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VOICE THE WORLD ~ AT LARGE of the CANADA, THE EMPIRE 4 PRESS CANADA First in Radio Recently Denmark celebrated its tenth anniversary of national radio broadcasting and on that occasion a survey was made of the progress that has been achieved under that system, 1t proves to be rather astonishing, Ten years ago radio broadcasting was made a public utility. A national board of governors was set up and a general manager appointed. The ma- nager operates the system under the direction of the board. When started there were 285,140 radio sets in Denmark, Last year there were 583,109, That is 16.4 per cent of the population. They pay a license fee, as in Britain and Canada the amount being $2.60. These figures are somewhat aston. ishing. Many persons think the United States has the largest proportion of radios according to population, but according to the International Radio Office at Geneva, Denmark leads with the United States second and Great Britain third. Sweden is fourth. -- Sas. katoon Star-Phoenix. * a" Hotel Ruling An Alberta court has ruled that a hotel keeper "is not obliged to accom- modate a guest on trust," but doubt- ploy colored gentlemen as porters' seems "wropt in mystery." There is no foundation for the belief that President Lincoln suvggested it to George M, Pullman, mention of whose name may be the reason why porters are called "George." At any rate, colored porters were first employed in the late seventies or carly eighties, Six or seven years ago when the rail roads were really prosperous the Pull. man Company gave employment to 11,000 porters, chefs and waiters, but at the present time there are only about 7,000, The pay varies according to the job on the trains, but the av- erage is $90 a month, Those who come «contact with the public. of course, do pretty well in tips, and the men in regular employment ave comfort- able.-- St, Thomas Times Journal, x * 5 Type It Also! It there is one pelty annoyance more than another in the ordinary of- fice humdrum, it is to get a letter or document with somebody's signature attached, which nobody in the office is able to decipher. If the person in question has a tittle, occupying some position in a company or organization, it is possible to address him in that capacity, but that does not solve the question of the name of the man to whom an answer must be sent. Where there is no official position, driven to a Jast yesort, clipping off : sgh T Te The man-of-war Erie, latest type gunboat hav ) i tured as she was launched in Brooklyn, N.Y., Navy Yard drydock. Displacing 2,000 tons, ing many characteristics of a small cruiser, pic- "w the staunch little fighting ship is 882 feet long and carries four six-inch guns and four anti-aircraft guns. be carried out in one way--by the Government agreeing in advance to buy the surplus at a high price and dispose of it overseas for what ft will fetch. The Government has made serious blunders over wheat, but we can scarcely believe it will commit this crowning blunder, the effect of which would be to drive production higher and higher.--The Cape Argus. * 0% A Forgotten Lesson It is distinctly disconcerting to find that although prosperity has returned Farm Problems - Conducted by Professor Henry G. Bell with the co-operation of the various departments of Ontario Agricultural College. The business of farming is yearly becoming more and, more dependent upon facts that have been gathered re- garding livestock and livestock manage- ment, crop production, soil management, disease and insect éontrol and business organization of the farming industry. Individual problems involving ono or junction with a system of~ culti. vation as previously outlined, us- ing a copper sulphate spray when the field is under Cereal crop, -- Prof. J. E. Howitt Dept. of Botany, OAC Girl Guide Garb May be Changed Annual Meeting to be Held May 22 - 25; Seniors to Have Smart New Uni- forms; Juniors Seek Similar Regalia EDMONTON.--Proposed changes in uniforms to permit better ex- pression of personalities of the younger girls will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Dominion command of the Canadian Girl Guide association to be held here May 22 to 25, Mrs. H, D, Warren, C.B.E., LL.D,, Chief Commissioner, will preside, and approximately 150 prominent workers in the movement from all parts of the Dominion are expected to attend. ' Senior girls, known as Rangers, are already rejoicing in the changes in their uniforms which will become| effective February 1, Previously the girls had worn a uniform similar to that of their juniors, but the new| pattern will set the style with a smart navy blue hat bearing a soft narrow brim, The older girls ex- pressed annoyance with the former wide-brimmed, stiff hat, Another change in the regulations, passed by Guide authorities, per- mits the senior girls to wear a new silk four-in-hand tie as an alterna- tive to the broadcloth triangular one, All members of a company however, must be dressed alike. The junior Guides, watching their big sisters parading in their stylish modern uniforms, will follow the proceedings of the Dominion meet- ing with close attention, i i 2 THE FIRE DANGER IN YOUR HOME Some Startling Facts About - The Home Use of Gasoline "In New York