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gm can understand j school bell rings a furrier having everybody there such a viewpoint the firt requisj talent summerside pei if you ate raising black oi- silver foxes to wrap round miladys neck raise them to last its in regard to fur is appearance with a capital a for emphasis says justin hotter widelyknown parisian far buyer who has been buying up paits here 1 am not in accord with tin- doc trine enunciated by certain writers point that it is a dm able fur the frenchman r detroit xo tardy scholars trickle into classrooms at cass tech nical high school and the devic that is making early birds oi former dont sleepyheads is raising a crop of radio who emphasize the esential to breed each morning at 735 oclock the auditorium of cass tech is filled pupils come to listen to broadcasts by their classmates who are special- using in dramatics and who have an ambition perhaps of becoming radio stars i over the public address system they hear their own amateur show i consisting of short plays news bul letins talks interviews music and durability is an essential quality j j in rrany things but from the stand- j the of one pup aftel a pont of a fur buyer it is a feature othw p for the eilt which is absolutely unessential l mc ct his schoolmates even th landed to stop riot fact m rotter wen so far as to av that silver foxes should hot be durable j instead silver foxes to command the best prices should be silky and lri rlt and carrythc full impressian of quality on its sheenlike surface ti e e points take precedence over j confidence in their abilities at the durability fur which was too dm- same time it is designed to entertain was not good for the trade land inform those who arrive at school a pretty bright and huffy apj before classes start pcuace in a fur is the factor which mert cl his schoolmates rven the bashful can perform being hidden from the audience by a curtain the plan was conceived by the dramatics instructor francis belch er the purpose said he is to give students radio experience and puts it in demand the parisian buyer continued ic likened fox fus to flower tl u most beautful and delicate were h en for milady and durability was never considered 1 hotter has already bought twice as many pelts as he purchased last year up to december 15 he fonl the fur of decidedly higher j quality but since then the quality has fallen off this lie attributed to many late litters and due to the mildness of the weather the animals had not thrived to the extent they would under more normal condition i european buyers had not started purchasing pelts on a large scale yet and only the actual consumers were purchasing at present there was a scarcity of clearcolored skins and they would continue to bring inn i pr es the parisian said he preferred j prince edward island pelts to other the island where the fox fur industry had its birth was still producing the silkies lines black silver he stated somo of the heavily armed members of the japanese landing corps as they prepared to go into action against chinese students in shanghai who were demonstrating against japanese encroachment in china many students were killed and wounded mens fashions for 1936 wardrobe as vancolored as artists palette the rkets pr dace prices united farmers co opera ive co saturday- were paying the following prices fot proi luce eggs with cases re turnei prices nominal a largt 22c a medium 21c a pulle ts 20c p 20c c 18c black or midnight blue suits with streamlined tails are latest for formal evening wear butter xo 1 ontario solids 23 i to 23 no 2 224 to 23c poultry quotations in cents dressej live dressed milked q aeen mother thanks canada ottawa out prime minister mackenzie king received a message of thanks from the wid owed queen mary for the expres sions of sympathy from the govern ment and people of canada cabled to her majesty the queens message follows prime minister of canaoa ottawa i am very grateful to yourself and to the members of your govern ment for your sympathetic message of condolence in my great loss pljase accept my most sincere thanks signed mary mr mackenzie king had sent this message her majesty the queen sandringham england may i he permitted to convey to your majesty the very deep sym pathy of the government ami the people of canada and to express asni ko well my heartfelt personal sympa thy in your great sorrow may you he comforted and sustained by the knowledge of what your tender ad ministrations and loving compan ionship have meant to his late ma jesty king george in all that per tained to his majestys life and his high office signed w l mackenzie king hens a over 5 lbs 1 4 to 5 lbs 15 3 to i lbs 12 old roosters 7 spring chickens i over i lbs 10 5 to g lbs 15 5 to lbs 14 1 to 5 lbs 13 under 4vj lbs 12 spring broilers 1 to 2 lbs 12 young ducks over 5 lbs 12 4 to 5 lbs 10 a 17 hi 13 i 20 10 18 17 it 16 is 10 a hay and straw no 2 timothy hay baled to 10 no timothy hay to 8 straw wheat baled to ti oat straw 5 ton ton ton to dressed for her role grain quotations following arc saturdays closing quotations on toronto grain transac tions for car lots prices on basis cif bay ports manitoba wheat no 1 northern s9c no 2 northern sac no 3 northern si vie no 4 northern s0c no 5 northern 72to manitoba oats no 1 feed oats toronto 32vie for all rail shipment delivered ontario points no 2 cw cw lovio extra no 1 feed oats 40 4c no i feed oats 3u mixed feed oats 30c no 1 feed screenings 17 per ton manitoba barley no 3 cw i2c south african corn fise ontario grain approximate prices track shipping point wheat 74 to 78c j oats 23 to 25c barley 30 to 35c corn 43 to 45c rye 35 to 38c malting barley 38 to 41c toronto arbiters or mens fashions have decreed a 1930 ward robe as vatirolored as an artists palette here is what the welldress ed man will wear according to the forecast