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oe at AT a Erm Seat tractions. i 8 Like all Canadiafis who have had the opportunity of watching 'the Pres THE WORLD 'AT LARGE CANADA RED TAG FOR THE RECKLESS The On.arlo Government in despair over the failure of its laborious ef. forts to stop the massacre on our direction, This column begs to sug- gest that it offers $1,000 for the most practical idea which will reduce the number of dea hs and accidents, And as a start this column begs to sub. mit that the best thing to do it to bring home to the reckless driver that he is thought by fellow drivers to be a menace. That should get un. der his skin, and make him more care- ful if anything will. How can this be done? By making a convicted driver wear a red tag attached to his car when he drives. -- Sault Star, READY FOR UNUSUAL CRIME A report on the administration \ n criminal justice adopted by the Canadian Bar Association. at {ts Winnipeg conven.ion a few days ago, urged an increase in the maximum penalty for kidnapping and allowing the punishment to include whipping. The maxinium penalty for kidnapping in Canada is imprisonment for 25 years, -- Sarnia Canadian Observer. © TROUBLE.MAKERS If it was possible -to put to sleep for a period of years all the mili- tarists who are to he found {n almost every - land, how much more pleas- ant and secure this old world would be! -- Brockville Recorder, DEFENCE OF WEEDS 'The Duluth Herald says a world of weary' ti'lers of the soil will be only too glad to believe Dr. Charles Thom, of the United States Department of Agriculture, whgp tells an agricultu- ral meeting in England that weeds save rich topsoil by preventing eros- fon and, after death ,enrich the soil they occupied, This seems part of the concerted effort by scientists and some statesmen to conceive mankind that such old virtues a3 hard work and caving are now vices, because they are anti-social in causing over- production, Dr. Thom's cheery mes- sage will not be 8p impressive, how- ever, to those who have seen what weeds can do to the most promising garden in a two weeks' vacation by "the owner, --- Brandon Sun, WILL ROGERS' WHOLESOME HUMOR It was not the humor that some confuse with wit, and that laughs at people; it.was the humor that had sensibility in ft, and kindness, that laughs -with people. He can show man his own absurdity, but he himself was made to seem absurd, too, and it was the sort of showing which cav- ed all of us from the commission of pompous sins, There was always more love than contempt in it. And there was gravity behind the jest. With that gay raiilery . there was droll, wholesome philosophy, insight, that threw light on folly, that made pomposity and undue seriousness seem lovably absurd. Of bitterness and bile, of the wit that cuts and gears, he knew no hing. -- Otlawa Journal. SMALL THINGS THAT COUNT The humble and diversified needs of the wor d's consumers are thus . giving rise to considerable industrial activity in one British centre which has attained celebrity for the produc- tion of souvenirs and novelties and similar activity is probably to be not- ed elsewhere, I. is not always the big, expensive things that lead to the largest amount of employment. Small and comparatively valueless articles are possibly in greater demand, par- ticularly in time of financial string- ency, and the industrial community which is able to supply them profits from the situation. -- Brockville Re- corder and Times. LOOK FIRST! The first fatal hunting accident has been reported from the North woods and from now till the end of; the hunting ceason there will unfor tunately in all probability be a re- currence of these sad storfes. All the warnings that can be delivered seem fruitless where men who -shoot first and look afterwards take their guns fn hand and go into the woods. And yet nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand hunting ac. 'cldents could be prevénted by the ob. servance of about five rules or pre- cau'fons, every one of them so simple as to bé elementary, 80 obvious that ong would think a child with a pop- gun would'recognige their importance. It every hunter would only stop to think over the few simple precau- tions that are all he has to obsprve | in order to- make our woods quite safa, theso tales of cruel and sense. less killings and malmings would not have to be told, -- Montreal Star. OTTAWA THE BEAUTIFUL We are always enthusiastic when wa read that-something more is being added to the long list of Ottawa at. Capital grow _ii both size and beauty, wo dppreeiate its qualities and never begrudge the spending of national funds for this purpose. Ottawa is the heart of the nalion, and it is only fitting that Govern. 