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THE FASHIONS Summer Furs More Modish. From Fashion's court comes the [word that summer furs will be more modish this year even than they were last. The huge boa of white fox held the favored place last summer, ibut this season the shops are offering 'a variety of furs for summer wear. In spite of the apparent absurdity, a wide soft stole of mole, mink, seal, or ermine often proves a very grateful laddition to the sheer summer dance frock on seaside porch or board walk. While the round, soft fox boa will in all probability continue to be popular with tailored suits and dresses, the long, wide stole will be more used for 'evening. The Popularity of Voile Plain, striped, checked, dotted, and patterned voiles, in all colors and 'combinations, are in demand for the Texcept on the large picture hat of Leghorn, crin, or hemp, which com- pletes the June bridesmaid's costume, or the summer beauty's dainty frock. This season, however, there is a strong indication - that flowers will '| play more than their ordinary role in summer millinery. The medium brimmed, rather stiff tailored hat, with its upstanding bouquet of vari- colored blossoms, so popular seme years back, is being noticed here and there; one sees, also, a number of flower turbans; flower crowns are favored with certain costumes, and wreaths are quite popular. The flower-stenciled hats are very well liked indeed. Ribbon, too, is smart for trimming, and ostrich, in the form of fringe and fancies, is a pop- ular trimming. The Return of Ostrich Boas. The revival of the feather boa will be welcomed by many, as it lends a soft, becoming touch to suit or gown, and in its new shades, a welcome bit of contrast. These boas, as a rule, are short, finished at the ends with up closely about the troat. Maline ruches, and smart little fancies of pleated or pinked ribbon, are also modish for the tailored suit or one-piece street frock. Quaint buckles are often used effectively for closing them. The quaint little capes, pelerines, and similar fancies, of taffeta, faille, or satin, now being offered for sum- mer waar, are other attractive addi- tions to the summer frock; in all pro- bability these will be quite as popular as the fur stole, or the feather boa, or even a little more favored. They are becoming, quite in keeping with the dresses of the moment, may easily be fashioned at home, and are of course much less expensive than fur. Ruffles, cordings, and conventionaliz- ed trimings, quilled, pleated, pinked or shirred, are used to finish these capes, lending still another old-fashioned touch. An organdy or voile frock will receive an added faintiness in one of these taffeta capes, of a shade corresponding to or harmoniously con- trasting with the dominant color of the dress. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer or from The McCall Company, 70 Bond St. Toronto, Ont. Dept. W. LITTLE WORRIES IN THE HOME Lo --e--- 71537104 he Spanish Flounce Dress 'corded, ruffled, fluffy lingerie frock. Of course there are voiles and voiles; the true voile wears and washes well, is sheer and dainty, quite as attractive as the more expensive cottons. There is a hint here and there of the return of hand-painted muslins for blouses and dresses. Probably the stenciled hat stiggested the idea, which is quaint and pretty, if not exactly practical. All sorts of clever notions might be worked out by the woman with ingeni- ous brain and fingers, but if the ma- terial were to be purchased or order- ed, the fad might prove rather ex- Nn 7135-7113 Jumper Frock of Taffeta pensive. Sashes and scarfs. however, 'will carry out the no'ion with voile and organdy frocks very cffectively. Flower-Trimmed Hats. Summer would not be summer with- | sent?" out the flower-decked hat, but the no- he'd give his consent--but not anoth-| their own. * tion rarely lasts longer than Easter, | The Tt Is These That Bring Wrinkles And Make Women Look Pre- maturely Old. Almost every woman ab the head of a home meets daily many little wor- ries in her household affairs. They may be too small to notice an "hour afterwards, but it is these same con- stant little worries that affect the blood and nerves and make women look prematurely old. Their effect may be noticed in sick or nervous { headaches, fickle appetite, pain in the back or side, sallow complexion and the coming of wrinkles, which every woman dreads. To those thus afflict- ed Dr. Williams Pink Pills offer a speedy and certain