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CANADA
Children at the Wheel
A 14 -year-old Chicago high .school
girl, driving an automobile along a
public highway recently, struck a 7-
Zcar-old boy who was riding a bicycle,
The boy was not badly injured, and
wituesses said that the girl did every-
thing an adult driver could have done
to avoid hitting him. But it preyed on
her mind, and the 'tragic upshot was
that after a sleepless night of brood -
Mg the girl committed suicide.
It is a pitiful story, and makes a
sad commentary • on the automobile
age. Why should a child of 14 years
be permitted to drive a car in heavy
traffic—or for that matter in any kind
of traffic? Handling an automobile
these days is strictly a job for adults.
The nervous strain that the accidents
of the road can bring to a driver is
something no child ought to have to
shoulder. — Woodstock Sentinel - Re-
view.
Protectors Protected
Not newspapermen alone but the
Dublin generally will be interested in
the new law put into effect recently in
New Jersey under which no court,
grand jury; or other inquisitorial body
could require any reported to divulge
the source of confidential information
used in news articles. This law simp-
ly recognizes what has long been the
code of the news -gathering profession:
that a reporter is in honor bound .to'
protect the person from whom he gets
Information of legitimate interest to
hie public. It is a new bulwark for
tie freedom o f the press.—Halifax.
Herald.
Pepping Up Death Gamble
New trains to run 110 miles an hour
etre being planned for United States
railroads. That should pep up the
"Let's beat it to the crossing" fans.—
Ottawa Citizen.
Joke on the Buffalo
A couple of years ago, an expert was
driven from Wawa to Michipicoten
Falls one cold winter's day. The
driver tucked the buffalo robe careful-
ly around his passenger and climbed
in. "Of course,•" says the efficiency
man, "this is all wrong. There is real-
ly more warmth in a buffalo robe when
You wear the hair inside and the skin
butside. Mac looked at the engineer.
`;Well," he :says, "it's quite a joke on
the buffalo to have been wearing it
wrong all these years."—Sault Ste.
Marie Star.
Return to Farms
In sixty years the entire picture of
Canadian life has changed. In 1871
'there were 81 persons out -ofevery
hundred living in the country, while in
1131 there were nearly 54 out of every
hundred' in the cities and towns. Even
mile§e"figures, impressive though they
are, do not disclose the whole story,
'for the reason that persons living in
tcII'ai1 Communities and unincorporated
villages arerecorded as rural dwellers.
Actually, according to figures compiled
by the' Canadian Government Bureau
'of Statistic's, only 31.7 of the whole
population of Canada live on farms:
,There is, however, a noticeable return
overnent toward the farins now in
progress. --Fredericton Gleaner.
Why Accidents Happen
In the urban centres the pedestrians
have rights which must be respected,
but accidents constantly occur be-
cause pedestrians are careless or ab-
,sorbed when crossing the streets. For
their own safety they must develop
eternal vigilance and caution.
' The fatalities and injuries are not
inevitable. That is the fact to recog-
nize. Totalled up ,these accidents are
a ghastly story they are also ghastly
evidence of human lapses of one kind
or another, and of the need of a sus-
tained effort to inculcate habits of
safe driving and safe walking.—
Win-nipeg Free Press.
How's Your Vocabulary?
We read that broadcasting has add-
ed five hundred words to the average
ralo fan's vocabulary. Sonie say in Ot-
tawa the total now excees six .hun-
dred.—Ottawa Journal.
producing a million. clocks a year. --
Hamilton Spectator.
Strawberries En Route
An Alabama woman who raises ea
ly strawberries for the market w
overcome recently by the inciuisitiv
streak that is popularly supposed
be a componeut part of the femini
make-up, As. the Kitchener News -R
cord tells the story, a Goderich hoes
wife bought a box of berries, for whic
she paid 29 cents. in the bottom
the box was a note. It vas: ,"Pleas
write me who bought this box and th
price .paid for it. We received 7
cents a crate of 24 boxes. Picked b
Ruth Williams, Cullman, Alabam
Route 9."
A brief joust with mental arithmet
reveals that the grower received f
her product just 3 1-25 cents per bo
The spread, by the time the berrie
got to the table of the consumer, wa
just short of 26 cents. Not all of tha
of course, was accountable to th
profits of those who had handled th
berries between patch and retail sal
Duty, exchange and transportatio
combined to roll up the price, and,
course, the middleman and distrib
ing agents got their .bits.—Hamilto
Spectator.
