The Brussels Post, 1912-4-4, Page 6Birds
of the
air get ex-
ercise to keep
them healthy.
Cage birds get
little exercise, and
should be given
I3roali's Bird •reel
-a tonic In cake form which
afds digestion, sweetens the
song and brightens the plumage.,
It is given free in package of
Brook's Bird Seed
or two cakes will be sent free if yoL'
fill in the coupon below and mail it to
us. We know it will improve your
bird hi every way.
f4ICIPM3L,SoN OB, 1D42CCEE
9-58 Francis Stre•mt, Toroaato.
For this coupon, please send me,
tree of charge or obligation on my
part, two full-size cakes of Brock's
Bird Treat, and oblige. 47
NAME
is ?o
ADDRESS.
KEEPT
TIC
Soap and Oliitfflellt
No other emollients do so much
for pimples, blackheads, red,
rough and oily skin, itching,
scaly scalps, dry, thin and falling
hair, chapped hands and shapeless
nails. They do even more for skin -
tortured and disfigured infants.
Although Cuttoura Soap and Ointment am
Sold by druggists and dealers everywhere, a liberal
sample of each. with 32 -page booklet on treatment
of Alia and hair, will be sent, poet -tree, on appltca-
Llon to 'Tatham." Dept. SM, Boston, U. B. A.
JAPAN'S HANDMADE PAPER.
Handmade paper is produced in
Japan principally by farmers as a
secondary occupation which they
can pursue in seasons when there
is nothing to be done in the fields.
There are, no fewer than 60,000 fami-
lies engaged in this industry. Ja-
pan has been quick in utilizing to
the utmost its assets in bringing the
manufacture of handmade paper to
a high modern standard- In the
districts where this paper is made
there are experiment bureaus
equipped with up-to-date instru-
ments and apparatus for testing
and selecting the various kinds of
raw material not only for indige-
nous Japanese plants, but also im-
ported fibres.
On an average Great Britain
yields 30 bushels of wheat per acre
under each crop.
Edith -"Can you tell me the rea-
son for the high cost of living, Mr.
Mushley 7" Mr. Mushley-"0h-
aw-I suppose it's because there is
considewabledemand for it, you
know."
MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS
NEW BANK SHARES SHOULD BE LEFT
TO RICH MEN.._
Only Well Seasoned Bank Securities are
Suitable for the investment of Men of
Moderate Income—During Past FeW
Years Values of Bank Stools Havo in.
creased Materially while Price Has Fal•
len-Look Cheap In Some Instances at
Present Timo.
The artlolos contributed by "Investor"
are for the sole purpose of gelding pros
peotive Investors, and, it possible, of say.
Ing them front losing money through
he
Placing
tiialt and ,in w reliable character sof the
information may be relied upon. The
writer of these articles and the publisher
of this paper have no tutereets to serve
in connection with this wetter other than
those of the reader.
Since bank stooks have ceased being
used as a medium of speculation they
have increased their income yield col,
siderably. either by dropping in price or
without material price change having in-
creased their dividends, Even pow,bow-
ever, many bank stocks return, on the
market price, a lower rate of income than
do many high class munietpai bonds and
shows that in some measure -only some,
however -these shares were much too
hieh before if judged on income alone.
The present situation is a decidedly un-
usual oue, for, as a rule. the income yield
decreases with every step a .security
takes from theurely speculative to-
ward the purely investment class. More.
over, to make the result more surprising.
it is a practice of bauks every year to
add out of earnings a very eubotantial
sum to reserve -or rest account -in the
course of time this amount equals or ex-
ceeds the paid up capital -in compara-
tively few cases is it very muoh below the
amount Duringthe
o e of paid he reserve ce
f
thea tenyearsbanks have v increasedts tre-
mendously, This, of course, adds dollar
for dollar to the market value of the
stock -or should. Then large quantities
of real estate have been acquired for
branches and other offices, much of which
has been placed on the banks' books at
an almost nominal figure, and in very few
oases has it been written up to anything
approaching its market value, Further-
more. the earnings of the Canadian
banks have shown a steady increase dur-
ing the same period. In some cases the
inoreases in capital that have taken place
during this time have prevented the per-
centage earned on capital from altering
materially, but in several outstanding
cases not only earnings, but divi-
dends also, have increased and prices
have failed in any manner to respond.
So, considering these points. one would
not be far wrong in eoncluding that
many bank stocks are,oheap at the pre-
sent time.
