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Slowly, silently, now the moon Walks the night in her silver shoon; casements catch With 'paws of 'silver sleeps the dog: | From' their shadowy cote the' white breasts en, Z training of boys. That Scouting is equally as attrac- ~|tive to boys of all classes cad walks oft | Of lite is evidenced by the Sumber of d | Scout Troops which are to be found, {not only amongst the 1s attended by the sons of the well to do, but also 3 el ideas; a y 18 in centres which are ted to the elfare of the less fortunately placed. It is interesting to note that avey ; Ted | royalty is happy to don the popul at a moment's edhe of pte uniform which equalizes all classes, the gefieral public has grown to look [for We read that during a review of upon a Boy Scout'as'a' be | Rumanian Boy Scouts, recently, be-| rd "arn log he a his fore King Carol, Crown Prince Michael ficlent than one who is not a Scout. * 'on one side--this is just more evi- - stock 'approaching exhibition stand- . breeders. For instance at the recent Imperial |" - Economic Conference, several dele-| Bates asked for Boy Scouts to act as| special messengers for them and By 8 appreciative let- ters to Scout Headquarters at the close of the Conference. ¢ Then again recently a radio message was received by the Middlesex (Eng- land) Rover Scouts from Dr. Hugo Eckener of the Graf Zeppelin, thank- ing them and congratulating them on thelr efficiency as a landing crew for the big dirigible, He took one of the Rovers back to Germany with him--a free trip on the Zeppelin. : Scouts should always, therefore, keep themselves fit, mentally, bbdily and spiritually, in order that, should the emergency arise, they can meet it and tackle it efficiently and courage ously. a New Heavyweight Champicn a Scout Jack Peterson, the new amateur heavyweight boxing champion = ot Great Britain, is a Rover Scout in an East Glamorganshire tr:op. Extra Holidays Given Czoutmastors non Bricigh firm 200 sllowing the examp!s of several bacis and insurance com- panies, are this summer giving extra holiday leave to Scoutmaster em- ployees who are taking their troops to camp. Canadian Scoutmasters will agree that this is an idea which could well be copied in this country, But joking 'Royal Winter Fair > November 16-24 Realizing the vital role of agricul ture in the economic restoration of Canada, the Royal Winter Fair is en- deavoring to concentrate public atten- tion at the 1932 Fair ont the Dominions vast wealth of agricultural resburces and to show how intimate is the link of every other industry and enterprise . in' Canada' with agriculture. : Results of the Royal Winter Fair's fall survey among prospective exhibit- ors for the November Fair are the most encouraging and cheery for the last three years. According to the re- ports 'received by the Royal, livestock men are already definitely sensing an improvement in conditions. While prices 'have not materially improved the tone, based upon prospects over the coming year, is stated to be re- markably firm in respect to all stock of prize winning quality and, indeed, of ards. The condition of pastures so far this fall' has been favorable to' the main. ed past as a Patrol Leader at e head of his patrol. ; The Boy Scout Melting Pot A new Boy Scout Troop at Depot rbour, Ont., comprises boys of In- dian, Czech, English, and French- Canadian and English-Canadlan par- | entage. Boy Scouts in the Holy Land Since the visit of Jewish Scouts to the world Scout gathering in England' in 1929 there has been a steady growth of the movement in the Holy Land. The last census showed a total of 2,371 largely located in Jerusalem, A Boys' Hospital Rosemary Home, a hosital for Boy Scouts, but which receives other boys, is maintained in London under the auspices of the Boy Scouts Associa- tion. During 1931, 114 Cubs and Scouts and other boys were admitted. The cheerful Scout atmosphere of the Home has made it probably the most povuiar hospital in Britain and doe- tos fraquently recommend it for spe- cial cases. Boys from outside London are met at the stations by Scouts. It fs finaaced by collections at "Scouts' Owns," and group or individual sub- serintions, We are always happy to welcome new members to the ranks of the Lone Scouts of Canada. If you are unable to attend the meetings of a regular Scout Troop, why not become a Lone Scout? This branch is open to boys from 12 to 18 years of age inclusive. tite for particulars to The Lone Scout Dept, Boy Scouts Association, 330 Bay St., Toronto 2.