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A reas SR RE Sn rR A . " fen RE A i on, SE Lp aC ot nah -- _ pL "THE WORLD AT LARGE ' book CANADA, THE EMPIRE the 'Brantford is a standard, CANADA' Health of Pioneers In the early days of settlementin Canada there was little sickness among the pioneers. This was due largely to the fact that their work kept them outdoors in the fresh air and that they received plenty of healthful exercise. Swinging an axe in the bush, clearing the land for cultivation, and the hundred-and one odd jobs that go in the hewing of a homestead: out of virgin forest, were tasks that built muscle; kept a man in first-class physical condition, and in shape to ward off minor bodily ills. --Guelph Meveury. Last Resort The Massachusetts Osteopathic So- ciety has decreed that scrubbing the floors is the best method for mm- proving the female figure. It is not believed that it will be generally rve- sorted to as long as other devices hold out.-- Brantford Expositor. Longest Railway Quietly and without the usual fan- fare of publicity which accon panies the construction of -its huge indus- trial enterprises, the Soviets have pushed on the ouwlding of a second track along the longest railway in the world -- 4.500 mile trans-Siberian railway, which is of major strategi- cal inmportance %n the military de- fence of Russia in the Par East. In (wo. years the Soviets have practically completed the double tracking of this line. over a distance of 1,300 miles-- from huge lake Bai- kal to Khabarovsk. the Suviet's [&r- Fastern military centre, +Work in this section is" in its final stages, and normal freight" and passenger traffic is expected to begin as soon auxiliary constructions, such as locomotive depots, vepair shops and warchouses have been completed. Brockville Recorder. as Late King's Humor The King was conferring with a sculptor who was designing the new British coinage. "Make a big V," the Monarch instructed. "I would hate to be mistaken for any of the other Georges." --Sault. Star, Borrowed, Books Possibly we should have a little and mark "down the name of the borrower as he takds the book, but generally we are so delighted to lend a hook to-a-friend tha we for- get this little precaution. Although we suspect certain books ar» on cer- tain shelves, we haven't th= courage to tax our friends with poor mem- ory. Yet it is a provoking thing to .go to the book shelves for a certain book to. discover if missing and. to fail to remember who has it. It might be an interesting way spend an evening some time and dis- cover if there ave any which belong elsewhere, and return them with an apology. As a'lover of books, we know we speak for all others when we say that such returns would. be gratefully veceived. --Niagara Falls Review, Slang There is a slang used in Canada, as there is in every country of the world, and t-is.part of the tang of the people. To go to Lancashire and not hear a bit of the Lancashive dia- leet is to miss a treat. Or visit Glas- gow and not hear a Glasgow laddie in frievd'y arguing with an opposi- tion paper veador. Regina Leader Post. "Rock Wool" the Among develop- ments circles outstanding which took place in mining in Canada during 1035 was debut 'of a new Canadian mindral product in the form of rock wopl. The manufacture of rock wool, one of thé most effectual ins ulating: pro- ducts on the market, got under way duging' the vear, -and The Department of Minéd reports two. plants in op- eration, 8th in Ontario, . one at Thorold, "and the other. at Brantford. At the Thorold plant a long-fibred WW Jot having a density of from three to four pounds a cubic foot is being 'produced, and the product made, at short-fibred ~xrocke wool having a density of eight - to 10°" pounds a cubic foot. trade, the establishment of. the wool rock industry in Canada has resulted from. successful experimdnts ~cariied on in the laboratorie~ : "Department of Mines, This work' showed that large des of the posits of a "special type of limestone discovered in the Niagara district of Ontario wete. syitable for the manu: facture 'of the 'material, and indica. tions are that the industry will reach large scale propoitions, a= Canada Week by Week, wa to| + Of apecial interest. to the build- Ang Man's Ears On Cold Days Man puts wool upon his fe.t shanks; he places a portion' of pad- ding along his spinal column