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ases Position Is Fash- Worn-n " iF A» There is very sparse taxes: m u"; area and all available wood is need- id for building and mining and could not be used for fuel. At pre- nm oil is brought by barge across the lake and serves both as fuel and for power at I coat ot " cent: n gallon. Ganollne costs about 49 cents a gallon. Fifty invalid: in ambulances Joined a pilgrimage of 500 from Belfast to a famous shim in Knock, Northern Ireland. The three chief problems are transportation. power and fuel, the deputy minister. who visited the field this summer. told the engin- eers. Yellowknife lies about 800 miles from Edmonton by air and is about 600 miles from Waterways. Gasoline 4!: A Gallon Operation costs. he judged. would be about 30 per cent. higher than Iimilar mining in Northern Ontario. Dr. Camseil believed Yellowknife ore would have to assay about half u ounce of gold a ton to be profit- ably mined. h ure. Dr. Charles Camsell. deputy- minister of mines and resource' told the Ottawa branch ofthe En- gineering Institute of Canada. Despite inherent difficulties of development, the now gold mining fteld ot Yellowknife at the east end of Great Slave Lake in the North. west Territories has a bright tut- Outstanding among Hungary's ll- berals, Dr. Vambery in the past was responsible for many local and judh-inl reforms. He is a noted his- torian and famous tor his wit. wesont-day dictatorships, Dr. Rug. tem Vambery, elderly Hungarian nebular, said on return to New York last week from Europe for a lecture tour alter 30 years' ab lent-v. "The Middle Ages were not Io crm-i as are the dictators. The dictators haw gone farther back to the Stone Ago. The only language they understood is the mailed fist". declnrmi the noted criminologist who formerly lectured at Cam. bridge and Oxford Universities. Outstanding among Hungnry's ii- berals, Dr. Vambery in the past Mining ls Harder Farther North Considetttrle speculation is rife in White Russian circles in Paris as to the reason for the Christmas visit of Grand Duke Vladimir, ABOVE. pretender to the throne of all the Russias. to Berlin. As.. tute observers believe it within the bounds of possibility that Vladimir may be offered the throne of a new Ukrainian nation. Such an independent (?) nation, hacked partly from Poland and partly from Russia, is said to be a part .-- an important part - of Reichsfuehrer Hitler's plans for "drang much ostcn” {drive to the east). Says Middle Ages Much Less Cruel Prominent Criminologist from Europe Declares Present- Day Dictators Outdo the Dark Ages Operation Costs in Yellowknife District, for Instance, Are 30' t Higher Than in Ontario LONDON. Ont.-Using veg- etables grown last summer in the school garden and pickles, relishes and fruit cake of their own manufacture, the members of the senior boys' vocational class at Ealing School served Christmas dinner to several friends and school oftieials Dee. 21. The boys cooked the meal, set the table. served dinner and afterward washed the dishes. During the past year they grew potatoes, corn, peanuts, radish- es, beets. carrots, peanuts, to- matoes, lettuce and onions. They canned the beets, made mustard pickles, tomato juice and chili sauce, which were served as part of the Christmas dinner. Boy Chefs Cater For Own Dinner May Be Hitler’s Pawn a l hrknst Middle Ages would dered try comparison with day dictatorship, Dr. Rag. mbery. elderly Hungarian said on return to New st week from Europe for a tour utter 30 years' ab. tour anew The Middle as are an s have gone lay dictatorship, Dr. may. elderly Hunga said on return to I t week from Europe (I tour after 30 years' the Middle Ages were as are the dictators. have gone tanner bae were not mom. The or back to language med list", Used During Curing Susan, A Khmille Farmer Thinks the System Will Pay {at Itself 5. -An old friend ot he family, per- haps a close friend ot her father. 6. "Will you excuse me, please?" To protect his seed-corn from frost damage during the period it is being cured. Howard R. Sellers. Kingsviiie. oat.. district tamer, has developed a new type com crib which quickeus the curing by ap- plied heat. Heated Corn Crib Keeps Seed Well Clean metal candlestick: pet-- mauently by painting them with a colorless lacquer after thoroughly cleaning them. Or, if you like, rub a little olive oil over them after cleansing - this will keep them bright for some time. Treat metal ashtrars in the same way. The crib. of large and unique structure. is equipped with air-con- ditioning through two com furnaces and eleetrieallydatuted air. The structure was planned by Mr. Sel- lers with the help of W. W. Lennox, head of the department ot agricul- ture seed branch at Toronto. Protect: Against Front Built last year. the crib warrant. ed its expense ot 8700 tor building in the first season by producing the need corn that tested M) per cent. germination. Using the crib for the aecond time, this tall, Mr. Sellers believes that it will pay tor itself within ten years. 