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K VOICE CANADA THE EMF'IRE THE WORLD AT LARGE of the PRESS CANADA Better Mc nners Needed on The Highways The Ontario I)ii-arlnunt of High- ways, Iroiii knowledge boin of its clahorr.tc records, lieclures that any reaucuon in the number of "motor vchiclei--pedcslrian acciilents" rests upon observance of the ru'es of ordin ary corrtesy." The Pepartnient could have made its conclusion more gen eral. A very larRe proportion of traffic accidents of all sorts might bo avoided by observance of the rules of ordinary courtesy. Plain boorish ncs.< explains vast nundior of acci- dents. I'ar loo many motorists leave thoir good manners behind them when thoy climb under the wheel of a motor vehicle. They arc quite re- gardless not only of j)e(leslrian3 but of other cars. They ignore rules of the right of way. leave the curb with- out signal, make turns without any warning to following traffic, show to their fellow drivers a rudeness, a lack of that ordinary courtesy, which rep- presents almost a psychological con- dit'o:.. Common politeness docs not permit of r.nces with trains to level frossinps, of cutting pe.-ilously ahead of other cars in traffic, of crowding lights and signs, of speeding on town streets. If, in a word, we would take to the highways our drawing-room manners we should have many lives, and much suffering. â€"Bi-nnipton Con- servator, Story With A Moral Here's a little goifing story about the Open championship at Baitusrol. Playing the MO-yard fourth hole to- gether, both Denny Shute an(> Willie Klein were on in two, missed putts for birdie three, took fours. Then each tried his putt over again and BanV- it. Moral: The time to do any job right is when it counts in the score. â€" Wind- sor ."^tar. Brief Cominent Toronto papers noti- lliat there wasn't a single fatality in the city during the day. Tho.se who drove By KEN EDWARDS Olympic Games The first Olympic games were held at Olympia, Athens, Creoce, 770 U.C. lionians did not enter the games until aftei- their con- ((Uest of Greece. Tihei-ius, several year.-' before he became emperor, w.ns the first celebrnt'd Roman to win a victory â-  â€" a chariot race. Lacrosse Lacros.se origin.-itcd with the American Indians, the game be- ing played purely for aniti^ement and its exercise value. The Indians had as many as a thou.iand player."- on e.nch side. each carrying two sticks. The uni- form consisted of a loin doth and dyed horse'st ♦nil, Si|uaw.s tgjdv part by switching: their hu.sl)ands on with stick.i, urg- ing them on to \-ictory. Auto Racins: The (list .â- into luce in .Aineiica w:'.s on Thanksv.iving Tlay, ],<?f),'). The enti;ints were called nioto- cycles. n.it automnbilcs. Tlio win- ner, .1. F Diiryea, travelled .l.-J^ miles in 10 hours, 23 minutes. Henrv Ford was very much in- terested in that fir.st American nice; he wanted to he present >>ut --ould not borrow the rtr fare ! The world's record of 14.*? miles per hour was held by Rol» Bur- man for ye.Trs. That, veteran .snccder of the road, T?alph Tic Pnlm.T. won more than 300 rn'os. Swimminir When .Julius Caesar was over 50 years old he was sln'pwrecked. .Tumping overiioard. he held his sword between his teeth, vnliinhle documents in his left hand; n.sin(f his right hand he swam to shore. .Ainericfi sent the first women's swimming team to tli, 01vmp\c.-< In 1920. When she was onlv Ifi years old Helcne Madison of .Seattle set six new world records. QUESTION BOX If you have ,tny (fiicr.tirtn re* garding (port pRrtonalitie.t or any parl!cula> anijln to a game, write to Ken Edw.-trdi, Room 421, 73 Ad-((.;de Wr.f, Toron to. If a personal 'Cply is desir- ed, enclose a slni>prd (3c) Keif- addressed envi.