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: 2 5 i f Jz i 21, BEQEE {pH than 'is good for them they are all xight, bat if they drink enough to make them drunk it does them harm and makes them a nuisance to other People who have to humor them, That is why in America they have Passed a law that nobody is to drink anything with alcohol in it at all, but most of them do because people don' like to be told what they are to eat and drink and what they are not to; they only like to have advice about 4t, which I am ready t ogive them, Lately people have heen paying a fot of attention to what is called diet- ; Which is only eating and drink g under another name that makes it sound more respectable; They are quite ready to drop eating some 'things: they like if it will make them less bulbous, or if they want to look like thirty-five when they are sixty, and have people say, "Well, I shouldn't have thought it." And when they have dome it for a little while they realy do feel better all round, as well as thinner, __ The only trouble 'when they have called poisons in | about that is that rked off what are &in to say, "Oh, I can eat and drink anything I like now," And then they 80 back to It, and it works at first be. cause their insides have been used to doing more than they ought to have to, and after a they are quite ready to take it up again and do their best. ./ But they can't do, raore than that; #80 'presently they gat clogged up , aud then they begin to hicough, and-if no notice is tal of that they Doisons, and it all again. One of the ways of getting rid of olsons that is popular now is to drink A great deal of orange Jufce, and some Deople can go on doing that for weeks together and not want to eat anything , Stall. And they feel gaite well on ft, _ besides 'being as proud of themselves as if they had won the Derby Sweep; and they say it clears their brains, so that they like reading' than Edgar Wallace, and don't &et so muddled up when they have to argue clever people, Well, 8 all very Well doing that for ime 1# it Juitg, Tou, and if you : Absolutely 'a of getting rid of, But you can't living on orange juice for ever. Bernard Shaw | Manchester Guardian (Lib.): (The Director-General of Health {n Austra- fia has established the fact that the influenza epedimic of last winter started In the Friendly Isles in the South Seas from which salubrious archipelago it made its way all over the world). Those who imagine that Influenza is a specific product of a foggy winter and that the English cli mate can once more take all the kicks must revise their views. The beach.) comber who basks all day in the un- limited sunshine of a coral island is in even greater danger than the ur- ban Englishman going to the crowd- ed office in the soaking rain. We are but the residuary legatees o. the pes- tilences bred in the islands of the blest. Science may hunt the bacillus thus far, but what can it do when ft had finally discovered the lair and can read learned papers on where the germé go in the summer-time? Are we to draw a sanitary cordon round the Pacific and keep our fogs uncon- taminated by South Sea bactiili? It would be nice to try, for the part of the globe whose exports are the ukuele, the influenza, and innumerable short stories about beachcomb and dancing girls 18 not deserving well of humanity. 'These islands were called the Friendlies by hopetul pioneers, but they may Have to be rechristened in tek light of a feverish experience. ---- Montmartre and Mont Royal New York World: (France laments that "at 'a season when Paris ought to have at least ten Americans to every three seats in a dining car," there are in fact comparatively few Americans to bs seen). For this the tourist agency blames the taxes now imposed in France on foreign travel ers and the well-managed bally-hoo which it believes has lured tourists into other countries, particularly into Germany and England. Two other hypotheses seem reasonable, First, that the volume of tourist travel has been 80 enormous in recent years that Paris, for all its charm, has lost its novelty. Second, that much near- er home than Europe we have Ontario and Quebec, both of which, now being wet, are able to satisfy at least in part the interests which formerly took thousands of Americans to the capital of the Frene¢h Republic, It is at least interesting to note that travel from America to Canada is increasing even more rapidly than travel to Europe, and that no less than 3,645,455 Ameri. can automobiles (10,000 cars a day) crossed the Canadian frontier in 1928, in the words of the Government, "for touring purposes." -- The American Tariff and Em- pire Trade La Presse (Ind.): Whatever they do the United States will still