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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-12-05, Page 6.■•!.■ -: ■!. Ml-J,'.-, ‘I’1 v 1 * Dance ' Team --. Make Life Partnership . 1 .- 1,433,000' (910,- for husking 7,765-000 CANADA FIGURING IT IN DOLLARS '--. Traffic accidents cost Toronto ’ \ $8,500,0.00" in the . year 1934. It does not ffiean that such a vast amppnt .' : of money was paid , out in cash-,' but there were 70 deaths and* 3,129 in- '* ; '* juries. Traffic' experts and insiir- ' * ance men:.;,have their . own way of ' computing such matters and- their - ' ’ estimate is. that a dea-tlfjn&ans an "■ economic loss t of ?1.,000 and an in-. ■ jury is reckoned, at $2,500. We pre sume, that the $10,000 figure for a "death would, include .the logs bob the 'L individual’s earning, power. . That * “ . would be a* family loss. — Teterboro- -N- '--i.■ = '■Exa-mln.eri .——------ O'UR.WHEAT ABROAD There are two, things Canada re-. . ‘ . . qhires to cdo to promote wheat sales abroad: First, to familiarize the people With? the quality of bread made largely from Canadian flour, . and secondly, to remove mental . prejudices based on the, repeated assertions, that Canada has been-en deavoring fot.gouge ' the consumer., —^-Th-ese-^rc^"mpojt-an-t---tasksr^™'Wha^^ » * ■ '. the grain trade' can" do in these di- . rections should be. done, and the Government should support their ef forts to . the limit.. —-Winnipeg -Tri- ."' bun.e. ' - z ' . -■ A BLIND BRIDGE PLAYER . . Captain (Gerald Lowry, a blinded veteran of the. World. War,, recently. '— was one of' the champion pair’ at the British. Bridge League Congress at Harrogate. His partner was a woman. Not only did they-win but they were Always;, the first pair to finish their ' hands. ' a ' ' _________.' • ' ■ , ":®nnaimssHfds- its compehsatlbns.- -• Nature to some extent redresses“the; . balance, by developing other faculties. Captain Lowry is a remarkable ex- ample of overcoming the handicap .■ . and lives'a more active and normal • life- than most people. He has de- « veloped his'memory to such an'extent^ that • when a, friend whispers the. ... designations of his cards to him. he. 1 remembers ’ them throughout the game and where he has' arranged ;. .. . them. When he has to play dummy,'’ , the cards named to him--and her‘ re- - • .members them, too. The rest is easy. . . -During the . Harrogate tournament he ' played 32 "calls and never forgot a ■ fear'k / . ’ • > . . Captain Lovvry before the war was an .ardent golfer and amateur, boxer. . /hit it too, and he never misses. He tees his'-own ball and drives by jn- ? Stinct., His 1 caddie tell him [where ■ e his' ball lies and where he should hit it to, and re never misses. He also learned osteopathy and has built up one of the most., lucrative prac- .„„__..^._/ti.ce3_.Iii„To.nd.oii.,_—The:..S.t,-;.Thoma^ /—— Tim^-’lQhrnal——• -- - --- ...-.. BIRTH OF THERMO VIES In Paris the other • day was ob served with-, appropriate * ceremonies ,the<,40th anniversary of the first mo tion-pictures made in. Europe. Louis Lumiere made them', with his,.brother -August, since deceased, and Louis for the anniversary celebration ran off these ancient films. They showed the' arrival- >pt train at a. French rali- sr-oad. station,,c.t-Wo--m©n--in/--a“ rowboat banda comedy on .the exploits .,of a gardener with a watgr hose. Each film was about three, feet in length, They were, made in 1894, but' ■ they were not shown until. March 22, .'1895, . when they astounded an audi- 'ence of French scientists, ^gatheredin the-basement'of a Paris-hotel/ .. But the Luinieres, it appears, were second to Thomas A,. .Edison. Edison, according to the’ ^Encyclopaedia, Bri tannica, began his- experiments as early as 1887, and on October 6, 1889,' daiponstrated his kinetoscope in his laboratory at Orange, New Jersey. He obtained a