pe OTSFORD. ~SUMAS AND EArsaeT NEWS “me out if I brought home a Finn. I " eied Helmi on account of her height. _“T like a tall girl—she can canry trays _— ed -Cuticura Heals Annoying Rashes Bathe the affected parts freely with Cuticura Soap and hot water, dry with- out rubbing, and anoint with Cuticura Ointment. This treatment not only soothes and heals rashes and irritations but tends to prevent such conditions. Semple Each Free by Mall. Address Depot: domme Lid Price, Soap Ze. Olntment 25 apd Ble. baby—it would be . . . .” she hesi- tated. “I can work by the day and leave the baby with friends,” said Helmi. She was pale and tired now, and looked too ill to be an attractive ven- ture for anyone looking for help. - “I am strong,” said Helmi: “my baby is young, so I am pale yet. Try me—for a day even.” “Well, I must ask my husband—I always consult him of course”—(Mr. Brand would have been interested in this) “and I will let Miss Ritchie know. That will be the best. I couldn’t very well let you bring the PAINTED FIRES ~- BY NELLIE L. McCLUNG COPYRIGHT, CANADA, 1925 | CHAPTER XXIIL—Contnued. “Well, there's many a good girl has ‘come to me before without references, ‘Mrs. Angus. I’m ro such a hand for ‘references as I once was,” said Miss Ritchie. “They are often written to ‘get rid of a girl, you know.” “No, I do not know that,” said Mrs. Angus; “I prefer references.” “Well, then, here you are,” said Miss Ritchie; “here’s an old country girl with letters from rectors and cu- rates:and local bodies and all—shbe'll do fine for you.” That morning Helmi was inter- viewed by four other women. She was viewed with favor by the first one, who enumerated her good points ‘without ever thinking it might he embarrassing. “You look clean and] smart,” she said; “you know how to; put your clothes on straight, and you! look a person square in the eye. You} ere a foreigner, I see. From what country?” “Finland,” said Helmi. “Goodnight!” cried the lady, with a harsh laugh; “then it's all off. My husband had one in his bridge gang and, a positive nuisance he was, a socialist and agitator. He would put want a British subject, Miss Ritchie. We owe it to our own to give them the choise, though, dear me, some of the English girls have been a trial, too.” The next woman who talked to -Helmi kept a boardinghouse, and fan- ‘better. You've done it?—that’s good. Yes, you are a likely looking girl, I must say—foreign, but still you have good English. I don’t mind Finns— they're tempery, but clean and smart. What's that? You want to go home at night! Why? A Baby! Nothing do- ing—you won't do me at all. No, sir, I had a girl with a baby once and it was always getting sick or dying or something just when I needed her worst. Never again! I believe in population all right, but I can't have a waitress with 4 baby, even if we never get the country settled. What in the world did you have a baby for, a smart girl like you?” Helmi stared at her haughtily. “It is not your, business,” she said, “1 can have a sees if I want it without ask- ing you.” “You bet you can, and welcome. Well, who else have you, Miss Ritchie?” The fourth woman who spoke to Helmi asked her many questions about her past. “Where is your hus- band?” she asked. Helmi replied that -she did not not know. ‘ “Are you sure you are married?” Helmi produced the certificate. “Do you ever think he may have deserted you?” the woman asked searchingly. Helmi hesitated, and as the woman plied her questions she could only think of the brace and bit Jack used to bore holes in the boards. Helmi knew she had no right to question her, but she answered as bravely as she could, all the time praying, “Make her take me, God; Make her!” “Well, my dear, I wouldn’t be too sure, Men are gee I know, My first husband left me.” “My man is @ good one,” said Hel- mi, firmly. “Any family?” - “One littele girl, one month old.” “Well, of course, that would be the difficulty.” “T can leave her with friends,” said Helmi, eagerly. She was going pan- icky. Was there no work anywhere for her? “Still, I have three sons, young men? it would not be nice to have a young girl who has a baby—you baby, and it’s at night I need you | most.” Helmi turned to Miss Ritchie. “I must go now,” she