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Egg Consumption Over - Estimated Statisticians, by a peculiat er- . 'yor, have been over-estimating Canada's egg consumption, W. A, Landreth, of Winnipeg, president of the Canadian Produce Associa- tion, declared "lasg week, Their estimates have been based on the assumption that roosters ms. well as hens are among Can- ada's egg producers, Mr, Landreth ° 'told delegates to the. asociation's runual convention, ~~ --Twe Thirds "Egg Ver Day « "For'some years, the per capita consumption of eggs was quoted jn Canadian statistics as approxi- mately 80 dozen or an egg a day, which was far in excess of any pther area of the world," Mr. Lan- dreth said. : eh "During recent years this has been adjusted to approximately 21 lozen, about two-thirds of an egg x day, . ~"We understand that the former juotation was based on the theory shat egg production was not limit- 1d to pullets and hens, but that all :hickens and cockerels performed \ similar mission. . "Even statisticians must have heir fun." ~ By Elizabeth Eedy portant island in the world has fallen into the wrong hands. The domination of Hainan by Japan will strike heavily against Great "Britain, France "and - the United Statés, strategitally situated as the island is athwart the British Far E rn __ lifeline; menacing. i Indo-China ports; threat. ening the United States' lines to the Philippines and Hawaii. Should* Britain and. the U.S. ever decide to act in concert in the East, their movements 'will now be seriously hampered. he - At the present moment the is- land's chief importance to Japan is as a base from .which- air at. tacks-can be launched at China's two remaining communications with the outside world. Looking at it the long way, how- ever, as Generalissimo Chiang Kai- ure of Hainan is the first step in a southward expansion of the Jap- anese Empire. Japan now has an excellent jumping-off place toward the Dutch Indies, rich in oil, and is--in--<-better--positiont Canadian Cardinal Might Be Papal Choice Villeneuve, Rodrigue Cardinal Archbishop of Quebec, Canada's only Cardinal of the Ro- man Catholic Church is being prominently mentioned as a pos- sible successor to Pope Pius XI in the event that the Italian mem- bers of the Sacred College of Car- dinals, 'whose task it is to elect a new Pope, should split their vote. who fs before to accomplish the eventual domination of the whole Pacific. body's met Ferdinand the Bull-- who loved to smell the flowers-- in the movie or in the book or in the song (advt.) and loved him too, we're certain. But for all his charm, his mildness, Ferdinand is yet a 'menace. Because little chilrren love him too much. "Not wisely, but too well"... Ferdinand, the bull who never learned-to fight, is giving children a false idea of bulls in general. They see a Ferdinand. in every snorting, pawing, tearing bovine. they don't believe you, They know- * different, knowing Ferdinand. So if yolir little ehilu is gored this summer while proffering tlow- ers to some fierce bull in a pas- ture field, you can't say we haven't 'warned you, a PREPARE FOR PEACE: Colonel Tchou, dynamic former secretary to China's Chiang Kai-Shek, spea® * - ing in Toronto last week malic . significant ~ statement which it would be well for us Wester de- mocracies to think o.cr. He said: "<ouw'll never achieve peace by = preparing for war; you must pre- paye fur peace!" HELD UP: The British North 'Am. erica Acf*ean become one of the KEY TQ PACIFIC: The most im- | Shek put it last week, the seizs- Le Hone are F tan ever | Arthur Howard. } _ CHILDREN, TAKE CARE: Every- - Road Connecting Peace River Tell-them jt's a dangerous animal, . Northern Alberta .-and tractors drawing 10 or more . trailers will ply #long it. greatest barriers to social progress | ymooning in Hollywood after a surprise marriage in Tucson, Ariz., ces Drake, Canadian-born-actress;, and her husband, Cecil John {oward is the brotherof the Earl of Suffolk. VOICE OF THE PRESS WOLF AT THE DOOR In Sweden, packs of Wolves are keeping people away from church, That isn't what's keeping them. away over here.~Toronto Star. THE OLD RELIABLE When we're moved to speak sliglitingly of the "horse and buggy "lays," we might remember that the horse would always start on a cold morning. --0Owen Sound Sun-Times, ~ AXES TO. GRIND It is strapge that nearly everyone - © who protests against increased debt and increased taxation has his own pet project which, if-accepted by the governments, could only mean more debt or more taxation, Brockville Recorder and Times. YOU'RE TELLING US! Addresses to the King are to be as few as possible, and his Majes- ty will not be expected to reply. This might be a good policy to fol- low in regard to all distinguished visitors, A weakness of Canadians is their tendency toward speech: making--on--the--shghtest provora-- Canada's Greatest Highway Project. District With Great Slave Lake Will Soon Be Under Construction -- 400 Miles Long. 3 > 7 Final sanction was given last week by Federal Resource Minis. ter Crerar to the construction of a |- winter traction road connecting the Peace River division of the Railways with Great Slave Lake, almost 400 miles farther north, ° iki. ©" This will be the greatest road- way-'of its kind in Canada. It will serve the purpose of a railway To Radium Mines Departmental officials expect that next year . the -pitchblende concentrates "from Eldorado Mines, gold concentrates from the Yellowknife Mines and the fish from Great Slave Lake will be hauled to the railway over this road. Lee d : For the return trip fond sup- plies and _construdtion.' materials that "in-the-good old days" people didn't fuss so much about what they ate and were no worse off for it, Miss Davis quoted an article in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, which stated that" in Charlotte Bronte's day school chil dren were too-weak to take physi. cal training because they were fed inadequately. Many diseases at- tributed to the wrong diet have been wiped out by modern misdjcal methods, and now the problem is how to choose foods which are not : deficient in food values, In tliis day there are fewer nate = ural foods, Miss Davis said; and more are manufactured. But many © of the artificial brands are deficient in nutritive valve, even though they "are niore pleasiig to the taste, "Wei can't trust our tastes any more," the speciallst in hom econ- omics told the co-eds, "weve got to learn what we should eat and why. More Orchards Being Planted 'Production Of Fruits In-Domin- ion Has Been Showing An "Upward Trend In Recent Years. ' } : (inthe Dominion unless «ll the nine Previneés agree to co-operate for © th: common good. &Chat, in fine, was the substance of a speech by Hon. Norman Rogers, Minister of Labor, to the House of Commons last week when he announced that the Federal Government is prepar- ed to introduce a bill for institut- ing unemployment insurance in Canady, Other countries have unemploy- ment insurance. Why not Can- ada? Because 'the B.N.A. Act .leaves loopholes:open for the pro- vinces to set up howls each for their own particular rights, And reform is blocked. ' "THE WEEK'S QUESTION: Why - are automobile insurance rates in "Don't Hunt For "Pearls In Stew Nobody Ever Found One Of Any Consequence In A Plate- ful Of Oysters On The Half- a- bility and property damage claims the nast year, The increased speed limit; too, tends to make each ac- cident more costly. (Incidentally, fire insurance rates on cars have been substantially reduced). River districts. Beier Food And Less Cosmetics * At Universi Ontario going u _first of this-- month? Answer: There has been a marked 'increase public will-be-hatted-northi--ft-with fur- 1i-ve nish a direct congection between |: thé mining fields and the farm |. lands around Fort Vermilion = in Northern "Albérta and the Peace . Although fhe distance was less from McMurray to Great 'Slave Lake, it was decided the Peace: River route was preferable be- cause the -country over which it would pass is niore level," *. * Co-eds Are Told What To Eat, Do_ -- Urged By Miss Davis to Class Ontario--*"Can't Trust Own' One teaspoonful of cod liver 6il contains = as much bone-building vitamin D as 1,600 servings of spin: ach, Miss L. M. Davis, instructress in home economics, told a class of co-eds at the University of West. ern Onlarlo last week. Shell;~Eithier® 2 Don't go fumbling around in a dish of oyster. stew. looking for pearls, Frank Gardner Hale, jewel expert of" the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts says It isn't worth while, . "Nobody 'ever found a pearl of ~&Dy consequence In an oyster stew © or in a plate of oysters on half shell," he told 'a.lecture audience.. Facts About Gems Hale dropped these other facts about gers: .. The diamond fs not the most val- uable fewel and never. was, The emerald fs, having replaced the ruby, . "There. is: scarcdly a flawless precious stone. . Even diamonds © usually 'are "awed, Just because a 'diamond' will scratch glass is 'no proof ft is a diamond. : 'French paste' will scratch glass just as well." ; Bo far-.as scientists ean learn there {8 no difference between an _ &quamparine and an emerald except tha\shade of green. RN *An emerald of 'more than two " earals 1s either flawed or synthetic, The chief trouble with synthetic diamonds is that they are to per fect." - B "There Ia no such thing as an.un- eut stone." Those that appedr un cut are just cut that way. © "Russian airplanes which will fly between Moscow and New York by way of North Pole regions will earry 42 passengers and crew of _ It was hoped to have all Testing Cattle For Tuberculosis Ontario Breeders Ask Federal Government to Speed Up the Work -- Many Farmers Un- der Serious Handicap, .