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Imitation,rutay be the sincereSt farm
of flattens, but in business its chief.
appeal ie price. That of the genuine
i eerviee,
"Mother, home and heaven" seems
'0 be giving away in the cities to
7'nian, hotels and highballs."
A Chicago •woman came into a law-
Tei''s office and said to him;
Womall—"I want a divorce."
Lawyer ---"Certainly. For a nominal
tee I will institute pros ediug$; and
should experience little difficulty in
procuring. it for you."
Wolman—"What do you call a 'nom-
inal fee'?"
Lair yer---"Five hundred dollars,"
Woman—"Nothing doing. I can
have Kiln shot for $10,00."
' :Common sense is so uncommon.
The difference in a financier and a
i +e.=naan-tier is about a million cldllars.
Patient—"I say, doctor, don't you
think it would be . a good idea
if I
were to pack up and go to some place
where the climate is warmer?"
Doctor—"Good heavens! Isn't that
just what I've been trying to pre-
vent?"
We Present
A youth of distracting physique
Recast from Athenian Mould;
' A plastic creation,
A reincarnation'
Of one of the heroes of old.
A. vigorous, sinewy bloke,
'Un'sullied of cutis and limb.
Both ways from the middle
As fit as a fiddle,
Camera has• nothing on him.
He rises each morn with the sun,
Infected with pepper galore. •
He capers like Fairbanks
Forgetting his bare 'shanks
All over the bed chamber floor.
When choosing your favorite son
From all of the muscular lads;
Remember that cutie
Of masculine beauty:
The guy in the underwear ads.
The Dotted Line
Some people are like pins, pointed �
in one direction and headed the other.
After we grow up we realize that
school days were holidays. True
friends demand nothing from one an-
other. Credit is one thing the less of
it you need the more of it you can get.
Grandma --"It doesn't do much good
to spank a girl after she's eighteen,
nowadays."
Grandson—"No, Granny, but it's lots
of run-„ •
a..Truth always has its enemies: Those
who are afraid of it and those who
misunderstand it.
��k Marked Seven Yeas'
Transcontinental Broadcast s
' `Radio on Railway
For World Pioneer,in
On New Year's night, the Canadian
National Railway system, first railway
in the world to equip its trains with
radio and to buid up'a chain of broad-
casting stations, celebrated the
'seventh anniversary of its service to
thousands of unseen listeners. The
event was marked by a concert, broad-
cast from Montreal through sixteen
Canadian National and associated sta-
tions from
other.
Sir Henry W. Thornton, Chairman
and President of the Railway, deliver;
ed a short address, and W. D. Robb;
Vice -President, who has jurisdiction
over the radio activities of the ,system
as well as over other departments,
spoke .briefly in French.
one end
of Canada to' the
The orchestra was conducted by J.
J. Gagnier, well-known.Mrntreal musi-
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Sounded like boop-boop-adoop
'Cause we didn't have to chew!
"Pitchers' Elbow"
New Disease of
Broken Bones
Muscular Contraction Results
in Fractures Physician
Finds; 4 Cases Re-
ported
"Pitchers' Elbow" is a . new disease
caused when baseball players actually I
break off small bits of bone inside the
elbow joint by the mere force of ills `
cuter contraction, according to Dr, F.
3, Kirby, of lealtinmore, who recently
reported four cases he had examined
to the American Medical, Association.
When a pitcher winds up, Dr. Kirby
points out, the arm Is fregtueutly bent
at the elbow joint. When the ball
leaves the band the arm is straighten-
ed and rotated very rapidly to give the
necessary twist to the ball in throwing
curves and "drop" balls. This acts
}mechanically, Dr. Kirby explains, to
bring the corner of the head of the
lower•arm bone, called the radius,'
violently against the end of the bone
of the upper arm, called the humerus,
In all of the four cases examined,
the result was found to be a small
piece of hone at the end of time radius
chipped off, much as a small piece of
the bone bandle of a cane or umbrella
may be broken off by a sharp blow
such as dropping on a stone sidewalk.
The loose chip of bone inside the
joint then proceeds to give great pain
and to cease inflammation so that it
requires removal by a surgical opera-
tion.
