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Fok ad FEE Ea Ee Oshatnz Baily Cimes Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) An independent newspaper published every afternoon except Sundays and legal holidays, 'at Oshawa, Canada, by Mundy Printing Company, Limited; Chas, M. Mundy, President; A. R. Alloway, See- retary. The Oshawa Daily Times is a member of the Cana- "diam Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' As- sociation, The Ontario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier, 15c a week. By mail in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier delivery limits), $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE 107 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0102, H. D. Tresidd REPRESENTATIVES IN U. S. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. 1929 ' Pp THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, CITY COUNCILS AND PUBLICITY (Kingston Whig-Standard) 1t is a far ery from the well-known defiance of the public couched in the phrase "The public be damned," to the modern situation in which the public does the damning, and yet one would gather from the recent occurrence in Oshawa, when the press was excluded' from the meeting of the City Council, that a return to pre-modern days is being encouraged even in that progressive city. It is strange that the enterprising and progressive city of Oshawa which not so long ago launched forth as a full-fledged city, and advertised to the world that "Oshawa is Growing," is today taking a retro- gressive step in excluding the press from council meetings. Surely that is not a wise procedure. The citizens 'are "paying the shot" in Oshawa, as clse- = where, afidthey are entitled to know what their public bodies arc doing. Not only that, but just as the successful merchant has found that to gain busi- ness and to keep the patronage of the public he must keep everlastingly advertising, so also must the pro- gressive city, if it expects to continue on its road to prosperity. It is to be hoped that Oshawa will see the error of its way, and do just as is donc in other cities, older and more experienced in the ways of urban management; and thereby gain and keep the con- fidence of -the people. Business done behind closed doors may be necessary and right in some instances but not in respect of public business, except in very exceptional cases, And always in such cases the newspaper. may be depended upon not to "spill the beans" when such "spilling" would be contrary to the 'nterests of the public. SUCCESS AND FAILURE Two endurance flights have been more in the lime- light for the past week. The St. Louis aeroplanc and its crew have completed a marvellous record of well over 'four hundred hours of continuous flight, and are entitled to all the credit that is their duc for a splendid exhibition of human endurance. On the other hand, a Minneapolis attempt at the same record, ended in failure, in the death of the two pilots. of the machine when it crashed to the ground, Such a little thing'can make the difference be- tween success and failure. The Minneapolis machine had come down to within: two hundred feet of the ground to take on morc fuel when it side-slipped, and the altitude not being sufficient to right the plane, it crashed. Just a momentary slip, and the end came. The St. Louis fliers, fortunately, have been immune from mishaps. Their machine has shown wonderful mechanical perfection to be able to endure the con- stant $train of over four hundred hours of sustained flight, and its occupants have shown cqual human courage and stamina. But now that the thing has gone so far, the nov- elty is gone from endurance flying. It has been proven that, with re-fueling conditions such as they are today, an aeroplane can stay in the air until its parts give way, or until the human element fails. Of course, there will be many more efforts to create newer and longer records. But now that the feasi- bility of refueling methods has been proven beyond doubt, they will hardly be worth the risk. DRIVERS AND THEIR LICENSES The police officers of the Stratford district made an interesting discovery the other day. They starfed to check up motorists with regard their drivers' per- mits, and in a very short time they had enrolled forty drivers who could not produce such a document. It is safe to say that this condition is by no means peculiar to Stratford, but that it exists all over the province to the same degree as it does in_that city. 