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--_ --_-- - -- > Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large Voice of the Press CANADA oy NEGLECTED ORCHARDS All over Ontario there are apple orchards that have been permitted to deteriorate because their owners - did not consider it worth while to devote the special attention to them necessary for the production of first- class fruit. It is recognized now that this neglect was a mistake, since the market for apples has expanded enormously and this fruit crop is now a mainstay of agriculture whore other sources of revenue have failed. «Sarnia "Canadian-Observer, KEEP JUT Now and again adventurous souls have crossed the frontier into Can- ada carrying their gangster devices north of the boundary Fortunately they found themselves facing a dif- ferent set of conditions and discov- ered that Canadian soil was not an exactly healthy place .in which to ply their trade. Long may it con- tinue so.--Halifax Chronicle. MOSQUITO EXTERMINATION New York aldermen have learned that a mosquito cxtermination pro- ject in the Bronx is still in progress and that it has 95 supervisors to 91 laborers. At this time of year, we suppose, it would take more men to find the mosquitoes than to exter- minate them.--Kingston Whig- Standard. HYOCRITES Many a man won't join a church because there are hypocrites in it. He remains outside 'where there are more hypocrites.--Niagara Falls Re- view, : PRESERVATION OF NIAGARA FALLS Of course, it is not suggested that complete destruction of the Ni- agara Falls could be accomplished even by a much faster rate of erosion than is now apparent, within several thousand years. En- gineers express the opinion, never- theless, that protectvie work should be undertaken at an early date in order to avoid much heavier expendi- tures later on. The plan that seems to have the most support: is one whereby artificial weirs would be cons'ructed on the river bed above the falls to divert the flow of water more evenly over the brink.--Wood- stock Sentinel-Review. ' - _MORE_ MILLIONAIRES General Johnson says the NRA §s as dead as a dodo and while this ".scems to be a pretty strong state- ment on the part of the former ad- ministrator, some convincing figures released at Washington would indi- cate that it has not done much in the way of wider distribution of the nation's wealth. The figures show that in 1933 the number of persons who received incomes of less than $25,000 dropped below the 1932 level, but the number and total in- come in the classes from $25,000 up- wards increased, Those receiving in- comes of $1,000,000 or more in- creased from 20 to 46.--Border Cities Star. FAT PRICES Three Swiss stamps dated 1843 have just been sold in England for $7,000 apiece. When you figure the size, the weight, the cost of pro- duction of the stamps, it must be admitted it is a profitable transac- tion. An Englishman recently made a nice profit on two pictures. He picked them up for $50 from the | estate of two old maids, shortly af- ter their death, Two weeks later he gold them for $50,000. Of course one doesn't find a great master ev- ery day.--Le Soleil, Quebec. ; VULGARITY IN BOOKS Library boards may hesitate to in- elude on their shelves novels dealing with certain problems of morality or sex where: the individual reader of wider taste is quite ready to read such presentation. garity is inexcusable in any book claiming literary merit. In the long run it is doubtful if either writers or publishers will benefit by using filthy words or vulgar expressions. They certainly add nothing to the virility of narrative while they are decidedly offensive to tens of thous- ; nile of readers.--Edmonton Jour- nal, PERHAPS SO The passing generation is so called because it is passing at the rate of about 60 miles an hour on wheels, -- Quebec Chronicle-Tele- graph, : LIGHT FINES For running through stop signs or _ red lights, six motorists were fined ne: dollay in city police. court For i 1 y But surely vul-{ Lhd oh oo + ee parking offences five motorists were fined one dollar, There in a nutshell is one of the reason§ why Winnipeg 'has traffic difficulties, and why [fatalities and accidents are -numerous.--Winnipeg Tribune, THE SILVER DOLLAR It is a graceful gesture of the Mint to strike a silver dollar to com- memorate the 26th anniversary of the King's ascension, although Can- adians need no added inducement to show their respect and affection for His Majesty.