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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-12-19, Page 6* ■■ ► CANADA ‘ - Truly, Alberta is looking to mix­ ed farming when, we beat Ontario and equal-Ireland in pig production. —Lethbridge Herald.♦ * . *. ' CANADA, THE EMPIRE J C3 . Have Their “Blowout THE WORLD AT LARGE COURTESY AT THE BORDER . Speaking before the Canadian As­ sociation of Tourist and Publicity Bureaus, in convention.here; Mr. D. dLeo. Dolan was able to tell that dur­ ing the past year onp thousand let "i'ers and "messages had been, receiv- "ed from -tourists jn .appreciation of hospitality. and courtesy extended them in Canada. This is a splendid thing. In co­ operation with the Departments of -Trnrafigrat-ion- -ancF-Natieual- Revenue ,- the Travel Bureau has been promot­ ing the idea of courtesy to visitors, with particular attention to the at­ titude; of immigration, and customs officials on the border. In many respects,' it is . perhaps tile finest work the Travel Bureau is doing.— * Ottawa Journal. 4 ....** * WHY SHE WANTED, SIGHT ' We heard the other day. of a wo­ man 75 years old whose sight has been failing so that- In recent years she has not been able to read. Now she has decided to have an opera-' bion:on her eyes for the especiaj. purpose of. being able to read The' Thirty-nine ..Steps by John Buchan. This is the most remarkable compli­ ment to a writer we ever heard of.—- 'J. V.. JVIc.Aree in' Toronto/Mail'’and Empire. .' . ... ...*'*•* DIDN'T IDENTIFY DEBTOR ., About, a year ago tbe.-death occur- red in Saskatchewan of Dr. W. D. Cowan, member of Parliament for Long Lake.' Some months after his death Premier Bennett had occasion to refer to him in words that threw, an illuminating sidelight updn his character. “‘He did a great deal of work fox- a’ great many people,” 'said .Mr. Bennett, “but/hfe account books consisted simplyf^rtentries such as-: /Man in grey overcoat, $75.’ Dr.' Cowan followed, this practice of iden­ tification through all his accounts in order that in-case of his death those who took charge oL his affairs should not be able to harass people - who were in debt.” & . Th&f was probably as unusual an obituary’ tribute a"s was ever paid -to any Canadian Parliamentarian, or, for tfiat matter; to anyone else.”— Edmonton Journal. . , ' * * • *• . NEATLY PUT • r7e asked a man who had discus- the Reciprocity Treaty for hours just what |he thought of' it all. Here was the answer: (; --■ ■ , ??'“Reading the1 treaty anj. discu's- sing .it with, a lot of people reminds me of a sign I once saw in front of. a church. It read: ‘The.uRev. Joseph Brown will preach here next Sun­ day. Subject: Have we-learned the lesson r” ‘,1’e great depression? Mrs. Jones will sing.: Search me Oh God’.” ■i-—W.- L. Clark, in Windsor Star. ■> .. . 1 * . *■ _ f STOP I “Stop!” says t*e sign. .You see it everywhere at the junction of side, streets with, inain thoroughfare’s. It does not mean to hesitate or to stow down. ,Nor does it mean to- sound yotir horn and barge ahead as though the-.,horn could blow oncoming traf­ fic out” of your way. And it. does ■not say “Go on, if you think best.” It means exactly what if says1— Stop! The definition of stop is “to cease from any motion, of action.”' Too many drivers do not believe in figns, A railroad engineer who drives a locomotive the way most perons drive an " automobile would lose his job so quickly he would not knew what hit him. Yet the railroad engineer has a comparatively open right of way, whereas the motorist ■Uas to meet a hundred diffetent - crises which do not" confront the en-’ gineer. . When a motorist exercLes the ; right of private judgment regarding stop' signs he is endangering the lives of others as 'we-H as his own. One “of his first les-ong should be to learn that the stop sign mo-ihs stop, ..and nothing els,e. ROAD JUGGERNAUT . A -wide acquaintance j,s an ass^t. The newspaper is so much more in- ..tore.;ting if you .know some of,’the . wrefek victims. -X King ton Whig- StanflarH. >, I / 1 I '' ♦/ / ,4'4 * I ■ .• /n^rve; We think Ilin-; takes the rve? A,peddler called at selling ‘•'No He made -a {sa/Xt * ykskmday Cards, ilton Spectator. * * * ' ’ ALBERTA’S PIGS ® LI so large after all. ■ Paddy and his -fellow countrymen have only about 950,000 hogs. That’s- about Alber­ ta's hog population; From this num­ ber we are able to sell about 1,000,- 000 commercial, hog§ yearly, leading .all—Canada.-__.