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»«••««»«»> Voice of the Press Canada, The Emoire and The World at Large ^••••••••••••••••••••t CANADA Th« Pendulum Swing* The deprfh.sioii iu ruiii»oii:jll)le for many practical obJect-leHSons. It baa â- bown Ibe defpctg of overceutrallza- tiun, of too IntenxlTp dovelopmont of urban, at tbe ex{iciiHe uf rural, life. Tbe citlea, huge as they are, liave be- rom« overcrowded and the natural muvoment is away from them. But tbe process will no duubt begin all over againâ€" the farm, tbe trek from the farm to the city, back to tbe farm •gain. I'nder present condltioiig the flelds certainly look Invitingly green to those who have found disilluslOD- ment bet wen city walls. The divine Injunction to till tbe soil and earn one'a living "In the sweat of one'« face" still holds good. Thero l» no other recipe for economic Htabillty, notwith.standing all the progress of the social and Industrial sciences. â€" Hamilton Si>ectator. In Bygone Days A Toronto paper reproduces an 18J5 picture of that place In which traffic on tho niain street Is represented by a pair of oxen. It i.i a far more placid and soothing scene than can be con- veyed by watching tho present red and green corner lights. â€" Brantford Ex- positor. "We Must Mildly Pr-otest" When error gets a start it persists Several days ago there was an article on tills page which .said Aimee Semple lived in Stratford as a bride, and that the building the upstairs of which was the home of her and her husband Is still here. Since then we have seen that item in the Woodstock Sentinel Review and The Ottawa Journal, and In each case tho heading reads, "Aimee Lived In St. Thomas," and the story in credited to the St. Thomas Times-Journal. Our Idea was to claim a little pub- licity for Stratford, and not without inlld protest or a little struggle will we allow these other papers to take away from us whatever value there may be in the fact that Aimee came to Stratford as a bride. Since then she has had two other husbands, but according to belief and statistics tho first was much better than those who followed in his wake. â€" Stratford Beacon-Herald. Another Definition Will 11 is a man drunk? That is an old (luestion and there have been all sorts of tests from walking a chalk line to pronouncing difficult sentences. A sensible sort of test Is suggested In tho Virginia Legislature as follows: 'Any peron who has drunk enough al- coholic beverages to so affect his man- ner, disposition, speech, muscular movements, general appearance or be- bavior as to be apparent to observa- tion, shall be deemed to be Inloxi- tated." â€" Xiagaru Falls Review. Dirty Markers Automobile markers are carried not only as an indication that the regis- tration fee has been paid but also as a ready means of identification. For this purpose it is essential that tbe figures sliall be legible at all times. A car v.ith dirty markers Is in the same category us a man wearing a mask. Too frequently whi-n a car has sped away from the scene of an accident or of a crime, it has been impossible for bystanders to secure its number. If those who purposely obscure their markers are to bo detected, it Is neces- sary that law-abiding motorists keep their own markers clean. And it Is easier to do that than to get the car out of the average garage. â€" Toronto Telegram. G. B. S. On Tour Oeorgu Bernard Shaw lias sailed on a visit to New Zealand. If he finds that the .Maoris have never even heard of him he is liable to take the next boat back home. â€" Brantford Expositor. What Is Needed What Is needed to-day i.s not new things, but true things. It is an old world, and a good world. There is enough or happiness and progress in the world. Just for the bringing out. It means hard work, not big talk. It is one of the old truths, the new truths, the everlasting truths, that there are no shortcuts to thing.s worth while. Those who foolishly imagine that they have some new way to change tho world, or the part of the world thoy adorn, are simply selling themselves false thoughts by high-pressure hyp- noll.-m. Till' world continues to make progress to better things, not in new ways, or by loud mouthings. but quiet- ly and surely through effort and thoiit'lil and labor. â€" Timmiiis Ad- vaiii". Advice It n>-\''i iiiiy?, to stick your tongue out c.vcf|il al the doctor's request. A youiiR lady did so at London, Ont., and bad li frozpii on a steel railing. â€" St. Thonui" Times-Journal. House* of the Future When nc gel to the point where we consider ilie dwelling boiit-e as a ma- chine It) yield us the mnxinium com- fort and cfinvenience, we shall pro- gress toward a new type of home which will be worthy of the age In which wf. live. Then tbe home will be a building designed from the inside, urctull; planned to provide eTcry comfort and convenience In the most ettlclent way; and it will be possible to have all this at a lower cost than the old type of Ineinclent dwelling.