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producing countries slightly more than 3,000, Shades export shipments per cent. of this en countries. Sweden, 'Newfoundland and Finland, exporting less than 200,000 tons, fairly closely grouped, while Great Britain had the of the remaining trade. Hints On Using Odd Corners To Have a Place For Every- thing and Then Keeping Everything in Its Place Spring, with its fever tor cleaning and renovating, rings back to mind the old, old saying "a place for every- thing and everything in its place." . One beging to wonder how more star age space may. be provided, Or, it closets are cluttered and small, how can order 'and system be brought out of disorder and chaos. In most homes the more closets an cupboards that can be provided, tu happier becomes the housewife, Be-§ sids the usual storage space in the kitehen: which provides for supplies nsils there ~are throughout the "house, cleaning closets; laundry g sets, clothes closets, and other s age space which might take care o n's tog rubbers, boots, ete. The brooms, b 5 b back kitchen. 'way, that Pp! of the house, in or It there is a back passage is a good place for ft: n old ward- robe may be converted dato a.yery Com: Yenlent cleaning clos ; + differen? : ies mre now incl ding cleanings _ closets in connection with t their tioal cabinets which are very good 'and probably as cheap as ta haye one ~~" made. The laundry closet should be in the ym wher laundry work is dons. It 'may be high enough to have a shelf at the top for the soap, bluing, starch, and. stain removers, with space be- low for baskets, wash boards, and ironing boards if this {s not built ina _ separate place, £ At linen closet is one of the most important store rooms In the home 'an should be located In a part of the Boneo Nh Sra fh wil be most acces- sible should be planned with the idea of classifying and organizing the "different sizes of sheets, pillow cases, Jato, spreads, and any other house- hold linn. Sometimes the extra bed- ~ ding is also stored In the linen closet, + When this is done, wider and, deeper © shelVes are necessary. @ Ehelves with drop fronts are Rr AITaDl. as linen 18 very heavy to handle In a drawer and the drop front extends the shelf ; rting the _ esometimes e Tosti of li ¥ closets should be of Spare Stas : : to the best advantage. is In the ago an automobile | nf which, fn the belief Rd Po % cl! o The D tion in merce 1s, fo should al stant and effective reminder that the Canadian people have a greater busi- ness stake In forest protection and | conservation than any other people in the world Courtesy. "Natural Re- sources, Canada. PIE NDIAN MARATHON - #Goodleaf, University of To- dent, who Lwill compete in ent from Topeka h solid panel doors, Have p-allow for a coat hang- er compartment might fawers with a shelf or the top two small ¢ lor hats. Shoebggd™ ma ghin to fit dhe dime may shoes id below A shoeSsupport e door or inside the closet is a tidy way of taking care of the shofls. Curtain rods may be used. every home there is usually some place for the medical and surgical supplies and this is commonly ter the medicine chest. = This should be, a shallow closet with narrow shelve s0 all bottles, will be in single rows, each plainly labeled. All poisons shoud be kept on a shelf by themsel- ves It 1s also a good idea to either have a different shaped bottle or a dif- fervent kind of stopper so they will be recognized in the dark. Theimedicine closet {s usually placed in the bath room although this 18 not necessary if there is a more convenient place, Besides these closets listed there are always odds and ends of storage spaces around the houe that can be utilized to good advantage, Some- times it is a bit of space around the chimney, a set of drawers under the stairs, or a window seat." If the win- dow seat fs on the second floor, it could be lined with cedar and make a possible storage space for wool blankets, i One seldom 'has too much storage space or too many closets. The main thing is to use every nook and.corner eb used. ,She ment on one side suffi- t during 1997, | jo in American te es. first. automobile was | sarily a crude affair, which strangely' resembled a steam calliope while in action. Tt had no claim to beauty, nor wag it silent and easy to ) operate ved but the fu ; Fag 3 impelled it to as down the street and up the hills move | practically unchanged' years. neces- the description of the Winton 40-horsepgwer automobile, ' Model M, produced In the early years ' of the Industry, we find that it had four forward speeds, selective type; flirect drive on third forward speed; "offset" cylinders, preventing friction ' --loss of power; horizontal drive' shaft; mechanical throttling carbure-' tor; "shooting" ofler, mechanically | operated; all working parts