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LILIES AND LOLLIPOPS
black and white study in Bermuda,
where the Easter lilies come from.
'Bermuda 4s on the route of the Canadian
National Steamships West Indies Service,
which was inaugurated in December.
The new steamers give a fortnightly
raassengex, cargo and mail service be-
tween Canadian. Atlantic ports and the
picturesque ports of the Spanish Main.
The first vessel of the new fleet, which
consists of five vessels, was christened
"Lady Nelson". The others are also
named after the wives of famous British
seamen. — am tam Nagano' Raihrnys Phdirapit
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career or in diving a full, rich and
happy life know that the first essential
is a university training. Why not plan
to attend a University of the highest
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'their degrees and where each student
.receives personal attention?
/More than half the university grad -
sates go into business, because busi-
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UNVESTY
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ONT?APiQ
LONDON
CANADA
NOW A SENAT,
itebert Forks, ' a Scots Inxnaigraver,
Sits In Bed Chamber,
Forty-eight years ago a young Scot
walked down the steerage gar€;plants
P. the steamship Grecia slid stepped
into tlu: immigration eked at Halifax.
Ilte train carried himwestward to
elartitoba, where strange fortunes
zrr
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aited; .gIeitrneered and b y dint of
P
laird work and thrift built tip a farce
.f broad, well -tilled aures. He be-
:Arne
e-: zrne P Menicll'ra1 councillor,' reeve,, a
i eroi,nixatl power in the t;lzwect,
n blit life b .:t
+aro e u
v trie t a s r 1 ii
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snarl. The magic letters, M.P., were
Axed to his name, He rose t,) Ike
aster of a pal/laical group, a Cabil-414
Minister and finally .a Senator.
Nearly five decades after landing,
U1. immigrant lad, at Halifax, Hon:
Robert Forke, grown old in the ser-
vice of his country, was . called to a
seat in the Red Chamber ---the nue
cit room of our elder statesmen,
For three years as Mlnistee of
immigration he has directedthenol-
enization policies. of 'Canada: Under
his guiding hand there has been a
remarkable irzcrease in British and a
falling off in continental, settlement.
Eie was able, perhaps, to appeal to
Britishers in a .different way to his
predecessors .in office, because he had
been an Immigrant and knew all
about the hardships which beset the
pioneer.
With his appointment to the Sen-
ate the final chapter of an amazing
:areer opens, Mr. Forke will; spend
his summers on the farm at Pipe-
stone, supervising the ploughing: and
harvesting, moving about among his
herds of sheep and cattle. In the
winter he will come to <Ottawa to
play his part in governing the
country.
And he will have leisure hours to,
go back over the events of seventy
years of life, perhaps to write a hook
of memoirs.
As a lad, roaming the hills of his;
native shire 'of Berwick; Forks dimly
recalls hearing the folk talk of Glad -
atone and "Dizzy:" He treasures as
s. precious memory his first and only
sight of the Grand Old Man of . Brit-
ish Liberalisnx. Attracted by the
.srowds, he wormed his way into the
huge marquee in which Gladstone de-
livered the final speech of the Mid-
lothian campaign. :Forke was too
small to see over the heads of the
crowd, but, oddly enough, an old
wagon was standing inside the tent
and he clambered up the wheel,
Perching perilously on the side of the
wagon box. From this coign he
watched Gladstone and heard the
magnificent' peroration, perhaps the
most eloquent that Gladstoneever
uttered.
In Canada Forke recalls the great
men of the 80's-- 1acdonald, : Mac-
kenzie; Blake, Tupper. He voted in
Manitoba when Norquay, the .first
outstanding public than of the pro-
vince, was in power. He was a sup-
porter of air Clifford Sifton, little
dreaming that one day he would hold.
Siftou's place in Parliament and in
the Immigration Department.
-,.., With political power came respons-
ibilities' far exceeding liis wildest
dreams. He could have been Lieuten-
ant Governor of Manitoba, but de -
;dined. He toured Europe, meeting
crowned heads and leading states-
men.
But the proudest moment in his
life came a few Years ago in the little
town of Gordon, where he was born.
Returning to visit boyhood :friends
Mr. Forke, the Pyivy Councillor and
Minister of Immigration, was met at
the station by the mayor and council
in full state regalia. He was tendered
a .public reception in the evening.
