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A New Year's Suggestion 8peak a shade more kindly than the year before, : Pray a little oftener, love a little more, Cling a little closer to the Father's love; Thus life below shall grow liker to the life above, A Subscriber. The Little Town It 1s sald God must have loved the common people for He made so many of them. Likewise He must love that little town for He thade so many of them and its popularity grows since the automobile makes it more and more possible to enjoy rural life no matter what the occupation, Is is any wonder that many people prefer the little town to the congest- ed city with its crowded streets filled with strangers, its hurry and the deaf- ening noise of traffic. It feels good to return to the quiet and clean fresh air of the little town where everyone knows everyone else. It is true Mrs. Grundy sometimes allows her tongue to be a little sharp at times, but peo- ple are mostly kind and considerate. Even Mrs. Grundy, during a crisis, turns in with a willing desire to help it occasion demands it. The nearby meadow and woodland are quickly reached if desired where the plump little gray squirrel with his ' saucy erect plume, balances himself high on a topmost branch, gently swaying with the breeze and busily eating a nut precariously nipped oft, from the very end of a twig. Oh, lit- tle gray squirrel, you too have your troubles, but who would guess it, see- ing you gaily swinging there. The gentle roll of the far off hill slowly | comes to view, as the warm sun's rays quietly dispel the mist, saturated with the atmosphere o fthe fresh country air. How good it makes one feel to breath it in and rest the eye on the' hill's curtain of green. But if we have a preference for the little town and enjoy the privileges which it offers, it is also up to us to support it in every possible way. Al together we are the merchant, farmer, doctor, lawyer, editor, clerk, house- wife, ete. We are one of these, each earning his or her livelihood. Then to create community happi- ness our support is needed at every turn to keep the wheels going smooth- ly. Sometimes, thoughtlessly per- haps, 4t is felt a few cents can be saved by golug to the city, which, by | the way, is more than eaten up in gasoline to carry us there. It is even found to frequently happen that things | can be bought cheaper at home than | in the city. At any rate, what does the small saving amount to anyway when we consider that to exist the! | small town needs our support where- ever it is possible to give it. The old proverb "Do as you would be done by," still holds good and is as true as in olden days. On starting out in the New Year of 1931 remember your town. Be loyal, Twilight Hour Story Chapter 6 What Mamma Hen Did About the Cold Wind The next morning Mamma Hen thought perhaps it would be warmer outside after the nice warm bright sun would come up, for she wanted to give her babies some fresh air and take them out of the barn. So as soon as they were wakened up and each little baby stretched itself and flut- tered its tiny wings they all started ou to be near the big barn door. They were scratching around in the straw finding little tiny stones to eat. For mind you chickens like stones to eat with the rest of their breakfast, Their little stomachs are different from ours because they eat them to keep their little stomachs from aching. But if wo ate these little stones we would have a stomach ache, wouldn't we? Just then the door. opened and the farmer man's boy, Billy, came and opened the door to get George, the horse. This time he saw the chickies. Last time he came in, don't you re- member? they hurried and hid under Mamma Hen before he saw them. But this time they were not so much afraid. When Billy saw them he laughed like everything because they were 80 cute; not loud though, for he didn't want to frighten them. It's al- ways best not to mgke much noise when little shy birds or animals are around, isn't it? For they are just ay afraid of you if you make a big noise as you would be afraid of a big horse rif all at once it _would jump around and stand on its hind legs. But Billy knew how to act with these little babies, for early in the summer they had a lot of them running around with their Mamma Hens, He said: "Well, Mamma Hen, you were a foolish chicken to hatch out four poor little chicks so mear winter time. How are you going to raise them, I'd like to know, for it is cold outside even now? 1 guess you are not a very good Mamma to have little chicks this time of year. Why, all the other chickens were little long ago." Mamma Hen began to think she was foolish too, and wished she had spoken to the older Mamma Hens instead of running off by herself, Now, because she acted like that, she didn't know what to do with her babies. Yes, I'm just sure these little chickens really didn't have a very good Mamma, Next Week--""The Cold Wind. and the New Mamma." New Air Stamp Very Distinctive Color of Smaller Denomina- tions Changed to Agree With World Postal Requirements Otfawa.