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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance, 1920-10-21, Page 9r !:, 1*r, 0 I X. 0 W K The Ouiet Famine With Abundanc c It has been a, real tragedy that in a I land of milk and honey, of or�,hards - and vineyards, of,the finest apples and t peaches, like Ontario, these things I s for those who t depend on commercial organizations to supply them, while1liose who pro- duce them, the farmers, the fruitmen, the cattlemen, are unable to receive anything like the amount that -con- sumers In the city are willing to pay. Fortunate people who have means of h ave been able to bring home great stores of fruit and vegetables gladly given by farmers who have no wNli,to see these things going to waste. Yet the appalling fact remains that the waste of our farma due to the failure, of our commercial system to distribute our produce would sul)ply our cities with abim- dance, What Is needed is adjustment. surely a matter not beyond the ability of a community so intelligent as the Province of Ontario. Means of distri- L)ution ,already exist to a certain ex- tent, but we need a wider and com- pleter system of parcel post, and we require as wide an extension of pub- Itcly owned radials as the country can .,;upport. The farm and the city should be nearer together in communication. people in the cities are suffering for the food that is going to waste on the farm, and the people on the farms are giving up their labors because they cannot dispose of their products to the people who are hungering for them. The cooperative systems that have been establishe'd in various countries are badly needed here. Seven years ago the apple -growers of the O'Kana- gan Valley in British Columbia adopted this system and they have prospered ever since. Sensible People do not choose failure rather than pros- perity when they see there is a choice. Building and Health Problems At the recent meeting of the Ameri- can Institute of Architects at Ottawa Charles Harris Whitaker declared that "credit has ceased to function as far as the building industry is concerned in this country and the United States, and the industry has to a great ex- tent passed frofn the hands of con* tractors and architects Into the hands of bankers and credit men." Bankers, he held, were dictating the kind of buildings to be erected, with the re- sult of paralyzing the business. It may be noted that very rarely financial men interfere in the ,,= and management of a technical Indus- try beyond their legitimate function of financing, do they succeed. The architect or builder would do no better if he insisted on Interfering in the affairs of his banker. The banker has a right -to Inquire as to the shill and integrity of his builder. He is fOOl- ish if he fails to do this. He is equal- ly foolish, having satisfied himself in these respects' if he fails to trust him. Mr. Whitaker v;ent on to speak of the special lawa affecting building and rents In New York. it was utterly Im- possible he thought to pack more peo- ple Into that city. No fewer than 33,0oo farms had been abandoned in a single ye&r in New yorit State. The housing Problem and the land problem are linked together. Identified with them 11 also the health problem, the sanitatfox problem, the problem Of the feeble-minded and others, These prob. lems are being recognized by tOW11- planners of the type of Mrs. E. A. Bar. nett, a B. E. who has also been visit. ing Ontario, 6ncl who Is known as all energetic fighter against slum conoll, tions. Her model village In HamP- stead Heath shows as a result Of greater , air space, sunlight aid gar, I den facilities the death rate is 89 Pei cent less than the general death ratc of London, which is itself low among great cities. The Hampstead Garder suburb could be desirably duPlIcatee near any Canadian city which con trolled its own transportation, ano! something of the kind is imperativ( it the congestion of the larger cities if continued. Health Is a gift Only to N had under such conditions as thew model dwelling places provide. Sucl enterprises, besides, are profitable to InTestolm. Canadian Horse in Battle I Major-General Seely gave prol: I ably the most vivid, graphic and ell thralling account of the services rer dered by any branch of the Canadia: Army that has yet been heard in Car ada in an address to the Empire Clu� I , , i � of Toronto, dealing with the exPIOIL ; of which la, � of the Canadian cavalry, ,;� �, � was commander. Nothing could hav I ,�� I I taste than Generp 11 been in finer I . � Seely,s impersonal self-suppresse I i narrative. An outsider could not, s F .11 completely have eliminated, as he ollo! I I � ,� e in the operations. Soul If . his own shar , of the incidents described WOtG of th most thrilling character. The reg � ments Included the R- C. D., th iStratheona HOTse, the King Edwar. Horse, the Fort Garry Horse, an I � Mounted 'Rifle! . � many regiments of I'll They served as dismounted units to I . q, � long periods before the Battle of th �� device Wa - Somme. At Cambrai fl* adopted which was afterwards used a , t, the critical stage In -the attack on th , � ridge at Moreuil in 1018, in each cas . t giving complete success. This Was , `!