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• i : £ Of Interest to Motorists THIEVEfi TAKE UNLOCKED i white the car ia In motion; that it CARS. should not prevent quick stopping of J What is the U3« of a thefi-proof . the engine while th« car is m mo-i lock on a car if you will not keep it'tion; that if it ia very similar to the locked? ia the constant query return^ jor*»«^y rgnition switch it should not ad to the motorist who is bewailing simultaneously lock any control ele- tiw loes of a stolen vehicle. Reports went of the car when the ignition â- how that the greater part of the current is broken; that It should al-[ maohinee which are taken by illegal , low coasting wth the ignition off, al- j methods are whisked away under cir- ! though this ia not good driving prac-' eumstancea which would not exist had, tice; should permit the car to be the owners eraployc-d even ordinary i nwved in a wrage or in case of a fire Motion. To leave a motor parked '. **hen parked on the street with the without being properly guarded ia to k y removeil, should lock the car so as Invite theft in many cases. Economic Justice. 'PRINCE TO MOVE TO NEW RESIDENCE BE8T OK PREVENTIVES. Berlin engineers after long experimeni are now prepar-ed ti> make gaa to prevent towing; i-hould permit the "roni sewage water. The pictur» etoows a funnel, ready for action at the transmission to be left in en-gag:ement flnislved pteat, whicli worts on the principle of a alter. _ , ., ., ^, ,or the front wheels to be cramped â€" ?It ZJ^t r""" ''"T ^^ T'^ i^ir^st the curb when the car U 'V) God of Uttle Birds " «« with the best preventive of actual . ^^ „„ ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ,^j^ ^ ^ ^Od OT UtUe BITCW. tteft. AU rtatistics on the subject Lecbanism should be simple, rugged, O God of Uttle bitxl«. «early point to the fact, it states, I ^^ ^ install and of low cost ^^''*'* made our bodies light as spoken that any tocked cur if the lock haal Various t>-pes of locks have been ^o^ds; ment. IS inunune from theft. The' ^„,^^ ^^^^ ,^^ ^j^ transmission, ^'^<> painted Thy bhie sky upon our finest lock i.nagin.ible is of no avail, gt^^ring system, ignition s>-stem. fueV "^i^^- ^^rJ: ^ 1 it 13 used. Figures 5^ppiy_ ^^j^^ ^^ exhauat valves or «-'« ^^'^'^^ Thee for the Day, and for collected bjr the Underwriters Con- the clutch and brake pedals. Each ferenco and other national agencies ^^ j^ describe! and illustrated by •bow that about 80 per cent, of cars jj^ authors. equippea with approved locking de-; ' Vices are hahitually left unlocked ♦hen parked. The coincidental lock, which auto- tttatically lock.* the ear when the ig- nition is switched oflf, has been evolv- ed to take ad\'ai!tage of the fact that CHECK "TOE-IN" AS TIRES WEAR. the Springs ^\Tierefrom we dratik; tlie wholesome grain we ate; For all Thy care of us who on Thee watt: The brigbtnesa of our eyes so small and round Toe-in is the difference in measure- : ^'^^''^ ^^^ '^« '«>*« ao human eyes had ment between the front and rear' ^ found; „ ^ . . . , edges of the front wheels. "Pitch" otJ^« '"^^ Thy tiny gardenere nev«ef most drivers turn off the Ignition and;,. ^g^t^^, j^ ^^^ difference between ^^ ^<"'^~ remove the key when leanng a car t^ distance across the bottoms. ^"^ â- ^^•' ""'^ P™°'^8-*»«<"» «' *>i't» Wheels on which the tires toe-in ex-| "'»'* '»'«"*• oessively have the effect of rubbing a lock 'the tire tread against the road, grreat- â- unattended. KSQUISEMKNTS OP LOCK. Some of the requirements of afe that it .slvfvuld be conveniently, ly reducing its life. When the toe-in easily and po.'svtively operated both in ; does not agree with manufacturer's the light aftd in the dark under all