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CANADA
TROUBLED PEDESTRIANS'
Pedestrians on ,:he lig viay are at
a loss to know whether to walk on
the right or the left sited for the
greatest safety. Some advocate that
pedestrians should 'calk on the left
side so that they will ?ace ;.he cars
that are approaching, 1f they walk
on the right side they may be run
down by the traffic behind them. An
insurance company in the Tlnited
States has made a survey of this mat-
ter and statistics of accidents showed
that the greatest percentage of fatal-
ities occurred among those who walk-
ed facing traffic rather than among
those who walk in the same direction
with it, What ever side you choose
you need to keep both eyes peeled
for all autos, — Walkerton Herald -
Times.
GRASSHOPPERS
The grasshoppers must have learn-
ed of the surplus of wheat. In any
case they are preparing to reduce
this year's crop. Not only is West-
ern Canada worried over a grasshop-
p'er invasion, but in the State of
Utah they have a plague of the in-
sects. They are said to be so numer-
aus and so hungry that they sound
like a herd of buffalo in a cornfield.
—London Free Press.
HYDRO FOR THE FARMS
The Hydro :cad for rural sections
has increased 68 per cent. during the
depression and is now greater than
that used by Kingston, Belleville,
East Windsor, Chatham, Welland, St.
Thomas, Woodstock and Owen Sound
combined'. Sir Adam Beck was laugh-
ed at when he foretold all this devel-
opment, but it is rapidly coming true.
—St. Catharines Standard.
HITCHING POST BACK
One of the most remarkable
pieces of news comes from Drum-
heller. The city council has voted
money to erect a 40 -foot hitching
rack for horses. It is many years
since the old hitching rack disap-
peared from Drumheller, but it is
said that: "Since more horses are
now being used by farmers, the dif-
ficulty of hitching them to some
solid object has arisen and the re-
turn of the hitching rack has been
deemed necessary. — Staint John
Telegraph -Journal.
GETTING INTO RUTS
Someone has said that the only
difference between a rut and a grave
is that the latter is a little deeper
than the former. That there is much
wisdom imbedded in the saying will
be evident when we give the matter
a little thought. Ruts tend to get even
deeper, and getting out of them is
likely to grow more and more diffi-
cult, and keeping in them less and
less satisfactory. We ought really to
try very hard not to get into ruts.
,But the trouble is that this is al-
ways so hard to do. And it is hard for
the very good reason that there are
so many things which we learn to do
well only as we do them according to
a fixed or regular pattern or method
and regularity and routine are very
much given to the wearing of ruts
somewhere; occasionally even in a
man's soul. For most of us it will
take real, if not heroic, effort to
keep out of ruts, some of them very
dangerous ones to get into.—Brigh-
ton Ensign.
AFTER THE FLOOD
The spring flood has carried in-
numerable fish, including black bass
and speckled trout, into small ponds
in fields adjoining the river. When
the water receded the fish were left.
Auburn folk are wading in with long
rubber boots and conning out with
baskets of fish, caught with the
hands.—Exeter Tirnes-Advocate.
PUBLICITY FOR CANADA
That it is worth while going out
of our way to bring tourists from all
over the world, and especially from
the United States, to Canada, no one
will question. An industry which
brought us $300,000,000 in 1930
even admitting' that this is a record
figure, merits cultivation. As Theo-
dore Morgan well said before the
Senate committee, the money spent
on publicity to make Canada known
outside is one of the best and most
profitable of investments. Let us
have no fear, therefore, to appro-
priate adequate sums of money for a
vast campaign of publicity to make
-known the advantages of Canada,
both for business industrial establish-
ments farming, touring summer and
winter sports, etc. Wu will not re-
gret it, for it will bring back a thous-
andfold return, — La Presse, Mon-
treal.
LOOKING FORWARD
Nudist camps, it is predicted will
flourish this year. Who knows but
that the day will c•oine when the
Douklrobors wil have to put on their
clothe, to attract attention? .-lltunil-
ton Spectator.
ONTARIO'S GOLD •
Thirty years ago ()ntarios produc-
tion of all mentis -gold included --
was was $e,000,000. Last year its gold
production alone was 400,000,000]
and since 1891 it has been 3501,000,e
000. On top of that we aro produc-
ing nickel at the: rate of $20,000,000
ayear, copper at the :ate of $9,000,.
