HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1931-04-09, Page 64
By this time a copy of "On Lone
Scout Trails", the Ontario Lone
Scouts' own paper, . will be in the
hands of every "Lonie" in the prose
fake. This is a most important
etumber as it cominemoiates the
read birthday of Lone Scoutiug in On-
bolo,
nttarlo, and it is full of interesting
and useful information.
It is interesting to note that the
Only complete set of "On Lone Scout
fieraiis" in existence is in the hands
$$f the Lone • Soout Commissioner,
!apt. John Furminger, and he too has
the very first copy that ever came
eft the press.
The "Trails" is running a Bird
I4'iouse Competition at present and a
number of entries have already been
received. Some of these are very
Original and it will be interesting
to see who is the first Lone Scout
Ito report that he has a tenant in his
leirdhouse.
Of course, every Lone Scout
should have two or three such Houses
;erected in the vicpnity of his home,
leo that he can get better acquainted
;with his feathered friends:
And now is the time to start col-
lecting information for the Bird War-
den's Badge, and this takes quite a
Bong time to complete and requires
a little patience. Ask your Swat -
:nester for particulars about it, if
you do not already know.
This week we have new; of biter -
testing activities from several sources.
At liensall, Patrol Leader Albert
Passmore reports that his Patrol
have been at work reconditioning
their "Den". They have put in a
new floor and have tar papered the
aoof, and decorated the interior with
a collection of shells and souvenirs
of their various hikes and trips. A
'valuable asset to this den is a library
of over fifty volumes.
From Shedden comes the news that
the Patrol, under Hugh Creagh have
Pound a new Patrol "Den"—au old
'Sugar shanty. in the woods—and they
are very busy putting it into shape
for Scouting purposes.
We hear that the Silver Fox Patrol
at Pickering, under P. L. Fred Rob-
inson, has uow reached it's fall
strength, thanks to the perseverauce
and grit of the original members,
This ]Patrol meets regularly in the
basement of the Rectory,
As recorded iu last week's issue,
Sooutiug tut Lakefeld Preparatory
School is in a flourishing condition,
there now being fifteen Lone S•ooute
registered there, and • these are divid-
ed into two Patrols, the Lions and the
Bears. When the Lone Scout Com-
missioner visited the School a short
time ago, ten of these Louie•s were.
Put through the Investiture Cere-
mony, and officially became members
of the Great Brotherhood o2 Scouts.
From Burks Falls come more appli-
cations to join our ranks and we
must congratulate Lone Scout Bill
Ware on the keenness with which.
he has worked to form a Patrol in
that place.
It may be that sense Lone Scouts
are contemplating a trip to Toronto
in the near future, and in any case
they are undoubtedly interested in the
activities of their city brothers. On
May 8th next the Toronto Associa-
tion are staging a "Scout Circus" at
the Varsity Arena on Bloor St. This
will be a most spectacular affair and
well worth seeing, and all Lonies
will be welcome at that show.
And now Easter is with us once
again, and we have connuenced
Spring officially. 'Every Louie Is
eagerly looking forward to the long
days and the warm weather. At this
time of the year Nature seems to
make a new start, and shall we not
also follow her example as regards
our Scouting?
See to it, then, Lone Scouts, that
your Good Turn is done every day,
that your "Do your beet" In every-
thing you undertake and that the ten
Scout Laws are carefully followed.
And above all each one of you should
"Be Prepared" at all time for any
emergency and to respond 'to the calls
for activity which are sent out to
you from time to time.
"LONE E „
Hotel in. Jungle
(ForScientists' Home
Monkey Study
Kindiia, French Guinea. = ri 'h e
';pt'rench government, through the Pas-
teur Institute, recently completed a
modern hotel at the edge of the jungle
nhick is the home of the greatest
rnown colony of chimpanzees. It is
.fitted with every possible comfort and
Is open to scientists of any nationality
to study chimpanzees first hand with-
out danger or discomfort.
The hotel is at Pastoria, the scien-
tific city built by the Pasteur scien
fists just outside of Kindia, on the
railroad which links Conakry, the port
and capital on the Atlantic, with Teen-
kan, In the heart of the forest. A half-
'million
altmillion dhimpauzees live within an.
hour's walk of the railroad.
The hotel is seventy-five miles deep
}a the forest and already French scien
tensive experiments, particularly
tests of the institute are engaged in
'seeking to identify the germ of can -
ear. Hundreds of chimpanzees have
been inoculated with cancer germs and
0,re under observation, as the institute
is now concentrating its efforts on that
istudy.
