HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-8-20, Page 2Pi1oToGPAllNC WATER .SCENES...,
Tee coast, eeteeele ender way, the spaee the teeter should occupy in the
watorfrout of a seP.port town where all
kinds of stepping mingregetee, furnish
innumerable subjects for the eamme
--suejecfs that can be made into pie -
tures; that eaggest the majesty at the
Elea and the romence of maritime coin -
mem. Lakes, rivers, entail Meanie
atel watertalle teem offer enticing sub -
picture. As the coetreet between the
miter and tee Shore'leuettally
pronottheed, a more pleasing compose
eon can generally be produced ,bY
showing the shore line in perspective
and so leading the eye into the plc -
bre rather tbau by letting the line of
the shore run horizoutally aortae the
Jecteploture, which tends to cut it into two
To make correctly timed negatives parte. If you wish to represent a
of ahore view's end shipping you Must view acroas a small river or lake, try
remember tbat the illumination is die to Include a suitable bit of the near
relent from that of the ordinary land- bank for a foregromel. That will give
scepe and allow, fur the fact. In the an idea of the epace between the eb-
Bummer, &velem around the whurvee, , server and the Aimee opposite and will
where there are usually strong shad- e also produce a mere attractive Cora-
ows or dark obje,eta awe at band, re-; position,
quire onle atout one halt as long an , Take Rapids at An Angie.
exposure as ordinary landseapes re- Shiminering reflections are more,ef-
quire. Stretches of open beech, break- ,fectivc in a picture than those of mir-
ing surf and vessels entirely surround- rOrellto elmepnees, but the sharp ones
est by water require one quarter the , can be brokeu up by striking the
' water with a long stick just before you
Make tbe exposure.
If the foreground of a river or lake
scene is light in tone, the eeposure re-
quired may not be leore than one half
that demanded by the average land -
exposure.
/1 the shutter of your camera is not
adjuntable to different speeds, you can
obtain a properly tinted negative by
using a smalleresize stop when you
photograph any exceptioaally w -
lighted subject, The sizes of the stops ,scape; but, if there is thick foliage
are such that each one passes juet one upon the near bank, the subject should
half as much light as the next larger be timed as a similar landscape away
one; so, if you have been getting well- from the water would he tinted,
timed landscape negatives with the When possible waterfalls and repels
largest atop, the neat smaller one should bo pictured from a quartering
should be used for the ordinary wharf viewpoint rather than directly "head
or waterfront subject and the third on," for the flow of the water In
one for open beaches and vessels In sidewise direction will better suggest
open water. Its motion than when it comes straight
Should you have a shutter that has down toward the ep-ectator. A much
eeveral speeds and a diaphragm scale slower exposure can be allowed than
.,,,e,
e see
..,1F seise!: - 4*er
eke,
marked for either the standard "le" is necessary for breaking surf. From Their Majesties, King George and Queen Mary, are watching the proceS•
sizes or the Universal Systole of stop one fifth to one teeth of a second is sloe of the clergy at the ceremonies in connection with the recent opening
numbers, the following exposures will usually fast enough. Use a large stop; of the new Liverpool Cathedral. With them is Mr. Arthur Henderson, home
be about right in these cases: For it increases your chance of getting de- secretary in the Labor government.
views round wharves between 9 a.m. tail in the -darker surroundings with -
and 3 p.m. in bright summer weather, out an exposure long enougb to spoil
one fiftieth of a second, stoop le 16 (U. the detail in the moving water.
S. No. 16); for shipping surrounded by
open water, one hundredth of a sec -
cud, stop 16.
Those exposures are suitable only
for the extra -rapid plates and films. If
plates or films of the usual speed are
used, stop F (U. S. No. 8) should be
employed 10510101 of F 18. The best
plates for the purpose are the double -
coated non -halation orthochromatic.
Choosing Your Subject.
