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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1929-09-05, Page 7Oversea Settlement Of Wome>r BY A.LICIA 11f. CECIL. The question of Oversea Settleilis can be looted at from two distinc standpoints, the Imperial and the indi vidual, and from either point of vie the' migration of women is of supreut importance, and yet it hardly receive the attention it deeerves. There ar vast areas overseas lacking heeds t cultivate them, empty spaces waiting to be filled, while at home there. overcrowding and overpopulation This redistribution of population i one of such vital importance, both to the Homeland and for the Sisterland overseas, that it must be .studied from every angle. The centre of all that is best in England is. the home and the borne life, from which springs all that is .of most value in our traditional. char- acteristics. Undoubtedly the ideel t it of migratwn is the family =in fact, to transplant, the home. ' Thie was done in the early'clays when the "Mayflower" sailed across the Atkin - tic, and this wase the suceeseful' me- thod in Canterbury and Otago, New ' Zealand, less than a century ago. To- day the problem is more complicated, The lands on the farther' side of the work' have naturally a say in decid- ing v ho shall come and who shall not; and however much possessed of a pioneering spirit, the would-be emi- grant family may find an ou'tl'et in adventure barred, •because of some snail defect in one of its meu:bers or lack of the few pound;, sterling which are the necessary minimum. • New methods• must be thought out to meet the changed circumstances, and the necessity oef finding the best means of obtaining the same ends is one of the utmost importance. We cannot surely stand by while the na- tions of Central Europe- reap the ad- vantages gained for es by our fore- fathers in Canada, or leave rile tempt- ing open spaces of Australia to be overrun by races other than British, It is a recognized fact that in times of prospe••ity at home migration in- creases, while :t diminishes in days of depression, although this seems exact- ly the opposite of what one would ex- pect. One wauld have thought that life having failed to satisfy here, ar attertpt to inane matter by going over- seas would naturally folluw. That this) is not the case is perhaps due to the crashing effect of misfortune which extinguishes the spirit of enterprise; on only a few characters ha . it a stimulating influence. With those who staff at home there is a resentment ainst their circumstances, and an attitude of defiaree of the causes which appear to have made progress at home difficult. It is felt .by those individuals that there must be some ulterior motive of trying to get rid of I them, which prompts even the most alluring offer of an opening overseas. At the same time; when disappoint- ment with things at home engenders a courage to face the trials o,? a new life, there is at once the complaint,l Why shouu-d we let aur best citizens leave us?" hear is an unlimited de- maiid for domestic workers in the a Dominions. A few years ago, before the war, the wages offered were so much in excess of any to be had at hone, the restrictions were few and the fares low, so that the advantages Were ovious, Now the wages at home have so much increased, even with the reduced or free'passage the induce- ment is not so great, especially as the cost of living does not affect a do- mestic servant and clothing is dearer overseas than here. failure have been ninimlzed, first •cafe at-home in se:rtiniy who should by' g'o from tl:'ose who are unfitted for the teak;' then, When girls with sound oonititonsense and good health have been encouraged to .ail, giving them. nt practical Advice as to the life they t must expert, and .not parting it too rosy so as to lead to 'disappointment, 4v Then, on the other side—I speak of e ell the Dominions -there are bodies of s • t voted workers; backer: by their Gov- e ernments, who not only welcome the. newcomer but do their utmost to start. them well in their adopted homeland. is II the settler will promise fvr at least one year to do womestic work in Aus s tralia •or ,Ne ,v Zealand, they cant throegh the S. 0. 1. S. W., obtain a s nomination for a free passage. The Governments through their own excellently managed system of distribution and aftercare of the do- mestic worker, have removed most of the drawbacks to eromenmaking this venture alone. All that is needed is to be a willing worker, self-respecting and adaptable, It is tt;ange, with the way made so smooth and the prospect of success assured, that more women do not take advantage of the chance. Surely it is. better to go where one is wanted? To move from where there ie a surplus of women to parts l..f the mpire where they are in s minority seems an obvious couree. In the newer lands, not only are workers needed to Help in the homes, either relieving an overworked mother by sharing house- hold duties or starting homes of their own, but as fresh tracts of country are opened .: up and pass the first. pioneer stages, culture, arts; liter- ature, science—all that the best brains a swell as the must willing hands an warmest hearts cal,give, are wanted to help in btui:ding the British Empire on sound and solid' foundations If only women in choosing a professicn would consider as men do much more often, the idea of making a career overseas!! This would, at any rate, be one important step forward in th vital problem of 'the redistribution o the population of the Empire.