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Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large CANADA THE COUNTRY DOCTOR Country doctors hove led XUv way moio than once. Dr. Koch, the (Jer- nmn who identified and isolated the tubcrcuh)si3 Kt'i"> w»s a country doctor. Dr. Ucuumont, a rural phys- ician in the province of Quebec nearly a century ago, studied the di- gestive processes of a patient through a bit of glass over a period of ten years and then wrote a book that is still regarded as a basic work on the subject. The stories of these country doctors prove that in medi- cine or surgery the man who counts is the man who is not satisfied with what he is told but who makes his whole practice a great laboratory wherein to gain fresh knowledge, â€" Kdnionton Jurnal. THE HORSE Formers are replacing gasoline tractors and trucks with "hay burn- era," for which they can grow the necessary fuel and at the same time cut their fertilizer bills. And in the city .-treots, nobody has yet built an automobile that will move on to the next house by itself while the milk- man is making his morning deliveries. It takes too much gas to start a car, especially in cold weather, to make it as economical as a horse in any kind of business that calls for fre- quent stops and starts. â€" Wingham Advance-Times. BEAUTIFYING CEMETERIES .Nothing is more gratifying as one motors through rural Ontario than to see the remarkable improvement that has taken place in the care of the sleeping places of the dead. It is to be hoped that the movement will develop into a veritable religious inil patriotic crusade, until through- out the entire province these burial plots will become places of beauty. The citizens of to-day owe this much ;o the pioneers who founded Ontario. â€" Brantford Expositor. stop signal scarcely provokes n frown in the police court. Some of our people must die, it appears, as those two young people died in To- ronto before we recognize defiance of the stop signal as a major offence leniandinK exenii)lary punishment. â€" Winnipeg Tribune. BLACKMAIL As a result of the convictions that have been made, and the dras- tic punishment imposed, it is to be hoped that the death-blow will be given to all such attempts in the Province to Ontario. The practice of blackmail is an exceedingly des- picable crime and deserves no mercy. â€" Hrantford F^xpositor. KRUPPS PROSPEROUS So well did the famous Krijpp works of Essen in Germany do last year, the employes have been grant- ed a bonus. Workers and craftsmen will get from 10 to 40 marks; cler- ical employes will receive from 10 to 25 per cent of their monthly pay. The bonus is a form of profit-shar- ing with the company distributing the cash to all workers. The Krupp organization is the famous arma- ment firm of Germany. Evidently things are looking up in their line. â€" Border Cities Star. WORSE THAN EARTHQUAKE' In five years motor accidents have taken 11,988 lives in Califor- nia and caused injury to 213,959. The automobile is a far bigger risk to human life in the Golden State than earthquakes. â€" Kingston Whig Standard. Picked Winner ? We couldn't be sure, but that's the expression one usually sees on the faces of the lucky ones at race tracks. Anyway, Al Jolson and Mrs. Jolson, the former Ruby Keeler, are happy about something as they view race at Santa Anita. THE KING'S ENGLISH His Majesty may be said to be vithout an accent, and certainly he e not handicapped with that in- fringement which tries to ordain ;hat only a certain accent is the at- jibute to polite .society. By nature and by life's environ- ment he himself happens to be a nan of culture, and that is convey- «d without being emphasized in his roice. He does not employ it to pro- daim his rank and position. He neither regurgitates his words In what is supposed to be the Oxford \ccent, nor trims and clips his words IS noodles still do in the sei-vices, aor on lofty occasins does he intone ;he depth of his sorrow or the ap- preiiatin of his approval. The King is an Englishman who may be claimed as the sovereign ex- ponent of the host English. He speaks neither as of Marylebono nor of Mr.yfair, and because his voice may be imbued with the modulation de- rivable from the moderation of the climate of his native land, it need rot be, and His Majesty would be the last to expect it to be, the ac- cent of refinement prevalent in other countries where climate and other contigencies make good speech ami pleasant voices sound different- ly without being less cultured. â€" Winnipeg Free Press. NOT SO EASY "I always pay my taxes with a smile," says a well known statesman. The tax collector, however, insist that we pay ours with money. â€" Ot- tawa Citizen. The average witness in a traffic