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Hou os re we IR 3 Re An dp cad A410 {] wn ry a SS ye Rh SW SWRA Ny ac Amram mse = Le Gr Sr Smee ns a = - === , Commentary on the Highlights of the Week's News . . . By Elizabeth Eedy MOMENTOQUS DAYS: So 'much is happening in the world 'today, events are moving so quickly on all fronts, that situations of momentous importance in this quarter or that go practically unnoticed. Our atten- tion can be focussed only on so many points at once. Watching what Hitler is doing in Central Europe, what Mussolini is planning in the Mediter- ranean, it is physically impossible also to keep our eyes on what is happening in India, in Palestine, in Iraq, in Syria, in Morocco, in South America and Mexico (for world- stirring events are brewing in each one of these corners of the earth). We do well if we are able to watch the progress of the war in China and in Spain. And in our own dear Canada, there's plenty going on. Whether we read the newspapers or not, to find out. L * * * TENYPOWER PACT: Urged by Winston Churchill last week in Lon- don is a wide European alliance of ten powers calculated to encircle the German Reich and block further aggression on the part of the Nazis. If such a front were formed of the smaller nations of Europe and Rus- sia behind France and Great Britain, using League of Nations machinery, Mr. Churchill declared, the United States would undoubtedly "signal her encouragement and sympathy." Said Mr. Churchill: "If we can rally even ten well-armed States in Europe, all banded together to attack an aggressor, we would be so strong that immediate danger 'might be warded off and a breathing space would be gained for building later still a broader structure of peace." 3 LJ * * MIXED BLESSING: With the soil of the Prairies moistened by the best rainfall in 17 years, and crop pros- pects the most favorable since 1933, Westen farmers of the drought- stricken areas are nevertheless rot half as happy as we imagine them to be. For two reasons: a" good crop means a much lower price will be offered for wheat; a good crop means also that the mortgage companies, .. Who for so long have neglected to foreclose on farms that were seem- ingly worth nothing, now are likely to clamp down on the debt-ridden farmers. 'Twixt the devil and the deep, our Western neighbors are. AN ELECTION IN 19387: Ot- tawa insists that there is no valid reason for an, appeal to the country in 1988, no excuse for & Dominion election this fall. It is talking plaus- ibly, because a trip to the polls is not really due for another two years. Just the same the opinion is pre- valent in some quarters that Parlia-| ment will be dissolved next year -- the fourth year since the election-- but not this fall," or anywhere near it. Should, however, ructions oecur between the provinces and the Fed- eral Government that can't be patched up in the usual way, or should a national "emergency" arise, the government might decide to call an election this year. * . LJ * CHINESE CHANCES: A special cable to the Toronto Telegram from John Gunther, internationally known journalist, now in Hankow, outlines the main advantages weighing on the Chinese side in favor of their ulti- mate victory over the Japanese in- vaders: First, the country is united politically as never before, drawn together by a genuine will to resist Japan and to fight to the finish; sec- ond, the facility of the Japanese in guerrilla warfare; third, help from German technical advisers and Rus- sian pilots; fourth, the stupendously difficult job the Japanese have set themselves; fifth, the fact that Ja- pan's standard .of living is bound to fall as the war goes on. , - Mr. Gunther points to 'the reverse side of the canvas, citing China's disadvantages: first, the Japanese have virtual command of the air; second, the Chinese army is woeful- ly deficient in artillery; third, the Japanese are better provisioned, bet- ter armed; fourth, provincial feeling is still strong among the Chinese, and unification of the armies is yet far from perfect. PREC SE TY EARLIER VEGETABLES: The spring season in Ontario, advancing apace, i38 now two weeks ahead of previous years. Vegetables are com- ing on the market away ahead of schedule, and one dealer predicts that we'll "have strawberries by the first of June." All "very lovely, come -along and nip fruits in the bud. unless frosts our Ontario News In Review Approve Irish Agreement LONDON.