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MING USES FOR OUR HARDWOODS`
Met Awaiting Articles Made from Canada's Maple
Tire es.
Canada has large area of hardwood toale, with the result that while. the
forestfi, Llhe forested provinces all be- maple was not'as strong as the hick-
tug
ickIng well stacked with maple, birch and ory it was amply strong for the pur-
beecb. What uses it can be put to is pose. Tho frim in question has car-
e ,problem whichis at present inter vied on an active campaign to Increase
eating all concerned with the utilize- the use of maplehandles and has sue•
tion and conservation of the forest,• oeeded in building up a large trade.
says the Natural Resources Intelli- The Canadian Trade Commissioner
genre Service, of the Department of at Manoheeter reports a growing
the Interif e" • trade area a large market for last
Hardwood logging has been brit lit= blocks for the making of shoemakers
tle developed, due in part to the fact lasts. These also are made of maple,
that there has been comparatively lit- and the amount of wood used for this
tiemarket for hardwood logs, and also purpose rilay be estimated from the
to the fact that they cannot be floated fact that two million lasts are required
down the streams to the mills as yearly.
readily as the coniferous species. There aremany other articles which
neap axe, however, many small far- 1might be produced from hardwood, es-
toriin Canada using hardwood xl- pecially the smaller lines of wood
most entirely in manufacture, while goods. Maple and birch are being
many of our larger industries use largely used for flooring and interior
large quantities of hardwood. The finish, being very satisfactory • for the
growing scarcity of the better grades purpose. Hardwoods, eau be used for
of softwoods, however, ie causing more pulpwood, but owing to difficulties of
consideration to be given to the use transportatiou and the heavy loss by
of hardwoods as substitutes for many sinking of the logs little is used in the
purposes, and the volume is. gradually making of paper.
increasing. Maple, birch and beech are three of
That Canadian maple is, a very satis- our more important hardwoods, but
factory substitute for American hick- elm, ash and hemlock are also used to
ory for Handle purposes has been de- a considerable extent, elm being es-
manstrated by a large Glasgow, Scot- pecially useful in the cooperage Indus -
land, firm of handle importers and disc try.
tributors. The Canadian Trade Com- The above two suggestion& from the
missioner at Glasgow reports the re- United Kingdom\ may read to other
suits: of tests made as to the suitability uses being made of our hardwood for -
of Canadian rock maple for handles ests to build up an increasing export
for miners' picks, axes, and similar trade.
Were do we go from here? A Jasper Park ranger pauses for a few
moments to get his bearings and rest his faithful but weary steed.
Silver Poplars.
God wrote His loveliest poem on the
day
He made the first tall sayer poplar
tree,
And set it high upon a pale -gold hill,
For all the new enchanted earth to see.
I think its beauty must have made
Him glad,
And that He smiled at it—and loved
it so—
Then turned in sudden sheer delight,
and made
i419zen silver poplars in a row.
aht
Mist green and white against a tur-
quoioe sky,
' Ashimmer and ashine It stood at
noon;
A misty- silver loveliness at night,
Breathless beneath the first small wist-
ful moon.
And then ,God took the music of the
winds,
An:d set each leaf a -flutter and a -thrill,
To-da&I read His poem word by word.:
Among the silver poplars on the hill,
-Grace Noll Crowell.
A Poezn You Ought to Know.
"Ho That Loves a Rosy Cheek"
A dozen lines suffice to give a man
Immortality in literature if they be
good enough, and it is certain that up-
on the following twelve rests the last-
ing fame of Thomas Carew. He was
a contemporary of Shakespeare, and
I died at the age of .forty:—
He. that loves a rosy cheeky
Or a colar lip admires:
;from star -like eyes doth •seek
Fuel to maintain his fires:
Alt old Time makes those decay,
So his #iaxiies .must waste away.
But a smooth and steadfast mind,
Gentle thought, aiid calm desires,
Hearts \with 'equal love combined,,
Kindle never -dying fires:
Where these are not, I despise
Lovely cheeks. or lips or eyes.
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Brush the Cloud Away New
Feat for Aviators.
The fabled performance of the old.
woman of the nursery rhyme who was
able to "sweep the cobwebs• out of the
sky" has a s'cientiflc parallel in the
ability of aviators• under some condi,
tions to brush small clouds out of the
sky by repeatedly flying through them.
A. fair sized summer cumulus of fair
weather cloud may sometimes be ob-
literated by about 20 flights through it.
While there fa no adequate explana-
tion for this effect, it is thought to be
due to a combination of the stirring
effect of the plane and especially of
the propeller, the carrying into the
cloud of warmer, unsaturated air, and
the warming of the air in the cloud by
the compression effect of ..the swiftly
moving plane. The method works only
when, the clouds are about stationary
in size, and falls when canditions are
such that they are growing rapidly.—
Science Service,
Life Insurance in Canada.