'ments, not matter what their party stripe, £hould take a keen in.erest in Capital development and plan long years ahead. -- Windsor Star, NO TIME FOR SHORT CUTS Taken as a whole, the Dominion's industrial and agricultural condition must certainly be .taken as improv- ing, This. improvement is far from rapid and doubtless it tests the pa- tlence and sieadfastness of the people, but it.is sustained and natural, If should encourage optimism and continued faith in the unspectacular methods as exemplified in the Brit. ish recovery program; and it offers experimen'alism; Canada is travelling up the hill to prosperity and there is no need for her to take chances by attempting dangerous short cuts.-- St. John Telegraph-Journal, LONG LIFE The problem {8 not to postpone death, but to prolong the period of vigorous life, in o.her words, to double the years of youth and short- en the period of exhausted, enfeebled old age. Youth, not longer lives, i8 what we all crave, It is doubtful if the average person could live more ting suicide. Try to sii through the same stage production ten times -- and see how the show bores\ you, -- Welland Tribune. : PROCESS OF EVOLUTION In a changing world, the bus, the truck and the airplane have com? to the front becaus? man finds them de- sirab'e and useful. It is not likely, therefore, tha: men will turn back and cast them aside in order to in- | crease the revenves of the railways. This fact might as well he accepted as a starting point. Motor vehicles and airplanes are part of the evolu. tionary process. -- Regina Leader- Post. by DOING SOMETHING ABOUT NOISE It is a dis.inctly encouraging sign that municipal. representatives in large citles are at last doing some- thing about noise. The most noise is unnecessary. Its toleration is a sure indication that collectively people have not ye: fully developed as so- clal beings. Preventable noise, In other words, betrays an imperfect soclal sence. -- Ottawa Citizen, WHITE ELEPHANTS The big, luxurious liners are no doubt good advertising for the lines to which they belong, but shipping companies cannot live on prestige i alone. After all it is the balance ; Shee: that matters, and it is tragic to see such beautiful craft as the | Normandie laid up all winter because "it. is uneconomical .. to- --operate her wih a large percentage of the ac- { commodation unoccupied. --- St. Thomas Times-Journa'. THE EMPIRE PLAYING THE GAME "The game for the game's sake," was proclaimed by Mr. S. 8. Dean; president of the New, Zealand Rugby Union, when speaking of what really is the sporting mission of the All Black team - to Great Britain this year. Becduse of the friction that has clouded some international games in recent years, Mr. Dean's reference to the essence of the thing is timely. There is no implica.ion: that touring teams from New Zeaiand in the past have failed in this respect. Quite | the reverse in the case; but it is well that the fathers of all games should take the opportunity to remind play- ers, par.icularly the younger ones, | that victory is not everything. -- Auckland, N.Z., News. DRAKE'S OWN GAME There is something in bowls which appeals to the English temperament. It is an unhurried and companion | atte game, and by no means a past- time for elderly men only. Today ft ig being playe by thousands of people of all ages, including women, who have their own. association, and are taking up the game wi.h enthusiasm. Perhaps; its . popularity lies in the friendiiness of {ts surroundings. Bowls is mainly an amateur game, and it is played on greens of that velvety texturé which is the dream of every lover of gardens and lawns --and that means nearly every En. glishman, -- London Daily Mail. PRIME MINISTERS'Y CORRIDOR At Falconbridge Park on Satur. day, Mr. W. W. Hughes planted an j oak tree' in the Prime Ministers' j Corridor, making the sixth young no justification for resorting to rash™ i than two centuries without commit-. maneuvers in Brenner Pass. fo x -- SK Bre Premier Mussolini listens intently as radio operator explains workings of field set during He later -tapped out a message to his forces in the field, : 2 | The Week In Ottawa OTTAWA,--The elec.ion campaign is getting hot. The Prime MInister is in full stride via the radio and the response to his series of halt hour 'broadcasts has been gratifying. He is now headed for the West but will come East again before the cam- | paign ends within four weeks' time, There is plenty of speculaiion among the various political wiseacres