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(st Dede teoeger Voice of Canada, The Empire and The World at Large ' th CANADA Another Peddler Gyp One day the past week a tall, mid- dle-aged man with a moustache called on places of business and private resi- dences selling what was described as a new kind of mucilage in stick form. As the demonstration seemed con: vincing, a good many people bought and paid a dime for the patented sticker, but after the stranger had gone his way and trials were made of the glue it was found to be useless. As a matter of fact the supposed solidi- fled mucilage appeared to be nothing but a resinous mixture with no adhe- sive qualities at all. The patented sticker was wrapped in a small label bearing the supposed address of the manufacturers in Toronto.--St, Mary's Journal-Argus. New Highs During the month of October just , closed, a total volume of 203,515 tons of traffic passed inward and outward at this port. This is a new record for Halifax Harbor, and the figures excéed the previous record established in August of this year when a total of 177,000 tons was handled. These traf- fic increases are not spasmodic, but are being sustained week by week and 'month by month, and he would be a sorry pessimist indeed who would fail to find In figures of this kind reason for great encouragement and satisfac- tion.--Halifax Herald. Birth of Telephone The people of the United States claim that that country is where the idea of the telephone was conceived, and the claim Is still maintained, not- withstanding that Dr. Alexander Bell stated publicly at Brantford, and later at Boston, that "the conception of the telephone took place during the sum- mer visit to his father's residence in Brantford in 1874, and the apparatus was just ag it -was subsequently made a one-membrane telephone on either end. The experiment -of August 10, 1876, made from Brantford to Paris, . was the. first transmission, the first clear and intelligible transmission of speech over the real line that has ever been made."--Milverton Sun. 'Plan Not Understood Latest estimates place the popula- tion of the United States at 130,000,- 000, and the -New Yorker observes that by a remarkable coincidence this is exactly the number of people who do, not understand Roosevelt's gold- purchasé plan.--Hamilton Spectator, Unwise . The St. Mary's Journal-Argus volces a protest against the custom of remov- ing hats during funeral services--a custom which has resulted in many deaths. It should be possible to con. duct a funeral service without causing more funerals, and to pay respect to the dead without injury to the living. The uncovering of heads in inclement weather is unnecessary and unwise.-- Toronto Star Weekly, ~ Buy .Made-in-Canada A useful campaign, which has been in force for some years, is now being pursued all over Canada--the cam- paign to buy Canadian goods. It is not .necessary to push chauvinism to the point of boycotting all merchandise of foreign origin; this is neither possible nor practical. Nevertheless, it is rea- sonable, each time we get the oppor- tunity, to show our preference for what is manufactured in our own coun- try by our own fellow citizens.--La Tribune, Sherbrooke. The Instinct of the Land Everyone engaged in an urban pur- suit has a vital interest in seeing that fndustry prospers. What is" so as- "tounding Is that this manifest truth does not appear to be recognized--in such a way, that is, as to provoke any action--except by a very few people; that so many people seem not to know what is going on in the country, that, in short, the agricultural interests find 80 few people to interpret them in ur- ban centres, This singular phenom- enon, a particularly strange one in a coutry where the urban population is still, from its origins, so close to the soll is perhaps due to the fact that A very small number of citizens have retained their country connectigns, In France and in Britain many people who occupy eminent positions in the liberal professions or in business pos- #ess lands which . they themselves work or get others to work for them, Thus they know the daily lives of farmers and the repercussion of high and low prices, With us this is far too rare an occurrence.