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fAix EIGHTS RESBRVBD.J A FACTORY LASS OR THE STRANGE STORY OF VIOLET < BY MARION WARD. Aathor of Love's Thorny Path," "Hit Fur Lady." &c.. CHAPTER XIII. I I ON TI-IN WRONG TRACK. Phyllis Avenel missed her friend even more than she had expected, for, in spite of the contrast in their characters and disposi- tions, she and Rose Lorrliner had been knit together by a love closer than that, existing between IIILW37 sisters. Considering that their parents moved in liITereut scts, and had absolutely nothing in common-, the girls had contrived to see a great deal of each other in the years be- tween their leaving school and flose Lor- riiner's marriage. Sir Jasper Avenel was the head of an old Midland ianiily, but though he possessed a prosperous. esta;co and a rent roll of five thousand a year, he always i.-osed as a poor man, declaring tha.t, with eight children and a delicate wife, he to pi«ctise g-rcat economy, and 1m though Phyllis was always well dressed, her pocket-money was cut down to the merest fraction, and her I father gave her to. undferstand that he pre- ferred her visiting at Elmwater to inviting Rose often to Tiie Towers. When Miss Lorrimer was at Avenel, he never altered his usual mode of life, which ho .called- "plain living an,d high thinking," and v/hen Phyllis expostulated with her mother the poor lady sr. id simply that she w-a powerless to. change tilings, and since 'Rose was used to every luxury at her own home, ft could not hurt her to live plainly for a few days. lXose was iar too -sweet,t-pn-ip,-Ired to wind -the economies at The 'Towers. Cold boiled mutton on massive silver dishes, and handed by a venerable butler, suet pudding served 011 ahnost priceless porcelain, were rather anomalies, but she cared nothing wlittt Elie ate or drank, and concluded that, laaviig seven -giris. Sir Jasper, was trying to save a Provision' ior them• in his own lifetime. s ince k t his d e-,t i li etv]?e-er ql III his at his death everything must go to .his only »on Robin, now a boy of eight. ] Wheii Rose became Mrs. Carloton and left the Midlands, Phyllis missed her ter- ribly, for 3he had no other girl friend near "enough to I-Ic Towers to come on a week's Tisit, and her father was too inhospitable to let her ask anyone for a longer time, so that she found herself very lonely. The two sisters next to her had died in infancy, so Agne3, a girl of feurteen still U1 the school-room, was the nearest ap- proach to a companion, and bet ween Phyllis and her mother there was no .sym- pathy. Gentle Lady Avenel did not uRdc?- stand the daughter whose haughty nature Was so different from her own, and Phyllis blamed her mother for all the galling re- strictione which made The Towers such a dreary home. Of course, they were actually Sir Jasper's j work, but .Miss Avenel argued that, if only her mother '.ha-d made a stand against his tyranny when once it beganv things coul'd never have cornp to such a pass. Once, and once only, did she speak of her troubles to Rose, Lorrimer. I "Mother had not a silver sixpence. so father must have married her for love, r and if only she had held her own instead of letting him trample over her, it would have been better for ns all." Rose said nothing, she simply could net, for her clear eyes saw perfectly that Lady Aveliel was desperately unhappy that she py, -that ishe sinapljr trembled at the sound of her hus- band s voice, while')Tif, frown 'turned her pale as death. A gentle, loving woman, Miss Lorrimer argued, there must have been some great wrong on her husband's part to re- duce. her to such a state of terror. ,tthe -days dragged painfully with Phyllis .after Rose Lorrimer's marriage. It. really seemed 'as though Sir Jasper were more irritable and dictatorial" than ever that sunny August, and. as the family had had ..their' "change" to Blackpool' earlier in the summer, the n-ispter of the house would not -of their going away again. "Every place is crammed in August, and you are far better -off here in your own house with the gardens at ,1 their best; be- dsides, Amy,. I am a poor man, and I can't throw money away on useless travel. Lady AVenel. made one last attempt to change her husband's will, and made it for her '1 daughter's sake. "The Mars.tons" (some near neighbours) "are- going to Switzerland for -six weeks, Jasjper, and 'I know they would" gia-dly take kargc of Phyllis; .her expenses could not be very heavy, and. it- would, be a delightful change for her. She has flagged vety much She ba,3 flagged the last. £ ew days, and I am afraid she inieses Rose Lorrimer." "I can't. afford it," said" Sir JaSper, "so there's an end of it. Why should Phyllis fret about the Lorrimer girl? She couldn't expect her friend to keep single always, and the best thing she can do, is to follow Rose's .example unci get a husband." Lady Avenel