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.'S J f / ' t â-º VOICE - of the CANADA, THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE PRESS Girl Scouts Welcome CANADA WE SHOULD VIEW WITH AI^KM DEATHS ON THK HIGHWAYS Th« Ontario Departmtnt of High- wayi is amazed that the people should became tretneiuloiisiy excited about a minor earthquake that in- jures nobody and causes almost no property damage while at the same time they contemplate with apparent indifference the continuing toll of deaths and injuries in highway acci- dents. In the first eight months of this year, the department points out, 6,- S36 accidents were reported from On- tario's streets and roads, with 291 deaths, injuries to 6,038 persons; and with 9,304 vehicles involved and sus- taining in the ajTsrcj^ate damage to the extent of $C5C,000. Earthquake hazards are almost ne- gligible in this part of the earth. But every week eight or nine persons, on the average, are k^illed on highways in Ontario, and two hundred injured, and we co.'ifess our impotence to do anything about the situation. The pitiful part of it is that almost all accidents are avoidable. They are caused by selfish recklessness, by a flat disregard for the conventions of civilized people, by insane speed, by the failure of the human factor to measure up to the efficiency of the machine. â€" Ottawa Journal. STRKAM-LINEI) TUAINS Above all, when considered in con- junction with the rcmarkaljle achieve- ment reported in the news columns of this issue, in covering the distance from Montreal to Quebec with a spe- cial boat train in three and one-half hours, it would be difficult to exag- gerate the importance of the an- nouncement just made by the Canad- ian Pacific Railway that five "light- weight streamlined locomotives," to be placed in service between this city and the metropolis and capable of attaining a speed of 110 miles an hr. â-  â€" the first of a new series â€" are un- der construction. If the ordinary passenger schedule maintained hitherto on the Quebec- Montreal run can be cut nearly in two on the existing rails and with the present locomotive power, ooe may imagine what will be possible with the new locomotives when the rails have been rc-construeted to meet the changed conditions. This city will be as close to Mont- real as Three Rivers has been hither- to, and communications between the two centres will be stimulated and multiplied correspondingly. â€" The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. A LITTLE .MOKE ( OIUTESV In a recent issue of a widely read magazine, attention is called to a by- product of the automobile industry which ordin;irily goes unmentioned â€" the utter ruination of tempers and manners which the automobile seems to have brought to millions of good citizens. It is a point well worth con- •idering. It applies to nearly all of us and in the Inst few years it has pro- duced a set of road manners which would seem to justify the complaint that we are a nation of barbarians. â€" Chatham News. IT I'AYS TO ADVEUTLSE Great Falls, Montana, believes it pnys to advertise. Thi- season merchants of that city Will spend %C>.nOO in a street decorat- ing scheme to be ready one month be- fore Christmas. It is the most pre- tentious effort made yet by lighting and other decorating effects. This year several intersections will he •quipped with brilliantly-lighted Christmas trees, and the whole light- ing scheme Is to be extended. Lethbridge started a couple of years ago to hang out the "welcome" •ign to Christmas shoppers. It may ^e that, by giving the undertaking a little thought we might make the city •till more attractive during Deieni- htr. Let's not hide our light under ii fcushcl. â€" Lethbridge Herald. WHERE BAIJIES UNWELCOME liables are unwelcome in Gibral- lar, which is not a rock, or inland, hut Iwrt of the mainland of Spain. Being iwimarily h fortruss, C.reat Britain fcas no desire to eniourage any in- crease ii, the population. For over thiity ytaia no new rciidont-i have >een permitted to take up their ab- ^0, not even British sulijcLts. Maclean's Magazine. COM G UEti ATION S L Ul'UlM . U The congregation at a local church on Sunday were astounded when a body of six prominent and popular gentlemen of the town walked into the church all in a body. One of them carrying a cane brought up the rear of the group of six. and it looked as if he were shepherding the others into the church. Each of the citizens in that group of six may be termed as genuine old- timers of the North, but it is safe to say that never before were they ever at church together. It is doubtful, In- deed, if any two of them were ever in church together or singly in the one year. The church roof stood up under the strain, but it will not bo