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the papers s ay editorial comment from here there and everywhere blondes vanish the new models of motor cars ap pear in the advertisements without a blonde on the running board suggest ing at least the motor car has reach ed a state of perfection that enables it to stand on its own merits kitch ener record incompetent drivers the department of highways now requires every driver who has had a had accident recod to be examined by a doctor to see if any physical de fect is responsible for tho accidents this suggests that it might bo a good thing from tho standpoint of the saf ety of those using the highways it more attention was paid to the physi cal qualifications of all who drive mo tor vehicles why wait until a driver has established a reputation tor acci dents before subjecting him to an ex amination regarding bis physical fit ness plain ordinary common sense suggests that the time for such an ex- animation is before and not after an accident in which perhaps there has beon a loss of life st thomas times- journal music and milk science gains much by accident an indiana farmer is now getting five gallons of milk instead of tho three he used to get before ho began milking just outsido his back door where his two cows could hear the radio but he didnt locate the cows there for their amusement but his own in a scien tific spirit this column now suggests trying bagpipes on the two cows or on the farmer if you prefer sault star south africa and immigration on the rand we do not want any more newcomers for the present ci ther from overseas or from other prts of south africa unless they have as sured job3 waiting for them it niay be that tho decentralization of secon dary industry recently much dis cussed will provide a solution anxi ous as wo are to see the rand grow and thrive and prosper it is as well to remember before it is too late that the raud cannot continue indefinitely to carry the rest of tho union on its back the prosperity of the rand and the prosperity of the rest of the coun try are in point of actual fact inter dependent wo must avoid the mis take of australia where almost the entire population is concentrated in a few large cities increased and more diffused industrial activity should readily attract a larger population of the desired type which in turn will lead to an increased demand for raw materials and food what is needed at the moment is a strong lead from the government concern for a dog a curious incident according to a cable dispatch from madrid held up hostilities for a time on that blood- drenched battleground it seems that somehow or other a collie dog had wandered on to the danger zone and was rushing back and forth between the opposing trenches in a state of terror both side3 ceased fire for a whole hour but the dog refused to leave and was eventually dispatched it is strange to reflect that men who would not hesitate for an instant to kill each other should instinctively re frain from killing a trapped animal there is then a certain remnant of chivalry still surviving hamilton spectator julianas honeymoon housing in quebec it will he admitted that in canada we are already behind from the point of viow of sanitary lodgings thl3 delay may be due to a number of causes it is only recently that the housing crisis became berious it fol lowed the exodus of country people to tho cities but the crisis is none the less severe in many centres construc tion has not kept pace with the in crease in population and before the economic crisis working men and the poor succeeded in housing themselves much more easily than today the federal government has had the hap py idea of choosing the building of sanitary lodgings as a means of les sening the unemployment crisis for it must not bo overlooked that in aid ing the population to live iu more hy gienic dwelling places and more agreeable one3 the public authorities aro contributing to procure work for a largo number of men and that they aro encouraging all the industries which are allied to those of construc tion let u3 hope that quebec will enter upon this movement shortly and wltli all its power levenement quebec wife ends his career the passing of mrs j t carroll re calls tho history in vancouver of an interesting pioneer couple her late husband dr carroll was a busy phy sician one of the group consisting of dr duncan bellirving dr johnson and dr h e langis all now dead ex cept dr langis who is still hale and hearty at 79 in 189s dr carroll was bitten by the political bug this being about the time that dr r e mckechnie now of vancouver was first running for office in nanaimo the newsadvertiser vancouver morning paper was friendly to the candidacy of dr carroll for mayor f l cartercotton was proprietor of the morning paper of that day one night mr cotton and dr car roll were in conference and they call ed in a young reported to dictate an announcement about dr carrolls proposed candidacy the reporter took his notes but then remarked the only trouble about thi3 an nouncement is that mrs carroll was on tho phone a few minutes ago to say that no matter what we heard from any source about dr carroll running for mayor there was nothing to it she said he was not going to run did she say that huskily repeat ed dr carroll who was a towering man of huge frame he turned to the editor and said i guess i had better go home and find out mr cotton had to find another can didate for that election lethbridge herald the empire and the world the empire does not involve tho world in its domestic problems and crises other nations have diverted the discontent of citizens by preci pitating crises with neighbouring or weaker nations but the empire has kept it3 domestic troubles within its own boundaries even though unem ployment and poverty within the em pire havo been exploited by the ene mies of the british system the em pire has not retaliated but has gone on in us quiet dignity and brought its