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Voice of the Press Canada. The Empire and The World at Larjje CANADA Kipling Mr. Uudyard KipliiiK'n address of weliome to the C'aiiadiuu Authors' As- tociatiun in I^iidon was liMteiiPd to with pluaiiuce l>y tens of thouHaiidH of radio U81TH all acroHS Canada. For well over forty years the celebrated Aiiglo-lndlan's name has been a house- hold word throughout the Dominion. Children have been enthralled by bis Puck of Pook's Hill. We note with pleasure that on June 24 last, Mr. KiplinK was unanimously elected a KorelKn Associate Member of the Academie de Sciences et Toll- tlques. This distinction Is shared by only two others, the King of the Hel- glans and the gallant Cardinal Mer- cler. In proposing Mr. Kipling for membership, M. Camille Harrere, form- erly French Amba.ssador to Italy, spoke of the Knglish author as a great living i>oet, a philosopher who had deeply meditated ui>on human conduct, and a faithful friend of France, loving her for her virtues and full of Indul- gence or her shortcomings. His latest rolume, "Memories of France," show- ed how these qualities had also led him to understand and love their coun- iry. â€" Toronto Mall-Kmpire. Motoring Ambiguities The Ottawa Journal observes: If a woman driver puts out her left hand it may bo understood that she is going to (1) turn left, (2) turn right, (3) stop, (4) go straight ahead, (5) reverse, or knock the ash off her cigarette. The same with a male driver." There are other ambiguities In con- nection with motoring conduct. When \ lady driver alters the angle of the mirror she may be watching what traf- fic Is coming up from behind, or ascer- taining wliether the back-seat driver bas at la.st fallen asleep, or checking ap on her own appearance. When she lounds the horn she may be Issuing a warning, a rebuke, an appeal, a sum- mons or just giving expression to her ego's response to the stimulus of the loy of life. But when she deigns to look at the dashboard instruments, it means but one thing: she is already In trouble. And once again, much the »amo applies to the male driver. â€" Saint John Telegraph-Journal. New Scottish Trains With "The Royal Scot," a famous Uritish train, commanding attention at the World's Fair In Chicago, It is not without interest to know that "The Granite City," "The John O'Groat," 'The Hebridean," "The Lewisman" "The Irishman," "The Fast Belfast" and "The Tinto" have been recent ad- ditions to Scotland's distinctively named trains. "The John O'Oroat," a Bummer-only thrice-weekly express from Inverness to Wick and back, has the distinction of penetrating farthest north of any express in tlio British Empire. "The Hebridean" and "The Lewis- man" are Summer-only expresses be- tween Inverness and Kyle of I/ochalsn, connecting with steumers to and from the Isle of Syko and Stornoway, while "Tho Granite City" runs between (Jlos- gow (Buchanan Street) and Aberdeen. "The Irish man" i.nd "The Fast Bel- fast" are boat expresses between Glasgow and Stranraer. "The Tinto," from Tinto Hill, a fa- mous landmark near Symington, is a residential express between Lockerbie and Clasgow.â€"Urockville Uerorder. Holiday Fatalities Wh are proud of our wealth of rivers and lakes in this province. But one â- wonders why the gorgeous lieaiily of these gems of i^ur mountain land- Bcapes should so often be draped with mourning as a result of holiday trage- dies. It is not for want of warning. Every year wise advice is reiterated with Insistence. Newspapers, niaga- tines, preachers, teachers, everyone Klves tho warning. Take Anso a Foul- on as an example. There Is an intense publicity given to safety warnings; barricades have been set up to keep bathers within limits; there is a life- saving service maintained. And yet there are fatalities. It is not that our lakes and rivers are dangerous. It Is the thirst for danger on the part of so many of our bathers that Is the cause Of the trouble. There Is a great edu- cation to be carried out there. â€" Le Soleil (Quebec). Quitel A doctor warns that loo nun h sun- bathing Is dangerous. In Mils case, •pparently, Ignorance Is blisters.- Ottawa Journal. The Rhubarb Seaton The Wlarlon Kcho's usually tilled columns were white and cold except for a little note In the centre of tho page, headed, "Hick As a Dog, ' wh.-re- In the explanation was made that the editor had eaten too mm h rhubarb for breakfast, and was in that kind of a •ttte where he didn't care whether the Kcho ever came out or not.