HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1927-01-20, Page 5BY FLORENCE BINGHAM LIVINGSTON.
PART III.,
Camille knew that kerosene was one
of the standard means of cleansing
chicken houses and killing Nee and
inse-cts; but whim ahe was sweeping
out the place she recalled'that Ward
had forgotten ;tobring kerosene from ishmrent that was uppermost •most in her
the vglage yesterday. Oh, well,' it minds
didn't nutter• There was a substitute, Don't you want to know about the
tot.• the Parleys had a can She ran filee'
to the stank- in the yardanddrew, a Ca.mi•11se 4hook her head. "They put
couple of quarts of . gasolme, which it out,�didn t they? I knew they would,
• she carried back to the chicken house. It wouldn't take four men to put cut
She Ceased the door atm the .outlet a little fire like .that. I know yeueteink
scornulbt t ain't
courses of time she had regained done
sciousriess. To faint away and; get
over it alone and without syen ethy
was an injury not to be condon
Wrhen :Ann had brought a restora
gine, she could not restrain the eaten
-
to the run; then depeed the b
n1{o the pain •and „began 'vigorously
scrubbing the neigh boards of the
floor. Began—river finished! A nail
in her heel chancing tin contact with
rt Was my
'Nobody's blaming you, .• soothed
Aim: "`lust. rest and don't get e'xe1t-
ed. "I suppose I'll -have to stay. What
had you planned for supper?'
Et nail 131 the floor _ Cairene sae el nothlug.:
Bf-fl'l There was an instant ex-. Ann went out -to the kitchen to an -
plosion. Flames sprang up, swtr.^
around her ankles and, caughther
skirt. She dashed through the door,
-closed it; then swooped and beat out
the fire with her hands, cruel -sing her
skirt against the shed floor.
But she had left fire inside. . She
must: Bali the ,Hien. - She knew about
the big old horn that was ,a' --'ways
hanging behind the pantry- door for
possible emergencies. She fairly flew
to get it
Frantic, she drew in her. breath and.
expelled it in a mighty blast upon the
'horror, no sound carne.
To hex ho ,
horn.
She tried it againand silence again
resulted The hove -was -a mockery.
She; threw it -down ire disguet. Now
thoroughly panic-stricken, she . grab-
bed a pail of water from the sink; but
before she reached the henhouse, help
came from an unexpected quarter
tc ke our
h Soap
a n
.eve Mone
Fuli !)irecfions
with each Cc•1/?.
swor•,her own question. 131mfund the
half loaf of bread, but very little bee
eidee. She went back to the sitting
Croom.
"Is there anything mit away where
I wouldn't find it?"
Camille's chest rose and fell.
"you must have pared Rome pota-
toes,' pursued Ann, 'Where are
they?" ,
Camille -sprang up on -one ertliow.
Her brown ayes blazed through the
disordered locks that had fallen over
her face.
Its time youlet m -
e alone,"she
flared "Situ haven't any feling.
After I'd slavedtelaa day in a hot kit-
chen, then you carie over here--tu1L
incest a perfect stranger—and ordered'
me around, telling metogo foster and
lug taro pails of . water when one's
enough to break any woman's back. I
was a -fool to do it. I ache all over.
And it's because you ordered me
asaund...
"I heveit't pared any potatoes? Ann
and I to not ashsmQd of it.
Ami Hastings! She from her homee
near by and somewhat higher up,
Bean the unnatural glow in the east
windows of the chicken house. She
had jumped into her 'small car and
was here. the 'horn-" she
The horn! Bring
cried. --
"I threw it into the yard. It's no
good.
Ann was past her like a streak She
snatched the horn out of the grass,
poured water` through it at the sink,
and drew up her 'breast as �1 ala roc
uter
pigeon. A long
across the meadows.. d as Ann mune
Camii e's eyee bulge
flying back. "That horn was no good,"
she gasps incredu:ously: "It wouldn't
blow."
"It does If you wet it. No reed in
it. Where's'the ax? Oh I know'. I've
got it. Bring water! 'Milk page---
trougb. Hurry! All we can hope Is
to save the buena"
Hastings
She dropped the ax long enough to"
pull he heavy lumber wagon out of
the shed into safety; then dragged
down the short ladder and climbed to
the low roof of the open shed that ran
from the barns. to the cliieloen house.