--"Lone E." - _- = . a extend mixed farming in the prairie provinces. Pure bred breeders are awake to the possjbilities from success in the major show rings now that the ed with the qualities of hogs required for the export bacon trade. The livestock section of the prize list of the Royal this year contains over 230 classes; that for poultry and pet stock (issued separately) nearly 600 classes; that for' fruit, vegetables and flowers, 40 classes--making a total well up to the Royal's record. In poultry an easy record over past events {is attained the number of specialty clubs that will exhibit next November. They number 27 as against a previous high record of 23. Many of the poultry associations, both Canadian and American, will hold their annual meetings during "Royal Week" at Toronto, Nov. 16-24. Lea These Things are Strong These' things are strong, when other strong things fail: ' The urge that quickens grass; the deep still tides Of ocean; and, beneath a sweeping tenatice of live stock in good condi- tion; Entries in cattle, both in the beef and dairy breeds, promise to be atleast on a level with the 1931 ex- - hibits, and in Ayrshires and Holsteins even an advance in number is antici pated. Preliminary reports from the West: ern provinces indicate readiness among exhibitors to participate in this year's Royal. The improved outlook of Western - farmers due to ample wheat crop and prospects of export trade have given heart to pure bred They anticipate improved demand for the restocking of farms that were depleted two years ago. The Royals entries for the swine \ gale, The slender reed' that bows, and still abides; The granite peaks of silence; and the That binds the heart of woman, ages-long, To petal-softness and a first frail cry Making her mother. These are the things most strong. The strength; of ships goes down be- fore a storm, The strength of athletes meets the dust at last; : But when familiar crumble, warm : Your confidence with sight of these; hold ; strong things Western farmers are better acquaint classes from the Western provinces|To these and sing; for these things, 'may be considerably larger than in + and a song any previous year, as the hog industry | That rises from discouragement, are particularly is 'reported to have felt strong. : the impetus given by the campaign to --Helen Frazee-Bower, in Embryo. THE Good OF New York apartment house. beyond the veil. Fire-Fighters Men of Nerve Training Develops Quick ience and Steady Heads Anyone who has watched the mem- bers of a fire brigade at work at a fire must have admired the coolness with which the most dangerous and difficult operations are performed. There are nearly two thousand men in the London (England) Fire Brigade, and every man possesses nerves of steel. Their training--and their live- lihood--depend on that. The headquarters of the Fire Brl- gade in Southwark Bridge Road pro- vide the training-ground, and, in the four months that the training lasts, every recruit is not only taught all the technical points, but also, on a carefully prepared schedule, submitted to a series of what might be called "nerve tests." Failure to pass those tests involves rejection, Perhaps the most striking from the layman's point of view is the use of the jumping sheet--a stout canvas sheet tircular in shape, and some ten feet in diameter, into which a person in danger wav jump when no fire escape is immediate'y a pilanie, "Quick March" Into Gpaca Since it is extremely difficult tf, the ordinary individual, even under stress of danger, to leap into space, the fire- rinan, more often than not, is compelled to take the imperilled person in his arms and to jump with him to safety, It is not strictly accurate to speak of "jumping" into the sheet. Jumping is forbidden, It involves the risk of springing too far and so missing the sheet. To obviate that risk the re- cruit is taught to " step" off from a window ledge with the precision of a soldier who receives the order "Quick march." A window ledge twenty-five feet above the ground is used for the test. The sheet is held stretched tightly by ten or a dozen men on the ground be- low, and the recruit takes up his posi- tion at "attention" on the window sill, At a given signal the left foot shoots smartly forward, with the toe pointed, there is a pause, and then the recruit is hurtling downwards to be caught safely in the sheet. It looks easy, as man after man goes through the test, but if you stand on that window ledge and look down, the twenty-five feet seem to stretch to ex- traordinary proportions, the ten-foot sheet appears to have shrunk alarm- ingly. That test must be carried out not once but scores of times during the training, until it becomes almost like second' nature The recruits are, for the most part, ex-Service men whose earlier training, in the Navy and Army, has accustomed them to Instant and implicit obedience, but occasional: ly a man finds it almost impossible to step off the ledge. The instructors are infinitely pa: tient. The reluctant one is encour- aged by words--sometimes even with a gentle push from behind at the eru- cial moment--because it is realized that, once the "jump" has been suc- cessfully accomplished, more than half its terrors will disappear. It, in spite of all encouragement, the man fails to carry out the test satis: factorily, His training