recommendations it may be easily ad- eUmatic condition-s, that a key should Justed by adjusting the tie rod or dis- not be required or locking should be tance rod. In ease of rapid tread coincidtntal with removal of the wear on tires, check the alignment tire 17th century, for instance, was $1.17 per bushel, with industrial la-, bor at 25 cents a day. The prevail- j ing price during 1923 wa.5 $1.23 perl bushel, with industrial labor at well i ab<;ve a dollar an hour. This well i illustrates the tremendous decline in i the purcha^in? power of the bushel _____^ I of whdat, which Ls a fair indicator I of all prevailing farm produce prices. "The Doctor." j --^^ I have frequently pointed out, the -Vow and then an artist paints a pic- j greatest social crime foUowing the ture so iuH of tender fe^Ung. so accur- j *''''^'^ '^f ^-^ •= the spectacular in- ate in touching the keys of deep emo- j "**^ ^" the reward to urhan labor tion. so broad in its appeal to expert- 1 '"thout a somewhat approximate in- ence. that the whole world takes it to , "^^ "^ ^^ reward to agriculture, ks heart. Soch a picture is •TheL ^^^^5" cent the farmer receiree Doctor.- painted thirty-five years ago | '"'J" '^ products is spent in wa^ by Sir Luke FJMes. who has rist died i f"<^ .""^T ope^ting e.xpenae3â€" -.a at the age of eightv-three. j 'action, m the purcnase of equip- The pictune 1^ familiar, though re- ! ""^"^ ft''' '''* ^'''*-'^' productions, to thousand, and hun- !"*''' ''^ ^'^ property. BT c. w. rmaaos. | As fully ^.5 per cent, of the -oex of: ail commo4iti«e azvl serricca La repre- sented by humaa labor, enjoyin^r more or leas standardized wages, it will b« clear that the farmer.^' operatiag and living costs have irereased tj « fa:;- t««tic dejrree lirwe the war, while the ' price* for his own product'" hjive i>een governed by rigid economic lawt' whoHy wit.hout reference to cost of! production. The average price of' wheat at Liverpo-J daring the en- MARLBOROLGH HOUSE' I.N COURSE OF PRE- P.\RATION. King George and King Edward Tenants of Hiatoric Structure Before Succeeding to Buck- ingham Palace. improve The Prince of Wale*. wh«ia he go«« into reeidenca at Uarriborougt Hoos*;, which he ts expecte-l to do in th« cou.-se of tba neoct Ave or six weeka, will figure as a boat m a larger and more hnportaat way than he baa dicoa yet. Hfcberto he baa act entertaioed on a- large scaJe. and the eln:«^ta^n!af he has doa'» haa been of an iVormal aa- tiire quite 4»vxjid of th* ceremony hitherto aiways esssoeiated with, enters tajjiments girec by !h« beb to the Engl'.sh thrcm. For exampie. n<:>t very loof smc* tha Friaoe gave a <iance at hia country dHMis Of thousands who nev^r saw the 'â- ^''t". '"^ prosperous timea. is not an origin.:. A grave^faced d««or. bis ?"*f'**« '"•"â- â€¢ ^f '^ P'^icu- chin resting on his hand, end h^ elbow ! '"'>; ^^ '^'^ ^° f*'^'^ undev*lop*l on his knee, ai^ watching a sick child l^.^^""'''^ >^^ ^"^"- It conaeq-^ntly ttiat lies on a tumbled cot. At ttke head of the cot sits the mother, her bead bowed upon bar arms, and beside ' her standa the father, one baud rest- ; Ing on hi* wife's shoulder. The dress j of the parents and the furnishinga of 1 the room are of the simplest and poor- 1 est. I The story that the picture tells is as ' old as human experience â€" the shadow , I that settles upon a bocsehold when the ; To-morrow we will strive with weed and blight; FVjrgive. we pray, our little sins to- nightâ€" The stolen, lemptiug berries, two or thi^ee. We cannot sleep if unforgiren by Thee ' "'* of a child hangs in the balance ^-itch key; that there should be. promptly, as no other condition r^:^'^'^^* T^*>«" <^'^'*« "i"" triple-guarded the struggle