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'EN.DA
AMNESTY GRANTED BY FREE
TO`LIASTEN REBEiS'' SURRENDER
concerning nine impending eecution%
a
Nothing is ]mown regarding the atti-
tude'of deaValera teivards Deasy's ap-
peal, but hopes are running ''higher
than flax some time past. '
Army headquarters also assiied a
copy of a statement submitted by a
number of prisoners in Limerick Jail'
to the General Commanding in Lim'
eritlk, and claiming to represent 600
prisoners desirous,af instituting peace
negotiations and preventing the eon -I
tinted' wastage of men:
The statement asks that fewfewpris-
oners ibe +permitted to leave en parole
to :visit the leadersoutside in an.effort
to induce' them to cease the, struggle
and punitive measures, and that while
negotiations aero in progress the Gov-
ernment euend all exeeutions.
A despatch from Dublin says:—
Richard PiIulcahy, Minister of Defence,
hire leered a:' praclaniatidn granting
ten' days amriesta, td facilitate' the
sur aeider of. Itippbliaane.
Tail is a )}ighly significant Peace
Move, •whlcii was firstrevealed in an
aitnotincement from army head'quar-
tees'tJlrat, ,following upon an interview
with '•Richard Mulcahy, Minister of
Defence; Liam Deasy, Deputy Chief
of the Irregular' forces, now under
setit'ence of death, was 'trying to in-
duce :Carless de Valera and other
leaders to surrender, and that, 'pend-
ingthe negotiations thus instituted,
the execution of Deasy and other prise
overs had been suspended. •
This' explains the mysterious rum -
eye which have been current lately
LIVING COSTS AGAIN
RISING IN CANADA
Increase Has . Been 'Steady
Since Early Part' of 1916:
A despatch from Obbawa says:—
The cost of living is again increasing.
The average cost of a we ki fam-
y budget
e Y.
!l bud et covering29 staple articles
p
of food in 60 Canadian cities, was
$10,$2 at the beginning of January, as
compared with $10.39 at the beginning
of December, 1922, accordrfle to fig-
ures Issued by the , Department . of
Lalcoe. In tannery, 1922, the same
familY cost budget $11.03, as •coon-
g
coon -
pared with $7,78 in Januay a<f 1014
and $16.92 in June, 1920, the highest
point reached.
Including the cost of fuel and rent
with that of foode,.the cost averaged
$21.18 for January, as compared with
$20,97 for December 'and $21.52 for
January of last year. Meats and dairy
products accounted for most of the
increase in foods, though potatoes and
sugar were also: slightly higher.
Evaporated apples and salt pork were
somewhat lower. Fuel wee slightly
higher. Rents showed a continuance
of peak prices. The Mae was continu-
ous since the early part of 1916, and
reached the present ^high point' last
August. Agricultural products were
generally lower, while nearly all other
groups were slightly higher..
THIRTY-FOUR KILLED
IN B.C. EXPLOSION
More Than' Score of Bodies
Taken From Canadian
Colleraes Mine.
A despatch from Victoria, B.C„
says:—Thirty-four men, twenty of
them Chinese, perished as a result of
an explosion in the Canadian Collier-
ies Mines at Cumberland, outside Vic-
toria,'Thursday'night, according to an.
official statement given out by the
operating company Friday afternoon,
Twenty-four bodies have been recov-
ered, The dead miners still entombed
are Chinese.
Rescue parties digging through a
Mass of debris and risking suffocation
managed to save seven men, who are
still unconscious' in the hospital at
Cumberland,
Thursday night's explosion may re-
sult in the permanent elosing of the
Oumberiand coal' urines, it is feared
by mining' experts. Apparently it is
impossible to guarantee the freedom
of the mines from fire damp for any
length of time, as mining officials
certified, only a few days •ago that
there was no gas, in the workings.
Irish Tri -Color Flies
in Heart of London
A despatch from London says:—
The Irish tri -color of the Free State
victory, trill soon ibe flying in the.
heart of London, its first official ap-
pearance in lite :British capital.