--The House of Commons last week approved Prime Minister Chamberlain's "peace with Eire" . agreement on third and final reading without a vote. House of Lords, --_--0-- Conqueror Welcomed Home BERLIN. Chancellor Adolf Hitler was received in his capital this week, on his return from Italy, with a turbu- lence of almost hysterical enthusiasm It now goes to the and a splendour surpassing his recep- tion after his bloodless conquest of Austria. --0-- Fierce Bombardment HONG KONG.--A Japanese landing party of probably at least 1,000" men occupied the eastern part of Amoy Island, in Fukien Province,-in South- eastern China over the week-end, af- ter day-long fighting resulting in nu- merous casualties, particularly among the Chinese defenders. Reports from witnesses in the treaty port tell of a concentrated attack, commencing: at daylight, by twelve Japanese warships and twenty planes, raining shells and bombs that started fires which are still raging tonight, --0-- 79 Killed In Mine Explosion DUCKMANTON, Derbyshire, Eng- land.--An official death list of seventy: nine was counted last week after two explosions rocked the Markham Col- liery here. More than fifty miners were injured, Grief-stricken villagers sald almost every home lost at least one worker, t Desperate day-long efforts of rescu- ers to reach forty-five miners trapped nearly half a mile below the surface failed. ' . --0-- More Air Crashes LONDON.--Four airplane crashes, In which eight fliers died this week, raised the total of deaths in the Royal Air Force's preparedness program to 76 in 46 accidents since last Jan, 1, Two R.A.F. accidents involved filers at Wyton Field, Huntingdonshire, where three were killed in one acel- dent and two in another, --0-- Income Tax Act Invalid CALGARY.--The Alberta Income Tax Act, passed by the Provincial Legislature in 1932, was declaréd ul- tra vires, in part, in a judgment of Mr. Justice A. ¥. Ewing this week, He held that income derived from outside Alberta when not used in the Province is mot taxable, Empire Flying In Two Years OTTAWA.--WIithin eighteen months or two years Empire flying boats will span the. world fn regular passenger and mail flights, using Trans-Canada Airlines as the .ain link between 'Europe and Asla, according to infor- mation released here. Negotiation for the. transatlantic flights have been completed, and the huge flying hoats are now under con. struction, four in Great Britain and four in the United States. Test flights will start in July or August this year about the time the Trans-Canada Air- lines will link Halifax with Vancouver in regular service. --0-- Spanish War Deadlocked HENDAYE, France.--Spanish insur- gents and Gov-rnment armies battled to a deadlock this -week on the. vital central fronts, . Along the coast road to Alcala de Chiver* where insurgents have been attem; ing to widen their wedge to- wards Valencia and Castellon de la "lana, ~avernment troops blocked the adv nc» from hilltop entrenchments. The fighting centred on that ap- proach t~ the sea where insurgents attempted to widen their seaboard strip Ly folding the Government right flank back to the rest. Milk May Make New Car Finish Dairymen Hear of New Byproduct Which Can Give Auto Bodies A Glossy Surface Possibility of converting surplus milk into a finishing material for automobile bodies was envisioned by dairymen meeting at Utica, N.Y., last week, as the result of a process patented by William S. Murray, re- search chemist and Republican State chairman, Henry H. Rathbun, of New Hart- ford, local director of the Daifry- men's League Co-operative Associa- tion, said Murray had obtained a patent for a method of converting milk solids into a plastic. and had assigned rights of use to the Co-op- erative, Mixture of 'Milk Solids The process, Rathbun said, would permit the use of milk solids as a finish on automobiles and for other purposes for which a hard, glossy surface is desired, The process, he said, involves the mixture of milk solids, including 'casein and lactose, with a weak acid, a tanning agent and an alkaline ma- terial, The mixture is treated with water at a temperature of 100 to 20 degrees centigrade, and then is 3 Ontario Has Most Accredited Herds ads In Cattle Freg of T\B., says Agricultural Minister Gardiner Agriculture Minister Gradiner last week informed the House of Commons 939 herds of pure-bred beef cattle in Canada 'are acer-dited for-tuberculosis, '"V¥<téd and found free of the'disease --and 112 herds are | process of -ac- creditation. * "The Information. 