HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1931-09-17, Page 6„ „. As it happens, I was paid four hundred
odd in cash on a deal to -day, and it'll
�� Esi vego back to Birmingham with alae on,
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Sy Andrew Steelal"t
The two men were sitting at the
the ten. train,”
"laxeuse me," murmured the detec
tive, "1 must leave you; my colleague
' has just signalled."
Through the anirror in front of histi,
the man from Birmingham saw tie
detective in earnest conversation with
his colleague, and thrilled with the
same table in the lounge of a well- conjecture that one of the gang might
known haunt in the West End of Lon- have come in. Then the detective or -
don, and they .had fallen into talk. I dered two drinks, returning with them
"It fairly beats me,' said the prosper- to the table.
oils middle-aged man, who looked what 1 He set his own drink on the table
he actually was, a manufacturer from and, in reaching over the manufac-
the Midlands. "I just can't understand i turer's shoulder with the other, he
how any man with his wits about hiscaught the stem of the glass and the
ever falls for this confidence trick , liquor spilt down his coat,
stuff." "I'm terribly sorry," he said con -
He was commenting upon a case of cernedly, whipping out a handkerchief
the kind, r'sported under big headings }and wiping down the front of the
man'in the evening paper, which they had nesse t'sturerneatscoat.
a it'll sloop dry ooff.
d -
been discussing. His chance coin -,I'll get the glass refilled.
pati,}on, a well-dressed, hard-bitten fel-'
low a few years, his junior, smiled at i He was back in a few moments with
the other's incredulity. I the drink, and, setting it down, he
"That's just how I used to look at, whispered: "My colleague thinks he
saw one of the gang put his head
It," he said quietly. ,"But you'll find iround the door. I'm going out to con -
that it's always the smartest and most firm.'
confident of men who get nailed. They In less than three minutes he return -
work on mighty clever, psychological
ed. "Not a sign of him," he said, in a
lines, these confidence tricksters.' tone of annoyance.
"Psychological lines?" queried the "You'll forgive the liberty, I'm sure,"
manufacturer. he went on, taking the manufacturer's
"I mean that they study their vis- note -case from his own pocket, and
tims before they begin to work. They handing it to him; "but you needed
enter into conversation with a man the lesson."
a colonial or one from foreign parts, The other stared incredulously from
for preference—and though he does the note -case to the detective. "How
not know it, they are probing him for on. earth did you get hold of this?" he
his little weaknesses and foibles all demanded.
the time. Soon they've got him "One of the pickpocket's simplest
placed as to type and apply the meth- ruses. I know and practice them all,
od for that type; and nine times out I took it when I was wiping you
of ten. they get away with it. Still," down."
he added, "we'll trail this bunch." the "Well,
I'll
beahanged!" exclaimed
The manufacturer regarded the"And so you deserve to be," laughed
the detective. "Why, you haven't even
examined it." the cow. It is hard for us to imagine
"And I'm not going to," returned I a home without milk; but once it was
the other good-humoredly. "I deserve very much harder to imagine homes
to lose anything you've taken, for put with it. It would have been far easier
ting me wise.' for a man to bring his wife orchids, if
"Oh, I've not even opened it," the she had desired 'such weeds, than milk.
True, there was plenty of milk in the
world, but it was galloping around in
the forest, in hostile containers, and
it was the private and intimate stay
of the animal's family. Then, a genius
was born, who experimented with ani-
mals as we do with milk. Why not
have milk at the door every morning? a far better, start here than we had venton in the animal world.
The task was a hard one. Which with the cow.
was the best animal? Cows were far "There are hundreds of animals
from the obvious choice. In some which you could use on your machines. American Hotels
parts of the world men had tried to you could easily school many species In Billion Class
use the golden -haired groundrsloth; a to work in your mills. And once they ` W�,,, dneton —American hotels do
monstrous creature which lade lit. were schooled to perform the same •business of more than $1,000,000, -
in caves and milked when thea' could. acts everyday, you would have littler• 000 annually. Preliminary figures an-
nounced$1,000,000,-
e' t' bythe Census Bureau placed
the 1929 receipts of 15,577 hotels at.
