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The Fine Qualities II of GREEN TEA cannot bo adequatoly doscrtbed but tKey can be apprcciatod In tbc teacttp. FIEE SAMPLE if BIEEM TEA UPON REQUEST. "8AUDA. " TORONTS PENNY PLAIN BY O. DOUGLAS Shopmanâ€" "You may hay* your choiceâ€" penny plain or two-penca '"solemn Small Boyâ€" "Penny plain, pleaie. Ifa better value for the money." hammer and a screwdriver laid on the top by thoughtful Mrs. M'Cosh â€" a large white wooden box which thrill- ed one with its air of containing trea- iiuree. Mhor sank down beside it, hardly able to wait until David had taken off his coat and was ready to Uckle it. Oiy cama the lid, out came the packing paper on the top, and in Jock and Mhor idived. It was really a wonderful box. In it there was something for everybody, including Mrs. M'Ck)sh and Peter, but i Mhor's was the most striking present. [No wonder the box was la ge. It con- I tained a whole railway â€" a train, lines, ' signal-boxes, a station, even a tunnel. | ; Mhor was rendered speechless with' delight. Jean wished Pamela had been there to see the lamps lit in his green | ;eyes. Mrs. M'Cosh's beautiiul tea waS| I lost on him : he ate and drank without . I being aware of it, his eyes feasting^ I all the time on this great new trea-, sure. "I wish," he said at last, "that I could do something for the Honour- able and Richard Plantagenet. I only sent her a wee poetry-book. It cost a shilling. It was Jean's shilling, really, for I hadn't anything left, and I wrote in it, 'Wishing you a pretty New Year.' I forgot about 'happy' being the word; d'you think she'll mind?" "I think Pamela will prefer it called 'pretty,' " Jean said. "You are lucky. Boy Babies Outnumber Girls Among Older Parents. The older the parents the more llke- . 01 me winaow u mey ,,. . .. , i.,,j„„ ...m k. k«»»B la What's the uie of hav- »">«><» t^^*"^ **""*'*" *V'.^,>?.1'i! "What made you do it, sonny?" Jean asked. ")t mrid' it so real," Mhor explain- ed, "and I knew we could always throw them out of the window if they really b'.B;;e<l. ing a funeral pyre if you don't light it?" (To be continued.) »â€" . A COMFORTABLE PLAY SUIT FOR THE SMALL BOY. 4854. Seersucker, lincne or cotton repp would be suitable for this style Copyright by G»org» H. Doram C*. CHAPTER XVII. Mhor began to look forwarti to Christmas whenever the day? btgan to sbarten and the delights of sum- mer to fade; and the moment the Hal- lowe'en "dooking" for apples was over he and Jock were deep in proparii- (ions. aren't you?â€" and so is Jock with that The free edges may be bound with braid or bias seam tape. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes there; they were fairy things, and; might vanish any moment. On Christ- 1 mas morning he ate his chocolate frog gorgeous knife." "It's an explorer's knife," said Jock. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 2, 3, "You see, you can do almost every- 4 and 5 years. A 3-year size requires thing with it. If I was wrecked on a'2V4 yards of 27-inch material. ,..^^.»w ..«„ desert island I could pretty nearly | Pattern mailed to any address on with a sort of reverence, and sucked build a house with it. Feel the blades." | receipt of 20c in silver, by the Wilson the sugar "boo'.s" with awe. "Oh, do be careful. I would put Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St., A caller at The Rigs had once ex- away the presents in the meantime Toronto, claimed in astonishment that an In- and get every thing ready for the char- ] gg^^ j^g^. j^ gUver for our UD-to- telligent child like the Mhor still be-!ade. Are you quite sure you know, , . „ „ , t^, ^ .aoA iqnr rI-u lieved in Santa Clau.s, and Jean had, what you're going to do? You musn't ''"*« *^"" ^"«> Winter 1924-1925 Book As Is the way with mo.st thing.s, the replied with sudden and startling' just stared and giggle." looking forward and preparing were ferocity-, "If he didn't believe I would! Jean had asked three guests to the best of it. It meant we?ks of beat him till he did." Happily there come to supper â€" three lonely women present-niakinR, weeks of wrestling was no need for such extreme meas- who otherwise would have spent a with delicious things like paints and^ures: Mhor believed implicitly. j solitary eveningâ€" and Mrs. M'Cosh pasteboard and glue. Then came a! Jock had now grown beyond such had a.sked Bella Bathgate to sup with week or two of walking on tiptoe into 'beliefs, but he did nothing to under- her and afterwards to witness what the little spare room where the pres- mine- Mhor's trust. He knew that the she dubbed "a chiraide." the conclusion arrived at by Professor i Ket*cber, the social hygfenne expert, I after a statistica! examination of 1796 â-  families, says a Berlin dispatch. His statUtlcs also show that the first birth , is the Index of theprobable sex of; succeeding births. Fetscher's research wBfl conducted In an attempt to find the reason for the Increased propor- tion of male births after the war, which stands In Germany today at a ratio of 100 female to 107 male births. He found that when the mother