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Voice of the Press Canada. The Empire and The World at Large CANADA A wink in the Otrk ^omeune hm said thai doing busi- Do-sa wllbuul advurii^^iiig la like wlnk- IriK at a Kiil.iu the dark. Yuu know you are duliiR It, but uo oue nine docii. â€" Winnipeg Tribune. Wage* of Virtue riomineiit Hollywood star com- plains tbat the only parts she is gtvou llifcse days are those In wlUch aho ii "cbased all around the room in an effort to Have hor bonor." In such casiis. however, the wagos of virtue are anywhere from t2,O00 a week ui) â€" which is not to be sneezed at. â€" Border Cille!) Star. Unnecessary Tears ThiM-e Is a lot of lachrymose talk with regard to Mary Pickrord divorc- ing h»r husband "with deep regret." On the other hand, she die not hosl- talo to separate from her first spouse before she married Douglas Fairbanks. There is altogether too much fuss made over the martial differences of the film stars. â€" Brantford Expositor. Misuse of "America" During the past year, the keys of â- th«* typewriter which- writes this for the pi-uiter, have religiously been â-  ^afle to spell out the word United ^taYes. rather than the word America or American, depending on the con- text, and despite all the additional time Involved, also loss of euphony, we can see no progress anywhere among writers, speakers. Old Country statesmen or European commentators toward correct usage In their refer ence to the United Slates of America They still call the U.S.A. America However, among the Now Year reso- lutions, it may be just as well to struggle along and bo right. â€" St. Cath arines Standard. Toy Pistol In Knglaiid the .sale of a toy pistol known as "pencil pistol" has been pro- hibited. It would be well If the sale of all toy pistols were prohibited. It may seem a little thing, but the young mlud la influenced to a great extent by what play things are placed in his hands. Similarly this applies to the moving picture show, which should be moro closely censored. â€" Ulencoe Transcript. Effective An airplane ride "will end a com- mon cold,' says a specialist. So will a parachute If it doesn't open. â€" Hall- fax Herald. Extra Proof Another Ijnching in tho United States. This time the mob, us a spe- cial prt.'of of its civilization, cut the vlctim'.s heart cut. â€" Peterborough Ex- aminer. Best Known Train The Koyal Scot is back on its tracks In the Old (.'ountry, after having cross- ed the ocean und travelled some 14,000 miles over railways in Canada and the United States, where it wus visited by 8,000,(100 ppople. The Sent formerly was famous in its own land and on the Continent, but now it Is the best known train in North America as well. â€" Montreal Gazette. When a Man's Old That definition of a man being old when he must sit down to put on his, trousers does not apply, we under Ktaiid, to inliabilants of nudist colon- ies. â€" Brockvllle liecorder. Remember the Horses In our Jjulte natural preoccupation with the problem of keeping ourselves warm In these days of cruel cold are we not perhaps forgetting what this weather means to our horses, com-| pelled to carry on through long hours under extiaordinurlly difllcul street conditior.s, and often made to stand fur comparatively long periods In cut- ting winds and driving snow with al- most no protection? Veterinarians tell us that the horse is physically the most peculiarly sus- ceptible to cold of all our animals. Moreover, In the artificial conditions in which they are bred and worked the honvy winter coal of hair which Nature provides and wblcli helps the wild or range horse to get through the cold season does not develop or Is largely groomed away. To replace It In far too many caoes nothing Is pro- vided but a small and often thin and ragged blanket. Thefie are cruel and bitter days for the horses. Let us not forget them. â€" The Montreal Dally Star. while ardently supporting the League, the Knipire ought to spare no pains to make tho most of Itself, for the bene- fit of the world as well as its own good. To tliink In terms of wide bear- ing, beyond tho increasingly elusive limits of the islands in which his lot is cast, is an urgent duly for every New Zoalander. Heed to domestic af- fairs, bulnut absorption in lliem as a distinct interest, is the call of tlio hour. â€" The Auckland News. Health Movement in India Hnalth may be thousht of as a pro- perty of the individual, and puhlle health as a sort of sum of all these properties in a country. But the worker for public health has to con- ceive of it differently, as