-l'ip'!. over the highways on Sunday and Monday know the reason â€" there wasn't a car left in the city. â€" Fergus News-Uecord. That Witching Hour English courts have ruled that the expression 12 p.m. is meaningless. A motorist was charged with disobey- ing a sign erected by local authori- ties. This forbade parking in a cer- tain spot "between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m." The defence argued that 12 p.m. is no time at all, means noth- ing and is nowhere mentioned in an act of parliament; that being so, the local authorities had committed an offence in putting up the notice. The accused was discharged. There cannot be many people who use the term 12 p.m. and still fewer who use 12 a.m.; 12 midnight and 12 noon, or simply midnight and noon are generally and correctly employed. To use 12 a.m. for 12 noon is obvi- ously incorrect; it being the exact meridian the time cannot be either bofore or after the meridian. With respect to 12 midnight it is not so clear; that 12 o'clock is the same distance between one meridian and the next. In that sense one person might call midnight 12 a.m. and an- other call it 12 p.m. with equal justi- fication, but with a good chance of confusion. Truly it is the witching hour. Except that we are all so used to our twelve-hour division of time, it makes one long for the days when midnight was called 00.00 hours and 12.25 a.m. was 00.25 hours, and when one dined â€" on bully beef again â€" at 19.30 hours or therealiouts. At any rate, there was then no argument about a m. and p.m. â€" .St. .lohn Tele- graph-Journal. Public Health Authorities Gather The Chance Came Elon .\. Stowatcr is a Kentucky man, 74 years of age. Recently the apartment in which he lived caught fire and he slid down a rope from the fourth floor. As ho was walking away a reporter stopped him and ask where he found the rope. "I didn't find it," replied Stowatcr. "I had it. I've kept a rope under my bed for 30 years because I have always been afraid of being trapped in a fire." â€" .St. Tbdiiias Times-.Iournal. They Are Everywhere "There are too many people walk- ing around," notes Tho Ottawa .lournal, "who are not content with wasting their own time." So the Ottawa Editor suffers, too! â€" .St. Catherines Standard. Last Survivor The last survivor of "the gallant six hundred" who charged at Bala- klava in 1854 died nine years ago, according to the London Times. It is usually very sure of the correctness of its statements. So claims from time to time that some who were in the light brigade are still living may bo safely disregarded. The Times also gives the information that the la.st survivor of Trafalgar died in 1884. and of Waterloo in 1S04.â€" Ed- monton .lournal. Only Five Above Us This is something for our pride an Canadians: that in total international trade this Dominion last year held sixth place in all the world. The value of our trade, it is computed by the Bureau of Statistics, was exceedeil by but five nations â€" the United King- dom, United States, Germany, France and Japan. The trade of these eleven million Canadians was greater than the trade of Belgium, the Nether- lands, British India, Italy, and all other countries. In exports we were filth, being cx- ceiilcd only by the United Slates, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. We were ninth in imports, tho first eight being United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Ja- pan, the Netherlands, Italy and Bidgium. Back in 1U20 Canada stood fourth place for total trade. For the follow- ing decade we were fifth or sixth. With the depression we slumped to seventh in '31 and '.'?2, to ninth in '33. Then the improvement commenced â€" wc were eight in '34 and, as we have said, sixth in ".\'>. â- - Ottawa Farm Journal. Things Are Better The financial pages of the news- paper these liays contain a rising number of notices of dividends to be paid by companies. Summaries of ilividend payments show substantial tc^al Increases by representative com- panies. If one turns back the files to pages of two and three years ago the contrast is distinctly marked. Betterment has gone along quietly an. I sti'adily from almost impercept- ible beginnings and is gaining evident Here are delegates at the Ottawa conference of provincial health authorities called by Hon. C. Vt. Power, Federal Minister of Pension and .National Health. Front (left to right) Hon. I. B. Griffiths, Manitoba; Hon. Mark H. McGuigan, P.K.I. ; Hon. Dr. F. R. Davis, Nova Scotia; Hon. W. F. Koberts, New Brunswick; Hon. C. G. Power, Federal .Minister of Health; Hon. James A. Faulkner, Ont.; Hon. J. M. Uhrich, Sask. Second Row (left to right) Dr. R. E. Wodehouse, Deputy Minister, Pen- sions and National Health; Dr. W. W. Warwick, Deputy Minister of Health, N.B.; Dr. H. E. Voung, Provincial Officer of Health, British Columbia; Dr. J. A. Leduc, Provincial Board of Health, Que- bec; Dr. M. R. Bow, Deputy Minister of