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There will be a Â¥alentine Pance, und‘z the ausvices of the Kiwanees (the ladies ef ¢the Kiwanis Club), on Friday evening of this week, Feb. 12th, in the Masonic Hall. Past sucecnses under the same auspices asâ€" sure a pleasing evening for all attendâ€" ing the event toâ€"morrow night. B. Classâ€"Mary Knancevich, Tom Holgovich, John Lark, Gertrude Hawâ€" kins, Elmer Small, Eino Nikulo, Milâ€" ton Sullivan, Fannie Walko. Room IVâ€"H. Murphy, teacherâ€" Class A.â€"Senior Primenâ€"Alma Turâ€" cott, Ethel Hogan, Erica Larkin, Pegâ€" gy Donylchuk, George Percival, Ernâ€" est Webber, Katherine Macdonald, Joy Wookey, John Mira. A very pleasant evening was spent on Saturday last at the Hollinger Reâ€" ereation Club, the event being the Ladies‘ Night of the Lancashire Club. Dancing was one of the main pleasâ€" ures of the evening. Solos by Mr. A. J. Downie and Mr. Jerkin were deâ€" lightful features also on the proâ€" gramme. The ‘‘Streamer Dance‘‘ was one of the happy novelties of the evening the crowded floor being comâ€" pletely entangled in streamers, bright and gay, Two other novelties of the evening were a ‘‘Cinderella Dance" and a ‘‘Dummy Dancee,"‘‘ in the latter two dummies being used and passed on to others by tagging, The A. S. D. Club orchestra provided the best and plenty of music. The refreshâ€" ments w#re the best also, and in plenâ€" ty for the largeâ€" gathering. Next Saturday will be ‘‘Bachelors‘ Night,"‘ and will be a fancy dress dance. e n e m e h.cofie stt es «ol Cl t ECE ~â€" Class B.â€"Senior Primerâ€"Mary Vilâ€" leneuve, Biwick Dawson, Muriel Slms, Wilho Helin, Ernie MceKinnon. Junior Firstâ€"Doris Spurrel, Bobby Robar, Helen Luchan, Mary Holgovich, Bessie Armstrong, Stanley Laing, Albert Villeneuve. o Room VIâ€"Irene Murphy, teacher. Sn Firstâ€"Agnes Robertson, Wilâ€" fred Prest, Elsie Martin, Mary Macâ€" Donald, Eva Prest, Edith® Armstrong, Sybil Laughren, Russell Farr, Lester Besley ; Gertrude Smith andâ€" Elmer Nikula, equal; George Scott, Jimmie Gregulski, Roland Nilson, Florence Dillon and Gerald Macdonald, equal. Room VIII.â€"H. Gertrude Sabine, teacherâ€"Junion Primerâ€"Sada Newâ€" lands, Mildred Dennison, Lawson Hicâ€" key, Sarah Finkelman, Harry Haras, Helen Miller, Anita Shewan, James Smith, May Fowler, Fransesco, Inâ€" narelli, Lilah Norris, Faye Farr, Juâ€" lish Smith, Leslie Haras, John Simâ€" mons,. LANCASHIRE CLUB HAVE VERY ENJOYABLE NIGHT Room VII.â€"J. Belanger, teacherâ€" Jr. â€" Primerâ€"A. Classâ€"Ahti Salo, Walter Rudak, Maria Malisani, Louey Montigny, Joe Popovich. Jr. IIâ€"Wanda Smith, Quanta Baldâ€" ovin, David Sky, Jack Kee, Jean St. Clairâ€"Pike, Madelaine _ Holgovich, Helen Tario, Francis Bobinski, Mike Kuly, Signe Taipole, Walter Barron, Fred â€" Sheculski, Ambrose Beaudin, Reggie McDonald, Ernest Brown. Room Vâ€"A. V. Mitchell, teacher. Senior Firstâ€"Rosa Wong, Stella Miller, Woodrow Brady, Hazel Gilâ€" bert, Mike Holgovich, Eugene Monâ€" tigny, GHladys Gannon, Jean Montigny, Madeleine Rubeck, Charlie Hamilton, Bill Kuly, Rosy Holgovich. Junion Firstâ€"Bobbie Sullivan, Gerâ€" aldine Beaudin, Elvi Rantio;, Walter Spurrell and Helen Mooring, equal; Walter MeCrea, Tom Moore, Mildred Furlong, Edna Cousineau, Jack Hartâ€" ling, C. Classâ€"Vulko Helen, George Couâ€" sineau, Florence Harris, Barney Weber, Kezia Taylor. Room IVâ€"I. V. Cole, teacherâ€"Sn. II.