4. Yes, “is rude and inconsider- ate. If it is absolutely necessary to leave before the tiuat curtain. pro- bably. to catch acertaln train, one should leave as quickly and quietly " possible, and then put on the wraps at the back of the theatre. SEEDLESS MELON A seedless watermelon has been developed by a 27-year-old Chin- ese graduate student at Michigan State College. This young scientist explained elimination of the "eds was accomplished by the use of growth-promoting hormones in dilute acids. First of its kind in Ireland, a coffee van will provide non-al- cholic drinks " country Nirs u A new use has been found for cod liver oil-drink it and you can see at night like a cat. At least that is the result, of ex- periments of Dr. Margaret Cam- mak Smith, nutrition chemist of the University of Arizona, in at- tempting to cure "night blind- ness," a peculiar condition that develops in the eye from a lack of regeneration of "pigment purple" a vitamin A substance. 6. What should one say when one wishes to be excused from the table before the others have finished eat- mg? ANSWERS F 1. When the bill amounts to 32.50 or more. When the amount is less than this, the tip may be 100, 15c, 200. or Me, just as one wishes. 2. Yes, regardless of whether he is being introduced to a woman or a man. and regardless of age. _ How the sun can give so much heat without burning up has been one of the great puzzles of science. Scientists find that its size and heat are not even diminishing over millions of years. 2. Should a man always rise tor an introduction'.' 3. Whose name comes titat when a man and his wife Sign their mums to Christmas cards? 4. Is it rude tor a person to be. gin putting on his wraps before the last curtain falls at the theatre? 5. When a bride has no parens or near relatives. who abomd be asked to “give her away".' 3. whenever" the titles Mr. and Mrs. are used together as a name the Mr. comes first. CARBON, FUEL FOR SUN Dis:overy that carbon, the stuff that makes- coal, is the source of the heat of the sun was announc- rd at Cornell University, Ithaca, NA., last week. On earth man burns only the outside of the carbon atom. In the sun this atom's nucleus "burns". The nucleus gives many million times more heat than the "outside". 1. On what sized bill, when dim ing, is one supposed to apply the "ten per cent." rule? _ - - The blindness can be corrected in children by use of cod liver' oil, Dr. Smith says. What Science * Is Doing * SEEING IN THE DARK -or"tiiiierrtperanee bosement. ttt "ur. ' Checking Your Light System Faulty Witintr is At All Times Careful check 'hould,lte made of the light and power eqipment in I. new home or in modernizing an existing house. In the case of old dwellings, such a check is doubly recommended. The origin- al installations may have become worn or damaged. T he servieeiof a competent electrician should be employed to avoid mistakes which might prove costly and hazardous. "riArintr systerit, if permitted to femain neglected, may prov.- to be a dangerous fire hazard. H. G. Wells, Edgar Rice Bur. roughs. and other writers of fan- tastic tales about adventures among the Martians, have been vindicated by Dr. Knut Lundmark, director of the Lund Observatory in Sweden. There is life on Mars, deal-trcs Dr. Lundmark--and not only on Mars, but on some of the other planets. "If matter is uniformly distributed," he says in "Sky", "and other worlds are built in the same way as ours, then, phil- osophically speaking, it is incon- ceivable that ours should be the only one on which there is life." "Life On Mars" Says Scientist Hitler almost lost his vision dur. ing the World War, when he was gassed. The room in a hospital at Pasewalk, Pommern (Pomer- ania), where his sight gradually returned has become a national shrine visited by many ardent Nazis. His eyes are an .mpox'tant asset to Hitler and recently he has tak- en measures to protect them. Be- ginning with the pictures of the signing of the Munich accord of September 29th he has been shown wearing glasses. ' Glued In War But the fuehrer still goes with- out glasses in