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Particularly should all be grateful for the improvement over the current five-cent piece, undoubt- edly the ugliest coin issued any- where by any country in the world's history, A word, while we are in a con- gratulatory mood, for the Post Of- fice's Coronation stamp, It is a beautiful stamp, much more so than the ordinary series," and compares fa- vovably with the new British stamps, --Ottawa Journal. J " Quality Poultry There are still producers and oth- ers who question the wisdom of the increased emphasis placed upon the quality of the articles which Canada sends to export markets and who think that the greater amount of in- spection to which they are subjected constitutes unwarranted interference on the part of Government officials. And yet if cansedrcely be denied that if we wish to hold the export markets that we already possess in the face of the keen competition which appears in most of them and if we wish to expand our foreign sales, 'especially of foodstuffs, we nist be careful to exercise close scrutiny of the commodities that are shipped and do our utmost to keep their quality to a high peak.--The Brockville Recorder. : The Farmer's Task The tendency to place at a dis- count the inherent ability neoded for successful farming is-- at .least deplorable. Such work demands more of the stronger qualities of character than almost any other. Its taskmaster, nature, is the most ad- emant of them all. It is sheer casu- istry to place it anywhere but in the i "higher scale of occupations. Ironically enough, it is the -so- called advantages of the cities, the things which so often surfeit us, that maintain a certain hold on the country dweller of today. But it is a good thing. Modern entertain- ments and transportation have help- ed farming communities everywhere. And perhaps after all there is still a deep-rooted love of the land, among the larger portion of our peo- ple which, if not eloquent, is at least the sanest and the safest patriotism "to be found.--Hamilton Spectator, Rules For Fishing (1) When fishing don't allow the bait to lie-on the bottom if you can possibly avoid it. *(2- When you get a strike set the hook "in" the usual manner, before the fish has had time to swallow it. This will usually result in catching the fish through the jaw, and if un- dersize will enable you to without injury. pe i (3) Carry a hook extractor in your kit. This is simple to make and . may consist of 'a piece of thin metal with a notch at the end. This is in- serted down 'the throat of the. fish with the notch against the hook.." A' little downward pressure will fre- quently release the hook and prevent tearing the throat. (4) All these precautions will be in vain unless you "wet your hands before handling the fish."--Ontario Fisheries Department. Cld Landmarks But the old buildings must give place to a massive modern structure. And while everyone is glad to see Kitchener's downtown section vast- ly improved by an artistic structure, it does tug a little at the heart strings to see the old landmarks go. They withstood the storms just like the early. settlers braved -adversi- tics.--XKitchener Record. -- Saving Useless Time Extremely few motorists are en- gaged on business of such urgent importance that a minute or two. or "five minutes, is a matter of first con- sideration." Every day in Ottawa we see drivers trying desperately to save that. minute or two and we cannot believe that life or. death depends on catching a light, on passing an- other car on the wrong side, or on dashing through a party of young- -sters at play. The driver so bent on saving .a couple of minutes that he has no time to think of other peo- ple and their safety probably spends those minutes, having arrived at his destination, in filling his pipe, chat- ting about the weather or being very indignant about traffic conditions,-- Ottawa Journal, release it | An authority informs us that in ancient Egypt and Babylonia, books were not valued so much for new ideas they contained as for the old, tithe-worn lore they preserved." The authors in those days were, at least, honest about it. Much of so-called originality in current literature is merely rehash,--Stratford Beacon- Beacon-Herald. Growing List Women used to talk about pin money, but now they "want shin money for silk stockings, skin money -for cosmetics, spin money for gaso- line, 'and tin money for the family meals.--Galt Reporter. Fighting Drought At this particular time, when avia- tion is so much to the fore in Can- ada, it is worthy of note that Sas- katchewan aeroplanes are to be used to make a survey of some 11,000 square miles of semi-arid land, Fx- perience has shown the Saskatche- wan authorities that settlers acting independently have not been able to make use of the slim water supplies of this district, and. it is thought that, if they were assisted by the government, migration to the north- ern part of the province, a costly and generally disruptive operation. would be rendered unnecessary. In- stead some slight shift in the loca- tion of their farms might bring the desired effect.