HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1924-7-17, Page 7t BY Bev. M. V, Kelly, C.S.B.
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(Continued fron) last week)
XII. out a propaganda; crowds are a wayS,
City Occupations Dangerous. used to disseminate dangerons litera-
In your country life, there are few ture, gpcialistie or otherwise,
week -day employments with any ill- You can, understand, also, how much
jugious effect upon the religions and the associatiOns ot working hours
moral ludas of the people, I presume have to do -with associations of hours
you do not expect to find ymir boys during leisure, The ordinary boy and
and girls so pretected in the citygirl in a city make most, cif their ac
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Domestic employment is usuallY quaintances where they work;
avoided by the girls of city fa,milies, through these, frieadships are formed.
•'TheY look fop occupation in business In CompanY with friends so made-, they
-offices, gores, factories, on the stage, g� to,place& of amusement; the amuse -
or in some way connected with plaY- ment will be what•the friends are,
'houses. One • calamitous outcome what is peithaps a greater danger
necessarily follows continuous engage- than all these 'often awaits the young
silents in any of these. There is com- Man or woman seeking employment
plete estrangement from the home in the city.``You are probably more or
duties. They are not trained to house- less apprehensive that seVeral remit-
1,e'eping; iheir tastes are far some- edly successful business establish. -
thing else; the crowd, the rush, the merits put through, transactions With -
'excitement they have been used to, out any scrupulous regard for limiest
make the routine of private life un- dealing. It may he that their whole
bearable. When they marry, settling system of business is carried on along
down to the duties of a house -wife thee lines. Things are done there, as
seem well-nigh an impossibility. Many a Matter of course, which you could
ubver settle down! if they are of the never bring Yourself to do, which you
laboring class, they ' will leave child- cannot understand and man doing who
ren and home neglected, in the anxiety expects to one day give a account of
to find employment where things are his conduct beforeean All -Just Judge.
not so dull and quiet. If,.they are peo-,..
.- .As a city resident, your sou or (laugh -
pie of means, home and family are tie- ter, in search of a position, ma.y ans-
ing 'constantly neglected in the fulfil- . . .
Wer an advertisement and be accept -
/Dent of social requirementand- .
amenities. Often. the husband is dis- '•eci' It maY be a imig time before they
discover the character of the firm or
-sipated and receivescondemnation of those carrying on business _ there,
from every quarter; if the Whole truth they may- never discover it, but, mean -
were known, he would be excused; he while, they are giving their days, their
no home, not even a paletable -
ability, their energies to help on the
meal after his day's -labor. It is not
e dishonest work. Every deal, they at-
nece.ssary to draw your attention to the ,
tend to, every letter they' write may
prospects ahead of children brought be aimed . at taking from others what
up in such conditions. belongs to.them.
. Leaving aside the thought of her
future, have you -not some misgiving Do you suppose for a moment such
things are uncommon? Let me. cite
, for the young girl who spends, her
a case in point. 'A young girl of good
. days In an office, departmental store,
family, just out -of school, was engaged
faCtory, restaurant or theatre? Would as -stenographer to a' firm promoting
you feel altogether easy, were your
the sale of mining stock. T. heard her
own. dahglater so •emPloyed? - That
constantly inlaying in the crowd
innocently nemark: Tay after day, nay
,
work consists,in sending out circulars
. whether of winrien or .men, the ' pub -
all oven the continent. You know we
;hefty of their lives, must neceesarly'
are selling shares in several mines.
deprive them- at least to some extent
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. of the peculiar charms everyone aa Tho tiresome thing is that we are al
ways saying the same thing about all
_ sociates with their sex.. A boldness,
the mines." It is not at all likely this
. a self-assertion, an indocility, a tem- per bordering on the masculineare faithful stenographer realized that no
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common characteristicsNot long such, mines really existed, nor were
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ago, I heard a man of sixty remark, the being operatedand that what she
actually • was .doing was trying to get,
father of -a large family, that in. his
money under false pretences from.
city, people unconsciouslY stop to ad- rich and- pool—the poor especially,
mire a woman or girl of real womanly
widows, servant girls, etc, ---all over
appearance, so few answering the dos widows
Most farmers have heard
cription are any, longer in evidence.
