HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-12-27, Page 2British Coast Guard Service
Faces Incessant Hazards
IS Always at Hand
Much of the Peril is Braved by Volunteer Crews and Tragedy
The hazards of. Coast Guard ser- revealed that the beached vessel was
viae are thrown into fresh relief by beyond immediate reach of any Main
Coast Guard station. A shore signal
the recent lots in gni English Channel station telephoned to the Coast Guard
storm 4f seventeen volunteer life- officer of the Eastbourne District of
savers ---almost all the able-bodied. the Hove Division. The job devolved
men of the tiny Kentish fishing vil-' upon the lona volunteer lifeboat at
loge of Rye Ilarbor. IRye Harbor.
Five minutes after the life-savers; The communications tie-up for s,acb
put out, word came that the ship- emergencies throughout the United
wrecked crew sought off Dungeness Kingdom embrace in all some 259
had been safely picked up by a pass- oast Guard stations besides nineteen
Line steamer. But it was too late for shore signal stations and forty-four
this message to be shouted to them— auxiliary watchkeeping stations, A
the lusty oarsmen were well beyond eourier—a -knock from door to door
the roaring breakers. I et Rye Harbor—a word that help was
Sonne hours later the anxious wo-' needed, and the seventeen best men of
men and children, huddled on the the cottages responded, just as their
beach, saw the lifeboat returning in fathers had responded before them.
the teeth of the gale. Once the boat, For alacrity in such response is one
tossing like a chip, appeared plainly of,the traditions of the British coasts..
on the crest of a curling swell. A. ALL IN THE DAY'S WORK
sail ' had been rigged up; the men A mile from Rhossilli last Decene-
were used to canvas, no matter what her the life-saving company caught
the blow. Suddenly -flee mast snap- up with a vessel driving ashore after
ped under a blast of wind and the parting her cable in a heavy ground
boat was capsized by a great wave swell. The crew of three were putting
from behind. The bodies were waj- off in a boat. "The company there -
ed in afterward, the bereaved woolen upon descended the cliffs with belts -
forming chains in the surf to recover
them.
THE TOLL OF THE SEA.
and lines and wading out into the
surf assisted the boat and crew to
safety," reported the Board of Trade.
The tragedy was 'called the worst Nine of a three masted. schooner's
in forty-two years of lifeboat work, crew, stranded on the Gaa Sands at
cn the south coast. It increased that' Buddonness, were rescued the pre -
much the grim, immemorial score of vious November by Carnoustie life -
the sea. But it also emphasized anew- savers, who worked waist deep in
both the gallantry and the organza iwater for seven hours. With -rocket -
tion by a which a seafaring people. lines falling short because of flood
sought to co-operate on shore with; tide, the company formed a human
imperiled mariners afloat, to the end` chain to within hailing distance of
that the seas score be kept down. the schooner. Telling the crew to take
The ill-fated rescue attempt at Rye; tc boats, the company met the boats
Harbor was therefore typical of ; as they came pounding in.
Coast Guard service in the United Ships driven ashore thus on the
Kingdom, particularly on stretches I British coast know that alarms will
of coast where reliance must be placed soon be sounded and that willing
upon volunteer assistance from the hands will attempt to give them all
fisherfolk themselves. The S 0 S had possible assistance.
window on the shady side of the
House Tants house. If the plant has good drainage
and is not neglected in the matter of
Begonias, moisture it requires but little atten-
Ferns, Cactuses, � 'tion although
, it mayneed an oceas-
Primroses, Cyclamins iona.l sponging off, especially in the
Thrive Indoors city. The leaves of any foliage plant
It is not so easy to grow house are likely to become clogged with dust
plants in furnace heated houses as it and should be frequently cleaned. If
used to be in the old days before mod- i scale appears, it should be dealt with
1 immediately and usually can be re -
ern improvements became universal,- moved with a tooth brush. It is a
High temperatures, a dry atmosphere I great mistake to try to improve the ap
and the presence of gas are obstacles pearance of ferns or any other plants
which interfere with the successful •by anointing them with olive oil or
cultivation of house plants in variety. any sticky substance.
