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-4 > r < â- 4 *- » 4. 4 < 4 » * 4 4 «. 4 He'll Be Occupied The Partisan had jusi arrested the quisling mayor ot a small town liberated by the Allies. .."1 shall be interested to see how you w\! behave when the Allied ai.;!.orities get here." he said grimly. "1 shall put on my cial and hai and walk out," the â- luisliiig ans- wered with some . tlrnipt at dig- nity. "Oh, will youl said the [â- 'arti- san. "And what will you put your hat on? Earns Before marriage a man yearns for a woman. After marriage the "Y" is silent. Counted Ont A man was passing a public- house when a figure hurtled out of the (Icor and landed in the gut- ter. â€"A small fellow picked hiniselt up and said angrily to the passer- by: "'They think they can get away with that! I'll throw every one of them outl You stay here and count." In went the little man. A moment later a body landed in the gutter. "One,'^ counted the passer-by. "No, it little n.an. A Shame, Ain't It? Mother: "John, it's positively shameful the way lunior talks. 1 just hear<i him say, 'I ain't went nowhere'."' Father: "1 shonkl say it is a sliame! Why, lie has travelled twice as nuicli as most boys his age!" Special Attention ^eveii-year-oUl Kenneth was us- ually restless in church, so his motlu-r was pleased i>ne Sunday mornins to see him sittinB with clasped hands and bowed head throughout a long prayer. When later, she expressed ap- preciation of his attentive maimer, the boys fa e softened with a pleasant memory. "That lly,'' he chuckled, "walked hi and out of my hand exactly two hundred and sixty-five times!" May Help lionovan was being shown over a new house by the estate agent. V ho was p"rhaps a little more in- inclined to candour than some of his tribe. "1 think I nnisl tell you," said the ajeiit. "that there is one draw back to this liouse. It is very close to the railway, and vou may be disturheil at night by the trains. Still. I'm quite sure tiial alter two or three days you'll get used to u and not lu tice it." Donovan thought foi a moment, then said: "Sure an' ye needn't worry. Oi'll sleep at my brother's the first three nights. Lesson One The mis.ress entered the kit- chen and threw up lier hands in horror. "My goodness, Jane!"' she cried. "What a kitchen: Every pot and dish is dirty. The t:'ble is a per- fect litter. It will take you all nighi to clear things up. What have you been doing? " "It is not so much what I've l;en doing , ma'am," replied Jane, "but your daughter has just been showing me how ihey boil a po- tato at her cookery school. Valuable "Yes, my own son went out West several years ago to make his fortune." "And what is he worth now?" "1 don't exactly know: but six months ago the authorities were ufferin^ £2,000 for him." Tcjnporary Apartments "Vo.i don't mean to say you are not raising anv chickens or little pigs this year?" dcniaTuIed the postmaster. "Can't do it," replied the subur ban farmer, "1 leased all my farm buildings to city people." It's Time Wife. "Do you realize that 2."< frears ago today wc became en gaged?" Absent - minded professor. Twenty-five years! Yon should have reminded me before. Its cer tainly time wc got married." His Chance Full of complaints, the champion grouser of the golf club entered the smoking-room. Here he tackled the secretary about the number of •worm-casts on the grecn.s. "Look here," he .said, angrily, "isn't this the lime of year that yon treat worms?" "Yes," replied the secretary. â- "What will you have?'* VOICE OF THE PRESS Nobody Knows According lo a writer, not one in 1,000, U) iiiliabitants of .Soviet Knssia 'aious wliere Iran is. But, then, iHiiher doi-s Iriiii. â€" Windsor Star Hard To Place A lady lecturer says our civiliza- tion has been featured by the struggle of man to keep woman In her place. I'lie hardest pan is to dcternn'ne where woman's place really is. â€" Chatham \ews He Has Sound Background -.Mujor-General Dan Spry, who is to assume the post of chief e.\ecut- ive comniisioner of the Boy Scouts Association of Canada ne.xt Sep- tember, should be an inspiring fig- ure in the movement. His long connection with scouting, starting as a cub and progressing through to a Rover and then to a Rover leader, gives him a sound hack- ground for his new task. â€"Ottawa Citizen Days of Peace It is estimated that in the United Stales this year 40,0UU persons wdl die in traffic accidents ami l.Oflu, OUO will he injured. These are the safe, blessLi' days of peace! â€" Ottawa Journal Also Autos Trucks still battle with trains at level crossings althnuijli no truck has won ye' â€"Quebec ChroniiV T^-Iegraph Turkish Gall With unmitigated gall after sif- ting astride the fence until near the end of the war Turkey is seeking a half-billion dollar loan from the United States. â€" St, Thomas Times-Journal "Light" Housekeeping A', a rural wedding last week the bride was presented with three lamps. This is the first intimation of the light housekeeping catching 0)1 in the country. â€" Guelph Mercury U. S. Army Group E<iARrTnnH^73n!jrnKiic.ii^ii-ii HORIZONTAL 1,6 Depicted is insigne of the U. S. Army Division 12 Solitary 13 Those who ail 14 Annex 15 Gossip 17 Assist 19 Existed 21 Regrets 22 Man's name 23 Symbol for samarium 24 Compass point 25 Maxim 28 Ostentation 31 Suflix 32 Indian army (ab.) 33 Morindin dye 34 Jumbled type 35 Card garne 37 Flowers 39 Half-em 40 Therefore 41 Sea eagles 43 Boat paddles 47 Gaelic .