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A pt on * 2 Sa 37 S parks from 5 der the influence of alcoholic bever- just' been retired- after 47 years of ~sregarded as a pretty long spell. -- end of 1932 the world's surplus was ~is-a-deacendant-of an----ancientScot= "ter marrying an Argyll."--Brantford ~ that an exceptionally. large number __ North country, . but all that is now ~ Fiiei ew HA CANADA Satety on the Roads More strict regulations governing the issuance of drivers' permits, stiffer penalties for violations of traffic laws and stern treatment of those convicted of driving while un- ages would do more to reduce motor 'accidents than any speed-limit law 'could do.-- The St. Thomas Times- Journal. ~ She Began Early A feminine stenographer, employ- ed by a United States railway, has continuous service and that must be Brantford Expositor. A Good Sign The Royal: Canadian Mounted Police can be depended on to know what they are talking about when discussing bad men, what they do and with what weapons. It is there- fore 'all the more encouraging that- they have words of praise for the recent legislation requiring the reg- istration of firearms of the revolver type with the police authorities. Cer- tain crimes have been either solved or their solution has been materially helped by the fact that the revolver or pistol "used 'could be traced through records.--Montreal Star, Wheat Picture Improves The world's wheat picture grows steadily better for Canada. At the 626 million bushels; at the end of 1934 it was 375 million bushels; at the end of 1937 (according to esti- mates) it will be but 126 million bushels. This is what is behind the recent sensational rise in wheat prices, which mean so much for Can- ada.--Ottawa Journal. "Pruad" In" Scetland A rather significant aspect of the accession of King George VI and | the Queen Consort Elizabeth is the sentimental effect that it will have in Scotland. The fact that the Queen tish family should bind the northern part of the United Kingdom to the Monarchy. A good deal of "humor has clustered around the remark of. an [old Scottish. woman when she |, heard that the Princess Louise, the daughter of Queen Victoria, had mar- ried the Marquis of Lorne, a scion of the illustrious House of Argyll "The Queen will be a proud woman this day," she said, "with her daugh- Expositor. . . Leurn of the North The year 1936 'has been a note worthy one for Northern Ontario in of Cabinet members and: other gov. #¥rnment luminaries have seen fit to pay this section of the province a visit. . There was a time when it was a rarity indeed for a Minister of the government *to venture into the. passed. During the year just con- cluding, scarcely a month passed when some important government official did not visit the North. The latest visitor in this respect was Hon. Norman Rogers, Dominion Minister of Labor.--The North Bay Nugget. S A Good Bet Lloyd's will accept war risks in Cdnada. In other words, Lloyd's will 'bet that Canada does not become in- volved in war. What Canadian would bet the other way?--Toronto Globe and Mail. "A Terrific Gul" A terrific gale has been causing damage in England, and no com- positor has yet had the temerity to id it up "a terrific gal,"-- Tordnto tar, ; Mere Farms in West Here is some interesting and rather - astonishing news from the West. Despite the drought, the de: pression and a cessation of immi- gration during the past five years. there has been an increase of nearly 12,400 farms in the Prairie Provin: ces, bringing the total up to 300,462 in 1936 compared with 288,079 in 1931.--London Free Press. The Nightshirt's Appeal The Charlottetown Guardian points out one peculiarity of the nightshirt which should appeal to every Scot- tish heart. It is a one-piece item at' the laundry, while pyjamas "is" two. Or should we say "are"? Historic researches conducted by "the International Night: Shirt Club ~have disclosed evidence that some of |- the greatest men in history from Nero to Napoleon, and from Glad- stone to Lincoln, wore nightshirts.-- St. Mary's Journal-Argus, i -- Spoons * eo se ££ : ¢ & the Press The late Sir Henry Thornton could have wished no finer monument than the respect and honor in which his memory is now held by thousands of employees- of the (Canadian Na- tional Railway. That has just been attested by the placing of a mem- orial plaque in the rotunda of the Union Station in Winnipeg and the teen other cities across the minion, ; The men will never forget the sin- cere and friendly interest which the late president took in theif welfare. He also sought their co-operation, Hence the institution of the joint: boards in certain departments of the system, where the men had a voice, along with the management, in set- tling differences and dealing wit problems of various kinds, The way in which Sir Henry took the men into his confidence, and the considerate and friendly spirit in which he always met them, is now recalled with deep appreciation, and a genuine desire was felt to erect memorials at all the main points on the Canadian National. Sir Henry Thornton was not only a great railway executive, he was a big man. He showed-it.in strong human qualities and real concern for the well-being of the large Canadian National family who were making possible the vast improvements of the railway and the high status which it ultimately reached.