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‘IO ‘fl-IE WOMEN OI‘ OUR CHURCHES:

We love to think of those faith- ful women who followed our Sav- iour on earnh. ministering to His needs.

The Saviour needs a band of de- voted women now. the women of our churches, to cleanse the Church from the evil practices of t:ie WOfld, and to renew a real upirit of devotion to the Master.

There is no greater source of tvil in the world today than social lrinking. We women. and only W0. can abolish it. Our influence l: greater than we realize. Th1; is Woman's Day". Let u: take advan- tage of it. Then will we with Jo}.- imutterable hear the Master's ‘Well done."

It: has been brought before its very forcibly that if the women 5f otir churches would taboo alco- holic liquors ibeer. cocktails. etct drinking would snoii cease to be respectable This to us seems rea- ionable, because if we are true Iolloivere cf our Lord Jesus (‘hrisf We will rihhor the things that are ivil.

We shal‘ he glad to send some- ~nc. if convenient Hi mu. to your meeting t.i speak on our work The Women's (‘hristian Temper-

anco Union of Montreal P5. Will you kindly have this let- ter read at your next met-“ing. ‘Montreal 25 i540 Guy Street 5th. (Xtnber, 1948. (Mrs. J. R. Dobson has kindly serit. in this letterl STOP THE SALE OF LIQPOR ON TRAINS

A (Toinniittee of the Avnerlcan Association of Railroad Superin- tendents meeting in convention in Chicago. on June 5th. callcd for the Piimiﬂﬂlﬂll of liquor sales on passenger traiit'-.

The (‘dlhmllYEP stated that rail- road trainmen have "experienced difficulty" because of the sale of alcoholic beverages on trains. some p.-~senges. “after imbibiitz freely. _bccome deeply objectionable to other

. DRINKING

MILLION DOLLAR FIRE LOSS While drunk, a bclllioti in a ho- te‘. started a fire in Oakdale. Mississippi. which destroyed a million dollars‘ ‘worth of business property. In jail three days later. the bellhnp told police; "1 was drunk and i In a cigarette; than l tossed tiie tiiatch in my locker which had papers on the floor. I staited till the flamc< got to my knees. Tiien I lcft" And eight ousmess firms were left iri ashes ind maiiy liotc‘. residents icft with buriie thai ‘Alli leave life- long scars, as grtrn reminders that cigarcﬂe smoking and

"bottled smoke" don't mix. -“WAR CRY"

(‘AN DU

"We live in l'('\t’till'.10|\Rl'v\' time=," says Dr. Joy Eimer ‘Morgan Edi‘ tr of the Joiirn»; of the Nanonal Education Assorizrziui, in an at"- tlcle in ilze Union Szgnal recent- ly. “People seem to confuse liberty with licciise, and to lay a.~ide in tine name of liberty. standards of oondtict that ages of experience have shown to be "wise and good . , We have come 7o consider iilXUTlPS necessities and to look upon induigctices and viccs as of minor consequence since we. nay-e the money to pay for them. What really is at stake is otir national sense of values. We spent $7.000- DOOJKY! for intoxicating liquor and half as much for schools. at the very time in our histoigv when it. v/ill take all the intelligence we can mus‘cr t0 save ourselves from a war that would destroy our civi- fixation.

“There has never been a time when an individual teacher, work- ing QUiPU‘ and with a kindly spirit. could accomplish so much. as now Ht inspire young people to make the most of themselves and to keep themselves free from habits that would stand in HIP way of ‘.iif‘ll' greater usefulness and succes Here are some things e tcavher riiii do;

"K000 his own life frec from ilqllftl’. tOh-Wvvrt. gambling and taw- dry night life.

"F-XPH a quiet iliIluNlce amor: his Itwlitis and associates in the same direction.

"Work in the church and Sitti- clay school and encourage others to help combat flie evils of vice and ovcr-iticltilcctice _

"Support with your VftlCP and purse the gi-cat natioral organ? nations which arc carrying on the battle atfainst these cvils.

"Remembering that. drunken- ness is a vice that iakcs a terrible toll among our most promisiriz people. I have known ppiwmmlii- college presidents. professor, members of CﬂnBrPss, the hciic-ii and bar. doctors and hllSiHf"\Fml"i'l who have gone down to driuikards‘ graves or have cndcrl tip in inrti. tutirms for alcoholics.

"A teacher never knows when he may he saving one such from disaster. He can work in the glad assurance that. he will save ss-ixeral people if he kcetis thc faith and ‘teaches tlic truth."

"Most hosts could save a lot of itionev all’? pleas.- their guests. too if t-hev offered tea and coffee even n‘ the most fashionable cocktail parties. A good deal of drinking t.- done tinder social duress." — Better H: mes and Gardens.

CONSERVATION PLAN

BRANTI-‘ORD. Ont. _fCP) —A bfﬂmsed storage dam on the Con- QMOIO River will coat 43.011000. the Oren-l River conservation commission was told by engineers The Com-nisston decided to see‘;

Ohatoau Sinister

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CARROT’! MISBION

"Carnot hasn't. been killed?" O'Hara asked, horrified and swiftly realising the sinister Pllfllct" 11km’ u, be behind this crime. The m- gpgclc)‘ gestured reaslurintlllf-

“Fortunately not . . . And. 5° I" as can be judged at present. always providing iio complication inter- "ms. the hospital authorities think his life safe enough. But n was a WU- mi-ww- shave indeed. And lus condition is so bad that. naturally, one cannot hope to gel much, if any information from him for some days yet.

