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fond Retin hb Hospitals for Sick Farmers BY EARLE W. GAGE Thougla a comparatively new idea, you will find the rural hospitals scat- tered over the face of the prairie coun- try of Western Canada, meeting medi- cal needs in a manner that every farm family so urgently requires, but soeel- | dom receives. One of the handicaps to living in the country has heen the universal lack of hospital and medical service, and this hias been increasingly true in the recent shortage of country doctors. y & The provinces of Manitoba, Sas¥ katchewan, Alberta and British Cecl- umbia have solved these problems by erecting community hospitals right in the farming centres, the hospitals be- ing sustained by taxation which is not. burdensome. Many sick people, who | would otherwise have a long journey | into a larger centre, or go without treatment, have medical attention and are nursed back to health in their own neighborhoods. Many young Cana- dians--farmers of the future--first saw daylight in these modern rural hospitals, and their mothers have re- ceived the treatment given to the ma- ternity cases in more thickly popu- lated centres. Rach province of Canada maintains a Department of Public Health, and the western provinces being essential ly agricultural, the boands of these sections are concerned to a great ex- tent with caring for the well-being of rural settlers and devising means of giving country folks the best medical attention possible. That the question has been admir- ably solved by establishing these rural hospitals, was evidenced . recently when the American Medical Associa- tion agreed that Western Canada led the continent in its methods of rural health nursing and other medical measures. Thie hospitals are of three types. The first or average type is designed for a well-developed community where there is no necessity for outside or district nursing. The building contains the superintendent's office, operating room, sterilizing room, nursery, three wards and a sun parlor. which serves its supporters in dis- tricts having no physician. This is staffed by graduate nurses under a lady superinteudent. The third type, found in mining and industrial dis- tricts, is not cnly designed to be of ser- vice to the town and urban taxpayers, 'but is equipped with the necessary paraphernalia for aggravated accident cases. Service at these hospitals hias been provided at an extremely low tax rate. Only one district pays more than $4.80 per quarter section of land. For this small annual expense, taxpayers are guaranteed hospital service for their wives and families at all times at the rate of $1 a day. | Any district containing enough as- sessable land and a sufficient number of taxpayers may request the estab- lishment of a community hospital When the Minister of Health 1s as- sured of the distict's financial ability to support the project, he appoints a board which selects a site and pre- { pares a plan for the proposed hospital, If their plans meet with approval, the building is started; the board having ! the power to borrow money and issue bonds against the time taxes are raised to repay. The Minister of Health: of Alberta recently said: "It is the hope and as- : piration of the department in carrying | out this all-important phase of govern- mental activity, that in the not too dis- tant future, as a result of the appli- cation of this act, Alberta may be prac- tically covered with rural hospitals, | giving the maximum service with ! maximum results, maintaining and ! preserving the health of the people of Alberta, with the cost distributed over the areas benefited in such a manner that the financial burden will be borne by all, and consequently within the ability of all to pay. The health of a state is its greatest asset, and the community hospital is to the health of the people what thie public school is to their education." Next is the type For Ocean Flight With 100 Voyagers. Great things are promised in British aviation flor the coming year, not the least of which is the long dreamed -of fog piercing ray, says a London: des- patdat This, however, is the exclusive property of the Admiralty, the features of which and the method of using it have not been published, and tise is little likelikiood of it belng available for civil aviation, even when perfected. Fogs huve usually proved the worst enemy to the airman, and it is now pro- posed to lay an electric cable from London to Paris, guiding planes by in- duction. Enough has been learned of the new ray, however, to indicate that it fs like "invisible light," which Ameri- can military scientists reported