case is useless. The accidents happen so suddenly that even if he wishes to tell the truth he has often only had time to perceive part of the tinith. As for testimony concerning speed, it would probably be safe to say that 90 per cent, of witnesses wilfully or otherwise underestimate speed. The only reasonably reliable evidence is to be found in the nature of the damage to the cars, or the resultant personal injuries. A TEST Tiy chopping up your winter wood Instead of liaving it sawn, and then see how you feel about the machine age. â€" Kitchener Hecord. DANGEROUS PRACTICE The motorist who drives past stop lignals is imperiling the lives of ped- estrians and the lives of other motor- ists as well. He would be, if we had f (roper puni.-hment for the offence n police court, a disappearing men- ice to human life. But he is not a llsappearing menace. Ills tril)o Is niilti|)lying and it will continue to nultiply so long as contempt for the CHURCH BUILDINGS The Church of Scotland has for- mulated plans whereby the "barn"' type of church will diappoar from the land. New buildings will con- form to a definite Gotliic style, and if there is not enough money to de- sign a fitting exterior, it will be pat- terned in such a way that the church can be transformed into a beautiful sanctuary as funds permit. Old churches are to be made over when possible. In this country there ore very many churches which can be described aa depressing. â€" St. Thom- as Times-Journa. attended by the Duke of Gloucester. â€" Brantford Sun. THE ^EMPIRE POLICING THE SAAR British participation in the inter- national force to police the Terri- tory does not imply a reversal of the sound policy of avoiding new ccm- rnitments on the Continent. It is, in fact, a gesture of recognition of the duties imposed by membership of the League, and it is a small be- ginning in the way of coUeet've ac- tion which has every chance of prov- ing suecesful. It clears up u situa- tion' of dangerous tension. â€" Glasgow Herald. first-rate pictures than ever before. But its output has to be appaised on the basis of the average film, and not in terms of masterpieces which are pace-setters for the industry but do not represent its general stand- ard. â€" Trinidad Guardian, Port of Spain. EVERY STERN SENTENCES The heavy sentences imposed re- cently on a number of bank robbers have served notice in the plainest possible manner that these gentry are not wanted in Ontario, and that if they value their freedom they will stay away. â€" Brantford Expositor. TRAINS HIS CATTLE The problem of straying cattle on the highways is a serious one in all Canadian territories and no brain trust tries to solve it. Nor is there any enforcement of any laws for the safety of the road traffic. There are some solutions, mainly practical ones, but there are also freak ideas. Thus a West Australia dairyman has educated his herd to divide on the approach of motor cars and, afterwards, to resume in close for- mation. His extraordinary feat was one of the most discussed events at the recent Perth agricultural s'low "A NATION OF SHOPKEEPERS " It is a long time since the phrase about "a nation of shop-keepers" was first heard, for various French- men who are said to have applied it disrespectfully to England may have borrowed it from Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations," and a Dean of Gloucester with a taste for political economy is said to have used it be- fore Smith. One thing is certain; if it is to be reckoned as a character- istic of this country the cap still fits and even does so more tightly than it did. â€" Manchester Guardian. HATS British hatters meet today. They complain that a man is too indiffer- ent about his hat. Hats are not al- ways a matter of indifference. When the straw boater went out it caused great distress in Luton, which makes straw hats. The Turks used to wear fez caps because the Koran forbids sheltering the face from the sun. Kemal abolished the fez as a relic of superstition, and thousands of hatters were ruined in Central Eur- ope. The idea of a hat is modern. It is seldom mentioned in the classics. The word "hat" occurs only once in the Bible. â€" London Daily Express. BRITISH FILMS FOR TRINIDAD Not only is more of the British at- mosphere desired on our screens, but there is a growing di-sgust with the treatment of the subjects presented in many .American movies. We are not among those who assert that nothing good can come out of Holly- wood American studios have given us many fine things, and in some respects United Kingdom producer.s still have much to learn from them. Hollywood today ia probably turning out a larger proportion of relatively HERE, THERE AND WHERE Johannesburg, according to recent- ly published