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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1934-08-16, Page 6,kI fl• ige: a e.rr+s�.� n ida;_1 e`,Empire:and` ,! e- World at'Lar ge'.• MOTOR CAR NO. 1. • When you' tee a meter car bearing License Number 1, you will. ,,know •it •Is . Premier Hepburn'e. He may be in it or':he c'may; not, but it. bis,.' car that has the low ,tag. Down in St, Thomas the car stirred up a lot of Interest. did not take :as lone rt %hat, howetler, ,tor -`the :new Dntario Pie= Mier to discover' the magic; of Num- ber i.: Hin second full day in 'office was • July 12,- when. the Orangemen staged their big; parade in Toronto;' Premier 'Hepburn had. arranged to meet some colleagues and he stepped • , 'ln his car" to drive ' to the appoint - anent.. , Fergettieg• all about the par- ade •, he ;suddenly discovered he was jammed right into the traffic: There he was stuck fast and could' not get Out, Few persone recognized, him, Finally a policeman saw the magic' number, saluted sharply, and -then started to ` puke •;: way for.: tb.e • Pre- �nier Eveu»then;• it; :was only .with e oma r•Qifficulty. thaflie was able' to' get, out • of .tbe..jam•and ran;bis W L: Chili,`:ih Border :Cities Stars -'Fi'r1ST ST:t: 411.014 • The ,current issue, Of the 'Saurday Evening `Post' contains, a:picture 'ot "The ;American" steamer '' Savannah, the ,first ocean `steamship." The fact 'about, the, Savannah is, however, that she' carried steam only as an •auxil- Lary,; and on her famous voyage across, the. Atlantie In 1819 she steamed only a small part. • ofthe way, :depending mainly. epee -her sails. The''Canadian-built Royal.• William h firstteamer to • was • apparently the s cross the Atlantic between North Ani- erica -',and 'Europe:: steathft k all the way, the sails in this case. being aux iilary •to : the'.'. steam equip meat' But ''Holland seems to 8 a ve a go od, claim to ;4'tbe, first ocean • steam,- ships'' tor while :the Royal• William crossed the North' Atlantic.in�•1833+ the • Dutch `steamer Curacoa ,crossed ..from the: Netherlands: to •South- Am, • ericaand return in 192748,29;' ap- parentl'y cinder' `steam all. the: wy. .Toronto Star.' :i � RD "ROSH", . .H .: ':WO • T 18 pne,hardly picks up a'newspaper ;�yithout coining, aeross:'an aecident.re ported in: it. where. the , victim' ' Is s adv ' ' ho, hospital. ' It is ,re- OnOtptifyd au gested;,that tl the.,, wor, d althosenr,overworked and wrong. • • Tie'Idea conveyed is that preelpi tate ,haste' has been:- used' out of alt' Bare ''for' .the;: best intere:its' of the patient, A: man badly :Injured • or • auffe ting ` from• a ruptured appendix !s har,'dly in_`a fit state...to be rushed' anywhere, .The Main, idea" surely is to take'him to the hospital with su@h ' • speed as his- elides' • state will per- mit t' aft r -an' '.` re stns "°"too Lbs , e It `ia p $. d. . 'accident,•. or ''the •ditcovery•'of 'a •con- dition that ',requires • prompt surgical t on, there will 'be no facetious atten i ,,, deIays,'even to .the'ambniance,driver `.'sitting down on • the• running `beard and: eating, his lunch. So, if instead of all .these reporters `'and even country , oorrespendsents `•rush ruahi'ng to use•'.this word ,," they •, 'take a .tip and employ the,more"at p ''cone "• theywill .be conforming to Y •:more opriate reporting of the 4L ,, appl' . actual circumstances. •: -•Kamloops 13entinel. , : ? • UNCERTAINTIES AHEAD. In brief • the- busittess. outlebk at the_ present time as far as this 'coun- try'.itself' is' concerned, .is undoubt-- lave You HeardThis One? A fr:,h .story ,that's clii'Cctient:;;is `t This enc, related.. by Dr. 14.