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The Largest Stock in Canada and the Belt Selection Rose Bushes, Flowering Shrubs, Evergreens, Climbing Vines, Gladiolus Bulbs, Boxwoods. Everything to Beautify Your Home Sale Now Going on D. SPENCE BLOOR ST., Cor of ST. GEORGE ST., TORONTO Reminiscences Gertrude Atlierton tells an amusing story about her first meeting with Joaquln Miller, the Poet of the Sierras who used to dress the part. "It helps sell the poems, boys!' he once confided to friends at the Savage Club, in London, where he created a sensation by his picturesque appear ance, "and,' he added, "it tickles the duchesses." This In reference to t 1 hit he had Bade in London drawing-rooms. To get ou with Mr.. Atherton's ex- perience related la her reminiscen- ces "Adventures of a Novelist." One day. Miller called on her In San Fran- elieo. "He wore a black broadcloth suit, the trousers tucked Into boots with high eels! that reached almost to Uie waist," she recalls. "His shirt had BO collar but Ills neck was encircled by a lace scarf. On big- In .1 was a tombrtro. which he removed with a weeping bow as I entered, and 1 saw that his long hair, touching his should- ers, was gray on top, am" ended In a series of stiff 'rat tails' that were dyed a bright orange." The poet, strl an attitude, said not a word but gazed at Mrs. Atherton. She loh 1 him how glad she was to meet him. Still he uttered not a word. She rattled on, growing disconcerted by his persistent silence and his "round unwinking stare." Finally, she aid tartly: "Have you lost your voice? Suppose you say s-iin-thi ? for a change." "\\f fetched a sigh tlr mi^ht liave come from the soles of his boots," chuckles Mrs. Atherton, "and then hie tolce rumbled forth heavy laden with tragedy. "'What a pity!' h< groaned. 'What a pity we are both blondes!" Five minutes later he sl'->t out with- out a word of farewell. Joaijuln Miller was uot the only liter- ary lion reduced to -lleiu on meeting (irrtrude Atberton. LafT, at a recep- tion In London, she met Thomas Hardy. "He -.11 iluwo beside me, dropped bis hands on his knee*, and stared In- to i'.i, ! ... I floundered about broaching one subject after .mother but he never even glanced at me, much less made any response to my embar reused efforts. He appeared to have fallen Into a reverie, quite oblivious ti bis siirrouridliiKs. "Then, heaven knows how. I lighted upon cable cars In San Francisco. Ab irartlon fled. His face lit up. H tunn-d to me eagerly. He asked me a hundred questions. In answered them aa best 1 could, for It may be imaglne( how much I know of engineering am mechanics." But the day wan saved. A fortnight later when Mi-- Atherton again me Hardy at another reception, he no sooner caught night of her than he wag at her nlde. and plunged at once Into "the exciting subject of cable cars In San Francisco. * Later still. Mrs. Atlierton met Sar- gent, the portrait painter, at luncheon at the Duchess of Marlborough's. "lie did not get my name nor I hi8 and we sat beside each other and were obliged to talk: we floundered about for some time trying to find a theme of common interest. Finally, how, heaven knows, we hit upon the subject of plumbing in Paris! Then he grew quite animated!" Just after the Armistice, Mrs. Ather- ton ran into Lord Northcliffe, an old friend, In Paris, and during a talk with him, "I had christened him Warwick, as he certainly had a great deal to do with the making and unmaking of Prime Ministers," she asked him If he "were having any trouble with Lloyd George.' "Oh," he replied gravely, "I have to keep my hand on him. He wobbles! | Ho wobbles!' Gems of Peril Hy HAZKL OSS HAlI.t.Y. SYNOPSIS. Old Mrs. Jupiter, wife of a million- aire automobile manufacturer, gives an engagement dance for her secre- tary and protege, Mary Harknes.t, who is to marry Dirk Ruyther, socie'y man. Mary's scapegrace brother, '2d.]i?, calls saying he is in trouble and must see her. The house is closely guarded as Mrs. Jupiter is wearing her famous pearls. M-iry arrai'i>f * to admit him secr^'.ly. CHAPTKR I. (CY.nt'd.) "I'll be there- in ten minutes. Tell the doorman I'm coming, and to l*t me in," said Kildie. Well, what could she do? She had told him to coni< come ahead, but to come round ti the side door; she would leave word that he was to be admitted. He could right up to her room, and she would go later and see what was up. That she had done wrong in pe>-- mitting