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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1936-03-12, Page 2I almost. regulation menu for Members of -the Canadian stand ■| Professor Henry G.Conducted bysave read of. the various departments o' Agricultural College. of vegetables for the midday The Papers ” EDITORIAL. HERE, CANADA Knew How- Despatches told of a Toronto mag- ■ istrate letting a man off because the prisoner always' read the magistrate’s arldes on trees, and .wild. flowers. Anabher Toronto magistrate, the late Cdl.;Ge°orge T. Dennison^ could al- ‘ ways be moved by any old soldier ‘ who, excusing too exuberant a cele- . bration, pleaded a battle anniversary or a reunion of old comrades.—Ed- 'l monton Journal. ; < - The Editorial Page For a time, in some quarters, there rose a feeling that what the people desired most in their newspapers was news, and the editorial page was a thing of minor importance. George Fort. Newton, distinguished, historian - and ed‘tor,‘'fold' the American Poli­ tical Science Association recently, that this philosophy was passing and the editorial page- was coming . back.-into its own. “Today’s ..edi.-. torials,” lie” said,' “explain, rather ,Coerce. The editor undertakes t< re- late rn item- to its general frame of reference. He introduces^ an* explan- ’ ‘ ft tlw "badigromid-- -^sh- - reader, having informed himself, can make-up his owq. mind as to what it is at! about;”—Halifax Chvaniclel....__ V Canadian Olympic Members Pass ill Review 4^ COMMENT FROM THERE AND EVERYWHERE. ■MMi did well on the diet, so until we have something stronger in the way of argument than we now posses we must conclude that it is possible to keep -body and bouI hitched together at a Very modest outlay—9.85 cents per day.—Peterborough Examiner. . Motoring in Australia ' The cost .of inotbrin<* Tri Australia -- *s <et>y in.uch higher than in many other 'parts of the w'oTld;“.A-’car-cost-- ing approximately £170 in Canada, would be sold in Australia at about $409/. The .difference^ in cost is -ac­ counted for by -customs dut<*, prim-? age, freight, exchange, and other '..charges. In addition,'. the price ,, of. petrol is much higher, being la Id ■ per imperial gqllori. In 1.914 th^ duty " was one halfpenny per gallon for British and three-quarters of' a pen­ ny _fbr foreign. Gradually this has been increased until now the duty i$. ■7%'d per gallon.—Brandon Sun. Pulltnan Porters How. the railroads begun • to em­ ploy colored gentlemen as porters seems “wrapt in mystery.”.. There -is no foundation for the belief that President Lincoln suggested it to George Pullnuin, mention of,/whose name may... be the reason why port- ers are called “George.” At any rate ' ‘ colored’ porters wei*e first. employed in- -the . late seveiities o.r_ early eight-; ies./ Six- -or seven years ago when ^-_-.The..-.raiipajis. W.ere^jreallj^ prosperous the Pullman Company gave empToyT •merit to' 11,000. .portprs, • chefs and wa ters, • but at the .present time / 'there are only about 7,000. The pay . varies according to the' job on the trains, but the average is $90- a ■month .—St... Thomas Times ..Journal: Exemplary Act ; • A Port Colborne man has paid back ti his municipal.ty all he receiv­ ed in relief. ' Having “got on his feet” again, he shows his apprecia­ tion in this way. It is such caseq which makes it easier to pay taxes for relief purposes.—Chatham Wws. Sensible! There is good sense in the ruling of a Prince Edward Island County judge that a minoy,, of nineteen is bound by a contract he signed to buy a fox—a contract he attempted, to evade by pleading, his legal infancy. “I am asked,” said Judge Duffy, “to assist the defendant on the technical plea of infancy., If 1 dicl so I wbuld -consider that I was helping him to steal the fex from the ^plaintiff. ThisJ i refuse to do.” This is sensible. On! the precedent set by Judge Duffy ■ perhaps, the custom, .will be establish-.. •ed--rif“deciding -Lwer-y._s.uch. .caie^tultA.. merits.—Ottawa' Journal. ------r-'- ' —- Save The- Surface 7 “Save the surface arid you all,” they tell qs. So when we that the co-eds of the University-of, Wisconsin use enough, lipstick each ; -year—to-p4in.TLTo.ur.Lb.arnAi^a.n. >ve can say is “that perhaps it is the niore important surface”• that! is receiving attention. /| Barns -may be important to house­ horses and ..cattle and machinery and . potatoes. But just think, of ail the! romance there is . Wrapped... up in a pair of girl’s lips. : . .