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ie i dd Ne v A) z Gh sussisdl J THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 15¢ a weeks By mail in Cando (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), $4.00 » year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE " 407 Bond Building, 68 Temperance Street; Tolaphons Adelaidg 0107, MH. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN U. 8. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chisago. MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1929 GROWING CITIES In an editorial rebuke to the Hon. R. B, Bennett for pointing to' the prosperity of Detroit and ignor- ing the phenomenal growth of the Border Cities, the Toronto Star gives some interesting figures re- garding how these communities Wave expanded, The figures it quotes, giving the population in 1922 and in 1928, ate as followsi=s "| 1922 11928 = WIRASOE ivr enensrrerenie.s 38,530 68,569 Walkerville guos. vo 7,303 10,671 8g Sandwich' yasaneres 4932. '- 10688 VI TOrd ove vinswaamae sxarevsevss S113 15,105 "The Star pohits to these figures as an instance of glowth: that takey some beating, but Oshawa can show an even letter record thf ut least two of these communities, Windsor and Walkerville, and it is very close. 'behind - Sandwich, "These figures iidicate 'that Windsor's population has Grown by 77.0 per cént 'between 1922 and 1928, that of Walkerville: by 461 per cent, Sandwich by 116.5 per cent and Ford City by 195 per cent. Oshawy, / on the other hand, between '1922 atid 1928 showed an increase in population of 89.3 per cent, as follows i= . 1922 1928 ir. OhAWE vesepersesrersarese J00Y0 24,194 This city, in view of the high pedestal on which the. Star -has placed Windsor and Walkerville, bas every reason to feel that it is ig an honored class of , cities "that- are really progressing. Qutside of the Border Cities named, Oshawa is'the only Ontario city with a record of this kind, and this record has been athieved without the aid of conditions which exist at the border, where there are thousands of people who live on the Canadian side of the line and find their employment in Detroit, Under these circum. stances, Oshawa has every reason to feel satisfied with what it has achieved since 1922. \ AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION ; The Toronto Globe is the sponsor of a suggestion to the statesmen of Canada which is worthy of being given serious and favorable consideration. This sug- gestion is that the Liberals and Conservatives should get together at a special session of parliament, divorce the), tariff question entirely from partisan politics, and make an effort to solve it on a business basis, solely in the interests of Canadian and Empire: trade, Everyone will admit that this method would be the molt sensible one of dealing with a question' which is of such vital importance, not' only in Canads, but to the whole of the Empire. ' Unfortunately, it will probably be impossible to persuade the politicians to take this view of things. Conservative and Liberal tariff' policics 'are: as "for apart as the poles, and it would be almost impossible to persuade these two parties to sit down together, to ! forget their old prejudicies and fuibles gn the sub- ! ject, and work out a satisfactory solition, The Globe, however, is to be comniended' for mak ing 'the suggestion. If it could be followed out, it might be the beginning of real businuss-like governs mental methods for Canada. But even if it were Japplied only to the tariff question, it would be worth "while. The tariff is too vital to dusipess te be maine tained as a political football forever, and if there.is ever to be retal stability in tariff matters, it will only be by the adoption of sone plen' sich as our Toronto contemporary Suggests. HOW THEY LOOK UPON.CANADA Al recent issu¢ of the Wall Streét Magazine con. taingd a significant article devoted to a consideration {of Erwin, position in the world of foreign trady, "and her relationship to the United States.