HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-08-17, Page 3TH''UIRISDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933
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Popular NStalls ns
OF 1933
'The Handsome, Choicely Bred
Clydesdale Stallion.
"b1LASIH-ION"
No, (25022) (2006) Imported
Approved Form I''Enrolment No. 2096
Monday noon. will leave this own
stable lot 23, con. 5, Logan, and pro-
teed to Peter Hignell's, lot,'14,- con.
5, McKillop, for night. 'Tuesday—
To Jos. Flannigan's, lot 6, con. 7,.
McaKillop, for .noon, thence to Rock
Bros., Brodhagen, for night. Wed-
nesday—To Thos. Bolton's, lot 19,
con. 10, McMillan, for noon, then to
Geo. Bennewies, lot 8, con. dal, Mc-
•Killop, for night. Thursday—To
Amos Wickes, lot 29, 'con. 114, -Lo-
gan, for noon, thence to George
Siemon's, lot 24, con. 11, Logan, for
night. Friday—To his . own stable
for noon, where he will remain until
bhe following Monday noon. This
route will be continued throughout
the season, health and weather per-
mitting.
Terms—+$112 to insure, due Feb. lst,
1934.
JACOB ;HIGNELL,
Proprietor and Manager.
Clydesdale Stallion
HAI1G
(21563)
Enrolment No. 4416 .Approved. Form 1
Monday leaves his awn stable, lot
22, con. 13, Hibbert, gots_ north '1A
miles and west to Ed. MoKay's for
noon. 'Thence west and south by
way of, White school to Walter
Madge's .for night. Tuesday—West to
the 2nd concession- of Hay, then
south to Earl Campbell's for noon
then south to Leo John's for night
Wednesday—East to Larry Taylor's
for noon, then east. and north to
Jack' Simpson's' for night. Thursda
—North by way of the boundary, t
his own stable where he will remai
until 'Saturday morning. Saturday
North and east to Donald MclKin
non's for noon, then south to th
12th concession and west to his aw
stable where he will remain. until th
following Monday morning. Thi
route will be continued for the sea
son, health and. weather' permitting.,
Terms -$10 to insure.
WM. COLE
Prop,,
TROUBLE IN CUBA
'The storm centre ofsthe world today
is'Ctuba, where General Gerardo.Ma-
ohad'o, 'fifth president of the 'Repub'lic
of 'Cuba, is not only ruling as a dicta-
tor, but is defying the efforts Of the
'United States to shave him removed.
Veteran Off ,thee 'war against Spain,
writes !Russell !B, Porter in the New
York Times, ',wealthy-ifarmer and bus-
inessa man, and political leader, !Gener
al Machado at ell 'has been president
of a Cuba for nearly niiae'years. 'Tall,
corpulent, white-haired, ,With a heavy -
jowled and mottled face an inscrutable
smile and an enigmatic personality,
he 'hg's ruled Cuba from state Preside'
,enitial 'palace in !Havanna with a hand
of iron.^
Elected to the presidency in 1190'4
ire at first was popular pini aCukra, espec-
ially among the bustiness men, both
native and fforeign. IIn x11925, he start-
ed a vast public works campaign, in-
cluding the l`iib0'0,400,40'0 70'0-neile'
'Central Highway,' connecting IHlavan
na with all parts of the 'island; and
the '$20,00'0,400 IN;afiosa•1 'Capitol • in
]Havana.
!These 'helped to keep people at
work after the collapse of the Cttban
sugar industry in (1191 5, and the high-
way was also designed to en'c'ourage
the development of other, 'crops and
other industry so that Gtt'ba in the fu-
ture need not continue •t'o be a ane -
crop country, •dependent upon' sugar
for 80 per cent. of her national in-
come,
'President Mach'ado's troubles 'began
in 110217 after he caused all three exist-
ing .political p'a'rties to combine in
amending the constitution and the el-
ectoral code in. ,such a way''as to in-
sure his re-election, with his second
term 'extended `from' four to six years:
He was re-elected .without .opposition
tr' 11928, and ''began'his second term
on May 20, 111928. Thus was the Mach-
ado'dietatorship ,begun, and with it si
mu'l'taneously•the opposition carne
to being.