"Aleantime." the insPQCW-l’ PW‘ ceeded, “whoever his assailant might have been, his get-awayi was complete. for he must have gone ashore among the first pas- sengers. Nobody witnessed the lt- iack nor was the sound 0f any shot heard. The weapon used must have licen fittec with a silencer."

The attack itself. as O'Hara real- ised. was intended as a silencer. doubtless purposed to be as effect- ive as the itiysicriotis poisorilnli! "1 M. Letnaire on his Jmlfllel’ l" Paris.

"You may WulldPF- Mr. O'Hara why l have conic spﬁﬂiﬂll)‘ t0 ‘EH vou this." the inspector pursued. opened the small leather hold-all he had been carrying tucked under one arin. and brought out. wliat O'Hara immediately ITBOBIIISFd esclaimituzt

“The letter I sent. him before l left Biarritzl

"lt was found in an inner

pocket of his jacket with. other personal papers." the inspector es- plainetl. “l have of course read li- tll\ the rliatice o! ll DTtYYldIIlE "l? clue to what has happened I may as well tell you that. as you cor» iectlv said just now. we of the Yard. and OIIIFFTS of the Smelt‘ Generate in Fhance. have come to- gether increasingly for some time. Actually, Monsieur Carnot was visiting bondon to confer with us at. the Yard on a matter of in- terest to the police of both count- ries. "That. l must tell you in strict ttintidence." he went on "concer- iied the i-olindlli, up nf an esceerl- liigly clever international gang engaged in iilP drug traffic. Th!’ actual identity of these people has evaded us for lotii but. We m“ know that Carnot had recentl)‘ made ceitaui discoveries likely to establish what we needed to makc arrests. l-le was nu his way here to impart tn us the nature of those discoveries."

“You mean you don't arttlhiii‘ know what they were?" O'Hara asked puzzled.

"We doii‘i. The niattcr was cun- sidered of such importance that the utmost secrecy was advisable in handling ii." the other explain- cd. We were merely told from Paris to expect Monsieur Carnot. at. iiidicatinii being gheu as l0 tilt.’ rcasoii for his visit. No-one natur- ally anticipated any attempt would be niacle on his lifc."

“Looks perfectly clear to me that all the secrecy hasn't been too useful" O'Hara stiggcsterl drily "Somebody interested mtist have t-oiiie to know why Carnot was gni-iimg to London. and done their nest. to silence him.

"Luckily iit hasn't entirely succeeded." the inspector waved aside 0‘Hara's cymrisre- "TW" of our special braticli officers are at. Ninnsietir Carnotis bedside in casc he is in any condition to speak. Meantime. as to the matter speak. Meantime. as io the matters contained in the letter from you tn liiin Mt‘. O'llara-—"

“Oh, thats got. notliinc to do with drug traffiu-~" O'Hara was saying. ivlicn he stiddenly stopped and tliotiglit again. adding with less certainty‘. "AL least. not. so far as I'm aware, inspector. On the tllilFT hand!"

"Meaning this Mr. Hussein re- ferred to in _\‘()lll letter" the in- spct-ltii- correctly stirniised. "Well, tlic Silllil‘ idea strut-t me. Mr. Oliaza atui I'\c checked tip on the gciiilcmaii from records and —~'()ii'l(‘l‘ useful sources. tlieres iintliiiig on the stirfacc. at least Mm coiiiicl-t him iri any way with any nefarious ltusiticss of that sort On thc (‘t'\llif'2\l'_\'- a man \\lih .\llt"i‘. wcalth and so many influ- ﬂlllltli friends in high placcs»~“

"All tlic same." he followed an- ttlier line of thought. “l found fro-ii ii‘§'f"l' to Monsieur Carnot iii- lcl‘f'."~l.l'lﬁ. Naturally it's a little vague to me. l was wonderintl if l might hcar the whole story hchiiid it?"

O'Hara tvastcrl riot. a mittuie. SWlIliV and vividly sketching tlic liapitctiitigs ltt rlr-tail so far as canic within his knowledge, the lllﬂllﬂfiﬂl‘ listctiing intently the while.

IH-ITEFTITPI RITTENBERG

"Sounds like the real Hollywood film-stuff!" he commented finally. and added: "A pity that sealed packct was allowed to slip through your iilllﬂfs the ivay it. did! That it was so adroitly stolen suggests conclusive proof as to its value. lt. docs quite definitely link up our friend. Mr. Hussein. with the ven- detta against. Miss Fayne. if with nothing else-st. far. anyhow."

“Lucky on the. other ‘hand? he ltitrsued. "this gentleman in Camden Town. whom you believe i" b’ ‘"57"’ Fﬂyhe. has come out into the open. He should M able to solve the riddle for ua_ And. when 1 eay for us, I am speaking for the two of us, not for the police. As the immi- stands at present. of course we have no authoritative ltmdtng. unless you—or Miss Payne — wish to call us in." ’ 4T0 Ie Continued).

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