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La ae AA or w----r V 1C Ea ; asa ---- © THE WORLD « "AT LARGE, © °. waste rr vs . = of the ' ia LS . a N -- - _ CANADA THE EMPIRE * CANADA Toronto's School Stir "It is surprising sometimes what Toronto folks can do in the way of - political and religious intolerance. A row has just developed over the dis: missal of a public school teacher be- cause she is alleged to have a Roman Catholic boy friend, to have been a bridesmaid - at a Roman Catholic wedding, and to have even attended a Roman Catholic service. She is a member of a United Church. 'What the narrow-minds forget 18 that the public schools are not Prot- estant schools, There are many Ro: man 'Catholics who are teachers in public schools. No religion is taught in them, therefore, the question of the private religious life of teach- ars does not arise. It is intolerable to think that a teacher in public schools is 'called upon to limit her circle of friends to those who are Protestants, -- St. Thomas Times Journal. Sowing The Wind Germany, so the cables say, will have 1,162,000 men living in military barracks by October 1. Yes; and Germany has 1750,000 men in their graves as a result of the Great War alone--most of them sleeping in for- eign soil. To say nothing of millions more maimed and broken for life. The return for all this appalling" sacrifice was ruin and disaster, -- Halifax Herald. - Among The Meanest It 'is a good: thing to see that a magistrate has given a bicycle thief with a record a jail term, although not as long a one perhaps as some people might have wished. Four menths is not too severe a punish. " ment for a young man who has ai- ready been before the Court for. the same" despicable offence. In the great majority of cases the theft of a bicycle is a very serious thing for its-owner, to whom. it is indispensable: in earning his living. Thousands of machines are in use by messanger and delivery boys and young men who, with their neces sarily small earnings, find it almost or entirely, beyond their powers to = replace them when they are stolen and are thus out of employment ai- together.--Montreal Star. ; Life "A mystic bird once asked. 'What is life?' " writes Dr. H. S. Khosla in the Children's News of Delhi, India. A "musfeian bird at once responded 'Life is a string of music'. A mole showed his head out of 'the ground to say, "Life is a struggle in the dark.' The wild rose Whose petals had just blossomed said, 'Life {gs the name of growth.' A fly buzzed, 'Life is the smallest summer day.' An ant, 'Noth- ing beyond hard labor' Then the rain came with tho message, 'Life is teardrops.' An eagle spreading his wings like un airplane eried, 'It is another name for' freedom and strength.' The treeze murmured, 'Life is a dream. The morning sun then appeared and sang, 'Life is the name of a beginning."---Brandon Sun. a Talking Themselves Into It So far, the prevention of war has semed to consist mainly in a con- tinuous assertion that it wa' bound to come.--Varicouver Prevince. Drought Cycle Upholding the theory that there is a definite precipitation cycle, the Smithsonian Institute declares the drcught area in the United States (and it would, of course, apply to the drought area in the Canadian prairie provinces as well) is "near the bot- LE ERR, tom of what appears to be a 46-year precipitation cycle in some way asso ciated with cyclic' variations in the radiations output of the sun.". On this basis it believes another major dry period may riot strike the prairies un- til 1980, It is; of ¢ourse, guess-work in some degree." The evidence of the existence of such a cycle is by no means, complete, And even if it were, it should not affect in.the slightest degree the activities of the authori- ties and the farmers in measures to combaf--dreught. Drought is more than a question of rainfall -- Win- nipeg Tribune. Nature Note 'Among many people a belief exists that handling a toad. is liable to cause warts to appear on the hands. This is entirely erroneous, agg probably caused by some sympathetic super- stition that the wart: or excrescen- ces, which cover the toad's back were transplanted in the human skin by the moisture which exudes yhen the toad is touched. This liquid -has no such-power. Neither is it poisonous to humrns, But from two large warts or. glands dn either side of the toad's neck a secretion is discharged which is decidedly distasteful. to animals. It is the toad's means of defence, Should a dog catch a toad, it will almost instantlv drop it and com- mence to froth at the mouth in evi dent distress. This, however, is only temporary, and beyond a nauseating taste, the dog will be no worse--and a good deal wiser--for the adventure. --~Calgary Herald. Soft Shoulders against "soft shoulders" Warnings ways. Young men should be partic ularly 'on their guard, however, of driving-cars while leaning their heads against another type of soft shoulder" --St. Thomas Times-Journal. Half-Pound Peaches Peaches half a pound each, the Vimy variety, were shown in this office on Saturday. They were the product of one of the Vineland Co- operative growers at Jordan Station, and in this product is explaified the remarkable success, year after year, of this organization in marketing, at good prices, the various lines it has to -offer.