--A new pictorial issue of Canadian stamps, conceded by phila- delists to be of the highest artistic quality, is being sent to post offices throughout the counry by the depart- tment. The most distinctive production of the group, according to departmental officials, is the new five-cent air mall stamp. It bears the figure of the winged mercury against-g background of the globe with the North and South American continents delineat- ed. The color is brown. Many ex- pressions of admiration have already been received by the department from stamp collectors, who describe it as the most attractive air mail stamp issued by any country. Another striking example of the en- in « PA ' : bring more dignity and forethought raver's art is the blue G0-cent stamp again, Jesus 'waxed strong' This odd Which carries a picture of the hjs-| But sit within the house. phrase refers to his whole nature, both | into the debates, of lives and years. morn -- ---------- --- toric chapel at Grand Pre, N.S. and the well of Evangeline. The one- dollar stamp is dark green and bears a picture of Mount Edith Cavell in British Columbia. A prairie scene is used in the red 20-cent stamp. It shows grain being reaped by modern machinery. In the background are grain elevators. The Quebec Citadel Is portrayed on the dark grey 12- cent stamp. The ten-cent stamp, green in color, bears a picturg of the parliamentary library. in the smaller denominations the colors have been changed to.agree with international postal conventions, as follows: One-cent, green; two- cent, red; five-cent, blue, and eight- cent, orange. These all bear a por- trait of the King. { BH Time | The dearest friend to we mortals is Time. We can make up for a great many bereavements, but the loss of Time is irrevocable.~Pauley. AD ren Living Words Of our great men Pass not from door to door and out January 11. Lesson 1.--The Child hood of Jesug--kuke 2: 40.52, Gol- den Text dun dvanced in wis dom and stature, or in fayour with God and man--Lukg 2: 52, The. early Church. ovked to inveny and wll stories of the ch{dhood cf Jesus. any of these have e down to us in the so-calle | "Apoeryph 1 Gos- pels"; dreary and unedifying reathng they make for the most part, and they bear heir incredivility on the face of them. This story of. the boy Jesus, arguing with the doctors in the Tempie is the only narrative of his boyhood preserved for us. in the Gospels, and there is nothing improbable about it. In the boyhood stories given in the "Apocryphal Gospels," the writers are anxioti. to show that his divin'ty manifested itseif, evenin his earliest years, by the amazing, and often gro- tesque, miracles which he is said to have accomplished. Ilere, however, the writer seems to with us to under- stand that his divinity showed itself in his being a good son of his parents, and in his wonderfui character and spiritual insight. The occasion of this story seenis to be a special visit to Jerusaiem in Jesus' thirteenta year, when he would undergo a ceremony which was some- thing like a combinatisn of coming of age and of confirmation, or reception, into full Church mesbérship: he be- came, in the phrasé which the Jews still 'use, "a son of the Law." Tt was, therefore, for him a great and mem- orable occasion in his life. He would partake of the Passover Leal with his family. The ceremonies attendant on the Passover lasted a full week, but only on the first two days were. worshippers obliged to visit the Temple. On the third day, therefore, most of those who had come from a distance would return home, for there was little to detain them. We may assume, therefore. that on the third day Joseph and Mary took their de- varture, and supnosed, it seems, that Jesus was somewhere in thel caravan TLere was no synugogue or school Luilding in the Terp.e, but from time to time lectures wire given there by the rabbis; some of these would deal with technicalities of the Law, and be intenued for those who were making a professional study of it. Others would be of a simpler anfl practical kind, where, doubtless, questions from the audience and free discussion of diffi. culties would be allowed. Jesus, who was now a "son of the Law," would certainly be admitted. Imagination likes to- consider what questions Jesus may have asked, and what may have been his responses to draw forth the astonishment of the hearers. We can easily suppose that into some discussion upon a matter .of ritual or legal detail he might inter- ject a question, or saying, penetrating to the very heart of religion, ! ut this is only guess work. Jesus' answer to his anxious parents may be translated, "Knew you not that I must be about my Father's busi- ness," or "Knew you not that I must be in my. Father's house," On the whole, perhaps the former is more probable, but the meaning might be, simply, that, of course, he would be fourd in the Temple. The passage does not necessarily or even naturally, imply that Jesus supposed God, and not Joseph, to be his Father, nor can we say, with any confidence that even in his boyhood he knew himself to be the Son of God in some unique sense. We speak