H^ JIOTORING IS BENEFICHAL TO CHILD HEALTH. Th« automobile Is one uf th« best fri«n(U oif children. This sUlemciit •pplies to boys and girlii in alt parts of the country, but especially to those being broufcht up in urban rommun- itiM. Parents are cumins IncreasinK- ly to recognise the automobile «« a tne<iium which makes for h«aith and •ducation of children. Even Btnall l>abio4 are lindin<{ i>ettor chances to irrow up, due to the motor agw. Take, for instance, the child In the city who do<'» not get as much oppor- tunity us his rural cousins to romp over open fields and play In the woods. It is becoming an ordinary occurrence for parents of such city children to drivo out into the country spaoes dur- ing the week end period where the children can enjoy these privileges which are always available to the eountry yx>ung folk. It la probable that city ^hild'ren get even more real recreation out of such an experience because they are enjoying a complete change, which Is a valuable feature on an outinK. They appreciate their opportunities and make the most of them, whereas the country children always having available these open spaces, fail to get the thrill of enjoy- ing them which would obtain If they were less convenient. How to bring up children in the city and at the same time keep them stroTii; and healthy has always been a proliU'rn difficult for purents to solve. The automobile has p.-ef«nted a solu- jtlon which la found satisfactory in thuuMnda of instances. And while (he parents havo been engage! in driviii>g their children into the coun- try, the adult members of the family : havo al»o been acquiring added vital- ' ity which, but for their interest in their children's welfare, would not have been obtained. The healthy color ; which characterizes the countennnoea of many city children is definitely due I in part to their motoring experiences. I Furthermore, the automobile is a ' markable educational medium for children. As they are driven through the open country, they come to know and appreciate country life and thus by coming close to nature learn ntany j Interesting thinjrs of value. They ex- ' amine new plants, flowers, trees and stones; they study different kinds of birds and animals, they learn geologi- ' cal facta ; many places which they visit have historical value and provide the basis of more instruction, Another result of the general use of the automobile lies in the fact that it tends to keep the entire family to- gether while enjoying their recrea- , tlon. It Is the usual thing for the parents and all of the children to take \ the automohdle and go out for a ride j together. This tendency to unity in family activity should be of benefit to I the children, since it keeps them to a I greater extent under the direct super- ' vision of their parents in.stead of find- ing their recreation by themselvea. ;ti BRITISH TRADE WITH CHINA The following figures, showing the YaHt Krlllah Interefrts In China, have been Hpecially supplied to the Sunday Express from an authoritative source: "Rxrort Hnd Import trade with Great Britain. £23.500,000 In 1925. â- â- t"ip<.rt aud lmi>ort trade with the Brltisli Kiniiire. £34.000,000 In 1925. "nritlsli Kniplro's China trade, 20 per <'ent of f'lilna's trade. "In Shunehal alono £63,250,000 of British capital Invested. "Hrltlsh holilings In Chinese Igaiis not less than £20,000.000. "lirHlth iiioney In Chinese railways at \<tiifil £20,000,000. "lirltlsh money altogolher In China at If-ait £250,000,000, and urobably ,iE 300,1. 0C,OOO. Pussywillows. Is It a symbol of Hprlnc, or ttx»i upon the winter bran,ches7 FVoni a distance up the lano It seems to be fluttering of Kray snow wIkmi the wind whistles. But no, the Lajtering br^iiohes beitd gracefully bcnttath auiethyslin» clus- terd, and p'.uy notes as swtot us violin nuBlc with the cargo of willow blos- â- oins. They are the first pussywillows â€" a soft gray bloom Kpread over streets and nelds of Seattle's Ileucou Hill. Lit- tle dark pods have burst from the re- siircent patches of soft down, like the fur of Aogoru kittens, which give to landscape aD<l rood a mottled glance of spring. t'ussywUlowH are the first lamps lighted In Seattle, ere the crocus flames, and torches aad tapers are lit on tree and hMlalde, in street, wood- lands aod gardens. Through rain- washed days they peep us rents In the opaJesceut background, they are tiny olearlngs In the mist, these little packs of cottonwool that float over ths brush in glen and coppice with a filigree of stark but shape>Iy brancliest How quickly spring comes to Seat- tle. It le a prank >oung January plays, to don those gifts of springtime so ear- ly In the now year, and strow the walkii and lanos wllli harbingers of March and April elsowtiore. The lad ' Janiuu-y Is lavish with the willow bloa- ^ soniM where winter means but gentle f ralD and very lltUe snow; often none at all. They soom to atiuounce, as tbs fur- olad branches salaam, the first coy step of Spring, her roconnaUsance. Of course, tlioro may be many hasty ' retruatu, a venturing in, a sortin, and •n exit anew, ore spring 0(>mM» to May; to bring a bevy of her haod- maldons, her trousseau of spring frocks to hang upon the trees, her â- lllllnary, and her many mlrrori which Mfleci the annual glory of her beauty. •»•â- -- -â€" Priceless Liberty. 