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To Encourage Marriages
To encourage marriages of poor
couples the Fascist party in. Italy is
offering $80 each to 200 couples who
cannot marry for lack of funds. True,
this isn't a very munificent sum on
which to start in double harness, but.
th,o grandparents of many of us have
done it on less. — Ctratford Beacon
Herald.
For Single Men
Well-conducted camps appear to be
the best way of meeting one Phase of
the unemployment problem. — Regina
Leader -Post,
Things in the Papers
The extraordinary thing—which is
almost the most ordinary thing in a
newspaper's experience—is that it is
the same sort of people who common-
ly want to get certain things into the
paper who also want to keep certain
other things out. The mark of the
species is that the things they want to
keep out are almost invariably news
by the most honest and intelligent de-
finition and the things they want to
get in or not. In both instances they
assume to be censors; in both in-
stances they can never be persuaded—
and very often they are quite decent
itizens—that their censorship in the
long run is an utterly futile and self-
defeating thing.—Vancouver Province.
Great Britain's Improvement
Hardships don't kill people. Great
B}•:fain is healthier to -day than it has
been for years and the death rate has
decreased in districts hit hardest by
the depression.—Lindsay Post.
Small Bills
One thing about the depression, it
tends to reduce superstition. Not near-
ly so many people will still consider
a two -dollar bill unlucky.—Woodstock
Sentinel -Review,
A Great Shock
Chicago man died of a heart attack
as he was parking his auto. Probably
that shock of finding a parking space
within four blocks of his destinationT-
3Vinnipeg Tribune.
Unmarked Victories
An impressive granite monument
was recently erected at Fort Erie, Ont.,
to mal.;k the earliest trading post and
also the capture of two United States
hips of war during the war of 1812.
Qntario has numerous sites on which
victories over invaders from the south
are marked. New Brunswick also pos-
sesses them, but with the exception of
Fort Cumberland or Beausejour, none
is marked. Some six miles west of
Fredericton on the site of what once
was the Indian village of Aukpak, a
rebel American force, under John Al-
en, was captured, and at Manawagon-
isb,'west of Saint John, a similar rebel
'defeat occurred. Neither is in any way
marked.—Fredericton Gleaner.
Use For Small Spuds
. Potatoes are not a good crop in this
ommunity. Half the crop is too small
or table use. Farmers who have po-
atoes to sell would be helping them -
elves by grading them. One of these
' ays, someone will bring in a carload
rom the Maritimes, and the grocers
here will find trouble in selling their
, little or mixed stock. Half of the small
potatoes is lost in peeling. The Irish
eople find little potatoes good food
or little pigs, and their bacon is
raded on the best bacon market in
the world three points higher than the
panadian bacon which is made from
hogs fattened on good corn, which is
,tounted the best ration In the world
for fattening hogs.—Port Rowan News.
Up to the Motoring Public
Just ..as long as the general public
continues to smile at stories of exces-
sive speed; to feel that traffic laws are
for the other fellow, and that it is all
right to break them as long as you
4on't get caught; to hold the opinion
that any action, walking or driving, is
permissible so long as one is able to
!'et away with it; for just that period
*ill motor vehicle accidents continue
to be menace. When every driver and
very pedestrian realizes that safety
Bones ahead of sphedules, ahead. of
ilersonal rights; that safety comes
head of everything else, then we may
expect a reduction in the waste of life,
health, and property through acci-
'dents, to be brought about.—Ontario
Motor Vehicles Branch.
In Middle Ages
We are told women used to paint
their facesin the Middle Ages. They
still paint their faces in the middle
ages.—Ottawa Journal,
Thrifty
They must have a thrifty bunch of
councillors in Pennbrook, Pelnlsyl-
vanla, Hitherto a curfew bell had been
`founded there to clear the streets of
'`r"lifldren, but in order to save 15 Cents
r day the fire hall bell will now be
imsed for the job. The final signal will
,be for lights out instead of fire out.—
Jirantford Expos' tete
Help For the Potato -Grower
two years ago, when the potato -
growers of this Prorinee were receiv-
ing as little as ten cents a barrel for
'their precincts"the were colitjrile tii1e,
their share to ensure the orderly mar-
keting of wheat. If it is fair to sup-
port wheat even to the extent of the
Dominion Government becoming a
partner in the business, then it is
equally fair that the potato -grower de-
mand be favourably listened to. They
are asking less than the wheat -growers
are getting. With the example of the
West so strikingly before us, in which
millions of dollars have been risked
to support the price of wheat, thele
should be no modesty in New Bruns-
wick in demanding similar treatment
for the potato -growers of this Pro-
vince.—Saint John Telegraph -Journal.