*: This ar- "ticle, which was entitled, "Northward-the Coyrse of Industry," came at a timely period, for the whole trend of it, from the United States standpoint, was te show the value of Canadian trade to that country, and, - indirectly, it was a warning as to the danger 'of any action which would jeopardize -that trade, |Stressing the value of Canada's foreign" trade; the article gives some interesting facts. It shows that Canada is the best customer of the United States, and buys more goods from the States than all the countries south of the Rio Grande put together. Then it goes on to quote. Dr. Julius Kiein, assistant secre. tary of the United States department of commerce, as spying: . : . *The really amazing side of this foreign trade can best be apreciated when one considers the population. The figure I have given, ($2,500,000, 000), means that she has about $249 of foreign trade per capita, more than three times as much as we have thus far been able to attain." This tram astorishing stetementrand it 45 probably: ABI great eal More to this country THAN: Host A Rar The cil OT War Jowever "during the summer months, in showing the wrest future lying before this country, is to be found at the close, It says: "Canada's ty is morthward---on the last fiontier of North America, The alleged fi climate has Been a , Bir snd he pv eri er bring of States of is nothing as. to these vast noithern resources to' Canadians have' every reason for. confidence in the future of theif lawn country, and it is just as well that the financial interests in the United States share that confidence, for, after all, Wall Street plays a large part in' policies, and may have a great deal to say before the last step is taken to pursue tactics which are detrimental to United States trade relations with this country. | THE INFERIORITY COMPLEX The Hon. Egnest Lapointe, minister of justice in the federal cabinet, struck a real keynote when, in an address delivered at Grand Bend, Ontario, a few days ago, he' counselled Canadians to get rid of their inferiority €omplex so far as the United States is concerned, He did not use these exact words, but that is exactly the thought he had in mind, There is an unfortunate tendency on the part of many Canadians, and some of our biggest public men are included in the list to be somewhat over- awed by the wealth, the power and the industry of the giant nation to the south. In some aspects of it, it seems almost like a fear that Canada is a small child, destined to be gobbled up by a huge ogre who lives in the next house. Mr. Lapointe was right in counselling against this pyschelogy of fear, and, in showing how little Canada had readon to fear any nation on earth, he spoke very graphically, as follows: "The people of the United States will still require our products, tariff or no tariff. God and Nature have so ordained it. And no one may long fight against God and Nature." There is a striking thought there, but it is true. Canada has no reason to fear any country on earth, unless her people fail her, She has all the essentials of greatness, of progress, and is thoroughly able to stand on her feet, and * ' id her own in come petition with the world. The remarkable advances in Canada's trade with other countries proves that, This country has just as great a future ahead of it as can be claimed for the United States. What of it if the United States has more people, more money and a more highly developed industrial- ism. Canada has a people with a great soul, a great "spirit, and a great determination to work for their country, And, with these three factors, fear of the ogre should have no place in the Canadian psychology. CANADIAN BATTLEFIELD MEMORIALS One of the most striking volumes we have secn for some time has been received from the secretary of the Canadian Battlefields Memorials Association, which operates under the department of national de- fence, The beok, handsomely printed and bound, tells a story in pictures, a story that touches a re- sponsive, chord in the heart of every loyal Britisher, It is a book devoted to the beautiful memorials which have been established on the battlefields of France on which the young manhood of Canada fought and sacrificed itself in the world war, The many photographs of the war memorials es- tablished by the commission in France are arresting. The massive grandeur of the massive memorial on Vimy Ridge, the Wui® but impressive dignity of the figure of a soldier rising out of a tall pile of granite overlooking St. Julien, the garden memorials at Courgelette and Sanctuary Wood, and the Mem. orial Archway of the Menin Gate, are but a few of the outstanding examples of noble architecture which have been raised to the memory of the Cana- dian dead who sleep their last sleep on a foreign field, The book of memorials is a treasure worth pre- serving. It shows that Canada has not forgotten to mark with reverence the places where her sons fought their most heroic battles. For generations to come, they will stand on the fields of France, silent testipiony to a young nation that went into the war clear-eyed and unafraid, and which, when it was 'over, did not