James •MacNeill the Free
State
High Commissioner, tat, will shortly open
his office in O'haring Cross' and raise
Iris country's flag on a' balcony over-
looking Trafalgar Square and the Ad-
miralty Arcli,',
Tho Irish delegation put up the tri -
cease while' it Was negotiating •the
Free .'State =treaty, .but; the London
authorities made them take it down
again, so that could hardly be con-
sidered? an official' 'appearance, •
a11aclaHas E• u.S; t e ,titi5Clus.
r
tloil,'"IV 'i Fitt:ding,deterut tat tee.
Man' :ori liinistbr or: Fintince,' 00-
•aet ehea tco<l'"4a`-tio I-Tous;o lest week that
the Doib!nton vrill• have a su>a'pius o'i
tberty million doilars after meeting ea
•'lenclitutce, azael)t Lhasa in.con:eecten
`.
el Lb the' railwaye,
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DEBT OF DOMINION
TOTALS $419,379,993
Huge . Payment on Debt First,
Charge on Annual
Revenues.
A despatch from Ottawa' says:--•
,.
Oanad a revenues Burin the ten
a g
months of the fiscal year ended Janu-
ary 31 . totalled $328,142,085, . an in-
crease of $9,652,196' over the corres-
ponding period of the previous . fiscal
year. In the same periods, ordinary
expenditure declined 16,241,022, the
total ordinary expenditures in the ten
months ended January 31 Last being
$263,072,228. In January alone, as
compared with January, 1922, ordinary
revenue shoved an increase of $3,748,-
785 and ordinary expenditures a'de-
cline '='of -$6,654,029, the latter figure
indicating increase in expenditure in
some of the earlier individual months
as compared with the previous year.
However, in spite of decreased expen-
diture and increased revenue, 57,483,-
842 was added to the net debt of Can-
ada last month. - :On December 31,
1922, the net debt was $2,412,496,151.
On January 81, 1928, it had grown to
$2,419,979,993, The increase, it is ex-
plained, is mainly due to railway
advances:
The total customs revenue for the
ten months of the present fiscal year
was $97,314,753, an increase of more
than twelve millions aver the pre-
vious year when the caetome revenue
was $85,262,870, . The total revenue
from excise in the fiscal year so far
is. $30,781,748, as "compared with
$81,006,842 for the ten month period
of the fast fiscal year. Interest pay':
ments on the public ' debt totalled
$120,687,418 for the ten months dos-
ing anuary 81, 1923, as compared with
$$114,679,577 during the same period a
year ago,
CONTINUE COAL SHIP-
MENTS TO CANADA
No Embargo Will be Placed
on Anthracite, Says U.S.
Government Officials.
Washington, Feb. 11.—Officials of
the United States Government agen-
cies with jurisdiction over the fuel
situation concurred to -day in the
opinion that no embargo will be plac-
ed on shipments of anthracite from
the Melted States' to Canada.
Spokestn'em for the . inter-Stato
Commerce Commission in denying
they had taken steps to curtail con-
tracted coal deliveries to Canada, de-
clared that the volume of shipments
to New York and New England points
at present is in excess of those of a
similar period last year. •
• Offlc4ais of the fuel'admrinistration
said, the President has; not indicated'
that he has given 'serious .coneidera
tion to the agitation for a Canadian
embargo put to him •by members of
Congress.
Federal Fuel Administrator Wad-
loigh said that to hie knowledge no
eleps had been taken by any depart-
metut of the United States Govern -
merle to place an embargo an anthra
cite shipments to Canada, either in
pert or in whole.
Atthe office of the Inter -State
Commerce .Commission it was said
that the oil* regardingthe d'ietribu-
tion of anthracite woud soon, pass,
They ;predicted an immediate increase
in the outputi at the! Mines :which
would be more that suyfCcient to"meet
the need's of the country,'
Canaddian Vessel
Abandoned -in. MediterraMean
Gibraltar, Feb, ,1i.—The Canadian
auxiliary vessel Scotia Maiden, from
Marseilles, had to' be abandoned'te-day
because elm vas a mase of . flames.
Captain Kohler and,crevl were reooued
by the. steamer Fetiehurch, ell hands
being :teleeni off, the binning inning chip in
two boats. The Scotia,'Maiden;; still
afire and atfioat'and a -danger to tiavi-
�gation,', was abandoned' itt 2 o'aloek
tads afternoon in lattltude 40 :horth
longitude 1.15 wast.
