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= .•"flril 5v Voice of the Press Canada. The Empire and The World at Large CANADA Murder Ratios. â€" Murder is uafer iu the Uulted plates than in any other country on the globo which makes any pretense of civilization. The murder rate of 1932 In England and Wales was 0.5 per 100,000 of population! Hut In 108 representative American cities the niurUor rate last year was 10.5 per 100,000 persona. Chicago bumped off her cltlrena at the rate of 12.8 per 100.000. Detroit did almost as well, or l)a<lly, with 9.6 per 100,000. New York furnished the morgue 8.0 In every 100,000. â€" Urandon Sun. • • • Sidewalk Episode. â€"It happened on King street cast at the noon hour. A lanky boy of about 13 years, trundling a bicycle through the maze of sidewalk tnifllc and very red In the face shouted: 'Hey, lady; hey, there" to a woman a few paces ahead and with whom he apparently had been for some time intent on catching up. In that wondrous, weighty work by Kmily Tost, the chapter, Sidewalk Salutations, makes no mention of "Hey lady; hey, there," as an ap- proved form of greeting, when a young gentleman has occasion to address a strange woman, but even that stickler for niceties would put the seal of ai>- provnl, wo think, on the .subsequent conversation. "Gee whiz, lady," said the boy, "you should be more careful about your douph. You're dropping money all over the place. You dropped a half- B-buck back there al)out a block away. And here's some more I picked up, too." The clasp of the handbag of "Hey, lady" had come unfastened, it seems, and an observant boy with a pair of widely-spaced eyes had noticed the occurrence and appointed himself guardian, pro tern., and chief pick- upafter.- Hamilton Spectator. • t * LawF of Chance. â€" Card players wlio arc contiiuiali.v be\v;iii!ii- their ill-luck of always re- ceiving the same poor cards, will, perhaps, be reassured by knowiii;; that the fifty-two cards, with thirteen to »ach of the four players, can be distri- buted in 5."?,644,737,756,488,792,839,- 237,440,000 different ways, so that lber<' would still be a good stock of combinations to draw from, even If a man from Adam's time had devoted hlm.self to no other occupation than that of playing at cards.â€" Prairie Farmer. » t • Or a Kind Providence. â€" An actuary finds that singers as a whole do not live as long as other persons. We can only attribute It to the generally keen sense of Justice â€" Kingston Whig-Standard. » • • Decline in Manners. â€" Tlie declino of manners has be- come clearly marked during the past few years and i.s by no means conlined to the one sex. Ordinary politeness and civility have departed from the mas.oes and their exercise is, appar- ently. .Jfitnethliig to 1)6 forgotten rather than promoted. It is now re- garded in many quarters as the smart thing to be impolite and rude, and the •nfluence of the Imme and the school, which has fallen down In so many )ther things, is equally negligible in hi.« regardâ€" Brockvllle ftecorder. • • • â€" .\ ttiiicr submits that people ilionid not applaud in the middle of a ipeech. Certainly not; It Just en-, <-ourag»'s the speaker to continue â€" Hegina Leader-Post. Wages of Crime. - Il wa^ an uiiliappy phrase which de.icrllii'd a couple ol gun-men as hav- ing "ten succeHsful gas-station hold- nps to their credit." Still less de- fensible was the statement of the counsel for one of them that "with the exhaustion of his savings he was forced 10 i;rime for a livelihood." Men art- not forced to crime for a llveliliood iin<l« r present comlltinns in Ontiirii). Many do take to crime be- cause they consider it an easy way to • soft PxlKleni*' Hut the way Is not ««sy. and the wages are hardâ€" To ronto Teegrain * • * Good for the Apple^. The unusually severe wiiil<r wt*a- ih^T that Is just passing and that will long he remembered as nnn of the outstHiiding features of I!>:i4. ha« lif-en of singular benollt to Canada In at least one respect It has wiped out the threat of a ninth plague In the apple oriliardH of Ontario. This pla gue It was feared would ruin the crop this year. In 19-'ll' s-ome of the more dangerous moths that infest applle orchards had developed to menacing propoiilons The coddling raotli n- loiie took about half the iKirinal yield. The Intetue cold of the past winter U said to have killed this pest and thus relieved the orchaid* of a men •ce for a perlo«l of years, perhaps font or fl v.