�� surprise -attack against -great number "I � - I.1', � carried out by ,encircling behind th I � enemies, position and charging frOT I � ,,� the rear. At Moreull the German i . � � of Over a million bayonet had a force 4 [ a witl �� and General Gough advised � drawal ' He acquiesced in Seely, � � Is wer ; I dare-Kvil plan and the R, 0, D- In , � sent through the German wire dur � the night, and after they had Pen( L , I i � trated a great distance behind the tin I they spread out arid swept Overythlaa I i I before them In a charge home to thel : own lines. The Germaliff thought thO �I I such tactics Implied the existence ( � * every on I', 4,, a great force � an'f gave Way' r beln , of the eneffty in the secto � � either killed or talten prisoner. Gel I , oral Voth wrote General Seely a lettc -Which he read In which this explO ..", was Mentioned. 91your brigade Bu, ceeaed," said General 3?6chl 1� "by " � , 1�1'1 � 4 , �1_ — �m a ii e , '% ( Observer - 11 I _ - - I I - - I altzl�,� nagnificent performance and Its un. � ( onquerable dash in first checking and I nally breaking the enemy's -spirit of t ttack. In the highest degree, thanks t o your brigade, the situation, agoniz- 2 ng as It hpd been at the opening of I he battle, was restored." Canada may well be proud of the men who .1 won this unique compliment for the J greatest soldier of the Great War. I i I Coal Means Food . ' Conditions in the Old Country are ' thought by many to depend on Tegula- : tions and policies of one kind and an- ' other, but the foundation part of the . situation, as has frequently enough ' been pointed out, Is that Great Britain Is an Island with more people in Its ' territory than It can feed, and that these people -are dependent for their ' food to a very large extent on what they buy from outsiders. Before the war It was estimated that there nev�er was more than six weeks, provisions in the island. This fall, it was stated, at times as low as a throe weeks' sup- ply, During the war by heroic meas- ures both In production and in ration- ing It was estimated that nine months' supplies,were produced domestically. Which means, under the most rigorous conditions, the people of Great Brit- ain would be entirely dependent for h tside supplies. It those were cut off, in three months there would be few or no survivors. It Is imperative therefore that , Great Britain shall have easy access to ample supplies. This is where the trade situation enters. Great Britain must pay for what she gets and as money is not value in itself, but only represents value, she can only pay by her exports. She has been Importing so much more than she exports that her money has ceased to represent value, and is taken as credit in tile United States at a -discount of about twenty per cent, in Canada at a dis- count of about ten per cent. The only way this difference can be balanced is by greater production and export. Coal is one Of the things that Britain can supply, and which is in demand, and this is why the coal miners' threatened strike has such serious as- pects, and their policy of short pro- duction is nationally so serious. It is not merely coal for which the miners are working. On their coal production depends largely the supply of food it- self to the people of Great Britain, for coal largely pays for the food brought into the country. The same, of course, Is true in degree of all the other ex- porting industries of the country. _ Coal Miners' Explanation' Ben C. Spoor who Is on this con- thient as a del4ate to gress of the Brotherhood Movement in Washington, has not neglected Canada, and as one of the outstanding labor M. P.'s in the British House of Commons his address at the Canadian Club in Toronto, has attracted wide at. tention. If he had been announced as representing one of the universities the elegance, the eloquence and the culture of his speech could not have