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A A Se Voice of the Press + > WHAT'S IN A NAME? In annual session at Montreal mem- bers of the Canadian Weekly News. paper Association chose A, L, Sellar as their president, That's a mighty good name for the head of this agres. sive organization--Brantford Exposi- tor. La A GOOD REASUL . Feminine leader says the Great War showed men what women could do. That's one of the main reasons why there shouldn't 'be anothet Great War.--North Bay Nugget, THE WESTERN CROP The Canadian crop, on the whole, is not nearly as hard hit as that of the United States, Latest estimates there predict a yield of 490,960,000 bushels, the smallest since the nine- ties, Another point to he born in mind about the Canadian crop is that in some sections of the prairie country there will he excellent yields, There are indications of crops running as high as 30 bushels to the acre or more in parts of northern Saskatche- wan. There are good fields in the Re- gina area, At Lethbridge, in Alberta, it is apparent that the crop will be equal to the average for the past ten years, Against this fair crop in certain sec- tions and the. higher price ot wheat must be balanced the territic burden to be placed on the province as whole by the pigiht of the drought-stricken area--the large territory where there fs practically nothing, The people of Saskatchewan who have something must be prepared to stand by those who are in distress, --Regina Leader- Post, DO YOU REMEMBER If he remembers the bicycle racks outside the drug stores, he looks a lot younger with his hat on,-- Brandon Sun } THE DAILY NEWSPARER Where else we ask them, our T8Q: ders, conld they hay so much for so little as they can get, for three cents a dav, in the newspaper shop? What else can they buy, anywhere, that is half as much value for the money. Oh, yes, we know well enough-- who should know hetter?--how many things might be hetter than they are in this commodity ol ours, But that is not the present point. With all their imperiections on their heads--and not because any great credit is coming to us newspaper people for it) tor we are mainly people" doing our day's work, to ge! our day's pay--the newspapers do really supply one of the great es- sen.ial services of our civilization, and they do it for an absurdly-reason. able fee, And because this is one thing at feast thiut the newspapers very sel- tiom say for themselves, we think any- how it should be said once in a while. -- Vancouver frovince, * A BANKER'S PASSPORT All passports bear a photograph ot the holder, but there is one properly authorized and issued to a Canadian without his photograph --ijt carries an engraved portrait clipped trom a $10 Bank of Montreal bill. The hold- er's name is Sir Frederick William: Tavlor, a director and formerly gen- eral manager of the Bank of Mont- real, The circumstances under which Sir Frederick clipped the bill and attach- ed the engraving to his passport ap- plication ate not known, but this well- known Canadian exercised the usual caution attributed to bankers hy re- {aining the serial numbel in order that the bill might be replaced by a new note, --Iinancial Post. POVERTY AMID PLENTY "An apt utterance" Is the way the Toronto Globe characterizes a rem- ark whiol it attributes to Hon Dun- can Marshall, Ontario's new Minister of Agriculture, The remark was: "rhe paradox of poverty amid plen- ty will not be solved by attempting to abolish the plenty." It 8 an apt utterance one which has lost none of its point since Ogden L, Mills, former United States Secretary of the Treasury, said last Spring: "We shall never solve the paradox of want in the midst of plenty simply by doing away with the plenty." --Fin- ancial Post, SEVEN TO ONE The muscle men of the underworld have things their own way because they are so tough that people fear to oppose them. Once in a while, how- ever, some two-fisted citizen comes along to demonstrate that the under- world plug-ugly is pretty much a hol- low shell, It was 80 with a Chicaguan recent. Jy. A man named Richard Johnson, one night surprised four young hood- lums robbing the store which is under his apartment, But Johnson Is not afraid of a fight, so he waded in and rounded- up the four single handed, and turned them over to the police. Next day a mysterious stranger warned him not to testify against them in court or he would be taken for a ride. Johnson laughed at him. A couple of nights later three men jumped on him near his home, to put the threat into action, Johnson start. ed his fiste swinging=--and pretty goon these three were in the police cells along with the other four, These city gangsters evidently are not quite so tough after all--if one lone citizen equipped gn'v with cour. Canada, The Empire