''ort, William Riva
Sa4my Saiuth
A ilespatclt from Fort William
say`s;—A lemon measuring 1114" by
123!1 inane 15 'au 'exhibition in the
wietiow of a 'drug stone on Victooie
awe;vue. It le ;one ea eevoral' large
ones 'grown by IJ. I1 Sharrk at his'
horse, 1417 'Moodie street. Tho:, tree
froth Which the giant fruit was picked
is 'now' covered with fragrant :aloe -
ewes.
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WHERE MORE 'TR0LOBLE 139REWING
Memel, the Battle seaport, which. wee tbe;;cadee, of'Much. friction'when
the peace terms were beteg settled, Was on'ee snare oome late ;tbs limelight,
since the:Lithuanlano •seized the cityaud,distrtet, ignoring the allied officials
who were adnilnisteeing its affairs. It -was a aoup•d'etat.after.the style of
D'Annunelo'e affair at Fiume, The port oyan's a way' into tbe'beart.of •Rus-
sia, and the population of the city ia'•niostly German btit'hlie district impute:
time is Lithuanian, • A British warssh*. tee been sant to Memel to, support
n,.
the allied. rule;'
TEN WORKMEN DEAD 1 BAND'OF IRISH REBELS
fi.N TORONTO FACTORY
Employees of Consumers Gas
Company Overcome by
Poisonous -Fumes.
A
oisonous Ftames:A cleat -retch from 'Toronto says:—
Teri workmen were suffocated by gas
and aseore or more overcome by pois-
onous gas fumes following an explo-
sion In the valve house of the Beaten:.
Avenue plant of the Consumers' Gas
Company 6n Thursday. The explosion
was-, followed by terrifying.., scenes
when heroic rescuers put up a vigor-
ous fight to cheek the tremendous flow
of gas from an ,eighteen -inch main to
which two workmen were in the act
of making a conneetion to a "booster"
apparatus which regulates the distri-
bution of gas throughout the city
when the accident happened. The work
of rescuing the victims trapped in the,
lower chamber of the valve house was
a most hazardous undertaking, and re-
sulted in the death of eight men who
volunteered for this service. That the
two men who were making the valve
connection escaped with their lives is
regarded as little ehort of marrvelloue.
Rescue work was under way within a
few seconds after the explosion. Seven
men were rushed to St. Michael's Hos-
pital, where they died a few minutes
after their admission.
United Farmers of Quebec
Ask for Governnsent Loan
A despatch from Montreal says:—
The United Farmers of Quebec con-
vention this morning passed a resolnr-
tion calling on the Provincial 'Covera—
ll-tent to introduce some form of rural
credits so that farmers might obtain
long term leans at a rate of interest
low enough to enable them to get a
returnfrom their investment.
GIVE UP THEIR ARMS.
First Official Report of Saar -
render Under Amnesty .De-
' tree from Cork.
Feb.tsblin, 1'11,—The fust official
report of•a surrender under the Gov-
ernment's new amnesty decree has
been received from County Cork,
where .a number of Irregulars, accom-
panied by their leader, delivered up
their arms and ammunition at the
Newmarket military barracke and
entered into an undertaldng not to
fight' against the Free State Govern-
ment.
Almost simultaneously with the is -
site 'of a proclamation from "Repub-
lican army generestl headquarters,"
Satnmxlay, calling "upon the "army" to
continue its activities against the
Free 'State Government, the city was
shaken by a terrific explosion in the
printing works of Patrick Mahon, the
Free State Government .printer, who
printed the posters offering amnesty.
It appears that Mahon was about to
close his establishment for the week-
end when three youths, who rushed
upon hint and, with drawn revolvees
covering him, placed land . mines
amidst the machinery and -decamped'
immediately.
Canadian War Prisoner
Reaps German Reward 1
A despatch from Vancouver says:—
Major J. C. Thorn of this city woad
notified on Friday that he had been
left an olid manor by Herr Gartner,
'an aged German. The codici4'recited
that Thorn, "although an enemy of my
country at the, time, did, in the station
at Leipzig, while under armed guard,
jump in front of an •approaching train
and saved little Karl."