statistics, is one of the most dangerous cities in the world in respect to traffic accidents. We doubt whether that is its only unen- viable distinction. It is probably al so one of the noisiest cities in the world of its own â€" or, for that mat ter, any other â€" size (always, of course, excepting New York). And no real or organised effort has ever been made here to fight the noise nuisance. â€" Johannesburg Times, Pioneer Is Now 106 Years Old Fredericton." â€" Often referred to as the "Methuselah of the Nashwaak," Robert Evans, a native of Ireland, although of Welsh ancestry, celebrat- ed here recently what he claims to be the lOtUh annivesary of his birth. A pioneer of the Nashwaak Val- ley, Mr. Evans is a member of a family noted for its longevity. A brother, Richard Evans, who was popularly known as "Uncle Dick," died in 1933 at the reputed age of 107. For a centenarian Robert Evans enjoys good health although he pre- fers now to spend cold winter days by his fireside. He spent Christmas with Richard Evans, a nephew, of Zionville, York County, enjoyed a hearty meal and chatted with callers who wished him a Merry Christmas â€" "With many more to come." He comes to Fredericton occasion- ally and maintains interest in the events of the dav. Would Compel All Cars To Halt At Crossings Petticodiac, N.B. â€" A rider recom- niendinj; the passing of a law forc- ing all motorists to bring their cars to a full stop at all railway cross- ings was added to a coroner's verdict here which found no blame attached to anybody in connection with the automobile-train crash near here in which five persons were killed. King Edward and Queen Alexandra Dani.^h F'rincess' Arrival in New Country Recalled as ReccMit Rovaf Bride Reach- es liniiland .Manchester â€" "Marriage of the i'rincesH," a short special broadcast 'levlsed by Kenneth .Adams, recently lirouKht much dellKbted comment. Tho .Manchester Guardian says: "Thl.i was a flashback In extracts from diaries and newspapers of the lime to thy arrival and the wedding of Princes.i .•Alexandra of Denmark in ISC:!. (To Prince Kdward, after- wards King Kdward Yllj. "Tho program started with fore, cast.s from the contemporary papers at the coming engagement, and It gO/Ve some descriptions of the Prln. cess and her life in Denmark. Then from Queen Victoria's diary came extracts relating to her first meeting with the Princess. All the extracts from the Queen's diaries were de- lightful; the precise vivid phrases sounded most effective. A speech In tlio liouse produced with the echo effect and there were rapid reports of fstivitles all over England, includ- ing a distribution of soup at Aber. deen. "On the arrival of the Princess by boat one noticed many likenesses to the description of Princess Marina's arrival; there was Prince Edward standing up on the quay, his Prin. cess standing at the rail ot the boat, but there was one marked difference â€"Princess Alexandra was dressed all in white with a warm white shawl. â- 'In fine crescendo the program traced the progress through the City and tiha scene ot pageantry at Windsor, where the wedding took place. In the chapel before the cere- mony there was great surprise when Lord Palmerston took out a comb and combed his hoary whiskers. .More extracts from the Queen's diary told of her impressons and her feelings and the end was on a sub- dued reminiscent note after the bri. day couple had goue. "The four speakers were Kate Cutler. Nesta Sawyer, Ben Webster and Carleton Hobbs." of labor Into the over-stocked markH Under prevailing economic csa> ditions, said Dr. Mallon, the ax* penditure of a sam which wooU probably not exceed an extra £1,000^ GOO appeals to those vix> are Ib touch with the hean of great citiaa as e.xceedingly reasonable. British Educators Seek To Keep Idle Longer In School Manchester, Eng. â€" Although the British Government appears ad- amant against raising the school- leaving age from 14 to 15 or 16 in order to ease unemployment, edu cationists are persistent in their ef- fort to change the official decision. Members of the Workers' Educa- tional Association, in conference here, carried without dissent a reso- lution in which they recorded their conviction that school-leaving should, in spite of every official thing that has been said against it, be postponed until the child has reached the age of 15, or even 16, and that adequate maintenance al- lowances should be provided. Dr. J. J. Mallon, of Toyiibee Hall, London, suggested that public con- science had been too readily satisfied by the proposed establishment of more, and possibly better, juvenile instruction centers, designed to care for the increased numbers of young unemployed persons between the ages of 14 and 18 who will, under the new Unemployment -Act, be com- pelled to attend them. But, he said. Juvenile Instruction Centers will never reduce unemploy- ment and will never take the place of ordinary schooling. Moreover, he pointed out. the establishment of such centers is likely to absorb money which might otherwise go to- ward the lengtheiiii g of ordinary school days. \n unquestioned authority has stated, he said, that the centers may cost as much as £5,000,000 or even £6,000,000 a year. The cost of extended school-leaving has been estimated at £8.000,000â€" from which might be deducted the saving to the Unemployment Fund which would be caused 1)y the check on the flow Minor Daughter Held Responsible Montreal.