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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-05-23, Page 6Easter Inspection of Yeomen at Tower of London Voice of the Press r I» x<< A the Great War broke out and almost 17 .Yet—It. CANADA KT;. -------------------- CANADA THE EMPIRE V; ~. . . ■ ’ tXfiC THE WORLD AT LARGE ' ' . , ' WAR BABIES It is almostyears - since C...A ~/_ ‘ years since it concluded.. comes as something of a shock to read the news that France is now calling its “war babies’ to the colors.' There .has b.een. time for a whole rfew generation to com© to manhood and. yet . the world is still suffering frpm the repercussions of the late war and is living in fear of another.- —Sault Stav7~A , PENALTY FOR SPEEDING ... A- reader sends us a clipping from an Aberdeen newspaper reporting a traffic' case tried by the Reigate. mag­ istrates. A. Sussex motorist was charged- before them with , dangerous driving. He had travelled, it was Baid,, all speeds varying from. 35 to 70 miles an hour, he took a danger­ous corner at forty miles/'^H’'’"vval3: brought out that in 1932 he was con- ing, license suspended for a, year. The Reigate court thereupon fined hita . £100, disqualified him from hol­ ding a driving permit for five-years, tr-Ottawa Journal. . ■ ' TCAUjStEgzrpF-WAR? . ^Increasing populations, not’ arma­ ments are the most potent cause of war, jn the view;of CJol/ Fraser ’Hun­ ter, M.L.aH, ToPopth. The. .CMonel had in mind particularly the rapidly growing .population of. Japan, which js becoming. too great for the. narrow confines -of the, Island empire. Thus (t would,, seeita that babies, _not bul- • tets, are a prime cause of. war, The -,|ffJ?atesLdap®e^^.ike^^are_econo^ mto. “Unemployment,’’ he. .says, “is Clearly not a national but an interna- t-lonal problem as la the distribution £f goods- and service and unless our Numerous convicting policies . can be ~ reconciled' yef shaH ” inevitably be fighting each other, again.”, It is the job of afi .organization such as the' League of'Nations to reduce these, ir­ ritations, but the outcome of recent disarmament and economic confer­ ences has not been very encouraging. ■r^ault 8tar. ~~~ ’“T ~ ~ : TO FIT THE CRIME.’ It; is .suggested that there should be a law 'whereby anyone Who ad? dresses a stranger' as “Say Mac,” should be put in t;he stocks;—Regina •Leader-Post...__... . ..... . • .!«{. > At' \ USING ALL NAMES. In order to make its court reports accurate and fair as well as more 4nter.es.tling,. the . Whig-Standard has adopted, the policy pursued by most of, the prominent British newspap­ ers in regard to all court proceedings. The names and addresses of individ­ uals or firms before the public' law courts will be used In all cases with­ out regard to the charges preferred,' the cause of action or the outcome of the case. ”7“ Thev news of the law courts, both civil and criminal, has long been a matter, of public interest, because It is only through the newspaper re­ ports of the courts ,that\ the citizens in general are .kept informed of the administration of justice .in the com­ munity. - Ther-preVailing practice, _Qf_ using names of individuals in court reports, in some -circumstances and omitting them in,te.t.he.r„circumstances_ leads,....despite the'most honest inten­ tions* and diligence,, to inequalities. cial circumstances to alter the prac­ tice will be absolutely fair to all epn- cerne^^’Tho'se persons,.who attempt to influence the newspaper to omit ?names, Jost .iSight of. .the fact that the newspaper does not make the newsriL-onl-y-pr/nt-s-itv^ ' The"mhwpoliqy bf The^Whlg’Stah^ dard With regard to court news will apply ’ to all police courts, county judges’ courts, division courts, or sessions of the Supreme Court of Ontario anywhere in the district ser­ ved -by this newspaper. With the ad­ option of this policy people will, of "bourse, realizg that it will be useless te/^PO^ to/this "paper to have ■Kingston Whig-Standard, mad modern^ delicacies, like i cake,-1 ■creamed chicken and fee cream. He gnaw.ed hig. meat o the bone and ate unhulled grain—and, according ” to come modern theorists, because of that fadjtll he had healthy teeth.