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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), May 21, 1931, p. 7

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england to india in five days by harry harper draperies made new author of the romance of a modern airway an experience to linger in ones memory is to fly as a passenger over tho great airmail rout which is orcr- ated by imperial airways between england and india hy the accelerated timeschedue which will be in operation this sum mer ono will ascend from london on saturday morning and be in india on the following thursday having flown 6000 miles abovo laud and sea with panoramas which will enthrall you un folding themselves beneath your out look wind it seems more like magic than re ality to be able to leave london on a saturday morning and to be in alex andria on tho following monday to alight at bagdad on tuesday evening and to reach india by thursday alter- noon yet such apparent miracles as these the fruit of organization and of operating experience are now being accomplished regularly as a matter of daily routine j passengers bound for india by air assemble on saturday morning at air ways house london then after passports have been examined and lug gage taken charge of by airway port ers you are escorted to waiting cars and driven to the air station at croy don taking an armchair seat in one of tho powerful armstrongsiddeley pas sengerplanes of imperial airways you ascend and sweep over kent to the seacoast passing swiftly abovo tho channel on your way to paris after a brief halt at le bourget the pilot steers tor basle beautiful views lying below a panorama of mighty mountains and fertile valleys then the city of basle where the rhino makes an almost rightangle turn is readied now for a brief spell the airway is deserted for a sleeping car train and yon are travelling throughout the night to genoa at genoa you ascend and fly down the italian coast via naples to corfu where you alight that same evening early next morning you are on the wing again steering for athens and crete with wonderful views below and on abovo the mediterranean you alight at alexandria changing again from flyingboat to aeroplane you obtain a fascinating glimpse of cajro soon your magic carpet has car ried you over the sinai desert to gaza on again fresh wonders greet you tho roundtopped hills of judah bethlehem on your left and jerusalem on a hill beyond with an impressive swiftlyglimpsed panorama of the dead sea which it has been said looks like the bottom of tho world when viewed from a height of about 5000 feet soon after this you and yourself over bagdad jewel of the east and as you glide down you catch a passing glimpse of the golden domes of the kadimain mosque and of tho narrow- streets and date gardens of the city early next morning you are in the air again passing over that wonderful arch of ctesiphon and approaching tho legendary site of tho garden of eden after this from basra on to bushire there is a rapid transition from the tropical basin of tho river system to tho volcanic mountain ranges of persia flying via lingeh you reach and alight at jask ascending again noxt day you pass abovo mountains and vast stretches of sand presently nearlng the harbor and port of karachi your air ex press passes to the north of the town and on to the commercial air station which lies inland and glides down you havo flown from england to india in exactly five days two hours thirty- five minutes a hundred years ago it was thought wonderful when one of tho old sailing ships mado a voyage between england and india in not more than 91 days five days as com pared with 91 days or to contrast tho aerial mail with the fastest exist ing surfaco transport five days as com pared with 15 days such apparent miracles are possiblo only with the modern aircraft which wings its way unhindered above sea mountains for ests or deserts street ballads mexican popular ballads tho cor- ridos aro sung in tho village streets on market days by professional min strels tltoy roplaco newspapers and keep tho people informed on cur rent events tho reportolro of the minstrel contains songs about tho last inundation as well as the last murder it relates and comments on political happenings lova stories economics one ballad comrlalns against tho price policy of tho mer chants when tho corrido loses its news value it becomes subject to na tural selection and the minstrel re tains only those songs that appeal to his audience for their general drama tic value thousands of theso songs mado in tho villages have never been written down but in cities publish ers supply tho minstrels with text sheets on holidays the minstrel presents songs specially written for tho occasion such at tho calaveras skulls which are grotesque verses often imitating funeral sermons sung on all sovrs day and satiriz ing past evcntsny heraldtri bune when wo resumed housekeeping a month ago 1 found my draperies had become creased from packing i hung them out on the line hoping tc re move the creases then 1 forgot them the result was they tecame badly faded and sunspotted i was heartsick until the happy thought struck me to dye them 1 just dyed them a deeper green and as 1 used diamond dyes they look gorgeous and new 1 have never seen easier dyes to use than diamond dyes they give the most beautiful colors when used either for tinting or dyeing and never take the life out of cloth as other dyes do mrs jft montreal geodetic reconnaissance during the field season of 1930 the geodetic survey of canada depart ment of the interior completed the re- connaisaice for an extensive tri- angulation scheme covering georgin bay and the north channel f lake- huron together with adjoining land- including manitoulin island