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Wii Be, ¢ - wo ut ey god BS igh = = -- i y : ry TnL Lg 2 Ce = Td Uncle Joe Rules ~The Roost . By M. J. COLLINS "By gol, woman, why don't you put that down bed?" Uncle Joe had just come into the bedroom off the kitchen Aunt Martha seated in a rocking large old-fashioned stove, fect on the oven door, reading a love stony He slid cautiously sheets, "Ouch! I's cold!' he ex: claimed. "My fect are like ice." book and cone to comfortably chair by the wis under the Aunt Martha ignored his moaning and groaning for a few "Don't tell me you want the old lady to warm your fect!" che said tartly. "At thi, time of the year, spring. too." "1 don't care 3M it's the hundred and sccond day of spring. The way the weather is acting up now you'd think it was the middle of winter, the ground-hog must have seen about four shadows this year! Brrr! I'm ; freezing." - © "Oh, all right", Aunt Martha suid seconds. "You're not. goin' out there with- out your pants," Martha cried. resignedly, puting her book on the kitchen table and getting up. "What's that!" he exclaimed sud- denly cocking her head to one side. "Souiconc's stealing our cliickens!" Aunt Martha cried excitedly. "1 read about a geng that's doing at all over the ountry. Do something, Joe!" ' "Get the shotgun! Uncle Toe bel lowed <liding out of bed. "I'll show them!" : Aunt. Martha dashed upstairs to the bedroom they used jin the sum- mer and got his shotgun out of the closet. When she returned Uncle Joe was out" in the kitchen, sstill ni his night shirt. He had laced his boots en and had an old toque of Aunt Martha's pulled down over his cars. . , "Where's that flashlight 7" "I dor: know, you had it last." "Get the lantern then." oe "You're not goin' out there with out vour pants," Aunt Martha cried, aghast at his getup, ' "Stand aside, woman, ; man's job," he ordered imperiously. "Ain't no time, to fool around." He dashed straight for the chicken house, his night shirt flying. Aunt Martha, wrapped in an old coat was close at his heels. this is a "There's nothin' in here," he told Aunt Martha a few seconds later. He peered around intently. "Not a thing," he muttered. "Good gravy! Scat you! Scat!" he yelled sudden- ly. There was a crash and the dim light of the Jantern went out, Aunt "wrapped in towels. from Martha gasped at all the racket, "Joe! Joe! Are you all right" There was no answer. Then Uncle Joe cried "hoarsely, "Get the flash- light, Martha, theres three of them 1" wandering around in heré. Hurry! Aunt® Martha opened the door cautiously. A very strong odor us- sailed her nostrils, She swung the beans of the light all over the place. Most of the hens were standing or sitting all over the straw-covered floor, the luntern and shotgun were thére "Joe, where are vou?" she called. also. "I'm up here" : Aunt Martha sioung the beam up: ward, Uncle Joe was perched on the topmost roost, hanging on to a rafter, in the company of about 20 distraught hens. It was hard to say who lovked t!. wiost alarmed, Uncle Joe or the hens. Aunt Martha laughed loudly "All right, laugh," he said sourly as he climbed stiffly down from his precarious perch. "What else could 1 do? At least 1 frightened them away." : "1 don't doubt that" Aunt Martha said, dryly. "Say, 1 don't feel any too warm out here," Uncle Joe shivered. "You better git back to the house this minute, Joe Quinn, or you'll catch your death of cold." Aunt Martha took over the situation. Uncle Joe permitted himself to be hustled into bed. As he sat up sip- ping the hot lemonade Aunt Martha had made him, he said, "I'm cold all. . over." A short time later she brought in two old-fashioned hot water bottles She tucked one at his fect and put the other at his back. ' "There they are," she said sweet- ly, "That'll keep you warm." They Like it Cold While Canada shivered in the grip of a flow of polar air recently, a icw people weren't satisfied it was cold enough and went in search of temperatures lower 'than the pre- vailing 20 degrees below. They found them within five miles of Winnipeg and spent a half-hour cruising around in 80-bclow zero weather. Canada Air Lines rescarch engi- neers. They took a Mark II North Star "upstairs" to 32,000 fcet to- see: how the liquid-cooled Rolls-Royce engines and pressurized cabin re- acted to intense cold, were -satisfactory. It is probably the first time a commercial airliner lias been flown at such temperatures. Not Wanted Here--Leader of the Communist Party in Great Britain, who has been refused permission by Ottawa to enter Canada for a series of lectures in 'April. He was also barred the United States last June. FUNNY BUSINESS By Hershberger "Wilfred has been coming Home like this evey day since we OR got the new deep-freeze / of The results The group. were Trans- One Corner of an Artist's Paradise--Emily Carr, known to her Indian friends by the name of "Klee Wyck" found inspiration for her paintings in scenes like this in her beloved British Columbia. Her life. and achievements are vividly portrayed in a National Film Board release. "Klee Wyck" The lives of our