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How to Attract the Birds
r Dr. A IH Palmer
nest, as it frightens bothr the Young
In one of his Poems, Chaucer tails and their parents. Nests built in
us that the birds ehooee their mates
en February 14, St. Valentine's Xiay.
For this reason St. Valentine is usual-
ly regarded as the patron saint of
birds. Elven though we may not de -
shrubbery arel Moly to come to a bad
end if the birds are disturbed frequ*
entle, If .grouud-nesting birds, as
,bobolinks, meadowlarks, an bob-
whites are to bo protected, grams in
fight in fanciful thought of this kind, the nesting fields must out be out
we all love the birds and wish to see during the breeding season, Eng -
many of them in our midst. If we lisp sparrows will drive other birds
-will but protect them and provide away; the -common blueiay le also a
them with suitable meeting -places, tyrant among birds, and will some -
food, and water, they will be our Intl- times •destroy the eggs and kill the.
plate friends. Where birds are shel- young ot oihor birds nesting in the
tered from harm and provided with neighborhood of its home.
ample food they are frequeut visitors. Nothing has a more ,potent attrac-
Both in summer and in winter, birds tion for birds than drinking and bath -
are ever in search of food and water;' Ing places,. The birds' water supply
where these are ,plentiful the birds should he a pool not more than a few
will be plentiful also, ' I inches deep, the bottom sloping grad
Though many native birds build wally upward toward the edge, Both
nests on the ground, most birds nest bottom and edge should be rough so
in trees or shrubs. For this rats= as to afford a safe footing. A. large
trees and shrubbery are essential fol pottery saucer is an excellent 'device,
making a place attractive to our or the pool may be made of concrete
feathered friends-. Such, shrubs or even metal, if the surface is rough -
should be allowed to form thickets, ened. The bird bath may be elevated,
and should be pruned back severely or on the ground, if on an open space
when young so as to provide numer- where skulking enemies cannot ap-
onsesctciies adapted for nesting -sites. proach too near. A water supply is
Birdhouses and bird -boxes are sought appreciated in winter as well as in
when no tree cavities are available. summer.
Such bird -houses can be purchased Food supply is the vital actor in
r-^•'•- made from dealers, or any boy bird life and the most important
skillful with a hammer and saw can single offering that can be made to at-
ees.,,r construct them. tract birds. It is important to note
The most common errors in putting that an ample supply of food prior
cut bird -houses are. choosing poor lot- to and during the nestih g •sc on
ations and supplying too many boxes. tends to increase the number of eggs
A bird -house needs only partial laid and also the number of broode
shade; houses on poles are usually in a season. Bird food may bo sup -
occupied. Martins prefer a house plied in two ways,—by planting trees,
standing apart from trees. The wren shrubs, and herbs which' produce
prefers a small house, having a small seeds or rfuits relished y birds, and
entrance, and does not fear the close by exposing food in artificial devices..
approacb• of people, though it is much The most familiar phase of the latter
afraid of cots, dogs and chickens. En- method' la winttr feeding. During the
trances to bird -houses should be shel- season when the natural food supply
tered by projecting roofs, and should is at its lowest ebb birds respond
face away from the prevailing wind most readily to our .hospitality. Win -
end rain storms. All bird -houses ter feeding has become very popular,
should be constructed so that the in- and the result has been to bring
tenor may ba easily examined and
about better understanding between
cleaned in the autumn; this is line birds and humvating their natural food plants andan kind. The winter
wino them em to reap the harvest in
portant to permit a season's rubbish' foods commonly used include suet or allowing
ltalloo own may induce them
to be thrown out before the begin- l other fat, pork rinds, bones with
meats, cut-up
Rayon Industrie
Likely to Treble
Xn. a recent analysis of the artificial
or rayon sick industry; the Depart-
ment of the Interior, through itr Na-
tural Resources Intelligence Service,
states that small though the produc-
tion may be, the industry is growing
rapidly and output will possibly be
trebled in the near future. It is
pointed out that Canada holds a pre-
eminent position In the world as a
producer of the raw product -rayon
pulp, and that in fact over halt the
world's requirements of this material
is produced iu Canada.
