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THE WORLD
AT LARGE
CANADA
THE EMPIRE
PRESS
Guns too Easy
It is far too easy in this country,
as in the United States, for a man to
get guns. Nobody has any right to
posers a revolver at all unless he is
a police officer, or is engaged in some
pursuit which requires that he have
one under permit, with the police fully
aware that he has it. Guns are no
part of the equipment of a peaceable,
law-abiding citizen. The law should
be so tightened that the whereabouts
of every gun in the country is known.
=St, Thomas Times -Journal.
Big Noise
Some ,people are like a fire siren.
They make just as much fuss over a
little trouble as a big
one.
--Kitchener Record.
Women Now Are Persons
It is not so long ago that worsen
were first adinitted to the practice
of law. They made their essay into
medicine earlier, but the corridors of
the law courts were debarred to
feminine feet. About twenty years
ago there was au interesting incident'
in the neighboring province of New
Brunswick, when Miss Mabel French,
having completed the training for the
bar, applied to the court for admis-
sion. The judge ruled that a "person"
was not a woman within the meaning
of the statute and she was not ad-
mitted.
d-mitted.
Not long after, a woman having
fallen into the toils of the law through
some misdemeanor, was coached by
Miss French, and when her case was
called, she pleaded a ruling of the
Supreme Court that she "was not a
person within the meaning of the sta-
tute" and so went free. The Legis-
lature then took a hand in the matter
and it ended with the admission of
Miss French to the bar. She after-
wards practised in British Columbia.
—Halifax Chronicle.
Saved for Lean Times
The Ontario farmer of a generation
ago did not spend all he made from
one year's operation of his farm;
rather he put something by to carry
him long during the next year, in case
there was a poor harvest. Counting
on next year being a good year was
the last thought in his mind.
So it was with men in seasonal oc-.
cupations. They might only get a
few months' work, but it was only
the improvident who spent everything
at the time he earned it and trusted
to good luck or charity for the rest
of the year.
Have we passed out of this stage
into an era where people have aban-
doned alt thought of relying on their
own resources and are content with
support from the taxpayers through
relief? What has happened at Ot-
tawa, as we have observed, may not
he common practice, but a thorough
survey should be made by all munici-
palities and by the Employment Com-
mission to ascertain the actual facts.
i—Lethbridge Herald.
To Doff or Not to Doff
All this pother about whether a
Man should doff his hat when riding
in an elevator with female passen-
gers can be settled in a breath of good
etiquette. Neither custom nor cour-
tesy require a man to remove his
headgear in a public place, no matter
!how many of the opposite sex may
be present. Elevators in office build-
ings and department stores and hotels
and the like are as mush public places
as the streets, the rotundas and the
business marts. Therefore a roan, if
he wish to be precise in his etiquette,,
should not doff his hat in an elevator.
And that is all there is to it!—Winni-
peg Free Press.
Lesson in - English
"Red" Ryan has been repeatedly re-
ferred to in the press as a "famous
criminal This is not only a wrong
use of the word "famous, but it de-
grades a classic term . Ryan was not
famous, he was infauuous. It Is a
strict practice in the British press to
refer to such criminals as "notorious".
We in Canada would do well to fol-
low that example.
There are other words that. are
commonly used incorrectly by news-
papermen — for instance, the word
"tragedy" is commonly employed in
reports of accidents of various kinds.
There may be tragedy in. some acci-
dents, such as in the caseof the death
of a bride and bridegroom on -their
honeymoon, but -most accidents would
be more .correctly described as "fatali-
ties." To say that a thing is "tragic"
implies the clash of humanemotions,
such as love, hate and revenge, cul-
minating fatally for one or more of
the persons involved.
That is enough for one lesson,—
Stratford Beacon -Herald.
A Good Teacher
The passing of Miss Margaret
Barbour, who served for upwards of
fifty years as a teacher in St. Mary's,
impresses upon one the importance of
the school teacher's calling. During
her lengthy career Miss Barbour had
a part in moulding the lives of sev-
eral thousands boys and girls of this
town, many of whoni have since ad-
vanced to position of distinction in
the Dominion, and she will long bo
gratefully remembered by old pupils
in all parts of the continent. A good
teacher is ono of the most important
assets of any community. When we
fail to realize that fact we are doing
less than justice to the upcoming
generation.
Wolels1 Have Speed Traps
. The advantage is with the
traffic officers when the summons
simply�harges that 3:i miles per he 17
was exceeded, which,. of course, is
done by 99 drivers out of 1,000, and a
motorist would not feel any sense of
injustice if the officer merely stopped
him and said he was driving over 35
miles per hour. Most driver travel
between 45 and 50, and on a clear
road there is no harm in that.
