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Europe Versus U.S.
A View of a U.S. Authority
Who Has Studied Crime
and Criminals in Both
Countries •
Wo in Canada pride ourselves, and
riglitiy so, on our courts of justice,
THE TONIC THAT
GIVES STRENGTH
After Acute Diseases the Blood
Must be Built Up Before
Recovery is Complete.
• Fevers and other acute diseases like
our law observance and ,enforce-
ment.law pneumonia and influenza, leave the
We know that law enforce patient wealc,� with thin blood and' un-
inent with our neighbors to the south strung nerves. The period of coir
is not thein strong point, so it is with veleseenoc is often long and trying,
interest we read an article comparing a.n0 years of poor health have ire•,
the U. S. with Europe as to crime and quality
followed so brief an ringers as
treatment of criminals. The Polyglot an attacl of influenza, or pneumonia,
Much of this sort of misery could
population to the .south of the` line 1)o avoided by taking slope to build
and the resultant tmstability of cit'- tip Lhe blood co that it can carry to
zenelelp is a factor which enters into Shr "Let rue spnti?t."
politics across the line. Politics cause the nerves end other tissues of the
body the elements 'they need 1.o re Ile—'You moan continuo, don't
len.1 hair splitting to, boost Party store their normal functional activi- you?"
.cling lawyers. 1Dr. Louis N. Robin- ties
To build nup theblood -
es
and re describes thesituation I
o as
t i a mem- m n name,
There r nothing i a me
1'1 may be no ii
00
store 1't to its rich,. health -giving vig y g
bei of the National Crime Oonnnis-brit who would want to be nam
or,. no other medicine can equal Dr.
sion. he says: Williams' Pink P111e: Prom first to Sknuk't
"Though there is no ]at-doevn in last it Is their mission
to improve the
Europe in the general attempt to
blood thus restore "What is the rent of this room; in -
01011e punishment for wrong -doing and Vigor,.goad health eluding the piano?" "Well," suggest-;
swift and certain, the thing that The value of these pills in condi-
Wilma one's attention is the. absence, tions described above is shown by the
of any tendency to -turn to mare se- statement of Mrs. Rebecca O'Brien,'
vers penalties or to a harsher prison Pembroke, Ont., who says;—"In Nov.,
regime in the effort to stamp out 1923, I: was stricken with pneumonia,
crime. Everywhere there is mauffest and at the time but little hope was
a movement to soften the asperities' held out for my recovery, however,.
-o1 -the penal law and ao mitigate the with the best of care 1 was able to
former harshness of prison discipline. walk about after some months. But I
'`The long sentences recently -imposed did not recover 'my strength. The
Lay certain American judges are re- doctor told me I was anaemic. My
gai•ded by European students as a re- appetite was eoor.I grow nervous and
Money isn't everything, but every-
thing takes money!.
A miss"is often good fora smile.
Some folks don't have to patronize
loan sharks. They 'could starve.
Patent (gaspingly)—"I seem a little.
better, doctor, 'lint Pin still short of.
breath.
Doctor-"I3avo patience and we'll
stop, that."
Gladys sayo her friend Clarice is
off again. She thinks that the hem-
lock in an • attachment for a sowing -
machine.
ed the landlady, "perhaps you'd be 90
good as to play me something, first"—
From Tho Outlook,
Had to Learn English.
Among the many contacts of Sir
Arthur Currie in France, was one with
a Frenchman, a working man whose
mastery of .English amazed the Gen-
eral. The man used even Canadian
slang.
"Where did you learn to speak Eng -
tern to the cruelty of the Middle Ages, restless, 1 was deathly pale and prat- Gish so well?" Sir Arthur asked.
and a further increase in the barhari tically gave up hope oe ever being "I learned it in Regina," replied the
Moe of our prisons 11 diliCnit to ox- strong again. However, remembering. Frenchman. "1 had to learn English
plain to those Europeans.
"The question will now be' asked:
On what do •European countries rely
to keep down crime? Leaving out of
cccount these social ameliorations of
which both Europeans and Americans
aro tally conscious as tending, tce les-
sen crime, 1 would say that the main
that in my girlhood I had taken Dr,
Williams' Pink leilla with decided_suc-
cess, I decided to try them again. By
tho time I had used two boxes there
was no doubt the pills were helping
me. Continuing their use I was soon
able to attend to my household Maine.
I continued taking theni pills, hovever,
until I' used h dtwelve
a boxes, by
which time I waxjoY g n in>
e better
Health than at any time in the pre-
vious ten years. In gratitude for what
the pills have elope for 010, I give this
statement in the hope that it may
point tho way to health to some other
weak, despondent woman."
