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a VOICE of THE WORLD AT LARGE CANADA, THE EMPIRE i the es PRESS CANADA The Speed Demon The traffic accident statistics for British Columbia last year, as just announcgd by Inspector Hood, of the . Provincial Police, show that 90 per- 3 © sons were killed and 834 injured by motor vehicles in our streets and our highways, and that this was "the highest total for any year since the beginning of the depression." The principal reason for this toll of death on our roads, says Inspector Hood, was fast driving. -- Vancouver Pro. vince, A Friendly Act While the Peace Garden on the boundary is a permanent and visible indication of friendship between the United States gnd Canada, there have been many othér evidences of good- will. Among them have been the ben- Se es ns % a aN Se Vl AAT They are different now, Anxious to be understood, certainly considering it desirable, they have become good reporters, have been turning thelr once dry-as.dust financial rigmarole into readable human interest stories. We have hgfore us, for example, the addresses at the annual meeting of the Canadian' Bank of Commerce, Its general manager, Sidney H. Logan, shunning the usual statistics about trade and industry, gave an intensely interesting exposition of a bank's role in the field of credit and money. It was not an easy task he set himself, yut he did ft efficiently, made the thing clear, we should say for the average intelligent business man, More power to him, So many peo- ple confuse money with wealth, and so many more talk the idle nonsense about banks creating wealth, which they don't and can't. Had they been told a little more often in the past, with a greater effort at simplification and less propensity for jargon, it would have been better for the banks --and for all the rest of us. --Ottawa Journal. They Still Croon There is talk across the.border of abolishing the word "croon" but what is wanted is an effective muzzle on crooners. -- Calgary Herald. . > . Timely Warning Not long ago, while the city council of Pandlatan--1I1 13 | "Captains Courageous". GIRLS FORGET T0 THANK YOU Male Student Says Women Often Prone To Rudeness With Escorts MONTREAL.--Learning what it costs to finance an 'evening out" should be part of the education of all women students, is the view ex- pressed in the McGill Daily by a group of men undergraduates. "To-day too many women take 'he- ' student commented. "They often look bored and are apt to be rude in this respect; even to the pont of not thanking their escorts for the thoughtfulness and trouble involved in giving them an evening's pleasure. If these same girls were forced to ask the men out* for a few months and pay the bills they would realize their privileged position." The comment was avoused by the fact that the co-eds have not been in any hurry to avail themselves of the Leap Year privilege of doing the asking, "Coal-Black Celts" Down Cape Breton HALIFAX, Canada--Rudyard Kip- ling's keen eye for the bizarre sel- dom spotted a more striking bit of literary material than they did in his "discovery of Nova Scotia's Gaelic-speaking negroes. ' For discovery it was. Few, even in Nova Scotia, knew the province held "coal-black Celts"--as Kipling called them--until he told of them in his And even then, the scoffers were many. They wouldn't believe that the negro tongue could master the "vol- ing asked out for granted," onef Dr. George 'W. Crile, noted Cleveland, O., scientist, and Ms. Crile as they arrived in New York City on the S.S. Majestic after completing a brief research trip in Central Africa, He and his party bagged 200 animals for experimental purposes. The prize of the collection, a 14,640 lb, bull elephant, was shot by Dr. Crile. Scotch," and where the negroes "taik like the farmers -- all huffy-chuffy." The Kipling character stretched the truth a point, though, when he told the gaping Harvey that Cape Breton was "full" of those negroes. Only a handful of Cape Breton blacks speak the Gaelic. But they have conquered the diffi- cult language as completely as they might be expected to in small farm- ing communities such as Whyco- comagh." And they come by it hon- estly, for their forebears have been handing it down to them for gener- ations. : These early Cape Breton negroes came to Nova Scotia originally as servants to United Empire Loyalists fleeing from the United States. Later, King George Was A War Casualty It is somewhat noteworthy that King George V was a war casuaity. When he was in France reviewing the troops in 1915 his horse became startled by the explosion of a shell, reared and fell upon him crushing him severely so that he had to be ta- ken to the hospital, It is said that even afterwards he had spasm of pain in his stomach. Then, again, at- the Armistice services at the Cenotaph in Piccadilly Square, in 1928, he stood with bared head among = his people--on--an--inclement day, paying tT FHS Britain's Youngest M.P. - Malcolm MacMillan, the youngest M.P.