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L The Midland and Bank. This is the an "in the world. The pared with it. ity uf avet £2,000,000,- 000. Its total unparalleled. figure 000. MOST It is. the Bervices big bank ng *2, London ¢ New York Yolume of business, it has few artifi- & ~ lal booms, but it thinks nothing of ] { dling 8,000,000 shares in a day. 1 It is the one great international i] oA past for the best securitiss of all 2 #dlvilized countries, It is under control, onize the banks. It is run t has its males teliable stock - 8. Lloyd's. Exchange, nothing th it in any | t has never b 1,200 men. derwriters; pes They point of ef most progressive British bank, too, as well as the largest. It is Jot &. vast inert mass of capitai. It is "4 ie. It is constantly offering new to the British public. This is mot e; pared with other Eglih : 'are four others that are almost 'minster and National = { are- the "Big Five" banks of reat Britain, They stand in a class by theniselves, Their combined assets mount to more than What five banks in the United States, = what ten banks, can make such a ®xchange is unique, Jom, but in the fact tional. ry _ Tha New York Stock Exchange lists ut 1,100 securities. The London tock Exchange lists fore than 4,000. t has four times as many members as 6nd will remain the centre of World's finance. ; Primarily for investors, not for cliques of "bulls" and bears." Ii speculative side, but it is never overpowered by speculators, as #0 many other stock exchanges are. is always a steadiness that § it difficult for panics and vio- : lent movements to words, it is the best-managea ai Yoo, is oh There is at even s resembl other country, It dates Back an organization to 1771, and p 7 brokers to 1689, It has eight generations, and roken down. Lloy#'s is an association of Tadieidoally, they are un- 3 ver: $36,000,000. They hava made the Ee safe. If you ask why Britannia * The entire Midland erated from a single ot a train moves without ~~ from this. room. of efficiency ever reached in the operation of railroads, and it has been wholly developed by English experts. GREAT SHIPYARDS. t h big k are not to be com- assets now stand at the of £2,200,000,000. PROGRESSIVE, large as banks. Lloyd's, Barclay's, West- Provincial, £0,000,000,000. Stock "Exchange. This not only in its that it is inter- Stock Exchange. As for It is well managed. It does not by Thai is antag why it is the arise, In other nd most exchange in the world. This. famous Maritime as a stood about they are have a reserve fund of . |are carried about by the mother, until > come out at twilight, and begin dart- dilly. This is London's latest wonder, It was opened last December 10, 1928, There is nothing else like it in any country. of It leads to two subways that run 1,500 trains a day. The deepest of these subways lies 140 feet b k rground Station at Picca- England, recently. JAVELIN TOSSER ALL GATHERED FOR THE SLING Fine photograph ot B. Szepes, Magyar A.C. Budapest, throwing the win- ning javelin throw of 218 feet of S.A.A. championships at Stamford Bridge, were allotted to him, even alth overfeeding was to when he, hero of them no more. to clear a way through trafic jams; the surface, J : This station has eleven escalators. It has a vast Booking Hall with dis- play walls that show the latest fash- ions. It handles 50,000,000 passengers a year, It is a subterranean marvel, 80 deep that it could hold the highest statue in London--the Nelson Monu- ment in Trafalgar Square. The Bat-A Usef Creature -------- ) "After the flitting of the bats, When vhe thickest dark did trance the Sig, She drew her casement curtains by And glanced athwart the glooming 0 flats"... . 4 3 --Tennyson. =. The bat, which is sometimes ealled the flying mouse, is not a creature to be pursued and killed. They are quite harmless, and, as their food con- sists chiefly of insects, they should be protected. There are several varie- ties; the big brown bat, the hoary bat, the red bat, the silvery bat, and small vam ires that live in the tropics and subsist upon blood. The common bat that flies about on a summer night is not handsome, but it is quite interesting. Being the only mammals that fly, they are a good deal like a mouse, e front legs stretch out into long claw-like affairs over which the membrane that acts as wings is stretched, attached to the hind legs and sides and sail, forming perfect wings that can be folded in. These "wings" are very thin and light, and equipped with hairs 'that, like a cat's whiskers, warn the bat when it is nearing an obect, and en- ables them to avoid collision. They are very neat in their toilet, cleaning and dressing their fur very much like a cat or mouse, and combing it with their claws. They have one unpleas- ant feature: vermin find them an at- tractive home, so they are not en- couraged to live in houses. The bat is one creature that ap- pears to sleep best head downward, They go to bed by the simple process of hanging up by their hind claws in a dark place. As they sleep in day- time and work by night, they usually select a dark cove or cranny some- where, and get away from the light, A tourist in' Muskcka. once told us that 'she had .counted over one hun- dred bats fly out of a hole under the eaves of a church in the woods. They seem to establish sort of colonies, liv- ing all together, Baby bats are born in June, one or two in a family, and two weeks old. They are nursed like kittens, and when three morths old can scout for themselves. They