him to come here, to seek By the way, Mrs. Atherton describes "ctuary in th, Jupiter s house. with- Northcliffe as -altogether one. of the <' ut ^k.ng their consent, did not occir most charming men I have ever met," and says that he was "the most popu- her at the momp t - *' only lar of all Britons In the United States." Mary, wife of John A. LoKn, Ilepub- ican nominee for the Vice-Prefidency of the United States in 1.SS4, was a Beautiful woman with great poise, and )y rights a "raven's-wing brunette,"! but she went through some sudden, severe shock connected with the death afterward, as she sat thinking it over, that she thought about that. But whero else could her brother Eddie go, if he were In trouble. They had no home, the two of them; she it It the shame of thnt. She got up and went back to the must find Mrs. Jupit.-r ' hc ' r *> b ' away and tell them what 'he hnd done. She did not of her father. When she returned reM , y . bcli f ve that eithei " f the ' n home her husband me/t her at the rain relates Mrs. Julia B. Foraker. would miml. Afterward, there .-et-ini'd t<i be I Would Like It Again: MoinoirH of! reasO " for what she di ?' durin f th(1 a Vivid Life." "Ooodness, Mary!" he gasped. 'What has happened?" She didn't know what he meant and he was too petrified to explain. Ar- rived home, the door was opened by an old servant. At the *Is;hl of Mr. ."L-;n: die threw up he-r bands, gave an Irii-h shriek, and fled. Beginning now to be a little irritated, Mrs. I .<.:. n i next few minutes- -or lor whut she i failed to do. Kven to herself, wild I with regret and self-accusation, i [ seemed as if she might have told some j body found someone to share will her the awful responsibility for wha came after. Bt.t at the time her rea sons seemed excellent. What .-he IK seemed the only thing to do. The floor hud cleared during an interval in the dancing- and across tii room f he caught sight of Mrs Jupiter ought a mirror. There it was, her | magnificent in gold lace und far toe For Baby's Bath More than that of any other member of the family, baby's tender, delicate skin needs the freatest care and attention. The soft soothing oils in Baby's Own Soap make it specially suitable for babies, and its clinging fra- grance reminds one of the roses Of France which help to In- rfpire it. "It't btit for ynu and Baby too" Oily one oil is good enough for household equipment, says chemist Chemists, mechanico and lubrica- tion cxperti a> only one kind of oil l good enough for your expensive mechanical devices the best. To get best results from your sewing l^u^hM', vacuum cleaner, lawn W. washer, electric fan, re- frigerator and other household ap- pliances, you should use an oil that not only lubricates, but also cleans' and protecU. 3-In-One Oil Is different from all others, because It Is a selenitic blend of anlmiil, mineral aud vege- table oils. It give* you the best pro- perties of each. It dlftfiolveg and worka out dirt, protects Against runt and wear and gives the mom efficient lubrication, thus eliminat- ing 'in, !- jiry ri'p.iliH and re- Naturally such oil routs more to make, but It really cot lean to use. Play oafu; Insist on 3-ln-One Oil. At good itoroH everywhere. For your protection, look for tlio tradn mark "3-ln-One" printed In Red on eery package. ISSUE No. 2232 lair bad turned white In a slut; e im - many jewels, seated on a divan terlous moment Just the way the . watching the ilannng with a lictli-s. biug happened In nove lx. . f \i , ,., .. ' eye. At her side, Mary noticed jusi !>!KH It, John? she Mid, careleasl? U . , .. Viln time to check her forward pn,gr-<-. o Logan, who had fn lowed to catch ,, , , was Dirk s mother, a pule woman in her when she fainted. , . ". .. . I gray chiffon who seemwl to be think \et indeed (adds Mrs. Foraker), she I c ing Kather a nuc i.hrtv but hoj must have been startled whn she saw I ... h,.r^,f ... ,v, = ! I "l>'y overdone!" It would have nevn easy to go at herself in the AH a girl of twenty. Mrs. Korakei heard Dickens Klve one of his readings during his last visit line in 1X68-- sixty-four years ago! "I cannot think anyone i-vtr In-.. id a pertion read with Mich Inimitable realism and ch.iriu as this (they called him tluit) In a Mark vel- voteen Jacket," she say. -| ;,,..i,,i,, the Jacket nnd the charm, though of what the author read only Ihe iiufoi- death of l,ltilc Null, whirh provoked Mrs. Poraker - widow of tin- late Senator Pornker of Ohio has, at the age of eighty-four, written an lively a book of signed :.