000. In the last four years $l00,-
00.0,000 worth of gold has been taken
from Porcupine rynd Kirkltr>r:i Lake.
More than .453,000,000 was paid out
in gold dividends. These, truly, are
figures for pessimists. --Ottawa Jour-
nal.
A WORD FOR PARENTS
Perhaps it is time that someone is-
sued an appeal to be kind to dumb
parents. Adjudicators, teachers, au-
thors and the public must be aware
that by and large they mean well.—
Winnipeg Free Press.
A GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT
One of the greatest engineering
feats of modern times, the Mersey
Tunnel has now been completed and
thousands of people walked through
it at the Easter week -end. The tun-
nel is to be formally 'Opened by the
King in July. It brings together Liv-
erpool and Bootle on the Lancashire
and Birkenhead and Wallasey on the
Cheshire side, four boroughs with a
total population of close on 11/4 mil-
lions. On April 3rd, 1928, the pre-
liminary tunnel from Liverpool met
from Birkenhead under the middle of
the river. So accurate was the sur-
vey work that the divergence for line,
length and level averaged less than
one inch.—Brockville Recorder and
Times.
THE EMPIRE
SHIPS OR PLANES
The simple truth is that the nation
has got the money for both more
warplanes and more warships. The
need for warplanes is paramount and
that for warships secondary. It is on
warplanes that those responsible for
the nation's safety must concentrate.
—London Evening News.
SAFE FROM EARTHQUAKES
London is safe from earthquakes.
Or, at least, if one did affect the city
it would be so serious that the rest
of the world would be destroyed. Dr.
W. E. Winton, the seismologist, made
that statement, and explained it in a
lecture at the Horniman Museum.
The reason London's city's safety,
is that it sits on a "soft cushion of
clay."—London Express.
THE STILL GILBERTIAN ISLAND
No more triumphant 'example of
the British genius for compromise
can be • imagined than the proposal
to impose a speed limit for just 19
hours clay and only an roads that
are lighted by street lamps. As Sir
Austen Chamberlain pointed out
the other day, our ways are beyond
the comprehension of benighted but
admiring foreigners. — Manhester
Sunday Chronicle.
AIRWAYS IN INDIA
Air development in India has been
of disappointingly slow growth, and
nearly ten years have passed since
Sir Samuel Hoare and the late Sir
Sefton Brancker used to rouse our
hopes with talk of a four-day mail
service between London and Delhi,
and of feeder services to all points
of the compass in India. But in 1933,
despite the economic depression, new
and substantial advance was made
and at the beginning of 1934 it is
possible to feel that this country has
at last begun to have a civil aviation
of its own and that development
henceforward will be steady. The
weekly Karachi -Bombay -Madras ser-
vice has proved its worth in connec-
tion with mails, but the time is ripe
for a great increase in passenger
traffic by air.—Calcutta Statesman.
GOOD TIMES AGAIN
The face of Johannesburg changes
as rapidly as that of any other city
in the world—and more rapidly than
most. Anyone who visited the Rand
twenty, ten, or even five years ago,
and had not seen Johannesburg
since, would scarcely recognise it to-
day. And now 'that the hill in the
building trade caused by the depress-
ion is over, expansion is proceeding
more rapidly than ever. It is almost
impossible to open a Rand newspaper
nowadays without corning across a
report of some big property deal or
an announcement of the impending
erection of another large block of
flats or business premises. These are
news items of public interest and
find their way into the Press. In ad-
dition, the building of private houses
in the outer suburbs is going on a-
pace, and Johannesburg is now a
city of 129 townships, covering 82
square miles, and possessing 832
miles of streets and a population of
391,830.
THE WORLD ON THE MEND
Mai'y Gets Parting Gift
President William Lang of the Toronto Anglers' Association presented Mary with a ti;ayful of
beautiful speckled trout caught the same morning at Caledon Mountain club. The trout were uncooked,
beautifully garnished with colored butter and parsley, and Mary had them cooked in the aeroplane
that carried her across from St. Louis to Hollyw ood. President Lang and T. W. Jull got up at 4
a.m,, caught twenty trout' weighing 16 pounds an d were back in Toronto before office hours.
edged stocks is the new life in indus-
trials, a rise justified by an increase
in profits last year of 79 per cent.
