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Ta hic Pi Sie tpln-phiotod a Misslssipnl Riva Real Tom Sawyer - Died Last Month At Apel 82--Cincinnatti Au-- thor and Inventor Is Said to far Inspired Mark Twain _ . 'Thomas Sawyer Spivey, reputed: * Jy the inspiration for Mark Twain's tale of boys' life on the Mississippl River banks, dled last Houth, He "was. 82 years old, Spivey, noted in his own right as an author d as the inventor of the modern fireproof safe, died "in. hospital at Qineipnatl, Ohio, at. ~ter-a year's illness. ot As a boy of 12 in the post-Civil War days - in Shawneetown, Ill, boat and stopped often to invite' youngsters aboard, hear their stor: fea of adventure and tell them the tales of river life. : "Tom considered Sam * Clemens bis best friend gnd often sipped cocktails and exchanged yarns with him in the red room of the Wal dort in New York," his widow sald, Spivey"s writings, included - in Who's Who in America, covered. oa on, Political theory: and rellg- fon. - --_-- ; : By Elston Victor Ancient Oyster --Adage Reliable Stiahucly enough, the old adage that oysters are not good eating inthe months that have no "R' in them is pretty reliable, accord- ing to R, E. 8. Homans. of the 'Prince Edward sland Fisheries Bureau, Jhe reason is that during the summer months in oyster beds of the: United States, where the say- ing originated, the water tempera- tures usually reach 70 degrees. At this' temperature thé shell-fish spawn and their meat is then thin A and rubbery, > Inthe: Maritime Provinces, Hawa aver. 'where 'the water. doe not 'reach 70 degrees until mid-sum- mer oysters are still their succu-' ~Ieént selves in the | months" ox Bay -and June, "VOICE OF | . THE PRESS , 'WHEN CRISES COME SINGLY Now. if the quints had only had "thelr "tonsils out during the war.' crisis! -- Hamilton Spectator. A PAN TO BE PANNED BE We don't like Hitlog's map of Europe. Neither do we care for the map of Hitler himself, -- Brandon * Sun, ' WE-NEED.REALISTS.. Ea 'Modern Etiquette * BY ROBERTA LEE 1. What* expenses should the bridegroom assume? 3, When dining in a friend's home ghould a- guest take a help- ~ing of; each dish offered? -8. -What is America's favorite diversion, indoor and out? 4. Should a woman, when writ- ing a soclal note to 4 man, use the. salutation, "Deat' Sir" -b;--At-what hours are informal "calls 'made bétween' intimate friends? «ly 6. Must one always leave a por < = tion of "Tuod on -tire* plate witerdin 1 "ishing a meal? r "Answers: ; 1, The 'bride's "wedding ring, "marriage license, gloves, ties, and boutonnieres for his attendants, the minister's fee, transportation for his family and his attendants "to the church, the honeymoon trip; and from that time on -- yy a But don't be discour- aged. The right kind of wife is worth it. 2. Yes; it is the cour- teous thing to do, even if one is not fond of some certain dish. And for a guest to refuse two or three dishes is really rude and- unpardonable, 3. Dancing. 4. No, "Dear Sir* is for business pur- poses only. The informal saluta- tion is "Dear Mr. Gibson," the 1 Lista ti ny CL3.1 FY dean Judge Character From Typwriting A New Kind og Graphology Is Based on Different Styles of "Pounding the Keys'! -- You' Read the Rules and Rate 2p. Yourself ° Like handweithig, say the French --different styles of typing denote fn their way different character ' or a narrow, one, pounding on the keys or hitting some letters in typ- fng marks soufe particular trait *Yerent pigns are understood. A person who uses an overly wide margin: and especially a wide marsh for the bepluming ofa para-- graph is highly sensitive. "Not All Struck Alike A very small margin or no. mar- gin at all at the beginning of a paragraph means the .pérson is _ lacking in good taste, is inclined to be miserly and overly frugal con- "cerning small things. A letter which has been typed at "a- continuous speed and the letters are all struck with virtually the same force indicates that the writer 13 generally good in several fields, but ngt necessarily specialized in any. The * 'poundér" who makes deep tracted and 1s generally not a good concentrated. - Those who