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Coming" "Unfinished Symphony," ; ily "They were born with the Seartalt o in 'their blood and never since has the world seen sailors like them. Compass they had none. Astrolabe quadrant and sextant they never knew, though they had some crude] Al de measured by de YR conception of 1 They the declination of the sun, ' took direction from the sun by day and the: stars' by night, and when ©] fog or storm cut off their celestial guides they fell back upon their own '& fine instinct. On long voyages they = released tame ravens to spot the land and arrived off strange coasts they - threw their fiouse-beams -- carved . with images of Thor and Odin--in- to the sea and followed their drift to shore" Such were the men of Iceland, Leif Ericson, son of Eric"the Red, to Canada J. E. McCONNELL who has been nominated for a and his gallant companions who 500 | directorship of The Bank of Canada. years before - Columbus, sailed in their open "long-boats'" . to Nova Scotia and Virginia, calling the first Markland, "the place of wide beaches," and the latter Vinland, "a land abundant with grapes." It is said that there are in Iceland and Norway today living descendants of | the first man born in North America, | born hundreds of years before the gallant Christopher started on his memorable adventure, Ay ) The voyages of Lief Ericson and his brothers, of Blarni and Karlsefni, have always been a fascinating field for the delver in ancient lore and legend and the latest contribution to the subject comes from three Nova Scotian lumbermen and lovers of the sea. They are President C. H. L. Jones, of the Mersey Paper Company, Liverpool, N.S, and his associates, T. H. Raddall and T. W. Hayhurst. These gentlemen so. in- timately associated with things mari- time issued some time 'ago their first brochure, "The Saga of the Rover," which dealt in charming style and in 'the full flavor of old romance with the stirring days of the priv- ateers along the shores of Scotia ani down the Spanish Main, Encouraged by the success which attended this effort they have just issued an almost equallyvdelightful little 'book entitled *'The Markland Sagas," which deals in fascinating style with the voyages of the Norse- men to Nova Scotia. The little book is the result of intensive research on the part of its creators as all the in- formation had to be laboriously gathered from translations from the crudely fashioned: parchments of an- cient Norse monks and long .dead chroniclers, 1 LI L a 'Rendered, fearless hy their faith in Valhalla. the turbulent Vikings conquered England, - Ireland, Scot- land, France and = Russia, ruvaged Spain, frightened Italy, and swung their gleaming 'battle axes in the streets of Constantinople. On a hun-. dred coasts mothers prayed *'From the fury of the Northmen, good Lord deliver us," and in' their wild sea adventures in boats 'little more than cockle shells they journeyed great distances even to thé shores of the unknown lands beyond .the Western seas. "If Nova Scotia -was the Mark- land of the Norsemen," state the authors, "and if their Wonderstrand, traumey, Stranmford,: Keelness and rossness were place names in var- fous parts of that provinnce, then surely these voyages merit great in- terest on the part of Canadians, Is it nothing that a Scottish man and woman from the Hebrides set foot in New Scotland 600 years before the coming of Sir William Alexander? Or that the first white child in North America was born in Nova Scotia 500 years before Columbus crossed the sea? Or that many distinguish-. ed people in Norway and Iceland to- day are proud to trace descent from this' Nova Scotian born child? Believing that "it" means much these writers have made a fine con- tribution to the: literature of the Icelandic voys~es to America, Piec- ing together the most interesting and striking parts of the sagas they tell of those memorable journeys to Markland of Leif Ericson, who was a tall, strong man, handsome and .re- sourceful, in every way a good .man to be commander" of "long, long sailings far beyond Greenland," of "terrific battles with savages cloth- ed in skins," of a "land where the sun did not vanish in Winter," a ro- mantic 'sfory that is not surpassed in interest in fact or fiction. { Fourteén Pictures ' : Endorsed By. Catholics : New York -- The International; Federation of Catholic Alumni re- 'cently made. public' 14 new indorsement, 5 The pictures listed for' the "fam ily" dre: "Little Minister," "Home on . the Range," - "Mills of the Gods," «Grand Old Girl," "The Marines Are "West of the Pecos," "Mighty Barn} um," "Helldorado and the Western- "Those Jisted in the "adult" clagais] "A Wicked "Woman," eart,"" "One Hour Manhattan" and reviews or pre- potion} pictures to which it has given its| Mr, McConnell is President of Me- Connell & Ferguson Limited; leading Canadian national advertiting agency; Vice-President of Gypsum, Lime & Alabastine (Canada) Limit- ed; Director, Brantford Roofing Company. Limited;- Northern Life Assurance Company; Canada Trust Company; = Fireproof Warehouses Limited; Shipping Containers Limit- d, Mr. McConnell is a well-known Canadian business man whose organ- ization has offices