v

That approbation bill which you re- tetveaftgntn in‘ is Now nus. Will you be giood enquglifto mail, send, or ask us toqtstill for- your cheque in set-

tlement? we thank you!

WLEW-ll"

GETTING WED iN INDIA

Liillt Babu and his wife having considered offers for ill‘! daugh- ter, aged 15, selects one made on hil son's behalf by Mohit Balm, and n day is fixed for the inspection of (.10 girl.

1t is a formal affair. The bride is blessed on the occasion by her pro- pflledt latlicr-iri-law with a golden guinea. both parties then meet for fixing an] ltupiclous date and time for the, "happy" ceremony. The horoscopes of the bride anti ‘groom arc exam- ined. and alter consulting the illn- du calendar the date and time are; fixed.‘ -

The ceremony takes place at Laiitl Bstbu’: house. Both parties invitel their relatives and friends to attend; the marriage. T.ie house is beauti-l fully decorated with flowers, ever- greens and Cliitiese lanterns. Riusict, goesvon all rotind.

Mohit Babb’: tiarty arrives in the. evening. Lalit Ila-bu bare-footed with ‘folded arms. receives the par- ty at the irate. When the groom en~ ters, he is greeted with loiitl music

and blowing of conch shells. lie is.

conducted to a dais, and all eyes

, are upon him.

At the appointed time of the mar- riage, the groom is seated on a piece of carpet in the yard. The bride is seated on als loft. Sho is covered with a long veil; dressed

in red silk clothes and decked withl

rich ornaments 0t‘ gold. Lallt Hahn's presétits to the groom-Jurniture. dress. silver dishes-are all expos- ed for show.

Th.e marriage blowing of conch shells. priests. t-htint hymns from the Shas- tras. The bride and the groom foi- low then in low WIIlSIlPTS by sacri- ficeweburning fire (Agni) with S191’ (clarified tbutter) and sandal wood. symbolizing Agni as the principal witness. Lalit Babu joins the func- tion. He. offers prayers and formal- ly tnakes a gilt of his dear daughter to the groom , anti requests him to take her ns his partner in li-fe.

The bride is then moved round the groom seven tinit-s. After the seventh round, thc bridc and groom are atllowetl for the first time to look tit each otlier-—a minute's in- tercliantze of glances only. TJOFB the ceremony ends.

~<¢o--——-—~ A WORLD WITHOUT AIR.

Nothing Could be Done in such I t Vacuum.

“Air makes life possible; over)" one realizes that, lbttt it needs a litttle thought and imagination to realize how great a part it plays in our life. and how tittcrly different the world would he without this-in- tangible, invisible mixture of gas- es," writes M. Martinnant in Ev- erydny Science. ‘iltmtiglne yourself carried by Prof. Goddard's roket t0 the airless. or practically airless, tm-oon, and aible in the few seconds tbefore you died to oserve t-he coil- ditions.

‘Whatever yotlr feelings you would not ‘be able to talk about them. for you would be iri the midst of absolute. unbreakable silent-e. Speech, music, sound oi‘ every kind

The priests representing;

libe

:et'fect of light diffused by the air.

would have disappeared. bHYMIQB sound is the effect produced 0n 0i" eardrum-s by vibration of the air. You would. however, be able to see. since light is independent of air as a medium. tIf it were dlyllme- it went] sky would be visible. lllentln an intensely brilliant. globe of red- dish light in a nitt-htbltick sky. apanglt-tl with far more 81111010711" er stars than are visible in our frostiest night.

