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SECRETS OF SLEEP
Ten thousand nights of sclentit
le experiment by physiologists of
the University of Chicago have up-
set many popular ideas about the
technique. of sleeping. They now
declare that slumber is largely
what one makes it, the physiolo-
gists found.
The sleep of nor'mai adults is not
produced by fatigue substances but
as a habit acquired to prevent ev-
entual serious fatigue,
DRIED AIR AIDS HEARTS
The use of air conditioning as a
new treatment for rheumatism was
reported last week by Albert G.
Young, M.D., of Brookline, Mass„
who said that in two years, use at
the hospital of air conditioning had
prevented heart trouble in rheu-
matic fever.
About the only treatment, Dr.
Young said, has been rest in bed
and warm, dry climate. Air condi-
tioning produces this climate arti-
ficially in the hospital.
TO STUDY "BRAIN WAVES"
Electrical "brain waves" that
point the way to the sources of cer-
tain types of epilepsy will be stud-
ied at a new laboratory opened last
week in McGill University Neuro-
logical Institute.
lc process, jots down the brain's
electrical impulses on a chart like
an ordinary graph.
By studying the ups and clowns
of the graphs, physicians will be
able to detect the regions of the
brain which give -rise to certain
eases of epileptic attacks.
SEEK INSULIN SUBSTITUTE
Two University of Manchester,
(England) research workers have
obtained encouraging results in ex-
periments designed to find a substi-
tute for insulin In diabetes treat-
ment which would eliminate dan-
ger of "insulin shock" and could be
given by mouth instead of injec-
tion.
In a series of experiments they
used extracts of cabbage to control
the blood -sugar concentration of
animals.
The
BOOK SHELF
By ELIZABETH EEDY
THREE CHRISTMAS BOOKS
A vitally strong character with
an insatiable hunger for knowledge
is presented by Mazo de la Roche
in -"Growth of a Man" (McClelland
& Stewart, Toronto, $2.50). Canada
is the setting.
Far-off Iceland is brought into
the realm of common experience
for those who read Gunnar Gun-
narsson's "The Night and the
Dream" (McClelland & Stewart,
Toronto, $2.50). This is a sequel to
the author's magnificent autobio-
graphical novel "Ships in the Sky."
The essence of thirty-nine years
of research, study and writing is
represented in Hall Caine's "Life
of Christ" (Doubleday, Doran, Tor-
onto, $3.50). The author's purpose
has been to "make every incident
illustrate and develop Tesus' char-
acter, to heighten and deepen the
impression of His personality."
Swing Style's Out
Sweet Music's In
Fading of Ultra -Hot Bands Is
Predicted for Near Future
Swing music is dead! Long live
sweet swing!
Fugitives from bolter -factory
dance bands can take the cotton
out of their ears.
That instrumental cacophony you
have been hearing these recent
few months was the death rattle
of the swingsters—dealt a lethal
blow by their own desire to be hot-
ter than hot.
More Like Plain Jazz
The evidence is seen of only in
the fading of ultra -hot bands but
in the words of authorities in three
separate musical fields: Monsieur
Hughes Panassie, French author of
"Le Jazz Hot"—the swiugster's
bible; Andre hostelanetz, sympho-
ny orchestra leader and music di-
rector of Columbia Broadcasting
System; and the "Icing of Swing"
himself—Benny Goodman!
Goodman says the public is drift-
ing away from the noisy, unmelodic
type of music that most people call
swing.
Kostelanetz, whose business it is
to keep his finger's on the mercur-
ial pulse of the public, points out—
With echoes from Panassie and
Goodman --that the new "sweet"
swing is little different from jazz.
Mrs. Charles Stokes who cele -
bra te d
ele-brated her 100th birthday in
Ramsgate, England, still does her
own housework, shopping and
cooking, and finds time for much
reading.
Brand Livestock
Farmers Advised
In Order to Combat the Activit-
ies of Rustlers In Three
Counties of Ontario
Cattle rustling and sheep thiev-
ing are rife in Grey, Bruce and
Huron Counties, over twenty night
raids on farmers' stock having
been made in the last three
months, was revealed at Goderich
last week when Provincial Con-
stable P. E. McCoy appealed to
farmers to brand their live stock
with some identification mark
other than the slitting or punch-
ing a hole in the ears.
"A gang of rustlers is going
about the country at night,'loading
animals from pasture fields onto
trucks and disposing of them at
stockyards or packing plants,"
Constable McCoy said. So far the
rustlers have confined their activi-
ties in Huron County to sheep.