stared at her husband in amaaein^pnt, for the speech sounded, to her positively courso. She's twenty-one," went on asiler, with an aggrieved air, "and to my know- ledge sho has -never Had an offer. Hang it all, Amy, why do you sit there fike a' dumb YnU te-1 Answer a plain qitegtion plainly. Has Phyllis any secret attachment? I'm sure I thought she wss a true Avenel, and would never stoop to marry beneath her, but .there'? .no accounting for girls, and she may have fallen in love with* some, manu- facturer she met at the Lorrimers, and be fretting at I If it's that, the fellow had better come and ten me; so long a.s;lie can keep her in accordance with her. birth, I chant forbid the bairns." And then La.dy Atcr.el spoke. "I stifi quite certain that Phyllis has never had an offer of marriage. You see, she- meets no one suitable here, and she does not- 'go to balls and parties, where her beauty would be admired r she pays no country house visits, and she. has never had a season i.11 London. In fact.' tlioirgh you Jmve taught her to hold herself high ,as Miss Avenel of Avenel, you have done nothing to help her to meeL eligible wen," "I can't help being a poor man." "You are not po'oj^" said his wife, with •the courage of dcopair. Since he. hi.id, forced h<r to speak of her private views, she had better tell hiri everything. "Many men with h.lf your income are couukd rich. The fact í.ö, .1pr. ;.0:1 begKu to sav-s money as soon as you came in for the property, and you have gone on saving till it hIGgrown a.Itnost. a jriauiu with you. Wife, duty* hil4ren- Jfou -have sacriiW-d them all to your craze ior piling up gold i" "Uroit my word, Amy, you know how to hit "hard. I suppose ii; never strikes you that it, is for your sake'-nasi the children's that I want to. put bv a little for a rainy d&yr' ? dri*y'T ?" hut?-v that, humanly speaking, no' rainy day c»a come," 'slie- returned firmly. "If you were on the Stock Exchange, if yon were engaged in any business • whose profits fluctuated, I could understand your view's, bwjt so loug p..s you live you are. sure of five thousand a year; When you die the. money will pass tQ Robin, and my boy is not likely' -to let his mothers and sistevs want. What the girls-Phyllis especially — need is a happy home a.nd the pleasures natural to youth now,- llot a dowry in the future, when I they may be crabbed old maids and nover need cqiel" "And so you think I liant- saved money, 1 Amy. Pra; how much do you credit me 1 with having amassed?" I "It is twenty years -since You ca-nic in for Avenel. You must have saved at least three ] I thousand pounds in each ol them, but I have < no idea what the interest would come to." "The interest was a handsome sum," he returned quietly. "I say was advisedly, for I invested my savings in an undertaking1 which seemed bound to prosper and make the fortune of its shareholders. But the concern failed last week, Amy, and every j penny of my. Pavingp. went with-it." Wy A vend came a. little nearer her hus- band, and put one hand timidly on his arm. "Jasper," she said, in the sweet, musical voice which none of her childr-en inherited, "this must be a terrible blow to you, but don't fret too .muoh about your loss. If you saved the money for our sakes, I'm sure we shall do .quite as well without it. You know your income is safe as long as you live I hope you will reach a good old age; then ou will see the girls settled before you are taken, and there will only be Robin to think of." "You talk like a fool," began Sir Jasper, who, alas knew that he was not cure of his income for a single year, much less for the- rest- of his I ife. Then, remembering that Ins wife could have no, suspicion of his; dread sfteret, and,thai. she had never once re- proached him for h\ rasli speculations, ho said, in a much mirder tone "I don't moan to be cross, Amy, .only women don't under- stand business; but to go back to tiM sub- ject of Phyllis, I hope you see now that it is out of the question* for her to go to Switzerland. "Oh, yes, quite." But she sighed, poor lady, for Phyllis,- when distrait -and out of humour, did not add to the domestic com- fort of Avenel Towers. "But I've a notion there's .something amiss with Phyllis more than fretting after her friend," said Sir Jasper slowly. loit,ig, more of a woman's place to see these things than a man's, but I've had a fancy for some time that the girl scared -for Captain Carle- ton's cousin, the young fellow who was best man at the weddinfr." "Tou mean Mr. Chesney?" H Y es. he canic over here once or twice with Carlefcon when Miss. Lorrimer was "stay- ing here just ttefcro .we Went to Blackpool, and I took a grmi, fancy to" him." "I like Mr. Chesney very much," said Lady Avenel slowly, "but I did not think he was particularly attentive to Phyllis. Be- sides, Jasper, i shouldn't have thought you would have liked him for a