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"roof of gwo feet of sraw woven . thatched huts " the constrction of roofs or upper- Ancients Had Own Insulation Huts In Northern Europe ls Described Many different methods have been used in various parts of the world, points out a builder, to protect home dwellers against the extremes of heat and cold. He states that the thatched hut of Northern Europe: with a ogether, and with thick walls of clay and straw, was as well in. sulated as it was picturesque, South Sea Islanders keep, cool in constructed of dried sea grass. SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS KNEW IT Spanish. mission houses of the Southwest desert, where the tem- perature sometimes rises to 140 degrees in the daytime, were comparatively cool because of the thick walls constructed of clay and straw, and roofs of brush and clay. The importance of proper in- sulation in the small house, it is explained, has only been appre- ciated within the past twenty to twenty-five years. Materials have been developed which are not only highly efficient from the standpoint of reduction in heat loss but are-also readily adapt- ed to conventional methods of residential constructien, In the Winter an uninsu'ated home may be drafty, expensive to heat, have cold exterior walls which sap body heat, and have some rooms too cold in severe weather, In summer the uninsu- lated home is hot, often warnier than outdoors. By introducing insulation into - most ceilings; the enclosing walls, and floors beneath which there are no heated basements, a pro- spective home builder is insur- ing against cxcessive heat. loss. Mr. Churchill in 'Action: A New Camera_Study Well against the protected winter weather and with his ever- present cigar in his mouth, Prime Minister Churchill follows the progress. of an anti-aircraft de- monstration at an English coast- al town. Staff officers accom- panied the prime minister. Ontario Wars On Meningitis Health Leaders Urge Action : To Isolate Cases of Disease A 10-day quarantine for all contacts with known or suspected cases of cerebro-spinal meningitis was suggested in Toronto early in Jahuary at a conference of medical health officers and re- search experts called by the On- tarip Health Departinent. The measure was suggested in view of the current high inci dence of the disease, It was re- ported there were 145 cases in 1040 and although no epidemic existed and "the incidence of this disease in Ontario for the year 1940 is not substantially greater, than 'the rate in other years, it' was felt to be sufficienly- to jus- tify'! the calling of a conference. Health Departmen heads sug- gested in a report "that all known or suspected cases should be hospitalized promptly. and that such hospitalization should be in a suitable isolation hospital; and where this was not possible, that due precautions be taken to en- sure the, maximum in the way of precautionary measures In any public ~general hospital in which it is found necessary to hospitat: < ize such cases. f The value of building perimts issued in 204 Canadian' munici- palities in the first eleven months 5 i a 2 ; Fd TRS SRE IF of 1040 totalled $105,006,724~ © DAY OO0L ~Unn UN CH ES SON Asla 'intaxication. Here there Is a double "gon into this habit which 'Sooner 11. And now cursed art thou from "LESSON V THE INDIVIDUAL'S RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING BEVERAGE ALCOHOL Habakkuk 273 15; Genesis 4 1 9-12} Mark © : 4248; 1 Thess. 6 1 22. GOLDEN TEXT--Abstain from evefy form of evil. 1 Thess, § : 33, THE LESSON IN IT8 SETTING Time.--We do not know exactly when «the feua between Caln and Abel arose. The book ot Habakkuk was written about 626 B.C. The words of our Lord here quoted yere uttered in the autumn of A.D, 20. The first Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians was written about AD, 64, Place.--~Where Cain and Abel lived at the time this tragedy took place, we do not know, Hakakkuk was a prophet to Israel, The words quoted from one of our Lord's dis- courses were uttered in Capernaum, Thessalonica was a great city of finor. 4 The older classes especially need this lesson, because we are living in a most selfish age, when, more and more, while we talk a great deal about soclal consclousness, for the most part wo are becoming alienated from our fellowméh,.and especially in great cities find our solves llving for ourselves, Yet people have mever had as many contacts as they have today--let the vast importance of our relation. ship to other people be particularly stressed here. Our Brother's Welfare Habakkuk 2: 15. "Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to theo that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!" One sins against oneselt when one drinks.so as to produce a stato of sin: one person gives another per son to drink for the deliberate pur- pose of causing intoxication in him in order that he may be made - sport of. No matter il we believe drinking to be justified In some way, let us never-be guilty, oven by word, ot leading another per- or later will bring trouble, disaster and tragedy into his life. Gen. 4: 9. "And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: a I my brother's keeper? 