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THE SEAFORTH NEWS
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rBowman Scores Again
(Once amain 'listeners to the
network have heard 'what it is pos-
.si'ble .to do with the new mobile 'unfit,
'Along the Air Waves" is, of course,
referring to the splendid broadcast
from Jasper National 'Park on Wed-
nesday, (July IV, when Bob Bowman
and his able assistants presented a
full -hour programme of immensely
interesting sounds and comments.
This' was the second broadcast of.
composite sound pictures, and list-
eners Who 'heard it agree that it was
equal to, i'f 'not 'better than, the first
in the series,
For Amateur Photographers
With the recent introduction .of pop-
ular -priced miniature and motion
picture equipment for 'hone use, it is
Telt' that radio listeners would like
some expert information on the sub-
ject. With this in mind, the CBC has
engaged Mr. Hazen Sise of Montreal,
perhaps rhe most noted photographer
in Canada, to present a seres of six
programmes 'commencing Friday, Au-
gust 151, 4145 to '5 p.m. EDST. The
opening 'broadcast will deal with
"Your Camera," and the following
.su'b'jects: Short 'recapitulation,. filters,
films, halation, latitude, "grain," good
exposures, good prints, common
faults, and a step by step description
of taking a picture. Subsequent 'broad-
easts will 'describe such subjects as
"Photography es an Art," "Photo
Murals and the Cinema," "Makng a
Photo -Mural" and "Photographing the
Spanish 'War," In short, it will be a
most interesting and informative ser-
ies, and there will not, .Of course, be
anything of a commercial nature
attached to the series, Mr, Sise being
a Montreal architect 'by profession,
.A Travelling Adventurer
On Tuesday , August 9, 'Itle,115 to
311:310 p.m. •EDSIT, the CBC will in-
augurate a new series of travel 'broad-
casts over its national network, en-
titled "Travel !Adventures," The
speaker en this occasion will be Mr.
Edward Long, Travel Editor of the
Illustrated London !News, who is a
'world 'traveller and who is now on a
visit .to the United States and Can-
ada. He will be speaking on some of
his exciting .adventures.
Indian Chief Thrilled
'Chief Clear Sky, '.head of all the
Iroquois Tribes, has seen the marvel
,of radio broadcasting. A few Thurs-
days ago, Chief Clear Sky was in
Montreal, strolling across Dominion
Square, He was selling strings of
wild ,rice beads, in aid .of the less for-
tunate of his once powerful tribe,
now numbering less than 21540010. It
was "Street Scene" time in Montreal,
and Jerry Wilmot, CBC announcer,
with only 'five minutes to go, was
scanning the 'horizon for an unusual
"su'b'ject" to interview. There came
the Chief of the Iroquois, dressed in
his full regalia, and as "Street Scene"
endeavours to ,present a crass-seotion
of ideas of the Canadian man on the
street, it was (quite natural for the re
porter to try to induce the Redskin
to say a few words. Lt was a human
interest story Inc revealed, dramatic
and ,eloquent. Letters of keen apprec-
iation of the, 'broadcast have since
been pouring in to the CBC studios
in Montreal, many of them -contain-
ing alonat'ion•s to the Iroquois Fund,
Thus, 'Street Scene," which is heard
daily except Saturday and Sunday
over the CBC's national network, is
not only most interesting but ex-
tremely worth while, too.
Toronto Promenade Concert
Charlotte Symons, lyric soprano of
the Metropolitan Opera Association,
who was born in Chicago and
brought op in a family of musicians,
will be the guest soloist when the
115th 'broadcast in .the series of 24 Pro-
menade Symphony concerts is heard
over CBC's national network, Thurs-
day, August lie, 9 to 1110 p.m. EDST.