'of such things going on; they have
This is taking things at their best
been the -victims often; the money -
What associations 'is, a young girl in
they:. invested ..at the 'solicitation of a
da,nger of making in establishments
promoter was never intended to real -
employing large numbers?, 'What is'
ize their' interest, no mater how
her company? Even the best disposed
• rosy the prospect, Some person's son
have difficulty in. avolding...the wide -
or daughter was toliiig the office work
sirable. , Daughters of the most re-
spectable, families ofter complain, that
• throughout the live -long day, there is
absolutely no restraint upon the lang-
uage they are obliged to heart frera
co-workers. Factories and,slaops.frem
which this eveil is absent stand out Summer Vacation Jis the Time to Build Up the Health and Vigor of School Children. It is
ordinarily exceptional., But th,ese are Also Es good Time to Attend to the Correction of Minor Physical Defects.
in public estimation something extra-
, naatters of which you have probably, Summer is the best time of the year flume° of .warni weathei upon bocly 'Water may be taken at any time and
heard a good deal alreadyfor school children to be .brought to activities, upon •the food aupPlyand in, any amount desired, provided it is
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The occupations awaiting your sons their highest peak of physical fitnessthe greater prevalence of certain dis- not too cold nor is taken to avoid the
In the city will, be so multiplied and The vacation time should -naturally do easesnecessity of chewing food—a proce-
-aried, there can be, no forecasting" of this, but it Is, also the best opportunityClothingdure -very cainnion -with children.
cireu,mstaifees; the company they will to correct minor physical defects In I
The clathirg worn in. summer should
.
Candy should only he allowed after
be brought',into, the irregularityof children such as adenoids, enlarged be light, in order to keep the body cool, meals, as desert.
their tdutiee, cannot in the least 'lie and 'diseased tonsils., bad- teeth: During the vacation period, when
and absorbent in .order to take any '
Phovided against Their Ifl,ours may be parse:its who ',allow the vacation to perspiration which may collect on the sufficient physical exercise and out
by day or night; .they may have to tra- pass without attending to the defects surfacedoor life is most apt to be taken, appe-
reie,liere and - there and everYwherethat can be corrected, and then take The general. plan should be to "keep tite js, the mast reliable guide to the
You can have some idea what„ the the children out of classes during the cool," reducing and increasing the amount and time of eating. While a
'variety of their company, what the school year, are making a serious mis- weight 'of garments as the tempera- healthy adult would have no ,need for
pastimes resorted to, what the habits take': a ." • ef titre:changes, In order to meet sud; eating oftener than three times' a day,
and practices thene- are- no attending Children easily become disceuraged den changes in the latter', az f,otiowing :children who have been actively work
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conditions to control.' As you are at when they become unable to keep -up a storm, those who go to. 'excursions mg or playing outdoors rna3r actually
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present In the quiet regularity of with their sehOel work On account of and other Outings must 'be 'taught to need, or with advanage-take, an extra
conntry life, were a son of yours 511111 i1ines or minor .operationen and when provide against possibilities" by taking luncheon, morning and -afternoon. This
larly situated for' the space of a week., they see their classmates' forging along the necessary coat or jacketcould consist of a glass -of milk and a
your alarms far his future wouid grow ahead, they ina.y,' all too readily,, fall They must be impressed with the
slice of bread, with or without jam,
well-nigh desperate. .Bathing.
into the ``I don't care", attitude. Such necessity of changing all clothing that
Even when the eityyoung man re- defects, if allowed to go uncorrected, has been Wet by either rain or exces- . A daily morning bath is extremely
turns punctually at six p.m,, there are may poison their systems and keep sive persPiration. Frequent change of desirable for all, if it can be 'obtained.