--Winnipeg Free Press, CAUGHT, NOT TAUGHT The colored man who said he never stole chickens any more because he had "got" religion, uttered a truth without knowing it--if any colored man ever did say such a thing. So wise a cleric as Dean Inge, recently retired from St. Paul's Cathedral, ut- tered this obiter dictum the other day: "Religion is caught, not taught.--St. Thomas Times-Jour- nal. BASIC CONSERVATISM Of ourse, the Englishman is con- servative. And after reading the fol- lowing advertisement from the London Standard, we would say from the skin out: A rapidly chang- ing word regards with basic increas- ing admiration the wise conserva- tism of the Englishman and in no sphere is this more eloquently ev- pressed than in his underwear.-- St. Catharines Standard. TRADE WITH FOREIGNERS More purchases from foreigners are urged as a way out of the de- pression, but a friend protests: "I get my vegetables at an Italian's, my meals at a Greek's, my shoes at a Russian's, my shoes are repaired by a guy from Czechoslovakia, my laundyman is a Chinese, and I for- get the others, so how 'in the name of the League of Nations am I to do more business with foreigners?" --Hamilton Spectator, APPROVED WARFARE Mussolini has declared war on the mosquito--but this is one form of warfare which arouses only approv- al.--Ottawa Journal. DR. DAFOE Dr. Dafoe has been recommend- ed for the Nobel Medical Prize in recognition of his care of the Dionne quintuplets. It is also rumored that the Callander doctor is likely to be included in the list of recommenda- tions for the King's New Year's iion- ors, The Order of the Bath, no doubt.--Chesley Enterprise. FIVE-CENT FARE FAILURE The results of the first week's ex- periment with a b-cent car fare are not particularly encouraging, re- garded as so much statistics, for while during the week which ended Thursday 8.85 per cent. more pas The harnessing of the Columbia, ors' town at the site of the Grand Coulee reclamation ( turbulent river of the northwest, gets under way as workmen construct "Mason City" contracte lam and pow er project in Washington, ' sengers were carried than in the cor- responding week of last year the revenue was 12.81 per cent, less.-- Calgary Albertan, THE EMPIRE ORIGIN OF HANSARD The death is announced of Miss Julia Hansad, aged 96, who was a great-great-granddaughter of Luke 'Hansard (1752-1828), printer from 1774 until his death on the "Jour- nals of the House of Commons," Luke Hansard's son, Thomas Cur- son Hansard (1776-1833) started a press of his own in Paternoster- row, and in 1808 began to print the "Parliamentary Debates," which are still known as 'Hansard,' though that name has not now appeared on the imprint for 43 years.--From the London Daily Telegraph.) EX-KAISER'S WEALTH Exiled monarchs have not always fared so badly as the ex-King of Spain. The three richest are reputed to be the ex-Kaiser, ex-King Ferdin- and of Bulgaria and the Duc de Guise, the French pretender. The ex-Kaiser is still the richest land owner in Gemany. His landed wealth there represents between 20,000,000 lbs, and 26,000,000 lbs.--From the London Daily Telegraph. THE EMPIRE But there is more in the air race to Australia than just daring. Our Empire our once far-flung Empire, is drawing physically closer to- gether every day. Already the air has made it a far more compact and accessible continent than America was when the Union was founded.--London Sunday Referee. LEVEL CROSSINGS Yesterday an engine dashed into a lorry at a level crossing. Two men were killed and many injured. End the level crossing. And do it quick- Ay. It belongs to a past age. It is cumbersome, It wastes time. It wears out nerves. And it is not even safe. --London Daily Express, 'Neath Sunny Skies ~ Bowles Volhard of Roanoke, V a Beach, S8Sha'e wifa af hand af th As annual exodus from the icy north gets undér way, visitors to the sunny southland will find lovely Mis. Joluy Jay O'Brien, nee Anita on hand to Andvsand TT. greet arrivals in Miami Jin the open air. persons '| marketing season, the estimated va Catch Cancer Early _ One of the chief dangers of can- cer is that people have been too thoroughly persuaded that it is utter- ly incurable, In that belief and greatly fearing the malady, many of them fail to seek medical treatment in time--and thus their fear as to cancer's incurability becomes a fact. The Director of the New York City Cancer Institute is quoted as having remarked lately that fully forty percent. of the cases »~~ be- ing cared for as hopeless, need not have been so if' the patients had sought aid from the proper sources early enough, Health authorities everywhere" are convinced that if both the public and the doctors can be educated to recog- nize and deal with the first danger signals of cancer, and. if the public can be safeguarded from quack rem- edies, the 'death rate from this par- ticular -cause. can be appreciably re- duced.