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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1940-06-27, Page 21'1'71 9^. ilosities About Biurds. Strange -Legends. Plage • Long Existed , Regarding Robins, Wrens, Swallows and Others -inhere are in?►'ny curious super` atitious .associated "t +vbirde, :Uany. People IMO. It is extremely un - •lucky to "till a swallow. martin or 'arena ' sont4, dreadful' misfortune will 'sorely follow A swallow nesting on a house 13 . paid:, to bring . good Lucite. A raven , flying ; .and croaking over a sick ,- boors Portends'. an early death, as does also a bird dappling Its wings upoil the •sickroom window. , '. .Aire ..robins lucky 'or unlucky? • This' appear$ to. be a moat question.•, ,Anyway, It is. ,supposed to be 'uu-. lucky to kill or •hurt.• a robin, as Many a.Fouhtry cottager, still ei"ha Y !r her. bird,neating, yoffsprieg, if jar o • . 'bin taps on your w indtiw, he. 5 , . 'mg tit warn you of evij to come,, . Thera'is 'a strange. legend con- nected on nected With' the' blackbird Which baa its. origin In Italy,.Once, says. `she story, the blackbird • was white but during one terribly cold win. for he took refuge in a 'chimney and so acquired his coat of -soot. Near Brescia, the days .from Jan - nary 30th to:•Febi•uary tat, are nd* known as ""I giorni ,della meria;' or the blackbird's days; meaning the days during Which he was incarcer• • ated in the chimney, • And now, ; if you see a. white blachbird . —r :and there are, of sonic, occaatonal,I. albinos • to be, • Sound ,here and • there the 'sight ' presages sell, of the direst.. Crocus are b ids of linemen and harbingers of death, according. to a • great many. Ra .•ens,' haat° a, reputa- tion almost as odious; PeacoC s'are • unlucky :birds 'Owl's make most; eonntry'People and many town, dwellers shiver when: they hoot • ehellly through the night. I 1T'$ SWIM TIME I Maureen O'Sullivan, youing aetress, considers swimming a defnite "and taeeessary hobby. This, to an enjoy- able way to keep in lr(tn and relax la the sun during leisure -hours: Movie- Flowers Are Artificial Blooms Used on Screee Sets Most Be Lasting " 'The flout is used in motion pic- tures for the most part' are aitific- 'tai, . although they coot more to . . mate than reed blooms, even .more than tragile orchids. One of •Holtywoo.,'s, leadidg dlor- ista estimates tbat the ' materlal and time used, to 'manufacture an .orchid costs the studio about Mee, ' which would buy a corsage of real orchids. "ltut we cant use veal flowers during the a inter months," lie ex- -teamed, `beranse they' are so per- ishable and often the onee we want are not btuoming at the time." .Atiether reason why •artidtrinl flower's are used is that'someetime tern. -s have 'to' be retaken, and ' then •tt Is almost impossible to. t,y and match the flowers previously toted if real „Module were etnptuyed tent the. arrificial blooms are 'stori-tl in the property dt F,artntent and 'f • they have been •bintllecd too much to -be used again \•cruors can d•it plait,. them.. •• the studios 'Era.e round, tie, 94)a that teat flowere whoa they are trre aght phi trout rt -ft igrera.tutt to the sound stages with t• tt are son* ing:ateei by t,*,t,.I t.ts . ,s. : , ,4_s. ess.t. ,ter nt r,s Try Crow Pie We're not trying to play a joke.; on you but recently Ave 'lea(riied ''that young crows are a delicacy in the Old Country and are. he - Coming popular as It dish here in Canada:. We are told that they are so popular in Great Britain .that• the fish and game : stores sell. them • regularly. ' Otur Ontario acquaintance „re- ports having enjoyed a crow .pie. • recently after • i spcceestal came ' .shoot. Only the breasts.. are eat. - en to :which .onions and season= ing , are added to make the pie • filling.. - And .why shouldA t crow'be as good'' eating es chicken'. They eat exactly the same food. Crow eat- ing may be 'a solution to some of our food problems, with people. all over the country ataiving and ' crows all around us just waiting to be shot off. . • Certainly a, new angle on the usefulness of the crow! e Conscience Fund 'a h.tl `,•,., cta'rattt. t,) t e wrV••v,:hc .ve; Wuriat <,'' e•t •r:,' a t. OF. .. 