and The World at Large Ea a a a a SA oo a of age and a good physique can haudle seven of them,--Victoria Times, THE KING'S ROAD An old corduroy road made of split tree-trunks has been found under a busy Buffglo street. These roads, at one time quite common in Ontario, de- rived their name from the well known cloth material, a name which is said to have been first applied to a ribbed silk cloth worn by French kings 'in the chase. This corde du roi, or kings' cord, was never, it is said, so called in France, the name being an inven- tion of the English, It appears curious: ly enough, in_ ancient French lists, as "kings' cord," the English translation of the French name the English had invented for it,--Toronto Star, WORLD'S SMALLEST CAMERA What is claimed to be the world's smallest camera has just been put on the market by a Birmingham firm, The camera measures only two and one half inches by one and one quar- ter by one inch, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket or in the lady's handbag, and yet it takes per- fect pictures, 18mm, by 13mm, which are enlirged to the usual size, The tiny spool of film used in the camera takes six exposures, The firm's factory has been enlarg- ed to manufacture this new camera, and plans are in hand to produce them at the rate of 10,000 a day. The camera will be sold at a price of five shillings.-- Brockville Recorder, INTERESTING FIGURES Northern Miner in its annual which contains a- wealth of valuable information cn the mining industry of this country states that Canadians today are producing more metal per capita than the nationals of any other country, With a popu- lation of ten million, in the year 1933, $42,992 980 pounds of base metals were reported, In addition, three oun- ces of, golds 15% unces of silver, 2,200 pounds of coal, 31 pounds of asbestos, 78 pounds~of gypsum per capita were produced. Kitchener Record HIGHWAY MANNERS oscmetimes 1oquites only the cour The number public opinion 'against an action that, however obnoxious, has heen suffered too long in silence. he other day at Edmonton, « man and wife complain- ed against a motorist who had dashed past them through a large pool of water, Their car was sprayed and through the open window came a deluge of water and mud over the couple, Observing that the practice must cease, Magistrate Primrose termed it "discourteous and danger- our," He fined the culprit $9 and the court costs. Thus are evolved ordin- ary highway good miners. "he court in this case was i Ho towards a realization that motorists can be as courteous as pedestrians, --Kamloops Sentinel, HOLIDAY BY AIRPLANE British holidaymakers have discov- ered air travel, Every traffic record, on internal and external routes was broken in three days the first August weeli-end, Regular services were doubled, trebled and quadrupled, The Imperial Airways tra:ic officerd®iealt with 76 services on one day alone, 44 of them cross-Channel and 32 of them between London and the Isle of Wight. Those 76 services carried. 571- passen- gers, a far higher single-day figure than any previously reached. From early morning till late at night the airliners have flown with rull loads, And activity was not con- fined to the London Terminal Aero- drome, Croydon, Heston, most popular of all airports with the private flyer was extremely busy dealing with especially chartered taxiplanes and air liners, The London-Isle of Wight service employed five monoplanes, each with capacity for six passengers, Through- out the week end these machnes flew steadily back and forth, Machines ply- ing between England and the Chan- nel Isles were filled to capacity.--Brit- ih Alreraft Society. A CANDID CANADIAN So many visitors from abroad pour soft soap over our wonderful police- men, our pretty girls, and our Impec- cable sportsmanship, that it Is refresh- ing lo meet a candid friend like Mr, Napler Moore, the famous Colonial, who points out our faults, It appears to Mr, Moore that we are less honest than we used to be, and have taken to rooking our guests, It may do certain types of shopkeepers, taxi drivers, and waiters good to know that their rack- eteering tactics are observed.--Man- chester Sunday Chronicle BY AIR TO CANADA We publish the striking news that tenders have been invited for [lying boats capable of conducting a service between Britain and Canada. Thus this year, which will see accomplished the last stage of the regular air jour ney from Britain to the Antipodes, has also seen the ifrst business-like attack on the difficulties of the trans. Atlantic flight.