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^>4nfmi""iv« .i,< • mJ I ^iiw w ivai^^MP "WWPUKWP"*" '»mi»a!m^^WB'^ """"^iP Lindbergh Furnishes Theme for Toy and Invention Exhibit Wai RectU Days of Whizz Bang and "Gat"! Show in French Gipital Prov dromes for Children â€" K Labor-Saving Dev Pari*.â€" Charles A. Lindbergh has furnished tho theme for the annual Toy and Invention Exhibit of the C5oncours Lepino, which has opened h«re at the Pare l)js Expositions. Meant for the manufacturer chiefly, this exhibition has proved the most animated of airdromes for the chil- dren. It is the twenty-fifth showinR of th« Concours Lcr^ne, as the fair is known locally. It is the place where the "Petit.i Kal)ricanls ct Inventcurs Fraiicais/' â€" as the official program states â€" have a hearinfj. But not only is the "small ma:iufacturcr" inl'.'rest- ed. The man-jfacturer on a larfre scale also comes to ec? what ideas ho can bav, and th? public attends for the Cn '.'A <.{ eeeinj? the new inventions and r.!:) to buy articles offered for sab. Down the centre of the hnll are the rtalls, drap?d in red, on whi^h are rho-.vn th» n'^w inventions of the past year. T'l loft and riffht, and around th<» sides of the building, are the stalls cov?rc i with a red cloth on which are i!)j'3iti from previous ex- hibitions v,-hi;-h can be bought by the public. Tho n;w inventions are re- aen-ed airain.-t orders and are kept for the aw:>rd of prize.?. Thc-y can- not b? acquired durinir the exhibition. Never K-eforc has thp airplane fig- ured ro lareMy in tho Conrours Le- pins. It af r"!>r.s in all sorts of forms, in toy?, ni.-j 'ar.o accessories, and even in c-ne airplane which can bo flown.' 68 tne Most Animated of Air- ousehold Appliances and ices Are Displayed This airplane, built by an enterpris- irtjf I-'rench constructor, is offered for sale at $CCO. In the information sup- plied attention was especially drawn to tho fact that this airplane (called an "avionctto" or little airplane) was made to serve only two purposes, namely, as an instructional machine for learning flying, and as a machine for aerial touring which could be <^p- erated at very email cost. For this avionette a motorcycle en- pine of ,'1.5 horsepower is said to be sufficient, but one of the 13-horse- powcr is sold with it, and it is also built to carry an engine of 70 horse- power. With its 13-horsepower motor ^ tho maximum speed is about 00 miles an hour and minimum 35. Its length over all is 15 feet and plane width from tip to tip about 20 feet. It is a monoplane. ' Besidica tho airplanes in the form of toys, there seemed to be alino-;t every description of other mechanical toys and blocks and other children's . games. Then there were the hundred and more inventions dealing with household appliances, labor-saying do- vices of one sort or another. There were, too, innumerable gadgets for automobiles and a variety of radio sets and apparatus. It seemed, in fact, as if everyone in Franca wha had had any idea which could be ex- pressed in metal, paper or wood, had developed it to the point where he could expose his object at this Oon- cours Lepine. MEMORIAL TO CANADIANS AT VIMY RIDGE The first line trenches at VImy, where the Canadian forces suffered terrible losses during the late war, have been rebuilt as a permanent memorial to our fallen heroes. British Device Aids Wireless Service at Sea Invention Included at the Ship- ping and Engineering Ex- hibition at Olympia London, â€" It Ih now no longer neces- sary for .ihlp.i at sea to keep an oper- ator on duty throughout the day and nlcht to bo certain of picking up any S. O. S. mnsBage that may be sent out. An Invention which Is shown at tho twunty-flrst shipplnK and engin- eerhiK oxhibltlon, recently opened at OlTmp'.a, enables the wireless operat- or t') n:> oft watch with the knowledge that should any ship within wirele.ss rango send out an S. 0. S. message, an alarm bt-ll will ring In hia cabin â€" as well a.T in the wireless room ami on Iheh bridge â€" and will continue to ring until he switches it off In the wireless room. This Invention, which Is proving of Immense value to ships to which tho coi.t of maintaining throe wireless op^-ralors U prohibitive, Is, however, only one of many on view, designed to simplify tho problems of naviga- tion and communication at sea. There are 300 stands at tho exhibition, and many of these are devoted to welding and cutting plants and to tho display of Ktainlosa and non-ferrous metals. .