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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1936-01-02, Page 3Hamilton |rom Aub- jvith his parent. l^oeh* , - ■ r* ' t- , “ PARAMOUNT PAGE FIV1 E. C. BULEY■ & . • ’reseott. I’m ready One Canary for Each Convict New Limit Set in U.S. Prison Collective Security Agaif^t Aggression Sought By Nations Woman Who Attended League s Recent Sessions Tells of European Situation SYNOPSIS' . ' l)ao I’refecOlt; and Gordon WesVerby find .gold1 in arid bu^h of . Australia* They stake their claim and start.'the ■ long journey to the coagt. . . ' Wewterby’has a fiancee, Gladys Cltfm-! entti in England, but When they arrive io Sydney he1 marries a pretty, blonde, . 'Gordon forwards a photo of Dan to . fortn-er fiancee, Gladys, Clements, in "London and when J3aji,ar>‘ives .shfe b'e- • lieves he is Gordon'. Kve Gilchrist, a typist, obtajps work in Mefilicott’s of?. ile.<!, the.'broker who is tloati.ng the ' mine, “IT'.tniise that not. a- word shall pass to'Medlicott,” Dau stipulated. , “I may be' all wrong; and even i£ I■ ha.p- ■ pen to be right I don’t want it to go . any further.'’. a, • “Whut; you say shall go ho-further, of course.”' . ■ ‘ Well; somebody- raided the mine by aeroplane, and swooped off with the best of the gold. Wqs‘terb.y and I ex posed uiat .find and we covered i’t up .again. Siad© reports that Westerly Is in JSfijw Zealand on his honeymoon, which started months ago.” “And you', think . , ■ “He got me out of bhe way,” Dan. w.eiit on. “He play eh that trick with my photo;' I-wondered at the time. . "why -he was sb keen in getting nly. . picture taken. I’m tied up here; and , he was the only other ipan.-wth.o knew just where t,b go for tllat gold; WJiat ■ do you think yourself, Mr. Cairns?’4 “It sounds very; feasible "to hie. ^What do you intend to do' about it?" “You get me plear of. this trouble,” Dan said. ‘JOnce. I know that my hands are free, I’ll attend t© _ Mr. ’ Gordon _Westerhy.” ...... licott said quietly. “The share are not listed on ’jphangte. i’;ve taken a lot for ■granted witri . . ’* to gamble on'him a good deal further; though it paeans a permanent black eye for; me if .anything goes wrong. So we’ve all?got to put our backs, into it." ' ‘What can I do?”- Eye asked. “It seems very1 real to me; and I’m.sure Dan Prescott will not, let you down." ' '“You can ask him to modify his imaginative flights when people ques tion him about Australia,” Medlicott answered. “I’ve not heard ,the last of the yarns’ he told Burdop, by any means. Burflon has been hard hit dur ing the past few days; Tmt he would not complain to me if Prescott ,had not told him those idiotic cuffers.’’ . “I think you began it when you doubted his true story,”. Eve sugges ted. “Probably,'” . Medlicott agreed. “That’s why I’m not mentioning, the . matter myself. You see'm; toj know how to' handle him. And I want you to make him see that what seems proof . of liis genuineness to you ,may give 'strangers tlie idea that -he’s just a'strangers,tile idea that -he’s just plain liari and-worthless Imposter.” ■ . (To be Continued) >• .•**»» ■-.*-*— ■■^■".y;- i-n Wall Street, ... , v.er-inflatf . .. and the?, which af . • ges of t ■ ;d with .of an e t . . . • of the -i ■ ■ ds of .' mined. There was an epidemic of forced Bales, of shares and securities, which Involved atTdabblers in share specu- 7 lation. No country escaped, and Lon don whs first to suffer. In Uie office of Milton Medliootf the immediate effect of the ., panic was' feverish' ac tivity. Tlip only department not in volved was that With which Eve Gil christ had made acquaintance. There wore not winners to congratulate and. dower with cheques; and “Glad Tid- •■fngs” was disbanded, for. the time be ing; the. staff being, turned on >to cor respondence of quite another kind. ~ “All~attr—tiiis~—lm-v e~T:gojQe---jv.es tA JRraokie explained to -Eve. “We have not a client ivli© isn’t losing money. , Tim kicky ones are tihose who are able '-tp_^^Lojit_.aRd_kno5v_.,. _wJi.at _theyLvm lost. The next thing will lie the com plaints. They forget the money they imade on our advice; they only re- • memberBwhat we- ’helped them to; lose." -. ’• .