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I CURRENT COMMENT NEW WATERWAY S CHAIR MAN. One of the very last, if not tlic last public act o? President Wilson's official life was I.T dLsmi:.- the chair- roan of the International .loir.! '11111- mission of Waterways. Obacinli <iardner, who had held the office since l13. N > roast- n was given for the act, but it was rumored that iholr President's private .ecret.iry Tumulty was appointed but this was soon sot t rost by Tiimulity's refusal tr> ac- ti>pt th? J?h. Tl'.cr- w:-s nbs j'lUtfly no reason lu relieve Mr. ilardnor of <frk:e, except to provide a vacancy for wioh as Mr. Tumulty. As Mr. Tumul- ty was loath to act, having perhaps discovered that it was a real job, or fcaviiiK fi t;i\d out what w.is U> be dune, and measured his n-lir-tatu-e 'by bis capacity, le.fl the promotion to Home ono else Eventually Presi- dent Wilson appointed his nimesake of the I>abor Department, Secretary Wilson to this Chairmanship. It is ol 41 compliment to Canada that the change was iua<|p, and tile Tumulty ctiiry ;, probahly true It looks like hostile move against the i?C Law- rence Canal plan. of bi- IF NOT ABLE, AFFABLE. If President Harding has not abil- ity h- lia.s affability and thai may carry htm further than .some in in'l eliil.ty. as indeed It bus u'. ready clone. Hoi Mr. Harding not without ability and he Is an hi>ne-t and ve'.l- intontioned man. Ho ha* fathered around .Mini a cibinet which compares 4o Kreat advantage with his prede- cessor's aggregation which hart not really able nun In It. i'nsid'Mit Wilson appeared to be afraid of men prlio might rival him in talent. At any xate he kept tl.eni out ol Ills cab- inet. The tir/su-rlons Mr Mouse was bis confidant, and he alone. Mr. Marking has two men at least presidential calibre, bt-th. it .is Uered. uLler men than the I'res fcmisolf. Mr. Hughes was a <i.-n'.a'. candidate him -self. ;ind s--lu,ws liiu real greatness by taking ofllr un- der his successful junior. Mr Hoov- er might easily have been president iiacl the Republican manipulators M> minded. .He will <arry to Kurop" a good reputation for hi.s administra- tion. If h were possible to d 1 .scribe United- States administration as turo-J'.rltish it might hi- done with Mr. Harding'*. It would be an exag- generation to do so. but at le-ist It will c u, r that bostuityto^nio^j ;;;;;;--;- id of the KngllMi tongue will not ; ; ____ lie feature of its policy. Thorn is ) more of a disposition to adopt some j form of working agreement with J'.ritaln than has been the ease for many yers. \ the names of tlie principal personages of Gloucester, Somerset, Devon nnd Wiltshire. Later still, Samuel Drew, ihn shoemaker and metaphysiilan of St. Austell, wrote some of iiis most profound piect.s upon ;i humhta pair of bei-lows. during the spare moments of Ills daily tall. The case of Rob- ert IJloomsfield is almost too well known to be mentioned here, but Ills boot-maker's card, issued for Bell- alley long before he was known as a |K;et, affords a parallel Instance to l>;i w's. This volume was published by Jo'.in Camden Hotten, a pictur- esque figure among the publishers of tlie I'Jr-t generation but one". Mr. Awilc wrote sc:ne> pieces for this volume in the Durham dialect, from which country he came, and these are really worthy of some attention. There are six of these. "My Nice Young Wife an' Me." "My Oanny Wife." and others :ire evidences of Mr. Awde's sym- pathy for domestic scenes and sentiments. Mr. Awde's second volume, is largely loyal and patriotic in character. On coming to Canada Mr. Awde followed the trade of a Initcher, but becamo inspector of schools in 1887 in Toronto. He was on<? of the founders of Wes'.ey Church, at Dundas and Osslnerton Avenue. His licMth at 83. on February 24, at Den- ver, ends nn Interesting a dutiful and an aspiring and cousec.ra.tid life. THE WATCH ON THE RHINE. Apparently nothing more could be done, or shall we say uo other course cjiild have bren taken than that de cided upon by Prance and Britain In 'loaling witli (lermany. Yet Uio r<- scrt to force appreciably weakens th position of the Al'.ies with the rest of tiie world, and gives the Imperial!* group in Germany tho chance- to siy "We told yen j-yi." Txe German people will be told that this is what the Allies were all a'.onq counting upon, waiting for and preparing for. and to tlie German mind no doubt It will look v.M-y like it. The shrewd AnicrW-an Govern ment hai kept out of the whole business and pjses a* a benevolent f.'