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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT. THURSDAY, NOV. 7, 1935 3 VOICE CANADA, THE EMPIRE = of the = THE WORLD C AT LARGE T RESS A Flying Finish CANADA VINELAND SCIENTIST MAKES NAME IN AVICULTURE The work of Jack Miner and other naturalists in the preservation of wild life is almost a household world, Few know, however, of the outstanding work done in rearing in captivity birds, strange to our continent, by such men as Dr. W E. Hurlburt, naturalist and ornithologist of Vineland. By this excellent contribution to avi-* culture, this Vineland physician has qualified for recognition by tin cuLural Society of America, which offers medals to members in United States and Canada, who the first to breed certain species of foreign birds. For the past decade or more Hurlbut has taken an interest tropical birds until he has sixty in species in captivity. He has also reared for the first time anywhere in the world in captivity the fox sparrow, native of the far north in North America, and the white throated finch, native of Brazil, and for th first time probably on this contin ent. the magpie manniken, a nativ of tropical Africa. Other foreign birds somewhat rare in this country are to be seen among his specimens Dr. Hurlburt has done real work as a scientist, and is deserving of any re. cognition that may be bestowed up. on him. -- Toronto Mail and Empire TYPE IS NOT ELASTIC The American police commissionei "Who does not like the word "fight" and is trying to get the newspapers to use the more polite word "disturbance" won't get anywhere. There - are 11% characters in disturbance and only 4% in fight (the letter "J" being only half as wide as the others). Desk men on newspapers, boiling down stories to save space and writing headlines that have to be compressed in narrow columns long word when they can use a short one. That is why diplomatic communications are "notes"; the enemy is the "foe"; interrogates or cross-examines becomes "quiz", criticize is "hit", and so on. Something of a modern classic in headline English is a recent example from Variety, the amusement newspaper. The headline reads •STICKS NIX HICK PIX." Each of the four words is a slang word and the headline would be in-admissable in any daily newspaper. What the headline intended to convey is simply this: that the movie-' ging public in the smaller communi-tes have indicated that they dislike and will not pay their good money to see motion pictures depicting rural life. -- Financial Post. LIVES OF NAPOLEON Ten thousand books, or one every 98 hours for 112 years, have been written on Napoleon's life. This should dampen Mussolini's ambition a bit. -- Winnipeg Tribune. JOURNALESE Strange how newspaper lingo changes. A couple of generations ago reporters were in the habit of often calling a church a "sacred edifice," and some of them seemed to prefer "conflagration" t0 "fire," and "post-prand: the int to : ivered Moi '•spot" of tea, l, "blunt" view, 3ault Ste. Marie Empire together, and hope that they may b which shall in time 1 gether the ' Dftited St -- Halifax Herald. FINE BABIES EV When we look at i of those ba a healthy Canadian [YWHERE i photographs nth Agricultural mot help think, quintuplets may but their ap-a guarantee of d-looking future than that of idren, born and business. The Mayor of Indiana] says that an 8 per cent increase has noted since the new cars -- "fast, silent, handsome and confortable"-- were put into service, "enhancing the prestige of the city." If the cars are the opposite to fast or silent or handsome, it is not reasonable to expect any great improvement in the traffic. -- Hamilton Spectator. A BIT TOO MUCH Young man from Stirling appeared in court at Belleville and the charge was that he fired a shot-gun at a charivari party. Tin pans, old boilers, wash tubs and cow bells used to be commonly used, but this restlets generation seeking for greater effects with weapons will have to be checked. -- Stratford Beacon-Herald. A NOBLE RETREAT Recent news from Italy might lead an old-time reader of nursery rhymes to wonder if the world is not about to witness a repetition of the performance made famous by the noble Duke of York. The noble Duke, as you may remember, had a thousand men; and after marching them boldly uphill one day, he 'bout-faced and marched them gallantly down again. Since the British navy began concentrating in the Mediterranean, it has been possible to notice a water-ng.down in the warlike speeches at Rome. Mussolini has declared over again that Italy could not All eight hoofs off the ground, Count Arthur and Judy O'G lile and one-half Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park, L.I. i length. •ithdra OLD STAINS in of 1.S96 has been wiped ns are celebrating the fall Fine: Let's all wipe out . The Scotch might invade ;o revenge themselves for eld; the British wallop the for cutting up the Light France might invade Ger-lear up that old trouble of Gernany might invade avenc.e the defeat of 1918; t walk into France to wipe a in oi the Napoleonic con- AR SERVICE clit for the inci ever, there is a faint trace of a more moderate attitude to be heard, just