as to the outcome of the voting on October 14. Varied are the predic. tions which are not lacking in a cry for National government. Even Mag- kenzie King has called the shot, He predicts that Mr. Bennett will advo- cate national government during his speaking tour. That remains to be | Mainly, however, the Conservative . gtrateg'ans place re.iance upon the performance, policies and campaign. |-ing capacities of the Prime Min- | ister. He has gone into the eampaign with a vigour which, despite his ill- ness last winter, is- comparable with that 1930. His four broadcasts will be developed in detail on the hust- ings and will not be lacking in ap- [Qrsaisilye re:ponse from the thinking public. : What appeal the proposed retire- ment on a specles of pension of work- | ers at six'y or thereabouts will carry | appears to be problematical. While | the" criticisms are plentiful and the difficulties, constitutional and other- wise, of great magnitude, at least the idea {s. commended as. being definite | and specific and having the force of jan idea which, if not new, is relative- ly so. The huge undertaking of debt con. Jyersion can be. accomplished only after - much co-operative effort and legislative sanction. The definite 'trend of times is toward lessening the burden of carrying charges. This scheme would develop it on most en- compassing lines to include all pub- He indebtedness--federal, provincial, municipal and, simultaneously, to embrace the financially embarrassed home dweller. While the campaign, which soon will develop rapidly, is conceded now to have elements of obscurity, it is believed that well before the end of four weeks the situation wijl be very. much clarified. The prospects will better be appraised in the. light of the meetings, East and West, the re- ceptions accorded party leaders and the response which is indicated. Very likely, the camne'an may lose some of + amiability, and some persons and things, sp far largely ignored, may conte in for some. critical atten:ion with consequences upon the outcome. So far as the campaign hag gone, it 1s reported 'that there {is evidence of less rigidity in ordinary party adherence with very large but:slight- ly demonstrative meetings. There is about a million new voters to whom particular appeals are being direct- ed. What is very conceivable is that any idea of uncertainity of the out- come may cause '8 swing to the maj- or political party whose chances; as the election approaches, are consider- ed more likely to en:ure stability of government. : The Electric Shock Hazard In this age of electricity, the latest hazard added to life on" the farm fis electrical shock. The pa:zsage: of electrical «current of considerable voltage through a man causes para- lysis of the higher nerve centres, en- tailing the s.oppage, of breathing. The failure of the normal tests for life should not be taken as evidence of death. Persons have been resuci- tated acter hours of effort although ordinary signs of iife were absent. In cases where the contact was of short. duration and where artificial respiration has been applied with. out delay there is a better chance of recovery. Although, In reality, resu- scitation- from electrical 'shock is a case for the medical man, or at a prettily and powerfully of our flowers and of our trees; and with the poet, 1 hope, will come a protector of our trees.. We have squandered lavishly an inheritance of priceless value, but to plant and grow more trees. As these young trees grow, they will re. mind every passer-by that the work of the Empire-builder, like the work of the oak and the eucalypt, never ceases." -- Sydney Morning Herald. EARTHQUAKES IN EGYPT? There have been two bad shocks in Cairo In recent years, both of which rocked the six-storey buildings which were then the highest, What would happen today {if anything slightly more severe rumbled below our local crust is more than our imag. {nation can scope with, Companies which make out policies against damage by earthquake in Egypt run the risk of a very heavy call on their finances, Only one hotel (at Port Sald) is reputed to be earthquake. tree that has been placed in position to represent a Prime 'Minister of. Australia, / Mr. Hughes, pointing to the gum trees in the valleys and on the moun- tains sald: "Those clumps of tower ing. gums--look at them! Where in all the world shall we find their equal fome day there will arise among us a poet. who will write proof, Curiously enough, most of this country's tallest buildings appear to be very narrow, which from the ar- chitectural' point of view, is asking for trouble. One of