--Hamilton Spectator, THE EMPIRE Baldwin the Beloved ~ Of the eight statesmen who have been at the helm in British politics - during this century--Salisbury, Bal- four, Campbell-Bannerman, Asquith, Lloyd George, Bonar Law, Ramsay MacDonald, Baldwin--it may be that the last was not the most distingu- ished; but would it be an exaggera- tion to say that he has been the most beloved? The allegiance-of his par- ty he was hound to command, for he had saved it from possible disin- tegration in 1922, when he led the revolt against continued support of the Lloyd George Government. But the Englishman, whatever his politi- cal leanings, likes 'his leading public men to display other qualities than inciden political office. Mr. Baldwin revegled himself on many occasions as capable of charming 'public audiences when he spoke about books, farming, pigs, locomo- tives, classical studies, and the Eng- lish countryside, for in these speeches he displayed the simplicity, sincerity, and humanity which go to the heart of mankind.--Melbourne Argus. I British Foreign Finance Fertilizing flow of British cap'tal" has been for centuries one of the prime factors in world progress, and _ so far as the Empire is concerned has played a predominant part. Brit- -ain should be approaching the stage when she will be able to resume overseas lending without disturbing the era of cheap. money, which the Government desires to continue. When that day arrives, it will prob- ably be found that Britain will seek to make loans serve her export trade, a department of her economy that is flagging and that she is anxious to stimulate.--Auckland, N.Z.. News. 'Aim To Increase School Grants Hope To Eventuallv Pay Over 11 Per Cent Cost of Education Says Dr. Simpson LONDON, Ont. -- Ways and means of increasing "financial grants to schools are under consideration by the Ontarlo Government, Hon, Dr. L. - TY. Simpson revealed recently. Speak- ing here, the Minister of Education said his Department hopes to be able eventually to pay more than 11 per cent of the cost of education. Dr. Simpson dealt more directly ' with proposed changes in the prim- ary and second school curricula. He stressed particularly a warning to trustees not to judge a school or {ts teachers by the number of examina- tions successfully passed. Examina- tions, he belleved, were over-rated and their value over- emphasized. The question of the teacher with re- lation to education and its progress and development, was also stressed by Dr. C. Goldring, superintendent of Fducation in Toronto. Speaking on the philosophy of education Dr. Gold- ring gave a treaties on what the child should obtain from school training. He urged "the education of the emo- tions" and claimed education should stress honesty, industry, fidelity and allied virtues, A: her husband for a bankers' conven- tion. Her husband is president of the Clay Bank. "I wouldn't trade banking for cooking or making beds," declared Mrs. Hearin, who has been assocl- ated in the banking business with her husband for 30 years. "I love bank- ing and it is my whole life, but of course if I had to I can do house- keeping." In charge of all loans made by her husband's bank, Mrs, Hearin handles all the "hard" cases. Her husband attempted to dispel any belief that a 'woman can't be as hard-hearted as a man, much more quickly than I do," he ventured, | News In Review | To Help Famine WINNIPEG, A letter from a St. Bo- niface man to the press here, says, "I believe a genuine service may be ren- dered to many of our fellow citizens ag well as to the state, by admitting immediately into this country young girls and women of desirable charac- ter either from the British Isles or of other countries, or both if necessary, to relieve the shortage of female farm help, and possibly, it desired, mar- riage opportunity for the rural popu- lation." _ An article by Geraldine Taylor in ~The Free Press is on the same lines but with a different slant. The days of the little 'skivvy, the kitchen drudge are over. With so many new fields of endeavour open to them to- day, girls" will not accept distasteful tasks, long hours and miserly pay, or working in another woman's home. The householders have found this out by the simple experience of not being able to engage servants, and now of- forts are being made by the govern- ment and employment agencies, to re- establish domestic service on a busi. ness-like and dignified status, Toronto Gets Airport OTTAWA, -- Toronto will have its: airport and the Dominion Government will assist with a lump sum which is to be fixed. oT An agreement to that end between the city and the government was dis. cussed for between Hon. C. D. Howe, minister of transport, and Acting-Ma- yor Day, Controller Conboy, and E. E. Cousens, engineer of the Harbour Board. Two sites are proposed, both to be used. One would be alternative to the - other, The Island would be the port ordinarily used and another west of the city when flying conditions were bad and there might be a risk in land- ing at the Island, 3 By the terms of an order-in-council passed last fall the government fs understood to pay a quarter of the cost of municipal airports, Study