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VOICE CANADA, THE IfMPlRE THE WORLD AT LARGE of the PRESS Dance Team Make Life Partnership CANADA FIGURING IT IN DOLLARS Traflic HcciileiitB td.it Tuionto $S.500,000 In the year 1934. It doea nf:t mean that siu-b a vast amount of money was paid out In cash, but thi-re were 70 deaths and .â- ?.12'J in- juries. Traffic experts and lusur. ance men have their own way of compudnK suoh mailers and thflr estimate Is that a death means an economic loss of $1,000 and an In- Jury Is reckoned at $2,500. We pre. sumo that the $10,000 HRUre for a death would include the lo.is of the Individual's earnlMK power. That would be a family loss. â€" Teterboro Examiner. OUR WHEAT ABROAD The:e are two tlnng.s Canada re. quires to do to promote w-heat sales abroad; First, to familiarize the people with the quality of bread iiiado largely from Canadian flour, and serondly, to remove mental prejudices based on the repeated as.sertlons that Canada has been en. deavoriuK to gouse the consumer. These are Important tasks. W^hat tho prain trade can do In these di- rections .ihould be done, and the Government should support their ef- forts to the limit. â€" Winnipeg Trl. buiie A BLIND BRIDGE PLAYER Captain Gerald Lowry, a blinded Teteran of tho World War, recently was one of the champion pair at the British Rrldge League Congress at Harrogate. HI."* partner was a woman. Not only did they win but they were always the first pair to finish their haiiils. lilindnes.i b.is its compcn.sations. Kature to some extent redresses the balance by developing otiier faculties. Captain Kowry i.s a remarkable ex- ample of overcoming tho handicap and lives a more active and normal life than nio.st people. He has de. veloped his momory to sucii an extent that when a friend whlspors the designations of his cards to him he remembers them throughout the game and where he has arranged them. Wlien he has to play dummy, tlic cards named to him and he re- members them. too. The rest is easy. During the Harrogate tournament Jie played .'52 cal's and never forgot a car' Captain Lowry beiore the war was an ardent golfer and amateur boxer, hit It l(M), and he never mi.s.se3. He tees his own ball and drives by In. stinct. His caddie toll him where his ball lies and where he should bii it to, and re never mlss's. He alsc) li-ariicd osteopathy atid has built up one of the most lucrative prac. tices in lyondon. â€" The St. Thomas Time.s-Journal. BY NO MEANS ALONE Apparently it is not only ('anadian and United Slates railways which re. quire assistance Just now. for the British government lias agreed to Kuaiantee principal and interest of a £30,000,000 loan with which the railways of that country will carry out a variety of large-scale improve- ments and purcliase new equipment. Canada's railways are by no means alone In experiencing dllticultes in regard to profitable operation. â€" Biockville Recorder and Times. A GOOD TEAM .Mr. Perry .1. (IrilTen, for some years a member of Tho Star's ad- vert l.sing .staff, and more recently the business manager of the Edmonton Journal, has been made general manager of the Peterborough Ei- amliier which has recently been ac. qui.c'd by Messrs. Harry Mulr and Kupert Davle.s. With Mr. Griffen as geiieial manager and Mr. A. U. Ken- nedy of the Stratford Ileacon. Herald as editor, the p;xamlner will be cap. ably administered. Already Its edi. toral page has put on a more effec- tive typographical garment, and other lmprov.»nients may be looked for under Hie new management. â€" To. ronto Star. WHY THEY STARTED The familiar metal grilles and bars â- o common in most banks originated back In the gay nineties, according to an article appearing in the Journal of the Canadan Rankers' Association. And therein lies a stor#. It seems that It was Christmas eve, and that oven In tliose days clerks had to work overtime. A thief managed to get Inside the premises and liurled a brick at the glass partition behind â- whch were stacked bags of sovereign. Showing what would normally have been very good Judgment he scooped up the largest bag and made hia getaway in one of London's "pea. •oupers." Unfortunately lor Hie enti'rprislng young man one of the clerks had ap. proprlated that particular hag with â- wJildi to carry home hIa