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| TETOTOTTTO ', AGENTS WANTED Classified Advertising OOOO OOIIIIIHIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOOEXIOOOOOOOOONXNN] SOR SRX RHR IIIEHX HII HRINI AIH IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO] NZ pd 5) ) IX] R20 bt FILMS AND PRINTS SALESMAN WANTED BY "THE OLD RE- liable' Fonthill Nurseries' {Established 100 y ). Send for Centennial Catalogue and Jo al Lines Start now, exclusive terri- tory in town ur country; liberal terms; free outfit. Stone and Wellington, Toronto 2. REPRESENTATIVE WANTED FOR HOS- tery manufacturer for this district. Only energetic man considered. Write full par- ticulars to Mr. Elliott, 72 Queen West, To- ronto. ROLLS DEVELOPED, PRINTED, 1 FREE enlargement 25c. Re-prints 10 for 25c. Photo-Craft, 183% King St. E., Toronto. ZERO PRICES, EXPERT WORK. ROLL with free enlargement 25c. Trevanna Stud- ios, 93 Niagara Street. St. Catharines, Ont. FREE!--TWO BEAUTIFUL ENLARGEMENTS (one colored) with roll developed, eight glossy, fade-proof prints, 28c; highest qual- ity. Machray Films, Winnipeg. AGENTS TO SELL MEN'S NECKTIES FOR Christmas. Good profits. Write for samples - and price list. Murgatroid Agencies, Yonge St. Arcade, Toronto. SELL GLYCO HANDCLEANER AGENTS WANTED IN ALL COMMUNITIES to demonstrate and sell Glyco, the perfect hand cleaner. Glyco overcomes competition, sure repeat sales summer and winter, Ex- clusive territory. Glyco Company of Canada, St. Nicholas Building, Montreal. CASH, WATCHES, BLANKETS, SETS OF Silverware, Toiletware and many other use- ful articles given to our agents. Send for free catalogue. Royal Mail Order Co., 88 Sherbourne Street, Toronto. AGENTS WANTED TO SELL BABY CHICKS in your district for one of Canada's largest Chick Hatcheries. Apply Box 10, Suite 421, 73 Adelaide West, Toronto. ARTICLES FOR SALE Christmas Furniture Bargains a1 <2 50 Used genuine Singer drophead PLO. sewing machines, golden oak cab- inets, head folds down to make table when not in use, long shuttle, complete with fit- tings, sixty day guarantee. eo 9 Used cabinet console phonographs, PT. mahogany or oak cabinets, all stan- dard makes, heavy duty motor, large record compartment, complete with one hundred re- cord selections. $1 5.95 Dead genuine Victor Orthophonies, solid walnut cabinets, two sm~ll docrs in front, orthophonic type repro- du-~r, two hundred record selections. $59 €0 Better grade upright pianos, small PFC apartment size, modern plain case, solid mahogany, all standard makes, Heintz- Mason and Risch, Stanley, Bell, etc., a ete grand scale, full metal frame, polish- e new and crated for safe shipment. ITE FOR CATALOGUE , ALL MERCH- 1dise shipped money-back guarantee. FUR- RE WAREHOUSE EXCHANGE , 86 ESTNUT STREET, Toronto, Ontario. BARN ROOFING--FENCE POSTS OUR DIRECT FACTORY PRICES SAVE YOU money on Supertite galvanized roofing. Superior Steel Fence Posts and steel gran- ary lining Superior Products Limited, Sar- nia, Ont BOOKS AND MAGAZINES USED MAGAZINES--DETECTIVE, ADVEN- ture, Western, Sport, Love, 30 for $1.00. Collect. Harbord Stamp Store, Toronto 4. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WOMEN -- START A DRESS AND LIN- gerie business of your own. A shop, or from your own home. Excellent profit, increasing business. Prices to meet competition, and garments superior in quality. Small invest- 'ment starts you off. Write Camden Dress Company, 7A Camden Street. Toronto. CATTLE DUAL-PURPOSE SHORTHORN BULLS, ONE to twelve months. Twelve to fourteen out of fifteen nearest dams in their pedigrees average over eleven thousand pounds milk per year. Prices $55.00 to $80.00. Federaly Accredited. Bayside Farm, Owen Sound. DOGS FOR SALE CHRISTMAS GIFTS! CHAMPION BRED Pups, Adults. Setters, Spaniels, Dalmations, Scotties. Bostons, Pekes, Toys, etc. $2.00 up to $15.00. St. Jean, Quebec. Stamp Reply Kennels, ' ANDREWS' FILMS DEVELOPED WITH SIXTEEN GLOS- sy prints (two of each) 25c. Free enlarge- ment. Eight Photographic Greeting Cards, 25c. Speedy, satisfaction