^How- tever, Dr, . El. B. Renaud, professor pf enthropology at Denver University has been looking at the 'skulls of an- pient cliff dwellers in Mess Verde. National Park, and he finds evidence to the contrary.' These ■ old-timers, who. lived non coarse, tough foods all their lives,, had. cavities in plenty, Buffered frexm toothache' just as. we do, and also had pyorrliea.—Vancou­ ver Sun. ■ • ' ' AN OMINOUS WARNING. A complaint comes from the north, end of blie town of hens over-running the neighbor’s’ gardens. This is par­ ticularly annoying at, thia time of.: year,' and if the heps are not kept at home something may happen to' them.—Goderich Signal, ' COALS^OF FIRE. , I have three cacti, the long 'strag­ gly kind that just ’will.not stand, any- . where without support and take up more than their share of space, So, early last winter, I carried' them all up to the attic ' to get .them" oiit' of Of the way, and promptly forgot them, never watering them; - A few days ago cl was searching for something in the attic and took a casual glance at the cacti. Im­ agine, the pripk of my .conscience. I- found every one of them lo’aded\'vhth buds in spite of iny shameful .neglect. , We hastened to make amends, and now thh cacti are occupying the lar- 'gest, windotv in the 'hoiise, and re­ ceive every attentidii. Two' large red felooms are put in full, with'ten more to follow, while the smaller, plants have a score ’of buds' just showing ^olor, some vVfilte, ,<som'e' j|>ink.—Lat­ ter in Woodstock-SentineLRevlew, • brockville Showed wXy The keeper of' the archives at a Siberian point solved the'probldm of kccommpdatihg half a million old documenta by sCling them fot watfto paper, a Crime almost as, heinous M iflliat, committed- a number of year# ^o; when old.- papers froim Brock- plle s court house, all of them inter?, c'sting and fcopie or theta Valuable zrom the- staildfeoint of lojcixl. and pro­ vincial history/ were Stitted off -to tne dump for ’dlaposat—/bteckvilte ieooM». ’ •. , for ’ di»poadi.*-‘6r0ckvilte -r-The ~ainraal—ceremony—of-the-'Easter-Sunday-inspec-tion Qf the YeomOn“-W-arders -of -the_lT.o.w_er„._.. ondofe, was carried out thia year by Lieut.-C>1. W?N. Faviell, Governor and Major of the Tower., \_.i>__1 t .. - .. . A— . • J. . . ■ __ __- ' . . >f London, w»v uv Ajieuh.-.v/A* »» • at. ravioli, uuveillUL He is shown above as he led the warders to the parade ground for inspection. ----------- ------r—------------------------------—--------- --------------------— who rode bicycles could go as they plpased. If parents and “ 'others res- ponislble for-the care of the young do not impress upon their charges,; “thB impbrtenceAof observing, safety rilles, or vyill not continue this in­ struction in a manner to ensure its 'fegirrg-'effectiverthe Constabulary will- spon be forced to fake action again st child cyclists in thy interests of the safety both of the . children them- ■ \ selves and of oth^F road-houses. — Trinidad Guardian. | DOMESTIC SERVICE. , ( No. fewer than 4,009 girls, it was stated recently, have entered ^Britain "EomAXhtea^duTIEg''.toe’,''’‘7pasr‘''''~t'W" years in order to take up posts as' domestic servants'. ' Since. all\ appli­ cations for permission for these girls to enter the country have to be made by their prospective employers, ’the invasion, goes to emphasize the diffi­ culty' which is experienced by the housewife in obtaining domestic help near." home. Thite, _lJ^urn^pgiats_to ^continued disinclination on the part■ continue! A NATIONAL th eatre. . Lord B®3®borough dn—cjosing-—toe ■said lie hoped the time was not far distant when Canada would have- a national/theatre. 