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ROCKET WARFARE French newspapers are worried just now by reports that Germany is constcucting a chain of rocket bases along the frontier, ready to shower a vast numbar of explosive rockets all owar Frg»‘ve. One newspaper says Thus has the last citadel of masâ€" eulire liberty been assailed. In the good old days, if a man was a good jJoiner he might expect to spend three or four evenings a week in mascuâ€" line company instead of staying at home and discussing the price of groâ€" ceries amd children‘s shoes with his helpmate.â€"Winnipeg Tribune. FREEDOM‘S LASY STAND The women of Athens, Georgia, beâ€" comin;; suapicious over the frequent absen es of their husbands at what the latter claimed were lodge meetâ€" ings. appealed to the newspapers of that tevn to publish attendance lists for each lodge. A statesman is described as one familiar with all public _ questions. Not n=cessarily, however, with all the answers.â€"Regina Leaderâ€"Post. year, but some people never graduâ€" ate.â€"Stratford Herald., NOT $SO MUCH DIFFERENCE Relieving each other when they beâ€" came tired, a farmer and his hired man at McCreary, Man., ran an anâ€" gry bear into exhaustion and then killed it. The occasional use of his brains is the only thing that makes man superior.â€"Lindsay Post. Tc school of experience is open 24 hours of the day.â€"Ottawa Journal. And it stays open 365 days of the year, but some people never graduâ€" ate.â€"Stratford Herald er to How th» law i< beaten as tald by "a Kansas paner, A travelling man says he called the attention of a western Kan«*s hotel man that it was agcainst the law to use roller towels. "I know it, said th> landlord, "but that towel was up befor> the law passed and the law i< not resroactive " The law has been in the hooks over 20 years. â€"St. Cathar‘n»« Stardard. Cr‘MF AND PUNISHMENT Justice in the United States suffers mes*ly from its weakness. If it had more vigor in the punishment of crime, onr neighbors would have not to rscord a continuous increase inl crimin=lity â€" Le Nouvelliâ€"te, Three stoves flouri powner wou! windows and MAN‘S BEST FRIEND Instead of a dog, in many instances a man claims that his car is his best friend. At least, it is the last article he will part with when in financial straitsâ€"St. Thomas Timesâ€"Journal, PROPER USE A German doctor has introduced cod liver oil for healing wounds. Children always knew that taking it internally wasn‘t the vight use for it. â€"â€"Winnipeg Tribune. I E BDOWGâ€" 30 ts .A Atvirinmnis ts ces3 4 of course, be considered somewhat ambitions. Its feasibility must largely depend on the question of cost. In this connection the fact that Ontario has the lowest priced electricity availâ€" able anywhere on this continent should have a favorable bearing on the ultimate decision. â€" Toronto Telegram. FTIDOOC0C V° PUoDHC Works on a oneâ€" mile stretch of road in the Niagara district. _ Hydro engineers will coâ€" operate,. If the trial meets expectaâ€" tions the area may be extended until all the improved main lines of vehicuâ€" lar traffic in the province are lightâ€" wd. WHERE THE MONEY 1s If per capita figures are a true inâ€" dication of the trade spirit of a naâ€" tion then the great traders of the North _ American continent are the people of the northern half. They apâ€" pear to have inherited to the full the commercial instinects of their ancesâ€" tors, as the following comparative figures reveal. During the ten years from 1922 to 1933 the per capita domestic exports of Canada were of the average value of $49.79, United States $14.31, United Kingdom $36.â€" 21; imports by Canada $37.00, Unitâ€" ed States $12.35, United Kingdom $61.76; total trade of Canada $86.79, United States $26.66, United Kingâ€" dom $97.97.