not wtinting temptations, less or great- them far. below'their 'best efficiencyunderclothi,ng, even daily (often dry - The water should neither be too hot,
er, all the time he is at werit. In the A good final warning to parents Is Ing and airing instead of washing tho nor go coal as to cause shivering upon
office, store, ol.• fitelory,.he is rarely Take your child to a doctor now and garments), is very necessary -in order entering it: Cold baths are apt to ex
alone Who are his comPaoy? What save time. to have at all times a'. garment next haust children, since the amount of
do inanY of lits associate,s read? Besides the measures that are re- .the skin of 'which the absorbent quali- body heat lost by them while in the
Where, are their resorts in leisure' quired the year round to maintain ties are active. Loosely woVen (knit) water - abstracts more energy than
hours?- • What their thoughts, their good health an summer certain special -cotton underwear fulfills these require- their Aniall bodies' can spare, races
language? .Nor are such centres with procedures are necessitated by the in- ments., Excessively large' mesh ,is no and hands should be washed' before
advantage, since the largo heles, like each meal, and teeth should nie clean
the similar openings in a spongenare ed after eating. • '
not the ,ones, to take np, the. moisture.
The above photograph shows H.M. king George presenting the colors to
the First Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, at thee review at Aldershot.
for those companies; would you wish
it had been yours?
(To be.continued).
Destroy the Flies. .
The fly kills more people than the
man-eating tiger.
July, August and September are the
months when the intestinal diseases
are most prevalent, and most deadly,
and these are also the mohths 'when
house flies are busy 'selecting their
breeding places in any accumulation
of filth they can find in the neighbor-
.
hood, The prevalence of flies in any
neighborhood is an indication of the
existence of manure piles or accunntla-
-tions--of decomposed animal or vege-
table matter. It is often a short route
from such accumulations to the kit-
chen door and the baby's milk bottle,
and the resnit all too often is a severe
case of summer'diarrhoea with a fatal
termination.
To dwell @U. this Question may seem
like harping on an old and time -worn
subject, but at this season of the year
we cannot afford to overlook what has
been fully described as the dirtiest
and most deadly animal inexistence.
if allowed to breed and roam uncheck-
ed, flies can cause mere deaths than
the wild beasts that roam the jungles.
Flies carry .the germst- of typhoid
fever, diarrhoeanand many other dis-
eases -and the most effective warfare
we can wage against them is the elim-
ination of the dirt and filth in which
they are born and bred. Continual
vigilance is the price of safety.
" 'Twas a Famous Victory !"
"It is a great day for Engla.nd," said
William IV., as he lay on his death-
bed on June 18th, 18Tt, and listened
to the guns firing for the anniversary
of the Battle of Waterloo. The Battle
of Waterloo 'was fought by eighty
thousand French and two hundred and
fifty guns, against sixty-seven thous-
and English, Ifanoverians, and Bel-
gians, assisted by a large number of
Prussians who came in at the last mo-
ment. The British casualties on the
field were fourteen hundred men killed
and nearly 'five thousand wounded.
Four thousand of, the allied forces
Were killed, and the total number of
their wounded was twenty-two thous-
and.
At the time it was considered a very
dear victory; but it is, perhaps, one
of the most famous and important of
all time. It,has--gone down into the
glorious history of our country, carry-
ing. with it an ever living memory of
our great countrYrhan--Weliington.
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A photograph af the old Bible and prayer book presented to Rev. D. N.
Mordea, pasCor et St. Janice' Square Presivterian Churela Toronto, by D. A.
Vantian, during the United Ininpire Loyallet celebration a) /3elleville.
Materials are absorhent in the follow- Bleep.
Children require much more sleep
ing order:. wool, silk., ,cotton, linen--
the first named, wool, being the most than adults. Twelve hem:pada/1y is
not tee much. A large arn'eunt of sloop
efficient,
A hat should always be worn ha sum. will go far towards building up a
child's' health. Children should sleep
mer to protect both the head and the
in separate beds, in well 'ventilated
eyes from the sun. It should be of rooms7--a1l windows open in glimmer.
straw and as pernteable to the air as ___an
Its ,funetieu_e_exeitiitelti ,of tile sunses 'd care.Should be taken that neith.
er bed -bugs, mosquitoes, nor ',ties aro
direct,,rays-will..perinit., , -
present to disturb their rest.
Fc"ed• Bedrooms must be tightly eereened,
.'-It' is well knownthat most Peon 0 if mosquitoes prevail, or one must
are ill the habit of eating an OxoeSS of sleet,— under a net.
