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Canada, The Empire and The World at Large
CANADA
The Pendulum Swings
The depression is responsible for
"many practical object -lessons. It has
shown the defects of over -centraliza-
tion, of too intensive development of
urban, at the expense of rural, life.
The cities, huge as they are, have be-
coriie overcrowded and the natural
movement is away from them. But
the `process will no doubt begin all
over again—the farm, the trek from
the farm to the city, back to the farm
again, Under present conditions the
fields certainly look invitingly green
to those who have found disillusion-
ment, betwen city walls. The divine
injunction to till the soil and earn
one's living "in the sweat of one's
face" still holds good. There is no
other recipe for economic stability,
notwithstanding all the progress of
the social and industrial sciences.—
Hamilton Spectator.
In Bygone Days
A Toronto paper reproduces an 1335
picture of that place in which traffic
on the main street is represented by
a pair of oxen. It is a far more placid
and soothing scene than can be con-
veyed by watching the present -red and
green corner lights.—Brantford Ex-
positor.
xpositor.
"We Must Mildly Protest"
When error gets a start it persists.
Several days ago there was an article
on this page which said Aimee Semple
lived in Stratford as a bride, and that
the building the upstairs of which was
the home of her and her husband is
still here. Since then we have seen
that item in the Woodstock Sentinel -
Review and The Ottawa Journal, and
in each case the heading reads,
"Aimee Lived in St. Thomas," and the
story is credited to the St. Thomas
Times -Journal.
Our idea was to claim a little pub-
licity for Stratford, and not without
mild protest or a little struggle will
we allow these other papers to take
away from us whatever value there
may be in the fact that Aimee cane to
Stratford as a bride.
Since then she has had two other
husbands, but according to belief and
statistics the first was much better
than those who followed in his wake.
—Stratford Beacon -Herald.
comfort and conveuieu•oe in the most
efficient way; and it will be possible
to have all this at a lower cost 'Mau
the old type of inefficient dwelling,—
Edmonton journal,
THE EMPIRE
Lord Wiilingdon on India's Future
The Viceroy's confidence that a
great and brilliant future lies before
India will be widely shared. The econ-
omic barometer is set fair here, as in
other quarters, subject to no storm
clouds blowing over from the United.
States. There is another proviso, as
stressed by the Viceroy. Co-opera-
tion, peace and goodwill must also be
maintained. With thein, to use Lord
Willingdont phrase, "prosperity will
soon come to all who are unitedly
working for the welfare of India and
her people."—Bombay Times of India.
This Complex World
There was a time when government
was, if not simple, at least single -
strand. Three hundred years ago
Cromwell could wait upon events be-
fore acting, but to -day the affairs of
men will wait for no man and no Gov-
ernment. Any and every difficult prob
lem cannot be solved by a stroke of
the sword, and the walls of Jericho no
longer collapse before a flourish of
trumpets.—Aberdeen Weekly Chron-
icle.
Another Definition
When is a man drunk? That is an
old question and there have been all
sorts of tests from walking a chalk
line to pronouncing difficult sentences.
A seusible sort of test is suggested in
the Virginia Legislature as follows:
'Any peron who has drunk enough al-
coholic beverages to so affect his man-
ner, disposition, speech, muscular
movements, general appearance or be-
havior as to be apparent to observa-
tion, shall be deemed to be intoxi-
cated,"—Niagara Falls Review.
A Business Whale
"Whales are the business men of
the marine world," states a writer.
The whale that swallowed Jonah cer-
tainly believed in a small prophet and
a quick return.—Loudon Sunday Pic-
torial.
British Guiana's Trade
The outstanding feature of British
Guiana's import trade during 1933 has
been the continued interest shown in
Japanese importations. Statistically,
Japan is definitely the most interest-
ing of the 'foreign countries from
which British Guiana imports. Tak-
ing the ipmort figures as a whole, we
find that British Guiana more than
maintained its reputation as being es-
sentially a "Buy British" country, and
out of the total value ($7,338,112) for
the 90 items of imports, British coun-
tries sent to British Guiana a total of
$6,175,765 as follows: The United
Kingdom, $4,642,098; Canada $914,754;
other British possessions $618,913.
This represents an increase of $241,-
772 on the previous year (1932) in Em-
pire importations.—Georgetown Com-
mercial Review.
Dirty Markers
Automobile markers are carried not
only as an indication that the regis-
tration fee has been paid but also as a
ready means of identification. For
this purpose it is essential that the
figures shall be legible at all times. A
car with dirty markers is in the same
category as a man wearing a mask.
Too frequently when a car has sped
away from the scene of an accident or
of a crime, it has been impossible for
bystanders to secure its number.