public. His follow- ers say that much of his influence is based on the almost hypnotic effect of his glance. News pictures recently have ae- quainted the German public with the fact that Reichsfuehrer Hit. ler, who was almost blinded during the World War, now wears glasses on occasion. Now Use Glasses, But Does Not Wear Them in Public Hitler Guards His Eyesight Two of Ottawa's youngest and gamest pugilists, Leonard Morris, LEFT, and Paul Lapoihte, RIGHT, staged an impromptu three found-S bout for the benefit of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., screen star, during his first visit to the Canadian capital, where he was the guest of Lord Tweedsmuir. Both boxers are Just six years old and if they take a great big breath are just able to tip the beam at 40 pounds. Deer Had. Silver DULUTH, Minm--This story is Lloyd c. Dathe‘s of the Bar. num, Minn., Herald, and he says he's going to stick to it: Les. ter Munter,_ a hunter, shot a four-year-old doe. It had, he told Dathe, silver fillings in its teeth. A dentist and a veter- inarian aid so, too. Probnbly. Bethe theorized, the doc bit in. to some feed containing silver, and filled its cavities u it ate. No one has advanced an.alter. native possibility. Mosquito Weight Champions Stage Exhibition Bout Filling Jn Teeth Exploding "mhsreiteseti'sMYP) Eskimo lite," Bernard Hubbard, the "glacier priest," sald the oulydgloo ln Alaska was a Hollywood impor- tation. and quoted the Eskimo tlim agar. Mala. as saying Sttysre I: more wife grading In Hollyw’odd than there ls amongrthe Bskimop." Giaeier Priest Declares Also the Most Natives Avoid Holly- wood System of Wife-Swap- “I have travelled from lye Canaé dlan border to the polar region," said the internationally . known Jo suit explorer. “and the only Igloo I found was one erected, by Holly. wood tor a movie.. Films and ~books: depicting the Eskimo as a "wife-trader." he said. were "unfair" to the Eskimo. since the "wire-trader is the exception and not the rule." The Jesuit who described civili- zation as “‘chiselization." said he would be glad to get back to the territory of the King islanders on the Bering Bea, "where for M year- there never has been a murder, and never a suicide. and where gossip is unknown. even among the wo. men." "There are igloo: in _Lab'rador. bat Alaskan Eskimos have to read about them In American geogra- phies." . "Oh, tine, thanks. Why, he in so prosperous now that he can even word to tell some ot his. patients that there is nothing wrong with them." "How is your brother getting along, Pete. You know, the one who became a doctor t" There was a young man or Mauri- The vacuum cleaner man, having finished his demonstration, turned with a beaming nmiie and showed the housewife the amount ot debris which had been extracted. "Oh, my goodness, isn’t that aw- tull" said the woman. "I’ll hare to get rid ot that carpet and put down linoleum,” tins Who used to get trightfully viaius Whenever his spouse Walked out of the house And left him to wash up the ditius. A Hollywood screen actres- announcee the Ion of her ameo thyst, beryl and chrysolite neck-lace. One theory I: that In the lnterelt. of publiclty the It running through her Jewellery in alphabetical order. "What exactly happens when the human body I: Immersed In warm water?" ”R. a doctor. The 'phone be" rings. A lawyer was uked by a wo- man friend what was the dif. ference between a solicitor and a barrister. “Precisely the name." he re- plied. “a: between a crocodile and an tttligator." HAY? piag fi, AEXRD Non-Existent 0/ You a The Kitchener Record has I. long list ot things that happened or did not happen thirty years ago and most of the items certainly can be Interpreted In terms of progress tor the present day. Here are the thought provoke”: Nobody wore white shoes. Most young men had “livery Can You Rube The a, the "Good Old Dun” Nobody Wore n Wrist Watch? . Farmers came to town tor their mail. The heavens were not full of man-birds. The hired girl drew mummy a week and was happy. bills The butcher "threw in" a chunk ot liver. The merchant "threw in" a pair of suspenders with every suit. Nor the seas alive with under. water boats. Nobody “listened in" on the tele. phone. _ - Straw stacks were burned in. stnad of baled. Publishing a country newspaper was not a business; it was a duel. ing game. The safety razor had not intro- duced the cleanuthttvett face. The radio did not give people the jitters by broadcasting an invasion by the Martians. Static was unknown. And the picture could be drawn with more elaboration and