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There are 750.000 farm laborers in Great Erisain, and 60.000 of these are women and girls. 11mm workers used to have. find probably have still, thylowtst wflgcs of my o; the industrxa-l groups. The Brit- ish farmer face.'i_ with the free entrance of che:per produce from other countries, had no resource but to pay his hands M. little as wrslbie, or go out of business. The more ambitious of the workers emf. grated to the towns, but there was slway. a stolid remnant who cc. captfid things as they were, and were looked down upon by the other induatrials. Possibly they were happier than the factory hand,

NEWSY ivoms

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"mun “m1 I58; Impatient-s on u" 0M side and indepindenca (to 911i it mildly) on the other, usually brought the anangemc to an end, NOW the British Government

with that wislcm which is often

imitated in other lands, n,“ deck“!

“1- by o maturity of m. to extend are benefit (Lqtha Unemployment r ‘it I" Bsrlounural laborers, and getfhep: gardeners and gamekmpers. e bmefll-S. i0 commence with are {xi levee, a fact which the Social. b members or: disgruntled with; ut one must creep before one can walk. If thrown out of cmpbynwnt a young girl will deli 3 shillings and eixpenc: a. week, and this is step-

fcr all that: for money does Ilotlpgduptmln the case o, an adumm

make happiness. The married far-in hand had. besides his wages (which were always small) the convenience o.’ a fr:e house and gardzn, wit-h the privilege of keeping a pig or two, while his wife. in busytimes, made a few shiflngs by asristing u.» farmer's wife. I have seen such n system tried ‘here at times, but

mull“! 111MB. an amount of 14 Sllllllflks a week is reached. The mflflmvm payment in rispect of Claims including a wife and child- "ll l5 3° lllllllhss per week.

311i the Government is not in- cll-Iled I" Rive a'l for nothing. The worker, the employer. and the

State. are each to contribute an

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KEEP THIS WITH YOUR LIST OF POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

(I81) Paluno Publillco, Sienna. Italy.

(I32) BIIIII! III

, Carol-ails, Ilome: (I83) Porch of the Maidens, Alhens. (I13 I) Iiaplislcry. Florence. (I85) Wei River, (ihlnn. (ISMJm-rinn

II Ivor, Pnlcslinc.

Ilnrlinr Front. (inlaid, France‘.

(I87) Bourgoyne Canal, Belgium. (Iilil)

(I89) Roman Iiulns, Ilznlll,

England. (I90) Aqueduct‘, Segovia, Spain.

What and Where is if P

Imllcnlo which eceno you lhink the photograph shows, by placing if: number In the square to

the rlllil.

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"cqual share of the insurance prg.

mium. The you

contributes one penny p91‘

and the adult Ol.' iilnc cents.

must begin on May 4th,

November 5t monts are fir t

118 Blrl while in work week, fourpence half-penny

The contributions and by 116M. (when pay- made available) the

Treasury expects to have 1,700,000 pounds as receipts. The Socialists. among other objections, claim that the Government will have a. profit on the transaction, but I fancy the ‘forgotten man," the farm laborer, will be well satisfied even if he has to fork out nine cents per ivcek. It is “no catch," believe me.

to be out o.‘ coming in.

make long-dis the weather,

ular factor as

knew nothing.

therefore, the line, with the bring?

As the Earl. come.- North

travels~comcs

supership Que have been

demonstration tlmts and the

that: Scotland, ism and other

ing persona ges approbation,

forefathers, in

symbolized its

dcm now do s tics, and when

people believed \'i'Cil'(l cure all the vote and state of poiitl for instance,

bought and. sol

The mOOn is 22nd and in perigee the day after: it L. also in the neighborhood of Mars on these dates. There

ecliptic-the path which the the planets, and our own satellite

so that glorious cathcdrak Bond dignity and beauty to the landscape in Britain. Sel-

loiving the wars struck the country, the

work, and. nothing

"LIKE A LION”

I

March, from the 1st. to the ‘lth. was t-c com-e in like a lion, accord- ing to the prophsls, but it has, entered gentler than the best temp- cred of lambs. It is never safe to

tance calculations of even for

likely to produce a

certain type of weather; and when the time comes it. is smothered by other factors of which perhaps one

"new" on March

are, Sun, Mars, the Moon

and the Earth, in almost a right

moon at the nearest

point of its orbit. What will this

Sun the sun,

h tips. and the in the Spring,

northward too. That

is why the moon is so high in the sky 0n certain nights in Spring.

