Building Competitfon organized by the Guild is progressing, and we are glad to say that the first year's activi- _ ties have been reported to us as being very satisfactory. There are now 15,250 boys in Can- _ ada, enrolled as members, and many ~ of these are in the final stages of (building their coaches, and will have same ready by the end of this month for this year's judging. The judging will take place in July in three centres in 'Canada--Regina for the Western Provinces, Toronto for Ontario, Montreal for Quebec and Eastern Canada. ; © Soon after the judging is over, 14 Canadian boys will be taking a trip, with all expenses paid, to the annual Guild Convention in Detroit, where their models will be rejudged in the international competition for the four four-year University Scholarships, Many Scout§ from the various "Troops in the Dominion have enrolled in this Guild Competition, and the suggestion has been made that, should a Canadian Boy Scout win one of the major awards, his coach be purchased from him, if he is willing, and that he be given the honor of presenting it to the Chief Scout of Canada, His Ex- cellency Lord Bessborough. If there are any Lone Scouts en- gaged in building coaches for this competition, we hope they will have them ready for the judging in July, but "Lone E" understands that this competition may be extended for an- other year, so if you have not already enrolled you will have an opportunity to do so. Canadian Boys to Fly Model 'Planes . in Hungary The display features of next-year's world gathering of Boy Scouts in Hun- gary will include an exhibition of model airplanes. Canadian Scouts are expected to show and fly models. Canadians For Air Glider Meet Air gliding displays will provide a feature of next year's world gatherjng of Boy Scouts in Hungary. Canadian Scouts who have taken up this new air sport will be invited to participate, 'Governor-General Presents Silve England's Child Labor By LADY ASTOR in a House of Commons Speech Lord Astor, my husband, took the word of the Home Office and with- drew his bill (to restrict employ- ment of persons under 18 to forty- eight hours a week), but nothing was done. That gallmnt man work- ed hard in the House of Lords t get 'his bill. In fact, he worked hard as he did when he tried to win the Derby. I am the mother of many children, and if anything would embitter me it is what has happened to a woman in humble circumstances who has a very brilliant child. He has had to be sent Into a blind-alley occupa- tion and will not be able to continue his education. The employer said, "You will have to be here at 7 in the morning and stay until 7 at night." 'What chance has. that child got? I do not want to give sob stuff, but I could give case after case of children going into these jobs. It may be said there are only 300,000 or 400,0000, but I try to legislate for other people's children as I would my own, -------- Bus conductor (formerly house- agent's assistant: "Inside only." Fare: "But the outside of the bus is practically empty." "I've let the top floor to an engaged couple." ae fps Excited wife: "Oh, dear, the cook has fallen and broken her collar- bone." Absent-minded professor: "Give her notice at once. You told "her whut to expect if she broke any- thing else." ' be gladly sent to you.--"Lone B." Li on. : The Silver Wolf, Scouting's highest hon ~ decoration, was presented by His Excellency the Governor-Gen- eral, as Chief Scout for Canada, to Mr. Gerald H. Brown, Honorary Do- minfon Secretary of the Boy Scouts Association, and Major A. A, Pinard, of the Dominion Medal Board, for long #hd valuable service to the movement. "India's Troubles Don't Affect Scouts vis Apparently the Boy Scout Code of triendliness is proof even against the political and religious dissensions of India. Latest Scout census reports indicate a continuance ofethe steady growth of recent years to a new high total membership of 173,444. The en- rolment includes boys of all castes. King's Scouts We congratulate' Lone Scouts Ken- neth Manng and Harvey Hudson, of Hensall, on having successfully passed all the tests to qualify them as King's Scouts, and we know that their broth- er Lonies throughout the Province will wish to congratulate them also. The Lone Scout Camp The time is drawing close to our Summer. Camp, which is to be held from July. 4th to 16th inclusive, and We are anxious that as many Lone Scouts as possible shall be there, Remember it does not matter if you have passed any tests or not, or if You possess a Scout Uniform or not. We shall welcome you just as you are, and help you to understand how to play the Game of Scouting better and assist you to learn the points neces- sary to qualify for promotion. Therefore, if you have not yet sent in your reservation, do so at once, so as to avoid dlsappointment. Remem- ber all applications for this camp must be at Lone Scout Headquarters not later than the 20th June. The Camp will be held at Ebor Park, near Brantford, Ontario. The Boy Scout Programme is open to all boys between the ages of 12 to 18 inclusive. If you live in the coun- try or where you are unable to attend a Boy Scout Trofp's meetings, you