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Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large CANADA Newspaper* Lead The president of tlie Kiresioiie Tiro and nubher Company annouiiceil the otlv-x day that Ills company Intends to increase Its advertising appruprlutlon during 1933, particularly In ilie dally B«w8iwpors. Many strilclng demonstrations have beeu offered of the fact that there are plC'Uty of buyers )u the i-ountry If thos« with something to sell, at the right price and of the right (|uaiity, will give the public their message In lb proper form. It has also been demonstrated that no form of publicity pays us great a dividend as newspaper advertising. Certain sections of the puhllc may read a uiagazino announcement or many htuir an advertising program over the air, but a newspaper message gooa to all the people. â€" Border Cities Star. Slam's Economy The more the Western World learns about Slam the more firmly It Is per- suaded that the Siamese are a re- markahla people. Not long ago they changed ihelr system of government without making much of a fuss about it. On that enlightened kingdom a re- volution takes place with the utmost of restraint and amiability on all sides. Yet that is not the most wonderful thing about Slam. It has learned to rut budget* and discharge useless pub lie servants in a way that is astonish- ing to \Vesl«^rn minds. â€" F'redericton Gleaner. Dan^rrr in Turning Corners It would naturally be imagined that one of the first things every motorist learns la Jiow to turn corners correct- ly; that hit of driving technicality iurely beltings in the ABC's of the art of handling an automobile. However, rtcont figures show that during the fli»t six months of 1932 there were in Ontario 123 accidents In making right- hand turns with two ' persons killed and 80 injured, while in the same period 444 accidents occurred in ne- gotiating lefthand turns with five klll- sd and 2*;') injured. â€" Peterborough Examiner, 130 yoars, and at least thirty villages have been submerged. Ix)wer down the c-oast, at Dunwicb, a wholo medieval city has dlsap(>eaT- ed. and yearly services are still held at iho sea's edge in memory of the cathedral and eight churches which are now below the waves. Not far away, at I'akefield, It is pos- sible at low tide to swim over and touch streets of rulne<l and submerged houses. â€" I/ondon Daily f ctorial. Physical Culture We made a mistuku in entrusting physical culture to people of Inferior education. They ought to be people of high educationâ€" as they are in Sweden, for example. They ought to know that the human body is not merely a machine for digewting food and circulating blood and developing muscle, but a marvellous creative in- strument, a thing that hungers for skillful activity in every nerve and fibre of it, so that even its physical health is not attainable until you have satisfied its hunger for skill by one means or another. Your drill-sergeant, your muscle trainer, your professional gymnast, your football coach may be good fellows enough for their busi- ness; but as exponents of physical education, may the Ix>rd deliver us from all such!â€" nr, li. P. Jacks in I<ancet, Liondon. Hollywood Favor* Swimmers Male Adornment The di'pressed ('anadiau dollar is a ilbssing to Canada's Atlantic ports, â- .he railways which serve them, and ihe whipping companies and sailors who convey goods to and from them by sea. Thanks to our depressed dol- lar it is now cheaper to ship wheat everyea by way of Halifax or St. John than by way of the United States ports of the Atlantic coast. Canadian freight rates are paid in Canadian money. U.S. rates have to be paid In United SUtes money. The 12 to 14 per cent, exchange makes the U.S. routes too costly to be competitive. Such Canadian grain as is moving eastward is going to the Canadian ports. â€" Edmonton Bulletin. England on the Air Who can make a list of the things that are England? The Monarchy, Parliament, the Navy, the Derby, and the Boat Race, Henley Uegatta the Trooping of the Colour, I'icadilly, Big Ben, the I/ondon bu.ses. hunting, foot- ball â€" these are the .son of raw ma- terial of which Kngland's esteem and affection in the world are