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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-11-28, Page 6■Lu/ 1 Girl Scouts Welcome • CANADA WE SHOULD VIEW WITH ALARM DEATHS ON THE HIGHWAYS ' .. ,' 'The Qntario Department of. Highr waynis amazed that, the ’people should become tremendously excited j .about a minor earthquake that in jures nobody and causes almost no ; property damage while at the . same time they contemplate with apparent indifference the continuing toll of deaths and injuries in highway acci dents. In.the first eight months of this, year, the department, points out, 6,- ----336 accidents--wererepor-ted:fromQn- tario’s streets and roads, with 291 • deaths, injuries to 6,038 persons,; and with '9,304 vehicles involved and sus taining in the aggregate damage to. : ; the extent of$65!6';000™,~*.............‘ ' \ Earthquake-hazards are almost ne- gligible in this part of- the earth. But every week eight ,or nine persons, on the average, are killed on. highways in . Ontario1, . and two hundred injured, , and we confess our impotence to do anything, about the situation. The pitiful part of it is that almost all accidents are avoidable. They are caused by selfish recklessness, by a j flat disregard for. the conventions, of .; ’.civilized people, by insane Speed, by the failure of the human factor to measure up to the. efficiency of the. \ ■ taachiner— -Ottawa- Journal.- CON GREG ATION SURPRISED The congregation at a local church on Sunday were astounded when a body of six prominent and ' popular gentlemen: of the town walked into: tpe church all in a body. One ot theta carryings a cane bought up the rear of the group of six, arid it looked as. if he were shepherding the others into church. k ' '’ Each of the citizens in that group of six may be termed as genuine old- timere of the North, but it is safe to, say that never before were they ever ] at church together. It is doubtful, in deed, if any two of them were ever in church together or singly ip the one yeai. , The church roof stood up under the strain, but it will not be .surprising, if it leaks a little during the coming ; months;, te- Timmins Advance. j HSb'-j J BSIi Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the late President and Honorary Vice-President- of the Giri _____’ ____ _ . _ 1 • » 4 ' • -r-r « « ^rr 1 \ • T-v TT_____ ____TY-w —Scouts, receives a salute as she’ visits their “Little House” in UWashingtori, D.C., <?n Home Making Day of Girl Scout Week. The girls demonstrated their ability as housekeepers for Mrs. Wilson by. cooking, baking, making beds and washing dishes. , ■ ,..y,,« ------------------——— Cattle on Highways Constitute a Menace 4' if I STREAM-LINED TRAINS Above all, when considered in con-’’ junction with the remarkable achieve ment’ reported in the news columns of this issue, in covering the distance from Montreal to Quebec with a spe-. » i'. cial boat ti^iri in three and one-half * hours, it would be. difficult, to exag- ■\ gerate the importance of the an- L . nouncement just made by the Qanad- w I ian Pacific Railway that five “light weight streamlined locomotives,” to 'be placed in service between this city .7. . and the metropolis and capable of \ -; attaining a speed of 11Q miles an hr. • v—the-first of a new series—are un- . der constructiop. » » . . If the ordinary passenger schedule ‘ ; J maintained hitherto on the Quebec- - Montreal run can® be cut nearly , in . two on the existing rails and with the. present locomotive- power, one may L. imagine what will be possible with , . the new. locomotives when the rails/ ■. have been re-constructed to meet the' Changed conditions, This city will be as close to Mont- real as Three Rivers has been hither- / to, and communications between the i twp centres will be stimulated and ' multiplied correspondingly. — The < Quebec ...Chyonicle-T&lpg-ra-ph-.—„ —-~s- : A LITTLE MORE COURTESY In a recent issue of a widely read magazine, attention is called to a by- ’ product of the automobile industry which ordinarily goes unmentioned:— the Utter ruination of tempers . and manners which the autdmdbile seems to have brought to millions of good • citizens. It is a point well worth con sidering. It Applies to nearly all of us and in the last few years it has pro- • duced a set of road manners which . would seem to justify the complaint that we are a nation of barbarians.