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Evening star., 1933-12-24

dynamite, fuel, and other necessities without
which . mining camp cannot live, are brought
IN by plane If the mining company Is in rush
and has the money to spare.
Since the Summer season IS short much OF
the freight goes In by air. Competition u Keen
among the operators. large and small. who ny
their punto@-equipped cabin ships into the
region.
Kngineers, supermtendents and other odcials
Of the mines, Is well as financiers, make ire
quent trips during the Summer season nom the
mines to the o6aces Of most Of the companies
and yndicAtes In Toronto. Every week some
one from the region Is in the IAstzn city.
which makes the mines, 50 far north. not at Al
distant
,Pemanent cabins mark the more important
mines. These include living quarters at the
larger mines where men have been at work the
entire Winter during the last two years and are
working now. With more properties opened this
year the population Of the region WIN be larger
for this Winter than in previous Winters.
Permanent workshops have sprung up where
machinery is housed for the repair q heavier
machinery required for the crushtng, refining
and concentration Of So far have some
Of these mines at the top OF the continent
progressed that cement foundations have been
built for buildings and cement bases poured
for heavy machinery.
Ore c=ushers have been installed capable OF
handling as to SO tons per day. Small trans
like those used In coal mines are busy wheeling
ore from tunnels dug deep into The htlly shores
Of Great Bear Lake. silver ingots pressed into
bar shape at one of the mining plants have
been nown south, and assayed - practically
pure silver. oil the operations having been per-
formed ut the rnine This is Great Bear Lake
- II = today.
region requiring no communication with
the outside world before the depression y now
ntted out with three high-powered radio sta
Hons and . fourth has been built for direct
communication with the region Of AcAurTay.
The terminal station and two others are
owned and operated by an air transport COM
pany. The third on the shores Of Great Bear
Lake Il . government station for use Of all
those In the district. It communicates with
other government stations north or south.
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9om the @iSeoberp OF
Kaoinn, Ubrfe Bears
ago in the Wilos Of
Rortterm Canada
Bas Set dip a Ruitr-
ming 9noustrp in tbe
Arrtic amo Grfatlp
Kf1ucen the Rare
Mineral's Cost.
BY LANES MONTACNES.

-<6N SOME Ontario hospitals cancer patients
I'll are being treated with radium which little
more than a year ago was buried IN the
III rock ON the shores of Great Bear Lake In
the Canadian Arctic. The first radium needles
Produced from pitchblende-radum bearing ore
found just below the Arctic Circle. were de-
health for Ontario.
Three years ago Great Bear Lake was merely
the largest lake in the Northland, the fourth
largest on the continent. It was unknown TO
the public little known to the mining man, and
mapped to some extent by Canada's geographers.
Great Bear Lake was too distant to be OF
interest
Today on the shores of Great Bear Lake are
rlany log cabins. gasoline storage tanks. Great
Bear Lake now resounds to the sound Of pick
end shovel, Of shunting mine railway cars, OF
r:otors driving drilling. crushing and concen-
trating machinery. Through the air above
Great Bear Lake speed invisible radio waves to
eil parts of the continent.
In short three years what was minhahated
bush and wilderness, seldom Travelled BY white
man. Indian or Eskimo, b now teaming
mining region. with prospectors sim searching
speed with modern machinery.
Radium and silver, these brought the crowds
to this once isolated region. Radtum started the
rush after . veteran prospector, Gilbert LAhtne.
located the pitchblende veins from the cir while
flying over the region. Silver came later, ana
row gold and other minerals have been added
to the list Of valuable mining possibilities IN
that country.
Evening star., 1933-12-24