guaranteed. Su- perior Service, Machray, Winnipeg. CHRISTMAS CARDS FROM YOUR FAVOUR- ite negatives, 3 for 25c¢; 75c a dozen; com- plete with envelopes. Enlargements 5 x 7 in easle frame, 39¢; 2 for 75¢. Roll films developed and printed, 25¢; reprints 3c each. Free enlargement with every 25¢ order. Brightling, 29 Richmond St. E., Toronto. ROLLS DEVELOPED AND EIGHT PRINTS with free enlargement, 25c. Reprints 3c each. Commercial. Photo Service, Dept. B., Outremont, Que. SPECIAL OFFER! THREE, 5 x 7 GLOSSY enlargements, 25c. Send your best negatives. Everett Wees, Route 3, Sarnia. FOR SALE SPECTACLE FRAMES, $1.50. PRESCRIP- tions filled. Special low prices. By mail Schaefer Optical, 156 Yonge, Toronto. FOR SALE--GOVERNORS FOR AUTOMO- bile engines for land use. H. W. Crosby, 25 €lyde St., Hamilton, Ont. FOR SALE--LAVENDULA VERA -- TRUE English lavender flowers, for sachets. One Dollar a pound, delivered. Canadian Pacific Bulb Gardens, Duncan, Vancouver Island. HAIRDRESSING SCHOOLS ACADEMY OF HAIRDRESSING, Government licensed. We train you for Board Examination. Free prospectus, 961 Bioor West, Toronto. MADAME HUDSON SCHOOL, HAIRDRESS- ing and Beauty Culture. Write for pamph- let 707 Yonge Street, Toronto. HAIR GOODS WIGS, TOUPEES, TRANSFORMATIONS, Bralds, Curls, and all fypes of finest qual- ity Hair Goods. Write for illustrated cata- logue. Toronto Human Hair Supply Co., 528 Bathurst Street, Toronto. MEDICAL ARE YOU SICK? NATURE HAS A REMEDY FOR ALL COM- mon atlments. No drugs, pills, capsules, or liquids--ONLY NATURAL REMEDY-- Free Booklet, "Nature's Way to Health"-- No obligation. Indian Herbal Remedy Com- pany, 2090W Dundas St.. West, Toronto. WHY SUFFER? WHEN ¥OU CAN GET IMMEDIATE RELIEF from Head Colds, Catarrh and Deafness, by using "NAMELESS" Cold Remedy. Trial will convince. By mail 50c. A product of The Purity Chemical -€o., Exeter, Ontario. GARLIC PEARLES SOLUBLE CAPSULES PURE ESSENTIAL OIL of fresh garlic. No disagreeable odor nor after-taste. For arthritis, prostate gland, ca- tarrh and other obstinate disorders. They are an internal disinfectant regulating the entire digestive system and are an excellent safeguard against common colds. $3 per 100 (enough for five weeks). R. Adam, P.O. Box 374, Vancouver, B.C. DR. LEFEVRE'S GENUINE DEHYDRATED Garlic and Spinach Powder in capsules. Na- ture's germ killer and antiseptic, odorless, tasteless, blood builder, strergthener; anti- catarrhal; for men, women and children. 50¢ and- $2. Prepaid. Address Frisco Importing Co., Ltd., 441 Seymour St., Vancouver. ELECTRIC WELDER THE TRINDL ELECTRIC WELDER--WON- derful new invention, Operates from 6-volt battery. Welds--Solders--Brazes. $3.95 de- livered. R. H. Anderson, Lindsay, Ont. FURNITURE 2000 GIFTS TO FURNITURE BUYERS in Lyons" 1938 Catalogue of new and recon- ditioned furniture. Write now for free cata- logue or see Lyons' remarkable furniture val- ues when in Toronto. LYONS' TRADE-IN DEPT. NEW AND RE-CONDITIONED BARGAINS $44 50 5-Piece Bedroom Suite in two- . tone walnut finish. Dresser, Chif- fonier, full size panel bed, sagless spring and brand new all-felt mattress. Completely re- finished. $23.50 ble and 6 new. $29 00 Beautiful 3-piece Chesterfield Suite. . Full size Chesterfield and 2 roomy airs to match, upholstered in a good quality h jacquard with reversible Marshall hg cushions. Thoroughly cleaned and re- Fditioned. (+) 00 Factory sample brand new Bed- k o' room Suite: Vanity, chiffonier full size panel bed. Beautiful two-tone nut finish. A gnap. y $1 5 00 Six-plece Enamel Breakfast Suite. . Buffet, drop-leaf table and four Windsor chairs. Perfect condition. $11 50 Oak Kitchen Cabinet. Top has hg sliding door front with flour and sugar containers, large cupboard space in base with bread box and three drawers in fine con- dition. 