'meat, and while this is harmful at all Work er Play,
seasons, It is Inl.rticularlY so ill /21111.1- Physical exertion has ,the, same, re -
mer. Meat Is essentially a rePair food sults whatever- be its objectenprovided
and as the 'ordinarY wear and tear of of coe.rse the same musaleA be in-
overy-day life recatires, but little ro- volved and ;they be used to the sanie
k -
parative subdtance, but little meat extent.
or ,other animal product is needed to The general prineipies to guide hi
maintain the -equilibrium in adult life, the itinitationof a Child's or adult's
During the period of .growth there is aetivitieS, wbether at work or at play,,
greater reason for a Proportionately aro that lie should rest whenever tired
larger Peoentage of meat Or its edurviti and, that neither work nor plaY should
lent, milk, 'While fats are particular, be attempted until thoroughly rested.
ly• good for hnciernourisbeid 'children, If ene's health 10 poet', Ile work
summer is the season in which' Anise, uadeptaitioe unIeee abeoluto,
heat producing 'foods a,re least' re, ly necessary, A large amount ot rest
quire& and food, and a Oman amount Of play—
Starchy foodare particularly eptt: all taken outdoors, will do the InOst
ed.for the summer dietary and, there, geed,
fore, eerealii and f.re b vegetables are Digestion 10 alWAV&P hatter. If one geta
In order4;
•• a few minutvi rpst 1.)effnal OAeh Meal,
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The Natural EesOurees Intell4ene6
Service a the Dept: of the interior at'
When it eQ/IleS to providing the be impracticable to deeign an engine Ottawa says:—
automobile engine with power, gaso- that weuld:expand the gas down to Agriculture is the econeiroie heart
line is what most motorists ask or no 'pressure:- that is,, to use all, the of Canada.' ''Al110124', the natural re-,
When- they stop to fill up their fuel presepre. Such an eflgine would need so res of the Dominion arable lauds
tanks. It may go under some other to he bulky. and heavy, as ea/ma-red stand unrivailled, ft is diffi'u It t
name, hut to a conSiderable extent it With the present 'types.' ' appraise 'adequately - tbe degree to
is gasoline just the same,
Since this is the situation, it is well Ao'rrorsr or. EXII.A.UST YAI4VB. t\ValilnleihngtthieleY inadTeustrrieSaPIO:luidbleeonflOrrIl'erscuias
f -
The exhaust valve is set' to oPen
best possible advantage, when there is Still C°11Siderab/e Pres- Ini,fie)
m'ci.)efr1C/Zarrdrianirnegg,aarndcladfilsinag)4inl.tre
A di . ,
or the owner to use this liquid to the
sui-e in the cylinders. T bus pressure
k ver, for instance, may adjust
the carburetor so that a very lean aus, of course, :that there is stin ssPeleroenreclai.oiel
yf inPdrust;arri:1
sof ondlirc
11
iiilulefre
al,atute,
heat in the cylinders, that the gas is
mixture of gas is used. This Would still burning. The gas engine is s, the essential services rendered by
give him -a high mileage per gallon of heat - engine,;,, that is, it derives itt, transportation systems and nY purely
gas but would make acceleratien very power from heat. Therefore, when emninel.eial enterprise all contribute
slow, hill climbing; -lb il i i y very poory ational omno d
e ae-
the cylinder exl-must valve is openedl materiallto ninc
and regular running of the enginevelem-I-lent, But agricitlture is the pre,
Chi' there is still heat in the en -
difficult when the engine is at a loweminent basic activity by which Can -
gine, about 35 per cent. of the total
temperature. Such a condition Would adi's economic stature and character
=bunt of heat generated by burning'
also require exceptional skill in driv- the gasoline is iato Another reason have been determined. It forms the
ingeto get desirable results. why thischief dirat means of livelihood and,
beat his apparent waste in gasoline ders of burning gas on one stroke so
1°SS is necessary is because
Dorninion--constituting both a broad
Again, a driver can undertake to moreover, the rare' population of the
time must be given to clean the cylin.
by increasing the compression, But it can talce in a charge of fresh gas consuming market an.d a large reser-
when given a stiff hill to climb or a on the nextvoir of raw rmaterials-Lis an indirect
heavy load to haul or a slight acrn
cuu- The remainingi
lation of carbon, the engine will knock through friction and miscellaneous proportion of loss iS but vital factor in fostering extensive
communities engaged in other phases
and cause trouble., of primary. industry as well as in
ways, mostly friction. In order to use
LOSS IN WATER JACKET, the heat developed, it is necessary to manufacture and commerce.