If those who purposely obscure their
markers are to be detected, it is neces-
sary that law-abiding motorists keep
their own markers clean. And it is
easier to do that than to get the car
out of the average garage.—Toronto
Telegram.
G. B. S. On Tour
George Bernard Shaw has sailed on
a visit to New Zealand. If he finds
that the Maoris have never even heard
of him he is liable to take the next
boat back home.—Brantford Expositor.
Thousands of Pounds Go Up in Smoke
Paintings and art objects, valued at thousands of pounds, were lost when fire swept and destroyed
the historic mansion of Sir Jeremiah Coleman Colman, the mustard millionaire, near Redhill Surrey, Eng,
Fire brigades were seriously hampered by lack of wager.
Fur Trade Is
Enjoying Boom
Northland Dealers Reveal
Optimism—Catch is
Large
Winnipeg.—Across Canada's vast
northland, from the fringe of the Arc-
tic through the barren lands and the
wooded country further south the fur
trade is booming.
Northern traders reaching Winni-
peg from frontier points declare the
greatest fur catch in history is in pro-
gress. From widely -scattered points
in the isolated interior carne word of
phenomenal yields.
A Fort Chipewan, Alta., a trader
already has 3,000 fox skins and none
in that district have less than 1;000
skins, traders said. The stithulation
of the trade has increased bpsinesss
throughout the north country. Trad-
ers have shipped in huge quantities of to take full advantage of them. Some
supplies, many of them by airplane, go through life and never learn their
while outcoming airplanes and dog proper talents, while others find and
teams are laden with pelts. develop them early in life.
Traders, predicting the depression Ramon Novarro, the prominent film
was over, had no fears regarding the star, is particularly fortunate in fin&
Australia Looks at 1934
There are, necessarily and naturally,
ups and downs. Wheat is up; gold is
up. But butter had been up for several
years, and the good dairying seasons
had helped us to weather the storm.
The gold production has nearly doub-
led, and, although this is an ephemeral
benefit, it has been of service in giv-
ing some profitable employment in
time of stress. For wheat, little can
be hoped for at least another season.
Perhaps, where it is possible, wheat
farmers will profit by their experience
and not rely solely upon wheat. A de-
plorable fact is that some of our con-
siderable primary industries yield no
net profit to the Commonwealth. On
the whole, however, the outlook for
the man on the land has heightened.—
Melbourne
eightened,Melbourne Australasian.
What Is Needed
What is needed to -day is not new
things, but true things. It is an old
world, and a good world. There is
enough of happiness and -progress in.
the world, just for the bringing out. It
means hard work, not big talk. It is
one of the old truths, the new truths,
the everlasting truths, that there are
no short-cuts to things worth. while.
Those who foolishly imagine that they
have some new way to change the
world, or the part of the world they
adorn, are simply selling themselves
false thoughts by high-pressure hyp-
notism. The world continues to make
progress to better things' not in new
ways, or by loud mouthings, but quiet-
ly and surely through effort and
thought and . labor. — Timmins Ad-
vance.
Advice
It never pays to stick your tongue
out except at the doctor's request. A
young lady did so at London, Ont., and
had it ['Cozen on a steel railing.—St:
Thotnau Times -Journal.
What Does Your Handwriting Show?
By GEOFFREY ST. CLAIR
(Grapho-Analyst.)
All rights reserved.
A correspondent sends me samples in music is well-krfown, and is, per -
of the writing of several well-known
people, and asks me to analyse the
writing for her. There is so much
f terest in these analyses that I
haps, his first choice of expression.
He has ;still another characteris-
tic, another ability. His writing
o in shows au ability to use his hands in
am making them the subject of a a creative way—perhaps in painting,
special article. sculpture, or some other means of
Perhaps you have wondered why artistic expression. Few men ere
many men have been led into the born with such pronounced artistic
different pursuits in which they have ability in so -many lines—drama,
gained fame and fortune. It is in- music, and the sculptural arts.
tensely interesting to think of what •Take the handwriting of John
might have been if different in•divi Boles, another star. The dominant
duals had been born with traits of trait in his character is his sell -re -
character that were entirely different fiance. This is the quality that makes
from the real characteristics of their him depend only on himself for any -
nature. thing that he wants done. He is not
Men and women are born into this surly (quite the contrary) to his
world with definite talents and abil- many friends, but, at the same time,
ities bleat they must learn in order when he wants a certain thing, he
looks to one- man only to get it—and
that man is` himself.
John Boles could not be anything
else if he desired—there is an inde-
pendence of thought and action that
will not allow him to think of help
when he has a problem to face, He
is close-mouthed about his personal
affairs, and will usually have them
solved before other people have heard
about them, Decisive, quick think-
ing—a man of action—John Boles.
