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Predicts Musical Lighthouses That Will Sing to Sailors lCOC-.igg Incubator j i Talking lighi^ousea to tell sailors miles out at sea Just which lighthouse they are watching, or even to enter- tain these passlaa mariners with news of the day or weather forecasts or the latest song and dance hits, were predicted by O. H. Caldwell, former United States Radio Commissioner and now editor of Electronics, in a recent address to tne Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society in Rich- mond, Virginia. The secret, Mr. Cald- well said, is the modern process by which music, speech or any other lound may be "modulated" on a light beam much aa radio programs are sent out on the beams of radio waves from a broadcasting station. To the eye such a music-carrying beam looks quite as usual but If it is allowed to fall on a photo-electric cell, properly arranged with vacuum tube amplifiers and other apparatus, the sound mes- age on the light beam may be picked off and made audible. The beam from a revolving lighthouse, for example, might be made to sing a definite note whenever its rays f all on a small photo-electric cell mounted on a ship's bridge, liven the captain in his cabin thus would know, by the distinctive musical note of the beam, which light- house of several along a coast was then in sight. Such lighthouses now are distinguished by color or by the number and arrangement of flashes as the light revolves. The use of color necessitates decreased intensity of the light, since colored lights are not so bright as pure white ones. The recog- nition of lights by flashes requires considerable practice. It might be easier, Mr. Caldwell believes, to have each lighthouse identify itself i.y a musical note or even by spoken words, although the former might require ship's captains to possess musical ears in addition to the manifold qualifica- tions already necessary for that job. Russia Also Has A Family of Smiths By Helen Christine Bennett McCall's ipecial representative to Russia In America we have one family name that crosses all boundaries. It Is the name of Smith. It may be borne by the socially elite or the wo- man who goes out by the day. We knew there must be its equivalent in Russ'n. When asked, smiles came at once to the faces of Russian women. "Of course we have such a name. In Russia It Is Ivanoff." It Is the Smiths the Ivanoffs of Russia who tell the story of the new life. The Editor of "McCall's." One of the most revolutionary changes brought about by the Soviets has been the freeing of woman to an extent not equaled in any country in the world. In Russia today woman may vote and hold office with none of the- discriminations found In other countries. She has equal sex rights and privileges; she may marry and divorce at will; she has equal rights In her children and all her children, born in wedlock or out, are legitimate. She may do anything a man may do without stigma. She Is free as no woman In the world has ever been free as man Is free. When y6u first arrive in one of the great cities of Russia and look t the people on the streets, you earch in vain for the smart, well- dressed men and women you are ac- customed to see on the North Ameri- can continent. The Smiths who pass you wear the clothes of workers. They are comfortable and useful clothes, but there is nothing luxuri- ous about them. Let us look at the women. The one just passing, dress- ed in khaki shirt and knickers, Is the foreman of a construction gugu. The older woman, with the red kerchief that marks the member of the Com- munist Party, is a high official, and .the woman with her. In a drab gray, is factory manager. Behind them are .two doctors, a judge, and a "superior oldier" (officer) In uniform. There are In Russia women soldiers with a 'rank, equal to that of a general. All work is open to women. But if we want to know the more 'typical Mrs. Smith of Russia, we must go to the factories. At the Melangl Comblnat, a textile factory at Ivan- vo-Voznesensk, where there are 7000 workers, Martha Smith Marfa Ivan- off stands before a great spinning machine. Seven hours a day she watches the spindles. The week Is flve days. "I get the children ready for school jkefore I come to the factory," she laald. "Xo, I givo them no breakfast that Is at the school. My shift be- glns