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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-8-27, Page 20.40/4".14..- THE LOBSTER INDUSTRY IN CANADA Takes Important Place in Fisheries of Maritime Provinces= Dominion Government's Protective Measures, Teebatsring t8 .one of the chief iidus- .$1,339,156, and of the prevlous year, tries connected with the flaberies ee $4,262,714. The' harvest reaped jn the the Maritime Provinces and each year Gulf eectionu wee greater than that of millions of doggers' worth of these the preceding. season by about 6,006 table dolleacieas are taken from the cwt., but in the Bay of Fundy eeetous traps sir & hereon in the Gulf of St. there was a falling off of about 1,300 Lawrence and along Canada's Atlantic cwt. Canning was parried on by 16? seaboard. During the season of 1923 establishments,' an Iacrosso of six •lobsters caught by the fishermen 02 over the prevlous year.' the province* of Prince Edward la- The lobster -fishery is the meet im- bed, lova Scotia, New Brunswick, peanut of the flatteries of Prince Ed• and Quebec yielded a rgvoune of $6,- ward island and 'the value of the 1923 305.302 t;, cording to returns madeto production, $1,4055,900, represented the Department of Marine and Fisber- abo'tt 80 per cent. el the total value of fes. This was a slight increase in the year's fishing operations. The value over the 1922 season brought lobster catch anaouated to 07,466 cwt.' about by the higher prices' secured. Ini lasI sett;on as compered with 87,533 Prince Edward Island and in Now cwt. In 1022. Ice remained on the Brunswick there were increases in shores'unt11 the middle of May but both the quantity and value of the after that line weather prevailed and catches, but in Nova Scotia adverse aperatelta were earl -led on success - weather conditions cau,.a'i a decrease fully resulting in an increased catch. in the quantity of lobsters taken, but Ten more canneries were operated the higher prices obtained over the during 1023 than in the prevlous year,! Previous season caused a rise In the, the tette being 195, totalvalue. I In the province of Quebec the lob - Tho total catch of lobsters in Nova ster Industry does not held the sante Scotia last year was 172,720 cwt., position of importance that it does In valued at $3,081,647, as compared with the Maritime Provinces. Last year 173,706 cwt. in 1922, with a value of the Quebec fisheries produce:l 47,764 $2,913,087. The lisbtng in western• cwt. of lobsters, valued at $538,654. Nova Scotia, which opened on March' The Def:artuhont of Marine and 1, was carried cn under abnormal con- Fisheries has, on account of the im• dations. Ice was plied along the shore po•rtance of this industry, always given until late in the spring, malting re- the greatest consideration to its pre- munerative operations impossible. The servation. In order to prevent poach. catch for the months of March and ing and to keep an effective control on April amounted to not more than 12,. the fishery at all times, a large staff 611 cwt, as against 26,266 cwt. in 1922 of oficers is maintained on the coal and 66,326 cwt. in 1921. With a and no one may ash for Mestere with - month's extension of the fishing sea- out first obtaining a license. The pos. son, however, the total catch about sibitity of having a license cancelled equalled that of the 1922 season. There ensures the careful observance of the were 103 canneries in operation dur-' regulations. The other chief means Mg the year, being six more than in used for the preservation of the Indus - 1922. ltry has been the adoption of close sea - The catch for the whole of the pro- sons and the Department is making vince of New Brunswick during 1923 a thorough study of this part of the amounted to 73,668 cwt., an increase subject to ensure that the seasons of nearly 4,660 cwt. over 1922. The; adopted are the bent possible for all value of last season's production was concerned, PERFUMED PLOTS flowers whose virtueliesin their per - 'fume, roses with the true rose scent would, of course, take pride of place. Illeside them would bloom mignonette, the violet, the pink, the stock, and the sweet william. The, carnation would also find a place Here, while mac and honeysukle should not be forcoten. This perfume earner shcutd oleo in- clude the sweet -foliaged sweetbrier, geranium and lavender, all of which are so easy to cultivate that no gar- den should be without them. The plants I have named are merely a few out of the many. There is no end to the variety of sorts one might introduce into the perfume corner. Walk through a modern garden, and: you will find yourself in a sort of Fairyland, where