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; hit Rl Di HER Ny \ RAY BRR » Ae. teen DRA EAR sa. <5 A ibe BF Sorin - 4 han Sh sae RE bord SAR : bio ha To CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE THE LONG TRIP HOME. Two Stratford lads of seven and eleven years went to shoot muskrats and took along the usual 22 rifle, Things went well until in loading the weapon it discharged and the bullet went through the foot of the younger lad, Then it was that the hoy of eleven picked him up and decided to carry him home, and that meant a dist. ance of about a mile and a half, He did not get the smaller lad on his back which would have been easier, but carried him in his arms as one might a child. How many times he might have had to put his load down in the mile and a half tramp home is not recorded. In view of such a perfor- mance and in admiration of such sustained effort one is tempted to forget saying anything about the folly of boys of that age going out hunting with a rifle. --Stratford Bea- con-Ierald, NEIGHBORLINESS. Neighborliness on the farms Is apparently something not confined to any nationality, color or creed. It is the outpouring of human good will and sympathy which is often in- valuablg to those in distress. We may yet see the day when more of this spirit will spread to the cities as well --Chatham News. BU! WILL THEY? A naturalist asserts that mosquit- ocy can get along without preying on humans, If he could only con vince the mc.quitoes! Kingston Whig-Standard. GREEN BELT, ~The London county council has set aside the sum of $10,000,000 to buy up land so as to preserve for all times a green belt around London, go that no matter how big the met- ropolitan area grows, nobody will be far away from green flelds and flow- ers, This is a commendable spirit, worthy of tho greatest city in the world. London is well supplied with parks and open spaces, far more So, for example, than New York, and the transportation system Is so exten sive, rapid and cheap that it does not take long to get out into the coun- try.--St. Thomas Times-Journal, LONG TRIP. ) A letter sent from Rowno, a small township in Kastern Poland, to Bra- gil in 1922, has just been returned to siting point, During these twelve years the letter went round the word three times, .The sender is ded, but his son, to whom the let- ter was returned, has been pffered some Hoo0 zlotys, nearly £200, for the envelope.-- Montreal Herald, THE NORTH FOR TWINS JO yor want to have twins, the best thing to do is to live in a northerly country. This conclusion is reached by the Soviet paper "Segodnya'" af- ter oa exhaustive study of interna- tional birth catisties, which show that climatic conditions apparently form an important factor in the birth of twins. Twins are far more fre- quent in the North than in the South. In Norway, for example, one out of every 27 births Is a case of wing; Sweden comes next with twing once in every G66 births; Ger- many third with one fn every 80. In Brazil and Ceylon twing only occur once In every 200 hirths.--Sault Ste. Marie Star, PERMANENT XMAS TREE, | A thirty-foot Norway pine tree, which will serve Cliristmas tree at hall, was recently planted. Now there's you! --~Guelph Mercury. as a permanent Waterloo town moved 'there and an idea for BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES An enterprising British real es- tate firm, marking a new residential sub-division in Middlesex, has equipped its new estates with built- in dugouts, guaranteed gas-proof and 'bomb-proof, and is making quite a point of the matter in its advertis- ing. "Ive here and be safe in time of war," is its sales slogan. It would be hard to find a grim- mer bit of testimony to the inse- curity of life in the fade of" mpd. ern warfare. Centuries ago people built their houses without windows so that each home could stand a siege. Today we have advanced im- measurably from the disordered con- ditions which made architecture necessary, But {tf we have to equip our homes with bomb-proof dugout, where is the gain? Our boasted civ- flization has simply gone back to conditions of the middle ages, -- Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, RABBITS FOR GASOLINE. It is reported from Melbourne that the Minister of.Customs of the Commonwealth has strongly suppor- ted a plan under which Australia would rid itself of 5,000,000 rabbits in exchange for Russian ga:noline, Under the proposal, these millions of frozen rabbits, caught by 100,000 young men throughout the country, would be shipped to Russia for con- sumption as food, in return for which Russian would send several cargoes of gasoline to (he Anti podes. -B.ockville Recorder, NEIGHBORS' LAWNS. Seasons of soft soil has arrived, and, as usual, one hears fails from all parts of the city of thoughtless people cutting across corners of lawng, irretrievably ruining many of thom, as far as this year {3s con- cerned, A little more consideration and a few more stzps on the side- walls instead of on lawns will pre- vent much damage at this time. No home-loving person will spoil the appearance of the property of any- one else.