3-Plece 8-Piece solid oak Dining Room Suite. Large buffet, extension ta- leather upholstered chairs; like $6 7 S-Burner Gas Stove with oven. -- A Guaranteed. Chesterfield Buite (re- built), brand new covering in p; rust shade; with Marshall reversible ons. All webb construction. $69 00 Brand new Chesterfield Bed Suite. . Chesterfleld bed has large ward- Fobe, 2 big chairs to match, Covered in hard wearing repp material (rust shade). A real bargain. Dressers in all finishes with $4.50 up PL ihn in and 3 Srawed, onfers o $6.50 UP "angshes. St Ta $10 50 Drop-head Singer Sewing Machines. hd Guaranteed good eondition, $3.95 Brand new all-felt Mattresses with ecretonne covers. All heavy roll edge, well tufted -- in + sizes. $2.50 up etal Beds. All sizes. $1 4 95 Brand new Chiffonier in selected . birch with walnut finish -- five drawers -- Colonial design. $4 9 Odd Chesterfield Chairs with Mar- . shall reversible cushions. $67 50 Beautiful 6-plece walnut Bedroom . Suite. Large dresser, vanity, chif- Joules of 0 see bed, sagless spring and brand -fe! mattress. Comple - - oned. Like new. Dletsly [re-onai $59 00 Nine-piece walnut finish Dining . Room Suite. Buffet, china cab- pet. square extension table and 6 leather up- olstered chairs. Completely refinished. SUGGESTIONS FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS We have a large assortment of chairs, cof- foo tables, end tables, lamps, sewing cabin- $e. tedar chests, radios, rugs, bedroom and ing-room furniture, etc., at the most rea- jonabie prices in Toronto. All our furniture thoroughly cleaned and re-conditioned in onr own factory and carefully packed for im- mediate shipment on receipt of money order. Our big new 1938 illustrated catalogue is now ready. Be sure to write for one. LYONS' BEDDING AND UPHOLSTERING CO. Manufacturers 478 Yonge St., Toronto Tr Issue No. 51--'37 A--1 MISCELLANEOUS Cut Your Own Hair LITTLE GIANT POCKET BARBER, the au- tomatic hair-cutter for men and boys, really does cut and trim the hair, and does it well. Send for circular. 8. J. Jackson, Canadian Distributor. 20 YARDS! "QUILT REMNANTS" -- $1.00. Washfast. Cottons! Prints! Broadcloths! Silks! Free! '70 Quilt Patterns.' "Collect." Refund guarantee. Maritime Textiles, 8049 Degaspe. Department Wils. Montreal. PATENT ATTORNEY ROY L. KNOX, REGISTERED ATTORNEY. Information regarding Invention Patents; Drawings; Registrations; Sales. 14 Metcalfe, Ottawa. PATENTS AN OFFER TO EVERY INVENTOR. LIST of inventions and full information sent free. The Ramsay Company, Registered Patent Attorneys, 273 Bank St., Ottawa, Can. PERSONAL ARE ¥OU RUPTURED? RELIEF, COMFORT, positive support with our advanced method. No elastic or understraps or steel. Write, Smith Manufacturing Co., Dept. 219, Pres- ton, Ont. PERSONALITY CHART SENT FREE RAYMAR, CANADA'S FOREMOST ADVIS- er on human problems, will send a Character and Personality Chart free to anyone who writes 'him. This amazing free offer is made merely to advertise Mason's 49 Cold Remedy and is available for a limited time only. Write today enclosing a self-addressed, stamped envelope and your birth-date. Ad- dress -- Raymar, care of Mason Remedies, Lamitea, 14 McCaul Street, Toronto, Ca- nada. POULTRY 1500 TWEDDLE SPECIAL MATING CHICKS Free. Write for full information about Tweddle's Annual Chick Contest. Tweddle Chick Hatchery, Limited, Fergus, Ontario. QUILTING PATTERNS FREE! -- 70 QUILTING PATTERNS! GIANT washfast remnants! 'Makes five quilts" Cottons! Prints! Silks! Eiderdowns! -- $1.00 "Collect."" Sample bundle -- 25c. Refund Guarantee! Maritime Textiles, 8049 De- gaspe, Montreal. RADIOS 1938 CUSTOM-QUALITY RADIOS SENSATIONAL NEW 1938 MERCURY CUS- tom-Quality Phonola Radios, delivered dir- ect from our laboratories. Eighteen models, automatic tuning. Battery and Vibrator. New low prices. Send for free catalogue. Mercury Radio Company, 970C College St., Toronto. SONGS Mother of Five Who Was Always Tired Now Awakes as Fresh as a Daisy A mother of five has a lot to do. Especially a country mother. And this one was "always tired." But Kruschen ended all that--mow she gets up, feeling fresh, at five o'clock in the morning! She writes: "I find Kruschen Salts the best thing money can buy for my health. I am the mother of five children, and before taking Kruschen, 1 was always feeling tired and run down. Now, I am glad to say that I get up feeling fresh--and I get up at five o'clock in the morning. 