'was ! sought'by Harry Leader (Lib, Portage la Prairie); 1 FES Hf #16 fi Seven "royvinces have tuberculosis free" areas-~Prince - Edward : Island, Niw Brunswicls Quebec, Ontario, Ma- nitoba, Saskatchewan an British Co- tumbla, : y Totalling 518 Ontario, with 518, » g th: most ac- credited hcrds. Manitoba has 183, Saskatchewan 96, Quebec 82, Alberta 48, Prince sdward Island and Nova Scotia, 4 each; New Brunswick 3 and British Columbia 1. There were 8,840,600: cattle in Can- ada in 1937 and' 9,610 'were exported to Great Britain, Irish exports to Great Britain last year totalled 850, 032, Bulk of the beef cattle exported to the United Kingdom recently has been feeders or storcs. . -- Strong Biceps For Drivers ISTANBUL.-- Applicants for driv- ers' licenses in Turkey's capital must have more than mere skill. The mu- nicipality has tightened its require- ments for candidates, who must have !'strong biceps, physical endurance, good height and weight." Gigantic Loss Through Weeds $150,000,000 Every Year in Can- ada, Inspectors Are Told loss in the Province of Ontario due to the infestation of 'weeds amount. ed to between $15,200,000 and $22.- 500,000, and the loss throughout the Dominion is 'approximately = $150,- 000,000," stated J.-D. McLeod of the Department of- Agriculture, To- ronto, when addressing the annual meeting of the Lambton County week inspectors here last week. "The cause of the present weed problem is due to the neglect 'in sowing seeds in the past," hes con- tinued. He said this year consider- able effort will be made to clean up cemeteries. ; The speaker also advocated clean- ing of threshing machines and all equipment before moving as provided for in the Weed Control Act and stated this will *assist greatly in controlling the 'spread of weed seeds onto the roadsides and on the neigh- boring farms. It was pointed out threshers should be vitally interested in weed control as their business and revenue is governed by the condition of the crop. W. P. MacDonald, agricultural representative for Lambton County, said that because of the untiring en- ergy of the 30 county weed inspec- tors, Lambton is not considered a "weedy" county. -------------- Twenty years ago somebody in- vented a make of car in a story, It had a dashboard device which flash- ed a white light at 16 m.p.h., a green m.p.h,, mnd played "Nearer, My God, tc Thee," at 60 miles an hour, L 4 Writes R. C. Reade In Toronto Star :Weekly--Canadian News- paperman Is Often Editor, Re- porter, Pressman, Typesetter, Delivery Boy Rolled Into One. The thrill and the skill of news- paper: work are no monopoly of the large centres. A survey-of Canada's small- weeklies from coast "to. coast shows that they do not need roto- gravure to give them - color. They have jt in the editorial chair. "What A Man!" Looking them over from coast to coast, from James Edward Patrick Butler, editor of the Newcastle. Un- ion Advocate in New Brunswick, who was not afraid to tell his town that it was "a sink-hole "of ° vice, drunkenness and poverty," to Hugh Savage, who calls himself "govern- ing director" of the Cowichan Leader in Duncan, a small town 40 miles north: of Victoria on Vancouver Is. land, and has lived a score of lives as soldier and sailor, farmer, gold miner, storekeeper, * Shakespearean researcher, flour miller and M.P.P. as well as editor, I am forced to ex- claim again and again, "What a man!" 3 Veterans of the Game The real veterans of the weekly game are in Ontario. The dean of them' all is W. H. Thurston, editor of the. Flesherton Advance, now in his 79th year but still reporting the news of the Flesheiton district in