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seek to better state of people delinquent girls are trained in domestic work during imprisonment opportun ity for education ftoronto dcscribin as far ahead of our system- the method in which london takes care of delin quent girls- miss mary f jenlson related her impressions of the inter national conference on social work in london betore a central council- neighborhood workers association meeting at the womens borstal at ayles bury she found an exterior looking much like a prison inside the girls had many privileges girls from 14 to 21 guilty of such criminal offen ces as petty thieving vagrancy and other charges are kepc in the bor stals miss jenniston explained they are trained in domestic work cook ing and sewing during imprisonment- and when ready for discharge are found employment and kept under supervision for a yeai academic subjects are also taught to those de siring them english social workers the so or described as much more concern ed with bettering the conditions of people than with destroying the cause of such conditions they are more outspoken about the spiritual life of sicia work and much less selfconscious about it she said the most surprising thing about english social work she thought is the recog nition by the state of its increased responsibility for the care of people made dependent through economic forces and the close cooperation be tween the state enterprises and vol untary groups kecreational develop ments are only thought worthwhile in englands social agencies- if they come from the people themselves the papers say editorial here comment from there and everywhere canada preservation of farm fence posts interesting information with re gard to the preservation of fence posts has accrued from experiments carried out at the range experimen tal station of the dominion depart ment of agriculture at manyberries alberta these experiments have been conducted to determine the rela tive merits of treated and untreated fence posts in one experiment start ed in 1927 posts were treated with coal tar or creosote while other posts were left untreated in 1936 all the treated posts were found to be sound but all the untreated ones were cither completely rotted a few inches below the ground or showed such ad vanced stages of rot that they will have to be replaced within the next year as it was several of the un treated posts had to be replaced in 1934 and 1935 at the end of a nineyear period- a comparison of the two treatments tarring and creosoting- failed to show any definite advantage in favor of one or the other method however- wiee cost and equipment are con cerned there is a decided advantage in the tarring treatment the cost of tarring is from v to 2 cents per post whereas creosoting costs from 5 to i cents per post depending on the size of the post mo cover- a creosote dipping apparatu is more elaborate in construction and a long er time is necessary to do the job thoroughly another experiment in progress is a comparison of other treatments with various kinds of wood pres- surccreosoted purchased commer cially bluestoned and charred posts are being tested along with tarred and creosotedipped posts charring has no apparent check on rotting as all the charred posts were as badly rotted as the untreated pressure crcosoted pine posts show excellent durability but hioy entail a high initial cost for fencing large areas the blucstone treatment shows very good results especially with poplar posts the cost of blue- stoning is usually less than 2 cents per post the construction of the dip ping tank and method of treatment being quite simple i thb sport here is a calm description of a certain method of hunting moose one of the shyest of forest ani mals they lost much of their timid ity in late autumn when the bulls are often decoyed by hunters who im itate the animals call on trumpets of blrchburk to all who still regard the shooting of animals as sport let it be said quite plainly that is not sport what ever lse it may be and the author ities would bo doing the right thing it hey put a stop to it entirely halifax herald sound to the core here is an item from ottawa that certainly 13 worth tho attention ot the canadian people today ottawa civic employees are buying 20000 of prince edward island 1947 bonds tor their superannuation fund decision to purchase the bonds which yield 395 per cent interest was made at a meeting of the civic employees superannuation board that is a perfectly fair proposition and an excellent investment but what would those investors think about it if prince- edward is land at somo time in the future acted through legislation to cut in two or wipe out entirely the return from this fair and legitimate investment of course prince edward island has no intention of doing any such thing it we know that province and its people as we think we do they will go on scrupulously honoring their obligations in the terms of their contracts halifax herald when youth goes wrong for tin year 1930 there were 6453 convictions to reformatory or prison of those known to bo between the ages ot lfi and 21 and 920 who were supposed to he within that age limit making a total of 7373 of that number 5732 were cana dian born dividing them by resid ence it was found that 83 per cent came from urban centres and 17 per cent from rural district and that in itself is a rather strong argument in favor of the strength and substance of home life in our farming centres going a little deeper into statistics it was found that do per cent of the major offences are stealing and re ceiving stolen property from 193 to december 31 1935 the major in- creases in juvenile delinquencies were found be in utomobile cases peterborough examiner a queer argument one argument that has been advan ced why the youth recently convict ed at moosomin should not hang is that the guard who was killed by- being hit over the head with n po tato masher was not robust enough for his position it has been said that if the guard had been strong enough the blow from the potato masher would not have killed him it is desirable to keep some sanity in the discussion of murder cases is it