stint in placing visible tributes of mein- orial on the places where the greatest sacrifices were made. The commission is to be congratulated on producing a book of this type, and one can only express the hope that it could be made available for a general distribution to the Canadian people. I ------ EDITORIAL NOTES bi \ ---------- These are days when little things count for a lot, For instance, we have mosquitoes. Rain would be welcome to the farmers these days, but few people seem to have the courage to suggest it, LC kind The long list 'of recent drowning accidents pro- vides another warning of the value of learning to swim, Fashion has decreed that fox fur will net be worn Somebody is getting sensible at fast. . The tremendous sale of chances on the Rotary Club automobile shows that the gambling instinct is still strong in the most of us, There is only Giie motor car in the island of Spitz- bergen, Here is one fellow who will never have to be bothered by reckless drivers cutting in on him. The captain of ani Atlantic steamer says he sighted an iceberg twenty days long. Probably this is only a publicity yarn designed for the dog days of summer. The Rotarians were not saying a great deal on the morning after the Street Fair, but the only reason was because' their voices were so badly overworked the night before that many of them were left voice. less. The battle between smugglers and officials at the Windsor border seems to shatter all the idealism . of four thoysand-wriles~of boundary unprotected by «armed 'forey about which orators like to talk so "nfach: "* ¢ : : | not || legislation of a major nature has 'put through. It iding United States administration is also a town, Other Editor's MPs INDEMNITY The presen session .in Dita has fruitful, Comparatively little ers scant justifica~ tion fora new claim to more pay, but in any case it should not be a matter for bers themselves to decide. Ap te at the next federal elec- tion on satisfactory, the question would be more ALMosy FA VEGETARIAN A £alvention of live stock ot was told 'that we are becoming a nation of sandwich eaters, to the detriment of the meat industry, That may be true, but it does 'not tell the whole story. , wm If we were old-fashioned sand- wich 'eaters, there would still be huge demand for meat, But since the invention of | the ometer meat slicer, which" turns out slices of beef, ham, tengue and | chicken exactly one-thousanth of an inch in thickness, a-man can eat a-corned beef sandwich and still be practically a vegetarian, CHARLOTTE IN ABEGWEIT (Charlottetown Guardian) Place names should be short, they have to be 'written so many times, The name 'of any one of a dozen famous countries in Europe can be spelled with six to eight letters, Eng land, Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Russia, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Poland are examples. The names of our pro- vince and capital city are absurd) long. It takes 18 letters to spell Prince Edward Island and 13 to spell Charlottetown, * The Indian name Abegweit would do very well for the rovince and Charlotte for: the city. t is not necessary to remind. the world every day that our chief city PICK THE DRIVERS (Toronto Globe) That there are many persons driv- ing cars who are not fit for vari ous reasons, to be at the wheel is a fact of common knowledge, and one that is continually being brought before the public at inquests and court proceedings. It may be that the time has arrived when more stringent regulations should be en- forced governing the granting of an automobile license, At present prac tically all that is required is the abil- Lvs to start, drive and stop a car. ore factors than these require to be taken into consideration, The applicant's entire physical and mental fitness should be considered, and if deficiency is noted in any faculty a license should be withheld. Self- preservation ultimately must force the people of this country to take some such steps as these, | - Bits of Humor - | As we understand the World Court situation, Elihu Root has devised a formula that will be accepted with pleasure by the entire human race and rejected by the United States Senate. "He's no student, you say m "No--just attends college." Lover: "Now, in order to end all this suspense, | want you to give a definite answer to this question--will you marry me?" Telephone Girl: "N for Norman, E for Edward, V for Victor, E for Ed- ward, R for Robert, Henderson: "Yes, old boy, when 1 ot in last night from the Old Boys' inner my wife was speechless with rage." Murgatroyd: "You were lucky, old