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The Automobile EYE TO DETAILS ADDS COMFORTS TO CAMPING. A wonderful factor In. automohil« tb« typa of th« front and rear Matt. campinK is that nobody needs to be One possibility of thii plan, aithuuKh left out of this grettt outdoor sport. ' not necensarily an argument In its Almost everybody can afford to go ' favor, i« seen in the space between the on tour. Motor camping can be very front and rear aeats where nmn'A chil- im>x|>en8ive or it ran be mado to co.st drsn of the family miKht find repose, a tot. However, the enjoyment of the. tents oktfn ^jsei). trip costing the least may be beyond i Some have triod various kinds of ail expei-tations. ^ tpnt arrangements by which canvas Camping autoists are inclined to too in stretched fr''>ri the top, aide or end much paraphernalia. Of course it iiof th<? car to th« ground. Others have bcttt-r to take enough to camp in com- built a lean-to of branches and leave* fori. Equipments for camping vary which protect only p^jrtial'.y in casa all the way from a completely outflt- of rain. Still others have sought the ted trailer to the very minimum outfit more substantial she'.ter of a friendly which consists of practically nothing bam or fannhouse. But that takes except the car and its occupants. The, much of the fun out of camping, more elaborate outfit* are deaignedj Tho clothes requirements are not especially for bng trips of a month! extensive. For a week-wid trip light or nioro. | underwear, flannel shirt, khaki trou- For a week-end trip of a few days sera, heavy shoes and socks and a to one a fortnight in length a good woo!«n sweater are sufficient. This rule Is to tako only enough to provide goee for both men and women. For comfortable shelter and good food. those who may not want to depart CAMPINO NED>B DKFINEI). from SO usual a habit as undressing, a Food, shelter and clothes are the pair of pajamas wilt be in order, primary needs in camping. Each! Woollen blankets Bhould be carried in member of the party should have an' sufficient quantities to Insure keeping outfit of dishes including a non-'tho body comfortably warm while breakable plate of a deep soup pat- sleeping. tern, a larg« nen-breakab!« cup, aj Then /here are a few misce'.'aneous knife, fork, large and small spoon.! necessities. Included In these are For general use of the motorist group' handkerchiefs, toilet soap, comb, the cooking utensils should include brush, tooth brush and paste, bathing some sort of a grftte under which a | suit, towel, mirror, dish towel, watch, fir* can be built and on which food flash lamp, piece of rope, matches, can be cooked. Other necessities' camera and some loose change with along this lino are a frying pan, boil-! which to buy gasoline. Some fasti- ing keiUe, toaster, coffee pot and adious folk may need a fow Dther mis- pair «r pinchers for removing hot eellaneous articles, but not many. dishes. I It is taken for granted that camp- Shelter is an important cnnsidero-i Ing enthusiasts who propose to use tion for the camper. Some folks have their cars for convoying them to their declared it to be possible to sleep on happy camping grounds will give their the seats of the automobile. Their automobile a careful "once over" be- number, however, is not legion. There fore starting. Car trouble on a camp- are a few who havo worked out a sys-' ing trip is apt to tako a good deal of tem whereby the cushion of the back| the joy out of life. It is worth while •eat of an enclo.sed car Is taken out to have tho machine in the best pos- »nd laid lengthwise of the vehicle' sible condition. This is a mStter of alongside of tho removed and similar-' great importance, since nothing is so ly placed back cushion. Jly reversing calculated to mar the enjoyment of the two front seats the bed is com-' such a vacation on wheels as frequent pleted and is fairly comfortable. This' mechanical difficulties with this rae- ?