the to tal area extending from the southern of georgian bay to sault ste a distance of 230 miles which av e controlled by such a scheme wiii nave forty control points distri buted over an area of approximately 12000 square miles j think wo can wejl look forward to the time when towns will rebuild themselves as we now go 1 1 the tail or for a new suit of clothes h g wells ajfludl wfah for distinguished service heroes are born not made we are told perhaps this saying is true at any rate the men pictured above performed heroic service to the public because they had in their spare time prepared themselves to render first aid to the injured and were ready when the emergency arose each man is a member of the staff of the bell tele phone company of canada the bell telephone company provides instruction in first aid for all employees who desire it over eighty per cent of the members of the plant department are qualified first aiders the men pictured above have saved life resuscitated the nearly drowned bound up the wounded or by timely action and quick thinking prevented serious accidents in each case their services have been rendered not to fellow employees but to the public at large often times at great sacrifice and personal danger as a mark of appreciation the bell telephone com pany has made appropriate awards to its men top left to right c w biggin st thomas e tushingham w s stirling e c merrifield toronto p e lacroix and c page ottawa bottom f e belanger ottawa r it manley montreal g h barclay e c frith j w carson toronto and a hamilton montreal all can cat it freely gs health authorities recommend velveeta for childrens daily diets ts nourishing as milk con centrated body build ing food for old and young made in canada made by the makers of kraft cheese and kraft salad dicssinj knights meaford flooring its good sec your dealer its even better get our priees its- the best knight mfg lbr co ltd meaf ord the depends upon so many little things upon bathroom hygiene for instance and there is no greater assurance of bathroom hygiene than the soft absor bent tissue in an eddy roll tissue made immaculately pure and safe by eddys sterilizing process the e b eddy company limited hull canada navy a ull weight roll of sterilized quality tissue 700 sheets of toll sale sanitary paper dreadnought a big value eddy line seven ounces of sterilized creped tissue in every roll jwhite swan a snowy whitesterilizcd tissue in wrapped dustproof rolls of 750 sheets also nude in recess size to fit ncdern builtin fixtures manufacturers of a wide r quality papers for commercial sional and domestic purposes ige of profes- tissue owilaffs during the furnacecleaning opera tions in a large steel works the men occasionally had to walk across a plank high in the air one of them would cross it on his hands and knees foreman are you frightened of walking on the plank workman no sir tis frightened i am walking off it idleness is detrimental to ones self respcct if you dont think you are living in the best town in the world you ought to be hunting that kind of a one tiie fingers of cne hand are those on which all the people in the world could be count ed who work for the pure love of working late to bed and late to i rise makes one unhealthy unwealthy and otherwise james poor mike was found froz en to death in bed this morning john how did it happen james he married the janitor s daughter you know fred did you quit your work in the shirt factory i saw you down town this afternoon carl no we are making night shirts this week why find fault when there are so many better things to find dentist to patient who is opening her purse ko dont bother to pay me in advance patient im not dont worry i was only counting my money before you give me gas the onlv business that runs smcothlv all the time is a dead one drifting out to the sea of oblivion first wife does your husband exercise regularly second wife why yes last week he was out six nights running teacher how many people arc there in this country student er-hh-r- toacher hurry hurry every sec ond you dillydally the number grows larger take care of the tomorrow your yesterdays will take care of them selves southern californian home from a vacation trip out of the state- ahhh doesnt the old bus ride nice now that weve got the tires filled again with this wonderful los angeles air consider the ant he is so busy he breaks up other peoples picnics passengercaptain theros a girl stowaway on board this ship tho captain tell her to bide in my cabin friction makes more heat but seldom makes light new traffic control tried by soviet moscow after experimenting with a variety of measures fines printed posters ana volunteer auxiliary traffic ilolice to persuade russians to cross streets at designated crossing in the more crowded parts of the city local authorities have hit on a more effec tive device iiopes aro now stretched along tho streets at a height of two or three feet so that only an ngilo jumper is likely to violate tho injunction against crossing at unauthorized places the people are soberly thinking and that is the most hopeful sigt we could have henry ford a fish curiosity a fish that shoots insects with a drop of water is among the ichthyolog- ical incredibilities assured as scientific facts by dr hugh m smith former united states fish commissioner who recently returned to washington from bangkok where he is adviser in fisheries to the siamese government so accurately can the little fish hurl its liquid projectile that on at least two occasions dr smith has seen lighted cigarettes extinguished in the mouths of smokers on a verandah a couple of yards abovo the surface of the pond where the fish were swim ming when tho shooting fish sights an insect that it considers a likely candi