boy." ("Suburban gardens during the summer season are merely repetitions of each other," says a writer.) The gardens in my neighbourhood (No doubt you wonder why they should) All look alike to me, All have a lawn--a border bright-- Two rose trees--pansies, violet, white The "lay-outs" all agree. Bis of Verse | THE BOBOLINK Down in the clover meadow, Lush in the green of June, Robert of Lincoln is singing, His heart with the day atune. Nearer and clearer are swelling The notes of his joyous strain, As he swings on the swaying grasses, Cheering our hearts again. Oh! but his heart is happy, List. to his bubbling song-- A shower of liquid music, Jubilant clear and strong! A welcome to thee, bold songster, A comrade so bright and gay, A part of the merry June-time, A sprite of the summer day. Hope in thy song is breathing For the far days to be-- Joy in thy song is welling And a glad ecstacy! ; Qh! deep in the heart may we cherish The thrills that thy glad notes bring, With ever the soul and spirit A part of thy song and spring. ~Helen B. Anderson. BL | THE PUBLIC RECOGNITION-- Jesus, when he was boptised, went up straightway out of the water: 10 dS Oy) Avs OY pur wy oun auedo oJoM WUPARIY Oy) 'Of 'puw od descending like a dove, an lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my. beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -- Matthew 3:16, 17. PRAYER=---"All Jeane to Thee Eternal Lord, Olothed in a gard of tlesh and blood." : pe = signed, Ramsay Mac! been ne: narod the Turkey, | Anglo - U.S. Navies e new British P t was of IY Ada 111 one S Baldwin re- took his before the returns fie 3nd even e re were Dlete, the Cabinet had sworn at Windsor Castle by the King, A few days later, it was semi- elected the last week. Premier. to confer with Pre others relative to the naval old home. town mouth, in the north of Scotlan a week's holiday before getting © The hog M Donald e after Mr, Mac went north, Ambassador s arrived in London to take over his new job. Two days later he presented his cre- dentials to King George at Windsor, and a few hours later he boarded train bound for Forres, a small town near Lossiemouth, to talk things over with the Premier, f Ten days of whirlwind happenings in the field of statesmanship and di- Jlomacy. Truly, the world moves ast nowadays, and however leisure- ly and formal and precise the arts of statesmanship may have operated in the past, they are stepping lively to-day so far as British and United States representatives are concerned. It has been the avowed declaration of Premier MacDonald that the na- val question is, next to unemploy- ment, the most serious subject that the British people have to face, J. Thomas is charged with the unem- ployment problem, and while he is scratching his head and wondering what he will do with his opportunity, the Premier is losing no time in the other matter of vital international policy. ; Foreign affairs have always inter- ested Premier MacDonald, and no aspect of foreign affairs Ids con- cerned him so much as Anglo-Ameri- can relations, He believes, as many people believe, that co-operation and harmony between the English-speak- ing people of the world is the great- est instrument of world peace that can -be fashioned. And if Ramsay MacDonald takes a leading part in the fashioning o that instrument, Ramsay MacDonald will BO down to posterity as a great British statesman. But it is not self-aggrandizement that impels him to take this step, He feels that Anglo-American amity is the most urgent task of statecraft. Suspicion and jealousy must be swept away. The chiew difference of view be- fficially declared that P Mac- | t sical sed ot Tm ins bd won | bei (FROM THE ST. THOMAS TIMES JOURNAL) 1 15 tween the representatives of the two nations fs. that elating - to - naval obable that he who t d States nor those way ong , neva conference re- 'presented the views of the nations a9 a whole, Each represented the naval parties of their per - i flaval men are notoriously to pare down the ey command, Had the Gen- eva delegates been composed - er admiralty officials on both sides, failyre might not have been written arom the result, of re are two ways handii he Fon vention," One Ts for eat the two ons its own and build the ships a) Ad sary for the protection of routes and' for national safety, with- out regard to what the other does, that J liey on the unshakable that if these are ever in action together, they will be side by side in the same great cause and not against each other; and the other policy is to mutually agree upon the | reduction of both navies, based u that same