per- fected last year. It is invisible to the naked eye, and requires receiving ap- paratus, but with such it is said to work perfectly. The other developments include a glant new Diesel driven plane of 1,600 horsepower, and a German visitor that the Croyden baggage wrestlems have christened the Jimmy Wilde of the air, It's a Junker monoplane, all metal, with deep wings holdings baggage in the extremities and passimgers in the centre section. It carries six passen- gers with a 150 homsepower motor. It flew from Gelsemkirschen to Lympne in one jump, and then up to Croydon, where the Air Ministry is now inspect- ing it. The wings are without guys or struts, and the carriage is capable of landing in snow or water. The same kind of machine is said to have made the twenty-six hours' flight in America. The new giant is really only semi- Diesel, and for the first time an engine burning crude oil has been produced at a weight per horsepower making it The New Greek Premier. Colonel Gonatas led the revolution- ary movement in Greece and is now the chief figure in the Cabinet. Greece Is again attempting the invasion of Thrace. ; Tree and Irving were all useful for flying. Coupled with the re- cently evolved high lift slotted wings for slowing up a landing or increasing the lifting power, Air Ministry ex- perts believe a plane thus powered could fly to any place in the world. London, stopping at the Azores for fuel, an a machine carrying 100 pas- sengers, with two of the new motors, is one of the possibilities. ( : This new engine, which iz building at the Beardmore works on the Clyde, is 50 per cent. more powerful than any British moctor extant, and more than twice the power of any foreign: motor. Lack of vibration, elimination of the fire hazard, and reliability are among the qualities claimed for the new ma- chine. Art in Piano Playing. 'What finish means to any piece of craftmanship iv what finish means to musical art, as for example. in piano playing. Bungling work or attempts to conceal a rawness or crudeness are always futile. Even the untutored pub- lic kmows instinctively whether the work of the pianist has a fine finish or whether he is merely trying to make them believe that it has. A fine- Iy finished plece cf cabinet work, an exquisitely worked piece of jewelry, an automobile made with' precision and finish within and without, are self evident. There are certain things which can not be painted over with sham. Nothing will make a certain portion of fie musical public emit 'those little sighs of appreciation and aprlause more than passages played with infinite perfection of finish. This iis cultivated by much practice until all thought of roughness is worn down smoot as theugh given the great num- ber of treatments of pumice stone and hand rubbings -which produces the t beautiful glcos on an expensive piano. It requires great labor and great silf 'control, but any experienced pianist 'krows how eagerly the public listens for cmch findsh. In fact, the majority of a popular audience weuld rather Lbiear the Mendelssohn Spring Song played with exquisite finish than the «lL gericus works of Brahms and others. | Nc piano rfaying is great that does | mot coms frem the heart and soul of a great individual. As with title actor, | the empty pated chap who knows the i siocallied technic of his art has no i chance in these or any other days with i tho gifted, highly educated, richly em- dowed minds who can deliver the lines (of a great playwright with real elo- 'quence. Booth, Mansfield, Beerbohm, educated nem, neil necessarily from the acade- mic senge, . but from. that of world krowledze. In addition to this we | must recognize the eloquence that is | born with the individual. Some peo- ple have minds co constituted that they become the messengers of great thought early in life. FES REE RD el About the oldest thing in the world ig love's young dream. Twenty-four hours from New York to The Way of a Man With a Motor. The price of wheat dropped very low, It caught Jones unprepared. He wished be hadn't been so slow, To sell, or else he'd fared Lots better--so the money went, And poor old Jones was badly bent. He told his wife: "You take inboard, We simply can't give up the Ford." In quite a different sort of way Mike Masters got his fall. He gave his bonds, sayed day by day, To back scme Loose League bail. His team, it ran a sorry last. They nailed his credit to the mast. He told his wife: "Wash for support. We simply can't give up the Dort." To play with oil, young Johnson tried, The same as others do; But all too soon his gusher died, And stock went up the flue. The burning problem was how soon The landlord man