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LONESCOUTS Lone Scout Signs. I "The average time roijuired by doc- It has very frequently neon suggest- tors to reach rural homes in America ed, and the Idea has been boosted ! Is over 30 minutes in .summer and periodically from time to time, that | over 58 minutes lu winter. Lone Scouts should make a special "The average distance of all rural decorative sign of their own design, homes to the nearest ilentht Is 14 1-2 bearing the words, "A Lone Scout j miles. Lives II'M-V and erect same In a "Eighteen per cent, of the rural conspicuous place outside tlielr homes, population is more than 12 hours away During the past summer a check up ! from the services of a trained nurse, was m.i'le throughout Ontario, and It | and 82 per cent, of the rural homes was found that very few Lonlos In ! are from 2 to 12 hours away from this province had troubled to fall In this service. with this iil'M. "Average distance of nearest hos.- Thls !- unfortunate and it Is thought pital from rural homes :M America is Duchess of Yoik Attends Matinee that perhaps the Lone Scouts of On- tario do not fully realize the signifi- cance ,v:<l In;| iitance of sur!i ::s in the communities In which they live. Of course all Scouts know that they 18 m!!es. Average distance of rural homes to nearest drug store Is 11 miles. "Average amount paid by rural pop- ulation during 19:19 for services of a have a big duty to perform, not only j doctor was $29.35. to themselves, but to the rest of the "Average amount paid by farm fam- *orld at large, aand not only are | Hies for doctors and specialists was Scouts supposed to voluntarily per- J19.28. form a "Good Turn" each day. but also they are Intended to "be pre- pare I" to do a pood turn whcn"ver called upon to do o. Rut how can a Scout be called upon "Average total amount paid by rural people during the last year, due to sickness alone, was $101.94." The above figures will show clear- ly the need for an organization such when no one knows where he lives? | as the Lone Scouts, trained to meet The making and erecting of a Lone : emergencies. Scout sign not only t,lves a boy craft j Therefore, Lonles, M-C to it that you 1 training, but It also serves ns an an- ,1 your duty. That you train your-' noum-pmont to the general public, to ' selves to be ready for any call that Dominion, Provincial and County offl- 1 m ay be made upon you. and have cials. the U"<1 Cws officers, Humane- y our s j gn outside your home to let Society ol'i als and to ilistiict Danes every one know where you may be that her.; is a Scout who can be called found, and incldently to Inform any upon In <a*e of emer^.-:icy. other Louie what may pass your way Scouts are expected to train them- , that his Brother Scout Is at hand, selves to "be picpared" to meet emer- gencies, In tho case of accident, ill- ness, flood, fire, and . torm, and in the ' * i I '-** VI'- fighting of disea.-es and pe-ts, to both human beings and to plants. A Scout should have a gor.d work- Christmas is very near MOW. Tim h.i. lii'.-is of York attended the gala matinee at Hi Majesty's theatre in uid of the Prince of Wales' Rullder Fund of Toe II. aud the Toe H League of Women Helpers of which she Is the pafo^ess. TV.O little girls presented (lowers. Have yon completed your Lone Scout Toyshop arrangements? Ily this time you should have your list of names Night Surveys Made In Canadian Hills In"l;nolV,l-V,."of First All. 'anYYt'is J of tho '" il lrc '> lo wll " m y lir Parcels I obtaining geodetic angular measure- ..>. to lean, a,, he can of this ' " .*'_ > '.'- -'yet re- menu from the mountain peaks tower Highway Footpaths Montreal Press (Ind.). Two juries In lirantford and Toronto unanimous- subject a* qiiic' Iy as IH> slble. Tlie f. >:;.,-* ing survey was taken 'i the I'nlted States of America by one of the staff of "The Farmer's \Vifo" magazine, and no doubt the same con- ditions prevail throughout tho Do- minion of Canada. them write to I. mo Scout Head- jng 6 000 am , R 000 fcct a|)0ve so;l 1( . yi ., quarters immedi , n BrU|sh r)I , mi |,iu is difficult and dangerous. This work, done by tho If you are not a Lone Scout and Geodetic Survey of Canada, Depart- wouhl liko to be one, write to tho men t of the Interior, must be porfonn- Scout Department, 1! jy Scouts e d at night, when lights can be seen Association. 330 Hay Street, Toronto from distant stations. Thi-se facts serve to show him how - an( l ak thc n> for particulars. Klectrlc lights arn placed at certain Important a matter It is to have the I-"'io Scouting is designed for boys points and the angles between them ' footpaths alongside the highways as a means of avoiding accidents and traf- fic fatalities. The recommendation would mean an increase of extraor- dinary expenses, but the Juries are of the opinion that they are justifiable and necessary for the purpose of safe- guarding human lives and protecting themselves against the B*S|FWI i (111 t t* UVt^t All *9 *W UI W M1V I "-* |n^inu; mining iii^,ii; .