surprising! if it leaks a little during the coming months. â€" Timmins Advance. AS TO KETrUEMENT At first glance it would seem rea- sonable to put the younger men to work and retire the older men, but on second thought this would put a heavy burden on the shoulders of youth who W(ju!d be compelled to pro- vide the "pensions" in lieu of the wa- ges the older men earn. The better plan is to pursue those policies that tend to provide work and wages for all who are able and who are more happy producing and earning than they would be on "pen- sions" commensurate with their earn- ing power, or existing on a "dole." Adequate old age pensions for all who have done their bit, provided by the Dominion, are wise, and national- ly economical, but only a limited pro. portion of men are old at CO years. â€" Moose Jaw Times-Herald Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the late President and Honorary Vice-President of the Girl Scnut.s, receives a salute as she visits their "Little House" in Wa.shington, D.C., on Home Making Day of Girl Scout Week. The girls demonstrated their ability as housekeepers for Mrs. Wilson by cooking, baking, making beds and washing dishes. A TOWER OF STRENGTH We Jews of Canada cannot however altogether disassociate His Excellen- cy from John Buchan, who sat in the British House of Commons. To the world at large he has given a rich literary productiveness, but to the Jews he has also given another part of himself, the humanitarian, the al- truist, the fearless champion of man's rights. As the chairman of the Pro-Pal- astine Committee of the House of Common."?, his engaging personality and his keen analytical mind did a great deal to bniUI up Zionist senti- 'l. He was a tower of strength in that direction and wo venture to say that he has left an indelible mark up- on that organizi.tion. â€" Canadian 1 1 wish Chronicle. THE EMPIRE CANADA'S AIEMOUIAL The Canadian War Memorial which has been erected at Vimy Ridge to designs by the Canadian sculptor, Mr Walter .Mlv.-ivd, is now practically completed. The work has In â- n •'â- â- Â»n forward for some ten years, has in- volved the use of some 70,000 cubic feet of stone, specially (|uarried in Yugoslavia, stand:- 138 feet high on a base 237 feet long and contains the names of 11,700 men of lliu Crji;.,!;;'!! forces who were reported as missing and also bears u tribute to the sold- iers of France who laid down their lives on Vimy Ridge. Their sacrifice is synilKilized in a scries of tv,e;ity figures grouped between and aiound two enormous pylons. Each figure al- one Is twelve feel high and wei-hs 30 toil'!. YOUNG DELINQUENTS The new law to be introduced hy the Governm Do You Want To Keep Young? Hold your thoughts persistently. Avoid fear In all its varied forms of expression. Simply refuse to grow old by count- Irg your years or anticipating old age. Don't allow youiself to thlnic rf your birthday, that you are a year older. Avoid e.xcesses of all kinds; they are Injurious. The long life must be a temperate regular one. Keep mental cobwebs, dust and brain a.s.hes brushed oft by frequent trips to the country. Never look on the dark side; tako sunny views of every thing; a sunny thought drives away the shadows. Keep your mind young by fresh, vigorous thinking and your iheart sound by cultivating a cheerful, op- tomistic disposition. Don't live to oat, but eat to live. Many of our ills are duo to overeat- ing and eating wrong things, also to Irregular eating habits. Don't be too ambitious; the cank- er of over-valuating ambition has pat- en up the happiness of many a life. Keep busy; Idleness is a great friend of age, but an enemy of youth. Regular omploymont and mental oc- cupation are marvellous youth pre. servers. Pure air, both Indoors and out- doors. Is absolutely essential to health and long living. Never allow your.self to remain In a poisoned or vitiated atmosjihere. Don't let anything interfere with your regular hours of work and rest, but get plenty of sleep, especially before midnight. Refuse to allow the mind to stiffen the muscles hy the suggestion of age limitations. Age Is a me^ital state, brought about by mental conviction. Von are only as old as you feel. Cattle on Highways Constitute a Menace 'Right to Die f> last with Ottawa.