When a folding camera is used in
bright sunshine negatives are fre-
quently obtained that are flat and fog-
gy became of the direct sunlight or
Mem* reflected light that falls epee
the front surface of the lona. Conse-
quently it is wise to make a. short
cardboard tube and paint it a dull
black inside. It *Mould be made of
such a size that it will fit snug over
the lens mount, but it must not be
long enough to cut off any of the view
that. the lens includes. The question
can be settled by placing the tube in
Position and sighting through the lens
with your eye at one corner of the
back of the camera. The easiest Blass
of water scenes to photograph are or-
dinary coast subjects such as a curv-
ing beach, a group of rocks by the
water's edge, a small boat hauled up
out of reach of the tide or a fish shan-
ty with perhaps a well-placed figure
or two suitably employed,—which does
not mean that they should stare at
tbo camera. Simple material and tit-
tle 01 11. is the moat effective. Don't
try to include a great expanse of beach
or water with nothing of interest In
the foreground, for the result will be
disappointing.
Next to &Dosing your subject and
your viewpoint Intelligently comes
suitable lighting. When the sun is
high overhead objeets cast little shad-
ow. Everything is flooded with light,
and a photograph made under eucb
conditions is flat and monotonous. Aim
to include a fair amount ,of shadow in
your comp:edam, such as prevails
when the sun is at one side and not
too high. A ray filter, if you know
how to use it, will often improve the
rendering of a beach scene, particu-
larly if there are light clouds in the
sky, which add to the attractivenese
of the effect. The ray filter of course
requires a longer exposure; the length
of time depende upon the kind of filter
and the kind of plate,
Photographing Vessels.
Courage.
No star Ls ever lost, whose light
We once have seen;
Only obscured sometimes by clouds
That drift between
Us and its radiance which shines
Calm and serene.
No hope of cure can ever die,
Though buried deep
By doubt or fear or unbelief—
It does but sleep!
Awaken it! Have faith it will
Its promise keep!
1
With courage, keep your goal in eight,
And toward it, still
Keep climbing upward, ever up.
Though steep the bill,
There is ne height we may not reach,
If we but will!
—Ida May Thomas, in Success,
Like photographing surf, eatching
vessels under mat calls for prempt
de-
cisI'uie, espeeially when the subject to
near and moving fast, but a little prac- I
tiro soon given confidence. .A rather:
low viewpoint usually allows the linee
of a vessel to the best advantage, and
the feeling of action Is most Strongly
expreesed when the cruet is presented
at on angle, either renting Loward
going from the ebserver. Although a I
side lighting gives a good play of llglit '
and ilhad, you ,should 001 overlook tbe I
effectiveness of whipping 111 eeen
agelnst the ligbt, especially wlesu the
sun is low enough to preclure a elate'
Ng path of light upon the water or a
fine cloud effect fuenishes an heerege
leg background. When you are aerie
lug aboard a ve,sel in mutton an't
rc.ot the cameta upon the rail er 'n,
Particularly if the Lteidner,
for the vibiation fermi the alar
le likely to b!ar the inwv. Alt:o ave'd
standing where the vitti•otton it; 'meet
notivevide,
Much of the advice here given ap-
plies also 10 intend water seene.s, es-
pecially those about the larger lakes
and rivers, for they may he clasee4 as
"maritime' wbenevor water or elep.
ping le more eenspleitems than other
Pavia or the composltion, in dealing
etch a subject as the tree -lined
beeelut of 0 eteeem or a lake or a water-
fall lu a glen the general tone and
form of the land and foliage le.,,ould
help to decide whet propoerint 01 the
Wifey—"Could I have a little money
for summer clothes?"
Hubby --"Sura! Fine! You usually
ask for a lot."
In a Boarding House.
Over the faded paper on the wall
Gigantic cabbage ro-ca, climb and
crawl
In patterns weird and startling of de-
sign --
flow many eyes have leathei It. (18
do mine!
