* t id Aulstnafihs i daia & s > In addition to a set of guardians, the Dionne â€" qy have now a "board of mana to govern their interests, they aro infants, the â€"famo will probably not be much in in who safeguards their wal _ z_ [ ) 50) _ _WItt OC war as the ult ate and inevitable expression of pol. 4cy. There is an undeniable move. ment everywhere towards a return to the ideals of the League. Of this there are many slgns.-â€"Whmlpe‘ Free Press, The people of the world _ know now, having been pretty well taught by the events of the past few years and especially by the lessons of 1934, that there are only two choices beâ€" dore them: the keeping of peace by «ollective action or the acceptance of the old idea ot war as the ultimâ€" D O O oeke Hcugmes his best efforts, things were still bad; that they would continue to be bad; that new efforts would be necessary to cope with them. It was a new note, and refreshing, A note more honest, more stimulating and â€" con. vincing.â€"Ottawa Journal. feis that, owing to his genius and omnipotence, the country‘s problems had all been solved, and that, there. fore, we should return him to office as a mere matter of common sense and sheer gratitude, On the contrary, Mr. BRennett confessed that, despite his best efforts, things were still bad; that they would continue to be bad:; thitt HGW GMOFES WDRLE m masc....* sOMmETHING NEw The address Mr. RBennett deliver ed to a nationâ€"wide audience on Wed. nesday night was sometring new in political discusston, _A vas iuprove. ment, Electloneering speeches _ in this countryâ€"and we assume . Mr, Bennett‘s taik to be thatâ€"have not always been on a high plane. More often than not they have taken the form of selfâ€"glorification, of exagger. ated claims and hyperbole, coupled with vituperation against opponents and counter policies, Of all â€" such things, of the fustian which is put Â¥orward as an argument of the old pitiful cliches and catchwords, the Prime Migkster‘s address was splenâ€" didly free. He did not attempt to tell that, owing to his genius and omnipotence, the country‘s problems had all been solved, and that, there. HOrG. Wo shOublE FAFHÂ¥n Wime bo _ap.. as he did about that (; â€"Edmonton Journal. But nothing happened to nim. He went through all the big battles of 1918 in which the Canadians were engaged, and he is still alive. He is living quietly in Edmonton and sometimes wonders why he ever felt as he did about that German bullet. The officer picked it up while it was still hot and venerated it as his lucky charm,. He was â€" never without it for the next two years. Then he lost it; lost it just before the opening of the battle of Amiens in 1918. He "kissed himselft good. en ue bye A Canadian officer carried a Ger. man bullet in his pocket for two years, It had been fired at him by an enemy sniper when he put his head over the parapet on his first tour in the trenches. The sniper missed by an inch or two, the bullet plowing through the sand bags and falling into the trench. HE HAS PAID HIS 3ILLS. It was the old miller of the Dee who spoke those famous words, "I owe no penny I cannot pay, i thank the River Dee, which turns the wheels to grind the corn, to feed my babes and me." Approaching another year we feel quite the same about it as the miller of the Dee. We have been able to meet all our bills and to protect our credit, and for all this we are grateful to you and you and you. We would like you to know that we are appreciative and we hope we can return the compli. ment to you and yours when the opâ€" portunity â€" arises.â€"Trenton Counrierâ€" Advocate. But THE wWaY To reace Dionne quints A GERMAN BULLET mr, Micawber s ts that he go to his "canâ€" tankerous" Aunt gtuy Trotwood in Dover. The Micawbers‘ coach leaves amid loud farewells and Pavid starts his journey, In the Spring, Mrs. Micawber‘s relatives Ey their debts and release them from prizen. But they are leaving for Plymouth to live with Mrs. =ica‘!'v!nr'- family. David is heartbroken until 7 xanmhua«s shsaizs s us sn L uce DAVID COPPERFIELD h6 famous five : much interested their welfare, so audience on Wed. sometw?ing new in A vam. improve. nag speeches in we assume . Mr, e thatâ€"have not high plane. More managemen t‘ of _ official quintuplets tken the exagger. While suoh put old the bave become westernized now and the slipper is going with their teachâ€" ing of ethics. The smart oxford and technical education are â€" replacing them, and we hope we in the west will not live to regret it.