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ee se -- Was There Ever A Giant Race \ | vhe Ides Has Been Suggest: ed Many Times But. Never Proved--Plenty of Individual Cases The old question, continually comas up,: Was there ever a race of giants? The ided has been sug- gosted many times, but never proved, Sir John Mandervillo reported that he had "heard of an island on which lived men thirty feat tall, and a neighboring island on which were fifty-footers, but Sir John, not to put too fine a point on' the matter, was a notor- fous liar. MANY LEGENDS From Mexico occasionally comes rumors of a prehistoric race of glants, but conclusive proof is lack. ing. In India there is the legend of the Seres, a race of men fourteen feet' tall and living 200 years. There have been plenty of in. stances of Individuals of astonigh- ing height. Pliny tells of Gabera, an Arabian who was' nine feet nine iiches tall. John Middleton, who lived in the reign of James I in England, was nine feet three In ches. Funnum, a celebrated court giant, was sald tp have been eloven and a hall feet tall, And there is the highly doubtful tale of King Kintolochus, who wag credited with tittoon feet, " THEY DIE EASILY i For the most part, giants do not have a pleasant time, althcugh from the earliest recorded history people seem to have had a curious affection for them. Most of them notwistanding their size, are not atrong and, like poor Robert Wad- low, who dled early in July--he measured elght feet --are prone, to succumb to Injuries and all ments wrich would 'not unduly bother an ordinary healthy per- sons. Good Old Days In Barber Shop Before Women Invaded the "Tonsorial Parlor, Barbers Steered Clear of Anything Fancy In Hair-cuts Men's hair styles may have changed some in the past 60 years, but customers still want their hair trimmed "just right" with scent that will tell the world they've left a tonsorial parlor, according to, Danville's (Ill) old- est active barber. Henry W. Mé¢Daniel has been wielding his comb and scissors. 63 years since the days when handlebar moustaches, - sideburns, and whiskers made barbering more of an art than a trade. He has: practiced the business in Dan. ville for 43 years. Barbers stuck to just plain hair trimming and cutting in those days, McDaniel said, and stayed clear of anything fancy. Clients didn't go in for face massages, hair _singes, eye brow plucking, - neck twists and other methods of increasing their manly beauty. SANCTUM* OF MASCULINITY Furthermore, the shop was purely the sanctum sanctorum of masculinity and few were the wo. men: who: dared violate that re- fuge for henpecked mankind where ballads could be sung and town -gossip repecated-around the -| big wood stove wihout fear of invasion .by the weaker sex, ri Women, McDaniel sadly avers, have wrought the greatest change in barber shops. India Originated Swastika Symbol Emblem Hitler Has Approp- rlated Is Found as Far Away as Buddhist Mongolia and Peru " The Swastika, used by Hitler, as a syntbol of would-be German might 13 by no.means a German invention, It has boen used all over the world from time { fal, The embl originated in India, whore it is still 'used by Hindus, who mark it on : their foreheads as a sign of their caste, 'It Is widely used.on public bulldiugs as a form of benediction. The word" "swastika" comes from "Suvastika;" which {s Hindustani, ~The symbol has been found in High Asia, Northern Europe, in Buddhist Mongolfa, North America and' even in.such far-flung places as tho An. des and Pern. | i CALLED PAGAN EMBLEM Hitler has made the swastika an emblem of misfortune and tyranny -- but originally It represented the Aryan: Piro: God; Agni, andithe dir ector of the transoma (the "arms" of the swastika) signified the pro- cossdidn. of the sup through the hea vend: It meant' blessing and' good forttime, CHristlans have always de: noumced thes swastika as a Pagan emblem, ~The number of~ hairs: on. the heads of red-haired people is less. than in the case of other colours, because this type of hair is coars. er, : : small ranch in the film colony of ber of (od's children: SCHOOL LESSON ' LESSON vii CONFESSION AND « FORGIVENESS 2 Samuel 12:1-14; Psalm 51:1-17; < 32:11:11 Printed Text, 2 Samuel 12:18, 14; Psalm 51:1.3, 9-13; 32:5, Golden Text: "Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed." Jas, 5:16. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time :-- We are not exactly sure ot the time in which this terrible experience of David's took place, but we may locate it approximately in the year 1035 B.C. Place -- Jerusalem. This lesson is one of the most wonderful {n all the Bible, exposing the terrible consequences of unre. pented sin, and the glorlous possib- {lities, because of God's mercy and love, for such sin to be forgiven and put away, and for life once agaln to be filled with joy and pralse and peace, : DAVID'S REPENTANCE The great sin of David's life is recorded In II Samuel. A year pass- os after the killing of Uriah. Sud- denly the prophet Nathan appears before David, He comes as it to claim redress for a wrong In a humble life; rouses the King's con: science by his simple tale of the rleh man and the ewe lamb, ' IT Samuel 12:13. And David sald unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah, And Nathan sald unto Da- vid, Jehovah also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 14. How beit, because of this deed thou hast glven great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. David is crushed by the sense of his gullt in the sight ot God. Tho sentence which he had pronounced on himself (v, 6) Na- than says will not be executed,- al- adulterer and murderer, Instead, a long series of chastisements, begin. ning with the death of the child, de- clared-the divine-judgment-on-hls- sin, HE ASKS FOR CLEANSING Psalm 61 {3 a psalm of penitence and the subsequent putting away ot sin by tho mercy of God, logether Pianist Turns Farmer Dalles Frantz, eminent' American pianist, is enf Ing his first taste - of farm life, He has moved to a ~ Encino, where lie raises Great Dane dogs, practices! with a rifle, does -gardén work and lives the life of a country gentleman when not at the studio, Here we find him at his new ranch playing a game of croquet with a prayer for renewal and sanctification. It fs supposed to have been written by David after his great sin, when the word of the prophet Nathan had aroused his conscienco and brought' him peni- tently to thé throne of grace. These verses have' brought comfort and assurance of forgiveness, and hope for a renewed lif after somo ter- rible transgression to a great num- Psalm 61:1, Have mercy upon me, O God, according to: thy loving-kind- ness; According to the multitude of thy tendér mercies blot 'out my transgressions; ! 2, Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, : And cleanse me from my ain, 3. For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me, The prayer for pardon is jed upon God's! revelation of his: 'char actér in Exodus 34:6,7. David here insists that slnfulness does not con: slat merely In sinful acts, but In a sinful and corrupt nature. DAVID'S PRAYER 9. Hide thy face from my. sins, And blot out all miné Iniquitiés, 10. Create fn me a olean heart, O God} : though David deserved to die as an - Fountain, A section of the crowd in attendance at the Canadian Nation Exhibition, Toronto, is shown here near a favorite meeting-placa, And renew a right spirit within me, - 11. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy Split from me. 12. Restoré unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit, This boautiful prayer asks first for a completo renewal of nature, then that there may be no break between the suppliant and God, and thirdly, for a joy and willingness to serve, which would naturally flow from the granting ot the pro ceding desires. Nothing less than a new creation will make this man's 'heart clean. Salvation is the gift of a clean heart and a steadfast spirit, the blessed consclousness ot unbroken closeness of communion with God. 13. Then will I teach transgres- sors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee, NEW LIFE OF JOY Psalm 32 also appears to have been written shortly after Nathan came to David with his message of judgment from God. We have hera -a-rocord of David's experience be- fore Nathan came to him, and ot the blessing that has come to him with the consciousness of full for- - giveness and restoration to the Fa- _ ther's house. 