ilanalilan Education Week, P . l l (Under the iulDiéllzgfi The Canadian Teachers’ Federation’) P. Il_I!'1'3rdto9th,1985- d, ; The ‘GQIGIIIT-‘MUO: Education: Highways to Lin, . l Gencrll 5108"" Equal Educational Opportunities feral‘ '1 Children, , Daily Themes: . g _ Sunday. February 8rd: The Highway of Character. Slogan: An honest man's the noblest work of God.’ Monday February 4th: Th Highwayfof ding, Slogan: “Reading makgth a fulllnana!‘ Tuesldg, February 5th: The Highway of Healthful ng. ~ ~. _ “A sound mind in a sound body." . Wednesday, February 6th: The Highway of the Skilh. Slogan: "Knowledge leads to power.” Thursday, February 7th: The Highway of Agtg‘, Slogan: “A thing of beauty 1e a joy forever.” Friday, February 8th: Highway Maintenance. ' r Slogan: “The Labourer is worthy of his hire.” Saturday, February 9th: Highways, Oldand New. Slogan: “The old order changeth yielding place to new.” - ‘ I-J‘ r $108M: .' "' g " "- — . .. . _... PIOGRAI MONDAY, Feb, dtll-Canadian-wide Broadcast, 11.00 p. m. to 11.30 p. no. Speakers: Prime Minister R. B; Ben- nett, Dr. Tory, President National Research Council; Mr. Woodsworth, Leader Canadian Commonwealth Federation; Miss J. Norris, First Vice-President. Calu- edlan Teachers’ Federation. TUESDAY, Feb. 5th—9.00 p. nl., Dr. B. C. Keeping from Station C.F.C.Y., Charlottetown. wannssnav, Feb. 6th-7.15 p. m. Mr. c. n. Jelly, from ~ Station C.H.G.S., Summer-side. TIUISDAY, Feb. 7th—0.‘00 p. I., Mine Macllfilian, from Station C.F.C.Y., Charlottetown. rlunay, Feb. Sth-Maritinle hook-up: N. B, ado p. m. to 9.60 p m, A. S. McFarlene, Chief Superintendent of Education; N. S., 9.40 p. m, to 9.50 p. m., Chief Super- intendent of Education; P. E. I., 9.50 p, m. to. 10.00 p. ls, H. H‘. Shaw, Chief Superintendent of Educa- Plillee Edward lelalldTeaohere’ Federation $222.11 H _ ti“ ' i aeseob cemohlen. i Gosling Iixerclse-"The Christmas l ____ v aqtenddoonoel-twssrendered whwflbumww“ °°l tnemoemlhnleereelyllly orlDeoeberfllththeproceedsgolng toprovideaddiflonalbooklsfor the solwol Iluary. The hall was artis- After Santa. arrived on the scene and (lis- trlbuted from a beautifully decor- ated tme street, donated by the Middleton Women's mmitute, to each pwlL. The teachers were also the reclpitents of beautiful gifts from the pupils. 'PHIQI@. fluclnselmee in a, ‘very capable manner, h: many oases disployllli unusual talent snowing that they had been carefully trained by their both Mcfinile Public Health, _ (And Education ‘ For PE. Island _ Flag Deal-ls senior --"Dlrmer for One. "Clulstlnes Star." Bradshaw. _Dialogue-—“A Blight eslslmder- Koonlus K D» D- P- cslsnoblg", Maw .Mu1ligan and Health censor. -. . fislsollllllsls. llllo rllsiill WM , lo llilllvlz oolos Ache and Discomfort Erased Almost Instantly New When you have a cold, remembra- the simple tfeebtganttgietured horns“. oo n everyy day as the quick. W‘ Wll- ‘ Because of Aspirin‘: quick-dillinte- ratios . orolnrty. Alluriu "film hoid"- almost inafanliuu Just take Aspirin and drink plenty ofloofenneveryfltofithonlssthe _' vllldicsted their Judgment. 1910 - "m" WWW TE MAKING ollg n)“; It wls inevitable that flle arrival of a second son to the prim, mg Princess of Wales at Marlborough 3911M. Ifllldon, on the third of June. 18H. should not arouse the IMO national lejolclngs as the “m!!! of the flrsthad done, two 7°11’! WWWIIIIY- Nevertheless the event caused great satisfaction to tho youus Pfllunte, Queen Victoria, and to all who were anxious that the Succession to the ‘Ihronc should be odoouately secured. From the first. the Prince of Wales made up his mind that his two sons should not endure the strict and unhappy llilhflhglng that he himself had had at the hands of his father, the Prince Consort, and his mother, ma, Queen. , T° ‘mun W! idol-l. however, the lure Kins mwsm vrl found t t he had a difficult nut to crack, in the determined views and ligld, "Kai outlook of his mother. The conflict of wills and the great, m. trust in tem ‘“ between Queen Victoria and her eldest eon is now a matter m’ higtory, The