The muscles and bones of the hu-
nman body have been developed side by
side in the process of evolution, so
that even extreme contractions of the
muscles seldom are able to break the
bones upon which the muscles depend
for support. But activities like that
of throwing baseballs, with sharp
breaking carves to fool the eyes of the
batter, are new things in evolution,
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dais, and the soloists were Joaii,
Elwes, the celebrated English soprano,
and Henri Pontbriand, tenor, who has
a high reputation in both Europe and
the United States.
Sir Henry Thornton.,• seated in front
of the microphone, is shown above on
the left. Joan Elwes• is on the upper
right, and the other two photographs
are, left to right, Henri Pontbriand
and J. 3. Gagnier.
"Food Plentiful But Coarse"
Says English Tourist in Russia'
Soviet Now Welcomes Tourists From Other Countries But
Visitors Are Closely Watched and Guarded
Now that the Soviet, authorities are about their ordinary business is in
allowing, and indeed encouraging, the I pleasing contrast to the filthy rags of
the Tsarist peasant. As a further en-
couragement to civilized behavior, the
following notice is posted in one of the
big Co-operative restaurants:.
visits of tourists from other countries,
it is interesting to compare the dif-
ferent accounts of their experiences
published by these hardy pioneers. It
must be clearly understood that it is
practically impossible for any tourist
to see behind the scenes of Russian
life. Watched and guarded by official
"guides' and surrounded by spies from
the me en,t_they leave t.11, beat at
Leningrad until the end of the official-
conducted tour, it is not surprising
that the general impression is that
the U.S.S.R. have no intention of
showing their sores in public and that
they carefully conceal the grimmest
aspect of communist life behind a veil
of. seeming normality.
Capt. Owen Tweedy, writing in the
Fortnightly Review an account of his
travels under the auspices of the
Soviet Republic, rightly sums up the
official aspect when he says:
Russia is quite as suspicious of out-
siders, as outsiders are of Russia; in-
deed to fill up an application for a nor-
mal visa to enter the country is tan-
tamount to telling the story of one's
life. But Russian policy to -day is to
encourage tourists: and a tourist visa
is comparatively easy. "Only," says
the Soviet, "no visa unless you take
our tourist excursions.' I was one
among four hundred other inquisitives
on a Baltic cruise, who accepted the
Soviet terms. All of us got in, save
three unfortunate parsons, who were
described on their passports as "Min-
isters of Religion.' "Ministers" are
highly political in Russia, and religion
is taboo. Three other clerics were
wiser in. their generation. "Clerks"
work in offices: what "Holy Orders"
convey to a Russian, goodness only
knows. Anyhow, the three "Clerks in
Holy Orders" sailed in.
Afton endless delay over passport
regulations and the changing of money
in Russian roubles, all tourists are
divided into small parties conducted
by English-speaking and efficient
guides (nearly all women) who can lie
expected to introduce with the tact of
a good hostess, a sufficient amount of
propaganda to make the trip worth.
while—from the Soviet point of view.
All inconvenient incidents are explain-
ed away or carefully ignored. An
amusing example of this is given by
the writer in the Spectator:
As our car stopped, the driver of
a'passing lorry shook his fist at us and
shouted uncomplimentary words at
our chauffeur. The latter sprang out
out of the car, ran to the lorry and
took its number. We learnt subse-
quently that the authorities specially
desire to make a good impression upon
foreign visitors, and that the offend-
er would be dealt with appropriately.
As one of the guides hurriedly re-
marked, "such incidents gave tourists
n bad and wrong impression of Rus-
The food provided for tourists is
p'
plentiful but coarse, and if the soup
is
greasy and uninviting to the epicur-
fan, he may on the other band con-
sole hmself with a generous helping
Of caviare. The hotel accommodation
is also adequate, and cleanliness is In-
sisted upon. Indeed the freshly wash-
ed
-ed white blouses of the hien going
Too many people have the habit of
doing a thing twice to get it done
once.
Neck and Shoulder Neuritis
Attacks Closed Car Drivers
Automobile drivers in France have
- fallen prey to the disease .of neuritis
of the neck and shoulders, according
?to a report of the American Medical
;Association. It is said to attack pet-
itions driving closed cars who have
'gained the habit of leaving the window
en their side open so that they may
'signal with their hands for turns and
pudden stops.