1,..it.t1- rtjr'r,t, •t�•r••.-'' 't' '' Gel.,41 w•,tu.v, "'he ktotwarrki at the ttr.t Ji Mitt end t'- 'eve '..., I. t'.r+ c•S tialrnl 1Sst,art...�''''tt 11 ret6,..� . .t� H•.' ce l' e,_ u "I've ';flatters, -.0 t vitt• 5.: t',e at eight because 1 took (twee bottles," deelare:d - the woreart, "and t tuttr@it as we`! Sway for a tend? 1 t.•ok.-,t•,,. . ..,4ollnil• ._._.... -Spring Bad Time For Thin Person Short, Stocky people on the Contrary Must Guard Their Sanity In, Summer, Fall The slender person should be- ware' of mental effects of the, weather in the spring, and the short; Stocky person_ _in.summer and autumn. ;This was suggested .t6 the Ain- erioan'• Medical Association in a report' of, the' influence. of tba weather on persooality.. The re- port was by Doctors 'William . F. -Petersen' of the University of Il- linois, Chicago, and Hans 'H. Reese, • University of • Wisconsin. WEATHER INFLUENCES PER- f SONALITY , w • The weather; they • said, in- fluences the mental :balance of .the. mentally disturbed and 'the snoods of normal persons.' The • . spring; summer and • fall effects on: slender and stocky persons 'were found in. studying' records: of mental. • . hospitals along 'n ith. weather reports. • Weather, the doctors declared, will ;bring out • Latent hereditary tendencies. A, vague . mental. dile fieulty' may be changed, : with a weather changed into full-fledged • mental "illness.. , ' BLOOD CHEMISTRY AFFECTED They said that the weather pro- foundly affects • human blood •. the try. With these b 1 0 o d changes go the feelings of ex- hilaration and buoyance' ;or of depression. In the stocky person' an increase in blood alkalinity accompanies a ihilaration. • ° The' thin man feels bine, and .ir- ritable ' when his alkalinity drops. Cu,deniflg. For ,Very Sunny Spots . For. a Once, • where the sun shines practically all day. there are three outstanding flowering plants; geraniums, French mari- golds. and petunias. Of the tome - et little need be said excepting' that the colors range from white through pink, '•salmon. and • red. Attractive cuter combinations are. possible ---for' itlstanee, •a planting of satnion geraniums in front of iihich are cascades of balcony 1}e- tunias' of the sante shade utter- mingled 'with ethers in' corn- flower blue and , silvery lilac. Those who prefer''high color might. choose red geraniums' to go with petunias of yetvety texture in purple and violet. This scheme wound be effective only if the background were ctuiet and hac- •ni nious. IN WINDOW BOXES 'DWarf French marigolds do ex trern'ely well in 'the window box. They. are to 'be had in single arra • semi-tfotrlli!e forms in red, eanar ', orange, , garnet.' brown 'and tom- • bniatione: of these col'or`s, but.. the etear tirades are most, effe.•.ive from a distance., The leaves, lace and graceful, are , a rich green, ' avid the I,larrts fro rtght en Voter. tag Eleni summer •to feast. :Hurn erg-glottey •, gr tr hapit..' M a sunny . Waldo*. there, t t-,•4 '.tli ,nails ,• plea sant. floes•• , pa` - t.erf,i aheee4er they are s; •.t•t a h,t tett •ttr':tg,• .n N l'ti(h :O, '4*tit • r t,ft,i•;o e't" n ver' yty H. ,4 , •,' 4 ' at t :tut i as,,•,;, • •i, y, . a'ow • .nr- f: t tan's, ii'r- t'n'y- ffdtie. • Tit at :;1s, tie's rP atettur; that . re be. ht; c',t'rie..t' out .. w ed \15rtt r•a Maple' and 't'a'•y!; pop:at tnt3tt' ctuict(er greets 'itxn , Ost. ..'her ':reee,,and will ,to fe t• °: ,'orad'" t,tt•.l f ,'c •, etc vete: Teeet'. • The French Put This German °`P'anzer Wagon Out of the Running Shells frons,; a French 76• put this armored machine-gun car of, •Germaany',s panzer ' corps out of - the running. The. French censorwithheld location. but'it possibly was in the battle of France at an early stage. . T HlE W A R- W E E K—Commentary on Jurrent Events Canada Becomes Armed Camp New Conscription Plan Under an p Nine months and ten days alt- er' Canada , entered the European . conflict,' the Dominion :Govern- ment announced'•plans to mobilize all human andmaterial yenottre es . for the defense of: Can- ada • .;\ , .' conscripting • all • aide bodied Men up 'to 45 years of age, except those needed for vit- al. iedustries it-al..industries . ..placing all the lives, and property of the people of •Canada at. the disposal : of tire', Government. '' A.contplete picture of the t: an ada-to-be' in the meet ,couple •• of months was given, by 11.