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2 li Lorie 2 = ae > PRSEYE a i ~ A Ra - a I Pad SE > Sa Bn Ad > Voice ol the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large Dd CANADA THE ART OF LISTENING The art of listening, like the art of thinking, is an achievement. It {s not everybody that can listen carefully, and learn thereby, Perhaps it is because few people can con- verse well enough to hold the aver- age person's attention. There is something to that, There may be times when one, amongst a crowd of people talking like blue streaks, remains silent, The silent one might be termed a quiet fellow. He may be quiet, yet be a good listener, Engage this quiet per- son in conversation and it might be surprising how much he knows. The Chinese may not have a word for it, but the saying that it is bet- ter to have two ears and one mouth can be credited to them, Ancient Chinese sages 'said a mouthful' when they uttered that remark.--Regina Leader-Post, PRAISE FOR CUSTOMS OFFICIALS Speaking with knowledge of condi. tions at Portal the News desires to state that the customs officials, both canadian and American, at that point are the personification of courtesy and kindness to travellers, They are not only thoughtful of the feelings of tourists, but are ver- {table mines of information when it comes to answering the thousand and one questions which are shot at them from every angle as they carry out their duties at the border. There is no special reason why the officials at North and South Portal should differ materially from those at other points, and the News is much inclined to think that if a tourist, crossing the border, is at all reason- able, his troubles will be infinitesimal, --Medicine Hat News, NO CODDLING WANTED. There is no disposition among the general public of Canada to molly- coddle the criminal or to waste any seitiment on public enemjes--to borrow our neighbor's criminal nom- enclature--whose methods of distur- bing the peace are of the most vio- lent kind, The gun-toter who holds up a citizen and demands his money pr his life deserves the extreme pen- alty of the law. Kidnapping should be regarded as a capital offense--a tew lashes before the noose.-- Victoria Times, STENOGRAPHERS JOIN UP Two textbooks on evolution, orig- nally listed by the Fort Worth, Tex, Board of Education as approved books have now been stricken from the list with the explanation that they were included through a '"stenographer's error." Thus the stenographers join the Great Army of Goats, which is headed by the newspaper reporters who are forever '"misquoting" public speakers, --Kingston Whig-Standard. RULES USELESS UNLESS OB- SERVED, The statement by an eminent Brit. Ish statesman to the effect that he knew of no act of parliament through which he could not drive a coach and six, [llustrates the weakness of for- mulating rules for human conduct provided that there is a determina- tion not to be guided by those rules. --Fort Willlam Times-Journal. BEGIN TO NEED 'EM' September is presumably the month when the nudist gentlemen begin trying to recall where they bung up their trousers,--Regia Lead- er-Post, THE BARRS GOOD FARMERS In a year when most farmers are realizing only partial crops the ach- fevement of John Barr of Pakenham in raising 3,200 bushels of grain and 75 tons of alfalfa, all off 110 acres, is amazing, The land is black clay aud the excellent results obtain. ed were due to proper drainage. The 110 acres were sown as follows: 650 acres in barley, O,A.,C. registered seed, No. 21, which yielded 2,600 bushels, averaging 60 bushels per acre; 20 acres In Marquis registered wheat which produced 700 bushels and the remainder ip alfalfa with 76 tons from the first cut and the sec- ond cut was sold standing to Mr. Leo Colton of Kinburn, who also pur- cliased all the straw and grain, -- Almonte Gazette, BILLBOARD ADVERTISING Blotting out a beaufiful view Is a misdemeanor as harmful to the pub- lic interest as many others which arouse a good deal more public indig- nation, The reason we do not y®t feel that way about it In Canada is because we have not yet made the protec: tion of beauty a sort of passion as they have In' England. But the time will icome, if it is not already here, hen we shall regret the day when we allowed marring objects on the landscape. Besides, the beautiful out. oors is not the place to advertise, t 1s the place where people should be able to get away from commer- cla)lsm, i @ place to advertise 15 where the {and experience have impelled me to >> out offending people and violating am- enities, That is in the newspapers.