â€"Brandon Sun. HIGHWAY LIGHTING An experiment n highway illuminâ€" ation is to be un ®rtaken by the Deâ€" partment of Public Works on a oneâ€" PARTIAL KNOWLEDGE The # beauty preparations, Creams the principal product, closely ed by face powder. If taleum r were added to the latter. r wou‘d surpass creams. The s and counters of all various hear evidence of a lame and hing industry. â€" Saint John «nh Journal. BEATING THE LAW iEVER GRADUATE proposed lighting scheme ANOTHER FIELD Canada, The Empire and The World at Large Te eeiinirenenrmennmmemmemmenmmnmmmnanemes w _ =_ O C COP _ OE â€" CANADA Voice of the Press , "but that towel w passed and the e" The law has er 20 years.â€"St. an woâ€" may Is the hand of scorn never dropâ€" ved when his name is mentioned ? Is it right that a man who may acâ€" tually "turn over a new leaf" should be thus persecuted ?â€"Chatham News. For instance, the other day Peter Smith, former provincial treasurer, passed away, and the obituary notices in every newspaper of the countryâ€"including ourselves â€" conâ€" tained a reference to the one mistake he made in his life, and to the fact that he had served a prison term as a‘ result. | leg s en ue en e it is also true that the evil men do, has a habit of lingering in the memâ€" ory; and often people become known by the mistakes they have made, even though. at times, injustice may be created by the inability of the public to forget. FLYING IN CANADA No country â€" and least of all a country like our own, with its vast stretches of territory to which the railways and the roads have not yet penetratedâ€"can afford to neglect its air sevrices. If a sufficiently enlightâ€" ened attitude is not displayed by the Canadian authorities, it is inevitable that outsiders, more farseeing, will step in and reap the advantage of the development which is bound to come. Millions of miles annually are flown by these planes, and with the proper encouragement from the government, services are capable of great expansâ€" ion.â€"Hamilton Spectator. BUILDER OF PPAGEANTS Frank Lascelles has died in povâ€" erty at Brighton, England. He it was who designed and supervised â€" the most wonderful display that Canada has ever seen in the centenary celeâ€" bration at Quebec in 1908. The beauty and wonder of that pageant can never be forgotten, as it can never be surpassed. Mr. Lascelles was a noted sculptor and painter as well as a master of pageantry, His excessive #enerosity is said to have resulted in his reduced cireumstances. j â€"Hamilton Herald. | 1S THE PUBLIC JUST? e "The good that men do, lives after; I them." Seems to us, we recatl a sayâ€", | ing which goes something like thatâ€"’ at any rate the sentiment of what we have written is true. Unfortunately“ e esn vektpaithe o Ni ced T ONE UP ON POP "Now, look here, Dorothy," _ said her father, sternly, "your mother tells me you‘ve been naughty all day long. The next time you throw mud at your sister‘s clean dress you‘ll go to bed without supper." "The next time I throw mud _ at Doris," said the child, "I‘ll wait till after supper." â€" Victoria Times. 3 ___PUT OUT THE wronc FIRE The old theme of labor lost has seldom been more dramatically enâ€" acted than it was at South Glaston-, bury, Conn. A farmer had laboriousâ€" ly collected a pile of brush. _ With reasonable safeguards he set fire to it. About the same time there was an accidental farm fire nearby. The fire brigade, responding to a call, put out the wrong fire with remarkable efâ€" ficiency and despatch. Naturally the effort was wasted, the real fire did its work thoroughly, and the farmer its work thoroughly, and had to haul chemicalâ€"sati away to a swamn at com; Saint John Tolesraphbâ€"IJm A $500 A MINUTE Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt, wife of the President, was recently paid $3,000 for a six minute broadcast and exâ€" pects to receive other payments of $500 a minuute for like orations. She turns all such earnings over to chariâ€" table objects but the rate of her reâ€" muneration cannot be regarded â€" as otherwise than an hysterical maniâ€" festationâ€"Brantford Expositor. A MAN‘S AGES Man in Milwaukee gave his age on an insurance paper as 54, as 58 in county relief records, 66 in his marâ€" riage papers and 70 in his application for relief. In case you think there has DeCn BX â€"CNIOYr: We thake mmete .i3 C _ _ _ _ °_ Cl @AACCâ€"ASare MS age on an insurance paper as 54, as 58 in county relief records, 66 in his marâ€" riage papers and 70 in his application for relief. In case you think there has been an error, we state again it was a man who did thisâ€"Stratford Beaconâ€"Herald. that projectiles capable of travelling 125 miles have been developed, and it is estimated that with a large chain of rocket bases Germany could hurl 50,000 tons of high explosives on French soil in one night. â€" Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. THE EMPIRE ent in aviation. The es, that great air traâ€" vinced of the extreme flying as a means of Imperial communicaâ€" chemicalâ€"saturated bru at come «listance,â€" aphâ€"Journal. | The guns alone reveal much of the lote of the storied Past, There are ‘muskets that were obsolete at the _ dawn of the last century, each with | history of the part it playing in the drama of the early, settlement, With them are double barrelled â€" pistols brought across the Atlantic by Britâ€" ish soldiers at the close of the Seven Years War. An ancient flintâ€"lock pisâ€" tol hangs near the musket . carried into Detroit by Francis Caldwell when in atstcs hta d i c tlich is 1 t 429 Above the long case that displays ’the.poundlng stones, hatchet heads, [skinning stones, scrapers and other mementoes of the wigwam and tepee, hangs a Scottish sword over two hundred years old, worn by its High. land owner back in 1715, when the recorded history of the Amherstburg district begins. Beside it are muskets, pistols, carbines, cavalry swords, and dress swords carried by soldiers who were stationed here when the course of Empire began to take its way westward. Documents that are yellow with age attest to the valor of these men. 6°°°°C to its presentâ€"day position. Many Links in Chain Each successive phase of the develâ€" opment of this frontier territory â€" is portrayed by weapons, tools, trophles, and records of achievement of the men who forged the links in Amâ€" herstburg‘s long chain of kistory A.\IHERSTBURGâ€" The _ collection that has been asse the Public Library Museum herstburg is a summary in of the evolution of the distr an Indian battiefield and ground to its present.daw ... Collection is Historic Amherstburg‘s Story Earliest Days Told In Symbol iNh ut( dsn uts ~ M 4c L ; as, of old, Merrie England indulged 1 in on Saint Days and indeed on the ’r slightest provocation. There is plenty _‘ to rejoice about today, and even if there were not, it is better to rejoice ', over small mercies than to fritter |hours away in gloom-â€"Sunday Dosâ€" | patch, London. : JUST AS IN CANADA 5, The overseas market for imported : | foodstuffs, and especially for fruit, | is extremely sensitive. It is swayed | to a remarkable degree by habit, | fashion and prejudice, but, as the | consumer has a virtually unlimited choice of the worlds best, these likes and dislikes are subject to sudden changes and rapid fluctuations, Thus it is quite possible for one inferior consignment of any particular variety of South African fruit to ruin for a considerable period a demand that it has taken years of painstaking enâ€" deavour to create. To the average overseas consumer a bad South Afriâ€" can peach brands all South African peaches as bad; and even a good South African peach will not entice him from its rivals unless it is more attractively displayed. _ For many years that argument seemed to fail entirely to impress a number _ of || South _ African fruitâ€"growers. _ At | length, however, it appears to be | sinking in. But it cannot too often | or too strongly be emphasised that, | : with half the world secking to offâ€" load its surplus fruit on to the other half, only products of the finest qualâ€" ity, carefully graded and alluringly | packed, stand any chance of success, | t â€"Johannesburg Times. t \ MORE HOLIDAYS WANTEL The Englishman is said to take his pleasures sadly. . That is not true, but he does take his playtime _ unâ€" scientifically. He can hardly be callâ€" ed a hard worker compared with his Continental neighbours, but he has fewer