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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-05-16, Page 7• Use of "Dutch" ..tch" As Name Taboo Netherland Prefer. to Be Called "Netherlanders" _ • ,The other day a Journal man was courteously but effectively reprov- ed by anofficial lady from Holland because inadvertently in •cbnversa,- Mon he used the term "Dutch,' Says the Ottawa Journal. With Queen Wiihelmina's realm .corning more and more prominently into the•. news;' let .it be widely known that its proper'name now'' is' "The Neth- erlands" and its people "Nethet- anclers,Y Apparently:not much ex - c doh ilirtaken to the names "He1-- i'•and ,`Hollanders"•but `•Dutch" is unequivocally taboo.. DUTCH OVENS, .DUTCH CHEESE' It's awkward because. the'` ternhs "Dutch". and "Dtitcfiinen" are a longhabit, anis. because "Nether ganders" is a cumbersome word':tor writers of newspaper captions — Dutch will go into almost any -type of»'a coi'imn t�ietisui And tarot-• is a powerful thing. When • Britain • and I•lollan'ci used to fight it was 'English versus Dutch. The Britan- nica gives pages And pages to the• Dutch language end .literature; to the Dutch wars, And the word has, .gone into our language in many ways. .Dutchmen's Breeches will scum 'be blooming' in the quiet Cap; adian woods:We have Dutch. ovens • and Dutch auctions, 'latch cheese 'and Dutch metal, .the• Dutch .'school of. painting and an• Old-fashioned person will .be heard to c •':,in 1 , •that if si cli And such isn't :tri . {.e .. is a Dutchman:' :. Nobody f,r•opose.s' that we should suddenly begin to .talk of the .Xe. therlander's Breeches or .a 'Nether: 1a-tid-•oven,'-or- that Dacl' •s-hould ;talk to young"Bill. like a. Netherland§ uncle. Gustorn 4' too .firmly • 'enn- trt+nohed. :Canadian Air 'Entry Marking the first tithe that g Canadian ggiri has entered the con- test, Miss '.Mary Veronica Dawson, • stewardess on Canadian Colonial Airways, will represent her coria= pang In the annual Miss America • aviation 'contest held in conjunc-' tion with the U.S. national air carnival in. Birmingham, 'Alabama, June 1 and 2. Miss Dawson. who is ppictured here is the daughter' of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dawson, of Montreiil, Quebec. • Ontario Bans Foreign Film' a Only Allied 'and •U.S. Picures Allowed, Censor Announces O. J.• Silverthorne, chairmen of the Ontario Moving Picture Cen-• tsorship Board, announced in his.• import for the year' ended • March,. 31 'that ::a11. "foreign" films, ex- cept French talking pictures, •have been •barred from the prov- •Ince. The ban does not apply to. pictures of British . or ' United 'States origin. "With ,war breaking out in :Europe during the past year, the board felt that extreme caution Must be 'used to avoid•the spread of propaganda throughout . On- tario," the report said. "As a re- sult all foreign fiims, with the ex- ception of French .talking pic- 44tures, hal"e been barred,from the .province." "• ,)>"3•RITISH FILMS IMPROVE In the past year the board pass- -..-aed-.•1,9l5. f'a.tures. from this. Utt, rated Statesfive from Canada; 54. from British. countries and 304 'from other countries. Fifteen of the British pictures were altered. "British- films have shown a marked superiority over those reg Sewed during previous years," 111r. Silverthorne reported. "Sev- eral have had record rubs in theatres throughout the province tblxu..ltz.s,.slrevvinii recru rte refry, eithibited." The ' board established a record by not rejecting a single feature in the year, Mr. Silver- thotne •announced. • SUNDAY SCHOOL - . LESSON LESSON VII JER.EMIAH DENOUNCES FALSE . ' PROPHETS •— Jererniah .23 Printed Text, Jer, 23:21.32 Golden Text - "Prove all thinga;• hold fast that ttuhii:.h is. good!' . 1 These. 5:21, ' . .THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING, • Time ' During the reign of Je- . h oiachin, 598 B.C. ' . Piece Jerusalem:• The • twenty-tbi d chapter of Jet:- ' :erhiah provides us withea mirrorin. which.we see refleeted many con.