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Voice of the Press Canada, The Hlmpire and The World at Large CANADA EUROPE'S DEFECT Travf-Uei* wlio rt'iurn from Europe are fond o( telling the great nniiilj«r of way* In which Canadian lUo Is more pleasant than Kuropean. Hut It remivlned for a newspaper correHpou dent to get down to the real esKcn- tlalB. This man remarked recently that the chief trouble with Europe Is that you can't buy decent tomatoes or corn on the cob there. â€" Vancouver Sun. CHURCH ATTENDANCE Overflowing congroKatlons are cau- sing several EngHxh cathedrals to enlarge their accommodation. This Increasing Interest In religion Is not confined to any particular area of the country, nor to any class or society. Blackburn In the heart of the cotton Industry of Lancashire la to spend 190,000 pounds on addillonal space for public attendance at Us cathedral services.â€" St. Thomas Times-Journal. SLEEP ORGIES There can be orgies of .sleep, says Lord Horder, the Kings physician. Voung people should not bo denied adequate sleep, "hut," ho continued, "when young people batween the ages of 20 and 25 si 111 come down to their breakast at any old time after father has gone to businessâ€" that Is encour- aging orgies of sleep; and I would put it In the same category as bad ha- biits which are Induced by alcohol and hypnotic drugs and should be resist- ed.â€" Moncton Transcript. DOLLS There are considerably more than 2.000,000 dolls made In Canada in a year, dolls of all kinds. These charm- ing playthings for Cana'Han babyhood and girlhood run into real money, without taking account of the imports. The factory prices for those two mil- lions made In Canada aggregates ab- out $312,000.â€" Bureau of Statistics. THE REAL TEST You think men are stronger than â- women? Then show us a man who can cook a meal with two babies under toot without going crazy. â€" Tweed News. VINTAGE YEARS FOR SARDINES Tliero Is a Scot named Moar who Is a licensed -victualler In Old London â€" who features sardines on his menus Mr. Moar is an authority on sar- dines, and speaks of their vintage year:! with the same affection as an Italian innkeeper speaks of wines. He has his cellar for storing them for years, turning the can over once a month so that the oHve oil will pro- perly seep through the fishes. For those who are Interested in sardines, take Mr. Moar's word for It that the best vintagu years in mod- ern times are 1908, 1910 and 1917. The 1908 vintage is so rare now that Mr. Moar only serves them to his spe- cial friends and on special occasions. He lays down the principle that sar- dines are not "fully matured" until they have been kept In the can for 2G to 30 years. â€" St. Thomas Times-Jour- nal. THRILLING FORTY YEARS It may well be doubted whether the Canadian club ever entertained a man with a more unique careers or a grea- ter hero, than Sir Wilfred Orenfell, Its recent guest. As a young medical man he chose to cast his life among the fisherfolk of the Labrador CoasL There he has labored for two score years and his work has awakened the Interest of the English speaking world For years he has advocated that La- brador should become part of Canada. He has established hospitals and also Bchools, and acted as a preacher, tea- cher, physician and surgeon, magis- trate, evincing the keenest and most sympatbelic Interest In the various problems of a seafaring coast people. He has aroused an Interest In agri- culture and horticulture and other spheres of activity, until the resi- dents feel that their efforts are no longer restricted to fishing. H* has Invented a cloth for suiting, and per- formed many other notable services. The narration of some of his exper- iences thrille<I the large audience pre- sent. As a marked recognition of bis great work to this little known sect- Ion of the Kmpire, Ills Majesty con- ferred on iJr. (Irenfell some years ago the Order oi St. Michael and of St. Oeorge. In fact, he was the first to receive this distinguished order for missionary work. He ranks as one of the great heroes of our time. â€" Tor- onto MhII and Empire. STAY AWAY A < orre8i>on(lent wilting to the Rea con. Herald from the Sturgeon River gold field gives advice regarding the equipment one should take there. He â- ays that It Is well to bring $200, mostly in small bills. Hetter still, be adds lake a chance and lose your $200 tX home. He Is certain the greenhorn or the little fellow has not got a obanco In the new field. â€" Stratord Beacon-Herald SOMETHING TO AIM AT Those who take pride In the height of their hollyhocks and gladlolaa may be Interested in hearing that a cer- tain seaweed in the Pacific attains * length of 1,500 feet while another variety has a stem more than 400 