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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-3-25, Page 2CANADA'S FORESTS VITAL INTO: RT. .11)....:ALL'..errizENs • Etteelleney the Governer Geneva bas Issuett a. Royal Proelantation ap- rotating the week a April 18 to 24 la- ainairee te be observed ae "Savethe- Forest-Weele" The 'seeing or. the proclamation aaaes LndL- th lineantauce of thie saleleet to aU Canadiane and tail attention to the earatesiiieIi reader aigoroas canamign neceesary, as; well as to the best method* of carrying out the Dela- oiples of coneervactien, . The reasone for 'setting asale this raeriod ea Save -the -Forest -Week are given aa felloare:— The protection and • perpetuation of our forests ttre vital to the -continued Industrial welfare and the tuitional streneth of Canada and te the health, , comfort and proeperity of our people. I The toemendous economic less througlt for eet fires contiunee Year bY yes.r without appreciable diminution; anel Canadee Intu.re prosperity is seri- ously menaced by these recurrent holocaust*. The experience a all forest authoria ties in Canada has abundantly demon -1 stated that the forest fire problew.1 can be solved only wall the full aym- pithy assistante and. active support of increased individual care with fire in all the people, practically expressed by the woods and an insistent public de - nand or proper precaution against fire on the part of all workers or tra- vellers in or adjacent to the forest. It ie Imperative that in the public • mind there should be thorough reelsg- I nition of the fact that pleae of ignor- ance or tb.oughtlessuess cannot pos- sibly oompeesate the viotims of fixes , ravages nor condoue the contraventionl of the law; that in truth not fiie but1 the hani that lights it is the publio! enemy; that la the national interest such ignorance and thougletlesen.ess cannot be further tolerated; and that responsibility Must be fixed on the in- dividuals concerned and the penaltias provided by law imposed. Forest fire isreventioa demands edu- ced= and. publicity concerning the real situatien, with respect to our for- est fire leases; and it is customary to set aside a week htt eacb. year known as Save -the -Forest -Week in whicti the attentiou of the people of Canada may be speciallry directed to this matter. The authorities of the United States of America; and Canada have jointly agreed that id view or the laternetion- al aspeot of the forest fire problem, it le expedient that the aterementieeett Save -the -Forest -Week ehetild ha ob- eervea eoneurreat,ly la both couatries. late proclanratioll. proeeeds to direct that daring thiperiod eitiZens obeli be entreated; eitrittesitla t� oonsider the above facts, shotaa give earful heed to information diseeminateti by the various forest protective agenciee anti In perticular Omani; liot on the follaw- ing euggestionet 1, That eattlere and othere engaged in the cleariug of lead should tiny ob- serve the fire awe ot the D4110111031 alld of the provatee, watch lame beve been enacted for their protection, as well as * the preservation of our' timber resources. 2, Viet at this time ot the year, when thousands are looking forward to spending- their summer vacations in the woods, ell should talta cognieanee of the fact, that the eamp-fire may, if neglected, ea,sily result in disaster; and that to eevent repetition of such loseee as have beenannually sustain- ed from this causee, all esteens. ehould familiarize themselves with the pro- per methods et buikilxig, USIllg and ex- tinguishing such fires, 8. That all travellens- itt fetest re- gions should realize that cigarette, or cigar butte, live pipe ashes and un - extinguished matches are a very fruit- ful source of forest fires, and that noth- ing short of .itearemitting care by all concerned win decrenese apareclably the losses the:nigh such -causes. 4. That it is the duty or every cal - personally, to take what steps are pos- zen on discovering a fire iu, the foreeti large $,,0 be attended to unaided, to hible to extinguish it, and if it,be too I send advice at once to the nearest for -1 est officer. prompt action alone this i line tveuld, in the past, have prevent- ' ed many a dieastrous conflagration. 