au aspect of the way In which people live together, as a conconimitunt or resultant of their whole social life. We shiM under- stand all about public health only when we know* all thej-e Is to be known about individual and social life, about humanity as a whole. This thought need not depress us; on the contrary, it should be an Inspiring challenge, as it has been to many workers and will be, we are assured by tho appeal, whose study we con*- mend to all interested la the welfare of humanity In this great and afflicted country. â€" The Calcutta Statesman. Canada and the U.S.A. The proximity of Canada to the United States of America along an ex- tensive imperceptible frontier means, of couise, that any major economic disturbance there makes its tremors felt in our country. It could not be otherwise with the links, firstly geo- graphical â€" lakes, canals, rivers, roads â€" and, secondly, mechanical â€" rail- ways, motorcars, aeroplanes â€" which nature and man have forged; but In spite of this, Canada has never lost her Individuality nor her Imperial Ideals. We have tried also to develop a personality In literature and In art, but obviously the struggle here must be diflicult when one considers tlie heavy proportion of literature, includ- ing magazines and newspapers, tliat crosses the border. â€" Lieut.-Col. Q'.'o. P. Vanler In The Listener (London.V Diminutive Fishing Boat Rescued *et'' ^: When King Neptune and Jack Frost form a conspiracy there Is not much else but ice. tling liigh waves and Ice floos on Lake Michigan for 24 hours, this frail fl.-Oiing boat, the " bow stove in by ice, was rescued by U.S. coast guards. Her crew of tliree were saved. After batp Seagull," lier Jobless Less World Over British Stability We have no more use for dictator- ship. Fascist or Communist, in Great Britain than we have for gunmen, racketeers, concentraliun camps, and other modern features of life abroad. Our last dictator was Cromwell. Wo got over all that sort of thing three centuries ago. Now, with a stable Government and a constltutlor, based ou coinnwn sense, we owe our /ead In world affairs to the absence '»f civil and political upheavals. â€" London Sun- day Chronicle. The "English" Accent Cultivated people ou both sides of the Atlantic speak the English tongue e<iually well, according to Dr. Walter Hervey, founder of the .\merican Good Spet'cli Society. The besi English and what Dr. Uorvey calls lire best Ameri- can are so nearly alike io-day that, in his opinion, they cannot be distin- guished the one from the other. When King George or President Roosevelt speaks, the spoken words are not marred, we are told, by any "local tang or distortion." As a result of education the same exquisite English is spoken. Dr. Harvey maintains, in both New York and London by tho finest actors, the best preachers and the best orators. This is all very gratifying as far as It goes, but ap- parently that is not aa far as Holly- wood. For who ever heard an Ameri- can film star who spoke his or her lines with'iPut a good deal of that "tang or dl.itortlou" whioli, the found- er of the American Good Speech So- ciety says, cultivated America com- pletely eschews? â€" Dublin Irish Inde- pendent. A Man To Be P lied (n England there liveU a man who has not slept for eight years. Prob- nbly he never wlll~-Hntll he sleeps the sleep from which there Is no material awakening. Eight years ago he had •ti unu.iual operation, and since that lime he has hue unable to sleep. It Is a pathetic condlllon. He must â-  be one of ihn saddest men In (he »()rld.--St. Thomas Tlmes-.Ioiirnal. THE EMPIRE The Empire and the World Hy the defection of .lapiin and Ger- Biany, the League has bfc>-ii weakened. not fatally nor Irrecoverably, but so seriously thai, when the alisleiitiou of Russia and the United States Is rc- roembered, lliere Is evirienUii danger Japan's Challenge Machinery, motor-car.^, and slilps are among the few Important manu- factured goods which Japan has not yet begun to produce for export, and coal Hhe has none. But with these ex- ceptions It Is prudent to regard the cotton onslaught as tho mere van- guard of a general offensive. No doubt It is the exchange depreciation which has brought the present attack so sud- denly to a head, and It is reasonable to anticipate a Hlackenliig of the pace as this temporary advantage diminish- es. But there will atill remain the per- manent factor of high organization and efHciency combined with a level of wages which Is not likely to catch up to Western standards for at least a generation.