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TTSr. â- jA t 3 * The Automobile MOTOR PROVES SOCIAL A It is not too much to gay that tlM irhole social life of the rattion \m |>een greafiy influen«ed awt profound- ly changed by the introduction and general use of the automobile. Time W«s when naost of tha courting waa done by younj peop-te in th« parlor ijt the house under comiition« where tt was quite possib'e for the father (o wa'.k downstai^rs and kick hia daosrhter'fl belovftd out in caae he <yv«rstaid his welcome. This situation no loniger obtains, for more likely than not a father, in or- der to k)cate his daughter's where- abouts while being courted, would need to And •onte automobil* miles W*.y from the paternal roof. WhiJe thia indicates a change in one parti- cular social relationship, it does not necessarily prove, as baa often been asserted, that the change is for the bad. Aa a matter of fact, It has been pointed out that the methods of raak- Ir.^ love in the parlor or in the horse- drawn buggy are not materially dif- ferent from tha more modern medium of courtship. The chance* for b«tt»r- ment appear to be in favor of the younger generation, since in most matters they demonstrate their capa- city to take care of themselves to as |;ood, if not better,,advantage as their parents did when passing through the same period. Method of Life Changed The social life not onl^ of youth ^ut of children and older folks has quite completely changed by the Automobile. The change applies not 5nly to people livln^g in large cities, at it applies with tremendous force those living In the rural districts. In the small towns and cities and su- burban developments. It used to be the case that most of the social life of people was expressed in connection with the home or the school or the church. Much of it still is, but the Bocial life ;>s pertaining to all three of ^ese major institutions of civiliza- tion has been definitely altered. As far as the rural communities are concerned, th«- automobile has rev- olutionized social life. Instead of the family of ths farmer being an isolated unit or, r.t the best, having only a very few scatt.>^red neiarhbors and finding It difficult if not impossible during certain seasons of the year to get the SSET IN UPE OF NATION wagon through the unimproved roads to the r.?are8t village, these people are now able to greatly enlarge their cir- cle of friends by the use of the au- tom<AUe. They are able to attend social functions with facility, not only â-  in the nearest village, but in the near- '. est city, even though it be twenty or ' thirty miles away. j Allurcmeat of Country I The fanner's wife has to a large 'extent ceased to be discontented with I her environment, due to the ease with ; which sh« can remove herself from : it. The children no longer have as their main ambition in life the becom- ing of sufficient age to br*tak away , from home ties and by so doing have a ' career in the urban centres, where !ife appeared to be so much more attrac- I tive. At the present time these chil- : dren arc beginning to realise that life I in the country with the use of the au- j tomobile has wonderful attractions, i and the fact that their city cousins j are breaking away from the noiay life of tlie city whenever possible to spend I a few days in the open country with 1 tiiem has done much to change the 1 attitude of rural children toward their '< home life. The city cousins, of course, can now visit In the country much more fre- quently than heretofore, on account of automobile transportation, and about tlie first thing a eityite does when he has a few hours of leisure on his hands Is to drive into the open coun- try. Thus the urbanite is finding his social life much changfed, and it now takes the form of week-end trips to some place where the social and re- creational life is most enjoyable, or taking the family on picnics in the outlying districts or at the seashore or to the mountains. When It comes to attending ordin- ary social engagements, no longer does it make any difference to speak of whether the weatiier is fair or stormy, whether it is raining or the sun is shining. The lady merel-y gets into her automobile, which usually is a ! closed car, and drives w+th ease to the ! appointed place. Ste can wear her ibest gown without fear of having it 1 spoiled. Consequently the automobile has made it possible to run social functions on schedule and with tre- mendous satisfaction. SEC PLANNING TO RAISE HISTORIC »H1P I PURE SEED PRODUCTION IN CANADA The annual report of ilie Tanadian fcur carloads of registered seed its'* Seed Growers' Association disiinses diiirH>s«a of, two of ihem - a carload mi the progress which is being made in "Marquli' wheat and one of -Saan^r" .. , . J, , „ . oais being oonslgned to the Ar^en- , the growing of pure seed la Canada. ,, . . . ^ , . , ... line and two cars of barley bsliJt; sold The number of seed flelds lusyected for .New OnUrlo members to the Taa- |and report?.d uiion by tha .A.'»soclutI..n ada -Mulling Company A shipment of I In 1925 was 2.561. an increase of 108 regltitered '-Grimm- alfalfa see', was •over 1924 and 1,061 over !92S. For disposed of to one of the l.