'Reginald Stewart, after a short ab-
sence on a tour of the United States,
will again return to the ,podium,
conducting the 90 -piece orchestra at
the Toronto Varsity Stadium. The
broadcast will open With the orch-
estra's rendition of Ludwig von Bee-
thoven's "Symphony No. '5," follow-
ing which Miss Symons will be 'heard
in the "Jewel Song" from Gounod's
opera "Faust" This selection will be
instead of the one originally sched-
uled, from Charpentier's opera,
"Louise," The broadcast portion of
the concert will close with two orch-
estral selections, Sir Alex MacIKen-
zie's "Benedictus," and the "Russian
Sailor's Dance" from "The Red Pop-
py," by Reinhold Gliere,
Music For You
Virginia Woods, Dorothy Alt, and
William' Morton, singing stars of
CBC's national network programme,
"Music For You," to 'be 'broadcast
Sunday, August 114, 9 to 930 .p,rn,
EDST, will offer compositions of
Ron;beng, Lehar, 'Kern, 'Gershwin,
Seitz, and Ayer. The large orchestra
will be conducted 'by Geoffrey Wad-
dington, and the broadcast will orig-
inate in the CBC's Toronto studios.
Edvard .Grieg's "To Spring" will be
the orchestra's initial number. Later
in the programme, it will be heard
playing Franz Lehar's ever -popular
waltz, 'Gold and Silver," and 'Mosz-
kiAsky's "Guitarre," The vocal sel-
ections include "Romance" from "De-
sert Song;" "The World is 'Waiting
for the Sunrise;" "If You Were the
Only Girl in the World;" 'Only a
Song," and "'Summertime" from Ger-
shwin's Balk -opera, "Porgy and Bess."
The weekly violin solo will be Jer-
ome Kern's "Smoke 'Gets in Your
Eyes," his 193131 'hit from "`Roberta."
Corporation Features Day By Day
?(All Times Eastern Daylight Saving)
Thursday, August 1111:
B:310 p.m, The CBC Summer 'Thea-
tre, 'light 'dramatic series direction
games C. Harvey. From Toronto,
9 ,p,m. 'Promenade Symphony Con-
cert, 'conducted by Reginald Stewart.
CBC -NBC international exchange
programme, From Toronto.
'Friday, August 1111:
171415 pen. The Crackerjacks, navei-
ty orchestra. From Toronto.
9 p.m. Melodic Strings, direction
Alexander 'Chuhaldin. Frons Toronto,
,10 p.m. Scrub 'Oak Hollow, as re-
ported by Bruce Hutchison, From
Victoria,
Saturday, August 13;
8 p. m: Bands Across the Sea—
strings in swing -time with Dave Dav-
ies and the Rhythnlettes; direoted by
Percy Faith, CBC -MBS international
exchange programme. From Toronto.
6:30 p.m. Robin Hood Dell Con-
cdlrt—Alfred Wa'll•enstein cotdu•cting
the 'Philadelp'hia Symphony Orches-
tra. MRS -CRC international eechdnge
programme. From Philadelphia.
'110:30 p,111 Let's All Go to the
Music Hall, direotion George Young,
with orchestra, •dramatic cast, and
soloists. From Toronto.
Sunday, August 114:
4:30 p.ln, The CBC Singers, direc-
tion Albert Whitehead. CBC -CBS in-
ternational exchange programme.,
Froni Toronto.
d:310 p.m. The Band of His . Maj-
esty's Canadian 'Grenadier Guards,
conducted by Captain J. J. 'Gagner,
by permission of Lieut, -Col. G. S.
Stairs, M.C., V.D.,'commanding. CBC
-NBC internationa 1 exchange pro-
gramme. From Montreal.
9 pen. Music for You, orchestra di-
rection Geoffrey Waddington. From'
Toro to, et,
10 p.nt. Atlantic Nocturne, readings
by 'J. Frank Willis, with Allan Reid
at the organ. From Halifax,
Monday, August l'S;
3:30 p.m. Metropoli•tae Cafe, orch-
estra direction 'E. Kaunat, witli guest
soloists; produced by P. S. Adkins,
From Montreal
9 ,p,m, Orson Welles, dramatic ser-
ies. CBS -CBC international exch-
ange ,Programme, From New York.