composed. Justice, disinterestedness in interna- lioiu'l affairs, coolness, fair dealing, a reputation for quality in manufacture â€"those are among Iho virtues of her character, i^et the Empire Broadcast- ing Station refiect those events and these qualities and it will earn the gratitude of all members of the family; it "will render also an out- standing service to the world. â€" Cape Argus. Electric House I This Week's Shown in England Science Noh Life, Sunlight and the Sea â€" The Importance of Toads The whole problem of food, pertiftpt of life itself, is summed up in the si» gle word nitrogen. Not the js* thai constitutes about 80 per cent, or tha air we breathe is meant, but nitrogfta that is "fixed" or chemically combined to form a compound which can be ua«4 by plants and animals in building tis- sues. There are bacteria In the soil that have the property of thus "fixiag" nitrogen For the most part they elas- ter on the roots of what are known a* possible and likely to obtain on the ' leguminous or pod-bearing planU, siMb domestic side. To this end it was ' as the beans and vetches. These bâ€" diecided to purchase a pieoe of land,! teria convert the nitrogen of the ab ami to erect thereon a modern elec- ' 'nto organic life. trically equipped reiiiderce. and to ex- j Does a similar process go on in ^Jh hibit it until such time as interest was ' sea? Dr. C. E. ZoBell of the Scrippi Birmingham Circle Erects and Equips Building to Demon- strate Possibilities of Electricity The cumplfeiion of the National Grid Scheme fci distributing electric- ity over England and the reduction o' charges for current, will result in in- creased demand, and a desire for greater knowledge, and aft»;r consid- erable discussinf::, the Birming'ham Circle of the Association decided that the time was opportune to make a special effort to show the residents in and aroun;i Bii-mingham what was rvo longer shown. The result is that today, people liv- ing in or noar Birmingham can see a British home, at once pleasing, com- fortable, and fitted with conveniences calculated to reduce labor and costs to a reasonable minimum. ALMOST DUSTLESS. There are no replaces to clean, no Institution of Oceanography describw in Science some interesting expert ments that he conducted to answer th« question. He tried to breed nitrifylni bacteria in sea water, under the mosi favorable conditions, only to find that they died. This does not preclude tlu possibility of there being such bao terIa, Dr. ZoBell warns. We must flnrt look for varieties different from tlM ashos to remove, and consequently the - ^^ forms before any conclusion cai house is almost dustless. All rooms | be drawn. Another aquatic Tarzan ie to the fore in Hollywood. This time it's Buster Crabbe, Olympic Adonis, who plays opposite this lion lu a new jungle picture. Men Dyeing Hair To Look Young Thus Secure Jobs, According to Specialist Who Predicts New Method Paper 1,000 Years Old A. Chinese newspaper has published rtntinisously for 1,000 years. Fancy hiving 'Indignant Subscriber" write In "This is not the position you assumed lo 1641.'' â€" Ottawa Journal. Germany Recovering Through all the gloom that sur- ronnds International finance and the budgets ot the nations ono gleam of light has pierced that is calculated to live encouragement where It is sorely jteeded. Germany is on tho up-grade, peflnlta proof of this wa,s given the Budgetary (>)ramitteoof tho Reichstag Ihft other day by the German Minister tf Economics, Professor Hermann .warmold. The Mlnlstor presented three factors Indicating both improvement in Indus- trial conditions and Increase in public confidence. In the first place, he told Ihe committee that Industrial produc- tion In Germany had risen lo G5, tak- ing the 1929 level of production as a finit of 100, after a decline to 62 in 1932. At the same time tho Increase hi Jieasonal unemployment today is »nly one-third of wliat it was a year Igo. And In the third plnce, stock and bond avarugos have advanced, respec- tively, from 39 to 51 and from 46 to (9 He ragards tliese as accurate and figniflcant Indicators of business ac- UTily which should give Germany fDund ground for optimsm. • Montreal fttMy Star (VIodern Pioneering It has to be recognized thai under present-day conditions laud settlement cannot nocessarily be promoted simply by finding tlic land and men who are prepared to try their fortunes on it. It is not much use quoting e.