5. That loggerssaw-mill operators and others interested in timer opera- tionshould see that all equipment and ap.pliances designed to prevent the origin or spread of iiree are over: hauled and placed in a state of thor- ough repair; that such persons should review with. tare the fire protection requirements, of the legielation under which they operate; and that they should see that all employees working under their direction are properly in structed as to the danger of fire. Natural Resources Bulletin, addition to fur -hearing aniniaaa sts eanapicuousiy identified with the earlier history of Canadian conuDerce, the Dorainion ie splendidly endowed with ether wild life which, though not conunercialized in the Sallie sense or degree, forms a tational asset of in- estimable value. Canada possesses a 'Wealth of game species a$ well as of • the bird life inatspensaine Le agricul- • tre and herticalture. The mower - hunting grounds of Eastern Canada, the hear and mountain sheep of Brit- ish Crolumbia, game animals, bird's and fisheries fu imusual variety, have given tho Dominion exceptional natur- al. advantages in its mewls of reerea- tion fer the heater and the angler. • The economic values ot wild life, and of the magnificent scenic resources which each year attract visitors from abroad in great numbers have been given practical recognition by the fed- eral and provincial governments. In no respect has the administration oi Canada's natural resources been more wisely exercised than in Ileliberal provisien made for the creation and maintenance of a system of national and provincial parks and game pro - serves. While these areas, covering many thousands of square miles, in- directly yield a genercus return upon the public monies luvested, they • rep- resent a factor in national well-being which cannot be fully measured or appraised by monetary standiads. Historic English Residence Prey to Flames. Excitement among tho owners of hie - aerie .English residences and the Bri- tt* public generally has reeclied -a pitob as the result, at the burning reoently of the teutb country mansion Within three menthe. The latest man- sion to go up in flames was Woohnore Farm, at Welk...sham, in Wiltehiree whica teas • once the residence of Oliver Cromwell, The Battle of Round Row was relight Dear by between ahe Parliamentary aed Royal troops. The house Nt'll,S 10D yards front tut ,ancIent tree known as the Cromwell Oak. on. which seven men were hanged minas orders. a • ' Recurrences of fires among eountry mansions have roused talk ot iticena- rliarisra, but Scotland Yard as yet is unable to find any eounectitm between, the firee. Soniti nervous people, are attributing them to communism. An- other theory is. that the (retinue elec- tric fittings of meet' housses • suddenly going bad... Certainly him promoted Prince George, aged 23, Their Ma jestierre youngest,' son, who has lust been raleea In rank from subaleuten • ant to lieutenant aboard the cruiser Hawkins, " Shakespeare Invented NeN,ir Words. When Shakespeare was at the height of his Pewees Ire ahnost made his langstage, tie the Americans say they do to -clay, as he went along, Dr. George Gordon proftesor of English literature at Oarord, pointed out In a lecture on Shakespeare's English be- fore the.Royal Institution of London. Referring to the slate of the regiesh language in the eixteenth century, Pro- fessor Gordon eaid there was, no fixed etandard in grammar ea spellingpro- nuaciatten er Accent, awl, there was neither, a standard grammar , nor a standard dictionary The first qualitY of, Elizabethan, and therefore or Shake- spearean, Enelish, wast ite hospitality and its passim). for experimeat, its willingness to uso-every form et ver- bal wealth, to try everything "once, at least." So fea did it go, this movement of linguistic anarohy, declare& Prefessor Gordon, that prudent, word -fearing men grew alarmed, and later new words were blacklisted. . . Seek Lost Husbands. There aae approximately 20,000, "last" husbande in England, and al- though rewards have been offered, no news of them oan be obtained.. The Boards of Guardians in various locala flees, who ,are responsible for mainten- ance of the ded ade its; of missin mon, are eager to find ;rheas husbands becau.es the authorities are spending many- thoueande 01 pounds Mt "poor relief" for their' wives and families. Manchester, Liverpool, Birmiegbam and, indeed most of the other cities have a llet of 'sweated" husbands. The Gifardians y Ibat many ot Vhs men fouad It impeasibn. 'to setae dewu to humdrum lite aftr.rtheir wartime ex- aerienoee, and not being able to get ernaloyment itt liter home planes, ow- ing to the - trade depre.seleara have. ""taaen to ;Lae road," imov,-ing that their 'wives amt children would be cared ter by the authorities. A. "nest egg"—the kind you put in the savings hank—is the only kind of egg that becomes more valuable the louger •Sloukeep it. ' Is there any father who does not be- lieve that life will somehow' be a bet, - ter and happier thing for his lioY than he has managed to make it for him- self? ---Canon Peter Green. -reason for the immense damage is the French Fanners and Peasants ehadequate fire -motet:time since once. Are Less Hostile to Radio. a ctuntry um.neien catches fire it is meet ca y doomed, as ;eo arrange- ments have been made -for it water supply sufficient to quench It major Bonds