--London Daily Tele: graph, CHILD EMIGRATION TO EMPIRE to the great good of the children of Australia and of this country can cer- tainly be done elsewhere, In this con. vietion the Society decided to launch the appeal for funds for the extension of the work to Canada and other parts of thie Empire, which had the blessing . every What has been done at Fairbridge q he Mr. Norman Actually Poses Montagu Norman, Governor of Bedford. the banking authority spied "Wait a minute until I get my hat on straight," he called out. instead of a fugitive snap, the posed picture above resulted. A da ih LBS ar art SOC aR ; 4 ) of the Bank of England, evasive tactics have given newspapermen some strenuous times in the past few years almost gave the photographer heart failure when this picture was shot. As he walked up the gangway of the liner Duchess whose the lurking cameraman, Then, of the Prince of Wales last month, Of the 100,000 pountls asked for 26,000 has already been collected, and a school on the Fairbridge plan is about to be created in Western Canada, -- Glasgow Herald. "SCOOPS" BY AIR Although the staff of The Pioneer can legitimately take some pride in having once again "scooped" their competitors over the publication of the High School results, they would age of a magistrate-to-vonsolidate-the --he-the-firstto.admit that the bulk of the credit belongs to Major Vetch, of the U.P. Flying Club who, by beating the telegraph actually demonstrated the value of the aeroplane to the mo- denr newspaper, In Europe it has long since been realised and some of the most daring flights of pilots like Cap- tain Barnard and Captain Hope have been made in order that newspaper readers should have the latest photo- graphs on their breakfast-tables, In India the carriage of news by air is still something of a novelty, but it is likely to become more and more a matter of course as the advantages of the aeroplane are appreciated,--Luck- now Pioneer, Weekly Press Has Great Influence NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION HIS. TORY GIVEN AT ANNUAL CONVENTION Montreal.--The influence that the respective field, the improved stand- ard of its editorial.comment, and the potential power that it possesses in shaping public opinion throughout the Dominion, were the points emphasiz- ed at the session of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, who held their 15th annual convention here recently At the same time was cele- brated the Bth anniversary of the for- mation of the Canadian Press Assocl- ation, out of which in 1920 sprang the three separate organizations that now exist--the Canadian Daily Press As. sociation, the Canadian Weekly News- paper Association and the Canadian National Newspaper and Press Asso- ciation, and in honor of this event the weekly newspaper editors heard a glowing tribute to the men of three quarters of a century ago whose pow- er with the pen made them notable, It was mentioned by David Williams, of Collingwood, that the first presi- dent was W, Gillespie of the Ham- {lton Spectator, and the first secre- 'tary was Thomas Sellar, then gf the Montreal cho, an uncle of Adam L, Sellar, of the Huntingdon Gleaner, at present vice-president of the C. W.N.A. and who succeeded to. the presidency of the assoclation, 'OLDEST MEMBERS, Mr. Williams joined the association in 1886, and with Col, A. G. F, Mac- donald of Alexandria, were the two oldest members present at the con- vention, Naturally, Mr. williams in his address was reminiscent, he spoke 'of the establishment of Canada's first paper, the Halifax Herald, In 1762, of the jubilee of the association, and of the men who had directed its des- tintes to 1920, when the re-organiza- tion took place, He recalled condi- tions -of type setting and printing presses of decades past, and admitted that while there were better sustain. ed advertising rates now, it was a uestion whether .there were better editorfals than there were half a den- tury ago. He admitted that there had been a lapse in editorial stand- ards about 20 years ago, but believed that with the passing of the 'hofler plate' era, cditorials were once again reaching a high standard. ! 'the weekly Canadian press wields in«its. Mayor Camlllien Houde, who offi- clally welcomed' the weekly editors to Montreal, had nothing but praise for them and their works, He told them they had an influential role to play in the future of the Dominion, for while most people read the dally: press, the latter did not always speak its mind--except about him--while weekly press had the time to study matters, and was in closer touch with its people who were in- fluenced by its editorial comments and considered articles; Editors of the daily press, declared Mr, Houde, had not the time to look into all the reading matter that went into his paper, but the weekly press editors and 'their collaborators had more time to get into contact with the population and know their needs, IMPORTANT FUNCTION. "That {s important in these