THE EMPIRE
British Films to the Fore
When a Berlin butcher attends an
American movie and beholds Greta
Garbo as Mata Hari making love in
gutteral English with a Swedish ac-
cent to an oily Latin impersonating a
Russian officer, he suddenly remem-
bers the League of Nations and the
abomination of Versailles, hastens
from the theatre and never is seen
again. Foreign customers all over the
world have been hastening for five
years now, and' the end is not yet in
sight.... The sound revolution in
America gave struggling European pro-
ducers the breathing spell which they
so sorely need. That they have taken
full advantage of it is evidenced by
the fact that of the five major world
studios showing profits during the last
year, three were in Europe—Ufa, Gau-
mont-British and British International.
German pictures are gaining on the
Continent in almost direct ratio to the
decline of American prestige. British
companies are making heavy inroads
in the Colonies, the French have gain-
ed ground in Middle Europe, and the
Russians, of course, have their market
all to themselves. It is safe to say
that within two years foreign films—
notably British—will be offering spirit-
ed competition in Hollywood's back
yard.—Mr. Dalton Trumbo, in The
North American Review.
World Conference and British
Commonwealth
The Conference served further to
consolidate the British Commonwealth
and likewise the sterling bloc. The
sterling bloc is more favourably situ-
ated than when the Conference opened,
for it is now definitely in a position to
hold the balance of power between
the old gold standard and the dollar.
In other words, London is once -more
the centre of the world's commercial
and monetary gravity.'—Johannesburg
Sunday Times.
Gold Standard and Sterling Bloc
Britain has been driven by the fail-
ure of the Conference to establish a
so-called sterling bloc. Its object is
to ensure at least a measure of mone-
tary sanity and economic co-operation.
Britain will make things as easy as
she can for the gold countries, since
for various reasons she wishes them
to remain on gold. It is, however,
doubtful whether Holland, Belgium and
Switzerland, or even Frauce, will be
able to hold out indefinitely.—Cape
Argus.
The Indian Cultivator
The thriftlessness of the average In-
dian cultivator is perhaps the most
obstinate trait in his character stand-
ing iu the way of individual as well as
collective progress. For this reason,
the adoption of better methods Qf cul-
tivation, the purchase of new types of 1
agricultural implements, improved and' '
better cattle require a capital outlay
generally beyond his capacity.—Bom-
ba Times of India.
Empire Migration
A stimulating breath of the practi-
cal Imperial spirit comes from the
manifesto of the Empire Trade League,
which proposes overseas community �
settlement under chartered companies
or other auspices, such "colonizing ad-
ventures" being regarded as a long -1
range plan for the future. Among the
signatories are prominent men whose 1
Empire -building doctrine is in sharp
contrast with the present official policy
of quotas, restriction of output and like;
measures which would end the migra- j
tion of British. people to British domin-i
ions, stop expansion, render it more
and more difficult for the Dominions
to pay their debts and make more or
less static the Empire market for the
manufactures of the Motherland,—
Auckland Weekly News.
THE UNITED STATES
Refunding Britain's Debt
The British Government scruptu]ous-
ly observed the terms of its contract
until last June. Even then it made a
payment on account. It has maintain-
ed this record in the face of pect]•arly
difficult financial conditions, NeP ofil-
cial request for revision came until it
Wes plain to all thinking people on
both sides of the Atlantic that the or-
iginal debt pact no longer rested on a
fair basis. The honour 'which the .Bri-'
fish exhibited in keeping the letter of
the centrad long after It became evi-
dent that common justice required its
revision should now be tnatchecl by
Mal honour on our part in giving
thefit a fresh contract tliat will be
equitable in the light of a greatly,, al-
tered eooit'ornic situation--Providepce
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On Trial For Life
Wilhelmina Frieda Weltz, war
nurse, arraigned in Santa Clara,
Calif., on chrage of shooting to
death a shipping magnate, and
with whom J. J. Noble, Oshawa,
Ont., war veteran, has offered in
a letter to her to ake her place on
the gallows' should she be ,con-
victed, "You saved my life twice
in the war," Noble wrote to her.
