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Wkit SctMMC * It Doins * SEE THROUGH STEEL Six inches of iteel or two or tbree feet of aluminum alloy w|e M transparent as plale glass to ttfe •tw X-ray equipment developed at the National Researc d Council tab- •ratoriea, Ottawa. The new Xray apparatus takes U electric current at 600,000 volts through the biggest X-ray tube us- ed for industrial radiography in North America. MAKING GLASS INVISIBLE Discovery of a coating that makes glass Invisible is announced by Dr. Katharine B. Blodgett, not- ed woman scientist in Scbenectedy, N.Y. The glass never reHects light from any angle whatever. Clock, 4lat face and show case glass and windows appear not to exist. An in- credibly thin film on both surfaces of glass is the secret of this scien- tific mirale. The film is about 41 I.eOO,O00ths of an inch, or one- quarter the wave length of light. In thickness. COBRA VENOM A TONIC Cobra venom is a mental tonic. The venom Is Injected into the muscles, once a day or less. Its ef- fects are slower than morphine, but last longer and are not habit-form- toe. Direct mental stimulation is also shown, that is, not merely psychic effects due to relief from pain. In addition two other improved facul- ties were noted: Wider angle vis- ion and better muscular co-ordina- tion. GAS QUICKLY LIQUEFIED Professor Peter Kapitza. former director of the Royal Society's Mond Laboratory at Cambridge, now head of the Soviet Govern- ment's new laboratory at Moscow, has perfected a new method of liq- â- nefying gases. It is announced that. this discovery will have great scien- tific and industrial importance. Only a few details have been made known, but a vita! part of the Invention is said to be a turbine of completely original design. It is no larger than a match-box and weighs about halt a pound, but has far greater efficiency than the niach- bies heretofore used. I 'heARD 1 A woman entered the butcher's shop and asked him to cut oft" ten pounds of beef. He did so. "Shall I send it, madam?'' he asked. "Oh, no, thanks,'* she replied. Tve been reducing and have lost ten pounds, and I wanted to see what it looked like." old There w«» Colquhoun Who built balquhoun. To his utter surprise It rose to the skies And nearly bumped the mquhoun. of encrtnous The golf novice had not made much progress, but he wa;? a man of iron determination. "I'll move heaven and earth to play this game properly," he said, as for the fifth stroke in succes- sion he pulled up the turf. The caddie smiled. "Well," he said, ">-oa haven't much farther to go. You're only heaven to move now." "Have you much room in your BOW flat?" "Heavens, no. My kitchen and dininc room are so small that 1 have to live on con- dcnscfi milk and shortbread." A Negro boy was taking a stroll 'trough a cemetery and reading the inscriptions on the tomb- stones. He came to one which de- clared: "Not dead, but sleeping". After contemplating the phrase ler a moment, and s.'ratehing his iMad, the Negro exclaimed; "He •ere ain't footin* no one body but Wsself." "What wonM the girt of to- day do if ah* suddenly found korself is the Middle Aces? ' vrondora an essayist. Go on ^^reteadinc t^^ *!>• was only ahout twonty-eae. "Hair cut, sir 7'' inquired a bar- ker of a customer whose head ^aa almost bereft of hair. "No," was the .Mircastic retort. **I want it done up in a bun and fwtened with a pink ribbon." Pocket-picktnf is increasing in ;eTia now that the population •caatilsr dressed. New High-Altitude UihI Plane Puses First Tests 'if * y if^JM â- HiiHBt' i^ . •*: . < 0^^ ^M/t^'' , «sai^ 'â- ^^ â-  "^rk Omciaily k.iowM as model-30T. Boeing .Aircraft Company s 33-passenger "stratoji.na- :a snown after being wheeled out into the open at Seattle, Wash., for the farst time to be prepared for a series of engme teste The silver four-engined craft is 74-feet long with a 10 , -foot wmg spread, weighs 42,000 pounds and L disi-ned to "uise at 300-miles per hour at a sub-stratosphere alti ude of 20,000 feet. Two super-chargers Sainuin a cabin pressure greater than that of the rar.fied air outside at that a utude. slowing the na^eneers perfect breathing comfort at all times. The dingible-like fuselage is perfectly streamlined with- out a break even for the windows of the control compartment. How Can 1? ^ BY ANNE ASHLEY J â€" t Q. â€" How can I detect a leak in a gas pipe? A. â€" .