uBERT and Charles IAbine, operating
10 small gold mining company, saw their
" chance Their property is probably the
Scar Lake today. And they are shipping their
p.tchblende in gInnysacks Is fast rs river boats.
and even airplanes, will take them 70 Ws1es'
ways. Alberta, the nearest railway point .
thousand miles from the mine. s+-
From Waterways, trains speed the dirty
looking sacks with their precious and dangerous
contents to Port Hope, small town On the
shores Of Lake Ontario. not far from Toronto.
Here in a plant consisting Of . number Of
buildings. with railway sidinss provided, behind
heavily guarded high steel fences, chemists are
changing the rock from Great Bear LAKE 70
glistening radium needles containing . thou
sandth Of gram Of radium, 20 that those who
suffer from cancer will have available more
and cheaper radium.
1t Is not merely necessary to mine pitchblende
to produce radium. Perhaps no mineral re-
quires as many operations to come from the
rough rock to the pure stage as radium.
It is q slow, laborious process, requiring
patience and careful work. From three to six
months are required to change one ton Of rock
into small fraction Of . gram Of pune ra<ium.
At Port Hope the last stages Of production have
by secret method speeded up the recovery OF
pure radium from the pitchblende.
There is q Jump Of nearly 5000 miles from
the Port Hope radium plant to the mining
camps on the shores Of Great Bear Lake.
It used to take the better part Of year to
get into the country. Now from the mine to
the plant, with favorable flying weather to
Edmonton or waterways, railway points. takes
but three and q half days. The airplane has to
a large extent made possible the rapd develop
msnt of this new mining region, the most
northern ON the continent.
Evening star., 1933-12-24

~ ROSPECTORS, miners, storekeepefS, and
~ others who now live the year around at
~ Great Bear Lake, on one or another Of
the numerous bays which mark the shore line,
are not isolated though they are more than
1000 miles from the nearest city. Mails come
In with regularity, On weekly Government
contract with the largest air operators IN
Canada During the freeze-up and the thaw
and IN Winter time, this service - somewhat
slower, but not many weeks 60 BY without mail
arriving at the camps.
The airplane carries passeneess - Wen as
express and freight Heavy machinery comes
in n water In the short Summer seaepn, but
the lighter equipment, drills. tools. supplies.
Evening star., 1933-07-03
Everyday Psychology
Two Minds in One Body.
By DR.. JESSE W. sPRowLs.

AVN W4uUS Ill VAS oUUy.
It is little hard for the layman to
understand how one body can house
two different minds Cases Of dual per-
sonality have always inspired the ques-
ton. "Why?" The way to understand
this not uncommon personal duality Is
to consider the question of dissertation.
Nature intended every individual to
have one personality, and only one. But
Nature doesn't always have her way
Some of her creations are imperfect
from the start. Others become imper-
feet as growth and development 20 on
None of us particularly like all our
experiences. As q rule, we tend to put
| unhappy experiences out of conscious
ness. We all have our painful memories
This putting away of painful memories
is popularity called forgetting. But we
really never entirely forget anything
What we actually do is to dissociate the
pains from the pleasures.
Let these painful memories accumu-
late, and they finally become attached
to one another. The recollection of one
tends to arouse ap entire block of mem
ories that have previously been disso-
ciated from the customary personality
When this happens, the individual
appears as different person to his or
her friends. In fact, it is q different
personality, dissociated personality
which now temporarily dominates every
idea and every act. The only way you
may describe the case Is to say that
the one body = the domicile Of two
minds.
eCopyrisht, 1e3S)
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dll, W COIkSlUcI
tentions rather than forms. Go to the
party by all means, and to pay party
call would be polite. On the other hand,
it might be better to invite her to
your own house as soon as you can, IN
stead.
my dear Mrs. Post: Mrs. A, MIS-.
B, Mrs. c and Mrs. D were guests In
the house of Mrs. for an afternoon.
Mrs. A had to leave before the other
her to the door, but the other women
Just said "Good-b and never got up.
This situation seems a little impolite
to me and I would like to know II
they were wrong"
Answer-Unless Mrs A was much
older than they. Mrs B. c and D were
quite right, Had they stood up, It
would have meant that they, too, were
taking leave.
Dear Mrs. Post: My wife has been
an invalid for almost year. Under
usual circumstances. woman pays for
NAL visits for her family in the after
noon, and leaves their cards along With
her own. May do this in my wife's
place"
Answer-It would be friendly Of you
to 60 to see people and explain that
you have come because your wife Is Ill.
But you would leave only your own
card. At least have never heard of
mans leaving his family's cards as
woman does Why it is a proper thing
for her and not for him, I can't answer
further than to say that such u the
rule.
(Copyrisht. la33)
Evening star., 1933-07-03
lowing for loser in clubs, but only in