. Looking at the matter from an inveet-
ment point of view, the first question ie
that of safety. First and foremost, how-
ever, in this question it must be pointed
out that shares in new banks are not
suitable investments for those dependent
on the income from their investments,
or others who cannot afford to spoon.
late. New banks and, as we have seen
sometimes, old ones, too, come to grief,
and even of they do not they are not
wise in paying dividends until they bave
built up a reserve -and this is not a mat-
ter of one or two years, either. So, the
offerings of shares in new banks may
very wisely be left to the rich man who
eau afford not only to take a chance,
but wait for his profit.
(The various investment points of bank
stocks will be taken up next week.)
BAD-TEMPERED HUSBANDS.
A. Pew Pointers on the, Best Way
to Deal With Them.
The bad-tempered husband is to
be found wherever you turn. In
high circles and low women are bat-
tling with him day by clay. Battl-
ing? Yes; for he is a trial, and
what pleases him to -day, rouses him
to white -heat to -morrow. His wife
has no easy task, and usually her
life is one Long round of studying
him. She dare attempt nothing
without taking him into account.
How will what she proposes to do
please him 7 She has to keep him
before her always.
Now, granted a woman finds her-
self tied up with a man of this kind,
how should she act so that semi -
peace may result? It is not easy to
say just what she, should do ; but ob-
viously it is a safe rule to endeavor
to give hint no cause for complaint.
But, even so, a bad-tempered
man will make trouble whether he
has any reason or not. Very well,
let him make, trouble; but let his
wife beware of aiding him in this,
Let him grumble till he is tired, but
never, under any circumstances,
should she grumble back at him.
Remember, in nine cases out of ten,
the husband just wants his wife to
talk back at him; that gives him
his opportunity for flaring up. But
if his wife keeps silent, what can ho
do? And, besides, does not her ac-
tion indicate that site cares bet lit-
tle for all his tirades? And it is
good for her if he is impressed in
that way.
Obviously, patience, is most im-
portant. The woman joined to a
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bad-tempered husband, who cannot
hold her tongue, but always an-
swers back, is sure to have a Warm
time of it, for she but plays into his
hands.
Is love of any use? It is, and it
is not. A really bad-tempered man
will take his wife, on his knee and
fondle her and be most affectionate;
but inaninu en
t tee he may be at
white -heat over the smallest trifle.
Love is forgotten,' and the woman
may try as she, likes to treat him
lovingly, but it won't be of any use
at all.
Keep the children out of the way
if you arc married to a bad-tem-
pered man, and, in any case, it is
wise to keep young ones out of fath-
er's hearing, for so long every even-
ing, Great tact is required if a
women is to get along at all with a
nasty -tempered man ; one glance at
his face as he enters the house after
business is ove,r should let a wife
know just what -to do. If ho is
looking surly and grump, cenbl;Ier,
her foolishness if she begll.a I,y ask-
ing him what is wrong -ha;. his
business house failed, or what is the
matter that `'e looks so black?
Under the circumstnaces, she
should pretend to notice nothing
out of the common, and should en-
deavor to talk as nicely as possibly
-anything to keep him in fair hu-
mor.
Of course, it sometimes happens
that a woman simply will not take
the 'trouble to make efforts to keep
the peace,. In that case, she must
be prepared to take what comes
along, and that generally is a mis-
erable evening -just that sort of
evening led by thousands and thou-
sands of couples every now and
again, sad though it be to say so.
NO WORDS WASTED.
A. Swift Transformation Briefly
Described.
About food, the following brief
but emphatic letter from a Georgia
woman goes straight to the rioint
and is convincing.
"My frequent attacks of indiges-
tion and palpitation of the heart
culminated in a sudden and desper-
ate illness, from which I arose en-
feebled in mind and body. The doc-
tor advised mo to live on cereals,
but none of them agreed with me
until I tried Grape -Nuts food and
Postum.
"The more I used them the more
I felt convinced that they were just
what I needed, and in a short time
they made a different woman of
me. My stomach and heart troubles
disappeared as if by magic, and my
mind was restored and is as clear
as it ever was.
"I gained ficslh end strength so
rapidly that my friends were aston-
ished. Postum and Grape -Nuts
have benefited me so greatly that
I am glad to bear this testimony."
Name given by Canadian Postum
Co., Windsor, Ont.
"'There's a reason," and it is ex-
plained in the little hook, "The
Road to Well'ille,". in pkgs,
Ever read tho above letter? A. new one
appears from time to time. They are
genuine, true, and fun of human Interest.
b,.
TOWN PATRIOTISM.