United States patent ian . ’91, but it was not until-April 14, 1894,. that his machine had . its ‘/SrsF^ufilbTsfibwing —/at” 115*5 Broad way, New York. That Was. 11 months, before the Paris showing. ' Thus -40 years ,,or so encotopass the history of the moving film. For a long time after 1894 it Was consider ed little more than a toy, a deVice suited- to the amusement of children. Few then realized its tremendous poL tentialities or . foresaw its develop-- meht. — Ottawa Journal. ■ STINGLESS BEES Bee-keeping would perhaps - be 'more popular-in this country if it was -n 0Lf or/thp-danger. o f -being-s tu these busy insects. It inay be of in terest to those who are afraid of these stingers,, and, who would like to gather their own honey, to know that a breed of stingless bees has been discovered ijn South Africa, and that1 ffhe Zoological Society of England has arranged to have a stock of them shipped fm* experimental purposes. These 'Ma,npasi bees', however, are only about the size of a large house fly, and it remains to be seen whether, they can live in othdr than their na tive climate "and produce sufficient honey to make it Worth while keep ing them. In Africa the children seek out the Manpasi nests and gather the honey, for which there , is a ready 'sale.,|I , ■Wliat we heed in this country, however; , is not so much a'stingless bee ,g.s a .stingless mosquito. T The bee only uses its-, sting in selLde- fence, whereas , the mosquito “bites” one without the least , provocation, —Stratford Beacon-Herald. ’HEU =1. 0 and United States railways which, re quire assistance just now, for the British g.pvernment lias agreed to : -guarantee principal and interest of a £30,000,000 Ioan, with; which the railways of that; country "will carry out a variety of large-scqje improve ments and purchase new equipment. Canada’s railways are by,no means alone in experiencing, difficfiltes in regard., to profitable operation. • Brockville Recorder and Times. A GOOD TEAM - Mr-. Perry J. ‘ Griffen, for some years a member of The Star's ad- ■ vertising. staff, and more recently the business foanager of the Edmonton Journal, ’ haq been made general manager of tlie Peterborough Ex- 1 aminer which has recently been ac quired by Messrs. Harry Muir -and Rupert,Davies/ With Mr. Griffen as s /'general m^nafer and Mr. A.’R. Ken- "liedy1 of the Stratford Beacon-Herhld as editor,, the Examine,!* will be cap-- . ably administered. Already its edL toral page hhs- put on a more effec tive typographical garment, and other improvements- may • be looked -fqr under the new: management. — To- • ro.n.to Star. ' WHY -THEY STARTED ' ' ■ . The familiar metal grilles and bars- so common in most banks originated btiek in 'the gay.-nineties,, according to,ah article ‘appearing in the journal of -the Canadan Bankers’ Association. And “therein lies' a ktory. It seems that It was Christmas eve, and.that eVen in tho«e days . clerks had to work overtime. ,NA tlii'ef- managed to get inside . the -..pr.emisos 'and Ipfrled Wh ch were stacked bags'^f- sovereign,. bech very good up the largest ge.faway in . one ’ sou pars.’’ '■Unfortunately young man one of the clerks bad‘ap propriated that 'palWq.la«r bag 'with ■ tvjhirli to „carry home his Christmas dinner, it was one instance where the • ' thief literally/obtained the gbose. but lost the golden egg.',.