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oy BT --kRL = City Now Planned 'For Empire Youth In Heart of London, England | -e--Groundwork Underway" -- - Total Cost $5,000,000. y A dream dating back to the Cor- --ynatiow the feundgtion of a 5,000,000 Empire youth city in he heart of London, England-- oved a stride, closer ~ toward realization last week. : Before a gathering of United Kingdom headmasters at the Guild : Hail, and later to representatives of the Empire press, the Earl of Besshorough, former" Govérnor- General of Canada and the prime leader_in the movement, produced for the first time in public archi- .. teetural drawings for the project . and outlined details of what he described as a "glorious ideal". Sponsored By Lord Bessborough The idea of a youth city, Lord Bessborough said, emerged from > the Empire yéuth rally at the time_of the Coronation, ang the entire project has been designed = ENA nle A man's asvold as he looks when he needs a shave; a' woman as old' as she looks right after washing her face. The. girl "entered the bus with | a/pair of skates under Her arm. A man immediately got up and offered her his seat. ' "Thank you_yery much" came the reply, "but I've been skating all .the afternoon." . "The Munich Pact was cer- tainly the peace that passeth understanding." -- Exchange FO A "Your husband looks like a brilliant man. I suppose he knows practically everything." = "Don't fpol yourself; he doesn't. for youth--by yong a Much groundwork already has been accomplished, but such a vital undertaking could not "be launched until public opinion throughout the Empire has been ra] . canvassed, he said. . ! The cost would be approximate- ly $5,000,000. : dn, oe PIDGEON'S YOUTHFUL AMBITIONS WEL a a FE EF {--kimo. "You'r¢ at the North Pole | _Amexica, Paul Mosér, Chicago bus! © 'pithmetle' for their-own value, and Spelling Called Vanishing Art Modern Teaching Is Blamed for Bad Figuring, Too -- Fare-- well to Three R's The three R's, an educator lam- ented, are becoming a lost art in ness College head sara," os "It'is to longer the thing in edus cation to teach 'readin', ritin' and as a result we are becoming a na. tion of- poor spellers who can't write legibly or add. - ~ "One reason why people are be. coming such poor spellers is the way they are row taught to read as children. No longer is the alpha- bet drilled into children, They are taught to réad sentences at a short glance. In this way, they miss the letters ina word." ' . London' hydro department that ed... Giiests hecome too homesick. They Couldn't Stand "Home Sweet Home" Annie Laurie or. the Dipsey Doodle is okay but it's nix on "Home Sweet Home" for the chimes on the city hall at London, Ontario. A special request was made 'by a-nearby 'hotel to the "Home Sweet Home" be not play- The chimes on the municipal |" buildings - are "the reproduction' | through: loud speakers of famous carillon records." Sipee such ree cords ~.are comparatively rare those in share of the programs use every recbrd they could find. Now following the request from 'the hotel, the Pepartojfe is one less. : £054 "You simply gay that every sing- er you hear is off-pitch. You-wijl al- ways be right, -- : even suspect anything. = "Oh, it's never a matter of ' beauty or brawn, : Of 'learning, or cut of your clothes; * To be really worth while, is to feel like a smile When somebody steps your toes." on The Arctic explorer knocked at {thé door of the Eskimofs house. The Eskimo answered the gum- mons. "Hello!" greeted the. explorer, "Can you direct me to {he North Pole?" ~~ "That's casy," returned;the Es- now." . : The explorer's eyes widened. He pointed at the icy waste. © "You mean," hé cried, "that this is the-North.Pole right here?" "The Eskimo nodded solemnly. "It is," he.asserted. = The explorer waved his arms aided Reportz disclosed that the first ~ WITH. t ; SN (TE ON Metre and There THE tess eve "card when. sepding 'regrets to an . Modern Etiquette BY ROBERTA LEE - invitation$ . : ; 2. What cons(itutes real soclal TT 3. Are menu cards ever used at' a dinner given in one's home? "4. 1t Frank Invites John to' d¥ive out in the country with him for a day, and stops .to. buy gasoline, should John offer to pay for it? 6.. May one touch theullps with tips of fingers that have been dip ped in {he finger bowl? 6. When a bride has no father, would it be all right for her mother er to give her away? ANSWERS 1. No. It an answer is requested 'the invitatiof, must be answered by a written response on personal stationery. . 