State recently a fru< ° gal housekeeper filled a pan in the kitchen with enough gasoline to clean a blouse,, writes Paul W. Kearney, in "The Family Circle." Takirg what she considered adequate precautions.gms she was careful not to have any open flame in the kitchen and she made sure to have the windows open so as to ventilate the place. As she work. ed on the blouse, her maid went down to the cellar to look at the furnace, leaving the door ajar. And before she got back upstairs there was an ex. plosion which wrecked the house, kil. led four people in it, and sent three others to the hospital. With its proclivities for trouble, and with the carelessness with which it is used, gasoline probably glves more freak fires than any other cause. I wish every housewife in the coun- try could see the demonstration fre- 'uently staged at the officers' college of the New York Fire Department, A fireman lays a handful of cotton waste, barely moistened with gaso- line, in the higher end of a sloping sheet.iron trough, 20 feet long, and the demonstrating officer places & lighted cigarette lighter at the op- posite end. In ahout 30 seconds a blue ball of flame pops up around the cig- arette lighter and with amazing speed rolls all the way back the up- hill path to the cotton waste which bursts into' fire at the contact. A TINY FLAME Not more than a tablespoon of gas- oline is used, and none of it runs down the trough, yet it is ignited by 7K + 9 Links & v 1 - v a tess--ostgtests--wit--stittbeacropted at face value, plus a bit of baggage. -- Toronty Globe. # ® s Progressive Japan Japan's entry of a hockey team at the Olympic games jis just another illustration that the little country-- little until recently--never misses a chance to demonstrate that she's in line with Western progressiveness-- and "then some. -- Winnipeg Tribune. oR Ey One Pig Arrived f There has been more snow in the district about Stratford than we have had in this section. There's a snow belt there which takes a strip up to- ward Listowel, across through Brus- sels and Wingham and then south of Stratford as far as Kelly's Siding. Much snow in there. Roads have been blocked and far- mers have not been able to get to the city. The pigs which are of 200 bs. or a little over the mark are due to he off and play part in the develop- ment of the bacon industry, but the pigs have had a few days more to live on account of the blocked roads. E. J. Smith, of the Whyte Packing Co, at Stratford, says on a recent day only one lone pig came to the plant, "Just one, An ordinary day would bring from 400 to 500. We do know that if a person was the one lone guest at a hotel where four or five hundred people generally stayed, he could, if he desired, have all menner of service. The folk in the hotel, desiring to appear busy, would be romping all over the place to see what each in turn might do for the comfort and entertainment of the one guest. Whether it works ont that way with one lone pig turning up at a packing plant instead of four or five hvndred is something on which we Ick definite information. It may be that one lone pig -would just have to go in a room and wait until others came to join him, It is rather unlike- ly he would he shown over the plant, because if he were there might be much about he would not understand and more still which he would have no reason to enjoy. There js no moral fa fhe story, but Just the same that one lone pig which was taken to the packing plant when the reads were h'ocked had something "= 1 about him in the papers, -- Teterboro Exar .iner, * » Flu-lve Sleep The Dionne babies go to sleep in n few seconds, Dr. Alan Roy Dafoe testifies. Before the fifth girl has heen bundled in heavy outdoor clothes, the first is asleep. Many will envy them this gift. How many insomiacs toss- fng on beds from Halifax to Victoria would not change places for a while with the quintuplets! Blissful rest, how often it eludes ws. -- Hamilton Spectator, * LJ LJ Doesn't Like Name You may think it a nice friendly way to call the Pullman porter "(leorge,"" but he doesn't like it, He much prefers the quite dignified term of "Porter," So says (George A. Kelly, vice-president of the Pull. man Company, and he ought to know, Moreover, there are a lot of white Georges who don't like the "Pullman "Georges." ( In fact, reports "Myr. Kelly, they have a society called 'the "Prevention of Calling Pullman Porters 'George'," and it is quite act- fve, having several thousand mem. bers, each one a real George, - How the railroads begun to em. the signature and pasting it on the answering letter may be one way out, but it simply shifts the burden on the nost office, and in any. event is an abominable waste of time and pa- tience. : While appreciating the artistic in- genuity of devising a signature which is hard to copy, for perfectly obvious reasons, legibilty should not be sacri- ficed in the process, Whatever else a man may write, he at least ought to be able to write his own name so that it can be read, and if this is not possible, as is the case with some of these glorious hie. roglyphics which suflice for a signa- ture, then, in fairness to the man who has to read it at the other -end, it might, at least be typed below the apotheosis of his name. -- Halifax Chronicle, ~ *» Ld = Wrongfully Possessed The inferiority complex ig like wealth, It would be a blessing if the right people had it.