of the fashion committee of the national association of merchant tailors of america and the merchant tailor designers association ifi con vention here for formal evening wear black or midnight blue suits with shorter waist and streamlined tails eight inches longer flaring canes of royal blue lined with brilliant scar let purple bue or white silk blue or black shoes blue or back silk hat for informal evening wear din ner jackets of 40 shades ot wine maroon plum green blue and with colored facings and iridescent linings to match single or doublebreasted dinner coats for summer or orange canary beige quaker gray green plum bisque gulf stream blue and pastel shades worn with black cum merbund and dark evening trousers hcst suits of soft cashmere will be in pastel siiades pastel pleated shirts colored evening pumps soft silk hats of snaphrim type in colors and studs and cuff links of emerald amethyst ruby and sapphire for lounge wear sack suits have lost their padded shoulders and the coat is one inch longer norfolk jackets of tweed and informal slacks remain popular for sport country and town wear fabrics are brighter for cold weather overcoats with fur collars and fur lining the guardsman model with flared sk remains popular plaids and checks are decreed for business and sport the famous dionnes sleep outofdoors in 30 be low zero weather con tinue to gain weight first canadain percheron sent to scotland first sale of its kind in history a canadianbred percheron colt was sold by an alberta breeder on nov ember 2i to duncan n stewart mill hills scotland worldfamous shorthorn breeder hardy e salter secretary of the alberta percheron association has announced the twoyearold steel gray colt was sold by f m cary of calgary for 81250 the colt is lagos of wcno out of roberta of weno who was sired by iagos the famous per cheron stallion maritime farmer farm problems conducted by professor henry g bell with the cooperition of the various departments of ontario agricultural college miss pond who has been se lected as honorary commodore ot the 10th annual midwinter sail ing regatta to be held off los angeles harbor looks shipshape and prepared for business in her natly yachting costume the business ol farming is yearly becoming more ano more dependent upon fuels that have been gathered re- gurilink livestock runt livestock manage ment crop production soil management disease and inssct control and business organization of the farming- industry individual problems involving one or more of tlicse and many other phases of agriculture engage the attention of ontario farmers from day to day dur ing the winter mouths there is a little more time for study of the most acute problems through this column farmers may secure the latest information pertain ing to their difficulties to introduce this service professor hell lias prepared the following typical proliems to n- dieate tho information which should be given in order that a satisfactory an swer can bo made if answer is desired by letter enclose stamped and addressed envelopo for reply address all inquiries to pro fessor henry o bell uoom 421 73 adelaide st w toronto ontario question it 1 wellington- question my orchard of spies and a few other varieties is not doing well i have manured it pretty well the past couple of years placing the manure around tho tree fairly close up there aro a lot of small greenish apples that do not ripen up well the orchard soil is a stoney loam what can 1 do to improve the applo crops answer to obtain a good crop of apples it is usually necessary to follow an allround or balanced programme of proper spraying soil management pruning and thin ning mature trees in good vigor should make a annual shoot growth of 0 to s inches in length poor growth may he an indication of a shallow or fertile soil and will result in poor crops if the soil is deep and well drained applications of manure should improve the growth the manure should be ap plied from about 2 feet from tho trunk out as far as 2 or 3 feet be yond tiie spread of branches a heavy crop of small apples in dicates a need for heavy thinning the apples should be thinned to g or 8 inches apart as soon after the june drop as possible k a h hanks ms dept of horticulture oac callander ont while most of the continent shivered in the past weeks blizzard and sought firesides the dionne quintuplets slept outdoors every morning and afternoon once in 30 below zero weather twenty months old on jan 2sth they spent hours on their hospital verandah in their usual perfect health the 30 below was a record for the winter but a record set by northern ontarios weather not the quints the only reason they havent been out ill lower temperatures is that low or temperatures were not provided last winter they slept while the mer cury hovered around 35 and one day dropped to 10 lops for the quints in the open air tnworried about heir health dr allan dafoe their phyniclan and guardian said the quints walk a bit more confidently every day and are becoming more successful in their at tempts to form words they all gained weight during the past month and each has new teeth since her last birthday marie who has two new ones and annette who has produced three lead the five willi 12 teeth each yvonne and entile eaeii have 1 and ceeile nine yvonne ot one new one since last month cfcile one and kindle two yvonne is still leading the weight parade at 21 pounds phi ounces four pounds heavier than marie tho lis-it- weigbt ceeile had the greatest gain during the month half an ounce ftort of a full pound kmile and marie were lowest in gains with only four ounces each their lotal gain was two pounds svi ounces dr dafoe measured the youngsters and found marie was the only one to gain during the past month she was a quarter of an inch taller at 30 in ches yvonne is 30 inches tall an nette lli ceeile 3ma and entile 31i