The students of the 'University of
'Havana, who rebelled (first against
political control of the university and
then against the 'Machado dictator-
ship, began the opposition and for'
some time carried it on single-handed.
In -1930 it began to spread through-
out the island, accelerated 'by the in-
crease of the United !States tariff
against .Coban sugar to two 'cents a
pound and the abandonment of the
public works program when the<Am-
erican bankers who had financed, it
cut off further advances.
Coming on top of the continued de-
clitte of the sugar industry, this led to and unemployment d public
discontent. This grew as: the Govern,,
Meat imposed heavier and heavier.
taxes to maintain the army that kept
General 'Machado in power and to pay
the interest ,and amortization on the
foreign ,debt which the president
had obligated the republic oil account
of the public works program,
(General Mario'IG. 12etiocal, 'former
president of Cuba; led an organized
insurrection in August, :119151, which
'President 'Machad'o's' well -drilled and
well-equipped army put'down with
ease. After this (General Machado re-
doubled 'his ruthless methods through
the army, the secret po'li'ce and his
"poria"—strong-arm gangs—to stamp
out all opposition.
!He institufed martial law, suspend-
ed constitutional guarantees, .put the
newspapers under strict:censorship.
forbade opposition politicalpartiesto
.organize or " hold meetings, threw
hundreds of his political enemies •into
prison or exile, ,anad' upheld the secret
police in wid'e'spread "official assassin-
atipn" of oppositionists under the ley
de foga, or lawwof flight.
'The student movement grew • into
the ,A. B. C„ 'a poow'ertul secret body,
which throughout 11It13I , engaged in e
deadly underground 'war of terror
with the 'Machado secret pol'i'ce. As-
sassinations and b'ontbinlgs marked
the terror on both sides, and many
were killed, including students from
some of the best families in Cuba, and
high Government and army officials,
including the president of the •'Cuban
!Senate and the 'head of the secret po-
lice,
Early this year the situation reach-
ed. an impasse. ,President Roosevelt
selected :Sumner Welles as ambassa-
dor to (Cuba 'because of .his special
knowledge of Latin-Wmerican affairs.
Ambassador Welles .proposed media-
tion with 'hintsell'f as dtedfator, . ,and
this was accepted by the Macb'ado
!Government and by most of the Op-
position 'Groups, including the AIB'C•.
The students 'and the ,Menocal groups
alone', remained aloof. •
Mediation ''began oil 'J:uly el• Late in
ijoly the Op,po'sition'ists began to show
impatience at the .failure of negotia-
tions to ,result .10 prompt action for
Machado's removal from office and a
+few days ago there (began the general
strike movement, or "passive revolu-
tion,"`which 'has led to the present
developments.
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RUGS AND FRINGES
The adaptability of Oriental rugs
as harmonious floor coverings for int-
eriors of practically every de -scrip -
tion,
scrip -tion, their traditional durability and
their individual charm of design have
made their an finporttent feature in
interior decoration. Owners of even
one or two 'rugs soon become interest-
ed in rug lore and many collectors
devote much time and money to a
study of the variations of design and
rare', examples of weaving. :Since all
the ornamental motifs have symbolic -
meanings and each lint] of antique
rug has its tra'ditional type of pattern,
method of weaving and place of ori
girt, knowledge of their background
adds greatly to their enjoyment.
Occasional exhibitions such as that
at the Ant Association, offer excep-
tional opportunities to study, rare
specimen's. The display represents 'a
private collection• of a Boston coir-
aaisseur and is" the first group of rare
weaves from Asia Minor, Caucasus
and Turkestan to be exhibited in New
York for several years.
