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i*il mM ,m{ . â€" . "r- M...>-.« <k> I ^â- ^ ^, Madame Lacroix's delicious CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE H cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup niilL 2)i cups pastry flour (orl cups an J 3 tablespoons of broail flour) 3 teaspoons Magic Baking I'owder H teaspoun sale Cream butter; add siipar, a little at a time, bcatin|> until liKht; add beaten yolks and flavorins; add flour, sifted with salt and bakin;; powder, alternately with milk. Inld in stiffly beaten egf. wliitcs. B.iko in 3 ;rcased layer rake pans in mod. teoven .it 37i° J' about 20 minutes. Recipe for C'liocolaic Icing and l'illin(; is in the Ma{;ic Cock liuok. Why Magic Bakhig Powder Is used exclusively at this Montreal School of Domestic Science "We teucli mir students only the surest methods," Siiys Madaine R. Lacroix, A.ssist- •ant Director of the Provincial School of \)a- Motitital. "J hat's why I always use and rtcoinmcnd Magic Baking I'owder. Its liigh leavening quality is always uniform. You get the same satisfactory re- sults every time you use it." And Magic Baking Powder is the unquestioned choice in the m.ijor- ity of cooking schools throughout the Dominion. Cookery teachers â€" and housewives, tooâ€" prefer Magic because of its consistently better results. Free Cook Bookâ€" When you bake at home, the new Magic Cook Book will give you dozens of recipes for delicious baked foods. Write to Standard Brands Ltd., Ftaser Ave. and Liberty St., Toronto, Ontario. mestic Science, A nAd .^Nproy<(t by QuitvlainelBntituk iltfmne MagawH' Mm •CONTAINS NO AI.LM. ThlHstate- nicnC on every tin It our ftiiarunice thuT .M^tili Duklnft I'owtler In free (rum uliiiii or any harm- ful Innrcillcnc. Qems of Peril Bu HAAKL HOSS IIAILHY. Wages Drop in Japan Details of ihc dfcline in wukcs in Jap<in In Hi:il are found In a report re- cently put out in Tol<yo by the Hank of Japan. 1-ast year the general Index of wage rates muvod steadily down- i»anl and in iJeienilicr was approxl- nately 4 per cent, below the Jainiary Jevf). Tlio wajje -nleK of main worlt- ers rtei rca.sert 8llglitl> le.sH than this, but file wage rates of female worKern dci'linfid by (nlly 5 per i:ent. 'Iho movement of actual earnings showed approximately Ihn sumo rate of de- cline, allhougli 'hu downward ten- dcnry was lesM regiili. '. Here the fall, •o far 88 female workers were con- cerned, w â-  Hi ill more marlted, the In- iex .«lnl(iiiK from kO.2 In January to 71.9 in December. This deelino Is at- tributable very largely to Iho reduc- tion (if wages in the rotton-splnnlnR iknd Nilk-spinntuK Industries, where «om< II wii!li(-rs predominate. sv.N'orsis. nil li MrK. Jupltfi' lii rohlicil nn<l niur- ilii-tcl (liirliiK iliK eiiKaK«'"i''"t parly she Klve.s liir sci-ietiiry, ,".laiy llnrkncs.i. .Mary"H KoulnKiace biother. K<l(lle. may have been fn the house iit the murder hour. Kdille Is run Uo» u uiid killed as lie Koos to meet .Mary. liuwen of the Slur disrovers a race- track Kaniblrr and crook called The l'"Iy I<> whom Kddie oweil iiiomy. llowoii Kivea Mary a coHt lie found In the J. .li- ter houBe the iilKht of llie iiiurdc-. It Is her brothers. The btiller recoKolzea It as havlMB licin «<irn hy ii "Kate-crasher" he ejected that nlBlil. Dirk and Mary nuarrel, make up. and Mary promlHcs to marry hlrii at once. Wiille Khopplng fur lier trousseau, .Mary's tii.\l trashes Into a building. CHAPTER -XVIl. When Mary became conscious some- one was shouting, "Bring .some brandy for thi.s lady!" and moving her arms about and slapping her hanils. This, the later learned, was merely an at- tempt to di.seover whether or not she had broken any bones. At the moment, however, the indignity of her position â€".she was lying on a coupk; of chairs â€"brought her upright and awake more quickly than the burning liquor they were forcing down her throat. .She was in a restaurant, apparent- ly. .