Five such raids have been report-
ed.
A warning was issued to farm-
ers to be on watch d't night for
trucks, to obtain marker numbers,
and as full a description as poss-
ible, and to place some private
identification mark on animals.
One raid in Sydenham town-
ship, Grey County, netted the rust-
lers eight head, and another in
the same municipality, on Nov.
23, netted thirteen head.
Modern
Etiquette
BY ROBERTA LEE
L Is it correct to say: 'Pleased
to meet you," when being introduc-
ed?
2. When you are a dinner guest,
is it necessary to say "thank you"
each time a servant passes you a
dish?
3. Should an invitation to any
kind of meal, dinner, supper, lunch-
eon, be answered?
' 4. What is the proper amount
that a bridegroom should give the
minister as a fee?
5. Is it all right to say, when you
are leaving after a visit, "I am af-
raid I have stayed too long," or "I
must have bored you talking so
much?"
6. Who pays the fare if a hostess
takes her guests to a theatre or
some other entertainment in a
taxi?
Answers
1. No; this is a crude phrase.
Merely say, "How do you dol" A
person sometimes adds, "I have .
heard my husband (or my brother)
speak of you quite often," or some
such remark.
2, No; it is not necessary nor is
it expected. However, it is far bet-
ter to say "thank you" when it is
not necessary than to omit it when
one should express thanks.
3. Yes, always.
4. There is no stipulated amount.
It may be $5, $10, $20 and often
$100 o more, when the bridegroom
$100 or more. It all depends upon
one's finances. •
5. No; such expressions are stu-
pid and self-conscious.
6: The hostess.
Evidence Studied
By Commission
Having . Concluded Hearings,
the Royal Commission on
Dominion -Provincial Rela-
tions Will Review 10,000
Pages of Data
The Royal Commission on Do-
minion -Provincial Relations pre-
pared this week to settle down to
the most difficult part of its vital
task—drafting a report which
' might lead to more complete na-
tional unity and a sounder system
of public finance in Canada.
The commission has completed
its long and painstaking collection
of data on which it would base a
report. Its public sittings con-
cluded when the Manitoba govern-
ment wound up its supplementary
sittings.
Towards Canadian Unity
The task now will be to finish a
review of the 10,000 -odd pages of
evidence taken during the 85 days
of sittings, to absorb the best of a
score of studies done by some of
the country's leading economic,
legal and statistical experts, draft
a skeleton report and then go to
work on the actual writing,
It is expected the report will be
ready about the middle of the par-
liamentary session which opens
Jan. 12, and may consist of a
summary of the factual evidence
received by the commission and
some recommendations based on -
that evidence.
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DY ANNE .ASHLEY
Q. Flow should buttons be fasten-
ed on lace?
A. Tie buttons on lace instead of
sewing them on, using a needle
with doubled thread. The ends
should oe tied under the buttons
and on the wrong sie. If tied .care-
fully the buttons are easily remov-
ed when the lace is to be freshen-
ed.
Q. How can 1 keep clothes from
freezing to the clothesline?
A. The clothesline can be clean-
ed, and the clothes will not freeze
to it during cold weather, if the line
is rubbed with a mixture of equal
parts of baking soda and salt,
sprinkled on a damp cloth. Or, boil
the line occasionally in strong salt
water,
Q. How can 1 remedy a tight shoo
that binds at the toe?
A, Wring a cloth out of hot wa-
ter, fold it and lay it across the
toe, while the shoe is on the foot.
This will cause the leather to ex-
pand and conform to the shape of
the foot.
Q. How can I keep a partly used
bottle of olives fresh?
A. By pouring about a half; inch
of olive oil over the top and then
keeping the bottle securely corked.
Q. How can I satisfactorily clean
a felt hat?
A. Add enough gasoline to a tea-
cup of flour to make a paste. Rub
this paste on the hat with a brush,
and allow to dry. Then brush off
with a stiff brush. Remember that
gasoline is inflammable.
Next Postmaster -General?
Reports emanating from Ottawa
indicate that Col. William P. Mu -
lock, member for North York, may
shortly be sworn into the King
cabinet as postmaster -general to
succeed Hon. J. C. Elliot who has
been absent from his office for
rnany months clue to illness.
