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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1930-11-27, Page 3•• t Prince of Wales Acknowledged Leading Royal Pilot of World London.—The Prince of Wales was .hailed as the leadiug royal air pilot of the world recently after he. had flown More than 200 miles and handled the Controls of two machines within three and one-half hours. In addition to piloting the Gelman flying boat DO -X for 10 minutes over Galshot on November 12th, the Prince flew an amphibian plane from Hendon airdrome to Calshot and return. There were eight passengers aboard. The sizo of the DO -X, largest heav- ier-than-air rnachiee in the world, ob- viously impressed the prince. When he returned to the amphibian after fly- ing in the giant German machine, the Prince looked at the ordinary sized plane and' exclaimed: "Good heavens! She's shrunk!" Norway Re -cognizes Arctic as Canada's Friendly Note Removes Only Ground for Dispute Over Archipelago Ottawa—The Goverment of Norway has formally recognized the Canadian title •to the Arctic islands commonly known as the Sverdrup group, com- prising Axel Heiberg, Ellef Riegnes, Amund Ringnes and King Christian. This friendly action on the part of the Norwegian Government removes the only possible ground of dispute as to Canadian sovereignty in the whole Arctic sector north of the Canadian •irlainland. • Announcement that Norway has given formal recognition to the Can- adian title of these Northern islands was made recently by Sir George Per - ley, Acting Prime Minister. The islands in question were discov- ered and explored in the years 1898- 1902 by Commander Otto Sverdrup, leader of the Norwegian polar expedi- tion, in the Fram. 850 Miles Beyond "Circle" Axel-, Heiberg, the largest of the four. islands, is situated approximate- iy 850 miles north of -the Arctic Circle, and is one of the furthest northern island in the Canadian archipelago. It is about 250 miles long and 100 Miles wide. The other islands are smaller in size. The statement given says: "In the spring of 1900 Commander Sverdrup took possession of the islands in the name of his Sovereign, but no further act of occupation took place. The Dominion of Canada has long claimed sovereignty over the entire area north of the mainland. On July 31, 1920, the rights acquired by Great Britain in this area were transferred to Can- ada by Order.in-Council providing that all British territories and possessions in North America and islands adjacent to such territories and possessions which are not already included in the Dominion of Canada,- shall, with the exception of Newfoundland and its de- pendencies, be annexed to and .form part of the said Dominion.' The title thus based on the geographical contieeuity and Britsh disoovery and exploration was completed by effec- tive occupation and administration. All Land Claimed "The Canadian Arctic sector has keen indicated on official maps and defined in official statements, notably by the Minister of the Interior in the House of Commons in June, 1925. The maps and public statements indicated that Canada claims all the territory north of the Canadian mainland in the sector lying between meridians 80 and 141. "In view of the conflicting claims in the Sverdrup Islands area, the mat- ter was made the subject of discus- sion between the Norwegian and Can- adian Governments. A definite set- tlement of the issue has been form- ally expressed an exchange of notes -which was effected in London and The administrative activities of the Canadian Government in. its Arctic territories are extensive and continu- .ous. The territories, the total area of which represents 1,309,682 square [miles, are administered under the Minister of the Interior, Hon. Thomas G. Murphy. Grant to Sverdrup Canada liquidated an obligation when, according to an announcement by Hon. Gideon Robertson, Acting Minister of the Interior, the sum of $67,000, ws paid to Commander O. T. Sverdrup, famous Norwegian explor- er, in return for the services rende- ed by hire in his explorations and dis- coveries in the Arctic islands. By this sum the Dominion also has pur- chased Sverdrup's original maps, notes, diaries and other documents relative to his expeditions. In his statement accompanying the announcement of the grant, Senator Robertson says: • "The achievements of Commander Sverdrup in the furtherance of Arctic exploration,•from the time he accom- panied Dr. Nansen itt his voyage across Greenland, to his relief ex- pedition in the. Arctic within recent years, and more particularly his ex- ploration in the Axel Heiberg area, are familiar to Canadians. His great personality makes . him one of the most highly regarded heroic adven- turers whom Norway has sent forth." Huge Eagle Shot Near Milton, Ont. Milton,. Ont.