said; “‘a little girl | minds the baby—home from school, | she stayed for me.” | Miss Ritchie nodded. next time,” she said; you in mind.” In the afternoon Helm! came back. Mrs. Corbett was not going out, so she kept the baby .But no one ‘wanted Helmi—she svas a foreigner, and she had a baby. Kind-hearted Miss Ritchie was dis- tressed, and flared up in anger when one woman said to Helmi; “You should have thought of this about this time last year?” “Having a baby is not a Suite, Mrs. Coatsworth; the poor girl is honest and willing to work. She'd give service for every dollar, T'll go bail. She isn’t asking charity or even sympathy.” All afternoon Helmi waited, while well-dressed women came and went. The seekers of employment sat to- gether, and were easily distinguish- able from the others. Their manner was humble and beseeching. The war with all its dislocations had thrown many women out of employment, and on the faces of many, gaunt fear was plainly written. This was particular- ly true of those who were the most refined and cultured. i Fragments of conversation fell around Helmi as she sat among the seekers. Two women in seal coats were dis- cussing the situation. (To Be Continued.) “Better luck “I shall keep C. N. R. Announces : Low Summer Fares Round Trip Summer Excursion Fares Go Into Effect May 15th Summer days are bargain days on the Canadian National 1c ing May 15, round trip sum- know what boys are lik inclined to tease.” “IT like boys, good enough,” said} Helmi, eagerly, “try me—-I am a | smart worker. I have to get work, my for my baby’s care, my friends are not rich people.” “I would not suppose they were,” said the lady; with emphasis. ‘I sup- pose they are Finnish people like yourseif—simply working people.” “No, ma’am,” said Helmi, “It is a Canadian family who have been very good to me.” “Indeed,” said Mrs. Swallwell, “how good of them! I hope you are Gutei inaBab Awful at‘Three ~and it’s Dangerous’ by Ruth Brittain Much of the nervousness in older children can be traced to the over-| stimulation during infancy, caused by regarding baby as a sort of ani-| mated toy for the amusement of par- ents, relatives and friends. Bab may be-played with ,but not for more dally @ quarter of an hour to an hour led, caused to laugh or even poe will sometimes result in vom- iting, and invariably causes irrita-} bility, crying or sleeplessness. etfulness, crying and sleepless- ness from this cause can easily be avoided by treating baby with more consideration, but when you jus can’t see what is baby rest- less or upset, better give him a few drops of pure, harmless Castoria. It's amazing to see how quickly it calms baby’s nerves and soothes him to sleep; yet it contains no drugs or opiates. It is purely vegétable—-the recipe is on the wrapper. Leading’ physicians prescribe it for colic, chol- era, diarrhea, constipation, gas on stomach and bowels, feverishness, Joss of sleep and all other “upsets” of babyhood. Over 25 million bottles used a year shows its overwhelming { popularity. With each bottle of Castoria, you get a book on Motherhood, worth its weight in gokd. Look for Chas. H. _ Fletcher's signature on the package wo you'll get Rs vig Castoria, There | ‘are many imitations. Beyond that, being handled, ' very grateful.” |. ‘Z am,” said Helmi.” ;pay. Will. you take me?” | Lywill think about it. I do not like | to decide in a hurry. My home is everything to me. I plan everything so carefully. People tell me I am fool- ish, but it’s my nature. Give me your phone number. You haven't a phone? Oh, dear, how awkward! Let me see, you could phone me—No. 8333—that is easy to remember but I cannot just say when I will be in. Every day there is something. Really, 1 grow busier all the time, it seems, and one can- not refuse invitations when one ac- cepts them. Friday evening at din- ner time—we dine at seven—I think I haye no dinner engagement.” | Sadly disappointed, Helmi turned ' away. How could she wait until Fri- | day—she must have work. It was now near twelve—surely someone ; would take her? She looked back and searched the faces of the women. ‘Miss Ritchie nodded to her encourag- ingly. “Tl phone about for you when I can,” she said; “there is a rush on this morning.” f Just