--Queber Chronicle-Telegraph. After Thirty Once a woman has pased the thir- ty mark, she must pay special at- tention to her figure. The old ounce - of - prevention - is - worth a - pound - of - cure rule certainly. applies where weight is concerned. It is much easier to keep from gain- ing surplus pounds than .to lose them. : : Watch yiur diet. Don't become a fanatic on the subject, but do try to curb your 'craving for sweets and other fattening items. Ask your doctor to give you a list of foods that are necessary, to r health, include them in your daily diet and then eat sparingly of things you like but which aren't par- ticularly beneficial or which tend to make you gain. ih Incidentally, every mature woman should see a physician once a year. If you have minor skin eruptions, 'chronic muddishness, puffs under the | eyes or an unusually tired, drawn look, a doctor undoubtedly can do more for you than any amount of creams and lotions, applied exter- nally. To retain the supple carriage of youth and to keep your body slen- der and firm, take plenty of exercise Instead of driving or taking a bus when you go down- town to shop, walk at least part of the way. Play tennis, golf or any other game that keeps you physical- ly fit. Swimming equalizes the weight. Riding is excellent for the legs, thighs and waistline. Six Years "Solitary" . Dortumun, Germany--Eighty-two have - been sentenced to terms ranging from one years in jail to six years' solitary confinement when convicted of plotting against the security of the state. Field Crops Total Bigger ~. $536,498,600 Value to Canada Best Since 1930. Ottawa, -- The valug of Canada's field crops for 1934 was estimated by | 'the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in' a crop report issued at $536,498,600, This is $112,901,600 aver the 1933 va- luations. It is the largest value since 1930. The estimated value for the four years previous follow: 1930, $662,040, 900; 1931, $435,966,400; 1032, $452, 526,900; 1033, $423,697,000. The greatest value increases (this year as compared with last year were shown for the grains and fodder, off- set to come extent by a sharp decline in potatoes ahd a lesser decline in sugar beets, 'The greatest value increases this year as compdred with last year were shown for the grains and fodder, off- get to some extent by a sharp decline in potatoes and a lesser declne in su- gar beets, | ' > 'It Wie prevailing prices are main. tained through the balance of the lue of fleld crops grown in 1934 will be the highest since 1930, This is a your general |' significant and hopeful step in the re- covery of Canadian agriculture. "The total increase of $112,901,600 $112,9100,600 over the 1933 valuation is largely accounted for by increases of $37,000,000 in hay and clover, $36, 500,000 in wheat, $31,000,000 in oats, and $10,500,000 in barley, The estim- ated value of the potato crop is plac- ed at $9,000,0000 lower than in 1933, despite the higher production in 1934 "The low prices: of potatoes and turnips result in the lowering of the estimates in the Maritimes, Prince Edward Island is the only province showing a reduced 'value of field arops compared with last year and the reduction 1s very slight. Both Nova Scotla and New Brunswick show increases due mainly to the 'improvement in hay prices, "In Quebec, a fairly general bet- terment in yields and prices causes an increase of over-$30,000,000 or 45 per cent in the value of field crops, | In Ontario higher prices for grains and fodder offset the effects of the sievere drought on production and the estimated vaiue of field crops is up $17,600,000 cr 14 per cent, Alberta is also 'about 37 per cent, and amount to $28,250,000, Britsh Columbia also shows a slight betterment over 1933 valuations, : Jack Rabbit ~~ Rodeo Latest Kansas - Farmers Round Up Thousands of Them To Save Pastures 'Dodge City, Kan. -- The greatest outdoor sport in Western Kansas these winter days is the-jack rabbit rodeo. : Heretofore the rangy longeared jacks have loped over the prairies without any much to worry about ex- cept farm dogs, a few hunters and speeding motorists. But now a