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Â¥ VOICE CANADA, THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE of the PRESS Bridging Distance CANADA People Forget It is unforttmato lliat tUc work ot mnstrnllo control iiui.sl bo iindcrlakon somo wcfka in advance of tbo normal arrival of these ubiquitous pcsls If thf" (umual anti-mosquito tag <lny couN be deferred until June there is litdc doubt but that the fun would bo ovor-subscribod in a very short tiniP. People forget past raiscries very eas- ily. In April few of us are thinking aboiA moBiiuitoes; but in June we all have cause to say with Prospero, "How sharp tho jioiut of this rcmcm- branco is!'' (Nt)te: Winnipeg l» holding a tag day to raise funds for fighting mosqui- toea). - Wlnnlpf^K Tribune. First It Must Grow The president of the Wholesale Lumber Uealers' Association has been telling th« GyroPlub that timber is a haive.st that must be cut. He might have told them also that timber is a crop that must be conserved and re- planted, or there will bo no succes- sion of harvests. â€" Vancouver Prov- Inc. The Life of the Party Luniheon ho.st esses lu iyoiulou, Eng- land have found a way to ease the strain of lagglnB oonversatlon.s. When a worried woman puts on a party, she paytj girmeone to attend and lead the guests to excited discussions ot this and that. Whenever the women seem to bo petered out on one topic, tlie vivacious one starts them on somo- thliig el.se and keeps them going at full bteam ahead. Many a liiiicheou has been changed from boredom to enjoyment by the stiatogy of tho paid Rurst, who ap- pears to be just one of those present. But. she i.s usually the last to leave, tho ho.sKss not wishing to hand out the fee in front of the others. They pay as inucli as $25 per lun- cheon for a good conver.satiou pilot. â€"Windsor Star. National Income U.S. national inronn; i^ estimated at ?';0,000.000.000 yearly. In 1929 it was $80,000,000,000 and dropped to $49,500,000,000 in I'J.in. â€" Montreal Star. Victoria Cross The first Vi'tnria Cress to bo won In 11 years was awarded posthumous- ly a short time ago to (Captain God- frey Mfyncll, who won it in fighting on the northwest frontier of India last S'ptember. The incident calls atten- tion to the fact that some kind of fighting is going on nuLiit of tho time on some frontier of the Kinpire. â€" To- ronto .Mail and Kniplre. What Interests a Queen Canada's first iian)cli)utiou In the Utrecht I-'alr wa.s marked by a visit from IjUfen Wilhelmina whii, accom- panied by a considerable retinue, had 8p'-nt some little time In tho Canad- ian secllDU, where she allowed a live- ly interest in the good.s Canada is now belling with considerable success In the Netherlands. Cinadas Weekly, published In I..on- don. Kng., slates that Her Majesty confessed that she had fallen into the Coinnion error of regarding Canada princliially as an ngrlcultliral country and expressed her arnar.emont at the excellence and variety of nianufaclur- ed Koods on display. She was, how- ever familiar with Canadian rubber thigh boots, which are known to fl- shernn^n and siiorl.smen from one end of Holland to tho other. Her particular interest waa drawn to Canadian wnsliliiR machines which have been coniparauvely recently in- troduced into HoUnnd. and have met with good reci'plion. - Toronto .Mail and Eniidie. Signatures However thi-;e jui.- ftill a ft w tasks reserved for the pen. Signing one's name, for ln.^tnnee. And how many men are there who wiite a liyiliie sig- nature? If by the scrawla and lluur- Ishea which m many of us put at the end of our letters, our business ami professional acumen were to be Judg- ed, then who stands secure? .M:iny of the great, wiso and emin- ent allow ibeniMelvcs a very crypto- fram of a Blgu inamial which suggitbts that they are n.'jiiamed of their own JUeiilily. Many les.-ier peiHona, on the other hand, appear to think that by Inscribing It in an equally mysterious manner an insignificant name acquires dignity and Importance. - Winnipeg Tribune Golf Grows in Britain Only the very aged, the ianie, the halt and the blind do not play games ^f some kind in Britain, where prob- ably more people take part In sport for ("port's sake than in any other Country. It is surprising to learn, how- 4vcr, that the game which has more players than any other Is lawn tennis. Golf has gradually pulled up until It Is In .'pcond i)l.Tee. Over one milllou nriti.Mhei'H play golf, Thnty years ago the game was just beKinning to invade Kngland from the north. Now there are about 1,500 golf clubs In KnglauiJ, of which 200 are in London, but a