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Few Soldiers
Wives Abroad
•
Moet Canadian W ome. In •
Whose Hubbies Are In :Neat
Division Aren't Joining Their
Mates Overseas
•
It's live alone. and like it for the
tnatority of married soldiers in, Ca
'nada's oversees -division. • ,
Apparently the men of the •.First •
Division think ,England is a little
too close to the war front for their
w{ives,•,and external, affairs depart-
ment officials at Ottawa say .few .
passport applications, have been re-
eeived fi.•om wives 'a.eoking to joie
their' soldier-busband•s in England.
• - There are no restrictions pre-
venting, w,ieee• taking up•rosidence,r
in k:ugiaiid during the war;but only ••
a bandful• have gone overseas.. Bet
it ..is believed 'that . •cold weatbe`r.
has discouraged'•a .,number t from.
,making, the trip ,and"•theywill leave,
Canada ie the spring. •
, NO:BARRIERS IN WAY
National defence department of-
ficials. donot encourage 'Birch move -
me is in+• wartiwe ,but have not as
yet placed any real • harriers in the
way of family, reunions, Passport
applications are subject to partner
• by chiefs, of staff;_ though, before
they are grafted. ,
The officers and meta' gr nerally
have to pay, the •cost,of such ocean
passages.and it is about 25 per cent:
moro expensive now.'than iu peace•..
time for the eastbound trip. •
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(NEWS ,.
PARADE...
"This, war isn't 'like a football
game" last week declared Sir 01-
Iver Stanley, British War Secret-
ary . .' . His warning indirectly
hit at .the thousands of Canadians
who are watching the European
conflict. with detachment, and a
sense of unreality, who are for-
getting that this war can't be stop-
pedby a referees w*histie .
tremendously powerful human and
sub-hytnan„ forces =have been un-:
leashed, not to be' brought under
Control again perhaps for a' Tie-•'
Cade' . and then: we'll( be ,face.
ing •another world: So`let's be'.ser-..
ions about the war, and",study the
situation,, each of, us, intensively.
Rumania Was the,' hot ;.spot of
'Europe :as' the sixth month of the,
war opened, King Carol's 'kingdom'
found. itself the' object of pressure
from, every direction,—from. Ger-
many chiefly; the Allies; Bulgaria,.
Hungary. ' Reliable' correspondents.
said, that .the Nazis, claiming . Ru-
manian industry and' agriculture
were flagging for want of ,man-
power and were not sending,Gee-
many
Ger-many urgently needed • supplies,
asked' that Rumania . •demobilize
•. 800,000 .border. troops. At' ,the
meeting Of the, Balkan Entente
• (Yugoslavia, Rumania, Greeee,
Turkey),. Rumania',s representative
was reported to Have declared that
Heads Information Group
.Labor Minister McLarty has
been named • convener •of Public' .
Infoirmetion by'the Dominion Govt
• ernrent. • ,
People Becoming
"Cliff - Dwellers"
Living In Apartment Houses In
creases In ` Favour Every ;
Year in U S. and .In
', Canada
his country would seek the pro-
tection • of Germany if. the, other
Balkan countries refused to guar-
antee Ruixienian territorial 'integ-
rity. The 'foua••Balkan nations em-
erged from the. three-day confer-
ence with• the apparent decision:
to remain neutral in the war, • but
'.no absolute guarantees, individual
or :collective, were ferthcorning . .
Strange ,and Wonderful
• We.i'rd story•of' ;the ,wee}i: From
Zurierh; Switzerland, came the pro=
neuncement; that. • 'Adolf .Hitler,
would celebrate his 51st birthday
-.April :20 by proclaiming himself
Emperor of the"Reich and• Poland •
and king of Britain --v; ith Field' "
.Marshal. Hermann Uoerirg as Vie
eroy; gvoernors to be placed. over,
England, Scotland, and' Wales. A
'terrific .'Nazi offensive against
Britain • w'ould come first, • of
:course. '•. ••
During ,the. week, Russo -German'
birder points were growing;busier;
nine railway stations were prepay=
ing'.to -reload' Russian raw mater-
ials for . the , Reich,''"and German
industrial goods for the Soviet Un-
ion the Asama, Marti incident:,:.
