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i t h NEWS PARADE... -HIS FATE IS SEALED" One ot the wisest women of oar time, Mme. GeneTieve Tabouis, French newspaperwoman, declares that Hitler** hour has struck. His day of deatiny arrived, she says, ihe day bla soldiers entered Prague. "On that day democracy woke np In Britain and France. It was like • bacle call. It was Hitler's great- • Bt triumph â€" and It spelled his doom." MORE UNEMPLOYED: Canada is among the countries ot the world reporting an increase ot unemploy- ment during the second quarter of 3939. Royal visit or no royal visit, Ibere are now fewer Canadians who are working in steady Jobs than at tiis time last year, i Busi- ness, generally, during this period upped 3 per cent., nevertheless). Nobody knows exactly how many jobless there are in the Dominion. Employment figures the Govern- ment uses come from several thous- and representative firms across Ca- nada who carry a fair number ot men on their payroll. Nobody knows l>ow many jobless young people are living at home with their parents, how many transients there are, or how large is the num- ber of unemployed who have not applied for relief. • MISSING BOTTLES: iork County milk from the producer to the con- Council is urging a Provincial in- vefltigation into the price spread ot sumer. Farmers of Southern and Western Ontario are paid on the average ot 3 1/3 cents per quart tor their milk while city people are charged 12 cents per quart. The producers complain that the trem- endous wastage in milk bottles is responsible to some extent for the 12 cent price, but why charge these against the consumer? If we had to pay a cash deposit on each one, fewer bottles would be used as flower vases, jam containers, or thrown in the garbage can, and in- cidentally, there would be much less excuse for charging the pres- ent price for milk. RUMOR DEPARTMENT: U is re- ported by gr.invine teler'iJh that the National Association of Manu- facturers in the United States is out to "get" Pl-esident Roosevelt; that they have sunk $750,000 in a campaign to see that he isn"t re- turned for a third term. THE WEEKS QUESTION: And while we are on the subject of Am- erican politics (which, like it or not, are tremendously important to Canadians), what regrettable effect Is the House ot Representatives* re- fusal to change the Neutrality Act likely to have on aggressor nations ta Europe? Answer: The House's refusal to make it possible to sell arms to non-aggressor nations (France or England, for instance), may be construed throughout Eur- ope as eyidence that a majority ot Americans are not behind the Pre- sident's efforts to deter further warlike action by Hitler and Mus- solini. Benjamin Britten famous younir Knglls'ii iiuisioal romposcr who is seeking fresh music*! inspiration in Cr.nada, lees a great future for young Ca- nadian composers, especially those in small communities where the chief facility for instruction is radio broadcasts of symphonic musk. Canary Is Back After Year Away The old ada^e, "leave 'em alone and they'll come home," holds good ever in the ease of missing canaries, according to Mrs. Charles Ijince, of Marion, III. Her ranary escaped in June, 1938, when a cat, springing a.crainst; the lagv, knocked open tha sm-ill doar. The bird disappeared, .\ftcr an absence of 11 iicnths. the cnnary returned and perched on tbc fi>noc in front of the l.r.nee iionio. Tlr^. lanee said she hnd no trojc!-? ei oil in eoa.\ing It bacl: i;ito i s oig?. Farmer's Son Makes New Fast Gaf t for S 30v/ and Water Transportation James K. Lawrence, farmer's son of Myrtle, Ont., built this novel craft in his spare lime. He claims that it is capable of travelling on snow and water and would bs ideal for travel in the north country. It is driven by a propeller and has air conditioning, a radio and is equipped with electricity. The department of transport has inspected and approved the craft. o NTARIO UTDOORS By VIC BAKER CARE OF WORMS Despite the extensive campaign carried on during the past few years by the advocates of artifi- cial baits to have every angler use flies, spinners, plugs and similar artificial lures, we will always have with us the old dyed-in-the- wool fisherman who prefers worms first, last and always. To these fishermen we direct the following advice. To have the pleasure of good worm fishing in August and Sep- tember, the experienced angler prepares his bait during this raonth. The trouble is, however, that the majority of fishermen find it difficult to keep worms tough and in a fighting spirit throughout the summer months. There is one sure way of main- taining a large supply of w-orm<> so that they will snap back at the trou and this is