| Mr. Shepherd says that i-n the hun- dreds of rings in which French boxers have appeared with Ameri- cana in the past eighteen months it has been observed that below the waist th F `

\/ai, prec- given bu: _ it

no war for

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ports Of were 8! Clemencesll

en _ _ _ :Spiga -which tevqwveoiilie tsupposed

them capable of, that we take leave"` “ _,O suggest that Mr Shepherd is uu- duly pessimistic and that if another

war comes along soon the French will be able to wi-n it by baseball _.like the late war.

i Too Rough for a- Game

We are told that th_e French con-

sider it -an extremely rough pastime. Not long ago a dougblioy was struck by 'an automobile; his clothes were torn; his scalp was cut; blood flowed freely. A Frechman pushed his way through the crowd that sur- rounded the tinllortunate-' and inl- quired, ‘~Biiseball?" The French people whether they have tried t_o take part in the exercises or liavc been mere spectators. have some reason for doubting that ‘baseball is more of ii sportthan a iight. They see the opposing teams with grim faces, the howling partisans in the bleachers. the desperate efforts to intimidate the umpire, thd natur- ally they fail to understand that this is all part of the game, part of American psychology. and can be forgi'ven_if they prefer something a trifle less strenuous. particularly after a war. Those who have tried to play have as a rule broken or dislocated -fingers to show for it, be- cause the Frenchman tries to catch the ball "girl fashion” and a slight error of judgment 'when the hands are, in this position is certain to be attended with 'painful iresults.

Like to Kick the Ball

Another thing- Mr. Shepherd no-

ticed _ was that ..the . Frencfimen seem- ed unable to pitch a ball; they could throw round arm with a ,motion of bowling or lobbing, but found it dliiicult to throwp with the neces- sary snap and bent elbow effect, which they call “throwing with the broken arm." Perhaps -the reason for this is that " in‘ most of their games _the ~ Frenchmen have found it more necessary to use their legs than their arms. The little French boy- kicks as naturally as a little American boy throws. On one c- casion. when a lot of balls were lost -by being knocked but of the lot, the military police, who were detailed to find them, reported that in every case the boys who has -picked up the balls were usng them ss foot- balls. For generations the French- man has been notoriously clumsy with his hands, from the boxing pojnt lot |vle\\1. liiit equally adopt with his feet, as their rough game of savate testifies. It ought to be mentioned that this disability to make a good showing in the ring has passed with the present genera-‘ tion, for in Carpentier, the French have one of the best men living of his weight,

Better Leg; than Americans

e renchman is usually the

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general on ‘

ob,per_v.iti-ans

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by an effort

more great ox-

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extraction as is _hlave lieanl- 'so

much from other- sources oi"'the~en- thusiasm wi-th _which the French

have hailed the game. and we 'have

me 'French o such marvellous

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Just as often the Ainerlcaii fiiiis' hcl? ter shoulders anti is stronger. There can be little doubt tha: the games

for this difference. Oi' course. in baseball, speed and well-musclco legs are desirable either in running tho bases or in fielding a hit ball. The Frenchman has these qualities in as great perfection as any- peo- ple on earth. He has also a good eye. Ii' he had been taught io throw and catch a ball from child- hood there can be no doubt that in a few years we might find the French meeting the Americans on equal terms at baseball. Of course it would also -be necessary that base- ball should become a national obses- sion with the French as well as with the Americans.

Train Up a_ Chlld‘ ' '

-But considerations which make it

highly improbable that the French poiln will ever become'an expert ball player apply to all games' in all nationali-tiesu it is extremely rare that we ever find a man be- coming an expert who has not taken

gp his particular _game in childhood olf is one of the few exoeDfi0“9 W this i-ale. ln Canada. for instance. we have found it rarely. indeed, that any but the native-born really ex- cels at our national games of _la- crosse one recalls Fred Stagg and in profession-al hockey Joe Hall, who with the handicap of birth 0\lfSil»€ this country became noted .pll1Y€\'S More than 90 per cent ct the glen!" est baseball players were born lu llic United States, und perhaps eight DPP .cent box-n"in Canada, where the game is almost universally. Played- leavlng just two out of the hundred to be provided by Europe 11i1tl'-‘\Slf=\-

FIJI FASHIONS

Mr, R. W. Dalton. in lils reD0l`l ‘lf

the trade of the Fiji islands, swys:- "Skirts are gradually gatiniiig in DUD- ularity among the Fi1ia_llB~ All kmfls of soft tennis shirts with collar a.id pocket or collar and two -pockets sell freely. These shirts are usually worn for dressy occasions. when' the nat; lves are generally clothed -ln white or cram. There is an increasing de* inaiid for khaki shorts and trousei's.| The sliorts are eltlier -plain or with buckle knees and are being Worn by Fijian men beneath or instead of ti loin clitli. There is also ii ‘large Sale of umbrellas.

Hs Couldn't C°ugh y

'The King-“l must have g0ld Will lmbecile! Cough up!"

Primo Minister-“B\it.y<>ur Majesty.