The tem Is full of shadows, secrets
stare
And whisper In the cornere, every-
wb te
Of farmer transients who once came
and went
These listening walls are subtly elo-
quent!
The weary chairs all sag se tired
they
Of ring arranger folk from day to
de y
eed enter,' languidly Its ancient
..erings
1111,1 1 much to b.-ar poor, pa-
tter!. things!
shthby, wooden deli sn stained
wile
Wear s 11.1.P (0 11 1114111 1 area
thine,
or dig, (.11)4 51 cnes, with yet must
wrttk
!rtter, to cans home. night after
night!
Mark X. Caruthers.
A Poem You Ought to Know.
Good Night -and Good Morning.
Richard Mouckton Milnes, first Bar-
on Houghton, and father of the Mar-
quess of Crewe, the present British
Ambaiteador in Paris, was born in
1809, and during his long life knew
everybody worth knowing. . He was
a man of culture and great literary
A fair little girl sat under a tree,
Sewing as long aa her eyes could see;
Then smoothed ber work, and folded
it right,
And said: "Dear work, good night!
goad night:"
Surh a number of reeks came over her.
bead,
Crying, "Cawcaw!" on their way to
bed;
She said as she watched their curious
flight:
"Little black things, good night! geed
night!"
The horses neighed, and the oxen
lowed;
The sheep's "bleat! bleat!" came over
the road;
All seeming to say, with a quiet de-
light:
"Good little girl, gcod night! gcod
night!
She (lid not say to the sun "Good
night!"
Though she saw him there like a ball
of light;
For she knew he had God's own time
to keep
All .over the world and never could
sleep.
The tall pink foxglove bowed his head,
The violets curtsied and went to bed;
And good little Lucy tied up her hair,
And said, on her knees, her favorite
prayer,
Joedaaitafo Water :amply,
The l'oCistff Soltmen, rained for a
locality 55 .01 then for the famous
king. Were bent by man engineers to
provide a wale,. supply for Jerusalem.
nee three pools, which are eight miles
irons tbo city, are fed by large swinge
and have a total capacity of forty mil-
lion tetanus. The Romans built eo well
that after tbe mane centuries of dies
est; the pools, the springs end the
aquedurts had only to .1)4 eleanee and'
the Make repaired to give Jerusalem
again cecellent Water Supply.
And while cn her pillow she surely lay,
She knew nothing mere 1.111 ,again it
was day;
!Sri all things Feld to the beautiful
0(111,
"Good morning, good morning! our
work is begun."
The Borrower.
Mts, Isaac Tootle is always borrow-
ing something. So far sate owes her
neighbor, Mrs. Latele six cups of
sugar. a quarter of a pound ef butter,
three spook of thread, a can opener,
cleven hairpins, a crochet needle, a
sack QC salt, a Wart of vinegar, a box
of camphor balls, a package of tea,
a box of matches, and a soup tureen.
The only tiling she hasn't borrowed
front. the Latches is the piano, and
that's because she doesn't play,
Mr. Latch wants to buy an automo-
bile but bis wife won't let him. "Mrs.
Tootle can get along without an auto-
mobile," is the way Mrs. Latch puts
it
• Rivalry.
"Itivalese was the Latin word for
those who dwelt on the •banks of a
stream and quarreled over the use•of
sthheorew.ater and the occupation of the
To -day "rivals" are those who, living
on tho margin of the river of live, as it
fion-s by them 1.0 the infinite expanse,
are contenders for supremacy in war,
iu Inteeness or in love.
Great minds ought to get rid of pee
tiness, even while they strive for the
advantage. A bracing competition
never yet did anything but good In the
making of a character. Nothing worth
the having comes to us easily. It was
ordained for our benefit that we
should strive and agonize, "endure
and be withstood," taste the bitter of-
ten and the sweet occasionally.
The last test of a man is his de-
meanor toward his rivals. Any man is
able without effort to be friendly to his
friends, genial among the congenial.