Religious Leaders
Wage War on War
New. York—Believing that the fir-
ed "a shot which will be heard
around the world" religious leaders
closed a two-day conference on war
and economic justice here recently,
Other conferences are to be held
throughout the United States and
Rabbi Edward L. Israel, of Baltimore,
urged that in addition a group of
men be organized "other than the
pious good -will group, who would
stand together in opposition to war
and in any economic controversy
and as a group to disrupt the com-
munity on that issue if need be"
The Rev. Edmund B. Chaffee of
the Labor Temple stated that sl+a
group exists in the ministers' union
of 8000 members, of which he is pre-
sident. Dr, Alien Knight Chalmers,
summing up the conference, said that
the whole emphasis has shown that
.these ministers are through with war.
In the last three difficult years
New Zealand has done many things
in an attempt to correct her economic
disequilibrium. Yet it was well un-
derstood that, although she should
not neglect such remedies as she
coe:a apply internally, :ane v.as for
the greater part depeeeent upon re-
" ,•:c•ry overseas. That was r.atural
and inevitable in a country that re -1
lied on -ening; a large p'cportion of
lar pr) 1ti" on in the world's mar-
kets, eau! ;,articularly in the Ilritish
market• tiuch being the case, Neer
Zealt.na (en fairly and confidently
expect to share in the upwaee move-
ment recorded in many r:•,,o':t' from
overseas, and espocial1y from Great
Britain. The, firmer tong i, trcturally
most speedily rceistercd on that most
mercuriai of all barometers, the stock
exchange, out it has also ;apread
through the rtrrt1 v•ts, average prices
today being higher than those of
920.- Meee enemiraging and signifi-•
runt then the ..teddy climb of gilt -
Cider in Wrong Place
Goderich—Because he did not know
the fine 'mints of the law, Thomas
Day, Howick township farmer, hid
his supply of cider in his barn. Police
found it under six feet of straw. This
cost Day $28 in county magistrate's
court. Tipsy people emerging from
the barn gave police thea clue. How-
ever, had Day kept his cider it: his
residence he would have been with-
in the law, the court explained,
Plan to End `Reckless
Waste of Lives' in
State of New York
NEW YORK—The use of public
funds to pay the cost of childbearing
to end a "reckless waste of lives"
was advocated recently by Dr. Thos.
Parrau Jr., New 'York State Commis-
sioner of Health.
He told the Maternity Centre As-
sociation that there occur in New -
York State each year more than 17,-
000
7;000 deaths as a result of "our
management of the childbearing
function."
His plans would provide state
money to pay the entire medical,
hospital • and nursing costs of child-
bearing for every woman unable to
provide "the best of care" for her-
self. There would be no pauper's
oath or similar humiliating condi-
tions, he said,
HOLLYWOOD TAKES ACTION
TO PREVENT KIDNAPPINGS
Hollywood, Cal.—The dreaded kid-
napper finds many barriers raised
against him in the movie colony.
The fate of William F. Gettle, oil
millionaire who was abducted from
his summer home in Arcadia, Cal.,
never has befallen a movie actor or
actress, but the possibility of it has
put most of them on the alert.
In the homes of the film folks. many
of whom are neighbors of the Gettle
fancily, are guards, elaborate alarm
systems, vicious dogs, stocked arsen-
als heavily bolted doors and rein-
forced window locks.
No more far-reaching precautions
have been taken in Hollywood than
those employed by Harold Lloyd, who
once was threatened by kidnappers.
His great estate is incolsed by an uh-
ually high wall. At the only entrance
a guard, heavily armed, is on duty 24
hours a day. A number of Great Dane
dogs roam the grounds.
The home of Marlene Dietrich is
filled with alarm systems and the
windows are barred for the protection
Resumes Canters Park
London, Eng.—For the first time
since 1932 King George bas resumed
his early morning canters in Hyde
Park.
Astride his afvorite horse His Maj-
esty rode about the bridle patbs of
Hyde Park almost unnoticed.
The King is believed to be training
himself for the more arduous task of
a big military review planned for his
birthday, June 4th.
Restrict Hoboes Diet
Annapolis Royal, N.S.—Nine hoboes
lay in the town jail, restricted to a
diet of bread and water by older of
the Town Council "as an example to
others at their kind who may think
they can blow into Annapolis Royal
and take possession of the place."