\8 tha Uuke of Northumberland pointed out In his speech when form- ally opening tho show, tho annual loss from corrosion in ships Is esti- mated t.o araount to the immense sum of £500,000,000, and It Is not surpris- ing, therefore, that many manufac- turers have turned their attention to tho production of a non-eorroding steel which resists atmospheric con- ditions and the action of water alike. One uf the makes shown Is capable of wlth::taiiiling also a wide range of cheinl.'al e.rjenl.s, including nitric acid, and ha.s been used in connection with the ro.'.toiatlon of St. Paul's Cathed- ral. Telephone Works From Neck.. The variety of the exhibits U par- ticularly Ktrlhin^'. ranging as they do from fust motorboats, large enough to afford living accommodation for two or three persons, to samples of wire ocetlfth of the thickness of the hu- man hair. Among other marvels cal- culated to attract the visitor's atten- tion are a copper tube, 450 feet long, but thinner than a needle, through' which oxygen Is blown, and a demon- stration of Hteel-cutting under water with oxyacotyleno flame. By the metliod Ethown tho driver cuts through a steel pluto an Inch thick In lens than two mlnut(>s, and while at work ran be In telephonic communication not only with tho diver assisting him, hut also with those abovo who are direct- ing salvage oporatious. It Is In tho developments of tele- phono facilities that a great deal of tb« inventive genius of the modern iffanufacturer Is perhaps best bliown. For example. It is now possible to ob- tktu an Instrumnnt which eomplotoly cuts out tho transmission of all noise, tho microphone being entirely Inson- sitlve to the vibrations of airborne sounds. This Instrument, which Is called n laryngaphone. Is operated dl- ractly by the mechanical vibrations of the Tocal cords. Instead of by air waraa, as In an ordinary Instrument, and transmits the human voice dis- tinctly and with ample volume, fo speak with It, the lower part of (^e traiiaailtter is pressed lightly to the •Ida of the neck or mouth, and the vibrations of the vocal cords, travers- IBC the walls of the throat, act on the •^ttfOftt pad," wbtoh Ukee the place Of th« eoarentU>a*t mouthplee*. Meter Boat Advaneo. no motofkoal MtkiudMt anda plenty to look at. For £100 he can secure a very comfortable folding boat, holding three persons and driven by a motor weighing only 26 pounds. Made of three-ply wood, It Is literally sewn together along its folding Joints with a sewing machine, and it weighs bo little that It can easily be carried by two people. For a larger outlay he can buy a cruiser 30 foot long which Is claimed to be tho most successful small seagoing craft yet built. So compact are Its Internal arrangements that It con- tains sleeping accommodation for six people, while its motor drives it at a speed of six knots. Now that the roads leading out of Loudon are so congested with auto- mobile trafilc at the week-ends, the makers of motorboats are seizing the opportunity to bring the attractions of this form of travel to the notice of tho public, and the fine models now on view are well calculated to win many new adherents to this form of recreation. . Ship Steered Without Man. Many Ingenious fittings for the modern liner are also conspicuous In thi^i hall. Perhaps the most remark- able of these is the gyro compass, whereby a ship can bo steered on Its coariio Without human aid. The sec- ret of this Invention Has in a small wheel splnnlug at 14,000 revolutions a mlnuto, which causes Its axle to point to the North Pole. The control unit of the automatic helmsman, on which Is a compass operated by the one in the gyro-room, is in the wheel house, and each time the ship moves out of Its course, there is a faint click as tbe rudder is automatically cor' reeled by n motor operated In the stern of the vessel. This compass, which Is to bo given sea-going trials by the Admiralty, does not oscillate and Is not affected by the movements of tho earth. Quality Immigration Peter Sandiford in Queen's Quar- terly: As.sisted immigration, whether governmental or private, unless very carefully planned, will lead to the selection of inferiors who have failed in their native countries. Canada needs population, desperately needs it, but I, for one, am more concerned over quality