--Montreal Star. EL "» * - Driving People Crazy Modern business and social customs have succeeded in imposing such a strain on men and women that they are breaking down mentally at a rate that is startling. Dr. Montgomery, director of the Ontario. Hospital at Whitiby, speak- ing to the Women's Canadian Club at Bowmanville recently, said that fifty per cenf. of those suffering from mental diseases were victims of the excessive stress that modern civiliza- tion entails, In Ontario there-are about 2,000 new patients admitted to the mental hospitals in a year. There are many more mentally-deranged individuals who do not get into hospitals, -- Sarnia Canadian Observer, »" » XK. Advertising Pays Tourist advertising pays. Mr. J. D. Burton, chairman of the Yarmouth tourist committee says an advertise. ment in a New York paper brought two hundred direct queries, and one tourist family paid for the whole sea. son's advertising in goods purchased at Yarmouth stores. Direct evidence of that sort cannot be thrown lightly aside.--St John Telegraph-Journal, x wm o® pe Horticultural Hint Rhubarb, says an oculist, is good for the eyes. Why not try crossing fit with a grapefruit.--Kitochener Record. LJ L * Looks Like a Safe Bet The claim that Queen Mary will win back the blue ribbon of the Ate atic by doing 82 knots and 35 if necessary gains. considerable force when it is known that Clydebank Scots are willing to bet on ft. -- St, Catharines Standard, * LJ -* George V. ~~In him has passed from the earth the very mould and pattern of a con. stitutional monarch, wise, courageous, cofisiderate, unaffected, simple. Whe- ther he was a great man those who will may dispute. That ie was a man great in kingship, if greatness in kingship consists in a faultless dis. charge of that high office, belongs to the realm of facts frdispiitable, London Spectator, * " Their Wheat Problem Too The millers' proposal (that South African wheat surplus should be re. moved ffrom the market) could only " I~ to South Africa Im Tull spate, people are not giving so freely to charity now as they did during the years of the depression, Possibly this is due to an entirely mistaken idea that there is less need for giving in good times than in bad. Prosperity, un- fortunately, is never as comprehensive as one would. like it to be, and there are always vast numbers to whom the difference hetween bad times and better times is scarcely noticeable. Johannéshurg Times. Officials of the Manhattan Aquari- um announced that their electric eel would be tickled with a copper hook, and stimulated into lighting a neon bulk in "ront of its tank, three times a day. Said Trainer V. W. Coates: "He was glad to light his bulb at first, but then he got accustomed to the wires and refused to shoot juice into them. Now I have to tickle him. If he's feeling right he lights two bulbs." Something "Springy"' You'll be won over immediate- ly by the charm of the model pat- terned for today, It has daring and chic in the new collar and. eleevee, Decora- tive inverted pin tucks give youth. ful fulness to the bodice and the skirt, It looks so young and fresh 'neath your dark winter coat in gay print silk as pictured, Amazingly quick to make it, and inexpensive, too, | Style Ro. 2620 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18 years, 86, 88 and 40-inches bust, Size 16 requires 3% yards of 80-inch material, HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS . Write your name and address plainly, giving number and. size of pattern wanted. Enclose 16¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferred); wrap-it carerully, and a{ldress your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide Stréet, Toronto. more of these, andl many other phases of agriculture, engage the attention of Ontario farmers from day to day. Dur- ing the winter months there Is a little more time ror study of the most acute problems. Through thls column farmers may secure the latest information pertain- {ng to their difficulties. To introduce this service Professor Bell has prepared the following typical problems to in- dicate the information which should be given in order that a satisfactory an- swer can be made, > If answer is desired by letter enclose stamped and addressed envelope for reply. Address all inquiries to TPro- fessor Henry G. Bell, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto. Ontario. * * LJ Question:-- J. E.H., York -- Last summer our grain was full of mustard, although this has not been a bad weed in our neighborhood for many years. What can I do to clean it out? Answer: Owing to the great vitality of the seed, Mustard is a very 'hard weed to eradicate, The seeds once in the ground, live for years and continue to germinate as they are brought near the surface. Hence i' takes patience, a great deal of la- bor, and a long time to get rid of the weed when it once gets possession _of the land. When present only in small amounts, hand-pulling is the best method, providing the pulling is done before seeds have formed; and as persons pulling in a hurry cannot wait to examine for seed, it is best to put the weeds, as they ~are pulled, in bundles where they can be