HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1912-04-05, Page 6IS QUFEE 1t MODERN INSTI-
TUTION TREliE
Partial Bathing Is, However, Still
iii tite Ascendancy in the
Provinces.
Thiekneese, the friend of Thomas
Gray, the poet; has a,curions para-
graph in a book on his travels in
France, in which he remarks on the
habits of the French with regard to
bathing, says a writer in the Lon-
don Standard.
Travellers in the nineteenth cen-
titry repeated some of his observa-
tions, which were to the effect that
the French had an astonishing lik-
ing for ``partial bathing," that
slipper baths, foot baths, hip baths,
and every variety of bath with a
qualifying adjective prefixed to it.
were common, but that the common
111 bath was comparatively rare.
Bathing out of doors in one of the
leisurely streams or rivers has been
a popular and eve
n demo
fat
is
pas-
time
in summer months, and the
chroniclers tell how ladies and gen-
tlemen of the Court used to bathe
in the Seine within the shadow of
the old Pont Royal, but it is only
within recent years that the bath
as the word is understood in Eng-
land has made its entry into the
average French house. Perhaps
that is why the morning cold bath
is generally spoken of here as a
"tub."
CURIOUS SIGHT.
• The Touring Club de France and
the newer hygienists, however, have
done a great deal in recent years
to alter the ancient order of things,
which apparently was founded on
the plan of 'the Ancient Romans,
and in the larger towns at least the
curious vehicle that is used to con-
vey a hot bath from the bathhouse
to customers' apartment is becom-
ing ,r`lrarer and rarer sight as years
pass by.
In provincial Franco progress
is less rapid. Where there is a
river there alinost certainly is a
floating; bathing establishment, and
where the newer ideas of the Tour-
ing Club have penetrated there is
seldom an hotel, even of a modest
appearance, without a bathroom.
But elsewhere very often it is still
the dav of partial bathing. A news -
.paper recently made a cursory in-.
it'eryeitifseethe etutestiusi. After ebea
flue investigation ' it was thought
that the record lay with 11Iayenne,
a town of 10,000 inhabitants, which
had only one bathing establishment,
and which provided only one thou-
sand baths—grands bains, or bains
complets ; equally significant terms
—in the course of a year.
NOT IN DEMAND.
But the distinction was . rapidly
claimed for other towns. Redon
(7.000 inhabitants, in the Isle-et-
Vilaine) has only one bathing estab-
lishment, which has four baths, and
this establishment is open only
three times a week. At Chateau -
'gentler, which is not far from May -
erne (7,000 inhabitants. in the de-
partment of Mayenne), there were
formerly two establishments. One
of these failed. The second, for two
years, supplied an average of two
baths a dav, but recently it also
dosed its doors., Lure (6,000 inhab-
itants, in the• Haute -Saone) it is
also without any public bathhouse.
Its inhabitants take train for Be -
fort or \resold (20 miles) when ocea-
sion arises. The cnly ether rival is
Neufchatel -en -Bray. the sub-prefec-
turp in. the Seine. Inferieure, a town
of 5,000 inhabitants,
REMEDY FOR TSETSE FLY.
het•ping fowls May End the Sleep.
ills; Si!•llness.
Letters received in London re-
cently from the West coast of Africa
tell of a new hope for the ultimate
conquest of sleeping sickness. It is
known that one or two of the tsetse
flies carry the parasite (trypano-
some) either from: man to man, or
from beast to man. The attempt to
remove the natives from the fly
areas, and thus protect them from
the disease, has not been altogether
. succsssful. Any attempt to kill
' down the flies appears hopeless.
Recent work, however, shows that
the guinea fowl finds the pupa of
the: fly a~ tasty morsel. Land that
has been scratched over by fowls is
completely free from the pest. In a
few weeks full details of this new
hope will be published the World
over, If the natives can be per-
suaded to keep fowls it will not only
be a source of profit to themselves,
hitt also a protection against the
assaults of the fly. Fowls do not
harbor the disease, and although
they have maladies of their own,
they are not such as attack human
xieings.