"The ground would be ibone dry. no seas. lakt-s. or rivers. 511106 3-11 water would have evaporated when the air tiisztppeareti. Hence there would he no moisture particles to produce a blue sky. There would no clouds, no mists. and no logs. ‘Encimling rhe sun we should see n ring of beatutitully colored llama, the corona. visible all the time in- stead of being hidden -by the dazzle

“We should see the ivorld itself illuminated brilliantly’, but in shartp relief, the effect being similar to, but more striking than. that pro- duced by a powerful seilrchligbt, sweeping the t-otintrysitie oti zrvery 't'-:irk night. Every-tiling would be teither fully lit tip or in illnck shatt- ,0w; (llerg- tixztlld be no ‘half-tones.’ 1 "During the day, winter and summer. there would be heat. such

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Sterling 736 2 4i

—INGLISH FOX WIRE ship- ment lint arrived-Brush, Sum- merslde. tiZO-B-il

—PEIFECTION ICE CREAM cold drinks. delicious meals, at Palmer Road Picnic, Aug. 9th.

811-64“

--THS EMZHALD Co-operative Farmers will be loading live hols and lambs on Wednesday August 9th, Iinoraie (‘o-operative Farm‘ ers. n"

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-PIPE BAND AT NEW ANN- AN RACES.—- The (‘aledonlun pipe llilllfl tit (‘linriottetoqwn than which there ls none better ln the Fkiet, will dispense the sweet strains of the plbroch at the bit: race meot. The baud will lrave. (‘bnrlottetotvn by auto early iii the tnoriiing and will give ton initr, ute ctncerts cn route at.tlie tol- lc-wing places: liitnter River. Fredericton, Bradalbtiiie Sta. Ken- sington. 830-5-21

n? MEMORIAM

MR5. JOHN ROACH BURKE i

t

tan aged and highly esteemed lady passcti uwtiy recently trom the home of Alnion Boswell, Dun-I staffnnge. lszibellc Huntley Wyatt was born Frb. l7. i840, and be- came the wife of the late John Itoach Bitrke, of Mt. Stewart, Sher wris- nlwayvs deeply interested in‘ human lite and welfare, and for many yt-nrs was tuitlitul member of Ute Aiethodist Church. During tbo three u-ecks of llltiesls she witnessed a Ibrlght and good con-

as would make our tropics seem by cnttipari-son a polar reglion. At. sun- isct the sun wvould sink as hOt and lbriiliant its ever until he went out and night tlonk thrown tivcrotir heads. There lwottld be no tiwiligbt: one minute ‘the burning sun, the next rblack might and intolerable cold, the cold ‘oi’ utter oxtinc-ttloti. ‘it’ during the

begins with thegda). mm, w... can“, escape the gurgnnv. m. Sweet. Mrs. H. A. Brownl Thetnace of tbo sun's heat by hiding in

.' r ll t rushed tlpon u» ke swan’ ‘Mrs. Mange, of

fession, and with an unfultering trust fell asleep in Jesus, May

lShc leaves‘. one daughter, Lil- Pliilllpliie ls- lantls, and two sons. Elclio of Arizona, and Temple of San Fran- cisco. itcv Henry A. Brown. offi- ciated at the funeralassistctl b)‘

effectively silllg! "We'll never say

former home tit l)ort:lit=ster.

itiittszt not

the shadows or underground. at1G00tH1YEl1" 110M903’ T118 T0- ntgm we finoutq. have no eggwnlninins were laid to rest in tMarsb- from the cold; even the sun-scorcb-'flold cemetery there th await the ed rocks would lbe frozen cold atrcsurrcctltm inflrli.

few tn-ltiutes after sunset. tFirei ivoultl be imtpossible, and a hundred, blankt-ts would maike us no warm-t er, for the warmth of our clothes‘