at ten. Pieter and Lydia stay by jthe school two hours after my work, 'that I may buy for the house. Dinner? It Is at the school. Minj Is here, at the factory My breakfast also. My Husband, he eats with me here. At evening we make supper at home. At Bight? Xow "her eyes sparkled "I to three time a week to the class. I learn to read and write. The chil- dren? The sleep. If my husband 'foes, my neighbor listens." "Every cook," Insisted Lenin, "must l*arn how to run the government." Marfa Is learning. To help her, the government has shortened her working hours, served her children Tree meals at school, and given her and her husband meals at low prices it tup factory. As a worker, Marfa actually receives much more than the SO rubles a month she U paid at the Wtory. She and her husband have food cards, clothing cards, cards for IrallwayB tickets at less than the ticket iofflce sells them, soap cards and cards (for sweets, and through the factory may buy tickets to theatres, cln- a.o, concerts, at much less than box- Office prices. As she will eagerly tell Vou, there Is much more. At almost every factory a doctor looks after the health of the workers. *lf 1 am sick," said Marfa. "the doctor will care- for me. Pay? No I am a worker'." Why all this fuss about factory Jworkers In Russia? Why should they S>e preferred citizens? There is Jus- 41ce in the question. Preferment for (toy clais Is far from a Communistic Tdoal of share and share alike. The Soviet government is frank hi its reply. 'We have no Communism yet in Russia," said one official. "We are but nursing the first feeble germs of Communism. We live now under a dictatorship of the proletariat, of the workers. It Is a transition period and j will not last. It Is the first essen- tial step toward Communism." "Is is essential." These are the words of a woman of the intelli- gentsia. "You must understand that for centuries what the Russian work- ers earned was the property of the czar, the nobility, or the church. So little was left for them that they lived unspeakably; joy for them was nothing but vodka. There Is a prov- erb 'Work loves a fool.' To do as little as possible was a creed of self- preservation. Then came the war. revolution, famine. If we were to survive, it must be through a new idea of work. The Soviet government cre- ated a nobility of industrial worker?, and Russians began to work." Despite the money which has been expended for health measures, the people of the U.S.S.R. suffer acutely from lack of one of the greatest of health assets a sufficient allowance of house room. Marfa showed me her apartment in a "model" six-family house. Two bedrooms, one kitchen, one wash- room (sink and toilet, no bath). In one room, spic and span, a single bed, a cot, one small table, two chairs, curtains and plants at windows, rag nips on the floor. Marfa and her hus- band and their two children slept in that room. The second bed-room is | willing rented by Marfa to a married j couple who share with her the small kitchen. Next door are Yet Marfa and her neighbors do not ; a Texas hotel where he observed an Xo chance of tMa modern incubator failing. With capacity of more than 1,000 eggs, this new revolving incubator was one of features Df Los Angeles poultry show. Owl Laffs Brushville Judge "See here. I'm go- Ing to put a stop to this here horse stealing, or none of us will be safe." Mary, Mary, quite contrary How you hem-line grows! It used to swirl above your knees. Now it nearly hides your toes. Young Bride "I haven't the heart to fry the eggs. They look up at me so plteously out of sad yellow eyes." Looking back over the years, the proverbial line of least resistance see;ns to be a woman's waist line. Hat Clerk "A man." wonderful fit, old Customer "\Vb, but suppose my i cars set tired?" The life guards at the bathing beaches ought to make good book- keepers. They all know how to handle figures all ri:;!it. all right. people! A New York salesman was staying In j Danger from Colds Every woman beyond middle age should realize that a majority of the roubles she has to fear have their origin in what are known as common 'ji'l K Each attack lowers her viiality and reduces resistance to disease. At this season of the year even' wo- man should see that her blood Is toned up to meet the rigors of the climate and especially that strength should be restored after any cold, however slight. For this Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills are a reliable tonic. These Piils are not a mere ^-iniu- lant giving temporary relief. They build up the body by creating that rich red blood which imparts the glow of health; steadies the nerves, improves the appetite and digestion and make the users capable of with- standing the rig-irs of our Fall and XV'nter months. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 30 cents a box from ihe Dr. Williams ::e Co., Brockvllle, Ont. feel crowded. It is the remnant of the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie who suffer in this terrific overcrowd- ing. Yet many women of those ci.issi-s have found themselves under the new conditions. Listen, for instance, to Nujeda Ivanoff, my interpreter. "I was not a revolutionist," she said. "But now that this thing has come, I am happier than ever before. "I was a physician's daughter. We had an apartment of U rooms for father, mother, and si-: children. I was educated as a lawyer, but under the czar I was not permitted to prac- tice. I studied languages, I lived abroad. But never did I feel right. There were four porters in our apart- ment-house, and the' one at our door had one room, dark, unheated. There were his wife, a half-grown son, and a new baby. There was one narrow cot. The boy slept on the floor. The new- born baby lay in a hole In the brick wall. There was a little table, a chair, and that was all. "They must have cooked on another porter's stove, for they had none. Now nobody lives like that. Next to me in my apartment is a charwoman. Her work Is to sweep and scrub the flags at one of the big stores. Her husband works In a fart> y. She has two winter coats, blank 3. a good bed. Her husband has made a radio. Her baby was born In a hospital, and she was taught to care for it This costs nothing. Such thlngg were un- known ten years ago. ~'.y husband always was a revolutionist. Now I have learned to believe." Such Intelligent, cultivated women In Russia today go forward, not seeing clearly the future for themselves and their children, but willing to go on and work, because justice Is nearer than before. "The Reader's Digest." Guard the Baby Against Colds To guard the baby against colds nothing can equal Baby's Own Tab- lets. The Tablets are a mild laxative that will keep the little one's atom- aoh and bowels -working regularly. It Is a recognized fact that where the stomach and bowels are In good order that colds will not exist; that the health of the little one will be good! or a girl?" old-fashioned roller towel. Salesman (.to man in wash room) "Say. doesn't the owner of this hotel know that it's against the law of the State of Texas to use roller towels now?" Man Addressed "He knows It all right enough, but I reckon that law wasn't passed when this towel was put up." Flapper Motto "Better be fat in the head than thick at the hips." A young man, who had an enormous mouth, became engaged to a girl, and went to her father to ask his consent. Youth (.smiling broadly to hide his confusion) "I have come to to ask you for your daughter's hand. I I " The Father "Excuse me. but will you close your mouth for a moment so I can se who you are-?" On thing you never hear cue girl gay to another any more Is: "Why don't you take a tuck in It?" The young farmers were boasting about the size of the vegetables they had grown. Finally one of them turn- ed to Uncle Seth: Young Farmer "What was the big- gest thing you raised this year. Uncle Seth?" Uncle Seth "A squash." Young Farmer "Well, how big was It?" Uncle Seth (drawling) "We never measured it. but we used the seeds for snow shoes." First Travelling Salesman "Being on the road ain't what It used to be." "Second Ditto "Naw, I've been on the road for ten years now and never had to sleep at a farmer's house yet." Hostess "Would you like a sonata before dinner?" Her Guest (giving a start of surprise and pleasure) "Th:mk you, I had a couple on the way over here, but I think I could manage another." Customer "How much will it cost to have this guy bumped off?" Hi-Jacker "Shucks, partner, I leave it to you. You pay me accordln' to the good yer gets out of It." Uttle Girl Next Door "What's the uew baby at your home, Johnny, a boy Disgusted Little Brother "Aw, it's a flrl. I saw 'm putting powder on It." and that he will thrive and be happy and good-natured. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mall at 26 cents a box from T'^ Dr. Wil- 1 Hams Medicine Co., Brockville, Out. i Horace "You can't go out with * j Kate. She's a girl of rank." A scientist lays that Americans' Manuel "Y. and I am a rank a* have strong jaws. Ye, by gum! ske t*." Excavating of Old Fort Reveals Roman Past lil.isgow. The fort baths brought to light during excavation work on the Roman fort at Cadder promise to give very clear evidence of the vari- ous periods of Roman occupation, said John Clarke at a DK-etins; of the Glas- gow Archaeological Society. It was hoped to complete the excavations next year, Mr. Clarke added. The fort [ had been the sixth of the Antonine Wall forts from the west end of the wall. During the year a large outer sys- tem of defenses had been discovered inclosing an area of 15 acres, appar- ently anterior to both the fort and the wall. Neither the period of this sys- tem nor Its relation to the smaller fort were yet cectaln. Several rare objects In pottery, a Coin of Galba, and several Intwestinng Iron articles had been found. Les Baux (From The Atlantic Monthly) There Is no need for vain regret. For envy of the lives whose lot Is set In this enchanted place, Where grey crags touch the sky while far below. Meadows, miraculously green. Are sunk in sleep, between Uptowering rocks, and from the cliff's sheer face White-flowering bushes grow. Should you live here, you must choose The mountain or the valley and so lose, For one, the other joy; too soon the when and where Would have you in their customary care. Rather, let your dwelling here. Be in the miud and you are free Of all the range the ravished eye can see; May house you without fear In the topmost pinnacle, where the star-pricked dome Shall roof you through the night's slow-wheeling hours, Or make your home Among the lilacs and the meadow flowers Down in the valley at your will Be shepherd, huntsman, poet; you may dance With the linen jiggling on the line In the cherry orchard by the water mill. Or where the sunbeams ahine From the blue backs of swallows, as they glance In the mid-air, below The rocky terrace, to and fro Your insubstantial form may go. Now vast as night, now infinitely small As having nothing, yet possessing all. Freda C. Bond. Classified LABRADOR RETRIK.'liRS. THTE world's famtiuH Hlanchory and WMtmore ."train. I'rire r.-asunuble. t]<J 1'owvll. R. 3. London 'int. Cottonseed Meal Found Excellent Food for Trout Ithaca. N.Y., Cottonseed meal, long an accepted livestock feed, has been found aa effective food for trout, re- ports Professor C. M. McCay, of the New York State College of Agricul- ture. Professor McCay, working at Cornell in co-operation with the Con- necticut state fish hatchery at Bur- lington, Conn., also has found that cocoanut meal, dry skiai milk and dry buttermilk are excellent trout feeds. A half million dollars could be saved annually if the various flsh and game commissions would make use of the recent discoveries, he says. The cottonseed meal is not fed aloue but is mixed in equal parts with dry -kim milk and a good fish nval. With the newer feeds Professor Mc- Cay finds that the trout is more effi- cient than rhe pin in converting feed into meat. In contrast to cottonseed meal, lin- seed oil meal, another livestock feed, is found to poison brook trout. The linseed meal kills the fish in a few weeks, although they are capable of living without any food for several months. Europe Telephones Chile New York. Telephone service be- tween Chile. Argentine and Uruguay and 13 countries in northern and cen- tral Europe was inaugurated by as- sociated companies of the Interna- tional Telephone and Telegraph Cor- poration on Dec. 19. The service is made possible In Europe through co- operation of the Germany Reichspost In Berlin. A foreign visitor remarks on the large number of statues in London. They are not all statues. Some- are patient husbands parked outside stores while their wiv#s are shopping. Sightless Author Acts in Own Play Paris A play written by a blind man in -.vhich lie acts with another blind performer is being presented at a Paris theatre. It is called "The Triumph of Will." M. easier is the author-actor. "There are two classes of blind peo- ple,'' he said in an interview. "Those who