.rt'ir, though It inlKht easily be that self-interest had dic- tated the ab.-t.-ntion policy. The.re i a grout deal to be saiil for ih:- view iho present efftrt to coerce Germany will merely be throwing good money Will it be possible to get :t nf Germany than will ; of the prr-sent This is :ifter bad. any n> .ffl pay the c: .si rat ions? , m V demon- an rxe""dinKly determine, and ONE OF THE MINOR POETS. In tlie sever.U public notices' Uiit | (iermany continue to IHIVH appeared of the death of the hardship, misery for late Rcbrt Awde no mention has ap- peared of the work that was probably dearoot to his heirt. th<> poetry th.it he hn! pulilisliexl in volumes. < ne in 1A*5 snd the other in ix*7. He oc- casionally contributed to the pr> later vearP. 11'-? firm volume was dated from IvJiidon. Engl-i-.id, '.'1 t'ark street west, and is now rather rare. It Is t;u* dedlcat- : ' t i 't'.li rt Ksq., HIV P" d nnsu'.-. H.IK vi verse?, compoted in half siia-tche-rl from s-'.ei-;). iinl i aioni'its during 'waiting a! r.ilile.' is insrribed by his ol.i'ill.-nt .servant. Ilolidl Awde." Th" volume cnn- t&ins as a frontlspii-e '. a imt inter esting photograph <il th. 1 last mo- me-iits of the l-i:e Prince Consort "as be lay In bed at Windsor ('.u '! on IJec. 14, 18fil. tlin Queen and other members of the Royal family, and Cabinet ministers grouped around. <>; hours 'life Kama for the Washington Oov eminent which ban nothing to ;uid lias lo>t nathliiK. but for attnl Kriiice and Kelgium the case Is a desperate one. The devastatinn caused by Germany ag-ainst all the r'C^Knlzod rules of war In the manu- facturing districts of Belgium and bo sources of the wretched population of l he.- 1' places. Ger- many t:uld hi've galno:! great favor with other naiior.s lud shf> vDhmtotir- eil up t;> her limit to mrvki- repara- tion for this wanton destruction. But r.cthing of this kind was suggested. Tim Alllea have r.ot askeil for a cent towards tin- cost of w.ir, but only for tin 1 <-<-st of the unnecessary ravages 1- the mllltiry policy of This Is the point to he kpt In view in the ordinary con- slde.rutli-n of the case. Those who deprecate any coercive action wliat- ( ver and fiv.ir a policy of absolute pac/flciisni should remember that had the Alll.v anil the United States mil pted tli.it coursi) thnuighoul Ger- many would not bo exacting from the Allies. Including ourselves here in Canada, n hundred times as much an MiB Germans aro .being asked to pay. Those who think that it would havo A poem on tfiU photograph is prt of b een better to submit to that, than tlie contents of the volume. The preface contains some curious infor- alx>ut those who worshipped uurse from lowly stations in life. "A. little library ," says Mr. Awde, "might readHy be formed of the works of those poor men and Kir's Wlio have written books wtilst filling yery humble stations. One of the earliest Instances Is that of Stephen thick, the Wiltshire thresher, who Ming the praises of Queen Anne, and racelvfid for li!s p:iins a panslon nnd collage at Windsor. Affliction overtook Stephen, and in dlspair inn to offer any resistance, have a greater faith In the Germans as the agens of Divine I'rovkienoe ban most people are atole to summon. CANADIAN AUTHORS ORGANIZE. KJfforts to organize the authors of (Vanaila have been carried on for some lime, and for three years the Authors and Muslnlaiis Association of which Miss Humble, lias been the vi^llani Hec.rotary has k.-pt tho necessity for a reformed copyright uct before the I'arl.iainent. -('an- noor fellow committed suicide. Phlllis Oovernnient nnd nda's copyright law is the worst in the world. The IlnHed States has i better one thiitijrh it Is founded on tha principle of disregard for the full Whoil'.ey was a female slave at Hos- ton about tlie middle of the last cnn- tu ) She wr.,le 4. volume i;! ver.