SrRL `Xa
DO 'Not Use Harsh Purgatives --
A. Tonle is llll You Need.
Not exactly sick --but not feeling
quite well, That is the way most
people feel in the spring.. Easily
tired, appetite, .fickle, sometimes
headaches, ,and a feeling of depres
Bion, Pimples or eruptions may
appear on the skin, or there May
be twinges of rheumatism or •neu-
ralgia. Any of these indicate that
the blood is out 'of order --that the
blood is out of order—that the in-
door life of winter has left its mark
upon you and may easily develop
into more serious trouble.
Do not dose yourself with pur-
gatives, as so many people do, in
the hope that you can put your
blood right. Purgatives gallop
through the system and weaken in-
stead of giving strength. Any doc-
tor will tell you this is true. What
you need in spring is a tonic that,
will mako new blood and build up
the nerves. Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills is the only medicine that can
do this speedily, safely and surely.
Every does of this medicine makes
new blood, which clears the skin;
strengthens the appetite and makes
tired, depressed men, women and
children bright, active and strong.
Mrs. Maude Bagg, Lemberg, Sask.,
says: "I can unhesitatingly recom-
mend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as a
blood builder and tonic, I . was
very much run down when I began
using the pills, and a few boxes
fully restored my health."
Sold by all medicine dealers or
by mail at 50 cents a box or six
boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Wil-
liams' Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
FLOOD AND FAMINE.
Awful Stories Reported 'Frons
Lower Volga, Russia.
MAKING SAFE MNVESTM.
PERSONNEL OF DIRECTORS MW '1W
AOEMENTOV EI3TQO1,opt(, i vwoaTAN'T: to'
•
Banks depend chleffy an skill of man,
hent to make them successful ;or odic
wise—Big reserves useful—Danger ef••e
double liability always present, thong
usually negligible.
The articles contributed b.v "Investor`
are for tile sole purpose"ot guiding pros
pective investors, and, if possible, of ear
ing them from losing money. throtesb'
placing it in 'wild eat" enterprises rho
impartial and reliable character of they
information may be relied upon. The
writer of these articles and the publisher
of this paper have no interests to verve
in convection with this matter other than
those of the reader.
`11`,11. '1A,lt "1 GJt Axl li.!
woo pgimi. umiaor 1X1J4G:
iok n AO jTh POWDEr. Plit5Il
(By "Investor").
As in the case of industrial hoods and,
to a very large measure, whenever invest-
ing in shares of any company, :the per soli-
nel of nbank's board of direetors is ,of',
prime importance. • This point cannot be-
too strongly emphasized. As we pointed,
out last week. what person knowing either
Dr. Beattie Nesbitt or Mr. Travers, waull
have entrusted them personally with their
money, and yet, although aimoat aur"
banker could have informed prospective',.
investors of the reputation—or, rather,
lack of it—which each of these men bore,
most of those who bought Farmers Bank
shares a
arentl didn't take the trouble ble
Dp y
to make this simple investigation, or if
they did, failed to avail themaelees of tbo
advice. However, in the ease of our older
bank steel`s the names of most drrectortl
are Household words—financially speaking'
—in Canada. and it is not an easy meter
to go wrong so far as personnel is con-
cerned.
There is one feature, however, which all
investors in bank shares must bear in '. '
mind, and that is the "double liability
which hangs over the heed of the batik
ties companies it is true, but the limit is
1
We ask assistance of ad goo •<
housekeepers in our efforts to
introduce pure goods.
MAGIC BAKING POWDER,
GILLETT'S PERFUMED LYE;
GILLETT'S CREAM TARTAR,
ROYAL YEAST CAKES.,
When you ask your dealer for any of the
above goods and hereaches for a substitute,:
STOP HIM.`:': That is thetime. itis too late
after youave used part of it with 110or
success, as is always the case with substitutes.,
There is every reason why you should
insist upon Gillett's Goods, and absolutely{
no reason why you should permit a dealer'
to substitute something he claims to be "Just
as good" or "better" or "the same thing"
as the article asked for.
The buying public aria the dealers acknow.
ledge the superior quality of Gillett's Goods.'
Why accept something inferior when you can
buy Gillett's pure goods 'at thn same price?!