- Ottawa physicians week expres.sed disagreement principles of the "right to die" doc- trine being sponsored in London by a society headed by Lord Moynihan. One widely known doctor said tlic doctrine was u "highly dangerous one and its application might lead to many unforseen abuses. In granting the privilege of taking life it would be hard to decide where to ces. It said: draw the Ine, and, as a human cle- ment would have to be contended with, the precedent would b(> a dan- gerous one." Another physician asked: "Who is going to be tlic ultimate court of appeal'? Often," he said, "people who arc adjudged on the verge of The Almonte Gazette in its last Issue mode the following pertinent observations: "Some time ago t>ho judge raised the question of whether or not it was strictly legal to have cattle ou the road even tJiough they were accom- panied by a driver. Either tibe judge or the law was In error because it is palpably absurd to state that a far. mer can't drive his ealtle on a country road. What we suspect is that tho learned judgo was misquoted in the papers. What he probably said is that it was agtunst the law to allow cattle to stray unattended ou the highway. Quite recently a Perth doctor driving at night wreck- ihis aulomrhile wlien he struck a horse loose on the road. If the horse broke out of a pasture then it was pure accident but if It was allowed by its owner to forage for a living along the sides of the highway the owner was guilty of a grave breach of the law. He might even have fac- ed a charge of manslaughter had not the occupants of the car been ex- ceedingly fortunate. Cue road that se-ems to be Infested with wandering cattle Is that between Carleton Place and Perth. Soldom does a mo. torlst pass over it without being forced to crawl througili a group of rows. Last week a motorist met a full fledged bull on the highway near InnlsvlUo and for a time it looked as though Mr. B. was going to dispute the right-of-way with ttiie car. There Is no reason for farmers allowing cattle to become a menace on our highways. Pi-actleallv every farmer is driving a car himself and appreci- ates the danger. This law should be enforced by dhe provincial police In the Interests of public safely." Can We Wait? (Hon. The Pioneer Spirit Observes the Woodstock Senttnel- Rovlew â€" Contents of a couple of bulky envelopes from a press clip- ping agency disclose that no Item in the Sentinel-Ueview during the past three motihs was oftener reproduced or achieved as wide dlstrihutlou as a paragraph from an editorial article upon the subject of employment. He. publshed under the title, ''Too Much Waiting About," It appeared in at least 40 newspapers In three provln. a child nnti/'rll'.""' "' '"'"'l"'^' "'"-â-  i dt'ath by the best authorities recover a cniid until fourteen years of age, - YOUTH AND AGE Youth has its virtues, and imi)a- tience with inlolernble conditions is one of fhfii. Energy, generosity, id- «Hli;im uu- oil (IS. All these virtues will prove usjc'ful in achieving a so- lutioa But they will not do it alone. They must woil; with the experience •nd wisdom of the older men. If they can give edi,'c and purpose and •trengtli to the id'ler men's counsel so much Iho better. But the older men's coun-el must give caution to the vig- 1 vilisntion. »r of youth. â€" Vancouver Province, pect the teaching side of the v.hcn one becomes "a young person.' He or she renuiins a young person until the age ol sixteen is reached, and shall not be hanged for murder very severclj punished for other offences. After sixteen, presumably, â-  all become old i)erson3, or at any I ate old enoupji to be hanged or impiisoned like anybody else. This new law i.s an improvement on the existing one. We are gradually gel ting away from the habit of treating biutully the very young, from mak- ing criminals of youths who, with a little initial lenient treatment, would avoid a criminal career for the bal- ance of their lives. Of course it is true that some children are vicious. But the vast majority are not thiiugh the by son\e miracle, and a good nuiny mistakes are likely to be m:uU! in an inexact science. My opinion is that it would be a very dangerous thing to put the amount of power suggest- ed into any hands." The proper function of a govern- ment is to make it easy for people to do good, and dilllcult for them to do evil. â€" Gladstone. even i .\ good deed is never lost; he who sows covirtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gather love. -Basil. It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it o(T, it will ey nniy be wild. It Hays Miuch for the better traits of human disposition that in spite of conditions many badly-lreatcd children have grown up to lie quite respectable elements of society â€"Kingston,...,..;,,, •lainalca Gleaner. , xeisity MORI-; THAN A S( IIOOL When will it he realised generally in Australia that a university is an essential part of a modern commun- ity, uml not merely n glorified school where advanced lessons are taught T The great universities of tho old world owe their greatness to the contributions they have made to the increase in the sum of human know- ledge and to the advancement of cl- Consldered from this ni- take skin and H. W. Shaw. sity becomes a secondary essential, H medium for distiibutinif the new intclh^ctual currency which the uni- hould bu continuously min- ing. The attempt of the new vice- chancellor (vf the University of Mel- bourne, Dr. R. E. Priestly, to spread this gospel in Australia is worthy of the widest support and encourage- ment. The improvements which he has planned for his own university appear costly only because the com- munity has neglected in the past to maintaii\ adequately its source of intellectual vigour. â€" The Austral- asian. 