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Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large Canada A General Idea â€" Hio Ilunor Judge Mclycan of Pic- Iton, likes a good joke. He t«lls tb« tm* on the foreigiver \^ho recently came before him for hU naturaliza- tion papers. When asked who wa* the Premier of Cunada, the man an»- Nt^ered that it was Benttett. To the question who was Premier of Ontario, tiie man said Henry. But when aak- â- d who was the King of Great Itritain, the Burprimng reply was Ferguson.â€" IfrMiton Courier-Advocate. Essential to Pro.sperity â€" Commodity prices are going up •nd you don't hear oven a whimper from the consumer. They all reallie that if the country ia to be proeper- 6US the greatest producer of all â€" the fam-.cr â€" must get a fair price for his produce. â€" Chatham News. Nickel and War â€"If Canada shut off nickel from all the world, cveiy nation would be on lh« .same footing and the danger of war not lessened, for if history* is to be believed, men fought when armed only with the bow and arrow. Much eould be »aid for pre«er%'ing our nickel resources for Empire use, but this ta'ould require joint Knipire action.â€" Moncton Transcript. Won't be Seen â€" Out in Provo, Utah, Mary Mirth Pahlqui.'tt has never rals.scd being at Sunday school for eleven years. Now If sh« had killed her husband and been acquitted, she would have been offered a fat vaudeville contract, but it will be waste of time 'to watch the electric lights to see the name of Mary from Utah. â€" Niagara Falls Review. Paper Money â€" The Chinese are given cre<lit for Inventing many things centuries be- fore they were discovered in the Oc cidental world, such, for eample, as chinaware, gunpoydcr and printing. But very few people know that the Chinese were the first to use paper money. Authorities on Chinese hU- tory believe that paper money was current in China a1 the beginning of the ninth century A.D. â€" Ixindon Free Press. autoinobilists whilst driving la that on« drink would be one too n<.any. â€" Montreal Gazette. License Cancellation ScuCtisJi courts mmm to depend to quit* an extent on the cancellation of the license to drive, and the knowl- edge that an accident or a charge in couit i» liable to result in the car being ma^le uselew for a term of >-'earM umloubtedly has an effect in producing cautioti ir. drivers. â€" Strat ford Beacon-Herald. KM Liberty â€" "There ar« two kinds of liberty â€" the liberty of anarchy, which is death, and true liberty, which alone is worth a wi!» man's caring for, the lil>erty which is made ix>ssible by o- bedienco to iiational authority." The quotation ia from Froude's "ShoilL Studies." Liberty should not be con fusisi with licen**. Worth While â€" In reg-ard to mothers' allowance, the general verdict in Ontario will be that they have been wiell worth while, that they have resulted In leaser de- mands upon public institutions, and that they make it possible for widows to take care of t'.ieir children in their o-ttTi homes, a most decided advantage from more than one point of view. â€" Peterborough E.tamincr. Time and Money â€" Man arranged the clock to suit llimself. Perhaps some day he will •e« the same can be done with cur- rency which, in itself, is neither half to complicated nor nearly so service- able as the time-piece wa.s. It has been done with time; let us hop« for the day when it 'i done with money. â€" Ottawa Citizen. The Elmpire ^Ol(â- |â- : OF TUK fRKSS -casT A Scathing Letter â€" K letrter written by James Watt, inventor of the .steam eiigii>e, to his fathei'-ln-law, in the cour.se of which a scathing referemce Is made to Rich- ard Arkwright, the famous textile machine inventor, has been gifted to Glasgow University. The letter is believed not to have been previously published. In his reference to .\rkwright. Watt ."