* M. Stephen+-Hsosard of Sail' Diego. .Tiring .Of waiting for nibble, he • defined, tl'og leS and. dove' 'after g' ,,. them with lanyc.,e,y",•can,1.iitig'•''up' Wi€li thesle...in eldly betters then -41 any„time, 1a the. Pastz four ,years.-- '4.'1:- " R . ; B.0.4 tire, ,game thus:made are to be'held' unci ' even exceeded in; the nextt'five months. it is obitious that ttncertainti:es a$” to the 'situation' Europe• and , the .United" States, it not definitely:,removed, must at least show' evidence :ot:'a change • for the better. `'At the moment these; exterrell lac, tors are . causing much concern in informed 'business and financial; cir_ cies; and must 'be • reckoned with." in any appraisals of.. the Canadian; bust_. Hess outlook .Financial .Post, IMPRESSIVE TOTAL. Small 'investors in , the 'Gusted kingdom. 'hays ••something like $i2.- 450,000,000 tue'ked a ay in -Post Office savings: Bank;'Trustee,Savings banks: and in .national savingsr certificates In. England. these small, investors never spoken of collectively 'as the "big interest/'—St. Catharines Stan- dard., tandard., - , • 41ND•.„GLQV£8.'AN • Womentare queer, critters - we 'see theta out ,walking, • these day8 ..with 6liorts .Gars; trrkeL,we•• ineasd. •limbs and; gloves on. ' in the name, -a all. AM.: le reasonable, .why" the giovest "Wiarton Echo; 7'7.OLD h9kSTER FETISH.. • Over the rdaio- recently 'a'• violinist who 'owns 'a $30,000 Guarnetius vfo: lin played a melody - upon it then'. repeated; the melody with: an ordinary, violin ,or "fiddle" costing about ;100. Then he ,waked the radio 'listeners to write.' in • and:ea* which -was ' the $30. 000 instrument•: and'• which' the $100.. Eleven .per: cent: did not 'notice any: difference,. 84 per cent. guessed the 41,00 violin was • the '$50,000 one; ani' 35 'per, . cent. gave the right, answer:- St Thomas, Times -Journal • BAD MANNERS'? The decline of .manners' :has be- _come' clearly, marked during the.'past few years.:and is by no mean's • conte fined to the one -sex., Ordinary polite- ness and civility have departed froo. t+he:',masses and their' excuse is, ap- parently, pparently, ' something to be forgotten'' rather thanroxadted.:It is now .re- p ,. garded in 'many?' quarters • as the smart thing to be impolite• and rude, and the influence, of the home :and the school which .,has • :fatten `'''down in • so :many, other :'things, is equally neglibible in ,this regard. Brockitille Recorder, CONTRIBUTING TO'}SAFE••HIGH- A man s- , waasked. by 'Constable. Howell •.to test the brake .of his mo- forcyy cle. ' He said he :'did not know where it • was: A''It'was, ointed out pointed to him and he said 'I did not know that was a • brake"—London; Star. "-,11)DPULAR", ; '' The .Ottawa. • Journal is the most popular. :paper in: Canada with, the Press. ' Accortling' to figures compiled by the .Dominion Press•;Clipping,.Bur- eau during : the: first three menthe of the' current year. the quotations • from The. Journal : by • Canadian , papers numbered • 1,827. The. Toronto Globe q carie' next -with 1,75 uotatiens ;to. r� o 'it4 Credit': ''''The'a3trati rd Beacon-Her- ir' r'`htest.ot :all, the e • `far th e b ig Prov nc al had 1,071- Tiecita. redia Allistr.' ld. do to• 'it's a o14.pHe a_• ' HELPING' JOHN BULL.: death-dut col- •ainthts year the y lection 'trill mads easier ,John Butt's tisk of. surpius.beilding. 'The.estate Of ;the : late Yfscount' Tredegar`:,will contribute: nearly ,$6,000,000, indphderry Aid. ; 171g , • !inner • 1 Flight Lieutenant H; M. r Schofieldfi`fl'ying W,. S., Stephenson's Monospar S. T. 10:plane,: won the King's Cup air Kin race. ... round .Brtain;,vQhich began• an.d.finshed at Ilatfield "Airdrome in..Harts: Thomas: Rose was second and L. Lipton,' third. 