of Happiness. The dividends KindlinesS is an investMent in are paid dai:y throughout your life- time. For some thus now radio listeners baeg ' es have been aale to capture earated chint.s,ennaealetheaon's en" and the no leas famous earthen at Bruges, that Old World city of bridges a,nd canals in Belgium, says a Paris despatch. The latest peal of cathedral bells to be transmitted on a radio ways. Is the carillon of the Rouen Cathedral. There are thirty- four bells urea wilich strike sixty hammers. On fete dates the chimes ring out from the old Norman eity where William the Conqueror once held his court and where one can still see the spot upon which Joan of Are was burned as a witch. The first peal of bells to be broadcast in France Was that of the restored church in Saint Quentin, the shell -riddled city of north- ern Franee, French people are still somewhat liable to look upon radio purely as a pleasure and entertainment, and in the country districts, it is only to -day that an almost hostile attitude to wireless telephony is beginning to show signs of making way for an enthusiastic re- ception of the newest wonder of science. The farmers and peasants are begin- ning to realize how vital it is for them to be equipped with radio tett; for the, receiving of broadcast news. The im- portant broadcasting stations in the South of France, Radio -Toulouse, is following out the example of .American radio stations and includes in its pro- gram all flie latest market reports that cannot fall to interest the agricultural population, which forms the major por- tion of France's Inhabitants, At first, with typical French wari- ness, the peasant folk looked suspici- ously at an offer which sounded too good, They protested that the news- papers furnished reports of the pre-. 'ailing rate in the central markets and the priuted word was to them more Corning to Canada Ex -Guardsman Charles Pennill, one- time holder of the heavyweight box- ing championship of the British army, who proposes to take up farming in the Dominion. convincing than a "voice from the far- away." But now they base their transactions to a considerable -degree on what the radio station announces, as reports arrive direct from the Bourse de Commerce. It has been proved that in Ancient Egypt diaraond drills were used as early as 2400 B.C. Little Gerald had come home from school with a black eye, and his moth - ter ascertained from him that he had been fighting. "Well," said his mother, "you have to love your enemies, so /take a jam tart to scitool to -morrow land °dye it to the boy who hit you." 'Gerald did so: When the boy had eaten it 'he gave Gerald anothenbrack eye and said* "Bring a custard to- morrewl" MUTT AND JEFF—By Bud Fisher. The muscle's of a bird's wings are twenty Limes • more powerful than those of a man's arm. • Near4' all the criticism 1 get is like that of the weary mother who said to the nurse, "Jeat go upsteirs. e.nd 844 what Tommy is .doing, mid tell him not to."—Mr. Stanley Baldwin. upwrogrommurmatliome.m.1.* I/BOROUGH HOUSE TO BE HOME OF PRINCE OF WALES c'"*""untew " Tffin-ists' Paradise in Ontario and Manitoba. NEW MINAKI Heir to British Throne Expected to Make Queen Anne Mansion Hub of Society. Tbere eeeme etterY artambilitY that in a few nicnitile the Prince of Wales' will- bare leet hl a apartmeate in St. Jeznesi'e Palace and takeu up resideace itt Marlboraugh afouee, where his fath- er and graialfather tre Siaoe Qaeen Alexandrawent to live at Sandriugbam, IVIarthorough House has beea closed aa a dwelling plaoe. At present man) adaptations and al- terations are being ma.tie there, a new lightlug instailatlqit Is. being pat in; and 'the roonts. are being redecoratea Her Grace Drives a Elargaln. The Prince, itt his new home, will find himself, itt a place familiar since the days of his childhood', a place, moreover, of great histoale interest. For Marlberough House, London is in- debted to Sarah, Duchess, a. Marl- b,orough—hente the nante---wao de-tets mined to build a house ;whibir should be worthy ef her illustrious husband. To attain this end she wrung from Queen Anne 'a lease of tertain land near St, James's. Palace, hitherto used. "ter keeping of plimasaats, guieeta. hens partridges, and other fowl." The year- ar rental was, lire shillings., in con- slaeratton of the payment of 42000. The first thing far her to da was ta demolish the priests' Nods -legs" net to the neighboring chapel. Sir Chrie-. topher Wren was called in (to vex •Vaithrugh, it s'aid) and althougla the great architect of St Paul's' was in his seventy-sixth year he ieadily un- dertook the task 'of designing the Duchesses new home. Sarah herself laid the foundation stone, which may ,still be'seenteina paseage beneath a co.rridor. It is a small atone, about three feet in length, and bears the fel- lowing