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• quite incorrect to sit over one's meal
1ewing or expect any further entertainment,
From Within our bedroom consisted of a email
apartment With .a rather dirty stone
floor raised at one end into a kind of
dais two feet high on which were two
mats, two .grimy quilts, and two very
hard pillows stuffed with grain. The
walls of the room were papered with
old Artierioan journals, and in the
place of glass the windows had strips
of white packing paper. A low table
with two stools was•the only furniture.
Tea was served in bowls, made from
fresh leaves dried in the sun, and
steeped in boiling water, and was not
as good as it sounds. More damp
towels followed the tea, and then bed.
I could not help contrasting this
meal with a glaringly Europeanized
dinner to which I was invited in Tient-
sin Everything was' and done in
the worst possible taste. Whata dif-
ference in the conversation!
Among the peasants it was ques-
tions to the foreigner about the outer
world, advice about the fertilizing of
crops, or au occasional old Chinese
legend. But my educated friend held
forth, sometimes in English, some-
times in French, occasionally in Ger-
man, but boasting all the time of
China and the Chinese.
Turning north, we left the cultivated
plains and climbed the mountains,
rugged and barren, where long-haired
Manchus drove their trains of wicked -
looking, shaggy camels. On the sum-
mits of the hills were little temples
dedicated to dragons, purveyors of
rain, and other agricultural deities.
We reached Tsunwha Hsien at sun-
set, and had our best view of the
Great Wall of China, one of the real
wonders of the world. It is 3000 miles
long, with a roadway along the top By Week." It is estimated that 20,000
broad enough to admit two cars to cases, each containing thirty dozen
drive abreast, with forts which can eggs,, will be exported to Great Britain
accommodate from 500 to 1000 men. from Canada. , This marks a consider-
A most interesting place is Ma Lan able revival from. the .exports in 1930 Hunters bring news from the for -
Yu, but little known owing to its in -which totaled approximately 6,500 est that bloc!: Dears are fat and are
accessibility. Suddenly we come up -leases. eases. Already over 8,000 cases of still gorgingin preparation for a
on the city of the dead with its white eggs have been shipped to Great Bri long hibernation period.
marble bridges and marble roadways, thin from British Columbia 'via the From Alaskaaiobservers have watch-
on
leading to great golden -tiled mauso-
leums, each a palace in itself. Life-
size statues of elephants and tigers
and horses, mandarins, and armed
warriors guard the entrances to the
tombs where rest the remains of the
noble Manchu Emperors. Behind a
sealed dragon door lie the Emperor
By R. V. 0. Godley, in The Sphere.
The tourist, while Perhaps covering
more actual mileage than the actual
resident, only sees China superficially,
and returns home with, recollections of
modern Shanghai with its skyscrapers
and lingerie shops or of cosmopolitan
Tientsin. Even those wbo have tra-
velled as far as Peking have not lifted
the veil .over the private life of the
Chinaman, or realized that the people,
whom they probably scornfully refer
to as "natives," consider themselves
infinitely superior to any foreigner,
whose customs, and especially man-
ners, fill them with contempt.
Through the courtesy of a British
firm in Tientsin, I was able to make a
journey into the northern parts of
Chihli, and up to that part of the great
wall of China which is not kept up for
the benefit of tourists. Accompanied
by a member of the firm, I covered
nearly five hundred miles, partly in a
Ford car and partly on foot, meeting
Chinamen in their most intimate sur-
roundings, and with the aid of a broad-
minded Chinese interpreter was able
to hear these rural people's point of
view.
One must see that simple folk in the
forgotten villages of rural China to
get any idea of the mentality of the
474,000,000 inhabitants of that vast
country. There is none of that greedy,
grasping atmosphere, no outward evi-
dence of hatred for foreigners, merely
a genuine curiosity at the sight of any-
thing so extraordinary as a white man
with bare arms and indecently bared
knees who travelled in an evil -smell-
ing contrivance which moved without
the aid of horses,
This overpowering curiosity became
rather trying at times. On the street
hundreds of jabbering people followed
me, some of them even into the shops.
My meals at the restaurant were
watched by throngs of the curious
from the door and windows. At dawn
a host of Celestials peered in on me
to see how I took my repose. Yet
there was nothing offensive about this
staring, nothing discourteous. The
only ones whom I could have accused
of ill -manners were the soldiery, who
stopped the car at every possible op -1
portunity, asked a number of needless
questions, and finally issued passes
ostensibly to permit the car to travel
over their wretched tracks, but in
reality to furnish the troops with a
little extra pocket -money, though why
h soldier should need money in a coun-
try where the people give them every-
thing for fear of reprisals is difficult
to understand.