‘.But how has the panic spread from New York to London?” Eve asked. , “It’s simple/ her friend explained. “The gamblers over there have to realise what they can and wherever then can. The whole world wants to Sell and there ar© no buyers. Prices to tumblirig down; and the silly she,ep that fpllow our advice blame it all on to Milton Medlicott.” _ “It’s rather awful,’’. Eve said sober ly “Be (liankful you’ve got a good job . will! that mining venture," Frankie said. “We are in‘-for a slack time, when this selling rush is over. I can .see some of us worrying about our jobs.” “And why shouldn’t that be my own case?" Eve asked. ,< “Medlicott has gone'tod, far with ’ that venture to stop/’ Frankie said wisely'. “He'll put all his back into It, I expect, now-the market has gone »■ fult. When legitimate speculation t dies, people are more likely to take .a flier in those wildcat risks." “Please don’t talk as if it wore swindle, Frankie,” Eve said coldly. ‘Righto.!’’ the tall girl agreed read ily enough. “Heaven- knows we could do Willi a winner now, if ever. But I expect’ you’ll hear ail ’about it from the chief?” ' ■ Ad so it proved. Medifcotf c.amo to Evo’s room with a graver face than lie, was-accustomed to wear.'and pull ed up a chair witli the alr'of pup Who had serious .matters to djseuss. - ” “You know the. share ’ market,. has br. ken, Eve," lie. began, “it’s’a bad • bu-’npsS lpr everybody, but’ it. may help us to find some, capital for the Dandong Mine." , ’ . ■ ‘•'i'm afraid I don’t quite see how," E'i'p rfVpl'ibil. ■ •• ‘(Writ, 'all our clients are losersi find' many of thqm are’bad losers,. <n cojirse. If tbe.v don’t Win always the game Is not, fair. But wo have scime Speculators who take a more sporting vJi'W of if. Show' them how they can goV Jhoir nionyo back, on- an outside, Chance and they’ll lffive a stab at it..”' ./‘You speak ’rts .though the mine Were a so’rt of dream.” ' . “1 sp'onk^as nine oni of every ten ih..l1m City would speak,” Med- a Grandma Lindstrom Never Lost A Baby " ? '• ■■ ■' "A’ Ag^jj Swedish... Nurse _Assjs..ted: —- ’ Births " ‘ That the- League of Nations is Ir revocably committed to h^It' Musso-. liiii’s invasion of Ethiopia was the- opinion expressed in an interview with. Boston Transcript, by Miss Sarah Wambaugh? Who' has’"]iist_fet'urned from the League’s Geneva sessions. Technical advisbr and deputy ffiem- ber ofdthe Saar .Plebiscite Commis sion and for many years an authority on various European questions. Miss Wambaugh said England’s self-inter est- coincided closely with the present trend'of League activities, but she scoffed at what she said is a frequent allegation that’ England controls the League for'her own purposes., “No one pretends that England controls Russia,” Miss. Wambaugh: said. “But Russia is firmly -supporting the League today. So .ar© the Scan: ■dinavian' countries, but it is self-in terest for'all of them'* rather than any leadership qf England’s that they are; following. - • .'■'-■' “These, countries all see their only hope lies in collective, security against aggression. They' know that any one. of them might be some, other nation’s Ethiopia." . ,. • < .. ' ‘‘The fact is. that England Is ab solutely committed to the principle, that an^' action must be League ac~ /(.ion,” she said.. As a consequence, she ' added, the present situation mu^t de velop: either a .’war, a satisfactory agreement between Italy, - Ethiopia and the League,. or a complete yield- : ing.Jiy„M.us.so.lini’.„—r___—... Miss Wambaugh said she ’ saw a- number of posters in Italy a few Weeks ago which might be construed ; as threatening to Englands African' From the Chicago. Daily News BACK of prison walls the -abund ant life has never been a, ruling theory, and 'achievement of - the more . abundant life through the de? struction of wealth would seem to .be i too ’subtle an idea for the eminent ly pragmatic minds of criminals and their, [keepers. . _: . •_ ' ? Nevertheless, the pirinciples of AA A have taken firm root in Stateville down Joliqt wayThere Warden Joe Regan has decreed a redaction in the canary crop- It seems that many of the lads have been, raising canaries sale.,_What ■ more .fitt-. mg occupation Who.