— |i Chatham News. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE Great Falls, Montana, believes it pays to advertise. ,Thii* season merchants of that city will spend $6,500 in a street decorat- , ing scheme io be ready one month be- . fore Christmas. is -the most-pre- ~ ritehtibus effort made yet by lighting ahd other decorating effects'. Tfris year several intersections will be equipped with brilliantly-lighted * ■ Christmas trees, arid the Whole light- • fng scheme. is to -ie extended. . ' • ’ Lethbridge started a couple. of • year's ago to hang out the “welcome” .sign to Christmas, shoppers. It may ,©e that, by giving the undertaking a little thought we might make the city . still more attractive during Decem- ’ Iber. Lei’s not hide our light under a bushel. — Lethbridge Herald; • , ' * WHERE BABIES UNWELCOME ■Babies are- unwelcome in Gibral-' iar, which is not a rock, or-island, but jrart of the mainland ,of Spain,-Being primarily a fortress,' Great Britain has no desire to encourage any. in crease in the population. For over thirty years.no now residents havh been permitted to take up their ab ode, not even/British subjects.’ “ Maclean’s Magazine. . YOUTH AND AGE v ' ‘ Youth has its ’virtues, and impa tience with intolerable conditions is- one of thc-’ii. Energy, generosity, id ealism are f-Q-ri-s. /Ill.those . virtues ■ will prove useful, in achieving a so- " • lution Bu» they .will not do it alone. ■ They must work With the experience And wisdom of the older men. -. If -they can give edge and purpose.’and ’ strength to-the alder men’s Courisel so thUch 0e better. But the older men’s' 'i ir ‘ t 0de, not even /British AS. TO RETIREMENT At first glance it would seem rea sonable to put the younger men to work and retire the older men, but on second thought this would put a heavy burden on the shoulders of youth who would be compelled to pro vide the “pensions?;’ in lieu of the wa ges the older men earn. - • The better plan is to pursue those policies that tend to provide work and wages for all who are able and who are more happy producing and earning ;tl?an. they would be _pri. “.Ren- •sions’7; commensurate with theif earn ing power, or existing on a “dole.” Adequate'old age pensions for all who have done their bit, provided Jby the Dominion, are wise, and national- I ly .economical, but only a limited pro portion of. men are old" at 60 years, — ■Moose'^Jaw^i’riib^^erar^ A TOWER OF STRENGTH We Jews of Canada cannpt however altogether disassociate His Excellen cy from John Buchan, who sat in the. British House of Commons. To the world at large he has given a rich --Hterary—productiveness, but- to the' Jews? he has also given another part of himself, the humanitarian, the al truist, the fearless champion of man’s rights. •* As the chairman of the Fro-Pal- astine Committee of the House of Coflimpns, his engaging personality and his keen analytical mind- did a great deal. to build up- Ziopist senti nt. ..He was a tower of strength in- that direction and we venture. to say that he has left an indelible mark up on that organization. — Canadian j Jewish Chronicle." ' .’ the "empire ■ . The Canadian War Memorial -which has 'been erected-at Vimy Ridge to designs by the Canadian sculptor, Mr Walter All ward, is how practically completed. The work has been goin- forward- for some ten years, has in volved the use of" some *10,000 cubic feet. of stone, specially quarried in Yugoslavia, stands- .138 feet high on a. base 237 feet long and contains the names of 11,700 men of the Canadian forces who were reported as I missing and also bears a tribute to the sold iers- of France who laid down their1 lives on Vimy Ridge. Their sacrifice is symbolized in a series of twenty figures grouped between and around two enormous pylons. Each figure al one is twelve feet high and- weighs 30 tons. • '. ■ Do You Want To Keep Young? ■ Hold your thoughts persistently. Avoid fear in all its varied forms of» expression. Simply refuse to grow