than quantity. Quantity will solve itself in course of time, but quality through inheritance will leave its permanent mark n our people. We shall bo better advised to "grin and pay" taxes than to escape them at the expense of generations of Canadians still unborn. Relying on Britain Bound Table: The (ruling) Princes are concerning thems'slves dieeply with tho present trend of affairs in British In<llaâ€" and not without reason. They are beginning to examine their own posiuon; to take stock of their strength and weakness. But they look to the British Ctovernment to estobVish and con.serve their logiti- innto rights, guaranteed by tho plight- ed faith of many kings, in any future change in tho administrative system of British India. For their own part, they ore endeavoring to remove, more or lees rapidly, the defects which their Oovornments still exhibit. Uplift Needed H. P. Spender in the Fortnightly Review: But until the naitons bestir thomeelyvs and comfm their govem- incnts to life the whole oontro'wrsv of disarmament on to a higher I»v«I, there had bettor be no moi^ ot y^Mf talks at Goneva. For if the problem U to bo worked oot in temo of war •i^ Dot <jf pooco theio dtectiMioni to ymmlo <M poaco of tho iMii. A Famous Dog Mr. B. Ryeraon Young, an old friend and contrlubtor to "The Youth's Companion," wrote an Interesting article in the October number of that magazine on "Jack" the dog made famous by the late Jack London In the "Call of the Wild" under the name •Buck." "I am glad to look into tbe face of "Buck: a Distinguished Actor,' which you presented to us in your Issue of June 16, and hope that ha will have all the success that he deserves. But he and all pure-bred St. Bernards fall far short ot the hero that Jack London portrayed ae Buck In 'The Call of the Wild.' Buck, as Mr. London himself acknowledged, was Jack of Egerton It. Young's own dog-train, depicted in Mr. Young's book, 'My Dogs In the Northland.' Jack was a pastmaster as a sleigh dog. Though be Is called a St. Bernard In 'My Dogs,' Jack was really a cross between a Great Dane father and a St. Bernard mother. He was a pure-black, short-haired giant, and his great pulling and fighting pow- ers, his wonderful speed and endup^ ance came rather from his Danish an- cestors, while lie had the remarkable Intelligence, noble disposition, and the almost human watchful consideration ot his master or charge that are characteristic of the finest of the St. Bernards. "When lecturing In Hamilton on his missionary work amongst the Indians in the Hudson Bay district, Mr. Young told his hearers bow much good dogs were needed In the mission work for the long winter Journeys; and the late Senator Sanford of Ontario gave Mr, Young a big black pup, which grew to be Jack, certainly one of the great- est sleigh dogs that ever toiled for the good ot man on this earth. "The account Mr. Young gave of Jack in 'My Dogs in the Northland' fascinated Jack London, and he ela- borated the story to suit himself, call- ing his version 'Tha Call of the Wild.' London was like many other authors, 'what he thought he might requier be went and took.' And so 'the great black giant of a sleigh dog,' which triumplied even over that wonderful race of 'husky' dogs that have laid mankind under such heavy obligation by their marvelous services In the cold northland, will forever "have a place in the memory and Imagination ot mankind. "Those who are Interested In the historic Jack rather than tha fictitious Buck will be glad to know that he was brought home to Ontario when hIa master was recalled from the mission field. He was petted and honored, and his fame 'was In all the churches," for he was exhibited upon many a mis- sionary platform. He was a big and beautiful creature; he stood thirty- three Inches at his fore shoulder and weighed over two hundred pounds, and his conduct even In 'the house of Ood' was that ot the best of his human com- panions. But with Jack in tho shafto of my dog sleigh I feared not a race with the tasteet horses along the road ; once in a two-mile run I beat a noted race horse. "Jack died Just fifty years ago, and his body lies burled at the foot ot a noble maple tree on tha old homestead farm, near Trenton, Ontario. Fog Out in the fog the lonely wings of gulls With vc<o«o UIn Now England witches dying And moaning, are wheslinjr invisibly and eryinfi; And wheeling; and oat of tbe fog a boatman pulls With his sqairming lobatar pots, bending ^nd piying Against the ebb; and the muffled buoys are sigldng Through the fog and the sky lowers and dulls. Gulls and a gaunt blaok sot light for • fish On • rock slimy with weeds, the cat lashes His tail and tbe gull who â- creams the Io>adeat, flaahea Like gray Ughtnlng, cramming the coveted dish I Into hia rflaw; while out in the fogj the lone | GuHs, wheeling, like wltcheo cry and moan. Ruth I.