HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1931-02-05, Page 6Noise Narrows Width of Fiala of V sio
To the lniany harmful effeets of noise
alt the human body and mind now at-
tracting so Buell attention trout medi-
pal amen and health experts a new one
Ilea been added by recent investiga-
iti,oXas of Professor P. 1, Lazarev and
X)a‘, Ia, Iupei, reported to the Russian
rAcaldeu y of Sciences in Leningrad. It
3s a decrease in the field of vision et
the eye when loud Moises are entering
'the ear, . Normal people do most of
their seeing with a tiny spot atthe
center ai the retina or nervous Mem-
brane at the back: of .the eyeball, at.
which •spot the precision of vision is
reatost. Most people can see some-
thing, however, even out of the .con -
rem of their eyes, for the retina
covets the whole back of the eyeball,
ball
to mark otE ou a chart of the retina
vision oY the eye if not its sensitivity.
the exact limits to which sight does
extend outward from the center of the
retina; that is the field of view which
any individual eye possesses. Tested
in this way some eyes turn out to
have wide fields ot view, others have
narrow fields. The field of view may
be narrowed, also, by eye diseases,
poisons of other bodily disorders. Pro -
feasor Lazarev and Dr, Kuper now re
port that it also is narrowed when the
person concerned is hearing a loud
noise. It was discovered some time
ago during noise tests in the New
York subways that dim lighting ap-
parently makes noises seem loader
than the same noises would do in
brighter light. Now the Russian in -1
vestigators report the reverse relation,
By special apparatus oculists are able that noise decreases the width. of
Caimdian Poultry i Asserts Brown Race
At Argentine Show Will Rule the World
'Also Agricultural and Orchard
Produce to be Fea-
tured
Ottawa.—Poultry, eggs, apples and
potatoes will be featured in the exhibit
which has been. sent to the British Em-
pire Trade Fair, Buenos Aires,'Ai'gen-
tina, by the Dominion Departinent of
Agriculture, whose exhibit will repre-
sent not fancy exhibition stock,•but
the. best of the practical commercial
supplies which Canadian farms have
to otter. •
Canada has sent several shipments
Speaker Throws Philippine
Audienr<e Into Commotion
With Fiery Speech
Manila—The Philippine Herald, a..
nationalistic newspaper, recently
quoted. Manuel Roxas, Speaker of
the House, as saying in a speech
that .the Philippines were "writhing
in hell," and as !predicting, some day
the white man would fail and the
brown race would rule the world.
The newspaper said Senor Psoras
threw his audience at Santa Criz,
Laguna Province, into commotion
'when he .bitterly declared:
"The Philippines are nowwrithing
of registered and high-quality breed -
Ing chickens to the Argentine within
the In a recent ship 1 In the throes of hell, a hell of sia-
metact is Years• domination. Our
ineut, Which wentest mother us
'of Letters. Meet
Two prominent men
[rish poet, and Gilbert K.
William Lyon Phelps of
of -liter at' ,orld met for
•Chesteltek. 3iitl, fame
1 ale (lent
first time when George "AE"
as English journalist, paid visit
ill being rg done
Value of Jewels
Deter y y
Okd Deeds
Fussell '(centre),
to home of Prof,
I,Ca adian Apple
Output Declines
Problems Are Discussed at
Quebec Pomological
Society Meeting
Montreal.—Fruit farmers of the Do-
iniuion have at least one advantage
over other Canadians, for according to
G. E. McIntosh, fruit commissioner,
they have not felt the depression and
suffered so much ,tts other farmers
have during the past year, . although
there has been a smaller demand and
rice for
Pro-
duce.
r1hetly lapple ower lllroduct production 1930
was 3,165,930 barrels, of which 134,-100
were produced in Quebec, this being
53,000" barrels less than in the previous
year.. The total for the Domiuioni was
about 750,000 barrels less than in 1929,
the biggest drop being iu Nova Scotia
where the 19110 crop was 934,000 bar-
refs . as against 1,737,876 in the pre-
vious year. In Ontario the figures
were 502,509 as against S78,502, New
Brunswick 33,660 against 35,000 bar-
rels. The only province to increase
its crop last year was British Colum•
bia, where the production was.1,560,-
770
,560,-
77G barrels as against 1,101,357 in
1929. Commissioner ':\ieltosh told the
Members of the Quebec Pomologieal
Society recently that this decrease in
yield had been very opportune as the
smaller supply had lead a tendency to
steady the market.
