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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Herald, 1927-01-13, Page 6A LECTURER IN ST GE PLACES P7' Warner A.. Higgins Ot the (aa aa,diaua Feree'tvey Aaeleciat ion. Staff, Thereii, a nameless old ratan in the _There Ontario clay belt Ns,ho drove ten tulles in a sgl+riuglesse farm wagon drawn by a decrepit teasel over a rut- ted trail to catered a Canadian Forestry lecture and pietaue show this Sum- • ,r! "Ninety years olid," they told me. "Settled up here 30 years ago and farms his land .still." And the old man mine alone, stooped ovee his reins to attend the meeting and when it was over climbed to has springlese seat and cleave the ten miles home by the feeble light of a .r tsty lantern. People have cone 20 and 30 miles by auto. it is not unusual to have c*thers oome 10 miles by boat or wagon nor 5 miles by foot to laser the lee. tures and see the pieaures presented by leeturele of the Cezealaa Por try Aavocia.tion, but in nay ex`pezie ,;e this Summer the old :ran srta.u;ds oar as as example of the rue-ace/km - ,t this lettere work presents co the peoples Many of otic Northaenu Onta.:io set - tiers have ewe teem to cher settled esot one of Ontario. They $t1I recall • the, old days of abun rant w'nite pine and are in heaarty accord with the work of the Assot*iartton. To people such as these the work is a reminder to what has gone before anti which should not happen again, Then there are others who must be shown why they should conserve the forest from the menaces of the North, forest fres. Of the hundred meetings that I held as a leoturea• of the Association this I e Summer only two were poorly attend- ed because of local indifference. Some- I timrain mode travel impossible over poor roads and maaiy could not b come who had been looking forte; ansd � 1 to the evening for weeks, but even in ; w • the poorest weather there w•er+e some who braved the elements and heard , t the message. Teaching in Strange Places. Iin le the duty of the leatuarer to bringoast livery %Mimc+lnt for the pavite adore of Weal /*Met that'the Weal oeuditiope of the oonntn+upity epreeent, popery diets and every community Within the dike triot piit:se rte . different problem. and ea a rule the cc�nlnlunity ie interested, only in its own. • The lectures' must be able to /reap the eoonoin;fe relation between ch ea ocunmenity and' the forest, must re - duos this relatiou to its simplest terms, enliven the argument for forest protection with interesting points and ,iw•eeemt it to the audience in digestible form, Here lies the necessity of intel- ligent led trained field men, Every audience varies in nationality and peroentage of ohildrenu, men, and women, and ao every audience re- quires a differet handling by the,leo- turer. By 'oons+tant study the lecturer eau "feed" his auddetn�ce and almost in- etlncti'v,ely know how to approach it. When the audience responds and final- ly naal ly leaves the hall with a smile and with satisfied remarks then the lec- turer can be sure that the impressio created by his talk and by the plicate will remains Chiidren Remember. A Gracious Thought, 7•�lty, little thau�glutt e a l ir, With oentforI fra,lla i to A winged purayer. tot Sing, little thou•ghtl aoy�ou�s...and .free, Tiymning untenelht Like a bird om the tree, Bloom, little thoug uti Fragrant end fele, L'vve's• offering brought Of blossoms rare. Shine, little thought! Bright as a •etiar, Lending unslougll.t Guidanne afar. Speak, little thtet htl As children do, Bird -notes upoaught-- F)rauk words and true. —May Litchfield: Oranges Build Bones. No longer will oranges be regarded a;s a reward only to be obtained by the Jon child who is godd; Experiments have shown that a wonderful increase in rel' bone formation is obtainod when In a number of cases, children hay crowded around the lecturer telling him in minute detail what they s.. during the visit of the previous yeas. Isn't this the final proof of the effec the work? Weare attempting t bring a complete eomception of th value of Canada's forest resources. to the Canadian oitizen„ to arouse in hien a "forest •eonsciousaless.", When this ons+ciousness is awakened there wil be more thorough utilization of the f Some- times orest ,and lees waste from fire. It is not a case of changing human ehaviour. To err is human and care- essiaeeis is inherent to all of us. Firms ill start as in the past, will, per - have, increase in number (and for this heir ie European precedent), but with the growth of the value of the forest the eyes of the prubiic there will be °rages are added to a child's ordinary diet. , el Many mothers give their children a daily dose of orange juioe, and in: SS future no number of pranks on . the .1 part of theth bad boy of e family will ct result in his orange being 'denied him. o L The oranges that boys of former s generations used to long for will help to form the fine skeleton needed by those who would play a man's part in. life. But such is the contrariness of, 1 children that ,before long mothers• may have to resort to various tricks to per- pouring anything hot into a ing: Major Harry Barnes.. suede theirobjection dr a totales the lair 1 glass .a spoon should be held jai the 1?noogrersis d reds •om „elf -hes and doss, the objection being simply, ani center of tli,e glass. In this way the selerespeet.