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ES, THURSDAY, ' THE OSHAWA DAILY TIM -- CH 22, 1928 ---------- Charming Little Frocks Ready for the Wee Girl For the Easter Sedson -- Courtouriers Have Pr. red to Treat Little Miss Sub- Deb Handsomely in the Way of Style : - During Coming Season NEW YORKr Mar. 17.--Little ss Sub-Debutante will be treated ndsomely this s- ug by the best cQuturiers. 'For the new dresses for the Eas- ter parade are as charmingly sim- ple and beautiful as a sweet little ma'd 4 serves. This, too, in spite of the "act that children's costumes borrow most of the style features ther's gowns have adopted. But the ensemble idea, Kkerchief necks, elab rate decoration and tight waistlines all are subordinat- ed ty an effect of simplicity. At the conventi~= of the United Tafants', Children's and Juniors' Wear League of America, no two little mannik displayed the eams kind of dress, -uch diversity ls there among clothes for wee folks. Much silk is ed, either in ctepe de © 'ne or s me of the new little figured patt rns.oef 1 ashable slik that features small animals, lowers, scenes or conventional i*-igns that wou'* appeal to small wearers, Pongee and tussar are very good. "iunen- seem very pop- ular, in some of the most beati- ful shades a with hand-work fqr decoration. new material Is printed pique--fine for its little floral patterns that adorn it color- fglly, Organdy is fine for party dresses and pretty little touches op silk dresses, The pantiedress is still the ae- céptable day-time frock for the . mall girl who romps. But even here a new note ereeps in. In- stead of knickers, there are now cute little English "shorts" of self-material' and like as not they have the same decorative motif on a pocket or arcind their abbreviat- ed legs. The little ensemble Is as pretty ag it is new for the small gir! With pleated silk skirt and cardi- gan or sleeveless jacket over a soft Angora jumper, she is as smartly réady for a heavy soclal day as her mother. Perhaps the newest thing about children's frocks are their neck- lines, Callaps must have Individual- ity and here is where the kerchief ig at its best, Some dresses take their bonnets of washable materials to match, others take parasol. The ensemble ig fast spreading to every type of child's apparel, as it has to wo- man's. For the well-dressed child, four frocks have been selected for illus- tration that give to morning frocks, an afternoon ensemble and a party dress. Linen in a pale blue fashions one of the morning frocks--with a collar in five rounded sections, heavily embroidered in a lovely red, a darker blue apd 'a green, The short sleeves * have the same decoration. Nw is the way the box pleats in t'is dress are held to the body to give a somewhat molded silhouette--with rows of six red buttoms accenting the wa'stline. This is the English "shorts" frocks and in this (particular in. stance, the blue linen shorts have a single embro' 'ered pocket. Next is the figured pigue-=the season's latest material. Lavender and yellow arre seen on a white background and one yellow and one lavender leather helt catch the color not-. The. collar on this points away from the neck in a childish 1'>e a d 've short sleeves are slit. All edges have a little colored hand-work. : Little Miss C"a In the jumper suit is all ready for a trip to town to the theatre to lunch with Mo- ther or just abou anything that comes alon~ semi-formally Scarlet crepe de chine pleats the abbreviated skirt which has its own litle self- 'aterlal sleeveless jumper. Top. ing fit is a pongee sleeveless cardiran with lovely silk braid in scarlet irk and rose ede- ing it. The newest touch is the kerchief collar, whieh is attached 'n the hack and es just-like a re- gular necktie. in .ront, This frock has a scarlet beret to outfit little Miss Chie for outdoors The bloomers are of scarlet, too. For the tiny tot in festive spirit; nothing could be 3 veeter than the apricot flat crepe jabot fro in a French weav. of 'infinite softness and luster, with touches nf crisp oreandv hound with apple green. The little jabhot is plain as it is heautiful, just one petal of organ- dy after another, of white organdy bound in green nd with little green bu"ons, Little shoulder caps or tahs are a eute military touch, Long streamers of the apple green sil ha g from a tiny bow that dots th: back of the lit: tle girl's neck-line, Witcheraft: By IL L. MacPherson in the Border Citles Star A Lost Art It is signiticant, perhaps, that fortune telling did not come into its own until witchcraft, oecause of the penalties it drew for those who practised it, or were alleged to practise is, became a lost ari. A broad distinction can be drawn between the two pastimes, but it is claimed that one was the father of the other. Witcheraft did not turn out to be a paying proposition, chiefly because the women in the profes- sion, were too nk., They did not hesitate to tell vapleasant thipgs to those who consulted them, and