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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-04-04, Page 6>3I I {CANADA THE EMPIRE THE WORLD AT UARGE Austrian Champions Thrill Big' Throngs At Skating Carnival CANADA , ..... /, llj ‘ n< PERENNIAL WhWaT. Terenriiab wheat;perhaps .must be Classed among .those things top good ’to be, true. The Russians, jwho AFS; . •m^tfating JLuther Burbank on a, Adomesticewheat with " a grass she- longing -to the same family’ as'. dur ■WFestern rye grass, created wheat gfasa and couch., grass. The Russian* ll?»4y they will be distributing seed .lit quantity to their collective farms within two years. Resistance-of thia crioss to winter-killing has not been/ established, but since . our ..native grassespf the wheat family do not winter-kill it is. entirely possible that ■a^crossZmay"' ultimately be obtained (Which will stand severe wntera and . produce a hard wheat. Oiir present pace of plant-breeding is such that the answers to these questions lie far in the future, but this is clearly a promising. line. of research.—Win­ nipeg Tribune. MONEY FOR NOTHING. „ ^A-Vn-itrid- States - farmers will get $420,250,OOOthis year from the gov-1 ernment for not producing crops or pigs. It ia probably a larger sum than they would get if they] produc- ■ od these thin&a.—London .Advertiser. • MAY NOT AGREE. ’ . • ; Back before the Great War a fqr- taer German chancellor made/qulte. a’point, of the peaceful policy exeqir -plifiedby€l'©rmahy”in--hotgoingto war every time she was given a Slice of African territory to keep her quiet..Japanseems-to have some­ thing the same idea. But it may be , that 400,000,000 Chinese will not consent to be door mats forever— Sault Star. eighty trucks,loaded with farming machinery from. the International Harvester works/ left the city for points within a hundred miles’, rad­ ius 4if Hamilton, to be delivered to, farmers ‘‘who feel that the time has r eqmeFto’lrehew equipment'*’ Agricul- ‘ tijre being Jthe basis of all real, pros­ perity, this, increased activity1 is a particularly gratifying develorjinent. But it is . not an isolated instance of improvement—not by any means. — Hamilton Spectator. MORE CIGARETTES. ^^Cigarette^smoking^in^Ganada^con^ tlnues to Increase. In 1934 the ' consumption of- factory-made cigar­ ettes was ...close to ^flve ‘billion, an increase of 12 per cent, over 1933 -? National Revenue Review; WINNIPEG’S PROBLEM; , Winnipeg's property assessment for taxation purposes . fell from $28$,000,000 in 1915 to $215,000,000 in 1934 in spite of many millions spent on new buildings. The assessment of the city of Tdronto"in^ the same period from $565,000,000 to rjLO^e^OOiOOO/ That Is the principal reason why this, city is in a more difficult position than Toronto, why civic salaries are slashed so heavily, , why there are Bo many holes in .Jth’e pavements and so few books in the Public Library, and. why motorists <pay for a civic iiceiisp as Well as a provincial license.' In , view of a - furiher-^educti6tr_vc(f7$13;748700(r“ih“" the assessment for.* this year, the r City; Council Id; looking for increas­ ed revenue from ^nothe^i‘-squrce/’7'-=-“ Winnipeg Free Press, _____./■ '___ _ .. • A STAGGERING COST. If anyone doubts that the cost ] of ^ociaFservices-conducted by7"gov- erniments is going to increasepistead* ilyp’a little -8®dy"of what/ hUB hap- . 7pe,hgfl in; Great Britain should prove illuminating. That country spente L^-|2^45o,OOOb-on^buch-S0rylceS7--oiy“last- $60.