2. It has been sald "that social happiness Is attained only through friendship thal has no regard for age, sex, or creed, L dane ig a very. " oughl "Gold, K - Gillies I A study of the mines of Ontario and Quebec indicates a generall healthy condition, with share val- ues of the senior golds on a thor- sound investment basis, In the secondary producing group, where there is a combination of in-- vestment and speculation, mine conditions warrant special com- mendation . for thé following: --- Central Patricia, Little Long Lac, Preston East Dome, Kirkland Lake erc-Addison,-Chestonulle Omega,' Aldermac, Bankfi¢ld, East Malartle and Sladen Malartic, ° In the less advanced operations, mining news Appears to favour-- -Malartic = Goldfields, Francoeur, 'Barber Larder, Martin Bird, Fern- land, Anoki,. Avgite, Nahob and Lake, : : Inthe Junior Juniors, from which group mines have their be- ginnings,™ favourable indications appear to select--National Malar- tic, East Lacoma, Shawmagque, Amity Gold, Wiltsey-Coghlan, Continental Copper, Joliet, Arnt- field, Pelangio, Arjon, Orpit, Lar "Add, Armistice, Tovarich, Rouyn | NORTHERN MINING NEW. Reward, Lacoma, Federal Kir] x land, Cheminis, Central Poreupind, Woco, Bobjo and Crowshore, Perhaps never before has a more 'ground-floor basis of participation een available to the public, Quebec's Malartic mining camp promises to attain major camp sta: * us in 1989, East Malartic, al- though a Joung roperty, is ale ready. a thousand ton operation with" vast 'possibilities indicated, = 'Sladen - Malartic and Canadlan 'Malattie, also in production, ad- Join to the west. Other properties n the camp are East Lacoma, Na- tional. Malartic, Rand _Malartie, Malartic. Goldfields, . Dubuisson - Gold and Shawmaque." Malartic Goldfields will Be the next produc." er, East Lacoma's first drilling is known to be important. . Further drilling plans are announced. Ran Malarti¢ have also obtained goo results, National Malartic haye financing arrangements under dis- cussion. Altogether, the outlook for the camp is full of promise. next 60 days a new picture may be painted 'to indicate another large Alberta crude area." -- Recent Crdde~0il Discoveries Their Investitnre as Boy Scouts on the site of historic Fort Langley, . where British Columbia's first gov- ~ernment was instituted, and Sir * Jas. Douglas sworn In as first gov- ernor was the honour that fell to three boys of the 34th Vancouver (St. George's-School) Scout Troop. Judge F. W. Howay, who had" ac- companied the expedition, related' {he story of the historic incldént of eighty years ago. X X X supply of relief clothing to reach . Fort Frances, On{ario, following the | serious Thanksgiving Day bush fire in that district, was collected and shipped by the Boy Scouts of Port- age la Prairie. Appreciation of the - promptuess of this relief contribu- tion was expressed by the citizens once again achieved by the Boy Scouts and Girl Guldes of Canada, working in a chain of toy and doll repalr shops stretching from the At. lantic to the Pacific. The discarded or broken toys were secured with the support of local newspapers, churches, service clubs, public. schools-and-the -radlo.- In many of "the .places toy admission matinees were given by movie theatre mana- gers. Firemen in - Saskatoon, Ed. monton, Ottawa, Chatham and oth-_ |- er centres shared in the practical work of making, repairing and also painting wooden toys. # In many centres the toy dis' i- bution was made in co-opera'ion - with the welfare organizations and service clubs. Scouts of the necdy districts of Saskatchewan were ds- sisted in meetfig the. heavy de: 3-Nut-untess-the formal and ceremonious affair, 4. This is not necessary, but Jahn can offer to pay for their luncheon. 6. This is often done, but one ghould learn to eat in such a way that the lips do not become greasy. The napkin placed to the lips should really be sufficient. 6. Yes, If she wishes... . 'C.N.R. Is Canada's Biggest Purchaser Parchases of $61,600,000 were made from 8,000 firms in Canada . by Canadian National Railways during 1988, Vice-President R. C. Vaughan said this week. He add- . ¢d the amount made the C. N. R._ Canada's largest purchaser of sup- plies during the year. New equipment accounted for $11,100,000 of the amount, and fuel - for $10,000,000. Pe Twenty New Wells -"What today Is a wildcat area, may be proven structure tomor- row." Recent crude oil: discoveries in Okalta, No. 6, a mile west of the present South Turner Valley crude producers, and at Home-Millarville No. 2, 15 niiles northwest of the main wells, are of vast importance, Mr. Greenfield sald. "The proven area and field reserves undoubted: ly have been greatly changed." - The Squirrel A gray interrogation-point