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Common Errors,
Two of the most common errors
in gardening are sowing seed too deep
ami alowing plants to grow too close
together. As a general rule three
times the diameter of the seed is the
proper depth to sow.. This means
merely pressing things like lettuce,
turnip_s' and radish into the soil, but
covering the larger seeds such as
corn, beans, peas and 'beets to a
depth of about an inch. With flowers,
the finer sorts like Alyssum, and
Poppies should be sown on top of
the ground and barely pressed In.
Some of these very fine seeds are
Ilest mixed thoroughly with a little
dry sand and the mixture sown, te
avoid sowing too thick. Bulb and
tubers such as potatoes, gladiolus and
dahlias are put in from six to eight
inches. Thinning is just as import-
ant, With flowers the rule to follow
is to allow half as much space be -
Omen as the plants are high. In ev-
ery seed catalogue the height of the
mature plait is given. Suppose one
is working with the ordinary type
Zinnia. When fully grown this will
be a bushy plant"' about 1S inches
high and almost the ,same across,
therefore it should be thinned to
stand about ten inches epee-. Not
-only will such thinning result in
stouter plants but they will also be
more bushy and symimetrical. Even
the quick growing leaf lettuce and
radish should be thinned, though an
inch between plants will be enough.
Beans, peas and corn being big seeds
are sown at the proper distance, that
is at least three inches apart and in
the case of corn in rows, six inches.
Two inches apart will be enough for
beets and carrots. Of course this
does not allow full . development but
when the plants begin to fill up the
space, half of them should be 'taken
out and used.
Equipment.
Gardening is very inexpensive ie
the way . of necessary- equipment.
With a rake, a small hoe and a spade
one can. accomplish wonders, though
if the place is a large One, it is ad-
visable to have a few more tools. At
this time, of year, a string and a
, few stakes for making straight rows
will come in handy. One of, the
small garden tractors which culti-:
elates, seeds and even plows will take
the place of a horse. Later on when
it is necessary to cultivate once a
week, first to conserve the moisture
and secondly to destroy weeds, a five
toothed hand cultivator costing less
than two dollars *ill save hours of
time with the hoe. Of the latter im-
plement there are several sizes avail-
able. Some are pushed ahead and
being very shari. they shave off
rweeds• beneath trees and close to
rows which are usually hard placed
to reach with the ordinary hoe. ‘• A
digging fork in ordinary garden soil
is to be preferred to a spade. For
the flower garden, a trowel and hand
digging fork about ten inches long
• will be found useful,
Climbing Vines.
Of the flowering sorts of climbing
vines, the first to bloom is the
Wistaria. This, comes out with the
daffodils. Early in the spring, with
sometimes a second cropof flowers in
August. It is rathed slow in•becom-
ing established, requires a deep root
•
SOURED ON THE
WORLD? -THAT'S LIVER
Wake up your Liver tile
—No Calomel necessary
Many people who feel sour. sluggish and
generally wretched make the mistake of taking
salts, pil, mineral water. laxative candy or
chewing gum, or roughage which only move
the bowels and ignore the liver,
What you need is to wake up your liver
bile. Start your liver pouring the 'lady two
pounds of liquid bile into your bowels. Get
your stomach and intestines working as' they
should, one more.
Carter's Little Liver Pills will soon you
up. Purely vegetable. Safe. Sure, Quirk.
Ask for them by name. Refuse substitutes.