\bout her hovered anxious faces â€" a waiter, a fat man who turned onj to be the proprietor, and a nice-look- ing policeman who kept saying "JusI a little accident, you're all right. Take it easy!" Well, she was taking it easy, she thought fretfully. Her head ached fiercely from the jar when the taxi crashe<l into the building but other- wise she was all right, and she wanted to go home. She made this wi.sh known to the policeman, who held her arm firmly as if he feared she might go faint and drop again. "What happened?" she asked. "Truck going the wrong way on a one-way street," he told her. "You can't go out that way, lady." He mov- ed between her and the door. "Why can't I? What's out there?" "They're cleaning up the mess. The cab's all smashed, and there's a lot of broken glass. Besides, there's prob- ably a mob of people waiting to see the corp.se' â€" .Say," he liroke off, "you want to thank that diiver, lady! He saved your life!" "Oh, I will!" .Mary e.xelainied. "Where is he?' "They've taken him home. He's not bad hurt. I'll give you hks name if you want â€" " "Please do. Oh, but â€" my packages! Where are they?" The fat proprietor indicated a pile of boxes neatly stack- ed on u nearby table. They were crush- ed a little, but not damaged. Sh-3 thanked the fat man profusely. Hov.' careful and kind they had all been! "I can't thank you enough !" she to'.d him happily. "Those are my wc<lding elolht^s!" "Ah-ah! ,So!" He retreated as she tried to press a bill into his hand. "Nnh nah give it to Tim, there â€" he has a big family!" The bill she pres-.*- ed into the policeman's hand met no protest. "Want to try it?" he indicated the front (kwr. "I'll go first " "Oh, no! Isn't there .<onie othei wayâ€"" The p<dieeman called "Hey, .lack''' and the fat man bustled up again. He; looked more than a little worrie<l, as well he might be, for the sidewalk in front of his place was a morass of splintered wixal and shattered glass. The place was one of the innumerab! â-  speakeasies housed in the basements of old hrnwnslone fronts. And the pro- prietor was hardly convinced yet that what had happened was a mere traffic accidents. .\ccidents in Mr. .Jack •Shay's life hud a deeper signitieance. Fearing gang warfare as he did, it was no wonder he appeared far more nerve-wracked by the occurrence than Mary, the vietim, did. "Come this way," he invile<l, and Mary and the stalwart oflicer follow- ed him to a door at the rear of tho long room. Here the fat man knoeke<l, entered, spoke a few words, and then held the door open t<) admit the other'=. "O.K., come on through." The room was a small private din- ing room. Half a dozen men sat about a wine-spottetl tablecloth, smoking and drinking. A sudden silence, like paar- alysis seized the group. As Mary and the officer appeared, one nuin, tall and foreign-appearing or was he mcrel.v v/ellfanned- rose from his chair abruplljT, then sank hack again. Mary smiled slightly and inclined her head in perfunctory recognition of what she took to be an act of polilt- nf'ss. Thev another door into a black hole of u hallway, and entered the back door of ;â- â€¢ drugstore opening on a side street. Here the officer depo.sited her pack- ages into a taxi, and helped her in. "I'll give you that driver's name," he said, taking out a pad and pencil. "Do. And the other man's name, and the address of his restaurant," she addfd. "Perhajis I can take a party there for dinner some time and pay him back that way." "Don't worry about Jack," tfie po- lietman replied. •"He don't want any- thing you could give himâ€" unless it's a bullet-proof vest." "Oh! Why?" The policeman had finished writing, and lore off the sheet and handed it to Mary without reply. "I'll have to take yoi;r name r.nd ad- dress as a witness," he said. "Oh, keep me out of it!" Mary beg- ged as the handed him her card. "My â€"the man I'm going to marry would be furio.isl" This wasn't quite true but it was true enough. The police- man did not protest when the taxi- driver