encases his havrds in something other, to keep them warm, but his cars are left to stand out alone and unaided when the wind blows heavy] from the west and north, Not fair at all. Long have we felt that a great field is here, wide open for sonre in- ventive genius. Surely there could be some little zadget in a hat which could be pulled up or down like a window blind to cover the ears as occasion required or as feeling die- tated. Men would be quick to adopt such a plan. It is aot possible they can enjoy cold ears or frozen ears. The way in whieh nmiost men negléct their ears is shameful; if the ears could dec so they would protest and 'ask for equal treatment with basids, hoofs and spy PRtechiroughs Ex aminer. Almost Totally Teetotal The second volume of Snowden's Autobiography says that when the first Labor government was formed, Scotland sent 29 Labor = members and all but one were teetotallers!-- St. Cathavines Staadard. - The Tale Of a Dog' One of the raciest dog stories we have seen runs like this--"Some.time ago a fire oc vrred in his master's dwelling, the family and dog vushed out. Then the dog dashed back and returned carrying the fire insurance policy rolled up-in a wet towel. On investigation. the policy was ~ from the office of Mr, © but we for- bear to give .the name of the insur- ance broker." --IHalifax Chronicle. Vanishing Chinese The old capital of Australia, Mel-| bourne, is contemplating a little sad- ly the vanishing of a familiar fig- ure--the Chinese market gardener. In ten years the number who held stands at the Victoria decreased by 25 per cent. and be- fore very long; so the experts say, there may be no more. The, Chinese - toe Bolero Dress Very smart and very young, is this jaunty 'little bolero costume, that is being worn right now 'neath the winter coat. Later; it will ome out in spring without any wrap, This simple to sew Jacket Cos. tume is navy blue wool erepe. The blouse is new and i nportant Lar rot. shade crepe 'si And: the brief bholéro . jacket doesn't hide it, either. Use the pattern again for a poveliy cotton, linen or pastel tub si k, for summer, -- " Style® No! 2696 is designed .for sizes 12,14, 16, 18 and 20 years, Size 16 yequires 8% yards of 89., inch material with 1 yard of 39- inch eontidsting, HOW 10 ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address _Dlainly, giving number and size of pattern. wanted, Enclose 15¢ in stamps or coin (coin referred); wrap itgearefally and a dress your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide Street, TorGnto. vo APE "iA . ! Market has: and : and] or' | | structor Japan Mourns . With Empire: r with the co-operation of the Farm' Problems Conducted by Professor Henry G, _ Ontario Agricultural College, Bell As sation departments of . tive of His Imperial Majesty the I "Chuich, George. V. of South Canadian Minister, Sir Bishop, the Dritish Ambassador,' t Takamatsu. Above is seen the arrival of Prince Takamatsu; the representa- "Pokio, to -attend the memorial service for the late King Prince Takamatsu is being received by the Lord Bishop Tokio, the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Olive, and the Herbert, Marler. mperor of Japan, at St. Anjlvew's Left to right, the Lord he Canadian Minister, and Prince gardeners, once a familiar sight on every Little plot of ground in the odd corners of the suburbs, are the sur- vivors of the great Chines:. migra- tion in the 'old rush days. Once there were as many as 35,000 Chin- ese in. Vicloria, but, restrictive leg- Jislation, return to' the homeland and death have reduced their numbers today to a couple of thousand. The young Australian- born Chinese is no more anxious than his while feliow citizens to slave in a market garden from dawn to' dusk. fle prefers com- merce. --Branden, Sun. British Fairness The Manchester Gairdianei pay- ing a fine tribute to Canada's Olym- pic hockey .tetm, which lost the Olympic title for the first time. since this international competition began in 1924, showed itself to be chavac- teristically British in its fairness. The Guardian frankly deciares that Canala had casily the better team and would have beaten ngland nine times out of ten. -- "Moretver," it continued . "the Britisu team was compose' of sev- eral players who were born in Eng- land but who learned their hockey in Canada and only recently return- ed to England. Hence, it