'Ve may send and take by foruo," said they. This paltry sum of gold: But the goodly gift of lll>erty Can not l>e bouglit and sold. ^-Spanish UsUad. Trans, by Ixmg fellow. When It Didn't Work. "It's funny bow lint a very poll^o rs- ,|tark falls when I make It," said tits TCorult. "How's that?" a.iked the sergeant. "Well, at the ball last night the «ap- tslfl got Into the general's wlAt's good Mmoes by asking her It sho wers her Jsuflliter or herself." "Tcs-" "Well, It didn't work at all when I •rfsd It oat on h»T danghtsr." Ttis tallMt known forna exist In the HswaiUn Islands, whti« they grow Is • Mght of SO fast or 40 fest. I Go Back Twenty Years. I'm Just an old tool, twenty years we've been wod. And the crazloat notion came Into my head, i I remembered tlio way I'd made love to her then. And I thought to myself 111 Just try it again. I'll court her once more In my old foolish way. Just to see how she'll act and to heer what shell say. So 1 bought her some ro&es, a few In a box. Just by way of commencing my scries of shocks. And all through the supper I looked at her so. With tliat sad, pensive look which all young lovors know. And I patted her hand and kept calling her "dear" And she said to tho children: "You're father Is queer!" I kissed her and nimpled her silver- tinged hair. Rubbed my beard on her cheek, and sh© seemed not to care. I B<ild: "You are lovely! this wide world around I am euro that your o<itial could never bo found." I praliMMl the long lash on hor eye's lovely lid. Thinking she wouldn't llko all that much â€" but she did! â€" Edgar A. Quest. -♦- HEADS LOPPED OFF IN SHANGHAI The Chinese authorities In Shanghai, who are opposed to the advancing Cantonese army, have started head chopping In an effort to end the general strike that la paralyzing the International <-ily. The number of agitators decapitated is variously estinnited as from 28 to 90. The photo shows a re- gular Chineso executioner bearing a sword that is said to hold a record tor lopping off heads. WATER AS GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCE WORK Thank God every morning that you have something to do that day which must be done whether you like it or not. Be- j ing forced to work and do your best will breed in you a hun- dred virtues which the idle never know. â€" Charles Kings- ley. Lost Girls In London. Two thousand I/ondon girls are re- ported a.s "mls.Mlng" evwy year, but only one in 500 remains nutracod, and fewer than 10 per cent, remain un- found for more than a fortnight. Spe- cial offlclals are nlways engaged on the task of tracing thcje missing girls, and It Is said that lifty por cent, should never have been reported as missing. Of the total of niiirsltig persons In the whole of Kugland, fewer than two in every thousand are novtvr heard of again. <• Artists in Metal. I'lark.smitli artists In China make landacai>e8 and flowers out of the same metal that goes into wagon tlnv-i and horeeehcos. The Golfer's Rhapsody. I'm starting to mutter, to fondle my putter. To roll 'em around on the'-tnat, I'm getting the fooling, I'm smashing the celling, I've golf-fever under my hat! I'm ufvinga bigger and vvhipplor Jigger, I'm dropping 'em dead in the sink. With sweet-soundinK swishes I'm breaking the dishes, I'm putting the lights on the blink! I'm swinging my brassy, like Vardon or iMassey, I'm .shooting 'em low with my cleek, I'm curing ray tv.-ister! I'm raising a blister! I'm beanlng my wife on the beak! I'm taking no diances on grips and on stances. I'm gaining my ultimate goal, I'm sure and I'm steady. I'm getting all ready- - To score about nine to a hole. â€" Ijondon Opinion. -A Your Duty. Smuggling through the customs Is an unpatriotic action, says a write»r. People who do It forget their duty to their country. Of All^be natural resonroes of Csb- •d»ui^ere'«rp none so vast, so ui^Tor- li^ly dlstri^aWd and possibly so com- mercially fflfportant M her fresh water soppUee. No«dtli«r country,'' according to "Natural Resotu-ces." can even ap- proach the Dominion with re»p«ct to the ImmeasUy of her fresh water areas. In fact Canada's areas of In- land waters are said to be greater than those of all other countries of the world combined. According to the same authority, this water supply has a deflnlte com- mercial application of huge propor- tions. Its