--Winni- peg Free Press. ) Do- For Two-Cent Postage It would be a commendable idea if the reign of King Georgé~VI brought back "penny postage." Canadians would welcome the two cent letter rate warmly. 'If a two-cent com. memorative George- V1 stamp came with the rate it would give a happy touch "to postal reform. -- Brandon Sun. BEE Joyful News Hint that Ontario may abolish all speed limits will be joyful news, particularly to the chap who's always in a_hurry though he can. never re- member where he wanted to go in the first place.--Windsor Star, THE EMPIRE Empire Migratio It is more than 20 years since the steady and uninterrupted flow of mi- gration from Great Britain to the Dominions and Colonies ceased to be a regular feature of the Empire's corporate life, It is true that vari- ous specialized eforts have been made "in -the meantime -- in South Africa, for example, by the 1820 varying degrees of success, to establish British emigrants in the Commonwealth overseas. But unless what we have termed "the steady uninterrupted flow of migration" from Great Britain can be resumed and maintained on the old pre-War 'that some of the outstanding quali- ties of the British race will be lost forever, both in Britain itself and in encies.--Johannesburg, S.A., Times. Life on $6 a Week Somebody said that it was impos- sible for a girl to live in London on 30s, a week, Somebody replied that thousands of typists and shopgirls were doing it. A woman's magazine trying to discover how the feat was done, has found a girl who pays 12s. 6d. for her bedroom which she lets during the day for 7s. 6d. She spends her evenings at the public library, acquiring knowledge that may enable her to earn more mcney. Evidently placing of similar. plaques in four- | of a further traffic level, - nothing is more certain than the Dominions, Colonies and depend-- A great wall of water rolls over the Bow of the liner Aquitania it b west crossing. One of the worst Atlantic gales .in dec fhm ig the Ch and cks the angry seas during east- all other shipping. who can be happy without lipstick, new frocks, cinemas, and dances. Could you? Could your daughter ?-- Manchester Sunday Chronicle, Car Fatalities Life insurance companies take a practical interest in the toll of fatal. ities due to automobile accidents, notes the Woodstock 'Sentinel-Review, The steady increase it the death rate in the United States from that cause, up to 1982, was regarded by them as "alarming". It was more rapid than the increase in car registrations. With decrease in registrations of motor vehicles, the death-rate de- clined in 1982 and 1983, but in 1934 "tragically outstripped the increase in traffic." 3 "Last year seems to have been the turning point," said Dr. Eugene F. Russell, of the (U.S.) Mutual Life Insurance Presidents a few days ago. "In spite of the decided increase from 24.8 to 28.4. This year again, in spite increase, the rate has been reduced to 22.2." . The speaker attributed the Im: provement to increased safety of au- tomobile construction and equip ment, the gradual elimination of grade crossings and better handling of traffic through new methods of constructing highways and Intersec- tions, as well as safety campaigns conducted in most parts of the country. > All these factors being present, to a greater or less extent, in Canada, one would expect a similar downward trend £6 the ratio of fatal accidents. but such is not the case. Official sta. tistics show the automobile death rate per 100,000 population has risen from 9 in-1933 and 10.83 -in 1934 to 11.2 in 1936. The peak year was 1929, with 13 deaths per 100,000 population. But while the trend is thus unfav- orable, the proportion of "motorcar fatalities to population is still only half that in the United States. The explanation seems to be found in the factors of trafic density and highway conditions Canada- has a relatively high car registration, in proportion to total population, but only a few areas of high population density. The ratio of automobile deaths per 10,000 motor vehicles in this country is. 9.1. In the United States, with more congested areas. the ratio is 12.3. But both -_are countries of great areas, with relatively low pop- ulation density as a whole. It is In certain European countries; with few: er cars proportionately, but greater density of population, that one finds much higher fatality rates. The U.S. Census bureau is authority for