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THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1926 eee rd SOCIAL and PERSONAL I A The Reformer invites the co-gperation of its readers in contributing items to this column. Send us a post. _ card or phone 35. --Miss Hilma Ramshaw 'of this city who tried her music examina- tions at the Toronto Conservatory PRA Ysic lagt" "weak, fussed with HAS. CLOSE CALL ROOF - COLLAPSES Secretary 'Metealfe, Curling Club, Misses Falling Timbers By Inches Metcalfe, Ont, Feb, 25-=Imprisoncd in the Metcalfe Curling Rink when the root collapsed under the 'weight of snow from a blizzard which had been * raging all day, Russell Blair, Sceretary of the club, this afternoon. had a nai vow escape frond serious injury or death. Warned by the sudden sharp sound of breaking timbers, Blair dashed for the door, only to find it blocked By the heavy acculmlilation " of snow. Wedging himself tightly against the wall as "the heavy tilnbers crashed dowh, he escaped by' inthes, * NOV ELS AND SHOR®P STORIES. COME FROM ITALJAN PUGILINTS Rome, Feb. 27.--Erminio Spalla, onee for a brief moment considered a potential successor to the world's heavyweight crown, and Bruno Fratini, also a well known pugilist, write short stories and novelettes, Spalla's latest claim to immor- tality is a novelette describing 2 idyllic amorous adyenture. Frat- tini offers a short-story with darkest Afrvica as the setting. Death of five nuns from mysteri- ous cause at hospital in Dickinson, N.D., is perplexing authorities, PATTERN 400 All the best points of the Spring mode are summed Up in this frock of' black 'flat grepe--the use of dull black combined with white, the' long, tight sleeve, the rippling flare and the collar which repeats the circular note in its finish. The shonlder tucks are also a favored note. The pattern 'for this model simple and easily followed. comes in sizes 16 years and 36 to 42 bust measure. In size 36 it takes 3 5-8 yards of 40 ineh mater- inl with 7-8 yards of 32 inch con- (rasting material, It will be sent to you upon receipt of 20 cents in stamps or currency (coin preferred). Refer to pattern 400. Address Lucille Lorraine, Special Fashion Designer, Oshawa Daily Reformer, Oshawa, Ont. is It Starved Hearts By Mildred Barbour i " " rg She drew Madelon into the gay hitlé sitting room 'that had been 'Barbara's, The lights, peach-colored shades, seemed a sacri legze in! the presence of (death. A five wits burning on the hearth Barbara » favarite sea-coal «fire. A frivolous little French clock still ticked on (he desk, It seemed to Madelon incredible that the lovely spirit around whom all this had centered, was flown. She could almost feel Barbara's presence, an in- tangible something like the brush of invisible wings, "I want to show you said Ann' in a low voice, must swear never to tell" She went to a wardrobe back with a teagown of flung over her arm, a lovely thing of rainbow chiffons, Copyright 92, bY Sra liten News paper Servi C, Nw wk. 2 LUCKY IF STRUCK BUT ONCE BY HUBBY Viiicouver, Feb. something," "But you and came Barbara's trailing 25.--"The average woman' is lucky If she never gets mbre' than one blow from her 'hus- band," Haid ' Chief Justice Gordon Hunter, in 'granting $50 a wionth allowance to James A. Dickie, whose deceased wife, a Vancouver millin- er, left him only $1 of her $28,000 estate. Executors of the estate opposed the application of Dickie, who said he was destitute, on the grounds that he had assaulted his wife at one time, and Also because he had been named as co-respondent in a divorce case in 1910. "I'm not going to throw him oul in the street now if she supported him for 16 years in spite of his mis conduct," said Chief Justice Hunter, in holding that Dickie had not been responsible for his actions when he signed a release of his rights to the estate, SHOCK KILLS WOMAN, Durham, N.C., Feb. 25.--Shock and displeasure hecause of the mars riage of her seventy-five-year-old daughter is given as the immediate cause of the death of Mrs. White, 102 years old, at her home in Me- Dowell County. After the funeral of Mrs. White the daughter and her husband left on a bridal trip to Ar- kansas, 102 ° springing up under their CAN YOU FINISH THIS PICTURE Complete the drawing by tracing from figure one to two and so on to the end. Then use your crayons or water-colorg and see how nicely you can Solor 18, d £033 A Says Mrs. Coolidge ; Talks No Business "With Husband New York; Feb. 26.