enemies to reluctant acknowledgment that the integrity of the empire is es seutial even to the welfare of those who would be its enemies not as a nation but as the exponent of an op p03ing order thus it goes enemies rivals competitors all know that were the emplro to falter in its stride the pace of the world would diminish the empire is the drivingwheel the mo tive power and tho safetylvalve of international production and welfare melbourne argus safe walking taught in school the christian science monitor i canadian girls to have training national employment commis sion finds unwillingness to work as domestics written exams soon to go writes the saruia canadianobser ver lieutenantgovernor dr h a bruce of ontario lias added some words to the already extensive vol- victoria too many canadian uaie of disapproval registered against girls want business positions and not the written examination which cousti- enough are williug to go into domes- j tutes the standard test in the canad- tic service according to mrs mary ian educational system sutherland of the national employ- 1 speaking at the stratford collek- nent commission mrs sutherland aiate institute recently he expressed resident of wells bc asserted that his belief that ability personality and handling of the female unemployment j character were far more important problem depends upon the work of than capacity to memorise 6tudies for locsl organizations that can deal with written examinations he favored tho ividual cases the commission plan whereby a studeut is judi the indi is interested iu training girls for do mestic service a uumber of classes ldged by demeanor and work throujhoit tho term rather than by the result of the had been established and are doing written examination an excellent work j it is reasonably certain that the placement of women in suitable time is coining iu our educational employment is much more difficult to program when the written exajniua- do than placement of men mrs su- ion will be supplementary rather princess juliana the future queen of holland and her husband prince bernhard zur lippe biesterfield pictured skiing at krynic- ka popular polish winter resort in the carpathians where they are spending part of their honeymoon therland said avenies of employ ment are fewer and i i3 not the work of the commission to create new in dustries you cant place several thou sand women in forestry mining and farming occupations as iu the case of men the national unemployment commissions objective she said was to find suitable job3 for capable per sona in existing industries this weeks 1 news in review v toronto leads ottawa according to a state writeshighway safety will be merit isucd jn income taxxoh ectlons soars through clouds jbr it iv- 5 v ill s j jv v v- v florida and the soo you may have your snowbauks and blizzards your coughs and your colds and your fiu but take it from me i would much rather be down here in the sun wouldnt you w j mccormack st petersburg florida jan 11 dear bill had to pay 2 cents pos tage on your card this is the warm est january in 40 years however there aro neither rattlers nor jiggers lu tho grass no alligators in the r ers sun is so bright a fellow needs to hunt the shady side of the street the boss shoes have taken a rest but there is great curling skating and hoc key it must be terrible down south to just have to sit around and play cribbage editor sault ste marie star taught in the public schools of north carolina the teaching material to be furnished by arthur fulk direc tor of the highway safety division of the state department ofkev- enue special booklets have been prepared we are planning to confer with state superintendent clyde a er- win with a view to securing the co operation of the department of public instruction mr fulk said we will suggest that this depart ment use its influence to get the teachers to give definite instruc tions in safe walking and safe driv ing in at least one elementary grade and one high school grade although we believe that some safety instruc tion should be given in every ele mentary grade beginning with the first emphasis should be placed on safety in walking roller skating and bicycling up to the sixth grade and in the seventh additional information should be imparted to the students emphasizing the importance of safe driving for ten months ending january 31at toronto heads the list with a total of 531787855 an increase of 7663286 montreal was second with 25211996 and other districts kingston 323- c7g belleville 431256 hamilton 6358673 london 8602476 10000 damage kitchener damage was esti mated at 10000 when fire broke out in the brandt furniture company plant here the plant is housed in a building which was used as a church when first erected in 1831 to protect quints toronto it is announced by tho hon david croll that the ontario government is seeking federal legis lation to prevent business firms from using the name quints quins or quin tuplets in unauthorized exploitation a bill to incorporate the famous ba bies will be put through parliament like a giant bird with its wings spread art johnson is shown as ho flew for 200 feet through tho snow filled clouds at big pines cal johnsons spectacular leap won him third place in the invi tation ski tournament canadas young people edward bird a young englishman after travelling in canada has an ar ticle in the nineteenth century about life among the young people in this country that which most impressed him was the extent to which boys and young men spend their holidays can oeing and camiping in the north coun try whore lakes streams and forests abound ho tells of the camps for boys on lako timagaml and else where in the north the young fel lows learn canoeing woodcraft and above all acquire selfconfidence he found children aged six swimming and diving well what ho felt was that the young in canada aro looking for ward confidently to tho flno future ahead of this country they do not have any doubt about it