is finished--he will never be a fireman. The more prosaic parts of the train- ingeare imparted in the early stages of the course. The "firemen's lift," Surrounded by well-fed cats, Mile, Marthe Bastan was found in a ¢ : Mlle, Bas'an claims she has eaten nothing for 31 days to sharpen, her intellect and enable her to see by which an injured or unconscious person may be easily and quickly litt- ed on the rescuer's shoulder, is sim- guciiy dtselt when: carried out accord. ing to instructions; the use of the chemical extinguisher for petrol and other speeidl types of fire is a mere matter of routine; scarcely more diffi: cult, though much more unpleasant, is the training in wearing smoke hel mets. First-aid to persons overcome by smcke including experience of artifi- cial respiration and the use of the pulmotot, are acquired rapidly by the would-be fireman; and the training al- so includes instruction in the use of oxy-acetylene cutting plant, so that, when necessary, steel girders or simi- lar obstacles may be removed when they interfere with the work of the brigade. Hook-ladders play an important part in rescue work, and the recruit must familiarize himself with the procedure and learn to work at top speed. The ladders are about twelve feet in length, and they are built of light but strong wood, with a steel hook pro- jecting at right angles for about a foot from the top rung. The hook is thrust over a window ledge or other projection so that the ladder is held securely. The fireman then climbs to the ledge and hauls the ladder up af- ter him to repeat the process a floor higher, Drill At Its Dizziest Sometimes the ladders are used in pairs, cne being left in position until the second one is placed. At first this training is carried out on a building' that ha: been specially prepared, with timber baulks clamped to the window sills so that the hook may obtain a firm hold. Later on the recruit is expected to work in condi- tions that he wguld find in actual fire fighting. In the yard at headquarters there is a stone tower, nearly ninety feet high. It is used for instruction in rescue work, and even to watch men using these flimsy ladders at such a height above the ground, where one slip must ingvitably have fatal results, is enough 0 make even the most level head turn dizzy. That same tower is used for practising rescue by lines. Finally there is the turnable ladder, a menster that, 'fully extended, stretches up 104 feet into the sky. It is mounted on a fast motor truck, and the drill is carried out at top speed. The truck dashes into the yard at headquarters and, almost before it has stopped, the mechanism is set in mo- tion, and the ladder that has been ly- ing in a horizontal position rears up almost vertically, Immediately a fire man runs up. the steps until he is perched on a small platforny near the top. Then a second lever is pulled, the telescopic sections shoot skywards at an alarming rate, and in a matter of seconds the fireman is in position, with the nozzle of a hose ready, to direct a stream of water. --n Kindness ; It I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; ' It I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain, : --Eniily Diekenson ' ete fete Return to Primitive Farm Tools Declaring that modern methods are too expensive, peasant farmers in the Eifel district of Prussia have returned to cutting corn with a sickle, thresh- ing it with a frail and hauling it to market by ox team. il: 3a) peep Ot doves in a silver-feathered sleep; A harvest mouse goes scampering by, 'With silver claws and silver eye; || And moveless fish In the water gleam, | By silver reeds in a silver stream, --Wnalter de la Mare. Great Things That low -man seeks a little thing to . do, Sees it and does it; This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies, ere he knows it. '| That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit; 'This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. --Robert Browning. Slenderizing Model By HELEN WILLIAMS. Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- nished With Eviry Pattern i) I you find it necessary to study your figure for a slender appearance, you'll find this model is just what yon are looking for. The deep scalloped yoke is slender- izing and charming. The similar treat- ment of the skirt has a tendency to narrow the hipline. The draped bodice with its V-neck- line is still another slimming quality. It's carried out in a novelty crepe silk in burgundy colofing with plain burgundy crepe. Style No. 8129 is designed for sizes 36, 38,40, 42, 44, 46 and 48 inches bust. Size 86 requires 27% yards 89-inch with 134 yards 89-inch contrasting, HOV/ TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want, Enclose 1ic in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. ----ly Astronomy is the science of the harmony of infinite expanse --Lord John Russell, Preach not because you have to say something, have something to say.