your eyes will feast on the mast exquisite colors. But it le the eyes only that will feast. The exquisite blossoms which surround you are almost all completely scent- less. Now walk through one of those de.' rightful, ofd -fashioned cottage gardens that still linger in those secluded back- waters where hybridisers are un-; known and horticultural catalogues do t not penetrate. You will find here a: quieter, less flamboyant beauty. The'. appeal to the eyes will be less immedi- ate and less insistent. But you will remember that garden for long --far longer than you will remember the other. You will remember it because of lis myriad fragrances the sweet-! nest, with which its air is laden. Visions of Childhood. The sweet peas that grow here will i probably only be single bloomsbut! they will have that elusive, fascinat- ing fragrance that conjures up visions: of childhood, carries us bade to the days wbeu our innocent eyes were still wide with wonder as they cooked out upon the beauty of the world. True, they would look rather insig nificant, these old-fashioned sweet' peas, by the side of the many -spiked,; many -colored blame cf the more mod- ern garden. And the roses that spray the air of our unpretentious bock - water with their sweetness cannot! match their more modern fellows in form or color. But in almost every case the gain in appearance has been purobasel at the; cost of scent. The new roses and the, new sweet peas are almost all scent - leas. Take such exquisite roses as Baroness Rothschild and Frau Karl: Druschki. They are truly beautiful, and no gardener would feel that hist rose -garden was complete without them. But they are quite eeontiess,' and 1, at least, am old-fashioned enough to consider that the greatest! beauty of a rase is its scent. New Names and Old Fragrance. I write "is," but I would Almost have been more accurate to use the past tense. For in the multitude of new roses there is little scent, if much form and color. Shakespeare's "A rose By any other name would smell as sweet," is, indeed, now rather out of date. The new names are legion, and the roses that bear them, as a general rule, have lost the old rose perfume. As a general rule, the sweetest- scented flowers and plants are Ilse least showy. And as the great aim of modern gardening appears to be to &berm the eye, these modern but frag- rant prante are being hanishorl frwn our flower•beds. But need this bo so? Cannot we give up to those friends of our youth at roast a portion of our gardens? There they may blush unseen by the eyes that are drawn away by the mora stately and striking blooms around them, but they will not -waste their sweotnosa on the desert air. Their fragrance will add a now and subtle beauty to tbo garden that admits !tr 7 .-rte understand your husband left you for a blonde." She --"Not at all. Three blondes and a brunette" Changing People's Color. By a very simple operation a Bri- tish medical authority has found -et possible to turn a blonde per,=on into a brunette or a brunette into a blonde; a red head into one with jet-black tresses, grey hair into any color de- sired. Mare startling still, this experiment- er has been enabled to transform a dark, olive skin into a pearly, pink- a.nd•whito complexion, or snake a florid face light. Also it has been found pos- sible to make a yellow skin white. The experimenter bas been working along these lines for twenty years, The most recent results were an- nounced, sEveral weeks ago, in a lee• ture to physicians at a London hos• pital, and created a profound sensa- tion. It was discovered that the col- oring pigment of the human body arig- lnuted from the posterior lobe or the pituitary gland- a tiny cell at the base of the brain which contains the coloring uigrnent. The experiments began by taking extracts from the posterior lobe of an animal of one pronounced coloring, creating a serum, and using it as an injection into the posterior lobe of an- other animal of totally opposite color- ing, Here reNeW Recipe ifsr t l Cae Vinaaa" Mr. C'ut. S. fill.'