all ing here. and there in. pursuit of in- sects, 'Back and forth swiftly they go, the children no doubt learning from the parents, They are sald to drink a great deal of water, which with insects, forms _|able to live through that On go frail a living thing us Pollu were saved by Pollu the pigeon, , {depended the fate of nations! Major True Story of Poilu The French War Pigeon Asmost of us know, on the out- break of the Great War, the military |i authorities of the different countries drew pigeons into the net of military service, and among them was France. An instance of this, and a very re- feathered hero of Verdum, for there came a time even when that great fortress was almost battered to pieces That meant, for instance, that. th commander of Fort Vaux Major Ray- nal--could not get into touch with head-quarters by the ordinary means, Now, In June, 1916, Fort Vaux was in a very perilous condition. Cut oft from the rest of the French army, in that part of the battle' line that stretched from the Straits of Dover | to far east France, the fort was in's to. greater victory. | Major Raynal had but fow men left Here and there, widespaced from tered trenches, or the scarrings of that Major Raynal, commander of a Vaux, reviewed the situation. the enemy will sweep through! They shall not pass!" decision, heroic resolve. Most of his surviving men 'were down with a ed the slogan: "They shall not pass!" conact with headquarters, Thanks municatio nleft him, point in the ring of defence was sou-! Vaux in which the latter's dire situa- tion waa told. Major Raynal had but one pigeon message. Unless help came Vaux must fall! cry of heroism. ci Above, the sky was blotted out by gas and shell smoke, through which pass. Would Poilu, the death-pall? 'lattached it to the bird. Raynal wrote the note, and of have reached where, above you, the danger of being taken. If Vaux fell,'and yellow and the Germans would press through blotting out Vigor as if to shake from them the of his gallant garrison, but they were | polluting deposit of the pall through deternMaed to hold on to the last, | which he had risen. He breathed even although -their ammunition was ' afresh, and the homing instinct told exhausted. him the way. one another, little groups of nerve-|wards the far-off headquarters behind racked men huddled together in bat-'the French lines. rearth that were shell holes, der of the guns behind him growing It was on the fourth of June, 1916, |mufiied as the distance increased. On ed In which tired fellow-poflus, if they "It Vaux falls, it we give way, then saw him, knew not, guessed not, who the whole ring of forts will tall, and he was or what his tragic mission! wards the special homing house at Such was Raynal's decision. Bold headquarters, wounds and sickness; but they echo-/men below waited for him to alight. He alighted and taken by tender During the past days of terror Ray-| hands that had known what it was nal had been using pigeons to keep in to fight to the death. to, Wing the message was found, opened, the shattering destruction of German [read--and the grim significance of ft fire this was the one means of com-|Was sufficient to make action the ord- At another er of the moment. ville, near emough for optical com. itself there was telegraphic commun- munication. But: Souville had left off ication still--kept intact at cost of replying to the message from Fort many a life. Along the thin wire the message was transmitted to Marshal Petain, left--kept for the last grim, herolc Say: "Relieve--reliove Fort Vaux!" Munitions were exhausted, even as Vaux waited and wondered, Petain is- Were 'men, in 'body if nof in spirit.|sued his crisp orders. Within half an hour every available gun, every a- "They shall not pass!"--the battle-' vailable man, 8 wards Fort Vaux. = Y even aeroplanes had not been able to Were held off by the reinforcements. pigeon, be Vaux was saved. Verdun was saved. "We still held out," that message sald, "but are undergoing a dangerous gas and smoke attack. rélieve us. "Communicate - through ts very restraint was eloquent. Up into the polluted air Poilu, the pigeon, was thrown. Bloodshot eyes of heroes watched him anxiously as he flew around, seeking direction, Poflu markable one, was that of the frail, |spiralled upwards. Heaven" speed you now that you ky is blue, beneath you all {s green and fmpentrable to sight, nameless horrors. Pollu flapped his wings with fresh He turned and took a bee-line to- On and on he went, with the thun- nd on, across ®arth-searring trench- On and on--unerringly flying to- Poilu reached it and flew round for moment or two, while officers and Beneath his Between headquarters and Verdun No need to amplity it, except to And while the devoted men at Fort was being rushed to- "They shall not pass!" They did not pass. The Germans But Vaux, Verdun--both of them And he frail, feathered hero? What him? It is urgent to Souville optical station, which does not reply to our calls. "This is my last pigeon!--Raynal." That was a restrained message but He reached the poison belt, choking, coughing, blind- ed--then rose higher, higher, "ever fighting towards the purer air above and all. commuuications were cut off, ' the pall, -Herole Poily! Do. you know all that depends on you? Does something even greater than the homing instinct that makes you what you are, urge you on --for France? Heaven speed you on that spiralling flight towards its own pure air! decree, Even churches are forbidden to toll their bells between the hours of § p.m, and 6 a.m. The decree follows: 1. All forms of shouting in the public streets is forbidden. wares in a moderate tone of voice. 