â€"Jack MceCrae, Mary Hickey, Mary Holgovich, Violet Innes, Daisy Miller, Alex. Greguliski, Rigoletta Pianosi, John Valentine. Sr. II Classâ€"Robert Moore, Neilâ€" son Macdonald, Julish Dermansky, Jennie â€" Hill, Madeleme Mchmnon, Margaret Mlller EC Lk is > Jms Room IIIâ€"Victoria Malkin, teacher Jr. III Classâ€"Vrena Lindrosa, Patâ€" rick Robertson, Marguerite Smith, Leonard Briden, Eli Kokkonen, Dorâ€" othy Carey, Dennis Duxfield; Edna Gannon and Gertrude Pietila, equal; Harvey Laine, Aloise Smith; Tom Leck and Gilbert Miller, equal; Ruth Lark, Mary Walko. : Room II, Sr. III Classâ€"Florence Hubble, teacherâ€"Marion Leng, Grace Lark, Stanley Shippam and Billie Keeâ€" ley, equal Walter Finkelman and Billie McKay, equal; Eileen Larkin and Edith Williams, equal; Thomas Uttâ€" ley, Gordon Uttley, Fanny Finkelman, Neéllie Ansara; Willa Robar and Rosaâ€" lie Robinson, equal; Maurilio Zuliani. Names in order of merit. Room Iâ€"â€"John A. Bush, princeipalâ€" Senior â€" Fourth _ Classâ€"Margaret Robertson, Joan Huxley, George Kenâ€" nyson, Kenneth Hope, Sophia Kokâ€" konin, Mamie Grentz, Franceis Gilbert, Dorothy Armstnong, Sylvia Niem® Jim Keeley, Junior Fourth Classâ€"Margaret Meâ€" Kay, Mary Jaksic, Jennie McLeod, Beatrice Leck, Roy Hamilton, Mary Taipale, Theresa Hope, Evelyn Leck, Grant Barron, Chrissie Murphy, konâ€" ald Denny, Dorothy Heath. Standing of Puplls in Various Classes. Names in Order of Merit. JANUARY HBNOUR ROL AT SCHUMACHER SCHOOL Th efollowing is the January reâ€" rt of Schumacher Public School : Among the people from other counâ€" tries coming to live in the North Land those from Italy have proven generâ€" ally as particularly good citizens. In this district there are Italians in busiâ€" ness, in the mines, in various trades and professions, and they â€"are good Canadians because they are goodâ€"citiâ€" zens. Industrious, cheerful and anxious to do their part fairly, they are valuable additions generally to citizenship here. _ There are a number of natives of Italy who have taken up farming and dairying and they have ITALIAN SETTLEMENTS SUGGESTED FPOR NORTH Â¥ .. k t $9,000 4 You can‘t help enjoying the hunt for "Bâ€"Words" in this Picture Puzzle. All you need is an observing eye. Let‘s all join in and have a jolly good time. No matter your age, if you like to solve puzzles, try your hand at this one. It really is not a purzle at all, for all the objects in the big picture above have been made D('{fe"uy, plain, with no attempt to disguise or hide them. Get a pencil and paper and see how many "Bâ€"Words" you can find. When you have made up your list of Words‘ send it in along with one, two, or three yearly subscriptions to The Mail and Empire at $5.00 per year, which will qualify your answer for the Large Cash Prizes to be awarded on March 19th to those sending in the 130 best answers START YOUR LIST OF "Bâ€"WORDS" TOâ€"DAY AND WIN A HANDSOME CASH PRIZE FOR YOULR § . EASTY RULESâ€"â€" * -- 1. Any man, woman or child who lives in Can and is not a resident of Toronts and who is not in employ of The Ma{ll and Empire may submit an ansy YOUR AN SWER TO THE "Bâ€"WORD" PUZZLE MUST BE T LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3rd THE GREATEST GAME IN CANADIAN HISTORYâ€"â€"AND THE EASIEST PICTURE PUZZLE CONTEST EVER ARRANGEDâ€"â€"150 PRIZES TO BE GIVEN AWAY The picture below contains a number of objects and articles beginning with the letter "B". You will find all sorts of things that begin with the letter "B"â€"like "Bunny‘‘, "Bat", "Ball", "Barrel",. etc. See how many you can find. This is not a trick puzzle; nothing is hidden and you don‘t have to turn the picture upside down or sideways. We are giving you this large picture so that all objects and articles $9,000 Prize List In the cvenrt of a Tie for any prize offered, the full amount of such priie will be paid to each tied murtivimunt. Vinning Aoswers will receive the One Hundred and Fifty Cash Prizes according to the table below: 1st Prize Prize erdu Prize 4tly Prizo 6h Prize ith Prize 8th Prize Oth Prize ltih Prize li1th to 25 Prize lIncl. 