burned when dry. When fields are overrun with the weed, it is best to proceed as follows: Harrow stubble.ground early after harvest, or gang-plow and=harrow. As soon as the sceds have had time to sprout, cultivate it thoroughly; repeat cultivation at intervals; and rib up with a double mould-board plow the last thing in the fall. Put in ga hoed crop, either roots or corn, the fol- lowing spring, and cultivate it thoroughly throughout the growing season. Cultivate and harrow well two or three times after roots or corn, having -f'vst , run the plow along each of corn roots to cut the roots and turn them up; and rib up before the frost. (If the plow is used after roots or corn, it is like. ly to bring more seed to the sut. lowing spring and seed with clo. ver. Pull weeds by hand of the grain crop; take a crop or two of hay, or pasture, and break up the clover sod. After the clover sod is ploughed it should he given fre. quent cultivation, until the last thing in .the fall so as to destroy successive crops of young Mustard plants, This field Mustard nay be pre. vented {from seeding {in Cereal Crops by spraying with a two per cent Copper Sulphate solution ap. lied at the rate of 100 gallons per acre just as the Mustard fs com. ing into flower, This prepared by dissolving one pound of bluestone (Copper Sulphate) {n each five gallons of water. Spray the fleld just as soon as the first few mustard plants come into flower. The grain may be slightly will occur. A potato sprayer can be fitted with a special broadcast attachment for spraying large areas, or an orchard sprayer, that is equipped with a cluster of noz. zles or broom can be used effect. ively, Spraying fs best used In con. IRA '| $ 43 face.) Sow a crop of grain the fol. solution fs burned, but no permarént injury | aor Question: -- J. G., Simcoe -- I have three cows that are lame and not doing well, When they came in from pasture last fall, they were chewing bones and boards. I be- lieve they are troubled with Bots, One of my heifers, due in early March. has a swollen udder, Answer: -- Indications are deficiency in phosphorus and lime, Feed Steamed Bone Flour---one handful daily per head. If Warble Flies are troubling the cattle, apply any -of the Berrls compounds as a wash according to instructions. It horses are troubled with Bots, have them treated- with Carbon Bisulphide--given in capsule for Bot removal. . For the heifer that has a swollen udder, you had better have your herd tested for Bang's disease, -- Dr. L. Stevenson, Ontario Veter- inary College. b] BE i ------------ Paper-hanging An Art Any man or woman who has ever fought a losing battle with a strip of wall paper will agree heartily with the dictum of a court in New York state that "paper hanging is an art to which talent may aspire but in which genius alone moves with sureness." Humorous writers have found riches in paste pots and rolls of paper. Vaudeville artists have struck a responsive chord in their audien- ces by depicting whole families bat- tling step-ladders; paste brushes and vard and yards of writhing wall paper. For man loves to laugh at 'his fellow's mishaps. A malignant spirit slumbers with- in every roll of = wall paper and awaits onlp the uncertain touch of the amateur to strike. Like a dead- ly viper, the paper must be gripped firmly just behind the ears if one would escape its coils. But if the grip be too harsh disaster is swift and complete, for the miserable stuff collapses into pulp within, one's very own hand. : The wise words of the New York court were evoked when the referee visited a large room recently paper- ed by a man who professed to be an expert but whosd efforts had dis- pleased the lady of the-house. She refused to pay him; he sued. Equip- ped with the bitter experience. of his efforts to paper his own home in his salad s, the judge found that the paperhanger had evidently kept pushing his thumb into the bowl of his pipe, using that same thumb to press the paper into place. "The fruits of the plaintifi's la- bors," he remarked, 'remind me of my own experience 4b years ago when, pressed by need of economy, I papered the ceiling of my own dining room. I explained to my family that the result was due to the irregular proportions of the room," He had tried to cover the deficlen~ cies by placing a large Border around the room, "but it wasn't much use." Yes, if one would appreciate the "genius that alone moves with sure- ness" in flinging strips of paper on a ceiling it is only necessary to try to. do it one's self, The attempt, however, had better be made in an old bathing suit, with a hot bath ready to deal with those eventuall- ties which may be predicted with Strange World + What the pilot does in a display of aerobatics will be told to the public by the pilot himself at the R.A.F. Display at Hendon, Eng., on June 29th. The pilot will speak a descript- ion of his movements into a micro- phone hung round his neck, Whether he is upside down or rolling or spin- ning his wireless set will continue to work and a receiving set on the ground will pass on his remarks to loudspeakers. * * * A "cheerfulness' tax, which most workers will have to pay, is being introduced in Portugal. Money col- lected will be devoted to a "national fund for the promotion of cheerful- ness in