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Canada, The Empire and The. World at Large
CANADA.
Employment increasing.
One of the encouraging aeatures of
the past year has been the increase
in employment in Canada in general
end in the Sault M particular. While
the number an relief here is the low-
est since August, 1932, it is pointed
out, for instance, by the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics that despite a de-
cline in employment during the open-
ing months of the year, the index of
faetery employment on December 1
was 13.4 per cent, above that of Janu-
ary 1, 1938, in contrast to declines of
8.4, 2.6 and 2.7 per cent. in the years
1932, 1931 and 1930 respectively.—
From the Sault Star,
British Movies.
A few years ago British pictures
were of inferior quality and depended
on the appeal to patriotism for their
sales. Today they depend, on their own
Intrinsic worth, 'Which is considerable.
—From the Calgary Albertan.
Double Fracture,
Dr. Margaret Strang Savage denies
the report, published in many papers
recently, that she set a fracture of
her own leg. She says she didn't even
have a fractured leg. Well, that frac-
tures a good newspaper story.—From
the Goderieh Signal,
less than it had been in the like period
of' 1932, but its landed value showed!
an increase of over $001,000, Landed
value total, as ahown by statistic
gathered and compiled by the Domin-
ion Department of Fisheries, but not
yet revised, was nearly $11,190,600
as compared with $10,589,235 at No..
vember 30th, 1932, although total
catch was 6,722,755 hundredweights
as against 6,736,650, Betterment in
the later months of the 1933 period
explains the gain in landed value.—
From the Brandon Sun.
Smell and Taste.
lirhen one has a cold nothing seems
to taste right. The wile may have
done her best with the apple pie, the
mashed potatoes may be as fluffy and
smooth as you desire, but it's a task
to down it. There's a ,simple reason
for it. A cold obstructs -what scien-
tists call the olfactory epithelium, lo-
cated in a little niche in the skull just
above and behind the nostrils. It's
your smeller. The senses of taste and
smell are so closely linked it is almost
impossible to say, sometimes, Which
is -which. Sugar and salt are excep-
tions. We cannot detect them by
smelling, as a rule.—From the Sarnia
Canadian -Observer.
This Much is Certain.
That fan dancer, marooned for a
Will Need to Be. week on bleak Whisky Jack Island, in
We have it on the word of a New Lake Winnipegosis, hasn't told hes.' ex -
York scientist that man will be big- periences yet, but it can be presumed
ger and brainier 500,000 years from that she didn't do any rehemeine—
now, and at the rate problems are From the Brantford Expositor,
being piled up for posterity he will •
need to be.—From the Hamilton Spec- TH E EMP1R E,
tat4ar.
Secrets Well Guarded.
Sir John Simon's tribute to the
Foreign Office staff was well deserved.
And, indeed, he might have extended
it to the whole civil service. "Secret
and confidential" documents, supposed
to be seen only by a few high officials
and responsible ministers, are in fact
and inevitably, seen by typists and
stenographers, clerks and printers.
Knowledge that could be sold profit-
ably "in the city" is often in the pos-
session of civil service whose pay is
certainly not excessive. Yet "leak-
ages" hardly ever occur. The tradi-
tion of trustworthiness is an incalcu-
lably valuable nation asset—From the
London Daily Herald.
Angels Fear to Tread.
Some of our contemporaries are be-
miring reckless in their statements,
evidently forgetting that an editor is
no more immune from pain than any
other man when punched on the nose.
In the Belleville Intelligencer, for
instance, we find the bald statement:
'"Girls are no longer clinging vines,'
says an authority: No they are wild
ramblers."
That is a dangerous thing to say.
We know from experience because we
printed the same thing about four
years ago. A young lady working in
the office took us to task for it and,
after saying many things, concluded
with the statement that the reason
girls are no longer clinging vines is
that they have nothing to cling to.-
- Frain the Lindsay Post.
• Effervescing.
• An infant who has consumed cham-
pagne for many Months is said to be
hi perfect health. Bubbling over with
it, in fact—From the Brockville Rec-
order.
