THE RAILWAY AND THE WAR By Thurstan Topham Canadian Railouyraen were Quick to respond to the CaB to Anns. .5154 Employee of the Canadian National Railway System Have Enlisted for Actioe Seroice CNR EMPLOYEES u>ko hv Joined the HAW are sufficient toman FIVE, DESTROYERS - Thosetuho have enlisted in the ARMY would form Four Infantru Battalion* AIR FORCE. Enlistment* mould establish, ^ {r Ten Squadrons IN TUB MAW 71* ; H TNC ABMV 2879 INTNC MR-PMM-IS4O Enlistments were f raa 55 Branches of SYSTEM Acnvrni* and Represent 107 Separate CAUIXO Some of frh*> unusual occu pihons included m this lict ar*> FlU BUILDERS TBAY BOYS HODMEN VmUUNtESXKS. ASHPIT MftN WARN BOYS OX PACKERS VURIN6ER MIN MUWN GUMPS CLIMBERS M1LMCN GROUND MIH TICKER INSPCCTORS. What Science Is Doing , BAMBOO Grasses that are real trees are common feature of the part of the world where war rages most fiercely at present. Thesi gras- ses, of course, are the bamboos, says Science Service-. W e of tha Temperate regions commonly think of bamboo in terms of fish- poles, or at most of the slightly stouter vaulting poles used in track and field meets; but these are only the middle-sized members of the tribe. The giants are ot real tree size, and are as much entitled to be called trees as the palms are. Bamboos might fairly compete with palms for th title of most useful plants. Like palms, they are used in a thousand way* by dwellers in the tropics and sub- tropics, whera they grow most luxuriantly. They supply housing materials, tools and weapons and food. Bamboo-built houses are common in all the warm land*. The framework, walls and floors (if floors are considered neces- sary), are likely to be- built of bamboo, whole or split, lashed together with tough natural ropes that are the stems of twining bamboo vines. There is likely to be a fence of bamboo poles, to keep children, poultry and small livestock from straying, or per- haps cages of bamboo under the stilted house. Bamboo-shafted spears may serve for hunting and fishing; bamboo-handled tools for agri- culture; bamboo-fibre snares and noose* for trapping. The hard glassy edges of split bamboo sometimes serve as primitive knives. The big hollow joints of giant bamboo stems, cut off to suitable length, do very well for water pails, baskets for grain or other dry material, household con- tainer* of all sorts so long as heating isn't required. In the Philippines, the music-loving nat- ives contrive whole bands out of bamboo instruments. Bamboo shoots, cut very young like asparagus, are a favorite Or- iental vegetable. And the seeds, borne in crops at intervals of several years, are rated as the' tastiest of grain. Oxen Being Used To Replace Engine "Gee", "Haw" and "Whutt" are commands now being heard on roads and in fields as more and more farmers and lumbermen turn to the faithful ox to take over the problems of transport now that the private motor ve- hicle is becoming a war casualty. Oxen were much used in the earlv days on the south shore of Nova Scotia as a beast of bimlvu -ana survived here and there througn- out the years, according to J. M. Nickerson, Canadian National Railways agent at Shelburne, N.S. In recent years they af- forded a tourist diversion when seen on the roads, but now the oxen have a practical use. O16 time farmers assert that oxen are steadier with the )>io-.v in hilly fields. Didn't Know There Was A Canada A Nazi airman, captured on British soil, was truculently loyal to his master. When interrogated, tin* i* all he would say: "The- Fuehrer saved me from Poland . . . The Fuehrer saved me from Fiance . . . the Fuehrer will save me from England." "He'd better be quick," re- marked the examining officer, "You're off to Canada tomor- row." The Simple Life We used to think that the livery statbl* wa* gone forever. We *re not sure about that any more, says The* Trenton Courter-AdTO- cate. It there are no tires until three year* after the war. and the war last* Indefinitely, there may be livery stable*, many livery stables, throughout the land. And there may be harness shops and harness makers, and advertise- ments in the papers for circingle* and hame strap* and breeching. And the sweet young thing of the family circle may know without asking that a martingale is not a song bird, but a wide strap that run* from a horse-'* belly-band be- tween It* front legs to the neck- yoke. And what about the blacksmith T We Tlslon the blacksmith lugging hi* anrll and hi* bellows out of