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Z'pPSYr71I�V There were plenty of army officers
Mother Never Had Any
Ideal ill Cairo who used to scoff etuLaw-
renee because he was seen rn c
What He Would Do Next on the streets of the Egyptian
eapital
in his resplendent Arab robes. Thee'
"Probably 1 shall never marry; I
charged h1H with strutting. a I knew
no woman would be willing to
am sure different, He was playing game.
trot up with me." 7:Ie knew there were Arabs in Egypt
The speaker was Colonel T. A who were watching him. Every move
he made was relayed back to Arabia,
r'Lawrof the of Arabia," the uncrowned He wanted the Arabs to know that
Klug of Desert, who is now in he was heart and soot with their
Britain hiding his i+tdentity under the he wa �ut and not afraid to dress his
disguise of "Aircraftsman Shaw:'
as
they dressed, even when among and
His present movemeni,s are as much open 1 1 yen
ehroucled in mystery as were his uncles ata )eoPLe I
tions cluriug the days when, undera he
burning sun of Arabia,
ed
the Turks and came unscathed
through a thousand perils.
During the years immediately fol-
lowing the war he led a curious life
In London, going without tsle eatfor
two or three . nights
g
bis meals with as .much irregularity
as any Bedo"in in the desert, and
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never kno� g.
. would turn tip next.
Honors Refused
Many people seem to leave the im-
pression that Lawrence has behaved
In''a strange manner sine • toe T. war;
E
that Le changed his name
Shaw and went r i
Force as a private simply because be The Arab Lawrence obtained leave
Is disgrouutled over the way theIk ransoumof b sy ammunition and en -
Allies treated ]tis Arabs. Many th
has bEen pouting like a child, to go clown the
s superiors were wee not
st on a
that he 'little trip. t him up They thought
I doubt if there is anything the London on the nerves. writes Lowell Thomas trying
btiitvasctea
Daily News. Luring the time I was
wie what
heth him in Arabia he thouglit would happen tot tltie Arabs
after the War. He said that French
Colonial ambitions in Syria would
probably prevent theArabs from get-
ting control of that country,
which
theY coveted. He also believed the
British Government would be unable
to keep its promise to the Arabs.
He predicted that things would hap-
pen exactly as they have occurred.
Furthermore, he said he did not be-
lieveable
the Arabs voted ever be
to unite as one nation, because they
are much too fond of fighting among
themselves.
I have seen him many times after
the war, and he does not seem in-
curably bitter over what had happen-
ed.
apP
ed. He tells Inc frankly that his own
reason for declining decorations that
were offered to him was that he did
not wish, to accept honors in return
for having put through a militay cam-
paign based on false promises. His
refusal of knighthood and other re-
wards was not merely an erratic move.
His Mother
No woman, I am sure, could n oeverr
Understand Lawrence.
mother he is an enigma.
I remember her when she came to
tea at our fiat in London one after-
noon just before she left for the
Chinese -Tibetan frontier, where she
intended to spend the rest of her days
living with another son who is a medi-
ea1 missionary.
She was a typical English lady, a
tittle softer and a little more cultured
than many, rather thin, slightly taller
titan her son. Her hair was grey.
She had twinkling, merry, blue eyes,
with a touch of sadness in them.
She had lost her husband many
years before, and afterwards during
the war her two eldest sons had been
killed. Col. Lawrence once remarked
to me that those two were by tar thee
ablest men in, the family.
was strong with some of the iron le -
termination that you see in Colonel)
Lawrence's face. She was just what
you would want the mother of such
e man to be.
She said that she herself had never
been quite able to fathom her son
r'T. E." or "Ned," as his family and
'childhood associates called hint, He
had alevaYs led a topsy-turvy life, was
something of a Bedouin at heart, and
she never had the slightest idea what
be was going to do next.
"As a boy lie was always climbing
to dangerous sleights where he should
Trot go. He would go off on long,
lonely walking tours without any
companion, and without permission.
saII y did
WILL ONTARIOFOLLOW
Leading public health authorities
of four Canadian provinces unite;, in
the following 1'emarltable symposium
culled from the current issue ,of • the
Canadian Public Health Journal, in
telling what is the matter' with public
health work in rural Canada, and how
it can be improved.