drove off rapidly. She was not much delayed, and felt no worse for the misadventure except a heightening of the sense of excite- ment that had been thrilling through her veins all day. A glance at the cloik em the mantel .showed nearly 6 o'clock, and Dirk would come before she could freshen up and change unless she hurried. F; tigue vanished magically as she dashed about. Lured by curiosity, the lumbering Delia came in to help, and to her own surprise as much as the maid's, Mary seized her about ths waist and waltzed about the room with her. "fJella, Delia, I'm going to bo mar- ried tomorrow! But you niusn't tell a soul!" "Tonorra is it? Oh, Miss Mary! And does Mr. Jupiter know?" "I don't know how to tell him, Delia. I promised to stay, but â€" oh, if Mr. Bruce would only come!" "Ah, that young spalpeen!" But the packages were a more po- tent attraction than the derelict Bruce â€" they forgot him in the joy of snap- ping string and burrowing into tissue paper. One simple little dreSs was all she was looking for, to wear this evening, but som"how it seemed neces- sary to open all the boxes. Ono revealed a little black dinner dress that was a love, all cobwebby la.'o at the top with a .skirt made of stifi' ruffles of n(j,t. They both hugged it, held it off lAul cares.sed it with their eyes. Mary had bought it for dininir arid dancing on shipl>oard, but she was tempted to wear it tonight, .\fter all, could any night of her life be more important? Her last "date." There were embroidered slipprrs to match, and a while evening wrap. Mightn'i: they be going cut ti- c ance i: little? Dirk hatln't said. Delia maile her decision for her by whisking aw:.y the empty box. "You think I should. Delia?" ''Indeed, you should!" And that| was that. She had just take'! a quick show- er and given her hair u stiff brushing that made her whole bo.ly feel tingly "Why this is where I was this after- noon I" .she exclaimed as they threa<led theii way bc>twe«n tables. Half a dozen men were eating and drinking. .Mary was about to relate the story of the taxi accident, when she caught sight of an unforgettably ugly face reflected in a sidel>oard mirror. It was Mike, the waiter. Mike served th?m with an impassivi- countenance. The fat proprietor look- ei in from an adjoining room but fail- ed to recognize Mary in her evening attire, apparently, and slipped back. Bowen grinned. "The reason we're (lining in this dump tonight instead of in a joint that would fit those swell clothes of yours is that I'm eating ofr th'!-cutr this week." Mike, the waiter, totalled up the bill, scribbled on a pad, and laid the sheet of paper face down on the table. Bowen picked it up as.d prepared to sign it. His face changed color as h-.' rea<l. He handed it to Mary. "The Fly is here," she read. (To be continued.) .> Water Now Used to End Oil Fires Scientifically The old belief that an oil fire can- not be fought with water has given way before the advance of the science of fire-flghllng, and in these days, with proper procedure, oil fires may be ex- tinguished with water. The whole question Is one of technique and the nature of the oil which may be burn- ing, says "The Washington Star." Oils which froth when burning, such as fuel oil, crude oil and lubricating oil, are the most easily extinguished with water. The Bureau of Mines has worked out a method which has proven satisfactory. The water used is sprayed lightly and in small quantity on the burning surface in order to accelerate the forming of froth. This layer of froth serves to form a blanket which keeps ovygen from the oil and frequent in- termittent applications of water grad- ually cools the oil below the flash point. Great care is necessary, of course, in extinguishing a fire in this manner, for too rapid and too forceful application of the water would cause the oil to burn over the sides ot what- ever barrier were keeping the fire con- fined. In the case of distillates with low flash point, such