which he was born.. He is one of the many who are printers as well as editors. He began newspaper life 60 years ago as a compositor. His brother edits the Bobcaygeon Inde- pendent, . di RE Arthur H. Wright, editor. of the Mount Forest: Confederate, is older in years though younger in. weekly service. He is 88, but did, not enter. journalism until' 101, when he tired from the teaching profession, He was for 15 years "English mastef in Galt collegiatd. "Hid paper, he fs' confident, is the' oily one if! "the world that is called "Confederate"; Its first issue appeared one-week af: established the Dominion, of Canada, Helped - Mould, Rolities, : 0 Another colorful old.timer is Jas. A. Evoy, editor gy ho. ato. Review Carp, Ont., one SE eke anton men for whom weekly' jourhalism is famous. Heé ig" Tingtypé' "dpetrator, pressman' atid TEpSitér "as Well' 48 editor and publisher; And he still finds time to catch: more Jarge: bass than any other fisherman in.4he,dis- trict. LOTT) PUT OF LEGS TD It is half a. century, since he got, his first job with a week] newspa- per and, unlike the a of' 'his' confreres in the weekly field, hd Has never tried his" hand "at "phythlig else. 'He "hag played raw importait: part in the: political: history - ofthe province. He established the Kempt- ville Telegram to launch. G.. Howard Ferguson into public life. He sold the paper to, Mr. Ferguson ut con- tinued to. manage it until, a few years ago, he founded the Carp Ré- view, RL "Wher. I began us a printer's devil," he says, "the principal piece of machinery was a hand press on "which the four ages were printed a a8 K pavinter, © Soviet ter the British North America Acti Our Small Town Editors Have Ink In Their Blood after the paper had been dampened and 'left weighted down for several hours. The type was all set by hand. We used to adjust it in the forms with a piece of paper here and there or a whittled-down match." That Printer's Error Ed. Stacey, editor of the weekly Teeswater News, gives as his most amusing case of printer's "pi", a combination of sport: and society news, He wrote about a former Kin- cardine hockey player who was going to England. Startled subscribers kept ringing the phone for days in order to tell him that the joke was on him, His article read "Murray Munro fs starting on the forward line in a black coat with Persian lamb trimmings and black hat with matching accessories." Say Greenland Was Linked With Norway Polar Expedition Suspects Land Exists In Arctic That Once Linked the Two Continents COPENHAGEN.--Dr. Lauge Koch, Danish explorer, departed by sea- plane last week for the Spitzbergen group of Norwegian Arctic islands, to start a polar expedition to ascer- tain whether firm land exists be- ig Spitzbergen and North Green- and. Dr. Koch, who has observed the area from the air, contends that, from. a geographical viewpoint, there probably is land there, because the northern and eastern - Alp-chains would 'intersect between Spitzbergen and North Greenland. a , Saw It Once Far Off TOE, 'Koch's uncle, Captain J. P. 06, | reported in 1907 he had Sighted land. Members of another (expedition in 1912 said 'they had seems it but only at a distance, Last explorers drifting dgwn.from the North Pole on an ice flog, thought = they sighted . land rough the Arctic darkness. = Lhe Danish government has placed the Vessel Gustav' Holm af Dr. Kock's 'disposal 'to make sure. (The vessel will serve as a' base: of "operations which: Dr.- Koch flies from Spitzber- gen to Peary Land and back, passing over. the area where the existence of Jand is suspected, "0 obbor- | Photographic Survey % (103 ofa ln) Koch sights no. land from the air a complete photographic, sur~ yey will be 'undertaken from Peary, Land, | FY 400 'Wiles off the extrénd 'northern "¢odst of Norway and about thd katie 'distance west of Peary Land, which isthe northernmost. tip of -North Greenland, 460 miles from the North Pole. SEN : i errr Gs a mnt OT - 10x <Xake care of the pened," goes the $id eavings "Oriel yotiig "American Uihdeérgraduate has just' taken '& "Edrbpean holiday on the segings of [12 fears--all in coppers and nickles, "I saved for 4 sunny 'day--not a rainy one," was her comment. "A=Q ar punba -v. dais atane t dt TE BE HS PETROLIA; Ont. -- "The. annual light at 26 m.p.h., a red light at 40 . The | Spitzbergen group Iles abot] -- {VOICE f+ THE WORLD ; AT LARGE CANADA THE EMPIRE |] a CANADA Not To Be Sneezed At . = i Ontarfo is planning a drive against hay fever and that 1s a movement that is bot 'to! be sneezed at.