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i CANADA Satety on the Roads More strict regulations governing the issuance of drivers' permits, stiffer penalties for violations of traffic laws and stern treatment of those convJcted of driving while un- der the influence of alcoholic bever- ages would do more to reduce motor accidents than any speed-limit law could do.â€" The St. Thomas Times- Journal. She Begon Early A feminine stenographer, employ- ed by a United States railway, has just been retired after 47 years of continuous service and that must be regarded as a pretty long spell. â€" Brantford Expositor. A GocKi Sign The Royal Canadian Mounted Police can be depended on to know what they are talking about when discussing bad men, what they do and with what weapons. It is there- fore all the more encouraging that they have words of praise for the recent legislation requiring the reg- istration of firearms of the revolver type with the police authorities. Cer- tain crimes have been either solved or their solution has been materially helped by the fact that the revolver or pistol used could be traced through records. â€" Montreal Star. Whe»f Picture imptoves The world's wheat picture grows stcndqiy better for Canada. At the end of 1932 the world's surplus was 625 million bushels; at the end of 1934 it was 375 million bushels; at the end of 1937 (according tf °3ti- matesl it will be but 125 million bushels. This is what is behind the recent sensational rise in wheat prices, which mean so much for Can- ada. â€" Ottawa Journal. "Prood" In Scotland A rather significant aspect of the accession of King George VI and the Queen Consort Elizabeth is the sentimental effect that it will have in Scotland. The fact that the Queen is a descendant of an ancient Scot- tish family should bind the northern part of the United Kingdom to the Monarchy \ good deal of humor has clustered around the romark of an old Scottish woman when she heard that the Princess Louise, the daughter of Queen Victoria, had mar- ried the Marquis of Lornc. a scion of the illustrious House of Argyll "The Queen will be a proud woman this day." she said, "with her daugh- ter marrying an Argyll."â€" Brantford Expositor. Learn ot tkt North The year I93() has been a note- worthy oiij> for Northern Ontario in thnt an exceptionally large number of Cabinet members and other gov- ernment luminaries have seen tit to pay this section of the province a visit. There was a time 3 hen it was a rarity indeed for a Minister of the government to venture into the North country, but all that' is now pa.^sed. During the year just con- cluding, scarcely a month passed when some important government official did not visit the North. The latest visitor in this respect was Hon Norman Rogers. Dominion Minister of Labor. â€" The North Bay Nugget. A Ciotxi Bel Lloyd's will accept war risks in Canada. In other words, Lloyd's will bet that I'anad.n does not beoomr in- volved in war. A'hat Canadian would bet the other way'.'â€" Toronto Globe and Mail. "A Terrific Gal" A terrific gale has been cau.sinj; dan ago in England, and no com- positor has yet had the temerity to set it up "a terrific gal."â€" Toronto Star. Mere Farms in West Here is some interesting and rather astonishing news from the West. Despite the drought, the de- pression and a cessation of immi- gration during the past five years, there has been an increase of near'y 12,400 farms in the Prairie Provin- ces, bringing the total up to 300,i()2 in li)3G compared with I'SS.OTi) in 1P3I. â€" London F'ree Press. The Nightshirt's Appeal The Charloltelowii Guardian points out one peculiarity of the nightshirt which should appeal to every Scot- tish heart. It is a one-piece item at the laundry, while pyjamas "is" two. Or should we say "are"? Historic researches conducted by the International Night Shirt Club have disclosted evidence that some of the greatest men in history from Nero to Napoleon, and from Glad- stone to Lincoln, wore nightshirts.â€" St. Mary's Journal. Argus. Câ€" » Thon^ton MennonaU The late Sir Henry Thornton could have wished no finer monument than the respect and honor in which his memory is now held oy thousands of employees of the (Canadian Na- tional Railway. That has just been attested by the placing of a mem- orial plaque in the rotunda of the Union Station in Winnipeg and the placing of similar plaques in four- teen other cities across the Do- minion. The men will never forget the sin- cere and friendly interest which the late president took in their welfare. He also sought their co-operation. Hence the institution of the joint boards in certain departments of the system, where the men had a voice, along with the management, in set- tling differences and dealing with problems of various kinds. The way in which Sir Henry took the men into his confidence, and the considerate and friendly spirit in which he always met them, is now recalled with deep appreciation, and a genuine desire was felt to ^erect memorials at all the main points on the Canadian National. Sir Henry Thornton was not only a gi-eat railway executive, he was a big man. He showed it in strong human qualities and real concern for the well-being of the large Canadian National family who were making possible the vast improvements of the railway and the high status which it ultimately reached.