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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1926-6-17, Page 2The Automobile • FWLT SgAII•u xt-r PEDESTRIANS IN AOCIDENTS.. If there was no such ,perree i gts the ; Trying to jump on the xuunngl pedestrian it is altogether probably ; board of a shoving stuto? that motor vehicle accidents would: be ' Forming habit o f condemniug moa reducedmore than 50 per cent, It es :torists? a block? s not entirely uneoltceavabe that such Crossing the street 1n the Middle -of ,. an impozrtant reduction in fatalities the would be the result of a universal! Interfering with street trafficof Avaunk, ye frosts nor lay an icy liana sensef safetyon the art of the, automabi:es?. �"�� r: , , .�;.; folk h find •t ry tti' Neglecting to 'look to see where My Apple Tree. A glorious riot of pink teens and white,. Fair asouar� snow eroWul,ed A1piRe vre.�;t et dawn, My e vn dear Apple tree is richly dight And of it' iteape0, 'profusion strews the lawn With scattered bleeee•ms like confetti gag', Meet, tor' 'tar brltes is marriage-may- ing May, count .ss of a tv. o an ' a . neeessa On .this fair sight: ,that holds, the en - Walk on our highways and streets. f trate is going? I a t, 3 raptured gazeII£ro- let sweet pieuty smile upon..flee It is my personal observance; which Failing to give the motorist a fair 5% r%� is backed. eip by statistics,, indicating i chance? land" �;;'` x; Promise of wealth to heard to .out the pedestrian to be to blame in a? Skating on street pavements. A tri. e: 'tom : • hemidaysea majority' of recorded automobile acci-, Hanging on a 'rear spare tare of an Sweet golden Ulobes to tempt the teeth dents that on the average pedestrians' auto?` '�cm� . �, ti �« n tti '�, ere more careless in their walking � Crossing street holding umbrella in of Eve, i a';~' 'Ekz•.•, `:' �`; ;" earl'er, c use *thievish thievish oath to b y,.� z rzts k" Or i fl U y ishan motorists are reckless in.their front of my face? •" .� w driving. Certainly onehas but to! Applying Gorden. Rule to nay walk- E7r, Foster Kennedy grieve, • stand on the busy corner of streets in ing? any Dear tree, T have a message for, thine city to see these walkers take Here area number of ways in which Eminent New ' York neurologist, who ; entirely unea:ed for risks. ! a pedestrian can find out what sort of attended the Ontario Medical Associa- O}18OK UP ON RABITS. ed on terra, firma. Perhaps he is also Glares that thespeed of modern life is alas, Motorists are frequently encouraged' a ear owner. Thio ought also to help responsible for the bulk of nervous Doubting that ere to -day thou weld ie check up on their driving habits to "him in adopting sueh -a procedure as see if they are getting into any Arae - will make for the minimum loss of tices which might tend to 'laxity or li- e and limb' through automobile lied - hazardous operation. Why not as,k, the dents. pedestrian to check up on his regular. method of proeediure? There are a ECONOMY. number of questions he might ask him, -i Though a man ownsa ear its stretch.- • . sell', wellwellaa: Have I been— Ing it far Wa'sking along the wrong side of To say that he knows how to rise it; the highway? nee tunes out of ten—if he's : li]ce Going absent-mindedly acrossthe other men— .do anytlitaa that would rob me of the street? •He will either neglect or abuse ik. stamina I wanted for the crises . I Because •the face is an •index of the rules to be fat Taking chances in: dedging automo- He knows there are r'could not then foresee. And.so I have mind, we can all be pleasant to look biles? lowed with care, led a decent life and am not :sorry that upon if eve fill our minds with beautiful Failing to observe traffic in getting I did not sow wild oats. For in time thoughts.. off streetears? the _blows of failure and the. shocks of A newer theory is'that we can be - Calling to passing motorists and disappointment cavae to 'nee in full dome beautiful: by looking at lovely distracting them? Faffirvg to obey recognized traffic rules? Failing to heed the warning of a motorist's horn? Failing to stand in the safety zone while waiting for a trolley oar? Failing to ca -operate .with traffic policemen? Thinking I had to arrive too soon? Jay -waking? Stepping suddenly into the street from behind some obstruction? STANDING IN ROADWAY. Standing in a road and hailing pass- ing cars for a ride? But ear, a fel bw he is when his feet axe plant- tion conference in London, Ontario de r hive waited for thy blossom • diseases and disorders. a+• Self -Command. A man who bad made good as •citi- zen and captain of industry said to a group of