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> Voice of the Press Canada. The Empire and The World at Large CANADA WHERE THE MONEY IS li" |>t'r capita fiKures arc a true in- diciiliun of Ihi- trade .spirit of a na- tion tlun the great traders of the North Amerii'an continiuf are the peopl." of the northern half. 'I'hcy ap- pear to have inherited to the full the commercial in.-tincts of their ances- tors, a' the followiii); comparative figures reveal. During the ten years from 1!>22 to li>33 the per capita donii.«tic exports of Canada wore of the average valur of $ l!».7!>, United States $1-1.31, Lnit.d Kingdom $3fi.- 21; import.s by t'anada $37.00, Unit- ed States $12.35, United Kingdom $61.7r,; total trade of Canada $«(!.79, United States $2»i.f,r,, United King- dom ?;t7.!i7.- Rnindon Sun. HIGHWAY LIGHTING An experiment iii highway illumin- ation is to be uii> rtaken by the De- partment of Public Works on a one- mile stntch of road in the Niagara district. Hydro engineers will co- operate. If the trial meets expecta- tion.* the area niayil)e extended until all the improved main lines of vehicu- lar traffic in the province are light- ed- The proposed lighting .schimi; may, of course, be considered somewhat ambition.s. Its feasibility mu.st largely depend on the <|uestion of cost. In this connection the fact that Ontario has the lowest priced electricity avail- able anywhere on this continent- should have a favorable bearing on the ultimate deci.sion. â€" Toronto Telegram. MAN'S BEST FRIEND Instead of a dog, in many instances a man claims that his car is his best friend. .\t least, it is the last article he will part with when in financial straits â€" St. Thomas Time.--Journal. PROPER USE A Gorman doctor has introduced cod liver oil for healing wounds- Children always knew that taking it internally wasn't the liglit usi; for it â€" Winnipeg Tribune. ANOTHER FIELD In a l-.undred yi-ars or so, all girls will be beautiful, says a Boston pro- fessor. .And then the cosmetic manu- facturers will probably .start work on the males. â€" Ottawa Citiz(-n. PAINTING THE LILY Manufacture of beauty prepara- tions will soon have to be nckoned as a major industry. The Canadian wo- man is .-ai<l to spend nearly $7,000,- 000 annually on aids to pulchritude made in Canada, in addition to im- portations valued in 1932 at $737,- 27-1. This during hard times. There are .eev»-nty-one plants in Canada making beauty prci)arations. Creams were the principal product, closely followed by face powder- If talcum powder were added to the latter, powder would surjtass creams. The winilows and counter."! of all various, stores bi ar evidence of a larjie and flouri.-^hing industry- â€" Saitit ,Iohn Telegraph .Tournal. BEATING THE LAW How the law is beaten as told by a Kans.-is paper. A travelling man says he called the attention of a westi'rn Kansas hotel man tliat it was against thp law to use rolli-r towels. "I know it,' said the landlord, "but that towel was up li< fore the law passed and the law is not retroactive." The law has been in the books over 20 years. â€" St. Catharin' s Standard. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Juslic. in the United States suffers mostly from its weakness. If it had more vigor In the punishment of crimn, our neighbors would have not to record a continuous increase in criminality â€" I.e Nouvellisle, Three Rivers. NEVER GRADUATE The .school of experience is open 2 t hours of the day. â€" Ottawa Journal. And it stays open 3r>r) days of the jrear, but some people never gradu- ate.- S* rat ford Herald. NOT SO MUCH DIFFERENCE Kelieving each other when they be- came tired, a farmer and hi.-f hired man at McCreary, Man., ran an an- gry bear into exhaustion and then killed it. The occasional use of his brains is the only thing that makes man .-up'rior. â€" Lindsay Post. PARTIAL KNOWLEDGE A state. -man is described as one familiar with all public questions- Not ne(e..,.sarily, however, with all the an-swi-r.*-. â€" Kegina I.eader-Post. FREEDOM'S LAST STAND The women of Alhen. , Georgia, be- coming suspicious over the fre<|uenl ab.-ences of their husbumls at what the latter claimed were lodge meet- ings, appealed to the ncwspaperu of that low n to publish attendance lists foi' each lodge. Thus lia.< the last citad(-l of mux- culiiie |il)< rty been assaileil. In the good old days, if h man was a good joiner he might expect to spend three or four i-veiiingg a week in ma^-cu- line company instead of staying at home an-l di-scussing the price of gro- ceries ai;d children's shoes with his helpnial- Winnipeg Tribune. ROCKET WARFARE French newspapura are worried Just now by reports that (iermany i.