son-in-law; his private means are very small, and he has no iM-oi'^ssion." "1 t is something new for you to be pru- dent and worldly wise, Ajny," and 'Sir Jasper actually lav.ghed, "but lI' made careful inquiries, and Chesney is -better off than you think. He has five hundred, a year of his own. and jias just been appointed a factory inspector for the Birmingham dis- trict. Then he's a budding author, and may make a. name and fame by his pen, and last of all, though it would be rash to count on this, he's hand and glove with his god* mother, Mies Burns, the old maid who has done so much for the- working-classes. She's worth a million of money, aaid though her philanthropy must cost her a pretty -pe:iny, there'll be a good slice left for her god- son." "But even then," said Lady Avenel, "I don't;. see how, Phyllis and Mr. Chesney are to see any more of each other. Even if hP • cares 'for her,, he can hardly come twlve miles to call at The To-vers, and summer is over, so there is no chance of their meeting at a garden party t "The rabbits want thinning, said Sir  Jasper^ "and though I don't go to much ex- } pense m. pr?eer?T?- s?H th? young birds pr.etty plentiful. I tèn ypu what, Amy, 1 I'll arrange .a shooting party fof next Satur- day, and ,i yot, can write and invite Chesney to come over for it and stay' the week-end. That will-give. him and J^hyliis. ;itwo- 4k»-ys m?i' .??:?me.Tt)o?, ajidt?at 6L"???t to fe ;t?e e?ugh'-for t?m.? St? out 'M '?eic i liking for each other is anything mote than a p:3ing faocy." This conversation took pjaw- just a week, after Sir J&Bper had encountered Roger Chancy and Violet Mason in th4 train and travelled from Grange End to the next station in their company; and what is more, the invitation to Roger would neveYi have been sent but for that strange, meeting. Chesney received Lady Avenel's note on Sunday morning, and his first impulse was., to refuse the invitation, for he had never ufoit quite so friendly towards Phyllis since their conversation on the "afternoon, of Rbse Lorrimer's wedding, when the pride she had -displayed, the class prejudice which had made her resent so bitterly his dédaring that a girl of the people resembled her, jlad annoyed him. But though he had not the least wish to •jnarry Miss Avenel, he still' liked her as' an amusing ^acquaintance, aa^ he had for her gentle mother a very real regard, 80 after thinking over the invitation quietly, he changed his mind and decided to accept it. "After a.U, to shoot a man's pheasants •does not coinret me. to -to his daugh- ter; besides, the chances are that Sir Jasper lqoks on me -as utterly beneath him, and would regard it as' fclte height of insolence if I I masked him for Phyllis. I'll -g-o to The Towers it will be something at least to settle the horrible doubt which has troubled ,.me for the last week." Do what 1J0" would to .banish it, the Bus- pic.or:. would kmllt Roger that Sir Jasper j w,is the inart he had seen at Greenlands. | Tli« hard, Ky&ely-groy eyes were the same, and the stranger's, voice, vihich had sounded so oddly familiar, had an undoubted rcsem- bLance to Sir Jaaper's. hese two things were answerable for the ?horrid suspicion j which troubled Roger Chesney, and he found himself at every leisure moment weighing the pros, and cons. Infig-ill'e. -v<:aoo, .r.nd e.yoo. the- baronet re- sembled. the stranger, and as for the old- fashioned direst, the rg.rizzlcd. hair, and white beard, the slew ponderous, movement, all these might have boen assumed as part and parcel of a disguise.. b Winter were or were not Violet Mason's father, lie had certainly written the letter with but one object, namely to induce her to meet him at Grcenlands. After taking so much trouble to I?rc her there, it was weB-nigh 'Irz)itbi. .e to l-,7ro her it 'wa s we4l-niLh incredible t? suppo?a that he would' f&il to keep the appointment; consequently' the old gentleman Roger txxw at Groenlands was certainly "Algernon Winter." Was ■ he also Sir Jasper Avenel? On entering the railway carriage 'he had ljassed by 'Violet. without a sign of recognition, though- she lad told Roger th&t she .had seen, him at least four or five times, and that, though she had n-ever heard his name, he had always before flopped and spoken to her. was S0 startliugly like his daughter that if Violet v/as mistaken, and ho was not the man she knew, but ."a Tr, t have betrayed somfe interest on beho-ldipg- for the first time what must have seemed to him his daughter's double. iReger, -Chesney knew that, in his own. home, Sir Jasper ■•w^.s a disagreeable, tyrannical man Vith.