'When one eity can, in a day's check-up, produce forty drivers without permits, it would be interesting to find 'out how many there are over the whale of Ontario. The plain truth is that the law requiring drivers to take out permits, and, in many cases, to pass an examination before being allowed to have a permit, is not taken any more seriously than the: law pro- hibiting glaring headlights, Little effort is made to enforce either of these provisions of the highway traffic act. Yet they are both very vital to the safety of the public. "Drivers who have no permits, it is safe to say, are not" qualified to have one, or they would have made a point of securing it long ago. The very necessity of having to.pass a test is sufficient to make many of them ignore the law and "take a chance" on not being caught by the authorities There should be no more laxity in this respect. The purpose of this regulation was to make motor- ing safer for the motorists and the pedestrians alike by giving added safeguards. 1f these are to be THE OSHAWA DAILY, TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1929 The Ex-Service Men's Provincial Parliament rmpressions of the Provincial Convention of the Can- adian Legion, and Some of Its Debates, Resolu- tions and Outstanding Features neglected and ignored "with impunity, then where is the sense of having any laws of this kind in the province at all, MADE-IN-CANADA GOODS . It is announced that in November of this year a % "National Produced in Canada Exhibition" -will be held in Montreal The a ement is an interesting one, and particularly "the statement' that already there is a tremendous demand for space for exhibits at this great show. "The holding of such an: xhibition; in view of the "United States tariff situation and the growing pre- ponderance of Canadian imports over exports, is very timely, Canadians need to be educated to a much greater extent than at, present in the necessity of buying goods made in their own country whenever possible, Exhibitions of this type go a long way to- wards educating the people of Canada along this line, It will not be possible, of course, for the citizens of all parts of the Dominion to visit the Montreal show, but the buyers and distributors of goods, by their attendance and by their interest in making it possible for Canadians to know more of the goods made in their own country, can help to make the exhibition wonderfully cflective, It might also be, noted that the educational value of exhibitions of this kind is so great that it might be worth while to hold them more often, and in many |, other parts of the Dominion, so that the bencfiis of them may be sprcad over the whole country from coast to coast, PROBING THE DRINK LAWS It is interesting to note that the new Labor gov- ernment in Great Britain has appointed a commis- sion to inquire into the working of the laws gov- erning the sale of liquor. Britain has never had any kind of temperance or prohibition legislation, and one of the great blots on life in parts of the old land is the tremendous amount of money which is. spent in beer or liquor, In Britain, the open saloon still reigns supreme, and drinking is done openly and legally without any restraint save the capacity of the drinker. It is not unreasonable that a Labor government should feel that this is a situation which requires to be remedied. It is usually upon the families of the working classes that the curse of liquor falls most heavily, We do not suggest that the working classes of Britain are less temperate than those more highly favored with worldly goods, Possibly the latter class drinks just as heavily as the former. But it is a fact that the working classes can least afford to waste their substance on liquor, and for that reason their families have to bear a heavy load. "The inyestigations of the new commission will bo watched with interest. Whether or not a scheme for the limitation' of drinking will be evolved is for the future to show. The Britisher is very jealous of what he terms his freedom and liberty, and rightly 80, and it might be hard to convince the men over there, with centuries of unrestricted action behind them, that the state would be acting in their own best interests by abolishing the liquor trafic alto. gether, SPEED AT SEA 'The eraze Tor Speed, responsible for so many deaths on land and in the air, has now taken hold of the shipping world. The German steamer Bremen, by crossing the Atlantic Ocean in shorter time than any liner had previously made the crossing, cutting sev- eral hours from the record held for years by the Mauretania, has set a new standard as a chailenge to other ships to accept. It will, of course, be ac- cepted, for modern machinery is constantly being perfected, and it cannot be said that, with the fast development of the oil-burning engine, the ultimate in speedy ocean liners has been reached. There is some consolation in the thought that the development of more speed for ocean-going . vessels is not likely to have the same consequences as the craze for speed on the highways and in the air. The oceans are wide, and the rules of