110 p. nn, Summertime—piano duo
with popular singer. From Edmonton.
Tuesday, August 016:
6:30 p.m. Drama Series, produced
by Rupert Caplan. From Montreal,
9 p. m. Everybody's Hours, with
Jacques Gerard, Paris Opera Conniyue
tenor; Helen Landers, rhythm singer;
Caro Lamoureux, soprano; Isadore
Gralnick, violinist; Alouettes Quar-
tet; and orchestra direction Guiseppe
Agostini, From _Montreal.
10 pm. Evening Serenade, with
Joseph Victor, tenor, Ernest Dainty,
organist, and Albert Pratz, violinist.
From 'Toronto.
Wednesday, August 17:
.5x30 p.m. Souvenir—Earle Spicer,
baritone, with Acadian Concert Orch-
estra direction Marjorie Payne, From
Halifax, 1110 p.m. Symphonic Strings,
direction Alfred Wallenstein. MES -
CBC international exchange program,
Said the American police sergeant
—"Did you ;,gin'e the prisoner the
third degree "
"Yes," replied the constable, "We
'browbeat hint, 'badgered him, and
asked him every question we could
think of,"
"And what .did he do?"
"He dozed 'off, and merely said:
"Yes, dear, you are perfectly :right:"
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MORRIS WOMAN DROWNS
HER'BABE DN TROUGH
Investigation continued last week
end 10 find a reason that aright have
proii ted Mrs. Rebecca Magee, 317
year old Morris Township woman, eo
have ended the life of her only child,
in a watering trough on the farm
031 the afternoon of July 37. Police in.
the 'district are reported to have
claimed that the woman, who faces a
charge of murder, "is not demented,"
and continued the search for a motive.
Little incidents in the lives of Mr.
and (sirs. William Magee were inves-
tigated. 'Neigh'bors of the couple, it
was said, claimed things had not been
running joist as smoothly as possible
lately, but Magee himself said that
his married life had ,been "all right."
In a reported signed statement giv-
en police, the mother, who will ap-
pear in Goderich police court this
Thursday, :charged with the murder
of her only child, is said to have told
why she allegedly 'committed the sash
act. While police are silent on this
point, neighbors say she lived in fear
of losing her child.
1It was at eleven o'clock last Thins,
day morning that the formal charge
of murder was preferred and the
young woman, escorted by police and
looking somewhat fatigued, appeared
at Goderich. The charge of murder
was laid by Crown Attorney D, E.
Holmes, following consultation with
Provincial Constable P. E. McCoy,
who is in oharge of the investigation.
This is the first murder charge pre-
ferred in Huron county since 1:913
when Edward "Punk" Jardine was
convicted and sentenced to hang.
The events on Thursday last cent-
red around Goderich 'and Wingham.
J. V'. Bus'hlield of Wingham has
been engaged as ,defence counsel, al-
though Mrs. Magee was not repre-
sented when she first appeared to
face the charge last week.
Mrs. ivlagee is said to have given
police a complete detailed story of
the act which allegedly ,prompted her
to hold her young child under water
in a trough in the barnyard. The wo-
man •was in the tank herself. Later
she walked to the field where her ,hus-
band was working and is alleged to
have shown the child to hint and to
have said,"I've drowned our baby."
She was wet herself and her hair was
wet when she went to her husband,
some 1:50 'rods away from the tank,
it was claimed.
"I can't understand it. I can't un-
derstand it" These were the words of
43 year old William Magee, well
known Morris township 'farmer, con-
cerning'the tragedy which had claim-
ed the life of his only child, Mildred
Ruth Magee, aged ten months.