Nevertheless, there are some plants Several Kinds of Cactus.
which have a tenacious hold on life
and will thrive ' under very adverse There are several forms of the cac-
eonditions- When they are grown, at tus which make good house plants
least a reasonable degree of success and grow with but little attention.
may be counted upon. These are not
necessarily plants which flower. Some
kinds are distinctly ornamental be-
cause of their good color, graceful
habit and ornamental foliage. They
are the plants to choose when but
little direct sunlight is available. Some
of them are almost ironclad, and will desert conditions in the wild state, it
thrive for a time at least, even in : is necessary to stimulate these condi-
rooms or hails where the direct rays tions as much as possible when they
of the sun never penetrate. I are cultivated indoors- This means
Probably the aspidistra is the best I that the soil in which they are grown
known of these good natured house !must have a very large proportion of
plants, and is gradually finding its `sand. Small cactus plants made up in
way back into living rooms, where it 1 the form of a miniature desert garden
grows year after year with but little are very attractive, and such gardens
attention, attaining gre-.ter size each
season.
Boston Fern Attractive.
The Prince in Africa
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS TALKS WITH WHITE FATHERS
An incident at Hoima, Africa, on the Princes recent tour before he was
recalled owing tgnthe King's • illness. The ""White Fathers" are an order
who devote their lives to teaching the natives Christianity.
so free flowering. It apparently never
causes rash and is a .first-rate house
plant.
Then there is the baby primrose,
which has much smaller• flowers. but
which produces them in great num-
bers at the .top of tall stems. This is
a charming house plant and one which
seems to be growing in popularity.
Most of these primroses "are,.so inex-
pensive taht the housewife need not
feel distressed if she is obliged to
cast one aside occasionally.
While speaking of plants in this
class mention might be made also of
the yellow-Sowered primrose, which
adjutant took care of all that.
blooms only intermittently but which ""American flyers, eh?" he said
is very pretty and should he included genially. "Well, come in and: don't
whenever the housewife wishes to try to be military. We're glad to see
make even a small collection of prim you but its a wonder you wouldn't Yet on occasions when the King
rosea, commit suicide on Broadway without permost in the workingmen's, minds. chooses to move among his people as
Cyclamen Shorter Bloomer. coming all the. way over here to do A few nights ago batons were issued a simple British gentleman instead of
it." to the police, a most unusual proceed- a sovereign, he Is amazingly free from
They gave us.a party that night. It ing, and they charged '.with drawn annoyance. One ofternoon be went in
wasn't a W.C.T.U. affair, but some of clubs, a labor, meeting in Trafalgar this role to Wembley, where the Bri-
those boys were going out in the Square where the red Rag was waved.' tish Empire Exhibition •was housed.
morning with the dawn patrol and Shoreditch, one of the poorest There he moved quietly about among
there wasn't any guarantee that the boroughs of London, has most of its the crowds and studied the- exhibits
men drawing the dole and there is from all corners of the empire just as
talk that followers of the red flag are the humblest parson present did. -
growing more numerous there., The I It was hard for an American report
borough Mayor suggests that it would er who had seen nee -election crowds
hearten the people if the King paid in the :United States break the police
them a visit. The women demand lines In a mad rush to get near a can-
thta the Queen be invited. They -want didate, to understand the British atti-
first of all improvement of housing tude, much as he admired it. While
conditions. • his London friends were trying to ex-
The Royal Family is without fear.' plain it, an .American rushed up to
Queen Mary with gracious 'dignity. the King and thrust out his hand.
consents to visit Shoreditch. There! "Shake hands with an American,"
are no elaborate police precautions—', he urged the King. "I've never been
there Is no military display. The : this close to a King before!'