-scant kindness, fol: any of his family except his only son, a -child of eight, whom he1 fairly idolized, and \vhe—- ^nch are tho ways of Fate—was the only delicate one of his. brood. The theory fast forming in Roger jChes- ney's i-.nind ivas -Six Jasper Avenel had the reputation of haying been- ,a little "wild" in. his yrmèh. and it was..well known that h, and his brother. Sir Claude, had, been at open warfare for yciirs before th-i 1 utter's death. Might it not be that during those years .Jasper Avenei had made a rrffisalliance: and married a girl of the pt-ople, that his wife -dying at "the' child's birth, he had made every effort to keep, his folly secret, placing the unwanted baby at i nurse with the austere old maid whom i Violet had known as Aunt Hannah. Marrying later a lady in his own rank, Jasper would be more than ?ver &nxious that his first union should not to <Hs— [ covered, especially as his brother's. d-quth had made him head of the family. It must have been a terrible disappointment to him' that his first six children -were girls. Pol, over twelve yo,ars he must have been hauritod by the thought that, at his death, his deserted first-born must bo his heiress, and all that time, he would naturally keep an eye on. Miss Mason .and her charge,.1)e-. cause hwonld belkwe that a day might come when the latter would be mifetrcss of i Avenel. Even when at last a son was born t<, him,. the boy had been so, delicate from hi-s birth that Sir Jaispor could never have- had an easy hour. Rt>ger remembered to have. heard that Blafckpool had done so much for thxr. little heir tiiat I-hyllis said jestingly," Even father can't worry about Robin's health any longer." If that were so, Sir ■ Jasper might f,el -w) easy about the future that he would be ready to spend a large sum of money to get his first-born out of the country. lie would be capable of telling Violet Mason a false story about her parent- age and paying her passage to Australia* giving her also a little capital to enable her to. settle out there. It would be jfno.n<$r well r, spent, since it prevented- any chance of hir,, secret leaking out. "'Pan my word," mused Rotger, "I be- lieve that's it; a fellow eaten ixp.,wit,h pride as Sir Jasper would do anything to hush up the story of his youthful 'folly, but it's cruelly hard on Violet. Why should she be brought up in ,poverty, while his other children live in luxury? I expect A's pain and. grief to him to know that she's so like Phyllis that it would be difficult to knbw them apart. "Well, there's only one thing ^for it, I must aco»pt Lady A vend's invitatidn. Surely in th? course of conversation, I can make some allusion -to meeting Sir Jasper last Saturday, and then it will be hard, if I don't discover what took him to Grange End, and whether he was the mysterious old gentleman I interviewed at Green- lands." (To be continued.)
ARGOSIES SffiLD CHEAP. I
ARGOSIES SffiLD CHEAP. I A few years ago a ship was wrecked oa t4- coast of Africa. She had contained a I valuble argo. but it wns considered useless to try to recover it, and the -wreck was*- sohl for a mere song. • I The new owner took a sporting chancel gartered, a ship, rai,c. d the wreck, and eventually towed her to the Thames. She is etill sailing the seas, and has made a fortune for. her ownAr: Some time ago a steamer was wrecked off the Yorkshire coast, contaning A number of pictures and other valuables. As it was thought that these must lÎe ruined she was sold to no man who bid £ 280. The cargo was found to be little the worse, and was sold 'fa,).' nearly £10,000 „ I Only the other day, in a very similar ea-e, a wreck was bought- ..for .£368 by a Mel- TsOurne firm, wlw) were laifghcd at in conse- quence. She had been under- water for two tnonths, and it was supposed that her cargo (of pig-iron and coke) was buried at the 'bottom of the sea. As a matter of fact' the orlv ea-niag-e to the boat was found to be a hole in her bowe about a foot in diameter, and her cargo has turned out to be iverth £ 12,000!
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I. 'i"<D' Many people. are by -:no means sure* what' the "Index ExpUrgrtto.ri.usthat jfampufl bbck lisl,l-re{tUy -is., It- has Mcn in -ce for i-hree hundr". and sixty yea.rs." v^' -■' ■■■■ i-Tfte "Iadex ,-xtf. a .committee r cf priests' who* "report -to a.body- ..of..cardinals cheson by the YøIJe. ^'Jts function s, to read aU new bo'oks whiclj'bear, directly a r- in directly, on faith, morals, ccclcsi'« stical discipline*, >and civil society. lt4 scaitences arc of three 'de«Teps. Lender the first the book is prohibited absoJutelv, in which cztse,, he who reads or sells it may be (lisci.l)liitod by the Church; under the second it is, allowed to be read only by priests,who ar'e eupposed to be proof agjimst its contagion; and under the third 4e, judgment of the •" "Ipder" is suspended in- oifder "to iffDrd the author an opportunity of amending -the offensive passages. The- names of Belzac, Renan, Victor Hugo, Voltaire, ind- Zola, are a few of the'most famous of those which are to be fougd iji [.the "Index." An' annual supplement ip. i pears regularly. — i <
j CHILDREN IN PALESTINE.