seriously suggested that guards in our jails should have heads that will stand blows from potato mashers arc convicts to be encouraged to hit guards on the head with potato mashers to see whether they will live or die in connection with murder cases it i js always well to give a little thought cl s to the murdered man and his family w t w rcgina leiler pau pane collegiate toronto now has gina lcadct io collegiate- ton icohihe- 1 schools four high schools of commerce 100 i b 1 i puhtfc schools including a types empire wood in a letter to the times the chief royal engineer notes that as the wayfayer goes up thi calator ct moorgate statiol he joes on a trip through the empins forests the whole of the balustra- is composed ot beritiful pi els of wood from every part of the empire canada newfoundland africa india and britain itself are rich in umbo wealth but thy be nsks restrict this excellent idea to moorgate sta tion canadas weekly london mistaken identity doer it is i sported have been seen in oxford county funny how anyono could mistake a holstein for a deer- st catharines standard fall on the prairie spring poets in numbei and vari ety crop up in the spring or in the socied spring in southern al berta but we have yet to have a fall poet who can sing of the glories of the southern alberta fall hi or she an have much inspiration our fall is in the nature of a resur rection tho burntout grass of summer of intense heat comes back to life and color the flowers that wero killed by the scorching sun come to life and the praios rendered arid with tho powerful rays of a jildsummer sun put on new ver dure and new color with he revlvl- nod grass and ho wild flowers that peep forth agair the catio on a thousand hills rejoice in a new sustenance which a benevolent fall supplies and all na ture 13 fortified in the thougit that when winter comes it will not bo a long one and we brace ourselves to meet it with tin thought loth- bridge he id boy scouts behave survey of jivnnile court records by a meaibo of the inlvorsity of michigan itatf laads him to tho asser tion that boy scouts are only one- third s likely to become delinquents as are non scouts people who know and appreciate the value of scout training will readily believe in tho truth of that statement- kingston whigstandard three speed nools am 40 separate schools the total value of all in cluding sites and equipment is plac ed at over 40000000 toronto star truth in spain the truth is the ordary liberty- loving individual of moderate political views in spain is caught between the upper and the neiher millstones and there is little he can do about it he can choose between a military dicta torship and u dictatorship of the pro letariat and thu is the only choice ho cau make the extremists on both sides h ve as usual ii such cir cumstances risen to the top and are in full command tho government is dominated by t e comnunists and anarchists the rebe are dominated by the military juita tho morates on both sides can only stand and vier in helpless dismay the forces ot destruction let loose upon stricken country winnipeg tribune challenge there is not now the same need of rough pioneering but of the for ward looking energy that is not con tent with things as they are the resources of science are available there is e field for cooperation and the natural riches of the scil the forest and the fisheries await fuller development there is also the great and growing tourist traffic to be en couraged since the maritimes are fit ted to be in a natural playground for vast numbers of rf mmer visitors while therefore the arta of the maritime provinces is limited in com parison with the other provinces there is room foi the expansion of agricult e industry and trade an a greater exploitation of scenic charms and summei climate this is perhaps an eld story but linked with it is the io- progress of the maritimes they cannot go north but they can make more use of what they have within their lim ited boundaries it is a challenge es pecially to youth to go on to greater things st john elegraphjounial the empire dressing by airplane for a bride in south africa thous ands of miles away to order by air mall her wedding dress after having selected a design and a pattern for it submitted to her from london by air mall is unusual surely there must be an extre special thrill in opening a box which has come all tho way from england with the wed ding dress in it after the bride has only seen that wedding gown in her minds eye as a sketch and a scrap of satin it is equally unusual for a london dress designer to send designs and patterns by air mail overseas to cus tomers who select from his sketches and patterns in the same way but this is how mr tracquir who works iu his grosvenor street salon caters for wealthy customers in south africa whom he has only seen once when they were over here he has their measurements and he makes dresses for them a mother and two daughters a dozen at a time overseas daily mail 3 strikes on cupid with their wedding day set for november 4th joe vosmik star outfielder of the cleveland indians and his fiancee miss sally joanne okla 24 raise their hands to swear to their application for marriage license in cleveland romance in rural mails cleveland plain dealer writes an echo from the past comes with the resignation of j h taylor for 30 years a rural mail carrier at bucyrus taylor is one of that vanishing race that took the mail into the farm dis tricts by horse and buggy then as in these days of airplanes the mail had to go through taylor always got it to its destination over every description of road and in all kinds of weather in his 30 years he covered 209274 miles and wore out twelve horses before the motor car came the automobile and good roads have eliminated the romance from the arrival of the mail on tho farm it used to be an event the high spot of the day for thousands of families but no wit is an accepted routine affair in a few places in the hill country of southern ohio and pennsylvania the tourist seeking the quiet country road away from the caravanladen highway will occasionally come upon the oldstyle carrier plodding along in his horsedrawn wagon but