—(Na tional Review.) `I'be "Better Half" of the German People _m., - ._ . rc. !. ...M'/r'/tiv, ni':A5 ,,....r: Gr•!.'9,'f6�%.��/ha_ n� A STRIKING PARADE OF GERMANY'S WOMANHOOD Splendid types cf new Germany womanhood marching to .a gymnastic carnival at Berlin recently. Animals of Congo 1IGNORANCE The Government's loss of its suit against the Standard Aircraft corpora- tion for overpayment of $$2,125,000 led Wilmer Stultz, the aviator, to say: "The people who accused this air- craft concern did it in ignorance. Their ignorance was blameworthy; all ignorance Is blameworthy; yet it was Brussels. -King Albert of the Bel- innocent, too. It was a good cleat like gians, in the interest of scientific re- the colored girl. search, has decreed that a large area ".A colored girl was called up to give be set aside in Belgian Congo for the testimony in a chicken stealing case. preservation of the fauna and flora She took her seat in the box and e of Africa and for the scientific study crossed her knees in approved fas- f of rare species in their natural en- hion, But the judge said to her stern - igen Sanctuary King Albert Sets Aside Pre- serve Where Hunting is Forbidden NOTHING`BUT THE TRUTH Norman E. Mack, at a dinner in Buf- falo, was talking about prohibition. "It's always best to tell the truth,' he said, "and we would only make our- selves ridiculous if we pretended -that prohibition is properly enforced. Yes, any such pretence on our part would make American prohibition look very silly. • "Like the story of the colored por- ter at the shore hotel. "A young bride and groom came to a shore Hotel for their honeymoon, and they told the porter, who met them at the station, that he must be sure to brush. all the rice out of their luggage and to remove al the foolish abets and things that their friends had smeared on their suit cases and trunks. The porter above all was to keep the secret about their being bride and groom. "Well, the porter promised faithful - y, and the bridegrot m gave him a generous ten dollar bill. "But from the first moment of their rrival at the hotel, by galley, the ming couple were so stared at and pointed to and whispered about that they had no peace. In the 'dining - room, in the ballroom, in the hall—as soon as they appeared a wave of ex- citement passed over the guests; there were strange smiles and nods, whispers and shakes of the head, They felt like fools. "The porter had given them away of course. The bridegroom took him to task hotly, '"George, you're an old chump,' he said. 'I tipped you a ten-spot to keep it dark about us, but we can't move a yard without being pointed at and whispered and snickered about some- thing horrible. You've given us away, you old rascal!' "But the porter said: "'No, boss, pawn mah soul, boss, da taint de trufe. No sah! Alt didn't tell de folks here diet you all was jes' married—Ab done tole 'em jes de op- posite. Ali done tole 'em you wasn't arried at all—you was jes' good lends." It is therefore not the girl who is already in domestic service in this country, as a rule, who snakes up her mind to go to the Dominions. The complaint very naturally came from employers in Caned and Australia that the girls who came out with free or reduced passages as domestic work- ers could hardly poach an egg and were ignorant of the first rules of housework. To obviate this difficulty the Australian Government with our own started a training centre for do- mestic workers at Market Nar- borough. The training only lasts eight weeks, but it is sufficient to give frm an idea of the rudiments of a house- wife's duties, and in addition serves as a valuable test of fitness, and in- culcates a spirit of cheerful industry and a wish to excel which has proved a most useful asset ie starting life in the Bush. What is the fate of girls trained? Is it right to encourage them? Can one confidently persuade their mothers to let them go? Are questions which naturally arise. Two and a half years ago when I asked them myself I could not get a wholly satisfactory answer. So I went round the world in quest Of the girls I had seen start off, and I• met hundreds of them, and I was. able, through the kindness of"'the com- inittees and workers, both Govern - melt and voluntary, to get :nto touch with many girls and employers, i•, did not meet one who regretted the step she had taken. Of course thcrt, are moments of depression and home -sick, ness, but when that is got over there is nowish to return permanently to the Old Country. There is a fascina- tion about the life, it is not that it is of easier, far from it; ]: think, on the n whole, women certainly work harder pe than at,home, but there is a sense a 511 freedom, a feeling of breadth and ex-- the pansioi>1 it is hot