—•Harold C. p principle! I tumbler le prevented from oreeking The British taxpayer is a patient ass Orange fed chuldrem take from their because the/ metal. takes up the first whose back is bowed under many bur - diet an amount of calcium greater than' shack of the heat, dens.-5utuday Express. that contained in the amountIf it cam possibly 1.e avoided; never of orange In every community the best of co-' m operation was given by the citizens. fi I have shown iia the stable of a lumber b camp, in the open air, in country', schools and churches and city 0 theaitrea, in the salon of a lake steam- ship on Lake Superior and+ in some of e finest tourist resorts in Ontario; everywhere the work of the Associa- tion is. recognized and respected. The 16,000 people that have been my audience have ranged from the re poorest of squatters to the millionaire t - tourist and in between are farmers, • ansettlers, lumberjacks; business men., • yo city dwellers of every nationality who m call. Northern Ontario their home. There can be no doubt that this th work is reaching the masses. and as h well the classes. Imagine yourself in be a community where half of the people E have never seen a train; .much less a hi moving picture; imagine Yourself in a . E community that is remote and almost ac self-oontadmed where no outside at- I is ctioa is ever seen. pro Once the •audiienoe has gathered it ` it.' ore promp•tnesa in putting forest res out and a smaller area will be eachwined over year. This yeas over 250,000 people in amebas forest areas have heard the usige for greater consideration of our f the orests and. also of theur possibilities and here seen on the screen pictures that ianplreas•ed the iectuirers' argu m+enuts. Rmerye deeply on their minds. his great audience has been well ached and well impressed as witness he letters from foresters, lumbermen d rangers. This is the work that u eantributione to the Association ake possible, As one lecturer in nine I believe at our aim is being achieved, but ow much better tot the work it would. if I were but one lecturer in 20,000.. very member of the Association has s or her responsibil!tires to the cause. very member has a friend or guaintance that could he won over. II we not been everlooking such ssiibilities and "letting George do '—Forest and Outdoors. The Dutch Musical? What Do I Owe? "I didn't know the Dutch were musi- have strength, I owe the service cal:" of the strong; "No?" I queried. "William J, Hen-! If melody I have, I owe the world a derson says in his History of Music i song, you know, that they were the founders . If I can stand when all around my of the modern school of music." post are falling, "The founders? The Dutch?" If I can run with speed when needy. "Well, who invented the *anon in hearts are calling, music, and brought counterpoint to.; and if my torch can light the dark prerfeotiom, if it was not Okeghem in a of any night, 1470? Who invented the madrigal Then, I must pay the debt I owe with form of music, if not the Dutch? You I living light. forget than, in the fifteenth and six- teenth oentnries, there was a Nether- lands eitherlands school of. music that, far over two hundred years, furnished the world with music ands • ing er sand com- posers. It was two men :of this Neth- erlands school who went to Naples and founded the first musical conserve•-. tory,—the first, not only hi Italy but In the world,—and from that institu- tion sprang the Italian school of mesas. The same was true of Venice, wb see muucth,er ineunhea' of the Netb;erlauds school started a conservatory. Then For .any gift God gives to rile I can- e,a.me the school of Rorie, which is not pay; acknowledged to owe its e'icis :e11ce to Gifts are most mine when I most give the infiuenoe of the Netherlands them all away; school. The Dutch -were in every way God's gifts are like His flowers, which forerunners of what we to -day call the show their right to stay school 0± sPc+user 111Usic, but which, in By giving all their bloom and frag- those days, was confined to religious ranee .away; purposes. That world prove, would it 1 Riches are not in gold or land, estates. not that the Dutch were meeicel? And I or mars, that they still ars musical is shown The only wealth worth having is found by the Marge number of native Nether- in human hearts. Landers in American orchestras, and -T1ie Epworth Herald. the faot that nine cwt of ten of the great 'cellists to -day are of Dutch 1 , fihdrtThinI Thirty." — tlwa,i�d W. Bok, la "Twice The Object of Colleges. The object of colleges, is to educate. The primary object has generally been Origino "S asC3yil!Cllao,'i said to be to educate in history and Nowadays when lovers ode into i Latin and Greek and iraw and whatnot.' the dark and whisper wools of love Bet we (Ivh not agree with that. We they ars cali,ed "spooners." ne, think that is the secondary perpos+e 01 Origin of the Weed "spooning" goes a university +education: We do not bace nmt: 500 years in Iingiand, believe that the education of the hind whence oone most of our modern