>lan has the advantage of being quick-' dium of transportation. y arranged and also of l>eing morej Even if the owner of the car con.sid- comfortabie in case of rain or a heavy, ers himself a pretty good technician windstorm. It also eliminates any' along automotive lines he will do well, Inconvenience from bugs and the like after goin^ over the machine himself, that are sometimes to be found on the' to take it to a good service station for ground. On the other h.ind, in warm a final check-up. Of course, if the weather the inside of the car is un-j prospective tourist is merely a fair usually warm, and unless mosquito mechanic or worse, as many are, he netting waa used at the windows these should certainly have his car carefully mosquitoes are likely to be annoying, inspected by some reliable service sta- Soma admit that they havo found com- The new Canada House In Loudon, fating Trafalgar S(juare. The king and queen opened the buUdlng, which contains the ofllcos of the high and trade commissioners and the estlgratiou and war pension departments. It la a hand.some addition to tho city's urchltecturtn. Natural Resources Bulletin. fort in roUing up in a blanket and reposing in the open field. This is not bad after one gets used to it. Th* first few nights will be the hardest Some have found satisfactory sleep- ing in a patent bed arrangement which onfolds and stretches in the ear over tion expert before starting out on a long. trip. It should be said also that when on a long tour the mechanical features of the auto should be gone over frequently by a service station expert, so as to keep tho machine con- Btantly at the highest point of effi- ciency. Royalty's Home. This year witnesses tbe centenary of Buckingham Palace, perhaps the best known o( all the Uoyal residences. It was In 1825 that building operations wars commeaced to convert Bucking- ham House Into a home "fit for a king." The site has a somewhat varied his- tory and Is Intimately connected with an Industry which has been well In the llmellRht of late- silk. In the reign of James I., where Buckingham Palace now a rands were the Mulberry Oar- dens, which had been laid out to pro- vide P^iigUsh raw material for our silk manufai'tureri. The experiment failed however, and the gardens wero con- verted into a pleasure report- a sort of »eToiii>oiith cpr.tury Wembley on a small scale. Later. Arlington House was built un theeltc of thr; gardens, and then, in Its turn, gave way to Buckingham House, erected by the Duke of Buckingham in 1703. it was this house which was rebuilt, one hundred yearn ago, to make the palace we now know. Tho rebuilding, which coit about 12,500.000, was commenced under Georgo IV. but It was not antil Quoen Victoria's reign that the new paluce was occupied hy Royalty It was this tliruai.-.liince which In- sprled "Tho Times." ponslbly for the first and nni.v lime In Its curoer, to a conundrum. 'Why in lliickingham Palace the clipnpest ever biiilt?" asked the great and usually grave news- paper; and re,)lled; "Beraiise It was built for < ne sovereign and furnished for anothftr." At the beginning of Its career as a Royal residence, Buckingham Palace i was by no means so well organized as I It is to-day. Division of labor, for In- { stance, was carried to altogether too j great extremes. It was the duty ot I tbe Lord Steward's department to lay I tbe fires but they could only be lit by ; the Lord Chamberlain's department. I Then dishes from the royal kitchens j bad to be carried through endless cor- ; ridors before they were served, so that â-  ibey rarely arrived at table in perfect i condition. Most startling of all, It seemed pos- ! sible for anyone to enter tho palace. ' Shortly after Queen Victoria's mar-; rlage, a great sensation whs caused by ! a boy named Jones, who claimed to have gained access to the private apartments of the palace, and to have , overheard conversations between the \ (jueen and tbe Prince Consort. Buckingham Palace has beenâ€" the , iceue of many inaRniflcent Court func- ' tioiiB. anC is also intlniataly associated â-  with the home lite of our Royal Kaniily. | Most of Queen Victoria's children were born there, and it was lu the palace that King Kdward died. Tho Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Dept. of the. Interior at Ottawa says: â€" Canadian weekly newspaper men have just conclv.dod tlieir annual con- vention at Winnipeg, and have dis- cussed fully the many problenw which the weekly newspaper has to meet. Tbe weekly is undoubtedly very close to tbe hearts of Its reodors, and is meeting a want that can be supplied from no other source. Particularly is this the ease in many of our newer settlements, where tl discovery of new natural resource;, ^r the develop- ment of others is taking place. Many of what are to-day Canada's most progressive towns and villages owe their inception to the opening up of mineral developments, .'