Insurance companies' in Canada re-
corded a gratifying increase in busi-
ness in 1923, est compared with the
previous year, according to a bulletfn
issued by the Department of Insur-
ance. Life insurance issued last year
am,auntod•,• in' value to $681,057,726,
made up of $519,712,489 ordinary, $95,-
257,022
95,257,022 industrial, and $16,088,215
group. This compares very favorably
with the previous year; when the total
amount written was, $577,531,603, an
inorease et $53,526,223. The amount
of 'life insurance now in force in Calm-,
da is approximately the same as that
in force in the United States • in 1890,
when the population of that country
was 65,000,000.
Canadian •companies continue to
lead In the amount of insurance writ -1
ten, although competition from Ameri- 1
can underwriters is very keen. The
amount of insurance written by Bre'
i-
tish companies' was comparatively
small. Of the total amount issued in
1923, Canadian companies accounted
for approximately two-thirds, or $414,-
883,602, Next in order of importance
was foreign companies --.mainly Ameni-
canwith $195,918,968, followed by
British companies, with $20,255,156. I
There was an increase in the
amount of laped policies and a de-'
crease in surrendered policies., the
•aaneounts being .$73,562,536 and $218e'
429,860, respectively, as compared with I
$57,152,885 and $231,685,935 respec-1
tively, In the previous year.
The report shows that the amount ofl
business in twee at December 31,
1923, as $3,433,355,454, divided as fol-
lows: Canadian campanies, $2,187,-i
404,947; British •companies, $97,879,-'
001; and foreign companies.. $1,7.48,071,-.
506: This is an increase of $202,009,-
043 over the amount in force at the
end. of 1922. •
Divers Tongues.
Mrs. Nouveau-Riche—"He's getting
on so well•'at school; he learns French
and Algebra. Now, Ronnie, say 'How
d'ye do' to. the lady in Algebra."
Ilousing conditions for the birds are looking up. Four Ontario school
boys proudly display the results of many ]lours al Bard work:
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Tax Collector In Plane.
Airplanes were recently successful
in `collecting taxes from a tribe in
Mesopotamia that had refused to pay.
In the Garden.
Pink and white apple blossoms sud-
denly appearing,
Making May lovely after a late spring,
Constellating the air of morning with
their beauty,
Crowding and; populating empty in-
visible spaces•
Long before the leaf, their coverlet of
green;
Clarions of the world's unborn beauti-
ful
eautiful faces,
Reminders of the exquisite loveliness
that has. been.
Perfect beautiful momentary blossoms,
I who am momentary could not long
endure
The tension of your beauty, the know-
ledge that embraces
Beauty yet to come, Beauty gone be-
fore;
The uninterruptible implacable pro-
cession
Of Beauty moving onward from the
Fountain to the Bourne,
Therefore I take comfort and walk for
9. few paces:
By the path by which it goes Beauty
shall return.
—Oliver St. J. Gogarty.
Stories About Well4nown People
King George Lakes a Joke.
"Well, Mr. itiorrison, have you
brought your• fireman's helmet with.
you?" said King George with a twinkle
in his eye to R. C. Morrison, Labor
member .of Parliament for North Tot-
tenham, when he attended a 'court
function recently.
Morrison tells this story against
himself and also the reason for the
King's jocular remark. It appears
Morrison in a regent speech said that
if he had known what gorgeous dress-
es and uniforms were to be warn at
the Speaker's levee he would have bor-
rowed a fireman's helmet.
Works—Not Faith.
The Bishop of London tells a good
story of ameeting he attended. recent-
ly. He arrived late, and when he be-
gan to offer apologies the chairman
said that all was right, because the
clock in the hall was not reliable, be-
ing usually minutes fast.
"I. fear," said he, "it's a question of
faith with that clock, Bishop." "Oh,
no, ' was the answer, "not faith, but
works."
Wouldn't Wear Silk Hat When
Visiting the King.
Rather "stumpy" in appearance,
with penetrating eyes that look on the
World through thick -lensed glossae, the.
Right Hon. John Wheatley, minister of
erntnent, looks less like a minister of
the crown than perhaps most of his
celleagues.
But appearances count for nothtog
in Mr. Wheatley's sight. He declined
to wear a silk hat when visiting Buck
Ingham Palace, remarking that he bad
never been in one and hoped he never
would.
Of Irish parentage, Mr. Wheatley is
a self-made man. He is grim and deur
—a typical Scot. For years he lived.
In a single room in a crowded te'te-
ment, as one of a family of eleven. Ivo
wonder leis cry is for more houses!
Secret of Youth.
Wonderful Ellen. Terry, the English
actress, who is now .in her 77th year,
is as full of vivacity as in4 her yoeng.
days, and she takes a very active in,
teresstin everything around her.
