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Lone Scouts will he pleased to know that the new Governor General of Canada, His Excellency the Right Hon. The Earl of Bessborough, P.C., G.C.M.G., has acceptel the appoint- ment of Chief Scout for Canada. His Excellency has been a strong supporter of the movement in the British Isles, and we arg glad to know that ome of the very first things that he did on arrival in Canada was to accept this "appointment Can- ada has been Yortunate in it's choice of Governor Generals in the past, and Without exception these have all unhesitatingly accepted the office of Chief Scout for Canada, during the duration of their stay in this coun- try. Such distinguished men as the Duke of Connaught, Lord Byng of Vimy, Earl Grey, Lord Willingdon, etc, have considered it an honor te be connected with the Scout Move- ment in this country. There has been another dis- tinguished Scout visitor to Canada recently in the personage of King Prajadhipok of Siam, who is the Chief Scout of that Country and who takes a very great interest in the activi- ties of his boys. During the month of May a special Artificial Respiration Campaign is being conducted by Scouts and Rovers throughout Ontario, and the Lone Scouts should be in on this activity also. It is intended to arouse interest in this very useful method of saving life, and to ensure that all Scouts are proficient in or have a practical knowledge of. the Schafer Method, which is sometimes called the "Prone Pressure" method. It is surprising how useful a knowledge of this subject may be, and it should be at once realized that it is not restricted to cases of drown- ing only, and therefore even If you do not live close to the water you should endeavor to know all about artificial respiration. In cases of severe electrical shock, life has fre- quently been restored by this method even after several hours hard work, and on one occasion I employed artificial respiration to a large prize steer, who had accidentally strangled itself with a headrope by which fit was fastened to it's stall, After about three quarters of an hour of real strenuous work I was able to re- vive the animal and in a short time it was none the worse for it's ex- perience. If you do not know much about this. subject, a Lone Scout should get into touch with the local Fire Chief, or a member of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade, or the Royal Humane Society, or even on official of the Hydro-Electric System, or the Bell Telephone System, explaining that you are a Lone Scout and that you wish to improve your knowl- edge in this subject. They will he glad to help you. "" It you have a Boy Scouts Hand- book for.Canada you will find a very accurate and detailed description of the method on pages 431-434. Now- a<days, with so many automobiles in use, and with the possibility of gas poisoning from defective furnaces, a good knowledge of Artificial Re- spiration to combat Carbon-Monoxide gas poisoning becomes an obtigation to every Scout. Patrols are urged to make special arrangements to practice the Schafer Method at their Patrol Meetings during the next month, and indivi dual Lonies should also study the matter carefully. News this week comes from Bee- ton, where Lone Scout Harvey Barnes has succeeded in organizing a Lone Patrol to be known as the Ravens. Harvey has been a keen; Scout for some time, and we congratulate him on this good work. From Markham, Stouffville and Unionville also comes the news of new Lone Patrols in the making, and we look forward to hearing fur- ther from them, . At Beamsville, recently, where the late "Fox Patrol" of the 2nd On- tario Lone Scout Troop have grown into a new Troop of their own, a special public meeting was held at which the new Troop Charter was of- ficlally presented by Mr. F. C. Irwin, M.A., the Assistant Provincial Com- missioner for Ontario The Scouts put ~on several interesting stunts, and Mr. Edgar Jones of Toronto showed his pictures and gave an in- teresting talk on Scouting. The 1st Beamsville Troop have adopted red neckerchiefs, with a mauve Fox's Head on thie back peak. We wish them all good luck. * "LONE BE" Canadians Named For Bisley Shoot Ten Old-Timers, Eight New : Men Will Represent Canada Ottawa.--Ten men who previously have represented the Dominion at the National Rifle Association's Em- pire meet and eight competitors who are making the trip for the first time have been named for Canada's 1931 Bisley Team. Foremost among the veterans is Lieutenant Desmond Burke, former King's Prize winner and runner-up on two occasions, The Ottawan, who has won also the Grand Aggre- gate at Bisley, considered by many a more outstanding win than the King's Prize, is making his eighth consecutive trip--a record never be- fore equalled. Lieut.