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VOICE CANADA, THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE of the PRESS employer. Th9 land is good, but life on the land is hard. Driven down by foreign conipetitioii, the farmer pays the best he can, but it is little enough. ' You rich towns! Defend the labour- ers! They are worthy of your hire! 'Vote the farms the pi ices that en- able them to pay a decent wage'. â€" London Daily Express. HslslsU HDT5HnT5 CANADA PRO.MlSt; OF bi'UING Once an-'in the seed cat.nlogues for A <iew SKiason are appearing in the mails to set the gardener building fairy-castles of achievement for the coming Spvin^j and Summer. They open out for him hours of enjoy- ment by the fire-side, laying plans and creating visions that gain a spec/al joy and value from the con- tr.ist with the snow and ice outside. The gardener is one of the shining exponents of human optimi.sm. He never reaches his goal fully but «vtry year he hopes to do .so; or, at Ifeast, to come closer to it. The seed caliilogue is one of the perennial Stimulants to hi.-? ambition, leading him to fiosh planning ami joys of aiiliciiiatioii almost as sweet as the Joys of actual realization. As he tnrns over its pages and considers â- what ho will grow in the coming season he sees in his mind vege- tables reaching a perfection and floweiJ a uniformity of beauty and bloom that they seldom, if ever, aftain. Tliere are few more pleasurable occupations thar fire-side gardening with its distinctive advantages of retjuiring neither labor nor money. It brings to those who indulge in it the promise of Spring. It marlts in IhcTO the possession of Spring in thfeir hearts. â€" Kii.gstoii Whig-Stan- dard. * • « STAYI.NG OUT LATE A good many folk who seem bent on late hours never consider the wori^' they cause their parents. Many times the parents go to bed end then stay awake listening and waiting for the door to open and closo with the homecoming of the young folk. â€" Peterborough Examiner. * • • MOTHERS' ADVICE Most mothers advise daughter to marry a man she can trust and then not trust him far. â€" Brandon Sun. * • « SEN.SK IN A CENTENARIAN Aged 1U:5 .ind still active, ;i Wind- sor woman r(>-plied: "Le Hon Dieu regulates that, not me," when asked for Iier recipe for loiiKevily. In such a response she exhibits a great deal moio common .-icnse than other cen- tenarians who commonly attribute Ihfir ages to Ihe fact that they have drunk barrels of whiskey or never wn.^hcd their h;iir. - - linicliville Re- coi'Ier. » * * I'OR i.KT'lKK-WKlTKltS With the .New Year resolution period ."tarted the Herald re- .spc'.'lfully .suggcstrf to writers of let- ters to the papers that they should resolve to shorten up their epistles. Letters to the editor are always wel- come, jiiovi'led they conform to cor- n .-iiMndencc rules, olliorwise they are likely to be a sniroe of tioi;l>!e and worry. The letter the editor likes lio.st to SCO is that dealing with a subject of general public intire-it in which the writei's viewpoint i.s dearly and concisely expres.xed. (jeiierally speak- ing lhi.s is the sort of letter the reading public wants; it is not in- terested in lenglliy, discursive epistl- es m which are eiiibodicd enough points, necess.vily poorly expressed, to ni.-ihe m;itei-i;»l for a li;)ok, - -Cal- gary Jleiald. IHi; .KJI; OF 'J'lIK I'lIK.S.S The job of the [iress is mainly to give people the news. If the news is not always the cheeriest, whose fault is it? Possibly the blame should go in j)ait to pcisons wlio.se special job In life is seeking to make the world better. Perhaps their lechniiiuo or •I)pi"ach to problems is defective. The f.eaiier-Post believes it is largely a superdcial view th;»t the rew.s))ap<is are responsible for the • tato of the world. The .-itate of the world may be re.sponsihie for the newspapers, good, bad or indiffer- ent. There is <|iiite a tendency on tho part of human beings to i>ush the blamo off on the other fellow. It's one of tho easiest things in life. As a matter of fact, there has been no difficulty at nil about writing the Above paragraph. Regiiia Leader- Post. AL.MO.ST AS COOl) Wallaco township in I'erth county was given publicity lately as having A very low tax rate, no debenture debt and no hank borrowings. The .