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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-05-08, Page 6garde; Several After- itopns a Week .Squanders-• A Woman'a'',Leisui. Time Ta ding up • bridge," • Whichmeans playingt . it from three., to live afternoons a week, is; about' :the Werst thi?ng . thatcan happen t� a, Wtipan a 'Q tar G, C. Toner._ ...._f'_ _ Qn r ., to Federal#pm a►f. An le�'s . andNou4'1.nte)rs a (H- TWO KINGDOMS •It 'keeps 'her, from using the fretiotlrs; that areher own for' Careless. Linnaeus,, the es -the= anythying that - will . improve her ologitiana .who waft',.the author of` as a .lO'erstin; or add to the well the. modern scheme of :classifica- beim: 3f her family;'' • Oen' of all:, plants and animals, lived .:and. did moat of his. work in the'. early part of'; the eighttTenth';• century The• book. an, wbj,ch , he• entlinetr his plan and named the animals and •-plants •according:. to• ' this plan , be called "Systema N. a- targe" and' was .revised' by him many times. We have agreed that our system shall - be foul ;ded-•.:n the tenth edition of.'this book and any nerves proposed before•khat mime shalt be• nt13-and vuid- All biologists and .naturalists must be faniliar'with the Systema Naturae .for .it is; the 'backbone of their seientifzc .work. ; • It is writ- ten 'in. Latin' but, fegiunately 'for Many of us it h`as' been translated into English. However, • often times the naturalist 'must .consult publishing"sci- : - entific studies.. M$, Latin'is weak ' •and l..have- torn', my• hair many tines 'trying, to . get ,.the-- exact meairing-ef =.the-»greatna•teraiist' words; So the moral for my young readers' is to study Latin• es' ar- dentl• as they 'stud Y the :writ Y s • y l • glia aiiri»ais. . • • Plantae' and Aainiails • A • It is' a pity that.' the: same'tert» is used by the 'scientist for all living creatures except plants.' as is 'used' in< •coiximbn language for: the fear-footedhairy animals' that ': suckle 'their. young.. The scientist divides. all animate. creatures -intoeither the plant `or animal ."king= .00. , �- dome. . The-plant�Cingdom .in- • .C:w� 1 s. eludes the bacteria the ` K , , blue.'scuin, �e� �11rCYI on- the water, thefungi and the.• biggest of , trees: .The animal .kingdom. -includes' the • microscopic' creatures of the water, the spong- es, t'he, lobsters and crabs, the in- sects,' the fishes, the frogs acid snakes, the- birds and . the' Male; . It is ..the ;mammals :that the: • . ordinary folk• call :animals but my readers can. ;readily see the' dis- tinction I :have outlined. Ani- mals, to the scientific, mind, . in - elude all living _creatures that" are not 'plants;' mammals is the term used'for the anima•ls wie know in everyday hfe. Outside it isa benitifiil dewy ::just tight for golf, for walking un' • the country,'or for taking the 'chil wren'°, tits ;the., park But .file wa>Gii'an who 'ts . "taking ' up bridge" is sit- tiff in a .*"P*crowded . with womey'smoking. so constantly that:• the air i§ heavy and thick. MISSESIMPORTANT THINGS r• There a sits' for hours slump- ed! down in a'.chair, `'reaching for a chocolate ..every.io and_tlien= 1 • ;with a ..little apologetic, "I've got '� no business ,eating these I'11. pit . en pounds:". „Ptnd• she Is :patting on pounds One ' way in ;which :lurid a club women 'resemble' each'.. 4ithe •.(and they resemble; each. other in.: a lot -'ef v'i ays):' is- :that most of them "really, should° lose ten pounds"L->-but never will. , CHILD•REN NEGLECTED She doesn't have as much tiine: with her: chi einem as she `should, for She is playing .bridge:,.when. they, come home - roni' sehooi; ,cull ' :Of pep and eager to talk • She doesn't : user ' her brains to '14 . '. ave conditio }n - her town or:;help vvvith young people's organizations, because all her af- .. tern'oons, are. taken tip with :.bridge.: chances e: ar'she-c doesn't even :feed' her family .;too well, for she •; • doesn't `beat her husband home, ,. on, bridge days, by ,,More -than- fifteen •minutes( Problem Child Reveals Cause of His Unhappin'ess ''When T' reading Them Newspaper coniie strips, once targets of.severe'criticism by edu- • Gators; now are being, used effec lively in ' diegnosis and 'treatment Of the "problem .ch -id." ' By having "prob sin"' children play "author" and diret the iic- iivities ofrtheir favorite cartoon, characters; Ernest A ';'Eaggard and •Helen Sargent of Northwes- tern, University's • psyehotogical clinic 'said they often were able,' to `discern` causes of delinquency after other. effortsied'failed. GHi:1;13 DIRECTS- CHARACTERS "As the ,child. directs .the-oomic characters himself; it., is . often possible'.. touncover -difficulties,- of family and child -group maladjust- _ .merit,which youngsters` could • •'tl never. be • persuaded ` to discuss," Haggard declared. . --r•.--`i!requently;--in--thin -comic, 'strip .` • • game;' the child unwittingly 're - weals just what , condition is his Iroise 'life he thinks should be ,dianged,-.. or •' what • troublesome 'rebid*. his.. playmates are: Cre- ating for- jim," :Haggard asserted: - One child, -jealous 'of other ouri sters i n family, am y gw the 1y as , `'found to eliminate all givals front the plots • Of his •cartoon story,. Haggard said. 'Another disclosed *' thir'St' for revenge. „ > . "Heaves" ',A fflict •. Ontario's' Roads Lack .of Protective Mantle of • Snow t%" Blamed. for Condi,. • tion of Province's kilphways • It used to be hohses that had "the .heaves." :Nowadays it's. the roods;: ;recently; editorialized the • Toronto ;+Daily 'Star. Thera ca • niirely have . been''no recent, spring -In which, the side rads of the sub-. urbanToronto area were in as'ba'd ,•.a Condition: 'as ,this' year. Light - .surfaced .roads off' the mhin high- ways of the .province are so full of • ; boils that they re'semlbie plowed fields:. And the•main roads are also 'bad" in places. Ever • the 'costly • Qneen ' Elizabeth Way has a. few Meters. , FROST GOES DEEPER The' trouble is partly due, no doubt, to the clearing o1• the roads in, .Winter. The .mantle , of.snow which protected their. in 'earlier days, just, as it'pioteets ,plant life in the, adjacent 'fie'ids, ,is. no' longer allowed, to stay. Frost, tends td go d5eper;into packed• ground, such as • •a roadway, than intp soft ground in wily,: event. Birt: modern,xoads are 1110t only packed .'down -they are elear of snow, They sleep .all: win- ' 'ter •. Without a blanket. And the *rest strikes deep, Thatois one rete tort why there is so much . trouble 1.n spring. nothing apparently,, on be done 'sboutit excdpt to build the .reads better and drain. then . better. On many main roads bad eonditions, ,are noted •th1e spring OA the low Moire Ot'ban'ked curves tf► wliiok the, 'iv'ateth has. drained . &Writ ;Oak 31114 "THE HERITAGE OF • HATCHER -IDE" By'. Booth Tarkington' - • This new novel from "tike •pen of Eooth "Tarkington stands with thee' greatest of his work.. . In it • the fathoms author ;of "Penrod," "Seventeen:," ' • !'Alice Adams" -deals-syinnatbeti �all,1; hu3nnr-ons ly with the problems of 'present• day youth. • • Hatcher Ide, the story's hero,.' is . ;a.. flesh -and -blood young •titan Whose -:task it- is to make a living • in this' day and .;age, to orient.',, himself ,in the problems of 'ifiVe' . and the general complexities of -- existence. . He lives .in. , a once prosperous . 'inid-western town which 'might be any . American town after the .1929 depression 'wave broke. His father's bud.; miss is ,on the recite; his father's friends keep •. up_,a bold' ixoiit load scanty incomes; the. world Hatcher knew as 'a child is is different world newt none too - cordial . to young nieri fresh from college.: The book' provides an amazing -.picture o the • times' as , well as telling' us' the story of holt Hatch- er goes out to: meet life and love. "The Heritage of Hatcher Ide" . . by • Booth Tarkin"gton . . Toronto:. McClelland d: ' Stewart,_ . . $2.50: Poison Ivy: Preventive• Revealed... by.Doctor: In' New Orleans last week • for• a dermatologists' convention,Dr; Bedford • Shelmire'had :this tip to offer poison ivy sufferers: "Boil ' ivy leaves in ether; evaporate the ether and dilute the residue with corn oil. Mahe up capsules from this and ,.swallow • them over 'a period of months, gradually' in- creasing the doses until you are , taking 10 drops a' day., It takes with .most . people, ."immunizing • them." - • Health of Animals There are 22 railway points in, the ' Dominion at whish,• accord. ing to regulations, all empty stock cars arriving or passing .through are cleansed and digin•- fe'eted under the supervisidn ,of the . Health of Animals Division',• Dominion Departinent of Agri - Culture, unless the cars' have alp ready beSn cleansed sincelast used for stock, During the year ended • Attareh, 1940, 68,46p cars and $015 trucks were so treated. ET STEAMS 'VEARR TO BATTLE I Off"' AT4,• 'IIG .:y. iLSi • • 'Vr, \ r;c, .::.'fir,:::£ ,} o .: < x ��'. ;...5,'.,,r::�>.`•z. <'� ##�'1�\\.,�: s«r>'S>4.•w ,. <,,y„w\ ...:.. ,�:... .. E ..•...\.:.Ji,.,fa`'..-�4.�..�.•.:,'a'�P 'i>.w. S;' . ,i,.,,a.La 5 ��"..•,'•.••'a` \'\ ,. ..\:c.,. ti ik4 h uti si 5. 5:: As, American_� f t ;e, , r • wars i s •r . _ as uizr .. _ ..,.. h s e.# sir - .. .. p their :peril -fraught >? ,sole _nf „ . _ s irrtere3 Atlantic,• the. projected two -ocean Ij S:is ted betanders, in the Battr :e of the pletion: *Navy estimated. at .Washington .to be. four years away from 'con - Nevertheless naval authorities are' leased b time, 'P . .y the way' hi which the shipyards are .cutting construction vii Workmen in the U.S 'Navy yards as well as in" yards owned by p •ivate concerns 'are :driving steadily ahead as fast as a material• is. d g Y �livered!,., A good sample is the 1650 -ton destroyer Edison, now in . commis i months.. Some years o. the regularson. This vessel.was has been ins 10 ego' period of'. 'construction, was 31 months. This now has been slashed until' the. average is` 15 months: • The two most welcome additions to the nav of course. r •'the first completed y are the.battleships:IVorth Carolina and'Washington; p d since 1921•. , They both are 35,000 -ton vessels.. Their main tarmament is 16 -inch .guns, neurite ' in three• turrets, three .per turret The also. care a.. hero hattery__of_anti-aircraft-an ' tie n broadsi e• -g uuns;-They are ropelled�'b • turbines d -i ° dm d p - y developing :115,000 .lictse ower 'from. oil -fired boilers ens• and..: giving a�speed of•27 knots Each zs.:equipped 'to carry .three planE7. •� W A :R - W £E IK—Commen�tar • y ori Current ,Events: • V`,E. • T - AXF�S --.!LEVIED: A CANADI N H I S •T QR. We mut b se prepare en extensio hof fiehting'ov r, wide •• areas .. . Canada la d'eter nin- ed to'spare ne'rti er her resourc- es ,,nor her manpower' ... . -Prime • Minister Mackenzie . . •Ne'ver' , before in their history • have Canadians been called :upon: to make such a tremendous 'oantrl- . 'bution to the national'. coffers as • that deinandedi by Finance Minister '- iisley in..iits. Bridget address last week 'before the• diou.se of. Com Minis. Out 'of every. .dollar' earned • Dile year ;by Canadian men - and :women, 45,centswill go' oftt of their pockets by -way of te.ies o ,oan, to I. finance the war., If provincial and, `municipal' levies are• also°taken in- to account, b5 eents oat or every dollar will be needed. • ' I LL • Hardest On income • New and increased taxes 'design- ed to iner•ease Canada's tit rev- enue in 194142 to, the all-time high 'of 41,400,000,.000 included:' A new national• gasoline tax, upping ,the price 3c a gallon,; increase in tax on automobiles valued up to $900, ,fro'n 20 to 25 per -cent .riiption- . •picture shows, beer, wine; playing _ Cards; _..earbonic- .a,rid.