\ • •' -•'i And without that romance there probably wouldn’t be any use fpj* the- cattle and the potatoes before long. Perhaps even the farmert will agree fofs* books, to that; . By all means save both surfaces! ■Sault Ste. Marie Star. Delayed News Members of-the Canadian Winter Olympic team return in the parade opening-the 1986 Winter Olympic. Games One :£an__pnly learn that purple has always been a “Royal’’’^cMor7~^i~sr King Edward VII, it is stated, pointed out .to the • authorities that' all draping should be carried out in purple rather than ; black at Queen Victoria’s‘funeral. . '■ All shades of purple are being widely worn at.the moment, and will continue--to-be-nurc-lj-seen,. ..Amethyst,.. plum, and-egg plant are. three tones Tsuggested by the British Color C'oun- . cil. —-.Edinburgh Scotsman. World’s Best Seller predict that Kipling's, fortune a Nazi salute as they pass tl at Garmiseh Parterikirschen. Women Not Lazy PreparingFood Miss AQ'nes - Macpliail Takes rxception- to Remarks of ' . Dr.. Currelly » • ———’.Miss Agnes Macphail’ the. woman member of* Parliament from Grey- Bruce, is irate at the statement • of Or. C, T. Ctirrelly that, “women are 4 g*row’ing so lazy they won’t make the clTart. to cook the family meal,'’ The statement of the distinguish- ; od’ Toronto archaeologist was sweep­ ing. “There is a tendency to neglect the cooking of vegetables because of ?> sheer laziness, Drl Currelly said, add­ ing women go to the corner store to buy prepared, food and that the. eat­ ing of theC'laz-y” fo.rm.3 of foods in- crcaxod--the.. danger of universal • dyspepsia. " ’ . /Dr. CUrroily .-.ot.nds as if he was. sulfj. ring from a bad attack of in- . digestion himself,”. Miss Macphail resp, nded. “Out our way most women cook two, three and even four vari­ eties meq) in the summertime. A large ' salad is supper. In the winter vegetables are not so numerous and come from, the vegetable pit. As for women being lazy cooks! Well, I think perhaps what we had better do :s to invite Dr. Currelly—who, I believe,"is an archa­ eologist — out to our part of • the country • for a meal.” (Dr.’. Currelly',made his accusation of laziiuAs at a meeting last, week of thg Ontario Vegetable Growers’ As- sbcia.tio.il in Toronto. However, he corrected the statement ,• by saying wqniefi worked just as - hard now as they did in »bygo heydays because they had less-hr!p in modern” tlmesT. 7“ M cnnomtesWish to Come, Back to Canada " kgiuVul|m*a-l-—trHtfrmrotf itos fro-hr- Mexi co. avouIJ— ......seek now honi.es if-they return to the • Yield per acre Canadian'., west .they' abandoned in 32.1 bus. 89.4 bus. 55.6 bus. B-C, ' . The business of farming is yearly becoming more and. more dependent upon facts.that, have’ been gathered regarding livestock and ' livestock management, crop production, soil management, d sease and insect con­ trol and business- <)fg.anlz7itiirjr'of“the; farming f industry; . Individual prob­ lems involving one or more of these, and many other phases of agricul­ ture, engage the attention of. Ontario farmers from day to day. During the w'nter months there is a little more College’ with the following results: Treatment No fertilizer . .*.. .125’ lbs. per acre. 250 lbs. per acre ___H-ewy-Gl | Dept, of- Ch'ehn 1922. . So far as could he .learned, no con- tnCi—lias been -.made with Mennonite colonies in Marltoba and Sask- “Ktrlro whn ■■"lTWorg''h’'’^s'crnTe’-ccrnTnTuni'e-- - ation may have been’, made wjth the Canadian M en n o n i t e colonization board at Ito'stherrv, Sask. Disputes over education and- mili-. . tary' service, led to. .. a.OOO^Me^iiQiut.es selling their Canadian ho^l _ Manitoba and. Saskatchewan and go-. : ing to the Durango*.Valley in Mexico and another 1.500 going to Paraguay in.-South America... They -quit Canada to escape., the obstacles to -thoif. religion. . Reports from El Paso, Tex., said they now *. ..Avamt -t-o- lo-a-vo-' Mex-i-eo- and. retrirn^to;—' the Jhnnhiion- because they were op­ posed to the. socialist'c educational, . program -of the. Mexican government. -• J-r —y . ........ will prove' the. greatest ever left by an author. .. ■ -1 . > More than any m:’n he had what Arnold Bennett called an estate’ in _T.