The water jacket is to blame for have same sort of mechanical contri-
Canadian agriculture rests upon an
some loss. The loss through the water vances or devices that slide over each unusually generous endowment of
jacket is necessary in order to keep other such as the pistons in the cy1-
cultivable lands. Present information
of
the various parts cool enough to op- ,inder.s and bearings that hold the permits only a rough estimate their
, '
erate. The temperature of the burn- crank shaft in place. Wherever these actual extent, but it is certainthat
,
ing mixture is about 3,000 "degrees. sliding parts corn.e there also comes
formany years it will still be rieces-
This extreme heat when brought infriction. • sary to measure the Dominion's total .
contact with the metal parts of the Then some power must be expended arable area. mainly by the untitled.
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engine would burn the lubricating oil to operate the cooling fan, the valves, that under
acreage rather than by
from their surfaces so that the pis- lubricating -pump, ignition device, gen-
cultivation. 'Of the 300,000,000 acres
tons would not slide up and down in erator for believed to be physically suitable for charging the batteries and,
the cylinders. It would heat these in most cases, .water circulating pump. agriculture, only 60,000,000 acres, or
metal parts so greatly that it would To get the highest possible gasoline one-fifth of the total, have been placed
u
be impossible to control the ignition. power, great care should be given to n.der field crops. The remaining four-
fifths, s 2
Sometimes an engine will run after keeping the carburetor properly ad= comprising ome 40,000,000
f
the ignition is turned off. This is justed, to operating the spark scien-
acres, are capable osustaining many
'
caused by the cylinders being hot tifically, and to watching the radiator. added millions of population,and they
include an immense acreage sufficient -
enough to cause ignition -of the charge Some cars have a thermostat control
ly ripe for settlement as to ensure
without supplying a spark. On the of the radiator shutters -which opens that the,extension of agriculture will
other hand, over heating the pistons or closes them as the engine gets hot
continue to be a main highway, of Can -
causes them to freeze or become stuck, ortcold. This helps -to keep the engine
ada's material prog,ress. Despite the
which makes no end of trouble. operating at the best temperature.
rapid advance of settlement during
Thenpurpose of the water jacket is Watch the quality and quantity of
the last two decades there are to -day,
to cool these metal parts so that a oil. There is some friction in the oil in the three prairie provinces of Man -
film of oil can be maintained. In doing itself, this being greater in the heav- iteba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
this, however, much of the heat gen- ier oils. Use an oil as light as pos- atone, at least 25,000,000 acres of un-
erated by the gasoline is carried off sible so that there will be a minimum occupied lands situated within fifteen
and consequently cannot be used in of friction in the oil itself and yet
sending the car forward. heavy enough to insure keeping the miles of existing railways, and avail-
able for purchase at figures represent -
Another percentage of loss is ac- metal parts separate and preventing -11
1 g but a fraction of the values
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placed upon lands a no greater fertil-
ity in the older farming: communities
of the Dominion and of the United
States.
counted for by the exhaust. It would excessive friction between them.
Hoofs ,in the Heather. Watchers of the Skies.
Fetch the cattle through the heather, Compared with birds, human beings
have a poor sight. It is well known
Mary, blue-eyed lass of mine;
quarry from a great height, and is able What of Canada's Future.?
that an eagle is capable of ,sighting its
Yellow is the glow of sunset,
Long the shadow of the pine!
to swoop down and seize it exactly in
Far away the bells are tinkling
' the centre of its neck.
In some lush. and watered dell;
Most birds have goodssight, but in
Lonely are the paths of heather,.
some the fannity is nriore developed
Lonely for the twilight bell!
„ than in others. The woodcock, for in -
Often you have brought the cattle, stance, has the remarkable power of
0 my pretty, slender lass; flying at a g-reat speed thro'ugh dense'.
You have found them in the valley thickets as though it Were flying
Knee-deep .in the tender grassthrough an open space.