--Le Devolr, Montreal. . ---- - Values Herself Highly The girl at Lynn, Mass, who an- . nmounces that she will marry any man Who will support her parents and her ton brothers and sisters must be sort bf mixed up, What she wants to marry Js the Rockefeller Foundation. --Macon Telegraph, a Disadvantages and Advantages It is indeed gratifying to learn that tho Trans-Canada highway between Pembroke and North Bay is practical ly finished and that by December 16th it is expected that all the work will be flone, and the men sent fo other points, This will #ssuro us of far greater Washington Post. aaa a BB a a Ba Ba ak = Sa EI tourist traffic, and it will be Interest. ing to watch its development, In due time thé highway through the Algon- quin Park will have been finished as well and with its terminus «at this point we shoulda 'then know what the tourist traffic actually means to On- tario. While no doubt this Pembroke. constructed at a much less cost had the work been done by contract labor, vet the fact remains that had it not been for this depression, and relief employment given to the thousands of men, this work would not have been completed for the next twenty years,-- Pembroke Standard. One Editor to Another From the columns of the St. Cath- arines Standard. we lifted this: The whistles blew in Stratford yes- terday morning and it is a real plea- sure to report that the editor of the Stratford Beacon-Herald is awake once again, All of which is quite correct, and as soon as we can truthfully do so we shall be pleased to publish a similar report about the editor of the Stand- ard,--Stratford Beacon-Herald, Canadian Fox Best Recently the Saint John Telegraph- Journal published the statement that the quality of the furs from the foxes reared in Germany were not as good as those from Canada. On making en. quiries in London from the most auth- oritative sources, it appears that this statement is corroborated. Silver fox pelts received from Germany ahd sold In the London market are reported to be "not of more than average quality." The superiority claimed for Canadian fox pelts is indisputable, at any rate, so far as pelts of Gérman or Scan- dinavian origin are concerned. It is held by many experts that even the .best British-bred foxes are not quite the equal of the best that comes from Canada, and for breeding purposes it will be found advisable for British fox farms to improve the breed by the oc- casfonal importation' of the best stock from Canadian ranches. -- Canada (London). ' Hail, Dauntless Derreen! Hats off to Dauntless Derreen, M. H. Rutledge's White Leghorn hen which at Agassiz laid its 367th egg and tied the world's championship egg-laying record of No Drone 5-H of Port Kells, also of British Columbia! During the last week or more Daunt- Dorreen was 'an international figure. She chased Cadborosauriis off the head-lines of the continental press; 3 the elevated and in the subways of New York. Bets were offered on her prospects of eclipsing the champion ship, and then, when she missed a day because she over-worked herself on a particularly large egg, on her pros- pects of equalling the record. If she had only put a little less into that big egg and left enough for a smaller one she would have over-matched No Drone.--Victoria Times. THE EMPIRE Australia's North The presence in-Adelaide of the manager of Victoria Downs station in the Ord River country has drawn at- tention to the vast estate Australia has in the north, The area of the pro- perty, which is controlled by Bovril Australian Estates, an English Com- pany, is 11,000 square miles, half as big again as Wales. At present it car- ries 180,000 head of cattle which are driven 300 miles into Wyndham to the meat works. The white population of the vast track is below 50.--Empire Press Union's Australian News Letter. i. Motorists and Insurance While everyone discusses what steps should be taken -to lessen the appal- ling loss of life on the roads, it is worth while also to consider whéther the compulsory insurance provisions in the Road Traffic Act have proved as satisfactory as we had hoped in guaranteeing compensation to road accident victims or their dependents. Recent cases in the courts have shown that tlie underwriters are not legally liable to pay compensation in cases where a condition laid down in the policy has not been fulfilled by the owner of the car. If, for instance, at the time of the accident the car, in- sured for private purposes, is being used for trade purposes, the fact that the motorist carries an insuance cer- tificate does not hélp the victim,--New | Statesman and Nation. : THE UNITED STATES Toll Insects Take ° The annual loss caused in the United States by insects is estimated by the Department of Agriculture to reach a total of $2,000,000,000. With- out insecticides, according to Dr. Henry (, Knight, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, it would be impossible to feed