Church bells pealed a welcome and.
the townsfolk cheered. "X suppose,"
Says Mr. Forke in thinking of it, "I
suppose there is no passion greater
in the human heart than to be
thought highly of in one's native
;zone and by the unforgotten friends
of yore."
Fruit -Packing Plants Planned
An experimental fruit -packing plant
will be established in the vicinity of
Newcastle at an early date, accord-
ing to a recent announcement by IIr.
J. B. .Fairbairn, Deputy I\1!inistcre
"The idea we have itt mind," he said,
"is to get uniformity and tightness
of our overseas fruit slziptcnts. If
the .Newcastle plant proves success
ful . we will establish other :plants
ithroughout Ontario. Arrangements
are being made so that growers may
have packing facilities located he
their districts by applying to the
Government. The Newcastle dis-
trict was chosen chiefly because the
apple industry there has been declin-
ing and because the department has.
been able to take over, refit and place
under proper supervision a warehouse
owned by growers there. The grow-
ers -Will : be charged for the actual
cost of packings but not for super-
vision nor for commission on over-
seas sales, which will be handled by
Andrew Fulton, the ' Goverrtneent's
fruit marketing representative; in Bri-
tain,
Salesman—" (es, sir, of all our cars
this is the one we feel confident and
justified in pushing." Prospective
Customer --"That's no good to me I
want one to ride in."
Particularly if you have
a modern Connor Elec,
tric Washer in your
home. No tearing of
clothes, no back -break-
ing work. just fill the
tub with hot water, drop
in the clothes, turn a
switch and the work is
done
Wingh.am Go
rawfoi'd Block.
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Phone 156.
TYPING 'YOUR OWN MUSIC.
Blew Invention Will Permit One to
1)o So.
There has never, so far,: beeu a
really satisfactory and sirup'le ma-
chine for typing music, but Dr. San-
der, an inventor., has recently patent-
ed one that seems to fill the bill.
His machine, says an article in
Answers, is about the size of an of-
fice typewriter, and looks like a com-
bination of adding' machine and
prenting-press. It is as easy to use
as a wireless set.
It has the base and undercarriage
el a typewriter, but instead of a key-
board has a cylindrical "bonnet." On
top of this' is a radio set tuning
lamb, and next to it a small, flat
plate showing the 220 key characters,
eleven rows of twenty each, giving
all, the usual typewriter keys and, in
addition, every possible music sym-
bol. Words and music can; be pro-
duced at the same time,
Instead o.f. "fingers" and typeface,
it has a cylinder, like a tiny printing,.
press, with the 220 ch.aracter's,
You put your music paper in the
roller, set a little pointer ,against the
symbols you require, and turn the
knob. The cylinder, revolving over a
typewriter ribbon, does the Crest.
Famous Mlnehendgn Oak.
Lord Inverforth .has offered to the
outbgate 'Urban District Council the
land on •which stands the famous
ifinchenclen oak;, reputed to be the
largest in England and ' mere than
800 yearse old. Letters urging that
Minuhendeu oak should be preserved
recently appeared ,in the 1 nn+lou
rimes. The, price suggested we;
!000, but the counell. decided that it
could not see ,its way •:to pay that
gum. It is £earExd that unless n pub -
ate benefactor itt prepared to hit: , he
alto, - the tree, which Is said to be
rotten, wilt have to bo dt,stx' y, d
Th'oditeca teal/tee teal/teedile: t'I',,,
tranitebe now preeimme 0 t"ly rrsc•
fl tilt of the total Caused t r•u I' rt
rtilizrt' gkt,ves atal mitts, ,t+'
.3a;trd of 'T'rade names, Th'
,r'.xinci:on runs to nearly a nz.l,.ct
aoll.ai'p.
CONTRARY 1'WIWS,
Sixips atilt Phases May Look Alike
That Twee ;lreet'ti
A good order soeured recently by
a shipyard in the Olid Country for the
building 'af three "sieter ships."
This means that these vessels will
be lcientloal in every respect --- the
same design, size, tonnage, engines,
and . general eonstruetion, So they
alike three peas.
should be as.a k a s i x
b
But in lethal pzactlee they will be
alike in outward appearance only, ae-
eording to ata article in Auswex's, A.e
far as their way of sailing and be-
haviourat sea isconcerned,
theywill
be utterly different,
It is one of the mysteries of ships
sad shipbuilding that nowhere in the
world are there two sister ships
afloat which sail itt the same way.