. was settled between Britain and
-"Japan . , Italy doubled the warn.: •
ber of planes and pilots in •the
• army , the Polish ,:National
Council issued ..a ."white paper"
. telling of wholesale execiitions.and
"Io`i'1ibte -brutalities in 'German-.
occupied Poland :.. , Adolf Hitler
• delivereda surprise address on• the
occasion of hies seventh anniversary
as Chancellor; he insisted that had
the opposing nations shown the
slightest understanding• of German
problems, all questions Mould have
been negotiated . - the'first Ger
man plane since • •the war 'began,
• 'taupe down on. English soil . .
more volunteers flocked into Fin-
land from America; Britain, and
Scandinavia , . . the big French
and Arab, army assembled in Sy-
ria grew still larger von RRib-
bentrop;. Reich Foreign . Minster,,
announced., that neither Germany
nor Russia had ,any intention of
earryitig the war. into the Balk-
ans..'.
. Nobodf Need Listen
- Back home in .Canada election
preparations sped on ...`a free dis-
tribution of' national radio; net-
. work time was made: to all four
.parties represented in the last Par-
liam t.. The allotment was . as
•elloWs: .ibc:rals, .h 34 hours; Con
servatives, , 4 te. hours; C.C.F., 136
hours; Social Credit, 1 1/4 hours.
Total 12'% hotirs'. , ,° But we're
living in a democracy; nobody has
• to listen to a minute of it.
Victoria,.
Boasts hosts In, Eet►ruory
This jolly looking girl with :her arms full, of the fragrant roses she
has just picked - in. a garden- in Victoria, B. 'C.. is, Ina .Haikale, a Can-
adian Finn,, whose kin ,are fighting so desperately 'in their snowbound
native land. Her mother came from Vasa .and, her lather from Leap-
, peranta. ,Roses can be picked in..V}}•ctoria'gardens • any: •Chei'stmas Day
but they.usually •fall to. a 3anuary • frbst. This year, however,, the weather
has'been so, mild that last Suinrrier's roses'.are still blooming. vigorously:
The, sprays in:the photograph.are..yell'ow winter jessamine.. •.
Babylon, Rome, Athens and Al-
exandria -those ancient cities do
not lend their names to thoughts
of apartments and "flats" but the
U.S. National Geographic Society
find'' that . these cities , were•' sites
of the first "abbreviated homes."
Despite the early beginnings oi.
the aparttnpnt 'house thousands of ,
'•'years„before •1.04 ,,u..a,.,couf:erence..
herd in W eshington' by members of
: the building 'Constr'uction industry
revealedthat the trend to group
dwellings. is still• .inereasing'.at a
rapid rate. in the United States.
Although the . United States.
tends to favor apti•tment hous-
es as• dwellings it lags fee behind.
•sonic of the larger European cen-
tres. in Copenhagen for it)st'amv,
90 per cent of its. 666;000,popul- •
ation live in , apo •tmen•ts.
TENEMENTS OF. BABYLON,
ROME '
Turning to a discussion of the
early 'beginnings of the tenement,
• the •geographic society points out
that Rome had only 1,780 one -
family homes as compared to 44,-
• 000 group dwellings.
"In ancient Athens and Baby-
lon,;.' the report continues, "the
apartment houses were tenanted
by the poor, and by those who, ,
'possessing no civic rights, casid
not acquire land. Alexandrja, cos-
mopolitan iopolitan and cultural centre of-
Egypt,
f!,gypt, ` had many of its' . 500,000
residents living in • apartments 'in.