the world as goclety is organized to-day, Only. by concert- ed war on predatory insects which dis- put possession of the earth with man can soclety be protectéd against fa- mine and pestilence, The damage to growing' plants caused by insects every year in this country is estimated to average 10 per cent. of their value, Dr, Knight places the loss to forest trees alone at $100,000,000 annually,-- North Bay highway could have been |' she became a topic of conversation on" cover mutilators or book thieves. Unusual occupation No, 46852. of Los"Angeles public library from EI dv sa Ju 0) Sam Wardlaw watches patrons a latticed lookout tower to dis- Non-Competitive Jobs Sought For Women Washington.--In the White House east room, Mrs, Franklin -D. Roose eit presided over a conference on how to create work . projects speedily for 400,000 women, £ Harry L. Hopkins, United Statas relief administrator, was there to place a goal--"work for 200,000 wo- men in the next 30 days" --t5 say tha" funds were available to take women, like men, from relief rolis tc employ- ment but that imagination thus far had been lacking. The lights came on in the crystal chandeliers before the wimen con. ferees--three members of Congra.s several Federal officials, a score of presidents of national groups--had ended the discussions that started at noon, ; "The one group neglected rigi* straight along has been the unemp! v- ed women," Mrs, Roosevelt said, ask- ing "as many suggestions as possible for useful work that wm't compete with labor on thé open matket." From New York came a telegram saying the best estimate of women unemployment there was 250,000, | -- ee "Empire" Displays To Mark Christmas London.--Over 20,000 assurances have already reached the Overseas League from retail trades through. out the country that special Christrans displays of Empire fools. wines aul other products are being arranged; The Prince of Wales has sent the following message to the ieague: "I am very glad to hear that the Overseas League are making a special effort this year, throurh thoi branches, to encourage dizplays, dur- ing Christmas week, of Heme and Empire products, and are sceking 2u- operation to make better kniwn the abundant resources of Brit'=h supp'y both here end overseas. I wish the -League all success in the cndeavers that they are making tc this end' 1 rs, ANB British Royalty Selects Christmas Card Designs - London.--A reproduction of a paint- ing by Bernard Gribble of the Henry VII Chapel" at Westminster Abbey will be the design on the cover of the King's Christmas card this year, In. side 1s the greeting: "Wishing you a Happy Christmas and a Bright New- Year." ye The Queen has chosen a garden scene by Flora Pilkington for hr card. "Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year" is her greeting. The Pcince of Wales's card shows an incident in the lite of Sir Waltar ee ------------ Te ------ Women Should Work Against Crime in U.S. New York.--Mary Ro'erts Rie- hart, the novelist, said recertly that women have before them the greatest crusade they have ever attempted- -- "throttling the crime situ.ticn." "They have shown by the'e work in the repeal movement," sha 2aid, "what they can do when organizai, So now let them go to work on crime," Mrs, Rinehart discussed eo plan cf attack on crime which sha believed would be. effective; : "To begin with, local vigilant com. mittees could 'be formed by women throughout the country. These.could make irvestigations, first within their 'own police district, and if a flabby I mean crooked--police forca 1s found, they could agitate about it, This would lead to the wholé community's removal of unworthy police magis- trates and judges." SERA : es ren. Legally Marries Twice, Now Must Support Two Montreal--Louis Kulmonovitch- re- cently was sentenced to three months In jail for failure to support one of his two wives, to both of whom he {3s well, truly and legally married. Kul- monovitch - married a Montreal girl '80me years ago and went to U.S. where. he securc¢ a divorce and re- martied--a perfectly legal procedure. But his Canadian marriage was never annulled, and to the Montreal girl he remains married She' charged fail- ure to support and won' her cae. ey Tu Prince George's Tour It is announced from Buckingham Palace that Prince George has been officially invited by the Government of the Union of South Africa to visit South Africa during the early part of next year, observes the London Times, With the King's 'approval His Royal Highness has been..much pleased to accept this invitation, Prince George, under present