21 "Students of Canadian history have ))cen Impressed of late by the thought I hat many present dilhcultles would disappear it young people were pre- pared to face pioneer conditions and mako a way tor them.selves as earlier generation did in thi.s country. There Is too great a tendency to watt for government or organizations to ere. iit(^' favorable opportunities, and too much dependence upon services and ennveulences and environment wliiiVi exist oitly because of the toil which others perlorn\ed many years ago." The quotation Is recalled here be- cause there was something in the nature of a sequel to it in t>he speech of Dr. Horace L. Drlttaln, of the Citlzen.s' Research Institute, before II hoard of trade mpetli\g here. He was not alluding to ynung people so much as adults â€" â€" â-  In fact to tax. liayers. The latter are Inclined, he said, to take an adequate intorest III munUIpal affairs only when times iir(^ hard and somelliiiig hurts tilieii- luiekets. Dr. Brittain sees hard times still ahead, but he has some conll- denoe that the spirit of tho p»'oplo \ i,l lead tihem to "take hold" and lierhaps luing a lour; o: ovdro hnlanc- of budgets. He sa! !: "My hope Is that the people of On larlo have snllUlent of the spirit of the old pioneers that when they see Jiow things are going they will really tako hold, (ireat Britain has done It. She has balanced her budget â€" tho only country In tho world that has. Wo have not balanced any budgets In Canada - and only a few muulclpalt- tles, and lilio best records have been made by rural municipalities. R\it 1 think, being a chip off tho old block, we will probably balance our budget. I liave n groat deal of hope that will hsppen. Anyway, If It does not hap- pen, we deservn all we are going to got." Frank Carrell in Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph) Much s..i We advocated world peace Through the League of Nations, Longe ago we forsaw What is developing in Europe to- day. Britain must arm and arm heavily. Pacifist Prime Minister Baldwin is ri;rht_ ' Britain is in danger. The neutrality of the United States Makes the position more complex. Tlie whole trouble is the jealousy of Europe. Sovietism, Facism and Nazism Are now trained military camps. The people are bottled up Boiling with envy which breeds hatred. Of Britain, Canada and the Unit- ed States. No country will have them, So they are training, training, training And becoming more restless and aggressive. Anything may happen. The one safe course Is in preparation for defence. Though the windows start about four feet from the floor (as nursery windows should) the curtains are all ground length. They look better that way as well as keeping out any sneaking draughts. There are no pelmets. In the night nursery there ii « dressing table over against the win- dow. A square one, topped by a layer of glass and with skirts of the sea-shell chintz draped round it. The nurse's bed is a divan with overspread and headrest of the chintz. At each side are small tables. The only other furniture in the room is a long chest of drawers, also in white washable paint, outlined with blue, which houses the early wardrobe of the young Prince; an armchair; and the royal cot. Rooms Intcr-Communlcate One door leads in directly from the landing, another into th:- lobby, so that the suite is really seif-contained and the baby need not be carried out on to the landing in order to go from the day to the night nur- sery. In front of the electric fire in the day nursery is a deeply hand-tufted wool rug, rightly colored with houses and little men. Nice and soft to crawl about on and with plenty to interest the young mind. Tlien there is the centre table, white with its blue lines, square but with the corners snubbed off. Around it four plain chairs with no dust rests. And a good and rcsmy toy cup- board over against the wall. Xn armchair for nurse and plenty of room for play. No Direct Lighting There is no overhead lighting, only low standard fittings with white bases and blue and white shades. The bathroom fitments are white, with chromium-plated taps. The whole place is kept at an even temperature by central heating, though there are the screened elect- rie fires in both the nurseries for ex- tra cold days. And