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;We•Got From Asia
Eastern Asia has furnished the
(gardens of America with shrubs
.of many kinds that are amotg the
finest grown, regardlessof $ource
-or origin. There are native Antt'ri-
can shrubs of unsurpassed beauty
—mountain -laurel, befaria, azaleas,
and rhododendrons, to list only a
few—but Asiatic shrubs of several
sorts, among them azaleas and rho-
- rival the best of our
natives in beauty and garden value.
These plant immigrants from the
Orient have fitted into our soil and
climate and have g'r'own and flour-
ished here. In general appearance
they resemble the native woody
plants. They have introduced no
jarring or discordant note in plant-
ings; their habit of growth, their
branches, leaves and flowers have
fitted into American landscapes.
They have beotne a part of their
new surroundings.
For this there is a fundamental
reason: a close relationship exists
between the flora of China, Japan
and the adjacent areas of Asia and
the flora of North America — the
eastern regions of both continents
in particular. Great similarity is evi-
dent in the vegetation of the two
areas, and many groups of plants
are represented in both continents
by species belonging to the same
genera. For instance, there is a
sweet gum, in eastern Asia and
another hi eastern North America;
there are magnolias. hollies, ever-
green and deciduous oaks in both
areas; there are plums, crab-apples,
cherries, soirees, hydrangeas, wis-
terias, lilies and irises in both of
then. Rhododendrons and azaleas
must not be omitted, for they are
among they most beautiful of all
plants native in both continents.
At great length, parallel lists of
herbs, shrubs and trees can be
:made for the eastern parts of both
continents. This is why so many
plants from 'the Far East have
found a congenial home in Amer-
ica and why plants of that great re-
gion have been drawn on so heavily
for the adornment of gardens in
the eastern United States. In the
South, a hundred or more different
kinds of Chinese and Japanese
plants are cultivated, and, though
perhaps fewer in number of species,
those adapted to and grown in
gardens of the colder sections of
the country are just as important.
Plants of the Orient have come to
occupy a large place in American
gardens.
$64 Question — Even expert
veterinarians were stumped
when Arthur Thorne asked
them to identify this new-
comer to his stables. The pro-
duct of an ass and a palomino
stallion, the animal weights 45
pounds and is about the size
of a small colt. Resembling
neither horse nor mule, the
creature may be the first of
its kind. '
Mouse That Was
Teetotaler
.A teetotaler whose teetotaling
-was so total that he didn't even
drink water—hadn't touched a drop
of any kind of liquid for six years
—died the other day at the Univer-
sity of California. He was a pocket
mouse, and he died of old age.
The mouse was caught in San
Diego Springs at the southern end
of the San Joaquin Valley, Califor-
nia, by Dr. Seth B. Benson, asso-
ciate professor of zoology. He gave
the mouse a handful of commercial
birdseed every few months. All of-
fers of water were refused, In fact,
so strong was the prejudice against
water that when some was sprinkl-
ed on the mouse he tried frantically
to evade it. Yet he remained in
perfect physical condition.
This did not astonish Dr, Benson,
Dlesert animals of the mouse's type
are necessarily teetotalers because
their physiological mechanisms are
adapted to the utilization of only
small amounts of water. Dr, Ben-
son's mouse apparently got all he
needed frons the commercial bird-
seed,
But the agp of this particular
pocket -mouse did astonish Dr,
Benson. The average life of his fel-
lows in the wild is only about one
year. This one probably owed his
six long years to thea fact that he
led a sheltered life and he, did not
have to elude natural enemies, cope
with the elements or hunt food,
'''HE BROUGHT A UNITED CANADA IN TO THE WAR, AND IN SPITE OF THE
STRAINS IMPOSED ON HER, CONTINUED TO PRESERVE HER UNITY." Canada's
most noted Statesman, the late William Lyon Mackenzie King, is seen here with Governor
General Alexander and Louis L. St. Laurent on. the occasion of the latter's being sworn in as
Prime Minister.
Have They No Seoul?
Now that we have to keep an
ear glued to the radio again—this
time to keep up with what's going
on in Korea — we have become
acutely conscious that military, po-
litical and ideological matters are
not the only problems concerning
Seoul.
Now Seoul is a nice word for
writing—short, snappy, fine for
headlines, easy to produce on a
typewriter and generally not in the
same League with a word like
Pyongyang. But saying Seoul is
something else again, and in the
brief time thus far in which radio
announcers have had to wrestle
with it, it has come out See-ule,
Sole, Sule, and no doubt several
other things... .
Extensive research—in three dic-
tionaries—only confirms our prev-
ious opinion that lexicographers
aren't as authoritative as they're
cracked up to be. The American
College Dictionary (handy desk, or
paper weight, size) recommends
Sah-ool, with the oo as in book.
Or, alternatively, Syoeool, which
monstrosity it claims is the Korean
way of pronouncing it.
