The Lucknow Sentinel, 1919-09-25, Page 6Legacy on Wheels
By Dorothy Donnell Calhoun.
CHAPTER XII. I
“Since we got back from Toronto I;
can’t hardly make Julie out!” worried;
Ma. 'She stood broom in hand in the
sitting room window, looking out at
the bright head bent over Uncle
Henry. “She don’t act sick and she ■
don’t complain cf feeling bad any-!
where. It’s her not complaining that;
scares me! She was such a hand to ;
be always wanting and wishing and
fretting for something.”
“When a girl her age starts ailing,”
said Gran’ma decidedly, “she don’t
need doses of medicine as much as she
does a new hat and some real foolish
fixings.”
“If Uncle Henry’d been worth what
folks thought he was—” Ma sighed, ;
Pa looked up from his paper hum
orously. “We oughtn’t to look a gift
automobile in the mouth,” he said.!
“That car’s done more for the Flem
ings than money could. It’s waked us
up, Emmie. It’s showed us how we
could spend a little money real handy, !
too. I’d like to start one of those
creamery-laundry things, for instance, j
right here at the Cross Roads and give
the whole neighborhood a boost. It j
would put money in the farmers’ pock
ets and take aches out of their wives’
backs-----”
The sound of a muffled thud in the
yard interrupted him. On the heels
. of the thud rose a shriek, suggestive
of dire possibilities.
“Pa! Ma! Everybody come here
quick!” Julie’s cry brought them hur
rying to the door to find the two
young people dancing wildly about
the wreckage of the seat cushion on
the ground. From its torn covering
protruded something
ing—curious stuffing
of an automobile! A
“Romey fell over
open at the seam!”
breathless. “Uncle Henry wasn’t any
kind of a sewer. As he sewed so did'
it reap—rip, I mean!”
“Juliet Ann Fleming!” Ma‘s voice!
tried vainly to be stern, but quavered!
in spite cf her. “Stop that foolish-!
ness tLis living minute and tell whatj
you mean.”
For reply Julie stooped and took:
something from the rent in the cush
ion, something that rustled crisply as
she laid it in Pa’s calloused palm.
Awed, unbelievingly, the Fleming’s
stared down at a new fifty-dollar bank
note.
“It means Uncle Henry -was well-off
after all,” said Julie quietly. “He was
afraid Qf banks, you know—banks and
burglars. He must have wanted to
carry his money round with him wher
ever he went. They said he was ec
centric—don’t you remember?”
In silence the Flemings finished the
destruction that Romey had begun; in
silence they counted the bills that al
most filled the cushion frame. Ma be
gan to cry.
“Twenty thousand dollars! We’re
rich, Pa! Gran’ma can have her gold
beads and pink parasol, you can have
the tall silk hat and long coat,” she
sobbed joyfully. “I always did hanker
to see you in them.”
Benjamin Fleming took the quiver
ing figure, broom and all, into his
arms and began to stroke the thin
gray hair. Julie, watching, in one
breathless moment of revelation, had
a glimpse of the big shy boy and of
the little sweet girl that Pa and Ma
had been long ago.
“There! There!” crooned the old
crisp and shin- i
for the cushion I
it and it tore
Julie gasped,'
John Massey coming toward her. He]
looked strangely big and broad and j
masterful in the magic glow, like
some great god-figure from an old
hero tale. She had thought of him as ;
prosaic and commonplace but she had
never seen this John Massey,
as though she were lookin;
with new sight.
The memory of the/r last meeting
was in their minds as they stopped
and shook hands a little awkwardly.
5“How’s everything, John?” asked
Julie, tring to speak casually above
the.tumult of her heart. How big and
brown he was! How he belonged to
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lover tenderly. “There, there, honey
sweet! Don’t cry ’cause you’re glad!”;
Life widened out indeed for the
Flemings. The little house under the
elms became full of happy stir and — ----- —— ------—
bustle. Pa vibrated between his “put- the fields and rugged rocks and hon-
tering” and meetings of the newly
formed Civic and Creamery Club. Ma
flew about the rooms with their old
hominess and new pretties, as busy as
one cf the bees in the spick-and-span
new hives in the back yard, and
Romey, important in ’ ‘
evinced such strict adherence to the
Boy Scout rules of
Gran’ma was secretly alarmed and
told Ma that “it didn’t seem healthy,
for a boy to say ‘Please’ so often!” ;
To Julie alone the crisp autumn
days brought a sense of decay and
coming chill. One afternoon she
slipped away for a walk through the'
scarlet rain of the woods where she'
could take off her smile for a little!
