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r 1 «â-  ^ A. A. Voice of the Press Commonwealth Force Mr. Bracken's argument is that now, as .ever before, Canada must stand firmly at Britain's side. The three great powers in the world today ar« not Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Un- ion, but the British Common- y«»lth, the United States and the Soviet Union. And while the £etmHO wealth stands as one, it remains, as ever, a mighty force •for peace and order in an explo- mt world. â€" Montreal Star. Nutty u Fruit Cake "High prices have a habit of making young men prune their ^te»." â€" Kitchener Record. "On tiie contrary, many a chap find* that he has dated a prune, and doesn't give a fig for her."â€" Tor- «nto Star. "But any "of them would reach for a peach, as long as she wasn't wearing a pink veil."â€" Pet- erborough Examiner. This thing is already pretty corny, but we'd like to add that the peach under the pink veil ii a lemon that has lately been getting the raspberry. â€" Ottawa Citizen. Poor Eating The Financial Post, which Kkes to indulge in statistics, has an ar- ticle which shows that the aver- age Canadian could carry through for a year or more, without work- ing, living on his bonds. This, of course, is on the presumption that the other fellow would not be try- ing to do the same thing. If everyone knocked off work for a year the country would quickly be in a mess and even the bonds would not suffice. They make poor eating. â€" Port .A.rthur Ncws-Chronicle. Dry and Wet It's a great life! A lot of drain- age experts would make Canada dry, and a lot of anti-prohibition- ists would make it wet. â€" The Farniei's Advocate. Good Reason Canadian race tracks recorded $42,000,000 in wagers during the past year and yet some people wonder why shirts are scarce. â€" Port Arthur News-Chronicle. Use for Nazi Flag That was quite a sensation in Vienna. The people saw a Nazi flag flying out of a third storey wjjdow. Prompt enquiry was made; the Russians had been ujs- ing it as a scrubbing rag and hung it out t dry. â€" St. Catharines Standard. Naw Mosquito? The new spun-steel stocking may solve an age-old problem â€" unless, of course. Nature comes up with an armor-piercing mosqui- to. â€" Stratford Beacon-Herald. Nothing To Take Its Place Circulatir-n of United States newspapers increased by 2,500,000 last year to an all-time total of 48,384,188, and figures for Canada would show a similar movement. Nothing so far invented is a sub- stitute for the newspaper, and nothing is likely to take its place. â€" Ottawa Journal. Face-Saving. Speaking of face-saving gest- ures: It ha.j been announced that the nation's women will spend $2,- 000,000,000 on cosmetics this year. â€" Christian Science Monitor. As It Ought To Be Oiitario's Minister of .Agricul- ture thinks farmers sliould take their wives to conventions. The Minister is wrong. The wives shuuld attend the conventions while the men look after things at home. The men can always "get to go" to auction sales. Works Both Ways Autos ruin some of llie younger generation, a teacher contends. And some of the younger genera- tion do a swell job of ruining autos. â€" Guelph Mercury. Work It Both Ways It is now said that we should try to understand the Russians. Why not also get the Russians to nndtrstand us? â€" (_halh;.ni News. Errec The youny man at the social feathering was hoas.ing oi ; is Arc- t;c explorations. He gaz at the beautiful girl he was trying to im- press. "Just imagine," he said, drama - ttcally, "an enormous icefloe." "Yes, I'd like a-, ice," said thi? girl, absently, "but my name isn't Flo." All True The skippei oi a tramp steamer, writing the log rcccrding an cveni- nil day, rounded oli his task with ihe entry: "Mate intoxiciited." To ihe mate, v.ho iiuligiuintly pro- tested on reading it. the skipper retorted: "Well, it's true, isn't it?" The following day it was the mates' duty to. write the log. He completed his account with "Skip per sober." The captain stared at it for a moment, and then exploded. "Well, it's true, ain't itr" was the mate's rejoindtr BRITISH DOMINION LEADER HORIZONTAL 1,4 Pictured premier of a British domin- ion. e Loiter. 