-:i-s wihlch passed through never.il edi- tions, and her publications assist. <l in obtaining her freedom. James Hlp- ley w* hostler of the Rod Lion, at Barnet, In Dr. Johnson's days. Ho jienntrt * volume of essays which met wltli th approval of the great lexl- oagn.vtir, nd 'Uie portrait of this servant of the Uble was handsome- ly eu*rv<3 Anno Ye&rley was a inllk!woni*n *t Brlitol. This sw- rant'H poems patt*d through four urtl Ions, and on hr ubortptlon-ltot r author uivd full oonsidoratlon for the printer. tle pmbliaher and all the other nations have a joint copyright at, registration under whlcJi protects the author In all his rights In all these countries, so that he gets copy- right, and also dramatic rights, repro dix-tion rights of uuy kind, movln* picture!, phonograph, *-. with 011' fnrtiher ircubln. The Canadian a<n thnr has no dtance of protecting him sftlf by copywritlni In Canada, o the i HOME SWEET HOME WELL SOU;- 1 HEAR. YOU'VE GOT Al "AU RIGHT- WHEM i WAS VOOR r*~^Y i 1 1 TOO! THE SPRING,- A VOUN& M//f$ FAKCY TURNS To "THOUGHTS OF LOVE"- VWtC i OoVOU UKE 8$T ,- BLONDES OR BRUNETTES ? ' -I Alv/AVS LIKED THE YAUER. QGfpG ^ ^O LISTED ToVoufi OAO" -'SAIL RIGHT -Qur AFre 1 ^ YOU'RE MARRIED DOMT You GO TO BRINGING ^^ A GANG OF ^OUR *J& ?/KIOI ' 7 MR ^ r mtfg^ ' j$> **$ H-*C fclfe GRAMO FAVJ-THER.. I -5HAVJNT, I 5HAWNT! labor men who obstruct reform, really prevent work beins <lone in Canada, although the intention is to cr-mpt-l books to be printed in the Dominion. The author naturally goes to his big- gest market fur his printing and hav- ing this dine in the United States, In- sends over suffu'i r nt ccpies to jover the Canadian deraind. If Can- vdn was in the international copy- r.ght union then it would 'be possible to print books in <':<.ndda and Irive onyrisht in other lands, excepting [ways the United Stites. Tlie great 1 1 vantage to the author, artist or musician in a reformed law giving general copyright would be In the eservat;on of reproductive rights, for V'lilch he now has no prote<rtlon. Be- sides the Authors and Musicians As- sociation. The Society of Canadian \uthors has been incorporated late- y witli Sir ICdmund Walker as Hon. i 'resident, and Sir Robert Falconer is President. Vice presidents from [tie several provinces have been chos- en, and the secretary Is Mrs. Frank Kgerton and the treasurer. Mr. Ceorge H. Locke. Apparently unaware of this organization another movement was afoot in Montreal with similar aims, but it is exported Uia* all thes : ' will be consolidated. Miss Humble has been in Ottawa witching the progress of the new ropyriglit bill in Parliament. MAKING NATIONAL HIST011Y Australia and New Zi ikind have liecn seized with the importance < f collecting all the historical informa- tion and data that concern their early days and development. In London a f die me i.s under way for gathering together all such Information and making a descriptive catalogue of tho archives of the British Common- wealth. The value of old papers and documents IB not known to any but experts, and in the most unprom- ising materials there may bo grains of gold, missing links of the utmost liis- lorioal Importance. An example of what can he done is found in tho work of Mr. Alexander Turnbu'.l, o( Me\v /:-.'l.i!!(l, v, li.i :;])tin; Ills leis::r' ir.d his money on t,uch work, the re- M:lt ibeing a collection of books, iiam- I-hlets and documents relatln:; to th.- whole South Pacific and ruiininc; wl'.fii finally made over to the Domin- i n of New XeaJnnd 30,000 bound volumes, besides charts, mapn, en- grAvlngs, etc. Suoh work as this oirries into our reward to the col- lector and is of Inestimable value to i nation. In Ontario we hnvo an ex- iiu.ple of luich !nlro.;t In national do- cuments ,by a private citizen in the i'"!octlcn maili' by tlie late Mr. .1. Ross Robertson/ now on view In tho Toronto Public Library. The Pro- vincial Archivist is always on the alert for ancient documents, letters and so forth. Wlu-never a home- rtead or old residence is broken up there Is usually a lot of old inatcrl.il, books, papers, documents, letters, hrown out or burned. In suc-h casei it would be well first of all to not!:y l.ho Provincial Archivist, C!ol. Fraser, .11 the Parliament BuildingK, as many ren' treasures 'have 'been discovered in this way. Only experts can deal \ith such material and dhft mere ag'5 f a book or paper Is no index to its WOT't FARM WORK OF THE MONTH Hatch tho chicks and hatch 'em early they do better in the cooler weather. \\~hiic there is good feed in the barn, don't be too anxiuos to tura out the cows you will need all the picture later. See that the brood sows get some clover or alfalfa hay now to keep up tueir milk. Plow the corn ground i;i plenty of time, let it lie for a week, and then kill the small weeds by an extra harrowing just before planting. "April .showers" :r.