- ditieri originally existing •in Israeli ' . but surely again prevaiiii g in • .our own 'day, in •our own land are' many men• arid women who •make., .pie tense. of beiing niouthptec'es of God; wheeare deluding thoixsands of peo• pie. Inevitably the hour comes when 'a false, prophet is . exposed,, • When urt'lniateiy he -drew•• airdn-=ali- those that ' followed' him 'not' only know that.theyhave been deceived = but. that • they are indeed lost '. souls. A person who deals in spirit- ual trith and pretends to be,what he'•is not is a terrible liar and de- • ceiver. • • ` .TIiE PROPHET JEREMIAH • The prophet Jeremiah, was One of • the 'greatest of all .the prophets who ever appeared in• Israel. I•Ie belong-, ed to the.. village 'called . Anathoth, northeast of Jerusalem, and . was ca:'led` to the office of prophet when about .twe:.ty years of.. age, • in the thirteenth. year of Ring Josiah, of 623'13t; iti -Which-sacred work he continued actively until the de- • struction' of Jerusalem in 58.6 B.C. , After the capture of Jerusalem. he• was treated with great considera- tion by the Babylonians, Who gave him the•choice'•of going to Babylon or 'of remaining in'his native lanFd.: He decided for thealatt'er.,•but '.sub-•' 'sequ.ently in his old' age, he . was •compelled by 'the rebellious Jews• remaining iii the land,to go to low.. er Egypt, where he 'still 'continued : to;:preach, the word of God to. his. • • .fellow Israelites .(chaps,' 43,44): • In 'contras"t, to optimistic prophets • • who .had hoped to remedy matters in Israel, Jeretliiah from the begin-' ning. predicted the destruction of ' the city, and.the sanctuary, as also the end of the .Jewish nation'. and • the ,exile of. the people. What char- acterizes this pr;opltet is the spirit . nal inwardness of his religion, The . • external' temple:, wail ,be destroyed; external sacrifices have'no value, •because those ,.who offer' them are lacking' in spirituality; .. BETTER DAY TO COME • In the. twenty-third chapter the prophet brings a message from. the Lord regarding a better day to come, when •Israel, scattered by her • false rulers; brought into :such dis- 'obedience against God, that they 'became the .prey of foreign Gentile nations, will be as a flock brought . back again ,into the fold,; i.e. tol.tlie . land 'of Israel, where they will en- joy fruitfulness and' prosperity and • peace, O'rer them will be set faith - fug shtepherds who will truly lead the people of God in the ways. of ,righteousness,. •21,,I sent not 'these•prophets, yet • they ran:. I spike not, unto them, Yet they prophesied., 22. But If they • . had stood in my 'council., then •had they caused my people to hear my • Words, and had' turned them. from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. 23. Am I a God at hand saitir Jeb•ovat•,. 'and not a hod afar off?t24, Can any hide himseif^in se- cret, places so 'that 1 shall not see hint? saith Jehovah. Do not I. fill heaven and. earth? salth Jehovah. 25. I have heard what the prophets .,havesaid, that prophesy ,lies in my' nanme,'saying, ,1 have' .dreamed, I have dreamed. ' 26: How . long shall • this be in the heart of the prophets' that prophesy .lies, even the. pro- phets of the deceit of their own .heart;? 27. that think to .cause my ' people. to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neigh'.,or, as their. fathers forget my name for Baal.. The false. ' prophets acted ,a.s' if God were far away out' of their sight, not know- ing nor caring what men did; the true prophet feels that' he .is equal- ly •near God. in all places. • THE 'WORD OF GOt? • • .^.S, The prophet 'that hath a dream, let him, tell a dream;• and ' he •thizt hath my word, let him also ' speak my word 'faithfully. What is the straw to the Wheat? saith Je- hov-ab. 29: Is not my word nice fire? • saith Jehovah;• and like a hammer . that •breaketh the rock in pieces? 