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^rr â- 4 a * « * -» -• 9 •-â-  ] >'" * « â- Â« Pretty Tough Going, Eh, Kid? â€" A Chinese hoy. hungry, hurt and tired, wearily seats himself along the curbing to eat his dish of food, probably the first he received that day, supplied by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Canada and a score of other United Xations member-countries are helping to feed the sick and hungry children now living in former theatres of war. The postal ad- dress "UNICEF, OTTAWA" is accepting funds from Canadians to buy Canadian food for six million hun;jry children. ^.•ID k^^'% -- r> --ix"? hronicles %ingerEarm Q OvarvdollTve P Clo^rkc A Happy New Year to you all! K acw day, a new week, a new aMotii â€" and a New Year . . . what win it bring? So much to think about, itn't there? Of course, there te plenty to talk aibout ... I could write about the Midden drop in egg prices, or the (lootn-ipreading news that another itepreasion i« in the offing: or the increaie in hydro rate«, ditto car inaarancc proniama â€" but I am not (oing to write aibout any of thfse things, except to mention them in passing so that you will know I at least know what is goiivg on in t^« world. But this much I will say â€" if and when hard times hit us, I don't thiidc you will see the farmer being pttahed around aa he was in the iepression days of t4ie '30's. He has eooae a long way aince then. Hia •tandard of living has been raised •onsiderably. He has his radio to keep him informed on world aSaira when he ia too busy or too tired te read. He has hia car to take him around the country, and a« a reault, many farmers are a« much at home in the city aa they are on their own property. Hie sons and dattffhtcra also get around and have j«tt as good a time as their town and city cousins. His wife often has a better home and more con- 'vcoiences than her friends in town. Young mothers have a much bcttar chance to raise strong, healthy youngsters than their city counter- parts. Oh yes, the fanner and hia family certainly go places and »«« things these days! Maybe thay "go" too often and see too much â€" but that is another atory. There is ajioWier change that is all to the good. The farmer, now- adays, keeps himself pretty well in- formed in regard to government ex- pendituresâ€"particularly in raunici- pal affairs. There have been sev- wal instances just recently where amiers have gotten together Mod thrown a monkey wrench into the proposed lavish spending of their townsihip council. Generally -speak- ing, the farmer would lo.se a day's work rather than miss the chance to vote for the men of his choice in a municipal election Now he has also reached the point where he IS just as quick to c.iM those same men to account if they fail to measure up to his expectations. Yes, our men of the soil are mak- ing their voice heard in the land â€" through Farm Forums, public meetings, letters to the press and an intcliisent exchange ot opinion with their fellowmen. Certainly, they are not sufficiently powerful to prevent a depression if one is on its way, but they have become suf- ficiently progressive â€" and aggres- sive â€" so that they will not be left holding the bag entirely alone. If "they hold one end, they'll want someone else holding the otlier â€" and they won't expect to hold on Indefinitely. If things get toug:^i, farmers will be asking a lot of ques- <oo«â€" questions to which they wilt surely want the answers. So, 1 think, wit4i our families ami friends, we can safety allow our- \ selves plenty of enjoyment over the ' hotulay season. After alt, it will be another 12 months before l*ii» fes live season rolls around agahi and betuecu i-.o>\ and tlie;:. we stiall have plenty of time for serious thinking. What would ive do without our Christmas and Xew Year? So much fun and excitement, and w'ncn we get away from it all. such a quiet sense of peace. In these moments of -reflection, i«>is impossible to lose our faitli for very long. \Vc know that the wisest of the wise may err; we are constaiuly ir-:i::\c at the tangle we poor humans get our- selves into: and yet. tlirough it all. if we pause for a minute, we are conscious of a Higher I'ower con- trolling the universe, and once more our faith is renewed that eventually peace will come to t'lis troirbled world. And tlicn you l\no\v. getting down to ordinary, everyd;iy affairs, there are always bright spots on the darkest day. Even 30-cent ^gs have something to commend them! At least we won't have to feel we are robbing the family treasury if we are a little generous in our use of them. Farm folk don't make omelettes when eggs sell at 60 cents a dozen, but with eggs at 30, well, we cSn live on omelettes and angel food, should we so de- sire. And