-idirjK seed I these crops Uiere were Issued to ;nem- flrms of .Northern Europe and Ger- ; bers 2.052 certllltatea of crop re^ls- ,„any took a quantity of the same seed. I tratlon which represents an increase Varleiies of oats, wheat, aud barley I of 184 over 1924 and 1,062 over 1923. I In acreage and estimated yield of seed j crops registered wheat led with 19,188 1 acres and 500,700 bushels: followed ! by outs with 10,752 acres and 412.572 ,' bushels; and alfalfa 2,461 acres and moved iu sulistauiial qaaiitity to Rus- sia, and the I'kranian Co-operative SiK'ietv has been supplied with alfalfa, red ciuver. alsike. and liinothy seed. .Argentina looms up a progpsotlTe pn^ chaser of outstanding lnipurra2C«». one i S03.57') lbs. Other seed crops regis- order in sight being from a oonoera i tered vevn barley, corn. flax. peas, which purchases some 250,0<M) busiiels I soybeans, rye, sttaf-t clover, and swede of barley seed annually, whilst quoU- i turnips. â-  tlona on carioaiis of wheal have been j The.-^ is every indication, too, that furnished three other buye-'s. In- ; the fame of the qualities of Canadian- [ quirlas received have tuL-luded barley I grown seed la spreading afar, and that fur .Mexico, wheat for Now Zealand, it is coming into Increasingly greater and cats for the Swiss Co operative demand. E.xport values of seed for the throe twelve months ^e^lods end- ing Fe'oruary 1924. ia25 and 1926 have been respectively $8,714,219, J10.241,- 254. and $16,486,194, showrng a virtual Increase of one hundrwl per cent, in two years. The two principal Items of export have been clover seed, amount- ing In 1925 to 416,723 bushels worth $3,380,481. and fiax seed amounting- to 6,387,832 bushels wonh $6,538,194. The principal country of Import Is the Union at Zuri h. A survey of the AgSQclalion's report indicates the ceastjless activity pre- vailing for the enhancement and pro- motion of the pure seed Industry ta Canada. Importaticns of new ma^ chlnery are frequent and in the past few months mfil units have been In- stalled at Carp, Ontario; Morden, Ma'nitubu; Scott. Saskatchewan; and Pakenham, Ontario. The Improve- ment iu tho seed grown is continuous. L'ntteti Kingdom, though clover seed j and the -Association especlaily stresses moves in quantity also to the United i the progress effected in Increasing the States. Denmark. France. Geraiany, ! supply of home-grown field root and Irish Fr.^e State, Netherlands, New } garden vegetable seed. The work Is Zealand and other eounrries. ! comprehensively suptrvlsed by six The Canadian Seed Gmwers' As- ; seed boards which blanket the Do- soclation has been active i.n facllitat;ag [ minion and maintain touch wlih head- Inlerprovinclal seed transactions of a quarters at Ottawa, ant its gratifying wliolesala order and In promoting the results are apparent In the eontlnnally export trade. The year 1928 promises growiug prestige of Canadian-grown to be a busy one In this regard. Al- seed abroad -and the greater damand ready In the first coupls of months 1 for the product. REMAINS OF THE GALLANT -NANCY" TO BE RESURRECTED j The announcement Is made that the Ontario GoTe.rnment wHl undertake I the raising of the old British schooner "Nancy." which for over a ceatuir I has lain In the bed of the Nottawasaga River, if the county of Simcoe wouM j look after It. This Is a sketch of the Nancy, described aa "a masterpiece of j workmanship and beauty." It is planned to leave the hlstorla-!«eUc on "Nancy j toland," Wasaga. which wHI be lurn^d into un island park. The suggeetlon ] to remove the boat to the Canadian National Exhibition met with general 1 disapproval. Natural Resources BuHetin. I» "Completely maint|uned the timber i may last for a considerable period of time. Unfortunately wooden materials Fence posts, poles, bridge and ^^ treated are almost certain to have wharf timbiir?, shaft timbers, planks, ^1,^ protective coating bro.ken, either roof dt^kinir and general building through abrasion or checkinjr. When timber will last for many extra years ^j^jg happens, the untreated interior if properly treated with preservatives. ' jg ^j. ^^^ attacked by the fungi of This has been well demonstrated by j^^y ^^j j^e effect of the protecting the railway ocinpanies who now make ghg-i jg completely destroyed." it an almost universal practice of ^ ^j-, ^e apparent, therefore, that treating their ties, usually with creo-l^gt^rial superficially treate<l will sote preparation. Coal tar creosote is jj^.,,^ ^^ ^^ watched, and where abra- undoubtedly one of the best preserva- ' ^^^^^ occurs a fresh protective covering tives and ae many points throughout ^^ once applied. I centago of sulphur absorbed by cer- :' tain woods. Wood Per Cent. Poplar Cypress White Spruce White Pine Red Oak It is advisable to treat wood, because the presence British Justice. .... 78 ... 6i) : ...64 i ... 