The collection includes a remark-
able group of prayer 'rugs from Asia
Minor. D'atting from about 11700 is a
Gh'iordes with a blue field—a type of
prayer rug much esteemed. Like most
'prayer rugs, it is only about five and a
ralf feet long and a little more than
our feet wide. The pointed mihrab or
niche in the supper part of the centre
or field, a feature of all prayer rugs,
elpresenits the door of a mosque. On
hese important aids to the worship
of every devout Mohammedan is la-
vished the highesttype of design and
vorkmanship, The many borders are
ornamented with flowers and geom-
etrical motifs, all of which have a
yrnbolic significance, usually of a re-
igiovs . nature, 'Tlhe general type of
design which each district of the
country developed for itself is illus-
rated in other Ghiordes prayer rugs
n similar patterns but in different co -
or combinations.
Another important rug in the col-
ection is .a Ladik,'with the columnar
ype of design. Three pairs of slender
columns support triple niches repres-
enting a facade of a'mos'que. Its field
of ox -blood hue gives it a warm bell-
iancyi, against which the ivory of the
columns s'tan'ds out in soft contrast.
The columnar style of Ladik prayer
rug of the age of this specimen, which
was made about 1900, is much sought
after.
A seventeenth -century Asia Minor
`Holbein" rug shows the scarlet and
yellow hues used in several paintings
by Hotbein and his followers, The
all-over design in the large field of
angular scrolled leaf arabesques is
one of the most ancient rug patterns
of Asia Minor, and rugs containing it
have been woven in the district sur-
rounding the ancient city of Oushak
since the sixteenth century.
Interesting prayer rugs are the Ku-
lahs, another important Asia Minor
type. The sample on 'view shows on a
field of mazarine blue a design made
up of recurring groups of • shrubs, cy-
presses and tombs, each highly con-
ventionalized. An unusual treatment
of the tree motif is seen in a B'ectash
(Ghiordes rug, with a tree of life in the
field and with inner and outer borders
Enrolment No. 2614. Passed, Form 1
STAR LIGHT
13226
This handsome choicely bred Per-
` cheron Stallion will travel the follow-
ing route during the season of 1133:
Monday will leave his own stable at
'Munro and will go to Ed Rose's, 5
miles north of Dublin for night.
Tues'd'ay will go to. John L. Malone's,
one mile west of Beechwood. Wed-
nesday;returns to his own stable,
,Thursday goes south to 'Truce Coop-
er's one mile south of ' Entwine for,
night; Friday to Orville Roger's 154
miles north of Kirkton for noon,
Then home for night. Saturday goes
to Carlingford and home by way of
Fullerton. This horse is d'raw'n on
trailer and will respond to calls off
route. .
Terms to insure $112; two <mares
from ,the same owner, '$10, 'Parties
losing colts will have free service the
following year.
NORMAN PARSONS, Munro
Proprietor and Manager; (Phone 20r5,
Dublin,
`]Protect the child from the ravages
of worms by using eMothee Graves
Worm Exterminator; ayt is a standard
remedy, and years of use/ have en
haired its reputation..
made up, of small cypress trees. Typ-
lcai of its kind is a Yurek rug with a
long, shaggy pile, a profusion of for-
malized figures—in this rug, birds—
and an angularity of pattern charac-
teristic of the weaving of the wild no-
mad tribes of the high plateaus and
mountains of Asia Minor,
One of the most picturesque types
of Eastern rugs is the North Persian
'flower -garden carpet, shown, in a rare
exanvple that dates from about 1900.
This is quite large, being about 12 by
6 feet; its entire surface, except' for a
narrow border, divided into rectang-
ular flower}beds of scarlet and sapph-
ire blue. In it one finds a pleasing re-
presentation of a Persian garden, with
walks, rivulets and ornamental lakes.
The le'afy -trees' shrubbery and gay
,flowers are alt suggested in soft col-
ors.
Garden rugs were much prized, be-
cause in a hot country of deserts and
libtle ra nfail, flowers, greenery and
brooks represented to the Persian all
that was cool and delightful. These
carpets attained their highest form in
the late seventeenth century, and as
they are invariably of the finest Wool
they were probably made for the roy-
al courts.