CHILDREN IN PALESTINE. Iq Palestine, as always, children's play .is mostly "making believe that they are i grown up. You may see a mite- of five or -six paying a visit of ceremony to a pasha of equally tender years, exchanging such compliments with him as "Rest, I pray i.you!" "Nay, he who sees you is rested/' and finally backiiig out of his presence while he gathefs up handfuls of dust and I snrinldes it on his head. lidding a law court, with melon seeds to represent the bribes, is a popular game, and so is a raid of fierce men from the desert. The selling of Joseph and his subsequent interviews with his brethren are rendered with muph dramatic action; also the afflicj tious of the men of DE, with new details, such as Job's wife cutting off- her hair and selling jt- for bread. gi "Doing bride" is naturally popular with girls.
BRONCHO BILL LOSING FAVOUR.…
BRONCHO BILL LOSING FAVOUR.  ?- I A sign of the times in the cinematograph world as the fact that pictures dealing with incidents in the life of cowboys are not. shojvn h.f so. much as they' used to be in the earlier days of the industry. I In the trade itself, these were known as "elemental westerns," a term wlhicli signi-, fied that they dealt with lifo in the "wild alxd woolly west, and had not- nkiph plot to speak of. „ The chief feature Was furious horse- riding, -anct they were regarded ,as good means of waking audiences up—or rather relieving them after- -a travel picture' known, !as an "interest" film-,or a long draJp-a had been shown. Oyor-production in this line 'will certainly-. cease, and m:ály of the "Cowboy Bills" and "Arizona Jacks," of the films will' have -to try other means of winning the- hearts of picture "fans."
THE PMTS TRADE. --- I
THE PMTS TRADE. In most ports pilotage is compulsory, but there are a few, such as Barry and Cardiff, where the master can do as he pleases, and engaging. a pilot is optional. Between them, our pilots. earn X190,000- a year, which works out at about 4270 apiece. But London pilots do b-etter. than their brethren of the north and west, for ,their average earnings are over £ 800 per head. Rates of pilotacge vary" with the draught of the ship And the distance piloted. For instance, to bring a -vessel drawing twenty feet safely into the Downs costs its- owners the sum of, < £ 12 3s., but the voyage from Gravegend to the Nore is cheaper, being paid for with a five-pound note.
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I 1 HOME DRESSMAKING. I &- l A CHARMING AND SIMPLE FROCK. 1 I think Dame Fashion must have had a specially kindly eye this year upon the r woman who makes her own clothes., for I cannot ever remember ever seeing taich beautiful simplicity of style as marks the great majority of the garments shown for the present winter. Oostumes are mainly of the severe strictly tailored type; frocks arc largely made in what our French friends can the "ehem-ise" style, that, is to say, they are one--piece garments held in just, a trifie at the waist line by a loose. belt; and blouses are singularly tree from tucks, frills,, -and I [Refer to H. D. 260. j other superfluities which absorb so much of a dressmaker's time.. Many of the most charming frocks are almost extraordinarily simple in style, and have only a touch of fur and perhaps just a suggestion of em- broidery as their ciwre 'tripixnivg, Our illustration thi* week sholwo one of these delightful indoor gowns, the pattern of. which is so very simple. that even the most inexperienced worker might make the dress" with complete -success** THE MATERtAL.—Thig dress might, be | made of almost any nice, soft material.: Among the most suitable stuffs for this de- sign. I would suggest crepe de Chine, sohenne, velvet, velveteen, serge, gabardine, and faced cloth; and of all these the most effective, in. my opinion, is velveteen; for i -velvet, though the loveliest of, all. fabrics, • is so expensive this season that it ia out of the reach of all but the well-to-do. How. eVfer, whatever material you may decide upon, you will need 41 yards ef 40in. wide, fabric. THE PATTERN.-The pattern includes three pieces—front, back, and sleeves. In addi- tion, you will peed a strip of material about five inches wide for the beli, -,but no ijziti: tern is given of this because .it-is simply a straight bfind of, atuff. ");<>1 ioill re- Imember t3i a't no turnings a, r e al- lowed for ia the- pattern, po y 1,1, should leave about three quarters of an inch on each eeam edge and ample material for turning up on each hem edge. THE CUTTING OUT. — Before cut- ting out, lay. the pattern against -the; figure and iQaTce. any little alterations; that may be neces- sary. It is much easier and more- satisfactory to dor -this in the pattern than in the material after it is cut out. Fold the material selvedges together, and lay the pattern upon it, as shown in the diagram, taking care that the straight edge of the front ccmes to the fold of the material. THE MAICING.