fact was that her_ marriage to Prince Albert of Ssxe-Colvurg-Gotha had completely altered the whole char. acter of the Queen. It ls being mg. ullly rovoo-‘cd thnoush Memoirs and letters that she was by no means in her girlhood and young W . the strict. severe wo- man she afterwards became when a wife. She had inherited much of the lluy. “bohemian" spirit of the R-osency Pei-led and loved dancing and other amusements. It was the Prince Consort who caused her to become "Victorian" in tin sense that we now associate with the term. But feelings or thoughts which she suppressed or controlled in her-Boll’. the great Queen was unable to avoid transmitting to hel- _ eldest son. King Edward VII. when a young married man, believed in living a full and rounded life. and with his mflsnetio and beautiful Danish Princess Alexandra he had made his London home a gay and glit- tering social centre. Maribel-rush HOUBe and Lie “set” soon began to be obnoxious to the Queen, anc‘ it reveals much when it is I€O‘1"f‘d that the first dinner visit of Her Majesty to her married son's homo. did not take place until he celebrat- ed his Silver Wedflm-twerlty- five years after he had first cmssei its threshold with his lovely bride. But if the Queen did not approve 0f the Prince's life or of most of his friends, she had a genuine 11k- ~ ing and admiration for the ‘Princess of Wales, and as a grandmother. the Reigning Sovereign‘ left nothing to be desired. Her two grandsons filled the Queen with pride and de~ light, and with hel- usual determin- ation and thoroughness she begon making plans at once, for their fut- ure. It is said that she even con- templated taking them away from Marlborough House and bsinglng them up according to the German pattern of her recently deceased and adored husband. To this course, however. her son and his wife were resolutely opposed. The inference that he was not considered a proc- er father for his sons, enrsge" the Prince of Wales, although he bare it with the calmness and forbear- ancs that he tried so hard to prac- tise when his mother's real attitude to him was made manifest. From infancy, Prince George, Frederick, Ernest. Albert (to give the pmeent K g his baptismal names) receiv- the same loving parental care the and attention as did his elder and more important brother, Prince Al- bert Victor. The nursery at Mal-l- borough House and that at Sand- -‘ gham House were in advance of the period as regards taste and free- dom, and here the future George V and his brother passed some of their hIIDDiCSI. days. At regular intervals they were taken to see their august grerld- mother and lt is a fact that to this day, the King has never lost a cer- tain mellng of awe for‘Queell Vic- terla. Kind and gracious as she was, she could not fol-get she was a Queen as well as a. grandmother. She exacted due respect to her rank from her granfsons and was in the habit of putting searching questions to them to find out their general knowledge. and particulars of their home-life. When at the age of six and a half. Prince George and his brother were put under the "tutmshlp of tbwRAv. John Neale Dalton. then curate of Bandrlng- ham, the step did not at first meet with the approval of the Queen. Ibr a curate to be tutor to her im- portant grandsons. hazdiy seemed fitting, but Mr. Demo's rem and simplicity of manner, soon won her confidence and regard. ‘rile memory of is first tutor is a very happy one fol- the King. and he has never forgotten the man who did lo much to mould his child- hoodand youth. The Prince of wales and especial- ly the Princess were insistent that cramming of any kind was never to be indulged in by the two Royal children. Nevertheless, Ml‘. Dalton succeeded in instilling the founde- ticn of good behaviour and a wide education. He was certainly a little mortified when Prince George. in answer to a question, once told him that Napoleon surrendered himself ’ at the nettle of ‘nafalnr, but de- ‘epite "this the Royal parents were more than ‘satisfied with their choice of tutor. subsequent