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PART OF BRITISH EMPIRE * 1 HORIZONTAL 1 Depicted part of British Empire, the States. 6 Mill pond. 8 Oriental guitar. 13 Ammonia substances. 14 Long speech 15 Powerful explosive (abbr.). 16 Short-napped fabric. 18 Burmese stream demon. 19 Singing; voice. 21 Ascending. 23 Thrice (music). 25 Hail. 27 Artists' stands 29 Low sand hill. 30 Show mercy to. 31 Gold color in heraldry. 32 Symbol for chlorine. 33 Anything small. 34 Further. Answer to Previous Puzzle 35 S-molding. 37 Domineer over. 39 Belonging to Enid. 40 Varnish in- gredients. 42 Gaelic sea god (myth,). 43 Destiny. 44 Likewise. 46 Chart. 48 It is (poet). 49 Slumbers. 51 Billiard player. 53 English spy in Colonial times. 54 Nocturnal fly- ing mammal. 55 Second presi- dent of the U. S. A. VERTICAL 1 Belonging to mother. 2 Forenoon (abbr.). SDiminutive. 4 Proclaimed. 5 At any rate. 7 Accumulate. 8 Fortified British port near it, . 9 God of pestilence, 10 Tear into shreds. 1 1 Anno Domini (abbr.). 12 Elevates. 16 Japanese measure. 17 Musical syllable. 20 Brigand. 21 In the matter. 22 Bird's home. 24 Substance. 26 Astronomical instrument. 28 Convinced. 36 Encircled. 38 Athenian festival. 39 Girl's name. 40 Railway (abbr.). 41 Sites. 45 Over (poet,). 47 Eucharistie wine vessel. 48 Philippine tree. 50 Love nest (init). 52 Symbol for samarium. CHRONICLES of GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clark* Another busy week has passed climaxed with a carload of city visitors for Sunday dinner. Daugh- ter was out with some friends, one of whom works at the same muni- tion plant as Daughter and we rather felt that It Is the opinion of her friends that we, her par- ents, do not realise how g'reat a responsibility our daughter shoul- ders in the position that she oc- cupies, nor how hard she works. Well, we do know that Daughter works loug hours, that she seems older than hr years and that the nervous strain sometimes gets her down, but it is impossible for us who have no knowledge of the work to realise the extent of her responsibility. In fact Partner and I can hardly believe, even yet. that we have a grown-up family. But we undoubtedly have just that! Here Is Daughter, half her moth- er's age, and yet with knowledge and experience along certain lines that I never had nor am I likely to have. And our sou -well he Is just the same as his Dad was twenty-five years ago Corporal Clarke, of his Majesty's Canadian Army, except that his Dad was in hospital while Bob, I am glad to say, is still hale and hearty. Our son will come of age at the end of the present year but for all that I wouldn't like to say he Is really grown-up. I don't think young people ever grow up until they learn to shoulder responsible SMILING PREMIER Free of Fascism, but coin- milted to resign when Allies free Rome, Italian Premier Badoglio is snapped in a jovial mood at a press conference in Naples. ity and as yet life has thrust no serious responsibility upon our soldier son. No doubt his time will come perhaps much sooner than we expect. * * It is uice to have visitors who live a different sort of life from our own because from them we learn something of how the rest of the world gets along. Perhaps they, in turn, learn something from us. For Instance yesterday we nat- urally got on to the subject of the supposedly high wages paid to munition workers and we are told that a single man earning $41 a week, actually finds In his pay en- velope, after income tax. insur- ance, and compulsory savings have been deducted, the princely sum of $24. When you consider that out of that $24 a young man probably has his board and lodging to pay, transportation charges, laundry, clothing, and other personal ex- peuses, then he certainly wouldn't have very much left from h!* pay chenue. would he? * * * Compare a munition worker with a farm hand earning from ten to fifteen dollars a week. There are no deductions from the farm hand's pay envelope, his board and lodg- ing is free, his washing is probably done by the farmer's wife and since he is right on the spot, there are no transportation charges. Yes. It he be so inclined a farm hand can really save money. In fact, I know one young fellow who banked $150 Inside of six months. So it can he done. V * We also learned something about coal yesterday and why we got on to the subject of coal was only too obvious. Really. 1 don't know what tills place will be like if we burn soft, coal all winter. As one person put it "the soot is SUNDA Y SCHOOL LESSON December 12 CHRIST'S NEW COMMAND- MENT Mark 13 :28-34; John 13:34, 35; 15 : 10-14 GOLDEN TEXT A new com- mandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. John 13 : 34. MEMORY VERSE: I will sing unto Jehovah. Exodus 15 : 1. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time The passage taken from Murk was uttered on Tuesday of Passion Week, April 4. A.D. 30. The discourses in John were ut- tered two days later, Thursday, April 6. Place All the words of our Lord recorded In this lesson were spok- tn lu Jerusalem. The First Command "And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning to- gether, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all? Jesus answered. The first la, Hear, Israel; the "Lord our God, the Lord is one: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind and with all thy strength." Our Saviour quotes the intro- duction to the Ten Command- ments (Deu. 6:4, 3) as the first command, not as forming one of the commandments, but as con- taining the principle of all. All true obedience depends ou the correct knowledge of Oou. None can keep this commandments who la ignorant of His nature and His perfections. Thus o"r Lord begins with the doctrine of the unity of God. We are to love God supreme- ly, more than all other beings and things, and with all the ardor pos- sible. The Second Command "The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." The love of God includes in itself all other affections but this love of a neigh- bor has over against It a love of self. This self-love monopolizes the man and the command is to subordinate it to the love of God, and to co-ordinate it with the lore of man. The Scribe'* Reply "And the scribe said unto him. Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there la none other but he: and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices." This reply shows that the scribe was not without spiritual insight. He saw that true love and obed- ience were far more important than ceremonialism. Jesus' Answer "And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question." The deep Insight which the scribe had shown revealed he wanted but little to make, him a disciple. But it is not sufficient to be on the borderland of discipleship; we must leave the world will) its pleasures and siiis and step right over the border and Into the King- dom. The New Commandment "A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. Even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." The measure of Christ's love to us is to be the measure of our love to one another. "By this shall all men know just like snow only that It comes down black." If the soot were only outside I wouldn't mind but It leaks through the joints of the stovepipes and the smoke rises in- to the room every time we make the fire up until every place is Muck. I have bought some paper to paper the dining-room but now I am wondering whether I had bet- ter postpone the job and live in the dirt until spring or at least until we have different coal to burn. that ye are my disciples, If ye have love one to another." When the world sees believers loving one another and living in harmony, It knows then that they are the fol- lowers of Christ. Jesus' Promise "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept >my Father'* com- mandments, and abide in his love." Obedience is the condition of abid- ing in the Saviour's love. We can- not live in the enjoyment of His love if we do things contrary to His will. "These things have I spoken un- to you. that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full." Jesus desired that their joy might be perfected through their steadfast love and obedience. The Command Repeated "Ye are my friends if ye do the things which I command you." The greatest of all privileges is to be known as the friend of Christ but this privilege is only granted to those who are obedient to God's commandment. "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you." Our love to one an- other .should show itself in the common ways of life In acts of love and kindness. A deep realiz- ation of our Saviour's love Inspires us to show love to all men. Supreme Love "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." The love of Christ surpasses all earthly love; for He died not only for his friends but for his enemies: not only for tha good, but for sinners. The Book Shell UNDER A LUCKY STAR By Roy Chapman Andrews Dr. Andrews joined the staff of the American Museum of Natural History in 1900 and he retired from that institution in 1941. Has first job was to sweep the floor of one of the laboratories, his last job was Director of the Museum; and his life in between was devoted almost entirely to building the Museu'- into its present position of woi-ld eminence. Prior to the famous Asiatic ex- peditions, Dr. Andrews traveled all over the world, mostly collecting scientific information on the whale. The animal had been known for centuries and hunted for gen- erations hut It had never been studied systematically, and his re- search provided the basic data on the subject. The expeditions Into unexplored Asia occupied in all a period of more than ten years (1916-1928). In scope (practically every natural science was advanced by the An- drews expeditions), in number of personnel and amount of equip- ment, in new discoveries and mu- seum