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bank of montreal annual meeting i 2rt2 too weak to walk lr vlneert meredith exprewe belief that canada will propercountry offer inducements to immlflranu vastly superior to those of other countries ilr frederick williamstaylor point out that canada mvttput house in order people must insist on government practlslnfl policy of economy were hunting in th mountains toe shelter from the wind in the lee or the sad condition of a brandon some great gray boulders that lay like easy tricks so 34 hidden spirits the 107th annual general meeting 1 1 look forward with the utmost con- f the shareholders of the bank of fldence to canadaa future montreal was marked by interesting addresses by sir vincent meredith president and sir frederick wil liamstaylor general manager the president declared that he was satisfied that a gradual improvement in the trade situation is occurring statistical returns support this view and while there is irregularity in the movement in the main the trend is upward after pointing out the grati fying growth of a favorable balance of trade the president declared that be regarded this lncreasein canadas foreign trade credit as an augury of a not distant improvement in domes tic business the president concluded his ad dress with the following expression of confidence my last word 1b a word of confi dence and encouragement- the in terests of your bank are more closely bound up with uiose of canada than ever before and unless canada pros pers the bank cannot expect the prosperity it should enjoy i believe canada will prosper it offers in ducements to immigrants vastly su perior to those of other countries which are at present endeavoring to attract citizens it stands third amongst the countries of the world in natural resources yet cardinal virtues must be prac ticed and 1 would again stress the necessity for hard work and econ omy so often preached and seldom put into practice and the need for immigration given these three things much to be thankful for sir frederick williamstaylor the general manager in his address to the shareholders said in part first and foremost i would say sleeping giants close to the crest of a lonely ridge as the two looked up- ward they saw the wild autumn wind i lay grim bands on a mountain pine i that towered from the summit of the ridge it was a sentinel that could lady how relief came i owe my present good health to dr williams pink pius says mrs annie treherhe brandon man who tells of her new found health as folj lows seme years ago i had an at- escape no danger it was an outpost to i i ii i v tack 0 pneumonia and it left me in a f receive the first shack of the enemys he attack savagely the wind tore at it my opinion those who will not go to shadowy branches to the boy the the trouble to register their vote in j tree stalwart thoagb it was seemed municipal provincial and federal at- i about to be blown to pieces fairs should be penalized in some look father he said pointing up- form for their indifference t ward what the wind is doing to that we all know that apart from the cost and defects of the war canadas troubles are the accumulated result of what may be termed in mild and temperate language imprudence in affairs good government is a hard prob lem in any country no government can move faster in these matters than public opinion will permit and upon the people lies the responsibility of voting for economy we in canada have much to be thankful for if this were a poor country our case would be a bad one but we have riches in our forests our fields our fisheries and in our miner als also in our mighty water powers and in the industry and ambition of our people if canada were a prive- business enterprise the situation d pre sent no great difficulty for we are solvent with wealth vastly in excess of our liabilities and- a way would be found by following the obvious course of cutting down our overhead and like a sane capable and indus trious people putting our house in order f health education by dr j j middleton provincial board of health ontario dr middleton will be glad to answer questions on public health mat ters through this column address him at spadina house spadina crescent toronto pine the full fury of the blast just then made the pine shudder and sway wild ly and heave despairingly against the stormy sky storms are an old story to that tree said the father a tree like that from the time when it is high enough to catch the first breath of wind lives in a struggle tennyson describes an oak as stormstrengthen ed on a windy site and the strongest trees are always those that have weathered the greatest number of gales besides the question is not what is happening to the tree but what is happening in the tree the pine doesnt really seem to mind fighting the storm the boy ad mitted its the same with us the man said it really doesnt matter what happens to us but it matters a great deal what happens la us you see a mans character is tested by every thing that happens to him he be comes either weaker or stronger the test is not nearly so important as the result rf the test if you think clearly nothing can really happen to you but everything can happen in you that old pine is bafe because it resisted the first storm years and years ago and it has kept on resisting it is getting stronger all the time because of what has happened in it nothing harmful can happen to it the health of many men and women j but at any rate there is definite proof engaged in certain