--St. Catharines Standard. | Women in Banking "Very 4ew, if any, Canadian women, hold positions of responsibility with the banks. It is a fleld in which thus far the mere male has been able to stave off the feminine onslaught into the business world, But in the United States, the nufn- ber of lady bankers is sufficiently great 'to warrant an association of their own--the Association of Bank Women. This group will convene about the middle of next month, just before the convention of the Ameri- can Bankers Association. Offices-held by members of the fair sex included in the association's rost- er run the entire gamut of the bank- ing profession from president down. Included are presidents, vice-presi- dents, assistant secretaries and treas- urers, cashiers, trust officers, statis- ticians, directors, branch nianagers, and managers of departments such as exchange, collection, publicity, savings. -- Financial Post. In Second Place Canada was second in unmanufac- tured unstripped tobacco with 6,729,- 834 pounds, in the first six months of 1936, United States being first with 72,663,186 and Southern Rhodesia third with 1,006,114. Second place is only about a twelfth of first place, EE ------ but it is important when one remem- bers that Canada is comparatively Niagara Falls Review. : ~ Apple Growers Advertise The apple growers of the state of Washington will tax themselves a vertising campaign to popularize the use of boxed apples. Probably they will be successful and, as the Review often 'has pointed out, Ontario" fruit growers also could move their crops quickly and profitably by means of % properly organizal newspaper ad- ertising campaign. When one re members what was done for the or- ange, it is not difficult to see what could be done for the finer. fruits ot our own province. -- Niagara Falls Review, 8 THE EMPIRE The War On Tropical Disease India is often forgetful of the won- derful work that is being done for the health and happiness of her mil lions by the research workers whose war on tropfcal disease goes on tire- lessly and relentlessly with seldom a mention in the world's news. Once a year there comes as a reminder of all that is being done the Report of the Calcutta School of Tropical Med- icine and the Carmichael Hospital for Tropical Diseases, one of the most romantic and stimulating publicat- ions which issue annually from the Government Press. -- Calcutta Statesman, ? Where There Are Jobs Parents in search of a career for their sons--and the «sons themselves --cannot do better than devote seri- ous attention to the statement of the Minister of Mines, in opening the new Government Miners' Training School at East Geduld Mines, that in South Africa today there in no sur- er profession than mining. Mr. Dun- can wes referring, of course, to train- ed and skilled miners, and particu- larly to mining engineers. In his prospects of ultimate advancement to the top of the tree the untrained man is probably at an even greater disadvantage in mining than in most other walks of life. As a learned profession, on.the other hand, mining offers scope and opportunities in this country today unequalled--and likely to be unequalled for many years to come--by any other calling. -- Jo- hannesburg Times. . young in the growing of tobacco. -- | cent a box to be used for a great ad- |, "KING EDWARD VIII IN ATHENS O > p -- _o ee en N HAZARDOUS MEDITERRANEAN TOUR x a 4 Edward VIII, King of England (left), leads party ashore at Athens, Greece, as yacht Nahlin dropped anchor there, King was later rescued from drowning when skiff overturned at Aedypso. (By Hon. T, B, McQuesten, Minister . of Highways for Ontario) The first two month: of the school year are almost invariably the most dangerous for the children. Al study of motor: vehicle accidents in Toronto, which may be taken.as rep- resentative of the experience in othr urban centres, showed that over a five-year period the average number of injuries to children between 5 and 14 years of age, during Septmbr and October, was almost 50 per cent. above the average for the remaining months of the year. The reason for this would seem to be fairly obvious.. The children are returning to school -- full of cnergy and youthful enthusiasm -- and, in spite of all parental injunction, in their excitement they may be ex- pected to do things they should not do. Thy will forget to stop and look both ways. They will dart into the traffic lane without warning, and-will be found playing on busy streets. In the next few weeks