___ They sold steadily all over the world for .45 years, and he never allowed his-work to appear in cheap editions... . . ' [time for study of, the-., most acute Tn 1929 his fortune was estimated .problems' • • .. ...C ----- | by those who should be in a posi-1 Through this column farmers may The speed of communications be- tiori to know at about £750,000. His sccure the latest information pertain-, tween all parts of • the.'world is one “Jungle Book” alone brought him in ;ng t0 their difficulties. To intro- of the proud boasts of the present ©ver £10.000 a year. , I duce this serv ce Professor Bell has .era. But there are some regions.; Nothing can be more erroneojus prepare(j tjie following typical prob- without direct contact with the. rest than-the idea that his poetry is no , jems to- indicate the information of the woi*ld. For instance, the news longer read. In the UnftecT State's py'hich should7 lie given in-order that of the Earthquake in China reported alone tire sale of his various volumes a satisfactory,.answer can be made', td haye brought death to thousands , of verse has averaged' from 100,OOft.l * ■ ’ ’ ■ “ — — in’Szechuan province, did riot reach to 150.000. copies 'annually, during the wo.rld until * week -after . it ~oc--;. the last qu.nrbf a.f .a,cent.ury.-^Lon- ‘curfeJ.—Kipgstori AVlrig-Standard. ' ‘ ~ ' 1 Jl ' r Canada’s Smoke / x ’f With women taking to the wve.d in more recent years, cigarette cori- sumption has goifie up materially. Last year nearly Tour and one-half billion cigarettes were smoked in Canada. This Works out to an aver­ age of 1,250 for every man and wo­ man of* smoking age. Since there are still many of either sex who cannot' bear the taste of tobacco or haven’t : i i Pictures Life ■ Bit Fantastic Stavisky,- or Mme. Simone!Mme. as she prefers-to be called, is a. Cin­ derella in4*’reverse. At one’time'the most envied woman in Paris she turns today to the chorus—appear­ ing in the Fren./ Ct/dno’s revue in New York., Mme. ' StaV'isky speaks- English haltingly . despite the fact t]iat her early years'were spent in an English school,., ■ r | LS in If. answer is des'red by letter en­ close stamped and.addressed!envelope for reply. Address all inquiries to Professor Henry G. Bell, Room ,42V 73 Adelaide. St. AV., Toronto, Ontatro. J. H., Chatham, Germany Arms. , ' It has been openly stated in France . that' the German military strength S,is‘.pow three times that of France / ' ' 'herSelf. That proportion is rapidly increasing in favop of Germany. She * possesses an air army not' only the ' finest ,.6jf its kind technically, but an air. force under control of meh more thoroughly air-minded than any iff . the WOrld. Like her opposite number in. the-Far East, japan, Germany has expansionist aspirations; she has, tile ‘means to fulfil them, and she has. '■■■■■ tho will to apply those means.—Lon- ■'* don •'Sunday Dispatch. • -yr- .. . .Woman’s Speaker hi, Winni­ peg, Asks for Modern Gilbert 'i I, ___ ___ __ _____ _ .... ! WINNIPEG-^A modern life as formed the habit of puffing away at! fantastic as a comic opera and nearly a “fag,” some cigarette smokers inustJ as hilarious was pictured by Mrs. have greatly exceeded the l;250 av- : Valance Patriarche in an address erage’.— Kitchener Record. 11 ere.' • -------- .I Speaking on “Tlf’s' G'lbert -and Chror lie Disease Sullivan World of Ours,” she stated, Injured Michigan couple wants to ,sue reckless driver whose mind«, h s an^ ^’jBivan a genius who lawyer claims, lias been a blank since ; 1 the accident. Only since the ad’ei-! "’°;r'. a 1 dent?—Guelph Mercury. . • | ment. Speaking on “Th's G'lbert -find Tradition of Service King Edward is-certainly not a slave to .tradition, bdt he adheres to the tradition of service that his fore­ bears have Handed down. The world washes him Av'eli.--Sault;Star,,A •• ■ > n 9.85 Cents P£r Day ' Tri'thvwy who govern4* the '. jail .of.. Perth County reports that; during the’ last quarter of-1935 it cost 9.Sb ceijts per day.to feed apf.is-. o’net.' That would' be about 69 cents .a week. So if you .have a .family of : fho yn.