is unfair to speak of the triumph » British ice hockey. . Canade lost the title undcr its own name but won it un- der Britain's." Nothing could excced th: fairness of that con ment. --Brantford Expos- itor. , Town Planning Someone. once said of Robert Burns: that he asked for bread and they gave him a store. But the Dumfries town council -did vorse thar that. Opposite the acuse in Burns street, where the poet spen. the last years of his life, the council in 1914 erect- ed a refuse destructor. Its removal is nov beint urged. "For 21 years," sa s one of Lhe Dumfries town courcillors, "the de- has stood as. a melancholy monum.ant and « grimy witness to a remarkable lack ot forethought, good teste and civie pride." Dufnfries is apparently awakening to the value of tourist traffic, It is to bi hoped that the presence of the -ouvist 'in some other commun- ity will arouse "forethought, good taste and civic pride" as it is dppar- ently tloing in Dumfries. --Winnipeg Tribune. = "THE EMPIRE New Seeds F For Old . The new seed catalogue. are:out. They flash and flame, as usual, with niany so-called Novefties, among which the sweet pea again takes the biscuit, New pink shades or new blues or new" scarlets; lavishly illus- trated, are offered at fancy prices. I try hard to digcover how they dif- fer from last year's pinks and blues and jédrlets, which were also offer- ed at' fancy prices and: which were also, at that time, "the best pea it has ever been our good fortune to raise. The craze for noveities has reach- ed "absurd "proportions, and one of the - best-known plant-collectors in the world 'has rightly observed that | whereas a nurseryman. may make a fortune out of a new sweet pea. or a new daffodil, a plant-collector, af- ter risking hig neck on a Himalayan precipice, is lucky if his genuinely new plant js grown by bal a dozen enthusiasts: ; The craze for fohithing new often means, too, that many lovely and familiar plants are gradually super- seded and drop out. The botanical "migazines off a Lehi ago are full dam - 43 4 Harold Loyd Subject of Piy By Moscow Scribe Pictures Comedian as Victim Of Depression. -- Waxes Sarcastic Regarding Toy House to Daug ghter. RIGA, LATVIA, -- Poor Harold Lloyd! pondent of the Moscow Isveslia, has rothing but sympathy for the' famous | American movie star 'after visiting him in his home at Los Palmos. Writ. ing in the Isvestia Shumatzski pict- ures Ilarald Lloyd as another victim of the American depression, who has lost his company and who now must hire himself out by the picture. The movie star writes the Soviet reporter, lives in constant dread of kidnappers and he watched his fam- ily with anxious eyes and his hands trembled while he discussed his troubles with his Soviet inter. viewers. ; - Shumatfiski waxed- sarcastic tell- ing of the famous toy house which Harold Lloyd built for his small daughter. "We saw this small villa while "we thing w hich, can.come only from the fancies of" people Who 'know of no other pleasures except the satisfact- jon of their own' narrow personal feelings and who" ave separated from the world by a Chinese wall and who are fastened {o their narrow little world with a golden but pleasureless chain of private property." . "This man did not seem like the Harold. we kuvew 'from .his comedies," continues Shumatzski, "We had a' friendly talk about the Soviet and the American movie industries. He did not hide from us that his silent pic- tures were better understood and more widely popular than his talkies. "Perhaps times were different then, he told us, remarking that hard times had also hit. the comedy pictures: Things are much worse than before, for the pictures have lost or iginalify and lack -popular- interest." Shumatzski, whois a director of the Soviet Movie 'Trust, now - visiting technic, has been introduced to a number of American film stars and has written interviews with them for the fsvestia. Although he writes at (farming Boris Shumatzski the corres. Hollywood to study American Movie; # ey The business of farming" is yearly becoming' more and more dependent regarding _ livestock "and livestock management, crop production, soil management, disease and insect cone trol and business organization: of - the industry. Individual prob: lems involving one or more of these, and many other phases of agricul. ture, engage the attention of Ontario farmers from day to day. During the winter months there is a little more time for study of the most acute problems. : Through this 'column farmers may secure the latest information pertain- ing to 'their difficulties, 'To intro. duce this service Professor 'Bell has prepared the following typical prob- lems. to indicate the information which should be given in order that a satisfactory answer can be made, close stamped and addressed envelope for eply. Address all inquiries to Professor Henry G. Bell, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. V,, Toronto, Ontario. 