<angland HoRwrg. A Poficy in Oiina London Morning Poet (Cona.) : The British surrender of Hankow was one of the several acts which laid our friends among the Chinese merchants at the mercy of these enemies of mankind. Weakness, surrender, and "defeatism" never pay in China or anywhere else. Can anything be saved from the wreckage? We have suggested before and we suggest again that a flmi understanding with Japan on the basis of mutual help and protection would be a long step on the right road. Then we should set ourselves to protect the Chinese merchant and to neutralize the econ- omic boycott. We can do so by de- veloping all concessions and treaty ports into international settlements; in fact, miniature Shanghais. As everyone of these places is a port, a small garrison would be sufficient, since it would be backed by the Brit- ish Navy. ''Gas" Substitute Chemists' Goal Discovering a substitute tor jraso- Une Is the most vital problem for the application of chemistry to the future, J. B. Hill, Chief research chemist ot tbe Atlantic Refining Company, Phila- delphia, stated in a report to the American Chemical Society. Although chemistry's contributions to the automobile are so enormotu that they are not realized, either by the public or by chemists themselves, the greatest tasks of this science still He ahead, said Mr. Hill, disclosing the results ot investigations showing that the weight of gasoline going Into the automobile Industry Is more than five times that of Its nearest competitor. Iron and steel. While there Is no immediate pros- pect of a serious gasoline shortage, it Is nevertheless certain, Mr. Hill says, that the petroleum resources of the world are not Inexhaustible and that the time will come when we must have another source of motor fuel to supplant or replace gasoline. "This problem, so far, has not been of such vital interest to chemists in this country as It has abroad, and par- ticularly Germany, where several pro- cesses for a synthetic motor fuel have already been devised," he continues. "Tbe most Important of these at pre- sent are the processes ot Bergius and Fischer, both using coal as the raw material. "While we In America do not need to worry at present about gasoline substitutes we should look with a great deal of Interest to these de- velopments In Oermany, since they constitute tho groundwork ot the ma- jor problem of tho motor fuel chemist of the future." Scene of Bronte Novel May be Purchased London. â€" An offer to buy Oakwell Hall, Blrstall, Yorkshire, the scene of many Incidents In Charlotte Bronte's famous novel"Shlrley," was made by Sir Norman Ilae and John B. Sharman, two residents of Harrogate, and Is like- ly to bo accepted, according to a state- ment la "The Times." Oakwell Hall dates from tho Eliz- abethan period and possesses a large oak-paneled hall with gallery and typical bow windows. Tha condition of the Raa-Sharman offer Is the es- tablishment of an endowment fund to maintain the building In per- petuity. It was previously proposed to pull down the hall and remove It across tha Atlantic. Capitol of the Garden of the Gulf WALVIS BAY HARBOR OPENED BY GOVERNOR New Whari'm Aid Skmdi Wert Africa ^ â€" WolTlf Boy,â€" JTo tho population oi tho Booth Woot AfriMa IhrotooioHtto (termorly Ooirnon Roulh Wool Afr^ ea), the opoBlitf of tho ndiv horbor U Walvis Bar by tb« OotirndKOoa. oral of South Atrte* WM tito oMuloa for celsbratlng an ezpeotod roductloa In tho prl4o of all Importod goddi. Soft and hard geodi, foo<U and ma> ohinery will ap loBi0 bo ufiported l»i' to the PTiiOtottM Whi tho Cnloa* In ottch qdoilUUM. tljEto morohbti' 6t iwakopmuoid ^ Tnndhoek hRfo| arranged to Import direct from fHiuw 6po, and wltli tha new barbor facUl*' Ues, th« liAeri w)U Aoi^ bo able to dlacharle all typei of cargo at tho now wharf at Walvis Bay. "-^*-. Thf new harbor works conitltuto a development ot flrst-class Import* afice not merely to the mandated