„ eantributes the fol. lowing: "To preserve children, tails cne large. • gr" eiy head, one•hatf duzen children, two or three smell .dogs, a pinch of dr e::!t, end Baine pebbles, Mix the children and dug:, together and put them in the field, stirring rcestantly. IPeer the brook over the pebbles; sprinkle the field web flowers, spread over all a deep 'blue slcy and balte in leTheresIkl "With Deep Feeling." How amu 1 to .sing When there is such a note As this the thrush brings forth--- - A rainbow hem his tbroat? While that leaning grace the harp, Out cf its warp of gold, Weaves melodies with quaint delight, As fairy tales are told? The somber violin, Grown in the messy bark, Remembers twiligbt through the leaves And one star in the dark. . . . Oh, how shall 1 dare my .song? sly breast is a toneleee room Far sweeter music shakos the grass, The catkins and the broom. Oh. what are then songs of mine, What can my snnga be worth? —The angels of the air Co singing 'round the earth— What are these lips of mine? , . , —Amanda Benjamin Hall, Chinese Hair -Net Industry. The hair -net buslncws in China has had quite a history. It was establish- ed originally by Germans, who im- ported the nets from Chefca ito Ger- many and then exported them to the United States as European -made hair nets. There is still considerable ex- port of humamhair nets from China i to European countries. When direct trade in human -hair nets was taken up with China, large quantities of imperfect, under -sized, and generally poor nets were exported, This finally resulted In tho eotablislt- ment in Chefoo and Tsinan, by the foreign and a few larger Chinese ex- porters, of hair -net inspection face tories, some employing as many as 1,000 operatives, where hair -net car- goes are inspected and, if necessary, the nets repaired before being shipped. The net -making itself is a home or "cottage" industry; the hair is dis- tributed around in the various vil- lages ---1n the hinterland of Chefoo and in the region of the Shantung Railway —and the nets usually pass through the hands of several Chinese middle- men before they are offered by the Chinese dealers to exporters, I looked at my Brother with the Microscope of Criti 'sm and I said, "How coarse my Br, air is!" I look- ed at him with the Telescope of Scorn and I said, "How small by Brother 10'" Then I looked in the Mirror of Truth and I said, "How like me my Brother is,"—Bolton Hall. The . Queen's Taste in Sunshades. It is hard to surmise what was In the queen's mind. Did eho:elisdain to change her orders, or did she intend to set a sensible example, as sho often liked to de? The story as. Mr. William Le Quenx tells it in Things I Know is of Queen Victoria's last visit to Nice. About a fortnight after the queen's arrival, writes Mr. Le Quenx, while passing up the Avenue de la Gare 1 raet a well-known detective, Superin- tendent Fraser, •cf Scotland Yard, who with Monsieur Paoli, of the Paris Swede, was her majesty's personal protector, 'When I asked bins whither he was hurrying he replied: "Como with me, I am going on s— well, a very confidential mission!" At once I turned back with him. To my surprise he stopped before 'a cheap draper's shop and, pointing to a long string of black -and -white striped sunshades open and swaylue in the wind, inquired their price. "Five francs, fifty," replied the dark - eyed Provencal girl in French. My friend besitated and inquired whether they were of silk. "No, tn'sieur, they are cotton," was the reply. With that he turned away. Then he explained that the queen, who had. been out for her afternoon drive, had just returned and, calling him, had told him that in the Avenue de la Gare she had been attracted by some sun- shades hanging cutstda .a shop. "Go and buy nye one, Fraser," she had commanded. "They are the very thing I want here." "But," exclahned my Mend to me, "grow can I take the queen a four -and - seven -penny sunshade? Come back with me, and when I have told her we will go out to the cafe!" I walked back with him to Cimiez and waited while he passed along the corridor of the great hotel to her ma- jesty's apartments. Ills face had changed when he re- turned a few minutes latera "I told the queen," be said, "but she has or- dered me to go back at once. She seemed quite indignant and saki, 'Fraser, you men know nothing about sunshades!. Pray how much would you expect line to give for a cotton sunshade? Go and get nie one at 011051" er The total distribution of all species 'of fish eggs and fry by the hatcheries operated throughout the Dominion by And made his mark, THE VALUE OF PETS DSI NARCOTIC DRUG RING BROKEN UP •By delta Perhaps the sweetest r.eeoll:etions of chtldhooe are those connected with a pet.somo f1'islty, aftoetionate little ab10181 or gay little bird loved ana. tended in the faraway golden days. Pets a1'e an endlese ley to children. They lend themselves readily to every hind of maize-belleve, end ale always available ea pleytliliigs and cense:00a of woe, Talking it over with a cat, e dog, or the bird, 1108 a soothing power not at all tunes attainable through lnuuan agencies, "Aly pony is so sylupatlletie," said a tittle girl, "and bas such a sense of humor." The Pure delight afforded by these cherished friends In