only the"exhilara- At tion .of the climate, the cold or the Gr un sshine, perhaps the newness of the on country gives an .impression of the. A Ave of youth when any turn of for- ab tune seems p'sslble. The chances of ma French Gold Power lentoo Transcript: (The Banque de France, which already has the larg- est gold reserve in the world, con- tinues„ to draw gold from Britain,) The full implications of the pesition so attained by France we cannot, of course, undertake either to define or predict, It seems evident, however, that it is a power which must be reckoned with very seriously—espe- cially by Great Britain. With im- mense integrity and courage Great Britain has maintained the pound sterling at its full pre-war legal gold value. In dring so, and at the same time in loyally undertaking serial payment of her war debt to the Uni- ted States, she has strained herself very heavily. France, in tt monetary sense, has gained a great advantage by the devalorization of her old paper currency to onediftli of its former 'elite, to say nothing of the gain made by Geranany hi wiping rut her d currency altogether, This can- t help but stiffen' the American ople in their demand that France, Mild also undertake payment of ✓ war -debt to the United States, the same , time, sympathy for eat Britain's nositton will increase this side of the water, even while merican confidence in Britain's ility to shoulder her burdens re- ins Orin acid steady: { vironment. ly: The sanctuary will be known as the "'Pull down your skirt,' Albert National Park. It is situated "'Ali can't do it,' said the colored in the eastern part of the Belgian girl. 'When Ah's a-sottin' it goes up. Congo between Lake Kivu and Lake Dat's de style, jedge: Edward and comprises approximately "'Leave the court,' their judge roar - 800,000 acres. Administration will be ed, 'You are fined $2.00 for contempt.' in the hands of a commission. "The court clerk, who had been A decree by King Albert prohibits snoozing in the back room, was weir - under severe penalties the killing, erred by the crier, and as he hurried in the colored girl handed him her $2 capture or molestation of any wild animal within the area, including fine. those which are considered dangerous, . "'What's this for?' he asked her. it is also prohibited to destroy or re- "To' temptin' de jedge,' said she." move any tree or wild plant or to change in any ,vay the aspect of the landscape, The sanctuary will be po- liced by Belgian colonial officers and no one will be allowed to enter with- out a special permit. "Many rare species of animals which have almost disappeared from other parts of the world," the an nouncement saki, "are making their last stand in this section of Africa, and it is Hing Albert's purpose to pre- serve them so that scientists may come and study them in their natural and primitive surroundings. Scientists recognize that the study of animals in their natural habitat is infinitely more Mouse—"So that's Swiss Cheese, useful than the study of captives or eh? Well I'll take the, good old Cana - of dead species in laborotories;" than kind for mine. It's not so full iw of holes!" Doubt No amount of doubt can °remove from us the obligation of duty. A man's first duty is to do right, and properly considered, that is his only duty. Do that simply and sincerely, and half the problems which perplex and sting you will recede into the background, and be solved of them- . Fear Do not fear;do not be discouraged by the tiny insolenees of people. For yourself be only careful that you are true.—E, Carpenter. Pluck Pluck wins! it always wins - Though days are slow, And nights be dark t'wixt days that come and go, Still pluck will win; its average is sure, He gains the prize who will the most endure; Who faces issues; he who never shirks; Who waits and watches, and who al- ways works. —J. B. Goode, "1 Am Reminded Of a Story" Now that radio has transformed many a drooping custom into a bloom - in success, why does it not turn its attention to the old-fashioned banquet, with its list of home talent orators who respond at length to the gal- lant warblings of the amateur toast- master? At the present moment, balmy sum- mer atmosphere and open-air amuse ments seem to have driven the high- powered banquet, with its sleepy ban- queteers, into temporary eclipse. But just as scon as the trees begin to put on their autumn millinery < the shine of the orator's pulsating shirt front will again gladden the dining hall. Col, Rufus Mugwump probably knows how to fashion a clothespin in carload lots, but as a speaker on "Trends of the Times" he is almost a total loss. He mumbles the point of his jests—Iifted from the Toaster's Guide, page 184—and forgets that the period is still a highly useful punctu- ation mark. The citizenry is in rather a hope- less state if it cannot be warned and edified sufficiently in a ten-minute speech. Local pride that does not burst Ito heavy reverberation by use of a short fuse, instead of a long one, is perhaps not worthy of a headline. The radio can save the banquet' from extinction if it only will. Let the promoters put on a model pro- gram in New York or Chicago, em- ploy some five-minute men whose voices can be beard and whose re- marks crackle with wit and wisdom. Then let the listeners stay discreetly at home in their comfortable business clothes instead of donning their open- face vests, there to enjoy the pro- ceedings without expenditure of a five -dollar bill on provisions and rh etoricals.