many children with their books tucked under. their arms will be getting. their first ex- perience in crossing busy corners; others w#l perhaps be slow in re- Yougim ts City Strats Should Be Seen and Not Hurt \, gaining their "traffic legs" after a holiday away from the streets. Too much respensibility cannot be placed in these youngsters. Children are care-free rather than careless and drivers should be particularly alert when they are about. A child on or near the roadway should be a human caution sign SLOW DOWN. It should also be emphasized here that about the most dangerous place for youngsters is right in the vicin- ity of their own homes, and parents therefore must assume a large bur- den of responsibility for their safety. This responsibility does not end with a merely cautionary "Be care- ful." The children should be Instruct- | ed in the proper manner of crossing streets--to look to the left and then to. the right before stepping from the curb." They should be taught the dan- gers of crossing between blocks, cros- sing diagonally, or between parked vehicles. Particular emphasis should be given to the dangers of playing | on the roadway. The parents can al- so assist" the child by choosing the safest route to and. from school. The Department of Highways for many years has carried on a regular campaign to promote safer conditions IKEEPING THE HOUSE OUIET A MOTHER KEEP THE HOUSE QUIET || OUT AGAIN TELS HM T0 60 STANDS ON DOORSTEP OUT OF DOORS 10 PLAY" SHOUTING AT EDDIE NOW, BECAUSE DADDY 15 SELZER'S HOUSE CAN TIRED AND SHE WANTS TO HE COME OVER | MOTHER FINALLY OPENS _ PLAYS CATCH AGAINST DOOR. 6£15 HIS BALL SIDE OF HOUSE UNTIL AND 6LOVE AND 60ES ~~ MOTER STOPS HIM BE- CAUSE IT JARS HOUSE --_-- MOUTH PRODUCING *A GANG WHISTLE HS 7-16 (Copyright, 1034, by Tho Bell Byndicate, Tne) ---- MOTHER OPENS FRON( DOOR 10 TELL HIM FOR AND TRIES 10 6E1 IN PHYS SAKE T0 STOP HOUSE AGAIN. FINDING SHOUTING DOOR LOCKED, RINGS LONG : AND LoD 'adie! INSERTS FINGERS 4 SHRILL. (EAR- SPLITTING SOUND WHICH 1S THE By GLUYAS WILLIAMS WANDERS AROUND YARD MOTHER (CALLS WEARILY HE CAN COME IN Now, THE HOUSE SEEMS QUIET- ER WHEN HE'S IN THAN WHEN HE'S OUT for children, This work is undoubt- edly having .a beneficial effect. and will be carried on again this year. It is absolutly essential, however, that such efforts receive greater sup- port from parents and motorists of any noticeable lessening in the pres- ent waste of young lives is to be ex- pected. Verdicts By Publicity Writes the Editor and Publisher -- Seldom has the American public been treated to a more flagrant ex- position of the new jurisprudence than that "displayed in the- Astor- Thorpe litigation for the custody of their child. Rancorous parents get into the hands of lawyers who spe- cialize in winning cases by public- sentiment, or the threat of head- lines, and the poor youngster who is the storm centre is forgotten in the welter of smut that pours forth under judicial approval. Reputations of other people are smeared by the quotations from a diary that is not in evidence, and the use of which 1s in effect to make a litigant testify against herself -- both in 100 per- cent violation of the canons that bench and bar cherish. Movie folks are news. Sex adven- tures are news. The combination is meat for the tabloids and caviar for many. other papers. The courtroom becomes a nationwide stage upon which the law re-enacts a burlesque reproduction of the litigants alleg- cd departure from virtue. The show was stopped because the gentlemen with fortunes invested in the films don't want the public re- minded again that Hollywood fol- lows its own moral code. The court, after two weeks of a filth parade, awoke to the fact, that after all, the case concerned the future of a child _| and. that regular procedure. existed for such litigation. It was a long overdue recognition but it proved again that the courts have full control over their own dig- nity and propriety. They also have powers over that section of the bar which disgraces the legal process by bludgeoning opponents |with the threat of national disgrace through newspapers, The bench holds all the strings and can wield them in the tn- terests of justice without oppression of any decent lawyer or any infringe- ment on the free press. Rebels' Responsibility Spain's agony continues, and each new message adds to the furious story of battle and bloodshed. And as the truth filters through, it be- comes ever more impossible to find words that will sufficiently deseribe the blackness of the crime that the military rebels have committed. They planned it is clear, carefully, and with all due preparations, not a local revolt, nor a series of local revolts, but a nation-wide insurrec- tion. They knew exactly what] they were doing. They knew what | it would cost... They deliberately ! chose to bring this agony upon their ! country and its people, their fellow- | citizens.