been bettered. He spoke of the unrest In Britain which he did not Seek to palliate, but suggested that the situa. tion existed equally in other parts of the world. There was a great deal of misunderstanding as to what -the miners really wanted. Representing a large mining -area himself he knew the hopes and ambitions of the men and he never wanted better. or more coura� geous friends. Mr. Spoor dilated or the pre-war conditions under whicl, these men labored, and the strugglE that had been maintained beforE women and children of seven to twelve years of age had ceased to . work In the pits 12 and 14 hours a day some of them for years never seeffif daylight. Previous conditions must b( remembered If the present were to b( understood. The miners had succeeded In build Ing up an exceedingly powerful organ] zation, the biggest in Britain, and tc i day they were making greater de m -ands than ever, He thought th, . out of the fac that two years ago - the governmen had set up a Coal Commission Prc sided over by one of the ableE lawyers in the country� it would hav been impossible to find a more. jud . cially minded man. The recommendE . tions of this commission were to b 1. accepted, It was agreed, by -all partiei but the government refused to accer � ) the recommendations made, and th 3 miners felt that they had been fooleo! i in consequence a temper was createo and largely aggravated by the gOverl I The miners are now asl I ment policy. I Ing that a portion of tile huge profit ) of the coal mines be paid to then This demand, Mr. Spoor considere I was a perfectly reasonable one I � . of the facts and the recommendi I view . I tions of the Sankey Commission. The . ) were no better off than before the wa- I I nd be would be surprised It the gov- raiment allowed the situation to de- S elop, along such dangerous lines. As me brought up among them he re- iudiated the accusation that the ainers had adopted the policy of "cal anny,11 There were reasons for the lrop in production. Machinery recom- nendations had not been fulfilled and here were transportation difficul, les. The owners, believing natiouall- �Q ;ation fas in sight, toow good care not o spend any money. Having paid tribute to Robert ;mIllie as a man of character, in. .egrity and capacity, he declared there was something 'behind the demand for nereased wages which could not be t )xpressed in material terms. They c were working as they never worked It 3efore for Improved status. TIxe itilitarian philosophers had hold that I men worked In order to escape want. I Uunger drove them to work. This all- , ,ompelling force had been taken away t ay the war. The war that swept away r 3mpires had brought greater changes I AM. The men spared to come back E i!rom the fields of battle came home C with fixed ideas and resolved to have r D. man's standing in a man's world. 0 rhey were not going back to the old t order. They wanted equality In status f and opportunity. They 'know, after ( rive years of cessation, of the lieed to E produce. But they needed to know J also what to produce. And they ( ew Incentive. The old ( motive power of hunger would work ( no longer. "I put It to You, gentle- I ealed, "the best work In the world was never done for money. The appeal must be to a manps ' self-respect, his honor, his public spirit." Mr. Spoor went on to dwell � on the spiritual values involved in the struggle, and the necessity of em- bodying in our civilization the one principle that will enable it to stand the strain—the principle of brother- hood. Ireland, India, Egypt, wanted Independence, he observed. "I don't want to see an independent Britain: an Independent Canada. I want us to understand how utterly luter-depen- *dent we are. We want to -get a world in which a repetition of the last six years is Impossible, to find a path on which our children may pass on to a -%world of Which to -day we can only dream.' ' RESTORING A SHABBY UMBRELLA. pon a well with strong tea well sweetened, and you will be delighted with the transforma- tion. The tea restores the color of the . fabric, and the sugar stiffens It. THE CARE AND FFEEMING OF CHILDREN BY ELINOR MURRAY Registered According to Copyright Act. Baby is a hungry creature. It he is not, there Is something wrong. When he wakes, his first thought is to eat, And It his desire were gratified he would be sick. Many mothers who feed their children with regularitY while they are little, seem to neglect this important thing as soon as th(, young ones are on a diet of solid food. How many babies of a year old you see