Fish Exports OTTAWA, -- Representative of th fresh fish export trade of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and- Alberta opened a conference with officials of the Department of Trade and Com- -merce; looking toward better market- ing arrangements in the United States. Because of lack of organization, ox- porters to the United States have suf- "She turns them down - fored loss through failure of consign- ees to meet their obligatics. Delays in handling at the delivery end are also a cause of loss. The conference will discuss a pro- posal to set up a credit investigation bureau, probably in New York, and to establish an office in that city, or a marketing agent. Britain Plans Aid For Farm Areas LONDON, -- Legislation involving 'an expenditure of $17,000,000 will be brought.down in connection 'with the Government's agricultural policy, W. S. Morison, Minister of Agriculture, announced in the House of 'Comons this week. . CE He said that. under the scheme the Government hoped to improve the ge- neral prosperity and efficiency of the home agriculture and make it sound in times of poace as well as in any emergency. It would not be practicable, Morrl- son added, to put agrciulture on a war time footing at the. present time, as that would involve regulation and re- gimentation of the farming commun- ity as well as heavy cost. The Government felt, however, the Minister went on, that it was desir- able to be prepared in a way consis- tent with a policy designed to ensure maximum supplies for the consumer and reasonable remuneration for the producer. Bases Wheat Aid on National Need REGINA, -- Aid to the farmers by the government in times of low prices was warranted from a national view- point and was not based on any sec- tional consideration, James R. Mur- ray, of Winnipeg, chairman of the Canadian Wheat Board, last week told the Turgeon Grain Commission. - Declining to make any definite sug- gestions as to the way in which aid should be given, Mr. Murray told M. A. McPherson, of Regina, counsel for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, that the steps would have to be taken as conditions arose. When Mr. McPherson raised trod question of a government guranatee for the initial payment by wheat pools, Mr. Murray said he believed in co-operative effort more than govern- ment assistance. If there was a gov- ernment guarantee it would have to apply to all producers. Salmon Pack Probably Light for Two Wears ~ TORONTO, -- A guarded prediction the Maritime Provinces might seo a searcity of salmon this year and next was made before the Royal Soclety of" Canada by A. G, Huntsman, professor of marine biology at-the University of Toronto. Dr. Huntsman told the bio- logical sciences section of the society recent dry summers in the Maritimes made ft_probable that there would be a scarcity of salmon during the next two seasons, particularly in view of the fact gcarcities had been found in roughly every 9.6 years in conjunction with decreased rainfall in correspond- ing circles. - Spare the Trilliums Growing in its native environ- ment the trillium is a thing of beau- ty. Picked, it is dead long before it can be carried home to be placed in water, and each gathered blossom leaves a doomed and dying parent plant behind it. To preserve for fu- ture generations one of the most charming features of Ontario's woods in spring, do not pick or injure the trillium. "In England people are tired of the problem of ownership; they want security.""--Hilaire Belloc, Although only one man in 20 reach- es the height of six feet, all seem to get in the front row at any event, -- St. Thomas Times-Journal, NEWS PARADE | Commentary on the HIGHLIGHTS CF THE WEEKS NEWS .. By Peter Randal This Year's Crop of Graduates The annual job hunt is on as hun- dreds of nervous young men and young women come rushing out of colleges everywhere in a wild dash to make their impressions on the business world. For some years past, the happy hunting grounds of indus- try have been anything but kind to these would-be hopefuls and there ig many a graduate wondering if the time and effort were worth the price. For these and their younger fellow collegians, the Investor's Syndicate, of Minneapolis offers a ray of hope. According to a recent survey con- ducted by the Syndicate, '"employ- ment prospects of this year's co'lege. graduating classes are only a little less favorable than those of the 1929 graduates, and substantially better than the June 1936 classes. . . En- gineering, business administration, teaching and general business classi- fications are offering employment in. greatest volume." Curiosity prompted a test of this statement in a Canadian college. A class of twenty men expecting to graduate next month were interview- ed on their chances of securing em- ployment and the results were very surprising. Of the twenty, seventeen had offers of jobs as early as April, while a number had even been placed in the awkward position of turning down opportunities that last year's graduates would have - considered golden. It is interesting to compare the qualifications of the 1937 gradu- ate with those of the ideal