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^ • t'J . i. $(kU^ is delicious Guiding In S. Africa "Sound as a Bell" lady Baden-Powell Most Enthusiastic About Work in Union "I am leaving South Africa convinc- ed of tlje soundness of the Girl Guide movement hero," said Lady Baden- Powell, the Chief Guide, in an inter- view in Cape Town. "Guiding In South Africa is as sound as a bell. The fact that the associa- tion owns so many guide halls and camping sites is a tangible sign of Its stability, and the enthusiasm ot the guides themselves has been a wonderful experience to me. •'During this long tour thi-ough Rho: iesia and the Union 1 must have met almost every guide in Africa south of tho line. The rallies held in the country towns and villages were like huge family parties, and I managed to come into personal contact with a great number of people. The guides travelled long distances to meet them and to see how my scattered family were getting along. "The importance ot guidmg cannot be overestimated. The movement heips girls to train themselves to be useful citizens and to have a variety of interests in life. "Materially, guiding is useful in the facilities it provides for travelling guides. No guide need be a stranger anywhere. If she goes to a strange place she has only to write to the guide headquarters there and she will find companionship and help, what- <*Vw her age may be. Lady Baden-Powell's personal In- terest in all the people she met de- lighted everybody during her tour of the Union. After one meeting with Guide officials completely strange to her she could name them all with un- hesitating accuracy. One of her daughters accompanies her to every rally and jots down with paper and pencil every person of au- thority introduced to Lady Baden-Po- weM. When she returns to the hotel after a rally Lady Baden-Powell is drilled by her daughter i ntil she is name- perfect. Names learned in this way are not retained by the ordinary memory tor more than a few days but that is suf- ficient for Lady Badeu-Powell's pur- pose on her tours round the world. It is a social Iriek practised by the rovaity. naval officers and reporters. Helping Nature The Cambridge University School of Asriculture has added a fresh triuinpli to its invaluable aninial- breedinjr innovations by transfer- ring, artifically. seminal fluid from a cliampion SutfolU ram to a group of Polish ewes. This lluid, extracted in a test tube by Dr. .-Vrthur Walton, was di.-ipatched by air mail, taking two days and three hours to com- plete its 1,500-niile journey to the Zoo Technical Institute at Borowina. Here, it wai intro.Iuced by Profes- sor Prawochenski to some selected ewes of native stock. Now one of these sheep lia.s given birth to a sprightly half-Polish, half-Suffolk ram lamb. From this novel experiment, scientific sheep breeders anticipate the use only of first-class sires for the world's (locks. Choicer mutton chops, more savoury shoulders and legs will thus be the housewife's re- ward. The First Tangle Once in an Eastern palace wide A little girl sat weaving: So patiently her task she plied The men and women at he' side Flocked round her almost grieving. "How is it, little one," they said, "You always work so cheerily? You never seem to break your thread, Or snarl or tangle it, instead Of working smooth and clearly. "Our weaving gets so worn and soiled. Our silk so frayed and broken. For all we've fretted, wept and toiled, We know our lovely lattern's spoiled. Before the King has spoken." The little child looked in their eyes. So full of care and trouble; .\nd pity chased the sweet surprise That filled her own as sometimes flies The rainbow in a bubble. "I only go and tell the King," She said, abashed and meeekly, "You know He said in everything" â€" "Why, so do we!" they cried, "we bring Him all our troubles weekly!" She turned her little head aside; A moment let them wrangle; "Ah, but," she softly then replied, "I go and get the knot untied At the first little tangle!" little children â€" weavers all? Our broidery we spangle With many a tear that need not fall If on our King we would but call At the first little tangle? Fashion Decrees Emeralds Popular Emerald Is Termed Most Valuable Precious Stone Today Smart women are searching Loudon England and London jewelers are scouring tho world for i.meralda. FV shion has decreed the stone, once shunned by the superstitious, for cor- onation year. Countess Hatgwitz - Reveutlow^ â€" Barbara Huttou â€" is said to have bought for 210,000 pounds in Paris emeralds which once belonged to Na- poleon III. The emcrold is the most valuable stone today. Hal ton-garden dealers are prepar- ed to pay four times their pre-war prices. Pine ."Atones today fetch l.OOn >oiinds a carat. A leading Hatton-gardeu jeweler lold me, writes an English journalist: The trouble Is there Is no recognized source of supply. Tnat (JoiomDlan mine^ h:ivi> petered out. Russian stones cut of the Ural mines are inferior in quality. Our hope is old collections.'' It Is reported that the crown ot iUii- Lady of the Andes â€" a diadem once owned by the lucas ot Peru, gi- ven to the Roman Catholic Church by Pizarro. and now sold by them â€" has been bought for 1,000,000 pounds l>y a United States syndicate. The crown blazes with 453 emeralds ol lio first water. On Rules For A Long Life Recently that astonishing stripling John D. Rockefeller celebrated his 97th birthday, and came out with ten rules for a long life. They eeemed reasonably good rules to us, but not to Mr. Charles W. Eldridge ol St. Petersburg, Florida, who is scamper- ing about in his 105th year. Scoffing at Mr. Rockefeller's ad- vice, Eldridge said: "The young feller asked fcr it. His ten rules of health ain't bad Tor a youngster in his OO's. But for the second 100 years they just won't do "Take rule No. 5 in young RocUe- feller's list. 'Don't allow yourself to get annoyed,' it says. That poppy- cock. I've been annoyed most of all my 105 years, and two or three times it saved my life. "Once I got so mad at a couple of doctors who said I was done for that I jumped out of bed for the first time in three months. I was 02 tlien and grahS has been growing over them doctors graves for ten years." Mr. Eldridge. we must say. rather impresses us. In the first place, we have never been able to learn how not to get annoyed. We've played golf with people who came out of a bunker in five shots whistling the Londonderry Air, or something like that, but we have always felt they would be better off if they came out with a loud wail. It's a matter of let- ting off steam. In other words, what is the biological, spiritual or other sense of not boiling without if one be boiling within? The only differ- ence we can see is that the first with- out the last is less honest than both together. Moreover, there's a lot of non- sense talked about rage. It's the cleanest of passions. We don't be- lieve in a man being tenacious over trifles, but n topped shot when one has a good lie is no trifle, and If a man wants to get into a to.vering rage over it and show that he has got into one, there's a lot to be said for him. It's the vain man, the fel- low who wants to be thought self- composed, and all that, who repress- es himself. There's ."something else. A lot of people confuse indignation with an- ger. Yet they're different. Anger may be born of spite, or of blind hatred, or a lot of other evil things; indig- nation usually comes from detesta- tion of wrong. Tt tells that one hates injustice, that has certain loyalties to certain things. .â- Vttachments. N'o. we have little use for people who don't get annoyed. Mostly, we think, they're "pcseurs," without friendships , people who don't like somebody or something, people with- out spirit or soul. Either that or they're too proud to be themselves; so vain that they go about killing themselves with repressions. Movie Actress Is Happily Married Helen Vinson Perry Is Even Learning How to Cook NEW YORKâ€" Helen Vnison, gold- en-haried motion picture actress, the wife of tennis star Fred Perry, likes married life so much that she has added "Perry" to the name of her dog. The dog, a shaggy Scotch terrier, is now "Jack Mag Vinson Perry," she said recently. To the mind of Miss Vinson, mar- ried ten months, this is proof that "I've settled down" â€" as much c.s an actress often on the wing ever could with a gadabout tennis champion. Further proof is the fact that brown-eyed Helen is pondering how to cook meat and potatoes for her husband, Wimbledon tennis cham- pion. Hot Necks SFB2NG HURST B£ACH OM THE QEOaaiAM BAY 3 niUea woat of Waaafca (Hard Sand Beach) Offers Yon â€" A lovfl.v Mciinlpd 1,11 fill' X 2IIII anil a .ti.'.. .'-marl 4-ro(iiii cottage wltli liiTKe seremed vcrutuliili for $37&: $1(10 di>wn iinO hnlnnoe $2.= (innrterl.v. Writo \V A Wlipoler. fulllnKWOCKl. YOUR SAFEST INVESTMENT IS IN YOURSELF Specialized training will enable vou to overcome I.NFEKIOUITV COMPLEX, to develop MENTAL POWER, and to equip yourself for better things in life. Write for particulars of our special course in mental training. The Institute of Practical and Applied Psychology 910 COITFESEBATIOXr BVILDINO Montreal â€" Quebec Writes Tho V('innii)eg Free Press â€" There remains, of cours, the prob- lem of coiiliiig off the male neck. Even the man who goes in for linen suits must still, if he would be "properly" dr.-ssed swathe his neck in ti,rce folds of cloth â€"two of shirt collar and one of tie. There is always the expedi- ent of discarding the tie and opening the collar, but this plan, very suit- able on sandy beaches, doc not quite do for city streets. Will someone de- sign a shirt which can be left open at the neck without looking untidy or Byronic? Such a garment we t'.iiiik. would catch on even though t'le .