Karl was Herr Gartner's grandson,
The granddaughter of the testator
has offered $10,000 for the manor,
Weekly Ma ret Report
Toronto.
Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern,
$1.25. •
Manitoba (sate—Nominal.
Manitoba ,barley—Nominal.
All the above trach, Bay ports.
American corn—No, 3. yet.„"r63i,c;
No. 2, 891/ c,
Barley --Malting, 69 to Ole, accord-
it'g to freights outside. -
Buckwheatt—No, 2, 7i1 to 800,
Rye- No. 2, 85 to 87e,
Peas -No. 2, $1,45 to $1,50.
141illfeecl -Dal.;:
Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran,. pper . ton, $26;
shorts, per ton, $28; middlings, $28.50;
good.feed dour, $2.
Ontario wheat—No. 1 white, $1.11
to $1,13, aeoording to freights outside;.
No. 2, $1.08 to $1,10.
Ontario No. 2 white oats --id to 470.
. Ontario corn—Nominal, ,
Ontario flout -Ninety per cent. pat,
in jute bags, Montreal, prompt strip-,
trent;. $5.10 .to $5.20;. Toronto baste,
$5.05 to $5.15; bulk seaboard, $4.95 to
lb.; 5-2;iz-db. tins, 18% to 141$c per
ib.; Ontario •comb honey, per doz.,
$3.76 to $4.50.
Potatoes, Ontarios, No. 1, 90c to $1;
No. 2, 85c,
Smoked meats-i•Iams, need., 26 to
2$e; cooked ham, 88 to 40e; smoked
rolhs, 26 • to 28c; cottage rolls, 82 to
35c; breakfast bacon 82 to 85e; spe-
cial brand breakfast bacon, 88 to 40e;
books, boneless, 36 to 42c.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 50
to 70'lba„'$20; 70 to 90 lbs., $19; 90
lbs. and up, $18; lightweight rolls in
basrels; $38; heavyweight trolls, $85.
Lard—Pure tierces, ' 16%e; tubs,
17e; pails, 17' c• prints, 18%c. Short-
ening, tierces,' 14% to 16e; tubs,, 15 to.
154e; pails, 15% to 160; prints,'17%
to 18c,'
Heavy steers, choice, $7 to 57.76;
butcher steers, choice, $6 to $6.50; do,
good, $5.60 to et; do, rated.; $5 to 55.50;
do, cos.$ , 4 to $ 6; butcher heifers,
etfers,
choice, $6 to $6.50• do, meds, 55 to
$$5.50; do, tom., $4;26 to 54.75; butcher
$6, sows, choice, $4.50: to 5525;'do;•med.,
Manitoba flour -1st pats., in cotton $3 to $4; canners and cutters, 51;75 to
sacks, $7.10 per bile 2nd pats., $6.60,1$2.25; butcher bells, good 54 to' $4.50;
Hay -Extra No. 2, per ton, track, do, con.52.25 to 2.50;
r $ ileeder steers,
Toronto, $14 to $14.50; mixed, $1.1 togood, ;$6.60 to 56.50; do, lair; 54 to
518• •clover, $8 to $12, 5; etockers;,: good, 54 CO $4:50; do
Straw—Car lots, penton, track, To- fair, 52.50 to -$8.50; calves choice, 12
Tonto, 59.50, . , to 513; do,'med. $9 to 11; do co `e,
Cheese—New, large, 27e; twins $5 to '8; mrileh rows hoic m'
27%c; triplets 283119; StiIt'ons, 29e, $90•` springers,$choice,� e, $71 to;
, $80 to .$$100;
Old, large, 29e; twins, 80c; Stiltons, lambs, choice, $12 to: 13; sheep,
see,
choice, , 6:50- ' •
to 7
$ , do, culls, $3. to $4;
Butter—Finest creamery prints, 44 •hogs;'fed and watered, 511 to $11.15;
to
46e; "ordinary creamery prints, 42 d'o, f,o,b., $10,25 to 510.40; ,do,. country
to 48c. Dairy, 31 to 32c. Cooking, points, $10 to $10,15.