At every inn a squad of armed police-
men asked questions and examined
my baggage, stating that this was a
precautionary measure owing to the
trouble in Canton, two thousand miles
away. It was probably because of the
absurd importance given in China to
anyone with arms and a uniform.
Our chauffeur; Golden Voice by
name, assured my companion that if
he were dressed in the livery of a
European chauffeur, we should pass
anywhere untroubled. He was prob-
ably right, as a Chinaman invested
with power will abuse it to the utmost
limit, but he will not be deliberately
ill-mannered and will usually carry
his politeness to extremes. Our inter-
preter was a good example of the draw the boats from the sea and Canada is considerably higher than
really well-bred Chinaman, for his that of other countries. •
stop fishing if the packers refused
Bother and Sister in British Parliament.
Capt. V. A. Cazalet and his _sister, Miss Thelma Cazalet, both
of whom will occupy seats in new British parliament. Miss Cazalet
won Islington East district. while Captain Cazalet retained the Chip-
penham district.
More Canadian Eggs Sold
In British Isles During '31.
More families in the British .Isles
are eating Canadian eggs this year
with their breakfast bacon than was
the case in. 1930, says "Canada Week
Natives Weather Bureau
Forecasts Long Winter
Okanogan, Wash.—The forecast of
an early and cold winter for the
Northern states, Canada and Alaska
conies from nature's three B's—the
bees, bears and beavers.
Indians 'of the Colville reservation
report that bees have selected wild
hives, high, wide aiid ample, for pro-
tection against deep snow.
Panama Canal. The remainder of
Canadian exporters, originating in the
Prairie and Eastern Provinces, will be Bugs.
shipped from Montreal before the ecoid
of November. Whether shipments are -"r---
made by the short water way from
ed beavers cut and store unusually
large heaps of birch and willow sap -
British Casualties
Montreal or by the longer route The .latest volume of the "Official
through the Panama Canal, the eggs History of the War" discloses that
and the Empress, in their white funer- arrive iu Great Britain in first class the approximate total casualties in
eal robes studded with jewels, their condition. the British Expeditionary Forces were
necks weighed down with priceless 1 In order that the quality of Canadian 11,096,338.
jade, in gorgeous lacquered coffins sus- eggs may be fully dependable at time
pended by golden chains. l of export all shipments are required
Whatever the future may bring to by law to be graded according to Cana -
For every casualty inflicted by the
visible enemy (in battle) the invisible
enemy claimed two. Both the percen-
China, I am sure that if it were ruled l diau standard grades of quality and tage of deaths from disease and the
by the simple principles of the men' inspected by Dominion government in- percentage of deaths from wounds are
one meets in those remote cities of
the interior its future would be
brighter than under the revolutionary
theories of Chinese youths educated
abroad who consider themselves much.
superior to all others.
Record Sardine Catch
specters before shipment. lower than that recorded in the South
In egg grading regulations Canada African War.
has gone further than many other According to official records, 86.07
countries. Not only are weight and per cent. of the total casualties to the
size taken into consideration in Cana- lighting arms were suffered by the in-
dian grading but equal importance is fantry, 7..58 per cent. by the Royal
also laid on the interior quality of the 'Artillery, 2..57 by the Royal Engineers,
egg. The Canadian law requires that 2;.46 by the Machine Gun Corps, 1..08
all eggs sold is Canada be candled, by the Cavalry, and 0..24 Per cent. by
Reported by Portugal graded and sold according to grades. the Tank Corps. According to large -
Lisbon, Portugal—Since sardines Because of the fact that Canadian scale analyses, 58..8 per cent. of
were first canned in Portugal there consumers are able to dely upon the wounds were caused by shells, 39 by
has never been such an abundance quality, of eggs which they will get bullets, 2..1 by bombs and ..32 by bay -
as this season. In fact, at times when they buy the different grades onets,
during the recent ,packing season they are now using eggs much more Exclusive of the Dominion Forces,
they were sold by the fishermen as
low as 10 cents per 1,000 and the
poorer quality were dried and used
as fertilizer. '
The owners of the trawlers threat-
ened on. several occasions to with -
freely, The per. capita yearly con-
sumption of eggs in Canada is approxi-
mately 372, or more than one egg per
day every day of the year. The figures
available from other countries indi- given,
cate that the consumption of eggs in
no fewer than 2,414,000 individuals, or
40 :per cent. of those who served suf-
fered death or disablement for which,
it is stated, State compensation was
politeness, whether asking his way of
a peasant, dining in a local restaurant,
visiting the houses of the Sing Song
girls, never deserted him. These
Chinese damsels, while regarding me
and my companion as creatures un-
believably funny, could not disguise
their horror at our physical appear-
ance, comparing us most unfavorably
with our chauffeur and our interpreter.
