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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, CO! VOICE = 0/ the CANADA, THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE PRESS CANADA WE SHOULD VIEW WITH ALARM DEATHS ON THE HIGHWAYS The Ontario Department of Highways is amazed that the people should become tremendously excited about a minor earthquake that jures nobody and causes almost no property damage while at the time they contemplate with apparent indifference the continuing toll c" deaths and injuries in highway acc: In the first eight months of thi year, the department points out, 6,-336 accidents were reported from Ontario's streets and roads, with 291 deaths, injuries to 6,038 persons; and with 9,304 vehicles involved and si taining in the aggregate damage the extent of $656,000. Earthquake hazards are almost i gligible in this part of the earth. But every week eight or nine persons, on the average, are killed on highways in Ontario, and two hundred injured, and we confess our impotence to do anything about the situation. The pitiful part of it is that almost all accidents are avoidable. They a caused by selfish recklessness, by flat disregard for the conventions of civilized people, by insane speed, by the failure of the human factor to measure up to the efficiency of thi machine. -- Ottawa Journal. STREAM-LINED TRAINS Above all, when considered in con junction with the remarkable achieve ment reported in the news columns of this issue, in covering the distance from Montreal to Quebec with a special boat train in three and one-half hours, it would be difficult to exaggerate the importance of the announcement just made by the Canadian Pacific Railway that five "lightweight streamlined locomotives," to be placed in service between this city and the metropolis and capable of attaining a speed of 110 miles an hr. --the first of a new series--are under construction. If the ordinary passenger schedule maintained hitherto on the Quebec-Montreal run can be cut nearly in two on the existing rails and with the present locomotive power, one may imagine what will be possible with the new locomotives when the rails have been re-constructed to meet the changed conditions. This city will be as close to Montreal as Three Rivers has been hitherto, and communications between the two centres will be stimulated and multiplied correspondingly. -- The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. A LITTLE MORE COURTESY In a recent issue of a widely read magazine, attention is called to a byproduct of the automobile industry which ordinarily goes unmentioned-- the utter ruination of tempers and manners which the automobile seems to have brought to millions of good citizens. It is a point well worth considering. It applies to nearly all of us and in the last few years it has produced a set of road manners which would seem to justify the complaint that we are a nation of barbarians.-- Chatham News. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE Great Falls, Montana, believes it pays to advertise. Thi* season merchants of that city w:ll spend $3,500 in a street decorating scheme to be readv nno mmft w fore Christmas. Il tentious effort" ma and other decorating effects, year several intersections equipped with brilliantly-lighted Christmas trees, and the whole lighting scheme is to be extended. Lethbridge started a couple 0 years ago to harg out the "welcome' sign to Christmas shoppers. It may be that, by giving the undertaking a little thought we might make the citj still more attractive during December. Let's not hide our light under a bushel. -- Lethbridge Herald. WHERE BABIES UNWELCOME CONGREGATION SURPRISED The congregation at a local church on Sunday were astounded when body of six prominent and popular gentlemen of the town walked into the church all in a body. One of them carrying a cane brought up the rear of the group of six, and it looked as if he were shepherding the others into the church. Each of the citizens in that group of six may be termed as genuine old-timers of the North, but it is safe to say that never before were they ever at church together. It is doubtful, in deed, if any two of them were eve: in church together or singly in th< The church roof stood up under th< strain, but it wil! not be surprising^ if it leaks a little during the coming' months. -- Timmins Advance. AS TO RETIREMENT At first glance it would seem reasonable to put the younger men to work and retire the older men, but on second thought this would put a heavy burden on the shoulders of youth who would be compelled to pro-ide the "pensions" in lieu of the wages the older men earn. The better plan is to pursue those policies that tend to provide work and wages for all who are able and who are more happy produ earning than they would be on "pen-'ons" commensurate with their earn-g power, or existing on a "dole." Adequate old age pensions for all who have done their bit, provided by Dominion, are wise, and nationally economical, but only a limited pro-portion of men are old at 60 years. -- Moose Jaw Times-Herald A TOWER OF STRENGTH We Jews of Canada cannot however .Itogether disassociate His Excellency from John Buchan, who sat in the British House of Commons. To the world at large he has givei literary productiveness, but to the Jews he has also given another part of himself, the humanitarian, the altruist, the fearless champion oi an's rights. As the chairman of the Pro-Pal itine Committee of the House of Commons, his engaging personality and his keen analytical mind did a great deal to build up Zionist senti-t. He was a tower of strength in ; direction and we venture to say that he has