feet loneâ€" The WInnloec Tilbane Germanized Church Leader Facet New Challenge CHEAPEST AND BEST Sir Charlus Highaui, llritlsb adver- tising specialist, finds that bread the cheapost of all foods beads the list of nutritive foods. Widespread accep. tauce of that simple truth would soon bring about disappearance of the sur- plus of the world's wheat. â€" Brockville Recorder and Times. CAN BABIES ALWAYS DO WELLT Dr. Alan Hrown, of Toronto, told a gathering In that city that there are 307 diseases which a child can havo but of that long list only 100 are formidable. He also stated his belief that the 100 ilsea.ses are prevent- able. At times we read of folk who reach the age of 90 or 95 years and they re. call with a triumph which sounds .something like boasting that they havo never been sick In bed a day in their lives. We take it that such peo- ple having felt mlsorablo at times, kept on puttering about and probab- ly t(X)k their bitters standing up rath- er than leaning on the elbow in bed. When Dr. Alan Brown says child- ren's sickness is preventable to the extent of 100 per cent, we cannot with technical Intelligence combat such a claim, but with the perversity of a layman's mind we can doubt It. The Dionne children have had splendid treatment and much care has been invested In their healtli, but it was not many weeks ago that they had .some .sort of trouble In their little tummies and innards Kunerally. One started the performanco and It ran right along until it had tugged the en- tiro five. â€" Stratford Beacon-Herald. WHERE JOHN D. MISSED When Mr. John D Rockefeller built I ^t all a large measure of our foot dis Radio City in New York, the world j abilities would disappear." This Is the was told the ultimate In music halls view expressed by Prof. John Fraser, had been achieved. Never had any- 1 Edinburgh in addressing the autumn thing so fine been erected as a thea- j convention of the Incorporated Soc- tre. It was supposed to have all the la-! jgty of Chiropodists, test wrinkles In equipment, and a few He condemned the style of socks or things that were considered years a-' stocj^ings for children in which the head of any one else. j pojnt was not opposite the great toe. But one old-fashioned, yet ever po- ! and deprecated shoes in which the in- pular performer could not stage his I side line is twisted and the toe space show in Radio City. He was Thurston cramped. But who is going to set a the magician. When tlie man of magic new fashion? The woman who chooses went to arrange for his act he found high heels feels that she must be in they had not put a trap door on the the fashion, and the hosier and shoe, stage. maker makes what he knows will sell. So Thurston did not play tho world. That elusive customer who myster- famous music hall. For tho slickest of lously dictates the vagarie.s of fashion magicians Is just an ordinary Individ- 1 has much to ansfwer for. â€" Weekly uai when the stage has no trap doora. Scotsman, â€"border Cities Star. LOOKED THE JAIL OVER A Regina lawyer who took his client defendant in a wife-beating case, to visit the provincial jail, was able to report to the magistrate trying the man that he expected no further diffi- culties. His client had been much Im- pressed. Judges have been known to sentence people to churcli attendance Kciciioi.Jiop Luiiwig Muellor is in a new bat.lj for supremacy of hid church over all ctihcrs. The Protestant church of Bavaria has issued a manifesLo challenging his authority. In this picture he is seen, hand upraised, at a Nazi Christian meeting in the Sportspalast, Berlin. With him is his deputy. Dr. Ivinder. the big world conference of the Fel- lowship at Nice in 1931, ad who then had the vision and Iniauive to draw attention to the Union's difficulties.â€" Johannesburg Times. HIGH HEELS If we could only begin to adopt the footwear wliich had scarcely a heel Part-Time Jobs Good for Students Madison, Wis. â€" It would be a good thing if all students would have to do something to help support them- selves while in college, Scott H. Goodnight, dean of men at the Uni- and jail inspection might he an effec- versity of Wisconsin, declared in tlve deterrent, particularly If wardens could be Induced to set the stage a little beforehand. â€" Saskatoon Star- Phoenix. THE EMPIRE talk to educators attending the In- stitute for Superintendents and Principals, held at the State Uni- versity recently. Dean Goodnight spoke on the re- lationship between student employ- ment and the quality of students' work in the university. Twenty years INFANT MORTALITY In SCOTLAND ago^ the dean said, he thought em- It Is unfortunately the case that the j pioyment was a bad thing for the infant mortality figures for Scotland student, but his experience with stu- compare badly with those for England â-  jg„tg gin^e then has convinced him and Wales. The 1933 rate in Scotland ! otherwise. He discovered that it was 81, and In Glasgow It was as high wasn't employment but other factors as 97. The difference Is probably due \ ^^-^^y^ interfered with college work, partly to the greater severity of the jj^ ^j^gj several cases of working and Scottish climate and partly to inferior' nonworking students and found that housing condltlons.