^'oodstiK'kSeiitineUReviow points out that West Zorra's record is almost k» good, there being no debentures outstan.iing except a few for local iniprovementa. A glanro through the Ontario grovernments reports shows that there arc (or were in JO.Io) many such townships in the province. "The heaviest township debt is tha! <)t York, which stoo<l then at elos.' to $n,000,000, but York is practi- cally R city, though in name u town- ship. Toronto Star Weekly. RADIO GATHERS NO NEWS It finally gets under the skin to hoar it said "The radio seems to get its news faster than the newspap- ers" . . . Let us try and make this point clear. Tho radio companies are not news gathering agencies. They get their news from the newspapers or from associations of newspapers like the Canadian Press or .Associated Press. Radio stations do not maintain a staff of reporters or news editors to gather their material and then put it in shape for use. News is first gathered by the staffs of newspapers all over the country;' it is then forwarded to the central stations for distribution by wire service to other newspapers. The news gathering services main- tained by the newspapers supply the news which comoes over the radio. â€" Pcterboro Examiner. * * * A LITTLE MIXED A Goderich bank clerk out of force of habit is said to have ad- dressed a letter "Halifax, N. S. F." The young man must have gotten confused between Nova Scotia audi Alberta. â€" Stratford Beacon-Herald. « * w SMALLEST NEWSPAPER When it comes to boyish enthusi- asm and enterprise, a word is to bo said for I. A. Shortliffe, editor, and R. E. Cann, assistant, who produce the Tiny Tattler, "Canada's smallest newspai)er", in Central Grovo, Nova Scotia, a farming community of about 25 families. These two lads embarked on their publishing ventui'e nearly three years ago when each was only 13 years old, and the paper has never failed to "go to press" every other Saturday. The Star is in receipt of a copy of a recent issue, the pages of which are only six by four inches in size. There are 12 pages which contain cleverly condensed reading material, social notes and so on, and "the largest display of advertising" in the u:ii(iue paper's existence. The type is sizeable and easily read. There are Several full-page and .smaller ad- vertisements from <lealers in nearby towns. â€" Windsor Star. THE EMPIRE FEWER RO.\D DK.AIU.S Congratulations to the .Ministry of Transport on the decrease of 8iL' in the tola! of killed upon the loads in I'.tyf). It is the bigges: drop since tlicso lugubrious statistics were pub- lished, and it is the more importan'- heeause there has been an increase of KlO.Ono in the number of motor vehicles upon tho road. There is a colossal task still ahead. Further improvemeint can be secured by re- sjjor.ding enthusiastically to the ap- peal which Sir Malcolm Cami)bcll British Woman Doctor's Report On Maternal Mortality An important contribution to- wards solving part of the problem of maternity mortality has been made by Dr. Dora Colebrook, and the results have been issued by the British Medical Research Council. Of the 3,000 nuiternal deaths which occur in England and Wales each year as a direct consequence of childbirth !t Is estimated that 1.200 are due to "sepsis," that is to say, to blood poi-soning and other serious forms of infection. Of these deaths, 900 are attrihu- table to a particul.ir microbe called tho haemolytic stroptacaceus, anil it is estimated by Dr. Colebrook that C4 per cent, or 576 deaths, is defin- itely j)ieventable, together with the non-fat:il illness of over another 2,- 000 women. SOURCES OF INFECTION This figure of Gl per cent, is bas- ed upon the researcli dealt wltliin the Repoit, which mainly consisted in tracking down the actual source of the infection of mothers admitted to hospial. Broadly speaking, the results go to show that t.he niierol)es lurk in the nose and throat of the patient or of those in contact with the patient and that the idcntilicatioii of such germs obtained on swabs from the nose and throat), with those actually causing the septic condition of the patient ean be proved in a liiRh pro- portion of eases. The technical dilVu ulties of the work are very ureat and at times it almost resembles pure "detective" activity. It was shown, for example, that apart from microbes in the nose and throat there were other dangers. The sreptococcus responsible for a patient's Illness was Iraee<l once to the ear of a child of the patient, and on another occasion to t-lie sep- tic finger of a child of the patietit. The nii<robes were founn in the nose iuid throat of doctors and mid- wives atti'nding the jiatient in .some instances, while in others it was IraeeU to llni lianily.w (unan. the Inis- hand, ebilil. rtiollier or father of the pal lent. I'KIA i:.