(The passion of the Persian rug wea-
vers for flowers is also seen in a rare
fragment of a N'ot'ch Persian carpet of
the early seventeenth century, where,
on a deep, bluish -green field, are wo-
ven in soft tones formalized lotus and
other blossoms.
IO1d fashioned fringes are once
more ornamenting curtains and seats
of chairs, sofas and stools, as in our
grandmother's day. This return of an
ancient decorative accessory has been
inspired by the antiquarian's interest
in nineteenth century periods such as
the Empire, Louis Philippe and early
Victorian, and by dress a fashions of
the same eras. The revival is also an
important feature of the general
movement toward 'greater elegance in
modern interior decoration. 'Fritige is
being emphasized on 'furnishings of
William 'and 'Mary, of the seventeenth
century, 'and of the Queen Anne and
early 'Georgian epochs o'f '-the eight-
eenth 'century, .While antique speci-
mens are generally 'too 'fragile for ev-
eryday use, they are the sources of de-
sign 'for the many varieties Of fringe
made today. !Some 'contemporary de-
signs were .of sufficient significance
to be indluded in the recent 'Industrial
'Amt 'Eelhi•bition at the A etrop'olitan
'Museum, when: a large group Of new
fringes and tassels was on view.
Curtain and upholstery fringes
range from narrow ]bands, or gimp, to
borders 'almost a foot wide composed
'of long fringe and ornamenta'lly wov-
en bands for curtain valances. A con-
temporary innovation is 'the non1ang-
lin•g tassel, the long •threads of which
^will not snarl. Silky cotton, rayon and
/wool are the principal materials of the
.modern fringes. Designers of fringe
seek to produce out of the innumer-
able combinations of knotting, weav-
ing and vagi -colored materials pat-
terns that will agree with today's
types of drapery and upholstery 'fab-
rics.
Wooden beads, either painted, gild-
ed or covered with fabric, are used to
suggest decorative motifs. (Belt -shaped
beads and odd -shaped balls, many re-
calling' Chinese forms, give an air to
a fringe. 'Glass' and metal have been
employed in the modern fringe, and
also painted wood harmonizing with
contemporary curtain and upholstery
fabrics,. Color plays an important part
in the fringes of today, either exactly
matching or forming a pleasing con-
trast with the tones of a teitiee. 'De-
corators •often have collar combina-
tions made to order,•' For an iurusual,
dressing -room effect or for a smart
apartment foyer, a contrast of colors
is often developed between .curtain fa-
bric and fringe to meet individual col-
or s'che'mes. The recent vogues of
,white and of the !French Republic
white, blue and red are examples.
IThe use of fringes demands great
discretion,, for fringe that is too long
or of an inapprop'riate color may ruin
the decorative effect of a •room, The;
color, texture, and pattern of the cur-
tain material muss all be considered
in the selection of a'fringe or a tassel.
The .first use of fringe was to give
a finish to the raw edge of a curtain
'or to, cover the nails o'f upholstery,
but it quickly developed into a highly
ic:ecorative andimportant accessory.
Up to the middle of the .eighteenth
'century, heavy 'fringes of gold thread
with uncut ends were much in favor.
This was ithe 'baroque age, and fringes.
were an 'important feature of the or-
nate effects 01 the time. We find them
today appropriately on William and
Mary and Queen Anne furniture, 'al-
though often a restrained and nodi-
tfied form is used. an the lOhippendale
period also this ,ornatte type was in
vogue. 'Chairs and sofas have long
,fringes that may cover the seat edge
and ornament the upholstered arms.