navigation such that accidents on the high seas are few and far between. And we have yet to learn of a disaster at sea on account of the high speed of any vessel. Thus the field of marine engineering yet offers a splendid opportunity-to engineers to perfect modern machinery to a higher degree than has yet been attained, and to do it in the knowledge that no great hazards will be created thereby. EDITORIAL NOTES The man who kills time rarely thinks of the fact that he may be murdering«opportunities, ------ Perhaps the St. Louis fliers feel like Jiggs some- times does, and are afraid to tome down. There would be little difficulty in stopping rum- running if the supplies of liquor could be completely cut off, Detective stories are always more thrilling than the real thing because in them the criminals are al- ways caught, A man will spend days in preparing a lecture, but his. wife can always have one ready on the tip of her" tongue should he come home late. It might be hard to enforce, but a law prohibiting non-swimmers from going out in "small boats or canoes would save a great many lives. Judging from the number of motorists absolved from blame in motor accidents, it begins to look as if juries are prejudiced against pedestrians. ' The Canadian newspapermen who toured Europe had a wonderful time over there, but the chances arc that they will now appreciate Canada all the more, An United States encyclopedia gives Alcock and Brown four lines and Lindbergh sixteen pages. And we 'suppose its publishers will pave the audacity to try to sell it in Canada. The Globe says a charge of $8.50 for an ordinary meal for two persons at a highway restaurant is highway robbery. It sounds more like killing the goose that lays the golden egg. Perhaps the Lancashire workers who went on strike thought they would have strong support from a Labor government, 'they will probably be disapppinted, for no government can do more than try to bring the two parties together om a basis of conciliation and compromise, ht inte So he Other Editor's | Comments WILL NEED CERTIFICATE (Toronto Telegram) The time is coming when the mo- torist who applies to renew his lic- ense will have to present a certificate from an approved garage to show that his car has been inspected and found in good shape. Until there is some such safeguard there will not be a proper assurance that the high- ways are safe from an unnecessary source of danger, ' CANADA AND PROHIBITION (Philadelphia Ledger) It is within the power of the Cana- dian Cabinet to refuse all 'liquor clearances to this country. It is, of course, entirely a matter of discretion. Such an act would be welcomed by our government. It would be of powerful and timely assistance in dealing with the rum-running situa- tion along the northern border, with which our enforcement officials have shown their utter inability to cope. That so many of our Canadian cous- ing evidently feel the moral obliga- tion resting upon their government is gratifying. WORLD'S BEST SELLER (Moncton Times) i Quite recently a divinity professor of mote in the United States was asked who reads the Bible. He was asked for a list of the famous peo- ple who have gone to it for faith, love and duty, and replied. "Just take the names in the English and American 'Who's Who! You can cop them at your leisure." He add- ed that nobody can have any real roots in the 'English language who does not know and rcad the King James version of the Bible. It is still the finest book on morals, man- ners 'and religion in the world. In its compact library are masterpieces of poetry, drama, philosophy, soci- ology and ethics . Between its cov- ers arc the biographies of some of the most powerful personages who ever lived. Some read it as the fountain-head of pure English, Some read it to ease the hard and rough places of lift with the lifting power of 'inspiration. = For whatever pur- pose 'the Bible still remains the out- standing best scller among the books of men. - Bits of Humor - | A lady was entertaining the small son of her married friend. '""Are you quite sure you can cut your meat, Willy?" ghe asked after watching him a moment. "Oh, yessum," he replied with- out looking up. "We often have it as tough as this at home."--1he "It's been dreadful here today, dear! That new couple upstairs have been quarrelling all the time." "Never mind, darling." "Byt their Scottish accent is seo broad I couldn't ynderstand a word they said." Green:"Shall we trot off to tne Rose Cafe for a coffee?" Brown: 'No, thanks; I have gone off that place. They don't provide teaspoons now." "Why not?" '"Because they have engaged an orchestra." "But what's that got to do with teaspoons?" "Well, I suppose it's hecause they consider the music so stirring that spoons are not necessary. Snappy Repartee At an Irish clection an interrnp- ter called out: "You're a double-faced politicion." The candidate swiftly retorted. "You're not, anyway, for if vou had another you would never have come here with that onc."