cure; a restora- tion of color to the cheeks, brightness to the eye, a hearty appetite and a sense of freedom from weariness. Among the thousands of Canadian women who have found new health through Dr. Williams Pink Pills is Mrs. N. Worrall, Broughdale, Ont., who says:--"After the birth of my second child I was so weak and run down that I was unable to do any- thing. The doctor said I had scarce- ly any blood in my body. I could not walk half a block without being com- pletely exhausted and all the treat- ment of the doctor did not seem to help me. I called in another doctor, but with no better results. My feet and legs became frightfully swollen, I suffered with severe pains in my back and sides. I would be all day drag- ging around at my housework, and I was beginning to give up all hope of recovery. I had been urged to try Dr. Williams Pink Pills, but like many others, thought they could not help me when doctors had failed to do so, but after much urging I decided to try them. To my surprise in a few weeks I found myself getting better. I then gladly continued their use and found myself constantly growing stronger, and eventually able to do my house work without fatigue. strongly advise every weak woman to give Dr. Williams Pink Pills a fair trial." You can get these Rills through any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockviile, Ont. », EE The Heiress--"Have papa?" Heires-- 'You you don't mean The Duke--*"Oh, no, He said er ccnt." tassels of chenille or silk, and closes I Vaseline Trade Mark Petroleum Jelly The reliable home remedy for cuts, burns, insect bites and many other troubles. Sold in glass bottles and handy tin tubes at chemists and general stores every- where. Refuse substi- tutes. Illustrated booklet free on request. CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO. (Consolidated) 1880 Chabot Ave. Montreal BELIEVE END OF THE WAR NEAR GERMAN PEOPLE WILLING TO MAKE CONCESSIONS. Prisoners Say Sufferings of People at Home Are Becoming Unbearable. The British have successfully ex- tended their front toward the south until it covers practically one-fourth of the whole line from the North Sea to Switzerland. An International News Service writer recently made a trip of inspection. "The vessel which took 'us across the Channel was crowded with Red Cross nurses, army officers and Tommies returning to the front after a few days' home leave. I had expected to see these men de- pressed and downhearted at the pro- spect of going back to the dreary monotony of the trenches, but on not a single face did I see a sign of any such feelings. I asked several of them about it, and the answer was in- variably the same. CN " sumisrry? We are weir treated, well fed, and well looked after in every way, and our job is not finished yet. The trenches are going to stick it out until we have given the Boches such a licking that they won't forget it for a hun- dred years. There is not much fight left in them even now." Qur first morning in France was bright and sunny, though rather windy. Women everywhere are ploughing the fields or putting in the seed, scattering it by hand in the | old-time manner. We pass through villages full of life and bustle, but {the women and children, who are nearly all in deep mourning, - bear silent testimony of the sacrifices France has made. At Bethune we see the first sign of actual warfare. The town has been shelled, and many houses are in ruins, but the inhabitants go about their business as if nothing had hap- pened. The sound of firing increases, aero- planes hovering above 'us, little clouds of fleecy white suddenly appear out | away before the wind. It is shrapnel exploding harmlessly in the air. We arrive at a village where we have to leave our cars as it is not safe to drive any further in broad daylight. The German lines are not {far away. The counfry here is bleak | land barren; everywhere are the | signs of the devastation of war; the | | houses mere husks, roofless and bat- | tered by hundreds of shells, | habited bub for a | soldiers. | "Tommies" Confident. | We find the Tommies in the front | trenches, almost within hail of the | Germans, the most cheerful of all few English | Not one among them who does not ' feel firmly convinced that they are | lable to finish off the Germans as | soon as the signal is given to swarm | out of the trenches. | I noticed that the fired at least four shots | German shot. In a little village some miles be- (hind the fighting line, I came upon a | batch of prisoners captured by the | British two days before. I asked to | be allowed to speak to them. I found them deeply grateful to [their captors, who, they said, had to / seen | treated them with the most touching | The Duke--*"Yes; it's all off." kindness. They were greatly relieved | | because they would now not have to | to say that he refused to give his con- ! go back into the inferno to fight for ia cause they never looked upon as 'They were from Danish | speaking Germany. .