There is no warrant for a quarrel with
our comrades picked and chosen.
But what are we among compote
ters? Do we keep our tempers and
play fair with them? Do we Scorn to
take a sly advantage? Do we recog-
nize and admire In our opponents the
essential traits of • goodness that we
find and praise in those who are our
faithful, tried coumanions?
Jealousy is a mean and Poisonous
emotion. The way to redeem It from
utter ugliness Is to divert its force
from the malignity of envy into a ten-
der, gentle, reverent concern for the
other person, a viellingness to re.
flounce, if that shall be for the other's
good, a generous continuity of impulse
that can find no room for any con-
sideration of a selfish benefit.
To hear of the successful ought to
mean that we rejoice in their success
that might bave been ours. 11 we
bave done all that was in our power
and failure was the crown Of the ef-
fort, at least we tried. And life is
one long opportunity to go on trying.
An Editor's Trials.
An editor once kept track of his
profits and -losses during the year and
gave an invoice of his. business diary
at the end of 12 months of ups and
downs, in the following manner:
Been broke 361 times.
Praised the public 89 times.
Told lies 720 times.
Missed prayer meeting's 52 time.
Been roasted 431 times.
Roasted others 62 times.
Washed office towel 3 times.
Mistaken for preacher 11 times.
Mistaken for capitalist 0 times.
Got whipped times.
Whipped others 0 times.
Cash on hand at beginning $1.47.
Cash on hand at ending 15 cents.
—Milwaukee, N.D., Globe,
Stories About Well low» People
Too Siequene,
• The American Ambeatestur to the
Court of St. eatuersa Itir. Frane iill a
Inge Kellogg- -himself a clever lasvycr
—relates 'bow be ouce lest 5 elate A,
through his owe eloquence.
Ilis client was a pretty women, who
waa being euel by her 1 it 1‘,-.ri for
diverce, anti Mr. Kellogg tad„,qty.
OrIng 10 obtain ae mute; elanr
ony fo4
her ea Ito could.
Suddenly, ten millet of a burst Of
eloquent°, he was Weenie/tea by the
lady's husbaisd,
"Your bonier," explained tbo
baud, "I have 'suddenly decidei te I
withdraw My suit, and, if my wife Is
willing, I would like to have her come
back 1.0 me!"
Wilen he was askee. for lea reason
he explained;
"Mr. Kellogg bas preeentett her In
such an attractive light that I've fall:
en In lovo with her all over again!"
Edison v. Ford.
"Sea eieree- ell bet , you Cent 01
offl" exelninted Mr. Ford, 1,104105cigar on the mautelpleco,
."I'll go Yell," retureee. Mr. Baleen,
kicked the biger ole three antes
Vieille or, lather, three times kick -
ng. ,
Mr. bend, the challenger, Mead only
tecemplish the feat once, and VMS=
NMI VietorIOUB. But Ford got back et
tine They ‘started jumping upetalre,
and whereas the inventor tools three
umps to *tear Nu steps, the enoter-
deg aceomPlIellea them In two
Houma were easy, and they had a
drink, (A very mild one, of count)
Girr of Twenty is Methodist Preacher.
A preacber of only twenty Years of
age la unusual enough, but when the
preacher is a girl the fact le rernerk-
able. Mies Emily Bishop, deughter
of a Chatham (lengland), joiner,
achieved this distinction recently
when she was ordained a lay preacher
n the local Primitive Methodist
Church.
• I
Are we really getting back IQ "Me-
thuselaii?" The United States boasts
two men who doggedly refuse to grow
old. One is Mr. Ford aud the other is i
hlr. ledieon, who recently celebrated
his seventy-seventh birthday.
These two geniuses are great
friends., and a little while ago they
went for a holiday together and pro-
vided the guests of thole hotel with as
amusing a spectacle as any could hope
to see.
"I was brought up from childhood
ta the eerylee if the church," Mee
Bishop says. "1 have learned to love
it as I love my awn Immo. 'While I
was taking a class in the Sunday
school one daY, our minister Patted me
to prepare myselffee the examination.