contributions to the public commercial welfare falling under tour head«, (1) navigable highways, (2) power and irrigation, (3) fisheries and (4) direct absorption In industrial pro- cesses to which, of course, must be added its indispensible application in the home. Transportation. The first transportation routes of Canada were the water routes and the first organized commercial develop- ment In this countryâ€" the fur Wade â€" was entirely dependent on the coun- try's river and lake systems. ''To-day the amount of water borne commerce la greater than ever before; the mile- age of connecting canals is about 1600, the cost of whh:h has been 170 mil- lions of dollars. There Is even serious discussion of making the entire Great Lake^ system accessible to ocean car- riers. The US3 of Canadian rivers In floating softwooil -logs from the forests to the mills has also been and con- tinues to be an appreciable factor In maintaining the efficiency and low cost of Canada's leading lumbering and pulpwood industries. Power and Irrigation. The natural power available from Canadian streams at known sites is upwards of 40 mlUion horsepower, of which approximately only one tenth Is yet in use. Already great Industries have been bulH up to utilize some of the more strategic of tbeee sites. To develop and connect up this vast total would probably require a sum In excess of ten billions of dollars', and the industrial investment dependent on associated enterprises probably as mucji or more again. While the amount of land requiring water for irrigation Is In Canada re- latively email compared with the size of the country, and is restricted to cer- tain s&ctions of the western provinces, the fact that vrater is available for di- version to a considerable part of it is very gratifying. The principal irri- gation projects are in Alberta. In this area alone works have been construct- ed capable of irrigating 1,200,000 acres, while completed surveys show the feas-ibllity of economically applying water to an additional area of approil- matoly 500,000 acres. The number of miles of Irrigating ditches Is between live and six thousand. Fisheries. The inland fisheilcs under proper regulation offer remarkable possibili- ties for the basis of a permanent in- dusto' of great dimensions. The valuo of tho.se fisheries to Canada is about First Adantic Wireless. Twenty-five yeors ago Senatore Mar- coni succeeded in sending the first wireless signal acrose the Atlantic from Poldhu to Newfoundland. After spending somo time on the Poldhu station, built tor him by J. A. Fleming, Marconi determined to try a wireless message over the Atlantic, and on December 6th, 1901, he arrived In Newfoundland with two asslstnnta and started operations In the old hos- pital building on Signal lllll. As there was no time to erect masts to curry the aorlul, tho exporlmout was tried on an aerial suspended from a boilloon. The balloons worn subso- Quently blown away, but on Docenibor 12th a kito successfuUy carried 400 feet of wire and the first sdgnols from far distant Poldhu were reoolved. The "tnossage" conslstod of tho letter "»" In Morse code- three dots -ounsiunlly ropes tod. The foMowliig month the same ap- imralus was lastalle<l on buard the U.S. Philadelphia, which, during a voy- age to New York, suocoHStuUy ro- culved slgn-ils from Poldhu up to dl»- tnnces ex<-e?<llng 2,000 uiilt*» Marconi's flrtft oxperlmnntH bcsnu In | 1895 on Ills fulhor's farm «l Hologna, | when bo sucoeoiUMl in si>nding niess. j ages acr<^SA tho ganlcn. In IKOG ihoj disitanca Incroascxl to two miles, and then, ro<illtlng tho enormous jioasihill- tlos of his liiv<<titlon, lie lost no time In going to t''nglnnd and protecting his work by patents More Wealth. Winnipeg TrlbiMiK (Imt. (\)n«.) Ths Peace HIver covin try Is destined to b« one of Cannula's rlilof ghirics, a vnst and wealthy ngrlciUluml nmt oonlrl- buiUng greatly to the nation's sireugth. The urgent noml Is Ui en.iblu sotlle- laset to proceed as rapld>ly n« may b«b To that end branch railway lines are th» first conalderatlou. Tb««o art immsdlatsly nsosssary. -â- *• Walt. An Irishman going to AmerK-a wu T«ry ssa. slok. His companion cam* down to hia oabln and Invited him to ooms «p on deck to see a ship pois. "Don't bother m* agala," said ths vlo tim of ... ,1 ds msr, "until yoti â- •• s Irss pass." flv« mUllon doHars each ysar ihere are still inmimorable well stock* ed lakes whldi hare nevsr bs«a «ob« merdaMy ^xjUoltsd. Ths ralno of tha sport flablng is. of<H»arse, bsyoad a^ pralsal, aer Is that of Uiose food flahe* upon which native lite in t«PPiO^ lUs-- I trict* is so largely d^endent. ' Direct Industrial Censumptlsn. Water supply must of course always be c«na>ldered In locating any planrt, and In some industries, like the manu<' facture of paper or textiles, it is likely