can still take part in the programme by becoming a Lone Scout. For full particulars write to The Lone Scout Dept., Boy Scouts Association, 330 Bay Street. Toronto 2. Information will Canned Shrimp Added To Canada's Products Canada's long list of fisheries pro- ducts has recently been made still longer by the addition of canned shrimp meat from British Columbia. Hitherto the shrimps taken in British Columbia waters, the lonly waters of the Dominion where these shellfish occur, have all been mar- keted in the fresh form but now canning is being tried by some oper- ators In the Fraser river district. Operations have go far been on a small scale only--the total catch of shrimps is not very large--but re- ports are to the effect that very sat- isfactory results have heen achieved. Shrimps caught in English bay are carried by truck to the cannery where they are cleaned and shelled. The meat is next hand-packed in quarter-pound tins which are then put through the cooking process. When cooking has been finished, the lids are clamped on the cans which are then tested, labelled, and packaged for marketing. -- i Misunderstood A small boy entered a library with a book which his mother wanted ex- changed. Since she had neglected to send a list of books, the librarian was at a loss to know which volume to send. Finally he asked: "Has your mother read 'Freckles'?" "No, sir," replied the boy, prompt- ly; "they're brown!" ee ef ee. Wife (arriving home late) : "did you think I was lost, dear?" Husband: By BUD FISHER "No--I was never an optimist." - Father--Genesis Jacob the Aged sls 46: 1.7, 28-30; 47: er and thy mother--Exod, 20: 12: ANALYSIS. I. JOURNEYING MERCIES, vs. 1-7. I1. RESTORED AT LAST! vs. 28-30. III. KING AND COMMONER, 47: 7. INTRODUCTION -- "Behind. the bril- liant story of Joseph," seys Professor McFadyen, "lies the backgrouad of a great sorrow--the sorrow cf the aged father who believes that long ago his son had perished; and it is fitting that these two, who have loved and 10st, should find each other before the end." Thus in' the evening of his life, heavy with troubles and sorrows, the light falls once again on the figure of Jacob. hastened up frum Egypt to inform him that Joseph was still- alive and 'was the governor of Egypt. At first the old man was stunned with the news. "Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not," 46: 26. But there before his tent stood "the ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt. and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and meat" --sent in thoughtful kindness by Joseph. So the spirit of Jacob revived and his eye rekindled. He made haste to journey to Egynt and embrace once more the son of his love. All his life Jacob had been a wanderer; and mow, old though he was, he prepared to wander again. 1. JOURNEYING MERCIES, vs. 1-7. The decision to leave Canaan was a momentous one. Canaan was the land of promise. Jacob himself wish. ed to go to Egypt; both Joseph and Pharaoh wished him to come. But was it God's will? There could be no sure peace of mind as long as that yuestion was unsettled. . So Jacob, et- ting out probably from Hebren (37: 14), made a first pilgrimage to Beer- shebar This was a place hailowed hy tender and holy associations, f "here Lis father, Isaac, had built n _ ctu- ary and lifted up his heart « God, chap. 26: 23-25. At Beersheba a solemn sacrifice was made. It was a turning point in Jacob's life, and in- deed in the history »f the people of Israel. Every great occasien such as this femanded a sacrifice; whes offer- ¢d in true faith and devotion, it brought God and . ian closer together. The night following was a cestlogs one for Juceb, but God brought peace fo Lis troubled heart. In a vision when consciousness was heightened (rather than in a dream when consciousness was lost) God appeared to him. First God underwrote he promise bout to ba made by referring to his associa. tions with the fan.ily. He was the Goa of Jacob's father, and therefore to he rusted, The command to "fear not" (cf. Chap. 156: 1) was timely, "or Jacob was about to settle as a strarger in tnother land, and was in need of di- vine protection. Gud's hand was in Jacob's journey; his purpose would be fulfilled in it. *i will there riake of thee a great nation." This is one of the paradoxes of life. Not in Canaan, the familiar homeland, were "he peo- ple of Israel to become a great nation: but in the druagery and slavery of the brick-fields of Egypt. To rise to the heights of real greatness, rations us well as individuals, must first be- come acquainted with the depths of life. No less remarkable was the next promise, which was made to Jacob nersonally. God would go with him to Egypt. It was also + comfort for him to know that when his end came, his best-loved son, Joseph, would be there to perform the last office of love and close his eyes; and that his 'emains would be brought back to Canaan, v. 4. Strengthened with these comfort- ing assurances, Jacob made ready to set out. The journey would be slow and tedious. The wagons, placed at kis disposal by Pharaoh, were most likely drawn by oxen, for the horse v.28 was but newly introduced