Would Cause Trouble: ' •
We picked up the Sault Ste. Marie
Star and saw a two -column heading
in very black type which said: "Says
Women Can't Have Beautiful Legs Be-
fore 28." Jim Curran may get away
with that in Algoma, but if we tried
it here we know the girl at the switch-
board would be calling up to say:
"There's a deputation here. Will you
see them now?"—From the Stratford
Beacon -Herald.
Making Motorists Courteous.
Many citizens, we have no doubt,
Who have been sprayed by the goo
churned up by passing motor cars have
felt that there should be recourse to
the courts in such cases and, the Ham-
ilton magistrate making it clear that
there is, drivers who swish through
roadside puddles in the future may
find themselves knee-deep in grief and
woe. Those who will not be courteous
of their own accord must be made so,
and a bespattered citizenry will raise
loud cheers the first time one of these
offenders is haled to court—From the
Hamilton Spectator.
Facing Realities.
May it not even be that there is an
eternal struggle for survival in which
nations, like the rest •of Nature, take
part, and out of which they cannot
contract without peril of destruction?
That at least is a working hypothesis
which we think it wise to take into
account. Our forefathers accepted it
cheerfully and courageously and con-
trived to survive, and for our part
we do not look for any new world
which shall superannuate the loyalties
and the precautions of the old. The
Greek democracies could not persuade
Pihilip of Macedon to disarm; their
only chance lay in the strength to
resist his invasions. All democracies,
all governments, all societies, now as
then, must be prepared to defend
themselves or perish. As we look out
upon the world, convulsed in parts
with ups -urging nationalisms, control-
led in other parts by enthroned tyran-
nies, we reflect that these are apt to
be both hostile and rapacious; that we
live—as man has always lived—in a
dangerous world; that life itself is
dangerous; and that nations were
probably ordained as the best means
of protecting the otherwise naked and
helpless individual. Better to take ac-
count of these things than to behave
as if they did not exist. —From the
Morning Post.
Still Jailed for Debt.
Althongh the pathetic story ef the
debtor who was detained in prison
while his two children died is unusual,
instances of similar hardship on a less
The Starchless Potato. tragie scale must be frequent. The
A few days ago the president of total number of debtors imprisoned
an English potato marketing orgarn- in England annually exceeds 20,000.
zation remarked at a meeting that The creditcvs have the doubtful satis-
times had been bad for the potato faction of legal vengeance, but they
grower because of the craze for slim- de not get their money; hardship is
ming by the womenfolks, but he saw caused to wives and children, and the
a ray of hope for the industry in the State is put to considerable expense.
belief that the slimming had about There is hope that the Speical Com.
run its course and women are going mittee's report—which will not be
back to curves. Result—they will eat ready for some months yet—will
two potatoes where they formerly toy- simplify the problem of doing justice
ed with one. to debtor and creditor in equal mea -
There is another hope, however, in sure.—Daily Mail.
an announcement from Montreal. Two
professors there have been experi- British Polley and Dominians
meeting with the lowly potato, and, While it is time that questions which
while they are not yet in a position once might have raised long and de -
to cry "Eureka," there 1 solid ground laying discussions are now "more and
for believing they are on the way to more matters of mere adjustment,"
developing a starchlesenteber. This it is also true that the new closeness
is done by giving the seed potato a between Great Britain and the rest
shot of a new bacillus which is ex- of the Commonwealth has led to great -
treated from hay. This beccilus con- er sensitiveness and independence. The
verts the starchy part of the pobato links of Empire have become shorter
into sugar. That again soundbade laid perhaps more tenuous. A policy
but it is not the cloying tYpe of eaglet ``.British agriculture first," if it is
found in syrup or honey. It is the nhandIed with extraordtriary cane
annecuous kind found in fruit,*elan den, .fcaay have serious reactions on
as apples or berries. tEe edorneinic and, therefore, also on
So Wks and gentlemen, you who t political fame of the Dominions,
like your plates piled up with' pota-' -,Froit the Manchester Guardian,
toes, there may be a good time cenetinge • —
—Pram the St Thornie Tinies-Joirmele?" Two Ways"toSame End.