--Mrs. 'Coo- lidge never discusses' husiness ' with the President, C, Bascom Slemp, his former secretary, discloses in his new book on 'the Mind of the Pre- sident." "But she has provided a home atmosphere that has made infinite- ly easier the development of the President's unique personality," Mr. Slemp adds. "There he has refresh- ed his weary spirit when the day was done. There he has ever found the warming fire of sympathy and affec- tion, the inspiration of a hayfpy and contented companion, the fortilying example of anether blameless life." Mr. Slemp's book, to be published by Doubleday, Page and Co., is made up of extracts from the President's public utterances, TRIE 4 ¥ STIMULATING | INTEREST London--=The Dpchess of Portland has donned her fighting clothes 10 } | smn | CONCERNING THE ACTION AND THE CHARACTERS STEPHEN LANE, wealthy, middle-aged, despotic, rules with » tyrant hand his young wife BARBARA, who sold herself in- to a loveless warriage, and MADELON, his beautiful orph- aned niece, whose father's mars risige he had opposed some twens iy ea before and whose guardianship now devolves upon hiss. He has already broken up her boy and girl affair with DUANE FARLEY, and turned him for sympathy to Barbara, who, unknown to Farley, fell in. love with him, and seat abroad, with biasiness ruin as the only alternative, Madelon's real love JULIAN BARTON, whose suit is sponsored by ANN ORDWAY, lifelong family friend, who loved Lane deeply despite his faults but whose lack of 'beauty kpt her unnoticed by him. Lane sends Barbara and Madelon to California where the meets HOWARD CHANDLER, fascin- ating , and marries him to escape Lane's tyr THE SUMMONS HOME "Barbara died last night. Come at once--Stephen Lane." Madelon "re-read the credgloushy. Barbara "dead? Impossible! ' It was some cruel trick of Lane's to make her come home. "Ain't there no answer?" The mes- senger boy, shifting impatiently from one foot to the other, enquired sharply. She held out her hand for the blanks he shoved at her, accepted the dirty stub of pencil, and scrawled 'a few words. Then she wert back to her interrup- ted breakfast. But her desire for food was gome. She seemed to be groping in a midst of unceality. Barbara couldn't be dead! so young, so alive even und frozen exterior, so beautiful! around her pretty break- fast room, -at the sunlight streaming in through crisp, ruffled curtains, shining on her polished copper percolator, va the low vase of jonguils in the center of the table. Surely Death had not been so cru as to take all that from Barbara. ar. "bara, who loved the warm sunlight so! She couldn't believe it! She wouldn't Howard Chandler's death had le it her Despite her efforts to foroe telegram in- She 2 unmoved gre eyed. She could not crowd out of her consciousness the welcome knowled.e that she was free at last of her un- happy bargain. But this of! She this was hotrible to think loved Barbara uch more than she had even realized. They could have had these happy vears tos gether if Lane had not been so relent less. Was it all too late now? Mindful of the tie if she would make the train she had mentioned in her answering she rang for her mand and gave brief directions Before the hastily smmmoned taxi | was at the door she was ready in her trim traveling costume, her bags closed | and waiting. She drove to the school and acquainted Mme. Guilbert with her sorrowful errand. An hour later, she was on the train speeding westward. It was ght when she reached Stephen Lancs s home. The house was | in darkness except for a light in the | entrance hall. She shuddered with the thought of what that darkness portended, and, un- consciously, her eyes went to the wing that had been Barbara's. By the are light on the corner, she could see that the curtains were closely drawn thert. How many times poor beautiful un- happy Barbara had stood by those win- dows staring out at the life that drifted zayly up and down the Avenue! Masters, uhpassive as ever, admitted hér and ushered her 'into 'the library where Lane was waiting. Madelon had no time to wonder waat | her welcome would be after the years iD that bad clapsed since last they saw cach other . He rosc from his chair by the fire, wire, Spr her a few hall passed over him. He seemed older, bis erectness was less evident. He was much greyer. No trace of emotion showed in his face, though his greet- was kindly, almost