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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1927-03-17, Page 2Of .Interest CAUTION RULES WOMAN They don't seen', to be • so All -fired DRIVER WHILE IN CAR. eoiieerned as men about breaking any, Women are going into : an endless speed records in Wetting where they are going. There is considerable enjoyment for a woman in taking out the family car during the week while the men folks ,are at busht,ess, taking a little drive into the country and getting away from the daily routine of house- work occasionally. The woman who knows how to drive makes use of the ear for er,•reads, 'meeting folks at the railroad station if the home is in the suburbs, taking the children to school, LEARNXNG THE ART. number of nem fields. They are /emucl increasingly to be doing the sort of things heretofore supposed to be re- served for men. Consequently one is not surprised to see feminine charm at the wheel of the automobile. The question which naturally arises in this event is whether or not the fe- male of the species will be more dead- ly at motoring than the male. Certainly the male is too deadly. The number of accidents which can be checked up against ruse drivers is more than should be the case. But ,'how about women? Are they mS e cautious than men as operators?y ,'nature it is claimed that women are endowed with a tendency to caution. If so, do they exercise it as motor- ists? The answer is in the affirm- ative. Most men are impressed . by the caution which is apparently felt by women who undertake to direct the driving from the back seat of a car, This same caution appears to carry over to the front seat when these wo- men themselves take up actual driv- ing. Wherever statistics on accidents have been kept it has been found that the number of women drivers involved were in the minority—so much so that even considering the fact that the proportion of women drivers is less the advantage is in their favor. OBEY TRAFFIC RULES. Observers of women drivers report that they obey traffic rules better than men. They take fewer chances when touring. They are considerate of other drivers. They are not o•ne- arm drivers, And they know how to drive—that is how to stop, start, turn around, back up, and the like. If they have an outstanding fault it is that of going at too slow a speed. A Hot Medium. "She's a hot medium," I hear." "You don't s'ay so ?" "Yes—she raises Cain and the Devil 'most every night." Sacred Mountains. Mount Ararat, the mount upon which the ark of Noah rested, and which overlooked the graves of a. ruined world, Mount Moriah, the mount upon which Abraham offered up his son Isaac; where, afterward, Solomon built the temple. Mount Sinai, the mount upon which the law was given to Moses. Mount Hor, the mount upon which Aaron died. Mount Pisgah, the mount upon which Moses died, Mount Horeb, the mount where Moses saw the burning bush and where Elijah fled from the face of Jezebel, Mount, Carmel, where fire came down and consumed the sacrifice of Elijah, and where he slew the prophets of Baal; and from the summit of which he prayed for ram, and was answered. Mount Lebanon, the remount noted for its great and beautiful cedars, ate. Mount Zion—tire Iiteral Mount Zion was one of the hills on which Tern- Salem was built, and snood near Mount IVloriah, where Abraham offered up his son Isaac, Mount Tabor, the mount upon which Christ was transflgured. Mount Olivet, the mount where °hetet prayed, being in agony, and say- ing, "If it be possible, 'let. this cup pass from me," 'etc. Mount Calvary, tlre-•nrount where Jesus was crucified. According to statistics,. one woman out of three of those rural families having automobiles knows how to drive. The proportion may be lese in the cities. But any normal woman can master the driving are with no great difficulty. If no -friends 'o relatives will teach her and if she is not near a good .automobile school, which would be the best place to go, she can engage the services of a good chauffeur, or, better still, a demons strator for an automobile service sta- tion, and have him teach her. These men are. often glad to do 'a little of this Work, ,and one should not have great difficulty in finding such a per- son. The best way to make a beginning is to have the rear of the car jacked up and the front wheels blocked so that there is no' danger of the car getting away froin her. When learn- ing to operate an automobile: the first step is to become familiar with the engine—how to start and stop it— and how to control the speed. Regarding starting the engine, con- sult the instruction book that carne with the car and if that is not obtain- able, secure another one fr'oni your local dealer. If they cannot furnish you with one, write to the factory and give them the motor number and where you bought your .car. That Would Help. let Bug—"Is Mr. Grasshopper in- toxicated'?" ' 2nd Bug—'"Well, he's full of hope!" Slouchiness., Teamps and loafers and the slovenly eiouch along the highways and byways of life because they lack that selfre- &pact which. braces a man's shoulders and inspires othere to say of him, °He's no slouch," It is rttid'oubtecdly true that the slouch habit is often; a mantel attitude, ;it Is a Habit of mfnrl, as well as of body, and refiecta slack. thinking and slack muscled front sea -coddling indulgence and a befit tinct twisted .ph'ilos'ophy sof We, • , , Planning a Small Garden. The ideal small garden is a delight- ful outdoor living room shut off from view, planned for continuous blocmi, arranged to give an impression of, as much space as possible, and with com- fortable furniture plaeed in inviting nooks. 