--he is 22, and 50 years young- er than the Father of the House, Mr, Lloyd George--has taken u good look at the House since the general election, "I think I shall like it all right," he said cautiously. He is going to be very busy, for, in addition to Parliamentary duties, he is studying law, and has yet to take his arts degree. - But Mr," Mac- Millan is not a bit dismayed. He is going to take the arts degree at Edinburgh, and, unless Parliament makes it impossible, continue his law studies, : Mr, MacMillan was "on the stump" before he was 20, and has probably done more public talking in two years than some members of ~ |'Parliament have donc in twenty. He lis a singularly quiet, self-possessed young man, of medium height, fair hair and fresh complexion, with brown eyes. He wears horn-rimmed spectacles. He won for Labor the Western Isles of Scotland -- a constituency which he had to vover by motorboat as well as car.--Overseas Daily Mail. That Weasel Word Some way after the Toronto Globe, The Ottawa Journal and the Vie- toria Colonist--"after" in point of time, and not at all in the quality of its detestation--his respectable family newspaper desires to support them in their protest against the use of the word "contacted." . .. It is to be noted that Webster, 'the lexicographer, admits the verb "to contact" to its pretty-nearly-all-em- bracing pages. Contact: verb transi- tive, says Webster means 'to bring into contact'--%too touch," Liter- ally it means pretty much, what is intended to mean in most of the re- cent newspaper usage which evokes the protests here cited OTTAWA FRESSIN WORK-ON BUDGET Tariff Reform and Monetary Policies Engaging Govern- ment. -- Public - Owned Bank? OTTAWA, -- Tariff reform and monetary policies will figure largely in Government deliberations during the next month or until Finance Minister Charles Dunning brings down his budget, anl much interest will attach to" whatever steps the new administration will propose with re- spect to these matters, While the Liberal platform does not commit the party to any radical departures there will lbe several ad- vocates of advanced monetary re- form, low interest rates ,and wider distribution of purchasing power, within its ranks, Notable among these is. Mayor Gerry -McGeer of Vancouver, One immediate aim of the Gov- ernment is a balanced budget but it is not considered Mr. Dunning will' attempt to achieve this in vue year. A deficit on all accounts of more than $100,000,000 is anticipated for the current year. ' It is considered certain that one of the first measures to be presented to Parliament will be an act to amend the Bank of Canada Act for the purpose of transforming that institution into a publicly-owned utility. This was a deinite plank in the Liberal platform, reiterated in Prime Minister Mackenzie King's election night platform, Holidays over, ministers were ar- riving back in Ottawa Over the week- end and a Cabinet council will be held. teps will be taken at once to establish the national commission on unemployment, one of the new administration's policies the Prime i oe 72 efactions of wealthy people of the LA United States which have been offer- Ly had ed to Canada as well as to their own AE country--such as the assistance for A higher education from the Rockefel- A ler Foundation. The latest instance is a bequest bv the American painter, Childe Hassam who died recently. IIe was an admir- er of Canada and had many Canadian friends. The will disposing of his es- tate provides that all oil and water eolop paintings in his possession are to be given to the American Academy of Arts and Letters to be disposed of at private sale, Proceeds of the sale are to go to establish the: Hassam Fund for the encouragement of painting in the Un- jted States and Canada, the income being used to buy works by artists of both countries. The pictures thus ob- tained are to be presented 10 public "art galleries in the United States and { Canada. -- Winnipeg Free Press, At # Rabbit's Fatal Rest (is ; A jack rabbit was frozen solid while ! 