the firat-fruits of a violent shock in Egypt would be a hasty revision of the building laws, ~--Calro Sphynx, : - 43 the time has come when we have got |« pinch for those men of the power and telephone companies, well trained in {he art of artificial -respiration, there are certain things that every body can do. In shockaccidents the vic- tim is usually thrown clear of the live wire or apparatus, but if such is 'not the case the obvious thing.to do is to clear him at once from contact the greatest care being taken that the helper himself is insulated from contact. Notwithstanding the fact that success in resucitation. decreases in hot summer mohths, warmth is of great assistance. Th» patient should be wrapped in warm blanke!s and hot water bottle' supplied. A person partially shocked should be made to lie down, and it 'is a point tg be re- membered that, owing to lack of tone of the blood vessels, it may be fatal to allow a resuscitated palient to sit up or stand. Artificial respiration of course, is of the greatest impor- tance, Efforts in artificial respiration ~tould be and should be taught fu all districts, kept up for at least four hours until the patient breathes or until the signs of the onrush of rigor mortis are definite. i English Observed the Manchester Guardian --"English oyster in these days have only an academic interest to most of us. This year again we hear that there is a prospect that prices may come down in the future, Within five years, they say, oysters-may be cheap if nothing happens to the health of the spat that is so . plentiful this year. 3 Recently inquiries at two emin- Oysters price is 8s a_dozen--in one case the game as last year, in the other case 28 less," This is for the Whitstable natives, but even the oysters from what used to be thought the hum- bler regions of the Roach and the Crouch are to cost about the same price, The Duchy of Cornwall oysters, which seven years ago wera selling in the Duchy's shop in Waterloo Bridge road at 8s, are now 8, i' ; © Trak ne ; I could not live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin between myself and God.--George Eliot. - ent restaurants revealed that the WHEN BARN WALLS GET FROST-COVERED With a Cold Wall It Is Dif ficult To Prevent ; Frosting | that only tend to emphasize | bishop effect. ven when they fal he" shoutians, the si subonstie' 1s defined, and, in fact, the draperies are referred to as " slim body lines, Bs bik der td Big sleeves and broad shoulders both as reflections of period influ. ences and conspicuous as. the chief expression of silhouette that pro- duces any deviations from natural, slim outlines, Sleeve fullness is most. ly at the top in puffs and-seamings. that emphasize width, but wrists are sometimes fitted in long cuffs, fitted over the hand, as well as sometimes bloused, the latter occasionally in The afternoon dress with street length skirts that may be sald to be poaching on evening fashion pre- serves is one of the most fmportant types that will be unmistakably a prominent development in new col- lections. Metals are the' first decl- slon on these but velvets and even crepes or satins are to be considered, particularly if the last two are made with bodicés that are somewhat de- colleté as to neckline, or done In a way that suggests a 'dinner dress" style. The metals are tailored. Two.pleee types are good, in the simpler types, and those of more for- mal chardcter, introducing embroid. eries for ,the latter. The basque-like fitted line above the walstline and the suggestion of a flare to the pep- lum give this style a newer look. Ornamental touches besides the dforementioned braid family and col- ored embroideries, make much of glittering accents, such as sequins, metals and even jewellery stones. In many barns the walls. get frost crusted in cold © weather, due either to lack of insulation in the walls, lack of proper ventilating system, or both, ith a.cold wall it is difficult fo proven frosting, ! even with reasonably good venlation, + 'and farmers. are just beginning to' realize the importance of proper stable 'insulation. i oi The chief - objection to the mas-: onry- stable wall," whether of con- crete, concrete blocks, hollow tile, orr stone is its being cold and-sub- ject to frost on the inside, unless proper . insulation is provided: for. The air spaces in concrete blocks and hollow tiles help to some extent,<but are not enough to prevent trouble ; 'are prevalent in more formal styles. from: frosting. A double wall or -a- wall with a complete air space is one of the simplest methods of over- coming this trouble, provided -the air