•
„„ In Britain we have tried to .end the
uallatle's Sea Harvest: ..tiAs' by balancing the Budget. The
Catch from Canada's sea fisheries Ir.! is tr.i*.g in', do the same
gala first eleven months of 1933 wa J LGhee: e,ely tin; al an6ilig the
Snowshoe Champ.
Walter Young, Montreal, winner of the 12 -mile international
snowshoe race held at Manchester, N.H., during the annual 'conven-
tion of Canadian and United States snowshoe clubs,
.4.1641.1•11,0W0111•01,10....M.1.1.1
Budget. If you believe in having a
deficit, it is only logical to have a big
one. All the same, the size of Mr.
Roosevelt's deficit is staggering,
would be foolish to apply the ordinary
standards of comparison to policies
such as these. America, in her war
on depression,is spending on the war-
time scale. Let us hope she avoids the.
financial aftermath of such extravae
gance.--From the Nelms Chronicle,.
Britain's Drought Scare,
It is not as if there was an in-
herent deficiency of water in this coun-
try. Wales could supply the whole
nation. A number of cities have a
great surplus. The Government must
set up a Central Water Authority and
take the proper steps to ensure that
this authority, through regional or-
ganizations, efficiently distributes the
available water.—From the Daily
Herald.
The Lesser of Two Evils.
Facts are staring Europe in the
face. One of them is that in the ab-
sence of a disarmament agreement,
Germany will re -arm in freedom_ freoeme,
any restriction—even though the :So-
cialist party is "irrevocable- opposed'.”
to her doing so. The choice before the
nation is that between regulated ant
unregulated armaments. The Govern-
ment is devoting all its energies and
all its prestige to rescuing ethe world
from such a disaster as the second of
those alternatives.—From the London
Daily Telegraph.
THE UNITED STATES,
Light -Keepers.
- They were queer chaps, these light-
house keepers. One at Buzzard's Bay
required an inspector to wear felt
slippers over his shoes "to keep the
pairs clean." At Isle Royal Light-
house, on a rock of Lake Superior, a
keeper had obtained his poet by agree-
ing to marry, with the result that his
wife brought twelve children into the
world, Appointments used to go by
political favor, until in 1896, Grover
Cleveland put the lighthouse people
into the civil service; A light -keeper
on the Columbia River had only two
days off in twenty-three years, and
on one of these days he got married.
A hard life, but it developed a sturdy,
race.—From the New York Times.
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Collision Involves
Fifty Automobiles
Harwich, England. --During a recent
fog, 50 cars participated in a colli-
sion on the main Liverpool road.
Which car began the jam was not
discovered. All each driver could
see was that there was a car ahead
of him and one behind. Visibility
was not more than five yards,
Half the cars that came upon the
jam hit the car in front.
There was pandemonium for half
an hour. Every horn screeched in a
ram effort to get the car in front to
move.
When at last the jam began to
break up most of the cars that had
escaped collision in arriving hit an-
other car or was hit in departing.
Nearly every car of the fifty was'
damaged.
How to Get Ideas
Says the Lindsay Post —"An old de-
finition has it that journalists, pre-
sumably the writers for the bigger
Papers, come down to work in the
morning and if they have no ideas,
they go out and play a round of golf;
the• reporter, or worker for a small
newspaper, comes to work in the morn-
ing and if he hasn't an idea he goes
out on the street and interviews mane -
one who has."
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Asks Friendship for
Foreigners in Canada
"The poorest fed resident of this
city gets a greater food allowance than
the 'poor' in Ruesia," declared Baron-
ess B. deHueck, who is of the Russian
nobility, in an •address in Toronto. She
urged a greater friendship for the so-
oalled "foreign" Canadians within
Canadian borders.
A Happy Landing
When their aeroplane was driven into a busk these filers, Robert
Boyles, .Ley Coppage and Vernoa Mayfield, escaped Oath when Cop -
page stalled the arooplane atop a tree.
Russia Second to France tornfic)rt Crows
In Military Air Strength
London,—The Soviet air force is the
Second strongest in the world, Premier
er. Ramsay MacDonald admitted in th
House of Commons in reply to a eta
Znent to that effect by Capt. Herd
Balfour. France is first.