easily ac- cessible; floating type rear axle; Jump spark ignition; centrifugal pump cooling, and improved Winton twin' springs. * + Gas and Spark 'While the language is ferent from that fundamentals of loc same now as in The gasoline tank was p! rear of the vehicle. Compressed air entering through a tube caused a dls placement of a volume of gas equal to the volume of air coming into the tank, The gasoline was forced! through an auvillary tank into the carburetor, controlled by an adjust-| able needle valve, by means of which the flow was greater or less, according to individual needs, The air In the carburetor gathered a few drops of line, which Immediately evapor- ated Into the alr forming a mixture of gas, This compressed gas was forced into the cylinder and iguitel by an electric spark, Spark plugs were employed similar in construction to those now in use. mawhat dif the | with an electric ignition syste component parts of which we , amutator, switch, spar §, wire and spark ad Many cars of the perlod f | 80 that should the dry batte 0 "operation of the first te {les and' those of tha present day zSinilng and ease of control that each cylinder Jumps | park without loss of power at any point. OCrudeness of operation has been succeeded by an easy motion whi almost entirely automatie, | ve = ystems of Cooling - of cooling, one by alr * by water, were used on els. In the air system fins or pins were placed 'outer walls of the cylinder Afch into contact with the rush of occasioned by the speed of the car. Hxeept in a few automo- biles, this systemyhas been displaced by the method of water cooling now in vogue. A notable Instance of mod- ern air cooling 18 the system more a matter of finger pressure. HOW PITCHER HERB PENNOCK HOLDS THE BALL On left his band is set for a fast ball and on right for a slow ball, There Is but a slight difference for each of the deliveries, and that difference is by the Franklin car, which embodies 130 same ideas along much simpler "Tiree water cooling systems were employed on the old-fashnioned cars, namely, therme-syphon, gear pump, and centrifugal pump. In all of these Systems water spaces were provided ,around the cylinders between the in- ner and the outer walls, The upper part of the water chambers, around the cylinders, was connected by a pipe to the radiator at the front of the car, smooth-as-silk multiple disk clutch; ' Where the water passed through tubes | to the bottom of the radiator and thence flowed back to the lower part of the motor cylinder, An illustration 1s given which is interesting and practical even to-day. "When water bolls it leaves a deposit. The tea kettls fs a familiar illustra tion. After a tea kettle has been used any considerable time, a coating ap- pears at its bottom and sides. This is a deposit of lime. The same deposit of lime may be left in the radiator of an automobile and the precaution must therefore be taken that the radi : |ator tubes be sufficiently large so that the deposit will not clog the passage of water." The yeirs have taught automotive engineers this lesson so that the radiators on the modern cars are in no, danger of clogging. How- ever, the method of cooling to-day 1s based on the system used back in 1908, How familiar this reads: "The multiple-disk clutch has proven so suc- Care and Repair of Electric Cords All of the portable electric appli ances in household use to-day depend for their satisfactory operation upon the electric cord. When the iron or warming pad refuses to heat, or the electric sweeper runs irregularly or not at all, the probability is that the fault 1s not in the appliance, but in the cord through which its electricity comes, Early portable devices such as elec- tric irons, curling irons and sweepers, wear out cords faster than do utility motors, washing machines and fans. The electric. cord is not intended to withstand mechanical stresses, as will be understood after a word explaining its construction, Construction of Cord The cord, which looks like one wire covered with woven fabric, is really two wires within one outer covering, which is usually silk. Bach inner wire consists of many tiny strands of copper twisted together into a light cable, the cable being covered with a rubber coating. Outside of the rub- ber are several layers of woven cot- ton. The two cables, each complete in {tself, are twisted together into a unit and covered with silk. At one end of the cord is a plug for attach t to a wall socket or cessful that ft is rapidly displact other types. Among numerous advan. tages in its favor are that it is small and compact, has metal-to-metal fric- tion surfaces, and revolves in an oll bath, a pg Its constant automatic Except for certain minor the multiple-disk clutch seems favor in 1928 just as in 1906. great change in gutomobile con- on has been