Christ maa ^dinner. It was one instance where the thief literally obtained the goose but lost the golden egg. However, the incident impressed Officials of the bank with the need for more adequate protection. Reault â€" cages and bars â€" Rrockvltle Re- corder. BIRTH OF THE MOVIES In I'aria the other day was ob- served with appropriate ceremonies the 40th anniversary of the first mo- tion pictures made in Kurope. Loula Lumiere made them, with his brother August, since deceased, and Louis for the anniversary celebration ran off these ancient films. They showed the arrival of a train at a French rail- road .station,, two men in a rowhoat and a comedy on the exploits of a gardener with a water hose. Each film was about three feet in length. They were made in 1S94, but tlioy were not shown until March 22, 1805, when they astounded an audi- ence of French scientists gathered In the liasement of a Pari.f hotel. Rut the Lumleres. it appears, were second to Thomas A. Edison. Edison, according to the P^ncyclopaedla, Hrl- tannlca, began his experiments as early as 1887, and on October 6, 18S9, damonstrated his kinetoscope In his laboratory at Orange, New Jersey. He obtained a United States patent Ian '01, but It was not until April 14, 1S!)4, that his machine had Its first pubic showing â€" at 1155 Rroad- way, Xew York. That was 11 montiis before the Paris s>howlng. Thus 40 years or so encompass tho history of the moving film. For a long time after lS9t it was consider- ed little more than a toy. a device suited to the amusement of children. Few then realized its tremendous po- tentialities or fore.saw Its develop- ment. â€" Ottawa .Journal STINGLESS BEES Bee-keeping would perhaps be more popular In this country it it was not for the danger of being stung by these busy Insects. It may be of in- terest to those who are afraid of these stingers, and who would like to gather their own honey, to know that a breed of stingless bees has been discovered In South Africa, and that fhe Zoological Society of England has arranged to have a stock of them shipped for experimental purposes. These Manpasi bees, however, are only about the size of a large house fly. and It remains to be seen whether they can live In other than their na- tive climate and produce sulllciont honey to make it worth while keep- ing them. In Africa the children seek out the Manpasi nests and gatJier the honey, for which tliere is a ready sale. Wliat we nee<l in this country, however, Is not so much a stlngless bee as a stlngless mosquito. The bee only uses Its sting in self-de- fence, whereas the mosquito "bites" ono without the least provocation. - Stratford Beacon. Herald. THE EMPIRE MARCHING FORWARD Britain still marches forward. Sav- ings per head of the population in England and Wales have gone up from .C! 78 Ud In 1934 to i'3 16s 7d In 1935. Retail sales have increased by 8 per cent since 1934 and by 12 per cent since 1933. .\nd look at the 40,000 drop In unemployment announ. ced by Mr. Ohamberlalii. We are reaping the reward of the confidence that four years of stable government have created. â€" London Sunday Ex. press. BRITISH WHEAT Home-whoat prices are inlluinccd moie by competitive imports from tjJie Continent of Europe than by im- ports from Canada, Argentine, or Australia, because this European wheat is more strictly comparable In quality. The fact that I'Vance's crop tills season Is put at 18 per cent less than last year's reduces the pes. sible competition that home wheat has to face. This scheme In aid of home-grown wheal, as we pointed out recently, is the moat popular among farmers of all the plans so far tried to relieve the economl; troubles of British agriculture. On paper the scheme looked so compll. cated that many M.P.'s confessed tliat they could not understand its intricacies, and not a few believed that it would prove unworkable. Far from these fears being realised, the wheat quota Is the simplest of all devlcc!s In its actual operation. â€" Glasgow Herald. AUSTRALIAN - N. Z. TRADE The citizens <if the nomlnlon are anxious that every facilty for mutual trade between Australia and New Zealand should bo established. The experience of the past, however, has been most discouraging. Mr. Coates and Mr. Masters were in Australia at the ned of last year on n