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I --- ne ABT LR ST ei pr --. A Cw Sy ah b CARRS INE SPI Ry had NS Sek TN nd : -------------- i CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT LARGE CANADA PERENNIAL WHEAT, Perennial wheat perhaps must be classed among those things too good to be true, The Russians, who are emulating Luther Burbank on a mass-production scale, have crossed a domestice wheat with a grass be- lenging to the same family as our Western rye grass, cresteds wheat grass and couch gre The Russians say they will be distributing seed in quantity to their collective farms within two years, Resistance of this cross to winter-killing has not been established, but since our native grasses of the wheat family do not winter-kill it 1s entirely possible that a cross may ultimately be obtained awhich will stand severe wnters and produce a hard wheat, Qur present pace of plant-breeding is such that 3, thie answers to these questions lie for in the foture, but this is clearly a promising line of research. -Win- nipeg Tribune. MONEY FOr NOTHING. United States tarmers will get $420 250,000 this year from the gov. ernment for not pioducing crops or pigs. It is probably a larger sum than they would get if they produc- ed these things. --London Advertiser. MAY NOT AGREE, Jack before the Great War a for- mes German chancellor made quite a point of thie peaceful policy exem- plified by Cermany in not going to war evewy time she was given a slice of Awicin territory to keep her ric. Japan seems to have some- thing the same iden. But it may be that 400,000,000 Chinese will not cons ut to be dvorzinats forever.-- Sault Star. A STAGGERING COST, If anyone doubts that the cost of gocial services conducted by gov- ~ ermments is going to Increase stead- --1ly, a little study of what has hap- pened in Great Britain should prove illuminating. That country spents $2,450,0000 on such services, or, last year, a per capita expenditure of §60.--Edmonton Journal, OPENING THE NORTH. Soven years ago after yoars of almost heart-breaking effort; the dis- coverers of the great Flin Flon mine with their associates finally saw the coniinencement of the huge develop- ment which marked the cracking open of the pee-cambirian on the Mauitoba-Saskatchewan boundary, In the eight years $25,000,000 has been poured into that development and from it flows a return reaching near- ly to §3,000,000 annually, Thirteen hundred men and a town of the population of 5,000 people marks what was eight years ago nothing but a small shaft, rock, lake and bush.--Regina Leader-Post. THIS MAY BE HERESY The Right Rev, Dr. Woodswortlh, Bi:iop of Bristol, England, preaches a new ecclesiastical heresy: I wish staiiced glass windows had never been invented, You go into a coun- try church and stand at the mons- trosity, placed tuere by the devo- tlons of people in the 18th century when you could be looking out into God's sunshine and a God's green trees.---St, Catharines Standard. "BETTER TIMES" PARADE Seeing is believing, Not for a Jong time has there been such vis- ible evidence of Teviving prosperity as that whieh was seen on the glrocts of lamilton yesterday, when loaded with farming machinery from the International Harvester works, left the city for points within a hundred miles" rad- fus of Hamilton, to be delivered to farmers "who feel that the time has come to renew equipment." Agricul- ture being the basis of all real pros- perity, this increased activity is a particularly gratifying develoj)ment. But it is not an isolated instance of improvement--not by any means, -- Hamilton Spectator, MORE CIGARETTES. Cigarette smoking in €anada con- tinues to increanss. In 1934 the consumption of factory-made cigar- ettes was close to five billion, an increase of 12 per cent. over 1933 -- National Revenue Review, cighty trucks, WINNIPEG'S PROBLEM, "Winnipeg's property assessment for taxation purposes fell from $88,000,000 in 1915 to $215,000,000 in 1934 He spite of many millions spent on new buildings. The assessment of the city of Toronto increased in the same period from $565,000,000 to $1,026,000,000, That is the principal reason why this city is in a more difficult position than Toronto, why civie salaries are slashed so heavily, why there are so many holes in the pavements and so few hooks in the Public Library, and why motorists pay for a civic license as well as a provincial license. In view of a further reduction of $13,745,000 in tho assessment for this year, the City Council is looking for increas- ed revenue from arother souree, Winnipeg I'ree Press, » SO FORMAL. Domes'ies met in New York and protested thot they were being culls cd by thelr first names. They want- ed to be known as "Miss Smith" and "Miss Jones," Their action reflects curiously on a country where democ- racy has boen the slogan and watch- word for 200 years, man feels hurt if you don't call him by his, Christian name. Perhaps New York is getting over-civilized.