-- Winuipeg Tribuhe. WHAT THEY LOOK FOR "Courage!" sald "five American business leaders when asked by B, ¢., Forbes, U.S, finandfal write, to name the quality which they rated first when looking around for respon. sible aides. . ! The leaders were: W, P, Chrysler, president of Chrysler Corporation; TT. M, Girdler, president of Republic Steel; Roy D. Chapin, president of Hudson Motors; John Hayes Ham- mond, mining engineer, and William O'Neil, president of General Tire and Rubber Co, Forbes put his question to 51 na- tionally known business executives and corporation heads. When 12 of them named "Character" as the qual ity most to be desired in responsible subordinates, Forbes remarked: "I neglected to ban oharacter as being too general, too all-embracing, Consequently, more cited character than any other one quality. Which would you guess, ranks next? Cour- age. Incidentally, my observation conclude that the one outstanding characteristic most common among men who havg achieved notability is courage." Among the 12 who listed char. acter first were John D, Rockefeller, Jr., Gerald Swope, R. E, Olds and Colby M, Chester, Jr, Loyalty 'was given first place by Charles M, Schwab, M. H. Aylesworth and two others, Pierre S. Dupont and Alvan Mac- auley were two of the three who name. ed reliability as the quality most to be sought. Adolph S, Ochs, publisher of the New York Times, and three other executives gave honesty as the most; desired quality in an aide, George IY, Kettering and Sewell L. avery, head of the Montgomery Ward, ranked intelligence first, Fugene V. Grace, head of Bethle- hem Steel, said "Concentration." Alfred P, Sloan, Jr., head of Gen-, eral Motors, said "Honest iii F. H. Ecker, head of Metropolitan Life, said "Industriousness,"--Finan- cial Post. THE EMPIRE SENSATION IN MAYFAIR. Lady Dalrymple-Champneys' butter: fly transfer just below her left shoul- der was one of the features of the week-end, ROYAL ROMANCE, The nation received with deepest gratification the announcement of His Majesty's approval of the be- trothal of his youngest son. Prince George is known to many of his fath- er's subjects for his interest in the social welfare of the people, his keen sense of duty, his taste for letters-- he is perhaps the most bookish of the younger generation of Royalty-- and his interest in music, both seri- ous and light.--London Daily Tele- graph, NEW YORK (ENG) To the Briton, one of the charms of travel in North America js that he is liable at any time to find himself upon his own doorstep, so to speak. A Bristolian in Bristol (Pa.), or an Oxonian who finds (amid many O's) that Ohio has an Oxford too feels a kindling of the "hands across the sea" feeling, A suggestion has just been made that residents in simil- arly named towns in Britain and America should exchange greetings and visits, Americans arriving here would find familiar names less obvi- ous than Boston or Washington. In Yorkshire there is actually a New York, and there are three Broadways in various parts of the country, all delightfully remote from the 'great white way."--London Daily Mail. EMPIRE DEFENCE? Sir Maurice Hankey, Srcretary of the Cabinet and also of the Commit- tee of Imperial Defence, left London on Friday on a journey of some months, which will take him to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It seems certain, how. ever, that whatever truth there may be in these interesting and possibly significant attempts to gauge the im. portance of Sir Maurice Hankey's journey, his visits to the self-govern- ing Dominions should at least prove a very useful preparation for direct. conversations between the statesmen | of the Empire in the coming year, the opportunity for such conversa- tions being provided by the cere. monies in London in connection with the silver jubllee of the King's acces- slon,--Yorkshire Post. "BROTHERS ALL." An unsympathetic Mayor at Ran: goon has publicly deplored this "foot. ball fever" which, he finds, has even spread to the Corporation staff. If "even" In this complaint Is to be in.' terpreted as "at last" thé Mayor will find that Calcutta and other towns on this side of the Bay of Bengal are decades ahead of Burma, Staffs' in a vertising 'will do most good with.India have long been skilled in the ¥ Prince George is shown motoring was announced. They are shown leaving the Hoter de I'Europe. The witn Prin cess Marina of Greece shortly after their engagement Prince and his fiancee, Princess Marina, left from Bled for Munich, en route to Lond on. ..The Royal couple were accompanied by Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, their host at his castle near Bled where the engagement was announced. art of getting off early when there is a good reason for it, One even. ing, says