SOUND YOUR HORN
Sound your horn, when really nec-
essary, is the advice of (Sir ]Stenson
Cooke, secretary of the Bri'tis'h Auto-
mobile A's'sociation. He goes on to
say that nowadays we hear so much
about the noise •problem that a little
historical research will enable us to
view the 'subject in its true perspec-
tive, and to trace directly . the cause
and effect, at any rate, in so far as
motor horns are concerned.
an England a requirement of the
Locomotives on Highways 'Act of
38916 was that every `light locomotive
should carry a bell or other instrum-
ent capaable of giving audible warn-
ing of --approach, and a regulation
made under the same Act made it
compulsory far the motorist to use
this audi'b'le warning to make knowtn
his presence or 'position on the road.
In 119119 the A.A. handbook contain-
ed a list of "Do's and Don'ts" and one
of these was an appeal 'for discrimin-
ation in the use of the horn, probably
the first of its land ever published,
The AA. visualised that the trend of
legislation might •be to encourage the
unnecessary use of the horn, and
therefore pursued its policy of appeal
"Not to abuse the audible warning of
approach."
'Meantime, by a variety of means
official and otherwise, the' motorist
'was encouraged to "hoot" far too .fre-
quently. 1When an accident occurred,
the first question invariably asked by
the police, magistrates, coroners attic'
'others concerned was: "Did you blow.
your horn?" or "Did you hear th
other horn?"
lit a few cases' "School" and "Cross,
road" sighs were actually erected,.
with the request, "Please toot" or
'Please sound your horn," This gave..
rise to the subconscious suggestion
that the mere sounding of the horn
might excuse a driver from taking,
other precatrtion:s-obveau sly dttost.
Undesirable, Then the 'pendulum,
ewwng the other way: Gradually anti -
noise legislation was introduced, and:.
now the Road Te•affic Act prescribes
that a Born must not be used when a
vehicle is stationary on the highway
except when necessary on grounds of..
safety.
Ta -day the tendency is to drive •isy
sight not sound, and many experienc-
ed motorists drive long distances -
without using the horn at alt.
)When approaching the .closed gates-
af a level crossing, driven sheep' 'or
cattle, there is no necessity touse the:
horn except to ate -act the atten'tion of
the person in charge. ;Similarly no,
audible warning is necessary merely
'because another vehicle or pedestrian
is on the road ahead.
When turning out of a carriage-
drive or works entrance no useful:
purpose it served 'by using the 'horn-
/Here the onus for special care ob-
viously
ob viously rests upon the motorist .ant -
ening the ,public road, and the mere
sounding of ehe horn cannot relieve,
him Of this obligation.
There are of course occasionsa.w'?rezn
the use of the horn is neces'sa'ry'•par—
ticularl'y in•popalo'us places to attract:
the attention of thoughtless road us-
ers, who someti'mes use the highway.
as a parish meeting place' or in -some
other way, which shows 'that their-
attentiosbis devoted to anything- ex -;-
except theprevailing traffic
It is difficult to generalise because.-
so
ecause-so much depends on the particular •
circumstances obtaining, but it is safe •
to say that the need for a horn is •be-
comin'g less every day and that it.wl t,
continue' to 'diminish.
There is no doubt that London ter-,
day is a very much quieter city than
it was ten years ago, and it is equally
true to state that in so far as 'unnec-
essary noise is , concerned Loudon. •
compares very favourably with, thee •
linearity of large Continental' cities'
despite the fact that in many of't1t'ese,'
restrictive legislation exists whfcss
prohibits the use.o'f motor horns dui- -
ing certain haws orin certain areas;
'but than we in England Have always
prided ourselves on our common.'
sense and law .abiding characteristics:.
itt' cannot be denied that the •motoring
-era has been responsible for its ovule
peculiar noises. We hear many cilia--•
plaints of the 'incessant din" in our -
streets caused by the "strident hoot-•-
er," "the powerful engines of'niatav-
cars and motorcycles," but compare -
these with the continual rattle of iron
-wheels and ]Horses' hoofs over cob-
blestones of some 30 years ago ; and
what of the Cries of old''London?
(Not Noise has definitely decreased'
since the days when the motor car
was an innovation, although its char-
acter may have altered.
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