I gradually arrived at the conviction
that I was called to preach the Gospel
to others."
The Holding Power of Nails.
Driving a nail into a piece of wood
may seent to many a simple procese,
and one that would hardly be of much
interest to a laboratory. A nail le
used, howeyer, foe a given purpose—
it Is intended to hold and stay where
it is put. This feature of 0511 driving
18 of leery great Interest, as practically;
all wood construction is dependent 111)-
0
on nails.
The holding power of nails has been
the subject of a great deal of invest!,
gation by the Forest Products Labora-
tories of the Department of the Inter -
lar. There are many kinds of wood
being used at present for building and
other svood-work, and, the list is con-'
stantly being added to. There are al-
so many kinds of nails, together with
varied lengths and thickness In each.
it is commit knowledge that the
cut nail baa greater holding power
ttlan the mere nail, but it is not so
easily driven, while the wire ;sell when
cement coated, barbed, etc., has its'
holding power considerably increased.
Again, where large quantities of nails
areNsed, as In the packing cases in-
dustry, a difference of one-half Inch
In length of nails required to secure
the necessary strength in the case
may mean a considerable saving, on'
account of the larger number of nails
to the Pound.
The proper nails to use with the
different species of wood, and the re.;
quired 'represents, as will bo seen, a
problem 2e-1th which all users of nails
are confronted, and it is one in which
the Forest Products Laboratories are!
• endeavoring to solve. Some six bun.:
dred tests have been made, with spe-
cially designed equipment, and the,
work will be continued until all Cana-'
commercial woods have been!
covered. •1
. Bank Bills Paper Reclaimed.
What becomes of all the defaced
; and damaged paper 100110)'it$ a ques-
tion that has often been asked of
bankers. Heretofore the answer hes
invariably been, that it is burned.
Many interesting stories associated
with the burning- ceremony have gone
the rounds of the press., among then)
being one In which an excessive draft
; in the, furnace littered St. James
' Street, in Montreal, with partially
; burned bills. Ottawa's fire depart-
ment was once called out to answer
an alarm of flee when damaged paper
money was being destroyed in the
furnaces of the Finance Department
lo the East Stock. Later Ole melting
iurnaees at the Mint were used for
this purpose.
The destruction by burning of con-
demned paper money seems likely to
become an absolete practice. The
Forest Products Laboratorieee of the
Department Of the 'Interior, have been
carrying on a serlee of experiments to
develop the best method of reoovering
good paper sleek from the condemned
paper currency withdrawn from circu-
lation by tbo Department of Finance
and the various banks, and to ascer-
tain if such. a method is ;commercially
feasible. Refining of the stock pro-
duced under normal cooking <audi-
tions was carried out and, by the use
of a epecial washing equipment, It was
found possible to recover an absolute-
ly clean pulp.
The paper used for the printing of
bank notes is made from pure Men
cuttings, and is one of tee most ex-
pensive papers Manufactured. It will
readily bo seen that 11 1110 Forest Pro.
dimes Laboratories are able success-
fully to reclaim the paper from con-
demned currency it Will bo of eon-
siderable commercial importance.
The Real Test.
"1 Avant to allow you, ladies and gen-
tlemen, the famous flexible ivorine
000111, 50 absolutely unbreaktible comb,
ladies and gentlenain, as will stand
anything. You can, bend it so, or
twist it—so, or you cate—"
"Oso you comb your hair with It?"
Interrupted a practical Member Of the
audience.
Carillonneur Plays for
100,000 People
The Chevalier Josef, curicraely ale
broviated to "Jeff," Denyn, the noted
Flemish carillonneur, can claim, in the
words of a 'writer In The London
Morning Post, "that he has endowed
an old instrument with a new soul,
that he has not only gem, hie coun-
Lumen a new zest to their traditional
love forthe carillion, but has tweed
a knowledge of its belittles and quail -
tie; in countries where these were
previously unknown.