1 During his "term as Governor Gen­ eral. rapid andw consistent progress, toward that goal has been made. This has been duie in no small part to the', sustained interest and help .His Ex- -eeR-eney^has-^-ivea-ythe.. movement, • I adian playwrights, and it is, much easier now to envision a ‘distinctive Canadian type of drama than it Was five years ago.—Winnipeg Tribune. . .' - ■, ,h- : /;■' SPRING CLEANING. The province possesses numerous antique attraction's v Which are a source of .pleasure and interest to- visitdrs from all over the continent, and-it behooves hotelkeepers through-' out the province who benefit from the passage of thesd tourists, to do all they can to, make;.their stay more agreeable, fm that when they return home, they, will' advise all their friends-tp visit Quebec. ■ ' Not only does the necessity of spring cleaning apply to hotelkeep­ ers. It applies t0 everybody „intbe province, whether they, live in city or town, or country, \ since spotless houses andTjuildings, streets that are- cldar of rubfetsh and litter o7f kinds, etc.,, will only serve to haRce Quebec’s reputation, and suit in an even larger ntumber tourists visiting tile province in -of-7~BritlrTh~girls—to-^-en-t-er^ser-^eeA^ Surely,» . attitude towards kiomestice service to -deasjeCt_It is today, as if haB always _haen/an honorable calling In the eyes of any reasonable person there can be no stigma attached to thore who follow it.—Londbh>Sjinday' Pic­ torial. . Repays Loan Of $11 el Eayrolls, Are Huge^Data,. Is. Given Richberg By Alyan ..----^-—MaGaHley——~—— WHEN FROGS HAVE MUSK IN THEIR SOULS! 4 < 3 •J. Wt. { I j ■I 0 •i' all en- re- of fu­ ture \yehrs.—Quebec Tourist Bulletin. .... ———~. WHEN HE COMES OUT If a. man ha3 been , in .prison five or ten years he hais become a victim- of routine. He h^s neve^ had to think about'earning, a meal or he has hievfcr had to worry about .where the . neit meal Is coming .from. .He 'gets a bath and, a change of clothing on a certain day. He rises when he is supposed to and gde3 in when that hour comes; ‘ t On the day he walks out all this changes. Hb'? mufit again do some­ thing on his own initiative,, an'd his. initiative hp.S become dulled by rou­ tine'. He must wrork if he Is going to live,, and work is hard to find. He must face the handicap' that he is an ex-convict and .that narrows down to a small number the people who will give*him a chance. We believe the man whb leaves a prison has: a greater problem on hts hand'3 than "the man who is in pris­ on.—Stratford- Beacon-Harald, , THE EMPIRE IN TRINIDAD ALSO. There hat. hitherto been far much laxity in tegaVd to tl pedal cycles fey juveniles/ Maby par­ ents seemed to toe! that bite ibilM ‘ of wtfre g.ll tfiry well fftf ' motel tfOfy few tfiAt tfe«r ofMMfe i too use of . —Five Yea,r P-kri. ’ /■ ,■ . Wijndsqr—Repayment ■ of a bank ?loan. of $100j000 ’Oyas .completed,by the Town of Walkerville recently, piping out all the town’s bank indebtedness: on 1934 current \account, l^ayor Far­ row , announced. It is. the 'first, time in seven .year’s that the town has been able.to accomplish this, Mayor ^.Farrow explained. ‘ \ ' CURRENT ACCOUNT \ . • “Repayment of tins $100,000/ Mayor FdrroW said, “was in keeping with the provisions of our .five-year, plan, wliich provided that bank loans oh current account should paid not later?than May 1 of the year fol­ lowing the year in which they arb incurred.» Repayment ‘of .this loan places Walkervillp in a position, with respect to pur bankers, which we ha ve not been able to achieve since 192$. Prior to 1928 borrowings at the end of each year to meet ^urren^, expens­ es, were not necessary.” The $100,OOO loan .was1 contracted' by the town in December of 19$4 to pay interest on the town’s debenture debt. Such /borrowings .have been, necessary each-year since 1928. Each year Walkerville .'has- paid 'back dur­ ing the course of the 'yekr the bor­ rowings made the previous December, but the town1 has not previously beer, able to make the-repayment as early as was accomplished this year, the mayor said. \ • . SEPARATE BORROWING r These December loans, made , each 'year to pay up. the towm’S debenture principal and interest, are quite apart from the annual ‘borrowings, made early in the year, to tide the town • Bor-' year’s’ dates, from the annual ‘borrowings, • '5^Detroit—The automobile industry during the last 13 months has paid the-highest hourly wai'ge rates in its history;' has increased payrolls 131 ^r^cen^mbove“’d^3^7'a^d’?-i‘S:’’'p^^:; more to labor, per car produced,. than did in 1929. i - These statements are' made'r in a letter, sent by the Automobile^ Manu­ facturers \ Association, through, its president, Alvan Macauley, to Don­ ald R. Richberg, ^chairman of the National Industrial Recovery-Board." ■ Because of the marked shortening .of working hours resuired by the in possible to pay weekly and, annual wages approaching those of T929, the' letter declares..... ./__ . Average work hours .per weel/ under the code have b'een cut 13. a week from tlie '1929 average—frdm 45.6 to 32.6 hours.‘'As a result^fdes-^ pite higher rates and higher -relative payrolls,- the individual’s average^ weekly pay envelope hasA -contained only $24.70 during the .12'. months, ended in March, instead of \$32,74, as in 1929; These figures were'compiled from ,.reports made by. members • oT jHm.;jn(fastrv~.in 'The code-seis. 4(Hhnurs'^ ; nual average permissible . weekly hours,.'with an' absolute miximum of 48 hours for any ope week. But, Mr., Macauley pointed but/pny number of uncontrofiable causes, including ~ the’ impossibility of fully regulating .the flow of materials from parts sup­ pliers,. makes it impossibly for. the industry to approach th'eA allowable, maxirnum working time. ■ . t He asserted that if the workers ^re\ to regain the. Weekly \F.ige* of 71929 they must be allowed to work more hours pet year. Further limitation of hours only. will reduce weekly 'pay,- and greater flexibility than now ob- tain's^js (needed. ' • " Addressing himself to the proposal of a forty-hour limit which could b.e\ .. f ■*.'------- 'Involves Holding Paper * Bag Over Nose To?Raise ___ Pfiiladelphia.-^If you-get car-sick buy a bag of peanuts,, throw the nuts' away,. and hold' the -bag, over your nose while you breathe. It’s a cure, announced- i*ecent?y at the meetings. ( , ■ v. Tr.y yit also on seasickness and plane sickness. Any kind of pape^ bag will do and it’should cure , these as well as car sickness^ under a theory of these ills described today. The treatment, was , found during, a study “hypervention” of the human system,' described - by ; Dr. = -3Yilliam_ J, . Kerr of San Francisco. ■’HypvrV'e'YTtitatton'^how^ !-tak-in^O/f-big^bi^aths/AM^tee--rfami-- liar long-, sighs that fo.llow. . Th'eyj ^irerdjhe—body^—wa-y^-e-f—regaining—i-t-s- ■ Akal-i-nit-y-aeidi-ty—b&kmce. \?—— ■ - In studying the ills due\to .-this balance Dr. Kerr* -found ’ tfeat- too- much alkalinity ■ may cause-. convul- ; sion like those of tethay, and other troubles, included iri this same cycre ' are the varying forms of seasick­ ness. *Lhe riemedy''\for them would- be' an increase, in acidity. ' This he ’SS sufferers ' ' —I—"—’ Calgary Herald There is happy^niusic these Spring days along the margins of th< sloughs and ponds. In them aie ths. brown and gr.eep musicians whom MotherNature' has endowed with tiny bagpipes to' make this water­ side harmony. . As merry a tune it is' as any Highlander ever piped among the glens of ids homeland this vernal chorus of the frogs.. Piping it is, for the sounds ia made by inflating their little thteata until they . look 'like^jupy ’ sacks blown’’ to ’fli^pbtht-^^ ■their mating s,ong 'oubbles out in an = exurbanCe- of /feeling. Particular‘interest' is ^attached to the songs of*these ani$>ibians, -be­ cause'- as’ we’.'ascend the*'scale • of animal life frogs and toads are the a first species we discover, which have a voice in the proper, sense of the word — sound produced by the passage of air across the * vocal chords. ’ Insects, such as' the cricket and A?ragsIwi^7L“^^ — but the- term, is hardly correct; “fiddling” ‘ would more aptly de­ scribe it, as theU- sounds are pro­ duced by the. rubbing of one sur­ face across ykna^er. But in the A ; .1 frog we find reaL.voice,' the begin­ ning’ of the power- ioL.•.expression. A..’...'A... "fhfoUgh',TlwA'^aTe"tef'i^ articii- "■ ■■ lation, which.‘reaches its climax in ’ hulnan .speech. ' ' x ; “Bhould one approach a pond“jini===arX the. daytime while ^uch a frog or- < .^ches.tra_i.s_practicing^ ? the around’that particular spot will in- J stantly cease, • although. all round the chorus continues; Shift loca­ tion and it starts up again from the very spot one has just left. But at. night, it ;is quite different^. ;ZbEeijijcaiL“^.prQacH^s~£lpsely-_as»-.hiff«^™«^» -WTllr-^-ndr^with~the~^d^of*r'a-TlkW;^^^“-^ light observe ;the two song' pouches ' ' Aj on either side, of fheir throat-dilate _ ■ to produce the familiar “galluipp”! ? It is serious. business with the • ■ *. frog. He may cut rather a laugh­ able figure as with distended throat Vie Sits, .ih the chilly water. But ? after, each .straining of his '.vocal chords he closes his jewel-li|Ee eyes . bFie^mpmbnf^--- of complete .self-satisfaction- Love _ \ is stirring iif/hi's heart, 4nd''there™ ( ' .is music in liis soul! ,,/. 8' ■" _______ —=-------_L1 .~ I--J-----r'-"' ■ --fc................................................ music —London’s. Herb Garden. Lying on the^ Embankment, Lon­ don England', but wailed from prying eyes, is Chelsea’s Garden of Herbs, founded, by that famous old doctor, Hans Sloane. Thousands pass . it daily without realizing that here lied k b *1 J f ■ f ....,,-a ■ -.......- ~r:cti:irai—-|-fi I\reath',Vholding -a paper ,hag. over the nose .effectively raised-thie clr- bon-dioxide,.-.^nd acidity^ ' L* $5,300,000 Raid V In Income ’’Tax ■ ' ’“~“V . . " ; Ottawa. A^total of' $5,31)0.000 ' was received by_ t'he Income Tax Branch of« tih'e Department of, Na7 .tional Revenue, as the . finR day’s receipts, from income -tax, .- This was approximately ’.$2,000,0(10 more than the antount received' on the ‘ first day’s returns last, year. A th/' human '■ gleam infcoral islands, Jar-off jungl- fes, and the .sides, of’^preciipitoua tropical ranges; Eminent , scholars a journey to London to study 'the lore 'W’S'achn^W^anR'j^ols anct seeds ar^ packed with, care and exported to innumerable medical centres. Every .plant that is tended there has Ijom'fl curative value. i ■ ' . / \‘ , ‘ Immediately a new medicinal herb is discovered, a specimen is sent to Chelsea, where it is nurtured. Ex­ periments are made. . wi.th seedsi , roots, and bark, and1 its, species'. determined andvcatalogued. : S ■ If your, work is distasteful, love iV into shape, and keep in your mind a desire for something better and m'ora congepial and»make yourself worthy of. such.• work .wlieh it comes youx way. No matter how Uncongenial your task is today, '■ cnnsid^i: it' a blessing that you Rave .employment and push- along to better thinS3‘ X r ■ ...' Little seif-dehials, little, honesties,- I little passing fords' of ' sympathy . - little nameless acts of - kinmmss, Jit- , 1 • "1 • C3. ■t‘c s'.‘cnt victories over ,'favoriti . ■ *' temptations — these ’ are ,the silent' ^o-.VtllA .• r- Hi toads of gold, which, when woven KlllLd 111 Ontario F(jf tog'elher, gkajni out sq wightly <in 11. 