left an indelible mark upon that organization. -- Canadh Jewish Chronicle. THE EMPIRE CANADA'S MEMORIAL The Canadian War Memorial which has been erected at Vimy Ridge designs by the Canadian sculptor, Mr Walter Alhvn.rd, is now practically completed. The work has bee forward for some ten years, volved the use of some 70,000 cubic feet of stone, specially quarried Yugoslavia, standi: 138 feet high a base 237 feet long and contains names of 11,700 men of the Capri forces who were reported as missing and also bears a tribute to the soldiers of France who laid down their lives on Vimy Ridge. Their sacrifice ymbolized in a series of twenty res grouped between and around enormous pylons. Each figure al-twelve feet high and weighs 30 Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the late President and Honorary Vice-President of the Girl Scouts, receives a salute as she visits their "Little House" in Washington, D.C., on Home Making Day of Girl Scout Week. The girls demonstrated their ability as housekeepers for Mrs. Wilson by cooking, baking, making beds and washing dishes. " Do You Want To Keep Young' of expression. Simply refuse ing your years age. Babies are unwelcome in Gibraltar, which is not a rock, or island, bat part of the mr.in'and of Spain. primarily a fortress, Great Lritain has no desire to encourage any increase in the population. For over thirty years no new residents have been permitted to take up their abode, not eve?', British subjects. -- Maclean's Magazine. YOUNG DELINQUENTS month be- j Tho new law to be introduced by most pre- j tne Government aims at keeping one yet by lighting j a child until fourteen years of age, when one becomes "a young person." He or she remains a young person until the age ot sixteen is reached, and shall not be hanged for murder ir very severe!} punished for other offences. After sixteen, presumably, e all become old persons, or at any rate old enough to be hanged or imprisoned like anybody else. This new law is an improvement on the existing one. We are gradually getting away from the habit of treating brutally the very young, from mak- I ing criminals of youths who, with a I little initial lenient treatment, would avoid a criminal career for the bal- Don't allow yourself to your birthday, that you ar older. Avoid excesses of all kinds; they are injurious. The long life must be temperate regular one. Keep mental cobwebs, dust and brain ashes brushed off by frequi trips to the country. Never look on the dark side; take sunny views of every thing; a sunny thought drives away the sha Keep your mind young by fresh, vigorous thinking and your heart sound by cultivating a cheerful, op-tomistic disposition. Don't live to eat, but eat to liv Many of our ills are due to overeat, ing and eating wrong things, also irregular eating habits. Don't be to© ambitious; the canker of over-valuating ambition has en up the happiness of many a Keep busy; idleness is a g friend of age, but an enemy of youth, Regular employment and mental cupation are marvellous youth pre. servers. Pure air, both indoors 1 doors, is absolutely essential to health and long living. Never allow yourself to remain in a poisoned or vitiated atmosphere. Don't let anything interfere with your regular hours of work and resC but get plenty of sleep, especially before midnight. Refuse to allow the mind to stiffen the muscles by the suggestion of age limitations. Age is a mental state, brought about by mental conviction. You are only as old as you "Right to Die" YOUTH AND AGE _ Youth ha3 its virtues, and impatience with intolerable conditions is one of them. Energy, generosity, idealism are oilers. All these virtues ■will prove useful in achieving a solution But they will not do it alone. They must work with the experience and wisdom of the older men. If they can give edge and purpose and strength to the older men's counsel so much the better. But the older men's tisel must give caution to the vig- Ottawa.--Ottawa physicians week expressed disagreement with principles of the "right to die" doctrine being sponsored in London by a society headed by Lord Moynihan. One widely known doctor said the doctrine was a "highly dange one and its application might lead to many unforseen abuses, granting the privilege of taking life it would be hard to decide where to draw the lne, and, as a human element would have to be contended with, the precedent would be a da gerous one." Another physician asked: "Who going to be the ultimate court of appeal? Often," he said, "peopli who are adjudged on the verge of death by the best authorities recover by some miracle, and a good many mistakes are likely to be made in an inexact science. My opinion is that it would be a very dangerous thing to put the amount of power suggested into any hands." The proper function of a government is to make it easy for people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.--Gladstone. Cattle on Highways Constitute a Menace The Almonte Gazette in issue made the following pertinent observations: 'Some time ago the judge raised the question of whether or not it strictly legal to have cattle on en though they were ac( panied by a driver. Either toe judge the law was in error because it palpably absurd to state that a far. er can't drive his cattle on a country road. What we suspect is that the learned judge was misquoted in the papers. What he probably said is that it was against the law to allow cattle to stray unattended the highway. Quite recently a Perth doctor driving at night wreck-his automobile when he struck a loose on the road. If the horse broke out of a pasture then it was pure accident but if it was allowed by its owner to forage for a living along the sides of the highway the owner was guilty of a grave breach of the law. He might even have fac-charge of manslaughter had not the occupants of the car been exceedingly fortunate. One road that to be infested with wandering cattle is that between Carleton Place and Perth. Seldom does torist pass over it without being forced to crawl through a group of cows. Last week a motorist met full fledged bull on the highway near Innisville and for a time it looked though Mr. B. was going t0 dispute the right-of-way with the car. There .