commer- cial mission, and numbers of oppor- tunities have been made for Australi- an Ministers lo discuss trade ques- tons on the spot. Yet the major ques- tions remain unsolved. New Zealand last season strictly regulated the Im. port of oranges from South Australia the only source of supply In the Commonwealth because that State la free from Mediterranean fly, and consumers had to pay excessive prices. As to the embargo placed by titia Commouwealtb on New Zealand Valerie Traxler, 19, cousin of Loretta Young, and Buddy Car- penter, 27, got aloniir so well when they were paired as dance part- ners in a Hollywood musical film that they have decided to get married and become partners for life. lillllBIUIIl The Book Shelf BY MAIR M. MORGAN 1 1935 WHEAT i CROP DOWN Tlie season of "reading" ia with us. Cold winds, flurries of snow drive us indoors where a comfortable arm- chair beckons. Now is the time to catch up on your reading. And what an array of good books. Look over the following list â€" either for your- selfâ€"or as a present this Christmas: GILBERT and SULLIVAN by Hes- keth Pcsison (Musson's, Toronto). At one time or another we all have at- tended our first Gilbert and Sullivan opera and enjoyed ourselves immense- ly. It is only seemly that this famous partnership should be presented in such a way that we meet Gilbert and Sullivan as human I)eing3 so that we find an explanation of their famous partnership and their equally famous quarrel, in their strangely dissimilar natures. There are many amusing anecdotes throughout the book and it is with regret that one finishes this recounter of two truly extraordinary characters. THE ASIATICS by Frederic Pro- kosch (Musson's, Toronto) is a travel novel everyone will want to read who enjoys a tale well-told in exquisite prose. Here we meet Antoine Samazeuith, a tall powerful fellow, handsome, strong as an ox, free of all conscience, incapable of unhap- piness, born lucky. Zara, a Turkish girl, travelling to- ward an unknown destination. Un- couth, yet possessing great affection- ate eyes and hair that shone like l«:lBIIII!lllinBili>;Br'Silliail!IIBIi|lBi::Bi:;:.aillsaill!,| water under moonlight. Ahmed, an ingratiating young Per- sian, who longed for the West, but was incurably under the spell of his ] Eastern shiftiness. | Ursulc, lovely but disquieting,! faithful in h.er fashion, but capable of I surprising gestures and emotions. | All these and many more are woven into an amazing tale, which so en- grosses the reader that it is difficult to arrive back in everyday surround- ing, when the book is finished. MR. FINCHLEY'S HOLIDAY by Victor Canning (Musson's) is another delightful, bizarre adventure from this author's pen. Those who have read "Polycarp's Progress" will need no introduction to this author's characters. For those who have not enjoyed the amazing antics of Mr. Canning's heroes, they should not miss a moment, but hop out, grab a copy and accompany Edgar Kinchley, eminently respectable, on his supposedly convential three-week holiday at the seashore. Books Received THE UNCROWNED KING by Baroness Orczy (author of the Scar- let Pimpernel). THE WEDDING by Denis Mackail. THE SHINING CLOUD by Mar- garet Pedler SUNSHINE STEALER by Berta Ruck. THE SUN AND THE SEA by Ruby M. Ayres. ARE THE LAKE LEVELS RISING? (From the Owen Soun* Sun-Times) October report of the Ilydrographic Service shows that the water levels of the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes, while lower than in September of this year, are from 2 to 5^ inches higher than in October, 1934. The comparative levels, month by month, for this year, have been higher than last, and a slight average increase over 193.'J was reported last year. Are the lakes coming back? This variation in lake levels is something no one, so far as we know, has tried to explain, hut there seems to be a fairly even rise and fall over periods of about ton years. Over the last 15 years, however, there has been a steady fall. potatoes, the beat that can at pres. ont be hoped is that prohibition may be replaced by equativa regulation. The situation Is a small.scale exean- pllflcatlon of tho narrow economic nationalism that Is obstructing trade throughout the world. â€" Auckland News. 21 The reason for this last is not hard to find, when