â€" Winni- peg Free Press. Mountainous Winter Sea« Beat Furiously Across Bow of Liner For Two-Cent Postage It would be a commendable idea if the reign of King George VI brought back "penny postage." Canadians would welcome the two cent letter rate warmly. If a two-cent com- memorative George VI stamp came with the rate it would give a happy touch to postal reform. â€" Brandon Sun. Joyful News Hint that Ontario may abolish all speed limits will be joyful news, particularly to the chap who's always in a hurry though he can never re- member where he wanted to go in the first place.â€" VVindsor Star. THE EMPIRE En^ipire Mi^ratioii It is more than 20 years since the -steady and uninterrupted flow of mi- gration from Great Britain to the Dominions and Colonies ceased to be a regular feature of the Empire's corporate life. It is true that vari- ous specialized cforts have been made in the meantime â€" in South .Vfriea. for example, by the 1820 varying degrees of success, to establish British emigrants iu the I'lmimonwealth overseas. But unles.s what we have termed "the steady iininterruptcd flow of migration" from Great Britain can be resumed and maintained on the old pre- War level, nothing is more certain than that some of the outstanding quali- ties of the British race will be lost forever, both in Britain itself and in the Dominions, Colonies and depend- encies. â€" Johannesburg, S..A.. Times. Liie on $6 a Week Somebody said that it was impos- siide for a girl to live in London on 30s. a week. Somebody replied that thiusands of typists and shopgirls were doing it. A woman's magazine trying to discover how the feat wa.s done, has found a girl who pays 12s. M. for her bedroom which she lots .luring the day for 7s. (Id. She spends lier evenings at the public library, uquiring knowledge that may unable he. to earn more money. Evidently it is just po.ssible. but only fi)r a girl A great wall of water rolls over the bow of the liner Aquitania as it bucks the angry seas during ease- west crossing. One of the worst Atlantic gales in decades delayed the liner and all other shipping. who can be happy without lipstick, new frocks, cinemas, and dances. Could you? Could your daughter?â€" Manchester Sunday Chronicle. Car Fatalities Life insurance com,^)anies take » practical interest in the toll of fatal- ities due to automobile accidents, notes the Woodstock Sentinel-Review. The steady increase ii. the death rate in the United States from that cause, up to li)32. was regarded by them as "alarming". It was more rapid than the increase in car registrations. With decrease in registrations of motor vehicles, the death rate de- clined in 1032 and 1933, but in 1934 "tragically outstripped the increase in traffic." "Last year seems to have been the turning point," said Dr. Eugene F. Russell, of the (U.S.) Mutual Life, addressing the Association of Life Insurance Presidents a few days ago "In spite of the decided increase in car registrations, there was a de- crease in the mortality rate from 24.3 to 23.4. This year again, in spite of a further traffic increase, the rate has been reduced to 22.2." The speaker attributed the Im- provement to increased safety of au- tomobile construction and equip- ment, the gradual elimination of 'jrade crossings and better handling if traffic through new methods of I'onstructing highways and Intersec- tions, as well as safety campaigns londucted in most parts of the •ountry .â- \ll these factors being present, to a greater or less extent, in Canada, one would expect a similai downward trend to the ratio of fatal accidents, but such is not the case. Official sta- tistics show the automobile death rate per 100,000 population has risen from 9 in 1!)33 and 10.3 in 1!)34 to 11.2 in 1035. The peak year was 192;i, with 13 deaths per 100,000 population. But while the trend is thus unfav- orable, the proportion of motjfcar fatalities to population is still only half that in the United States- The explanation seems to be found in the factors of trafic density and highway conditions Canada has a relatively high car registration, in proportion til total population, but only a few areas of high population density The ratio of automobile deaths per 10.000 motor vehicle.^ in this country is 9.1. In the United States, with more congested areas, the ratio is 12.3 But both are countries of great areas, with relatively low pop- ulation .lensity as a whole. It is In certain fc'uropean countries, with few- er cars proportionately, but greater density of population, that one finds much ht.-rher fatality rates. The U.S. Census bureau is authority for the followini; death rates |)er 10.000 mo- tor vehii-les: England and Wales 31.7. I'el.triuin 47 (i. Germany 50 2, Switzerland 52.