Mrs. Magee, formerly Rebecca
Baird, •was taken away on Wednesday
evening, soon after an investigation
was made. The tragedy has people in
that section rather bewildered and at
a loss to 'understand what prompted
the young mother to supposedly take
the life .of her child in a water trough
on the farm property. "I was work-
ing in the field shortly after four
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. I saw
the wife corning toward me and she
carried the '.baby. I cannot describe
the feeling that came over me. I tried
to bring the baby around but it was
no use," Mr. Magee said.
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The watering trough, •five feet long,
two .and a half feet deep and the saint.
width is located just west of the farm
house and on the edge of the 'barn-
yard. It is made ,of :galvanized iron
and beside it is a pump. Across the
top is a steel rod, used as a support.
The distance .from the water trough
to where Mr, .Vlagce was working in
a field was estimated at approxiirtately
1.150 rods. When efforts at the house
failed to bring hack the life of the
tiny infant, the family physician -at
Winghann was called, and schen he
learned of the nature of the death he
immediately notified Coroner Dr. R.
C. Redmond of Wingham. An inquest
was ordered. It is understood an
autopsy showed death by drowning.
The jury is composed .of W. H.
French, foreman, Jack .Mason, Har-
old Buchanan, Tom Bennett, Clare
Adams, Jim Isard, Fred Carter, Jim
Curr, Roy Manuel, all. of Wtngham.
Constable Allen of Wingham was no-
tified of the case but he immediately
turned it over to the provincial
police at Goderich. P.C. P. :E. McCoy
and County Constables Ferguson and
Westlake of Goderich are investi-
gating,
ENGLISH BORSTAL SYSTEM
URGED FOR CANADA
Separate institutions, based on the
theories of the English Borstal sys-
tem, should be established to 'permit
special treatment being given to of-
fenders between 16 and 01.
This is not the least of the major
recommendations recently submitted
to Parliament 'by the Royal Conunis-
sien appointed under Justice 'Joseph
Archambault to investigate Canada's
penal system.
The Commission urged there should
also be a classification center and
three grades in each unit, each to be
separately located; that two units
should be established at once,' one in
the Province of Ontario and one in
the Province of Quebec, with 'further
development of the scheme in the
Prairie Provinces, the Maritime Prov-
inces and, in a modified manner, hav-
ing regard to the population, in Bri-
tish Columbia,
The Borstal system has long'ibeen
advocated by many social workers, in-
cluding Miss Agnes Macphail, Farmer
Member of Parliament, and was re-
ferred to by the Government in the
Speech from the Throne in a19'3'5 as be-
ing "under consideration," It is a sys-
tem• whereby the young offender-
once it has been decided that all other
measures of deterrence and reforma-
tion have failed and that he trust he
imprisoned—is 'sent to a separate in-
stitution provided for his training, core
rection, and reformation, where, "if
such treatment is to be effective," a
minimum term of three years is re-
quired, followed by proper aftercare
and assistance,
In recommending immediate adop-
tion of the system the Commission
points out that it has never 'been ap-
plied to youthful offenders in Canadi-
an penitentiaries and that imperfect
attempt to segregate them had only
the effect of debarring them from pen-
itentiary workshops. The fact is, say
fhe Commissioners, any satisfactory
adaptation of the Borstal system is
impossible in institutions where the
penitentiary atmosphere must ever be
present, nullifying the attitude neces-
sary for successful treatment,
The English Borstal system was
launched in .11905 with the passing of
the "Prevention of Crime Act" which
made it possible for the courts to send
vottths between 1116 and .21 to a DOr-
stal institution for training instead of
to an ordinary prison. When youths
are !brought to court they are divided
roughly into three classes: those who
ran he dealt with by probation or oth-
er naninstitntional treatment; those
who are believed to be beyond reach
of the Borstal system, and the bal-
ance, mostly recidivist offenders, who
are selected for Borstal treatment.
Never is a first offender sent to a
Borstal institution if it can be avoid-
ed, The Commission. in the course of
personal investigation, was deeply inn -
pressed by the individual and thought-
ful attention given by Wren of educa-
tion and sound character in every one
of the seven Borstal institutions for
boys and one for girls. To facilitate
such attention the youths are divided
among four or five houses in each in-
stitution, each house containing from
510 to 710 youths in, charge of a house-
master and assistant.