75 i ...40 ! seasoned of mois- "The Grave Tree." Let me have a scarlet maple For the grave-tree at my head i With the quiet sun behind It I In the years when I am dead. . . . j Sciirlet when the April vanguard I I5;is)es up the laggard Spring. , .Scarlet when the bannered .\utumn j >!uTches by un-vavering . . . I It will be my leafy cabin Large enough when Junf returns ture inhibits the penetration of sul- LIQUID SULPHUR IS LATEST PRB- SERVATrVB. «. Creoeote is not the only material now being used for this purpose, how- ever. There are many others of which the best known are sulphate of copper, chloride of zinc and liquid sulphur. Indurating wood with sulphur is a rather recent development in which there appears to be considerable inter- est, notwithstanding the fact that many tests will have to be made to Canada large plants have been estab- lished which are engaged in the treat- ment of railway ties, piles and timber for many other purposes. TIIE.\TMENT M.\Y BE GIVEN AT HOME. The user of fence posts, vineyard sticks, planking for walks and other small dimen.sion timbers may, how- ever, if commercially facilities are not at hand, do his own crepsoting. Prof. R. W. Smith of the New York State College of Forestry, who has made an Investigation into the subject says thatl determine the properties imparted by satisfactory equipment for the treat- 1 the treatment. Practically all woods ment of iVnce posts can be installed • may be impregnated by immersion in for ten dollars and consists only of j molten sulphur by a simple open- an ordinary steel oil drum of 100-gal. i tank treatment, and the quantity of Ofpacity. Or the creosote may be ap- j sulphur absorl>ed varies within wide pUed with a brush or by spraying, but j limits, depending largely upon struc- immersion in the open tank is best, j ture and chara«teristic of the species. [ It may be pointed out that railway The wood is generally immersed and ties are usually treated under high I held beneath the surface of the sul- pressure so that the preserving ma-jphur bath, which is maintained at a terial is actually forced into the wood . temperature of 140 to 150 deg. C. for structure, and that in consequence ; 5 or 6 hours, or until all evidence of superficial treatment by dipping or) moisture has disappeared. It is then with a brush is not sufficient. Mr. R. . advisable to allow the temperature to ' V. Look, president of the Canada Cre- drop to 120 or 125 deg. for another 4 ' Inexorable British justice hi brought to the gailows a woman, the -Ani! 1 hear the golden ii;ru?ijes mother of three children, convicted of, flute and hesitate by turns, murder and robbery. Popular sym- ' paihy had been aroused in i;er behalf ! .\nd in fail some yi iiovv morning, and thousands of petitions for re- i When the stealthy frost has come, prieve were presented without avail, j Leaf by leaf It will befriend me In the view of the authorities, the sex j .A.s with comrades going home. of the criminal ninde no d!ff€:9nce; the > â-  phur and when in excess, prevents the penalty of the law must be paid. i "then fear not my friends, to leave rae entry of practically any sulphur. Thi.-« This entire absence of maudlin senti- 1 In tli-e boding autumn vast; may be e.tplained by the fact that it mentality in th^? i^nforcement of law, ! 1h"re ar.^ many ihiag.s to think of is difficult for the sulphur to enter the 'he refusal c.t the courts to permit I When the roving days are past, tracheids, pores or re.sin ducts while needless delays to interfere with the | ; moisture is being driven off in the administration of criminal justice and Leave me by the scarlet maple, i form of steam, and in addition, the the certainty of punishment for the When the journeying shadows fail. I conversion of water to steam require^ guilty are among the causes of the en- 1 W'airing till the Scarlet Hunter a certain number of heat units and: ^''^ble position occupied by England in Pass upon the endless trail has a tendency to lower the temper- ^^ matter of the prevalence of crime." Blis.s Carman atur© df the woody mass, with con- j *"d in the small proportion of the! _^, stant cooling of the molten sulphur in major criminals who go unpunished. immediate contact with the wood. The, If tbe certainty of iurest and pun- 1 Wanderlust. rapid solidification of the sulphur on 'shment is a deierrent to crime, then I Unow not where the white road runs, . the surface and particularly at the -''e British prai-tice bus more than ends of the treated wood, immediately J"*tlfled Itself, savs the Editor of the sea's the pores and prevents the loss Philadelphia Ledger. The contrast be- of Che molten suichur contained within '^'^*n condition.'* in this country and the woody structure. I in Great Britain Is profoundly dlscred- : Sulphur imparts many other deslr- 'table to us. not only In the enormous- able qualities to wood such as acid re- ly greater number of crim?s here in ; sistance, high dielectric strength and proportion to ixipulation but in the j nor what the blue hills are. Aerial Teas Are Latest Thrill for Gay London Aerial tea parties are the latest novelty in society circles. T!'e guests take rides in airplanes after .