'Photo shows. Mr, Schofield, (right); receiving .the King's Cup • ' Minister•. for Air. from the• s . THE BIGGEST :TH1EP'KNOsfitc The St, Thomas Times -Journal is of ',the. View -that the 'Humane+ society, should look; into= the• reported method of killing: starlings in'Oita district, It. ii.h moot point, but the „starling does not observe any 'rules in his rel $tions with 'other :members • of the feathery, kingdom and he is . the :biggest 'thief and. gormandizer • of fruit dyer known; There is a real 'danger that unless reg: •stricted, this pest. `of,a bird •will .snake a fruit crop impossible.=3t..CethaTL• $nes •Standard , v • . r. • $150;000 FORA FLOWER;' .• Rarest and costliest, of the world's: •blooms afire' orchids~ They grow In the remotest sand . most ` •inaccessible parts; in the'mighty forests of Brazil and on the Amazon iii. Borne'b, Cochin, .China, 'Central Afrie0.mt the .Burm- ese' and Indfar0orests.• The orchid a. Parasite:arid •grows on the •iintbs•of trees, . U`nlike moat plants, ,•i"t- seeks_, the':siratie rather than sunlight, ajnd'iit Oiled; in heavily -timbered ' and damp •places, ' where, althoifgh -tile stn eel-' dont eenetrates;"il'ie"J at'is so fierce "that••vapor rises'like a mist • Fete': years kgo' two Can:adiansiy Geo. Taylor and Bili'.Gorddn,• sailed ,for the sunny. laird ,of Conctitistadoreti,' in S. .America, in quest of' the world's rar- est orchid the "Tiger Head." They are mpioyed by the,Smitheda l Atitute bt` ew York and' on a previous'sep.tycli. in South America. discovei•ei1 • the` "Nun`9. Head," which wit's' ,bought hY a' wealthy collector for, $156,(140; : • Searching for erehlds is, even' tgoi`e I 'grens-than l'ii tttln thrilling and tl;ktig „ ,liens and eleeiralite for although or+, ii ',chide: cannot .back` ..they grow:„in `places °`aboundia with'' ” isonous ..',, g Pio,, snakes,, insects and ',:deadlY:'piantsl" THE'' MPIR` OVERDOING TAG DAY$, -. Only 61 days' had •May. and ;June,''but 88 of them were flag' days 13 London.. The .figures 'indicate. a bit of 'overlap ping,. 'but , that .is . not the . ntost 'seri- .:ons- 'er` i- ous • feature of this Flag Day ,business: The •troubleis' that people •who go< on giving • day '.after" day' from mere force• of habit or from'' sheer coward - ;tee• R: are �likel ` ,to• cut:. ` "n';' e y clow all: their .benefactions to •a '.copper o0 -:'two in stead'of contrib 't•n '. `whet. h `a' can. afford to the causes 'that •appeal_' to' them and "leaving the rest alone., And • when .that is,.done tiuere is not..enough left for .Poppy Day'. , and Alexandra Rose' Dar the onl two o>Hcia A=1' nation wide Flag Da a : in the Galen-; M c este 5uita h onicle BR .N ITA, ;-;I'NEEDB;; We hope the & nnouncement that pious have been.approved fer,,the.con struction of 600 new ` "British aero-.. planes'.does'•• not mean that the Cabinet is contenting 'Itsei:t -with :half -measures: :'in the., air ' -For it is necessary :te point out .that= 60.0 machines• Will be.. very ',Much too,few to :brings the Air 'Foree-into--th stt eiigth wtiioh-IO[in_ liters •'havo ..promised„ :Expert 'author ; idea consider that `t.he' Force =should• b' "numbered in. thousands .,not hun- .s_ i• it dr, ;ed .,.Londdn Da ly A.'QUESTION OF'ADVANTAGE • , There -18'V the lash resort only one. 