(1, and Italy 54. ». CoMipaied with Canada's reenrd. the ratio is more than five times greater in Ceriiianv and six times greater In Italy. MmIsImMM HOT 5HDT5 By KE.N EDWARDS Last week we talked about tuna, this week it's swordfish. The new and popular sport Is angling for swordfish. This Is carried on extensively off the coast of .N'ew Zealand and Catalina Island. California. The first swordfish taken on rod and line off the Atlantic coast weighed 193 pounds; that was In 1927. The mouth of a -iwordlish is much softer than that of a tuna, therefore it may sliakp the bait more readily. If we say tha*- the tuna fish is a terror to light then the swordfish is a rip snortin' demoi when he has been ' ookea. Sometimes, when he is harpooned. t'i6 free t the rop Is tied to a keg and tiirown Into the water allow ing the big bnrt- to tow It around un- til exhausted it may be aj hour or more before he is able to be gaffed by UiP dory-men. Sorretimes the powerfully driven '-.Old iia; beei> known to pierce a two-inch plauk. ' he greatest Nova Sc<''a swordfish catch in Its history was 2.220.00C pounds in the year 1935. In 1928 the world's record swordfish wr caught on rod and line in New Zealand. It weighed G73 pounds. The Market Means Nothing in Her Life Telephone Operator in Winnipeg Grain Exchange Doesn't Care If Wheat Goes Up or Down WINNIPEGâ€" She's seen wheat at $1.75 a bushel and she's seen it at 38 cents, but it "means nothing to me," says Edith Pratt, who handles hun- dreds of telephone calls daily on the trading floor of the VVinnipeg Grain Exchange. , Ask Kdith "what's the market to- day ?"â€" meaning the current price of futuresâ€" and she will cheerfully ad- mit: "I don't even know what it is half the time." For more than eight years .Miss Pratt has held what she terms "the best job in Winnipeg," receiving tele- phone calls for floor traders and sending messenger boys on a hunt for the requested party on the crowded floor. She h;!s never "played the market," never taken even an occasional flier ill "bids" and "offers," and which â€" sometimes â€" returns their holders neat profits. Big names mean little to the hcUo girl. Brokers have risen to prom-.n- ence and faded away into the legion who lost out in the big pit. But EJith admits she knows few of them by sight. She knows them all by their voices thou.ijh. and in her years on the floor has UuMied to know the voices of all the brokers' wives, too. Many social calls are sprinkled among orders to buy and sell. In Miss Pratt's tenure wheat prices dropped to all-time low levels â€" 38 cents a bushel in 1932. She remem- bers the day in 1929 when the mar- ket "broke wide open," the prelude to seven years of depression. Does she listta in? "I don't have time." World Output Of Gold High Big Increase by Russia Is Largely Responsible For New Peak WASHINGTON â€" United States treasury experts recently calculated the world's 193(1 crop of gold at a new peak and pondered its effect on international money markets. Production estimates for the world including Russia, suggested the total output of gold this year might ap- proximate 40,000,000 ounces, as com- pared with a previous peak of 30,- 000,000 in 1J35. Estimates for the first 10 months of 193(> showed Russia alone mined 4,500,000 ounces more than during the corresponding period last year, and that world production outside Russia had been stepped -.ip 2,500,000 ounces. Normaliy. experts said such a laige amount of new gold would tend to lower the value of money. The tight grip governments now have on their monetary structures, however, makes it difficult to predict how the out- [louring will bo reflected in money markets. An Example To Every Woman Mada re Schurnann-Heink Had Quahties of Nature Which Were Supreme Since her passing, a grea. deal has been written about the life and achievements of Ernestine Schu- mann-Heink. .-V great deal more could be written of this remarkable woman, whose qualities were su- preme, says Marion Martin in the Montreal Star. Hers was an abu.uiant life, yet bow easily this might not have been the case! It wasn't luck and it wasn't chance that won her fame ami a con- siderable fortune. It was courage. Without courage her life story would not have read as it does. Had she been easily disheartened, her rich contralto voice >vould not have stir- red the emotions of thousands. I wish women, especially girls starting out in life, had more of that splendid quality for which Madame Schuniann-Heink was so distinguislv ed. Wi; women are often too easily di8coura:;ud and I am . venturing to :ell the story again of the great Schumann Heink's early struggles. Apply her disheartening experiences to yourself. Ask yourself whether you have the courage, as she had, to rise above great handicaps. How, fur instance, would you re- act to a situation such as this â€" the one in which the great diva found herself early in youth? When still a schoolgirl she suc- ceeded in arranging an audition be- fore the director of the Vienna