his juniors: "In my youth F told myself that some . day, in the stresses and impactsof life that no man oan avoid, I would need; all, nay strength and that I could not afford to oouldstahear' The joyinul tidings that I haste to bring. Let 17ngiand's orchards smile from shore to shore, Knowing the winter's frost is now no more- Touchs•tcne in Daily Mail,` Pleasant Thoughts Are Re- flected in Our Faces. M told by the people who made it And yet he begrudges the slightest repair. is -anxious to trade it. People and . iotures. And the eminent In a, year he us measure and I'n�eeded all I had and P oPl- u was in order to meet them and come artist who originated this idea tells through." - a true story whibh he declares proves There are self-made men in abunea his contention. ance who yield to the temptation to When his little ,daughter . was six A•car, let me say, isn't made for a dray, It will last a long time -=but neg- lect it And how can it stand .all the maker gather :an audience anid:deliver a har- years of age she used to sit and watch had planned? ensue on their triim1p:hs over aeeee. him while he painted. Various models. right to e- ect it. slip. They 'like to recount their vi- sat for him, but 'the face he gave them No mien: has a gh -{p y ,.� A little help. 'here •and a little help taries and have &hers render homage alnwas one of his own creation. For • there,to their• courage perseverance and in years. he did no other type of beauty. .. And oil for the parts that are genuity• Bat this, man did not belong As his •child grew to womanhood he wearing, .• Will obviate much of the strain on the clutch And save the expense of a bearing. —HAROLD S..OSBORNE. The Rock Garden. Gray rocks are kindred of the mould That brings my seed to flower, Companions of the bitter cold And of the sun bright hour. Their gaunt shapes shoulder earth away ta t glacial As on some drsn gla 1 a..t d y And though ;coax the soil to bloom, Bordering, thein with grace, Still in my garden`s• little roam The gray rocks keep their place,. Eternal as the hills they rise, And motionless, and old and wise. Biggest Gamble of All. She—"WilI you promise me never to gamble?" He—"But aren't we to . be married?" to ,the order of horn-beowers and self- 'found that she was growing more and starters, ready CO release a. flood of more like the woman in those pictures, laudatory talk concerning their own and he attributed this. to the admire- deeds: He felt his biography to be ton she heid•fo-r the face she had seen recorded by other tongues and pens, so often on the canvas, That is why He merely sought to impress• from hie he believes that by watching beauty career -or art of any .other man= the fact that one must firet rule him,- self if he wishes to lead the rest and that he who cannot control himself iso slay that he was painting his.- child's to name her..�3e wanted to have a What's -in a Name?,tri we can all become beautiful.. A Jew married a Gentile and they There are other people, however, who read his Story differently, They had a little girl and didn't know what Gentile name. He meta :friend who not fit to be intrusted with the man- face all the time with perhaps :a keen agement and the welfare of other remembrance of: his wife, whom she asked him What he had- named thee baby. He replied that he had not°yet humaan beings, in • the conduct' of a resembled. -j found a name that .pleased: them. business organization, or in civic af- But fairs, Crin the intimate domestic unit mit'ourselves to harbor ugly and bitter "Well, the friend said,"Why dont � of the- family. thoughts, bean& can be "with us 'al - the fat remains—unless we per - you can her Eugenia ? A friend of Washington said: Ile ys• , And it has' no age. The fours - On reaching home he said, "`Vile, g wa am. fo the tab " !shad a fiery temper, but he had it un- vile,Iriotan e r y , "what ie it?" she asked. der magnificent control. None ad- so we can cu1tfvte'pe�•sonai and last- "Ve wlU call her Yusheenie." mires the type of man who never ing loveliness which will combat any speaks out,'nor acts with vigor, nor ravages 'of' time. offers any .challenge,. lest he shelf -of- fend. Heels• a poor, pitiless, spineless ,creature who dares not call hie", soul his own: But he whohas force to reveal should use it on ends young so that their children_ will tome that are worth while—not on the ex- to them with their: problems feir guide hibition of vainglory, jealous • rage and once: Naturally enough, young people spleen, in matters that concern mere - dation of you ;es within ourselves Lucky Is Right, Modern motherstoo, have begun' to, Timkin—"I" hear •that while in Af- realize that their own poise and atti- rice you went on a big tiger hunt. Did tude towards lite is of ;great value to y you have any luck'?" �� dynamic Watkins—"Yes. I didn't see a one. DOMINION ETHNOLOGIST TO - STUDY ANCIENT CIVILIZATION In an effort to trace the ancient'eerrand under the direction of Dr. Alos civilization of the Eskimos, and deter- Herdlicks, a noted scientist. ser- mine,Dif poagible, the trend it their mer Jenner, who has been in the vice of the Dominion. Government for gration eastward across the top of the a number bf years,- is considered a world, Dr. Diamond renes; of Ottawa, leading authority on Eskimo life, hay - Dominion Government ethnologist, ing spent many years in the Arctic. he His .researches took him from Cape, leaves Vancouver for Nome, whereBarrow to Coronation Gulf, and it is will outfit an expedition to explore to to seek traces of the: migration of the the North-west and to the East. natives from Asda that he is heading Dr. Jennes will study and reeord the the present expedition for Canada. He grammatical construction of the native is inclined to the belief that following dialects. a migration fram Asia across Bering If permission can be obtained freer Straits thousands of year ago, there the Soviet Government he will cross may have been •a return migration to Bering straits to Russian territory to -Asia at a later period. excavate into the cliffs there, where He expects that very important 131 - evidences of an early civilization are formation will result from the excava reported to exist. Permission from tions that his party will make, west of Russia has been asked through diplo- Nome. He also may examine two is- matie channels, but it has not yet been lands in the straits between Alaska granted, and the Russian territory, it being. re- Following the obtaining of perm's- ported that evidence of an ancient sion to explore in Alaska, the United civilization -have been found there. States National Museum announoed Dr. Jennes will recruit his expedi- that an expedition also would be sent tion. at Nome, where native workmgn from Washington, D.C., on a similar and white assistants will be engaged. their children: They keep themselves ly himself. \I�%/j�3�i "No Thrills. Moth -``I don't like these new •fang - led. •candles. Themes no 'chance of get- ting etting burnt!" Popular Fairy Tales. • "Grimm's Fairy Tales," including Tom Thumb,' Hans and Gretel, the Frog Prince, Rumpelstilskin and hun- dreds of others•, are actually folk tales of Germany which were collected from the peasants and, compiled in the first half of the nineteenth century by two brothers, professors at the University of Berlin. Jacob .Grimm was born at Hanau, January 4, 1875, and his broth- er, Wilheim, February 24, 1786. - `aa. have a tendency to believe thatold folks "don't understand:" "To Horne Again." O, lovelier to me than the loud organ pealing - Is this English bell - Quartering the quiet hours Of a homeland dusk; Anld lovelier to me than the -loveliest canvas The lingering twilight of this English June Folding the rose. to, lovelier to me than streets of gold The clean red homes, The trim miniature, gardens Of these my kin; • And lovelier to me than the loveliest stars These soft kind looks Of English eyes. -A. E. Johuson. To Crimp Parsley. Wash andpick it from the large stooks. After tlie fish or meat has been fried, boil up • the fat in 'a Pan, put in the parsley and it Noll soon crisp Hebrew Bible. ts o. "fliit out and The entire ;Hebrew bible was printed- dryand 11 retain fromithecolfatrforaofee•w minutes. in 1488. before the fire. OI ICANTIC REPTILES tJL D EAR` Huge Dinosaurs flo r nates,. Land, Great Fish Lizards the Sea • The sketch -shows a type of dinosaur, fossils' of throughout Europe`;, -particularly in 'Belgium. He Iguanodon. Note that the thumbs_ en his forelimbs spiked weapons. Secrets of Science. B•y David Dietz. The Age of Reptiles, :or Nesizlue era, as the geologist calls. it, began, 140,000,- 000 years ago. Geologists think it lasted about 100,000,000 years. ° The' process of life, it will be noticed, is speeding up. 