1 do my housework, look after my children, and leave the house at 6:30 to start my daily work.""--(Mrs.) B. Tiredness and that run-down feel- ing can be traced to one root eause. That cause is internal slaggishness; failure to keep the inside free from poisonous, waste matter, Kruschen Salts is an excellent recipe for maintaining a condition of internal cleanliness. The numer- ous salts in Kruschen stimulate your internal organs to 'smooth, regular action. Your inside is thus kept clear of those impurities which, when al- lowed to accumulate, lower the whole tone of the system. Physician Gave Himself Cancer Hopes to Prove Theory That Can- cer May Be Transmitted by Direct Inoculation A little, grey-haired Cuban physician gat in his study at Havana the other night, occasionally rubbing several lit- tle hard spots on his left arm which may eventually cause his death from cancer. But to Dr. Matias Duque, Cuba's first Secretary of Public Health, these little risings under his skin meant something more important than the life of one hyman being. He hopes they will prove his theory that cancer may be transmitted from one person to another by direct in- oculation and thus provide a specific clue for the development of a cure for the disease that takes hundreds of lives annually. Voluntary "Guinea Pig" Last October 9 the 70-year-old doc- tor became a voluntary "human guinea pig" for cancer experiment. He had himself inoculated four times with "filtrates of cancerous elements," taken from a cancerous tumor re- moved from a woman patient, Small subcutaneous hardnesses are 'now appearing where he was inoculat- ed. They have been developing slowly for nearly a month. Dr. Duque says he cannot yet class- ify the little clots, but believes they may be the beginning of a cancerous. y C Shiites in Canada." growth. The doctor gave up regular prac- tice years ago to devote the rest of his life to cancer research, after two members of hig family died from the disease. Boars Win From Bears In Battle A fight to the death between wild boars and bears recently occurred in Yugoslavia. The boars won. The battle followed a huge drive by peasants against the animals which had been doing tremendous damage to crops in the district. This hunt led to several families of bears and a pack of boars being corner- ed in a forest glade. Then the fun started. The animals forgot the hunters and started a free fight. Boars and bears fought desperate- ly for an hour and then the bears fled, leaving a number of dead be- hind them. : TAXIDERMY ARTIFICIAL EYES AND SKULLS -- TAXI- dermist and furriers supplies (as used in our own workshops). Send for free cata- logue. Oliver Spanner and Co., Ltd., 28 Elm Street, Toronto. TANNING FOX PELTS TANNED AND MADE INTO Scarfs. Animal sking tanned and made into floor rugs. Deer and Moose Heads mounted. By expert Furriers and Taxidermists. Satis- faction guaranteed, prices reasonable. Oliver Spanner Co., Ltd., 28 Elm St., Toronto. TOBACCO LEAF BURLEY, FOUR POUNDS $1.00, fourteen pounds $3.00. Five pounds Virginia Leaf Cigarette Tobacco $2.00. Postpald with flavoring. Natural Leaf Tobacco Co., Lea- mington, Ontario. RHEUMATIC PAINS Attack Uric Acid with FYNNON SALT Back to Nature! If only we could all do that, there would be no more Rheumatic pains to drive their agonizing rapier into the tortured joints of stricken humanity, But Rheumatic pains do exist, as thousands of sufferers know only too well. Nature's job is to drive them out and keep the system free from uric acid thot causes so much unnecessary suffering. There is a remedy for Rheumatic pains that comprises & combination of natural Salts of the Earth -- Fynnon Salt. Containing Sodium, Pot ithium, and other ingredients with SENSATIONAL SONG BARGAIN--T70 POPU- lar Radio Cowboy Songs, pictures of Lone- some Southerner, Roundup scenes, only 25c. Order quick. Empire Novelties, Dept. W., Peterboro, Ontario. TANNING FOX