feathers and furs is sufficient reason for their prlaosnee in every household, Parents sometimes complain that they are such a trouble, are in the way, and re- quire so much care, Could they real- ize thoroughly their value 40.a source of happiness and a means at education tbeo objaetions would forever cease. Childhood without pets, is bleak and barren and altogether incomplete. Lille a vine in the desert, with ten- drils blown in every direction because there isno object to twine around, the child without some dumb creature to love 'mid protect finds his bubbling impelisea and loving longings crushed to earth, He needs to lavish his grow- ing and expansive affection upon some suitable object, otherwise he loses more than can be oouutod and weigh- ed. What the child loves he will most observe and study. Some knowledge comes concerning' the habits and ways of the little creatures that sbare his life; and personal affairs are insensibly arranged so that there will be time for everything—for play, for stories, for work. Birds must be fed regularly, rain or shine, no matter how tempting the invitations of playmates or the latest fairy tale. The dog must be washed and kept in the house until thoroughly dried. If the kitten is doll and stupid its little owner must see that its food is more carefully select- ed, that it does not have too much heat. Perhaps his small savings will have to be expended in catnip. The playful 'puppy must bo trained with infinite patience not to trample on the flower -beds, not to scratch the furni- ture, nor tear holes in clothes. Ani- mals must also bo taught to avoid danger, even if pain be inflicted to in- sure their future soil -preservation. AL- tentioe to these details influences the mind and character, leading to firm- ness without harshness, to economy of time, to order, method and regu- rarity. Children, like most savages, are many times cruel. Animals that are dependent have a civilizing influence upon the child, for the savagery of children is that of ignorance, not of malice. The many wants of pets, their helplessness, awaken a sense of moral responsibility. A living creature can- not be neglected without darn and suffering following. Very different le the condition of the book or toy that is forgotten and left out in the rani. It is spoiled, and the loss is the child's W. Wolfe, own, In liieasere lig Is responsible only 10 himself for the welfare el he Angulate possessions.. But a sentient being wito earn repay loge With love has a deeper claim. Thlegc that feel have right. Even' young, ebildron re- cognize this, altd,leans through affec' ticlt ter their four -footed friends to re- cognize this claim to health and tap,' pines% A boy of seven, the writer knew,: found for a time. bis chief amusement in altaoting stray animals with A shot' i gun, declaring it sport One day he: knocked a cat off the fence, breaking' Its lege. As the ereature writhed 0500 the grace, ha seemed to consider the result of his, conduct both ri•gltteous and amusing, A friend wbo' bad' wit- nessed the ineideetcalled him to her; and after a short cetiversa,tiau the saw the natter in a different light, W1111 ingly he offered to pay for having the cat's legs set. But tate veterinary's fee was more than be possessed. The sum needed to make up the &mount was advanced to ham, and he paid it back gradually out of his entail allow- ance, Wltlt the greatest toudernesa It ecared for the cat until she was able to walk, and to this day she is a cher; fished pet. It needed but a few words to' open the fountain of love and pity in his heart, and to make the little led see that his wanton cruelty had. not only brought suffering on a poor innocent, but entailed touch unexpect- ed labor and,. expense open himself. Pets also have a hygienic value, many of -them requiring fresh air and exercise at regular intervals. This . necessarily takes the child out of doors in sunshine, on dark days, and In alt sorts of weather. It gives an object of interest to what would other- ! Wee be a dull performance. Many a :listless girl who would rebel at rib- , bora and raincoat, glides into them Smilingly when It is a question of a walk with "Rover" or "Fide." How willingly these burdens are borne for . a dumb friend! Who gains most in the frolic and romping? Perhaps the one who gives the most. Childhood, like every age, needs its duties. These must be simple and genuine, not tasks imposed arbitrarily which another night do as well. The child's duties should bo definite and inexorable, not done at all if he for- gets or neglects them. Through pro- tection, uurlure, and ownership of liv- ing things inexorable duties are