the Mayor of Rangoon, he found that the 'telephone operator, the lift-boy and the durwan had all disappeared. The implication, we take it, is that they had left their posts to see a game, Unless the evidence is clear (and the Rangoon message makes no reference to the evidence) indictments of that kind may be dan- gerous, How does the Mayor know that had he questioned them next morning he might not have discover- ed that they were all absent together not because they wanted to watch football, but because they had all been suddenly called away by news that" a grandfather, or a grandfath- er's . brother, had been taken with influenza? There Is always a great deal of influenza and fever abroad to the rains and football season, and the grandparent generation {s pecul- iarly susceptible to the germ. This has been noticed by employers again anll again between Mondays and Fri- days (both, inclusive), --Calcutta Statesman, ' How the Cup Was Won 85 Years Ago An interesting account of how the America's cup was won in 1851 is published by the Scientific American. When the yacht America, it says, ar- rived in England in 1850.51 her own. er, Stevens, published a challenge to sail anything for 1,000 pounds to 10,- 000 pounds, but he laid down sp many stipulations that the challenge was not accepted. Then the Americans appeaged to think they were being treated discourteously, and the Royal Yacht Squadron, went out of it way to ofter a cup valued at 100 pounds to be sailed for--open to all--without conditions or time allowance; course, round Isle of Wight. Now this is the cup that the Americans are pleased to call the-Queen's Cup for some rea- 'son known only to themselves, Pos- sibly the hall mark on silver in Eng- land being*a crown, the Yankees as. sumed that this must be Her Majes- ty's private totem, In 18561 five Queen's cups were glven, not one bearing the glightest resemblance to the Royal Yacht Squadron cup. August 22 was the eventful day, Fifteen yachts started, ranging [rom the barque Brilliant, 393 tons, to the cutter Aurora, 47 tons, Only five could be termed racers or ever won a prize, The five were the Freak, . Volante, Arrow, Alarm and Aurora. The start was very peculiar. The fleet went one way, the America andther. 'Round the Isle of Wight" in racing parlance means around the Nab, and then right away. Round the Nab went the Brit. ishers, but the Yankee, to the amuse- ment of the spectators and the dis- gust of the officials, took no notice of the distant lightship, but headed straight for the corner of the Island, scraped over Bembridge Ledge and then took a-short line to Culver CIiff, thereby effecting a saving of eleven to thirteen miles, Off Bonhurch the Britishers caught up and the Freak and Volante got to windward of the America, Then a series of disasters occur. red. The Arrow grounded off Ventnor and the Alarm went to her assistance; off St, Lawrence the Freak fouled the Volante, Thus four of the five racers were out of it. Passing the Needles the America was a long way ahead, but coming up the Solvent the little Aurora gained rapidly and reached Cowe eight minutes behind the Am. erica, The Aurora had sailed the course, the America had not, and the Britishers claimed the cup, but the squadron people had omitted to tell the Yankees that they mast round the Nab, and they saw no other way out of the diMdully but to hand the cup to the first yacht in. We're not at ail sure whether our readers (both of them) agree with us, in that the short, short short, etc., stories we relate each week about present and past favourites of the air are interesting or not, but, ves or no, here goes another this week. We select as our hero one of the finest singers of semi-classic songs te ever appear on the air. Franklyn 'Baur was holding down the spot: light on the Firestone half-hour, and a spot-light which was destined to glow stronger as the years passed, burning down on such names as John Charles Thomas, (in our humble estimation the finest baritone, thrill- ing us with his voice), and Lawrence Tibbett. Well, to get on with our tale, it seems that Harvey Firestone got connected in some way with an large benefit performance, and prom- ised to have the star of his program appear at the same Benefit Pertorm- ance, Firestone believed that it 'was only a question of asking Baur to settle the matter. Mr. Baur seemed to think differently about it though, demand- ing a thousand dollars to show him- self and produce enough music to pass for two songs. Firestone could hardly believe his ears, but felt oblig- ed to pay him. After all, he had promised to have Franklyn Baur sing. After the H. B. P., Firestone paid Baur the money in