Canada Leading
Buyer in Brtiain
London—Purehaees in Britain, ac-
cording to the latest returns of the
Board of Trade, show steadily grow-
iug increases, with Canada leading
all the Dominions. The pct chases of
Canada made here in the first quar-
ter of 1934 amounted to 4944,000 as
compared with £260,000 for the first
quarter of 1933.
$320,000 ADDED TO FORTUNE
FOR MOTHER OF MOST BABIES
Torouto--The estate of Charles
Vance Millar, the bulk of which was
betueathed +. `the Toronto mother
giving birth to the most children in
the 10 -year ,period following his
rreath, has been increased by a cash
payment of $320,000 by the Brewing
Corporation of Canada, i't part pay -
merit for the Millar estete holdings in
O'Keefe's Brewery which have been
purchased .by the Corporation
It was learned the frill price ac-
, cepted for the Millar holdings was
$900,000 and the reinaiutng $30,000
must he paid in cash within six
I months,
`Mei; 147r. Millar dicier suddenly,
terns of lois will aroused wide inter-
est. Shared of brewery and Outeri°
1
Jockey Club stock were lett to prom-
inent Ontario clergymen, while tltc
famous "baby clause" has also been
the subject of much discussion.
Two years ago the Ontario Gov-
ernment tried to estreat the wid and
turn the money over to 'University
Of Toronto. A bill to that effect was
withdrawn hi the legislature iallow-
ing protests.
Mrs. Grace Bagnato, wife of a
police court interpreter, is n"rw be-
lieved to be leading claimant tto the
estate, Site has given birth 'e six
children in the past 10 years in To-
ronto, and already had a large isunny.
The estate is to be turned eve,. bar-
ring unforeseen oirouuisin'i— ' in
19311.
of her daughter. Guards are about! the
estate 24 hours a day.
Similar precautions have peen tak-
en by Bing Crosby. Mae West has had
triple -bolted doors installed in her
home, and keeps two special guards
from the District Attorney's office,
and one personal guard ever or hand
with a sawed-off shotgun.
Edward G, Robinson, ;whose gang
characters were foremost in the cycle
of crime pictures, has barred the en-
tire wing of his home in which his
son sleeps and plays and surraunded
it with guards.
Likewise has Ann Harding protect-
ed the safety of her daughter. Gloria
Swanson refuses to allow her children
to live in the United States and keeps
them in Switzerland. '
Warner Baxter has an 'ingenious
system of protection. The foundation
of it is a photo electric cel] and only
those who know the combination, and
they're few, can enter his home suc-
cessfully without getting off a blare
of alarms.
Ontario Girl, 14,
Dies From Lockjaw
London, Ont.—Lockjaw infection.
following minor hand injuries, suf-
fered recently in a schoolyard mis-
hap, proved fatal to 14 -year-old Ruby
Veale, of Mount Bi'ydges, Ruby fell
and another pupilstepped on her
hand. She suffered cuts and the dis-
location of one finger.
Pulpwood Cutters
Given Pay Increase
' Fort William—Timber operators of
the lakehead district have granted
an increase of 40 cents a cord for
cutting and peeling pulpwood during
the summer, and worlcsuc in return
have pledged that no strike will be
called in district timber camps be-
tween May 1 and Sept 1, according
to D. A. Clark, President of the Lake-
head Timbermen's Association.
More than 1,000 men at e affected
by the rate rise.
Britain's Imports
And Exports Rise
Women Members
of British Legion
Under CriitiCiSIT ,
LONDON—The deportment of wo-;
men members of the British Legion
when they take part in parades proe
yoked a lively discussion at the con-'
ference of the women's section in
London.
Mrs. F, Hilton Moore moved a reso.'
lution suggesting that a certain'
amount of drilling beforehand would
improve matters.
She said that for some years she'
had been unhappy about the impres
sion parading women must make upon'
the ordinary man In the street, who'
had neither the imagination nor the;
opportunity of realizing the wonder-
'ful work done by the women's sec-
tion, "In my own branch,',' said Mrs)
Hilton Moore, "a member of the ex=
ecutive, a sergeant -major, has kindly,
taken us in hand, and in a simple
manner has taught us the right ways
of dealing with the standard on alli
occasions, and, at any rate, how to
keep in step while marching."