is quite so important as the education catchwords, of the man. if yaoo get what we reap.. In the olden days when a young roan We believe it vastly mare- important dialled on 5, giri for some time he to any of you to+ know that yeti should would, sooner or later, present her treat your wash -woman wi.tli kindness Wirth a "llov,P,srpoon" This wane a lion+tl 5Thd. oolurtesy tlirsn it is to, know tahe made utens;l wdtli two bowlls on a binomials theorem—whatever t11at iso angle stem and th+ereeeter the eoruple After all, the snort important thing were known as "spoaneirs," that Is,' if 'y'i r" ' kr***iii life is lugw to get the girl a,eoepbed the gift as Its mean_ along with your telltale human beings hag was that tut engagement w~ts soon —and that takes in a trot, of territory. If heaven's grace has dowered me - with some rare gift; If I can lift some other load no other',i strength can lift; i If I can heal some wound no other hand can heal; If some great truth the speaking skies to me reveal,._ Then, I must go, a broken and, a wounded thing, If to a wounded world my gifts no healing bring. You may not knew a Greek root froin a, lease adielt root, but if yea deal At last the kindly and oeus derate1y with whom perfect fainly inotorea.c. you cote in oantaot,, your life Will be has appeared. It has two siserieg a s,uoocrsai. Crrltego sltauid, ,toacii :you. •willeels and dual centre!. this, Royalton, of the Matthews line, one of the last'boate of the season, tied up at the entrance to the Welland canal. It is doubtful if It will be possible to move the vessel, which is one of the largest on the upper lakes. She ewrhies d. huge cargo of grain. Looking After the Glassware. There would not be nearly so many breakages of glass if the following in- stifictions were always' earriei out. Recent Sayings of Fuel of the Heart. "Nelrres whieh .carry messages be. should not relax our eiYorts urn tween different parte of the body are - like the wires of a te&ephone saystem, They are wavers of something electri• cal—they Tran be started -off by'an electrical shock and recorded by elec- trical ins•tiurments," says Professor A, V. Hill. "These messages," he continues,. "travel faster than ,an aeroplane; they I hall us what is happening outside (or inside) use; they eaory orders to our. musicales. Althat we feel --pain, toucban , heat, cold, taste, smell, light. sound—is due to streams of such nerve waves, started by"tiny "microphones" dotted over the outside and inside of Englishmen. We til emery family has a separate dwell Jules given to 'them. The vitamins contained in oranges act as monitors, a which see that the body takes advent=. age of the contents of other foods; A Dealer's Mistake. One might think than a yonnng mac, i th i id f The city churches, in the .charge of wash glass in soapy water or water to mem, ee vigor, tact and imagination of which soda has been added. -These the type that the ehuch senteout to the •c preparations invariably make the glass war as'brigade chaplains, ould do an dull. Just immerse the glassan es, one immense aount of 'good.—The Rev. or two +at time, in warm water, and F. a oiaytoa. then rluse them under the faucet, .dry Energetic men without taste are the therm on a s•o±t cloth, and polish. gravest `drattger to any community.— There is .„nothing better for *lean- se Jo+hn Ervisu�. Whose father was a dealer in oideim furniture would, upon marrying, fit hi home from hie father's• .stoeik. Such porean'wham we met recently del no do so, but four or five 'years ago fol lowed his new bride's taste by equip ping' the home with'.modern styles Since then the young ,Lady has had change of heart and has come to think quite as much of the furnithee of our forefathers as does+ hers husband. ' If they should now decide to disroar their former purchases, they would b able to recover only about a quarte of their original.cost, although the fur niture shows. but little wear. The husband expeessed regret that they had not spent their $1000 for as equal natrabee of old -tins articles, which in the meantime would have nearly if not quite .doubledl, in value. in ens+ e o small ,glass jugs; de- • What ie bad• in the motives and acts e canters, or vases than potato peelings. of a private...ci'tizen eannot be good tg 'Chop the peelings up finely, iLrrop theyi. when done by the state. --The Rev. R. a into the glass• vessel and fill them with J. Oampbell• t water. Piaee the hand 0 rer the mouth I There is loathing that so lifts a maul - : of the vessel and shake it vlgorausrly 1 up. ars the sense that he has the confi- i -1 After b tittle while all the coating on: ence oe his fellows, or et). helps him in the glass will Ue ze choosing his path •as •the sense of great a! glass will have a brilliant shine. p•g .� forces pusbhim in the night direc- t •arti:cles;, sus soon -as bought, tion.—C. P. Scott. should be pieced in a seateran.•of cold water •and brought slowly to the bond If this precaution is taken they are not o se likely to break. ri e -1 -' Use Cola Water. f It isaurprising the number of peo- pie who ado not know that Bold waiter. . cleans same, utensils much better than , does hot water. A pot or basin which has .contained jam will soon •cal�eau with the aid of anoe; and put out your band to touch th some cold water and a map. This is• an object,accurately instead of grop- b.e,causs •sugar dissolves rapidly in ing for it as •n baby does, is; all a naat cold water. . • ter of training. 