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THE EMPIRE
Increase in Motor -car Sales
There is at least one trade — the
motor industry—which cannot be said
to be suffering gravely from the gen-
eral depression. More pjrivate cars
were registered in March than in any
single month hitherto, the total being
1,722 above that for the previous re-
cord month, March, 1929. In the first
three months of the year 46,105 new
cars were registered, a figure which
falls below that of the peak year by
only 42. The result is not so surpris-
ing as it appears, and cannot safely
be taken as a sign of returning gener-
al prosperity. For in the years lin-
mediately preceding 1929 the motor
habit was increasing rapidly and the
registration figures going forward in
a steep upward curve. The market
was still very far below saturation
point. In the ordinary course of events
we should have expected a continuous
expansion between 1929 and 1933.
What actually happened a -me Seat
there was some falling off after 1929,
and that this deficiency is now being
made good. For the industries con-
cerned it is an encouraging sign so
far as it goes, showing that the natural
growth of the motoring habit is suf-
ficient to counteract the trade slump.
—The Spectator, London.
U.S. and World Peace
America has now formally pledged
herself to take from henceforth a di-
rect active part in the guardianship
of the peace of the world. That is the
effect of Mr. Davis's statement. Mr.
Davis promised in the name of his
country to join others in abolishing
aggressive weapons, to consult with
others in case of a threat to peace,
and to "participate in a .system of
supervision to ensure the faithful car-
rying out of any measures of disarma-
ment." The last is clearly the most
important of these obligations. An
American representative ea. the Per-
manent Commission of Control will be
a solid guarantee of America's active,
practical concern in the work of dis-
armament—The News -Chronicle.
Caste Defended
Caste is by no means the unmixed
evil which Mr. Gandhi and some re-
formers represent it to be. (And even
Mr. Gandhi has stated that he would
not marry a daughter of his below her
caste). A former editor of the Spec-
tator, the late Meredith Townsend, be-
lieved the caste system to be "a mar-
vellous discovery . , . which through
ages has protected Hindu society from
anarchy and from the worst evils of
industrial and competitive life—it is
an automatic poor -law to begin with
and the strongest form known of trade
union."—London Spectator.
THE UNITED STATES
Newspaper Advertising
We learn that starting June 1 Mont -
British piocks gomery, Ward and Company will dis-
continue advertising through hand -
"It ever an industry saw opportun- bills and give 100 per cent. concentra-
ity and took it, the Clock trade has tion upon newspaper advertising. 0111 -
done so," reports the secretary of the dais of the company, with 500 stores
British Clock Manufacturers' Associa- in 46 states, assert this new policy is
tion, in Sending for review a special a test and they will continue it for at
number of a magazine published in least a year, if it yields results. The
the interests of the trade. The effects placing of the newspaper contracts
of the new British policy oe modified hereafter will be from the central of -
protection, couplet; with the advantage flee. Copy will. be sent in mat Earn
offered by the sterling exchange situa- to retail managers a month in advance
tion,, have been truly remarkable. It for merchandising purposes and for
is expected that in the course of the insertion of local prices on specified
present year nearly one hundred times items. Releases will be on a monthly
as many clocks will be produced in Eng- schedule, and frequency of insertion
11slt factories as in the year 1930, the will depend somewhat upon local com-
Increase being from 28,000 to two and petitive conditions.-
s''half millions. Millions of pounds All right, newspapers will gladly' ac -
have been invested in the industry and cept the challenge. It will pay out
foreign competition is being most sue,- handsomely, if the central control is
cessfully met, in spite of the fact that intelligent and keenly alert to the fact
the imported clocks are made to sell that local merchandising is often a
at ridiculously low prices. It is said, hair-trigger business: There is no
in some instances, that foreign time- comparison between the pulling power
pieces are put on the market at about of a good daily and a handbill, assure -
one -sixth the values asked five years ing that the copy is right and releases
ego, the competition coming mainly scientific. Montgomery, Ward and
from European countries, with Japan Company are set .for what the hunter
stealily increasing its output. 'Gera calls a killing.—Editor and
are 25 factories new in that to 1Publisherb"sdAti", a '(New �orTe),
Passengers Have Narrow Escape.
The lake steamer George M. Cox on the reef in Lake Superior near the Rock .of Ages light. The
120 passengers, several severely injured, were taken off by a .coast guard boat.
Married •Women Work •
To Keep Homes Together
The Welland -Port Colborne Tribune,
writing editorially on "Married Wo-
men Out of Work," says:
"Occasionally there are bitter com-
plaints against married women hold-
ing r ayroll jobs, the attacks usually
coming from members of the working
class who demand the job of the mar-
ried women. Most of the protests come
from women and the animosity of
their remarks suggests some common
underlying psychological incentive.
Long centuries of custom have im-
planted in the human mind; the no-
tion that when a woman marries she
must fit into the stereotyped house-
wife mould.
"The usual argument is that no
married women should hold a job as
long as there are jobless umnarried
women. Many exceptions from such
a rule must be allowed.
