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Twelve seconds! How tame that| 'seems today, when aeroplanes can' their way across continents and oceans! But it was the first power driven flight that had ever been made] in the world. Three more flights|" ade the same morning the last EG r" ine seconds' duration. Dur- \eroplane travelled Then, while" the machine was on ~ the ground, a gust of wind over- turned and wrecked it, making fur- ther experiments impossible for the moment. It 1s twenty-five years since that historic morning (December 17th). from which we now date man's con- quest of the air; the anniversary was celebrated by a dinner of the Royal) si Aeronautical Society at South Ken- - sington Museum, London. The tables were arranged under the machine in which the famous flight was made: EUROPE WAKES UP. " Yet in 1903 not a single newspaper man had thought it worth while to make the journey to Kitty Hawk to see what might come of the Wrights'| daring experiment. And though a general invitation had been extended to the people who lived in the district to be present, only five of them had troubled to turn out. It was Orville Wright who made the first flight, and in 1963 he and his brother had already been making wmeronautical experiments for seven years. They continued their work, and in'1908 set the seal upon their triumph by a flight of sixtysone miles France, when Wilbur remained in the air for over one hour and a half. Europe now woke up, and from that point the progress of the aero- plane has gone forward without a check. Among the first to realize the . importance of 'the new invention was Lord Northcliffe, who played a big part in the development of aviation ir England. Since those days aviationrhas taken giant strides. The Atlantic has been crossed by air on several occasions; Mr. Hinkler has flown to Australia (11,000 miles) in = light aeroplane: Sir Philip Sassoon recently returned England after flying 17,000 miles about a month; and commercial, as distinct from military, flying is now recognized as one of the safest forms «of transport. mel se--n---- Treaty Disturbs British The recently negotiated commercial treaty between Germany and the Un- fon of South Africa has several times been the iubect of comment in the British Parliament, where it is charg: ed that it will work-to the disadvah- tage of the mother country. Accord- ing to the London press there is a strong movement on foot to prevent ta ratification. Y Ip the light of the Government's reply to one of the interpellations made the other day by Mr. Ormcby- Gore, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, the new treaty does not sect existing South African prefer- ences to British products, but other- wise it does two things: first, prevents the extension of existing preferences without the grant of the same privi- leges to Germany; second, it prohibits the grant of new preferences unless they are also granted to Germany. The Opposition press charges Mr. Ormsby-Gore with being obscure, for _ he said nothing about the declared policy of Bouth Africa to comclude|y Mogh-feVored natin agreements with foreign governments as pos- sible, a i that the preference given any by the treaty must also to the others; this is likewise obected to in London. epi # "SCHOOLBOY HOWLERS" The prize "howler" must surely be attributed to the boy who suggegts that "the Kodak is the Bible of the Mohammedans," "Here are others "The dome of St. Paul's is supported by Sight 3 'peers, who -are unfortunate: ly "A a rah 'the inhabitants of "@reenland" 1 + "Bacchus Bost a tangs ae Gr | Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "A fissure {s a man who sells fish" | = d is the inside of a duck." | eed, y Bl eftects of inflienza may leave the| victim a chronic invalid. 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Brockville, Ont. rer ee ferret Less Noise Please Making the Airplane Easier on the Ears Will Help a Lot Could it be bandits of the skies, staging the first air hold-up, who were peppering the mail plane with buck- shot as it roared through the night? Ne, Douglas Clephane tells us in NEA Magazine and Science Service, it was hens and made them stop laying. This man, continues the writer, who takes up the problem of making the afr- plane noiseless, or at least less noisy, was the first to express dissatisfac- tion in. such sensational form, "but millions of people are becoming in- tolerant of the noise created by air- planes. Both the airplane-riding pub- lic and the millions who must. hear tals noise from the ground are de- manding that planes be silenced." 