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four Survey of juvenile court recoras by a membe. of the University of Michigan staff lsads him to the asserâ€" tion tha. Boy Fcouts are only oneâ€" third as litely to become delinguents as are non Scouts People who know and appreciate the value of Scout training will readily belicve in the truth of that statoment.â€"Kingston Whisâ€"Standard. Bi CuÂ¥ ‘s Schools With th;'open ng of the Lawrence Park Collegiate, Toronto now has 10 co!lgghtu. four technicrl schools, The "cattle on a thousana hilis" rejoice in a new sustenance which a benevolent Fall supplies, and all Na ture isâ€"fortified in the *thought that when Winter comes it will not be a long one, and we brace ourselves to moet it with this thought.â€"Lethâ€" bridse He 14 et to life and color. The flowers that woere killed by the scorching sun come _+*~ to iife, and the pra..ies, rendered arid with the powe‘ful rays of a nidsummer sun: put on new verâ€" dure and new color with he revivi fied grass and the wild flowers that poop forth agair. Surta In a letter to the Times, the Chief Royal Engineer notes that as the waylayer goes up «hy calator zt Moorgate Station h. soes on a trip throvgh the Empiry‘s forests. The whole of the balustra" is composed of hber itiful p: els of wood from every part of the Empire. Canada, Newfoundland, _ Africa, India â€" and Britain itself are rich in timbe: wes lt] But wvhy he asks, restrict this excellent idea to Moorgate Staâ€" Of that number 5.732 were Cana ditn born _ Dividing them by residâ€" enco it was found that 83 per cent. caime from urban centres and 17 per cont. from rural distri.‘ . and that in itself is a rather strong argument in fivor of the strength and substance of home life in our farming centres. Going a little deeper into statistics it was found that 90 per cent. of the major offerces are stealing and reâ€" ceiving stolen property. From 193‘ to December 31. 1935 the major _ inâ€" creases â€" in â€" juvenile â€" Aelinamaraiae were found When Youth Goes Wrong For th» year 1930 there were 6,453 convictions (to seformatory or prison) ol those known to be between the agzoes of 16 and 21, and 920 who were supposed to be within that age limit, making a total of 7.372%. But what would those investors think about it if Prince Edward Isâ€" land at some time in the future acted through legislation to cut in two or wipe out entirely the return from this fair and legitimate investment? Of course, Prince Edward Island has no intention of doing any such thing. If we know that province and Its people as we think we do, they will go on _ scrupulously honoring their obligations in the terms of their contracts.â€"â€"Halifax Herald. That is a perfectly fair proposition â€"and an excellent investment. Ottawa civic employees are buying $20,000 of Prince Edward Island 1947 bonds for their superannuation fund. Decision to purchase the bonds, which yleld 3.95 pe. cent. interest, was made at a meeting of the Civic Employees‘ Superannuation Board. Here is an item from Ottawa that certainly is worth the attention of thg Canadian people today: To all who still regard the shooting of animals as "sport," let it be said quite plainlyâ€"that is not sport, whatâ€" ever »*Ise it may be. And the authorâ€" itles would be doing the right thing it they put a stop to it entirely â€" Halifax Herald. One of the shyest of forest aniâ€" mals, they lost much of their timidâ€" ity in late Autumn, when the bulls are often decoyed by hunters who imâ€" itate the animal‘s call on trumpets of birchâ€"bark. opring poets in number and variâ€" y crop up in the Spring, or in o «oc ‘.ed Spring in Southern Alâ€" ria. ut we have yet to have a Fall et vho can sing of the slories of e Southern Alberta Fall. Hâ€" or o_ an have much inspiration. Our Fall is in the nature of a resurâ€" ction. The burntâ€"out grass of ~ irimer oi intense heat comes back "Is This Sport?" Hore is a calm description of a certain method of hunting moose: Dr Petc hl(-h -eâ€"hn;l; of commerce 100 excellent idea to | â€"Canada‘s Weekly VOICE t, it is 1aported, have been in Oxford County Funny how e could mistake a Holstein for "?