25c. at all druggists. 51
bed and , is somewhat tender. The
fragrant blue -flowered wistaria is
followed in floral display by climbing
roses growing over trellises, arbors,
or pergolas. Two varieties of clem-
yes are recommended, thr: Jackmanii,
which produces huge purple bloom
out little foliage and therefore should
te planted with another vine, and the
Raniculata furnishing a sheet of
white starlike fragrant flowers for
alt,ut two weeks. The scarlet Trum-
pet Honeysuckle is another splendid
ptrmanent vine, Its foliage, a deep
green, conies early and is retained
late, therefore making it an ideal
•creen. It flowers freely and is very
fragrant. The silver lace vine blooms
luring late summer and is a. rapi(l.
grower. There is nothing betti„r for
covering walls of brick or stor-e than
the Boston ivy in the warmer dis•
tricts of Canada, and the special
clinging type Virginia creeper in dis-
tricts where the climate is more rig-
.»-ous. If one wants a vigorous and
rapid grower, when once establiShed,
the Dutchman's Pipe will fit,in„well,
producing huge leaves of a light
green. For those who want a .i•creen
in a hurry, there are plenty of an-
nuals from which to choose, such
as the Cardinal Clinsber, Cdbaea,
Morning Glory, Gourd, Climbing
Naturtiums, Canary Bird Flower,
Scarlet Runner Bean, and Hiimulus,
a rapid growing Japanese type of
hops.
• Garden Fruit.
•
Some people desire to include some
fruit 'with the garden. A summer
apple like Yellow Transparent, As-
trachan or Melba can be chosen for
d:ssert purposes. or Duchess for
cooking; for all, Wealthy; for early
winter the McIntosh or 'Delicious;
and for late winter, the Northern
Spy. In the Prairie Provinces or
Northern
Northern Quebec or Ontario, there
are some new hardy typesas well
as good crabapples available. Among
sweet cherries, Windsor, 'Bing and
Tartarian are recommended, while
Montmorency and Early Richmond
are standards of the other type.
Clapp's F,aVerite is one of the best
pears,coming very early, while
Bartlett is a good later sort. Plums
are grown almost anywhere in Can-
ada, as well as currants, raspberries.
strawberries, .blackcaps. thimble ber-
ries, Logan berries, and gooseberries.
Grapes are fairly hardy, and among
the best are the Lindley, Brighton
and Delaware.
Sow Good Seed.
One of the best services rendered
by the experimental farms is the
testing of varieties of grain to de-
termine their suitability to particu-
lar areas. That this work ,has been
extensive and satisfactory is indicat-
ed by the general adoption of varie-
ties that were first distributed from
'the farms. Outstanding example.;
are Marquis and Garnet wheat in the
West. and 0. A. C. No, 44 and 0. A.
C. No. 72 oats in Ontario. In the
face of all this. -attempts are made
at times to push the sale of .54€4:.d
from the United States of so-called
new varieties at fancy prices on the.
claim -that fabulous yields may be
obtained. About a year ago a car-
load of an inferior sort was sold in
central Ontario at $1.35 to 32 per
bushel, even though it graded No. 3.
This leads A. H.'Martin; of the Crop
and Markets Branch, to state that
not one variety ever introduced into
the province by high pressure sales-
mich-,thas ever been equal,to the. stan-
dard varieties already grown.
Another matter to be kept in mind
at the seedin'g season is that quality
counts, either in home grown or pur-
chased seed. Experitaents at the- 0.
A. C.. prove that large plump ker-
nel yields 20 per cent. more than
light or shrunken seed. These ex-
pmments also how that an addi-
tional outlay for plump seed will in-
crease. the Yield from 10 to 15 bush-
els per acre, which at the present
price of 40 cents per bushels for feed
oats means a cash increase of from
$4 to $6 per acre..
(ices of
Peking does not exist any leelikeeIt
-
has been rebaptized Peipbeg Rude the'
Chinese eonsider..it a nationalleCduty
so to speak, to call it artily by its new
name. They demanct the same of the
fereignet. •
When they were lighting in Man-
churia, 1 sent a cable home advising
them that I rwould be in Peking in a
week's time. The telegraph clerk
changed Peking into Peiping and my
mother failed to make out where I
would geldb:e.l.
al if you talk Ohie.a with
a Chinaman, use the new formulas:
China, capital Nanking, principal
centers Peiping, Shanghai, etc. Not
only wars and revolutions have
changed the map of the country, but
also evolution, "peaceful" penetration
and diplomatic intrigues.