-Glasgow Herald ^^^j^ scholastic grades did not vary PATERNAL THOUGHTFULNESS Lord Cambridge, is among the fath- ers who likes his daughter to wear something exclusive so that he can always recognize her In the park. SINGAPORE'S EXAMPLE "Buy British' is not merely a slo- gan. It Is sound advice and at the pre News of the Air much. •In one study taken at the univer- sity, 67 cases of students who were entirely self-supporting were com- pared with 57 cases of nonemployed students, all in their freshman year. The average grades at the end of the school year were virtually the same, sent time It Is supported by an appeal Dean Goodnight said. Of 152 fresh- to the loyalty of the people of Hong i ntian students in an engineering class Kong to support British Empire Trade in the battle for overseas mar- ket with foreign rivals. We congratu- late Singapore on its enterprise In holding its second British Trade Fair and wish them the success they des- erve. "God helps those who help them salves," and It must he truly said that the Straits have acted up to this say- ing. Two years ago they were In the depths of slump and now, by their energy and foresight they have pulled two years ago, 21 received honor rat ing at the end of the year. Out of this number 16 did not do outside work and five did. Of 13 students from the group who dropped out of school, only three were doing out- side work. In another class of 177 students. 24 were on the honor rating, and of those eight did outside work. Of the 17 who dropped out of school, only two were thoat^ who were working themselves out of the mire. Rubber j their way through school. Miss Susan and tin have both pulled round, and ^ Davis, assistant dean of women, to prove their enterpri*ing tenden- ;„ studying the cases of 90 women cies, they Immediately run a British | students who had a percentile aver- Fair. Could not Hong Kong lake a' ^^p „f f,.o,„ tjo to 100, said that nei- leat out of Slnptaporcrt liooU'.'â€" Hong ^y^g^ health nor emplnyment affected Kong Press. j 1},^^ programs in school, the dean SOUTH AFRICAN PROBLEMS explained. South Africa is fated with many problems that do not affect more for- Arhor Day Revived tO Aid innately situated counVios. I's vast porestry in New Zealand distances and scattered population •"â- ^--••j Introduce dlHIcultlea of organUatlon \ Auckland, N.Z.â€" Arbor Day, Intro- and finance that are unknown In old- duced Into New Zealand many years er lands. Its poor whites constitute ago, but gradually neglected. Is now a problem that can only be paralleled being revived, which Is taken to be In the Southern States of the U.S.A. a sign of awakening of mtiot\al ron- And our native problem Is peculiarly sclousnesa toward trees. our own. All these matters are Impor- tant pnoi ;jh to havo attracted the at- tention of the greatest living auhnr- itles, and their accumulated know- ledge Is now to be placed at our dis- posal, for which we have to fh.ink the New Zealanders are htginiiing to realize how they have wasted their national forest estate. This year, Ar- bor Day was celebrated by ceremon- ial tree. planting in several places, and the Governor General gave an elo. By Jack Cooke All kinds of peeves, criticisms and arguments to get off our cheat thia week. Must Teply to that letter from four enthusastlc admirers of this col- umn first. Here 'tis Just as they wrote it. Dear (you'll wonder too, after reading the rather choice Hues that follow) News of the Air Editor: Wo just wonder what ever gave you the Idea that you were a critic of music? Personally we think you should be writing essays on daisies and pansies, as they seem to be more in your line. Personally we do not like Carmen Lombardo's singing ourselves, but If you could sing halt as good, you would not be editing a half pint hick town paper. Just what in your opinion (look, t'.iey give us credit for haviug one) is a good orchestra? The Crazy Water Crystal Balladeera, or Alf Hannlgan? (We believe there might be some real good ole subtle sarcasm In that last paragraph, but then boys must be boys or half-wits). You apparently don't like Wayne King, but what is your opinion com- pared to 100,000,000 North Americans. So as one music critic to another. We remain, James