\t the point where a leak in the gas pipe is suspected, ap- ply a paste of soap and water. If there is a leak, bubbles will ap- pear. Never use matches or a flame of any kind when looking for a gas leak. Q. â€" How can I remove hot pans from the oven easily and without danger of burning the hands? A. â€" -A. small, short, tin shovel can be purchased for about ten cents. Flatten out the sides of the shovel and it will make an excel- lent utensil for removing hot pans from the oven. Q. â€" What is a home remedy for neuralgia ? A. â€" The eating of a good quan- tity of celery is often an effective remedy. Q. â€" How can I add just the right amount of stiffening to or- gandie trimmings, such as collar and cuff sets? A. â€" Try dipping them into wat- er in which rice has been boiled. mreTi Q. â€" How can 1 jrive fingernail polish a higher gloss? A. â€" When polishins the finger- nails, put on the pink or red pol- ish, but leave the tips uncovered, and whiten underneath. Then go over the whole finfrernail with a coat of colorless polish. It will give a higher gloss, a neater fin- ish, and will last longer. Elnplish Know Little About Empire Life Canadl&n Woman Complains That People of England Are Ignorant cf the Geography, Polilicr, Economics of The Countries in the Empire A letter to the editor of the Daily Telegraph (Conservative) one of London's leading papers, from an mincimod C^uiadiun woman who complained that the people of England know too little about the Empire drew an editorial admission from the newspaper last week tli;it her allegation is well founded. The editorial follows: "There is still too much justifi- cation for the friendly remon- strance which a correspondent from Canada makes in otir columns today that the En.s;lish people do not know the countries of the Em- pire and they should. Characteristics of Nationhood ''She is not the ou'y visitor from the Dominions who h.is found us llUnformed about their geography, their politics, and economics, andâ€" the worst defect of allâ€" about the distinctive ehsracterlstlcs of their nationhood. "Our educational system is still guilty of neslect of the sisnlflcance of the Empire. Fortunately, how- ever, there are now expanding ef- forts to send young people of all classes on Empire lours, and inter- ehan.ses are arranged which may well p;o;rc5slvely increase." When Knives Were Used For Eating Before the advent of table forks, eating with one's knife was the vogue among society people. Before this it was quite proper to eat with one's fingers. The table knife came into g:eneral popularity some time after the seventeenth eentnry and was the correct thing t«r eating as well a« for cuttiag. Flying Mail-Van K "flying mail-van" that picks up and delivers mail at 90 miles an hour is to start operation in Pennsylvania. Watching a demonstration of the new service post office officials saw a pilot cut down his plane's speed to 90 m.p.h. as he flew to- wards two 23 ft. poles linked vi«th a rope. .Attached to the rope was a dummy sack of mail. The pilot manoeuvTed the 'plane downward, picked up the mail sack and drop- ped another. The route to be covered by the new "flying mail-van'' includes 27 towns and cities. Important Year In History of Aviation Here Trans-Canada Airlines Are Ex- pected to Carry Passengers Early This Spring â€" Signifi- cance of 1939 In Transoc- eanic Flights The most important year In the history of the aviation industry in Toronto and Canada as a whole Is indicated with the beginning of 1939. During 193S. tremendous strides were made in Canadian aviation and It is during 1939 that these steps are expected to bring the In- dustry in this country to a destina- tion that will be the culmination of much planning and effort. Experime.its Completed Before the last leaf of 1939 has dropped from the calendar, great liners of the sky are expected to be shuttling back and forth be- tween this country and Kurope. winging passengers and mail across the Atlantic. The long process of experiment is practically complet- ed and the whims of wind and the weather above the restless .\tlautio are now welt known to the men who will pilot the air-siants on their long journeys. Groundwork Laid From present signs, it is indicat- ed that 1939 will be no more than nicely on its way before the i>is metal ships of Trans Canada -Mr- Hues will be opening their doors to passengers. The groundwork has been laid, beacons -flash aloug the air routes, radio beams are at this moment beeping away acwss Can- ada's bushland. landing fields have been made ready and. last but not leas', T. C. .