â€" St. Catharines Standard. rborough . Examiner Boy Scouts Bcohave Mistaken Identity it is .aported â€" ha Fall On the Prairie THE WORLD AT LARGE Sound to the Core Empire Wood CANADA 1935 the major inâ€" juvenile â€" delinquencies be in .utomobile cases. (London} delinquents who know of â€"Scout e in the â€"Kingston of the But Gertrude Maxwell,â€"dieuclnn. badn‘t a good word to say about Miss Sellar‘s job. "Pounding a typewriter She said sho didn‘. like the idea of standing behind a counter all day listening to abuse and complaints and wearing a million dollar smile, "no matter how you are feeling." "Clerking in any that is my idea « jJoy life," voluntee stenographer. not "Washing dishesâ€"I can‘t think of any jJob I would dislike more than that," exclaimed Muriel Arnold, beauâ€" ticlan. "I can‘t imagine anything more unpleasant than continually cleaning dirty, greasy diskes. Washâ€" ing dishes as a part of housekeeping would be bad â€"nough, but to do it for a living, no thanks, I‘d rather It seems it‘s still every woman to her own taste and Halifax girls are thankful for a variety of occupations to choose from. He has their measurements and he makes dresses for themâ€"a mother and two daughtersâ€"a dozen at ‘ % time.â€"Overseas Daily Mail. Halifax, N.S.â€"A local newspaper made a survey of female opinion on women‘s occupationsâ€"and what A hodgeâ€"podge of answers developed. The stenographers found the lady clerk‘s job loathsome, and the dietiâ€" cian used strong adjectives to show her distasts for "pounding a typewritâ€" er eight hours a day." "What kind of daily employment would you most heartily dislike?" they were asked. It is equally unusual for a London dress designer to send designs and patterns by air mail overseas to cusâ€" tomers who select from his sketches and patterns in the same way. But this is how Mr. Tracquir, who works in his Grosvenor Street salon, caters for wealthy customers in South Africa whom he has only seen once when they were over here. Still Every Woman to Own Taste in Halifax Women‘s Taste On Jobs Vary For a bride in South Africa, thousâ€" ands of miles away, to order, by air mail, her wedding dress, after having selected a design and a pattern for it, submitted to her from London by air mail, is unusual. Surely there must be an extre special thrill in opening a box which has come all the way from England with the wedâ€" ding dress in it, after the bride has only seen that wedding gown, in her mind‘s eye, as a sketch and a scrap of satin. This is perhaps an cld story, but linked with it is the 1«~*~ progress of the Maritimes. They cannot go north, but they can make more use of what they have within their limâ€" ited boundaries. It is a challenge, esâ€" pecially to youth, to go on to greater things.â€"St. John ‘. elegraphâ€"Journal, There is not now the same need of rough pioneering, but of the forâ€" ward looking energy that is not conâ€" tent with things as they are. The resources of science are available, there is s field for coâ€"operation, and the natural riches of the scil, the forest and the fisheries await fuller development. There is also the great and growing tour‘st traffic to be enâ€" couraged, since the Maritimes are fitâ€" ted io be in a natural playground for vast numbers of s mmer visitors. While, there.ore, the area of the Maritime Provinces is limited in comâ€" parison with the other provinces there is room for the expansion of agriculte, industry and trade anu a greater exploitation of â€" scenic charms and Summer climate. The truth is the ordirary libertyâ€" loving individual of moderate political views in Spain is caught between the upper and the nether millstones, and there is little he can do about it. He can choose between a military dictaâ€" torship and a dictatorship of tbe proâ€" letariat and thit is the only choice he can make. The extremists on both sides ®. ve, as usual in such cirâ€" cumstances, risen to the top and are in full command The Government is dominated by t e Communists and anarchists. The rebeis are dominated by the military juuta. The moderates on both sides can only stand and view, in helpless dismay the forces of destruction let loose upon n stricken country,.â€"Winnipeg Tribune. public schools (including all types), three spec..l1 nools anc 40 separate schools. The total value of all, inâ€" cluding sites and equipment, is placâ€" ed at over $40,000,000.â€"Toronto Star. THE EMPIRE PRES $ Dressing by Airplane in any kind of a storeâ€" idea of how not to enâ€" lunteered _ Pat â€" Sellars, CANADA THE EMPIRE WN I AKIOQ TORONTO Her As "or the waterfall effect, it is a little difficult to describs, but it lends an attractive touch to dainty pieces of furniture. Edges are cut away so as to show the grain or panelling in such a way as to sugâ€" Bright colors and lishtâ€"colored wood will in ade more than the bed room. Furniture designers are pretâ€" ty well agreed that dark finishes such as walnut and mahogany are all right in their place, but that when color is wanted they are apt to deaden a som. New Treatment for Wood. "Blonde" furniture will simply be bleached wood, which isn‘t intended by furniture men as a reflection on all blondes. This new treatment (for wood) is stated to bring out some wonderful grain effects and to make for an attractive sedroom suite, brightening up a room as nothing else has been able to do. Some of these attractive styles are known as "hlondes." ‘That is the "brunette" may pass out of the picâ€" ture in favor of what gentlemen preâ€" fer. For, as the winter draws on and the January show season approach es, they are getting ready to spring some mighty attractive pieces _ of furniture on the waiting public. And these new terms are all ‘*angled up in their conversation. Stratford, Ont.