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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-12-03, Page 7Abe 1 Aire xsses , s lel exhibitions pay? It is en old, 014 queattoneett goostion weigh ltas been raised ailew to connection with the closing of the stoat either at Wembley, And, like Meet general questions, it ie diRlcult, if not impossible, to answer without some qualification. Ars a rule, the direct profits on such vast shows are smell, or non-existent, 'though, there have been exceptions to this, says an 10uglish writer. The Rrst exhibition in London—that of 1851, held In 'Hyde Park—was visited by more than 6,000,000 people, and the prat was 025,000, Out of the; sur. plus a number of scholarships --"1$51 Exhibitions"—were establlabed, and the South XCeusington'Museuin was promoted. When the Guarantors Smiled. The Parts Exhibition was also a de- cided success, tite profit amounting to $540,000, and the Chicago World's ,['air ' and the Great Exhibition at St. Louie likewise caused no uneasiness to their respective guarantors. Thera was also a profit on the Franco -British Ex- -htbition at the White City, Shepherd's Bush, in 1908. On -the ether hand; the balance -sheet of the first exhibition held in London ,after that of 1851 showed a defcit of $60,0 0. ,Still more unsuccessful was 'the Paris Exhibition of 185e on which $4,869,000 was lost. - s What will be the financial results of Wembley? At present they are uncer- tain; but in any case the loss will probobly not exceed the guarantees— about $7,500,000—and possibly the as- sets, including buildings and equip- anent, may wipe out the deficit. Even at worst, our gains from the exhibition will outbalance our losses. Those gains cannot be entirely put in- to figures, but they are nevertheless real. On the financial side there is the additional ,business done by Lbndon Imams of all kinds, welch meet, be reckoned in millions. • From Oranges to Organs., Account must be taken, too, of the orders placed at Wembley, and of the new markets opened there. Some Canadian and .Australian manufac- turers.soid their output for the next live -years; five municipalities ecce or- dered an electrical generating instal - Wien; 1,000,000 boxes of Canadian fruit were pureliaaed by 1'luropearl buyers; and customers who wanted such little lots as 20,000 dozen boot lieele, $140,009 worth of Cyprus ashes. the; 100,000 gramophones, and an or' gen worth $90,000 --these are actual instances ---were common. A curious case of opening new mar• leets is connected with the Newfound• land exhibits, Our oldeet colony sent to Wembley, merely as a floral oddity, a smail crate of eel grass. Experts - noticcd that it has greater resilience than hay and straw, and is superior to them for mattresses end packing, and oonsequently ordered it in immense quantities. This year, it is estimated, Newfound. land will export 100,000 tons of the weed, the shipping of whlolr will prob- ably develop into a great industry, On the Credit Side, The exhibition, indeed, achieved two of its original objects—first, to find, In the development and utiliza- tion of the raw materials of the Dm- pire, new .sources. of Imperial wealth,' and second, to foster inter -Imperial trade and open fresh world markets I for Dominion and home products. I What was the third and final1 t m- I pose of the exii idon? It ,was to ma ke , the races of the British Empire better known to -each other and to strengthen the sentiment of Empire. This has been done by attracting to this country larger numbers of visitors from the Dominions . than have ever before come home in any one year visitors who have renewed old ties, and formed now ones; by organizing visits of school children to the exhibi- tion; by issuing a Bulletin of, Empire Study, which in a short time had a cir- culation of more than 150,900 copies Per week; and by bringing to the knowledge of millions of people in this 'country tee aims and aspirations of, the various Dominions. The -conclusion is obvious. If there should be, from, the accountant's -point of vides, a loss on Wembley, great. gains should be set against it pecui- ary gains, individual and collective, educational gains, and, above all, gains that must accrue from the better ac-• quaintanee with one another of the races of the British Empire, Middle-Agctd Women Said to Be Disappearing. Gray hairs are gone, old age is out of date, and a sign of the times is the disappearance of the middle-aged wo- man. This is as it should be. So' long as a mature woman does not ape a flap- per, why should she not keep her Youthful looks into the forties—or the seventies? Why should a dowager as- sume that it is her duty to be dowdy? writes