Though "town patriotism" exists
all over the world, nowhere, per-
haps, is -it fiercer than in the little
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Ger-
many, says the London Chronicle.
The tourist can turn it to excellent
advantage. When he drives at the
inn of any little town he should get
into conversation with the master,
or better still, with the mistress, of
the. house, and mention that at the
last town at which he stayed the
best and cheapest meals he ever had
in his life were served, Madame
will depart to the, kitchen deter-
mined to demonstrate to the tourist
that
a he has never i his life n s e before
really had a decently cooked meal.
And by the, time for coffee and ci-
gars he will corse near to believing
it. The finest cooks in Europe are
women of Luxembourg,
"The hest part of a holiday is the
looking forward to it," remarked
the young roan. And his consider-
ate
onsi e -ate employer, generously wishing
to prolong that pleasure, postponed
it Until fleet your.
LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL
INTERESTING COSSIP FROM THE
QUEEN CITY..
Countess of warwipk's viest-"Kitty Cor-
don," tho Aotress-Ruiners of Strikes
--Knights a the Future.
(We have arranged for a weekly letter
about Toronto affairs, which, we believe,
will bo of great interest to many of cur
readers. These letters will be from the
lpen of one of Canada's foremost jotlrna•
ista, a man who has covered some of the
world's greatest happenings and now oo•
cuplos a leading position on one of the
Toronto dailies,)
Toronto has been anticipating with In.
threat the promised visit of the Countess
of Warwick, one of the most remarkable
women of the generation. In her younger
days she was a famous court beauty, and
a evert favorite with tho late Nine Ed.
ward when he was Prince of Wales, Like
Queen Alexandra end hire. Langtry. per.
hope the two other most famous beauties
of the era, the Oountese. of Wttrwiek re-
tains today but the vestige of her former
personal ebarm. liar name was promin-
ently associated with the notorious bac.
(tarot scandal, the aspersion against her
being that it was she who bad first tat-
tled, thereby being responsible for the
entire dieolosure. Bence she acquired the
epithet, Babbling Brook," the Countess
of Brooko being Iter title at that time.
It is believed, however, that the allega-
tion was untrue.
A SOCIALIST COUNTESS.
In recent years eho has professed an
ardent devotion to the cause of Socialism,
She is continually appearing on the plat-
form, and bas made large contributions
to the cause of labor. Perhaps boatuae
of the latter fact ebe is held in high
esteem by what may be termed the of-
ficial labor party, but it is doubtful if
she carries touch weight with the masses
who are not often tolerant of ostentation
-and Rightness. An a Socialist pronagan•
dist she has made several visite to the
United States, whore a title as dietingu-
idhed as hers never fails to make a com.
motion. While she may bo the mines.'
ger of a new era for democracy her lec-
ture tour is arranged as if she were a
star amusement attraction. Seats for
her lectures are offered at about top prices
for the season, which may be taken as
an evidence of faith in her drawing
powers,
RARE BEAUTY, POOR ACTRESS.
lg
Of
aat. ay beauties Toronto recent•
opportunity "Kitty
who, wthPrncss Patricia,Patrici
included by a prominent artist among
the ten most beautiful women in the
world. Theatregoers were duly impressed
with her physical charms and her mar.
volouo jewels and drosses, including the
5100,000 string of pearls and the 510,000
gown of gold (press agent's figures). But
as an actress it has to bo confessed she
was a frost. Nevertheless, her memory
is to be preserved for us by a local beauty
speoialiet wbo has invented a Kitty
Gordon" facial cream. Another lotion
is to bo named "Vera Beresford" in honor
of Kitty Gordon's daughter -the sotross
who camp from the...ranks of a London
theatre, being married to a nephew of
Lord Charles Beresford.
SPRING CROP OF STRIKES.
This year's annual spring disturbance
in the labor world may be unusually so.
vera, • After a duration of several weeks
the strike of a thousand cloak makers
and garment workers at Eaton's threat-
ened to spread to other trades, including
carpenters, electrical workers, plumbers
and eteamflttors, and threatened to be
presented by the unions in such a way
that it would become a national affair,
affecting. as far as they can make it do
so, all parts of Canada. Such a situa-
tion contains all the elements of a seri-
ous struggle. '
Already too, thirty leading tailor shape
have been tied up. The building trades,
particularly the carpenters, are restless
and are just waiting for the opportunity
to demand more money. The 1,500 street
railway employee are dissatisfied. In
fact, there is scarcely any department of
organized labor, inwhich if wages aro
not advanced. there is not the probabil-
ity of trouble,
SOCIAL UNREST NEARLY OVER?