—Edmonton Journal. OPENING THE NORTH. . i Seven years ago aiftetr years of almost7 heart-breaking effort,, the dis­ coverers of the great Flin Flon mine With their associates finally saw the . commencement of the huge' develop-’ - ment Which /marked the r cracking / ^peii " of the pre-cambrlan on ” the v^tha;6igkt: years WfflS&MO W;: been the assessment for ^this year. 80 FORMAL, Domestics met in. New York? and protested that they were/being call­ ed by their first names. -They want­ ed to be known as. “Miss Smith” and" “Ml&s Jones/’ Their action, reflects curiously- on a country where, democ- ' word for 200 years, andwhere a. .man feeis.hurt If you don’t callAlm by his Christian name. Perhaps New York it getting over-civilized.— -Hamilton—Herald. —: ■ ; . " ‘ ' • '' ' ' •' ■ ■ •. Tdi Papez and Karl Zwaek, of Austria, go into action at Skating /Carnival held in Madison , Square Garden, New York, for benefit of hospital, social service. Stars from several nations held " ■ - " ■ . v ■ • "■ fuller.—Brockville Recorder. I / SPRING BATHS FOR TREES March is a good time to give trees and shrubs a good thorough-going bath, with soap arid water, advises L. B. Sisson, industrial feUow at the Mellon institute at Industrial Re­ search; a tip that we pass on to read.ers-.~who may be intetres.ted, This: is especially recommended in the. case of evergreens, _ to -• rid. ..thety_ leaves., of -their ’ heavy overcoats of soot acquired during the winter. . “It seems not to be generally un­ derstood,” states Mr. Sisson, .‘‘that this, boating. fa impervious ' to sun­ light and that rain will hot remove it. Therefore; unwashed plants may starve regardless of the amount. of sunight avallable to-them.-—-. :...— "At the start of the growirig sea- -son-,--eveFg-reehs-depehd—on—theiT--.oJdg= „er- leaves to fdnct'ipif as food fac­ tories.. Sunlight being one. of the necessary- elements in-the malting of food, it is obvious that when these older leaves are seated against sun­ light they cannpjt and do not oper­ ate4as they should.” For sgnall-.treea^. andJs.hrubs, Mr. Sisson, recommends a thorough spon­ ging by hand, ■- usihg a/suds of pure soap and water, with thei addition of a , little’ sodium metaphosphate as a: -Whter»~softener.— Larger- /..trees,—of- eburse, require the use of a power Spray pump, with a good hosing off afterwards.—Quebec “ Chronicle-Tele- muscles of the hands and wrists. (2) They like gloves that WU1 slip on 'quickly without fear of bursting. —< London Express. o£D-FASH ION ED TEAPOTS Teapots have grown considerably In: size since 1720,' and lyou will be surprised to learn that .at this time they, were only just > large enough to “hold suffletent water for one small jc.up..ixf..tea. I actually handled one of these little pots the other day and it was well over 20 years old. It. seemed ho larger than a toy teapot, the spout being about’the size of a rather large doll’s pot. Of course, tea 5in those days was very expensive. »It came, from China .and formed one of the luxury drinks which ■ drily. the .rich..could„afford.....InXhe-days-of Good Queen Bess they drank .beer for- breakfast.-a,nd::the-queeri-had her- pot of beer the same as everyone else... These early, teapots are, of -course— very - -rare,- and —so—are—the accompanying cups; which, by the way, were riiade in, Chinese fashion Without any." handles.—Our Empire. SWMMStUADL •I t RURAL TRADESMEN. Lopkin^throughanolddlrectoiy one is immediately struck by. the number of small craftsmen who lab]- ored in Eastern Ontario villages 60 dr 70 years ago, and. by their virtual disappearance during the intervening period. Consider Eaton’s Corners, a typi­ cal Eastern Ontario, rural1 cominun-! ' ?J^^^rwS^hFt^prear;-of~-Goiifed.i':. atlon/ ' -: It...then.-. pdsAess.e.d...