12 Cab. 13 Fertile -spot in desert. 14 Affimi. 16 Improve. 18 Directed. 19 Cubic meter. 20 Great Britain (abbr.). 21^0106 modulation. 22 Engrave, 24 Member of Parliament (abbr.). 25 Her. 26 Garden tools. 28 Baseball stick. 30 And (Latin). 31 Farm animal. 34 Verbal. 35 Genuine. 36 Jewel. 38 Ocean (abbr.). 40 Anger. Answer to Previous Puzzle ^HTHlElf^LUlNlDl 1 B 1 A U lAl ufsH r OH T 1 T i CIGE •31H NJ rno ST sMEB m ssi^sa'sisiamK 41 Unit of light Intensity. 43 Sharp point 43 Exists. 47 Merit. 49 Aureole. 50 Parent. 92 Of small value. 64 Imitate. 66 Teacher. 68 Auricles. 69 Musical drama. 61 Acid. 62 Head cover. 63 Plants. 64 Color. VER'nCAL IPart of a doorway. 2 Tool. 3 Next after eighth. 4 Therefore, 5 Man. 6 Employ. 7 Current 8 Steamship (abbr.). 9 Machine. 10 Hail! 11 Microbe. 12 Child's game. 15 Corded fabric. 17 Performs. 19 Scotsman. 23 Article, 29 Impression. 27 Schedule. 28 Marsh. 29 Area measure. 32 Belongs to u«. 83 Tiny. 87 Infold. 38 Wood sorrel. 39 Ritual. 42 Ferment 44 He is premier of the UnitHi i of â€" - Africa.! 45 Frozen water. 46 Persian 'ruler.' 48 Back of neck. 49 Heron (var,). 50 Greater number. 51 Talent. 53 Age. 55 Through. 57 Greek letter. 59 From. 60 Like. Very Simple During a question period follow- ing a lecture a man arose .ind put a foolish query to the speaker. The latter replied: "The logic of vuur question makes me think of another Can you tell me why fire engines are always red? You c n't. Well, fire engines have four wheels and eight men. Four and eight are twelve. Twelve inches make a foot. A foot is a ruler. (Jueen Elizabeth was a ruler. The Queen Elizabeth is the largest ship that sails the seven seas. Seas have fish. Fish have fins. The Finns fight the Russians. The Russians are Red. Fire engines are always rushin'. Therefore, fire engines are always red. I hope this ans- wers your question also." Just A 03^ i« 36 ^ 25 ^ PF 4S 52. SS rsi S3 /7 ^1 m 4i ^'? 13 3S ^ ^ â- 37 19 22 8 27 59 63 f8 54 Z6 30 30 43 ,45 11 19 n 35 £0 ^ 31 35 ^ 4^ £1 64- 7ft- 27 40 Jigs S7 32 33 SO SI 13 1 A merchant heard that the na- tives of an island in the South Seas had more gold than they knew what to do with, so he de- cided to help them out He sailed to their island with a boatload of onions. The natives had never tasted onions, and were delighted with them; they exchanged a ship- load of gold for onions. The merchant's business rival was enraged when hf heard of this, but decided that if the natives liked onions they would surely like garlic better. He therefore ool them a shipload of garlic, and true enough they were delighted. When he asked for gold in re- turn, they told him they wouldn't think of giving him anything so common, and insisted upon turn- ing over to him their most prized possession â€" the shipload of onions. REUEVES MISERIES OF- Should Be Proud The colonel was invited to a farm for lunch. He astonished tl.f farmer by eating two small roast fowls. L.ater I. noticed a cock strutting about and remarked "By gad, that's a p.oud hird." "So he should be," answered the farmer, "he has two sons in the Army." YOU'RE TOPS in the family's estimation when you serve delicious Max- well House Coffee. It's bought and enjoyed by more people than any other brand of coffee in the world. You can't feel your best if you* kidneys aren't working normally Gin Pills help give relief froia Baclcache, Kfaeumucic Pain and other symptoms of sluggish kid* oeys. Your druggist sells Gin Pills on a satisfaction-or-money-back basis. Get a package todayâ€" «M proves their merit. 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