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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-03-14, Page 2CANADA J LARGE ■■-*/*■ a ’*• to'' toe ■■ aina®eia§jaf/the efficiency of His Majesty’s postal ser­ viced Any letter, deposited in the /^itsri^dtoto & 4.pnto- by/ IdM A -Problem/Is Tne Motor Hom Doomed^ ; liubt/pe at toe. window. He eaptotod it And released a ' terrified starling from, its cta'ws. The intruder’s wings- - spreadi-^tiV^to -tip whs-rSl—inches stielbburne!'Free■ Press,- ■ R-ESSrQU'OT^ip'NS^T- . With tits . wdltWriiten and/ always? intenesting editorial page. The Ori ’-tavto. J^rirpial agiin.tops toe 'list |pf. quotations from toe daily newspapers of Canada as they have been ' com­ piled Ry the Dominion. Press ' Clip­ ping Bureau for toe final quarter of the year 1934./ This compilationis [made quarterly of extracts from- each of the. 10p daily newspapers, to =Can'. : ada that are reproduced in '■other pub­ lications throughout the country. — Brdekville Recorder. ./ GOVERN^ ENTS^AND / \ \ Rt. Hon, W. L. Mackenzie ,-Wantswider markets as does every T - ‘ ©ge- els^but 'Wen^therUhitedrStht^: market was -being .narrowed by Unit-: ..ed. States. tariffs he. was afiaid to do nnythins1 lest it should be thought ' ■ provocative.. If the United Stiffs i is . S.6w seeking wider markets in Can-: Ada rit is because Mr. Bennett was iiot afraid to act Mr, King cannot be blamed for the; loss of- markets, —but; he-is- blamahle lor not making up for that loss by consefvi^ bwiL He “ saw for eigri markets ' clos-( ed to Canada by hostile tariffs. Yet he allowed those who framed those tariffs to have access to our mark­ ets on the same old terms. He held to his preference for’wider markets while all other, countries were rais­ ing barriers. He'failed to realize it was a condition, not a theory, that . confronted him. 1- Fearful? lest Mr. Bennett should, succeed in making a favorable ar­ rangement for. ’reciprocal trading, T“MT.--William-Duff^MiP./1 during-the ias rises si on and again-this session^ introducedf a Resolution calling fof -negotiations looking to that end. The resolution was withdrawn* after de­ bate,on the Finance Minister’s rep^ resentation that it was not helpful While negotiations ? are in progress. Better than any f parliamentary reso- lution. as a prelude to-such agreement. _ ._ ___ - , was .the action of the: Bennett Gov- turers, Mackenzie and Mann.*1 • He is ernment in raising the Canadian ta? an implacable toe" of ’those who lobby ^==^3Sff^e=meety=to.=spmeiextent=arilea8t74=onribehalf —of~-greedy"corporate=inter-5 Jthe varioub advances, in the United " — States tariff made while “the King Ministry held power.—Toronto Mall ®nd Empire. ' . RECORD OF SINCERITY.- Sooner or later the Canadian people are going to resent the continuous insinuations on the part of Opposi­ tion speakers and writers that the prime minister’s program of reform for security is nothing, more sub­ stantial than a pre-election. soap bubble, pretty to look at, but ephem- "eralaszmiBVon, Anyoneprofessingtobeastudent oFCttoadian political history knows that .Mr. Bennett throughout his car­ eer has been outspoken, on behalf of reform measures, whenever he con­ sidered such reform measures neces­ sary. He fought Mis own party In 1914 in opposition to a . grant cif ■ $45,000,000 to those reckless adven-. NEW USE FdR; BAGPIPES; . ’“The .. following appears ju%” ’the. "Bulawayo Chrdhicle" of January 12, sent - to 'that South t African journal by/ the farmer of-Wesji Field Ranch, Insiza, by name S, H. MacCallum: ri_ SiR::—iiere. Is . Something -fOT. pipers to think about. .Thet following is a ■fact: ■’ : .'■•*/; '• / • Some 4ittleuRime.J^ek^^ country was overrun by huge swarms ofclocusts; they’ Were, passing bver the.rtoch all day, ihen^ towards ,sujn*t set they settled on^ the. trees round the homestead. They were so num­ erous that thq branches OF the trees were bent down with their weight. Of course, we knew what would hap­ pen if they were allowed to remain there; by ihe morning there would not be a leaf left on any of the trees. Sq my cousin suggested I get out the bagpipes and see. -if that would shift them. I treated the suggestion as a joke. By jovef It was no joke. I played ?the pipes round the hofise/i and will you believe, they could not stand it. They cleared away, though it was after sunset,, for over 300 yards round the house. What ho! The bagpipes! Turn out the pipers when locusts fire about. The- tunes were “MacCallum’s Lament,’*/ “Cock -o*--the North/’-and-"Beheve M<^ If All -Tfeose-.....,..”.—iI am, etc. ——------- r AR of which comes with appropri­ ateness from one who bears the good Highland name of MacCallum.