E. W. GILLEyT COMPANY LttaTED
livinn6gs'eg Toronto, Ont. ssentron5
PROTECT YOURSELF BY REFUSING SUBSTITUTES
stock investor. Banks are limited liab'l',
fixed at double the amount of the par val-:
ase of the shares 'which one owns. Sup
pos, some years ago one bought ten 'Oil:••
terio Bank shares at 130. The holder of
this 10 shares would have paid $1,300.
When the bank failed he lost not only his
$1,300—as he would in the case of an ordi-
nary "limited" company if it failed—but
stood to lose an additional $1,000. Such an'
investor may not eventually lose the;
whole 53.300, but his chances of getting.
much of his double liability pall back are
not very excellent.
This feature of bank stocks makes it
An appalling account of the suf-
ferings of the famine -stricken pea-
santry on the lower Volga comes
from Tzzaritzin, Russia. To give
but one instance, in the village of
Gavriloff an official inspector dis-
covered that most of the inhabitants
were in a, state of terrible emacia-
tion; many were affected with boils,
and their teeth were, falling out.
Several families were living in one
house, and the abandoned cottages
had been pulled down in order to
use the wooden walls for fuel. Even
this supply was almost 'exhausted,
and iii some houses piers were 1c1-'
cies on the top of the stoves. Twelve
hundred pounds of corn was sent to
the village, and several cart]oads•of
fuel.
The consequence of ethe present
widespread famine are most serious.
Tho Government is attempting to
deal with the evil of supplying food,
but the corn for sowing in the
spring leas been long ago consumed
by the hungry peasants, and they
have been obliged to sell at very
low prices or to kill off their cattle
and horses on account of the lack of
fodder:
It is to be feared that the 'discon-
tent bred by the famine. may result
in excesses such as took place in the
revolutionary period. Perhaps this
fear accounted for the sharp pun-
ishment just inflicted on forty pea-
sant;, who were condemned to
terms of imprisonment at Sarataff
fru: burning down the house of a
nobieinan, and cutting • down his
forest.
Mrs. Dashaway—"Yes, •while we
were in Egypt we visited the Pyra=
naids. They were literally covered
Stith hieroglyphics." Mrs. Pneu-
rich---"Ugh ! Wasn't you afraid
some of 'eni would get on you V'
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NO thence of using the WRONG Aye for the Coodo
one has 0/ ce;on Anrolore from your Druggist or
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HON. COL. SAM. ITUGH.ES.
Minister of Militia.
IIOLLAN D IS SINI•:IN f,.
‘.Planning to Make New Land by
Draining the Zuyder Zee.
M. Blaupot ten Cate, writing in
the Ingenieur, suggests that Hol-
land is slowly sinking. His theory
is based partly upon the subsidence
.of old Roman buildings.
Such apparent subsidence is
known in other countries, but in
these cases it is probable that in-
stead of the buildings sinking the
surrounding or superposed soil has
risen. The old Roman street that
ran through London. is now eighteen
feet below Cheapside. At Aosta in
northwest Italy the Roman pave-
ment of the Via Praetoria is from
eight to ten feet below the present
level of'the ground. The Cathedral
of Notre Dame in Paris was former-
ly approached by a flight of steps,
which have now disappeared. With
regard to Holland M. ten Cate
says::
`t,E' certain ntianbea, of Roman edi-
ees$. the entrance to .which must
cessarily have:been, from the level
t the ground when they were built"
in -the first, second, or third century
B, C., are. now awash at high tide.
An examination of the' foundations
shows that they have flunk from five
to thirteen feet. •
"In certain low lying plains of
Holland that have been drained for
long years the level of the ground
has fallen a little, over a foot in two
centuries.
'Finally, the formation of the
Zuyder Zee and of the Gulf. of Jade,
essential that the investor take the utmost et.northern Germany, leaves no
care in choosing stockfor investment,
unless he nick onea of the first ten or so room for doubt as to the subsidence
"gilt edged" stocks. Not that there is
any present danger. but •the possibility
of prolonged hard times while remote to
he sure, should not be overlooked. as
their effect on the banks is to cause severe '
and sometimes crippling losses. ing. of the soil of Holland the con -
In one way banks offset the double Iia= strnetion of the great works for the
bility by laying by a substantial reserve drain of the Ztt der Zee wilt not be
As pointed out in a former article, many g y'
bankn have reserves equal to or greeter allowed to cease. The Zuyder Zee
1 I amount of their o tt d"
of the soil in that part of Europe
in fairly recent times."