as a suggestion that if it could be done with the right flourish, II Duce might be willing to modify his bellicose plans. Strange, the change that can come 'er a statesman when he takes a good look down the business end of the guns of a British dreadnaught! ■Guelph Mercury. THE EMPIRE BRITAIN AND THE DOMINION They stand, as we in this country and, for peace and justice and the plighted world. They will not lightly committed-- and never committed advance or without the full assent of their free peoples -- to warlike ires. But they are becoming and more conscious by the dangers of the present world, even to own remote Dominions, so long as it contains great nations which iave no such voice as theirs in the hoice between war and peace. It is afe to say that the recent debates n the Dominion Parliaments, and the line taken at Geneva by their representatives, have revealed an array of unanimity which would have been incredible not long ago. Lord Tweeds-mir's prediction the other day that hat he called the "Fourth Empire" would possess a new cohesion, following upon the achievement of national independence, was something s than the dream of an imagina-and patriotic mind. Nor Is it conceivable that the Dominions, or any class in this country, will dissent from the view that these dangers of he present world, so conspicuously evealed .demand some revision of mr Imperial defences. -- London Times. THE BRITISH WHEAT BOUNTY; Ask any farmers' leader in either Scotland or England today which scheme of assistance to the industry yielded the most satisfactory results t0 producers and he will unhesitatingly reply, "The wheat quota." Under this plan, no matter what the Id price of wheat may be, home ters are guaranteed (subject to roduction limit) a standard price for all millable wheat of 45s. per qr. if 504 lb., or 4% cwt. Since the scheme >egan in the season of 1932-33 ex->erience has shown that the standard irice for this home-wheat has been bout double that which our growers ould have hoped to reap from the ipen market. -- Glasgow Herald. A MIRACLE Man has sought out many inventions and afterwards has mostly regretted his pains. But now a device has appeared at which not even the most anti-mechanical of Erewhonians could grumble. The machine for giving women the I'lusion cl wearing new ciothes, which is to be shown at the forthcoming Exhibition 0f Inventions in London, sounds so utterly beneficial and flattering that it should obviously be the "starred" item of the whole affair. The effect is produced by magic mirrors and strong lights. Henceforth, apparently a wo-! man choosing a new frock need only stand in front of the machine's ar- j rangement of mirrors with a sample piece of dress material in her hand; J she will then see in the mirror a vis-! •ing the dress pro- 1 Reviewing Three Centuries Of Journalism in England Delegates from all parts of the country to the annual conference ol the Institute of Journalists in Lon. don enjoyed the opportunity to in. spect a panorama of the evolution of the English newspaper from its ginning more than three hundred years ago to the present day. In the forefront of this fascinating record of three centuries of English journalism stood a page from William Caxton's press at Westmin: dated 1480 as an example of the earliest printing in England. An interval of a century and a quartei led up to a copy of "Mercurius Gal-lobelgicus," dated 1606, a six-monthly compilation of European news done in Latin at Frankfurt and containing the report of a speech delivered Parliament by James I denouncing the atrocity of the Guy Fawkes Plot. This forerunner of newspapers with letters frfom Continental correspondents and the Dutch and man corantos--the earliest form of ne*ws-,shee'ts--provided the 'material from which the pioneers of English journalism compiled the first newspapers in this country. Their origin dates from May, 1622, and in the exhibition was shown a finely pre-served specimen of a year later-- "The Continuation of our Weekly Newes"--with Its decorative headpiece, table of contents,' and entertaining account of recent happenings in the Thirty Years' War. The Journalism of the Civil War and Commonwealth period, when news pamphlets on the opposing sides poured from the London presses, was represented Dy numerous examples. "A Perfect Relation of Su-muarte" is a particularly stylish specimen of front-page lay-out, and the "Faithful Scout" is singled out for a graphic account of the "great a,nd bludy engagement" between the English and Dutch fleets off Dunge-ness in November, 1652. From these beginnings the pageant of the Press was shown in evolution through the journalistic eccentricities of the Restoration and Revolution to the advent of the wqekly morning paper at the close of the seventeenth century and of the daily at the opening of Anne's reign when literature allied itself with journalism in the brilliant Steele and Addison group of essay sheets, and Defoe's "Robfnson Cruso" running as a serial through the columns of the "Daily Post." The second half of the eighteenth century was the period when the newspaper reached maturity, and here were shown amidst their temporaries the first issue of the "Morning Post" (the only copy known) dated November 2, 1772; "The Times" in its first year (1785), under its original title. "The Daily Universal Register'"; and the Observer, the oldest existing of the Sun. day tapers of today. Journalism in its more modern . ,, as represented by the first |gS9P of many of the morning, rilng, and Sunday papers of Victorian and Edwardian times, and a large tion of the exhibition was devoted to a display of the oldest provincial, Scottish, and Irish newspapers, which emphasized the interesting fact that while journalism in London had a long start compared with the country towns, many of the old towns and cities are still producing with unbroken records of longevity journals that have flourished since long before the birth of the oldest existing London newspapers. T WEEDS M UIRS SHOULD BEAT HOME IN CANADA OF SCOTTISH NAMES - Man jstei (From Canada's Weekly (London) Lord Tweedsmuir has told us that he looks forward with deep interest to his residence in Canada. We can well believe it. For us ordinary mortals, Canada never fails to provide mental gymanastics in a high degree. Something new is always arising to stir us to fresh effort. It is a land of illimitable possibilities whether we think of the resources of Nature, of the Mind or of Spirit. That is our common experience. How great, then, must be the exhilaration which Canada brings to leaders of thought such as our new Governor General. As they come into touch with Canadian life they may say with the poet: "Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into More than that. Kingship has in these latter days gained a new meaning for British peoples everywhere. Above all our differences of parties and creeds it implies leadership in the higher art of living. More than ever, then, may the representative of the Sovereign in Canada find joy in leadership in realms where his leadership can be most helpful and stimulating. It has been said in Canada that Lcrd Tweedsmuir has been chosen for his high office by the express wish of these who can speak for the two main political sections of the Canadian people. His Majesty, we are told, has fulfilled what we may call a national Canadian desire. In any case, we know that he will be heartily welcomed by the whole C : '.adian community in every corner i the way w;*h Governors to under- • take the arduous but also happy ■ task of getting into personal touch • with Canadians of every race and !«reed in every centre from Halifax- to Victoria and fram the 49th parallel up to the sub-Arctic itself. To large numbers of them John Buchan will come as a familiar friend, for his writings have opened the window of history and romance in many a Canadian home. Everywhere he and Lady Tweedsmuir will, by their presence and personality, quicken Scottish memories and affections in a land which owes so much to the qualities of the Scottish race. They will, by the way, find a Buchan in Manitoba, and a Tweed in Ontario, and Lady Tweedsmuir will be glad, no doubt, to make the acquaintance of Grosvenor in Nova Scotia. Readers of John Buchan's novels will hope that the founder of the hamlet of McNab in Ontario had the Christian name of John. One has heard something of a lament that John Buchan the writer should be for a period submerged in Lord Tweedsmuir the King's representative. As Governor General, it has been suggested, he cannot hope to have many moments to himself, and few opportunities of continuing a literary career. But may it not be that- new and stimulating experiences will provide a Canadian background for the further writings that will yet come from the pen of our new Governor General? That, at any rate, is our hope. Notable Increase In Rail Freights Fort William--The Canadian National Railways reported here last week that east-to-west package freight handled over the company's docks here averages more than 1,000 tons a month increase this year compared with 1935. _ _ Milk Kept Fresh For Months Now Duisberg, Germany--An invention which is expected to revolutionize the dairying industry has been revealed by Theodor Hofius, a Duisberg engineer, who states that it has been entered for patent rights in all countries. He claims that he has invented a vessel in which milk and cream can be kept fresh for several months by using an oxygen apparatus. Milk remained fresh in a vessel for at least two months and its quality was improved, it claimed. The invention, if successful, will permit milk to be transported for any distance, thus opening new prospects for milk-exporting countries, it is claimed. Reading Is Praised As Relaxation Aid Toronto--Doctors and nurses were warned against becoming too absorb-n the technical side of their profession, and reading was suggested physical and mental relaxation by R. Sanderson of the Toronto Public Libraries. If you want something funny, read something funny," he said, you want to read novels, read them rather than nothing at all. I don't care what you read so long as you read along general lines. I believe that reading gives one fun, stimulus and something that will stay long after one has forgotten the book itself." The futility of trying to live by rules without relaxation