arrange ments, will sail from England about the middle of January. He will travel to South Africa by liner, and will take only a small stafr with him. It is expected that he will be away for about three Month, --_---- Telephone 'Cable Breaks London, Eng,--Half the niember of telephone lines between Englend and the Netherlands and North uermany were. put out of aclion waen onc ot the. principal telephone cables bone. A cable ship of the Brii'sh General Post Office was immediat='y rent ont to locate the breakage, 1's cable is a8 new one and runs bo:weer \A'dn- burgh and Domburg in the ether. a ----e. Se ------------------------------ ee + A -------- - | Inspector Charlus Oliver Smith in re- 4 A Dies After Being Found .} | cording to Councillor King Rewards 'Gallant Police Pol.:# Officers in Football Kit Arrest Midnapore Magis: ~ trate's Murderers London ---1m¢ King s Police Medal has been. awardeq to additional Su- perintenaent Philip Norton Jones and cogiition of their couspicuous gal- lantry in attackirg the assailants of the late Mr! Rurga, district magls- trate of Midnapore it was announc- ed in a yegort London Gazette, 'Iwo Bengali youths shot Mr. Burge on Saptember 2 when he was about to play fostoall. Mr. Jones and Mr, South dashed st the assailants and he'd them until assistance arrived. Hoth officers wére in football kit and unarmed, erd showed: complete disregard of perstna: danger, Mr. Burgi wa: the third district magistrate for Midnapore to be as- saseinated, "I am very glad that they are be- ing awarded the medal. I hoped that they woud get {t," said Mra. Burge, the w.agistrate's widow, who is slaywg at Camberley, when {n- formed of the awaras. "it was terrin.y brave of them to tackle my husband's assailants, be- cause they were changed for foot- ball and' were unarmed " - New F irms Granted Charters in Quebec Quebec,--The following rew com- panies with head offices in Montreal have been incorporated in Lae province during the past menthy according to the Quebec Official Gazetta: : The Landlords' Union Inc, Petsi- leum Income Distributors Inc, M. Fenster Inc., Terroux Realties Ltd, New companies outside of Mont~ real;--Chateau Inn Ltee., Amos, $10,- 000; Club Megantic Ltee., Gatineay Point, $3,000; Le Jeune Cotameree dos Trois Rivieres Inc. Three Rivers, $5,000; Northeastern . Fiheries of Canada, Ltd, Grand River Gaspe, :$27,600; Northern Securities. "Ltd.; Quebec, $27,900; Verdun 'Hockey Club Inc., Verdnn, $5,000. ki 1,000. German Bachelors 'Ordered to Get Married Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany. -- The bhurgomaste: here has. ordered 1,000 bachelors employed by the city to get themselves married. The order affects city workers all | up nd down tte line, from officials, to wh:te-col'ar employes, to common laborers; ele 1 -- indsor, Ont.--After lying 14 hours helpless on the floor «fa barely gurnished and cold aparticent," M)s Elizabeth Bennett, aged 77. was found by neighbors and removed to hospita: lace bore evidence of ext) me pria. . lon. Shock and malnatrition "are given as the cause of the woman's death. © tm ee Potatoes, Turnips Frozen | Amherst, N.S. --Thousanas of bush: els of potatoes and many acres of turnips are frozen in the fie'ds in the Shinimicas and Linden districts, ace c C. Sn.ith, prom. | inent distret farmer. Smish said this Fall, as far as farming was concer - ed, was one of the worst in his log experienee, g ----tp More Canadian Canned Pears Wanted Ajthough 1mperts of canned pears in Scot'sni frum Canada during the first six months of this year totalled 07ar 13 000 case, a Scottish firm in the trade site| that 30,000 cases at Raleigh, lands. least could have luen sold, had they beea available, ; ---------- et ee ------ -- a. 5 Father -and having a total capital of $85.000} 'where she died a few hours later. Tre: ani. 'the wel'-rovuded mau' anyon: to give ar even remotely in. ed man.' 'Winnipeg Man Wins Graad Central Art Galleries and plck- {| the "Foundar's Day draw and chose set oow Printing Buried in 'Unmarked Grave William Brown, a Scotsman, Inaugurated, First Canadian Paper in Quebec City Willlam Brown, the father of Cana- dign printing, les buried in Quebec graveyard without even a stone to mark his resting place. si Born in Scotland, the kon of "laird of Langlands," Willlam Brown first : 1 worked. with Virginia planters and later studied at the William and Mary College in that state. From college he entered the printing house of Wil- liam Dunlop of Philadelphia, a broth- er-in-law of the famous Benjamin Franklin, This led to a promotion in 1760 to manage a