But in the fair system, if motorists
are to be told they were travelling
at a certain speed, is to have mea-
sured miles on the highways with an
officer at each end who could signal
each other and take accurate records
instead of merely guessing at what
they estimate it was by the speed of
their own motorcycles trying to over-
take a car that may be a long way
up the road before they get started.—
St. Thomas Times -Journal.
War Profit
A. London worker for peace asks:
"What possible profit can come out of
another European war?" Well, for
one thing, Vickers, DuPont, Krupp
and. Schneider might pay 20 per cent.
or more, and probably would.—King-
ston Whig -Standard.
Marking the Millionth Streamlined Mile
The Burlington r.,e h9r crashing through huge canvas covered
hoop near Savanna,Ill., as the railroad celebrated the completion of
its first million miles of streamlined, Diesel -powered passenger ser-
vice,
Gunners on the Sovte'; battleship "October Revolution" pictured during training drill of Baltic
fleet. Already holding commanding position on land and in the air, the Soviet government is preparing
to -enlarge and strengthen its fleet.
THE EMPIRE
Rail Revival
It is a fact worth noting that last
year the British railways carried 26
million passengers more than in 1934, -
and 50 millions more than in 1933.
The gross receipts were increased by
£1,725,000 and £2,280,000 respectively..
In the absence of figures as to work-
ing sorts it is not possible to state
net results, but it seems as though
the policy of offering cheap fares has
fully justified itself, and that the
railway companies have reason to be
satisfied.. The figures point also to
a definite improvement in the pros-
perity of the country. — Edinburgh
Scotsman.
108 in the Shade!
Calcutta during the past week has
been in the grip of a very trying heat
wave, the shade temperature soaring
in five days from 97 to 108.5 which is
many degrees above normal: — Cal-
cutta Statesman, April 30
Ray -making, it is prophesied, may
be a feature of country life which will
soon disappear. Ten years ago .5
Cambridge scientist discovered that
young grass had a far higher nutri-
tive value for animals than mature
grass, and that if it were dried arti-
ficially it lost practically none of its
feeding value.
" Since then •engineers have been
studying the problem of making arti-
ficial hay at a price which could com-
pete with concentrated feeding-stuffs.
Last month a practical demonstration
was given at a farm near Stratford -
on -Avon of a drying apparatus which
fulfils this condition.
The cost of the dried grass made
by this apparatus worked out at
about £4 a ton and it was fed in place
of cakes and meals costing £7 a ton.
At the farm where the demonstration
was held, hay -making will be dis-
pensed with entirely this year. Dried
grass will supply all the requirements
of the cattle as regards concentrated
foods, and no cakes will be purchased.
—Industrial Britain.
e ory of Capte Vancouver
Namesake BC City Honored
LONDON. -- The memory of Capt.
George Vancouver, who gave his name
to the Canadian city on the Pacific
Coast was honored last week in cere-
monies at the village graveyard where
his body lies.
• Marking the 138th anniversary of
his death, a large throng of Canadians
and others went from London to the
quaint village church of Petersham,
Surrey. The gathering was honored
by the presence of Sir Percy Vincent,
Lord Mayor of London, and other Lon-
don civic officials.
Sir Percy is travelling to Vancou-
ver this summer in connection with
the golden jubilee celebrations of that
city.
Following ceremonies at the grave-
side, the company went to the nearby
Canadians Should Be
Encouraged in Crafts
EDMONTON, — Canadian schools
lack adequate teaching of crafts and
there are not enough technical schools
Major F. H. Norbury of the extension
department of the 'University' of Al-
berta said recently in an address at
the 25th annual meeting of the Can-
adian. Council of the Girl Guides' As-
sociation in Edmonton.
Speaking ou "handicrafts,” Major
Norbury said at present workers in
these lines were nearly all Europeans.
He aaerted a large proportion of the
youth today have no outlook beyond
salesmanship.
He urged development and eneour-
agement to begin individual effort in
craftmanship but cautioned the effort
should be started in a small way and
let grow to big things gradually ra
ther than attempting to float an im-
mense factory at once."
Similarly, design, color and material
should tend to serve special wants,
not follow the standardized patterns
of "the wholesale stores" the speaker
continued.
The educational, entertaining and
character -building value of doing as
distinguished from oral or visual
• learning was stressed by Major Nor-
bury. He compared early days onthe
earth with their need of utilization of
local materials for tools of structures
with modern means, often complicat-
ed, but demanding firsthand klaow-
ledge.