Farmhouse Fires
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Being Investigated
Hamilton.—Authorities are press-
ing envestigation into 11 fires of sus-
picious origin which were discover-
ed in the frame farmhouse of John
Prowse, Fiddler's Green, and were
extinguished before they got beyond
control.
First of the fires was discovered
by 14 -year-old Edwin Prowse half-
brother of the owner of the house.
The blaze was emanating from a pile
of oil -soaked rags in an unoccupied
section of the building. The fire de-
partment was notified and the flames
were soon extinguished.
As the fire engines turned to
leave the house other fires were
discovered in a part of the house
used by Philip Vipond of Ancaster
for the storage of furniture.
Fire •continued to break out during
the day and the fire engines were
called back three times to the dwell-
ing. Most of the blazes were found
to be in bundles of oil rags.
N.B. Paper Company
To Increase Wages
Saint John, All employes of the
Port Royal Pulp and Paper Company,
Limited, will receive a salary in-
crease of 10 per cent starting on
October 15. "Steadily improved
business conditions led us to make
the decision of raising wages," an
official of the company said.
The plant started out with a crew
of 140 men last November and now
employs 200 on three eight-hiour
shifts.
Shilling Bible • Result
Of Gift From Dominion
London.—The British and' Foreign
Bible Society has sold more than 1,-
000,000 copies of a shilling Bible first
issued "owing to the generous gift of
Canada in celebration of the society's
125th birthday."
The Bible is still the world's hest
seller. Last year 10,000,000 volumes
in 667 languages were sold.
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Rural Courier I N.X. Woman Nominated
For Nobel P
rite
For Twet Years New York.—Congratulations are
pouring in upon Mrs. Donald Carr,
or
" Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff as she.
is known to admirers of her poetry,
for the signal honor accorded her in
her nomination for the Novel prize
for literature by the Swedish critic,
Victor Setterberg.
1Vir, Setterberg first met Mrs. Carr
upon a visit to the United States sev-
e-eal years ago with a group of for-
eign golfers, when she was doing book
reviews for a golf magazine. He be-
came so interested in her work, par-
ticularly "Mortality," and the verses
included in the volume published un-
der that title, that he asked permis-
sion to translate it into Swed'ish•upon
his return to Europe, where it has
had a Wide circulation.
The poen "Mortality" is perhaps
the best known of her work. The in-
spiration came to her suddenly and
it was composed in six minutes. It
came in for wide notice not long ago,
when it was found after his execu-
tion among the belongings of a con-
,viet, to whom the credit of author-
ship was givenuntil the error was
discovered.
Alfred Thompson Retires Af--
ter Long Service .on No.
One Route
Twenty years of service over the
same rural mail route terminated with
the retirement of the contractor for
rural mail route No 1, in the person
of Thmn.
Mr. TAlfredIT.omopsonpsoest•
imates that he
has travelled approximately 125,000
miles in mail delivery alone in the
score of years. Members of the post
office staff took advantage of the occa-
sion to present to the retiring- mem-
ber a handsome easy chair and illu-
minated address.
'William B, Skinner, who resides' on.
the 2nd Concession, of -Blandford, suc-
ceeds Mr. TI onipsou as contractor.
Calgary Families Plan
Co-operative Village
Calgary, Alta.—An experiment in
establishing a co-operative community
along the line of the small co-operative
villages in Europe, will be tested out
in Alberta.
Eleven families with 15 children are
intending to form such a community
provided -the provincial government
will grant them land for the purpose.
The Calgary City Council has agreed
to supply to these unemployed famil-
ies relief grants for a year. Their
rent allowance which the city of Cal-
gary has been paying will be applied
to the purchase of lumber and build-
ing materials.
• The fathers of the 11 families are
experts in a number of trades in-
cluding carpentry and poultry raising,
and they will exchange their services
in establishing the co-operative com-
munity.
ommunity. The wives will be just as ac-
tive as their men folk in furthering
the community plan and will help
each other with dressmaking, light gar-
dening, canning, pickling and other
household accomplishments.
Britons Spending
Much More, Money
London, --The marked recovery in
British business continues to be at-
tested. by reports from all quarters of
commerce and industry. - The statis-
tics published by the Association of
Retail Distributors show that retail
sales for August increased in their
total value for the first time since
1981. Sales of men's wear were up
11.7 per cent., hardware 11.6 and
household piecegoods 3.8 per cent.
