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Own Insulation
Early Practice In 'Building
Huts In Northern EuropeIs
Described
Many different methods• have
been used in various parts of the
world, points out a builder, to
protect home dwellers against the
extremes of heat and cold.
Ilestates that the thatched
but of Northern Europe -wide a
roof of •tub feet of sraw woven
ogether, and with thick walls of
clay and straw, was as well hi-
sulated as it was picturesque.
South Sea Islanders keep cool in
thatched huts constructed of
dried sea' grass,
SOUTH SEA
ISLANDERS KNEW IT
Spanish mission houses of the
Southwest desert, where the tette-
perature sometimes rises to 140
degrees in the daytime, were •
comparatively cool because of thee
thick walls constructed of clay
and straw, and goofs of -brush
and clay.
The importance of proper in-
sulation in the small house, it is
explained, has only been appre-
ciated within the past twenty
to twenty-five years. Materials
have been developed which -are
not only highly efficient from the
standpoint of reduction in heat
loss but are also readily adapt-
ed to conventional methods of
residential construction.
In the, Winter an uninsulated
home may be drafty, expensive
to heat, have cold exterior walls
which sap body heat, and have
some rooms too cold in severe
weather. In 'summer the uninsu-
lated hone is hot, often warmer
than outdoors.
By introducing insulation into
the constrction of roofs or upper-
most ceilings, the enclosing walls,
and floors beneath which there
are no heated basements, a pro-
spective home builder is insur-
ing against excessive heat loss.
Mr. Churchill in Action:
A New Camera Study
Well protected against the
winter weather and with his ever-
present cigar in his mouth, Prime
• Minister Churchill follows the
progress of an anti-aircraft de-
monstration at an English coast-
al town, Staff officers accom-
panied the prime minister.
Ontario Wars
On Meningitis
Health Leaders Urge Action
To isolate Cases -of Disease
A 10 -day quarantine for all
contacts with known or suspected
oases of cerebro -spinal meningitis
was suggested in Toronto early
in medical hehy at a ealth offi cetsand
of
re-
search' experts called by the On-
tario Health Department.
The measure was suggested in
view of the current high inci-
dence of the disease. It was re-
ported there were 146 cases in
1940 and although 110 epidemic
existed and "the incidence of this
disease in Ontario for the year
1940 is not substantially greater:
than the rate in other years, it
was felt to be sufficienly to jus-
tify" the calling of a conference.
145 CASES IN 1940
Health: Departrnen heads sug-
gested in a report "that all
known or suspected cases should
be hospitalized promptly and that
such hospitalization should be in
a suitable ''isolation hospital; and
where this was not, possible, that
due precautions be taken to en-
sure the inaxitrihm in the way of
preeautionary measures in any
public. general hospital in which
it is found necessary to hospital.
ize each cases.
Hen That's Different
As a hen that'e different, IVIrs.
Jay Grizzle of Madisonville, Texas,
offers her bantam,
Every morning when Mrs,' Griz-
zle leaves het country home, this
unusual fowl hops p an the radius
rod of the car and rides into town.
After the owner parks in front
of theto h
s re where e. she works, the
hen stays near the machine, The
bantam lays her eggs under
the
auto. ••
At theu
e do the. h
t day, ' Mrs.
Grizzle picks up the egg, the ban-
tani climbs hack on the radius rod,
and hen and owner go home,
•
SUNDAY,
SCHOOL
LESSON
LESSON V
THE INDIVIDUAL'S
RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING
BEVERAGE ALCOHOL
Habakkuk 2 : 15; Genesis 4 : 9-12;
Mark 9 : 42.48; 1 These, 5 22,
GOLDEN TEXT -Abstain from
every form of evil. 1 Thetis. 5 ; 22,
THE LESSON IN ITS. SETTING
Titre.—We do not know exactly
when the feud between Cain •and
Abel arose.. The book of Habakkuk
/'Was written about 625 13,0. The
words of our Lord here quoted. were
'uttered in tile' autumn of A,D, 29.