silence. So what? Baur was never heard again on the Firestone program, neither was he able to hook up with any other sponsor, and as far as radio is con- cerned now, is absolutely through. Which goes to show quite a few things, figure them out yourselves. ---- Have just been listening to the new Camel half-hour and: its an ippay. Walter O'Keefe out Bennying Benny, the Casa Loma band, outbanding most everything plus the mostest superest stupendousest singing of the "Man on the Flying Trapeeze". The audience joining in each refrain after O'Keefe and it couldn't have been rehearsed; it was that good. This program will have all the suc cess their last season one missed. Heard Hal Kemps opening at the Pennsylvania, last Monday. The more I hear his bafid the more convinced I am that he has the best band of them all. Listen to him play the Con- tinental. : Eddie Stone; one of our reasons for enjoying Isham Jones, has left him to become featured vocalist with an- other orchestra in "another spot. In the meantime, a current monthly Radio magazine features a story con cerning Eddie Stone's allegiance, loyalty, devotion, etc., to Isham Jones, Oh, the bitter irony of it all. Jasper, the hemlock. | The fall-winter season of radio is on us and the big names, big pro- grams and big what-have-yous are returning in full force, It looks like the biggest year yet for the ether waves, Speaking of the fall, we understand Roger Baker is to broad- cast the World Series for Columbia Bet Al Leary and Co. says, "See, you've gotta have pull tuh get these swell jobs, everybody knows I'm the best baseball 'announcer anywhere. March of Time will be on the air by the time you réad this column, Friday at 0.00 p.m. over the Col uibia B.S. ° ' y The Fl¢'shman Hour: every week with Vallee and his entertaining! musical grab-bag. Phil Baker on the Armour Pro gram and Edwin C. Hill, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 'That's about all for this week, so Heigh-Ho until next. Corn-Cob Triumphs In Battle of Pipes It was a bright Sunday afternoon when two hundred of Western Can. ada's finest pipe smokers gathered in the auditorium of Hudson's Bay Com_ pany's Calgary store to declare the all-time, long-time pipe smoking championship of Ca'gary or Alberta-- or since records are made to be brok. en, shall we say the world. Two hundred pipesomaniacs filled their favorite briars, meersciaums, clays, cobs, punkahs, hods and hook_ alls, with an equal amount of tobac- co (supplied by the promoters) and sat ready with one match (also on the house, i As the gong sounded for the open- ing round, amid the cheers and jeers of the several hundred pyromaniacs who formed the gallery, the lights were applied, the stop.watches clicked and the great endurance test was und_ er way. Only one of the two hundred failed to light the first matoh, and failing to find a congenial neighbor who would light him from his already fuming bowl, was immediately elimin. ated, " So one hundred and ninety-nine va- liant puffers seltled. back in their chairs ever go carefully lest they cre_ ate an unexpected draft--and were prepared to fight this thing to a fin. ish, On the sound of the gong at the end of the first five minutes two more found np smoke or fire and shuffled from the arena disconsolately. At ten minutes seven more dropped out. At tifteen minutes the room had become so dark it was impossible to tell how many more had dropped out, and it was not until the first hour had pass. ed that the thick fog lifted sufficient- of population. Europe may not pay here, ly to find there remained some twenty of the original starters still smoking contentedly, = Number Fifteen with tears in his eyes remarked "I just can't under stand it, She never went out on me like that before!" and left the ring shaking his head with bewilderment, It was not long after that until two fine streams of rich blue smoke were ascending, from the only twe remain. ing pipes, a fine old French briar and a slightly senile corii.cob, Both. mast- ers had eyes which said they were go_ ing to struggle to the end. : _ Suddenly. the corn-cob faltered, The audience stood breathless, With heav- ing shoulders and the deft pokings of a pencil a little puft of smoke sailed up to bring ringing cheers from the audience, ty Suddenly and without warning, at one hour and twenty-seven minutes came the end for French briar, It simply folded up and died, and a full minute of resuscitation failed to bring any signs or revival, * The coru.cob which breathed it's last five minutes later, was declared the winner. One hour and thirty two minutes of steady smoking on one eighth of an ounce of tobacco! That surely is a record that deserves a