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Danish Home One of the minor effects of the Buropean war is the scarcity of cotâ€" ton, silk, linen, wool, yarn and #hread which the Nazi invasion has brought to Denmark. This seems of MHttle importance in comparison with the death and desolation which the war has caused. Noverâ€" theless, the situation is causing not only inconvenience but distress to men have been accustomed to create beautiful handmade articles. NEEDLEWORK â€" FOLK ART Among the Danish women skill in the creation of these articles, useful both in the household and for personal wear, is traditional. With her handwork the Danish maâ€" tron takes her place at the winâ€" dow, often on a little platform raisâ€" ed a step above the living room floor. It enables her to follow what is going on in the street. For outâ€" side her window you are likely to findâ€"what you occasionally come upon in Philadelphia or in Baltimoreâ€"a â€" "curiosity mirror," called Gadespejl, in which you can look upâ€"street and down, It keeps her posted on neighbors‘" coming in and going, on the children returnâ€" ing from school or father home from work. Fine needlework is of the folk art of Denmark, and hardly a town of any size in Denmark but has its embroidery shops, clearing houses not only for material of every sort, but for patterns, designs and inâ€" struction. The isolation of Denmark by the Nazi invasion has now made it impossible for this nationwide home industry to be carried on On his 80th birthday, General John J. Pershing, commandgrâ€"in- chief of the American expeditionâ€" ary force in the world war, broadâ€" cast from Washington, D.C., and predicted the British will "hold out" against the German legions whom his strategy helped rout in 1918. On his lapel is the Disâ€" tinguished Service Cross preâ€" sented to him by President Rooseâ€" Tulip Ration Is Predicted velt earlier in the day. e o ] ed out for Canada‘s 1941 spring flower beds, an Agriculture Departâ€" ment statement said, unless there is a sudden change in Holland‘s international status. In peace time the Dominion got 98 per cent of its tulip buibs from Holland, now controlled by Gerâ€" many. Of the 32,000,000 bulbs of other 25,000,000 came from HOW®T» "r 000,000 from France, Belgium, the Channel Islands and Germany. It is expected seedsmen will have available for sale this fall only about 10 per cent of their buib supâ€" ele‘ys Do ons io i Pn aDOuL RC PCs EC000 00 ply. Other bulbs imported by Canâ€" ada last year were about 2,250, 000 from the United States, 500,000 from Great Britain, and 1,250,000 â€"mostly Easter Hiliesâ€"from Japan. Nature‘s /zâ€"ton Shell ehorinim C s cnphanpre i4 be 30,0000 years old, De ou,0000 PC l uD found in fossilized state at Seâ€" bring, Florida. The arched shell, which is believed to have weighed ts A e i n on aaaly and 5 ft. long. Supply of Cotton, Silk, Linen and Wool For Handmade Arâ€" Tulip bulbs will likely be rationâ€" T7 DaZ L Om "British Will Hold" A gopher turtle, esti Canadians Won‘t Be Able to Secure Many of the Bulbs For 1941 Planting formerly imported, (No. 9) By G. C. TONER, Ontario Federation of Anglers IMPORTANCE OF BROOKS The headwaters of most rivers are little streams. These streams and the tributary feeder brooks are very important in the conâ€" servation of the brook trout for they are the nurseries of the young fish. Here, the trout find cool waters, lots of the proper kind of food and, most importâ€" ant of all, protection against many hungry enemies. Fishing clubs and anglers are so often only concerned with the main stream when they should be proâ€" tecting and fostering the tiny brooks back in the hills. Of course, many anglers realize the value of these streams and where they have control, oftentimes close them to all fishing. Our speckled trout spawn late in the fall, usually after the rains have filled the streams so that they can reach the spawnâ€" ing grounds. The male and feâ€" male trout may go into small streams that have only a few inches of water normally. Here, the male selects a gravel bar and fans out a depression. Next, he chooses a female and a few eggs are deposited. The male continues to fan out the depresâ€" sion but on the upstream side, and more eggs are laid. The digâ€" ging of the hole the second time covers the first lot of eggs with gravel. And this continues until both male and female are exâ€" hausted. WHERE TROUT LAY EGGS All winter long the eggs are developing, protected _ against hungry trout and birds by the gravel over