Readers of this newspaper are in-
vited to send samples of their hand-
writing to the author for a character
analysis.. Send as long a letter as
possible, and Nrite your usual script.
Address your letters to Geoffrey St.
Clair, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. W.,
Toronto, and enclose 10 cent coin and
a stamped addressed envelope. Let-
ters, of course, are confidential.
$20,000 , Sheep
Slain By Dogs
That's Estimate of Loss Suffer-
ed by Ontario in Past
Year
Toronto,.—Maraudine• sheen-lcillin
dogs, prowling Ontario's farmlands by'
night and leaving behind them a trail
of mutilated flocks, annually cost
municipalities throughout the province
more than $20,000..
This was the estimate made by W.
It.
Wade, director of the livestock
branch of the Ontario Department of
Agriculture, in commenting upon re-,
centreports of wholesale sheep
slaughter by prowling killer canines.
For all sheep killed by dogs, farm
ers are given restitution by the munn-
;•cipalities. But when these applica-1
tions for restitution are contested,' it
becomes the business of the province
to set a - settlement price, and eight
such cases were reported during the
year. These eight appeals, represent-'
in'g an estimated _ five per cent. of alt
restitutions, totalled more than $1,000,
indicating the total loss to municipali-
ties would lie in the vicinity of $20,000
or more.
"Settlement is usually made by the
municipalities without protest," ex-
plained Director Wade, "but there is
untold damage done to flocks which
is not covered by restitution. Beyond
the visible slaughter by dogs, flocks
are also tormented to such an extent
that it is often indirect slaughter,
especially during lambing season whets,
the unborn animals are affected.
"An expert sheepman can usually
determine to what extent a fleck has
been damaged by tormenting dogs and
the farmer- receives restitution. Of
course this is not always the case and
the farmer suffers the loss."
price of furs. Nor were they worried
about markets. If demand lagged in
Canada, the United States and Europe
afforded an outlet.
The same story was told in North-
ern Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
Alberta and British Columbia,:agve ea
frontier trading post had the same
tale of plenty,r _
One View of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia in certain respects re-
calls ancient Greece. ,Both are penin-
sulas, insignificant in area eonigared
with the great continents from which
they project; but both believe in the
importance of their contribution to
their country in character and in-
fluence. Both have thin soil, unstilted
to the more opulent forms of agricul-
ture; though the little Canadian pro-
vince would proudly claim that she is
rich in resources—fisheries, lumber,
gold and coal, and apple orchards. Yet
her scanty population is dwindling.
And why? Because her assets are not
sufficiently developed, not well enough
managed, to find occupation for her
sons and daughters. Hence, just as
in Greece, her children have gone to
richer lands.—L. A. Ward in The Em-
pire Review (London), •
Houses of the Future
When we get to the point where we
consider the ;dwelling house as a ma-
chine to yield us the maximum com-
fort and convenience, we shall pro-
gress toward a new type of home
Which will be worthy of the age in
Which we live. Then the home will
be a building designed from the inside,
carefully planned to provide every
Has Bad Luck
After 25 Years
Kansas City, Mo.—After having
driven for 25 years evithout an acci-
dent, Dr. Harry S. Lane bought a new
automobile and within 24 hours it was
wrecked by an ancient car worth' $5;
the driver of -which carried no insur-
ance. Undaunted, Dr. Lane bought
another car, and within a month it,
too, w'as wrecked by an uninsured
driver, who said he had just paid $3
for his vehicle.
Woolen Workers Get
Bonuses in England
Morley, Eng.—A bonus of 2 per cent
on the wages has been made to 550
employees by Mes:srs. J. & S. Rhodes,
woolen manufacturers, who have three
mills here.
Since 1915 this firm has paid' £23,-
000 in profit-sharing bonuses. Dur-
ing the past year 1853 miles of cloth
were made and 300;000 pounds of
wool used.
Might Know
"I'd teach the man who tried to kiss
rhe at a party," writes a modern miss,
But I dont suppose he'd want much
tuition.—London Sunday Pictorial. ,
Hidden Riches of Cyprus
It is astonishing that we should
have had -to wait till 1934 before there
should be a beginning of an'adequate
organization for maintaining and ex-
ploring
xploring the as yet incalculable riches
of Cyprus in ancient monuments of
many periods and many civilizations.
Much ,good work was done by exca-
vators in the second half of last cen-
tury, but since 1905 the Government
of Cyprus has been lefttoencourage
what research it could with limited
funds, At last a powerful committee
under Lord Mersey's chairmanship
has set itself to arouse public interest
in regard to what is, surely, an Im-
perial duty to civilization. Cyprus
was at the very centre of the world
of which Iferodotus wrote, and con-
tains monuments, ,many: ;of them of
great beauty, and more which will con-
stitute new sources of ancient history,
—The Spectator.
ing his talent and making it the driv-
ing force of his life. His writing
shows, as all those who have seen
his films know, that he is a great
dramatic actor—that he can interpret
a role in a way that few people can
even, approach, but he has also an;
other ability and another very out-
standing talent with which he has
won recognition—his ability in music.