following is a table of iheir weights in pounds and ounces with the gains from dec 28 lb oz gain oz vvonne 23 li 9vi annette 23 11 7i ceeile 23 10 emile 22 marie 10 0 11 i i totals 111 io t fascinating insight into writings of l m montgomery members of the canadian womens press club of toronto meeting for their weekly tea wore given a r cinating insight into the writing of anne ai green gables by the author l m montgomery mrs kwan macconald obe it was most difficult at first to recapture the atmosphere of the past and to pick up the threads of the story first told many years ago but now i find myself easily living again all the lifestory of my anne only i must watcli myself carefully lest such modernities as motor cars or radios or even a newfangled sled creep into the story by mistake she told her listeners none of the car- acters in any of her books had been drawn from real life she said al though she has had numerous ex periences pleasant and otherwise with people who are sure they know the very people her books describe canadian nurse in leper colony graduate victorian order here writes interestingly of voyage members of ehe leper colony at camundongo west africa number ing 300 appear to be happy and sev eral cures have been effected at the hospital miss mabel faust former hegina nurse said in a letter to a riend in regina describing a loomlle river voyage undertaken to assist at an emergency operation for removal of a 17pound tumor from a native she said the northern trip was through country in which lions leopards and other wild animals abounded she aw nothing ex cept an alligator however not even a hippo showed up in the river miss faust graduate of the yic- sorian order of nurses at montreal was commissioned by the womens missionary society of the united church of canada for nursing service in west africa porn in wadena j sask she served on the staff of the grey nuns hospital in regina a year before going east her letter tells of her landing at lobito seaport in portuguese west africa where she had to wait four days for a train to lako her up country lobito has sometimes been railed the worlds hottest place only 1000 miles below the equator it is on sea level and has proven a dread breeding ground for fever during bed 100mile train journey dondi her station the little en gine crawled up a rise of 5000 feet t four days of sweltering heat at several stops lions were heard roar- ng on either side of the track at present miss faust is studying the native language before moving to the hospital at camundongo after preparatory visit to the hospital that is to b her home during tho next few years she writes my st impression of my native nurses n their bare feet and so inefficient gave me tremors miss faust adds that the main pur pose of the hospital is earing for lep ers who are housed in tiny huts nea- by most of them are selfsupport ing althougi they receive one meal i day from the mission the hospital itself is a thin frame building with mud floors and straw mattresses rtdyard kipling the kings death saddens the u s detroit free press the loyalty and love with which the people of the commonwealth of british nations regarded king george v was no ordinary expres sion of devotion the grief provoked by his death a grief reflected throughout the world is much more than the ordin ary soirow that come- to a people upon loss ol the head of its govern ment the bond between king george and his people was extraordinarily close throughout the most difficult car ter of a century in modern times they had stood together endured to gether and faced together the prob lem of war and peace they had tested each other met tle in many ways and under many circumstances and they had learned to appreciate and respect each other the british peoples knew that they had on the throne one who gave them the best that was in him in whom honesty devotion and self- sacrifice to duty reached the propor tions of a passion and who asked in return only affection and support for his efforts out of this grew a peculiar rela tionship it was not a matter of ruler and ruled it was a matter of loyalty for loyalty of service for service of faithfulness for faithful ness of understanding for under standing of trust for trust the place king george held in the hearts of his people was much more than a natural prerogative of royalty it was a place he hail earn ed as a man it is easy to think too that as his hand became too feeble to held the sceptre the dying king found com fort in the knowledge t at he was to have as successor a son fully trained by knowledge awl experi ence to perform the duties shortly to tali upon mm and already secure in the regard of the peoples to whom he now is known as king edward yin new kings birthday jum 23rd is holiday unless other date set if the statute governing legal holidays in canada is followed the birthday of the new king edward viii oil june 23 will be observed utiles the government designates some other date it is pointed out that it is so close to dominion day july 1 that general inconvenience might be caused the statute reads the birthday or the day fixed by proclamation for the celebration of the birthday of the reigning sovereign shall be included among the national holi days of tho dominion there comes a time when those we love and know- must die and so we grieve if this be worth when greater ones must go whose pregnant voices fill the hush they leave how vast is fame how deep tho undertow that moves us to believe in human greatness for now he sleeps wdiose song time cannot dim nor slumber lose no crown of regal honor found its way to him whose love for britain was its own renown whose art obeyed no feeble critics whim but gave tho world his own beloved greatness j w kief tvte youngsteq who is ataking good in tug tipve hockey e the novel and the poem may be come extinct in 200 years 