<i ConMriii ting a chain of rocket ba.scs •long thf frontier, ready to shower • vast number of explosive locket.i •II over Fiance One new-p.iper sayn CHICAGO'S BIGGEST FAMILY â€" 21 IN ALL that projectiles cai)able of travelling 125 miles have been developed, and it is etitimated that with a large chain of rocket base.s Germany could hurl r>0,000 tons of liigh explosives on French soil in one night- â€" Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. $500 A MINUTE Mr.s. F. n. Uoo.sevelt, wife of tlie Prisident, wa.s recently paid $3,006 for a six minute broadcast and ex- pects to receive other payments of $r>00 a minuute for like orations. She turn.s all suidi earnings over to chaii- table objects but the rate of her re- muneration cannot be regarded as otherwise than an hysterical mani- festation â€" Itrintford Kxpositor. A MAN'S AGES Man in MiKvauki-e gave his age on lui insurance paper as 54, as 58 in county relief records, CG in his mar- riage papers and 70 in his application for relief. In case you think there has been an error, wo state again it was a man who liid this â€" Stratford Reacon-Herald. ONE UP ON POP "Now, look here, Dorothy," .said her father, sternly, "your mother tells me you've been naughty all day long. The next time you throw mud at your sister's clean dress you'll go (o bed without supper." "The next time I throw mud at Doris." said the child, "I'll wait till after supper." â€" Victoria Times. PUT OUT THE WRONG FIRE The (dd theme of labor lost has seldom been more dramatically en- acted than it was at South Glaston- bury, Conn. A farmer had laborious- ly collected a pile of brush. With reasonable safeguards he set fire to it. About the same time there was an accidental farm fire nearby. The fire brigade, responding to a call, put out the wrong fire with remarkable ef- ficiency and despatch. .Vaturally the effort was wasted, the real fire did its work thoroughly, and the farmer had to haul chemical-saturated bru I away to a swamp at some distance. â€" Saint John Telegraph-Journal. FLYING IN CANADA No country â€" and least of all a country like our own, with its vast stretches of territory to which the railways and the roads have not yet i penetrated â€" can afford to neglect its | air sevrices. If a sufficiently enlight- ened altitude is not displayed by the Canadian authorities, it is inevitable that outsiders, more farseeing, will step in and reap the advantage of the development which is bound to come. Millions of nlill^s annually are flown by thes(> planes, and with the proper encouragement from the governments .services are capable of great expans- ion- â€" Hamilton Spectatnr- BUILDER OF PPAGEANTS Frank I.ascelles has died in pov- erty at Rrighton, Kiigland. He it was who designed and supervised the most wonilerfiil display that Canada has ever seen in the centenary cele- bration at Quebec in 1908. The beauty and wonder of that pageant can never he forgotten, as it can never be surpassed. Mr. Lascelles was a noted sculptor and painter as well as a master of pageantry. His excessive generosity is said to have resulted in his reduced circum.stances. â€" Hamilton Herald. IS THE PUBLIC JUST? "The uood that men ilo, live- after them." Seems to us, we recall a say- ing which goes something like that â€" i at any rale the sentiment of wdiat we have written is true. I'nforUmatidy it is also true that the evil men do, has a habit of lingi-ring in the mem- ory; anil often people become known by the mistakes they have made, even though, at times, injustice may he created by the inability of the public to forget. For Instance, the other day I'eter Smith, former provincial treasurer, passeil away, and the obituary notices in every newspaper of the country including ourselves â€" con- tained a reference to the one mistake he made in his life, ami to the fact that he had .served a prison term as a result. Is the hand of scorn never drop- iied when his name Is mentioned? Is it right that a man who may ac-' tually "turn over a new leaf" sjiould he thus persecuted? â€" Chatham News. THE EMPIRE THE KING AND THE AIR Their Majesties' pi-reiinial interest in flying is an example of air-mind- edness which should not be lost upon a people whose future lies in the air. N'l-arly thirty years ago the King, when he was Prince of Wales, pro- jected a balloon ascent in India. In 1914 an exhibition was given before the King and Queen by M. Giistnv Hamel, winner of the Daily Mail Derby of the previous year. The Kingi has been a frequent visitor to the an-' Mual Air Force ilisplay.s and in other, ways has kept in close touch with the rapid development in aviation The' Prince