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Cor> e Et There was excitement fore and aft In the office of the Shelbourne Free Press and Economist Thursday â€" atâ€" ternoon. At the front, the Wesley United Church annual Sunday school sleigh ride was gathering. At the back a chicken hawk, evidently misâ€" calculating on a predatory _ swoop, crashed through a large manyâ€"paned window to the intense surprise of th.‘ editor‘s son whoâ€" was sitting at a Nobody knows _ ;l'l't bolds.â€"Sault Ste. Maria &n individual is who couldn‘t pay their taxes, It there is one lesson the Soo should take to heart it is that the clty can‘t spend more money than it collects, The government urges that all «counties _ "live within _ their inâ€" «come," that is, that they shouldn‘t spend in any one year more money phan they collect, The only safe way fot a city or Herald Canadian money. Wh;n-th-o;o cart wheels get in circulation we‘ll be wolling in wealth.â€"Stratford Beaconâ€" EXxXCITEmMENT Fore newspaper Canada. It is 'a‘-;;;; creditable .!wm. Situated in the The Ottawa .Iourrvnva'l-'p;blhhel the records to show that in the last two and Empire, the various advances in l.'rwi States taril mane while th Ministry held power.â€"Toron Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King wants wider markets as does every one else, but when the United States market was beinf narrowed by Unitâ€" ed States tariffs he was afraid to do anything lest it should be thought provocative.. It the United States is now seeking wider markets in Canâ€" ada it is becagse Mr, Bennett was not afraid to act. Mr. King cannot be biamed for the toss of markets, but he is blamable for not making up for that loss by conserving our own. He saw foreign markets ciosâ€" ed io Canada by hostile tariffs, Yet he allowed those who framed those tariffs to have access to our markâ€" ets on the same old terms. He held to his preference for wider markets whi‘e all other countries were raisâ€" ing barriers. He failed to realize it was a condition, not a theory, that conlvonted him. © Fearial lest â€" Mr, Bennett should sueceed in making a favorable arâ€" rangzement for _ reciprocal trading, Mr. William Duff. M.P.. during ~the lest gession and again this session, introduced a resolution calling _ for regotiations looking to that end. The resolution was withdrawn after deâ€" bate, on the Finance Minister‘s repâ€" resentation that it was not helpful | while negotiations are in progress. Better than any parliamentary resoâ€" lution as a prelude to such agreement !â€" was the action of the RBennett Govâ€"| ernment in raising the Canadian taâ€" t rilfl to meet, to some extent at least, | ROLLING IN WEaALTH, Late in March there will be isâ€" ed thousands of silver dollars in COVERNMENTS AND TARIFFS. wli CANADA THE EMPIRE \ oct TRUE EvENT. KIND CANADA to not go into debt. what the future Marie Star, power.â€"Toronto â€" Mail AND AFT. a city or ;/? 1e5> * is mt the of all United King THE "SLOW" sBrRitisH. A despatch to a U,.S. paper says that American visitors to London EwCE PE PW CVE The depression is having a disasâ€" trous effect on the onceâ€"popular Britâ€" ish custom â€" of calling > a spade a #pade. Workers are not "sacked" nowadays; they | are "suspended," "released," and so on as far as the art of synonyms will take us, _ The Manchester Guardian reports that a London firm recently received an apâ€" plication for a job from an unemployâ€" ed man in which the art of "putting it gently" was raised to the nth deâ€" gree. He wrote, "I am temporarily disengaged because of an economic gesture on the part of my previous employer," Rather an ungracious gesture, â€"â€" Winnipeg ‘Cribune. Had the government of the day listened to,. Mr. Bennett in 1914, we would not in 1935 have so grave. a rallroad problem confronting us, Had the country distened to Mr. Benâ€" nett in 1928, the bitterly tragic efâ€" feets of the 1929 debacle would sureâ€" ly not have been so widely spread, To accuse a man of insincerity with so staunch a record behind him of plain speaking on behalf of reform, simply is not good enough. Not for Canadians, who have & habit . of thinking for