-ii:u ;...;,. as has come out of Washington In many a day. One of her .stories has Ohaunro.v Depew.at a dinner, ilnci thing an even Ing spent with King Kilward VII., to whom ho told the- story of ihe spinster taking her first ride on a lailioad tialn. There was a collision; Ihe dear, old thing found herself sitting in splinters. She straightened her "biinult," looked ! 'round for her reticule, then nskcd In- nocently If the train always stopped' like that? Deptw happened to mention l Kin? Edward that Mark Twain was stopping at his hotel. Thereupon the King nskcd Depew to come back for dinner next night and bring Mark with him. "And what do you think that man Clemens started ofl with " nald De pew. "My story! My Identical story of the old lady In a railroad wreck! Said he was there, too! And of course ! had nald I was there! How the King aughed!" Among the treasures of Dob sin . wood, the "last of Rarnum's clowns,"} s an autographed photograph of Eng and Chang, the "original Siamese Twins," who, with Hal), were star at ractlons of the Flarnum Show for 'ears. "On the bark of it," says Sherwood In "Hold Yer Hosses!") "Eng wrote, 'xpresslng his congratulations to me hat I could live my life alone. Below ''hang wrotn: 'Them's my sentiments oo'. TRUTH IN ADVERTISING. "Well, raudiim," said the Kat-irv >arder, as he was about to leaviv 'I can lesjlfy that you nre one < ho most honest persons I havn ever met." The Inndlndy rubbed her liaml- lapply. "That Is very nU-e of you," M!K snld. "1 always liy to pleane." "Yes," ho wont on. "your lir>ni;M.\ 8 conspicuous on tin- vri-y frunt ol your house. Your sign sn}>: Tloaid cm taken In'!" once to Mrs. .lupitt-r and tell her hti trou'iles, if it hud not been for Mrs Ruythi-r. She MHS, Mary had to ad- mit to herself, a congenital snob, n: a priggish one. With Pirk for a son she would never ) able to understand Kdilio's |iecc:ulili>s, or condone them And Mary felt miserably that she hsui little enough to bring to her unin.i with the impeccable Kuyther famiU just lu-rself Hinl a name that h.n never been brought to shame. If thnt scant dowry was in ilanver Mrs. Ruy- lh<-r must not know. Mrs. .lupiter did not look any t<xi happy; she locked tired nnd uncoil, fortable. The strain of being nice to Mrs. Kuyther was telling on her na turally jolly diypotilion. From the grimace* .--he made f'>m time to tinn, Mary judged with amusement that her shoes hurt, into the bargain. No, she would not add her own trouble to tho'-e frum which thnt po<v old wiiiimn was hirer dy siiffi ring. Marvelous flavor! Mr. Jupiter would be somewhere about he would be better able to tell her what to do than his wife would. Mr. Jupiter absented himself from the social scene as nuch as possible; she knew she would find him outside some- vi here, roaming around the grounds, smoking, listening to the music as it filtered out to him, mercifully mellow- ed by cli.-tance. She'would go out way of the ten, ice, and look all "round the house. As she moved cautiously al'jng the wall, avoiding the heels and elbows of the swooping couples as best she could, she had to pause once to rub tende.-ly an ankle-bone which had been the target for somebody's French he .]. As she looked up she saw just ahead of her, in the corner, Dirk and Cor- nelia dancing- if they were dancing. They s-ef-med hardly to move at 1 11. But what was dd was that Cornelia was crying. Mary could see it even though Dirk's back was toward her, shielding the girl f.om curious eyes. Once he looked about worriedly and she caw that he looked white and Strained. Well! That was a surprise. She hadn't thought Cornelia cared thnt much, enough to make a spectacle of herself. What in the world should she do-- go forward and let them know she had seen? Her first impulse was to rescue Dirk there and then. Let Cor- nelia gx> and cry on somebody else; there were dozens of men present who would gladly dry the tears of the heiress to so ninny millions. Dirk must feel an awful brute. And that wasn't fair. On second thought, that would merely make Cornelia hate her. But Cornelia hated her anyhow as it was. As she hesitated, Dirk evidently resolved to get Cornelia away befire she made a complete fool of herself; holding her arm firmly, he moved with her toward the wide door opening nn the terrace. She reached the door just in time to set- them step outside the circle of light from the doorway and' disappear into the dark grounds. Mary could have stamped her foot with annoyance ~ if it had not already hurt. She could r.ot follow them out there, even if her errand was looking ORANGE PEKOE BLEND "SALADA T "Fresh from the Gardens" Active! Norman Parrlsh of the Los Angeles Athletic C]ub breaks world's record for the rope climb, then pops up the rope again with a pal on Ills back. Good exercise. Mr j ^ wag ^ on thc fun of a limousinei 8Urroun a- ed by a group of "his boys." Some of them looked as if they would like to break away and start a crap game but were afraid to suggest it. . 