was under twenty-five years, the blrthfi were fifty-fifty; from twenty-five to thirty the ratio was 111 boys to 100 i girls; from thirty-five upward It was ; 124 boys to 100 girls. The same rela- ', tlve figures hold good with reference ; to the father's age. I Fetscher ventures the hpyotheste | that if these results prove universally j true, the fact that war delays the . growth of the family until the parents • are older would furnish an explanation ' of the increase in male births. Another interesting fact is that in families with the first-born, boys, the succeeding children are in the ratio of 100 girls to 124 boys, while In fami- lies where the first-bom are girls the ratio of the following births is 100 girls to 104 boys. Thus the first birth furnishes a mathematical index of the probabilities for those succeeding, while the age of the parents gives a baais for calculating the sex of the first born. TT fter every mtat Clcaascs month and teetli and aids dIocaUon. â- ellcvea that over- eaten feellnfl and acid month. Its l-a-s-t-l-n-a flavor satlsUes the cravtag |sr sivects. WHalcy's la doable value In the benefit and pleasore It provides. 5>al*<f fa 09 Pmrity R23 ^he flavor lasts cnts were stored, just to peep, and, longer you can believe in such things make sure that they really were there 'the nicer the world is. and had not been spirited away, for at Christmas-time you never knew what knavish sprites were wandering about. The spare room became the most in- teresting place in the house. It was all so thrilling: the pulling out of the drawer, the breathkss moment until you made sure that the presents were safe, the .smell that come out of the drawer to meet you, an indescribable smdl of lavender and well-washed linen, of furniture polish and cedar- wood. The dressing-table had a row of three little drawers on either side, and in these Jean kept the small eat- ables that were to go into the stock- ings â€" things made of chocolate, pack- ets of almonds and raisins, big sugar "bools." To Mhor u great mystery hung over the dressing-table. No mortal hand had placed those things The Jardines always felt about of Fashions. For Sore Feet â€" Mlnard's LInlmtnt. o Undamped In the Mountains. Radio Fansâ€" "Now that they are broadcasting the breakers on the shore, what kind of waves would you The living-room had been made ready for the entertainment, all the! say we were bearing anyway?" chairs placed in rows, the deep win-| Radio Nutâ€" "Well, I suppose they Christmas Day that the best of it was dow-seat doing duty for a stage, but ought to be 'damp' ones, don't yoa over in the morning â€" the stockings Jean was very doubtful about the pow- yiink?" and the presents and the postman, 'ers of the actors, and hoped that the' long, over-oaten, irritable ! audience would be both easily amused Willing to Plunge. Her Mother â€" "John, I think Helen's voice should be cultivated if It doesn't cost too much." Her Fatherâ€" "It can't cost too much if it will improve it any." but one truth outside truth that comes of an earnest, smiling survey of mankind. Stevenson. There is science, the Emigrants from England last year numbered 267,000, including 159,000 men. 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Breakfast. 9.00. Postman. 10.12. Deliver small presents to vari- ous friends. 1.00. Luncheon at the Jowetts'. 4.00. Tea at home and pi-esent- giving. 5.00-9.00. Devoted to • supper and variety entertainment. " VTOUcancook an en- I (ire meal with the Hotpoint 3-Ueat GriH. It will boil, broil, toast or fry. Any two opera- tions may be carried on at the same time. It may also be used with the Hotpoint Ovenette for roasting." Tlie Hotpoint Grill is equipped witli a rt- versible 3-heat switch, while tlie element frame is constructed tliroughout of rust- proof monel metal. For tale by dealer* everywhere. HoTPCXN^ DnasuoN r I i Mm a n i i» «i»iia>t««a«i ._. but iney would divulge no tails, advising Jean to wait patiently, for something very good was coming. The little house looked very festive, for the boys had decorated earnestly, the square hall was a bower of green- ery, and a gaily colored Chinese lan- tern hanging in the middle added a touch of gaiety to the scone. The supper was the best that Jean and Mrs. M'Cosh could devise, the linen Th!c r^-^^r^r..,^ ,„ . ' n ju j^and thc glass and silver shone, the excenTC Z^?L. •' >; ^'^''^.f'' i flowers were charmingly arranged, of his '^tocHnt, S.h L ^'"'Kh''iiJ««" ^^•"'•« l'^'- g«y mandarin's coat were also present. They had come If You Haven't a Phonograph Here's Your Opportunity Mr.s. M'Cosh surpassed herself with gave lively satisfaction, ll'ut ?heTea- >'-""*^' ''"^'" '''"P-P'^': '"'^^ ? ^'"''" ^T'^^' bakemeats for the tea, the nrcsents ent for Jean, had asked to see her, and stood lingering on the doorstep It was waiting when the family came : [f ^tentT denfrt ''"' *'"' '''"'*'"'" back from the Jowetts' standing in r..T"t^ " i^H.'^h^f You've wanted a phonograph for a long time but probably you haven't decided •which one to select. 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