belief they will never ght cach other, Thus the same result would be ar. rived at by different methods, But between - the two there is not the slightest doubt that the view of the people on both sides 'is for the plan of mutual reduction. It would be by far the cheaper, it would eliminate any feeling of dis- H. | trust, and it would tend in the direc. nations to tion of inducing other down on armament expendi. scale tures. The knottiest' problem of any such conference is the interpretation of the Rrinciple of the freedom of the seas. that, Premier MacDonald will go a great deal further than a Conser- vative Government would have done, Although Mr, Lloyd George Wagged a minatory finger at him a day or two ago and warned him against out- rageous legislation, Mr, George is more likely to endorse what Mr, Mac- Donald does in this respect than to oppose it. In fact, the two leaders are vitually agreed on naval poli. cies. Whatever is the final outcome of the Anglo-U.S, negotiations, what the peoples want to see is a naval agree- ment that will never bring the two fleets together except on some such occasion as the joint enforcement of the Kellogg treaty, in the event of one of the signatories failing to sub- mit its case to arbitration without reasonable delay for that purpose. (St. Thomas Times-Journal) LAST G.E.F. SOLDIER BACK IN DOMINION Underwent Forty-four Oper- ations to Reconstruct Jaw The Canadian Expeditionary Force of 1914 officially closed its war books on the arrival in Montreal recently of Major J. S. Gillies, the last of Canada's heroes to return to his na- tive land. He was loath to leave the White Star Liner Calgaric when she docked, and not before the shed was deserted did he venture ashore. He had just finished 11 years un- der surgical treatment for his war wounds chiefly confined to his lower jaw, which was absolutely shot away. The surgeons appear to have worked a miracle. He looks practically nor- mal. Talks normally, and can smile in a captivating manner. Nervous- ness appears to be his chief com- plaint, His shyness scems incongruous in such a big man, He stands about six feet, and is a healthy looking speci- man of manhood. "A photograph," he exclaimed in dismay when approached. "Oh, no, please. eally, you know." He spread his hands, and resigned him- self, Pleased at Return His first comment on arrival was, "It's good to be in Canada. Canadian soil feels like a haven of rest to me." I am thankful that I was placed in the hands of wonderful surgeons, who have made this hour possible for me, If it had not been for the wonder ful treatment rendered me by my namesake Major H. D. Gillies, C,B., 1 would not have been here today. "It is useless to tell you that he ranks as one of the most famous Jlassie surgeons of this What he as achieved on my behalf cannot be counted." Major Gillies said that he suffered considerably under 44 operations which were watched with interest by the plastic surgery authorities from many of the surgical clinics of Eu- rope, but all his sufferings were worth it for the joy he is deriving from be- ing able to visit his old comrades. "I have been wonderfully treated during my stay in the various hospi- tals," he said. © Pays Tribute . ) ay a tribute to a genial Canadian, Major G., G. Arthur, and his equally genial department at Canada House, I shall never forget the kindness shown me there. Many kindnesses were also extended to me at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, The Queens Hospital at Roe- hampton, and the Red Cross Hospital where 1 spent my convalescence. "You know, this is a wonderful ex- erience. 1 had many weary hours, hey seemed very long sometimes, but I am able to t them now. I always dreamed of the day, u know, when I could get back to Can: ada and see some of the boys. It's a great feeling» hip's officials said that they had to smile when they arrived at Que- bec to see Major Gillies going down the caneway to put his foot ashore on Canadian soil. He was very vague when asked his "I must d | plans for the future. He said that he intends visiting Regina and on the way will visit a brother in Winnipeg, He will also look up many old friends in Western Canada, most of whom hail from his old home in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He will be the guest of his sister and her husband, -- Judge H. Y, Macdonald of the Su- perior Court while he is in Saskatch- cwan, "A summer here will be somewhas of a novelty for me, but I am afraid that a Canadian winter is not to be for me again. That period of the year will have to be spent abroad in some warmer