work." * An unemployed Alsatian has spent five days in prison in place of an iniikkeeper who had been..sentenced. A year ago he took the same man's place in prison, but on that occasion he was not found out. »> * * The great-great-grandson of the man who founded Brisbane, one of Australia's greatest cities, is a paint- er in a Stirlingshire village. His name is Brishane. * LI LA J A baby has been born in Kunszent- miklos, Hungary, with a complete set of thirty-two teeth, ® x * . A plague of flying ants stopped a cricket match for half an hour at Outwood, Surrey. Armed with stumps, the players drove them off and the game was resumed, *® kw Hailstones as big as gol balls have fallen on Montevideo, smashing windows and skylights to such an extent that only ten per cent. of the damage can be repaired by the glass available. The Goverpment has sent an emergency Bill to Parliament urg- ing the remission of all customs dues on imported glass. PEE ; A free fight at an Egyptian beauty competition led to one of the com- petitors losing an eye, Two sisters- inJaw entered for the same com- Jbetition, spoke disparagingly of each other's attractions, and engaged in a violent fight, By the time they were separated, one of them had lost the sight of one eye, and the other her beauty. Average Nova Scotia Nurse Has Good Practical Training HALIFAX.--The average nurse | turned out by Nova Scotia training schools often has a greater practical knowledge of certain diseases than many young doctors, Dr. W, D. For- rest, superintendent of the Halifax Board of Health, told the annual meeting of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Halifax recently. Often cases diagnosed as measles wete found to be scarlet fever when patients were brought. to infectious diseases hospitals, he safd, replying to a suggestion of Dr. H, Bence At- lee of Halifax that training schools a tiny flame 20 feet away. And since the same thing could be done at 20 yards or 20 rods, the moral for the housekeeper is obvious: "Don't use gasoline (or benzine or naphtha) in the home for any reason whatever. Because no matter what precautions you take, you can't make it safe! The fireman's demonstration em- phasizes some of the reasons why: First, gasoline is dangerous because it freely gives off an invisible vapor. Because it is heavier than air, this vapor seeks the lowest level so as soon as you open a gasoline can in the kitchen, the vapor begins to flow down to the floor where it follows the pre- vailing draught. If, in the course of open flame--a pilot light or c¢ven live coals in 'the ash box of the stove --the cigarette-lighter trick is re-en. acted on a large scale. The amazing ball of blue flame appears from no- where, runs back along the invisible vapor column to the vapo!'s source, and a flash fire or an explosion in- stantly follows. Even being. touched by that rolling ball of fire on its re- turn passage will burn you badly en- ough to send you to the hospital. What the test doesn't show is that this vapor, when properly mixed with alr, is a high explosive at least equal in powercto dynamite. Since only a few spoonfuls of gasoline produce en- ough vapor to drive your heavy car up the steepest hill you can readily deduce that it doesn't require much of that vapor to blow you right into kingdom come! But you never use gasoline near an open flame? All right, consider another case. A mother was cleaning © with gasoline one afternoon. Her daughter entering ing dark and switched on the electric light. Before she could take her hand off the switch there was an explosion which blew both of thém through ihe side of the house into a vacant lot 30 feet away. The switch had sparked. What {is the solution? Simple, Don't ever all8w a can of gasoline or ben. zine or naptha to come into your home because yu cannot possibly clean with it safely. In your cap gasoline is all right because it is under mechanical control, but in the kitchen or laundry ---never. State Department Rules on Rising for National Anthem (From the Saint John Telegraph- Journal) While it is a commendable demon- stration of loyalty to the Crown, and bers of an audience to rise and stand during the playing of the National Anthem at the begnning or end of a theatre performance or at other func which requires them to do so, unless they happen to be members of the defence forces of thé country. to some part of a motion picture or stage play, audiences need not feel that they are displaying any disre. spect to the Crown if they remain seated: As a matter of fact, by re. should turn out highly specialized nurses rather than ones with only general knowledge,. The ordinary. Nova Scotian nursé, Dr, Atlee sald,' was excellent on a general case but! did not have enough skill in caring confidence, for certain diseases, Lm ---- * i ] bt maining 'quietly seated they enable others as well: as themselves to ap preclate more satisfactorily the sig- nificance of the episoda being wit. nesgsed, and perhaps in that way they engender a deeper loyalty than if they rise. ~~ ; its flow, it happens to come across an... - the kitchen observed that it was grow. - the usual British custom for :- mem. tions, there is no official regulatio® When the Nationa] Anthem, or & ° portion of it, As played as incidental .. i" a =~ 5 ar