while.“It doesn’t fit!” she decided whimsi-1
cally. “Poor dear, it pinches your
soul! I wonder—oh, I wonder what ;
people, do when they haven’t any life;
of their own! It’s like the old nurs-l
ery rhyme:
“Hew can you eat without any knife? !
How can you marry without any'
wife?
How can vou live without any life? ;
—Oh, hum!”
All the old maids in Farmington,;
she remembered, lived other people’s
lives, brought up ungrateful nieces!
and nephews, crocheted tiny bootlets;
for other women’s babies, stayed be-j
hind to wash the ice cream dishes;
after church suppers. She had a sud-j
den odd fancy that she could hear!
coming toward her the footsteps of,
that future Julie, a staid, narrow-;
chested figure, pitiably gratefuj for.,
crumbs from other people’s happiness, I
The fancy was so vivid that she could;
almost hear the leaves rustling under!
swift footsteps.
Julie stopped short. Slowly her
hands went to her breast. The sun
was shining over the western rim of
the world and a path of red light lay
along the road. In its glow she saw
It was
ig at him
per and half the milk on in saucepan
and cook 5 minutes. IJeaf, ti e eggs1
and half cup of milk until light; add
to corn and cook slowly, stirring con
stantly until set. Add butter and;
salt; serve on thin slices of toast.'
Pepper can be omitted and parsley or
celery tons used instead.I
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est country things!
“All right.” A dull tide of red
crept to the sunburn line on his fore
head. “I’ve got most of the fall chores
done—hundred barrels of potatoes out
of the south field! It’s*—it’s a pretty
his uniform, good field for potatoes, Julie.”
She knew that he was speaking of
courtesy that more than potatoes and her answer
ran deeper than the words.
“I guess I was wrong wanting you
to plant them in a new field, John,”
she smiled rather breathlessly. “I’ve
found out lately I was wrong about—
a good many things-----”
“Julie!” cried John Massey with a
great choking cry. “You don’t mean—”
He stopped short, fumbling his hat
between his strong blunt finger tips.
“I don’t want to bother you, Julie,”
he said slowly, at last, “but I feel just
the same about you as I did. I guess
I’ll always feel that way. I’ve loved
you ever since you were a little red
headed scrap of a thing back in the
Third Book!”
He laughed to cover the shake in
his voice. “Do you know what I was
thinking with every seed I planted
this year? I was thinking, ‘If the
crops turn out well maybe wTe can be
married this fall,’ and it seemed as if
everything grew better, knowing what
’twas growing for. I—I just want
you should know I was waiting if you
ever should feel different.”
Julie drew a slow breath. Not for
her, ever again, the old restless de
siring. She lifted her face to his1
wistful gaze and in her blue eyes he
read his answer and took her then
and there into his awed and wondering
arms.
“Why, I know now what was the
matter with me, John! I was home-,
sick.”
On the bare autumn bough above
their heads a belated robin, thinking
that spring had come, burst into ec
static mating song.
(The End.)
day’s expenditures ? Can you giveEfficiency Test for Homemaker.
To Mrs. T. Q. Franks a medal h^ls
been awarded as America’s best
home-maker. Here is the efficiency
test which she would submit to every
housekeeper to answer:
1. Do you consider your occupation
of housewife a profession of which
you are proud and to which you bring
your most intelligent attention?
2. Do you and your husband regard
yourselves as business partners, shar
ing a knowledge of the family finances
and prospects, and co-operate in
spending your income wisely?
3. Have you a stated amount to ex
pend on food, operating expenses,
furniture, recreation etc?
4. Have you a personal bank ac
count for the income entrusted to
you, and do you handle bills and other
communications systematically and
promptly ?