\. pilots have become familiar with their route.';. World's Shortest Railway's Here Between Hunlsville, Ont., and Lake of Bays â€" One Mile. Nar- Tow-Gauge Road â€" Closed for Winter Months lee and <now cover the North Muskoka lakes and the two din- key engines and other rolling stock of the Huntsvillo and Lake of Bays Kailway Company, the shortest rairoad in the world, arc laid up in the roundhouse awaiting the opening of the 1931> naviga- tiot and tourist season. The automobile has wrought great changes in the tran^porta- tio . picture of Ontario's play- ground. Passengers no longer travel hi large number over the steep portage from Lake of Bays to Peninsula lake. But the little train, once known as the "cork- screw limited,*' makes daily trips each summer over the one-mile, narrow-gauge road. Built la 1906 Built in 1906 at a cost of $40.- 000, the road winds around huge rocks and hills, skirts a small lake and climbs an elevation of 130 ft. in a half-mile from Peninsula Lake to Lake of Bays. It runs over an Indian trail that for 100 years was used by the .\lgonquin Indians in trading throughout the area. Modern Etiquette BY ROBERTA LEE â- â- Â»>>â-  I 1. What are some of the luck pieces that are put in the bride's wedding cake? 2. Is it all right to introduce two persons by saying, "Mr, Jones, meet Mr. Smith"? 3. When one has accepted an invitation for luncheon, specified at one o'clock, a: what time should one arrive? 4. When an established resident of a neighborhood extends an in- vitation to luncheon or tea, to a new neighbor, doesn't tins take the place of a first call? 5. When checking out of a ho- tel is it all right to phone the desk and ask that your biil be ready, in order to save tin.e? 6. Should a s'rl wear an even- ing dress to a dance when she knows thn'' her i rcort is going to v.ear a b:sine.=s suit? Answers 1. .< shining dime for ric'nes, a thimble for the old maid, a tiny ring for the fii-st to oe married, a very small wi.shbone for the luv.k- itst girl, a button for the old bach- elor, and miniature dice for the iu'cky man 2. N'o. One «hoiiil not use an imperative form. Mere- ly say. "Mr. Jones, this is Mr. Smith.'' 3. .•Vbout ten minutes be- fore one. 4. It does not. The call should be made first, before ex- tending any kind of invitation 5. Yes; by doing this fifteen min- utes before leaving your roori it will save time. G. No: her cost'ime should correspond with that of her escort. Says New World Was "Civilized" Before Old One Scientist Claims Plants Were Domesticated and Cultivated In America Before Dawn of European Civilization Canada's Mud May Have Great Value Human civilization, as measured by agricultural ilevelopmen;. is old- er in the "new world" than in the '•old world." Dr. Donald D. Brand. the University of New Mexico, an- thropologist, oonteniied Uiis wee's. Evidence Found by Botanists "If the beginnings of agriculture mark the dawn of ci viliaation. then evidence collected by botanists and anthropologists iudioates an earlier civilization in the new world than in the old." he said. Dr. Brand said tnat 'unlike the wheat, and most other domesticat- ed plants, maize (Indian corn) re- quires cultivation for its pftpaga- tion and scarcely an old world spe- cies of plant can compare with the niaite, field piinipkins and kidney lieans in the area of i's spread at â- 'â- â€¢,e time of Celiimbus." In Mexico and Central America '•The groattr variety of squashes, tuaiie, kidney beans, inauioc. pota- toes and other cultivated plants cannot be ma'.chcd in Eurasia or in -i^frica." -The prehistoric inhabitsints of Mexico and Central .America do- mesticated more plants than the InbatiitaDts of .tny compamble area in the world," he said. Of the 620 drug aildi.ts in the I'nited Kingdom known to the government. i;>2 ai-c members of the medical profession, a report to the League of Nation.