-.iy "bring forth ftlay flowers," but what do April bliz- za.nl* bring? What else but white urifts of April fruit blossoms? Wheth- er or not tho trees will bear a fine lot of fruit will depend on whether we g;vo thorn a chance against the ciirculios and the moths. With the right but Inexpensive spraying out- fit it is only a hilf day's job to put on the poison, and It will literally ':o cr. >p. can't do anything more profitable than string a new line of fence while waiting for the ground to dry out. There's a .pile of comfort in a good, tight fence. * * Of course you have already plan- ned the crops for the year. But you'r plans may be completely upset by the appearance of the stand on the new seeding. Better siza it up now and soe what promise it is holding out. Who will gat the grain this year, you or Mr. Smut? Smut has been having its innings for a good long while. \\Tiy not take the profits yourself for a change? It pays to formaldehyze and remember that corn will lake the treatment as well as the small grains. * * * With the worn, in full swing let':? givo the horse an even break this 1 year. See that he ha a collar thai I fits. At! least scrape and clean the Kver chase hogs out of a 20-acre c.-rnfield with the st&lka 1(> fe?t'hlgh '.nil dripping with dew? Wel!_ you old one, and then keep It clean. We can prevent sore shoulders with a little care and win tho gratitude of tho suffering animals, besides getting greater service from Lhe.m all the season. EDITORIAL QUIBS ON INTERESTING SUBJECTS CLIPPED FROM THE BEST CANADIAN NEWSPAPERS It may be true that the, pn.ttteer.4 There is a man in Frankfort. Ky., will now g-.>t what Is coming to them, ( whoso name is M. T. Case, and his but they have already got what's | narao is joked about so much that he coming to im. St. Mary's Journal i proposes to have it changed. Toroo- Argus. i to Star. Shackleton's ten-year trip to the North Pole would arouse a pleasant Interest If he would take Ijenlne and Trotsky with him. Oilgary Herald. The injunction to love your neigh- bor as yourself was spoken long be- fore the neighbor bought a phono- graph. Kingston Whig. Prohibition has at least re-duced th-j number of, men who thinlc they can sing. Windsor llord^r Cities Star. Some men's idna of a good time Is to have a grouch and plenty of time to tell the world about it. -Winnipeg Free Press. A mule broke its le,; In two places whon it kicked an Alab.um man on 1 the head. We sometimes argue with I people of that type. Montreal Star. Milk drivers in the city of New Yr.rk aro dru\vl:i2 sixty dollars week- ly under a now wage agreement, which Indicates that It Is time for Henry Ford to hustle along that synthetic cow. Hegina Post. Some of our legislators should take some lessons In efficiency so as not to make so many unnecessary mo- tions. Winnipeg Tribune. No man was ever crushed by a wo- ; man's arguments; but he can be i completely suffocated by her dead ' silence. <Jalt Reporter. United we stand, dlvldwd we stag- ! ger. Motto of the Homebrewers' As- j sociation Sydney Record. Fist fights marked the closing of I the North Dakota legislature. An- ! other part of the world taat isn't i safe for democracy. Winnipeg Free ! Press. As finally revised, the 1-921 esit- nnti's for nm'ntenance and upkeep if the Public, and High sc.hoo'a of To- ronti; $5.7&0,!inO. Of this amount jr>,39G.(M>l) is uncontrollable expense, r.olud.ng J4.fi79.470 for salaries, $345,- 1170 for fuel and gas, $.272. 3:4 f T taxt b )oks and supplies and $99.375 for I'.mlrics. Repairs and alterations to the extent of S354.341 constitute the nly controllable expense. In 191'6 there was but one. dovern- ivnt rsh-hatchery In Ontario witlh a ipicity of 2,000.000 eggs. The Port Arthur plant now keeps Lake Neplgon replenished with trout and vhltef sh, whl'e the Firt KM-inces sup- n'leB Uie Rainy River waters wltn fresh stock. Doctors tried to cure a Plttsburg ' man of his mania for theft, by re- moving a bone that was pressing against his brain, and chances are they will not be contented with tak- ing only one bone away from him. Montreal Star. | Though puzzled, the hospital nurse , his summoned the Jewish rabbi, as ! requested, and now tho last rites ad- ministered the rabbi, too, asked the i (lying Irish Catholic, "But why send ] for me and not the priest?" With a Isst flicker or energy this true son i of Erin retorted, "Shure, an 1 would ol be sendln" for the priest an' me wit' smallpox?" Toronto