It has been estimated here thab
Russians possessed approximate
1,400 planes of first-line strength,
though the total military strength
unknown.
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The United States is 'estizeated
have 1,050 first-line planes and a tot,
military strength of 2,300.
The United States hitherto had
been ranked by most military experts
as second to France,
Premier IVIacDonald also admitted
Balfour's contention that the Soviet
air force is GO per cent tronger than
the British. Royal Air Force and the
fact that the Soviet had announced its
intention of attaining first range in
the near future.
Champions of British air re -arma-
ment were heartened by the admise
Mons, believing they indicate
air appropriations soon.
The •inilitary air strength of the
leading powers is estimated as fol-
lows:
First Line Total Strength.
France 1,650 3;000
Russia ......... 1,400
United States 1,050 2,300
Italy 1,050 1,507
Britain .. 850 1,434
Japan 800 to 1,000 1,939
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"Talking Books" to Circulate
Across Country for Blind
Teronto.—Ceptain E. A. Baker,
general secretary of the Canadian Na-
tional Institute for the blind, told the
annual meeting of the institute's wo-
men's auxiliary- that the organization
would begin soon to circulate "talking
books" across the counter.
The "books" lee explained are long
phonograph records, containing about
3,600 words on each side which may be
folded. Each may be played about
100 -dines before showing wear.
The institute was launehed a little
lees than 16 years ago.
For Air Crews
Less Noise and Plenty ofm
ROoin New Flying
Boats
London, Eng,—Comfort has receiv.
ed considerable attention in the later
built big pass.enger 'planes, stag
accommodation ia tle
ss the new "Poi°
e claflyieg boats, in the 1VIediterran,
ea.n eervice' has, earned many aclinir,
l
ing eo.mments.
Amidships, tor example, is the 0111'
cm' quarters or wardroom. This it
equipped with a hinged pneumatie
settee berth on either side .whiell
forms ;seats by day, or can be folded
up to give ample floor space. Each
berth. is fitted with life -lines and
could be used as a raft in emergency.
Behind the berths are lockers for kit
and canteens. for food and crockery.
A detachable hanging mahogany table
with metal tubular supports is slum
from the frames overhead when nee•S
ed; when not in us.e it can be storel
away under the starboard berth.
'Watertight Bulkhead
The wardroom is insulated against
excessive noise. Hing -ed electric fan
at the side ports provide ventilation
when, the boat is anchored. There li
plenty' of room; when . berths ant
table are .stowed away the clear space
measures seven feet in length and
breadth and. six feet in height. A4
the rear of the room iss the engineer"
station, equipped with oil and wate1
thermometers, oil pressure gauges,
watch, and radiator shutter controls,
Dividing the wardroom from the
men's quarters is a watertight bu11.
head, fitted with a swing door.
Now Believe End
Of World is Neal
Gallup, N.M.—The end of the world
is near, say the Navajo medicine men,
because two pairs of twins have been
born to Navajo Women in two days,
Navajo medicine men believe eel chil.
dren must be bora before the end of
time, explained Dr. li. H. Pousma, sup
erintendent of Rehoboth Navajo Mis
sion Hospital. Twins are rare 15
tribe, only five pairs, including these
two, having been born in the last sin
years.
Girl Completes 1200
Mile Walk
Miss Esther James, a New Zealand
girl, has just completed a 1,200 mile
walk from Melbourne to Brisbane in
77 days. She stopped at a number of
places on the way to lecture and ad-
mire the scenery.
With her she curried a pedometer
which showed that she took four
nigil-
liori steps, and as Miss James's shoes
weigh one pound., her legs therefore
lifted the equivalent of 1,780 tons.
Several years ago she walked 1,600
-miles through New Zealand in 128
days.
