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Modern Girl Now Takes Up Plumbing Lumberwoman, Girl Deck- Hands, Lady Plumbers Woman Continues to Invade Man's Field Shou.d an attractive, slender, very business-like young lady present her- . self at your door one day sad an- nounce that she has come t<> nielli the tap or repair a burst pipe, don't stag- ger back in surprise. For Eve has taken up plumbing At ( least, one young lady has, and others will probably be following her example very soon. Frau Johanna Wagner, of Berlin, has recently been awarded the title !' "master plumber," to gain which she had to sit through a' stiff examination ' lasting four day.-,, and to display prac- tical knowledge of some very compli- cated piumbing jobs. We are getting used to finding Eve in Adam'., jobs these days. Since she plunged into the stormy seas of politi- cal, business, and professional life she has been quietly and efficiently forg- ing ahead. But nowadays she goes much further than this. UP ABOVE THE WORLD A little while ago a traveller in Canada found, to his surprise, that there were several lumber-women ana women trappcis working with the men. They thought nothing of it, and the men took it as a matter of course. In the States >ere is even a woman working as a railroad laborer. She has been doing so for some time, and her employers testify that she is as capable as the men. A recent A merle in investiga ion, in fact, revealed that there were very few jobs not tac .le by women. There were, the report stated, quite a number of w>r en longshoremen, stevedores, and boat and deck hands. W^-nen, in short, are invading prac- tically every indjstry. Over in Paris there is a pretty bobbed-haired:^! who is the first of h T sex to adopt acety- li-nc wilding as a profession She is M'l Mabire, a young French woman. Hundreds of people watched in amazement a littl while .go when, many feet above the ground, she sat astride a girder of a new Paris build- ing and carriea on her welding work as if it were the most natural thin? in the world for a woman to do. Thit was her professional debut. People are getting used to seeing her now. In London there is a tool shop which is run entirely by women. They are all experts, and do a lot of pxperimen- ta! work for the B.B.C. FARES FOR HE FAIR When the <vritor was on Canvcy la- land a little while ago he found a woman driving her own taxi. She was Mi - . Gertrude Li.wes smiling, bright- ey.'d, business-like. She told me that, in addition to drivir.g the taxi, she did all the cleaning and repairing of it herself. There are man> others like her in England. They possess their own taxis. And even the dirtiest, greasiest work that owner-drivers have to tackle does not deter them. They do it all themselves. A year or so ag> I paid a .'isit to Australia House in the Strand. There was a lift attendai.t there, a slim, cheerful girl, who seemed to find life well worth living. She had, she told me, just worked her way across from the States as stokvr and sixth engin- eer on a boat. She is, I believe, th only woman to have done this. "Answers." Spajn't "Fruitless" Paper Madrid. Madrid has now the latest In newspapers. Called La Palabra (The Word), the new organ cannot bo bought on the streets, for it never ap- pears in print, being broadcast each morning from the Union Radio Broad- casting Station. At 8 o'clock each morning the bright voice of a senoriti can be heard from the loud speaker and for twenty minutes a "resume" of the outstanding events of the day is given. There are three editions. On Sundays a "special number" lasting half an hour is broadcast. Anothi-r indication of the way in which the radio is linked with the intellctual lifo of Spain is the fact that a microphone has been installed in the Madrid homo of Ramon Gomez de la Serna, the dreamy, fantastic author of "Gregar- ias," wh> gives short Arabian-Nights- likr 'talks each evening over the ether. Alberta University To Study Criminology Edmonton, Alia. -Believing th.-.t <M;I> of the most economical and effi- cient crime prevention methods which could be adopted by Alberta would be the formation of a school of crimin- oli.jjy in connection with Alherta Uni- versity, Commissioner W. C. Bryan of the provincial police has suggested that this school be organized. K was poir.ted out by Commissioner Bij;-.n that '.he present type of crimi- ral is often a university graduate, or am ,vho u?es expert technical knowl- (l{r. to pirn his crimes with care. For this reason the police officers who iiui.-t grapple with and solve theso crimes also need expert instruction for delecting and unraveling these crimes of the present day. ^ .. __ A mechanical robot at an exhibition mUkMily "seemed to go mad. and act- <l most erratically,' 'writes a corres ponitoiit. Possibly a screw loose some Provider of Milk Aptly Described In Future When Johnnie Asks "What's a Cow" Here's Your Answer Poets and writers have landed anil extolled the clover-chewing cow and now we see this most useful domes- tic animal through the eyes of a humorous student The cow Is a female quadruped with an alto voice and a counteuauco in which there is no guile. She col laborates with the pump in the pro- ducton of a liquid called milk, pro vldes the filler for hash, sausages and similar objects, and at last is .