30. Therefore, behold; I am against the • prophets, saith Jehovah, that Steal my.words every one from his .neighbore 31. Behold, I am against the. ,prophets.,,salth-Jehoya:h, .iltat_ use their tongues, and .say, He saith. ' 32. Behold, I am against them that prophesy .lytng dreams, saith Je- hovah,.and do tell theta, and cause my people to err ,by their lies, and • by' their vain boasting; yet. I sent them trot, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people, at all, saint Jehovah, ' ' The word of Clod is likea fire in' that whenever. it is received into ra•.7 14u4da.,ls,11tr�dt,..menx h a�ue:.02• G d-,. of sin, of righteousness, and of, hen:• "Von, The word of God when preach- ed powerfully and believed means the destruction bf every i;n.iquitona ittstitnt•iOi . ° These Briij h 1,, ub-rnen" Stung A Pocket Bisttleship The officers• and crew of 'the British' sgbmarine ."Spearfish" are shown on ,the beck .of 'their "pigbeat" as they arrived lit an unnamed English port from their assignment in Norwegian waters, during which, the "Spearfish" hit -the a German pocket'. battleship 'Admiral Scheer with one torpedo, ,and maybe more. Members of the crew are 'lo.oking, at the,• Spearfishinsignia on ,the side of the craft. • F Notes".'... Says ,.Co-operation.. Promotes Sectirity 'Co-op.eration, provides , one of the .nieans "by which fariners. by 'united effort ..can , attain • a , fair measure of economic security," Agriculture Minister P. M. Dew - an of Ontario said in a'recenit.ad- dress at Thorold. . "It' seems. ,the lot of the farmer that over 'a period of years he must submit to limited ' margins of profit on. his ' operations," the' .minister stated. "His, income is steady but', it is low. We may look upop him as having reglar employ- ment at a low wage. scale. Bc'. cause , of this small. income any effective method., of increasing ' it , through • producers' co-operatives or . saving it through consumers' co-operatives; is a, welcome and necessary factor." „ INCREASE. INCOME. l .. The value of co-operation' goes beyond the economic sphere' arid has educational and cultural yalhe. "No one will • deny that in recent years . farmers • have . 'he- :come more •class-conscious .and more self-assertive," Mt Dewan ontinued,,..' "One thing . 'is• obvious: That gradually they, are showing a dee termination to obtain due con- sideration ' as ' a class and to re • ceive the rewards, for. their iabprs to , which they are entitted,." RADIO REPO --11T- Ill 111 By DAVE BOBBINS ' ROYAL VISIT IN RETROSPECT A year ago, all .Canada was in a, holiday.mood; from coast to coast. there Was an air, of happy excite= ment as towns, cities and country-,„ side welcomed Their Majesties. King George and Queen E,lIzabeth to the Dominion. As..pure• pagean- try, • the Royal 'Tour ,provided • a 'spectacle .without parallel in , our' history; as a spontaneous display' of esteem and affection,• it impres- • sed ' hot • Canadians alone, but the, whole World. • ' , • R Today, in' a world at war, it seems as if an Interval of years,- rather than • twelye . short -months, separat es tis from that memorable May ora . 1939. If the grim 'reality of the mo- • meat has to some extent dimmed our 'memories , of '.happier days• tie peace,. it is fortunate that' through the medium Of radio the atmos- phere of the Royal Visit can be re- . captured. The Canadian Broadcast- • ing Corporation is presenting a ser-,. lesof,. four feature..broadcaststo commemorate the Royal. Tour; the first, entitled "A Year Ago Today,'. will be presented on Friday, at•8:30 p.m, It, Will be a sound story in re- trospect 0f , the first day of, the 4.Royal Tour — the merlin! and act- . ivities' at Quebec. This series should be of unusual interest to. Canadians -- and will emphasize how swiftly 'the world . of today moves • from ,phase to' phase. • oOo ° The universal apre.al of the sup- ernatural is the basis for one of the most unusual programs on file air — "Who Knows?", which Dr. Here ed Carrington presents on the Mutual network each Monday • ,lafight at 10:15.. 