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TheGreenThumb By Gordon L Smil is quick,, unchecked growth I. To getf thsmasplanting at ,the proper tme.,flot too early withi tender things thait frost or cold weathe cr may chcand thley mu-ist bcharvrted whlen js ils e0rs(pshg r d eth ios long quickly with plnt f cultiva- tio, trlizr.anid \ater wben ecsary ad if posile.Tey aiso spread so1U-ngS ont oerat leasi seve rai week, so thaýt \young stuff ia, cominlngconi uousily. An- other trick they us11e is tfo pLlnt ev- erlhdferent types - an early mtuing sort-1, a mrediurn and a late. In the s-t-d catalogue usually xvJ11l be listed (the number of days to 1-asurit.Lhu we can purchas, -sa,peas tt w 1 be ready for the table c i ity da v "S, some in sixty and soîne] in sevenlty.-,- B*y uaing some of 'aIl thre-e thecre 'VIIIlbe a succession of go cr-ops inistead of a regulart frast floe yafamline. Mnct exp)crienlced greesContinue irnak inig sowin!gs, of carrots, beet, b ean, letu'ead spinach from thec tirur thle gro-iod is first ready up to mid-ý July. 0f curet get top quality there miust bec no timjelest between picin ad cookýing. Doubhle Harvests Wber oD aima at getting two cropa of vgtbe fromi the same grounld, iusually a combination is ecd of somletinrg early and at u as radahlttce, spinach and easfolbwed»Y late beets, easa (d carrots. just a's soon Ïas thle soit is fît to \work aure au puit in thie firt thre-e me tionied. [ly the time e ý:e ,.ue readyv for the table there wiIl stili usuall3 bc time to maethelas-,t smings Cofbranis, Ante iethod of double crop- pg is to bvealternlate rowýs of quick maluturinig th[ings wuith 1slowVrr but larger growerVýs. Thus in be- tnt he row1ýc ms of pttebeets, bas rui, ecwewl patlt- tuce, siahadrds.Telaat il ibe ul.sed lup)and out of tbe wa beoethe fir-stnae require fuîti ecra. w -sý , i Itllbe at il wbe(n the iot dasof July anti Assgssst rî arounid. j That iwen thie tesýt of file trulegree cornecs. So), just a wvor-d c.1 arito ailthe prolexx ae rubbi ilte eaîl heedaysmaeup 3yur indcs tol tik o it for six monc)jths. i If yo)u do'1,1aIt yo)r fforts wl b ewatd ~ewRSMBadge -Cnda ceilenal egatMjr sen il be spotin ane bade o rak-oe tat for the first time lirt the hilstoty of the CaainArmy v %ilibe distinc- tively Cana'dian in M e I n decscr-ibîing theicbadge, Ottawa authiorities said it is more color- fuI itaad differs greatly from the bade ow be-ing worn whichl is of Imiperial design. Thie badge is thiree inches high and two ai a hiaif iniches wide., it wvillbe worn by ail Warrant officers, Class 1, replacing büth flhe RSMI's badge and Conduc.. tor's (RCOC) baidge now in t!iiS tinie, but i3 to al' weather fore-- you miean' 13-cooerie;to- KATHYRN WILSON Joe Sand, bank clerk, bad decided to kilI a man, Looking back on his 47 yers e realized1 how spineles they ýhad been. Wîhout klinowing ex- actly v0hat to do abot it, he bad long since grown tired of fetching and carrying for exaCting lImer Dunning, president of Webbyville's First National bank. And wbat had happrurd lately tcf t bis spirits flbat- ter than any lrdgerr une. John Mornie, the cashier. resigncd tu take a job in an eastern City and the caahier job in otd First National became the pîum "read3 to dmdp into the lap of anmre Iucky mani. Joe wis nrxýt in line for promotion, but he was worried. Uc wanted tp ask Dunning about the board's plans and didnt bave the courage. The smaîl bue eyes in his bony face filled with f eaý ut the thought of sncb andacity. Somehow he couldn't sttetch the narrow should- ers; on bis short. tbin fr >ame to the nrccessaury width of