best presented. The child secures in this way scene of the best lessons 1n self- denial and self-control, acquires a sense of personal responsibility and wise restraint, and is taught in the most natural way, and all unconsciously, to appreciate the rights of others, even the humblest, and to respect them al- ways. More than this, by doing deeds that merit gratitude, children begin dimly to understand how much grati- tude they owe to the loving hearts and health forever busy in their behalf. There is a certain spiritual and Intel- ieetual growth that comes from pro- tecting and fostering dependent crea- tures, from caring for lovely and lov- able animals, No Use for the Cup. "The 'Davis tennis cup may go to another country this year." "Well, we have no use for a cup here." Responsibility. Never shirk respouslbiltty, for that lis what develops stamina and origin- ality. It puts all our faculties to the test—our ingenuity, oar resoruceful- I nese, our efficiency, our inventiveness, our inlative--It drawe upon our lat- 1 ent ability as nothing else dose. One reason why prominent men of affairs are eta successful, selicreliant, .and masterful is because of their train-. ing in responsibility. this. ha§ 'brought out their manhood, their capacity for coping with difficulties, for facing all sorts of new and perplexing situations and bringing order out of gbaos, vie - tory out t defeat: But for shoulddring responsibilities they would never have become the men they are; would never have dis- covered the tremendous possibilities they have so far uncovered. Well Meant, The young subalitern had but newly joined the regiment, and as this was his first experience of military life lie naturally felt rather awkward, and afraid of doing the wrong thing. This ess, where 11e was almost afraid to move for fear of acting contrary to etlquet. At last the major, rough, but kindly at heart, took pity on hien, and, slap• ping him on the back, said. jovially: "I suppose it's the old, old story -e what? The fool at the faintly sent in - 4o the army?" "oh, no, sir," replied the young roan seriously; "things have quite al- tered since your day." Whereupon the major decided to re- vise his ideas of cordiality, Finis. He weft ,out into the world the Department of Marine and Fish- eries reached 878,987,093 during the season of 1922. This was an increase of 33,000,000 as compared with 1921 and was 128,600,000 greater than in 1920. [hent, I the ltot attn. V,'hen brays remove and This add hitn' tint'ifo radio fnrnittion In such a bav€u of refuge for the set away to cool in the bathtub." of Time," 11 la at the Grand River. oca by the name "The Truth I His name becoming a target For envy, And now he bus gone !melt to the be- ginning: His people. They greet him with the same h'rev- erent: "Hello, Johnny!" And he is chagrined, Per with all his importance He has not acquired sufficient humor To save him from the spectacle Of the old actor Wbo still would strut Though the play be ehdod, -Le Baron Cooke, was particularly thecase in the m Perfect. There was a good deal of excitement in the village when notices appeared on the bee.rdings announcing that the local minister would, that night, ad- dress a meeting at tee, Assembly TIa11, On the subject of "The Perfect Wo• man -Where Is :rho'" He had quite it geed audience, and soon got warmed up to lila aabject. "Now he said, during the course o his addreee, "1 ask you, bas enyon ever teen or tieeed of a perfect wo Suddenly, trcm the bank of the hall rose u tail, g met, ar.gufer woman 1 rusty blade. in a to lapel: -ply vole .she saift: "Yes, sir, I have heard of the woma you nitnticn." "Who was 11".." hlquir€d the speaker "Illy 1, uakor.d :first wile," replied lh gaut.t one fceltagiy. e Travel erat or travel west, a man's own home to still the lies[ -Dutch, o Canada produces yearly about '30,- 000,000 pounds of maple segue, of n which 70 per ,cent. conies from Que- boo, 26 per cent. from Ontario, and , the remainder from . the Maritime O Provinces. By-products are fine vine- gar, malie acid, and bimalate of Brae, Proverbs About the Home. A hearth of your own is worth gold. Ile who is far from hoagie Is near harm. -Danish, East and West, home's the best. Dry bread at home le bettor time roost meat abroado-Oerman. Every cricket knowe its Own ltea0111. Russian, In man, own 'been I am king.---Span- fish, By Pr, 3. G. Shearer. %.