Mas. WlLGAM wees-ran

i After a iingorltig illness. due to dopetitls on the air which is trnpltlta iti-llrniitios oi‘ tour score and ped ln the porce ot' the material. ttwelve years. Juice Lester Lane, "lvit-anwhilc, we should be stib- of Dunsiaffntigo passed from jectctl to an incessant bombard earthly scenes to _>bQ with her nietit of meteorites, ‘or "thitntlcr-whortl. For many years site was n bulls." HFNVUIZ fl! i118 r316 0f fmmltlevoteti itiembor of the Methodist sot-en to twc-tiiy ttiilcsa sec ind. iniCburc-h and loved to recall tho size varying from dust to rocks nsmnmea and events of pastors long big as tnountains, exploding cti im-Hgnnn to met; rQWaI-(L Among pat-t into Wltlte hot vapor. chttrninglqmnsurn, was a mm. n; “Memor. liiigt- holes in the ground. and giv- ittl of Methodist Preachers nf the in; its a very fair rcprescntatiotiof ytnytttmn provinc€s n; B_ A3. by one of the artillery barrage; so q’ (‘_ Hussy“; (ls-my He‘. “mow tittpuiar in the recent war. This 5h") with Christ was very real performance, however, would-the m“) prayer a ‘ma; exenmm M, silent like a battle picture on the way“ Imam and cheerful when m 171ml" the last fcw months of her life she was called to suffer. her faith W88 triumphant, She leaves one slntcr. Mrs. Cli-bborti 0t‘ Charlot- tetown, one daughter, Mrs. Emily Keizer of York. and three sons, Bradford mid llenry of Taunton and Fred at home, besides seven Emil“ (‘llllllrfltt and one great Kfflfld Plllld. iller pggtgr, Rev .He“, 1')‘ A. lBrown, assisted by lRgy, C W- Kehfileflll 0f Yflrlt. conducted service at the home of Frod Web. Bier. Dllnlltflffflagg Intermgm 1n York ‘Cemetery. —~———<o-o>i_

FEMININE NAMES AND THEIR . MEANING

- Air Craft Tcstl.

~As the result‘ of teEts made dur- ing the war at the air craft factory at Fnrnborough. England. it was demonstrated that in air-cooled in- tarsal-combustion engines as much as 40 to 47 per cent. of the cooling was, under certain conditions. done by the crankcase. 1be re- suit hue been the design of a so- cailcd uiI-ctiolcd engine. described in Popular tM-echsnlcs, in which the crank-case has been greatly en- larged so as to envelop tho aylln- (let's almost completely-

Frances is tmly "free," Bertha is purely "bright,"

“There, lAre Degrees

A In Heaven:

Anita and‘ archangeli, cheroblm‘ and ‘ nrlpblft, different orders of

different degree: of perfection.

There are several

Bird Family. with differing typeeof excel- For lnflance. you may like Blue Bird Mandarin, but you'll love the OranqoPekopL.

int-ice.

Clare is “clear" to see,

Lucy, a star of "light."

Felicia is "happy" as happy can be; Catharine is "pure,"

Barbara, “from afar?’

Mabel is very "fair."

Ht ilrletta is a "star,"

Milfgnrct, n. "pearl" thrown up from

the sea.

Muriel is sweetest “niyrrb," Amrlia is "sincere,"

Agatha is "very good“

Bridget is "shining here," Milillllll is n. "lady of honor" true; Susan is a "lily,"

Cerlia, "dlm 0f sight,"

Jane, a graceful "willow." Beatrice "gives delight." Elizabeth, "an oath," pure as morn- lng dew.

Sophia is "wisdom,"

Letitia is "a joy,“

Adeline, "a princess,"

Julia, “n jewel toy,"

Rebeccia is “falthftil" as tlie ll|.it oi‘

BY;

(‘mnstttnoe in "resolute,"

Grace ls a “favor meet,"

Charlotte is "nobility,"

Harriet, an "odor sweet,"

Abigail is "joyful" as the robin’:

la

importance,

mambo n In the Blue

y.

Sarah is "n lady,"

Isabella "in fair."

lucinda is "constant,"

Jemima "sounds in air,"

Caroline is "noble-spirited"

brave;

Lydia is a "well."

Judith, "a song of praise,"

Cornelia, "harmony," .