Queen is met by the Mayor at the 1 While I stood quaking in anticipa-
street marking the Iimit of the bor.:tion of the rush of dete'ctives:. which
ough and conducted through some of I expected would overwhelm my coun-
the houses. I tryman and wondered whether I could
Terrible places they are—without, do anything to help him, unmannerly
half d British and American vet- drains or sanitary facilities—the own-' or misguided fellow that he Was,
They must have perfect drainage,
however, so that water will never
stand around the roots, an dmust be
watered very sparingly. Too much
moisture wil cause them to rot at the
point where they come through the
earth. Because they grow under•
Gentlemen,
the King !
Corner Stones of ca,nadian Development
Progreso in the develoP meat of
Canada's resources during the twen-
tieth century has been built largely
upon export trade -upon success in
fincling =pie marltets abroad for the
fac-
tories,
of: the Dominion's farms,
forests, mines and so on. And
the two great cornerstones of Can-
ada's export trade are furnished by
the markets of Great Britain and the
United States.
Normally the British and 'United
States markets together tales about
By Arthur N. Chamberlain
In the New York Herald Tribune.
The adjutant, despite wind, rain,
mud and the other minor hardships
connected with life at the airdrome
just back of the front lines, looked fit
to pose as the model for "The Perfect
Soldier." We saluted snappily and
tried to remember the regulation re-
porting for duty sir, formula. But the
The leaves of the aspidistra do not
grow out from. a comrlon stalk like j tun plants may now be purchased at a
those of mos•t plants, but cause tof low price, as a number of persons in
from the root stalk, and because of } Texas and other Southern States have
that fact new plants can be obtained } made a, business of gathering them
with the greatest east. It is only and shipping them.
necessary to cut them off with a Dor= The phellodendron is another plant
tion of the root and put them tip- This which can be grown readily in a room
should be clone at a time when the which receives little or no direct sun -
plants are making growth, and offers ! Balli It has large notched leaves,
an easy method by which to keep and after a time gets to be a large
large plants from becoming oversize. ! plant and somewhat ungainly. For
Of course the aspidistra should not Several years, however, it will prove
be neglected in the matter of water, : a good house plant, although not of -
and its wide leaves throw off a large !ten seen in a living room.
amount of moisture. It should not be ; Begonia Is Nardy,
kept too, wet, however, and. must have
good drainage, for otherwise there is Now for flowering plants. The list
danger that decay will set in. An oe- , of those which can be grown in the
casional application of plant food is average living room, is not long, but
beneficial.' ( includes several which are particular -
Less Is known, apparently, about the : ly satisfactory. Probably the small-
sauseviertia, but this is another iron- I flowered begonias should, be given
clad house plant which is decidedly I first place. This is a plant which of -
decorative and is recommended to , ten flowers continuously for half the
housewves who like something green l year. Its flowers are not very large
in their some, but do not have time nor particularly showy, but they are
to fuss with the more tender plants. f very pretty and appear in several col -
The sanseviertia makes an upright , ors, like red, pink and white. This is
growth, producing broad 'sword -like' one of the best plants for a north or
leaves which extend almost straight east window, requires only a moderate
Into the air. The foliage is striped in amount of water, and will thrive In
an attractive way, and the plant occu- ordinary living room temperature.
pies but little apace. The next best house plant for the
The aansevieria may be grown even woman who has but little time to give
In a hall or dark corner for weeks at her flowers is the primrose. ,Primula
a time if it is occasionally refreshed I obconlca is the most free flowering.
by a few days in a light window. It • It, too, blooms for many months and
needs only a moderate amount of i makes a neat, compact plant with typi
water, but must have good drainage I cal primrose blossoms. Unfortunate -
and should not be allowed to dry out ly, it. sometimes causes a rash an per -
at any time. As with the aspidistra, 1 sons who handle It. This is not very
an occasional, application of plant food common, but any woman -who bee
Is advantageous, - although rapid both. a rash and a Primula absentee
growth is not to be desired as a rule may suspect the latter and do away
end stimula:tiotl Is not required, . with it, It Is said, however, that if
Neither of the plants which have any person handling this plant will
bden named is as'well known as the wash his hands and face in aloobol af-
Becton fern and nefther, foe that Mat- ter touching the foliage no trouble
ter. is as handsome, They occupy will be suffered, This ie a good point
to keep in mind.