2. Use of cornets," hand-operated horns and sirens on hand carts is forbidden. Street car bells and auto- mobile horns may only be used for facilitating traffic movements. A $5 fine may be imposed for violation of these regulations. Automobile horns and street car bells must not be used between the hours of 12 midnight and 5 a.m. 3. Circulation of automobiles with- out mufflers is prohibited, +4. Ambulating venders are profibit ed from announcing their presence by mean of trumpets, whistles, cor- nets or bells. 5. The practice of having 'a strong- lunged announcer at the doorway of various business establishments to an- nounce the varlous articles cn sale is prohibited. 6. Tho use of electric bells or the exterior of business establisl.ments to attract public attention fs prohibit. ed 7. All industries operating on a 24 hour schedule are prohibited from making unnecessary noises at night, especially between the hours of 10 p.m, and 5 am. Also it is strictly prohibited fur these factories to use a whistle to mark the hours of work for the employees. 8. Business establishments are pro- hibited from radlocasting music un- less permission for doing so is first obtained from neighboring establish- ments or residents. 9. Houses of worship may toll their bells during the hours from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m, and then only fn moderation. ba A London Butterfly 'Tis summer now; and in a London street, Though dust blows In ihe eye And Spring from blazing stone flies in defeat, I saw,a butterfly. Above the crowds he went, holding the sun In wings transparent still, As If like me he strayed and thought of one Drowsy remembered hill; And bore through allen glitter as he went The brilliance of pure day, And left in story roads the mocking scent Ot wildflowers far away. --By Edward Snelson. ---- 1 Man What a place of work fs man! How noble in'reason! how infinite in facul- tles! In form, and moving, how ex- press and admirable in action, how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals --Shake- speare, t -- France was told of him. There What birds have four feet and yel- hasten the day Fort Vaux, should stretch his wings for the last time, then close them to his body, to litt Havana, Cuba.--Havana--one of the world's nolsiest| citles--will become the quietest if all the stipulations of a decree signed by Mayor Mariano Miguel Gomes are strictly enforced.|| The clamor and screech of automo- bile horns on down-town streets as impatient "fotingo" drivers attempt the monotonous ringing of electric bells in front of theatres to announce & new show; the piercing wails of venders of tropical fruits, and the fn- sistent ting-a-ling of small bells on hand carts containing various frozen delicacies, will all be abolished by the News- paper venders may advertise their interiors! new version of upon| If the hair-wreaths of our grand- fathers are lacking, we have with us again horsehair coverings w our furni- re, Finally have returned "the old fashioned cacti plants that our grand. little lant, the cactus. because of its naivete. FORM TO SUIT YOUR FANCY Some have gorgeous blossoms. tune to the household. Perhaps one of she most offective rooms in which the cactus has been used as a decorative motif is the equivalent, in France, of the American Sun porch. The sloping roof of colored glass casts just the right sunny tint over walls of soft, gray-green, rough plaster and the tiled floor of dull Indian red. The furniture is of the popular curved metal tube variety with dull yellow cushions. A single large arm- chair is upholstered in rather startl- ing tiger stripes of black and orange. Pots of cacti of every conceivable form are the feature of the room, their soft gray or yellowish-green bleading charmingly with the color of ths walls, Three large attenuated shapes at least three feet high in gay pots adorn a low built-in bench forming interest- ing silhouettes against the neutral wall. A cupboerd with its square paned glass doors flush with the walls, contains a collection of quaint shapes Bustles and knobs of hair are back into women's fashions! Wax flowers adorn the walls of some of our Feders sampler appears in the wall pictures made' of scraps of different colored fabrics. mothers used to cherish in small pots of sand on green-painted wire stands. Bat the use of the cactus a* a real factor in modern decoration is new. Recently a Parisian decorator real- ized that the average modern interior of today must have an element of life to relieve its straight lines and gen- eral effect of inertness. While other artists introduced a darting goldfish or a bowl of flowers, he chose the odd This shrub has.a strange fascina- tion. It is attractive in the same way that Negro art and Indian dances are --not rimarily because of beauty but There are hundreds of cacti and the choice in form and color seems infinite, More depend on their artistic, if bizarre, outlive for decorative value. Some have tradition behind them. One type is sacred to certain Indian tribes. An- other, that blooms only after nightfall, is supposed to bring lasting good for- Famous Polar Serves as Bartender in Zululand Johannesburg, 'South Africa. --Com- mander Frank Wild, one of the most daring and shilful of Polar explorers, who accompanied both Capt. Scott and Sir Ernest Shackleton on their Antarctic expeditions, has fallen