-- Hamilton Herald. RURAL TRADESMEN, Looking through an old directory one is immediately struck by the rumber of small craftsmen who lab- ored in astern Ontario villages 60 OF 70 years ago, and by their virtual disappearance during the intervening period, = Consider Iaton's Corners, a typi- cal Eastern Ontario rural commun- ity, as it was in the year of Confed- ation. It then possessed three blacksmiths, two boot and shoe mak- ers, tho potash manufacturers, a tailor, a carriage-maker, a saddler and harness malger, a carpenter, a tanner, and currier and a brick manufacturer, How many of these trades still flourish in that village? Lyn at the same time, in addition to its mills and factories (nearly all of which are now closed) had its blacksmiths and horseshoers, its joiner and cabinct-maker, its saddler and harness-maker, its cooper, boot and shoe maker, carriage-maker and wagon-maker. Newboro was equally well supplied with small craftsmen, It had black- smiths and horseshoers, a baker, boot and shoe makers, tinsmith, watchmaker, tailor, cabinet-makers, gaddlers and harnessaakers, photo- grapher and wagon-maker, And Farmersville (Athens) was not without its saddlers and harness makers, tailor, wagon-maker, tin- -smith, tanner and currler, cooper, carriage painter, boot and shoo makers, blacksmiths, carder and and where a Idi rapez and Karl Zwack, of / a ( ' Square Garden, New York, for benefit of hospital social service. Austria, go into action at seal t spectators spellbound by their performances. ng Carnival 'held in Madison ars from several nations held fuller.-- Brockville Recorder, SPRING BATHS FOR TREES Marea is a good time to give trees and shrubs a good thorough-going bath, with soap and water, advises I. B. Sisson, industrial fellow at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Re- soarch; a tip that we pass on to readers who may be intetrested. This is especially recommended in the case of evergreens, to rid their leaves of their heavy overcoats of soot acquired during the winter. "It seems not to be generally un- derstood," states Mr, Sisson, "that this coating is impervious to sun- light and that rain will not remove it, Therefore. unwashed plants may starve regardless of the amount of _sunlght available to them. "At the start of the growing sea- con, everzreens depend on their old- er leaves to function as food fac- torics., Sunlicht being one of the necessary elements in the making of food, it is obvious that when these older leaves are sealed against sun- lisht they cannot and do not oper: ate as they should." : or :mall trees and shrubs, Mr. Sisson recommends a thorough spon- ging by hand, using a suds of pure soap and water, with the addition of a little sodium metaphosphate as a water softener, -- Larger-- trees, --of- course, require the use of a power spray pump, with a good hasing off afteirwards.--Quebec Chronicle-Tele- graph. THE EMPIRE DOWNWARD TREND. The general tendency of popula- tion in all western civilized states is to reproduce itself much more slow- ly, and almost everywhere birth rates are declining, According to statisticians, the British population will begin to fall in 1942, that of France in 1937, that of Germany in 1946, and that of the United States about 1960. This tendency should be kept steadily in view in planning so- cial legislation. It has an important bearing in such directions as hous- ing policy--for 25 years hence the number of children will be half what it is today. ~--London Daily Mail, HANDS LARGER. Why have women's hands grown larger? . 