The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-02-20, Page 3NNW
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Show Think
For Ourselves
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College ;Students of Today
• Are Be4n0• Taught , to ' Base
Decisions Upo!i • esaaen.
;- :`college students. today •d'&" not
intend to, , be carried off •their
feet by emotional appeals, as'.theye
-say the last generation was,"
according, to 'the Rev. Dr. Rem-•
sen B. Ogilby,' president; of Zirini
tst College, Rattford, Conn
Dr Ogilby. made this assertion
in his annual report.. to' the board
Of • :trustees: The. 'report said, that'
massthinking, :fortunately, nately, is
not 'characteristic ' of college
groups. O.enerally, and'ergradur
ates of today are seeminglysome-
what 'tougher in their thinking
and certaifily' lees sentimental
than their older 'brothers,' unclear,
�;,,, • and fathers a quarter century
ago r,, •
f giibv .,believes' ,tosines_
•--college -students are ''loyal :and
patriotic, _but. in. a quiet and re-
strained " manner which - would
seem to indicate they 'are trying'.
to base their decisions..upon 'rea-
son rather than emotion; I find
our young 'men ' definitely suspic-
ious of .propaganda."'' he: said.
,British' Vikings'
•
The- oldest New Year customs
'Tri tiht "British'Isles;,are "'those -kepi`"
up in : the Shetlands,' where live
the descendantsof the
of .•old, who to -day have a "!large •
pr•opo'rtien of theit•, •menfolk in
'the British Navy; Every Janu.
eq.,' at' Lerwick;, the'-capa£aI; the.-
'carnival of •Up -Helly -aa is enact-
ed, and for sheer inipress`ivness
there is nothing in 'British .folk-.
" • lore `•that can compare with it.
The , torchlight procession, with:
T' the Vikii gs and their Jarl in
gleaming panoplied array, is :
unique. The master of the revers;'.'
b chosen 'by' „popular vote,, becomes
the'Viking captain or "Guizer
'. festival
allmust y. ht obey. ' 'm:
Throughout the night feasting
• . and revelry continue and the'
solemn national toast, "Health to'
Man and : Death -!to 'the Grey
Fish", • is • drunk. The ' "fish;,'' • in
this case is the whale, '
which for
•-centurieshas brought the island -
:era both food ' and, wealth, for
the surrounding `. waters were
Once the world'schief whaling
grounds.'
CANADIAN NURSES SERVE, Ilii• CANADI
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CROSS 'HOSPITAL.,
LE.B'SON VIII'
:-.143.G-AL=L-S T0--PRYB:Ft.._..
• Luke 113. , •
• PRINTEQ TEXT, Luke 18: 144..
GOLDEN TEXT -'-Lord, i'each Rus'to
pray. 'Luise 1?„ 1.' •
THE LESSON IN••1-I'S'...SETTING'
Time. -Mare', AD:'26
Place. Pe'raea. ,• •,-'
Do ws View 9: any -thing -in: Chris= .
am: life -today; more. needed than
:. a return tq, 'prayer .as • a great teak
•ity' a source of power and victory:
Our -Lord in ,thle lesson tells us
some of the conditions which. must
;,prevail in "our hearts' ; wlien 'we 'a'
preach G.od -tn,prayer, if we a,re, to
expect -to have' Him' gladly, instant,
ly, .heal our '.petit'ions,.
How To Pray • '
Ldke 18' •.1. "4 nd h'e spake-a
parable unto .them', to, the :end that.. --
they ought "always etc pray, and',
b
not to faint "Faint" here., means
literally "to give in,' let go,, or give
up." Christ declares in effect:that
this, is the alternative befor',e every
One of, -es, to „pray orto faint. To
pray is • to have the vision .clear
the virtue mighty; . the' victory :as-
sured. When':a mem faints in the'
day of adversity, it .is because- a-
1ine;' of eominuuication `has, same
:-low -been out, h ..h ' .-b. Boom e pp•-- -
e as. a e,s
•,arated Ifrani his: spiritual' resourc-''
es. 2. Saying. There was in a city'
a judge, who feared not. God,' and
regarded; not man: 3. -And' ,there
was a widow in that eity;•'and she
came-'eft•'mitt-,•-•him;-• saying -,Pc:venge--:
me of mine 'adversary-" A widow
is` typical of '• defenselessness. This
poor wo-mala was ' being beset by
someone who • was, the: parable
would imply, Without 'any justice•
whatever trying' to' 'take away .her
property or her smell -inheritance...