'What is being done to solve this baf- fling problem is outlined thus by Mr. Clephane: In theory it is as easy to make a noiseless aviation motor as /it 1s to make a quiet motor-car. Every pound added for mufflers and other silencing idevices now on the market reduces the amount of paying mail, freight, and passengers that can be carried. For this reason amd because of the added fire hazard and loss of power that most of the devices cause, manu- facturers have been slow to adopt them. Recently, there has bee a a develop- ment that offers first possibilities of a solution of the noise prob- lem. A device which will cyt down] the exhaust Noises without adding ap- preciably to the weight or fire hazard, or causing a loss of power, has been Sovelupet on an entirely new prisei. e, The. exhaust gases are gathered tor gther in two pipes and, passed into the inside of the blades of a hollow steel propeller that has just been invented. By leaving an opening on the trailing edges of the blades from which the gases escape, the centrifugal effect causes a partial vacuum to be huilt up inside the propeller. Not only will the motor be. silecned by this device, but it will do away 'with the long hot exhaust pipe which the main cause of fire in plines, 'turning slight accidents in landing and in the air into horrible tragedies. Even with the motors as quiet as fn automobiles--a development which can reasonably be expected within the near future--no means has yet been in such a weak condition that my |. this country and abroad can see no solution of the problem. These sounds have two sources: first, tho vibration of the propeller itself, and second, the disturbance creased by the blade tips cutting the air at six to eleven miles per minute, 'The first country to develop a noise- less propeller or other system of pro- pelling the plane, will have a tremend- ous military advantage over the world. The value of airplanes in war depends to a large extent on the element of surprise. At present the noise, which an irate former who was trying %0 can he heard by sound-detecting de- «fiscourage aviators from flying OVOT | yices for miles, gives a warning to the his land. The deafening noise of the | | opposing forces, planes, he protested, bothered his {range anti-aircraft guns, send up op- allowing them to posing planes, and prepare other pro- tective devices that are being devel- oped. gz « PRACTICED IT ON HER 1st Stenog: Ada practices the touch system. 2nd Stenog: Yes, practices it on "me about twice a week. i i sia War is what results when one eoun- try takes steps to defend itself from another country that is taking steps to defend itself. a rl Cigar-lighters now have "built-in" watches 80 you can tell just how long it takes to get a light from one of them. tempt When U.S. Prohibitionists tell us the country has become prosperous under the Eighteenth Amendment, we Suppose they mean that in a dry coun- try it is easier to save fora rainy day. | --re Minister (meeting man about to en- ter public-house): "Do you know, my man, that that door will surely take you to hell." "That don't matter, mis- ter," replied the man. "They turn found to even reduce the,roar of the propeller, and the best $ngineerh In us all out again at ten o'clock." Sonn "Bnd of fruit and flowers,' e arhols isa joy RUSSIA TEACHES CITIZENS USE OF GAS MASKS A Russian Soviet army afficial teaching men and women of one of the larger towns how to put on gas masks in the event of another war. but it takes the hard cash to turn: 80. 1 contrive to make. a trip unnaturally regard it with suspicion, believing its adherents in most cases to be self-seekers, using it as a short cut to political power. Sir Robert Horne doubtless had this in mind when he spoke of the triumph of Na- '| tionalism as bringing "an increase of pride to the breasts of the parochial- minded." Herein, I think, lies the crux of the whole question. Is na- tional pride--a fine thing. and in no way related to parochialism--at the bottom of the Scottish Nationalist movement, or has that movement its roots in a haser soil? Will the dissen- sion caused by thé propagation of the Nationalist aims be justified ultimate- ly by an era of increased peace and prosperity? These are the questions