the following death rates per 10.000 mo- tor . vehicles: England. and Wales 31.7, Belgium 47.6, Germany 60.2, Switzerland 62.6, and [taly 64.6. Compared with Canada's record, the ratio is more than five times greater it is just possible, but only for a girl in Germany and six times greater in Halston erie Life, addressing the Association of-| the free n car registrations, there was a de-. *| vrease' in the "mortality rate EEAEER HOT SHOTS By KEN EDWARDS Last week we talked about tuna, this week it's swordfish, The new"and popular sport is angling for swordfish, This {s carried on extensively off 'the coast of New Zealand and Catalina Island, California, The first swordfish taken on rod and line off the Atlantic coast weighed 193 pounds; that was in 1927. mouth of a swordfish {8 much softer than that of a tuna, therefore it may shake the bait more readily. If we say that the tuna fish is a terror to fight then the swordfish is a rip snortin' .demos when he has been ! ooked. Sometimes, when he {s harpooned. © _f the rop is tled to a keg and torcwn into the water allow: ing the big brut: to tow it around un- til exhausted 1t may be an hour or more before he is able to be gaffed by tha dory-men. Sometimes the powerfully. driven word uas heen known to pierce a two-inch plank. '"he greatest Nova Sci 'ia swordfish catch in {ts history was 2,220,00C pounds in the year 1936. In 1928 the world's record swordfish w: caught on rod and line in New Zealand, It weighed 673 pounds. The Market Means Nothing in Her Life Telephone Operator in Winnipeg Grain Exchange Doesn't Care If Wheat Goes Up or Down WINNIPEG--She's seen wheat at $1.76 a bushel and she's seen it at 38 cents, but it "means nothing to me," says Edith Pratt, who handles hun- dreds of telephone calls daily on the trading floor of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, Ask Edith "what's the market to- day 7""--meaning the current price of futures--and she will cheerfully ad- mit: "I don't even know what it is half the time." For more than eight years Miss Pratt has held what she terms 'the best job in Winnipeg," receiving tele- phone calls for floor traders and sending messenger boys on a hunt for the requested party on the crowded floor. She has never "played the market," never taken even .an occasional flier in "bids" and "offers," and which -- sometimes -- returns their holders neat profits. Big names mean little to the hello girl. Brokers have risen to promin-' ence and faded away into the legion who lost out in the big pit. But Edith admits she knows few of them by sight. 4 . She knows them all by their voices though, and in her years on the - floor has learned to know the voices of all "The | the brokers' wives, too. Many social calls are sprinkled among orders to buy and sell. In Miss Pratt's tenure wheat prices dropped to all-time low levels -- 38 cents a bushel in 1982, She remem- bers the day in 1920 when the mar- ket "broke wide open," the prelude to seven years of depression. Does she listen in? "I don't have time." . World Output Of Gold High Big Increase by Russia Is Largely Responsible For New Peak . WASHINGTON ~-- United * States treasury experts recently calculated the world's 1936 crop of gold at a new peak and pondered its effect on international money markets. including Russia, suggested the total output of gold this year might ap- proximate 40,000,000 ounces, as com- pared with a previous peak of 30, 000,000 in 1935. ; Estimates for the first 10 months of 1936 showed Russia alone mined 4,600,000 ounces more than during the corresponding period last year, and that world production outside Russia had been stepped up 2,500,000 ounces, amount of new gold would tend to lower the value of money. "The tight grip governments now have on their monetary structures, however, makes it difficult to predict how the out- pouring will be reflected in money markets, ; An Example To Every Woman Mada ze Schumann-Heink Had Qualities of Nature Which Were Supreme Since her passing, a greal. deal has been written about the life and achievements of Ernestine Schu- mann-Heink, A great deal more could be written of this remarkable woman, whose qualities = were- su- preme, says Marion Martin in the Montreal Star. Hers was an abuadant life, yet how easily this might not have been the case! It wasn't luck and it wasn't chance that won her fame and a con- siderable fortune. It was courage. Without courage her life story would- not have read as it does. Had she been easily disheartened, her rich contralto voice would not have stir- red the emotions of thousands. I wish women, especially girls starting out in life, had more of that splendid quality for which Madame Schumann-Heink was so distinguish: Production estimates for the world]. Normally, experts said such a large. ed. We women are often too easily discouraged and I am venturing to tell the story again of the great Schumann-Heink's early struggles. Apply her disheartening experiences to yourself, Ask sat whether you have the courage, as she had, to rise above great handicaps. How, for instance, would you re- act to a situation such as this--the one in «which the great diva found herself early in. youth? ° ; When still a schoolgirl she sue: ceeded in arranging an audition be- fore the director of the Vienna Court Opera. If you imagine that her audi- tion was a triumph, you are urfamil- iar with the story and the reactions of the director. 