confi dence. In short' order Jo's hopes were dashred to oblivion. Why did some felluws have ail the tuck? That young upstart, Uarry Coats, whod been brought on f romn New York. made cashier over the heads of the four men baving seniority in the bank's marbir elegance! Resent- ment blazed high until the thrcc younger men got to liking Coats well enough to forgive him. But ioe Sand, thoroughly in, ensed, eouldn't forgive. He ia ted Cotle hated Duniing, he hated-ever'vboI?,dy. I-is thioughts wcre cruel hot dcïg ers slashing every moral fibre within him. lie was dectermîssed-to kili! Dunn11ing ned'tthink tbat J oc Sanda, thie slave, hadn't a chick- adee's guis. Juat becanse he didn't parade a puish and drive was no prooüf thiat lie hadn't secret ambi- tions to riae in baniking circles. joe glancrd qickly around 'his modest rom in Mrs. Miller's select boarding hounse. haklyhetook a gun out cf the bo-ttom dirawer of the tired-Iookýing pinec bureau, thrust it into bis pocket. The 6weýapon had be- Iouigedt!o his lathecr and was rusty with Yneglect. It hlad ben used for target practîce in the Sand family's am aial back y r , but neyer 1tospill-,1 in years. Joe hloped it wouldni't f ail bim everylbodyv and everything else had. At the ibanik thàt noon Joe had tw be remrinded th ilat it was time to go for his d-aily chlocolate malt. Natu- rally taciturn, 4~ was even ýmore so retv and hia co-workers f long him qne(stioning glanices and wxhispered a1mong themselves about what ivas 'eating-old Sandir." But through it ail he was grimly dtermined. He was doing bis last duty for the stal- wart oid bank which -had supported hina for 20 years., He had te get everything in order before they took him away-after the killing. He had brougbt bis records up to date near Élosing tîme when he hiap- prned tonotice Harry Coats doing a peculiar tb'ing. Harry, white-faced, was coming out of- the vauît, bis arms loadrd with currency. Foeciwheelrdl and facrd a masked man on thie cuistomet's side of thec cashier's %indow. 'Thle gunoinited- at Joe was 11o toy,- "Put 'cm up cor 1,11 drilnili! The intruider's gaze aiflted to the roîl of blls. Joe's right banddr- ped to bis coat pocket. JustiWi ti'ne, Joe dodged the bullet that whizzed past.. But the shot he Saiing by R-a dair Ship Makes History Britain's. 1076-ton steamer, the Topaz claims te be the first sbip in the world te niaintain regular sait- ings by radar. The stery of the freigbtrr's ach- irvemênt began at Ostend when f e, blanýketed ont net only the Channet buit Ostend barber. 'The captain decided té attempt cressing "blînd", The fog -,,as se thfick that it wat in.tpossible tesce even the Ostend pier as the vessel left barber. Out- side, qconidition.s -wer wIOrse. Until the Toýpaz teid np ,t Til- bury nothin)gcol be seeni-except dots oni the radar screcm. Tise CteaMer mIade lier way tiP tii, Thames passîesg ozens of fog- bepund ships; at aior anlderh at lier msir-al be.rthju6taLt mid- nigl. By 1!no oee bwhad ltnar- edler cargo. ThIE Toïpai *.e rQunded oiff ber tdumrph by tak-Ing en a fresh cargo l n.tended for an- etther sliip whîch, withiolt radar, remainrd fog-bountd. fired nets ollowed imdaeyby the stase' us she hit the flo or. As though jet prplîd oc dart- cdl f rom bebind thec counter, and up te thie stilî body. 