THIS CHANGING WORLD "Good Old Teddy!" shouted the

crowd of shipbuilders, when Edward VIII visited Scotland to inspect the

:n Mary. His great-

grandmothrr, Queen Victor-la, would shocked beyond ex- pression at such familiarity. This

was a sign of the changing world: it

also auguis wefl for the new King

llic home of social- “i;.ms," should give

him a nickname. .or only outstand-

gct such a mark of

in the British Isles. Second-raters never get nicknames. The world i-. moiicrs as wcll as for Kings. Our

changing for com-

old times. were do-

mliiated by religious ideas. They

acendancy in stone, churches and

uch beautiful struc-

tures rLe. AIJEI‘ the French RSV- cluticn men turned. more to poli-

the depression, fol- against Napoleon. mass of the

that the franchise their woes. They got a generally corrupt cs followed. Votes.

were shamelessly d, and imy trick, no

matter how dishonorable, wa; re- soit:d to, lo \vln or keBD 901M951 power. Such an evil did this be- conic, that the British people a‘.-

mcst in a cccdcd to

state of rebellion. 91°‘ clean up their politics,

and did so to such effect that Brit- lsh ilatrsmen today are men of the

highest integrity On this side

viewing the m one must

of the Atlantic. atler as an outsider,

conclude that politicians

are strenuously engaged in discred- ‘iting their own system 0i Bmlem‘

merit. How, it to indicate.

It 110W ED991115 r are to supplement, i.

plant, politics Canadians. It

christian princples cf

is ngt my province

that economics no to sup- in the eminlation of is not enough; I319 truth and

Justice, honesty and goodwill, must prevail in our daily lives, it Canada

lstobcastu

bie State.

TIIE BEGGAIVS OPERA

o“ two ogcaslons during Christ-

the "Bczi-WVS Radio. I llilve

lo learn something of this

crnlll century red me lip and will IIZW

caught references to over always been curious eight-- work, and this stir-

50 that I procured a copy

proceed to make my

readers "115 Wl-W l“ mysem’

That century

was n very dull 0110

B5 m. as the English drama is

concerned:

the only shining Him’

i 'c‘.‘y dark epoch are 001d- sliihillihiarl Sheridan-and Gay 1n

n single plflY~ l

The other wr-‘Pf-‘i

"Beggar's Opera“. app: III‘ to

he

dull, caarsc. full cf tasteless decla-

matlon and aburd similar. were mercilessly parodlod I11 W911i‘

1113's "L-ssedy

of Tragedies; or the

Life and Deal-h of Tomb Thumb the

Great.“ Italian

opera was very P9P“

uiar during tlic first half of the century, owing doubtless in tho work of nchuel, who long experi-

mznled in

this class of

music bo-

iore turning lo Oratorio. Swiit writ-

ing to Pope in

1716 had said: "Th!

Prslcral Ridicule is not exhausted"

and ‘What think you

Pastors-ll" Newgltc.

of a Newzat: it filly be

sunspot years. One may fix on one partic-

l

TIIILY NOTES ON TOPICS CONNECTED WITH

Silver Fox Farming

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Our little item about Crisp Moorcl of Westmorland, broulfht a very‘ kindly 1051701156 from hlln and some further information re the pair of blue foxes which he purchased in 1918- He says: "Regarding the Old blue fox female I had. In 1914 she had a. litter of twelve pups and raised them all, and in 1916 had a littcr of fourteen living and one’ dead pup and again she raised the fourteen living pups, making twen- ty-eix in two years."

Ihlrlher on in the letter Mr. Moore says: “Good silver foxes are bringing good prices and pay well for raising. My grandson, lcith Moore, has Just received returns for two fox pup pelts sold through the Canadian National, one of which brought $07. and the other $77., s total of $174. for the pair. Those pups were raised in a shady grove on a clay floor part of the time. and. were fed once a day".

Mr. Moore's explanation of the shady grove had considerable to do with the price which his grandson received for the two fox pelts. The more I observe the niore I am con- vinced that clear color cannot be obtained unless cover from the ele- ments and from the sun is pro- vided. Of course a good family strain is also necessary as some fox- es will go off color no matter how careful one is with respect to housing conditions.