You eau get these pills from any
medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cts.
a box from The Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine Co., Brockville, Ont.
there. When you get as • far west as
Regina and tell them yeti 'cent speak
English, they tell you to ge to hell."
reliance is on the police, In other
t d, while we Americans 1 a
cans s
eem to
thigh that t
crime Can bo held i n
check
'. punishing i 1
h
sCveretY anins insignificant Ili J.s
Iy� i
i
rL `�
fraction of our criminals, Europeans
believe that it is far more effective to
impose reasonably mild penalties on
a- large proportion of those who of-
fend.
"A short time ago an investigation
in two of the leading cities' of 14Iis-
solid revealed the fact that, whereas
information had been laid before' the
a► police concerning some 14,000 major
felonies, arrests had followed in only
8 per cent. of the cases. worse --it
was shown that a total of only 3 per
cent. had been found, or had pleaded,
guilty, e
"To trent to the efficacy of punish-
ing severely the 3 per cent, while al-
lowing the 97 per cent, to escape scot-
free would scarcely appeal to a Euro-
pean as an example of our boasted ef-
O ficiency or our hard common sense.
They, on the contrary, have built up
- non-political police forces that make
It decidedly risky for an individual to
engage in clime,
"The second thing that impresses
the visitor to European prisons is the
existence, in the care and treatment
of prisoners, of a standard of care
"e steadily and faithfully maintained, To
,,,t throw out the entire staff of a prison
from the warden clown to the lowest
guard simply to make places for the
friends of the incoming administra-
tion, and to have this process repeat-
ed over and over again as has been
done in many of our States, is a thing
utterly abhorrent to the .European's
notion of public administration or of
proper public protection of society
from crime."
Richmond Times -Dispatch says in
reply:
"There's nothing 'wrong with the
criminal laws of the States or of the
United States; so far as the detection
et persons who have colnmltted-
crimes which fall within tho category
of malum in so is concerned, there's
nothing wrong with the police of the
States or of the United States. When,
the vast expanse of the United Status.
is compared with the densely popu-
lated countries In which Dr. Robinson
re investigated conditions, the American
Police are as able and keen as the
police of any other country.
"What Dr, Robinson has overlooked,
apparently, is the -difference between
the administration of the criminal
laws in tiro United States and in other
countries. It isn't the fault of the
laws in the United States that offend
' ere go unpunished; 1t isn't the fault
of the police; it isn't because of mild-
er ponalties in Europe than are pro-
vided. in America that 0110)1nals are
punished in Great Britain and on the
Continent who would go free in
America. As a matter of fact, the
4116,„, English criminal lava f'ra`il lyliirh Zee 1
• seen aro derived are quite ad severe
as mere.
.cue difference is that the criinl021
laws aro more laxly 5tlminlsterel 111
the United States than in any other
civilized country in the world. Our
Whole system of criminal jurisprud-
ence is maintained in such a manner
as to throw every safeguaa•d around
the criminal to protect him from so -
Meter, rather than to throw every safe-
guard around society to pi'tect it from
the criminal. Our Legislatures enact
adequate laws; our police ceecttte
diem; then our system of criminal
trials, with its sentimentality and its
mush and its play-acting by lawyers
and its demurrers and ita bah slrlit•
time and its expert evidence and its
Coined phrases of e:ccese and pallia-
tion, casts the offenilers loose."
Open-door life helps 111011 10 1013,0 an
open life.
;.y
$$$$$$$$$$
"You know there's nothing like
them mountains to get rid of the old
surplus."
"I'll say there's noel I've gotten
rid of about one thousand in the past
two, weeks myself."
Britain's Colonial Empire
Auckland Weekly News (N.Z.): The
Colonial Empire of Great Britain
covers more than 2,000,000 square
miles. Most of it is tropical in liar -
Fast Work.
Bug—"Where you goin' in such a
Hurry?"
Snail--"I'ni finishing that twelve
inch marathon I started last sum-
mer!"
MADE FUER BABY
PLUMP AND WELL
Nothing makes a mother more
grateful than a benefit conferred up-
on her child. Mothers everywhere
who have used Baby's Own Tablets
for their children speak in enthusias-
tic terms of them. For instance, Mrs.
Zepterin Lavoie, Three Rivers, Que.,
writes:—"Baby's Own Tablets . are a
wonderful medicine for little ones.
They never fail to regulate the baby's
stomach and bowels, and make him.
plump and well. I always keep a box
of the Tablets in the house and would
advise all mothers to do likewise."