Honey Production -
Up in Quebce
Quebec.—The statistical division of
the Dept. of Agriculture notes a large
increase in production of honey during
the past year. The total amount of
extracted honey produced was 3,753,-
500 pounds, compared to 2,415 pounds
in 1932; comb honey amounted to 289,-
400 pounds, against 236,000 pounds a
year ago; and there were 53,700
pounds obtained foe. wax, compared
with 44,600 in 1932. The average pro-.
duction per hive was 53.2 pounds for
extracted honey; 4.1 pounds for oomb
honey, and .76 pounds for wax,
against 25.4, 2.49 and .47 pounds res-
pectively in 1932.
Blames Williams
' For Silly Spelling
Professor of English Scores
the Conqueror and
Caxton
Washington—Dr. Dewitt C. Crois-
sant, head of the English department
of George Washing ton University
and an advocate of 'simplified spelling
blames William the Conqueror and
another William, Caxton, the first
English printer, who imported Dutch
printers, for what he terms "our silly
spelling."
The Dutchmen put the h in "ghost"
and o -u -g -h in "through," he said.
He saw no reason why "beauty" is
more beautiful than "duty," and in
general, he felt that as a result of
complexity and confusion English
spelling is approaching the Chinese
ideographic system—in many schools.,
he said, pupils don't study the alpha-
bet and learn words as pictures.
• "Brown reminds me of a donkey
sometimes.,"
"Yes, he does make an ass of
himself quite often."
DIFFICULT
An escaped inmate of a mental
Finland Buying British 'Planes
Helsingfors. — Orders for 17 nevi
aeroplanes are shortly to be placed
by the Finnish War Office, and news.
papers in Helsingfoes state that the
orders will go to Britain.
The type most suitable for Finland's
requirementsis stated to be the Brie
tol Bulldog.
Recently the Finnish War Offics
ordered 13 aeroplanes from the Foic
ker Works in. Holland. These were
of the Pqtl:.,__.ker type equipped
with Bristol Pegasus engines.
Elizabeth Arden Gets
Legal Separation
New York.—The Daily News saye
that Elizabeth Arden, international
ly known beauty specialist, Lias ob
tallied a legal separation from Thomas
J. Lewis, for 15 years her husband
and for 12 years the wholesale man
ager of her businses. The .decree was
granted ie Manhattan Supreme Cour(
early- this month, the paper says.
"Elizabeth Arden" Was originally
Florence Nightingale Graham, horn
in England and educated in Canada
Schools to get Anti -War Boot
Toronto.—The Ontario Department
of Education announced recently 'alai
it. would purchase for distribution ie
Ontario public soh -cols 5,000 copies of
Beverley Nichols' "Cry Havoc," n de
nunciation of war. The author wad
educated in England.
Premier Henry as Minister of Edu,
cation, gave instructions to buy ths
book. Every public school in On
tario will receive a copy.
Must Return Ring
If Engagement 011
Chicago.—Young women c on tem
plating matrimony will be interested
in knowing that a Chicago court hes
held that an engagement ring is lice
a gift, and must be returned if the
marriage ceremony is not performed
This ruling was made by Municipa;
Judge Howard Hayes in a situ
brought by Lewis Howell for recov
ery of a ring given his girl friend
who allegedly, broke the engagement
No Advertising On
Australian Radic
Sydney, Ausralia.—Australa's "A'
class radio stations do not sell time
for advertising, but are supportet
entirely by the licence fees paid h3
owners of sets. The system is nom
well established and neither govern
ment nor people would tolerate are
change. With a population of °nil
six and a half million, there now ars
514,287 licences in force, and In No
vemb er the new licences t ot al ed
12,380.
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home in' Ainerica is thought to have voy
joined a jazz band. The authorities *4'
are faced with the hopeless task of Zea
singling him out in a jazz band.—I frui
PaSsing Show. as
New Motor Meat Ship
end on.—The motor -vessel, port
liners, the first ship specially
inPed to carry fresh meat from
w Zealand and Australia to the
ted Kingdom on a •commercial
le, left King George V. Hooka,
mug Town, E., 'on her maiden
age out recently„ Sbe is the first
nine ships ordered for the NeW
land food 'trade which will carry
4 as well as 01 ene '.quanti ties
1444' and .d'airy„. ,p.rptlwee, ,