The w do-vP''*ent to the --judge. '
Th'e Unrighteous Judge'
.4. "And he would not. for awhile; •
Coming too Canada
Malcolm , MacDonald, -..ABOVE
eon: ' of • the fate Rt 'Hen: Ramsay
MacDonald, has been appointed
Britain's ' high Coro iiissioder • to
Canada to replace . • Sir -, ' Gerald
Campbell lvho ha's been appointed
minister theto rite t
'United States es up -
der Lord Halifax. Mr. Macpon-
aid :tow 'holds the' health' port-
folio in the , British cabine4 and
•,has served • as dominions= secre-
tary. He is 40 years of age. •
•
One Meal Daily
t Enough For Dog
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Mayo Foundatibn Specialist
Teilsntaruio Veterinarians --
Diet Sh,Auld 'fie 10• Per Cent
Protein
Tests have shown that Ti is
advisable to feed dogs once a day
only Dr.' Carl F. Schlotthauer; of
the, Mayo Foundation, itoehester,
'IV1inn., reported in a regent ado
dress 10'41e Ontario Veterinary
Association. Ten' per cent of a•
dog's daily djet should consist
a►:.. of proteins, and of this 10 per •
cent 75 per -tent should consist:-
of treat, he said.
• "Most , dog fenders'," do not
reside the damage they . can do
to a dog by overfeeding," Dr•
Schlotthauer s a t d. "Pampered '
eittr dogs aie stuffed full of •food
several times a . day: The life of
• the dog is considerably reduced
by. this overfeeding,,','. •
Dr, 3, E. Mumford ' of Toronto
contended that a 'diet of practi-
cally straight .meat might be all
right for, a dog on' the Jelin,
where it gets exercise, but.• not
advisable for pet dogs. He, said'
that beef, lamb 'or mutton were
preferable, to pork lie warned;
however', that it .was inadvisable'';
to; feed'' dogs lainb or fowl bpnes.
•
Private :Fletcher,. who 'received burns from an incendiary bomb and is now being treated in the
Canadian' ,Red Cross -hospital, 'has' his hands soothed with' oil by Nursing Sister 'Lome of Winnipeg. :
be 'thou 'merciful to ''rte a sinner."
T e':publican wan as possessed With -7
hi's own; sinfulness .as the Pharisee
..was possessed with. his own right-
eousness:'14: "I say uuto'you,,This'
mail went;''down• to ;his ''house ji ati-
fi'ed rather than:..the „other:: for
every one .that exalteth , himself
shall behumibled;- but, he that
humbleth, himself shall ,be ;exalt.'
ed:" This pwbiicaiti whs ,riot with-'
out :sin He' had sin But he asked
+God 1`or fergiveness ails received
it. When God justifies' ,a Sinner;„
it does not•nrean.:that.that moment
. that matt becomes in his own char-
acter a person absolutely right,:'
eons; without' any sin.whatever,.
•but it ' 'does , mean that '.(rod • fias
cieared'this man of all guilt •in, the
• matter of sin.
�e::Dook• :Shelf
`•'COME WIND, COM E WEATHER"
By Daphne du Maurier
One : of the moat spectacular ef-
forts at maintaining 'morale 'among, ,
the bomb -shattered 'population ' of
.'Great 'Britain .has been the recep-
tion given Daphne DuMaur'ier's
little book, "Come "Wind, Cone
Weather" wh'ieh sold over 600,000
'copies during the closing' months
Of. 1940: It is now being re -,publish,.
• ed in the, 'United- States and 'trans-
fated! into a number of foreign ton--
.gues. In Canada; : Ryerson 'Press
announces publication or .an edt- ,,
tion: to' sell at .25c. •'
A special'for•.eword "Word to Can:.
ada" cabled' by, the, authoress :says'
that ttie book was written; for 'the
people of Britain..iin' the hope it
would bring courage and strength
to' them in a•. time of .crisis, and
concludes with an . eloquent appeal
to,' the people of the Dom' a ion to'
victory is .finally. wen."
"Come Wind, ,Come Weather"
. . by •Daphne. duM•aurier
Toronto: Ryerson Press• .''.'•..25c.