3Sie "'is I I'U. \% 1 1 c ttllUlU .'' suggest It. i Otic tor Mr. Jupiter. It would bt too ranch I could hoar his voice droning on anil like spying. People would see, and what would they think? She knew what Cornelia would think, if she bumped into them accidentally that on. He was having a good time. A big, foreign-looking limousine stopped a second under the portko then .hot around the circular drive she was jealous. She wouldn't give and out again, at a high rate of speed. her the satisfaction. No, indeed! Th-y,The uniformed drivers all looked up could hnve thc terrace all to th;m- interestedly, as it circled, then went i>n listening in respectful silence to ihe old man's words. "Lorimor, Special body," one re- in:- rked to anoth.-r quietly. "Junk," said Mr. Jupiter, pricking up his ears. Ixjrimors were his spe- cial antipathy. Mary turned and went into the house. Mrs. Jupiter was not in the ballroom any longer; someone said she had complained that her feet hurt and had gone upstair- to change. Mrs. Kuyther had gone home. Mary looked at her wrist-watch. :.nd hurried upstairs. Mrs. Jupiter's sitting room >vas at the head of tlio flankt-d by her bedroom ami selves. Swiftly she turned into ihe llgg il corridor which ran along the side of the house to the conservatory, and l*<i into the bark hall. She hadn't too much time. Better make her arrange- ments first, and tell the Jupiters cfU'rward. She was so sure of their understanding that it hardly necessary anyhow. So she inteicepi ed one of the maid*- Uessie, the cumc- liest, and therefore assigned to parlo.- iluty and told her a man would lie coming to the side door presently, and to be sure to let him in. Bessie sai I, "Yen, Miss Mary," and scurried ,11. She was carrying drinks out to the chauffeurs, who were clustered about j her husband's. Mary's room was at a big car in the back driveway, talk- (the fnrthtr end of the hall. As she JWJ&nq JA + + + (TtiPll rius) W l..i i ricli mellow flmorof lino (llll t IK ,1.1m ( lir - yoll l-i I III - :IM.II* i. lii s anil t-dokcd diblu'9 HIM. I. with Krtift VcKettul IHgchlililo na milk ii~.li. Wild nutritional ruling ..i i<li' *, ;''"s J>'n.i.' \ .1. li. ii.ii-. 1 1 i-.i i for nil I In* family nppr<\e<l by ihr I ,,..-1 i "muni ii <>f i IK, American Medical Awo'iiilion. (let it piK-kage 1 1 ..MI jour grocer Imlny. KRAFT Weiveeta V fh Dtlltiavt Oie* Food paused on the tup step to catch i.?r breath before turning back along the corridor, she henrd sounds issuing' from Mrs. Jupi>r's sitting-room an angry, snarling voioe, a woman's loud scream, and then two shots in lapid succession. There was the thud . 1" something hfavy falling. Then sil- ence. Forward ideas about, the Jiipiter mj- j Mary stood frozen to the newel-post, tor which did not coincide with his too terrified to move. "Kddie," she cried to the closed door. "Kdilic, i:-. that you?" (To lie continued.) Mary smiled she knew with fiv- tainty now where Mr. .lupiter .vas. It was one of the favorite nci-upatioiiM of the old automobile manufacturer, with the men who drove ear*. Other officials of the Jupiter Motor Company, Incorpoi uted, were only too well nware of it. Whenever they put sentiments, he was wont to stop all by yelling, "And \\h>re ilid you K"t your information? I'll U'!l you where 1 got mine from the iwn themselves!" j Wandering Houiewivea He had been an automobile me-j American passport utatistlcs show chanic once ami it w:w his boast that 1 that more housewives take trips he was titill une -just that, nnd n<> -abroad than women In any other occu- tl.iiiK mr.iv. They illicit know about patfon. In a list of 31 classified occu- stwk issues, nnd the like of thnt, bull patloi.s, "housewives" received 13.09 he know carbureters. When he was p ( . r cent, or nil the passports Issued in i that mood, there was nothing n:r? 19:11. Travel