\l'l\ I-: MKA.SIKK.S The ;;reat importanee of these le- sults is that their acceptance will re- sult in the development of methods of preventimr I'oiitamiiiation of the mother. Evidera'c is jiiodtneil to show tliat in certain maternity in.-titutions this task h.'is been broii^'h near to achievement. The uiirk U|)on whieli the resiiits ; are based has been laryely carried (Hit at Ihe Iternhai'il Il.irnti Menior- ' ial I!e.-eaich l.:iboraliiiies of llie j By KEN EDWARDi, ^ /Sick - ll-tE youNGSTEQ VA40 |9 MAKING GOOO IN ^^^ OlG Tint: HQCKEV ♦'^ Nicholas John "Red" Metz, who has won himself the ntwne of "Prf!:erfi!Ce" due to the fact that hever smiles or cheers even though his tnalf s might slip in a dozen goals at one lime, was born in \\'ilcox, Manitoba. Metz, a former .St. Michaels Col- lege jilayer got his break In big timo hockey when Joe Prlmeau was forced out of action. Nick filled his position between the (freat Charles Conacher and Har- vey Jackson making a very favor, ahle imiire.ssion on the hockey au- ihorilies. .Metz is a powerfully built lad for 22 year.s. his suppleness being a feature tliat enables lilni to take a pass irom any position without Kreat exertion. WeiKliiiiff 170 pounds lied Metz of the Inraiit Line is a wonderful back-checker and a frood shot either way. This coming' kid plays left nintt with the Toronto F.eafs and does a mighty fine Job of It. This young war bird speaks very little (no faidli. piobably lie believes in that old adag.i '.Vction speaks louder than words". SO THEY SAY ! makes when he ur^es cijiirtesy, coi\- (Jiieeii Cluulotte's Hospital I-olalion Hiileratioii, and circumsjjeclion on a (liivei> â€" unselfishness, in fact. That is Ihe ultimate path to s.ifel v. Lon- don Daily .Mail. • * ♦ A FORCOTTICN .MAN Tile (iovernnicnl plans that in future days the farm labourer will he insured .'igainsl uiiemploynient. Praise the (Joveri.nient, who have given justice at last to Ihe lowliest and the most needy of all workers. Man lives by breail, if not by bread alone. Yet of all toilers this one has been left naked to the charily of his In Musical Wedding Mario Ilurbl, IS. year-old daiif;''it- er of Jose Ilurbl. Si>anish pimilsi and on lie.stra rniiductoi-. who lie- canie the briile of Stephan Hero, ^'O.year.ohl viiiiln piolley, at Ite.d. ford llill.i. NA' llomaiieo linRrtii Ihjin' years ano when lloro \\ as a pupil of her fat:H r. lock ;it tianmu'rsmith, supporled in part by the Medical l!ese;ucb Coun- cil and by the Rockefeller Founla- lion <if New ^'ork. Skatine! Garb Is Gone Military I'.AKI.S, .Sl.aling cosdinie.- have Mono niilitaiy along with the rest of feminine fashions. One practical en- semble in K'rcen wipol coiisIm.s of u long-sleeved dress and a loose cape. The dress is made with n iitte<l bod- ice, which is double-breasted ami ftistens with twin row< of military brass i)Uttons. A green leather belt endreles the high neck and Ihe Haring skirt is tut circular. 'I'he cape is lined with i lleocy sheepskin, as is i'i,> attache I , cowl-like hood. The cape laslens securely at the neck and has slits for the arms in case the weather is cold enough to necessitate wearing an extra wrap while skat;nv. Less military and more lemiiiine is a skating dress in hunters i;reen wool, which is trimmed with a hitfh, niiiid iieik poke of slrinji embroid- ciy III red, white and green. A widir band of the same embroidery trims the waistline and n tiny skull tap of leil. white and green strinc with (gloves to iim:' 'i rounds out the (Utfit. For (he womifi ..lo doe iit ;'fl in for ii.l'ius skat'tie there is a suit in brown, whit,' and putty plaid tweed, which 1» worn with a blouse of brown suede. I'h,- revcrs, cuffs and puekels of the finger-tip coat ii'-e lik<'wie Irimnu-d with ptitches of brown suede. Ei'.her a divided skill or a full skirt can !>e worn, with a doidile kick jdeat in front and back lo insure suflicient froeibmi of niovemen;, 21 ".America is being .steadily driven lo tho closer and closer co-operation with Europe, both economically and po!itically."--\'iscount Cecil. * * « "The theatre, it seems to me, is as various as the world its drama reflects, and as constantly changing." George Jean Nathan. * * * "There are so many small pleasur- es an, I so few big ones that the part of wisdom lead.