'Half of.the' e:arth's. history, 4.00,000,000 years, was, spent in getting We started. The age -of an- cient life lasted 220,000,000 years: New' we find -much greater advances �taking'-place in tar less time. •The Aga of Reptiles, begins with the. erid of-. the great ice age which closed the Era of Ancient Life. At,.the start of the Age .of. Reptiles,. plants had made great advances in the art.. of living out of water. We find . palm -like cycads and- low - grown ever -green trees.': Gradually as the Age of Reptiles ,dragged through its millions of. years, Bewaring plants began, to develop. _- The reptiles began to grow both . in number and in size. In the sea, great fish lizards paddled about; On land, veritable dragons,. the dine - saws, appeared. MUTT AND .JE.4'[•—By Bud .Fisher. `(au laALCa•D Up THINGS 0Y Z OFFtCCZ2;; M /T DO \ LAM:1ANS US ea ,PtCt<soNVILLe Fl21CN'e leANTS • It:LtlataS LNSVCAD eF JActeSoNvtLLG To CALL oFF FLectrbA, AND Now `(osave Ger THAT C(2AZy Q tZAs C� ' c Waal G 13 , TMl2 Bv�i � A . Cola 'THAT tut CAN Coy; -lana MtLCSANssuFC- our o€ tits 11 ,, "I.1 `(oU'tdE AdLc. THAT BET STANDS. ' F 6NEt ' EASY'Ntowayi IT'S TEN MILL --S') To T,E OLD MILL AND iaGTVRN:IF t(01 AtN'T'13Acic NeRG IN Ftvt MINUTE -s - w. IN. retGRT f' Rt'GKTO. 5•VC P oleS' X, MvtT. we'll NevEta Do tT: Many of the dinosaurs were more than 100 feet;ie length. The first dino- saurs were probably grazing or brows- ing ,creatures, living-' oe. plants. But meat -eating dinosaurs which preyed on other and smaller creatures, later de- velop ed. e-veloped. - Some of these meat -eaters were able to sit or stand upright, balancing their bodies' on their strong hind legs and long heavy tails. • which have been .foiled has been named the really formed powerful Certain branches of the reptiles, the smaller ones, learned to climb treed. Probably it was a safety, measur-e to keep the larger ones from eating them. These started the conquest of the air. They developed bat -like webs be- tween the front limbs and the sided of their bodies. These great bat -lizards are, known as pteroda:ctys. Soine of them had a wing spread of 24 feet. Later true- birds began to appear. The true birds, however, were not evolved from't1 a pterodactyl but from another reptile, as we shall see later on surveying life -forms. At the close of the Age of Reptiles, the Mammals or warmblooded animals began to appear. They were small and inysignificant at the time, no larger :than present-day. rats and mine. 'But- suddenly a ,change clime. The Age bf Reptiles ' "ended. geologists aren't sure - just what . ,.,caused the change. They know that therewas a great"revolution" or --upheaval ofthe. land. It was this upheaval that first brought the Rocky Mountains into existence in North America. , The reptiles were over -specialized. They couldn't meet the new conditions upon the earth. As a result, the great reptiles died. out and the :mammals •began to take their place. The geologist divides the Age of Reptiles into various periods. These are called. the Triassic, Jurassic, Co- manchian, and Cretaceous. Next article: The Age of Mammals. Too Much. Psmearative Antiet—"Yes, Mr. Peck, I'm`making .a speaking likeness of your wife:" Henry N. Peck—"A speaking like - ruses? I wouid-n't think of "aski-ng that much of you." "Sing onBlithe Bird." - I've plucked the berryfrom the bush, the brown nut from the- tree, But heart of happy little bird ue'er broken' wa.s by me. I saw them in their curious nests, close crouching, .slyly peer With their wild eyes, like glittering beads, . td note if harm were near; T passed .them by, and blessed them all; I felt that it was good To leave unmoved the creaturesmall whose home was in the wood, Trees in Canada. I thank my - ad that I can see The blossom on the maple tree; I thank my God when I behold, Some morning after rain, new gold Siftdd upon the tamaracks; Whose very name of grandeur. smacks, As of ro•manoe does lodge pole pine; I thank God, for the silver -Shines.,. Through dusk wood$,, of a bleoh tree -stem; I do thank Go•d for all of them,. From tall and stately Douglas' fir To little twisted juniper; • • I cou'Id go .down upon my knees And sing God thanks for all His trees. —Frederick Niven. Our Appetites Growing. Human beings to -day eat from three to four times as much as ;their stone age ancestors, asserts a British scien tilt: - New,,Watch Bands, A more "snappy" band for the wrist watch is being tried in London, instead of the usual plain black moire. Wrist- lets in fancy colors, patchwork and embroidery are being; worn by -.a few. Long Journey. It. requires 25 years for light to travel from the star Vega to the earth. For Once the Little Fellow` Proles He. Has Brains. WIN,- Bur Z trvoNbaR W FIAT`S DETAINING •Tttc- `a ? - A.Nb MtttN we GC -s To FLotetbA WC'LL eKP(z.c-SS. iFFc MoTofeeefeeC leACte -ro 4itM: nowAH:1`. ldFF, t{ewlelb Yoe TettNle of Tlig tDCA.? r, cogent) tele S You Veg t`ib2s, b H, c. truhir:At . 