•R: Arnt- • strong; writing, in the Toronto Daily. Star:: "Every town and hamlet in Canada will resound, to, •'-t'he tread of marehine, feet when the Dominion's .home.. •defence' forces go into training under the eompulory service plan : ..Units will be trained in their own local - Wee, in armories, rinks, auditor- ' iums 'or' such other buildings. Huts will be built 'to house them. The men will be uniformed ard • wiIl train with rifles and other service weapons. The' whole conn.' try ,will ,be an armed • encamp- went.",' 100,000 Fall -.Time Soldiery Continuing: "There are now 65,000 men of the C. A, S. F. • in 'Canada. and. 70,000 more • are being 'recruited as rapidly as poe- ' shale.. The ,government, plans to send the second 'division of 25,- 000 5;000 io ' 30,000 men , to - England to aid the mother Country. •That will leave more than 100,000' full- time soldiers=infantry, machin gun battalions, artillery and.,tank' corps—in Canada for home, tepee, in • addition to 'such' units of the navy and •air force as re- main in and near •the Donenion. "Besides that, 40 infantry bat- talieris of . the non -permanent ruiI- itia will .be.recruited'•,.;to nearly full strength, to be on call in' an emergency. This will give Canada a.• reserve of. 25,000 to 35,00')'.. lucre for .home defence around. 130,000' mets, aside from the new home defence army authorized by 'the tegistation for conscription of manpt,t'er, and wealth. • • Manpower And Wealth "lt.rs planned to. t' nplote t,,re C. A. S. F. and militia recraiti,ne ' campaign 'before the. end .of th s summer. After that, likely. 'in th • fait, the additional borne defers. -e farces will be raised by cornpu;- :eery service.. So it is likely the "new army" will begin its train- ing in whiter quarters . . . Men . will be .called from their. jobs for .the training period, and• rettt; n to them when it es over; taking them uniforms home ,with thein. . Because training wilt require,«trly it few weeks, a tentptions for nupational reasons Will not be as broad as in the last war, when . calling to the ',colors\ meant felt- • ' time service for.. the duration ,of the war. Clergymen and c.'tr- scientious objectors will b' ere, empt,• as will those ie occupations . . :mpliaye_s wia be compelled • to, .give' trainees leaveof •.absence, with part or•. • :foil pay; it ,is expected 'for , the .. instruction period . ... Men be 'called up by ,selective • . 'draft. All ivales • 18 to' 45 vi ill b'e • liable, .but categories will, be 'es tabiiyhed.so that married men •are not conscripted until unmarried', men aend twid,owees without chile • dren in the same age groups have been called up .. . The erne:ries . and other .'training buildings, once in.' us't, will be utilized con tinuottsly as, one group, succeeds another: 'The ,getresament has be- gun a dominion -wide •canvassfor instructors . . National regis- tration has to be completed' first: before the various `classes can ht called tip • At ti�{e same time, that 'he. en- neiuncedl the. institution of 'eon- , seription, •Prime Minister , Mac- kenzie Ring,, told the Rouse ,ef Commons of , the imrni:tent , re- organization of the Coyernment the establishment of adeparttnent ' of national. war semi_ e • to direct the Mobilization of the activities of Canadians in tie! war effort; increased ,recruicing for overseas service, with Canada, sending ex- peditiienary fore, .to Newfound- land, , lc eland; the Vest Indies. Billion This •Y ear. While the gantry awaited the bringing dawn of the Budget by • Finance Mini'ir. 