5.00 26th to 50th 4 Prize Incl. 4.09 List to 1060th Prize Incli. 3.00 tou 18vth l‘rize ‘Inecl. 2.00 150 Grand i‘ r.kens Are you doer or a dreamer? Do you want success and happiness? Do you want a real Vacation this Summerâ€"the greatest, the finest, the happiest vacation in @ll1 your life; the realizastion of your dreams? Then enter The Mail and Empire‘s "Bâ€"Word‘" Picture Puztle Game toâ€"Gday. Others may enter toâ€"morrow or next week. Your job is to enter and start right now, fully qualified and ready to win $2,000 as your Vacation Treasure. | > You have 150 chances at $9,000 in cashâ€"the greatest opportunity, the largest prize list in history. The present Picture Puztle is the easiest to solve of any published by The Mail and Empire. It is simple, interesting, educationalâ€"and worth while. Subscription Rates PAYARLE IN ADVANCE in Canada by mail $5.00 per year. Delivered by carrier boy in Hamâ€" ilton, $6.00 per year. The Mail and Empire anywhere 150 OPPORTUNITIES AT VACATION TREASURE, WITH A FIRST PRIZE OF $2,000.00 FOR YOU! 25th Inel. 50th Yqu_ may never in your ll!eglmo.a_be___ghr(_m_}not_hgr_opponumty such as we are oflerlng m our Pm_ule_ Ga_x_m_a to f‘play ‘a.pd learig”__whfle galjnlng A _blg_‘(‘a-sh prize. yX 1 $30.00 25.00 20.00 18.00 16.00 14.00 12.00 10.00 €.00 0 ; Reom 207 THE MAIL 4£ND EMPIERE â€" TORONTO, CANADA How Many Objects Beginning With the Letter "B*" Can You Find in This Picture ? C\ S 250.00 150. s 53 15.00 10.00 $1,000.00 erl Be $00.00 2£00.00 100.00 €69.00 40.00 $0.00 20.00 16.00 made a success and proved of value to the communities in which they have taken up residernce. On account of this there will be more than usual inâ€" terest in the following from a recent issue of The Toronto GHobe. Apart from new citizens from Great Britain, no other European immigrants deâ€" serve more hearty weleome than those from Italy. The Ontario Government would do well to make special efforts to secure a good share of the immiâ€" gration from England, Scotland and Wales under the new immigration plans recently inaugurated under the joint auspices of the British and Canadian Governments. «It might be THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO *3uW ofygC $ I8C: 120.00 f)fibilshe prizg m PERIOD THAN THREE YEARS IN ADV ANCE, -J NO SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR A LONGER Mai ail Your Answer and Qualifying Subscriptions to PUZZLE MANAGER 4 Your own subscription will count subscriptions to start at some future «dGate. Just write on the order when you want the paper started and it will start promptly on that Aate, And that‘s not all!l We will give extra amounts on all prizes in the same manner. If your answer is qualified by THREE yearly subscriptions and you win fourth prize, you will receive $600, etc., down the prize list. You are given an opportunity. to particinste in 1540 prizes totalling over $9,000, where the 15¢0th prize with THREE subscriptions wins $15.00. 