The visitor who returns to China
after. an absence of several years is
amazed at first 'at the profound
changes that. have taken place. It
does not take him long, however, to
realize that the old face still lurks
behind the new front. The chauffeur
who drives the taxi is essentially the
rikshaeman of former days, who de-
spises you if you show yourself too
friendly disposed towarde,him or tip
him too generously.
,Peking has been wiped off the
slate, but ithe ancient capital of the
manchu emperors is still there, the
same as it was hundreds of years ago
swarming with people, caravans of
camels solemnly trotting through
the marvelously carved wooden gates
with its thousands of merchants, its
clouds of dusts and glorious monu-
ments and unsanitary smells. IL may
call itself Peiping, but it has pre-
served its ancient character and this
conservatism is symptomatic and
symbolic of young China.
IJ Shangihai the students are attir-
ed in western clothes. At Nanking
the Chinese women dance in dresses
that leave arms and back bare. At
Jehol the loudspeakers -shout the
stock exchange quotations 'and the
very heart of Szechuen may he reach-
ed by airplane. Yet China, the etern-
al, is more present than ever. She
is the source from which young
China draws her strength, endurance
and intelligence. Peking is dead!
What does it matter? Long live
Peiping!
The visitor who collies from Europe
lands at Hongkong. Travelling from
Hongkong to Canton, the same vision
follows him all along his route; bent
women, each with a ehild safely tied
to her back, break stones and pave
the roads, supervised by their lords
and masters, who sit and smoke and
.epit and frequently enhance their or-
ders by a few well -aimed blows. The
'women groan, while the children look
on with complete indifference.
Involuntarily I think of my Chin-
ese women friends at Tientsin, Nan-
king, Shanghai,' those elegant, well-
groomed, educated women, adored by
their lovers and respected by their
husbands. The, women who in the
large Chinese centers attract atten-
tion by their waved heads, their neat
attire and their large feet. Those
are the' representatives of modern
womanhood in China, the forerunners
of Chinese feminism. They aro num-
ei•ous, of course, yet they disappear
among the two hundred million wo-
men of China.
One must beware of exaggerating
the importance of the intellectual wo-
men of China. In the interior of
that immense country the women,
although naturally intelligent and
very capable in the management of
their household, are illiterate and to-
tally ignorant, especially of the move-
ment intended to emancipate them
from man's domination. They go on
as their mother and' grandmothers
had done, and this is the true face of
'Chinese womanhood.
! The overwhelming majority of the
Chinese people live in utter misery.
Although baby girls are no longer
I fed to the pigs, as in olden days,
thousands of tem are left to. dieeif
I starvation and neglect. Thus ;Id
China survives everywhere. • ,
iln Shanghai charitable institutions
of all kinds, missions,, hospitals, free
medical dispensaries, vaccination, etc.,
have reduced infantile mortality
g-reatly. Yet thou/sands of pitiful
little corpses are deposited every year
in the streets of the foreign conces-
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BE sure to keep a supply of Royal
Yeast Cakes on hand to use when
you bake at home. Sealed in air -tight
waxed paper, they stay fresh for
months. These famous thy yeast cakes
have been the standard for over 50
years. And send for free copy of the
ROYAL YEAST 13AKE BOOK -.gives 23
tested recipes for tempting breads.
Address Standard Brands Limited,
FraserAve.& Liberty St., Torontii3Ont.
'COFFEE CAKE—equally popular for tea, luncheon or supper
leream together Ys c. butter and IA c."
sugar, add 1 well -beaten egg and c.