years When fifties George was twelve and fiflllr decided i0 fill! ive The Story e: sal-neet- l l Prince abort Victor fourteen. their The young enter them as and then said. ave! ‘cadets in the "Britannia." atom: "Fhatfi all right, Vilitflfll timflht till fiQOi-Ilbh l The Princess was not so enthus- iastic as her husband to hand over two boys at such a tender age to the NlVYpbut it was not long before the "Sea-King's daughter" was won over to the project. All his life, love for his mother has wen George. Despite he: in the gardens and nearly every evening would spend an hour be- fore dinner in telling them fairy tales and other romantic stories. Durllllavlalt tcauarmyhos- pltal during the War, a delirious youth Root eellul; out, “Why don't You come. llcfherwland with tears 1n his eyes the King turned to the matron beside him and said: "As bOYI or man. that is the cry of oubzc-Ihearte. when in pain or m“, . On the "Britannia." es a navel cbdet. Prince George mixed for the first time with lads from humbler llonwsthlnhlsownandtile ex- Pcrience was one that he enjoyed to the full. He was extremely proud odhisflrstunlformandwsevery gratified when his mother olaooed hel- hands in delight when sin first sag him thus attired. Queen Vic- became recomlled to the fact w! er ’ ns being naval .‘*"°.,..“'...fi2' fifrhiimlkt“; the officer in charge of the ship, “mrc..".:.l:¢..l: "~35" Pr. . ess iiiy"i.'...’°l’i"ifewf"li’°’“ii.‘ii“l"li . ru , the Princes were notm any meyre "quiet and well-behaved" than any gfcatllée Otilfllhfwffl-Slt-Ellifilm lads on - D1901) e, owever, was strictly maintained and vast gs the toss-use or Elwlfglfllflltst we; to the boys 90m H" roug House, no extra allowance was made for them on that account. At twelyewygars of egg the King George o a_ was tmh d m HMS. "BB-cellulite" $.14. emmc mtemcraciole vtvfi-‘F-sboroundt the world. sch cu 1s ysa such an Early age into the world of men for ee years. was a. co -' ‘ii-fills step for a. R/"yllgggislilseraxtw take, but not once to his dying day did King Edward VII regret lt. If h‘? 33.“ "ill “i‘é‘...‘°‘ “ "‘.‘.‘;.‘“..“.‘Z‘ o g e son, .1 e of Clarence. to continue his naval $Z°°;.§"§$..‘“’i."“‘§5“£““€§5'.'€i' . m e '- e Duke's uutlmclv death in 1892 might never have happened had he “stuck to the sea" as he so fervent- ly wanted to do. What was denied his cider brother ‘was granted to Prlnqa George and for the next fifteen years he was destined to live mainly on board ships of the Elect. This pe:lod of his life was undoubtedly the hap- piest time in the King's life. The years of his boyhood and young manhood were spent afloat and it has left a mark which never has been and nhver can be ersdlcatzd. When His Majesty- was servlns in the Navy, some local Mayor went aboard the ship and was shown round. He expressed an intense de- sire for just one word. with "His Royal Tghness." as he kept putting lt. Just as he was about to leave the ship. a cable was being drawn in. and the young Prince was in charge of the Job. The Mayor stumbled over the rope and the men had to pause. “I wish you would get out of the damned way," cam‘ the polite voice of the Prince, and His worship stood nearly petrified. The cfllcer who was showing him round the vessel touched him on the arm and said: "Come away; you have had your wish. His Royal Highness has spoken to-you; what more dc you want?’ His Majesty has a vivid memory of an lnrldencwhlch once happen- ed ln the west Indies when he was attached to HALE. "Crlndn." He was only eighteen and after a ilttlc chaff from his two companions h~ agreed to have his fortune told by a very aged native soothsayer slt- ting outside of a hut. The old man gripped the Prince by the hand and looked long and earnestly at the smart naval youth in front of him. Then without a wold he rose. lift- lcd both hands aloft and brought them slowly down on the top of the Prince's heed. The "client" looked ‘bewildered and then he laughed when one of his friends cried out: "He's crowning you King of the Island! You'll have w give him a sovereign