sometimes as if we knew just what passed in the mind and soul of Jesus but the Gospels are reticent about his self-consciousness; his inner life was "hidden" in God, and must always be mysterious to us. None the less, the passage suggests a considera- tion of great importance. It suggests that to Jesus, even as a child, God was first and foremost the Father. To John the Baptist, perhaps, and to the Pharisees, he was first or chiefly, Judge, but not to Jesus. The idea that Jesus comes to save us from the wrath of God has little support in the Gospels, But the title' "Father," is open to misunderstanding today. According to some modern ideas, a father should be the jolly and familiar playmate of his children, but little removed from a big brother. The Jewish conception of fatherhood was very different; in the New Testament the name, "Father," has in it awe and reverence and "godly fear." The Jewish father ruled his household, and his word was law in a way strange to modern democratic ideas. Still, no doubt, not sternness and authority, but mercy, patience, gentleness' and love are dominant in Jesus' thought of the Father. often cause, being s to over exertion. sturdy, active boy, using his strength in ways with the result *hat his body was wholly free from disease; and in the full powers. of his manhood he was break down in early life, osu vag i outed esus a sf full "of life, yet capable of great exertion, He took long walking tours throughout Gililec, his perfectly healthy body becoming a valuablé instrument for the carrying out of the great tasks of his public ministry." * : lh rir What New York: Is Wearing BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON Hlustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur. nished With Every Pattern 2703 A swagger frock of wool jersey ia fashionable rust-red shade shows in- teresting buttoned front closing that adds a tailored air. Just to be different, it gores its circular flaring skirt-and attaches it to the Lip ycke in deep scalloped out- line. ' The collar and cuffs are of linen. It's so distin. tive and so practical, It's simple to make. Style No. 2703 may be had in sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 yerrs. The 8-year sizes requires 21% yards of 39-inch ma- terial with % yard of 89-inch con- trasting and 2% yards of binding. It is also very smart in lightweight tweed in brown and white diagonal weave, just like the elders are wear- ing. It may be worn with a brown suede belt. Make the collar and cuffs of white pique with pert bow of brown grosgrain ribbon at neckline. Trim the bodice with brown bone buttons. Covert cloth, wool crepe, challis prints and tweed-like cottons smart. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want, Enclose 20¢ in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto, mil is Plans to Record Speeches Berlin----An attempt will be made to get phonographic records of all speeches and interruptions to speeches during the Relchstag ses- sions of the coming year, If the effort is successful the records will be substituted for the stenographic rec- ord of the debates. Many members of the Reichstag look upon the proposed innovation dubiously, realizing that they will lose the privilege of striking from the of- ficlal record those of their words which on second thought they deem unsuitable. But others who are not members of the Reichstag favor the plan strongly in the belief that it may Sob he Edison helpful and wise! Presented With Questionnaire Jed That Inventions of . the Future Will Be In Health Field = New York.--Thomas A, Edison sald recently the outstanding inventions of the future will be in the field of health and that inventors will be biologists and chemists. Mr. Edison replied to a question- naire from the Review of Reviews. Edison himself is famous for his ques- tionnalires. : "Sickness Is pretty hard on the workman now," sald the 84-year-old wizard, "It's hard for them to get a good doctor, and proper care is ex- pensfve. There is too much sick- ness. Something will have to be done dbout it, and that is where biology and chemistry come in." Here are some of the questions and answers: Q.--Do you think your work would be easier if you were beginning now +-with business ready to give money and facilities for research? A.--Yes, I was for 45 years hustling for pay- rolls. : . Q.--Do inventors come from neces- sity--"The mother of invention"--or from scientific curiosity? A.--Most inventors work to earn money to get a modest living for their families. All they want is enough money to ex- periment with. Deaths Due to Overeating Q--Will science tell sto eat less, as it has told us to drink less? A. -- Eighty per cent. of our deaths are due to overeating. After the age of 21 a large variety and quantity of food is unnecessary. All those things crowd the stomach and 'cause poisons. It takes courage to learn restraint, but all that eating is unnecessary. I find that my weight keeps up on a glass of milk alone, every two hours. Q.