â€"Hamilton Spectator. To run then is hard an enemy of anger. have hbecome wastar INFLUENCE or SLIPPERS These Chinese were a wise people, They put themselves into slippers and slowed down the tempo of their world, for who can be hasty in act and speech when he is in slinnare* \ mostLy coop But in a world that is of ne(-essity_ with _ want, threats of war, depravity and banditry, it is comi{or call that, after all, "Peop! peopleâ€"are good." ~â€"IHami ald. tney suller none the less, ‘ Charity ought to go deeper than Christmas baskets. It should cover words as well as deeds. Simple kindâ€" ness is one of the greatest of the virtues, and if we are kind we do not peddle gossip about our neighâ€" bors or speak harshly of them even If we dislike or distrust them.â€"Ot. tawa Journal. they suffer none the Charity ought to Christmas baskets. words as well as dee ness is one of the virtues, and if we . not peddle gossip a bors or speak harsh "THEY" ARE ANSWERED In the Straiford Beaconâ€"Heraid a woman signs her name and address to a letter which reads as follows: "I would very much like stace in your paper to osk neighbors of mine to please stop seandal about one of my boys, age ten, and also of my husband who is said to lash the boys with a horse whip. This is absoluteâ€" Iy unitrue and so is the story which is being told about a church basket which was never sent. Those who aro interested will know well enough what 1 mean." One can imagine the story behind suci a letter, the painful circumâ€" stances that induced a woman to sub. mit herself to unpleasant publicity for the sake once for all of bringing gossip out into the open, Not all Â¥ictims of what "they say" have the Now, after nearly 70 years, Dr. Calthrop‘s dream has been translat. ed into fact; proof that there is very little new under the sun.â€"St. Thomas Timesâ€"Jcurnal _ And now it turns out that this streamlining of which we hear so much about in this speedâ€"mad era is almost 70 years old, It has been dis. covered that Rev. Samuel R,. Cal throp, a clergyman â€" of Roxbury, Mass., filed designs in the patent ofâ€" fice at Boston 69 years ago, and these, still on file, bear a remarkable resemblance to the new "Zephyr," THE MoviEs The Ontario Council of Wothen reâ€" cently suggested to the government establishing theatres in all cities of 10,000 or more for the showing . of children‘s moving pictures, The govâ€" ernment is hardly likely to act upon the suggestion, but it is an idea. As has been often argued, one reason for exasperation among the movieâ€"going public is that present.day picture shows are intended for adults and minors alike. Adults have to sit through pictures censored for 13â€"yearâ€" old consumption, and the juveniles have to sit through pictures intended ‘ {or adults.â€"Winnipeg Tribune, long as the feeding bottle comes alâ€" ong on time. But along about 1945 we can imagine the beginnings of revolt. We can best illustrate what we mean by paraphrasing a popular rhyme: Mother may I go in to swim? No, my darling daughter, Consult the board of management, And don‘t go near the water, â€"Ottawa Citizen. STREAMLINING 70 YEars olp ©07"°0 that is concerned, , with _ want, suffering, war, depravity, murder is coml'oiting t6 r;_ I1, "People â€" most 4."~â€"Hamilton ‘ Herâ€" : is in slippers? . and comfort is But the Chinese At the very outset, he is robbed of his money and lngtgn box by a street loafer. He continues along road to Dover on foot and encounters many dangers. He is nearl{__drowned in a violent thunderstorm, and then a Tinker Tnmrer beats him, stealing his one re:maining morsel of food. But finally, ie spies the Dover cliffs. of mine t one of o of my the boys absoluteâ€" IN BELFAST, Too. There will be a good deal of symâ€" paiby with a complaint made at the City Council yesterday by Councilâ€" lor Clarke Scott as to the confus. ion caused by the similarity of the names of new streets in Belfast, Fa. shions change even in street names, as a comparison of a presentâ€"day diâ€" rectory with one of, say, fifty years ago will show. The old directories abound in alleys, courts, places, lanes and entries in the street nomenclaâ€" ture. Today we have in their place parks, _ drives, parades, crescents, gardens and avenue,. The tendency of the moment is to group streets with the same prefix, calling one a park, another a crescent, another a drive, and so on. In actual practice this is causing considerable inconve. were on the "edge of the i'i;k day we are over the edge.