â- iO Head covering 51 Greedily 53 Beverage 54 Having greater height 56 Eagle's home 58 Changes 59 Female horses VER'nCAL 1 Lose color 2 Of greatest age 3 Inlcrn.-'tion,''! language 4 Powerful ex- plosive (ab.) 5 12 months 6 Destiny 7 Lubricants 8 Rubber tree 9 Of the thing 10 Go from place to place 11 First Chinese dynasty * 14 Heart (Egypt) 16 Tungsten (ab.) 18 Debit note (ab.) 20 Countries 22 Encompass 25 Encountered Hun Flattery It 1- said that American soldiers have developed a strong liking for ihi. Cermans. One of the reasons is that the Germans declare that the L'nited Stales is the only great country and people in the world. Great is the power of flattery 1 Probably when the Germans talk to ihe British and the Russians they adopt the same compliment- ary attitude â€" but the .British and Russians have learn. d from exper- ience to "Beware of the Greeks when they come bearing gifts" â€" or exaggerated compliments. â€"Chatham News The Melon Family They're Human, Too The housing shortage has caused many a person to have to live with his in-laws and to learn, much to his surprise, that they are human beings. â€" Kitchener Record fflaG!iir2HmiiH@aJS2Eii!aH 26 British ac- count money 27 Cereal grain 28 Organ of hearing 29 Mimic 30 It is (contr.) 36 Rent roll 38 Sglly forth 41 Exclamation 42 Polynesian chestnut 43 Above . 44 Ventilates 45Eoad (ab.) 46 Shut violentlj 48 Observes 49 Babylonian deity 51 Malt drink 52 Truly 55 Lieutenant (ab.) 57 Railroad (ab.) 1 Z. 3 4 5 U T- 8 =1 1 \Z 13 It ^ fm IS b l1 8 \<\ zo M Zl zz _ 1 25 w ® 0§. 24 r iS Z(> n z& zT 30 31 3Z ii P 3H 35 3<« 1 37 i^ i1 i no 4Z W 45 ' M4 MS ou i| 41 ST •♦1 1 SO M SI 5Z 53 54 =s 51. 51 SB 5A _i "Safety First" Over in New Jersey they paint bee-hives in distinctive colors, so that a bee staggering home under a load â€" a load of honey, we mean â€" will know his own hive and won't try to enter another and get thrown out. This looks like a very smart idea â€" and not only for bees, either. What happens whea the bee finds his own door but can t locate the keyhole isn't explained. Presumably he crawls through the keyhole, which man can't. But man can crawl upstairs, which bees can't as they don't have stairs. Which is just as well, as a queen bee waiting at the head of the stairs would be a tough baby. â€"Ottawa Citizen FINE CUT %I6 M OIKS, cucumbers and squash are best grown in hills. These may run up to three or four feet square. They should not be more than si.i incl es above the surround- ing ground. Best material to use is well-rotted manure or hIacK soil from a swami). This should be lightly mi.Ned with the regular garden soil and then given a two- inch dressing of the s; me on top Have at least 2 feet between hill?. IMPOSSIBLE TO HIDE the fact that Ma«vwell House CofFee is expertly blended. The euperb Max^vell House blend results from a tradi- tional knowledge and skill of the art of coffee blend- ing. Horroral Whenever you are tempted to r ->rn women's fashions of the day, just go vs to the attic and look at somi of tlie illustrated magazines of 20 years at;c! â€" Christian Science -Monitor. Here's Speedy Relief For Tender, Aching, Burning Feel Vour ftet iiitiy be svvuiiefi and In- riamed thai you think yon can't go another step. Your shoes may feel as It they are cutting right Into the riesh. Vou feel sick all ovei with the pain and torture: vond ^Ive anythins to get relief. Two or three apnIlcoilonF ol Uoone'8 Emerald Oil and In a tew minutes the piitn and eorenep!" dls- appears No noatler now dlbcuurayeo you have been, If you have noi tried Emerald Oil then you have some- thing to learn Ctet a hattle today at FIRST inEXTRA VALUES EXTRA VALUES THAT GIVE SUPER.ST1IEN6TH • POSITIVE SAFETY EXTM LONQ UFE AND MOST MILES PER DOLUR Only FIRESTONE sira you these famoiu extra ralues thai have en- abled Fircitone tires to establL^h the enriable record of beinx thr only synthetic tire to stand Dp on the Indianapolis Speedway for SOO miles at an aTersgr speed of 100 rnilrs per hour. When bnyiiii new tires DEMAND FUtESTONE-Ihe tires tbal STAT SAFER LONGER. FIRESTONE TIRE S RUBBER COMPANY or CANADA, UMITEO Ha^Haa Csasria (Lu«i«i. THE SPORTING THING "For heaven's sake) you two! stop quarreling !" STUFF AND THINGS "Can you come back later? He's out at the moment!" POP â€" You Can Count On Them By J. MILLAR WATT MUTT AND JEFFâ€" Owing to the "Man Shortage" and All Thai Sort of Rot By BUD FISHER REG'LAR FELLERSâ€" Slightly Rattled By GENE BYRNES •| HAT'S WHAT I SAID- GET RID Oi~ THAT RATTLE OR TAKE THE CAR BACK .' . % r My WORD.' THE GARAGE \ m IS TEN BLOCKS AWAY BUT ) 'i I CAN STILL HEAR THAT / % RATTLE .' J fiM Z THAT WASNi f iHE CAR, POPPA- THAT RATTLE WA5 CO\MN' FROM THIS BUNCH OF KE/S I FOUND yESTERCWy IN THE LOCKSMITHS ASHCAN