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er 3 traf d highways, pleasure Snow of these shaggy lit- Someone has said that the burdens of Iceland are borne almost exclusive ly on the backs of its ponies. Every- body els in 'the interior on ponies, which are raised in the country, be- cause that is the best means of con- * veyance. For hundreds of years it has been the only means. 'Every man, wo- man and child of Iceland can ride. If there is a long distance to travel, ex- tra ponies are taken along to relieve those being ridden every hour. This) primitive mode of traveling from farm to farm is interesting, from all ac- counts, and much to be desired over an automobile when roads are merely tracks and the speed of necesstiy is not more than from five to ten miles an hour, These Icelandic ponies are strong and very sure-footed, often going very fast over the stony ground and seldom . Mumbling, even when obliged to pick their way over the lava rocks and boulders which strew much of the round in certain sections, or when go- Ing in single file along the shelving sides of rocks hundreds of feet uy the air. Bridges, like highways, are rarely to be found, so In crossing deep streams, which are easily forded on 'Toot, people rely on these little steeds who keep their feet in spite of rolling stones and swift currents, Icelanders show great consideration for their ponies. The animals are al- ways well fed and well carcd for. They live by grasing in summer, and in the winter on small amount of hay, sup- Dicwented by the heads of dried cod- The chief domestic animals of this country, besides the ponies, are cattle and sheep. Grass here is luxuriant in many valleys, and during the summer months it is mown for fodder. On thy juantity of hay harvested depends the _ umber of sheep and ponies and cattle which each farmer can keep over the long winter, With the exception of sheep and horse raising, haymaking is the only agricultural pursuit. Every larm has its small field, but most of bhe hay grows wild and is a kind of marsh grass found on the boggy moors. When carts cannot be used the ponies ako the place of hay carts, great bundles being slung ov - their backs, me on éach side. ™ The small surefooted ponies are preatly in demand in other countries, many people liking the peculiar gait of some of them, which is half trot and half canter, When they get to Den- mark and other countries that buy them they are, of course, taught not to fear motor cars, but in their native land they are very much frightened of them and they rear and plunge and run like wild creatures, In time this problem will be solved, but at present Icelandic ponies are not used to auto- mobiles as there are only about four hundred miles of roadway over which they may travel with comfort. 'was announced recently at a meeting of the Society lor Experimental at the New York Academy St Medicine. { in| artists and musici Rickets Treatment the air December, 1932, ched what was to be an out- | standing and momentous season in the Story of Canadian Radio broadcast- highlight of the CLL season the .engagement of Edward John- was the New Year's broadcast of "Car men." This, the first time Mr. John- son ever broadcast from a Canadian key station, marked an event of his. torical importance in Canadian broad: casting. Playing the role of Don Jose with another internationally famous artiste, Joan Peebles, as Carmen, Mr. ing a memorable event in the hearts and minds of C-I-L. audiences. The Canadian Industries Limited through whose initiative Mr. Johnson's appear- ance was made possible, Another triumph was achieved on Christmas evening when C-I-L. Opera House of the Air broadcast Handel's immortal oratorio, "The Messiah." The present C-I-L. season began it will be recalled, on December 4th, with the broadcast of "Chimes of Nor mandy." Then followed in succession "The Mikado," "Tales of Hoffman," "The Messiah," "Carmen," "Tom Jones," "Secret of Suzanne" and "Monsieur Beaucaire." Two other operas, "A Midsummer Nights Dream" and "Merrie England," complete the repertory. . . The broadeasting of these operas 'employed a cast of perhaps the most representative assembly of Canadian ever gathered in one Institution. The distinguished C-I-L cast includes singers who have appeared 'as soloists on outstanding programs in Canada, England and the United States--such well-known artists as Hubert Eisdell, George Lambert, Stanley Maxted, Rupert Lucas, Jean Haig, Jean Hesson, Eileen Law and Pearl Whitehead, making up a cast whose interpretations of the various operatic roles have been consistently brilliant, Notable, too, has been the work