^tatas: "As to Mr. Arkwright, he is, to sny no worse, one of the most self- .sufficient igrnorant men I have ever met with. Yet bj' all I can learn he i.s certainly a man of merit in his way, and one to w^om Britain is much in- debted and whom sh'' should honor and reward, for, whoever invented the spinning, Arkwright certainly had the merit of performing the most difficult part, which was the making it useful. "Some years ago he applied to us at two different times foi' our advice, which we took the trouble to give him in one or more long letters, which 'he never had the manners to answer, but followed his own whims till he threw away .several thouiiand pounds and ox- l>ose<l \m ignorance to all the w'orld, and then in disgu-st gave up the scheme. I have henrd nothing of him since he returned fr(>in Scoitland, and shall re.st satisfied though I never tio." â€" Edinburgh Scotsman. First Photograph The flrst photograph together of ttelr majesties King Leopold in ind Quean Astrld of the Belgians, â- Ince their accession to the throne ast month. What Does Your Handwriting Show By GEOFFREY ST. CXAIR (Grapho- Analyst.) All rights reserved. ocnmti-y member. It is all an effect of dwliberate centi-alization, which has takwn many forms.â€" The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W. The United States Depression's Hardships The demand for Reno divorces is diminishing. In their present finan- cial tdudition, maiiy gentlemen have been forced to keep the old models fori another year or two. â€" New York Hei-ald-Tribune. . Fair Warning. â€" In one of the dime stores last week a "spieler" wa selling Ameri- can diamond.^. He ended his appeal to the prospective buyers with the sentence, "You'll have to hurry to get yours. I'm selling them to-day only. To-night I'm leaving town."â€" Topeka, Kas., Capital. Uool(s by the Yard - -Ari,'.ficial book.s for decoration are now sold made t order with any kind of paper "binding" required to match a room, the hangings or car- pets. The books are joined to a strip of cardboard with real titles and au- thors' names on the backs, just for swatik. â€" liondon Sunday Flxpre.'s. •. Canada Will Come ThrouKh â€" Canada and the Province of On- tario have their problems, plenty of them, but our general position is dtrong and when contrasts are made with many countries that might be named, our country stads out as a rock of towering strength. Never fear, Canada will come through with colours flying. â€" Windsor Border Ci- ties Star. Making More Jobs When circumstancoa eliminate a blacksmith shop it Is replaced by a garag« or a .service-station employing more men ; the tradition of the croas- ruads carriage shop i continued in the automobile factory, and so on down the roll of industry. Among them the engineer, the inventor, the sden- ti.tt, it appears abundantly proved, have made far .nore jobs than they have d«atroye<l, and in addition they have added enormously to the com- forts and luxuries available to the masisex of tho pefipie.- Ottawa Jour- nal. Not in the Curriculum â€" In many tiuarter" there will be hgrcement with Prof. Stephen Lea- cock'* statement before the McGill liociety of Toronto to tlie effffect that if a University cannot get along these days without a famous football team it ought to get < ut of the eduoational Hold.â€" Toronto Globe. Speed in l{u.s.sia â€" Soviet freight trains, it i.t con- tende<l, do not travel at a faster rate of speed than two or three miles an hour due to ntisoletc rolling-stock and faulty management. At that rate, the jiwlly-celehrat/^ mixed train from Brockville to Westport is a iKwitive Avar. â€" BriH'kville Recorder. One Drink too Many A Montreal judge has ruled that a man can take three or four drinks an<l still remain in complete posaoi- sion of hi* faculiiea at tha wheel of an automol>ile. Such a rule might apply in one in.i(tance and be invalid in others "The safest rule for all Aims for India ~A speech delivered by Lord Wil- lingdon in Calcutta put the three ne- cessary aims of the government in their right perspective. The task of the administration; said the viceroy, was to insbt on law and order, to push on with the constitutional re- forms, and to develop the economic future of India. â€" London Spectator. Everywhere â€" As jay-waJking is one of the Kiavcit faults of the pedestn-ians in Hong Kong, w-e are given to under- stand that the police will be striving towards \\a cessation. Chinese are not the only offenders In this respect, as anyone can see for himself â€" or her- self â€" for the ti-ouble of five min- utes obsen-ation at the intersection of Ice House street and Des Voeux road, or at Pedder street, where Big Ren Used t(i be. â€" Hong Kong Press. Clean Hotels For Tourists Canada Week by Week. In Its latest issue of "Tlie Tourist Bulletin," Issued by the Provincial Government Department of Roads, emphasis Is again placed upon the need of a high standard of cleanli- ness In hotels within the province. Al- though a high standard has already been attained, It Is obvious that prea- sure will be continued to raise It even higher. The Bulletin say.