Health, Alberta; Dr. H. M. Cassidy, Director of Social Wel- fare, British Columbia; Dr. B. T. McGhie, Deputy Minister of Health, Ontario; Dr. R. 0. Davison, Deputy Minister of Health, Saskatchewan. Third Row (left to right) Dr. P. A. Creelman, Depart- ment of Health, P.E.I. ; Dr. P. 1!. Cainnbell, Chief Health Officer, Nova Scotia; Dr. F. W. Jackson, Deputy Mir.ister of Health, Manitoba; ITr. John Phair, Director of Health, Ontario; Dr. John Heagerty, Chief executive assistant, Federal Department of Health. cumulative strength. â€" Kingston Whig- Standard. Sound Path The League of Nations' civil service should be kept intact, even though, beyond this practical service, the limi- tations are obvious. Canada does well to continue along the sound path of international conciliation as it has been demonstrated for many years between this country and the Unite<i States by the International Joint Commission. â€" Ottawa Citizen. THE EMPIRE Officially Unknown Ilaile Selassie, exiled Emperor of Abyssinia, comes to London. Mr. Baldwin keeps his lips sealed, and the British (iovernment look the other way and pretend not to notice any- thing. But the cockney crowd roll up, and how they cheer! In Rome the people hail Marshall Badoglio, victor of Abyssinia. Mussolini can hardly pretend that he docs not know about soldier Badoglio, who cleaned up his war for him after Blackshirt de Bono had got it well stuck in the mud. But Mussolini orders "No flags for Ba- doglio!" Whether you win or lose .\bys3inia, it seems to be officially unpopular. â€" London Daily Express. A Fitting Memorial The King was a lover of youth, youth out of doors above all. His faith in the future of the Empire was founded on his belief in the rising generation, whom he addressed, it will be remembered, in trusting terms in the last of his broadcast messages. It would not be rash to say that King George himself would have given swift approval to the nation-wide network of playing-fields, where in time to come British youth will find remembrance of his fame. It would be difficult to imagin,' any form of memorial which, recalling the past with thankfulness, borrowed so much from the future as well. Those who pass through "King George's Gates" will at once pay tribute to a great and gocd man and find a charter for their own health and happiness. â€" Glasgow Herald. Really an Englishman ! We have read the whole of Plandit Jawaharlial Nehru's presidential ad- dress to the Indian National Con- gress, and tlie overwhelming impres- sion left upon us is that this is not an Indian speaking. In no sense whatever are these the words of an Indian. That the Plandit is an Indian by birth is of course unquestioned. That he is a British product is equally certain. Ho might have been one of several kinds of Fhiglishmen, a polo- playing sportsman, a country gentle- man interested in agricultural de- velopment, a Conservative, an educa- tionist, a philosophic Radical Fate has made him a modern Englishman ot tho Left, a "revolutionary" Social- ist, a theoretical Communist. But tho English Tory, the English Radi- cal, and the English Socialist, all have something in common, which they de- rive from an English environment and which they cannot rid them- selves of. This, too, is the possession of the present President of the Indian National Congress. â€" Calcutta States- man. British Spinsters Demand Pensions LONDON Five thousand spinsters from every part of the country will journey to I^ondon for a monster dem- onstration in Hyde Park demanding pensions. Specifically, they seek pen- sions for spinsters at the age of 55 under the National Insurance scheme. Spinsters' Associations were start- ed last year by Florence White, well known Bradford business woman. Their membership now totals 3.5,0(10. Pithy Anecdotes Of the Famous There was a time when William Butler Yeats, like most poets was pretty hard up. But that was Scarbor- oiiKh (in "England Muddles Through) Then he gave some classic definitions such us "A gentleman is a man who never bilks his tailor," "A man who dresses for dinner,'' and "One wlio prcfer.s caviar to kippers." But the one that tickled my fancy most, because of its Cockney humor, was this: " 'E's a gentleman; 'e don't blow- on 'is tea, 'e fans it with 'is 'at." These lines appear on the last page of John Maspfield's new book of poems, "A Letter from Pontus and Olher Verse:" Print not niy life nor letter.s; put them by; When I am dead lot memory of me die. Dlcst bo those who in their mercy heed This heartfelt prayer of mine to Ad- rm'ft Seed: Hlessed he they, but may a curse pur- sue Ml who reject this living prayer, and do. witty Wliidi recalls Dean Inge's parody from Ijongfellow: "Lives'" o fgrcat men oft' remind us As we o'er their pages turn, That we, too, may leave behind us 1.1 Iters that we ought to burn. Tho pa.