'It's a program that ill give you. much to think about • • and no doubt cause plenty .fare Improve Rural How To' Torture , la School Grounds Only One-Qluarter of Schools In Rural Ontario Flaye Lawhs Mowed, and Trees, Shrubs, Flowers •Cared For, Depart- ment of Education Says • The Provincial Department of • Education is . urging a •special drive this .Spring for improvement in the .apiiearan.ee of ruralschool grounds. A survey made by .Chief Inspector V. K. Greer and Norman Davies, in ' spector of agricultural classes shows that of 5:722 schools oar .1„438 have lawn"; mowed and. treesp shrubs' and flower beds. -cared for; 2;500 have frees and shrubs partial-' Sly•.eared'tor and the grass Out ,only ' • several titles a year with, • a, farm •tower; 1,784„eyith,grass and, weeds • :aeldom:cittand shrabs .ands trees •if planted, neglected. ' WORK DONE BY PUPILS While the School Act, and .regu- rations make . the .school board re- epon i-lrle--fo-s the-..-sizes--and general - care of • the • grounds, Mr.. pavies points out that the Regulations pro- '. vide for a $15. to .$30 range for the' ,!rowers, shrubs and bulbs which must be. planted by the .pupils, un- • der the direction of 2.e teacher, and may .be included the agri- cultural• report as expenditure on which the grant is paid. This is In • schools where, agricultureis. taught.. It is emphasized the work must be done by the pupils. No school can hire outside help and get the grant. Canada Honors • Native Artists Bronze. Tablets Erected to • Memory of Singer and-S'cuip- for — Albarti and Hebert Canada has paid• tribute to two of', her outstanding artists Ma- •''daine Albani and Louis Philippe Hebert, with erection since their deaths• of bronze tablets at their birthplaces. , Madame 'Albani, who • was Mar- ie . Louis Emma Lajeunesse Gye '. in 'private life, was born at'Cham- bly, 'Que.,, November 1, 1847, ed -a, cated there at the co_ nventt of the Sacred Heart .and `later Studied :singing, a Paris and Milan. Using the "name "Albani" she , made her operatic debut in Mess- ina, Sicily, in' 1870. .Her success there led to engagements' in Flor- ence, London and Paris. SANCir BEFORE QUEEN •I VICTORIA . ' A cemni'and to sing at Windsor • astle iri• 1874 brought her to the attention of: Queen Victoria. Ma- dame Albani died in London. May 3, 1930, and the. bronze, tablet gument — but it's good entertain .was erected in the. garden of her. ' birthplace at Chambly, Septemb- went. The silliest ,story of .the week • comes from Green 'Bay, Wisconsin, where the merchants have- tilled • a big swimming pool ,with milk, • .and hired Marathon swimmers to • . trudge back and forth -'until they've churned it into putter. The Whole . affair to be broadcast 'from •WTA.Q. Quick, Clarence, the 'tett • • oOo NEWSY NOTES - Jottings' Off the Cuff . He v. lialtenborn will pinch-hit •for .Wal- . 'ter Winchell 'vehen the Broadway • oracle. vacations this' • Auguste • • , Tho Metropolitan Opera Company • • has quietly placed Deanna Durbin. . the :Winnipeg gal who .made ,good in the. flickers, under contract .. . Fred Re'to, th.e gravel -throated bad, • man on the Lone' Ranger Series • has retired . , azul. Eddie Canton. will replace Fred Allen come the • Fall, ' oOo • RADiO HIGHL'I•GH•TS ' Wednesday ^, , Over . the Top with. CBC •at 7:45 ... Ben Bernie and.the lads on Columbia at Eight , . , Crip, Radio Drama: CBC chain ' at ten.. . Phil Harris' Orchestra on 111titual Chain at 1:'00 a.m: , • ,Fridity , • , Family Doctor" on CKOC at Eight , ...-A Year Ago To- day,. the Royal Visit in retrospect, on CBI, at.8:30 . Grand Central Station . from CBS at, Ten .. Woodhouse and Hawking on CBG from W ilxnipeg at' 11:30 - , , Satur ,- day . the King's Plate at Wood- bine, via CBL •at 3:15 .. . Mozart Opera. series from the Mutual chain at •9:30: . Let's Go To the Music Hall at, CBL at 10:80.... : Make ;Mine Music from, CKOC' at 11:30. Note: All tithes Eastern. Daylight. • er 14,.' 