of Wales, that great air tra- veller, is "convinced of the extreme importance of flying as a means of! national and Imperial comnumica- , tion" Yesterday was an important occasion in our hi.story. It seemed that the growing interest in aviation blo.ssomed into a great enthusiasm in the sunshine of Empire \'u\ Day. The .spirit of Imperial air niindedness mu!rt be encoumged bv every meanf*. Proclaimed to be the biggest family in the United States, of Italian parentage, the Latora family of Chicago numbers 21. They recently virere guests of the' Century of Progress World's Fair management on a trip through the ground*. It took five tajcieabs to transport them. They boast of having gone through these troubled times without one cent of charity. for without it we perish. â€" Daily Mail, London. MORE HOLIDAYS WANTED The Englishman is said to take his pleasures sadly. That is not true, but he docs take his playtime un- siientifically. He can hardly be call- ed a hard worker compareil with his Continental neighbours, but he has fewer holidays than they do, and, to that extent, gets less enjoyment out of life. At present we have only four bank holidays a year. Six would be none too many. These fixed holidays should be given over to real holiday- making, to pageants and processions and carnivals â€" merry-making such as, of old, Merrie England indulgeil in on Saint Days and indeed on the slightest provocation. There is plenty to rejoici- about today, and even if there were not, it is better to rejoice over small mercies than to fritter hours away in gloomâ€" Sumlay Des- patch, London. JUST AS IN CANADA The overseas market for imported foodstuffs, and especially for fruit, is extremely sensitive. It is swayed to a remarkable degree tjy habit, fashion and prejudice, but, as the consumer has a virtually unlimited choice of the worlds best, these likes and dislikes are subject to sudden changes ami rapid fluctuations. Thus it is quite possible for one inferior consignment of any particular variety of South African fruit to ruin for a considerable period a demand that it has taken years of painstaking en- deavour to create. To the average overseas consumer a had South Afri- can peach brands all South .-\frican peaches as had; and even a good South African peach will not entice him from its rivals unless it is more attractively displayed. For many years that argument seemed to fail entirely to impress a number of South .African fruit-growers. At length, however, it appears to be sinking in- Rut it cannot too often or too strongly be emphasised that, with half the world seeking to off- load its surplus fruit on to the other half, only products of the finest qual- ity, carefully graded and alluringly packed, stand any chance of success. Johamieslnirg Times Collection is Historic Amherstburg's Story From Earliest Day.s Told In Symbol A.MMKIlSTUUaGâ€" The historical colU'ctlon lluit has been assembled in the Public Mhrary Museum at Am- herstl)iiig is a summary in symbols ot the evohilion of the (Hstrict from an Indian battlefield ami liunting ground to ll.s presenl day iiosilUin. Many Links In Chain Kai-h successive pliase of the devel- opment of this frontier territory Is liorlrayed by weapons, locils trophies and records ot achievement of the men who forged the links in Am- hersthurgs lung chain of history. Above the long case that displays the pounrtliiK Blonea, liatchet beads, skinning slunes, Hcrapera and other mementoes ot the wigwam and tepee, hangs a Hcoltish sword over two hundred years old^ worn by ita High- land owner back In 1715, when tlie recorded history of the Amherslbiirg district begins. Reside It are miiskels, pistols, cailihies, cavalry .swords, and dress Bworda (-arrled by soldiers who were stationed here wliea Hie coiirso ot Kmpire began to lake Its way westward. Oocuments that are yellow with age alteHt,to Ibe va'm of tlle.^e men. The gnns iilone reveal nmch ut the lore of the storied past. There are muskets tluit were obsolete at the dawn of the last century, each with lilstory of the part It playing In tlie <lrnma or the early seiilainenl. With them are, dniible harrelhMi pistols hroiiglil nci'os* ihe Atlanll. by Brit- ish s<dd!ers Hi Ihe close ot the Seven Years War An ancient Hint lock pis- tol hangs ne«r the miiskel carried into Detroit bv KrancU rvildwell when General Hull surrendered that fortress to the victorious British troops. Pis- tola seized by Tecumseh from Gener- al Winchester at the Illver Raisin lie beside a musket taken as a trophy by William T. Hunt when he took part in the capture of the Schooner Anne in the Patriots War ot 1838. Rifle With Background Xol the lea^t interesting ot the e.