Commenting on these figures, the
Financial Times says it is evident
that there has been a decided upturn
in the purchasing power of the people
with increased railway traffic as an
acceptable sign that money is being
spent. For the last nine weeks the
total revenues of the British railways
have registered a gain of approxi-
mately $5,280,000 over the same per-
iod of 1932, -
Eats Bear Meat With
The Bear's Own Teeth
Los Angeles.—Here's one told by
Ross Moulton, of Vancouver, B.C., here
for the International Sour -Dough re-
union.
"With two friends; Happy Jack and
Bill the Horse, I set out from Circle
City into the Yukon country. Jack
broke his false teeth.
. "Well, Sir, that same day Bill the
Horse shot a bear. We skinned the
bear and cemented its teeth into his
plate with copper rivets. Then he
helped eat bear meat with the bear's
own teeth. So help me, it's true."
T'tu i.;: y :4luct)c.nald, the British Premier, proudly viewing his
baby granddaughter, when he visited; his daughter and soft -in-law, Dr.
and Mrs. Alastair Ma kinnqn, at Leeds, England. Premier MtcDon-
ali
celebrates his 67th birthday on October 12th,
Canadian Girl Sees
Queen at Close Range
Toronto.—"I wonder what one
would.do if one stepped on the Queen's
foot"
That is the question still puzzling
Jessica Jarvis Toronto aviatrix, re-
cently returned from Europe. Al-
though she didn't, quite step on the
toes of her Majesty, she narrowly
missed then. .
When paying a bill in a London
book -shop the clerk said to Miss
Jarvis: "Don't turn about imme-
diately, the Queen is just behind you."
"After a 'sweet' interval," Jessica
Jarvis said, "I turned around and
saw the Queen, looking at a book.
After the first surprise nobody paid
any more attention,
"I shopped around after looking at
some things, turned suddenly to find
the Queen was beside nye and I had
narrowly missed stepping on her
toes."
Deputy Minister
Made Indian Chief
Brantford.—Ontario's Deputy Minis-
ter of Agriculture, J. B. Fairbairn, is
now "Chief Handsome River." That
is the interpretation of the name —
1Ga Yoon He Yo—by which he will be
known henceforth to the Six Nations
Indians on the reserve here.
The honor of chieftainship was con-
ferred on Mr. Fairbairn, F. P. Sand-
rell of St. Catharines, and Charles
Byrd of Hamilton at the Six Nations
Fair at Ohsweken. In the ancient
ritualistic manner, Indians in war
paint and feathers performed the Near
dances while the ceremonies were
in progress.
The conferring of the chieftaiii'ships
marked the closing day of the fair,
which this year has.attracted record
numbers of visitors.
Beauty Hints Are
Offered Men at
Women's Exposition
New York.—The men got some
beauty hints here at the exposition
of Women's Arts and Industries. -
"The P3eauty a sensible person looks
for in a man," Miss Florence E. Wall,
Fellow of the American Institute of
Chemists, said, "means good physical
development, good health—and above
all, radiant cleanliness."
Some things she recommended
were: Good cleansing cream instead
of water for the dry skin; a mild, low -
alcohol tonic lotion for aftershaving;
and finally a lightweight "face powder
in a natural shade—"not the marsh-
mallow white or baby -doll pink."
"Correction of the oily condition is
not an effeminate move," she said.
"Rather is it true altruism. Use good
skin saps for daily cleansing—even
tincture of green soap; alcoholic lo-
tions for after shaving, and in severe
cases a recognized astringent lotion,"
"Good Colour" For Fruits
"Good Color" for fruits other than
apples as laid down by the Fruit Act,
means color, characteristic of variety
when mature. For apples "good color"
means, as defined by Circular 40 • of
the Fruit Branch, Dominion Depart-
ment of Agriculture. In this circular,
' percentages of color are laid down
for each grade of each variety of
apple. For instance, Mcintesh No. 1,
65 per cent.; Winesap, "Domestic," 25
per cent.; •Gravenstein (red), 40 per
cent,; and so on. These percentages
of color refer to the area of the sur-
face which must be covered with a
clear shade of red, characteristic of
the variety. That is, 25 per cent.
means that one-quarter, pi the surface
of each apple is covered with normal
mature color,
Winters Up to 1937
Colder Say Engineers
Chicago. — Gas company engineers
are out to back the Canadian trappers
and other weather sages with a predic-
tion that this coming Winter is''going
to be colder than last but not especial-
ly severe.' Trappers predict by the fur
en their foxes, or how thick muskrats
build their houses, but gas engineers
look >3,t heating bilis for the last 50
years ,and see what the trend is. And
they predict on a big scale.,. Lyery
Winter Up to 1387, they announced,
wouldfie "genei'ally colder.:
Three Sisters In
A Triple Wedding
Dressed Alike, They Act as
Attendance for Each Other
Bridgeport, Conn.—Three sisters,
Florence, Loretta and Jessie Whelan:,
recently became brides in a triple
wedding at St. Charles Church.