Every substance demands its own
treatment, he told delegates, and re-
quirements of today call for Intricac-
ies of knowledge tar beyond that of
even a century ago. Alloys, combina-
tions of materials and synthetic sub -
'stances have their own limitations
and need individual study.
town of Richmond, rich in historical
associations, where on behalf of the
borough, Mayor P. H. Goodwin hand-
ed to Sir Percy a painting by A. Wat-
son Turnbull, entitled "Vancouver's
Grave," for presentation to the City
of Vancouver.
A cablegram from Mayor McGeer
of Vancouver, was read, voicing
thanks to Mayor Goodwin and the
people of Richmond for their action.
The ceremonies at Petersham were
imposing. The Lord Mayor of Lon-
don was attended by sword -bearer and
rnace-bearer and other high civic ser-
vants, forming an impressive proces-
sion from the tiny red -brick church
with old-time high pews to 'Vancou-
ver's grave in one of the most
secluded corners of. the church -yard.
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t111,
meone Has Said That Fishing Is
Fishing Even If You Catch No Fish
Writes the Montreal Gazette—To
all anglers it is good news that the
fishing season is once more open, and
all devotees of the rod and line will
welcome the opportunity of .hieing
themselves off to some favorite spot
where there may be a chance of
dipping a string in the water with
good effect, or, at any rate, with sort
of interest which is peculiar to one
of the most ancient of arts. Certain
it is that primitive man had himself
some knowledge of this craft, a fact
plainly shown by his gift of making
fishhooks, one of the oldest devices of
which we have any knowledge. The
first printed book upon Fyshynge
was published in 1496 and was from
the hand of the Mother of Fisher-
men, Dame Julyans Homers. The
"Compleat Angler or Contemplative
Man's Recreation" appeared in 1653,
and in the hundred and fifty years'
interval but four books on angling
were issued. But the literature upon
fishing has since grown to such di-
mension that it may fairly be said
that of the making of fishing text-
books there is no end. The question
has been asked why fishing is such
a fascinating sport. And someone
has wittily said that fishing is fish-
ing even if you catch no fish. For
the interest of this sport lies in an-
ticipation of some stroke of luck turn-
ing up at any moment. It. is this
element of expectancy which consti-
tutes no small part of the charm of
the snort, for if you are not actually
catching fish there is not a moment
in your experience but you expect that
luck will yet turn your way.
There might be made up a strik-
ing muster -roll of ' fishermen who
would be proud to be numbered
amongst the elect coterie of the dis-
ciples of "Old Izaak" and followers of
the craft he himself so ardently pur-
sued. Charles Kingley was one of
these devotees of the rod and line and
with what joy does he talk of the days
when he found opportunity to follow
the chalk -streams of his own neigh-:
borhood in search of a creel of good
fat t'Fout, won only by the endless
patience a fisherman must have if he
is to succeed in his chosen sport. Or
again, reference might be made to
Archdeacon Paley, the author of "Na -
aural Theology," who was a skilled
angler and never counted a day lost
in which he could hie himself off to
some favorite stream and indulge the
sport which had for him the greatest
lure. Or once more, .what • an ardent
fisherman was Canon Greenwell of
Durham. who,• erudite scholar as he
was, and acknowledged as such, prob-
ably thought more of the fact that
lie had distinguished himself by the
invention of what' is known as the
"Greenwell Salmon lily" than of all
his high reptte -as a man 'of learn-
ing. Then, if report is to be trusted,
did not tho monks in olden time in=
diilge themselves in the sport of fish-
ing' '"in the abbey ponds .which
contained abundance of pike or race,
or possibly trout„'enough to tempt
the appetite of any sportsman?, And
by the way, it is notorious that the
"You're Soaked with rain. 11
a plass of port—poor stuff, thoud
"Any port in a storm, i'll say,
boy."
pike has a most akoracious appetite and
will take almost any bait that is of-
fered him, ranging from a sliver of
pork to the merest morsel of food
thrown in his way. It is on record
that no less than "sixteen minnows
have been taken from the crop of a
pike and, that while the pike is by
many fishermen considered one of the
"beasts of prey" infesting the waters
and displacing the gamier kind of fish,
so that they are seldom to be found
in the same lake or stream, it is well
known that the pike oft attains a
great age and in some of the English
lakes specimens have been caught
which attained a great size. In
Chamber's interesting book, "Pike and
Pike Lore," it is told how some years
ago, in the waters of Wasterdale, a
pike weighing no less than seventy-
five pounds was caught, the bait used
on this " occasion being a pound of
pork.