lowing for a loser in clubs, but only in
clubs.
Over a Deferred Slam Try.
If the bidding had been one no trump
by you, two no trumps, three no trumps,
and now a belated mild slam try from
your partner in the form of four no
by passing If you held the 4-3-3-3 hafs..
We gave you yesterday. With the hand
given you above. would bid five clubs
This he would read for an acceptance
on the strength of two aces. long
suit, and some slight reserve values in
primary form beyond the 3l2 tricks
which is the minimum for an opening
no-trump bid. Not having made the
slam try Immediately. his hand would
not contain three primary tricks, but he
nevertheless should bid six clubs for
you if he held a club trick-the queen
which you were evidently expecting
to lose. or j K x, and If his hand, as
a whole. were only trif1e short of the
three primary tricks which would have
justified an immediate three no-trump
slam try. For instance.
sp. K10x Di. AK
or Axxx
Hts. A1Ox Cl- JAZZ
assuming again Inat heSpOn0er
Jumps to Three No Trumps.
If your concealed suit were Of only
five cards, as with
Sp: AJx Di. 70
Hts. K X CT. A K @ TX
the hand would contain in this suit
an additional queen to make the FIVE
card suit strong enough to conceal,
and I would personally rule out the
possibility of a club loser and, over q
three no-trump response. bid six no
trumps, fearing that if bid five or six
clubs my partner would not realize the
importance of his x or X Xxx In
clubs and so could not conceivably 60
on. Whereas, If I bid six no trumps
over three, he could bid seven II he
had a trick in reserve Of what he need
ed to make his first jump-response.
For instance with
sp. K Ak Di. A az
Hts. A @ K CT. XXX
he has a clear primary trick In re-
serve, and also the two aces which am
evidently expecting him to supply. so
that he could and should take my six
no trump response to seven. With the
huge premiums now awarded to grand
slams, we must bid them when we can
reasonably do so.
(Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-07-03

= INCE the perilous features of
horfc celebrations of the Fourth
of July are being banned by
~ CIVIC restrictions, and the noisy
Ifamcr accompanying the ex-
plosior. OF firecrackers, etc. is sub
siding, on that day, the Fourth has be-
come fraught with less anxiety to
pareIlts. The excitement of the sharp
rev <rts and the flashes of fire, coupled
" kh the hint of danger. gave fascinat-
ing thrills to youngsters, and it is not
an easy matter to keep their enthusi-
asm in the patriotic celebrations as
keenly alive without such demon
strations The holiday is of such ma
tional import, however, that it behooves
parents and recreation leaders to see
that the glamour of merrymaking Is not
lost for the children. but is merely
transferred. The Liberty Bell game
has been originated to lend such aid
at home festivities.
The game naturally follows supper
or refreshments, as the table decora-
tions can SO readily do double duty as
centerpiece and elements in the game.
This is not imperative, though. as will
be discovered. should the game alone
be featured. 1t will be described, how
ever in connection with the meal, and
those who wish to use it alone can
adapt it readily for themselves.
In the middle OF the dining table
Is a patriotic centerpiece. 1t consists
of a round cake iced with red frosting
and surrounded by as many little flags
as there are persons to play the game.
There should also be one extra flag. A
little bell, typifying the Liberty Bell, is
suspended above the center of the
cake by fastening it to the middle of
a looped wire, the ends of which are
thrust down into the cake The bell
must be so suspended that it swings
freely and rings when lightly struck.
Evening star., 1933-07-03
THE PLIERS
The GAME. IaINGING

The loop of wire holding the Liberty
Bell should be several inches high.
The flags around the cake are backed
by lollypops covered with red paper,
so that they show as little as possible.
The stick of lollypop and its nag
are stuck through the hole OF an
empty spool covered with blue crepe
paper This holder makes 1t stand
erect.
After the meal is over, or the re-
freshments have been served, and the
cake is eaten, the bell and its wire
support are transferred to little
mound of putty, into which the wire
ends are thrust and the bell held in
position. Each player is given 10
white beans tied up in red tissue
paper. A circle of players is formed
around the table.
The player at the head of the table
throws one Of his beans at the bell.
If he succeeds in making it ring he
scores one. The line moves on and
each player in turn does the same
thing. and scores or not according to
whether he makes the bell ring. One
round counts as game. Ten games,
following in quick succession, compose
set. The player winning the most
games is awarded all the flags that
were around the cake. 1t is his pleas
ant task to distribute one flag in its
holder with its lollypop to each player,
while he keeps the extra one for his
portion.
While the players are out of the liv-
ing room, one at a time enters with
the hostess and hides his or her flag
When all have been hidden every one
enters and hunt for the flags fol-
lows. The one finding the most flags
is given larger one for a prize, after
which the little flags are again dis
tributed, so each gets one, with two
for the winner of the first contest.
lCopyriRht, 1881
Evening star., 1933-07-03