The firet Epistle of Paul to the
Thessaloulane was written about
A.D..54. ,
Place, -5 -Where Cain and libel
livedat the time this tragedy took
place, we do not know. Hakakltuk
was a prophet to Israel. The words
quoted from oue of our Lord's dis-
courses were uttered in Capernaum.
• Thessalonice was a great city of
Asia Minor.
The older classes especially nee,d
this lesson, because we are living
in a most selfish age, when, more
and -more, while aye talk a great
deal about socialconsciousness,.
for the most partwe are becoming
alienated from our fellownmen, and
especially in great cities find our-
selves living for ourselves. - Yet
people have never had as many
contactsas they have today—let
the vast importance of our relation-
ship to other people be particularly
stressed here.
• Our Brother's Welfare
Habakkuk 2: 15. 'Woe unto him
that giveth his neighbor drink, to
thee' that widest thy venom, and
meekest , him' drunken also, that thou
mayest look on their nakedness!"
One sins against oneself when oue
drinks so as to produce a state of
intoxication, Here there is a double
sin: one person gives another per-
son to drink for the deliberate pur-
pose of causing'intoxication in him
in order that he may be made
sport of. No matter if we believe
drinking to be justified in some
way, let us never be guilty, even
by word, of leading another per-
son into this habit which sooner
or later will bring trouble, disaster
and tragedy into his life.
Gen. 4: 9. "And Jehovah said
unto Cain, Where is Abel thy
brother? And he said, I know not:
an I my brother's keeper? 10, And
he said, What least thou done?
The voice of thy brother's blood
cried: unto Hie from the ground.
11. And now cursed art thou Crom
the ground, which Bath opened its
mouth to receive thy brother's
blood from thy hand; 12. When
thou tallest the ground, it shall not
henceforth yield unto tree its
strength; a fugitive and a wander-
er shalt thou he in the earth. When
er shalt thou, be in the earth.
A d ub l e cure is, pro-
nounced upon Cain but first he
is given the opportunity to repent;
for God is long-suffering and not
willing that any should perish,
Loving One Another
It is not possible and not nec-
essary to describe in detail how a
Christian must bo his brother's
keeper. My duty to my brother—
and especially to my weaker bro-
ther — is to safeguard him from
slipping away from duty, to keep
Trim mindful of his pledges and
faithful to his vows. The message
we have received from God Is that
we should love one another.
The Little Ones
Mark 9 : 42. "And whosoever
shall cause one of these little ones
that believe on me to stumble, It
vvere better for hint if a great mill-
stone were hanged about his neck,
and hewere bast sato the sea."
Here is a word that should awaken
all of us, parents, pastors, teach-
ere, and all who hold positions df
influence. The spiritual trust and
faith of it child must not be de-
stroyed. 42, "And 1" thy hand cause
thee to stumble, cut it off: it is
good for thee to enter into life
maimed, rather than having thy
two hands to go into hell, into the
unquenchable fire. 45. And if thy
foot cause thee to stumrble, cut It
off: it is good Por thea to enter into
life halt, rather than having thy
two feet to be cast into hell. 47.
And if thine eye cause thee to
aturn,ble, cast it out: it is good for
thee to enter into the kingdom of
God with one eye, rather than hav-
ing two eyes to be cast into hell;
48. where their worm dieth not and
the fire is not quenched.
Severe Self•DIscipline
Here, by a natural transition,
Jeaua passes from the harm which
one may do to others, to the dam-
age he may do to himself (43-50).
and Ile exhorts us to do a bit of
spiritual surgery. The teaching
here is proofund and far-reaching.
Make a note of three points. First,
that powers and means of useful-
ness may become fatally hurtful
to us. And the second is, that oc-
casions of stumbling must bo got
rid• of at any cost. In the third
place, momentous reasons are urg-
ed for this severe self-discipline.
They are, because as is the char-
acter, -eois the destiny; because
the true end of every soul is etern-
al life; and becauee au appalling
fate awaits the unrepentant.