championship title in any good pipe- smoking country, Street Car Fares , A correspondent, writing on. the subject of the local street 'railway service makes the suggestion that the English system be experimented with --charging according to distance, in- stead of having a uniform fare, whatever 'the mileage covered, writes the Hamilton Spectator, He believes that many more people would use the street cars if less were asked for short rides, . In these days full value is de- manded for expenditure--if it costs seven cents to travel a block or two, the money will often be 'saved by walking instead of riding. It does seem unreasonable to charge, the same for a mile as for ten miles; it's nice for the ten-miler, but hardly fair to the one-miler. No doubt, a uniform fare makes for simplification and is convenient for the operators. The cars have to run, anyway and it makes little dif- ference, so long as they are not overcrowded, whether a passenger goes all the way or only a short dis- tance. But the system is not working out profitably and the railway is in need of greater revenue. Would it not be wise, therefore, to consider the practice which has proven suc- cessful elsewhere? True, there is a great difference between a large Europea. metro- politan city and Hamilton, in point What may pay in Never- theless, there may be something in this zoning idea worthy of examin- ation. If it would attract greater patronage, it would = achieve its object. Who Told You That The ocean liner was steaming slow- ly up the bay. Directly in its path drifted an old mud scow. ~ "Hey, down there!" bellowed an officer on the liner. "Get that old tub out of the way." The grizzled, weather-beaten an- cient on the scow looked up. "Be you the capn' o' that vessel?" he asked. "No, I'm not; but what difference does that make?" : "Waal" -- spitting. contemptuous: ly over the side--"I be cap'n of there BABY BORROWS "IDEAS FOR HIS NURSERY Toys Not Only Amuse Children--But Help Develop Senses of Touch, Sight No modern nursery is limited to pink and blue, Nowadays furniture for the baby emulates the periods and patterns that are smart in grown-up rooms and the tiniest member of the family may play and sleep in a room full of Louis XIV, designs or In a nursery done up in Early Colonial manner, RE Children's play furniture was the first to be modernized with. diminu_ tive chairs and tables copied, from full-sized dining suites and dolls' dresses patterned after the chest of drawers in the master bedroom. Later actual furniture for ohildren -- not just play pieces--was taken in hand. Much interior decoration thought goes into the rogm for the new baby, BRIGHT ROOM, The dressers bedspread for the crib, pillow covers, screens and rugs for the play pen may be of linen crash, appliqued with fanciful motifs, or in gay chintz or cretonne, Keep the room bright and cheerful--light paint or washable wallpaper on the walls, a neutral toned rug or a washable oileloth floor covering and decorative but useful lamps. : ' The little erib should have sides that pull up to keep Junior from fall, ing out and' the mattresse should be comfortable, but not too soft. There are high oliairs that won't capsizé, but which may be let down to, make low. chairs with play board in front, At meal time the play board is an adequate dining table for a youngster, and later, when he starls playing with small blocks, it comes in handy again, GROWN-UP and Hearing The nursery wardrobe should be large enough to hold the layette -- drawers for the flat pieces and a compartment in which to hang small dresses and coats on hangers, There are cute 'little extra c¢hests that fit under a window and hold the articles of clothing that are used most fre_ quently, Also night tables with drawers to hold the toilet articles belonging to the baby. SCREEN ALMOST A NECESSITY. A screen {is pretty necessary, It's decorative, of course, but, more than that, should be used around the side of the bed nearest the window to keep cold draughts from blowing di- rectly on' the sleeping child, New play rooms are decorated with bright colored wooden balls, painted with vegetable dyes that will not injure the baby it he puts them in his mouth, ; Modern nursery. (oys are interest_ ing enough to make the new arrival enjoy this world. Rubber animals are constructed to withstand hot water and soapsuds and rag dolls are washable. New toys are made with no rough cofpers and for the very tiny: baby they're soft as can be, Dolls shouldn't be too heavy lest a child get tired carrying them: but, at the same time, they should weigh enough to give the baby adequdte exe ercise when he picks them up, Every child needs a variety ot