- -Fer- tiw News-Ilecord. C.N.R. Gain The gross revenue of tho (Canadian National Hallways system for the reek ending June 21, showed a gain oC $19,483. While this la a very sllRht toprovement over the same week last wr. It Is (he first time In a long wbll" thai n losn has not been rents- tered. Consequeotty, there U soino hope that this marks the turning ot the corner. The railways have shown a new uggresslveuess iu recent mouths â€" Simcoe Reformer. THE EMPIRE Post Office Humor An amusing story designed to Illus- trate the acuteness of post ottlce meth- ods, was told by Mr. I. J. Simons at the Philatelic Congress In Loudon re- cently. A party of thirty or forty soldiers were stranded at Archangel after the war. he said, wlU Jobs awaiting them at home. TUey had been promised a speedy passage, but after many weeks there was still no sign of a steamer. Finally they sent an army postcard home, saying they were there. It was addressed simply to: "The Muddler«, London." The post office wrote on It: "Try the War Office!" "If you do not beleve the story." added Mr. Simons, "I have got the postcard." â€" London News-Chronicle. Luscious Lobsters Lobsters, by a new method, can be frozen in South Africa and guaranteed to deceive the very elect a month later Into thinking that they were, as the strawberry vendors put it, "morning gathered." This is excellent news and wo wish all success to the new branch of Empire trade. South Afri- cans maintain that tho local lobster has to be eaten to be believed, others that the beat come from the western shores of Ireland. Before the war the local price on the coast of Mayo was lialf-a-crown a dozen and the big ones at that! Has the local method ot dressing ever been tried in England â€" stewed in milk with potatoes, with Irish whisky stirred in by the hardier natives? Hero is a free tip to an en- terprisinjj English restaurant. â€" Lou- don Saturday Review. New Tennis Sensation Breach of Promise 1 Travels 13,000 MUes ; ; Suits Numerous To Shop in London • Winnipeg Tribune Says "Ro- Swimming Three Rivers anc* . Twelve-year-old little Miss Ann Morgan was the sensation of the Californlan tournament at Berkeley. "Pop" Fuller, who ought to know, says the young southpaw has the makings of a Helen Wills. The Talking Automobile It is iierliaps good news that motor- ists are soon to have a grammar ot tooting. They are not going to make less noise, but their noise is to have more precise and subtle meaning than it has to-day and the vocabulary with tho horn is to be greatly enriched. But these things are going to happen only if. and insofar as, a certain ingenious Czechoslovakian inventor gets his way. What ho plans is to teach driv- ers to use a Morse code so that they can talk to each other. Motorists are a competitive lot. Unfortunately, there Is all tofj little scope for their preten- sions, because the prices of cars and their powers are not secrets. But the owner-driver r)f tho small car will be able to outshine the best in wit and rhetoric and new reputations can be made. â€" lAindon Times. Kipling Addresses Canadian Authors Shearing 8,000,000 Sheep In a few weeks. South Australia's 8,000,000 sheep will be yielding their fleeces to shearers in hundreds of shearing sheds. Many ot the most im- portant stations have installed shear- ing machines, but some owners still r('laiM "blades," believing that the lleeces are cut better by that means and that the sheep are damaged less. In Koomooloo Station, 45 miles east ot Hurra and in the heart of tho best grazing coiintry. South Australia has the biggest "blade'' shearing shed in tile Commonwealth. There a team of 20 men selected by the proprietor, Mr. I. J. Warnes, shore ;!8,00u sheep be- tween April 5 and May B. In addition to the finality of its lleeces, Koomooloo bas an enviable re- putation for the excellence ot the classing ot its clip. That department was in charge of nine students from the .