of choristers and musicians, With this fine vocal and instrumental talent, Reginald Stewart has made of C-I'L. Opera House of the Air a radio institution of which Canada may well be proud. Vital and ipspired conduct- or, Mr. Stewart has directed unerring- ly and through his brilliant musician- ship Canadian radio audiences have enjoyed a weekly program which is considered to-day as among the great- est air programs en the continent--an institution which has made a sterling contribution - to' the advancement of cultural standards in radio. Canadian Industries, Limited, which sponsored the C-I-L Opera House of the Air last season and this, is Can- ada's great industrial chemical com- pany. In view of the wide variety of its products, and the service it renders to so many phases of Canadian life, it could have selected no type of broad- cast more appropriate to its position NT ROYAL HOTEL //, ; Going to Montreal? Listen to this good news! Our have been lowered. The | with the executive ability and of Mr. Mackinnon--so much so Ria First Hobo (surveying stream of pleasure-seekers) -- "I 'ates 'olidays. Makes yer fee] common' when nobody ain't workin'." | Racehorses do not eat the day be fore the race according to a magazine article. - And often we do not eat for | days after the race. 5 "You first met my daughter at the seaside, I believe. She told me how she had attracted you," Sutior--"Did she really? Why, she told me you'd be furious if you found out she'd winked!" Judging by the husbands some of them pick out it seems that the ladies are not ©) hard to please after all. "What would happen to the young man of to-day who could not even do son, world-renowned tenor, to sing in| | Johnson created an extraordinary im-| pression and made New Year's even-| event + was a feather in the cap of| hen Florian Leduc; former Gen- ROSS MACKINNON Horizontal _«1--Lodges 6--Fruit (plural) 11--Indo-Europeans ~13--Brown 14--Pronoun 15--Cultivators 17--Post Office (abbr) 18--Finish 20--Balance 21---Spanish for river 22--To praise 24--Dank 26--To sell 26--Frightens 28--Grain 29--Hastened 30--Fish 31--Strip of leather 82--Horses 34--Bright 35--To court 39--Cures 42--Exists 43--Hurdle 45--To act 48---Asiatic 48--Trader 2--Stages 5--To cut T=--Worm $--While 36--Corded cloths 38--Beast of burden 41-~To plunge 50--Girl's name 51--To gaze Vertical 1--Beast of burden 3--Pronoun 4--To stroke 6--Unmixed 9--To mourn 10--Endured ul 12--Slackened 13--Balance 16--Positions 19--Peeress 21--Ebbed 23--Regularly 25--More despicable 27--To coak 28--Deer 30--Dull 31--Commanded 32--To fly J3--Insect 34--To rear 35---Part of "to be" 37--Seedlet 39--O0ld form: possesses 40--Dioceses 43--Chewed 44--Rodent 47--Musical note 49--French article eral Sales Manager, retired owing to ill health, Mr. Mackinnon was his logi- cal successor." . "Mr. Mackinnon is well known among automobile men, inasmuch as he was for twelve years associated with General Motors Products of Can- ada, first as General Sales Manager of Chevrolet Division, and finally as As- sistant General Sales Manager of that company. . Mr. Mackinnon brings to Willys-Over- land an extensive experience in the t bile busi He is entirely familiar with the wholesale and retail problems and should be helpful to all our organization," Now Oh, love them while they're here, not when away, And you will never have a yesterday That you regret, np moment you re- call : When you, who had so much, gave not at all, Speak kindly when the loved are here to hear, And you will never look down some long year, Or years of years, and wish that you had said The words that might have cheered or comforted. Do little deeds, and learn to do them now, And you will never wish you had, somehow, When yours the chance, for nothing "ever brings As great a grief as life's neglected things. Encourage them their battle just be- gun, And you will never think they might have won Had you but spoken, when your gentle touch, 3 That seemed so little, might have meant so much. . Yes, love them now, and never let.love wait, ~ And you need never sigh, "It is too late," Do little deeds say 'what you have to say-- Ob, love them while they're here, not when away. ~--Douglas Malloch, retires Death Flight ANSWER TO, L..ST WEEK'S 5 PUZZLE MIA |G T A 1 R U S E ? 