Operators of left -drive automobiles
ore said to have been affected on the
left side of the neck while drivers of
right -drive vehicles are troubled on
• the right side. It Is believed that
.when the body, warmed by riding in
;#he closed car, is suddenly attacked
In a small location by drafts -of cold
Cr the disease gains foothold in the
dace affected by the draft.
Persons who drive open cars are not
ibubject to contract the disease, it is
reported. ati
Behave Yourself At Table
1.—Wash your hands before eating.
2.—Do not put your hat on the table.
3. -Do not help yourself to salt with
your fingers.
4.—Do not share the sameeples
another person.
5.=Do not scatter crumbs and cigar-
ette ends on the table.
6.—Do not spit or quarrel at meals. •
Despite the efforts of the authori-
ties
uthorities to bring a semblance of prosperity
to their cities and the genuine care
given to the upkeep of their museums
and state institutions, the whole 'as-
pect of Lenningrad and' Moscow is
one of neglect and decay. As Capt. •
Tweedy says:
Leningrad itself was like Soissofis
or Armentieres in 1915. The streets
were weed -grown and pitted: the cob-
bles had lost all symmetry: they had
not been touched for years. And the
houses were utterly in keeping. Ther
was no plaster on the walls, no paintF
on the woodwork, and the win.dow€S,
were cracked and dirty. The only
shops were Government shops: out-
side
utside them were long dreary queuee..,
"Ichabod' was written black over this
tenement town.
Of these queues much has been writ-
ten
ritten in the past, and indeed Russians:
utast spend more than a quarter of.
their working day lining up at the
various Co-operative stores, first for
their food tickets and then for the
usually inadequate supply of provi-
sions. As an example of this, a writer
in the Star says
roubles (16s.) a pound," she
Most of the people shrugged
shoulders and walked away.
It must be confessed, however, that
although the Russian worker of to -clay
is poor and still inadequately housed,
although he stands for hours in the
queues for his food,• and luxuries are
unknown, his mental recreation is
well cared for. Opera and plays are
accessible to him, very often free.•He
can visit the various museums and be
told the history of the exhibits. When
in need of a holiday he can go to one
of the excellent rest houses on the is
lands :surrounding Leningrad. Only
the 'tourist, as lie struggles through
the customs at the end of his too well
conducted tour, wonders if Russia has
merely exchanged one tyranny for an-
dther.-"Review' of Reviews."
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and may subject the muscles or bones
said. to nen*` trials for which Nature has not
their provided. Often, complaints of pains
about the knee joints and sometimes
about the backbone itself, made by
tennis ,Players, have been traced to
chipped edges of the hones, which
cause the same kind of inflammation
and pain.
let
She: << "inti 1 should
I. don't "think t+omi kiss me before we're engaged."
Ire: "lint, dear, that is the quick-
est 'way of bringing about an en.-
gageinent."
Mother (teething nursery rhyme to
l�I (
little daughter): "Ding don],• dell,
ussy's in the Well. NOW, what comes
iext?" tT ).to -date 11V'e year old:
'asset 'wents a coroner."
I walked down a typical cobbled
street this morning. Nearly all the
shops, except a few dirty tailors'
places, were "Co-operatives," and had
the usual long queue outside of wo
men with baskets, "You're not in the
right order, You've pushed your way"
in," shouted a red-faced woman to t
thin woman.
"Yon liar-, I've been here since sic
o'clock this morniug," was the reply.
Posted up in the window vas a nil!
tiee, "No Milk To -day." A little fate
ther on, in a Co-operative Butcher's
shop I saw the words scribbled in an
untidy handwriting, "Meat to -day oulw
in. small portions for people witIm man;
nal workers' tickets and for childrenp,
No wonder that the forgers of mar
ual workers' tickets are doing a roar
frig trade!
Grew Up With Railway
ISSUE No. 1---'31,
Nativity
Now that the winter sky was cold
And breath of oxen hung more white
Than starshine or that candlelight,
Her hour was
gold
Nor frankincense nor any myrrh
In darkness closing over her.
People. Who Can Qualify
For Title Are Scarce .