-i.three. graph. j j . THE EMPIRE • downward Trend. The general tendency of popular tidn in all western civilized states is to Reproduce itself much more slow-/ ly, i and. t1 almost everywhere . birth rates are declining. According to _slathttlqiana,l^JJLe^ridsh^4)opmlati^ ^dl“begHr /tb~Mir hi " X9^2; thatHdf ery group. The main* reason for this preference is obvious. It is much easier to find one friend to play with you, or . to go out by yourself than to assemble a group for a game. ^No^ matter how hard It is to make up your own mind when you wa]nt to be doing what, it* is a simpler problem to get together with ope friend than with _t.en. other;, persons. - Shorter “®Skirt8 > 7 And Loyer Heels Says Dame Fashion — Paris—Fashion” will not prevent the smart Parisienne indulging her habit of taking, long ripring-tinie „walks„abou£--bh1:e_capital^-S;hoFt— s-k-irts~ and low-heeled- shoes-seerir tb~bft the _px.ogram-oif— stytes-foi^-l-OJSr-/1-^——-~--r It is already ykh,<iwn that dress'es are definitely -shorter than last sea- ' souT and now there , is a strong teri-, • dency to renounce more arid amore the . uncomfortable and often-awk-: ward high. heels to which we have bepn ^b Jong accustomed. Qf .course, this is partly due to sports, and part­ ly to the influence of ..the campaign “undertakeri by^the hygienists. Handsome shoesr"~foF waikiTrg— being made of. thick, supple leather 4Uoh_as/Totodeer^buck4kin,~antelope- and pigskin. With thick, -wide soles,, they often are square-toed and mod- erately decorated with stitching or perforations. ’ The heels is not more 7th-an-an inch high. — ,______, .. ’ For the afternoon, besides all’the :A. hatiorial survey/" of reptile skins which are becoming comgnonplac'e, naVy blue, black Arid, very, dark brown patent leather has made a triumphal comeback. The fa­ vorite styles are pumps with little inch and a half heels, flippers With one or several straps, Sometimes _ straight, often criss-crossed, arid very -giris- —tew^rnt—oxfords-—teced-—ibbeis^ “Lay- Heads, List, of Athletic Ac- Mivities^WhichGirls --- ..: Enjoy. ■ | ."^New-York;-^";^ _ girls’^ interest »in sports has recently beenjnade which brings out some interesting points on the matter- of what (sports - have the strongest; ap- •'•peal. This survey was made by the natjbnal. board of the Young Wom­ en’s Christian Association. __^.Fxom—thuusand3-~of—business—gir-ls- ■in all sections "‘of the xroiratry~ans^ swiftness of > internal - air transport development, . is’ provided by thJ London, Liverpool, Belfast; Glasgow i line,' on Which th"pre has' been "re-1 cefitly an- extraordinarily rapid r|a« in the weight Of first-.clsiw mail car­ ried/ ■ ■ ' •/ - When the service first ’started August last, the daily’load pf mail was 40 pounds,. In December the load now 800 pounds are carried day on this one route. Advances- no Jess remarkable have been made on many of the other air mai'l lines, including that between Inverness., and the Orkneys, which- pioneered the carriage of internal mails. without surcharge.^.Concur- ■ rently with the advance in^Jg^anails, . there has been a growing' /demand for passenger accommodation,,, ahd TtHe service- that runs. between Lon- .don^and ;the,.,..ChannftL.r.Is.land3.,...,.has..— now been extended > to Rennes, . ;ifi. Brittany.' England and Francis are now linked together, therefore, by three separate British air transport companies. These outstanding successes . of the independent British ■ air trans- ^ort-co^mbaniesy-—espeeially^in-^tW:!-^ internal lines, have confounded the critics who, before the services were started, argued that theX\ Would; . neyer become] popular, ori'offei- suffi­ cient advantages ', over / ’railway travel to attract’ ety&Br passengers'or mails. ; . .'v It was argued, top, that English . fields were too small to allow safe . forced landings to be made* and that the weather«over England . and' Scot­ land- was unsuitable for -air line, operation and would necessitate the.. Closing down of all internal lines—- during the winter months. The trouble with the ^small fields has been overcome by eliiminating . the risks of forced landings with public air transport machines. The English railways do provide extensive and,, fast transport services and some of the fastest railway runs in the world......