' milk. Add Oda mixture with about 2 c.
flour and IA tep. salt to 1 c. Royal Yeast
Sponge* tp make a soft dough. Knead
lighEr and place In greased bowl. Cover
and set in *arm location until double
in bulk. (About ij4 houra.) Shape Into
regular coffee roil shape. Allow to rise
-Pall double In btilk.. Brush surface
With Melted butter hod erittnIde IvIth
nuts or cinnamon. Bake tat 4006 F.
about 25 mifitatts.
*ROYAL YEAST SPONGE' Soak 1
Royal Yeast Cake In Iy pint lukewarm
water for.I5 min. Dissolve 1 tbep. sugar
ittyspintenne.:Add tai dissolved yeast
cake. Add 1 quart bread dour. neat
_ttliotanahly. doetjand let rise over-
iiigkt to datable 1ff &ilk (Amman place
free Iron; draoglatic. Makes 6 to 6 cups
of batter.
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sions„ becausethe parents lack the
means to provide burial. They know
that the streets of the concessions
are swept-Nrivery morning. .
One day I visited a large factory
built aecordingeto the latest require-
ments of technique and industrial hy-
giene. I was impressed by the pro-
gress. But stepping out of the fac-
tory, something urged .me to take a
look at the factory situated nearby
in a rather old building. There I
saw little children, of perhaps six
or seven years, tied to the looms,
compelled to sort silk ten hours a
day. I saw women who continued to
work, their back curved, while they
were nursing their babies. Many of
these women were pregnant. The
lack of light and fresh air was ap-
palling.
‘In utter dismay I walked out and
that same night brought the •sub-
ject up before a few very progres-
sive university"eo-eds with wham. I
was hailing dinner. These women
were supposed to hold very advanced
ideas on social' mutters. But rely in-
dignation found no response with
them. Very politely they went on re-
peating formulas which meant noth-
ing to them. And I realized, as
never before, the immense callous-
ness and „indifference of the !China-
man toward his neighbor. How is it
passible to speak of modernism and
progress in a country, where individ-
ualism is almost equivalent to an-
archy and whose people are deprived
of any social sense?
Every Chinese province lives its
own life and speaks its own lan-
guage. It is not unusual to hear
two Chinese students conversing in
fluent English. One comes from Peip-
ing and knows only his own dialect,
while the other speaks Cantonese.
To come together they have fo re-
sort to a foreign language. There
is no cohesion and" no contact be-
tween the single parts of China, as
there as no contact between the in-
dividual Chinese. It is impossible to
make ;a - Chinaman believe that one
may do something for other reasons
than personal interest. He will nev-
er believe you. '•
An Englishman„ impressed by the
sufferings of the laborers in the
stone -quarries, wanted to be lelpful.
He brought food and wine to the un-
fortunate men, chained to wheel -bar-
rows so heavy, that to Mee them
they were obliged to advance creep-
ing on all fours. He offered to dress
their wounds. None of the men
would accept his help. They were
sure of his evil intentions, for why
else should he wish to help them?
Large, imposing -looking, modern
steamers navigate the upper Yangtze
river and shoot over its rapids. On
board, the wealthy. Chinese merch-
ants in European attire and their be-
jewelled wives clad in the latest
French models play bridge, dance and
drink coektails. They,. talk politics
and economics and one .marvels at
the rapid strides China is making on
the road of progress and ,ffiechaniza-
tion.
1But from the deck of the steamer
one sees thousands of old-fashioned
junks, slowly moving 'up -stream
hauled by naked men, who are tied
to the rocks and whose sore feet
leave a trail of blood behind.
In the picture of modern China the
poor devils are far more numerous,
than the lucky devils, .but ' nobody
speaks about it. China is wiser than
our countries. Our people • suffer
from the tyranny and incapacity of,
governments and ruling' classes, they
lament and protest. But a millen-
nary experience of suffering has
taught the Chinaman that protests
are of no avail. There seems no
initiative nor spirit of action left in
the Chinese people.
To act is the privilege of the
young, and China is very old. So
old, indeed, that one wonders whe-
ther the builder of her new house
will ever rise from among her own
sons.