> see the weekly bill for food fh-'ild be about $3,41. The report^ from Pei.th says the. inmates* of the' ■ . jail.d'd. well on the. diet'; in fact- we .' Veliev? it was j-taled they thrived on it'., . " . ■ ' • Bread appear, to ' be one, of t^e. large, items, ,and .266 pounds .: meat was purchased* Other articles used wore wheat products, beans, barley, ried,. sugar, potatoes, . onions', ride* sug potatoes’, onions, raisins' and jam. ' ' ■ ' A di -titian. would say 'this was not a‘ balanced d ot; it leans toward starches and I its carbohydrates con^' tent, would be high. A person work- . tng at' something where ■physical■•ex­ ertion. was needed' ■ could probably . burn- up all the fuel provided, but ■ one staying in j'aii wmuld.ho apt to ' put on a1 coating of soft fat, One With: a ' tendency . toward d'abetes tvoubl go down qudckly. imdor such ..i^od. But a co “We sadly need a reincarnation of ~'."l,,*t and Sullivan wo.uld make this .somewhat criminal-' i source' of innocent' merri- Aftei deling with the fact that . Gilbert' and _ Sullivan opera « was rnjode’Ie'd on the pure Greek comedy" ..._......... * ‘ ?h,e- outlined fott.? phasos'of ..modern life, Extrncy Tinriry changes have taken place in ddmestic lire—compan:or.ate■ marriage, alimony for men. children taken on visits to- see’ what ' the'r mothers, anL fathers are like.;1 three-1 quarters of- the peoole jeb-.g support-, cd, suhm-ittirig. and initiking tKe '25 • .per c^rit. should be ashamed to. have enough nio'r..ev. tn do the supporting. speaking more locally,,the head < mak*‘it easy for youpg-coti-. T_T;'p'_’“ ®F. Lawrence.).;\.a;ldy p]es to.marrv and have- a • family. Anti-Shad Fly Assoc atiotu ,, .'/on re^ef, but* very shar'd for the We. understand that the mosquito young np^ffie on sriin ’i sa'arips; we control efforts undertaken in the. vi- J large sowers and ■ larger bofTi? cinity of Orillia, a community _ inv ! ta!s.. but have r.o money To Jrn ld ire in a world yjhere that.wtoo, making it said the speaker. 1 __ ____,__ and lyrics for an V pern’dealing with tendencies, of today, and finished by• explaining ? and A Job for Leacock If Stephen Leacock is serious (and/written five centuries ‘ ago’, .and ,'was we scarcely think ho is)—about de-' .equally, pungent' and democratic, voting h's remaining years ..to the. • •• • - ’ presidency*' of the Anti-Mosquito As-! soeiation of East Sinico.e, now that he has. been' chucked out of Ins job ' at McGill by its octogenarian gover-,, nors because he haS reached the age ! of 65, we think that, in the-national J iri'tercst, he might do much worse than become the head .of a Doripn-;' ion-wide ahti-mosquito organization or, 5. of an Upper St. Of Snelling Beer Commenting on the revival of the Old Fa-hionpd Spelling Bee, Stephen T.cacoek, Professor of Economics at McGill University in a letter to The Montreal Star! “I am gTad that we are to have the Old Spelling Bee brick with us. It used-to play a great part • in thp'Ti’cs of tho plain people of Canada and the United States. Be- „ fore radio'waj and before moving pictures were, in the days Of the ‘Little Old Schoolhouse/ the Spelling Bee had its’munor^d place. It repro- seuted that combination of amuse­ ment and intellectuality dear to-a progressive people. The people on | .tliis c,(»ntinonl couhl -always read and i wore proud of it! They carried their*'*. . la'.lt vied Spelling Boqkf^to the Fron- j tier cabins. Tho book moved wgst ' fir.-t, and tin* teacher afterwards. • I ‘True piogresw’, as- my epigrahTa'tic fri<'ii(l, Sir Andrew Macphail, would -av; is best'achiev’d by putting t.he cart before the hofse.’ • . “All our great men on this eon- ’tin\*ii'i, our Abraham ' Lincolns and ‘out John ’ A. Macd'>nald>, achieved their fust- triumphs in a .spelling* Bev, As a matter of fact, 1 was vpr('tly good at it. myself,''my supreme feat of spelling “harass,”' “arras” and ‘-.embarrass'’ at School. (Section No. ‘I, Tow-n<hip of Georgia, A.D. I.K78) put a lairiyl wreath on. my head >vhieh J am still p|repnro<l to defend, T coygratulate Th« Star on rpvi\ine thi4 good old institution.’’ Oo^ Ickie Mousie Mousie Are You" ! Injures Infants CHICAGO--.Baby talk came in for sqpte lai d words recently.. ' Parents who • Nidulge ift-: it, whet^ Af-o stalking to baby, drew ;; frown25,>2 is de-ivncd for • . t?i***tIk wars. !<6 -g« .