win her The counting swain will hop
upon Stump or fat stone and hold
forth about his many qualifications. He
implores and beseeches, and when the
coy maiden pretends not to hear his
pleadingS, he jumps down from his
platform and gallantly walks beside
her. He shows her his handsome feath
ers and repeats his proffers Of mar
riage, sings a most enchanting song
but still she pays scant attention to
him. She is not flirt, as it appears
Bob Whites wed for life. and she is not
entering into the holy bonds of matri-
mony hastily.
You know at once when the lady hae
accepted him by the joyful, exuberant
whistle he sends out broadcast owe,
the smiling meadows.
AS Bob Whites or quails have such
varied markings, only a general de-
scription can be given. The upper
parts are reddish brown or chestnut
fecked with black, white and tan. The
rump is grayish brown. finely mottled
blackish and the tail is ashy There
is black line from the bill to beneath
the eye and extending down the sides
of the neck. The neck and breast, as
well as the under parts, are white. Mrs.
Bob White has a line over her fore
head and throat of buff. She has little
or no black on her chest. In the Sum-
mer the crowns are much blacker
To find these birds sleeping is q
thrilling experience. They form q
circle on the ground in a sheltered place
beyond the weasel and the fox, and
huddle together, tails toward the center,
heads pointing out This method con-
serves all the heat from their bodies
and each Is a sentinel on guard. The
father, faithful always, remains outside
as a guardian Of his family group They
even have been known to bury them
selves under the soft snow, or rather
let the snow cover them, and are cozy
under the blanket.
A slight depression in the ground is
used for the nursery site. It is care
fully hidden under weeds and grasses,
we'll lined with soft leaves and is en-
tered from one side. No packer can
save space as can the Bob White
mother. You may find 80 white eggs,
points down, in one nest. In "a days
they hatch, and the youngsters are SO
eager to join the others they run around
with half their shells still on their
backs. If anything happens to their
mother, father takes over the Who'll
responsibility Of Matching and rearing
his family. There are two broods .
year, and they keep together until
Spring. The group is known as bevy
or covey.
(Copyrisht. 1e33)
Evening star., 1933-07-03
Uncommon Sense
Others Faults
BY JOHN BLAKE.

F THE average human being would
think as much about his own faults
as he does about his friends and
i neighbors' faults, there would be
more happiness and fewer failures
in the world.
II he would take the trouble to learn
the other fellows faults, 1t would help
him to get rid Of his own.
But there seems to be born In every
human being certain feeling Of self
satisfaction, which continues with him
through life, through success or fall
ure.
II he prospers, he thinks it is be-
cause he is brighter than his neighbors.
If he fails, he imagines that the other
fellow has just happened to have run
Of good luck
I suppose there IS so much crit
icism in life because nothing is easier
than to find flaws In the characters
or in the behavior Of the people we
know.
Carping and complaining are almost
universal habits. Men nag those they
hire to help them, If for no other rea-
son than to show their authority. ana
women, despite their many good quail
ties find it difficult to get good kitchen
help. because they take it for granted
that all cooks and housemaids must be
alike. and therefore all in need OF
driving to their work.
The building of character consists
Of the steady elimination OF faults. l
have lived quite a number of years in
this world, and associated with great
many men. I have found very few
who were disposed to take the ability
and industry Of others for granted.
Instead Of first looking for these
qualities, they looked for imperfections,
and. Of course. they often found what
they were looking for.
Remember that the population OF tnis
world consists of you and the other
fellows. The other fellows are IN
pretty big majority.
Even If you have vast ability ana
excellent persuasive powers, you cannot
hope to improve the characters OF the
people with whom you come IN con-
tact. But you can improve your own
character. Not easily, but surely. II
YOU spend as much time at the Job as
you have been accustomed to spend
finding fault.
Suppose. If you are dissatisfied with
the people with whom you are thrown
into contact, you stop worrying about
their behavior, and think more about
Suppose, after the days work is
done. you check up and determine
where you have failed and why. and
where YOU have succeeded and why.
Leave others out of the reckoning.
Think alone Of what you have been
doing and why you have done it, be
1t good or bad.
, Keep that up for Few days, ana
YOU will have more tolerance Tor faults
in others and less tolerance for your
own faults
Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-07-03
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Laugh and Get Fat"