great number of players are unntfach ed. â€" St. Thomas Time.s-.Iournal. Gaelic in Nova Scotia When I'reniier llaiiusuy MacDouald landed at Hitlifax on his liealtb holi- day last year ho was mot by the Pre- mier of the province who greeted him in a language tho Scottish-born lead- er did not understand. It was Gaelic It is surprising to iearn that .Gaelic la taught In tho schools of tho prov- ince. Teaching was authorized 15 years ago and apparently is popiilar enough to continue, it is an optional subject, and a teacher who is capable of Impartiifg tho "Gaelic" Is entitled to a special grant from tho provincial department. Gaelic is more of a "dead" language than Latin or Greek, so far as utility Is concerned, but it will please Scots to know that there is a Canadian pro- vince Interested in preserving the ancient speech of tho race. â€" St. Thomas Times â€" Journal. All Else is Unstable It's a sad reflection on mankind that the only thing that shovvs any sign of permanence In the world Is taxa- tion. â€" Toronto .Saturday Night. Two Best Novels The University of Ohio Judges the two best novels to be Tolstoi's "War and I'eace" and Thackeiay's "Henry Esmond. The choice of "Henry Ks- niond" will surprise the many who thought Thackeray was no longer read. It Is a beautiful story of the ISth century, and perhaps Its happy end- ing In Virginia specially commends It to American readers. Its sequel is "Tho Virginians,'' which has an Am- erican setting, yet "The Virginians" never attained, oven In the United States, In the days when everyone road Thackeray, the popularity of "Henry Esmond," "Vanity Fair" and "Pcndennls." â€" London Advertiser. Expensive Kiss Beatrice Lillie has been noliried that Ily KEN EDWAKDS Over the Ropes The "Mormon Flash" Oean Dctloii is a wrestler you are jco- ing to hear from in the very near flltUiC. "Dangerous Dean" as he was called in New Zealand iiiid Aus- tralia, is the latest sensation in the wrestling world. Dean bet^an his mat career in 1!I27 as a welterwei>rht, while at- tending the University of Utah. In 1II2U he won all his bouts in the heavywe^;,!:' class and in 1!)D1 wrestled liis first profession- al match. Dean is 27 years old, weighs 'J 15 pounds, stands ("> feet and has been in the "grunt and groan" game for !l years. His favourite holds arc the "toe-hold" and the "aeroplane-spin." Kd "Strnngler" Lewis, five limes world's champion, was de- feated recently hy this clever hone-buster. Joe Dctton, Dean's father, held the light weight title for the Pa- cific CoaRt. Dean has recently thrown Jim Hrowninp, Sandor Szabo, Hans Steinke, Hank Hasher, Kd ".Strangler" Lewis and others. To-day's column is dedicated to "I'at" Cameron of Heaverton, Ontario. 21 So that beach loungers at Santa Monica, Cal., can watch lectures on bridge without crowd- ing around table, Frances Flinton, (at board) bridge authority, ha.s invented magnetii: board for cards. as a result of her Toronto appearance she must pay Dominion income tax. Now she's wondering if a kiss from Mayor McHrido is worth that much. â€" Peterhoio Examiner. THE EMPIRE Britain's Food Supply Grow Food. .Store Food! If war does come here the enemy airplanes will follow the line of the rivers, pointing like arrowheads to the heart of the great seaports. The bombers w'lll also smash the docks, blow down the brid- ges, and cripple our overseas food supply. If war comes elsewhere, the cost of thai huge dislocation of trade in the markets ot the w(.rld will drive up prlc(!s in this country to near la mine level. And if this fear passes, as all good men and women pray and la- boiii- that 11 will, then if our land Is fertile and our barns are filled wo can give of our abundance, in liumhh* thanksgivins to those that sorely nerd it. Grow Tood; Store Food! â€" London Daily Express. Vancouver's Jubilee Today tlm world traveller can have no more momorahlo experience than the Journey which takes him, perhaps in tho still snowbound spring, across the white expanse ot the prairies, and lifts him thousands of feet through tho Kicking Horse Pass, and drops him gently into a bustling city that enjoys the climate of the south coast of ling- land, with a liackgroutid of mountain scenery that has no equal in Europe. At iircseiit, even In a time of world depression, some LI, 000 ships with a total tonnasi' of over ten millions u.so the port of Vancouver each ycsar. Tho coiistrnction of the Panama Canal gave it an added value, for it is found cheaper to Irtiul the grain of the wes- tern provinces over the Rockies and ship It to lOuropo by the canal from an ice-freo port than to train