2} "Give up the idea of.singing,'" he told her. "You have neither the face nor the figure, Far better for you to buy yourself a sewing 'machine Don't Wear Too Many Clothes in the Winter "In general, it is a good rule to wear the least possible amount. of clothing, according to conditions of weather and physical activity, that is 2 compatible with personal comfort, writes Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, the British physician. Our aim should stuffy and inert. Men are the greater Lo Sed sinners in overclothing in winter as od compared with women: Too readily 38 they yield to the temptation to ~~." F swathe themselves in thick, heavy,' elie woollen underwear for six months of the year, and exist in a state of cod+' - dled comfort. It is a far better plan to wear moderately light underwear of a cellula variety, and to don pull » overs and overcoats in accordance : with the degree of rolduess. There and go to work, You will never be a singer." oo So much"for_the opinion of a man n the position to make or break al career. So much for the indaunted spirit- of the young woman and for her great courage and her keen in- telligence. I imagine the little Er- nestine, Roessler felt pretty badly over this verdict. It mean! . great deal to her, but, judging from what came after, she then and there de- cided to prove to the director and to the world that he was wrong. She forthwith set out to develop her talents and her personality to compensate for her lack of beauty. She succeeded as all the world knows. Not only was she a great singer, She was known as a great mother as well. Whenever anyone confronts you with the old, old arguments tending to prove that marriage, motherhood and a career are impossible as a combination, remember Schumann- Heink. The little girl who had "neither face nor figure" managed to make a tremendous amount of money yearly, to marcy three times and to rear an enurnous family. She travelled the globe, yet she goes down is contempary history as an ideal homemaker and mother, not only to her own brood but to thous- ands of soldiers of the World War. Her extraordinary carcer was the more extraordinary because her sons were divided among themselves. One fought for Germany and was "killed. Another fought for the United States, the country of his mother's is, of course, an individual factor to {be considered. The nerson of live'y temperament, vigorous and con- stantly on the move, will not feel the same need for extra clothing as com: pared with the person of slow and leisurely hubits of mind and body. One final point in this connection. Every effort should be made at all times hroughout the winter to keep the feet varm. It has been said, if you keep your head cool and your feet warm you will = avoid winted / 'colds' an, there is much truth In this saying." . Smaller Cities Reveal Big Cuts In Relief Lists Report Indicates Reductions Three Times as Great as Larger Canadian Municipalities. OTTAWA -- The sinaller cities of Canada have reduced their direct re- lief rolls approximately three times as fast in the past ye. us the cities of more than 25.000 population, -fi- gures released recently by the Na- tional Employment Commission in: ' dicated. The release supplemented one made three weeks ago covering the larger cities. : The September, 1936, tota's for 32 small cities reveaied an uverage reduction of 19.16 percent, from the totals for September 1935. The re- duction between September, 1936, and 1934. was 22.29 percent. in the smaller cities and 9.79 percent in the adoption. - Faté signalled out this courageous woman - not only for one but for sev- eral outstanding roles. Her sears of triumph in opera and on the concert stage were followed by defeat and disappointment in Hollywood. " The undaunted courage of the little girl of long ago again was put to the test. At seventy, or over, Ma- dame Schumann-Heink met serious setbacks in her Hollywood debut, but everyone knows how little she allow- ed them to interrupt her carcer. Her remarkable achievements of early life were repeated in her screen triumphs. Unquestionably, 'the quality that kept her sustained through the years and made her a great artist and a great woman was one we all might envy. That quality was courage. Hormones Used For Birth Control, NEW YORK.