them. Early in the spring the young trout hatch and wriggle free. For awhile they lie quietly but soon they start to feed on the minute life of the stream. Two things are absclutely esâ€" sential if we are to have normal reproduction in the speckled trout. There must be plenty of water in the small streams for nearly the whole year and there must be gravel bars in which the trout can build their spawning depressions. Without these the natural crop of young fish will be a failure and artificial stockâ€" ing will be needed if the angling is to be kept in good condition. If we are to maintain the trout in our streams we must see that the forest is not cut away at the headwaters of our rivers, and, if it has already been cut, we must refcrest. This, I believe is the first and most important work in replenishing the speckled trout waters of southern Ontario. Famed Sam McGee Dies In Alberta Sam McGeo, whose name became renowned through a sourdough poem of Robert W. Service, is dead. The "Sam McGeo from Tennesâ€" see," who actually was a native of Lindsay, Ont., died in the little southern Alberta town of Beiseker, early in September. His death came 30 years after Service wrote "The Cremation of Sam McGee." ‘The poem told how McGee from Tennessee was always "cold but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell" and he finally admitted he was comfortably warm when his ;r;z"e; l;c;&y was Being cremated. WASN‘T CREMATED AT ALL McGee, 73 years old at the time of his death, wasn‘t spellbound by the search for gold, either, as his chief occupations in the Yukon were copper mining and roadâ€" building. And he was not cremated. He was buried in Rosebud Church cemetery, After McGee left the Yukon in 1909, he gave up his northland purâ€" suits and went to Great Falls, Mont., where he lived for 28 years. Three years ago he came to Beiâ€" seker. McGee always found it difficult to convince people he was the "Sam McGee" of Service‘s poem but he usually did with a valedictory adâ€" dress presented when he left the T;;yeam ago he visited the Yuâ€" Kon and discovered that a twoâ€" room shanty he hgd_bunt at Whiteâ€" horse m"i;ooâ€" had been converted into a tearoom that lxr_ged passersâ€" by to "have a cup of tea with the ghost of Sam McGee." 1.;4"2â€"1â€",2â€"8“5'niaps and pictures, and 5,828,126 printed books and Largest library Celebrated By Robert Service‘s Poem "The mation of Sam McGee Native of Lindsay, Ont. a. few miles from Beisekâ€" in the world is Congress,. at This photoâ€"diagram of Buckingham Palace shows how the royal residence has sufifered from repeat majesties‘ private chapel (A) was completely wrecked by one great bomb. Two more bombs fell last week great holes in the paving and damaging surrounding walls. The front of the palace, at TOP of diagram, was (C) that fell between the statue of Queen Victoria and the front entrance, facing towards St. James‘ Park. tom of the area inside the dotted lines is the swimming pool demolisned in the first assault on the palace. The desperate battle for air su premacy over Great Britain conâ€" tinued last week. Upon its outâ€" come and upon the vagaries of the weather hinged a colossal invasion attempt by the Germans. Would the R. A. F. retain its masâ€" tery of the British skies? Experts agreed that three factors would deâ€" cide the war in the air: the numâ€" ber of British pilots; the amount of aviation gasoline the Nazis had: the strength of the Russian air force (which potentially opposed Germany‘s). "Yes" and "No" Should the worst come to the worst, superior Nazi air strength might break British civilian morale and bring victory without invasion. Should the air battle end in a draw, it was expected that Hitler, committed to produce something soon to pacify the German pecple, might order the invasion anyway with resultant terrible casualties to his own men. Would he invade? Anybody‘s guess was as good as the next man‘s. Louis P. Lochner, Associatâ€" ed Press correspondent in Berlin said "mo." He foresaw the possibâ€" ility that Germany‘s plans against Britain would concentrate on air war with abandonment of the inâ€" vasion scheme. "The German air force," ho declared, "will continue its relentless acts until the British government acts" â€" presumably surrendering. "Impossible unless German air mastery is established within a definite and limited period" editorâ€" falized the Soviet Navy newspaper, Red Fleet. The article read: "Briâ€" tish air strength has been gradâ€" ually increasing with the extensive aid of the United