--Richard Whately. but because you Undertake not what you cannot per- form, but be careful to keep your pro- This way, 'and that, she peers, and | eneath the silvery ; (In Eurcpe. They cgrry with them a = ? 'narrative of vigour ana re ay , +e++ emphasized by castles, chateaux, November 6, Lesson Vi--The Christ. Churches, towns, villages, darkling lan and World Peace--Psalm 72: Shs any Tank Jick meadows Wheth. 917; Ephesians 2: 13.19. Golden » Text--Blessed are the peacemak- Dargogye, the ket, i oy other of : ers. for they shall be called the the multitude whic 5 ows ] ug children of God.--Matthew 5: 9, this gracions land, the story is ways one of strange, wild beauty; ANALYSIS, and the scenery always diverse and I. A WAJLESS WORLD, Psalm 72: 8-17. magnificent. Many a day have I II. CHRIST CREATES IT, Ephesians 2: !idled by these rivers of France, secure 13-19. in contentment and the contempla- (tion of beauty; praising in my heart I. A WARLESS WORLD, Psalri 72: 8-17.'3 land that could give so great hap- In this psalm a human king stands 'piness, so sweet serenity. in the foreground, "ut the aspirations | One of the first of the lesser rivers expressed go far beyond anything that, to a'tract me was the Lot, which I Solomon ever was. It is reasonabls to' a to be a stream set crookedly assume that it reaches out beyond an! found 'to be Early it passes ideal king--out beyond a Palestinian: in noble scenery. ¥ i kingdom to a universal kingdom of through' the shadows sent down 7 "'ghteousess and therefore of peace, [the great Causses of Sauveterre, an The prayers are uttered in such con- in a moment it is squeezed among the Tarn, the fidence that they merge from petition into prophecy. The first prayer (vs. 1-4) for a righteous king pictures the peaceful consequence (v. 5) as already assured. The poor man will have as good a chance ir the law courts as the wealthy man. The second prayer (vs. 5-7) xpresses the conviction that only such a kingdom ha. permanence. The third prayer (vs. 8-11) is for the world-wide spread of this new so- cicty, Faith .gain sees the prayer answered, Vise 8 means the then known earth--from the Euphrates ranean. Verse 9 refers to the desert tribes in the south. Then the Lsalmist looks westward, across the Mediterranean to which he, like all his people, knew so little. To him, the great city of Tarshish, Sheba in Ar- abia, Seba far below Egypt, were the werld's stepping-off places. His geo- graphical knowladge exhausted, in v. 11 he includes. whatever kings and kingdoms there ay be beyond his ken, Was it an extravagant faith? It is Qussia's faith for her new society. Dare we have a lesser faith for the Christirn co-operative commonwealth ir our dream today? seqret of the new society's power lies in love, ve. 12-15, Tove is al- ways the secret of power. The world need, that he who can comfort them and helo them will win their hearts. That 's why Christ is destin. ed some 'day to dominate society, He usted death for every man. "Precious. shall their blood be ir his sizhi" (v. is another way of saying that " (the poor and needy) are {oo * Verse 16 reflects the old Hebreiv cities lying in the rch valleys will :nerease greatly in population, The promise of God's kingdom on this earth is still the hope that inspires his people. The present social order, hased as it is uvon tht principio of "every man for himself," wil! be re placed by a new order built upon the recognition that all men are brothers, Justice will inevitably issue in a war- less 'world. When society is finally Godlike, prosperity and religion will go hand in hand, vs. 16, 17. II. CHRIST CREAT . 1, a 3-19, Paul, in v. 13, is writing to Gentile Christians. Gentile and Jtw once had little in common. They were sepa 'at- ed by a "wall of partition' In Her- od's temple at Jerusalem a barrier marked the point beyond which a Gen- tile might not penetrate under pencity of death. Ncw they were brothers because of their common devotion to him whe loved them and gave himself for them, vs. 14, 15 Ore of the troubles in India is 'hat for genciationg we have a.centuate:l the inferiority of the Indians. "a friend of mine," writes Sir John Tes- ter Fraser, "a Parsee, titled, much esteemed and very generous, once said to me wien I was maintaining how India had advantaged from British rule, 'Maybe, but how do you think I feel about :% when on an Indien rail- way platfo:m ».y wife's maid can go into' the superior waiting-room be- cause she is white, whilst my wife has to go into the waiting-room for na- tives because, although she has dined with the king, she is considered infer- ior to a major's white wife?' " Ephesians 2 to somewhere out in the Mediter- | is so full of sorrow, people are in such Fas won the right to rule because he! dear to him to h. permitted to verish. | blief hat piety ~ i.gs prosperity. In the new kingdom all the barren land! will be reclaimed. In imagination the writer _ees even the