1trl, 14 11ii Ranter, egeg i; Natural Resour,.ces Bulletin. The' practical inexhaeatible marsh lands, wh.ieh are found all along the Day • of Fundy, eastward from Saint John, New .Brunswick, form one of the• most valuable •fay.'niing assets of the .12#iritime provinces. Ili appearance they resemble .fiat stretches of prairie meadow. covered with rich grass and. are not at aii.bo be confused with bogs or 'swamps. These so-called mai ah lands have been' created by the extra-_ ordinary tides of tho iia' of ,i'u idy, and are wonderfully` fertile. 'It is re- carded that on one farm thirty-five consecutiveannual crops of hay of- an, average of two tons per acre have been 'harvested and; the quality gives promise of remaining "so indefinitely. The land, which used to be over- fiow•ed by the tide, was reclaimed by dikes built by the early French set- Mere- and /lbw forms a vast natural meadow with a soil sometimes 80 feet deep. It, yields heavy crops of -hay year after year without any 'fertiliz- ing andthls inexhaustible supply of . cheap hay from the marsh is of great advantage to the stock farmers.. If at any time the land needs reviving,. the dike gates are. opened, for a while So that the tide can come in and de=' posit a fresh layer of soil. They are not, however, equally good for a1l. crops, but are best for grasses and ',grains, to which they are almost en- tirely given up. The grasses, the usual upland English . hay grasses, grow . very tall, very dense, and of veryesup erior quality, luxuriant but not rank. No attempt is made to take two crops - a year, though some farmers allow their cattle to fatten on the rich after - growth. The only cultivation consists in an occasional ' plowing, ori am average' once in ten or fifteen years, when a single crop of oats is sown, after which the land'is`at once brought into grass again: Message to -Social VVorkei s. Addressing the Annual Convention of the •Children's Aid Societies of On- - tario reeently held at the Parliament Buildings; Toronto, Mr. J. J. Kelso gave social workers the following message Keep warm in your heart the 'real spirit -of sympathy, and good will for ..the poor, the distressed, the erring; for we can accomplish more of permanent good by a friendly forgiv- ingattitude than we can ever hope for through employing the machinery of 16:w. Officialdom—following blindly a set formula—hardens and deadens, but love restores and makes alive, and ,t gives alone influence and power in philanthropic as in`Christian- work. ,.Our guiding principle should be to overcome evil with -good, to substitute reformation for punishment, to im- prove or change environment, to re- store self-respect andthe sense of _... iresponsibility, to awaken in dormant hearts a seal desire for, better and nobler living. Such a policy animating all our actions will surely be produc- tive roductive of lasting' results, and give to the worker a joy and satisfaction in ser- vice that will compensate for all the failures and disappointments that are more or less inevitable in spite of our best efforts, Swallows. Wide fields of air left luminous, Though now the uplands comprehend 'How the sun's lose is ultimate: . The silence grows; butstill to us From yon air -winnowing breasts elate The tiny shrieks of;giee descent. Deft wings•, each moment is resigned Same toucheof da9, some pulse or light, While yet in poised;' delicious curve, Ecstatic doublings• down the wind, Light dash and dip and sidelong swerve, You try each -dainty brick of flight. Hush, once again that cry intense! High -venturing spirits have your will! Urge the last freak, prolong your glee, Keen voyagers, while still the immense Sea -spaces haunt your memory, With zeste and pangs ineffable. Not iia the sunshine of old woods " .Ye, wan your warrant to be gay By duteous sweet observaaees, Who .dared • througlr darkening; s0 tudes And 'mid the hiss of alien seas,, The larger.ordinanoe obey. —Edward Dowden. Old Castle Crumbling; In Criccleth castle walls a huge breach -has been disecvered and there is a danger of this ancient Oaanarvon- Shire .landmark- falling into ruin, a, Avn architect reported that the castle walla bad been crumbling fast in recent years, and unless restclratioe steps Were taken the fineOld pile would be. a Hopeless ruin, . Befit originally by 1V6lsh'^pr nCedd, the:.castle vas partly restored in 1286 by Deward i, It was beseiged and dismantled by OW -- Glyndwr, afterward z of:aired and age} n dismantled by Cromwell, and once More repaired. The government has been asked to preserve the ancient pile, A Temper -Saving Device, A •Dutch engineer has construoted a bell only at eighth of an inch in height that can be heard ringing thirty 'yards away. One should be attached to. every collar stud.-Puncli, - Tire nano Beezlebuu means "god of;