at that moment the door opened and a dainty little lady enter- ed. She came to the desk quickly, with tiny steps, like a mechanical ‘I want to toy. “Oh, Miss Ritchie, I am in such trouble,” she began; “Mary has left me. She quarrelled with Robin, and wanted him to apologize. It is pretty hard for a big boy of seven to apoio- ,Bize, now, isn't it? He simply woula- n't. He had thrown a tomato at her —it was very naughty of him, of course—just a boyish prank—and she took it So seriously. Have you some- one?” Miss Ritchie called Helmi over. “Here’s the very girl for you, Mrs. Brand,” she said; twins, I know.” “Oh, I couldn't take a girl’ with a|~ ca money is nearly gone, and I must pay | “she has a baby of | her own, and foi be good to the! mer excursicn fares goes into effect. | These fares feature a reduction of | from 20 to 25 per cent as compared | with the regular rates as well as al-| |lowing the traveller a longer veriod before the date of expiration, the low fares remaining in effect until Sep- tember 30. The new rates are applicable from Pacific and prairie province ppints on the Canadian National Railways to all points in the eaSt and also trom prairie province points to the Pacific Coast. On the eastern route the op- tion of making part of the trip by boat across the Great Lakes is per- mitted and the same. privilege is ex- tended to those desirous of niaking the boat trip between Vancouver and Prince Rupert. to Neuralgia succumbs Minard’s Liniment, Given Leave To Appear Four organizations have been giv- en permission to appear before the committee investigating immigra- tion. The Anglican Synod, which re- cently expressed criticism of she de- partment, the Canadian Legion (Al- berta command), the Welcome League and the Salvation Army were all given leave to appear. Fond Father: ‘‘Come, Tommy, even if you have hurt yourself a bit, you shouldn't cry.” Tommy: “What's — crying—for — then?” Baby’s Food If youcannotnurse baby use Eagle Brand, since 1857 the leading infant food, pure, easily di- gested, safe. Tne Borven Co. LimireD, MONTREAL for your copies 278 WON. Ula Railways. | ‘locating one in each province. If you buy Red Rose Tea in the jum pa e-and you are not thoroughly satis- fied, we have authorized your Grocer to return your Centennial Celebration Henri Dunant, Fdunder Of Red Cross, Winner of Nobel Peace Prize 7 on r t ‘tai no matter how cele of the tea you have used, Order a package. sw NEW GUIDE FOR AVIATORS Roof Signs Would Aid Fliers To Identify Towns The patriotic citizen of today~is called upon to give a roof to his country. Roofs are to be the aerial guideposts for flyers, with signs identifying each community, pointing the direction to the nearest airport and telling the distance to it. The family of a generation hence which goes out in its aerial flivver for a Sunday afternoon ride will be able to see beneath it the name of each town in large letters, and to learn at a glance where to land if the carburetor gets to balking or the gasoline runs out. The aviation division of the de- partment of commerce has initiated the plan of guiding aviators by roof signs, and it has been taken up vigor- ously. Particularly are such signs valuable to airmen, it is pointed out, on roofs of buildings in smaller towns and communities which have no land- marks which are easily distinguish- able from the air. ( Oil companies have been among the first to accede to the suggestion, and many of them are putting ~ town names on the tops of their gasoline and oil tanks in each community. The American Legion has announced that 10,000 of its posts will undertake the marking of their communities for guidance of flyers. Office buildings, shops and tanks are suitable for the signs, the avia- tion division says, but depots and warehouses near railroads are par- ticularly good because railway lines are frequently folldwed by fiyers. Simple block letters in chrome yel- low, on a dull black background, are best, pilots say, and the letters should be at least six feet high. Ar- rows should point the direction of the nearest landing field and the mileage to it should be given.- An Oil For All Men.