A HEALTH SERVICE OF
THE qANADIAN MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION AND. LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANIES
IN CANADA
MUSCULAR ACTIVITY '
Life begins in one minute cell.
This cell grows and multiplies until
we have the millions of cells which
make up each human body. In the
process of growth and development,
these cells .become differentiated one
from the other, depending upon what
function they assume.
In the body we have nerve cells,
muscle cells, connectlee tissue cells
to name but a few. These cells
make up, the various 'tissues and or-
gans of the body. They all have a
common -origin in one cell, and
throughout life they remain interde-
pendent. The only way to have
health is to have a body which is
strong and well in all its parts. Dis-
ease or abnormal states in any one
part affect the whole body.
"Heelthy," "stecing" and "erierget-
ie" are adjectiveg which we use to
describe the Person Who has the abil-
ity and power to do things. Such a
person has started life with gond
tissue cells and has, by proper liv-
ing, developbd strength and energy
—the hati'health.
There are certain organs of the
'body, such as the heart, which are
known arVital organs. Life cannot
continue if they cease to function.
In that sense only, they are Imore ims
portant than other parts; and they
are, in feet, dependent uponother
non -vital organs.
et is necessary for the human be-
ing to be able to MOW around in
order to secure food, and When food
has been obtained, it *mist be carried
into the !mouth, The Vital Orgarraare
this !dependent Upsfir the large•nucts-
cies which make interement possible
Happy Health
"I always keep a supply of BABY'S•
OWN TABLETS on heed—they keep
my children healthy and happy,'
writes Mrs. James Wilson, Lorneville,
N.B. Mrs. Wilson's plan is commend-
ed to Mothers everywhe.
Literally hundreds of Mothers have
written their deep thanks for BABY'S
OWN TABLETS, the absolutely
SAFE remedy for the common illness-
es of babies and children — teething
troubles, simple fevers, upset stomach,
colic, colds, peevishness. Give them to
YOUR children. 25c a package.
Dr. Wilda nix' 53-E
BABY'S OWN TABLETS
to supply them with food, without
which they, together with the whole
body, would perish.
There is another definite relation-
ship between the vital organs and
the large ,mluscles. Run or walk
quickly, and you will find the rate
of the heart has increased and that
breathing is quickened. In other
words, there is a close linking -up
between ,museuier activity and or-
ganic activity.
This is a most important point to
rememlber. It (means that through-
out life we must ,maintain a proper
level of muscular activity if we are
to keep the vital organs functioning
at their best. Children need play.
They need to use their large me-
dles. Youth requires physical activ-
ity. The adult needd such physical
activities as are suited to his age.
The human body goes to pieces when
it is not used. Disuse means atro-
phy. Proper us& is the only way to
keep the body functioning at its best
for the greatest nunilber of years.
Some gee are born great. Some
men achieve greatness. And some
men just grate upon you.
Age No Objection'
Is there an age limit to the achieve-
ments of man? We hardly believe
it. Men of all ages, frinnt fifteen up-
ward to the eighties, have distin-
guished themselves in all fields. It
would, therefore, seem that neither
great youth nor old age is likely to
prove an impediment to real talent
Victor Hugo was awarded academ-
ic honors at the age of fifteen. Joan
of Arc was seventeen years old when
she liberated Rheims and crowned
the king of France. Alexander the
Great delivered the !battle of Cheer
onea at the age of eighteen. At
nineteen Franz ! Schubert composed
some of his best songs and Paganini
was only twenty-one When he held
audiences spellbound with his magic
violin.Otto Weininger was twenty-four
when he wrote his fail -sous book "Sex
and Character." Shortly after he
committed suicide. Charles Lindbergh
made his epic flight across the ocean
at the same age.
At the age of twenty-five Michael
Angelo created his glorious "Pieta"
which adorns St. Peter's in. Rome.
Charles Diekens was twenty-five
when he made us the gift of his
"Pickwick Papers."