space is filled' with insulation or with some material to stop air cir-- culation inside the. air space. f To get anything like the real value of any double wall construc-. tion, 'the two walls must be as near-! ly wind and water-tight as possible and the' air pace must be filled with something that will stop air circu- lation transferring heat .from one wall to the other and which will not transfer 'the heat itself.' Double Wall and Windows "The eventual solutioni® of the double wall problem will probably be a thoroughly waterproofed insu- lation board which can be built right into. the concrete or concrete block or clay block double wall. , It is, of course, possible to make a single masonry wall warm 'and: comfortable, either by putting fur-! ring strips on the inside and then! lathing' and plastering ' with two' coats of cement, or by "fastening! pasterboard or insulating board to the inside of the wall and then plas- tering. It pays to have double windows for dairy barns.. They will cost a' few dollars for the preliminary cost, | but will help a great deal in keep-; ing "the stable dry and will prevent the glass coating over all Winter long and cutting. off the greater| part of the sunshine. Many prefer double glazed sash, with two sheets of glass about half an inch apart in the same sash. Where a good ven- tilating system is in use and' the windows do not need to be opened, storm' sash are quite frequently|- FASHION FLASHES Period influences, including the femiliar, Renaissance and Greek, and the newer military and peasant, are| decidedly a force in molding the new styles. . . . Luxurious fabrics ex- pressed in rich brocades and a great- 'er endorsement of jewelled trimming that makes jewleled: buttons more important, color and large sleeves, establish the Renaissance. theme. . . More pleats, for day and evening and more drapery, reflect the Greek im-|- petus, . . In military interpreta. tions, everything that is representa- 'tive of this dashing type of costume agserts itself; braid, including gold and: white, frogs, tassels, brass but. tons, broad shoulder, fitted lines, narrow fur edges, and, capes. . v. .. Peasant influences, revived: recently through shirred and gathered lines, | ire pertinently {ndicated for the pres] sent in embroideries, ah Inevitabla approach to brighténing up the black NN * £ The latter are tremendously fmpor- tant in buttons, reviving for that "touch of color' carved jade, coral, lapis lazuli and turquoise, Gold bands are a type by themselves. Back fullness in some daytime skirts, particularly the afternoon models that embrace circular cut, i8 within the picture of slim lines gen- | erally 'emphasized. Front fullness is the other version, and cited particu- larly in present styles for the effects on waistlines -- that is, definitely "drawing them up to a higher line at front, : Satin dresses | black for dinner wear, just because they - offer a contrast to the metals, velvets and other rich fabrics that Tailleurs re minult-- played up in velvet and metals, but part ularly velyet. This formal suit 1§ long skirt. ed. in French presentations, but con- sideration of it in a street length may be more practical, in view of the new feeling for afternoon dress- es of evening type. + " Tunies Again ! Very charming and practical for fall days, is this tunic.dress of warm-rust colored. silk that looks like woolen, It uses jade green for its collar and self-cov- ered buttons, { Cut, on the lines of a coat frock; it includes all the tailored smartness in such models. Easy as A; B, C to make it. Style No. 2935 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18 years, 86, 38 and 40-inches bust. Size 16 requires mn yards ; Eu 89-inch atatia] "yard of contrasting and % yard of o . ORDER PATTERNS Draped lines, because they are 80 insistently exhibited in Paris evening ' dresses, justly separated discussion. It 1s to the point to realize that, de- spite the many different expressions of the draped skitt, insistence 1s ap. rt, Write 'your. name and' address plainly, - giving number and size f ation wa ged. iclose Ze ~ stamps or n (coin prefer red; wrap it pai i ho ad- _ dress your order to Wilson Pat. fn Service, 78 West Adelaide treet, Toronto. in dark colors or -inch lining for "vertical plilars" |' "| contributions comparable | : : 5 0 Sd $1. | After thirty-five years on the sta ofthe Dominion. Department of Agriculture, twenty-nine years Of which he has occupied with distinct. ion_the position i) Seed Commission- er, George H. Clark, BSA, is re- tiring on October 8, 1935, from the' Government service, Mr, Clark, a native of Brant