Though we saw nothing to indicate
a state of lawlessness, except the shut-
ting of the city gates at sunset and the
fortified state of some of the more
lonely farms, we did learn of the re-
cent apprehension of 'a batch of high-
waymen in Fenjung-I-Isien, the centre
of the bandit area, through their gen-
erosity to the above-mentioned ladies,
for who but a bandit had enough
money to give double the usual price?
I was struck by the unmercenary
attitude of the people of these lonely
districts after the grasping dishonesty
of their brethren in the towns. Often
I stopped at a pedlar's tea -stall and
asked for a drink, he always made me
sit down while he brewed a fresh pot,
and offered me cigarettes. When I of-
fered him pay, he always tried to re-
fuse the money, not because he did
not need it, because most of these peo-
ple are desperately poor, but because
he considered me his guest.
to pay more for their catches, but
the peckers said they could not sell
their product at high prices and the
fishermen went on fishing as usual.
While the 'actual tonnage of sar-
dines exported will run far ahead of
previous years, the money value of
the exports will perhaps be. smaller
than during the years, 'when the
catch was normal. Aside from cork
and wine, sardines are the biggest
item of export from. Portugal. The
season for packing begins. in May
or June and ends in December.
Chinamen rarely entertain in their
own hones. They usually invite their
guests to a restaurant, which in China
is divided off into cubicles to accomo-
date any size of party. In addition to
the usual naked jelly lish, omelettes,
ancient black eggs, pork fat and rice,'
we had specialties such as prawns
cooked in butter, fried. bread, baked
lobsters, bamboo shoots flavoured
`with shrimps' eggs, and various kinds
of pickled sea -weeds. They also pro-
vided 'a jar of excellent millet wine,
which we drank very hot in little cups.
The meal was terminated by the tri- Lincoln, (1)), whose ancestors were
ditional bowls of rice and any remains kinsmen of Abraham Lincoln, was re-
ef diener which took the fancy, the cantly elected a member of the Berks
main rule being to finish the rice to prison board here. Mr. IIarrisoa Lin -
the dregs With as mulch snorting and coln'a great-grandfather was a brother
gurgling as possible, and calling for a of Abraham Lineoln's father, The Lin-
der/1p towel to wipe the face and coins lived in Exeter, near bore, and
hands, to leave the table with ottr the old Lincoln homestead there is
hosts withcut further delay, it being stili standing.
Hose Industry Figures
Show No Depression
Rome.—Italy's artificial silk indu,-
try is one of the few industries un-
affected by the world-wide depression.
Her ex; orts of artificial silk have in-
creased in the past six months all
round, but chiefly to two countries
most seriously affected by depression
and disaster—namely, Germany and
China. Chinese merchants have
bought 1,800,000 pour ds mote aitifi-
cial silk so far this year than last.
Increased exports to Austria, Japan
and Spain are also reported.
The King's Reign Record
King George is the first king of
England since the reign of George
III., who died in 1820, to have reign-
ed continuously for twenty-one years.
The King of Italy, however, has been
on the throne for thirty-one years,
the King of Sweden for twenty-four
years, and the King of the Belgians
for twenty-two years. King Alfonso,
who was born a king, occupied the
throne .of Spain forty-four years.
Lincolns Still in Politics
'heading, Penn.— Mr, Harrison T.
Apples to Rival Oranges?
• An. invention recently displayed at
the Washington State Fair at Yakima
and reported upon by "The Packer"
under date of September 26 should be
of interest to Canadian producers and
consumers of apples. This machine,
which is designed for convenient use
of soft drink establishments will con-
vert two apples into a glass of cider
in one minute. It may result in mak-
ing fresh apple juice as popular as
orange juice is at present and, if so,
should materially increase the market
for apples.