A talk on the importance of adver.
tising Canadian apples, particularly B.
the newspapers, was given by E.
Luke, who pointed out that if the
value of their products were not kept
constantly before the public, they
with the tropical
rete
could not cowl
and other fruits that were fightiug for
a place in the market. The value of
co-operation in advertising was also
emphasized, at the same time point-
ing out that to get the best results
they should limit their advertising to
Tell of Well Where
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Drink
Once
Got
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aluir� thk lice �.
lar ` . thod..lay tube somewhat re London— An interesting discovery
s serrxlr,es. tha,>Z-ray tube in external in the title deeds o lire
f two old cottages
ape tja�icea The electrons spelled at S11eepy Magna, LercestererslRat
i dish Haze and are shot near the battlefield of Bosworth,
forward from Saint very and foreign Schenectady, N.Y.—Synthetic sap -bail at 'Pu 1 of the tabs appear as a I a Latin inscription which has been
h o of
• fort individual birds, of country, the great1 ' •es can now be detected from the. rate of 1a0 000 miles pet as follow s
Sohn, were Y
which twenty-two are registered and•
' hteen are from record .perform -1
r
he
here,Other papers given was a treatise
Utosvli race, Senor Rosas said:and as
^'I ors. natural . the tube u withdrawn, j San life, together with his sceptre. Aug• on insect infestation and control by
tt } Charles E. Vetch, Dominion l�ntomolo
the stones cannot be seen rFraiice �0 Idold Annual r> A.D. 1455:'
gist at FIemmiugforcl, and an explaua
while the synthetic sijgels continue FOY �irtlStS Under
to glow. tion of importance of each farmer
keeping thea set of simple aceaunts so as
In adidtion to sorting the natural per ic--•French ar tiara Zi Glento see how he stands every This
Prom the synthetic stones, the rays tieo Lf 1a tf d aS I_.owest wases ven by names , year. Ottawa,
also help to determine from what to The Military of l rue Arts is e
scarify the stones were obtained. The and elicited the remark from the presi-
sto y. hues type the sapphire
colors tell the eceutly dndt, iE.t d Browne, K.C., that the
will not more farmer was the only man who' come
d
story. One of ell identified.
dralpuigs from all parts of France the ld "3 p c work at a loss and still make a goo
d
glow under the tube rays. Thus is Tl House of MY culosr, death while the farmer's wife was, he
( this stone D. immediatelyCoolidge,
sociateedi the re living,
Dr. theWresearchga oratories direr D e nil strop of water colors etecut- cent annual report of the Iirantfold considered, the bravest woman in the
tor ot laboratories of the A
world.
t is responsible
General Electric plant, to be a feature o cord The tuberculosis
for the development. Because liter- 1 1
,millions of jewels are used an-
lae•-tase- boa-a:sa•e,..du., raatars.......aatt
other delicate instruments, the new
device is found by manufacturers tot
be a time saver as well as an accu' J.
ate gauge ot values.
Tests have also been made with
diamonds and it has been found that
synthetic stones turn decidettly
brown when placed in the rays
are
ance flocks. The registered birds have
.been selected from, the best breeding
stock in New Brunswick, Quebec, On-
tario and British Columbia, while the
R.O.P. stock comes from Saskatche
-wan and British Columbia. The breeds i "Alt things have atheir rise an
of
represented include the Barred Ply-
mouth Rock, Rhode Island Red, White Generals e power
and
Egypt,glory.
lo y. Black
Wyandotte and White Leghorn.
nd
Arrangements have been made to Babylon once swept the plains of
display consignments of Canadian Eley piehand conquered
on ueredthe tinentiite pea-
1graded eggs, the grade "extra" being i 1 "The white man succeeded the
' featured for the export trade. -The
Ar entine imports considerable quare- black and today
d y hetat still
and rules
su-
g 1 prenie, he
titles of eggs.t i nizes, he still looks •:own on all oth-
The Fruit. Branch oY the Department � er races as inferior. But the dal
have forwarded displays of apples and 1 will come when rio whites wille also
potatoes. In the apples exhibit the I will
bite the dust and whites
taste the bitter
o
new commercial pack, along with 1 fruit of tyranny.. Then will come
bated fruit, is being featured, s the brown Man's turn. He will hold
tbe.,yor'1dain.his hands and rule alt
preme over all other rapes,- -
c p ur for) r ,it the translated .