-â€" London Morning; Post. THE UNITED STATES Old-Fashioned Canada Canadians seem to have an old-fas- hioned notion that la.^ is law, and should he enforced. .In the United States we are more up-to-date. I'or example, a dope peddler was tried in Montreal recently, and this was his sentence: (a) Fourteen years In pris- on, (b) Fines amounting to $30U. ic) Ten hishes on his bare back. Vou doubt If that gentleman would rare to sell dope again in Canada. We don't know tbat whipping Is the be.st penol og\ , iM that we should adopt it. But we do know tbat something of (he Canadiiiii altitude toward law enforce- mem wiiuld discourage ; Itii of ciini Considerable Improvement Noted by International Labor Officeâ€" Ad- vance in Canada Geneva. â€" A world-wide improve- ment in the employment situation was noted Friday in a communique of the International Labor Office. A comparison between the last three months of 1933 and the previous year showed a decline in unemployment in 13 nations: Canada, the United States, Chile, Germany, Great Britain, Hun- Rary, Australia, Belgium, Finland, yugoshivia, Roumania, Denmark and the Irish Free States. In Great Britain the index of em- ployment in December rose from 91.6 in 19;}2 to 97.5 in 1933, the Labor Office revealed. Figures for November in 1932 and 1933 indicated an increase of work- ers in Canada from 71.1 to 76.6. In Japan the number rose from 81.8 in August of 1932 to 90 in August, 1933; in Italy the employment index for October, 1932, has 70.5, while for the same month last year it was 73.6. Tho communique said that 10,076,- 000 persons were idle in the United States in October, 1933, compared to 11,580,000 unenployed in October, 1932. Figures for 1929 were rejjarded aa equalling 100 as tlie bnsis for the em- ployment index. Old Lady Leaves Her Money to De Valera Kamon De Valera, President of tho Irish Free Stale, was a party in an action (adjourned) concerning the will of .Miss Polly Mary Fitzpatrick, a lirighton, England, woman, 72 years old, who was found dead at her home in July, l'J32. Miss Fitzpatrick lefl a will purl of which read: "I give and beiiueath to Mr. do Valera my house and' all my furniture and effects." The value of the estate Is a little more than £3,000. The will was contested hy John Fitz- patrick, of Dublin, who claimed his sis- ter was of weak intellect, childish and eccentric, thai in late years she had become a recluse, and that she died in a neglected condition, having refused to have medical treatment. When Mi^is Fitzpatrick died, said counsel for de Valera, she had no relatives with whom she had been In I ouch for 10 years She had .said that her property wotild go to Ireland when she died. She also expressed the view that the only man who hud don any good for Ireland was Mr. de Valera. "It is not Mr. de Valera'.s intention to profit by a penny piece from Ibis estate. Ills iuttentlon l.s that the money shall be used hy him as a trust for public purposes of the kind which Miss Fitzpatrick was known to ap- prove," said counsel. Powerless Weather expert says that arou.i.. 1950 or 1955 the seasons will be wet- ter and cooler than at present. It's nice to know that but we don't see what can be done about It. â€" Stratford Beaco-IIerald. New Scotland Yard Loses Keen Officer London. â€" Scotland Yard lost one of Its most prominent officers with the retirement on January 7 of Superin- tendent Percy Savage. He retires at the ago of 55 in accordance with the new order recently Issued by Lord Trenchard. Superintendent Savage's career at the "Yard" Is one of the most dis- tinguished of any police officer. His long run of s.ucce3se3 earned for him the enviable distinction of being the youngest officer to be made a super- intendent. He bandied every type of case, including espionage, confid- ence tricks, "long-firms" frauds, jewel thefts, and in all probability more murder cases than any other officer. Ho secured a conviction of Patrick Mahon for the murder of Eini'y Kaye in a bungalow near Eastbourne. In that case Savage began his investi- gations from the discovery of cloak- room ticket in Mahon' clothes. For many years he has been the bane of confidence tricksters, while during the war ho captured many German and Austrian spies. In private life Superintendent Sav- age Is a charming -companion and a keen Iwrer of antraals. On one oc- casion Hie jumped Into tb,© River Tliames fully clothed and rescued a friend's dOK. University Molder Of Destinies Women Magistrates Study Psychology At the Magistrates' Conference, held recently in London, Eng.. 192 