Spirals of smoke was coming through
the roof of the tatter and'tiny jets of
flame; threatening.
I'vtt wotkced every minute, and it's
your running me to death that's laid
ire' out now. You're just a' pair of
hands. Women have changed` blit you
don't seem to know it You're out of
date. ' You're like Mary Brampton n•
She had struck out vicariously,
longing to insult Ann stud by no means
recognizing tbat lfer insult was a tri-
bnte. Vaguely she felt in Ann Hast-
ings that strength and level -eyed ca-
pacity which had marked the pioneer's
wife and had started the forces of
civilization in tha wilderness.
Be Sure You Get The Genuine_.
j ! LLETT'S FLAKE LYE
billegteMENESOMMIWI
ere end and eV -pompous chocolate cake
at the other.
There was •cold neat; spiced peach-
es in a, glass dish.
On the stove. potatoes were, hoeing.
Ann was shoving some tins of biscuits
in(o the oven. When she saw Ward
she elesed the oven door with a smart
Weir. end. poured a cup of ,tea eeatn
the pot on the back of the stave. -i he
put it on a tray and brought it toward'
\yard.
• u her:." She indi-
cated
it to
Please t
ted thesitting with a wave of
PROPOSED'',ST. LAWRENCE CHANNEL.
The map above shows the Se. Layne -nee Waterway route which baro been
strongly endorsed by the UnitedStates eomniasion, headed by Herbert
Hover, secretary of commerce, The numbers, marked .on the mei indacato,
(1) LocatIon el Soo'locks, lift 21 tenet, handling over 'eighty rankest ions of
commerce in.1925. (2) St,Clair an j Destroit Rive' Lake's Huronoonnectieg Lake's
Wand IOrie.' Trams ninety Jnlldion tone. (3) Welland Canal (to be completed
in 1930). Ldit 9251e, feet. S,evean locks each 820 feet long, -80. feet wide, and
80 feillieselil. Ship time from ]rle to Ontario,•eight hours. •(4) St. Lavirence
Riyerr, Ogdenebuigto Montreal. Present canals, 14 feet deep, carried six
mullion two hundred thousand tone, in 1925.. 15) Montreal, second greatest
city, of Niorth-Aaneri
Europe. (7)ea in overseas. cooadterce-,, •(s) Sea route, Montrea'1-
New York substitute ship canal route from Lake:Ontalio to
liud'son River;
-Amt brought the ax down on the
ahingles with smashing blows. Camille
brought water from the trough, stag-
gering with a burden to which she was
not. accustomed.
"Throw it higher," Ann commanded.
Camitlo
clambered with difficulty
up the gadder, the water slopping lib-
erally from the pail as it bumped
along with .her.
"Throw it highee," Ann repeated.
""I can't" wobbled Camille. "It won't
go any Higher.:'
"Ti•y harder," snapped Ann: "You've
FEDERAL AUSTRALIA BEGINS
LAND DEVELOPMENT
. A VAST
Area of 900,000 Square Miles Has Only a Few'Settlers 'at
the- Present Time.
The famous Northern Territory'of .a
Australia—one of the world's largest
n m room 528;000,
ca g containing •e octt
e, of
ed
areas, . undeveloped Y r
. in
oP
1
a d
cool, n.
voice
a
on w
Her b
nand. augmented y
herIu r n
be miles—le t
o g
ane 1
u
sheinesdai. During the catastrophe' aq ,000 equare miles taken
she and Ward lied worked gaCasntly another•. 400,
side by side t but now that it was over, r over by -the Federal Government from
they were stiff and aloof
01000 move.1 Weetrern Austroala. In view of the
"You take it" he said. "I—I've. just difficulty which the Commonwealth
been in there." I has experienced In developing .the
So have Ireturned Aim grime l Northern Terrlto+y,o announcement
"Bute protested.
don't want ts+ go bac!, right I o fthe rejected enlargement et an
now,""to protested. - Si
"Neithor:do I. You'll have to hake initial cost of $13,000,000 has oacas'ion-
10 ", ea considerable aumprise. Without de-
- "We"-rl,.I can't, Ann. -You take it_" string to do so, the Federal Govern -
"I won't. Ruu along," l anent has telt obliged to . assume the
"No, reaiiy. Please go yourself." „ further responsibility in the belief that
"Hurry up, Ward. It'�A get cold.