Pickering, H. E. Spall, C. E. Gray, K. MacMillan. And thus ends the letter. Well, mine friends, as one music critic to four quarters of another m.c, we fall to see exactly what you're drl- iving at. We can assure you with the deepest sincerity that our experience in the horticultural line has been en- tirely inadequate, hence our services as an essayist on daisies and pansies, would, we believe be sadly ignored. Still, it should be an absorbing sub- ject and might be taken up seriously as a hobby. But then, of course, you would with your apparent familiarity of the matter, know better than us, as to whether or not it Is an interesting as we in our abysmal ignorance, anti- cipate it would be. But then we're hedging aren't we? Well suppose you m.c.'s write me ag- ain some time and state just a trifle more defiuitely what part or parts of our analysis of dance bands you find it hard to stomach. In the me&ntime think of that chap no doubt as moronically Inclined as we seem to be, who, on attending the Lombardo's grand opening at the Co- canut Grove last season, listened very quietly wliille Guy asked the crowded floor what they would like for an en- core, whereupon the same chappie probably more moronic than ever pip- ed up â€" Isham Jones! Roxy's latest reprimand of radio is just as timely aud true as his others have been. He says In part "Today, the atop watch, rather than the mas- iiues of comedy and tragedy are the gods of radio. The ease and natural- ness of an artist's performanco are undermined when he becomes clock conscious. Yet the time limits of a radio performance are such that clock-consciousness developes. It is the fault of the producers, who, in- stead of leaving a lot of latitude in a program try to stuff In every poa. sible feature." We are of the opinon that Roxy Is tlie greate.st showman on radio. Wit- ness his glorious programs which re- tain their air ot delightful Informal- ity. South African members of the New quent address on the value of native Rducatlon Fellowship who attended forests. Paul Whiteman is quoted as saying: "It's hard to tell whether Ramona is a better blues singer or piano player. Good heavens! Mr. Whiteman do you consider Ramona a singer, be she ever so blue. Admittedly she does play a very fine piano. But sing? No never. It is said that Rudy Vallee is on the outs with N.B.C., and now comes the big surprise. Will Osborne his old ri- val Is being heard regularly on the Red network. We can't imagine Val- lee losing much sleep over it though. By the by the crooner and Alice Fay© are really that way Inclined. Honest! Borrah Minnevltch and his Harmon- ica Rascals are still very much in our picture, as witness their grand broad- cast to Byrd way down souther than south. Lawrence Tibbet's singing on the Packard program marks a new high in entertainment for the winter sea- son. Listened to the Pontlac half hour last night. It lack that something with which hit programmes are built. And in passing put us on record as saying that Al Goodman has the finest of all commercial orchestras. Frank Black or no FVank Black. Plums, orchids cheers or what have .vDu to SIgmund Spaeth for his pat on the back to John Charles Thomas. 'He possesses the finest vocalism, the smoothest, most velvety quality to be found In any singer today." Mary Carry and Isobel Price on that Kleenex program emanating from CFRB are just about as "ousylay" as expected. Perhaps if Miss Carry sang a bit more in tune, it would help mat- ters Infinitely. Oh, well, we've dished out the hemlock profusely enough for this week so, with a plug for "Let's take a walk around the block" we bid you all "Heigh-ho" till next week. Economic Misfortunes Depress Dutch Women In one of the current radio mags. 12 Amsterdam. â€" Women ot the Neth- erlands are retreating a little after having attained most of the objec. tlves of feminism in the years Imme- diately following the war. They are being driven back by the economic misfortunes of this lit- tle state. Female employees of the Government must resign upon niarry- Ing, and the practice carries on to commercial fields. But it Is not a "back to the kit- chen" movement such as goes on In Oermauy. The woman of the Keth. erlands expects to reclaim her righti when the clouds of the dep;-c;siot scatter. Dresses are modish and hair Is shortened, even though Queen Wil helmina will admit to her presciice no women with bobbed hair or cut out dresses. Society women must make a choice, either to follow tha court or follow fashion. Lifting of U.S. Hay Duty Explained to Canadians Montreal.