—Join up the under-arm and t the shoulder seams. Press out, -and neaten each raw edge of .the material by whipping it closely. Now face up each edge of the back of the frock fnom the neck to a point j .about six inches below the waist, with strips. of material about 2in. Wide, facing the right edge up quite flat, but arranging the IcYt- hand facing as a projecting -ivrap, -Nit run up the back seam as far. as the bottom rof. the-facing, preps out, and whip the raw edges. SeW on the buttons and make the. j, buttonholes. Now turn in the raw edges of "opening at the neck,-face them. with a band- of crossway material; and trim them with fur, gaion, er marabout. Join up the sleeve* seams, press out, and-whip the edges. Turn -in the "raw edges of the bottom of the steeve, I | face up -wit,h thin material, and trim to matbh the reek.- *:Put the -sleeve into the a-hole, and bind or whip. the raw edges. kTnrn 4tp a. fairly deep hm at the "bottom" and, in the ease of velvet or velveteen, slip- stitch it. ■_ T' HOW TO OBTAm Paper Pattern-of the -abjirf, (• ,FR^CK. FiH in s»-»d,S irUb remittance in • MiSS- JbJSI,E, S, X.a Belle Sauvage, i LOND69,.ILC. 4. ^WW^clearlj,; Name ■• ■ ,Addres»__l t Patiern-xo PAPBR PATTERNS. Price 9d. each, post free. PATTERNS cut to special measure, 1/6 fact*. MISS LISLE wiD We pleased to receive sugtistions a?d to -slim tyi?fns of general ate to, the HOME DRESSMAKER. THE VEST.—The vest may be made of net. goorgette- or chiffon. It is simply an ob- long piece of material Eplit diagonalty-down the middle. The eloping edges are finished by a veined hem, and tie straight edges of each piece are hemmed. The vest ip tacked into place in the dress so that it may be taken out rmickly and easily for, washing or cleaning purposes.. f THE BLACK CAMISOLE. I Among the novelties shown during the last few weeks is the camisole of some black material or other. This. of course, is in- tended for wear under a more or less trans- parent. blouse.. and very attractive it A. The prettiest of these black camisoles are carried out in black and gold, or black and silver, net, and are. trimmed with narrow gold or Silver lace. The effect under a transparent blouse is simply charming.
CU"S EYES THAT MOVE.
CU"S EYES THAT MOVE. Captain J. L. Aymard, R.A.M.C., who is attached to the Queen's Hospital for Facial Injuries, Frognal, Sidcup, Kent, detxribed in a, recent nunitjer of the" LaRcct" an im- proved "glass eje* which can move. The "chief drawbacks to the ordinary glass eye are that, being simply a «prLv £ x siteli of • glass-, it tendM- to sink buds: into the "societ 'aud'-is.. 'fixed in-, "a'storiv *g,a-re." Captain Aymard gets over these difficulties by placing in the eeeket of the eye 'a sphere of living caiti-- lage or gristle taken without ri-k from the patient's ribs. It is ail ■ one o peration. While oiie surgeon remr.vrs the tiestreyod eye another surgeon removes the pieces- 02 cartilage from near the prtient's breast- bone. Two piewe are made; into a. little globe, which is placed in the socket, and the thin outer covering of the eye, the con- junctiva-, is sewn over to hold it in place. The ordinary glass cvc shcll is inserted over this and is prevented from tanking backwards. Some movement of the e, e by the weaxer is also passible.
MYSTERIOUS LAKES. j
MYSTERIOUS LAKES. j The Tiddle of Baikal, in Cntral Asia, ie similar to that of Lake Tanganyika, in Central Africa. In both cases a large body of fresh wafer remote from the oc-an con- a-pparently marine. lakes, again, bonta.n a very large number of species not found elsewhere. Lake Baikal contains numerous salmon and s2ale, ,as well- as three species cf herring. It a100 contains a .few moHuaca of a.pprnt1y marine fnt'n?s. One of the most remarkable features of the lake perhaps is that, although it is frozen over fQr about five lnonths in the year, the animal life is eitremely abundant and varied. This may be party accounted for by the, existence of hot springs. r
rSIMPLE WEATHER CHART. -
r SIMPLE WEATHER CHART. A Frenchman has recently devised a simple method of forecasting wea'heT, which he declami has ptpved quite reliable. A sheet of blotting paper is divided trans- versely into two equa]. parta, across the upper of which is drawn a line showing the "barometric presui-es from day to day at • nine o'clock in the morning, while the tem- 1- peratures at the same hours, are shown by a line in the lower half. of the sheet. The experience of the user of this scheme has. been that whenever the two lines, tend to converge, it is a sign of approaching rain or some other disturbance, whereas, when the linee diverge, fair weather is reasonably certain.