when we have the folks liome for the holiday season, it will be no hardship to them if we feed them generously with omelettes. To city folk, it is food fit for the gods. That is, if you can make a good omelette and serve it straight from the stove to the table^with a thick sprinkling of cheese, chopped ham or bacon. Yum , . . yuin! That's alt friends ... I still have a few things to do. Happy New Year, everybody! And don't forget, it can be a happy year it we help to make it so. Chin up. folksâ€" we are not in Russia, Communiat China, or occupied Europe. We are in Canada . . . ard that should niein a lot. In Red Jainâ€"The .SiaU' I U'navt- ment angrily- denounced Com- munist-dominated Bulgaria for accusing U.S. Minister Donald R. Heath, abovt, of "conspiring* against tne government. D«- claring the c h a r r « t 'p«t«at falsehoods,' the U.S. warned tl'Ht continuance of diplomatic rtlations is in danger. Edison Had A Practical Mind Genius is the ability to do tlie hardest things the easiest way. One day, when Edison was working on a practical lamp ior his newly ilis- eovered electric light, he found it necessary to get the cubical content of an irregular glass bulb. Too busy himself to attend to the job, he called in his most brilliant mathe matician to help him. .Arming him- self with many sheets of foolscap, the great savant sat down to work. ^ k week later Edison asked him how he was getting along. â- â- \ery nicely, .Mr. EidBon, i)ut i am not finished yet." fCcison looked at the formidable array of charts and figures snhmit- ted by the mathematician. "How much longer will it take son to solve the problem:" "Oh. ancher week, 1 expect." "Let me shov.- you how to do it in a minute," said Edison. lie filled the bulb with water. "Now measure the water, an'i you've got the answer." . . . Ellison posse sseii not only a kiiack tor hitting upon tlie obvious, hut an infinite capacity for taking pains. In his effort to perfect the storage battery, he made ten thousand un- successful tests on various chemical combinations. "Isn't it a siianie. ' Siiid a friend, "that with all this tremendous labor you haven't been able to get any results''" "Why, man." said Edison. "I've got lots of results. I've (iiscovered several thousand tilings that won't wo-k." Here's Some Real "Bedtime Stuff" Most of us have favorite positions for sleeping, but few people would choose to slceii sitting upright in a cliair as 51-year-old Bii.Ur.iist missionary, the \ enerable l.olxan- atha. does. He recently came on a tnree- month visit to Britain from .\iuer- ica. where he has oeen living >ince he was four. He was born near Naples. Why does he >!eep uprig'.it? He says it is to strengthen himself against too much dependence on bo<iily comfort. On his voyage here in the Queen Mary, his nights were spent in a chair in the cinema or the lounge. l-fe hasn't slept in a bed for lb years. .•scientists who have studied iiu- nian sleeping habits would probably applaud the Venerable Lokanatlia's method on the grounds t':iat it saves the colossal amount of energy w'lich so many people waste by continually turning over during the iiig'nt. Experiments ,it the Mellon In- stitute, Pittsburg, have shown that the average lie.ilthy man c'nanges his position up :o 45 times d-.iring sleep. He remains in half of t'nese positions for less than five minutes. .â- \nd the more generally comfcirtable tlie bed is, t'.ie more o""en he changes his position. British doctors arrived at much the same conclusions in l^oO by meatis of an ingenious appliance and the co-oper.i;ion of a number of sleepers. The appliance cc>nsist- «d of a pen which marked on .i roll of paper each successive posi- tion of the sleeper, and a camera which recorded each of his move- ments. Science has also found that if you sleep with your head to the north â€" in line with the earth's main magnetic field c^f force â€" the spectre of insomnia is likely to be banished. Says one scientist. ".Magnetic and other cosmic forces undoubtedly influence the processes of our bodies and minds. .K great number 01 forces have effects on human beings, and if you believe that by sleeping with your head to the north insomnia can be cured; you wilt bring about a state through auto-suggestion which wilt '^n-our- age better sleep." So, before turning in tonight, just have a look at the direction in which your bed lies I One Too Many Policeman m a Johannesburg court said he saw man (charged with being drunk) "stagger in front of a car and noticed that botii his eyes were bloodshot," "Both eyes?" asked the accused man. "Both," said the policeman. The accused man removed a glass V* aad showed it to the Bench. "C*aee dismissed," said the judge. OJd proverb re-written; \otliing reoedee Mic success. By Roberta Lee Q. How should a woman be gov- erned about rising from a chair to show respect to an older woman? A In most cases. >n<c should rise for a v^oman more tlian double her own age. Much depends, of course, upon the "older woman." Older w-o- men w!io are trying to appear very young might resent any such show of der'erence. Old-fashioned, com- fortably elderly women would prob- ablv like it very much'. Q. Do you consider it necessary to have the approved "salad forks," or do the medium-sized regular forks serve the same purpose? A. L'ne may provide any shape or size of fork she wishes. .The med- iu:r,size»l fork is in very good taste. « * • Q. Should a woman wear gloves to a formal dinner? .