15 gitting upright, its ears back and eyes Hunn -- "apen. : ii 0 The rabbit, perched on its hind legs ? if wits found in a ground depression in i 3 "Regina cemetery, stiff as a poker, and Pes i ul nearly covered with snow, a victim of BOATS) er the cold spell. 5 . Apparently the rabbit had heen rac- XAG wmv . ing across the cemetery, It stopped to $11 ¥ <u .: Test and froze sitting upright. -- Re- A Sh gina Fonte), Jodi ns RY Je " Her Bi : Contentment Wi it et A mun who had never been more g «ps2 «than. a mile from home, who had ne- 2H 1 ver ridden jn og taxi, street car, or a OE boat, who had never attended a wed- 30% = ding.-a-ball: game, a movie or a prize ; i ; tight has died in Maine, aged 76. And 8 B he was probably a good deal happier ) 3 » #7 than niost of the people to whom such / 7 "rothings are commonplace, {if x We Can Learn : : Phe Ottawa Jouraal claims any 2 0 : "fan who repeats half what he hears Kha 7 talks too much; but the Toronto Star 5 il ~ says the trouble is thal some of them 7 of) ; _ repeat twice what they hear. Well fs Ki, 3 maybe go, but we still think our wives can teach us a thing or two when they eel together. Some of the ladies do know how to multiply by more than two. --- Stratford Beacon-Herald, Those Empty Front Seats irs Probably there will be no answer «. to the question; but it should be ask- ed: "Why do people prefer to sit in the back seats at church?" As a rule the front seats are empty. Ushers ex- plain that a good many people ask to be shown to a geat "not too far up," or 'some place near the back." That leaves a great wide space up in front between the preacher and hig people, and that in itself is sufficient to dull the fire in the heart of any 'man. The man in the pulpit must feel at times as though he would like to come down and stand on a seat In troiit of the congregation where he could be close to them, He must at . Hmes- grow weary of the isolation to which the back seat.custom has doom. .. ed him. It he has some fire and brime. : wn, stone In his message then ft will have ; * chance'. to weaken before it reaches y the occupied pews. : 6 dozen or: 20 people in any b 'church went up and sat in the desert. issuhy, od front seats we believe the minister A ,o¢/¥uawould at once begin to preach better pc - werpions, -- Peterboro Examiner, " wd iz 4 «Bankers Good Reporters Ul we A sign of the times, and among the #40 TSyhelesome ones, is the change fir the © annudi statements of ,our bankers. Timé was. when bankers, whether through shyness or modesty or for ¢ reasons les admirable, were all tac- 3 fturnity. If they spoke.at all it was in $45 if © a Jargon which made their business ; iE seem a mystery, 3 ol ~~ . of Pendleton; Indiana--wvas--in--session; an explosion of gas took place and the roof of the city hall was blown off. Tho fact that the council was in ses- sion is surely an unnecessary detail. Winnipeg alderman should take warn. ing. -- Winnipeg Tribune. It Is Their Trust So far as the press is concerned it is itself in business and profits most when business in general is.flourish- ing. Its own business, however, in- volves giving the people the news. In that it seeks to be fair. Otherwise it would certainly have a very limited circulation. The newspaper has regard for. the reader, the community, soc- {ety and journalism, and most news- papers regard this as a trust, -- St. John 'Telegraph-Journal, Man to Fit the Suit From a small town in New York state comes an interesting and though provoking story of local economy. The community was faced with the necessity of naming a new chief of police. The complete uniform of the previous incumbent, purchased at a cost of $200, was available for the use of the next. There were half a dozen applicants for the job. What was the municipal govern- ment to do? Its members decided fin- ally to combine prudemce with law enforcement. They named as chief of police the man who came nearest to | fitting the uniform, thus saving the price of a new one and getting a law enforcement -official in a single move, ~--Kingston Whig-Standard. THE EMPIRE Where Humans Fail At one of the recent juvenile lek. tures at the Royal Society of Art great many interesting things" were the {illustrations given was the happy case of the young spider, This gifted creature, just out of the egg, can ac- complish that miracle of construction --a spider's web, without teaching or without