model in other years. The 1937 'model is a pretty good all-round man with a general background not only of clas- sics, but of the more practical sub- jects like economics, political prac- tice, accounting and finance. His four years at college have not represented four years of life in another world, but four years of familiarization with the problems both past and current of the world he must learn to live in after the parents on the home farm have ceased to foot the bills. He has no illusions about the world he is going inte. He knows there must be a period of apprenticeship in. which he may even have to sweep the floors and dust the-office desks, but in place of the "world owes me a living" attitude of a few years ago, "there is a quiet confidence in his own abilities to succeed on the merits of his own demonstration. He is, in most cases technically trained for his job and business men say that given an opportunity to try his training out on practical problems, he will go ahead fast cnough to justify his years of education. Golfmaniac The summer sportsmen are begin- ning to' come out of their winter The sun and the moon appear about the same size to observers on carth, but the sun actually has a diameter 400 times that of the moon, Since the moon is only about 239,000 miles away, and the sun is about 92,900,000, the enormous difference in size is not readily apparent. Iron ore 1s so abundant round Kropna, a village in Jugoslavia, that every one of its 120 inhabitants is a blacksmith irrespective of sex. A Beautiful Task Being surrounded by a bevy of beauties may not appear to be a task to you, but just think what a job Russell Patterson, Arthur William Brown and John La Gatta (L-R) had picking Model California Sports Girl, shells in the wake of the optimists who have been haunting the nation's golf courses of many weeks now. A well-known Toronto business man told us the other day that he thought he might have to give up business if it didn't stop raining every Satur- day--he barely recovered from one cold before the next Saturday's drenching came round again. Million Dollar Deluge And all this time, the wheat men in the Western Provinces have been saying: "What a waste of good water!" We met a Regina man the other day who leaves standing in- structions to his office staff to tele- graph him when it rains. The tele- grams haven't been for some time and this particular man's temper has. been getting worn to the thin edge. Over the week-end the long-awaited telegram arrived: "Forty-mile gale all day Saturday (stop) rain general (stop) store windows smashed." Tt sounded pretty desolate until he started to wave the yellow slip in the air and inform us that a few million dollars to his customers meant more than a few blankety blank windows. Endeavour | And gales remind us that the old fighting spirit has not departed from "the men who go down to the seca." Unreported for nine days, Endeavour I, T. 0. M. Sopwith's big challenger to the American Cup, was sighted off Nantucket. Left to her own re- sources when her tow line parted from the tender 1,000 miles from no- where, the Endeavour carried on in a fifty-mile gale. It may be slow in comparison to modern mecans of power but there is many a sail man will tell you that he would sooner be on her in rough weather than the greatest steamboat ever built, Tin Can Airships And in spite of the discredit brought upon the airship by the re- cent Hindenburg tragedy, John L. Dingell, member of the American House of Representatives, is to spon- sor a bill for the building of a $6,- 000,000 "tin can" ship. Dingell bases his proposal upon the success of a navy ship made of metal and in ser- vice since 1929. According to tests made at regular intervals, the air- ship is in as good condition today as it was when first delivered. The Old Order Changeth Almost in. sight of his century mark goal, the nonagenarian Ameri- can dime magnate has "gone the way of all flesh." John D. Rockefeller died peacefully at his Florida estate after ninety-seven years of a life in which he is said to have amassed the greatest fortune ever known. Through companies which controlled substantial portions of the nation's income he administered a fortune of five billion dollars, while his gifts to public institutions are said to be past the five hundred million mark. Those who knew him in the early days of his struggle have called his tactics ruthless but the use to which his great fortune may be put in ad- vancing the general good of civiliza- tion may well outbalance his untold sins. A Hazardous Quest A Russian airplane landed at the North Pole last week with eleven men who form the advance guard of a group of scientists engaged in studying polar weather conditions. After preparing the ground for heavier planes, seven men will return to the base of the expedition on Rudolf Island. IF'our men plan to stay at the polar observation station for a year. Since their position is on a floating ice field, subject to con- stant cracking, the post is looked upon as a hazardous one. It is ex- pected that the data collected will be of invaluable service in predicting weather conditions