Ther
You have sent them through the star- It is also astonishing to see thepace
thsPecGoutrmeoliiafn'however,
ationallo
evell.:
light at which eabird will alight upon a tree
opment The most cautious forecast
Single -trailed with plodding feet; or building. Only most acute sight
may prove extravagant
You have brought them through the enables it to do this accurately. Then, and the most
optimistic may fall fashort of actual
heather how quickly birds discern food that accomplishment. Sixty Years ago
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Fringed with, blossoms, purple- has been left on the ground. Throw a
sweet! piece of bread -down at a time when President Lincoln pointed out, in his
second annual message to Congress,
no birds are n'ear, and in a few mo-
frients a number of them -will „be -on. that the population of the United
Dra,w the bars and set the stanchions!
Mary, bring the cattle home
the spot. States in 1920 would exteed 186,000,-
For the whip -poor -wills are singing 000 if the rate of increase continued
And the blooms of heather gloam!
Ostriches, which can travel at a to be as great as it had been between
If you will, but not too long; whentre me ntdhoeuys Tpuance.,. ho Theyldt hdeior ,'nvoitn 1790 and 1860. The United States
did record amazing progress but the
You. may loiter with your lover
however, merely using the outstretch- population in 1920 failed, by some
Fetch the white luno through the
80,000,000,
ed wings' to balande their bodies as :to reach the number m
heather; en-
-Leslie Cla,re Manchester. tioned in Lincoln's message. ,
Lo, their hoof -beats are my song! they sway and turn.
All experiences are valuable for the strAikiiarignl'y aocillti:tvreipineanntticnilpaaYtiojna.s.t Tans
wisdom they bring or suggest. But 1898 the'renow-ned scientist, Sir Wil -
Bachelors Rare in Japan. when you have once gained wisdom liara
Old bachelors, are almost unknown and knowledge from any experience,
there is little profit in repeating it, Crookes, delivered a very impres-
in Japan. 'Practically every man who
sive statement on "The Wheat ,Prob-
does not join a. Buddhist
m°nasterY especially if it has been unpleasant. ---,Prentice Mulford. fore the British Association for the
lem" as his, presidential address be -
marries.
Advancement' of Science. Reviewing
the prospective sources from which
the world might draw increased sup-
plies of whee,t, thespeaker stated that
'the most trustworthy estimates give
Canada a wheat area of 110t more
than 6,000,000 acres in the next
twelve years, increasirig to a maxi-
mum of 12,000,000 acres in t-,venty-
fiv;i7aIrpsa..s"sing of twerity-fiYe years
has shown this 'estim'ate to be too
conservative. Canada's wheat area
reached the estimated - Inaximum of
12,000,000 act.es considerably in ad- •
vance of expectation, and continued to
increase. In 1923 ATI area of more
than 22,672,000 acres was sown to
wheat, and -Western Canada still pos-
sessed many additional millions of
acreS of .tnicultivated land.
But, though the rate arid courseof
national growth baffle prophecy,
there can be no doubt that Canada has
yet realized but a mien theatifre of
her potential stature -in industry and
commerce. With liberal resources of
the field, the forest, mine and water-
fall and the sea; with extensive sys-
tems of rail and water transportation,
conimanding gateways for the com-
merce Of the Atlantic :Ind the Pacific,
,geograplaical situation favorable to
teade with the populous markets Of
-Western Europe and the Orient, a •
friendly nation of more than one hun-
dred millions alike in 1.arigliage and
customs as 1io11 bot to the .,•80111h,
with souad iastitirtions of govern-
ment, stron1. racial ties and with free
but far-reaching political, associations,
the Bon-dn.:on faces a atom. 'which
the period of economic youth and
groWth has'. still a long and promising
course to run, • '
An iron worker photographed a hundred feet above the Ni4itra. River while
n,
working on•the Canadian end Of the Michigan Central bridge now in e
aeolt pleasant, a:v.:O@Otie is alway
Coarse Of erectios
taking yotir pletirre.
The recent celebration of Dominion
Day, Canada's national birthday, calls
attention to the progress which this
country has Made since the conimence-
rnent of the present century, and what
may be in prospect for this young and
aggressive country in the years to