-i. us to pay close at- tention to Ihe-c lillle one:;." â€" Burris â- lenkins. "Tlie most vulitar l>ebaviiuir pos- sible .•inywhere iji pulilic is that which purposely attracts attention to what one i!^.e> or says." lOniily Post. • • * "There is no such thiiifj as uniiii- agiiKitive s<-Ienlilic man." -• Dean In^e. * <Â¥ * "fhe capi:ei,>iisness of the motion pii-tuie public is amazing. Why .liiHild they want Ihe things they do anil why, should they want them when they do?" -Lionel Barrymore. « « * "Marriage is a case of Kive and tiike. I regret lo admit that frmn tho .American woman's point of view it is often nuieh more take than give." Klsie Jaiiis. ♦ • ♦ "A university degree is not a favor, it is a respoiisil)ility. It is not a gift, it is a debt." -Harold Bell Wright. ♦ ♦ ♦ "We aie no longer so nuuh in cline<l to feel that if something is foreign and uninitelligible, it must be good."- - Lawrence Tibhett. * • ♦ "The Good Samiiritaii has always fascinated me. What fun he must have had!" -Sir Wilfred Gienfell. « « « Broadiasting the culture of other nations helps us to under.. land their thoughts."- -Gugliclmo Marconi. "Pruning is indispenstible in grow- ing fine plants, thinning too; is it not possible to lean, from Nature a basic and irrefutable lesson?" â€" Eva Le Gallienne. • * • "Only fools fear crime; we all fear poverty."- -George Bernard Shaw. * * * "Change is one of the most peri- lous things in the world.. There is only one thing I can think of more liangerousâ€" not to change." Harry Emerson Fo.sdick. • « * "Let ui- have training in hygiene and eugenics. Let us have training for motherhood and fatherhood. Let us get ready for living." -- Edwin Markham. Farm Problems Conducteil by Profeitor Henry G. Bell with the co-operation of th« variout department* of Ontario Agricultural College. Tlie business of farming Is yearly becoming more and more dependant upon facta that have been gathered rt- Kaidlng livestock and livestock mannge- nient, crop production, soil management, dl.sease and inssct control and business orBiinlzatlon of the farming industry. Iiiilhidual problems Involving one or more of these, and many other phases of agriculture, engage the attention of Ontario fanners from day to day. Dur- ing the winter months there Is a little more time for study of the most acute problems. Through this column farmers may seture the latest Information pertain- ing to their difficulties. To introduce thU service Profe.ssor Bell has prepared the following typical probems to In- dlrate the Information which should be given In order that a satisfactory an- swer can be Aiiade. If answer is de.slred by letter enclose stamped and addi'essed envelope for reply, .\ddress all liKiuirles to Pro- fessor Henry G. Dell, Koom 421, 'J -\dol:,lde .SI. V,'.. Toronto. Ontario. * • « Question: R. P. Wellingtonâ€" Question: â€" My orchard of spies and a few other varieties is not doing well. I havo manured It pretty well, the past couple of years â€" placing the manure around th« tree, fairly close up. There are a lot of small greeuish apples that do not ripen up well. The orchard soli Is a Btoney loam. What can I do to improve tha apple crops T Answer: â€" To obtain a good crop ot apples it is usually necessary to follow an "all-round" or baIano«d programme of proper spraying, soU' management, pruning, and this,. ulng. Mature trees In good vigor .should make a annual shoot growth of 6 to 8 inches In length.' Poor growth may be an IndiSatloa of a shallow or fertile soil and will result In poor crops. It the soli !â-  deep and well drained, appllcatloM of manure should Improve th* growth. The manure should be ap. plied from about 2 feet from th* trunk out as far as 2 or 3 feet be- yond the spread of branches.. A heavy crop of small apples la- dicates a need for heavy thinning. The apples should be thinned to C or 8 inches apart as soon after th« June drop as possible. E. A. H. Banks, M.S., Dept. of Horticulture, O.A.C. Our Official Censor Explains His Duties From the National Review flerald During the past calendar year, :is in former years, a considerable degree of success has attended the efforts of the department in prevent- ing the importation into Canada of indecent books and magazines. Vig- ilance by collectors of customs and other officers has resulted in the in- terception of large (|Uantities and there has been constant co-operation by all concerned with the oflScial examiner of publications at head- qutirters. Many books and maga- zines .were after examination pro- hibited