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Li nmin ¥ PA v i Loh gt 2 N § 5 yv a han ---- gL Er ad Font at ES hgh ance Saad ¥ ¥ . a one 7 SNE i phos Bd Seiad bod . 2 G3 : rk Tank Invented By Englishman Successful Try-out of "Moth- er," First Tank, in 1916 Major-General Sif Ernest Swin- ton, who has a better claim than anybody to be regarded as the in- ventor of the tank, is now 74, but still actively associated with up- todate design and supply, writes the London correspondent of The Ottawa Journal , He first conceived the idea of the tank from visiting Joffre's headquarters in November, 1914, and watching Holt caterpihiars haoling 15-inch howitzers across country, He returned home ob- essed with the idea but found absolutely no responsive enthus- fasm in our arm chiefs, He stuck to it, however, and Mr, Churchill, by putting Admiralty funds at his disposal, enabled "Mother," the first tank ever designed, to take practical shape. "Mother" gave.a successful 'exhibition of its poten- tialities, but not until February, 1916. - 1 A few tanks were used in the Third Ypres Battle In August, 1917, but they were not in suf- ficient force to achieve anything worth mentioning, though the gecret of their existence, so care- fully guarded, was given away. It was at Cambrai, in November, 1917, that we first used them in any number. About 378 tanks then smashed through the 'German lines. But we had no reserves of troops to 'exploit the advantage, and heavy enemy counterattacks on each flank turned our success into fiasco. Do Foods and Fads Affect Life's Span? Wise Choice of Ancestors Advised by Brantford -7 Expositor ¥ The folly of making fetishes out of dietary habits, or of crediting certain fads with the power to pro- duce long life has been demon- "glrated many times. Recently three new. illustrations came to light. There was, to start with, the fam- ous anecdote relating to Prime Minister Winston Churchill and ;General Montgomery, commander of the British Eighth Army. The latter, who ascetic, is is something of an reputed to have said to Churchill: "I don't drink and 1 don't smoke, and 1 am 100 per cent, fit." Whereupon the irrepres- sible Churchill is said to have re- torted: "I drink and 1 smoke and - Iam 200 per cent. fit!" That yarn, may or may not be apocryphal, but there is a kernel of common sense in its moral. The other day Mr. Donald Nel- son, the U. S. control czar, was asked about the amount of physical excercise ho took. He silenced im- pertinent questioners by saying: "The only exercise I take is being pallbearer for my friends who have always exercised to keep In good condition!" Then, in the current issue of Good Housekeeping, there Js a delightful article by that re- doubtable Town Crier, Mr, Alex- ander Woollcott, In which he gives - .an account of his last-meeting with that pre-eminent British sage, Ber- "pmard Shaw. Mr. Woollcott found Mr. Shaw, at the age of 85, remark- ably fit, physically and mentally, and was inclined to ascribe this accomplishment to the fact that Shaw had been, for the greater part of his life, a professed vege- farian. It is noteworthy, however, that the same evening Mr. Wooll- eott went to a distinctly non-vege- " tarian dinner with another British celebrity, Mr. H, G. Wells. The latter, during a long career, has done most of the things blamed, for reducing the life-span, includ- ing eating, drinking, and making _mnerry. Yet Mr. Wells, at the age of 76, and with a tremendous re- cord of "productive literary and other work to his credit, Is still up and about and "going strong." Without venturing into the field of medicine or eugenics, the con- clusion seems to be that the length of one's" life span Is largely de- pendent upon the wisdom one ex- ercises in the choice of one's ancestors! i New X-Ray Machine To Save Many Lives A newly-developed. X-ray ma. ¢hine, used for quickly locating ~Dulfea SF alirapnel pleces in the bodies of wounded soldiers, has won pralge for its froptifne serv. ce in the North African campaign. The machine can be set up in the field in a few minutes after" being transported by alrplane in three small cases to any fighting front, the radiologists were. told, When used on a stretcher-borne casuaity, it can locate bullets or shrapnel In 40 sceonds. An fodine mark on the soldier's body, plus . 