in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Lon- don, Ontario, and in London, Eng- land. . His name has been closely identified with the development of many leading Canadian concerns for over a period of thirty years, He was born at Walkerton, Ontario, July 6, 1878, and is of the fourth generation in a family of pioneer Canadians. The advertising agency business, in which he is actively engaged, has given 'Mr. McConnell a very broad insight into all phases of trade and commerce affecting Canada and the Empire, and has, in addition, kept him in daily contact with the needs and desires of Canadians in all walks of life. It is anticipated that he will receive considerable support from the shareholders of The Bank of Canada in the election of Directors of that institution which is to take place in Ottawa in January, Uses of A Train Bob Rennison told a story to the which very happily illustrates the chances and unusual features which the sport of angling involves, one of its most interesting features, And 'Bob vouches for the truth of the story, which is a guarantee of its accuracy. pad He told of an experience he had at a pool in Root River a short dis- tance this side of Hayden. He had been-fishing for a long time without even getting a bite and was geting discouraged, when the A.C.R. train which then came in Mondays, Wed- nesdays and Fridays from the north in the evening, thundered along the track. "And," said Bob, "before it got out of hearing 1 had caught seven fish!" . Coming home he told a friend what had happened and the friend was all excited about it. He was so keyed up indeed that he did not even wait:-for Wednesday, but went out.on Tuesday. But there was no train and no fish were caught. The following day Bob and a com: panion started out to the same spot, setting out early in the evening. They fished around for a time with- out any results. 'There are no fish here," said the companion. "Oh yes, there .are; all we need is a train," said Bob, "Well, we ought to get some soon then, for there comes the train," replied the other. "And," reports Mr. Rennison, "in ten minutes we had caught five." Several times during the season he tried the plan out and always with success, said Bob, "but then the A.C.R, changed its schedule." The explanation, as given by Mr, Ren- nison is simple, At that spot, as at many. others, the trout feed just at that time in the evening and pay no attention to the lure of the angler. The immediate area, however, is a bit on the muskeg side and when the train goes by it is readily shaken, with the result that the fish are div- erted from their feeding and take the hook. : So a train is useful to a fisherman as well as for killing. wolves.--Sault Ste. Marie Star. "America doesn't know anything fhans crop control yet."--R, G. Tug- ell, Fie res, | listing only . J Y'smens Club the - other evening' Heard? 3 Editor--Did you ever w.v.. oT" thing before? Authoress--Oh, yes, I confession story once. Editor--Did the editor back? . . Authoress--No, he came all the way from New York to St. Louis to meet me. ; wrote send it With a fan dancer its different -- she would spell it FAN M-A-L-E, Pretty wife (on stand in divorce court) --It was the old, old story, a horse and a jackass can. never agree. ; Husband (roaring, as he shook off the restraining hand of his attorney) --See here, don't you call me a horse! Correct this sentence: "I got beg- ging letters from ten people today," said the rich fellow, "and sent them all checks." The final test of veracity, is the effort to tell how little you slept last night. CHEER UP! World is full of grieveing--skies get low and black--It's hard some- times believing you're on the win- ning track. But all the thunder's runible, the gloom that haunts the day will fade away and crumble --for hope is on the way! Masculine Champ--And how are you making out in your race for equality of sexes? Militant Feminist--Oh, nowadays it is neck and neck. : will at least have--to be fairly good looking. Deacon--Brother Jones, can't yo' all donate something to de fund for fencing in the cullud cemetery? Brother Jones--I dunno as I 'can. I don't see no use in a fence around the~eemetery. You sce, dem what's in there can't get out, and dem what's out don't wanta get in. A college education doesn't do much for the majority of men ex- cept velieve them of the inferiority complex that seems to plague those who don't go to college. Pearl--You really ought to come to Florida with me this winter, I had a wonderful time there. last Jan- uary. I won a beauty competition. Beatrice--No, I think I'd rather go where there's more of a crowd. If there is anything a woman dislikes, it's the sight of another woman making a fool of a man. If you don't want to pay doctor bills it is a good thing to wear over- shoes in wet, sloppy weather. Too many people depend upon their feet to absorb the moisture, and that's where the doctor comes in. Eager Playright--I wish I could think up a big, strong situation that would fill the audience with tears. Theater - Manager -- I'm looking for one that will fill the tiers with audience. Money may not bring happiness, but dt. makes those lucky enough to have it mighty comfortable. Man--Have your ancestors ever been traced? Friend--Yes, but they -were so smart 'they couldn't catch them. College Students 'Have Great Scheme -- ' Rate the Girl Friend's Home- Making Ability by Series Of Questions Cambridge, Mass.