crucial times," declared the Mayor, "for we have to find a new formula and study means for a better distribution of things. There has been too much ca- pitalization and over-production in every line, we have been trying to industrialize the country and still keep people on the farm and we are between two stools and are getting nowhere, You people have the time to study the situation, and see if you don't think that instead of picking parties it would be best for the coun- try it the best men were picked in- stead of the best party. We are com- ing to that point where we have to unite the best "brains, and the fault under the party system is that the one thaf is in power does not make use of the best brains in the other, Canada with its 10,000,000 people, no immigration and $10,000,000,000 debt cannot afford the luxury of not util- izing the best brains she has if they are ready to help everyone must put iis shoulder to the wheel after de- ciding in what direction they should go. -And if we do not p'ay our role in the next few years somebody else will play it for us." POWERFUL INFLUENCE. The president, Charles Clark, of High River, Alberta, in his presiden- tial -address, regalled the time when people bought papers for news and editorials and the advertisers came in to help along a local enterprise, and compared this with present day conditions, Weekly papers had been through hard times, but they stood higher than ever :today in the public estimation and wielded i. powerful in- fluence because 'of the spirit of inde- pendence that they had maintained, He was confident they would continue to fight furiously for the peaceful wel- fare of their people. . An animated 'discussion arose over the proposal to' make all past presi- dents of the association ex-officio di- rectors, Hugh Savage, of Duncan, B.C, maintained that this would keep them offit the elective board and allow youn- ger men to control the destinies of the association, but Sam Dornan, Alameda, Sask.; and Adam L, Sel- lar, Huntingdon, maintained it would make the directorate top heavy with one director for every eight members, On a vote tie recommendation of the directors to increase the board was FL by an overwhelning ma- jority. : WHAT THEY MISS Pyromaniac motorists who sedtter burning cigarette stubs along country highway might enjoy their pleasure trips more if they stopped to watch the prairie and forest fires = they start.-- (From tie Chicago Daily News.) ' RN 1 --- " J eins -Senator-- Cairine- Wilson, of Ottawa; ON JOURNEY TO JAIL IN B.C. Aged Horse Thief Greatly Impressed by Wonders of Modern Civilization Vancouver,--A wrinkled old 'In: dian, who had never been out of his familiar haunts in Chilcotin district, a wild, little inhabited area in the Cariboo territory of northern British Columbia, went to jail, but had the time of his life doing it. Police say it all happened becduse Gilpin--he claims only one name -- thpughtlessly helped himself to some 10 or 20 horses, then tried to sell them back to the owner, He was sen. tenced to three months 'in Oakalla Jail here, « MARVELS AT STEAMER, . Gilpin's first initiation to the won. ders of civilization came when he boarded a boat at Squamish, He bad never seen a steamer in all his 73 years, and when he arrived in Van- couver his astonishment increased, Many-storied buildings, street cars, slvopping crowds, all were a source of wonder to him, as he was whisked through the streets in a police car, his eyes goggling and his agape, trigued aim, ~ Street cars particularly fn.' What's in a Name-- When it's on a House? OLD COUNTRY PEOPLE ARE BE- GINING TO FIND NUMBERS MORE SATISFACTORY There is at present fin progress trroughout the length and breadth of mouth Great Britain a feud, says Jeau Kel- vin, in the Glasgow Herald, A very well-behaved feud, certainly, but nev- , "What make him go?" he asked his ertheless a feud--between the Post escort, pointing at a passing street Office and tlie householder The trouble car, and the officer pointed to the is that the Post Office strongly dis- overhead trolley and attempted to approves of the growing habit of giv. explain as simply as possible the mar. | ing a house a name instead of a vel of electricity, he muttéred Mmm--Plenty funny," The traffic crowds were "joost like plenty mosquito," and a group of in a park pool brought forth a chuckle and a "Ha! children splashing Ha! Papoose all same ducks." As the car turned off the highway at the edge of the city for the run to Oakalla, Gilpin shook his head and muttered, "Hi-Yu! Big City. Houses, go mebbe five, six miles, eh?" to number, and the situation has been himself: "Little. wheel go round, make ' i big wheels go around, car go along; greatly aggravated by the many thou- sands - of new houséfowners arising