Invariably there are great differences,
so marked, in fact, that it is difficult
to believe that the vessels were ore-
aced side by side.
Sometimes the difference lies in
speed, and it is surprising how one
engine will develop a knot or two
more than its twin from the same
"shops;,,
More often the Contrariness of
twin ships appeaia . in the way in
which they answer the holm. One
will behave like a "perfect lady," re-
sponding to the slightest touch, while
her twin stater "steers like a hay-
stack," as sailors say. Again, one sis-
ter will keep comparatively steady In
dirty weather, while her twin is roll-
ing and pitching abominably.
The war, 'with Its mass production
of shipping, proved the contrariness
of twin ships over and over again.
For instance, twelve mine -sweepers
were built together, at the same
time, In the same shipyard, and from
the same set of plaits.
Yet when the 'flotilla put to sea
every single ship behaved differently,
and to look at them. you would have
thought that each one laad been
Launched in a, different port.,
This peculiarity applies equally to
airei'aft, for they cannotbuild two
airplanes of the same type in a fac-
tory that evili fly in the same way.
HUMAN WIRELESS SETS.
Bovie People Are Virtually Human
Wireless Receivers.
Are there some people who are
virtually human ' wireless receivers,
through some queer conformation of
the brain? This amazing possibility
is suggested by Major Leonard
Avery, a retired English doctor.
While visiting an asylum he was con-
vinced of a patient's sanity, but was
told that the man wart continually
hearing t ausie in the air.'
Sometimes he hears opera, some-
times instrumental solos, sometimes
songs. He can hum the music as it
is played and often people recognize
the tunes, although the man does
not know them himself, Many of the
songs he hears are in languages quite
unintelligible to him.
Major Avery suggests that some-
thing in the thickness of thecran-
ium, or the space between the cran-
ium and the brain, or brain convo-
lutions, may be responsible for this
condition, At any rate, he suggests
it is a problem that should receive
scientific inquiry.
Another doctor has declared that
the possibilities of our sense organs
are probably wider than we realize.
There are, for example, people who
can distinguish a difference in taste
between a dozen exactly similar
glasses of water filled to exactly the
same degree, or discern a difference
iu one card that has been touched out
of a score of similar cards Iying facie.
down on .a table.
S EALTF1 SERVICE
of the
CANAI,iIAN M:I3D'ICAL ASSOCIA-
TION
HANDS OFF
`l'ht proper care of the; hands and
the control. of the Bands are habits
,
that lead to the prevention of disease,
These two points must go together
becense it is not entirely a quesion
of clean
hands, but al;o their proper
r.
use. 1:1'ands off, whip a colloquialism
is nevertheless an injunction to be,
obeyed.
As we go about our daily work or
play our hands are almost sure to be-
come soiled. Most of us- wash our
hands if there is dirt on them, but
many persons do not wash the hands
if they appear to be clean:
The hands may look perfectly ,clean
and yet they, should be washed before
preparing food or ,eating because
there is more than a fair chance that
some bacteria of germs have been
Picked 'up by these hands.
We know that very fortunately for
us, disease germs die, when they are
exposed to draught or sunlight. The
hands, however, are usually warm and
moist, both of which conditions fav-
nur the existence of bacteria. If,
therefore, bacteria are picked up on
the Bands they will live for some time.
It is evident then that in order to get
rid of any, disease germs, the bands
even though they show no signs of
dirt, should be washed often.
It does not matter if germs are on
the hands as long as they stay there.
The skin is a harrier to the entrance
of geniis. The danger of the germs
on the hands is that they may be car-
ried into the mouth ornose and then
they have every chance of causing di-
sease,
This may happen if the person with
unwashed hands prepares food, or if.
food is eaten which is touched by the
fingers. The entrance of germs into
the body may be more direct as when
the child sucks his thumb, or when
finger nails are 'bitten, or when the
hands go to the face and touch the
lips or nose.
V'Te can avoid all the dangers, and;
they are very real dangers, that
threaten us because of carelessness
in connection with our hands. We
can secure protection by :Following .2
rules or developing two habits.