( should knovy, how to raise, cage birds better .than jail birds? - And could a canary born to live in a cage find a. more con genial 'birthplace than among caged men? • The- warden, however, thinks that 2,000 canaries are tod many for Stateville. He has limited canaries ,to a quota'of one per prisoner. Ob viously one canary cannot produce more canaries. So the revenue of the canary raisers who have been selling the birds for $2 each is likely to be cut off. . ■ Of" course, Stateville’s appreciat ion pf music is likely to suffer, too. For' the- restriction edict is said to have been caused by a violent quar rel between two canary’ raisers over the respective .singing abilities of their pets. The warden, it appears, will have’no primadonna stuff in his “stir,” — even among the .. impresari ips of the feathered songsters. This is doubtful policy.* Some, ob servers, noting the popularity of philosophical works and belles-lettres- with long-term and life patrons of prison libraries, have voided the hope that, during the present dark ages, philosophy and- the fine arts would somehow be preserved' , in state-main /bd. monastic retreats. like ’ Stateville. Climbs Mountains. To Please Husband "But what chance Has musical critic ism under this new canary AAA?- er her .name, nor a ,stetrics,’ yet she has ! territo,ries- one of which, prodaimed ...’• . .laving brought lpore j “To Whom, is East Africa? To Vs!' ■;.o the world success-1 passed her 60th birth ri? ,.^he record of^ferandma” p’^ime, ------ -------_ DinusUux.. ... the Athabaska district, 1 not regard it as merely who, now more than ,80 has given threatening Lake Tsana or her Afri- up her work of love and cafe for i can iands .bub aS threatening her others which lias, taken her, at' times w»h.ole pr^tig^Jn the Mediterranean.” into bitter winter weather. over miles Miss Wambaugh said that Germany of icy roads. No Call from a frah-1 appeared to be eager to maintain tic husband, whose wife was lying. frieldly relation, with -“England at. this alone in some lonely shack has ever - juncture, and that the'German pub- been ignored by the old lady who is ! lie has manifested capsidera’ble^feel- known and loved by all the residents ing against Mussolini ever since his of the district for many miles. I interference with the Austrian-Ger- She came as a> widow of 62 from r ma affairs at the time of the assina- Sweden. From the time of her ar- !"Jtion of Chancellor Engelbert Doilfus. rival Mrs. Lindstrom lias been in de- ■ , ■1 _____ mand as midwife- Twenty year? ____ ' '________i__ “I believe that the Italian program; ,ir J’-3 greatest threat, to British j^power that has. ever, occurred ln_my . lifetime,’’’ iMiss Wambaugh said. JLinusU vi., for New Warship? were not what, they are today, .but ■ ■ ”, -no weatheri-oh r-da4s-were-btfdenough ■ x, 5tn stop hpy whpn he -feu Mr As- Observes" the London Tunes —sto -as- ^istance^was-neededT--.™————Aaiiong^the-.names assigned to ships- No . student of medical books: arid’ of 1 the- 1935 new construction pro generally obliged to work ih some gram s are Liverpool, Manchester, lonely little log cabin, poorly heated Gloucester. Cachalot, Sterlet, > Bittern, and lighted only by a coal oil lamp,’; Sheldrake, Kittiwake, Gleaner, Plov- “Grandma” Ljnds'trorn has never lost and Research. ■ The three cruisers a single baby, and on none'of her ) which receive the names of ^riglish cases has she ever had the assistance cities, will make up a total- of eight of the doctor. in' this new class. An innovation isin' this new class. An innovation is made this year in order that Man chester may have a representative ship in the Fleet. ■ Cachalot will continue'a series of marine monsters, like Grampus and Narwhal, submarine' mine-layqrs. The name of Sterlet will be tlie twelfth, all beginning with “S” a'nd all, nam es of fishes, which have been chosen for patrol type^submaries since 1930. Bittern is a convoy sloop, .Sheldrake, a name going back to 1806, and Kitti- wake, new' in the Navy,' belong to coastal sloops. Gleaner is appropriate for a surveying ship; in wie P^ver, bestowed on a costal mine- Alassroom, in the opinion® of C.' C 'Iayer; conim®Woi'atGS the of Carrothers, retiring chairman of the Putc,h s^P. .Wit (peewit, plov- Dancing In School Can’t Help Discipline LONDON. Ont’.