of r.cpe against fear, tha slight chance of accidental locking moves rubl>er from tirea so rapidly eyes mutually sustaining love of husband And keep us 'neath Thy wing till mora ^""^ v-it». the respon^biiity and bene- All a Matter of Language. Nesting Time in Birdland. During the last ten years there has ' The winter months vanish quickly t Lord, been a rapid increase in the number '"to memorj- when we see the bluebird : of Chinese employed at sea upon Euro- high in the air. Who cannot rejoice at The eoug Thy birds I>eau and American vessels. Mr. Hol- listt-r Noble, in the New York Times. reoo-ntly pointed cut some of the in- cidental xind amusing results. China- men uro inveterate gamesters, at siea as everjTvhere els«: and soinettir.os a quarrel br*.aks c^ut over a game. if some man have paid with uare and stone about hi:i path . ficence of medical sliill. j No wond^-r that visitor* turn away with tears in their eyes! There are Tba farmer, k)dge at Mei'.on .Mowbray. Had tba ordiaary oonrendcc* of the <o«rt baea obe«rr«d the Prince would net have en:ere-i :i:-e daocing room until ali his g-.ie8ts iiad arriived. wto wotili bava follows, that owing tj this enormous riKie their bow to thefr hc« and bis increase in imiustrial labor cost, he royal highness wou'^l bave openad tb« faces an increas-^i operating cost' a!! dance by dancing with the womaa arou.id of considerably over sixty per who. according to the court rules of cent., as compared with pre-war ex- precedence, ranked higbar than aay penditure. On the other ha.-.<i. :: is ocher of the wjm*c prasent. very c'.ear that the average price he ^ ^ ^ . .n ,.. j _ . iv .« r^ ^L . ,T Court Convention* Sllghtad. receives on the farm for the full v. » w>, v . , rang* of his products is not suf- But the Prinoa did not worry about ficiently above the average of pre- otaerring the ocQTentiona of tba cooi* war times. in his cajadty as a boat. He stood at That the crude, ciirective agency â- >? tha door of the daaciag room to ra- natural laws vvoald ultiniarely mete oerve h;« gueet^. and daccio* bagaa before ;i« Prince lanci^i and befoca all the gueata bad arriTed. No order of precedence w«« ol^ guests went in wben an-1 how they '.Ikeo. and the Prince took two gtrts In, out ruth!es.<. social justice to every- one is hardly open to doubt. That it will CO ?o in the long run, irrespec- tiv'e cf man-made obstacles. !s equally served in goii^ in to strpjrer certain. But, unfortunately, these obstacles lead to long periods of re- con retrmg ass war or tills and b-> still happier when the rob-' have strown in trills his evening card. | Tlie toil that s'ew the weevil in his Bird^ adore human association. In wheat j ^^1 away from such pointings as â- The .â- \.pril b'uebird.-i. robins. chkkadet>8. ' - Aye though his net have caught ' ^'^'''"â- â- " We must have technical brlt nuthatches and phoebfs begin house- j some tledgling sweet 1 llance and smartness now. and «<mo- {j ^-orth while or n-t I building. The phoebe before man ; Teach us forgiveness, though it be not ' 'â- ''° *^ ^^^ attempt to tell a storj- la 'wiser headi ta deternnne. The fact ckse^i in upon tt built its green mo*..! easy. j decideiily poor form. .A. dead ti-s^i and that*corfror.''s us is that the r.atu'a! feeungs that are apart from time and adjustment involving stress, injustice one on each arm .o.-a.»ty and above race, creed and so- â-  ^^ suffering on the part of great I: mu« c,u. circumstance. 1.1^,,^, „j producers, which is tlie The tendencies of modern art arelpri^.^ society pays for .