Of course, in this Toronto is but eettine
its share of a discontent that seems to
be world wide. According to the views
of Prof. James Atavar, who occupies the
chair of Political Economy in the Uni-
versity of Toronto, and who is, perhaps,
one of the hest Informed authorities on
industrial affairs anywhere, there is no
special significance to be attached to title
world wide unrest. Many of the causes,
be says. aro purely local and the present
ferment may be expected to shortly sub-
side. There is, he admits, a general eon.
vietion on the part of the workingman
that he has not been sharing as he should
in the extraordinary prosperity of the
past dteendeeh, a growing
class had engendered, perhaps, by the
growing public ostentation of the rich,
for example, in motor oars, and, perhaps,
also, by the publicity of the doings of
tho rich given in the modern newspaper,
Prof. Mayor says he himself reeontly
heard in front of St. James Cathedral
violent language directed at the guests
at a wedding, by passing laborers, wbo
could have had no direct personal inter-
est. Such en incident is unusual in this
country, end may have significance.
SQUEEZING UP COAL PRICES.
Tho coal strike in the United States
mines threatened for April finds Toronto
factories with scarcely any stock on
hand. And a shutdown of long duration
will moan the closing of many establish -
mute and much hardahin In consequence,
There is a feeling that much of the strike
talk is advanced by coal owners on the
other side who, with large stoeke on hand,
Seo a chance of gelling their supply at
greatly advanced prices. During the last
strike a new crop of millionaires wan
mado iu Buffalo and other points by this
means. On .that occasion. however, some
Toronto dealers had bettor supplies on
hand than they have now.
RUMORS ABOUT TITLES.
There are already interesting rumors
respecting the recipients of honors at the
futurb (Retributions of titles, rwo names
prominently onlloknighthood
theme Ho1.WaaceNe,KO
formerly andge of the Supreme Court, and
Efr. J, S. Willison, editor of the Toronto
News, and Canadian correspondent of the
London, J.tmen. Both oth oro dfetin ut
shnd
apeakerDominion hath have t rendered to nservit
ce
Dominion Government important service
es, and both are working hard for the
centralization of the governing forces of
the Empire. Their elevation would be
popular with a wide circle of friends.
T
PROFIT SHARING.
What head of English Industry
Hopes to See Accomplished.
At the annual meeting of the
Maypole Dairy Company, Limited,
orEngland,
f held n London endo recent-
ly, W. G. Watson, chairman of the
Board, had this to say of profit-
sharing with employes in his ad-
dress to the shareholders h
oldeaas ;
"With the present tendency to-
ward large manufacturing and trad-
ing companies it becomes more and
more, necessary to give the workers
a direct interest in the business of
their employers. Although I ala in
favor of going very far in giving
this interest, my experience slakes
me believe that1
the future of
business must depend in a great
measure upon the strength and
ability of the men who are appoint).
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ed or elected to control it. If the
wrong men are appointed, the -de-
cline, of that business is inevitable,
sooner or later. Contented labor is
very important, but it is not quite
so essential as an independent,
efficient, and experienced control-
this is probably one of the many
reasons which make Socialism im-
practicable, The labor unrest dur-
ing the past year shows that present
conditions are unsatisfactory.
"The old personal bond between
employers and employed is almost
extinct in many staple trades, and
it isvery
necessary
to provide e a
satisfactory substitute. Politicians
and employers must try to bind the
classes together more closely, so
that they may co-operate and get
to understand their respective
troubles, difficulties, and wishes. I
hope the, time will soon come when
all employers will divide among
their workpeople (in addition to
their wages) a certain share of a 1
profits made (after charging interest
on capital), and when workpeopla
will agree to take this agreed
share of the profits in lieu of in-
creases in their wages. A portion
of this share of profits could with
advantage be invested in shares of
the employing company. The work-
peeple could then elect a trusted
representative to the board, who
would see, the difficulties of the em-
ployers, and I hope thereby form
the necessary bond of sympathy be-
tween the workpeopla and the em-
"
to
P els. Y
Mrs. Smith -He's always )seen
growling, but of late he is getting
snappish. Mrs. Brown -Hadn't
you better have him killed ? Mrs.
Smith -Have who killed? Mrs.
Brown -Aren't you talking about
your clog? Mrs. Smith -No -my
husband.
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WIN'T'ER FIRES.
When Firemen Have Been Between.
Two Extremes.