- â€"Toronto Mall and Knipiie. « * • Learning to Fiy. • â€" After only three hours InstriicHOn an Knglisb youth ga»e sucli evidi-nce of maHery of an aiiitluue that lie w«s permit led to make his flrsi solo tJghl. At another fliiiK schixii a elrl «f 16 Is lelaiiiely taking lessons no oans* she Is too young to he granted a certlflcato as a pilot, hut when she qualifies she means to run her own 'plane as a sort of taxi service. Flying a 'plane after three hours instruction! How many motorists ventured out in a car alone after only three lessons of one hour each? Some people take weeks to learn and somo renounce the attempt altogether. And during the first attetnpat there are bent fenders and damaged garages. We speak from experience! â€"St. Thomas Times-Journal, • • • The Sun Will Shine Again. â€" The winter soon to be buried with flowers and sunshine has the name of being the longest, the hardest, the steadiest, the coldest, the meanest winter In the history of the North. There are actually people In this country who began to despair of it ever passing away. Yet it is now on its way. The sun will soon be shin- ing; the fish (in the waters) will soon be biting; the birds will be singing; the flowers will be blooming; and life will be felt to be worth living even for the downcast. â€" Timinins Advance. • • » THE EMPIRE On the Spot. â€" The police of Prussia have had their powers enlarged. They have now the tight to fine tralfic offenders on the spot. The pedestrian who crosses a trafllc thoroughfare diagon- ally will receive from the police offi- cer who detects him brief Instruction, and will have to pay a fine of 50 pfennigs. The cyclist who infringes the regulations will have to part with a mark. The motor car driver who makes excessive use of his horn, who parks his car where he should not, whoso number-plate is illegible, who.se lamps are not lit, or whose ex- haust emits too much smoke, will be similarly instructed in traffic law and must pay for the information. Habit- ual offenders will have their vehicles taken from them and will ha^ie to make their further way afoot, their vehicles being reclaimable after a lapse of time and against payment (jf u large fliie.â€" Glasgow Herald. » « « Needed by a Parson. â€" On a card iu a churc U in the City of London is to be found the follow- ing list of qualifications said to be needed by a parson: â€" The strength of an ox. The tenacity of a bulldog. t The daring of a lion. The patience of a donkey. The industry of a beaver. The versatility of a chameleon. The vision of au eagle. The meekness of a lamb. The hide of a rhinoceros. The disposition of an angel. The resignation of an incurable. The loyalty of an apostle. The heroism of a martyr. The faithfulness of a prophet. The tenderness of a shepherd. The fervency of an evangelist. Tlie devotion of a mother. â€"Belfast Weekly-Telegraph. • ♦ ♦ Oil in Britain. â€" flccetit borings liave apparently raised hope of ultimately profitable workings in British oil fields, and the Government has quite properly de- cided to take control of the whole busi- ness if and when serious discoveries are made. This is a wise move. The history of the American oil fields Is a sufllcieut warning to protect such an important source of national wealth from the tender merles of private en- terprise, and the Government la to be congratulated In this matter on IU vision and courage.â€" l-ondon Referee. Executed With WUl In Hand Farming In Britain. â€"Now is the time to make the effort to improve the quality of our produc- tion, for farmers are In a progressive mood, and the agricultural planning already achieved has caught the Imagination of the public. We are re- building agriculture on the threefold base of better production, better pro- cessing and better marketing, and while the new structure rises we are sheltering it from the blasts of In- sensate dumping with the shield of tariffs and quotas. But It is upon better production that the safety of the wliole structure ultimately de- pends. Unless we can give the con- sumer ihe service of quality and cheapness that is due lo him, all our marketing schemes will come to naught, the best intentions of the processers will he frustrated, and neither tari|f nor quota will give the home producer the benefits he has not earned.- I.. K. F!asterl)rook in The .N'ineieeiitli (Century (Lnndoni. » • * New Zealand Trade with Canada. â€" I'nilei the treaty tlie New Zeal- and dairy litidc lias ni) promise. It is fairly ileliiiiii' that New Zealand has no prospeii of se(iiiing a Itutter mar- ket of any consequi'iice in Canada for some (DMsidtiable tinn'. The treaty, howeviT, bits been of great aid to the wool industry. Formerly free all round, »i.ol entering Canada Is now free only lo Kmplii- lounrrles. As a remit llii-ri' has beeu a preal Im- prd\i mem in the ilireit trade from .