\- hibits is the rifle with which a fugi- tive slain, Jim Hawkins, defied his pursuers and their bloodhounds when he escaped from slavery in 1S47, and made his way to .-^mherstburg via the underground railway. The advances in the gunsmith's art from clumsy pistols and cumbersome muskets to the modern sharp-shoot- ing rifle are represented by man/ vaiietles ot guns that Anihertsburg soldiers brought home from the wars of the last hundred and Bl'ty years. Included in the collection are many mementoes that have an individual Interest ot their own apait from hit- torical associations. Among them is the gnarled blackthorn (ane carried by Simon Girty, ot Indian warfare fame; the mess kit of Major Daniel Oidierty wlio gained distinction in the Crimean War; and i bed warm:>r that lias been banded down fnun l-:iizahelhan times. Comprehensive written lecords of the two centuries of pr.igrcss have been accumulated. Precious origin d docniuents are under glass, and the walls of the museum are covered with pictures and photostatic (opies of maps, sketches, charts, plans aid specitications, military orders, 'leat ies. and inscriptions that faithfully present Fort Maiden's part in preserv. Ing this part ot Canada for the Brl- I'sh Knipiio In the war of 1S12. Be- cause of its strategic position, Am- horslhurg was the centre of many stirring events during that struggle, and a wealth ot the lore of this per- iod In Canadian history has been as- sembled ill Ihe mu-enm. Crown Land Grants Coiispii nous among the documents are the grants of Crown lands within the town-site to British army war ve- terans as they were retired from ser- vice, .-in inspection of one :if the floor cases shows that Amherstburg's sol- dier settlers served in all o' Kngland's foreign wars for the last century and a half. There are British army med- als and insignia from the wars with Napoleon, and the Indian Mutiny; from the Scinde Punjab. Burma, Cri- mea, Afghanistan, Egypt, Ashautee, China. New Zealand and the Trans- vaal. Tbia collection has grown prodigi oiisly within a few months, ami is still increasing as Major A W. Mc- Nally, president of Ihe Ainherstburg Historical Sites and Musennv Associa- tion, and his cohort of workers con- tinue to gather together mementoes ot the Burg's historic past. Women Start War on Vice In San Diego "Committee of 600", Known Only By Numbers, Are Alarming Underworld SAN DIEGO, Calit'.â€" .\ woman's se- cret "committee ot 600'' v.-hich quick- ly became 1,400 and still is growing, has started an invisible war against vice and lawlessness in San Diego county, locale ot many unsolved mur- ders in recent years and its leader says the underworld already has be- gun to show its fear. Inspired by an appeal of Mary Rob- erts Rinehart, noted writer, to wo- men ot the country to fight crime, the committee was the outgrowth ot a plan evolved by the San Diego Women's Civic Centre. Under the plan as evolved and carried out by Mrs. A. L. Simpson, chairman of the Civic Centre crime department, ar- rangements were made to have 100 women serving anonymously in each ot the six councilmunic districts of the city. They are known only by numbers assigned to them "I live in daily fear of criminal at- tack," Mrs. Simpson said, "but the work of our commit lee isn't to be checked. I have been offered bribes and told to take it easy." The committee considers the Fed- eral field the most important, and sends to Washington information workers obtain. This week, two Fed- eral investigators were sent here from Los Angeles in connection with a matter about which Mrs. Simpson reported. Heads Medicos T()llONTt>-Dr. A. J. McOanity, of Kltchoner, was elected president of the Ontario Medical Association at Ihe 54th annual meeting here, l-'ort William was chosen as the city for next year's convention, and Dr. J, C. (iillis ot Port William, was named president elect. Other officers are: Chairman of council. Dr. W. K. Colheck. Wetland: honorary treasurer. Dr. d. Stewart Cameron, Peterborough; secretary. Dr. T. C. Routley, Toronto r'oiinaellors elected follcw ; Dr. .1 1 1, (ledde.s, London; Dr. K J Bor- row.s. Seaforlh; Dr. T. H. Sneath. Dur l,nn»; Dr. P. 11. Macfarlane. Hamilton: Dr. W. C. Shier, ^'xbrld^e; Dr. George H. Stoble Belleville; Dr. W J. Jones, KiiiRslon: Dr. II. K. Paterson. Ott- awa: Dr. A. H. McMurcl'v, North lliiy; Dr. Charles Powell, Port Ar llnu: Dr. .1. ll.irri-^ McPbedraii. To- ronto. Dr. A. I-'. ISe.Mii'; vt I'alpiavo. (int.: anil Dr. A. S. Tbompiion, Stialhroy, f)nt were elected life members. Attains Peak of Career Winning Writinc; Award Crowning Achievement Of Simcoe Resident Simcoe, Ont. â€" .