-gae ..used `in ".."pop," cigaret paper tubes, cigaret lighter's, all pay new or increased levies- a 10 per 'benttat on 'all railway, bus or airplane' tickets costing over 50 cents; tax oncos- metics, toilet goods, rose from 10 to 25 per cent. But nothing: in the Budget hit the average Canadian as hard as• did the increases in the.... defence tai 'and the income taxes personal income tax rates. ,were upped' to' .15' per cent on the first • $1,000 of taxable' income,, from the' present rateh of 6 and 8 per Cent. In Britain's Dark Hour This Biggest Budget,' brought - dere at theend of a month ,When the fortunes Of Great Britain had fallen to one of the lowest points -inher• proud record, made history • by includingprovision., for the first time, of direct aid to (IBritain. From , $800,000,000 to • $900,000,000 was asked, .to' assist' in' financing Bri= ' tish purchases in ,Cauada this year. • •Mr. Iisley's record -breaker-- fol lowed by one da Px�irme•Minister •Kingstater n'tn o : e i`Eicoiiven- ed House •in which he declared that Canadawould spare neither her • resources nor heli manepower in: the forthcoming battle.,- During the, week, tpo, more than 5,000 of -.the four -mouth • 21 -year-old trainees • were conscripted into .the Can dian ` arm , and preparations w se ads to.draft nianymore.young' men ting summer.' . . • Belt Across ,Atlantic But it was largely to the United 'States-, that Great Britain looked r• our. ofdi:rest .need. And 'last ;•week the 'President, to nid'' -'Britain by Butting losses, of Lease Lend .materials eliinned overseas,, (,ruinors said "40 per cent of 'thea which being sunk), took action___ brought the Am h gerican na- "'tion "only one steep from -War." He established theequivalent of a con v:oy systemin: the .North. Atlantic: • As far as .thecoastal watera'of Ice- land (a belligerent zone) . the U. S. navy began. sending •warshirfs,•.pa rel bombers and ,ill a41;: probability • carrier -based aircraft, to play a vital role ht. the "Battle of . the Atlantic;" The potential . effective- _ of this whple far-flung.sur- face' and,air patrol in, dealing •with"' Nazi submarines and 'raiders, was seen as tremendous: "Red Fleet," organ of the Soviet navy declared ' that the extended U. S. naval patrol in the Atlantic 'Would enable the United States and Britain to "es- te/Wish a 'solidbelt from Canada to Britain, ...thoroughly protected from the air." t Worde of 'Cheer • . Speaking more hopefully of ''e onteome of the •Battle of the • Balk- . ans.,:_than. many.' _of._.his-_'coiitempor- .:. arias, Major George Fielding Eliot,. -'U.S. military expert Said:. "The facts are that the' Balkan wear has been tenet gain',for Britain as long; A as . Sims apd Alexandria be .not lost; Abet t at precious time has been gained, , that Germany has beton compelled to, use Up resources of • Which . she has "none too great .a reserve; and that the island of Great 'Britain -remains unconquer-- ed.. Nor. has, anything whichhas happened in' the. Balkans ' brought Germany nearer to that conquest; indeed the; reverse is the case. The • war wilt be mon or lost in Great Britain and its waters of approach; it is there that Hitler must, soon- er or later," face the' final show.- ; down.;It i precisely there the •power of the Americarl' people can, make itself: felt with full force:" Battle of Egypt. 4skle item the Battle of the At- lantic they 'question ques i n of where.• the war would move' next in Bur- opo' engrossed: most minds here, and abroad.: P•r i m e Minister Churchill's Sunday speech indicat- ed that London expected the next Axis -stab- •te -come some -where -along-• -the Mediterranean, • through Tura key or Spain. Some 'experts beli v ed Hitler's armies would play leap- frog from one Aegean Wand to • another end go at Suez without • touching Turkey One. X.oncdon source epelte of the pouring awe. 'went, as.. the 'Tattle of Egypt" and told the united Press its outconet might decide -whether Japan and Spain would enter the war as ac- tive c-tiva Aids allies. British pi•epar- ations for: the teat included . ate polutment of Viscount, Oort as con- • en=in Oiief at `•Grlbraltar 1114-- implied nd-implied announcement that a sec. .end Mediterranean mine field, 000,- 000 miles square, bad been laid to • protect the • Dardanelles and Suez. . ',Deports frown Vichy hinted - of an approaching slowdown, with Hit• • ler forcing the Turks to grant him ' military right dor Way: to the Per- sian Gulf of S:uez', •• ' Behind the Turks' Recent developments in the