'The Borstal system, indeed, as-
serts the Commission, "depends for
its success upon the riven it attracts to
its services. -Heinencontacts mean
more than elaborate 'buildings, and
the ,personal influence of members of
the staff must be directed to establish-
ing a
stablish-ing`a standard and providing an in-
spiration for each youth."
Borstal or largely similar institu-
tions in Scotland, Belgium, Holland,
France, and the United States, also
were visited by members of the Com-
mission and the 'best features noted in
each, The importance of aftercare was
recognized by all. In 'England this is
provider) by the Borstal Association,
founded by Sir' Evelyn Ruggles -Brise
"In the belief that the 'best results
could be obtained in the field of after-
care by a voluntary association work-
ing in close 'co-operation with the de-
partment responsible for Borstal in-
stitutions." Through this Association
and innumerable conttnittees of volun-
tary workers all attempt is made to
find a friend for each youth, who will
take a kindly interest in him and ad-
vise hien with regard to his activities,
"The Borstal institutions might
successfully reform the young offend-
ers who are sent to them.. for training,
but, without the complement of effec-
tive aftercare, such as provided by the
Borstal Associaton, no permanent re-
formative results could be obtained,"
said the Commission, In conclusion, it
recommends that the essential fea-
tures of the Borstal system be applied
to young offenders in Canada, with
variations of methods to adapt the
treatment to Canadian conditions,
WOMEN DEMAND MORE
(Continued front Page 2)
pursue their seasonal work into for-
eign countries—to the :Netherlands
and to Latvia.
Taking into consideration the vast
numbers of women involved, the wo-
men at the convention at 'Edinburgli
considered that there is comparatively
little legislation to protect the work-
ers—except that in regard to ordinary
contract, pension and compensation
rights, where these exist,
Latvia possesses a special Chamber,
or Kammern, which regulates ques-
tions of work on the land. Italy
seems to :be making the most deter-
mined efforts to arrest the trend from
country to town by means .of insur-
ances, better housing, and greater
cultural facilities,
But, all in all, the women gathered
at 'Edinburgh, considered that a great
revival of interest and of practical
assistance is due to the agricultural
worker, and they carried a resolution
inviting all affiliated councils to ask
their respective governments to ex-
tend .to both Wren and women who are
agricukural workers the .protective
legislation from which industrial
workers benefit.
TESTED RECIPES
Picnics should be happy events 'for
everyone, and in no way should the
enjoyment be marred by elaborate
preparations. The campfirep picnic is
voted as among the most popular,
probably }because it is a real 'c'hange
front regular meals, and takes little
time and effort in home preparation.
No matter what type of picnic, the
hamper 'should include a variety of
foods that will combine to provide a
complete, 'balanced meal., and in fig-
uring the amounts required, allowance
should be made for 'the hearty appe-
tites always in evidence on such occa-
sions.
The following menus may suggest
some new ideas for picnic baskets:
Camppfire Menu 1
Toasted Bacon and Tomato Sand-
wiches
Fruit Salad, Berries or Melon (us-
ing the luscious Canadian fruits as
they conte in season)
Buttered Scones
Lemon 'Cheese Tarts
Cocoa for All or Coffee or Tea for
Adults—Cocoa for Children
Campfire Menu 2
Cheese Filled Rolls—Toasted
(Split rolls and spread one side gen-
erously with grated cheese mixed with
butter. Pitt together and toast over
coals of campfire,),
Fresh Vegetables such as Radishes.
Lettuce, 'Green Onions, (Fresh from
garden, market or store,).
Fruit Shortcake.
(Split .rich tea biscuits. Cover 'bot-
tom halves with sweetened, crushed
berries, or sliced fruit. Berries may be
'prepared at home and carried in cov-
ered sealer.)
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