"Wel] tiro whole gaeeticn of maintaining a
"Gee, I can't, Ann.'s ,m I "white" Australia binges+ ultimately on
busy. bI shan't, Wand rerley. I'm
she needs it" whether er not the vast uninhabited,
"Take it to her, them" " tracts of that continent can be sue-,
Take it yourself. c sstule7 developed for Etiropeane.
"1 can't. I tell Pi I can't." From the very beginning the North -
"Axel I won't. I tell you----" ern Territory has proved difficult to
"Good gosh!"
cried Bohn PerleY. handle. In 1883 it was temporarily an
-
"Good •and
doorAustralia.
"t the , ` uth
n a So
dragging in "What's the scrap? Something Hexed to the State of ,
wrong with the city boarder?" I As moat ot the Territory is located In e
-Ward told him Welly, while the the torrid zone, 'settlers found in midi- be made to produce sugar cane, rice
tea waited. John Feeley eighee e I Non JO the. usual haldsliipe of opening oottoit, tobaeoo, rubber, ootfee, and
"Ism not struck with her w.$ of re new country the difficulties et work- tropical frulte. Cattle, sheep and
cleaning chicken houses," he said rue- ins"and living in the tropics. BY the. hooses have been found; to thrive
II .. But she was dein her best. emel of 1875 the cost 0f administering there. Thus far, however, the Com -
But looking through the wrong end
of the telescope, she saw those virtues
sumwl °
Aim stood looleing down at her a
moment, a strange tumult going on
ender her calnntess. Her proud chin
lifted.
get to help me. And bring• water
faster, Hurry! . Hustle! Bring two
pails at a time,"
"I am hurrying," choked Camille.
lam going just as fast as—"
Go faster," ordered. Ann' inaneie
17.. Her face was smudged with
oke, moist heat and flying dust. Her
ustard linen wits a caricature. But
e crept steadily up the roof, smash -
ng shingles and cross -pieces with her
x and. lengthening the jagged- hole
tween her and the now roaring
hickon house. She drove Camille.
eretiessly, hoe one thought on the
rgency of saving the big barns with
sir stock of old grain and new hay,,
In the midst of her fright andex-
auation, Camille flashed out ono pro -
t. "I am hurrying, but I'm net- a
g ox: like you."
Ann made no answer, but her brows
11 with a heavier' deaf. She could
et imagine why the fire ehould have
great headway..
"What's in there?" she shouted, as
'single drew near. "What, started it?"
"1 suppose—it was the broom,"
rated Cuuni•le. "1 dedet't think a
Wein could= 'Why, a broom
ouidn't--"
It seemed to both girls that it had
een ages since Ann had blown the
ora but. in reality it was only a fete
tier? minutes before ell -lour men
are dashing up.
Dividing forces, part of than pump -
water freta • the went the trough.
'Ming too slowly to be of further nae,
rid the ethers climbed to the barn and
aught with wet sacks. All Amu had
one gress
tlrevas to fire. T had nott beenadiroct ble
un ;long the -shed, but it was bo-
las -ling to leap across, and the.
hingles of the barn were smoking in
everal places. The men worked Bile
ntl.'y, doggedly.
•
"I ' only wish I was like Mary
Brampton," she said-ebeadi'ly. "She
Was a woman worth whirr. I'm no-
thing beside 'her."
With her heed still high, she went
back to the kitchen.
Ward was coming in alt the back
door. "Where's Camille?" r
Ann thrust a disinterested thumb
over her shoulder. "Sitting ,room.
You'd better go in. She needs some-
body."
If Ward had rushed in with mani-
fest fright mid !tad taken Camille in
hie mew and told her it was a shame
and she was abused and -had been -a
noble girl she. would have crumpled
into clewing sweetness.