23c.Hog, quotations are based on the
Dressed Poultry --Chickens, milk- I Prices of thick, smooth hogs, sold on
fed, over 5 lbs., 84c; do, 4 to 5, lies„ l a graded ibasiis, or selects, sold on a
27c; .c o. over 8 Lbs., 300; do, 4 to 5 'fiat rate. Bacon selects, sold on the
Ibs., 2x -,.do, 2 to 4 ibe., 25e.. 'Hens,
over 5 pus., 28c de, 4 to 5 lbs,, 26c;
do, 3 to 4' lbs, 26e, Roosters, 25e,
Ducklings, cvee 6 Abe;., 3). to 83c; tie,
4-to5 lbs, 25 to 28c. Turkeys, young,
graded_ basin, bring a premium of 10
per ceht. ever the price' os' ,thick,,
smooth' hogs.
Montreal.
C0/11,Amen, No, "2..
ye lots 412 to
10 1'bs and: ep, 385; do, old, 2.39, Leese, p3c. ()ate, Can, 'western, No. 2, 64 to
21c. 65e; oats,, Can west.. No. 8, 59 to 60e;
• Live, .pantry Chickens mill: -fed, oats, extra No. 1 feed, 50 ece,55e;;eats,
aver.:5 libs., 25o; (To, 4 oto 5 Ibs.,.210; No. 2 kcal white, 54 to 56c. Flour,
do, over 5 lbs,, 24c; do, 4 to 5 lbs„ 21 Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, $7.10
to 24e;, de, 2 to 4 lbs., 18 to 21c. Hens, flour, secon le, ,56,60; hour, strong bak-
over 5 lbs,, 26e; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 26e; ers, 56.60; flour, winter pats., choice,
de, 3 tb 4 lime18; to 21e. Roosters, 56,50, Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs,$3,1$
15 'to 18c. Ducklings, over 6 Ibs,, 28 to 58,26.- Bean, $28. a Shorts, 580.
to 33c; do,, 4 to 5 lbs, 25: to 28c. Middlings, 525. Hay, No; 2, per ton
Tux{keye, your, , 10 lbs::, and Yip, 28c1 .car lets, $14 to 51.5.
do, old, t8c. Leese, tee. Cheese, finest eaeterne, 26c, Batter,
Margarine -20 to 22c.. choicest orcaanery, 45 to 46c. Eggs,,
fresh, 46e; eggs,
selected, 86e; eggs,
n1otato5c1k0, 532c. Potatoes, per hag, '
Com, bulls 53 to . ,50 clo mod:
53.50 to , 4; .tor , cows, 53 to 54;r
°a t, ,F can•
nem, . good) 52' clog very thin, 51.90;
calves, geed, $10,50 to 511` :veils,'
cos:, 50,60 and up. Flogeeseiects and
gond quality brtehers, $11; western
1ig'gs—No, 1 cantiled,,:34 to'35c; se-
lects, 27 to 83c; new hada, loose, 43
to 44e; new laids, in cartons, 45 'to
471),
Bcan,' --Gan di }G n n -
5 tti an, a d pt,l.ed, 1li.;
73ae; mr"tute,o, 7c,
Menlo
puaducts—Syrup, per imp,
gal, '52,60; per Segal, tri, . 52.40 per
gal. Maple eager, lb,, 23 to 25c.
I'Ioney--60 4b. tins; 12 to 1214c iter
nee- 510 50 •
The , Boy Who Never , Playe
By W. M. Morris
I read a story: the ether day from a.
Western journal about a boy who
never played, .In the noruieg or at•
recess time, while the other boys were
out playing gesnee in the school yard
"Henry” remained in the "school read-
ing a hook. 1is never went out catch-
ieg,'gophers or on a '"hike" 111x9 aloe
boys .do. The fine smooth ice or foot-
ball field had ire attraction for lime, He
Was not strong ss other boyp were and
so did eat even try to `-take part in
their games.
henry was very clever in his
studies. The head of the class was al
ways his by reason of his studious
habits. His 'demeanor in wheal was
always, exemplary, The .teachers re-'
gardod him as a very good boy. be-
cause he never caused any. disturbance
and made good marks in mos, examine•.
tions:
After completing High school he be
came a teacher, but never' made a sue-
oess"because he had never learned the
great and many things that .play
teaches, He had no under'stand4ng of
children. nor did ho` know'.lioW to get
along with other people, having always
Tided the'individhaltstte life. Children
are quick to read character and so
these pupils very soon discovered lits
weakness, rendering him a failure in
the profession.