--Fair co-eds at Simmons, Wellesley, Radcliffe and other girl's collegés redoubled their studies in an effort to save money for their boy friends at Massachu- setts Institute of technology. The extra diligence resulted from an edict by sponsors of a party, to be held at" Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that each feminine guest 'would be required to answer "yes" or "no" to a list of 10 pro- blems of household management. '| cents per error in- addition to the '| regular party fee, And what is more, the party spon- qY sors say, it will be easy to rate the various girl's schools on "home-mak- ing" after competition of the quest: fonnaire statistics is completed. : Be Careful When You Judge! Pray don't find fault with the man who limps, - , Or stumbles, along: the road. Unless you have worn the shoes he wears 5 Or struggled beneath hig load. ' When television comes a crooner | 7 | Should the" girl err in her answers | her escort must pay a fine of 10 A gala occasion was, the annual distribution of prizes to Italian farmers growing most wheat during year, extolls triumphant toilers in Roman theatre. Premier Mussolini (above) Machinery a Course No Single Problem of Mod- ern World More Keenly Debated Than The Grow- ing Use of Machinery in industry. Each New Ma- chine Displaces Human Labour, and Brings Near- er the Robot World," says Critic. "At three p.m. today an explosion occurred in the X pit. A hundred robot miners at work there were de- stroyed. The machine-miders were working well beyond the zone of the explosion and the fire which immed- fately followed and were able to es- cape injury." } . You wil one day--much sooner than you imagine, perhaps--be read- ing such reports as this in your newspaper writes Patrick Thor "son and London answers, The colller wil then have been relieved from work which, in a really scientific age, no human being should be called upon to perform. TESTED AT THE COAL FACE He will have moved up, become a semi-skilled engineer supervising a robot slove, or a battery -if slaves, whi wil do his heavy work for him 'faster and more efficiently than he and half a dozen mates could do it; just as the man at the levers of a steam-shovel controls an obedient slave of herculean strength who digs, carries and dumps more earth and debris than he and a hundred other <nen could (nanage in the same space of time, : a Wellsian dream. But in fact a ro- bot miner, which cuts the coal at the face and loads it, is testing now in the Wigan coalfield--has been test- ing for nearly a year. Experts think it wil revolutionize the coal-mining industry. Six men with the robot miner at their command can carry out the work formerly done by a hundred colliers. CAN THEY BEAT MEN? Robots, invented and built by in- genious engineers, usually on the ba- sis of some scientist's discovery, are now busy all round us. For the most part we remain unaware of them be- cause they are not fashioned in hu- man shape. Let someone build a talking, walk- ing, mechanical man, a conventional robot and he will achieve much pub- licity and crowds will achieve much at exhibitions and the like, This is continually happening. But actually these mechanical men are often the least important type of robot, There is nothing they can do better than a flesh-and-blood man, except, perhaps, attract attention at a show. . The robots of to-day and to-mor- 'row, the real robots, are improve- ments on the human being--not on all-round human being, that incredi- bly marvellous creation, but on one of his limbs, one of * his organs a muscle a brain lobe. They relieve men of special kinds of work and re- lease them for higher tasks. The other day, in a building in a Canadian city, a robber moved steal- thily down a corridor towards a safe, Suddenly uproar! Gongs clanged bells rang. He was astounded, He had the place taped and charted. There was no burglar alarm except the obvious one which he had discon- nected .on entering, He fled, and wag captured at the outer door, A robot had been on guard, in the necting two points between the cor- ridor walls. While the ray remain. Some people would dismiss this as form of a slender, invisible ray con-. ed intact the electrical apparatus it linked was undisturbed. But if any- thing passed and broke contact, a switch was thrown, and off went the alarm system. The myterious guardian, on inves- tigation proved to be a very simple robot; its basis the selenium cell, the electrical activity of which 's affect- ed by light. Human beings have limitations. Their sense of feel, of balance, of direction, of sight cannot always be trusted. They tire; they need sleep. So robots are gradually replacing them in the performance of certain functions. They count people going through turnstiles by tallying their shadows as they pass; separate, count, and bag masses of coins and piles of banknotes; gauge dimensions in machine hops at lightning speed, and infallibly to the thousandth of an inch, Our traffic-light signals are