1 Articles which have been used for You Have to learn to use your eyes eggs ehoFid be washed in cold water. and ears and feet and fingers accurate- f A Little Skeptic. \The little bay had had his first les- son in astronomy and was proudly ex- hibiting his knowledge to his still smaller sister. "That star,"' he said, pointing to one of the most brilliant ornaments of the heaven's, 'is •ever so much larger than the earth." "Pooh, I don't believe it," replied his sister scornfully, "If it's as big as that, wily does it not•keep the rain off us?" From frog's skin is made the thin- nest and toughest leather obtainable. The horse chestnut is so called from the fact that the h Greeks and Turks used the Geed for curing glanders and other ailhnents of horses. 'Good Advice to Boys. mos it •ever occurred toyou that your health and your ability~ to ,play ball are quite two different things? Your health icomees from the right i food and exercise and rest, and the pro.prer balance between ab1 three. But your ability to play baseball er tennis, or -even your rabiltty .to walk anal• bat-. the body. "Muscles may Iive for days and we+eilea after their. owner is dead, and a frog• whose head has been cut off will scratch things fern. his back. They are. enormousrlystrong, although they are jelly-111re• in substance. They cannot week without fuel and depend on sugar, which is replenished from the blood as needed. "Limb muscles are not the only ones. The meet beautiful and inl.portant is the 'hheaa•t, which is an enormous work-' ,er, and may give three thousand mil - Ivan beats, or more, beforre it stops. The aocuraoy with Which we move, the ease with which we 'judge dis- tances, times, and directions are as- tonishing. The cat has only one-fifth of a second to carry out all the com- plicated movements neecl•ed to make kiln fall otmi.h s feet when dropped. In rowing a 'stone, ins Bitting a ball, in jwmping, we are showing the most =extra;=extra; skill :iii timing and adjusting our movenlenLLts accurately; and all this depends on the messages going. roan our nerves to our inns*les." Ilot water only eucceeds In cooking ly just as definitely as you have to _ the particles, of egg, and when hard - learn arithnuetic,or spelling. ened they are •exceed+ingly difficult to remove. +e - Pounding. Customer—"A steak, please." Butcher -"How many pounds do you made •familiar by reason of fantastic wish?„ Ca-stomer—"Oh, till it's goad and tender.." , What is a Milliard? The word milliard, moaning a thous- and millions, has been Anglicized since the war, and Its use has. been Cleves, used so much In flavoring food, d .ar c e the ds ed bower buds of .an evergreen tree which grows in trop- ical countries. inflations and of national debts. The Manchester Guardian asks: How many people have ima+gia.tion •enough' to realize what it really means? One of the simplest area most impresisdlve Ib lu stratiansof what ti t means is d� t only one milliard minutes have passed • since the birth of Christ. ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES --By O. Jacobsson. 'ILLCLIMBTHIS .'� TREE AND SEE IF 1 CAN LOCATE THE CAMP! G (Coprytigltt, 1s54, ty Tare Ods 9yre,iicata, lee Conundrum for Brain- Workers. Should brain -workers sleep on featle. er beds or hard mattresses? The query is inspired b- y experi- ments which have recently been con- ducted in the United States by medical and psychological authorities at Yale and Colgate Universities, with a view to determining the relative values of ;hard a and •sof thed s toh t ore who Have. to use •their- ltead,s:" ` As a test, students who- had slept an - hard and soft mattresses .were • given a multiplication surer to work out in a quarter ot an haul'. The .exhalations in terms of calories" Were measured both before and atter the teat. .It was folrnd that a person burns tp as much energy alter sleeping eight hours in a hard bed- as he does •a:ftec sleeping six hours in a soft, downy ono, Eleven calories were used up eftet eight hours' sleep in a hard bed, and the same number after six'li'aurss in a soft bed. Moreover, a person who has .sleptµ only six hours In any bed leas, .at the time of waning, a Melee mental meats. tion than one who has slept, night house fader Mena ar• couditione but:: he consumes more energy in the "reacting. Few Things in Life— --Are more ridiculous than olcl age trying to actkittenish, ° —Are more inspiring than the sight of a boy making gbocl. —Are more pathetic than the syn- Won of a youth of twenty-two. Are ions refreshing than to have the other driver admit it was. his fault, —.re amore hopeless than the man who will not help hlnself. —Are incrre interesting than a little child that dose ,drat know It is in- beresting. —Are inure ebcotira,ging tlhaai the appreciation of a friend . you haVe helped. Explained. Lady of the House (reproving maid) "-•-" 'lots chair is just covered With thist." IXaid—"And Wiry not, ma'am? Ne body ever sits on. iL" •