-- (London, "England, Daily Herald.) A--14 on the head. A (8 Denby. ran across the la dr ywn ba stumbled upon Fu Manchu and his dacoit at the va untrance to the cask, and was stunned with a blow wn with his revolver FU MANCHU TINS By Sax Rohmer Fu Manchu's higlin bushes where we found him. unconscious and there was no danger that he would reveal co he was borne to the edge of the +++ And so we learned that Fu. Manchu plotted by moans of this operation to efface , fan Shams mind all memory of his plan to return to ©1931 By Bat Robmer and The Hell Sypdicats, Ine. Canada's Cheese Is Finding Favor Scottish Market But Best Is 'Too High Priced For Widespread Sale -- Sells 'at Premium, OTTAWA, -- The position of Cana. dian cheese on the Scottish market. has interesting. aspects, Canadian Government Trade Comimiss sioner in. Glasgow. The Canadian pro. duct {3 recognized by the _ Scottish trade as the finest quality fmported cheese of'its type, 5 i The best-informed retailers are aware that when Canadian cheese i8 properly matured for seven or eight months, or longer, it has a sharp ap- petizing flavour approaching closely, 1 not in fact equalling, the flavour ot the best home-produced cheddar, To the consumer seeking that kind of cheese, Canadian cheese is scarcely distinguishable from the home pro. duct and will fetch as high a price, say, as one shilling per pound. NOT MUCH SOLD It is difficult, however, under the present circumstances for any but a small peroentage of Canadian cheese offered on the Scottish market to be sold well-matured at a high price. The bulk of it is {is sold in direct competition with New Zealand and other varieties of young cheese which at present bring about 8d (16 cents) per pound retail. The statistics ot the cheese imports clearly show the dif ficulty in increasing sales of matured cheddar. ° What might be termed fancy chees. es, such as Italian, Gorganzola, Swiss Gruyere, and French Camembert, ard fmponrted in relatively small quantits ies -- the French varieties in fact are so negligible in volume as not to be included among statistics of principal imports, Matured Canadian cheese is not as expensive to the consumer as these fancy cheeses, nevertheless as the market for fancy cheeses is de. monstrated to be restricted so in the lesser degrees is there restricted on the amount of Canadian cheese that can be sold at a premium. WANT CHEAP CHEESE The really large market for cheese Just now Is for varleties that can be gold cheaply to the vast number of people who use it for food rather than as a delicacy. It is possible that in the course of timq the fine quality of Ca. nadian cheese will Impress itsell on tho cottlsh public to such an extent that It will be in greater demand for keeping and maturing, \ Tomato Juice Sauce ~ Of Population Rise WASHINGTON--The Division of Territories and Insular Afafirs be- lieves it has discovered the secret of a population increase on St. Croix, one of the Virgin Islanas. The cause, in brief, is tomatoes. Until a couple of years ago the natives of this small - island lived principally on cornmeal and fish, with occasional side dishes of sugar cane, The birth rate rocked along, the division eplained, at about the same rate for years -- never slumping alarmingly, but never keeping pace with some of the other islands. - Then-came the tomato. i Convinced that something besides sugar cane could be grown on St.. Croix, the government Introduced tomato plants. Skepticism prevailed among the natives for a while as they clung. to their cornmeal and fish--and their same birth rate. Working with the tomato, how- ever, turned out to be a tougher job than tending cane and the natfves got hungry in the fields. They turned to the juicy tomatoes about them. ) Pretty soon, a division spokesman said, everybody was cating tomatoes and speaking favorably about the taste. At the same time the birth- rate commenced an upward swing, The division says St. Croix now has about 12,000 natives, tomatoes are flourishing 'and everyone scems happier about life in general, Informed about the St. Croix ae- ductions, the Bureau of Hole Eco- nomics said tomatoes could logically ba the reason for the increase in babies, Tomatoes -- experts explained --_ contained vitamins C, A, and B, as well as minerals which if consumed in large quantitics would result in a considerable general + improve. ment. \ LA They said they did not think 'the government's rum business on St. Croix entered the picture at ail. British People Not . Excited Over War London, Out, British peopie are far less excited at threats of a world was than are: North Am- .|erican residents gaid Dr, W. Sherwood Fox, president of the University ot Western Ontario on his return hergy from a two months' trip through ng land and Ireland, Dr. Fox said: "In North America we are far foo excita. able and too jumpy. writes + the = nh 2 a Ra SESS 2% a A ee Ar Rh Pi » on