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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-02-12, Page 3Noise' Narrows `'Width of- Field ; of Vision To the many harmful effects of noise oa• the human. body and mind now at= ttacting so much attention from medi- •cal men and health experts a new one, .has been added by recent- iuvestiga-j 'bone .of Professor P. P. Lazaret/ and L. Kuper, reported to the Russian Academy of Sciences in Leningrad, It is a decrease in the field of vision of the eyewhen loud noises are entering the ear. Normal people do most 01 their seeing with a tiny spot at the :center of the retina or nervous ,mem Inane at the bank of the eyeball, at which spot the precision of vision is .greatest. Most people can see some- thing, however; even out of the cor- ners of their eyes, for the retina ,covers the whole back ofthe eyeball. By special apparatus oculists are able. to mark oft on a chart of the retina the shoat limips' to which sight does extend outward From the center of the retina; . that is the field of view which any individual eye possesses. Tested in this way some eyes turn •out to have wide fields of view, others have narrow Bolds• The field ot view maY be narrowed,. • also, by eye' -diseases, poisons of other bodily disorders,,Pro- tosser Lazaret/ and Dr, Kuper now re- port that it also is narrowed whoa; the Person coneerned is bearing a loud u0is0! It was discovered some time ago during noise. tests in the New York subways that dim .lighting ap- parently makes noises' see. Louder than thesante noises; woulddoin brighter light. Now the Russian in- vestigators report the reverse relation, that noise decreases the width of vision of the eye if not its sensitivity., Canadian Poultry At Argentine Show Also Agricultural and Orchard Produce to be Fea- tured Ottawa. Poultry, eggs, apples and potatoes will be featured in the exhibit ' which has.been sent to the British Em - 'pine Trade Fair, Buenos Aires, Argen- tina, by the Dominion Department of Agriculture, whose exhibit will repre- sent not tansy. exhibition stock, but the best of the practical oommercial supplies which Canadian farms 'save to offer. Canada has sent several shipments of registered and high -duality breed- ing chickens to the Argentine within- the ithinthe last few Years. Ina recent ship- ment, which went forward from Saint John, were forty individual birds, of whitb. twenty-two aro registered and eighteen are from record perform- ance flocks. The registered birds have been selected from the best breeding stock in New Brunswick, Quebec, 00- tario and British Columbia, while the R.O.P. stock comes from Saskatche- brown race, Senor Roxas said: wan and British Columbia. The breeds "All things have their rise and fall represented include the Barred Ply- • The black man had his day of mouth Rock, Rhode Island iced, White supreme power and glory. Black Wyandotte and White Leghorn. Generals From Egypt, Cathage and Arrangements have been made to• I`abylou once swept the plains of • display consignments of Canadian Europe and conquered the white peo- from the synthetic stones, the rays graded eggs, the grade. "extra" being pees inhabiting the Continent . . also help to determine from whet 10 - featured for the export trade. The "The White man succeeded the cality the stones Were obtained. The Argentine imports considerable quad- black and today he still rules so- different hues of the melons tell the titres of eggs. I preme, he still dominates and tyran- story. One type of sapphire will not The Fruit Brandt of the Department,nizes, he still looks 'own on all oth- glow under the tube rays. Thus is have forwarded displays of apples and! er races as inferior, But the day this stone immediately identified. Potatoes. In the apples 'exhibit the. will. come When the whites will also Dr. W. D. Coolidge, associate,'earee- new commercial pack, along with` bite the dust and taste the bitter tor of the research laboratories of the boxed Fruit, is being featured. Asserts Brwn Race ' Will Rule the fid' r>rld Speaker Throws Philippine Audience Into Commotion With Fiery Speech. Manila—The Philippine Herald, a nationalistic newspaper, ' recently quoted Manuel Roxas, Speaker of the House, as saying in a speech. that the Philippines were "writhing in hell," and as predicting some day the white man would fall and the brown race would rule the world. The newspaper said Senor Roxas tlhrew his audience