-kimmnl by those she has benefltteil, as mor- tals commonly are. "The young cow is called a calf and is used in the manufacture of chicken salad, breaded veal and other uses of which no further knowledge Is necessary. 'The cow's tail is mounted aft aud has a universal joint. It Is used to disturb marauding files aud the tassel oo the end has unique educational value. Persons who come In contact with the tassel have vocabularies of peculiar and impressive force. "The cow has two stomachs. The one on the ground floor is used as a warehouse and has no other function. When this one Is filled, the- cow re- tlrea to a quiet spot wbere her bad manners will occasion no comment. The raw material thus conveyed for the second time to the Interior of her face- is pulverized and delivered to the auxiliary stomach, where It Is converted into cow. "The cow ha no upper plate. All of her teeth are parked In the lower part of her face. This arrangement was perfected by an efficiency expert to keep her from gumming things tip. As a result she bites up aud gums down." Oysters Retiring "Per Aspera " To n. F. H. By Margaret Vale A woman dreamed, and in her vision saw A dibtlact star so great and glorious, She prayed with all her soul that she might find And live within the beauty of Its light. Long, long she sought, unheeding hardship, pain. She found at last a simple lamp-lit room, Of beauty barren and of comfort bare, But with a little cradle by the hearth, Stifling a sigh, with care and patient toll She made the humble room Into a home. And rocked to sleep tthe child within the crib. Then soft she roue and stole outside the door. And gazed up through th cold with searching eyes, Seeking still that .star her spirit yearned. A sound came from within. She hastened bark And gently bent above tli restless chid, Who waking wonder-gazed Into her eyes. For there it saw a shining star, and smiled. And then the woman, slowly smiling back, Saw suddenly within the chilli's glad eyes, Clear mirrored from IHT own the vis- ioneil star. 9 Mother: "What manes you so sure that that man Is going to pro- pose to Marie?" "Father: "I have told him the same story five times and ho laughs at It every time." REWARD Ha who asi'i'iidx to mountain tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in cloud and snow; He who surpasses or subdue* man- kind Must look down on th hate of those below, Though high above the sun of glry glow. And far beneath the earth and 1 ocean spread, Hound him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And HIM . reward the tolU that to those summits led. Science Proves Canada's Place Man's Immortality In World Trade Work in progress on board oyster dredge off east coast of England, where it is reported yield is on decrease, necessitating experiments in artificial breeding of the bivalve. Body Needs Fresh Vitamins Daily These Valuable Food Ele- ments Present in Fresh Vegetables, Fruits and Milk "Vitamins are complex compounds present in traces in all fresh foods and they are necessary for the proper utilization of food by the body. Every- one needs them every day, since the body literally lives from hand to mouth with respect to these. None apparently is stored as are fats, car- bobyrates and proteins. Since all the vitamins are essential for health and well being, the food must furnish the daily need of these. MILK, Milk Pro- ducts, fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as whole grains, are rich sources of these life essentials. It should also be remembered that the com- mon practice of adding a little cook- Ing soda to cooked vegetables Is bad, since heat plus alkali (baking soda) destroys Vitamin B In a very few minutes. If one should take each day two salads from fresh vegetables or fruit, two helpings of any properly cooked greeu vegetable, and a pint of milk (quart for mothers and chil- dren), all the worries about vitamins and mineral salts could be put aside permanently." Plantation Here Is a world from other worlds apart And to itself sufficient. Here are liven Measured from birth to dying; here the heart Of ancient legend flutters and sur- vives. ThosB bearded oaks keep secrets none may guess Of duels and Jasmine flowers drench- ed with tears; The bayou guards its own black silences; Languorous lowlands dream of Creole years. Seasons dissolve In calm vicissitudes: The matin of brown field-hands load- Ing cane, A marsh-hen rising where the river broods, The kiss of wind, the ageless drip of rain: A whitewashed cabin Rllded with the noon, A banjo twang to mock the pale young moon. Minnie Hlte Moody. IDEAS Some are satisfied with anything which exercises the Intellectual pow- ers; and some allow the empty and undigested Ideas to pass over the mind, like objects over a mirror, without leaving on Its surface any trace or permanent impression. This Is to spend time, but not to Improve It. The mind must be exercised to thinking, as well as receiving notions Hud ideas.- Hlshop Summer. Darjeeling (Early Morning) The hilis today art hidden in the mi.u, But far below, the sun-flecked valleys lie Dhrk patched with shade, wher?, hanging overhead, The blue-gray c''>uds drift Indolently by. So hushed, so still, the cuckoo's fre- quent calls Come, like clarion notes, above the falls. The car.