"Not all married women working
outside the home are doing so for the
lave of work or for love of luxuries
their husbands cannot afford to buy
thein. By far the greater number are
in factories stores, offices and schools
because their husbands do not earn,
enough to keep their family together
and maintain their home without the
aid of the wife's earnings. Where the
single woman has only herself to shp-
port greater suffering would result
from giving her the job of some
mother.
"Where married women are engag-
e -1 in positions desired by men or
single women it is very likely that
the employers have found the former
more efficient or more adapted to the
work. There is certainly no conspir-
ai; among employers against the un-
married."
Ontario Historical Society
Annual Meeting at Guelph
Starting June 21st, the Ontario His-
torcal Society will hold a three-day
annual meeting in the Ontario Agri-
cultural College, Guelph.
A varied and interesting program is
offered which will include trips to Fer-
gus and Elora, for which arrangements
are being made by the Wellington
County Historical Society. At Fergus
a visit will be made to the well-known
rose garden of Mr. J. C. Templin on
June 22nd.
"What we need to -day is not new
political institutions or new economic
systems. What we need to -day is a
new spirit."—Bishop William T.`Man-
ning.
Who Makes a Garden
Who rears four walls around a little
plot,
Some still, secluded spot, •
And digs and sows therein, has done
a thing,
•
Beyond his reckoning.
In ono small, fended space,
Beauty and deep, untenable content
Make their abiding -place,
And measureless peace`is pent.
There time takes note of tender hap-
peniugs:
The shimmer of a butterfly's blue
wings
Above the clustered phlox;
A spider's will to work a miracle
Between two hollyhocks;
A hidden cricket's humble prophecies,
A brown bird by a pool, •and all that
goes
Into the lovely lifetime of a rose;
A pansy's lore, and little questing
bees'
Strange sweet biographies.
Who makes a garden plans beyond his
knowing,
Old roads are lost, old dwellings have
their day,
For, year by year, as April's heart is
stirred,
Spring after punctual spring,
Across the little acre's wintry gray
Comes, slowly traced, an old, authentic
word
In radiant lettering;
A shining script of tendril, vine, and
whorl—
New green, palegold, clear lavender,
and pearl,
Petal by delicate petal, leaf by leaf.
—Nancy Byrd Turner, in "A Riband
on My Rein." (Hartford, Conn.:
Edwin Valenine Mitchell).
Strathroy Student Wins
Ferguson Trophy Award
London, Ont.—Doh Wright of Strath-
roy has been made the recipient of
the Howard Ferguson trophy by the
committee at University of Western
Ontario.
The award, granted with athletic
ability, academic standing, and general
contribution to college life as the de-
termining factors, was awarded for the
first time last year to Dr. Paul Hauch.
"There is happiness in music if you
put happiness into it."—Rudy Vallee.
"A nation that cannot maintain the
value of its currency under pressure
from abroad is scarcely in a position
to talk of self-suftioiency."--Raymond
B. Fosdick.
Paris Opens School
For Tourist Guides
Paris—Mark Twain once complain-
ed that the ordinary Paris guide didn't
know the difference between a fresco
and a fireplug.
To remedy this condition, if it 'real-
ly exists, a "School for Touristic In-
struction" has been opened in the
Ministry of Public Works, its purpose
being to increase the competence and
usefulness of tourist guides. Seventy
students are already enrolled, follow-
ing a • comprehensive curriculum
which includes freecoes if not fire-
plugs, also Gothic churches, Parisian
history, and so forth. Montmartre
night -life, however, is not included
in the studies, since it is agreed that
most tourists master this subject with-
out outside aid.
This School for Tourist Guides does.
not purpose, ar even hope, to turn its
students into expert architects, con-
noisseurs of the arts, and reliable his-
torians; but plans to give thein an
accurate if elementaz y knowledge of
Paris, its history and its artistic trea-
sures, so that they will be able to give
an intelligent answer to most ques-
tions asked then.
Paris guides, who s:uccessfuily pass
their examinations at this school, will
be given diplomas testifying to their
competence; they will .also be allowed
to wear a they
button, so that
they can be easily recognized. In the
past, the ordinary guide has been .a
pleasant, well-meaning individual who
merely repeated information which
he had memorized, and which he un
deleteod inadequately. The new' school
will giye the old (and the new) guide
an intelligent background and a solid
basis for his work, it is believed.
Electrical Fly -Catcher
Shown in Germany
A new electrical fly -catcher was
shown in operation at Leipzig, Ger-
many.
It consists of .a metal container, in
which a wire screen is placed. The
screen is baited with some sweet-
smelling
weetsmelling substance, and immediately
a fly alights on it, a charge of elec-
tricity is sent through the screen, elec-
trocuting .the fiy.
The fly -catcher can be worked on
any electrical circuit, and is guaran-
teed shock -proof.
"On the whole, in spite of wars and
depressions, the world grows more
humane, and the' average happiness of
mankind increases." -Bertrand Rus-
sell.