Australia's Beams
Now Being Tested
Preliminary testa of the Mar-
coni beam stations at Italian and
Rockbank, Australia, for direct
communication with England,
are fulfilling ail expectations ac-
cording to reports from London.
It is expected that no difficulty
will be expeeleneed on maintain-
ing twenty -tour -hour eervloe via
the dtreotIonal beam route be-
tween the British tales antf the
Antipodes.
Ordinary communication leets
are now proceeding. High-speed
worktng;teete will follow, but ea
the high-speed transmitting and
receiving equipment ie not yet
completed at the `central office
in Melbourne, delay will odour
before these can be made.
1
cononw in Ito rich rawing freshi a
tory inthat State north of tbo twenty -
girl parallel et south latitude,the
consideraion to .the State being;the-
asaum,ption by'th'e Commonwealth of
capital • indebtedness approximating
$13,000,000: _ _T
HOPEFUL JUDGMENT OF
BRITLSH TRADE FUTURE
English Steel -Making Com-
pany Sees Prospect of Early
Business Recovery.
The annual report of Dorman, Long
4% Co,, a British manufacturing com-
pany in the heavy steel' trade, takes
a hopefnt view of Great Beltran's re-
eovory fro ratite coal strike. Of the
nuu5 fate future the Chairman states
hat:"there has been a great innprove-
ment in the shipbuilding trade, which
In view of the
ue i
I hope may canon ,
long period which has elapsed dowing
.which but Intel new building hag been
underrtalden, Thanks to a demand
-which already was Snereesing • when
our 'maim were stopped, and to the
accumulation of orders during the
period of idleness, our order books, are
tun for several months to come, so
that for the first time for many pears
we shell be. enabled to weak at full.
capc'Sty. This will help ug materially
in neduoing the cost of production.
"It may even prove that the present
stimulate demand eti11 further antigen
temporary shortage of supPlY may
ford the neoeseary impetus to entry us
on well beyond the period of our pre-
vent commitments.' 1 would remind
you, howevea•, that the coal• etoppaloe
has lasted through yea over two
months of the current financial year,
and that muck leeway has to bo made
ep:before we begin to reap the benefit
ot these improved conditions. Never-
tdtelees, I think I may ea+tely say that
the prospects of the fanniediote future
are brighter than they hove been et
any time during the last five Years.
",As regards the more distant future,
conditions on the Continent ere mov-
ing steadily in our favor, and the's'e is
evidence ot an lanprovement In the
wotld'a demand for fleece, which once
It commences will, X think, increase
rapidly."
Pigtail Passing Causes
But when he began by asking ques-
tions, even es Ann had done, the.
kaleidoscope shifted. That he should
seek informatiou when he had this
chance to pet her.! Baffled and dis-
appointed, she made frantic appeas
for sympathy.
"Aren't you sorry for me?" she said
wistfully.
"Sure I am." He was stroking her
weal hand, He had gat • that far on
the romantic path. "You've worked too
hard- We ought to have let Ann come
in to help out" -
She stiffened and drew her hand
away. He saw that he had said the
wrong thing somehow,and . reached
hastily for a new subject. "How'd
that fire start?"
She ehook visibly. Ile interpreted
this as distress.
"It'doesn't matter," he said gttickly.
"But, gee whiz, it was a hot fire. You
must have been seared when it start-
ed."
"I was not seared—not a bit. I got
right out"
"Got right out! Were you down
there when it started? What were
you doing?"
Tawas just working for this fam'il'y
just as I had been all day," she told
him indignantly. "I suppose you think
it's all my fault."
ru i
Sites not used to farm ' e. I vum,
Ann, that table looks good. , Never
saw .a girl like you." •
Ward jumped in while the. way u a s
pointed. "Neither did1,"eguly ed.
"Ann, you �:A stay by u,eyelet} night,
ou?
Seems es if everythaeg is
now you're here."
Antis lips twitched; then her eyes
twinkled and she laughed. "I'm stay-
ing," she said briskly. "Supper'!ll be
ready very soon."
End.) '
A Unique Watershed. -.