new." This was given, but the oracle would not explain -,his action by one word. One of the ‘observers of the incident was prea- cnt at the Coronation of King George at Westminster Abbey in Illlli, nearly thirty years latel- and ,that scene fleshed back through hi8 memory, as perhaps it did to that of the King, as the Crown wns be- ing placed on his head- ‘ Upon another occasion the Prince was told off to rccelvn a party of nota/bllitles who were coming aboard the ship. The foremost man of the party. knowing a little of the, etiquette of the Navy. realised than he should salute the quarter-deck on stepping aboard. He gamed found him for a momen and then said in n whisper in Bis‘ lleyai l-Ilghneas: l "Where ls the quarter-deck?" ' ls grave ls a tomb- alr; so, many people ale coughs aboard butkfltitflfllllvlllflfldii» N‘; ed the "Sailor Although absorbed 1n his naval M1961‘. the King never neglected any opportunity of extending his general know dsc. and when on leave and on olidays at home, he k011i in touch with the affairs u the day. As he approached man- hood he became s special favorite of Queen Victoria, who saw in her "”' . level-headed sailor-grand- son many of the traits of he: dead h ‘ ‘ The l lion, however. be- tween his father and his grand- mother, which, however much it might be concealed from the public, could not escape the notice of those behind the scenes, always distress- Prince." 101cm was much in the social life of his father that never really appeekad to him. His wide travels and contacts with all kinds of men, had made Prince George, young as he was then. a shrewd Judge of character. and there were o. few members of the Marlborough House "set" for whom he found it hard to hide his dislike. But the gay and cheery temperaments of his parents were always a. tonic to him when at home, and the long letters he received from them while at sea were '_, d. Thesz, by the way, are still preserved at Sandrlngham. Then in 1892 came the sudden and unexpected death of the Duke of Clarence-an event whl-h brulht a momultous change into King George's life. It ls a fascinating if rather frultles speculatl u. to won- der what the course of events in Britain would have been, had the Duke of Clarence been spared to ascend the Throne. There were considerable differences of charac- ter and temperament between the two brothers. although they were always inseparable "chums," but the Duke undoubtedly resembled father much more closely than his younger brother. During the Ulster crisis 021912-1914 a die hard ve‘er- an Brigadier-General roundly de- clared in Mess one night in Ire- land that "had the good old Duke of Clarence been on the Throne, there would have been no pander- ing to Home Rulers an" Radicals." With his innate modesty, the King himself firmly believes that h dead brother would have made a mom ideal Sovereign than he, him- self, has done, and it was this feeling which mainly caused the King to dread his Accession years before it took place. Happily, events have proved how ill-foundod Majesty's doubts of himself were, and the success of his reign ls rather strikin! D100! that it is not essential to be heir-presumptive. to a crown. to wear it with " “ “F and grace. A Canadian politician who had a chat with the King, when, as Prince of Wales, he was in Quebec in 1908. exerted that. the Royal visitor said to him: "I never expected to be Prince of Wales, and what ls more, I never wanted to be." Whether this was said or not, it cannot be denied that it was not with nay great enthusiasm that the King entered in 1882 into that wider and more responsible sphere of life which was now his destiny. No timn was lost in emphasising his new importance and status. He was created Duke of Cornwall and York, Earl of Invemess and B8..OI1 Cul- loden (titles now held by his own second son) shortly after his broth- er's death and the following year his marriage to Princess Mary of Teck was made the occasion for The hitherto obscure "Sailor Prince" was now indeed 1n the limo light, but the fact caused him no guest pride l‘- Joy. But he under- stood hla fat car's anxiety to flt his only surviving son to discharge his increasing public duties as a m‘n. King Edward may have had his faults; as a manarch he was not always so sagaclous as his admirers would have us believe, bu.