was stressed by the speaker. He had no sympathy with those who pleaded that they no time for reading. It was only the first bite that was difficult. Dr. D. M. Robertson, of the Ottawa Civic Hospital, who presided, urged the establishment of more natoria in Ontario. In the meantime, he said, separate wards could maintained in hospitals for cases of tuberculosis. Grants ought to be made to them by the Government for full term of residence just as done in regard to sanatoria, he thought. Woman Plans Lamps For Coal Miners London--Among the women who ,me to London for the 13th annual conference of women engineers was Sheffield girl of 26 who is an expert on mine illumination. She is " ,iss Monica Maurice. As manager of a large lamp-laking company she has for four years been responsible for the planning and operation of lamps at col-":s in every large coalfield in the country. She does much of her work in the mines. One of her aims is to bring about l international standard for mine lighting. To this end she has read many papers at international meetings of mining and illuminating engineers in France and Germany, her first when she was 21. She spoke the native tongue in each case, and took part in the highly technical issions. She plays as hard as she works, and is an expert rider, imer and dancer. Her favorite recreation is what she calls "weekend aerobatics". Then there was the time when H. G. Wells, bringing George Bernard Shaw, arrived at the Conrad home for luncheon. Joseph Conrad loved good food and, being a most hospitable man, you may be sure the meal worthy of the occasion. But! -- Wells arrived with a terrible head-iche and would eat nothing but a slice of dry bread washed down by glass of quinine and water, while Shaw made a meal off cocoa and a dry biscuit. "That exasperated my husband rery much," says Mrs. Conrad--and 10 wonder! Shaw, of course, has always been a vegetarian. WHERE NOTHING SEEMS TO GROW Mr. Ion L. Idriess, the Australian author, has returned to Sydney with a graphic story of a journey of more than 8,000 miles which he recently undertook through the heart of Australia, in search of material for a biography of Sir Sidney Kidman. His journey tok him through the north of South Australia; as far as the Northern Territory and Queensland borders into central Queensland; through southwest Queensland to the northwest corner of New South Wales; back to Adelaide, and thence through central Australia and round the Lake Eyre country. His main aim was to get into touch with every type of elder-' ly bushman in that vast tract of country, and to obtain from drovers, station hands, and others intimatej memories of Sir Sidney Kidman back' in the days when he worked for a few shillings a week. Idriess says that Sir Sidney Kidman today either owns or controls, or has a large interest in, more than 100 stations; and owns| and leases more land in the British Empire than any other man within its borders. Mr. Idriess draws a drab picture of much of the country through which' he passed, consequent upon the then lack of rain and as a result also of duststorms and drifting sand. He says that over a large area going towards the Lake Eyre basin there had been about an inch of rain, but, with the ravages of duststorms, the young blades of grass which had sprung up had disappeared. "One journeyed for hundreds of miles," he adds, "practically with-sign of any living thing. Where there had been young grass there was a desolate picture of sand. For hundreds of miles there is this creeping, very fine sand, drifting all the time towards the good lands--towards the northwest corner of New South Wales; down south towards the coastal lands border, and between the South Australian and New South Wales borders, even across to Victoria. The dust from central Australia has eveu colored the snow on some of the Victorian alps a dirty pink in places. Mr. Idriess says that, in the southwest of Queensland, along the territory border, and north of South Australia, one sees the merest remnants of native tribes at a distance of about every 40 miles, where there used to be tribes of from 300 to 400 many years ago. "Some tribes," he adds, "have entirely disappeared. This is due in a large measure to colds which the natives contract, and which rapidly develop into penuv, monia. It is well known that germs, which the white breathes in every day, are fatal to natives, who cannot fight against them. Two Ways To Make It 2553 Today's dress of black crepe is designed along very simple but distinctive lines. Jeweled buttons accent the interseting pointed shoulder yoke. The small view shows another possibility in two-piece suggestion with peplum. Note the convertible neckline forms tiny revers. It's especially nice in rabbit's woolen. Style No. 2553 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18 years, 36, 38 and 40-inches bust. Size 16 requires 3% yards of 39-inch material for long sleeve dress. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plainly, giving number and size of pattern wanted. Enclose 15c in stamps or coin (coin preferred); wrap it carefully, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, U West Adelaide Street, .Toronto,