--Answers Bits of Verse SUCCESS Genius, that power which - dazzles mortal eycs, Is oft but perserverance in disguise; Continuous cffort of itseli implies, In: spite of countless falls, the power to rise. "Twixt failure and success the point's so fine, Men sometimes know not when they touch the line; Just when the pearl is waiting one more plunge, How many a struggler has thrown up the sponge! As the tide goes clear out it comes clear in. In business win; And oh, how true when shades of doubt dismay, i "'Tis often darkest just before the "tis at turns, the wisest + day." A little more persistence, courage, vim, Success will dawn o'er . failure's cloudy rim, Then take this honey for the bitter- est cup; There is no failure, save in giving up. No real fall, so long as one still tries, For seeming set-backs make the strong man wise. There's no defeat, in from within; Unless you're beaten bound to win; truth, save there, you're ong 5 Fue nod 2 2 ee or adh Poor Fi: Self-Seekers Exposed--Beware of false prohpets, which come 'to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?--Maithew 7:15, 16. * Prayer: Lord may we bring forth fruits meet for repentence and then by Thy grace the peaceful (fruits of righteousness, ' By M. McIntyre Hood, M of Jim s Deisgates a ember Provincial Bascutfve, and me ARTICLE NO. 15 Following the election of offic- ers, the proceedings of the provin- cial convention of The Canadian Legion were speedily brought to a close, although some interesting resolutions and discussions featur- ed the closing moments. The Resolutions Committee brought in many very thoughtful resolutions as a gesture of appre- ciation for what the Legion branch, Ladies' Auxiliary and people of St. Thomas had done for the delegates. Each resolution was carried with applause, Following are the resolutions: "This convention thanks most heartily the city of St. Thomas, its mayor, the city council and citi- zens, who have extended such a splendid welcome, to all participat- ing. Particularly does it appreci- ate the efforts of those citizens, who so graciously opened their homes to delegates and dispensed their hospitality so generously dur- ing their stay." 'This convention extends 1s thanks to the school board of St. THomas and patricularly to Dr. Arthur Voaden, principal of the Technical school, for the splendid accommodation provided for con- ducting the business of the conven- tion and the help and facilities made available for its conveni- ence." . "This convention wishes press the grateful thanks to the service clubs of St. Thomas, the Ladies' Auxiliary and all those in- dividuals who were kind enough to interest themselves in the entex- tainment of the delegates. It wish- es to place itself on record as have ing thoroughly enjoyed the visit to to ex- St. Thomas and it realizes that this is 'due in no small measure to the efforts of these good people." "This convention is most appre- ciative of the .efforts put forth by the press to effectively report con- vention proceedings. It desires to especially thank The St. Thomas Times-Journal for the full and ac- curate reports published in its cul- umns." « [ Y_ - "That this convention expresses unbounded approval of the manner and spirit in which the St. Thomas branch has organized and carriea out the various details necessary for successfully carrying out its work. It further tude to those members composing the various committeés, which have been largely responsible for making this convention the happi- est and most successful in the his- tory of the Legion in Ontario. Thanks to American Legion A resolution was passed express- ing appreciation to the American Legion for their thoughtfulness in looking after Canadian veterans across the line. The delegate from Waterford related the manner in which the American Legion in De- troit had looked after one of the Canadians who had passed away there and had been sent to Water- ford for burial. He had been given a military funeral to the train on which his body was brought home and when the casket was taken from the train at Waterford it was found to be draped with the Union Jack. A resolution to submit all resolu- tions to branches prior to conven- tion to allow study and instruction to delegates, was thrown out as bhe- ing "impracticable. Special Armiet Recommedation The special committee to recom- mend some distinctive insignia to be worn hy Legionnaires on spe- cial occasions to distinguish them, brought in a suggestion that the convention passed onto the Domin- ion Command for consideration. An armlet of blue, with the insignia of the Legion in white and the words in crimson