The survey of the boundary between
the provinces of Alberta andlSritia
h
Columbia - established, the exlstenee of
a watershed from which water flows
Id three different oceans. The Colum-
ba ice -field which covers an area of
about 110 square miles, cubnhiating in
the Snow Donne, gives rise to glaciers
which feed, mountain streams tribu-
tary to the Columbia, Athabaska, and region; but that 1st will require the ex-
Sasltatchewari rivers, emptying even- penditui'a of feu larger Muria than have Commonwealth's
s proposal
pforremedy-
ron came
tualty into the Pacific, Ayotie, at At- been available in the past. a n ling
the an effer ee'ttalcs call the come
laude oceans, respectively. I Withproper irrigation the 1 and can k _
When alto roof of the hen house
aved in, the danger grew less.' The
wilding that Camille had cieaued tip
as reduced to charred and smoking
tins; the shed was a wreck, but the
ig barns, with their valuable store,
ere saved -
Ann. released, discovered .suddenly
het Oami-ire had disappeared, and
vent in perch of her, She found her
n the longe in the sitting room,.
iehevelksd w'eepin'g softly.
"What 6 the matter?" cried Ann,
maned. "Are you hurt?" 'she •added,
or sh bad oaught eight of the blood-
•tilted rhandkercliief'wrepped around
amilae'a left hand.
"Go away;' sobbed Camille, "You're
o late,,
"Top I to for what?"
�a�al'Od ),
"Why, leekhere Canine, I don't
think anything of the sort. How dould
I? • All is, I Couldn't help wondering
what could, start a fire in the hen-
house."
enhiouse"
She drew in an angry breath. "No-
thing -started it, It—it ,started itself.
I was just etteepinrg out—with a
broom"
Iiia brows drew together. "You
didn't have any gasoline around, did
you?" .*
"I had a broom. I Wag sweeping•-
with a broom" Suddenly the muscues
around her mouth broke into arcs of
misery. Tears formed In her eyes
aad hung these. "Oh, you aren't at
all what I thought. A'll you care about
is what.estarted that fire. You didn't
even notice when I tumbled."
"I didn't notice anything but the,
fire," he protested, making it worse in
his effort to make it better. "I never
thought of your being in danger."
the Territory asnoiliutod to $1,700,000,
monweelt2t Government has succeeded
with little to show tot the expenditure. in attreoting only 3,600 white persons
The notion was gaining Wide currency to the Territory, as against, about 20,-
thet white men •could not alone develop 000 aboriginal nomads:
the Territory.
The announcement of the it
Auetralisn policy, however, Lite notion.
about the„ white man's unsuitability
for the tropics was chaibenged. By
mutual consent tho Northern Terri-
tory was formally transferred to the Ing. With this deepening,cenvtction
Federal Government on Jan. 1, 1911• in mind, Prime Minieter Bruce recant-
The
ecentThe total cost or Administration was ly Induced the Australian Paridament
teen calculated at iibott $52,000,000.
Why Settlers Are Sought.
It is contended that the world will
not permit vast trivets of land to re-
main uninhabited with the pressure
of population 1h the Far East inereas-
The burden of deveaopiag the Terri-
tory with European laber was square-
ly plaoedt on the Commonwealth Gov-
ei•nment, Extensive research has been
conducted within recent years and the
decision reached that the country is
decidedly north developing; that it
cast be made, with modern scientific
equipment, a lteelthfttl and habitable
radically to reorganize the admires-.
Gratton of the Territory and to make
provision for far more thorough and
extensive development.
Two distinct orgenizatlone have.
been created --one for development
purposes only, the other for local ad-
ministration and ordinery services.
The decialon to increase the present
Federal Territory arises from West
Attstta1•Sa's fiscal diffloultfee. The
ttii e
Age gentle' (reel: Off the, 'halveter-
hiefe d1 u;osiurg a, , 1'on' suniace
etch. Oaanille -lid tripped and
1'14-4 ,+d leach aJ1 bor hand along
to tip j f the Scythe.
Ann r oru1d havo called it an inci-
ental ratthet than 1,0 injury, put she
ached and' bailinged it with deft dare
a bit porfeectorily,•however. Eche
uld not entirely;: forget that site had
en eallbd Alt ex.