at Santa Cris, Laguna Province, into commotion when he bitterly declared: "The Philippines are now writhing in the throes of hell, a hell of sla- very and foreign domination. Our country, the greatest mother of us all, because she made us what we are and gave us what we have, rs weeping, pleading, crying to us, her. children, to come to her aid and save her from eternal damnation." Predicting world supremacy of the :Men of Leiters Meet Two prominent men of literary world met for fist time when George "AE" Russell (centre), [01911 poet, and Gilbert K. Chesterton (right), fame us English journalist, paid visit to hone of Prof. William Lyon Phelps of Yale (left),' Value of Jewels and research work is still being done Old ;f eea s Tell of Well Where Detected y Rays The cathode-ray tube somewhat re- Canadian Apple Output Declines Problems Are Discussed at Quebec Pomological Society Meeting Montreal.—Fruit farmers of the Do- minion have at least one advantage over other Canadlane, for according to G. E. McIntosh, fruit commissioner; they have not felt the depression and suffered so much as <, other farmers have during the past year, although there has been -a' smaller demand and a slightly lower price for their pro- duce. The apple production for 1930. was 3,165,956 barrels, of which 134,400 were produced lti Quebec, this being 52,000 barrels less than in the previous year. The total for the Dominion was about 750,000' barrels less than la 1929, the biggest drop being in Nova. Scotia where the 1930 crop was 934,600 bar- rels as against 1,727,876 in the Pre- vious year. In Ontario the figures were 502,500 as against 878,502, New Brunswick 33,060 against 25,000 bar rets, The only province to increase its crop last year was British Colum- bia, where the production was 1,560,- 7'76 barrels as against 1,101,357 in 1929• Commissioner McIntosh told the members of the Quebec Ponrolegical Society recently that this decrease in Yield had been very opportune as the smaller supply had had a tendency to Mix in a basin 8 oz, flout, 3 oz. fine y minced snot and a Pinch of salt, Bring steady the market, to a stiff pas A talk on the importance of -Adver- tising Canadian apples, particularly in the newspapers, was given by E. B. Luke, elm pointed out that if the with a little milk, spread liberallyktlt along this line. •!Richard Ill Once Got a Drink. London—An interesting .discovery sembles the X-ray tube in external I cottages appearances. The electrons spelled 1 in the title deeds of two old g from tlie end of the tube appear as a 1 alt Sheepy Magna, Leicesterershire, ball of purplish haze and are shot j near the battlefield of Bosworth, was forth at the rate of ],50,000 miles per 00'.000 times i a Latin inscription which has been second, which is said, to be the translated as follows: fastest s eed ever accelerated byi 'With water drawn from this well roan. This is about 8 i PRichard the Third, King of England, faster than thespeed of a bullet from l assuaged his thriat when fighting in the most desperate and hostile man- ner with Henry Duke of Richmond, and about to lose before night his France to Hold Annual Salon together with his sceptre. Aug. 22, A.D. 1455," For Artists Under 15 Yeairs I There is a large well in the gar - life, Paris—French artists under the den of the cottages, age of 15 years are to have, their — �.;,__r • own annual salon. r' Brantford 1Ias Lowest The Military or Fine Arts is a J- P7 G3 !. eponsible; for this innovation and Tuberculosis Death Rate more than 2,000 minora have sent � Brantford.—Hamilton was recently drawings from all parts of France credited with having the lowest tuber. ropresentiag "The House of My culosis death rate in the world, 3S p.c. Dreams:' 100,000 population- However, the re - A selection of water colors execttt cent annual report of the Brantford ed by pupils ot the Paris public Board of Health challenges this re - schools is to be a feature ot the first cord. The tuberculosis death rate for salon. this city is at the low figure of 24.5 per 100,000 population, an average for 102S, 1929 and 1930. The City Council huger Gasoline Tanks recognized this remarkable record by New cars are showing something of sending letters of congratulation to a trend toward larger gasoline tames, the Sanatarium and the various or - especially down iu that sector where ganlzatious in the cause of anti -tuber - fuel reservoirs have been smallest, culosis work Isere. Two habit's that probably win not be changed radically by the larger tanks are those of running out of Japan produces 200 more films gas and saying "five gallons, please:', every year than Britain does, Schenectady, N.Y.