-Col. J. A. Hope, D.S.0.,, M.C,, of Perth, Ont. is commandant of the team, and Captain H. Solman, Otta- wa, is adjutant. The shooting men- bers are: Sergeant J. H. Regan, Canadian Scottish, Victoria, B.C.; Major F. Richardson, retired list, Victoria, B.C.; Lieut. A. Fincham, Royal Grenadiers, Toronto; Lleut- enant D. T. Burke, Governor-Gen- eral's Foot Guards, Ottawa; Captain J. T. Steele, Wellington Rifles, Guelph; Sergeant J, H. Gray, Royal Grenadiers, Toronto; Sergt.-Major E. J. Read, Royal Canadian Engineers, Esquimalt, B.C.; Lieutenant J. N. Dow, Seventh Machine Gun Brigade, Saint John, N.B.; Major T. Spittal, Victoria Rifles of Canada, Montreal; C.8. Major G. M. Emslie, Forty- eighth Highlanders, Toronto; Corpor- al E. K. Bird, Regina Rifles, Regina; Sergeant J. L. Ward, New Brunswick Regiment, Sunny Brae; Private F. J. Glass, First Sherbrooke Regiment, Lennoxville, Que.; Private J. T. Downey, Seventh Machine Gun Brigade, Saint John, N.B.; Corporal D. White, Carleton Light Infantry, Grand Falls, N.B.; Lileut-Col. C. W. G. Gibson, M.C., Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Hamilton; R.Q.M.S. C. Moore, Saint John Fusiliers, Saint John; Private T. A. Jensen, North Alberta Regiment, Innisfail, Alta. Holiday Tours by Plane The latest idea in holidays in Eng- land is light aeroplane tours to the Continent, by means of which ama- teur pilots can combine a very pleasant {rip, with visits to interest- ing places, with the gaining of fly- ing experience. The tours are led by experienced pilots, and the planes will keep to- gether as much as possible. But as machines of different types--and different capabilities--are taking part, every pilot will have to know some- thing about navigation, Light aeroplane flying is becoming increasingly popular in Great Britain, and the clubs formed to organize it have received a good deal of encour- agement from the authorities. So far as these clubs turn out efiicient pilots, they are, of course, adding to the air reserves of the country.-- "Answers." emt seins Telegrams Sent from Plane By Radio-Wire Hookup Passengers on some European air- plane routes now are able to send pri- vate telegraph messages, while in flight. This is made possible through an agreement on a fixed tariff by the aerial radio service of the route and the post administration offices of Czechoslovakia and Austria. The messages are send by radio to the air- ports and forwarded by telegraph to the addressees. Code messages are not accepted. mee "I can leave my maid alone in the house all day and know exactly what she will be doing until I get back." "What?" "Nothing." a Bn Miss Helen Keller, blind and made her first extended plane flight when she took off from Newark Metropolitan airport for Washington, D.C. deaf author, lecturer and teacher, Great-Horned Owl By WALKER YOUNG in "Animal Life" Occasionally in the twilight hours there can be heard a deep, mournful call of "Hoo! Hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo--oo!" the cry of a great-horned owl about to start on his nightly hunt. They are to be found in every state in the Union, from the northern part of Maine to the arid desert regions of Arizona, and also in Alaska, Canada, and Mexico. There has been much propaganda circulated recently to the effect that these owls are harmful, and have no redeeming points. Those people of concerns which have pub- lished this information have not con- sidered the varied country in which these owls live, and naturally the varied food which each locality af- fords. They have condemned this in- teresting bird from food statistics gained In regions where rabbits are a game animal, and therefore something to be protected. They have not car- ried their investigations to localities where rabbits are a pest--and where rabbits are the staple food of the great-horned owl. Last year I was carrying on some investigations with a nest of these birds near Tuscon, Arizona, and was surprised at the number of rabbits and smaller rodents that the adults brought to the young in a single night, Oftentimes when climbing the ladder to the crotch of the giant saguaro cactus in which reposed their nest, I was greeted by three or four pairs of long rabbit ears, and the partly-devoured carcasses of several kangaroo rats'and chipmunks. Out of about a hundred meals they had eaten only two birds of value, one quail and one roadrunner, There was a chicken farm a few hundred yards away, yet even with this alluring food so close to them, no poultry feathers were to be found about the nest, and the owner of the chickens reported no losses. EE Willingdon at Capital Welcomed With Cheers Simla, India.--A great welcome awaited the Earl of Willingdon, Vice- roy of India, and Lady Willingdon and their staff when they made public entry into Simla on May 1st. Two battalions of the Bombay Grenadiers + formed the guard of honor at the railway station. Their Excellencies drove to the Viceregal Lodge in an open carriage with out- riders and bodyguard, along a route lined by cheering crowds. . Twin Dare-Devils ES RSs Newspaper Sent By Telegraph Now London.