as gasoline and kero- sene, the procedure is quite different. When these petroleum products are burning the water to be used is ap- plied in a very fine spray or fog over the burning surface and so dilutes and cools the vapor air mixture that It is brought below the flash point. Protect Perennials Now For Spring Flowering Perennials planted in the autumn, or where it has been found that losses I have occurred in previous seasons through winter killing need some pro- tection. In most cases the damage is caused through heaving by the action of the frost in the ground and the con- sequent exposure of the roots to the I elements. , Plants set out this Fall should be gone over after frosty nights and made firm again in the ground, until the ground freezes up tor the Winter, when a layer of leaves or straw should bo placed over them and kept' in position with branches or other ma- terial. Do not on any account c'over the plants with stable manure, this might bo placed on the bed away from the plants it the soil did not receive ORANGE PEKOE BLEND "SALAM U( 'Tresh from the Gardens fertilizer before planting. For peren- nial idumps that are established, a few- branches, preferably spruce or other , evergreen, will be sufllcient protection and r.'sted, and slipped the black dress | ^^.^^ j,,^ ^„^^^ ^^.,,,.,, j^^y ^^.^^^ ^,Q„g^f over newly bought underthingsof in- jj3„ ^^^^ ^^ j,, ,„^, ^..^^^ ^ ,,^„.,.y ^^ ,.g. move any covering :n the spring, as much of the damage to the smaller , and shallow rooting varieties is done you come in! A Mr. Bowen has been|j,^ f,,^, ^^^^ ^f jhe year when the calling you repeatedly. He has somejf ^ ,,pj^ypg ^,,g ,„„t^ j .j ,he CI edible softness, when the maid came i in, quite breathless with chagrin. . "Oh, Miss Hurkn's-, I didn't hear you. said He I he'd passC' ihriv.igh the room. i*a ' important information for gave me his number and wail in until you c.".lled." Mary took the card she proffered and went thoughtfully to the tele- phone. Bowen's voice sounded very clipped and business-like over the wire- there was no sign of the wi;e-cracking com- |iani(m of yesterday's meeting. Hi.' serious tone impressed he;; as much as his words. "Mis.". Harkness. the man we were .speaking of is in New York. Not hid- ing, exactly, but â€" in retireme'it, and seems to have a good deal on hia mind." "Ves?" "The talk is that he did both jobs. And underworld talk is usu_;illy pretty acciirato. At least, I think this is. We can safely a'SsNime he is the man ws are after. You understand, don't-you? Uottcn trying to lilk over the tele- phone â€" " "What what shall we do?" Mary asked. night and the sun and air gets at the roots (luring the day. "•The j)relliesl dress at the picnic" everybody said "I must tell you about going to a big, all-day picnic," writen a woman from Ontario. "I thought I couldn't go because I had nothing fit to wear and eonldn't afford a new dress. The day before, the drunglst sUoweel mo a wonderful new tint powder made by the people who make Diamond Dyes which 1 have often uscxl In dyeing dark colors. These new Diamond Tints, he explained, are the same high quality as Diamond Dyes. The dif- ference is Ihey are for light shades and don't require boiling. 1 had a She sat down suddenly, sur- 1 •Ires.", left from last year, which faded •^AVF THOSE OLD, WORNDOWN SHOESI Voi! tJi-i f««o!*,fill Kc'e!,er«cV« jf.rf rtndti «ol«l v/«l«rpfool trdnon-sltid. PllUiC coir.pound applied liVe pullyâ€" we«'i IiVe l«-«ili«r. Oo it vc«jr«lf 41 tieme â€" lor • lew c»nH. No specml locis rct'JtJ Shocl<'.liC ii pa'c^'td, 9ua-«M«d, no«» infljinmablt â€" there » no lut- fUlfulirilaiiOH. Wid«r4r,5«oJ uiri in hones <r.d soifici IhoutindibuyU lou.tdoll«>» vMn do'U'i *'e lew M.ilP.ii .'5c, • f"! »' ">'â-  prised to find herself shaking with ""'• was so streaked and ugly 1 was excitement. .ashamed to wear It. I decided to try "What can we do, you mean," he Diamond Tints on it. I just dissolved corrected her. "I don't know. .Several "'« Powder in the rinss wafer, and the lljings. 