5. Have you a cost keeping system
which is a complete record of every
What Your Rural School May Lack. I
Are you satisfied with the returns
from your rural school? You have
probably been paying increasing taxes,
in order to have better teachers, new!
co'urses and perhaps a new school!
building. If your school is the cen-|
tralized type, the up-keep has been
as great as ir the city school; but the
central school has been found the most
practical system for the present-day
rural needs, giving city educational
advantages to a certain degree.
As an educational centre, the well- ’
organized rural school fulfils its obli-I
gation to the pupil, but does not give
the fullest possible return to those
who support it. The stage is all set
for some one to work out this lacking
benefit, and it may be your school
that is waiting to be ma-de the social
centre of your community.
The first move in the development!
of the school as a social centre is to
organize bi-montnly or monthly meet-!
ings for social gatherings. Call on;
your county agent or home demon-!
stration agent to furnish a talk at the
first meeting. Secure some talent
from among your friends for the am
usement end of the program.
Do not expect the teachers to work
up the program of activities; the
chances are that they are as busy as
you are, if not busier. You should,'
however, call upon them for co-opera
tion, for in such affairs it is advisable-
to combine interests and share respon-!
sibilities. There need be no fear as
to lack of interest on the part of the
teachers, for they are always inter-!
ested in things social or educational/
One of the best ways to arouse
interest in a community gathering is
to arrange a meeting, and have for a
speaker one cf the local boys who has
been in the service. If this is not
possible, ask a soldier from a neigh
boring town or city to speak. Adver
tise this feature and your assembly
hall will be crowded. Invite a boy who
has not been so fortunate as to be
sent overseas to tell the audience
about cantonment organization..!
Learning the value of organization
will, in itself, be helpful in building
up your community work. After you
are organized, ask
soldier in your community to speak,!
for the experiences of the men who
went over will continue to interest
us for a long time to come.
Later on, the main social meetings
may be supplemented by soil study!
clubs, corn clubs, or fruit and orchard
study clubs, -If you arte in a fruit dis
trict. Domestic science and bread
making clubs are suitable for every
type of school community. Parents
and pupils both become interested in
these clubs and will soon be compet
ing for the same prizes. Do not try
to have contests without prizes or
ribbons, or you will lose much of the
interest. If your organization is vig
orous enough to support at least two
of the clubs suggested, you will have
no trouble in making up $2, $3, or
even $5 purses.
The high school classes in English,
civics or public speaking, can be asked
to work up debates and amateur plays.
A home talent play and an occasional
debate can be arranged to be given
BIG SCHEME BEING CARRIED CUT
IN QUEBEC.
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ANO
Replanting of Forests to Sustain ths
Pulp and Paper Industry is a
Necessary Undertaking.
BRINGING THE MATTER HOME TO
THE INDIVIDUAL.
of the
attended
weirdest
the own-
by the
That possession of much
world's goods is frequently
by the manifestation of the
eccentricities on the part of
ers is amusingly illustrated
following curious instances: —
In Vienna lived a wealthy man, a
Pole of noble origin, occupying sump
tuous apartments in the heart of the
capital’s fashionable quarter, who,
when he wished to summon his ser
vants, did so by means of bugle calls.
A favorite pastime of this eccentric
Was to drive a stage, attired like any
ordinary driver of such a vehicle,
wherever he night find aristocratic
fares to be most numerous.
The Viennese asserted that while
he spent a fortufte each year upon his
raiment yet he was never clad in any
save the discarded garments of his
valet. On one occasion the Pole as
tounded the guests at a ball by ap
pearing in a costume of pure white,
with the notable exceptions of shirt
and tie, which were entirely black.
To complete the oddities, it may be
added that when dining, which he in
variably did alone at a table d’hote,
be maintained his reputation for
crankiness by reversing the usual or
der of things and beginning his meal
With a lemitasse, working backward
to the soup.
It was not long ago that there died
Jn an Eastern town a wealthy eccen
tric who, though he had never for
years been outside the grounds sur
rounding his residence,
tomed to boast each day
Walked to certain towns,
a great distance from
'What he actually did
Whenever he decided that it would be
an excellent idea to visit a distant
tewn, he ascertained its «»rct distance
fiw his hc-me ?-ud covered it on foot
was accus-
tliat he had
generally at
his house,
was this: —
on a carefully measured walking track
maintained on his premises for this
purpose. Should he desire to call on
his friends near by he would do so by
proxy, at the same time conducting a
conversation with them by means of
the servants, whom he sent in relays
with certain questions, with strict in
junctions to bring the answers as
speedily as possible.