printing plant in the Barbadoes, but finding the tlimate un. sultable he changed his plans and went to Quebec City. Here he inaug- urated the first paper in Canada, the Quebec Gazette, printed by Brown and Gilmore a' St. Louis Street. It was this proximity to the governmental offices tha: substantiates the opinion that the powers of the day were tak- ing moré than a passing interest in the new venture, p ! The paper prospered and the firm branched out to include a well equip- ped booksellers' and stationers' estab- lishment. The partnership with Gil more, who had been a fellow appren. tice ,in Philadelphia, continued until his death in 1772, * Brown's qualities as a citizen and a =craftsman v'on him the highest praise, At the siege of Quebec he was the fore in all the fighting, shouldering his musket on the walls of the city. He died on March 27, 1789, a bachelor. After an honored career of 111 years the old Gazette was merged into the Quebec Morning Chronicle and its founder has gone forgotten till lately a resident of the city came across an item in an'old 'edition of the paper which gaye the full story of the "Cax/ ton o@Canada.' A movement is now under way to raise funds to institate an archaeological and bibliographical exhibition by the Quebec Literary'and Historical Soclety of Laval University, thus bringiug belated recognition to: this great pioneer. AYE Says "Unnecessary Bunk" : In Education Halifax --- There is a lot of. "un- necessary bunk" in education, says Prot, '. Wilsor Smith, head of Dal- housie University's department of education and he would he well pleas. ed if he co:ld do some *d€bunking before his days wre 'ended " - -'9t fs unfortunate, "the dean told a service club 'tnere {s so-.much un- necessary bunk ju so simple and ne: cessary and vitalty important a mat- ter ag educatian. It is too bad to have ll these amorphous and nebu- lous thoughts nooit' education such knowledge for knowledge's sake' "They don't mean a thing, 1.dety telligent definition of a 'well-round- Knowiedge is of no value whatever if it 1a never used" : N.¥. Gallery Prize New York.--JoLn A - Forlond,. ot Winnijeg, won first choice. in the aniuui drew' ter pictures at the ed Paul Kivy's "brying Sails." My Worlong, who {s the only Cane adlan mewher of the Gallery, won for himsalf a co'orfu: painting. of fishing bouts drying thelr gajls In King a & Long Island artist who studled in New York. at the:Art Student's' L:ague and afterward 'un- 'er the famous Mawbary, : -- - Capitalizing. A "Jing" I'hese are dave of newspapdr an. went to the United States, where he | fors Voted Capital of Finland Is Undeni- ably a Woman's City Helsingfors is a woman's rity, Not, of course, numerically speaking Rut theré, as in the rest of ¥cardinavia, the new 'in this modern, post-war world nas 50 long been accepted that, io take an past questioning. woman in Helsingfors thar just the getting of her "home into running order again after her retury srom the 'universal migration. It w¢ans in- creased activity along the ! cus whick she has chosen for her lifa.work, WIVES AND HUSRANDS, The comparative poveriy of fhe country and the sparseness of the population necessitate all nanus to the wheel, And this principle is so uai-, versally recognized that it is usual for married women occupying posts to be freed from their oifica; an hour earlier than the men, so that they may get home in time to prepure a meal for their husbands. =~ Their homes, too, are simply and pleasantly furnished, wita that sim. plicity swhich has énly comparativily recently become popular win us but which was always typical «f hoase- is almost universal, the magnificent blocks of granite-faced flats offering and luxuries. 'But while not =o ad. dicted to restaurant meals as the wo- men on this continent lr example (they always seem to manage to get home for lunch), hospitality at home in the shape of lunches and dinners is not so frequently offered tke guest reason that home economics forkid REINDEER SANDWICHES. Instead, with office hours ending at, four o'clock for the women members of staffs, it As usual for friends to . make rendezvous' with one another at 'Frazer's, which is surely one of "he most: magnificent restauran:s in Eur. ope. * Here, between four and five, the black marble: tables with: ins v slen ler supports are:crowded with men. and women. Silver coffee equinages stand on each table, with the rich cakes for which Frazer is famous, 'ns as well some sandwiches filled with smo%ed salmon or dried reindeer' for those who, having eaten nothing since the 11, o'clock lunch hour, are