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WORKLESS YOUTH

It may possibly come as a

series of statutes Roing back to 1275. In the earlier turbulent times of feuds and local rivalries, when even a short journey wan accompanied by danger, an officer who could make an inquiry on be half of the Crown was a necessary and helpful representative of law and order, but his functions have nat kept pace with progress, and during recent years particularly there has been a growing outery for the reform of-the- system; This has arisen out of what in fell to be an abuse of the office. In some instances by enroners them. solves and in others by the police. Most guests may be and are re- ported in the press, and sensation- al newspapers have thus bren afforded an opportunity to adver- 1ise and exploit human tragediea. Some coroners have pandered to this morbid tendency he rending letters, probing into distressing family secrets, or giving their views on modern social conditions.

FAIR PLAY

This opportunity of ventilating their own views may have afford- ed them some satisfaction, but it has been a large factor in arous- ing the instinet for fair play in the more enlightened section of the community and bringing about

work done by coroners with out- |

1935.

Our King

and Queen

on their Silver Jubilee

The King and Marshal Foch in France, 1917.

GEORGE wounded it on the serpent's unic.

In 1915.

י

The Very Idea!

A POT-POURRI

Novies (whose ball disappeared down a rabbit hole): "What la tho' bust thing to uso kere, vnddio?"

Caddie (shortly): "A vacuum cleaner."

HOWLERS

A bigamist is the opposite of a pessimist

A Spartan is a part of Highland dress.

After, the Norman Conquest, Three different languages wero, spoken in England: French by the aristocrats, Latin by the clergy, and English by the pheasants.

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TIT FOR TAT "Did yon

ticket- nee that collector?" asked a fair occupant

of the first-class compartment of The tram:

"No; what about him?" inquired her companion.

The impudence of the man!" exclaimed the first. "Ile glared at m: as though I hadn't a first-class ticket."

"What did you do?”

"I just 'glared back at him as f 1 had.", came the bland reply.

PREPAREDNESS

Junes-I don't know what to do about our boy's future. My wife wants hhi to be a writer, his aunt wants him to be a sailer; and I want him to go into business." Smith "How old is he7'1 Jones-le will he six months next week."

REAL SNAPPY!

A story of a snappy reply by thur Int Theodore Roosevelt Is old. He was addressing a large

crowd.

Mr. Roosevelt, why are you i Republican?" asked a heckler..

"Because my father and grand- father were both Republicans,” was the reply..

the inckler.

"I'd be a Democrat!" Mr. Roo- sevelt replied.

·

UP-TO-DATE

ing of the position of euroner on ed by the King with the Victoria To-morrow: The King in never altered in spite of the a proper basis, with powers and Cross. The King attempted to Flanders Fields. duties brought into fine with modern conditions.

RUSSIAN AMBITION

changes in their surroundings. Mias

that young Ishbel said children could not appreciate this change.

in the war-injured so bad- but was overcome with weakness the demand for reform, in 1909 ly that the Queen was empower before he could complete "the the Government appointed cum- mitee to make an inquiry somo ed to take over many of his task.

! Both King George and Queen what similar to the one which has official duties. now been set up, and the fellow.

while inspecting Mary gave up every luxury. | surprise to most people to learn

far is quoted from the second re-massed troons in France, the every expense attached to their that of the twenty-five million part of that committee: "The law King's horse, a mare belonging offices. The King even gave up unemployed in the principalating to somers is antiquated to Sir Douglas Haig, reared at drinking spirits in order to set

"What would you be if your countries of the world about one. Much of it dates from the thir the sound of the drums. slipped an example to his people who,

father and grandfather had both teenth century and is of great his- squarter are young people under torical interest, but it is not well and threw the King to the in the heat of the war fever, les horse thieves?" again asked 21 years of age. This fact, dis-sulted to the changed conditions ground. He was painfully in were said to be drinking too closing a tragic state of affairs, of modern life. On the whole, we jured and was rushed home to heavily. Both worked strenu- ously in war work. Nothing is based on figures taken from have been astonished at the good England in a hospital train.

It was typical of the monarch was too much to ask of them. a report specially prepared by of-date and imperfect machinery." that he asked no special favours From dawn till midnight they the International Labour Office It was not until 1926, however, on this journey. Though auffer-kept going.

Two stories were told about that a further amending act was ing considerably it is related that for study at the big labour con-

Our picture to-day shows the children by Miss Ishbel Mac- passed, but as that act gave effect ference which is being held in to reforms recommended as long a private in the cot next to him.

France' in 1917, shortly before Minister, in Middlesbrough when Geneva next month. How to ago as 1909, public opinion is received a military medal from King and Marshal Foch in Donald, daughter of the Prime face the problem is a matter of demantled a new inquiry and this the royal hands and it was Fach became commander-in-chief she opened an exhibition."