old by count ing; your years “Or anticipating old , age. . . A " / Don’t allow •' yourself to..' think’ of your birthday, that you are a* year^ older. ' < .. Avoid excesses of all -kinds;' they are injurious. The long life must be a temperate regulai* one.' Keep mental cobwebs, dust ahd bikin'.asih.es*:brushed" bff. by frequent trips to the country. Never look on the dark side;1 "take sunny views of every thing; a sunny thought drives away the shadows. Keep your _mind young by- fresh, wigorons: thinking, and . ydur^eajfcL ■T5oW<rijy cuitivatyig a cheerful, o£- tomistic disposition. . . Don’t live to eat, but - eat to live. Many of our . ills are due to overeat ing'and eating wrong'things, also jto -jrregula'r eating habits. ■Don’t be 'too ambitious; the Cank er of over-valuating ambition* has eat- tjan ..up. th.e .'happiness .of many-.a-Iife.~ - Keep busy; idleness is a great, friend of age, but an enemy of youth. Regular employment and mental oc cupation are marvellous youth pre servers. " ' . Pure air, both indoors ahd out-, doors, is absolutely essential to health and^ lpng living. Never allow yourself to remain in a poisoned or ' vitiated atmosphere. Don’t let anything interfere with your regular hours of work and rest, but get plenty of sleep,, especially before midnight. . . . . Refuse to allow the mind to stiffen the muscles by the suggestion of age limitations. Age is a mental state, The Alimohte Gazette in its last issue made the following . pertinent- observations; . • °; - • “Some time ago the judge raised ' "the Question of whether oKhot lt was strictly legal to have-cattle on .the- road even though they were accom panied by a driver.’ Either the judge- ’ or the law was in .error because it is palpably absurd to state that a far mer Can’t • drive, his cattle on..a country road. ' 'What... we. suspect is that the learned judge was .misquoted in the papers. ~ What- he probaWy said is' .that it w-as against,- the law to allow cattle to stray unattended On the highway. . Quite recently a ■Perth doctor- driving at night'wreck ins automobile When . he ' struck a broke out of a pasture then it was pure accident but if it-was allowed by. its owner-to forage tor a living along the sides' of the’ highway- the. .owner was guilty of a grave breach of the law. He might even have fac ed a charge, of manslaughter had . not the occupants of the car been ex ceedingly fortunate. Qne_road Jhat. seems tp.be infested with wandering cattle Is that between Carleton 'Place.and Perth. Seldom does a, mo torist pass over " it ■ without being j forced ’to crawl through a group of .cows. Last week a motorist met a full fledged bull on the highway' near Innisvillq and. for a time it, looked as, though Mr. B. was going.to dispute the right-of-way with the car, There is no reason ’ for farmers allowing pattie to become a menace on our highways. Practically every .farmer, is driving a car himself- and appreci ates th'e danger. This law should- be enforced by the provincial police in the Interests of public safety.” ................. 1 ' . ny.-. — r-""—" '■ 1 , Can We Wait? (Hon. » Frank Carrell • in Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph) s. Much as we advocated world peace Through the League of Nations, ’ ■ Long'e. ago "we forsaw ' What is developing in Europe to- '■ ■ day, - ■'<; Britain must arm and arm heavily. Pacifist Prime Minister Baldwin j is "right. ■ *1 Britain ik in’•danger. zThe neutrality of the United .. States ■ ‘.. -■ -■ Makes the position more complex.' The whole trpuble~is the jealousy -----E-ur ope ? --- - -...................J - — Sovietism-, Facism and Nazism Are now.trained military camps.. The people are bottled up ■ - . ’ Boiling with envy which breeds . J ,....-.hatred,_ „.. Of: Eritetn, . Canada and the Unit ed' States. ' ■-’■ ; . No country’wfll have them,. So they, are training, ..training, . ' . training. And becoming mpre restles^ and - " aggressive. Anything may happen. • The^ one safe course ..... 