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CANADIANS IN ENGLAND TRAIN TO MEET INVASION THREAT AlU'.ough some American military experts believe tliat the daiitrer of invasion of Britain by Ger- aaan forces has passed, the Britb^h hi^h command does not share that belief. So there ii no let-down of freparedneos to meet invasion. The men shown here are Canadians recently arrived in Britain. They •rs engaged in the job of transporting a Bren gun carrier across a river as part of their training to meet Aa invasion tbreat. The men are wearing gas nnaslix and full battle dre.si<. Form Holes . . A Little Iodine In Animal Feeds (By B. Lealf* Cmslie) la the nutrition of anlmala as WCril ns of plants there are c»rtatn ^ementrv'htch, though required In T«ry minute amounts, are nonetbe- IMS absolutely easentiai to htalth «lid normal development. lodln* U one of these mighty atoms. The Io- dine contained In the body of a grown man weighs less than a drop of water, yet lack of It would end existence. Th» small amounts of Iodine required by animals are ab- sorbed mostly from food and wat- er. But sometimes the Intake is too restricted, and symptoms of Io- dine deficiency appear. Protect Against Oeficlenoy The thyroid gland Is th« centre •t iodine concentration and con- trols nearly all body processes. Ooitre in calves and lambs, Joint- lU of foals, hairleesness of young 9lgB, etc., indicate iodine defic- iency. Iodine promotee growth. In- creases production of milk and 9U», and the hatchsiblllty of the Utter. Bealdes. it improves the Quality of wool, hair and fur. Io- dine is a necessary Ingredient of balanced mineral supplements which protect livestock agRinst de- ficiency diseases. Friendliness Is Princess' Charm RIdeau Hall's Chatelaine Provea Gracious and Sym- pathetic The friendliness of ' Princess Alice's smile, her warm sympathy * and unaffected simplicity will me«A more than b«r royal rank to Cauad- iane who meet the chatelaine of RIdeau Hall, writes Gladys Arnold. Recently at a r'>ception In the vice-regal roeidence a young officer of the R. C. A. T. stood nervously on the frlnga of a gay, chatting crowd of young men in the uni- forms of the three services and •millng girls in simple afternoon frocks. Obviously he was shy and apparently know nobody. Through the crowd strapped Prin- oess Alice. She noticed the young airman at once and with quick friendliness went straight up to him and In no time at all be was chatting away and evidently quite at home. "She spoke to me as tliougli she had always known meâ€" and right away I met a lot of people," ha said. "She's a real princess" LEOPOLD'S DAUGHTER Princese Alice Mary was born In Windsor Castle, February 28, 1883, daughter of Prince I,,€opold, fourtli •on and ninth chili of Queeu Vic torls. Alice Mary was a sprightly •hlld, with delicate bones and viv- acity of temperament which gives bar light step and youthful csr- riage ot today. Her hair b«s silvered l)ut Hip brown of h»r eyes has not dimmed since the days when she played wltb her royaJ cousins and wss teased by a lively, kindly young isan wbo waa later to becomt' Oeorge V. Modern Ski 3,000 Years In Making â- ut Firat Historical Mention Of It Dates From Sixth Cen- tury â€" Vikings Used It For Snow Travel The modern ski ha« some three thousand years of interesting de- velopment behind il. but the first hiatorical mention of skis dates ifom the sixth century, .M that ttane the Vikings were using "•oaki," or mow glide shoes, for VlRtOT travel. The»« ancient skis were short, wide boards, cov- ered with seal-skin to gi'ip the «now and to make climbing ea.sy. but for downhill travel they could have been little better than the inowshoes of to-day. I^ate.-, this difficulty was overcome by using on* skin-covered ski or "andor" and one runner of polish- ed wood, the skier balancing him- self on tha runner with the aid at a Ions heavy pole for the d«- acenta. The next improvement was tb* uie of two wooden run- ners, but the early patterns of ihla tjrpo were turned up at both enda no that, if on« point were broken, the ski oomU be reversed < â€" the Norseman'* equivalent of the modern spare tire. MADE IN SEVERAL PATTERNS Nowadays skis are made in s*v- aral patt*nis to meed special uses, such a* Jumping, racing, or sreneral purposes. The favourite material* used in making them are hickory, ash, maple and birch, all of which have the quali- ties of toughness, flexibility, and hardnea* in varying degrees and oomblnationa. Hickory, for ex- ample, makes a Strong hard-wear- ing but rather heavy sld, ash makes a relatively light sld, while maple skis are reputed te be vary fast. LA.MINATED TYPE NEWEST Experiment* hi making a la- minated ski composed of layer* of different kinds of wood glued together in order to produce a stronger, more efficient ski with