1. Question -- How would you under- take to prevent or control Celery "Blight? Answer "There are two Celery Blights in- Ontario, namely Late Blight or Septoria Leaf Spot and arly Blight. The former is much 'the more prevalent and destruct- ive. Fortunately both blights res- pond to the same treatment. The directions for spraying Celery. to prevent these blights are as fol- lows: Give two applications when the plants ave still in_the seed bed usifig-<Bordeaux _ mixture of the "strength of 3 pouhds of bluestone and 6 pounds of hydrated lime to 40 gallons of water. The first ap- plication should be made when the . plants are from two to three inches high and "the second application given a short time before setting' the plants out in the field. The- field, spraying should De started a week or ten days after the plants are set out. For the field applica- tions use Bordeaux mixture of the strength of 4 pounds of copper sulphate, 8 pounds of hydrated lime and 40 gallons of water. Ap- . upon facts that. have been gathered 3 If answer is des'red by letter en-| plications should: be 'made at" an interval of a week or ten days dar- ing 'the season, - The wetter the weather the greater the number of applications that will be required. When-tire plants ave small 40 gal tons of the spray mixture will be "sufficient for an acre but when the "4 plants are Jarge it will requirg two or three times this much, It is very important 'that the BordeauX should be applied under high sure, The sprayer should be rig- . ged with three nozzles to each row one from tlie top and one from each side. Late Blight spreads most ra- pidly during wet weather. It is therefore important to-see that the Berdeaux is on the plants before rain cotnes rather than after. The directions for dusting cel: efy are, as follows: Use 20 per cent Copper-lime dust. Give two applications "- as described above while 'the plants ave still in the sced bed and repeat at intervals of from 3. to 10 days after the plants are set out in the field. In very wet weather it may be nec- essary to apply the dust as often as twice a week, The best results from dusting are secured by using liberal quantities of dust and ap- plying it under high pressure. Other. precautions which. should be taken. Rake up and burn the © diseased leaves and stalks. Plant © celery so far. as it is possible on «7 wéll drained land. Do not cultivate celery when the plants are wet and in cultivating take care not to get . the soil into the crowns of the young plants." Rotation of crops' is an effective means of preventing this disease as the causal organism vis chiefly carried 'from- year to vear in the crop refuse in the soil, but it is not always practical un- der ordinary celery growing con- ditions. It is not 'advisable to at- © tempt to store for any length of time celery 'affected with late blight. 'Before such celery is plac- ed-in storage the blighted leaves and stems should be stripped off. Those who grow large quantities "of celery depend chiefly "on spray- ing or dusting for the prevention of this disease. -- J.. I, Howitt, De- partment of Botany, O.A.C.. =~ -- 'Men Taking Lessons In Domestic Science REGINA, Sask, -- Three = young men with a penchant for things cul- were wandering around the! inary are studying domestic science park. floyd: built it. two years!|at the present time at the "Baline ago when his daughter; had | Technical School. her sixth birthday, It is a! 'Unusual as it may seem,' "it.is not the first time that -the enrollment for-domestic-science classes has--in- cluded men. - Two years 'ago two young men joined the class for the purpose of fitting themselves for positions as chefs in hotels and restaurants and while studyisg sécured part-time em- ployment as waiters. The three who are studying thie year have another purpose in view. Two years ago they attended pro. specting classes and spent last year prospecting on Vancouver Island. They intended again next summer. and in the mean-, time they want to learn to do their own cooking or be in a position to 'cook for a gang of prospectors. 