County, Ontario, and an 1898. grad- uate in agriculture of the University 'of Toronto, came to Ottawa in 1900 | to assist the late Dr. Jas, 5. W. Robert: | son, Commissioner of Agriculture and Dairying, in conducting the Mac- Donald-Robertson Grain Growers Competition organized that year. When this work was completed, three years later, he récommended the oy outline for establisk ing, in 1004, the Canadian Seed Growers' Association, and became Secretary of the Association in 1905, In 1902 he was appointed Chief of the newly organized' Seed Division and in that capacity conducted an investigation of the conditions of the seed trade in Canada which &ilminated in the assing of the Seed Control Act in- 905. The following year the Seed Division was made a separate branch, {vith Mr. Clark as head, and under his continued direction seed control legislation was developed . and. im- proved; the Seed Control Act was 'teplaged by the Seeds Act, 1923, and frequent amendments to the Act have been made since that time to meet: the varying conditions of seed pro-- duction and demand and the trends in seed marketing both domestically and between Canada and' other coun- tries. \ : : Mr. Clarks: official duties as Seed Commissioner have not been limited to the devising and administering of control legislation, In the early years of his ~commissionegship ~ he co-operated with the late Dr. Jas. Fletcher in compiling the illustrated work "Farm Weeds of Canada', and - associated with 'the late Dr. M. A. Malte, prepared the popular gublic- ation "Fodder and Pasture Plants", both of which are used as text books in agricultural colleges throughout North America. In 1007, following his: study of wheat crops in the Prairie Provinces, Mr. Clark cutlined: the plan, still in effect, for encourag- ing pure seed production by means of field crop competitions, seed fairs and provincial seéd exhibitions and in subsequent years, inaugurated other effective programmes to - the game end, some of which had been uggested by his observations in Europe in 1909. The destructive loss, by rust, suffered by the wheat crop ° in 1916, led hini to organize the Seed Purchasing Commission to assemble and distribute supplies of seed grain of suitable variety and quality. This commission operated until 1922 and entailed = merchandizing. = activities' with a turnover exceeding $16,000,- 000, all of which was returned to the Dominion Department of Finance with a profit of $261,000. During the eventful years 1914-1918, when Can- adian grown cereals were shipped to many of the allied countries and when adequate supplies of field root seed from Europe were difficult to '| obtain, 8 Seed Stocks Committee for North America was organized on which the Seed Commissioner re- presented the interests of Canada, In civic life Mr, Clark has made with the outstanding part he has contributed in his official sphere. For seven years he was a member of the Ottawa Public School Board, of which or- ganization he was Chairman in 1928 and 1929, and for the past three years he has been a valued member of the Ottawa Collegiate Board, He has for many years been a promin- ent Mason and is Past Master Doric Masonic Lodge No. 58, Grand Lodge of Ontario, and a member of "Rose Croix of the Scottish Rite of Free- 'masonry. For' several years he was a" director of the Royal Canadian Golf Association and is a prominent' 'member of 'the Rivermead Golf Club, Ottawa, of which he was' Vice-presi- dent from 1925 to 1930 and President in 1931, ' Mr, Cigrk's attainments have not been solely the successful perform- ance of the duties of 'an important official post, for among the outstand- 'ing qualities "in his character is a generous and gendine kindliness 'which has won for him wide and en- during esteem. His long residence in Ottawa, the Dominion-wide scope of. hie official duties over a period _ of more than three decades. and ®his association, during much of that time, with the foremost leaders in Agriculture in Canada, Great Bris tain, the United States and countries, of Continental Europe, leaves: him"a background rich for retrospect. He has chosen as the place for his re- ° tirement.. the Roseland suburban garded as one of the loveliest sectiond™% of Old Ontario, : iis It is the sincere wish of | every member of his former stag of ' the Seed Branch and the [Dominion Dé« partmiént of Agriculture as a whole, also the many 'with whom: in past / years he has worked for the ad-{ vancement of Canadian agriculture, NG that he will live long to enjoy fully a long period of retirement so richly earned. fay : area of Burlington, in what is hor. I