we consider that there' has been a constant campaign of channel-deepening. Dredging has been done and canals enlarged, with the natural result that more water has been brought from the head of the lakes, and as Lake Superior â€" the only one, by the way, to show no material drop since 18fiO, when the first records were made â€" is virtually (lammed by the Sault rapids, more water has been going into the sea than came into the rivers and lakes. The falling levels are easy to ex- plain â€" deeper channels, the Chica- go drainage scheme, deforestation; but the rising levels are a different ntattcr, for they do not seem to depend on rain or snowfall, but go on as we said, in cycles. If the levels are really on the up- grade it will be good news for shipping, as an inch of depth makes a difference of thousands of dol- lars in cargo capacity. Good news too, for lakeside summer rcaorts, some of which have almost been put out of business by recession of the water. All interested will be hop- ing the periodic rise is under way. Biirenii Now Places It At 2,oo(),()()() Bushels Under 1934. â€" 273,97i,000 To- tal. OTTAWAâ€" The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates Canada's 1935 wheat crop at 27.3,971,000 bushels, about 2,000,000 bushels less than that of 1934. Second Estimate The crop report containing the sec- ond estimate of the wheat yield brought production down from a Sep- tember 11 estimate of 290..')11,000 bushels to place it slightly below the 1934 yield while estimate yields of most other cereal crops were higher than those of last year. The report said the 1935 season was similar to that of 1934 in that threshing returns did not fully sub- stantiate first estimates of grain pro- duction. Oats at 41f)..'?fi9,000 were almost 33,- 000,000 bushels less than in the Sep- tember 11 estimate but still well above 1934 production of 321,120,000 bushels. Estimates of other cereal crops in bushels ij^th 1934 figures in brackets: Barley 87,512.000 (63,742.000); rye lO.r.lO.OnO (5.423.OOO); peas 1,.581,000 (1.. 588,000); beans 1,117.000 (813,- fiOO); buckwheat 7,972.000 (8,635,- Ono>; mixed grains 39.507.000 (37,- 920,000); fla.xseed 1,433.000 (910,- 400); corn for husking 7,765,000 (6,798,000). Yields Per Acre Average yield per acre in bushels with the averages for 1934 in brack- ets: Wheat 11.4 (11.5); oats 29.5 (23.4); barley 22.5 (17.6); rye 13.8 (7.4); peas 16.9 (16.7); beans 17.3 (14.3); buckwheat 21.0 (21.2); mixed grains 34.3 (32.7); flaxseed 6.7 (4.0); corn for husking 40.3 (43.2). The report said reduction in this year's estiniates was caused mainly by frost damage in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The bureau was forced to reduce the barley estimate by 7,000.000 bushels while flaxseed and rye also came down as threshing re- turns failed to support previous com- putations. The fall wheat crop of Ontario is estimated at 12,601,000 bushels compared with the earlier figure of 13,267,000. Prairie Provinces "For the three Prairie Provinces, the second estimate of the yields of the five principal grain crops in bushels follow with the 1934 figures in brackets: Wheat. 256,000,000 (263,- 800,000); oats, 203,947,000 (172,040,- 000); barley, 66,115,000 (44,742,000); rye, 9,347,000 (4,381.000); flaxseed, 1,330,000 (827,000). "By provinces the yoelds are as fol- lows: Manitoba, wheat, 18.800,000 (37,100,000); oats, 32,937,000 (26,752,- 000; barley. 23,533,000 (17,298,000); rye, 1,885,000 (1.134,000); flaxseed, 157,000 (180,000). Saskatchewan, wheat. 132,000,000 (114,200,000); oats, 136,399,000 (04,288,000); rye, 5.218,- 000 (1,320,000); flaxseed. 1,055,000 (542,000). Alberta, wheat, 105,200,- 000 (112,500,000); oats. 94.011,000 (81,000,000); barley, 18,860,000, (15,- 041,000); rye. 2,244,000 (1,927,000); flaxseed, 118,000 (105,000). Frost is Blamed "The second estimate of 1935 wheat production in the Prairie Provinces is 16,000,000 bushels below the first estimate of 272,000,000 bushels made on September 11. Most of the reduct- ion IS due to frost damage in north- ern districts of Alberta and Sask- atchewan that was not apparent two months ago." The report said movement of the 1935 crop to market was considerably later than last year tat about the first week in September marketings increased perceptibly and by the ninth week of the crop year, starting on August 1, tho cumulative total ex- ceeded that of 1934. The cumulative total was still greater than that of 1934 at November 1. At that time total deliveries and platform loadings were 146,899,210 bushels compared with $14,427,423 in the corresponding period last year. Hands are Most Important Asset i Can Express Any Emotion or' Instinct, Declares Con- stance Collier .