-!/>,: tnttril lit in* lit fV> * I Lone Scouts mobilized In readiness to who live on farms and in country dis- .measured from the observing station. " meet omergem -I. *. trlcts. and who are located In places The length of tho lines observed w:l> av '' "The av. ra -lance from rural where it Is Impracticable for them to varies from thirty to sixty miles. poop e , " " any kind of footpath at all alongside them, tho responsibility of people driv- ing motor cars or heavy lorries would obviously he loss great, whilst pedes- trians would not have as many risks honn -i to the nearest doctor is seven 'Join an ordinary Scout Troop. B 'I.ONK K." Tennis Queen Sails for Orient Engineer Predicts Tropics Habitable for Whites Soon The peaks are usually rough, needle- ' shaped and treacherous and tho ob- ; server has to exercise great euro in moving uround his instrument lest a Man Domesticates Many Animals Modern Man Is a better domestl- cator of animals than his caveman ancestors, better even than the ag- ricultural people who lived before machines decreased the need for anl- Submarine To Be Used by Expedition The submarine, primarily an Instru- ment of war, la justifying the huge amount of research and engineering mal labor. Mankind now possesses. It ! which has gone toward Its develop- appears from a list published recently | ment by enlisting In the peaceful ser- in the London scientific periodical, Na- vice of science. Rear Admiral W. R. lure, no less than 39 domesticated an!- Gherardi, hydrographer of the U.S. mals. Probably the total of all do- ! Navy Department, announces that a mestlc animals Is nearly a hundred. ! submarine and tender will be part of Of these only dogs, oxen, goats, pigs, ' the equipment of an expedition to horses, asses and perhaps some varl- j study the sea floor about the Bahama etles of sheep and buffalo were do- j Islands in 1932. This expedition, in- mestlrated by prehistoric men. Domes- j ternational In character, will be under tlcations in ancient but not prehis- j the leadership of Princeton University, toric times Include the cat, the fer-jlt will include also the Royal Society ret, the rabbit, reindeer, two kinds ] of Great Britain and a member of the of camels and the South American ! Netherlands Geodetic Commission, llama. Inclusion of the elephant la | Besides the measurements In the in- doubtful since that animal does not j tensity of gravity, investigations into breed well in captivity and accord- the geological foundation of the Baha- ingly cannot he considered fully do- mas, said to differ in structure from mesticated, which is true also of apes other ocean islands, will be under- and monkeys. taken. While most of the other Islands Other mammals, such as two kinds are known to be of volcanic origin, of foxes, the skunk, the mink and j indications are that such Is not the the muskrat have been domesticated case with the Bahamas. The unusual recently for the ;ake of their fur. j characteristics of the foundation and Several others now are domesticated the meaning of the structural features as laboratory animals, including the which account for their existence will white rat, the mouse ai.d the Guinea be studied and analyzed by the experts pig. The yak, the Barbary sheep, at ' of the expedition, least two kinds of antelope and sev-1 The submarine is called into the field eral other mammals have been do- because of the character of some of mesticated by the natives of limi' ed ' the work to be undertaken, which re- regions. ' quires great steadiness obtainable be- Outside the class of mammals, do- low the surface of the sea and the mestic animals include the chicken, J necessity of submerging the instru- the canary and several other birds; : ments. goldfish, gupples and other acquarium ' The submersible will be used in the fish and several food fish, Including j submarine studies' for a period of trout; the silk worm, and several ' about two weeks. Veuing Meinesz, of other insects chiefly bred by entom- ' the Netherlands Geodetic Commission ologlsts as aids against other insects will conduct the multiple pendulum ob- whlch are pests; snails and oysters servations. r.ii r) for food and leeches for meili- : cal purposes; and several kinds of microscopic animals, such as the pro- tozoa raised in laboratories or the How Many of them Can Sew? Quebec Action Catholiqae (InJ.): An Ontario Women's Association ha; malaria germs now bred to treat cer- asked the Governmcnt to find work for unemployed* women. The problem is complicated, for the Government tain nervous diseases. Recent donu -ticatious Include the lion, (.red for sale to zoos; the alll-, wil , havo to fi nd out what kind 0/ gator. I red for its skin, and the fly work it can ive the=e womcn . At the maggots now bred in hospitals ' treat hone diseases. Animal Ethics 10 present tRe country has an army of white collar unemployed. There is also an army of unemployed artisan?. ! The works voted are almost all of the Different savants brln- up the fact !