The first rule is never to put your
unwashed hands to your face, except
A Strange Robby.
Buying discarded jails seems a
neer hobby, but Mr. Thomas Oak•
ley, of Luton, bas just purchase$
Knutsford Jail, Cheshire, for £4,150.
This is the fourth jail he has bought,
the other three being situated in
Gosport, Derby, and Worcester. He
intends to turn Knutsford Jail into a
hostel for lorry -drivers, where they
can get bed, bath, and breakfast for
3s. a head. Mr. Oakley hopes to give
300 men a good bed in the cells every
night, and there will be three acres
of ground covered with concrete as.
a park for the lorries. The jail stands
on a five -acre site on the main Lon-
don -Liverpool and Manchester road.
Mr. Oakley has made other unus-
ual purchases. He has bought ' a
waterchute at the Crystal Palace, a
light cruiser, four airdromes, part of
a Gretna munition factory, six or sev-
en' breweries, several eotton mills,
and fourteen country mansions.
The .[fling's Girls.
During the seventeenth century. in
New France; the French Govern-
ment sent out shiploads of young wo-
Mee of a marriageable age to meet
the shortage in Quebec. Over a thou-
sand, known as "the King's Girls,'"
were thus transferred to the new col-
ony, hi charge of nuns. Marriages
took place by the score soon after the
arldval of a new detachment in Que-
bec, the "Government giving a Money
grant and certain privileges such as
remission from taxes for some years.
Bachelors who refused to marry were
,heavily fined. Many of the old fam-
ilies is Quebec ' to -day originated in.
this novel matrimonial manner.
Money Saying Plans.
Ceylon has been spending too
numb money, and a Select Cbrnnnittee
on the Budget itis . been devising
ways of reducing the estimates. The
committee propose hi the first piece
to cut their own salaries by about
$3$ a month, theta effecting a saving
of about • $13,000, arid• next • that
members shall •bring their own re-
freshmeets to the council tuo, ting' ---
an expected saving of•about $2,900.
The committee is chiefly composed oa
iron -official members of the council,
Composition of Air,'
Ordinary air contains about it'll, pot'
cent, oxygen and 78 pier cent. nitro -
ten, theremaining one per cent.
comprising argon, neon, helium, car-
bon ritoxide. and 4'ttiex slaw.
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To C Most Careful Driver
If you are directly or indirectl3r involved
The S fe y Responsibility Law
effective September 1, 1940, among other things, says:
That you must reswsin rat, or return at oxscc
to the scene of the accident,
That yoss mast render all possible assistance,
give your name and xzd a?r'ees and ar-written statea
anent if requested.
That if the damage .apparently exceeds 00
you oust report to the nearest police officer..
That if yoxr are at jaadt and do not pay for
damage done to the person or property of others
AND HAVE NOT INSURANCE .NCE to indemnify others
on your behat f you will have your licenses
ezU1p8nded.
A pamphlet explaining the provisions of the new law
can be procured without charge from the agent of any
company a member of
The Canadian Automobile
Underwriters Associatis
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when using a :handkerchief. There is
no good reason why the hands should
be continually touching the face and
there are several excellent reasons
why they should not.
The second- rule is never to touch
food unless the hands have been -t1-7-
oughly washed. The habit of wash-
in the hands before eating is ofthe
utmost practical importance : in the
prevention of disease. We presume
that when the hands are washed, they
are clriecl on the persons's own towel,
because it is worse than useless to
wash the hands clean and then use.
'a common towel.
Questions concerning health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College St., Torontcs,,
will be answered personally by Fetter,.
Safety First
Neighbor—Is this your ball, Tut-'
my?
Tarnmy—Any windows or anything
broken?
Neighbor—No.
Tommy—Thank you. It's mine.
minevommosimiso
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in Canada have been built up on consistent .advertising—
businesses with a definite store policy planned weeks and
months ahead—businesses not alone content to keep their
name before the public, but which persistently and con-
sistently tell the public through the columns of the news-
paper what they have for sale and how much it costs.
A successful business rinani thinks no niore of do-
ing sporadic advertising than he would of hiring sporadic
clerks.
The Advance -Times will be pleased. to discuss the
subject of advertising with z-znerchantsit has ,something
worth while to offfer,
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