need Can: ada for their supplies of raw products needed in a great number of their 'the poisons | Principal industries. Their purchases fizzle inside you and want |°f raw and semi-manufactured Cana- dian products annually reach a figure of five hundred million dollars a year. | Although they may increase HEPA FL 9) Fhe Bett intenis fom = Best War Brains. Thrust Aside William Hughes in His Book "The Splendid Adven- ture" Reviews Empire Relative Always known as a hard hitter, Mr. William Hughes, who was Premier of Australia during the war, has many cutting things to say in his book, "The Splendid. Adventure," which is a re- view of Empire relations, Mr. Hughes when he came over to England in his official capacity, found a great deal to criticize. He was not very impressed with Mr. Asquith as a war leader: : No wonder the people of Britain were Inexpressibly relieved when this eloquent courteous, honorable man whom an unkind destiny had project- ed into a world which passionately, savagely, demanded a leader 'who could and would, if needs be, drive it with whips through the horrors of the dark valley . . . sufrendered the reins. of power to Mr. Lloyd George. On the other hand, of Mr. Lloyd George he says: "No one man did 80 much to prevent the defeat of the Allies! He makes a striking compari- son between "L. G." and Asquith: Mr. Asquith had read a very great deal; Mr. Lloyd George had read very little; some held that against him, but perhaps it was one of his greatest strengths. The times were without precedent, and I have never met one so free of preconceived notions and prejudices, He made up his own mind. If he had read more he would have been per- haps less free. Careers Hefors Nation. When the Dominion representatives attended the War Cabinet in June, 1918, ther was gome very plain 8peak- ing' by them 'régarding the failure of the military operations on the West. orn Front in 1917 and the collapse of the 6th Army in March, 1918: They (the Doriinion Prime Minis- which showed that officers expose themselves to death ency, d were quite icapable of adjusting of thy Western Front. claring that they ha dwon battles be- do so again. . . The professional soldiers were more concerned with their careers than with the welfare of the nation. Most Useless Battle. The Dominons felt, remarks Mr. Hughes, that the retention of indif- ferent commanders in the higher ap- pointments and the failure to use men of ability who had entered the Army during the war was responsible for the disastrous consequences which now, at expense of life and money, they must try to rectify. A committee of Prime Ministers held an investigation into th edisaster of March 21, 1918, and other gloomy matters. It knew . that the Passchendale oftensive, the most useless, bloody and deplorable battle of the whole war, which swept away the flower of the British army, left the troops utterly worn out, their morale seriously im- paired and won nothing; it knew that this desperate, this deplorable adven- ture was undertaken on the unani- mous'advice of the Government's mili- tary advisers. Military Etiquette The Dominion Prime 'Ministers, ac- cording to Mr. Hughes, were very concerned not merely about blunder- ing generalship in the fleld, but about the system which did not permit the best men to get to the top, From what they were told, it ap- peared that no man, no matter how ------ ters) drove thelr criticisms home by [able he might be, could rise to a high- 'most striking examples of inefliciency, | er position than the rank of Brigadier- holding |General unless a profassional soldier. high command, although the bravest|> I kmow all that can be urged for of the brave, and at al times ready tothe professional soldier. We must not in en-|forget that the Army is his career, deavors to extricate their men from [and that it is hard for such a man to positions created by their Incompet-|see himself passed over for some clv- had demonstrated that they |ilian. ' But as Sir Robert Borden, Prime their concepts of war to the conditions Minister of Canada, aptly put fit: | "Atter all, issue before us makes the Speakers quoted the example of career of any man insignificant. What British officers who, holdign high com-|is the career of any man to use? What mand, had neglected to protect their are the careers of all men put togeth- entrenchments with harbe dwire, de-'er compared with the present issue? , They are absolutely less than dust. fore without barbed wire and would If we fail to use the brains of the na- 'tion for the best purposes for which they are available, it does not seem that we can have much prospect of winning the war." Misjudging the End. In July, 1918, though the moral of the Allied Armies was