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a, SRL a A Different Sort of "High Wire Artist".--Although designed primarily to show just what electric current means to Cana- diaus, the National Film Board picture "ELECTRICITY" does 50 in a most interesting manner, far removed from the style of the average 'educational' film. This is just one of the many exciting scenes Film Shows What Electricity | . Means to Average Canadian "Electricity" is an interesting example of a film technique, which is becoming increasingly popular. To begin with, an educational. or "instructional angle is involved -- here it happens to be explaining the how and why of electricity to yong people. But the technique is not that of the dry fact and figure-laden text-book, as you might exp ct from the title. Rather, 'it is a picture story from real life, in' which -clectricity is explain- ed in terms of the uses to which it 1s put. "Llectricity" opens with a young lad who lives in an "average" Canadian town. In his home he has become accustomed to a num- ber of clectrical appliances--ironss, heaters, lights, and so on. He is s0 uscd to these things that ae takes them for granted -- never wondering how they came to be, or what makes them work. Voyage of Discovery vuddenly he does begin to won: der: just what is this electricity, and where does it come from? So, taking the last point first, the young lad and a group of his friends "trace the clectrical con: nections in his home to the power " wires which bring the "juice from the hydro wires on the street to the house. Having made this discovery, our young cnquirers set out to dis: co ero where the 'hydro wires lead. They trace them along the streets to a transformer, and from there At this plant they learn a great deal about to a hydro-electric plant. the fundamentals of electricity. Practical and Interesting Thus the instructional angle of the film is purely practical -- and interesting blended into an { The story becomes all the interesting, from both dra- it is story. more matic and educational viewpoints, when the hydro-electric plant is temporarily put out of action -- and the community's power supply is cut off. This gives an--excellent opportunity to illustrate the. vital importance of clectric power in our complex world. "Electricity" is being shown cur- rently on the rural circuit school film programmes in Ontario "counties, under the sponsorship of the Federations of Agriculture, the Department of Education, and the National Film Board. 'THIS CURIOUS WORLD (200. vay Olle A WELL DRILLER MAKES HIS MONEY BY GOING IN THE HOLE," Says . Miwawkee, Wisconsin, w COMES FROM THE LATIN "SALARIUM %.,. THAT PART OF AN ANCIENT ROMAN SOLDIER'S i PAY bid was PAID IN T. M. REQ. V, 8, PAY, OFF. s NEXT: How far ls one kos? By William Ferguson Helen?" Last Panthers In New Brunswick Somewhere. in the New Bruns: wick forest depths--just where, the scientific naturalists are understand- ably reluctant to say--a few lithe, tan-colored, cat-like ger than wildcats but smaller than leopards, are prowling out of sight of human eyes, relates the Saint "John Telegraph-Journal. They are llastern panthers, the last known surviving members of their species. * * * There is nothing new about their presence in our woods, for they have been here, in small numbers, since hefore the first: white explor- ers came. Some trappers ant woodsmen have occasionally caught a glimpse of one, in the last century and more, but it is safe to assume that far 'more often humans have been scen by a panther than a pan- ther has been seen by humans, for these wary, far roaming; 'will o-the- wisp beasts shun contact with civilization, > * * What is new about the pigriers is the fact that definite, scientific proof of their existence has at last beer obtained, by the persevering Mr. Bruce S! Wright, of Frederic: ton, in the form of photos and plas- tail imprints in the snow. AVith this evidence he has heen able to explode the contention of many North American naturalists that Eastern panthers became extict 60 years ago. - * * * These panthers live on much the same' kind of prey as wildcats do-- rabbits, squirrels, birds, deer. The New Brunswick Government has just raised the bounty on wildeats from $5 to $10 because they are so numerous that "they are taking a heavy toll of deer floundering help- lessly in the snowbanks. This docs not mcan, however, that people ought to. go out after panthers, too, if they hear rumors 'that any have heen seen in the remote woods. for while there aré thousands of wildcats in New Bruncwick, and more _ thousands in other - Prov- inces and States, there are esti- mated to be only six to 12 Eastern panthers in the Province -- and - perhaps none at "all of "this sub- species elsewhere in the world. * = * Coifirmation of the panthers' ex-- istence in New Brunswick ¢has caused a flurry in North Ameri- can natural | history c¢ir-les, has attracted scientists to the Province to cxamine the photos and casts. In view of this, and if the panthers are minding their own business and leaving farm livestock alone, as the naturalists say, and 'if