.self, Though 'I fear not God, nor .re-
gard •man; 5.. yet "because •this' wit
do* troubleth me, ' I will. avenge
ter: lest she wear 'me; out by her
continual. comipg-tl- To attend to
her, plea, at first meant trouble for
the.judge; not to attend to',it,,,is.
going to mean greater•trouble.. Thejudge, 'was vulnerable only on 'the'
side' of his 'selfishness. His- reason
for not listening..becomes: a reason
for listening '6. "And 'the'Lord said;
Hear what the' unrighteous judge
saith. 7. And 'shall not God 'avenge
• hi's elect, that crx,•to him day',and.
night, and ,y.e.t he • is long suffering
Over them? 8: 1 say mite you, that
he. will avenge them speedily."; I'n'
Other • words•, it that unrighteous
judge,. to save his own miserable,
life from bruising, gives in answer
4-0-im-Per-tuuity. in i list -semi
too; that God who' ta righteous will
not speedily? Because we. have a
God quick ' and , ready :to 'answer
every cry ,theoppresse'd ii 'the
right' . way,' prayer can be main=
tained constantly:
- "Nevertheless, 'when the Son of •
man-coineth, shall he find, faith on
'the earth?" Christ rather hints here
that bc:'ore the • last days, faith in
His promise may almost disappear
from: the earth; that the world will
be more madly defiant Chari ever,
that His disciples will be ' fewer
and more 'discouraged •than., ever;
•just: before He. comes to ;'avenge
His' own 'elect' ' and answer the
cries of centuries: ,
,Need For Humility
9. "And he spake also this par
able unto certaiii• who' trusted, in
themseives'that• they were •.right:
cops; and Set all others at nought."
There are many people in the world
.exactly like thoseto wheitt' hrist`•'
, addresses this parable, peoplewho
think they 'are absolutely suffic-
ient in themselves, 'who believe
that because 'of philanthropies; or
because they have a large payroll
, and make good .provision for 'their
employees, because they contribute
to 'the support -of a- minister; be-
cause'they say,,pn•ayess-every' night,
or go to .mass 'every morning, or
take. part in all charitable under-
taking's,'and have never killed, any -
due, or ever come home dunk,
that they .certainty mast stand well
• With_GGd. Thes4 ar i' the 'kin L,LL.:
peeple -Who; s uf~fic'ient unto them-
pelves, despise. others. The word •
here translated "despise" means
"to that as nothing, to regard -as.
inero ciphers." • ,
' "'Two' Prayers '°
10. "Two men went uCi into the
'temple to pray; the tine a'Pharisee,
and the 'other a publican." The-.
---Pharisee-wa:s•a-•man,- Pelf-rig,=teens,-
who kept the Law , in .'ail''' of its
initiate details., The publican was
simply, a Jew whose profession was
that Of a tax -gatherer, prone to cor
ru#ltion and bribery. 11. "The ,Phar=
:see steed and 4wayed thus with
himself; God, I ttianl4 thee, that 1 '
am not'• as the' rest of them, ex
tortionets, • unjust, ' aduiterersp or •
even as this pnbiieau, 12. I fast
twice in the week; t give tithes of
all that 1 _get." This'P'really is no
prayer at all -merely an utterance
of, selfccngaatulation, He 'does note
even thank 'God. that he is not as
"the others. 1,3, 'But the tiublical
standing afar off would let lilt, tip1
so much as his eyes onto. heaven,
but ituote' his ;breast,' saying, Cod,
G. C. Toner,
Ontario Federation of Anglers
OUR''HAWKS 'AND OWLS
' Few of:. our birds, are: more
prosecuted. than " are the • ;hawks
and owls. Every ' farmer' and
sportsman shoots at 'them ' en.
/sight, yet the biologists 'tell ,us .
that they Oro- no;;-•as'a.-class;'tie
serve the bad • reputation that
they. ,have. Some are distinctly'
beneficial ' to 'the 'farmer;' others
wake,' poultry. and •game to seine
extent; all •pay; for living • room .
by keeping. the: mouse population'
. un•der, control.. Ther.,.ave'
place ;' in the scheme of-- nature
and they wouldbe sadly missed.
'by' 'the bird' watcher if they be=
came eirtiinet
The hawks that •take poultry
froth the farmyard • are the sharp.
and Cooper's hawk, • though the
recital' ' and the ' marsh , hawk .will
grab •• the odd chicken from the
fields. The, red -shouldered " and
the broad-wiged are not addict-
ed' 'to' taking ' 'birds,' as mice or
!other 'small creatures, make up
'a great ; percentage of their food,
The •sparrow hawk.' feeds mainly,,
ori insects while the .osprey catch-
es fish. '
HowThey Benefit Us
. I am not going 'to describe
these birds for. it would 'take ' too
much space and my readers will
find fulldescriptions' in....