they attempted to add convic- tion to their prophesies by intimat- ing that they themselyes were largely responsible -- through af- fillation with the Evil One--for the things they said would happen. . » * Consequently, when any of the promised happenings did occur, the victims raised a rumpus, and the witch was as good as roasted. A witch had only to foretell mis- fortune for someone, and her rep- utation was established if by some unhappy coincidence it developed that she spoke the truth, After centuries of witcheraft, it s assumed, the members of the profession at last :onclusion that their ethics were far too lofty. They realized at last chat though man fs attracted by the supernatural, and is willing to pay handsomely for vhat it may reveal, he cannot be anything but disappointed if the revelations are unpleasant. The result was that witches rewrote their code, abandoned the broomstick for the erystal sphere, Just what part broomsticks had played in their incantations is dif- ficult to ascertain. It is alleged that they were used chiefly as a means of transportation to and from Erebus. If that is so, then it seems probable that witch boiled needles in a saucer over a battered stove she was mere | ly trying to create the impression that her sister creates today when | she dims the lights and gazes va- cantly into the mystic depths of a ball of glass. 8'om PSA The witch took a foolish de- light in gerrorizing her patrons: the crystal gazer throws au occas- ional -hint of impending trouble, but she takes good care to com- pensate for it by promising speedy marriage for the despairing bach- elor, freedom for the equally des-, pairing husband, and general good! fortune with wealth untold for ev- erybody. The story is told of a young man who consulted a crystal gazer who was supposed to possess exception- al talents in her line. Before he went to hér place of business he was ready to believe almost any- thing she might tell him, and by the time she had set the sphere in place. and dimmed the lights he was 'beginning to onder if he came to the and | when a| could bear up under the ordeal that was to come, Apparently peering intently in- (to the crystal, which she slowly revolved, the fortune teller re- {minded him that the trouble he (had with his wife would soon be over, and both would he happy. It "was all the wife's fault anyway, the gazer said, and she would soon see her mistake and spend the rest of her life trying to make up for it, . * . The cash customer shivered no- ticeably. As far as he knew he didn't have a wife, but he took that to he a warning of what might napepn if he ever did have one, and hegan to feel glad that he invoked the seeress. Forewarn- ed is forearmed, he thought. For the next 10 or 15 minutes the gazer brazenly dipped into the future, and dragged out what she no doubt believed would appeal to her customer, who swallowed all he heard with almost childish cre- |dulity, . When she thought she {had earned her fee, the gazer {turned to the man, shielding her {eyes as she did so, and requested bim to ask any three questions he (liked. The first two questions he put {to her were of such a pature that {the gazer had no difficulty giving direct answers, but the third was- not quite so simple. "I own some mining stock that's worrying me," he said. "What should I do with it?" "Hold it," came the answer. "But," he continued, "this blin- | king stuff is dropping all the time, and I'm afraid I'm going to be called on for margin some of these days." ig "Don't pay it,"" advised the gaz- er, without hesitation. "I'll be sold out if I don't," he | remonstr: ted. Realizing that she Lad made a faux pas of far-reaching cons- equences, the gazer once again | consulted the shiny sphere. "You didn't buy that stock the right way." she remarked sagely, jafter a brief delay. td > » The reading was over, and the young man's faith in crystal gaz- ers was only slightly disturbed. A few weeks later he realized what {2 trusting fool he had been, but {that was not until after he learned that the gazer he consulted was | squint-eyed, and was looking out a window and thinking fast all the {time she pretended to be staring into the depths of the sphere and unfolding the mysteries it held. A witch, according to tradition, would give an answer something like this if she were asked what should be done with fndifferent mining stock: : "Sell it! Burn it! it's acéursed! If 'you hold it, it will blast your life and the lives of all your friends and relatives for #0 gener- ations." FOR T the Dally Sketch, Thorndike, who enacted the part of Fk Sint BRAZIL FOREST of the world. anything in that tremes, and must Inevitably do so, spirit words: firgt film dealin~ which carried sage, {should most certainly be shown, merely international. anti-war message is addressed only to Britain and Germany, to every civilized country in world, | tional, shoot. his humane feelings. {phasized that mapy of the men in 'that fatal squad were