ter^ ritory ot South West Africa, but, in some nieasui'o to tbe whole of Soutltj Africa ahd Rbodeala. Walvis Bayf does not fonn part of the South> Africa Protectorate. For South Afri-j ca it If, howoTor, the only natural outlet and it Is being developed now on an eztenslvo scale. At present the chief export tradoi from Walvis Is frozen beef and It m expected that this Industry will now develop very rapidly. But It is Inj Imports, too, that tbe value ot tho' new harbor will be felt, for the newl arrangements will inevitably do* crease the carriage ot certain goods' over the railway system from tho Union, and will mean the landing at^' Walvis of cargo that would otherwlso bo consigned to Sapa Town. Walvis will probably never be a second Capo Town, but there Is no reason why, without adversely affecting the Union ports. It should not assist conelder-' ably In a more rapid development oC South West Africa. In declaring the new harbor open,' the Oovemor-Qenoral, the Earl ot Athlone, said that It was only a fewj years ago that Walvis Bay had ono policeman and one store. To-day they! have a line wharf where ocean-going ships could come alongside with ease' and safety. During the day the Italian meat- ship, SlsUaua, came alongside, and the Oovernor-Oeneral and Princess Alice and party inspected the appar* atUB tor handling beet and niutton for export Utah Almost Built Silver Motor Highway Utah came very near to buildlngi a silver highway to companion Color-' ado's motor thoroughfare of gold. On' second thought, the guardians of the, highway funds ot Utah deckled it would be unwise to emulate the tra-' dltlonal dunken sailor In spending money which was sorely needed to, build more miles ot less costly ma- terials.. The road Is now being built of dirt, leaving the silver for the. miners. . In projecting a Federal aid highway In Summit County the route, as phin> ned, lay across a dump ot mine tail- ings known to contain considerablo sliver. Not being metallursically In- clined the highway builders did not figure the dump had any material value. When the highway plan be- came known the owners of the dump said the State could use the route if It would pay for th3 silver which would lie beneath the whl::zln; auto- mobiles. The State askod for an es- timate ot the silver content and tha flgure/fras so high the State decided to shift the road back to a point where tho earth was cheaper.. The Colorado gold highway was not an "almost" route like the one la Utah. Tbe story Is that north of Colorado Springs, on the Denver high- way. Is a flve-mlle stretch in which flour-fine particles ot gold are mixed with the concrete to tbe rntlo of $3,000 for every mile of road. Rook used In mixing tbe cement came from one of the ore dumps ot the Crlpplo Creek gold field snd Is said to have assayed (1.50 to the ton.. Two thousand tons of the ground- ore to each mile would make that dis- tance of road contain $3,000 in gold.' This hidden wealth In the Colorado road would be exceedingly dlQcult to obtain and highway offlcials are not fearful that their Ave mile golden stretch will be torn up and carried away during the night by prospecting parties. -0- AIRVIEW OF CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. An Interesting photographic study ot this Island metropolis and the surrounding farming dlstrlat. Ono ot tho oldest cities In Canada, It Is also ono ot the most beautiful. A Bigger and Better Borgia . Chicago Tribune: Mr. AU. Oftedat,' .\cting ProhlbitioH Commissioner, says his department is going to pro- ceed, against those chemists who analyze liquors to see it they ara poisonous. It what the bootlcsgers' sell and some millions ot Americans ; buy U poisonous, tha time to discover, it is after and not before drinking, Mr. Oftedai feels. Tho new policy will be defended, ot course, on the theory, that the more dangerous drinking b»-^ comes the less of It will be done. Tho ' theory is fa}8e. The prohibition do-, partment has vever relaxed Us efforts to make drinking a perilous business as hospital, police and asylum statist' iica amply demonstrate, but there Is no evidence that the amount ot liquor consumed has decreased. All that is likely to be accomplished by tbe new ivrogram It it fucceeds will be to add analytical chomtttry to the growing list ot bootleg occupations and a few hundred namoo to the Hat ol thos' kWed annaally by polsonod boose.