8 record of tho depth of tho mis- pile, later guldes the surgeon when ho probes. : + The lives of many soldiers will . be saved by the accurate and early' tion of bullets and shrapnel by the X-ray, . appliques add color; information given as to the loca: The War Afyainst Mrs. Hadley Adapted from the MGM Picture by WILLIAM McCORMICK SYNOPSIS Mrs. Stella Hadley, a Washing- ton society matron 'and staunch Republican of the old school, feels that the war is directed against her personally. She has lost a man servant in the draft; her daugh- ter, Patricia, works at a canteen; the family's best friend, Elliott Fulton, is always busy at the War - Department and her son, Ted, has just been drafted, even though he is working for Fulton at the De- partment, Stella has just called Fulton to ask him to have Ted deferred. Fulton Is in conference and she leaves word for him to call, not knowing that it was he who arranged to have Ted drafted because the boy has been neglect- ing his work and dissipating. Many more rude shocks are in store for Mrs. Hadley. 8Bhe does not know that her butler, Ben- nett, has become an air raid war- den, nor that Pat has met--and fallen in love with--Private Mich- ael Fitzpatrick, CHAPTER THREE "Madam," said Bennett hesitant ly, "would it inconvenience you it I went out for a while this eve- ning?" "Why, no--of course not, But isn't it a rather odd time to go out--during a blackout?" "In a way, Madam--yes, But-- well, it's quite important." "Very well, Bennett. You know best," Mrs. Hadley replied. Pat brought Mike to her home that evening, Mrs, Hadley ack- nowledged his introduction vague- ly and it is doubtful if she would have remembered him if he had dropped 'out of her life--and Pa- tricka's--then, which, of course, he [Twas not to do. 71 "Now 1 know wheré you get your good looks," Mike told Pat after meeting her mother. "She's love- ly." "She's really a darling." "She's passed that on to you, too," Mike told her as he kissed her goodbye. Pat encountered Ted in the lv- ing room. "Ive been drafted," her brother told her. "I'd say it was Elliott's subtle way of firing me." "Iliott doesn't work that way," Pat said In bewilderment, "un- less--unless he's trying to keep Mother from knowing why you're being fired." "Well, why am 1?" "You ought to be able to answer that one yourself," Pat replied. "Ted, did you tell Mother about suspecting Elliott?" "Not yet. I want to make sure first. She's going to ask him to NEAT COLORFUL APRONS By Anne Adams Stitch up these gay, well-fitting APro for special gifts -- Anne Adams Pattern, 4266. tSrawberry rufflizgg or ricrac are optional. Pattern 4266 is available In sizes small (32-34), medium (36- 38), large (40-42), extra large (44-46). Small size, view B, takes 2% yards 86-inch; 1% yards ruffling; view A, 2% yards 86-inch; 1% yards ric-rac. Send. twenty cents (20c) in coing (stamps cannot be accepted) for this Anne Adams pattern to= Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, . Toronto, Write plainly size, name, address and style number, ISSUE 1--43 c get me out of it, If he refuses, that means he got me in" "Ted, if Elliott turns 'Mother down, she'll never forgive him, Don't let her ask him." "I couldn't stop her now, if I wanted to," her brother pointed out. . . . --- Cecilia Talbot came to spend the night with Mrs, Hadley. She and Stella, in negligee, were seated in Mrs. Hadley's fluffy; feminine bed- room drinking cocoa later that' night when Cecilia® sald hesitant- ly: "A group of the girls are get- ting together to také first aid and --and. someone asked me it we'd like to join." ) : "Who asked mandea "Laura Winters," Cecilia admit- ted. As Stella assumed a sternly disapproving look, she added hast- ly: "She wanted you particularly." "You know how 1 feel about that woman, Cecilia, I certainly don't need Lavra Winters -- and neither do you." "No, of course not," admitted Cecilia, cowed but regretful. "I think, if you don't mind, I'll run off to bed. Goodnight, Stella." Bennett, wearing a steel helmet, his civilian clothes and an air-raid wardens arm-hand on his coat, was patrolling the area around the Hadley residence during the black- out. A large and very efficlent middle-aged warden . approached him through the almost complete darkness. "Whose house is that?' demand. ed the large and efficient warden, pointing an accusing finger toward a bright light. "It belongs to a -- a Mrs. Had- ley," Bennett admitted fearfully. "Well, go in there and tell her to put out her lights." "Y-y-yes, sir. Very good, sald Bennett, unhappily. « 3 you?' Stella de- . sir," Bennett, of course, knew from what room in the Hadley home- the offending light was shining, but he did not know that room was being occupied by Cecilia Tal- bot. He threw open the door and recoiled as he saw Miss Talbot, sleeping soundly -- a book on the bed indicating she had fallen a- sleep while reading. Bennett starte ed to back hastily from the room, but Cecilia woke with a scream before he had extricated -himself from the predicament. i "Good heavens, Bennett! How you startled me! What are you" doing in that ridiculous hat?" "I'm an airraid- warden, Miss, and