specimens, the Asia project Is unequalled In the history of scientific exploration. From It stems the author's great post-war ambition to found an Internation- al organization for the exploration of the still largely untouched hin- lerland of Asia. Under A Lucky Star ... By Roy Chapman Andrews . . . The Mac- Millan Company of Canada . . . Pi-Ice $4.00. Salt On Furnace Fire Saves Fuel The United States Bureau of Mines finds that table salt thrown on a furnace fire reduces soot formation and thus saves fuel. Householders who had found it necessary to hand-clean surfaces of their heaters two or three times a week threw one or two cupfuls of salt on the fire every day and reported a decided re- duction in soot. Salt volatilizes at high tem- peratures and forms a vapor which settles on the surface of the soot. Tins lowers the igni- tion temperature of the soot and enables it to burn away more readily. New York Times. Battle Is Just A Weary Affair Aside from a few violent mo- ments, a battle is just a weary affair to the men in the ranks, says Capt. Ralph Intfersoll in his book, "The Battle Is the Pay- Off," in which he tells what hap- HADIO REPORTER By REX FROST These are days when the ladies have their say in more senses than OIK-. At the head of our column today you .see a group of ladies whost voices are probably a little more prominent in current radio conversation than usual. Etlu'iywn Hobbes. Monica Mugau, Joan Marshall, Marcelle Barthe, Jean Hinds and Jean Howard . . . all well known Canadian women commentators of the airwaves. Tin- picture wan taken at their recur.: conference held in Toronto last month to discuss programme policies and broadcasting tech- nique, as well as post war. * Sorry girls! Another '.'hum 1 " '".-><! Jack Dennett, the brisk, smooth, sonorous voice of CFKB's 11 o'clock evening newcast ha.- .-:one the way of all isooii men. On Friday. November 1!> his fiancee, Xorma Moritz. arrived In Toronto from Winnipeg by the early morn- ing train. By 5 o'clock in the afternoon Jack and Xurma had exchanged wedding vows. A two day honeymoon at Niagara Falls, and Jack was back at his regular announcing duties the following Monday. To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dennett cordial congratulations and all happiness. Those two funsters, \Voodhouse and Hawkins, of network fame, are pened at El Guettar. A battle consists mainlp of marching and waiting, of hunger and footache and longing for sleep. The soldier slogging along wonders whether the folks on the home front go all-out to win the war, as he has to do, and whether .they are evr as dog-tired as ha ir New' York Times. doing a little job behind the scone* , . . organising a big benefit pro- gram for the Evening Ti'li.'gram British War Victims Fund. The show is sriiwiuled for 9.ul) to 1U.30 p.m. Tuesday December 11. from (TUB and a network of Ontario stations. Its aim is to send Christ- mas cheer to British children. Preliminary enquiries surest, that it's Koiiuc to be a "humdinger" of a broadcast. Further deiails next week. * Vivacious Peggy Lo<U>r is going to take charge of proceedings when the 'Children's Scra-pbook" holds its annual befoiv-i'hristmaa party Saturday December 4 at U.;!u noon hour, to be aired over liie ('B.C. National Network. Everybody in the 'SiTapbook" hi 1:01111; to <chool to "I'<>iTj;>" who is organiMiiL; a concert and play for ihe eiiU'r'aimnent of her pupils. "How ilo they get the holes in Swiss Choese " "What is nutmeg" N'o doubt you've often wondered. Roy Ward Dixou, of 'Fun Parade and Quiz fame haa just started an intriguing series of programme* Friday afternoons, CFRB. Toronto 4.30 to 4.45 in which every week. she brings to the microphone three ladies elected from request* received by mail. It's a friendly quiz on the subject of food, raises interesting points, answer* baffling questions. "We live and learn" is aUo another uew Roy Ward Dixon programme, a Wed- nesday affair. CFRB. 4.30 to 4.45 p.m. which opens the pages of Roy's Personal Scrapbook . . . delves Into lesser known, bat highly Interesting facts about life In general. Good afternoon listening. THIS CURIOUS WORLD 8yw " li "" Ftrguson BOFPACO BERRV WAS NAMED DURJNG THE WHEN IT WAS USED AS A OARJNISH FOR. BLDORADO, ILLINOIS, ON MARCH WAS BEJGCTE& WHEN H SOUGHT EfMLISTWNENT FOR. THE CMC. AN ARMY SURGEON IN CAPTIVITY j9*Mfc SAID HE HAD HAVE GONE FOR. MONTHS WITHOUT WA7E&., WITH NO POOD EXCEPT >W A/L/7S. . . AND THEY APPARENT^/ SUFFHREX5 NO DISCOMFORT/ te ^^-^ ^^^^-^_ MANY ol our desert animals obtain necessary liquids by means of a chemical action in their digestive tracts, which changes somtf of the starchy portions of their food to water. Small rodents are to be found in desert arcus where rain does not fall over periods of sc\ ci ;il yeari. NEXT: How many legs has a caterpillar? POP There Must Be One! By J. MILLAR WATT HERE'S THE YOUNG LADY WHO PUTS PORK IN YOUR PORK AND BEANS I WHERE'S THE YOUNG LADY WHO TAKES IT