Mrs, Fitzroy Stewart in "The London Mall." A black gown and a white heart are not inseparable, and dull gray and goodness do not always go together. If a woman is "all glorious within" it is well that her looks make this mani- fest. Nowadays our social world seems to be divided into girls, young married women and women who are great, grandmothers. No more do you see the middle-aged matron, with her proud grace and reserved bearing; or the handsome "mother of forty, with her flow of talk and, flock of dull daughters. .And we never tomo across the sweet-faced, sad -eyed single wo- man—the typical maiden aunt of the Victorian era. Sad to say, the ideal old Iady has gone for ever, with her silver hair, white cap, black gown and gentle, dig- ullIed manners; Old ladies, such as those depleted in Whistler's famous portrait of Iia mothers or in Manet's picture of Mme. Menet mere, have oeased to extst in oue,social lite of to- day. .Everything In ilfe—art, dress, rules of health and beauty culture—tends toward the exit of the tnlddle-aged 'roman. And she is out of -it on the stage and in fiction. Balzac's "Femme de Trento Ans" seems a back number, as many heroines In tip -to -date novels ere well on in the forties and Mties.. And the same note is sounded in the plays of the period. Most of us live up to this august example. Women et sixty or seventy yacht, hunt, shoot, dance, play golf and hockey and drive their own motor cars. One peeress, who was married in the.sixties, drives her car with sue. cess; and, another of the same age leads cotillens, although eke . is the proud ownerof several grandobildr•en. Much can be said on the side of perennial youthfulness. The 'desire to prolong ono's youth shows vital force, and is said to be a.sure proof of na- tional well-being. Every woman for her own sake would fain keep fresh *did yotuig, as she is well aware that so long tee her looks remain elle can rule men, and 'there will be no "Finis" terittee on the page, of her 'book of life.. • Beavers Too Numerous. The beevors of 'Yellowstone National. Park, protected against trappers, have become so numerous that their des- truction of trees at some points is a serious problem, In Capt, Cook's Memory, I Martin-ln-Cleveland, Yofkehire, birth - eines of Captain Cook, the navigator, Wfr,gT :is o Ct ME !II NII��i► V dIIIlhIIIIIJIIIIIIIIIN11IL` . uM SII 1 I 1 I I II HELPING TO GET THE PAPER OUT ON TIME Breaks in Paper Mean Loss of Time and Material—Forest Products Laboratory to Rescue. Newspapers and .paper mills have about all the troubles with which any factory is confronted, but they also. have one of their own that is the cause of much lost time and ma- terial, says the Natural Resources In- telligence Service of the Departiner}t' of the Interior. This worry of the pressroom and paper mill Superinten- dents is the breaking of the paper ash it passes through the machines. With the speed at which newspaper presses Lost Limbs That Ache. and newsprint machines now run, un- "home -run" during a shift . of eight hours is somewhat rare. When these breaks occur, be they in the newspaper pressroom or the paper mill, splicing of the paper is necessary.' Seconds count, and the machines must be started again at the TRANSPORT,ATJ N IN FAR NORTH kluskie Digs Provide Means Canada's Vas What the 0001el is to the desert and the motor ear is along rnaoadlntized roads, the "Mashie" is to travellers over the avows of the far forth.. The efliolenoy of the .dog team as a means of travel is siaowu by the tact that a trained team con snake a dtctenee of 40 melee a day and maintain tele speed for days together. Used largely to as. silt commercial enterprise, the "bus. tie" also deep bis ,part in forwarding the interests of justice and order. The Royal Cenadiau Mounted Pollee -bee 128 trained doge in its cervica, 06 which 98 are in use in the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and the province of Manitoba. These doge and eeeds are employed for travelling between the scattered posts, for carrying the malls, heeling wood and various other supplies, and for patrol purPo800, in.. voctigating a murder charge or 're- porting en some other case. The origin of these doge is not de• • finitely determined. The pad on the foot of the'"huskio" is tougher and stronger than that of the domestic dog, which wears out quickly on the sharp, frozen surfaces of the ice and snow: Where It is possible to procure the are bred b Y ori h1 fooddogs n0 a ng teams are many ite the police, but a y oft Purchased. A good serviceable dog can be bought in Greenland for $5 and brought across to Canada, whereas the purchase price at Winnipeg is from $40 to 950 and sometimes as high as 9100 in the Mackenzie