perplexing the minds of thinking men snd women of Scottish blood all over the world today. smite A PROBLEM FOR YOUNG MOTHERS Stomach troubles cause most of the distress of babyhood and childhood, and are the greatest problem that a young mother has to solve. The treat- ment for these digestive disturbances that make baby cry continually and disturb his sleep must be quick and effective, and, above all, perfectly safe. The absolutely safe treatment for disturbances of the stomach and 'bowels is. found in Baby's Own Tab- 'LAFFS Ly lets. Thousands of mothers have k-d OW. L.. their problem solved through them. (on WITH LAUGHTER) They are guaranteed to be free fre Peter pwas playing at Johnny's all injurious drugs and cannot possi t house. When it was time to go home} PY. do harm to gven ile younges rd d. it started to rain. Mrs. White, how- babe---they always do good , ( Baby's Own Tablets -regulate the ever, gave Peter Johnny's raincoat stomach and bowels; banish constipa- and galoshes. is: : tion and simple fevers and promote wht take so Buh Houble, Mrs. (that health-giving sleep which is so : te, sald Peter, politely. | necessary to the welfare ¢{ the baby 'I'm sure your mother would do as | 'growing child. The Tablets are much for Johnny," she replied. , " !sold by all medicine dealers or by My Hmothet Roald do ore sald! poi) at 25¢ a box from .The Dr. Wil Peter. "She'd ask Johnny to'stay for | jj, Medicine Co. Brockville, Ont. supper." i pei tdi ; | The Capital »f the Empire May: "So you had a letter from the}. 4 .q, pi; Hickes in the National Re- ese boy? Be 'wrote "ast me | Hov (London): = A thousand years did 1 rot Sid ® ie as ne ago political and economic causes op- dance he took m a gut; rom erated to transfer the capital from -- Le | Winchester to London, and one must a not assume that similar causes in the 4 friend ig-0n8 Wilo protends not:to future may not carry the Crown be- have heard your old and tiresome vorid the Sons For to adopt story before, ig Ck theology, Ubi caput. ibi regalia Win- 3 . teva ol aw chester was the capital of the then nick town is place where a nude principal province in the realms where : Mommy Lo the Anglo-Saxon kings were overlord. Your "can easily. tell' tlie modern London succeeded as the national centre of united England. London is the capital of the present chief Do- * I minfon acknowledging the Anglo | Saxon kings' successors. It does not | follow it must always be the national | centre of a united Empire. History is a conservative science and lives by | repeating itself. True that with the | development of transport and com- mother and her daughter apart. The mother is the one who looks 80 young Thirsty days hath September, April, June and November, All the rest are thipsty, too Unles8 you make your own home-brew. WHEN HE'S FLUSH He: "When is your birthday?" | munication London may so continue, She: "When will it be most con-| yu jt is prudent to consider that the venient for you?" same causes which operated in the . past and now translated into modern Everything was created for a pur- toys of the enormous potentialities pose. Rabbits do their best to get of (ne Overseas Empire will result in| rid of carrots, hut it seems there are always enough le': over to get into the soup the political (always regarded from | | the sentimental) decline of the Moth-| | erland as compared with her children, | land perhaps of Europe generally as against the new worlds abroad. Con- | venience may then demand the re- moval of the regalia to Wellington, or Ottawa, or Canberra, or Capet A short story, entitled "The done S227 or elsewhither. Doiown, or tions," Grandfather had a far reeled Father had a garden. Son has a can- preRer: LAXATIVE FOR BABY THAT "STAYS DOWN" Baby's tiny system rebels against castor oll and strong purgatives; but here's a medicine that just suits him. And it does the work quickly and so gently that Baby doesn't feel it. Fletcher's Castoria is soothing cross, fretful babies and children to sleep and making the feverish, constipated, upset ones well and happy, in millions of homes today. Castoria is purely- vegetable, harmless and endorsed by the medical profession. Avold imita- A soft answer turneth away wrath away the installment collector. First Hobo: "When I lie down for a quiet think I realize how Tempus fugit 18 creepin' on." Second Hobo? "I can't tell yuh de foreign name, but dey're creepin' on me, too!" "I'm a