The Kindia forests supply practical-
ly all of the chimpanzees used in the
orld's laboratories. The Pasteur In-
titute in Paris has imported many.
r. Robert Mearns s Yerkes, of Yale,
author of a book on chimpanzee intel-
ligence and lts vocal expressions,
which he wrote after a visit to Kindia,
took Guinea animals back to America
with him.
A census has estimated a half -mil-
lion chimpanzees in this one colony
and they breed faster than scientists
equire, but the government, to insure
constant supply, Inas forbidden hunt-
ers to kill them for sport.
"Kindia alone can supply all the
W'orld's needs in monkeys and chim-
panzees for experimental purposes for
century to come," Colonel Wilbert,
�if the French Colonial Army medical
forces, In charge of the establishment
tit Pastoria, said,
"There is no danger of a monkey
Shortage. We have no desire to keep
Kindia and its rich monkey population
or Preach scientists. On the con-
rary we invite foreign scientists Mid
t
is for their comfort that we have
uiit the hotel.
"Tire hotel of eighteen guest rooms
cton.stantly will be filled with scientists
tf allnationalities wko have to regis-
er long in advance to obtain accom
3liodatioti.s. Our chimpanzees and our
tropical forests are at the disposition
at all science which knows no boitn-
arles."
British Coal For France
British coal exporters are rejoicing
pecause, of total imports of 24,726 728.
tone of eon into Preece last year, 18,-
(600,000 tone Were from British minas.
At Rouen 105,000 tons of foreign coal,
tnoetly Britisli, Were received in one
Week 'ln ,iRnttary of this year,
Treasure Worth $100,000
Found in Ontario Museum
Toronto.—A scarab of the reign of
S.habaka, King of Abyssinia, who con-
quered
onquered Egypt, and set up the twenty-
ias sen i{se vv sere ` nv"t 02 B C
tario Museum 'here, by Dr. S. A. B.
.Mercer. research professor of Egypt-
ology, University of Toronto, For 19
years the scarab has been here in the
museum, its significance unrecognized.
It is valued at at least $100,000. "This
scarab is one of the most important
things in the museum. There are few
historical inscriptions of the 'reign of
Shabaka. and those which we have
are very precious," said Professor
Mercer. "It is on the basis of such in-
formation that we have on this scarab,
that the histories of ancient peoples is
reconstructed. Tliis is the best discov-
ery in the field of Egyptian history
that has been made for many years."
.The newly discovered scarab is one
of many relics bought in England in
1910, by Prof. C. T, Currelly, director
of the archaeological section of the
museum.
London Church Revives
Ancient Lenten Custom.
London—In olden days . the fourth
Sunday in Lent was known in Eng-
land as "Mothering Sunday;' and on
that day ail children made gifts to
their mots"
mothers of ower.
fl sand "simnel"
e
or "mothering" cakes.
An effort is being made to reuew
this old custom, and a London church
—St. Andrews-by-the-Dardrobe — in
Queen Victoria street, London, pres-
ents hundreds of "simnel" cakes to
the childreu.
How to make one of these cakes is
told in an old-time Shropshire jingle:
She who would a •simnel snake,
Flour and saffron first must shake
Candy, spices, eggs must take;
Chop and pound till arms do ache;
•Then must boil and then must bake,
For a crust too hard to break,
When thy mother bear thy cake;
She will prize it for thy sake.
Kingsford -Smith Wins
Segrave Trophy
Loudon — The Segrave Trophy,
given each year to the British sub-
ject who accomplishes the most out-
standing demonstration of the pos-
sibilities of transport by land, air or
water, was awarded recently to
Wing Commander Charles Kingsford -
Smith, The a•svard was made for his
transatlantic flight, and hie flight
from England to Australia,,
1930 Tourist Trade
Worth $280,000,000
Ottawa.—Despite a tailing off from
1929, the tourist traffic still remains
a decidedly prolific aource of income
in Canada, Figures for 1930, esti•
mated by the Dominion Bureau of
Statistics, piece the value of tourist
trafe at $280,000,000.
This substantial figure, in the face
of far-flung economic depression, was
only $28,000,000 less than 1929.
Northern Transport
This snowmobile takes pro
chewan gold fields In the Ti:
Note double set o•f driving whee
instead of wheels.
p
ictors front Elk Lake into the Masa-
`kaming district, northern Ontario.
In rear and sleigh runners in front
Britain Sponsors History of Rosary
"Youth Hostels" Traced in Exhibit
Young Britain May Now Showing of Collection Induct.