Taverner's `"Bir.'ds ' of Canada"'
a book • which can be bought
cheaply and which should '-be ,
y saval-`'librar-7,
,,
probably be in your local public
library, .for it is •• regarded 'as the.
standard ' work- onthe birds of
this country. 4
11:. RA:pill REPDAVE RQBBINS;
POULAR?TY POLL '
'4The radio listeners certainly,.•
know who and 'what they like to
hear on the' aktr lanes-, and, we find
by the latest check -dip that, -:,tack
'Benny still ':s' •tile favorite coin-
edian Of the listeners on this con-
tinent. The .New. York World Tele-
gram's tenth .annual 'poll shows
that Benny has'' won the honor for
the eighth 'Consecu
tive year.
'The listeners
who participated.
in the poll have chosen Helen
Hayes as the number one dramatic
star.;. Guy''Lombardo is their fav-
orite ��band leader. Other w n ner
s
in their 'fields are Bing Crosby and
.Rate Smith as singers of popular
songs, Bill Stern, as a sports. au
a}otince.r, Raymond, Gram Siring as
a news' commentator, 'Arturo Z'osi
cannini as a conductor, -Lily ,Polis,
as a. vocalist, .
rr'• AIRLANE FAVORITES
Irene. Wicker,. the singing story
lady, was Welted as the best among
the •children's progran{s.
Fred Waring's program was rat-
-•-ed--by, the. ,country's , listeners ' as
the' best •:quarter-hour show.
The World -Telegram poll' shows
that ,Edgar Bergen's Charlie Mc-
Carthy show, has dropped in • popil,
larity from ,ileal• the top , to a tie
for ninth' place, •
•
They rate' .Fred ; Allen's , star:
• theatre as the• chief' rival to the'
Benny program, •
• 'Next in order,. come Information
" Please, Bob Hope; the Bing Crosby
hour, :Fibber McGee and Molly,
the Philharmonic . ;,Symphony or-
elaestra,. • tile •'M•on'day Radio Thea-
tre, and Charlie McCarthy :in a
tie for ninth with the,Detroit Sym-;
hon .:
p Hour. y.•
Quiz shows which rank 'high are
Take it or Leave It', "Truth or Con-'
sequences, the Quiz Kids; and Kay.
.Kyser, •. •• ' '•
To .Glenn Miller' goes the honor
of. 'having' the dance b;tiid of ;the
"Year. He finished ' second to L• om-
baydo, . the' perennial favorite, '
The poll shows that H. V. Kal•
ten,born ran Raymond Gram Swing
a .close race as thejnost popular
news commentator. Other' popular
•. cotnmen,tators' . were- Lowell- -Thom-
as, Elmer Davis; and Paul 'S•ullivan:,
a_ s -
' Rec,or'dmended:' Kay Kyser's Cut
ting of "We'll Meet Again," ,is one
Of -the neatest things:this -orchestra'
has donein• years , :: Sammy Kay,'s
waxings of that , ,bit- about "the
•Nightingale and' Berkeley Square
and, "Dream Valley" .are . rather
good . Leo Reisman has 'done -
a nice job, on "Let's Be Budies.."
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I mentioned ..that .hawks were
-hieficial i'n 'controlling mice:: ..
Every farmer' knows how '''these'-"'
small 'creatures destroy, the •grain. ,
in the stook ' and girdle finit
trees if they get the`.chance. UsuL
ally theyoccur only in' moderate
'numbers,' probably kept, .'in, con-
trol' by the birds and 'animals
that feed upon them. • At 'certain '
times ',and ,places • they . 'become
numerous enough to • do great
damage: When''tile 'coals the
mouse' feeding "hawks do their
best work . and if left`' alone will
clear ..up the pests:. "
'
Eggs: Require
Cool Treatment
&ro.ducers.:,,,in many parts. the country', are . •observing 'im-.
' provements which are being made
in thepremises of egg, dealers.
6--elianges e -being= --made
under the new requirement of
th egg " grading regulations that
eggs may be . graded only in Reg- •
istered. Stations 'and' that, for
registration, 'they shall comply'
.:.
re-' with certain specifications
gardirig premises and �, grading •
equipment.