-^slng of Mary Johnston â€" author of that fine novel, "To Hjive and To Hold" â€" recalls a story she used to tell about tho days when she was working for woman suffrage. She was to speak in a little town in Vtr- Kinia where her grandfather had been born. Invariably, in other places, she had been introduced as "Mary John- ston, the novelist," and had become as reconcili'd as possible. This night she was all prepared for the ordeal when tlin chairman rose and said, quite simply: "Folks,"' John Alexanders craiulV danp;ht(>r is going to say a few words to us." In the folding shadow of absolute anonymity she gratefully made the lii'st suffrage speech of her career. Recalling the first time she lunch- ed at the homo in London, ot Alice (Mrs. Wilfred) Alcynell, tho poet and essayist, Edith Wliarton says (In "A Mackward Glance") that she was also struck by ilio solemnity with which this tall thin, sweet-voiced woman, with melancholy eye i and rather ca- la'iiue-like garb, was treated by her husband and children. Mr. Meynell. small and luisk, bustled in ahead of hi-r. as though preceding a sovereign: and all througli tho luncheon, Mrs MeyneU's ulterances, murmured with soft di'liberalloii, were received' in an attentive silence punctuated by: 'My wife was saying tho other day," 'My wife always thinks' - - as though each y:!ab'i> from those lips was final. Fish-Dalls â€" strangest of all the fish htories told by Vic Hurley (in â- Men in Sun Helmets") Is one about 1 fish ' little Filipino boys use tor a tennis ball." "Thoy bounce tl\e fish against thf walls of the buildings in the equiva- lent of a game of handball," be de- clares. "The first time I saw such a thing. 1 did not believe it to bo true. I saw a Filipino boy, fishing, from the sea-wall, capture a small fish. He laid thu fish on (he hot cement and in a moment It swelled as round and syinnu'lrieal as a ball. The little boy went giiy'y down the siveet. bounc- ing tho liall that the sci had provided him." Now It's y(ur turn! R. F. Dibble â€" in hi.s biography of John L. Sullivan â€" records that once a dainty little miss asked the famous pugilist to write her a few autographs so that she could sell them at a fair held by the church. "Oh what're you giving me?" said John L. in a graciously tragic way. "I ain't no good at writing, but I'll have my manager write as many of my â€" what d'you call 'em, as you want." The damsel told him that this would hardly do. So pens, inlc and paper were ordered, and after mauy labor- ious efforts, in which he spoiled more than a dozen pens and ruined a quan- tity of stationery. Sullivan finally succeeded in scratching down about 20 badly blotched but fairly legible signatures. "I always like to do what I can for religion," he assured her as. grasp- ing her hand and most of her fore- arm, between his ink-stained fingers, ho bade her a courteous good-by. One of Pett Ridge's favorite stories c<mcerned a young couple with one child, who decided to move from a house to an apartment. The husband, as a labor-saving device, went oft for golf while the work was being done. At the first dinner given in the new apartment he spoke to the guests with complacency of the ease with which the transfer had been effected. "No anxiety,'' he declared, "and absolutely no worry of any descript- ion. Isn't that true, my dear?" "Quite true." she agreed. "No more than there was when our little Gladys arrived ! " Statistics Slow In 1935 automobile accidents ac- counted for 1,'224 deaths in Canada, an increase of 109 over 1934. Let those who think the Safety cam- paigns are being overworked ponder this Bureau of Statistics statement. The vital statistics of 1935 are in many ways encouraging. But des- pite widespread education and the progress of Medicine and Science it is clear we have not made such start- ling progress in our defence against the ravages of disease and the toll of negligence. The foUowinpr statistics are for the whole of 10.'