district. At the age of one year he is ready for the harness and Is hitched into the team, where under the combined influence of the driver and the dog -leader, he speed- ily becomes efficient, sometimes in the course of a single day, Between the ages of three and five years he is gen- erally at his best.. As a rule the teams are composed of from five to seven dogs, and occasionally one sees three Beams of seven dogs each com- bined pulling an upgrade load• The average team is hitched in tandem to the sled when the snow is deep and soft, but 4t also travels fan -shape of Travel Over the Snow of t Hinterland, lar end belly -band with traces, is of battier. Ao is the 0090 wi th all maln of Snteilihen9e, rho dogs qulokly !recognise the tact of benign person- ' ality and bend to tee will of the driver I who means bueioess. While largely 'gearg matter of trails, loads are figured out to the ounce, espeoealiy fcr :a long i trip. Each dog le calculated to pull a lload of 126 pounds. The average deg does not like to leave the beaten track, but an intelligent dog when he hears the order "gee" or "haw" knows 1 It is all right and does so. i The "Mashie" 10 of different colors, some teams being entirely black. How. over, colors do not lessen or increase the dogs' efficiency, and where the. colors match it merely reflects the Pre- fereuce of some driver who takes ape- ! tial pride in hie team. The dogs are Ifed but once a day and then only in the evening. At the and of a trip the , men out the wood for a etre, unload and prepare their camp and have their meal while the dog -feed Is being pre pared, viz. either thawed or cooked. • To prevent fighting over the meal, each dog is tied up to a separate tree ' oF the driver to s over them with a ve a rad whipNii e theyare eating.-.- The re- gulation meal Is from three to five pounds and consists generally of dried • or frozen flab or meat, or warmed corn, oat -meal, or rice to which tallow is added to get the needed fat. In the winter the doge rely en the snow for I drink. Le the dog of civilization, be Is i also subject to distemper and every now and then some mysterious eel- ' demio will kill he animals in numbers. They are decidedly clanish and herd together in cliques. A dog who wants to rejoin bis special °temrp will make. a wide detour to avoid falling among those of another clique. 'Whereas the Indians let their dogs shift for them- selves in the matter of quarters, the Police dogs are kept In kennels in a corral with boughs of trees serving in the place of straw, a practice which serves to keep them out of the wind the "going is level and hard. and renders than more get-atabl earliest moment. What is the beet where e splice and the best way to make It? 1114 u,rruess, This problem was taken up by the! hen wanted au1e1si Forest Products Laboratories of the Sometime You May Need It. Distinguishing Marks. Department of the Interior, with the I "Past question every experience 1s There is born with every one of us object of finding a way to improve serviceable to us. Where got Ben- and continues unchanged through al It Is a curious thing that a man may less a machine can be stopped in- these conditions, and an investigation feel pain in Rogers or toes with which stantaneously, when the paper breaks was commenced. Actual methods and he has long parted company, but the a large amount accumulates In the ma- conditions were studied, both in the explanation Is simple. chine. This takes time to remove, and, pressroom and .the paper mills, and The plan of the nervous system is when a newspaper is ready for press specimens obtained of splices that had not unlike that of electric bells in a there is nothing more valuable than failed to hold. It will be of interest to large house. Pain Is -a danger signal time. Local subscribers may be al- the reader to learn that in the paper which calls attention to the approach lowed to worry for a few minutes if mill adhesive tape is used in splicing, of some enemy,' and each nerve twig their paper does not arrive at its usual a hot' iron being applied to the joint. over the surface of tee body fegesters •time, but mail trains will not wait. It Varying widths of this tape, together its warning in the brain, where there is consequently of the utmost import- with different weights and tempera - is an indicator to show the site of the pain,' The nerve trunks which convey the messages to the brain lie snug among the soft tissues of tee limbs and body; they have no feeling of their own; it anee that nothing shall delay the is- tures of the Iron were used, and tests suing of the paper. ion the holding power of the splices` newsprint machines are to -day run- made until a