w omen magistrates werepresent. When the conference discussed P.sychology, Dr. Helen Boyle said she had been told of a motorist who sulTered from a' "compulsion neurosis." Though a very pood driver, he found it exti-eniely difficult not u>' Commandant drive into IhinK-" on the road. He i naval aviator, had to drive, but he did not dare to take his wife with him. Luckily his wife asked why she was never want- ed, and he told her. She called in the doctor. Other points noted in the discussion were: Children defective in intelli- gence were five times more frequent Sir Arthur Currie's Last Re- port Made Public Montreal. â€" The role of the modem univei;8ity "in the desperate battle of modern life" is not that of a "mere reservoir of knowledge, a storehouse of equipment, a base of supplies, but rather It must be the creator of forces for the molding of human destinies by promotion of sane, enlightened thinking,' says the late General Sir Arthur Currie, principal and vice- chancellor of McGlll University, in his last report to the board of governors. Completed by Sir Arthur a few days before he was overtaken by illness which resulted in his death November ;!(!, the report was published after ap- proval had been obtained from the Governor-General of Canada in the Capacity as visitor to the university. "Education merely as a decoration is despicable," Sir Arthur continues. "Education for ultlUtarian purposes has some justification. But education that kindles the imagination, awakens the power of vision, teaches mau econ- omic difficulties have not left McGill untouched and that "It was necessary to curtail appropriations even for the most legitimate academic activities." After giving detail figures, he adds: "The depletion of capital account van- not be allowed to continue and I feel that I must again call to the attention of all those interested In the welfaie of the university the urgent necessity of taking steps to increase the endow- ment." French Flier Beats Seaplane Record St. I/ouls, Senegal, West Africa. â€" de Bonnet. French and four companions claimed a new otraight-lino distance roc-Old for seaplanes on arrival here last week from Berre .\irdronie. out- side Marseilles. Oe Bonnet set their huge seaplane down on the harbor here at 12.1S p.m., 23 hours six minutes after they took off from Barre. He reported among delinquents than amonir the' that the Southern Cross, their ship, ordiiiaiy population. I had functioned rerreclly d\iring the Sir Robert Armslrong-Jone.s asked ! flij^iit. why women were supposed to be thej He estimated that they had flown more necessary than men to serve "u | approximately 4,00(1 kilometers (p.420 the Bench in Juvenile Courts. Were | miips), bettering the old record held they quicker at cross-word pu/.xles or ky Jean Mermoz. another Froncli ace. quicker at solving motives? One \vo-]„bo flew 3.173 kilometers, man magistrate declared: "1 would i p^ Bonnet insisted that they had not have dared to accept the office '>i ; ^^^t started out to break the record magistrate had I n-nt studied p=ychn!- ] ,,„j expressed satlsfiicllon that the opy first." Millions of Bushels Russian Wheat Harvest Moscow. â€" The total Sovii-t grain harvest this year was offloinlly Indi- cated at 3,300,000.000 bushels, au in- crease over I!i3i: of 72,^i.Oi)O.00() bushels. This Indication, the first estimate to be regarded as oflicial this year, was given by Mr. Abel S. Enukldze, secre- tary of the Central Executive Commit- tee of the Soviet Union; in an article in the newspaper Izvestla, which men- flight here bad had that result. Ha said they were merely attempting a .â- erlea of long experimental flights. In vv'nU-b hft probably would cro.«a the South Atlantic next, and make that trip from here to Natal. Brazil, sev- eral times. The expcrlmt»nt.i are to better know'edgft of flying conditions and romtes linklg E*i.iiope wi#h Sottth America, it was understood. Ct)ws Paid Way Irish cows pay their way. When a carload shipment arrived from Flsh- tloned the grain harvest figure only as I guard, it « is found that six had given a passing reference. | birth to calves en route. 1933 Notable For Oratory Few of Year's Historic Utter^ ances Preserved For , Posterity New York.