4s“in~"preparatiori^fQr-defencer—” Siesta Period In Italy Is Cancelled Rome. - — Sanctions have stolen 1 Italy’s siesta hour. Premier Mussolini- told his people recently, they must work a full day In the daytime and do'their sleeping at night to S&ye of fice ligiht and heat. They must/work on a schedule from 9 a.mjto 4.30 p.m.,- with only, a half-hour for lunch. The latter regulation may prove the most bitter disciplinary lesson BlaCk Shirt patriots have yet .faced. For centuries they have ,been tesed Though the windows start about four feet; from the floor (as nursery tyindows should) the curtains are all ground length; They look.,better that way ns as -keeping oiit any ■ sneaking draughts1.-*'-There- are no' pelmets. ~ «■ 'In- the night nursery there is a - dressing table over against the win dow. A square one, .-.topped by a layer of glass and with skirts of the sea-shell chintz draped round it. ■ "The nurse’s bed is a divan with overspread.. and headrest of thei chintz. . At each side are small tables.'" - ■ The only other furniture in the1 room is, a long chesT- of drawers, also' in white washable; paint, outlined ? with blue, which "houses the early, I' wardrobe of the -young Rrincej ' an' , armchair; apd the royal 'cot, , " Rooms Intercommunicate' - ■One door leads in directly from the landing, -'another into the lobby, -so that the suite is really self-contained and the baby1 need not. be carried out on to the landing in order to ,, go from the ,day to the night nur sery. ■' ’ • ' • • . ■ ,, In front of the.electric fire in-the day-nursery -is a deeply hgnd-tufted •- ■Wool ' rug, rightly, cplqred with houses and little'men. Nice and soft to crawl about on and-with plenty ; to interest the young mind. Then there- is the centre table, , i'white with its blue lines, square but’ with the corners snubbed off. Around it four plain chairs with , ho dust,'xj0B**‘ rests. ' ■ , < .And a, good and roomy ‘toy cup board over against the wall. An armchaih for nurse and plenty .... of room for play. . ” ‘ No Direct Lighting | - There- is no overhead lighting, only low' standard fittings with ‘ white bases .and'blue and, white shades. The bathroom fitments are white, ' ■ With chromium-plated' taps. .___.' The whole-place is kept at an even .'temperature, by ;• central heating, ’ . though there are the screened elect ric fires'in both the nurseries for eX-; tra-=€jo|d’ days.- J.^And::'th.at.ris about jAILatefakes:. ±o. . make the perfects nursery— except/ of / course, the baby. ’: . . / “Right to Die” Ottawa..—Ottawa physicians last week expressed disagreement with principles of the “right to die”, doc trine being sponsored in Lp/ndoh by a society headed by Lord Moynihan. One widely known doctor said the doctrine was a “highly dangerous one and ith” application might lead to- many unforseen , abuses. : In granting the privilege of taking life it would be hard to decide where to draw the lne, and, as. a human ele ment would have to be contended with, the precedent would be a dan gerous one.” Another physician asked: “Who is going to be the ultimate court of appeal? Often,” he said, “people ..whci_are adjudged- on -the verge of death by the best authorities recover by some miracle, and a good many mistakes are likely to be made in an- inexact science. My opinion is. that it would -be. a very dangerous thing to put the amount-of power suggest ed. into'any hands.” YOUNG DELINQUENTS The new law to be'introduced by . Ahe Goverpment aims“at keeping due a child uptil fourteen years of age, when one becomes “a yoilpfe person.” He or she rernains a young person until the age of sixteen is reached, and shall not bo ‘hanged for murder ' very severely' punished for other offences. After -sixteen,’ presumably, . o • all become old persons, or at any rate, old enough to be hanged of .g k it"easy for-people jmprisoned like anybody. else., This +n new law is ah improvement on the existing one. We are gradually get- .■..-. ting away from the habit .of treating A ls lo9t■ he who .brutally the very young, from mak- Sows courtesy reaps' friendship, and cr.ln?™la,te y»“ths wh«..with-a;ta^h<( p)ant., kindness gather love, little initial1 lenient treatment, would.;_BaA -- , \avoid a criminal career for the bab ’_____■ ' . . ■ iance' of th«>ir lives. Of ctfurse it. is It is ‘t0 assimc , haUt 1>ut truf that some ehtldren are vicious. when.you try to cast.it off, it will But the vast majority are not even tafe . .kin and a)|._W. W..Shaw.