J. W. S. McCullough, MD., C.t\t,,
D.P.H., Ciilet Inspector, Department of
Health, Ontario, writes that in 90 per
Ie was an actor, cont. of all Canadian municipalities,
he played his part magnificently, e. theemuredical heealthg ,00f icer isappointed c-
in the face of ridicule. by the local council
Annoyed G.H.Q. "The part-time medical officer of
The World War pulled llhi He waos health has been. to, a large extent a
obscurity against his failure," he adds—thereby condemn
sent' to Cairo in 1914, andgiven the ing the present system. "Ile is un
job of handling spies. I trained for his work, is paid very little
natives whose duty it was to bring and that grudgingly for his services.
back information regarding the where -
His official position brings him limo
abouts of all the units in the Turkish conflict,{1) with his fellow-practition
He was highly successful.
era' who will not report {contagious
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(2) with possible clientele who Year'
his aupeilors. He showed no entitle
rue if communicable disease
siasm fon• military formalities, and quarant This.faat and,
thought nothing of disregarding rules is found in the family.
such as wearing a Sam Browne the dissatisfaction of persons whinterfere are
polishing his boots and sa isolated for the public good,
The, Arab revolt broke out in 'Mecca.thewith the doctor's practice and since
defeated the Turks; then the practice of his profession is his
chief interest it is readily seen that in
the endeavor to serve two masters the
less remunerative and less attractive
one of public health is neglected."
rule, this veteran authority
aerie to less than $100, This was
an argument that appealed directly to
the municipal council:
Touching upon the matter of rltttince,
Dr, Young writhe:. "I would urge the
serious consideration of the' resole -
tion passed by the Dominion Council
•of Health, which is mentioned tet the
opeeing`of this article, "Resolved that
. the Don pion Government be respect-
' fully requested to further the estab-
lishment of ]run-time Health Units by
' the voting of an annual giant of
. money for this purpose."
The illusion that the country is a
much healthier place torive In than
Middle'
the city is shattered by
• ton, M,D., D.P.I'I., Acting Deputy
Minister; Department of Public Health,
Regina:, Saskatchewan, in a complete
and able summary of the 'County.
Health Unit plait, as functioning in
Saskatchewan.
"The vital statistics history in the
registration area of the United States
would appear to indicate that the
aural districts have at present a
higher death rate than the cities," he
writes. "This, however, did not ole
tain until the past 10 or 15 years.
Previous to 1900 the mortality rate
in rival clistricte was only about three-
fourths that of the cities; recently it
has been 8 or 10 per cent. higher."
The most probable explanation, he
suggests, is that "there is more effec-
tive, continuous and organized pro-
tection of health in cities than' n rural
districts."
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County
Health
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• tel•izin
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C
halac
Unit as "the greatest single medium
ferethe ;advanoement of public health
Lo -day," he writes as follows:
"we' are hoping to have at least
four of these full-time health districts
in.operation this year, and our objec-
tive will not be reached until there
are at least 25 such districts estab-
lished.
The Canadian Public Health Journal
is the official organ of the Canadian
Public Health Association—the Domin-
ion -wide organization of public health
workers. All Departments of Health
in Canada. are represented.
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MERFtILL DENISON
Leading Canadian playwright, whose
latest play, "The, Contract", was re-
cently given premier showing at Hart
House Theatre, Toronto.
of the health regulations and 'with the
education of the municipal officers, to-
gether with a" secretary to handle the
clerical work of the office which is
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et; the county. The whole imputation
of the county is thus stbe itpt dt .to
constant supervision
of
this staff.
There are eight of these units• now
functioning in the Province •of Quebec,
and four more will soon be in opera-
tion shortly.
"In the counties where health units
have been in operation for a period of
two or three years," the director and
kis assistant write, "the general death
rate has been reduced, and especially
the infant mortality rate and the
death rate from contagious and infec-
tious diseases, with also a narked re -
his
duction iit the cumber of cases,
being largely due to better education
of the public, immediate control of
epidemics, free distribution of serums
and vaccines, and free ambulant cilia
its for tuberculosis and child welfare.
one community saved a $6,000
sorry to le nm Aa a
him rather states, it is only in large cities with
llbiiUhen he got to Arabia r : efficient medical health organizations,
that any great progress is being made
to him that it ~Doti be fairly easy in public health, and to remedy steal
for the Arabs to win a complete vic-
tory over the Turks. Be passed his conditions he .strongly recommends
suggestions on to Cairo and they told the `County Health Unit' -
hint to stay in the desert. He did,
"The county health, or 'combined
with the result that all the world now are' health unit is bouncle to come; the
knows. only question is, how soon? he writes,
Medals in a Tin Box As the financing of these full-time,
county health departments, tents, the wri,
Among the British officers revoltwho were ed Personal opinion le
associated with the Arab Law- let's
} st • should be borne by "a
renee came in contact most frequently
with Major William E. Marshall, the
tent
liief medical officer. They werelass
mates, ant ca
Dr. Alphonse Lessard, drtec ,. B fish Columbra
as Lawrence ever becomes with any Aadeau assistant director i year
man.
campaign Major Marshall Bureau o
After the
gathered together his own kit as well
as the things in the tent that be-
longed to Lawrence, and In rummaging
through a pile of debris he found sev-
i eral of Lawrence's medals in an empty
chocolate tin. That was what the
"uncrowned king" of the desert
thought of his decorations.