^ shows. MITING FOR YOU! â-  l««n i* r«<" layy ef H»*s wtek't reteate S » • r Weekly â€" d«n't %f(4f it* iMue No. 2 â€" '39 SoutlMHm Lakes xpected to Yield Pure SUica, Worth Mil- lions of DoUau's Mud worth millions of dollars has been discovered in the north- ern United States by Paul Conger, of the U. S. National Museum. The mud looks like ordinary muck, but really is made mostly of diatoms, microscopic marine animal shells which are pure sil- ica. Dr. Conger said he found thia kind of mud in 64 lake bottoms and bogs in .Northern Wisconsin. When the mud was dried and the organic matter burned off, the residue was commercially valuable "diatomecixius earth." This earth ia used for fine filters, such as sugars and fruits, for heat insula- tion, tile-making and many other purposes. Study of the Wisconsin lakes, Mr. Conger said, shows that simi- lar diatomaceous muds will be found in lakes of Southern Canada as well as Minnesota, Michigan, New York and New England. Hydro System In Northland WiU Be Extended With Help from Ottawa Government in Patricia District Hon. W. L. Houck, acting chair- man of the Ontar',0 Bydro-EIectr'.c Power Commission, announced last week the Ontario Government had approved by order-ln-council the construction of a new 113-mile pow- er transmission Una In the Pickle Lake district of Northern Ontario. Work For Unemployed The line is being built particular- ly to meet increasing requirements of the Pickle Crow and Centra! Pa- tricia gold mines. It will be exten- sion of a line being built from Earl Falls to supply power to the Uchl gold mines. Estimated cost is plac- ed at $937,000 and the line will be constructed to operate at 6S.000 volts. The project will be undertaken under an agreement reached be- tween the Ontario government and the federal government In respect to aid of Northern Ontario unem- ployment. Federal government wl!' contribute 50 percent, of labor costs and approximately 500 men will be engaged in cutting the right of-way for the line. 1938 Field Crops First Official Estinaate Places Gross Value of Canadian Output of 6 Per Cent. Lower Than 1937 The first official estimate of the gross value of the principal field crops grown In Canada In 193S Is S527. 149.000. which Is $30,068,000 or 6 per cent, below the estimated value of the 1937 production, and $S4.SS1.400 below that of 1936. The value of the 1936 harvest was the highest since 1930 when the value was $662,040,900. Low yields in 1937 ; and sharply reduced prices in 193S have resulted in successive reduc- tions in value for the past two years. These estimates are subject to re- vision and do not represent cash in- come received from sales, but are gross values of farm production. Se- veral of the crops, such as mixed grains, fiirnips. and fodder corn, are almost wholly utilized on the farms on%hich they were grown. While the 193S wheat production Is nearly double that of 1937. the average farm price is only 57 cents as compared with $1.02 iu 1937. Thus the value of the crop is only about twelve million dollars great- er. Increases in the production of oats, barley and rye in 193S failed to offset declines in prices and the com'Jined value of these crops is $35.'J94.000 less than in 1937. Trapping Goes "Streamlined*' Canada's Oldest Business Has Been Transformed By Plane and Radio Canada's oldest business â€" trap- ping â€" has been "streamlined" through use of the aeroplane and wireless. The swift drama of mod- em methods has replaced the pic- turesqueaess of the canoe and the portage. The majority of the estimated SCO to 400 trappers operating in the Northwest Territories and remote Northern regions of British Colum- bia. Alberta and Saskatchewan now take full advantage of commercial aviation and widespread radio facil- ities of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. To Civilization in Few Hours Each fall Edmoutoa commercial aviation firms carry north nearly 150 trappers, their dogs, canoes, traps and provisions. Throughout the winter aeroplanes call at the trappers' cabins or the nearest post and freight the furs to market la the spring the modern Coureur de Bols are whisked from the loneli- ness of their trap lines to civiliza- tion in a few hours. Besides eliminating many weeks on the trail to and from the trap- ping ground, the aeroplane en- ables trappers to locate new ?rnund quickly after old lines have been "trapped out." After an X-ray revealed a stolen ring in his stomach, William Thompson, of Glasgow, Scotland, was sentenced to prison. [ FOR OGDENS!"^ f 'MAKE TRACKS Hit the trail right now to mote enjoy- ment from the cigarettes you roll your- self ! Slip into any tobocco sJote and get yourself a package of Ogden's Fine C-jt. Then â€" roll a cigarette y»ilh this fragrant, mellow tobacco, touch a lighttoitand â€" man! 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