industries is affect- that the poisoning from this source ed by benzol a product largely used constitutes a health hazard the in- in this province in the preparation of ijurious effects of which cannot be rubber for commercial purposes too minimized often in the past before the effects it might be opportune to mention of benzol poisoning were known and j at this point that benzol is very ac- measures taken to counteract it there tive solvent for rubber it is efficient was a considerable amount of some- and economical in all trades in which what unexplainablo sickness through i rubbe s to be used its only two such conditions as loss of energy and loss of appetite general weakness sleeplessness and irritability these and other symptoms of a kindred na ture indicated that something was wrong but just what the trouble actu ally was constituted a problem knowing the effects of benzol poison ing investigation were made by phy sicians j frm the ontario dept of health in plants where this commod ity was used one of the first tests disadvantages and both are formid able are that the fumes are poisonous and highly inflammable it will therefore be seen at once that meas ures have to be taken to control the fumes of benzol and quickly and effi ciently remove the from workshops and factories where people are em ployed a few days ago i visited a large canning factory in this province where benzol is used in the manufac- consisted in making an examination of ture of rubber rings for the lids of the bloock of the persons woiiing airtight cans recently one or two there to bee if the amount of red and j of the workers employed in this in- white corpuscles were up to the stanjdustry died and the cause of death dard in nearly every case where the j was attributed to benzol poisoning worker had been submitted to the i as a result very active interest is fumes of benzol for a considerable w being taken b- the management length of time there was a diminui tn health of the workers and tlon in the white blood count resulting ever possible effort is being made to in the symptoms already mentioned ove the dunger of benzol poisoning just how many people in the province powerful exhausts have been installed aro subjected to benzol fumes has not over the ovens where the benzol fumes been determined up to the present evaporated and these exhausts draw away a very large amount of the fumes except directly at the in- take of the exhaust the odor of ben- zol is hardly discernible as a fur- j ther precaution the workers are sub- i jected to a wood examination every i month or six weeks and if any indi cation of anaemia is found the affect- ied person is either transferred to an- other department or allowed to go home for a period of rest and recup eration the management has further shown its interest in the- workers by providing a pint of fresh milk each morning for every worker in the ben zol department and this innovation has proved doubly successful in that i it has stimulated the employees and i especially the women employees to i bring sandwiches etc to take with the milk many of these women wor ried with household cares had hitherto timeor only a cup of tea or coffee be fore coming to work the provision t milk has brought about a better standard of health for every worker so favored and in addition has re duced the time lost through sickness efforts are being made by the indus trial hygiene division of the pro vincial department of health to in terest all employers in the health of i their workers so that active meas ures may be taken to preserve the health of all classes of people engaged in industry and so bring about a bet- jteratandard of health and living con- ditlons not only for the workers them- j selves but also for their families and dependents free paint book for the children xmas is not far off mothors can reduce the cost of fllllngxmas stock ings by securing a llttlo painting book ontitled tommy tomklns painting book in return for four oxo cube i wrappers it is- filled with pictures showing how tommy won a long dls- tance race how he won fame at foot- ball boxing wrestling what he did when his automobile broke down in a for little one mrs avlla noel haut lameque n b writes i can highly recommend babys own tablets as they have worked wonders in the case of my baoy i always keep them in the house and would not feel safe without them what mrs noel says concerning babys own tablets is just what thous ands of other mothers say and feel the tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the bowels nd stomach thereby banishing con stipation colic indigestion and a host of the other minor ailments of little ones the tablets are absolutely guaranteed to be free from opiates or narcotics or any of the other drugs so harmful to the welfare of the baby they cannot possibly do harm they always do good they are sold by medicine dealers or by mall at 25 cents a box from the dr williams medicine co brockville ont terribly weakened and rundown state i was unable to walk for a long tiuo as i had practically lost the use of my legs and had to be carried up stairs for i had not the strength to go myself i became despondent over my condition for i had tried many remedies which failed to help me while in this wretched condition ai lady friend urgej me to give dr wil- hams pink pills a trial and i proj cured a supply after taking the pills for a while i could see that 1 was growing stronger and i gladly contln- ued their use until i had fully regaln- ed my oldtime health