Canadian artists frequently make interesting sub- jects for films, especially since the film can do the double job of dram- atizing the artists' lives and port- raying some of their better known works. : An interesting case in point is "Klee Wyck", a National Film Board colour production based on the life and work of the celebrated British Columbia artist, Emily Carr, whose works rank with the best our country has produced, Now o1 the rural circuit film pro- grammes in Ontario, "Klee Wyck" (the name the Indians of the west coast gave to Miss Carr) is the fifth in a series devoted to Canad- ian artists. Emily Carr's. life .was one of contrast. She was born and raised. in the English colony on Vancouver Island, a colony which had striven to repréduce England in this country. Houses, gardens and parks were purposcly designed to make the settlers feel that here _ the originals. was a piece of the old country transplanted to the new. But Emily Carr, even as a little girl, wandered forth from the col- ony into the vast, towering rain forests and the picturesque villages which * characterized . the - British .Columbia coast. Her urge to paint soon expressed itself in the colour ful watercolours and: oils of these Indian villages," dominated by giant totem polés, and hemmed jn by the sea and the high mountain ranges. As time passed, Miss Carr travel led widely, and began to paint the magnificent forests themselves. At first her work was realistic, with painstaking, accuracy for the small- est details. As she grew older, her .work took on a symbolism and ab- straction which enabled her to put into these mighty landscapes all her fecling of love and awe for her native province. The film "Klee wyck", in illus trating the high points of the art- 'ist's life, gives many startling views of her best known canvasses, and compares them with photographs of One of the most striking scenes is that of "Cathed- Use Horse Sense If Out In Blizzard An Indian got off a train one night a few weeks ago 'at a little ,station in Alberta, and set out in "a snowstorm for his home on the reservation. His body was found later in a snowdrift. He had be- come hopelessly lost. } Variations of this story are re- ported &ery winter. Lives are lost in most of fhe severe storms. If the unfortunate travellers don't lose their way, they become tired. Those who have been out in such storms say the temptation to lie down 'and rest becomes irresist- ible. But if they do, they will fall asleep aird "never -waken, Elderly people succumb in this manner ~ more readily than others, for they are - more casily fatigued. Some- times they become utterly exhaus- ted and can't go on. But more frequently it.is just mental fatigue, just a desire to rest and sleep. *x oR * A strong will and a strong body will sce the traveller through to his déstination if he has a fence or a road to follow and knows exactly where he is. But the per- sc . who strays out in a blizzard away from roads and fences has little hope. Indians are much more "weather-wise, much more at home _in the outdoors, than', white men! are, but even they are no match for such a storm. . The most dangerous feature is a loss of: sense of direction, with- out knowing it. The weary plod- der through the snow has no idea he is lost until he comes upon his own tracks or until he realizes he should have run into that certain fence long ago: No longer has he the slightset idea of direction. Us- ually he has-forgotten to set his mental compass by the wind before he started out, and if he did not forget, then like as not the wind shifted, x Farmers know that animals never lose their sense of direction, and if the traveller has a horse he- is Tucky. He is almost certain of surviving the storm if 'he simply bundles up tight, shuts his eyes 'and hangs on to the saddle horn; or if he lets his team have plenty of line, The horse will go home.' Western Canada is full of stories of people out in blizzards who unwittingly tried to make ° their horses turn- frém the right road * or direction, and of farmers who owe theirifives to a horse taking them safely through a storm, - AS ha we TT -~ 'Six Puma Reported In New Brunswick Six slinking eastern puma, rem- nants of a cat family believed extinct for nearly a century, have been track- ed in the wilderness of New Bruns: wick bordering on the Bay of Fund- ay. } Dr. A. W. Banfled, resources de- partment mammalogist said that. dis- covery of the cougar species, last reported in the eastern hait of North America more than 60 ycars ago, is "the most spectacular find, in recent years." The resources department had been aware of the find for more than a month but kept mum, fearing the sure aim and tracking of New Brunswick hunters. oo "Only six are known to exist," said Dr. Banfield, adding there was little the resources department could do to protect the rare animals. The eastern puma's reiative, the mountain lion, is fairly 'common in the Rocky Mountains, but was thought to have been elerminated in castern Canada long before the turn of the century. i There are approximately 20,000, 000 dogs in Canada