-^- Banffshire Journal. * » I Gan you solve this problem, dife of“toe many typical cases from the military life of "Clive of India”? „ Look at this square. In it are Clive’s headquarters, indicated with a star- Then there are five infantry units, indicated by pennants, and five artillery units, indicated by cannon. Clive wants The terri- , tory arid the' units divided amorig live subalterns; so that each of the five will have in command, an area of equal space and identical shape, and each of the five will have one unit of both infantry an d< artillery. Can you take a pencil or pen find ink and ,divide the. square to fit these requirements? Watch next week’s issue for solution. rance ^Sus/lionking of . : ___...___.... utfders. . Now ./. - the authorities beii^e“-toat the dis­ use of horns 'p£4>m$tes mqre careful driving, on the theory that the man who knows he can’t sound a warn- ing/signal at all, will use his brakes a £reat deal sooner than* he would otherwise.________________■ ■ < ■ The . idea has, possibilities), and it;....; is well worth a trial to get recktesa motorists; to rely gn their, Rather than on their diprns,,;to keep . ftcini hitting people. Arid above all it, would take care of the humorist who starts Sounding his. horn con­ tinuously as soon as a driver two. ^blocks ;ahead stalls his engine or ia ,g held up by a street car.. . .. KIND WORDS. • The Ottawa Journal “publishes the records *to show that in the last two ^^yemm^Jt^ima^beem^the^mbst^quoted^ newspaper n Canada. It is a very Creditable showing, -Situated in the. Capital, right - near the seat of all ^-^ril^jurispimdeiMm/^f^is^not^urpri^ ing that the editorials of * The Jour- palare^regarded ad- -highly judicial. Our. contemporary is never known to. indulge in hysteriaSt. Cathar-. Jnes Standard. . ‘ > . ?. ROLLING in WEALTH. Late in March, there will be is­ sued thousands of silver dollars in Canadian money. When these cart wheels get in circulation we’ll be jolling-dn wealth,—Stratford Beacon- —Heralds— /■ A TRUE EVENT, __'__.. “The Soo.can’t spend $1 while only collecting 74 cents, and keep solvent^ In the last Av© years, the city has been slipping' behind as regards its .uncollected .taxes, and the city lots It has had to take over from owners Who couldn’t , pay their taxes. If .there is- one lesson the Soo Bhould taka to heart it is that the city can’t spend more -money than it collects. / - The government urges that all counties "live within their in- '-come" .that? is,., that they, shouldn’t upend in. any one year more . money than they collect. , .The only safe way1 for a city or. #n individual is. to hot go into debt. Nobody knows what the future holds.—Sault Ste.. Marie Star. ests. He has urged restrictions on insurance companies. Again —in 1928 he warned against stock speculation. He placed himself squarely' on record more'than a year before the market crash, in these trenchant sentences, spoken in the House of Commons on June 9, 1928: "Some people imagine that trading in pieces ot paper upon which there are engraved, words and .figures constitutes the - creation of new wealth. It is not so. The new wealthoftliecountryrisbelngcr ga­ ted by?the application of labor and capital to the ^natural resources of thecountry, andthls tradlng iri stock certificates, this great era of speculation in this country and on this continent,, is one fraught with possibilities of the gravest danger to Canada." Had the government of the day listened to Mr. Bennett in 1914, we would not in 1935 have so grave a railroad problem confronting uS. Had the country listened to Mr. Ben- -nett—in l928.- the_bitterly tragic ef­ fects of the 1929 debacle would. s.ore-_ ly not have been so widely spread. To accuse a man of insincerity with so staunch a record behind him of plain speaking on behalf of reform/ simply is not good enough. Not for Canadians, who have - a habit .of thinking for themselves, and prefer to develop their llthoughts from fac­ tual. theses.—Dunnville Gazette. EMPIRE TRADE. During 1934 British import trade increased by upwards of $285,000,000, or 18.5 per cent, over that of 1933. Of that increase, 8110,000,09 came “trom the. Empire, wht^T^s^nper*" Cent, mor® than. in 1933, while the, increase;in -foreign imports was 8 2 per cerite British exports to the wor'd increased by something like $140,- 000, of which more than 75 per cent,, or $110,000,000,. went to the Empire, which is an increase of 13.5 per cent, over 1933, while the increase of ex- portstoforeigncountrieswasonly three per cent.—Current British Board of Trade Figures. ...