Priscilla "ancient oftlays,"

Selina. a "ntghtingalo.“ where

> brunch" waver-- —Iiy George Bungny

and

l

‘of a

—-RIMEMBER date of Seven Mile Bay Tea Party at Bordon, Aug. 9th. ll’ day proves unfavor able tea will be held on the Thurs day following. A field for Autos will be provided. 7262M.

—ELMIRA SCHOOL CLOSING. —-—'l‘he annual closing of Elmira School took place m the school- rooin on Friday, June 30th. at 2.30 p. m. There was a fair attendance of visitors present. Thu pupils were. examined in the various sub jecta ‘by their teactitr Daniel A. hlcfiurmac assisted by Miss Joac- pliine Cdllllibflll of -‘€tlt"b Lake School and they answer-sit wall till tile different queubiia ' malted them. A short program was carri- ed out after tho cxaniiiiniloii, uf- ter which came the distribution of prizes. Prize for General Profici- ing-—Toiiinile Harris. Department --Annle Murphy. Attendance- Joseph Holland. Junior Arithme- tic—~tllutli Murphy. Muscular Movemenv-oinry E. Bailey. Draw, lug-Hilda Zlllellick. Other prizes were awartlctl also. After the pro- gramme the visitors were treated to delicious home-made candy and the pupils to tirtinscs. (Xfis were prcsentcd to the teacher by dil- fersnt pupils before leaving,