toys, Different surfaces develop his sense. of jouch; things to squeeza strength' en, tiny muscles, bright colored toys help Him to learn distingdish colors and bells train his ear, { Pithy Sidelights Of } the Famous ~3 He-awatha One ev ning, when Edward Howard Griggs, well-known educator and author, was a guest at the Cambridge' home of Alice Longfellow--daughter of the poet--her sister, Mrs. R. H. Dana (the former Edith Longfellow), who was present, remarked: "I was at 'the publishers' this morning; and they say schoolteach®rs are writing in from all. over the country, asking how father pronounc- ed Hiawatha. I told them-that he al- ways called it He-awatha." "What you did?" exclaimed sister Alice. "Why, 1 thought he always called it Hi-awatha." So, teachers, take your choice! chuckles Dr. Griggs (in "The Story of an Itinerant Teacher.") LONGFELLOW Speaking of Longfellow reminds me of a story told by Mrs. Winthrop Chanler--sister of F. Marion Craw- fcrd, the novelist and niece of Julia Ward Howe--in her memoirs, '"Ro- man Spring." It was towards the end of his life that Mrs. Chanler was dining with the old poet at Cam- bridge. "He had great fame and many. honors: in his day, and accepted their decline with philosophic detachment, even amusement," she reminisces. "He told me of a couple of English globe-trotters, who brought no lette: of introduction, and who had excus- ed themselves for calling on him by saying that as there were no ruins to see in this country they had thought it would be a good idea 'to visit Mr. Yongfellow." A WITTY JUDGE A famous wit was Johnny Mori- arty, a giant of the Irish bar, after- ward Mr, Justice Moriarty. In a will case being tried before Justice John- son (universally known as "Wooden- headed Billy"), Moriarty sought to have the will set aside on the ground that the testator was feeble-minded when he signed it. Sergeant Sullivan (who tells the story in "The Rem iniscences of an Irish K. C."--Kings Counsel and, don't forget, he was the man who defended Sir Roger «Case: ment) was for the will. It was given in evidence that the testator, when aroused on the arrival of his lawyer, and old friend, bringing the will to he signed, had indignantly inquired: "Who are you, sir, who are you, sir?" : In his Charge to the jury, Justice Johnson remarked, warmly: "When roused from slumber, the most brilliant and erudite intellects may be momentarily confused. 1 my- self remember on one occasion being suddenly awakened and, turning te the good lady beside me, I exclaimed: "Who are you, madam, who are you?" "You did," said Johnny Moriarty. "and who was she?' On another occasion, Justice John- son came into court with his hand bandaged. "My dear Johnson," exclaimed a brother judge. "What has happened . to you? Nothing serious, I hope?" "Oh, no, thank you," replied Wooden-headed Billy. "Very painful, but not serious. Merely a. splinter under my finger nail." "He's been scratching his audibly observed Moriarty. A DYING DUCK As a boy I often used to hear the head, expression--applied to some Dismar Jimmy--*"You look like a 'dying duck in a thunderstorm'"" Now, after ali these years, I have discovered the rea- son for the simile. It seems that ducks often become extremely rest- less just before a thunderstorm. "Their skulls are very thin. and they are consequently extremely sensitive to sudden changes in the atmosphere," declares E, "C. Boul enger, director of the London Zoo (in "Animal Mysteries"). "Hence a 'dying duck in a thunderstorm' is a phenomenon by no means rare." Water Pollution Law Recommended MONTREAI~--The American Fish: eries Society at the close of its sixty fourth annual- convention authorized the establishment of a new standing committee on pollution of waters, ons of the principal problems studied during the convention. The president of the committee is Mr, Harry B. Hawes, of Washington, D.C. It wue recommended that different states of the Union should take uniform action * in providing against such pollution Heretofore,*when one state made laws punishing polluters, they were too apt to move into a neighboring state where regulations were not so strict, the result being that the country as a whole, did not benefit, Mr. H, C. White, of the Biologicai Board of Canadh, informed his hear- ers that in the streams of Quebee and the Maritime Provirices a struggle for: existence goes on between the: early: and the laty spawning species of brook: trout. Early spawn®is have: the advantage of early developed off- spring, but many of their eggs are eaten by those that spawn later, The 'spawning period; he noted, is direet- ly related to the temperature of the | water in which the trout live, hh pn WO ED. gt