into Egypt. The caraven comprised a large number. The removal of the pa- triarch inyolved the removal of all the vatriarch's family and connections. In that age the old father stood at the heac of the whole house of his des- cendants and dependents. Where he went, they must necessarily go. II. RESTORED AT LAST! vs. 28-30. Judah, who was the leader of the brothers in Chapter 44, again became the leader of the company. It is prob- able that he was sent ahead to fetch Joseph to meet the father. The'com- = 2 WELL, even Boomer cAN ResT. ZA 7 4 7 A BUSINESS THOSE Sie 7. Golden Text--Honor thy fath-| His sons, carrying rich presents, had : Mrs. of Sir Arthur Markham, quietly hopped a plane at Kenya, Africa and surprised Heston alrport men. 6,000 miles in seven days. A SN CSR LB Markham, daughter-in-law had arrived at Goshen, the pus- poy lands on the north-east of the Nile delta, a district which became th home of the Israelites inEgypt. Joseph did his father the honor to come to him in the fine chariot belonging to his official position. Now Jacob would see 4e high honor he had attained. The meeting between father and son was deeply moving. With emotions too deep for words, they held each other in a long, silent embrace. Jacob was now well contcat to die, since his fa vorite son was still living and he ha had the joy of seeing him again. III. KING AND COMMONER, 47: 7. It was one of (he fine characteristics of Joseph -that, advanced though he was in worldly station, he was not ashamed of his father. He brought Jucob, the simple old shepherd, into the splendid court of Egypt, and pre- sented him to ae mighty Pharaoh. This meeting of the great king and the humble commoner provides one of those touches with which the Bible frequently astonishes s. "Jacob bless: ed Pharaoh." Poor though he was Jacob, having God, had something which Pharaoh, for all his wealth ana treasures, lacked. "Without dispute the less is blessed of the better," Heb. 7. How's That? On a wet day a niotorist had a skid in a big town, and in its gyrations tha car knocked down a lamp-post. A police officer in a long white water-proof coat came to his assist- ance and helped the poor chap out of the overturned car. The driver was a triflle stunned. He looked at the prostrate lamp-post and then at the white-coated police- man, and murmured: "How's that, umpire?" p-- ------ Tommy asked John, a young school- fellow, to tea. John, who came from a much larger house, said with sur- p-ise: "What you have only one room? We have a dining room and a drawing room." "Oh, have you?" said Tommy, undaunted. "Well--we draw in the dining room." . a ll tees . "Now," said the super-salesman, "this instrument turns green if the liquor is good--red if it is bad." "Sorry, but I'm color-blind," apolo- gized the customer. "Got anything with a gong on it?" aster Than The number of physicians in France continues to increase fast. er than the population, according to the Paris correspondent of The Journal of the 'American Medical As. sociation. - r "The total number Is at present about 28,000," he says. "During the last year, 1,120 government diplomas have been conferred. It requires only a single arithmeticai operation to foresee what the result will be in a few years. It may be considered that a physician practices. sn an av- erage, a period of thirty years. To maintain the present figure of' 28,000, only 933 new graduates each year will be required, from which it ap- pears that this year 187 more diplo- mas were Issued than would be nec. essary to preserve the status quo. "Oy the other hand, 1,120 grad- nates each year corresponds to a total of 33,600 physicians. However, the present total of 28,000 physicians constitutes, for the population of France, one physiclan for a little more than 1.400 inhabitants; while a total of 33,600, the figure toward which we are tending, represents one physician for less than 1,200 in- habitants. But since the present proportion Is already too high, what will it be when the number of phyei- cians shall reach 33,600; It should be noted also that, promotions hav- ing been more rapid In recent years, a larger proportion of the physicians are young practitioners, and for that reason the situation is more grave than it would be otherwise. It behooves the medical profession to give this question close attention. "There are in France about 6,000 surgeon-dentists, and on every hand the syndicates of these practioers are combating this overcrowding of their profession. While for the physicians an average career -ex- tending over thirty years may rea- sonably be assumed, it may be con- sidered that, since the studies of the surgeon.dentists are begun at an earlier age and the studies are much less extensive, their opportun- ities to practice are just sc much prolonged. Their practice will ex- tend over a period of thirty-five years, Under these circumstances, in order to maintain the present total number of surgeon-dentists (6,000), 175 graduates annually would suffice, instead of 600, the present number. Six hundred grad- uates annually correspond to 21,000 dentists, and one needs only to cite this figure to explain the grave er- ror