Gaiti'll1e as$ptet� leer ministrtattelt0
cel e"ry bed -also 1e reel trouneo wits
t teuche d by thee.
She, used fainted away as goon ars she
"That's just it " she countered hys
ter icallly, "You didn't think abbout me
at all, X mi ht have killed myself and
you wou'ldn''t have thought anything
about it"
Ho blinked . at' her, hoppesessay ppuz-
zled. Ile brad thought her chi•Idlddte.
attributes entrancing; but now that
they were in' action lue didn't find
them entrancing in the least. IIs tiled.
encourargenrent,
o 't thjnlc you're hurt much. I.
expect 1 was a bed stave all rirght,
ilia_'- '-
"I might ji Ve broiveti my neck," she
pes'sisted Wailingly. "X might have
lied myysal#', I tad ave broken ray
ock ani yod wouTdri,� ,>
n
It. heixtree 'a y'oundeiay, as discus -
alone: of this e050 easily do and it.
oontbtued fox same tank. When he
Went babe to tits' lietelleu , there was as
ett bewilldermentt on his faro and
in yes the expression of one.who
Keetail friettees X14al new light.
Alii. brad built up a brisk firte;' then
jniiurprping into Mie • (mall ;car, `she had
made a oWii~t.,trip bonne and bad as+-
turned with a dlvielom of the food pro -
Wed for the Ilm.0111 s Tamil e She
ached the lounge --the eight of, blood y
a.)j) gave her 'a turn -end 1ho lute
i- d opt (Ile bablo, There"Wore arts at
ICE ,KING SHEATHES NIAGARA
n
froze forms over the faille
The w:nt.ry blasts of the aeasnri IlaiVO wrought be;aittlful e Palls.
Niagara. The jecture 'shows the toe bridge at the, foot of the. Aaterioan
Famine of Press Cloth
Abandonment of the wearing of pig-
tails by Chinese and the widespread
revolationaay conditions of that 0000-
-try are about to cause e famine of
pectus cloth, which fs a necessary
equipment of all cottonseed oil mills.
It le stated that the beet quality of
press cloth. is made by weaving bair
that comes from he heads of Chinese.
It even exceeds' in quality that which
is made 0t camel's• hail', although the
latter is used extensively for the pur-
pose.
Camel's hair • ebnlee ehietly from
Manchuria, slid this industry also has
been seriously affected by unsettled
conditions in that part of China. The
1140
SMART APPAREL FOR' THE
SMALL GIRL AND BOY.
Extremely 1dwinty is the dress plce'
tired here for the small girl and
would be effective if fashioned of
crepe de chine or fine woolen material.'
There are groups of tucks at the front,:
hack, and earls .side. Tina scallops at
the lower edge may be simply bound`
with self or contrasting material or
ribbon and narrow lace added for
dressier oceasions. No. 1073 is ilo
sizes 1, 2 and 4 years. Size 2 requiuea
13e yards 82 or S6 -inch material;: .
Price 20 cents the pattern.
This boys' two-piece suit is decided-'
ly smart And a very practical style.'
The front omene ' under a tads and
there are long sleeves finished with'
tritn cuffs, a retina collar, and set-in
pockets, while the trousers have a elide'
closing. No. 1140 es in sizes 2, 4 and
6 years. Size 4 requires 11 yards 82=
inch material, and 14 yard contrast-'
ing. Price 20 cants the pattern.
Our Fashion Book, illustrating the
newest and most practical styles, wilt'
be of interest to every hence dress -I
maker. Price of the book 10 cents
the copy.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
Welt° sour name and address plain-'
ly, giving number and size of such`
patterns as you want. F •°'ase 20c in
stamps or coin (coin prefdired; wrap
vr;aters of the $sea
hair et the camels is net shorn, but it carefully) for each number and,
it Is -gathered in the compounds where I address your order to Pattern Dept.,'
it has been shed by the auimals. It I Wilson Publishing Co., 78 West Ade -I,
aide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by.
return mail
Rhyme Is Not Poetry.
is a meagre and painstalriug method
et obtaining the material which is 50
lu&gbly prized for shawls and cloth-
making
lothmaking purposes, bit it affords a
means of livelihood for many Chinese.