—Harry Hilson, sr., of Milton Heights, shot a copper head. - ed eagle while hunting near the Mountain at Speyside, 1. Esquesing township. The eagle's wings meas- ured seven feet from tip to tip, and its legs were fully as large as a man's wrist, and its claws as long and as thick as a man's fingers. . It was capable et carrying a small child or a lamb between its feet. Three bul- lets from a 22 calibre rifle were re- quired to kill the eagle, which has been sent to Toronto to be mounted. It•is the largest eagle ever seen in this district. "Dramatic action has swept many a man off his feet." Bird -Banding Records The Canadian official records of bird -banding returns, through which the migration of birds are traced and recorded, are kept in. -the National Parks of Canada Branch, Department of the Interior, Ottawa. STEPPING UP CANADRS WATER POWER DEVELOPMENT HORSEPOWER 6,000,000oo,coc 5,000,000 4,000,000 4000.000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1910 New °Speed Demon" New air -rail speed car which was tried out at Hanover, Germany, cen,tly, attaining speed of 100 miles per hour. re- Airplane Beacon Used to Drive Wild Fowl From Fields Nickname for New Princess, Margaret Rose, is Puzzle Londoe.—The choice of an affection- ate nickname, or abbreviation of her own Paine, for the latest addition to the royal gamily, Princess Margaret Rose, is puzzling the British public. When Princess Elizabeth, elder daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, was christened, she Immediate- ly became Princess Betty to the pub- lic, but the trouble in the case of her baby sister 1s that there are so many forms of "Margaret" to choose from. Though. Margaret is a Scottish name, it not only has many abbrevia- tions in Scotland and England, but is also to be found all over Europe in one guise or another. Here are some of them: Margaret, Maggie, Marjory, Mar- jorie, Margery, Marguerite, Margarita, Marguerite, Meg, Mog, Madge, Maisie, Margaretta, Margueitta, lefargherita, Marghclitta, Peg, Peggie, and Mar- garetchen, from which, it is believed, is derived Gretchen. Maggie is the favorite Scottisb ale breviation, and Madge or Peggie moot used in England. It is expected that the baby Princess will be known as Princess Madge, There is historical, or literary war- rant for all the above alternatives. The name is also well represented on the map, for there are Margaret Bays, or lakes, or mountains as far apart as Canada and Australia and Abys- sinia and Antarctica, The outstanding cases in England are Margaret Bod- ing and Maragaretting, both in Essex; the first is derived from St. Margaret and the second signifies "Margaret's Meadow-" lightest housekeeping of any women in the civilized world?" "It takes the whole day," they pro- tested. • "Our furniture is so low, we must forever be bending and stoop- ing. The woodwork which you like because it sem so plain acquires that satin. sheen only through years of daily rubbing with slightly oily bath - water. "The paper walls you admire must be dusted .with patters; our houses must be 'patted'clean every •day, for we canenot wash them, as you do win- dows, at long intervals. The Mat - tugs to be spotless for 'stockinged feet must be incessantly scrubbed; before parties we shine every bit of it three times. "And those bed-quilts—what an ar- duous labor to be forever rolling them away and hauling them out! Those sliding -doors. They can. not be push- ed open, like yours. One must kneel, and with three fingers, just so, press them noiselessly along the grooves. of Rice"And the decorations in the domicil! ! Teihneyarenever finished, as in West- ' houses,• but must be attended to Little Rock, Ark.—To safeguard the been lent by the General Electric Company for the experiments, is said to be used successfully iu the West by farmers for protection against coyotes. There the animals appear to fear the red light more than the white. Wild ducks and geese do the great- est damage to the rice crop. Poorly drained. fields with large puddles of water near the harvested rice eeem to, be particularly alluring. The fowls attack the shocks viciously, pull. the cap of the sheaves to pieces and then strip the grain from the long heads of the bundles beneath. Thousands of dollars worth of grain. are destroy- ed in this manner annually. rice crops of Grand Prairie from fa - tura damage by the thousands of wild fowl that arrive each fall while the harvest is under way, the Arkansas Power and Light Company will con- duct experiments with an airplane beacon on the farm.of C. CeCox, south of Stuttgart, it became known recent, ly. It is believed that the beacon will afford protection from the, wild- fowl teem a distance of four to five miles in each direction, enabling groups of farmers to band together and install and operate such lights at minimum cost. Both white and red rays will be tested. The beacon, which has Japanese Leading Dual Existence Housewives Prefer Western Comfort—Grandmothers Clings to Old Tradi- tions