• Cheering progreee is being made in suppressing the terrible traffic in the ,. Strong narcotic drugs, opium, cocaine and their derivatives. A meet Inter• 'Slew with the Chief of the Narcotics Division of the Federal Department of Heaitll brought to light solue ex- ceedingly encouraging recent develop- ments. - Within the past two years no len than three hundred traifickers it druge, big and little, leave, lifter coo vlotion and imprisonment, been de potted to the country of their origin About 50% of these were Chineso and 25% Anaerica•ns, The others were from various lands, One, the head of the greatest ring known to the Department, an Lnalisil- man, who has gong under twenty-five or thirty aliases, leas just been depore ed to the Motherland, Tilts ring con trolled 76%v of the traffic in Canada and probably as large a proportion of the traffic in the U.S.A. 51a, the, chief of it, lived in a palatial resieence in Montreal with eervants and atttome- biles to satisfy the most extravagant • multi-ntillionaire, There were ten members of this gang of highest -ups. Seven of these have now been caught and put out of business so far as this country is concerned. Two or three of thci0 aro being executed for murder in a no- torious banlr-car Hold-up in Montreal streets, Only three remain at large. It has taken years of painstaking and expensive effort to accomplish this.. But it is accomplished. Two of Win- nipeg's most notorious traffickers have ' died also. It has long been known that Vancouver and Montreal were the double headquarters of this traffic for Canada,, if not for the continent. C'on- siderable improvement Is reported in Vancouver, and groat lmprovenienl in Montreal. This is due to aggressive effort and close co-operation by the Federal and hiueicipal police forces. In Montreal, too, mucb help has been given by Dr. Haywood, of the General Hospital, where numerous affiliate have bean treated and valuable Infor- mation obtained. This leads us to report what has been undertaken by way of compel• spry treatment of the unfortunate. vic- tams in different provinces. This Is a provincial natter.. The Federal De partment of Health, however, drafted a model Act providing for compulsory treatment, which was sent to all Pre- vinelnl Governments, and its enact- ment pressed for by the Social Service Council. Nova Scotia has Enacted and put into operation this Important measure. Quebec is looking for an institution that can be used for treat - remit of addicts fret's ail over the province. aleanwblle, the General Hospital, Montreal, is doing much to meet the need. Saskatchewan has provision in its law to deal with eases, Alberta legis lated requiring the sending of such cases to the Ponoka Mental Hospital, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswiek and Prince Edward Island have taken no action as yet. The three of these first named have great need, and it is hoped that ere long action will be taken to meet the need. It is estimated that there are about 10,000 persons, addicted to the use of these. drugs In Canada, two-thirds of these being in Quebec and British Co - hirable, and about 150,000 in the Ir. S. Not many years ago some publicists were crediting Canada with 00.00;:. and the U.S.A. with from one to four millions, These figures, of course, . Sero wild exaggerations. But the numbers aro being steadily reduced. In November, at Geneva, a conference on the world's production and its control will be -held, A Mozart Retort. Mozart wrote his first symphony when be was not yet nine years old, and went on writing them at the aver= ago rate of nearly two a year for the rest of his life, besides writing operas, masses and all kinds of other music After he had come to be recognized ' as tbe leading musician of kis day a younger composer went to hint and. asked him how to tet about to write a symphony. "A symphony?" said 1. Mozort. "Oh, you tiro too young to write a symphony." "tint, Master," replied the enquirer, "you had written ! many symphonies long before you roaohed nay age." ''That 1.3.101.10," said 1 Mozart, "But then, I did not ask limy It was done"; and he turned on his heel and left the young than wonder- ing, If you think of it, however. this Was only another way of saying Lent if you have not an lereslstihlo impulso to write certain hinds of mete al! the teaching in the world will not give you 1 the ability, It does not mean that 1.110 teacher 18 n0 good l0 the genius, for , Mozart was a very kaon pupil' of Haydn and other teachers. A Morning Prayer. The day returns and tnings as the potty: round of irrlialhlg concerns an duties, Help us. to play the'mao, help us to perform them with laughter and kind Laces, let cheerfelaers allntuid with industry. Give us.lo.go blithely on our bushier's all this slay, bring ns to our resting beds' weary and content and undishonored, and grant us in the end :the gift of sieve,— Robert Louis. Stevenson: •