Though this saying is not so popu
lar as it once was, it will always be
remembered as the inspiration for the
modern Eat and grow thin Anyway,
before present-day styles caused it to
die off entirely from our language, I
should like to know the origin of it, If
you have it," So writes one of our
readers.
Have no fear, dear readers. Fashions
may come and fashions may go. But
the good, wholesome thought of laugh
ter inducing good health Though fat
as evidence of this may be discredited)
will not "die out"
We find recorded use of the express
sion in English as far back as 1915,
when it appeared in Title Of Tract" "
by John Taylor. 1t is in allusion to
Democritus Of Abdera. who lived from
460 to 357 BIC. and was called tho
laughing philosopher. He was famous
for his size and the length of his days,
which were attributed to his well-known
laughter at the follies of mankind.
(CopyriRht, 1898
Evening star., 1933-07-03
DILL llVlL u O1OANALO ". Burgess.

Black Bear who isn't as much at home
in tree as on the ground. Didn't you
like it up there in that tree?"
Yes" replied Betty Bear slowly. 1T
was fun to be up there. 1t was fun to
climb up. but getting down again
wasn't. And then fell. I don't want
to fall any more, SO I don't think I'll
climb any more. You wouldn't want
to climb if you had fall"
planned Mother Bear. There is an art
in falling and it will come in handy
many times. I was no older than you
when learned how to fall The quick
est way to get out Of tree If you are
in hurry is to fall You just let go
and drop and in time you are down
on the ground. But you must learn to
do it so that you will not be hurt"
Wee Betty Bears eyes opened wide.
DO you mean that you fall purposely?"
she cried.
"Of course" replied Mother Bear
"A good climber never falls accidentally
not in the bear family anyway.
But I don't see any sense in falling
at ALL" persisted Betty Bear.
THAT is because you know nothing
Of the Great World yet" explained
Mother Bear. There are many things
that you will learn without seeing any
sense in them while you are learning
Now you watch me climb that big tree
over there"
Mother Bear shuf1led over to the foot
OF the big tree, stood up, threw her
great arms around the trunk, dug her
claws IN, gave sort of jump and be-
gan to go up at surprisingly fast rate
in what seemed like series of Jumps
going around the trunk as she climbed
Betty Bear sat open-mouthed in
wonder, for there were no branches for
a long distance Yet Mother Bear was
going up at surprisingly fast rate.
She stopped before she reached the
branches, looked down at Betty Bear
and then began to come down, backing
down and seemingly as sure of herself
as when she was climbing And then
when she was halfway down something
happened. Horrified, wee Betty Bear
saw a great black mass falling, and took
to her heels. There was mighty
thump and Betty Bear looked over her
shoulder to see Mother Bear pick her
self up and come shuffling toward her
quite as if nothing at all unusual had
hoppened
NO" replied Mother Bear. II Just
let go and dropped. 1t was the quickest
way OF getting down. And if you had
watched instead Of running away you
might have seen just how I landed so
that I would not be hurt But I guess
you'll have to learn by experience"
"yesm," said Betty Bear rather
family.
(Copyrisht, 1889
Evening star., 1933-07-03

ans program. 1t is just as important
to keep youthful and to look ones best
now as it was before the economic de-
preston. perhaps more SO.
Care of ones health and figure Is an
other phase of beauty culture that no
woman can afford to neglect just now.
A straight. supple body that is neither
too thin nor burdened with excess fat
helps a woman look young and be more
efficient. Comfortable feet are another
essential; it Is wiser to economic on
hats than on shoes.
Here is list of important beauty
helps and treatments that every woman
should try to keep up in spite of other
demands on her time and purse. Most
of them cost little or nothing.
/. Thorough cleansing of face and
body at least once day.
2. Daily scalp massage. Move the