1 don't want to rnulT this, l, dress cajne out tho lovetlest green! I thc'i* some place T can see you?" Pot '<> "i^ pknie after all and every- Mary thought rapidlv. If Dirk wa^ '""'y ^nid my dress was the prettiest -till at the office ;le could g.> and meet I ""« ""''»• ">«"!'» to these new Dia- Ihiwen and Dirk could call for her and ' """>•' Tints." bring her home. Dirk had gone out to dinner, the| bookkeeper said when she railed his office, but would be buck. Mary gave him the address. Budapest Honors Woman Patriot Street to be Named After Woman-Soldier â€" Other Notes from Hungary In Ujpest, a part of the Hungarian capital, a street is shortly to be named the Mala Leibstueck Utcza, in honor of a woman who played a noble part in the Hungarian revolution of 1848-49. Born at Agram, in Croatia. Maria Leib- stueck was only eighteen years of age at the time of the outbreak in Vienna, but she interested herself on the lib- eral side in that incident and fled to Budapest. There she became so pro- minent and appreciated among the soldiers that she received the title of first lieutenant in the Hungarian Army, and was everywhere known as "Oberleutenant Karl." .Serving under the famous general, Goergey, she took part in the siege of Buda, and was later imprisoned. On the resumption of peace, she was set free and settled down In Ujpest. The citizens of Buda- pest, by their present action, show their public recognition of a patriotic and courageous woman Napoleon's Elephant Siam, an elephant brought by Na- poleon I from Egypt to France, still lives on at the Budapest Zoo. The French Emperor received Siam as a gift in Egypt and took it back with him to Paris: but it was such a wild animal that it was a constant source of trouble. .-Vlmost as much out of a sense of relief as of friendliness. Na- poleon handed on the elephant to his father-in-law, Franz I of Austria. When it arrived in Vienna, it was placed in the Schoenbrunn Zoo, but its wildness was not to the liking of the Austrian authorities who, in turn, sent it to the Hungarian capital, where it has lived ever since. Siam is now about 150 years old, and bears few- traces of its former energetic be- havior. It now spends most of its I time begging money from visitors. With this it buys bread and other delicacies for itself Recently, atten- tion has been attracted to it in the press, and Parisian papers have sug- gested that Siam should be brought back to the French capital - Hungarians Off to Burma This autumn, twelve natural scient- ists and others plan to leave Budapest for Burma, where the e.vpedition will investigate the racial characteristics of the Shans, a mountain tribe living in remote sections of that country. During the war, a Hungarian prisoner of war in Siberia' escaped and made his way homeward via Vurma. In his travels he encountered the Shans, who treiited him kindly, and further inves- tigations into their customs, culture, music and folklore indicated a close connection between them and those of the ancient Mag.-«.rs (Hungarians i, He will accompany the new e.\pedi- tion, which will also carry on cultural researches in the upper reaches of the Ganges, Irawaddy and Mekong Rivers, during the next three years. >litherto, racial and other connections have been discovered by scientific investi- gators, between the Magyars and the Finns, and a few small tribes in the Ural Mountains, but it is now hoped that results of far-reaching import- ance in the linking up of the chain of early Magyar wanderinss will be ob- tained. Old Landmarks Disappear Two institutions which played an Im porlant part In the pre-war social life of Budapest have been affected by the economic crisis. One is the palace of the Count Eugen Karatsonyi in Buda â€" an imposing baroque mansion with a fine private theatre and a splendid park. Here, in former days. King Ed- ward VII, while Prince of Wales, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and