‘ as a father of a future King of Greater Britain, he was wisdom personified. He treated his sailor son as a man, remembering how he had once resenfrd the pontlflcal manner of his own parents. The tours of the Duke of York at home after his marriage and later his well-re- membered overseas visits, urrc all planned and lllslglted by the Prince of Wales so as to familiar- ize his mthor shy SO11 with State ceremony and official procedure. On the death of Queen Victoria and after his own msunlptlon of power. King Edward rrellted his son Prince of wales, and during the short Edwardian reign of nlnc years, as his father's deputy, the Heir to the Throne was kept busy indeed. As the years posed he became more reconciled to his position. King lixiward made it. his business to tn- troduce his son to all his Minister- ial advisers, but at this time the politicians and the: deep-voiced sailor had little in con-man and neither Mr. Balfour nor Mr. As- quitll were greatly impressed by th~ personality of the Prince of Wales of that period. “Ho locks at you straight ill the face for a long time and says noth- lng at all," commented one Mln- ister after seeing the Prlncc at an audience, standing beside his father. Little did the politicians of that time know, that the silent, straight- glancing Heir to the Throne was Itaklllg mental stock of them all and storing his conclusions in his memory for future use. Bil- Henry csmpbell-Banrlerman was almost the only statesman in King Ed- ward's reign who perceived the sterl- ing gifts of the Prince, and this genial Scotsman t on as well with Prince smiled broadly him as be did wit his leoyal father. last twenty-five years he has never m his day Sir Henry had been a vlctlm of the underestimation of his fflnnds and foes-particularly the former. but he nape-teed them widespread national celebrations, is the sore tilmat of a young child which ls of real importance, be- cause this may mark onset olf a serious condition. The son thloaw of children are dlsccvezed. by the doctor who, as a matter of routine, examines the throats of all children who come under thecare. Many inflamed throats subside and return to nor- mal without any further trouble. Others are followed by complica- tions as the acute inflammation spnealt from throat to car or bronchial! tubes. leading to a k ‘ inflalmmatio unlem pro- con- ditions which may follow upon sore throat in children are nephritis and rhoumnltis fever. Nephrltls comes promptly under medical care be- cause lt demands attention through the appearance of blood in the urine of the pufflness of the face. Unfortunately. rheumatic fever, in children, does not usually give rise to the acute joint pains which occur when it is an adult who ls attacked by the disease. As a result. cases of rheumatic fever in child.- ren are not likely to come under medical came promptly. The danger which ecconlrpeuules m; sol-e throats is not in proportion to the severity of the throat condition. The mildly-scare throat may mamk the ‘ ’ ‘ of rheumatic fever which is so serious because .of the dell-lags done to the heart in many cases- . There is only one safe way to deal with these cases. and that is fllstofalbtolllndoutthe con- flaoned, the child should be teznlperature ls normal, and then watched. durlflfl the following month, to make certln that tillers are no courplicatlons. Questlom concerning health, ad- dnfied to the Canadian Medical Am " tidal, 184 College $., Tbronto, will be answered person- ally by letter. ELEVEN COURSES AT writes about a Chinmc dinner. “Before the mleal hot the guests wiped their Plates, knives, or forks were pm- vlded. The food was placed in a. big dish in the middle of the talble, and the guests helped themselves» For soup a china. spoon and individual bowl were