holidays than they do, and, to that extent, gets less enjoyment out of life. At present we have only four bank holidays a year. Six would be none too many. These fixed holidays should be given over to real holidayâ€" making, to pageants and processions and ‘carnival$) â€"â€" NMerm.makins sunL for without it London. ‘° e‘One revea‘l much of the ) storied past, There are hat were obsolete at the e last century, each with the part it playing in the he early. settlement, With double barrelled pistols Proclaimeil to be the biggest family in the United States, of were guests of the Century of Progress World‘s Fair mana them. _ They boast of having gone through these trouhled ged the links in Amâ€" mng chain of kistory,. long case that displays stones, hatchet heads, "sument seemed to fail impress a number of can â€" fruitâ€"growers. At ver, it appears to be But it cannot too often , worn by its High. in 1715, when the f the Amherstburg side it are muskets, cavalry swords, and we perish.â€"Daily Mail been assemblefi-;u the district from merryâ€"making such e Englsr_ld indulged The _ historical at Am. symbols hunting rom thur; Dr. J. Harris McPhedran, Toâ€" ronto. Dr, A. F. Reyner of Palgrave, Ont.; and Dr. A. S. Thompson, Strathroy, Ont.. were elected life members. Counsellors elected follow: Dr. J. H. Geddes, London; Dr. F. J. Borâ€" rows, Seaforth; Dr. T. H. Sneath, Durâ€" ham; Dr. P. R. Macfarlane, Hamilton ; Dr. W. C. Shier, Uxbridge; Dr, George H. Stobie, Belleville; Dr. W. J. Jones, Kingston; Dr, R. K. Paterson, Ottâ€" awa; Dr. A. H. McMurchy, North Bay; Dr. Charles ‘Powell, Port Arâ€" thur; Dr. J. Harris McPhedran, ‘To. Other officers are: Chairman of council, Dr. W. K. Colbeck, Welland ; honorary treasurer, Dr. G. Stewart Cameron, Peterborough; secretary, Dr. T.â€"C; Routley, Toronto. TORONTOâ€"Dr. A. J. McGanity, of Kitchener, was elected president â€" of the Ontario Medical Association at the 54th annual meeting bere. Fort William was chosen as the city for next year‘s convention, and Dr. J, C. Gillis of Fort William, was named presidentâ€"elect, _ This collection has grown prodigiâ€" ously within a few months, and is still increasing as Major A. W, Mcâ€" Nally, president of the Amherstburg Historical Sites and Museum Associaâ€" tion, and his cohort of workers conâ€" tinue to gather together mementoes of the Burg‘s historic past. ‘ Conspicuous among the documents are the grants of Crown lands within the townâ€"site to British army war veâ€" terans as they were retired from serâ€" vice. An inspection of one of the floor cases shows that Amherstburg‘s solâ€" _dier settlers served in all of England‘s foreign wars for the last century and a half. There are British army medâ€" als and insignia from the wars with Napoleon_ and the Indian Mutiny; from the Scindeâ€"Punjab, Burma, Criâ€" mea, Afghanistan, Egypt, Ashantee, China, New Zealand and the Transâ€" vaal. Comprehensive written records ot the two centuries of progress have been accumulated. _ Precious original documents are under glass, and the walls of the museum are covered with pictures and photostatic copies _ of maps, sketches, charts, plans aid specifications, military orders, *treat ies, and inscriptions that faithfully present Fort Malden‘s part in presery. ing this part of Canada for the Briâ€" tish Empire in the war of 1812. Beâ€" cause of its strategic position, Amâ€" herstburg was the centre of many stirring events during that struggle, and a wealth of the lore of this perâ€" iod in Canadian history has been asâ€" sembled in the museum. _ Included in the collection are many mementoes that have an individual Interest of their own apart from hisâ€" torical associations. Amous them is the gnarled blackthorn (ane carried by Simon Girty, of Indian â€" warfare fame; the mess kit of Mejor Daniel Doherty who gained distinction in the Crimean War; and a bedâ€"warmer that has been handed Jown â€" from Elizabethan times, E 4n n wl 0 29e soldiers brought home from the wars of the last hundred and filty years. to the victorious British troops. Pis. tols seized by Tecumseh