As yet, no adequate, substiituto for
Chineeo hllmiln hair er camel's hair
lute been found for making press
Moth, but exilerintents along this line
01 the three pr!nelpal elements 01
poetry as it leaves the poet a finished
art/rhythm, diction, and the image,
the one haring the moat immediate
and wiclee!t appeal Is rhythm with its
euro nosy being conducted. The hair 'emphasis, rhyme. Consequently, sine
tmom the tails of squirrels, which has
often been substituted for camel's' hair
in the manufacture of paint beatenbeatenhas been tried in the weaving and use
of mese oloth,.butt it is not found sat-
isfactory in all reepe0ts, it is stated,
Another thing to be ponaddiered is
Chet there is not enough smeerei tail
hair available to meet the exisling dee
mantlepe
e for. eee. cloth by cottonseed
oil meta.
Expect Britain to
Take the Lead
The claimis made --if as planned
England, South Afa•loa, Australia, In-
dia and Canada are connected' up with
the Marconi short-wave beam wireless
systems -that 1927 will we Great Bei-
tale
retali take the lead with the most com-
plete, up-to-date and eflfcireht wiareless
service of any oovntmy in the world.
The conatruotton of beans stations for
thivs unparalleled spanning of land aryd
seals squid. to be now nearly complete
Tho wireless stations at Bodeen and
Bridgewater through which the Eng -
Melt -Canadian . system will Operate
have passed their official' tests. Folz
lowing the completion 'of tiro Cana-
dian station tests are now being made
far •the •extension to Australia and In.
lite.
The Auetrellam beaus stations of the
Amalgamete6. Wireless, Ltd., are near-
ly ocmuleteatr. The emperor is raving
two com'p'lete bream stations emoted,
one for direct 'coananunicatfosi With
London to deal with traffic to and
from England• and all paints of plurope,
and the other Dor direct communion -
tion with Montreal to deal with traffic
to and Stem all parts ed Canada and
the United Settee, very nicely reach-
ing New Yawls among the first of the
Ameticen oitires. _Messages for Great
Breath:and the Continent will be sent
at high ,speed direct into London.
Cho capacity for rhyme and simple
rhythm ie wanton, these are the
qualitte* which are most freguenti'yl
abused aud, in theutrselvese mistaken'
for .poetry wtean Cho finer spirit of
poetry has left them untouched.
Simple rhythm's have been and are
continually .used, be Poem's' to contain
the rarest poetic imagination, but in
themselves they may bo ordered by
the Most unpoetie , . . to no better.
purpose than pointing rebleotions that
have neither savour nor persuasion,' •
and thecae equally barren of imaglna-
tive fervor will give these jingles glad.
acceptance as shaping, a little more
clearly than they have done for them-
selves, their own jaded moralities.`
And so It is that what passes for,
poetry Se widely ,extolled as the most
efficient of all guides to conduct be
people who have in their hearts 110
tidings whatever of poetry and iia
functions. —John Drinkwatet, - in
"Prow Papers,,,
Britain spends' approwimate:7 gee
Turks Plan Compulsory
Education for Women
' The Turkish government, as pant of•
rte modernizing oampatgn, dntends to
open nation-wide public schools: in
which 4.t is estimated 98 per cent. of
women illltea•ates will receive compel
eery instruction in... Unix A B C's end
in hygiene. Even thousands of the.
nomad women of the eastern provinces
roust attends the, schools.
The govpa'nniemt also will estebldele
women's clubs, where a campaign
in favor'` of hart wearing, instead, of,
veils, will be eiurried on with other
modernizing propaganda.
Canada's Explosives.
Production of explosives, animannt.
Oen, fireworks and matches in Canada,
in 1925 amounted cin valuta rte $12,813,-
155, aocorddng to the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics. Explosives produced
datingthe year aero vetoed at $7,099,-
256,
7,099,259, atnmultltlon art $2,129,975, fre-
worits; totalled 1128,084le value and
000,000 a apples from abroad, the output of matches, $2,054,040•
year on a
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