â€""Biondes" "waterâ€" fall" and "streamâ€"lining"â€"these are terms which might indicate that a roâ€" mance was in the air involving some attractive blondes parked in a modâ€" ern automobile beside a waterfall. But in anyone happens to over hear furniture men talking in these terms it would be unjust to jump at conclusions, They are talking shop â€"nothing more. Waterfall Is Another New Type. Now Radio Cabinet Changes. Latest Furniture of Bleached Wood A student, Mona Keating, came to bat with an outburst against the teaâ€" ching and nursing professions. eight hours a day is the kind of work I would enjoy doing least," she reâ€" plied to the query. "I tried it," she continued, "but sitting all day long taking notes and transcribing them on the typewriter got me down, and I had to stop." is trlmng 17 rears to be built, at a cost of $10,000,000, Jupan‘s new Parliament Building in Toldo, shown above, was completed recently. Japan celebrated the event which was featured by Emperot t dedicating the new forum with Shinto purification rites. SUBURBAN HEIGHTS WHEN FRED PERLEY FAILED 10 CALL FOR HIS WiFE AFTER Tez MOTHERS‘ COUNCIL MEFTING, AS HE HAD PROMISED, SHE WALKED HOME IN SOME CONCERN, WHICH TURNED To ACTIVE ALARM WHEN SHE FOUND FRED AND THE CAR GONE. SURE HAT hE HAD MET Wifh AN ACCIDENT S5hE ROUSED TE NEIGHBORS WHP F!LJI'\_LLV AFTER rngNIGHf_LOCATE_D FRED IN FRONT OF TE HOUSE WHERE FOR SOME REASON HE THOVGHT THE MEETING WaAs avss. _ T BE HELD, SOUND RSLEEP priins Japan‘s New Parliament Building These preliminary â€" performances will be judged by Sterndale Bennett, Toronto producer, during the month of January. From Mr. Bennett‘s marks and comments the executive will select the plays which will be presented in the Western Ontario reâ€" gional festival in Galt late in Febâ€" ruary. Probably the festival bill will include nine plays. Entries were a'ccepted from the folâ€" lowing groups: LONDON, Ont. â€" Entries from 16 Little Theatre groups, for the preâ€" liminaries of the 1937 Western Onâ€" tario drama festival, were accepted by the executive of the Western Onâ€" tario Drama League, meeting in Lonâ€" don recently. Preliminaries in Western Onâ€" tario Festival Are Arâ€" ranged for January 16 Groups Enter Drama Contest Local furniture factories are humâ€" ming these days. There is a note of optimism _ everywhere. The _ radio cabinet seasow is almost uver and most shops are working hard to fill all orders. Ther they will go right into the household furniture busiâ€" ness as January is expected to be a good season for sales. Not long after the new year gets under. way, the radio cabinet season starts all over again. * Radio cabinets offer few ;ood corâ€" ners on which o scratch an itchy back, and they are all featuring the newer style of having the dial visible without stoopin: This type of design not only is preâ€" valent in household furniture but alâ€" so in office furniture. :t will be alâ€" most imp<ssible for an executive to kic‘ his ankle or his kn« against a sharp corner of his walnut or mahogâ€" any desk if he selects these new styles for his ~ffice renovation. gest water running down a cascade. Corners Eliminated. "Streamâ€"lining"‘ is hardly acce,:ed here as the proper term for newer styles of furnitue in which _sharp corners an. where are scrupulously avoided ad the rounded motif carried throug out. it isn‘t intended that furâ€" niture should go flying thro gh the air sut that is .a0 term which has been adopted in some shops. Anyway, there doesn‘t seem t, be any other distinctive‘ term. Major Kemp spoke mostly of his service at Aklavik, at Merschel Island and in the Western Arctice subâ€"diviâ€" sion, At the island, me revealed, a°e did the usual police work in addition New York.