Will Build Naval
And Air Defenses
Substantial Appropriation Like-
ly to Be Set Aside at Coming
Session of Canada's Parlia-
ment
The highlight of the defense es-
timates to be submitted to the ap-
proaching session of Parliament
will be a substantial appropria-
tion dedicated to the purpose of
raising Canada's so-called "tin -
pot" navy to the status of a thor-
oughly effective fighting unit.
The other main feature of the
estimates will be a substantial ap-
propriation for air defenses.
It may be forecast that approxi-
mately $50,000,000 will be voted
in the estimates scheduled to come
before the session which opens in
January.
In the realm of naval defenses,
the intention of the government
is, briefly, to provide a total of 18
destroyers for the patrol and de-
fense of the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts.
This plan contemplates a flotilla
for the east and west coasts re-
spectively of eight destroyers and
a leader, the latter being slightly
larger than the ordinary destroyer
and carrying the staff officers.
The broad intention of the gov-
ernment with respect to air de-
fenses is even more ambitions.
The plan is to have ultimately 23
air force units, which means a
total of more than 520 planes,
including those for training pur-
poses.
GOING TO TOWN?
Remember to get
your copy of this
week's Toronto
Star WJeekly,
Issue No. 52`---'3F
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Castor Oil Known
In Pharaoh's Tithe
Mc'sty Modern drugs 'Were
Used by the Ancients — the
the
Pharmacist and Physician
Were One 40 Centuries Ago
Castor oil .has been in common
use for almost 40 centuries and
prescriptions which employed medi-
cines recognized today for their
therapeutic value were known to
the ancients, according to discov-
eries described by Charles La Wall,
historian -pharmacist, in a lengthy
volume recording the scientific ad-
vance of pharmacy. Prescriptions
compounded by pharmacists and
physicians date back to the earliest
records, La Wall reveals in "4,000
Years of Pharmacy," One prescrip-
tion, the date of which is fixed at
1552 B.C., afforded the necessary
clues for deciphering the written
language of the ancient Egyptians
and constituted the key to all sub-
sequent research in Egyptology.
This ancient remedy, , recorded
when Moses was tending his father-
in-law's sheep on the plains at the
foot of Mount Horeb, prescribes re-
medial substances in common use
in drug stores today.
Besides castor oil, many other
medicinal materials were listed,
such as yeast, various oils, turpen-
tine, figs, wormwood, squill, aloes,
opium, peppermint, anise, saffron,
linseed, juniper berries, poppy, date
blossoms, andeven onions.
In those days pharmacist and
physician were one, the practice of
medicine being entirely experimen-
tal. As time went on, La Wall re-
cords, these fields of practice se-
parated: "It is the function of the
physician to diagnose disease and
recommend treatment. If medicine
is required, the wise physician
writes a prescription to be filled by
a competent pharmacist, for this is
the pharmacist's particular prov-
ince and specialty for which the has
been specially trained."
164 Rural Maidens
Attend Course in
Home Economics
Women's Institute Branch of
Ontario Department of Ag-
riculture Holding Three
Months' Course in Five
Counties— Develops Intelli-
gent Judgment in Problems
of Home -Maker
Attendance figures for the first
couple of weeks of the three month
course in Home Economics being
• conducted by the Women's Instit-
ute Branch of the Ontario Depart-
ment of .Agriculture in five coun-
ties show a total of 164 rural young
women attending lectures. The,
courses are being held in the coun-
ties of Bruce, Halton, Hastings,
Peterboro and Wentworth, under
the direct supervision of experts
from' the Women's Institute
Branch.
The course is divided under five
headings:
Food and Cookery: This course
includes a study of food and its re-
lationship to health, food habits
and nutritional needs; the compo-
sition, selection, purchase, prepar-
ation and service of food; analysis
of recipes and standard products.
Household Management: This
course directs attention to: organ-
ization of house work, considera-
tion of working conditions in the
home and labour-saving equipment;
care of the house. selection, care
and use of materials (metals, wood
and glass), cleaning equipment;
the home kitchen, sanitation, water
supply, sewage disposal and con-
trol of insects; general principles
of laundering.
Health Education and Home care
of the sick, Clothing, Home Furn-
ishing.
London: A week's fun amid
the fogs: Emile Aymoz, a French
chef, praised "that succulent and
nutritive dish, the American ham-
burger"; Church of England cler-
gymen made it known that• they
preferred the "Lambeth Walk to
the "sensuous slinking" of recent
ballroom favorites, and a movie
house displayed a sign reading
"Chamberlain the Peacemaker —
for one week only."