â€" Bdmonton Journal. THE EMPIRE Lord Willingdon on India's Future The Viceroy's confidence that a great and brilliant future lies before India will be widely shared. The econ- omic barometer Is set fair here, as in other quarters, subject to no storm clouds blowing over from the United States. There Is another proviso, as stressed by the Viceroy. Co-opera- tion, peace and goodwill must also be maintained. With them, to use Lord Wllllngdont phrase, "prosperity will soon come to all who are unitedly working for the welfare of India and her people."â€" Bombay Times of India. This Complex World There was a time when government was, It not simple, at least single- strand. Three hundred years ago Cromwell could wait upon events be- fore acting, but to-day the affairs of men will wait for no man and no Gov- ernment. Any and every difficult prob- lem cannot be solved by a stroke of the sword, and the walls of Jericho no longer collapse before a flourish of trumpets. â€" Aberdeen Weekly Chron- icle. A Business Whale "Whales are the business men of the marine world," states a writer. The whale that swallowed Jonah cer- tainly believed In a small prophet and a quick return.â€" London Sunday Pic- torial. British Guiana's Trade The outstanding feature of British Guiana's Import trade during 1933 has been tbe continued interest shown In Japanese Importations. Statistically, Japan Is definitely the most Interest- ing of tho foreign countries from which British Guiana imports. Tak- ing the ipmort figures as a whole, we find that British Guiana more than maintained Its reputation as being es- sentially a "Buy British" country, and out of the total value (17,338,112) for the 90 Items of Imports, British coun- tries sent to British Guiana a total of 16,175,765 as follows: Tho United Kingdom, J4,642,098; Canada $914,75-4; other British possessions $618,913. This represents an increase of $241,- 772 on the previous year (1932) in Em- pire importations. â€" Georgetown Com- mercial Review. Australia Looks at 1934 There are, neee:;sarily and iiatuially, ups and downs. Wheat Is up; gold is up. But butter had been up for several years, and the good dairying seasons had helped us to weather the storm. The gold production has nearly doub- led, and, although this is an ephemeral benefit, it has been of service in giv- ing some profitable employment In time of stress. Tor wheat, little can be hoped for at least another season. Perhaps, where it is possible, wheat farmers will profit by their experience and not rely solely upon wheat. A de- plorable fact is that some of our con- siderable primary industries yield no net profit to the Coninionweaith. On the whole, however, tho outlook tor the man on the land has brightened.â€" Melliniirne Australasian. One View of Nova Scotia Xovn Scotia in certain respects re- calls ancient Greece. Both are penin- sulas. Insignificant in area conijmred with the great continents from which they project; but both believe In the importance of their contribution to their country in character and In- fiuence. Both have thin soil, unsuited to the more opulent forms of agricul- ture; though the little Canadian pro- vince would proudly claim that she is rich in resources â€" fisheries, lumber, gold and coal, and apple orcha'rd.s. Yet her scanty population Is dwindling. And why? Because her assets are not sufiicientiy developed, not well enough managed, to find occupation for her sons and daughters. Hence, Just as in Greece, her dilldren have gone to richer lands.â€" L. A. Ward in The Era- pir.' Review (London). ThouMuid* of Pounds Go Up ia Smoke Paintings and an objects, valued at thousands of pounds, were lost when fire swept and destroyed the historic mansion of Sir Jeremiah Coleman Colman, the mustard millionaire, near Redhlll Surrey, Eng. Fire brigades were Berlously hampered by lack of water. Might Know "I'd teach the man who tried to kiss nui at a party," writes a modern miss. But 1 dont suppost! he'd want much tuition.â€" London Sunday Pictorial. Fur Trade Is Enjoying Boom Northland Dealers Reveal Optimism â€" Catch is Large Winnipeg. â€" Across Canada's vast northland, from the fringe of the Arc- tic through the barren lands and the wooded country further south the fur trade is booming. Northern traders reaching Winni- peg from frontier points declare the greatest fur catch in histoi-y is in pro- gress. From widely-.scattered points in the isolated interior came word of phenomenal jHelds. A Fort Chiiiewan, Alta.. a trader already has 3,000 fox skins and none in that district have less than 1,000 skins, traders said. The stimulation of the trade has increased business throughout the north country. Trad- ers have shipped in huge quantities of supplies, many of them by airplane, while outcoming airplanes and dog teams are laden with pelts. Traders, predicting the depression was over, had no fears regarding the [.rice of furs. Nor were tliey worried about markets. If demand lagged in Canada, the United Stales and Europe afforded an outlet. • The same story was told in North- ern Ontario, Manitoba, Saslcatchewan, Alberta and Britisli Columt)ia. Every frontier trading post had the same tale of plenty. Has Bad Luck After 25 Years Kansas City, Mo. â€" Alter having driven for 25 years without an acci- dent. Dr. Harry S. Lane Iwught a new automobile and within 24 hours it was wrecked by an .