tops of the moun tains covered with waving grain. Thy the limastone cliffs of the Rouergne. "pent up and writhing like a serpent, it presently finds a way through the | Causses of Quercy, there to spend itself in swift, thin volume among [the perilous towns and castles of a land which formed a natural pro- I tection against the ravages of medi, eval warfare. The road which winds up the valley of the Lot could never find a footing excent with the aid of endless bridges and tunnels. Here and there, however, the cliffs recede, to give the river breathing space; and in these little breaks you find green meadows and open-heart. ed towns, like Cahors. It is a very | pleasant surprise to come upon Ca. (hors. Tt lies upon a tongue of rocky land, encircled by the beautiful river; [ana on all sides of it rise barren limestone mountains, with little patches .of oak where truffles thrive. It bears the impress of a proud career | from the time when it was known "as Divona, capital of the Gallic Cad- when its linen cloth was famous Its houses vrie, "in the Empire of Rome. are arranged as in an amphitheatre, ! with the old town divided from the 'n sw by spacious boulevards. .. . | The river a'tracted my steps for the rest of the alternoon, for here (it is a quiet, lovely river, revealing, in its curves, enchanting views of the old city. As the soft, transpar- {ont dusk enveloped it, T saw the tow- Dh and Dbarbicans dissolving, like l blocks of amber, slowly back into the mists of their conception, But still thelr edges were filigreed with a pale | flame, and the white houses by the | anay stood out like squares of noon. day light that had been left behind. | The crenelations of Pont Valentre-- { which belts the Lot with unexampled " splendour--seemed actually aquiver in the magic of this fugitive radiance. And presently, as I stood, the dark- ness came, I heard the gurgle of the river, saw lights spring up in the "| windows, heard the children called ifn from their play, and saw all the towers of Cahors arise like bars of darkness.--Roy Elston, in "Off the Bea'en Track in Southern France" en ei A Mediaeval Tower One of the oddest bits of Rouen, and on» which it is to be hoped will be leng cherished, is to be fcund in the rue de la Grosse Horloge. The great clock itself is a marvellous work in gilt, standing on a low, heavy arch- way which bestrides the street. . . . La Grosse Horloge concerls an older clock of the fourleenth century, and i:self dates froma 1529, when it ves put up on the newly completed arch. The inner part of the arch is highly carved, the c! 'ef figure being the Good Shepherd. Close at hand is a strongly built and well lesigned tower or belfry, begun in 1389 and finished about a hundred years later. It contains a deep-toned bell, from v.hich the hour of curfew sounds son- orously every night. This bell, whose name is Rouvel, is cherished by the citizens as in times and danger and distress they have been summoned by its tongue echoing over the walls and roofs for many hundred years. ... It is not, however, the clock, the arch, In his death, Jesus not only broke | down the barriers that separated man from nis brother, ne removed the bar. | rier that separated man from his God, ! Vv. 16. The "afar off" and the "nigh" in Vv. 17 mean the Gentiles and the Jews. and the belfry that constitute this as one of the most quaint and picturesque corners in Rouen, though they all add to it. There is also a fountain, begun in When their common love for Yesas 1250, and decorated with a large stone brought them togethar they found each other capable of joy and Sorrow, happiness and loneliness, responsive to kindness, with similar difficulties, | mises.--George Washington, wn It Looks Like Jeff Could Qualify For Congress, : hopes, aspirations. Then they were! no lorger strangers. : ---- OLD DAYS FOUR YEARS AGO- T CALLS THEM! NOBODY Would LOAN MG A BUCK THEN -- AND NOBODY WILL LOAN ME ONE NOW. NORMAL TIMES, bas-relief in the reigu of Louis XV. There is a tiay house of carved wood- work that looks as'if it were glued to the wall behind it. There are many other quaint houses near at hand, and, if one had to choose a sample of the old city, one could not do better than to select this bit, Take it as we may see it any day from the western side. There is the heavy arch, with its som- ber shadows beneath its broad curve; there is the wonderful glittering clock, which may perhaps catch the rays of the declining sun. Riting high at the corner is the solid tower with its cup- olx, We may people this background ¢ with figures to fancy.--From "Nor- ' mandy," by Nico Jurgman and G. E, Mittom. i mn Operation of the motorcar of the future, it is predicted, will be cons trolled by a single small dial that will govern braking, acceleration, choking, gear changing and other essential functions, An added refihement ia important dial conveniently near 2 back seat. 2s Fo many cases would be to locate this alle