the exact fitting of priuts, screws and other joinings have = {been taken out. The gasoline flow is ghtirely automate to-day, the ofl 1s fil- multiplied and the while braking is on other receptacle and at the other a socket to receive an incandescent bulb og else a special plug to attach to the terminals of the iron, toaster, otc. The ends of the cords are attach- ed within the plugs by brass screws or "binding posts." Sharp bends and kinks tend to ruin the cord by breaking the flne copper wires Inside it. Mechanical stresses, such as those resulting when an iron is allowed to slide oft the {roning board, or when a toaster is disconnect- ed by a yank on the cord instead of -lon the plug, injure it by breaking off the little wires at the point where the ends are ,held under the binding post screw heads. Setting a hot iron connected with any_souree of elec: tricity. Take the Plug Apart Take the plug apart. Inspection will usually tell the way to accomplish this; with plugs that attach to irons it usually means removing two screws, but with lamp sockets all that is need- ed is to squeeze the brass shell on the lower portion near the key until it disengages from the smaller top section. Let the reader assume the work concerns a socket, After having separated the two sections of the brass shell ( a screwdriver will help), slide the top one, and the fibre shield that lles inside it, back on the cord out of the way. Slip off the lower portion of the shell and lay. it aside. Loosen, but do not remove, the two brass screws that hold the bare énds of the cord, Thé chances are that when the amateur has gone this far, he has discovered the break, Pull the wires out from under the screw heads, Now, before disturbing the knot which 1s tied 1a the wires Inside the socket, take note of their length below the knot. This Information will be needed later. Untle the knot and straighten out the ends of the wires. With knife, pliers or a pair of shears --~copper is soft metal--cut off three to six Inches of the cord so as to get a new undamaged end, At This Point At this point it is well to make sure that the upper part of the brass shell, and the fibre shell that belongs inside it, are already strung onto the cord as described above. (Ask any electrician how many times he has forgotten to do this.) With the point of the knife cut lightly through the outer silk cov? ering far enough back to give two separate wires which can be tied and have the ends of the proper length. Now take each of the two inside wires separately and with the knife peel off all the insulation for about one-half Inch back from the end. When the bare copper fs exposed scrape the strands gently until they are clean and bright. They have a tendency to spread out like a whisk broom; twist "the storage battery was ready the vehicle running. bile of to-day the same idea Is carried that his concop- down on the cord damages the {nsu- (them up between thumb and finger lation and may cause future trouble. until there are no loose ends sticking Getting a cord wet encourages short Out to cause a blown fuse. Knot the circuiting, particularly if there already Wires above the socket as they were out in a much simplified form, but the basic idea remains unchanged. In describing the sparlt plugl of 1906 the Cleveland Automobile In- stitute says: "The spark plug is so constructed that, when energy reaches "from the batteries, the energy jumps a gap between the platinum of the plug In the cylinder. 'When this jump occurs, a fash. of flame bridges the gap. «An this flame takes place in the cy at the exact moment when the der is charged with compresse the flame ignites the gas and c its combustion and expansion." Fiven vehicle was ite as Pract Bl In its age as the one he would meet on the highway in any part of the world to-day. ---- A gardener says that an early spring is necessary. Any pedestrian knows that. ---------- Many people say you have reversed © some of your old opinions," "Of course HT "have," replied Senator Sorghum. ! "Otherwise, how would it have been possible for me to remain in political action all these years?"