There is another primrose called
Primula chinonsle, which Is about as
pretty' as ohccnla, althongh pot quite ,
oontraat between British and i atteei
States purchases. - .Our safes t2, the
United Kingdom consist chiefly of
food products and only to a minor
extent of other classes of .goods. Ex-
actly the reverse applies tq the Un1-
ted States. Non-food preclude—
such as paper, minerals and lumber
—account for over foiirfifths of our
sales to the United States and food
products for less than one -lith.
The joint effect of these widely
different elemancls upon Canada's
resource's -las been to give the broad-
EXPOW O OF
AILL1:16:T6
ODUCTS
Tse U, tS. s To U.S.A.
466,420,000
4446'870AM
[EXPORTS OF
FOOD PRODUCTS
ONLY
To$37 00 00�
E% QRT•S Of
NON-FOOD PRODUCTS
ONLY
To U.S.A.
6400800000
To U.S.A.
!65620000
To t1 1C.
68,270.000
CA! AOE S SALES TO UNITED KQN6DOMANDUNITED STATES
9ned nn Was roryear endine March, 1927 _ .
three-quarters of Canada's exports.:
Until recent years the United Ring-'
dour was regularly our heaviest cus-
tomer, but latterly the United States
has assumed that role. The accom• j
'pawing diagram is based upon flg-'
ores issued by the Department of,
Trade and Commerce for the year
ending March, 1927, and in that year
37,3 per cent. of our total sales
abroad went to the United States
and 35.7 per cent. to the United
Kingdom. None of the numerous
est kind of impetus to the Domin
ion's economic expansion. The huge
buying power of the British market
has been the dominant commercial
factor supporting the development of
our food -producing resources, while
the United. States market has played a
similarly striking role in other fields.
With these two giant forces --the
two greatest buying powers in the
I world—combining in such a remark
able manner to draw upon Canada's
resources of various kinds, the Do -
other countries, with which the Do-'
minion trades, takes as much as five
per cent. of our exports.
The diagram brings out a striking
1 minion's prospects for broad and. ver
satile development rest upon a cam•
mercial foundation of unique strength.
Then the moment for toasts and lead a cheer for the Queen, but the
he wraith arises. "Gentlemen, the words that be shrills out are:
King—God Bless Him.""Three cheers for the King—God
bless him."
Unemployment is rife in London
and the question of the dole seems up-
offer wide scope for a display of the
gardener's ingenuity. It is quite pos-
hible to introduce miniature bridges
and other Japanese accessories in ar-
ranging a window garden. Small 'eac-
The Impatiens is still another flow-
ering plant which can be.grown read-
ily in the average house and which is
particularly generous with its flowers,
often producing them without cessa-
tion throughout : the winter months.
This is a plant which also'flowers out return trip tickets would be.honored.
of doors in summer, but ono. could If you had asked one of those hand -
hardly expect it to bloom both SUM: sense youngsters drinking a double'
mer and winter. Impatiens Sultan, whiskey and soda why he was offer -
the kind usually grown, requires no ing his bright young life so eagerly,
special attention if it is kept free from he couldn't have replied. You had to
insect* pests. Sometimes it becomes read • the answer in the way they
heavily infested, and when that hap-
pens the flower grower night as well
discard it as to try to save it.
Mention might be made also oVthe
cyclamen, which is one of the hand -
drank that first toast:
"The King—God Bless Him."