\. ^ es; she should take them oft at the table and place tliem across her lap. Q. When you are in a group of people and someone makes a de- rogatory remark about a certain re- ligion, and you know that one or more o: tie group is o: that faith, what sl'.ould you do? K. Tur'i the conversation quickly to some other subject â€" and it doesn't matter if you do this very bluntly. The person who makes such a remark is exceedingly ili-Hred. • « m Q. When a woman is marrying for the second time, should she in- vite the family of her firat husband? .A. That depends entirely upon the harmony that exists between her and her first husband's people. Ii perfect harmony e.-<ists. ves. Q. When you have given some- one a gift, and he expresses delight I over it, is it all right to say, "I am" ! glad that you like it?" \. This ;s a ^ e'v appropriate expression. Q. Is it proper for a man to cross in front of a woman, when walking? S.. Xo: the woman should have thcright of way whenever possible. annate man should cross behind her instead of n front of her « « â- Â« Q. At a double wedding, should each bride have her own maid-of- bonor ? Ves: al'!-...ug:' t;;ey may iiavc the same 'oridesmaids, and each bride- groom has his own best man. Q. Is it a!i right, when dininf a!o;-.e in a public place, to read a book or newspaper while at the table? A. Ve^. . « Q. If the men in a wedding party are to wear forma; morning attire, is it neces ary that they wear gloves? .â- v. Only n tile .i eiiding is vety large and very formal in every re- spect. In this ca-^e, tlie men wear the left glove and carry the right- hand glove in the left hand, not wearing this glove at all. ..^nd they don't have to wear the gloves at the reception WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILE- Without C*ioiiiei - Aod Youli Jiunp Out •! Bed in the Morninf fUrin' to Go Tint liver siiouid pour out about *J pinu ol bile juice inio your dieeetire tract every day. M this bile \B not flowiiy; iret-iy. your fo^AJ may ooT diseet. It may just decay in the dijrestiva cr&ct. Then gas bioai* up your aiomach. 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THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA General Statement yOth Noycmbei. \94» ASSETS Notes of »nd deposii* with Bank «rf CaM<ia . . . . | >©<J>4^747.T4 Other cash and bank balances Ii6,199,042.»7 Notes of and cheqii** on other b*nk» »e,*10,196.0# Government and other pubhc (ecurities. ooi caccvdHog market value i,0*6,6<l,626.d< Other bonds and stocks, not ac*ediag maHtM v«kM 1 l6,817,041.Pf t all and short loans, fullv secured •9,097,8»0.0# Total quick ssseis Other loans and discoums, after full provMon kx bad and doubtful debts Bank premises Liabilities of customers under acceptances and iMtcn of credit Other assets »84,168,S)*5.7« »*,601.961 99 » 1,790.695.18 7,934,275.84 »2,»»4,985,554.14 *_ I I «â-  â-  â-  ! I . I 111 LIABILITIES Notes in circulation Deposits • • Acceptances and letters of credit outstanding Other liabilities Total liabiliiiec lo the pubUc Capital Reserve Fund Dividends payable Balance of Profit and Loss Accoant H $ I,705,7a9.»6 J.19*,t40,578.«l »1,790.69?.28 »,JS8.112.10 15,000.000.00 44,000,000,00 931,924.55 §,860,513.95 f2,S»4,985, 554.14 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT Profits for the year ended 50th November, \949, b«fc>r« Dominion and provincial goveroment taxes, but tficr coo- uibution to Staff PensioQ Fund, and after tppropriationii to Contingencv Reserves, out of which Reserves provinon for all bad and doubtful debts has been made $10,918,243.18 Les.i provision for Dominion and proTiocial government ta.xes $4,455,000.00 Less pro'»ision for depreciation of bank preroisea . 655,721.51 5,090,721.31 % 5,827,521.87 5,500,000.00 Dividends at the rate of $1.00 p«r abara Amount carried forward $ 2,32'', 521. 87 Bslanca of Profit and Los» Accoaot, 90tb November 1948 .... 1,532,792.06 PaliDCC of Profit and Loaa Account, 50tb Nov»mber, 1949 .$ 3,860,313.93 JAMtS Ml'lR, President T. H. ATKINSON, General Manager PENNY ^-/S- By Horrv Hoenigsen TKMCMWIDOI NJATUKALUV