--Peter- borough' Examiner, --Q-- Or Go To Grandma's Funeral The provincial comptroller of fin ance reveals that every citizen of On- tario works 64 days'a year to support the government, If we knew which days of the year they were, we might be tempted to stay home on some of them.--E. J. 'P., in Stratford Beacon- Herald, i The Good Old Days Someone suggests that when we be- gin pining for the "gpod old days" we should run the automobile {nto the lake, throw the radio into the garbage can, tear the telephone off 'the wall and throw the electric light switch out of the window. Yes, and take the airplane down out of the sky. while we hitch up the ox team.--Lethbridge Herald. - ---- ~ J Canadians Ate Less Meat. - fic The Canadian people consumed more pork in 1937 than beef and veal. - This was the experience in 1936, but in 1935 and 1934 they consumed more beef than pork, In 1937 the consump: tion of pork was 62.35 pounds per cap: ita as against 58.89 pounds of beef and veal. The consumption of pork~in. 1036 was 67.08 pounds per capita and of beef and veal 60.48 pounds. On the whole, therefore, the Canadian people ate less meat last year than they did in the previous year.--St. Catharine Standard. . Srl The Hitch-Hiking Nuisance As Spring opens up and motoring for pleasure or business becomes more 'intensive, the hitch-hiking * nuisance { increases. Few people object to "giv. ing a "Jift" to some needy person, but he - galling part (with emphasis on the gall) is that most of the would-be riders are people who can' well afford to pay their way. They use simply this means of transportation that they may be spared the purchase of a ticket on recognized carriers.--St. Thomas Times-Journal. --o0-- Arms and the Nations In Washington, where there is more talk than usual about armaments, they have been compiling data on the naval ar - strengths of eas TH re sult is interésting, By | 5° © Soviet Russia, ppears, has! the fost submarines, with somethingilike 150 igs bl a1 ba) 5 ith 84 ships buflf and 14 building' France has 08 Britain 70; Ger .61 and Japan 60, Altogether there are more under-sea- craft inthe world today than during the height of submarine warfare in 1917.--0Ottawa"Jourfigl. y ° <l & Pull for the Prairies Lv Faith in the prairies is not confined to those who dwell on these once fer- tile grain lands, for Senator Iva C. Fallis, who knows: the prairies from former residence umtil 1920 {in the West, voices the opinion that, given rain in June. and July, the prairies can raise the" finest wheat in the world, ae In that opinion :she is~simply ex- pressing thé general view held by far mers in the West. They know that, given reasonable weather conditions during the growing season, the land will yield an abundant crop, but they also are aware, from bitter experi. ence, that under drought conditions little or nothing can be expected from the 1and.--Moose Jaw Times-Journal. THE EMPIRE Australia's 'Warning In every democracy the public must now address. itself 'to the realities of the menace thus disclosed. Whether another great war may yet be averted is problematical; but this much may be proclaimed as certain, that unless the opponents--wherever they may be found--of brige~"age in international danger, the chances of averting ult! mate war must be counted negligible, We must face the vital fact that Ger- many, Italy, and Japan are today mo- bilized for war, In the Mediterranean (Spain), in China, in Austria, without declaration of hostilities, defying trea. ties and careless in excuses, they are simply ravaging/defenceless neighbors for their own gain. In each of these ventures no limit is set to the objec: tives; and no spectator can propound a formula for diplomatic bargaining, in check to this process, which -will not leave the marauder .ith at least a part of his loot. This we regard as the gravest aspect of the