0] 1] N K y x L 0 ID] 1 N 7 1 pawl] [elma L 0 P L E R A E D 2D rrr Ar------ Help From Storms Do you like storms? When one was coming up have you felt the urge to be out in it, to match your strength with it, to fling your soul in glad abandon along with -it? A man who lived far back in the lonely mountains said: "A storm does good. Something in here," tapping his chest, "rises up to meet jt, A storm makes a better man of me. "jt you are lookin' for wood that will stand all the jolts and strains," said an old, mountaineer, "cut it from the tree that's been exposed, for storms tear and twist, but they sure do build character!" Not less in men than in trees do storms build character. Lives that. are soft and yielding, easily swayed from right A to wrong, have never been temper- ed by friendly storm and stress. They fall with the first temptation. Per- haps the Indians were right in their tradition that the strength of the enemy they overcame became a part of their own strength. Do not run from your storms! Face them! Make them yleld their blessing to your life. Be glad that they can have a ministry to your soul. Sympathy for others grows out of our own sorrow, unless we be- come selfish. Let each struggle make you stronger for the next one, Every storm will test your anchors, shows vou the real shelter, develop the finer fibre of faith. "Falr weather never made a sailor." Thank God for storm as well as sunshine!--Ernest Bour- ner Alien. lpm He Prayeth Best Farewell, farewell! but this I tell To thee, thou Wedding Guest! He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best who loveth best All things, both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all, --Samuel T. Coleridge. ee fee "All my activities spring from one source--my desire for the vindication of trath by non-violence in every walk of life."--Mahatma Gandhi, + Do You Know? + imple arithmetic?" asks an account. ant He would probably become a wailer. Insuring a husband against death isn't enough these days. He should be insured against theft, Judge--"Do you wish the court to understand that you refuse to renew your dog license?" Defendant--"Yes, your honor, but--" Ju' a~=""We want no 'buts'. You will be fined. You know the license has expired." Defendant--*"Yes, but----s) has the dog." When a defendant takes the stand in his own behalf he tells all he knows he can get away with, Skipper--"This little boat makes twenty knots an hour." Girl Friend--""Think of And who unties them all?" the rope! Boss (sarcastically)--""So you want to get this afternoon off? I suppose your grandmother diéd, eh?" Office Boy--"No, sir. She eloped." A rich oil magnate, had descended on one of New York's big hotels. Irri- tated at the indifference of the staff to his great wealth, he determined to give them something tc Wit about, At breakfast the next morning he said to the waiter: Oil Magnate--"Bring me $20 worth of bacon and eggs." Waiter (shaking hs head)--"Sorry, sir, but we don't serve half portions in this hotel." It was the young lawyer's first case, and he was bubbling over with pride and enthusiasm as he stood in court. Young Lawyer (addressing defend- ant)--""Now, you say you came to town to look for work? I put it to you, there was another, a stronger, motive that brought yon all this distance." Defendant there was--" "Young Lawyer--"Ah! 1 so! And what was it?" Defendant--"A locomotive." thought Some persons never do anything for a cold. Probably figuring that it never did anything for them. Horace--'Let's make whoopee." Evelyn--""No, it's too much trouble, Let's buy it." The girl who hesitates may not be lost, but she is apt to become an old maid. Father -- "Was Jack intoxicated when he came home last night?" Daughter--*I didn't notice anything ~+eoxcept that he asked for a mirror to see who he was." It is said that the Jones' lad is the most promising boy in town, He ow everybody. og i Robot Corrects Papers Ironwood, Mich.--The mechanical teacher, an electrical contraption of dials and lights, has heen "installed" as a member of the faculty of the Luther IL. Wright High School here. The device has been called Mr Markometer, and it is said of it that it never makes a mistake, that it eliminates completely the factor of human error because here is nothing human about it, and that being in- capable of sentiment it could not possibly have a "teacher's pet." The invention of Reynold John- son, teacher at the high school, the machine {s a test paper marker. It corrects examination papers with a speed and accuracy that the human teacher cannot hope to attain. Then #t calculafes the percentage stand. ing of a paper, and the result is as- serted to be as infallible as the total of an adding=machine. With each examination an answer sheet is provided. In a certain col- umn the student indicates one of pumerous possible answers to ques- tions. But instead of marking with « pen the student makes a small per- foration. 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