â€"Major V. A. M. Kemp of the Royal Canadian Mounted Poâ€" lice dropped into town recently for the National Horse Show and incidâ€" entally to disabuse a group of newsâ€" papermen of a bunch of carefully nurâ€" tured :llusions about the "Mounties." The major was almost apologetic as he told the reporters and photogâ€" raphers that the Mounties seldom wore the famous scarlet coats, that no one ever used the bromide "the Mountie always get his man," that automobiles were used extensively In! the service and that the Royal Canaâ€" dian Mounted Police had a marine division similar to the United States Coastguard. R.C.M.P. Officer Tells N.Y. Press of Job In Arctic Outpost Dates for the preliminaries were arranged as follows â€" Saturday, January 2, Galt; Monday, January 4, Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Tuesday, Januâ€" ary 5, Hamilton Players‘ Guild, Hamilton Wednesday, January 6, Guelph; Thursday, January 7, Brantâ€" ford; Friday and Saturday, January 8 and 9, London; Friaay, January 15, Windsor; Saturday, January 22, Inâ€" gersoll and Woodstock; Saturday, January 23, Loretto Players, Hamilâ€" ton. In several instances the groups enâ€" tering are offering two or three plays. The names of these must be in the hands of the executive shortly. Life of ‘Mounties‘ Shorn of Glamor Southern district â€" _ Woodstock Theatre Guild, Ingersoll Little Theaâ€" tre, University of Western Ontario Players‘ Club, Thespis Players, Lonâ€" don; London Drama League, Comâ€" munity Drama Guild, London, and London Little Theatre. Western district â€" Sarnia Drama League, Border Theatre Guild, of Windsor, Border Cities Theatre Arts Group. Northern district â€" Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo Little Theatre, Guelph Litâ€" tle Theatre Galt Little Theatre. Eastern districtâ€"Brantford Drama League, Hamilton Players‘ Guild, Loretta Players, Hamilton. Annual shipments of New wick seed potatoes to Cuba ar way. London real estate agents are swamped with inquiries for houses from men of wealth in nearly every Ammmgas 4o wa c 0 Additional Argentine orders â€" for seed stock are expected, and possibilâ€" ity of shipments to Brazil is seen. One leading shipper expressed beâ€" lief the Argentine also would take table potatoes before the season ends. London‘s hospitals, of which there are 145, had a total income of $20,â€" 950,000 last year. SAINT JOHN, N.B. â€" with 30, 000 barrels of certified seed potaâ€" toes already booked for shipment hroug‘ the port of Saint John for the Argentine, New _ Brunswick growers are gettiny the best price for seed stock that they have reâ€" ceived at this time of year in severâ€" al seasons Principal R. C. Wallace of Queen‘s and Dr. W. S. Fox of Western, deâ€" c‘ared that women students had their own smoking rooms at their respective universities but both reâ€" fused to discuss whether women should or should not smoke. Seed Potatoes Going lhee To Argentine Market ‘‘Smoking is prohibited at the University of Toronto, not on moral grounds, but because of the fire regâ€" ulations," explained A. D. Lepan, superintendent of buildings _ "We permit smoking at Hart House, beâ€" cause it is of fireproof construction." TORONTO. â€"â€" Coâ€"eds at Queen‘s and the University oi Western Onâ€" tario have smoking rooms of their own but even men students of the University of Toronto are forbidden to smoke in most U. of T. premises, survey of Ontario colleges shows. Says That Fire Hazard Cause of Smoking Ban Mrs. Cardellâ€"Oliver attended wearâ€" ing her hat in keeping with the canâ€" ons of the Anglican Church. Mr. Speaker Panton, in the absence of any precedent, appealed to Mrs. Carâ€" dellâ€"Oliver to conform to the standâ€" ing orders and, with a bow, the neoâ€" phite from Subjaco removed her fashionable head adornment. For many years Miss May Holman, member for Forrest, has been the only woman member in the Legislaâ€" tive Assembly. She has invariably appeared in the Assembly bareheadâ€" ed, in conformity with the standing orders which demand a member shall "remain uncovered, on the floor of the House." West Perth, W. Aust.â€"An unusual state of affairs not covered by standâ€" ing orders, took place in the Legislaâ€" tive Assembly when Mrs. Cardellâ€" Oliver, Nationalist member for Suâ€" biaco, attended for the first time. Receipts in detail were: Customs duties $46,703,552, increase $2,987,â€" 9938; excise taxes $79,016,054, inâ€" crease 017,971,761; excise duties $27, 684,266, increase $620,226; sundry collections $426,135, increase $18,526. Revenue collected during the seven months period, April 1 to Oct. 81, 1936, reached a total of $154,727,008. This compares with $133,128,502 colâ€" lected during the corresponding months last year, a net increase of $21,598,506. Lady Legislator BRemoves Her Hat Other receipts were: customs duties $7,606,233, increase $496,471; excise duties $4,216,124, increase $423,502; sundry collections $67,720, increase $4,440. venue showed a steady gain for Ocâ€" tober, amounting to $26,248,622 as against $21,428,779 vollected during October, 1935, a net increase of $4,â€" 819,843. A statement issued last week by Hon. J. L. lisley, Minister of Nationâ€" al Revenue, shows that the heaviest