in fur He Jeaps and scolds and "makes a mighty stir . \ That all this backyard world he . used to know = : Should hide his nuts and not a. landmark show. Just like him, to be arguing with snow! : -- Charles Malam Lord Ravensworth said his cas- A "Hooray! Hooray!" he shouted. The Eskimo blew on his frost- "bitten fingers: - "Stick around awhile," he chat- tered, "and you'll change your mind." - Walter Pidgeon, son_of a wholesale mercantile man, was born in 8t. Jahn," anada oft life In a brokei nge firm, he soon decide = for him. He then attended a Dramat- 1c School and later joined up with a Stock Company, this was followed by - Jira on-the New York stage and then Hollywood. Mr. Pldgeon's latest en- deavor {is _ with Hedy Lamarr and __Bpencer Tracy in "1 Take This | Railways Revenues ol Forrrrances: mands-upon_. the Prairie Santa X X X A blood transfusion service is be- ing maintained by Rover Scouts of the 1st Mimico, Ont,, Crew. Each member of the Crew took a bod test at St. Joseph's Hospital, and qualified. The service is given ab- Claus by bulk shipments ot gifts from eastern toy shops -- London, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, Monts real and St. Johns, Quebec. Other toy shops mailed Christmas parcels to f{ndividual families in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, The Scout Guide-Herald Sunshine Toy Shop at "Canadian National The gross revenues of the all inclusive Canadian National Rail- ways System for the 10-day per- iod ending December 31, 1938, solutely Troe, ws--a Seont-goeod-turn X X : ~_ ¢hristmas_gifts for 100,000 kid- dies. who otherwise would = have been missed by Santa Claus" was "Calgary secured lists- ol children | from the clérgy of every parish be- "tween Red- Deer and -- the -U, 8. boundary. of Science. Dr. Mary: E. Rawles = n. wg +. For Turner Valley Planned for 1939--Dominion's. "Major Oilfield, - 45 Miles Southwest of Calgary ----=With-their--greatest year_behind. "them, Alberta oil men are confld- _ent_that 1939 will bring many sur- prises. Efforts are being made to improve marketing outlets and in- créase production and reserves, At least 20 new wells are planned Heart Affected By Overweight "In Obesity Due to Eating Too Much Food, the Heart Be- comes Overloaded, Enlarged In an article in The Medical World on the Management of the Heart in Obesity, Dr. Edward Pod- --olsky, Brooklyn, N.Y,, speaking of 2 1 JR $4,456,874" As compared with ...... 4,722,048 for the corrgsponding period of 1937, a de- crease of .. $266,674 What Science x |s Doing * BLOSSOM TIME DELAYED If spring arrives too late, the farmer this year can make his fruit trees wait to blossom until the danger of frost is over. . This can be done with potassiuny' napthalene nitrate, by a method of spraying _diseovered at the Boyce obesity (overweight) aue to eat- ing too much food, says: "In obesity due to eating too much food, the circulation of the. _--hlood is increased, The intake and output of the heart is in- creased and also the blood enlarged just as does any muscle whose Work is increased." -- , While this enlargement is nat- ------ point, . the work of -this_ enlarged heart may result in changes in the blood-vessels, kidneys or other _urgans, especially if there is any weakness there anyway. Another symptom often present in overweight due to overeating is heart pain, either the vise-like gripping pain of angina pectoris, «+ or the pain "which accompanies bremblasemees or difficult breath- ng. . : While it had not been proven that fat cells replace the muscle fat cells éan get in among the muscle. cells of the heart and so weaken the power of the heart is an established fact. Rich Rewards For N ¢ Hunters of Crows "Hunters have failed to gar- ner' the richest rewards in" the Saskatchewan government's crow destruction campaign. Thousands of crows have been killed but _ eight high- priced birds, one of which would. bring its executioner a $600 reward and affother $260 : + fare still at liberty, =~ ° & -Prize bands were placed. on 05. crows last spring, valued at ~~ [trom 86 to $500 but when the : pay-off came at the end of the re ¢ampajgn Deéember 1, only : $276 out of a possible $4,600 was awarded. "The $500 crows two valued at $260, and five at $100 are still "winging around the coh- y ELEN ure. The overloaded heart bécomes ural or normal up to a certain , cells or fibres. in the heart, that. - tinent somewhere", © Tee int Q. How ¢an I break up nuts more; _ satisfactorily than with the food grinder? A. Roll them firmly with the rol ling pin. This also avoids necessity of washing the food grinder. Q. How can I clean plaster busts or