ro- bots. Aeroplanes are now steered by robots, while the human pilot ta- kes a rest. As early as 1927 a robot pilot steered a steamship, the Pulpit Point, from 'Frisco to Auckland, N.Z., a run of twenty-one days. ROBOT ON THE 'PHONE For the last six years the level of water is one of America's biggest reservoirs has been regularly re- ported by a robot which answers a 'phone call, gives the required infor- mation necessary--but in tone sig- nals), and rings off, returning to its sleepless job of watching the water level. . ) Robots are even invading the home. One of them, on the market now, switches itself on, boils the water, makes your morning tea, and then wakes you up with the buzz of its alarm at the appointer hour. From this .to the robot which will put the joint in the oven, cook it, and announce 'vhen it is done, is only a step, and that step will be taken as soon as there i a real demand for the development. Given time and money, engineers to-day can build a robot to perform almost any human function, includ- ing those of the human brain, BEYOND OUR BRAIN POWER Mathematicians and technicians have now at their command so-cal- led "thinking machines" which per- form calculations beyond the power of any human brain. They will work out mathematical problems in an hour or two which a team of ma- thematicians would require months to solve, The mist Imposing, although not the most intricate, of these brain ro- bots is the tide-predicting machine in the oftice of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, in Washington. ' It is eleven feet long and six feet high and two feet wide; and into that space is packed the equivalent of a thousand high-powered mathematical brains speeded up a hundredfold. , Put it to work, and in seven hours it will lay before you the time of day of each high and low tide during the next twelve months at each of the eighty-four chief ports of the world, including all such variants as spring tides and neap tides, with the exact rise or fall to be expected, Now, the tide rises and falls 1,400 times in a year. There are -thirty- seven different factors--depending upon the relative positions of the sun, moon and earth, the shape and size of the harbour, etcetera--mak- ing up a tide, These have to be cal- culated simultaneously, and the time element enters into every calculation, The people who deplore robots he- cause they displace human labour see no farther than the men who wreck- ed machines because they feared for, their livelihood. | any of our travels, WE ALL MOVE UP The coming of new robots disturbs existing jobs, but only for a period, ! In due course the greater efficiency when the old lady, still very friend= achieved, the lowering of costs, the shift-up jrocsses set in motion, com-' bine to make more and better-paid Jibs. There is no labour-saving device which has permanently displaced la- bour; there is none which has not in- creased the number of jobs available. Robots actuated by an electric cur- rent now send and receive telegraph messages, Yet the number of oper- ators employed is higher to-day than before the robot appeared. Why? Because the robdt has allowed the business to expand on a basis of cheaper and quicker processes. Where is the expert mechanic who was replaced by the faster, more ac- curate, and cheaper machine? He has evolved into the master crafts- man who makes tools and - other things for the machine. Where is the master craftsman, so laboriously and highly trained, the lebour aristocrat of the old world, He and his progeny have been trans- formed into the engineers and scien- tific research workers, the highly trained technicians of the machine and robot age. . TOWARDS THE MACHINE MILLENNIUM Where is the plodding workman who used to fetch and carry for the craftsmen and skilled workers of the pre-robot epoch, earning thercby barely enough to keep body and soul together? He tends the robots, and so earns a far higher wage than was possible in the days of costly hand labour, Thanks to the robots, mankind is now setting foot upon the broad and shining way which leads to a five- 'hour day for labour with higher liv- ing standards. The technical bar- riers to this particular millennium-- only one further stage in the upward march of mankind towards the stars --have already been removed by scientists and engineers ) The gigantic toil of building and sustaining this new and longed-for world is beyond the power of human hands and backs and brains. It will willing slaves who already do a large be made and maintained by the same part of the world's work, and who" have blazed the trail for the new era of expansion which waits round the corner of to-morrow--the robots. Hitch-Hikers Two Girls From Vienna Made Their Way From Austria to England Two girls from Vienna have just got back from London, having "hitch-hiked'" their way half across Europe and back. They are the rich- er for the experience by the express- ions they gathered in the various countries by asking for lifts from likely looking motorists. The two girls are Josefine Reif- Serber and Maly Brot-Froschauer. Josefine is only 20, is the daughter of an official and studies medicine and psychology. Maly, who is 29, is a dressmaker, the daughter of a small shopkeeper. They were in London last September, their jour- ney having been ~from Vienna to London and back. They travelled with 30s between them--and never had to spend a penny, save once: "It is only when one travels with little money that one really begins to know the world," declared Maly | Brot-Froschaeur. 