Ex -Service Woman
Mrs. MacGregor Whyte said that,
she was an ex -service woman, and as'
such had had a certain amount of•
drilling during the war. "I went a
short while ago to a dedication cere-
mony with my legion branch," she
said. "A number of women mein-
leers
emleers were invited, and we were. given.,
the honor of leading off. Believe me,
we lookd pathetic. We were suppos-
ed to march four in column, but wo-4
men have not the remotest idea of
forming found, and instead we march-
ed in threes and fives. We are ask-
ed through the courtesy of the le-
gion to join in their. parades, and we
have no right to make those parades
look ridiculous. Why, I even saw one
procession in which a woman was
wheeling a perambulator."
Mrs. Davis said, when they had wo-
men of 60 and over, as they had In
her branch, it was too late to begin
drilling them. "We have a certain
number of women who have kept In
good form by touching their toes, and
they could march, but we have in our
ranks the mothers of lads who went
to the war, and it is only fair to re-
member that these older women can-
not step out like the younger people.
"After a woman has reached the
middle-aged spread drilling Is not
possible for her."
The resolution was lost.
London—The Board oP Trade has
announced that imposts into the!
United Kingdom during April inereas- ,
ed by t£5,193,173 or 10.1. per cent.]
over those of April of last year. In I
the same month exporce increased
by the value of £.3,704,457 or 14 per
cent., while re-exports *]towed an in-
crease of $1,481.600 or 41,5 per cent.
Of the imports 30 per tent, were raw
material while 70 per cent, of the
exports were mat uhte:11 red articles.
7.
THE CI-HINCH BUG
The chinch bug has ben known in
North America since 1788. During
the years 1850 to 1915, it has caused
losses in the United States amount:
ung to the enormous sum of $350,
000,000. Fortunately the chinch bug
has not developed to arcything,likt the
sarne extent in Canada, chiefly
through the efforts of the Entomo-
logical Branch of the Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture, but during
some year, the bug has been eespons•-
ible for important injury 'to m.'a low
grasses, wheat, corn and rat, in ;h
lrrovince of Ontario.
King George Hears
Sophie Tucker Sing
LONDON, Eng.—Sophie Tacker
gave King George V. the low down re-
cently on how she, as the original
"red hot mama"singer, put over the
old-time "blues" tunes of 15 and 20
years ago.
She appeared as a surprise num-
ber at a command performance in
the Palladium Theatre. Her appear-
ance was kept secret until the last
minute, when Miss Tucker romped on
the stage in old-style manner and
went into her song and, in a way,'
dance.
Howlers
The objective of "he" is "she."
A plagarist is a writer of plays.
A compliment is when you say
something to another that he and you 1
know is not true.
Chivalry is the attitude of a man
to a strange woman. ?
A deacon is a mass of inflammable ,
mmaterial placed in a prominent posi-
tion to warn the people.
What happens when there is and
eclipse of the sun? A great many)
people come out to look at it.
The animal which shows the great-'
est attachment for man is woman.
All brutes are imperfect animals.
Man alone is a perfect beast. I
Henry Ford was the inventor of
perpetual motion. I
A ruminant is an animal that
chews its cub.
Heredity is a bad thing and it ought!i
to be prevented.
The stomach is a bowl -shaped cav-.
ity containing the organs of indi-
gestion.
To be healthy, don't eat any kind'
of food.
Ono of the main causes of dust is
janitors. •
The liver of one of the infernal or-
gans of the body.
A Scout obeys all to whoiu obedi-
ence is due and respects all duly con-
stipated authority.
A person should take a bath once
in the summer and not quite so, often
in the winter."
The theory of exchange, as T un-
derstand it, is not very well under-
stood.
In Milton's time England would
have been a much holier place if
everybody had bOtnged to the sante
sex -,'
Writs all you know about Nero:
';The less said ubqut Nero the 'bet-
` fet•,"
Zero is the king of Rome who play-
ed the fiddle.
A demagogue is a vessel contatn-
in Spirituous liquor.
Ncwspap 'rs are useful for reportI
rug calamitit e such as deaths and
marriages
T.ast year many lives wore cru i aed
by necidc nts.
The ps imastt r ee•neral is the posts;
9 -ten's hired gyri.
Ilusinessos are said to be "in ther
•r• d" when they trade with Russia.
"lltergeins'• produced at the ex -
n of human mieery aro nothing
t'1
'' t cC /solves in sheep's clothing. •
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