Two processes are in use in Canada
for the production of rayon: the vis-
cose process and the celluose acetate
process. The bulk of the world's
rayon supply has so far been produced
by the viscose method, in which the
raw material is bleached sulphite wood
pulp in the supply of which Canada
predominates. The first artificial silk
plant established in Canada uses the
viscose process; at present a large
addition being erected to this plant
will double its output. The second
plant, which is just about to get into
production of artificial silk, uses the
cellulose acetate process, in which the
principal raw material is cotton lin- of pits operated in Canada.
tees. It is notable, however, that large
quantities of acetic acid manutactured Our Largest Structural Timber
in Canada will be used in this indus-
try and that It will be a large user
of Canadian hydro -electric energy. ; in Canada is produced by the Douglas
There is also hope that In time meth- I an The wood of this tree is one of
ods w111 be worked out to apply the the hardest, heaviest ,stiffest, and
celluose acetate process In the treat- strongest of all native Canadian tim-
e.
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F''•;:. a ° '�,:1'`� YK,'t'•ro>='' A'^y'� R 5 c: -: }i :.trk.vx� aw. L� v. + meat of wood pulp, thus utilizing
:,;x..' ,;<j<, rtis,C :. ,� _.�, -_� _ _,.- w- ties are used in bridge building, wharf
uadian raw materials entirely.
___ DIGNITY AND DIVILMENT That there is an excellent outlook construction, and heavy framework of
Jane Steele, aged 9, who travelled from New York alone, has for the rayon industry in anada is eveall kinds.
dent from the fact that production is I
a bit of fun with a guardsman at Buckingham.'
„_...,,.._.. --- --••-- :still far from catching up with the ; Civilization is • the condition an
thein power to attract them is gone wild fruit will tido them over. Forte- steadily increasing, domestic require- which one generation pays the last
when winter is over. Winter toed Palely, everywhere in Canada there monts. Recent trade statistics for the generation's debts by issuing bonds
Ing easily passes into summer feed- are some fruits that persist until calendar year 1927 show imports of,for the next generation to pay.
rayon and its products amounting OP
37,112,000, compared with 5,6.06,000 ld
1020. There hare been 110 exports ca
far of Canadian rayon yarn, but vibe*
the Ind $try has been, expanded ears',
goiently to take care of domeatic re.'
quirements there its little doubt that
Canada will be heard from in world
trade in this most useful textile, ,
Opening National Parks
to Motorists
The building of first-class motor
highways and the provision of camp•
sites and other facilities have served
to make the Canadian national parks
much more accessible to our own peo-
ple, and it is a notleeable fact that
Canadians are alive to the opportune
ties which are open to them; tourist
records show that a higher percentage
of Canadians is visiting these great
reserves each year.
v
Sand and Grave! Pits in
Canada
deposits of sands and gra-
occur in all provinces of Canada,
of this wide dire
Natural
vele
and as
a consequence
tribution, the low value of these ma-
terials, and the 'ubiquitous demand
chiefly for filling and structural pur-
poses, there are a very large number
to London
Ing, and experience proves that some
birds gladly avail themselves through-
out the yeas of this easy mode of
getting a living. T-Iowever, by culti-
ning of the next spring. I shreds of meat,
As a rule, birds do not like to be apples, birdseed, buckwheat, crackers,
1 i thickly studded -crumbs cocoanut meat, cracked corn,
1 a few of them broken g
to earn their own living, as it were.
Feeding fruit -eating birds is. bestac-
crowded; if a place s oomplished by planting selected
with birdhouses on y k do dlscuits or other bread, species of fruit -bearing shrubs and
will be occupied. Birds not only do hemp send, millet, nut meats of all trees, Through late spring and suna-
not want bird neighbors too near, kinds, especially peanuts, allele or mer there is usually abundance of do-
but are impatient of human meddling. I rolled oats, Peppers, pop -corn, pump- sect food in addition to- fruit enough
They should therefore be granted as kin and squash seeds, raw and boil- for all the birds. So far as fruit
i as possible during the ed rice, sunflower seeds, and wheat. alone is concerned, autumn is the sea-
nesting season; there is a tradition i The waste product of grain mills
mute- pr vacy
to the effect that bird eggs will never known as screenings is a valuable and
be hatched if a human being has inexpensive source of food for birds.
breathed upon them; one should Those who desire to have birds
never go near the bird young in a about their homes should not feel that
Uncovered At Last
THE PUZZLING SPHINX
The Addle ancient Egyptians left for future generabhonis to solve is now
welly cleared of salad,
Date Palms
Prosper in U.S.
The Oriental Tree Planted in
the Southwest Yields
Bountiful Harvest of
Fruit
America it crosses Mexico, just touch-
ing the Southern States. The culti-
vation of the date palm proceeded
along this line.