1 Theses, 5 ; 22. "Abstain from
every form of evil." To begin with,
we will never be Bible to abstain
from every form of evil unless fhrst
we have a real knowledge of what
evil le. The Word of God will
light our pathway here. But it i
not
s t l e
oeY that a w are r to live a •
neutral life, refusing to do evit but
we are to live a positive,abundantant
s.
life, in doing good—so coustantly
that our time is wholly taken up'
With the things that (rod approv-
es, oue minds fascinated with them,
Old . Gold Will Help Buy Modern Bombe
No misers' handa are these greedily clutching gold. They are
symbolic of theopen-handed generosity of Canadian Pacific employes: '
from coast to coast who are contributing most liberally to the Golden
Bomber Fund to buy a modern bombing plane for the R.C.A.F. The
objective $100,000, is large but so too is the flow of gold from• attic
EI Dorados and closet Klondikes.
—Canadian Pacific Photo.
out heart lovingthem, so that evil
things find uo ropm in us. True
love for our fellowmen will prevent
us from leading others into evil,
also.
Use Miniature
Show Windows
Small Squares of Glass Dis-
play Wares In London Shops
—Less Vulnerable to Bombs
Shops in London, England, both
the largest and the smallest, are
giving a fine example of the cour-
age and tenacity, 12 one were need-
ed, of the capital's people.
In oue of London's main shop-
ping streets, three' of the largest
stores were recently badly damag-
0d, and everyone thought that It
would be months before they could
ter their doors to shop. But only
tbree days later the restaurant of
oue was in use again, and both the
others have now opened puuctual-
ly on the date they promised.
SAFER FROM FLYING GLASS
The danger of flying glass ,has
produced a novel effect in a num-
ber 02 London's main shopping
streets. Many large stores or shops
with huge and costly glass fronts
are now having these partially
boarded up with wood, painted
with bright' and pleasing colours
and designs. In the centre a small
square of glass is left, through
which a selection of the shop's
choicest wares can be seen.
The effect is definitely pleasing,
and besides greatly reducing the •
danger of flying glass, saves the
shopkeeper . the east of bs-oken
panes.
Siamese Pigs Lived
But Twenty Minutes
Another- freak for Ripley's
book hth come to light. Again
it's from Linwood, Ontario, (near
Kitchener). This time the oddity
of nature is in the form of Siam-
ese pigs. Born on the farm of
Janes Ogram, about two and a
half 'miles northwest of Linwood,
the pigs lived about 20 minutes. .
" Mr. Ogren said the frealcs
were joined from the nose to the
centre of the back. The rest was
separated. There were two heads,
four eyes, four ears and eight
legs. Thirteen other pigs in the
litter were perfectly normal.
The Siamese pigs were taken
to the Ontario Veterinary College
at Guelph,
11
By DAVE ROBBiNS
SPECIAL PROGRAM
' As a contribution toward Can-
ada's effort in the empire's battle
against the forces of oppression,
Canadian Broadcasting Industry
will present a number of special
programs during the coming
month overs nation-wide ration-wid net-
work. This series will' be heard
on Friday evenings at 9,00, The
series will be composed of variety
programs and feature produc-
tions, including• vocal and instru-
inental stars as well as comedy
and dramatic talent.
Rupert Caplan, J. Frank Willis,
Rai Puidy and James Finlay will
be in charge of the production
work, and there will be shows
really worth hearing.
Be tuned in Friday night at
nine.
AROUND THE DIAL
Much has been said about the
power of i-adio and its effect on
the life and behaviour of people
and communities ... but to my
milid one Of the outstanding ex-
amples of radio's ability to help
is contained In a letter written
to Edward G. Robinson, and the
following excerpt from that letter
will, I think, prove my point:
" . your program 131g Town
has helped, as have a lot of other
good programs, to show are that
I -.have made a swell. mess of ray
life and that I just CAN'T win.