- However, the incident, impressed officials of the bank With the need fob ’foore, adequate protection. Result —‘ cages- and bars •— Brockville Re corder, / ■’• insme . me '.premises ana hurled a brick'at the glass, partition' behind * wheh were stacked bags/pfsovereigh.. Showing what would . normally have judgnienb. he scooped bag and made his of fin nd on's "pea- Valerie Traxler, 19, cousin of Loretta Young, and Buddy Car-, penter, 27, got along so well .when they Were paired as dance part ners in a Hollywood musical film that they have, decided tb get married and'become partners for life. , * \ BY MAIR M. MORGAN lW The season of “reading” is with us-.. Cold winds; flurries' of snow drive us ' / ’ a comfortable arm chair beckons. Now is the time to catch up on your reading. And what ab. array of good books. Look over, the following list — either for your-, self—or as a present this Christmas: f GILBERT, and. SULLIVAN, by Hes- keth Peaison (Musson’s, Toronto). At one time‘or another we, all have at tended- our. first Gilbert and Sullivan opera and enjoyed ourselves immense ly-. It is only seemly that this famous . -^arSfo^&i^-1shnuId/-b^pTesoh^e,d^HF 7find/,an ^explanation of their. famous partnership and their equally famous ■ quarrel, in their .strangely dissimilar natures.. There are many .amusing •anecdotes throughout the 'book and it is with regret that one finishes, this recounter of twer truly extraordinary characters. | ■ * if ——— / \ THE ASIATICS by.2Frteder.rc Pro kosch .(Musson’s, Toronto) is a travel novel everyone will Want to read who. enjoys a tale well-told in exquisite prose. Here we meet Antoine Samazeuith, a tall powerful fellow,- handsome, strong,as an ox;, free of all conscience., incapable, of unhap piness, born lucky., I Zara, a Turkish girl, travelling to ward an unknown destination. Un couth, yet possessing great affection ate eyes and. hair. that. shdne <iike indoors .where the following list — either for your-, —; —-marching forward : - ; Britain still marches forward. Sav ings per head of the population in England and Wales ' have gone up from £3 7s lid in 1934 to £3 15s 7df in 1935. Retail sales have increased by 8 per cent since 193'4 'and by 12 per cent since 1933. And look at the 40,000 drop in unemployment announ ced by Mr. Chamberlain. W$ are reaping the “reward of the confidence that four years of" stable government1 have created, — London Sunday Ex press/' BRITISH WHEAT Home-wheat prices are influenced' more by competitive, imports from the Continent of Europe than by im ports from Canada, Argentine,^, or Australia, -because .this 'European wheat is more strictly comparable in quality, ’The fact that France's crop this season is put at 18 per cent less than Jast year’s ^educes the pos sible competition that' home wheat has to face. This scheme in aid of home-grown*'wheat, as we pointed' out recently, is the most, popular among farmers of all the plans so far tried, to relieve the. economic troubles of British agriculture. On Paper the scheme looked so 'Compli cated' that many M. P.’s confessed that they could not/understand its intricacies, and not a few believed that <it• would . prove unworkable. Far- from these fears being realised, tbe wheat quota is the jumpiest ^f all . devices in its actual operation. Glasgow Herald. • AUSTRALIAN . N. Z. TRADE The citizens of' the ' Dominion are. .anxious that every facilty for mutual tradel between' Australia .'and. New/- Zealand should'be .established. . The | experience of the past, however, has 1 been most discouraging. Mr. Coates and Mr. Masters were ' in' Australia at the ned of last'year on a commer cial mission, and numbers of oppor tunities have been made for AusttaiL . an. .Mini aters- -to. Ais c-uss— t-rad-e ques- tons on the spot. Yet the'major ques tions remain unsolved. New Zealand ■ jje j10p0(j j5 that prohibition may last season strictly regulated the Im- ..replaced by equative regulation*, pqrt of oranges, from Sputh Australia ■ lpjle. a|{uatipn, is a small-scaje exdin-, the only source of supply id the pijflcatjon Of the narrow economic Commonwealth because that State is nalfbna]i?!tn that j9 obstructing trade ..free from Mediterranean fly.