- . „ . • Excitement fore and aft. ’ There was excitement’fore and aft in the office of the Shelbourne Free .Press’arid - Economist Thursday af-5 ternoom. At the front, the Wesley JJnitetfChurch annual Sunday1, school sleigh ride was gathering. At .the back a chicken hawk, evidently mis­ calculating on a predatory swoop, Crashed through a large - many-paned window to the intense surprise of the ^editor’s son Who was sitting at a- . AN ECQNOMIC"GESTURE” - • The depression is having a disas­ trous effect .on the once-popular Brit­ ish custom of calling a spade a spade. Workers are not “sacked" nowadays; they are “suspended," “released,” and po on ds far as the art of synonyms will take us. The Manchester Gpardian reports that a London firm recently received an ap­ plication for a job from an unemploy­ ed man in which the art of /'putting it gently" was raised to the nth de­ gree., He wrote/ "I< am temporarily disengaged because of an- economic gesture on the part ok my previous employer." Rather an Ungracious gesture. —- Winnipeg Tribune. , - THE “SLOW" BRITISH. A despatch to a U.S. paper sayjs - that American visitors to London EQUINE COMEBACK IN LONDON. An attempt Is being made ' to stage , a comeback for that repute- ably noble animal, the horse, as an angent of locomotion. At the Royal Agricultural hall this weeks crowd's are gathering, to admire'the tremen­ dous flanks,, pleated manes and heavy hirsute hocks of the exhibited shires; Brewers, ,coal distributors, big stores; and the refuse department of the corporation of the City, of Lop- don favor horsedrawn vehicles. So breeders are producing faster-paced -geldings-to-suit toe traffic rate of a post-fielisha ?age; more horses are being put on the London streets th*3 year than last; says the Daily Her­ ald. On the other <^and, whatever Od- ha^gs. press may hope'for * animal transport, the Beaverbrook press. ..is definitely against it. A ieader-writer of the Evening Standard wa3 held up on his way to the office last' Tues­ day morning. Naturally annoyed to find the cause of obstruction to be nine “’horse-drawn vehicles,. he order/ ed out the files, and discovered that horses^are the chief villains in traf­ ficblocks, fhat they nre disappearing from the London streets, and that it IS no kindness to the horse to keep him in London harness. What the horse things no one has yet. discov­ ered.—‘Time - find Trade. d Only two so-called unlucky are listed on the calendar for They, are Friday the 13th of days 1935. Sep­ tember, and the 13th of December. If you would increase the Volume of knowledge -if -a man knew at' 25 what he thought he knew at 18. 11 If You Want to Freshen Your House For . Spring, Why Not Begin On Your Draperies’ ’ u it , Architects predict that th® time satin-velvet combination, is not far off when, as a result of 11_ _______________.... *?airmxomUHoning=innd^imulafed™day^riy4th=eywlet™woTk=and~a=ba:nding™ofc lis^ht, windows may assume a purely* ” ........................ decorative function in our houses. T^e decorators apparently^ are get­ ting ready. . For''never* have- window treatments been jnore picturesque. The—woman who would like to freshen up her house might well.,bp­ gin with draperies. The newest ones aresimple,stralghrihangingand.col­ orful. Heavy; dust-catching velvets are definitely out, crisp -taffetas,, lust­ rous satins and ingeniously decorat- "ed^cptton’^atnerialsriaT^tlst^ lyin." Venetian . blinds have almost entirely—supplantedtheoldfashioned shade and supply a background for the hanging. ' CORNICES ARE POPULAR. If the room is dark, the Venetian blinds are. usually white with tapes, to; match the predominating color in the room. -Sometimes, however, the entire blinds are colored; .Cornices are being used in all sorts of rooms this year. The most popu­ lar are of wood and the next most liked are of mirror and jilain glass. rooms are framed entirely of mirror glass, aides . as well as cornices of dear, plue, rose or even green. Orie of the things they definitely dp. is add' height to a room. The mirror effect is' also being used, by the way, in doors to increase the apparent size of the room. Glass curtains come four inches below the window sill just to coyer the woodwork underneath the sill. Draperies touch the floor, and If there is a carpet to the edge of the floor may eVen be slightly longer than floor length and lie in folds on “the “carpet. 