--"f, special privileges by legislation. not t>« thought that it was a ro»My aflkir. It w^s -c'jiing of the kind. It was simply a happy, uncoa- vewlonal ectertatnment tiat any welV Fifty t-eet away one would swear to a massacre. The- din Is terrlflc. and over a choru-s of yells may be heard the shrill scream* of the contestants. YouuK offloere unused to tlie wa>-8 of dlii>ensions. n.illed und*r the eaves c<j nest iu iiu-ky caves c^ on the sides of In the dear name of Francis of .\ssUi. | " 'irnip. or a Shangb-ai r.x^ste^ in a . flow of production is obstructed on hillside boulders. Then aime man FV^rgiviiig man whatever hurts or girds Z^""â„¢*^ â- >' ^^'^ barnrand, is sufHcient i every side as between natlorss. and with Uls buildings and bridges, anl the Beoanso one man hath stjid ".My n-otif If the artist »a great fn^Highl i within nations, as between classes. phoebe came to man. .\ shelf of small I HiMther Bird*. the "heathen Chinee" often tush to tha 'he house or bam, wUI often quickly | .\nd thou Saint PrancU. blesser of our f<^!"«'"<^^ bef.veen sentiment and niaw- Well, may be. But now and then a i All of which add to the increasing man comts aloug who knows the dlf- ooraple^dties of mcdorn life. eioeno with drtiwn revolvers. Hut real *i'''<''e the phocbeV hoiise-hunrlng pi\ib- blows aro seldom struck, and each atiive.s for a verbal victory. It is a oout«\<t in ridicule and abusive lung- itage. .-iucb a<s: "Dt>e8 the lowly, unworthy sun of a Canton worm mean to imply that tba most noble scion of the exalted Tow Leee ol' Kowioon C4)iicealed throo cop- pers up bis sacred sleeve?" "I'uworthy consort of Cutthroats," furgles bis enraged opponent, '>r)ur in- ciredib!.» crtmo would shame the low wings, lems. Then, later, we may peer in ' Pray for us. from the stepladder at the four pink- j Priest of the morning lark that soars igh-whlte treasures on their bed of and sings. m\v^s and horsehair. Pray for us. The r<.>hiiis ami wrens, the bluebinls Confess. >r of the Finches, loving .^nd uuihatches, like all birds, are uot 1 Dreamer. reiiHy timid at all. They will accus-!who by thy faith l.ecame the Bird's torn thentselves ti> anything as soon I as they know that no harm will come to them thr(.>iigh their tnist. | Binls are not highbrow- in their tastes. The top of a waste can placed brain of that vile robber your uncle, '*" *>me brtcJts and filled with water: Who \M>;i,ld have mtule the world much ^""^ attract Just as uiany birds ;;.« will pleasantcr for me to live in had he â- * 'x^autiful niarlile bird bath. Get; atraniikn! you ten years agol" . ''"=* thirds acoustouie-l to t>onilug to But if the expend'iture of language 5"""" sarden for u drink aiul a b;ith strikes an ;\iiierican as dlsproiiortion- ""'* thoy will reiviy you by helping! ate uiul its uunlity as absurd, there are >'"" flsht harniful insect.-. Don't be- lter! eeiuer. Gave us cur souls, absolved them of all taint, Pray for u.*. and obtain, beloved Saint Our Grain of barley millet -ami of wheat. So be it: So t>e it! So be Itl Hydro Development. The oouvplelo statistics compiled an- tlmes when the speech of America Is PTil8'> them a tew juicy strawberries nua"y fi>r many y.eare by the Water no less dooeptlve to Chinese eara. «* "^ reward. " ,fr A new handk a fat. awkward Uttle Ohin«'*.» who kept tumbling over thlnpis. getting entangled in ropes and making a auteance o* himself general- ' i-t-osses ly, politely approached the second of- ' fleer of his Ye6»el Just as sl\e had at last been made fast at the dock and everyhwly was going ashore. "What to do now, sir?" ho iiuiulred. '•.