and the Umted States. Fiery, Itching Toes and Feet Here 8 clean, stainless antiseptic ofl that will do more to help you get rid of your trouble than anything you've ever used. : Its action Is so powerfully penetrating that the itching is quickly stopped; and in a short timo you are rid of that bother- some, flery torture. The same Is true of . Barber's Itch, Balt Rheum, Eczema-- other irritatiug unsightly skin troubles, You 'can obtain Moone's Emerald Oll in the original bottle at any modern drug store. It is safe to use--and fallure In any of these aliments Is rare Indeed, ral Grove" with its heavy foliage barely pierced by the glowing sun- light, which is then compared with Miss Carr's interpretation of it. __The artist's life was not .an easy _ one: her wanderings around, Van- couver Island and the mainland in her trailer were halted. every so often by financial difficulties. Run- ning a boarding house and-work-, ing in handicrafts for the tourist trade were worked into her life to' supply her with the necessary funds to continue her painting. Her déath a few years ago brought to a close an artist's car- eer wich _had come, over the years, to express itself -- in" the words of the film '-- with "vigor, certainty and a- sense of freedom." - +. THE GREEN THUMB oe Avoid A Jungle In special government bulleting on the subject and in Canadian seed catalogues will be listed a lot. of vital information for the gardener in addition to descriptions of the flow- ers and vegetables. Experienced gardeners would never think of planting vegetables, flowers: or shrubs without some of this vital in- formation. Without - it even the best of them would be creating a jungle rather 'than something tidy, beautiful and most satisfactory. And a jungle is something far different from an informal layout. [Few ex- perts. would advocate a formal gard- en with all the flowers in prim rows or squares, but neither do they sug: gest broadcasting seed in every di- rection, planting little flowers be: hind tall ones or putting clashing colors side by side. In the vege: tables, too, they urge more root for big tall things like corn, cuctim- bers and potatoes than'for narrow- growing lettuce, beets and carrots. Give Them Room Generally speaking, all plants re: quire at least half as much space between them as they are high at maturity, With big trees this meaus from 20 to 40 feet, with carrots it means only about 2 inches, Again the proper depth to plant seeds is about three times the diameter. With tiny seeds ilke poppies, alys- sum or turnips this means merely pressing the seeds into the soil, with big things like gladioli, bulbs, po- tatoes and dahlias'it means from 4 to 8 inches. 3 Cultivate First -Either in the fall or early spring the garden should "b thoroughly dug or ploughed. This will turn in manure, rotted ..vegetable material, etc, destroy a lot of weed sceds, pests, etc., and put the soil in con- dition for further and fine working. It will also mix top and immediate sub-soil and tend to more evenly distribue. natural fertility. At this time it is advisable to work in all the old dead weeds, vegetable tops and any manure that has been obh- tained. The new gardener is too inclined to burn all rubbish and By Gordon L. Smith leaves or send it away with the gar- bage.. This is a serious mistake, Anything that will rot ip a reason- able time, and there will be few things that will not, should be dug in. Such improves both light and heavy soils, opening the latter and making: it less liable to bake and cake, and' adding much needed water retaining humus to sand and light soil. ; : * eT Not Lost or Found The teacher was giving her class of young pupils a test on a recent natural history lesson. "Now, Bobby," she said, "tell me where the elephant is found?" The boy hesitated a moment, then his face lit up. "The elephant," he said, "is such a big animal it's scarcely ever lost." oe -- SAFES Protect your BUORS and CASH (rom FIRE and THIEVES, We .bave a uize and type of Safe, or Cabinet, for any ourpose. Visit us, or write for orices, ete., to Dept. W. J.6¢J. TAYLOR LIMITED TorONTO SAFE WORKS 145 Front 8t. E.. Torente Established 1832 Rh-b-4d [Can edd Again If your nose some=- pa times fills up with stuffy transient con- estion--put a few pe of Va-tro-nol each nostril, It quickly reduces con- gestion and makes breathing easier in a hurry . , . gives grand relief from snifily, sneezy, stufly distress of head colds. Follow directionsinthe package. VICKS VA-TRO-NOL First Hundred Seals in Ontario Society for Crippled 'Children's Easter 'seal campaign are bought from "Timmy," crippled boy chosen as symbol of work, by Health Minister Paul Martin (left) ih Ottawa and presented to the Governor-General Viscount Alexander for his ' AE own use. Behind "Timmy" is nurse Miss Zelma Creedon. Sp ' a, JITTER oir WIFE SAID YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS MONK WHILE SHE TAKES THE CHILDREN 1 | ISS SNOOD, TAKE A LETTER, AND: «vest ; : my seep YOUR DIRTY HANDS F MY STATIONERY ... 'I'M QUITTING... HE" CAN'T TALK TO ME UKE THAT... | WONT \ SHO FOR IT ls \ [ !