3 have been in the glove trade for nearly 50 years, Before 1914 the most popular size in women's gloves was 5 3-4, Today scarcoly any of that size are worn. Now the main demand is for sizes 6 1-2 and 6 3-4. There is also a steady call for sizes up to 714, a thing unheard of 20 years ago. JOHN B. FOX, Worcester, There are two explanations of the popularity of larger gloves. (1) Wo- men are taking a more prominent part In sports whieh increase the muscles of the hands and wrists, (2) They like gloves that will slip on quickly without fear of bursting, -- London lxpress, OLD-FASHIONED TEAPOTS Teapots have grown considerably in size since 1720, and you will be surprised to learn that at this time they were only just large enough to hold sufficient water for one small cup of tea. I actually handled one of these little pots the other day and it was well over 20 years old, It seemed no larger than a toy teapot, the spout being about the size of a 'rather large doll's pot, Of course, tea in those days was very expensive, It came from China and formed one of the luxury drinks which only the rich could afford. In the days of Good Queen Bess they drank. beer for breakfast, and the queen had her pot of peer the same as everyone else. These carly teapots are, of course, very rare, and so are the accompanying cups, which, by the way, were made in Chinese fashion without any handles.--Our Empire. SWINMING LEADS US. SPORTS SURVEY ery group, The main reason for this preference is obvious. It is much easier to find one friend to play with you, or to go out' by yourself than to assemble a group for-a game. No matter how hard it is to make up your own mind when you want to be doing what, it is a simpler problem to get together with one friend than with 'ten other persons, Shorter Skirts And Lower Heels Says Dame Fashion Paris,--Fashion will not prevent the smart Parisienne indulging her habit of taking long spring-time walks about the capital, Short skirts and low-heeled shoes seem to be the program of styles for 1935, It is already knawn that dresses are definitely shorter than last sea- son, and now there is a strong ten- dency to renounce more and more the uncomfortable and often-awk- ward high heels to which we have been so long accustomed, Of course, this is partly due to sports, and part- ly to the influence of the campaign undertaken by the hygienists, Handsome shoes for walking are being made of thick, supple -leather suoh as reindeer, buckskin, antelope Heads List of Athletic Ac tivities Which Girls Enjoy. New York.--A national survey of girls' interest in sports has recently been made which brings out some interesting. points on, the. matter of' what spofts have the strongest ap- peal. This survey was made by the national board of the Young Wom- en's Christian Association. 5 . From thousands of business girls in all sections of the country ans- wers that showed that" 77 per cent, are actively interested in swimming, 70 per cent. in -riding and similar high percentage in tennis, hiking and other sports, ) The fact that there is not, today, opportunity for all girls interested in sports to take part in thom, is one of the most impressive things the survey brought to light, Of the 77 per cent, of girls who wanted to in- clude swimming in their program of living, only one-third were able to do as much with it as they wanted because pools were not available to the others' regular use, or within easy access. The number of girls who rode frequently, among those keenly interested in it, was still low- er. The inaccessibility of courts and courses similarly cut down the ac- tivity of girls interested in tennis and golf, ) The activities that the largest number of girls expressed interest in were individual or dual sports. Team sports ranked way down the list in popularity, Swimming, tennis, hik- ing, riding topped the lists from ev- "and pigskin. With thick, wide soles, they often are square-toed and mod- erately decorated with stitching = or perforations, The heels is not more than an inch high, For the afternoon, besides all the reptile skins which are becoming comynonplace, navy blue, black and very dark brown patent leather has made a triumphal comeback, The fa- vorite styles are-pumps with little inch and a half heels, slippers with one or several straps, sometimes straight, often criss-crossed, and very low-cut oxfords laced with ribbon which ties in a large butterfly knot on the instep, For the evening, to harmonize the shoe with the ensemble, a simple so- lution consists of having open san- dals made, in the same cloth as the dress, in gold or silver lame, or in a spangled cloth of the same or a contrasting color, Great Activity In British Air Lines (By the British Aircraft Society) Great Britain is _ preparing for a season of unprecedented air -line activity. Post office statistics just issued show a rapidly increasing de- mand for internal air mail services all over the country and Heston Airport, one of London's chief air stations, has undertaken a big ex- pansion program, - including the building of new sheds and the ac quisition of more land, in order to prepare itself for the many air ser- vices that will be operating from there during the summer, } the swiftness of internal air transport development, is