\w. go tie yourself to the mast!" mutttrecl the exasperated officer, turn- ing on his heel. Three hours later, a watchman going his i-ounds was as- tonished to tind a hungr.v. forlorn, uud obedient Chiueso securely lashed to ttie uftormast! Why a Hen Cackles. Power and Reclamation Service of the EVM>artment of the Interior show that over a million horsepower of hydm- electric energy has been developed in klshnes--. and is big enough to say ; what he feels. Then the generations ' ^yh -u take a "Christmas C.irol" to their ' birthdav he was hearts or turn w.tb moist eyes from a watdi ' pioture like "The Doctor." Whether in ch« end it to-do young bachelor In a h'inting coua- hal! leave to try might bav^ given. \^T:en the Prruo* has ea't-rralned hia friends with dinner at York Hc-je tha guests always have been ccr.ficed to men. The Prince sat at the side of th* long table and a irsember of hia hou-»a- hold at the heai) and foot. After dinner an adjoummettt was made to the big drawing room on the second floor ilbo dining room is on Bobbie v-elebrated hia sixth the first ^, and any gueet* who p':T?ased given a splendid oould p^ay bridge or any other card Time By Inches. which, regardless of quality or game they liked. The Prfnoa doea not accuracy. pcs?ess*»l a loud tick. Naturally Babby was very proud of it and strolled about amongst his friends, arrogantly displaying it. IVwarda the end of th* week ererr- one in the neighborhood bad heard of fully a moment, them replied slowly: "It's two iuchea to four " Just a.s there is a reason why a hen'caiKuia during the i>ast two v«u-s This, the road, so there U an ex-, was distributed atinnigst the rrorinces ! planationof why she cacJiles after lay- thus: Ontark>. J32,0tH); QL-el»eo. 600 â-  i inganogg The uomesttc fowl is des-; ooO: British Columbia. $t)0,O.Hi- Nova' cend'sd fivni the Jungle chickens. Scotia. l:',00t). i which run In flocks of six or oight wix-' der the sultatiship i>t one cock. The Whrttilna Him Away. "I believe she's liguriiig on away wt;i, ber husband." Wouldut doubt it. him worn to a franle now What Next? .\ woman, having bought a large ', mirror at an auction sa«\ carried it ; home witli her. I She boarded a franicar. placed the 'â-  mirror on her knees, and of ctnirse looked into it from time to time. j Several men wtxre Interested: «ind "^''"*,ono of them remarked: .... . . I "WcH. you never can tell what is 1 .- '^'"' S^'^wming next. I suppose its th* iateM i idea." Why Why Great Men Like Mystery Stories. Is It that great surgCKUis. t hen stealaaway to lay her egg. When *he l>\ives her ne.-f she cackles to at- tract the ttttontloii of hen- mates, who In the MitMntiir.o have wandered be- yond her sight This characleristic has never been bred cntt of (Kuneatic fow! ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES-By O. Jacobwon f Sit at Wheel Properly. .\a ii«|x»rtant factir iu safe driving Is to take the proper position at the wheel. This is attain.nl by getting profe.sscrs* and orltlcul iiiul atmlytlcal- »»l">>i'»'l.v Ix-liimi iho wheel ;\tul sitting mindtvl folks iu general ai-o usually I '•""'* *''''^^'' "'*â- ''â-  Loi'k over the wheel addicts of detectiv»> and mystery;'"*''"' "'" t'n'^Hish the siokc-;. l»nt ' the rlKbt foc( on or close to the uci'^1- flueei-B. historlaiiii, legal lights, college stories? Charlt^s Phelps Cnshing answi-rs this question by sayltvg, "U's the simplest oase In iho wx>rM of llkeaur-UMs like- aa atflnity of mind. " He iH>iuts out that the writers of mystery tales are trained tx-leutllU- m«>n and women. Conan Movie. Samuel Hopkins Adams. Frank Parker Stockbridge are doctors "' '''"^^ «lu-el is iuiiHiitaut. â€" - .,> erati^r, '.he left oil the rt>K r in a ixni-i venient position for working thoi clutch, liolh fee'f thus are in a |>i>8i- th>n for use on the dutch and brake, 1 The thiv.