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THIS CURIOUS WORLD V. William Ferguson HA(L- HASCCOJRRSD IN VARIOUS RESIGNS OP THE EARTH WAVE RESEMBUNC3- UN (TED STATES, IT is ROSSIELE NOW TO CUT N!O MORE LUMBER FOR. HOME CONSUMPTION THAN THAT WHICH EACH COCK. 11)1 IV t ((d:Ce. INC. RED hail is caused by fine dust In the atmosphere, blown up trom ed soil, and frozen into the hailstones. Red rain ond snow hav been quite common occurrences in the past tew years, when red soil from the Oklahoma dust bov.1 was carried into the atmos- phere by hiuh '.>-ind*. NEXT: Are the mot skillful tutomoblle drivers the safest? RADIO REPORTER By REX FROST Do you like detective stories, tike kind which are full of under- ground Intrigue. mystery and thrills? A new series. "Inspector Rawkes," will commence next Tuesday over CFRB Toronto, 7.45 p m . and thereafter will be on the air every Tuesday. Wednes- day and Thursday. This program- me, which advance publicity prom- toes will prove as exciting as any detective stories ever heard rer the radln. replaces the pop- liar favourite "Kasy Aces" which recently was turned Into a half fcour show h'-.ird over American station* only. On January 12th. one of Can- ada's most popular programmes. Treasure Trail, celebrated Its 7th birthday The announcement was Blade that this big audience fea- ture will continue throughout 1944. During th time It has been n the air, Treasure Trull has flayed to studio audiences of 125.000 and has given away In ra.h as telephone prizes a total Vf $30.000. The only original member of ibe cast Is Jovial Mas- ter of Ceremonies Alan Savage. Treasure Trail will continue to he kearri Wednesday nights at 8.30 rver CFRB mid a network of On- tario stations. Another opportunity for aousewlvea to make "Kasy Pick- te's" continues every Wednesday afternoon 2.30, C'FHB Toronto In 1944. Since this programme has been on the air It has given away 13,800 to studio and air audl-. IK . as wrll as providing the answer* to many household myn- Irr!' and problems and a gre.it teal of fun, plus In recent pro- grammes the music of Marjorle Dalnf-s. That ra.Mo la helping to balance SEA COMMANDER Admiral Sir Andruw Hrnwne Cunningham, above, Britain'i first upa lord, will have an im- rtnnt role in supervising land- of A'licd (\rniies invading farope from tiic west. As sea Commander under General Elsen- hower in North Africa, he direct- ed landings in Morocco, Algeria, Sicily and Italy and is consid- ered a likely choice us navnl chief for the now ".second front" com- mand. the family budget In many Ca- nadian homes It to be seen also In the case of money-making "Spin to Win." the 8.30 to 9 p.bi. Ontario network feature which originates from TKRB every Monday. The cash distribution to the studio arid air audience aver- aged $250 to $300 a week through- out Ifl43. The first cash prize to the air audience of "Spin tn Win" In 1944 went to an Allar.'lale res- ident, the mother of ten chil- dren, who carnal the wherewithal to make eertnln sho Rot away to n Kootl start for the N x Yt-<r. Tl) show will continue to provide fun. Interest ami e.-isli along the Mid- way of I'M!. The noon hour nndienre of PKHH IB now lirichtened by the Inclusion of a now MondayAVed- n'-sday-Frlday serifs of program- mes. 1 to 1.1 Ti. featuring Roland T<>-ld at the Nov.ichnrd. Marjorie Dailies at ill" piano and (liirney Tldiiiarnli at tho liass viol with Cordon Caldfr slnplnp and an- nouncing. Features of the pro- frramnie, extra to Ihe novel In- strumental Kroti|). are musical weather reports and a top tune for each day. A memory tune presented on p.-ich prom-ammo provided the opportunity for the radio nudlenr-e of this feature to earn cash prizes. A highlight for Saturday after- noon radio listeners is the scr- ip* of broadcasts from the Met- ropolitan Opera House. Through- out its current season, John Charles Thomas will be the fea- tured singer. British And U. S. Farmers Compared A jyood harvest of comments was reaped recently by British newspaper men who Interviewed three American farmers who had travelled 6,000 miles in Britain. Oscar Henline of Marcus, Iowa, aid: "The British farmer is fonder of work than we are. He will walk behind a machine. We won't." Robert J. Howard of Sher- burne, N.Y., said: "I take off my hat to your land girls; they arc wonderful." Karl Kobinson of Mondovi, Wii., naid u Scottish f tinner had financed part of their trip when they ran out of cash. SUNDAY SCHOOL L E SJS O N JESUS TEACHES IN PARABLES Mark 4:1-34 January 23 PRINTED TEXT, Mirk 4:1-9, 26-32. GOLDEN TEXT. If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear. Mark 4:23. Memory Verse: God . . . careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. All of the discourses of our lesson were uttered In the niuunm of AI). 