I shall have to ask you to turn out the lights." ) - "And be in the dark with you in your condition? Certainly not!" The door flow open and Stella appeared in nightgown and robe, followed by Pat. The hall was ablaze with lights. "Cecilia, what's wrong?" de- manded Mrs. Hadley, She sudden- ly saw - her butler. "Bennett! What are you doing here? I gave you the night off." "I'm just trying to get Miss Tal- but to put out her lights," sald Bennett, petrified with fear, "He's drunk," Cecilia accused. "Bennett's an -airraid warden, explained Pat laughingly. "He's just doing his duty." "Oh, thank you Miss," Bennett said devoutly. "Now, Mrs. Hadley, may I please turn out the lights?" "All in good time, Bennett," re- plied Mrs. Hadley severely. "You still haven't explained . . -" . * * Mrs. Hadley's reprimand was interrupted by a loud knocking at the door and the tough voice of the warden, demanding, "Hey What's going on here? There's lights all over the house. Turn 'em out Other male voices chimed in to create a bedlam of sound. Pat quickly turned ont Cecilia's light and the women and Bennett scat- tered in the dark, "Oh dear," mourned Cecilia fear- fully as the shouts continued from outside the house, "it's -- it's just Hke-the French Revolution." Ted visited Patricla later that night, "I saw Elliott at the De- partment tonight -- cold sober," he told her. "He was responsible for having me drafted." "You scem awfuly calm about it. Something's happened to you. Ted, you don't mean you've chang- ed your mind -- that you want to go?" : "I guess It won't hurt to tell Mother one more lle and say I do." ioe pty Stella Hadley visited Elllott Ful. ton at his office the next day. "Elliott, I want you to have a talk to Teddy," she said. "I had quite a talk with him last night." "Really?" sald Mrs. Hadley, in surprise. "Strange he didn't men- tion it to me. Well -- then you know all about this ridiculous no- tion of his?" = ."Yes, If Teddy feels he wants to join up I'm pleased that he has the character and courage to want to go. I wasn't sure he'd feel that way." i Stella's eyes: opened wide. "You mean -- you knew about this?" Fulton realized ho had blunder. ed, hesitated a moment -- and do- cided to tell the truth, "Yes, Stel 1a," he admitted, ~ Stella's eyes opened wide, "You mean -- you knew about this?" Fulton -realized he Had blunder ed, hesitated a 'moment -- and de- cided to tell the truth, "Yes, Stel 1 rr ---- i Behind Britain's firing line, the women of the production lines are taking an ever-growing part in war work. Today, women such as these make up more than 13 per cent of all the workers in Eng- land's steel and iron industry, 1a," he admitted. "But ~-- but -- if you knew -- why didn't you put a stop to it?" As' Fulton didn't answer, she con- tinued frantically, "Elliott, you've "got to stop it!" "There's nothing 1 can do," re- plied Fulton unhappily. "If Ted were my own son, I'd do just what I've done." "And what if anything should happen to him? That doesn't mat- ter to you. I -- I never want to see you again!" she cried as she stamped from his office. That same day Pat and Mike That same day Pat and Mike stood before a charming little house in a middle-class neighbor- hood. "This is it -- the family es- tate," Mike told her. "I love it," Pat said sincerely. "All right. You've passed the first test," Mike agreed as they reached the steps, "Now for Mother." * LI J The door was opened by.a large, earthly Irish woman, with the game kind of impudently ingrat- jating face as Mike's, "Mother, this is Pat Hadley," Mike told her proudly. "As if I didn't know," Mrs, Fitz. patrick beamed. "Why are you standing there gawking?" she af- fectionately chided her son. "Go got the tea and don't hurry back. We want to get acquainted." "She has the soul of a top ser- geant," Mike grinned as he left them, ' "I must remember never to take his picture," Pat smiled. "You know something?' Mrs. Fitzpatrick asked after they had been seated in the comfortable living room. "You're the first girl of Michael's he's ever brought home?" "He's had a lot of girls?" "Thousands." "Oh, dear." "That sounds as though you liked him," Mrs. Fitzpatrick smil- ed, - ! "Begging your pardon, Mrs, Fitzpatrick, I love him," Pat smil- ed, "I hope you don't mind." "Why should I mind with a fine girl like you?" "Some mothers might object to their. sons marrying a girl they don't even know." "You're getting married?" -ask- ed Mrs, Fitzpatrick in amazement. "Please don't tell Mike. He i~ doesn't even know it. He hasn't asked me yet." "Well -- what's the matter with him?" demanded Mrs. Fitzpatrick vehemently. "I won't say anything to him, but it he doesn't marry you, I'll heat his brains out." Mike appeared, carrying