„ no. reason for farmers allowing "ca/PiW'JT1 become a menace highways. Practicallv every farmer driving a car himself and appreciates the danger. This law should enforced by toe provincial police the interests of public safety." (Hoi Can We Wait? Quebec A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gather love. --Basil. true that s liv . Of < children are vicious, isut the vast majority are not, even though they may be wild. It says much for the better traits of human disposition that in spite of conditions many badly-treated children have I grown up to be quite respectable elements of society --Kingston Jamaica Gleaner. MORE THAN A SCHOOL When will it be realised generally Australia that a university is an essential part of a modern community, and not merely a glorified school where advanced lessons are taught? The great universities of the old world owe their greatness to the contributions they have made to the increase in the sum of human knowledge and to the advancement of civilisation. Considered from this It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all.--H. W. Shaw. or ™„ti, ir---- "c VIS" vlllsation. considered Irom 01 youth< -- Vancouver Province, pect the teaching side of the sity becomes a secondary essential, a medium for distributing the new intellectual currency which the university should be continuously mining. The attempt of the new vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Dr. R. E. Priestly, to spread this gospel in Australia is worthy of the widest support and encouragement. The improvements which he has planned for his own university appear costly only because the community has neglected in the past to maintain adequately its source of intellectual vigour. -- The Australasian. 121 The Pioneer Spirit Observes the Woodstock Sentinel. Review -- Contents of a couple ol bulky envelopes from a press clipping agency disclose that no item in the Sentinel-Review during the past •ee moths was oftener reproduced achieved as wide distribution paragraph from an editorial article upon the subject of employment. Re. publshed under (he title, "Too Much Waiting About," it appeared in at least 40 newspaper.:* in three provin->. It said: 'Students of Canadian history have been impressed of late by the thought hat many present difficulties would isappear if young people were prepared to face pioneer conditions and way for themselves as earlier generation did in this country. There great a tendency to wait for government or organizations to cre-favorable opportunities, and too much dependence upon services conveniences and environment which exist only because of the toil which others performed many years The quotation is recalled here because there was something in the ure of a sequel to it in toe speech Dr. Horace L. Brittain, of tl Citizens' Research Institute, before board of trade meeting here. t was not alluding to young people i much as adults - in fact to ta payers. The latter are inclined, 1 said, to take an adequate interest in municipal affairs only when times are hard and something hurts theii pockets. Dr. Brittain sees hard times still ahead, but he has some conn-dence that the spirit of the people will lead them to "take hold' perhaps bring a long o-.ordue balanc-of budgets. He said: My hope is that the people of Ontario have sufficient of the spirit of the old pioneers that when they see how things are going they will really take hold. Great Britain has done it. She has balanced her budget -- the only country in the world that has. We have not balanced any budgets in Canada -- and only a few municipalities, and the best records have been made by rural municipalities. But 1 think, being a chip off the old block, will probably balance our budget. I have a great deal of hope that will happen. Anyway, if it does not hap. penMwe deserve all get." Frank Carrell Chronicle-Telegraph) Much as we advocated world peace Through the League of Nations, Longe ago we forsaw What is developing in Europe today. Britain must arm and arm heavily. Pacifist Prime Minister Baldwin is right. Britain is in danger. The neutrality of the United States Makes the position more complex, j The whole trouble is the jealousy I of Europe. Sovietism, Facism and Nazism Are now trained military camps. The people are bottled up Boiling with envy which breeds hatred, Of Britain, Canada and the United States. No country will have them, So they are training, training, training. And becoming more restless and aggressive. Anything may happen. The one safe course Is in preparation for defence. Siesta Period In Italy Is Cancelled Rome. -- Sanctions have stolen Italy's siesta hour. Premier Mussolini told his people recently they must work a full day in the daytime and do their sleeping at night to save office light and heat. They must work on a schedule from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., with only a half-hour for lunch. The latter regulation may prove the most bitter disciplinary lesson Black Shirt patriots have yet faced. For centuries they have been used to at least two hours at the heat of the day for eating and dozing. Though