strong, "the High Command had no idea that mili- tary victory lay near at hand. The Cabinet, for example, General Plumer, who had been dolng splendid - work, proposed to continue his successful tactics of nibbing con- tinually and tapping at the enemy's front throughout the winter, the work of preparing plans for the 1919 and 1920 campaigns was puched rapidly forward." learned that And Towards the end of August, after the very successful Birtish offensive, Mr. Hughes visited France, and from what he saw and heard he was con. vinced that the end was near. It is only fair to Halg to add that about this time he was endeavoring to convince the home authoritiés that the war would be over before the close of 1919, but Mr. Hughes does not mention Haig at all, Everybody should read Mr, Hughes' frank and outspoken book. There may be two views as to some of the startl- ing criticisms he brings forward, but the sincerity of the man makes it dit- ficult even to think there could be another gide to his conclusions. Two kinds of girls--Protty ones, and those who stand up in trams, uxurious as Time Goes on. RENE Parls.--In a recent lssue of "Le Petit Journal" the Abbe Th, Moreur, [of ; ur- rE -of earthquakes periodisity on which he is a recognized authority. He said: ; "It seems to be still the style In cortain official quarters to deny perfodicity in earthquakes. In fact, we register, one year and another about 3,000 shocks, but as far as in- tensity goes the years do not resemble one another, i i "As ouf technique improves we suc- ceed in noting the alightest seismic manifestations an das long as a sa- vant studies the phenomena with a magnitylng glass the broad laws which regulate them 'will very prob- ably escape him, "Here 1s a fact analagous to what the astronomers observe. 'At present our instruments have attained such precision that we can detect the slightest perturbation in the march of the planets, These are far from fol- lowing orbits absolutely eliptical, so that the general laws of celestial me- chanics would be more dificult to out line now than when Kepler laid them down for the first time with the ald of rudimentary observations. "All the same one would have an Incrédible lack of good sense not to notice in certain years seismic phen- omena of extraordinary amplitude. 'That we passed through such a crisis in 1923 cannot be doubted by those who read the newspaper regu: larly. I announced that crisis, after November 23, 1022, also in the follow: ing January. It 'was, moreover, not my first venture of this sort, since my first previsions dates. from 1902. "If I Insist on this point it is not at all to grant myself the title of prophet. There are enough Nostra damuses. My idea 8083 furtheg In the thirty years in which I have stud- fed the sun I have asserted in all quarters of the world that all our clim- atology depends on the siin, My cam- paign caused smiles at first, and at the beginning they called me, malici- ously, the 'almoner of: the un. But now the matter is so far advanced that it is a question as to who is en- titled to the honor of having discov- ered that the sun's spots engender all calamities. "In fact, those who have followed my work knew very well that the sun spots are only one single manifesta tion of the general activity of the great star. "And I claim that this activity not only exercises an influence on our ex- terior meteorology -- raing, seasons, temperatures--but also on what I call endogenous meterology -- that which goes on under our feet." ---- Limbs of the Mind One is curiosity; that is a git, a capacity of pleasure in knowing, which if you destroy you make your- selves cold and dull, Another is sym- pathy; the power of sharing in the feelings of living creatures, which 1 you destroy you make yourselves hard and cruel! Another of your limbs of mind is admiration, the pow- ef of enjoying beauty or ingenuity, which if you destroy you make your- selves base and irreverent. Another is wit, or the power of playing with the lights on the many sides of truth, which it you destroy you make your- selves gloomy and less usefull and cheering to others than you might be, So that, is choosing your way of work, it should be your aim, as far as PO8- sibe, to bring out all these faculties, as far ag they exist in you, not one merely, nor another, but all of them, And the way to bring them out is simply to concern yourselves atten- tively with the subjects of each fa- culty. To cultivate sympathy you must be among living creatures, and thinking about them; and to cultivate admiration you must be among beauti- ful thifgs, and looking at them,--Rus- kin, -- Former Shipmate of King George Dies Bognor, England. --William King, a shipmate of King