increase was made in excise tax reâ€" ceipts which jumped from $10,463, 566 to $14,358,545, a difference of $3,â€" 894,979. Accedes to Request Made by House Speaker October Collections In Cusâ€" toms and Excise Continue Gains Ottawa Revenue Jumps $4,819,843 Jobs." Und: the midnight sun Major Kemp is still remembered as a manyâ€" sided Solomon who took on the difiâ€" culties of the Eskimo natives with a gratifying alacrity. commirsioner. When Major Kemp was in comâ€" mand of thr Western Arctic subâ€"diviâ€" sion in 1927â€"29, he was known among the Eskimos as the "Many of Many OTTAWA â€" Customsâ€" excju reâ€" Justice of the Peace, w Brunsâ€" are under She also urged the voliection old clothe. and other materials order to provide raw materia}s many industries. Berlin.â€"German women are ursod to show themselves "aqua‘ to your mothers during the world war," by practicing thrift as a part of the Reich‘s new "surâ€"year eccnomic pla The German housewife must â€"not think of herself but of »‘ other Gerâ€" man families and refuse to hoard beâ€" cause chat ‘â€"ndangers the general supply," Dr. Else Vorwerk, one of the leaders in the women‘s auxiliary, told the "Reich waste exposition" . at Cologne. German Women Urged to Thrift The ideal package must bo of proper height and width to :t shelves of the store, with a | readable from every angle, at =! aisle distance, and made with : fading colors. It must also con complete information for the uso the product, she added, because n people quickly forget the instruct! given them by the clerk. "There is a category oi paci which increasingly manifests ch.nge," she points out "Outs: ing in this class are perfume, co= ics and toileteries, Such standa» cartons as hosiery hoxes anc « packages are becoming subject (~ quent changes in structme and sign and it may be supposed this tendency will invade more more the field of fairly staple ; aged products, whether we enjos prospect or 0t." Toronto. â€" Packages, bein mental as well as useful. "ca: cape being subject to cha: their outer aspects, and some nowadays almost as frecuen style and exterior design a » hats, and just as frivolously : usingly," Miss Lane mlarohn, York packaging expert says. Styles Change In Packages Also "The only time i ever tool a © er‘s pie home," said a housewife, " dog had * good feed." Another s she was afraid to take a pie h« because she "might get thrown o The "jury" agrsed that buns sweetbreads coull be done a better by the commercial bako Commercial pies are "not taking a chance on," said ome She acded she was "termbl;, o on a piece of pumpkin pie on when you get a piece of mi: you‘re never sure of what you ing." The group oi women were by the Ontario Breid and Cal ers‘ Association to give 1ep: tive opinions on the quality « mercial bakiny The associa in convention here. Torouto.â€"About 300 ontaric ers sat lumbfounded | tod>: group of housewives, business and a dietitian bluntly informe their pies weren‘t very good cakes not much better, ~nd Buns not bad. rect yardstick. But, he warned standards must be maintained ; whatever course of training or r» quirements that might be followed. Pies No Good, Say Housewives Toronto Bakers Dumfouni Over Opinions Voiced At Meeting in favor of work more suited to the adoption of a course in nursinp, While matriculation nas been th» yardstick to nursing standards in the past, he doubted if it were the co~. Necessity of matriculation requtre ments for the nursing profession was questioned by Dr. Simpson, who said he believed that many of the nonâ€"essential subjects of a matrics. lation certificate might be dropped "You know what this condition means in exposure, to children in the instances of the teachers," s»;; Dr. Simpson. "In one high school we found five active cases of tuber. culosis." Necessity of such examination was stressed by Dr. Simpson who stated that if medical examination was essential for teachers, and re. vealed such results, surely it was necessary for student nurses. Torontoâ€"Thirty cases of active tuberculosis among nurses in trainâ€" ing and 23 cases among traininp school teachers were discovered as , result of examinations conducted hy the Government during the past two years, Hon. Dr. L. J. Simpson, minâ€" ister of education, stated recently. Thirty Cases Among Those In Training; Twentyâ€"Three Among Teachers ven Standardized C Altered To Attract Buvers 30 Nurses Found .. m To Be Tubercular ‘ear eccnomic pla usewife must . nol it of 2"1 other Ger refuse to hoard be In for in has ret U n For Amazing Demand snd Get._ ASPI Would L Now Neuriti F I¢ Owing to P ti watch. m grate and go Drop an "Asp By th #tomach disintegrating happens in th LOOK FOR TH ‘"Aspirin‘ Ta Dissolve Ain Instanth A §