«■«>! ■ 1)1 • ‘'“qh'iric W. Brown of^Florai Size J 6 requires) P«'rh, .N.Y., .who told the KmerlcMIl !1' ' ‘ • ' speech crir.re'ction’s annual co^yentloil ' I that this- means trouble.' ----- “Poor comprehension ini children of 1.116 seventh and eighth- grades hat been traced to the fact that . thtf were baby talkers in infancy,” h* , (1) Q uestion:—We hear a good deal about' Fe'rtil'zer containing , extra plant- food'1 materials suclr as mag­ nesia, lime, sulphur, etc., besides ’the usual nitrogen, phosphorus, and potash-and-- I would like to know Just how important these” other plant food elements are in a Commercial Fertilizer. Answer:^-Qn. certain soils, the extra or rarer plant nutrients may be . of very great, service, e.g^ where sand-brown or premature yellow.-, ing of tobacco occurs, magnesium salts have been found to effect ri cure. Magnesmm is supplied in cal- cium-magrtesium liriicstone (dolo- riiite or in the form rf sulphate of magnesium..'Sand-brown occurs on very sandy soils. Sulphur has be.en?found to be of great service in addition to suitab’e fertilizers, I, . bn‘Onions grown on niuck soils. It has. also enabled celery crops to; • withstand disease and make good growth^ Borax on turnips—in ad- dit'on to manure or fertdikors has produced crops free of water core under certain conditions, while its .use has' not-been effective in all I;', cases. • • • ■ T(2) Question:—Some fertilizer sales- . men- tell us1 they have a lime filler in their ‘ fert'.i’zer1 instead of a sand filler and for this reason , their fertilizer is worth more mon­ ey.. Please let. me know what you -think' abput this. . Answer:—Dolomite Tnicst-one used as a filler .;n fertilizer will correct acidity of soil if used in sufficient quantity and if the %oils are not acid. Sand w'll not correct acidity. ’(3) Question:—Dpes fertilizer kept -. . over from one year to another lose;! hny of its strength?. . Answer:—If fertilizers are stored in a dry place, they should pot. suf- . fer any loss of plantfood if stpre'd for a year. There,, ..may, be some tendency for-the-fertilizers to get hard Or, set. Before attempting-to; ■'sow .fertilizers that have beep stored' over winter; they should be ■ thoroughly -sifted before'.they are.' •takeri to the field, *§.o that they ■ may- drill evenly/ • ' ' (4) Question?;—Which' do you think would pay best, on oats' and bar- ■ley nvxdd,'Aon6 bag per aOrc Of fertilizer or. two bags per acre? - : I Answer-;---Ratos of fertilizers. (2-12-' | . 6) wore' tried on three ,farms' in a *. i i f r('otir;v;x< i’t, or indulge .chit> in it, will retard arid rii^y Iflflr I:-, general learning.” I ‘ We. understand that the mosquito-■» ........ __ , a community inn; mortalHed by Leacock, nave been home£; we uniformly successful, lie would con- uveryc’r.e sings She suggested* scenes have been fer benefit upon-many another Sum- ' n10T’e Yperat:c,”' mdr resort region, not excluding the ! Riddau lakes, if he'■would>.undertake a nation-wide tour ,in'the interest of mosquito conici\— BroclivVl Record-! er. | •, THE EMPIRE Reason for Royal Purple Many people have been asking' themselves during these recent days.,' wh§n so huich purple has'been m'n- gled with the' black, why purpie, a color in itself^SO bright is a mourn­ ing color. One' has failed to find the origin of a custom ?o wide-spread. that a Writer of pure' nonsense satr’c iidmedy would have a mofe difficult task now. than in the time of Gilbert and Sullivan.' Tho£e‘ jvrit- ers^.riiadc sober--realties appear fan­ tastic and absurd;. a modern satirist must make fantastic- and absrird realities appear serious andjnafUr of fact in order' to' show what .they really are worth. ... “When a/Mnari wants to mfitderi. a tiger he calls it sport; when the tig­ er wants to murder him he calls it ’ ferocity.George Bernard S-havtr, ’ Cotrid you po-sibly chouse, a smartei* or a. prettier blou.-c? . Slip it over ymri*hwpi in^a jiffy.' Its soft collarle^s draped neck so • ) completely conil'oi'tflhlo under your, shit, leqds itself -to inspira- ' lion's* with hand.kvrchicf scarfs *pr modern clips. Easy to make*' ' Inexpensive!’ One glance, at illustrated'diagram reveals the secret. Silk or satin- crcp'o, cottons, linen, etc., arc suitable smart,; mediums. . ■ • ' ' Style No. _ .. ........ lt,, sizes 14, 17, IK years, 36, 38 *ahd , 'iO-inches..bust; y .. _4. I.'u. yards of’35 inch material.' MOW TO ORDER P VI IE BNS ' . 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