Well, maybe I'll get another
chance some day, You know -
I find myself rooting for you and
the force ,rf law and order to pre-
vail, so I guess that there is a
Hale hope for Hie," This letter
was written by a man serving
tune in a state prison. '
After his "Kraft Music Hall"
broadcast, Tom Harmon, the
Michigan All-Aineeican halfback,
was a dinner guest at Bing Cros-
by's home. "We had a lot of fun
talking," said Harmon, "but
with some difficulty because we
have opposite interests. Crosby is
a' football fan and I am a radio
fan. He wanted to talk football
all the time, and I wanted to talk
radio",
"Rochester" . • . Jack Beney's
famous butler and handy Man is
now enjoying some of the pleas-
ures he missed as a boy because
of the financial condition of his
family. Among the many things
that Rochester has bought in jus-
tification of his present afflu-
ence is four complete electric
train sets for himself; -
There are many surprising
things to be learned about the
radio stars, and I got quite a
surprise the other day when I
found that Edgar Bergen . .
the voice behind the animated
fence -post McCarthy .. earned
his first money as a photographer
during the first world war.
• Bishop of Arctic
Visits New York
The Rigls,tRev. Archibald Lang
Fleming, bishop of the Arctic of
the Church of England in Can-
ada, pictured in the rector's study
of the Grace Epieopal church in
New Yorlc. The bishop, whose dio-
cese .covers 2,260,000 square
miles of Arctic Canada, arrived in
New York from Toronto. Bishop
Fleming's cathedral is All Saints'
cathedral in Aklavik, a settlement
on the MacKenzie river about
fifty miles below the Arctic ocean
and near: Alaska.
Disposal Of Our
1940 Apple Crop.
Domestic Consumption Is
Taking Cate of Most Of it—
Fixed Prices Estabilohed'•
Canadlan eon:nee:era' apple pro-
ducers continue to be seriously itit
at a result of the ware In peace
time nearly 00 per cent of their
crop was •oxperted, with the Unit-
ed Kingdom as.the principal.marlo
et. That niarkeee and • others over-
sees, are now practically closed.
Under an arrangement with the
Domhriou Government and the
chief exporting Provinces, certain
fixed pricesIfor apples of the 1940:.
crop, which ordinarily would have
been enported, have. been ,estab-
• lished. Many of the apples are mov-
ing into 'domestle consumption as
filesh fruit or processed In one way
. or another. Improvements in the
technique of processing, apples
have been, developed in the labor-
atories of the Dominion Depart-
ment of Agriculture and are prov-
ing helpful in the marketing,
SMALLER CROP
Canadian apple prodaotion in
1940 is estimated at 11% million.
bushels as conspared with 17%
million bushels in 1939. About six
and three-quarter million "bushels
will be offered this season as fresh
fruit, leaving four and three-.
qual'ter million to be Processed
Hobby Wanted?
Raise Poultry
Retired Workers and. People
Who Live On Pensions Are
Advised by Lambton County
Agricultural Representative
Poultry raising as a hobby for
retired railway employes, refinery
workers and others who quit work
to live on pensions was suggested
by W. P. Macdonald, of Petrolia,
Lambton agricultural represent-
ative, in a recent address at the
annual banquet of the Sarnia Poul-
try and Pet Stock Association.
Men living In retirement would
not only find it an interesting pas-
time but it could eventually be-
come a profitable industry, the ag-
ricultural official said.
PROFITABLE INDUSTRY
Mr. Macdonald stressed the value
01! the poultry industry to Lamb -
ton farmers, In 1931, he said, there
were a total of 1,004,000 birds in
the county, and the returns to
farmers totaled $362,000. Last year
there were 1,029,000 birds and to-
tal receipts were $649,000,
Mr, Macdonald emphasized the
necessity of preserving standards
iu the poultry industry, and he
praised the work of poultry shows
in assisting in that regard, If the
production of each hen in the coun-
ty could be increased by 12 eggs
a year, It would mean an addition-
at $180,000 for the owners, he said..
Vitamin B Lack
Makes A. Platinum
The platinum foxes imported
from a small farm in Norway last
year made a sensation, Only a
certain strain could produce fur
of the platinum variety. Dr.