^ncient car worth $.t, the driver of which carried no insur- ance. Undaunted, Dr. I.aiie bought another car, and within a month it, too, wa.^ wrecked by an uninsured driver, who said he had just paid .$3 for his vehicle. ♦ Woolen Workers Get Bonuses in England Morley, Kng.â€" A bonus of 2 per cent on Uie wages has been niado to 550 employees by Messrs. J. & S. Rhodes, woolen nianufucturers, who have three mills hero. Since 19U) this firm \ui< paid i:23,- 000 in profit-sharing bumises. Dur- ing tbe past year 1853 miles of cloth were made and 300.000 pounds of wool used. What Does Your Handwriting Show? By GEOFFREY ST. CLAIR (Grapho-Analyst.) All rights reserved. A correspondent sends me samples of the wTlting of several well-known people, and asks me to analyse the writing for her. There is so much of Interest In these analyses that I am making them the subject of a special article. Perhaps you have wondered why in music is well-known, and is, per- haps, bis first choice of e.\ii:63slon. He has still another <;haiacteri»- tic, another ability. His writing shows an ability to use his hands in a creative way â€" perhaps In painting, sculpture, or some other means of artistic expression. Few men £.re many men have been led into the j born with such pronounced artistic different pursuits in which they have gained fame and fortune. It is In- tensely interesting to think of what might have been If different indivi- duals had been bom with traits of character that were entirely different from the real characteristics of their nature. Men and women are born into this world with definite talents and abil- ities that they must learn in order to take full advantage of them. Some go through life and never learn their proper talents, while others find and develop them early In life. Ramon Novarro, the prominent film sitar. Is particularly fortunate in find- ing his talent and making it tho driv- ing force of. his life. His writing shows, as all those who have seen his films know, that he Is a great dramatic actor â€" that he can interpret a role in a way that few pe<ople can even approach, but he has also an- other ability and another very out- standing talent with which he has won recognition â€" his ability jn music. The rhythm and breaks in his writ- ing shows immediately to the hand- writing analystâ€" a talent and appre- ciation of the musical arts. As an operatic singer, Ramon Novarro has achieved fame that ia not often given to a man. His talent ability In so many lines â€" drama, music, and tho sculptural arts. Take the handwriting of John Boles, another star. The dominant trait in his character is his self-re- liance. This Is the quality that makes him depend only on himself for any- thing t/hat he wants done. He la not surly (quite the contrary) to his many friends, but, at the same time, when he wants a certain thing, bo looks to one man only to get Itâ€" and that man is himself. John Boles could not bo anything else If he desired â€" there Is an inde- pendence of thought and action that will not allow him to think of help when he has a problem to face. He Is close-mouthed about bis personal affairs, and will usually have them solved before other people have heard about them. Decisive, quick think- ingâ€" a man of action â€" John Boles. Readers of this newspaper are in- vited to send samples of their hand- writing to the author for a character analysis. Send as long a letter as possible, and Arrite your usual script. Address your letters to Geoffrey^ S*. Clair, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. 'w., Toronto, and enclose 10 cent coin and a stamped addressed envelope. Let- ters, of course, are confidential. British Revenue Exceeds Outlays London.â€" Tor the first time in a de- cade, tlie total national revenue for the year shows a surplus over ex- licnditure. La.-'t Saturday's ordinary revenue was £26.527.824 In <'omraat to the (iiilinary expenditure fo;- one day of C!t.791,052. The result of this excess Is that iiol only has tho seasonal deficit for rlie fiscal year been wiped out, but a surplus of £1. SOS. 291 lia.> been es- tablished. .Vo evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that It may not bo subdued by discipline.- Seneca. Call Settlement For Lois Booth Montreal. â€" A new settlement near Taschereau, Abitibi, Que., has been named Ix)isâ€" for Lois Booth, formerly of Ottawa, and now Prince.-w Erik of Denmark â€" Alderman Leon Trepanier, city council leader, and ardent sup- porter of the back-to-the-land move- ment informed the council here recent- ly. Many men are already establish- ed at IjoIs and 15 more heads of fam- iiies will travel to the settlement shortly, he said. Fancy rules over two-thiids of the universe, the past and the future, while reality Is confined to the pre- sent. â€" Richter. Train Crew Escapes Hidden Riches of Cyprus It is astonishing that we should have had to wall till 19.14 before there should be a beginning of an adequate organization for nuilntHlnlng and ex- ploring tbe as yet Incalrulahle riches of Cyprus In ancient monuments of many periods and many civilizations. Much good work was done by exca- vators In the second half of last cen- tury, but since l!Mi,5 tbe Government of Cyprus has been left to encouragt what rcsnarch It could with limited funds. At last a powerful committe* under Lord Mersey's chalrmanshl|^ has .»