\(lelaide School of Mines under tho superintendence of their instructor (Mr. A. H. Codringtonl. Koomooloo is one ot the first sheds to "cut out," for Mr. Warnes has inangiiratcd Aut- umn shearing there with eminently satisfactory results, but otlier station owners do not begin until a little later. From the end of May until August shearing will be in full swing through- out the northeast, north and north- west and highly-trained classes from tho School of Mines will do the class- ing at all the more important sheds. â€" Australian Empire Press Ihilletln. THE UNITED STARES Retort Shavian Bernard Siiaw. in Ills speech here, remarked that he retn<'mbored rending newspaper headlines about tho Civil War. A captious member of the audi- ence, recalling timt Shaw was born in I85li, wrote and asked him how he had been able to read so well at the age of live. This Is the reply he got from Sliaw'x secretary: "Mr. Bernard Shaw asks me to say Unit he cannot believe that thero Is aiiyihlng extraordinary in a child of five being able to read. He has no re- collectUin of any time at which a print- ed page was unintelligible to him, or of learning to read. Tho faculty must have come to him like sight and speech. Yours faithfully, Blanche Patch. Suiretary." That held the man. -The New York- er. Makes One of His Rare De- partures From Semi-Se- clusion to Address Gathering London. â€" Rudyard Kipling made one of his rare departures from semi-seclu- sion to address a luncheon of the Royal Society ot Literature, held in honor of the Canadian Authors' Asso- ciation. The luncheon was presided over by Lords Crewe, who spoko briefly. G. K. Chesterton also addressed the gather- ing with reminiscences ot his visits to Canada. Canadian writers and poets. Kipling said, have dealt directly or by impli- cation with every detail of their coun- try's life and background. Some have chosen the days of the first ad- venturers, the men who wandered through the world, through blind for- ests and great waterways. "They have come through the dis- tracted times ot the Imperial Loyal- ists or the old rebellions, periods of distrust that followed the political birth of your huge subcontinent," ho declared. "Today men and women are dealing with those marvelous later year.-i. when Canada, first of the new first, ('omoM to her soul and her strength, and incidentally sent 400.300 to the war. "Directly or Indirectly, consciously or unconsciously, tho splendor, the toil, the variety ot your national his- tory will have inspired or colored all your work. "Now somi'whore In the mass of this work must be laid up the very lives and faces which will bo taken by the world of tomorrow as the authentic portrayal of your world of yesterday. But who the people are who have already written the words, and for what reason or emotion their words will ho accepted before all other words, wo cannot tell." The cleverest jigsaw puzzle solver In Los Angeles Is David Reeder. who is totally blind. Ho starts with a cor- ner piece i;lued to the board, and fits tho rest ot the puzzle together by feel- ing th« outlines of the pieces. Scott-Paine to Delay Trials of Speedboat Southampton. England. â€" Hubert Bcolt-Palne'a new speedboat, prospec- tive challenger tor the classic Harms- worth Trophy now held by Gar Wood of Detroit, will not be ready tor its trials until further experiments have been carried out in the construction details. Soott-Paine has refused to make the slightest prediction about what his boat may be capable of doing when it Is put into the water. He declined even to set the date for its trials, which probably will be guard- ed with as much secrecy as possible. With Miss America, Gar Wood suc- cessfully defended the Harmsworth Trophy for the seventh sucoessive time last September, winning from the British challenger. Miss England HI., piloted by Kaye Don. Scott-Paine, well known British sportsman, has never brought a Harm- sworth challenger to the United States, but he competed three years ago with Miss Britain I., in the an- nual Detroit River Regatta. mance Has Gone Com mercial "Romance has gone commercial. Crossed or double crossed lore no longer repines, but hurries to the law courts and enters a suit for sizable damages. Perhaps it's the depres-, sion; but whatever the cause, breach | of promise suits have become much , more numerous in the last 13 months than for many a year in the pa«t," . says the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. ! " 'Oh, it's Just au epidemic' said one ' lawyer. 