True Londoners seem tr be scarcer
than true New Yorkers, the reason
being that qualification for the title
is more restricted. According to Sir
Arthur Keith, noted British anthro-
pologist, a true Londoner is one who
was not only born in the metropolis,
but whose two parents and four grand-
parents
randparents were also born here.
That limits the field severely, par-
ticularly as in Georgian days Lon-
don was much smaller than it is now.
not only in population, but in extent.
So far, Dr. T. B. Layton, a surgeon
friend of ear Arther's, has been able
'to find only two persons who fill the
requirements. Dr. Layton .has been
making a four-year search.
The true Londoners he discovered
are Frances and Joan Curtis, daugh-
ters of Charles Curtis of Streatham.
The Curtis family has lived in Streat-
ham and Balham for about 200 years.
Mr. Curtis's grandfathers and grand-
mothers lived there, and his wife's
parents lived in Balham. There was
a Curtis dairy in Balham 20 years
ago, and the same firm is now con-
nplyectedfirm. with a big London milk sup -
The search took Dr. Layton all over
London, even as far east as the Isle
of Dogs, where he learned of an old
lady who, it was thought, fulfilled the
contract. Her parents and grandpar-
ents had lived in. the same cottage
she still inhabits, but on cross-exam-
ination it was found out that one of
her grandparents came from the
country, so she was ruled out.
come, who sensed no.
The streets of Bethlehem were wide
And hollow beneath Joseph's feet
Who found ne star his eyes could
meet.
Gorged with Rome's taxing, on his
side
The tavern -keeper snored his fill.
Pale ghosts of sheep strayed on the
hill.
And numb men, roused from frighten-
ed sleep,
Lit hasty fires in frozen grass
To tell strange dreams till the night
pass.
The oxen watched above that deep
Where love goes crowned through
love undone.
At dawn she lived, and knew her son.
Henriette De Saussure Blanding.
Illinois Grower Seeking
Lettuce of Pumpkin Size
Nrbana, I11.—To raise heads of let-
tuce the size of pumpkins is the aim
of Charles E. Durst, University of Illi-
nois horticulturist.
Durst believes it possible to produce
strains of lettuce that -will have great-
er adaptability to seasons, opening the
way for growing of lettuce in warmer
climates.
There are more than 100 cultivated
varieties of lettuce, but Durst says
that the French variety of Cos lettuce
is the only cultivated one which gives
evidence of having quantitative factors
dominant to those of the 'wild.
It isn't every married
le a ]lair.
To follow the growth of a great cor-
poration from its early days of strug-
gle to the attainment of fame as the
world's greatest privately -owned trans-
portation system has been the lot of
George T. Coleman, recently appoint-
ed to the post of superintendent of
transportation of eastern lines of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, with head-
quarters in Montreal. Born in 1575 at
Carleton Place, Ont., thee, as now, the
junction of time Ottawa and Brockville
lines, he grew up watching switching
operations in the local yards, and in
1393 joined the company's service as
agent and operator on the Lake Su-
perior Division and travelled from
coast to coast in the performance of
his duties in the ensuing years. Thus,
he was stationed at North Bay, Carle-
ton Place, Sudbury, Revelstoke,
Schreiber, White River, and Chapleau.
From 1911 to 1916 he `was at Moose
•Jaw, and in January, 1916, was moved
to Toronto as car service agent, coin-
ing to Montreal in 1918 as inspector
61 transportation, from which appoint-
ment be is promoted to his present
position.
I pushed my way through shopping
crowds to the small square in the open;
air market where the private tradeisi
who are frowned upon by the Bolshe
viks, sell their wares. There Was a*.
old pair of trousers going for 50s,
"Buy some meat. Two roubles (4s.)'
a .pound!" shouted a butcher to me,;
brushing away he flies from the dirty
scraps of bone and flesh littered upeil!
his tV0
• oden
trestle,
A peasant woman sat on time ground'
with a little attache ease of the kind:
one buys in Woolworth's. A small
crowd had gathered round her. Peep;
ing over the people, I saw that the.
contents were two or three dirty porgy'
tions of butter•, "How mulch?' shout;
ed somebodes, "Fine buttery eight•
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