Near '. East` have led to the ,-assump'ti'on that the : Turks,' _when the #ii'tler- -'squeeze finally conies, will be'gu-1d- edby the.wishes of the Soviet Un -y ion Associated t'reas correspondent •. Dewitt 1VI'ackeiizie last week wrote''' that Turkey was believed ready to defy the. German demands if she set W the .highsign 'from the . Kremlin. Thatthis etucouragement from'Rus- .sia might very well be forthcoming.: was seen in reports• of increasing tension between Germany and the. Soviet . Union - 12,000 German troops,. equipped with tanks and artillery arrived in Finland, •Rus- ' sia's nearest northern neighbor; and the Soviet Union took steps' te. regulate, strictly all shipment of goods to., Germany,,;'elamping` a ban on'.passage'ef any, war n atet- •--lal thro'u'gh -"the Soviet unlgn from' • east, to west, or, Vice versa,. VOICE O F'T H E PRESS i WHAT. DOESN'T APPEAR Most of the "people. who ,claim the home town paper doesn't print all the .news should lie a•lad' it doesn't:.' • • , ' Hanover Past' —e— RUSH JOB'S' NOT WANTED • We• do "not believe it is • wise 'to rush medical students• through. university, through ,thejr courses, whether for. the army or n'ot,,,for• there is 'nothing more potentially dangerous ; than • a poorly -trained medical 'man.' , • -Niagara Falls Review • ,Sweeten. Cereal, Puddings and Fr S4 Fruit. .:I WOMEN ON JURIES ' 'It seems strange that so •simple" a inatter as women„ serving on juries should have proven'so diffj; • cult for the legislature toreaclh _ -r""'"i •a decision upon. While -tiresit n" `- hesitate, large „numbers of • women continue in forthright manner to shoulder hon' e and public ..respon- •: sibili i t es `. inir " ad eery :performing . ,• tasks which require the • exercise ' of knowledge, . judgment, 'skill, precision and tact. Many ;have .. replaced 'men in industry, •coin; coerce, .professions, etc,, who have thus been 'released for military service.' ,Many women are doing' ' work which., it. was thought only men could do. Thousands.. ofwo' men are earning a livelihood for . themselves and .supporting de- ; pendents and while: . doing this are also running their.homes, bringing up children, and in addi- tion 'some are active in public affairs. r Toronto Sta • , • • Forty rabbits will eat as much . fodder as 'a • daily cow; only four rabbitsare required to Out -eat a sheep. Mother's Day T0 MOST of us ..our.' first st inspirations to face life squarely, 9 sly, #o' , •find and :give the'best,.: have come through . the teachings, a . example of,good Mother. gs rid It, . is our aother whon by her•uweary.,ing devotion •t� h• er dh' ildren has instilled into.• our minds' the virtues of 'a full and unselfish life. - Alj toe Qften'.as' - we..older. getand have to --face the res m `- bilities aide alone; we overlook the debt we owe . Mother.pa sr do :not altogether forget. But somehow, there are:so ;nian. dee mends on us,'•we just take Mother for granted. We' know Mother's love never grows' cold. It is therefor us to 'command. Sunday is Mother's Day! Let us do something this`S n to show Mother we' think a .lot of her. You.will neveru day he able- to pay back all you owe. her. .But `sone little tangible token of your affection will feed the soul ... your` own' as well as your Mother's! • QUEUES OF HOUSEWIVES FORM BEFORE L ©NDOI'FOOI� STORES' RES'061.. .fX' ,c}:iG'.%eo ii: ••:..ti' `>: 5;:., .ff ik...r„n1L,"•a ••Li , _.. _..._.. — �:: h � The faces .of' these London housewives reflect the ' a:•i4 moi. `t+- ml` Fbh it . due to 'e evs;of these Germa,house Ives ralect. screasing shortage• -of foodstuffs in, the Briti- out' on a ration basis. . .sh Isles gg from Canada, along with other provisions' are doled REG'LAR 'l LEERS --The Mechanical .'\Lady..; CAN, Y'BEAT THIS? A -Lie DETECTOR WHEN Y'TEL .. A • LIE IT Ji C�LES UP AN' DOWN.. tytKE THIS; 1 r•• 'S. /0 20 dio HEY,' PINHEAD! DIDJA EVER: E ONE OF' THOSE MACHINE'S THAT CAN TELL WHt•NI YOU'RE.' 1.Y1N' 1(,'♦ win • 20 tit 0 10 1 . i1:...� iy'• Sii..fyq:jw� . • • • . •r '1t. •••'. >N . v, e, ru gena, si K. h r -, • 0 b' as Q