would sing his tune. He told his wife: "We'll touch Dad's cash, We simply can't give up the Nash." Bud Brennan picked a prctege From out a chorus crew, To shine upon the Great White Way, But in a week she flew With all his poke of golden grit, And Bradstreet marked him--Badly hit. : He told kis pal: "We must mortgage The mine--we--can't give up the Paige." : : --D. R. Olver. BH Place of Armistice Signing Marked by Memorials. The historic spot in the forest of Compiegne, where the armistice that ended the World War was signed on Nov. 11, 1918, has been cleared, and several impressive monuments have been established to commemorate the incidents of that historic event. A granite slab, inscribed "Le Marechal Foch," has been laid on the exact spot where thie train conveying Marshal Foch halted on: the military railway, and at some distance from it, a similar slab, inscribed "Les Plenipotentiares Allemands," has been laid where the train conveying the German envoys halted. Midway between these two slabs, a third cme, larger, and with a fitting ingeription, marks the spot where the armistice was signed. At the end of the avenue leading from the main clearing to the Armistice Crossroads, a monument has been erected to the memory of the soldiers of Franee, presented to the town of Condy ocrgar)y a Paris news; T. at 3 Bris | pape Greatness. He has achieved the heights--unhelp- ed, alone, The way was steep, and many a cut- ting stone Hurt his brave feet, but ever on he pressed, : Unwavering, and reached his gaol--his best. Nor can he joy in his achievement--no, While there are footworn, toiling ones 'below He looks witHl pitying eyes that under stand-- A tender smile; he reaches out his hand. His strength to thelr poor feebleness is lent, So is he great, with noble discontent, Till others share the good that he has won, And those who toil in darkness find * the sun. --Bertha Gerneaux Woods. iE ROR Caruso's Memorial Candle to Burn for Centuries. There has been manufactured in New York the largest candle in the world as a memorial to Enrico Caruso, generally conceded to have been the finest temor singer thie world ever heard. This giant candle Is 16 feet high, 5 feet In circumference at the base, with a taper to 18 inches at the top, and weighs a ton. It will be ship- ped to Italy, where it will be placed in the church of Qur Lady of Pompeii. It will burn for 24 hours on All Souls' Day, November 2, of every year, and is expected to last for several centuries. pire tO) Spoiled the Effect. Mr. Meek, a widower with cme daughter, had married Mrs. Wild, a widow with a daughter. The curate wes visiting the newly- wedded couple and the new Mrs. Meek was trying to make a good impression. "Yes." she was saying, "my step- daughter is as dear to me as my own daughter. I show no preference and love them equally." There was a step outside the door, then a tap. ! Mrs. Meek put ow smile. i "Is that you, darling?" she asked. "No, ma," came the weary voice of her step-daughter, "it's me." her kimdliest Japan has 3,000 newspapers and magazines. = A philosapher is one who gets what he wants in this world by wanting less. DEMAND FOR NEW BRUNSWICK LUMBER THE PROVINCE'S MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY. Return to Normal Conditions in This Industry Presages Prosperity in the Maritimes. In a year which is exhibiting bright- er prospects for Canadian trade and industry in every sectiom of: the Do- minion and covering practically every phase of activity, there "is further gratification furnished by the fact that New Brunswick is sharing in this pros- perity to the extent of experiencing an extensive demand for the product of her forests. The real significance: of this is only appreciated when it is realized that the lumber industry in its varios phases constitutes pre- eminently the province's most import ant activity. Not only is the demand and export of lumber fast approaching a state equal to what were considered normal conditions in the years before the war, but the prospects are all for a vastly enhanced prestige for this first of New Brunswick industries. About two-thirds of the normal New Brunswick lumber cut ordinarily went to the United Kingdom, the United States being the next heaviest com- sumer. The war years brought about an unprecedented demand for New Brunswick lumber from overseas which resulted in all mills working to capacity and many new ones starting up. The termination of hostilities cut off this demand suddenly and definite- ly and left New Brunswick dealers with large surplus supplies on hand. Up to the present summer there has existed a slackness in demand, with many companies going out