At twenty-six Mozart wrote an op-
era ad Philip Reis invented the tele-
phone (1860).
Vasco da Gama was thirty when
he showed the world the ocean route
to India. At the age of 'thirty-two
Heinrich Hertz discovered the elec-
tric waves and thus paved4the way
for the sensational discoveries of the
Curies. At thirty-four Luther had
written his ninety-five 'theses, and
'Carl Maria von Wever had composed
his famous operee"Freisehutz."
Dante began to write, the "Divine
Comedy" when he was thirty -five --
in the middle of man's life span, as
he said himself. At thirty-five Tor-
ricelli invented. the barometer, Raph-
ael painted The Sistine Madonna and
Napoleon proclaimed himself Emper-
or of :France.
Joh. Kepler discovered the laws of
the planetary system at thirty-eight.
Lessing wrote one of his best .plays
at the same age.
Forty is the age of wisdomi. Mo-
hammed had the divine revelation
pf the Koran at the age of forty and
Magellan sailed around the world, for
the first time in history. Prefessor
Emil VoniBee-rin,g was forty when he
inVersted blood -serum therapeutics.
In the forty-five year class we find
the composer Offenbach, creator of
"Helen of Troy," and Dostoievsky,
finishing his "Raskolnikoff."
At forty -.six Leonardo da
painted the "Last Supper" on the
wall of the refectory of the convent
Of Santa Maria delle Graze in Mil-
an.
Lafontaine's imrtnirbal fables were
written when he was fey -eight, and
Sir Walter Scott wrote "Ivanhoe" at
the eamee age..
Oliver Cromwell was flfty.two
when he staged his triumphal entry,
into London, and at the age of fifty-
two Luigi Galvani stu!diedthili frog's
legs. We all know what developed
from his casual observations.
After that the roll call becomes a
little scanty, although Beethoven
gave the World his Ninth Symphony
et the age of -fifty-four, and Profes-
sor Ehrlich discovered Salvarsan at
the same age. In the fifty-seven year
class only Immanuel Kant distin-
guished himself 'by writing his "Crit-
ique of Pure Resissm."
Cervantes wrote his "Dcon Qui/
ote" in prison at the age of fifty-
eight, after he had lost one arm in
the battle of Lepanto.
l'Whers Bramante was sixty-two he
laid the foundation stone to St Pet-
er's in Rome, and at sixty-seven Hits.denburg led his troops in, the battle
of Tannenberg.
Tintoretto Was seventy-two when
he painted the seirres of his Ma-
donnas'angels and saints. At serrs
tenty-three ,Blucher -measured his forc-
es with !Mani:short at Viaterloo.
!Humboldt completed the' "Costecre4
in his "(venter -sixth year, while at
seventy -sew* the .811"igeir" Clemens
°eau 'presided over the peace varley
at Versailles. •
Briarl Shed a record by signing the
PrAntiff JOS4/341. of Mettle
estah
order of triobilitatten of his tretsps a-
gainst Servia i his ninetieth, year.
But he wa'4 hided a little too old.
nflexibk Tyrant
essislmeneesease
At least one half Of the tales eir-
ciliated abroad about the Russian
dictator Stalin are the invention of
Soviet representatives in the western
capitals.
'This may -sound strange hut- it is
comprehensible when we bear in
mind that until recently the major-
ity of Soviet diplomats abroad were
ardent Trotzkyiets. Trotsky has nev-
er' forgiven 'Stalin his defeat and
humiliation, Beaten on his own
ground, the only weapon that is left
to him to -fight Stalin is his pen and
this he wields -ver Y ably.
But in the longrun wrath `and
envy are bad weapons in the
cal struggle. Sooner or latter, the
truth imposes itself,
A great "enany people, 'althoug4
they do not sympathize with bolsh-
evik policies, view the situation nn -
partially and are interested to know
the truth about the Red Dictator. The
usual replies to their questions are:
Stalin is a coarse brute, a crude pol-
itician. He persecutes the elite of
the party and is supported by a
clique of upstarts as cynical and ob-
ecure as himself. Morally he is a
monster and intellectually he • ie
nothing.