satisfactory determina- ning at speeds of from 800 to 1000 feet tion was arrived at. This information per minute, making a sheet of paper is now available to those requiring it. up to 234 inches in width. It call No doubt, were the newspaper readers would serve no useful purpose if they readily be seen what a break in the aware of the part the Laboratories had, But if by chance a nerve trunk paper will mean in less of production, take. In assuring the arrival of their is pinched or pulled the pain is felt at apart from loss of the paper damaged paper on time, they would appreciate the bell -push, and not in the wire. in the machine. These breaks in the the good work that organization is do - Hence the preseure of a crutch under papers erre not intrequent,in fact what ing for the paper and lumber indite - the arm or of the hard edge 00 a seat is lgrown in the paper mill as a tries of Canada. on the leg give's rise to "pins and needles" in the hand or foot. Age-old Question of the Arnis Go Forward. When a limb has been amputated of Venus de Milo. The man who,. i nthe poet's words, and the nerves cut across, the nerve "has a heart for any fate" will usually fibres always sprout from the cut ends It may be some consolation to art find fate in a kindly mood. It's the in the forlorn attempt to connect up lovers throughout the world who have shirker who gets into difficulties. The again with the bell -push which is no wondered in what position were the man who has the pluck to go over longer there. And it is these hunches missing arms of the famous Venus de hedge and ditch "gets theirs" first. of loose ends which are so apt to be Milo statute in the Louvre to learn Fate is mostly of one's own making. caught up is the scar or to be pressed that. even the ancisnts themselves Bad luck often' means bad manage upon by the artificial limb, I were perplexed on this point. Everything depends upon having a Dr. Edde, a French physician, has meat. Some people are far ever strik- well -fitting bucket to the new leg, in just made known that during a recent' ing streaks of 'had luck." Come never which the pressure is taken evenly by visit to Egypt he came into possession gages them, and you find they never the whole stump- As a rule, with time of a small bronze statuette of the same shape for good luck. They are stick- the practice, the result is good, and period as the Venus de Milo. This in -the -muds, muds nothing more is felt than an occasion- statuette is an exact copy of the fa - City man who reached the Celestial al twinge to remind the bearer of the mous Venus, and, like the original, it City was the man who struggled toes which were once his own, has no arms, Dr. Ecede •theretore con - farther the Slough of Despond to its farther side- The other fellow, who _...__- chides that the Venue de Milo never 1 was a booster, also struggled out—but at any time had arms, and he believes Wayside Sayings. on the side he went in. He had "no that the sculptor, when ho had carved "The most wasted of all days is the whereto go but back." out of the stone such a divine form, day when we have not laughed," That is Life. Forward is the word gave up all idea of adding arms. "The beautiful is less what one seas that pays. Anyone can turn hack The When the Venus de Mile was dis- than what one dreams." winner is the one who knows how to "The man who confesses els ignet''revered on the island of Milo a largewgo on, mace shows it once; the. man who tries reward was offrred to anyone who could find the arms, but In epite of ex to conceal it shows it many times," Tree Grows on Chimney. 1 tenaiva search netting was discovered: "A hundred men" can make an en- ( • _ _ _ _J . The county of Chester, in Penney], cauipment, but it takes a. woman to ! How it Goes. vania, is the owner,of a tree, about make a home," l Tell a man there are 270,169,328; four feet in height, located on the top "The' heart that loves is always 459,-346,239. stars and he will believe of a chimney in the rear of the annex young, ; you.' But if a sign says FRESH of the court house. It is thought a "Be who flails not love finds note- PAINT be has to make a personal in- bird carried a seed of a catalpa tree ing." aestigatlon, to the chimney, REFORESTATION ON INCREASE IN CANADA OFFSET THE LASS FROM CUTTING AND FIRE, Large Pulp and Paper Coo., paries Set Out Trees Grown in Their Nurseries. There bas been evident in the pre. sent year a very gratifying tendency bate on the part of the Ceadiaa GOY- ernnlentsand the large interests which 'are exploitiug the Canadian forests, towards extending the practices of re- forestation. Experts are agreed that ultimate exhaustion of the .Oanadian woods, gigantic as they