One year .af strenuous life under-
mined hie
health. HisP exerts dis-
covered he had become consumptive.
They were advised to try a Chane of
climate and moved to British Colum-
bia, where he seemed to 'improve for
a time, but then his health main turn-
ed for the worse and in a few .months
Henry died. I wonder if there had
been some organized play at school in
which Henry would have been re -
mitred to take some active part, if he
would have grown up to .be a strong'
and useful oitizen? Someone may say
that Henry was destined to die at this
Young age, but if hls untimely death
was due to neglect of the common
laws of good health and exercise we
should not blame Providence for the
results.
This brings up the question of the
value of, the play ground as a factor in
education and title again involves our
conception of an education. Each in-
dividual has his own ideas on the sub-
ject and consequently hfa. own esti-
mate of the means of acquiring it. Can
we Rud some common ground with re-
ference to the training of these young
candidates for manhood, womanhood
and citizenship? If we mean tbo mere
acquisition of knowledge, regardless of
physical health, moral standards and
a preparation for citizenship then
Henry was educated. But if we re-
gard education as the preparation for
complete living, including whatever.
we do for oureelveo 'and whatever is
done for us by others for the express
purpose of helping us to live +he very
best kind of life, then education is
more than mere book learning. We
have all seen too many failures among
the so-called educated and too many
brilliant successes among those who
refused to .follow the grooves. It is
not the mere acquisition of knowledge
that counts but the ability to apply
the information that is the real test of
success.
When is a person educated? When
he responds efficiently to every social
situation in which be ands himself.
The child is being educated when he
Iearns to take .his part in the little
democracy of .the hone by helping to
wash the dishes and carry In the wood.
The man is educated when he makes
a success of his business or,profession,
assumes bis responsibilities as a citi-
zen, ]crows how to spend his leisure
moments, appreciates, the beautiful
and spiritual and ands some response
1n his soul to the Eternhl...It does not
matter whether he has acquired this
development of character in the home,
on the street, in business, or in reheat.'
Abraham Lincoln was 'regarded as a
superbly educated man and yet he was
very little- the. product of . any .school,
We have all known,some men who had
verylittle
of what,is coin l!
commonly m sly d
an education but .who were men of
deep• thought and solid judgment and
who were as well, if not better quali-
fied, to vote at electioas and succeed
in lifeassome of their grandchlldren t
who read only society or sporting
aerie in the papule and .revel in the
cinema.
,But what has platy to do with this?;
People In the country used to have ap
ple-parings, corn'huskings,' debating
societies, singing, classes and many!
otter social; literary, political'and re-
ligions gatherings where they'talked
about the current events aril playedl
together. There was a much tigher
average' attendance at the school in
those days. There they all learned to;
play -games a•nd incidentally learned!
to live together, for after all the great
purpose In going to•achool is to. learn
to live with ether people 1n the small
circle of the home, the larger circle of
the •community and the'largest circle
o1 the world.
e Tho supervised play -ground is just.
W. M. Merril
Ontario School .Trustees' and
Ratepayers' Assoclalon.
least utilized of our educational ie
Sources. '
-Supervision of the playground in-
creases its educational value many
told, I was at a meeting. of the Brant
Trustees' and Ratepayers' Association •'
recentlywhen eu a resolution was e
es passed
P
as
recommending eco din School Boardsra
h o
gt
n
vide for the supervision of the pupils
during the noon hour. The whole
county of Brant Ie'digsnized for re-
creational purposes; The 'schools in
England are organized to promote
football and cricket. Our public
1achool teachers should be given a
000111e in supervised play that would
enabie them to teachtheohlldren
games and assist In the recreational
aotivitise of the community. This
would encourage backward children
like Henry and restrain the domina-
tion of the bully.
