband. i miration than grow a couple of dozen Every woman knows that in afl^irs [ ^K**"***- "^^ commonplace except the of the heart an ounce of prevention is 'variety. worth a pound of cure. There is no use in arguing with a girl in love. I would rather grow one fern that would fill a window with its filmy She is temporarily Incapable of seeing 'I'onds than a half dozen smaller ferns anything in its true light. She is of different kinds. My friends would deaf to all reason. Girls marry the ' ^^^^^ with me over ths one while they men with whom they are thrown in|^*>"'d give the collection but a pass- contact. Hence it is the mother's I '"« glance.â€" A. H. duty to see that the men with whom' her daughters associate are the kind' AFTER THE LAST BLOW-OUT she would we'.co.Tie as her sons-in-law.! OLD INNER TUBES HAVE The sensible mother does not take' MANY USES, into her family a handsome young . u • . , relative and throw him into daily as-i, â- ?" ?."' '""^' *"be has many uses sociation with her daughter, and then 1 1" J j^?'^^ *^',r "'**'' '^ .^?^ I*?" \^ Mrs. M'Cosh came into the room and folded her hands on her snow- white apron. "Weel, .Mhor come in and tell't me some kjnna story nboot a lot o' money, but I thwht he was Juist bletherin'. le't a fac'?" An old recent summer England ^^ and Wales had the lowest death-rate howrwi'thhonTr' wheTThe 'finds tha't!'"^* ^^^^ °" **** automobile. Yf'rub """"'' "" ~ " *" they haNe fallen in love with each ^^^ ^*"^' °' various widths arc cut ! change her at all. I think the poor'"'^ ^ I^^^'T ^^'* f"?"!â„¢" child already felt the golden barrier'*'" '*^ ^'"""^'' material, that wealth builds round its owners. I don't think Mr. Peter Reid was kind] thoufh perhaps he meant to be. Jean 4H Athens r.lept under toverlets o( dress- â-  ed peacock skins, with the feathers j other and want to get married. Nor ancient does she give the run of her house to from it, they will find many uses around the household. A paper- is such a con.scientious, anxious pil- grim at any time, and I'm afraid tho "It would Rceni to be. Tho lawyer i '"^alth will hang round ner nook like In Ix>ndon writes that Mr. Peter Reid ' **^ Ancient Mariner's albatros.s. --d'you renwmber an old man who'. ' ' J. **"y*' ****" wondering, Biddy, came here to toa one day In October'' "^ ^''' ^^^''^^ •^â- *^"'" chances. I -he came from Ixwidon and lived at "^"Tj T" ''''^ "" ' ^'"^ ^'^'â- '^ "•<^* ** Oje Temi>oranceâ€" has left mo all his ' T" v ^ ^^""^ '*"" *" *'"* *''''"«â-  fortune, which is a Icrge on<< I can't ' * ' ''*"' "'' "'" ''"d and which thhik why. ... And I thouphl he was 11°"*^ "i"" V"^' ' ''â- "'* ^ ""^ »«>"-ihly so poor. I wanted to have him here ,?®PP"'"***' *'^'' '*• b«t I'm not at to irtay, to .«r.ve him paying hotel bills < !. """^ .^\ **"'' °^^ *'"'''^ »' '<"•- Poor man, lu- must have bc^en very' ."''"* ***'P ^'^^- "ei attitude' friendlfss when he left his money to' ^t^*, Jl' "carriage with you was un- • stranger." I thinkable; you had so much and she "It's a queer turn up onyway I ! *""' ?. ""'*• ''^*'''' *bis evens things hilst hope it's a' richt. But I would u"' ?°" ^ ""^^- °°"'^ "^^^ ^-^ave see It afore ye spend it. I wris rfadin' "''*"*' *" ^"l?' *'°'' ""'"l^- ^he will s bit in the papers the ither day aboot Ti ^^ f "^'l' °^ '^^â„¢** '«•" ' helping people, and I'm afraid the poor child will get many bad falls. So long as she remains in Priorsford with pople like Mrs. Hoj)* iind the Mac- donnlds to watch over her she C4jn't , come to niiy harm. Don't be anxious. I ; Hone.Hly, Biddy. I think she cares for! I'm a wumnum who got word o' a forturvo sent her, and weiit and pot a' sorts o' braw rlae.'i and thintr.