whole army is after them, The farmers figure it is good buri- ness to reduce the rabbit population, especially when it is estimated that 25 jacks eat a3 much pasture as one cow, ; . I Conservative estimates place the rabbit population in each county at about 100,000. The round.up starts with men and boys of a community taking places about a square several miles in area and moving toward the centre of this square the hunters drive the jacks before them into a wire mech en- closure. Then everyone joins in the kill using' clubs, Anmals fit for eating are ohipped J to relief agencies, ; "The kill at each round-up ranges from several hundred to as high. as 5,0000, depending on the size of the round-up. in Tyneside Recovery 'Gains 40 Per Cent During Eight Month Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng. -- Signs of improved trad are evident in Tyne- side; one of Britain's derelict areas, . For the first eight months of 1934 there {sa 40 per cent improvement over the corresponding period of 1933, said official] figures submitted to-the River Tyne Commission: 1, An increase in coal exports of 1,000,000 tons, 2. An increase of 217,000 tons in imports of raw materials and gen-, eral merchandise, - 8. A decrease from 122 to 83 im the number of ships lying {dle in the: ri ver. CoE 4. A rise of 1600 in the number of workmen carried across the ferry be- tween North and South Shields, ~ Even in ghipbuilding--one of the worst sufferers from slack trade-- launohings on the Tyne during that period numbered 12 against 1 during the whole of 1933, In Tyneside engin- eering industries there have been succesgive reductions in the unem- ployment figures In every quarter since the end of 1932, In marine en. 'gineering there are more men work- ing on the Tyne that at any time in the past four years, : Vitamins And of Night Institutes In London Mark Growth to 184 Adult Education Aided During 21 Years of Pioneering London, TNvening institutes which have brought after-school education within the reach of the great major- ity of Londoners recently celebrated their "coming of age' at a Pageant-of Progress in the Roya] Albert Hall, ' The London County Concil now runs 184 institutes scattered over the city, Only 21 years ago, London knew little better in the way of adult edu- cation than the night schools; and the night schools knew little better shan the teaching of reading and writing to those artisans and factory workers who attended them, No one had. realized that, since ab- ilities are mot liberated, in board schools by the lic of nature, "mute inglorious Miltons" are apt to remain Chicago. -- That plaguing last. minute-Christmas-gift for the ladies --well, here's the A.B.C. of smart id- eas, A is for accessories and what would be more acceptable? ! or silver metallic cord or Kkidskin velvet with rhinestones, and bags o course, . for laces. ; ; D is for drams of perfume. and bejewelled, : 2 F is for feather fans and feather hair ornaments, ; » : G is for gold costume jewellery. H is for hoslery--and black is new and daring, and hankies, I is for initials that are designed as scarf pins, J is for jackets--sequins for even. | ing and leather for sport, .K is for knots of gold or silver met. i al, seed pearls, in breast pins and in clips. L is for lame blouses, M is for mirrorsback vanities and mirror-case lipsticks, new and novel. N is for nosegays of flowers, ap- pearing on muffs, : O 8 for overshoes--new Russian rain boots, dressy white galoshes, P is for petit point bags and pearls, Q 18 for quilled robes and deb jac- kets, { : R is for rhinestones*that' dominate the evening jewellry mofe, S is for slips of crepe or satin. T is for tunic blouses, U is for umbrellas, V is for vanities--and the watch case one 8 clever, . W is for "woolies'--yes, yes, wo- men are wearing 'em again. blue and silver seem the high vogue. Y fs for yarns--everybody's knit- ting, : 2 Z is for that zero shopping hour-- i there are claver gitt theirmome- ers, : BE CAD ; Refleciions From The Past -------- muie and ing'oricus unle:s somebody cf pioneer ininstincts diga them out. To launch the present system of- organized courses in evening instit-' ute, in polytechnic, in settlement and in college was no light 'task, since strenuous opposition was offered in the early days and official opinion was slow to recognize that courses | run on uniform lines and compelling | those who took them to. attend reg- ularly were preferable to the old hap- | hazard echooling which. was- indulged | in only now' and again "according to inclination." But the task was undertaken and held up, with the result that the en- rollment of students in a recent year reached a total of nearly 250,000, Fish Source of IEICE EW L ] ' Mineral Salts Importance of this Food In Children's | Diete--Roe Nourishes Nervous Systems Fish is usually classified for diet-! etic purposes according ahd } the fat is distributed throughout the flesh or is stored in the liver of the fich, writes Sir W. Arbuthnot -Lane in New Health agazine.