<oo-———- PERSONALS

— -.\iiss Daisy Gnrdnefuf Merit don, (‘oiin., U. .~\., tls spending two ivet-lts at the ltotiie of Mrs. John L‘. Durant, lMargate.

~~~.\tr. and Mrs, James Kllgore with Mr. and Mrs. Percy Buck ot‘ Hartford. coiin, have left for a tiiutor trip tiituugh N. B. \\'hile there they will visit Mr. Buck's ...\lr. and Airs. Kllgore will spend par-t of the time with Mrs. Kiigqtfs mother. lMrs. Jolin C. Durant at Margate. Tht-n they go to Dart- mouth, N. to visit Mr. Kilgore's former home. On their return trip they will stop at Lynn, Mass. They expect to be away, vtwo tnontlis.

into “Painted Lady”

Passes On

r

(JdlCAGU, Aug. u.-—- T00 many American ivomen are dau-bing rouge on their faces with the ah- andon 0t a journeymen painter slapping a coat of paint oti abarn.

This tendency. and the fact flint there in a difference in the technique in ‘these two depart- nictita 0t “art," utilises bueaty‘ tlttctors altontilng the convention of the American Society of (‘os- met-icians bore lo utter moans of despair, niid to vow that this continue "Painting the face," 0r ‘better expression, is an art— tiny, it is one of the most elo- quent of life's works, and the

beauty specialists are returning home to spread tho lessons.

Stibstitutioii of ‘tint-ing‘ for both daiining anti dyeing is the so- ciety's objective, tielcgtitrs de- claretl.

"We are going to conduct a campaign of education." declared Mrs. May (l. Butt, president. "The painted Indy is a thing of tlie tiast, and the tinted lady is bet" successor front noiv on."

To be considered beautiful Mrs. l-lott declared, the womnti of fash- ion must posecss that "out doors stint" in her complexion. She must the. impression that her hair [ins been kissed by the sun and itind, and perhaps the detv drops.

But it" e-lie hasn't time to sit on the beach to accumulate n deli- cate ton slie can obtain a "just as

boxes anti ‘bottles at lier favorite beauty shop.

it appeared, from Mrs. cxpltrtiatititi, that there are certain time t\\'ll9ll types of beauty come into their own, and the others

in tbueaty by way of cosnietlcian.

now is at the fotit llcrplace is taken by the girl with the kind of hair known as "warm brown." ‘Fills tone may be obtained by "tinting." which dif- ft-ra ‘from "dyeing" only 1n de- gree.

“ilouge, pfIWilPl‘ and lip stick. all of iviiicli give [ht-e lieaiiliy outt- of tioors tone to the complexion, are beauty,‘ Mrs. Butt Sit-ill. "Hair dye i3 no longer itsed. but stiecinl preparations that tint the hair have been compounded."

Prof, Francois Marcel, inventor 0i’ tho Marcel wave, also is hero. lie rPltticcd, be said, tlint even little cblltireti from six years up are getting a permanent wave.

flWVlitit," asked a reporter of "V0101 Rllrclalisls, "-i,q being done toward creation 0f nn intlegtruc lllile hair net’? l learn on tioutl utt. tburity that many young mnn are headed straight for the poor house through llie financial strain Caused in replacing buettt nnn- nets.’

But tho zinswerg were discount; 102. Apparctitly’ nothing is being done at all.

moi.

TUG BLOWN UP m u. v. HARBOR cnzw 0F FIVE LOST.

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—'l‘he her. bor tug Edward llfltl up at her slip tit tile ifoot. ofGoitl Street, Brook- lyn, was blown to pieces today by i"! flltllosion of flier boilers and her crew o! five perished. The boat sank.

Pieces oL-the superstructure were hurled a block atway. A piece of iron was blown through a small building nearby nnd [our workmen. lnjursd. _ T116 Cullllllh, Thomas McCuffery was in the pilot house about to tttke his tboat out to pick “p lighter in the East River when tho expplslztn rgcitrrcd. The pilnt llfiitee was lawn 150 feet into the river and itho captain/s body n“ found nearby.

lack]

0f-

gootl" substitute in a set of little

Don's

have to take n back seat-if they refuse to cutiform to the new style

i-‘or lli\l‘r\ll('9, llie peroxide blond-g of" the class.

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$25.00, $10.00 and $35.00

Sale, 0i. Suits

Men’s Tweed and worsted Suits, 'in browns, greys and plain blues, single and double breasted coat. Sizes 36 to 42. Reg- ular $20.00, $22.00 and $25.00. Your chgice 31;

Sale oi Boys Suits

Boys’ Wash Suits in Oliver Twtist, Middy and Sailor styles for ‘boys from 2 to 7 years. $125 Suitg, now . . . . . . . . . - . . 151.00 $1.50 Suits, now 1151-25 $3.00 Suits, now 132-40 $2.00 Suits, now 101-00 $2.50 Suits now $2.00 $4.00 Suits now - A3320