;the second century, A.D.” '
"In America, the cliff dwellings`
of the southwest were the first.
apartment buildings. The Pueblos
belong to a 'second period of Am-
erican group homes.
•
THE . VANISHING HOME
In Canada, weare following the
procedure of the United States. •
More and more ,people are giving.
;Ip -their hones for apartment
house life. Granted. that one' saves
a great deal of work by the gain
qln 'the convenience' of having no
j7urnace-tending, snow shovelling,
ittaielit` wii'iidOWevr•ashing, etteee • to
Supplying Plants
With Stimulants
itli S
Canadian 'Gardefers•� Are' Told By.
That •
Amazing •'Growth Results
Are; Achieved by 'Feed-
ing• Vitamin . 13-1
An interesting new discovery, for
the gardener, particularly for 'these
who wish to .try out for themselves'
the .results of the latest research
experiments is new available' in Ca-
nada, .
The new, product, known as Vite.
min 'B-,1 was discovered in Caiifor-
•nia and, • has been ;tested out by the
CCalifoeuia Institute of Technology
•
and is' said to have produced stir-
.prising results in .stimulating the
growth et certain: Plants... . •
GOOD FOR FLOWERS, SHRUBS
. The' Dominion, Seed House at
• Georgetown stat they have. care='
fully „investigatedevery available
source of into"rmatioir,••oit this new.
,pfoduct, had trials of their own;
and an plied•B-11,, for trial and ire,-
port,' to a nembe - of qu•alt zed gard-•
• eners:, As a retilt,' they satisfied
'themselves 'het delete, •made •for'•
B-1, were justified and well found-
ed. They hate piety received, fifer- •
oration from Ottawa that .ebe .he-•
• pertinent .o.f.Asriculture. has approv-
ed Vitamin B•1. for sale in Canada'
provided that no 'claims..a're made:
for, it in respect to peas, beans,
corn, tomatoes arid other vegetal le
species. (B-1 does not benefit., all
ptauts, and., experimental work . in-
dieates that its greatest ,,service it
iii`respect;to flowers; •shruhs, trees,'
etc.),', •.
IN POWDER FORM
The product is sold in' Canada by`
v'Daminion Seed 'House, ,ins. powder
form aiid the standard size prick -
age. will prepare 2,020 gallons• of sol-
ution.
1940 Valentine
This, year's Valentine is likely
to be addressed "To My Sweet-
heart" instead • • of the "Girl
Friend," "Pal" or "Churn" cus-
tomary forseveral seasons.'Bril-
liant colors form .background for •
' "Cupid's darts and pining hearts."
Typical of the neiv style, is this
Terse:,
Sweetheart, my thankfulness for
yeti
Fills all my life and heart,....
Et's hidden down inside the
• Whereloving greetings start;
It's part of everything I ally
And all the things I do ....
'cause never can I quite, express,
E1Y THANKFULNESS FOR
' YOU!
4o not ;Bake too many sacrifices
spiritual things iii order to gain
m!aterial comfort.
Puck Chasers
;;`rOPICS OF THE CURRENT
fiete+it-EY;,.S,EASON
Under the teadership of Cliff Chis-
holm, the Hamilton Dofascos are
assured of fourth place •and a whirl
'in the play-offs of the Senior O;H.
A.•'' "A'.' series,':a. fine.. achievement
considering this season marks the
return of Senior hockey. in' Hamil-
on
eters: Not, only •is Johnny. Conick,
clever' wing player, treading scorer
for the Hamilton .Dofascos but: the
Hamilton' star has..set up'a recrrd
. for. clean play that is a real ex-
ample for others 'to
St. Valentine's Day
The merry' god i
He circles the la
over.
, With a' kwing sm
noile :and; twin}:- •
ling. eee
May he not wavering fancy spry't
So he Whistles• low with his pouting••
lip's, •
And out of the pack 'ea his back ha •
slips •
A fariy arrow* with,subtle dart
And smis•it•stf'aight. f r.tnat trete-
• ' rine heart, .