to be the moet important considera- tion. A factory for the manufacture of clothing or of cigars may require little more water than that used tor the IndlvMual needs of the workers and for cleaning workrooms: but a textile miU in which dyeing is dons may use several mlUlon gallons o^ water each day. The requirements as to quaHty of water also vary widely. Water used tor oo<rfing at 9te«i -plants or in some types of condensers at a iK>w«r plant may be of almost kny qnaiUty it It Is not acid; but feed water for steam boilers should be either moderately free from easi>ended and dissolved' mineral matter or easily made so. A' paper mill that makes brown wrapping paper can nse water of much poorar. quality than is needed tor a mill that makes fine white pai>er; but a plant that makes chemicals or drug prodocts is~ forced to uae distilled water almost exclusively in Its manufacturing pro- cesses. Again, in certain activities the sanitary character of the- water is tho contri>lllag factor. Thus the pre-' parailon of food products, represented by the industries of slaughtering and meat packing, canning and preserving.' and the making of bnead and other bakery products, must t>e carried on where the raw materials can be oi>- talned mcst easily, where the products can most quickly reach tho consumer, or wliere the combined transportation is a minimum; but Iiere the sanitary character of the water used is of the greatest importance, aad its chemtc.-U constituents may be a secondary con- sideration. other Factors. There ai^ many other factors which make Canadian watarways of vital economic concern to the country. Their scenic values in connection with tourist attractions is undoubtedly of vast Importance. The value of water- falls In the Kationsl Parks is already a subject of considerable discussion. Water supply is also a matter of greet importance in minliig. particularly in hydraulic operation.s. The lakes and rivers are a contributing factor in both summer and winter recreation. Canoeing, sailing, ice boating, skating, etc, appreciablj* contribute to the health of Canada's young people. Na- tural ice gave us our national game. The great sloughs and marshes give us some of our finest winged shooting and much of the fur wealth for which tho Dominion has become so famous. Everything considered, it may be safely claimed that Canada's streams and fresh waiter areas are an asset be- yond appraisal and that their value to the nation will increase rather than diminish. I '' â€" Happy Bermuda. After three centuries this IKtle Bri- tish colony still retains its Old World atmosphere, and one of its most pot- ent charms is the simple, genuine, old- time hosplttility of iia inhabitants. How pleasant to be courteously hand- ed in and out of the row boat ferry, and to t>e greeted with "Good morn- ing. A Happy New iroar to >-ou," by one and all. "Hope you are enjoying yo\ir visit here," says the perfect stranger. Of course you are. you al- ready feel one of them, and love them .>nd their beautiful Islands. ^ach snow-white coral house peep- ing through the cedars extends to you its •welcoming arms" â€" wide pink steps leading up to the porch. Such beautiful settings for the homes. Green lawns with p.%lms and scarlet poinset- tlas abloom, hedges of pink, orange, aud red hibiscus and avenues of wblts and jiiink «vle<»nders leading down to whit<» boats on a^tuirquoiaesea. Are you surprised that ho one hur^ r!es in B<'rmudaT Why hurry? There are no trains or trams to catch, do automobiles to dodge, or factory whist- les to call to work. Only the nols»le«3 btcyclo or hubber (ired carriage with pi>;ito riders and drivers who more out of your way on the smooth whits roads. Thf^re are the bluebirds and tho re<Iblnl« and the chick-of-the-vil- lag© to llst.n to and admire as they flit in aud out of the Match-me-lf-you> can crot^^n hedges. Then tl»«r« Is the musical dick clack of horssxj' hoofs as the rlderi! psss, ;'.ad tho boj-s who are alw.-xvB whisillns; yes. nnd the frogs who tune up the orchestra at nightfall janxl whlstlo too. ^- j Happy Itermuda. with Its genial dl- mat^, Its liighways and byway* whicit I no iH>n *an describe. Us pink betChe*, anirel flsti, crystal cares, sea gsnisas antl sevcnteenth-rentnry charm ^^ voritablo Is'.es of rest and peoce. Convincing ths Cuttomsr. Customer (doubtful of guarantesl-^ "But will you really refund my mon«y It those stockings are not found hol» proof?" Asslsiant (convincingly) â€" "Madam, we are refttiullng moasiy every day." RUINS OF YPRE8 CORN EXCHANQE Huge spiders that d*\<oar tm*9 i birds after oatrhing them In trapdool Which hare been Ml exactly as they wore In ilio days following iho world wi.r. llohind, lU*> work of reconstvuc- pitfalls havo bMn dlseowrsd InSL ttoa on tn* Cathedral of at. Martin Is going ou. 'Amsaon v«l)i». i