out of the development of suburban building schemes, SHOULD BE NUMBERED, - As in all serious feuds there ls justice on both sides, It is easy to understand how the new houseown- er should prefer the Individuality aud significance of a name to the common- place number. It is equally easy to see how the name system compli- cates matters for the postman; new Canadian Women In Parliament Hon, Mary Irene Parbly Plans to Retire in" Next General Election-- Three Other Wo- men Hold Seats--Senator Wilson, Miss MacPhail and Mrs. Stevens. Although Canadian women have been active in politics since they were granted the franchise towards the end of the war, few have actually gained election to Parliament or the Legislatures. At present four women hold seats either at Ottawa or provincial capi- tals, and one of this number has signified her intention to retire in the next general elections. She is Hon. Mary Irene Parlby, member of the Alberta Legislature for Lacombe and minister without portfolio for several years, She will not seek re-election. The other three holding seats are Miss Agnes Macphail, member of the House of Commons' for Grey Southeast, and Mrs. Dorothy Steeves, member of the British Columbia leg- islature for Vancouver North. Mrs, Steeves is the latest woman to win a seat, having been elected on the Co-operative Commonwealth Fed- eration ticket at a by-election. She is not the first woman to sit in the British Columbia legislature, how- ever, as the late Mrs. Mary Ellen Smith. sat for a Vancouver seat a few years ago and enjoyed the hon- or of being the first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire. She was a Liberal and became minister without portfolio, =X «w= INTERESTING CAREER Many elements combine to make Miss Macphail's political career one of the most interesting in all the annals of Canadian politics. As a country school teacher she sprang into prominence as a champion of farmers' rights, Her election by a constituency of hard-headed Ontario farmers was a keen tribute to Miss Macphail's personality and ability. Miss Macphail went to Ottawa in 1921 on the crest of the great wave of farmer political consciousness which sent a large United Farmer or Progressive group to the "House of Commons and gave the United Farmers of Ontario control of the government of the province, When this movement receded Miss Macphail held on. She is not only the only we. man in the House of Commons but the only member adhering to the original straight farmer party. Miss Macphail's public services are not confined to parliament. She be- came a leader in the movement for world peace and took 'a prominent part in the work of the League of Nations Society and wént to Geneva as a member of the Canadian dele- gation to the assembly of the League of Nations, The only woiran member of Senate, Mrs, Cairine Wilson is Liberal and comes of a family long promiment in pelitics. Senator Wil- son's appointment was received with and followed the successful prosecution of a court action initiated by a number of pro- minent women to determine the legal right of women to sit in the upper house. She has no election worries al- though she frequently goes on the widespread approval stump to aid her party. Like Miss Macphail, Mrs. United Farmer still holds office in that province. Sulphur Industry Now Returns to Louisiana _ New-Orleans; La,--An important in- dustry--the production of sulphur-- which back in 1905 was a paramount Louisiana and then faded when the desposits of sulphur ran out, is once again returning to importance to this State, After an enforced inactivity of near- ly a decade, Louisiana last year re- entered into sulphur production when an oil prospecting company located a rich sulphur deposit in southwest Louisiana, ; The success of this company led several large oil firms, to search for the mineral, As a result of this Increased activity domes have been located in | various sections of the State, one other deposit, however, some 45 other companies, including the Parlby has' represented. Canada at the Lea- gue of Nations Assembly. She enter- ed the political arena as president of the United Farm Women of Alberta | and subsequently was elected to the legislature. She became a member of the cabinet without portfolio -in the Government which Only names are evolved daily, and the only person who gets to know them is the postman on that particular dis- trict, When he changes there is a state #f chaos at headquarters unless a survey is continually being made of the whole area. 30 the Post Offic: is all for the simple code of num bers, How are these two factions to be reconciled? Can the householder be persuaded to forego the sentimental satisfaction of a name? For there is little doubt that whether the name is one of