'Slues offer alluring possibilities for the ,garden enthusiast in search of quick results. The old 'fashioned morning glory is a rapid grower. To- gether with the annuals desirable for the impatient new gardener, biennials and perennials, which do not mature' the same year, should be planted in ad- clition for their permanence as well as for their beauty. The small garden must be planned to give an impression of space by ar- ranging vista effects, even though dwarfed to miniature. This may be accomplished by nothing more than an unfoldment of green lawn reaching off through an irregular lane of trees and shrubs. Perhaps a little path will curve beckoningly about the' house, carrying the .eye pleasantly beyond the foreground. The protectiug wall may give the effect of distance by means of a lattice panel devised to pro- duce the semblance of perspective. Small -sized garden furniture may be employed, and the farther points may be equipped with very small pieces in- deed, so that the eye is d'ece'ived into believing them farther away than they really are. In the planning of a. small garden, care must be .exercised not to break up the ground area into too many units', either by paths or flower beds. It is better to have one main path wide enough for two people to walk abreast, than a number of unnecessary little ones that encroach. upon the available working area. ' Such garden paths as there are should always ar- rive at specific 'points of interest. They should never end suddenly at nothing in particular. Coffee. - It is rather remarkable that the two chief products of the Ween Indtes, 1 namely coffee and sugar, are beth na- fiyes of the Old World, and have been acclimatized in the New. Coffee, as its name.imparts, Coffaea Arttbica, is indigenous to Nerthern Africa, and was irnported into Europe as a curiosity. Not much more than a hundred and fifty years ago a single layer of two slips was taken from 'Hol- land to Martinique, and it throve so well that it furnished a supply for the whole of the West Indies. There is a romantic story connected with its, introduction. A Frenchman, named Deeclieux, had •charge of the plant. On the voyage the vessel fell in with a series of storms, and all on board Were pelt on short allowance of water. The heroic Frenchman divided his share of water with the coffee -plant. "And Martinico loads her ships With produce from those. dear -saved It belongs , to the useful group of C achonaceae. Even the leaves pose sees many of bite qualities which make. the seeds so useful. A bottle thrown overboard from a British 'steainshifr about 750 miles south-east o C Africa was discovered three years tater oft the coast of Chile, having travelled nearly 9,000 mile, - One of the Greatest Cases Before the Priv y Council oyRe4gl4ilanl, o118'4'2/Visa :s,14it pe.,a ianads...i..:0s,nP..cu:5t4,2e spawn thus Gil van t11 Quibg .i..en A� N '• MAP SHOWS THE AREA 'WHICH TWO GOVERNMENTS CLAIMED To the left Is Aline Geoffrion, of ago. It was part of John Cabot's die- territory, owing to the timber and Montreal, who headed the Dominion of coveries but it remained a no -man's power potentialities. nems p Canada delegation of''barri'sters, To country. After the British conquest Uecaane a wrangle. the right is Sir John Simon; who hand- of Canada a southern strip was given em al goveinm t behind Glue led the case for Newfoundland. 'The Labrador boundaries dispute has been one of the greatest cases in the history of the privy council. The actual question aslcel was as follows: ."What is the location and definition of the boundary as between Canada and Newfoundland in the Labrador peninsula under ,the 'statutes, ord:ers- in-council and proclamations?" It- took five, years •:alone to decide upon the exact wording of this ques- tion. The whole ease was in prepara- tion for twenty years, costing the two. governments nearly a million dollars. The hearing was fraught with his- torical romance. The vast Labrador enforced. wilderness is thought to hSve been With the start of the present century known to the Norsemen nine centuries interest began to be aroused in the ie's. The ow Finally, the fed - en standing to Quebec in 1763. But east of the St, bei, the case was' taken to the privy John river the coast was given to New- eouneil. 