Biliierior in muscle and in speed. shiftier on his feet and QUICK"

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5 thrive Splendidly on A

'_ cream or

-a't'Gr°oce'rs. '

’ Mau liyésauiisn Postum Cereal Col.td.Wln<lnor Ont-

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the coffers are enlltly-"-Mi9hiZ““ Gargoyle.

_ , “Among medical reports of abnor-1

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__ eA“soi.i,N E QUALITY

Dcflnifc Substance, But of Almost

` "Any Hydro-Carbon Fi`.l'e`l;"'~`-

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‘The gasoline sold in,_L\lt_lergut -parts of the country`an`d even _at the vari- ous filllng stations’ in th”e'“same town varies niarkedly,"fnr three distinct motor fuels. viz.: “Cracked” gasoline. casing-lieud gasoline and straight run gasoline are sold under the - suiiio ni-me and there are many blends or mixtures of each.'l`hf, different brands vary in such particulars' as the pro- portion of light liydro~carbons. which they contain to facilitate the starting operation, in the temperature xo which they must be subjected to so- cure approximately complete _W vaporiza- tion and in their density or gravity, not to mention in cleanness or absence oi' foreign matter, but they do not vary greatly in the ` amount of heat or "power" which 'they give out, when used under the most favorite circum- stances. This situation does not af- fect the motorist, who always _buys one brand oi’ fuel in the same section of the country, but to him who tours over wide areas or fills his tank wlier- ever he may he. when the need arises, it means that he iiiust make provisi- ons for adapting his carburation sys- tem to the variations in fuel which he encounters. One often hears such n re- mark as this: "l got some poor ga.; at -~ and my car would liairtily run." No doubt such st'alemen‘ts are true, but without doubt, many car.- are running finely upon the same “poor” quality ot gasoline and the un- satisfactory operation coinplalned til was mostfy due to the complaiiianfs carbui'utloii system not being adjust- ed correctly to use it to the best advantage. If ti cui' that is adapted to run on present-day fuel were sud- denly called upoii to use the high grade gasoline in use say 15 years ago, there would be trouble. The carburetor would probably flood coli- tiniioiisly, the mixture furnished would he excessively over-rch and. iiiollern healing arrangements would prove detrimental rather than advan- tageous. Obviously, oii the other hand, the car of 15 years ago would. refuse to run on the gasoline moto- rists are now “getting by" on fairly satisfactorily. Gradually, engines have been adapted to ruii on modern tuel and it has been and still is a

matter of fitting the engine lo its fuel. ;

ln the case of a car run upon different grades, at different times, there is this same problem of adjusting mat- ters to secure the best results, wi-'h the particular quality in the tank, and ilie problem is somewhat similar to that of making engines run well at the widely different temperatures of summer and winter.

PROFITABLE SLEEP-WRITING

mal mental conditions and in the pro- ceedings of the Ph sical Research

wellauthentlcated cases of most ex traordinary activities of sleeping per

Edwin Bowers in ‘Pearson's Mags zine," "ln some instances the mental feats accomplished far ti-anscended the normal capabilities of the, inldlvl- dual. '

~ "Such a case is the intuition-or

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of the two countries .~-partly-°ircc6niit‘!“§§sdl‘l‘1i¢”"ls"i-N6! "Y`|1‘!"“”Ti@§'l!,t@"“‘of n

C6Ml>€NéA‘FiitfG"FoR o|i=FesEN'rl A sou

purport of by the U. inerce. T the

rnva

feasts on taste. T makes no

legged cre wood sho

The ter

makers, must oison all

stand kllii di-ying, if they cater to the wants of the nth Ameicla This is the

an egg shell. No varnish protects. The only woods that escape destruc-

o ' . tion are the Spanish cedar, resinous

a bulletin issued recently|Geoi~‘gia pine. and others that con- S. department of Com- tain a substance disagreeable to the

his is necessary to thwart taste of the termite.

ll" W00‘|§ lhill almelll U’ ll-“ The man who nia.'.e up his mind to

gee ofthe termit which _--~~"*--~-

9 h¢U‘d“959 Of the W°0d breed up his herd and uses good, purc- dlU`€l@!1CP l-0 the lime Six' bred sires persistenly, generation al- lure. Which begins 6811118 ter generaaion, will have a good herd W llflef being hafchei- free from unprofitable cows in due mite W0t‘llB Secretly. buf- time, provided he raises the calves

a rt

l‘0W|l\8 in umerable tunnels. running well rleveln s and feats the cows

usually w

n ' it

only a. thin

Fuiniture

uooils wit will with expect to peole of S

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Delicious-Economical ,F

perhaps it was the clear subconscious grasp of business detail-of a Rus- sian banker who was addicted to the

\ habit of getting up at night and -look-

banker had been examining the pros- pectus of an oil company about to be formed, in which he had planned to buy an interest. But after mature de- liberation, lwlth his obdeqtiyg mind

' (the mind we use while awake) he decided not to “take a chance” .