are, however remote, can, in a consideration of tate present lnanner•of denudation, be only deflltely offset by plating new trees to replace those out down In each year. It15 in a widening conviction of this, and a realization that 'the preserve' tion of the source of one of Canada's greatest industries must be effected at any cost, that the movement to- wards reforestation is gaining ground. W1 on, Whilst the annual a u worke lis c 1 R t li lile a section does not 'eta ti c d ray g p s Proximate the 0 011 hick fataken t t w the forests each year, a valuable corn. mencement has been made and a sure foundation laid. The most active agents in this work have naturally been the Governments, nearly all pro- vinces which contain commercial for - este anti have therefore forest depart. Meats, having establislred nurseries and entered upontree-planting to vara- ous extents, The Provinces of On- tario, Quebec, and New Brunswick ars all doing' an excellent work in this re- gard, whilst the Prairie Provinces are efffciently being looked after by the Federal Government. Paper Companies Doing Valuable Work. A valuable work which is being ex. tended is. done in this 'connection by the pulp and paper companies of the Dominion. There aro more than fif- teen such companies which now have foresters for forest research, nursery work and tree -planting. Nurseries have been established on many limits land thousands of acres of cut -over i lands have been reseeded. Some or - 'Her mite large hand and mighty grip our lives, an unfailing and inetradio whdeh helped him so well now, Where able mark or marks which absolutel but from the oar with which' he fought distinguish each one of us from ever so long at sea?" other fellow -being. These physica You remember the chariot race In marks never change from the ;rad] I Ben-Hur, when Messala, striking his to the grave. This born autograph 1 rival's steeds a cowardly blow, sent impossible to counterfeit, and there 1 the startled horses forward in a no duplicate of it among the teemin mighty leap that would have brought millions of the world. Look at th defeat to any other driver there except insides of your hands and the soles o Ben-Ilur. But bitter though Ben- your feet, closely examine the ends y y e ss e plants annually, with the result that f several municipalities and countless of individual farmers have become in- terested in replanting their areas. A co-operative arrangement between the municipality and the province pro- ganizations have gone the length of sending their men to Europeto study continental methods and consult with the best known auth•oritles on the sub• jest of reforestation. The nurseries of the Province of Ontario have expanded until they have a capacity of several million trans- Hur's experience as a galley slave had your fingers; you see circles and been, it helped him then to steady curves and arches and whorls, som himself in the lurching chariot and to prominent with deep corrugations quiet his frightened racers. others minute and delicate, but all a An American went to Cuba and well-defined and closely traced ,pat bought the leading newspaper. Then tern. There is your physiological sig he ordered, a cylinder press from New; nature. York. Not a printer in Havana had Rab your hands through your hair ever seen anything except the gid -fes -;and press your finger nails an a piece taloned hand press, and no one knew' of clear glass. You see all the del how to put the new press together.; tate tracing transferred not two fin They told the American that he would I gars alike—even "the left hand know have to send back to New York for a , eth not what the right hand death,' I They are all dtstinotly different. Eve e vides that the province will undertake Mire planting and management where the municipality purchases the land, and about twenty -live municipalities have taken advantage of this. Education and Instruction. 1- Quebec has its Government forest nursery, with a capacity of about dive - million trees, distributing to private ' owners of torest lands, educational Even bodies, towns, etc., which is carrying on a very valuable work. During the year the sum of $25,000 was sat aside t by the Provincial Goernment for the establishment of a bureau of foreet research to study the greater growth of trees by natural and artificial methods, New Brunawiok has but recently made a start on the work of referee - tattoo, but is progressing rapidly. Ac- tivities for the pest couple of years have centred about the provincial uni- versity, where a parcel of land, was set apart for the purpose- and sped beds set out. This fall forest reseed. ing experiments were oommenced on one hundred acres of burned timber lands