3500 OO instead of $80.00 will be awarded to the answer winning Y*Y Y first prizc if ONE yearly subscription to The Mail and Empire at $5.00 per year by mail, has been sent in. Sccond Prize, $300.00; Third Prize, $250.00, etc. (See second column of figures in Prizc List.) 81 OOO OO instcad of $30.00 will bhe awarded to the answer winning * * first prize if TWO (new or renewal) yearly subscriptions to The Mail and Empire are sent in; Second Prizc, $600.00; Third Prize, $500.00, etc. (See third column of figures in Prizec List.) ' 82 OOO OO instead of $30.00 will be awarded to the answer winning y * * first prize, provided THREE (new or renewal) yearly subscriptions to The Mail and Empire are sent in; Scecond Prizc, $1,400; Third Prizec, $1,000. (See fourth column of figures in Prize ® The "Bâ€"Word" Picture PuzrZle Game is a campaign to increase the popularity of The Mail and Empire. It costs nothing to take part, and you do not have to send in a subscription to win a prize. If your list of "Bâ€"Words" is awarded first prize by the Judges you will win $80.00, but if you would like to win more than $80.00 we are making the following special offer whereby you can win greater cash prizes by sending in ONE or TWO or THREE yearly subscriptions to The Mail and Empire. Here‘s How the Big Prizes Will Be Awarded: *Asking that Ontario welcome and assist Italian agriculturists who have been:â€"debarred from the United States by the quota law, a deputation waitâ€" ed>C. Cain, Deputy Minister of Mines and Forests, at the Parliament Buildâ€" ings. The deputation was introduced by W. H. Edwards, M. P. P., and inâ€" ecluded D. A. G. GHionna, President of the Italian Aid and Protective Soâ€" ciety, and Salvatore G. Majorano of well also, however, to give careful consideration to" the plans and proâ€" posals of the Italian Aid and Protecâ€" tive Societv. The following is the item in The GHobe referred to above:â€" d is an observing eye. Let‘s all join in and have a jolly good time. No matter what puxrzle at all, for all the objects in the big picture above have been made perfectly # hre Lo. es _ %A~.*9 are also One Hundred and Fifty Cash Prizes will be given for the 150 best lists of words submitted in answer to this puzzle. The answer having the largest and nearest correct list of visible objects and articles in the picture that start with the letter "B" will Be awarded First Prize; second best, Second Prize, 2tc. starting with the letter "B" will be easy for you to see. There is nothing difficult or hard to understand. You can seceâ€"a "Bâ€"ag" is there, and a "Bâ€"ench", and a "Bâ€"icycle" 80 Madison Street, New York City. Both Mr. (GHionna and Mr. Majorano told the Deputy Minister that they have been approached by a large numâ€" ber of residents of the rural sections of Italy who want to emigrate and have been debarred from the United States by the quota law. They askâ€" id the Province of Ontario to set aâ€" »art a certain section for these people preferably in Northern Ontario, where a large community centre might be established. It was promised that only the best class of immigrants would be to Ontario. The society in connection with the generâ€" al scheme of colonizftion proposed to PPE PCPR P 12. Three prominent Toronto citizens#. having no conâ€" nection with The Mail and Empire, will be smselecited to rct as Judges to select the winners, and participants +by sending in their answers agree to actcept the de~.ziun of the Judges as final and conclusive. The Judges will meet on March and announcement of the prize winners and correct list words will be published in The Mail and Empire on March 19th, and prize money wili be malled to the winners promptiy. 