--Niagara Ialls Review, L C Standards N SHOWS. are changing. The 'leg shows" and mawkish romances have had a long innings, too long even for this artificial age. So it is back to decency and the homely moralit- ies, upon which after all, society is founded and without which it cannot endure, One fact at least hag been establicshed--the public does appreci- ate clean, wholesome sentiment, the "classics" of literature can be made to pay, even when served up in the form of pictures for the entertain- ment of all and sundry---Hamilton Spectator, ' CLERICAL ERRORS Ministers, more than any other men, according to a Toronto divine, alhiould guard against mistakes in pronunciation. And yet so many of 'em make mistakes when they pro- nounce a couple man and wife, --- Border Cities Star, REVELATIONS, Trenches dug In Northern Mesop- otamia Indicate at least ten older civilizations, covered up one alter the other. No saying what they might find if they were to employ diamond drilling.--Port Arthur Nows Chronicle, Sir with Lady Gilbey and their baby son, is the Baronet's second wife, Walter Gilbey, noted 75-year-old British spor timat shown here in Hyde Park, London, born Feb. 27. Lady Gilbey, the former Mrs. Marion Broadhead, whom he married in 1934. Sir Walter' was divorced in 1926. HUMAN NATURE. There was a crowd on hand at the depaiure of Betty Gow from New Yorw and there was a crowd on hand for her arrival at South- ampton, Human nature i3 much the game at both sides of the Atlantic-- Kingf.on Whig-Standard, THE EMPIRE MELODIOUS AUTO HORNS. Another cause of nervous strain, the raucous motor-horn, is an equal- ly needless ailliction, Iere again re- search has proved that a double-note horn tuned to a major or minor third combines great carrying capacity with absence of offence to the ear. Its use might well be standardized. The geneial noise of transport is hard to reduce, but it is hy the glar- ing. offenders that the nerves are jarred, and the worst of these can and should be eliminated.--- Manches: ter Guardian, wn A PUZZLER. At least it can be said that the British authorities are doing some- thing to check the slaughter on the roads. What puzzles most common folk, motorists or pedestrians, is to discover why on earth any ordinary person should want. to travel more than half a mile in a minute Irish Independent. CONSCIENTIOUS DEFIANCE Isa man necessarily a bad citizen because he is a defiant citizen? Three men were fined at the Brunswick Court recently for not having voted at the last 'Federal election. The penalty in two cases was 10s, and in the third £1. The was fined the double amount addres- sed to the Court a letter that the police magistrate described as "re- markable." It certainly was. Ile ob- jected that it was contrary to Brit- ish justice to force a voter either to vote for a candidate in whom he had no confidence or to make his ballot- paper informal. Presumably the Bench had its reasons for punishing more severely a determined defiance of the law; but many people will disagree with the decision. Ordinar- ily the man who flouts the law in- vites sterner treatment than the man 'who falls foul of it through neglig- ence; but the circumstances in this case were not ordinary. Compulsory voting is aimed at shirkers of a pub- lic duty, A man who takes the trouble to explain his conscientious objections to the Bench {s not of that class.--Melbourne Argus. NEW METHODS AND OLD, The rapld progress which is being defendant whd™ made in nearly every sphere of hu- man activity and endeavor today has profoundly influenced education- unexampled difficulty, al systems, The contre of gravity |, 3:9 has ghifted from the subject to the "We ask that our loyal and res- child; the old order of things is | pectful congratulaations may be ac: passing away, and in its place ave | cepted by Her Gracious Majesty the Your Majesty has exhibited both in war and in peace through years" of being established methods based on Queen,. whose untiring interest in the results of modern educational | every movement for the reliet of experiment. In response to an in- [distress and suffering and for the quiry as to how he attained such | welfare of humanity has given her proficiency in Latin, Dr. Johnson ja secure place in the affections of once sad, "My master flogred me | the people of Canada. We rejoice very well, sir" Education in Dr. |that the Queen will share the dem- Johnson's day was carried out accor- ding to the principle that "it does | which will be shown to Your Majes- not matter much what you teach the [ty on this memorable anniversary. young devils, so long as they hate LE it."--Trinidad Guardian, Port of "From time to time during Your Spain, Majesty's reign the people of Can- ada have enjoyed the honor of wel- coming to this Dominion His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and other members of the Royal Family, whose visits have not only deepen- ed the loyal devotion of the people of Canada to Your Majesty, but have enhanced their appreciation of the interest wich is always taken by the members of the Royal Family in all that pertains to the progress and welfare of this Dominion. onstration of loyalty and devotion Canada's Message To His Majesty Ottawa.