10. And he sald, What hast thou done? The volce of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. the ground, which hath opened its' moiitli to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 12. When thou tillest tho ground, it shall not "henceforth yield unto thee its atrength; a fugitive and a wander : or shalt thou be in the earth. When er shalt thou be in the earth. A double curse is -pro- nounced upon Cah but flrst he {3 given the opportunity to repent; for God is long-suffering and not willing that any should perish. ~ Loving One Another It is not possible and not nec essary to describe in detail how a Christian must be his brother's keeper. My duty to my. brother-- and especially to my weaker bro- ther -- is to safeguard him from slipping away from duty, to keep him mindful of his pledges and tajfiful tq his vows, The message e have réceived from God is that vis, should love one another. The Little Ones * Mark 9°: 42. "And whosoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on' me to stumble. it were better for him it a great milk stone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea." Hero Is a word that should awaken all of us, parents, pastors, teach-- ers, and all who hold positions of influence. The spiritual trust and falth of a-child must not be de- 'gtroyed, 43. "And '" thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut It off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire, 45. And it thy toot cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it Is good for thee to enter into Ite halt, rather than having thy two feet to be.cast into hell. 47. And it thine eye cause thee to stumble, cast it out: it Is good for . theo to enter into the kingdom of (od with one eye, rather than hav. 'Ing two 6yes to be cast Into hell; 48, where their worm dleth not and the fire fs\not quenched. Severe Self-Disciplina 'Make a note of three points. Firat, that powers and moans of useful ness may become fatally hurtful to us. And the second 18, that oc- casions of stumbling must be got rid of at any cost. In the third place, momentous reasons are urg: Here, by a natural transition, Jesus passes from the harm which ono may do to others, to the dam- age he may.do to himselt (4350), and He exhorts us to do a bit of spiritual surgery, The teaching here is proofund and far-reaching. od for this severe self-discipline, They are, because as is the char acter, so is the destiny; because the true end of every soul Is etern: El Dorados and closet Klondikes, [an NA ! po No misers' hands are these greedily clutching symbolic of the open-handed generosit from coast to coast who are contributing most liberally to the Bomber Fund to buy a modern bombing plane for the R.C.A.F. objective, $100,000, is large but so too is the flow of gold from attic old. They are acific employes olden The of Canadian --Canadian Pacific Photo, fate awalts the unrepentant. 1 Thess. 6: 22. "Abstain from every form of evil." To begin with, wo will never be able to abstain from every form of evil unless first we have a real knowledge of what evil is. The Word of God wlll light our pathway here. But it Is not solely that we are to live a neutral life, refusing to do evil, but Ave are to live a positive, abundant 1ife, in doing good--so constantly that our time is wholly taken up with the things that God approv- e3, our minds fascinated with them, our heart loving them, so that evil things find.no room in us. True love for our fellowmen will prevent us from leading others into evil, also. ' Hen That's Different As a hen that's different, Mrs, Jay Grizzlo of Madisonville, Texas, ofters her bantam. Every morning when Mrs, Griz: zle leaves, her country home, this unusual fowl hops on the radius od of the car and rides into town. After the owner parks in front of the store where she works, the hen stays near the machine. The bantam lays her eggs under the auto. - » At the end of the day, Mrs. Grizzle picks up the egg, the ban. tam climbs back on the radius rod. and hen and owner-go home. \ -- ill RADI 0 REPORTER By DAVE ROBBINS ll SPECIAL PROGRAM As a contribution toward Can- ada's effort in the empire's battle against the forces of oppression, Canadian Broadcasting Industry will present a number of special progranis * 1 during . the coming month: over a nation-wide net- work. This series will be heard on Friday evenings at 9.00. The series will be composed of variety _ programs and feature produc- tions, including vocal and instru- "mental "stars aswell as comedy and dramatic -talent.. - * Rupert Caplan, J. Frank Willis, Rai Purdy and James Finlay will be in charge 'of the production work, and there will be shows really worth hearing. . Be tuned in Friday night at nine. «. AROUND THE DIAL Much has been said about the power of radio and its effect on the life and behaviour of people and communities . . . but to my "mind ote of the outstanding ex- "amples of radio's ability to help is contained in a letter written to Edward G. Robinson, and the following excerpt from that letter will, I think, prove my point: «, , . your program Big Town has helped, as have a lot of other good programs, to show me that I have made a swell mess of my life and that I just CAN'T win. 