'Justification forIn.diabeIngwithin the Empire and i 'that : ,is that It shall be clearly. ,to..her advantage as well • as. to that of .Britainfs. I'f it is an: advan tage for a sub -continent to' be'welded into oke whole:; and 'made conscious of itself as a nation and : to be pre- vented: frani re-vented-from splitting up into, [rag-' 'ments''then:the benefit up to date 13 proved; 0, ,However, in the: future, i cul Ind a c, u, d reach a point where ;she could cohere withoutthe• cement of `they, British connection;' there would inevitablyarise a .reckoning of advan- tages •and '•disadvantages on''a basis. more criticai than t4at f the: French in. Canada or'.the hitch in Africa;:-; Calciitta StateOman. 400;000 Trees Planted By Boy $cOUti • ; o Canadian ':Government ".Bulletin • Among, other good deed's, •Canadian, Boy- Scuts • have planted close •. to 400,000 trees • during six, annual , Boy Scout. refore9tatton camps ,at: Angus',' Ontario: A•thousand `trees each were: .planted thls•year by the 89 Boy Scouts 'attending the 'camp.', This. important' 'work ie cartied on• under` the `itiepices ai the O tarlo bepartinent iYl• Lands. and ForF.sts, who• operate the' camp,: blit the Seouts pay'' their own' • &tip expenses.During another' Scout re- forestation drive.at' Stirliiti'g'Ontario,. the school children'of .Sit township;; 'Wer'einvited by the; Boys Scouts te. .Join them `in planti:n% 1,000 Young trees. •• - Boy Seot$ts.• 'rt Nova Scotia also en, gage. in title ,useful: work, Arbor Day, in that province again saw thous. •a'nds of- trees planted• by Boy Scoots `and ' school children. Fifteen 'Halifax and tjartmouth Scout tiooiTh spent the entire day in• the Waverley re forestation ate>14their' abselice from Bereor,.for this;. purpose receiving tile' al$pi'sv'ii of the,Delia riment 'f h:duea� tion. ` x.,,. A' Alan in.' the fat'+' fad ;friendly gesture ,convected with tllo :":anony_ 'tribute- mite. •4 • TO MARRY .RR Y' OR 'NOT T MARRY' O . T i i e .n ' • he d c s isi on of Vassar' • to . allow its, students to marry and continue• as students raises a: good many interest 7, questions,.', The -avowed reason -is- the.number of secret Marriages and possiblY of: less regular' unions con tracted as, 'things are.' The . •students "ioreover, are apparently clamoring marriage without the'delay"' il' a in- volved in.•takin , -degree, And where 'Vassar. ,has led, Smith and Wellesley :and; l3rynmawr+ and the- rest are said. to be ake to oilow::Bu y • t not I trust'^ Girton and 'Newham; Somerville' and Lady Margaret; ;If the eniettlement due to secret, ma`rr'iages is incompati- ble With systeinatiic'study' so is. the unsettlement,.=or rather the distract-• ion -of orthodox' Marriage;:, P • artic g , ularl r if,,; ;as at ;Vassar', the ' women'. students are still • to livetin. what are there'• •called.;' dormitories and here - hostels: To 'defer' niarriage till the not; inordinately, advanced - age of, say, 22,- is a' hardship to no one, 'and :young ,women who cannot reconcile them- selves to that are hardly, likely . to be, the. - -type' to : profit Most by a; -degree course at a university.'"-' London Spectators • to a' rl W o Bei d� Q ge, w emo �Io , .. , By P. W. wILoa sa Nai..:'ork • Sammyim•s. y. For 30 years','Britain has -been. fighting .,the, • Battle of .: Waterloo Bridge. The struggle , is `over.: Under the' blows of the wreckers this great landmark .in, London`is:'rapidly. cram- bung, and; already 'it .is; a memory.,' There ,are :two reaso . e for; the change .First, the, boats I along .the Thames are (,aid .to ' have been im- •'paired..by the .:old. bridge.: Secondly, , it is 'stated that `six; lanes' are .nee ed for traffic ac d toss;' the river e; . inst ad of four lanes., These •considerations; have gained the day, and according to a multitude of .sorrowful; admin-. •ers :'of , .the 'bridge, •the - roud.'swe P . P of London's curving Embankment will "Bever be thea same, •- . 