hesitation, The thought must have occurred to many of the young hearers that the 'lot of the baby spider is much hap- pier than their own, How simple and easy life would be if only they too had been born fully equipped to do even the most difficult things, In that tiresome matter of examin. ations, for instance, whioh has itself been under critical examination late- ly, what a different place the world would be if one knew beforehand the answer to every question that would be asked, Then there would be no need to write to The Times, as one young malcontent is reported to have 'threatened, hecause the examiners had been so grossly careless as to catch him out by setting the same questions precisely, two years run. ning." -- London Times, Toronto Maiden Prefers Rancher EDMONTON.--Interested « bache- lors may. learn something to their advantage if they call on Mayor J, A, Clarke, who has been asked by a Toronto girl to assume Cupid's role, (The. git], 24, and weighing 165 pounds, wants a "northern rancher or a Mountie" for a husband, ] 43 said about instinct in animals, Among | Teying syliabies, the sighing cadencs es, the long wash and roll of the Gaelic," as one Scottish writer des- cribes the ancient language of the Celts. And they stirred up a minor controversy over the point. It was not until years later that Kipling heard of it in London. He had been on this side of the Atlantic, knocking about the Gloucester waler- front for nautical color, when he heard of the black "Scots. He brought them into his hook in young Harvey Cheyne's meeting with the negro cook of the salt banker We're Here, fishing out of Gloucester. Dan Troop, son of the skipper, tells Harvey the cook comes from "the in'ards of Cape Breton, where the farmers speak homemade A Neat Model Paris doesn't mean to drop her beloved black this spring, = She compromises by letting a culor in. to the scheme. For instance, white crepe accents the flattering neckline and trims the sleeves of this slenderizing black crepe dress patterned for: today, Black and acqua is also smart, rinted crepe silk is very at- tractive and wearable for this simple. to sew dress, With this have plain trims to match one of the colors of the print. : Style No. 2647 is designed for sizes 86, 88, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48.inches bust, Sle 86 requires 8% yards of 89-inch material yith yard of 89-inch contrast- ng. : HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write yaur namie and address plainly, giving ngmber and size of pattern wanted. Enclose 16¢ in stamps or coin {co n prefer. red; wrap {it carefully) and ad. dress your. order to Wilson Pat. tern Service, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto. they drifted--downm--to--Cape Breton; where they took up farming. Gaelic was an essential in the Scot- tish communities of Cape Breton' in those days; and the negroes, per- force, had to pick it up to get along. Today, English is the common language of these communities, but the Gaelic heritage still stays with the few negroes who remain. A few years after "Captains Cour- ageous" came out, a Nova Scotia ed- ucationist visited Whycocomagh and met some of the negro Celts. He found they spoke the language like natives, even then. Meeting Kipling in London later, he told of the discussion over his negroes. The author's reply was characteristic of Kipling's certainty of the factual material that went into his works. "Fools!" he exclaimed. "Didn't they know I would not put such a thing down if T were not sure of the facts?" Canda's Wheat Kings Wirelan Wilford of Stavely, Al- berta, was awarded the champion- ship of the world for an exhibit- of Reward wheat at the 1935 Interna- tional Grain and Hay Show in Chi- cago, His victory marks the - 21st time in 26 years that the title "Wheat King" has been bestowed on a Cana- dian farmer. Following is a list of world "wheat kings" since 1911: 1911 Seager Wheeler, Saskatchewan 1912 Henry Holmes, Alberta 1913 Paul Gerlach, Saskatchewan 1914 Seager Wheeler, Saskatchewan 1915 Seager Wheeler, Saskatchewan 1916 Seager Wheeler, Saskatchewan 1917 Sam Larcombe, Manitoba 1918 Seager Wheeler, Saskatchewan 1919 J. C. Mitchell, Saskatchewan 1920 .. C. Mitchell, Saskatchewan 1921 G. W. Kraft, Montana 1922 R. D. Wyler, Saskatchewan 1923 Major H. G. L. Sirange, Alberta 1924 J. C. Mitchell, Saskatchewan 1925 L. P. Yates, Montana 1926 Herman Trelle, Alberta 1927 C. Edson Smith, Montana 1928 Ed Edson Smith, Montana 1929 Jos, H. B. Smith, Albtrta 