--Washington Star. -- be a weak spot in the insulation. Most frequently breaks in the cords | come at either end, since most of the, wear from bending occurs near the plugs. of this kind and every user of appli- ances should know something about it, since such knowledge may save not only a repairman's charges, but hours of valuable time. The only tools needed ars a small screwdriver--one from the sewing-machine tools is sult- able--and a small kitchen knife, al- though a pair of cutting pliers is very convenient. First, be sure that the cord is not It is very easy to repair trouble |Fe8Dective binding-post screws, _batile with pistols; gunmen toured the | before; if the beginner can't duplicate "the knot, let him tie an ordinary 'square one. Insert the twisted ends 'of the wires under the heads of their wrap them once around the shank of the screw In a clockwise direction, and tighten down the screws firmly It the peeled section of the wire was too long and the end sticks out after the screw has been tightened, loosen it up and cut off the end until ft will stay under the head of the screw, Now slip the lower part of the brass shell, and its inner fibre lining, over the socket, and slide the upper parts back down the cord into position. Bring, the two sections together with firm pressure and a little judicious jockeying, until the two lock together with a click. Would Die For Him. The Brunette--"I love him more than I can say--I'd almost give my lite for him--but he seems to prefer blondes." Friend--"I'd dye for him if I loved him that much." ------ ~ WAIT TiLL--? A few incidents of the Chicago elec tions: --One candidate was killed; six persons were kidnapped; two were wounded; two gangs fought a pitched polling booths, attempting to drive away opposition; gangs active in the dates and voters hel mob- men {nvaded the and | threw out voters w) their papers according to o nscucons: industrial and adjoining wards; oy | he i training | : have been agreed on §, Jeti 5 EO ents of Great Biteln Southern Rhodesia. - Pe The first of these has come into operation and remains open for th years, It applies to single men with capital between £900 and £1500, a and £2000, { steamer passages are made which are In addition to the rebate made to emigrants by certain companies, Training in agriculture is provided with experienced farmers in Southern Rhodesia, £5 per month being granted for each adult settler for a period of 12 months. When a settler starts on £600 for tm= provements are made to him which are repayable over 20 years. The second scheme applies to men ; under-85- years of age, with a minfs = mum capital of £200, who are either fhe trained agriculturists or jobbing arti 5 sans In such trades as bricklaying, carpentry, blacksmithing, ete. Train. ing factlities and grants for initial maintenance, passage and so on are also made. - The third scheme is for agricultur ists nominated by Southern Rhodesian seftlers. Advances and grants.are . also made, to those men and the Southern Rhodesian Government re- quires a guarantee that the nominator will find the new settler employment for a year, and will refund the passage money if he does not remain in the country for that perlod. ef eae - WON PRIZE OF $1,000 Arthur Cleland Lloyd, 19-year-old composer, of Vancouver, who won the junior award of $1,000 in the HB. W. Beatty prize competition for composi tions based on French-Canadian folk melodies in connection with the Que- bec Folksong Festival to be staged at Quebec May 24. iri Britain to Make Loans to Farmers London---The British Government's long-awaited scheme for affording the farmers long and short-term loans upon easier terms is now announced, and the bill giving it effect as {ntro- duced to the House of Commons was unopposed. The long credit 1s to be provided by a central mortgage in- stitution working through existing banks and raising the money in the open market. The Government cone tributes substantially toward the Ine stitution's reserve funds to facilitate cheap borrowing. Short-term credits are being ar ranged through existing banks which will be given powers to utilize the bor- rowing of the farmers' entire stock as security, thereby greatly {increasing the sum loanable. This makes an {fmportant change, since at present, de- spite depressed conditions in agricul ture, although the total farmers' stock in Britain is valued at £ 20,000,000 has been bHorrowed upon fit. Both the (banks and the National Farmers' Une ion representing the agriculturists gupport this arrangement. f pe . Cowardice and Desertion Glsgow Herald Cons.): (Every yi on the . of Rg S47 nual Bill in the British ar o of, Commons, the Socialist members at tempt to securg the abolition of the death penalty for cowardice and des ' ertion.) Curiously enough, the only really strong plea--according to mille tary Ideas--which can be urged against the punishment of the worsh form of military cowardice by death was put forward not by a purely civillan Socfalist member but by a Unionist who served with credit in the war and who doubted the right of an army to take a man compulsorily from his shop or office 'and, if his nerve failed under the strain of war, to shoot him. The answer to the serious question here raised is, of course, the fmpossibility of drawing distinctions between professional and civillan soldiers when both come un der the same military code. es "Music can now be extracted from x the alr," says & contemporary. § chines go trom Jazz which extracts oul fro ail bdeohek TEV