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Guernsey, et a., off the coast of Eng- land, which likewise issue their own. China,~ however, issues patents only to Chinese. No0 one else can get one. Australia, New Zealand, and Japan .are business zones for Mr. West, hwev.r. In.South America patents: corne 'high . and sincée the, countries are not industrialized, the volume of business is not impressive, The reg- istration of trademarks by American- firms is also an important part of Mr. West's, business. Last fail Mr. West presented a. paper on' food and drugs in relation tol the, patent law and praètice of foreign "countries before >the Ameni- can Chemical society. This was ne- printed in Industrial. and Engineer- ing Chernistry in December 1938. The material is very interesting to those, who follow the regulationis on food and drugs. Keeping Up the figure of speech about the river and its banks, this recor'd shold line the banks iwith more deta ilsabout Mr. West's niem- berships. On the commerce side he belongs to the American section of the International Chamber of Com- merce, the United States Chamber, the Chicago Association of Com- merce, and the Export Managers' club of Chicago. 1He is also a member of the Chi- cago Council on Foreign Relations, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the Chicago Histonical society. .He is claimed as a member also by the Union League club, the Engi- neers' club of Chicago, the, Institu- tion. of Electrical Engineers, Londonl, and the Blritish Empire association. The interview touched on Great flBritain's problems in the Orient and on the Continent, and Mr. West men- tioned several important differences between the English Parliament and the American Congress. One of these related to the English method of re- quining the government to setlal appropriations. Parliament can onlY pass, reject, or reduce. It cannot enlarge. If Congress were similarly bound, much of the lobbying ini Washington would be eliminated, he uyp~ ~ii National'Event The Shawnee Country club 'swimaý ming team will mnvade foreign fields ' this week. and ne*t for a series of1 appearances which will include'a bid1 for the -1939' national outdoor aquatic championships, according to plans announced by George.Eckert, Shaw- née swimming coach. Claudia Eckert, the Wilmette flash who has reached national fame as an ail. around star, takes off today I (Thursday) by planeý for Rochester,, Minn., where, she is. scheduled for swimmning and diving, exhibitions inz the Soldiers Field.pool. She will rè-.I turn- tomorrow to put. in final prac- tice for the national meet. The team will leave next Sunday I with Coach Eckert for Des Moines, la., where the national AATY outdoor cb*impionship.s wil,1, e staged lWxt week. Although thé team is not def- initely set, present plans call for Miss Eckert to compete *i several free style and divmng events; Dor- othy Schiller, former Olympie star, to enter the breast stroke champion- ships; and Lois Wenzel, rapidly ris- ing junior star, to enter the back stroke event. The trio will also com- pete together in -the team medley relay, i which they are expeeted. to threaten t h e existing national record. Attends Girl Scout Leadership Camp Miss ýAdrienne Kavanagh, 34 9 Maple avenue, Wilmette, is attend- ing Camp Edith Macy Girl Scout national training school at Pleasant- ville, N. Y., this week, where she is taking a course in group leader- ship. This course, which is being given by utlembers of the Girl Scout na- aeriy cJ n.t. rie w. a ls a f ou ajfna..w..versCiJy -uec, a* &y .. a was sent to the house of correction to work out the fine. Dr. and Mns. L. E. Penberth, 1524 Wilmette avenue, are enter- Mr. and Mrs. J.. S.: Stone and taiing -as houseguests this week their son,, Dana, of, Chicago, have Dr. ,Penberthy's sister, Mrs. Flor- taken thé S. Rae Logan bomne on. ence C ine, and her two daughe W#ilowý road, Northfield, for the sumn- flarriet and Mary Alice, ýof Gales- merý. burg, III. ln a Great. Special Purchase S al $5~95 I J o and