less waste of material wer* con- ducted by tiie Forest Products Laboratories of Canada aa far back as 1924. Although there have been many improvements in laminated skis since that time, the basic principle has been prov- ed aound and akis of this type >t* becoming increaaingly popular. You Figure It Out â€" We're Bu»y When Virgil Schense, 24, of Aberdeen, S.D., uses the licens* he got to marry Dorothy Nelson, 28, here'* what will happen â€" all because Mis* Nelson is th* sister of Schense's father's second wife. Dorothy will become her sister'* daughter-in-law; Virgil will b* his stepmother'a b|rotiher-|n-law, also the brother-in-law of his own father. Coal production in Canada dur- ing the first eight months of 1940 amounted Jbo .10,892,981 ton* compared with 9,281,921 toiis In t*e corresponding period of 1939. RADIO REPORTER By DAVE ROBBINS "BRITAIN SPEAKS" The man whoeo voice has be- come known as the radio find ot 1940 J. B. Priestley, will continue to be heard In 1941 as a member of the speaking group regularly presented over tho CBC national network at 11.16 pan. EDST. This 1* the feature, "Britain Speaks," produced by tho BBC and re- broidcaat in this counti-y as a nightly program from Ottawa. Mrs. Priestley, who long since gained international fame as a writer and lecluror and who last year became oue of the best known pei'Bonalities on the air, is heard Sunday* and Tuesdays in this ser- lee. Leslie Howard, the British film and stage star who went home from Hollywood when war broke out, spealcs (or Britain on Mon- dayB. Sir Philip Joubert, eminent authority on detpuse matters, gives his informative report on Wed- nesday*. William Holt, the York- shire weaver who has travelled all over tlie world and learned the ways of man and the things that touch his heart, l>rlngs fresh cour- HKO and new spirit on Thursdays. 'I'wn excellent speakers take alter- nate Friday nights for their re- pnrto on economic and military affairs. They are Philip Noel Baker and David Bowos-Lyon, the latter a brother of Ilor Majesty, the Queen. The feature is scheduled In Canada each night except Sat- urday, at 11. IG p.m. • • • AROUND THE DIAL With all the now news rogula lions for l^ensdian radio (or our boat, CKOC from 1110 on your dialâ€" still brings us the beet news coverage. Tlxis station brings to Ontario news from everywhere at 6.15 and 7.4S each morning, â€" 12.30 noon â€" and 6.15 and 11.00 each even- ing. • * • WB£}N at Buffalo Is still able to uuoork a smart show now and again, and one ol the best is their International House Party heard every Monday, Wednesday and Fri- day at 7.30 (standard). This show has a Canadian ring that has mov- ed aci-oss the border. • • • Trivia: Organist Sydnoy Torch, whose recordings yon hav» enjoy- ed many times, is now a wireless operator in the R. A. F. For a laugh and your early morning pick-up ymi should dial In Joe Chrysdale at CKOC from 6.00 to 8.00 each morn- ing â€" this new voice is infectious. Grade Fields picked up four thous- and dollars In a concert for British War Belief at Salt Lake City. The ('olumbia Broadcasting System is forming a network in Mexico. May- be this means snappier rhumhas. • • • The Green Hornet story beard from CI''RB Friday nights at 9.00, is one of the better hair ral.iors. Dial in and get simred to death. • * * We are completely chastened. With a view to making thi* column biggor and better In 1941, we began aslciug for oDinions. As we saunt- ered down King Street, one of the person* we queried at the Ter- minal Station wn« an Indian brave. When wo asked him it he read this column he replied: "I'm not that brave!" Saving Ontario's Natural Resources G. C. TONER Federation of Ontario Anglers (No. 24) HISTORICAL MATERIAL In the better management ot our natural resources certain institu- tions are of prime Importance. We know that if we want to control the harvesting of a wild crop we must have all the Information about it that we can get together. As an example, the law says we must not take trout In the fall, and the law is based on the knowledge that the fish are reproducing at such times of the year. The ha^ vest of the trout is carried out in summer when It does the least harm to the species. So knowledge of all our natural resource«i is need- ed and one of the centres in On- tario for gathering this information is the Royal Ontario Museum ot Zoology. Museum of Zoology This institution waa founded hi UlS, a short time after th* Mu- seum building on Bloor Street, To- ronto, was opened by the Duke of Connaught, Governor-General of Canada. It waa an outgrowth of tb* collections of the Biological Mu- seum of the University of Toronto, whose accumulation started betor* 1850. This collection had gradually become too big for the building in which it was housed and *o a small teaching exhibit