from Generâ€" al Winchester at the River Raisin lie beside a musket taken as A trophy by William T. Hunt when he took part in the capture of the Schooner Anne in the Patriots War of 1838, Rifle With Background Not the least interesting of the exâ€" hibits is the rifle with which a fugiâ€" tive slain, Jim Hawkins, defied his pursuers and their bloodhounds when he escaped from slavery in 1847, and made his way to Amherstburg via the underground railway. The advances in the gunsmith‘s art from clumsy pistols and cumbersome muskets to the modern sharpâ€"shootâ€" ing riflie are represented by many varieties of guns that Ambertsburg ONTARIO ARCHIVEsS TORONTO Heads Medicos General Hull ‘n tne United States, of Italian parentage, ress World‘s Fair management on a trip through these troubled times without one Crown Land Grants surrerdered that fortress Born at Malmoe, Sweden, in 1872, Mr. Grove soon went to England where most of his childhood was spent. His university education was Describing himself as a dairy farâ€" mer, Mr. Grove has during his 2% years residence in the Simcoe district established a reputation as a breeder of pureâ€"bred jersey cattle. Nevertheâ€" less he spends five or six hours every day at his desk working on a new novel, which has been bought sight unseen by an English publishing khouse. On the shelves of Mr. Grove‘s library are the completed manuâ€" scripts for 19 novels, 11 of them ready for press, more than 100 short stories and volumes of essays. ‘ BORN IN SWEDEN ° The most successful of Mr. Grove‘s publications was "In Search of Amâ€" erica," written in 1894 but not pubâ€" lished until 1927. Second in popularâ€" ity ranked "Our Daily Bread." His books have been even more popular in Australia and New Zealand than in Canada. ‘ Simcoe, Ont.â€"Awarded the Lorne ’Pierce medal for outstanding contriâ€" bution to Canadian literature during the year 1933, Frederick Philip Grove, author, lecturer and teacher, has brought no small honor io Simeoe and Norfolk County. MENTIONED THRICE Mr. Grove published on one book, "Fruits of the Earth," in 1933, but twice before his name has been proâ€" posed for the honor, and it was also mentioned by Mr. Pierce himself when he established the fund to proâ€" vide for the annual award. The reâ€" cipient of the Pierce gold medal must be the unanimous selection of the judging committee of the Royal Society of Canada. Formal presentaâ€" tion of the medal was to have been made at the convention of the Royal Society in Quebec, but illness preventâ€" ed Mr. Grove‘s attendance. l Attains Peak Winning Writing A w a r d Crowning Achievement Of Simcoe Resident The committee considers the Fed: eral field the most important, and sends to Washington information workers obtain. This week. two Fedâ€" eral investigators _ were sent here from Los Angeles in connection with a matter about which Mrs. Simpson reported. "I live in daily fear of criminal atâ€" tack," Mrs. Simpson said, "but the work of our committee isn‘t to be checked. I have been offered bribes and told to take it easy," ’ Inspired by an apper‘ oi Mary Robâ€" erts Rinehart, noted writer, to woâ€" men of the country to fight crime, the committee was the outgrowth of a plan evolved by the San Diego Women‘s Civic Centre, Under the plan as evolved and carried out by Mrs. A. L. Simpson, chairman of the Civic Centre crime department, arâ€" rangements were made to have 100 women serving anonymous‘y in each of the six councilmanic districts of the city. They are known only by numbers assigned ty them _ SAN DIEGO, Calift.