â€"L Daily Mail. AIR FORCE NEEDS Today we need at least 20,000 aeroâ€" planes. Built in series these would not cost more than £2,500 each, er a total outlay of £50,000,000. Last year we were fourth in air strength, Today we are eighth. Last year we had 420 firstâ€"line machines. Today we still have considerably â€" fewer than 500. while Germany alone can produce 1,000 a week. Last year we Women s.udents in a Kentucky University â€" expressed preference for husbands who are big and broad shouldered, and darkâ€"haired fellows were preferred to blondes. That‘s funny, for we remember back home that a fellow who was short, out of line at the knees and with a nose like a dome fastenerâ€"well he up and married the prettiest girl on the conâ€" cesgion.â€"Strattord Beaconâ€"Herald, PROGRESS OR HABIT? Visitorâ€""Your son is making good progress with his violin, He is beâ€" ginning to play quite nice tunes." Host~â€""Do you really think so? We were afraid that we‘d merely got used to it."~â€"Border Cities Star. CUPID AND TEACHERS It may interest rural lady teachers to know that chances of marriage are greatly in their favor. It is estimatâ€" ed that a young lady teaches less than six years before being stung by Cupid‘s dart. The supposition is that the bright young farmer is looking for an intellectual wife. But ® the city there are so many teachers and so few marrying â€" men who want in. tellectuals as life companions, that the matrimonial opportunities of the school ma‘ams are correspondingly lessened.â€"Petrola Advertiserâ€"Topdc. MARRIED THE PRETTIEST GIRL Lupe Velez, fiery Mexican screen actress, h vorce from Johnny Weissmuller, charging cruelty THE EMPIRE _edge of the risk." To. over the edge.â€"London The old directories courts, places, lanes he street nomencla. have in their place parades, crescents, Weekly Serial â€" Part 3 TORONTO P 2 24 DT 00 COCZ * AGavOnCs acâ€" receives a lettar cay;,. ~7} " s C bRY Aunt Betsey clare David to be the worst boy in the world and receives a letter saying the Murdstones are comâ€" say they will have no mercy on him. Aunt Betsey ing to take David away. Aunt Betsey sees them orders them from the house. David is safe from riding their donkeys over her precious, we}lâ€"kept the Murdstones â€"â€" but another adventure awaits green and she runs out to drive them away. him. Be sure to watch mext week‘s installment of Aunt Betsey welcomes him with open motherly A little late arms and her lodger, the Jolly Mr. Dick, becomes as if nothin his friend and playmate. But one day Aunt Betsey clare David g-eceive‘sn a le't\ter.sjaying the Murdstones are comâ€" say they wil 11 ’aud other of nature‘s proteCtions for the periods, are viewed with interâ€" est by the scientific branch. But the bureau, who tells the change in weaâ€" ther throughout Canada, make no attempt to deny or confirm the preâ€" dictions. The forecasts of oldâ€"timers, â€" who delight in calling the weather of the various seasons, basing their predic. tions on the thickness of bark on trees, thickness of hair on animals, _ What the future holds in the way of weather is as much a mystery to the bureau as to the average citizen, John Patterson, director of the bur. eauy stated. _ Accurate forecases can be made 24 hours in advance, he said, but 48â€"hour prognostications cannot always be relied upon. Toronto. â€" Weather during 1935 may be hot, cold or indll!erent_ but the chief weathermanâ€"the â€" meteorâ€" ological bureau hereâ€"will make no predictions. METEOROLOGICAL B U R E SsAYS 24 HOURS is ENOUGH Won‘t Predict 1935 Weather ALERT CHINESE MANUFACTURERS Merchants and traders in the East have long since recalled that the Chinese manufacturer is turning out a class of goods that stands compaâ€" rison