gentle. Madelon kissed his cheek impulsively. Quick tears had sprung to her eyes. "Poor Uncle Stephen! Pm so terri- bly, terribly sorry! How did it hap- pen 2" Lane shook his & "She wasn't ill at It was her heart. in the night. morning" He sat down suddenly, motioning her to the chair opposite. It was the chair in which Barbara used to si, silent, imuobile in the shadow. "An old man, Madelon!" he said, shaking his head wearily. Getting to be an old man You must come pack to me. 1 shall need you now that Badbaras' gone." ad sadly. --that we knew. She passed quietly Madelon made no reply. She deeply sorry for him. + She could not | have refused at"that momen. She left him after awhile | up through the darkened house. and went unm and s il i and she saw that some subtle i Her maid found her this +H wash stimulate interest in all British fash ions for women. Paris styles were good, she admitted, but London modes too are up-to-date, The Duchess has visited her favorite shops here personally and informed the owners that unless they handled Not tingham lace and other dress material from British manufacturers she would strike them off her list. For the first time in the history of the trade the advance fashions of spring werc shown here instead of ex- clusively in Paris. Appelene, green grass and turquoise arc among the spring colors. ADOPT RUGBY HAT London--Women are adopting the "ruzby" hat, modelled much on the lines of those worn by footballers. They are made of different colored velvets moulded on "rugger" lines, with the downward flap on cach side covers ing the cars. Some are decorated with lighter colored material while othe bave a bow of ribbon hanging from jhe right side over the car-flap. MULTI-COLORED BAND ' London--Women have abandoned the plain black moire band as :a watch wristlet, and substituted the multi-color band. Moire wristlcts cm- broidered with tiny flowers in many colors, others in colored silks arranged in patch-work design, and even "jazz band" wristlefs are*gow the vogue. = | News About Woweni in Europe. LONG SLEEVES London--A Plantagenet day and cvening gowns bas adopted by London's most exclusiy¢ set, but only far sleeves are concerned, Skirts remain on the short side for day and evening costumes, but sleeves have become 'more voluminous and trail the ground in many instances. ENGAGED FOR REVUE London Elizabeth Hines, the American actress who created the lead- ing role in "Little Nellie Kelly" in New York, has been engaged by Charles B. Cochran as one of his lead- ing ladies. "She will begin her work ia England at Manchester March 17, in a new revie which Mr. Cochran wili produce there preparatory to bri ging . to London to replace * "Still Danci "Still Dancin, in which Alice Dely sia is' the star, will be transferred to New York. i for been mode sO as MARIE LLOYD ON STAGE London--Marie Lloyd, Jr, 1s the name under which the daughter of the late Marnie Lloyd has made her ap- pearance in British music halls. Th: young wo:nan has much the appearance of her famous mother in the days when the latter first appeared in vaudeville in the United States, and also many of her mother's guaint mannerisms. EDNA MAY LIKES LONDON London--Edman May, who won fame in London twenty-seyen years ago when she appeared in "The Belle of New York" likes the British capital I= rp * 1d I I UR first February 0 10 pm, will positively il oh | met her at the top of the stair : kissed her. Her plain, Liadly face | i into her heart, she had been dry- showed that she had beca we ope =r Your Last Opportunit Fo i This. Year Ne Solids Futniture At February Prices BUY ON OUR HOUSEHOLD CLUB PLAN OF x 3B wi: * RSI Ce Sk -- so well that she has lived here since the death of "her husband, Oscar Lewisoly, cight years ago. Mrs. Lewisohn is an attendant at first nights in London and keeps con- stantly in touch with many of her old stage "friends, although she has no thought of returning to the footlights as a performer, "The modern audience is losing c¢a- thusiasm," Mrs. Lewisholn declares. "People are more blase today than they were a quarter of a century ago. The old stagedoor adulation is all over, The old privacy of the player is gone, and with it much of the respect and admiration of playgoees." pm NOT BRICK THROWERS London --Plate glass insurance coin- panies are not having any increased business as a result of the campaign lavuched © by the League to obtain the same franchise for women that men