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iS) P. --b La +} " > a 4 b Ey _-- ar THE WORLD. "AT LARGE CANADA, "THE EMPIRE DIPHTHERIA IN TORONTO In Toronto, diphtheria's ravages were reduced. from 4,022 cases and no deaths at all in 1934. This was a record which, under present ;¢iy- - cumstances, the city could not ex pect to duplicate, and in 1935 there were 46 cases and 8 deaths, an in- significant number when _ compared with the record of 1929 and earlier years, before toxoiding of the city's children was undertaken. It is the toxoiding of children which has wrought the change. Since 1929, 125,000 "have been given this diphtheria-preventing--treatment, It -is not absolutely certain in every 'case, but 'results seem to indicate "that -the claim made for it -- 95 per cent. efficiency -- is more than jus- tified. Its success is .such that no , parents can afford to leave their children unprotected when 'such a - simple treatment is available. The regrettable fact is that many parents have neglected this simple precaution. Of. 100,000 Toronto chil- dren between 6 and 14, about 35,000 were said recently to be without im- munization. And of 50,000 pre- school children 80,000 had not been treated. These 65,000 little folk are the nucleus of a. possibly serious epidemic.--Toronto Star, MAYBE TRUTH, AT THAT ~~ We are willing to wager a cookie that a certain proofreader got an earful the day this appeared in the social | columns: "The dinner was at- tended by forty-tight members." Kitchener Record. : TEN GALLON A SUMMER invention never stops and the. lat- est promises great things for every man who drives a car. To tell any. motorist that he may yet be able to do a whole Summer's driving on 10 or 12 gallons of gas would be to be met with a quizzincal stare; its ab- surdity seems altogether too obvious. But Winnipeg replies that this situ- -ation is already here and is ready to "briyg forward proof. Tor 16 years C. N. Pogue of that ¢ity has Leen working on a new type of carburetor whic... can be affixed to an ordinary car, and -at long. last claims to have met with success. With the temperature 10 below zero and a stiff wind blowing, an 8 cylinder coupe travelled 26.2 miles with this attachment on one pint of gasoline. This would 1gpre- sent 209.2 | miles to the gallon. At the same rate the ordinary man would be able to drive all Summer on 10 or 12 gallons. It seems altogether too good to be true, but a syndicate is prepar- ing to market the new device and we will see what we will see. ---Hali- fax Chronicle, "THE DOG PAYS HIS SHARE These are the dog days in taxa- tion. Alberta dogs are.to pay $1 a year each for the privilege of living, If they happen- to be purebred it's going to cost them $10 annually. This is a tax, not a levy. Just a plain,. common garden vaviety of tax. In order that the way opened for more and better taxes when the Legislature meets next Winter for its second session, let us propose a few which should receive may be prayerful consideration n the in- terim: ri : -Atax on cats. A tax on political clubs, A tax on iembers of political clubs. A tax on waking, and another on gong to sleep. SE A tax on getting up in the morn- ing. A tax on Spring, Summer, Fall 25 and Winter. , ' "A tax on {he weatherman. A {ax on weather forecasters.' A tax on political forecasters. And a special tax on the taxers. These are just by way of a little variety, © _If the. taxing experts at Edmenton want a few more ideas to work on we can supply them without. working overtime. : In the meantime, Alberta dogs are going to help carry' the = load.-- Lethbridge Herald. NO FOOLIN' When our handsome local bank teller, Athol Beattie, hurried out to the Prospital April 1 and was told he had become the proud papa of twins--2 girls--he "just grinned, on acct, of knowin' what day 'it was, But (Lat's really what happened.-- The Windsor Star. MACHINES AND LABOR Machines kill employment? In some cages, perhaps. But last year one motor car manufacturing company in the Unitérd-States alone paid out to its workers $323,000,000, this not including wages to thou- - CANADA Hy opinion that "was speaking to the sands of - workers' producing 'materi- als. of which automobiles are made. Talk of going back to the horse- and-buggy days is easy, sometimes sounds convincing. But. how . many days would the manufacturers of buggies have to work or produce be: fore paying workers $323,000,0007 And what would they be doing who are now working on materials with which automobiles are made, or working on machines that make auto- mobiles ? Isn't the answer to objection to machines this: That machines create new consumption (such. as automobiles) and that con- sumption ereates work and waoes? It is worth thinking about.