â€" A Superior Court nU- ing to the effect a minor daughter may be held responsible for injurlea suffered by her mother in an autom» bile accident proren to have beea caused by the daughter's negligent driving was In effect here recently. Mr. Justice A. Chase Casgrain, la a judgment recently ordered the pay. ment of $6,097 to Anne Munro Wil- liams, widow ot Henry U. O. Ayt mer, K.C., by the woman's daughter, .Mary Louisa Lobeostlne, wife ol Hem! Boissonnas, Paris, Franca, The judge remarked that he was not awara that any action In damagal was ever before instituted by a par. ent against a child based on th« quasl-offence of such child. Mother and daughter were drivinx in the latter's car Septomber 8, 193J, in Montreal, when it left the road and crashed into a pole. Mrs. Afh mer suffered multiple Injuries. Toronto Reports Low Death Rate Deaths From Diseases 201 Below Last Year's Figure Infant Mortality Less Toronto â€" Revealing the "best death rate in the city's history." Dr, Gordon P. Jackson, medical officer ol health, recently issued the vital statistics for the year defininj th« various causes of mortality. "The general death rate for 1934 is the best in the city's history," h« said. '"The infant death rate is awa^ down this year. It is the best yeai we ever had." Deaths from natural causes wert 6,343 â€" a decrease of 201 under last year. Despite the decline in the total for the year, 17 of the 30 classified causes of death showed an increase. These were: Disea^s of the heart, cancer, diseases of the arteries, ex- ternal causes excluding suicides, cerebral hemorrhages, appendicitis, hernia, venereal diseases, bronchitis, encephalitis, lethargies, anvoebi* dysentry, meningitis, typhoid fever, infantile paralysis, scarlet fever, erysipelas, and whooping cough. Total deaths were 349 fewer in Toronto this year than in 1933. an^ there were 720 fewer births, bu marriages showed an increase ol 315. There were 6,835 deaths in 1934 from all causes as compared with 7,181 in 1933; 11,085 births aa against 11,805. and 5,802 marriages as compared with 5,487. Income Tax Receipts Show Rise Of $209,561 Ottawa â€" Income ta.t collections for the first nine months of the pres- ent fiscal year ended December 31 amounted to $54,720,648. according to a statement issued recently by the Minister of National Revenue" Hon. U. C. Matthews. This compared with $54,511,087, collected in the same period last year, showing a net in- crease of $209,501. The Toronto district leads all others both in total collections, which amounted to $16,898,168, and in net increase, which amounted to $1,337.- 117. Totals for other districts showing increases were: Vancouver. $3,797,- 797. increase $329,510; Charlotte- town. $261,684, increase $142,744; Halifax, $893,182. increase $72,202; Winnipeg, $1,675,786 increase $27,1 200; Kingston, $159,161, increase $7,012; Edmonton. $338,349, increase $4,059. DAVID COPPERFIELD Watch for Next Week's Installment Based on the Novel by CHARLES DICKENS I n London, David's work consists of washinR Wrat !itack.<< of dirty wine bottles in a ttih of nlthy soapy water. Mick, Walker, one of the older boy.<t,. bullies and torments him all day, ihoving him' over the tub and splashing his faco kad.eloUiM>Vrkh.dirty wat«r; David is told to .seek lodging.-* with the Micaw- bcrs. Outside their house, angry hill-collector.s arc pouniling oh the door. Inside, nil is confusion. Two screaming childn-n on the floor are fighting. Wondcringly, David follows. Mrs. Micawb«r to jiia:amftU.atn«faEMnL Suddenly, a .strange noise is hoard from above. It is the smiliuK. beaming Mr. Micawber, cntor- inp through the skylight to evade the bill- collectors. The happy-go-lucky Mieawbers take David to their bosoms and he soon feels almost like ajnember.of the family. One day, at the closing bell in the warehouse, David sees Clickett, the Mieawbers' servant girl, in the doorway. She has bad news. Micawber has been sent to debtors' prison! Mrs. Micawber and the children have moved in with him. David'f .heart is heavy. What will happen to him nowf