with some of those turned out by European firms, but it was not till a few years ago that there was such a big demand for some of the leading Chinese manufactures, Rubâ€" ber shoes turned out by a local fac. tory are now being exported to Eurâ€" ope and America’ and it would be no exaggeration to say that these shoes are in every way up to the standard of "Western Shoes," This company has its head office in the Colony, and it is run on the lines of a modern and upâ€"to.date factory, everything being carried out with clockwork precision. Cotton and silk socks, ratâ€" tan ware and dry batteries also form a large part of the export trade, and as the manufacturers depend largely on exports for pushing their trade, Wiey struck upon the happy idea of a trade exhibition, and no sooner was the first one over than plans for the second, and a more elaborate one, were prepared and discussed.â€" Hong Kong Press, nience and misdirection of letters, as any postman who has these colâ€" onies on his rounds can testify. , has filed suit for diâ€" 10 ’ London Times Advertisement. Patron of vacant living in â€" East ‘Tnglia _ invites recommendations. Net value about £530 large rectory and grounds. Primary qualification, capacity to be guide, philosopher, and friend to agricultural people, for which in this case gentle birth essential. Open mind _ towards Bishop Barnes, birth control, and psychic research _ secondary but heipful, The acreage planted this fall slightly exceeds that expected by the Farm Administration under its 10 per cent. reduction program for 1935, George A. Farrell, chief of the wheat section, said. Expectaâ€" tions were that the acreage would be held to 43,000,000 acres by the signers of voluntary contracts. i However, Farrell explained, beâ€" cause of the heavy abandonment and low yields in prospect, the Adâ€" ministration‘s hopes will probably be fulfilled. t Po otas oo Aceet mt Because of the outlook the board predicted that abandonment of acre. age already seeded will be about 18 per cent. This is not as high as the 1934 abandonment of 21.3 per cent., but is considerably above the 10â€" year average of 12.2 per cent. Condition of the crop on Dec. 1 was estimated at 77.8 per cent. of normal compared with 74.3 per cent, on the same date last year, and the 10â€"year average of 82.4 per cent. Drought which scourged the wheat area this year, was held responsible for the poor showing of the crop. Lighter planting of spriny wheat was also forecast by the Crop Reâ€" porting Board, due to "a tendency to expand winter wheat acreage" in the area in which both winter and spring wheat are planted. The compasatively low preducâ€" tion was predicted desrite an inâ€" creased area of â€" 44,306.000 acres planted to winter wheat this year. Washing'toq. â€" A winter wheat yield of 475,000,000 bushels in 1935 â€"157,061,000 below the crop in normal yearsâ€"was forecast by the United States Department of Agriâ€" culture. * _ London. â€" The Financial Times recently devoted a column and a half to the annual meeting and statement of the Bank of Montreal and in an editorial drew attention to the Doâ€" mihion‘s progress, which, it pointed out, is being achieved without any resort to experimental panaceas either industrial or economic. Lower Wheat Yield Summonses issued, 79; number of convictions, 62; complaints investiâ€" gated, 2,659, and warnings issued, 1,â€" 789. Wanted: A Cattle, sheep and swine examinâ€" ed, 35,510; performing animals and birds examined, 185; other animals and birds examined, 2,850, and poulâ€" try examined, 37,504, Canada‘s Cats: Brought to shelter, 18,153; humanely destroyed, 17,171, and placed in homes, 449, Dogs: Brought to=shelter, 9,789; diseased and injured, destroyed, 6,â€" 073; placed in homes, 763; claimed by owners, 1,002; sent to veterinary hospital, 53, and observation cases for city, 248. s Horses: Examined, 4,877; humaneâ€" ly destroyed, 93; sent to hospital or stable, 176; and brought to shelter, RESPONDS TO 20,346 CALLS, REâ€" , PORT REVEALS Toronto â€"Some idea of the vast amount of work accomplished by the Toronto Humane Society during the past year is instanced by the anâ€" nual report which details the many duties of the inspectors, In all 20,â€" 346 calls were responded to, of which 6,248 were of an emergency nature. 