| potatoes are very scarce. are not half as bad as you think. We | {of space all around them and drift | from the German anti-aircraft guns, | unin- | English guns every Not one of them was under twenty or over thirty, and they were tall, broad-shouldered, blue-eyed and fair- haired, and quite willing to talk when I addressed them in their own language. One of them, a man with a frank and intelligent face, acting as spokes- man, said: "We all feel that the end is ap- proaching, not so much because Ger- many is short of men--there are still plenty of reserves, I believe--but be- cause the sufferings of the people at home are becoming unbearable and they do not understand what we are fighting for. "It is gradually beginning to dawn upon them that all our victories are to count for nothing, and that we must not only give up what we have won, but even more, in order to get the peace the whole German people is sighing for." "Do you think the German people are in a mood to give up any terri- tory in order to get peace?" I asked "I am quite sure that the people would willingly give up not only every inch of foreign territory now occupied, but Alsace-Lorraine as well." "But what about an indemnity ?" "I do not see how Germany could possibly pay an indemnity now. We are practically ruined, and the in- telligent part of the population all know it. Every letter I get from home speaks of the misery our peo- ple are enduring. Our horses and cattle have been taken away, we are short of seed corn and food, That part of Germany is a country of mourning and despaif. "All our able-bodied men have been taken, and from the beginning of the war we have always been sent to the most dangerous places. Our heavy casualties prove this." "How have you been treated while in the army?" I asked. "Is it true that your officers threaten to shoot you down if you refuse to go - for- ward?" Not Forced on Germany. "No, I cannot complain of the way we have been treated. German offi- cers have their own way of treating their man. They hardly look upon us as human beings, but I think they have been less brutal during the war than in time of peace. "They demand obedience, and the man who hesitates to obey orders 'knows that he is liable to be shot down. Nothing of the kind, however, has evef occurred in our regiment." "Do you believe this war. was forced upon Germany?" "No intelligent person in Germany ireally believes that," he said, with a smile. "We knew that the war was | coming sooner or later. We have been | prepared for it for years, and we | thought we were sure of victory. Our | enemies were always quarreiling {among themselves at home. Ger- | many alone seemed to be strong. "But I suppose everything that has happened is for the best. We are all | glad we are going to England, where {we know we shall be treated well. | The Tommies are the most kind- | hearted men I ever met. They have | been wonderfully good to us." -- Te Wasn't Calling Her Dear. Desirous of buying a camera, a cer- tain fair young woman inspected the ' stock of a local shopkeeper. | "Is that a good one?" she asked, | as she picked up a dainty little mach- line. "What is it ealled?" "That's the Belvedere," said the 'handsome young shopman politely. There was a chilly silence. Then | the young woman drew herself coldly erect, fixed him with an icy stare, and asked again: "Er--and can you recommend the | Belva ?" His Reason. Moved to pity at the sight of a small boy lugging a monstrous bun- dle of newspapers, a man stopped and asked: "Don't all those papers make you tired?" "Nope," the little newsie cheerfully. "I can't read." replied even | of Sy DEALERS WORN BY pe MEMBER OF THE FAMILY SOLD BY ALL GOOD SHOE From the Middle West BETWEEN ONTARIO AND BRI- TISH COLUMBIA. Items From Provinces Where Many Ontario Boys and Girls Are Living. Natural gas may be supplied in Saskatoon by June. | Lieut. Frank Lawson, Calgary, was , fatally injured in action. | Calgary General Hospital is under | quarantine for diphtheria. | A wildcat