--Is there danger that life will grow too complicated, too speedy, with so many hew Inventions? A. -- No. People will live up to it. The brain, if used, has enormous capacity. People don't begin tp suspect what the mind is capable of. --- Q.----Is there any inhérent difficul- ty in making television as common as the telephone. A.--Yes, cost and complexity. Locomotives are pretty well developed, but you wouldn't want to buy one and have it in your house, would you? Television is like that. > Poison Gas Not So 'Deadly Q.--Do you think the™auto'gyro Is the coming thing in aviation--the best principle so far developed? A. --Yes, and it came from Spain. They say that Spain is dead. But that man (the inventor) has the egg of Columbus, Q.--Is it your opinion that poison gas in warfare is efficient and mercl- ful, or a horror to be barred? A.--I think it less deadly than bullets and bombs, ! On the wall of Mr. Edison's office in West Orange, N.J., where the ques- tionnaire was presented, hangs a quotation from Sir Joshua Reynolds: "There is no expedient, to which man will not resort to avoid the real la- bor of thinking." Pointing to it, Mr. Edison sald to his interviewers, "That is what's the matter with us." "Did you sit-up until the New Year came in?" "Yep. Our baby is teething." Thoughts Thoughts worth repeating will come to any man {if he will, with patient at- tention, step from thought to thought. He may thus, happlly, climb to a view or expression of truth which shall lighten and strengthen his own soul, and radiate through an infinite circle 20 Million Year ~ Wood Preserved Northern Alberta Tar Sands [| Contain Most Ancient Deposit Ottawa. --The oldest deposit of pre- served wood in the world, its age esti- mated between 15 and 20 millions years, has been discovered by Cana- dian Government engineers at Fort McMufray in Northern Alberta. 8. C. Ells, an engineer in the federal depart- \ment of mines and internationally known as an expert on bitumin depos- its, made the find" which geofogists claim to be one of the most import- ant scientific discoveries in recent years, ; Deep in the farfamed Fort McMur- ray tar sands, the wood has lain for millions of years. Sealed tight from the devastating effects of air. When untombed last Summer, it was found to be in perfect preservation. The growth-rings could be counted inside the trunks; the wood might be whit- tled with an ordinary jack-knife; even tiny insects which fed on the leaves and tender shoots of the grow- ing trees, were preserved in the air- tight chamber. The leaves, them- selves were unearthed in fair condi- tion. + Dr, I. W. Bailey of Harvard Univer- sity, who has been conducting a series of microscopic studies of the wood, practically has established the fact that at least oné of the preserved frees is of a type that grows today in Japan. Geologists look upon this as still another link in the. chain of evidence pointing to the establish- ment of the theory that North America and Asia at one time were parts of one huge continent. Of Jurassic Period. Geologists, who have been working on the discovery say the wood belongs to the Jurassic period, which dates back between-15 and 20 million years. In constructing the process of preser- vation, the geologists say the wood drifted down large rivers and lodged on sand bars. The logs and trees were buried by the action of the waves but before oxidation set in, the sand ab- sorbed an inflow of heavy petroleum which was the origin of the famed Northern Alberta tar deposits. At the same time, the bitumin insulated the buried wood from the air, leaving it in its original state of preservation until the hand of man forced the secret many millions of years later. Curiously enougly, the basic prin- ciple of the wood's preservation, tar or bitumin, was the same as that employ- ed by the Egyptians in mummifying their dead. Make Further Studies. The Dominion Mines Department in- tends making further field studies at Fort McMurray next Summer and it is probable that geologists from several Canadian and United States univer- gities will be invited to participate. In- preliminary excavation work last Summer, the largest tree sectiog un- earthed was 40 feet in length with a diameter of 14 inches, Dr. Bailey of Harvard University, who"is an author- ity on such matters, has attached so much importance to the find that he has signified his intention of visiting Fort McMurray next Summer. In a letter to Mr. Ells, he described the dis- covery as "a most valuable find, de serving intensive study.' ' Geologists say the find may alter, it not revolutionize, some modern theories on what phehistoric vegeta- tion covered this continent, It is the only known deposit of Jurassic period vegetation preserved in its original state and is looked upon as a more important discovery than the petrified trees of Southwestern United States or the semi-carbonized wood sometimes found in coal-beds, -------- Dog Whip Saves Life Prince Albert, Sask.