—London Board of Education decided recently, that its young women school teachers should not be commended for teaching older boy students the art ? of ballroom dancing. ’ . ; Teachers who spend much of their spare time teaching boys in thein classes how to dance could scarcely expect to maintain discipline in the classroom, in I er) by the Morning Star in 1653. A gunboat Plover was concerned in. the” Bc$er operatiops of 1900; and there was, a destroyer Plover in the late I War, Research, borne by three earlier iw lessons, in ballroom Jancing.. ““It I Si!’s ^ '.W sin“ 184<i' is » pprfniniv m fitting designation for the new mag netic survey vessel. ■■ , , board, It was his speech which killed a motion commending teachers for their dancing instruction. } Chairman Carrothers said he 'was unalterably opposed to 'teachers-giv- i ’ ’ ............ certainly can't help discipline,” he said. Trustee Joseph, Jeffery, who had asked that the teachers be commend ed' for their extra-curricular activity, said he wouldn’t use the word “ball room.” 1 • ’ " “All right the'n” came back the chairman, “Til say Waltzes, fox-trots and tango. Yes, and the rhumba.” Work Theix^Wdy Around The World An attempt to work their way ■around the world in ships is being made by two young Vancouver sis ters'. « ' . • j ■ ' They are Clara M. Wilson, a school ■ teacher, and Katharine, a stonogr'a,- ■ • Scrap - B O O K pher. They started opt oti the first teacher, and Katharine, a stenogr'a.- est sport ip the; world on. tnt peaks that have never been Mealed* So his wife goes on breaking records: just because she knows it makes him' happy. . •' »■.,.' Unquestionably, back of her pro testations, there ia more than the; obedience of a dutiful wife. „ from record breaking, Mme. pyhreil- furth has made distinct contributions to the- world’s knowledge, and there must be a real satisfaction in. such work whether one -cares for the . sub ject or not. Her* frankness, however,. •’causes one to wonder how the me moirs of the majority of men and women who have done things would read were • they recorded with such unsparing honesty., . ' - How many public heroes would have failed the mark had they not feared a dressing-down, nt. home more than they did the perils to which they set. their faces? How many games have been won because' of love for another person rather than! love for the game itself? ' \ .(From Edmonton Journal) The holder of the women’s moun tain climbing record hates mountains and climbs them only to please her ' husband- and children. This, Is hot gossip. It. is the frank statement of «"Mipe. Hettle Dyhrenfurth who, in 1934, reached the summit of Queen Mary peak in the Himalayas, a giant of 24,500 feet and outdid the mark of 22,900 feet set by, the late Mrs. BulIoqk-Workmana-'in 1906. She . says , she thinks records are” silly. Sports should be for. the fun of- it and, in her opinion, there is no' fun^ in mountain climbing. She gives a graphic description, of the blizzard that- caught the party at 24,000 feet on her record-breaking climb and which resulted in ten Germans!being frozen to death. ■ _ . ' For nine days we stayed there, with avalanches roaring down-the moun tain, -the snow so thick tye*. couldn’t see,.no alcohol to cook .on and thAair so rare we could not , make kindling burn and-it took hours to bring water to a boil. We went around puffing for air. I tell you it was awful. The only reason I went op up and broke, the L ■women’s record was because I cbuRC * not