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Voice of the Press Canada. The Empire and The World at Large CANADA TRAFFIC NOTE For some rcsBon Sunda> lialflo rc- mtnilii U8 thnt It baa takou Niagara Falls 80,000 years to ninve seven miles. Hamilton Spectator. GRANTS TO RURAL FAIRS Certuinly the rivalry ttiat Is creat- ed by thi-He (all (airs aud tlu> educa. tloiittl Influence that they nert In stimulating the exhibitors to attain the hlKhest ptxislhle degree of excel- lence more than compensate 'or any outlay the provincial government may make In ths respect.â€" Hrantford Ex- positor. HIGHWAYS AND THE SEA. What a shock was the 'ogn of one hundred aiid thirty-four IIvob in the burning of the Havana-New York liner, Morro Ca.slle. We venture to say that fully as many lives are lost every month in tralHc accidents on our hlKhways, but reading ibout them has become such a dally habit that they do not regi.ster a shjck, unless some relative or friends should be a Tlctim. â€" Aylmer Express. PEOPLE TO COME. It Is inevitable that, with Canada's millions of acres of fertile Knd still uncultivated, there will be, in future years, an influx of new population. That will only come when the un- eniploymenit crisis has pasted and when agriculture lias become more prosperous. Then the oppoilunlties of the country, and the expansloni which will be renewed, will absorb In a normal way a considerable flow of iniinigration. â€" Winnlpes Free Press. MIXING MAX WITH R.D.B. One of the best tbliigs imblished In a long lime appeare<l recently in a Cernian Nazi book on antl.Sendtic propaganda. It .'•ayH: "While Ixird Ueaverbrook calls himself u Canadian, he is a Hungarian Jew, named Ualph 1). Illumeiield." This is hIiuosi enough to make the Scots, to say nothing of the people cf New Ilrunswick's North Shore, send out the flery cross and rise In defence of this ' son of the manse." â€" Frederlckton Dally Gleaner. Queen Of The SeM CANADIANS BETTER OFF. But when hard times come, there is little doubt about the average Canadian being better off t'lan the average American. This important fact Is Impressed upon us by an an. nouncement Just made by Dr. Rob- inson Newcomb of the United States Hureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- merce after study of flguros taken from a survey made last Spring by the New York Housing Authority. According to t^iis aunouncement, "New York's typical family consists of mother, father and one child, lifir- ing in a four-room apartment costing $33.21 a month In an apartment house built before any of the three was born." Some 20 per cent, of the homes are considered cf'owded or overcrowded. Conditions in our large-it cities are bad enough but we do not believe that the picture of the typicai family In any of them, if painted, would be nearly as drab as this. And the fu- ture is with Canadians, 'atbcr than with Americans among whom the peak of material development has probably been i-eached. â€" Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. The greatest liner afloat, the Kiganlic Queen Mary siide.s own the ways in launching at Clyde- bank, Scotland, before 250,000 spectators who braved pouring rain to see christening by British Queen. JEST ON PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT A sedate book reviewer, Theodore Hall, of the Washington Post, and an alert columnist, Frank U. Kent, ot the Baltimore Sun, have an excellent Jest on President Roosevelt When Upton Sinclair left Hyde Park after his call with the President lie quoted Mr. Roosevelt as saying: "Mr. Sinclair, when I was young my mother used to read 'The Jungle' aloud to me at breakfast, and It quite spoiled my pork chops." Mr. Sinclair's book, "The Jungle," â- was not printed until 1906, when Mr. Roosevelt was 21 years of age, had been out of Harvard two full years and was one year married. .Messrs. Hall and Kent doubt it Mrs. James Roosevelt, Sr., was then In the habit of reading to her son at the breakfast table and ihey kind- ly suggest that the I'resident confus- ed Mr. Sinclair's "The Jungle" with Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Books," which was well suited for reading aloud to children. -St, Thomas Times- Journal. DEFROSTING CHAMBER. A most imiinrtant advance has been made In the handling ol Cana- dian chilled and frozen products transported by ship and rail. The bogey of water-vapor condensation , lias been laid. The Canadian Government has constructed