States. If the Germans do not succeed in reachâ€" Iing their goal â€" conquest of full air supremacy â€" within a definite and limited period, and the British air fleet is able to achieve numerâ€" ical equality with Germany, then any German landing operations are out of the question." Bearing out the predictions on Axis strategy voiced from time to time in this column, the blgck shadâ€" ow of Mussolini‘s legions began to move across Egypt last week, drivâ€" ing towards the Suez Canal. It was obvious that the two dictators were working together, the Duce to pre vent the British from withdrawing warships and airplanes from the Mediterranean area for defense of the Mother Country; the Fucehrer to keep British ships and planes engaged at home while the Duce did his big act. They evidently beâ€" Heved that by striking simultanâ€" eously in two most vital spots they could clean up on the British Emâ€" THE W A R â€" W E E Kâ€"Commentary on Current Events "TO INVADE OR NOT .. ." QUESTION FOR HITLER REGC‘LAR FELLERS â€" Preparedness i‘.‘.t"v"‘b-‘*.-‘fi EMQueenCnrryOnDapiteRepettedBombingsof Buckingham Palace Mn ns e Franco, Too As if this weren‘t enough for the Government at London to be facâ€" ing, General Franco last week gave signs of wishing to join Germany and Italy to get his prize, Gibralâ€" tar. He sent his brotherâ€"inâ€"law Raâ€" mon Serraro Suner to Berlin to confer with Hitler and von Ribbenâ€" trop following upon Axis pressure to allow soldiers passage through Spain. More War In The East The crisis in the Far East grew more acute. Japan had demanded troop transit across French Indoâ€" China to enable her to strike at China along General Kaiâ€"Shek‘s southern border, and a naval base at Haiphong, strategic port on the Gulf of Tonkin. The Vichy Governâ€" ment of Marshal Petain had agreed in principle to the demands, but China had declared that if they were granted, Chiang‘s troops would counterâ€"invade Indoâ€"China. The British and U. S. Governments had issued diplomatic warnings .. Would Japan gain her ends peaceâ€" ably or would there bo new war in the east? "Time" (Sept. 16) said: "The end toward which the Japanâ€" ese Army had worked since 1937 was at band: a direct challenge to the western powers to fight or pull their stakes out of the Far East . . . Few doubted that war was definitely in the saddle and headed south toward Thailand, Briâ€" tish Malaya, Singapore, and the rich Netherlands Indies." To safeguard their own rear, the Japanese last week were making special efforts to reach an underâ€" standing with Soviet Russia. Deâ€" clared the newspaper Kokumin (often a spokesman for the Japanâ€" ese army): ‘‘The United States preâ€" pareduness program | is directed against Japan. We are the potential enemy they have in mind, not Gerâ€" many. The leasing of British terâ€" ritories in the Atlantic for naval bases will be followed by similar moves in the Pacific. Relations beâ€" tween Japan and the United States are now fraught with the danger of war." o T en ce oo on t o O .c f y o > .. She â€" us Fagmo h monm 'hm m 3 . x P Ns e . ce ts iine s re nfi En nsc o annupence i n ane Trowble for Britain was also brewing in India. The powerful Conâ€" gress Party, heat_ied by Mohandas cI:(-.'Ea‘r_a.ndhi,'1;)a,s,sed a resolution last week rescinding an offer to coâ€" operate with B'ritgin in prosecuting the war (Indian independence had been asked as a price). Nevertheâ€" less Gandhi expressed his deterâ€" mination not to embarrass Britain at this time by pushing independâ€" ence claims, his desire not to order civil disobedience among the massâ€" es of India until he deemed it abâ€" solutely necessary. ‘Trouble In India the royal residence has suffered from repeated German aerial attacks. Their reat bomb. Two more bombs fell last week in the quadrangle (B), tearing front of the palace, at TOP of diagram, was pitted by another pair of bombs Tt entrance. facinge towards St. James‘ Park. The building shown at the botâ€" SCOUTING... Emergency Public Service The effectiveness of Boy Scout training for emergency public serâ€" vice is impressively i_llqgt_ra‘_ced by a recent summary of 125 difâ€" ferent types of wartime good turns found by the Scouts of Great Britain. The list includes general assistance in A.R.P. work, | policing air raid shelters, filling ‘ sand bags, acting as blackout guides to the aged, infirm, mothers, children and new arâ€" rivals. In some places they are relieving telephone operators. In the Thames River Emergency Service tkhey are stretcherâ€"bearâ€" ers, signallers, etc. They