Most of the ordinary ailments of child-
hood arise in the stomach and bowels,
and can be quickly banished by
Baby's Own Tablets. These Tablets
relieve constipation and indigestion,
break up colds and simple fevers, ex-
pel worms, allay teething pains and
promote healthful sleep. They are
guaranteed to be free from injurious
drugs and are safe even for the. young-
est and moot delicate child. Tito Tab -
atter, yielding a diversity' of products lets are sold by medicine dealers or
in true tropical profusion. From that by mail at 25c. a box from The Dr,
Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville,
upset it is an asset of incalculable Ont.
value. Many parts of it must be left
almost entirely to,.tho native inhabit- Merchants and Politics
ants, for the European can live and
wont there •only ler limited periods.
This 1s true of much tropical terri-
tory, If it complicates administra-
tion, it simplilfos 1110 future, in that
aspirations toward autonomy will
come slowly, and there will not be the
clash between the interests of native
an0 European which other colonies
and. Dominions experience. Central
and Eastern Africa are not of this
character.
•
Hong Kong Press: Tho ineffective -
nese of the merchant °lass in Canton
is creating a feeling of pessimism.
They do not participate in polities to
appear to be unable to unite in any
way to make their influence felt. They
should be able to procure a dignified
interview with the militarists and
politicians of the Kuomintang now
controlling affairs in the city, but in-
stead of this it is said that they havo
decided to follow the example set by
This 1s one of the worst years on factory girls of camping out in front
record for mosquitoes, but they never of official buildings in order that the
had such opporianitles before. -•-Port. officials may be forced to listen to
land Oregonian. their grievances. According to pre -
gent arrangements, Canton merchants
w111 camp in front of the Canton Gov-
ernment house with the idea of per-
suading the Kuomintang Administra-
tion to reconsider their order to tax
necessities as luxuries.
=--.1
It is still permissible in Chicago to
Isay that neighbors live within gun
shot of each other.—Arkansas Gazette.
I -
.-Because he did not enter a plea of
insanity a murderer charged in
America has been remanded for the
state of his mind to be inquired into,
i'uneh..
McI l 1.1e1.4, lam, $nue( 1.77
Ate
00
Pure tea of finest quality, free of dust
and, packed in Aluminum.
A party of British public school boys arrived in Canada on Saturday on
the White' Star liner Atbertic to make a tour of Montreal, Ottawa,
Toronto, Algonquin Park and New York, to become better acquainted.
with Canadian boys and ,to understand the points of view of other
nations by means of personal friendship. . They are in charge of Rev.
E. S. Fellowes-Farrow', M.A., F.R.G.S., of Cambridge University;
third from the left in the front row, and Rev. Howard J. Rosa, M.A.;
of Oxford University, on the extreme right.
ELPING BUILD CANADA
Starting Young Canadians Right With a Healthy Foundation
is Recognized as of National Importance
A SPLENDID EFFORT
Government. Caps a Notable Year With a Notable
Publication
The Dominion Government has just published "The Canadian
Mother's Book," written by Dr. Helen MacMurchy, chief of the
Division of Child Welfare of the Department of Health at Ottawa.
The foreward—"The greatest gift is a child, and the greatest
honor is to be a mother," and the introduction—"This book has
been written for you—a Canadian mother. The Government of
Canada knowing that the nation is made of homes, and that the
homes are made by the father and mother, recognizes you as
one of the Makers of Canada. No National Service is greater or
better than the work of the Mother i
In her Own Home. The
First
IJ
Mother is the e
Servant of the State."—These These tell the story.
Simply Told
Dr. MacMurchy is to be congratulat-
ed upon the simplicity and clearness
of the language with which, she tells
her story of how to care for young
Canadians, Dr, MacMurchy used to be
teacher of Literature in the Old Gram -
near School or Jarvis Collegiate Insti-
tute in Toronto and well does the re-
viewer remember how colloquialisms
and Popular expressions were frowned
upon by the Doctor when she en-
deavored to teach him the rudiments
of the English language. The Doctor,
a master of English, has worded her
book in the simplest manner pos-
sible and where popular expressions
carried her thought most forcetully
she has used such expressions until
the result Is absolutely clear, read-
able, and understandable by nnyoue
who can read words of two syllables.
To stress the important points Dr.
MacMurchy has resorted to repetetion
so that any one seriously wanting
to benefit by her instruction can-
not possibly fail to have her truths
driven home. She has written, for
the good o1 the great mass of
Canadian women in average circum-
stances. Fier simple, direct and inti-
mate language proves her as great a
master of English as ofphyscology.