Yet it is important that the world
should know 'Stolen as he really is,
with his defects and qualities, nei-
ther of which are email. For in the
understanding of Stalin's character
lies the clue to the understanding of
the Russian situation and to its im-
mediate possibilities.
The men who rule Russia's destin-
iee to -day are not pygmies. Whether
we wish or not, we are compelled to
admit that Stalin and his assistants
are men of a caliber far superior to
that of the old regime. The atten-
tion of the world is focused on Stalin
more than on any other political per-
sonality of our time. For he is an
outstanding personality, this son of
a Tiflis cobbler who, almost over-
night, became the undisputed ruler of
more than one hundred and sixty
million people, that is about one-
sixth of the population of the 'earth.
It is eloulStful whether there is in
the world a' ruler stronger, more
powerful and More influential than
Stalin at the present time.
IMillions of people worship him as
the new Messiah, the prophet of the
Golden Age. They are proud of him
and rejoice in him and will follow
him blindly always and everywhere.
At the same time, other millions, in
Russia and ,elsewhere, pronounce his
name with scorn and hatred and look
upon him as upon the cruellest ty-
rant the world has ever -known.
In Stalin's , immediate 'enteurage
they do not like him and well 'he
knows it. He rules by the fear he
inspires and -solicits neither cordial-
ity nor affection. They all tremble
before him, for his glance has a
freezing quality that is not without
effect even upon the most audacious
individual. •
Years of privations and hardships
have undermined 'Stalin's health, but
not his working capacity. His an-
cestors Jed the simple life of manual
laborers, which is to say that Stalin's
nerves are sound. His face is fur-
rowed with wrinkles, an unmistak-
able sign of his intense inner life
which he, however, carefully dissimu-
lates. In his face only' his eyes are
alive; they are blue but when they
are flashing angrily they darken to
black. His moustache covers a firm
and cruel mouth and his chin is carv-
ed of stone.
,Stalin's simplicity in dress, bear-
ing and way of life border S on pov-
erty. He does not like publicity and
prefers to keep in the shade as much
as possible, a trait which he no
doubt inherited from Lenin, who'had
a horror of public exhibitioree.
The Russian dictator is an unusual-
ly silent man. Even at conferences
and Cabinet meetings he rarely says
a word until everyrbody else has ex-
pressed his opinion. When he has
listened to them all, he dictates his
decision or in a slow and assured
voice gives an order that may affect
the destinies of ,mtillions of human
beings.
There was a time, however, when
Stalin talked a good deal and even
laughed heartily. That time has
passed. His stereotyped smile is a
mask. As 'soon as he is alone, it
falls off and his face becomes grey
and motionless like that of an an-
cient stone carving.
The life he leads in his little apart -
•merit in the Kremlin is almost ascetic.
He occupies two modestly furnished
rooms, In one of which his eldest son
from a first marriage used to sleep
on a couch. Now the young man is a
boarder at one of the colleges where
he shares the life of the other un-
dergraduates, that is, lives in great
poverty. By understanding with his
fetcher he does not avail himself of
any of the privileges reserved to the
children of the Soliet dignitaries.
The other room, was occupied until
recently by Stalin, his wife and their
two little children. His wife has
cued since: She was commonly known
to everybody in the Kremlin as
'Nadia" and was a woman of excep-
tional sWeetness af temper and char.
aster.
The only luxury that Stalin allows
'himself is an Occasional glass of
wine—tfor like every true Oaneasian
he loves Wine—and his pipe. Ho likes
to sit smoking in his armchair for a
quarter of an hour and this is his
only, relaxation from work. At home
he speaks even less than at his of-
fice and his family is more taciturn
than hinnself.