---Synthetic sat - S Y, 3 P phlres can now be detected from the) natural stones by electric rays. ` Exposed to the rays of a cathhode tube, recently developed at the Gen- eral.oral Electric Company au laboratories p y 1 here, alt stones glow or radiate col- ors. When the tube is withdrawn, the natural stones cannot be seen white the synthetic jewels continue I to glow. ' In adidtion to sorting time •natural Mitt of tyranny. Then will come General Electric plant, Is responsible the development, Because liter - From Ontario representative ex- the brown anon'§ turn. He will hold for hibits of certified seed potatoes have! the world in his hands and rule sue ally miillons of jewels are used.'an- been secured. The varieties featured preme over other races." nuttily for bearinga to meters and will include the Dooley, Green Moun-1 other delicate instruments, the new tato and Irish Cobbler. Selling British Goods tends to send 5,000 of its most ex- diamonds and It ltaa been found that Spring Fashio - device is 'found by manufacturers to n Will ' be a tins saver as well as an emir- ate gauge of value 0. an array this. Victoria Times: B:litish industry in- Show Hoop, -Skirt Tests have also been made with synthetic stones turn decidedly brown when placed in the rays whereas there is no change in real diamonds. Further' experimental pert salesmen to the British Empire Trade Exhibition at Buenos lures With au objective of $250,000,000 worth of orders for Britain's workers, Irrespective of what may be ac- complished at the adjourned Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa this summer, if British exporters are real- ly anxious for Canadian business, their best plan would be to send an army of expert salesmen to Canada. For it would be fairly sate to say that for every representative of a British cotnmercial house who comes to this country soliciting business, there are at least fifty from the Uni- ted States. They find it pays to establish the personal contact. 100,000 a Year Draw • Bath Mishap Insurance. Londou—Au eminent insurance au- thority wthority said more than. 100,000 people drawing compensation of $1,500,000 receive fatal or serious injuries in bathrooms every year. He listed these as the most com- mon ommon of accidents: Drowning after being overcome as the result of a heavy meal; electro - action while reading in the bath and holding an electric lamp in a wet hand, and gas poisoning due to faulty manipulation of water heaters.. Ttse hundreds of broken limbs, he added, represent auother real hazard. Europe has fifteen reigning mon- archs and fourteen presidents. Victoria Era Dress Also Will Be Seen This Spring New York—The hoop skirt—with modifications—is due for a comebacks. This was disclosed recently by Amos Parrish, fashion experts, in dis- cussing Spring styles at his semi- annual fashion "clinic", And not only the hoop -skirt idea, originated and worn by the Empress Eugenie, but several fashion ideas. in- spired by Queen Victoria, are due to grace the 1931 miss. Among these w111 be modern versions of the Vic- torian fitted jacket tobe worn as, evening jackets with evening cos-' tomes. Other inspirations for Spring have. been derived from the ancient Greek goddeses, whose costumes, Mr. Par- rish explained, consisted of a piece of cloth draped around them in a very artistic, yet very simple way. "Long, straight Rowing lines, he said, "peplums or short tunics 4 on Skirts, draped necklines, coesis and scams, draped girdles and sash ties are some of the important fashion details that are Greek in their inspira- tion." The question ot dress length, be said, is no longer a question. "For general street and daytime, wear," he said, "skirts worn by a ma- jority of women this Spring ,will be middle -calf length; for tine more formal afternoon wear the lower -calf leugth will be most ,popular, and for evening wear, ankle length." Puddings For Cold Days During the cold days 'u at -giving foods should figure largely in the menu. For the tollowing f:'shea beef suet should be used hi prefevenoe to. mutton suet. Friday Pudding This is a very economical pudding. Mix 4 oz, each flour and fine bread - crumbs in a largo bowl, then add4 oz, finely -minced