- ~Ottawa Journal much of this TOO MUCH SPEED, be cars crashed with sych force that a "steel roof on the Awerican car was buckled almost to a sharp peak," reads the despatch telling of the death of four and injury to two near London last week. And it is pertinent io ask what ever justifies such sp2ed on tne highway, speed which elininates the slightest vestige of car control. -- St.- Catharines Stan lard, SN DISCOUNTS "EXAMS" Dr. L. J. Austin, professor of suig- ery at Queen's University, is of the "scholastic = examina- tions are over-stressed on this con- tinent.,> -- He recalled the frequency with which suicide was the answer made by disappointed pupils at Un- ited States schools who had failed to obtain "the requisite marks. 'In Canada many people were inclined to regard examination failures as a disgrace to the family. This was a wrong attitude and the tendency to exaggerate the importance of -be-- ing -successful at examinations was causing much unhappiness. Pro- fessor Austin, who voiced these sentiments regarding examinations, Kent County branch of the Quéen's Alumni As- sociation and his words will prob- ably have the effect of lessening the anxiety of many distressed pupils and parents concerning the outcome of "approaching tests at schools and colleges. Woodstock Sentinel-Re- view, REAL COMING TROUBLE We agreed with that Indiana judge who ruled that a wooden leg does not bar a man from operating an automobile. It is wooden heads thut. cause most of the trouble. -- Montreal Star. THE EMPIRE JUVENILE CRIME PREVENTION More personal punishment and the taking of fingerprints are recom- 'mended for juvenile offenders by the Chief Constable of Manchester. Birching does mot lelp. We commend to the Chief Constable the wise words of the Home Secretary to when the Children and Young Per- sons Act was passed in 1933. He de- clared that the experience regarding whipping in most juvenile courts over long years is such that they rarely 'or never need to exercise it. London Daily Herald. "NO MORE WAR!" _ There will be no war because, though the Germans have braken Locarno, the French will not treat th: breach as an act of war. It would be an act of war if the Rhineland occupation was a mobilization for the purpose of attacking I'rance, or Ls it was intended as the: jumping-og stage for an invasion of the Powers al.ied with Irance. Plainly, the Rhineland occupation is neither of those. So settle down with your af- fairs--and--occupations and go about your business. At present, anyway, "There ain't goin' to be no _more war" for anybody. --London Daily Express. "ENGLISH, BRITISH, OR WHAT The average man, who, to be takes a good deal for granted, monly looks upon himself (with some complacency) as belonging to one race or another. Our newspapers no longer dare to speak of the English race for fear of offendirig the Scot, so they freely substitute the British race, although the 'ethnologist might object that the British were the race, or races which inhabited these islands before the: English came. 'Dare we speak of the Scottish race when it is obvious that the native, say, of the Lothians is nearer akin to the Yorkshireman than he is to sure, com- the denizen of Argyll or Sutherland, and that there is more difference be- tween the East and West of Scotland than between the North and South of Great Britain? Then can we say 43 "justices | Newly Formod Belgian Division Epes Maneuvers admit that the diffcrence between them and the British is only a lan- guage and nationality? -- London Morning Post. Woman Farmer Banks a Profi In Two Years Works and Worries Over Her 250 Acres But Makes Them Pay GRENVILL I, Ga.--*"A lot of hard work, planning and much worrying." That's how Edna Peavy, in tg, years, is "head man" on a 250-acre farm, says she has managed to pay off a stack of bills and put money in the bank. -- Without any training for farm work, Miss Peavy took charge of the farm in 1934, after her father's death. She lives there with her mother, and a hired man assi ists in the work. - Arising at dawn, she cows before breakfast --- .into her automobile and~ is town to dispose of a load of vegetables, butter and eggs to vre- gular customers. Then she hurries home to take up the managerial reins, 1 . , Miss Peavy is a heli liever in diver- sified farming and last year had 60 acres in cultivation--40 in corn, 10 in peas, nine in cofton and one in sweet potatoes. She keeps between 50 and 75 hens and says her eggs and surplus chickens usually bring