-W . through on t/t.he wb?1d. - Auckland consumers had to pay excehsive prices. AS to-the embargo placed,.by ir.. .. ■’ the Commonwealth oh Now Zealand '21 Hands are Most Important Asset 1 Can Express Any Emotion or’ ’ • Instinct, "Declares Con stance Collier Bureau *'Now ’Places It At 2,000,000 .Bushels Under ’ 1934. — 273,971,000 To- „ ■' ‘. OTTAWA—-The Dominion Bureau 'of' Statistics estimates Canada’s 1935 "wheat crop, at 273,971,0.00 'bushels, about '2,000,000 bushels less than that of*19.34.> ' ' . - . - Second Estimate The crop report containing the-sec ond estimate qf the wheat-r yield brought production'-down from a Sep- -Itsmber 11 estimate- of 290,541,000 bushels to place it slightly below .the 1934 yield while estimate 'yields-' pf meat other cereal crops were higher ■ .than those of .last year.: The report said the 1935 season' was similar to .that of 1934 . in that threshing returns did not' fully sub stantiate.first estimates.’’ofi-grain pro duction. " ■ \ • i._i_J[lats.M-AL&,349^.00Av 000.000 -bushels .less than in the Sep tember. 11 estimate but still well above. 19-34 production of ’321,120,000' bushels. Estimates of other cereal crops, in bushels With 1934 figures'in brackets: ' ■ Barley 87,512,000 (63,742,000) ;• rye. 10,610,000 (5,423,000); peas 1,581,000 (1.588,000); Beans .1,117,000 (81'3,-- .600); buckwheat- '7-,972.000 (8,635,- 926.000); flaxseed./ 1,433,000 (910,- 400)';. earn (6,798,000). Yields Per Acre* Average yield per acre in bushels- with .the averages for 1934 in brack ets: Wheat 11.4 (-1J.5); oats . 29.5 (.23.4^; barley 22.5 (17.6);-. rye 13.8 (.7.4)-; -peas 16.'9 (16.7);.; beans 17,3 (14.3); buckwheat 21.0 (21.2.); mixed grains. 34.3 ,(3^.7) ; flaxseed 6.7 (4.0); 'corn for husking 46.3 (42.2). ' ■ The report said reduction in thife year’s .estimates wa§ caused mainly ^h-^Sa-sk-af-ehe^wah- a-nd; -Alberta. The bureau was forced to/reduce the : barley .estimate 'by 7,000,000 bushels 'while flaxseed arid rye also came down , as threshing re turns failed to support previous com putations. The fall wheat . crop, of Ontario is estimated at 12,601,000 bushels 'compared with the earlier figure of 13,267,000, . . 'Prairie Provinces •“For the three Prairie Prov.ihces. the second estimate of the yields' Bf the five principal grain crops in bushels follow with the 1934 figures. ■ Hands are more important to the actress than perhaps' anything else" she has" to-depict emotions with. So believes Constance Collier, famous , English-.'stage star, who' makes her American ■ talking ' picture debut .shortly, “Watch your hands-—study' ■ what you can do. >yith them,” is her . principal. advice to. younger players essaying scrq^n fame; .. ' //,, ; “Eyes may mirror tliie soul,” shei .4 says, “and .are, very important, es- • i piecially in pictures,, but with the» . 1 hands one can express any emotion and any instinct, * For instance, to —^7 ■depict, fear, nothing can be . so ex- - . pressive: as one’s properly used.. There is a psychological rea son. In the presence of sudden ter ror, the first instinct of a human being is to protect- one’s face. Hence tne hands '‘involuntarily travel.___ upward... . r “This does not mean the use of any conventional gestures,;; which of cou'rse' should be avoided. The idea is"simply to. let one’s hands do what one’s ' subconscious thoughts direct., Instinct is one of the most valuable . ,1 ■ asset's, to. actor or actress, yet many try to avoid using, it,” \ •'“Mollys&dd^^ Down The Children Dr. Emanuel Miller, eminent psy- • chologist, said in a recent lecture: ‘‘There’.is a "very large percentage of parents today who never gain the confidence 'Of'their children. “Children can ,°be doomed to fail- .'...' ure by parents moiiytjoddling,- and .others may suffer from nervousness* for the ijeSt of their lives as a result : of too strict parents.. A few of the sympt-oins of nervous ness which should be'■looked ^yt Tor „/ iJaztlieZybujig ,cKiidl.wasLexpladiLe,dL.b,y.