â€" The proclwmation of President Roosevelt regarding tha lifting of the duty on Canadian hay exported to the south only authorizes such importations into the United States to be free of duty under con- siderable limitations, tl\e object ot the law being to prc<vide for areas where, due to the drought, extraordin. ary conditions prevail. This was pointed out in Montreal by wholesaler dealers in hay who claimed that the original announce- ment had left Quebec farmers "in an excited condition". Sees Need For Trained Crew Sopwith Admits Rainbow Han(iled Better Tlian Endeavour New York. â€" Future challengers for tho America's Cup must have crews at least approaching the efficiency ot those of the United States defenders, T. O. M. Sopwith, owner and skip- per of the latest British challenger. Endeavor, told a group. "I've never seen such precision as you have got your crew down to", he said. "It's a terribly hard standard to liVQ up to, but it's a standard we have got to get close to if we want to compete with you." Sopwith said he meant no dispar- agement of his own crew, largely composed of amateurs recruited at tho last minute, but that there was no question Rainbow, the successful defender, was much better manned. Sopwith amused the gathering by reciting a remark made by one of his crew while adjusting a fitting on the metal mast of the boat during one of the races. "In God's name what would Lord Nelson say it he saw us setting a mainsail with a wrench?" he quoted the man as saying. City Welfare Gardens Yield $15,000 Harvest GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.â€" Fifteen thousand dollars worth of vegetables is the 1934 production of the city's welfare subsistence gardens, accord- ing to Mr. Roy Lodge, superlvisor. The garden idea began a year ago when the Kent Garden Club saw the possibilities of utilizing vacant acre- age for this purpose. City ofiicials approved and donated land. Civic- minded persons loaned other lands free for the project. Tools were pro- vided. Last year there were 273 plots, which yielded nearly 4OO0 bushels of garden stuflf, valued at about $6000. Motor Accidents Increase T. B. McQuesten, Minister of High- ways of Ontario reports an increase in motor accidents for the first seven months of 1934 over the correspond- ing period of last year. During this period there were 4,674 accidents ot 4.7 per cent more than last year. The Increase in fatalities was 10.9 per cent while the estimated properly da- mage loss from reported accidents was $443,094 or 7.2 per cent more than in 193.'{. The greatest rate of change in total accident was In collisions in- volving bicycles with an increase of 14.9 per cent. Possibly this increase In accidents is simply due to the tact that 1934 traffic was much heavier than for several years past. New York "Poor Man's Courts" Eases Order to Pay Claims New York.â€" The Court of Small Claims known as the "Poor Man's Court," has taken a leaf out of the book of the large scale manufacturer and recognized the installment plan as a legitimate method by which de- fendants may pay off judgments out- .standing again:>t them. At its weekly .session presiding Justice Pelham St. George Mis^ell of the Manhattan branch of the court, .-igned two orders taking into account the phenomena of "hard times" in re- ciuiring the defendants to pay. Mrs. Henry GoUin, of the Bronx, who had run up a bill of $18 for dental work, was instructed to pay her dentist, Dr. Charles Weiman, $1 a week until the entire amount was paid off. Dr. Weiman brought into court an X-ray illustrated report of the work he had done for the de- fendant to support his claim. The other "in.-.tallment judgment" was rendered against Mr. George E. Horii, who was ortlered to pay $1 a week to Mr. .\dolph E. S. Faigle, plaintiff, until the sum of $48 for sales commi.s.sion.-) due him was paid in full. Proofs of a photograph which did not plea:e the client, a radio which would not work and a Jewish prayer shawl which developed holes after a visit to the cleaner were among the subjects of litigation which won ver- dicts for the plairjtiffs or were set- tled in the court room. The dissatisfied sitter in the pho- tographer's studio recovered $3 of his $5 deposit from the photographic company. The owner of the radio receiver won a judgment for the purchase price of $15 after the defendanU produced a model a.s exhibit A, plug- ged it in to three different outlets in the court, but no sound issued from it. Remarking that "the court notei that it does not work," Justice Bi»- sell awarded the plaintiff the full purchase price. Supreme Court Justice Isidor Was- servogel announced the opening of f conciliation court to which abtorneyi may take cases when there is i chance of settling them The new tri- bunal is intended to clear court calen- dars and .seed trials. It will be called each afternoon while th« Supremf Court is in session.