It certainly Wis a sumrlsg to the fur world to learn that Frederick Huth 8r Company, the great fur brokers of London, England, with a branch in New York, had sold out I0 Q M~ l-vamlmn dz Company of

mmllmlf-‘d. was a London prison; 5nd I119 question was therefore svmeihlns like: “How would it do to make up an Opera with the 1n- mates of Queen's county gnu n; characters?’ John Gay (1685-1732) took up the idea, but it was not until 1728 that the Opera was first performed at the “Theatre Royal in Idncolns-Inn-Nelds." Gay now- ever had discarded the Pastoral idea for Operatic form in ridicule 0f the Italian opera, which. by the way, it drove off the stage for n $11M; but he retained the vital Nerrwgate lelement.

e Pvt (if the Opera can be said to have a plot") is of the film. S1651 character: it is in the deep satire, the cold cynicism, and the coarse humor of the “cutfl that the interest lies. The dialogue is thickly interspersed with verse, rc- lated to the situation, but sung to popular times of the day, This in "Balad Opera." as distinct from

Comic Opera" of the Gilbert and Sullivan time. in which the music is specially written to glvg 9159c; to the verse. The title: of the bal- lflde are queintly set forth. for the guidance of the performers, above each verse thus: "Air I—An old woman, clothed in grey." A1;- 1X__

o JemlYr O J91111Y. where hast‘ thou can?" Air VIII (Seen;- VI11_“Nnw R08". I'll tell thee, because thoirrt my $011." None of the tunes, and "l"? "3 660F851 have lived to our gghexcept Air XVII—“B0nny Dun-

When the libretto was cflmpleted it Dufllled its critics. Pope and SW‘ Wm frankly Pessimistic, while the Duke of Queensberiy, Gay's life-Ions friend, could find nothing better to say than; “This L‘ 5 Very °dd 5111118. G11)’; I am sat- isfied that it is either a very gccn thing _or a very bad thing." con- glove said the same thing in SlYOng- er words: “It will either take great. 11!. or be damned confoundediy." Coiley Cibber refused to stage i1, at Drury Lime. but John Rich. in a bolder spirit, accepted it for his little theatre at Lincoln's Inn Fields. From the very flist night it was a success, and after 200 years it is still revived at intervals. The Illuztrated London News cf Nny, 25th. 1922. presented its readers with a double-page chromograph c; the heroine, Polly Peachum, above the following note:

The revival of John Gay's famous DEW! "The 568love UPbra," at; the Lyric Theatre. I-ianimersmith, has had an extraordinary success, since its production on June 5, 1920, it has already celebrated two anni- versaries and, on Nov. 2 last, its thousandth performance. Its popu- larity shows no sign of decreasing and Mr. Nigel Playfair, the pro- ducer, expects to continue it until the end of next summer's season . . . he has also arranged to prc. ducc its sequel "Polly," nt the Kineswey Theatre on December a0. Gay himself never saw "Polly" staged, as it was forbidden, for political reasons. by the Lord Chamberlain . . . a note in Pope's "Dunclad" says: “The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, be- came all at once the favorite of the town." She was Mlm FJIIIUII who ran away with and afterwards married the Duke of Bolton."

The reference t: politics intro- duces’ us to the satire of the Opera. The three principal male charact- ers arc Peachum, Lockit, and Mac- beath: the two former are partners in a receiving warehouse for s.oleii goods, and the latter is the captain of a gang of thieves, and a high- wayman to boot. Peachum keeps the register of the gang and lf a thief is an unprofitable servant or in any way rune counterfto his wishes. he is betrayed to the law, for which the registrar rercives a substantial reward (£40) while the thief is hanged. The public at once saw that Peachum and Lockit were intended to represent Lord Town:- hend and Sir Robert Walpole the Prime Minister. Perhaps "make- up" had something to do with this fwolllltlon. but there are In the play itself topical allusions which could not be msleiken. Walpole, it is raid. was not able to do anything better with the Beggar's Opera

London. Huth has been among the biggest factors in the business since I922. Prior to 1920 they were bank- ers. but in the great fur panic of 1920 when the old firm of A. J. Ncsbit 8r Company of London, 1mg- land. cider even than Lampsons, got into financial difficulties, Fred- erick Huth 8s Company took over their assets. We have no particu- iars as to the reason for the change, but no doubt they will be forth- coming in the near future.

A friend of mine who noticed the announcement in the Guardian which stated that, a telephone mes- sage had been received by the Prince Edward Island Fur Pool from Frederick I-Iuth 8s Company, London. giving the information of the change, wondered what such a conversation would cost. We ventur- ed the opinion that it would be at least $100. and probably were be- low the mark at that. Transatlan- tic tclephoning is comparatively new but through time will become as common as the cable and of course with more usage price will drop. Mr. Reagh Tinney of the Prince Edward Island Fur Pool. who very kindly gave the informa- tion to the Guardian, stated that the convertation came through as clear as a. bell.