10. Subscriptions (both new and renewal), payable in advance of $5.00 per year by mall or $8.00 delivered by carrier boy in Hamilton, will be auccepted. No subâ€" scriptions for dellvery in the City of Toronto will be asâ€" cepted â€"to qua@ality a ns w ors tor. the{klarnr C40}) 2. Prize winners in former Picture Pusile Games coRâ€" ducted by The Mail and Empire, winning $200,.00 or more are not eligible to participate in this puszle. 8. All answers must bo mailed b{d“'edmd.uy. March 3rd, 19%6, and addressed to Puzzle Manager, Iioom 207, The Mail and Empire, Toronto. _ 11. All answers will recelve the same consideration less of whether or not a subscriyptlion to Te Maui and Empire is sent in. LCC x APL r LE 5. Only such words that are nouns commenecing with "B" as appear in Webster‘s Dictionary will be counted. The nouns must be the names of objects seen in the picâ€" ture. Do not use obsolete words. Do not use hyphenated words. Do not use compound words or words formaed by the combination of two or more complete English words, each of which in itself !s the name of an ohject., Where the plural is used, the singular cannot be counted and vice verga. ago basis, Neatness, style, or handwriting have no bearâ€" ing upon deciding the winners. . 8, Any number of people may coâ€"operate in answerâ€" ing the puz®le, but only one prize will be awarded to any one hougehold, nor will prizes be awarded to more than one of any group where two or more have been working together. 6. Words of the same spelling can be used only once, even though used to Gesignate different objects o articles.= An object or article can be narsed omnly once. However, any visible part of an object may also be nuarmed. 7. The answer having the largest and nearest Ccorâ€" rect list of names of visible objects shown in the pleâ€" ture that begin with the letter "PB", with the least or fewest number of errors will be nwarded first prize, etc. The prizes will be GAecided and awardsd on a pearcentâ€" yc § k ce ue on | i P 4. All lists of names should be written on one side of the paper only and numbered consecutively 1, 2, 8, etc. Write your full name and address in the upper right hand corner. If you desire to write anything else, use a BsBeparate sheet. 1. Any man, woman or child who lives in Canada and is not a resident of Toronts and who is not in the employ of The Mall and Empire may submit an ans#swef. Mr. W. H. Metcalf, druggist, of Haileybury, recently fell at his home and received a painful cut on the back of his head. He slipped on a small rug on the polished flbor and fell, striking his head on the radiator. Six stitches were required to close the wound. establish a centre in the city where the new arrivals may be received and weleomed to Ontario and escorted to their destination by agents of the Province or of the soeiety. The proâ€" posals made by the deputation will be considered by Government and an anâ€" swer given in a few days." Thurs., Feb. 11th, 1926 And, now, neros YOUKR OPPORTUNâ€" Partal list of Prize Winners in Recont Puzzle Contests Empire Has Given Away $20,388 to 304 ~Prizg wirners in Reâ€" cent Contests. The winners greo:tâ€"â€"44. A. Bpence, London, $2,000; Mrsa. Jim WWryatt, l{agers»fllc. $1,250; Miss Lue L Firestine, Gl, B1 : Rev. Theo, Isler, \Vlmxuns.bnrg. $1.000 ; Mrs. Angus Caim » Forest, , 0JV ; Mro. Thos. P re, Athens, $1,4840; Mrs. Joe Doyle, Marmora, $1.000; Miss $ MAAAE CC p nie Rensabaugh, Lion‘s HMead, $489; ufirs. RK. 8. h) Walkerville, L. _ Merrick, _ Aliiston, $300; Miss Grace Webb, Illa M. og'olur Wallaceâ€" bnr%‘$l Mres. John 8. tubury, Montreal, $600; G. M. Carmichael, Granton, $250; Mre. 0. 8. Batohelor, Kamloops, Besides the above nriz winners,