A well known Parisian, according to
his own statement, for many years de
fied the weather by drinking a solu
tion of camphor, which, in his opinion,
was an excellent substitute for cloth
ing. It was said that winter and sum
mer alike found him sleeping without
a particle of clothing, with the win
dows of his apartment thrown wide
open. It was his custom also to stroll
in the garden, even on bitterly cold
nights, in a garment much resembling
that ordinarily worn by normal people
only at night.
Among the wealthy eccentrics of
England was a man who lived near
Hastings. His fad excited much at
tention and amusement among his
neighbors. Punctually at noon each
day he would appear in his front yard,
with a crimson turban on his head,
his feet covered with richly embroid
ered and jeweled sandals, and with a
coolie cloth round hjs waist. Then, !
absolutely indifferent to the hoots of ;
the people in the street, he would first I
pray aloud to the sun, “the father of '
light and good,” and immediately !
afterward prostrate himself before a '
quaint miniature temple wherein was !
enshrined a grotesque idol with dia-
mond eyes. What made his eccentric!- j
ty remarkable was the fact that he 1
was not of Eastern origin, nor had lie
ever been converted to any religious
faith or cult of the East. 1
a
yearly or monthly statement of what J
you have spent and how?
6. Is your house planned through-'
out on sanitary, economic principles,1
both for yourself and for all others
within it ? Are the heating, -ventilat-;
ing and lighting systems, up to the
maximum in quality and quantity and
down to the minimum cost?
7. Have you accurate knowledge of
all labor-saving devices applicable to
your household, supplying all you can
afford ? Is the work of your house
intelligently planned, so that each
worker has a clear idea of individual
responsibilities and a reasonable time
of rest? j
8. Have you a practical knowledge' the Patyons- Ibis gives the teach-'
of cooking? Of economical buying, er Public speaking an*opportunity
stock-taking and the balanced ration ?’, to helP> and nothing quite equals
9. Have you taken all possible pre-*® home-talent play for bringing out
” A A small ad-
jjave mission fee will cover expenses. If;
there is a balance, it can be used for
prizes.
We are now facing the grave prob-
Producers1
are an .important' economic force in
this question of supply and demand.;
Why not have your community organ-!
ized from this social centre and be
ready to make a study of your part
as a constructive unit.
cautions against fire, thievery and interested audience.
~ x „ xi_ _ i r* T--r miccinr fen xirill nAvavother dangers to the house?
you a complete inventory of all
household belongings?
10. Have you compared all your'
housekeeping methods, in detail, with ^ems °f reconstruction,
those of at least a dozen women of
similar incomes, and circumstances?
your
such
em-
Are you willing to be told that
methods might be improved by
practical housekeepers ?—by an
ploye?—by an expert?
In marking yourself on this
allow 10 for each question, _
yourself a fair percentage if you can
not fairly claim the entire 10 points.
Add results for your total percentage
of 100, - - -or “perfect.”
test,
giving
To Serve Corn.
to Boil Corn—Husk the ears,
the silk with a vegetable
Have
How
remove
brush so it will all come off.
water boiling and boil corn rapidly
for five minutes. Remove from water
at once and place on a plate which
has been covered with a‘napkin, and
bring the ends up- so the corn will be
covered. Do not add salt and do not
let the ears stand in the water. Serve
at once.
When Boiling Corn in Husk—Re
move a few of the outer husks, then
turn the inside ones back; remove the
silk carefully; bring back the husks,
and tie. Boil same as above. This
adds to the sweetness of the corn.
Escalloped Corn—2 cups grated
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fresh corn, % cup fresh breadcrumbs,'
% cup milk,1 tablespoon butter, al
little pepper.1 egg. Mix corn with!
milk, seasonin g and well-beaten egg.!
Brush earlier bakedish with butter.
Pour in ml:U ;re and cover top with!
buttered crim ibs. Bake 30 minutes-
in moderate --en. To butter crumbs,!
put butter r.n pie tin. When melted,!
add the c. m -s and shake until the
crumbs 1 ’0 all bcm t-'uchefl with
butter.I
Scrambled or-; ~gg~—1 cup!
grated fre-'r. c 3 c/ "e 1 cup milk,!