(uch, for in- stance, as those in Northern Ontario, while the exploitation of the forest or the harnessing of water-powers has established .settlements in all the pro- vinces of Canada. Into the-w places have gone enterprising editors to establish ne^wspapers to meet the needs of the settlers. Development of natural resources has thus been the means of creating many locations for the weekly paper. The protection of these natural re- Eource.s thus naturally becomes of deep interest to the weekly publisher, as without these the settlement could not survive. Many villages and towns have as their principal support one or more of the industries dependent for their raw materials upon natural re- sources; while the surrounding farm- ing area,s have increased the circula- tion field for the local paper. The weekly press is giving its support to the development of Canada and her natural resources. In turn, therefore, tho weekly newspaper is deserving of and should receive the support of the business interests and individuals of its local field. Wee Hughie. He's gone to school, wee Hughie An' him not four. Sure I Eaw the fright was In him When he left the door. *â-  But he took hand o' Denny, An' a hand o' Dan, wr Joe's owld coat upon him â€" ' Och, the poor wee man! He cut the quarest flgure. More stout than thin; An' trottin' right an' steady VVi' his toes turned In. I watched him to the corner O' the big turf stack. An' tbe more his feet went forrlt. Still his head turned back. He was lookln,' would I call himâ€" Och, my heart was woe â€" Sure it's lost I am without him, But he be to go. " I followed to the turuln" When they passed it by, God help him he was cryin', An', maybe, so was I. â€" KllzSbeth Shane. Health in Strawberries. Poland Has 69 Holidays. Tboro are slxly-uliu! holidays on ths Polish calendar. ♦ Royal Palaces Form City. Tho royal palaii,'.; of HiiiiKkok form a city In them-olves. They consist ot Feveral fauniired Individual palaces, surrounded by magnltlcent gardens and pagodas. Attractive Girl. Sheâ€" "Her father is a steel mag- nate, of course you know?" He-"That's why she's so attractive to nie, I suppose." The man who makes light of every- thing dop.-i not set tlic world on fire. Tho other day a doctor stated that If strawberries could be grown all the year round, and became as staple an article of diet as potatoes, his profes- sion would be ruined! Strawberries are something more than a luscious fruit; they are a valu- able medicine. In a strawberry are lime, phosphates, alkaline and mineral salts, iron, manganese, and a special kind of sugar, constituents that are so well proportioned that they do their full share of good. Diseases particularly susceptible to the strawberry cure are rheumatism and gout. That is because of the sali- cylic salts in the fruit. In Europe doc- tors have established special hospitals, set amidst miles of strawberry beds, for the cure ol the most acute forms of rheumatism. Anaemia also yields to the strawberry treatment. - Some people find that strawberries upset them, and that they cause an ir- ritating rash. In such cases straw- berries should be left alone. The'lrou- ble Is caused by the body being in- tensely antagonistic to the salicylic salts. . Finally, the sugar In strawberries |s so energizing that it the red berries contained nothing else they would still rank high as a medicinal food. The Fighting Pipers. The great wastage ot pipers during the wav proved that they belong, un- like the British bandsman, to the fight- ing ranks. Some five hundred of them tell during tho four years' campalgu, and most ot these were playing an heroic part, like the piper at Dargal. It Is their business to lead the van and to cheer on the fighting men at arras even In the thick ot battle. Hundreds of pibrocha exist and every regiment has Its own special favorltss, which probably are endeared to It by his- toric association. In the Indian Mutiny, tbe besieged garrison at Luck- now were gladdened with new hope when they heard the pibroch of the Highlands as the relieving force came over the hills. Purlstj may complain that the bag- pipa Is only a barbaric bunch of reeds and can never be classed as a genuine instrument ot music. It certainly la a thing apart with Its*" monotonous drones, two In the case, ot the Irish pipes and three In that of the Scottish; but Its chanter or "warbler" Is capable of wonderful results, deepSte Its un- orthodox tuning. In tbe hands of a skilful performer, and for range of effects and stimulating power on the listeners it is unique. ^ OWL-LAFFS O. W. L. (Ob With Laughter) The hardest Job In the world Is stuff- ing a rat hole tulfof hot butter with a red hot poker. The Steno â€" WTiy was It that Venus de Mllo was so popular In tho old days?" The Bossâ€" "Because, when a fellow wanted to hug her she had no arms to make him stop." Girls used to marry for wealth. Now some of them seem to be satisfied wlih just an automobile. Ho .