provided by the London, Liverpool, Belfast, Glasgow line, on which there has been re- cently any extraordinarily rapid rise in the weight of first-class mail car- ried. io. When the service first started in August last, the daily load of mail was 40 pounds. In December the load had risen to 400 pounds, and now 800 pounds are carried every, day on this one route. Advances no less remarkable have been made on many of the other air mail lines, including that between Inverness and the Orkneys, which pioncered the carriage of internal mails "without surcharge. Concur- rently with the advance in air mails, there has been a growing demand for passenger accommodation, and the service that runs b#tween Lon- don and the Channel Islands has now been extended to Rennes, in Brittany. England and Irance are now linked together, therefore, by three separate British air transport companies. These outstanding successes the independent British air trans- port companies, especially in the internal lines, have confounded the critics who, before the services were started, argued that they would of cient advantages over railway travel to attract either passengers or 'mails, It was argued, too, that English fields were too small to allow safe forced landings to be made and that the weather over England and Scot- land was unsuitable for air line operation and would necessitate the closing down of all internal lines during the winter months, The trouble with the small fields has been overcome' by eliminating the risks of forced landings with public air transport machines, The English railways do provide extensive and fast transport services and some of the fastest railway runs in the world are made by them. But the latest British air liners are able to cruise at more than twice the speed of the crack express trains, Moreover, and this has counted with the British travelling. public, the machines are comfordgble 'and safe. 'Chey are aole, with the aid of the latest instrumentation, to pierce bad weather and to operate with a schedule regularity comparing fa- vorably with that of any other form of transport. But it remains true that the running of an internal air line in Great Britain is the most -diffieult--task--that-can-be set-an-air liner. + The successes of the British |. lines, therefore, form a striking trib- ute to the machines with which they are operated. Spring Journey All the hills: were clean "and high When I passed, a farmhouse by For a reaching curve of sky. ' 1 "a When the birch are sunlit gleams, Dampened by the foam of streams, Lay my path of winter dreams, Long I tramped through © snow, ) While the mosses gurgled Tow, 'Sounding forth a muffled flow. 'crumpled Down a slouch of leafless ways I could largely rest my gaze - Over slopes of budding haze, Deep I felt the- marshes wake-- Felt the rising summer break Through a wasted, frozéh lake. Deep I felt each ripple start For I knew myself a part, Buoyant. with that welling heart! --Alan Creighton, In "Wings, a Quarterly of Verse, "James, one of Dody"s little boy friends, went to a home the other day where Bob, another little boy, had a bad cold. The boy's mother sald: "James, you mus tnot come in because Bob will give you his cold," "Oh, that's all right," Jimmie said, "I brought mine with me." 21 An interesting example of 43 La [In the Spring of 1755, the beautiful Princess Marie 'du Namours de la ' '[ fé6ud-voiced and m ives them a 4 Bonf j coach. It is the Bohemian "~~! 'she has been buying some of her pat bird 'ber of the students crowd , admiring approval for she is democratic in her, ain 1s step into her Schumy. All the other pupils enter and form a uarter arls, where small orchestra, accompanying her with great gusto. a, A nums Standing in the midst of them her golden voice ar her with soars high, even reaching the ears of those in the Marie arrives at the studio of her. 'NAUGHTY MARIETTA" teacher, I BR na I Ly te et vi o. people, Now she the rich, aged Spanish Prince, Don Carlos, by de- ently resting, pe: \ WOR. AY Wh 7) mi sia @tee of the King, : or Based on Musical Adventure Romance by VICTOR HERBERT iis But at home an unpleasant surprise confronts her?" | While the Princess we - Don Carlos has already arrived with his Bending creakily ing with disgust. Her cruel uncle, the aside, looking on with satisfaction. Then he tells her she is to be married within the week, . agrees or not, wi at the knees he presses his Tips fervently to Marie's hand. She draws away shi i i I a ugly sisters, rowfully bids her fare vers ce, standa escape her fate. whether she. her ig she sails with or nex e 'the Casquette girls who are to arty the ench, King. ro P| Marietta, sors colonists in Louisiana by order of suddenly looks at her in trium which she rapidly unfolds, Will it work? Can she Don't miss thrilling installment of 'Naughty Marietta," hl She has a y next week's never become popular or offer suffi- CANADIAN CATTLE "DECLARED UNFIT Walter Elliot Claims Nearly One-Third Sufféred From Disease. London.