his days are numbered progress has over taken the old timers nostalgic memories arise in the heart of all who have spent time on a farm whenever they think of the rural mail man in the summer he could be seen coming up the road a long way off be was announced by a cloud of dust raised by his faithful horse speed was not his motto but that was just as well his slowness furnished aa excuse for leaning against the old fence down by the road until he ar rived he was an acceptable alibi for chores when he pulled up in front of the drive he did more than deliver the dally paper from the county seat the catalogues and letters from aunts and cousins iu nearby counties he haj a whole budget of gossip from the village and the farms along the line to retail ho helped keep the country together two gunmen he wcj assisting in the attempted arrest of red ryan and harry checkley who were robbing a provincial government liquor store at sarnla the two desperadoes had to be shot down or they would have mur dered other officers engaged in tho deadly work of peace and law observ ance now ontario will not do justice to the murdered constables family indeed ontarians and some other ca nadians have show more interest and sympathy with the notorious red ryan than with any of his vic tims in a life of crime newspapers catering to their sort of readers uae paid more for the life story ot ryan than the 1000 sought by his victims family somehow we do not seem to keep our emotions on straight says war awaits a new generation our emotions writes the brandon sun the pro vince ot ontario has refused to pay the family of the lat constable lewis 1000 in compensation for his loss t constable was killed while per forming his duty for the people by so long as the war generation lives dr hans lrtje of berlin told the american lutheran church con vention at san antonio texas there will not be another world war speaking in german the berlin churchman termed tho current saber rattling in europe mostly international bluff i fought in the trenches and i havent forgotten it as long as we exist there will not be another world war a look at the present situation will show you that they cannot af ford war now he added a great gift observes the manchester guardian lord nuf fields gift of 1250 000 to oxford university i3 in the language of sport a record no other single man in the country has made so big a benefaction in money for anything to equal it one must refer to the rockefeller and carnegie foundations he had already given 1000000 to other causes chiefly hospitals and he has since announced a gift of 35000 to provide books for the blind it is true that lord nuffield can afford to be generous but that does not diminish our gratitude there are many others who could afford to be generous in the same way but are not lord nuffield has made his gift for the development of the univer- ihot soup dm by gluyas williams orders his favorite chicken 6ums0 soup takes a spoonful which proves to be rep- hot 6asp5 for alrrak5 tbnsue aud 6r0pe5 frahttcauy tor ice water coots himself off atfd tries to p0 same for soup bv sflrrltfe rc affer a while tesfs soup 6v fouchlris spoonful to his lips zerv cfcwjouslv sflu too hot tries to cool if by bloubhs on it blows 100 hard spatttrlrte some oh harid amd burnin6tf sit medical school and the nuffield institute of medical research the intention is to provide a great post graduate school with senior posts for men and women who will not be subject to the distractions of private medical practice there is every reason to hope that such an institu tion will give powerful aid in the nations fight against disease skilled men scarce persons skilled in trades that re quire considerable training and give promise of affording employment million people in the trailers by l h robblns in the new york times magazines the coach trailer innocently trun- dllug along the road or resting by the wayside becomes suddenly an object of popular interest and nation al concern five years ago it was just a convenience for motor tourists aa overnight bhelter usually home made a mobile bedroom dragged along behind the car today it is a fairly complete home factorybuilt and it is the only homo of thousands stand the best chance of becoming of americans who have gone gypsy absorbed in industry cutting loose from house foundations this employment phase is stressed cutting addresses and other conven- by majorgeneral w b m king tional moorings who has just returned to canada at the opening ot the year there from great britain just recently wore perhaps roooo of these mlsra- says general king i visited a large tor bungalows since then their number has by all accounts trebled a million people in the estimate of the american automobile association are living in theiu for part or all of the year most of tho yearround crowd follow the birds south in aut umn north in spring but many stay planted on vacant lots and ramble not at all omaha for one city re ports 300 families living there in trailers throughout the year the swift increase of the trailer- ites raises new problems for states and municipalities for motorvehiclo authorities tax collectors school boards public health officers land lords realestate dealers the house building trades the railroads the ho tels the thing has the economists and the sociologists guessing what will american life become they ask if the trailer fad goes on accelerating at the present rate what sort of citizens will trailer chil dren make one startled observer predicts that halt the people of the united states will turn nomadic with in a generation another looks at the hordes of houseboat dwellers on the rivers ot china and wonders whether america is in for a float ing population of a like sort all the while signs of the dawn of a trailer age are multiplying airplane factory where i was invited to see the new transatlantic flying boats that are being made for the imperial airways england to canada service i was told there that they are employing 3500 men on military contracts and could employ 3000 more if skilled mechanics were avail able a similar situation may confront us in canada before long young men have not been able to