•Then blushes tender• -anal: rn,•y rc:I-
O'er a maiden's' fea'.urer are h:tp'ir
shed
And she wonders why in this'w•o rl ••
of sit; • , '
Such joy 'is surging ,,•her'. heart
within.:. ••• •
Ah! Never before ryas love like
• this • •
For she had .not. dreamt ,of tuft'
• ' perfect•'brits... •
W'hilst,her lover gazr. with sp.cc•'h-'
a•gallant rover;
And t'eide seas
VOICE
of the
PRESS
WISH WE COULD, TOO '
Postcard from a friend vaca-
tioning in Florida: "Having a -fine
•time; wish I could , afford it.":---
. Woodstock Sentinel -Review.
•
ELECTION -AIR PRECAUTIONS,
During' a general election, air-
raid precautionshere include the
simple one of keeping thdradio
silent: --Toronto Tel_egrani.
NO Piid CUSH.I,Ohi ' -
"Ontario is already preparing a
• cushion for the let -down that will
n come after, the -war." Here.'s hop
ging it: isn't 'a .pin cushion },itch-,
e'er Record•:•, -
—e
•
WHO'S CRAZY NOW?' •
.There has always been a quer
tion, in the minds of many people
-as to the' sanity. of Arctic explor-
ers, and this question again comes
to life`, with the arrival in'Antarc-
tica of Admiral Byrd. and his com-
panions. Thanks .to the• radio, how-
ever, the Admiral will be 'able, to
listen each evening to 'the outside
world `going. its sensible way.
' .—Edmo,hton Journal
—o
CHEESE FOR. HOME' FOLKS .•
Canadian :cheese prudtteeer'•s'1
ceivede $50.0,000 in 1939 -throeigh.
premiums paid by the Doininon
Goveri nient, for high grade• eheese.
This, do !doubt, was all 'for the'
good of the industry,'Atthe same
time, one cannot help .wondering
if `cheese-naking in. this: country
would riot' be better served if:the •
$500,000 were spent on .proper
publicity designed ''-to make the
C'airadian public, more "cheese cone
.scious." That done, if Canadian •
'cheese manufacturers• would make
their' best • cheete-•-lot.' just sone'
'of it—available for • .the home
•:rnarket, they miebt' "be getting .
soniewhcre."
—Brantford I xpo;:itm`..
'OUNIdR AND S'E.NIOR'"A"
The Toronto Amateur Hockey As-
sociatiolt, • with the co-operation of,
the O. H. A. and the Maple Leaf '
Gardens', have named Saturday af-
ternoou,'Fe•bruary 17, as their spe-
ciAl game to secure' funds for pur-
'chase of hockey 'sticks and equip.;
•meet•' for T.orontos• many y'oeths
playing• on ou•idoor rinks.' -
. The 0. 'H. A: has,moved the• Osh-
awe et, Marlboros game scheduled
for February 24th up to February
17th, and it will be' played as a
single game on' that afternoon. The
Young Rangers vs Native . Sons
game will be' played' later. Ganges
• scheduled for February 17th have
•been.moved back to February 24th
for, tbe'Gardens, including Oshawa
at Varsity and Marlboros at •Yoang•
Rangers. •
BEST BEHAVIOUR
Senior hockey has made a • re-•
markable comeback' • in Hanillton.
-less, pride .: _ __
At the tender grata -of hie prom=
ised bride . • •
The little god laugh.t, las he"takes,a
' dant .. .
. And aima it straight foe ano,ltrr •
• heart..
MICKIE. SAYS— '
.I'I
EON IF 'YOU'VE
PL,E1014 OF 6L SI.MEEs,
keeP OM ATIERT1SIUG
I`rs .GOOD WSURAMCE
TER. 'M''RA1GAN
rfr.tear
i
NTARII `
`UTDOORS
By VIC BAKER
1N ONTARIQ •SCHOO}.,S ,
One of the most ,pleasing of ' the
laudable efforts being'made bb"3, the
active. Ontario Federation of Ang. .