-In the flesh of white fish such as haddock, whit- ing, sole and cod, there fs' very little fat; and what fat there is being stor- ed in the liver. In contrast, a consid: | erable amount of fat is distributed | in the fle of salmon; herring, eels, mackeral, sardines and halibut. It {is | to be noted 'from the dietetic point of view that the presence of fat between the muscl fibres adds considerably | to the calomic value of the fish but that it tends to diminish its dige:tib. | ility. Thus while all healthy people should be able to digest all kinds of fish quite easily it is not advisable that fatty fish ¢hould be valids, ; There are two other good reasons why fish are of high value from the standpoint of human nuitrition, First fish are a good source of certain vit. aming, and secondly they are a good source. of mineral salts, The fish fats Whether in the odd or the liver, are enriched with the Tatsoluble vitamins A and D, Tiaese vitamins are of im- mense Importance during the grow- Ing period of life Vitamin A Hows! afes physical growth and develop! ment and protects against germ in- fections while vitamin D is required for the construction of: healthy bones and teeth, its absence or. deficiency being the immediate cause of rickets, | Clearly, these are indications for in. | cluding ample supplies of the fatty fish in the dietaries of children, given: to In- | - 'There comes a pause in life's' mad rush To the mind that's calm and sane When memory sheds her gleam of light - And the years roll back again, "When memory ive: scenes Of days that long have gone An impulse. see ~-f§'ay_the mind Like a balmy bredze at down. That sense' of pleasure place Fei To more sombre thoughts of gloom Where youth and strength are on the wane Life roses past the bloom Reminded thus how time has sned, . The truth comes honic at last, That the mills of life' will grind no more 4 With the water that has past. soon gives As fancy leads' us through those halls % Made rich with memory's lore, We mentally scan those davs gone past : That shall return no more. .The .choicest gems crown, "3 But gleam with borrowed power Reflecting pale and silent light Like the moon at midnight's hour, The fondest myths Or phantoms of the mind, Reflections from those scenes of life That time hag left behind. Like flickerings -from those lights that shone 1 In life's more happy hour. Preserved within that mystic shrine 'The seat of mental power. gf memories seem like How impressions left upon the mipd By. events that long have past (Can revive the same emotions By the shadows that they cast. Is\beyond the scope of 'knowledge, science to explain Andis one of nature's mysteries Depigned to long remain . , ! « ~MecIntosh Mills, The Power Of Will There is no task, be it ever so hard, No 'battle, though ever so long, But the task may be done, and the battle won, If your will to conquer is strong. There is no truth, be it ever so deep, No change, be it ever so great, But the truth may be thought an the changes may be brought, It you will to master your fat There is no sea, be it ever. so hard, : No: obstacle ever so high, , « Fish roe, which is simply the re- productive elemets, is also rich in vitamin A and to some extent in ai: tamin B, It also contains consider able quantities of the. organically combined phosphates or lipoids which ' provide the necessary material for the nutrition of the nervous system, The roe dietetically is a valuable part of the fiklh and should be eaten when available, : aan obstacle scaled, If you have the coura There is no sin or past Can keep you from goal, If you but tap the, source of that - deep hidden forek; + Which lies in the depths of your soul, ~--Selected, 'to try. istake of the reaching your -E is for eyeglass cases, brocaded B is fqr belts with metal mesh, gold 'Cis for clips--and' this eeasom 4 there are big cuff clips and clip neck. Xis for Xmas gift wrapping>--and __ \2 thus revives the: "om in .memory's . » But the séa may be sailed, and the,