6. I acknowledged my sin unto theo, And mine hide: I sald, I will confess my trans- gressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sain, ere {8 no figure of speech fin- er than that of this psalm; God Is sof ready to pardon that when man makes up his mind to confess, be- fore he does it, he Is forgiven. God does not wait for our formalities, he deals with our attitydes, | 1 iniquity did T not Farm Notes . . . ------ THINNING "APPLES Research has shown that under most conditions the size of ap- ples may be increased and better colour obtained by an artificial thinning, states D. 8. Blair, Di- vision of Horticulture, Dominion' Experimental Farms Service. It will not only go far in eliminat- ing under-size fruit, but, by care- ~--ful thinning; much of the defect ive fruit resulting from insects, diseases, hail and limb rubs can be eliminated which reduces greatly the cost of harvesting, packing and marketing. Distri- buting the fruit uniformly over the tree will result in a more uniform product which is of par- ticular importance where box packing is done. Thinning. pre- vents, to a .very large degree, breakage due to overladen limbs and lessens the cost of propping. It further tends to make the tree more regular in bearing habit, ITS ADVANTAGES | Thinning is practised shortly after the "June drop" when the apples are one to one and one- quarter inches in diameter. The distance apart to leave the: fruit will depend very largely on the variety and general condition of the orchard. In general, however, only one apple should be left per spur or bud and the. individual apples on" a branch should: be spaced six inches apart. All blemished and imperfect fruits should first be removed. In spac- ing, the fruits that are to re- main should be left on the upper side of the limb as far as possible where they will 'be exposed to sunlight. There "are various techniques employed to remove the apples from the tree. The most efficient" method is to hold the stem of the apple between the thumb and first finger and with the pressure or force of the remain- ing fingers separate the apple from the stem, In this way the apple is removed without disturb- ing the fruit spur and other ap- ples attached to it. ' Deep Hearth Makes 'The Best Fireplace The front hearth--that is that part of the hearth that is outside of the fireplace itself--should be not less than 18 inches deep. Logs break up when they burn, and flaming embers: roll in all.di- rections. A narrow front héarth is dangerous in such a case, as these embers may roll beyond the hearth and burn the floor or rug. Besides its practical use of a; fire protection, a wide hearth looks better; it has more gener- ous feeling, and large andirons seem morq at home with plenty of hearth in front of them. tha _ Saving Ontario's Natural Resources RR No. 4 BASIS OF AQUATIC LIFE Swarming in overy body of water aro millions of microscopic plants and animals known collectively as "plancton.'"" Sometime when you are near a lake or stream, dip up a glass of water and hold it agalnst the light, or better still, look at f(t through a magaoifylng glass. Min. every direction, Theso are the plancton animals and plants, They are the basis of all aquatic life; they turn the energy of the sun< light into chemical substances that can be utilized by the higher anl- mals; they tear down the bodies and wastes of the highdr creatures into simpler compounds. Plancton {s made up of three dit forent types of living creatures. First, the plants, furnished with the green substance, chlorophyN, that has the unique power of turning water and carbon dioxide into food sugars with the ald of sunlight; se- cond, tho saprophytes, the fungi and bacterla, that break down the dead bodies of all plants and animals lato simple chemicals that can bo assim- ilated agaln by other plants; third, the animals, minute cgeatures with. 0) backbones, that Xho plants th igs turningthem into food for all the higher animals of the water. Important In Conservation In the conservation of our fisher- les resources the animal plancton is a very important element. Near- ly every freshwater fish feeds on it while young and some of them eal it throughout their lives. The Food Chain The food chain is ono mothod of {llustrating the value of plancton to" the fisheries. The large mouth black bass, for instance, feeds on minnows to some extent. Thoso minnows cat insects and their lar- vaé, waterfloas, and some other plancton animals, or, it plant eaters, they may feed directly on the plant plancton. The Insect larvae and the animals of the plancton may eat tha microscopic green plants or they may feed on the large water woeds, The food chain {8 green plants, wa- torfloas, minnows