A short while ago there was a dis-
cussion on how actresses keep so
amazingly young.
"Well," said Mise Terry with &
twinkle in her eye, "I think the res.
son is this. All women under thirty
like to think they are actresses, and
all actresses like to think they are un-
der thirty."
Which puts matters in a nutshell.
An Underwater Flashlight.
When anything is dropped into a
dark cistern or a shallow well, or when
for any other reason it becom'ee •neves
eazy to make a seareb. in dark water,
place a pocket flashlight in a glass
fruit jar and clamp down the cover,
with a new rubber ring in place. It is
of course .important that the jar in-
closIng the flashlight be absolutely
water -tight; otherwise the light will
be ruined.
The lens of the light should point
toward the bottom of the jar, and the
jar must be weighted so that it will
sink. Bind waxed cord s.eourely round
the neck of the jar by which to lower
tit. The wax will prevent the cord
from slipping.
An interesting use of the under-
water flashlight can be made at night
from; a boat, if the water Is smooth or
if a "water telescope" is used. If the
water is fairly clear, fish below the jar
can be inspected, er the bottom, can be
examined if the water is. not too deep.
A water telescope for use with the
submerged flashlight consistsof an
open tube without a top and with a
Dieu:, of glass fastened in the bettom.
Its purpose is to provide an undis'.
turbed surface without reflections,
through which to gaze. The user
thrusts the closed end into the water.
Looking through it, he can see objects,
at a great distance under the surface.
Fishermen in the West Indies• use the
water telescope, and. the glass -bottom-
ed boats of the Bermudas and Sane.
Catalina are built on the same prin-
ciple.
Ho ---"Well, what do you think of the
wide open spaces?"
She—"I never saw such a mouth
before, I'll admit.'
Technique.
"Naw, that doesn't hurt much, •doeS
it?" asked the dentist kindly, as he
bore down on the buzzer.
"Neano," replied the patient feebly.
"The drill doesn't hurt so much, but
I'd be obliged if you'd keep your cuff
out of my eye."
Heat of Bismuth Crystal.
Heat will travel across a bismuth
crystal 50 per cent. faster than it will
in a lengthwise .direction.
Tourist Traffic of the Dominion
Few people, Canadians or Ameri-
cans, appreciate the development
which has taken place in tourist traf-
fic to Canada since the termination of
the war. Various factors during the
years of hostilities combined to keep
holiday travel within the confines of
the continent, and since the signing
of the .Armistice Canada has become
popular as a region of summer holi-
days and is growing increasingly so.
The charm of Canadian scenery and
the adaptability of the wide Dominion
to every possible manner of outdoor
diversion have been their own best ad-
vertisements, and the news of one
holiday spent enjoyably circulated pro-
perly, induces many others to -imita-
tion.
The development to a state of high
productive revenue of this iiew re-
source of Canada's—the tourist ----has
probably been wroughtwith greater
ease and rapidity than the exploitation
of any other of the Dominion's great'
natural gifts. Students. of the Domini-
on's great mineral deposits, fisheries,
fur -bearing regions and forests woulct
scarcely think ,of .comparing the tour-
ist resource with them in point of re-
venue obtained. Yet with scarcely
any effort exerted -tourist traffic in
Canada has come in 'a material sense
to be worth more than most of them.
It is exceed ,d by 'only three phases,
of agriculture, by mining, forestry and•
manufacture. It exceeds in value the
fisheries, the fur industry, electric
power and construction.: It has come
to be one of Canada's major resources.
Estmiate of Dominion Parks Board.
After a very careful catnpilation of
all the statistics available on the sub
jest the Dominion Parks Board esti-
mates the tourist traffic to Canada in.
1923 . to have been worth .$136,000.,000,
which is somewhat, lower than' -other
authorities, which have placed it as
high as $200,000,000. The Board ad-
mits ,thattilt is a conservative figure,
but even' so it sets ,this item high in
the order of the sources of Canadian
revenue. In tho consideehtion that
beyond the weak of certain Govern-
ment branches and the'tra.nsportation
companies, little- has been done in
Canada to encourage, the tourist, it
powerfully suggtt is to ;shat great
limits it might into'igently b;r develop-
ed.
The patent charm andinsi„•tent lure
of every section -•et the broad Dominion
is•;evidenced in the fact that every pro
V1nCe cf Canada shares substantially
in the receipts frcni tcurisi.s, though
naturally ct:rtniu areas benefitei to a
much greater extent then others:=Th„
,not always a matter of; greater at-
traction, but frequently depends upon
the extensiveness and patency of the
advertising of these regions, the con-
veniences provided for holiday traf-
fic and skilfully brought to the atten-
tion of tourists, and Many other fact-
ors. With the largely 'even distribu-
tion of Canadian holiday attraction
and the peculiar Iure of eaoh sector
each province of Canada ehould be re-
ceiving a handsome revenue from the
holiday-makers who come to disport in
the Dominion.