suet, one teaspoonful ground ginger, a pinch of salt, and. half a teaspoonful baking soda. Stone 4 oz. Valencia raisins and add to the other ingredients. Melt in half a tea- cupful of milk 4 oz. or treacle and one tablespoonful golden syrup; stir this into the dry ingredients, pack into a well -greased basin, cover with greased paper, and steam for two hours. Servo with a white sauce. Military Pudding Mix in a basin three breakfasteo0- fuls fine breaderumba, one teacupful auger, 4 oz• finely -minced suet, and one teaspoonful baking soda: Add the rind and juice of a small lemon, then moisten the whole with one breakfast - cupful buttermilk. Turn into a greased mould, cover with greased palter, and steam for three hours. Baked Rely -Poly 1 to with cola water, e turn out, knead well, and roll into Pieces about eight inches long and Eve inches broad. Moisten the edges Frozen Meat Proves Tastier If Cooked Withot Thawing Frozen beef should not be thawed before cooking but should be sawed or chopped apart while still frozen stiff, put ou the grill or into the oven and cooked in that condition, allowing the thawing and the cooking to go on side. by side. Meat so cooked, it is report- ed'i y experts of the City of London Health Department, will be tenderer and will have a better flavor than the same meat it allowed to thaw out, be- fore cooking. Muck beef anal other meat now is frozen hard in ,Australia, South America, and elsewhere and Is shipped thus to the markets of Europe or of the United States. Health autL- orltiee approve this frozen meat as wholesome but many cooks and other experts consider it interior in flavor and eating quality to neat tsliich is merely kept cool in a refrigerator but never actually frozen, The freezing and thawing, it is believed, breaks the tiny cells and fibres of the meat and allow someof the juices or other flavoring substances to escape, The work of the British experts goes to confirm this 'view, for they also Rad that the quickest possible freezing produces meat of the best flavor. Quick freezing probably allows no time for the cell structure of the meat. to be broken clown and quick cooking without preliminary thawing aliowe, no time for the meat juices or flavone to escape' from cells that do get broken as the meat thaws, The new way of handling frozen meat, es- pecially in restaurants and other large kitchens where tools are at hand to cut up Um hard, frozen moat as cagily' as ordinary meat, may help t0 remove the present popular prejudice against the flavor of the frozen variety, Finish 7,000 Mile Cruise "ea • Alto •aacl Llreu Walter, 18 and 23 years or ago, 01 Dethouia, after they arrived in Miatet. Fla., 00 corn- pletion of their 133-duv, 7,000 -mile voyage from Tallinn, Baltic port and capital of their homeland, in their 26 -foot salting boat, value of their products Were not kept damson rant, roll neatly and spr n e constantly before the public, they lightly with sugar. Bake in a meter - could not compete with the tropical and other fruits that were fighting tor. a place in the market. The value of co-operation in advertising was also emphasized, at the same time point - fog out that to •get the best results they should limit their advertising to two or three varieties and educate the public to look on those varieties as being eynouymot's with the word. apple. inset Control Other pawns given was a treatise on ln:ect infestation and control by Cherie!, E. Petah, Dominion Eutomolo- gist at Hemmingf0rd, and an explana- tion of the importance of each farmer keeping a set of simple aecouats so as to see how he stands every year. This was given by James Coke, of Ottawa. end elicited the remark from the presi' dent, E. N. Browne, K,C., that the farmer was the only muu who could work at a loss and stiII make a good Iiving, while the farmer'; wife was, he considered. tate bravest woman int the world. ate oven for forty minutes, sprinkle a Litre more sugar over them, and serve hot. Apple -Sauce Cake One -halt cup of butter (orsubsti- tnte),'Yb. cuss of brown sugar, 1 egg, 1 teaspoonful soda, 1 cup thick aPple- s:uce, 1 teaspoonful of salt, 1 tea - manful of cinnamon, IA, teasPo0ntu Of cloves. Ile to 2 cups of flour. Cream butter and sugar together. Add beaten egg and mix well. Dissolve the soda in the apple -sauce and add. Sift salt, cinnamon, and cloves with part of lite flour and add to the first mixture, Add enough finer to make a fairly stiff