1930 Herman Trelle, Alberta 1931 Herman Trelle, Alberta 1932 Herman Trelle, Alberta 1933 Frank Isaackson, Saskatchewan 1934 John B. Allsop, Alberta 1936 W. Frelan Wilford, Alberta It is significant that in the four years in which the wheat crown did not come to Canada it was awarded to farmers living in a state immed- iate]y adjoining the Canadiap border. Corn Judged Southwestern Ontario Show Featured by Big Entry List Chatham == With-13 open and four special classes, and five sweepstake »;ompetitions, judging in the annual Southwestern Ontario Corn and Seed Show continued fn the Chatham Mar. ket, Builditg after a long session the othér morning. The judges who ary W.J.W. Lennox of Toronto, B.B. Cohoe, of Woodsice and J. W. MacKay of Ottawa for the ,eorn, and Professor W. J. Squirrel of "Guelph, and 8. B. Slothers of Arthur for grain and seeds were met with a jarge number of entries and will be busy threévatait the ghaw, .| Question: people tribute to the fallen heroes of the Empire. He contracted an illness that confined him to his. bed for many months, during which his life at times hung in the balance. It was nearly a year before he recovered sufficiently to return from Windsor to London. The significance of this is that on Such occasions .the dangerous prac- tice prevails of men standing, with bare heads, thereby exposing them. selves to the menace of severe ill- nesses which frequently prove fatal. It is a useless and senseless custom, and one which should be discarded. Many ' thoughtful ministers in con- ducting funerals during the winter season set the example of keeping their hats on while the cortege is be. ing borne from the house to the hearse and again during the services at the grave. This is preemineiltly sensible and becoming. The notion that people must expose themselves to danger in .obedience to an antiquated observance is ridiculous, and the 'sooner it is abandoned the better it will be for -those who attend such gatherings. The King's sickness should -be a warn. ing to the entire world. -- Brantford Expositor, a Payment of $8,262,415 : To Wheat Pools Asked REGINA. -- Payment of $8,262,- 415 to the Canadian Wheat Pools by the Canadian Wheat Board .is asked in a resolution to be placed before the Saskatchewan Legislature by Clarence Stork (C.C.F.). You "contact" some party. or other of- the second part; you meet him and you have some other deal- ing with him, You question him, you find out what he is up to, you put your cards on the table and ask to sce his--you meet him or "meet up" with him, and you "proposi- tion" him. If you are going to con- tact a man, why. shouldn't you 'pro- position him while you are about it? --why should you strain at your gnat of elocution when you have so com- fortably swallowed your camel? But mostly, as the word afflicts the sensitive ear in this recent us- age, it means little more than is ex- pressed in the good old Anglo-Saxon "meet.,"--Vancouver Province. Police 'Answering Calls Within Two Minutes TORONTO. -- The average elapse of time between a call for police and their arrival at a given spot was two minutes under the new police radio "system, Sergeant, Richard Pountney, officer in charge of police communications, told a gathering of | the Institute of Radio Engineers at the University last week. The meet- ing listened in on police calls dur- ing the evening while the guest speaker, Professor B, de F. Bayly de- scribed their -bencfits. "The indulgence in grief is a blunder."--Beaconsfield. "Grief is a species of idleness."-- '| Johnson. 1 Farm. Problems Conducted 'by Professor Henry G. Bell with the co-operation of the various departments of Ontario Agricultural College. The business of farming 1s yearly becoming more and more dependent upon facts that have been gathered re- garding livestock and livestock manage: ment, crop production, goll management, disease and Insect control and business organization of the farming industry. Individual problems involving ono or more of thése, and many other phases of agriculture, engage the attention of Onfario farmers from day-to day. Dur- ing thé. winter months there is a 1ittle more time for study of the most acute problems. ? vd . Through this cblumn farmers may secure the latest information pertain- ing to their difficulties, To introduce this service Professor Bell has prepared the following typical problems to in- dicate the fnformation 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 inquiriés to Pro: fessor