--Sheets of printed fools- machine at the rate of one a min- ute and reproduced in another part of the building during a demonstra- tion I saw writes a Wireless Corres- pondent of the Daily Mail. It took place at the International Telephone and Telegraph laboratories at Hendon, N.W. The system has been developed to speed up the transmission of print- ed matter and line drawings by tele- graph, and it delivers an exact copy of the original message, story, or signature. It is anticipated that eventually ft will be possible to transmit a com- plete newspaper over long land lines in about one hour, a French Organize to Celebrate 400th Birthday of Montaigne Paris.--Although the 400th anni- versary of the birth of Michel de Montaigne, the celebrated essayist, will not occur until 1933, admirers of the great scholar already have form- ed a society here to make the occasion one for notable celebration the world | over. X "Les Amis de Montaigne" have been incorporated to foster the read- ing of his works, and to unveil on the 400th anniversary of his birth a large statue in a prominent place in Paris. eer tees. Cologne Youth Hostel To Be Enlarged Cologne.--The Cologne Jugendher- berge, one of the largest and most modern youth inns in Germany, has become so popular with young hikers that it has been found necessary to add 590 beds in an adjoining building to the 610 already provided, making a total of 1,200. In the three years since it was opened this Jugendher- berge has accommodated 161,500 wan- derers. The number of guests from abroad rose from 3,863 in 1929 to 5,932 in 1930. eae fen re AMUSEMENT Whatever amuses, serves to kill time, to lull the faculties, and to banish reflections. Whatever en- | ortatus, usualy awakens the under- | standing or gratifies the fancy. What- , ever diverts, is lively in its nature {and sometimes tumultuous in fits ef- fects.--Crabbe. | te fin, CHARACTER We never know a greater character until something congenial to it has grown up within curaelves.--Chan- ' ning. Eager for thrills, Malcolm Pope and Jack Kerr, outboard speed twins, devised new stunt, At breakneck inclined plane, through wall of paper. : | cal considerations, has especial reason cap paper were fed into a telegraph, & pre Recent visitors to Olfina are that the situation there is improving at a very rapid rate. Economie stu- dents are watching that country cloge- ly and many of them are convinced that the establishment of orderly con~ ditions there will prove the largest factor in world recovery. If its gov- ernment can be put on a proper basis, there is no doubt that development In keeping with its enormous re- sources will follow. It has no surplus of the necessities of life such as éxists elsewhere and, once it is in a position to purchase these on a more extended scale, it will afford a market for the products of other nations from which they will derive almost incalculable benefit. Canada, because of geographi- to look hopefully, towards China 'and to prepare in every possible way to| peded. take advantage of the trade opportuni- tles that it Is altogether likely to present. Sir Arthur Currie, on reaching Van- couver from the Orient, stated that Chinese conditions were more stable now than at any time in the past ten years. In his opinion the greatest virgin market in the world was to be found there. While paying tribute to what was being accomplished by our diplomatic and trade agents in both China and Japan, he held that Cana- dian business men could not afford to be satisfled with what these repre- sentatives were doing, but should make investigations for themselves. He particularly stressed how much good-will counted for in building up trade in that part of the world. This last was one of the strongest and most definite impressions that the members of the Canadian trade delega- One In Every 19 Has A Radio in Canada Ottawa, Canada.--The radio con- tinues to grow rapidly In popular favor throughout Canada. Licensed receiving sets at the end of March, 1931, totalled 514,701, an increase -of 90,5556 over the number registered on March 31, 1930. This means that there is now a_radlo set for every 19 of the population. The sets are distri- buted among the provinces and terri- tories of Canada as follows: Ontario, 257,276; Quebec, 94,883; British Co- lumbla, 42,729; Saskatchewan, 33,516; Manitoba, 32,980; Alberta, 23,660; Nova Scotia, 16,530; New Brunswick, 16,530; Prince Edward Island, 1,255; Northwest Territories, 146. Toronto heads the list among cities of the Dominion with 80,842 sets. Montreal is next with 44,059 sets, Vancouver is third with 20,442' and Winnipeg 1s fourth with 20,365. Every owner of a radio receiving set in Canada is required to pay a license fee of $1 to the Canadian government. For this fee certain benefits and services of