Trying to estimate the value of the
playground one thinks of the innum-
erable ways in watch the sense per-
ceptions of the ahildren are quickened
and aroused to recognize and respond
to the things going on around them.
They gain self-control and learn the
art of readily and pleasantly co-oper-
ating with others, Such • attractive
and fundamental trete of character as
yoliteness, haneety, loyalty, justice
and obedience to law can best be ac-
quired when children ale practising
the art of living together can the Play-
ground.
layground. Playing le as great a reality
to them as work is to adults, and if
people learn in childhood to play do-
gether they will be able to work to-
gether. The boy without a playground
beconies the man without a- job.
Plenty of room for dives and. dens
(glitter and glare and ainl).
Plenty of roots for prison pens' (gath-
er the criminate in!)
Plenty of room for jails and courts
(willing enough to pay!)
But never a place for the lads to race;
no, never a place to playl
?le`nty of room for shops and stores
(Mammon must have the beet!)
Plenty of room for the running sores
that rot in the city's breast,
Plenty ,of room for the lures that lead
the hearts o1 our youth astray,
But never a cent on a playground spent
no, never a place to play!
Plenty a1 room for selectee and halls;
plenty of room for art;
Plenty of room for teas and balls, plat-
• • . • form, stage and mart,
Proud fs the city—she finds a place
• for many a fad.today,
But she's more than blind if she falls
to find a place for ties boys to
play!
Give them a chance for innocent sport„
give them a chance for fun—
Better a playground plot than, a court
and a jail when the' harm is
done!
Give them a chance --if you stint them
now to -morrow you'll have to
pay
Larger bill for a darker iii, so .give
• them_ca plaee'to play!
Prince Escapes Injury
in Fall from Horse
A despatch from London •says:-
While fanning the hounds near Mel
ton -Mowbray on Friday the Prince of
Wales suffered his second serious Spill
of the' season. He Tended on his ear
and bruised has face considerably, but .
was not severely injured. 1 -Ie remount-
ed' at once;
tent
as po factor -in education as the
formal elasses in the school;- When
the question arose among the' Athena
ass many centuries ago, as to. whether.,
•they should build a great public school.
or open a playground it was decided tee s
pen the play-grouud. It carne to passe.:,
that the citizens of that city advanced
'so far beyond the rest of the human
raoe'that the uat'ions that have gone':-
on building public et:Imola and nee -
hiding to; open plea -grounds have not
;been able eo catch up with them. We
are beginning. to place more.vahoo on,
the school grounds. Sites have some,.
times .. been 'selected for .scb.00ls in
cities, towns and rural per because
the piece of ground was n0 .0 0 forG•j
anything else... The first school built
in ary,-Ird., had two acres of play-!
ground, the seemed had four, the third -•
eleven, the fourth twenty-five, and• 1:
wonder *bat the next will be. I was
et a sehco•l meeting In Keswick, North
York, recently, 'when they nnan1mous . . . Opposes.Tasc.hereari .
ly decided to purchase five acres of: • Artlraur Sauve, the neadernef the 0 -
i?
splendlcl laud for the site o1 a new • position irr the Qltobec• parliament, Who
sohool. They mean to use It. fora led the Conoervative campaign in Que-
comniunity play -ground. The school''bec.' Mr. Sauve is keenly interested
is the 0110 public institu.tion that la in in agricultural affairs aria all rural
every .community and it makes the Problems, and has hada wide e ftbo..
d i^iel
best possible:"community centt'e, but experience in the leading French -Gantry
-
the school -yard has been, one• of the diem papers.
erioneriateisitaaaassesieseeeene
First Caxnadian,Wool,
Comblxag plant Bee.
gilts E3x�cHotio_ts
PI1e•Platui l'Resour•ces Tnao1-.
li;enceService of tio Depart-
sent of the Interior says;,
The taint v.-coltnnbinte plant
in Canada, to modueo tops far
the trade, that of Ube Dominion
Coml iosg"'14lrtts, Ltd has just
begun open-itions.;at Trenton,
Ont. ale comp airy as capital-
Ized at 52,009,000 and -their Tao.
tory is of the moat Modern
type•
Last year Canada produced
over 22,600,000 lbs, of raw wool,
a large percentage of which
was suds'that it had' to be eonb-
ed before it could be used in the
worsted' industry, ° : • During. the.
