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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1936-04-30, Page 2Newly Formed Belgian Division Engage in Maneuvers Canada MPHTHERIA IN TORONTO la Toronto, diphtheria's ravages wase reduced from 1,022 cases and nodeaths at all in 1934.' This was a record which, under present cir­ cumstances,. the city could not ex­ pect to duplicate, and in 1935 there 'were, "46 cases and 8. death,s, an in-. 'Significant number when compared with the record of 1929 and earlier years, before toxoiding of the city's cWMren was undertaken. . Bi is the . toxoiding. of ..children wHA has wrought the change. Since 1929, 125,000 Have been given this diphtheria-preventing treatment. It is not . absolutely certain in every case7~bu^ that the claim made for it.-r 95 per cent; efficiency is more than jus­ tified. Its success is such that no parents can . afford to leave their children unprotected when' such, a simple treatment is available. Tt|e regrettable fact is that many parents have neglected .this simple precaution. Of 100,000 Toronto chil­ dren between '6~lihd~T4, about 35,000 were said recently to be Without im­ munization. And of 50,000 pre­ school children 30,000 had not been treated. These 65,000 little folk are the nucleus of a possibly serious epidemic.—-Toronto Star. ' sands oT~wofkers"producing materi­ als of which automobiles are -made. T-alk of goirtg i^ack to the horse-* arid-bug^y days is easy, sometimes sounds convincing. But how many days would the manufacturers of ; buggies havo to work or produce be­ fore* paying, ^workers $323,ll0,00fli T And . vrhat wbUld..they bo doing who are now working on materials with which automobiles are made; or working bn machines that make auto- . mobiles? ■ Isn’t .the answer to much | of this objection machines this: That machine* 'create new consumption (such as automobiles) and that con­ sumption creates work and wages? It is worth thinking about.—Ottawa Journal. TOO MUCH SPEED “The cars crashed: with such force that a steel roof on . the. American car was buckled almost, to (a sharp peak,” reads the .despatch telling , of the death of [four and injury to two near London last week. And it is pertinent io ask what ..ever justifies such speed on the, highway, speed which 'dli^nates The slight of car control. — St. Catharines Standard. Belgian machine gun crewjs, part of a division recently called to colors by Belgian General Staff, engaging in large scale maneuvers near Beeverloo under the watcbfuLeyea' of staff officers. In-/ fantrymen in the rear canHUbe seen creeping forward. that there is a British race, or, when we. look at the Norwegian, the Dane, or the native of Normandy, must we admit that, the difference between themandthoBritiahisonlyalan- guage and 'nationality? — London Morning Post. MAYBE TRUTH, AT THAT We are willing to wager a cookie thaf a \ certain proofreader got an earful the day this appeared in the social columns: “The dinner was at­ tended by forty-tight members.” —- Kitchener, Record. ----- TEN GALLON A SUMMER - Invention never stops and the lat­ est promises great things for every man who drives a car. To tell any motorist that he may yet be able to do a whole Summer’s driving on 10 or 12 gallons of gas would be to be met>with a quizzincal stare; its ab­ surdity seems altogether too obvious? But Winnipeg replies that this situ- ation. is"already here and is ready to bring forward proof. For 16 years C. N. Pogue of that city has been working on a new type of carburetor which can be affixed to an ordinary car, and at long last claims to have met with success. With the 'temperature 10 below zero and a stiff wind blowing; an 8 cylinder coupe travelled 26.2 miles with this . attachment on one pint of gasoline. This would repre­ sent 209.2 miles to the gallon. At the same rate the ordinary man would be able to drive all Summer on 10 or 12 gallons. I't seems altogether too good to b.e true,, but a syndicate is prepar­ ing to market the new device and we will see what we will see. —Hali- fax Chronicle. , • . DISCOUNTS “EXAMS” Dr. L. J. Austin, professor of surg­ ery at Queen’s University, is of the opinion that , scholastic examina­ tions are over-stressea on this* con­ tinent. He., recalled the. frequency with which suicide was the answer made by: disappointed pupils at Un­ ited Statesschools whohadfailed tp^obtain the requisite marks.