'It's like suicide. It ebt>s and flows.' "That opinion may be right." the Tribune continues, "but the fact re- mains that within one week, a Jilted prospective bride was given a verdict for $750 and costs against her former fond lover, and two new suits bare been fyled in the court of King's Bench by ladles who hope that, at the worst, they will be recouped for the cost of the trousseau. "A quarter of a century ago, when women were standing with hesitant feet, upon the edge of a new freedom, there was a popular song about 'wait- ing at the church.' Times have changed. "Modern brides-elect do not wait. At the first sign of reluctance from the man oUtheir choice they look up 'bar- risters' in the classified section of the teiesphone book, stick a pin into a name, and straightway a lawyer dreams of fees. "Injury to the affectionsâ€" a highly ! ^°°f, ^"''*'' . „ , ,. ' "Motoring? Good heavena. no. There are no roads within miles ot Riding Fifty Miles on ' Horseback Included in Australian Girl's Journey Miss Joy Atkinsou had to travel 13,- _ 000 miles from the Australian bush, riding fifty miles on horseback, and swimming across three rivers ia â-  which there are crocodiles, before she . eould reach London. "And it was worth it," she said wheq • Interviewed. She Is only twenty-eight, ^ and has seen so much of life in the * raw that it became monotonous. Her , father Is a cattle rancher. She has come to see Londoiv tor tiw first time. "Our farm, or statioD. as we- caili it in Australia, ia a desolate stietcb ot country la Northern Queensland. The nearest town is Cairns, a soaaU poet 200 miles away. "The station Is larger tiian th* whole of London. We bare about 1<K- 000 cattle. "Our nearest neighbors are eigbty miles away, but it is risky paying a social call as they might be out roand- ing up cattle. That means they migbt not be home for days on end. The nearest doctor and the nearest cinema are a hundred miles away. Their Own DfOctors "We have learned to do our own doctoring, and as for the cinema I taka a trip of 2,000 miles to Sydney, where 1 have friends, if I want to see a really flexible complaint â€" impairment ot health, cost of preparation, disappoint- ment to friends and guests (not to mention the plaintiff), and loss ot em- ployment are some ot the grounds given for damages. The spiritualities are usually appraised at $5,000, and this amount is asked for as general damages. Customarily there is an ad the Atkinson station." Miss Atkinson has been shopping la j Bond-Street. I "That is what I wanted to do most," ! she said. I Here is the endurance test Miss At- I kinson bad to pass before that hour ditional amount, ranging from $100 to | '"^ ^"""^ ^'f^^' '^^^ possible: 1500 to cover the cash outlay by the plaintiff or her parents." After riding fifty miles on horseback and dodging crocodies in the three rivers across which she bad to swim, _, she made a number ot railway jour- 1 urns Down Plan | neys in which the trains were held up or New Dirigible â-  ''"â-  l^ours on end while sand was put Washington. â€" Plans for construc- tion of dirigibles similar to the wrecked Akron and new Macon have , ,^ been ruled out of the navy's building ! ^^' ^^ssage had been sent on two months m advance. on to slippery rails. Other train services were suspended because the bridges were under water. Shaw Got His Seats London. â€" A new Shaw story is told by the actor Ralph Richardson. At the opening ot one ot the Malvern festivals, at which he appeared, Mr. Shaw had reserved some seats. Later, Mr. Shaw wanted to come, but owing to heavy booking could not at first .get seats ne.xt to his wife's. On hear- ing this, Shaw wired to tho manager: "Those whom t!od hath joined t»- gcther let no manager put asunder." He got the seats. Men's Backs "Too Ugly" For Beach Exposure Art dictates tlie ''bare' line for women and men bathers at Muske- gon. Michigan, beaches this summer. Women may wear backless suits, while men are prohibited from bar- ing their backs, under a ruUug by tho City Welfare Board. Director Glenn Somers, in charge of tho public beaches, explains that the men's backs are "too ugly." V Hassan Aghu. of Osmanje, Turkey, slapped Uie face of a neighbor with whom he had quarrelled and was fined JCt for assault. He paid the £1. slap- ped the man nine times more, and paid him another £9. program, Secretary of the Navyj Swanson said last week. i Captain Ernest King, head of the! navy bureau of aeronautics, had re- '•. commended some of the millions to i be spent under the public works pro- ject be devoted to a new airship. Swanson indicated however, that the funds would go for "more important uses." In addition to construction ot bat- tleships to bring the navy's power up to the limits of the Loudon treaty. the money will be spent on improve- ment of naval stations at Pearl Har- bor, Hawaii, and the Canal Zone, the secretary said. "There are other things more Im- portant to the na^y than new dirig- ible.s." Swanson explained. "Modern-! 