A New Era
The old time method of "rocking
the baby," picking up the darling,'•'
"cuddling the little pet" is past and
Dr, MacMurchy has stressed the
point so often forgotten that the first
year of a baby's Ole is made up of
sleep, food and bath. The reviewer's
personal experience, arrived at
through watching and helping his bet-
ter half raise a fair steed family fully
confirms the Doctor's methods,
Free For The Asking
The publishing of the Canadian
Mother's Book is without doubt one of
the most notable events marking
Canada's Jubilee Year and every
mother, prospective and expectant,
sbould have this most excel-
lent publication which will be mailed
Free by simply writing and asking for
it to the Department of Health, Ot-
tawa, Canada.
Advice to Doctors
Being a mere newspaper man the
reviewer hesitates to offer advice to
the mod•lcial profession but as the
father of a successfully raised family
who has been through the experience
he does notlbesitate to say that every
doctor in city or country should keep
a supply of these little books on band
and give one to every wife and
mother. We congratulate the gov-
ernment on their Chief of the Division
of Child Welfare and -we congratulate
Dr, MacMurcby on such a noteworthy
achievement.
Opium Monopoly in China
Singapore Free Press: The news
that Chiang Kai Sleek is returning to
the old system of farming out the
opium monopoly as a means of rais-
ing revenue, is a sufficient indication
that financially affairs are far from
satisfactory with the new Govern-
ment. It would of course have sorted
ill with membership of the League of
Nations when praying to be free from
a foreign drug tyranny in one's own
country, but now that the Chinese
delegate to Geneva has departed It is
possible to sacrifice the shadow of
morality for the substance of ma-
terialism and to make use of the
tyranny to produce funds for the con-
tinuation of campaigns.
Experiments of more than
thirty years have prover that
Aluminum is the best tion-
tainer for tea. Red Rose Tea
is now packed only in Alumi-
num, and every package is
guaranteed to be zn perfect'
condition. — 2T 1
Moderates Prevail
Nene Freie Presse (Vienna); The
report of the Trade Unions Commis-
sion on the development of free Trade
Unions in 1920 shows that the move-
ment; 1n spite oe the prevailing up -
favorable ,g enomfd conditions, et-
perieuceti but a Comparatively little
seback during the pass year. The
large amount of unemployment and
the worsened position of the emptor
ed on account of short time did not
react upon membershipp in the man-
ner that, might have boort expected.
The unions were kept particularly
busy during the year in trying to ef-
fect wages improvements for the
workers. Although in such times it
is usual for the extreme elements to
gain the upper hand, this was fortun-
ately not the case with the Austrian
unions last year, for moderation was
the keynote of their policy and ac-
tions,
Mlnard'a Liniment eases sore feet.
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Britain and U.S.
National Review: No two communi-
ties are more superficially alike and
more fundamentally dissimilar, and
the whole tragedy of Anglo-American
relations consists in the confusion
created by our insistence on regard-
ing the United States, as a sort of
Siamese Twin .of Great Britain—two
nations united in a common destiny
who must perforce think alike on
every important issue and co-operate
in a common policy animated by com-
mon aims and aspirations, etc. It is
we who are to blame for the manifold
blunders into which this misconcep-
tion of the real relations between the
English-speaking nations continually
misleads us.
The Willow of St. Helena
London Truth: As everybody knows,
Americans have a erase for collecting
hotel spoons, door -knockers, mile-
stones,
ilestones, or anything useful as evidence
of their peregrinations, One Phineas
P. Daly took a fancy to the weeping -
willow on Bonaparte's grave at St.
Helena and transferred it to his Con-
necticut,garden In 1800. His heir an
Historian named Reynolds, recently
instructed the 'United States Ambtid.
sador In Paris to offer it as a present
to the French Republic, which he re-
garded as Bonaparte's next of kin.
t has taken some transplanting, but
e now 011 its way to the garden of
the Invalides, that last resting -place
of Bonapartist illusions.
Mlnsrd's Liniment relieves backache.
To feel much for others', and little
for ourselves; to restrain our selfish
and exercise our benevolent ,affec-
tions, conetitutes the perfection of hu -
reale nature.—Adam Smith,
It Is about time to call off these
record-breaking stunts. The silty Bee-
son and the vacation months are about
over, It is time we got back 1.0 work
and -sanity.
ISSUE No, 38--'27
,112
REP ROSE ORANGE PEKOE is extra good.