- , .though they may be wild. It says, _ . . much for the “better, traits of human —r-----------------------------------*------ -—i riiafly badly-treated . The .proper function of a govern- to do good, and difficult for tfikm to .do evil.-—Gladstone. ’ '• —Basil.. It is easy to assume a habit; .but V ■ ■ - ■' I vv W4.J. w vaou.iu vil, IL Will _/ i take skin and all.—-H. W. „Shaw.- ( It -says ■ . .,■•.• I | disposition Wat in spite of conditions sjty becomes a secondary essential, many badly-treated children have,] a nie(jium. for distributing the new grown up to be quite respectable. intellectual currency which the uni te ements of society Kingston versjty should'be continuously min- Jamaica Gleaner. f ■ i ing. The attempt of the new vice- iui. ■ . A SCHOOL chancellor of the University of Mel- hen will it be realised generally , bourne,.Dr. R. E. Priestly, to spread' in Australia that a university is'ten; the widest support arid encourage-, ment.. The improvements which he I has planned for his own university j appear costly only because the com munity has neglected ■ in the. past- to ■maintain' adequately its source of intellectual vigour. — The Austral- asiah. _____. 1 ■ -r— .. “ . ........ When wifi 1 ' in Australia that a university is'an : ^jg gospel in Australia is worthy of. essential part of a modern comi^un-, it;y,-a’nd not merely a glorified school I where advanced -lessons are tadght? The’great universities of th'b.' old world-oWe .their greatness to^the contributions they have niade . to the increase in fhe“sUm of human know ledge and to the advancement Of cl- VancouvAr Rroviiire.- pect the''teaching side of the univeiS 4 * The Pioneer Spirit Observes the Woodstock Sentinel- Review —-- Contents of a couple of' bulky envelopes from a, press clip ping agency disclose that no item in the Sentinel-Review during the past- three moths was oftener -reproduced or achieved as wide distribution as a paragraph from an editorial ‘article upon the subject of, emplbymenf. Re- publshed under the title, “Too Much Waiting About,” It appeared in at least 40 newspapers in three provin ces. It said: .( “Students of Canadian history have been impressed of late by the thought that many, present difficulties would disappear if young people were pre pared to face pioneer conditions and make a way for themselves as earlier generation did in this country. There too great IT 'teffdency' ''fb wait for government or organizations to cre ate favorable opportunities, arid too much dependence upon services and conveniences and environment which exist-only because of the toil which others < performed many years ago.”. The quotation, is recalled here be cause-there was something in the [nature of a sequel-to it In’.the speech of Dr. Horace L. .Brittain,, of the Citizens’ Research Institute, before"^ hoard of .tj*ade meeting here. He was not alluding to. young people so much- as adults ----- in - fact to. tax payers. The latter are. inclined, he said., to take an .adequate interest in municipal affairs only whcii times are hard and something hurts their pockets. Dr. Brittain sees hard times still ahead, -but |he has' some confi dence that the spirit of the people •./ill lead them f;o “take hold” and perhaps bring1 a lon'^'o-. Jrdve balahc- of budgets.-lb- -.'-j - * "My hope is-that the people of*On tario’have sufficient of the.spirit of the old pjonte/rs that when'they sec' bow. things'are going they will really take hold. Great Britain hits done ft. She has balanced her budget — the only country In the world that has. We have not balanced any budgets in Canada and only a few 'municipal!, ties, ■ and Lhe best records have been made h£ rural' municipalities. But J think, being a chip off the old block, wo will probably balance our budget- I, have a great deal of hope that’vvin ^happen. Anyway, ff It does not hap-; ■p-enf-y'rj—rioserve--a.