\dam's apple is rarely a thing of beauty. Some Record ! Four women of Berwick, N.S., have quite an imposing record â€" an aggregate age of 385 years. Headed by Mrs. Collins Dodge, who has seen 101 winters roll by. the quartette also includes Mrs. Clara MacMillan and Mrs. Lavinia Gould, both 95 ; and Mrs. John Somerville, 94. Cracking Down on Peddlers Writes the St. Thomas Times- Journal â€" The City Commission of East Cleveland has a bylaw which might well be copied. It declares that a misdemeanor has been committed when a peddler knocks at the door or rings a bell of a home where a card says that solicitors are not wanted. This is a welcome step for the housewives of that area. It saves them many unwanted callers. These solicitors or salesmen have no one to blame but themselves il women are brusque and shut the door quick- ly. There may be cakes or pies in the oven which spoil while the spiel is being made. The trouble with most of these people is that they will not take no for an answer. Having got the lady of the house at the door they keep on talking once she gives ear. They feel annoyed if she loses patience and cuts off the monologue by slam- ming the door, but it is just what they would do themselves if the posi- tions were reversed. A Nova Scotian Magazine Notes the Halifax Chronicle â€" The second issue of The Bluenose, edited by Robert Murphy, of Hali- fax, lias just come off the press and shows, in two issues, definite pro- gress. The July number is a tour- ist edition and N'ova Scotians, native and adopted, give their impressions of the province's charm. Wo hope that the edition will cir- culate among the people far from Nova Scotia and that tho articles will awaken in them a desire to en- joy the beauties of Acadia. Perhaps the most appealing article of this sort is 'hat written by V. M. Kipp. associate •>ditor of the Ottawa Journal, i. '^eount oi "A Day Well Spent" caii.^ ".xtra conviction be- cause it is writi i by a visitor and not by a patriotic, i.ntive. "To write of such a trip," he says "is to relive it in memories of Nova Scotia and precious and enduring." Issue No. 31 '36 Oh, Canada ! Sons of sires who fought tor glory 'Neath the Fleur de Lis of France; Sires to whom the God of Battles Gave at last the lesser chance. Sous of sires who fought for freedom And for conquest, too, at times, 'Xeath the flag that's ever flying On the breeze, in many climes. Sons ot sires whom revolution Vainly temptetf, sorely tried; Choosing bravely life in exile, British bom, they British died. Sons of sires who fought at Queen- ston Fought and won that bloody fiay; Hear re-echo through the forest Bu^le blasts of Chateauguay. Sous of sires who felled the forests. Felled the forest, tilled tho field; Sires who wrought, and wrought un- ceasing. That their soil should harvest yield. Sons of sires who garnered harvests From deep depths, beneath wild waves Sires who seldom garnered harvests With the aid ot human slaves. Sons of sires whoae ships, seaworthy, l-'Iung their bunting to the breeze, Wooden ships that carried cargoes 1 the shores of seven seas. Sons ot sires who laid foundations Of a mighty nation, we; Elder, Younger, New, Canadians, Worthy ot our sires must be. Written is our name Canadian.' Written red en fields of fame; Ours the pride that those who wrote It, Wrote it red In freedoiu'8 name. But remembering those who wrote It !'';aught with sadness is our pride; War, forsooth is man's worst madness Man, for whom a Saviour died. Ours to make our name 'Canadian' Spell 'Content' from sea to sea; Ours to make our name 'Canadian' Synonym for Liberty. Time and space aro much contracted Facts to which wo can't be blind; Ours to make Canadian vision All-inclusive of mankind. Ours to build on bioad foundations, lu tho spirit ot our sires; Build and build on firm foundations Until Time itself expires. "O Canada! mom pays; mes amours" T. A. Patrick, iorklon, Sask. Day of Fauis Is Passing Notes the Brockville Kecordor and Times: Laid away sacredly in that trunk in the garret which contains the treasures of ( Ider days there is surely a lady's fan. It was a beauti- ful thing, usually the gift of a de- voted admirer. It might be a crea- tion of beautifully fretted ivory slats carved out of the tusks of a great African elephant, or just a simple little thing of painted silk, but sv/inetimes it was a gorgeous affair made of lovely ostrich feath- ers, with precious stones inserted cunningly. Perhaps no lady's equip- ment of a generation ago is more symbolic of romance, and the temp- tation to dwell upon it is irrcstible to the good novelist. Fans have always had a place in ceremonials and are used even now in the East. The.' are carried on state occasions in papal processions in Home. In Canada they may still be found in country churches, manu- factured of straw for utility pur- poses on a hot summer day. But the fan as an accoutrement for tho lady is well nigh gone. Our imports last year amounted to only !