Ramble Over .Country : ' . ed Beads of Pope
With Light Hearts As
Well As Light
Pockets
London.—The growing desire .Theological Seminary recently. The
young townsfolk to explore on loot mecollection included the rosary of Pope
less frequently, on bicycle, the unteGregory•1iVI., besides many owned by
beaten tracks of the countryside has, other notables, and covered not only.
led to the federation of some 40 Bat Christian rosaries but also Hindu, Mo•
tish societier with. the object of pro= hammedr and Buddhist devices of a
aiding the simple accommodation re • similar soairt.
quired by ramblers. . The exhibition was lent by Dr. Cor -
Each of these societies has, in the, ueliitse H. Patton of Boston, who has
past, interested itself in either tIt gathered the rosaries during his tra-
preservation of rural Eugrend or' tins vel,:a all parts of the world. The
comfort of those who wis9iit^.s visit ia seminary hopes to purchase the col -
In coming together in all organ -lea- lection to place in the new' missionary
,tion which is to be known as the museum now beiug developed under
th Hostels Association
Biof Great 'Professor Samuel C. Zwemer.
Britain, ,they are planning now a morel Pope Gregory's rosary is unusual In
htg+hly organized scheme, the main : that it has uo crucifix at the end, but a
part 0f which will lie in arrangiug•for l tassel instead. Rosaries for all pur-
simple sleeping accommodations at in-, poses and of all sorts are included in
tervals not more than 18 or not less i the Christian section of the collection.
than 12 miles apart along certain' Old Oriental Christian prayer beads
"chain" routes.I are s!horvu. .-
Such a scheme is, of course, thor- This. collection is said to be the
oughly established in Germany wherei largest in America, and is unusual be -
in some 3000 "Youth Hostels" . some l cause it shows graphically the evolu-
4,000,000 beds were occupied last year tion of this religious device. Strange
at a cost of 12c a night, or less. I looking Hindu rosaries, gruesome Bud-
-- eas- -. m::.wa.,.apa,;,easse*r•-ie .too -tr . s4.1. -,i .,'o.'1.•l£.C-.,�.----1.4-1,-... A.; movedmade similar, if less highly organized_ 1 skulls" replace bearde to remind the
provision—Denmark, Holland, Switzer I devotee of the transitory aspects of
land, Czechoslovakia. Norway, Swede life, valuable strings of cut crystal,
en, Austria, all have some form of acs; jade, amber and other precious stones
commodation for those wlbo fellow the,and Mohammedan rosaries consisting
call of the road. of small pebbles strung together 'were
And now the young tramper of gathered in the collection.
Great Britain, filled with a desire for l' Dr. Patton, discussing the history of
freedom and the open air which, so the.i'osary, said that the use of the de -
far, has been quite disproportionate to I vice seemed to be universal. It evi-
the few shillings his pocket leas usual- dentiy was first used in India or Tibet,
Iy contained, is to have his chance: • . I then spread to Mohammedan and
For the sum of 60c a year -$1.25 if Christian lands, where it was found
he is over the age of 25—slid the
'Pate; 'valuable as a means of disciplining the
vision of an ingenious dgvice known i prayer life.
as a "sheet -bag," 118 instaseset forth, -.' �,
sure of a lodging in his st'`anderings, i
even though it be founcl'in an old Bali=n, [iv:: British Immigration
a converted windmill, a disused sehbol ael, ieoronto Star: Times are not good
or railway station, in 'watch he °fan 'tea -Canada, and it would be extreme -
cook his own food and take his rest.- • ly"unwise, under present conditions, to
Christian Science Monitor. flood the country with newcomers.
But it does net follow that immigra-
Gregory XVI
Princeton, N.J. — An exhibition of
Viae of the finest collections of rosaries
se. the world opened at Princeton
tion should absolutely' cease. On the
Will Use Apple Boxes contrary, au opportunity is afforded
to'Secure an unusually fine class of
To Advertise Lumber immigrant, since the number assist -
Perth, W. Aust.—A new and novel
method of advertisrnent will be adept -
ed by. Western Australian in the ttecii I
sic oftIl
n li
sa le menexport t
11 to heire
p t
produce in Jarrell am karri cases, I
thus displaying the two famous hard-
woods that this State yields.,
Jarrah Is a valuable furniture
wood, Having very pleasing,,appear-
once when polished.
ed to cone to Canada will naturally
be much smaller than in more pros-
perous times. We are, after all, one
family, a f
ndi` Canada can reliasv the
Mother Country of some of her unem•
ployment without materially increas-
ing Canada's own difficulties, there
can surely be little objection to a
limited and restricted migration of
selected youths or selected families.