-, in part: 'W great display of luxury is iint suitable la a small hotel, but cleuiiline-is should be found Id large and .tmull hotels, be- ing at the base of tlic koikI reputa- tion of all establlshmiMils. receiving giving shelter and food to travellers. Wa believe that excessive cleanliness would advantageously take the place of luxury, even in large hotels called 'palaces' in Europe." It Is added that all botels and inns in the province should have an appear- ance of tdlness that will be "in keep- ing with the beautifnl and good roads, ao as to give to the Province of Quebec a reputation of neatness in accordance with the numerous attrac- tions It offers to toiniats and travel- lers." Duke of Gloucester Hurt in Steeplechase ."The Empire's .lugular Vein. â€" The Suez Canal is of vital concern to India. Of late the sitrategical im- lK)rtance of the Canal to India, Aus- tralia and New 'Zealand and the I'ar Kast has indeed, in contrast with the apathy of seventy or eighty year.s ago, been fully realize<l by Imperial stra- tegists and statesmen. Its defence has figured in all* the British diseus- sicns with Egypt since the War, and is now, whatever may be the [mliti- cal status of Kgypt in the future, re- gardc^l as a major British interest. During the (Jreat War (iermany de- scrilxvl it as the "jugular vein" of the British F.mpin-.â€" Calciilta .States- man. Drifting to the Cities - Thrro has Ixh-m a persistent drift of people from the country to the city, especially since the War. T. Waites, the N.S.W. 8tati»ti<-ian, l\as remarked on it from time to lime In his "Year Book", and it is reflected in the dis- tribution of seats in the House of Reprps<'ntatives. .\t every rearrange- ment of electrical bounilaries since the Com iiion wealth was established, the cities have gained «e»ta at the ex- pense of tha interior, and the size of country electorates has swelled to such an extent that many outback people never see their nieml)er from one year's end to another. Kalgoorlie, for exampla, spreads over moie than 900,000 square miles. Maranoa is three tlniea the area of Victoria. Ma- ranoa is to be enlaiged again, and Suhth .Australia i" iilviut to lose a Ohippingburst, Kngland. â€" The Uuke of Gloucester, third son of King Qeorge, bad a nasty spill in the nuuii- natton race for the Oxfordshire point- to-point steeple<'hase, but was not bad- ly injured, although painfully brula- ed and shaken up. He rose unaided after hi» mount fell at a fence and after resting a few moments supervised arrangement* for removal of the horse, which was badly hurt. Spills are not new to the Diike, who is considered a splen- did horseman. «. H. C. Rickaby Given Geologist's Post Will Succeed Dr. Burrows in Mines Department Office, Member of Staff Toronto, March 19.â€" Announcement was made over the week-end by Hon. Charles McCrea, Minister of Mines, that the post of Provincial Geologist,, made vacant by the death of the late Dr. A. 0. Burrows, has been filled by the appointment from the Oeologlcal staff of Harold Oolmaii Rickaby, senior pre-Cambrian geologisf with the Mines Department. The appointment was ratified by order-ln-Council of the Henry Cab- inet, on Saturday. Mr. Rickaby is an honor graduate in Chemistry and Mineralogy of the University of Toronto In 1922, and also a Master of Arts graduate In 1923. He was Research Assistant in the Department of Mineralogy from 1924 to 1926. inclusive, and joined the Provincial Mines Department in 192T. While he has been associated with the department iu geological studies since 1930 his work since be- coming a permanent member of the staff has been principally In Ban- uockburn, Sudbury and Swayzi areas. Mr. Hlckaby was overseas from 1915 to 1919, In actUa service with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. 