1 tablcopoc.i 'icy cut grsen pepper,
1 tames: c a.! dripping, cr oil.1
teas,, cor. ■the corn, pep-
Perhaps the largest reforestation
scheme ever undertaken in Canada is
being carried out in Quebec this year.
The Laurentide Company, of Grand’-
mere is planting over 1,000,000 seed
lings, mostly Norway spruce, with
some white, Scotch and jack pine and
balsam. The Riordon Company, of St.
Jovite, is also planting 750,000 seed
lings. Much the greatei* number of
the seedlings used are imported from
forest nurseries in the United States,
which, in turn, procured the seed
some three or four years ago from
Northern Europe.
These companies hope soon to plant
every year at least one tree for every
one removed by them. Naturally such
a large scheme of reforestation de
manded the building up of a large or
ganization, as well as the carrying out
of much experimental work, all of
which involved a large outlay of capi
tal. It goes without saying that such
a" task would not have been under
taken if the men who control the com
panies were not convinced that it
was a good investment, and that only
by such means could their deforested
lands be made productive before their
available supplies of timber were ex
hausted. Forest culture presupposes
long-term investments and, conse
quently, the necessity of a minimum
outlay in land and preliminary ex
penses. For this reason it is general
ly considered to be an undertaking
which governments can handle to bet
ter advantage than can private cor
porations or individuals. The Quebec
companies, however, have acquired
considerable areas of cheap land in
fee simple. They established their
own nurseries and these will be grad
ually enlarged until they will furnish
sufficient seedlings to keep pace with
the planting. As practically no seed
of Canadian trees is now obtainable,
it is being imported from Europe, but
in time it should be possible to ob
tain native seed. It is, for example,
every returned not yet definitely known how Norway
spruce will grow under Canadian con
ditions. A vast amount of experiment
al work, requiring several years’ time,
will be necessary to decide this point.
In order to avoid any delay, the com
panies are engaging in this experi
mental work in co-operation with the
Commission of Conservation co-inci-
dently with their planting.
Europe Sets An E^irnple.
It is to be regretted that the several
provincial governments which have
control of their forests should permit
great areas of cut-o^er forest to re
main idle until the time has been !
reached when private enterprise I
“must” undertake the task in order to '
prevent the declne of the timber and j
pulp industries. The provinces might '
.well learn from the peoples of Europe, !
who have
forestry for more than a century,
is long past the time for heeding the
warnings of those who, for more than
a generation, have been pointing out
the menace of permitting a great na
tional resource to become depleted.
Anyone who now prates about Cana
dian forests- being “vast beyond com
prehension,” “illimitable,” or
haustible,” should be regarded
enemy of the country.
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Find time still to be learning
what good, and give up being
tory.—Marcus Aurelius.
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A Dazzling Total.
Nothing less than a White Paper;
has been issued in England in which j
an attempt has been made to total i
up the number of articles of clothing;
and surgical comforts made by the;
Sister Susies for sick and wounded
soldiers under the Army Council’s
scheme, and Sir Edward Ward finds
that the number turned out reached
the amazing total of 88,000,000; the
workers who achieved it totalled 400,-
000. The Director-General pays tri
bute in the paper to,“the noble self
sacrifice of the great band of work
ers at home.”
The Scheme That Failed.
The young lawyer had just opened
his new office, where the paint was
hardly dry. Hearing a step outside,
and seeing a man’s form through the
glass of the door, he stepped over to
the brand-new telephone and, taking
down the receiver, assumed the ap
pearance of being in deep conversa
tion.
“Very well, Mr. Allen,” he was say
ing, as the visitor entered. “I’ll attend
to that government work all right, al
though I’m frightfully rushed just
now. Overwhelmed with cases. . .
Quite right. ... Oh, yes, , .
Certainly. . . . Good-by.”
Hanging up the receiver, he turned
to his visitor, hoping to see him duly
impressed.
“Excuofc me for interrupting you,
sir,” said the stranger apologetically,
“I’ve just come along to connect up
the telephone.”