burned over during the summer, These operations are under the direc- tion of the Federal Forest 'Service, which has been conducting similar work elsewhere in the province. As an up-to-date example of what 10 being done by the large pulp and paper concerns of the Dominion, the season's. work of the Abitibi Company, which commenced replanting operations a year ago, may be recorded. This year the company has set out 123,500 trees of three' and four yeasts old grown in its nurseries. The species planted were: White Spruce, 20,000 four years old; Norway Spruce, 55,000 four years old; Jack Pine, 31,900 three years old; and Scotch Pine, 10,600 three years. old Odra of the Caged Bird. Always use a cage as large as pos- etble for the bird you would hold in captivity. Zees) plenty of gravel in gravel pan at the bottom of the cage. Hang a rod pepper in the cage and sprinkle a very small quantity of Hun. ' garlan or bird pepper in the cepa. Let- tuce leaves and plantain seed in I moderation are good. Feed a little lmrceboiled egg and potato once a week, and a little chopped beef 0005 a month. Never feed salt, Striking Matches on the Moon. In a recently publlsliod book a 'writer Debate out that, it anyone were to strike a teethe on the moon, the fact could be discovered here on earth In one second by means of selenium, "This warning," says Punoit, "siroull deter people from striking matches et I the moon." pressman. He laughed, took off his coat and twins may be so similar in sire, tea - rolled up his sleeves."I served a long, ,tures and general physical conditions weary apreuticeship as a pressman 'as to be scarcely distinguishable, ye their finger autographs are radically different - In fact, in all humanity every being carries with him his baby fingers and his wrinkled hands of decrepit old age how to fit every part into its place. In show the identical curves, arches and three hours the Areas was ready for circles that were born with them work, Nothing except dismemberment man Never miss au opportunity to learn, obliterate or disguise them. Crimin- something that is worth learning, ale may burn or scar their hands, but Some time you may have need of that nature, when she restores the cuticle, bit of knowledge, invariably brings back the natal unto - The Substitute. graphs. Although he had never been to see Weather Wisdom. before, Casey got a job as a deck hand. The vessel was four days out, when I"Red at night is the shepherd's' de - a member of the crew lost his aqui- light, librianr while admiring the bounding Red in the morning is the shepherd's before I became an eiditor," eta said. His pressman watched him in amazement. He knew the exact use of every bolt and screw; he knew how to lift the heavy cyliuder; he knew main and fell into it. Casey hurried to the captain and told him what had occurred. The lat. warning." This ie the. old English rhyme, but the idea it expresses is known in ter let loose a string of expressive ad- nearly every country in the world. jectives, and told the Irishman to Even the ancient Egyptians and throw a' buoy to the drowning man, gooks bad sayings similar to the In less than two minutes Caseq ,re above. Furthermore, it is selentifleal- turned, gasping for breath, and blurt- ly true: Iced skies aro really weather ed out: forecasts. "Please, sir, 01 couldn't catch the If -kite atmosphere is clear in the boy at all, so I threw the Chinese Cook evening or morning rite sun's light is overboard.' red because' the blue, of which the or- dinary white light of the sun is suede received a courmeniorative'unieneenelt fettle Glshorno, New Zeeland, where 'these mutent cai...ons onee•firmed the defense of iro:t Lottlsburg, New 1311111m ck, whore' they were photographed,' but (belt ;ding fins gone Cook landed on ()defter $, )?68. 1 with the advance of modern weapons of war. up, has been absorbed by the great leegbh of atmosphere through wlifoh the slanting rays of tits sun have to pass, 'in the evening the rosy light of the sunset illumines the clouds on the eastern side of the sky. This shows that the clouds have gone by and aro taking the rain with them, Thus wo get red at night, indicating fine weath' er. In the morning, the rising sun be - big in the east, the light illuminates the western horizon and its clouds, which are on their wey to ug, We need not' be shepherds to know that if the sky is red mad lowering in See more- ing we are 'in for it good "soaker" be. rare lunch-time conies, Step Pine 'free Moving. Because of the danger of spreading. blister rust disease, federal ferost. authorities have ivied against • the \eiraotire of tourists digging up white pines for transportation to their homes in distant localities,