and black bass, Here, IT have simplified it greatly, In nature, side chains and short cuts, (waterfleas directly to young RADIO REPORTER By DAVE ROBBINS I "RADIO THEATRE" RE.OPENS "The Radio Theatre" returns to the ¢CBC-CBS network for anothor season of hour-long dramas with its presentation on Monday night, Sep- "tember 9th, at 9:00 p.m. EDST. Si- multaneously with this announce: ment came word that Cecil B. De- Mille, famed producer-director of the drama series, has signed a new tontract with the sponsors. Louis Silvers, musical director, «also will resume his orchestral post with "The Radio Theatre." DeMills, cruising aboard his yacht, has already begun reading mounds of movie scripts In prepar- ation for the new season's "Curtain raising" broadcast. Policies which timo have proved successful since the programme was first presented in July 1935, will be followed in general procedure during the next season. Tho most brilliant stars of Hollywood's studlos are to be feat: ured in the production under direc * tion of DeMille. r NOTES AND NEWS And here's a tip for car drivers! Better listen in on these quizzes heard from CKOC -- 1120 on your dial -- six times a day, for it you can get the right answer for any one of them it means a tank full of gas. i You may have noticed a bit of discussion of late of a plan (advanc- ed by Interests with axes to grind) to have all Canadian radio news centralized and under the thumh ot one or more individuals (something along the line of Germany, Italy and France). Fortunately the plan haa been blitzkrleged. News as it is (and It has some faults) will con- tinue. 3 "from CKOC at 7:00 . . -drama, via CBC at ten . But better news the Canadian way, with {ts shortcomings, than anything resembling Government. sponsored news! Hard as it is to believe, the chap who plays the absent-minded, in- decisive Mr. Parker In Sunday ev- ening's "Parker family" dramas is the same chap who Is dominating and forceful on Wednesday as "Mr. District Attorney." He's Jay Jostyn, whose versatile acting constantly amazes. N Don Ameche this week changed the name of his new-born fourth son from Michael Josoph to Law- rence Michael. Reason: Mrs, Am- eche likes the rhyming nicknames | of her three older sons, wants to make the fourth conform, Older youngsters are called Donnio, Ron- nie, and Tomunie. The baby will be known as Lonnie. ROUND THE DIAL Monday. -- With the Troops In England, via CBC at 8:00 .. Tom- my Dorsey's band on NBC-red at midnight. . . . Make Mine Music at CKOC at 11:30; .. Tuesday -- Car- son Robinson and His Buckaroos . Cats and Jammers In Swing on Mutual net- work at 8:30 . . . Canadian Snap- shots from CBL at ten... Wednes- day -- Easy Aces, NBC, blue at 7... . « Serenade for Strings from CBL at 9:30 .,, . Father Rellly, Radio .. Friday --- Superman, for tho kids, Mutual chain at 6:45 . . . Amos and Andy from Columbia at 7:00, ., Don Am- eche show NBC-red network at ten . ++ Woodhouse and Hawkins from the Canadian Chain at 11:30, - == TEESE z --_2 basa) complicate the food chaln, Discussion of this food 'ohaln brings out another Interesting fact, Over a period of time it takes a great many of the microscople plants to feed one of the small wat erfleas, Similarly, many water(leas are neaded to nourish one mlonow and {t takes a great many minnow to foed a bass for one season. Wi can see that every pound of bass k produced at the expense of many pounds of the plancton plants, Is il any wonder that the best bass wab ors are those that grow the greab est amount of plancton? uto specks will be sean travelling in " . "ye By William | Tis Curious WORLD % i al "FANNIE E, WOLSTON," ABANDONED IN 1891, STILL. WAS AFLOAT IN 1894, AND HAD DRIFTED OVER. | 2,000 MILES | OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN EVERY TON OF COAL, WH BURNED, piss, INTO THE AIR THE ns LENT OF ABouT 68 POUNDS OF SULPHURIC AcC/D I SWIM ACROSS THE WIDEST POINT OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN. ;.5 2 DERELICTS, ships abandoned al sea, form a conslant hazard ta water travel. Every year, dozens of these wanderers are destroyed, but their numbers do nol seem to decrease. Unlike icebergs, which" follow a more or less charted course, abandoned ships are likely to appear anywhere on the ocean. y NEXT: Why did early railroad locomotives carry stacks of baled, ay? 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