importation by departmental memorandum. Others were seized or returned to the exporters in other countries. It would appea;- that some mis- conception exists regarding the pow- ers of the department in this re- uaril. Censorship is not by any means a new thing. Power to pre- vent the importation of immoral or indecent publications has existed In all taritVs since Confederation, and was incorporated in tlie tariff schedules of the provinces prior to l><<i7. It is therefore not a new de- parture. In order that the matter may be made clear, the following details are given: Item l::02, Scheilule C of the Cus- toms Tariff, classifies as prohibited goods: "Hooks, printed paper, draw- ings, paintings, prints, photographs or representations of any kind of a treasoable or seditious, or of an immoral or indecent character." .Section 13 of the Customs Tariff Act reads: "The importation into Canada of any ^'oods enumerated, described or referred to in Schedule C to this .A-tt is prohibited; and any such goods imported shall thereby become forfeited to the Crown and shall be destroyed or otiierwise dealt with as the Minister ilirccts; and any person importing any such prohibited goods, or causing or per- mitting them to be imported, shall for each utTence incur a penalty not excceiling .S200." The i|iie>tion \-i snme.imes asked as to the methods employed to jire- veiu the importation of indecent publication-. Collectors of Customs are constantly torwanling sample copies covering importations to Ot- tawa for the attention of the exam- iner of iniblications. In addition many oritanizaions and individual citizes draw attention to undesir- able books and periodicals. Ihiring Ihe calendar year 1!>;!5 the examiner of publications receiv- ed 2,300 letters. The number ol individual books .scut in for e-xam- ination was 1,1180, representing shipments totalling f>,2i'0 copies. In the twelve months official memor- anda piobibiling importation of !)5 individual titles were issued. A me- morandum is sent to collectors only \\ hen a book or magazine is likely to have a general circulation. In many cases obviously inilccent books, pho- tographs .etc., arc ordered to be seized and no memorandum is issued as their imiiortation is not likely to be of a general character. It is j)articularlj desired that col- lectors and others continue to for- ward to the "xaminer of publica- tions any book or periodical of • iloublful (diameter. Delivery of such im|)ortations should be with- held in all cases until a report is received thereon. Close co-opera- tin is essential. During the year samples of alleg- ed treasonable or seditious publi- cations, many of them in foreign languages, covering shipments of 17,157 copies were received. Champion At Spelling Backwards ROCHESTER, N.Y. â€" Mrs. Mary Lewis Cole, 77, a native Canadian who claimed the world's champion- ship in spelling words backward, died here recently as she was aboat to enter a hospital for treatment. She collapsed on the sidewalk in front of the institution and died of a heart attack within a few minutes. Mrs. Cole said she had been able to spell words backwards since early childhood. She received internation- al recognition for her unique ability and w-as a popular figure at spelling bees in this vicinity. She was born in Burlington, Ont., but had lived here for more than half a century. Every farm product has its day. The farmer who raises the same product year after year Is sure to be on the right side of the market sometimes, while one who keeps shifting from one line to another may miss most of the good markit turns, besides not learning all ther* is to know in any one line. Slenderizing Model .\ smart and lovely model which is suitable for matrons and young- er women, is tmlay's pattern. It carried out In crepe silk (like the origlnaH, it will be charming for afternoon wear, and could be worn very effectively also for In. formal evening affairs. Lightweight woolens, sheer crepes, etc., are other good me^- nms. It's aimplicity. Itself to make. Style No. 3330 Is designed for sizes IG, 1!< years. 36, 38, 40, 41, 44 and 4C-ltiches bust. Size 38 r*. ((uires 4 '4 yards ot 39-Inch ma- terial with SVa yards of braid. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and addresi plainly, giving number and slii of pattern wanted. Enclose 16e in stamps or coin (coin prefer- red; wrap it carefully) and ad- (lie.ss your order to Wilson Pat- tern Service, 73 West Adelald* v>treel, Toronto.