His mtealso used to be brought up
to him from the Kremlin restaurant
reserved for the higher' dignitaries,''
but for some time past they have
been specially prepared for hint at
home, for fear of poison. For the
same reason he never drinks import-
ed wine. During his work he con-
sumes enormous quantities of tea
which his secretary prepares for him.
As far as his revolutionary past is
concerned, Stalin is irreproachable
for no matter what we may think of
his adeas and policiee, we must ad-
mit that ,before the revolution his
life had been one long, courageous
and disinterested battle. Unlike
many other famous bolshdviks, he
refused to escape abroad for safety's
sake. He knew hunger and thirst,
•prisons, torture, corporal punishment, -
exile and extrerile poverty. Hunted
and persecuted, sometimes victorious
and sometimes defeated, this man has
had the hardest experiences a may
•.
could have:
Although he has a family, Stalin,
has never had any personal life. Not
that he does not lave his family, on
the contrary he loves themdearly
4n his own way, but family worries
could never fill his life. More than
ever Stalin gives the impression to-
day of not having any private inter-
ests, of being merely a Imachine cap-
able of a remarkable output.
As he trusts his own judgment
blindly and ignores the torments of
'doubt; he has no pity on anything or
anybody. His idea is that the great-
er the, cause, the more victims and
sacrifices it demands. To reach his
goal he would not hesitate to saeri-
fice the whole Russian people. 'Lenin
was right when he said that in Stalin
lived the soul of an oriental despot.
iHe is the only man in Russia who
knows his job thoroughly to the last
detail. Possessed of an extraordin-
ary lucidity Of mind, he is of course
aware that fromt'he road he has
chosenthere ean be no return. He
is also aware that he must fall when
his hour strikes, but in the Meantime:
he functions like an axe that is cut-
ting off the heads of the hydra of the
• past, or better like a battering -rant
•-pounding- against the door of the fus
ture. Already a hole is made inthis
door and Stalin 'S fate•depends upon
the size to which it will grow and
the rapidity of the process.
One cannot help feeling that the
country.needs him; less and less and
that there' may soon be nothing to
do for him. One thing is sure: the
Russian people cannot continue for-
ever to bear the yoketo which he
has harnessed them. The present
generation will surely get tired of
sacrificing itself for the children
and children's children. The clay
will come when they will craim for
themselves some of the good things
of life that they help to build for
coming .generations.
'Stalin, Man of Steel! Neither
men nor events will ever :bend him.
He is of those who can only be
broken -4s Robespierre was broken
when his hour etruok.
Back -to -Farm Movement
The present increased employ-
ment of men on farms is a definite
step toward minimizing the unem-
ployment situation, declared Dr.
Christie, president of 0. A. C., in a
recent address. He referred to the
fact that more boys and eniore men
as farm 'nesereagere on salaries had
•been placed on farms this spring
than in any like period for the past
ten years, "These boys and men
are being welcomed back to the
farime and they are looking for-
ward to a good home, healthy liv-
ing, and a ,emlall but -eteady wage.
'More farmers are taking on help
this year than usual. Th•roughont
the rural coremun•ities there is gene
erally a feeling of faith; a feeling
that things are going ahead:" In
bus opinion, it it the rural people
who are saving the situation to -day
and ilt is the farm which, is leading
the way in stabilizing conditions
throughout the country.
Former Attache Of
Bank Now Testifies
Toronto, Ont.—D. Davies, 188 Que
bee St., who, for 20 years, was em -
played by the Bank of Montreal, re-
cently said: "I had such a bad case
of stomach trouble I don't believe I'd
eaten a meal in 10 years that agreed
with me. - My whole system was
toxic and rundown, Since taking
Sargon I haven't had one particle of
•trot/ble with mit stomach, and I have
a feeling of strength -and energy I
haven't' felt before in years. The
pills keep my bowels regulated per.
featly."
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