themselves, and prefer to develop their thoughts from facâ€" tual theses, â€"Dunnville Gazette. EsE wEne . _Im atock certificates, this great era of speculatio.. in this country and on this continent, is one fraught with possibilities of the gravest danger to Canada." ‘ , Anyone professing to be a student J of Canadian political history knows | that Mr. Benneit throughout his carâ€" feer has been outspoken on behalf of reform measures, whenever he conâ€" sidered such reform measures necesâ€" #ary, He fought his own party _ in 1911 in opposition to ~a grant . of $45,000,000 to ‘those reckless advenâ€" turers, Mackenzie and Mann. He is an implacable foe of those who lobby on behalf of greedy corporate interâ€" ests. le has urged restrictions on Insurance companics. Again in 1928 he warned against sivoes speculation. He pizced <wmseil $qttarely on record more â€"than a year boioce the market erash, in these trenchant sentences, apoken in the House of Commons on June 9, 1928: "Some people imagine that trading in pieces of paper upon which tbiere are engraved words and figures constitutes the creation _ of newâ€" wealth. It is not so, The new wealth of the country is being creaâ€" ted by the application of labor and | capital to the natural resources . of the country, and this trading â€" in | : stock certificates, this great era of | : speculatio.. in this country and on | & AN ECONQM!C "GESTURE® RECORD OF SsINCERITY, Sooner or later the Canadian people are going to resent the continuous insinuations on the part of Opposiâ€" tion speakers and writers that the prime minister‘s program of reform for security is nothing more subâ€" stantial than a preâ€"election soap bubble, pretty to look at, but ephemâ€" eral as mist on the mouwntain 1Op8,..... PRESS QuoTaATIONS, * With . its «wellâ€"written and always interesting editorial page, The Otâ€" tawa Journal again tops the list of quotations from the daily newspapers of Canada as they have been com» piled by the Dominion Press Clipâ€" ping Bureau for the final quarter of the year 1934. This compilation is made quarterly of extracts from each of the 100 daily newspapers in Canâ€" ada that are reproduced in other pub« lications throughout the country, â€" Brockville Recorder. ‘ nolype at the window, He captured it and released a terrified starling from its claws. The intruder‘s wingsâ€" spread tip to tip was 34 inches,â€" Shelbourne Free Press. linotype at the window THE WORLD ATlT LARGE 11 If you would increase the volume of knowledge it a man knew at 25 what he thought he knew at 18. Only two soâ€"called unlu are listed on the calendar They are Friday the 13th tember, and the 13th of De On the other hand, whatever Odâ€" hams press may hope for _ animal transport, the Beaverbrook press is definitely against it A leaderâ€"writer of the Evening Standard was held up on his way to the office last Tuesâ€" day morning. Naturally annoyed to find the cause of obstruction to be nine dorseâ€"drawn vehicles, he orderâ€" ed out the files, and discovered that horses are the chief villains in traftâ€" fic blocks, that they are disappearing from the London streets, and that it is no kindness to the horse to keep him in London harness, What the horse thinks no one has yet discoyâ€" ered.â€"Time and Trade. An attempt is being made to stage a comeback for that reputeâ€" ably noble animal, the horse, as an angent of locomotion. At the Royal Agricultural hall this weeks crowds are gathering to admire the tremenâ€" dous flanks, plaited manes and heavy hirsute hocks of the exhibited shires. Brewers, . coal distributors, â€" big ’stores, and. the refuse department of the corporation of the City of Lonâ€" don favyor horsedrawn vehicles, So breeders are producing fasterâ€"paced geldings to suit the traffic rate of a postâ€"Belisha ‘age; â€" more horses are being put on the London streets this year than last, says the Daily Herâ€" ald, EQUINE COMEFACK IN LONDoN EMPIRE TRADE. During 1934 British import trade increased by upwards of $285,000,000, or 18.5 per cent, over. that of 1933, Of that incuease, $110,0609,00 came from the Empire, which. is 9 per cent. more than in 1933, while the increase in foreign import;x was .8 2 per cent, British exports to the wor‘d increased by something like $140,â€" 000, of which more than 75 poer cent., or $110,000,000, went to the limpire which is an increase of 13.5 pes cent,. over 1933, while the increase of exâ€" ports to foreign countries was only three _ per _ cent.