lost their sight in the war and those who became blind through some other misfortune. I am plead- in? for the latter. It is not that the world is indifferent to them. ''But we do not wish to mnke our living through the charity of others or by begging. We wish to live by our own intelligence. We want to prove that we are capable of taking care of ourselves and even support- ing a family. We do not want peo- 1 pie to encourage us to live lazily, but we do want them to encourage us to . work. That is what I oring out In my play and I hare a right to pro- pagate this idea because I am the father of seven children and work daily as any normal citizen does.'' Do You Know Your electric cord will last much longer if you keep it suspended from a hook instead of winding it around j the iron when putting it away? If you soak an orange in hot water i the skin will come off easier and more ' perfectly when you peel it? A teaspoonfu! of glycerine added to each pint of rinsing water will make- flannels and woolen blankets like new? NEW HANDLES. X>'w : a:i<ilcs for your percolator can ' be obtained at a small cost in any i color you want to dress up your i kitchen. You can scn>w them in 1 yourself. Auto& Radio BATTERIES -Hampson's Batteries fur your Anto- molula and Kadio. frnar- auteed abso- lutely new. >;-% a i '. u- p ! a. t In rubbt-r 'ase, . : 5."..-' j 13-pl te. 15-plate. 17.60 Rail i 'A ' H a tti-ry. 6. volt. S." . ' !) M . y Duty "B." l:M".i: M<-l:-,iiii "!!. ' $1 Will "h;p '.">!' >.u:"f.u-' .. . HAMPSOlf S BATTEB.C WOSIIC 1379 Dutferln Street - - Toronto ATENTS I.lst of "Wanted lnv>n:i' na" a. -.'I full l.nformution S' on (ic<;uesL THE RAMSAY CO.. DDt. W. !i?3 Bank St.. Ottawa. Ont. There are stili a great m.iuy people who simply will noi. let the dentists do all the looking down i:i the mouth. Care for \\ntr Hands Bf Dally l' af Cuticiira Soap (!<! Raihei and Irritation* with Cuticiira Ointment How Women Lose Fat In England How would you like to lose unhealthy fat that you don't need and don't want, and'at the same time feel better than you have for years ? How would you like to loe your double chin and your too prominent abdomen, and at the same time moke your skin so clean and clear that it will compel admiration ? How would you like to aet your weight down to normal, ana at the some time develop that urge for activity that makes work a pleasure and also gain in ambition and keen- ness of mind ? Get on the scales to-day and see how much you weigh then (jet a bottle of Kruschen Salts. Take one-half teaspoonful every morning in a slots of hot water, and when vou nave finished the flrst bottle weigh yourself Relief for Colds RiJCKLEYC luff Ut I VT 1 1 DC V She Couldn't Be Hoodwinked. Miss E, Thomson, of Clapham, writes: "I find that Carter's tittle Liver Pills will do more to keep the complexion clear, and the skin free from blemishes, than all the face creams I have used. I found the real cause of face blemishes was usually due to liver and stomach troubles. My druggist recommended them as a specific for stimulating the liver and expelling the constipation poi- sons from the system." Take Carter's Little Liver Pilla for sick headache and indigestion. All druggists 25? and 7S<< red pkgs. GAS lieved relieve Now you will know the pleasant way to lose "unsightly fat, aiid you'll also know that the six vitalizing salts of Knischeu have presented you with glorious health. That's the way Englishwomen kep slim why not yout ISSUE !,4o. 231 W HAT most people call tlon la usually excels add in A* stomach. Food has soured. The Instant remedy la an alkali which neutraiices aoida. But don't use crude helps, fae what your doctor would advise. The best help te Phillips' Milk of Magnesia. For the BO years since Its invention, It haa remain- ed standard with physicians. Tou wl}l find nothing else 10 quick In Its effeot, so harmless, so efficient. One tasteless spoonful In water neutralises many times its voluma la acid. The results aro Immedi- ate with no harmful after-effects. Once you learn this perfect way you'll nerer deal In any other manner with the headaches, *, bloating, nausea, dizziness, Indlgee- tlon, biliousness, etc., due to aa over-acid stomach and bowels. Be sure to get genuine Phillips'. It Is always a liquid; never made In tablet form. Look for tha aane Phillips on the bottle. All stores sell It 50c. n