good prices. "In summer the gardens ,. the peach, apple and figtrees add to my income," she continued. "Some of the fruit and vegetables are sold to my milk and butter customers." In support of her theories the "lady farmer" points to a bank ac- count sufficient to finance her busi- Ses though. the harvest season. | He Serves "In" a Ship Speaking of his new charge, the Queen Marvy, Captain Sir lddgar Brit- ten, says she is "the easiest ship to handle 1 have ever served in." There speaks the sailor when he says he serves "in" a ship and not "on." ~ All. landsmen refer to being "on" a ship, They =ail "on" the So-and-So from Montreal, of they arrived "on" the Such-and-Such, You sail "in' a ship; not "on" it. If you wear nautical togs and talk big about being "on" a ship you give yourself away..at once to a real sail- or. milks six then jumps off to > midk, Man supposes that he directs his life. and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny.---Goethe, "Fave Horrors 0 Floods Thousands Huns ver. --Huddled Together Without Blankets Or Covers of Any Kmd. ELMIRA, N. Y. Fred Newell, editor of the Canton, Sentinel, the Elmira Advertiser a graphic flood ehnitions at a. deseription of Williamsport, Pa. ~ Refugees Are Foi Newell, a Red Cross worker, was one of five persons who formed the first relief unit to get into Williams- port. He reported 2,500 refugees were fed in one school building by the Red Cross. "Many people were marooned and without food," he zaid. "1 talked with a man who had not eaten. for over three days. Ie had just been resened from a downtown apsrtment." Newell continued: "These marooned people hooks. and grappled for bananas, oranges and any other floating: with debris. and trash. A severe fire-added to the terror. It was believed to have consumed to the water line the block between Pine and Samuel streets on the south side of West Secend street. ~ Can't Be Reached "The extent of the fire's damage could not be ldarned, because boats "could not reach the burned section. "Iire broke out in the transformer plant of tho Pennsylvania Power & Light Company. What damage "it did I don't know. "People slept on beds, coats, floors, tables, anywhere they could find a place to lie. Some of them were without blankets or covers of any kind. "Seme refugees did not even have clothes. The river rose so suddenly fashioned floating food they had to flee in their night cloth- ing. "The office of the WW illiamsport Sun was flooded, and the newspaper open- ed an emergency office four blocks away and just beyond ~ the food waters. They didn't publish a paper; the newspaper men acted as a rescue erew, bringing marooned people to safety. MTh Canton Red Cross sent 200 folding cofs and several thousand blankets, 50 mattresses, and a lot of clothing into Williamsport by motor. "I talked to George Lamede, chair- man of the Williamsport Red Cross, and he asked for" blankets, bedding anl underwear.' The people needed thousands and thousands of blankets immediately, if sickness was to be prevented," he said. Water Mains Broken "I was not sure: about the drink- inz water. As 1 went along streets on high ground, hole covers had been blown off and water was spurting up in a small gey- A Diplomat's Preview of "Things to Come" Sir Ronald Lindsa and his niece, Lad TN British Ambassador -to the United States, beth Lindsay, shown as they-attended pre- view of H. G. Wells' Alm in Washington; D.C. LY I noticed that man-; - Belgian machine gun crews, part of a divi:ion recently called to colors hy Belgian Gener, al . Stafl, engaging in large scile maneuvers near Beeverloo under the watchful eyes of staff officers, In- fantrymen in the rear can be seen creeping forward! that there is a British race, or, when sors. 1 Think --~thetwater mains must we too at the Norwegian, the Dane, itor ecepnls have been broken, since the water . iv 0 NOI'NE y Ss , $ > . N or the native of Normandy, must we 19, would not have been coming from broken sewers on high ground. "Nobody knows low many persons were cut off' in flooded apartments and houses. Nobody knows how many have been drowned. Nobody knows how many died in their beds as the water suddenly rose and trapped them like rats. "Three bodies that know of were picked up and 1° know that an entire family of four were lost, Hands OF Le Wrong Touch Children Are Admonished Too Much About a Natural Instinct Mrs. Jones went into a store that looted suspicious'y like an art mu- sen, : In glass cases lay exhibits of such merchandise as was permitted to be profancd by publie gaze. The rest wasreverentiy hidden in black com- partments that slid into