PELTS TANNED AND MADE INTO scarves or capes. Reds, $6.50, Silvers $8.50. Bear and wolf skins made into rugs. Moder- ais prices. Unexcelled workmanship. Satis- faction guaranteed or money refunded. Emack, Furrier and Taxidermist, 1868 Bt., B., Toronto. high remedial potency, Fynnon Salt puts up an irresistible attack on uric acid (the cause of Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago; etc.). It dissolves the acid crystals and washes them away. Get rid of the acid and the crystals can- not form. Absence of crystals means blessed freedom from the knife stabs that torture the very soul of the Rheumatic Sufferer. If you are a Rheumatic sufferer try Fynnon Sait. Take it every day. Even one large 75c packaze will convince you that in this famous British remedy you have found the relief you have long been looking for. Get Fynnon Salt from your druggist today. If you have any difficulty get- ting supplies, write Laurentian Agencics. St. Gabriel Street, Montreal. 5 Tolerance, Faith Needed To Solve Our Problems Declared Hon. Newton Rowell at Opening Session at Winnipeg of the Roval Commission On Dominion-Provincial Relations. The same spirit of tolerance, cour- age and faith which enabled the Fathers of Confederation to achieve Canadian unity 70 years ago, will en- able the Canadian people to solve all their present problems, Hon. Newton Rowell declared at Winnipeg before the initial session of the Royal Com- mission on Dominion-Provincial Rela- tions. Commission's Task : He declared the commission's task was: 1. To re-examine the economic and financial basis of Confederation and the distribution of legislative powers in the Hght of economic and social developments of the last seventy years. 2. To investigate the character and amount of taxes collected from the people of Canada and to determine whether taxation as at present allocat- ed and imposed is as equitable and as efficient ag can be devised. 3. To examine public expenditures and public debts in general in order to determine the ability of the Domin- jon and Provincial governments to discharge their constitutional respon- sibilities within the frame work of the present allocation of powers or on the basis of some form of reallocation thereof, Seek Balance of Relationship 4, To investigate the whole ques- tion of Dominion subsidies and grants to provincial governments. This nec- essarily involves the question of whether a system of subsidies and grants to provincial governments is the best method of enabling provincial governments to discharge their re- sponsibilities or whether there are more effective alternatives. 5. Following these inquiries the commission is instructed "to consider and report upon the facts disclosed by their investigations and to express what, in their opinion, subject to the retention of the distribution of legis- lative powers essential to a proper carrying out of the federal system in harmony with national needs and the 'F-promotion of national unity, will best effect a balance of relationship be- tween the financial powers and the ob- ligations and functions of each gov- erning body and' conduce to a more efficient, independent and: economical discharge of governmental responsi- HAVE | ob -- 1eARD CHRISTMAS TIMES Oh, what joy there is in living on Christmas; What a charm there is in living on Christmas. What a pleasure children dancing Merrily round the decorated tree on Christmas, 'tis to see Is your heart becoming a little more soft?. . . That's the spirit of Santa Claus, coming only once a year, but splendid even for so short a while, Visitor--Do you think it is proper to use profanity to a mule? Farmer--So far as my own feel- ings are concerned it is highly im- proper. But when you are trying to get along with as sensitive and ex- acting an animal as a mule, you've simply got to humor him. "Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important." She--Funny no one semed to real- ize what a bad egg he was while he was rich. He--My dear, a bad egg is only known when it's broke. The English