Having chilblains is no fun. And the fact that you were wearing pic- turesque and romantic clothes when you caught the indisposition does no- thing to relieve your discomfort. And, finally, if the picturesque and roman - ,tic clothes are the cause of the trou- ble, you are likely to adopt less color- ful but warmer garb. It's reasoning such as the forego- ing that is responsible for the west- ernization of Japan, we judge as we read Miriam Beard's new volume on "Realism in Romantic Japan" (Mac- millan), "Why do you do it?" Miss Beard used to ask her Nipponese friends he sadly as ssaw them discarding kimonos and sashes and houses of ainted screens in favor of Occidentaltweeds, tweeds, serges, and thick, solid walls. And they would always reply that al- though the old-time Japanese gar- ments and houses are pretty to look at, they were not the most convenient things to live in. The arguments would go on in this manner, with Orientals' upholding STILL FORGING AHEAD: In taking stock of Canada's position during the present period of world- wide economic difficulty, ono of the most inspiring features is the fact that the Dominion's Water -power resources furnish a seemingly irrepressible impetus to national progress. In the face of all the buffets of business cycles, waterpower development continues to forge rapidly ahead. Since 1910 Canada's waterpower Installation. has risen from lees that One million to nearly six Million horse -power. The record of growth. has been marvel of persisteacY. During the past twenty years, water -power tdevelopment has maintained a sureness of advance through all obstaeleS— through the pre-war shame, through the 'disruption of the war itself, and through the drastic up$ and downs of the last deeade. And to -day, in the Midst of world-wide deproSsion, there Is being carried forward the greatest Doininion thry of the lerogram of hydienelectrie InetallatiOn the s This Of water -power development to hold its forward course in the face of recession in almm eet every other ajor field to one of the most fortunate and favorable faietOre atto.otipg 04440 economic position 0,11d progrese. * Western ways, and an Occidental up- holding Eastern ways. Miss Beard would say: "Why do you want to give up your Japanese houses? They must be so easy'to take care of and so informal to live in. Why do you wish to change the kineono? Nothing loolte more comfortable." And then I would find myself conn fronted by a wholesale indictment of native domesticity, to which each wo- man 'contributed her favorite argu- ment. From my window I had perhaps seen these women approaching down the, rainy street; and thought with pleasure how like the prints, were their slim, swaying figurein the dis- tance. As they hurried along, drag. ging their wooden sandals, their soak- ed .skirts .clung and flapped, and their long sieves unscrolled in the wind. They clutched at the scarfs about their necks) and. tried to shelter thein bare heads behind big paper 'um- brellas. To an outlander, the 'pic- ture was gratifying. • With plaints, however, they entered our quarters. Their wet feet were eold. The wind had sought all the loose edges of, sleeves and chilled them. The drenched skirts of their robes would be hours adrying. And, before 1 ould reassure them that, lyway, they had, looked like the dream Of an artist, they declared eve NOW term of soccer was introduced for the first time at the recent Berlin, Germany, phathically and unpoetically that, ao the feet of the riders are used to propel the ball along to the goal. regularly, put up in boxes coriectl y labeled and tied with brocade cords; the scrolls must be carefully rolled; and not even a great master of flower arrangement can achieve a correct design in a moment. We have no time for social life." "But you all have servants," Miss turaily, that the hot debate over the Beard exclaimed, bewildered; "three new home occurs. Thousands of or four at least, instead of just one or two as you might in the West." And in reply: "Slow and inefficient!" they wailed, as housewives all over the world have a habit of doing. "They never get through the daily tasks. And besides, so much of our housekeeping must, according to all tradition, be done by us. We are taught to look on it as a ritual, each act with a flawless form- ula; we alone can tend the tokonoma, take care of the finest pottery. Children can. make more noise and mischief in a Japanese house, un- questionably, than in any other. They can punch holes in paper walls, reach and upset anything left, on the low tables and shelves, and whenever they shriek it can be heard through thin partitions by the neighborhood. Watching thein is an engrossing oc- cupation; women have acquired the habit of wearing the babies on their backs. even indoors, to • hush. them. Contemporary men and women re- quire more quiet and privacy than their ancestors. The . official, the