type words where the letters are not gll struck with an tics. Whether it is a-wide margin' which ean be interpreted if the dif- imprints in the papers easily dls- Frank " Scaccio, ABOVE, was willing to take any kind of job he could get and was happy to be: hired as housémaid by Mrs. Meyer Goldin, of Chicago. Shown here cleaning the houte, he also covks, washes dishes and takes care of --pevonef-Bikopialt world" s, major powers, with the ex- '|. Spain is politely ignored. many cannot get by barter deals, Then, too, if Germany can in- duce Great Britain and the. United States to pay money 'to get per-" secuted Jews out of the country, that's all to the good so far as the Reich is concerned, On ITALIAN "ACCORD: Britain's approval of the Anglo-Italian ac- "cord (engineered by Prime Min- ister Chamberlain himself) is a diplomatic victory for both Musso- lini and Franco: Franco will get belligerent rights, enabling him to | blockade Spanish loyalist territory and cut off thé supply of - ma- ter! 'als.from outside, © For Mussolini it means recog- Ly of "his Ethiopian conquest '(although Italian troops are still 'fighting the natives). - The: King of Italy is now acknowledged "Em- hygll the. ception' "of the United States and "Soviet Russia, i Il Duce is considered to have: done his part by withdrawing 10,- 000 "volunteers" from the Span- ish conflict. The number of men and planes he has remaining in Re DRAWING CLOSER: Through the signtog of the tri-lateral trade 'agreement by Canada, Great Drit- ain and the United States, "the three English-speaking countries are drawn closer' together than ever before in theiv history. It is more than a commercial agree- ment--the pact lays the, ground for new 'understandings, - future co- -operation for defense pitas, i Fis . Karl Homuth 'scored a victory ">for the Conservatives 'When he overwhelmed?2 his 'Liberal and C. C. F, opponents in the Federal by- election for the Ontario riding of Wms south. Horse Has Been ~~ with him. ~what Canada needs most at the mo: The" world needs idealists, but ment is some honest, courageous realists at the head of affairs, -- " Farmer's Advacate. ; THERE WERE OTHER THINGS, TOO tl A Russian 'farmer claims to be: | 145 'years old, and says he can re- member Napoleon's .retreat from Moscow fin 1812. Then lie can also "remember probably wlieh men gave up their seats in street cars to lad- ~| des, when people went to a dance to dance, and when fishermen went to fishing grounds to. fish: -- Chats - ham News. LUCKY CRUSOE! Wonder it Robinson Crusoe real- ly appreciated how luc! y he was, ; castaway out there on his island "with no taxes to pay, no unemploy- | = ment problem, apparently « pleas- "ant climate and always a meal to be halt-for the catching; which is & hanged sight surer and easier than £ -more-formar y-aear Mr. Gibson." b, At any hour" dur- =!" ing the afternoon or evening. A | considerate friend will not "drop in' when she knows her neighbor devotes the morning to her house- ~work. 6. No, it is not necessary. * YX - NAMES "in-the-- § 1 -equat-force-are--sensitire--and-are ~ personality. A Value Is Shown Quality of Cockerels Iniproves Through Crate Feeding It Is : Believed A es TT of ment in quality through crate fat- tening -of cockevels is being car- ried out by officers of the Domin- jon Department of Agriculture in | co-operation 'with the Brockville Co-operative Igg © and Poultry Pool and with the Secretary of the Canadian Produce Association, In view of the. fact that a great deal of poor" quality dgéssed poultry is was felt thal an actual demon- -stration carried out upon the ~ Aid to Mankind History of 'Stceds Shows That We Have Been Helped by Them In Work, in" War. "Two thousand years ago the" irae still known as Arabian was in existence as a contributor to man's welfare. Spanish and French breeds 'gradually followed in dévelopment. Perhaps a major factor in the success of William the Conquer- -or's British. invasion was the su: periority 6f the steeds he brought - "From that time-on the 'breeding problem changed as far as horses were concerned, for with the flowering of "knighthood- a heavier, stronger animal was