It east- wards. There are few places of which progress can be more confidently pre- dicted In a noitnal world than this fifty-year-old port with the North Am- erican continent at its back an<l its face turned to China, .lapan, and Aus- tralia. -- Manchester Guardian. Lord Tweedmuir's Son Motion Pidulies Aid in Education TOHO.NTO, â€" Motion pictures were a vital force in elementary and tidult education and In moulding citizenship, Mrs. Mary B. I.owthian. only voman member of tlie Niagara Falls Hoard of Fducation. asserted in an address to the urban Trustees' section of the (Ontario Educational .Association. "Publicly denouncing objection- able iiictiiros usually packs the the- atre with irresponsible people," she declared. Tlie Dominion should nave a non-dramatic e<lucational film bureau supported or aided by a government grant, Mrs. I.owthian state. "We all ain'ce, I am sure,' she .said, "that it is vastly more imiiorl- ant for a child to know the pro- cesses by which he receives a letter \ly which the salmon he likes to cat is caught, prei>nred mid deliv- ered to his grocer, or by which the book he reads is made ready for use than it is to know how many people wore killed at the Rattle of Ila.stiiigs, the names and uuies of the victories won by the Black Prince or the number of ships in the .Spanish Armada," The fat man and his wife were returning to their seats in tho theatre after the interval. "Did I treail on you>- toes as 1 went out?" ho asked a man at the end of a row. "You did," replied the other grim- ly, expecting at least an apology. The fat man turned to his wife. "All right, Mary," he saiU, "this is our row." Hon. John Buchan, eldest son of His K.\cellency, Lord Tweeds- muir, has arrived at Ottawa for his first visit to Canada. He had been in (iovernment service in .\fiica. So They Say ! "Vou cannot get peace by run- ning away from war any more than you can get it simply by join- ing peace societies or carrying peace banners." â€"Lady Astor. ".\11 book publishers wortl'.y of ilie name are somewhat literary themselves, and hence more or less insane,' â€" Bruce Barton. "New industries and wider use- fulnes,-, of established industries are beckoning." â€" David .Sarnoff. "If this civilization of ours is ijoiiig to endure we've just got to start learning to mind our own business or the day may come v.hen there won't be any business to mind." â€" Irvin S. Cobb. "Most of our troubles today are the result of defective distriution - - 1 mean distribution of ideas and pe< pie as well as good.s." â€" John Krskine. "We are apt to look too far away for llie accomplishment of re- forms. Improvement is generally a personal and local matter." â€" (Muirles K. Hughes. "I think and think, for months, for years. .Vinety-nine times the conclusion is false, the hundredth time 1 am right." â€" .-Mlierl iMiistein. "We would not dreani or treat- ing a strain of race horses the way we do ourselves." â€"Herbert Hoover. "The trouble with modern civilisa- tion is that we are cafetcria- ctniscioua." ---Hendrik Willem Van Loon. "\ sense of humor is an unerring sense of proportion." â€" Emily Post. Unusual Job Thrills Leonore Chapman She Tr.Tvels Into Far North Selling Lubricating Grease and Oil OTTAWAâ€" More than 750 mining engineers and metallurgists and their wives attended the recent annual con- vention in Ottawa, but only one wo- man came on business â€" gi'ease and lubrication. Miss Leonore Chapman, young, tall and prepossessing, travels into the north by dog team, by plane and even tractor to help mining en- gineers solve the problems of keep- ing engines running smoothly in unusual temperatures above and be- low ground. She has travelled through North- ern Ontario and Quebec, into New- fojndland iron mines, across coun- try to the pulp and paper mills, vis- ited plants at Sault Ste Marie, Out., and has been up to Moosonec at the James Bay terminus of the Tcm- iskaming and Northern Ontario Railway. In the last live years she has watched a rapid change in frontier towns and remarks: "There are no hardships left and when you come to where you found the jumping-oft place last time, you notice that the e<lge of civilization has extended until once again it lies just the other side of the horizon. "Some people might find such life dull, there are none of the usual diversions, but I am thrilled to be in contact with men who bring dreams into reality. G. K. Chesterton wrote some time ago that he always found interest in out-of-the-way places that some called dull as ditchwater and that ditchwikev placed under a microscope could prove very enter- taining. I