Toward the East, in China, the date
is known as Persian candy. The
Arabs brought the palm and the art of
its cultivation with their conquests
across Northern Africa and into Spain.
The Spanish missionaries brought the
seed with them to Mexico and Cale
America has gone in for date cul- fornia, and under favorable conditions
ture. The -United States is doing bet- they got good crops and good food.
ter with the time-honored date palm In Assyrian times some wise ob-
of the Orient than the Orientals there- server discovered the art of artificta-
ally pollenizing the date palm. That
was perhaps the first scientific discov-
ery ever made. It has been of vast
importance to the culture ever since.
The process became a kind of cult in
Assyria and is portrayed on some of
the old monuments.
In the hands of the fariner5 of the
world the art moved very slowly until
the Agricultural Department of the
the United States took it up, The
British, the I'"rench and the Italians,
who had colonies of Moslem folk, Veit
that since they had bestir growing
thrives especially well in het valleys dates for so many ceeturies they knew
Where there are possibilities of help.- all that was possible of the art and so
tion. neglected to study it selenttflcally.
At the Teeple of Caiicer all around Tho United States, posseeeing no
the world there 18 a belt of still air, population of that kind when the Agee
n the Eastern world it is marked by' culneral Departtnent decided to study
i •
a line of deserts, beginning with Sa-'the date, looked at it entirely objoci
tiara and ending with Gobi, and in tlyely and found that many now things
eon of overflowing abundance; in
winter the supply gradually decreases,
and late winter and early spring are
the seasons ot actual scarcity: This
is the critical time of the ye:,ar for
birds and a plentiful supply of
there is no longer any need of tbem.
If enough are planted, no birds able
to live on this class of food should
starve. The best of these hong-per-
sisting fruits are juniper, bayberry,
thorn apples,' and related fruits, in
addition to holly and snowberry.
ivated fruit prince
Birds de
pally because the ,processes of cultiva-
tion diminish the wild supply. The
presence of wild fruit in a locality al-
ways serves to protect domestic vari-
eties,
arieties, especially when the wild trees
or shrubs are of the same kinds• as the
cultivated one and ripen earlier.
Suitable kinds may be selected for
protecting various fruits ac Lo
the season of ripening. Among those
most useful for the purpose are mul-
berry, wild blackberries, and wild
strawberries, servlceberry, wild cherry
and elderberry.
could be done with the tree, the fruit
and the actual cultivation.
Shoots of the choicest varieties
from many parts of the world, even
from the most remote oases, were
gathered and studied to seek varieties
suitable for American conditions. The
Eatomological Division was called into
consultation. Ages ago the busy in-
sects discovered the value of the date
palm and its fruit, and they have been
getting the first chance at it ever
since.
selves could do. A new Industry has
come into existence in that land with-
in a very few years, and the food mar-
ket is enriched thereby. Yet very
little news of this development has
reached the reading world.
The date palm is perhap3 the oldest
known cultivated fruit tree in the
world, The earliest records of the
Sumerian and Babylonian people in
the Pltiphrates and Tigris 'Valleys
show that the date palm was widely
tended by farmers several thousand
years before Christ. It is a plant that
All the date palms were found to
be infected. The maturing of the
fruit was much delayed by various
pests, and, after the fruit had ripened, Mineral Springs of Canada
value of product there is even a great-
er
reater difference.
The cultivator has the further ad-
vantage that he can count his dates
"before they are hatched." The two
things that most affect a farmer are
sunshine and water. In the desert
the sun shines in the most perfect
way for date production all the year
around, and with the recent improve -
A Picture From OM England
TRUSSLING FOR THE BALL
"Dixie" Dean (Everton), England's centre forward (on right) and Low
(Chelsea), Scotland's left back in international soccer -classic at Wembley
ment in digging and operating artesian _- ___— - - .--•
controlled. There is a rapidly grow- � zyes De Luxe
Ing realization in the United States of
the value of this delicious, nourishing,
wells the water supply can be exactly
digestible food.
while it was being artificially dried
The production of mineral waters in
and, later, was lying for months at a
time in the markets of the world, much gallons, valued at $14,686, and was de
of it was destroyed, and most of it rived front mineral springs located in
was injured in quality. The depart- Ontario and Quebec. Spring waters
meet worked out methods of centeoil-
Ing the pests on the tree, of protect-
ing the fruit during the time of matur-
ing, of scientifically drying and steri-
lizing - it and of carefully packing it
Canada in 1927 amounted to 303,529
containing minerals in solution, or as
they are usually termed, mineral wat-
ers, occur in many parts of the Do-
minion. Many of them are utilized
commercially, both as potable waters
Modern Feature
Some People Think it Great
to Bluff and Cheat
There is a growing tendency among
modern young men and women to dis-
regard what used to be the laws of
common decency, writes Lola de Lar-
edo in the London Daily Chronicle.