laugh at a joke three times-- First--When they hear it. Second--When they tell it. Third--When they understand it. All the world loves a fat man, if he answers to the name of Claus. Student -- (looking up from his book)--More than five thousand elephants a year go to make our piano keys. Landlady-- Really? It's remark- able what these beasts can be train- ed to do. Poor-- Were you presented at court when you were in England? « Rich--Yes, and I had to pay five pounds' fine, Bill -- What's that noise over there? Ted -- Oh, Battling Bloke, the fighter, is having a tooth pulled. - Infantile Paralysis One of the big secrets of happi- ness is to tackle our work joyously. To attack it with gusto and a smile. ' To wade into it with the spirit of a conquering chief. When one works joyously at the wood pile, the ledger, or the typewriter, the hours flash by, the sunshine enters our heart and the world seems a good place in which to live. To come to our work with a grouch, a frown, and inward reluct- ance, is to cramp our creative en- ergies and stifle our power to think. The joyous spirit is the spark that gets things done! It releases a flow of ideas. It makes the chips fly. Joyousness attracts the best. Tourer--So your daughter is go- ing around the world during the Christmas holidays. Is she prepared for the journey? De Tourer--Well, she "NO" in 12 languages. ean say "Of all sad words of tongue, or pen, the saddest are these: --"Don't open till Christmas." Traveler--Can I get anything to cat in this dump? - Negro Waiter--Yes, sah, yo' sho' kin.. Traveler--Such as what? Negro Waiter--Such as it is, sah. The train roared past the station. Above the noise the station agent heard a yell. Rushing out to the platform, he saw a man sprawled out alongside the tracks. A little girl was standing: Agent-- Did he try to catch the train? Little Girl--He did catch it, but it got away from him. We give up luxuries for war. Do - we give up luxuries for peace? Hare Cycles Said Ten Years Apart Northern Snowshoe Rabbits Are Found to "Die Off'" Every Decade The popular belief that the snow- shoe rabbits of Canada's north woods die off every seven years is challenged in a report on a four-year study of hare periodicity, just published. The cycles are nearer 10 years in length on the average, it is stated. The study was made by Dr. D. A. MacLulich under the joint auspices of the department of biology, University of Toronto, and the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology. Vary In Different Areas It concerned only the varying hare, Lepus Americanus, which also is called the snowshoe rabbit. This is MARKS THE SPOT You'll magnify Christmas Cheer for the man who 'Rolls His Own'"--with a gift cf Ogden's Fine Cut! colourfully wrapped for Christmas giving. OGDEN'S FINE CUT the common hare of Ontario from Mus- koka northward and of the north woods of Canada generally. It turns white in winter, The report of Dr. MacLulich found that hares do not reach their peak of abundance or begin to die off in the same year in all parts of Ontario. Hare populations were found to vary from about one to a square mile in times of extreme scarcity to more than 1,000 in the same area in times of abundance. Highest number en- countered was in the north part of Frontenac County in July, 1932, when there were 3,400 to the square mile. Thief Sells Goods In Owner's Absence A furniture dealer was recently asked to call at a house and value some goods. When he arrived he was met by a woman in a dressing-gown who showed him round and offered | him some real bargains. The dealer jumped at the offers, loaded the bar- gaing on his van, paid cash and drove away. Two days later he discovered that he had not removed all the goods he had bought. He went back to the house but could get no reply. Then out came a neighbour who informed him that the tenants were on holi- day. The police are still searching for the woman in the dressing-gowmn who was really a burglar. She was selling the furniture of the owners while the house was unoccupied. Chance ¥or Life Given Paralysis Epidemic Re- minds Province of Type of Service Given Every Day For 62 Hh Years Like a spectre out of the dark ages, (Poliomyelitis) 4ppested in Ontario homes late last uly. Rich and poor, old and young city dweller and farmer--all were hit. Appearing without warning, striking where least expected, the horror spread. By late August an epidemic of major proportions was with us. School opening was postponed over a great portion of Ontario. Children died before they could be rushed to A hospitals. Nearly every parent in the Pro- vince was concerned and took what = precautions seemed best to have children avoid contacts which might bring the ghastly plague to them. But mystery still shrouds the way in which this dread disease is spread. Then, the Iron Lung became front- page news, In all Ontario there - were only three Iron Lungs avail- able. Telephone enquiries to Boston and Montreal manufacturers pro- duced the indefinite promise that MAYBE in ten days or two weeks ONE could be shipped. But children were in danger, lives were at stake. IRON LUNGS were needed at once. So the officials and staff of The Hospital for Sick Chil- 7 dren decided to build IRON LUNGS themselves. In less than eight hours, a crude but workable wooden lung was finished--Iless than 30 minutes before the doctor had aid a little patient 7 would die unless a respirator could be provided. Four more Iron Lungs (wonders in design and operation) were rushed to completion in as many days. En- thused workmen gave up Saturday, Sunday and the Labor Day holiday to fabricate the steel shapes and parts under the direction of Hospital officials. These machines went into instant service. : The Provincial Department of Health then asked that twenty-three more IRON LUNGS be built with all possible speed, so that children from every part of the Province Ontario's Children By Hospital For Sick Children and municipal grants. most other hospitals, The Hospital might be provided the only possible chance for life during the later stages o. the disease, Thus was the emergency met ly The Hospital for Sick Children when many lives were at stake. There was no thought of expense or human limitations. The job had to be done, and was done despite the fact that it meant night and day service for many, many weeks, But this is just typical of the sér- vice The Hospital for Sick Children 'has rendered for over 60 years. Every hour of every day and night some emergency must be met, The life of a child, precious to some family, is at stake. It is only when dozens of similar cases occur at the same time that the work becomes "news," and can be called to the attention of the public by the press in a spectacular manner. Neverthe- less, the work goes on hour after hour until the days and months and years total decades of service to the needy children of the Province. Every emergency situation creates costs which mount up far beyond the normal provisions of government But. unlike for Sick Children has no large group of Private Ward beds from which to draw extra revenue which can be apolied to Public Ward service. Over 400 of the 420 beds are in Public Wards. No help is received from the fund collected by the Toronto Federation : for Community Service. as patients are taken from all over the Province. Sick and crippled children must be given medical attention and hos- pital care no matter what their cir- cumstance, No cne would deny them this right. (+ berg This worthy institution has just started its annual Christmas appeal for funds to enable its work to be continued in just as effective a man- ner as in the past. Those who have investigated all agree that The Hospital for Sick Children makes most careful use of charitable donations and bequests-- a world-wide recognition for effi- ciency and economical operation has . been earned. Your gift should be mailed to the Appeal Secretary, The Hospital for Sick Children, 67 College street, To- ronto. A chance for health and happiness is the greatest possible' Christmas gift to childhood.