â€"A woman‘s seâ€" cret "committee of 600" which quickâ€" ly became 1,400 and still is growing. has started an invisible war against vice and lawlessness in San Diego county, locale of many unsolved murâ€" ders in recent years and its leader says the underworld already has beâ€" gun to show its fear. ‘"Committee of 600", Known Only By Numbers, Are Alarming Underworld Women Start War on Vice In San Diego the Latora family of Chicago numbers 21 through the grounds. _ It took five taxi cent of charity. of Career "Mr. Lennoxâ€"Boyd is at present, but he mi to India at any time a postpone the ceremony "We dare not announce any for the wedding yet," â€"Miss B Powell, who spends most of her at Bentley, the Chief Scout‘s H shire home, said. Her manner is gay She has freckles, and up. The engagement was _recently an. nounced in London of the Hon. Heathâ€" er Badenâ€"Powell, elder daughter of Lord and Lady Badenâ€"Powell, to Mr. G. E. Lennoxâ€"Boyd, Highlang Light Infantry, brother of Mr. Alan Lennoxâ€" Boyd, British MP, for Midâ€"Beds. With hair the color of burnlnhed‘ copper and amber eyes, Miss Badenâ€" Powell, who is 19, brought the at. mosphere of the fresh countryside to town when she made her debut last year. cago numbers 21. _ They recently It took five taxicabs to transport Lord Badenâ€"Powell‘s Daughter to Marry Engaged to Officer in Highâ€" land Light Infantry In addition, ~the looked into the hot decided that all 1 Hot Dog Question Looked Into â€" Frankfurters Must _ Conform to High Standard in New York. NEW YORKâ€"The children won‘t approve, but the parents will, said James V, Mulholland, director of reâ€" creation of New York‘s parks departâ€" ment, in announcing that milk o will replace soda Pop. ice cream and . candy at 100 public playgrounds. Sale of anything but milk, which will be dispensed at cost, will be prohibited. conform Milk to Replace Pop and Candy At Playgrounds An â€"other distinction he enjoys is that of having addressed more Canâ€" adian club meetings than any other ; man. He has spoken before 100 such| gatherings in a two years period.’ Chosen to represent Canada at the: congress of English speaking nations| in 1929, illness intervened. ' Mr. Grove at 62 looks on a career of achievement. Surmounting obstaâ€" cles in the form of business reverses and ill health, he has crowded an in teresting life with the capture of the Pierce medal. While living in the sest Mr. Grove met and married Miss Catherine Wiens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wiens, Swift Current, Sask. They have one son, Arthur Leonard, aged three and oneâ€"half. [ HANDICAPPED In 1981 Mr. Grove purchased a farm a few miles from Simcoe and took up dairy farming. Owing to a fractured spine which he suffered while in Western Canada, Mr. Grove has to hire all the labor for farm tasks. His farming venture has nevertheless succeeded and he now possesses a splendid herd of pureâ€"bred Jerseys. 5 received at Paris, Rome and Munich as a student of classical archaeology. He came to Canada in 1892 at the cge of 20. The greater part of his time he lived in the west. ‘ He taught school for a period in‘ Manitoba, being principal of higb‘ schools at Virden, Gladstone and| Rapid City. He declined an offer froml a Winnipeg school because he would, not have the time required for his writing at the age of 50 he graduatâ€" ed from the University of Manitoba with an honors degree. ‘tion, »the parks department to the hot dog question and that all frankfurters â€" must to a special high standard. °_ _ 2O Jt was announced apâ€" Z 20 k . in, Ensiand proximately 200,000 speckled trout it he might be moved have been ordered from the Ontario y time and that would Department of Game and Firheries ceremony indefinitely, | to be placed in COUNIY stranans A2CCGIâ€"IOwWeIll, to Mr, vyd, Highlang Light of Mr. Alan Lennoxâ€" ‘. for Midâ€"Beds. gay and unaffected. uses no makeâ€" r time Hampâ€" Place 200,000 Trout In Waterloo Streams inas,z. . _z _GOO6 YNC OWner‘s name is incorporated in the design in deâ€" corative Iettering. The very early designs go back to the middle ages, when the use of emblematic badges and heraldic devices stated the name ‘of the owner of iluminated manuâ€" 'scn'pu of those days. There are interesting examples by eminent Vic. torian and Edwardian painters who have played â€" with this fascinating them» of art, Whatever the style chosen or the method of making employed, thore is a distinct charm in possessing a b:ok Plate of one‘s own. _ A word of advice as to their placing â€" avoid gum backs, Pasting in is a much surer and a more efficient way