78 Toronto Humane Soc. Busy Year #% 2 °C mCt AUnt Betsey opens her door to them if nothing had happened. The Murdstones deâ€" aï¬_DtV%?tobetheppweontbovinth-.-u-.a A little later Aunt Betsey ~vid Cooperfield, the outlook the l:éard Forecast For 1935 Praised By Paper Based on tl_:e_Novel by CHARLES DICKENS Passengers to the number of 8$3, 100 were carried on British commer. clal aircraft last year. Miami and othé;- p(;i'rrt‘s‘ ieA itrinh wiags B Jecscacchc c Sir Selwyn declared that he and Lady Grier were "definitely â€" airâ€" minded" as the result of their tripâ€" the first since he arrived here to beâ€" come the island‘s Colonial Secretary. With â€" Lady Grier, â€" Sir Selwyn visited _ Janaica, the _ Bahamas, us s s o on P e ie onR s La Port of Spain, Trindadâ€"A â€"foreâ€" * cast that aviation is destined a play a great part in bringing the Welt’ Indian islands into closer _ contact | * with each other was made recently' by Colonial Secretary â€" Sir Selwynll Grier as he returned home after â€" a | 4,500 mile aerial holiday jaunt. | P m & C © This new station, operated by the Air Ministry, will transmit meteoroâ€" logical bulletins at regular intervals throughout the day for the inforâ€" mation of aircraft and airdromes. It will have several times the power of the present Heston â€" station which transmits aviation weather reports. London â€" A "National Aviation Meteorological Station" with proâ€" grams to consist only of weather reports, weather forecasts and warnâ€" ings for airmen, is to be erected by the Marconi Company on behalf of the Air Minstry at Cranwell, Linâ€" colnshire. Aviation To Play l Nyobody es L4 -B-il Part In B.w.l.:"\y‘t!nk ‘e ‘as Air Weather Miss Christie had a long _ school record throughout the province. She came before the turn of the century and attended the Winnipeg Normal school under Principal Dr. W. A. Melntyre. _ Her first teaching posiâ€" tions were held at Carman, Oak Lake and Mountain Side school, near Deâ€" lera‘ns. Y~ Anril, 1906, Miss Chrisâ€" tie joined the Winnipeg public school teaching staff and continued in her position actively until June, 1926, when she retired with a long service allowance. ‘ Margaret Sydney Christic school teacher of Manitc Winnipeg, died here at the 61 years following a length "It is difficult to think what more could have been done in the way of entertainments to make this centenâ€" ary occasion one for rejoicing and pleasure. I should have liked more music in the streets on the opening day; I should even have been glad to hear people singing; and I should have liked to see the crowds on foot managed a little better to avoid conâ€" gestion at special points, for it is a nerveâ€"racking business to be caught in a dense crowd. The people did: not seem lightâ€"hearted." f | Veteran School Teacher P Dies In Manitoba "An effort might have been made, I think, to gather together on this occasion the sons and daughters of people who arrived in the first quarâ€" ter of a century of our history, for there would not be many of them. But the idea does seeem to have ocâ€" cured to anyone, although the reâ€" cords are probably available in the sheets of remembrance sent in to the Women‘s Centenary Council. | "To try to discover the descendâ€" ants of the pioneers in order to honâ€" or them would have been a colossal task, for there are many of them, and their claims would have to be examined. s The aftermath of centenary celeâ€" brations in Australia brings out some criticism on the part of those who thought pioneer descendants not sufficiently honored. The woâ€" man‘s editor of the Melbourne Argus replies: Pioneer Descendants Not Sufâ€" ficiently Honored Criticisms of The Victoria Centena nristle, veteran Manitoba _ and at the age of lengthy illness. i long school Britain adp,1,, _ ; â€"_ OW women have been admitted only to the galleries of its debating hal} On about half a dozen OCCasions haw...__ he Lal _ ____ _ C NA a dozen occasions, however, women spea‘ters have been permitted to ta‘se part in the debates, The members A"C esiiâ€" Hiukad ie L.2 . 