"He talks with quiet pride of his
carillon ah Matinee, where for his
Monday evening concerts his audi-
ences neither from 80,000 to 100,000
persons, special trains being run from
Antwerp and Brussels on purpose for
them. (These Are held, by the way,
during the months of May, June and
August; they are discontinued in Jule
during the annual fair). This creator
of a new art. of bell -playing hes found-
ed a hell school, at -present the only
one In existence. M. Naas, his favor-
ite pupil...and assestant at Matinee, re-
lates how, In the early days, he and
the one other student were allowed
to practice for a' quarter of an hour
each on Saturday mornings when the
noise of the weekly market rendered
the carillon less ubstruslve. Now
students play on the bells during the
whole of Saturday morning. But two
carillon keyboards, operating on metal
plates instead of bells, allow them to
attain proficiency before venturing ou
the carillon itself.
"It is an illuminc`ing experience
for those whose knowledge of hells
comes from change ringing Eo see M.
Denyn sit down to the carillon key-
board and improvise with almost no
little effort as it be were playing the
organ. In other days a carillonneur
prepared for his task as if he were
getting ready foe a game of football.
He put on a special suit, and covered
his hands with thick leather, or rub -
bee, mittens. With the modern im-
provements 10 t e earl ion all this 18
unnecessary, and the only preparation
Mr Denyn may make is to put a thin
felt band round hie little lingers. Any-
thing more would spoil the delicacy of
toucb on wimiOli the art of carillon
playing depends, and even tbeee he
often discards.
"01. Denyn, virtuoso though he be,
Is never the slave 01 1110 own virtuos-
ity. Arpeggios and scale passages
flow from under his hands and feet
with wonderful brilliance; every gra-
(talon of tone le at his eommand; with
his tremolando, be which the carie
lonneur produces bis sustaining ef-
Nets, he achieves a hitherto unknown
subtlety. , Yet be always respects the
character of the instrument. The pe-
culiar charm of his playing is the duct of a profoundly, inimical neture,
and is in its essence unanalyzable,
But his limpid style has achieved its
pregent reelection through his unfail-
ing recognition that belle have the de-
fects of their qualities tbat, for in-
stance, owing 00 the prominence of
the minor third In their harmonic
series thick chords are to be avoided,
end that for the same rea.500 minor
are preferable to maim barmen:tea"
When dry, seaweed is richer than
oatmeal or Indian corn in nitrogen-
ouS constittlents.
In order to give babies 11.110 tis not overly 1(11 315 a lestier lease on life,
electric incubators are being installed by many of the large hospitals. The
temeerature is kept irons 85 to 110 degrees and baby thrives under it.
Canada'e fire loss 01 192:1 totalled
884,1}1.9,000. 'Think of 11.1
i <
sea
-.see:sea-es,
Just Habit, 01 Course.
"Wlutte the peat grUmblIng about
nawu
"Thlnks ho ought to be able to run
We car on a poetic Deena."
RETURNED SOLDIERS'
INSURANCE ACT -
GOVERNMENT WAIVED
MEDICAL EXAMINA.
TION.
Succesoful in Operation in
Spite of the Cass of Business
the Act Undertook.
In September, 1020, Returned eel
-
tilers insurance came into effect fit
Oanada, end former members of the
Domluien overseas; army were giren
three years In svhic11 they 0515111 10116
advantage oC the scheme, Its bonefite
ceasing to become available in Sep-
tember, 1923. In this period 33,728 ale
Plications were received at Ottawa
for a total ',utterance value of e75,000,
000, or an average of About e2,225.
During the last month in which ap
plications were received, le,e43 pole
Mee were taken out.