â€"Current British ; Board of Trade Figures, l 1n08€@ ... . 1 am, étc. All of which comes with appropriâ€" ateness from one who bears the good Highland . name _ oi MacCallum.â€" Banffshire Journal there; by the morning there would not be a leaf left on any of the trees. So my cousin suggested I get out the bagpipes and see if that would shift them, I treated the suggestion as a joke. By jove! It was no joke. 1 played the pipes round _ the house, and will you believe, they could not stand it. They cleared away, though it was after sunset, for over 300 yards round the house, What ho! The bagpipes! Turn out tae pipets when locusts are about. ‘The tunes were "MacCallum‘s Lament," "CGock 0‘ the North," aad "Believe Me, If All Those ...‘ 1 am." ato. country was overrun by huge swarms of locusts; they were passing over the ranch all day, then, towards sunâ€" set they settled on the trees round the homestead. They were so numâ€" erous that the branches of the trees were bent down with their weight, Of course, we knew what would hapâ€" pen if they were allowed to remain there; by the morning there would NEW USE FOR BAGPIPES. The â€" following appears in the "Bulawayo Chronicle" of January 12, sent to that South African journal by the farmer of West Field Ranch, Insiza, by name S. H. MacCallum: Sir:â€"Here is something for pipers to think about, The following is a fact: never "cease ‘to be amaztd at the efficiency of His Majesty‘s postal serâ€" vice." . Any letter deposited in the city before 5 a.m. is delivered by last post at 9 p.m., and a missive mafled in Brighton, 52 miles away at noon, is delivered the same evening withâ€" out fail. Those "slow British" still continue to show the way,â€"Brantford Expositor, * Some little time back the THE EMPIRE the calendar 'flr)'r called unlucky _ the 13th of Ser 13th of December. ‘to be amaztd at the days 1935. Sen. 10 whole A decorating authority suggests for an English type living room draperies of heavy fabric without much sheen, wool damask, for inâ€" stance.. In the French living room taffeta is particularly â€" appropriate, and for the French bedroom, satin. Linen is excellent for the Chinese Chippendale room and for the modern room, antique. satin, contradictory as that may sound! SATIN AND VELVET DRAPES A prominent‘ actress‘ exquisite bedâ€" room had ‘draperies of peach satin and white |velvet hung on a pole covered with white velvet, The bedspread in this room is also of the Glass curtains come four inches betow the window sill just to cover the woodwork underneath the â€" sill, Drapéries touch the floor, and if there is a carpet to the edge of the floor may: even â€" be slightly longer than floor length and lie in folds on the carpet. CORNICES ARE POPULAI If the room is dark, the Venetiazn blinds are usually white with tapes to matoh the prédominating color in the room. ‘Sometimes, however. the entire blinds are colored, Cornices are being used ‘in all sorts of rooms this year. The most popuâ€" lar are of wood and the next most liked are of mirror and plain glass, Some windows in modern classic rooms are framed entirely of mirror glass, ‘sides c as well as cornices: of clear, blue, rose or even green,. One ofâ€" the : thinigs they definitely do. is add height to a room, > The mirror effect is also being used, by the way, in doors to increase the apparent size of the room, . 