â€" Called by many th« most eventful year in the history oj the United States, 1933 saw oratory reach a now high in the country^ From Congress and curbstone cam« the sound of debate and dissertatioul Some of the statements caught pul». lie fancy; some made headlines that sounded round the world. C Here are a few of them: f President Roosevelt â€" "now, ther* fore, I. . . .do hereby declare that th* 18tli amendment to the constitutiiw was repealed on the 5th day M December, 1933." Senator Iluey Ijong (anent tlu famous black eye) â€" "Some one stru<;l mo from behind. Three or four met covered nie." Father Charles Ck)Ughlin â€" "Itfi Roosevelt or ruin." Anton Cermak (to President Roos* velt after he had been mortaU| wounded by an assa.ssin's bullets iw tended for the chief executive) â€" "I'A glad it was me i.istead of you." > Samuel Insull, Sr. â€" "I have don* nothinfj that is not done by any r» putable business man." • Alfred E. Smith â€" "I am for goU dollars as against baloney dollars." *â-  Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali- fornia â€" "Unless the President's prt^ gram is carried out, the country wiB go to hell economically." ' And, intriguing if not importantâ€" v Mae West â€" "Come up and see me somi time." Defends Good Jazz Music Lincoln, Neb. â€" Jazz music â€" if it'« good â€" and the English opera have I stanch defender In Dr. Howard Han- son, Nebraska-born composer and pre- sident of a Rochested, N.Y., conserve tory. Dr. John Erskine, author and head of another New York music school added his support to the work ol American composers as the two dis- cussed the problems and achievementi of musicians before several hundred persons attending the flfty-fifth anuuaj conventiou of the Music Teachers N» tional Association. Dr. Peter W. Dykema of Columbii University said municipalities doubt less would be called upon in the fu ture to furnish music halls, instra ments and equipment tor music, just ai they are called upon now to furnisll playgrounds and equipment for thf|; to take up the play hours of children. Air Men Serve As Targets > * â-  ' ' i >^A^4I91. « i > ^7 i £^- \ Homemade Toys Were Beginning of Big Industry Manchester, Eng.â€" In an endeavoi to amuse his four-year-old sou, Mr. A Gray Pickard of Broadheath, near here, laid the foundation of what ii now a flourishing British tow industry providing employment for about 100 workpeople. Twelve years ago when Mr. Pick- ard's son was in the nursery stage at Rubgy School it occurred to him that the metal constructional toys with iheir nuts and bolts and screwdrivers were too complicated for a child so young. A siniiiler wooden coiistruo tional toy would be better suited t« his age. Without any thought of selling th« device, he worked out in a simplt form a constructional toy. His sol was delighted and thinking othei young childreu might like it. Mr. Pick ard developed his enterprise;. Boys Who Wanted to Help Mother Honore« New Vork. â€" Last June Richard Lowe. 11, and his brother. Holling, 12 wrote Owen D. Young from their hom« at Frankliu, Idaho, that they would trade some birds' eggs, a calf, and i pel lamb for oue of his refrigerators. Not only did they get the refrigerat or, which they wanted for their moth- er, but they occupied the presidential suite at the Biltmore as guests o! Young, with iheir mother. The boys had an exciting day visit- ing skyscrapers, pushing elevator but- tons, and lighting matches, which they don't have on their farm at Franklin "on account of the hay." Later they went to a party at Roxy's Radio City penthouse to meet Mary Pickford. Irish Jazz Dancing Ubelled "Paganism" Dublin. â€" The Irish Free State'* campaign of disapproval against jazi dancing has received official support from Cardinal McRory and Pre8:denl Baraonn de Valera, who s^nt me» sages of approval to a big nieetini at Mohilh- The aim of the meeting was proclaimed on banners inscribed, "Down with Jazz and paganism". Cardinal McRory denounced thi mora! dangers of all-night dancing and sent his wishes for success ol the campaign. De Valera said M hoped tor the restoration of Irelaud't national forms of folk danco,-". afbreakdoMh lu th'> c'rcnnilanees, | inula Uere.- Washlneion 1>( T'm un the desert wasj^s of the iim- it .Mlantji, "I. ;wi ence of Arabia," now known a .\irL-raflsman Shaw, and two other members of tho lioya! Aid Force, ha ve been ri.skiug their lives, piloting armored boats whil? biiml):iis aeroplanss nUtol wlil.-. imngs at iiitm fcr tnrsrets. They hav» been at It tor a year. j Old German Daily to Quii [ Koenlgsberg, Gor.--One of the old- I est daily newspapers in Germany, the Koenlgsberg Hartitijgsche Zeitung. founded in IfiiO. ceased puhlicalion on Dec. 31. The publishers said hence- forth they would concentrate on their other paper, the Koenigsberg Tage- blatt. The Hartungsche is a Liljal'al organ, while the Tageblatl is a non- parly paper.