-road lies half hidden to the east, Where silent-footed men and woman walk In brilliant coats and head shawU making gay The morning with .heir laughter and their talk. A bullock cart, with bella upon its vheels, The waking of Darjeeling's uay re- veals. The sun is higier; through he dis- tant haze Gold outlines of the mountains come to view. While distant noises, from the Great Bazaar That lies below, break on the ear anew. Rich, mellow bells, a brazen trumpet's flare, Rise stridently across the brilliant air. Annr E. Williams. A Memory I wish that I could find my gown With printed roses up and down And rosy ribbons made to tie In wide bows like a butterfly. It had a kerchief of white lace With ribbons at the crossing-place And ruffles very crisp and wide With lace upon the under-side. I could put out my hand by night And find it In its place aright Between my Leghorn on the wall And Mother's heirloom China shawl Behind the cherry closet door In the blue room on the third floor. Margaret Wlddemer, in "Collected Pooms." SUCCESS Don't fall to concentrate on the one great object in life success. Don't lose your patience, waste your time, or scatter your energies. Don't make excuses; they are the tools of cowards. Don't forget that the man who watches the clock will never be more than one of the hands. Don't take everything in high or you will strip your gears, yet to run continually on low is extravagant ; study your speed. Don't bow to defeat unless you are sure of its identity. H.S. Nobel Prize Winner Scouts Theory of Evolution Chicago. Evidence pointing to 1m- ] mortality, now before natural science, ence, is found convincing by Prof. Arthur H. Compton, acknowledged to be one of the world's most distin- guished physlcitst, in the current University of Chicago Magazine. Professor Compton discards the view that man Is merely a biological organism reacting mechanically to his environment. "It seems rather," he writes, "that our thinking is parti- ally divorced from our braiu." The old doctrine of evolution and the survival of the fittest, he netes. is being severely questioned. Pro- fessor Compton himself apparently regards it as untenable. Instead of an evolution guided only by blind chance, he takes a totally different view. He regards evolution as in- telligent minds. On this basis he terms the thoughts of man '"perhaps the most important things In the world." If, therefore, intelligence and char- acter are of extraordinary importance in the scheme of evolution, man's an- nihilation, he concludes, would be "In- finite waste." Professor Compton Is one of the three American winners of the Nobel Prize for physics. It was awarded for his discovery of the "Compton ef- fect," proving that light consists of corpuscles, like a shower of tiny pro- jectiles. He followed up this achieve- ment by giving the world this year the first definite outlines of the struc ture of the atom. Material Theory Inadequate The theory that thought is a func- tion of the brain, in tUe sense that every idea and every decision is a consequence of some action occur- ring in the brain, is discarded by the physicist as inadequate. This theory reduces a man's behavior to that of an automaton, but Professor Comp- ton observes that a certain freedom of choice may be considered as an experimental fact with which tlier orles must be reconciled. If there Is freedom, he points out, then there must be at least some thinking quite independently of any corresponding cerebral process. "An examination of the evidence seems," he says "to show that the correspondence between brain ac- tivity and consciousness Is not very close. The detailed proof of Profes- sor Bergson that, there is infinitely (more In a human consciousness than In the corresponding brain,' and that 'the mind overflows the brain on all sides, and cerebral activity corres- ponds only to a small part of mental activity,' (Mlnd-Knertcy pp. 41 and 57) seems convincing. "That consciousness must die with the body is thus logically required viewpoint that a definite thought is the result of an equally definite physical change In the brain. The seeming fact of free will makes this viewpoint appear to me highly im- probable. It seems rather that our thinking is partially divorced from our brain, a conclusion which sug- gests, though of course does not prove, the possibility of conscious- ness after death." During Yer of 1929 Main- tained Fifth Position in Imports Canada maintained fifth position In imports, exports and total trade, among the leading commercial nations of the world during the calendar year 1929, even despite a large decline in exports amounting to $167,000,000. Compared with the period before the war, Canada has greatly improved her position among the leading trad- ing countries. In 1931, she occupied eighth place in imports, tenth in ex- ports and ninth in aggregate trade. In imports, the Dominion was exceed- ed in value in 1913 by the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy, but in 1929 she had displaced the last three named countries. In export trade before the war Canada was surpassed by the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, the Netherlands, British India, Belgium, Italy and the Argentine, but last year she had moved in front of. the last five of the countries Hated. The value of her aggregate trade was exceeded In 1913 by the United King- dom, Germany, the United States, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, British