"The water actually froze in the
air, and rattled like hail upon the
walls of the burning building,"
Se said a spectator w110 watched
the gnat fire in queen Victoria
Street, London, on December 30th,
1800. A bitter nor' -easter was
blowing, and the frost was'intense,
Oen the large paper factory of
Messrs. Davidson caught Euro, and
so fierce was the outbreak that the
flames burnt through into the build-
ings of Upper Thames Street.
Twenty- three engines, as well as
river -floats, were summoned, but
the water froze as it left the
branches, and formed great globes
of ice around the nozzles, while the
branches themselves and the base
froze to the ground,
.A photograph taken of the ruined
buildings after the great conflagra-
tion was at last subdued shows im-
mense icicles many feet in length
hanging from the blackened rafters.
Similar conditions, but far worse,
attended the fire which recently de-
stroyed the Equitable, building, one
of the largest sky -scrapers in New
York. The temperature was about
zero, and an icy wind blowing. So
intense was the cold that throe of
the engines summoned actually
failed to reach the scene of the fire.
They
broke down, being Leonie to
keepto 'r
ee steam
travel, and were loft
in the streets sheatheby e
d in ice. Two
firemen were treated afterwards for
frostbite, and the walls of the build-
ings adjoining the Equitable were
left coated with ice from four to six
inches in thickness.
On the night of January 22nd,
1904, fire broke out in the Norwe-
gian town of Aalesund, a prosper-
ous place of twelve thousand inhabi-
tants, It was the headquarters of
a great cod -fishing industry, and
was built for the most part of tim-
ber.
The, frost was bitter, and a north-
erly gale blowing. Water was
short, but, in any ease, the fire -en-
gines were absolutely useless, owing
to the intense cold. There) were two
engines, but ,almost as soon as they
were got out into the street they
lost steam, and had to be aban-
doned. They, with the, whole of
the taws, were eventually destroy-
ed. In the whole city only six
buildings were left!
Comparatively few lives were lost
in the fire, but over two hundred
people were treated for frost -bite,
While a number were. found frozen
to death.
One of the most sensational fires
of recent years was that which
broke out at Cudaby's huge pack-
ing -house, at the foot of Fourteenth
Street, New York. The building
comprised enormous freezing -cham-
bers, where thousands of carcases
were hanging. In these the cold
was intense, while smoke and am-
monia fumes hung -in dense clouds.
Nearly forty firemen had to be car-
ried out half frozen, half suffo-
cated.
Fire -Chief Croker himself, lead-
ing his men into the heart of the
blaze, fell threugh the burnt floor-
ing of the freezing -chamber into a
great tank of ice-oold water beneath
the floor. For nearly half an hour
ho swam round and round, trying
in vain to find a way out. He was
numbed and exhausted before his
men found and rescued him,
.1.
A NATION OP SMOKERS.
Figures for United liingdom are
Somewhat Appalling.
Smokers in the United Kingdom
last year, according to returns just
issued, consumed over 3,000,000
pounds of tobacco .more than in
1910, involving an increased expen-
diture of £967,629. The year's
smoke bill amounted to .;829,104, 887.
This works out, roughly, at about
two pounds of tobacco per head of
the whole population for the year,
or, in money, a cost of lits led a
head. Commenting on these fig-
ures, Mr. R. P. Moncrieff (of the
Anti -Tobacco League) observes: -
"We find it still the working man
who is expanding the, tobacco bill.
In view, however, of all the com-
plaints of low, wages and of 'starv-
ing on 30s per week,' it is some •
-
what rclnarkable to find that, ap-
parently the recent advances in
wages have not been used to pur-
chase the necessaries of lifo-as
starving people would naturally do
-but have been wasted on tobacco
(evidence from other sources indi-
cates), also on drink." -Dundee
Advertiser'.
The Dutch Admiral Van Tromp,
who was a large, heavy man, was
once challenged by a thin, active
French ,,unch officer. "Wo are not upon
equal terms ' with rapiers," said
Van Tromp, ".but call upon me to-
morrow meriting and we will ad,
;Mot the affair," When the French,
anau called be found the Dutch Adt
miral bestriding a barrel of gun-
powdor I "There is room enotigh
for you," said Ven Tromp, "at the
ether end of the barrel; sit down,
there is the motel, and as you are
the challenger, give fu's." 'i.'lhn
Frenchman 1120 thunderstruck at
this terrible mode of lighting, huh
as the Dutch Admiral sold him ile
would fight 110 ether way, terms cif
aecommodn.tien ete',tcd,