of Placing these attractive badges of Dook Ownanelic." m m enmnmie In all instances the is incorporated in the corative Iemfiu_ 7 designg go back to th uitc s" Lk l When there are special subject: : for reading the book plate â€" scheme | might, be elaborated to denote these topical sections of the library This, of course, means that a small series of specialized designs and blocks or plates will be needed. Even in a small book collection these topical "badges" prove a help towards classâ€" ification on the book shelves, flowers, or . perh'. inspiring b(:luty The chosen design can also be an extremely modern art interpretation of the bookâ€"lovers‘ interests, a favâ€" orite form of the oldâ€"fa hioned book plate. _ Or it may be in the possesâ€" sive instince, ilustrated, in the shape of a warning to borrowers and a deâ€" licate hint for the return of the book. In the main, however, the presontâ€" day book plate pictures a charming reflection of the bookâ€"lover‘s purâ€" suits or interests, Study, gardenâ€" ing, motoring, travel, a favourite room or view of the home, _ name !!owers, o: perhaps a picture of some *] Simple line or halfâ€"tone blocks s printed in black and white are the 'leut expensive for reproduction as n| book plates, and here the novice has h‘ an excellent opportunity to express d’ her personality should she have a ,, gift for drawing, for she may design ,' her own plate. _ The drawing should 'I be in clear, wellâ€"defined form. The | subject may be after her own heart. | A study of contemporary book plates ‘| will yield a host of ideas as to style, symbolical or pictorial. When a book plate of this description is chosen, even if the original sketch ; has to be redrawn by an artist, the , whole cost, including the artists‘s work, block and print», is only a matâ€" ter of a very few dollars It is a 4ditfenent proposition when the d>â€" sign has to be hand engraved, which ‘ is a more costly process. 18th Century There is a wealth of inspiration for these modern book plates, from the beautiful Francesco Bartolozzi« Cypriano specimen plates of the cigle teenth century which were, it is surâ€" mised, also used as pictorial visiting cards â€" a vogue of the day â€" to amusing amateur anastatic drawings which may take the form of a rebus, a play upon the name of the owner of the volume. ownership Interesting variations of the anâ€" tique â€" handâ€"engraved copper book plate have been evolved for use nowâ€" adays. Chief among these is the modern woodâ€"cut, which can be alâ€" most as costly as a copperâ€"plate enâ€" graving. _ Many of these woodâ€"cuts in strong black and white, are strikâ€" ing and effective examples of the newer movements in art, Sometimes they are printed in two colors, and this process can be very successful when the work is carried out in color line cuts. Many young people are reviving the book plate to give distinction to their choice of reading, writes E. Marion Barton in the Lons4o» Daily Telegraph. Books are co.lected withâ€"care and much discretion in these days of restricted space and many holidays, and a book plate is an artistic badge of ownership, beâ€" stowing a sense of individuality, and is also a guard against forgetful book borrowers, anathema to every book lover. A Book Plate of One‘s C@wn Modern Bookâ€"lovers Revive Victorian Vogue â€" Handâ€" Engraved Copper, MJâ€" ern Woodcuts Among e of one‘s c;v'vn'.wu A as to their placing â€"â€" & P.‘tin‘ in is a a more efficient w hese attractive bad pla Popular Designs county streams, uty spot. opical Plates ho are embarking on their Al_’OOk plate the are special subject: book plate scheme ated to denote these of the library This, their place Advice order: Chipâ€" its wreaths and portrait reviving The love of proceeds from have of thems the contrary.â€" is estimated England and peak in 1937 the « ment el. se t u 1 t« If wOrk the before M Astor, ; around th« ken romar who was at the a ned wed pic. Phe « ently Mis Sh« raric xOV¢ Young Ast of Girl they eng stone Ri invading unteers. 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