furious with {anger and indignation when they jearned they had to shoot Nurse Cavell. that the Germans were kind to her imprisonment, ihow they allowed her every com- fort it was possible to get. acknowledged this herself when, at the end, she said: 'They have been very kind to me. (during acter. war by kindly men of all nations can be turned into brutes by the war ma- chine, and in wartime lust produces some brutes in all armies. film is anti-German, Law of Humapity case, it is wrong to bap any story solely for its sub- | ject. Amy subject of a play or film can be good or bad only ac- cording to its treatment. EWN FILM HAS GREAT MESSAGE E WORL The Actress Who Enacted Edith 'Cavell, Says It Should Be Shown | " FAIR TO GERMANS Declined to Portray Part if It Reawakened the Hatreds LONDON, Mar, 16--Writing ia the famous "Dawn," says: '"'Before I agreed to Sybil actress Edith play the part of Nurse Cavell in the film called "Dawn 1 was very careful to find out how the story had been treated, "I wanted to satisfy myself as to the effect it was likely to pro- duce, not only upon the people of this country, but upon the people Particularly I had in mind the impression such a plc- ture might create in Germany. "I told myself that If there was 'Dawn' "And if of beast--frankly, "For I hold firmly th nationalism, carried pushes out "1 endorse whole-heart of Nurse Cavel * 'Standing as I do, of God and eternity, that patriotism is not I must have no hatred I terness towards anyone,' likely to re- awaken racial 'hatreds and bring back the cruel, bitter spirit of the war years, 1 would have nothing | whatever to do with it, 'Dawn' had been con- trived as a piece of national pro- paganda in which the British side was glorified, and every action and motive enemy plainly stamped with mark never have accepted the part, al- though it was a part that appealed | grace to me very strongly, the the would of 1 e to belief ex- Christianity, the final edly I's in view realize enough, or hits "It was in that attitude of mind no that 1 approached the prospect of impersonating her in the film--no hatred in our hearts, Ness. + +» First Anti-War Film bitter- "My inquiries convinced me that that endorsement 'Dawn' with "1 found that Al For that reason "Its appeal Is not but # 'Dawn' does not glo inhuman We "It also shows that w the individual, remains in "This is true of the Germans as of own brave men, cident of the German soldier in thé firing squad who He is given full credit for There i It The film shows her anti-war things unspoiled; when you get into touch with the |individual--on whichever side he may be fighting--you find he is a human being all the time, the war spirit that turns man into a monster, there was no need for appreheu- sion--a conviction complete came actually to playing the part, received when it was the the war {8 alone it na- Its not but the rify war, It shows war in all its inhumanity. It shows that the machine of war is so evil that it makes men and women do they would never dream of doing in times of peace, had to do many things in the war which we loathed doing. ourselves vhile the war machine creates inhumanity in man, | cages, countless that It is shown to be just as our $ the in- refused to is em- clearly and Sue "These things are pot omitted indicating how No one can say "4 any the nor given minor consideration be- cause they emphasize kindly traits in the German ghar- They stress the horror of good and decent, war that this "I am confident in my own mind they would that if the Germans were to see this film their objections. alize that it is not aimed against their country, that it is mot Bri- tish military propaganda, and that its anti-war appeal is world-wide. withdraw They would re- "I believe that our own Foreign our *" 'Dawn' ghows a very woman meving through Had there Office was very particular to find out what it was proposed to do before the film was made, that the scenario was both to them and to the German Legation here. any objections, surely they would have been raised then. everyone agrees it would be dis- astrous to do anything in this way that would imperil friendly relations with Germany. | quickly on dey streets will start a and submitted been I think present human inhuman that | times--a simple, unsentimental woman, who never dreamed she was going to be made into a mar- tyr. She could not see suffering without relieving it. She knew she was breaking the laws of war, but she didn't care. Like the men who refused to fire at her, she disobeyed military laws to obey a higher one--the law of hu- manity. "This film wrings out your sym- pathy for everyone, of whatever nationality, who is involved in the horrors of war, It makes you see war as a dark cloud hanging over the world, as some fiendish thing never meant by God. "It is a film that ought to be shown." EXPLORER SEES OUEER TRIBE IN People Live in Totally Dif- ferent Conditions to Other Indians EE HIDDEN FROM WORLD Curious Tribe Has Little