eating a biscuit when It is not near a regular meal hour. The habit of eating between meals is one of the easiest to form and one of the worst in its effects. We know that when a baby refuses his food something Is -%wrong. Either he has been getting too much or some element of the food is not right. His food must be weakened or given less often until he is really hungry for it. older children should be hungry when meal -time comes. If they are not. something is wrong, and generally the something is that they have been eat- ing between meals. Generally it Is candy. Children with naturally poor appetites should be denied candy alto. . gether except as an occasional dessert, . Eating between meals should be ab. . solutely forbidden, -too, for these chil- . olren. Like the baby, the older child � may have a, pooraiIpetite -because IIIE ; diet Is wrong. A healthy child eat, L what Is put before him. . I am taking it for granted, of course od is of the righ, ) kind, Children dislike a montony a . food, and rightly SO. If a child re - fuses his food, let him do without unti � he is hungry. Do not weakly substi , tute cake or pie or candy for the re t fused porridge or bread and butter I , A certain firmness on the part of th( I , mother is all that is necessary. I hav( I been asked if a child could eat to, .. much plain food. I have seen childre, .. who had to have the amount of too( 9 given them limited, but, generally , .. child who draves too much in bulk t I getting some element Of food in in a sufficient quantity. I- A knowledge of food value is absc v lutely necessary to tile 1, growing children. POEM -S . ' Christina Rossetti was born in London in 1828, She came from that versati family in which the father and sons as well as the daughter were writei artists, critics and poets. While still in her teens, Christina published a litt volunie called "Maud'i Prose and Verse," and crude and morbid I as the ver ,work was it gave promise of better things, She, died In 1894. UPHILL. Does the road wind uphill all the way? Yes, to the very end. ' Will the day's Journey take the whole long day? 'From morn to night, my friend. But Is there for tife night a resting place? A root for when the slow, dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it from my face? You cannot miss that Inn. . . . nhaii I meet other ,%wayfarers at night? Those who have gone before. - ... Then I must knock, or call When just In sight? They will not keep You standing at that door. Shall I find comfort, travelf-so-re and weak? of labour you shall find the suni. . . Will there be beds for me and all who seelt? -1 -1 � Yea, beds for all who come. Christina Georgina Rossetti. �j ', �, t� " - SHORT OF RAIL - W AY MATERIAL , . ituation of Union Raises Question of Country's Abil- ity to Establish Own Steel Industry, A growing demand for railway -ackage is reported from every part f South Africa, The railways finol ils demand diffictilt to meet, though ew freight cars are constantly being laced in service. The South African Journal of Indus- �ies estimates that In the union's an- ual requirements of iron are included 7,000 tons of rails for the railways nd mines; 5,000 tons of ,angles and , hannels; 21,000 tons of bar, bolt and , Dd irons; 8,000 tons of girders, beams nd columns, as well as large quanti- ies of plate and sheet Iron, bolts, ancing, stnolards, drill steel, steel astings and pig iron. All of this �an- ,000 tons. South dries, possesses immense resources f iron and coal; and the question of stablishing a large iron and steel in- �ustry in the union Is being seriously -onsidered. RA L.ME CAME FROM . CAULIFLOWER EAR " Bull " i Montana, Formerly Ice- I man, Now Well -Known to, Millions. I 11 To those -who have marvelled at the bulging muscular development of "Bull" Montana, the ice man who has risen to the ranks of featured film actors, it will'be difficult to visualize him as an artist's model. The "Bull's" cauliflower ears, for one thing, are a trifle too conspicuous. I But that is the role "The Bull" now is filling to the satisfaction of Rex Ingram in the new Metro pro- duction of "Hearts Are Trumps," the spectaciiIar melodrama by Cecil Ral- eigh. Clad in the classic but ab- breviated attire of a Roman gladiator. attracted so many visitors to the set on which Director Ingram was work - Ing at Metro's west coast studios in Hollywood that it was necessary to erect temporary walls about the stage and bar all but members of the com- pany. The "Bull's" plunge into filmdom -,was one to encourage any ambitious amateur. He was