__12_“l._____ ________ INSIGNIFICANT • Nothing is so insignificant as the "person .who thiirks"lre~is ~rb,' wherr lTer isn’t.—Brandon Sun. A BOOSTER- FOR CANADA < Mr, Thomas . J. Watson, American business man, te(lls The London "Sun­ day Express that the young men who want to make fortunes should go to Canada. The next 25 years, Mr. Watson says, are going to see more economic development in this country .than in any other in the world.. Canada- is the country of the future, this- United States ob- , server declares. We should like to see more Can­ adian young men impressed - with. I this thought. Often -it takes an out­ sider to get the really /correct im­ pression and outlook. We are so close to Canadian possibilities that \ye sometimes fail to,recognize them.; ♦ ■ # * ... STILL REMAINS •-- The - railway crossing menace still -reiriaius-one^-b-f—^Ga-riada’s-maibr-pro-- bleips.—Hamilton Herald. JELLING FOR SANTA Pretty Margaret Messenger, “ap­ ple queen” bf Nova Scotia’s ‘Anna-’ polis valjey, must be the world’s' champion apple saleswoman. She is assisting in making Britons apple- copscious, and recently she! went; to Cardiff,.; Wales, and auctioned two barrels of choice Canadian apples for more than $2,000 at a charity luncheon.—Toronto. Star Weekly. 1111$ . . With Jack Dempsey leading, these orchestra leaders-tried their hand, pardon, theii . harmony during party given in honor of Abe Lyman in New York City. Jack and the .inflationists (left to right), Isham Jones, Ted Fio Rito, Abe Lyman, Fred Waring, Jack Denny and Glen Gray.■ Depression Viewed As A. Blessing '' THE EMPIRE ? ' THE PRINCESS’S PET NAME When Princess Elizabeth was very young we recollect that slie 'referred to herself as “Lilibet.”’ We halve not heard much of that name lately, but since a, card bearing it was attached to her uncle, the Duke of Glouces­ ter’s wedding present; there can be ter’s'wedding present, there can no longer .be any doubt but, that it is as -“Lilibet” that, the little Princess, d-g-known^ It is a charming variant on a rather imposing 'name. Hitherto it has been somewhat difficult to find the _,right short name for Elizabeth, Bessie and Lizzi^ areold-fashioned, nor Were they at any time very pleasing. Betty is being worked to death. Beth is softer, prettier, but not heard very ofteh.' Lilibet has a charm \ of it own, as well as indivi­ duality.—-Edinburgh Scotsman., ■* >r * AN INDUSTRY IN DANGER Nowhere in his despatch has the Secretary of State, dealt with what is .one of the most seriously dis­ quieting Aspects of the present sit­ uation in the cocoa industry,, namely" the neglect ■ into • which '-estates are being plunged, due to the abandon­ ment pf cultivation, and' the conse- qent ruin of a valuable peasant pro­ prietary. This Consti'tiltesbhe prin­ cipal need for urgency in the grant­ ing of relief, for it is generally ad­ mitted that ,there is a level of care below7 which cocoa properties cannot be permitted, to* fall’ without well- nigh irreparable . injury. Many es­ tates have already dropped below this level,, and others are rapidly ap- A New Zealand librarian declares that the “depression” has proved a “blessing to literature.” He says' there has been a remarkable, growth in literary output in the past few years. If this be so, it is doubtless due to. the fact that so many people have been-idle. A cynical person might ..retort that “Satan still finds mischief for idle,, hands to do.” The Librarian from the- antipodes did -ircrtr“^’ecTfy^^ the; depression was responsblc for. There Has. undoubtedly been a/lglut of books on socialogieal and econ­ omic subjects of late years, which Was qulite natural. People who are out of 'employment feel that there ■is something wroifg. with a world that cannot offer‘ them a livelihood. The consequence is they either write letters to the newspapers or they write ■ books, propounding ..theories and schemes by which the world .can be put-right.. The• theory of Social Credit was evolved in this way. It was born out of the depression, and .if prosperity ’’were | to return, it would' along with many other. quack social nostrums, fade into oblivion. But. the depression must have been; responsible for the creation of high­ er types of literature. Comparat­ ively few people in these times are satisfied with political j or socialogic- al books. They, turn, for- solace and inspiration to religion, poetry, phil­ osophy, science and fictloft--^stty- ^z^^easy way of escape from the interminable - problems .of life, and., the writing of books is an oc­ cupation that is open to everyone. The only tool needed is a pen or pen cil—so much the better’if you pos­ sess a typewriter. Paper is cheap and you can write away to your heart’s content. The chief trouble is in getting th.e stufjf published. But, judging from many? of the •books on "the market^Kis is a simple matter if you can nrake an intimate friend of a publisher.