1939. Hebert, sculptor and designer . Of monuments,' was born January 27, 1.850,; at- Sainte•Sophie d'Hali' fax; Que. He studied art. in Mon- treal and France and was elected a • ni'embet•.' of the i,Royal Canadian " Academy in 1883.. He died at Westmount, Que., on June' 13, - 1917. . . • IV.Ien Are Turning ToGayer ::er Stv� les J d Women's, partiality ,to bright col- • ors has definitely influenced the Izrea0vinner's taste in spring sults and:accessories, a canvass''of lead - nig New York men's shops showed last week, , White cautioning the well-dressed•' male to shun the more bizarre ,out. fitsi the men's wear department has come up this spring With the wedge canvas 'shoe; the light green ',het. • (again) and many other sartorial steal from the distaff :side• And the. sales, are brisk, • BRIGHT COLORS FAVORED • Once again. following • last •,spring's lead, R-oinen .are' proving successful in urging upon their hus- bands and friends the• odd spring combinations,foi• cou'nfry and torn wear 'alike. Smart and cozisdrvafive is the grey flannel• jac'ket,•worn with navy bine flannel trousers. • Another: popularcombination is •the grey tone glen plaid jacket with tan gabardine trousers ....the most •fepular suit for early spring wear , is the slate -blue• unfinished worst- e•d,.particularly far the young bust- ness• man, , A Luckless, Mate • One ' Kansas City wife — iden- tity: secret because her husband •doesn't. know how she does it -- • learns promptly whether her mate' Wails ;her , letters, ' In every letter. she encloses a •self-addressed pos- tal, card. If. the card is returned, she knows the letter:was deliver- ed. If - 8� Wi1Nam This CURIOUS .WORLD Fergusaln B eIF. 714E 1 b0.0 icN:5 iN: A s): iGirm: ORUP OF WATER, WERE MADE •.INTO HELIUM ATOMS, V , 'A -T• .. • r \, . 1L1'LD EXPLODE -,� TWE .FORCE. OF A A • • / POIJNO ST/CI DYNAMITE/ ,t. r LOP.o 'P2oc 1937 RV NEA 9EPVICE, INC FLOINERING DQGWO . WOhi ctit•AS STATE FLOWER OF VIRGINIA BECAUSE 'A RIVAL, THE V/RG//V/A' •GREEPE,2,• IS 'A. .CL/Me/NG PLA/VT,/ • VOTERS 'ARGU'ED THAT IT WAS NiT APPROPRIATE& SINCE THE • • PEOPLE'. OF VIi :GI,NIAA ARi= NOT CLIMBER. 15 -n. E SPECIES ..USED -CH LEFL'3:/ • FC' . DrSSECTiaN IN UNIVERSITIES; QC>LLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOLS. IT IS a simple %natter •to liberate hydrogen atoms •by the use of, electrical current. but they will be able to unite only in'twd=by ' two combinations. . So far, • man has not learned to unite them in' the fourebv-four combinations which form helium atoms. NEXT: What is the chief cause of hay fever, in the spring? 4•4, -SOUTH AFRICAN STATESMAN • HORIZONTAL. •.; 1;5 English:. statesman . in South' Africa. 10 Stepped upon, 11 Piece of sculpture. 12 Smoke. 14Genus.'of • slugs. • ' 16 Toward.' 17 Tone B. 18 Upright shaft... 19 Noun ' termination. 21 Period of, time 23 Neuter pronoun, ' 24 Tree. 25 } is will established educational 32 Isinglass. 3'4'opposite of credit.._ 35 Lean-to. 37 To unite. 39 Wing. - '40 Expression , of amusement. 41 Insect's egg., 42 Type standard 44 Whirlwind. • 45 Dower • nswer to Previous. Puzzle 20 Was named after him. Cravat Plant louse. Food container. Alleged force:: Meadow, With. great ability. , Inlet, . Distinctive theory First letter of 71nma END D LT1't 1101i111111 1 magsic ABT1S[ REQ r_I ©, {e]��C: U i [CRAL ,..1Uf�p. rk`K : :.i.UlY:..�'i R t:,MINLONE N LITTLE RRD S- MATES -OTO URN ' SY[� NG HOOD D . OCULAR OMIT. ::[]CMZ E L -; ©�A . NU AR [ E 22 24 26 ', 227 •29 LNELLg-28 IAP DAI L I MALL' Mal 1 N r :. it �AG"7.. L•AV O (r� UM'33 30 31 DAG'© iglaCoiN OIl� ®.w` property. 46 Preposition. 47 Reion. 49 Grrindu parental. 51 '3.1416, 52 Falsifier. 54 Speedily. 56 Toward sea. 58 He was the English — who helped develop South Africa. 61 Silk fibers. 62 Mineral spring. 63.Failing in duty. VERTICAL • ,1 Court. 2 Mistake. 3•Minc shaft • hut. 4 Day in- Roman month. 5 Adherent of • realism. 6 Death notice, '1 Duet, 8 Domestic slaves. 9 Street. 13 Acquaintances 15 Fortified hill, 16 Extremity. 36 Those Who . 'run away 38 Ever. 40 Ocean. . •' 43 Average. 4 Above, 47 eapons, 48 Egyptian sacred bill/. 49 Things done. 50 Convulsive tic 53 Bustle, 55 Venomous snake. 57 Steeped morsel - 59 Form of "be." 60 Indian mulberry. POP—The Catch in It By J. MILLAR WATT :MEi • • • a 4 .; ere IC, its',!'IE,ht tf:,7 v The tri F, nft.r,ate._Inv • 4