of business and others operating at only partial capacity. The present spring and summer have seen an extraordinary demand from both the United Kingdom and the ! United States and accumulated stocks | have been largely cleaned out. Mills which have been closed down for years have started up again and others have increased their capacities from fifty to one hundred per cent -New Bruns- wick ports have been experi ncing the busiest year in their history. The uly. customs receipts at St. John were the highest om record. Receipts at Fred- ericton for the month of August were only cne-thimd less than for the whole of last year. Cempbcilton and other ports have had a record year. All this is attributable to the lumber trade. The province's exports in all lines to the end of June had doubled. In the quarter ending that month they amounted to $751,245, of which the sum cf $650,000 was represented by wood and wood manufactures. Prospects for 'Winter's Cut Good. The cleaning out of accumulated stocks is being followed by great ac- tivity on the various limits, and ac- cording to government authorities prospects for the lumber cut this win- ter are exceedingly rcsy. Practically all operators in the business have el- aborate plans for the winter months. Government lumber scalers predict that the lumber cut for this season will be double that of last year. Fur- ther indications of this important pro- vincial trade are not lacking. The rafting season om the Naashwaak this year constituted a record with more than 26,000,000 feet of lumber brought down, and the company expects to cut 15,000,000 feet this winter. One of the largest deals in Maritime lumber was recently concluded by Hallingworth and Withey when lange New Bruns- wick and Nova Scotia holdings were secured at a price of $2,000,000. The paper and pulp mill at Bathurst finds A re Boom for Newfoundland. Sir- Richard Squires, Premier of Newfoundland, hes been instrumental in attracting to Newfoundland am im- mense pulp and paper industry which will give that country the greatest boom in its history. The Isiand had great mvesiources of timber and water power, such a demand is being made for its product that an addition is under con~ structions which will make the ulti: mate capacity of the pliant 100 tons of paper per day and employ an addition- al fifteen hundred men. Factors which have brought about this fresh demand for New Brunswick softwoods from the United States, to- gether with the fact that the hardwoods of Maine and other states are hecom- ing depleted, is causing a good deal of attention from that country to be di- rected to the hardwood mesources of the Maritime Province. Several Americans interested in hardwood manufactures have been in the pro. vince making investigations and have departed very favorably impressed. Little toll has been taken of New Brunswick hardwoods and there is a great wealth of maple, elm, oak, birch, beech and ash. In all probability of a demand for these, lumbering firms in New Brunswick are at the present time directing attention for extending the work of their plants to the manu- facture of hardwoods. This opens up prospects of a much more expansive : lumber trade between New Brunswick and the United States. The return to normal conditions of the lumbering industry of New Bruns- wick is highly pleasing because it ia tio hinge of provincial prosperity, of prime importance no less to the trade of New Brunswick ports than to the' actual lumbering operations and the many industries dependent upon them. The situation existing over the past few years has been an abnormal one due to artificial conditions, and with the depletion of the many woods of the United States and the steady demand from overseas, New Brunswick's in- dustry should consistently be maintain. ed in its present active prosperity. Old Windmill is Remodeled Into Three-Story Home. A century-old windmill, of the kind commonly sieen in European countries, having four large sweeps or sails and an outside covering of shingles, has been remcdeled into a three-story home at Longstrup, Jutland, in Den- mark. After the huge grinding stones and shafts were removed from the in- terior, the three floors were divided into comfortable rooms having dormer- type windows. Nine persons are acs commodated in the rebuilt structure, from which a beautiful view is to be seen. " --_-- A floating dock to accommodate ships up to 60,000 tons is being con- structed for Southampton. Sm ---- nen. The first bathroom was in Cnessos, a city on the island of Crete, 4,000 years ago. \/ PLEASE. MisTER WIN \ cau Of BUTCHER Doek To \ LANDED THE JO08 THE NEXT MY fouse We KIN TELL Ay MOTHER THAT