- The Dominion Department of Ag- riculture was urged in'a resolution adopted at the annual meeting of the Ontarfo Cattle Breeders' Asso- clation to "speed up" the work of testing cattle for tuberculosis. The resolution; adopted after WW, P. Watson of the livestock branch, Ontario Departmant of Agriculture, told the meeting that at the pres ent rate It would require 24 years to complete and test 'n this prov- Ince, declaring that many Ontario breeders were. under a serfous han. dleap in' markeiing cattle, Important To Cattle .Business Mr. Watson, presenting a report on tuberculosis testing in Ontario, sald the work hogan 13. years ago as a health measure but now was a 'most Important" factor to the en- tira cattle business, He added that there are 800,000 cattle in areas under test fn Canada and 1,600, 000 in other archs: Petitions for tuberculosis testing -have-been circulated in all counties in the province except Renfrew and the county council thers now is working on the proposal, he sald. ) counties in Southern Ontarlo signed up this year in favor-of the plan. "Cokes and chocolate bars are the modern-adolescent's-dlet," she--{ deplored. "There are 30 food ele- ments necessary to a well-balanced diet, and we cannot live and retain our health without them. A little less money spént on cosmetics and a little more spent on the right kind of food would mean.a lot to the average beaity of the American . woman," Diseases' Due: To Wrong Diet Refuting the common impression Western | Production of the more important fruits in Canada have been showing an upward trend_in recent years, "according to the Agricultural Situa- tion and Outlook for 1939,-issued by" the Dominion Departments of Agri 'culture and Trade and Commerce. In the case of apples production' has been increasing steadily since 1926 and the 1938 crop, while only slight- ly higher than that of 1937, was more than 15 per cent. above the previous five-year average, Heavy new plantings in recent years In- dicato that the upward trend in pro duction may be expected to con- tinue for some time. The fact that apple production fluctuates greatly from year to year as a result of weather conditions makes It difii- "tion,--Toronto Globe and Mail, SMALL TOWN EDITORS Editors of small town papers meet a lot of people. In spite of the fact' that a good H0 per cunt, of these people want to-sell him something, he learns a little about a great many subjects from conver- .. sations with callers who find it considerably easier to gain access to the oflice of a small town editor than the holy of holies occupied by editors © of . metropolitan publica tins.-- Lindsay Post, he SAFE DRIVING--JUST BRAINS Safe driving is not-a mechanical problem--although the mechanics of safety must be enforced, "It js primarily a problem of the human medrtality. It is not a question of stronger metats or safety glass or brakes or laws or penalties, IU is purely amd simply a matter of-] brains. Death lurks, not in the mechanism of the automobile nor on what we are pleased to call "dangerqus crossings". Death lurks | fn the human mind. ----- Vancouver Sun, . Understand Drugs Dean R. O. Hurst of the Ontario College of Pharmacy recommends for girls, especially those contem- plating marriage. - : "The course in pharmacy is of exceptional practical usefulness. No other college course contrib. utes quite-so much knowledge use- | ful to the wife and mother. Even in such arts as baking o. cookery, understanding of the principles of pharmacy is invaluablgy It is especially valuable to the mother. of a-growing family; improving. her knowledge and judgment in the care. of children." The | BOOK SHELF H--drate-- foods we ficlude not ~pharmacy as a course of study | Children Of 14 Eat The Most Food Consumption Of Human Being Is Highest At That Age _ The small baby does not require ag much energy producing food as the active boy or girk The baby of-one month of age needs about 500 calories in 24 hours; of two months, 610 calories; of 5 months, 454 ¢atorivs; of T0 months, 900 cal. ories; of 12 months, 1000. .aud of 24 ~ months, 1200 calories per day. Af ter this time, however, the child begins activities which' increase greatly the demand for energy. food because the child 1s also at this time growing at 'an excecdingly rapid rate. t Fewer Calorles Needed Thereafter During the last rfiy years at. "tempts have been made to set up standards of food requirement for children of various ages. The cal orles required {increase steadily with age, reaching a peak at the age of 14 after which there is-a "drop. y It must be renrembered that for energy requirement of the body it is the carbohydrate foods which are chiefly important. In carbohy- only sugar but also all of the cereals spent an estimated compared with + Statistics, 000,000, §166,000,000 fn 1937. ber of automobiles Estimated 1937. ' of 137,087 from 1937, . Ne 2 RN Fewer Tourists Entered Canada Se x I During 1938--Volume of Mo- tor Travel Declined SR Re Tourists vi§iting Canada in 1938 & 290,000,000 in 1937, 4 according 1o a prellmlgary report fssued by the Dominion Bureau of