Court Opera. If you imagine that her audi- tion was a triumph, you are unfamil- iar with the story and the reactions of the director. "Give up the idea of singing," he i)Id her. "You have neither the face .".or the figure. Far better for you :o buy yourself a sewing machine and go to work. You will never be a singer." So much for the opinion of a man n the position to make or break a career. So much for the mdauntcd spirit, of the young woman and for her groat courage and her keen in- telligence. I imagine the little Er- nestine Roessler felt pretty badly over this verdict. It meant . great (leal to her, but, judging from what came after, she then and there de- cided to prove ♦o the director and to the world that he was >vron4,. She forthwith set out to develop her talents and her personality to compensate for her lack o'f beauty. She succeeded as all the *orld knows. -Vot only was she a great singer. She was known as a great mother as well. Whenever anyone confront.- you with the old, old arguments tending to prove that marriage, motherhood and a career are impossible as a combination, remember .Schumann- Heink. The little girl who had "neither face nor figure" managed te make a tremendous amount of money yearly, to marry three times and to rear an enorn ous family. She travelled the globe, yet she goes down is contempary history as an ideal homemaker and mother, not only to her own brood but to thous- ands of soldiers of the World War. Her extraordinary career was the more extraordinary because her sons were divided among themselves. One fought for Germany and was killed. .\nother fought for the United States, the country of his mother's adoption. Fate signalled out this courageous woman not only for one but for sev- eral outstanding roles. Her .-ears of triumph in opera and on the concert stage were followed by defeat and lisappointment in Hollywood. The undaunted courage of the little ijirl of long ago again was put to the test. At seventy, or over. Ma- dame Schumann-Heink met serious setbacks in her Hollywood debut, but •veryone knows how little she, allow- rl Iheni to interrupt her career. Her remarkable achievements of early life were repeated in her screen 'riumphs. L'nquestionably, the quality that • l;ept her sustained through the years •I lid made her a great artist and a irreat woman was one we all might envy. That quality was courage. Hormones Used For Birth Control .XKW V01U\.â€" Birlli control by iloses of hormones appears a possi- ii.litv of the near future, according to Dr. Uapharl Kurzrok of Presbyterian !li's|)ital â€" Columbia medical centre. The csults of recent experiments 01. animals ami observations of human oatients by h.mself and other research workers wore ilisclosod by Dr. Kurr- rok at the annual meeting of the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau h-re. Recent work with lioriiiones, power- ''.\\ sibstances produeei in small quan- tities in various parts of the body, promises to yield methods by which- ivonien may be made temporarily ieiilo for a month at a time or more. Or Kurziok said, and has been pro- iiK-ed experimentally in rabbits and hi-i animals'. â€" ' u 1 \ â€" ^^ '-.^ JW .1^. ".\ie the VVheelers the only folk living in the land of lOv?" asked Dor- othy aftfr the clockwork man hail been thinking for some time. ".No, they only inhabit a small porition of it just back of those woods," replied the machine. "When I was first made they tried to run over me and butt nie with their heads, but they .soon found that I v,-as built of too solid mater-i-al for them to injure.'' "You seem very durable," .said iDorcthy "Who made you?" "The firm of Smith and rin-ker, in the town of Kv-na," answered Tiktos. "Did they make many of you." a.skcd the child. "No, I am the only auto- mat-ie me-chan-ic-al man they ever coiii])!etcd," he replied. "They were \cr-y wf.i-der-ful in-vcntors. were r.:y makers, but they are both gone jvjw. Mister Smith," the machine 1 nn ccntin'.:cd, "r.T.3 r.n art:st, as v.cil :'.5 r.n inventor, and he paint-cd a pii t. r.' ef ii riv-"-.- '':rt was wondov- fully natur-al." "Ill fact, it was so very natural that as he was reaching a-cross It to i:aint some flow-ers on the op-po-.site bank, he fell into the water and was drown ed. Mister Tinker." i-oiitinue:i Tiktok, "made a ladder t;Mt could 1-e.st against the moon, while he pick- ed l!t-;le stars to set in the king's c -own. l>»t v.hen he got to the .i. Mister Tin-kcr lik-cd it s.) much that he decided to live there, so he pull-cd r.;i the la :!-('' v aTt-tr him a. id nev-cr came back." "He must have been a great loss to his country," said Dorothy. "He v,-a.s" acknowledged Tiktok. ".\l-so he was a great loss to me. For if I should get out of order I do not know an-y one ab-le to re-pair me. You have no i-dea how full of ma-chinery I am. \r\A now I must find a way to es-cape from this rock." "The best thinker I know," remarked Dorothy, "was a Scarecrow." "Nonsen.se,'' .•^nappcd Billina, angrily. "There's no such thing as a live Scarecrow!'' «