was shot in Calgary; this iis the third this spring. | An old man of 63 pleaded to be al- 'lowed to enlist at Winnipeg. A broken cable in Regina put sever- ial hundred telephones out of order. | Edmonton is making a great effort to get the military camp for the prov- ince. . E. W. Duval, popular superintend- ent of the C. P. R., is to resume his duties in Saskatoon. There are indications that the early closing by-law may be rejected in Cal- gary this season. George Meclver, Saskatoon, was I kicked in the abdomen by a horse and died later in the hospital. Red Deed College has been pur- chased by the Government to be used as a School for Feeble-minded. Sergt. W. T. Crummy, son. of Dr. Eber Crummy, principal Wesley Col- lege, Winnipeg, was killed in action. Frank Harris, a soldier, of Edmon- ton, was sentenced to two years in the Edmonton Penitentiary for deser- tion. The heavy demand | causes resumption 'the Great West Deer. A. F. Carrothers, Edmonton, was sent up for trial charged with secur. ing money on fraudulent school bonds. Pte. E. J. Brinsmead, Winnipeg, was found dead in a vacant house, with a bullet through his brain and a revolv- er by his side. As the result of a shooting affray at Lethbridge, two Austrians, Loy ' Lombardi and Mike Silvero, are in the hospital, near deaih. Fire which destroyed the home of (Nathaniel Reynolds, four miles north of Margrave, near Vi.den, Man., caus- ed the deatth of his brother John, who was sleeping upstairs. * SC Forests of the Punjab. The jand forests of the Punjab are spread over the arid, alluvial plains, | where, as a rule, the rainfall does | not exceed 10 inches. The area cov- | ered is 3,500 square miles. The tree lis remarkable owing to the length of its tap root, specimens having been ' found with a tap root as much as 84 | feet in length descending vertically [to a depth of 64 feet. This tap root enables the tree to obtain its water from the permanent water supply in the subsoil. for lumber of operations by Lumber Co. at Red Not Very Strong. Gerald--I wouldn't harm a fly. Geraldine--You couldn't if it were {an able-bodied fly. { Perhaps the best hand a man can { hold in the game of life is the hand | of some good woman. | Doctor Tells How To Strengthen : Eyesight 50 per cent In One Week's Time In Many Instances |A Free Prescription You Can Have i Filled and Use at Home. Philadelphia, Pa. Do you wear glasses? Are you a vic of eye amas or other eye { essen? If zo, pou Will be glad to know that according Dr, Lewis there is | youl hope for you. Many whesc eyes were | falling say tAey have had thelr eyes re- Ros ed through the principle of thls won- | deptul ¢0 prescription. Ope man says, | after trying it: "I wed glmost blind; eould pot sce to read at all. New I can read thing without amy glasses and | my eyes do not water amy mera. At night | they would pein dreadfully i now they feel | fing all the time. It wag ¥ke a miracle to me." A lady who used it says: '"Uhe at- niesphera seemed hazy with or without glasses, but after using this prescription for fifteen days everything seems clear. I can even read fine print without glasses." ft is believed that thousands who wear glasses can now discard them in a reason- able time and multitudes more will be able It 1s sold in Toronto ! to strengthen their eyes so as to be spared the trouble and expense of ever getting glasses. Eye troubles of many descrip- tions nay be wonderfully benefited by fol- lowing thc simple rules. Here is the pre- scription: Go to any active drug store and get a bottle of Bon-Opto tablets. Drop one Bon-Opto tablet in a fourth of a glass of water and allow to dissolve. With this liquid bathe the eyes two to four times dally. You should notice your eyes clear up perceptibly right from the start and in- flammation will quickly disappear. If your es are bothering you, even a little, take ateps to save them now before it is too late. Many hopelessly blind might have been saved if they had cared for thelr eyes in time. Note: Another prominent Physician to whom tire above article was sumitted, said: "Bon-Opto- is a very remarkable remedy, Its constituent ingredients are welt known to cminent eyes) ist$ and, widely 'prescribed by them. The manufac. tyrerd guaranted if to strengthen eyesight 50 per cent in one week's time im many instances or refund the money. - It van be obtained froni any good druggist and is one of the very few| preparations I fesl shal, be kept on hand for regular yee {ny almostevery = ihn by Valmas Drug Co.