--Premier Bennett recent- ly placed on the House of Com- mons order paper notice of a reso- lution asking that an address be voted to the King congratulating him on completion of the first quar- ter century of his reign, . RA The text of the resolution fol-| "We trust that we may continue lows: for many years to enjoy the benefit "We, Your Majesty's loval and |Oof your gracious and peaceful rule. dutiful subjects, the Ilouse of Com- Our earnest prayer is that le Who mons of Canada in Parliament as- |is the Ruler of all nations and the sembled, beg to offer our sincere | King of Kings may uphold, direct congratulations on the happy com- |and preserve Your Majesty: in pletion of the 25th year of your il- | health, in happiness and in the af- lustrious reign. * - fectionate loyalty of your people," | &* a * "The eventful years which have 1936 Motor Markers passed since Your Majesty's acces- ' bil to the Throne have Siinessos White letters on a black back- Se a i gs Bay int ground will be the colors of the 1936 > Cc, F & « 1tied con- Ontsio lice ditions that have constantly de- conse plates, Hon Harry C. Nixon, Provincial Treasurer, has announced. The plates as usual will be manufactured at the Ontario reformatory at Guelph under super- vision of the St. Thomas Metal Signs, Limited. . manded the exercise of the highest qualities of courage and of leader- saip. During these years important and definite developments in the constitutional relations between the several parts of Your Majestie's Do- minions have more firmly establish- ed that political unity of which their' common allegiance to the Crown is the symbol" and inspiration. * » * "We rejoice that each year has been marked by an increasing ap- preciation of Your Majesty's inspir- ing example of conscientious labor for the welfare" of your - people. A Yont Of Bread The weight of a loaf of bread in Canada is not standardized but it is regulated by municipal by-laws in the various provinces with the ex- ception of Ontario. In Ontario the legal standard weight of a loaf is fixed at 24 and 48 ounces, except Your Majesty will celebrate the 25th that in the case of "small bread" the anniversary of your accession en- limit is fixed at 12 ounces joying the unreserved respect and ' the loyal affection of the people in all parts of your Dominions, which is a striking demonstration of the righteousness and wisdom which "To believe in illusions certainly brings human happiness." -- Luigi Pirandello. -| their trouser pockets. Elevator Gallantry There may not be many men writing to etiquette authorities about the propriety of keeping thelr hats on in elevators when they share the ride with feminine acquaint- ances, Nor need this be accepted as an indication that chivalry is dead. Af- ter all hats are one of the few pos- sessions ever s0 many men have been able to hold on to during the blusterous winds of the passing stress. In Austialia, however; the propri- ety of wearing hats in elevators seems to be a not entirely irrelev- ant jtem of public consideration, ted in the seven elevators of a large bank in Sydney, * We would ask gentlemen to keep their hats on in the lifts, This will tend to reduce congestion during busy periods and 80 contribute to the greater ccmfort and convenience of all," Twenty carried in each elevator during rush hours, according to the bank's offi- cials, if men did not bother to re- move their hats. Rush-hour trips in elevators infrequently ma¥e men fhands as close tp their not keep their sides as If one had the knack of some trick whereby he could project his hat up from his forehead and then back, without touching it, he might be able to ac- commodate those females of his ac- quaintances touched with a special consideration for the niceties.--Buf- falo Courlor-Express, More Cigarettes Cigarette smokers in Canada spent nore than $48,000,000 for their "ready-mades" during - 1934, according to excise tax returns, which show that 4,822 ,405,065 cig- arettes were placed on the market, an increase of approximately 12 per cent. over 1933. Cigars were also smoked «in great- er number, consumption increasing approximately 5 per cent. from 114,352,000 in 1933 to 119,671,000 last year, and the use of smoking tobacco increased by 4 per cent. to 17.983 000 pornds. Chewing tebaceo showed crease in popularity, the quantity entered for consumption dropping from 4.225,000 pounds in 1933 to 4,170,000 pounds in 1934. In addi- tion to domestic consumption Can- ada 'exported 8,769,979 pounds of unmanufactured tobacco valued at $2,026,802 to twenty-five different countries in 1934, and also exported manufactured tobacco in different forms to the value of $65,802. -- Canada Week By Week. a de- Here On Visit Dr. Henryk Gruber, President of the State Postal Savings Bank of Poland, pictured on his arrival in New York. He will visit Wash. ington and study our system. get Pred Capi Richard Warri Eh fling rleans all All take to fA 3 Duals loo biood ; foes ih ols NAUGHTY MARIETTA" and attack the pirates ateilensly, Th The ¢ Wh a agin and his inl ri ho ha bo turn ask pturédd from the ship on whic ie ho bbtar to le waving the Freat colonists in Now Marts ui fooves op a ine Tit thro v, on hep th 3 thy Jeger and the, other, pirates. beat 8 AH ny Jug by She ade Raia via, te Pinte 21 Based on Musical Adventure Romance by VICTOR HERBERT in| od J L000 [The trappers place the girls In thelr boats to escort them to New Orleans, Marie is with Warrington.' "He