—The sailor, the soldier, the fisherman, the lum- berman, the out-door laborer and all | who are exposed to injury and the elements will find in Dr. Thomas |Eclectric Oil friénd..To ease pain, | Therefore, it should have a place in all home medicines and be amongst those taken on a journey, Position Is Reversed U.S. Will Never Be Able To Pay Debt a To Britain Nearly as many men of the Bri- tish empire passed over the Menin road to the Ypres salient not only never to return but ever to lie there without a grave, unknelled, uncof- reason to stand with gratitude be-| fore that gate of honor to those who perished behind it. But for their en- durance and that of their comrades, living and dead, it would not be a memorial of their sacrifice, but a monument to their defeat—a gate opening to the sea and our own coasts, And yet we continue to speak |of their debt to us—their debt, who | have put us and all the world in eter- nal debt to them.—Nepy York Times. Insist on Minard’s Liniment—accept no other. Oll Refinery For Moose Jaw With the purchase of the flax mill situated west of the Government ele- vator at Moose Jaw, by the Price Oil D t and R Company, this city will shortly have a plant in operation for the purpose of refining crude oils. According to Mr. Price, the president, it is intended to estab- lish a chain of plants across Canada, Tt is understood that operations will begin about May 15th. Big In Farm More business is being done in farm implement trade in Western Canada this spring than at any time in the ppc gnarey are for cash, and another | lis the amount of dairying machinery | lavhich is being purchased by farmers. | | eee | Sheep Ralsing In Kenora District The question of sheep raising in the | Kenora district is receiving serious | consideration by members of the Ke- |nora United Farmers’ Club, and the | secretary is securing all data possi- | ble with a view to interesting farm- | ers in the industry, to which the dis- ~ | trict is suitably adapted. past fifteen years. One striking fea-| ture is that the majority of these} fined and unknown, as the United} | |ments. Its claims are conservative in-| States lost by death in the world | geed, when judged by the benefits war. And we of all the universe, have) which it performs. Expect real relief in Arabia and parts adjacent. As we understand it, a holy war is about ag holy as a civil war is civil. Born Geneva, May 8, 1828. Paris, Octobef 31, 1910. Franco-Swiss business man and Died philanthropist. books. Casually travelling through North- ern Italy in 1859, Dunant came upon the ghastly plain of Solferino where, on June 24th, 300,000 men had been engaged in a battle which had lasted fifteen hours, 3 Shocked into action at the sight of 40,000 dead wounded and dying sol- diers, Dunant undertook to establish a@ volunteer ambulance and nursing service, recruited from the nearby town of Castilgione. With these work- ers, he obtained official permission to tend the wounded and dying on the field of battle, going out personally with wine, food, cigarettes, tobacco, for which he paid out of his own purse. So indefatigably did he wofk that, in gratitude, the invalids named him “The Good Samaritan of Castli- gione.” The vision of the puroine witnes- sed at Solferino never left him. For three years he travelled. about Eu- rope, preaching, lecturing, writing, advocating the need of speedy reor- ganization of military and medical nursing service. Finally, in 1862, his little book “Un Souvenir de Sol- ferino” appeared and startled a shocked world into the immediate Author of several Colds stn Se Treatment RUBBED on throatand chest, Vicks the inflamed air passages, (2) It stimulates the an old-fashioned , poultice “draws out” soreness, the K PORUB OVER fPral LARS USED YEARLY Little Helps For This Week “Let us do good unto all men.”— Galatians vi. 10. The chief ue then in man of that he know: Ts his Spalnatakinge for the good of all; Not fleshly weeping for our own-made woes, Nor laughing from a melancholy gall; Not hating from a soul that overflows With bitterness breathed out front inward thrall; But sweetly, rather, to ease, to loose, r bind, As See requires, this frail, fallen / human kind.—Fulke Greville. Power to do good is the true ana lawful end of aspiring. 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