AThese Registered Egg'; Grad-
ing, Staticns'. may .be 'in preten-
tious or, ,modest quarters. Some
will use -basement premise's to
meet the. requirement that they
must be :cool' during the. 'summer
months. • • Others,, doing a. larger
business, are installing. mechani-
cal
echani cal refrigeration. All, large or
binall,---wil-l-help-Jto • achhieve-t-he-
main objective which' is . to stim-
ulate the prodiietion and. market- .
in: .of •e _ s a: the best' ,' ossibie
gaaality. - ..: '•
.NOT OVER 07 DEGREES •
' The• , egg grading; regulations
'• that have been in operation since
1923 have performed a valuable
service to • the. Canadian pogltry :
' industry by :improving the quality.
of eggs and thereby, building 'up
'a greater demand for them: Slit'
the 'highest possible :quality in
'eggs and, the•- ' greatest . benefit :to
the industry have not•.yet been •
attained, for • the simple, ,reason
that facilities for. keeping .'eggs
at the. requisite '.Coolness, parLi-' .
•.•cularly in hot weather have not
'always been avilable. Heat over
•• 67 ' •degress Fahrenheit has been'
the greatest enemy of quality. in ..
eggs... '..This.• • fact is; .generally, -
known and many producers •have
taken a d.edl' of trouble , to • act
'i knowledge,only � to this . on
P
y 'at
-times to 'see their • work undone
by careless harldliirg , at' grading
stations-'•
Now, with the establishment of
registered egg grading .stations,
•• eggs will be kept at the requisite
coolness, that • is, 67 , degrees 7 F.:
maximum; and, thus encourage-
ment, wi11' be 'given to those pro-
ducers who' regularly. kept their.
•.eggs cool and an example' set
to triose who pai'a .little attention
to the matter .
'Playing H'ookey"
Not Intelligent
. Why students play hookey has
been solved by Dr. • Lillian , Bray
Hill, psychologist. A survey of ,"
130 truant boys' and 130 'nen-
truants, showed the hookey •play=
ers were less ,intelligent:
French -Canadian -
Songs, ExplZt
rench®CanadianSongs,Fxpla nes '
, Many of -Them Have A
Rhythm to Correspond to -the •,
Movements Used by Pioneer •
Workers. Spinning, Pad-
' ruing Canoes
One 'aspect of trench Canada
was shown to. the Overseas •Fel-.
lcwship meeting in Montreal .last
week when 'folk songs_ we're sung
bythe 7Quaitet-A:louette'anll wbfe--
interpreted by J. • Murray Gibbon,.
who .associated them' .with ens-
toms''and, events in the early his-
tory oaf- the country. Mr, Gibbon
told the audience that, rnany of
the' songs 'had been brought to.
Canada' centuries. ago;,'They had
lived en beea'use' they became fit:
ted' into :the domestic' life of the
people.
FITTED INTO ^ PEOPLE'S LIFE
• introducing. a weaving; song
• Mr. Gibbon 'told the women' of:
•tile , of • :haudierafts in,
Quebec When: a 'ship with .goods
from France was captured and'
•the women of- the :cofonlr
were;'.
left without the ,.:eupected rein
forcement to . their ' stock of
Clothing: 4111114 1g. wheels 'anal 0•'
jooms were'-'preour d- and homer' r" •.
spuns were produced, an 'industry '
that. had been ,cultivated ever. * • _
• since:
Some .Of 'the'. songs,. • it was ' .
pointed • out:,have a rhythm ,to
.,..�.ccrrrespond....v,-,ith .•the--movemeirts•---,._�-- �::�.
of the worker aa We're those of .
the paddling songs -Of the. voyage _
• euro ;. Still others' had a -,'definite
farm ,atmosphere.
Cigarttes' ° manufactured„ "in
Canada.: during 1939•: totalled Tr -
163,433,000 :valued at $5'4277,-
062.. .
"Thumbs Up!" Vi z3 "-:::dental But to the Point'
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T • Mrs. Winston. Churchill wife. of . Britain's fighting prime minister.
is amused at the now -familiar ` thilinbs-up"`gesture. accidently made by
a ,tot• at the opening of�a new hostel in London " The hostel, incidental-
ly, ,'was :'for ' lonely husbands whose wives have been evacuated from.
danger zones.,,
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army i 49 .Accomplished:
3:1 Pique.. 50 Part.