the windows start about four feet from the floor (as nursery windows should) the curtains are all ground length. They look better that way as well as keeping out any sneaking draughts. There are no pelmets. In the night nursery there is a dressing table over against the window. A square one, topped by a layer of glass and with skirts of the sea-shell chintz draped round it. The nurse's bed is a divan with' overspread and headrest of the chintz. At each side are small tables. The only other furniture in the room is a long chest of drawers, also, in white washable paint, outlined, with blue, which houses the early wardrobe of the young Prince; an; armchair; and the royal cot. Rooms Inter-Communicate One door leads in direct1}- from the landing, another into the lobby, so that the suite is really self-contained; and the baby need not be carried: out on to the landing in ' order toi go from the day to the night nur- In front of the electric fire in the, day nursery is a deeply hand-tufted' wool rug, rightly colored with houses and little men. Nice and soft to crawl about on and with plenty to interest the young mind. Then there is the centre table, white with its blue lines, square but with the corners snubbed off. Around it four plain chairs with no dust And a good and roomy toy cupboard over against the wall. An armchair for nurse and plenty room for play. No Direct Lighting j There is no overhead lighting, only low standard fittings with white bases and blue and white shades. The bathroom fitments are white, with chromium-plated taps. The whole place is kept at an even temperature by central heating, though there are the screened electric fires in both the nurseries for ex-, tra cold days. And that is about all it takes to make the perfect nursery--except, of course, the baby. MODERN NURSERY FOR INFANT PRINCE Suite Prepared for Son of Duke and Duchess of Kent Extremely Simple Fitted for a very modern young prince is the suite which has been prepared for the Duchess of Kent's iby son, writes Zoe Farmar in the indon Daily Express. The three rooms--day and night irsery and bathroom--are on the third floor immediately above the Duchess' own bedroom, overlooking the tree-tops of Belgrave-square. s the Duke of Kent who decided on the planning, the colors, and the general lay-out of the suite, almost a private flat, which was prepared long before the arrival of the And the first quality which was demanded of every item of furnishing and decoration was washability. The floors, the tables and chairs, the curtains and chair covers, can all be kept spotlessly clean--easily. White and Blue That point and the soothing lightness of the rooms make this nursery one that will be copied by mothers throughout the world. It contains no extravagent detail, no unnecessary luxury . . a background fit for a prince, but equally fit for any well-loved baby. The floors of all three rooms are close covered in a white rubber composition-- Y* in. thick, soft to tread on, warm and washable. The walls, too, are all painted in a slightly shiny white--white with the glare taken out of it by the slightest tinting of yellow -- "off-white" the decorators call it. Everything is white, in fact, except the patterned glossy chintz which covers the chairs and forms the curtains. The background of this fabric is blue. Not "Marina" or "baby-boy" blue; darker than those but not quite as deep as navy. On it are patterned cone - shaped shells, in are going to | white, each about six inches long. Night Nursery Furnishings Warrior's Day was stepping out right smartly 1 I glimpsed him years ago, For the Brigadier was fussy Over putting on a show; And the boys came up in column Shifting smoothly into line, With the rifles sloped correctly And the buttons all ashine. They were spear-head troops and' knew it, You could tell it from their stride. While the Brass Hats took the credit Almost bursting in their pride. The band was on the side lines was playing Kerry Gow-- But that was many years gao, A long far road from now. I saw him only yesterday On a sun-drenched city street, Where scorching pavement sweltered And blistering shuffling feet. He wouldn't let them count him out Although he might be down; He wasn't wearing Khaki Just a suit of rusty brown, At sight of him and many more, The Grandstand rose to cheer, For here as something novel To be seen but once a year. Said one sweet lip-sticked maiden, "What are those medals for," "I guess," said scarlet finger-tips, "There musta been a war." --Canadian School Journal. A Good Creed The Kitchener Record published a sportsmen's creed, as issued by an association which aims to preserve the wild life and the denizens of the 1. Never in sport endanger human life. Never kill wantonly, or needlessly, or brutally. Obey toe laws, work for better , and uphold the enforcing authorities. 4. Respect the rights o£ farmers 5. Always leave seed birds and game birds in cover. 6. Never be a fish-hog. 7. Discourage the killing of game for commercial purposes by refusing to purchase trophies. Study and record toe natural history of game species in the interest of science. 8. Study and record the natural history of game species in the interest of science. md its denizens Whipped blood is the diet of London Zoo's three vampire bats. Every night they consume at least half a pint of horse's blood which lias been beaten with an egg whisk. Sociebody tossed a gourd -- a kind of melon -- into a garden at Waker-ing, Essex. It burst, and the seed* yielded 3 cwt. of fruit, the largest weighing 3/4cwt. There were seventeen gourds from the seeds. One root came up in a neighbour's garden twenty yards away and a 601b. gourd with it.