At one time, everybody, without ex-
ception, knew that it was not quite
nice to get through life on credit—
that it was not exactly cricket to incur
These pseud'o-smart people will tell
you that they must live decently—they
must have their flats in town, they
must have their suits from Savile row,
they must winter at Cannes and they
must spend two months in the sum-
mer at Deauville. Someone else al-
ways foots the bill.
So long as they do not appear to be
hard up—most unforgivable crime --
they are never ashamed to say, "I
simply haven't a bean in the world,
my dear." It never occurs to one of
them to inquire how the other lives.
They know. They all do the same
thing. They borrow and never pay
back, they obtain credit without any
and keeping it ' in sterile Chambers and for bathing purposes. At several intention of meeting the debt, they
until the market called for it. Now of the springs where the waters have debts which one had no hope of pay- bluff their way through life on the
it is possible to get perfectly clean, curative properties, hotels and sant- mg; that it was not very edifying to ,strength of their elegant appearances
kits to 1?aWll-
sterile and delicious dates in Americ'. tariums are operated. Some of the
twelve, months in the year. thermal springs are utilized prince
The production of the date tree has pally for mineral baths.
been more than doubted in the last
five years. The cultivation of the date
has now largely passed from the hands
of the department into those of clear-
eyed,every day American people, who
Origin of Name
"Pangnirtung
According to the Geograpbic Board
themselves are working out .minor of Canada Pangnirtung, the name of
improvements and especially have de-' the fiord and police post on Baffin is-
veloped a co-operative society that land in the Canadian Arctic archipo-
handled the marketing. In a desert lago, is of Eskimo origin and means
land they are getting from an acre ,'where buck doer are plentiful." The
more than twice as much in food value police post at Pangnirtung was estab-
as It is possible to get from any acre lished during the 1923 annual Cana -
of corn and three times as much as Man Government expedition to the
from any acre of wheat. In market !northern islands,
A New
have to pay regular v
shops and money -lenders in order to
get out of regular tight corners.
Now there is a large section of so-
ciety which considers this sort of thing
not only excusable but rather smart.
INNOCENT BEGINNINGS
In the beginning it is innocent
enough. It only becomes dangerous easiest prey. No dressmaker, for in-
when a man grows to believe that by stance, would doubt the integrity of a
living on his wits he is really dieing lady who has a flat near Park lane
what is "done" by the best people, and and enters her salon wearing a thou-
when he begins to feel contempt for sand pounds' worth of sables—obtain-
1 the type of person who earns $25
a ed heaven knows where or how 1 No
' week by honest hard work and lives Continental hotel proprietor would
within his means•best *suite of rooms on the first floor
suspeet that madame who occupied the
—in other wards, they steal.
Theirs is not ordinary stealing—
they are thieves de luxe, and far more
dangerous to society than the Bill
Sykes type of thief who would put .any
simpleton on his guard.
THEIR EASIEST PREY
They find the world's workers their
Type of Power For The Babes
HITGHIN' THEIR LITTLE WAGON TO AN HONEST TO GOODNESS LION
Trainers at the Mina Park Zoo iii Los Angeles broke a baby lion to harrioss, and little Buddy and Dorothy
White are shown here enjoying the first "official" ride in the cart drawn by the frisky cub.
would give Mini, a "dud" cheque on the,
day of her departure. t
Even the most hardened of i ioneye
iendere would hesitate to insist upon
security when ased for a little ready "
cash by some princely gentleman who
unthinkingly overdrew his account and -
is selling out a few hundred pounds
worth of shares tomorrow.
With regard to his werthless
cheques, there is .always the time -Worm
excuse that someone who had prom -
find to pay monoy into his account on
a cert'afi4,dt<y let him down.
Such are the lnethodd b tins.:ham
de luxe- He is a more dangerous en-.
emy to society than a common pick-
pocket who does a blatantly dishonest
thing with a pretty good chance of
'being arrested. Ifo juggles with the
law, he has had years of practice. He
knows the limits to which lie may go
With sono agree of safety. -
It is time the law •founts a new name
'for the Gentleman-who-lives-oft-lle-
wits, and decided how to deal with