Agnes Fay of the University of
California finds that simply by
depriving ordinary silver foxes of
one of the "13" group of vitamins
she can obtain the platinum kind
of fur every time. The discovery
was made during experiments to
determine the possible connection.
between leek of anti -gray vitaniln
andgray hair and premature old
age in human beings. Unfortun-
ately, Dr. Fay's artifieally plati-
nized foxes do not produce furs
so durable as the Norwegian vari-
ety. She thinks the difficulty
can be overcome by proper con-
trol of diet.
Dawson City:
"Woman Heaven')
Anyone With Average Looks
Becomes Super -Glamor . Girl
There: Solves Problem of
How To Get Husband
Dawson City, Yukon, is a Can-
adian community that should
change its name. It should, be call-
ed "Woman Heaven," writes Rob-
ert K, Taylor.
This mining camp, just a long
hop, skit -and o. lump from tho Arc-
tic circle, is an amazing' place. A
girl with average looks who visits
there can enjoy the sensation of
being a super -glamor girl as bright
as any movie star. •
40 TO ONE RATIO
Lengthy books, witty articles and
millions .of hours of hard thought
have been devoted to the problem
of how to get a husband. This
town is the solution foe any heal-
thy girl whose looks even approach-
average,
The male•to-femme ratio is reborn
40 to 1, . Maybe .more. Most of, the.
males up thereare', ardent fellows,
awfully eager to start housalieep
Pre-war, Paris, Lpridon or New
York uttered girls, . experts, with -
furs, 'ultra-faehionaible gowns and.
heady perfumes, who could con-
vince the girls they were a triple-
tbreat menace to any man's peace
•of mind. But often in those cities
beau!ful girls could be as lonely as
a sigh, for the competition' was
tough.
Tip in this never-never land, how-
ever, a freckle -nosed girl with flat
hods, overalls and a mackinaw can
stop hearts and produce on a mass
production basis that starry look
in male eyes that precedes a pro-
posal.
It Is an exaggeration to sugges'
that a girt up there spends all
her walling hours receiving pro
posals, but the rush that girls get
up there is tapped only by the his-
toric rush that .made the .town
famous the world oyer hack to
'97.
Jay -Walkers Blamed
For Traffic Mishaps
"Jay -walkers," those nonchalant
pedestrians who carelessly thread
their way through heavy traffic,
accounted for the majarity of traf-
fic deaths in Montreal, last year.
According to figures released by
the city's Traffic Department there
were 85 tra£tic deaths in 1940,
three less than the preview; year,
and 58 of these were persons who
' took chances . crossing the 'street,
THIS CURiOUS WORLD
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minutes before 12. The full moon rises near sunset, and sets near
sunrise.
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BAY RULER
HORIZONTAL
1 Boy ruler of
Yugo-Slavla,
9 HIs country's
unit of
exchange.
14 To worship.
15 To have an
obligation,
16 To make
reparation.
17 Tennis fence.
18 Side by side.
21 Labor scab.
22 Jacket plated
with steel.
24 Javelin
emblem.
25 Nonsense.
28 EIectrical
term.
29 Ironwood
tree.
30 Public
storehouse,
33 Pronoun:
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power.
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45 Foments.
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sinus.
52 Garden tool.
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basic 57 Silly.
industry. His land's 59
36 Company,
37 Plural (abbe,). capital.
38 Still. - 60 His was
39 Trying assassinated
experience. in France.
VERTICAL
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Hawaiian.
2 Fish.
3 Memorable
4 Grain.
5 Kinds of
moss fuel.
6 Lacerated,
7 Female sheep.
8 To harvest.
9 Appointments.
10 Neuter
pronoun.
11 Demigoddess
of fate.
12 Data.
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19 Black tea.
20 Glitter.
23 Sheep's
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28'Blood of the
gods.
27 Desert beast.
31 To endeavor.
32 Cavity.
34 To blandish.
35 Genus of
ornamental
plants.
36 Familiar chat
37 Pig sty.
40 Guitar stop.
41 Sheltered
place.
42 Kimono sash,
44 Inner sole.
45 Ready.
48 Supreme
ruler of
Persia.
47 Crystal gazer.
49 To grow old.
51•To regret,
53 Single thing.
55 Portugal
(abbr.),
58 New
Testament
(abbr.).
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