<:i,500. I They came niainlv from Japan, Italy, China, \ustria and Hong Kon:;, and r any 'lUo frvm the United State*. This inforiiu'.'.i.'n comes from tlie External Trade Brin,;h of -ho Do- minion Bureau of Statistics, Dept. of Trade and Commerce. Laura Wheeler Jiffy-Knit; Once Begun â€" Presto, Done] JIFFY KNIT BLOUSE PATTERN 957 Like an "extra" blouse for summer? Then try this bit of quick- to-knit chic, its open-air bodice of simple mesh, its sleeves and waist yoke of lacy ribbing. But four balls of Shetland floss are required. There's a plain knitted skirt, too. Pattern i>57 contains detailed dir- ections for making the blouse shown; illustrations of it and of all stitches used; directions for a skirt; material requirements, and color suggestions. Send '20 cents in stamps or coin (coin preferred) for this pat- tern to Needlecraft Dept., Wilson Publishing, 73 West Adelaide, Toronto. Write plainly PATTERN NUMBER, vour NAME and ADDRESS. Doxology ! Physiologists declare that it is im- possible for a human being to live without breathing, but as the heat wave receded we could have positively declared that we breathed for the first time in several Jay?, comments The Stratford Beacon Herald. Dur- ing that tropical spell we must have extracted a certain amount of oxygen from the torrid atmosphere, or we would not now be alive, but we did not breathe â€" we gasped. What a refreshing sensation that was to drink in deep draughts of cool air! With what heavenly rela.xation we lay down to sleep after nights of restless tossing on the billows of heat with our bodies drenched in per- spiration! The sensation of relief was similar to that which came to the "Ancient Mariner" when he ex- claimed: sleep! it is a gentle thing. Beloved from polo to pole! To Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven, That slid into my soul. My lips were wet, my throat was cold. My garments all were dank; Sure I had drunken in my dre.inis, .\nd still my body drank. Canada is a land of climatic ex- tremes. In the course of the year the temperature swings from tropical heat to semi-artic cold, and in the process of enduring these extremes Canadians have been rendered hardy and resourceful. We may complain about the zero blasts, but we fight back at them and are unconquerqd by the elements. We may not endure the scorching heat of July as well, but we laugh and poke fun at it until it retires in disgust. For the rest of the year we rejoic â-  in a climate that is salubrious and invigorating. We enjoy our summers and our falls all the more because of the severity of our winters, and we receive the sweet, cool air and the rains with greater relish, and gratitude because we know a little of the oppression of heat and drought. Canada's is the epitome of all cli- mates, and Canadans live life to the ft^ll. It is a groat privilege to have been born in Canada, and the next ill this country. Sheep Counting Decried Observes the Quebec Chronicle Telegraphâ€" Counting sheep to in duce sleep is a waste of time. So is stutfing the ears with cotton. Insom nia may De cured without drugs. X\\ t'laf is necessiary to insure restful sleep is for the sufferer to ca'm the nuives and muscles of the stoniaoh V. itii a table spoonful of olivt- oil be- fore bedtime. Patients who have a distaste for olive oil should sniff men- thol to dear the lungs and reduce ^he effort of breathing to a mini- mum. These simple rules are laid out by a French sscientist, M. Maurice Boigey, in a book just published in Paris, entitled "Tho .Science of Rest." Music Students Get Scliolarsliip TORONTO â€" Ten music student! in Ontario, outside Toronto have been awarded special Jubilee Scholarsbipa by the Toronto Conservatory of Mu«- ic In honor of the Conservatory's 50tli Anniversary this year. The scholarships were offered to piano pupils only, for continuance ot their studies at the conservatory. The awards will be applied to tho winners' tuition fees for the ensuing term. Winners in Western Ontario wer« Mary Heard, 519 Hamilton Road, Lon- don; Virginia Mathoney, Ursulin* School ot Music, Windsor; Madelln* Howse, 53 Curtis St., St Thomasj Dorothy E. McCormlck, U.R. No. 1. Paris; and Ruth Parkinson, Thorn- bury Winners in Easteru Ontario war* -Nancy Wyatt, 190 Dufferin Road, Ot- uiwa: Marlon Walker, 261 W'llUam St. Belleville; Norah D. Osborn, 81 Loui- sa St., Ottawa; Aileen Forrestal, St. Joseph's Academy, Lindsay; and Helen E;nvorth, Box 91, Newmarket. An Embiurassing Moment Write Today Free Chesterfield Catalogue 1 Sc a Jay l)ii.vs for one. Lowt'st factmy prioos. Freu ilpllvery. LaU'si (IciiKiis. HIk savings. Buy direct from tho nmUers. ROYAL CHESTERFIELD MANUFACrURERS 66 Richmond St. East Toronto Dept. L Comments the Wall Street Jour- nal â€" Mayor Laguardia recently ad- dressed cadets of the Salvation Army before a large audience. 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