enjoy. Murs, Pethick Lawrence and Miss El- len Wilkinson have addressed several meetings, and there is no indication that the brick-throwing tactics of the Pankhursts are to be duplicated, al- though the meetings so far have bgea attended chiefly by old-time militant suffragettes, Sandwich-board women, parades and open air meetings will! figure in the camp "wh. The younger women do not display theszeal which 'marked the work of the old pioneer suffragettes, Women of Great Britain are not al- lowed to vote until they are thirty, while males may vote when they are twenty-one... Women are seeking to remove this diserilnination, WOMAN IS HONORED Paris--The list of awards of the Leg- ion of Honor issued by the Minidtry of Agriculture includes, to quote the Official Journal : Nadame Godin, widow, farmer at Souvighy, working! farmer for45 years, mothet of 14 children of whom 12 woik on the land. Two sons and one son: in-law: killed during 'the war. Left a widow when cxpecting her fourteenth child, with five 'still babies, she cour- ageously took up the running of hes farm alone. Althoogh now 065, she still works with her children." LOVE IN JAPAN Paris--Mademoisella Yamata, the Japanese writer who has just publish- ed a novel mm French but dealing witls life mi her own country, was in a draying room with the Countess de Noailles, the poetess. The conversation fell on love in Japan, the Cri De Paris recounts. Mile, Yamata explained that a Japanese woman considered herself the servant of the man and placed obe- dience dnd humility in the first rank of virtues "But," asked the Conntess, "if yon Jearncd that he intended going out 10 spend the eyening with the courtisans, what 'would you do?" "Look through the purse," the Japanese girl, "to sce that he plenty of moncy with him." The French wives present protested, replied had futilely GIRL WORTH 100,000 FRANCS Paris-----The "esthetic value" of a young woman in France is 100,000 Francs, according to a decision ren- dered by the correctional court here A girl, aged seventeen, run down by a motor car received injuries that leit scars on her' neck and face. She first sued for damages and then her parems sued on their own account for dimin- ished "esthetic value" of their daughter. IN DEMAND AS BRIDESMAID London--Lady Mary Thyanc appar- ently does not have any dread of the old "adage, "three times a bridesmaid never a bride. She was bridesthaid for both Prin- cess Mary and the Duchess of York and ¢ssayed that role for. the fatal third time 'at the recent wedding' of Miss Stanley fo the Hon. Maurice Lubbock. Lady Mary Thynug always has been a great favorite with the King and Queen and all" their children. In fact it has been generally known for years ihat the Prince of Wales was probably Jonder of Lady Mary than of any girl in Great Britain, and at tithes there have been rumors thal she might one day be England's next queen. She is the daughter of Lord Bath and her sister recently married Lord Northampton. HOLLAND WOMEN ORGANIZED The Hague --~Thc® progressive' spirit which * is" active among women in Holand nowadays is illustrated by the success "of the! Women's Club here, which fas just celebrated its fifth ah- niversary. Initial timidity ' to! join a purely women's 'club Was soon overcome, and téday it has more than 600 megibers, drawn from all classes. Women members "take their hus- bands there' to dinner on Sundays, when doinestic help 'have the day off. Another sign of progress is the per- mission gradted® 10 mticipal hospital nurses to bob or shingle. Furniture Sale defiin- itely closes Saturday, February 27th, at Every piece of Fi miture in our stock has been re- : month. These special prices withdrawn after Saturday at 10 pm. Do met: miss this opportunity of you meed furpiture. SINGER A GOLF F, : London--Elena Gerhardt, the Ger- man lieder singer, who is in England for a scrics of concerts is a great golf fan. "I took up the game after my visits to America, where 1 found wolf and prohibition to be the chic subjects of conversation. Everyone in America plays who can afford it," Mme. Ger- hardt declared. "And 1 got the fever. Now I arrange to play cighteen holes every day when 1 am not traveling. It is so much better exercise than sitting in a motorcar" WANTED CHAPERONE London--The daughter of a cabinct adinistél almost started 2 panic 'by teleph the organizer of a listle dancing party that it would be am- possible - her to attend ubless' there