beneath, "Lest We Forget," was acclaimed hy the delegates as meeting with their ap- proval. Poppy 'Committee The Poppy Committee, in mak- ing its report, remarked that they had not had a proper opportunity of studying the situation that has arisen, namely, that of deficits in the matter of funds owing the Do- minion Command. Alex, Shielas, provincial secretary, explained that the difficulty was in process of be- ing ironed out and he intended to give it his consideration after the convention. His report of the com- mittee recommended that the mat- ter he referred to the excutive, in which the convention concurred. Ways and Means Committee Rev. R. D. Mess of London, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, brought up the matter of a new bookkeeping system to be adopted by all branches in the Do- minion. The resolution that a more unified and simplified system of bookkeeping be instituted was moved and seconded by Lt.-Col. Picking and George C. Haynes, who had prepared such a system which the convention submitted to the Dominion Command for their con- sideration. In speaking to the re- solution, Col. Picking remarked that the matter of a more complete method of handling the finances of the branches had been on the books for a long period but nothing had been done. He thought that the system evolved was worth study. stating that it had heen approved by the provincial auditors. A Family Matter Dr. C. A. M. Thrush, of Dunn- ville, brought in the last resolution --a very interesting one--that promised to keep the convention in session for hours, had Leo Cuns ningham not suggested, in rather an emphatic manner, that it haa better be referred back to the pro- expresses gratl- | ---- un 4 a ------ vinsiat executive where it might be considered in a more suitable atmo- sphere. The chairman's reason for ruling that such would be the bet- ter procedure was not based entire- ly on the few minutes at the dis- posal of the convention, but evi- dently on the facet that the resolu- tion offered too nice an avenue ror the prolific powers of some of the delegates. The resolution was that the con- vention favor financial assistance from the Government to men in straightened circumstances to aid them in bringing into the world large Canadian families. Dr. Thrush maintained that rather than have foreigners make up our population, we lend aid to the rais- ing of families of our own people. The money need only be advanced fog a limited period, then repaid as the man recovered from his tempo- rary position of stringency. With the high cost of raising families, matters tended to deter rather than encourage large families and he felt that the question was of enough importance to merit action. Men with many children were find- ing it hard going. Delegate Wallace of Windsor ree ferred to the idea as absurd. He maintained that if a man had a large family it was his own faujs. He further maintained that a man should put himself in a financial position to bring up a large family before he contracted to do so. At this moment and before sev- eral delegates had an opportunity to bring to fruition their evident desire to rise to speak on the ques- tion, Leo Cunningham rose to his feet, and glancing to the rear of the hall, where the lady delegates were congregated, suggested that the convention was in danger of em- barking on a subject that would take at least a year to settle. He suggested that the matter be re- ferred to the executive, the mem- bers of which would probably have an opportunity of dealing with it in a more favorable atmosphere, He accordingly put the question and it was carried. So what prom- ised to be a high-light was relegat- ed to the profound deliberations of the provincial body. At 5.15 in the afternoon the | fourth convention of the Provincial Command of the Canadian Legion was declared closed with the Na- tional Anthem, after three days of intense and constructive effort. (The End) That Body of Pours By James W. Barton, M.D. WHAT A GOOD CIRCULATION DOES A group of healthy individuals with a good circulation of the blood, and a group with poor circulation were given the. same tests, An exercise involving the use of the arm muscles was given, and tests nade of the blood in the vein « of the arm, before and after this exer- Cise, When any muscle is used a product known as lactic acid is formed. Thijs lactic acid must be removed if the muscle is to continue to work. The investigation proved that nor- mai healthy people, beciuse of the amount of oxygen in their blood, are abie to overcome this lactic acid and thus keep the muscle in condition to continue working. The circulation was so good that it was able to ov- ercome or keep ahead of the lactic acid formed. However persons with poor eircula- tion were not able to supply suf- ficient oxygen during tne