inscription: Laid, bir Her Grace the Duchess of Merlborough, May ye 24 June ye 4 1709. Herenehace was not remarkable in the matte: of orthography, butahe was a rare hand. at a. bargain. The Duke, busy with military rnatterS Oil the Con- tinent, was .teed; bylatterthat "the rooms' will take up about 12000 tiles, and the chilnneye about 2200' and he was further intorrned ahat they were; 'cheap" in Holland, and "ecenina with hnn' would east less; and be less trou- ble." Furthermore the Secretary of the British. Legation at The Hague' was requested to obtaiu a passport for the exportation to England of "six great mirrors. . • . free and without payment orany duties." The Duebees even availed herself of cheap Dutch bricks, which were brought over as ballast In the transports ee- turuingtoaEraeland. Unseen From Pall Mall. By ,midsummer, 1711: the 'rouse was finished. ana occupied by the Dachess and her husband. It was a fainsizerl. oireatoried building, which has been greatly added to since, and without an portico entrance, The approach from Pali Mali was nramped and ire convenient, es it is to -day. Why? It was the Duchess's With "to make an entrance for her bouse, then -called Priory Court, into Pall Mall, but Sir Robert Walpole. having quarrelled with her, bought the house in front oE It itt the main street, and so frustrated UNLOADINe PLANE:3 FOR HUDSON -RED LAKE SERVICE Abovo plkoLo ;;I:tows the pianes for new servae into the gold ilelas being prepared for asserabeing at Hudson. .3E4 fansmevr.110071112 ter purpose." Dven today Maribor - Pugh Ifouso cannot be seen, from the street. • ' So runs the etery, and. It is moat liaely true, for the imperieus Ducliese had a baba of quarrelina. By tire thee Marlborough House was finished "Mee, Morley" (Her Greco) and "Dare. Wree- man" (Queen. Anne) were at daggeaa drawn • Duchese Sarah contiimea the feud with the suecessor to the throne, doing her utmost to annoy 'neighbor George over the way." She and her .daughtens would Ion out of the eviler dowa ie outrageous negligets an levee daya to. the indignation of the royal 'folk in. St.:Je.mesre Palace, ' Marlborough House remainedin pos- session of the descendants of the Churchille until 1817, waen the hoase was bought by the Crown for the Prin- cess , Charlotte and Prince 'Leopold. From that year until 1831, when Prince Peopold :succeeded., to the throne of Belgiumelie was the tenaut. In 18a5 the Crown lease fell in a.nd two years later i1. beaerrio. the resi- dence of Queen Adelaide, widow of King William IV. In 1849, Marlbor- ough. House became the home DI the Vernon Gallery of pictures and later of the 'Government Sebool of Design:: • It as altered anti enlarged, and there in. 1363 the Prince of Wales, (Edward VII.) and his bride, Queen. Alexandra, teen up their abode, and -there -they remained until his • acceesion to the throne in1901. , Palmy Days. From 1863 to 1901 were the palmy days of Marlborough House. It wae the very aub of Leaden eociety, the scene -of constaat receptious, garden parties, and dinners, the early'berne, too, of King George V., wito was, born there in 1865. The Shalizada Naral- lah Khan -Tame to a' notaale dinner there In 1895, end. found that'his re- ligious serapies forbade" ha partaking of anything on the excellent menu ex- cept the Biz a l'Imperatrice. Eminent actors,. including Irving, Toolee, Tree, But to write the atory of Marlbor- ough House during -those. eventful years. would be to write the history of English social life for alm•ost half a eentury. It would •seem appropriate that the present Prince of Wales. should succeed to hea grandfather's home for who more than. he better un- derstands the joy -of livIng? .-ttettereetaeta.- t•ttshas• .asethee., Col. Sir H. M. Rigby • Surgeon to the King's household and to the Prince of Wales, ,who sets the Prince's lames when they are broken in bunting accidenta , • Music. Virtue the strong stem, of human nature, and music is the blossoming of vietue.—Quoted by Plato. liVhen using stale bread for pud- dingsasoak it in a cold liquid. Bread that has been soaked in cold milk or water is light and crumbly. Little 1Vlaudio awoke about two o'clock the other morning and asked enema to tell hex ar fairy story. "It's tee late, darling," mania replied. "Daddy will be in shorty and tell us both one. Fishing Along the Seine in Paris ,A-rten,c'd t S attie PARtstANis aillabLe Nitime!, DAY AFTER DAY MY Nutvebee OF T1 -1-6A. cAt4 Be sc-EN ALONG THC. Sc-iNG Rtk.1C-CaA FtS14.1.NG ANb tspOy ArrE,R DAY ri,(Ey. iveva.m. :r 4 GG3 t*sco-o, AS. A NIWE“..e•!. Mkri-T A Nit). klGE•tp ,ktA,Ve 13e'6.) 1Te\/ING ,. Nei Pater Sr ' vuotttEr›, Tti CM, •-•• . ^DEC ilae-la TO tic-tp our -rt-kt,s -5.cze. &Jai iai-kdRa,lAal atelTh A .SNAlsOY Ataiataihatai ' 1 I l'i (Cp. 1 14As tie cAu6147 tvol- 'e..v.e.t.i . ANYTHING Y6-.