world situ- ation in its challenge--now unmistak: able--to every people that possesses anything worth coveting. The moral t> us here in Australia is inescapable. --Sydney Herald. Selling Our Wheat In Many Countries Canada Is Again Worrying About the Problem of World Markets With prospects for the best Cana- dian wheat crop in many years, eyes of the growers turn again to the prob- lem of world markets. So quickly does the picture shift that nations once re. garded as formidable competitors in export may be forced by a bad season to look for imports. And some of the competitors which the Dominion fear- ed most not long ago, notably Russia, have been forced by internal conditi- ons to slacken pressure. in selling abroad, says the Hamilton Spectator. United Kingdom Best Customer In this connection the figures issued by the Canadian Board of Grain Com. missioners covering exports for the crop year 1936-37 are revealing. It is shown that the, United Ilingdom is atill our, best-wheat qustomer, a fact which ig frequently overlooked. The "self-sufficiency" drive which has led France and Germany to grow=--even at great cost--the wheat they need, has cut down these once substantial customers of the Dominion's grain: to relatively small buyers. jjoFontour total exports' of; 145,886,172 bushels chief destinations wereras fol- lows: ' rev United Kingdom, ......n:81,901,064 ' Belgium in, 15,904,766 Holland -...... 6,900,035 France ...... 6,255,301 5 Italy 4,887,132, risk Free Stat 1,507,684 Denmark ...a.liin. icy 4,491,399 , Norway isn .411134/8,806,611 GREAT. antiininiiininn, wee 3,764,610 hd Switzerland whnow anna: 8:409,092 | Gféece, ,.... onryte os 25137,326 Mord¢co we 1,813,870 I" Jain'... ve 1,762,400 oPintandCl ll we 1,117,132 oi «Canada shipped hér wheat 'direct to thiriy-icountries in all. a commentary onthe extent and variety of our for '"n commerce, ; 3 184 i an ir = 5-1 neg .¥ Swed For Biting Dog croxjor | 1 verkoiman who. bit his neighbor's dog shag been used by the owner for $570 damages against probably loss of the '€hirial, at Gargh, India. Defendant declared that, the dog attacked him, #0 he seized it by the scruff of the , neck and bit it, to teach it a lIosson. in Ra Ee iain "The BOOK SHELF By ELIZABETH EEDY "LITTLE LAMB" By Dahris Martin. In large and winsome pictures and with one of those chiming - little stories that repeat, the plight of a small lamb whose woolly coat came off in patches is unfolded here for very small people. Baba did not like the idea.at all; he had been all white, all over. He was now begin- ning to show pink spots where the skin had no wool at all. It did not look" right to him, and he did .not think it looked right to anybody. So he went to the merchant for a new coat, and this worthy sent him to the tailor, and 'he to the weaver, until at last the shepherd, melted by the tears of Baba---and anything more moving than' this picture of Baba in tears it would be hard for a 'baby J to find--sent him to Black Sheep. That wise animal laughed and laugh- ed. . Baba's new coat was coming in; this was why the old one was coming out in spots, and the story ends with a skipping lamb singing about his brand-new coat white as milk, soft ag 'silk-and warm as a quilt. Although the story is for very lit- tle: listeners, the pictures will be ap- pealing to almé@st any child up to and including the age when first teeth begin to work loose. "Little Lamb," by Dahris Martin, Pictures in color by Lilly Somppi. 36 pp. Toronto: Musson Book Co. $1.76. Spanish 'Silver Paves Old Mexican Streets « Farrer Streets of several Mexican min. ing towns literally are paved with silver, the National Geographic So- ciety reports. "Early Spanish processes of sep- arating silver from the ore weré crude and left much silver in the tailings," thé 'oclety daid. "The tailings often were used for road sur- facing, When the silver content. is particularly high, the tailings are dug up and re-worked." racial chart. Rate at which the race is spread- ing 'through the .coast province's population js shown in a statistical picture drawn by A." W. Carrothers as a membér of the British Columbia Research Bureau, Dr. Carrothers found the Japanese population in- 'creased 65 per cent. in the past 15 years. It has been going ahead at the r..e of approximately 700 a year, is 'ing rapidly on British: Columbia's More Jap Women Here Meanwhi!