-efreah- ments are s^^rved. The first aerial "at home" was given at the Stag Lane flying ile'-d. with M-g. Sophie Elliott Lyim and !tl"s. Sherwood Kelly host- esses. Mrs. Lynn is ihe flrst woman in Kngland to he granted a pilot's license. She conceived the idea of aerial tea parties with a view to in- ' teresting society women iu Hying. .Marquees were erected on the , ground in which tia -vTas served, there ; b^'iug about 100 guests. Instead of dam « music, tea was dispensed to the aciompauhaeut of Ihe drone of a light airplane engine and other familiar s^ UDils u£ the .:er.>li-cms. ' .'Vnothar aviation social stunt plan- ned for the summer Is to he a meet organized by the racentiy formed Brl- : tlsh private Aircraft Owners Club. ; Each member will ;;:lot hi; won plana . to some selected meeting place sad ' from there wi'.l return in formation to the club's headqiiariars at Stag Lane. Attempt Distinctive Air in Doorway to Residence. Weiccming guests has been the But man can have the sitn for friend, graceful gesture since .Adam's time. and for his guide a star; .Vnd there's no end cf voyaging when once the voice is heard. For the river calls and the road calls. and oh, the call of a bird! â€"Gerald Gould. a "case hardened" surface which is breakdown of the machinery of Justice ! ; subject to a high finish and polish. -as revealed by the small proportion of | i CANAIM.<N HARDWOODS srBJECT TO : Convictions to the total number of i "There is onlj one thing that a man I pj.^^Y ; crimes. Our courts are largely to ^ ought to buy without first lookirig into blame for these conditions. The evils; ''â-  'â- " ' ^^^^ '* * shotgun.'' oaoting Co., writing in the Engineer- ing Journal says: "In sound timber decay can occur or 5 hours, when the wood is removed. The extent of penetration is generally evidenced by the buoyancy of the only from outside agencies. If the i wood in the sulphur bath and also by surface fo the wood is rendered resist- complete cessation of bubbling. A | ant to wood destroying fungi, the j fully impregnated piece of white pine entire timber will remain sound. This ^ill expose only about one-flfth of its | contention is doubtless correct and volume above the surface of the sul- ! when the surface of a timber is ^o ! phur and v.-ill, of courro. sink in water. [ preserved and the surface protection ' The followinij table indicates the per- Eastern Canada has to-day one of the largest bodies of hardwood on the continent, consisting of principally birch, beech and maple, all of which woods are subject to quick decay. All of these woods, when properly seasoned and "treated," are very long lived. It is estimated that proper treating would reduce the annual maintenance of docks, platforms, crossing planks, cattle guards and other structures. envolving in the aggregate millions are fully recognized by the judiciary , and the bar. but little Is done to find and apply the reme<;y. There Is no In estimated uaiionAl wealth In mll- lons of dollars. Canada stands seventh lack of power, but there is a a lament- 1 on the list, higher t'uan .Australia, Bra- able unwillingness to exercise It. Wlieu Mr. Stoneliatchrft's guests came in peace Mrs. Siouahatchet probably chipped off a tew more rough places frnm the ct;ve entrance â€" to make a good impression. To-ilay we still ma'Ke the doorway lo the bouse Qlslinctive. The Lighthouse. Far in the bcs'im of the deep. O'er these wild s.l;e;ve8 my watch I Keep; A ruddy gleam of .hangeful light, The seaman bids my luswr haU And scorns to strlks his timorous sail. â€"Sir Walter Scott. "Canada Is to the fi re umong all the nations of the world in the matter of .aprlal survey." stated Col. C. H. Ryder, of London. Ehigland. in an interview zil. Argentina, and in fact higher than i in any of the newer countries, accord-! _^ Ing to Dr. R. .\. MacGibbon, Professor i of Political Economy Cniversiiy of i AdroitI .Alberta. In wealth per capita In dol- ; "My husband's birthday comes next tars. Canada '.^ oniy surpassed by the week," said Mrs. Smith. Ciiited States and Great Britain. Can- ' "W"e:i," a^ked her companion, "what on his arriv.ll at Oltawa. Colonel of dollars in investmentT at least 75:^-5^6''. who has come to this country ada Is among the only live nations i are you giving him?' per cent, per annum. ' i '° study survey work. stated that shoeing a .surplus on current account' ^'rs. Smith smiiei proudly. . .J, ' survey work i;>. Canada was of a very and is alsii aiiiong those countries bav- 1 I've been taking a cigar out of h's It costs no more to make goods of advanced nature and that the Do- 'ng a food surplus. She ran'ss lifth case t very day for ihe last three be.-nuful design that it does to make minion could teach the other countries among the nst;on.s aa an ex;i<:rtpr and nioiith^-^. I've got a himdred now. and ugiv ones. â€" A. M. Samuel. many things In this lin* of work. .â- ^^jvmth as an itnporter. li-.i making him a,present of those." MUTT AND JEFFâ€"By Bud Fisher. A Vest Pocket .Edition cf a Truck G: rdsn. ;