-ll--we- / ■ I p. MODERN NURSERY FOR INFANT PRINCE Suite Prepared 'for Son of Duke and Duchess of "Kent ; Extremely Simple ------- Fitted for a very modern , young prince is the suite which has been prepared £or the Duchess of Kent’s baby, son, writes Zoe Farniar in the London Daily Express. The threh rooms—day .and night nursery and bathroom—-are on the third floor immediately . above the Duchess’ own bedroom, overlooking tree-top s_pf.JB.el grave-square^-— It was the Duke of Kent who de cided on the planning, the colors, and the general lay-out of the suite, al most a private flat, Which was pre pared long before the arrival of the new Prince. ' , . . And the first quality , which was demanded of every item of furnish ing and decoration was- washability. The -floors, the tables and chairs, the curtains and' chair covers,- can all be kept spotlessly clean—easily. White ahd Blue That point and the qoothing light ness, of the foolws make this nursery one that will be copied-by mothers throughout the-1 world. .It contains no extravagent detail, no unnecessary luxury”. . a back-, grouhd fit for a prince, but, equally, fit'for any well-loved baby., ' The floors of all three rooms, are close covered in a white rubber com position—■%’ in,, thick, soft to tread on, Warm and vzashable., The -walls, t.oo, are all painted in a slightly shiny white—white with, the glare taken put of it by "the slightest tinting of yellow —■ “off- white”-the decorators call ft. Everything is white, in-' fact, ex cept the patterned, glbss-yChintz which covers the. chairs and forms the. curtains. , > ' ' . The background of this fabric is blue., Not “.Marina” or • ■ “ebab’y-boy” blue; darker than thosfe- but not quite as deep as navy./. On it, are. patterned- conei - shaped shells/ in ■whft-c7-^ach--about^ixrincheg7'l'O'ng7— V ** II Warrior9s Day He was stepping out right smartly. As I glimpsed him years ago, . -Eo'r.,. thB-BUgadier-lwas-fubsy-^.:--;-——------ Over putting.on a show; And the boys came, up in column Shifting smoothly into line, With the rifles sloped correctly. , ■ And the buttons, all, ashine^ They were spear-head troops-1 and I .knew it, . / You could tell . it from their stride*, While. th,e Brass Hats took* the credit Almost bursting in their pride. The band was on the side liiies It was playing Kerry Gow- But that- was many years gao; A. long far road from now. I saw him only yesterday On a snh-drencihed city; street, Where scorching pavemeht~"s'wei;terej(k± '^^wb^dhTt'^Iet’ •thef^^ount out Although he might be down; • He wasn’t wearing Khaki ,Tust a suit of rusty brown, At sight of him and many more, ‘ ' The Grandstand rose to . cheer/ For here as - something novel To be seen but onfce a year. Said one sweet lip-sticked maiden, “What are those medals for,” “I guess,” said scarlet finger-tips,’ “There musta'been a war.” . . —Canadian .School Journal." V A Good Creed ' The Kitchener Record pubiislied’ a. sportsmen’s’ creed, as issued by an association which aims to preserve. the wild life .and the denizens of the, woods. .• ...Never in short endanger human____— lTfe. ~ 2. / Ne^er kill wantonly’, or need lessly, or* brutally. ** . 3. Obey t|he laws, work for bcjtt$^ - laws, and, uphold the enforcing au thorities. " - 4. Respect, the rights of farmers, and property Owners. ■ » . 5. Always leave seed birds .and. game-birds in cover. ..' • . . 6. Ne,ver be,a fish-hog. 7. Discourage the .killing of game fpr commercial purposes by refusing to' purchase trophies. . ' ' . ■ Study and record the natural hfs-- tory of game species in the Interest of; science. . . ■ 8. Study .and. record the natural, history of game species In the interest of science. . ’ ' - ■ . 9. Never throw down a , but your history of game species In the interest ■ p M ‘ match or cigarette. Put camp fire. 10. Love nature .and its and bo a gent Ionian. denizens st • Whipped blood is the diet, of Lon- dpii Zoo’s, three vampire bat's-. Every flight. they- consume at least half a pint of horse’s, blood which has been beaten with tin egg whisk. • Somebody tossed a gourd —* a kind of melon —- into & garden at Waker ing, . Esfibx. It burst, ■ an<L the seeds' yielded 3. cwt. of fruit,- the largest weighing 3/4cwL TheteAyere 4 evem-r ' teen, gourds from the-seeds. Gne^root. camo up. hi p neighbour’s garden , with it.. ‘ . - . . ’ A ‘ f "' / ; 7I I V ...v..... a .........L .. V**'-■ 1