(.( itself (0 nrnusB public interest In regard lo what Is. surely, an Ira- peilul duly to civilization. Cyprus WHS al Ibo very centre of Ibe world iif which lleroilntiis wrole, and con- talii-i mounnicriLs, many of them of preal beauty, and more which will con- stitute new sources of ancleni history. â€"Tbe Spectator. $20,000 Sheep Slain By Dogs That's Estimate of Loss Suffer' ed by Ontario in Past Year Toronto. â€" Marauding ahfeo-kiliine dogs, prowling Ontario'a farmlands by night and leaving behind them a trail of mutilated flocks, annually coat municipalities throughout the province more than |20,000. This was the estimate made by W. R. Wade, director of tbe livestock branch of the Ontario Department oif Agriculture, in commenting upon re- cent reports of wholesale sheep slaughter by prowling killer caninoa. For all sheep killed by dog?, farm- ers are given restitution by the muni- cipalities. But when these applica^ tions for restitution are contested, it becomes the business of the province to set a settlement price, and ei^ht such cases were reported during the year. These eight appeals, represent- ing an estimated five per cent, of aQ restitutions, totalled more than $1,000, indicating the total loss to municipali- ties would lie in the vicimty of $20,000 or more. "Settlement ia usually made by tha municipalities without protest," ex- plained Director Wade, "but there is untold damage done f» flocks which is not covered by restitution. Beyond the visible slaughter by dogs, flocks are also tormented to »uch an extent that it is often indirect slaughter, especially during lambing season when the unborn animals are affected. "An expert sheepman can usually determine to what extent a flock has been damaged by tormenting dogs and the farmer receives restitution. Of course this is not always the ca.se and the farmer suflTers the loss," = ••â- Â«' British-Russian Pact To Cover Five Years Loudon. â€" "You buy my goods and I will buy yours," is the principle on which Britain's new trade pact with Russia is based. This was brought out In a published' text which presented a schedule show- ing how a balance of payments b»> tween the two nations will be equal-' ized in the next five years. Either may denounce the pact on slxl months' notice. During tho present year Russia can' sell Britain £1,700,000 worth of goods and buy only £1,000,000 worth. This ratio must be reduced to one of 1 to 1.5 by the end of 1935, to 1.4 by ths end of 1936 and to 1.2 by the end o( 193". Thereafter trade will be main- talned In a virtual balance. Woman Beats Off Armed Raider A man walked into a sub-post offics in Lyham Road, Bhixton, England, pre- sented a revolver at Mrs. Crosier, ths sub-post-mistress, and asked tor money. With great pluck and presence of! mind Mrs. Crosier picked up a weight from the scales and threw it at the- man's head. It missed, but crashed! through the office window. Thlsl alanned the man, who dashed out. I Mrs. Margaret Crosier stated later that the man was young and slightly' built. The revolver fell from his hand. I "I picked it up by the barrel, but' ho caught my wrist and took it from| me," she added, "and then I threw a! weight through the window and th»! man ran away." Premonition Caused Her to Stab Husband Mrs. Jessie Bridges, of Boston, total- ly blind, had a premonition her bus- band was going to strike her and ao she stabbed him in self-deteuse, sb»' told police. "When my husband is going to strike nc," she said, "I always have a premonition." â€"A . ^^8>^^^^P^^ Twenty-seven friight cars piled up near Nomence. III.. I'ehniai y S. after a broken truck derailed one of the cars. Here Is how they came to rest in the ravine alongside the track. The train crew esca Women Receive Honors in Paris Paris.â€" Mrs. Leila Morse Rammel. S2yeai-oId author and daughter ot Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, has been made a Knight of the Legion of Honor. Mrs. Dorothea Roberts, astiouomer, also wa.1 knighted, as was Percy Philip. British head of the New York Times Paris bureau. Mrs. Rumrael has resided ii; Paris since UUL'. i . . <._ Exports to Bristol , Among the principal commodities Imported into Bristol, England, from' Canada, are grain, cereal products,! feeding stuffs, cheese, lard, tobacco,' and wood and timber. An encourag-l ing feature of Canadian trade is aa' increase of over 300 per cent, in thsj volume of imports of tobacco fronti Caiiadk. Tbe (luallty of the tobacco.' parlicularly of the Virginia type fluo-' cuer leaf, supplied by the Doniinion, is highly regarded. Crime Below the Line It U hard to imagine a man who wIU commit murder for pay, yet such pe*^ soil do exist and ply their awful trad% The following press despatch reveals tbe desperate conditions that prevsll in .Home regions; â€" "Five persons srs under arrest at Indianapolis charged with the murder of a Methodist minis-' ter over which they made a proflt ot exactly $1.50. Of the $10 given for th#! deed, $8.50 was ipent for a revolvor. | i ; f H/ i'