32 Bank clerk.. '53 Pursued:
33 To. subsist. ; 5.4' Sheep's call.
34 Made of 56 Forest trees
oatmeal. • of a 'region.
36 Measure of 57 To .pull.
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pathway: 43 Noisy quarrel.
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VERTICAL -' of Eden:
1 And. . ' 461nternatignal,
2 Classical ' •, call: for help
language, ' , at sea.
3 Dross. " ' 47 Blue grass.
4 ,Sick. 48' God of 'love.
6 She --ed 51 To. tear:
on the stage - . . stitch'es,
as a ' child. 52 Yellow bugle:
7, Cleanly. . ' 55 Three -toed'
8 Lazy',perstm;. , sloth:
9 Southeast. 57 Musical note.
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POULAR?TY POLL '
'4The radio listeners certainly,.•
know who and 'what they like to
hear on the' aktr lanes-, and, we find
by the latest check -dip that, -:,tack
'Benny still ':s' •tile favorite coin-
edian Of the listeners on this con-
tinent. The .New. York World Tele-
gram's tenth .annual 'poll shows
that Benny has'' won the honor for
the eighth 'Consecu
tive year.
'The listeners
who participated.
in the poll have chosen Helen
Hayes as the number one dramatic
star.;. Guy''Lombardo is their fav-
orite ��band leader. Other w n ner
s
in their 'fields are Bing Crosby and
.Rate Smith as singers of popular
songs, Bill Stern, as a sports. au
a}otince.r, Raymond, Gram Siring as
a news' commentator, 'Arturo Z'osi
cannini as a conductor, -Lily ,Polis,
as a. vocalist, .
rr'• AIRLANE FAVORITES
Irene. Wicker,. the singing story
lady, was Welted as the best among
the •children's progran{s.
Fred Waring's program was rat-
-•-ed--by, the. ,country's , listeners ' as
the' best •:quarter-hour show.
The World -Telegram poll' shows
that ,Edgar Bergen's Charlie Mc-
Carthy show, has dropped in • popil,
larity from ,ileal• the top , to a tie
for ninth' place, •
•
They rate' .Fred ; Allen's , star:
• theatre as the• chief' rival to the'
Benny program, •
• 'Next in order,. come Information
" Please, Bob Hope; the Bing Crosby
hour, :Fibber McGee and Molly,
the Philharmonic . ;,Symphony or-
elaestra,. • tile •'M•on'day Radio Thea-
tre, and Charlie McCarthy :in a
tie for ninth with the,Detroit Sym-;
hon .:
p Hour. y.•
Quiz shows which rank 'high are
Take it or Leave It', "Truth or Con-'
sequences, the Quiz Kids; and Kay.
.Kyser, •. •• ' '•
To .Glenn Miller' goes the honor
of. 'having' the dance b;tiid of ;the
"Year. He finished ' second to L• om-
baydo, . the' perennial favorite, '
The poll shows that H. V. Kal•
ten,born ran Raymond Gram Swing
a .close race as thejnost popular
news commentator. Other' popular
•. cotnmen,tators' . were- Lowell- -Thom-
as, Elmer Davis; and Paul 'S•ullivan:,
a_ s -
' Rec,or'dmended:' Kay Kyser's Cut
ting of "We'll Meet Again," ,is one
Of -the neatest things:this -orchestra'
has donein• years , :: Sammy Kay,'s
waxings of that , ,bit- about "the
•Nightingale and' Berkeley Square
and, "Dream Valley" .are . rather
good . Leo Reisman has 'done -
a nice job, on "Let's Be Budies.."
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I mentioned ..that .hawks were
-hieficial i'n 'controlling mice:: ..
Every farmer' knows how '''these'-"'
small 'creatures destroy, the •grain. ,
in the stook ' and girdle finit
trees if they get the`.chance. UsuL
ally theyoccur only in' moderate
'numbers,' probably kept, .'in, con-
trol' by the birds and 'animals
that feed upon them. • At 'certain '
times ',and ,places • they . 'become
numerous enough to • do great
damage: When''tile 'coals the
mouse' feeding "hawks do their
best work . and if left`' alone will
clear ..up the pests:. "
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Eggs: Require
Cool Treatment
&ro.ducers.:,,,in many parts. the country', are . •observing 'im-.
' provements which are being made
in thepremises of egg, dealers.
6--elianges e -being= --made
under the new requirement of
th egg " grading regulations that
eggs may be . graded only in Reg- •
istered. Stations 'and' that, for
registration, 'they shall comply'
.:.
re-' with certain specifications
gardirig premises and �, grading •
equipment.