Echoes of the Past
seeeetatiasegneg
saateisera
'Tide Photograph elfrrry tli1= 01
the grim old fortress deal breeds over
ing warfare of a .past era.
c,r• :tomes to the Citadel.
i^:.a.., .:,;y,, harbor, syflboliz.
Canadians Visit
Argentine Ranch
Goodwill Party Guests at
Great Open Air
Barbeque
Buenos Aires.—A visit to the vast
pampas' realm of a noted Argentine
rancher, where members of the party
ate a la gaucho, at a great open air
barbeque, was the experience of tine
Canadian trade and goodwill mission-
aries on their recent visit to Latin
America. .
Leonards Pereyra Iraola was the
host. Ile possesses a ranging estate
of 150 niile.z square, a herd of blooded
cattle valued at $200,000 and thousands
of cattle besides. The Canadians ate
roasted whole beef in native style with
a knife aid using pieces of hard flat
bread for their plates, the visitors'
appetites, whetted by the keen pam-
pas air, caused them to do full justice
to the succulent meat.
Ther city of La Plata was another
stop of the mission. There they were
welcomed by 'Carlos Pellegrini, Gov-
ernor of the Province of Buenos Aires,
whoa spoke English as do the English
mud as though it were his native
tongue. Hon. P. P. D. Tilley, of New
Brunswick, and Senator C. P. Beau -
bleu replied to the Governor's message
of greeting.
Closer Relations
The visit of the Canadian trade de-
legation has aroused the local press to
oomment very favorably on the pros-
pects of closer trade relations between
the two countries.
It has even been suggested that
negotiations be initiated for a mutual
understanding between Argentine and
Canada on the ail -important question
of marketing wheat. Both countries,
it is pointed out, would greatly bene-
fit by such a move, although a basis
of any such agreement has not yet
been suggested. There is also a move-
ment on foot here favoring the organi-
zation of co-operative marketing of
wheat, fashioned along the lines of
the Western Canada Wheat Pool.
Cordial discussions took place be-
tween members of the Canadian dele-
gation and representatives of the Ar-
gentine Government, Arising out of
these discussions, it is confidently an-
ticipated, more profitable business will
result for both countries.
Auction Preliminary
The morning sun was shining bright-
ly through the tiny -paned windows,
and a soft breeze stirred the grape
vines growing across them. Aunt
Martha Ann rocked back and forth in
her rushbottom chair just a bit jerkily.
It had always been easy for her to
et...ancl.-.analre„ at home _.the_..guests
Who had come to Tier door, but to -day's"
caller was a very different proposition
from the neighbors who usually drop-
ped in. Her blue checked gingham
was starched and immaculate as usual,
and her gray hair waved softly to each
side of her forehead, cr'owuing hei'.be
comiugly,
"Bottles? Why, yes, there are two
or three boxes of them up in the far
garret, hut nearly: all of them are
rough on the bottom, I noticed the
other day when I went for some for
pepper sauce. Folks would rvant per-
fect bottles if they spent money for
them. " Her smile was almost apolo-
getic for the old glassware which she
feared was not measuring up to the
stranger's need,
Tim Bali, auctioneer, smiled one of
his understanding smiies, the kind
which has matte him the best beloved
and most trusted man in his profes-
sion. "Perhaps," he said gently,
"those rough places are just what the
folks would want, You never can tell
about some folks and 'some things.
We'll look there over pretty soon. And
have you any trays—trays with flow-
ers on them, perhaps?"
"Trays? Yes, there are four, I think,
but I doubt the big one is good enough.
'W'e used to keep it under the kero-
sene can and now we have it to cover
a crack in the ell where the snow
blows in. Yes, there ere two old
shawls, a brnche and a Paisley --one
was Pelog's mother's, and the other
was Cousiu Emmaliue's. One has red
in the middle."
Tim Ball, with the smile of a bene-
diction on his own face, sat watching
her sweet old face, putting a question
here and there to help her through
'Tier trying ordeal. "And is there, by
chance, an old graudfaher's clod.?"
"The high kind, you mean? Well,
I'm sorry, but it wasn't grandfather's
first off. Ile had it from old Aunt
Bitty, she that lived down by the
brook under the buttercups, they say."
"Suppose you take me round and
we'll see just what there is."
And that was the beginning of the
auction. -Marion Nicholl Rawson, in
Country Auction,"
I World Radio Links
32,156,500 Phones
Three -Minute Calls to Each
Would Take 666 Years,
It Is Estimated by
Experts
With a few billion dollars iq
nickels and the leisure of ,a Metliu?
seals to drop them in coin boxes, one
could reach 32,156,500 tel4piitones, or
91 per cent. of all those in the world,
it was learned from telephone of,
ncials after they had checked, re'
checked, figured and refigured, and
finally Hazarded an estimate as to the
cost of such an undertaking.