1 1 - ----... A decorating . authority suggests for an English type living room draperies .of heavy fabric Without much sheen» wool damask, for in­ stance. In the French living room taffeta is particularly appropriate, qnd for' the French bedroom, satin. Lirien is excellent for the Chinese Chippendale room and for the modern rodm, antique satin, contradictory as that may sound! satin and Velvet drapes A prominent actress’ exquisite bed­ room bad draperies of peach satin and white velvet huhjg on a pole covered with white v®lvet. The bedspread in this room’ is also of the ., ..." _.' i. . '' is not far off'when, as a result of ______ _______ i. For a simpler bedrpom, a:, cotton material satin has onq Ciirtdin half width, and the other side a -width apd a“/Ealf. The scantier one hangs straight, but the fuller <*n® fs looped up with long tie-back of the material piped with satin. '»'■/< • Draperies for a Chinese Chippen-, dale-modern room are of black back- 7grotmd"ltoen"^with“^small^whiteygay- denias. The wooden’ cornice is cov­ ered with £ed satin trimmed to out- llnethe-shape—of-thecornice-wlth narrow black .moss fringe. The glass' curtains are of transparent .net, ^criss-crossed. T . Doors as well as windows are coming in for special treatment Hom the modern remodeller. Those that are usually kept closed have panels painted. in colors contrasting *wlth the rest of the surface, or decorated with painted or appliqued designs. Silvering a door sometimes proves effective and a colorful painted one is. particularly recommended for a darkish hallway. v ' Most-Quoted Newspapers The list prepared quarterly by, the Dominion Press Clippings Bureau,, of Toronto, showing the standing of. Canadian newspapers in. the matter of quotations by other newspapers, restores The) Ottawa Journal to first place for the period ‘df three months to the end of December last. With the.. exception-of-the third. quarter of last year,/when riri was adose sec- orrd; The Journal has held first place. , for two years. , . ■ ' . ■ The fifst ten 1 in the final quarter -ayeri ■; ■ ■ - • - ■' - ■. ~ - ----- Ottawa Journal _____________1,662 Toronto Star ................. 1,295 Toronto Globe .............. ........ 1,234 Toronto Mail and Empire 1,214 St. Thomas .'Times-Journal ...... 1,204 Stratford Beacon-Herald ,....1,048"/ -Brarit-fpRfe:E-xpositoirix:-—.^.^z=r845r±z- Brockville-Recorder and Time's 836 Tordnto Telegram 701 Winnipeg Free Press ................ 686 Readers of The Journal mhy be. interested in the figures for the first ten in the complete year 1934, the totals being made from the Clip- ping Bureau’reports: .^Ottawa-Journal Toronto Globe ...;........., 6,236 Toronto Mail and. Empire ..........5,442 'St. Thomas Times-Journal ___^,671 . Stratford Beacon-Herald.?__™1..4,400_— “/Border Cities Star____J.__4,235 Toronto Telegram J___3,789' Brantford Expositor ........ 3,619 Hamilton Spectator__X...;..,... 3,147 4aMjA Canada won first prize for the best exhibit of Empire bacon at the recent dairy show in,the Royal Ag^ rlcultural Hall in London, England. ' . Putouts To Handoyts Up-to-date I’ve quite made .ui> my mind, you know. To . keep up with the time; I’ve been to see the Auto Show And studied all the signs. The brim must now come off my hat; M.y trousers must fit tight Belovrahe knee—they must not flap And catch the breeze’s flights No longer wiH'I swihg my arms, - But fpld them on my chest; „ My coat must be (don't be alarmed!) The same length as my vest.' And J .-must also bend way back *’ And gaze up at the sky; .My feet must.go the beaten track Without help. from my bye. My ears taped closely to my head ’ 4 Will J>e another sign I’m up-to-date,—or say, instead, I follow the streamline. —A*. M. Hodgson., Western Canada slipped 118,081 cattle; 7,715, calves; 199,333 hogs, and 73,842 sheep to Eastern Canada during the 52 weeks' of 1934; .................. i 1 KoBii Joe Judge, former star first '. ,seman of Washington Senators, picturedy in his restaurant in Washington, D C. "There’s rioth- mg like a good trade,” says Joe. 1 FU MANCHU • tlM fry 3a« Rohthsr «jd Tbb‘ itoli r * TOE ZYAT KISS—A Life At Stake.By SAX ROHMER there n/jna move that hai warn Sir Crichton Davey." iridon and I am on hh track*. I honestly believe werests of the entire white race depend uporithe I ' / I • - ■■ ...: "Fu Manchu extracted the venom for that poisoned arrow from the glands of the 'snake. Ho caused me to bo shot," continued Nayland Smith. "That ’fiend is now in Lof J“ that the interests of the entire white race depend upon-the •VCHIl of my mtoion.'/ Then . ♦.. Bit urn nii^iry m uIlMMMm immcaictc ,i >V~'' 5K, wt ran down • stairs. "Davey *» a doomed man. Smith told^ne as we hur­ ried for a taxicab. "Un­ less he follows my instruc­ tions 'without question— before Heaven, nothing can save him I I do nbt know "when the blow wilt fall, hqw, nor from whence, but I know that my first duty is to warn him."