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Men's Palm Beach Trousers, in plain cream and cream with black pin stripes, regular $5.00 value, t0 clear - - -- - - 433-?

Sale 0i llienis Straw

Men's Sailor i Straw Hats, plain and rough straw, ‘ $2.00 Hats, now $2.50 Hats, now $3.00 Hints, now $4.00 Hats, now

Child's Straw Hats, all sizes and shapes, worth to $2.00, to clear . . . . . . . . . . . 151-00

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acted on the United States would —prohnbiy tint immediately, but. nfier tilt! general olccliotis-diavc been morally (rompellud t-i follow tho lllritiiili lead,"

Renter's nlno says it is the vii-w in allied fiiiancia‘ qutrtorg item that the only immediate. ptlfifillllll- t_\' of paying debts is by tibtnitiiiig tnfltlfly front Gerrniir-EG and ii‘ Gor- mnny is unnblo to pay the mora- torium asked for by Germany must be given to others.

The Dally Telegraph's corrr-s- pendent says: "Tho Iieremptory the indebtedness was llt‘t‘.l(ll\tl?l mtinnor in which cancellation of by some at least among our dcb- tnrs. was held to offer rather sctint lntlticotnent to our Justifica- tion _for a beau gestc. but mi ex- ttensive one on our part." .

sALFourrs LETTER Fences DISCUSSION oF ALLiED nears

LONDON’. Aug. 4—»Tlic British government's noto to Grvat Bri- tain's alllcn in tho grunt war. rc- uiintling them that tlicy owe (‘treat Britain ltlUllt-y‘ and that sh!‘ has a right to nslt tiaymtziit, has thrown wide open llli‘ most tlvrllc- ate. topic. in lntcrnzititinai politics. Tile fllilCllii-‘iltln of the quctitloii (f debts owotl to Great Britain had been ittudiously avoided by zii] con certieti, apparently with n view on the part of tilt. creditor nation that tho time for grasping that nettle might most conveniently be indefinitely pflglptllletl,

Tito most cheerful vlow of tlia effoct of the Earl of Balfour's noto discoverable today was tlint it will afford an itttderslantlliig all

i l

road. should come‘ itito effect tn December.

It is said tlint the Nova Scotin government is asking that their lt-uisltltlon be disallowed because ,. 1 ' mt. l . l I

t11-\-111I1“AX. Alli! ‘i-"Hl" Pwwirw‘ lllltiltftllllgléltxlllzxfrilrlilzg1%? w“ ch “we mcnt of Nova Scotia has itp|illi‘\l_ Th" Yo“ Soon“ logmafion con tn ills Flxccilcncy tlit- (lil\'i‘l‘llill" “ism-l ‘of ‘W70 nlnendments one 9e"°r"1'1"'c0""°'l m '1"'“11"_'v l" tn tiic yzciicrfll stritute applicable ‘umum ""99"" M m“ m“ " to all vehicles nntl the other to m. m“ NW" 8mm‘ l"’l'“"1‘“'11~"tlit- \iotor Vehicle Act Tlirotit-tlt which bad for its purpose they, '_ ‘ .‘ _ ' ‘ ‘ changing tltc rttlc ni‘ tho rnn-l in T::‘}“Ert':l\:31totanggvivamrglznigz‘w‘ ‘ms prnvimn '_mm h“ m figmlilto amendment to thefl latter nlzl MW so“ "g g 1' ' new itilc. The government decid-

_ - ‘v ' \ ‘ _ ctl that. tiotibt lind been raised iti ‘ltigiqgikifltwthfii ‘my many tnlntls as to lust when tho

' ‘ ' ' ' new lt-gislntititi was to become cf-

RFllllS\\'l('k gflvilrlllllttlll by ordcr- ‘nflivu and asked mm the 19mg‘

N. S. GOVERNMENT ASKS RULE OF ROAD LAW BE CANCELLED

llio

inrnuncil provitlr-tl that lcgizilft- . - . iinti :tlrtt:itly' tiasscd in that prov; hum" he (hmlllnlwed' 1"°"-- "mmgl"? 11"‘ P111“ 0i 11W. irt-t-n Nlinnrtln Llnllhent In the hon"

around of what are tho policies anti inlcntinns of tile. ttovertimonts concerned. It is considered that

next to repudiation, or nn equival- ent plort of inability to pay, un- certainty in probably tho worsc dnmngo which Europe and tho world of business could continue to stiffer. '

Within a few days-after next week's conference between Pm»

Fruit

ting that Draws Your Attention

mlcrs Lloyd George and ‘Poincare. tho policies of both llritnin tintl Franco should be made clear, The French position in one vital ros- pect alrmttly is plain-that all Eu ropenn post-war indebtedness is linked together and any solution of tho situation must depend up- on what Gormnnv tmly be Wllllllg or no forced to do.

As it ls tintlcrstond hero the Paris correspondents of London ticwspnpr-rs, France con- siders that any concession» to Germany in the mnttcr of repara- tions rind in hclp by n foreign loan slintiltl he balanced by Rllllll lnr concnsninns to Franco. Nnwsq pancr opinion is tlivitlctl on the- Doint wlictlim- 'Mr. Lloyd George's conforcncc with M. Poincare will now be confined to a. plfll] for dcnliiit: with Germany, m‘ whether Lord Balfour's nnto will not rom- consideration of the wltlcr field of inter-Allied llcbin,