Telegram. He fore- sampling a man's brew, pour a little down the sink. If it doesn't take the enamel off, it's all right. Toronto Star. Don't advertise on fences. Cows don't do any buying, and autolsts go too fast to read. Walkerton Teles- cope. Down in South Chili they have had 198 earthquaike shocks in 6 days. Anyone In the locality can shut r-N eyes and imagine that he is drlYiii,; his own flivver. Ottawa Citizen. Some paople are always t iking o' fence, but somehow the sup:>!y never becomes exhausted Toronto Tele- gram. Peace hath its atrocities no less re- fined than war. a witness the Income tax forms. Calgary Herald. According to an evening paper the ladiy who has just become Duchoss of Westminster hr.s "one son, a boy." On the other hand, the Duke himself has two daughters, 'both girls. Por- tage La Frairie Graphic It la eay to exaggerate the ex j tnt to which Englishmen are s>ndden i by drink, but not the extent to which Americana are saddened by prohibi- tion. MU and Kmipire. The eastern school teacher who married the janitor was probably daz- zled by the thoughs of comparative luxury. -Winnipeg Tribune. Canadian tobacco growers want protection, and the Farmers' Sun Is sure to say, bitterly, tbat they "are trying to set up a smoke screen." Toronto Telegram. POEMS SK<rm!ldl Kmow THE LAST LEAF. I ?aw hm once before, As he passed by the door, And again. The pavement stones resound. As he totters o'er tlie ground With his cane. * They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets And he looks at all he meets So forlorn; And he shakos his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone.' 1 Tbe mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a ysar On the tomb * * * And if I should like to he The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. Oliver Wendell Holmes. GOOD JOKES WHERE HE FELL DOWN. Employer (to youth applying for situation) And have you a know- ledge of any foreign language? Applicant Yes, sir; a little. "Do you know Latin?" "Well, sir, I began to learn it and Sot on fairly well, but I had to throw it up in f.ivor. of shorthand because I couldn't pronounce some of the words. "What were the words you couldn't pronounce?" -Words like 'MDOOCXIV,' sir." AND IT IS. *15ay. buddy, do you remember when we were over there they used to tell us that when we got back noth- ing would be too good for us?" "Sure, what about It?' "Well, they told the truth. CN THE OTHER FOOT. So the affair is off. eh? Afraid you couldn't support hor In the style to which she was accustomed, I sup- pose." "Not at all. It was the girl who was afraid." IF THAT'S RIGHT HEM-L GET LEFT. "Don"t you tnmk Bragglns puts on too much side?" "Yes, and a good deal of front; but I d'ou't think it lias any real backing."' BRIDGET SCORES. .Mistress (he;p,ng to prepare din- ner) It's an old saying, Bridget, that" too many cooks spoil the broth. What do you thing? Bridget Sure, ma'am, there's noth- Ing to worry about; Ihere'a only ono ' cook here. ? ,' t HAD A LAST RECOURSE. A villager ban been confiding to a . country clergyman some of the short- comings cf her husband. "ICertainly, 1 'agreed the clergyman, "the seems to treat you ratlher un- ' kindly. But remember that you took him for betler or for worse." "Well, It ras always been for worse, ' so far as 1 can see," replied the wo- , man, dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief. "Have you ever tried heaping coal of fire on his head?" inquired the clergyman. "No, I haven't," she answer, grate- ful for the new suggestion. "So tar I've only tried hot water.'' A STRANGE PEOPLE Tib?t is peC'pleu fty a branch of the Mongolian race. The 2,000,000 or 3,- oOMVOOO population are a mixture of Chinese and Tibetans as the races In- termarried. They believe in both, polyandry and polygamy. U is the most extensive elevated country in the world, containing 750,000 square miles, with an elevation varying from 8,000 to 14,000 feet. Its climate is principally bleak and cold, aJthougli the summers In the southern part arc mild and pleasant. The first white- man to enter L < hasa i the capital, was SiT Francis Younghiusband, who fought his way there in 1914. Dalla Lama, religious head of the Buddhtat faith, which is the national religion, was so overcome by the fact that In- fidels had trodden the Btreeta of the forbidden city, th<at lie fled the coun- try., and was for many years a wan- derer In Northern Ohina.