< element in tlie use of thesaj is a powerful factiir Iu preventing ac-j cidents. That is why correct posltioaj ' Fishing Bears. : B««rs. toj.Kl v?f llsh. are a!,-.ii rikkI j lishermeii. Thoy joem to delight in' , their abiJiiy and wilt kn^k over their* -♦ Mary Uoln^rts Kineliart Is a trained nurse an<l wifo of a physician. .Viihur 8. UiHve, Arthur Somei-s Uodio. .Mel- â-¼Ule IViviseoii Post. Arthur Train. Octnviis Uoy Cohen aiv all lawyers, j "'>*>'' al>iJiiy Geh>tt Hnrg»v^a and WIHiam .MaoHay 1 »''''<•â- '' '"'fore devouring it with much are enKiniv»rs; Harvey D'Higgins anil ''"' ^ >:ne pleasure as does a huiaau Barl IVr. diggers, psychologists; and "s'leniuin. J. S. Fletcher and John Huchan are Wpllknown historians as well a.4 writers of detective stories. S«< w» have Ilk.;* attracting like" Well Thought-out Plan, ".Vnd what are you going to give your sistt^r for a birthday prt>«em. Hob Mat" asked Uie visitor, by way of tuUdng friends. "Oh, 1 m «.Ting 10 ask dad to buy her Hall Spring a ftjotbaM Attd then III show h.M- how Tree Well s.Mn have ^ pUy," c»wiic the reply, *prliig doth.'s on play carti«k He woiikl s.; chatting to hi-5 g"asts H-ho w«re not at ;!;:^ cird tables. More Ceremony Expected. BiK vhen his rojii highness goes to I Babby's watch and had seen him re- H'''* »' Mariboivugh House be wljl ba Igsrding it graveiy. but tba cMniax expected to pMy the r«n of host in a â-  oanie when his little Cousin I>««tty ask- higjer and nxine ceremonial way. •â- vi him the time. Marlborough Hous^ when King Ed- Ikibby regarded the watch thotight- ward lived tb«re as Prince of Walesa was famed tor the splendor of ita eiv terctUiuuents. .\n\l King Cie<.<!se. when be occupied Marlborough House as Prince of Wales, alibougb he never entertained on the scale King Edward didv g-.ive uLiny apleudW entertaia- mente therev at some of which Caruso and Mc'.ba sang. The Pr-.aco of Wales t\as yet to gir* etitertainnwnts of that kind. tHK wiib- out a hoetesw it will be rather a difll- cult thing for him to do. It will indeed be a strange sight to *ee Marlborough Hou.e cccupjed by a , bachelor hew to the thron*. It i» fur- niisfced Tivday ajiuost exactly as it was j in the days of its greatest giery Queen 'Alexandra, when she went to Irve there after tha death of King Bdwarl. had I tbe hiMise arrai>g<d almost as it waa j wbfn she occupieil it with King Ski- ward as Prince and Princes* of Wales. Prince to Have Aunt's Room. She did that for senr^mentai rei«a- ons, and sometime» would walk alona or with Miss KtKil5ys in the ppacivvia, beautiful red £»lon or blue or green drawing rcoiv.*, where she once bad' plavAl the part of the most brilliaal hi*>tt>ss in Kurape. The ih-inca of Wales is to occupy the s*t of apartments used by bis aunt, th'e I»rinoess Victoria. TTtese rooms; of whk>h there are five, are being pra- pared for bitu. j The nvms that formed ,he private j apartments of Qtseen .Mexandm, of j which |ber\> are nine. wiM be used by ! members of the ihince's household, to- j gvther with some other rot'msj ou the I first floor, one of whioli was once tha ' .^-hci^i-oom whfie King Ge^irge and I tii-> Ute Duke of Ctareiw-e were taught to read and write. Th«>re is one thing the Prince of Wales will have when he goes to Marihornujrh H^Hise. which he has kicked at York House, and I which he desires greatly, aibi ti»at is one of the finest gardens iu London. _ There is noi so iiHtch as a blade of grass growing about York Ho»»se. Out- side there is nothing Init hanl oQurt- ' yanl. fearfully hc4 la suniLmer. hoc ribly dreary in the winter. The rrinc*> will have a squash rac- luet court put up and a har»l Jawn ten- uis cwirt and two gras-s ci»urts laid down as smnt as iH)ssible at his nav Ixnidon house. The Princ->".s ilrst gar d^n varty sbouM he ot»e of the bt| eveuts ot the coming aaasoo. MM