- In Canada many people were iricHnedT to regard examination failures as a disgrace to the family. This was a wrong attitude and the tendency to exaggerate the importance of be­ ing successful at examinations was causing /much unhappiness. Pro­ fessor Austin, who voiced these sentiments regarding . examinations, was speaking to the. Kent County branch of the Queen’s Alumni As­ sociation and his words will - prob­ ably have the effect of lessening the anxiety of many distressed pupils and parents, concerning the outcome of approaching tests at schools and colleges. — Woodstock Sentinel-Re­ view,-. REAL COMING TROUBLE We agreed with that Indiana judge who ruled that a wooden leg does not bar a man/from operating an automobile. It is wooden , heads that cause most of the trouble. — Montreal Star. sers. I think the water mains must have been broken, since' the water- would not have been coming from broken sewers on high ground. THE EMPIRE JUVENILE CRIME PREVENTION THE DOG PAYS HIS SHARE These are the dog- days in taxa­ tion. Alberta dogs are to pay a year each for the privilege of living. If1 they happen to be purebred it’s going to cost, them $10 annually. This fs a tax, not a levy. Just a plain, common garden variety of tax. •■ ’ . In prder that the way may be opened for more and better taxes ..when the Legislature meets next Winter for its second .session, let us propose a few which should receive prayerful consideration In “the in­ terim: A tax ori cats. A tax on political clubs. ■ , A tax * on members Clubs, , A .tax going to tax on getting up in the niorri- i \. tax on Spring. Summer, Fall Winter.-' . * tax op the vvr-a’nerma-n. A 4ax on A (a And a special tftx oh the taxers. Those are.ju*t by way of a little vaim-ty. If the , taxing experts at E'lnunton. want a .few more , ideas to work on we ,can> supply them without, working overtime. Tn the meantime, ■ Alberta dogs ftre going to help carry the^ load.—- I.othhri'lge Hera; 1. . A ing. A and A of .political on waking, an<?^another on sleep. * on weather forecaster^.. political forecasters.’ NO FOOLIN’ ; Wh<T. our ba-odvojnA local 'bank toller, Athol Beatlie, hurried out to the hospital April 1 and -was. told he had ' become the proud papa' of twins -2 girls -he just grinned-, acct, of knowin’ what day- it But that's re-all v What happened The Windstx Sf'-ar. V * * _____ * Machines and labor ‘Machines kill employment In .smne^cdse.^, perhaps. But last ye a n on e mj>tori£. Fa f m a n u f a <■ t U r i n g -company tb^C^'icrd .’tato's al'or.c paid out 3323,000,p00, 'this not--• iiiM^Un''^'• .to tlmu- , on Was.j- ' ' 4 . . . .. More personal punishment and the taking of fingerprints are recom­ mended for juvenile offenders by the Chief Constable of Manchester. Bitching does not help. We commend to. the Chief Constable the wise words of the. Home Secretary to justices when, the Children and Young Per­ sons Ac^was passed in 1933. He de­ clared that the experience regarding whipping in most juvenile, courts over long yeats is such .that they rarely or never need to exercise it. London Daily Herald. “NO MORE WAR!’* There will be no Waf because, thtiugh the Germans Locarno, the French will not treat th j breach as an act of war. It would be, an act of war if the Rhineland occupation was a mobilization for the purpose ’of attacking France,. or if it was intended as ' the jumping-pg .stage for an invasion, of the Powers al.ied xyitTi. France. "" Rhipeland occupation those. So 'settle down . „ fairs and occupations and go about your business. At present, anyway, “’There arn’t goin’.to.be no more war” for anybody.—London ^)ai!y Express; . ENGLISH, BRITISH, OR WHAT The average man. who, to be sure? takes a good deal for granted, com­ monly looks upon himself (with'some complacency) as belonging to one race or another. Our newspapers no longer Mare to speak of the English’ race for fear of'‘offending. the Scot,- so they freely substitute the British face, although the ethnologist-mii*ht■ object that'the British were the race, or races which inhabited these ..islands before the English came-,- Dare wa speak of* (he Scottish face' When it is 'obvious that the -.native, say, of the .Lothians is nearer' akin, to the Yorkshireman thft’h he is to the denizen of Argyll or Sutherland, and (hat there is more difference be­ tween the fjast and West of, Scotland than between1' the North and South of Gjeat. Britain? Then'can w'e s-rtf'- have broken rer Plainly, ' the is. neither of with your af- A ■ . r ■ , , : -- -----r------ ; 'I ’■ Works'and Worries Over Her 250 Acres But Makes ; Them Pay GRENVILLE, Ga.—“A lot of hard jwork,; planning . .and. mucK. worrying?’^ That's, how Edna Peavy, in two years, as-“head--inan”— on-a-250-acrefarm,_ says she has managed to pay off a stack of bills- and put money in the bank. .. Without any training for farm work, Miss Peavy took charge of the farm in 1934, after her -father’s death. She lives there with her8' mother, and a hired man assists in the work. Arising at daWn,;. she milks six cows before breakfast — then jumps into her automobile and is off to town to dispose of a load of milk, vegetables, butter $nd eggs to re­ gular customers. Then she hurries home to take up” the managerial reins. Miss Peavy is a believer in diver­ sified farming and last year had 60 acres in cultivation---40 • in cqrn, 10 in peas, nine in cotton and one in swefet potatoes. She keeps between 50 and 75 hdns and says‘her eggs and surplus chickens usually bring good prices, “In summer the gardens and the jjpeach, apple and figtrees add to my income,” she continued. “Some of the.fni'it and vegetables are sold to my milk and butter customers.” In support of her theories the “lady farmer” points to a bank ac­ count sufficient to finance her busi­ ness through the harvest season. He Serves “In” a Ship Speaking of his new charge,, the Queen Mary, Captain Sir Edgar Brit­ ten, says she4 is “the easiest ship to handle I have ever served in.” There speaks the sailor when he says he serves “in” a ship and not “on.’’ All landsmen refer to being “on” a ship. They §hil “on”-the So-and-So frdm’Montreal, or they arrived “bn” the Such-and-Such. You sail “in’ a ship; not “on” it. If you wear nautical togs and talk . big about being “on” a ship you give yourself away at once to a real sail­ or. Thousands Hunger.-—Huddled Together Without Blankets Or Covers of Any Kind. _-ELMIRAr N. —-Fre’d--Newell-,- editor of the Canton, Pa., Sentinel, gave the Elmira Advertiser a graphic description; of flood conditions at • Williamsport,.. Pa. . ; Refugees Are Fed Newell, a Red Cross worker, was one' of five persons who formed the first relief unit to get into. Williams­ port. He reported 2,500 refugees were fed in one school, building-sby the Red Cross, ___'■ ..J.,.''. “Many people wfere maropried and without food.” he said, “I talked ~‘‘Nobody knows how many persons, were cui off in flooded apartments and houses. Nobody knows how -many have been drowned; Nobody knows how many died in their beds as the water suddenly rose_and trapped them ' ■'like rats.'. “Three bodies that I know of-were picked up and I know that an entire family of four were lost. Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably undei' the control of destiny.—Goethe. without food.” he said, “I talked .. with a man who had not eaten for over three days; ■ He had just; been rescued from a downtown apartment.” Newell continued: ^‘These marooned, people fashioned hooks and grappled for floating bananas, oranges and any other food floating With debris and trash., A severe fire added to the tertor.. It was believed to have consumed to the water line the , block between Pine and Samuel streets on the south side of West Second street. , Can’t Be Reached .“The extent of the fire’s- damage could not be, learned, because boats could not reach the 'burned section. “Fire broke out in the transformer plant of the Pennsylvania Power & Light Company.. What damage it did I don’t know. . “People slept on beds, coats, floors? tables, anywhere they could find a place to lie. Some of them were without blankets or covers of any kind. | . “Some refugees did not eve.n have clothes. The river rose so suddenly they had to flee In their night cloth­ ing. , . (“The office of the Williamsport Sun was flooded, and the newspaper open­ ed an emergency office four blocks away and just beyond the flood waters. They'd id n’t publish a, paper;,! the newspaper men acted as a rescue ctew, bringing marooned people tp safety. “The Canton Red Cross sent 200 •folding cots and- several thousand blankets, 50 mattresses, and a l!ot of clothing into Williamsport by motor. “I talked to Georga Lamede, chair­ man. of thb Williamsport Red Cross,, •and he asked for blankets, bedding an ’ underwear. The people needed thousands and thousands of blankets immediately, if sickness .was to be prevented,”, he said. Water Mains Broken s “I was not sure about the drink­ ing water. As I went along streets on high ground, I 'noticed that man­ hole coders had beeh blown off and water was spurting up in a small gey- Children. Are Admonished Too "MiTch About a Natural —kusiinct - V ■ to A Diplomat’s Preview of “Things to Come” •s 4 Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador to the United- States, niece, Lridy Elizabeth Lindsay, shown as they attended pre­ fl. G. Wells’ film in Washington, !).('. ■ 4 ■ She - “How do you (k'p'fti'ibc bache­ lors?” ’ " « He—“As men who ..have eontom: plhtcd .matrimonyI” , ■ •' i!‘ " ’ ... 1 " si , ■ 1 ■ Mrs. Jones went into a store that looked suspiciously like an art .mu­ seum., -• , In .glass cases lay exhibits of such merchandise as was permitted to be profaned by public gaze. The rest was reverently hidden in- black com-, partments that slid into the wall like coffins in a mausoleum. She wanted to spend ten dollars, on exactly what she wanted. But she wasn’t sure just what — she needed so many thihgs. Drawing up to a counter eventu­ ally she asked for stockings.- But would she please tell the color and kind, also size, and about' what price? “Goodness,” gasped—Jlrs.— Jones, helplessly. “I want to see some stockings — a lot of them.