• lers is their insistence that biology
-.and cons.eryation be taught in all
the schools of the Province of On-
•
tario.., • .
.,,Procreative of thinking . alone
sound conservation • lines, these
studies must .be destined to 'bring
' into being a, new ,type of citizen
- in this progressiye province with
educational qualifications that may
better equip. himor her tQ accept
thelrespensibility of 'aiding in the
preservation of the province's;vast
store; of w>1dTife
--- �- -
Port Royal, NS.
Being Rebuilt
•c„
SPRING .PEEPERS •
•The ,ether day; we were 'asked '.
*to give' the: correct name and de.'
scription of the frog:kpovsnin•On
fario .as the '"spring peeper" and
• a e pass the following general in-
fo>rmation'along to - you in ease you
have ,asked .the question at some
time,
'Technically speaking, this spec-
ies of frog is Pickering's hyla,,
Hyla piekeringii, a member of the
family.'Hylidae, the tree frogs. It
is very small in size, about one
inch long, greenish -grey in colour
and marked with a suggestion of
a • cross on its back, and unlike
• other frogs outside the fainily, the
tips of finger -s and toes are en -
'dewed, with ,viscous
n-
•dowed.'with.•viscous discs.
converging or diverging ;lights, •
Scouts throughout Bengal have
offered their wartime services to: •
local authorities as •cyclist mess-
engers, ggides, signallers and anis..
balance workers, The entire Mill
area of ' Calcutta has been divided
into divisions, and the Scouts have
been given the •task of linking .up
the A. R, T. posts and first aid.
centres-. 'Plans, for a' big Bengal ,
Provincial Snout Jamboree were
'abandoned in order that full at.
tention plight be .give Scout war-
time..emergency' service.
, •#
• A ca°nl.ribution of $65.00 toward,
the. Vancouver War Chest Fund
by the 13th, -21"st and. 27th Van-
couver Troopswas raised by the
ling andsale of ,
aper. The
launched as a -rem.•
piles of, old news
collecting, bun
thirteen tons
joint effort. iy
'suit of findi•n
paters and megazine5 in the base-
Anents-.of,: homes 'vheii Scouts of ."
the three: Tropos'' were on Fire • a-
Preventien • Week inspection and
instructien'`•duty in coeoperat'ion''
with the• Vancouver • Fire Depart- .Y
Merit.- • . i , : .
Demonstrating • their• ready grasp
of the •public• service „principle s . of'.
Boy; Scout tt,ain,ing•.; the newly :or-
ganized troop: at,. Port Saunders,
fld.., : • at • once 'began looking• ,
-;about for ways t to help. the . settl'e-
ment. - One 'of the : f1rst results '
vas the taking, of ste.ps'•to provide
the community with the services ..
of a,cobb'ler•'s, shop.. .
almost 'before the ice .is out of the ,
mal.•shy places where it breeds and"
lives until late summer,' when it
d'es'erts' its:former former habitat, seeking
high. ground and trees. to.•.: climb.
',During, the heat of summer 'days
the voice of. this hyla is. stilled, • .
but it singe ,again. when. autitm,n,
• is near with the same insistence'
as in spring. There is another tree
frog of .the same genus common
to. Ontario,' the common tree frog,
• Ityla :i•ersicolor, .,which: has the
power to •gradually change'holou.r
to blend with its surroundings.