AThese Registered Egg'; Grad-
ing, Staticns'. may .be 'in preten-
tious or, ,modest quarters. Some
will use -basement premise's to
meet the. requirement that they
must be :cool' during the. 'summer
months. • • Others,, doing a. larger
business, are installing. mechani-
cal
echani cal refrigeration. All, large or
binall,---wil-l-help-Jto • achhieve-t-he-
main objective which' is . to stim-
ulate the prodiietion and. market- .
in: .of •e _ s a: the best' ,' ossibie
gaaality. - ..: '•
.NOT OVER 07 DEGREES •
' The• , egg grading; regulations
'• that have been in operation since
1923 have performed a valuable
service to • the. Canadian pogltry :
' industry by :improving the quality.
of eggs and thereby, building 'up
'a greater demand for them: Slit'
the 'highest possible :quality in
'eggs and, the•- ' greatest . benefit :to
the industry have not•.yet been •
attained, for • the simple, ,reason
that facilities for. keeping .'eggs
at the. requisite '.Coolness, parLi-' .
•.•cularly in hot weather have not
'always been avilable. Heat over
•• 67 ' •degress Fahrenheit has been'
the greatest enemy of quality. in ..
eggs... '..This.• • fact is; .generally, -
known and many producers •have
taken a d.edl' of trouble , to • act
'i knowledge,only � to this . on
P
y 'at
-times to 'see their • work undone
by careless harldliirg , at' grading
stations-'•
Now, with the establishment of
registered egg grading .stations,
•• eggs will be kept at the requisite
coolness, that • is, 67 , degrees 7 F.:
maximum; and, thus encourage-
ment, wi11' be 'given to those pro-
ducers who' regularly. kept their.
•.eggs cool and an example' set
to triose who pai'a .little attention
to the matter .
'Playing H'ookey"
Not Intelligent
. Why students play hookey has
been solved by Dr. • Lillian , Bray
Hill, psychologist. A survey of ,"
130 truant boys' and 130 'nen-
truants, showed the hookey •play=
ers were less ,intelligent:
French -Canadian -
Songs, ExplZt
rench®CanadianSongs,Fxpla nes '
, Many of -Them Have A
Rhythm to Correspond to -the •,
Movements Used by Pioneer •
Workers. Spinning, Pad-
' ruing Canoes
One 'aspect of trench Canada
was shown to. the Overseas •Fel-.
lcwship meeting in Montreal .last
week when 'folk songs_ we're sung
bythe 7Quaitet-A:louette'anll wbfe--
interpreted by J. • Murray Gibbon,.
who .associated them' .with ens-
toms''and, events in the early his-
tory oaf- the country. Mr, Gibbon
told the audience that, rnany of
the' songs 'had been brought to.
Canada' centuries. ago;,'They had
lived en beea'use' they became fit:
ted' into :the domestic' life of the
people.
FITTED INTO ^ PEOPLE'S LIFE
• introducing. a weaving; song
• Mr. Gibbon 'told the women' of:
•tile , of • :haudierafts in,
Quebec When: a 'ship with .goods
from France was captured and'
•the women of- the :cofonlr
were;'.
left without the ,.:eupected rein
forcement to . their ' stock of
Clothing: 4111114 1g. wheels 'anal 0•'
jooms were'-'preour d- and homer' r" •.
spuns were produced, an 'industry '
that. had been ,cultivated ever. * • _
• since:
Some .Of 'the'. songs,. • it was ' .
pointed • out:,have a rhythm ,to
.,..�.ccrrrespond....v,-,ith .•the--movemeirts•---,._�-- �::�.
of the worker aa We're those of .
the paddling songs -Of the. voyage _
• euro ;. Still others' had a -,'definite
farm ,atmosphere.
Cigarttes' ° manufactured„ "in
Canada.: during 1939•: totalled Tr -
163,433,000 :valued at $5'4277,-
062.. .
"Thumbs Up!" Vi z3 "-:::dental But to the Point'
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T • Mrs. Winston. Churchill wife. of . Britain's fighting prime minister.
is amused at the now -familiar ` thilinbs-up"`gesture. accidently made by
a ,tot• at the opening of�a new hostel in London " The hostel, incidental-
ly, ,'was :'for ' lonely husbands whose wives have been evacuated from.
danger zones.,,
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