50,000 Employed It is estimated that the retailing and servicing of automobiles in Can. ada gives emproyment to about 50,000 persons, including active proprietors as well as employees, There are about 5,600 filling stations in the Dominion, and 4,100 garages dealing in automo- length about the gardens f their homes inand near Hollywood 'he docs not describe their residences. From his descriptions the Soviet readers obtain the impression thas, while the film stars were once "well off today they are in the same posi. tion as Ilarold Lloyd," whom he ve- ports as a, wage slave of the.f;im wag. nates working for a wage which is congidéred "smalP change." The nearest® known star is 25 mil- lion miles dn . TEN 4 of illustrations, then called embel- lishments, of fine, plants, beautiful species and hybrids, flow "completely forgotten. black 'ranunculus, a splendid eS double crimson ol argonium, a_ black auricula, many beautiful = bizarre' carnations --they were then the craze... Who grows', them now ?-~London Spectator. biles and gasoline. In addition, there are approximately 1.800 service garv-. ages or repair shops of various sorts. The extent to which the automobile | has caused the development of" dis. tributive- and service agencies is not' generally realized. There are approx- imately 15,000 retail establishments: in Canada engaged primarily in the automotive trade, and of gourse, '| there are a great" many other places of business which carry automobile supplies or gasoline as a side line. Of "the 15,000, autmotive ¢éstablish. ments, about 2,400. are automobile dealers. although: here again there are, sub.agencies of various kinds which' also deal in cars, $ i True beauty is" in. the: mind}, and the expression of the features de- pends: more' upon 'the moral nature than 'most persons are accustomed to think. ~= Frederic, Sauiiders. +i: din ; ¥ . - TOL \ Lr : BL sEETH Study of Eugenics Urged Upon Canadian People to do prospecting |. Fi Be Mater en of - First| Concern, Asserts New Yftrk Doctor in Toronto Ad ress TORONTO--Eugenies" should "of first concern to every patriotic' Canadian," Dr. Clarence G. Campbell of 'New York, honorary president of the Eugenies Research Assaciat'on of the/United States, declared here re- ently! . or gE This *science of racial improve- ment," Dr. Campbell said, involved "vital national problems of the first importance." It must receive the con- sideration of any far-secing states. manship if a nation is to realize its full possibilities and fdendately fulfil its destiny." The first nat'dnal necessily of any nation, the speaker asserted, was "the biological 'one of improving its racial qualities," It was "encourag- ing" to see Germany had béen "in- telligent. enough" 'to "undertake a program to improve the race. ] In Canada, he said, it was to be hoped the doctrines . of eugenics would spread, 'for the reason that immeasurable good can be accom: plished" in a matter that requires. a "united national attitude and action." Dr. Campbell contended, demanded "critical re-appraisement" of the val ues in the world's civilization. banization," he declared, 'and -it is this very feature f it which goes far to: create human conditions that lewer racial survival values in almost every respect, .™ "In the constant urbanization which has been characteristic of all civilization from their beginnings, we can make the 'simple but portentous discovery. that urban" communities al- most invariably - fail to. produce enough offspring to petuate them. selves, . Thus, the. more a racial group or a nation becomes urbanized, the more survival, And racial history unerring- ly shows {ft urbanization has a ma- jor_factor in" the decline of eciviliza- tions .and: in the obsolesenée or ulti- mate extinction of - racial groups." bel 3 eS ht 13 yo. 4 "Civilization of /course means ur it prejudices its prospect' of ultimate Sinus Diseases Are Increasing dicates Nasdl Troubles are - + Widespread 193 ---- are on the increase everywheré in the. United States, according tora medical survey, .the results of "which were. made public. 