learn trades due to the scarcity of jobs in the last six years something should be done to give youth the opportun ity to become experienced in those lines of industrial activity that re quire workmen newspaper changes the london advertiser is the latest important canadian daily newspaper to prove a casualty which is a pity comments the ottawa journal for the advertiser in its best days was a good newspaper and under tin editorship of the late melville ros- sie it spoke for oldfashioned west ern ontario liberalism with know ledge and distinction more than these things alas are required in these days to keep a newspaper alive the claim so often heard that people will support newspapers to the ex tent only that they publish what is of serious consequence to democ racy neglecting other tastes and de mands is one of our greatest myths perhaps as compensation for tho loss of the london advertiser is the announcement that mr john bassott vicepresident of the montreal gaz ette has bought control of und will in future be responsible for the sherbrooke record the sherbrooke record is one of the few surviving english newspapers in the province of quebec but it is published in a district which contrary to general belief ha3 recently shown a gain in its englishspeaking population and under the guidance of mr bassett a journalist of wide knowledge and experience its future should be as prosperous as it undoubtedly will be beneficial to its readers allbritish atlantic air line in 1938 some time later fihp5 wmfer has taken soup auwthlmlk6 he dlwf waftf if 422 copyrlibt 1j two holidays in canada for some not readily dlscernable reason we observe with in a month of each other two holi days observes the brantford exposi tor or to be more accurate we keep the one and treat the other in a man ner more or less perfunctory the paradox becomes all the more unin telligible and unintelligent when it is realized that if thanksgiving were held on armistic day it would be specially significant and impressive on october 12 thanksgiving day so called was generally kept stores offices factories closed it was a holi day on november 11 if the usual practice is followed there will be fit ting religiocs observances on the an niversary of the termination of the great war there will be for two short minutes an empirewide si lence of commemoration but for the most part it will be a case of busi ness as usual why should this inept uid indeed illogical situation exist admitting the appropriateness of a formal day of thanksgiving why should it not- be observed on a day for which tho whole world and wo as members of the british commonwealth of nations in particular have deep reason to bo grateful for the blessings of provid ence and tho valor of men why should it not be marked in preference to what is after all littlo more than an antedated imitation of an ameri can holiday without any of its sig nificance end of leap year it is very possible that february 1936 will be the last one to hav 20 days not that february li going to be deprived of this extra day on tho contrary it is probable that it wili be given the same right the other months t- have 30 days this is the suggestion of a large group of people who are in favor of a revision of the ealenda u is probabl that the league of nations will call a conferon i this year ti consider the matter if tho change takes place february will have 31 days every ear each sixth year there 111 be an extra day but that v i fili at the end of jane another suggestion is that this odd day might he hadi into an extra holi day between december 31 and no voars day journal of calendar re form nsw york to link england with the pacific coast of domin ion mail passengers montreal an allbritish air mall and passenger service between eng land rnd the pacific coast ot canada by 1938 a transcanada air service to be established as soon as possible establishment of a transportation commission in place of the present board ot railway commissioners and early consideration of the capital structure of the canadian national railways were envisioned recently by transport minister c d howe speaking t a luncheon gathering of the canadian club his appear ance coinciding with the announce ment at ottawa ot formal inaugura tion of the new department of trans port mr howe told something of the vast public interest involved in tho merger ot the railway canals marine civil aviation radio and meteorologi cal services ot government in the field of civil vlation tho minister said steps are now being taken to set up a transcontinental service for passengers and mail thli is a development that is overdue while canada has an enviable record for transportation ot mail passengers and freight by air in districts not serve by other forms of transport it is behind most countries in provid ing air service along the main arter ies of travel great britain has made definite plans for transporting mail and pas sengers across the north atlantic and it is expect d that an air route from england via ireland and new foundland to montreal will be in operation by 193s canada has contracted with these countries to furnish an air service from montreal to the pacific ocean as a connecting link in this allbrit ish air route aside from this there is an insistent demand from the tra velling public for modern air trans portation in canada operation ot air lines today is ap proaching tho efficiency of our rail ways in the matter of safety comfort and reliability of schedules the ex perimental stage is passed and can ada cannot be without tho service much longer it is hoped that the proposed air service can b developed through co operation between the railways and the government the post office de partment clniales that sufficient business is available almost from the start to make the route commercially feasible remembrance day not wasted lives but glorious in their death true men who marched away at dutys call they counted not the cost thought not of self they nobly gave in time ot need their all their honor was a banner never low- crcd our wistful splendid tragic sons of fate intrepidly with display they died today it measures gain our loss so great dorothy sproule