those atrocious coneactions sometimes seen, or the blatantly am- orous, or the more hoity-toity place names, the attachment is a sentilmen- tal one, It has amused me recently to in- vestigate both an old established sub- urban district and its neighboring bungalows which have not yet seen the light of two summers, Of course it always has been a popular amusement to see what people call their homes, and one might even en- deavor to deduce much therefrom con- cerning their personalities, But that is by the way. My investigation prov- ed that people like to call their homes after places of which they have fond recollection or with which they have had happy associations, Of course that does not account for all the Lindens. Glencairns, Lyundhursts,; Hill- sides, Viewflelds, which repeat them- selves in every collection of villas. But in a remarkably small area within my ken is very definite indi- cation of what is the most popular part of Scotland, for every second house is named after some part of the Highlands. There is Inveraray, Inveroran, Balmacara, Achriy, Kil mory, Cruachan, Benderlock, and so on, That may be a coincidence, vet I have also known areas where 1 was surprised to find Clyde resorts meeting me at every gate,post, Does it mean that the incoming house- holder, seeing the names around him, miles due south of New Orleans, has | is immediately reminded of some been opened up for production on commercial scale. In 1933, the first year commercial Louisiana This the 1,083,445 tons turned out by Texas, represents the entire production of again, long tons. began 321,000 coupled with production produced 'amount, practically the United States, The- added- importance of the re- juvenation of a work whioh had been considered lost can be gathered from the fact that the world production of sulphur is only approximately 3,.- 000,000 tons, Italy, Spain, Chile and Japan are the other producers, ITALIAN PEOPLE ARE MUCH TOO GENEROUS Rome--An official communique ask- ed the adoring Italian people not to shower gifts on the infant expected by Crown Prince Umberto and his wife, the Princess Marie Jose. 'Citizens with an impulse to equip bassinets were asked to make their contributions to the national mothers and infants protective association. The birth of the royal infant is ex- pected by mid-autumn, al rocky shore where he, or shc has basked and bathed? Whatever the reason, 1 am full of sympathy for the preference for at- tractive names, and consider it a not very objectionable form of pride which wants to refer to three-roomed «Joanville" in the same way as others speak of their ancestral castles, That is one side of the picture. But have you ever arrived in a long road of villas on a wet and murky night with only some such inappropriate name as "The Sheiling" to guide you, and you know nat whether it is on the left side coming down, and you have to tramp for miles, seemingly, before you arrive in a not too amiable frame of mind at vour destination? Then you begin to see the value of a consecu. tive system of numbers, and have 8 little regard for the memory strain unnecessarily imposed on postmen and others who have to deliver goods. ' ILLUMINATED NUMBERS But this businees of house identifi cation may go a step still further Just this week I learned that it it the ambition of the Electric Lamp Manufacturers' Association to have ar jlluminated number on the front of Lovely Little Lynda The pretty little mermaid pictured here is Lynda Adams, of couver, a point winner for Canada ! I J Van- in the Empire diving events, The coast girl was the youngest competitor on the Canadian team and performed splendidly against older and more experienced rivals at the Games. She was an instant favorite with the Britishers, every house in Britain, Very wisely, too, conferences have heen held be. tween the electrical trade and mem. bers of the Architectural Association go that lamps should be built in to harmonize with the decorative scheme, I wonder if this flluminated num ber would reconcile people to the loss of their beloved name? | am more inclined to think that instead they might even be anxious to have the name, inscribed in glowing letters; then picture thie sight of suburbia by night! The poor stars in their courses will have not much chance then, WRITER AND AUTHORITY ,ON INDIAN DIES Tos Angeles--Mrs. Mary Ellis Ryan, 68, writer -and -authority on Indians, diéd at her home in the Silver Lake district from sleeping. Mrs, Ryan was born in County, Pa., and wrote under the pen name of Ellis Ryan. She went to live among the Hopi Indians 26 years ago and claimed to be the only white woman ever admitted to the ! religious rites, : I Among her novels were "The Dance of Tulum" "The House ~ of Dawn," and "Pagan Prayers," | Bulter « Vi