(7, sARDINc-, . , tt/l'ONStUre_? MONSteuR • • . • ''' • ' • . . 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Many mile ilion$ ;of dellare ere being epent an- ( ;may la this couutry by American land, other .touristi ana. shibe, 1n the area covered by that map lying partly in Ontario and partly in Matatobfe- there are already well established summer resorts frefuenteil by Winni- peggers and Dthers, the aossibilities.of the aegion have hardly been melte-heel- The map OpVere a maze of lakesm1 waterways whore travel is, exceptiOn- ally difficult without the aid of a re- liable map. There are many interest- ing earroe routes anti the map shows the portages, „falls, and rapids, One ., of the routes leads towards the new Red Lake Included in the area are such welt known resorts, es Lake of the Woods and Sand Lake, Where there are iu- numerable pretty Islands each with, its summer cottage. On these hikes andt the -Winnipeg riyea there Is unrestrioa ed navigation for motor boats for up- wards of one auttared miles. Tho country nerth of Minalti is fa- mous as one of the beet huntiug grounds for moose and dear, e.nd duelist and. geese aleo abound. The fishing- .; is also of the best. For many people' travel by motor ear is- losing itS appeal and there is a growing iuterost itt CaT100 routes. 'fere is. an area of approximately flay by one hunched miles in which there is a ,- great variety of routee to eboose from and wiliefe, with the aaa of the ma.D, the touriet may do his own planning. Welcome. As I passed along the road, I knew theee friends -of mine were III a die - tent land. Yet I turned in to the wale sweeping -driveway and,wandering among the dear' familiar troes and bushese-looklag up at the quaint and hospitable White door with its bronze knocker-esornehoa- I seemed to feel the place was- not uninhabited. The house itself poeseesed something. of thar friendly, gracious personality, The whole atmosphere seemed filled witk pleasant thoughts. 'The grase- grown pathway, last below the nread- ing peppertree, beckoned me confi- dentially, permitting. silver, - blue - toned, sparkling glimpses of the sea and even promising the very- borders of the aea itself if one had elute and laclination for it: But before I .had taken meaty steps, the rough, comfort- able broad kept...9, placed casually be- neath the lovely, :swaying branehe cordially invited me to stop and rest awhile. Accepting thankfully the in- vitation, everything around Inc seem- ed to murmur, gently, "Make yourself at home." Yeomen . of England. The "-,Yeomen of the ,Guaranwha as usual, searchedthe vaults of -the Pal- ace a,t Westminster 'before Parliament, reassembled recently, are often con- ( fused with that other body of Yeomen, the Warders of the Tower. la - This is net unnatural, eines both • I wear the same quaint Tudor unifoien and are indistriminately referred to '.' as "Beefeaters," Thy are, bowever, 'distinct corm the Warders' duties be- ing confined exclusively -to the Tower, while the other bo-dy, forms the Royal, bodyguard. , - Tite Guard is really a sale -et corpse_ of old soldiers; the jimior ofileges must have ,held Army sank of at least' captain and the rank and file are a!1 ex -sergeants or warrant. ofncera • e____. If i • . Where Kissing s a Sm. ' Ktssing is decidedly under the ban in Japan, *here the act of osculation is described as an "unclean and im- med.est habit." -Recently the Perfect of Police in, Tokio issued the following ' statement:—. "Kissing lea custom entirely foreign .11,...\ to Japan, and it is undesirable that it - should be Miroduced into our countre. '. It is uncleanly, immodese indecorous,. ungraceful, and likely .to • cause tho spread of disease." . a This "immodest habit" is so' titer- bughly, repugnant to the Japanesena- tion'. that the wonderful salute, "The Kiss," by Rodin,. the great French eculptor tent to Japan for exhibition_ has been filacenin a ,pablio park with a huge bamboo screen around it, eo that the sensibilities of the public may not be, shocked, Preserve the Home. "Each day's fresb exebrience social week?' writes J. it )(else, saeins to iridicate that where any (lessee° of • affection -exists it le the pert of wls- (Torn to keep a family together even though they are careless- and ineliffer- eat and, the aliadeen apparently neg- lected. Good infidences eboted be eo- cuesea on the home, paten tal response. bilay developed, Awl church cornice- • ,tious establisa , "One of our Superintentlentt re - Deets coecerning a family of chadren taken from tbeir parents. fifteen year aao, In spite of every effort the vari- ous children have been. going steadily Vo tho bad andr he believes .that,Itati they been kept together -their mutual affect/One and. Itterests„ would have saved ,theiti, It is a 1)1g problem worthy or conetaeration."