28. Place. The discourses were all delivered around the shores of the sea of Galilee. Parable of the Sower "And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there Is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat In the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land. And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them In his teaching." A parable Is a short moral or religious story of which the moral lesson Is the substance. Parables have always been popular In the East. The rabbis commonly began to teach the young disciple in para'ulcs. Our Lord reversed their met 1 I. He began by the simple words of the Sermon on the Mount, then a change came, and He spoke In parable when He found the hardheartedness Oi the people. The Sower and The Seed "Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow." The seed Is, as the account of this parable indicates, nothing less than the Tory Word of God. As we shall see later, the Word has life, as a seed has life, and therefore it is able to produce something living in the hearts where it Is implant- ed. By The Way Side "And it came to pass, as he sowed, some, seed fell by the way side, and tho birds came and de- voured it." The parable here pre- sents nothing unusual. It Is simp- ly tin; picture of a man in Pales- tine with a !'.,- of seed over his shoulder, casting the seed until the field is suwn. Some of the seed naturally will fall by the way side, that is. nu a beaten path whi-iv tlir ground is hard, and where the seed cannot grow. As tho need Is only safe from fowl when buried in (lie soil, so Is the Word of life only safe against evil when It lias sunk deep down into our hearts. On Rocky Ground "And another fell on (lie rocky ground, where It had not much earth; and slrnlchtway it sprang up. because. It had no drrpncss of earth: and when the sun was ris- en, it was scorched; and because It had no root. It withered away.' 1 Nearnees to the warm surface in- duced rapid growth, but it also led to tho shortening of the young plant's life. The stiallowness of the soil did not permit the plant to develop its roots. So with men, the same shallowness of nature which made them susceptible to the gospel and quickly respons- ive, makes them susceptible to pain, Buffering hardship. and easily defeated. It Is so In all de- partment of life. Among The Thorns "And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit." These thorns our Lord Ilk- ens to tho cares of the world, and the deei'ltfiilness of riches, and tho lusts of other things. The Idea here Is that whoever lets these worries fill his heart will surely smother the word he has heard, for this deals with higher Interests. Into Good Ground "And others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, grow- ing up and Increasing; and brought for til, thlrtyfold, and slxtyfold, and a hundredfold." When llfn Is done some show a harvest. Some never lt the word In, some never let it root, some never let It grow up. Like all the Scripture revelations of man's sin- ful state, this ono too alms at the conscience and repentance, thus opening tho soul for gospel. The more it Is opened the more fruit will thera bo in the end. CANADIANS SPEND CHRISTMAS IN ITALY Shown here are hosts and guests at a Christmas party held in Italy by Canadian troops for chil- dren of an Italian kindergarten. SCOUTING . . . Nearly 14,000 proficiency badges were earned by the Wolf Cubs of Canada last year. * Brigadier Alfred Keith, Young People's secretary of the Salva- HJon Army, reports that every Boy Scout Ix.