Chance of Much Longer Surviving NEW YORK, Mar, 16 -- Hidden away behind almost [mpenetrable ungles, 350 men and women are iving near the Bollvia-Brazil bord- everything on er in a civilization in almost every | aetail different from that of other | South American Indians, and in the opinion of their discoverer, A. Hyatt | Verill, may be the remnant of tribes | from South Sea Islands. | Mr, Verill, who returned on the Liner Santa Lucia brought the first word of these people who | saw a white man for the first time when the explorer succeeded in breaking through the de- fenses of their position. So hidden away from the rest of the world are these few people that they had no knowledge of firearms and could not understand why Mr. | Verill should be wearing clothing, Men, women and children of this tribq go through thelr leisurely days without ever bothering about covers ing any part of thelr bodies, The explorer who made the trip for the museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, heard of | the Indians about a year ago. But natives near that region could give him no particulars, The skull of the unknown tribe with the bow and arrow had discouraged neignbors | from trespassing through the natur- al barriers, The Isolation of the 850 was complete, strunge Language Conversation with the tribe was possible only through sign language, They had none of the jargon of the other aborigines nov did their lang- uage show resemblance to any the explorer had ever come in contact with during his many expeditions | through South America, During the | several months he was with these strange people he made notations of thelr language, believing it might help to confirm his belief that the primitive folk are descendants of South Sea Islanders, The average height of the men in the tribe is tive teel eight, making them about "two inches above the average of other South American { indians, The men wear long beards. in the women, too, he could find no resemblance to other natives. of them he sald: "The features are certainly not Indian.; Perhaps their ancestors came from the Malayan or South Seu Islands, and, possibly from the Solomon Islands, I do not believe they are of Asiatic origin or that they are related to any Indians In South America. They are hostile to everybody, and they speak a di- alect whplly unlike that of the. In- dians anywhere in South America. "They do not want to trade with the outside world. They are dying off. . § convinced them that I could be of some use to them and that my intentions were good, else I would never have reached there. When 1 finally got in they let me go and come as 1 pleased, and when IL was ready to léave they did not interfere with me in any way. 'The men of the tribe buy their wives, taking girls 12 and 14 years old, Their religion is a mixed wor- ship of sex and pature and there is a spirit in every stone and tree and brook, These keep no calendar and no track of the days. They do mot know how old anybody is. "The main village is reached through a rapids--death to invad- ers. In fact, this river takes a fear- ful toll among the members of the tribe. This fact and the fact that they live among wild animals, dead- ly insects and in almost constant warfare with maurading bands who cross or attempt to cross the bord- erland has cut Into the ranks of the tribe until it stands very little chance of surviving much longer." natural MAKING AIRPLANES (Arthur Brisbane) General Motors says it is not going to make airplanes. This col- umn predicis that General Motors eventually will. make airplanes. Messrs. Sloan, DuPont and their able engineers and ambitious super-mecnanics will not remain out of that which is dastined to be the world's most important and per- haps greatest industry. A few years ago Henry Ford told this writer: "The airplane is not a commercial success, and I am not going into that field." Reminded that the automobile was not a commercial success either, when he {made his first little gasoline buggy, IMr. Ford repeated that he would {not make airplanes. He is mak- ling them now, sold nearly a million |dollars' worth last year. And |while he loses money on every ma- chine, he will make money eventu- ally. Meanwhile he renders a great service to his country. Aud (bis three-engine plane is 2 good, |safe, all-metal machine. Get one. Twisting the steering wheel front-wheel skid, and a skid of this kind is extremely dangerous. Romanc. Fills Full Life Of Ocean Flying Princess Lord Inchcape's Paughter Known as Aviatrix and Screen Star-- Marriage Failed--Hon. Elsie Mackay Found New Interest as Actress and Interior Decorator Romance has played a big part in the life of the Hon. Elsie Mackay known on the stage and on the sil- ver screen as Poppy Wyadham, She is reported as a passenger with Cqp- tain Walter Hinchliffe on his epic flight. Her father, Lord Inchcape, is one of England's largest ship- owners. She was one of the first women in England to obtain a pilot's certificate