a special vapor-tight I chamber of 30,000 cubic feet capacity at the Port of London, England, for â-  handling chilled and frozen meat. The chamber is the result of experiments j conducted by the National Research Council of Canada ui>on .ho defrost- ing ot frozen foods! utfs and is oper. ated by the Port of London Authority. ' It Is designed to prevent the con- ' densatlon of water-vapor from the outside atmosphere upon the pro- ' ducts after removal from the ships' holds. Thus, one of the bugbears In ' the transportation of frozen and [ chilled products has been removed. â€" Canada Week by Week. THE ROYAL SUCCESSION. The discussions to which Piince George's engagement have given rise regarding the succession to the throne have not always been based on knowl- edge. So long as the Duke oi York's daughters survive they take preced- ence over any son that may be born to Prince George. But If a son should be born to the Duke of York he would take precedence over Princess Eliza- beth and her sister. If a daughter should be born to the Prince of Wales she would take pre- cedence over any child, male or fe- male, of any of the Prince's brothers. Finally, if the Prince of Wales had first a daughter and then a son, the son would be the heir-pr'isumptiveâ€" a position which Princess Elizabeth holds today.â€" The Spectator. OBVIOUS LESSON. The Township of Scarboro In On- tario, with a population of 20,000, has not had a case ot dipntheria for B year. This is the result of a ten- year program ot iniioculullon In the schools and among children of less than school age. Is not the lesson obvious? â€" Saint John Telegraph- Journal. PARDONABLE MERRIMENT. MelvIn Ulanlon was sentenced at Indianapolis yesterday ro serve 12 years for holding up a roadside tav- ernâ€"and he laughed. Why not? As a contrast to the chap who drew 12 years and 10 lashes in Supreme Court at Sandwicli the other day for a Bimilar crime, Melvin knows the chances are he'll be taken to somo nice homey place of confineniont and given a cell with futuristic furniture and a Southern exposure. Just in time to listen to the World's Series. â€" Border Cities Star. ROAD IN THE ROCK. Visitors to Jasper Park who have motored along the 34 completed miles of the mountain road that will event- ually connect Jasper and Lake Louise, are agreed that it will prove to be one of the continent's great scenic highways. It will lie within national parks throughout its entire length and, ac- cording to the engineer In charge, will not present any steep giades, while the roadbed is mo.stly being hewed out of solid rock.â€" Ediiiiin'on Journal. BACON, EGGS AND MUSIC Sir Henry Wood Invented the name of Paul Klcvonsky and published his own work under that nam.'. He found that the music of the foreign Klevon- sky made a far bigger noice in Brit- ain than the music of the plain British Wood. It Is a national vice with us to pamper the foreign producer of music. And that goes for beef, baron and egga, too. â€" London Dally Express. Bishop Uses Ax INVESTMENT IN ROADS. The provincial highway debt of Canada In 1933 was J-I38, 000,000 with annual charges of 2;',?1 million dollars. Ontario led with $185,410,000 at S'A millions of interest on tlie average' provincial rate of five per cent. Que. bi.'c coming next with $57,877,000 at $3,628,000 interest. BritLsn Columbia was third with $40,141,000 and Inter- est ot almost two millionsâ€" Dominion Bureau of Sfatlstic-i, SYDNEY, New South Walesâ€" The Right Rev. Dr. BurKinan, newly ap- pointed .'\nglican Flishop of Goul- burn, New South Wales, recently put his skill with the ax to good use. On a tour of his diocese in a small car he was prevented from crossing a swollen river. A lorry was obtain- ed to take the party and car across. In order to get the car onto the lorry, some trees had to be felled. Dr. Burg- man, it is said, himself "swung the donglas" with the deftness of a royal show woodchopper. Scheme of Study RECOVERY IS ALL-ROUND The successes ot Great Itrltuin in sports the past year or two shows that a new generation has arrived to take the place of tho generation of young people wiped out by the World War, and in years to come British athletes will be a challenge to tlie allilelcs of any other nation. â€" St. Thciiias Journal. THINK NOISE A VIRTUE. To Slime, Indeed, noise is accepted as a virtue, as a sign that wo are up ami coming, a bustling, hustling lot who are Ketlliig things done. So, year after year, we go on making more noise, forever perfocting and using infernal rontrlvacei of sound, making the air, whether it be night or day, hideous with tumult.