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kilometers (about 110 miles), and in
landing, when required, in a certain
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Amendment to the Criminal Code Es
tablished Personal Responsibility
For Fires.
At the last session of the Dominion.
Parliament, amendments to the Crim
inal Code, dealing with the fire waste,,
were passed at the recommendation of
the Dominion Fire Prevention Com
mittee, and following up the sugges
tions of the Commission of Conserva
tion as contained in the report Fire
Waste in Canada. The amendments
place the responsibility for outbreaks
of fire and for failure to provide pro
per apparatus for the extinguishment-
of fire or the escape of persons in the
buildings in case of fire. The amend
ments were as follows:
1. Section five hundred and fiftenn.
of The Criminal Code is amended by
inserting the following subsection
immediately before subsection two
thereof:—
“(1A). Every one is guilty cf an in
dictable offence and liable to two-
years’ imprisonment who by negli
gence causes any fire which occasions-
loss of life or loss of property.
“That person -owning, occupying or
controlling the premises in which such
a fire occurs, or on which such fire
originates, shall be deemed to have
caused the fire through negligence if
such person lias failed to obey the re
quirements of any law intended to
prevent fires or which requires ap
paratus for the extinguishment of
fires or to facilitate the escape of per
sons in the event of fire, if the jury
finds that such fire, or thd loss of life,
or the whole or any substantial por
tion of the loss of property, would
not have occurred if such law had
been complied with.
Further Amendments to Cede.
2. The said Act is further amended
by inserting immediately after sec
tion five hundred and fifteen the fol
lowing section:—-
“515a. In any case where any fire
insurance company vvhiclF carries any
policy of fire insurance on the proper
ty, or any Dominion, provincial or
municipal fire officer or authority re
commends that the owner, lessee or
other person controlling or operating
any building, structure factory, ship
yard, vessel, dock, wharf, pier, saw
mill, or yard in which logs or lumber
are stored -or held, should make any
change or alteration in such building,
structure, factory, shipyard, vessel,
dock, wharf, sawmill, pier or yard, re
move ctny material therefrom, or sup
ply any apparatus therefor, with a
view c/f reducing the risk of fire or
for the extingfftshing of fire, and
such recommendation is approved by
any officer in the service of His Ma
jesty, thereto authorized by the Gover
nor in Council, and notice of such re
commendation and of such approval
thereof has been served personally
upon or forwarded by registered mail
to such owner, lessee, or other person,
and such owner, lessee or other per
son refuses or neglects to forthwith
carry out such recommendation, such
owner, lessee or other person shall be
liable upon summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding one thousand dol
lars, or to imprisonment for any term
not exceeding six months, or to both
fine and imprisonment.”
At the meeting' of the Dominion
Fire Prevention Committee at Ottawa
on May 9, Mr. G. D. Findlayson, the
honorary secretary, and Superinten
dent of Insurance, interpreted the first
clause of the amendment as follows:
“Under the first clause, any person
upon whose premises fire occurs is
deemed to have caused the fire by
negligence if he has failed to comply
with any regulations designed te pre
vent fire. Non-compliance is the proof
of negligence, and this is a question
of fact to be determined by a jury.
Notification of a breach of the law is
not provided for, as every person is
presumed to be familiar with the
law.”
This drastic legislation should be
given widespread publicity, as it will
have a most important bearng upon
the enormous fire losses of Canada,
as well as upon the great loss of life
therefrom.
Writer’s Cramp.
Writer’s cramp does not Interfere
with other manipulations of the af
fected hand. A prominent surgeon,
now totally unable to write, uses the
affected hand easily to perform Till
the delicate and varied manipulations
incidental to abdominal surgery.
Complete rest of the hand, massage
and electrical treatment- may afford
relief, but the trouble Js likely to re
cur. Some victims learn to write
with the left hand, but the disease is
prone to extend into the newly-trained
member.
The method of writing from the el
bow or shoulder instead of from the
knuckle prevents writer’s cramp. Af
fected persons can use the type-writ
ing machine perfectly.
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“The Dogs of War.”
Shakespeare is the originator ef the
expression “the dogs of war.” It is
used tn “Julius Caesar,” act 3, scene
1, whore the words are: “Cry havoc,
and let slip the dogs of war.”
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