climate, The delicate condition of my jaw makes this im- perative, A few intimate associates met him on arrival here. They whisked him into a taxi and took him away to an unknown destination in Montreal, He . will remain in the city for the next few days. GEM SHUGGLERS ARRESTED IN. Jeweller and Son Caught by New York Diamond Squad New York, June 24. ~The customs service's highly efficient diamond squad scored another victory by ham- mering at the weak link in an inter- national diamond-smuggling chain, There was an unusual element of romance in this particular case--the secret signs of fiction stories, includ ing a peculiarly-shaped tobacco pipe, used to identify what proved to be the chain's weak link and the torn halves of a piece of paper. Louis Lemaire, a Fmple Belgian sailor, strolled from the liner Penn- land's dock and was halted by dia- mond squad men. After questioning Lemaire, the diamond men took his tobacco pouch, In it was approxi» mately $45,000 in diamonds and a torn piece of paper. "Diamonds!" extlaimed Lemaire in hisus surpriae. "a 'Yes, what a sap you are," he was told. "I suppose you get $5 for take ing them ashore, don't you?" . "Yes," said Lemaire. He was so annoyed that customs men had little trouble in persuading him to work with them. Followed by diamond squad men, Lemaire went to Brooklyn. Standing on a selected corner, he pulled out a long pipe, with a peculiarly curved stem, and began to smoke. In a few moments, he was ap- Jroathed by a man who had been ounging nearby. This man pulled a piece of paper from his pocket. Lem- took it and matched it against F. . OSHAWA BRANCH ANK-TORONTO RADIO RESEARCH LOCATE MARVELS Canadian Electrical Associa- tion Hears About Discoveries St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea, N.B.--The 39th annua! convention of the Cana- dian Electrical Association is now being held at the Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrew's-by-the-Sea, and repre- sentatives of the electrical profes- sions from all parts of the Dominion are assembled under the chairman- ship of the president, P. 8. Gregory of the Shawinigan Water & Power Company. Among other officers are G. R. Atkinson, Southern Canada Power Company; G. S. Parker, Gati- neau Electric Light Company, Ot- tawa; H. P. Pope, Montreal Light, Heat & Power Consolidated; H. F Lister and C. W. Hemming of Mon- tréal. The delegates heard an address on "recent development of electrical research," by C, E. Skinner, of Pitts- burgh, the assistant director of en- gineering of the Westinghouse Elec- tric. an Sanatstiuring Company. Mr. Skinner is showing the members the famous Knowles tube, by means of which Judge Gary, in New York, by merely passing his hands above a crystal, started a mill near Pittsburgh. He is also exhibiting the "electric e. "No single development in the electrical science has been more fer- tile in the production of new devices and new applications than the inven- tion of radio," Dr, Skinner said, "An amazing hest of 'radio by-products' has already come out of our research laboratories, and we are convinced that the future will bring forth many more, Important Invention "One of the most important of re- cent electrical inventions is the Deion Circuit Breaker, a device which will be of immense value to the electric wer industry, because it permits the interruption of electric circuits with- out the hazardous use of insulating Olls. "Television is another radio by-pro- duct, Television at present presents many difficulties and much develop- ment work remains to be done, but there is every promise that the diffi- culties will he overcome and that tele. vision will become an assured fact within a relatively short time. "The: present development of pic- ture transmission by wire and by ra- dio is brought about through the use of devices which are really by-pro- 'ducts of radio. It is now possible for a picture five inches by eight inches to be sent th h the air and com- pletely reproduced at the receiving end in legs than one minute. "It has been discovered that living beings in the field of a very short whve generator "experience an ine crease in temperature. The signifi cance of this phenomenon is as yet not muth more than a speculation. There is a possibility, however, of its being of very great value to the medi. cal profession, proyiding as it does, a possible means of increasing the body temperatures of patients who are suffering from sub-normal tempera. tures. Naturally, this must be tried out with great caution until it is de. finitely established that such influ. sac s not dangerous but beneficial. is