the corner behind the pile of un- saleable auto parts. We vision him gathering up his hammers and hi* long-handled tongs and hi* sledge and his clinching Iron, and putting In an order for some horse- shoe nalla and some angle Iron. And the garage sign over hie front door will come down and there will be another to take Us place, a sign that will tell the world that "horse-shoeing" 1* his specialty. And the children will com* to the smlthle'i door, just as their dads used to com* In the days of yore; and the sparks will fly a* busy hand* turn out the thing* that time) demands; and the smithle, too busy to talk ot strife, will lead us back to the simple life. NAZIS GIVE HIM KEY PARIS POST Prince Josias of Walticck and Pyrmont, above, commander of the Nazi Elite Guard Corps, ha* reportedly been named new hig-h commissioner of police in occu- pied France and sent to Part* with orders to crush anti-German groups in France and Belgium. Science "In the hands of evil men sci- ence ia. being used to destroy all that U good in order to dominate and enslave." Rt. Hon. Anthony Kden. HOW CAN I? Q. How can I b* *ur* of ft brown, crust when baking spon cake? A. Granulated sugar, lifted ov*r tha top of sponge cake befor* putting It into the oven, give* It a rich brown crust when baked. Q. How can I utilize leftover coffee? A. Do not warm up leftover coffee for drinking purpoaes, a* the delicately fine flavor depart* soon after being made. Leftover coffee may be used for mixing gin- ger bread or gelatine de*sert*. It also may be ased in th rinse for tinting curtains or doilies. Q. How can I pierce a hole In the sewing machine belt? A. A new hole- can be pierced very easily in the tough sewing machine belt by heating a hat pin very hot and then thrusting It through the leather. It will work like magic. Q. How can I remove all th* sand from spinach? A. When it is the Intention to cook spinach Immediately, wash it several tlme in hot water In- tead of cold. Th* hot water i* more effective in removing th*> and and dirt. Q. How should chamois leather be washed? A. Wash chamois leather IB warm soapy water to which a pinch of bakinor soda ha* been added. Rain And Oysters Though they spend their live* on the bottom of the sea, well protected from rain, oyster* grow plump in rainy reasons, lean ia droughts, so claimed th New Jersey Agricultural Experimental Station last week. Reason: rain washes minerals from th* soil into sounds and ocean bays, wher* they fertilize th* microscopic plants which oyster* eat. Time. Bicycles were first used for military purposes by tha British Army in 1887. The area of the Pacific Ocean is about 41,000,000 square mile* square miles for the Pacific, compared to some 68,000,000 by staying at FORD HOTELS Modern, Firtproof , iota*, as low as $150 higher per person Montreal Toronto and the LORD ELGIN "Ottawa T- fo S 3^ per person, M , Ho higher! J . 400 lovely rooms with ludio! -AGE WOMEN ( HEED THIS ADVICE!! U you're cross, restless, NERVOUS suffer hot flashes, dizziness caused by this period in a woman's life try Lyclln S. Ptukhnm's Vegetable Compound. Made especially for women. Hundreds of ihouNands re- markably helped. Follow label direc- tions. Mb'le la Canada. V _ _ J Have You Heard? "The/ *ay that Jon** i* d*vot4 to golf and that hi* wlf* I* *i iaJiy food of auction sale*." "Y*, and Ui* fanny thing abort ftt 1* that fhey both talk In their U*l>. Th* other night th* popl* ia to* next flat heard him shout 'Fore!' and Immediately after hi* wlf* yelled 'Five'!" Soft*: "I don't know any- thing wor** than letting th* wlf find letter you'v* for- gotten to post." Hardt: "Oh, I do." Soft*: "Wh*t I* It?" Hardt: "Letting her find one you forgot to burn. A Scot wa* engaged in an argu- ment with a conductor a* to whe- ther tha tar* wa* 26 or SO cent*, finally th* disgusted conductor picked up the Scot's suitcase and towed it off the train just as they pacaed over a bridge. "Mon!" screamed the Scot "It lin't enough to try to overcharge me, but now you try to drown my little boy!" For hi* gallantry Scottish soldier wa* given decora- tion. A week or *o liter pal asked him: "And what doe* th* wife think of your medal, Sandy T" "She doesn*' ken yet," wa* the reply. "If* no' my turn to write." "I'm discouraged," a pretty tenographer complained to her girl friend. "Slvery time I meet a chap who tell* me how nta* I am It turns out h*'* broke." "Yeah, I know," sighed her com- panion. "He pepper* you for