,___.___ 3-. fif-‘ufil-‘f-‘nfiflf-"l-‘i-‘if. E . 1“ NEWSY _ NATURE NOTES N By Stuart L. Thfllnblon ‘n'-'u'-'u'i| . THE LARK OF THE MEADOW Vfihfi-‘rvvrvwu; , , _ When should never comparo the Mea- dowlark wit-h the Horned Lark. doth are birds of the open spaces ——in fact, these two species may oiten be seen in the same field dut the drab littlt- Horned Lark. lllllOllgli smaller, duller in ultim- ige, Less musical and perhaps less ntereszing. and certainly not as .'.'ell known as the attractive lendowlark, has at least this dis- inclioti; That he can boast of a urouder pedigree. He is a. true park. belonging to that famous ..iniil_v of birds whose music nus JQCOFHE the theme of many a noble poetic n. while the Meadowlark is merey ii "so-called." The Meadowlark really belongs to the American Blackbird family, lam-idea. But. the early colonists from the oid country found this conspicuous bird becoming more and mo:e at home in their clear- ings and for some strange reason attached to him the name "lurk." And even itll the tca h m“ of Ornithology over sincc no: lac-cal ‘M310 to siiskc ll. oii i_i' ublo to forget L . 343* \ 4-: . A § C/G/l R E T TE l=<i§ii'.l:irit_v' more than we are ,l.~.,1 llllli, pure u} m‘ clmnge the names of the con- . stellatiolis which are even more Milli). mild. cool and 13.1mm, l‘r;p-q~;l.~,g_ t is little wonder that. our ” yioiiccrs iioticozl llli‘ Mcudlnrk to ililzs nzunv the birll. as by lhezr ' fl\\',\_\' ‘.110 forest, grass-g own " ., f TU Tllrf .4. .t.ed though unlny! time tore t-noi prcvldcd the Alta rnlnrk int-h his own chosen habitat. Open country was what he wanted. So. as early as March. brlore our meadows are oven slightly green. v tvhlla yet the soiled snow o! wint- er lies in the fence-corners. we hear me clear. sweet, well-modu- lated whistle of our Medowlark. \'o note from the field is like it. it. i~= as though a iliitx: were be- ulig pln-yed out. youzidei‘. The bird is as di-tlnctive in dress ‘.5 ho is in song. The upper-parts re richly variegated in browns. rays, and buffs: vl-hzle the rich, itire wllor: of the breast ls greatly intensified by a sharp black rref- _ cont. Yet. he is not a. gracetul bit-d. TTJRI‘ VIRGINIA CIGARETTES iiw/ x.» m»: To The up. lws t; at‘ t? His bill is long and sha-rlli hi5 body short- and plump; and lhlxs lgii! ma“... ~~ N. tobewolorzimwllfl S l" P5""7v~'5*-!‘."T Tfieflgeems too mull. But Nature l" v w t. . o; cw, s.-.“ ls not asking us to admire him Sufficient that she has equipped him for his pedestrian lite an the tislrls. And so he walks about mum like our bamyard fowl. lllckin! 11D his fare here and there or. he goes. Therc are many birds \\“i0‘E songs we can recognize. tlanuwh sung in far separated parts of our huge country. Distance. even dif~ ferent: types of country semis to have little or no effect on their normal music. But strangely Bflmlflh. me g of the Western Meadowlark. the bird of the prair- ies, differs quite markedly from that of the Eastern bird. Similar as are thew two species in pum- mze and habits, the sonils lire so different that an inexperienced observer would say that they W919 a diffreent species of bird. and por- haps of different. families. Instead of t-hc clear. pure u-histled notos of our Eastern bird. we TlPFlT on tile prairies a song consisting 0f 5 series of short. mellow notes. wov- en into rich. deep warble, often of a ventriloquisttc oharactsr. On prairie or in field. both species con- sume tremendous numbers of crop- destroytng insects and are useful friends of the farmvr, “Canada Approved” ’ Means Healthy Meat There is a BUY!‘ and covlalil way of knowing that moat bought, in Canada is wholesome and in every way fit. for human consumption. and that. is to buy "Canada Ap- proved" meat. Those tvords stamp- ed in several places on the carcass is a guarantor of u-holosome meat. Al. every packing plant or aballor where animals for merit are killed. from which shipments are made lntcrprovincially o- for export. in- spectors of the Health of Animals Division. Production Service. Dom- inion Department of Azriculfilre. watch for any sins oi‘ discnsc ‘-n every part of ihr‘ animal and u"~ wholxsomo m‘ rlismmed nit-M. is condcmncd and must rzri’ b2 soiti for human food. Thess- instycctors are qualitlr-d sictcrinarlrms. Tho 1": m‘ Hu- Royal (fimvrlisn \I‘L!TT‘T‘_V truinliig PPDTH‘ at "A: lulu lu load r. wJn-"h liu-.-:|l"‘r. ll. won't. lor-i- thoy are hurling plt-uty oi tiicsc hefty l) tho sanitary condition of lli~ (‘quip- mcnt- and l7=f‘§""l’.."l in lEi~ tilin’ is maintained n" .1 hi!“ stnndwi-d Yards. pens and sfahlcs bclonzin: to n oliint undo- inspection oi’ c“:- Hnnliih of Animrfls Divisién WTTS‘ also ("vipiy with thr- rgulvlors under the Meat and Canned Foods ~ -.