- ick arul shovel *>"!* the kind of work that animals have a moral sen>e and i that ca " l!d the whlte c :lar nlan no V>;IBT,, i) i. niitn^ru i... a .i.o'KOod. He is not fitted for this worU. system. It. L. observes the working of conscienc., J. R Haldane If il is ""Possible to find work for an the evidence of ethics. C. F. Russell : Important part of our male unemploy- finds "the distinction between truth-; how are we K ln " to find all y (of speaking and lying and other moral i our women? About the only thin* acts Implicit in their conduct." and P ss ' b l* ul <l be to start hu ff e sewing small aldcstep cause him to drop down i sheer precipice. that our virtues trace back to the pre- human stage to animal ancestry. Gratitude, fidelity, bravery, obedi- ence to duty, con iiilerateness these' t;> encounter. A. Better Times Coming Toronto. Willis H. Carrier of New Vork, President of the American So-! clety of Heating and Ventilating' Quebec Solell (Lib.). Iju'.inei-rs, told members of tho On- ' reason to remain pessi Isle of Man Desires -There is no i-ii.. IT aro indeed familia.- qualities in horse. dog and cat, the quadrupeds we know- best. No horse will step on a thrown _ _ | rider; for an understanding master ho 10 Have Uwn r lag I will leap walls, swim livers, burst his' L'liidon. The Isle of Man has made, heart to answer a call to speed; and Known Its desire to adopt a flag and , no creature in pain i? a truer Stoic. for the cat, a mystery to many Its motto is service. Its pride exhibit thu r.Miise c.umlit in Its' cellar. Some blame it for - - - i ei . ' i - < i,.. . i. -ii.i i oLui.ua 19 it. i in "walking alone." So doing, it is simp- ,iso that within the next T.W rt o tl population: they d.-mai.d en , lgll hoarlllB thn , e lcBa . Tho Manx | r obeying what It Is hard to teach the a( tones. tho employment of all our efforts and coar . ot . armg consists of three legs In i young Idea that onn should captain: ! circles to make clothes for those who had no money to buy clothes. How many of them know how to sew? * Tests Wobblemeter armor, kicking in different directions. i Its origin Is obscure, but it is thought _ Irons Influences of pessimism. New , uavo t yp| fl , !( j tno island's oiiicn buildings, homes and trains in the I nlteit jj, o niaintenanc-e of a screno confi Status will have adopted air-condition- ,|ence, Incompatible with the disas ing as essential to comfort. Mr. Carrier foresaw a quickening of mistakes will be made. Nervousness! : business for the railways "when a man j w ni provoke new conflicts and new'J. inJ can travel on the hottest .summer day deceptions. Hut the hope of better from Toronto to Texas without wilting days must Inspire all our initiative a collar." Ho foresaw also bigger . am i direct us In the way which is box-ofllco returns for air-conditioned opening uu, bef.irn us. theatre*, higher efficiency of factory ' workers, more comfort In American office huildinKs and homes. "Hut one of tho greate.it benefits of A Peck of Gold Dust always blowing about the town, Kxccpt when sen-fog laid it down. Anil I was one of tho children told Some of tho blowing dust was gold. Revival of Earrings A Hnlic eabli 1 instance, uf how old j alr-i onditionlng for cooling and hu- fashions return IB shown In the revival AH the dust the wind blew high miilincatlon will bn that of making of earrings. | Appeared like gold In the sunset sky, the Tropics habitable for the white i n Victorian days almost every girl Hut I was one of tho children told race," ho declared. Already air-cool- h a d her ears pierced as a matter of j Some of the dust was really gold. ing systems havo been e-tablished In ' course, until the 'nineties, when ear India, Hrazll, Cuba and Northern Ar-; rings suddenly went out of fashion. :;enihia, hu said, and recently tho King j To-day eairlni?.