attempting to beat the H. C. of L. as it exists in New York City by organizing himself into a day and night shift. By night he struggled on the mats of outlying athletic club houses as a wrestler. By day' he made use ofl,the unusual muscular apparatus with which he hao been endowed by nature in the more plebian role of 1c6 Man. Even with this strenuous program the "Bull" found It difficult to keep the wolf at a safe distance from the door. In the midst of his struggles Douglas Fairbanks chanced upon him as he was shouldering an extra large order of ler into a saloon In upper Manhattan. "There's a type that would go big on the screen," said the athletic screen star. He talked to the "Bull" while the cake of ice dwindled In the sun. The decision was that Fairbanks was to give the ice man a camera tryout any time he made his appearance in Los Angeles. The date of his westward Journey was not settled. The "Bull" settled the question, however, by beating his way dn a freight train with such speed and efficiency that he was awaiting his ' discoverer when Fairbanks alighted from his train at Los Angeles. As a result of this experience and association with the biggest stars of filmdom, the "Bull" has ceased merely to be a type and has become an actor Rex Ingram has announced that he would entrust him with any part that would fit his peculiar style of facia development. And Montana himsel admits that he has learned a lot from the once scorned members of th theatrical profession. "I'll do anything onct," he said "But I hope I'll be saved from stand Ing for a paint slinging, brush -Push in7 artist again. When you've pinne the best of 'em. on their shoulders al over Harlem and the Bronx, this Pos Ing business ain't all that it's cracke up to be." I � KING GEORGE'S PUDDING. . �. As most of his subjects are aware . � King George's tastes in food are e tromelY simpte, and very British. No - does be eat much. At public In cheons or dinners the tall ROY waiter who stands behind his cha offers him only the plainest thing and he takes very little of them. I is fond of fish and game, but car b very little for made dishes, while as f4 S, sweets, he hasbeen knowu to say th 10 a well -made rice -pudding was the be In, of them all. His father's tastes we more elaborate. He liked rich dishe He was particular about the cookin and preferred It French chef. Lobst he was very fond of, and also wil duck. Savories were always a featu of his dinners. Clear soups were h preference, while Iis a, fish course so RII gratin—that is, cooked with a su I , picion of cliceoe—never failed ,Please him. Queen Victoria was to of Scotch dishes. Scotch kale was favorite vegetable of hers, On tl other hand, she had a truly T,Ghigli love of roast beef and Yorkshire pu ding, and—strange as it May seem frequently ate pliull-pudding with tl beef. ) , t 4] I I I I I 301M ,, JONE5 I cou" PWMM — E — -_ e I I News of the Movies , I I t By William Willing. "The Old Swimming Hole," Im. nortalized by James Whitcomb Riley, �s to be Charles Ray�s next picture. "lonsiderable acreage, with a river, rias been leased, and the carpenters ire busy bringing to life the water mill, and other structures depicted In this poetic gem by the Hoosier poet. No. expense will be spared by Ray's producers In duplicating the exact locale made famous by theauthor. * * * Until a suitable -vehicle can be se. cured for Pauline Fredrick, she is en, joying a brief vacation. Henry King, engaged as her next director, is busy perusing many books, looking for material suitable to this star's requi- sites. z * * * Another playwright has been added to the list of captives made by the conquering movies. He is William Hurlbut, author of numerous success- ful plays. The first to be produced will be his comedy, "Made in Heaven." The Goldwyn Company have selected as director for this Import- ant series, Alfred E. Green, formerly director of the Jack Pickford features. 