According to the Board's statement,
British Columbia headed the list last
year in the mater of money value per
province from. tourists, the most re-
liable estimate from that • province
having placed it at $36,000,000, though
some estimates go much higher. Al-
berta, which has several of the na-
tional parks, including. the Rocky
Mountains, which is every year prime
favorite and most extensively patron-
ized, is credited with a revenue of
'$20,000,000 from tourists. The prairie
provinces of -Manitoba. and Saskatche-
wan combined are estimated to have
received $10,000,000 from holiday ers
sojourning there.
Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes.
Coming to Eastern Canada, it has
been more .difficult to get figures for
Ontario, but taking into 'account the
vaststretch of country franc Kenora
'right through to Ottawa, into which
tourists from the United States pour,
and also having regard to the tremen-
I dons here of Niagara Falls and other.
popular spots and the very large auto-
mobile trafiic, it is thought that $30,-
000,000 is fairly reliable. A like
amount is credited to Quebec, which,
1 in view of the tremendous extent to
which holiday travel to this province
has increased within the past few
years, and the great number of eameri-
can tourists who visit the cities• of the
French province in the summer months
' of the year, seems unduly conserva-
tive,
1 The estimate• for the Maritime Pro -
i vinces is $1.0,000,000. Of this, $4,000,-
000
4,000;000 is credited to the Province •of New
Brunswick. In the consideration of
the attractive qualities of the Annapo-
j lis Valley, the Land of Evangeline and
Il other charming and romantic spots in
i this province, the sum of $6,000,000,
i attributed to Nova Scotia, does not
seem an excessive amount. Alto-
gether, with the entire. Maritime area,
la region of most exquisite charm and
1 appeal, with opportunity for every pos-
aible kind of holiday, $10,000,000 is a
i re.atively insignificant amount to be
credited in a year,
There is accumulation of evidence
1 that Canada is becoming more popular
every year with those people of the
' continent in search of diverting, holi-
day. The breadth of the Dominion
gives a wide variety of natural beauty
from Atlantic to Pacific, and few coun-
tries can, within their counties, offer
the touriet such latitude of attraction.
?Coupled withe this are excellent rail-
road facilities, and a fine system of
motor rands which is being continual-
'ly' extended. More holiday-makers
are discovering Canada each year, and
Canada's new resource, the tourist, is
rapidly increasing in its value to the
country.
Choice.
By Elizabeth Colter,
Last week I talked to a sailor,
Who was young and wild and strong;
(Or, rather, he talked and I listened),
For an hour, perhaps—not long.
And Jens, whom I'd promised to marry
But an hour or two before—
Sens, who has lived all his stunted life
On a leaf -enshrouded shore.
Jens passed at a little distance,
And I knew that hetfrowned at me;
But I sat very still, and I listened,
While the sailor talked of the sea.
He used strange words that I do not
know—
But I saw brown feet on alion sand;
His eyes were hot with the lure of
quest—
And he said I could not understand—
But I saw wide spaces and flying
spume,
And ships in the lone black nights;
I saw with a poignance almost pain
The passing of dim green lights:
I heard the wail of following gulls,
I felt the whip of the cold white fog,
And I saw a man in a dripping slicker
Bending over a log—
But
ogBut I shall marry Jens, you.know,
And live in a prairie town,
Where never..a fog -horn blares in the
morning,
And never a ship goes down—
Goes down to the sea with her sing -
Ing crew,
'With her anchors up, with her sails
unfurled,
Where never a woman waits like stone.
For a man on the rim of the world. '
And he asked me—Jens, I mean, of
course—
What the sailor said to me,
And what was the thing he talked,
about,
And 1 answered—"Poetry.
—The Lyric West.
New Canadian Apple.
The much prized' Wilder ''Silver
medal, the highest award of the Ameri-
can Poenological Society, the oldest
horticultural body in North America,
has been 'awarded to the Central Ex-
perimattal. Farm at Ottawa for the
sixth time, The medal on tb.'.s occa-
sion was given for the Lobo apple,
one of the "many fine varieties of ale
Intosh
-
Intosh 1 ecl parentage originated at
the Central Fann. The Lobo is an ap-
ple very similar to the McIntosh, but
ready for use about a month earlier,
thus lengthening the season of apples-
of
pplesof McIntosh . appearance and flavor.'
11.lids. proved very promislrag not only
in the provinces of Ontario and Que-
bec, but in the, state of New jersey,
where it has been fruiting 'lea enteral
The ancient custom of an annual: "Floral Dance" is still kept up at Corp. ,w
To the rhythm of •a sprightly tun couples Sante in and Gut P7i, 0:,4 t;us t , ,r nine. by speaxk.
wail, in Wales. the Y -
of the doers o1nall the houses along a given route:
leg the truth,