Four Killed --40 Injured When Trains Crash
Two mete a woman and a child were killed and 30 to 40 other passengers were injured, when a
eteani train crashed intci an electric train; between Wimbledon .and Baynes Park, ttngland. Photo shows
wrecked carriages et the steam train 'just after the smash.
F coked Trout
ev re n Vex
Gill Injuries not Fatal if Small
Fish Promptly Returned
to Stream
Small trout which have been injured
about the gills by the angler's, hook
will soon recover, in many cases• at
least, if they are 'promptly freed and
put back into the wetter,
That statement may be contrary to
a belief which is perhaps quite widei3
held but tests made by a Canadian in
vestigator have indicated that it is
true, and sportsmen who happen to
land small trout when fishing for the
big fellows should make it a point to
get them back into the water at once
so that they may have a chance to re
cover and nature and help to ensure
good sport for anglers later on. .Is
some cases, of course, the fisheries re
gulations provide that trout under cer
tain sizes must be returned to the
stream or lake but, regulations aside
it is good sportsmanship to put the
small fish back in the water so that
they utay.help to maintain the angling
resources.
The investigation as to the effect
of hook injuries on small trout wat
carried out last year under the Biologi
cal Board of Canada, which is the
federal fisheries research body an! .
operates under the control of the Min
ister..of Fisheries. A number of troui.
with hook injuries in their gills-seV-
eral gill arches—were under obserVa
tion in the tests, being placed in 'it'
trough where they could easily Iia`
watched. Their injuries made them
sluggish and, to quote from the report
of the investigator, they "did not re-
spond readily to tactile stimuli for
several hours," but after twenty-four
hours most of them seemed quite nor
mal again. Only a'small percentage --
less than ten per cent—failed to sur
vive, and to quote again from the ren
port, "the experiment indicates that s
high percentage of hooked trout which
are injured, even to the extent of
severing a gill arch, may be expected
to live if returned to the water when
released from the hook,"
Victoria Colonist Comments
On Newspaper Trials
A newspaper has a difficult task
in catering to the views of many dif-
ferent shades of thought, writes the
Victoria Colonist. Its endeavor- al.
ways is to keep on an even keel and
to give the greatest volume of space
to those subjects'in evhich it has
found by experience the largest pro-
portion of its public is interested. In
following this course it often giver
offence; not willingly, but simply bee
cause judgment affecting matters of
interest continues to vary according
to the likes and dislikes of the indi-
vidual. The correspondence columns
of any newspaper are a reflection of
public opinion. They can, however,
if not properly governed, become a
happy hunting ground for cranks and
for the perpetration of personalities
and intolerance in viewpoint. Thai
is often the reason why controversial
are not allowed to become prolonged
Contrary to a general 'view entertain'
ed by the public one of the main prob.
lems in connection With a newspaper
is what to leave out, not what to
print.
Contagious Cases Increase
Quebec.—Contagious disease cases
reported to the Municipal Hygiene
Bureau during the month of May
showed an increase of 17 cases as corn -
pared with the same month a yeah!
ago. Measles led the list with 39 •
cases declared, ''while there were 13
cases of scarlet fever and 12 cases of
diphtheria. Two deaths as a result
of contagious diseases were reported,
Sidewalk Cafes
Ever a pioneer, for all its reputea
conservatism, Bosien has instituted
for itself a very, agreeable sidewalk
cafe. Right in (rent .of .tlte Public
Library its gay Blue awnings, neat
green tables inclosed in a boxed hedge
and its white-aproned garcons all lend
the authentic Continental touch, and,
what'smore, it is well patronized. You
can't get a chair at lunch time ally •
more than you can get a stool _al .
Thompson's Spa Washington street
There are people there at tea time,
too, sipping China tea and eating, fox
all we know, crumpets, Now a little
rash of sidewalk cafes is appetirieg it.
our own town. Thereare:a .cell* of
very modest teepee restaurants in the
West Fifties aid a more pretentious
one sponsored by a fashionable hotel
right in the Grand Central district, and
youcan have your luncheon coffee
there just as the Central rumbles un
der you on the way to Chicago and tha
fair.
The principal drawbacks to sidewalit
cafes iii Manhattan have heel' the nay
rowness of the footways and the dirt
But if space can be found iu less fro
quented thoroughfares and awninge
erected to prevent a simple luncheon
party from resembling a spectacle re
Presenting the destruction of Pompoif
there would pretty certainly be custom.
err to patronize sitcli resorts. More
power to the restaurateurs who will
give us the leisured touch of foreign
dining.—New York Ilerald-Tribune.
"True poetry is concerned witb
things undying."--Johu Masefield.
"Just to make money is no gauge
any More of success." --Mrs. Franklin
11 Roosevelt,