—Christian Science Moni- tor. Laziness Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs, and ends in iron chains. The more business a man has to do, the more he is able to accomplish; for he learns to recognise his time.— Judge Hale, Formerly the rights of the parent were paramount, now the question is. what is best for the child? ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES—By 0. Jacobsson. Made Mark As Man off' Ideas And Acro BY, l!'. 'i�f'. Memory OR all the detectives I know --ill the British Isies,Ton the Continent and in the United States Mr, John Ash- ley, who has become Chief Constable of the Criminal Investigation Depart. meat at New Scotland "Yard, is tate one ` who possesses all those qualities which inspire writers of fiction. Indeed, Mr. Ashley alight be des cribed as the Sherlock Holmes of real life. I do not mean that he habitually Meanders round Scotland Yard weer lug a dressing -gown and playing a ,9d• die, but he simply does not look like a detective. It is said, not unkindly, that detec- tives always look what they are, but that is more trite than true; anyhow no one meeting Mr, Ashiey for the first time would imagine hila to be what he is. At a guess they would hazard banking as his profession; he has that wise, kindly sympathetic look tinged with a decided appearance of firmness whip popular and successful bank managers cultivate. Picture him. A tall, well-built pian, with silvering hair, a close -cropped grey moustache and grey eyes which serenely regard the world through horn -rimmed spectacles. There is an illusion of frailness about l\ir, Ashley;, he looks a student rather than a man of vigorous affairs—it is a mistake which desperate crimals have made in the past; but that is another story. The new Chief Constable was ear- marked for the Criminal Investigation Department almost from the cradle; certainly from the time he left school. He was only 15 when he made his first "arrest"; he captured a burgular, and the judge's commendatory remarks determined him to become a detective At the earliest possible moment he joined the Metropolitan Poli; a and did the customary uniform service, but his eyes were on the Department and he secured his transfer to it as speed- ily as possible. He has passed through alI the grades, has carried out special work, notably the overhauling of the Crim- inal Record Office at the Yard, a task he has performed quite recently. In the divisions he made his merle as an officer of ideas and imagination, but most of all as a man who made imagi- nation bis handmaiden in crime deter• tion instead of becoming its slave. Mr. Ashley never forgets anythig and is as accurate in his recollections as a card -index system. Incidentally he is no'. idle only Ashley of high rank in the ddetiopolitan Police Force. Two of his brothers followed his lead and joined the police—one, In- spector Hugh Ashley, is known al) over the British Isles; he was the per- sonal guard of Mr. Baldwin when Prime Minister. The other brother, who died a few years ago, was one of the experts of the Yard's marvellous fingerprint department, C? Some Expense "Yes, I have five healthy( up-to-date daughters." "How can you afford to buy cigar- ettes for them all?" Law Observance in U.S.A. James Truslow Adams in the Forum (New York) : We will not de- velop obedience to law in America until we have educated both our electorate and our legislators to a knowledge of the nature of law, to the limits of ,laws, and to their ef- fects; until we have educated them both to a tolerance and a practical wisdom iu the art of governing; un- til we have cleaned the Aitgean stables of our public life of their ac- cumulated filth and the governments themselves—municipal, state and fed,- eral—obey and impartially enforce the law; until public opinion and public prosecutors demand the puishment Cf millionaires and of highly placed of- ficials in Washington with the same rigour as would be meter out to the ordinary criminal; until the ideal of quickly accmumulated wealth, by any means whatever, is made subordin« ate to the ideal cf private and public virtue. Mexican Finances New York Sun.—It is interesting to note that aside from a moderate in- crease in its debit balance at the Bank of Mexico, the Mexican Treasury was able to finance the suppression of the revolt without fresh borrowing. Pay ments on the funded debt were sus- pended, but the Treasury ontinued to meet its current obligations punctual- ly and also to poy on the arrears of its floating debt. Mexico is to be con- gratulated on having Treasury • oiti• dais who have the will and the ability to bring order into finances confused by the great revolution against the Dia regime. To get on in lire is far less impor. taut than to see that lite gets on In you. Canon Alexandter,