George on the old warship Bacchante a halt century ago, and a visitor at Cralgwell House while the King was here in April, died to- day. King was a boatswaln on the Bac- chante when His Majesty, then the Duke of York, was serving on the same ship. The one-time _ boats win, home Is here, making a vigit whose took the opportunity of to Craigwell House re- cently to have a chat concerning old times, King George. baing particularly interested in the chante's logbook which the veteran saflor had brought © A new understanding ot ment and eagerness of an a doelng the movies for the | is deplcted 1 na letter from the heart. of Africs, Mr, Stegall is conn with the American Presbyterian Cone go Commission. . . . . , | In tis letter Mr, Stegall tells an unusual story of a motion-picture theatre in. the Valley of the Kasai, A nig in the dark of the moon is selected for the performance because in the tTUpics the moonlight is so bril liant as to 'seriously interfere with the showing of the plctures, | The ° stage ig outlined by two palm trees, between \which fis stretched a sheet sufficiently thin to allow the pletupes to ba seen from the back side as well as the front. In fact, Mr, Stegall says that far more people se them from the back than from the front. From the hack the titles will, of course, ap- pear reversed and so cantiot be read, but none of the audience can read English, and so the titles are as in télligible from one side as from the other, * The audience of natives sits on the grass. It reaches far back Into the jungle. Five years ago thes epeople had "never seem & motion picture. When the first one was thrown om the screen it meant nothing to them; it seemed to them to be simply a maze of shadows walking oii the sheet, They called them "walking shadows," and the name has clung to them ever since, However, when Mr, Ste gall wag able to show them a film do picting animals which wer efamiliar to them: a baboon, an elephant, a lion, a dog and a crocodile, they quick- ly recognized these familiar objects, and, with this as a basis, they learned to "see" the pictures. Another unique feature of Mr, Ste- galls motion-picture shows is that he is very careful not to advertise thém, This is to prevent the whole country. side from turning out on a given night and causing a stampede ,as has occurred occasionally. ' Mr. Stegall deels that his audiences are now ready to understand pictures of real educational value, such 'as will tell the matorfes of the great world be yond their jungles, ---- Australian Wilds To Be Explored Public Support to Be Asked for Exploring of Great Ter- ritory in 'Northwest Perth, W. Aust.--Although Aus- ralla has been a British settlement for 'close upon 1% centuries there Is still a big section of it--equal in size to Great Britain--stin practically un. explored. That section is in the far "worth: west, "about 2000. miles from Perth, with Wyndham on the southeast cor- ner-and Derby on the southwest cor ner ,as its nearest points of civiliza- tion, A project to explore this area and the islands lying near it has heen submitted by C. L. K. Foot to Lord Apsley,' who visited Australly some years ago, and to the British Royal Geographical Society. While Lord Apsley is prepared to assist the British Royal Geographi- cal Society, considers the undertak- ing too big for it to bandle, and that the Commonwealth Government should take the matter up. Mr. Foot Is now engaged in an endeavor to seurce moral support for the venture in Australia in the hope that If he arouses local enthusiasm he will be able to raise the mecessary funds in London to send out a scientific ox- pedition, Three expeditions have been throuh portions of the area and peatiérs from Broome have landed in some ot the harbors and bays ,but up to the present no properly equipped ex- pedition has been sent out. So far as is known the country to be investi gated consists of apen plains, high ranges of sandstone, deep gorges and ravines, savannahs, lagoons and rivers. The lagoons are believed to be covered yith duck, geese, egrets, jabaroos, cranes, and a large number of mammals, while the rivers and swamps abound in crocodiles and al ligators, The area is inhabited for the most part by aborigines who are said to be the finest physical speci. mens of the Australian natives, but are in many cases not well disposed toward the white man, Three churches--Anglican, Roman Catholic and Presbyterian--have established mission stations in coastal portions of this almost unknown, territory. ee) ens Responsiveness ~~ ° There is one quality which, it we could he well liked by thosa about us, is the most winsome of all that can be named, and that fs responsiveness. 1It is not what we say, but what others