was a chaperone. "Decbutantés have treated chaperones 28% so shabbily of recent years that the venerable dowagers who used to de- light in sitting 'oy the sidelines at balls have nearly all gone on a s a FIRST HARD COAL The first car of hard coal to reach Belleville since thé resumption eof ing arrived Wednesday. It was and H Coal with about 50 toms of the precions "black diamonds™ aboard. The car crossed on the Cobourg ferry, Women's Freedom | \ The Most. Digestible of Sweets Qur pure Corn Syrup is' relished by adults and: children because of it's | delicious flayor. i It is also rich infood value, and so easil DSBURG CROWN 12320: N iD] CORN SYRUP REDDY FOX FINDS NOTHING. By Thornton W. Burgess. To fool the For wit clever is a joy, "gainst wit you must employ Mocker the Mocking Bird, Reddy Fox was hungry. This wasn't at all uncommon. In winter Reddy is hungry most of the time. It is only oned in a very great while that he has # chance to cat all he can cat. When this does happen, of course, for a day or two he isn't hungry. But Redd isn't one to complain, even when an cimpty stomach keeps him trotting day and night looking for something to put in it. He just makes the most of that wonderful nose of his and those sharp cyes of his and those keen cars of his. He doesn't mean to miss a chance through heedlessness or care lessness on his part, On this particular was working along the «dge Green Forest near where Farmer Brown's Old Orchard had a particular rcason for there. The last time he ha way he ha dseen the tracks of tw three Phesants, Now, if there is any thing that particularly delights Reddy, it is a Pheasant for dinner. He would go a long way and he would run almost any risk to catch a Pheasant I isn't often that he can do it. But « m a while he can, me feels tha ait itis always worth while taking a ch: c This morning as he worked along up the edge of the Green Forest he heard far ahcad of him a* sound that caused him to stop short and prick up his cars My, such an cager look as there in Reddy's eyes as he cocked those two black ears and histened. There is was again! There was no mistake abou A cock Pheasant had cre where up ahead of him You should have steal up along the edge Forest Always his black cars cocked forward. He crouched as low as he could and he took advantage of every little bush and every litle mound of snow, creeping behind them and peeping around before he would move ahead." Of course, he made no noise. On the snow those litde black feet of his could move rapidly withoui a sound. The nearer he got to the place where he thought the Pheasant Reddy of the it jos normng 1 been that ) OF ICL SO was it. wed soni Reddy the seen lox Green were Reddy | bunting | | ust a was the more careful he was in all his movements; At last he pansed 'by 'a little pile of bruhs, - Not very far be- vod this was that Pheasant; he was sure. He would wait for that Pheasant to crow againt, Reddy didn't have to wait long, In fact, he had to wait only a moment or Then he heard that Pheasant and by the sound he was' sure it was just around the other side of that little pile of brush. Yon shoul dhave seen Reddy ercep around that brush! He crouched so close to the snow that his coat actually dragged on the snow. te would take a step and then pause to listen. Then he would titke another step and pause. Pretty soon he was where he could poke his nose around. You should have sce nwith what care he did it. Slowly, slowly, slowly; that little black nose was poked around un- til at last he could sce with one eye the ground beyond that little pile of brush. There was some bushes there, but=-look as he would=he could sce nothing of that Pheasant. thought Reddy. Iwo Crow, "He must have run," "Yes, sir, that is what he must have done. But he can't have run but a very little ways. « There hasn't been time since he crowed Jast" move a litde but he was just as cautions and careful as ever. He was all prepared to make a swift juinp o » catch that Pheasant. And then he heard that crowing once more. This time it was un above his head. He looked np. There sat Mocker the Mocking Bird "Good morning," said Mocker. "How do vou like my imitation of Mr. Pheas- ant's voice ?" So began to faster, Reddy (Copyright; 1920, by T. W. Burgess) - The "Sammy Jay His Temper." next stor EYESIGHT SPECIALIST Muscle Anomolics, Eyesight And Glasses Exclusively By Aponte? 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