'he opening years of. the flfteentll ization of battleships is ot prime Im- century, and probably feren older. Iti portance.'" charter was issued in- 1557. Th« He declared a total of 25 per cent, rule used to be that any one_conueet- ot the money obtained from the pub- lic works fund would be spent tor labor iu shipyards. When asked what she thought ol London: "It is just what I expected it to be," was all she said. * Famous London Guilds Decide to Amalgaimate London. â€" The recently formed Company ot Newspaper Makers, fol which a Royal Charter Is in process of preparation, is to amalgamate with the Worshipful Company of Station ers. The joint gitlld will be known as "Stationers and Newspaper mak- ers ." The stationers' comjViny is ol great antiquity â€" certainly as old ai Man Spent 26 of His 61 Years in Prison Kansas City. Kas. â€" In liis cell iu the Wyandotte County Jail, a man who said he was Luke Parson told of spending 26 of his 61 years in prison. He was arrested after saying he burned a barn iu the hope ot being sent to the Kansas penitentiary. "It's the best place to go when a man is 61, as I am, and has no friends," he said. Parsons said he has served terms for crimes at To- peka. Kas., Huntington, Ind., Den. ver. Colo., and Clay Centi-e, Neb. He insisted he committed none of them, merely saying he did in order 1 1 be Incarcerated. ed with the production of a boo* was eligible except the author. Thai was broken recently bv the admi» sion ot some authors, including Kiij- ling and Barrie. The Company of Newspapei Makers, the youngest of the citj companies, as founded in 1931. Iti first master was R. D. Blumenfeld, who was mainly responsible for Iti Institution. To Gladden a Fisherman's Heart Canada's National Parks Big Tourist Attraction Ottawa. â€" Tourist travel in Canada's national parks this season has given indications of equalling In volume the peak year of 19211, according to Infor- mation reaching Hon. T. W. Murphy. Minister of the Interior. The first day Artists* Standard Of Perfect Beauty Artists Hold Conference on Duties as Judges of Beauty Contest in Aid of Orphanage \ew York.â€" The perfect beauty foi 1933. if a composite ot the standardi ot Peter Arno, Jefferson Machumor, Arthur William Brown, Russell Pat terson. PhiMp Dunning and Leroj Ward be used as a criterion, will be: Tall and lissome, but not over flv« feet; a platinum blonde, with ravei tresses and with one blue eye and on« brown; a patrician nose with an Irisl tilt, a striking personality ot the d» of July marks the opening of the sea- 1 mure type, and the ability to make tht son In most national parks, particular-] jmiges agree. ly In the Rocky Mountain region, and tlie number of visitors over the Domin- ion Day holiday is usually taken as an indication of what the season will pro-] (luce. .\t Biinff National Park in .-Vlberta all available accommodations were oc- • lupled on Dominior. Day and many tourists slept in their cars, it was re- l>orted. Missing Man is Found Was On Honeymoon Denver, Colo. â€" Sought by The six artists held a conference oi their duties as judges of a beauty con test at the Westchester Country Clul for the benefit of an orphanage. "The important thing in judging thli beauty contest," Machamer began, "U consider the eyebrows." "Eyebrows my eye," interrupted Brown. "The most important point U personality. Now " "Personality, pooh," cut n Ward who designs penthouses. "It's a mat ter of figure. If you'll isten to me " Don't \».n ftUh your illuBlims. Whan ' they are yine you may still exist but you have iv.va.ied to live. -Mark Twala. When George Vivian. Jr.. ('has. Reddow and George Jcnkin> ; â- > n .liing they don't fool. In a lake near Cloyne. back of Tweed, On I irio. fbey yanked out 76 pike and .''3 b:iss in three daya since his daughter rei>orted him miss-i Ing, l-'rank M. Taylor, 85, and his bride, ' tho former Mrs. Winnie C. Flagg, 61,' was found at the bride's house here. ' ; The giggling newlyweds told Mrs. Rosa MlUer, daughter of the bride- groom, that they had eloped because they were afraid some of their 15 children and 42 grandchlldrtMi might try to prevent their marriage. "It we listen to you," declared Arnok police i| "wall be selecting a model for tht newest thing in tiled roofs. As a mat ter ot fact the nose is one ot th« first things to consider. Now 1 think " "With what?" Patterson Inquired "Now. a girls hair is " "Rarely the same shade two'Uays it a row." chorused the others, and thej decided to wait until thejr see the con tesiants. ^ â- A .,••