was left whll* the research material wa* moved to th« Royal OnUrlo Museum build- ing. At Normal School Another early source of material was the Normal School collections. Th* Leigislature of 1852-3 approp- riated 600 pounds Sterling per an- num to be used by the Museum of the Normal School for th* pur- ohase ot books, publications, speci- mens, models and other objects re- l|ting tq educaUon, Until after 1898, natural history tfiatwfal seems to have occupied a very sub- sidiary position in th* Normal Sohool but an addition to the build- ing in this year allowed more apace to natural history. In 1906, the Normal School mu- seum was raised to the status ot a Provincial Museum and Dr. Wil- liam Brodle was appointed first ProviBoUl Biologist. His extensiv* collection* were actiuired and much new material purchased from Mr. John Manghan who wa* oommls- sloned further to complete th* ex- hibits. In 1908, Mr. C. Nash, auth- or ot the "Manual ot th* Verte- brates of Ontario" presented his private collection of biology to this museum, and in 1910 succeeded Dr. Brodle as Provincial Biologist. Mr. Nash died in 1926 and in 193S th* Normal School Museum was clos- ed, the biological material going to the Royal Ontario Museum of Zo- ology. When Retirement Means Boredom Leisur* Time Often Hangs Heavy On the Hands of Those Who Have Worked Hard All Their Lives Life can play queer jokes on people sometimes, says the Chat- ham News. In a Western city there was a gi'ocer who worked very hard and saved his money religiously, so that his old age would be pro- vided for. For fifty years he stuck to his grocery store. He worked and saved too hard to have very much fun, but he was looking for- ward to the day when he could retire. Then he would have his fun. He v>ould have money and leisure, and he would make up for the years of hard work. Well, he finally retired â€" money in the bank, an assured income, a nice home, cvcrythinR he need- ed. "Now," he told his friend.', "1 am going to enjoy life." And just twenty-four hours after he retired he dropped dead. If a novelist put that in a book we wouldn't believe it. We would say that things don't really hap- pen that way, and we would ac- cuse the novelist of straining too hard for an ironic effect. But life takes queer twi<rts that are not permitted to good fiction. As a matter of fact, thia sort of thing happens fairly often â€" in a little different way. Not many people wbo have prepared for a carefree and leisurely old age di* just as they begin to taste their reward of course; but they get cheated out of their dues just the saJiiQ. They find that leisure. after a lifetime of hard work, to boredom. They find that Mmk hav* forgotten how to play. They find that the empty howa are depressing because they 4» not know what to do with Uwa. They find themselves feeling thai they had been put upon th* sMi, and they grow ten years older m twelve months. THIS CURIOUS WORLD By William Ferguson /KHE. LIKE /^ : Qoa-BRPIULAR., rrS CVMLV RATIO»S*« VwOULOWKKSH //<fl OULO OUR. •ei'MaaM IF* WE V>flRp«C H> Btt ANSWER: Astronomers art Of the opinion that inhabitaoU o| ^ •ur earth would have > 40-year notice ot the dangetout wptoactt , tl a star . , . • warning |Av«ii by • cbanec In th« orbitt 9t «W J ' mitormoM pUiMte , Pluto mm Noptune. NKXn OttloM taoto %\vik letlaai't Snt uwto ttcc ' ZODIAC SIGN ] HOBSEONTAI. 1 Third sign of â-  the Zodiac constellations. 7 Proverb. II Makes amends. 13 Burdened. 14 Inanimate object. 15 It is pictured as . 16 Measure of length. 17 Note in scale. 19 Transposed. 20 Pair (abbr.). 21 The tip. 22 Of the thing, 24 Exclamation. 26 Pertaining to a focus. 27 Melodies. 30 Spouts forth. 32 Mouth secretion. 34 Pronoim. 35 To embroider. 37 Small tuber, 38 To scatter hay. 30 Maple shrub. 41 Screens. Answer te Previous Pmil* '1 |aM[aill iiJ ll! JJ. lMH r ?l [4l:^[iJlsiii liGSIsmg id m. %l ;r lllh.lUbLlMHONltr|v>l IPILIi^ri 43 Tribunals. 44 Musical character, 46 Genus of grasses. 47 Saucy. 48 To depart. 49 Having a patella. 52 Neuter pronoun. 54 Bitter herb. 56 Common , viper. 57 Ancient Roman cloak. 59 The brighter of its two stars. 60 Its less bright star. VERTICAL 1 Pistol. 2 Anesthetic. 3 Steel bar. 4 Small hotel. 5 Disregards. 6 Subsists. 7 Rotation in precedence. 8 Simpleton. 9 Entrance.-* 10 Elder statesmen ot Japan. llBtinff.' 18 Degrades. 20Tu]idsh governor. 21 Neither. 23 Snaky flth. 23 Its marie the Stan' positions. 26 Acrid Uquld. 28 Employs. 29 Oriental guitar. 31 Small tluta. 33 Head dizziness. 36 Polished. 37 Coramonplaet 40To repulse. 42 Pleats. 43 Red vegetables. 45 Musical not«k 47 Point. 48 Aperture. 50 Impost. 51 Circle part 53 Sailor. 55 Oil (sufHx). 58 Old Testament (abbr.). POP - Did He Ever? By J. MILLAR WATT W&LL, MOW.S BUSINESS r HAVEN r BURIED A i.lVING SOUL POR OVER , SIX months! ItW,