TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 16, 1926.
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He. Where are you going f.
She-Why To Albort, of course, where we are sure to get the
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He. That is so French Cakes at $1.00 per dozen,, his Medorio Cakes his Big Cakes, bis Iso-Creams (combined with excellent cuisine) are made axolusively with the butor, milk and cream of the Dairy Farm Co., Ltd SheQuito so sad he also has a new menu comprising: Alby now diabon whish you can enjoy any time from 20180 am to Midnight..
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An Animal Fair."
There was to have been an |Animal Fair at the Centrat Fällḥ Westminster, where Visitors will be jable to inspect the labend human- tarlan substitutes for animali · pro- ducts in dressy food, and fancy gooda (says the "Children's News paper." The fair was organised by men and women united in "their" determination to make the world better place for animals as well as for human beings. Not every mem- her of the council is a vegetarian, Some of its members, will not oat the Aesh of birds, beats or hes Others prefer to concern them- selves with seeing that ahimala killed for mankind are killed painlessly as possible. There are supporters, of the movement "who will not wear boobs and shoes of leather because animals have to: die In order that such needs may Be supplied, and, will not use any thing in which leather forms the material, wholly or partly. But all members of the council are agreed that there is room for iniprove ment in the way we treat animals even if the improvement is a slow [process;
Mysterious. Talking Ghost."
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PATRICIA MTICHELY
Fabrizia Mitchell, athletic leader of the youngers art from Allamps, shows Her hand-stan, ability on the wands: of Palm Beach where the will engage
the many of
racin Events suheduled for the season.
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Aspirin For Flowers.
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the
three years in succession tho priza. given for the best poem, thus ahow- ing early signs of poetical genius. One of his prize posms was well-known "Battle of Sulamanca." His original intention was to be come a doctor, but he abandoned this idea in 1818, took Holy Orders, and became curate of Taghmon near Wexford His health, how- aver broke down so seriously that he was ordered to the Continent by this physicians, and this was the beginning of a disability with which he had to battle" all the rest of his life. Some are inclined to think that "Abide With Me" was written 1829, after Lyte had visited the bedside of an old friend who lay dying. but Lyte's daughter: in the profetary memoir which she wrote to the volume of her father's poems ant sermona, published "In 1850 under the title of "Remains," says:-
he placed in the hands of a near and dear relative the little hymn "Abide With Me.. with an air of his own copposing | adapted to the words." The logical conclusion is that he had just coraposed it.
Royal Wardrobes.
The difference between a Royal wardrobe when the owner is travel- Hling officially or merely for pleasure is rutber umasingly- illustrated in the case of the King and Queen of the Bulgiris, who have been on 11 private trip to Indin. For his Įtravels up country, at any rate, the Ning appears to hové confined him- self to the simplest and most limit- | edamoans of kit,and his wardrobe. consisted. it was suid of no more than a suit of khaki with "stacks" und shorta a dinner jacket, tall (cont, and a pair of trousers shared between the two (says an" Evening Standard writer.") On one occn- sion at least this extreme modera Įtion in regard to clothes led to last-mement change in a military programme. The Royalvisitor was duo to visit a frontier station. und a parade was, to be held At the eleventh hour the King of the Belgians announced his intention of wearing shorts, and wires were", Bastily put in motion ordering the OC of the station to instruct all officers to be similarly, clad.
For some
time past the police and population of Ronquerolles (France) have been in a ferment about the activities of a "ghost" wch hhunts the caftage of the widow Douvry. Up" to now the spirit has confn his mischief to knocking on walls and ceilings and talking disrespectfully to the police who hunted him.. The abrangeat thing about the affair is that the haunted house is a very small place of only one storey, suve- for a tiny space between slates and ceiling, in which 10,ls: Impossi- ble to believe a man culd hide without being quickly discovered, Yet night after night, with neigh- bours: sitting up with her, and the police keeping a cargfed watch around the house. Mme. Douvry Buying chrysanthemums in a has been disturbed by repeated Chelsea florist's the other day
nocking. The knockings have was given the oldest prescription fcontinued even when independent, have yet Heard for prolonging the observers have occupied the space life of flowers (says "Daily News" under the plates. A spiritualist writer "Many of our customers.
who met the King and Queen up- who had been called in asked the said the woman assistant, "recom-pear to have been greatly struck ghost to kpock if he was present. mend putting half an aspirin tablet The response was a kid hammer-in the water Flowers which areways, ant the keen pleasure and ing on the wall which, by the way. beginning to drop pick up immed is a solid structure of brick. On ately." being told that his hunters were prepared to shoot at night, the spirit hughed and said: "Fire Lately there has been some little away, you will never get me." He controversy as to when and where for it passed a still more severe the hymn "Abide With Me" was test when a Heutenant of police, written. The author, as everyone placing his hand on the wall, siidi knows, was Henry Francis Lyte, Knock where my hand is." and first vicar of Lower Brixham the thud which followed was quite Church, who shares" with William uccurately placed. A spiritualishof Orange the honour of being the then said: "Tell me the first lettermost distinguished personage asso- of my Christian name." This wasciated with that town. byte, how-.) spelt out without hesitation. Police ever. was not a Devonian, he was inquiries are continuing, and the born at Ednam, in Roxburghshire, general public is doing voluntary on June 1, 1793. His mother taught,
A. Favourite Hymn.
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by their simple and unaffected appreciation they showed for the
simplest hospitality extended to them. The Queen, it seems, has
and on the occasions when the"
passion for souvenir photographs
Rosis travellers were late in ar riving at some given spot it gen erally transpired that the Queen'a enthusiasm for using her camera. had necoenited frequent hulta dur ing the journey.
Stuffy Colds.
Mothers, why allow snuffes" and stuffy wheezy breathing to distress. the usu
of, Chamberlain's Cough
guard duty, but the only result up him until he was nine years old. Your babies. when quick relief follows
to now has been that two of the when he was sent to school at Remedy? It checks the development. volunteers have thrushedi each Protoro in Ireland. In 1819 he of a cold and contains no narcotics. It othor, each believing that the other obtained a scholarship at Trinity cough. Every user is a friend. For is good too for croup and whooping was the "ghost.".
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