advantage to the radio fan are given. One branch of this service is to detect and check causes of interference that prevent satisfactory reception. Motor cars with special equipment are maintained by the government in several centres to cruise around in order to find the cause of trouble. When located, ex- perts apply the remedy. The Cana- dian- government has a Director of Radio attached to the Department of Marine, stent 1 spr Honeybees' Speed in Flight Traveling without a load of nectar, a honeybee makes about twenty-five miles an hour, although the ordinary speed is not more than fifteen miles, tests have shown. With a full cargo of nectar, the bee can fly almost as fast as when traveling light, although it is compelled to make frequent rests on long journeys, The average load carried is about forty milligrams, or half the weight of the bee. -- ee Duke of Connaught Has 81st Birthday London--The Duke of Counaught, uncle of King George and Governor- General of Canada from 1911 to 1916, celebrated his 81st birthday anniver- sary on May lst. He remains in good health and is expected to re- turn sHortly to London from the south of France. » ® | ptniies & Gee ee Lg Ss (tion to the Orient brought home with them a few months ago. The cultiva- tp good-will between the Dominion an more to us than most Canadians rea: lize. A great deal can be done towards | increasing it and that object is one that heeds to be kept constantly to the fore. A revision of the immigra- tion regulations with respect to the Chinese "Is urgently required. The representations that they have made regarding the restrictions now im- posed on the entrance to Canada of threa preferred classes -- students, bona fide merchants and tourists-- demand immediate attention. So long as these are continued in their present torm, the development of our markets in the land across the Pacific that have such potentialities will he im- Another Canadian who has just re- turned from the Orient is Colonel Gerald W, Birks of Montreal, He made his last trip there a year ago and declares that, while he realized there are many difficulties still to overcome, he is "simply amazed at the tremendous advances of China in one short year." He found more optimism among the Chinese than any- where else and agrees with the view that they will be the first people In the world to start climbing out of the universal business depression. That being the prospect, it is imperative that the Canadian Government and the Canadian people be fully alive to the possibilities with which the Dominion is confronted through the dawning of a new day for China. Failure to inexcusably shortsighted. --Edmonton act in accordance with them would be Journal. Drivers' Calendar - Handy Keys More frequently used than any other keys, those which unlock various features of the automobile deserve the most prominent places en the motorist's key ring. Am excellent practice used by many owners is to place ignition and transmission keys at the extreme ends of the key-holder, -- Care of Tools Nothing contributes more effectively to good car-care than keeping the tools in good condition and in good order. From now on Polish motorists are going to find it pretty difficult to get away with any weak excuses for break- ing the speed limit. A special court for motorists is now sitting, consisting only of persons possessing sound tech- nical knowledge of automobile and motoring, Life is not just so much beer and beefsteak for the bobbles over in Lon- don. A scheme fs now under way which would transform them almost into blue-coated Christmas trees. Every trafic policeman, if the apon- sors of the proposal have their way, would have to wear an electric light atop his helmet, eee pe eee Japan's Railways Install Third-Class Sleepers Tokyo--No longer does thg Japanese traveler of modest means need to sit up all night when he travels by train; for third-class sleeping cars are now carried by several of the trains of the Tokadio line, between Tokyo and Shi- monosekl. A narrow corridor runs along one side of the sleeper, giv) ng access to fifty-four berths arranged in tiers of three. No pillows or blankets are supplied by the railway. Instead, the traveler brings his own, or buys a pneumatic pillow from a vendor, or folds his overcoat. Before these new sleepers were available, a traveler who wanted to stretch out on some semblance of a bed had to travel second-class at least. So popular are the third-class sleepers, however, that there are too few to meet the demand. Additional cars are promised as soon ag they can be bullt. ----i---- The World Wheat Problem London Financial News (Ind.): While the world demand for wheat is inelastic anil little likely to expand rapidly, the supply is largely in excess in of the deveopment of new areas of production and great im- provements in productive methods, The question is how to co-ordinate world supply to