India and Italy, while last year she was surpassed only by the United States, the United Kingdom Germany and France. A- Creditable Record. In trade per capita Canada has mad* a very creditable showing since 1913, though In 1929 compared with 1928 she moved from second to third posi tlon in exports, and to fourth in ag- gregate trade per capita. In 1913, sba occupied fifth place in Imports per capita at 87.5, while an import per capita of 128.14. In exports, Canada occupied seventh place in 1913, and In 1929 she had advanced to third place. Her per capita exports in the earli : year were $57,95 and in the later $119.01. In aggregate trade per capita Canada was In sixth place before the war. but in 1929 she had moved "up ' to fourth place. In 1913, her aggre- gate trade per capita was $145.53 ar.l in 1929. I247.1J. Canada has also made remarkable progress in the proportionate increase in her trade both iu amouut and per- centage. In the amouut of increase In imports she occupied sixth posi- tion, being exceeded only by the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Japan and Germany. In ex- ports and in aggregate trade she held fourth rank. In both she was sur- passed only by the United States, tne United Kingdom and Germany. In percentage of Increase of her trade from 1913 to 1929, Canada occii-dftd ninth place in imports, third place In exports anil sixth place in aggrecate trade. The greatest harm people can do to! a child is to make it the slave of fear. Dr. Alice Hiitchinson. Sleeping compartments, fitted with proper bedsteads, running hot and cold water, steam radiators, folding trou- cer-hangers, and a temperature regu- lator, are now run.vng on one night express between London and Aber- deen. A "Little" Cabbage are being niada from olive oil lii fipaln 'III.- new i>i a I hut can stop a seventy mllw 1 -tin-liour car In twenty feet Is almost > ' tit an a tclsphoue polo. Gabby Gertie "When a man tells you of the fires smoldering beneath his shirt bosom you can readily account for the ashes on his vest." During recent agricultural exhibit In London. England. cabUi:;c v.oighlug 60 pound*, was placed on view. It measured little over thre.; Tcet across aud Is here shown In comparison with child four year* old. Use for Old Paper Do not discard the soft paper that mines into the house, such as wrap- ping tissue paper that is not good enough to use again for that purpose, waxed paper from breadstuffs, the tissue fruit wrappings and so on. Keep them in a basket and you w'll find they servo many purposes In the kit- chen that will reduce labor. Use these for removing grease from the sink, after sprinkling sink liberally with a cleausiug powder. The grease will not be washed down the drain pipe and the paper can be burned or thrown away. Use it tor groasy pans ami saucepans and save soiling a dish cloth. Soft paper is better than a cloth for cleaning windows (tml there will be no rags to wa*h. NOBILITY B noble; and th nobleness that lies in other men, l<->plni, but nevr dead, will rl.ia la mJe*tj- to OMt tlM Impromptu Hospitality It is pleasant, when friends drop in, of an afternoon or evening, to de- tal them fur an hour of refreshment and hospi'illty. The housewife who has a party shelf may always be ready. Fortunately this is a day o> cauned. boxed and bottled goods and we may sto'-ve these away with no danger of their spoiling. It the cartons of wafers, biscuits or tea cakes became a trifle stale, a reheating in the ovon will restore their crispness and bring out their best flavors. The tea-wagon, the proper lunch- cloths or doilies and small lunch nap- kins, and dainty dishes form the base of preparation. The drinks depend upon the weather. In hot seasons, they will be lemonade or other fruit drinks. In cold weather they will be hot tea, coffee or chocolate. Loaf sugar, for the coffee or ten, m.u shallow.-- for the chocolate, aud candied rose petals or violet or mlut leaves, which look lovely floating oo the surface, are '"n hand for the drinks. Fruit tablets, dissolved In the tea, give It a different flavor. Honey, fruit pastes, nut butters, cheeses in Jars, jams and spices and mayonnaise make spreads which transform almost any style of crack- ers, wafers, cookies or biscuits into delightful sandwiches or tea cakes. Icing to dress up plain crackers may quickly be made by stirring canned milk into powered sugar; or a marsh- mallow on top of a cookie may be melted and poured over wafers pro- duce the same result. Chopped nuts, added to honey, Jam or cheese-spread, increase the mys- tery. Chopped olives, pickles or nuts are acceptable in most sandwich fill- ings. Powdered cloves or allspice may be added to fruit pastes. For cold drinks, we may use bottled fruit Juices from th store or the same saved from canning added to prepared sugar syrup which we keep for that purpose in our ice boxes, and lemon Juice. If we are to sorva Iced tea, a pinch of salt added to the pot brings out the flavor. Ths delicious- ness of tea is Increased by th* addi- tion of a sprig of mint or a piece of lemon or orange rind. Dose of His own Mdiciu. Bwral Doctor (BMtlnc patient) "I'Tr- taka th* liberty of sending te Bay llttU account again " Patient "u that so? Well, net In* on you ad vie*, I'm avoiding business worrits lor ths prwent." " J I : LJ 4 t I 1 * * ft 9 ( n w a r l t an n V f re ac *