exercise to cvercome or burn up the lactic acid. It is this lactic acid that makes your muscles and yourself feel tired after exertion, because it is really a form of poisoning of the blood, In fect all your fatigue or tired- ness, as mentioned before, is really due to poison of some kind in the blood. Now you can improve your circul- ation and increase the amount of oxygen in your blood if you are will- ing to give five or ten minutes a day to this most important matter. First, by increasing the power of your pump, that is your heart. Although it has a certain nervous control, and certain reserve qualities with which you were' born, neverthe- less your heart can be strengthened bv the simple exercise of a daily walk. You can begin with a few hundred yards and increase it grad- ually to a mile or more. This calls on the heart for regular rhythmical work, and the increased power of the circulation can be noted in four to six weeks. The other help is tha slow deep breathing exercises whicn get an in creased amount of oxygen into the system without manufacturing too much lactic acid by the use of the muscles. og, So if you feel lazy and indifferent due to sluggish, slow, 'ov poor ein culation, try the above simple sug- gestions, (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act). Presiderit Hoover's action in halting laying of keels for three new cruisers will seriously affect Philadelphia Navy Yard, which was to have constructed one of the ships. i lo iM Bo E. W. JORGENSEN, EDIT- OR OF THE SPOKANE (WASH.) PRESS, SAYS: THAT if the average man could picture his dollars as DOLLARS WORKING FOR HIM, fighting his battle of in- dependence, he would save more. FKyery dollar is a sol- dier--a little doughboy on de- tafl--working for you! In army life there are many kinds of soldiers. There are those who waste their moments and bring no returns to their command- ers. There are other soldiers who are constantly on the job, doing the daily duties industriously, help- ing to win whatever war or pro- ject the army has on its hands ut the moment. You can have YOUR army of dol- lar soldiers if you want them. You can have just as large an army as you wish! It's all up to you. By holding grimly to your soldier dol- lars and making them work for you --by putting them into savings ac- counts at interest--by putting them out as safe loans--by Investing them in bonds or in property that will increase in value--you build up your own little army and be- come strong and powerful. No great financier ever won his posi- tion of financial power without clinging tightly to his dollar sol- diers. You have probably heard of the story of Rockefeller, who saved his early earnings. You have heard many tales told of rich men who put their first earned "soldler dollars" to work for them. The size of your dollar army is up to you. A squad is eight men in army life. You can have a squad of eight silver soldiers working for you or you can have more. You can have a platoon, 24 men. Or you can have a company of 83. If you are real ambitious you can build your little army up from platoon to a battalion of 334 men, or to a regiment of three battalions, 1,500 men, or even to a brigade, 3.221 men, or a division of 10,939. You can be a corporal in your army of dollar soldiers or you can be a captain or general. You are COMMANDER IN CHIEF. When you have built up your little army of soldiers you have a powerful force. You can make war on POV- ERTY, DESTITUTION, SORROW. You can be independent. You can purchase the luxuries and necessi- ties that you and your family de- sire. You can have a home of your own, an automobile, a fine radio, a washing machine, an electric re- frigerator, furniture, soft earpets, good things to eat, IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ARMY OF DOLLAR SOt~ DIERS IN THE MAKING, KEEP IT GROWING. TF YOU HAVEN'T GOT EVEN A OOR- PORAL'S SQUAD--START ONE NOW! THE BATTLE OF FINANCIAL, FREEDOM STARTS WITH THAT FIRST SAVED DOLLAR! FORTY-NINE BOYS GUESTS OF EDISON Gifts of Radio to Each---One to Get Four Year Course West Orange, N.J., Aug, 1.-- Thomas A, Edison will choose one of 49 boys to be trained at Mis ex- pense, and possibly be his succes- sor, but the inventor has no idea of retiring and never will. In recent years Mr. Edison nas made few public statements, and it was only on the occasion yester- day of his greeting to boys, young- sters who have yet onl experiment- ed with home-made radios, amateur stage lighting, photography and other phases of mechanical scielice, that the genius of electrical inven- tion answered questions. The boys, from every state, to- day will take a five hour examna- tion prepared by Mr. Edison, and will be judged by Henry Ford, Charles A. Lindbergh, George East- man President S. W. Stratton of Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, and