Silo Filling
Practically ' ever since silos came
into use it has been one of the cardi-
nal rulesof silo 'poreation that the
silage must be very thoroughly tramp-
led as put in, to prevent molding and
spoilage. This job of trampling in the
silo is one of tiie most disagreeable
ones en the farm, andthe good wages
demanded :adds quite a little to the
emit of filling the silo.
The high cost an0 searity of labor
led a number of farmers 1n dlffeffrent
sections of the country to try the plan
of filling without trampling, and sev-
eral have used it the last three or four
years with perfect success. Many
clang that there is less loss from
spoilage in silos filled this way, than
under the old plan of two or three men
trampling down the silage.
By not trampling the tillage, and us-
ing a smallensilage cutter and tractor,
and a binder with bundle -loading at-
tachment, a farmer and his hired man.
or boys can fill the silo without extra
help, greatly reducingthe cast and
labor of filling the silo,
The advocates of the non -trampling
plan recommended cutting the silage
in one -fourth -inch lengths, adding
plenty lent of water if the corn 1s frosted
and dry, and directing the filler pipe at
the •centre of the silo, allowing the
ensilage to fill up In a conical shaped
pile, the tenter tending to push down
and out, packing the ensilage tightly
and eliminating air spaces.
Experiments carried on at some of
the agricultural experiment stations
indicate tbat these farmers are right,
and that where the silage Is cut rather
fine and made rather wet, that there
is little, if any, more spoiled silage
than with the older and more costly'
method. It is important that the sil-
age be quite damp, so that water can
be squeezed out of a handful, that the '
elle not be filled too rapidly, and that
it be refilled after settling. Also, It
is recommended that the top two or
three feet be even wetter than the
average, and be tramped well. I.W.
As we understand the report of the
commission,• the Leaning Tower of
Pisa is safe so long as it doesn't got
muah leaner,—Nem York Evening
Post.
In the opinion of a well-known
judge some husbands are too sus-
pieious of their w1v03. Still, there is
good cause for suspicion when a man
finds a long hair on his wife's should-
ers.
If this year's Tunney-Dempsey fight
should prove to be a financial success,
it is likely that, Tex Rickard will hold
the 1928 Dempsey -Tummy light 1n
Chicago again.
Marry In baste and you'll never
have any leisure to repent in. -E1
Paso Times.
Tennis Rackets Re -Strung
Golf Clubs Repaired
All work done and guaranteed by
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on Request.
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!`I RATIS. (LITTLE FRIEND) TO
A either sex; mailed in plain envelope._
Paris Specialty Co., Montreal.
Because of his tender years, the lit-
tie King of Roumania will not be
charged with the responsibilities of
modern kings, a dispatch says. "And
what," King Alfonso and Ring Victor
Emmanuel might ask in chorus, "are
those"
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ofurityuticur
The P� a.
Purity
' Makes It Unexcelled
For AllToilet -ilei Pur oses'
Foot Weary and Sore?
Bathe and rub well with
Minard's. Soothing and re-
lieving.
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LEFT s
HER VERY till EAK
Letter Tells of Wonderful
Relief After Taking Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
Coniston, Ontario.—"After a se-
vere operation and a three weeks'
stay in a hospital
1 returned hone
so weak that Iwas
unable to move a
chair. For four
months I wos al-
most frantic with
pains and suffer-
ing until Ithought
sure there could
not be any help
for me, I had very
severe pains in my
left side and suf-
fered agony every month. One day
when I was not able to get up 1117
mother begged me to try your med-
icine. lily husband got me a bottle
of Vegetable Compound at once and
I took it. I started a second :bottle',,
and to my surprise and joy the pains
in my side left me completely and
am able to do all my work without
help, I ani a farmer's wife, so yota
see 1 can't be idle lent In all, I have
taken six bottles of T� die E. Pink -
ham's Vegetable Con pound, flue
boxes of the i omt7ound Tablets two
bottles of Lydia 1;. Pinkhmn's blood
Medicine, and have also used the San-
ative Wash, "—Mrs. L. LAJocucrsssr;,
Box 103, Coniston, Ontario. ra
_
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Colds Headache
Pain Neuralgia
Neuritis Lumbago
Toothache Rheumatism
NOT AFFECT THE HEART
Acte t
on "Bayer" package
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Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tahlete
Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists,
depirin le the trade mark (registered to Canada) et Bayer )taenraeture of atoneneetle-
eoldeeter or anlleyticacid ' (Acetyl eallerlla Acid, 'A. 3, A."). while 11 1a well 1no'xu
that Aaplrlu means Bayer mannfaeture, to angst the puhltu agaloat Imltallons the Tahlrta
of Barer Company tv111 be stamped with their general trade mark, 4116 ' Paivr 01000."