4 "Student Prince'* Author Is Dead Rerlin, Alarch' 18â€" Wilhelm .Meyer- Foerster, author of the world's great- est stage hit, "Alt Heidelberg," known to Canada as "The Student Prince," died to-day after a long illness. He was 72. "Alt Heidelberg" claimed the big- gest stage success of all time. It was a dramatized version of a short story Meyer-Koerster wrote In 1S99, called "Karl Ileinrich." This attained a sale of 30,000 copies within two years. Its success induced the author to rewrite It as a play. The play has been translated into every modern language, and at present Is being pro- duced In Tokio In Japanese and in Johannesburg, Union of Soutli .\trica, in Kngllsb. (Editor's Note: â€" Letera are coming In In batches, in retponae to the auth- or's Invitation to readera to analyze their writing. Some delay la unavoid- able, aa each letter require* careful acrutlny, but repliea are being mailed a* quickly aa possible. If /Ou want your handwriting analyzed, see tha an- nouncement at the enci of this article). A young ludy from a small Oatarlo town ends me a letter, and encloses a specimen of the writing of her sweetheart. Part of her letter foUowa: 'In sending you my own handwriting, and also that of my sweetheart, I would like you to advise me. I am very worried and unhappy. I lore my sweetheart very dearly, and I have always thought he reciprocated my affection. But I am beginning to won- der if be really does, and whether he Is the right type of man for me. I love him very much, but would far rather finish things with him now than to have a lot more trouble and unhapplness later en. We are engaged to be married, but be keeps putting off making a date for tbj wedding. And I have been told that be goes out with other girls. He admits this, but begs me to forgive him, and assures me that when we are married, be will have nothing more to do with other girls. At the same time, ha puts me off by telling me that hir. business la much too Insecure for us to contem- plate marriage now. Please adrlse me." I am sorry for my correspondent, but am Inclined to believe that she Is sensible enough to realize, as she says In her letter, that it Is better to effect a cure now, rather than make a great deal more trouble and unbappiness for herself later on. Her own handwriting shows • warm, ardent nature that simply must have the affection of others. She Is honest and trustworthy, and has a good deal of natural pride. Her writ- ing shows that she would like to own a home of her own, and that family life would be her metier. On the other hand, the writlne^ of her friend Is not so good. It sbowa unreliability and a predilection for de- celt. He Is of a cooler type than my correspondent, not naturally affection- ate In the kindly sense. He Is of â-  rather "physical" type. My advice to the young lady Is thai the young man la not the one best suited for her. If she marries him, b« will deceive her just as he la decelr- ing her now, because It la big nature to do so. And there Is a streak of dishonesty In blm. This, coupled with the very definite Indications of deceit, tella ma that she will only be unhapiy It aha continues to go with him. And, speaking o' the practical, sha is not getting an; younger. She li losing her opportunities of making tbi acquaintance of a man who may be- come fond of her, and make her § good husband. Do yoii want your handwrltln| analyzed? Do you wlah to know th( character that la ;hown In It? S«n^ a letter in your own handwriting, wltl| 10c coin and a atamped (3«) uMrftuit envelope to: Geoffrey St. Ctair, flooi» 421, 73 Adelaide St. Weat. Toronto Ont. Letera are conflde.itlal. Restocking Methods Proving Successful Distribution of Trout Finger- lings Throughout Ontario 1 ,500,000 Annually We in Southern Ontario, are very apt to overlook the re-stocking re- quirements of northern districts, where there are innumerable, acces- sible and heavily fished waters, ao much so that additional protection by closure has been necessary. Does the reader recall that Thunder Bay con- talus certain trout waters of outstan- ding Importance on the continent, and as a matter of fact, in the world? The large distributions of trout In Algoma and Thunder Bay are the re- sult of the establishment of a large trout-rearing station In each district, each capable of distributing annually 1.500,000 fingerlings. From