needed to bear the warrior and his weighty armor. - Place In Agriculture' : "As armor continued to increase anges for marmalade: "Manchurian: in weight, .importations of Flem- ish horses were made by King John, of Magna Carta times. Hen- ry VIII compelled English far- 'mers to keep mares of certain weight for bréeding with selected stallions. ° Lj, Again the picture changed with the advent of gunpowder, which. Oliver Cromwell first used with _ success in warfare, and a still dif- ferent<type of horse was sought by breeders. From that time on the horse began to take its place --in_agriculture. and late --in-the-- ~18th..century drove the ox from the plow to its feed lot. Comics F orbidden Fascist Children Pogseye the Sailor And-Mickey| "Mouse Must Not Be Read by i Young Italians s Popeye the Sailor and Mickey - Mouse are unsuitable for-Italian . children's minds, which must. be * steeled through the medium of. Juvenile papers to the imperial spirit of - the Fascist tevolution, the National Conference on Juven- ile Literature decided in Bologna last week... | : last week. Plans have already- been made for & fufidamental transformation. of .childten's pa- pers amd magazines, Editors have , received orders to eliminate from * their publications anything which © goes counter to Italianism or to the formation of racial pride and ~ consciousness, Children's papers have a. or .culation of about 1,600,000 copies _ weekly, Hitherto Popeye and ° Mickey Mouse--the latter under. tlie name of Tonolinormliave 1 been fopular features, 3 . nights. It is of material,' . THE wiry SomMe-ut us; Have<o Eel ouT _daiiy bread," here_.in_what passes... for civilization, -_ Cplinry Albert- an! WHEN YOU LEND YOUR: = The hit-and-run driver menace is - _coniinuing,"- bringing a "Hamliton -- magistrate to call for punishment "for owners of loaned cars involved in sueh incldents:-It seems strange that a person who suffers injury is without recourse against the car owner who lends his car to another, -who promptly evades any financlal responsibility. But then law and- justice are not always the same, -- _ Brantford Expositor." WAR SCARES AND PRICES Your grocer hag to -take- an in- terest in international affairs whe- ther he wishes to or not. News: from Spain is that General Franco and a 1937 frost have combined to advance prices of Seville bitter or- walnuts on the way are to be cheaper than present .stocks. "The trade journal, Canadian Grocer, re- ports that beans are cheaper "since the war scare disisolved, a. The {BOOK SHELF} By ELIZABETH EEDY" "THE LONG VALLEY? By John 'Steinbeck ! Known as one of the most rich=- ly. promising of younger American. writers, John Steinbeck has hum- or, deep understanding of human nature, a true grasp of life. Here in his first volume of short stor- fed, "The Long Valley," you have tales which-demonstrate-intimate;-- | delicious' communion with the Salinas Valley land of California that nourishes Steinbeck's art, well as stories theatrically get fn "mystic gardens and castles which seem to have no rooted strength, Here are exquisite studies of childhood, poetic and fresh, as well as brutal accounts of mortal struggles with Nature and merci lessly true descriptions of . vio. lence. Here are portraits of work- ~ers- and peasants -and-farm- wives with genuine vitality and truth _about them. You get the smell and feel and sound of the stables, « the farmyard, the pigsty, the cor- ral, the Kitchen, the 'mountains, the California skies and dews and bewil ering variety Handsomely bound this "volume - makes an ideal gift book for the. dis:riminating. "The Long Valley, by John Steinbeck; 808 pp; Toronto: Geo. J. MeLeod Publishers. $2.50. Nels Linden, 69, Alta, was named wheat king of -the Royal Winter Fair, Toronto, in November, his sample of Reward variety winning over more than 130 exhibits. The new Canadlan wheat King, who succeeds James Sebastian, of Wembley, Alta, 1937 winner, farms 1,000 acres near Wetaskiwin, pro- ducing prize grain for mary years. ebastian also- won with Reward, the hard red spring varlety adjudg- ° ed best at many shows. -.