To this loyal, gallant and rather
inarticulate group of British gentle-
men the king symbolized everything
sourest of house plants, although it they wouldn't put into words—duty,
yields its blooms for a much shorter honor, country. This was wartime of
season. It is possible to carry it over, course and the Crown has always held
but as a rule it is better to buy new a particular appeal for the gentry in
plants at the beginning of each sea- times of strife.
son. Shrewd housewives often buy
them when they are small, because But two years after the Armistice a
they can be obtained at a lower price
then, and let them develop indoors.
Mrs. Nexdore:Professor' Allegro
called at our house yesterday, and my
daughter played the piano for him.
He just raved over her playing. Mrs.
Nayber: How rude! Why couldn't
he conceal his feelings like the rest
of us do?
"Husbands should share the house-
work with their wives, says a wo-
man's paper. We despise these self-
ish husbands who want to do it all
themselves.
legis space, ].however, and aro easier to'
tr•o -'. Yet the Boston tern is IV no
• • i;; s_. (Tilt tubje et, and is, per•
nee bent plant WS MVO for tl
a dozen r
craps are celebrating the anniversary ers have refused to pay the rates and • King shook hands -with him as if the
ata small restaurant in a third-class the tenants pay no rent. One of them
town on the French Riviera. One of tells reporters after the visit:
the Britons, the host, spent four years "She was most kind and gracious, man's remarkk that he had never been
in a German prison camp after being was Her Majesty. Not like my pariah royalty before, the Ken
horribly wounded you can so close to pick him visitor. "I'm sure you keep everything
out by his shattered look. clean and tidy," she said to me." I said, "I see that you are unfamiliar
He waxes confidential for an Eng- A crowd—not a too prepossessing 1 witbe our customs, also."
lishman—"I'm washed out," he says in looking gathering—is massed in the
an aside to a guest. "They told me street as the Queen descends the
to -day -it was the prison camp did it steps of the last house she is td visit.
-I'll never see England again—it's If there is to be trouble, now is the
just a matter of tinge—hours at the moment for it, A little elan can con-
worst—weeks
on-worst weeks at the best." tain himself no longer—he means to
Incident was an every -day affair.
His Majesty did let fall a mild".re-
buke, however. Referring to the
Members of Ancient Order Rehearse
:ut aig,,,t4"pliVnsµh'%»:.::.L rnr.�- s ttr a„h"a,*
Chatham ldospital
CHRISTMAS CAROLS ARE STILL POPULAR
f $ester, England, founded n , has a boys` choir
boa o i1658h.
Finally there was the case of a lit-
tle wizened Cockney I met in New
York in 1919. Those days occasional-
ly proved stormy for stray English-
men who ventured into places where
De Valera's well wishers were strong.
The . Cockney went into a shop to boy
a collar and thought be pulled out a
25 -cant piece as payment. •.
When the coin rolled across the
counter it proved to be the King's
shilling. The proprietor and his clerk
were both of Irish descent. "That
money's no good Here,” said one of
then in ugly fashion—"we haven't
any use for Kings here—take Your
bloody shilling."
The Cockney, as I have said, was
little and wizened. I may add that he
was poor, uneducated and in his own
country had often .gone hungry.. He
farad a bad beating for .an injudicious
remark, but he was game.
"Keep your bloody collar." said be,
pocketing the shilling,, "Pm for the
King—God bless him." And they dtd
and he did,
.
Who Gazes on the River
Who gazes on the river
Forgets there is a sea,
Wlio looks at ovary little shrub
Neglects the taller tree,
A candle -may give light enough,
Taut yonder is .a start
We are so bound by little ;things
We dare not travel far,
Who treads a narrow valley
Forgets the mountain way.,
And in the water's fall will miss
The rainbow of its spray,
One cannot gaze from cellar walls`
The 'View is from the tower,
And ho who dares not live and dream,.
Will miss love's golden hour,
Francesca Millen in Chicago Tribunal
mous the country over,
Tact is getting bacle the engage•
went -ring without asking for it,