'Careful,' for!" warned Coats. "Itfs a trick-br'll shoot l" But fore ignored maution, kuelt be- ide thie lefty stranger, laid a baud onhi bloody shirt front. Then be gotqucy to bis fret and announc- cd dramiciilaîly. "The skunk,'s dead -quite dad 1" Something like kuîghithood caler went s-iinTg throuigh loc. Whv, Ibis w. odd I Neyeri-had M e frit a- masterfuil. Why, he cutldn't feel in- fenior te nyoy ranyiithing after this I No-r arad Nt vn of him- self. tt was a Iucky breaýk that he iaduiit gotten around to thiat killinzg he'd plançed' to do today. Afici ail, It would be'a pîty to diagrace the Sanid name. No man ever got evený witb anybody by putting a huillet throuigh bis owu head. A Few Thoughts About Motoring A Lad Bet-f you're 35 ye-ars old, yon h1ave, on the average, about seventeenl million more m1inlutes te safety to save just 60 seconds or so. live. VWbcn Iyou gamble witb our you're h)etting ail thoýse remajining minutesoen the1Chne Traffic Jamn - Th'lat's wvhen you asit in youir car and wa-,tcl the pedIestriauls wbiz hy you. Average Motorst.-A mniior wo- mari v'-110after passi1g aiwr0ck1o the road, die elycairrfully for the neuxt twomiuts Sperd. - The ear sopwtbs which aplit a second into tnt and eventwniehs upt 1the shortest perceptible uniits of timie too short for any watchý to catchi - is1 th it- ferer ebetween the moimen-t e the traffic lighit changes, anud the- oaf behiud you honks for you to go. New Cars.-Don't worry if theres a slight kuock in that newý car of yours. If you forget about it, be- fore long it will work itself on- or rîse an even louderrtr wiil devetop which wilI divýert your at- tntion. Plen-ty of Te~Abore is a mjan whlo pr istaintalkîng abouit his ewn car'I yur ý1CI301r it (-dying tu talk about yours. Britain bhas incrrased brrayoni and nylon output by abou,01t OC)per- cent over 1937, but fewvrr workers, arr now rmployrd in that industry. ayThyCDnu hi, There-Johann mPeturissoni, sadto be the o dstallest Lind1(a Luickýing on hIisarii at I La ria Field,NeYo, from lijcelanid. Petuirsson is 34ï stns8-feet-8R. Circus man. Subs-idies te British farmers were ilitroduerd in 1924. Whna visitin1g motorist drives ilito tlte)ineOf Aiberta 1be muat register w ith eprovýinir I author- ie lt applin any ctheî p[;[,Jmncc, or in the majiority of States Souith of thLborder Ad it certainly. cannot be any, attraction for- touriFs inteniniig to iisit Aîbe,.rta, Commeninmionthis snrange state, of affa'ira'];he Financiual Post says that i s abýout time officia(-ls m sonir of our prov iinces gr(ew\up and real- in1g a sos ereg11 state, It ,merel 'v part ofa big, and whatil ahoul1d bc a free Couniltryv. **li a'L i Id hat. .is cursed ith reI nstr ictions surelv ,tvitbin our owýn boundarieS we can set an example.- VeryWrn Irate Caller : "Yo -uu;poLrd me article by a rnisprint."' Editor: "I'm sorry.W, i e get wrong?'" Caller:' "A proverb I1 mlyd Y7ou prinited it 'A word to t ifr is sufficient." MÏ* *y the PJakýers et 1eý Oas 5Uececa Pile Rc-,nedy No. 1i le -rPCtdn Bteeding Piles, rnnd jeeoid ii, %j, i' or internaiappication. Priue 75c, ec i lernedy No. 2 is for Externati tchin, Piles. Soî< n Jar, and is for externat use onty. Pries toc )rder by nlumber from Your flruggws. I e 4, * THE WISD-OM 0 F MA TUR 1TTY Truc, %ce are a yomig counitry. luIi less than a centuEry we have risen frorn colonial youâth to ntatÎinhood of a stature enjoyed by no other people of ouir xnumbers. Canada lias earned this. Through the years we have kept our sense of values... been moderate i our pleasures ..moderate i our thinking. Today, we continue to bear ourselves with the sdlf -respect of a m1-oderate people. W e are moderate bi our spenkding, hi our thinki-ng ... moderate in our pleasutres, moderate hi the ejoyrnent of Wh sky .. . 4moderate in ail thiQs. We are young, yes. But we have corne of age, for _pioderation lu -the %wledom of rnatuirity. I QFAIGAR A M