__ ^re^niade-~by^themT But ’the latest: British air liners are able to cruise crack express trains. , ':, ■ Moreover, .and this has. counted with the 'British travelling . public; the' machines are comfortable and safe. They are able, with. the aid of the latest instrumentation, to pierce .bad weather and to operate with ; a .schedule regularity* . comparing fa­ vorably with that of any other form of transport.. .But it-reimains -trua- ~ that the running of an internal air line in Great Britain is -the most__ difficult task that can bo set an air liner. The siidcesses of the British lines, therefore,, form a striking trib- ute to the machines wtyh which /they are, operated; <, , ^Spnhg^J^iira^y All , the hills were clean and high When I passed a farmhouse by Dor.a reaching curve of sky. When the birch, are sunlit gleams, Dampened by the foam of streams, tho1 had risen. to 400 pounds, Mild every ly to $8,000,000 annually. . Thirteen hundred men - and a "• town of the Ipopulatlon of 5,000 people marks twhat was eight years ago' nothing, but a small shaft, rock,- lake arid hundred men and a '• towri. . of twhat was eight years ago nothing, r ■ - _ - “‘_2 " '' ’ bush.-^Regina Leader-Post. y {THIS MAY BE HERESY - T The Right ftev. Dr. Woodswbrth, Bishob of Bristol, England, preaches • new ecclesiastical heresy: I wish ■taiised glass Windows < had never been Invented. You go into a . couh- {W ^flrpb,. and,,^tam! ,at the mons*' . frosty/,.,.Placed .thqre^ by . the . ;dev<> flops jpf people in the 18th century ■*. ^irhen 'jhoilr-eeuld - be - looking- out into God's riunshjnp’ and* a Gi)dfs‘ greep. tree^T-St,' Catharines Standard.. . “gKJJFk*TIMES’? PARAbE ■ “ bofieving. Not;for a Wi i ttnie ^haa ;ihereiieen such vis­ ible evidence of reviving prosperity --^-that-~ —ori’ths Streets .of . Hamilton- yesterday, when tailor, a carriage-maker,; a saddler and harness maker, a carpenter, a tanner, arid currier, and a brick manufacturer. How mariy of these trades still flourish in that village? Lyn at the same time; in addition to its mills and factories (nearly all of which 4r®; how closed) . had its blacksmlthe " ' and - horseshoers, its joiner and cabinet-maker, its .saddler and’ harness-maker, its cooper, boot and shoe maker, carriage-maker and wagon-maker. , ■ Ndwboro wta equally well supplied (With small craftsmen. It. had black­ smiths and horseshoers, a baker, boot and shoe makers, tinsmith, watohmakarj1 tailor, cabinet-makers, baddlers andt harness-makers, photo­ grapher and wagon-maker. And Farinersyille - (Athens) was not . without its saddlers and harness . makqrit tailor, wagon-maker, tin* smith,/ tanner and currier, cooper, /Cfirriate ^ritei/^’iioot' and. shoe bteCksmiths, carder and /about 1960. This tendency should be kept steadily in view in planning so/, clal legislation, It has an important, bearing in ,such directions as housr ing policy—for 25 years hende the. number of children will be half what it is today—London Dally Mail. HANDS LARGER. 1 Why have women’s hands grown larger? ” '1 ■’ • ' | have been in the glove t^ade for nearly 50 years. - Before 1914 the mq^t popular size in "women’s gloves was 5 34. Today scafceily any, of that size are worn. Now the main demand is for sizes 6 1-2 .and 6 3-4. . There is also a steady call for sizes, up to 7V6, a .thing unheard “of 20 years ago. JOHN B. fox: Worcester. ' . There are .two-.explanations of thd J>0P’d^ty.LpJJaTger.glQxes.