ornaments? ~ A. Try dipping them In thick liq- --uld starch. Brush oft the starch when dry and the dirt will come off with it. The plaster will be as spot less and clean as when new, +-Q. How can 1 hastefi the cooling of pudding? : : A. Place the container .in a dish of cold water, to Which a handful of 'salt has been added." ~ ter? _ A. One method i8 to apply a solr tion of peroxide of hydrogen dilut- ed with one-half water, Q. How can 1 freshen a dry coco- nut? - : > _A. There is quite a difference be- tween the taste ot a fresh coconut and one that is not, but practically the panie delicious flavor can be bad by steaming a dry coconut for | about 456 minutes. iz 7 Q. How can I save time when -darning a hole.in a garment? A. Cut a plece of mosquito net- ting to the required size, and baste under the hole, Then darn jr and out through the meshes of the nent. ting. : # SR CLA- PE! - Pigeons Banned Hitler is taking no chances on messages or money being smug- "gled out of Germany. (German holidaymakers visiting another "country are allowed to take only , 8 few shillings with them; refu- gees--and many others who want to esd leave their money behind.) | hibits the possession and breeding . of carrier pigdons, except by spa« 7 Q. How dan 1 make my teeth whi- the Nazi regime--must So the latest Nazi edict pro-- Thompson Institute for plant Te=-- séarch, ; , -The_ spray: delays the blossom- ing a week or more. It has work- ed with peach, plum and cherry trees, which tend to 'come out" too early in-the spring. _ The same chemical w sprouting of potatoes _ storage is easier, ill retard so that 'ELECTROCUTE GERMS A-new method of electrocuting disease germs with light waves is announced." Dr. Harvey C. Rentschler and Dr. Rudolph Nagy, of the West- inghouse Research Laboratories, Philadelphia, report they have found one of the weak spots in the lives of bactéria. Apparently, each different type of germ, of which there are thousands, can. be killea by subjecting it to a special intensity of light for a definite , period of time. N NEUTRALIZES MUSTARD GAS A new chemical compound for "virtually complete protection for soldiers and ¢ivilians against one ered. reat War, still rates as the most effective. poison gas. The mew chemical, sprayed on clothing, is announced as protecting ~ for months against the burns. RED - FEATHERED LEGHORNS Robin Red-breast's feather col- "ors were given to white leghorn chickens in a néw genegjc experi- ment reported to the American cial permission of the Govern. ment, - . of .war's worst horrors, the burns ® '| of mustard gas, has been discov _ "Mustard"; 20 years after the Association for the Advancement ~of "the University --of took from robin eggs a bit of em- bryonic bird that becomes robin's . skin. She put it into a white leg- horn egg, placing it on a "bud" which develops into the hen's wing. The result when the chick- ---ens- hatched was._feathers_ with _ white leghorn shapes- but' robin tints, - 3 3 NEW VITAMIN A SOURCE Heretofore ~ considered useless and thrown away, the viscera of fish used in cod-liver oil manuface ture has been discovered rich in [vitamin A; # valuable--ingredient--| in cod-liver "oil, the. Dominion Fisheries Research Board reports. Foreign Trade Shows Decline port and Canada Is Decrease in Both Import Figures f inion Bureau of Statistics --* Canada wil have a credit balance on-its world" trade for 1938 ot ap- proximately $280,000,000, according to estimates based on; Bureau of Statistics returns for eleven months and interim reports for December. - Last year the excess of the value of exports over imports 'was $316,00, 000. { Credit Balance, Nevertheless mestic products will total around $922,000,000 and foreign goods ex: ported around $44,000,000, The im- ports. will be approximately $686, 000,000. Last year the exports were $1,110,000,000, foreign goods re-ex- ported $15,000,000 and Tmporls $800 000,000, Canada will have a credit bal ance with United Kingdom "of around $224,000,000 with exports at $345,000,000 and imports $121,000, 000. Last year the figures were $405,000,000 and $147,000,000. YOUR MINING INVESTMENTS Write us todayy for your free cove on og Hogi a list 'of your present and recive our unbiase without - obligation, E. Mi McLEAN & CO. >" 347 Bay Street; Toronto a oldings 1dines Revealed in Report by Dom-_| Canada's exports this year of = for-the-Dominlon's--major-oil-fleld, | Turner Valley, 45 mlles-southwest of Calgary, and exploration is plan. ned or underway in 11 large areas, sald Herbert Greenfield, president of the Alberta Pelroleum Assocla- tion. 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