bat- ter (the amount depends upon the thickness of the apple -sauce). Pour into a greased pan and bake in a m e:- 'Fred is so poetical. When I ac- cepted him he said he felt like an im- migrant entering a new world' "Wen, there's sense as well as Poetry in that. Wasn't he just land- ed?" erate oven 1350 degrees r.) fifty to eixty minutes. One cup of raisins may be added to the batter. Cleaners and Revivers A cheap and reliable soap for clean - fug and reviving the colors of carpets and rugs: Shred 2 oz. good yellow bar soap into a Saucepan containing ewe quart ot boiling water, and stir un- til the soap is thoroughly dissolved. When this has cooled, add 3 oz. of aria+ mania and sat oz. washing soda; then stir well and pour into bottles. Use four tablespoonfuls of this mixture to every pint of water required. Rinse with tepid water to which a generous quantity of vinegar lies been added. een exeelltut mixture for "feeding" and polishing leather can be made with vinegar and boiled linseed oil. Use one part of tee oil to every two of vinegar. Smear a thin film over the :',other, allow to remain for a fest/ minutes, then pclislt lightly with a pad of soft cloth. To remove statue from an aluminum saucepan, boil some slices of lemon iu the pais for about hall au hour. Then rub well with dry block salt. Cracks or .eeratcht3 on furniture should be filled with softened bees- wax. Then rub over the surface with a cloth dipped in equal parts of lin- see 1 oil and 'urpentine. Hot vinegar will remove paint stelae from window.% Italy's Birth Rate Falls According to the reports of the Insti- tuto Centrale di Stastica, the number et births in Italy iu 1929 was 1,035,866, or 22,700 less than the preceding year, shys the Italian correspondent of the Journal of the American Medical As- sociation. The birth rate, which in 1928 was 26.98 per thousand of popu- Iation, dropped in 1929 to 25.09, The number of deaths in 1928 was 638,818, and in 1929 660,609, an increase of 21,- 791. Hence, the mortality rose from 15.59 to 15.98. The excess of births over deaths was 537,257 iv. 1939, which signified a decrease of 54,401, as compared with 1928. Punctual Briton Refuses To Retire at Eighty -Nine London—Although Rieltard Mat- hews of Stony Stratford, Bucking- hamshire, who has just celebrated h15 eighty-ninth birthday, could re- tire on a pension, lie prefers to re. main at his work. He has had sixty years of un- broken service with a local firm and during that time has never been late for week. He is so punctual that his fellow -workers set their watches by hint, McAndrew had bean buying a few things at the local chemist's °.hop. As he was collecting his change he knock- ed over a bottle of iodine and smash- ed it Most of the liquid was spilt on his clothes, Noticing this, McAndrew -made a dash for the door. "You need Motor -Cycling to the Pole The Norwegian explorer, Major Tryggve Gran, is preparing a new ex- pedition to the South Pole. Major Gran R£cpmpuied Soon o; r S expedition, Ile is experimenting with a twenty horsepower Ariel mo- tor -bicycle, testing it out in the mountains of Norway. He intends to land on the West coast of the Ross Sea and then to take his motor -bicycles by air fifty miles Miand. Each cyclo will draw a sleigh carrying 800 lbs. of equip- ment and provisions. Quite a train, of motor -cycles and sledges will be needed for the expedi- tion, but with his 800 lb. sledge load,, each ,member should be self-support- ing for some time. Major Gran says that the great plateau over which ides' expedition will travel is so level that motor -cycles should have no 'difficulty in crossing it. He is planning his route to avoid the huge areas of cre- vasses that wore out the strength of Scott's party. s New Hollywood to Rise On River Veer Berlin Boriin; A second Hollywood on tlip banks of the River Spree is the late est' German enterprise. In the register of the Berlin Court of Commerce the following entry star requested: "Neu Hole- :rood Company, Limit- ed" The businr:;n of this new 'enter not be afraid," :the chemist shouted Prise is:'descrieetl in the application. atter him. "I won't make a charge for ere the founding and construction oi• it," But eitsAudeew never slaekoned a flllu CAT with the name "Neu Holly- his ollyhis pace. "It Tana that," he bawled wood (New Hollywood) In or near over • se shoulder. "I'nt eine Name Berlin similar to t'•a Hollywood 01 s to cut my finger," i United States.