3 The union was formed in and up to now Wwoman . I.... mated to udml;;-: of the world. E‘ets Christmas time De Ppaper tell what CC _ Joume CC anend She can‘t keep still s "Oxcoos to me," said Do "You‘re five times papa An‘ ‘Tet‘s w uiA ie P s ts Sss S "But twins dey may be mice, I‘ boisood sport, perhaps ee‘s i Dat burd was rightâ€"dis leetle town | _ She‘s known where‘er you go; ‘An' heverybody in de worl‘ l Knows Monsieur Doc Dafoe. Eees publish heve;;'w-l;;re‘ But what de poor ole man / Nobody seems to care. An‘ what was said by Doc An‘ so I tell eet E laugh een joy w An‘ heverybody in de wor!‘ From Nord Bay to Cape ‘Orn Are telling what de mamma say When all de chile was born. De papers now get hextra hout Eef wan quintuplet sneeze, An‘ deverybody send nightâ€"gown To keep dose keeds from freze., *E feel jus‘ lake e‘ Henough Wan day dat stork ‘e sit alone Jus‘ houtside Calendar; An‘ den ‘e swear; "I‘ll mak known Aroun‘ de world, by gar." * den de ;;]Tr;.‘ De whole banana Mos‘ everbody ‘ear of Rom, An‘ Lunnon an‘ New York But no one bear of Calendar Excopt wan burdâ€"de stork. Mebbe you ‘ear of Calendarâ€" Not on de wallâ€"no, no: I mean be town of Calendar An‘ Monsieur Doc Dafoe. ‘E smile afn‘b?e -t-wo' Every time Dr, Dafoe makes the simplest observation or when one of the Dionne babies smiles or cries, or when the proud mother of fiveâ€"atâ€" once wishes to speak, the newspapâ€" ers and radio carry the message from one corner of the globe to the other, We, and many others, have wonderâ€" ed why nobody thinks of the father. But perhaps it‘s all for the best, according to the way Wilson Macâ€" Donald _ exipresses Papa Dionne‘s feelings in a new Canadian classic: Quintuplets‘ Father what de ole The total production of these fac. tories in 1933 amounted to 26,746, 280 pounds, with a selling value at the factory of $1,223,527, Compared with 1932 when the output was 22, |278,366 pounds wvalued at $1,053,589, there was an increase of 4,467,914 lbs, in the quantity and $169,938 in the |vulue. In addition to the above pro. ducts of the macaroni factories nearâ€" ly 1,000,000 pounds of similar prodâ€" ucts were manufactured in Canada at the same time by the biscuits and confectionery industry, Of the total Canadian macaroni exports of 3,872,. 319 pounds, Great Britain took 2, 945,263 pounds, the remainder going in order of purchase to New Zealand. Japan, British West Ipdies, China, Bermuda, Newfoundland, Hong Kong and other countries. Flouf amounting to 27,200,040 lbs.; 13,480 dozen eggs; 33,218 pounds of egg powder; 8,625 pounds of milk powder; 37,982 pounds of salt, and ;878 pounds of coloring went to make the 1933 output of Canadian macarâ€" oni and kindred products. Jn that year, 1933, there were sixteen estabâ€" lishments in Canada manufacturing macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli and noodies, six of these plants being loâ€" cated in Ontario; four in British Columbia; Firee in Quebec; two in Manitoba and one in Alberta. QUINTRAINS OF "CALEXNXDAR ’t d.‘ door more dan I hexpec," ‘ * what mamma say, say Doc Dafoe; : ole man say heemge] ‘ you shouldn‘t know ees quite henough,." nas time; de folk s toys and frocks, 0!000], wOn‘ ~sor ,_ said Doc Dafoe been long neglec‘ ‘ooooo in old fellow wipe ©‘ order ‘im * for lunch; $s bring him quick 1@ bunch, ne move again; still somehow. now." ‘ was born; P"C esliâ€" all parts someone 18238, but you ta From the first snowdr« latest rose The interval is long; | yet The season of black : blanker snows That parts the rose fr« wiolet! Love counts not time by years, I count my winters by their ering hours; Love‘s days are reckon‘d by smiles and tears, My summers by their flowers â€"â€"George Douglas, in "The : _ gow Herald." plac gir. ge! other a AI EJ Li frc H gebt M ulh put sea work Â¥ide th to & adve th t temper #leep, says And, evider wut about i our neighb klrne useful Thash Sellast partsh come tha: gettle the Strange Fir thash Girl «gelf. Tw at .ar when about retired into cir N you give a che the friend who c ©Dr a churlish sor and then vanish Were you selfish, p as you rushed al Or is some one mij m deed you did Boyâ€"â€"Y. but who h the oven? it i Womanâ€"Y o. you hear. Neighborâ€" N H H Ir T Tra Husba W & J In Alt Heard? rable. What! wardâ€"1 an t Ar gepre pping that a1€ here Flower Famine n (For he Dr he W paid H W 1¢ PHXOT M H w PC gI 1& Rre hA