\warded the Lome Pierce medal for outstanding contri- bution to Canadian literature during the year 1933, Frederick Philip Grove, author, lecturer and teacher, has brought no small honor to Simcoe and Norfolk County. MENTIONED THRICE Mr. Grove published on one book, "Fruits of the Earth," in 1333, but twice before his name has been pro- posed for the honor, and it was also mentioned by Mr. Pierce himself when he established the fund to pro- vide for the annual award. The re- cipient of the Pierce gold meilal must be the unanimous selection of the judging conmiittee of Ihe Royal Society of Canada. Formal presenta- tion of the medal was to have been made at the convention of the Royal Society in Quelwc, but illness prevent- ed Mr. Grove's attendance. Describing himself as a dairy far- mer, Mr. Grove has during Ids 2!^ years residence in the Simcoe district established a re|iutation as a breeder of pure-bre<l jersey cattle. Neverthe- less he spends five or six hours every day at his desk working on a new- novel, which has been bought sight unseen by an English publi-shing house. On the shelves of Mr. Grove's library are the completed manu- scripts for U» novels, 11 of them ready for iiress, more than UHl sh'>rt stories and volumes of essays. BORN IN SWEDEN The most successful of Mr. tirove's publications was "In Search of --Am- erica," written in ISiU but not pub- lished until U>".i7. Second in ;>opular- ity ranked "Ou. Daily Bread." His books have been even more |>o|)ular in Austia 'a and New 7.'.'a!a:'d thaii in Canada. Born at .Mahi.,.. Sue.eii, in 1S72, Mr. (irove soon went to England where most of his chilJhoixl was spent. His university education wa- received at Paris, Ronte and Munich as a student of classic*! archaeology. He came to Canada in 1891 at tb^ age of 20. The greater part of his time he lived in the west. } He taught school for a per'iod ia Manitoba, being principal ot hig^k schools at Virden, Gladstone and Rapid City. He declined an offer from a Winnipeg school because he woul* not have the time required for hi» writing at the age of 50 he graduat-' ed from the University of Manitoba' with an honors degree. HANDICAPPED In 1931 Mr. Grove purchased *a farm a few miles from Simcoe and' took up dairy farming. Owing to •' fractured spine which he suffered' while in Western Canada, Mr. Grove has to hire all the labor for farm tasks. His farming venture has nevertheleSis succeeded and he now possesses a splendid herd of pure-bred jerseys. While living in the west Mr. Grove met and married Miss Catherine Wiens, daughter of Mr. and Mr3. John Wiens, Swift Current, Sask. They have one son, Arthur Leonard, aged three and one-half. Mr. Gro%"e at 62 looks on a career of achievement. Surmounting obsta- cles in the form of business reverses and ill health-, he has crowded an in- teresting life with the capture of the Pierce medal. An other distinction he enjoys is that of having addressed more Can- adian club meetings than any other man. He has spoken before 100 such gatherings in a tvo years period. Chosen to represent Canada at the congress of English speaking nations in 1929, illness intervened. Milk to Replace Pop and Candy At Playgrounds Hot Dog Question Looked Into â€" Frankfurters Must Conform to High Standard in New York. NEW YORKâ€" The children wuu't approve, but the parents will, said James V. MulhoUand. director Of re- creation of New York's parks depart- ment, in announcing that milk will replace soda pop. ice cream and candy at 100 public playgrounds. Sale ot anything but milk, wiiich will be dls|>ensed at cost, will be jirohibited. In addition, the (laiks department looked into the hot dog question and decided that all frankfurters must conform to a special high sLiiulaid. Lord Baden-Powell's Daughter to Marry Engaged to Officer in High- land Light Infantry The engagement was reeeutly nn- nouiK-ed In London of the Hon. neith- er Baden-Powell, elder daagliier of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, to .Ur. C. E. Lennox-Boyd. Highland Light Infantry, brother ot Mr. Alar. Letuiox- Boyd. British M.P. for Mid-Beds. Willi hair the color of burnished copper and amber eye.H, Stlss B:ulen- Powell, who Is 19, brought the at. mosphere of the fresh countryside to town when she made her debut hist year. Her manner Is gay and unatTected She has freckles, and uses no ntak* up. 'We dare not anuounct- any dtt« for the wedding yet,"- Miss Baden Powell, who spends most c-f her tim» .It Bentley, the Chief Sniifs ILimp rhire home. said. ".Mr. Lennox-Boyd is I'l Knglani a', present, but he mighl "TP morel i<> India at any time and that «>iuU le th<» foreinonv '"deflullelv. ;; r- * ::