° Linden was crowned barley king t the Chicago International Grain how in 1933: Two years before he - won the Alberta oats championship _ and In the same year was awarded the Robertson prize by the Canad- |. 1an Seed Association for the. best efforts faire seed production. : ; Toothpick Custom _ Said Beneficial - Bring back' the 'good old days - ofthe toothpick, pleaded Dr, Isa- dor Hirschfield of Columbia .Uni- versity before a convention of den- tists. He urges that men revive the old -fashion of going about with gold toothpicks dangling from their vests--a "great aid in the . prevention of pyorrhea." of Wetaskiwin, : usually possessed of a. great deal of i ce FEE the baby. _Fattening Poultry improve. still coming on to the market, it "News ee Parade | "By Elizabeth Eedy _ CHRISTMAS TREE TRADE: iY growing, industry in Canada during recent years is the export of Christmas trees to brighten homes across the U.S. border. Did you know that apprgximately 700,000 Ontario snruce, pine and balsam trees will be exported to the United States this Yuletide segson?s That half. a million more are marked for Canadian homes? - That more 'than a thensand acres of land in Ontario will be denuded as a result? tak- --by the threes A significant" point._to note is= --ton, may {g(t that Canada is becoming more and more involved in the American or- bit, both-in foreign policy and in "domestic matters, as-the two con- tinents of North and South Amer- ica prepare to defend themselves against - the aggressions--of "Ger- many, Italy, Japan. President Roosevelt's declared determination to have the Unifel States defend this entire" hemisphere has linked us still mote closely to Washing- . "mark a Henceforth the Dos in our policy. ~ minion-is-likely. to stress co-oper- ation with the United States and the twenty Latin-American 1epub- lies in a long-range mutual defense plan. Lyf TIIE - WEEK'S. Will the man-in-the-street here be noticeably uff «; by" the new - United" Stateg trade _agreement o-Answer: The Cana- divn duty on American gig rarettds will.Le cut from £4.107%t0 $3 a QUESTION: turning-point | He Knew Nothing About the Crisis Man Went So Far Into the Wilds of B.C., He Did Not Hear About the International War Scare Till It Was All Over { " iin | Colonet Leonard Ropner, Cone servative British M, P, went so far into the British Columbia wilds this autumn that _he knew nbthing of the international' crisis until it was all over, he told the pres§ in London, England, last week, on returning from Canada. Colonel Ropner made an'exten- sive tour of the Dominion, where he .jnspected forestry operations" _on_ Vancouver and® Queen her. "lotte Islands. He is" a forestry . "commissioner of the Uniféd King- dom, He started on horseback August 14 and left civilization so far be- hind that neither he nor his party knew anything of the war danger -until returning October 6 to a small Indian settlement: where one of the inhabitants had a radio. "There is still a mediating force in the worli---public opin' fon = which can be utilized. in solving our present. problems," "s«--joscph P; Turnulty. 3 . Jor the two found tin. It's frec--write for cine ROW @ Fits tho special top of the 2 1h, tin of Crown brand, Ly \Vhite and Karo syrlips, -Is easily clean etal cin bausad over and over agai : Pours without a d To Provides méans of accurate measutgments, Makes thie 2 Ib. tla an excellent table container. The protective cap provides a sanitary cover. .e © 00 © Tell the boys that portraits of famaus Bock pus 5 still be obtained for BRAND Jabels, TAS Of TCPrescyianive producers proved grades through fattening '|- in a way which would appeal to the producer of market birds. The actual plan upon which the demonstration is based consists in erels from the flock of each of several poultrymen, banding them and leaving one-half on range and placing the other half in fattening crates. After approximately three weeks of fattening both fattened and unfatiened groups will be killed, dressed and graded so as to indicate the im- _ provement _brought about through crate feeding. 