Under the Returned Soldiere' taste.,
ance Act provision was made for the
Issuance of policies to returned sol
diers without medical examination,
these policies to be for a minimum of
$600 and a maximum of $5,000. in-
surance to paid only in the cite° of
death or on the total and permanent
disability of the insured, one-fifth to
.,be paid at death and the balance, as
an annuity, over a peeled of flYe...teu,
!Mean, or twenty yeare,
The aohenie, as evolved, was mainly
intended forsdisabled or partially d10.
abled men, whom existing companies
would aecept only at very high pre -
mimes or not at all, The Government
placed WI returned men on an equality
and waived all examinations, basing
the polcy merely on the ago of the
holder. Great latituae was allowed In
the payment of premiums which be.
came due either monthly, quarterly,
half -yearly, or yearly, according to the
convenience of the holder. Further
leniency was given in the grace of one
month allowed for the payment of any
premium, other than the first, without
interest, and should claim occur dur-
ing the days of grace it is to be paid
minus the amount of the premium.
Administration of the Act,
The administration of the Act was
something new in life lesurance. It
was decided by the Government that
no soliciting would be permitted. Ile.
presentatIvea were appobsted in the
main centres of population, but them]
acted in an advisory capacity only.
Admirdetration waa very largely car.
ried' out by mall and the ex -soldier
left to judge for himeelf of the merits
of the scheme.
Within three months of the Act tura
ing become effective, insurance to the
amount of 33,282,000 bad been re
celved by the Government and ;26,711
received in premiums, reprezenting
applications from 1,016 Canadian ex -
soldiers. The best evidence of the
general conception of the peculiar
benefits of the scheme was contained
in the fact that moot ot the policies
were for ;5,000, the ritetlinunt to be
obtained by an individual, and re
many fl1 men as poor rinks took out
policies. Many benefiting by the Ate
were themselves insurance agents, In-
cluding several prominent offielele of
insurance companIce, whilst the men.
bor of physicians was ahe large.
As has been noted, the ACI gives the
policy -holder the privilege of paying
his premiums monthly, and about 10,
, 000 have availed themeelvea of tie,.
I Of this number, 8,000 are leering pre
alums deducted from dissibility pen.
skins. About 1,000 are paying pre
mittrns at the local ollIces of the de
pertinent and the remainder direct tc
the head office by mail. The collece
tion of monthly premiums by mall le
a new experiment in lite ineuranre
and It has proved very teteee ful with
Canada's demobilized army. leacb
month the head office recolvee by mall
12,000 separate remittances from all
parts of the world in adtliColt to the
8,000 which have to be detective front
pensions. Receipt and premium notice
are forwarded In each case. The cost
of collection and accounting is enid t0
be remarkably low 5011 well within
the rest of renewals nI collection as
experienced by the crdinary fife 10.
serene.° tempany, The reuewnl pre -
millet Nemec at preernt Is 31,330.000
annually,
Death Claims Received.
Death Maims rereived have tun Leeti
disprnportionately Mtge for the class
of risk written To ll,e end 54 Ot'tol,ar
1923, 670 claims writ' 1eceive.1 with a
total inherence value of $2,107,0011 11y
1.11e operation of 5 emotion of the Act
10 Cancel the Insurance r.*;:eopt for
um when pension le awarded to do-
petulanta, these einem; Wein lectured
to 521, and a total of e1.720,211. Or
1.54 per cent. of ate lotel business re-
volved.
In it: operations to tinte the Cana-
dian Returned Stedieee Neurones. Act
bas been 1111, coastal, Whilst 'este
Oiled to meet a epecial need it eat out
to 1111, It. has brae able to function
economically after the manner GO 3(0
ordinary life Insurance convent which,
In view of the kind se Imeine.se it un-
dertook, wne searcely especled of it..
Like the Sun.
A little girl wrote in leer diary:
"Got Up at tteeen; n tee to bed at
eight."
Mother suggested that It would
ereutel better to sity, "Rose at }seven,"
Tho ehild thereupon smear:bed out
the entry and wrote: "Roseet seven;
set gOdightee