a tray. "Well, are you acquainted yet?" he asked." "Acquainted?" replied Mrs. Fitz- 'patrick slyly, "I'm practically llke her own mother." (Continued Next Week) Looks Like Hard War For Hitler It looks as If Herr Goebbels may finally be on the right track In analyzing the American-British war effort. Recognition of this comes from no less a personage than Lord Halifax, British Am. Halifax pointed out in Balti. bassador to the United States. more that German radio propa- ganda beamed for the United States has said that "England will fight to the last drop of Iowa blood", while similar broadcasts directed at Britain have said that "the United -tSates has resolved to fight to the last Tommy." "Well," concluded Halifax, "it drop of Iowa blood and you are it looks like being a hard war-- for Hitler." Here's hoping that Germain ra- dio listeners can add one and one and get two. ' Pottery-making is one of the oldest forms of human industry. In Egypt it was practised in the 20th Century B.C. SIDE. GLANCES By George Clark "Do you mind if I'm next? Pm double-parked." ~~ + ed from their underground perches "Wo are going to fight to the last | The review said the Japanese going to fight to the last Tommy, . --_ Bats Return Home Ere Winter Comes N Sometimes Fly 100 Miles To Old Cave Bats. need no home during the lush symmer nights when the air is full of edible insects,. observes Time magazine, By day they hang in convenient roosts---trees, chim- neys or barns. But when the chill months come and insects disap- pear, torpor comes over them and * with it a longing for their own cave, the same' spot where they have spent previous winters. Bats sometimes fly 100 mifes to find their old cave and sleep in it until spring. Charles E. Mohr ofehiladelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences, re- ported in "Frontiers" on his ten- year study of the homing urge of the common (Little 'Brown) bat. Most bats can be caught only in caves when hiberpating, No one has yet deyised a bat trap for catching them on the wing. But in winter they can easily be pick- and fitted with light aluminum bands for identification, Mohr has been banding bats for years. One Intruder Found Last winter a group of Cornel students joined Mohr in a thor- ough exploration of the bat cates in Center and Mifflin Counties, Pennsylvania. The limestone ridges there are honeycombed with small caves. All banded bats were found in the same cave as in previous years. Even bats that had been carried off and released far away were back again. Only once did Mohr find an intruder: this stray bat"s own cave had been sealed by a rockfall during the summar. Charles Mohr is not the only bat- bander. Don Griflin, of Harvard, has banded -thousands of bats in New England, had also noted the homing urge.. Bats from a cave near the coast were released 15 miles at sea. Two days later they were back in their own cave. Nearly All .Bats Hibernate Curiously, the caves are not used for accouchements. In early sum- mer female bats congregate In hol- low' trees, barns or.vacant houses, (Male bats are excluded.) Here each gives birth to her live young, 'only one per year, with occasional twins. - The baby clings to its mother as long as it is suckling, but the mother leaves it hanging from the roof or wall while she goes on brief foraging expeditions. There are a few varieties of bat which do not hibernate, in- cluding the Red Bat, the Hoary, and the Silver-haired. Some live in the forests of Washington or Canada, eating insects during the summer, but when winter comes they migrate southward. Japs Move 1,000,000 Troops In Manchuria A Chinese Government review of conditions in Manchuria said about 1,000,000 Japanese troops now-are concentrated in that reg- ion and Japanese military prepara- tions there have been increased considerably in the last year. (The . estimate of 1,000,000 Japanese troops in Manchuria has not been confirmed by other au- thorities and is about double earlier estimates.) had built fortifications along the southern bank of thé Amur River and the western bank of the Us- suri, both of which form boun- daries between Japan's puppet empire of Manchukuo and Russian Siberia. The review said Chinese work- ers employed on Japanese military installations had been killed after- ward to prevent the leakage of secrats, The Japanese had re- cruited labor for Manchuria by press gangs operating in North China Provinces, it was said, - Chinese youths also were being forced into military service osten:- sibly in armies of various Japan- ese 'puppet regimes, the review said, but the Japanese have placed little confidence in these levies, estimated at about 800,000. About two-thirds are being used for gar- rison duty in China, but some have been sent to the Southwest Pacific war area, it was reported. : _Théy Heil Hitler 'When. 