provided. Meat was taken out of tlhe dish with chop-sticks. ‘Ill-lo following was themerluz-(l) -Cralb meat and potato fritters: (2-—-shs.rk’s fln soup: (S) pigeon is roasted and eaten with eggs stewed with mushrooms; (6) mushrooms stuffed with fLul; (8) baked fish with ginger sauce; (9) rice with dried fish eggs. ginger, &c.; (10) ulce custard, with fresh fruit. and jelly: in bowls without milk or sugar. _ all (as King George was destined to do), when his time came. It can be safely said that the death of King Edward in May, 1910. at first weighed down the man who found that his knowledge ability to handle difficult poblenls. were not so meagre 'as he imagin- ed. Ill the early years of ills r ign His Mc_,esly cued much to two wo- mcn-hls Consort and his mother. Queen Mflry in public and in priv- ate is a. model of refreshing com- mon sense and as all admirer once said, "She soothes your nerves at once by hm‘ presence am voice." In times of stxain and anxiety the King always knows whom to tum for advice and consolation and he veiled himself of this ill pro-war ys when he was, as it were, find- ing his feet. Queen Alexandra's love for her Ollly sllrslvlng son, and her pride in his success as aKlng, was patent to all observers. 1n _many anxious momentsbeforc ihc War and during it. a, harassed King drove to Marlborough House to inc ills mcthcl- and seek her advice. Before her memory failed her, Queen Alexandra: experience was invaluable to the King in many folelgu and domestic problems, and hcl- favorite expression "That what your dear father wculd have done" was enough to sway him to her point of view. The making of a monarch, es- pecially a successful one, ls an in- teresting and instructive study, and the story of King George's rise from comparative obscurity 1111M Navy to the "fierce light which beats upon a Throne" la an eu- groaslng one. For his first twent - five years he never d e would ever become a King; for ‘his ceased to be one. in the best and fullest sense of the term. diticm of the til-root of any child is who is unwell. If the throat is tn- isolated and kept in bed until his CHINESE DINNER An Engishwolnszl living in Slam, scented clohl-ls were handed rolmd, on which hands. No soup: (4) duck skin (the skin alone a red sauce between bleed): (5) plgeon‘s turtle soup wlth lotus seeds: (7- (11) China tea PKG! FIVE. On the‘ ‘—___ last day of January, the local time of sunrise was 'i hrs. 24 minutes and sunset was at 11.00 ss- tlonomtoaily; which being inter- nnledleelnlnulesoestepmrbe clay was thus D hrs. ea min. long. l Kiln of 59 minutes slum the Winter Solstice. (Note that 17.06 is read one-seven-rero-three.) The above data are intended to apply to our region of 4e dog. North Lat- itude. ' In school days one early learns that Longitude has an important M81118 0n “l0cal" (or sun) time. With extended knowledge comes the fact that the time of rising and 885ml! depends on latitude as well, whilst a third factor ls the season of the your. Thus a sun-dial figur- ed for 4B deg. N. Lint. would read 16.58 at sunset on the last day of Jfllllllry. end would differ from our dial till the time of the Equinoxes. At that season than: would be a fairly close agreement in time from Let. 40 to Lat. 60 North. If we wish for Standard (or as we say "town") time. we must add 12 minutes to our "lwul" data for 46 deg. N.L. The Department of the Interior publishes a pomphht on "Standard Time" and Time Zones," and this tatns the most reliable calendar of time that I know of. caught three "white-footed" try. little rolled oats placed in the "cup" of the trap. There has not appear- ed a domestic mouse (mus muscu- lus) in the house fol- two years, its place being taken by the “White- foct", which normally is an out- door species. m late summer and fell I often encounter insects which have man- are primarily divided into two goes. groups: (1) not exivmd down to the mandibles band on segment 1 (nearest waist) is plain, narrow. and inter and the other yellow bands er to six species. a. species of caddie-fly ('2) wa circumstances the naturalist material for winter study. Feb. 18th is full moon, and the sat elllte will be in the vicinity nearing Jupiter 21st and 22nd. DIVERS TONGUES . for a. poem, which should be “dinkum" and irlal dialect. R H. JIYEWSY, news: sores. IANUAIY lllirrldugtry m,“ l, 2' bl Dflflllll! M the Northern BIA-lat that date.) flnspoelluhowevelniaaklndol literary "tour-de-force rather ‘than an example of divers tongues ll WII the Australian effort. " n" 11111188 me to a c ulslderstin 0! "Relish as she is spoke" mare: home. I recall the story of a loch. tiah minister who came to s. charge ill the Southern part of the Ipland. 0n the occasion of his first pae- iotll Nilhcl of vislil. he called 0X1 the Mac Somebodies and was made lscartily welcome. Bo impressed was he with his reception that he talk- _ ed of it in the next family he called on and finished off by euloglnizlg the Mac Somebodies as “real home- ly people." Here was an opportun- ity not to be neglected and the expression soon found its way to the homely people, who scarcely spoke to the poor man when neat hr: called. Homely. in Scotland, has the meaning of “pieisantly famil- tar," but on this continent 1t first came to mean “commonplace? then "ugly." Now that we have degrad- ed the word, we must be content with the puerilc "homey." A mistake of the same kind was made by an Erlglishwomsn who came to ll-vo in Halifax. after her arrival and before the xllcetires of the language, Shortly she had time to get acquainted with she On the 11th of the month I mice (Peromyscus leucopus) ill thn pan- Thoy would not take the cheese bait, but were readily caught by a aged to enter the house. and at- tracted by the light, are scrambling up and down the window panes. Some of these intruders are doped with fly-spray and put in storage, fol- examination in the winter. sev- eral wasps were taloen this way but on looking them over the other day. there were found to be only two species. One. however, was the new species, vespa rforveglca. proposed by the late F. W. L Bleden. form- erly Dominion Apiarlst. The other species was the common "Yellow- jacket.” Vespa disbollca of Saus- sure. Wasps, lt may be mentioned, those whose eyes do and (2) those with eyes touching or nearly touching the mandibles. ‘ The two species named fall into the former group. Vespa diabolica is the more yellow of the two; thn yellow t e rupted (or broken. in the middle). wider, “embayed" with black. Vesps. norveglca is more extensively black and all the yellow bands are narrow, not interrupted. and not emboyed. The discovery of Norvegica brings the P. E. Island list of wasps up During one of the January thaws taken in the kitchen but was not identified. bisects often take refuge in the cellar as the cold of autumn incmascs, and in winter a, mild spell bzlngs them up. From this is often fortunate enough to secure Coming back to astronomical mat- ters, our satellite (the moon) will be new and ln perifne on Feb. 3rd: it will also be in the neighborhood of Venus and Saturn on that date. of Mars from the 18th to the 20th. and It is not so long ago that all Aus- tralian rlewspapnr offered a prize in "Etngllsh" not to be understood by anybody but an Australian. This, it b said, would not be difficult to write if one used such words as “wurllesT-words perhaps originating in the aborig- . Nowell, one of the Editors w“ "'3 succied mm- wml “n “is of the Nnw York Sunday Mercury fxpemnc” ‘md tramlf‘? he did m?” in the long ago, once wrote u poem 1991 hime“ F‘ Km‘? ‘*5 he Pm‘ ‘t lnot only distinctively American, to amsval friend at the time. But “bu, m. Such a character u“, only when he did “sicnd m” Thrmm h: jAmerlcs. could have produced it." and ‘This was achieved by making free met an acquaintance, "all dolled up" on the street, and began to tense her; “My word," she said, “You do look a toffl" whereupon the other bowled her out for clashing hel- as a “tough? A toil, of course, is swell. - A language as vital as the lllng- llsh must necessarily have many secretions and much