and strength now if i feel at all run down at any j time 1 at once take dr williams pink pills and they never fail me i can i therefore warmly recommended them to others who may be run down there is no better tonic than dr williams pink pills to improve the blood and bring back strength after acute diseases such as fevers pneu monia influenza etc given a fair trial they will not disappoint you you can get the pills from your drug gist or they will be sent by mail at 50 cents a box by the dr williams medicine co brockville ont w let christmas day usher in months of pleasure with a niphoue radio receiver no other gift will give such continu- ous pleasure bo constantly remind the recipient of your thoughtful goodwill and its a gift you can be proud to send all marconi deal ers have various models and will install the set you select wtilc to any one of addresses below illustrated booklet pd an exploded theory bug who said snug-as-a-bug-ln-a- rug bah the electric waiter fn a certain restaurant in detroit the meals are served by electrlolty the diner enters the restaurant selects his table notes on the menu the food he requires drops the menu through a slot in the table and waits a minute or two presently there is a humming noise and in the centre of tho table on a fourposter tray ap pears the food he has ordered when the menu is slipped iito the slot it drops to the kitchen below the server there attends to the order presses a button and the food is on its way to the table when the diner has finished his meal he takes the bill which has also been delivered by electricity and 5ay at the usual cashiers desk payment for artlcfes advertised in this column should be mado with do minion express money orders a safe way of sending money by mall ohtrltulort for mtltcbj final wirt tunu c ltd winning olitater far algeria rtoe itcitnic rflba1r ltd cslour dtrlsutr far f watciuwaa mapeaatal carlrta co ui aim the homer pigeon what is known as a homer or hom ing pigeon is one that will return to its home or loft from a distance as ordinary pigeon might bo called a homer if it has this homing lnstlnot but what the pigeon world calls ft homer is the antwerp a breed that big race and how ho succeodod in originated in belgium it has the sa- keoplng at tho head of his class in i gaclty and endurance to travel hun- school etc etc the mighty atoms dreds of miles it seems likely that 1 are always ready for making beef tea the old arrlors dragoons and horte- and consomme and to put flavor and mon wore used for carrying messabei j moat strength into soups stews hash all pigeons are strongly attached to i and meat pica ask any grocer their homes and will fly hack to them every store of course carries them j so far as their powers allow them to and mall tho wrappers to tommy tomklns oxo limited 2s2 lemoine the sun is the greatest physician st montreal pq and your copy will sir herbert barker bo forwarded by roturn in time tor j f aclng in tot flnu stocking j liniment rsnieves pain the inchcape rock many poems are unknown to the modern schoolboy that used to delight his youthful grandfather who now declaims southeys spirited ballad of the inchcape rock once so popular with budding orators do young voices in their teens magnificontly rolllng their rs and occasionally cracking inopportunely at the climax still proclaim from the school plat form to their critically attontlvo fel- ows how sir ralph the rover tore his hair he currrst himself in his despair the waves rrush in on every side the ship is sinking beneath the tide it is to be feared not southey is a neglected poet nowadays but the story of the inchcape rock or bell rock as it is aftoner callea in our day is interesting from the flic sir ralph the rover insolently removing the warning bell buoyed over the reef by the pious and benevolent abbot of aberbrothock and later himself wrecked upon the unguarded rock is like the good abbot a figure rather of tradition than of history but a bell there was long preceding any light the building of the prosent bell rock light as it is related in f a talbots lightships and lighthouses is as fine a story as southeys tale of the pirate and the abbots bell it was in 1806 that the commission ers for northern lighthouses decided to put up a tojr on the long low lonely ref twelve miles from the coast of scotland a roof two thous and feet long entirely submerged at high tide and falling steeply away on all sldea to deep water until the tower had risen to a fair height work was possible only on the calmest days of the summer and then during but five hours a day it was before the era of steam and men and materials were dependent on the perilous and difficult manoeuvring of sailing craft in the complex racing currents with their sudden changes manoeuvring often made even more difficult by the weath ers turning against them once while some of the men were at work on the rock their vessel and tender broke adrift in steaming fog and rising wind the workmen were too intent on their work to observe their danger but not so their engineer robert stevenson who was that day superintending the job in person and who realized their plight only too well but he said nothing and only when they laid down their tools to leave did ths men realize that they were caught and were more than likely to be drowned before the boats could beat back indeed it was not their own boats but a pilot boat that fortunately came to their rescue just as the water was beginning to lap about their feet they were so drenched exhausted