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A ---- Senses Govern Animal's Actions " Getting About In Darkness Described In "Our Dumb y Animals" Generally speaking, animals see beiter in darkness than persons do. But they sce better in daytime too; the difference between -the _cat's sight and ours, -for instance, <.ully supposed, and actions of ant : Qa upibt is not as great as is gen- mals in the dark, commonly as- oribed to superior sight, are gov erned, more by other senses. Our cat likes to chase pebbles when 1 throw them, but when 1 do this after dark she doesn't seem to see any better than I do. Stand- ing close to my hand when the ' stone leaves it, she starts, but ls immediately confused. Man has not explained exactly how migrating birds find their way. A certain type of plover nests in Canada, At the end of summer these birds fly 2,500 miles over the' ocean to South America, with no landmarks to gulde them. Is fit possible they can sense the north.: south magnetic lines of force? Ex- periments so far have proved noth- ing. How is it that fish avold collid- ing with objects in the dark? Al. ong each side of the body are microscople organs affected by the pressure of the water. If the fish is swimming toward & rock the water presses against its body and it turns aside. "But that cannot explain the abil- ity of bats to fly through intense darkness without hitting anything. It is suggested by a professor that the skin on_a bat's face is prob- ably much more sensitive than our own, thus enabling the bat to feel the pressure of air when flying toward a solid object that might injure it. rrr-- ON PARADE Bang-up good time is had by WAAF band cymbalist. The wae men's army musical organization, soached by an RAF sergeant, puts on a fine show in parades. ; Straw, Beet Tops Made Into Silage Silage is being made in Britain this autumn out of sugar beet tops and wheat' straw, states Hon. Duncan Marshall, - The beet tops are gathered as green as possible and are fed into the cutter-blower with enough wheat straw to take wp most of the juice and so save waste. Beets with strong tops are favored In many sections, and as straw is literally a drug on the market in Britain just now, many farmers are hopeful of making ex- cellent ensilage out of this mixture. British agriculture {is becoming more self contalned than ever and is finding that iL no longer dépends on imported feeding stuffs, Vision Can you see the big tanks rolling O'er the desert's ancient sands As steadily they march on, mile by mile? Can you hear the big guns thun- der; : | ; Manned by eager, willing hands Of the .valiant British Army of the Nile? 1 Can you hear the airplanes spit ting, . Dealing death from out the sky, As forward, ever forward, goes the thrust? : Can you sée the foeman van- quished? y His hopes of conquest gone, : As his armies fail to mingle with the dust? 7 Can you see the men in khaki Sweeping onward like a flood, - Their sweating, giimy faces in a © smile? Do you thank God for' England And the Allies who are there With _the valiant British Army of the Nile? M, ; A, Hull, Que,, November, 1942, . afraid." PLEASED AS PUNCH When it comes to passing the ammunition, Corp. Raymond Elliott, stationed at an Army air base in the New Hebrides, serves it up hot--and loves it. (Official U. S. Army Air Forcés photo.) SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON LESSON THE BIRTH OF\JESUS Luke 2:1.20 PRINTED TEXT Luke 2:8-20 GOLDEN TEXT--Thou shall call his name Jesus; for It is he that shall save his people from thelr sins, Matthew 1:21, - THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time.--OQur Lord was born prob- ably 4 or 6 B.C. . Plate.--Joseph and Mary lved in Galilee, but the birth of Jesus occurred In Bethlehem, glx miles south of Jerusalem. THE MESSAGE 8. "And there were shepherds in the same country. abiding In the flelds, and keeping watch by night over their flock. 9. And an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they wero sore Why should the shep- herds be told of the event trans- piring in Bethlehem? No such. an- - nouncement was made In Caesar's palace or to any others in high authority. The shepherds would be glad to hear the message and would act upon it--in other words, "their hearts were ready to believe what God said. i Be Not Afraid "10. "And the angel sald unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tldings of great Joy wi shall be to all the people: . For there is born to you this' day in the city of David a Saviour, wha 1s Christ the Lord. 12. And this is the sign unto you: Ye :ghall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger." 'Three titles are given to Jesus by the angel--a Saviour, Christ, the Lord--the first referring to the work of Christ, the second referring to His work as the Mes- slah anointing Him to be Prophet, Priest and King, and the third re- ferring to His glory. Glorla In Excelsls 13. "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying: 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men In whom he ls well pleased." Salvation must come from God, and not from man, Salvation must come out, of the heavens to the earth; It 'cannot arise out of the earth and climb to the heavens. Glory to God is a necessity as it is a fact, Shepherds Answer Message 16. "And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them - into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and sce this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. 