0 * * Mildred Davis, like other stars re- ceives from fans many tokens oi ap- preciation of her screen endeavors. The oddest yet to be added to her col- lection are two East Indies parakeets received from one of her Australian admirers. Mildred has named them "Screech" and "Scream." * * * Frederick Vogeding, a Dutch actor. who has done thirty pictures with the best known film companies of Europe and was seen in vaudeville in this country, will be leading man with Dorothy Dalton in "In Men's Eyes." I * 0 4 With steady consistency the works of famous authors are being given to the public via the clner�ia. "The Mar- riage of William Ashe," by Mrs Humphrey Ward is one of the latest to find its way to the screen. It is now being directed by Ted Sloman with May Allison In the stellar role. * * .1ft The public report Is denied by Geraldine Farrar that she is to aban- don the movies. * * * Nell Shipman, whose "God's Coun- try and the woman," was one of the most popular of films, has begun a new outdoor feature, "The Girl from God's Country.' ' * * * When the announcement was made that Charles Ray's next picture pro duction would be James Whitcomb Riley's Immortal poetic gem. "The Old Swimming Hole," numerous boys and girls besieged his studio in the hope that there would be a chance in the scene for them to show their prowes as Swimmers. There will Te in ac * $ * Rosemary Theby bas signed a long . term contract to star in special pro ductions, the first of which Is a st � or: by George Bernard Shaw. I el * * I With seventeen years stage experi ence as actor and director wit] 0 Richard Mansfield, Mary Mannering and other stage stars of former day� , and as the cinematic director for nv . merous present-day stars. Arthu . Berthelet, selected to direct Bessi d Love, is well qualified to handle th I reins of this charming Young star. . 0 * * d It is understood Lew Cody an Robertson -Cole have agreed to dii agree. Cody,is said to have receive a big offer fr6ni an eastern c.ompan, , i . C. � it , a 00 ncidence that the con r Pa"Y 11ilmingl Mrs. Humphrey Ward n- 1,,The 1,larriage of William AshW' con 11 1POse4 al (,.I almost entirely of Englh ir players, The director, Edward Sl s, man, is a Briton by birth, as is WYI1 Is ham Standing, the, leading man, al es Frank Elliot, who has the heavy rol r The star Is May Allison. at I � St Jerome Storm, who directed mai re of Charles Ray's most successful P� s- turas, has been signed to direct L 91 lian Gish under her new contract wi Or the, Frohman company. d- Production work has begun 1 re ,,Lavender and old Lace," Myrt Is 10, Roed's novo�l, by the Renco comPalar .q. to �Nlost of the successful motion p id ture directors of to -day started a actors on the speaking stage. Altr e Green, director of Jack Pickford, gh no exception. He began his career d- a small musical comedy company. __ ie Recently Mildred Davies has be swamped with scenarios written ' — ardent admirers who are Impatient A band saw operating horizontally and being fed into Its work by Its own see her starring all by herself, and weight has been invented for cutting one of their own stories. Mildred b metals and it is said to be more rapla hopes of stardom, too, but riho Is I than a re.cfpror1t!n1!:,-.-.- quite so impatient about It. rRICKS OF TREWIRES I . dessages That Astonished Rocip- ients, Others Quite Plain Yet Mysterious. The wonder of the telophone-user �E rho heard an unknown voice ask: Did the poison work?" is watched by ae lady, awaiting news of her a aughter's safe arrival somewhere, ti rho received by mistake a sports- v ian's wire: "Put two ponies on Bon. III rJ y Boy, but hold the monkey for the n resent till we see how the cat jumps." 1h Supposing you were crossing the At- a intio says The London Answers, ,and P iranted to send a message by wireless p n 0 t, ell your wife, or husband, that the p =e,rtrwasoperfect, the food super- e Is y ur follow -voyagers con. fj enial, your health perfect, your bunk e onafy—how would you do it in two f vords?"The time-honored "All's well!" b s much two mild. "Good time," or 'All serene," are better, but ,still on a he unsatisfactory side. V ___ - . - - - c, a lady, whose husband t ought he know all about poker, had r been left behind in "little - old New a York," succeeded in saying all these t things In two words. fellow -voyager what was the biggest and best poker hand possible. He ( told her, and the lady sent her hubby � the marconigram: "Royal flush!" t I During the last election a certain M. I P, had as opponent a man named i Coates. His wife gave her husband I the strictest orders to wire the exact I result the moment it was announced, I as it was certain to be very close I either way, The wire she got gave her ' great joy, for she understood it if the - telegraph clerk did not: "I am In by : 38 overcoats." I - . ' F. R, Denson, the Shakespearean actor, was in the North playing "The Merry Wives of Windsor," when the actor who took the par+ of the servant , I Rugby fell ill. He ired to a young actor in London: 71Can you play Rugby? If so, come at once"' He prepaid a reply, which arrived an hour later. "Arrive at 4 p.m. Played serum half for Leicester." Some