"However, a few days later his ag- ents told him they had -followed his ' instructions and had bought heavily

'- -ing this purchase. Th-is _letten he had

written while asleep, and ho had not the slightest .recollection oi"it. With- in two years the banker had added two and a hair mtiiam dollars' to his already. overswollen account-which puts him in the championship class 'of

» . sleep-walking money-mskers.’_' ~

Hind-Btlrrupc '

good milk.

“See any fancy ridin’ while you ‘ws-'g

_ east?" ,asked Three-Finger 3gm_ ,

' ‘ "l sure did," answered Cactus J°¢_

' ln the' cars have to hang on will;

their wrists in straps." . f “Jes' think of that. Usin’ the gq|».it; rups for their hands instead of their

y feeti,'_’--Wuhin|ton18toi° .1

Nia!-

ing over his papers while asleep. -The '

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~ for his account in the proposition, at :‘"'-- r.~_Mac p the some time showing him aietter, , _ , `; " _

_ , written in -his hand-writing, euthorls- ' " ul

' food »

» ¢ ,ry

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h the grain, and lea'vini;;pi'opt=rly and guu.i'd.s against _disease sliell on the outside. Oi- getting into his cattle.

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‘GU€SSin DO€SH’tllt-P 0 '-

TH AME:-iic/in rss-r Iron its presence is not noted num* _, Maniiims oiv|Ei.'E'r‘rEs

_ ‘ some person takes hold of ai chain! ---- '

_ - p _thc top of a desk, or the panel of al The “Pele lldele" (Paris) states int

ii a clieiiiicsl poison that bureau and the object cruiiclies like.a recent issue’-‘-,that the eggs of »the

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tlog-fisli possess. all the nutritive qualities uf ordinary farm eggs. Until lately, the dog-fish was quite neglect- ed by ilshernien and flung back into the sea as worthless, but today the flsli is being actively _sought by ships specially fitted for this class of lish- ing. The eggs of the dog-iisli 'are fre- quently found as large as lien's eggs.

Tortoise eggs are 'considered a

great delicacy, and make excellent omelettes. They are, however, under- stood to be not adapted for boiling; the wh-ite of the egg does not harden as in the ordinary breakfast. table 955- . ‘

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Authority _

Take this yrubber plant into the

fgai-deli . "

“.’\iisti'css said I wus to put it on the

balcony, sir."

“Do as l tell -you. You will put it

in the- garden first. Alterward you can put it on the balcony."-Boston 'l‘i'unsci'ipt _ _

Monkey-Talk

Pi'oi‘c;»-sox' Garnet' reports that the

female ape says “Moohoo/'A and the male ape replies “NVahoo." Evolution doesn't aippt.-ar to have carried us very tar. A chap on the moonli-tbeach ia.-at night said, "Who is oo? and the slrl replied, "l'i-i oo's."-San Francis"- eo (lhmniclo.

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Accurate Weighing Soon Saves Cost of ;Scale

"‘Absui°d, foolish ideal” That’s what you would very

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properly say if your dealer proposed to guess the weight *

of your seed grain that you pay good money for.

deed-you demandtit weighed, and accurately weighed,

too. l c

_ Then why in the world is it considered safe tosell thousands of dollars’ worth of live-stock by guess!

Don?t lose money any more by guessing the weight

of what you sell--weigh everything! Know to a pound

where you stand. 'I‘hat’s business! Get a. 4

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With an easily contrived extra platform you can weigh

cattle, horses, sheep and swine.

,You _can wheel the scale to any spot on the gprm and weigh

grain. 'Just slip the nose of the truck under th _bag and tip_1t up ontothe scale. That is easier, surely, than lifting it bodily

onto a platform scale.

In the pictures you see how the Renfrew is tested. Note

that it will weigh accurately ‘on the corners as well as on the

No in-

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centre. It weighs correctly on uneven ground--a platform scale

must be level i And the Renfrew Scale takes up no valuable floor

space. Just tip it up on end anywhere out of the way.

It is built for a lifetime of knocking around. It’s not heavy

for it is built of the very strongest materials that combine

strengthwith light weight.

It is accurate as a watch. Every individual scale is tested by a government inspector and ii certificate _ of correct weight comes with every scale.

Can you afford to be without one any longer?

Write now for free illustrated literature and name _of nearest dealer to you. _

_ Renfrew

Hes`d”Qfii:`e and Works, ' Renfrew, Ont.

VBrsnc|\"cs` almost everywhere in

Canada.

Eastern Branch,“SUSSEX. N.B. Quebec. Brsnpli,,,¢MONTREAL

Oihu lines: R¢¥1"'cav`C1eam Separator,

"But everythings topsyturvy_ people ' fflffjt 610801 T1‘dCl01. ‘ _ ,_ -_

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Erecting Tests-Every Renfrew

Truck Scale is tested by ii govern-

pictures show some

ment inspector in our factory. The

of these exacting

tests. Not only do tli_ese tests include those for various weights up to 2,000

ends

500 LBS

pounds, but for _cor- rect weighing on sides.

and corners.

Every Renfrew carries a government certifi- cate of correct weight.

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