-~ "gn-v-gqsw; Act. A'l animals are lnsccvirrl hciorc slaughter by those officers. and I we think o1 Lark: we‘ SOLD BY :~. . lns-ywcfion cxicn": to sccinz Hm‘. ‘_ ntion is mad; slnughtsr tonsive supervision of nll ‘T\l'-'"‘1 111!‘ ‘Vfifkillr: hours. clny nnzl rmmcdlatzly after night, in tho cilrlng. canning, rzn<l~ . mung or ofher proitriss. linndlitirr. prickaginz, nnzl shipping out of all inmt and meat products. No cur- lll’! TTTZTTPTTZILQ. spices, qnd such like, can he usod unless lhry mrrv "he cnziorsemoni of tho Dominion Gov and other vehicle's that carry meats are supervised for cleaning. All meats which bear the legend lovornment. Evrn the‘ rniluuiys tars Q This we cloak of summer. Woods, lakes, Ribbons of highway lead on into nature's beauty spots. So get your car in tip-top shape for the holiday. Fill the engine with New Marvelube, the modern oil for modern engines. ful and much faster than the cars of yesterday. are capable of far greater speed and power. ed to meet all the lubrication up under the higher speeds, Today's automobiles are more power Car engines, while smaller and lighter The New Marvelube has been specially develo requirements of today's engines, and to stan temperatures and pressures at which they operate. IMPERIIL This is followed by i~~-] It keeps your engine cleaner, livelie aviation oils. You get more power EEKTZIKKIG COSIS. The New MZIIVQTUTJG is the only oil refined by Vacuum Distillation, Phenol Solvent Refining, Solvent Dewaxing, Clay Treatment. Fill up today with “the oil that lasts longer". iillflarvelub EVERYWHERE VFW Shift post incrtem (‘Xlnllll- "Canada Approvsd" give assurmwe to the Canadian public that overy~ thing possible has been done to ln~ cletatslsure pure food. Such meats ma; lbs purchased from local markets. i, WOMEN'S WORK i IN MAN'S NAME ’ LOUISVILLE. Ky., May 1a -to- ‘PP-If you want to write to the author of "Show Me a Land," a bcst seller. address the letter to "Mr. Clark McMet-kin." ‘Prue, that's his name on tho GUARDIAN ek-end, let's be 0B‘. The whole countryside is decke hills and farmlands are clot f OIL DEALERS THE UIL THAT LASTS LUNGER d in its fresh, green bed in new beluty. It TGSES Ringer-stands up under terrific heat. Definitely you use lea oil. DEALER f-It is made as carefully as modem rom the fuel you use. You save on main- all four of these modern processes: and the Contact It Will Pay You to drain your cvnnbran and nfill with Nrw Morwlube. Your utigbbvrboodlmperia! 0i! Dmln will b: glad to llbrimla tbl cbasxix, rberk your first, lznllery, Ipnri plugs, am, and polish u) yourwindlbicldandsaubalwtry- thin; l: II firn c141: lbnpc. H0 bu Iblryur’: Imperial road maps - lbafn free. MOTOR O/l Ill Blllllll ‘ -——:-.==§I title page of every edition of the book. now in its fifth printing and soon to appear overseas. Bu‘. the creator o! this story of the horse- loving states of Kentucky and Virginia through the middle years i, of the 1880's is Mrs. Doothv Park Clark, 4l-year-old wife of Edward R. Clark, a timber company ex~ ecutive. and Mrs. Isabel Mcbeunan H. wile of Imuisvillets safety direc- tor. Sum H. McMe-ekln Mrs Molvlockin has three child- ren-Jubel, l; Sandy, , 15, Mn. Oink ha: two. Christy. 13, and Mnrtha, l0. ;"We‘re only amateurs," says Mrs ‘nnother Louisville woman, Mrs. . lhd Together, they laid out the PM wrote the syncmsia. dmd“ ‘m synopsis into outlined chill!!!" " each chose.- the chapters she walW led to mile. .__. with l l The authors told the census-faker they were housewives. Writers? Clark. However. in collaboratimi MoMeekin onoe wrote a fairly auc- l "ER m0 "s" cessiul cookbook. "Food for Ghll- MIAM1._ ._ A (in-pound dre“ “d 3°“ m o°°k IL" Sh” 515° blue mnrlimcfigiiglii by Mrs. Mll- published a book on hardening and w“ Lmk o” ca; Cay ‘W; qmofll several volumes f t , M _ . Clrtrlcha, talented (blagoiztfyhas '53- .tfifiio§§filafipofliii:§1T°w;'dlflit?‘ an“: ggdséorlea and two oporettas uroummeng a; ml; florid: mart _4n . slzoltn TYPE“. ll .:\ it \\f\\ rrbudt Inl- i | l i I l1 wH-i‘ Tliwl" Starch l':ii-t-|r_\' is now open 1 in w-vcin- poizilnt-s PZUTIIL" Tic lit-r Hi0 lhs. i zil tho ifllvluijv for [infliltios urrivlinl! num- k l.~;~ 0.11‘ <:n’!|l or for Sfilhlly potatoes and slightly loss for culls. GEO. E. FULL & SUN Tanks like these shown here in manoeuvres had al- ‘obstacles in nlmosl any kind of country. TANK MEN LEARN NEW TA CTICS ON BATTLEFTELD mun.‘ . ,.' ready been proved fast, rugged, and able to smanh through I n- 3w " --.»"-s!. s.» .- . . ficers said many lessons were learned in the great battle May 13th in Belgium when Nazi monsters were routed by -. ‘i ..,x-.-....»lv~=iu.a-.»i1~1;i~:¢2». But French nf~ t French mechanized forces. At a few yards’ raniw- T" l r 6! l, of uachlne-llll‘ ample. the l nd h t lace burs y ear e ow o p Gem“ an“ I fire through the small peepholel of the