writer, or the business man, who brings home his papers for evening work, is distracted by countless noises and interruptions. Through flimsy walls is transmitted every cough, every flap of the duster. closing of a shutter cry of a tradesman, or patter of wooden shoes on. stepping -stones. The babies bounce in. and find It very easy to clamber over a crouching father, and spill the •ink on the foot - high desk. Of such incidents are modern Japanese stage comedies innae.Among ' the less affluent members ot Japanese society there are difficul- ties in the way of adopting the more convenient Western ideas. But among the rich, of course, there is no such trouble. If the rich. "wish above all things, they detested having Al home, too, apparently, they were always shiveringly conscious of win- ter Cold. To keep warm, they knelt close to the brazier, huddling above a glow that scarcely heated finger-tips and gave out, besides, a noxious gas. All vitality, they insisted, went into the effort ef fighting chill; and the day -long shrinking toward the fire was ,not -• without a cramping effect upon the mind. When I suggested a furnace, know- ing that these particular friends could well afford it, they objected that Jap- anese houses had no cellars; when I mentioned stoves, they answered: "Heat warps delicate wood and lac- quer. It has been tried again and again, always disastrously. Furni- ture unglues, cups chip, beams split, paper 'rolls up, family treasures wrinkle and crack." Winter,. I murmured, would soon be over, and what 'could he jollier than a light Japanese dwelling in warm weather? "Ah," theeesighed e "when the walls are open, flying insects dash in, beat - Ing against the paper -screens and lanterns. Reading at night is al- most impossible, and even sitting up Is no pleasure." My enthusiasm for the picnic - character of the home was not wholly dampenecl—"eurely, they had the to entertain more, or be more eona- fortable, they simply hide an archi. tect and build a complete foreign man- sion, send their children abroad to learn the appropriate behavior, or hire tutors to teach them how to ac- quire it on the spot." Reading on: • Impeccable were such of these homes as I saw; and their owners appeared wholly at ease in the new environment. One nobleman had built a great English country place, faithfully reproduced from the ivy that clambered over stone walls to the velvety lawn, from the baronial hall with its oil -paintings to the Japanese servants who not only wore the livery of English butlers, but had somehow absorbed the exact, suavely bland ex- pression of their British prototypes. Another estate held a French chat- eau, where in a boudoir of rose, gilt, and crystal, on brocaded sofas, sat jeunes fines, some in kimono and oth- ers in Paris frocks, discussing the poems of Paul Claudel. Yet another home was German from cellar to pointed roof and, of course, provided with a music -room; while a fourth was a purely American domicil, with low bookcases and wide fireplace, roomy couches, and a sun -parlor look- ing out on a court where vigorous girls were laughing and playing ten- nis. It is in more modest circles, na- business and. professional men who spend the day in "down town" offices at night return to kimono and cush- ion; tens of thousands of university and high-school boys and girls who were foreign dress to elasses, sit on benches or chairs, and practise athle- tics, find kneeling on the floor at home positively painful; multitudes of mothers who want a more modern hygienic bringing-up for their chil- dren can not without sacrifice and struggle pay for much improvement. Some solve their difficulty by mov- ing to the new suburban "garden eities" and renting a concrete "for- eign -style" house. A few semi - Japanese apartments have been re- cently erected in Tokyo with provi- sion for community laundry and cook- ing. Many persons add varlets arti- cles to their residences, regardless of esthetic principles; they hide a tele- phone behind a screen, put a lantern -- around the electric bulbs, 'conceal a ' Phonograph near the tokonoma, spread, a rug over the chilly matting, or bold- ly install a wicker chair or two and. a desk, in spite of the fact that they do look like mastodons in the low- ceilinged room. "The foreign -style parlor," • a room • attached to the Japanese abode like a trailer to a motor -car, is the solu- • tion preferred by many. Business men.' may entertain customers here; .daugh- ter may practise on the piano and learn, foreign etiquette in the right . surroundings; son. may sit at a desk for his 'studies. Sometimes th.O.,'Whole family prefers this wing, while only grandmother remains faithful to the • former apartments. Thus a verye strange dual life is led. Before'long,: I decided that to live with cue culture . alone was distinctly monotonous. 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