years ago a member of the government was maying for a rest in , a little country village, and, being a lawyer, he was much interested in a certain bill which was then before Parliament. Wishing to consult It and prepare his speech, he wrote off a wire to a friend, who he knew had a copy: "Se d Homicide Bill," and sent it by t=.cardener to the local postoffice. The man returned, saying that the postmaster at the village had refused to send such a wire, as they had enough bad characters around without sending for any more. ' A London wire to an Australian pa- per read: "Lincoln Ob Dean Swift I Roseate Dawn." The sub In charge I expanded the London wire as follows, and as it appeared the next day: "We deeply regret to announce the death of the celebrated Dean Swift, author of the well-known hymn, 'The Roseate Hues of Early Dawn'." Reference to the newspapers recalls the one which received a wire, and Immediately put, upon Its poster the startling bit of war news: "Capture of Point d'Appui," which again recalls the wire reporting the destruction of the Hotel de Ville at Schaerbeck by fire just before the war, -and which a local paper announced as "Famous Hotel Destroyed," adding in its news column: "The proprietors suspect that the outbreak was not accidental." Which reminds one of the parson who, being In Paternoster Row just be- . fore Christmas, and having been strict- ly enjoined bv his wife to bring home a certain motto for the Sunday School wall, and having forgotten len,gth, breadth and text, wired his wife, pre- paid, for particulars, and got the reply, s which is said to have prostrated a 'I whole telegraphic department: "Unto us a child is born, two feet wide and twelve feet long." ITattoed Monarchs At the present moment it appean Ilikely that the mystery which sur rounds the fate of the Czar of Russir may never be adequately solved. i number of stories, all of them ap parently well substantiated, have beei advanced to account for his disappear auce—but these accounts range al the way from his supposed murder b, the Bolshevists to the report that he i located in Siberia and is arranging I coup whereby he hopes to regain pok . session of the throne. What is not ger I erally known, however, is that ther J Ill bt difficulty in exposing air, W enol I impos er w1io claims to be Nicholaf Czar of Russia. on file in Petrogra . , I and also in London are photograph ' I showing the magnificent red -and -gree I dragon which the monarch bad tatto, '. led on his left forearm a number ( Yea,. ago, merely as a whim and,n( . , with any idea that it might ever I I useful in establishing his identity. Th �- dragon is peculiarly colored and I appearance differs so radically fro the conventional design that it won y be impossible to duplicate It witho, ,. a practically continuous reference , 1. the closely guarded copies. 11 Edward VIT., George V. and tl present Prince of Wales are. other'r n latives of the Czar who have be( c also tattooed, but probably the 1110 remarkable case in history was th of Charles XIV. of Sweden, who nev permitted himself to be seen wi " bare arms. After his death the seer s leaked out. During his younger da� d In Paris, when lie was only a priva s citizen with no thoun�ht of successi( ' 11 to the Swedish throne, lie had III himself tattooed—not with a (1111,90 or on eagle or a CTOwn—but 'Vith tl n red cap of liberty and tll(% mOt Y toDeath to Kings!" 10 Among the Mahommodans "Bah 11 Is a title of respect. Ls A Bagpipes ,ire shown On a ROM; colm olating to 68 A. 7). 'RENCHMEN KEEP �' OFFICIALS BUSY MARRYING THEM ;aturday in Paris Means Busy ritne for Mayor's Office staff aftGai, Gal, Marlons nous_�, so runs old lf'rench chanson calling atten- on to the joys of Matrimony. The ad. Ice Is being taken very much to heart ist now, and there is a rush into mat, MOnY such as the F rench nation has wer before experienced. Saturday the great marrying day in France, ad eveilk week -end the officials who �rf`Orlm the civil ceremony—French Brsons I are married first at the iayor's office, and later by the parish riest—have been fearfully overwork, 1, being frequently kept hard at it 'Ona ten O'clock in the morning until Ight or nine at night, tieing the bonds )r as many as a hundred couples dur. 19 the course of the day. In Montmartre, a district which has Population of around 300,000, there rere no fewer than 3,112 marriages at uring the f tie mayor's office d Irst six ionths of the year, Every Saturday, nol on the eve of every Public holiday, Lie mayor's staff had to be.Increased o cope