COLDS OVER GH°
Every second counts in the treatment
of a cold. Get after it right away .
before it becomes more serious, F� ight
it at its source. A little Mentholatum
inserted well up the nostrils will not
only save you future discomfort and
expense but will bring you quick,
lasting relief. The antiseptic vapours
of Mentholatum quickly penetrate to
the farthest nasal passages .. , fight the
lurking germs .. clear the nose and
promote sound, healthful breathing.
Get a 30 cent tube or jar today. Use it
tonight. Get relief in OWW morning.
Quick relief guaranteed or money
refunded. A3
AVE
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"What's the use of It all?" said
the old rooster, leaning his head
sadly against the barn door. "Eggs
yesterday, chickens to -day, leather
dusters to -morrow."
WI)
UNHAYY F8
Weep to the tale of Willie T8.
Who meet a girl whose name
was K8.
He courted her at a fearful R8.
And begged her soon to become
his M8.
"I would if i could," said lovely
K8.
"i pity your lonely, unhappy
st8.
"But alas, you've come too
L8,
"I'm married already. The mo-
ther of 8."
oOo
"i'm sorry I haven't a dime," the
lady said as she handed the conduc-
tor a ten dollar bill,
"Don't worry, madam," he replied
politely. "You're going to have 99
of them in a couple of minutes."
o0o
Changeable women are more
endurable than monotonous
ones, however unpleasant some
of their changes may be; they
are sometimes murdered but
seldom deserted.
— George Bernard Shaw
oOo
Farmer's Wife: "If you can't
sleep, count sheep."
Farmer: "I did that last night. 1
counted ten thousand nheep and
put them in cars and shipped 'em
to market. By the time I'd figured
up my losses it was time to get up
and milk!"
— Parade, London
oOo
A cannibal chief is reported
to have eaten his mother-in-law
because she opposed him on
some matter of tribal policy.
It would be only poetic justice
if she continued to disagree
with him.
Germany Buying
Canadian Apples
LONDON, Ont. — Middlesex -
grown apples will enjoy a more
prominent place on Nazi Germany
dinner tables this year than ever
before in history if German crop
reports can be taken as an auth-
ority.
With a subnormal domestic ap-
ple harvest, Germany will have no
difficulty in absorbing the full
quotas for both fresh and dried
apples.
One district apple producer
said apples from this area would
be purchased with a "goodly
share" of the $600,000 set aside
this year by the German Govern-
ment for purchase of fresh ap-
ples in Canada.
Gold From Abroad
Comes To Canada
A heavy influx of earmarked
gold into Canada was .disclosed
last week :in a Dominion Bureau
of Statistics report.
Net increase of earmarked gold
—that is gold from abroad held in
Canada for safekeeping—amount-
ed to $71,400,000 in the past 13
months. The increase for last Oc-
tober was $32,400,000. It is be.
lieved most of this Fold came from
Great Britain and France,
To Purchase Armaments
The British Government was
reported strengthening its North
American gold reserves by ship-
ping large quantities of the metal
for storage in the vaults of the
Bank of Canada.
The step was said to have been
taken to provide for the purchase
of war materials in Canada and
the United States in the event of
a European war, when shipment
of gold across the Atlantic would
be dangerous.
Car Owners Are
Blamed In Theft
Following the disclosure that
ignition keys had been left in
a car that was stolen last week
and then used in the armed
robbery of a London (Ont.),
grocer, officials of the Forest
City have issued a warning to
all motorists not to leave keys
in parked cars.
Magistrate D. B. Menzies
said that in nearly every court
case in which youths were
charged with car theft, the of-
fence could be traced to the
fact that the motorists had left
the keys in the car.
Oh Boy!
Morn lets me
sweeten my
Cereal
with
BEE HIVE
Syrup.
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An ex -farmer in England re-
ported that he could have put up
with farming, but the filling of
government forms drove him out
of the business,
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a definite money -back guarantee of
satisfaction. This is n wonderful op-
portunity to troy that furniture you
need at n fraction of its real value.
85 Chesterfield Suites, (3 pieces)
in a large variety of styles
and covers, all guaranteed thor-
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39 Dining Room Suites in oak,
walnut and birch, all nine
piece suites, buffet, china cabinet
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walnut, enamel finishes, dres-
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springs and brand new mattress.
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Odd Chesterfield., 5.1.1)5; Chester-
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