flexibility: but the printing-press, the radios. and the talkies, not to mention the her- ltagle oflclasslcal literature which is the glory of Anglo-Saxondom, will keep us lll step, all marching together. Our language will not disintegrate as did that of our pre- decessors, the Romans. DIR-D NOTES Only blue-jays come to our feeds trig-station, but they have a "feast of fat things." In peltixlg foxes there ts a layer of fat to be scrap- ed off the skin: this. boiled down, gives a tallow which ( I am told) makes a very white soap. When the melted gmase is run off. there is ._ part of the fatty tissue left in the pan, and this is greatly favored by . the sprightly jays, who minke daily ' visits to the station. The riddle of bind migration has puzzled naturalists ever since the days of Gilbert White. Some have supposed that birds fly south in autumn because of a. failing food supply. Others tell us that it is be- cause of the ‘increasing cold, or the reduction of the ultra-violet rays. An instinct inherited from the birds of the Great Ice Age has been imagined to account for the north- ward fllght, whilst some observers consider that the migration to cold- er regions is to avoid the plague of tropical insects which would infest the nests. All of thesr supposltlons have their vrenk points. Many birds remain here, l-lavlng solved the rid- dle of the food supply and the cold! the glacial theory of migration is doubtful. and the nests which I have examined always gave evidence of severe infestation of some insect of the Hippoboscc. tribe. A contribution to this disputed question was made by Dr. Rowan in his book "The Riddle of Migra- tion" published in 193i. Professor Rowan experimented with cmws and juncos at Edmonton, and came to the conclusion that the immed- iate stimulus to mlzratlon was the varying length of the day. Birds, Razed ln early winter. were supplied with electric illumination till 1 p.m. each day. In January the reproduc- tive organs of the male birds had attained their full summer size, and when the captives were releas- ed they showed no inclination to migrate. Other birds. which had not been specially illuminated, and whose organs were in a dwindled state, were liberated in mldlvinter, and up to 80 per cent dlsnPTfilll-ed. Dr. Rowan concluded that "birds usually migrate when their repro- dllcllvf’ organs arc in n transitional stage. either Whlllilrv (after breed- lngl or waxing (before brooding) when the cnclocrlnnl or interstitial tissue of the gonads is most abund- ant n- active." Th"- laynlnll WOllld Hills glean that tllc migratonv nativity oi birds 8 S ‘use of Indian place-names and thn ‘g5 due to “mm hgrmonc induced by ed on to milling towns rlrd lagcs. This literary effort aglllal-y traveller vlsita State. Was his fl st stopping-plane Its sweetness and its grace. In the long run our tourist is convinced that "home is brightest after all"- So back he went to Maine, straight- lye-y. A little wife he took: And now ls making nutmcgs at Mooeehlcmaguntlcook. (The jape ill the penultimate llne alludes to the making of wooden nutmegs by means of a lathe; an absurd designations scmetlmzs tazk- . vil- is tool long to quote in full; but tllc im-‘ Dog Hollow, ill the Green Mount And then Skulllrs Misery displayed seasonal (‘i1lill'|"S in lilo dlll-ltion of daylight: and ll ilorlllrnr‘. i! is troll lo YCITHIK] lllv r-cadcrs. is n secre- tion, poured illla the blood-stream by one n.’ the mlcllcs: glands, and servln’: “tn hasten n!‘ slow the activities 0f susceptible parts.“ Not very much is known yol c’ these “chemical mfllslonqcrs." “stlrrsrs-np“ or “triggcr-pullers" his Slr Arthur 'I‘holnson calls them. BOMBAY. Fkzh. l--(B_v Canadian Pressl-Jnclia is gutting zllnbiiiolls ill intcnlational sport. Not coll- tent with inviting all Australian cricket team m tour this country nt the end of this your, the Indian Control Board ls negotiating for a visit from tho South Africans in 1937-39.. 146 Richmond St., ‘(To euthael next 1 E. R. 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