\en /.enlaiiil. and withoiil t<ucli a hen • 'fit, sklii.'i and hides liiive alsn gained a better n<:iil "I In the â-  ittuni.ttaai es .New Zeit::iiid iniiy ciiiii:ialulate itself. Auckland \Vcrkl> New*. Thi.s aniazinR photograph, taken in secret, shows Koloman Wallisch, Styrian defence leader, executed for hi.s activities during the Austrian civil war. With his will in his hand he is seen in the jail courtyard at Loeben, Austria. Women Teachers and Marriage. â€" The University of Capetown has done the right thing in removing its ban on women who want to lecture though married. There is no reason why a woman who has been appointed to a particular university post because of her eminent suitability for it should be dismissed merely because she has taken a husband unto herself â€" or vice- versa. It may happen in special cases that she gradually becomes less eminently fitted. University teaching is a 24-hour-a-duy job. The mere lec- turing is nothing compared with the perpetual reading and research which is necessary tor a giver of education to keep abreast with ever-widening knowledge. If a woman on marriage neglects her university work then she must expect to be superseded on the ground of inefficiency. But that Is not likely to happen with the vast ma- jority of women who wish to pursue an academic career and who work more for love of their subject than for the gain.â€" The Cape Argus (Capetown). Diet Affects School Marks May Elxplain High or Low Standing of Pupil Chicag<j â€" A child's diet may explain the reason for the high or low marks he receives in school, according to the deductions of Drs. Seigfred Maurer, nutritionist, and Eva Ruth Balkan, psychologist, both of the University of Chicago. Low grades may result from a de- ficiency in the diet and if given foods rich in Vitamin B-Complex the child will learn more quickly. The statement iy based on the re- sults of tests made by the experi- menters with 46 pupils of primary grades. The children tested were un- der-nourished and selected from poor homes where the parents were un- able to supply proper food. The doc- tors gave the children vitamin B-com- plex tablets with their lunch, the chief meal. The children were tested mentally before the tablets were administered, and then every thirty days. All show- ed a marked improvement in intellig- ence after the treatment. Vitamin B-<:ompIex is protection against pellagra and beriberi, diseas- es affecting the nervous sstem. The vitamin is contained in milk, lean meat, east, eggs, green leafy vege- tables and whole wheat. New Traffic Laws In Old Country Britain Seeks to Reduce High- way FataUties London, Enj?. â€" .\long with figures showing that 7,000 persons were kill- ed in highway accidents in Britain last year the government published its new road traffic bill, designed to meet the increasing problem of road safety. The fatalities increased from 6,C67 in 1932 while the number of injured rose from 201!, 450 to 216,328 and ac- cidents from 184,006 to 191,782. The increases were all in England and Wale.K, Scotland's figures remaining stationery. One feature of the new bill i.s the re-introduction of a fixed speed limit of 30 miles an hour in urban areas, these being designated as areas where a system of street lighting is main- tained. Lower limits apply to motor trucks and they are required to carry a special colored disk for identifica- tion. New applicants for driving licenses must pass a stiff test of competence but on the other hand pedestrians failing to comply with regulations are liable to a fine. Authority is given to prci-cribe street crossing places for them. If the bill does not succeed in le- ducing the toll of accidents, then more stringent measures will be used, it is intimated. Haileybury Heroine Dies in Ontario Farm Population Reaches New Peak But Exodut Grows Washington â€" The number of indi- viduals living on farms reached a re- corti peak of 32,609,000 on Jan. 1, 1933. The Bureau of Agriculture Kco- nomlc^, in a new study of farm popu- lation, attributes the increase prin- cipally to an excess of births over deaths, since more people left farms for cities, in 1933 in a continuation of the farm exodus of the past de- cade than went from cities to farms. The number of persons who moved to farms last year who O.'i 1,000, while 1,178,000 moved away. The farm- bound movement involved 1,544,000 persons in 11>32 while those moving away numbered 1,011,000. Comment by farmers stre.s.sed re- employment in urban indu.stries and temporary employment in work-relief projects as major rea.^ons for the in- crea.sed movement from farms to cities. Josephine Kennedy, Inspector Of Mother's Allowances Performed Many Deeds Of Courage Sudbury.