-. _ Dr. Miller.. There was the case -of the. excessively • boisterous child who needs -careful study. ‘|jAs a rule this kind-- of child is suffering from -a feeling .of anxiety .and fear,’’ he sad. • “The restless x child is another type -which should not he overlooked. ... ■/ ' ’¥, water under moonlight-. Ahmed,-an ingratiating-young Per- JLW11V¥V L11C n.gUies sidn, who longed for the West, but1 in brackets: Wheat,. 2&G,000,000.(2S3,- was incurably under'-the spell of his —- — - •• --------------- Eastern shiftiness. Ursule, . lovely buf ' disquieting, faithful in her fashion,-1 but capable of surprising gestures-and emotions/ *' All these and many more arte woven .into, an amazing tale, which so en grosses the reader that it is difficult to arrive back in everyday surround- ing, when the book is finished. I - M R. F Rs1 C HI~. E Y’-S H 0 LI DA Y' -I) v ; -delight-fuIfbizvtehturff^' this/author’s pen.’ /Those who- have. 800,000);. oats, 263,947,000 (172^040,- 000); barley,- 66,115,000 (44,742,000)-/ rye, 9,347,000 (4,381,000)"; flaxseed, 1,330,000 (827,000). ' ■' | ; “By prdvinces the yoelds are as fol lows: Manitoba, wheat, 18,800,000 (37;10.0,000); oats, 32,937,000 (26,752,- 000; barley, .23,533,000 (17,298,000)‘ rye,- 1,885,000 (1,134,000)- flaxseed, 157,000 (180,000). Saskatchewany wheat. 132,000,000^ 114,200.,OQOl)-; ;oatsr . '« THE FUTURE Worry not about .the1 possible trou bles : of the future;, for if they come, . you are but -anticiptating and adding to their weight.; and-if they, do not" come, - your worry is useless; and it )•/, either case it 'is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God’s .providence.— , Tryon Edwards. ARE THE LAKE /LEVELS RISING? (From ((he Owen Sound Sun-Times) October report of the Hydi’ographic Serv.ice. shows that the water, levels: of'the- St. Lawrence and.Great Lakes, while ipWer than in SeWtefober of this^yehr, are from 2 ' to/ 5% ^inches higher than in -October, / lO’j^^The" comparative leyels, foon-th by'month, ' for this* year, have been [higjher than last; .apd a slight-aven uai was j' J-the lakes, coming back? U! ... ?...this^edr, are from 2 to/ 5% ' ’.... light • average uincruyse7 reported la/KyWf7Are’ trie lilKt'p. curniii^ i/auix ? . ■ This variation in lake levels something no one, so far ^s we know has’tried to' explain/but ge \\inci’esiser' is here' seems ; to be a firtrly 'even rise and fail-over periods of about teh. yearly Over the last 15 years, however, Uhere has been a steady fall. . V. .' ' eH- has potatoes, the'best, that can at pres. Wdctor-U-anning-^(M-u^on^^s^hotheNi^/-.(:.U3.W^ ^flaxs~eed7/.T.a5'5.O.a0r ------- ---- . _ 000 (112,5.00,obd); ' oM- 94,611,000 (81,QpO,O0O);. barley, 18,860,000 (15,- 041,000) •/rye, 2,244,000 (1,927,000) ; flaxsepd/ 118,000 (105„000). ' < Frost, ,is Blamed “The second estimate of 1935, wheat production in-the Prairie Province's, is 16,000,000 bushels below the first estimate of -272,000,000 bushels made on September 11. Most of the reduct ion is due to frqst- damage in north ern districts ,of jAlb.erta and Sask atchewan that Was not. apparent two months a^o.” The report said ' m'ovepient cf the 1935 crop to market was considerably later than last year- bat about the first week in September marketings •increased perceptibly and by the ninth week of the crep year, starting on August 1, the cumulative total ex ceeded that of>1934. The cumulative total was sfill greater than ■ that of 1934 at Novembe.r 1. At, that,-time total deliveries and platform loadings vwere 146-899,210z - bushels compared with $14/42j,423 in the corres.nn.ud-i.ng- st/year. T~ read “Polycarp’s Progress” will need, no' introduction to 'this author’s, characters.. For those .who have not enjoyed, the amazing antics of; Mr; . Canning’s heroes, they should not miss a moment, but hojp out, grab a copy and accompany ■ Edgar Finchley, ’ eminently respectable, • on his supposedly