dat**, hands out a lot of sugar, but oaa't arn his *alt" Husband: "Com* back for omethmg you've forgotten aa usual?" Wife (brightly): "No, I've come back for something I've remembered." Johnny heard in class on* morn- Ing an explanation of th* dogma* of Communism, Fascism and Naa- Ism, and semed interested. "Now, Johnny," said the teacher, when hi* exposition had ended, "what would you do with all these isms?" "I'd make them Into wasms," was his prompt and wise reply. Customer: "Come, John, we are ready to go." Saleslady: "Pardon, madam, here's the hat you bought; that't th* box you're wearing." Trafflo Cop: "Die your noodle, lady I U*e your noodl*!" Lady: "My goodnesa. Where I* It? I've pushed and pulled everything In th* car." A Sound Idea Ther* i* quit* * story about Elmer Torn, the fat nun wfc* "dleud for Wnc*" and lost 4 poundi and seven inch** of walat- llne. Mr. Torn, agricultural di- rector of th* Ent Texa Chamber of Commerce, now down to 170 pounds, find* hi* energy ha* Ik- creased, hi* disposition improved; and he ha* become a better citi- zen. "There are at least 5.000,000 overweight persons in the na- tion," he says, "who would profit by working out a defence diet. Self-rationing of food would coa- aervft annually about 130,000,000 dozen eggs, 130,000,000 gallon* of milk, 130,000,000 pound* of cheese, 195,000,000 pound* of sweets, 196,000,000 pound* of pork, and 260,000,000 pound* ot beef." FINE CUT Best place for a radiator i* under a windiw, wont place up under a window, according to th* University of Illinoi*. Modern Etiquette 1. I* it proper for a young we- man to refuse to danoe with some- one the dislike* T 1. How may one recall larita- tions to small Informal affairs T I. How should on* eat net bread? 4. When one's partner ha* un- wittingly giren Information abovt hi* hand during a bridge lane, what should he doT 5. Should a servant always knook on the door of a room before ca- tering? 6. Where do the relative* of the deceased sit during the fnaeral service at the church T ANSWERS 1. Yes, she may make some polite exou*e; bat she mw*t aet accept someone else's '.n-rltatloa at the very next moment. Tfel* would be exctedlngly rude. Z. The invitations ma/ be re- called by brief note*, or *r tele- phone. 3. Hot bread should be broke*, or torn apart, with the flogent never out. 4. He must disregard K. Udder no circumstance* TSM& ae take advantage of sueh Inform* tiam. e* thi* would be not only bad ner* but poor aportsmaiuUv. 5. Ye*, and a* or eh* wait to be told to enter. (. The relative* occupy t&efree* pew* on the right ot the eeotr* alale, while the pallbearer* *tt km the opposite pew* on the left SORE FEET Burns, Scald*, Chafed SkJn-ut* Hit* acting, toothing, w**t-Mwllinp rwnvdy. Kp a Mn handy or Mn*ra*nd*t. r.2A4- HEALJNG SALVED Located on Big Hill Creek, Cochrane, Alberta, the Oxyoke Ranch, founded in 1887 im- mediately following tha Riel Rebellion, is still maintained by W. Hutchinson, one of the founders. Comprising 10,000 acres of range land, the ranch annually grazes more than 1 ,000 head of fine beef cattle. BRAND' OF THE OXYOKE RANCH C.N.R. Announces Higher Net Revenue Canadian National Railway* announce increase of $1,491,56! ia net revenue of $6,423,606 for March a* compared with net rf $4,932,055 in tha similar montk la 1941. Operating revenues rose $6,- 177,994 to $28,706,00z from $23,528,006 and operating expen- se* $3,686,442 to $22,282,394 from $18,595,961. Aggregate net revenue for the lint thre* months of 1941 was $4,638,698 higher at $15,225.169 operating revenues up $14,924,- 588 at $79,623,000 and operating expense* $10,890,940 higher at $04,897,841. SAFES Protect jour BOOKS noil CASH from FIRE not) nillCll.v W. re lm mmt typ* of Hurt-, or >"llhlBt. for 7 yur|i...r VUlt u. or writ* for prior*, etc. t* Dept. W. J.6TJ. TAYLOR LIMITED TORONTO SAFE WORKS 148 From SI. li. Toronto 1836 .CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS... II VBV CHICKS 11ART1N DAUB'S CANADIAN AP- proved Chick* from bloodteated tock: Barred RockB. Whit* Rocks, New Hampshire*, Whit* Leghorns. Light .Sussex, and Hy- brid*. A post card brings our folder and price Mat. Order your May and Jun* Chick* now from Martindale's Farm Hatchery. Caledonia, Ontario. BABY CHICKS, GOVERNMENT AP- proved White Leghorn* a u d Barred Kucka, also aexed Pullet* or Coclterela. Breeding alnc* 19 Oil. Send fur price Mat: Wright Farm, Brockvllle, Ontario. 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