-a.oVr in the Salvation Army has enlisted except one who 1 medically unfit. Every one has been replaced and Scout membership has been increased by 18 per cent. Toronto's 51st Boy Scout Troop has a unique record of enlist- ments In the armed forces. In th Sea Scout section, every eligible Scout, together with Scoutmaster William Fowler has joined the Canadian Navy RS he became old enough. The land Scouts have an equally good rec- ord with two Scoutmasters, 11 as- sistant Scoutmasters, and 24 Scouts joining the army or air force. In all 76 boys hare gone into the forces from this Troop, The Warning "And he said, \V"ho hath ears to hear, let him hear." This Is rather a call to attention than an appeal to spiritual discernment, and yet such an appeal is natural- ly implied. "And he said, So is the kingdom of '."". as if ,i man should cast seed upon the earth; and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how." The earth is only the medium in which the seed grows. It has no life and can produce no life; all the life Is in the seed. Tho seed must he brought to the earth by the will of someone. So is the human heart. The word must he cast into it by another, must lodge there and grow; then that heart has spirit- ual life In It. the living Word. The Harvest The earth beareth fruit of her- self; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. But when the fruit Is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest Is come.' 1 This teaches that when all that the Word of Ood is in- tended to accomplish on earth In this age has been accomplished, the harvest time will come when the Saints of God will be taken home. Christ's Kingdom "And ho said. How shall we liken tho kingdom of (Jod? or in what parable shall we set It forth? It Is like a grain of mus- tard seed which, when is is sown upon the earth, though it lie less than all the seeds that are upon the earth, yet when It Is sown, growoth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; go that the birds of the heaven can lodge u n d e r the shadow thereof." Christ's kingdom shall attract multitudes by the shelter and pro- tection which it offers, shelter from worldly oppression and the great power of the devil. every one enlisting without being called up. Ralph Moses, McLeod, Alberta, Wolf Cub ! the first Wolf Cub in Canada to be awarded the Corn well Decoration, the Victoria Cross of Scouting. Confined to the Shriners' Hospital in Winni- peg for several years, and under- going several painful operations he has continued his Cub training and has gained Two Star rank. * 'Surrounded by hundreds of tro- phies and souvenirs of the late Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout Movement, Canadlau Scouts In the armed forces In Britain have formed a Canadian Overseas Rover Scout Crew. They met In Baden-Powell's room at Imjperlal Headquarters in Lon- don. In a body they attended Westminster Abbey where they were welcomed by the Dean. Lat- er they visited the R.S.S. Discov- ery. In which Capt. Scott sailed to the South Pole. The Discovery Is now owned by the Boy Scout Association and is used as a training ship for Sea Scouts. Britain Still Finds Room For Refugees Britain seems to be doing its part in finding homes for refu- gees, says the Sault Star. Sixty thousand n o n-British refugees have been admitted to various parts of the United Kingdom since May, 1940, and they still are arriving at the rate of 800 a month, the Foreign Office has disclosed. The announcement said 40,000 Polish refugees were being removed from Iran to East and South Africa, India, Pales- tine and Mexico through efforts of the governments concerned. EARTH-PIG HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured animal. 7 It is a . 12 Flock of animals. 14 Not good. 15 Symbol for cobalt. 1 7 Beverages. 18 Encounter. 20 Plural (abbr.) 21 Spherical body. 23 Musical instrument. 25 Babylonian deity. 26 Editor (abbr.) 28 Ordeal. 29 Attitudinizes. 32 Short-napped fabric. 34 Bordered (hot.). 35 Sorrowful. 36 Pertaining to the ileum. 37 Two hundred and one (Roman). Answer to Previous Puzzle 39 Arabic (abbr.) 40 Endured. 42 Pronoun. 44 Ladler. 46 Eccentric wheel. 49 Within. 50 Burn to a cinder. 51 At a distance. 53 Behold! 54 Life (comb, form). 55 Dogma. 57 Sorts. 58 Mockers. VERTICAL 1 Doing. 2 Royal Dra- goons (abbr.). 3 Measure. 4 Unit of electromotive force. 5 Turn aside. 6 Reanimators. 8 Instigate. 9 Grow thick together. 10 Doctor of Medicine (abbr.). 11 Soothe. 13 Dispassionate. 16 Either. 19 Elongated fish. 20 Measure. 22 Bedaub. 24 My (Italian). 27 Preclude. 30 Lubricate. 31 Algonquian Indian. 33 Bustle. 38 Dove's cry, 40 Health, resort. 41 Delay. 43 Half an em. 44 Foot covering. 45 Hindu queen. 47 Indian mul- berry. 48 Swamp. 50 Chief. 52 Color. 54 The soul (Egypt.). 56 Symbol for tellurium. POP Then Why Is She Masquerading? By J. MILLAR WATT you OUOHT TO BE 1 ASHAMED OF YOOR5ELYES- RED IMPIAKJS LIKE A LOT OF SCHOOLED YC I