'a lecturer in a British war camp casually mentioned Hic. + ler's name recently German pris. oners jumped to their feet and. Armed Cargo Ship Sinks Axis Raider To Finlsh In South Atlantic Fighting to the finish, a Unit¢éd emy surface raider to the bottom with her and left a second severely damaged in the South Atlantic, the Navy Department disclosed, It was the first reported in- stance of an armed merchahitman sinking a surface ciaft of prey. Battered from stem to stern, her engings crippled, she traded shell for shell with the ra'ders for a furious thirty minutes. As she slipped under stern-first, the smaller -- but more heavily armed--of the raiders was a mass of flames, with survivors clamber. ing over the sides to be picked up by the larger and severely da-, maged raider. Only 10 of the 41 members of the merchantman's crew and five men of a navy gun crew survived the last September battle and the 31 days in an open boat before survivors reach:d the South At- lantic coast, The * out-gunned merchantman was hit by four salvos. The large guns of the smaller raider appar. ently were fired together from a central control system. Finally a direct shell hit on the magazine, put the after-gun out of action. Five shells were not exploded by the hit. Captain Paul Buck, listed as missing, gave the order to abandon ship, Only one lifeboat had come through the battle unbiittered, and it had drifted away trom the ship. Many survivors were unable to reach that comparative safety. The boat headed for the South Atlantic coast, its course set by only the most rudimentary navi- gational instruments, Squalls and high winds beset the craft. Ex- hausted men bailed until their aris were numb, But the squalls brought rain and drinking water to keep the men alive. Several of died, * notwithstanding first aid treatment, After 26 days one of the men saw a butterfly. Another saw two moths, Land was near. The color of the water changed from dark blue to light green. Five days later there was this brief entry in the lifeboat's log -- "Hooray; sighted land at 4 a.m." Fifteen haggard men staggered ashore, reached a small village and were taken to a hospital, Draw Air Recruits From Aiz-Cadets Wing Cmdr. W. H. Aslim, de- puty director of manning for the R.C.A.F.,, predicted that within the next year or two the R.C.A.F. would get from 10,000 to 11,000 air crew enlistments a year from the air cadets alone Air cadet membership totals 20,000 at the present- time, The University Air Training Corps now has squadrons at 11 universities in the Dominion with a total enrolment of some 2,000, he said. Advice On Buying Always buy two or more pairs of stockings that are just alike, then if one stocking wears out you can replace it without sacri. ficing the pair. Wash daily and they will wear longer. Finely darn the heels and toes before they have been worn at all. When holes appear, tack a piece of coarse net lightly to the stocking over the hole on 'the wrong side, then darn over the net, Do this when darning large holes in the knees and heels 'of children's - stockings. : How To Glamorize The Baked Potato Laura Pepper, chief of the con- sumer section, Department o Agriculture, comes up with: a suggestion for glamorizing baked C value if cooked in their skins. ' Slit your potatoes when baked and insert a sliver of butter and a --square of quick-melting cheese--= "put the potatoes back in the oven "Just long enough to melt the + cheese. Incidentally this is sav. "eried "Heil Hitler," © { -| ing on the butter. | GOOD EATING NEWS How to make a meal out of every war-time, cook, The secret Pork Chops with Corn Dressing, the pan first, with the chops op baked. Here are the directions: four pork chops: is. good news to lies in the following recipe for Notice that the dressing goes into top and thatthe whole business is Pork Chops with Corn Dressing 4 cups soft bread crumbs 1 cup All-Bran 1 tablespoon chopped onion 1 % cu 2 tablespoons fat 1. teaspoon salt Combine bread crumbs and All-Bran, chopped celery, 1 % teaspoon. pepper teasp poultry ing cup drained whole kernel corn cup stock, corn liquid, or milk: pork chops 1% teaspoon salt : Cook onion and celery in fat until lightly browned; add to bread mixture with sensonings; corn and stock or other liquid. bake in moderate oven 16 minutes longer, Mix thoroughly. * Press into baking dish arrange chops on top of dressing and sprinkle with salt. (876°F,) about 45 minutes; uncover and bake - - Cover and Pd Yield: 4 servings (8-inch baking dish). States merchantman took ode en- the more seriously injured men™ potatoes, which have more vitamin. - -- And Darning Hose hI }