NUMBER SUPERSTITIONS.I
NUMBER SUPERSTITIONS. Odd numbers, for seme reason or other. have always, been credited with 4iystic powers, capable of influencing the destinies of men and women. Thefce are many curious survivals of this superstition that have been-! handed down to us. One of these is that country folk very to this day", put an odd number of eggs under their tcn,g, in the belief that, otherwise, -no chickens will be hatched. Number three *ha.s' always been considered a fateful number- The alicient Romans attached luck and pro- sperity to this numeral. There were three female- figures, whom they call.eclot-lic- three I Graces, and three, f-.gu.-es who represented. |*the.-Fates." Then there i» the ^pawnbroker' sigTi of the three balls, irll these sjgns, "bringing in the numeral throej have some- tliiiig to do with the ancient superstition with regard to the luck for which three seems always to have ttood. Seven is sup- por-ed to be the perfect mystic symbol which runs through the entire .scheme 01 the uni- verse. The Bible-4ell» r.s that the world was- created in seven days. Jacob served F.even yr., rs for Leah, and another seven for -Rachel, and theYe were 64evcii years fajnine iI.1, Egypt: It is an old idea that the seveiith S-on of- a seventh son it supposed to possess = the gift of second tight. Seven years of bad luck is suppps-cd -to dodge the footsteps o* anyone who breaks a urirrer, some folk believe-that if bnd h?ck continues for a .period <)S- seven ye?rs, the cert sevcm vears.- will bring prosperity. Twelve is also con-f eidorped a good number. The months of the year, tbe, iiibpis of Jra-et and the number of Apostles', were twelve. Everyone of course, has heard of unlxteky thfrtc-en.
FOUNDED BY A LOTTERY. I
FOUNDED BY A LOTTERY. I The British Museum owes its existence t-ft A lottery. Its contents are now worth millions. The trustees of Sir HiluS Sloane, after whom Sloane Street and Square, Lon- don, are called, offered his wonderful collec- tion to the "nation in 1753 for £ 200,000. The Government refused to find the cash, but permitted the na-tionrto isupykly it by means I of a lottery, whieh wrought in £ 300,000— £ 100,000 to go as 'prizes, and the other £ 200,"000 to buy the Sloane collection and endow the Museum. Thus was one of the finest museums M1 the world gambled into existence. Q
I THE CRUST OF THE EARTH.I
I THE CRUST OF THE EARTH. I We are .only separated by twenty-four miles at rock, etc., from the jnolten heart of the a1,th. There are two classes of rock, I stratified, and unstratiSed. The stratified are the solid, and nearer .the surface rooks: the unstratified, the rocks that are lower down, aDd have been fused by the earth's interior heat. The exact distance to which the unstratified rocks extend below the' sur- face is not known. It is generally taken, however, that they assume a molten form at but a short distance down.
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Tlilo ■a»..■ !as  The sugar ration in A?cri'ca has ?<'pn !f- creased from 21b. t? 31b. per head. Thi.s ha. 'kedone without prejudice tcf Ameripi sug?r supplies to th' An?,.owtn? to thp ,epeditious manufacture. of beet sucar and I the splendid new crop of c&ne sugar in Louisiana. „ A it.sian fined 4&. at Cler?enwe? foi Ben?ig matvaes !?bo"e t?c Icga? price, was found to have ?80 in notes and cash in his .possession. • 8,485 pigs were offered at country majhets last week, as previous week. Baby pigs pre fetching a few shillings §ach.