8 es n oC e emety are definitely out, crisp taffetas, lustâ€" rous satins: and ‘Angeniously decorat ed cotton materials are just as sure lyin,‘ Venetian blinds have almost entirely supplanted the oldfashioned shade and supply a background for the hanging. % The decorators apparently are: getâ€" ting ready. For never have window treatments been more picturesque, The woman who would like to freshen up her house might well beâ€" gin with draperies. The aewest ones are simple, straightâ€"hanging and colâ€" orful, _ Heavy, dustâ€"catching velvets> Architects predict that the time satinâ€"velvet combination is mot far off when, as a result of | simpler bedroom, a €Gt air . conditioning : and simulated dayâ€"| with eyelet work and light, windows may assume a purely | satin has one cu tain h decorative furction in our houses,| the other side awidrn If You Want to Freshen Your House For Spring, Why Not Begin On Your Draperies" Decorative Windows Add to Appearance of Rooms Can you solve this problem, one of the many typical cases from the military life of "Clive of India"? Look at this square. In it are Clive‘s hceadquarters, indicated with a star. Then there are five infantry units, indicated by pennants, and five artillery units, indicated by cannon. Clive wants the terriâ€" tory and the units divided among five subalterns, so that each of the five will have in command, an area of equal space and identical shape, and each of the five will have one unit of both infantry and artillery, Can you take a pencil or pen and ink and divide the square to fit these requirements" Watch next week‘s issue for solution, 124 i4 probtem jfos _LLIVE «t INDIA" A Militarry Problem Western â€"Canada shipped 118,081 cattle; 7,715 calves; ©199,333 hogs, and 73,842 sheep to Eastern Canada during the 52 weeks of 1934. My ears taped closely to my head Will be another sign I‘m ‘upâ€"toâ€"dateâ€"or say, instead, I follow the streamline, And I must also bend way back And gaze up at the sky; My feet must go the beaten track Without help from my eye, No .longer will I swing my arms, But fold them on my chest; My coat must be (don‘t be alarmed! ) The same length as my vest. The brim must now come off my bat My trousers must fit tight Below the kneeâ€"they must not fla And catoh the breeze‘s flight. I‘ve quite made up my â€" min know, To keep up with the time; I‘ve been to see the Auto Show And studied all the signs, Doors as well as windows are coming in for special treatiment from the modern remodeller,. Those that are usually kept closed have panels painted.. . in colors contrasting with the rest of the surface, or decorated with painted or appliqued desig .s, Silvering a â€" door sometimes proves effective and a colorful painted one is particularly recommended for a darkish hallway. TORONTO crissâ€"croased Draperies for a Chinese Chippenâ€" daleâ€"modern room are of black backâ€" ground linen with small white garâ€" denias. The wooden cornice is covâ€" ered with red satin trimmed to outâ€" line the shape of the cornice .with narrow black moss fringe. The glass curtains â€" are â€" of transparent © net, 2l!"â€"Yeivet â€" combination. For a simpler bedroom, a cction material with eyelet work and a banding of satin has one cu tain balf width and the other side awidth and a half The scantier one hangs straigh:. but the fuller one is looped up with Jong tieback of the materia] piped with satin. Upâ€"toâ€"date â€"A. M. Hodgson. Ottawa Journal ............_. )ring, \Vhy Not | Toronto Star Toronto Globe ................. Toronto Mail and Empire ination. _ For : a | St. Thomas Timesâ€"Journal a ect‘on material] Stratford Bsaconâ€"Herald â€" and a banding of | Brant{ord Expositer ____ tain balf width amg, Brockville Recorder and 7 my â€" mind," you flap half . but long with Joe Judge, former star first baseman of Washington Senators, ictured in his restaurant. in €Vnshington, Dâ€"C. "Thera‘s nothâ€" ing like a good trade.”l says Joe. Canada won first pJ best exhibit of Empire recent: dairy ~show in : ricultural Hall in Lona Readers of The Jouinal may be interested in the f gures for the first ten in the complete year 1934, the totals being made from the Clipâ€" ping Bureau reports: _ Ottawa Journal .. wenensevennsarexnany y Toronty Globe rrrakaiass» + x2 s + 20G Toronto Mail and Empire ... 5,442 Toronto Star ra* s mn» ienss +ss ©,000 St. Thomas Timesâ€"Journal se 4671 Stratford Beaconâ€"Herald .....__. 