•
Weather Damages
Brazil Coffee
Sao Paulo, Brazil.—Reports reach-
ing here from the interior say that
heavy losses due to recent high winds
and drops in temperature have been
suffered by co,ffee grower's of the hin-
terlands. Budding coffee is said to be
irreparably damaged.
"In politics you -lust begin at
the bottom of the ladder."
"In what manner?"
"Well,. as a rale, the first thing
you do•is to shake the ladder in an
effort of dislodge the fellow ahead
of you."
Regina, Saskatchewan:—It is now
definitely decided that the World's
Grain Exhibition, and Conference will
be held in .Regina from July 24 to
August 5, 1933.
II. Duce Speaks
Weeaaeseeia
A. characteristic pose of Premier Mussolini. 1-tere he is shown
addressing 300,000 in Naples ou Fascism's birthday.
People who have been incorrectly splendid opportunity for the Lone
informed aro sometimes heard to Scouts to uphold the principles ex -
state that the Boy Scouts Association pressed by the Chief Scout In 1929,
is a "Military" movement, which we and we hope that they will, as usual,
all know to be untrue.
As a matter of fact, the constitu-
tion of the Association states that it
is "Non -Military," and it is therefore
with particular interest that we note
that the Boy Scouts Association has
identified itself with the League of
Nations Society of Canada for the ally graduated into the lst Paris
purpose of circulating a petition Troop.
throughout the country on the subject This brings two thoughts into our
of "World Disarmament by Interna- mind which are that firstly Lone
"do their best."
It is with interest that news comes
from Paris of the proposal to form a
Rover Crew in that town, the nucleus
of which will be the members of the
old Lone Scout Patrol which eventu-
tional Agreement."
The petition reads as follows:
"The nations have renounced war.
Let us also renounce the instruments
of war.
"The undersigned men and women,
irrespective of party, stand for world
disarmament by international agree-
ment.
"We are convinced:
"That competition in armaments is
leading all countries to ruin without
bringing thein to security, and that
this policy of competition renders fur -
Scouting in Ontario is fast becoming
an old established institution, as evi-
denced by the fact that our erstwhile
young Lonies are growing into the
more mature age of "Rovership," and
secondly that once a boy has joined
the ranks of the Scouts it is with
reluctance that he severs his connec-
tion with that organization. In other
words: "Once a Scout,_ Always a
Scout."'
We hope the Paris boys will experi-
ence "Good Rovering."
As announced in our issue of last
ther wars inevitable' week, we regretfully had to record the
"That wars infuture will be wars resignation of the Scoutmaster of the
of indiscriminate destruction of human 3rd Ontario Lone Scout Troop, Mr. Vic
life; Sheppard.
"That so long as measures of dis We are glad to announce, however,
armament are delayed, the Govern- that we have been fortunate enough
meat's assurances of peaceful policy to have been able to persuade Mr..
will be valueless." , George G. Emery of Toronto to assume
The Chief Scout of All the World,
the leadership of that Troop. Mr..
Lord Baden Powell of Gilwell, speak -
'Emery, it. must be admitted, did not
ing at the close of the great World'take a lot of persuading, as he has
Jamboree of Scouts held in England in
1929, before the Scout delegates of always taken a very keen interest in
some fifty nations sa°d: the Lonies, and we know that he will
I make a very fine leader (he has had
"Here is the hatchet of war, of em- previous experience in this work) and
nity, of bad feelings which I now bury. l that he will soon be very popular with
From all the corners of the world you his boys.
came at the call of Brotherhood. Now' So, members of the 3rd Troop, what
I send .you forth to your homelands, , about a letter of welcome to Mr.
bearing the song of Peace, and Good Emery?
Will and Fellowship to your fellow-
men," 1 Here are some
The Dominion and Provincial Ex- bor:
ecutive Committees of the Boy Scouts 1 TIIE SCOUT TOYSHOP. Have you
activities to remem-
Association have given their unquali-
fied endorsation of the above senti-
ments and petition, and have asked
every Scout in Canada to get behind
it and use every effort possible to
add names to the petition.
Copies have been sent to the Lone
Scouts and Lone Patrols of Ontario
with a personal letter from their own.
Commissioner, who hopes that each
sent in that slip from "On Lone Scout
Trails"? Get busy, Lonies, time is fly-
ing fast.
THE SCOUT QUESTION BOX. We
are always glad to answer questions.
Send them to "Lone E" at headquar-
ters.