However, Webster's New Inter-
national (Second Ed. Unabr,, Regi-
lar Style, Weight 1654 lbs.) holds
out from its authoritative eminence
for Se-ool, with the e as in end
and the oo as in either fool or
book. But proving that Webster's
right hand knows not what its left
is doing, Webster's Geographical
Dictionary righteously advises Sole,
or still another, Salt-ule, and stakes
no mention at all of Se -ooh.
That makes six approved ver-
sions so far, and leaves the poor
radio announcer with nothing to
do except try to duck the issue,
which is what Webster's Geograp-
hical Dictionary does anyway by
hiding the whole thing under Keijo
(Kajo). It adds, however, that
Kyongsong is perfectly all right,
too.
—St. Louis Post -Dispatch.
Customer: "Just suit my wife. If
there's anything she loves it is the
Last word,"
1IR f :Y
1_40tazt. _ ,
"Dear Anne Hirst: I feel like
packing up and leaving. I see no
future living with a plan who doesn't
want a home and children. We've
been married five years, and 1-e
have neither.
"My husband
doesn't stay with
a job; he's al-
ways looking for
another one. He
never saves a
nickel for the
future. Ever y -
thing he stakes
he keeps in his
billfold, n e v e r
makes a bank deposit. He even sold
his interest in a business, and now
just works there by the clay.
"He gets angry at any little thing,
and goes home to his mother .. .
the last time, he was gone•tliree
days. When I took him back, he
cried like .a baby. He said he'd
never do it again; that he wanted
•a home and children, and to prove
his love he'd even join my church.
"Since that time, he has never
mentioned any of these things!
"Except for these outbursts, be
never fusses. He is easy to get
along with, and is ]rind. I just don't
understand hint.
"When any Daddy died, he left
us enough to buy a house. I still
have that money.
"I am getting tired of putting up
with all this uncertainty. What
shall I do? We are both 25.
MRS. J. R."
* Five years ago, you married
* your husband because you loved
* him, and because you wanted a
* home and children. He married
* you because he loved you—but
* apparently he thought no fur-
* they into the future than wanting
* to make sure you were his own.
* Companionship is not enough
* to keep most women content.
* They want a hone and children
* growing up around them. They
* Want a husband they can depend
* upon.
* For all this you have waited
MilkFromContented Sow—Happy as a mama pig in the
=ttnshine is this contented sow miring seven of her piglets.
"tit" s just half of her family of 14 squealers, which is enough
to make any mother beam with pride.
five long years, and with every
't renewed hope you have seen your
* dreams brushed aside„
* Your husband knows you want
* this normal life. When you took
* him back, he vowed it would be
* yours—
* Yet he has not set aside a dime
* to make your dreams come true.
* He has given up a sound invest-
* meat for day -work. He does not
* stay long enough in one position
* to get ahead. Ile is never con-
* tented, always wishing for the
* moon.
* In other words, he shirks re-
* sponsibility. Tell your husband
* that you want hint to start say-
* ing regularly, a part of what he
* earns. And that when he' has
* proven that he can and will, you
* will invest your inheritance in a
* hone, and plan to raise a family.
* If lie does not want this, now is
* the thne to say so. It is time
* that he settled down, time he be-
* cane the stable partner in your
* plans. If he will not, then your
* marriage is not the marriage you
* want. * * *
A man will promise anything to
persuade the girl he loves to be-
come his wife. It is HOW he keeps
'his word that matters , . Tell
your troubles to Anne Hirst, and
get the benefit of her wisdom. Ad-
dress her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth
St., New Toronto, Ont.
War Canoe, Maybe?
The Ontario Department of
Lands and Forests says that a ques-
tion often put to its rangers is: "Is
there such a thing as an ideal list of
groceries adequate for a two week
canoe trip?"
There are so many complications
that the rangers, accustomed to
making long wilderness treks, hesi-
tate to answer it. But the depart-
ment says that one list suggested
for two persons on a two week
canoe trip—provided that fish will
provide the bulk of at least one of
each three meals a day—is;
"Flour, 20 pounds; baking powder
half pound; cereals, 10 pounds;
granulated sugar, 10 pounds; table
salt, two pounds; pepper, one can;
whole milk powder, three ponds;
white navy beans, seven pounds;
bacon, seven pounds; tea, one
pound; coffee (concentrated), two
jars; dried fruit, 10 pounds; shorten-
ing or lard, three pounds; canned
butter, three pounds;; sweet choco-
late, three pounds; staple syrup, one
quart; potatoes, onions or fresh
fruit, as desired."
Essential cooking utensils are:
"'Medium sized double boiler; fry-
ing pan; coffee pot; saucepan; light
wire broiler; can opener; folding
reflecting baker; large - spoon; cake
or egg turner; butcher knife; kettle;
deep pot with swinging wire
handle; plates, esps, cutlery, etc,"
Did you say two people?
Dill you"say a canoe?