â€" Ottawa Journal. CLUES IN CURRENCY. It may bo some consolation to the people at the United States to realize that if their country bad not gone oS the gold stamlard, the Lind. burgh kidnapping might have remain- ed unsolved. The ransom was paid In gold certlflcales, called In by the treasury last year, and It was the rar- ity of this currency when presented by the suspected kid.iapper that brought about bis arrest.- Brockvllla llecorder and Tlme<. THE EMPIRE TRAGEDY OF YOUTH. Thirty-four lliousand more wage earners In British lionie.^ today than a month ago. That Is p good result. A big achleveimnt. Compared with a year ago there are 37ii,000 more peoiile at work and earnings wages. It all shows steady progress. If only we could devise nieaii.s of dealing with the young jieoiiie who come on the labor market we could make the Im- provement far more pronounced. â€" London Dally Express. TORONTOâ€" The curriculum should hear a clo.se relationship to the needs, lives and interests of the pupils out- side of school, says Dr. C. C. Goldring, superintendent of Toronto schools, in a report to the Board of Education. In jiarticular he advocates a good finishing type of education for those whose interest does not lie along academic lines. To this ond. he sug- gests the development of fifth form classes of various kinds in public school.s to provide a complete course of instruction, ending at about the age of 10; establishment of inter- mediate schools, transferring of lower school work from the secondary to the elementary schools, and establish- ment in the collegiate institutes of a general course covering two years' work. FORTUNE TELLER'S »>ROPHECL. When a foriune teller in Paris In- formed Prince Fuad he would die a king he latSghcil. He was far from the succession. Besides, Egypt had no king. In 1913 it looked for a mo- ment as if the prophecy Might come true. A king was wanted for Al- bania, Italy was said to support his candidature. But a German prince was chosen. Then camo the war. His nephew, the Khedive Ahbas Htlml, was de- throned. Prince Fuad's elder brother, Prince Hussein, became Sultan. Two year^ later he died. Sultan Hussein's son renounced his right. I'rince Fuad succeeded. When Britain abolished the Protectorale In 1922 Siilan Fuad proclaimed himself King. The Paris foriune teller was right after all. â€" Loudon Dally Telegraph. Doing Your Best How easy It Is to say, "I'm doing the best I can." Some of you young people always say this If a teacher criticizes your work, or an employer find.s fault. Well, it istrue that you can do no more than your best, but the point is that too few of you do that. Some one has said that only ten per cent of the energy stored In coal Is used when it is burned In the furnace; the rest is wa.sted. Experts estimate that human energy also, s largely die sipated. Not even ten per cent of it is utilized. Some of you young people say "1 did my best." In a very meek voice, as though you were apologizing. When you can honestly say "1 did my best," however, you are making as proud a boa.st as ever fell from human lipsi. News of the Air By Jack Cooke It was rather odd, the big suc- cess they did make. We mean those tunes from the show "Roberta". You know, the night the show opened in New York, the critics were unanimous in their praise for every- thing but the score. "Jerome Kern didn't do it this time", the wioies said. Well, we leave you to judge as to the possibilities of that condemned music. "Smoke gets in your Eyes" was one of them, and the "Touch of your Hand" was the second. Smart guys on Broadway. Walter Winchcll carried nn inter- esting item the other day. He says, that when the show Mademoiselle Modiste was in rehearsal, the pro- ducers had planned as their big number, a burlesque on the type of music popular then. Fritzie Scheff was to clown her way through a song written for the show by Victor Herbert. Opening night though, came her turn to do the bourlesque and instead of riotous laughter from the audience, cheers and encores greeted her number. The producers im- mediately changed the setting about the song and Fritzie Scheff has been singing it ever since. You've probab- ly guessed the name of the song by now. Yes, it was "Kiss Me Again". At one of our night spots around