Their estimates as to how long it
would take to make these 32,156,500
three-minute calls, On the basis of 'atL
, eight-hour working day and a 300•.
, day year, totaled 666 years, not al-
lowing for any delays in getting eon-
nections. It was admitted that with
the time necessary to make connecr
tions, the leisure of several •111etlitir
selahs would be needed.
According to a map published by
the Southern New England Tele-
phone Company, radio circuits link
the telephones of North America,
Europe, Africa, South Ainerioa and
far-off Australia. This interconnec•
tion extends the range of the voice
three-quarters of the way around the
globe and from the Arctic Circle to
the fortieth parallel in south latitude.
Through wire and radio facilities,
one may be connected with practi•
cally auy telephone ' in the follow-
ing areas:
North America -- 20,095,000 tehe
phones hi the 'United States, Canada
and Mexico.
South America -338,000 telephones
in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
Africa -500 telephones in Ceuta,
Spanish Morocco.
Europe -9,633,000 telephones In the
area extending from the North Cape
to Gibraltar and from the British.
Isles to Eastern Poland.
Australia -460,000 telephones in
New South Wales, ueensland, Vie
toria and the City of Adelaide.
In addition to this interconnection
of land telephones, ship -to -shore ser-
vice links practically any telephone
in the world with the steamships Le-
viathan, Majestic, Olympic, Homeric
and Beigenland.
The BeIgenland of the Red Star
Line, now on a five -months' world
cruise is trying to keep within reach
of the telephones of at least one con-
tinent all of the time. The attempt
is reported as largely experimental,
to provide information to telephone
engineers for the future develop-
ment of world-wide radio -telephony.
The Bell System's short wave radio
stations maintained the ship's con
tants with this coutinent. Contacts
with Europe are maintained through.
the radio stations of the British
P•ostofice.
Americans Spend
$30,OQ0,000 On "Movies"
Hollywood, Cal. The average
American spends 26 cents a week.
"taking in the movies."
Statistics givea out by the_Motion
Picture Producers' and Distributors'
Association showed that gross weekly
admissions were $30,000,000 and at-
teuclance at film features in the ca-
tion about 115,000,000.
These 115,000,000 divided their pate
ronage among 17,097 motion picture
houses, of which 13,515 were tot
sound.
The producers' association also said
that throughout the world the invest-
ed capital in film theatres, 'exchanges
and studios was $2,500,000,000. Two
billion dollars el this is invested in
this country.
The advent of sound pictures caus-
ed a new investment in the United
States of $200,000,000. The invest-
ment in studios and properties in and
around Hollywood is put at $78.000,-
000.
Six bipiien feet of nim are used
every year. Hollywood will spend
$200,000,000 this year for film.
Her Majesty Opens
Girl Guide Edifice
London—GirlGuides all over the
1 world have contributed in a thousand
different ways to the new headquar-
ters of the organization which was
opened by Iler Majesty Queen elarg
a•ecently.
The bttiidiug is in the vicinity of
luckhigham Palace and cost $L250, -
000.
L250;000.
The Queen was received by Mary
Countess •of Harewood (Princess
Mary), wl,o is president of the Girl
Guides' Association. The assoeia
tion numbers 895,000 members all
over the world, with 519,000 of them
in the British Isles.
Few Jobless in Chile
Santiago, Chile. -- Unemployment
as been scarcely felt in Chile, officio
I statistics for 1930, issued recent -
se reveal. Appr,ixfin itely 1009
'criers were reported unemployed
u Jail. 1.
Chile succeeded in reducing , its
dverse trade balance by 10 per teat.tiring the year as -compared to
929. General erops were reduced
verb' 20 per cent. because of love
.'lees.
Britain and India
London Daily H.erald. Economical- bly as well as politically the future re -
dations of India and Britain must be 7
o•
based on roparation. And odyn,
ethic co-operation, which is trade, is o.
only possible if there is political co-
operation and political friendship.
The old dictum that the greatest of r1
British interests is peace holds
doubly good here.
Toronto, Ont. - Canadian minors p
Toru' all the provinces .of the Dominion
Met in Toronto the other day and
'formed the Canner! Goods Aseor'letinn .n
of Canada, ender the presidents- of 8
Sabi, Nesbitt of l rightgii,. li
"Iso you knot.' 'flue number
tete ;,tr• et of ,lir. Jones's h4nse?'"
mall 11 4': ;r;n, sir; but it will be.
leo dome". Chi Wren 's No
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