--Birth control by doses of hcrmones appears a possi bility of the near future, according to Dr. Raphael Kurzrok of Presbyterian Hospital--Columbia medical centre, The '-esults of recent experiments on animals and observations of human patients by himself and other research workers were disclosed by Dr. Kurz rok at the annual meeting of the Birth Control Clinical . Research Bureau Recent work with hormones, power ul substances produce: fn small quan. tities in various parts of the body, promises to yield methods by which women may be made temporarily sterile for a month at a time or more, Or. Kurzrok said, and has been pro Jduced experimentally in rabbits and her animals, "Are the Wheelers the only folk living in the land of Ev?" asked Dor- othy after the clockwork man had been thinking for some time. "No, they only inhabit a small porition of ~~ the machine, "When I was first made they - tried to run over me and butt me with their heads, but they soon found that I was built of too solid materd-al for them to injure." "You seem very durable," said Dorothy. * "Who made you?" it just back of those woods," replied "The firm of Smith and Tin-ker, in the town of Ev-na," answered Tiktox. "Did they make many of you," asked the child, "No, I am the only auto mat-ic me-chan-ic-al man they ever completed," he replied. "They were very won-der-ful --in-ventors. were my makers, but they are both gone now. Mister Smith," the 'machine man continued, "was an artist, as well as an inventor, and he paint-ed a picture of 'a riv-er that was wonder- fully natur-al," "In fact, it was so very natural that as he was reaching a-cross it to paint some flow-ers on the op-po-site bank, he fell into the water and was drown-ed. Mister Tinker," continued Tiktok, "made a ladder tzat could "rest against the moon, while he pick- ed lit-tle stars to set im the king's ¢rown, But when he got to the moon, Mister Tin-ker lik-ed it so much that he decided to live there, so he pull-ed up the lad-der aft-er him and nev-er came back." "He must have been a great loss to' his country," said Dorothy. "He was" acknowledged Tiktok. "Also he was a great loss to me. For if I should get out of order I do not know an-y one ab-le to re-pair me. You have no i-dea how full of ma-chinery I am. --And-now I must find.a way_to es<cape from this rock." "The best thinker I knew," remarked Dorothy, "was a Scarecrow." 'Nonsense,' snapped Billina, angrily. "There's no such thing as a live Scarecrow!" larger. 51,400 On Relief The tota. on relief last Seplember in 32 small cities. as shown by the national registration, was 51.400 as compared tec 63.68% a year ago and 64,856 in 934 An additional 9,077 registerad in eight other municipali- ties this- September. All but £vi of the small cities show reductions in the numbers on relief, Sudbury leading with a drop from ° 2,410 to 694. Port Arthur almost cut its total in half. Oshawa, Sault Ste. Marie, Brandon i and Thedford M'nes, Quebec, all had increases in relief registrations. Total numbers on direct relief in each ot the 32 cities last September with figures for September, 1935, in brackets, follow: Charlottetown, P. E. 1., 128 (322). Nova Scotia: Glace Bay, 811 (937); Sydney, 616 (840). Quebec -- Chicoutimi, 7,069 (17,- 584); Shawinigan Falls 2,800 (4,188) Sorel 1,397 (1.643); -- Thetford Mines. 817 (543). - ~ Ontario: Belleville, 572° (1,044); Chatham, 685 (914); Galt, 720 (796; Guelph, 2,301 (2,607); Kingston 1,130 (1,739); Niagara Falls, 2,962 (3,754); North Bay, 905 (1,778); Oshawa. 3.51% (3,417); Owen Sound 548 (1,074); Peterboro, 1,614 (2,137 Port Arthur, 1,161 (2,062); St. Ca- tharines, 3,097 (3.350); St. Thomas_ 789 (1,174); Sarnia, 403 (986); Sault Ste. Marie, 2,821 (1.826); Sudbury 694 (2,410): Welland, 6578 (1,069); Woodstock. 25637(366). Manitoba -- Brandon 2,258 (2,064 and St. Boniface 2,644 (2,910). . Moosejaw Sask. -- 3.837 (3,926). Alberta- Lethbridge, 1,608 (1,- - 727); Medicine Hat, 490 (90). New Westminster, B.C., -- 1,343 (1,991). Eight additional urban municipal- - ities in .he same population group, where figures wera not available for earlier years. had a total. registration of 9,077. The individual figures fol- low for eptember 1936: } Quebee -- Granby, 605; Joliette, 1,303; La'hine, 4,362; St. Hyacinthe 161; St Jean (St. John's), 1,172; Valleyfield 676. Ontario -- Cornwall 619; Timmins 379, J Car Loadings In Canada Again Up Ottawa.--Car loadings for the week ended December 26 amounted to 36, 142 cars as against 48,279 cars the previous week «nd 30,2468 cars for the week ended December 28, 1935, the Dominion Bureau of Statistios re- ports. Miscellaneous freight again shows. ed an 'ncrease over last year's loads ing, being up 1,835 cars. Merchandise increased 743 cars, lumber 641 cars, pul" and paper 699 cars, coal 501 cars, other (orest products 6500 cars and live stock 210 cars. Coke, the only commodity to show a decrease, was down by 382 cars. for be to feel cool and lively, not het, Ce Medicine Hat ee AR