'foundiand. Much of the legal argu- Libraries and museums were ran- meathinged around the meaning of sacked .and expert witnesses' Were sum - the word "coast," nroned , not only frown the oountries In 1509 the territory in question was concerned, including the United States, restored to Newfoundland, most of It but also from Norway and Sweden. appearing as part of Newfoundland in The testimony was. collected into all official Canadian naps until the eight stout volumes., containing over end of the 19th century. Then as now 4,200 pages. the population consisted of a few hula The actual coastline was not dis- dred Indians and trappers. Through- puted belonging to Newfoundland. But. out neither the Quebec nor the New- interests in Canada have been anx- fo tndland governments had attempted bus to . acquire, no matter the de any effective administration, though cielen, some part of the coastline. The the Newfoundland game laws were negotiations for sale were entrusted in 1924 to Premier Munroe, who re- presented Newfoundland at the im- perial conference. hi What is a European? Paris Opinion: (What meant when one speaks of a "good Euro- pean?" One must first of all define European. And before We can do that we must define Europe. The true Eur- ope is not the same as Europe, the geographical entity. North Africa and Algeria are largely European. Much of the Balkans is not. Russia is Orlentai. Prussia once used to be called Borussia). As for .Great Bri- tain, her position is a peculiar one, On several counts she is part of Europe; on others she belongs to that sixth part of the world which is called the is British Empire. It is this amphibian character which has frequently, and quite wrongly; said her open to the charge of perfidy.. When, the British, after the Great War, appeared to de- sert their Allies, it was no case of treachery.' It was merely that, after having for four • years acted in the character of Europeans, they once More assumed the character -1"f citizens of the Empire. e At the Gallery. "Don't you thiuk it a great exposi- tion of female figures?" "1n the sense of 'exposure, yes." Jewishfarmers have during the present century increased their Am- erican holdings to about a million. acres. The have increased in num- ber umber .from 1,000 to 75,000, says a re- port of the Jewish Agricultural So- ciety, Inc. The Mother Heart. I never touch the wonder of her hate— Her golden"nimbus, like a sunlit mis t— That curls of other children are not there, Wee heads unkempt, unki'sse'd. I never feel her small confiding hand Slipped softly, like a flower, within my owil, But other little ones• beside her stand Unloved, untaught, unknown. I never bend above her rosy sleep, Or kneel In gratitude beside her bed, But other babes in outer darkness weep, Unwatched, uncomforted. O little daughters whom •no mother • tends! , O wee lost lambs that stray in stony ways! Hoy shall we find ,you?—and how make amends Foe our ohilcl's happy days? —Robert Emmet Ward. The Supremacy of the Intellect. Winnipeg Liberte (Ind.): The cult of the intelligence, and the preference given to spiritual' vainer over worldly things has always been one of the most striking characteristics of the French race and the reason for its widely -dif- fused influence throughout the world. The energy and prestige of the (French) Canadian soul depends for the most part on the same .cause, and to lose our taste and respect for the things of the spirit would be worse than decadence for us. It is a crime against the French ideals which it. is our duty to defend and protect in this country. Rosewood is not the wood of any kind of rose tree. It is obtained chiefly from various Brazilian trees. The name is due to the faint smell tf rosea -when the Wood is freshly cut. Now What? "Son, don't you know that a rolling stone gathers no moss•?" "I agree with you, father, but what in the world would I do with any most ?" For Next Day's Column. If Love will only lead ,ae We should not ask the way, Or if it's wild with Winter. Or blossom flown with May; If thorns -we should not heed thein; If blossoms, well -a -day ! If Love will only lead us We need not ask the way. if Love will only lead us— Will hear the prayers we pray, In even the darkest midnight Our souls will dream of day, The thorn will know the blossom, The night the morning's ray; If Love will only lead its We need not. ask the way! Frank L. Stanton. Appreciation. The first time that one sees a glori- ous thing, one's, heart Is lifted up to- wards It in love and awe, till it seems near to one—ground on which one may freely tread, because one nppreciatee and admires; and no one forgets the distance between rte grandeur and one's own. littleness•.—Charles' Kings- ley, in "Two Years Ago." ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES—By 0. Jacobsson. SAY AREt iT you £VER GOwNG To GFT TtiRou&H ? You1ie BEEN FIN 1 N 6' THAT LEAK foR THE PAST FIVE HOURS! '-HEN 1m 'THROUGH iGET ME ti • UuESS 1't.L-T1:tLl4lS BoSS Hee AtwieYS LEAVING 3013' Ill Fe ra V • eselseeeligest, • Preparing to Swarm.. It is the spirit of the hive that flxeel the hour.. of the great annual saorifiee" to the genius of the rata, . , when; we And a whole people, who have at-' Gained the topmost phiacle of pros. verity., and power, suddenly abandon- ing, to the generation to come, their, wealth and their +palaoes, their pontes and the fruits of their int or; them- selves content to encounter the hard- ships and Perils of a new and distant country. They will not leave at a moment of. despair; or desez'.t with Sudden and wild resolve a home laid waste. . , . No, the exile hie long been plactu.ed, and tate favorable Hour :patiently awaited, Were the hive poor, hacl it suffered from pillage or storm, had misfortune befallen the royal family, the bees would not forsake it. They leave it only when it has attained the' apogee of its prosperity; at a time when, after the arduous labors of the 'spring, the immense palace of wax has its one hundred and twenty thou sand well -arranged cells overflowing with new honey. .-,, Never Is the hive more 'beautiful than on the eve of its heroic ren•ouncemeut, in its un:- rivaled hour of fullest abuudauce and joy; • serene for all ite'apparent ex- citement. As the beautiful day advanoes' with radiant and traaquil steps beneath the trees, its ardor, stir bathed in. dew, makes time appointed hour seem lag. gard. Over the whole surface' of the golden corridors , . . the workers are busily making preparation for the • journey. Each one will first' of acI bur- den herself with provision of honey sufficient for five or six days. , , Absorbed by the cares, the prodigious perils of this mighty adventure, they will have no time now to visit the gar- dens and meadows. . . It is the fes- tival of honey, the triumph of the race, the victory of the future; the only day -of joy, of forgetfulness, of folly. , They exult, they cannot obtain the joy that is fn them. They 'come and go aimlessly—they whose every move. inent has always its precise and useful purpose—they depart and return, saily forth once again to $ce if the queen he ready, to excite their sisters, to be guile the tedium of waiting. They fly much higher than is their wont, and the leaves of the mighty trees round about all quiver responsive. They have left trouble behind, and care, They no longer are meddling and fierce, aggressive, ,suspicious, untam• able" Man,—the unknown master whose sway they never acknowledge, who can subdue them only by con- forming to their every law , . , on this day approach then, can divide the glittering curtain they form as they fly round andround in songful circles; he can take them in his band and gather them as he would a bunch of grapes: for 'to -day, 1n :their gladness, possess- ing nothing but full of faith 'in the future, they will submit to everything and injure no one, provided they be not 'separated from the queen who bears that future with'in'her.—Maurice Maeterlinck, in "The Life of the Bee." Character. "Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel," The pronouncement of the dying Jacob upon his eldest son is an indict- ment that forever runs, against those lacking in •character. Now, as in the day of the shepherd patriarch, the ulti• mate test and estimate of an indivld- nal depends upon character er the lack of it. Character does not exempt one from the difficulties of life, but it enables its possessor to meet them more 'conic, dently and overcome them more read- ily. 1n natural consequence, chant - ter inspires the 'conflden'ce of others. For even those who fail to apply it have faith in the precept, "This above all: To thine own self be true; and It must follow, as the night the day, thou cans•t not then be false to any man," No other quality will stand the in- dividual in so good stead; no other en- dowment is so worth-confe'ering upon one's -children. But be who would build a life no that character will be ever at command must -choose his ma- terials well. There may be other :sources of materials, but none so tried and sure as religion. Whoever relies upon that source has this, testimony sand guaranty found In the Thirty- seventh T's fUllr7; " "The law of his Clod ie in his heart; none of his Steps shall slide." A Handy Man. ?the 'term "handy man" would seem to fit a certain resident of a town 10, England, for he advertised in the local paper as follow: "Jamnes Williams, parish •clerk, ease tone, town -crier 'and bellman, makes and sells alI setts. of, haberdasheries,: groceries, el.c., likewise hair and wigs drest and cut on the shortest, notice. N.13,• --I keeps an evening ;wheel, where 1 teach at reasonable rates reed- ing, rittng and iithmetic and singing. N.B.-el. play the booboy (hautboy) oo- easionaily, if wanted. N,13, ---My shop ie next door where I bleed., draw teeth and shoo horses with 1;he greatest soil (skill). N.B.—Children taut to dance if agreeable at sixpence .poi' week by ine, J. -Williams, who buy eta • sell old bin and (mate—boots and ehoeel cleaned and mended. N.B:--Look overr� the door for sign of three pidgeons r .14-A---Isell good ayyle anti sometimes cyder, Lodgings for single then. N.13 N W--1 teach jografy, algcbry and therU outlandish kind of things. A ball o Iu wodnesdays and frydays."