is another by-product of radio, rom a discovery coming as it does of in connection with experiments short wave transmitters." aire the torn paper from his tc pouch, It fitted, and he handed over the pouch. The diamond squad men approached and arrested the recipient of 'the uch, He said he was Lows Sil- erg. He was taken to the address he gave and there was found his fa- ther, Mandel Silberg, jeweller, The two Silbergs were held in jail charged with smuggling. Lemaire was paroled in care of a diamond squad man, to be a witngss. THE WORD Teacher was trying to explain the use of adverbs as applied 'to speed. Walking across the room very rap- idly, she turned and asked: "Now, how would you say I walked then, children?" With one accord and without a smile they all shouted: "Bowlegged." ONE OBSTACLE . Author--There is only one obstacle in my way to complete success. Friend=--And what is that? Author~About 20 editors. «= Our |i Dumb Animals. ----------- A ; A HOT ONE "Now, who remembers the name of the animal we were talking about yes- terday?" asked the teacher. "Please, sir, the warmer." "The warmer! What nonsense-- there's no such animal" Another little hand shot up. : "Please, 8ir, he meant the otter!" «=Tit-Bits. FINDS EVERY MAN HAS HIS DOUBLE Professors Say They Are Blood Relations, But Remote ", New York~A half a block away from the roar of the Grand Centra Terminal, in New York City, a mas who is a "dead ringer" for Thomar A. Edison, wears a porter's badge and pushes a baggage truck. A hum- ble moujik was the double of the late Czar Nicholas of Russia and a petty swindler of Count Leo Tolstoy, the great novelist. A delicatessen dealer, a dentist and even a chimneysweep have been mistaken for former Kai: ser Wilhelm of Germany. To account for such doubles, Dr. van Bemmelen, a professor at the University of Groningen, Holland, has advanced the theory that they '| are blaod relations, though the family connection is ofteh remote, writes Michel Mok in the July Popular Sci- ence Monthly. In many instances of striking resemblance, Dr. van Bem- melen establishes a common ancestry. He calculates that, joing back eight generations, a man has ancestors and in thirty generations 1,000,000! Hence, there would not be enough forebears to "go 'round" unless many of .us have the same ancestors in common. It probably wouldn't take Profes- sor Van Bemmelen long to demon- strate that Sir Henry Whitehead, Bri- tish textile manufacturer, and King George of England are connected by family ties. Sir Henry resembles the English monarch so closely that, ar- riving in New York some months ago, he had difficulty sonvineing ship-newt reporters that he wasn't the king in- cognito! nother striking instance of re- semblance is that of Winston Church- ill, the English statesman, who looke so much like the bust of Titus, em: peror of the Romans from A.D. 7¢ to 81, in the British Museum, tha! he might have posed for it. President Wilson enjoyed the lux- ury of several facial counterparts, A tremendous commotion was caused in New York City, in the sprin of 1916 when one of them, Deputy Fire Com- missioner WW, Holden Weeks, "ol New York, dropped dead in the street. Grief-stricken crowds with bared heads blocked the thoroughfare, Sd ronounced was the resemblance to President Wilson that police had dif- ficulty in convincing the people "of their error! BRITAIN'S BACKWARDNESS (London Daily Express) There are a score of direct and concrete reasons why we are behind- hand, but above and beyond them, and more powerful if less tangible than any, is the prevalence in Great Britain of a frame of mind which iy for ever holding us back. ~ Every one is familiar with the teatable, fire- side complacency that cozens * itself by saying: "This business supported my father and my grandfather, and so, of course, it will support me. This coal mine is old-fashioned 1 agree, but jt still makes a profit and will last. my time 'sq why should I werry?" That attitude towards life and af- fairs is the curse that dogs all Bri- tish existence. By every agency that oes to form opinion it. must be Ben down and remade. Among such agencies Parliament comes easi- ly first. The next House of Com- mons, if its leaders are men of swift comprehension and ready decisive- ness, will have it in its power to set an example to the nation that will galvanize it out of casygoingness. DESPERATE REMEDY "What have you there?" "Some insect powder." "Good gracious! You aren't going to commut suicide ?"-=Tit-Bits. SroBiE-ForLONG #6 STOCKS BONDS ORAIN Private Wire System 17 KING STREET EAST, OSHAWA Phones 143 and 144