serve in hospitals, make splints, collect spagnum moss. They assist the police in traffic control; older Scouts act as special constables. In the task of evacuating childâ€" ren they are invaluable, their tireless feet running hither and thither doing a host of things, from acting as escorts to clearâ€" ing out empty houses to be used as billets. They are orderlies for air raid listening posis and balloon barrage units. They are most alert coast watchers. On the farms they are helping with the harvest, repairing hedges, milkâ€" ing cows, picking hops, collecting or chopping firewood. One of the strangest Scout jobs is gathering acorns, chestnuts and rowan berâ€" ries for animals in the zoos. They have found numberless ways of assisting the refugees from Holâ€" land, Belgium and France, meetâ€" ing them at the stations, supplyâ€" ing them with food and guiding them to their billets In a word the Scouts of Britain have met the greatest dayâ€"afterâ€"day test that has ever faced Boy Scouts, and have more than vindicated the aim and motto of their Scout training, "Be Prepared." BUILDING THE CANADIAN wEST By Prof. James B. Hedges This attractive book written by Dr. J. B. Hedges of Brown Universâ€" ity, Providence, RI., gives us the first completesaccount of the part played by the Canadian Pacific Railâ€" way in the settling and developâ€" ment of the great Canadian West. Based on an exhaustive study of original documents, it adds a new chapter to the pioneer history of British North America. Without Dr. Hedges‘ work, perhaps, the story of that adventurous undertaking, the colonization of the West, might have been lost to succeeding generâ€" ations. The volume, most interestingly written, is divided into thirteen chaptersâ€"The Background, the Orâ€" igin of the Land Subsidy, Locating MST CR ocal ce se T the Land, Beginnings of Land Polâ€" icy, Advertising the West, The Land The Book Shelf aeeeWn mt musnte 0 tm . o 6 5 \.,...‘-_'«;.\..,.'\\...AQE\‘»"......'---~~'-A:~'-»~- on duthniaoee ONTARIO ARCHIVES : TORONTO Boom on the Prairie, Launching the Irrigation Project, A Policy of Colonization, The Department of Natural Resources, Later RBand Polâ€" icies, Promoting Better Agriculture, The Department of Colonization, Summary and Conclusion. i “Building the Canadian West" .. By Professor James B. Hedges . . ‘Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada. THEY‘RE HARD ENOUGH Incidentally, couldn‘t a lot of thoso summer resort mattresses be put to a useful purpose in building highways?â€" GETTING THE FACTS The Ottawa Journal is right when it suggests that the "Facing the Facts" broadcasting series should broaden out and take in more terâ€" ritory. The country should be told about the wheat situation from the Government standpoint and the Western farmers‘ position. OxXFORD‘s CHEESE Oxford has done more than any other county in Western Ontario and more than any in Eastern Onâ€" tario except Leeds, to increase cheese production this year. The July total was $95,322 pounds, LIFE‘S LIKE THAT "Hit me again! es MELLEAR » 10 ~ V OICE PRES S 'Stratford Beaconâ€"Herald. â€"Lethbridge Herald. &n!lfl’mgoin'homewnight,lgomgetuoedtoit!!" * Royl" 5 Batoprent mm i By GENE BYRNES against 740,176 a year ago, and for seven months 4,197,360 pounds, compared with 3,515,800. â€" & TEXTâ€"BOOK CHANGES One of the most annoying things in the world, as far as parents are concernedâ€"and it is also a considâ€" erable expense to themâ€"is the habâ€" it of the education authorities in continually authorizing new textâ€" books and discarding old ones. Is it possible that they are secretly in league with the publishers or aro they unable to make up their minds from year to year about the books from which schoolchildren should obtain instruction? Engine Baked * Here‘s a new one. A tourist who halted his car of 1925 vintage at Point Pelee‘s Naâ€" tional Park and decided to turn back because of the adâ€" mission was not tempted by the offer of outside stoves in the park. He lifted the â€"hood of his car and displayed three Panama Folk Stay By official decree everybody in the Republic of Panama had to stay at home one day last week until the census taker called. The alternative was a $5 fine. Automobiles, trains and street cars didn‘t move. Even ships were tied up until all aboard were counted. showed 467,459 Panamanians. cans of beans in of being cooked. Ask {or BEE HIVE Brockville Recorder and Times. Woodstock Sentinelâ€"Review, By Fred Neher <Copyright, 1000, by Prod Rebor} 3. es [ * a54 I» $%