'Months Endiinj With pattern oA Tife that God approV-1, Match, UBS . •" ■ f. W. i.’artar. oyerT „ I 1 v i Al exceeded by paying time-and-one-half- Millions of dollars in bank; drafts for overtime,, M^.. Macauley saidf ■ , are on their Way to Ottawa from “The. great Wass of (hese'automo­ bile manufacturers could not avail themseiVes of the* permission to enir ploy their ,men for longer hours at the highfer rate of pay for the'simple reason . that' their financial condition does not permit it. To enable them to pay overtime, if would be neces­ sary to raise the prices of the cars to the, public. -This would cettaihly' bring about a reduction in sales. That in turn would' mean smaller Volume 6f employment, and, so, lower earn­ ings’ for the workers.” The actual average hourly rate‘.paid during the year •Mhrch 31, 1935,- was 75.7 cents. 1929 the average was 71.2 cents.« ML parts Canada to swell the yield from tpe tax on incomes. • '' It is an'lic-rpated■■ by May JL5 that- no less than $35,000,(900 wil be- col­ lected and tthe yield 'for- fhe whom year may .be double that amount. \ J_______ Crash Deaths Up W ■ . i r t I \ wage ended In ■ v oyer until the. taxes come. in. rowings against*- the current taxes, prior to tax. collection have always been repaid during the same years. • Walkerville owes'its bank approxi­ mately $275,000 on capital, account-’- money bo$?owed ‘for construction of the ,Pere Marquette subway, "this in­ debtedness will eventually b'e* taken cjpte of as Was, originally intended, the Sale of debentures appears to -be good business.. ' 0 , >th repaying the $100,000 loan as4 quickly as possible, Mayor Farrow pointed out, Walkerville is living up to the agreenment made with * the bond-holders as$ quickly as possible, to be'followed by-the building up of .a cash reserve against the resumpt­ ion of debenture principal payments. Light After Darkness Light after darkness, gain after Loss, / Strength‘ .after weakness, crown after cross. Sweet after bitter, hope after fears Home after wandering, praise after tears. Sheaves after sowing, sup after rain, Sight after mystery,.' peace after pain; Joy after 'sorrow, calm after blast; ‘ Rest after weariness, sweet rest at |ast; • ’ Hear after distant, gleam after ■ gloom, . Love after loneliness, life after tomb; After long' agony, rapture' of bliss, Right was the pathway leading .to this. ■ ' ' . c ii E e 111 ■ u l i f ’ serious A patient in hospital who was seri­ ously il| requested a. nurse to'write to Kis- wife for him, but did not seen ‘i to .kpow say. “Shall . wife?.’” .1 cars, In the. period l r —Selected. .Toronto. -- Increase of 44.1 per cent. "In the number of fatalities frhm automobile acciflents In On. tario during the’ii.month period end-, ing March 31, 1935, compared', with the^ previous 11 ■ minths was noted in a. statement Is.kuc'd by Minister of Highways, T. B. McQuosten., There were 522 persons, fatally in­ jured by motor < ,„M ending last Miumh 31' comj^red-With 352 persons in the previous period. Last-March ’ was the 11th succes­ sive month'in which the death total exceeded^, corresponding . months of the previous year. . .In March (1935, , .31 death-! Were There, were 518 accidents 1934. to 571 -arid st inn ted at I ])( (■> weff 10 fl fewer damage exactly what he wanted t< F gtarliftl^h ‘My -deal asked the iiurse. '‘replied the' man, “you cai down—it’ll make her laugl reported. ’ as against 533 In' March The injury total ran pro perty ' fl a m>a g ■ wa s < $53,8'70. In March 1934 •nine less ■ pte-son ■< . killed, injured, hnd property loss, by ■' . “yes',” - put that anyway.”, GEMS OF THQIJGHT i If you ‘cannot master the whole yet .do not forsake the whole. If you are so unhappy as to-havi- a .foolish- friend, be yourself wise'. The wrirst' kind of, men, are thos< who db’ not care when men See thbif, <■ doing' wrong, • ' . , ‘ What a man-puts into his head it safer than what he puts’into Stockt ■ ’id' real estate. , wm