4,400 Border Cities Star rnreprpe on »qusseies 4BB Toronto Telegram rrensan uns meranse s ne Y eR S Brantford Expositor Srmnartnisie nds EPB i Hamilton Spectator rdkanaretre o To4 Toron o Te‘erram _ Wirnipes Frc» Ires _ The list prepared quarterly by the Dominion Press Clippings Bureau, of Toronto, » showing the s‘anding of Canadian newspapers in the matter of quotations by other newspapers, restores The Ottawa Journal to first place for the period of three months to the end of December last. With: the exception of the third quarter of last year, when it was a close seeâ€" ond, The Journal has held first place for two years. The first ten in‘ the? FimuÂ¥ ranialies _ The original idea was to permit| The managing director looked hem tired citizens to get some sleep, unâ€" over with eyes of disapproval. 1 do disturbed by the raucous honking of not like these advertisements at all, inconsiderate hornâ€"sounders. Now he said. the‘ authorities believe that the dis-: "I don‘t like these catchy headlines use ‘of horns promotes more careful and I want the name of the firm ai driving, on the theory that the man | the top of every advertisement. who knows he can‘t sound a wam-‘ "These photographs of people usâ€" ing signal at all, will use his brakes ing my machinesâ€"I don‘t like them a great deal sooner than he would | at all. You must put in every adverâ€" otherwise. & ‘tinement a washâ€"drawing of the facâ€" The idea has possibilities, and it , tory. is well worth a trial to get recklml The copy too. is too conversation motor‘s‘s to rely on their brakes @l. It is undignified. I want you to rather than on their horns, to keep | Put in a technical description of my from hitting people. And above all| machine. You might quote from the it would take care of the humorist. Patent. who ‘starts sounding his horn conâ€"| "This offer of a pretty booklet at tinuously as soon as a driver two | the end of each advertisementâ€"I do blocks ahead stalls his engine or is | NOt like it either. I‘d have to take on held up by a street car. s an extra girl in the office to send the Several months ago English auâ€" thorities. made the. experiment of outlawing the use of automobile horns in the night time. The thing has worked so well that they are now cons‘dering the advisability of completely prohibiting the use of such horns day and night. Is The Motor. Horn Doomed? Mostâ€"Quoted Newspapers first ten in the final quarter Impire bacon at the how in the Royal Agâ€" in London, England, first prize â€" for the and Times «««. 6,236 sls 5,442 + +*++" $,009 meee~ 41671 â€"...... 4,400 â€"«+... 4,285 .....â€". 8,789 ... 8,619 ceorie: $ 147 1,662 1,295 1,234 1,214 1,204 1,048 845 836 701 686 Here is a curious example of the turning of the wheel, for, if hotâ€" water bottles now spell the apex of railway luxury travel, hotâ€"water tins or "foot warmers" were among the moderators of the rigors of winter travel which were provided to the passenger of the not very distant but much more Spartan past. People used to eagerly look for the arrival of the heavy trolley laden Ag with the "foot warmers," though there were different views about their value. Their effect gencrally was to burn the soles of their feet during â€" the © comparatively â€" short period when they were really hot, leaving‘ the .rest of the body cold. Most people tsed them, but raany held, probably with mt!{ that they engendered chilblains. . ingâ€"cars on the principal night exâ€" presses between London and the North. ed that hotâ€"water bottles will be available free of charge to passen gers travelling by firstâ€"class sleepâ€" English Railway Middleâ€"aged people will revive some old memories of winter rail way travel when they read that two English railways have announcâ€" H‘s fiance is 25, the third of the daughters of Lord and Lady ©avenâ€" dish to marry members of the House of Commons.. Hot Water Bottles For Travellers On That brought the rising young commoner 500 letters from angry women. some of whom offered to marry him and disprove his assor tion. 24, once told a political meeting: our women don‘t know how to conk and they n‘t bother to learn." He adâ€" ded. “‘gon't marry a girl until she knows how to coolk." Mr. Boothby who is 35 years of age and has been a Conservative member of Parliament since he was Londonâ€"The engagement has been announced of Robert Boothby, M.1‘. who ence said women ardn‘*t kn > how to cookâ€"and Diana Cavendis}, daughter of Lord Richard and Lady Moyra Cavendish and a niece of the Duke of Devonshire, former Goâ€"~ n+â€"General of Canada. "Few women really love to cook," the feminine air conqueror of two oceans said here as if in partial exâ€" planation of her determination â€" to ’ keep on flying as long as she lives. She is convinced too many women | "with the education and the des‘re to do big things" are restricted by the call of their brooms and the‘r.