they are no danger to humans in the woods-- and we've never heard of one mo- lesting a human since the white men came--it would seem to be common sense to let them live. [t is not likely that ever in the future they will be any more a hazard than they ever have been, for they. are slow breeders. If the Provin- cial authorities believe that a pro- tection law is needed, then it should be passed without further delay: * * wr No unarmed hiker would like to meet one c¢ them, bashful as they are supposed to be. Most of us will take the .dvice of Ogden Nash, who remarked in one of his doodling rhymes that they are not the most friendly animals and sug: gested "if you ever get a phone call from a panther, don't anther." Too Much Rain For Rainmakers tion, well supplied with dry ice to drop into clouds, went to Rich- mond Airdrome, near Sydney, Aus- trelia, to do something about the weather. The weather wag hot and dry, the air clear. i The scientists briefed the pilots of special planes from which the first suitable cloud was to be struck by dry ice. Observers set up instru- ments to record the experiment, The expedition waited tensely for a suitable cloud. One, came and rain started before the scientists could get the dry ice unpacked. It rained the next day, also without . help . The rain turned into a blizzard that capped the mountain peaks around Sydney with snow. It rained a total of twenty-five days,- the longest wet spell Sydney had had in summer in twenty-séven years. The scientists packed up their equipment and went home. * « Quite Suitor: "I have come to ask for the hand of-your daughter." - - Father: "Which one, Jane or Suitor: "Jane, sir." Father: "Do you make enough to support two?" Suitor: "No, sir. One enbugh." 4 will be animals, big- ter casts of their paw tracks «and . A scientific rainmaking _expedi- - teur atomic energy researchers. Produces Isotopes in Hamilton -- Harry Hicks, Hamilton chemist, is one of Canada's ama- He is shown in the laboratory in his basement where he has produced 'radio-active materials with his homemade "neutron moderator." 5 7 The Other ~ Woman By MARION BOUCHER When the alarm rang at seven in the grey morning. Henry reached out quickly and shut it off before it wakened Isabel. Quietly, Ien- ry got up and groped his way to th: bathroom. It 'was the usual beginning of hiz day, but on this moriing he felt a little rebellious. asleep, her dork on the pillow, -r red mouth curv- ed in a "df smile. When they were first married she used to get up and prepare breakfast tor him. Now that the children were old enough to fend for themselves he had to 1iake hi- own coffee and toast as best he could before hur: rying down to the store. * * * hair spread out He couldn't say just when it had happened but sometime during the 10 years of their married life, Isa- Sa TE NN. BAS RAN NY bel had changed from a devoted young bride to a spoiled wife who took her husband vary much for granted. It was probably "just as mild and easygoing that it scemed natural for. pcople to impose on him, Even at his qwn table, the children seemed . in - léague with Isabel against' him. Look. .t Morley Campbell and his wife now- Morley was a sales man in the department store where Henry worked as a window dres- ser. He had been married a good many years but his, wife always was fussing "over him. Henry thought of Morley a litjle envious- ly and wondered if hel dared ask him the secret of his marital bliss. The opportunity presented itself that very day when they happened to' be lunching together. A little timidly, Henry broached the sub ject: : "Er... . uh ., , I've noticed how Jour wife always makes a fuss over you, Morley. How do you do it--hold her interest, I mean?" ---- rc particular * He thought of Isabel, still lying much his fault as hers; he was so . |_ day, "Oh, | keep her guessing. You know, let her fecl that you still find 1hat's the way Jo treat 'em, Henry old man." other women attractive. At supperthat night he started talking she wanted to his camp ign. Isabel wa about a new way have her hair done. "1. think that's the way wears her hair and it LS . Isabel' looked up in "Linda? Who is she?" "One of the girls at the store-- She always wears very attractive. the smartest clothes." "Really, Henry, | didn't know you were. so observant." Isabel was a little piqued but: she looked at her husband with new interest. i* *®. LJ After that hardly a day- went by that Henry did not mention Linda and his casual remarks were riot lost on Isabel. would not have admitted it, she 'as a litile jealous and more than a little curious, Never before had her husband appeared .interested in another woman.' So she sat up and took .notice of her meck husbafid as she hadn't done for years. She put herseif out to be amusing and helpful. When he came home at night there was always a good dinner, with his favorite dishes carefully prepared. When he had to work late one evening,. he made it a point to let his wife know that Linda had been thére too. bel actually hopped out of bed "when the alarm rang, got his breakfast ready 2nd kissed him goodbye. "He was busy changing a display that afternoon when he looked up to sce Isabel coming down the aisle. * * * * Isabel chattered away for a while and finally asked. "By the way, is that girl, Linda, around? You've been talking so much about her lately, that I'd like to meet my glamorous rival." Henry flushed guiltily. LOR "Matter of Tact she isn't here to " he stammered. "She cold and couldn't come to work." 