16. And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lylng In the manger." A revelation from God {is not only to be believed, but to be act- ed upon. When, in an hour of spiritual exaltation, we hear God telling us to do something, -when we see a vision of gomething which we know we ought to do, and when the vision is gone, we do not obey it, then the joy which we had In the vision experience will wilt, and that which was meant to be a blessing to us whl only be- come something about which we boast and beyond which we never advance. 'The shepherds did ex- actly what they should have done. They went down to Bethlehem to - soe this" Baber Wonderful as it was to have heard the angel and the angels, it is far more wonder- ful, a far greater privilege, Infin- itely more important, to behold the Tord Jesus. What they aig, they did Instantly. ; Bearing Witness 17. "And when they saw it, they | made known concerning the say- ing. which' was spoken to them about this child. 18. And all that heard it wondered at the things which were spoken unto them by the shepherds." Bearing witness to what we have seen and heard and experienced in reltlon to the Lord Jesus Ohrist as our. Saviour is a natural part of every normal bellever's life; a privilege as well as a duty, not only something we should do, but something we feel compelled to do. Mary Kept Silent 18. "But Mary kept all these say ings, pondering them In her heart." The word here {trans- lated "pondered" means casting to- gether, by which we would under stand that Mary compared and considered all these amazing events, testimonies, and acts of worship, overwhelmed as she must have becn in the midst of these supernatural manifestations, for she surely knew that her Bahe was the Lord of Glory. It was just as natural for Mary, the mother, to keep these things fn her heart, as it was for the shpeherds to pro- claim what they had seen and heard. She had a different rela. tionship at this time to Jesus than they had. He was her Son, and a wise mother does not proclaim to the world, when her son is stlll a babe, any tokens of or humanly expressed predictions of the ulti: mate greatness of her babe. The Shepherds' Return 20. "And_the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things thai they had heard and scen, even as it was spoken to them." Great joy we have In under- standing what the Word of God means, belleving 'it with all our hearts, but an even greater joy is experienced, and a deepening of our faith, when the Word of God becomes a living reality, its prom- ises a daily experience in our own life. The shepherds might not have been believed if they had simply told of what they heard from the angel, but they "were bound to be belleved when they told not only what they heard from one who came from 'Heaven, but what they had seen in the manger in Bethlehem. l, do not have revelations through an angel, In fact, very few, but all may have a definite, transforming, redeem- ing experlence with the Lord Jesus Christ. ~ » . Hong Kong Captives a ! . . Get Relief Supplies The Red Cross .and St. John Ambulance A laton ann d last week It had been advised by Geneva that rellet supplies for prisoners of war in Hong Kong had been delivered at the Fort Stanley Camp, and partly distrl- buted. R. Zindel, International Red Cross delegate at Hong Kong, sald the goods were received with great enthusiasm. The consignment in. cluded 1,000 tons of food, clothing and drugs from Britain and the Dominions, After Hong Kong fell the Japs reported taking 1,689 Canadian prisoners of the 1,985 Canadian officers and men gent to the Far _ Bast. In Canadian Defence Depart- ment recent casualty lists, 1,694 Canadlans had been officially listed prisoners of war at Hong Kong. ARE SU ASA, Ress Send Special Gifts To War Prisoners Christmas Parcels Supple- mentary to Regular Parcels Arrangements are being made by the Canadian Red Cross Society and the British Red Cross to send a special Christmas parcel "from the people of Canada" to each Canadian prisoner of war in enemy - hands. : The parcels dre supplementary. to the parcels sent regularly by next-of-kin and the Canadian Red Cross Soclety. Chief article in each parcel for prigoners of war in Europe will be a sweater of an appropriate color for each of the services, the announcement sald ----- khakl for army, light blue for air force, dark blue for navy, and blue-black or black for merchant seamen. The parcels, which are being packed fn the United Kingdom, will also contain cigarettes, chocolate, soap and other small comforts and extras, Far East Prisoners The parcels. for distribution to prisoners of war in the Far East will be purchased in Japan by the delegate of the International Red Cross and will be made wp there. It is not known exactly what they will contain, the department sald, but the Canadian authorities have suggested to the International Red Cross Committee that they should be made up as far as pos- sible of foodstuffs, especlally can- ned goods, and warm elothing. Gifts