>,.5, with those of 1934 in brackets: Live births 221,03fi (221,303); birth rate 20.2 (20.5); illegitimate births 8,313. (8.070; per cent, of total live births 3.8 (3.6); deaths 105,451 (101,- ,'')82); death rate 9.0 (9.4); marriages 7(1,8(19 (73,092); marriage rate 7.0 (0.8); maternal deaths 1,093 (l,tf>7); rale per 1,000 live births 4.0 (5.3). The deaths from certain causes: Typhoid and paratyphoid fever 272 (•293; smallpox G (3); measles 489 (188); scarlet fever 242 (220); diph theria 202 (2,32); influenza 3,387 (2,004); infantile paralysis 0.3 (84); tuberculosis 0,584 (6,431); cancer 11,- 140 (10,581); suicide 902 (927); homi- cide 1.53 (142); automobile accidents 1,224 (1,115); other violence 4.606 (4,285). Opinions >.. Sotto Voce Writes the New Yorkerâ€" There was a full-blown, formal, rehearsed-to-the- last-lily-of-the-valley church wedding last week, at wliich one of the u.shers took to cutting up. As he escorted the guests down the aisle he followed convention, asking the guests whether they were friends of the bride or the groom and seating them accord- ingly. He varied from ritual only slightly, in fact To the bride's friends, as he bowed them to their seats, he whis- pired, "Isn't it awful about the groom?" and to the groom's friends. "Isn't it terrible ,Tbout t^ie bride?" There w,<ts the devil to pay. Nothing can so poignantly evok* tha flavor of the receding^ past tat some remembered tune, some melody that has caught up and woven lata its own unconscious fabric the very color and fragrance of a day gone by. â€" Alexander Woolcott, While Rom* Burns. ». i J It is not marriage that fails; it ia people that fail. All that marriajf* does is to show them up. â€" Henry Emerson Fosdick. My father used to say: "Never suspect people. It's better to be de- ceived or mistaken, which is only human, after all, than to be suspici- ous, which is common." â€" Stark Young, Feliciana. In the United States, "First" and' "Second" class can't be painted on- railroad cars, for all passengers, be- ing Americans, are equal and it would be "un-American." But paint "Pull-' man" on a car, and everybody la satisfied. The law of work does seem utter- ly unfair â€" but there it is, and noth- ing can change it: the higher the 'pay in enjoyment the worker gets out of it, the higher shall be his pay in money also. â€" Mark Twain, ' Con- necticut Yankee in King Arthur'! Court. What is all wisdom save a callecfr- ion of platitudes? Take 50 of our, current proverbial sayings â€" they are so trite, so threadbare, that we can hardly bring our lips to utter them.' Nonetheless, they embody the cen-| centrated experience of the race, slttd. the man who orders his life accord-' ing to their teaching cannot go tar wrong. How easy that seems! But has anyone ever done so? Never. Haa any man ever attained inner har- mony by pondering the experience of others? Not since the world .be- gan. He must pass through the., fire. â€" Norman Douglas, South Wind. Whoever produces anythi:ig by weary labor, does not need a revla- tion from heaven to teach him that he has a right to the thing produced. â€" Ingersoll. Tailored Model Here's a useful dress for sum- . nier in town or in the country. The buttoned shoulder actcnt.H the (lattering neckline. A tailored feeling is noted in the stitviicd back pleat from neck tu nSni. It will give you a lovely tall appear- ance. Two hip pockets and a single breast pocket add to its sporting-air. It is made of soft cotton in shantung weave in aqua-blue. He- sides being enticingly cool, it tubs like a handkerchief. The trim is navy. Again, you'll like it in white tub silk or natural linen with lla- mingo-red button.s, belt and pock- et "hanky." The sleeves cut in one with the bodice, making it exceptionally simple to sew. Style Ko. 2823 is designed for sizes 12. 14, Ifi, 18 and 20 years. Sizes 16 rociuires HV* yards of 39-inch material with two yards ' of ribbon for belt. |., HOW TO ORDER PATTHtt.NS Write your name and address plainly, giving number and size of pattern wanted. Knclose 16c in stamps or coin (coin prefer- red; wrap it carefully) and ad- dress your order to Wilson Cat- tern Service, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto, il