with the rush Of business, It Is significant that nearly all the ontracting Parties are either very ,oung, or elderly. There are prac. ically no middle-aged Persons getting carried. The explanation,, of course, les In the fact that overy 57 per cent If the Men mobilized between the tgeS Of 18 and 34 were killed In the war, and that over a million -and a half if the poilus who fought for France ,ISO died for France. With a view to the re -population of France, the authorities are doing all �n their Power to encourage the raising )f large families, not only granting 3ensions to mothers, but also allowing 3pecial bonuses -where unions have 5een Particularly Prolific. The propa. ,anda urging large families is typical. ly French, and embarrassingly frank In Its advice, WHY YOU FEEL 11DUMPYPt ON DAMP DAYS. Most Persons have wbildered at times why It is that their moods de- pend so much on the weather. A crisp, frosty day makes one feel cheerful and energetic. A damp, dull one tends to cause depression and listlbssness. Dull, rainy weather means a low barometer. When the barometer is low the reduced pressure of the at- mosphere lets the blood vessels near the surface of the skin dilate or swell, and so take up more than their share of blood. This makes the brain anae- mic and the flow of ideas runs slowly. Soldiers wearing puttees feel the ef- fect of dull weather much less than other men, as the puttees leave more blood and heart energy available for the brain. It has been noticed that men who have lost their legs usually gain tremendously in mental vigor, The reason why your spirits are af- fected as well as your brains Is that moist air Is a better conductor of elec- tricity than dry. 'When the weather Is damp most of the natural electricity of the body is drained away into the ground. Most city workers who have thought about it agree that they do their best work in windy weather. The reason Is simple. Calm weather fills the at- mosphere with the poisonous carbonic acid gas that is produced by human breathing. A wind sweeps this away and rr.places It with stimulating oxy- gen. Artificially -produced oxygen Is now used In some offices with the object of abolishing "that tired feeling" among the employes. HAPPENED 200,000 YEARS AGO. Astronomers are now watching an event that occurred more than 20G,000 years ago. Two years ago a new star r k in the constella- tion known as Aquila. According to the astronomers, It was probably caus- ed by the collision of a small star, fly- ing through space, with what Is known as a dark nebula—a star cluster, or group of stars, which, In itself, gave no light. When the star hit this dark nebula the friction of its passage caused a great explosion, which lit up the rest of the dark nebula. This il- lumination travelled through the nebu- I la at the speed of light -186,000 miles � a second, The astronomers, knowing . the speed of light, were able to esti- � mate, by recording how long it took I the bright spot to grow to a given size 1 as seen from the earth, how far away � the light spot was. The spot, after It . had been growing for two years at the . speed at which light travels, was still � so small that it required a telescope ,' and sensitive astronomical Instru- . ments to measure its size. The as - I tronomers compute that their meas- " urement of the apparent size of this I spot means that the flare Is 217,120 �- "light years" away, or, In other words, I that 217,120 years have been required � ,, tr,r the light rays to bridge the dis- e tance. A "light year," or distance ' traveled by a ray of light in twelve ' S months, is approximately 5,781,600,- 11 000,000 miles. This number, multipli- of ed by 217,120 would give, roughly, the It distance from the earth to Nova 0 Aquitae. Astronomers declare that few visible stars are known to be ,e farther from the earth than this. 0- n In cars where the headlanips, are 3t fastened to the fendem, looseness in It these latter results in eivabssivevibra- m tion, which will account for rapid ruin Ill of bulbs. A �s One of the most useful amethoift of �0 u conserving the life of the springs is to A cover them with boota of leather or 11, imitation. Many supply storeq carry ke spring boots ill a fair range of sizes, to but, lacking this, it is easy to make a boot, cutting the Material, leather or imitation, to fit, and then sewing it. t" The boot serves a double plarpase In that it keeps the lubricant III ond the water Out, and Imitation leather, being kii waterproof, Is perhapa ,even better than the real leather. , = 'm "111