many politically and socially prominent per- sons, were often to be seen. Count Karatsonyi was at that time one of the richest magnates in Hungary, but now the house has been sold to meet the claims of the creditors. The other old landmark was the "Hangli " cafe, once the rendezvous of the old nobility. Here one might often see Count Khuen-Herervary. a former Premier, I Count S'ephan Tihza. Count Albert Appouyi, and others, prior to their ging out of sites for new buildings, rather than through specially planned scientific investigations, continue to be found in Hungary, especially near the caritai. From them, much light on the uistory oi the earliest Magyars and of the Roman occupation is being thrown. Only recently, when sjjma old buildings were being demolished ou the Pest side of the River Danube, an old Turkish structure of the six- teenth century was uncovered; below this a cemetery of the time ot Arpad, tenth century, and still lowar, the northern wall of a Roman watchtower, built by the legion which occupied Aquincum ntar by, in the time ot the Emperor Diocletian. â€" The Christian Science Monitor. <• Return Leaves talked in the tree "It will be," Wind with lifted tune "Soon," A squirrel shook the bough, "Quick," "Now." Branch is not changed: Stands the high stairway where the: squirrel ranged. Just as it stood. Wind, on fallen kej-, 'It had to be"; Leaves drift through the wood. â€" Geoffrey Scott, "Poems.'' Factory Moves 94 Miles Resumes Work Next Day When a factory moved ninety-four miles by truck and railway over night recently its production was continued without interruption. The plant was carried from London (England) to Paddington by truck at the close ot the working day, then by rail to Chip- penham. Included were 750 tons of machinery and more than 100 em- ployees and families and their furni- ture. f//C MAKE A*OHeV TAKIWC 0«06BS Economy Prodoit* Co., 20 Hnyler Street, Toronto Mary drove into t^wn in state. Bowen stepped out of the shadow of a flight iif stone tteps to greet her. It was red until they had entered the place that Mary rcci>gTiizcd it DIAMOND TINTS AT All DRUG STORE3 1 leaving to take part in the parliament aiy debates. The "Hangli," with its j fine girdle of trees, provided a pleas- ant shade in summer and a protection I from the rain In winter, while the i view across the Danube to Buila and I the castle made it very attractive. It is now closed and It has yet to be de- cided whether a promenade or an ar- ! cade will re|dace it. Roman Ruin* Uncovered I Archaeological remains of groat iui portanee^ unearthed during the dig- himm "How do you remember to water the plants while your wife's away in the country'.'" "By keeping 'em in the hath tub." Coal Age Trees 50 Ft. High Giant trees were features of the coal age, weird growths fifty feet high and a foot thick, and others just as strange with sword-like leaves. Costa Rica Eats Lily Bread Lily bread has become the standard in Costa Kica for five years. It is made of yucca, a plant ot lily type with heavy roots that has a high starch con- tent. PA i relieved instantly Aspirin will dlspei any pain. No doubt about that. One tablet will prove it. Swallow it. The pain is gone. Relief is as simple as that. No harmful after-effects from . Aspirin. It never depresses the heart, and you need never hesitate to make use of these tablets. So it is needless to suffer from headache, toothache or neuralgia. The pains of sciatica, lumbago rheuma- tism or neuritis can be banished com- pletely In a few moments. Periodical suffering of women can be soothed away; the discomfort of colds can be avoided. Aspirin tablets have other important uses â€" all described by the proven dl' rections in each box. Look tor that name Aspirin on the box â€" every time you buy these tablets â€" and be safe. Don't accept substitutes. "Aspirin" Is a trademark registered In Canada. ISSUE No. 39â€"32 <» A **^ 1'*^ •*â- â-  •? 'T •^ .** -% â- *