all, because she made as what we 'ti which is said to be the"With sten drawn from this well I
two or three varieties and educate the
a what �s e have, is natural stones 1 electric raysIIII
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re and gave ns d
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nes by Se t P' C 1 i 1Y
to the rays of a cathliode fast speed even accelerated by Richard the 'Third, public to loot: on those varieties as
at the ,Gens � 300 OOD times assuaged his theist when fig
try developed
•fas't.�=tirarl, itis sl)eed of a btlllet front the most desperate and hostile man- Insect Control
King of England,
pian. • This is about
hong in being synonymous with the word apple.
eepig, leading, crying to us, her Expose
rfroto come to her aid and save tube, l sten
r from eternal damnationy a al Electric Company laboratories ani slip+• rifle.
Predicting world supremacy of the all stones glow or radiate col- per with Henry Duke of Richmond,
ti � about to lose before night his
r
From. Ontario representative ex-
'liTfirts df Cert Veli •sevet 1,oVako .a3,a�v�
been secured. The varieties featured
will include the Dooley, Greets Moun-.�
fain and Irish Cobbler. II
Selling British ods
Victoria Times: B='itish industry in-
tends to send 5,000 of its most ex-
pert salesmen to the British Empire
.Trade Exhibition at Buenos Aires
with an objective of $250,000,009
-worth of orders for Britain's workers.
Irrespective of what may be ac-
complished at the adjourned Imperial
Economic Conference at Ottawa this
• summer, if British exporters are real-
ly anxious for Canadian business,
their best plan would be to send an
army of expert salesmen to Canada.
For it would be fairly safe to say
that for every representative of a
British commercial house who comes
to this country soliciting business,
there are at least fifty fcir'om it the Uniays i-
ted States, The.'
establish the persona' contact.
15 Years 1 There is a large well in the gar
•nder the of the cottages.
• l years are to have 'their
own an r Brantford
Spring Fashion Will
Show Hoop -Skirt
Victoria Era Dress Also Will
Be Seen This Spring
nnal salon.'
sponsible for ''this innovation aucl
Tuberculosis Death Rate
than 2;000 Minors leave sent P,rautforcl.—Hamilton was r
reps Senting ie
Are' ,.
selection
ed; y pupils of 'the Parrs public I Board of health challenges this re-
f the first 1 b cu.losis death rate for
sc roc s is•
salo, this city is at the low figure of 24.5
per 100,000 population, an average for
192S,1929 and 1930. '.Clue, City Council
recognized this remarkable record by
sending letters of congratulation to
the Sanatarimu and the various or-
ganizar.tions in the cause of anti -tuber-
culosis work here.
Jap
thou Britain
with having the lowest tuber -
rate in re won ,
100,000 population. However,
New York—The hoop skirt --with
modifications= --is due for a comeback.
This was disclosed recently by
Anios Parrish, fashion experts, in dis-
cussing Spring styles at his semi-
annual fashion "clinic".
And not only the hoop -skirt idea,
originated and worn by the Empress
Eugenie, but several fashion ideas in-
spired by Queen Victoria, are clue to
grace the 1931 miss. Among these.
will be modern versions of the Vic-
torian fitted jacket to be worn as
evening jackets with evening cos-
tumes.
Other inspirations for Spring have
been derived from the ancient Greek
goddeses, whose costumes, Mr. Par-
rish explained, consisted of a piece
of cloth draped around them in a
very artistic, yet very simple way.
"Long, straight flowing lines," he
said, "peplums or short tunics on
skirts, draped neckliues, cowls and
scarfs, draped girdles and sash ties
are some of the important fashion
details that are Greek in their faspira-
tion."
The question of dress length, he
said, is no longer a question.
"For general street and daytime
wear," he said, "skirts worn by a ma-
jority of women this Spring will be
middle -calf length; for the more
formal afternoon wear the lower -calf
length will be most popular, and for
evening wear, ankle length"
there is no change in ret
whereas
Larger. Gasoline Tanks
New cars are showing something of
a trend tiiward larger gasoline tanks,
especially clown in that sector wl
tel reservoirs have been smallest.