Napier Moore's "Sketch Book,"
SPORT
k SMATC TC t LC
This is a world of disillusion, and
somebody is always coating along
and kicking the living whey out of
our pet beliefs, First thing we know
we're going to lose faith in Santa
Claus,
* * *
We knew, on the evidence of
Janes L. Sutherland. and other
residents of the beautiful Limestone
City, that Kingston was the birth-
place of hockey, and the only fitting
place for a shrine dedicated to the
world's fastest sport. Then, some-
body ups and proves that the sport
was invented in some entirely diff-
erent spot—the leading contestants
for the honor, at present writing
being Montreal, Quebec, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, and Nijni Novgorod,
Russia, with several polling -places
still to be heard front.
* * *
That Abner Doubleday and his
playmates down in Cooperstown,
N.Y. were responsible for the boon
of the world's greatest sport—to
wit, baseball (as if you had to be
told). But, as reported here re-
cently, some iconoclast has gone
and discovered that the beastly
English were even CALLING it
"baseball" long before we folks
on this side of the pond had any
sport outside of trying to save our
scalps,
* * *
And so it goes. Up to a week or
so ago we innocently thought that
gambling was gambling, no mat-
ter,whether it was shooting crap in
an alley or plunging on the Red at
Monte Carlo, or if you did it at
nine a.m, or 11 p,nt. But live and
learn; so the discover, on the au-
thority of Mr, George McCullagh's
esteemed Globe and Mail that the
Pari Mutuel machines, that are
quite O.K. at Woodbine, Dufferin
and other tracks where Mr. McC.
races his Thoroughbreds, would
turn into "iron pickpockets" if they
were in operation under floodlights
at Thorncliffe Raceway. (Railway
claims agents used to say the
quickest way to improve the breed
of cattle was to cross a common cow
with a C.P.R. freight. Some sort
of reverse action seems to be the
case here—the quickest way to turn
The Sport of Kings into a "sucker
game" is to cross a Mutuel Machine
with a Trotter or Pacer.)
* * *
All of which is a lead -up to our
e latest piece of disillusionment, and
it is, if we may be pardoned for
using such an expression, a honey.
In all probability everybody in the
English-speaking world that can
read words of more than two let-
. ters knows that, back on an October
afternoon in 1932, the great Babe
Ruth, in a World Series gauze vs.
the Chicago Cubs, pointed to the
exact spot on the outfield fence
where he was going to park a
four - bagger, and then did just
exactly that very thing.
* * *
In fact there's a High School his-
tory book entitled THE MAKING
OF MODERN AAMERICA that has
already been adopted as a basic
textbook in certain Academics of
Learning south of the border. And
as the students avidly pore through
the textbook, accepting it as Gos-
pel we hope, one of the "historic"
pictures shows The Babe snaking
that gesture, before gaping thou-
sands.
* * *
But, according to a certain bfr.
Root, the only drawback to this
pretty tale is that it didn't happen.
And Charley Root should know,
if anybody living does, because he
was the Chicago pitcher off whose
• servings The I}ambino took his
helping. Front now on the tale is
Charley Root's, as reported by Bill
Bryson in the Des Moines Register.
* * *
Charley gritted his teeth so hard
you could hear therm grating upon
'his cigar Itolcler.
* * *
"All right," he snapped. "I'11 an-
swer that once more — just once..
But the next time anybody asks
me about it, I'm going, to turn and
walk away. I'nl sick and tired of it.
* * *
"So, once and for all—Ruth did
not .point at time fence before he
swung. If he'd made a gesture like
that—well, anybody - who• dknows
me knows that Babe would have
wound up on his posterior.
* * *
"Sure, he was staking gestures
at our bench; We were really rid-
ing the Yankees that series—and
they were digging time spurs into
us, too. We called each other
everything we could think of.
* * *
"With Babe up, our bench was
giving ltfm the business. They razz-
ed him about that first strike and
then about the .second.
* ,$ *
"He held up one finger and then
two to show rent he knetg what
the count was,
* * *
"You know, Babe had a habit of
swinging his bat out at full length
with bis right hand before every
pitch. He'd pull it back and take
his two-handed grip.
* * *
"Maybe that's what gave souse-
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body the idea he'd motioned to-
ward the fence. Bnt Ile certainly
didn't point,
* * *
"There wasn't a single news-
paper account next day saying Ruth
had pointed. The legend didn't get
started till sometime later. And it's
sure got twisted around,
* '5 *
"Another thing — if Babe had
'called' that shot, they certainly
would have used itin the movie of
his life. But they couldn't find any-
body to verify it—not even Ruth
—and they didn't dare use it."
* * *
.Charley removed the ash . from
his cigar with a vicious jab,
* .4 *
"And that," he said gristly, "is
the last tithe I'm going through
that. The book is closed."
Parting Shot
The steps up to the railway
platform were steep, and this, added
to the weight of the bag, caused the
fat man to pant.
"Carry your bag, sir?" asked a
small boy,
"No; get out of my way," came
the answer, between gasps,
The lad persisted, however, and
made the stout one so angry that
he snapped his second refusal with
a force that was not to be ques-
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"Well, can 1 hold your breath,
sir?" jeered the lad as he bolted,
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