in the morthdrn hemisphere. Atlantic Crossing Of such use is the airplane. Though accidents have been frequent with this mode of travel, it is diffi- cult to imagine what progress would have been made in many out-of-the- way parts of the world without thig- means of transportation. The last remaining occan to be spanned by regular service, preparation of ships for the Atlantic run is in progress both in England and in America. At the Boeing Aircraft Plant in Seattle, Wash, a giant 72-passenger ship is being built for Pan American. The super liners will be powered with new sceret engines developing 6,000 horsepower and will have a speed of around 200 miles per hour. Test flights are scheduled for the early fall with regular service before the end of the year. -U.S.A.A.U. girls forthe Movie Children Most Exploited Parents Require Too Much Of Children Who Work In Picts HOLLYWOOD, -- The most ex- ploited 'working class in America to- day, says Birdina Auderson, a social . worker, in the group of children who work in the movies. "But ft isn's the studios who take advantage of them," she said. "It's their own parents." Miss Anderson, a member of the State Welfare Board, and an accredit. 'ed school teacher, spends most of her time tutoring juvenile players. Cali-- fornia law requires that the young- sters spend a cortaln percentage of time in school. While they are working, that means studying virtually between scenes, the Board of Education pro. vides a number cf teachers to con- duct this work. "There are many parents," said Miss Anderson, "who will do anything to attract the attention of casting-di- rectors to their children, and it's the children who suffer." : oc! Basketball Fine For Young Girls Champions Challenge Assertion of Principal That Game is Injurious LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Three members of the Little Rock Flyers, cage champions, came forward to challenge an asser- tion by a Georgia High School prin- cipal that basketball is "too strenu- ous" for girls. The trio--Hazel Walker, Leota Barham and Lucille Thurman--said they, had been playing the game for the past nine years and were yet to suffer- "one ill effect." Asserting his belief "great harm has been "done to many girls" by engaging in basketball, T. H. Gar- rett, principal of an Augusta. Ga., high school, declared: "It is high time that we _put a stop to this pern'cious practice of loading a lot of girls in automobiles and running them around the state to engage in contests that may do them serious injury." Miss Walker, captain and forward of the 1937 championship flyer sex- tet, said, "basketball has done much to improve my health. 1 always put on weight while I'm playing and feel much better than I do the rest of the year." s Grandmothers Are Ready For Action Want To Earn "Pin Money" By Doing Housework For Others CLEVELAND. -- Cleveland grand- mothers -- women between 60 and 75 years of age, who learned the busi- ness of keeping house while rearing large families -- were ready today to ctep in and help housewives solve their maid-shortage problem. The housemaid-shortage has reach- el the critical stage. The unfilled ap- plications of families for maids have hit an all-time high. One employment service reported that exactly 903 wives were callous. ing their fingers on vacuum-cleaners and wailing over socks that needed mending while no answers were ng to their appeals for maid service, At this point grandmother has stepped in, to earn a little pin money at 35 cents an hour. "Every one," said Mrs. Sarah Hughes, youngest at 55, of the group of enterprising grandmothers, 'hag always prai ed my pies and cakes. I can make good bread, too, though I guess that's a little "old-fashioned nowadays." Thirty-five grandmothers already have signed up to play the leading role in a new series of services in- stituted by the Ohio State IEmploy- ment Agency. - Miss Melba Oliver, head of the agency's domestic and institutional division, said they would go Into the home by day to do sew- ing and caring for children. "These women," said Mrs. Oliver, "make their homes with their sons and. daughters, They are anxious to carn a little spending money--enocugh to give them wn feeling of "independ- ence." They have reared their own families. They will be content with 35 cents an hour. Mrs. Hughes, who has been a wid- ow for eight years, is the mother of two married daughters, one of whom hag been left with a 10-year-old son to bring up on her own small earn- ings. The grandmother wants to earn enough mogiey to keep the home to- gether and bring back the child, now being boarded out, to live with them, Mrs, Franes Polezin, another of the group, who is entirely "on her own," sald she had raised a family of five and -had several grandchildren. "I'm ready to do any kind of housework-- except washing," she said, "It's the chance of a lifetime for younger housewives," said Mrs. Oll- ver. "Think of it, a season's canning done in expert fashion for only $3 a day. And a personal rein for junior thrown In." i fe Ca fg 4 AD =a EAT ep vo Sa, . ve a acre a A NAR, De --_ CNR ng WO Re mK a TR XA A a lr, ond ar EL AA ry £57 > na =r