All this week the March silver fox auctions have been carrying 0n in London and from the information which has come through, our pop- ular product has stood t-he ordeal very well indeed. Some 80,000 skins are being cfjered and it is expected that about 50 per cent will be sold at prices nearly on a, par with the January sales. The clear full sil- vers are in excellent demand, but off-colored sfvers are not wanted and blacks and dark slivers are neglected.

Last week we carried an item stating that full silvers would be popular as a trimming for the black costumes which will be in vogue from now until the King's Coron- ation, and the information was correct. In the U. S. A. also clear fu‘l silvers are beingisnappcd up quickly and prices for that partic- ular species of skin has risen con- siderably.

From now on until the lather part of April. litters will be com- ing thick and fast in various ranches. The principal precaution to take is to see tact the females are supplied with enough laxative so that whelping will not be inter- fered with. The greatest 10sec; in pups is due to carelessness in re- Eard to feed. Watch that you are 11°15 Elvin! W0 much bone in your diet as it has a. tendency to cause constipation. If necessary you can add bran and of course liver is one o. the finest things you can fggd

“Tm IP01" flve to ten Der cent of the meat portion of your raticn,

A "lend 0f the writer's speaking l°h

than to applaud it loudly; but he would not stand for a sequel! so “Poiiy" was banned.

This may is styled the Beggar's Opera not because of it's dramltis 11915111186. but because. in the intro- duction. a bazaar with wallet and staff compZtLc, comes on‘ the stage and claims to have written it. The “hafll-CWYS. with the exception of Polly Peachum, her mother, and Lucy Locklt. are errant rogues n; ‘V0150; and the women have names which connect them with certain of Shakespeare's heroines; Dolly Tiuil and Suiky Tawdry, for in. stance. The plot. is very "thin." Macbealh. "13 filplaln of the gang, has secretly married the daughter °f each oertncr. though indeed Pfllly has the prior claim; and, when the three panics to this big. “1110118 Proceeding forgather, Mac. heath has a. ‘very mmcnit but, 111111151118 course to steer to keep matters quiet between the twc

Pools that his daughter Bdmires the gallant but diffuse highwny- 1111111. dces what he considers n good stroke of business by lgying the vfflccrs or the law O11 his track, and lncldehtally setting the reward. While he is lying in Newgalc await- ing execution Macbcath is vistcd bY L110)’ 100k“. his other wife, who has stolen the prison keys from her father, and assists cin- herc to escape. Mrs. Diana Trnpw, who does a considerable trade in stolen articles, reveals to Pcnchum the whereabouts of MaCbeal-li who is at once re-arrcsted and is li-lcd and sentenced as a. prison-breaker. As he passed to execution, (cur more women claim him, "wt-gm four wives more!" he exclalms, “this is too mucll. Here, tell the sheriff's officers I am ready!" and he is led off guarded.

This should finish the Opera, but it doesn't: the beggar appears on the stage to speak an Epilogue, but a. player tackles him about the abrupt ending: “I hope you don't intend Macbcath to be mniiy ex. "cuffd." he Says. “Most certainly sir. rays the beggar, "and the 111101111106 mvsi suoocsc all the rest liflhsed or transported." “Why tncn, fflfhd. this is downright tragedy, 110l- 01191111 1111 Opera must end happily." “Your objection, sir, is very Just: and is easily renioved—- you rabble there" (to the crowdl_ “run and cry a reprieve-let the prisoner be brought back to his wives in triumph , , . Had thc lYlY remained as I at first intend- ed. it would have carried a most excelknt, moral. 'Twculd have zhown that the lower sort of pec- pls have their vices as well as the rich: and that they are punished for them."

As the curlain goes down M“- heath is marshalling the rabble to a round dame w Air XXIX,

“Lumps of Pudding."

at this season of the year. It can

we are enloyifll. laid: "Well, I don't know lust how it will affect the foxes. Our greatest trmlble fl- with late litters. Our early iittcrs oome through 0.x. but we always have had a lot of losses with the late ones and perhaps that is due to the mild weather the latter part of April and early May."

Why mild weather shoul have such an effect-if it really does- is not understaridabfe. In time U. B. A. where theyhave the greatest success in raising foxes as rezerds production, the spring temperatures are about on a. par with what we are-mw enjoying. It will be inter- esting to ace just what effect this extraordinary spring seekon will have on pr- uction. we sincerely hope it will be 0119-