world demand and at the same time satisfy the complex and often divergent interests of producing and consuming countries. -- en een Schubert Manuscript + Found in Vienna Vienna--A manuscript entitled "Six German Dances" for the piano, ro- cently discovered in a private Vienna family library, is now established as an unknown composition of Franz Schupert, according to the great Schu- ber" authority, Prof. Otto Erich Deutsch. . This work was played for the first time publicly in Vienna on May 17. gel ali No April Showers Regina--Saskatchowan has Just experie| its strangest April in history. There were no April showers. Southern Saskatchewan prairies were swept for days by dust storms, | speed they shoot up an but outside a bare fraction of an inch ese countries can mean much | his lifecin attempts to display quali. Opinions. - "It & business. man cannot laugh he has ne right to get rich." ~--Sir-Thomas Lipton. . LJ * "The cynic teils us that the renun- ciation of war is mere words; 80 are the Ten Commandments." --Nicholas Murray Butler. . . . "The novelist must think and let think and his function does not em- brace the changing of the views of others." e . --John Galsworthy. wD . » . x "Motion pictures are making the American mind smaller than it is, i that is passible."--Theodore Dreiser / LJ -. * "So-called pure science, that Is sclence devoid of contact with prac tical life, is a figment." --Nicholal Bukharin, . -. . "At naval conferences strategy fis becoming a Cinderella and is not fn- vited lo the party." --Admiral Richmond. . . . "There Is every whit as much In- vention in a good biogrrphy as in a good novel."--John Drinkwater, . » LI "We discover mechanical flaws by subjecting a machine to excessive strain, Might we not also discover human frailties along the same line?" --Kaye Don. . "Crimes of violence are more pre- valent today, largely because men are made more desperate at the pros- spect of long prison terms." --Lewis HE. Lawes. LJ * -. . "If you can get two per cent. of the population to assert in times of peace that they will not fight you can end war."--Albert Einstein. * * ° "Hell' 18 full of musical amateurs. Music is the brandy of the damned." --George Bernard Shaw. . -. LJ "It one has a Christian humility, A he Is promptly labelled with that awful characterization--and Infer- fority complex."--@G. K. Chesterton. * - * "In America the door opens not in- ward but only outward." --Leon Trotsky. . - * "Today it requires no argument to prove that if the voice of the people - 18 the voice of God, God says some strange things," --Norman Thomas, . . "Ask me nothing about women-- I do not understand them and don't try: to."--Thomas A. Edison. * . . "Ideas and ideals are changing and I think we are constantly moving toward better things."--Elihu Root. ! A i London Likes Midget Golf "Midget," "miniature," "Tom Thumb" and all the other varieties of "wee golf" show no signs of losing thelr popularity with Londoners, writes a correspondent of "The Christian Sci- ence Monitor," Restaurants in par- ticular have installed nine or eighteen hole courses in every spare nook and cranny of their establishments, with the result that many a midday lunch interval is now prolonged by a thrill. ing encounter round the numerous in- genious hazards. Visitors to the me- tropolis express great surprise at the appearance of courses at various un- derground railway stations--places where leisure is not usually much in evidence. A reflection of the miniature golf craze is that George Lansbury--popu- lar First Commissioner of Works, who has so endeared himself to Londoners by his efforts to extend and improve their amusement facilities--is reported to be considering the proposition of provising M.P.'s with clock golf and bowls on the site of the Victoria Tower Gardens, which adjoin the House of Lords. A bell would be conveniently placed to warn members of the progress of debates so that they could reach the lobbies in time to record their votes. a» ~ DUTY . No real duty ever presses upon us without our having time for it. Ie it is a duty it will have its place and it is only our mistaken view that crowds it out. But no new duty can crowd out an old duty. New + claims upon our time must always be balanced by the claims of old duties. &- ° WAST Almdst every man wastes part of tles which he does not possess, and. to gain applause which he cannot keep; 8o that scarcely can two per- sons meet but one is offended or 'XK diverted by the ostentations of the other.--Dr. Johnson. A = EE f : AFFECTION Talk not of wasted affection, affec- # tion never was wasted; $Y It it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning 3 Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refresh. ment, ER That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain, --Longfellow. Only one person was sentenced no rain was reported in Regina or death in Scotland last ye