the town we overheard a young thing in this conversation: She â€" Have vou heard Bob Crosby? Heâ€" No, I haven't. - She â€" Well you can't tell his voice from Ring's He's marvellous. Heâ€" Yeh! She â€" And they said that he's try- ing so hard to get along on his own name, and that he hopes people will listen to him just for his voice. But you really can't tell him from Bing. All of which prompts us to reiterate with more gusto tJtan ever, that the public is always wrong. In the first place, Bob Crosby doesn't sound any more like Bing than Buddy Rogers does. In met, Rob Crosby's voice does resemble the former "America's Sweetheart", anil on top of that, if Ring's young brother attempts to get along solely on the merits of his voice, Franklin D. must needs add another name to his long list of reliefers. We don't believe that any of you who have heard Jack Dale will think that we are over enthusiastic when we say that he is the finest of the finest of the finest popular singers every produced in Canada. We under- stand he is a young Ukrainian from way out west, who had an op- portunity to study vocalism in Mont- real and, by Gad, if some blind sponsor (for they must all be blind and deaf here or otherwise how could they permit such atrocities of entertainment to represent them on the air) doesn't scoop him quickly, he will he leaving us for a radio field where talent is appreciated. Jack '"latter's hand isn't half bad on that C.R.C. programme, but he sadly lacks a decent rhythm section and a first trumpet with some tone. That's about all we can think of to say this week, except that The Continental should bt Hit No. One This Winter, and so Heigh-Ho, until next week. 'Stnunming' Upheld As Musiciauiship Aid By London Composer OXFORDâ€" To strum or not to strum? Dr. Percy Buck, King Ed- ward Professor of Music at London University, discussed this i^uestion | when he spoke recently to members I of the Oxford Course in Music! Training. | He decided unhesitatingly in favor i of strumming â€" even at the cost of quite heroic forbsarance on the part of those who are forced to listen to it â€" because, he said, the child who can sit down at a piano and impro- . vise a ti.ne has acquired more music- ianship by doing it than he would have acquired by learning that Bach had 22 children. | "There is. of course, no great virtue in extemporizing rubbish," | said Dr. Buck, "but there is a lot of fun, and when you get fun into music you have gone a long way." Alberta Families Start Trek To North For Fertile Fanni EDMONTON. Alia.â€" A start }xat been made in the exodua of hundredl of families from the drought-riddai areas in southern Alberta to mon fertile districts and farm lands b the northern sections of the Pnm !nce. Already 46 certificates ha«<| been issued to families ready to mo«f by the agricultural department, aiU upwards o' 400 families are prepai> ing to trek either this winter or earl) In the spring. Some diflSculty is being experienc«4 in finding suitable locations for h many families. A list of availabh places in the north and near north has been prepared by the Govern^ ment, and has been given to appli- cants to facilitate them in making â-  choice. In some cases intending set-> tiers are making personal land-seek- ing inspection trips into the areaa where farms are to be had. Mr. F. S. Grisdale, Minister of Agriculture, explains that the re- settlement is being made only in areas already settled and only on improved farms that have becom* vacant. There are buildings on all of the farms listed by the depart- ment. The free-moving services, cost of which are born by tho Federal and Provincial Governments, are making* it possible for many farmers with their families to seek new locations with renewed hope of success. Dry areas where soil drifting has ruined the farmers will be taken over by tho Government and the soil built up. A scheme to plant wide belts of trees across the country is included in tho plans for restoring the arid districts. Daily Lectures Aid Art Gallery Visitors Dr. Buck says that boys are ter "strummers" than girls. bet- Daily Transatlantic Air Service Being Pliuined St. John's. N. F. â€" A projected dal- ly transatlantic air service from the British Isles to Newfoundland has been outlined to the Newfoundland Commission Ocvernnient by Mr. Chas. Froblsher. representing Atlantic Air- ways, it was disclosed last week. Mr. Froblsher seeks the right to use St. John's Harbor as a base for flying boats. Mr. Frobishei' tokl the commision- ers the ocean line would link up with the British airways system with Ca- nadian and .