'Ilais:on, newly'- appointed Minisr'er of Defence, it„ was reported at Ottawa that *lore' than one ,billion dollars would, he' xetluired to .finance, Canada's -ever- expanding war effort for the.cur- rent fistat Tears This compared with ,$I 1,000,600 the Dominion: spent in 1u15 -if. , the' contpaeabte , period of the. •Great, War. Ina radio speech • to the t:ounti'y, the -Finance Mirii,ter. warned of the' -impending taxation imposts—fin-: anciai experts -said present ta->ez, teou'd -have 'to be increased at !Peet by , tne-third. Jockeying For Position In ,.Europe, the situation •deter-. iora :eel day by day and hour by heel'. Hitler's victory • over France was assured; a great game was beginning for strategic" position; en the t.'ontrnent, which might' put the Rome-Berin xis in direct• opposition to Russire and find the .'Soviet Union attacking, GernPany along the eettre eastern tont. .Out of the welter of confusion and', disoreinizati.'n, little, bus speculation coixld arise. Known for certain; however, were these , facts: that Britain was determine ' ed , to fight . on alone , "'until the curse •of Hitler is lifted from the • brows of men" (Churchill) ; that Russia had gained unchallenged domination of the eastern Battle; that Turkey, 'considering '•her 'put , with. the Allies. no longer , bind- ing:, was•'staying out of the war''• ' • unless Italy • interfered actively s. in the ' eastern Mediterranean. . Betrayed? . FRANCE: • The country a over- run, its "greatest ` fortifications in the World reduced to just so much . steel and concrete, dis- satisfaction grew among the Frenc:t.troop,s and people with. the. ' pro -Fascist composition of • the Peta•in gove:'nment.and he. refute as, to transfer she fighteto the Colonies, .(cabled Helen Kirk- patrick frons, London).; Opinion, ex- pressed • in Many • nuarter's had tit thta the French pep:ole had been be:rayed,. either by military. or' political' leaders; or,, bobs,'. 3iEDITER.RANEA\r:. S p a i n; while 'reiterating its. epolieY o.f non -belligerency in the war,. oc- cupied Tangier,'a'neutralized in- ' ternational zone, "to keep order"; prepared to push ' with renewed igor, her tendrils 'on Gibraltar • and French illorocco' - . . 'Egypt had broken off, diplomatic . relation's . with. Italy. . tS::..lini was: ink•.his chops' over the spoils of , his six-day tear with France. Balkan Balance BALKANS: The 'smaller t•oun-• tries of southeastern •Europe were looking last week in .the direction of Moscow and Ankara for some .lead regarding their future joint attitude toward the' war, wrote Harold G. Lap...telt; ,staff ' corres- pendent of the Christian 'Science Monitor, from Belgrade. Russia was'stlen• attempting' to widen her ' sphere.of . infl'uenEe •in the Bal= kans fllowing appointment of a new Foriet. minister to Rumania. •The Balkan. balance, observers be-. , lieved, could only be maintained if Turkey and Rir:.sia 'could find, •a forniula caleulattd to maintain. 'peace throughout the peninsula t. • by' doni,cragtag Its:u-Hungarian'. attemp:s to fulfil'- their territor• - ial:a-pireti.ns by fercegul. me.�'i`' ods tan hali .n- t•'up in 2 uge• - slaeia• seemed in the offing). FAR EAST: .Inlieations that Japan might' sht rtly take an ac•• tine part in , general world-wide hostilities were•becorning, moreplentifu;. At 'Cannon,. the Japanee ' military spokesman warned .French Indo-.(hina•bluntly that if its =hiir rntnts uf'arnta anti 5t:pplie:s to the Chinese the.ernrnent did act tease, • and if Indo -i: hina refuted to -"reconsider herself,' the Jap- anese Army "must undertake t. wean Indo-China, away from 'hot,: tlity toward .Japan." • Again, a flowery •cable feom Japan's mil- itary heads, sent. to Premier Muss= aline,• wished 'him overwhelming succe-s in his European ventuures.. The • Nethtr•lands Indies. mean- time bad not been ferg.tten by the Japanese' T --at juicy prize which . they might seize whenever the United Sates and Britain Were. in a position of being un- able to stop them.