From Germany The International Red Cross ls also acting as an intermediary to provide Christmas gifts to prison- ers of war in Canada. Arrange- ments now are under way where- by every German combatant pris. oner of war will receive a Christ- mas gift from Germany. : Already some carloads of Christ- mas packages provided by the Ger- man Red Cross have been received in Canada for distribution at Christmas time and the delegato of the International Red Cross Is making arrangements to provide a supplementary gift to each Ger- man combatant prisoner of war. Huns Could Land On St. Lawrence "It is quite possible that a sub- marine might land a few people at remote points along the St. Lawrence," Hon, Angus L. Mac. donald, minister of naval services, admitted recently. "They landed some in the United * States last summer, and General Clark and his group landed in North Africa and got off all right," he said, referring to the saboteurs taken in the United States and to the United States-Anglo group which got into North Africa to make contact with - the French and plan invasion. "If any were landed, it would probably be done with a view to sabotage. There is no evidenco that any submarines have landed men to buy provisions along the gulf or river. They would not need to do this, as we know they can carry enough provisions across." J What Is A Boy? The Big Brother Movement says: He ig a person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting, and when you are gone attend to those things you thin are so imp irtant. You can adopt all the policies you please, but how they will be carried on depends on him, Even if you make leagues and treaties, he will have to manage them. He will assume control of your cities, stateg and nation. He is going to move in and take over your prisons, churches, schools, universities and corpora. tions, All your work is going to be judged and praised or condemned by him, Your reputation and your fu- ture are in his hands. All your work is for him, and the fate of the nations and of humanity is in his hands, So it might be as well to pay him some attention, YOIE PRESS WORSE TO COME The new winter uniforms of the Nazis In Russia appear to be no better than the Fuelirer's promises. Moscow reports that many Ger man troops are shivering and suf- fering from the cold, are pathetic figures wrapped 'in bits: of shawls: and surrender gladly when thelr captors come upon them, This is only December, What of the Rus- slan winter a few weeks hence? --Hamilton Spectator, YOUTH'S STRONG POINTS The St. Catharines Standard states a military fact when it says the calling of very young men into the fighting forces is based on the realization that "their response to leadership, their quick recovery from fatigue, their aggressiveness, their enthusiasm, and their flair for soldiering far exceed such qualties In other age groups." -- Brantford Expositor. TIDBITS FOR "TINY" Goering, who says Germany won't go short of food, Is making gure he won't go short himself, From Istanbul comes a report that Goering's personal plane visits that city every Thursday to load up with lobsters and caviar at $7.60 each and $16 a pound, respectively, ---Sault Ste. Marie Star. LIVING SPACE IDEAS According to statistics recently published by the Clty Council of Warsaw, the average number of Jews compelled to live in one room in the Warsaw ghetto has, in the summer of 1942, reached the un- heard of number of 14. Hiller has badly warped ideas about living space. Kitchener Record. SOME GOOD IN ITALIANS A Canadian who flew at Malta says tho Italian airmen fight "like gentlemen," ndt like the Huns. Itallans as a race have, In fact, a streak of decency which not even Mussolini could wholly eradicaté-- and decent Italians hate the Ger- mans like poison.~ Ottawa Journal, SOMETHING TO REMEMBER Manufacturers and merchants who violently dislike. the price ceiling may get a different slant on things when they learn that, alter tho inflation of the last war, over 21,000 small independent mer- chants and manufacturers went out of business In 1921. --Chesley Enterprise. GIVE THEM A CHANCE An Itallan newspaper recently stated that the Italian people have got very little out of the war. The Italian: people complain that they haven't got out of the war at all -- Montreal Star. THE BOOK SHELF HIS MAJESTY'S YANKEES By Thomas H. Raddall His Majesty's Yankees deals with the part played in the Ameri- can Revolution by the Yankees of Nova Scotia, that maritime province which was to be a re- pry fuge for homeless American tories. With real perspective the author presents a thrilling adventure story, an affecting romance and a segment frém the American past which has remained untouched by contemporary novelists. The story is told by David Strang and recounts his efforts to join Nova Scotia to her rebel. lious sisters in the south, The story moves through land cam- paigng and breathless adventures on a privateer, with David Strang's love affair adding coun- terpoint to the main theme of this remarkable first novel. His Majesty's Yankees .. . By Thomas H. Raddall.. ,. McClelland and Stewart . . . Price $3.00. LISTEN TO "COUNTRY NEWS" {tems of Interest From Ontario Weekly Newspapers EACH SUNDAY AT 2 P.M. CFRB---860 on your dial [RADIO REPORTER ix most For the next two weeks, the Christmas note will dominate the air waves, Here is one programme the youngsters won't want to miss « + + "The Magic Cord." The stories of "The Magic Cord" were first heard last year over the C.B.C. network on the" nine days immediately preceding Christmas Day." Many of Canada's younger generation 'will have noticed that those popular characters Billy and Burity, and Topsy, the darling doll, and Scooty, the dear little mouse, together with Cocoa, the clown, and dozens of other fond ° tales characters of the nursery have already made their welcome reappearance over C.B.C. stations this Christmas scason at 6.30 in the evening. The first programmes were heard last Monday, and they will continue to occupy the same spot every week night right up till Christmas Kve. Story-teller Mary Grannan, whose "Children's Scrapbook" and "Just Mary" stor- ies are very familiar to thousands of children all over Canada and the United States promises that her Yule-tide "Magic Cord" series this Christmas will be brighter and Dbreezier than ever. Make sure that the children have an opportunity of enjoying this charming 6.30, C.B.C, prelude to the Season of Goodwill, * LJ » Late listeners will have an ex- ceptional opportunity of hearing a fine rendering of the "Messiah" in the early hours of the morning of Tuesday, December 22nd, 12.05 to 1 a.m. Handel's musical mas. terpicce is to be presented on that occasion from the Stone Church, Kansas City, Mo. over the Colum- bin Broadcasting System, includ- ing CFRB, Toronto. Another spe- cial Yuletide treat is in store for those who in the early hours of Christmas morning tune in the Annual Carol service from 12.05 to 1 a.m. over the same network. * * - CFRB announces that this year there will be no curtailment of programmes dedicated to the spiri8 of Christmas Good Cheer and the interpretation of that motive of "Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward Men." In spite of the fact thas the world at large is plunged into war, the feeling is that we shoul maintain and proclaim the spirie tual values which long have dedls cated the spirit of Christmas te . the highest, most humanitarian + principles of mankind, So most programmes will be continued this season, However, in the case of New Year, important changes will be noticed, reflecting the jmore reserved aspect of a world ene gaged in the greatest war in hiss tory. As long as radio broadcasts ing has been national and inter national in scope, the Columbia Broadcasting System has presents ed an all-night New Years Eve dancing party from coast to coast, But it is to be dropped this year, All stations affiliated with the C.B.S. will curtail their activities, not only to save power, but bee cause also the feeling exists thas undue levity at the dawning of a of world strife which surrounds us. Stations, including CFRB, Toronto will go off the air at 1 a.m. New. Years morning, Alle night radio dancing scssions are to be banished for the duration, * * *. literature is to be heard over the "National network of the C.B.C, on Thurscay, December 17th -at 10.15 p.m. when Sir Ernest Maca Millan and Kathleen Parlow with the concert orchestra play the Beethoven Violin. Coneerto in D, This will be the main programme item of the C.B.C, Concert Hour which opens with the orchestra playing the "charming "Surprise Symphony" of Joseph Haydn, Lovers of fine music in general, and of the violin in particular should make a note of this ine trigguing air performance, A SPANISH KING | JIORIZONTAL Answer to Previous Puzzle 18 Wove, 1 Spanish king who died an 20 He ---- the throne at 16, exile. 22 High 8 He designated his son, , his heir. 14 To appoint. 15 Reluctant, 16 Curious inspection. mountain, 24 Japanese coin) 26 To place. 27 Butter lump, 28 Ozone. 130 To make lacey 32 Intention, 17 Latticework 33 To gossip. for plants. 19 Epoch. 4 21 Musical term. 22 Chewed. 23 Eye tumor, 49 Asterisk, 25 Bone. 52 In bed. 26 To handle. tue ahi 27 Genus of blue in Olive shrub, grass. ~~ 86 His country 29 To harden. was recently 31 Cry of distress, torn by -- 33 Street boy. War, 35 Wheel hub, 88 His 37 Harhess part. starled at 38 Side conduit. birth, } -40 Baking dish. - 69 Fortification. 41 Magic syllable. 61 Summed up. 42 Short hair cut. 62 Father, 43 Dog's foot. 45 Paid publicity. VERTICAL 46 Dyer's pot. 2 Zoological 47 Vegetable. . term. LI 2 F-4 34-Pile of cloth, 36 By way of. 38 Quantity. 39 To drink dog 3 To cook in fat. fashion. 4 Alleged power. 42 Gauzelike ise fabric. 6 Male ancestor. * Maker of Male ancestor. = oy 7 Single thing. 46 Founded on 8 Split pea. fact, 9 Genus of 48 To dwell. sheep. 50 Having toes, 10 Birds' homes. 51 Before Chris 11 Junior (abbr.). (abbr.). 12 Custom, 53 Enthusiasm, 13 Pertaining to 55 Connecting air, word. 16 He was known 57 God of war, as a ---- or 58 Sun deity. lover of fun G0 New Testa= (pl). ment (abbr), - | Bluey and Curley of the Anzacs "Imagine that now!" By Gurney (Australia) PuT MORE PEP WTO IT, - IMAGINE You'RE . BAYONETING HITLER - OR SOME OTHER TWIRP// MATS TW STUFF... WHo OID You IMAGINE IT WAS 2 5A LW oe i hat of the time honoured Christmas New Year should be restrained in the consciousness of the tragedy The greatest work in all violin