and terrified that out of thirtytwo only eight could return to work next day but after a days rest tho twenty- four others had recovered their nerve and were back on the job the tower a hundred and twenty feet high was completed in 1810 it still stands though its ruddy gem of changeful light as sir walter scott called it now shines from a modern light cham ber with vastly improved power and brilliance this stunt does not amount to much if badly presented with a little care in working up the effect however it can be made very puz zling the effect is that a spectator places a tumbler on the table drops a coin into it and covers it with a handkerchief the performer pre tends to magnetize the hidden coin at his command it jumps up and down in the glass ringing any number requested at any rate it seems to do that because the spec tators who are not too near hear it ring the secret is another tumbler a small one in the trick sters hip pocket in this is a coin to which a thread is attached the other end of the thread is fastened around a suspender button on the left side the thread is slack enough so that the spectator can catch it around the little flnser of his left hand an imperceptible movement of the little finger will cause the coin in the hidden glass to hop up and down making the ringing sound at a few feet it will appear to come from the glass on the table the best part of the trick is to make suspicious movements with the right hand leading the spec tators to believe that the coin in the glass on the table is animated by a thread attached to it if some confident spectator snatches the handkerchief away and accuses the trickster of doing the trick in that manner the trickster can easily turn the luigh on him and at thfc same time divert attention from the real solution of the mystery fclip this out and paste it with other o the series in a scrapbookj money to txan 1 parm loans madm a02nts wanted reynolds w victoria street- toronto we are interested in obtaining old and rare books on canadian subjects send particulars to the wilson publishing company 73 west adelaide street toronto ontario influence if we work upon marble it will erish if on brass time will efface tt if we rear temples they will crumb into dust but if we work upon immor tal minds and imbue them with prin ciples with the just fear of god and jove of our followmen we engrave on those tablets something that wih brighten to all eternity daniel web ster dont cough rub the throat and chest with minards the great enemy of colds minards liniment for rheumatism weevils are spread in crops not by planting infected seeds but from tho crop that has been held over from the preceding year and stored near the fields czema red piles on face itched badly cutic hu eczema first began with an itch ing on ray face little red pimples formed that itched very badly caus ing me to scratch the scratching made the pimples large and red and some nights they burned and kept me awake for a while my mother recommended cuti- cura soap and ointment so i sent for a free sample which helped me i purchased another cake of guti- cura soap and a box of uticura ointmen and in a month i was completely healed signed miss edith h kelley rt 1 unity me july 12 1923 daily use of cuticura soap oint ment and talcum helps to prevent okip troubles bimpla et tit by hail address canadian depot 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cuisine and first class service throutnout orchestra moving pic tures wireless news dally for further information and descrlptlvellterature apply any authorized steamship agent or jame8 w elwell co inc gen agents 17 state street new york city more than 55000 farmers have bought their farx3 in 7jsiara canada from the canadian pacific a remarkable fact think there li a reason the large area of our hold ing affording cholco of location and ot land to lult every farming need fair price fair contract and fair dealing combined with abundant fertility ot oil good climate and loclal condi tions make farm life there desirable and attractive thousands more will select their farm from our virgin lands from our improved farms and with some capital and determination t work can make a homo and v it write for our booklet tt provinces of canada c p western canada rtc norwood land windsor station i railway d montre no 61 24 order yoitr farm help now to be of service to eastern canadian farmers and help to meet their needs in securing competent farm help the canadian pacific railway will continue its farm help service during 1925 and will include in this service as jast year the supply of women domestics and boys jj through experience in the last two yearvthe company lbjffif in touch with a number of good farm laborers in freqnd imi norway sweden denmark franco holland ssapphcaftong other european countries and can prompt for farm help ln time for tho spring- in order to have the help reacjup must got their applications operations farmers requiricafe the help needed in early to enable mas and full information regarding the blank appucatttidtalned from any cpr agent or from any wrvicraiaajs listed below the service is entirely afjjit ojp charge he canadian pacific railway company v department of colonization and development kmjroiij r general ayrlciltaral agent misf do norwood land asent sss7 r br general agent ocean traffic v 2 7 8 colonisation agent o m klllhoum special colonisation stsnt kentviixe na ceo e graham gen manager pomlnfon aluntlo bj kapctmiwtll i s penni8 superintendent j3u1 tsomraualoiia n