Two habits that probably will not
illi changed radically by the larger
tanks are those of running out of
nd saving "five gallons, please:"
.
diamonds. • Further experimental
100,000 a Year Draw
Bath Mishap Insurance
Loudon—An eminent insurance au-
thority said more than 100,000 people
drawing compensation of $1,500,000
receive fatal or serious iujuries in
bathrooms every 'year.
He listed these as the most com-
mon of accidents:
Drowning after being overcome as
the result of a heavy meal; electro-
cution while reading ie. the bath and
holding an electric lamp in a wet
hand, and gas poisoning due to faulty
manipulation of water heaters.
The hundreds of broken limbs, he
added, represent another real hazard.
Europe has fifteen reigning mon-
archs and fourteen presidents.
Frozen Teat Proves Tastier
If Cooked Without Thawing
Frozen beef should not be thawed
before cooking but should be sawed or
chopped apart while still frozen stiff,
• put on the grill or into the oven and
cooked in that Condition, allowing the
thawing and the cooking to go on side
by side. Meat so 000ked, it is report-
' ed by experts of the City of London
Health Department, will be tenderer
and will have a better flavor than the
same meat if allowed to thaw out, be-
fore cooking, Much beef and other
meat now is frozen hard in Australia,
South America, and elsewhere and is
shipped thus to the markets, of Europe
or of the 'United States. Health auth-
orities approve this frozen meat aa
other wholesome but many cooks and otl.
experts consider, it inferior in Savor
and eating quality to meat which is
merely kept cool in a refrigerator but
ktfii i try04. �Clia free•ing
and thawing, it is believed, break the
tiny cells and fibres of the meat and
allow some of the juices or other
flavoring substances to escape. The.
work of the British experts goes to
confirm this view, for they also find
that the quickest possible freezing
produces meat ot the best flavor,
Quick freezing probably allows no
time for the cell structure of the heat
to. be broken down and quick cooking
without preliminary thawing allows
no time for the meat juices or flavors
to escape from cells that do get
broken as the meat thaws. The new
way of handling frozen heat, es-
pecially in restaurants and other large
kitchens where tools are at hand to
cut up the hard, frozen heat as easily
as ordinary meat, may help to remove
the present. popular prejudice against
the flavor ot the frozen variety. .
does.
• an produces 300 more films
every y year
iaz sh 7,000 Mile Cruise
Ahto and Ince \Waltet,d au
pletion of their 133 -clay, 7•0-inile'
26 -foot salliug boat.
23 .years t:f age, et Esthoula, after
voyage from Tallinn, Baltic port and capital of
they arrived - in Miami, Fla., ea eotn-
their homeland, la thels
"Fred is so poetical. When I ac•
cepted him he said he" felt like an fns
migrant entering a new world.'
"Well, there's sense as well as
poetry in that. Wasn't he just land.
ed'"
Italy's Birth Rate Falls
According to the reports of the Ins•tt
tuto Centrale 0.1 Stastica, the number
of births in Italy in 1929 was 1,035,S6G,
or 32,700 less than the preceding year,
says the Italian correspondent of the
Journal of the American Medical As-
sociation, The birth rate, which 10
1928 was 26.08 per thousand of pop'u-,
kation, dropped in 1929 to 25.09. The
number of deaths in 1923 was 608,S18,'
and 10 1929 00,60l , an increase of ?I.,-
791.
1»791. Hence, the mortality rose from
15.59 to 15:98.
The excess of births over deaths
was 537,267 in 1929, which signified a
decrease of 54,491, as compared with
1928.
Punctual Briton Refuses
ses
To Retire at Eighty -Nine
Loudon—Although Richard Mat-
hews of Stony Stratford, Bucking-
hamshire, -who has just celebrated
his eighty-ninth birthday, could re,
tire on a pension, he prefers to re-
main at his work. of nu
He has had sixty years
broken service with a local than and
during that time has never been late
for work, He is so punctual that
his fellow -workers set their watches
by hint.
McAndrew had been buying #t few(
things at the local chemist's ,shop. Aa.
he was collecting his change he knock+
ed over a bottle of iodine and smash
ed it, Most of the liquid was spilt eai
bis clothes. Noticing rUtja, I1tcA:ndreW,
made a dash. for the door. "You new(
not be afraid,,, the chemist shoutettl
after him. "I won't maks a charge fo*`
it". but McAndrew never slackened
his pace. "It isna that," he bawled
over his shoulder. "I'm ' awa' ha.ui
to cut nty finger."
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