'by The Women's Home Companion recently. ; ~ "Sinusitis" is the 'medical "term for any "jpflammation of the' mu- cous membrane of a series of eavi- t'es, both large and small, in . the bone. of the skull," causing acute pain in from one to eight spots about the head, cheekbones, eyes, brain' Sinus infections are so ) rapidly ins creasing," says Dr. Wendell C. Phil- lips in the report' made public re- cently, "that practically every city- dweller has them, in mild or serious form, at some time or other." The ailment has its' basic cause in the crowded and overheated condi- tions of modern living. It occurs 'in both town and country, but flourishes and spreads more rapidly in cities than 'in less crowded areas. "It usually starts," says De: Phil.' lips, "with a cold in the head, and the nose becomes stopped up, im- peding or closing sinus All' colds, whether light ot heavy, are potentially serious. Accord'ng to our statistics, nearly every one in' "the country takes cold two or three tim- es a year. Half of all disabling dis- eases begin with a cold." Dr. Phillips asserts the most Tre quent "predis osing 'cause of s'nus infections" is "lowered body ance," He emphasizes "walking and sunshine" as both the best prevent atives and the best cures. : "Taking a little exercise' is one of our favorite expressions," Dr. Phillips continues. "You should take. rather' more than a 'little' exercise daily in the open air or - in = weil- ventilaled gymanasiums, and don't forget vour morning setling-up ex- ercises. And walk! Make it your rule never to ride when you can spare the .ime lo walk. Thousands would avoid sinusitis. by following these simple directions. 7 " "All people, .but particularly those who work,\need at -least eight hours' 'rest in bed. 1 find that many work- ers ioolishly and unnecessarily sit up too late at night and miss one' of the best opportunities for.building and maintaining body resistance disease " i rgd id o Here! (The foronto Telegram). ) M The rose is red, The violet's blue, The «rass is green, Achoo! Achoo! Pardon thal snceze, but even in blizzard, slush and ~drizzle, minds "recently have turned thoughts 'of spring, and warmth and | growing things. Chaps who have plodded stonily along with their coat collars" up, and .vith no other thought, than to take the weather as it comes, are today dreamy-eyed and at peace with the wor'd. They ire thinking of wari earth .and seecd- lings, long summer -even'ngs, the rat- tle of the lawn-mower, the hiss of the garden, hose, and all that sort of thing. A click of the letter box, a talip on the floor and the transforming agent tad entered the homes of. To- ronto. The first seed catalogue. had arrived: It came gaily colored as the rainbow, hera'ding the end of sr.ow and ice and leafless trees, bearing ocula. demonstration of the bountiful generosity of nature. "The volume has been ti ted 'through with avidity. One of -=its advantages is the abundance of its gorgeous illustrations which confound the scepticis- that doubts the pos- sibility of a fifteen cent package of seed transforming a back yard into a garden, Blooms, bulbs, vines and shrubs that seem almost too good to be true, lure the eyes. Peas' burfting in their fatness from their pods, tomatoes so round and smooth ~ and red that they put to 'shame' any that has appeared on the "label of a tomato-can, celery which" requires-a whole wheel-barrow to- {ransport 'a single stick of it--these are to be seen by those who have eyes to see. : The hope that springs eternal gets a good leg-up from the first . seed catalogue of the year. and a glorious feeling. "After having interpreted Bee- thoven, Brahms, Bach and Wagner centrate on my own telf and write my own music. '-= Walter Damrosch. * Man, the: doctor continued, cannot asthe biological equil. brium 'with: mpanity." But modern civiliz- ation' seeméd "unduly - to diminish" man's essential contacts with biolog- ical 'nature. and unduly disturb the biological, Sqmari, " ' bY "Alter ail, bone of any entertainment art, Pic- tures are theatre, radio is 'theatre. television will be theatre." --Lionel Barr ymor o. NEW YORK--Dis. ases of the sinus' tesist- .. It's a great for fifty years, [ am going to con- Medical Survey of Cities In: RG . nasal chambers, neck or base of the ventilation. - - A) to ® men's to. BE AR - i Ta Fel 7 the theatre 1s the backs | 6 KX 2 di | 4 rve-------- do Co. mr