have found the same thing. Grease an<I oil may not ap- peal to everybody, but they fascin- ate nie, they can accomplish such wonders and are such an interesting study. "Then, too, the north is now a hive of industry and one of the few places where there is little time for discouragement or tlefeat." On her rounds of mining machin- ery. Miss Chapman wcr.rs breeches, high boots, a windbreakcr and beret, siik iinrierwcar and silk stockings. "It may be just vanity, but I really believe they keep me warmer." When she is in a town, no matter how small, she is just another at- tr.ictive girl. "Up in tho north we take planes as you might take taxis, they have few accidents as the pilots are scru- pulously careful of their machines. \Vc have our transportation prob- lems, our food problems and that is about all. There is lots of work and lots of fun if you look at it that way." I Huron's Record (The Sault Ste. Maiic Star) Talking about Huron County, it has produced a quiiitea of political leaders in relent year: Hon. James Garfield Gardiner, horn at Exeter, November SO, 1893. Hon. Thomas Alexander C''erar, .Minister of Interior, Mines, Immi- gration, etc., born at Molesworth, in Huron County, six years earlier. Hon. Ro'oert Weir, former Minis- ter of Agriculture born at Wingham, December oth, 1802. (Huron County ha,^ thus produc- ed three of the four most recent federal Ministers <â- >( .\/.-!i-'.ii(ure ) Hon. William Aberhart, premier of .\lbcrta, born at Seaforih, D^'c ember 30th, 187S. Robert John Deachn.an. J.ibera' economist and tariff expert, born in Ilowick Township, necemher l.">th, 1878. Need Pointers Abllllaifine V.W.C.A, (iives Course In' Subject lJealin,2: With Matrimony TOUONTOâ€" The enthusiastic at-* tendance of the senior mer.ibers of. the Young Women's Christian A»-, sociation at the six-week course ol^ discu.ssion groups on "Ideal Mar- riage," has confirmed the opinion of* leaders who felt that there was need» for instruction on this subject amon^. older girls. Mrs. Donald McCullagh, B.A., a' recent graduate from the depart- » ment of social science at the Unl-, versify of Toronto, led the group and wa.s able to clear up many' superstitious ideas and prejudices* by giving .scientific sex information.* Slany of the girls expressea the* â- wish that everyone might have the* opportunity of attending such* groups. The discussions centred around such subjects as "Choosing 1 a Hu.sband," and "The Purpose of Marriage." Other eiforts of special interest * in the education department of th* • Y.W.C.A. which have helped to- , ward development of personality, charm and good speech are the â- * classes conducted by Mrs. Dora M»- • vor Moorie in "The -^rt of Conver- v sation," and "Social Demeanor." The girls in these classes know * that to be a conversationalist on* * must learn proper breathing:, cor- » rect posture and mouth expressioa, discrimination in the selection of reading matter, the constant need " to refer to the dictionary and to . familiarize themselves each day with new words. To acquire good speech the gnrlj * were taught to turn their attention • to the best in radio broadcasts, to , listen whenever possible to good speakers and to avoid certain top- ' ics of conversation when talking . wnth strangers and the necessity » of finding common interests such as the weather, cuiTent events or the , theatre as the starting-off point. If the proposed "fixed" calendar is adopted by the world. Good Fri- day would fall on April 7, Easter Sunday on April 9 and Whit Sunday on May 28 of every year. Modified Shirtwaist 1522-B For tho.se of you who have bcc'i waiting for something a little (lifreront in shirtwaist styling. something with softer lines and a more pleasing contour, this charmingly simple all-occasion day- time frock will ring the bell -- and that's no gong. Featuring an extended yoke across the shoul- ders to form a novel and engag- ing cfTect, there are just « few simple pieces to the pattern. The waist is gathered to the yoke, the rounded collar ends in a graceful i>ow, and the pockets arc tabbed to match the cull's. You'll set the Jtyle pace hy using sports silk, novelty weaves. acetate, and printed cottons. This Barbara Bell Pattern. No. IS22-B, is available in sizes 32, ••11. 8ii, ;?S, 40, l:; and 4J. Size •? t leciuires tU yards of S5-inch fab- 'ic plus '.L yani. cut crosswise, for the belt. HOW TO CRDF.R PATTERNS Write your n.-»nie and nddret* "f pattern wanted. Enclose 20e in .â- lampi or coin (coin preferred): wr^r, it rarefully and address yo«ir 'â- rd»r to Barh.ira Bell, Room 2.^0, ~.l Adr'aide W., Toronto. ^mm.