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OTHER MFS Mi&BSL "Don't worry, think ahead, and keepi active. "-Dr. Clifford. WHEN THE FOG LIFTS. Until the fog of war lifts nothing can be seen and understood in its true perspective. —Lord Fronch. • FREEDOM FOR PALESTINE. We are giving to Paiest-ine a freedem which will ensure equal justice and give to its In better opportunities for progress t for p-o g re-!s than they have had since the fall of the Roman Empire.. Is it nrt a comforting- thought that the rule of the Turk has gone for int'lorable, irre- claimable Turk?—Viscount Bryce. I SELF-CONTROL. If the necessity for exercising self-control is removed it ft once tends to debase a man's nature.*—Sir Gieorge# M^kies. i • • v i- I I I -1 I T  T O, ^WALLOWING1 IKTO. PEACE." We are wallowing' into peace in such a terrible and awful way that the results may be "of a most stupendous character.— Sir Wilfrid Stokes. HARMONY AT HOME. If we fail to live in harmony as a. nation it will be absolutely futile to think of belonging to a League of Nations.—Mr. G. H. Roberts, Minister of Labour. MORE JUDGES WANTED. It is difficult to find judges to go on with the ordinary work of tile King's Bench.— I tk7e or d in ar y w  Mr. Justice Darling. AN ARISTOCRACY OF TALENT. Labour is setting up a new claim-that it is -not capital that makes walth, but labour. As a ma€ter of fact, it is neither the one nor the other. It is direction which guides both capital and labour, and we want to substitute .for the present aristocracy cf I wealth an aristocracy of talent—the talent which arises out of the educated hand and brain. -Visco-unt Haldane. TIlE ENEMY. I C" uot afraid of the fighting men by lapd or by sea, but I am afraid of the poli- ticians.—&r. Gibson Bowles. I. BOTH BAD ENOUGH. p H:rd.upishrtèss "is;' eY.n .worpa than im- pecuffrio^ity.—Mr.-Justice Avory. TAXI-PLANES U The coming of peace will see the dawn of a new era of aviation, and vast fleets of giant aircraft will be created to carry men and materials to and from all-important centres of the world. At Whitehead Park and doubtless at other aerodromes there will be taxi-planes which can be called up at any time to take pa^«engers on long-distance fiigbts.-M,r. J. A. Whitehead. v O THE HOME OF THE MICROBE. The microbe of sleeping sickness has made "a home -in certain of 'our -Government Departments for many yeaIrs.-Sir Kingsky Wood. I WOMEN PEERS. There is no reason in the world why women should not jii- iia the House of Lords as' well as in the House of Commons.— Lord Rob-crt Cecil. THE SAILORS' VICTORY. If it had .not been for the officers and men of the Mercantile Marine, who have faced unheard of dangers with cctlm courage, we should never have been able tj. win the war. When the; Germans set out on their sub- marine campaign they thought' to break the mcrql of the British sailor, but -everyone knew how they had: .failed .Viscount Jellicoe. • L- 'ASKING TOO MUCH. Asking the Foreign Offices and diplomats to arrange a League "of Nations—i.e. their own extinction—is like asking the Under- takers' Association to distribute the elixir of life.—Mr. H. G. Wells, DEMOCRACY IN FASHION. All countries are now acknowledging and deiag homage to the democratic idefetfs for which Great Britain has always stbod.— Bishop 'of Peterborough. EDUCATION FOR THE LEAGUE. a How backward are the States the world, and how unworthy to enter into a true League of Nations! A long period of educational and social change, must elapse before the League of Nations can develop into a real federation claiming the -allegi-' ance, devotion,, and dedication of the: indi- vidual citizen.—Mr. A. E. Zimmern. THEIR BIT. Victory would have been impossible but for the goodwill and the. unstinted devotion of the working classes of the A,,icd coun- tries-meu and women alike.-M-r. G. H. Roberts. THESE MUST GO. j Th« • shameful extremes of dire poverty i with hard work and abundant wealth with privileged idleness which existed before the [war. will hate to be ended cr the new era cannot be begun.—Mr. J. R. dynes, M.P. I I OUR JOB. It is upon us English-speaking»and Eng- lish-thinking people far more than upon any other people that the task of organising a League of Nations rested.—Mr. H. G. Wells. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. A Lesgue. of Nations will not spring into being as the ancient goddess is supposed to have done, fuily. equipped w-th the e#'iecti\e panoply before which the forces of darkness and of enmity will be obliged at oiice to re- treat. It will be a slow process..It will have to pass through njany tentative- stages. But the important thing is that the com- munities of the world, taught by this war the danger of our existing international system, will, we may hope, surmount diffi- culties as they present themselves, and steadily pursue with a united purpose the attainment of tho common ideal upon which the whole, future of ?vnis?tion and humanity depends.—Mr. Asquith.
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Two men, natives of Co. Wc-tm.atb, and a woman,* a native of Co. B-ovommon, a l of the* small farming clnss, !1:,Y(- celebrated their hundredth birthday. All were abl. to iitt-end.to, their busincK>,