that has been committed, to which the medical profession should not remain indifferent That is why limitation of the number of students to be admitted to (he facul- ties is being seriously considered, as has been the case for some time in the large chools of technology." a Last Straw Percival had heard the call of the open spaces and had thrown up an easy job to set sail for the Wild West Arrived in the country of he-men, he found himself comfortable quarters on a farm and prepared to enjoy the simple life. Percival's first task was given him a day or two later. He was assigned to one end of a cross-saw, the other end being in charge of an old and experienced lumberman. At the end of an hour the veteran stopped sawing and looked at his ex hausted partner. "Sonny," he said, "I don't mind your riding on this saw, but if it's just the same to you, I wish you'd quit scrapin' your feet along the ground." PATCHES You must not run down patches. Many places built all at oace are most uncomfortable, and some of hte most convenient houses I kpow have been patched up. We get most of our comfort out of patches. --Glad- stone. to liam THE UNIVERSE To understand the simplest work of God, the Universe must be com- prehended. Each minutest particle speaks of the Infinite One, and ut- ters the divinest truth which can be declared on earth or in heaven.-- Channing. mlm ies Polecat in the United States, is a popular name for the common skunk. _vapor-toned. There are no such sunsets in Japan as in the tropics: the light fs! gentle as a light of dreams; there are no furies of color; there are no chromatic violences in nature in this Orient. All in sea or gky fs' tint rather than color, and tint I think that the ex- quisite taste of the race in the mat. ter of colors and of tints, as ex- emplified in the dyes of their won-! derful textures, is largely attribut- able to the sober and delicate beau- ty of nature's tones in this all-tem- perate world where nothing is garish. Before me the fair vast lake sleeps, softly luminous, far-ringed with chains of blue shaped like a sierra. On my right, at its eastern end, the most ancl ent quarter of the city spreads its roofs of blue-gray tile} the houses crowd thickly down to the shore, to dip their wooden feet into the flood. With a glass I can see my own win- dows and the far-spreading of the roofs beyond, and above all else the green citadel with its grim castle, grotesquely peaked. The sun begins to set, and exquisite astonishments of tinting appear in water and sky... Rich purples cloud broadly behind and above the indigo blackness of the serrated hills; mist purples, fad- ing upward smokily into faint ver- miliong and dim gold, which again melt up through ghostllest greens into the blue. The deeper waters of the lake, far away, take a tender violet indescribable, and the sil- houette of the pine-shadowed island seems to float in that sea of soft sweet color. But the shallower and nearer is cut from thé deeper water by the current as sharply as volcanic hills by a line drawn, and all the sur- face on this side of that line is a shimmering bronze--old rich ruddy gold-bronze. All the fainter colors change every five minutes--wondrously change and | shift like tones and shades of fine shot-silks Lafcadio Hearn, in "Glimpses Unfamiliar Japan' | ese enn Perception Through Patience In the act of traveling, we feel deep- | ly the necessary affinity of beauty and | repose; to enjoy a beautiful place, we ought to be resting in it as at home; | to enjoy a beautiful sight, we ought to of look upon it, not with the full gaze of, delighted surprise, but rather with | half-shut eyes, conscious of the bliss they possess, now letting it go, now | calling it back, and playing with it as a beloved child As the sand takes silently the footprints, so we should receive the impressions of imperial na. ture. | And how hard it is, in the rack and | fret of a traveler's course, in the exer- | tion necessary to supply the simplest | wants and the very means of progress, in the tumult of strange associations, to hold your heart in chaste obedience to the quiet power of beauty, to look plainly through all these fascinating and thronging shadows, at the still light within, out of space and out of time. But, notwithstanding all obstac- | les, some moments of this bright per- ception are granted to every one, who seeks them with patient desire. --From "Memories of a Tour in Greece," by Lord Houghton A Hopeless It was midnight. In the smoking room of a club a young man sat hud dled in a chair. A friend entered. "Hallo, Smith!" he asked, cheer- fully, "not going home yet?" "No," muttered the despajring one. "I--I daren't." "Why, what's the matter?" * "Matter? It's the end of every- thing. It means ruin!" "Here, tell me what's up. I can help you." Smith clenched his fists until his knuckles showed white. "No one can help me," he said. "I've come to the end of all things! At eight o'clock I telephoned to my wif2 and gave her a perfectly good excuse for vot coming #iraight home, and"--his voice sank to a whisper--"I've forgot- ten what I said." ---- > "Yes, my new maid came to me from a very good