the eco- nomic and biological standiwlnts, the Department has been more than jua- tifled in these committmeuts. At least 80 per cent, of the brook trout eggs distributed later as fry, fingerlings, yearlings, etc., in the waters of Southern Ontario originate from breeders at the Northern On- tario trout-rearing stations and the tleld station on Lake Xiplgon. If It were not for these sources of supply, re-stocklng in Southern Ontario would be greatly curtailed. Certain streams and lakes in On- tario have been stocked with brown trout ou an experimental basis, and as a result of additions to the Keu- ora hatchery experimentation with the culture of the species in that dis- trict, with restricted distribution of advanced fry has followed. It Is only during the past two or three years that the Departmeut has planted bix>wn trout fingerlings to any extent, and although the results of the plant ings may be known, it is not in the be»t interests of conversation to publish the details until the fish become pro- perly established. .\ll scientific men are not anglers In any sense of the word, and they Tlie beai h of Del .Monte, California, Is a popular iihotograpliic haiKsrouml gtnciitlly u^ ''d by v,.;mi^' ladies attired in brief bathing suits, basking In the sun. Thl^ particular photograpli wii-i taken si - â-  â- let and all conspires to blend Into » beautiful study. often resort, "under permit," to speed ier methods of capturing flsh. Th» investigator. If questioned, woult probably admit that In his attempt tc obtain specimens of brown trout froi( Big Clear Lake, he did not try th« finer methods of angling usually em ployed by the followers of Isaac Wa> ton. Practically one hundred per ceui of the maskinonge distributed from hatcheries on this continent are fry. Experimental work on the culture ol maskinonge fingerlings has been un- dertaken, but the results accomplish) ed to date are Inslgnlflcant : in fact, practically nothing is definitely kuowa of the actual requirements to rea» this species successfully. It is weU known that It is better to plant finger, lings and larger fish, and comparlni the pond space devoted to bass cut ture In Ontario with that elsewhere, It win be found that the quantity ol bass fingerlings distributed by the D» partment In recent years is creditable Pond culture is only one phase ot the subject; sane creel limits, sulk able closed seasons, and bass sancttt arles are to be considered also. The planting of rainbow trout li the French River seems a step li the right direction. Rainbows oi steel-heaids run into a number o) streams tributary to the Georgian Baj and Lake Huron as a result of formei plants in the St. Mary's Rivei' an< In streams adjacent to the Ore* Lakes. « Dies as He Hears He's Father of Son Wheeling. W. Va. â€" Physicians toM John F. Ward, 32, a barber, that h( was the father of a son. Overcome, he collapsed and die< in the corridor of the hospital. Doe tors are withholding the news fron Mrs. Ward. Soviet Lipstick Expert Won't Use It Hersel/ Moscow. â€" Pauline Czemshu/'Jina wife of M. Molotov, Director of tht Soviet Cosmetics Trust, makes verj good lipstick and soap. So good, indeed that the TZ(K (Central Executive Committee oT th« Soviet Union) has awarded her thi Order of Leuin tor "carrying out th« production plan and improving ih» quality." But she does not use cosmetici herself. Two U.S. Railroads Loaned $2,366,531 Washington. â€" Two additional loans to railroads totalling $2,366..'>0t tor now equipment and maintenance were announcert r«>eetrtty-6y HaroTcT UkesT I'uited States Public Works Adminis- trator. The Chicaso, Milwaukee. St. Taul and Pacific was loaned J1.96C,.S:n for building 75 new passenger cars, air conditioning of 22 diners and lounge curs and installation of 300 loailiug devices on automobile cars. The New York Central was I'aned J-40(i.oip(i to pay track men in l>iying 37.000 ton* of vkIN and fasleniiigs. ♦ ~ Manitoba To Observe Boxing Day Holiday \\ iiiiii|](-s;. .vh.u-li IS. Hoxin;; r>ay, 1 1. 'I. 2ti, llie day after (Mirisimas, will t>(-(onn- a ft'ttutoiv public holiday In .Maniloiiii in fuf.irp if the legislature approves n bill to t»> introdnced next W<-d>ies(lHy by Col. Ralph H. Webb, foii-ii I »!iMve meiiiix-r for Assinibola 'â- 'i % ! I 4. H iKk.