fidelity to conditions. What about the tive cent shave. the east iron standards tor hitching the horses and dust and mud on he stream. the wooden sidewalks. the backyard wens and the nearby outhouses. the horse pump and trough in the towns? They're Sending Letters to Each Other in the Eaten: Arctic Eskimos Using Airmail Widely Canada's Eskimo population is making increasing use of the mails. according to otticialtt of the Eastern Arctic Patrol. Letters and messages between widely separated Eskimo families now form a considerable part ot the mail carried by the R. M. S. Nascopie on the annual cruise to posts along Hudson Strait and Bay and on the islands ot the Arctie Archipelago. . In the Islands of Arctic Most ot the correspondence be- tween the Eskimos is carried on in the syllabarium which makes use of some sixty phonetic characters, and is more adaptable to the torme- tion of Eskimo words than the English alphabet which often makes their words Ions and cum- bersome. The natives ot the East- ern Arctic are proud of their abil- ity to read and write the syllabu- ium, and delight in making use at the postal facilities to communicate with their relatives and friends. Deer Has Horn Like a Unicorn The doe, for such it was, had a small horn growing from the side of its forehead as if it had started to grow a set of antlers and then gave up the idea. The branch was only half grown: and the points, little more than knobs, were covered with the moss usually found on a den": Antlers early in the year. The heraldie unicorn exists, or did. North Sydney (N.S.) residents were treated to I met: mole when they saw the body of a one-horned beast lubed to Captain Chesley Anderson', ear. By all the Inn of nnture it ,shogldn't even have hid one hoin. TV _ . p b _ Although the "traditionai Eng- lishman" is always portrayed abroad " wearing n monocle and many Englishmen do, intact. fav. our I single eyeglass, the custom is a. Continental one rather than English. Contrary to genera‘ bed lief, most monocles are not worn merely as ornaments (except by dandies), but are actually single eyeglasses. It was once supposed that a. glass for one eye would nlso reduce the strain on,the oth- er eye. . Monocle: Aren't Of 258,000,000 coins iissded by the British Mint last 'eltr 109,- 000,000 were pennies., Thirty Years Ago CEEillL2] An you ton-mud with an . 1qeirt-?setethJy1i,P.teryu oh: amnion-P Fat quick In ye c0911“. Myttittlestiel1 - “an"... ........,.... ...-.- _. -- _- M In nth all. - the Ink and 1r'iit'i'4iriii"i' “a qaniaH.- we. as. Sula can Inn-n heli- “mat A Me ttUt bank. at m m. m - my hick; I --use Phonetic Chuacten Issue No. 1-'39 English Custom SmeyofnLnneNunbaof MeaShwslt's hunk ThieThaeAmMmtrevi- A survey was recently made among A large number ot American hisbandl. an Juli: Martin in i‘suecesotul Living". The out-Mon- asked were about the habiu or mm that irritated and Jun what each one would like to have chans- ed in his partner. Husbands Hate Foolish Habits One or the questions naked we: this: "Bats your wife my habit: to which you object!" Forty-ave men Ilid "No" or “Nothing serious," while the rest of them made more than n ‘hnndre'd complaintu on the subject of various ttttbits.: T .. b The” Numbn- Eighteen ot the men objected to some pbyeicnl habit or ttgattttetOtst, or something connected with dren- ing. washing. nnd no forth. So any of these traits are laughably trivial. but nbmehow their constant rape titiottat close range gets under the skin. Snoring tor example, that'- one ot the objections: and it can get on a person's nerve: with con- stant repetition u welt " being ignored by the use of n little will power. or, better still, corrected by a slight operation. Several men slid the only habit they objected A wider and more severe grass- hopper pllgue in Saskatchewan in 1989 is forecast by cntomologists. K. M. King, A P. Arnason and Lorne Paul, entomologists in charge of the Dominion En- tomology Laboratory at Saskat- chewnn University, said at a uni- versity meeting an increase in infestation was probable. to was the habit of biting the titutermailtt when tense or normal. Others said their wives kept pat. tlng their hair to see that it was in order. or kept running their hands through it. An increase was reported pas- sible in the area likely to be af- fected by pale western cutwnrm and wheat stem sawiU. with pos- sible minor invasions of Say’a Expect Invasion Of Grasshoppers Than Freshmen in Eleven Am- erican Uaivemitieo-U. of T. Varsity Men Found Taller Mr. Paul, discussing tho grass- hopper situation. said