(speaking of recent murder myi tery) â€" "Chlmlnals always return to tho scenes ot their crimes." Him â€" "Yes, that's where I am going now. I stole a klaa last night." Extract from a southern paper â€" Gen< era! Lee wore a brand new Confeder- ate uniform with grey sombrero, cha- I mola riding gloves and black boots. ! All that General Grant wore was a : dirty old Union suit. "I'd like to cut your throat," cried the jealous lover, "but I don't waut to ruin your neck." The production of 7.iiic in Canada has steadily increased s-inre pre-war , timt-s. Tho lill!! ouipul was 2,800J 1 tons. This was inrrra^ed to 17,5001 tims in I'JIH and it is estimated that tho 1M4 production •eached 49,000 I tons. I A Procession of Engines. As a part of the celebration ot the centenary ot the opening of the first railway line, the London and North- eastern Railway will run a procession ot early engines and coaches, led by Stephenson's No. 1 locomotive. Fair Exchange. Walterâ€" *'Thl8 money Is no good, sir." Diner â€" "Then we're even â€" your din- ner was no good, either." A Murderous People. For thousands ot years the Island ot Sardinia in the Mediterranean has bean considered one ot tbe most beau- tiful and fertile Islands In that part ot the world. The fertility of the land Is remarkable, and the coast fisheries un- surpassed. Meanwhile the poorer laud of Italy, while not bo fertile, has been overcrowded to such an extent that to- day very little Is left tor the common people. Despite its many tavorabls condi- tions, Sardinia, with 9100 square miles ot land and with 381 towns ot various sizes, had, in 1772, only a population of 4O9,0SO persons. Tbe causes of this remarkably small population were found In tbe great amount of land owned by the nobility and the taxes Imposed by the church and state. It Is alleged that "private vengeanco" started in the Island, tha natives calm- ly murdering each other In order to get money with which to pay the taxes. During two years ot hard times the murders on the Island of Sardinia averaged 1100 a month, which means that approximately every eighteenth person was murdered in the two years. A cross-eyed man ia always In dan- ger ot getting arrested for looking crooked. We wonder whether a cross-eyed person would be ruled out of a cross- word puzzle contest. It would be sweet ot a landlord to give you a coupon each time you fia- Ished paying tor a house. It a popular girl had tbrea gentle- men friends whoss names were se- spectlvely, William, William and Wili Ham, could It be properly said that she had the willies? "There Is something In that, too," said the burglar, as he put his hand Into the spittoon. Few people suffer more than soma ot our citizens when there's a stranger In town and they can't learn his busi- ness. What happeaa to a man's word when ! ha won't keep It and nobody else will take It 7 W* believe that a man has to bv raised to it to enjoy loafing. Love and porous plasters, son Are very much alike. It's simple to get onto one. But getting oft â€" good nightl Thers Is no dog in dog-biscuit, so why should one expect chicken la chicken pie? When Ears Qet Tired. Science always has maintained that the human ear, unlike the eye, cannot be fatigued. Now, as a result ot ex- periments with radio apparatus. It ia asserted that the ear apparently does become physically tired. __ â- > " ' Straw Hat Marks Mourning. When In nioumlug tor a male rela- tive the Korean wears an Immense straw hat shaped like a toadstool. Atr Route Pooular. Some 50,000 passeugers have flown across the {Sngllsh Channel since the armistice. Poets Without Descendants. There are no living descendants of Shakespeare, Cowper. Dryden, Swift, Chaucer, Pope, Shelley or Byron. -> Bed Quilts as Legacies. Sheets blankets, pillows and couiv terpanes were frequent subJeclB ot bequests In tbe middle ages. ^ Twice Niagara's Height The lower tall of the Yellowstone river, In the Grand Canyon ot the Yel- lowstone, Is twice as bigb as Niagara. Use the pleasures tl.at are yourj to-(!ay so as not to mar the plcasun^s MUTT \ND JEFFâ€" By Bud Fisher. j that may come to->n;>rrcw 'i