it! All In A Box Construct a box about six by four by three feet deep of one inch lumber. Cover the inside with several layers of gunny sack or paint with pitch. Sink all but about four inches of the box in the ground in some shady spot, then fill to within eight inches of the top with leaf mould and prood rich soil. About once a week sprinkle some coffee grounds, powdered milk or commeal lightly over the surface of your worm cache. During very warm weatnei sprinkle with a little water, being careful not to use too much or will sink to the bottom and sour the soil and the worms will die within 48 hours. During the real hot days, place a couple of sacks over the top of the box to keep out some of the heat. This box should take care of at least a thousand wor.i. ; and will keep most of them throj.s;'.i t!ij entire ."lunimer.' Stairs Are Vital In Home Layout Old homes may be greatly im- proved in appearance with mod- ern stairways. Several treatments to beautify the home and remove a menace to safety, are : 1. Replacing worn-out treads on stairs. 2. Giving attention to creaking stairs. 3. Givinjr a<iditional support to rickety cellar steps. 4. Installing railing on cellar stairs to prevent accidents. 6. Transforming closed stair- ways into open stairways by re- moving one or more walls. 6. Keplacing old posts and rail- ings with modern types. 7. Installing di.'appearing stairs to attic. Chamberlain, Roosevelt Kin Eighth Cousins, Genealogist Says; Queen Related to Washington, Le« A high British authority on ge- nealogies has announced his con- clusion that Queen Elizabeth is related to George Washington and Robert E. Lee and that President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Chamberlain are eighth cousins three times removed, with King Edward I of England as a com- mon ancestor. King Edward I Their Ancestor Those are findings of Anthony Wagner, holder of the 500-year- old title of Portcullis Pursuivant at the College of .Arms, home of British heraldry. Wagner has just completed a genealogical table showing that; Roosevelt and Chamberlain de- scended from a daughter and a son of William, Coytmore, an Eng- lishman who lived in the 16th cen- tury. Queen Elizabeth's relationship to Washington was discovered ac- cidentally when Wagner was work- ing on Washington's family tree for the British pavilion at the New York World's fair. EDUCATIONAL TOUR Since the Royal tour fas been on the people in Canada have had opportunity to learn the names of the premiers of our own various lirovinees. â€" Peterborough Exam- iner. WE WASTE THE RAIN As a rule, we get enough pre- cipitation in Ontario, but w-e don't hang on to it. Because of denud- ed land, bare hillsides and drain- ed swamps we run it all off to the sea. â€" Farmer's Advocate. ONCE WAS ENOUGH Ontario's motor license plates are being printed â€" black on can- ary yellow. .Apparently the High- ways Department's one experience with fancy color schemes was enough. â€" Owen Sound Sun-Times. Nicotine Sulphate Controls Aphids Catch These Plant Lice At the Beginning of an Outbreak -Aphids or plant lice are soft bodied insects which are frequent- ly found feeding in clusters on a wide variety cf plants. They vary in colour; white, green, blue, red and black forms being the most common. .Aphiis can be controll- ed much more c.isily at the begin- ning of an outbreak than later in the season when their numbers have increased and the leaves on which they are feeding have curl- ed up in such a way as to protect them from .sprays and dusts. Spraying the planes with nico- tine sulphate 40 per cent, and wa- ter, to which ha.« been aJded a small amount of laundry s:ap, is the ea.'^iest and best method of control. Nicotine should be used at the rate of three-eighths of a pint to 40 gallons cf water with 2/3 pound of soap added. In small amounts of the spray, use 2 spoonsful of nicotine in a gal- lon of soapy water. -Apply the ma- terial on a hot, caim day and drench both the upper and lower surfaces of the leaves so a.s to ac- tually hit all the insects. HISTORY AND THE MOVIES History in the movies is all right, but future youngsters may say Don .Ameche discovered the telephone, Clark Gable the Missis- sippi and Raymond Massey invent- ed Lincoln. They saw them do it. â€" Branaon Sun. KEA^-ING THE WILD VOTES Letter from John M. Robb, Con- servative organizer, is asking the party organizations in all consti- tuencies to welcome back return- ing Reconstructionists. They will just be regarded as prodigals who have come back after sowing their wild votes. â€" Toronto Star. THEATRICALS FOR ALL There is no substitute for the theatre, in its true sense. It gives a scope to the average individual, with latent or