- ower the heid o't, and hen! it wi- a' a l>egunk. And a fpeend o' mine bed a husband oot aboot C.anad» sonu-when', and she got word o' his death, and fthn claiinKvl the t. . j bwurnno... and got verrn braw blncks ' *T'' "" ^ ° ^^^' "*''*'' ^"' **»«'> and hen. who should tun. up but hiii '''" '^'"' ^^ brdship. as Ivovin' as you or me! Eh,! " continued.) pair thing, sh«! wis awfu' annoyed! ♦ .... You Ixf carpfu'. Miss Jean, and see the color o' yer money afore ye begin giein' awa' hnufcroons instead •* p*^nie«." CHAPTER XIX. U is always easier for poor human Power of the Will. "I'ls In ourselves wo are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to tho which our wUli are Rfirdencrs; so that If we will plant nettles or sow Icttuoe, set hyssop and weed up thyme, mpply ll with one gender of nature to weep with those who woep horha or distract It with many, either thin to rejoice with thoee who rejoice, to have It tttorile with idleness or man- Into our congratulations to our more' n"^ ""h Industry, why. the fortunate neighbor we often manage to squeeze something of the "hateful rind of resentment," forgetting thai the eop of life is none too sweot for any of u.=:, and tiocd-i nothing of our Wt- iervfi.s adiled. fascinating ne'er-do-well and I ''f 1^^*'' package is quickly fast-ned her' ^ one or two of them. The parcel- I post package secured by these rubber bands arrive in good condition. Par- { affined jelly glasses, if they have no j tin rovers, can be covered with circles of pap?r heid in place by these rublier bands. Littie daughter may use them as garters to hold bands in her bloom- ers. If whole sections are cut, fringed and laced together, they make 'iindy bi.gs. The large sire can b » stretched down over the broom and saves much wear on the edges. Baby will have no end of fun rolling a ball throjgh a piece of inner tube a foot long. power I and corrigible authority of this lies In | our wIIIh. Rhakcepenre's "Otiiello." l88Uk No. 82â€" 'B4w The dictionary, in d«<finlng a hypo- i-rit*', doe.-n't .â- Â«iy he must tio'ong to .some church. Minard's Ltalmsnt Hsais Owti^ MEN HUNT IN CANADA 8t«r players from Yankee baseball team join captain of Chicago White Sox in huntlnj trip to New Brunsv/ick woods. Top leftâ€" Eddls Collins, Fred Hoffman, Bob Shawkoy, Joe Bush. Rightâ€" Bob Shawkey with one of his trophies. Be- low â€" Eddie Collins prepares a steak. Eddie <;ol!lng, captain of the Chicago White 8oi. with Bob Shawkey, Fred Hoffman and Joe Bush, lending right hand pitchers of the Yankees, and Dr. Walford, of Philadelphia, hayo Just returned to civilization after a success- ful sojourn In tho Toblque game district of New Brunswick, about which they are most enthusiastic Charlie Creiuin, th»i noted guide of tho Tohlqne, had them I.- t«w. Char'le met the rest ef the isarty at ria'^Ier Rock the Jumping off place on Uie Canadian Paclflc Railway. Joe Hush landed first bk»d. killing a moose with a flfty-inch spread of .nnll'ers. Shawkev klllcil one later with a Bproad of fifty three Inches. Immediately followlug up by killing a Im k with nntler.^ carrvinc iventy-three points, while Dr Walford and Freil Hoftman were killing a moose and a deer each. Au Albino fell to Joe Bueh on lbs last day. "' n - BAKED RICE- MEXICAN STYLE Besides being easily prep;ired. rios dishes ere especially uourifihing and a good substitute tor potatoes whi<d^ unless baked, cannot be prepared ta a short time. Rice can be cooked in twenty mla> utes and used at any time thereafter for several days. The following recips ' tor Mexican baked rice makes a very substantial "one-dish dinner" which is I suitable for busy days. Cook one and one^iiiartpr cupfuis ot j rice In boiling salted water for thirty j mluutes. Add one and one-half cup- j fuls tomato Juice, one large green pep- ' per cut up fine, one-half cupful chopped ! pimento and a dash of pepper. Mix i together thoroughly iintl pour lato a I wellbutler<»d «nnaniele1 ware baking ! dish, the poroelaln-llke su^fac^ of j which will not affect or he afTected by I the acid In the tomatoes. On to|i I place the tomato pulp, left attsf I straining the Juice. Bake thirty tiiln- j utes In a hot oven. Serve while hot. If you have baking or cooking to do after you aiÂ¥ dressed up for the afternoon, protect the oleeves of jx»ui gown with the tops of a pair of dis- cnrtled while stocking.'!. A rubbei band at the top will keep tho'i> in place. For Sore fsstâ€" Mlnanr* Linimsnt 1 1 . * '. i I :< -( < 1 4 1 \