â€" In the sudden death at Thessalon of Miss Josephine Ken- nedy, inspector of mothers' allowances Northern Ontario baa lost a heroine of the Haileybury Are of October, 1922. Amid the terror and confusion that prevailed during the holocaust. Miss Kennedy delivered a baby In an emp- ty house which the flames threatened to devour. She had spent a whole night In Lake Temiskaming when through the smoke ihe heard a voice crying from the shore, "My God, will no one do something for ray wife?" Miss Ken- nedy, a nurse with a war record, went to the woman's aide. As the flames crackled fiercely, she gave all the as- sistance possible. Miss Kennedy glanced through a window and hope replaced the despair in her heart, tor the flames of a burning telegraph pole Just outside were blowing away from the house. The wind had changed and the new- born baby, its mother and the heroic nurse were safe. So grateful was the mother that she called her baby boy Kennedy Edwardson. The courage with which Miss Ken- nedy carried on in her difHcult posi- tion with the mother's allowance board for the Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Sturgeon Kalis district, and the hatdshlps which she encountered, were perhaps less well known since the nurse was prone to minimize the arduous features of her work. Her friends related how, all alone, she would drive a dog team through the lonely bush to visit an isolated family or walk tlong unfrequented paths to make possible speedier relief for a family In need. Essex Wheat Acreage Set at 100,000 Toronto â€" The Ontario department of agriculture in its weekly crop re- port indicated mixed prospects for wheat in the province but reported good sales of horses in some quarters. Damage to orchards was reported from some districts. The department reported in south- ern Ontario Essex County has 100,- 000 acres of fall wheat, almost twice as much as usual and that it appears all will survive the winter. In Brant, it said, many farmers reported dam- age to last year's seeding and that somo damage had been done to or- chards and raspberries. In Lambton County, it said, there has been good demand for horses and Michigan institutions have taken numerous two-year-old fillies and breeding maros at good prices. In Lincoln, it reported, slight bud growth made it difficult to obtain an estimate of winter damage to or- chards. In the central part of the province Hastings County reported prices for horses at $125 to $150 a head with good demand. The report said 26 per cent, of cattle herds in Frontenac County, were in poor condition and that some losses were expected. It mentioned heavy losses among pigs. Feed sup- plies for cattle were reported low in Carleton County. Throughout the northern parts of the province snow continued to cover the ground, affording good protection for grain in most instances. Women Througivo^ut Ages Have Achievec) Important Reforms Calgary Women's Club Tolcf to Study and Organize for Peace Lady Aberdeen Will Carry on Pub'c Work Former Governor General of Canada Remained a Lib- eral to the End Declaring she would carry on her public work as before the death of her husband, the Marquess of Aberdeen, one time Governor-General of Canada, Lady Aberdeen revealed in her ber- eavement the affection and loyalty which was the foundation of the life partnership of "We Twa.*' " I won't be long after him," said Lady Aberdeen to a representative of The London News Chronicle. Her husband die^J as he wished to d;»â€" working to the last, she said. Lord Aberdeen was buried in the family interment ground at Ha.ldo House "among his ain folkâ€" he al- ways wanted it that way." The cof- fin was made at Haddo House from the beech trees on the estate and it was lined with the Gordon tartan. There is no value in study of peae«' without conviction that peace is tha one goal to be desired in the opinioa of Bishop L. Ralph Sherman, of Cal- gary. The question cannot be settled in study groups alone, he told the Wo- men's Canadian Club at a meeting . called for organization of groups for a program as outlined by tY ^ I>eagu« ' of Nations Society in Canada. If ai.other war came would you b« brave enough to withstand its hyster- • ia, its so-called 'romance' and stand firmly against the tide of feeling il ' it were atfinst you? His lordship' asked his audience. Following the bishop's challeng«^ Mrs. E. J. Thorlakson said women throughout the ages had achieved great reforms. In the difficult timea of 1934 Canadian women could lean to think for themselves and oot merely accept a traditional attitud* on such questions as world peace. They could study and organize for peace. They could make it a living cause, for which to work unceasingly. They could join hands with the woMr- en of the United States to make th« women of North America a vital foret for peace in the world. Change Your Face if You Don^t Like It You 'Can Get a New One Through Plastic Surgery â€" If You're a Woman New Orleans.