Dr. Lewis Perry of Phillips-Exeter Academy. Mr. Edison, who is offering the winner of the tests tuition for four years of technical training, had aun organized entertainment for them which was interrupted only when the cloth of the press table caught fire from a reporter's cigarette. Mr, Edison does not endorse smoking. As the employes of the labura- tories climbed precariously on win- dow ledges to see better a "spot" which included Col. Lindbergh, his bride, and Henry Ford, the 49 boys marched in rows to shake hands with the celebrities and be pre- sented with 49 radio-phonographs, HOPE BELLEVILLE \ WILL TAKE OVER ITS HYDRO SYSTEM Expect Fevorsble Vote Will Lead to Dismember- Zz ment ~~ TY ---- a Toronto, Aug. 1.~Dismembering of the whole Central Ontario hydro system likely will ensue if Belle ville's vote next week is favorable to the assumption of its own di tributing system, according to Hon J. R. Cooke, government membe of the provincial hydro commission The commission hopes to ses) Belleville takes over its system and to this end, Hon. Mr. Cooke and F, A. Gaby, chiet hydro engineer, wil address a public meeting: in Belle ville tomorrow evening. Belleville citizens are offered the city system for its book value, about $200,000, Lindsay took over its own gs tem about a year ago and just few weeks back, Oshawa followed suit. Hon. Mr. Cooke believes thay if Belleville's vote is favorable, sim ilar action likely will be taken by Napanee, Cobourg, Port Hope and the other municipalities of the old Central Ontario system. This dismembration is favore by the commission, Hon. Mr. Cook intimated, because it rids the pro vincial body of such businesses as the Peterboro street car line and other concerns which form part of] the public ownership system, bu are wholly extraneous to the com mission's main business, the gener ation and sale of power. Out of the 500 munieipalitfel which for mthe hydro system only 14 or 15 do not own their own dis tributing systems. These, which accordingly let the provincial bed sell direct to their consumers, arg located mainly in Central Ontario Lyre. MAKE MARIONETTES EDUCATION'S ALL Paris Gathering in October] To Encourage Puppet Shows Paris, Aug. 1.--The first world Marionette Congress is to be held in Paris mext October and will b attended by delegates from all ove Europe and America. One of th principal problems to be discussed will be how Punch and Judy Show can be utilized in public schools fo the teaching of such subjects ai geography and history. Czecho-Slovakia, which has oven 2,700 puppet-shows through th country, is to send the largest num ber of delegates, although a good representation is also expected from the United States, where in terest in marionettes has bee greatly increasing. Russia will also be well represented. According to an announcemenf by the committee in charge of the Congress, one of the principa speeches will be made by Leon Bo gatitrev, of Russia. He will tell of the varied kinds of marionette which are popular in his country, including those used by the Siber ians and the people of Georgia and the Ukraine. Numerous speakers from Czecho: Slovakia will give detailed account as to how practically every achool house in that country is equipped with puppet-shows, Performance are given in the class-rooms in connection with their everyday le sons. New mechanisms which are be. ing used in different parts or the world to operate the marionette will also form an important part of the agenda, Much is expected from the American delegates i this respect because of innovation which have recently made thelr up pearance in the United States, His torical costuming, scenery and travelling arranged will likewise bi discussed. The Congress will attempt to fa cilitate the diffusion and publica tion of plays written especially fo marionette theatres. It will aim to elevate such dramas to a high literary level, so that they will rank on the same basis as novels, and dramatic works written for the regular theatre. Even marionettes are to have their Shakespeare and! Moliere. It had first been intended t hold the Congress in Prague but after consideration it was decided that Paris would be the nearest point for most of the countries. Al- though many marionette congress es have been held, this is the first of such international magnitude. ITs NOT CROWDED ANYWAY In all this street-widening pro< gram, no one has yet tried to widen the straight and narrow path.--The Detroiter. ESPECIALLY ON HOT DAYS The human brain is a. marvellous organ. It starts to function as soen as we wake up and doesn't stop until we get to the office.--~Telephone To- pics. 17 KING STREET Phones 143 and 144 S roBIE-FoRLONG 66 BONDS . go Office: Reford Bund S. F. EVERSON, Private Wire System Local Manager EAST, OSHAWA 500