and has had many hours in the air on "solo" flights, As an accomplished horsewoman she also is well known. Not content with all of these accomplishments she has been engaged in interior decorating and one of her latest jobs was to complete the decorations for one of her father's liners. Her very romantic marriage in 1916 ended in 1922 in the divorce courts, It was an elopement, be- cause her father was very much op- posed to the union, the marriage taking place in Scotland, Her husband was Dennis Wynd- ham, an actor, who had served over- seas and was recuperating in a hos- pital for wounded soldiers, which Lady Inchcape had established in London, Following a lengthy period in which the youthful daughter of the house nursed him, she announc- ed to her parents that she wished to marry him,' Sne was at that time 23 years of age, Her father objected strenuously, The story goes that her parents, who were holidaying in Scotland, returned to Seamore Place, thelr London home, quite suddenly. She took fright, thinking they had re- turned to prevent the wedding. So the same night, accompanied by Mr, Wyndham, she travelled to Glasgow for the purpose of going through a Scottish marriage, The Scottish law requires that a woman contracting marriage must live in that country fifteen days be- fore the ceremony legally. sSome- how the young pair managed to get a marriage certificate in spite of this | law and were married by a priest at St, Aloysius church. The register was signed by their Glasgow land. lady and a friend of hers. It was this irregularity in the marriage which made possible the annulment in 198, Even the second witness' signa- ture proved false on investigation of the courts, The landlady, anxious to please the young couple who had taken rooms with her, went to the grocer to get his signature, He would not sign, but she manageu to get her green-grocer to forge ihe name of her son on the license. le was not in the shop at the time, According to the story Miss Mac- kay went about from shop to shop with the landiady, anxiously search- ing for a witness, The marriage resulted in what amounted almost to persecution on the party of Poppy' Wyndham's father, At the time Denis Wyndham was an officer with the British torces, lig had been an actor, sol- dier, coWw-puncher, and member of the South African Mounted Palice, Just prior to the marriage Wynd- ham was ordered back to his regi- ment, He did not obey, Military po- lice sought him in a restaurant where he and his finance were din- ing. It was just at that time the young couple fled to Scotland. After their return the actor was arrested and reprimanded by his superiors, Lord Inchcape showed his displeasure by cutting off his daughter. Nothing daunted, she at once entered the movies and proved | a great favorite. After five years she began to weary of the marriage tie and sought annulment om the ground that they had not complied with the Scottish regulations of fif- teen days' residence, The judge warned her that she was open to prosecution for having admitted to signing a false statement, but she clung to her position and the an- nulment was granted. The Hon. Elsie Mackay, who is a remarkably pretty brunette, must be about 33 years of age. She is known as England's most daring woman aviator and created quite a sensation in 1925 when she purchased her own plane. Since that time she has distinguished her- self as a pilot. When it was an- nounced a few days ago that she was contemplating a long distance tlight with Captain Walter Hinch- litte, she denied that she had any such intention, Captain Hinchlifte also denied that she would accom- pany him. The flight, he said, would be to India with a view to making a non-stop distance record. He adinitted, however, that Miss Mackay had given financial support to his underiaking and had taken part in tal flights, This daring woman flyer is helr- ess to many millions, her father having taken her back into the fam- ily foud following the annulmeni of her marriage, Jord: Inchcape lg chairman ot the Peninsular and Ore lental and other steamship lines, and a number of his ships have been beautitied by the arustic hand of his daughter. Indeed most of the ships owned by him and plying be- tween kngland and India were deg orated in designs conceived by his daughter, In 1924 Lord Inchcape was pro- moted from a baron to a viscount, the honer coming to him in recog- nition of his services as chairman of of the Indian retrenchment commit- tée. He went out at short notice at his own expense to India during that year and spent six months working there energetically. Among his other public services is his mission to India in 1911 to settle disputes between the railway companies and the railway board, He did splendid war work by are ranging the hire of vessels and by serving on tha committee of food production and the Imperial de- fense committee and afterwards on Lord Cuncliffe's committee on the currency question. Head of the world's