somnambulist." "That's all right; I'll go to my church after we're married and you can go to yours." If it hurts you to spend money you can't go very far in business. The best way to make a commodity RED ROSE ORANGE Pressure Rovere Known Properties Cambridge, Mass. pressures have reversed almost com-! pletely the familiar properties some well known substances periments at Harvard University. tween 200,000 to 600,000 pounds it Larder than machine steel. ed usable as a die to form steel. Dr. Bridgman found that steel tend- ed to flow, if not like water, at least | a different pressure. Oil became use- less as a lubricant because it turned man attains gq pressure of 600,000 | pounds per square inch ,which is said to be the highest by far ever reached in a solid block of steel of the steel is used to along the sides of the substance it is press A wire inserted in ber as an ald in r sure has been sl force as to dent plate set up to man said t \ steel ch action in laboratories. The tendency of steel to flow under pressure makes) possible the success of his apparatus | which is a plunger forced | a action plosive 1 f penetrated six « ix ing. He us the 1 | pressure as equ t bottom of an oce miles deey -------- -- Australia's Navy br The Week .(Brishane) H.MAS. | 20) Australia, stands for the principle independence, ir dependence pe loyal attachment monwealth of Nat tralia 1s a unit). i an Australian Navy { determination not 1 the forces of the and to recognize only stand by Commonwe al naval command of the It orities at the ot War {is testimor tention to place Em resources thing. Minard's Liniment for Ccugne, Colce. ell rr nen Human Nature Dame Madge Kendall in Jobn O'London's Keekly: Has the race thrown overboard the capacity for quiet enjoyment that made the Vic torla period the basically round era that it was? For it was sound, &nd it " produced many greut thinkers, many of whom are still with ue. No; beneath the veneer of modern condi- tions, with ite hectic race after hap piness, there is in reality no change It is a phase just as duelling wae 2 phase, and it will become arunfashion- able as duelling. Human nature does not change, and Youth of to-day is ¥ wiser, no nearer perfection, th Youth of 6, 500 or 50,0600 years ago. tions, The Chas. H. Fletcher signa- ture marks genuine Castoria. ee eas Modern Values Edith Sitwell In the Spectator (Lon- don): Money has no relation to life at present; it has no relation to any- thing real; it has no true relation to the things which it buys. It has outside human control altogether; is a Frankenstein monster i the unbappy world which created ft. Where Charity once spread a cloak "I which was permitted to cover venlal faults, this Frankenstein monster now offers the one garment which is allow- ed not only 'to cover, but to glorify, kind of mortal sin. Nothing mat- a, "you can €pend more money than your neighbor; and if you can nd it In such a way that noone y really needs it benefits by it, then-so much the better. sell is to make prospective buyers believa it's scarce. = ---- WHAT PRICE BEAUTY? , so they tell us, 18 5 look their best, In spite of death and taxes, Installments nd the rest. To the beauty shop each week To put the wave into my hair And the pink into my cheek. I gaze into the mirror » And Tike myself again; And I know I'll win a S wiaily smile Prince of Minard's Liniment prevents Flu, About the oly thing » man ety Many people; two hours after suing. suffer indigestion as they call it. It usually excess ae¢id. Correct it with an alkall. The best way, the quick, harmless and efficient way, is Phillips' Milk of Magnesia. It bas remained for 50 years the standard with physi ciané, One epoonful in water neu h 'acids, and at once, aN, PEKOE is extra ra soed "The Mucker Pose" James Truslow Adams in Harper's (New York): (The article answers the question "Why is it that a gentle- Many Substances nan in America nowadays seems afraid to appear as such?" -- Tremendous | poverished aristocrat may sell his title in marriage for one generation to re- of habilitate his house, but Americans tn ex-| Who sell their culture and their. breed- ing to truckle to the unbred in busi- Paraffin, under pressure ranging be- | ness, who shed these things of the, a 8pirit for motor cars and all the rest square inch, became go hard that Pro- [of the things of the body. are taking fessor Percy W. 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