--Unerring aim of the whiphand of Clarke Cheney, veteran dog-driver of the north, re- cently saved the life of a tractor driver at Lac la Ronge. The trac- 'tor driver was hauling a "swing" of fish across Lac la Ronge, 200 miles north of here, when the machine plunged through the ice. Cheney uncoiled the long, snaky dog whip, and whirled it toward the tractor driver, who grasped the lash and was CL reem-- T BOTTA IM : KEWY T® Gev { M-M-m] THIS SIRLOIN | \S GREAT. MUTT AND JEFF-- SRPWREaR AWAY GlaHTeen DAY Diet! By BUD FISHER = Al No RECORDS You'Re KING SNITCHING SOME T'm REF! JELNG A Non-Stop Flight Across A Sirloin. hauled to safety. Plans Are Rushed London-to-Cape Town Sor / vice Is Expected to be in Operation Next Summer | London--The British 'air route trom , London to South Africa over some of the worst flying country in the world is being pushed ahead 'as far as i Mwanza in the African jungle and r i midsummer it is' expected that 'the \ whole 8,000 mile trail to Cape Town will have been blazed. Passengers will thus reach the Cape In elgven days as compared with seventeen by ° surface transport. "Across Europe they will be taken in huge Handley. Page four-engined Hannibal machines, each carrying thirty-eight, as far as "Egypt, where there will be a great flying junction for India and the Far East. Es On the southward trip passengers i will be carried alternatively in aire planes and flyingboats which will fol- low the course of the Nile and Afri can lakes to Kisumu, Along the main African route twenty-seven air stations have been constructed, many si cut out of the heart. of the virgin: bush, while at the main stations ho- tels have been built by the Imperial Airways Company which will operate the route, Thirty intermediate land- ing grounds haye been made and at no "point will the crews of the air liners be out of touch with the air station. pts Liquor Tax Stimulates : Bootlegging in Scotland Glasgow, Scotland.--Officials of the customs and excise departments are now trying to throttle bootleg- ging operations in this cradle of a "wee drap." Because the tax on spirits amounts' in some cases to two-thirds of the sale price .of a quart of whisky, sco.es of illicit stills have been put in opera- . tion in various sections of England and Scotland. Investigation showed the centers of bootlegging activity to be London, Leeds, Manchester, Care -diff, Hull, Birmingham, Bristol, Glas- gow and Edinburgh. Surreptitious handling of the pro- duct in gasoline can; has made the trade hard to check. Government of- ficers estimate the cost of distilling a gallon of "moonshine" at 10 cents, the stuff selling for $12.50. Perfumes, which use 'considerahle aléohol as a base, are also to be in- vestigated, officials said, The officers estimate a 108s of $3 500 in taxes on each 100 gallons sold con- trary to law, ner il ree Japanese Immigrants Total 8 100,000 in Sao Paulo . Rio de. Janiero.--Japan ranks as ; one of the leaders among countries i which have contributed most to in- A crease Brazil's population 'during the last decade, official figures reveal. The State of Sao Paulo now hag well over 100,000 established Japanese ime 'migrants, an increase of 15,000 in the last three years. Japanese immigra- tion is so well organized, by virtue of a special treaty between Brazil and Japan, that a jobless Japanese is a rarity in Brazil. . The majority of the Japanese are H devoting themselves to 'coffee plant- ing, although a great many cultivate rice and cotton, Rice fields owned by i Japanese in the Triangulo . Mineiro district enjoy a reputation through- out Brazil for the quality of their crops. > The value of the annual production of Japanese residents in Brazil is estimated to total $12,000,000, with cotton worth $10,000,000 leading the list. . "Island of Solitude" Linked With World In one of the most lonely spots in the world stands a lighthouse which . | is "manned" by a Canadian and his wife and children. The lighthouse is that of Green Island, set among the' maze of small islands that guard the entrance to the harbor of Prince Riu- Gongs 8 pert on the British Columbian coast. vol Here, year in and year out, the fam- fly light the lamps and safeguard the lives of the many ships making {for the harbor. Green Island itself is so small that it is only a dot evem on big maps and mariners' charts. It covers barely an- acre at high tide-- a grim wall of grey rock fringed with green weed set in a tumbling sea. Every evening as dusk falls the keep- er ascends the long steps and sets the light shining. Today the "Island of Solitude" is linked with the snow- bound trappers, and the lonely home. steader of the prairies, by the wide spread league of wireless, ? rr fee The honeymoon couple were about | to alight from their taxi, "I feel so nervous, George," she whispered} "they are sure to know." But George was resourceful. "Here" he sald, "you carry the bag." : k --re An orator, warming to his task, took oft his coat, which rather disconcerted one of the stewards of the meeting, who thought that & seporter would make a sensation out of the incident, Toward the close, he sald to the speaker: "I don't suppose you knew, when you removed your coat, . newspaper man was pregent?" "Yes, 'I did," was the reply, "but I kept my eye on the coat all the time."