toronto star weekly blinding headlights blinding headlights continue to claim victims on ontario highways with monotonous regularity in spite of tho fact that they aro supposed to be illogal and that there aro supposed to bo officers responsible for enforc ing such a regulation brockvillo recorder bells prophecy sonding photographs over an ordin ary telophono wire was something that ovon bell himself would have boen loath to prophecy although he did predict in the early stages of the invention that a singlo human voice would bo ultimately heard around the world brantford expositor it looks as though sparks will fly any time now on the heavyweight horizon it seems that braddock and schemling were matched to fight in new york on june 3rd for the title now however plans have been made for braddock and louis to battle out in chicago on june 15th hence schmeling is all hot under the collar and reports have it that maxie will take the zeppelin hindcnburg on a 48hour trip to new york to try and stop the fight maxic baer who is on the come back trail just had his 100suit wardrobe destroyed by fire along with the home of ancil hoffman his manager with thla cramp maxies style not much the popular question that is al ways being asked at this office is in a sixday bicycle race how many miles would each rider travel this question was answered only the western voices richer edmonton according to major w e gladstono murray goueral ma nager of the canadian broadcasting corporation western canadians have better speaking voices than eastern canadians they are richer rounder says the major flood menace lessens chicago the flood menace so long overhanging much of the united states appeared to be lessening everywhere inspiring hopes that the job ahead is mainly one of consolidat ing positions against the waters the ohio river reaching its big gest crest of all time on wednesday at cairo 111 still was held back by that citys lofty levees and the persis tence of the men who remained at imminent peril to defend it tho mississippi was rising south to new orleans it was above flood stage as far down as vicksburg miss but general malin craig united states army chief of staff reassured the people everything is hold in all right in the lower river advises study of information child psychologist considers the emotional soundness of parents essential than primary in testing the profic iency of students how many indivi duals prominent in business or iu public life who quit school thirty years ago could remember the propo sitions of euclid or could translate n sentence into latin today yet that was the sort of thing they had to drill on mentally when preparlug for gra duation as things have turned out it would have been more advantag eous to have had a course iu contract bridge it is encouraging however that so many practical people in the educa tional profession and outside it are devoting so much thought to the task of evolving a system that will be more effective in training youth for the modern lito task it i3 a fairly de finite conclusion that the method em ployed up to the present is faulty very faulty it is not so easy to know just what is the best method but there are many reforms that could bo in troduced advantageously right away and one of these would be to relegate the written exam to the leu exalted status bigger money lures nurses toronto attracted by offers of more money and shorter hours a great many ontario nurses have given up positions in provincial mental hos pitals to take work offered them in chicago new york and other large centres it wa3 learned here at queens park this week during the past seven or eight months approximately 75 ontario nur ses specially trained in mental di seases have forsaken canada for the united states hospitals creating shortage here it was reported new york dr miller fisher child psychologist told a conference of the american birth control league recently that birth control informa tion should be made available to tho young people so they could get mar ried in these economic nnd socially maladjusted umcs an instructor at sarah lawrence college iu bronxville ny dr fisher said many married persons require ji2ning rult birth control information because of j the fact that they have not settled fcss 111 whlter their emotional problems and need time to become adjusted to the mar riage status before they have chil dren the young child needs an emo tionally sound mother even more than a physically sound one he added women should form union to educate the modern man increases yield and quality of fruit numb fingers tingling ears and cold feet are unavoidable features of the job of pruning fruit trees in the win ter but the orchardlst who goes right ahead with tho job anyway will reap his reward in increased yield of bet ter fruit next year horticultural spe cialists recommend that the pruning begin as soon as apples are harvested and it should continue until the job is done but if it ha3 been interrupted dead at 63 toronto this week interna tlonally known racehorse owner ed ward froudc seagram president of j e seagram sons limited wa terloo distillers died here at the age of 03 after an operation tor stomach ulcer flee still grips britain london last weeks death toll of 1155 shows that the influenza epi demic iu great britain is still severe reports for the previous week had listed 1137 victims l bear down on slot machines osiiawa on tuesday the osh- awa city council made an amend ment to tho bylaw licensing slot machines calling for a fee of 50 for each machine instead of 50 for the first and 25 for each additional do- vice the amendment was made in an effort to check the use of the mach ines here the amendment forbids any person under eighteen years of age from operating thorn and re stricts their use to the hours between six am and eleven pm during week days only biggest in empire toronto according to con firmed reports received here from the turner valley field alberta the larg- otiier