â€"keti‘e . "It‘s the ultimate dream of every aviator. I may give it a try one of these days. Such a flight will be a refuelling one. And it will be done in the subâ€"stratosphere. Wiley Post is pioneéring.in that very worthwhile field." British M.P. Who Said Women Couldn‘t Cook Is Engaged What â€" next?â€"Now that she‘s flown both the Atlantic and Paci{ci. "Well, sometime maybe a nonâ€" stop flight around the world. Still, she enjoys designing dresses and she finds pleasure in supervisâ€" ing the Rye N.Y. home of herself and her publisher husband, George Pai mer Putnamâ€" when she‘s in that vi cinity. That is about half the time. "But,‘ she insisted ‘:ltw;wedn't so. Housekeeping need require only few hours of our present day." Kansas Cityâ€"Time may someday clip the wings of daring Amelia Earâ€" hart. Housekeeping never will. Few Women Really Love To Cook Says Amelia Earhart Two months later, the manasing director said: ‘No sir advertising doesn‘t pay. I tried it out and I los: $3,000. â€" Efficiency Magazine. l "These photographs of people usâ€" ‘ing my machinesâ€"I don‘t like them ‘ at all. You must put in every adverâ€" | tisement a washâ€"drawing of the facâ€" The poor advertising agentâ€"what could he say? He said nothing. IHe sent out | the murdered â€" advertiseâ€" ments. "Now just make these corrections and get on with the job.‘ "This offer of a pretty booklet at the end of each advertisementâ€"I do not like it either. I‘d have to take on an extra girl in the office to send the booklets out. Retter say: "Call at the nearest dealer‘s." The managing director looked hem over with eyes of disapproval. 1 do not like these advertisements at all, he said. ‘A week later, the ~Avortising ag ont appeared in the office of the ma naging director with tae advertise ments. _ The managing director of a fac tory decided to spend $3,000 on a«d vertising. So he engaged a very elâ€" ficient advertising agency to draw up a dozen advertisements. How Not To Adveriise Fa? i needn‘t be F f i Btill, if we didn‘t have depression people never would make a fres! start entirely free of debt, Friendâ€"I saw you last night. Beautifu Manâ€"Ah, but you ween the one that g **Everybody is crazy over me, #aid the inmate of the first floor « the insane asylum. M only to pu Mother sa ment says 1 @ren you w comfortably Bays one proud when grades wer ned that s @ancing at young exce Dinerâ€" with the There laundry is vividly &« It of t throu Man to get bort that "Oh asked them d« It‘s Possible To Ward Off Influe The only son ! engagement to hi. *"Whatâ€"that gir amother. "She sq *She can‘t wea his sister, **She hasn‘t any &n a maiden aunt, *She‘s frightfull & second cousin, *They tell me : gant with money," "And most terri gaid another aunt "Well, she‘s got ture, anyway," sa antly . stolen are of a very breed, and that is v tain they are yours surprised to know ti of that particular t some know m the sad Dadâ€"That stays very 1 how to say 3 Daughterâ€" better than : low losh the q Prosecutor lot of them. m hot bath, with a Bemon drink, a c amgainst colds and tw ®f calomel may dr the infection. Shou successful then th, «eonfined to bed an: *reatment instituted Bbuthnot Lane. wolution gently s membrancs of strong one injure: membrane and t« Sts protective sec: wpecific vaccine : against influenza, *o inoculate aga werms which plaj * *"On the subje %he thoat, it is nc ”lias&s of thi ®eedingly | carefu aetrong antisoptics the discase. It is sometim:« ®©ff an impendin enza. Immediate The reason that cause no matter ay kick, they ne {JAVE i 1 n HER GOOD PoiNT Pe Bi Hes AEARLD W 1 late, good â€"Oh, 101 & (Toy *L qws Do« W n