date for dinner it quietly pokes its eyes and the tip of its snout above water holding its body at an angle of about fortyfive degrees it opens its wide mouth just the slightest crack in the middle and at the same instant suddenly squeezes its gillcov ers the speeding drops of water that shoots forth seldom fails to bring down its mark dr smith states that he has even seen these fish dislodge small lizards with their water bullets science news letter more poultry in germany now than prior to war washington despite e usual des truction of farm crops and farm ani mals brought about by a great war germany now has more poultry chick en ducks and geese than it had be fore the start of the world war ac cording to a census conducted last december and made public by the commerce department steady increases are shown since 1925 resulting at the end of last year in 0230400 geese 3sso100 ducks and s7m300 chickens theo figures re present a substantial gain over those obtained for 1913 when there were 5s5os0o geese 2osc300 ducks and 63970300 chickens imports of eggs into germany in creased materially until 192s when a decline began the commerce depart ment announced the 1930 imports were 21990ss30 dozen about 20000- 000 dozen less than in 192s classified advertising bab chicks hioksmn six var- 41m up catalogue a ii swltzer grantor ontario 4 1 babi jts ibtika and up atatobuea tvprwkitees baroa1n ln rebuilt buptob typewriters guaranteed sam as new 25 sh with order satisfaction or money refunded twite for type writers 754 st peter st montreal representative wanted wi- want a issuable kepre- skntat1vk to handle our pro- duets in vour oeal district apply clarence cameron j wellington st t toronto fate be still sad heart and cease repining behind the clouds the sun is shining thy fate is the common fate of all into each life some rain must fall some days must lie dark and dreary longfellow man should be a beautiful crea ture in nature it is tho male of the species that is the fine bright- colored one cosmo hamilton highest prices paid the canadian wool co ltd 2 church st toronto of both faith and science the only altar is god pope pius xi agents wanted big commissions to sell our personal social stationery and our wonderful value line of per sonal christmas cards very moderately priced big moneymauinc opportunity art print service 30 collgosrrc- toronto press on press on and climb or linger still be low life is a land we can but partly know leagues have been travelld many wonders met but the best part is undiscovered yet edwin henry keen spiritualists are the only people who have not religious freedom lady cohan doyle kennedy msnton 421 college st toronto harieylavidson distributor- write at onee for our barkaln list of used motorcycles terms arranged lacschtadd dont suffer any longer from these n htly blemishes overcome them at home get 2 oz peroxlno powder from your druggist sprinkle a little on bo face cloth apply avlth a circular wjhon and tho blackheads will he all washed awi satisfaction o money returned jdragging ays and restless niglats lack of pep is frequently caused by cloggedup systems fccnamint is thorough dependable yet gentle in action effective in smaller doses because you chew it modern scientific safe nonhabitforming m fly and all the little flies they cant get away once they touch actoxon theres something in it that has an irrcsistibleattraction for these household pests a wider and longer ribbon provides a greater area and the glue docs not dry good for 3 weeks service at drag grocery hardware ttcies soo agents newton a xcebx 56 pront st ea3t toronto flar catcher gets the fly ever time homewashed a clean scalp is a healthy one avoid distressing loss of hair use seven sutherland sisters hair and scalp cleaner made t abso lutely pure ingredients removes dirt and dandruff successive washings prove its worth at your druggist 50e or send 10c for jample seven sutherland sisters dtpt 33 193 spadlna ave toronto why fat men stay fat the trouble with mc and i guess this applies to 00 out of every 100 men who arc putting on weight- i didnt have the energy or pep to keep it off lost all interest in any healthy activity nnd just lazed around accumulating the old pounds until i got that krusclicn feeling start taking krnschen salts thats the commonsense way to reduce but dont take them with the idea that jhcy possess reducing qualities in themselves this is what they do they clean out the impurities in your blood by keeping the bowels kidneys and liver in splen did working shape and fill you with vigor and tireless energy as a result instead of planting yourself in an easy chair every frto moment and letting flabby fat accumu late you feel an urge for activity that keeps you moving around doing tho things youve always wanted to do and needed to do to keep you in good condition krusclicn salts arc the uptodate fountain of youth take onehalf teaspoon in a glass f hot water tomorrow morning nnd every morning be careful of the foods yon eat take regular moderate exercise then watch the pounds slide off children cry for it children hate to take medicine as a rule but every child loves the taste of castoria and this pure vegetable preparation is just as good as it tastes just as bland and just as harmless as the recipe reads when babys cry warns of colic a few drops of castoria lias him soothed asleep again in n jiffy noth ing is more valuable in diarrhea when coated tongue or bad breath tell of constipation invoke its gentle aid to cleanse and regulate a childs bowels in colds or childrens diseases you should use it to keep the system from clogging castoria is sold in every drugstore the genuine always bears chas h fletchers signature issue no 2131

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