developed artistic sense, that no other medium can supply. Its popularity only stres- ses its elfcctiveness. .And in a day when synthetic forms of entertain- ment hoi J such a large part of the spotlight, there is an increasing need foi more activity in the field of amateur theatricals. â€" Hamilton i>pec:ator. Gypsum production in Canada during the first tjuaner of 1939 totalled 36,781 ton.s compared with 18.579 tons during the cw- respcnding period of 1938. Training For Health Urged Dr. -A. S. Lamb, head ot the de- partment of physical culture at Mc- rtill Cniversity and president of the Canadian I'hysica! Eili;cation -As- sociatiou. recently toM the associa- tion its duty was to protect and promote health rather t'aaa to carry on the "mistaken notion of e.xercise â€" speed, strength and swear." REG'LAR FELLERS - The Legal Mind Dr. Lamb emthaiiized that (bys- teal measures were necessary to offaet the "tremendous (alt at which »• travel" and th« "hish teniion" which ta* leld was bound to hare later etfects. Ha laid governments and other groups bad made sfforts to eheek 111 health "but masy governments fall to realise the body of the eblld must go to school with the child's mind. Te^kchers must recognise this." Dr. Lamb added that both social and economic planning were neces- sary to put over physical education, which must have government stip- port in Canada. The Pieced Quilt And Patchwork Quilt-Making Is An Oki Art On This Continent â€" Collecting Specimens An Interesting Hobby It Is not so mucb the objects col- lected as the Intereets they bring with them that provide the thrills for the collector. Quilts collected by Mrs. Fulton Lewis, of Washington, D.C., are witnesses to the hardy spirit of the pioneer women who followed their husbands to carve out homes in the wilderness. For more than 20 years she baa gathered fine specimens of the tri of women of early days. Designs with such names as "Kansas Troubles," "Log Cabin" and "Wbig Rose" tell of days when men and women were making a nation. "Quilt-making can be divided Into two classes," says Mrs. Lewis, "the first the pieced quilt and then the patchwork one. The pieced quilts were the ones used every day, so they are now rarer than the patch- work or appliqued ones, which were put away tor test." Books And You BY EUZABETH E£DY Potato Digger* Digging potatoes in a long fiat iield Is part of summer, the midsummer sun A corn-silk color, forks nudge out the yield. Hilling from one row to a farther one. Watching the bent brown backs, the flashing curve Of tines above the damply tousled head. Modernity is lost between the swerve Of muscbs spilling out the earth's sweet bread. Here in the tide of summer, un- der the sky Of summer, the potato diggers stand Leaning on forks; the mammoth golden eye Of sun adds bronze to back and arm and hand; Resting, they gaze across a waving sea Of light above the nuggets they will free. '"PATRICIA" By Grace Livingttoa Hill Curl up in a hammock with thia one: The weil-icved Mrs. Hill, au- thor of "'Ihe Seventh Hour," "Lol Michael,' Etc., has written a de- lightful and intensely human story of Patricia's struggle for and at- tainment of, in spite of her social- climbing mother, a way oi.° life that brings happiness, satisfaction and inspiration. May the Fifth of the year Patricia Premiss was twenty- four had become a day of dread because she must gi^"« Thorny Bel- lingham his final answer to his many proposals of marriage, in- stead of the gala day of yeais be- fore when she had seen the Worth family, united anu warmly happy. Each year Patricia had kept Slay the Fifth sacred and the memory green, aided by the lovely bed of lihes-of-the-valley young John Worth had planted at her gate on that memorable day. John return- ed on this crucial anniversary to Pat, through the fragrance of the few lilies he had picked on his way to the house, of all her childhood and young womanhood. The de- voted followers of Grace Living- ston Hill's charming novels will take John Worth and Patricia to their hearts. "P»trici»" â€" by Grsce Livingston Hill . . . Toronto: J. B. Lippincott, 215 Victoria Street . . . $2.25. /7i^^ BEE HIVE LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred Neher "N'o%* you can rt<» how it <s ill loolt on you, r-oea--." By GENE BYRNES BUMP HUDSON 5AYS r SWIPED TWENNY MARBLES OFFN HIM- CAN I SUE Hin ? â€", . NATCHERLY, MISTER DUFFY, »F YOU "vi/AS MY CLIENT I COOLD PROVE YOli ASSOTIVELY INNERCENT BUT YOU CANT BE MY CLIENT. UNTIL YOU PAY ME A NICKEL IN ADVANCE ^tVtPHOA^ I CANT PAY YOU A NICKEL.' I can't EVEN PAY YOU TWO CENTS 'rVl SO CANT PAY YOU PENNY ' 0»RICT0»Y \f f WELL, AS A SPECIAL FAVOR. I'll HANDLE YOUR CASE, IF you'll fork over haffa Bump's ,^ '• <?;