Henry G. Bell, Room 421, 93 Adelaide St. W., Toronto, Ontarlo. * ® = R. J. Peel{--I want to increase my yields df Silage Corn, I have been growin White = Capped Fellow Dent, and.unanuring- pretty heavily but I don't got as good yields as . some I have seen, My soil is pret. ty heavy, What variety "of Oats will mix best with O.A.C. 21 Barl. ey and ripen about the same time, Answer -- The Golden Glow variety 'of Yellow Dent Corn has given the beat resultsvlor silage purposes of any varietiés of corn which we've tested for central and western On- tarlo, ; The Alaska and 0.A.C. No. 3 var. v feties ripen at the same time as 0.A.C. No. 21 barley and are the varieties commonly grown in On- tario where barley and oats are grown in mixtures for grain pro- duction. Prof. W. J. Squirrel], Dept, Iield Husbandry, O.A.C. Your soil may be running low in gonie of the plantfood nutrients, as phosphoric acid, or possibly phos- phoric acid and potash, It you have a good supply of manure on hand, I would advise you to supplement it with super phosphate (20 or 16 per cent), In 1935, a test was con- ducted on the farm of Mr. A. Mec. Kinney, Brampton, prominent .-dairyman, if your county with the following results: : of Treatment 'Rate Yield G'n Ac, 11.4 ton Manure 10 ton 13.2 ton 1.8 ton Manure 10 ton 209% s. phos. 250 1b 17.0 ton 5.6 ton 209% sg. phos. 250 1b 14,5 ton 3.1 ton "If you do not have a supply of fetrilizer for the corn, addition of fertilizer carrying phosphate-pot- ash, such as 0-12.10 or complete fertilizer, such as 2.12.6 or 2.12.10 used at the rate--of 250 1bs, per acre, should give you more and 'better Ensilage, according to ex- periments that have been conduct. ed in Peel County. Prof, Henry @. Bell, Dept. of Chemistry, 0.A.C. Minister wants to see in operation at the earliest possible inoment, A call will go out shortly for the gathering in Ottawa of Dominion- Provincial -.committees, appointed at the December conference, to deal with the British North Ameriea Act, financial relations between Dominion and provinces, agriculture and min- ing. Most Valuable Dogs In The World A, litter of puppies worth more than $5,000 has just been born to one of the most' valuable dogs. in the | world, "This is Iannette de Boissy, a white Pyrenean mountain dog owned by Mme: Harper Fontaine, of - Moor Park, Northwood, Herts, Eng. The father, Kop de Careil, is the largest dog known of this breed, and is considered the most perfect of his species. - . "The dogs come from the remote: fastnesses of the Pyrenees," said Mme. Fontaine, "A perfectly bred rénces in the dog world. "These dogs are immensely valu- able. I have been offered $7,600 for Kop de Careil, and refused it. "Iannette is only eighteen months old. - "I cannot tell you their worth separately, for their points _ differ, but the whole litter is worth' much more than $5,000. "Bringing the dogs to this coun- try and paying for veterinary ser-. vice, special food, quarantine fees, has cost me more than $10,000," -said Mme, Fontaine, "but I do not regret it" Britain Gets Large Portion Timothy - © Seed From U.S. Great Britain gets the greater por- ° tion of her timothy seed from the United States, approximately 80 per cent. The Baltic States supply 16 per cent and the remainder comes from Canada according to the Agri- cultural Department of the Canadian National Railways, Great Britain im- of timothy seed a year, valued at ap- proximately 90,000, Purchases for the year's requirements are usually made in the autumn, \ One serlous aspect of soil drifting. that is seldom mentioned is the im- possibility of keeping the dirt out of the home during dust storms, Grit and grime must be endured in food, in beds, in furniture and on the floors until the wind subsides. Then it { necessary to clean thick layers of loose soil from everything, only to have the experience repcated with a new wind storm, The yield of potatoes in Capada in 1935 is estimated to show a reduct. fon of 9,309,000 cwt. or 19 per cent as compared with 1934. This large de- cline was due partly to a decrease in the acreage of 62,400 or 11 per, cent, and partly to vhe summer drought in astern Canada and British Columbia which reduced ylelds per acre to leva time average. ports on an average -of 917 ghort tons * els below those for 1934 and the longs specimen is one of the rarest occur- - p nu » { ! -y i i a » { - » bd e - » «= 8 » A { of > = | . | ; = fi 4 » a 3 © Ni Re Ye sk & ¢ v i | « \ » v RY ti to . ow 1-5 +4 Ry | 4 s : | & wl ! x