writer* foot the list, chartered. The t<- be said. His interest \n motors and in the | credited to them, men who drove them was genuine enough; their talk was his talk. But his wife, among others, thought he sometimes curried it too far. 11, > judged a man 1-y the way he treated n car, for example. Many a friend's chauffeur, and even some taxi-drivers hn had taken a liking to, were now holding good jobs in his plant. On the s:-me basis, he hud never really wann- ed up to Eddie, Mary remembered. Kddip was known as n "wild driver," and thnt. was enough for Mr, J. If it was thnt nniin that had gottin Kddi" into Iroiibie- - Mary paused, pinching her hiwi-r lip thoughtfully betwos-n thumb .-nnl linger. She resolved prcse'.lly that this v>."..- a family mi'.ttcr, nnd why bin her .iny- ont! vith i!. except hiM-.-'.clf.' It really seemed the kin<li':-t iliinf: to everyone concerned -just to say i.i:hing about it, I.ator. it mi^ht seem wry <iitTi rent to other people, but >he' rnuld not know that thon. with only 0.83 per. font, of passports One frequently hearg the expres- sion that a certain object "moves at a snail's pace." It is only recent- ly, however, that this pace has tieen average travels about threo Inches a minute a mile In fifteen days. Ramblings It takes up to twen.y-four sheep to provide enough gut to string one first- class lawn-tennis racket. One American University has 103 different slang words for intoxication, although the United States Is "dry" by law. Two 'eather flowers, about as big as a sixpenny-ulece, attached to the ends of shoelaces, are a fashion novelty; from Paris. London has v seventy -seven ancient City guilds, of whom only thlrty-on[ have halls of their own. the other forty-six having to borrow or hire. Many priceless records of the Great War are beginning to fade so badly that they may soon become unread-[ able. This is due to tlK use of the typewriter. The smallest workable engine in * world has been constructed by a Ger- man clockmaker. No bigger than ft' coffee-bean, it represents years of pa-1 tlent work. There are now about 200 women icensed as air-pilots In England, five of whom hr' B certificates, which en-' title them to take fare-paying passen- gers. The food consumed by the animals n the London Zoo last year included 145 cwt. of monkey-nuts, 2,104 pints of shrimps, 4,600 bunches of carrots, and 224.9V4 bananas. Girls of to-day are extraordinarily good and much more alert and alivtt han their mothers vere, in the opinion of the principal c. London's oldest college .'or women. Queen's. When the inhabitant? of Trinidad, the British island In the West Indies, were recently given the right to di- vorce, they sent a delegation to Lon- don to protest against having this privilege. Mannequins; employed by big Lon- don ili ! ,i!:,r.- - range In age from six to sixty. The youngest may receive as much a? J5.25 fo a "parade" last- Ing a quarter of an hour. Stowaways in British vessels are liable to a maximum penalty under the Merchant Shipping Act of a fine not exceeding 1100 or four weeks' impris- onment with or without iiard labor. The record non-stop freight train run on British railways is stated to belong to the L M.S. Railway, who have a goods train which travels 19l| miles between London and Liverpool without a stop. Although aliens entering or leaving Gt. Britain are carefully checked, last year twenty-one foreigners out of a, total of 11,739 came In on excursion tickets without passports and failed to leave again. No scholars under seventeen will take part in tugs of war, girls undel eighteen will be banned from the long jump, and cross-country runs for boyi under seventeen will be limited, t.i uree miles, if the recommemlutious o( the recent London conference on ath- letics for school children are carried out. Mr. riuiiead "They sa> men of brains live long." Miss Cutting "Well, don't be dis- ccouraged, all rules have their ex- ceptions, you know." Bowling enthusiasts in Florida have liscovered that grapefruit make an ex- ellent substitute on the greens for woode.u bowling balls, and several ournamcnts have been held. Well, nany n breakfaster will testify to the incanny aim of tlie- grapefruit. The' 'liristian Science Monitor. Easy To Play! Thnt is why Conn Band Instruments help >ou make quicker progress. TRY a CONN and note the difference. See Our Complete Stock of New Models. Conn-Leedy Musical Instruments Lid. 10 Shuter Street - Toronto . - 4 -