Good old Izaak Walton never knew
the use of the reel. What line he had
was of his own making and wound
around the rod, Yet he was won't
to say that a man who could not draw
a three or; four -pound fish out of the
water with a line made of three or
four twisted horse -hairs need not con-
sider himself an expert angler. How
about such a monster as that men-
tioned in the work already referred
to? As regards the trout, a two -
pound trout is a good specimen albeit
it is obvious that the average catch
is not at all likely to measure up to
any such a standard and the modest
angler will account himself lucky it
only the creel at the end of the day's
fishing shows good results. And let
us hope that this may be the happy
fortune of those who, what time the
fishing season opens, can hie them-
selves away to the sl turn sneam dce try
y
their luck. May they
ful from their trip and their efforts
at the royal sport of fishing.
How to Assess Ability
For Your V ocatiot
Por extra sensitive feet, seam
weekly baking soda baths are .ex
eellent. Simply dissolve one -halt cup
tul of socia in a basin of tepid watel
and soak your feet for twenty m.lu
rites,
Every Job differs in the character
isties and qualities it calls for in the
girl who is doing it.
liustness girls can be divided iota
three slain sections: (a) Clerical and
brain workers; (b) saleswomen and
social .contact workers; and (o) da.
mastic and manual workers. It Is
interesting to .decidewhich q.ualitiee
are esosntial in these careers.
It is evident that brain workers
should have the power to 'coneen..
trate, a good memory, and be able to
think rapidly' and clearly. Such things
as health, tidiness, appearance, lead-
ership, and steadiness cannot be over.
looked.
Saleswomen . and social workers.
should have a strong personality, a
pleasant manner, and be able to in-
terest
nterest people and inspire their con-
fidence. Domestic and manual work-
ers
ormers must be strong and even -temper-
ed, . thorough and able to pay mt.!
tention to detail,
Make up your mind on the ideal1
points. See ov many ofthem you
possess, and also how closely ; the
most successful business woman ot
your acquaintance conforms to the
type.
Hens Demoralized
The thrifty production manager o"C
a well-known food company recently
took to his suburban home the' late -
oratory's chickens which. were no
longer needed for nutrition tests, but
he has acquired thereby a very per-
plexing ,paoblem.
These chickens had neverlived
outside a laboratory before. They did
not know how to scratch for feed,
nor how to roost. If their•food was
not placedin a properly recognizable
receptacle .they went hungry._ And
when bedtime came they sat where -
ever they were, often in damp spots
that might he conducive to colds.
Eggs were laid anywhere.
After a hard day at the factory he
would .spend an hour in the evening
out in the chicken coop trying to
train these chickens in the proprie-
ties of life, but laboratory -bred birds
present unusual problems of sales re-
sistance. The ultimate solution was
achieved only by placing a couple of
old farm -bred hens in the laboratory -
bred flock. Soon they were imitating
the old-timers with vigor and, it is
related, rugged individualism is de-
veloping.
Harlow's Stand -In
WantsOfficeJob
HOLLYWOOD — Barbara Brown,
who has been Jean Harlow's secre-
tary and stand-in for five years,
would rather work in a business of-
flee.
The Salt Lake City girl is quitting
after the actress finishes her current
picture.
"It's been fun, and there's no one
in the world sweeter than Jean,"
she said, "but I thought I would like
to try something new."
Man's Contribution to
Hospital Is $1,390,000
LONDON, Eng.—E. Meyerstein,
a retired stockbroker, who is well
known for his Philanthropy, has given
::irot v.n, 20,000 1."ounds to Iviidcllesex
golden wedflinv. 1lis total donni•ion'
to this institution now exceed 278,-
000 ($1,390,000).
Meyerstein, who lives at Morants
Court, Dunton Green, Rent, has also
been a great -benefactor to other in-
stitutions.
Play Ensemble
If budding daughter is aching
to try her skill as dressmaker, let
her launch with sewing this use-
ful play ensemble:
The sun -back dress is a shirt-
maker model. It has two patch
pockets. You'll love the very
freshness and charm of the cape
slipped 'heath the shirt collar of
the dress. It buttons securely on
at the front.
It's just the think for vacation
days. It is developed in nautichl
blue pique with white dots with.
white eollar and blue buttons.
You c a n imagine schemes.
equally charming in plain cottons
in yellow, aqua, soft pinks, etc.
It is so simple to sew and so
very moderate in cost, you'll want
to snake two or maybe three.
Style No. 31.38 is designed for
sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 years.
Size 12 requires.2 1-8 yeards of
35 -inch material with Ye yard of
85 -inch contrasting for collar.
HOW TO. ORDER PATTERNS
Write your name and address
plainly, giving number and size
'of pattern wanted. Enclose 15c in
stamps or coin (coin preferred);
wrap it carefully, and address
your order 'to Wilson •Pattern
Service, 73 West Adelaide Street,
Toronto.
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