convential ' three-week holiday at the. seashore. ' Books Received THE UNCROWNED KING by Baroness Orczy (author, of the Scar let Pimpernel).' THE WEDDING by Denis Mackail. by.. Mar-THE SHINING CLOUD garet Pedler/^ SUNSHINE STEALER Rucks " THE SUN AND .THE Ruby M- Ayres. . by Berta SEA by 041,000) •/ rye, 2,244,000 were 146^89J>,210z bushels compared period T.he reason for this last is not,hard to find, wheri we consider that there has been a constant campaign of channel-deepening,- Dredging has been done, and canals enlarged, with the ■natural result that more^wate^ has been brought from the head of the lakes, and as Lake Supprior — the only one, by the way,., tro_...show—no. material drop sinceTSGO, when the first records"were made—is virtually1 take, ^damified' by the Sault-rapids, mote 'Why? yfelp ^my Government; ; waiter has been goirjg info the. ''sea|14°re hfop the people., • than came into the rivers find lakes. | 2. T/ike some-Qf it to help some i ■"The falling levels are '.easy to ex-1 0I?e ^sS f°rfu^a'l-e> -^nd sep that some plain.—- deeper channels, the Chica-1 £ain,3ies ’n our neighborhood got -a go drainage scheme, \ deforestation; K0<)d. square peal for -New Year’s. patter, for they >do hot-' seem depend on rain or snowfall'., but on as we said, in cycles. ” If the[ levels ■ really on the up grade -it will be good news -for. shipping, as an inch' Oftdepth ,makes a difference of thousands of dol lars in cargo capacity. Good news too, for lakeside summer resorts, j sofoe of Which, have almost been' put out of business, by. recession the water. All interested will be hop-., ing the periodic rise is under way. .. i o Spend $5^0001 Tpz de Editor of The Globe: Re J M,X. Williams's letter, “\Vliat, to do q With $5,000?” - ■ _ (. ... 1. I would, take $-1,500' of.it and' . .out a .Government, annuity. I/Ielp^my Government.; there-I than came into the rivers and lakes. | ■"The falling levels '*’ plain * but the rising levels are a different to go A Young Frock It’s made of black wool jersey, .......................1- It is relieved by a vestee tons. The tied-1 collar, is very New Yeaw’s Day, eta'rt1nf oft another ’^eMective sclinie is yea.1, veiy little. Give them a good black novelty crepe silk -with start. for. 1936. . • » ,i white slipper cover? •• • •. Copy it exactly at small cost. It’s so simple--to sew. Style No. 2533 is'designed for sizes 14, .16, 18 years, 36, 38 and 40-inchcs bust. .Size- 16 requires 4^ yards . of 39-inch material with % yatd of 39-inch contrast- " ing. ,.■■■ HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS * Write yOur name and address plainly, giving, number and size, of pattern wanted.. Enclose, 15c . in stamps or coin (coin prefer red^ wrap it carefully)' and ad- drpsS, your order *to Wil Sop Pat- ■ tern Service, 73 West'Adelaide Street, Toronto. a much'favored material this sea son. It is relieved by a vestee oh red jdrseyj accented by foetal but? F"'"" rput x:?'2 ‘ I- mas they'generally, got.a .lot, and on ' flattering and repeats. . ■ — tne led jersey. Another? effective schle; very little. Give them a .good black novelty ----- --------------------1- . . ■ ’ ~ [ White slipper cover/ •• 3. Pay sofob of ray .obligations and score-out, some of the indebted-1 hess owing foe fi’om those who can not pay at present., or send a'receipt ed bill for Christmas. ' I T-think when one* is favored with a, gift of 'this kind it behooved ohe' .to remember the. Creator by remem bering those who. are .needy, especi ally the children ailid the elder folk. J. A. D.—Toronto. ; Why New Yea'r’s? Because at Christ-’ GROWTH . .. & 0o high’as.A free aspjrqs to grow, “No singer ever,can reach the top, so high' will Jt, find., an .,atmosphere^ if he lacks that quality which I like suited !A --- ■ z ......to it.—^Thoreau. < .■ - tJ. to call ‘the necessity to sing’.” ■H < - ■■