greatest steamship combination, Lord: Inch- cape was once an apprentice on a sailing vessel, He is in every sense of the word a self-made man, He first went to the Orient as an ap- prentice on a sailing vessel and then worked for some time as a tally clerk 'on a British India Coasting steamer, This life is said to be as near like that of a galley slave as any Christlan company dares to per- mit, He is sald to do everything with a strong hand and is hard-headed, possessing a shrewd amount of buys- iness knowledge. Lord Inchcape, who was created a haron in 1911, is probably the only peer of the realm who takes his title from a rock in the sea. The rock is the bell rock of Inchcape, a reef off Arbroath, Scotland, the place of his birth, It is on record that the Ab- hot of Aberbrothock, as it was called in the olden days, placed a bell upon the rock, which "rang continually, being moved by the sea, giving no- tice to the sallors of danger." In 1911 he took over all the gov- ernment's standard ships and with- out remuneration sold them, realiz- ing for the exchequer £35,000,000 at a sales cost of £850, x From the political point of view the honor to Lord Inchcape was a remarkable one, coming from the Baldwin government, when he had done ill service to that government by his forceful speech against pro- tection, Character in Business (From the Financial Post, Toronto) Canadian Lumbermen's Associa- tion met recently for a three-day convention in Quebec. The domin- ant note of the convention was 13 insistence upon the necessity of es- tablishing higher standards of trade ethics. The business men who gathered for this convention did not travel many hundreds of miles to sérmonize among themselves. They saw that sharp practices in their industry--not so much unfair treatment of the public as short- sighted lack of co-operation be- tween those in the industry--were costing them money. And so they decided to work in the direction of kigher business standards. The whole tendepey of modern business is thus: a practical pur- suit of a higher ideal in policy and action. The phrase "self-govern- ment in business" is but a further expression of the same idea. John D. Rockefeller, jun., said the other day: "Truly, it has been said that no man can live unto himself alone; our lives are too inter- dependent. Jt is because I be- lieve so profoundly in these principles of business ethics and because I am so proud of what many companies are do- ing along these lines that I covet for business generally the best in personal character, in ideals, as well as in finan- cial success." In a radio talk, which many Can- adians heard with a deep sense of appreciation, Mr. Rockefeller called upon business institutions, as weil as individuals, to show a proper re- spect for the law. Fortunately mod- ern enlightened business is moving away from a policy of disregarding laws it does not like, a policy re- ferred to by Mr. Rockefeller in this wise: "There are a large and increas- ing number of laws regulating business. The great majority .of them are undoubtedly wise and in the interests of the people. Some unnecessarily hamper aad re- striet business and do mot serve the common good. Here, as in any of these other instances of re- grettably common lawlessness, one has respect for the man who to bring about the repeal of the law which he honestly thinks to be contrary to the public interest, "But law js law, whether it af- fects personal liberty, social well- being or business. So long as it remains the law of the land it should be obeyed by individuals and corporations. The alternative is anarchy." When business men declpe to tamper with law observance they show their faith in a democracy that is far from perfect but that can never be improved by con- tempt. Unpopular laws are always a danger to democracy; but most un- popular and unsound laws can be traced to exploitation of milder laws, -either by individuals or corp- orations. Dr. Harry Emerson Fos- dick has said that the prohibition law of the United States is danger- ous to democracy because it en- courages lawlessness, Equally thea, laws that place too great restraints upon trade and commerce are a danger to the democratic structure of Canadian business because they encourage business mep to think up ways and means to circumvent them, Yet if business had always kept in the straight and narrow path these laws probably would never have been placed on the statute books. And it is a quite ob- vious corollary that the manner in which business can ward off fur- ther restraining legislation is to do its own governing. Mrs. Brown: "I'm a martyr to in- digestion." Friend: "Really? well." Mrs. Brown: "Oh, it's my hus- band's indigestion." To assist the police in their search for a notorious criminal, headquar- ters circulated photographs of the wanted man, taken in six different positions. A few days later they received a telegram from the chief constable of a small country town: "Photographs duly