~ thre Chinese population, under pressure of stiff immigration restrictions, has been decreasing at the rate of nearly 1,000 a year. Chi- nese now number only about 19,600 compared with 25,878 Japanese, Reasons for the sharp increase in the Japanese population .and de- crease among the Chinese are 'these: Women make op a large proportion of Japanese immigration. Japanese | out their wives. The birth rate is: high--about 26 in every 1,000. Chi- nese keep their wives in their*home- land, Obedient to tradition, the Chi- nese man returns to his awn 8oil to die near his family, g 1h Illustrative of this trend, govern- ment statistics show there are 11,215 Japanese women in British Colum- bia; only 2,626 Chinese women, To Prevent Cutting Of Immature 'Wood Legislation Is Urged to Curb The 'Practice in Ontario : The suggestion has been made by the conservation and reforestation committees that sanction from some authority be obtained before imma- ture wood growth could be cut i Ontario, says the 'Farmer's 'Advo- cate, ; The thought back of the recom- mendation to prohibit. the-cutting of immature wood growtk is to con- serve our forest and woodlots' and not allow them. to be: slaughtered by timber hunters, too many of whom: think only of immediate. gain. There are now men who have made a liv- ing out. of buying standing timber who are ready to endorse the recom-- mendation ecause merchantable timber is becoming so 'scarce that their livelihood is threatened. Thousands of Acres Cut Over Certainly the proposed legislation would rot 'go so' far as to. prohibit the property owner taking out need- ed timber or trees for wood and re- pairs. The regulation ought even to permit -a land owner to' 'convert a bush into cultivable field if under 1 that treatment it would be more | profitable to him.® What it should prevent is thousands of acres of .cut- over land, ravished and useless. In the opinion .of the Farmer's Advocate the reeve or the clerk of the township should be the one to decide when immature wood growth should or should not be cut. Absent - Mindedness Creates Industry It Will Astound You to Learn of The Things That Turn Up In The Lost Property Office. Asa general thing where absent mindedness is mentioned one's mind reverts to college professors, old men and old women, but {n London absent- mindedness is responsible for a ery thriving industry, - - - And that is the Lost Property Office of the London Passenger Transport Board situated in Bakef Street In that city. This office consists of an: im- mense three storey 'warehouse, From. this office each night a fleet of lorries goes but to collect lost property that has been found at underground, bus and tram depots all over London, Soft Hats. to Steel Helmets From midnight on these lorries keep returning to headquarters, loaded to capacity with everything from soft hats to steel helmets, from cough drops to .mixed pickles; from. . fur coats to football boots; from antique horse pistols to silk stockings. Some idea of the immensity of this Industry can be gathered from the fig- ures of the last financial statement which records that within the past twelve months the Lost Property Of- fice registered 112,972 umbrellas, 49- 999, pairs of gloves and 19,798 single" gloves; 33,611 pieces of clothing; 25, 949 attache cases; '24,660 hooks; 24, 1168 pieces of 'undefined property In parcels; 5,806 palrs of spectacles; 5. 278 keys; 4,006 piped, and 2,037 die ferent pieces of foodstuffs including In all, there were 313473 rdinses, Usually "An 'Umbrella It is hardly to be wondered at that out of these billions of travelers there were some thoushfids of absent:mind- ed persons, And in theory it means that/aveéry minute and & Half of every day In the year, some absent-minded body leaves something behind in tube, * bus, or train, and every five minutes 'this something 18 an umbrella. ENTE The Je"anesa segment is' widen- make their homes here and: bring ._ poultry and almost every other edible, ~ - 4 i 5 : ' | ' 1 > | 7 * | \ } { £ 5 | I x el } é i TN