•,, GROWTH Bo high as a tree aspires to grow, so high will it find an atmosphere suited to it.â€" Thoreau. How To Spend $5,000 To the Editor of The Glubo: Re M. I. Williams's letter, "What to do With $5,000?" 1. I would lake |1,500 of it and take out a Government annuity. Why? Help my Government; there- fore help the people. 2. Take some of it to help some one less fortunate, and see that some families In our nclKhborhood ROt a Kood square meal for New Year's. Why Now Year's? Ilecause at Christ, mas they generally get a lot, and on New Year's Day, starting off another year, very little. Give them a good start for 1936. 3. Pay some of my obligations and score out some of the indebted- ness owing nie from those who can- not pay at present, or send a receipt- ed bill for Christmas. I think when one Is favo'.ed with a gift of this kind it behooves one to remember the Creator by remem- bering those who are needy, especi- ally the ehildren and the elder folk. J. A. D.â€" Toronto. Hands are more important to the actress than perhaps anything else she has to depict emotions with. So believes Constance Collier, famous English stage star, who makes her American talking picture debut shortly. "Watch your hands â€" study what you can do with them," is her principal advice to younger players essaying screen fame. "Eyes may mirror the soul," she says, "and are very important, e»- pecially in pictures, but with the hands one can express any emotion and any instinct. For instance, to depict fear, nothing can be so ex- pressive as one's hands, properly used. There is a psychological rea- son. In the presence of sudden ter- ror, the first instinct of a human being is to protect one's face. Hence the hand.s involuntarily travel upward. "This does not mean the use of any conventional gestures, which of course should be avoided. The idea is simply to let one'.s hands do what one's subconscious thoughts direct. Instinct is one of the most valuable assets to actor or actress, yet many try to avoid using it." Molly-Coddlljig May Down The Children Dr. Emanuel Miller, eminent psy- chologist, said ia a recent lecture: 'There is a very large percentage of parents today who never gain the confidence of their children. "Children can be doomed to fail- ure by parents mollycoddling, and others may suffer from nervousness for the rest of their Uvea as a result of too strict parents. A few of the symptoms of nervous- ness which should be looked out for In the young child was explained by Dr. Miller. There was the case of the excessively boisterous child who needs careful study. "As a rule this kind of child ia suffering from a feeling of anxiety and fear." he sad. "The restless ohild Is another type which should not be overlooked. THE FUTURE Worry not about the possible trou- bles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticiptating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain and a distrust of God's providence. â€" Tryon Edwards. A Young Frock "No singer ever can reach the top if he lacks that quality which I like to call 'the necessity to sing'." It's made of black wool jersey, a much favored material this sea- son. It is relieved by a vestee of red jersey, accented by metal but- tons. The tied collar is very young and flattering and repeats tlie red jersey. -Another effective scheme is black novelty crepe silk with white slipper cover. Copy it exactly at small cost. It's so simple to sew. Style No. 2533 ia designed for sizes 14, 16, 18 years, 86, 38 and 40-inche3 bust. Size 16 requires 4Vi yards of 39-inch material with Vt yard of 39-inch contrast- ing. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plainly, giving number and size of pattern wanted.. Enclose 16c in stamps or coin (coin prefer- red; wrap it carefully) and ad- dress your order to Wilson Pat- tern Service, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto. r i.