The sisters, dressed identically and
acting in turn as attendants for one
another, were married to Victor Co-
burn of Bridgeport, Edward. Wells of
Great Barrington, Mass:, and Joseph
Gilmartin of Bridgeport. The triple
ceremony was performed by the Rev,
Joseph McCarthy.
The members of the bridal party
left together from the home of John
W. Whelan, father of the brides,
When they reached the church, e
crowd estimated at 1,500 persons had
gathered,
Each carrying old-fashioned nose
gays, the brides were dressed in
frocks of white faille with matching
veiled turbans, white pumps and white
elbow -length gloves.
All three couples will make a wed•
ding trip to Washington before re
turning to their homes.
Would-be Crook
Loses His Nerve
Vancouver.—A would-be swindler's
groundless panic lost him $5,090, ae•
cording to a police report.
The man, whose name is nol
given opened an account in a local
bank 'by depositing a certified cheque
for $18,000 drawn on a Calgary bank.
The next day he deposited a 'che-
que for $412 drawn on a New West-
minster bank, but came back about
noon to withdraw $8,000, His che-
que was initialed, but when the tell-
er started to pay in small bills he
asked for larger, ones. The teller
went to the safe and at that moment
the bank doors 'were • closed for the
day.
. The man, apparently thinking .hi
was about to be detained, rushed
for an exit and tugged so violently
that a bolt was forced. He fled down
Hastings street and is still being
sought.
A cheque revealed the New West
minster cheque was counterfeit and
police at Calgary have been asked
to investigate the other.
Mouse in Bottle Causes
Woman to Seek Damages
Chicago.—A nrouse in the bottle
is worth two in the cupboard to Mrs.
Iva Gousha.
She found one deceased mouse is
a bottle of pop, and alleged the fol
lowing results:
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A severe nervous shock.
A recuperative spell in a said
tarium.
A trip to Europe, during whict
she found It necessary to place hel
daughter in a private school.
All of which 'being expensive, Mrs
Gousha fyled suit against the bot
tiing company demanding 335,00(
damages, Judge Joseph B. David
suggested the company pay her $1,00,
The bottlers said they had already
offered $1,500, which she rejected.
The court gave opposing counsel
until October 10 to agree-
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First Lumberjacks
Leave for Sudbury
Toronto.—The first contingent of
lumberjacks to be sent from Toronto
to the Northland in more than twc
years is, now on the way to timber
properties near Sudbury. The group
numbers 25. They will be paid $26
to $28 a month and board.
The employment lists were closed
10 minutes after their opening, said
J. F. Marsh, superintendent of the
Federal -Employment Service's Toron-
to office: He believed further orders -
would probably come in, as the avail-
able supply of workers around Sud-
bury had been employed already. At
one time it was common to send 2,000
or 3,000 bush workers north from
Toronto in a season.
Mr. Marsh reported increased de•
mond for workers in other lines. I3I
has just sent a crew of 20 to tin
celery fields around Brockville.
Father Is Witness
of Son's Horrible Death
A despatch from Clarksburg, Ont.,
says: "While his father and two fel-
low workmen looked on horrified, Vic,
tor Merritt, 32; was killed instantly
when he stumbled and fell on a cir-
cular saw which ,practically cut his
body in two. The accident occurred
at the Clendenan shingle mill where
Merritt and his father were -both em-
ployed. Victor was operating the saw
when a cedar slab became jammed in
the moveable frame. In attempting to
dislodge the piece of wood he lost his
balance and fell across the unguarded
machine -operated saw.
B.C. Co-Eds Desire
Real Education
Vancouver, — Miss M. L. Bollert,
dean of women at the University of
British Columbia, believes 90 per cent,
of the co-eds go there for an education.
She doesn't think their primary object
is,a pleasant social life.
Some of thein are prepared to de
housework even such tasks as dist
Washing, in order to pay tuition ex
iepses, she said.
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