Expressing the opinion that the demand has now been granted. during the journey home that

lovable characteristics of children Immediate moment. Suggested It is hoped this will lead to a plac- Sgt. Oliver Brooks was decorat-of all the allied armies. measures include the raising of the school-leaving age to not less than 15, the creation of more technical schools, the organian-

wards eternity in some Siberian, thought in mind; have prepared an One child had said to her tion of vocational training cen-

pit."

official motion picture of the mother, when told that Mary flew World War compiled from the with Jesus to Egypt: "If she tres, and the establishment of

It seems incredible that leading "LEST WE FORGET"

archives of the allied and enemy wanted an aeroplane, she would recreational and physical train-

records, Although it depicts have go to Croydon." Another ing centres--where- enforced-spirits of the Russian Communist.

party are still actively protting to For some years after the armia-mainly Canada's part, and the child had asked "Was Jesus the leisure can be spent. The report overthrow the British state and to tice another war was generally major fentures only in a general boy who was born in a garage?” stresses the necessity, where it turn England into a member of the declared "unthinkable." Why un-way, the effect is as poignantly as could be desired. is even leus thinkable? Simply because the realistic is considered desirable, in con- Soviet Union.

credible that these people should horrors of the last one were so Destruction and acute misery in nection with the training centres, ut keep their schemes a secret, vivid in the memories of all. Now, all their sordid and ghastly detalls

A task even bigger than any to adopt adequate safeguards to

We are informed that the Comm- however, a new generation of are portrayed as they occurred. they have yet attempted has been prevent abuses. 'One point em- munist Party hus the English cager, adventurous youth has come The picture closes with the words: innocently thrust upon Socialiste phasised is that attendance at revolution planned, step by step, to manhood, while with the preced "Was it a war to end war? Did by an absent-minded grandfather. fle entered a public building in such centres should be strictly and that the whole campaign is ing generation time has been lay-it attain its desired end-or did it

Seck the answer within Leeds with his grandson, and complete on paper, to the execution ing a softening mist of glamour not?

own hearts." voluntary and should exclude of the leaders of the existing over the stark realities of human your

How many while he was transacting his busi appear people to-day would answer that negs the, little boy spent his time any idea of military training, regime. If the thing were not so butchering. It would In view of the extreme gravity utterly farcical, it would be a plece obvious, then, that to keep war the war achieved its purpose? studying a large map of the world if the memory of the that hung on the wall. When they of effroutery not easily forgiven; "unthinkable" the world should And yet of the juvenile unemployment if it were not for the fact that not be permitted to develop fur- world's greatest blunder was still were ready to go the boy asked

Cana vividly live in their hearts, how problem, It is possible that the Communist Influence docs disturb ther delusions about war.

internal mechanism of the dinn veterans, evidently with this could they answer otherwise? Geneva conference will come to the

British Isles and hamper recovery, a decision on the subject this it could be dismissed with a shrug. year, instead of waiting for, the The Russian "plot" is neither quite customary double discussion Mune nor quite harmless. It can ranging over two years. In the ever succeed in demolishing the Structure that is Britain, and light of this report, efforts are divorce that country from the being made in Britain to speed Empire, but it can be annoying and up the Government's re-examina-create antagonism, and for that tion of the case for raising the school-leaving age. It is note. worthy, in this connection, that in Glasgow, where the leaving of school by another. Afteen hun- dred boys and girls at the end of March brought the total number of unemployed young people to more than ten thousand, the

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reason it cannot be ignored entire- ly. Some day soon, some of the wiser heads in Russia will have something to say to these instiga- |tors of world revolution and they may find themselves "tolling to-

(Continued on next column)

big industrial centres. Serious us the problem is, it is doubtful if its full implications are fully

Education Committee has advis-realised. But it is a tragic com-

ed parents to keep their children

mentary on present-day, econ-

at school after the leaving age.omic conditions that there should

but only about a quarter of those

be these thousands of young peo- circulated have given a favour-

ple, a great many well-educated, able response. The total num-who are unable to find employ- ber of unemployed juveniles in ment. Apart from the immedi Scotland is now 28,000. In the ate effect on familles, there is industrial towns of England and the danger of steady mental Wales, the situation is no less deterioration of these young serious. A recent inquiry into people, carrying with it the con- sequence that, even when better the nature and extent of juvenile times come, they may have so unemployment in Liverpool for drifted into sloth and in- estimated that in five years' ability to apply themselves to time, if the unemployment level serious work as to be a misery remains the same, there may be to themselves and others as well. Action along the lines urged in 7,700 more males and 6,200 more the International Labour Office females between 14 and 21 out report would appear to be essen of work than last year. And | tial if an even worso crisis is not that is typical of many otherto arise in the future.

MONTS SWEATERS

CARE

"Be sure to remove the tags. I don't want my daughter-in-l

to know that I didn't knit them."

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M

L

ONE EXPLANATION

"What are all the red parts, grandfather?"

And grandfather, na ho gathered up his change, replied, "Oh, those are the parts that thy Socialists are going to demolish!"

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FUNNY!

The orderly sergeant was mak ing his tour. "Any complaints?"

he boomed.

"The Irish stew's funny," grum- bled one private.

"Oh, is it?" said the sergeant, "Then why aren't you laughing."

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SCHOOL STORIES

At a recent Old Boys' Associn- tion reunion dinner a speaker told the following stories.

A class had been learning the history of Moses, and on being asked if they could tell anything about him that was outstanding, one bright pupil answered:

"Please, sir, he was the only man who

ments all the Command

An Inspector who was examin- ing a rather backward class had been impressed with the answers which he had received. On finish- ing he said to the class:

"You know I wish I were back at school again, Do you know why that is 7

Yes, sir," came the reply after nusc, "because you have. for pause,

gotten

all you over know."

A class had been asked a num-

bex

of questions amongst which

the following:

Where was Abraham Lincoln

born 7

He was born in a house that he

helped his father to build." "What is matrimony?"

"It is n place, where for a time, soul suffer for their sins."

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