â€" Why not be pretty if you aren't and want to be? if you don't like the face you have today you can get a new one through plastic sur- gery, says Dr. J. Howard Cnim, a New York surgeon. The process bears its reward, Dr. Crum told the annual convention of the American Cofraeticians Associa. tlon here. Once, he said, he was rewarded with a forced hug around the neck and a dainty kiss from a former New Orleans girl whose homely counten- ance he had transformed Into beauty in a public demonstration of his art. Then a similar facial operation made a Tampa, Fla.. woman more beautiful than the blonde woman she told the surgeon had "vamped her husband" and his affections n ere w-on back. Again a woman who had been a pen- itentiary inmate for 20 years sought his aid to remove her "hardened face" that she might not be recognized in the operation of a beauty parlor. It worked and his patient "went straight." But this surgeon said he now con- fines his practice to women. Once he changed the face of a man after he had beeu assured that the i>ollce had nothing against the patient, but the man within three months was picked up with a set of burglar tools. Higher Education For Non-College Youths Planned Ontario Teachers Seek Broad- ening of Course For Older Pupils Toronto. â€" Teachers of priinary,' secondaiy and special schools and of colleges, with trustees and ratepayers to the number of nearly 3,000, gathered here recently to secure assistance lii< their work, and to try to further th» task of resolving the educational sya^ tem of Ontario into a pi-ocess of prao^ tical value to the youth of the country,! One forward-looking suggestion arl»- ing from the provincial council of th« Ontario Second School Teachers' Fed- eration is that for modification o£ the high school curriculum to enable the giving of greater attentlou to the needa of pupils who do not Intend to enter university and who will probably leave school at the end of two years. Th» matriculation is regarded as the stan. dard for obtaining a position In busi- ness and industry, but the suggestion is that a campaign of propaganda be undertaken to induce parents to permit children to enter the proposed course. If the department of education of the province is willing to establish this course, it is proposed that it ap-! point one person tor a year previously to popularize the course. He would do this by means of inspiring articles and by addresi-ing various interested public bodies, to the end that the em- ployer will not expect an applicant for a position to have matriculatioa standing. The proposed course is tor two years, but third and fourth year tral»- ing for pupils able and willing to go on is provided. ' Phobias Due To Former Experience Horror of Blood, Revulsiop From Cat's Fur, Dislike Of Some Foods Jewelled Manicure Of Precious Stones To Match the Gown New Orleans. â€" Miss 1934 will wear jewels on her fingernails, multiple curls in her windswept coiffure and at the same time using harmless tints to change from blonde to brunette, or vice versa, according to her mood. So say the members of the Amer- ican Cosmeticians Association attend- ing their annual convention here. Revealing beauty .secrets, the visit- ing beauticians announced that the supreme sen.sation among the year's innovati* ns i.s the new jewelled mani- cure with precious .atones. Harmon- izing with the gown, in the centre of jach fingernail. For the coe<l, it will be to .sport her college pennant on her thumbs at the more important athletic events, ' and in the evening she will match her goltl or silver eyeshadow with nail polish of the fame color. There are hair tint!! to match every gown, from Chinese rust to .starlight blue and tne coloring, a -c, i 'intr to the beauticians, will \va. li out with the morning tub. Montreal. â€" If you disliko certain foods, recoil from the feeling of the fur of a kitten, shudder at the sight of blood, or have other reactions not based on the intrinsic merits of the thing reacted to, the reason can gen- erally be traced to some previous ex- perience connected with the situation of the moment, according to Miss Mary Sandall, psychologist of New York, who addressed the Montreal Women's Club. Uncomfortable reaction- such as these tniglit bo resolved if one could di.scover the connection betw-eon the emotion and the experience that gave rise to it. For example. Miss San- dall explained, a woman who disliked banana.::, and continually refused to taste them, was probably influenced by w-hat is known as a "conditioned refle.x" built up through having been made ill by eating an unripe banana when slie was a child. If .she could recognize the reason for her reaction and eat a good banana she would breat; lier dislike to that fruit, the speak' r .said. Uisvrii>ing the way in which at- tractions begin, she said, a baby has not an innate love for his own mo- ther, and would learn to love a nuTM or an aunt just as much if in h»r can-. The baby's V<wly is a mass of nery* ends, and patting or stroking cons4- quentty elicits a coo or Iu igh froiS the infant. This is the material OOl of whicli all love is made, she said. The child emidled and petted to» much u'ay l-.'ive dilTiculty in later lif* a he ' â- â-  â-  not receive the same soit of UiWcuoik