\amples of pioneer settlers who, taking up land, facing tho future with little equip- ment beyond two strong arms and boundless 'courage and optimism won their way eventually to success. Con- ditions are different now, farming technique has been much elaborated, the occupation has been divided into specialized branches, and overhead costs accumulate fur more rapidly. â€" Auckland Weekly News. It THE EMPIRE Brighter Year lu maay iirltish indu.slriea \'Jii o\/e-.i§ xilA .'>Igus of batter times. Im- provoment has not yet proceeded far, tut the tone ot business in general is appreciably more clieorful than at the btglnnlog of 1932. At any rate, the Allude Is tiow widespread that It Is |o us* waiting for things to rlgtit kemaelvea. The strenuous efforts now Mng made to lacroaso the efficiency ii established Industries and to set up Mw ones can hardly fall (o have their r»w.-,i Industrial Britain Lost English Villages Diiing Iho centufles miles of Bri- tain liave dlsappf-ared into the sea. A $tt\i> half a mile wld« hw been taken *r 'h» ( ai»' of ri»rt*lre in the laal UNITED STATES Mild Class War The London bus strike Is ove simply is not in tho liritish nature to lot ordinary strikes pass into crisis and general atrikos into revolutiou. The present stoppage, an outlaw move in an case, was brought to an end when near-zero weather descended up- on England and the head of tho oper- ating company appealed to tho strikers not to subject the public to serious In- convenience. What was thero the London strikers could do? After all, they are ot tho same blood as the Pirates of Penzance who, with all their Vaults, loved their Queen. If the social revolution ever does corao in Britain, it will be only when Its leaders have shown tlieir fol- lowers how to overturn thu existing system without ceasing to be good fel- lows. --New York Time.". Toronto â€" Men are having their hair aj^. More men in (Chicago have had tljcir hair dyed in the last year than during the previous decade, Emil Rohde, famous hair specialist of Chi- cago, told a grou]) of hairdressers at the Toronto Ladies' Hairdressers' jVs- sociation convention here. "It's the depi-ession," e.x|)lainc<i Mr. Rohde. "Men find jobs are scarce for the man with graying hair. So they come to us to be nvade younj?. In the old days, months would pass without a man coming in. Now we d.ve eight or ten a w-eck. "A.id that isn't all,' said the spe- cialist. "The day is coniing when v.c will never have lo dye hair extern- ally. We'll dye hair with a hypo- dermic syringe in the client's arm." A skin specialist in Chicago had stumbled upon a secret, Mr. Rohde said, development of which i> being watched with (jroat interest by Chi- cago hairdre.i.seds. .\ Swede, suffer- ing from a skin di.sease, had gone to the specialist for treatment. Injec- tions of a fluid in the patient's arm liad been accompanied by the blonde hair of the patient turnii.g a rich auburn hue. "W.'.cn the 'njeotions wei slopped the man's hair again turned pale blonde," Mr. Rohde said. "This, we believe, is tho l>eginning of a new theory of hair dyeing, and hair spe- cialists are niw working on it" It may l)0, continued Mr. Rohde, U.at even food may be found to have effect upon the color of hair. In are automatically maintained at the correct temperature, resulting in the prevalence of cheerful warmth throughout. Hot water is available day and night, a feature that is ac- complished and maintained automat- icaJly, without funics or attention. All perishable foods can be stored under perfect conditions. There is undoubtedly something h sea water which does change nitroget in the form of ammonia into nitrato; and this something seems to be ea pecially active when it is irradiated by ultra-violet light either in the sol or a mercury arc. Even when the sei water is passed through the finest p« celain filter it still retains this mya The main entrance opens on to a â-  terlous nitrifying factor. Heated an hall with a ban-el vault ceiling, in