get back without having some of the men take me back. So I went on. I could hardly breathe/ When we got to the top we could not even see the. View.. I did all this for what? To break a record? Nonsenpel. And when the ,pho,tographe,r asked me to smile for a picture I boxed his. ears, I Was so mad. '.A— ' - ’a’ Mme. Dylirenfurth explains, how ever, that if there is one thing great- „er,in_Jier_life^—than—her— dislike--for- - mountain climbing,, it is her . love for1 her husband. The latter, born in the Alps' and commencing a’distinguished’ climbing career .at the age of' ten, entertains the belief that the great (Owen Sound Sun-Times) . The’ Rotary -.Club of .the town of .Simcoe- staked ■ something -new—in Norfolk county when a picked lot of champion spellers from all parts of the county participated in a spelling ’match to determine the county championship, senior and junior, 'Something new in a way;, -blit - fe'aUy. a _ rgy-i^aUef 3 .very _old-. fashioned form of entertainment.' Back in the olden days spelling matches, or spelling bees, were quite popular; but in recent year ■ ..they have practically disappeared’ as a Friday-afternoon-rfeaturerin-^ome-of- the public .schools. . ■ ■They were, good fun and it- was next to ■ marvelous to look yoh 'and see difficult word afteT. difficult~w,prd- spelled correctly until one wondered wheii sbmeone\wpuld slip. And there was always a long .battle at the end, often, ending jn a draw, the star spellers were left al/ > up hold the honor of their sli^ lowa- days 'one wonders how long a spell? ing contest wdbld last; for one of the penalties we seem to have paid /or progress is loss of the knack--' or gift—of correct spelling. The average business man has not time to bother about the correct spelling of a ■word-—he dictates it’ to a steno grapher and leaves it to her lo do the rest; And the stenographer, if she is wise—and .most of them are— keeps a dictionary in her desk for use ih cases of emergency. Spelling is rapidly .becoming a lost art. People nowadays are lookjng ■ for new ideas in the way of amusement; the endless round of. teas, bridge and dancing becomes monotonous; ama teur plays demand practice; musical affairs, unless fairly high class, do not attract.’ Why does someone not try the old-fashioned spelling bee? It would be a drawing card, /or instance, to stage a match betweep the City Council and the Board of " Education’ or a picked team . from the Board 'of Trade. :,The ' Service King of England Still Crack Shot London. — Despite his 70 years, King. George still retains the keen! eye and the .steady hand that made] him one of Britain’s b&st shots, and-i certainly the best shot Minong the- world’s , monarchs for years. Next to yatching,' shooting has al-' ways been the King’s^ favorite pas time and he has a collection of guns almost comparable in value to'his' stamp collection.. - . , XYhenever His Majesty ■ gets away( from the affairs of state at Buck-| ingham Palace .and retires to his( country estate at Sandringham, one does', his . health permitting, is tp ride out to, the. fields in search of grouse and pheasants. And it takes a fast man to reload the King’s gun. , • 'liiiasiniiiiiniin “A VISIT TO AMERICA” by A. G. Macdonell (Macmillan’s, Toronto), is delightful ' reading—one of the best, I think, of impfessions gathered of that vast union of states, by a vis iting British' author. Mr. Macdonell has a deep, sense of humor combined with a keen insight of human na ture. -One hilarious chapter deals with an afternoon’s attendance at a, football game. He covers a vast -am ount of territory—New York, Balti more, Chicago, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and back.' San Francisco, evidently captured him completely. His recounted* of the mad dash by auto, travelling at the rate, of nine ty- miles ah hour from San Francis co to Los Angeles is a hair-raising episode; A perfect, gift to any An- gio-Ba/on-. ' ,ing an unusual character of rars'un*-> derstanding. AU pupils and iteachgrg1' throughout the country should read? it. . ’ ' " TOY BALLOONS by Florence Stei-. ner (The Ryerson Press, Toronto)I . brilliantly illustrated by Elsie Oean^ Contains. some verse for children 'that is quaint and delightful. Flor-' ence Steiner in this volume of verse . shows a deep understanding of chil dren’s whims and whimsies. All her work is based on &ct>ial happenings in.