Marshall could never mention his
friend without chuckling. Obviously
he looked upon Lawrence es a strange
freak, a sort of enigmatic wizard, a
man equally brilliant as a scholar,
military strategist, and leader of men.
Several times Marshall remarked to
me that Lawrence's one desire now
was to get away completely—escape
from the eyes of the curious world..
He seemed to regard his friend as a
combination of philosophy and her-
mit,
I believe that Marshall understood
Lawrence better than any other man, .
but unfortunately it is now impossible
to get more inforamtion from went iatbe-
cause not long ago
he
Sudan for further study of tropical
disease and died in Khartum—Mont-
real Star.
express ale
that the co hospital fee, in a single year, thtouo.s
joint contribution of the three ele- : the functioning fe, a County Health
menti of government, the -federal, the • ,be nit, is vouehcl for by E Health
provincial and the municipal?'•or and M.D., LL.D., Provincial Health Officer,
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Bi previous to the open -
In the Y
ing of our first medical unit, the dis-
trict in which it was situated had paid
$$6,80 to the Isolation 'Hospital for
cases that had been sent into' it," he
writes. 192S, under
"The followieg year,
exactly the same local conditions, but
with a full-time medical health officer
in charge with a staff of .four nurses
and a sanitary .inspector, we were
able to reduce the Isolation Hospital
1 me as near being 1
Dr. Emile T , f
of the Quebec Provincial
Health, write as follows:
"What is the 'County Health Unit'
system which we are operating in our
Province of Quebec? It consists in
the establishment, in a county or, in
two small .neighboring counties, of
what might be designated as .a 'Bureau
of Health in miniature,' composed of
a full-time medical officer, two or more
public health nurses, a sanitary
In-
spector charged with the enforcement
Unusual English View
Rioting in Spain
Goes On Unabated
Tablets to Rivera Are Destroy-
ed at Universities --Gen'
He read ravenously,• tem'
his studyitlg at night when others r and barracks. Among the prisoners
slept. I always looked upon him as at•e many sons of well-known families.
lnofessots
eral Strike of Work-
ers is Now Feared
Madrid—Though more than a thou-
sand participants in the recent stu-
dent manifestations have been arrest-
ee, disorders are continuing daily in
Madrid and in other university towns
of Spain, and there is serious fear
that the workers may take occasion to
declare a general strike.
As the jails are filled to overflow-
ing, many of the rioters have been
rarity held at police stations
something of a genius."
And when she spoke of her 'son as
a genius there was no noticeable trace
of pride in her voice. Yet she un•
doubtediy is mond of him.
Genius though he may be, Lawrence
Is one of those persons whom you
would pass in the street wide nt;
noticing. At a glance he looks utterly
insignificant, whether he be in muff
or in army uniform. Rarely have 1
leen a man ill khaki who looked lase
like a soldier`,
But in the desert lie was trans-.
formed.' In. This pure white Arab robes,.
with a curved gold dagger at his waist,
he seemed to be alt Oriental Prince of
Circassian blood, or one of the minor
prophets come to life.
Brit no matter wlhat he wears the
ie moot impressive in personal contact.
After' you leave talked With
struck for
few minutes you are
unusualness of the malt E14 itaq
the
that sort of eye which is often re- year
terred to tis penetrating.
I first came lit contact With hunt trawlers operating front lova Scotia
When. we were both in the Moly' City jlotts, They operate practically the
shortly after rot Allenby
'i�r'lf54 As x e sat lied captered y fwhole 'year and their rrecl entirely orftite freshCfish trade,
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Several journalists add'
also have been detained. -
At the University of Salamanca the
students have destroyed a tablet corn-
menlorative of General Primo de
Rivera's being made a doctor hon -
oris causa and a similar tablet to the
Minister of the Interior has been ef-
faced at the 'University of Santiago.
In Madrid show windows in some
Shops which .had displayed Primo de
Rivera's pieture leave been smashed.
Nearly all of the Members of the
faculty of Madrid University signed
a petition of protest in which the -goy
erninene was' (teetered. responsible for
the outbreak of the disorders.