Expenditures of Cana ER $120,000,000 against $124, The favorable balance to Canada on her futernational tourist . account may be placed $149,000,000 {y 1938 compared with Though Visitors Spent Millions Volume, of 'motor "travel to Can: ada declided in 1928, thétotal num. touring: purposes being 4, 346,645 compared with 4.511.810 expenditures, of tourists in Canada were $178,000, 000 compared with $181,332,000 in Tourist entries in Canada by rail, - as reported by Immigration ofilcers, totalled 767,860 in 193%, a decline L----There--are--40--tithon--Uhrammn -- -- | people, most of them in Russia, d like oats, corn, wheat, rye, rice, barley and similar grains. Ounce children objected-seriousty-to such foods because they wer: monoton- | ous, bi. nowa'ays ° 1 wufactur-' ers of prepared cereals have de- velop:d so many different modifi- cations that any sort of appetite or taste may be met by the foods that are availabe. ---- what it will cost you, paper are really a g E good values. Supplementary estimates an- nounced by the British Govern- "ment included an apprépriation of yourself time, 3445,650 for participation _in the money. a save GUIDE BOOK to GOOD VALUES © ,Whén you plan a trip abroad, you can take a guide hook, and figure out exactly where you want to go, how long you can stay, and __ © The advertiseme If you make a habit of reading them carefully, can plan your shopping trips and New York World's | MORE CIGARETTES \. EXTRA MILD. PACKAGE also in 25¢ Tins #0 LB. TIN 55¢ LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Ne Tut 16 forecast the price outlook of this product in advance. Ship- ments of apples both In barrels-and in boxes for export were sharply higher in_the fall of 1938 than in the previous year, "Mcintosh Reds Lead Thirty-three commercial nurser- les reported to the Dominion De- | --padiment=ot=Apricuiturc ur Suigy | era=which-auaiyse=for=you-every of trees during the year ended March 31, 1928. Apple trees. led tho list at 411,187, two-thirds of which were winter verletics. Mecln- tosh continues to lead all other 'varieties for planting. Other sorts that continue to be popular are 'Duchess, Mc'ha, Yellow Transpar- ent, Fameuse, Wealthy, Cortland, Delicious and Spy, ~ : Many communities In England, are limiting dance hours to mld- night... : } By ELIZABETH EEDY "SKI-ING FROM A TO 2" By Walter Amstutz . You don't read this hock. You look at the pictures. Fach page carries five or six photo -illustra- tions taken with a high-speed cam- LL [] 7 A oo Wo» [] y . . tH _ Heller st 0" . i E " sre a 3 -_ ~9 778 ski-ing movement in all 8ssential phases. Individual details can be studied at leisure with the help of the printed explanation at the side of each picture. As a handbook it is excellent. ] Mr. Amstutz' book is the result of the careful study of a lifetime spent on skis. Both the beginner and the expert will benefit from what he has to teach. "Ski-ing from A to Z" ,.. by__ Walter Amstutz . . , Toronto: Ox- ford University Press,. . « $1.50. THE COLONEL (CopyeM 1088 by Fred Nobary ETRE? NEEL "A masquerade? . . . No, it's a bridge party A . WONDERLAND OF OZ A = down the mountain wa t the bridge in safety. tain top, clearly 'v le ot the gally dressed 1 uly most. The owl-man led him back path and fered the scarlet alligator to crawl it and allow the gnome to cross After the vis- h itor had gone, a brillisntand gorge- . ous city a peared HDon the moun- ) ™m y ~Phanfasms.that lived there... " . i Guph was very glad (o be permit. The First and Forémost, beautl- 1 ted to go with this promise of as- fully arrayed, addressed the others:-: Trae Bn sistance from the First and Fore- "It-1s time we. wént into the world as Ors Oz, then we will de to the eyes ultitude of out to ravage and : - Word sand brought sorrow to its people, While we have remained here many nations have grown happy and. pros. It fs Tucky that the gnome remind us to make trutble. use' the tunnel to-conquer : and their allles and afterward go Frank Baum -------- ap By L. ing and stroy the gnomes ter a annoy thé whole < Dorothy and her fellow travellers i, rode away from the Cutténciip vile ollowed the Indistinet path far as the sign post, Here they took the main road and again pro- ceeded on their Journey. ning came they stopped at a dwells were welcomed food and good beds for the night. Early next morning, however, the wero up and eager to start, and af. good breakfast thelr host good-bye and climbed In- \ to. the red wagon. - ulways beautiful in Oz, and this morning the vir wus Tho weather fs ¢ool and the sunshine delightful, In about an hour they came to A-place where another road branched off, There wos 4 sign post here, too, "Oh, here Is where we turn," sald Dorothy, observing the sign, 'What, are we going to ¢Fuddlecum}ig? asked the Captalh Genera). "Yes, bade. ...( Ozma thought we would enjoy the Fuddles, They are sald to be very sa Interesting," replied Dorothy. A : A When eve. and glven they wu -»