der high presure, it loses its power w-hich electric tubular heating is in- stalled. On the left is the lounge, with loggia facing the garden, while on the right are the dining room, kit- chen, servery, cloakroom and so on. The heating system in the lounge, dining room and first bedroom is from the ceiling by means of the Dulrae method. This is a fine, flexible niateriai, which is applied to the ceiling in a manner similar to heavy wallpaper, and which employs the principle of the distribution, under thermostatic control, of radiant warmth from ex- tended areas of the ceiling at temper- atures at, or only slightly above, body warmth. In these rooms it s arranjr- [ ed to maintain the temperature anj-- England canaries were being fed cer tain -*oods to turn their feathers orange, red, blue and lavsnder, colors which remained until they moulted. The principle offered a great field for research in hair dyeing, he said. . _♦♦♦- â€" ^â€" ..^ Shaw Manuscripts and Books Auctioned New York. â€" The Archibald Hender- son collection of letters manuscripts and books from the pungent pen of George Beniard Shaw brought a total of $7,8S7 at a recent auction sale here. Tho highest price paid tor a single item was $2,400 for a 5 1-page letter ; where between 50 and Go degree-- ac in tho Irish playwright's own prim cording to the setting of the thermo hand. Gabriel Wells, professional rare iKJok collector, was the successful bid- der. This letter, written to I'rof. Hender- son in 1905, Is virtually au autobiog- raphy and forma the basis of Hender- son's first book about Shaw's life and works. Since then tho North Carolina mathematics professor has published seven volumes on the subject. Bidding for tho 12.500-word letter, which required Shaw 14 days to write, started at $300 and mounted rapidly to $1,100, where It hung for a moment. Then, at slight nods of the bidders' heads it mounted quickly to $2400. Only once during the two hours ot the sale was the monotonous regular- ity of the bidding for Shaw's wit broken by a ripple of laughter. That was when tho auctioneer was heard to intono "damn Bernard Shaw and his tedious doing and sayings," and a few non-professionals in the audi- ence failed to realize he was quoting from one of Shaw's own letters. Other Items In the collection, which totalle<l 204 entries and was des- cribed by the Amoricau .Art Asaocia- tiou Anderson Galleries, where the .sale was conducted, as the largest in .\m6rica, brought from three dollars to $950, tho second highest price. ng of the thermo- stat, even when it is freezing: outside. On the first floor are five bedrooms, bathroom, box room, linen room, la 'a- tory and a spacious Isndi'ig. In those bedrooms, as in th-j kitchen, the heat- ing is efi'ected by n-ecns of tubular heaters fitted wilh thermostatic con- trol. Bananas Cover English Beach Winchelsea, England, awoke recent- ly to find th» foreshore for a distance of five to sij, miles strewn with thou- sands of gre-i bananas, all torn from the large cr.itre stems and lying ing along the beach at the high water n.ark. There were no signs of wood- work crates. "It was soon after daybreak," said one of the residents of the town, "that we noticed the bananas lyinf; on the foreshore. Some of the inhabitants took qur.ntities home, but the major- ity were left on the shore untouched. "The bananas must have been the deck cargo of a vessel washed over- board during a severe gale." We others. help OUR WILL ourselves when we help Advertising Plus! Tribute to Canada Canada looks back upon 1!»32 with pride. Tho nation retained world leadership In tho export ot wheat, printing paper, asbestos: waa second In gold, platinum, cobalt; was third In wheat flour; fourth in automobiles and wood pulp; fifth In rubber Urea, j Canada winds up the year with a fav- orable trade balance of $50,000,000, contrastud with an unfavorable bal- ance of $10,000,000 in 1931. Thnre have boon troubles, but they are being surmounted. Canada Is a huge coun- try, with only abcvut 10,000,000 popu- lation â€" but tho Canadians are an ex- ceedingly hardy handful. â€" Christian Sctenc,> Monitor. - -. <. . "Five-and-Ten" Stores Banned by Berlin Decree Berlin -liittablishnieiu of