0 Shorn wool [production in. Can- 384,000 pounds compared with an estimate of 13,772,000 pounds in 1937, -- Evry. person in Belfast, North- ern Ireland, is to be fitted for a =would=-brixg-home the-fact-of im-= "selecting forty-eight healthy cock- | carefully 3 ada for 1938 is estimated at 13,- "going - too ~hungry- or cold. Even. then we =zre not ing into accaunt tho _umhuthol- ized cutting of: Christmas: trees "done by individuals cverywhere. In one- Ontario small town, two - years. age, we remember, some- body chopped down the little. trees in the lo:al cemetery and sold : them -at-a--handsome price. --0-- WHY TORTURE -THE JEWS: "Time", in its incisive foreign comment section last week gdvanc- ed the suggestion that the pog- roms against Jews in Germany --are part-of -a- gangster-blackmail scheme "enoked up by Nazis a while back." How it is" supposed to work: By holding the Jewish community of Germany in a state of general inability to earn a living wage, Nazis hope to force the interna- tional Jewish community to remit - to Germany huge enough sums in "good money" to keep their Jew- ish relatives in the Reich from The dollars, pounds, francs to be se- cured by thus whole Jewish race" are wanted to . pay for such 'vital imports as Ger- REY -- Thousands. The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal. By. the generosity of Joyal Friends, we have been able to carry to the homes of the poor, bountiful Baskets of .Cheer, and to- bestow. the kindly touch of a Christian Christmas on the. lives of Your continued help is earnestly solicited. "PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO: Commissioner George L: Carpenter; 20 Albert St., Toronto > Pa : $y: oi Cm Sh J. ! The farm houdes became fewer as ~~ WONDERLAND OF OF rime thereto, id Begin Res & mes so faint that the Sa: ° ch ad hard work to keep in t ad, : in gold letters: he wagon began to they were bliged to go 8lowWiy: Ale 20 only Abe the tree tops could.be see Hay a | Fhe be path Ted oy A smal aur in h Don Soo, the wall, which was closed and also latched, Upon thé door was a sign "- 'That's strange," pald Omby Anidy, reading it mloud, * "Who are the Cuttenclips anyhow?" "in the duties on "shakin: down the pound. There will be" reductions: s on canned foods, --electrie_ washers and refrigerators, - furniture, leather, boots and shoes. Canadian women will appreciate the lowered tariff on cosmetics, perfumes;- jewelry. ' CROWN BRAND CORN SYRUP The Famous Energy Food _... The CANADA STA 100.000 (UTIL RAUL SS OVER GIVE | anes TER HEA ING Iz TISFACTION "Don" x take chances with unidentified fuels: Follow the example of gver 100,000 Canadian homeowners who have changed to better heating. Burn 'blue coal' for the finest, most trouble - frea heating you® vo ever enjoyed. © Dridye, from your nearest 'blue coal' deater. ola -Ask im also_about the 'blue coal' Heat Regulator which provides automatic heat. with your present equipment. 'blue coal * THE Taise in "The Shadow" every Sat, 7 MODERN 'FUEL FOR SOLID COMFORT Pp. oe "CAL, Toronto, or 6.30 p.m., CBO, Ottawa, ° fia ign NOT through it. : + ter a wearlsome journey t $4 y came "Why they're. paper.dolis," answered commanded Dorot thy, 0 in alint of a high San. pain ed blue {znrd, "Didnt you know make a brdeze If I i ith pink ornaments, This wall was = "= Tcto wagke flrel ar, and seem to anclose y . pointed at be a) Arge spacel It Was 0 high wt ' eagerly | frisid wAllvet", ga hed, Aunt Em, in am- azement, "Yes, let's go in," sald Dor- othy, So: they- got. out; was not big enough for them to drive the Saw-Horze "You stay here, Toto <his tall as ink left behind, but made no effort to follow them. The wizard unlatched the door, opened outward, and they all togied i as the door and wagon "You: might Tet. you inside." it but he LJ which the other, all, cut out o Joined together In their bodies, As the visitors entered, the Wizard let the door swing bac into space, and at once phe koldiers tumbled ove thilr Backs, and oy the ground, 3 mri "ByL. Frank Baum Just before the entrance was a line of tiny soldiers with uniforms brightly painted and paper Buns on thelr shoulders. They were exactly. alike, from one ond of the line to: paper and | the centers of 2 line o fh €l1 flat. on f uttering upon EA Shhh bidet dud 4