THE DISARMAMENT PETITION.
Please do your share.
Lonie will do his share to promote Maybe you aren't a Scout? Well if
the application of the Fourth Scout you can't join a regular Troop, why
Law, which reads:
"A SCOUT IS A FRIEND TO ALL."
If every person in the world would
make the Fourth Scout Law his or her
life motto, what need would there be
for armaments? Here, then is a
not be a Lone Scout?
Write to The Lone Scout Depart-
ment, Boy Scouts Association, ,330
Bay Street, Toronto, and ask for par-
ticulars. They will be gladly sent.
"LONE E."
Paris Enjoys Rare Viands
Paris.—There are always interest-
ing salons to be seen in Paris and
just now there are no less than three
—the Autumn Salon of painting and
sculpture, the Nautical Salon. with
full-sized yachts and motorboats ex-
hibited in the great hall of the Grand
Palais and most interesting for most
people, the "Salon of Gastronomy."
At the latter are to be seen and
tasted the most delectable viands of
the fruitful land of France. There
are assembled the artists of the culi-
nary world and there the wine -makers
are exhibiting their finest products for
the public to taste.
It is possible to lunch there on ezer Seaver in 1796, and was operated
samples, beginning with caviar and by the Seaver family for 134 years.
continuing with lark pie and sauer- Last year the store was sold to Mr.
kraut with fifty kinds of sausage to J. V. -Daly and Mr, John A. Craven by
choose from, hams from a dozen cures,Mr. Fred Seaver, grandson of the
and "cakes without number. For those' founder.
who look like potential customers,
champagne and cognac merchants will
open choice bottles. There is even un-
fermented grape -juice to be sampled.
• Each day official and unofficial
juries try out new dishes and,go home
t declaring the world isalmost
at night Ye
too full of good things.
Oldest Store Uses
• Newest Methods
Boston, — A 135 -year-old Jamaica
Plain grocery store, believed by the
United States Department of Com-
merce to be the oldest in the United
States, is not depending on these laur-
els to gain business. It has added the
newest thing in food merchandizing—
quick frosted foods—having recently
installed a zero refrigerator display
case.
Although this store is modernized,
some of the original bins may still be
seen and some of the original wall
paper is intact. It was started as a
general store and post office by Eben -
The Wheat Harvest
Australian lAuths
Farm Waste Land
Adelaide, S. Aug.—Hardly a vacant
block of land is to be seen in and
around Adelaide as a result of the
city's activities in prbviding employ-
ment during the trade slump, writes
a correspondent of the Christian
Three Rivers Bien Public: It is Science Monitor.
curious to remark that wheat, right- Cultivation of waste land—owners
ly considered as a most essential of such property having placed it at
commodity, regularly gives a har- the disposal of the City Council for
vest each month distributed over the this purpose—has been part of the
different parts of the globe. Thus well -organized program for helping
in Canada we reap our wheat in , unemployed youths. Other boys are
August. in Western Europe they being trained in carpentry, metal
reap at the same time, In Scandin- molding and cabinetmaking orelse
avia the harvest comes in September, sent to big farms to learn agriculture.
in November in Peru and in Decem-
ber in .Australia. • In the Argentine,
the country ;which competes with Canadian Salmon
Canada, wheat is harvested in Jan -
nary. InFebruary it is India's turn, Usurping U. S. Product
and in March the harvest conies in Ottawa.—Canada is replacing the
Egypt, also a great producer and par- United States in the British market
veyor to Britain. In May wheat is for canned salmon and for the first
reaped in ChinEm and Japan, and in nine months of the present calendar
June in Italy and Spain. year the Dominion more than doubled
its exports over the corresponding per -
U.S. • Flights 40 P.C. at Night icd a year ago.
Chicago —Approximately 40 per { Up to the end of September, accord -
cent. of the 150,000 airplane miles ing to the current issue of the Com -
flown daily by scheduled litres in met•cial IntolIigeuce Journal, the
the United States is now at night, !United Kingdom imported from Can.
e. marked increase over a few years ada 102,000 owt, of canned salmon,
ago. The Department of Commerce 11 while importations from the United
has lightened 17,500 miles of air- States totalled 96,000 cwt. During the
way,. most of which is equipped with same period last year Canada's share
radio directive and commun1cation was only 47,000 cwt., while that of
ilitweather reporting ser- the United States was considerably
facet los and p g
ice. l over 100,000 cwt,