This frog, does not "peep" ' and is
-lnasical when • Pickeririg's hyla
ci!cir;. Other. tree frogs else 'Oc-
cur
oc-eui in Ontario, the� Cricket frog,,
Aeritee•ryllus,•and•t•e Swairp tree
frn Chorophilus pier"";tis. These, •
tar.,, f are net "peepers," but sing,
rr..ork ut less like other frogs:
Replica of Habitation •Where, ;The •
'
French Settlers Spent • •F•irst
•Winter. in New .France
1.:•,irr,...
ee ' the Port Royal
c" , of
Habitation,.at . Granville, ". N.`'•,'
where the `'•,
settlers of New Frame
spent their•' initial 'Canadian win-
ter in 1.G05 almost eiiniplete. -
Work on this •landniaek is .being
done by the Surveys and Engin= :
eering''hraneh. of the Mines' De-
partment:'•The. new •habitation is
air • twit,. full-size replica of the
•origi'nerbuilt by the French .under
Chamiilaiir. , ' -
TIME OF CHAMPLAIN
Timbers of the building were
put together With Wooden pies, the
practice when the sons of France •
• came 'first to Canada, •H•inges • and
latches were reproduced in the
typical W,or'kmar.ship of the period.'
Local field stone was•used, in' the
1 construction •of the , ettimneys,
;;risks .in ..the hake -oven, ' black-
• smith's forge and fit;eplaees.were •
made on the spot by old-time
' laricknrakers: Much .are.h.aeological.•
and historical • res,carehr., was 'done
'by -representatives of several sot e
• cieties and niuseunis, Scientific
soil .reading was ,used to establish
the origg'inei position of the builel-
i ng•.i.
•
• Canadian •National•
Railways Revenues'.
The gross revenues of the 'ale
inclusite Canadian National. Rail-
ways
S;: stein for the .10 -day 'per-
iod '.et,dinir • Janeary 31, • 19111,
were ,,• • ' $6,427;070
as compared with 4,4.45,661)
•for the corresponding• •
period of 1939, an in-
(l.- erease of 1,981,401 -
or 44.6'.:0 .
SCOUTING.'. '
Here and There
Older Boy Scouts of Salford, •
Laneeshiie, England,, are giving.
safety, street crossing service dur-
ing • blackouts, under • directien of
'the 'Safford Chief , Constable. 'Each
evening' from 6.30,to 8.3.0, in pairs,
armed .with red hurricane lamps,
they convoy pedestrians across
"Btlikha Beacon" corners,
proaehing •motorists recognize the •
• Presented by `the Government
of Northern Rhodesia; . a bronze•,
figure, ,half life-size, of David,Liv-
' .i.ngstone, African explorer, has .
been added 'to the collection of
-. .. '- ',y7y;ke---btrihd�•rs--�
the galleries of the 1mpei•ial,Insti-
tute, London. '
HERE'S HOW!
, For your copy of. "Who's
Who" which contains Big
Tithe Hockey Statistics
and the careers of 131'
of itsplayers, send 5c
with a 5 -Ib.. Bee tIi.e
Syrup label; or two .2-fb.
labels, or two Ivory or
Durham Starch labels and
5c. Send requests to ad-
dress on the label with
vour name and address .
Ps14
Bee Hive Syrup
LIFE'S LIKE THAT•
'US MODERNS'..
By, Fred Nehsr
stts
et es
"It's Just Beginner's Luck! !"
Entrance to an ancient mine
10,000 feet up . in the Andes , at
Catamarca, Argentina, havingbeen-
gained through a passage almost
a%edr wrtlt wraterfetti re• tom. agate ,,,.,
ding rlioti{rcmt " r---. 'a• ' »r,,.,
ed as a decoration for: hairbrushes,
cigarette cases and' other articles.
REQ'LAR FELLERS ---Assistant Mystery. Man
1
EXPERIMENT't WILL
A•YOUN 4 LAD
Y'O KINDt.Y STEP
HERE ON 'THE S cE f
ANY' BOY WILL, DO/ '
AH TWANK YOU1
MY noY /NOW
iT
WILL ONLY
•REt4UIRE. A MINUTEE
OFYOORTIMEt
JUST RELAX!
By GENE BYRI ES
01.i. •
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