—Stratford Beacon-Herald. Writer Spills Ink On Hotel And Learns A Use For Tomatoes By E. Cord Hind In the Winnipeg Free, Press If there -is one article' in a hotel bedroom for which I have .no .use,.'it is the inkpot of the writing table. It is either dry er contains a- fluid that any self-respecting fountain pen would scorn.. ■ One of1* my first moves on enter­ ing a hotel room is to put said'ink? pot in the . remotest. corner of the room, preferably Ion the- floor behind. the .bureau, ’ where fet least - it cannot, -upset-.. I-had. taken this precaution at the Howard, on. my - return from Russia, but had reckoned without an unusually thorough chambermaids In my absence, the second day, she had 'retrieved, the pot, restored it. to its. place and then thouglitfiUy placed- ■the Times over it. ■« : . Coming in late; that evenihg, I . sat down to type a few notes before turning-in. All went .well, for a time wheti suddenly a; dull thud, and there, dn/.fhe blue , and fawn carpet in the middle of an everwidening pool |of ink lay that .thrice-accursed i inkpot. Just then Big Ben boomed midnight, no’’ time to be calling eithei? maid or housekeeper, so I mopped up the mess as. best I pould,-,finished ’ the notes and went to bed too mad to sleep,, for I had prided myself never having accidents i.n hotels. Next morning, before rushing on 1 toes and plenty- of.them,” was ’.the ■ reply■. “If we could-have goteit. last . night' you • Would never have been. able' to find the .spot.” Housekeepers,, please take note, I said, “That’s splendid.. How much do I owe?” “The manager says ‘nothing,’’ and for-you hot to worry, and he. sent you .these.”. ..These were. ■six lovely pink ' .roses. There’s a to keep an early .appointment,' I sum­ moned the maid, pointed to th© —tmuble.y^:,.asked—to—have, -the——chouse-— , keeper notified, the?-mess cleaned , up and the bill brought to , me. Had visions of. having to replace at least a width of that carpet. When I returned late in the aftei> noon I looked for-that stain. It had all but disappeared. • Presently the housekeeper arrived^apd before I even, thought of the bill, I said: “How did you- do it?” “Ripe toma- sions of. hav „ width of that carpet. Urge Campaign To Reduce Mortality . Fifty Percent of Mateknal Deaths In Canada Pre­ ventable, Says Report Ottawa.—Fifty per ’cent, if not J more, of- the 1,200 annual maternal deaths in Canada could be prevented - neyond a doubt by adequate provis- proaching the dead-line, so that un- fori for pre-natal " i .... .... . . 1 and obstetrical less the .money is- speedily provided , care, .attention to general considera­te ' .... . __ _ .__. . _. ..__. back to work on Cocoa lands all over lures against infection, according to the country, the cocoa industry of 1 a report on. 1 Trinidad.is likely to he permanently' panada by the j Canadian- ,Crippled.—Trinfoad Guardian.[[' " “ • TRAM vs. 'W,h,en the//projery, Melbburnefs/ ' end agricultural labour - gangs tions-of health an^effective mcas- infection, according to Maternal Mortality in Welfare on Maternal and manager for you. That disposes ofthe tomatoes and the inkpots. .Now-comes the tobacco. ■ The housekeeper . was not. through.. She was. just .well started. “No good hotel,” she said, “was fussy about ■accidents such-, as mjnet and after .all the loss from such, was not so great,/but, oh, the cigarettes, thou­ sands-a year could'not-cover that. We do try our<best to prevent iosses 'and fires, but'it -seems, no use. Light-, e^ cigarette butts are laid down ■anywhere and .everywhere- but on the. ash tray^s, and we do - try , to 'have them ■ everywhere.” , I expect her sharp eye had seen that I had piled all iln the room up on the window edge, so she was o.n safe ground .“Look,”'she said, “at that window , in-. the bathroom.”’ As a matter of f,act I had' . looked, before. There was the. telltale long- brown stain,, so deep in , the good enamel -p.aint it must have been cfose to a fire., Yet even the bath -tob-W-as ■ furnished. jwi.th-*a cigarette; rest and ash receiver, and large Boiling Eggs Having talked about eggs :-and chikens and the great . improve­ ment - in the size of both? of them within the last fifty years we are re­ minded of the observation of a ior­ eign vijsitpr,. to England who went home and wrote a book’ in which he said that there was a significant, dif­ ference in the way in -which a bpiled egg was treated at Oxford anil at Cambridge writes thie Toronto Star. The Oxford manner Was to cut, the |opM off the egg;: while at Cambridge it was tapped and chipped with-the bottom of the spoon until the upper part of the shell could be flaked; off in fragments, 7 "exposing-the-■ upper . part of the undamaged; egg. It .'“may be‘,that some solemn Englishman at .either • Oxford, or Cambridge : had . been5 spoofing this literary foreigner. Either way of opening a boiled egg serves the purpose, but perhaps.the chipping of the egg is dainter. It gives breakfast, to a man just risen, a bit of artistic effect. There is, of course, another ‘ way of dealing with boiled eggs and in England.it is called the Yankee way. You break, or the waiter does, two boiled eggs, underdone, into a tum­ bler,, throw in. some butter, pepper and’ salt, stir' it vigorously with a spoon. It becomes a . sort of egg soup. It tastes well and is sa d to be more, beneficial tp convalescent^' than eggs in the shell, This method . releases ,a certain gas which the cook . ed egg-contains. ' . . Then, as regards boiled eggs, there -. is what Gulliver has to tell us about the. Lilliputiaps. Among them there- . was a religious sect- who made it a matter of faith to: break their' eggs at the. big end. Those who broke them at the small end were consider- . ed heretics, and were called Little- I enders. The orthodox called them-’ selves Bigendians and, conscious of their superiority, walked erect among , their inferiors. There is, certainly, more in this u. egg-subject than.'we- supposed when . ’ wp started in on it. ■' ■ ... Take the Sabbath with you thruogh the week-and sweeten all the other days-.—Longfellow. • The man who thinks his present' work beneath .him will never rise above it.—MacGregor. . fi' The fireside, the pulpit,, the* school and. the shop, must be linked andi . leagued together.—Vincent. . Your'- manhood, your personality,, your character, yoUt real selfhood, is a thing to be won as you win a bat­ tle.—Gladden. • Let’s Go Military ! dressing glass rind, high shaving mirror were, furnished likewise., ■When the housekeeper. paused for breath I asked, “Which do you’ find the worst., riien or women?” “Wo-, men,” was'the quick retort. “I’d like to see some of their homes.. Th'ey seetfi to have no respect for good furniture and decent hangings,” That sounds to us like sound com- monsense. It has never been quite clear why so many girls regard abil­ ity to adniinister -a house as derogat­ ing -from their dignity as college or* varsity students, and hold that it. is belittling to the possession of a Un-' ivcrSity degree to .possess also-a sound knowledge of cooking. -. If girls only realized that the young men who -are looking around for wives infinitely prefer a good meal cooked at home to a full course din­ ner in a restaurant, and .have more respect for the girl who helps her mother with the housework, than- for, thp girl who affects to consider do-, in.g so. a humiliation.- • > The young housewife w.ho knows how to cook also knows how to shop and is by training econ’omical. And that is one'‘“of the most invaluable virtues any young housewife can' possess, nowadays. Young men, not being entirely- “’blind even where their choice of wives is concerned^ have a habit of appreciation such qualities even more than the ability to wear a pretty dress gracefully or to “"dance and stay up till- three and keep good-tempered all the time. er hygienic care on the part of both medical profession and laity.’ ■ Economic status and conditions' have apparently ' little effect, upon maternal mortality. Race is declar­ ed a factor of considerable import^ ancct as evidenced by the. widely differing mortality rates .among Ca­ nadian, women of various races, (lie rates being comparable to those pre­ vailing in the countries - of their, or­ igin. A definite upward seasonal trend during the cold Autumn and early Winter months corresponding with the general increase in respira­ tory infections during that period is ^ote'd/The low rates in Scandinayia and other countries of ’ severe cli­ mate; however, indicate the possibil­ ity of controlling this factor...