-41)...JW men are taking ,a more prominent /part in sports • which Increase the 70 per cent.' in “riding and‘Similar high percentage in tennis, hiking and‘Other sports. The fact .that there is not, today, opportunity for-all. girts interested in sports to take part In theori, is one of the roost impressive things the survey, brought to. light. Of the 77 per. cent, of girls .who wanted to in­ clude swimming in their progham of living, only one-third were 'able .to do as much with it as they wanted because pools were not available to the others’, .regular use, or • within easy access. The number ' of girls who rode frequently, among those keenly interested in it, was still low­ er. The inaccessibility of Courts and courses similarly cut down the ac­ tivity of girls interested in tennis and golf. ! The activities that the largest number of girls expressed interest in were individual or dual sports. Team . aporia-Tanked—way-dq$h-the~ list("iff" popularity. Swimipingi, tenriis; ixlfc- lng; riding topped the lists from ev- shoe .with .the ensgnible, a simple so­ lution cqnsistg. of having's open san­ dals made, in . the sainc cloth as the jlrass, in gold or silver lame, or in a spangled cloth of the same or a contrasting color. Great Activity In * British Air Mnes (By the British Aircraft Society) ' Great Britain is preparing for a,season of unprecedented qir line activity. Post, office statistics just issued show a rapidly increasing de­ mand for internal air mail services all oyer the .country ' and' Heston Airport, one of London’s chief ,air station's, has undertaken, a big ex­ pansion program, including the building of new sheds and the . ac quisition of more land, in order: to Prepare ^ts^f fox^ vices that will be operating froffi there during the’summer. . ] f. An interesting example of4 the While the mosses gurgled low, Sounding, forth a muffled flow. Down a slouch of leafless ways I could largely rest , my gazri , Over Blopes’ of budding haze. Deep, I. felt the marshes wake- Felt the rising gumriier break Through a wasted, frozen lake. Depp I felt each ripple start For I knew myself a-, part. Buoyant with that welling heart! —Alan Creighton. In “Wings, a Quarterly of Verse. , Jaihes, one ,of Dody’s little boy friends, went to a hotme the >. other day where Bqb, another little boy, had a bad cold\ The boy’s mothea^ _____t you mus tnot come iiri^because Bob J^111 gfte yQ.u hte cold,”_____.... "Oh, tfiafs all right;” Jimmie said, “I brought mine with ip4.” : ■ . '* .A : “Jarnos, ess Marie • Into her, where in tne spring ot 1755, tne beauufu du Nririio^rs de Ja Bonfahi la st coach. i' tJm Bohemian quarter wnero fe3.. k?fen buying. somo ef. herepet .blfda. A num­ ber 41 the studentfl crowd around,]admiring her with' . ioudwoiced approval, for she is democratic in hey friendly greeting/ y. I J, Marie arrives at the studio.of het singing teacher, Schuniy. AU the other pupils enter and form a small orchestra, accompanying her with great gusto. ...Standing-in- the - midst- of “ them1' her "goideri “ VoiciT ‘ -soars high, even reaching-the-cara: 'of »t,ho8e’-in'3tho7"' street. But her heart is heavy for she must'marry the rich, aged Spanish Prince, Don Carlos, by de- nr** of th* King» But at home an 'unpleasant ourprtse-. confronts her. Don Carlos has already arrived with his ugly sisters. Bending creakily at the knees ho presses, his lips Bated on Musical Adventure Romance Ky VICTOR HERBERT >2 WhUpthe Princess weeps,-her mai< Mfarietta, sor­ rowfully bids her farewell for next day She sails with ...tne..Casquettri girls who arerio* nrartV the .French “’tGlon,fltednTj^ Mario »u^Gn,y looks at her in triumph! She has’a plan which she r&pidly unfolds, W^77 it work? Can. sho' ^enpe her . 1)ont nii#9 ,nex‘f UinIHng nutallrhcSnt of,“Naughty Marietta' 'ih^twit"h''tbsg^L"”HWu'cru^['uricTen^e Pjince, stands" aside, looking ,pn with satisfaction. Then ho tells her she is to bo. married within the week, whether she agrees or riot/ ’ .