• UNITED STATES: The objec- tion inthe ;United States to send- ing i*rierican troops, to fight in Europe was still overwhelming last week, although the desire to do "everything shirt, of war to help the Allies -had been cah- ried to fever pitch by the tragic ,plight of France, the frantic ap- peals. by Paul. Reyri.aud to Presi- dent Roosevelt 'for aid: ' 'Wands .Off!" , The threat to, trills continent be- • coining,. m)tch , More .•substantial, tli U. S, Navy tasked 'for another $4,000;000,0Q0 for a 7.0' per •oen.t boost,,irti, seappwee t•eyrision of the, fleet•' expansion program. -was expected: The Senate unani- ° zx►oltslyadopteda•,resolution de-, daring that, the United .States would not recognise transfer of 'possessions in the' Western Hetet- spltere from c ne European'pow.er to another. • • As an answer to German ec- onomic activity in South Ameri- can, President • Roosevelt 'launch- ed plans for a gigantic economic union of the two American con- tinents. on- tinents. under a $2,000,000,000 anter -American . Export Corpora= tion; lit would result; .:it was ex- plained; in en almost totalitarian i control over exportable surpluses of the two,. continents Dog Menace Saki Serious • • • Canadian Sheep -Breeders Are • Upset Over Situation sl, •Ont. Farmer Lett 16. • Head "of . Sheep to" Dogs in One Night. , • Many, sheep .breeders 'in Canada ra,,_e,.of, the opinion that it is .practi- cally racti-calIy impossible to raise sheep • f'etabl.y on account of the Iarge num. -bex Of • dogs • which are' allowed t6 run -at large. This th.ey'cousider is' • serious in a' countrc•that uses More •wool p'e'r, capita, than any other' country •arid which. in , war -time. ;finds itself lustier the' necessity of irpottin•ir targe quantities of., wool for %ear contracts, :nd for general • FLOt;IKS MUCH REDUCED • Une•• farmer in. Ontario :reports 'Lorin:; 16 head., Of shee0 killed fir • dogs 'in oiie nighr. another ii.head • and others smaller numbers. As' a, result of .the menace from- there rom there has been a reduction o£. 75 pP :cent: in. elm •of sheep •• Bliee g $cratchin.i%&ta For quick relief from itching of omema, pimples, ath- • lete's foot. scales, scabies, rashes and other externally owned skin tioubIea, use world-famous: cooling,,ant,- septic, D. D. D. Prescription, Gressel'eae,' stainless. Soothes irritation and quickly steps intens itah.o 3.543 trial bottle proves it'or money back.° esk your. druggist today for. O. D. D. PRESCRIPTION. Slow Burning CIGARETTE PAPERS NONE FINER MADE" Id111121 • :ABO KLETC • r:•tist,1 is vete district, in which the sheep are regarded as the best pay- ing aying class .of livestock. A similar statement might be made - by a number •of .groups of farmers. in " many sections or district's. , • WANT SHEEP LEGISLATION Unless something is done to les - ,sen th,e•danger, from dogs it is•cer . tain'less sheep will be rased. • Sheep raisers throug.hout'Canada are urging that .legislation to ;deal '•.with ..the 'menace be considered 'as 'a war—tine .heceessiCy'.by tile. peat • v!ncial' le•itislaturf;s, so. that ,nrorb,: sheep`'aud wool' may be :PD uced. • . f Read •Newspapers, Retain Vitality , Famous Former Yale P,rofee. sor• Advises It As An Aid to • Longevity . • • Regular reading of.newapapers la . recommended 'by Dr. Willitim'Lyon Phelps. as an"'aid toward longer, life. "The three cents invested in a newspaper is one 'Of the :greatest aids to vitality we have," Yale's famous emeritus .professor, of'.Eng-' Bah declares; • • "The paper' proi•ides us with in- ' :terests •that will take us .out of ourselves.' The more We are inter- ., estefl. in things beyond, s. ourselve the better we , can combat despoil- ' dency .and. trouble and the longer we live." I14 4 BEE HIVE LIFE'S LIKE THAT By Fred , Neher •.e )1' Maki& um.>ti tR.d- "ft's good—b.ut 'it isn't, as O-3 funny as your old oneli" 6 REG'LAR t'ELLERS-Outside Information By .GENE BYRNES. WE', WERE .,RUNNiN' tRGUrtD 'THE CORNER OF THE • House ANY' WU DtON° KNOW7H"r.Re, was A LADDER THERE Al( WE i(NOCKED rt DOWN DON'T BOTHER, MOTHER. P. ppINTIca •i � r e r l 0 ttUQl. Alt 5 to