in need of something more substantial,: A con 'venient and not a costly way this of offering and 'repaying hospitality. * The head of one of the largest saw- mill, corporations in inland is a wo man. The chief designer of table p r- celain made at the Arabia 'Porceliin Manufactory just outside Heisingfors (the largest factory of its kind in the -| North) iis Greta Gaderholm, he wife of Eeros Snellman, a prominent ror. trait painter. x od There are many women delegates the Finnish Parliament House, which was the first of all Pariiments to elect: women .members; ard the wine derful State Library there upon its ground floor, which is use: for refer. ence upon important subjects not only by politicians but by Finus from all parts of .the country, is pre:ided uve by Fru Brunn, its capable aad chara ing head librarian, who. seen.s to, huve a knowledge of 'languages, political and 'economic questions at her fingm tips. - $n NO IDLE. : Helsingfors boasts very few indead of the "idle rich," or, rather. of the upper, leisured classes, -wnate womer do not need to work, Wheie-they d¢ exist, however, the women members of such families. almost 'nvariabiy throw. themselves into -unpmd , social work, or ae engaged in furthering the activities of the Lati:-Svard the. ~ Feminist Paradise position taken up by worren example, the right of the mars'ed™ he] woman to work is # commonplace long » hd, - Therefore the beginning of another winter means more to the average - hold decoration in inland Plat iife 'all the latest electrical conveniences as-it is in this country, for tle simple - Winter On The Lakes CE 5 ha i oe t Lakey vessels have heen. struggling Into ports ater 'a tussle with arctle gales and ice-clad like polar re'lef ships, Here we see the lce-coated deck winches of the Collier, after imping {nto port of Toronto from Charlotte, N.Y., with a 6inch covering of ice and 18 hours overdue, | its seventleth birthday writes the ! Hellfax Herald, \ | will _be payable. in sterling .and free ' 'niversaries with such leading pub. dications ag the Calgary Herald cele. brating its" Golden Jubiley and the London (Ont) advertised observing But down he.¢ in Nova Scotia we have an even more unique anniver- IRF Vieritl the Middleton Outlook celsbrating Thirteen Years of Pro. gress through the medium of an at. tractive special :ablojg edition, The fact that "13" ig supposed tc be an uvlucky number apparently has had no irflucnce in tha offices of the Outlook. The publishers of that paper just take hold of 'this alleged "Jiux" and make good copy and capital out of it B. C. Coeds Primary Object is, Education 'Vancouver --Miss M, L.Bollert dean of women at the University of Britigh Columcin, believes 90 per cent of the 'co-eds fo fore, for an education, She dnesp't: think their primary. ob- Ject is a'pleasant social life, * Some of them are .prapared to do house work, ven' such 'tasks as dishwashing, in crder to pay tuition expenses, she guid. Ph hi a faa 'New Regulations : London 'Change London.--Tho Stock Exchange hers Is £ald to ne prepared to enforce a ) 1 other weekly newspaper | regulation that all Imperial loans here | Finnish Women's Army, or tae Mar. many ways to.our Woman's Rural Ir stitutes. ; Whatever it is, the freezing climate, combined with the activities of their natures, does not permit thie. woman of Helsingfors to be idly which is why one notices unmistakauly a strong current of feminine influence upon the affairs of the capital of Finland, --e Many Have Passed Away The fact that the Westport Mirror, so well known to thie. public of the northern part of Leeds county, with adr ining sections of Frontenue and Lanark counties is 'this year cele. brating the fortieth : anniversary of its establishment, brings .to. mind tha great change that has come over the weekly press in this. district during the intervening period of time. * Of the ten communities in Leeds and Grenville that used to support week- ly newspapers, only. six now boast that possession, laments the 'Brock. weeklies that used to appear, only six survive, ~ Brockville, Gananoque and Prescott each 'supported two weekly papers; one aplece is now the | best thoy can do. Prolonged difficulty of publication has resulted in mergers In all of the three towns, Kemptville, Westport 'and : Athens 'remain the communities | of the counties. Gone are the publi from the {mrosiilon of new taxation by the Dominfins. © ications that once flourished in 'Deita, Newboro, Merrickville and Nortl Augusta, SRLS FT A tha. Society, which approximates in-- ville Recorder, And of the thirteen a L- - £ »