\merican systems. For th» transatlantic service, planes cap- able of carrying eight to ten passen- gers and with a speed of 230 miles an hour would be used. BIRMINGHAM, Eng.â€" Daily lec- tures by uniformed guides are help- ing to popularize the art collection of the Municipal Art Gallery hero. So far, these lectures by specially qualified guides have proved success- ful. The guides, five of whom are al- ready qualified lecturers, are enter- ing into training for this new section of their work with great enthusiasm and are each finding out by experi- ment which part of the gallery they can deal with most effectively. Visitors to the municipal gallery are asked to co-operate by giving con- structive criticism and comment upon the lectures and by suggesting par- ticular aspects of painting and sculpture which they would like ox- plained in lectures delivered in front of the original works. Camera Qualifies As 'Maid of All Work' Heiress Met Her Husband Year Ago Virginia Gates McCafferty's Marriage Culmination of Ro- mance Begun at Dance Boise, tiiuho â€" Virginia Gates Mc- Cafferty, 22, nee Virginia Gates, Phil- adelphia heiress, who hitch-hiked her way into romance and marriage with Dan McCafferty, erstwhile boxer, and wrestler, mechanic and vegetable \ field worker, la "California bound" with her husband fortified with funds] supplied by her wealthy father. j The young couple left Boise "by train" using moey telegraphed to them by Thomas Gates the president of the University of Pennsylvania, and a former member of he firm of J. I'. Morgan and Company. Along with this revelation of their immediate plans came au ai-sertlon from the newlyweds that their marri- age was the culmination ol a romance that began with a meeting a year ago. The blonde blue-eyed bride and her dark curly-huired hu.sbaiu! previously had said they met by accident in Boise and had hitch Uikeil to Moscow, the seat of tho state university, where they were married by the Rev. J. Ed- gar Puroy. pastor ot the Moscow Me- thodist Episcopal Church. 'Just say that we met at a rodeo dance In Piniedale, last year," Mrs. McCaBerty told ncwspaperaien. Mrs. McCafferty, then Miss Gates had liv- ed on a dude ranch near Plednle Wyo. for 14 months prior to her disappear- ance from there a mouih ago A search In which Federal department ot Justice agents participated was started after the girl loft the ranch and failed to return to her parents' home. LONLON â€" Pips revealed in "pip- less' oranges, archaeological problems solved, old Egyptian manuscripts de- ciphered, forgery detected â€" these were among the illustrations of th» handiwork of the modern "maid of all work," the camera, shown at the recent London Exhibition of Modern Industrial Photography. The motto of the exhibition was "Photography Serves the Nation." Little known illustrations of the camera's usefulness were given, such as the reminder that every week low power photomicrographs provide a record of the quality of the water in London's reservoirs, and that th« Building Research Department uses the camera to measure distribution of sunlight in rooms. One of the exhibits showed a pho- tograph of fungi on the inside of the walls of a house, proving defective building, which had actually been used a-! legal evidence Another prov- ed how useful photogra()hs are in ascertaining the suitability of a par- ticular cloth for a particular pur- pose. So They Say "It is one of the defect-! of the modern world that it provider more for pleasures than for ne.Hls." â€" Bei'trand Russell. "We can have our choice between progress by educaition and progress by revolutionary violence." â€" Harry Elmer Barnes. "I think the time is coming when our economic order will be re- ad ju; "ted along lines th.-it will not permit gain for the few." â€" Dame Sybil Thorndike. "This is perhaps a world where everyone is wanted, but no one is wantetl very much." â€" Dean Inge. "In America by the time a criminal comes to trial half the witnesses a-rain.st him have disappeared and bs- fore he gets into jail the rest are dy- ing of old age." â€" Henry L. Mencken. "Capiitalism is not dead ; but it was 'irty. It needed a good washing." â€" lloger W. Bab.ion. 12 "The future belongs to the vast 'ass of the skilled and the spedal- ;.ed."â€" Havelock Elli\ |