same period this country im-
ported from Etrgland and for-
eign countries 'over 7,000,000
lb's, of tops or combed wool, far
use in the . Canadian spinning
mills. • The new Canadian, in
dustry well produce the top; or
combed wool, which aro .now
being imparted. heretofore
about 80 per cent.' of the v,00l
grown in Canada has )tad to bo
exported to be combed into tops
for use i the *inning ill f
n s mills ni m
7? g
this country. Y
GRANDSON IS BORN
TO THEIR MAJESTIES
H.R.H. Princess Mary, Wife
of Viscount Laiscellea, Gives
Birth to Son.
A despatch from London sayer—
Princess Mary, wife of Viscount Lasa
cellos, has given birth to a son.
The•followingofficial announcement
was issued from Cheaberfteld House:
"Her Royal Highness Princess
Mary, Viscountess Lascelles, has given
birth to a son at 11.15 p.m., Wednes-
day, February 7. Her Royal Highness
and son are doing well.
(Signed) "Henry Sinxson,
"Stanley Hewitt."
The son born to Princess Mary, and
Viscount Lascelles is the drat grand-
son to come to King George and Queen
Mary; for none of their other 'children
is yet married, although the engage-
mentof their second son, the Duke of
York, to Lady Elizabeth Bowes -Lyon,
daughter of the Earl and Countess ofr.
Strathmore and Kinghorne,' was an-
nounced last month.
As conditions of inheritance now
are, the baby is sixth from the Throne,
being preceded by the Prinee of Wales
and his .surviving brothers, the Duke
of York and Princes Henry and
George, and their sister, Princesa
Mary.
Prineess Mary and Viscount Las.
Belles were married on February 28,
1922.
LOAN TO AUSTRIA
ARRANGED BY LEAGUE
European Countries Promised
$160,000,000 for Rehabili-
tation: Purposes.
London, Feb. 10.—One of the most
,solid achievements the League of Na..
tions hire yet aoeomplished began to
function to -day when •tine Austrian
Finance Minister, Herr Kienbock, this
after/elan obtained the promise of
Lonclon baskets to subscribe about
54,000,000" of the proposed loam -tw.
Austria.
• This is part of the plan adopted at
the last meeting Oct' the League Court -
oil in Paris orfiiraneial.rehxbititatian'
of,Austrra-
The .feta) loan dsrom'ieed by Grea1
Britairn, France, Italy, Cxecho-
Slovakia, Spain, •B 6gIum, S�t..er-
land, and possab}y Sweden 1Denrrtark;
Norway' and. Holland; will- rile ''bout'
1160,000,000. However, all the pow-
ers,concerned realize theprevvent time,
partially because of the confinseon in-
cident to oocupation of the .Rtuhe, is
unfavorable for realization o'f fais
amoun
Aeoart-
dingly, Auseiia is at present
only arranging to, cell for 515,000,000,
which is expected 1'o cover all the pa-
per money' Austria will have to issue
before the end' of May. By that time
negotiations will be under way fox
raising the remaining 5146,000,000,
and Austria hopes the United Staten
will subscribe a large share,
Boat for Arctic Work
Secured by Capt. Brnier
A despatch from, Lone}on tRys:—
Captain J. E, Bvernier, the weal, known
Arctic explorer, will rehear, to Canada
in a': few days after spencl#Yag • two
nldnths bare, Captain Bxernier's raise
sidti was to 'procure a vessel 'enitable*
far Aretac exploration and chaslr'tg',
poachers who prey on •set}ls in .'Oen;
adian waters. Ile has been ,offered a .
boat of the desired kind with iada
turn of speed and he will, reoommena
its piu elease to the Government oo hie
return.
Capt. Buernier lectured at the ,(toys,;
al Colonial Institute dori r , ''s titan
here' and was hk'
eon atnl .
a� well
>n it by w
known' British explorers: 0141 sea e
tains on the energetic rrroa"�,,It1wy iii
wluit'h: Ise has painted the A,retie a
patriotic red,
Few pearl ;diver's ere'.able to 1orlow
thevoeatiou store than live yeas',.