new "one- price atore" in Germany ha.i recent- ly been forbidden by gcpvemraent da- cre«. This extends Ihe decree issu- ed In March, 1932, which forbade th« opening of oneprice storea In clttas ot less than 100,000 Inhabitants. The purpose of tho move Is to pro- tect the small merihantt during a period of economic stress from com- p>>tltlou with larger mercantile organ! zatlona equipped to undersell Iheoi. The decree prervents the opening of (Ire new Woolworth "flTs-and ten-cent ttorea" for which prepars lions al- ready had bean made. Somehow Portland, Oregon, with It's narrow streets, hardly .eamj the place for the above which speaks mora of Hollywood. However, the enterprUlnj; proprietor baliaTed In hU trade It U slxteaa fael wide. 52 feet long and 25 feet high. Mickey Mouw undoubtedly would b» pleased with thU arcH- tectura Synthetic sea water â€" that is distilled water in which the right salts havi been dissolved in the right amount â€" does not have it. Evidently a new field tor exploration has been opened to the biochemist. Msdical Importance of Toads The toad, which used to play au im portant part in the practice oC medl cine, may be restored to pharmaceuti cal honor if the discovery of twc Chinese and an American, K. K. Chen, A. L. Chen and U. Jensen, fulfills th« promise that it holds out.. The scien- tists in question have found that wart like excrescences on the heads ot fivi different species ot toads secrete the hormone ephinephrine, like the sup rarnal glands. It takes hundreds of suprarenal glands of cattle to provide enough ephinephrine for human beings w!:o need it. We have, therefore, a vision of toad-furms supplying warts to phar- maceutical laboratories. The pros- pect is all the more certaiu when it is considered that the same scientists have found that toad glands produce cholesterol and ergosterol. which an potent cures ot rickets because thej contain vitamin D. Add to this i group ot bufagins â€" which are found ii toad venom and which have an effect on the heart similar to that ot digi talis â€" and the economic case for th« toad is complete. Another Radioactive Element? The announcement is made by Pro fessor G. von Hevesy of the Universitj of Freiburg that samarium, which ii No. 62 in the table of elements, ii radioactive. If this discovery is veri- fied, atomic physics may b© ready fo) another upheaval. After radioactivity was discovered there was a feverish hunt for ele ments that send forth rays spontan eously. All the heavy elements be yond No. 82 J lead) proved to bo radio active. Thereupon It was coucludeO that everything lighter than lead mu3< be inactive. When it was discovered that potassium, which is No. 19 in ths list, and rubidium (No. 37) are slightlj radioactive â€" both emit electrons - physicists were puzzled. What distinguishes samarium i.i the tact that it shoots alpha particles, meaning that it is unstable. It fol- lows that Instability is not confined to â- ;ho heavy elements, suoh as uranium and radium. Samarium is what is known as a rare earth. Next to it in the table, occupying the sixt.v-flrst place, is "il- linium." Possibly the rare earths are rare because they have been shooting oft alpha itartlcles. and thus reducing themselves to something else. It may be that wc shall have to revive a view that was current at the opening of the centuryâ€" that all the elements are radioactive and that they are the end products of activity that began eona ago when exploding atoms, like those of uranium, were commoner than they are now.â€" Waldemar Kaenipffort in The NY. Times. LOST OPPORTUNITIES There Is much time spentâ€" nay rather, wastedâ€" thinking and worry Ing about lost opportunitie.'. t'det that have been missed, dreams tbal have never shown any inclinaion te come true, schemea which have tria lied out. A much better plan is ti work away cheerfully at the Job li hand, do It well, try to put heart and enthusiasm into It, to do U in at original way, to look at its mo«l cheerful side, to find out the romanc? which lies hidden In most things il wo win only look for It. Then, some day. In trying to Ilk* the thing we hare to do, wo maj Ond that we have been lad into dop^ the thing we lUa beat ot aiCâ€" AA'