day by torchy pedenvho cat crudo producing well in the bri- estimated the mileage to be some- sit empire was brought in this where between 2300 and 2g00 miles week one of the most important ccon per rider when it comes to top salaries for managers in baseball joe mccarthy scoops up the marbles with a high 25000 a year omic events in tho history of alberta or of the west new lease given fair brampton while it had ap- sfact in new orleans one pwcd that tho peel county agricul- of their high school football games tnnral fairs discontinuance this year drew a crowd of 33000 fans was likely w l wilkinson the pre- when jim londos cleaned up north idem now declares matters are very america nnd had the championship n brighter with tho assurance dangling from his belt he turned his sistance will bo forthcoming head toward south america next from municipalities already the peel county council has voted to his home in greece now we seo he is in south africa busting more bones nnd not his own either life is sweet tho isnt it yeah they only want 9900 for a box at tho kentucky derby this year quick gimme six ive got long egs solong again 500 and brampton town council has decided to vote 268 which in effect will offset the local taxation for road improvement i am almost certain i will not be amiss if i predict that the fair will bo held as usual after all of our worries said mr wilkinson b 4 temple meads station at bristol england is the largest covered freight depot in the world inventory is farm aid chicago with the beginning of a new year farmers are being urged by university extension de partments to know their business better by taking inventory and keep ing simple sets of books the university of tennessee ex tension farm management depart merit sets worth that an inventory has five good uses it shows net worth above all debts it shows the financial progress made in the year it forms an excellent basis for preparing a credit statement to be used in getting bank credit it is a valuable list of property for use in fettling al estate or es tablishing insurance claims in case of fire or other destruction it brings to light needed repairs and replacements shortages or sur pluses of feed seed ami other sup plies that should be bought or sold in many states university exten sion departments furnish forms for the inventory and bookkeeping and at the end of the year make an audit of the account chicago the rev clinton c cox has proposed that women unionize to get men away from or postponed it should be done in the their present idea that they are do- j winter and not put off till the milder ing a gill a favor when they take her out rev cox said the growing atti tude of men toward women is illus trated by the following story a young chap seeking the ad vice from his uncle related lie had taken a girl out to dinner and a show should i kiss her good night the nephevv asked no replied the uncle dont you think you have done enough for her forgone night womens newfound freedom and modernism has turned out to be something of a green persimmon mr cox averred women dont want men to treat love and marriage as casually as is the present tend ency he said women should unionize to change this tendency he said the lone girl who prefers to stay at home rather than go to a show with a man if she has to pay with a kiss cant singlehanded bring about a changed attitude she is more liable to be a wallflower or an old maid a penknife weighing 42 pounds and having 1851 blades is the larg est ever made it is valued at more than 7500 off on south seas expedition weather of spring before the orchar dlst realizes it time for the dormant spray win arrive and the pruning will be abandoned for that pruning is necessary on several counts trees which aro too dense cannot be well sprayed production is increased by proper pruning as is the quality of the fruit picking is easier and cheaper in a well pruned orchard winter pruning while nil right for the apple trees is somewhat danger- ous for the grapes and peaches so it is recommended that the grower of grapes and peaches wait until after the severe portion of the winter has passed before beginning on them da mage to the trees may occur if they are pruned during the very cold wea ther the main idea ininy enjo is to ct the pruning done before sprjng work interferes and leaves the orchard in a shaggy unkempt inconvenient con dition and with lowered production influenza brings no mortality rise george vandcrbilt and mrs vandcrbilt at the helm of the 175- foot topsaid schooner cressida on which they set sail from palm beach fla for a fivemonth scientific expedition in south seas ottawa although infuena is more prevalent this winter in can ada than usual it is of a mild type and there has been no increase in mortality over previous years dr e e wodchousc deputy minister of pensions and national health said the disease has been more in the nature of head and chest colds he said than true influenza and is quite different from the type of infection that occurred in the winter of 1018 tho number of cases reached a maximum the past week reports were received by the department from all provinces but exact figures are not available for quebec the maritime provinces report very few cases and the mortality in those provinces is negligible tho deputy minister declared for example in prince edward island only one case was reported during the last week of the month and no deaths for the same period only cl cases nnd only one death were reported in new brunswick and only 10 cases and no deaths in nova scotia in the province of quebec there havo been many cases of cold of a grippcliko character during tho winter months and the mortality has been very slight in ontario 58g cases and 10 deaths were recorded in the western provinces of mani toba saskatchewan nnd alberta the number of cases were few and only one death occurred in each prov ince there has been no indication of an outbreak in british colum bia