**-” bewildering instance take this one: Our rover seems just right to me There’s nothing missing I can see But he doesn’t show a pedigree. The pup next door has one I kriow For Boby who owns him, told me so} I wish, our Rover'd let one grow. He has two ears and eyes* deep blue/ A cool,, soft nose, and-four pawsfbo; And a little tail Jie’U wag. for^ you. ;Dad says he’s finished perfectly •He looks as nice as.nice can be, ■ But I wish he’d grow a pedigree. ---------- , I JEAN VAL JEAN as told by Sol omon, Cleaver, (GlarkeYlWi'hT'T’oron- to will .delight the. audiences all over Canada, who heard Dr. Cleaver ftell this famous story. This is the history "of this little book: A young 'minister in Winni- ___ Juiailc XI1C some forty years ago decided, Ciubs, n7iKht“‘fatt7n';h^?'eXch7quei'^ ttte;.tW? “'.v.1' 1ti!ding? Xic‘w by an inter-club tournament. Even, I!ug‘o s; M1!>Stab]e», to-tell tire a. city.spellin^league might be or- 1 i’T'-Wtfn ’ •” ■ f ganized. Perhaps, a restriction might “•?, !®ctu,ie- .It,1'“,a3, te“lvfd be put on that School teachers-. and i ul? ’“‘h' M>« public'school pupils be barred or I 't paper,, he handicapped.' • | had repeated it_ more .than-.800 trin- CHAPPED HANDS? NOI es to .our -100,000 people, and had .been obliged to reject one invitation in every four which crowded upon him. From so many of those who have heard' Dr. Cleaver have edme. requests for *his Story in peripanent form, that he has ■ been prevailed upon to have it published. By good fortune an excellent screen .version of Les Miserable's wiis produced re cently ,in France,’ and the publish ers have been able through the kind ness of the ’ Gompagnie’ France Film to include .fourteen- scenes from the photoplay,. '2A CANADIAN HEADMASTER.by 1. (Clarke Inyin, Toronto') i.s a brief biography of the y in fifty and , “We can well, be grateful that more’ and more of our people understand and seek the greater good .of the greater’ number.”— Franklfn D. /"Ro osevelt. " * ■ “Tile ImGlic^can stand a tot better motion pictures than-it lias received the opportunity to appreciate.H. G. Wells. ■ i lap of. their journey aboard the Bri- I tish freighter Harmatris,,." on which i they sighed as members of. the* erew, early, last month.‘The Harmatris will iVIllA . take- them to Sydney, N.S.W, The I". .Frofn Sydneypthdy ho.pe to catch trie mope'a boat for India or the west coast : th'eir “God never* .made His work for; work "for man to mend.”,—-Dryden. | It is only imperfection ” that com-J plains’ of what is. imperfect.. more, perfect we are, - ___ ____ „ gentle.qhd quiet we, become towards i of Australia,- work th'eir way to Sotith Africa a|nd up the part coast of Africa and-then go through Eu-‘ „ , rope and England, rettd'ning by J'Jew’ who have kept themselves unspotted' York and Montreal. “ Yet.more' biassed ,' The sikters said they had no spe- a'rtd mor© dear the lhemory of those cial- motive for undertaking the ad- who have kept thefijselves unspotted venture’,.'except fur the desire to rn the world.Mrs. Jameson.- “see the world." the defects of others.”—’Fenelon. | “Blessed is .the memory of thbse who have kept themselves unsndiJi"'*' froni th© world. Yet .more' brassed ' “see the w £ ■ not it>st "repaired," but REfiUILT n- . . ,, -Rw^fflSi..irorntpptol9bftoniATTHEFAqifORY. ■ ■ .A Il’KCOnnC. I Written new machine guarantee with every one? Seo ua or-writo at onc*“ ,’ State Make ana Siz6 Preferred. ’ Write John, C. Deritt < 38.7 Central Av,e., l« on don,. Ontario late. Thomas Allison KirkeonneM. b, his son, ’Dr. Kirkrimnell taught the schools of . Ontario year?., chiefly, at Port Hope Lindsay. , foi' Those are Wt ’bare facts ^concetii APPLy HINDS See-how quickly it sodihei I I