The rhythm and breaks in his -writ-
ing shows immediately to the hand-
writing, analyst—a talent and appre-
ciation of the musical arts.
' As an operatic singer, Ramon
Novarro has achieved fame that is
not often given to a man. His talent
British Revenue
Exceeds Outlays
London—For the first time in a de-
cade, the total national revenue for
the year shows a surplus over ex-
penditure.
Laset Saturday's ordinary revenue
was £26,527,824 incontrast to the
ordinary expenditure for one day of
9,791,052.
The result of this excess is that
not only has the seasonal deficit for
the fiscal year been wiped out, but
a surplus of 41,308,291 has been es-
tablished.
No evil propensity of the human
heart is so powerful that it may not
be subdued by discipline.—Seneca.
British -Russian Pact
To Cover Five Years
London.—"You buy my goods and I
will buy yours," is the principle on
which Britain's new trade pact with
Russia is based.
This was brought out in a published
text which presented a schedule show-
ing
howing how a balance of payments be-
tween the two nations will be equal-
ized in the next five years.
Either may denounce the pact on six
months' notice.
During the present year Russia can
sell Britain £1,700,000 worth of goods,
and buy only £1,000,000 worth. This
ratio must be reduced to one of 1 to
1.5 by the end of 1935, to 1.4 by the
end of 1936 and to 1.2 by the end of
1937. Thereafter trade will be main-
tained in a virtual balance.
Woman Beats Off
Call Settlement
' For Lois Booth
Montreal.—A new settlement near
Taschereau, Abitibi, Que., has been
named Lois—for Lois Booth, formerly
of Ottawa, and now Princess Erik of
Denmark—Alderman Leon Trepanier,
city council leader, and ardent sup-
porter of the back -to -the -land move-
ment informed the council here recent-
ly. Many men are already establish-
ed at Lois and 15 more heads of fam-
ilies will travel to the settlement
shortly, he said.
Fancy rules over two-thirds of the
universe, the past and the future,
while reality is confined to the pre-
sent.—Richter,
Train Crew Escapes
:..,
Twenty-seven freight cars hided tip near Nomence, 111,, February 8, after a broken truck 'derailed" one
of the cars. Here is how they Came to rest in the ravine alongside the track; The trait' crew escaped.
Armed Raider
A man; walked into a sub -post office
in Lyham Road, Bhixton, England, pre-
sented a revolver at Mrs. Crosier, the
sub -post -mistress, and asked for
money.
With great pluck and presence of
mind Mrs. Crosier picked up a weight
from the scales and threw it at the
man's head. It missed, but crashed
through the office window. This
alarmed the man, who dashed out.
Mrs. Margaret Crosier stated later
that the man was young and slightly
built. The revolver fell from his hand.
"I picked it up by the barrel, but
he caught my wrist •and took it from
me," she added, "and then I threw a
weight through the window and the
nian ran away"
Premonition Caused
Her to Stab Husband
Mrs. Jessie Bridges, of Boston, total-
ly blind, had a premonition her hus-
band was going to strike her and so
she,stabbed him in self-defense, she
told police.
"When my husband is going to
strike -ne," she said, "I always have a
premonition."
Women Receive
Honors in Paris
Paris.—Mrs. Leila Morse Rummel,'
82 -year-old author and daughter of
Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the
telegraph, has been made a Knight of
the Legion of Honor. i
Mts. Dorothea Roberts, astronomer,`
also was knighted, as was Percy
Philip, British head of the New York
Times Paris bureau,
Mrs, Rummel has resided in Paris
since 1912.
Exports to Bristol
Among the principal commodities
imported into Bristol, England, from
Canada, are grain, , cereal products,
feeding stuffs, cheese, lard, tobac`to,
and wood and timber. An encourag-
ing feature of Canadian trade is an
increase of over 300 per cent. In the
voluble of imports of tobacco from
Canada. The quality of the tobacco,
particularly of the Virginia type Rue.'
otter leaf, supplied by the Dominion,'
is highly regarded.
Crime Below the Linc
It is hard to imagine a man who will
commit murder for pay, yet such pet,
sen do exist and ply their awful trade.
The following press despatch reveals
the desperate conditions that prevail
in some regions:—" Five persons `Etre
under arrest at Indianapolis charged
with the murder of a Methodist minis•
ter over which they :made a profit or
exactly $1.50. Of the $10 given for the
r.
for
revolver.
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wasspent '8.50 .
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