But in spite of this gradual sink -
than the tote o err n s an mg ,
capital stack This, of course, is very sat covers 760 square miles. It is esti-
isfactory while it lasts, but good manage'• mated that the construction of a
of more value to a bank's shareholders dam across the Mouth would cost
than all the reserves in Canada, Poor-
management may mune reserves to dimly
near; dishonesty and foolishness had this
effect in the case of the Ontario Banit;
bet good management is an asset alwayt.
In ermine!' a bank report previous
investing in t le stock, first look at; tlt•
„
list of directors. Be sure that they .are thing wrong with this ham. Wife
men noted for their careful managenieilt —"That's strange. 'The grocer said
of their own' business and successful with. it
al. Then see that the past few yeeete it was cured only last week, . Hub
business has shown steady advancement; _ec`Then it must have had a re-
making' due allowance of eonrse for pets
ods of trade depression. such as affected ];apse."
earnings during 1908 Notice the reserve, onswermernesnanitracrsmonnn
ment and c9refnl choice of business are
HIS RULE.
"I have made it a rule through
life," he said at the table the other
day to a man to his left, ``never to
meddle with another man's busi-
ness."
"That's right --perfectly right,"
was the reply.
$18.375,000 and the process of
draining another $65,000,000.
Hub (at table)—"There's some -
too, end then talc° notee of the amount of
the axoess of assets over current liabili=
tics, and the amount of quickly available
wrests. The latter, including "Specie,',
"Dominion notes," "Investments in bands
and s'ooks," Call and short roans, etc,,
should be at least 25 per rent, of the total.
liabilities, though if the cash and nazt•
earning assets amount to too great a pro•
portion, very often the management es
making the mistake,—one vbieh cannot he
Harshly criticized. however, --of, keeping+
too great a proportion of their assets in ;a
form which, while eminently sale, might
better be used in eavniess interest. AS.
fleetly, see that the bank has a good
name. A bank's really important asset
is its good -will --that is its roputatiole
Take away its reputation, cause then A°
distrust it, and its business drsnppeals.
Not so many years ago the sovereign:
Bank was a flotirisltins institution Rs.d
times came and showed that many el es
assets were not of sufficient value triivi„ -
stand the pressure or a depression in bii,i-
noes, They had to be written off, and In
order to maims up for their loss the eapi.
till stork lead to be cat in hall. The :re•
putt was that every holder of ten shares
But that wasn't the worst. The puii
found that after the cut be only had fie,
to
lost tonficleuce .in the bank. esoli its
were wielidrawn, burliness drvindlefl '
bank's good name was Inst. Dr o .1
months it went into liquidation, see T
fell its shareholders had to "fere -oi
their ' double liability, All of these t
but the first of cutting the .oilnital in : if
resulted Proin the :lees of the pub i
good will." The imnortailce- of tY
name is sufficiently obvious' from the
tration to require no further -eourolen:-, g ;.
Even a cat has too much.s
cry over spilled milk.
"But I see you have a new confi-
dential clerk."
"Yes, sir—yes."
"He's a hard -looking case. 'I have
seen him intoxicated a dozen times
and I wouldn't trust him out of my
sight with a ten cent pine. Took
him out of charity, eh'?"
"Well, not altogether, you know.
He happens to be: my eldest son."
There was a period of silence so
painful that both wished some one
I would yell "fire" to break it up.
BONDS PAYING 6/ INTEREST
ig The First Mortgage Bonds of Price Bros. & Company at their present price
pay 6 per cent interest. The security they offer is first mortgage on 6,000 square
miles of pulp and timber lands scattered throughout the Province of Quebec.
The timber is insured with Lloyds of England against loss from fire. The earn-
ings at present are sufficient to pay bond interest twice over, and when the mill
now in course of construction is in operation, earnings will be enormously
increased. These bonds can be quickly converted into cash, as there is a ready
market for them.
9f From standpoints of interest return and security, these bonds constitute an investment of excep-
tionally high order. There is every reason to believe these bonds will considerably increase in
value.
We will be glad to send you literature further describing these bonds. •
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