the wall like coflins 'in a mausoleum. She wanted to spend ten dollars, on exactly what she wanted. But she wasn't sure just what she needed so many things. Drawing up to a counter an lay a hand on them." Revels in Handling Goods At the third counter she got tired of 'this pig-in-the-poke business --- and said so. "Why don't you fry the basemen suggested the clerk. Mrs. Jones smiled happily as she stepped out of the elevator. All the marts of the world seemed {fo have emptied themselves here, and were either hung, stacked or spread before her gaze. Here she could dig under mountains: of curtains and yank out what she liked. Here she could cet hold of the end of a remnant and pull, She was blissfully happy. be- 'ause she, shopped Ly touch as well as by sight. Next day store. Pegey's nose just reached counters. Only the edzes of bright merchandise appeared to tantalize her. Up went her hands to touch little boxes, and ribbons and dishes within reach. Once she lifted a dolly and proceeded on her way. "Pegey Jane, | told you touch anything. You have busiest hands I've ever seen." tor she took Peugy to the to the Her not mother took the doll back and apolo-. gizad. Sauce for the Goose But Peggy Jane continued to "touch." And at last got her hands slapped. At home her mother said, "I'm not going to take you to a store again. You won't let things alone." Isn't the urge to "touch" strong in most of ug? Isn't the instinet to lay hands, on something we admire often stronger than mere vision? Why blame children too much for an impulse that is after all <o na- tural and human, Not only in stores, but everywhere clge in the world they face the warn- ing signs "Do not touch", They must learn to vespect property, and learn to keep themselves sure; but this world-for-grownups must often seem ag hampering to them ag the ravified store-aiv-was-to- Mrs, Jones. Poor youngsters, It is a Hands- off World at hest- for them. Students She "How do yon describe bache- loxs?" Sa He-- As men who have contem- plated matrimony!" 2 cventi- ally she asked for stockings. But would she please tell the color and kind, also size, and about what price? '% . "Goodness," gasped Mrs. Jones, helplessly. "1 want to see some stockings ---- a lot of them. | like things to be out on the counter so | the-t- Radio as Creator OF Musical Taste Comments the otra) Star, "The different broadcasting syste ms throughout would probably like to put more food music onthe air bat they are handicapped by public taste." The poor music often heard must be a concessions to numerous ignorant listeners, The trained musicians may he i despair at some of the prograing especially" from the United" States. But' the well-known English musician and composer, Sir Walford . Davies, Is able (o extract rays of hope from even the worst. Speaking before the Royal Society of Arts In London he said that long- distance listening was bound to speed up musical interest and discemmment heyvond all previous experience. With- in 10 years things might hecome clear which otherwise would. have taken a century to dawn on the mind ot man. For they could now scan by means of a good wireless set the whole musical firmament, evening by evening, provided they had learnt how to focus this new kind of tele- scope to their ears, as®they focused the other Kind to their and pro vided also that the BB.CUs choice ol eves; music amd listeners' zowers or dis: crimination were adequate; Compiring the situation today with Sir Waltord ad- prevalent at that of a decade ago, mitted that there was this moment muveh depressing broad: cast evidence of a debased taste for senseless music sensationally vend. ered; there was also a strikingly healthy and rising tide of musical un devstanding and taste for the art it self, as apart from its associated uses? They mizht %ately imagine millions Tistening nightly; among them fens of thousands were donbtless listening with ever-inereasing critical discern: ment; and among them, again, hun dreds of young people of outstanding masicitl sensitivity including per haps a genins or Histon creatively, Dut mentally th ir chence cone, with the banatities (hut frequently heard." in things, PWol Wee feasting Son good vowing never, when to allliet the world were still so "Choldrens are peally having an aw ab time with parents these dass, - Adela Rogers St. Johns, A IN Dressy Pyjama Set The corresponding bust measure- ments 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42, Size 16 requires 4% vards of 39% -inch material, HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address of pattern wanted. Enclose 20c¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferred); wrap it carefully and address your order to Barbara Bell, Room 230, 73 Adelaide W., Toronto. 