does not know she is a Princess. and teases her : about marrying one of the Colonists although he asqures her it will not be he for he is not the marry. ing kind. Marie is scornful but later they sing the' ale together, "I'm Falling in Love with Someone," to do 80, Marie fs in a "At New Orleans the Governor addresses the towns. people and welcomes the girls. choose their brides from among them. Mari ly objects but the Governor saya she will be forced predicament, To avoid marry: (ing, she must reveal. or identity and this is JRREP sible. What will she do? Don't miss next week's exciting installment of "Naughty Marietta." a The men are to 6 violent.! This is indicated by the notice pas-, instead of sixteen persons could be! | visible blanket. DEATH VALLEY'S Inaccessibility By ROSE HENDERSON In the N.Y. Times An extended trip made emphasized the end of the long is an unconquered frontier. accessible a few years ago, Like a strip of the golden Sahara hemmed in "by lofty mountain rfnges, Death Valley still lies shim. mering and remote beneath the blu- est of desert skies. It is the epitome of the desert--its vastness and mys- tery and brooding desolation. Quite generally it has been regarded as a region of perpetually menacing heat where terrifying thirst and baleful death await ih traveller at every turn, But though it holds the world's high temperature record, with an official score of 134 in the shade, the valley does not sizzle uninter- ruptedly all the year, as many pco- ple have imagined. In midsummer it lives up to its worst reputalion, but in Winter and early Spring its climate is delightful. Of Volcanic Origin .. Craters of extinct volcanoes and masses of black lava rock suggest that. once the valley was literally a fiery furnace. In. the mountains and foothills, reddish-brown sand- stone is heaped and tossed in a thousand fantastic forms, as if some playful giant had been dribbling wet dough around. Summer or Win- ter, a pageant of color sweeps the valley, changing its moods cap ic- iously, like an April day. Sunrise floods -the mountains and can:-ons with delicate blues, p'n's and lav- enders, streaked and splashed with crimson. Sunset is a mazy splendor with a kind of ghoulish gaudiness impossible to describe. In Midsummer the valley is a glit- tering spectacle, with heat 'waves . into Death Valley recently by U.S. pilots from the aircraft carrier on, WY J ge lation that kept this desert region At Kur- inace Creek Ranch, the only settle. ment in the valley, there is now an excellent airport with a hotel near by, and travellers drop in casually to visit a spot that was all but in- MYSTERY ENDS Airplane Pilot Defeats Former 1 3 ' 4 playing through the great oblong depression and mirages shimmering against the pink and yellow moun- tain sides. Furnace Creek Ranch, a man-made oasis near the eastern edge, is a strip of sixty-five acres owned and irrigated by a large bor- ax company. The ranch has been kept up as a kind of stunt, a lone habitation in the nudst of the desert, since the last twenty-mule team left the valley some thirty years ago. Here are willows, cottonwoods, palms, young date orchards and green alfalfa fields. Four crops of alfalfa are harvested yearly, and palms thrive. An Indian Village Beside the ranch is a small vil- lage of Indian tents, where about a dozen families of Shoshones live' during the cool months, the men do- ing the work on the ranch. In. Sum- mer the Indians take the tortuous pack trail up into the lofty Pana- mints. Water bubbles along, day and night, in the big irrigation ditch. Beyond the huddle of buildings and the mat of green fields the valley floor is a waste of sand dunes, alka- line earth and hard, glistening salt beds. Sometimes a dust storm rages hex tween the ranges. A sharp little nagging wind springs up from no- where in particular and flicks over the bare rocks with a taste of sand in its wake. The wind spreads, gains force rapidly, and is soon trailing dark, choking curtains of dust and sand across the dun foot- hills and hurling them against the close mountain walls. It may blow for a day or it may drop in an hour, as suddenly as it arose. Once in a great while it rains--a fleeting shower that dashes over the moun- tains and disappears in a bright whirling mist," The ;average rainfall is less than two Theres yearly. By April 1, the days begin to grow oppressively warm, with a tempera- ture as high as 110. The. ranch work is done at night or very early in the morning. The nights are cool yet but the day heat grows steadily move in- tense, In July and August the WN be- comes dangerous, spreading above the jagged horizons like a close, in- A thick mist rises from the irrigation ditch and a large part of the water 'evaporates before it reaches tHe alfalfa fields. Snakes swarm in from the hot rocks and sand around the ranch and twine themselves among the spines of the palm trunks. Millions of butterflies flutter in gay clouds over the blos- soming alfalfa. Varying stories are told of the disasters which gave the valley its sinister name. The most generally accepted one is to the effect that a party of fifty emigrants, on their way to the California gold fields, entered the valley by mistake, lost their way and perished of thirst, 4 J - "-~ oh gE