on {evil days, He has tried his hand 1 8t cotton growing and has failed and Is now serving as a bartender in a emall hotel in Northern Zululand, Commander Wild was four years in Zululand, cotton growing. He is now at Goller, the most northerly point of the North Zululand Railways, earr- ing a little less than $20 a month anc his board. When he had brought the discovery- ship Quest back to England after the ill-fated Shackleton expedition of 1922 he went to Northern Zululand and settled In the M'kusi valley. In this fever-stricken district he en- countered great difficulties, notably from drcught. Most of the other gpt- tlers fn the district failed, but he ong of the last to give up. He Is quite cheerful in spite of his fll-luck, but is anxious to retire to some place near the coast. Commander Wild's career has been a succession of adventures, none of which has brought him luck. He has been in five Antarctic expeditions, and has spent more than 10 yras@ of his life in frozen seas, a record unequalled by either Scott, Evans, Shackleton, or Amundsen. He Is descended from Captain Cook, Nearly 30 years ago he sailed with Scott in the Discovery; he was with Shackleton in the Nimrod, with Maw- son in the Aurora, and with Shackle- ton again, as second in command, In the Endurance. After the ship Kad been crushed in thé Ice he kept hops and courage alive in the little party marooned in Eler phant Island ,and was rescued when food for only two more days remain- ed. On the return of the expedition he was received by the King at Buck- ingham Palace. o i J When Shackleton was preparing for his last expediticn Wild was In Cen tral Africa. To join his friend he swam thre erapid rivers infested with vipers and walked 100 miles knee- deep In water, He gives a stirring accont of his experiences in his book, "Shackleton"s Last Voyage." He married the widow of a Borneo tea planter, whom he rescued from Russia, where she was stranded after Explorer Now high. The earth in which 'ney thrive mold, one-third sand, and one-third o'dinary soil, with a little pulverized brick added. substitute for that family rubber plant, All common things, each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleagures and our. discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend. es the youth power, and the maiden beauty. He takes vows from them.-- in colored pots. A sqyatty cactus, for all the world like a huge, silver-green sponge, rests on a low red table, An odd stand, like an old-fashicned hat rack with bristling side shelves, bears a dozen other spiny specimens. RIGHT FOR CERTAIN PLACES. But the cactus is not always ban- ished to the sun room, nor does it always appear in regiments. A single huge plant with twisted branches often gives interest in a living room to a space that refuses to be coaxed into beauty with either picture or hanging, Twenty or 30 tiny cacti, about three inches in height including the pots, gave an unusual note to the sills of some otherwise rather drab highly set windows of a studio. There are myriad species of cacti and they are the most easily cared for of any plant in an apartment = They need little water and their only great demand is for plenty of light. An expert says that watering (wice a week in the summer, once a week in the spring and fall and less often in the winter is sufficient unless the tem- perature of the room is excessively her husband's death during the war, re cetmeiren "Jack Miner on Current Topics" During the last ten years Jack - Miner, free of charge, has written articles which have been published from coast to coast in all leading Canadian and United States news- pepers. Mr, Miner's idea was through the co-operation of press to educate the youth to the value of bird life to the country. All newspapers have co- operated fully, the result being that each article or statement has had a tremendous circulation, and been re- ceived so well by the public that, dur- ing the last few years, from fifty to one hundred letters would find their way daily to Jack Miner's post office box asking for reprints of these articles. Jack Miner, being a poor man financially, could not afford to have reprints made, nor even acknowl- edge these requests. So rapidly did thege requests pile up, that upon tak- ing the matter up with Ryerson Press, Toronto, they decided to place on the market all these articles in book form, calling the book "Jack Miner on Cur- rent Topics." Under the able super- vision of Mr. E. J. Moore, of Ryerson Press, an intimate friend of the Miner family, a hook has been produced that is not only a credit to the Ryerson Press and Miner family, but will be a credit to the library of any indi- vidual. The book is handsomely bound and printed on white coated paper, the same as the first Miner book. It con= tains over fifty of latest photos taken on the bird sanctuary to illustrate the various articles. It retails at $2.50, and can be purchased at any book store, or direct from Ryerson Press, Toronto, Ont. Should a profit be de- rived from book the money is used to maintain the Jack Miner bird sanctuary. Buy it for your own per- sonal library, your town library and for your friends. best is compused of one-third garden Perhaps we have found an effective tomes, Pleasures H. W, Longfellow. < Responsibility As men go toward greatness they go oward responsibility. When God giv- low feathers?-- Two canaries. J LQuite A SNE ME ESPITE a a Newell Dwight Hillis, he; | suit? He: Wh on I look at it, T No one who Is worthy to