received," he wired. "Have arrested five. The sixth is under observation." You look quite Loose, crushed stone is about the worst kind of road covering to peeks by every legitimate means Ie 7 drive tires over. a. ---- Believes Revival of the Dead Is Possible, Says Piofessor Old Age Only Natural Death Scientist's View; Tells of Dog Revived Twice MOSCOW, Mar, 16--Revival of the dead and extemsion of human life to its utmost potential dura- tion, probably far beyond the cen- tury mark, are held possible by Prof. Feodor Andreleff, noted bio- logist, Speaking at the Polytechnical Museum, Prof. Andreief{ described some of the results of twenty years of experimentation by himself and a group of colleagues which led him to hold out the hope--or threat--of prolonged human life. The experiments have been con- ducted upon animals and upon hu- man corpses. After recounting these, the biologist carefully con- sidered their application to man- kind. Can Revive "One can say definitely," he de- clared, "that if there are no funda- mental changes 'caused in the or- gans of the body by disease, corpses can be revived. "For example, successful experi- ments have been made in reviving stillborn children by injecting ad- renalin into the heart, Science also knows cases where patients who died on the operating 'table were revived immediately. These ex- periments give hope of a successful struggle with premature death." Prof, Andrieieff told about a se- ries of successful tests in which dogs apparently dead--the beating of the heart and all breathing hav- ing ceased--were revived and lived for years after their resuscitation. One dog, he sald, was "killed" and revived twice and them lived te wag his tail to an old age. "The theory on which Prof. And reieff carries on his experiments is that death from disease is not na tural." Only the expiration of life because of old age, he hold, is "natural." His theory is that there is no absolute death--that the heart and breathing apparatus may cease functioning, but that the rest of the body retains life, sometimes for weeks, Res 1] Prof. Andreleff told of stirring life, by chemicals, in a finger cu: from a body that had v:en dead for a month. The '"'revived" finger sweated, he said, and showed other symptoms of life. Scientists, he declared, had sue ceeded in reviving hearts, kidneys and other organs by use of certain chemicals. In his own laboratory, Prof. Andreieff said, he had restor- ed life to the head of a dog, so that the eyes responded when the dog, dead some time, was called by name. The results of preliminary ex- periments. Prof. Andreleft said, were published in 1912. Since then new data had been gathered. Now Prof. Andreleff is convinced that his theory is correct, Death, he be- lieves, comes slowly and is not fi= nally consummated for weeks, af- ter the outward signs of life fall. A heart that stops beating, he says, often merely is clogged with pois sons or otherwise blocked and can be cleansed and set working again, Britain's Record in India The cabled echoes of the noisy clamour against the royal commis- sion which has been sent to ludia to investigate the working of the measure of self governmeut grant- ed after the close of the war may arouse some doubts as whether Bri- tish rule in that country can be justified. But it will only be among those who are unfamiliar with the record of the British administra- tion, and with the artificial char- acter of the propaganda against it. Writing in Current History, Mr. J. BE. Woolacott, who got his know- ledge all first hand as Editor of an English paper at Allahabad, tells Americans something of the story of India's progress under British Rule, and a little bit of the infor- mation he gives will do Canadians no harm. His first reference is to the successful war against famine, within the memory of the present generation a frequently recurring sourge, Millions used to suffer agony, and thousands perish every time the rains essential to a good crop failed to arrive; but thanks to the transportation system, and even more to the great irrigation works carried out by British engi- neers that menace Is a thing of the past. No less than 80,000 suqare miles, (equal to a fifth of the total area of Ontario) has been assur<d of water by the skill of British and indian engineers, and desert has been turned inte productive fields. Another of the curses of India has been usury, This is gradually being overcome by the formation of co-operative credit associations, of which no fewer than 70,000 are registered. Further Mr. Woolacott declares it would require a volume to do full justice to the work of the agricultural departments in India, which have added millions of pounds annually to the value of the crops raised by the peasants. All this has been accomplished without burdening the people, In- dia is one of the lightest taxed couptries in the world, the per capita being only $2.19 per annum. Compare this with Canada where taxation is up around $100 a head. The unproductive debt of the coun- try is only £152,000,000. Mr. Woolacott says the charge is some- times brought that it would have been better for the British to have taxed heavily and hurried along their development schemes. Nor can it be said that Epgland is exploiting India to her own ad- vantage industrially. Duties have recently been placed on steel aed cotton, and unlike other parts of Empire, the British manufacturers enjoy no preference im the Indiau market, Epgland's proportion of India's import trade has been steadily falling, till it now amounts to less than 50 per cent. Progress has been made in establishing a system of popular education. In the Province of Bengal alone there are 57,000 edu- cational institutions, and it is ex- pected that within five years eighty per cent. of the children of school going age will be receiving ins' tion. Mr. Woolacott declares that much of the trouble in India fol- lowing the war was due to deliber- ate misrepresentation of the steps taken by Government to control & situation similiar to that which arose in other countries at that time. He declares that, broadly. British rule has the sy i- pathy of the seventy million Mohammedans and sixty million "untouchables" who fear the domination of the Hindu majority in a democratically governed state, Without this good will and acques» cence of the warlike t:ibes of the north jt would be impossible for a thousand Britlsh civil servants, backed by an army of only 60,000 men, to administer the country, The denunciations of the governs ment, he declares, "come from a small but vociferous class wlo would be discreetly silent if Britain really withdrew from the country." Many of these men have ability, education, high ideals and fine theories, but would be quite Incap- able of the practical tasks of ade ministration, which: require traine ing and experience of responsibility, This, it may be said, they could acquire, but it would be at a terribla cost to India, with its mixed popu- lation of 250,000,000 and its fierce religious differences, These are facts it is well Lo bear in mind as the cables bring news of protests and threats uttered by some of the Hindu leaders, educa:- ed in British institutions and naturally restive because the com- plete control of their native couns try is not turned over to them, A pretty mess they would make of it, if it was. INTERESTING INFORMATION (Ottawa Journal) Catholics form the largest re- liglous group in the House of Commons, They number 79 or about 30 per cent of the total membership of the House, Adher- ents of the United Church come next with 60, Presbyterians follow with 43. Anglicans in the Commons nume- ber 40. There are nine Baptists, two Unitarians, three Lutherans, four Methodists, two Jews, one Greek Catholic and one member of the Christian and Missionary Alli- ance. Miss Agnes Macphail, the lone woman member of Parliament, is a member of the Re-organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, The Prime Minister is 8 Presby- terian, while Hon, Richard Bed- ford Bennett, leader of the Oppos- ition, is a member of the United Church. Seven of the 18 members of the King Cabinet are Roman Catholic, Hon, Charles Stewart is the only Anglican and Hon. W. D. Euler, the only Lutheran. There are three Baptists, Hon. J, L. Palston, Hon. J. H. King and Hon, J. C. Elliott. The United Church is well rep resented in the Cabinet by Hon, James A. Robb, Hon. W. R. Moth- erwell, Hon. A. C. Dunning and Hon. Robert Forke, Hon. James Malcolm and the Prime Minister are the Presbyterians in the Min- istry. speaking Red lead or shellac may be used to stop a small leak in the gasoline tank. A Uniform Iicome Tax Rate "Toronto Daily Star) It is common knowledge that every municipality of Ontario has its own standard of proverty as- sessment, The Act calls for assess- ment of land at actual value and assessment of buildings at "he value which they add to the land. But the Act is nowhere obeyed. In To- ropto the average assessmen. 's probably two-thirds of value. In some places it is a mere fraction of value. In the latter, the result is usually a very high tax rate-- as much as 60 mills or more. So far as property is concerned, there is little difference b>'wean a reasonable tax rate on a reason- able assessment and a high tax rate on a low assessment. Mat where- ever one of the low-assessment mu- nicipalities eollects Income tax (many disregard the law and fail to collect it), the result is an un- fairly high levy upon iacome. For the high tax rate made necessary by the low property assessment falls on incomes as well, and there is no provision made for the under- statement of income to ba'ance the high rate. J If the municipal income 'ax is Lo be retained in Ontario, it should be collected by all munmieipaities--the government should see to that and it shouid be collected at a uni- form rate--say 25 or 30 mills The Assessment Act should be amended s0 as t provide for tus change.