- . • A general campaign of education and'a series/'of five-year demonstra-. .tions of adequate maternal care pro-. I^rains In selected areas are urged ir$ 'the report, in a'n effort to cut down Canada's high- "rate of maternal deaths—a rate which, it is' pointed out, places die'r well down -the list among the nations Which have done most to safeguard motherhood. '■Ctoun.cil’s ' Divsfiojr C'h/ld H.ygicn/®./. g / /This ■Hguy/j- meprcrtim s, a .rate of i deaths W ‘-UOb 'five ' births, a . fslight, reduction from that of 5.l7"re; orri ( of perpetuating'corded in 192fi by the Dominion^de-. ■and relatively immobile tram?s'partm^nt of health. Some individ- irn- -----it than the D'.miriioln, as a whole, Manitoba having cut its rate k in ’ 1929 to 3 8 in 19.'bl a;.-! Sa’skh* howar, fr.ro 7.1 Iri 1929 it; 1.1 ih UffiL Increased pre-natal ’ care" i. rcporVo the chief factor in th" reduced rates, but infection ’fbilpw ,ir.g pregnancy and inadequate . hb-? stetrlcai care show • no approciablr dec'ir.o. . ... One-third’ of the . doaihs. • occur iiq the oarl,er months' of pregnancy ra; ther than at the. time of hormalvcob fine merit, indicating -the lack of pro- 'per . pr’e-natfi.1’ rare. More than <ac-„ quarter -are 'due11 to infection- at the time' of child-birth, prcycntahle in most cases'by the exefcisb of -great- '■ 21 '^■US iN./AUSyR'^LlA ‘ery/of, electrifying .__ _____ ./ira-mway sjst-mn/was in the/aif several yearA/agri.matiy ques-j tio6wd tpef tyi.-.iiorri ( of1 perpetuating i-Loi-y ‘and relatively immobile tramV Par*mf-nt of hea/.h. Some ip the'.Oity stree/t - ' 7t w-as thought >'«al; provinces• show- greater /Mat mothr-’buv^ w^-rr. butter s.^terl * provement than the Dwiiinioli to' modern conditions, ’"k'‘ " v/on the day | No ■/ ! ;.rne has . brought i. I -I.ent of revenge.. ^oard :< 'place the ?4rarns with Htom East Wty to We A"gu.-. r i Wanted:, Wives ’ Who' Can C The ' trams- tee v/h.rligig of m a‘ ,ruild in tal- The-' Trarn’vays. permi sicn to re-' Idown street <ab!ft us service run si ng t-wick 'tkroigh the M<-i\cinr- j . „ ' - A Tnan-'s worth, f-houlrji be rrrkn:.- by what he is, not by what he .s. — .BL'fchcr. , ' T<->-':h docsTot 'com-list in minute : H'.ley of‘detail 1/ut 'in conveying” a '■ impression;—Sei,T There have been so many actions by .the\Hitler Government that have callf'd forth worldwide « disapproval,' not to. .-ay anger,Mdrat it is refresh­ ing to turVto one which, is very like Iv to evoke the very opposite senti­ ment observes the Montreal St&r in this' cdkoiaL- -Germany’s Minister of Education, Bernhard Rfist, has just issued a decree that German gilds who do not‘know how to conk' Will riot Im ndmitlod'to4col'eges or nnives- tfiris. , After the spring of .1937 six- focn-yoar . old girl students, must pass an examination in the funda­ mental duties of .houewives’ ’before" being accepted—and their mothers must teach them. At the Age Mf 70," which he? de­ scribed, as the prime” of life, W. S. Gilbert was guest of honor at a din­ ner given by the O. P. Club. Many old Savoyards were present and' Gil­ bert got the,., biggest laugh of the evening, says Mr, Pearson, when fir Bert got the... biggest laugh of the Make- it yourself!'■ It’s so utter- , ly simple-to. ,cu£ it out and put it evgethefcj ' '. * • ■. H’s so gay' and smart m rich - bottle green 'wooMike silk novelty crcp.ei Black b’raid frogs para<^L right down the front of the bodice •with, epadlet- suggestion in the shoulder treatment. Note the lit- ■ tie standing collar opened at the fi‘ont. ... • Another' attractive scheme is black velveteen with* wide flame suede belt. Wool jersey rabbit’s . wool, cfep’e silk, velvet, etc., are other popular mateifial’s to fashion it; Style No. 2947 is designed for IZUS 11, IO, 4 0, 4, < f Si^e 15 requires' 3% yards of ' 39-inch material. IIOW TO. ORDER PATTERNS Width you? name and address' plainly;’ giviiig humber and size bf pattern wanted..". Enclose 15c. in stamps or coin (ct>lh pYelfet* rod; wrap it carefully^ and ad-,, dross ”our order to. Wilson Pat- bni .Service,,-73 West Adelaide S' roet, Toronto. tho Course, of his speech ho plaint­ ively confessed: “Everybody ?ays I’m such a dis- ucs,,Je,1IUM agreeable . mdn, and' I can’t think. why!” ’ There are no better consolers thin those' who have need to be consoled. --Sei. ' , ■ >. . " ' -'’■-[ The,hardest experience of all is io wear'the yoke of our own’wrong do­ ing.—Geoi*ge Eliot. -