100 years or in much less time radio and talk ing pictures already have displaced books in many homes booth tark- ington champion at spelling backwards rochester ny mrs mary lewis cole 77 a native canadian who claimed the worlds champion ship in spelling words backward died here recently as she was about to enter a hospital for treatment she collapsed on the sidewalk in front of the institution and died of a heart attack within a few minute mrs cole said she had been abe to spell words backwards since early childhood she received internation al recognition for her unique ability and was a popular figure at spelling bees in this vicinity she was born in burlington ont but had lived here for more than half a century nicholas john red mctz who has won himself the name of pokerface due to the fact that hever smiles or cheers even though his mates might slip in a dozen goals at one time was born in wilcox manitoba metz a former si michaels col- lego player got his break in big time hockey when joe primeau was forced out of action nick filled his position between the great charles conacher and har vey jackson making a very favor ablo impression on the hockey au thorities metz is a powerfully built lad for 22 years his suppleness being a feature that enables him to take a pass from any position without great exertion weighing 170 pounds red metz of the infant line is a wonderful backchecker and a good shot either way this coming kid plays left wing with the toronto leafs and does a mighty fine job of it this young war bird speaks very little no fault probably he believes in that old adage action speaks louder than words quality ffills m big votc i wellss dramas preferred to romantic types bv j british public london the man in the street and his wife are much more intelligent persons than most film companies imagine that is the con clusion dtavn from tile results of the national film ballot organized by london film productions ltd as outlined by an official of the company to a representative of the christian science monitor in response to the question is a film dull unless it contains love in terest 1s83 persons replied no as aganst 1257 who said yes according to an analysis of roughly 10000 typical answers no less than 8043 declared themselves interested in the filming of such works as h g wells the shape of things to come while 1532 were not 5414 hoped for something in the nature of a serious message from the screen and 6666 expected nothing more than entertainment lawrence film coming mr wellss book has already been made into a picture by london fim productions and the replies to their questionnaire which was circulate in many national periodicals have led them to undertake the filming of an authoritative account of the career of col 1 e lawrence of arabia fame in which there is to be no conventional romantic inter est of any kind the scenario is to be written by john monk saunders who was at oxford with lawrence and mr siegfried sassoon the sat irist is to supervise it an endeavor to learn a the same time who is the most popular writer of film stories in england has put mr wells 8253 votes j i rricst- i ley 7757 and john buchan now lord tweedsmuir 2837 at te head of all rivals they are follow ed by noel coward somerset i-aug- hani a e w 5iasn kudyarl ii- ling warwick deeping g bernard shaw hugh wapcle and 1 g wodehouse in that order each of these writers received more than 1000 votes four not playwrights it is regarded as sigahicanc tat four of these writers vels ia- chan kipling and deeping are tut playwrights indeed dramatists liae not come out of the test so wel we i sir james barrie is only fourteenth on the list with 603 oes iie recent dickens boom has carried iia no higher than the sixtyseventh place with 7s votes the public has shown that it would like some prominent writers who hitherto have avoided tie screen to try their hand at semiro writing thus aldcus rluxlc ges 108 votes john maseiiehl poet laureate 121 and h v morion au thor of popular tavel books icf frequency of atte davce the idea that the general stand ard of films might be improved by slowing down their rate of produc tion is discounted by the results of the ballot the sponsors feel of those who answered the question naire 153 went to the pictures daily 113 went four times a wee 811 three times a week 2700 twice a week and 3702 once a week only 116 went as infrequently as once a month and 821 occasionally tlie need for rapid changes of program and therefore large productivity in the film world seems thus appar ent mr charles laughton who tcok the title role in the iiritish liiri the private life of henry m and star of many american produc tions is voted favorite lnglsh screen actor with 1100s votes each voter having three choices another player with much american experi ence george aniss is second 0015 third place ges to tir cedric hardwieke 1330 votes it is noted that all three are celeoritel stage actors a popular british comedian jack ilulber uoio votes was fifth on the list the private life of henry viii was reckoned the most popuar bri tish film with 0735 votes against the 4617 of the man who unw too much and the 4252 of i vas a spy its nearest rivals films in natural color appealed to 7360 per sons and were disapproved by 2o 78 shakespeare on the screen atti acted 5763 voters while 475 would rath er he were kept off it shaw eulogizes late sovereign southampton eng george bernard shaw irish poet play wright and critic before sailing for the west indies said king george has left the monarchy of england on a higher standard of respectability and popularity than it ever attained before he was one of the finest bread- casters in the country shaw said the unquestionable sincerity with which he spoke and the humility of the man in fact his whole attitude was such that it made up what we all say was a man god bless him