'Well, maybe I'll get another chance some day. You know -- 1 find myself rooting for you and the force »f law and order to pre- vail, so 1 guess that there is a little hope for me." This letter was written by a man serving time in a state .prison. After his "Kraft Music Hall" broadcast, Tom Harmon, the Michigan All-American halfback, was a dinner guest at Bing Cros- by's home. "We had a lot of: fun talking," said = Harmon, "but with some difficulty because we have opposite interestd. Crosby is a football fan and I am a radio fan, He wanted to talk football all the time, and I wanted to talk radio".' "Rochester" . , « Jack Benny's "tification famous butler and handy man is now enjoying some of the pleas- __ures he missed -as a boy because of the financial condition of his family. Among the many things that Rochester has bought in jus: of his present afflu- ence is four complete clectrie train sets for himself! There: are pany surprising things to -be--learned -about the radio- stars, and I got quite =a surprise the other day when [ found that Edgar Bergen . . . the voice behind the animated fence-post McCarthy . earned his first money as a photographer during the first world war. Bishop of Arctic Visits New York The Right Rev. Archibald Lang Fleming, bishop of the Arctic of - the. Church of England in Can- ada, pictured in the rector's study of the Grace Epicopal church in New York. The bishop, whose dio- cese covers 2,260,000 square miles of Arctic Canada,-arrived in New York from Toronto. Bishop Fleming's "cathedral is All Saints' cathedral in Aklavik, a settlement on the MacKenzie river about fifty miles below the Arctic ocean and near Alaska. Disposal Of Our 1940 Apple Crop Domestie Consumption ls Taking Care of Most Of It-- Fixed Prices Established Canadian commercial apple pro ducers continue to be seriously hit as & result of the war, In peace timé nearly 60 per cent of their crop was exported, with the Unit od Kingdom as the prineipa¥ mark: et. That market, and others over geas, are now practically closed. Under an arrangement with the Dominion Government and. the chiet exporting Provinces, certain tixed prices for apples of the 1940 crop, which ordinarily would have been exported, have been estab: lished, Many of the apples are mov- ing into domestic consumption as fresh fruit or processed in one way or another, Improvements in the ~technlque of processing have been developed in the labor- atories of the Dominion Depart. ment of Agriculture and are prov- ing helpful in the marketing, SMALLER CROP Canadian apple production in 1940 Is estimated at 11% million bushels as compared with 17% million bushels in 1939. About six - and three-quarter million bushels will be offered this season as fresh fruit, leaving four and, three- quarter million to be processed. Hobby Wanted? Raise Poultry apples-- Retired Workers and People Who Live On Pensions Are Advised by Lambton County Agricultural Representative Poultry raising as a hobby for retired railway employes, refinery workers and others who quit work - to live on pensions was suggested by W. P. Macdonald, of Petrolia, Lambton. agricultural represent- ative, in a recent address at the annual banqiet of the Sarnia Poul try and Pet Stock Association. Men living in retirement would not only find it an interesting pas- time but it could eventually be- come a profitable industry, the ag- ricultural official said. PROFITABLE INDUSTRY - Mr. Macdonald stressed the value of the poultry industry to Lamb- ton farmers. In 1931, he said, there were a tdtal of 1,004,000 birds In the county, and the returns to farmers totaled $362,000, Last year there were 1,029,000 birds and to- tal receipts were $649,000, Mr. Macdonald emphasized the necessity of preserving standards in tho poultry industry, and he praised the work of poultry shows in assisting In that regard. If the production of each hen in the coun- ty could bo increased by 12 eggs 8 year, it would mean an addition. al $180,000 for the owners, he sald. Jay-Walkers Blamed For Traffic Mishaps "Jay-walkers," those nonchalant pedestrians who carelessly thread their way through heavy traflic, accounted for the majorily of traf- fic deaths in Montreal last year. According to figures released by the city's Traffic Department there 1940, three less than the provious year, were 86 traffic deaths in and 58 of these were persons who took chances crossing the street. Use Miniature Show Windows Small Squares of Glass Dis. play Wares In London Shops --Less Vulnerable to Bombs Shops In London, England, both the largest and the smallest, are giving a fine example of the cour- ago and tenacity, If one were need- ed, of the capital's people. In one ot London's malin shop. ping streets, three of the largest stores were recently badly damag- ed, and everyone thought that It would be months before they could ter their doors to shop. Hut only threo days later thie restaurant of one was in use again, and both the others have now opened punctual: ly-on the dato they promised. SAFER FROM FLYING GLASS The" danger of flylng glass bas produced a novel efteet in a num- ber of London's main shopping. streets, Many large stores or shops with huge and costly glass fronts are now having these partially boarded up with wood, painted with bright and pleasing colours and designs. In the centre a small square of glass Is left, through. which a selection of the shop's choicest wares cah be seen. ~The effect is definitely pleasing, and bo§ides greatly reducing the danger of tlylng-glass, saves the shopkeeper the cost™ of broken panes, bi > THIS CURIOUS WORLD , By William * Ferguson Nf URN AVA ||| al ) ll | CATERPILLARS HAVE MORE THAN 4-, 000 DISTINCT | MUSCLES / 2. at 1-21 ANSWER: The clock.. A full moon could not be rising at 10 minules before 12. The full moon rises near sunset, and sets near "sunrise, } / NEXT: Does a fish grow more scales as it increases in size? BOY RULER 1 . » HORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puszle 13 Network. 1 Boy ruler of - 19 Black tea. 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