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Philadelphia Motorists Find
"Kidding the Cop" Great
Fun
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Philadelphia—The "mechanical traf-
fic cop7 stationed at Thirty-fourth
Street and Powell Avenue has gone
"berserk." . That may not be exactly
the right word but it has a sound that
describes the way the mechanical
traffic cop has gone.
To the uninitiated, let it be said
that a mechanical traffic cop is an.
electrical contrivance that automati-
cally changes the stop and go lights
upon bearing the sound of the mo-
torist's horn.
When the announcement cane out
in the Philadelphia papers that a me-
chanical cop was to be stationed at
Thirty-fourth Street and Powell Ave-
nue a lot of people, having little else
to do and wishing to keep up with
the world ,motored out to see bow it
worked. They found the mechanical
cop was an oblong box with au ]honest
open face fastened to a pole by the
roadside.
Certainly not much too .i came fiedk at in
a
the way of a cop.
motorist an dblew a clarion blast.
The mechanical cop seemed to shiver
ad the light went from red to green.
-light behind carte another motorist
,and -he blew in a different key, longer
and louder. At the other side of the
crossroads more - motorists arrived
and began to blow.
The light went from. green to red,
paused on the amber then back to
green.. More blowing and
e
changes, until the poor mechanical 1
"copt'. began to show signs of getting
berserker and berserker.
It was "duck soup" for the motor-
lets. ' Negier before had they • seen
such a sensitive cop. Why. you can
drive down to Broad and Chestnut
Streets and blow your ]torn until your
battery gasps for air and it has no
more effect on the traffic cop than if
you were a' couple of love birds
twittering away in the spring sun_
shine..
That's how it is with a traffic cop
who is regular at his trade. But the
mechanical officer—that's something
else again, And so the motorists
were fraying a swell time "kidding it
along," • well realizing that they sel-
dom got •the opportunity to "kid' a
traffic cop.
And so the rapid changes from red
to amber to green to amber to green
to amber "to red continued with the
chorus of, many horns until a fellow
came aidrg with one of those sportY
little roadsters Med a horn that .goes
ta, ta, ta-ta. That "berserked" the
mechanical cop. His lights went out
altogether; and stayed out—Christian
Science' IVlothiter.
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The. Congress has shown an incline
tion to treat' a President with the
same kind of cons'deration it extends
to our birds and other wild life.—
Calvin Coolidge.
This place (Washington) is like a
big summer hotel; you make intimate
friends and then never see them'
again --dairies A. Reed, ex -Senator
from,'Missourii.
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Great Britain
and America
Are Compared
Spender Says Relations of
.
Two Nations Complex
mentary, Not Corn-
London—I.
London—J. Alfred Spender, wet -
known English. journalist, was.. the
guest of honor at a luncheon of the"
American Chamber of Commerce re-
cently, speaking on "Britain and
America—Contrasts and Similarities."
He said that there was one fact of
essential importance for people on
both sides of the Atlantic to remora-
bar
emoraber if they were to • understand each
other, namely, that while the Tent
ted States had a population of only 34,
to the square mile, Great Britain had
600. Referring to differences be-
tween the old and new countries, he
said Great Britain was in ditty bound
to support the League of Nations in
the maintenance of European peace,
Despite her war losses ,enormous tax
burdens and vast unemployment, she
ihad stabilized the pound sterling,
saved hundreds of thousands of her
people from starvation, and was meet-
ing her just obligations, all of which,
the speaker declared, was an achieve-
ment not without merit. •
America, on the other hand, was a
world waiting to be explored and de.
veloped, where there 'was no limit to
the demand 11 the supply could be
provided. Business, he said, was pre-
eminent in the United States, where .
if one were asked to name the six
greatest men would not ,as in Europe,
mention statesmen and politicians,
but men like Ford- and Edison, great
engineers, inventors and merchants.
America's vast natural resources and,
abundance of money had been bless-'•
ing the whole world; not Only had it
helped to put the disabled nations
upon its feet but ]tail given the linerii-
can people agreat spending capacity,'
most useful in absorbing the lmodttcts
of alter countries able to leap over',
the Milted States tariff wall. Great
Britain inanilfacturecl goods which be
some cases Anerl4.an gentile did not
sup;?lY, thus indicating the relation-.
'ship of the two' nations to be cotnple••
men; ary ,rather than competitive. •
The. American < people, said Mr
Spend"er, were invariably courteous
and hospitable to liinglishllteit, The,
importance of. n good Understanding,
between the two, nations lay in the
fact that the United States was about
to become the tmiversal creditor of
the world,
Stearn Trawling Off Canada's�
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Steani trawling, as it is carried bit
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