family." "Really? I suppose the girl wanted a change." Perhaps _-- WHAT'S THE FIRST TIME XT EVER SAW A Cow CHASING A LION. WHAT'S THE HURRY? A TIGER, THIS IS DIZZY NEG\GHBORHeoD~ iTS A A "They Turned On the Heat. FOR ALL © KNOW T MAY Be CHASING AL ---- FOREST FIRC. CAPONE, MUSSOLINI JACI SHARKEY- Chateay Goes to Nct'on The historic Chateau de Chom. "bord, built on the banks of a tribu. tary of the Loire, has become the property of the French Government, and therefore national property. This castle, bullt In the days of King Francis I, has been the subject of litigation for many years. Shortly before the war, an Australian court declared it to be the property of Prince Elie of Bourbon Parma. This decision was not reached without difficulty, as the Prince had eight brothers and nine sisters who all had claims to it. During the war, the Frénch Government sequestrated the castle because the Prince was an Austrian, After the war, two of the Prince's brothers who had served ia the Belgian Army claimed the chateau. Their appeal has recent. ly been heard by the Cour de Cassa. tion, which declared Prince Elis to be the owner. Because the French Government secured a pre-emption. right on this property at The Hague In 1930, this decision means that Prince Elie will. received 11,000,000 francs ($440,000), the purchase price agreed on at The Hague. Paris Opera Restoration A recent examination of the Paris Opera House revealed, among other facts, that the copper dome wam crumbling from corrosion, the statues were suffering from the same cause, and the fine flight of stone stairs which faces the Avenue de I'Opera would have to be entirely replaced. While thig exterior restoration work Is being done, the interior will also have its share of attention. The orchestra stalls and balcony are to be transformed, but the most Im. portant work will be done behind the stage. The artists' dressing rooms will be equipped with running water and several lifts are to he installed for the use of the performers. Tho French Government has made a grant of 4,000,000 francs ($160,000) for this work. The Bakers' Reward It you happen to walk by a Paris baker's shop at about 4 o'clock im the afternoon, you will get a delicious whiff of warm pastry as you pass the door. The crolssauts which, with a bar of chocolate, constitute a French child's afternoon repast are just out of the oven Made with flour, yeast and a considerable amount of butter, this horseshoa. shaped delicacy has historical ' war. rang for its existence in the follow. ing story: Kama Mustapha, lead. er of the Turkish Army, besieged Vienna in 16 The town was de. fended by a small garrison The Viennese were awaitig the arrival of help and put wp a brave struggle meanwhile, so brave, in fact, that the Turks, despairing of ever cap. turing the town, decided to dig am underground passage and enter the city by means of it While Vienna slept the tunnel was therefore start. ed, but the muffled sound of picks aroused the suspicions of the bakers who were working by night and they warned their fellow citizens of the danger, which was averted until tha arrival of reinforcements In order to recompense the faithful bakers, the city of Vienna granted them tha "right to bake a special new kind of pastry in the shape of a crescent, the emblem of the defealed army, The humble croissant has crossed frontiers and withstood the test of years. complex Case Decided The Mixed Arbitration Tribunal, established in accordance with the provisions of the Versailles Treaty to settle all disputes which had beea in abeyance during the period 1914. 1918 between the belligerent coum- tries, has been sitting in Paris: A recent case js a good example of the complications which this tribunal has to unravel. A Greek merchant freighted a German. ship in Russia to take some wheat to 'Italy. The freighting contract was drawn up im English. The boat arrived in Con. stantinople on August 1, 1914, and its cargo was promptly requisitioned by the "German Admiralty. Owing to the number of countries involved in this transaction, the Greek mer- chant despaired of ever getting paid for his cargo. However, he put bls case before the Arbitration Tri. bunal, which ordered the Germam Government to pay him a sum im excess of 4,000,000 francs ($160,000) for his wheat. -- The Christian Science Monitor m--t Poverty and Wealth . Your fortune lies beneath your hat ~--Oldham. There's only one kind of poverty, and that's to have no lowe in the heart.--Alexander Irvine, wii Be satisfied with your possessions, but not content until you have made the hest of them.--Henry van Dyke. The prosperity which some wek come as »n unmixed favour may far more rightly be regarded as an intense form of test.--Spurgeon. Time beloved of the Almighty are the rich who have the humility of the poow, and the poor who have the maguane imity of the rich.--Saadl. He that is taught to live upon littla owes more to his father's wisdom tham he that has a great deal left him owes to his father's caro.--Penn, It Is good to have money and the things money can buy, but it is goo too, to check up once in a whil make sure you haven't | money can't buy.--Anon 2