'The design of thenew bridge has been intrusted to en architect, Sir Giles/Gilbert Scott,in whosq' genius Brittain takes especial pride. It was who,:,when barely 21'yegrs of age;; beet:ell competitors by his design of . Liverpool •Cathedral, which is reg ed. in; England as 'a triumph of, ee- clesiastioal' majesty': , About 'Waterloo Bridge there was (,peculiar dignity that has' fascin >ated the world. Canova, the. Italian sculptrir, Said of its nine . • granite arches And intervening .pillars •so Perfect- in their , proportions, that 'here' wen ,the finest bridge in Eur-' ope,, and many an architect'has ,echo't ed 'this 'verdict.' . • It wart John , Rennie, a ' Scottish engineer, who, in`. ,1817,cob pleted Waterioo '. Bridge. Also, he designed the present' London: Bridge. Sid'o side With, Sir' Christopher Wren, ,by was buried under the •.dome Of; St.. Paui.'s: Cathedral. ' . • The 'bridire :Inas named after; Well- ington's vjctory at Waterloo tied its operii$igvas a great`' afair:' There Were e•• hor the, in all , their glory: There were the royal barges. bearing; tho Prince Regent, afteir='', Ward king George IV, tot'he scene.; Above, all,, there was the :Nike of Vieltington. , At the •tell. gate he mitts granted the honor* ' of paying.: :the , first halfpenny eiaigedo,• eces,: trains who; wished' to ores'• the bridge. . The - halfpenny `•'was are. fuhpprreservbed,. ' n Ovee h x' ridges,'. Lodon ,has wa ys been:sblici;tous It was standing' ori old Westminster Bridge 'and gaz= -ing-at-thercervineskyine ;of -the city that • Wordsworth • wrote, hiss;; incom- parable, sonnet 'beginnin. g, "Earth has not .anything. to show . •'more •Fair" and continuing,;: :.i This c ty ,, ndw tlatli•..hke . a .gar, ment weal ,a The. fI beauty..�'�.of ,:the morning;� silent, 'hare, Ship s ip ,,. towers,domes; � theatres' • andtemples lie ` D 'i'.' ear .God. ve: the e h .>;y ous s.seem • asleep, ' And that •lighfybaa t is ly-•. ing stili''' ` ae 'O1< • ri Waterloo at .)� dge, another poet Thomas Heed; wrote wrote what is'.:P-. er has the •t P 'Most • of 'elf poems in the 'language.'. It was ••entitled, "The Bridge ,of -Sighs,"..';: and tells ;of a <'girl, who, in:' despair, had thrown herself into ;the' water • below t'kp ae eher.0 Lift .•her wi F th ,'cae , as i h ed ; so sl, nderlyde . n. . a '. g.:to so fairr:':. r e� h OA; $Christianft cha'rarrit ty` IJnder:-tile Oh, it:. teas. thrill P. . Near a whole', city'full •' .. . Horne she:.! ,hail none... By the dark shadow of Waterloo Bridge at night, the - luxuriant' im_- agination of Charles Dickens was •no.' -le-se :stirred. Its Was to.' as .to: Hood, , e lace . Where in • .. P days before electric' light, tragedy . „• , g . y was possible; 'The. labor leader, John. Berns, rns,was' once showin • a• '� art 'of A 8. A Party mericans over. the ',rHou es. of Parli . s ament:'The . Y 'stood, on the terraceand looking •t the -river, "You have. a Mississippi in America," he": Said, .. , " P a, sed, and'•a� St. •Law-: ranee and they sire' bigger than this little' stream., ,But .let' me ,tell ,you the 'Themes is not al •rjyer; It is'.liquia` history" Of all •t the ide liridg s in•`London'that' span•' he "liquid history," the most venerable.. is ''•still called ; London Bridge. , Woodon piles, tile(' • ascii ' • coins indicate that .it was first built' by the Romans. -For- centuries it halt been built and rebuilt„ a' ' •Under this bridge'. Anne: Boleyn' passed in, her barge, to the Tower off'' London and the block,Rer,daughter, Elizabeth, also: made that journey•and- narrow y escaped, the' ',seine •,fate:: t . ..James. .lied under, the,. bridge into: exile' erg:, hoping to bring the G :ernment to a'' standstill, dropped Great Seal 'of the Realin int° the river, where it has remained to this' day • Bare. "rose ;those. medieval: houses• on the bridBe' itself that • made it, like the Polite Vecchio in Florence, not only a bridge, but a street There were fortified- gates at the bridge and above them 'rose spikes; of irpn on which the heads_ of decapitated - traitors were duly .impaled—an in- spiring • sight . for .the ,watermen $who•. filled' the river, with traliic;...; • It was to "a -:broken arch ge,I,eondon Bridge" that .•Macaulay issua'(i a ;, famous invitation to "some'trat?eiler from, New Zealand." . There, in days to come, let him "take. his' . stand," and "in the midst . of a vast solici- tude" It him "sketch the '•ruins.•ot St. Paul's."' , Macaulay did. not, realize that in 1984 there would, be.buil>r the Tower Bridge with, twin bascules to adipait ships carrying visitors front New, :Zealand, or that, in order to preser¢s the ruins of St. Paul%'Dean Inge would •'raise a subseriptionto whiich, Blow Sealanderss a art;stiff ament were were cordially invited :to con- tribute. ' • Picnics and the. People This is the time t f year vehen peo. pl'e say' "It's so. warm , today , Let's ... '' At up a lunch basket and. go for a : i ,e picnic. „: . . Pcni s , c are 'air nenjoyable pastiMe.. It: pleasantto find'some shed' Y spot land ` lunch, or dine there • away from-the_.heat�and.d lit : -Of. .town. or city 'But,; there.',are too'many pea pie .who are inconsiderate enough ?to'''. • ' turn these ideal. spots int!a,niiniature replicas • of • agarba' e,:'d'ump and, spoil. e the ' leasur" ofother e. p e . {o .. peopl who are , ' picnic -bound: Mos. •. •h e.., st ofthe p ogle who leave picnic . . places in such ..'a condition are ver particular •about the neatness of: their • homes. y.do not sto" ,:to . ,. P think that the. beauties of • nature are. c Mon propertyand 'that;, all should, be. careful to preserve them.••' Kee , `U ° ' WithJon p>ui1B p �s; Bobby'Jones when in his of . golfing: ` prime, . seemed to have ' made' a habit of winning 'British, championships Yet, though :he won the British •Open three . times, ` he .captured the , Ama- teur prize. -only once. - Iiusoun '• ky W.' Lawson: Lit e Y g tl of Califo • i'ii .ia ,,who won from haled •' ,'' Scotch opponent at Prestwick, became •the. `third' native-born .American to'. fetch' home ; that much -coveted ; prize. And, while it' is doubtful ,if . Little's record : on tile.. m s will. ever _ equal Bobby's: his ,performance at ;Prestwick, stands' un erall - :" p • ,sled.. ,Cutting tfireb strokes'off,the, record .for the difficult se With a 66 , in the "=inane round; he ended thet ni, 3rdhe atch at 2 ' .. :hole -14 'up and 3 to go.: No other ' Pi aye r ever w on: Major champion- . . ' 'ship so :impressively, When, his oppon- ent scored • a; birdie; Little •responded with an eagle. You can't beat a -fel=` •" low' going oiii like that.: ` Books Might be Written On tit4! question, of superiority pe ty between ' Bri- tish . and •"American .golfers. If they .„ are, the achievement of young ".Mr. Little heist .a ',lace 'bas • ,mm�,,, +s t th'a' t as o• d e.'. n b B" obb .� , Jon ' Y Y' es. Chic(• o' Deily,' g Y':' News. . t.• .•Noliody, learns now' to inve attest ce 't' '' ,>C p by `investing; and .•the early experl mice' Is alvirayS •coBtly�.-•very costly. atLoses Oecisiolt • .., he can, fit.. i...lnt S•. w. .. by hl. 1St .tttb - .�, t t1r4+i ,r, ,oe,-rinvtnl�e-i3udt oor.;demonstiatcs•,his long. reach in ,N,ew' York. , He's' to ler"and' . Ilea l: cavi e i r anY.M .� •, • . .. h . a _ ,,• •