'Above all we learn to know the national charac- teristics of the various motorists of whom we begged lifts. "Bu it was the Englishmen that we loved the best," said Maly with a smile. "To them it was always a gentlemanly act to invite two hiking girls into their cars when we asked for a lift. "In France we did not have to beg for a lift once, but the Frenchmen took us, not out of a sense of duty, but because, for them, it was a pleasant experience, "The Swiss took us along because they were too lazy to say 'No' to us. "The Italians looked surprised for a moment when we asked for a lift, but then they were so polite that they would make long detours out of their way for us. - One Italian even invited us to travel with him to Rome, but just then we were becom- the big prize money ner thet could not be bettered where, even in Vienna. i "But how _astonished were ly, presented us with a bill for five shillings. That was our only cash payment, iii "When we got back to Vienna, however, we found a letter from England, with a money order ene closed, waiting for us, The old lady wrote that she had just seen in a newspaper that we were not two rich, splendid tourists, but just two poor little girls from Vienna. She expressed her apologies for having | asked money from us and and en- closed twice the amount that we paid. That was the best welcome that we had on our return to Vienna." The hiking girls are undaunted by their experiences. "Next year we shall be off again," declared Maly. re "Furope has become too small for us, so we shall turn our steps in the direction of--India." Stork Derby Lead Grows Mrs. Kenny Gives Birth to Eleventh Child Since 1926 --To Claim Fortune. Toronto---A baby girl who might be worth half a million dollars to her in October, 1936, has been born to Mrs. Mathew Kenny, leading con- tender in the Charles Vance Millar "maternity sweepstakes." 11 REGISTERED The latest addition to the Kenny family gives Mus. Kenny 11 children registered at the vital statistics de- partment since the millionaire sport- sman-lawyer died in 1926, leaving the bulk of his wealth to the Toron- to mother who gave birth to the greatest numb.» of children in the ten ycors after his death. With Mre, Grace Ragnato, Dun. das street west, anticipating her ninth child since 1926, Mrs. Kenny's "blessed event" which took place "at St. Michael's Hospital, r Peter street French-Canadian moth- er two in the lead for the Millar gold. row in the hands of trustees, Word from the hospital reporis mother and child were "doing well." But Mrs. Kenny was disappointed. She couried on twins. She was cer- tain twirg were coming. She had had two or tiiree--how many was it, any- wat ----vefts of twins before, said she "knew twins ar only one." The Millar "Stork mara'ho" has Murs. Lenny, Mrs. Bante and Mrs. Sffarce Darrigo in the lead. ng resstiens. Mrs, Darrige has pad swen chi.cren registered at (le -1- tal stirtics department, avd hss hopes of registering another thre children born prematurely, Newspapermen have been "camp- ing on the doorsteps" of these con- tenders for the past several weeks. They have made big promises to the mothers for photographic and story rights in the event of their Whang the half million dollars. : Mrs, Kenny cec.ares thay sho jen't 0 keen about winning the \il'ar half million as she is to beat Mis. and she whether it was Bagnato, who, she claims, once to'd her an Bay street that she "didn't have a chance' Mrs. Bagnato remains confident that she is in the leading position for through this blessed eveat ceemingly puts Mes, Kenny two vp. on her. The Leiton. OF Life Pleasures I anticipate so often turn out badly That I have learned to watch for joy a trifle sadly. "We are very hopeful and optimis- tic about business conditions." -- Edsel Ford. -------- "Life is harsher for men than for women, who seem to have developed a tougher fibre." --Gertrude ton. Ather- "Nobody can forecast the outcome of the stormy era of history on which we are now probably entering."--Jan C. Smuts, Classified Advertising ing homesick for Vienna -and we had to refuse the invitation. "Some of our experiences were not so happy. One of the most bitter, which had a 'happy-ending' was dur- ing. our 'march' through Belgium. An old gentleman took us as far as Brussels and when we left his car we forgot our ruckhacks. which con- | tained our little money and our pass- | Live delivery gladly mailed Untarlo. ports. "In our despair we went to the police, who arranged our night | quarters for us, In the morning our despair turned to joy when the Police Chief of a district in Brussels informed us that our 'luggage' was safe. The motorist had handed it over to the police. MAnother experience, also with a 'happy ending' was our lot in Eng- land. We stopped a motor car driven by what I think was an officer in the Navy. 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