--Answering questions in the House of Commons, Minister of Agricultiité Walter Elliot announce ed recently that out of 9,081 Cana~ dian cattle, capable of breeding, landed in Britain last year, 3,398 were rejected as unsuitable for breeding because the animals suf- fered from diseases scheduled by the Ministry, including some forms of tuberculosis. The : Minister's reply was general and he did not refer to a shipment arriving at Glasgow some days ago, 'when out of 44 breeding Holsteins from Ontario farms, 23 were deem- ed unfit and ordered slaughtered. The Glasgow shipment is. now the subject of a protest made to the Canadian High Commissioner in London and the Canadian Govern- ment by Donald Munro, Montreal exporter. 2." Numbers On The Sides Writes the Calgary Herald: "4 law to compel the placing of plaine» and larger figures on motor ve- hicles of all kinds in order to make identification "easier is proposed by Fred H. Hoare of Toronto in a pam- phlet he has just issued. In many cascs it is impossible to read the license plates of a car travelling at a high rate of speed. velocity the greater difficulty there is in catching the license number. He says: "No driver in the habit of driving through villages reckless- fy at forty miles or more an hotr would dare_do so if he had his name and address blazoned on beth sidos of his car. Nor, I ma'ntain, would he dare do so if he had a number so large that it could be read with ceriainty, whatever the speed, and {if he know that there was « li'izli- hood of his being reported by save eral people (or better still in the case of villages, by a locally appoint- ed observer) to the central au hore ity I have called the Speed Inspec tor in Chief, who, if he thought the case sufficiently flagrant, would lo- cate the owner" The greater the - or The proposal is an excellent onz2' and should be given . ccnsideration by the different provincial govern- ments, which issue driving liceuses. Anything that would tend to reduce | the number of traffic accidents on the highways is worth tryvinz out. There would be much less reckless driving if detection were easier and punishment more certa'n." 3 Correspondence Two additions have been made to our dossier on notes written by do- mestics, both c¢ontiributions coming from Connecticut. The first was for- warded by a Greenwich lady who came home late one night with her husband and found a note from her colored laundress-by-the-day on the kitchen table, beside a bottle that had contained fine old port but was now empty: Miss Margaret whatever that' was Mr, Hart had in the cabenet the cork must jump out because I was staning here aroning heard sumthing dripen that what {t was so don't think I Botherd it becase I did not. SUE ELLA. The other comes from a Mr, Pet- erg in Westport, He tells us that his household has only oné door key, which is always left outside in a cranny in the steps. The last one to come in brings the key inside for the night, Recently: Mr. Peters came home late and found the key in its usual place, wrapped in a note from the maid. y Mr, Deters please put the key back when you come in because I am still atdarge.--~MARGARET ¢~ --New Yorker, Speaking Of Butter (John O'Ren in Baltimore Sun) I notice that a movie actress has won a divorce suit on grounds of cruelty, one incident specified being that her husband would not permit her to use butter on both sides of a 'sandwich, Without entering into the merits af the controverys, I feel that the lady should be warned that people can become hipped on the subject of butter and how it should be eaten, I once heard of a man. who 'went nuts" over the matter, He was hip- ped on the vast economic saving that could be effected if people were com- pelled, when eating buttere! bread, to put the slice in his mouth buts tered side down. His contention was (and {it seems logical to me) that it butter came into immediate contact with the tongue a little of it would 80 a long way. Hg figured the sav- ing at many millions of pounds a year, end, either, is But, sensible as was hia proposed reform, he could make no headway and his mind seenied to react upon ital, 15 8p DD And he wasn't old Doc Towns- oF 7 5