-t will be worn as much ' Cold dusted all we drank and ate, i)f Slam hail ordered all-conditioning as ever they wore. i And I was one of tho children told, one's self and make up one's mind ! regardless of what tre crowd is shout- ing. of England, Scotland 'and Ire- The dog in all lutitiules has proved! himself. He never bite., without bark- ing first his declaration of war. Things In his charge i>":s. >:i -. premises or herds he will defend to the last. In life-saving, In the courageous actions' called heroism, he lias deserved nine njedals and monuments than he has received. No snobbery is in him; re- 1 probato or demirep can gain his faith. Once man was, it Is believed, just as ethical. His duwnfall dates ac- j cording to ecent rcsea dies by this corner from the invention of the ! pocket, and Its extensions tin boxes. safo>, vaults ami warehouses. Frank- lin CKirkin in Til-- N.Y. -rime.-!. ;iich was Ilfo In tho Oolden date: ! of his palace and national theatre, IP ( aiiso he considered, Mr. Carrier ! said further, that "it changes living so J M il i conditions completely." "If tho white man In tho Tropics Thoro Is In souls a sympathy with \Vo all must eat our pock of gold." -Robert Frost, In "Collected Translations Poems." Mrs. Helen Wills Moody sinilus ln-r adieu whoa >>ho sailed from Han Francisco for the Orient, v. in-ro who will play her favorite gamo. It Pays to Advertise Miiiiii.-:il Inforn.ailou (Ind. I.- - \Vhib can go from his homo to his otllco or elub, tho buildings In wliich ho spends the greater part of his day being con- iliiloiifil to proper effective tempera- ture, tho inieiiiieili.il.. exposure will not buther him." ho said. Products Prove State To Be No Arid Desert Tonopah, Nov. While Nevada Is not classed as an agricultural state, the United States census bureau re- ports reveal that Nevada produces apples, nprlcots, cherries, figs, necta- rines, poaches, pears, plums, prunes, quliipefl, grapes, almonds, pecans, blackberries, dewberries, currants, "Glorious" Gloria Weds Again we hear complaint* on all Mdes of the gooseberries, raspberries and straw- i.'iluci'il voliimn of buslne.'i'i, them are ' berries. lertaln llrms and certain Industries :ifD eiij'ivilni; ]>i ouperlly. Why Is thin no? In most cases It Is the result of the Intensified publicity which they havo employed. Many ontcrprlsoH believed It hud become nece :ary to decrease expenses, ns a conseiiiiencn of Iho ilepresslon. Con- trary to nil prlnclpleM, they roMim-iic"d to rcdin o thnlr npproprl- In tho southern part of the State ninny of tho so-called tropical fruit and vegetables aro raised In com hi- erablo quantity. In thn llonliler Dam aie.i, which Includes Ibo city of I.' Vegas, there are seven pecan ordiar.l Tho Lahonton valley, under the Newlnnds Irrigation project U fmnotis for Its Hearts of (Sold caiit-ilou|ie<:. Appli-s nro raised In every county In alion fiir iiilvcitliiliiK, though this 1 the ^:'.lt(. Item should have In en the InRt to bo i educed. T ho. HO flrmn may havo econo- mixed u few doll:ir< on thin Kcore, bin on Iho other hand they havo lost much niiv.'e ilii'niuli tlio reduction In thvlr turnover. It Is ns "i MI t i bt ;i i ns to bo u man. Walt U'liitin.ui. The ii.'lln of glory lend but to the . Uray. I from the Chinese of (I'i.in thr- Saturday Itevicw Literature i When You're Writing Rein 'inlier, when joti'rc \\ritin; about New York, Faces aro as important as bullilings. Hive deep Into t!iu .subway, that gal- lery cf p.irtraltlirc; IVitlie your eyes in that flood of bitter truth. It U noi lovely. It proves no theorems, Hut there la no we.irincss il c.uinot heal. Klinor Smith, girl avlatrix, In New York allowed her sen-o of equilibrium to bo tested by the wobblemeter, a new instrument developed for Just that purpose. It tells you whether you've had a bad night and how had It was. on human Ilnvo you courage to face thi'so faces? You. ar.il \ '. ;'inl yell. SeBQ cnly OllCO, t; I0d . il !:\!c. Ulorin BffBl ei . ,.| , ( ,,| l;i;mer crti married for tin) s.' oml lliuu foul' It. mis nrit>r the mot ion i>!chiro nctross' dlvorco from Maupils do la Falniso becnnio final. Tlio ceremony took place at Yiitnu Arizona. This is Miss Swaiison's third matrimoulal uttoiuut. I i . . . . . |i-to- "Very. \\Vve e\rn ^ot i! lived so that you can't slop your itiitomo- bile within a milo of the pl.ico you want in go to." French Woman to Head Feminine Move for Peace Paris. A dynamic blue-eyed French woman, whoso creed Is "tho sclenco of peace." will bo tho leading fomlnlno figure In an international mass meet- ing on disarmament schodufed hero late this month, preceding the worUI disarmament conference in Geneva In February, She la Mllo. Louise- Weiss, managing >>ili!iir of the International magazine "L'Kiirnpo Nouvclle." Since the days when she worked as a uurso of World \Var prisoners she has delved untir- ingly Into the .stiuly of international politic;-, to her "tho solo moans bjr which nations may master the science uf peace ami iho prevention of wars." "Disarmament Is nn international matter, which can he settled only thronr.h International understanding," says Mile. Weiss "True security can never he found In iviiipetitive armaments." i