practically the entire agricultural area of Saskatehewatt was now infested with grasshoppers. In only two are“. south of Maple Creek and in the extreme northeast part of the province, was there little or no infestation. Another Plague is Forecast for Saskatchewan for 1939 Q‘s-{n bugan'l the billhutz in local- ized areas. University of Toronto freshmen Itand first in height as compared with those at eleven American unl- versities. according to the annual report of Dr. George D. Porter, di- rector of university health service: tor men. told the Globe and Mail. "Ther stand second In weight," he lddl. "The general upward trend in height and Weight is very noticenble over the past slxteen years." Average Height, 5' 09/." The average height of the ntntt. year students was Ir feet " inches. and’ the average weight 144% pounds - the highest average in the history ot the university. "Thep hysical condltlon of a large mummy of students ls excel. lent, only nineteen being unfit for physical training. This In the best record we have ever had." “don. _'r180'hu'h. A _',rT1y,sr,'lr.eA.:. HIGH Bump Prtms'tgUrtE--WruTE {or has booklet and full tcsrtieu. 1arC.riur9lyut our amazingly Fur- ce‘slfnl hyblood lrcn'mvnt. Pedi- greed Products. Susknhmn, FUNK 'r-rt/ji-i-iii/iii/l ;é;<_i:demrti§ing Minus BEAVER POWDERS WILL KIve_ImmedjnN; rgllgf. fimps' pirr - Mllt, .n _ k "nu-1n. l'unu I'IFIF' .4. T9uloum Gandorl. NAN) thl. clinton. Ontario. nun. 'xuurm I lump. .,.......- ttprtie'ltyftttt. bunk, and HI! up“ of "gt',,ti1udW.,, Hair Gouda. WriIe for m air-ted rnmluuue. t5rtttfldtartw tiul nun nrrunurd. Toronto Hum- an Hair Supp” Co, 528 llmhurrl. Totmtto. in TTqtTretf teed. Prim H Powder. $LVt. Post Paid. With from hook on “Animal Ailments." ”an & Sam. (Call-GI) Limited. Manutneture" of Veterinary Medicines, vrrrtur, Qua. but: I. ARGE. FILM-{BREE Iixyrry'ry/rh' Has the Highest Average in Hum "Loo" Plus»! "c “(IRSES " IT" “I'll H‘s Ii! “IIII'I'IHN G A VDIQIR“ " All! 4.00". TORONTO (' art A. Br stirring together two Ibo. at Ill-ooh. onehnii pound line. in one gallon of hot water. Apply while still worn to both “do. of the gun and let it rennin for " hours. The you con then be remov- ed without cutting. no one“! of solution given in outiclent ior o number of windows. Q. How can I soften putty In A window (rum? Q. How an I keep bru- trade. from uni-Mu? A. A bed or other uncle. of bran wlll not urnhh. Ind (mien! W mun; will be "otded, It the bru- l. lacquered with cum shell-c die. solved ll: Alcohol. Apply wllh a small brush. Q. How can I have smoother cheese when gratin; It tor “um! A. Che-e used for once or muc- uronl will be Imooum- It. ' tt through the tood chopper if,Mll [rating it. using I medium knlfe In the chopper. T Q. mi can I no“ wringing opt cloths used tor hot application?” A. When hot cloth- nu up!“ tor application to relieve pain. lit them in the - part ot a center wit the water boiling “demon“. This method viii eliminate wring- ing out the clothl. Q. How can I economize in the use ot out when making custard! A. When the custard recipe calls tor lever-l eggs. one or more eggs may be left out it one-halt tattle. spoon of cornstan-h is addvd for each egg omitted. A group of British students last week staged I burlesque of Italian demands for French territory by marching through Gordon Square in Bloomsbury. London, l'innland. behind I big banner proclaiming "We want Amen-in!" A lime crowd was attracted by the students who chanted their slogan in unison and ran; cow bells to attract attention. REMEMBER . . . .1 PAINFUL ll) BEND h MINT The value of perseveran'ce with Kruschen, in the treatment of some use; of rheumatism. is pmv- ed by this man's experience. He Two of the salts in Kruschen are effectual solvents of uric arid the excess of which in detiietit.v injurious. They swiftly dull the sharp edges of the painful m-vstals --the cguMe of min and stiffness --and convert them into a harm- less solution. which is thon (X- peglcd through the natural chan- no a. “I was abroad for (WM sewn years. When I returned I began to suffer from rheumatic pains--- particularly in the feet and arms. and I was eventually taken into hospital. unahle to mow without groaning with pain. When I loft the hospital after two months. I was somewhat better. I was rumm- mended to take Kruswhen Salts. have taken them continuously. and until now I am entirely free from Rains. I would not be without my lrusehen Salts for anything." - QI’IT. 'rtMeAci'o, tiNUFF. EASILY. iueoip'rrtrsively, Home “Miler". 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