'Oh. . . that's too bad," Isabel sounded genuinely "Will you be home carly, Henry? I was able to get a steak for din- ner." Henry looked after .her depart ing figure and breathed, a sigh of re"~f, He had got out of that situation neatly, he congratulated himself," but "he hoped Isabel wouldn't come and ask for Linda again, oN . * » 1t would never do, he thought, {or Isabel to discover that Linda, the "other woman," was a very beautiful but very lifeless marinequin in the store window. Linda certainly = looks. smart," Henry commented. surprise. Though she The next niorning Isa hag a . disappointed. ~ Is Poor Old Britain A Down-and-Outer? Proof comes from all sides that British industry, workers and em- ployers alike are responding finely to the appeals made by the F'rime Minister, by Sir Stafford Cripps and by other Ministers. Let. all those who see' nothing but gloom ii. Britain reflect on the following facts. Steel production in fhe week ended October 25 was at an annual rate of 14,648,000 tons, the highest cver recorded in war or peace. Coal output' in the latest week, at 4,020,000 tons, was at the highest level since the war. In the ship- building, motor vehicle and many other sections of the engineciing industries, output has long been running at a record level. houses were. completed in Septem: ber than in any month since 1939. "Full praise- should be given to the workers whose splendid efforts have made these achievements pos- sible. They are an inspiration to all, Likes Them High--]Joe Quen- neville, of Brantford. who with a partnér, has established a business of cutting down trees for residents of Southern Ont- ario cities who are not timber- wise, is seen aloft on a 60-foot 'elm. 25 More Do You Know Who Said That? The world is full of famous say- ings which everybody knows, and most people occasionally quote. But do you know wh. was first respon? sible for saying them? : Below we give 15 of these, and underneath each the names of four people, one of whom -was the ori ginator, 'Answers are printed, up- side-down, -- but no fair peeking till you" el. decided which is which, : I. A woman i» only a woman, but a go.d cigar is a smoke. a. Jimmy Durante; b. Tommy Man- ville; ¢. Rudyard Kini; d. Win- ston Chu~chill. . ~ } 2. Watér, water everywhere, nor anv. drop to drink. a. Captain -Scoti, b. Coleridge; ec. Eleanor Holi; d. John Bairymore. 3. I awoke one morning and found myself famous. a. Papa Dionne; 'b. Barbara Ann Scott c. rd Byron; Jd. Duke of, "Vindsor, 4. All the world loves a lover, } a. Ralph Waldo .merson; b. King Solomon; ¢. Robert Taylor; d. Babs He ton, 5. A man's home i hs castle. Pellatt; b. King Walt Disney; Edward a. Sir Henry G orge; c. Coke. 6, I came, I saw, I conquered. a. Hitler; b. Genghis Khan; c. Juli us Caesar; .. General Patton. 7, The »ublic be damned, c. Sir Adam Beck; b. John L. Lewis; ¢. J. P. Morgan; d. \Wm. 8. Gone with the wind. a. Ernest Dowson; b. The Mayor of Miami; ¢. Ernest Bevin; d. Leif Ericson. 9. Noth: is certain except death and taxes. : Premier Franklin; «c. Shaw. 10. There's one von a. P. T. Barnum; b. Drew; Db. Lenin; d. Benjamin Bernard every minute, Dr. Dafoe; «c. Gandhi; d.MacKenzie King. 11. All men are great in their dreams. a. William Shukespeare; b. Sig- mund Freud; c. Mussolini; d. Hen- ry Wallace. ' 12. Yet each mar kis the thing he loves. gb: a. Oscar Wilde; b. Keats: ¢. Blue: beard; d. Jercraiah. 13. What is €o rar. as - day in June. a. Tennyson; b. Cowper; c. Lowell; d. Browning. . 1.. England expects every man .o . do his duty. a., Cromwell; b. Nelson; ¢. King Alfred; a. Benjamin Desraeli. 15. Let them: eat cake. : a. Marie Antoinette; b. Kate Ait. ken; c." Madame de Stael; d. P. K. Hunt. z ANSWTI RS: BPS Bo SEER ele-gl Hq 'ef q.6 'eg fpf 49-9 PS te 13-0 iqz fag * Aims To Please . Husband (irritably) : "That's the second time you've asked what trumps are dear." Wife (sweetly) : "Well, you want me to show <a little interest in the game, don't you, dear?" * Wai Kas A Cold - a «AT BEDTIME rub | WORKS FOR HOURS -- throat, chest, back | while child sleeps. with VapoRub. Re- | Often by morning liet-bringing action | most distress of htaway,..| the cold is eased. Bst-known home remedy you can use to relieve distress of children's colds is comforting Vicks VapoRub, Even while you rub it on, VapoRub starts to worketo | ease distress...and it keeps . onworking during the night, No wonder most mothers do this when a NL sold sii. ICR SUE, THIS IS JITTER, WOULD YOU MIND. KEEPING YOUR EYE ON HIM WHILE AM WORKING? | i] : IT'LL BE FUN, TRIXIE, TLL TAKE HIM WITH ME WHEN I GO TO THE +..ANO THEN THIS EMINENT EUROPEAN BEAUTY / wid TT \ YR By Authur Pointer HEAVENS! 1) 4X \ MYA 1] AEN 3 HUSBAND WILL, SUE You £ FOR THiS.