that is about all it takes to make the perfect nursery â€" except, of course, the baby. Siesta Period In Italy Is Cancelled ! Rome. â€" Sanctions have stolen Italy's siesta hour. Premier Mussoliql i told his people recently they must | work a full day in the daytime and ! do their sleeping at night to save of. â-  flee light and heat. They must work on a schedule from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., with only a half.hour for lunch. The latter regulation may prove the most bitter disciplinary lesson; Black Shirt patriots have yet faced. For centuries they have been used to at least two hours at the heat of the day for eating and dozing. MODERN NURSERY FOR INFANT PRINCE Suite Prepared for Son of Duke and Duchess of Kent Extremely Simple Fitted for a very modern young prince is the suite which has been prepared for the Duchess of Kent's baby son, writes Zoe Farmar in the London Daily Express. The three rooms â€" day and night nursery and bathroom â€" are on the third floor iinniediately above the Duchess' own bedroom, overlooking the tree-tops of Belgrave-square. It was the Duke of Kent who de- cided on the planning, the colors, and the general lay-out of the suite, al- •most a private flat, which was pre- pared long before the arrival of the new Prince. And the first quality which was demanded of every item of furnish- ing and decoration was washability. The floors, tho tables and chairs, the curtains and chair covers, can all be kept spotlessly clean â€" easily. White and Blue That point and the soothing light- ness of the rooms make this nursery one that will be copied by mothers throughout the world. It contains no extravagent detail, no unnecessary luxury . . a back- ground fit for a prince, but equally fit for any well-loved baby. The floors of all three rooms are close covered in a white rubber com- position â€" Vi in. thick, soft to tread on. warm and washable. The walls, too, are all painted in a slightly shiny white â€" white with the glare taken out of it by tho slightest tinting of yellow â€" "off- white" the decorators call it. Everything is white, in fact, ex- cept the patterned glossy chintu which covers the chairs and forms the curtains. The background of this fabric is blue. Not "Marina" or "baby-boy" blue; darker than those but not quite as deep as navy. On it are | patterned cone - ahaped shells, in white, each a^out six inches long. Warrior's Day He was stepping out right smartly As I glimpsed him years ago, For the Brigadier was fussy Over putting on a show; And the boys came up In column Shifting smoothly Into line. With the rifles sloped correctly And the buttons all ashlne. They were spear.head trcmps and knew It. You could tell it from their stride, Whll-e the Brass Hats took tlie credit .\lmost bursting in their pride. The band was on the side lines It was playing Kerry Gow â€" But that was many yeiirs gao, A long far road from now. I saw him only yesterday On a sun-drenohed city street, Wliere scorching pavement sweltered .4nd blistering shuffling feet. He wouldn't let them count him out -Although he might be down; He wasn't wearing Ki'uiki Just a suit of rusty brown. .\t sight of him and many more. The Grandstand rose to cheer. For here as something novel To be seen but once a year. Said one sweet llp-sticked maiden, "What are those medals for.'' "I guess." said scarlet tinger-tipg, "There musta been a war." â€" Canadian Sohoe>l Journal A Good Creed The Kitchener Record published a sportsmen's creed, as Issued by an association which alms to preserve the wild life and the denizens of the woods. 1. Never in sport endanger human life. 2. Never kill wantonly, or need, lessly, or brutally. 3. Obey tiho laws, work tor bettei laws, aiul uphold the enforcing au. thorities. i. Respect tho rights of farmers and property owners. 5. Always leave see>. birds and game bi.ds In cover, 6. Never be a fish-hog. 7. Discourage the killing of game for commercial puriwsea by refusing to purchase trophies. Study n.nd record the natural hla. tory of game species in tho Interest of science. 8. Study and record tho natural history of game species in the interest of science. !>. Never flirow down a lighted nuiteh or clgsrette. "Put out your camp Are. 10. Love nature and its deninens and be a gentleman. Whipped blood is the diet of Lon. don 7.oo'R three v;uni)lre bats. Kv'ery night they consume at least half a pint of florae's blood which has been beaten with an egg whisk. Sognebody tossed a gourd â€" a kind of melon â€" Into a garden at Waker- lug, Essex. It burst, and the seeds yielded 3 cwt. of fruit, the largest weighing ;t/4cwt. "Kiero were .-oven, teen gourds from the seeds. Cue root cnnie up in a neig'hbour's garden twenty yards away and a COIb. gourd with it. St. r