'monopoly; "We have acquired the habit ~ of belittling age and its deficienc jes." -- Havelock Elis. ' war "The only certain way to end Is to see that te never begins. y And that' is whereswomen coment --Lady ws Astor "Tguth tin Russia -is a Clontunet wvuth in Germany is a Nazi monopoly: truth in Italy Iascist monopoly." Dorothy Thomp- Lon. Just as we siand for law and or- der and peaceful processes in the lite of our own vast country, so we stand for law and ovder and peaceful piro- cesses in the lite of the International community of which we are an indis- soluble part." Norman IH. Davis, ssyvmpithy for the working men is quickly forfeited whenever the cons duet of strikers is. unrcasonable, er- bitrary, lawless unjust." --« hous D. Brandels ! or resuming iis and ole end suprema slate RET] Hige 5 us the needs Spe 13 pues interproter of the Benito Mussoling of soe ey, "You've got to use psychology in the business. I they onjoy spend more money." orchesira themselves they Rudy Vallee, "Most ol us begin to under tand how really important good heath is only after wo have besan to tose 3 Avtie MeGoyern. [gH L's 48 endeavormg to dow member, voli At his ear ta a fe Pett Ridge in his Story Teller. He Submen ow Llked eagerly tor half an hour of its virtues, its clitnbe ig powers, arguing tirst that it vo9 as good as new and then that it way better. " "You sav.' remarked the feend presently, "that you cave foto fou ja "No more and no less' TENOw. I'mogoing to give you oe "J shoek of vour like, fin going to of er you $150 tor that car." "And 57 said the other promptly, "am going to give vou the shoek of vom life RU soing to accept its J ne? i rr ul COL. Royden, has(ratius the advanianes pression an speech oy Mande wren her and noted woingn anthor tells this: A dittle friend of hers had nee acked to tell the story of Ehsha Hee reply was: "Ilisha had a bear, and the children mocked him, and he said, "If you mock me will set my bear on you, and it will eat von up. And they lid, and he did, and it did" Samael Morse, inyxentor of the of. cetrie telegraph, had ber one tani ion as a young man and that was th become an artist. He studied under Washington Alston, then the greatest painter in the United States, and he went to London with Allston in 1811. There he met Benjamin West, who, al- though an American, was President Tor the Royal Academy, and a creat favorite of the King, who later mode him Riv Benfammn West Wiss wa tadly at work. ona portrait of the King when the iatier wis handed the Declaration of Inde' pendence, Moree heard the piguaut story from West himself, says Ernest Greenwood cin "From Amber to Am- pere<'™ Here ir js as related by Morae: # Turning to the piciare of the King, Sir Benjamin West said: "Da vou see that picture, Mr. Morse" "Yes, «iv osaid; cl pecceive ios 1791-B the portvait of the Kine" Well said West, "the King was This is an exceedingly well de- sitting for me when the box con csizned garment, plenty of fulness taining the American Declaration of is included for active arms and Independence was handed to him." legs. 'I'he yoke, sleeve and front "Indeed," 1 answered. Cand what panel are all one picce cleVerly appenved to he the emotion of the I Toe tl wna, Tots, . | Rin? 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A dressy pajama waist pier under the sovernment they have that ean he duplicated in another chosen, than under mine, | hall be fabric and worn over a skirt, The happy ~ g blouse is gathered to the yoke in front and back giving a flattering Morse stayed tour years if Engiand fulness and. smooth appearance. where ha achieved considerabla sues Make this lovely tailored model ns wie _ : Che in polka-dotted silk, printed crepe, | 0% 4 © poten paanter, Uli n re. cotton, or light flannel. turning to his native country, he af- This BARBARA BELL PAT- terwards became President of the TIERN No. 1791-B is available in National Academy and an eminently sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 40 and 42. successful painter, "his sitters becoms Ing so numerous that he was unable to meet and fill all his orders, It was 'during his return voyage to America in 1832, following a second visit to Furope that Morse got his conception of the telegraph. Twelvé years later-- on May 24, 1844 -- he gave a public dentonstration of his invention, send- ing a message from Washington to Baltimore, The rest is wellknown _hisiory, magnifying youth and its energies, of. is a. reminiscences, CAS a pe - Fo