- I like things to be out on the cqunter so I can lay a hand on them.” Revels in Handling Goods At the, third counter she got tired of this pig-in-the-poke business — ahd said so. “Why don’t you try the basement?” suggested the clerk. Mrs, Jones smiled happily as she stepped out of the. elevator. All the marts of the world seemed to have emptied, themselves, here,, and were either hung, stacked or spread before her gaze. Here she could dig Under c mountains of curtains and. yank out what ’she liked. Here she could get hold of the ]end of a remnant and pull. She was blissfully ha'ppy, be­ cause she shopped by as by sight. Next day. she took store. • Peggy’s nose just couniters. Only the edges of bright merchandise appeared to tantalize ‘her.’- ' Up went her hands to touch little boxes, and ribbons and dishes within reach. Once she lifted a doJly and proceeded on her way. “Peggy Jane, I told you not to touch anything. You have • the busiest hands I’ve ever seen.” Her mother took the doll back and apolo­ gized. Sauce for the Goose But Peggy Jane continued to “touch.” And aj; last got her hands, slapped. • At home her mother said, “I’m not-going- to take you to a store again. You Won’t let things alone.” h Isn’t the urge , to “touch” strong in most of us? Isn’t the' instinct to lay hands bn something we admire often .stronger thaiV mbre vision? Why blame children too much for an impulse that is after all so na­ tural and human. . Not only, in stores, but everywhere, else in .the World they face the warn­ ing signs “Dp not touch”. ' They, must' loam to respect propevtyg and learn to keep themselves sUtc; but this^ v.orld-for-gvow.nups .must often Seem as hampering to them as the rarified Store-air was to Mrs. Jones. • Poor, votings tors; It Is a Hands- at, best - for them. Comments the Moat real Star, “The different broiidcastiiig B.t«M* throughout would probably like to put more good music on the .air but they are handicapped by-public taste. The pobr music often heard must bo listeners. The trained musicians m*I be in despair at some .of the programs especially from* the. United State®. But the weHrknow* English musician and composer, Sir Walford ; Davins, is able to extract raps of hope from even the worst. 7 ' Spe-iklng before the Royal Society of Arts in London ‘he said that long­ distance listening w.as bound to speed up musical interest and discernment beyond all previous experience/ With­ in 10 years things might become ciear Which, otherwise would have taken a century to dawn on the mind of man. For they could now scan by means of a good wireless set jhe *v?We musical firmament, evening by evening, provided they had learnt howtofocustliisnewkindoftele’ scope to their ears, as they focused the other kind to their eyes; arid pro­ vided. also' that the B.B.C.’s choice of music and listeners* powers of dis­ crimination were adequate. Comparing the situation today with that of a decade ago, Sir Walford mb mitted that there was prevalent at this momentwritich depressing broad- ‘cast. ey}dehce^.n£.-a-debased--taate—for senseless music Sensationally rend­ ered ; there was also a strikingly healthy and rising tide of musical, un­ derstanding and taste for the art it­ self, as apart from its associated uses. They might safely imagine millions listening nightly; among them tens of thousands were doubtless listening with ever.-increasing critical discern­ ment; and’among* them, again, , hun­ dreds of young people of outstanding musical sensitivity (including, per­ haps, a genius pr two), were listening creatively, feasting on good jhihgs, but mentally vowing “never, when their chance came, to afflict the world with the banalities that were still sa frequently heard.” ,, ■ ^'Children are really having an aw­ ful time with parents these days”. — Adela Rogers. St. Johns.- A Dressy Pyjama Set touch as Well Peggy to the reached the . Student; I •>> x 17-91-3 This, is an exceedingly well de­ signed garment, plenty of fulness is included for active arms and •legs. The yoke, sleeve and front " panel are all piece, cleverly | combined to. minimize your sew­ ing time and-eliminate complicat- , ing tricks. Six little buttons down the center front parrel, a demure Peter Pan collar, plus a wide ^elf-fabric belt and what is thg result? A dressy pajama waist that can be duplicated in another fabric and Worn , over a skirt. The blouse is gathered to the yoke in front and bdek giving a flattering fulness and smooth appearance. Make this lovely tailored model in polka-dotted ffilk,'printed crepe, cotton, or light flannel. ' This BARBARA BELL PAT- TERN-So, 1791is available an sizes I-I,. Ki, IS, 20. 40 and 42. T,lie corresponding, bust / ‘•\sure- ments,32, 31, 36, 38, 10T A 42. ’ Size Iff requires ya,rds of 39- itmh material. . HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and add're»» of. pattern wanted. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin; (coin preferred); wrap it carefully and address,jyour order to Barbara 6ell, Room 230, 73 Adelaide W-. Toronto.