$1,039,363,000. Those operating
throughout the year reported receipts
of $962,801,000; resort hotels, $76,
speaker with increased interest. "We?
How d'you mean?"
"011, returned the other easily, "I'm
from the Yard." •
The other's eyes -widened. "'What!
Scotland Yard?" he asked.
His companion nodded. "Yes. Tin
usually put on to these cases. Sort of detective assured him. "By the way,
specialty work. We get to know the I'm not tired of your company, but
habits and haunts of these gangs. I'm you did say you had a train to catch."
half expecting they may show up here The other's hand went. to his watch
to -night; or if not to -night, to -morrow pocket,
only
too
be wit his withdrawn
a
or the day after, and they'll show the The grinning look detectivevrprdropped the
s.
usual traces of suddenly acquired
wealth. D'you se that chap in the watch into its owner's extended palm.
black felt, sitting at the far end of the "Convinced now?" he queried dis-
bar?" he asked. armingly.
"Yes, I see him, Why, d'you suspect "I am," answered the chastened
him about this? answered •the menu- manufacturer.
facturer, tapping the newspaper con- The detective rose with him. "Well,
,dining the report i'1 see you safely into your taxi, sir,"
The detective laughed. "No, he's he said genially.
II •Att'a. eroo .
Daring Riders
Flood or Are the dispatches must get through as shown
army manoeuvres.
here by a participant in the recent British
A
mind Life len I Probably he would say:
It seems to me you
m
ge the hard—but simple -work in this l is not only as soft as cashmere, but` it
I day of machines, With all the ani- . is also non -shrinking. Yet, all we
� h old have to do would be to tame
•
develop I don't understand why you the wild musk-ox. When, some thirty
• •
the Arctic. These animals are at home
need only in the ice and snow, their meat is as
Aamine A moderately intelligent beings to do all good as that of cows, and their wool
Canada's Jobless
Number 530,000
By C
larence Day in Harper's Magazine mal kingdom before you,to train and 1 should
The great age of invention was'in
prehistoric times. The era in which
we live is also an age of invention
our stupendous achievements have
dwarfed all the past, in our eyes. But,.
of course, the inventions oE old were
more basic than ours. The inventions
of writing, and wheels; the invention
use for these tasks only men. In our years ago, they wanted to use the
day, when one of our inventions grew grazing lands of Africa, it didn't ap
tryanuous, we did something about it. ! parently occur to them to tame the
For instance, we had a lot of trouble wild eland instead of going to the tre-
with sheep. They bred fax more rapid- I mendous trouble of bringing in. cows
ly than the specifications called for, I and bulls, which were unaccustomed
and they got out of order too easily to the climate.
of zero, of needles, and wheat, and of and needed far too much servicing. Let us open our eyes to the capaci-
money were made by great men. And But we certainly did not allow our- ties and uses of animals. Surely they
aside from these, there were some
selves to be enslaved bya our sheep, + can learn to understand us. A dog
highly ingenious devices which were valuable as this invention was to us. knows what a : an. says to it; why
made in a field we are wholly neglect- We were too self-respecting for that can't man, the more intelligent of the
We invented the collie. two, learn Flo converse with the dog.
ing today. "You think you are open-minded to- We could make a scientific study of
Just think of the man who invented" day, but you would be very incredulous the speech organs of animals, and
if an inventor showed you how to man gradually devise ways to teach them
your coal mines with an. improved sounds.
breed of bears. Yet, if we men of old! At present we are attempting to
breed robots, which, can never be as
efficient as properly bred and trained
animals. Animals could well do the
routine work for which intelligent
it comparatively easy to train the men are now being used. And there
bear to mine coal. You couldn't put is no reason why they couldn't be
him to work as he is, but, he has the made to pay. Milk cows didn't pay
strength and intelligence and a man- at first, but they do now. If we are
like way of using his paws. You could wise in our civilization we won't con-
ceed for better paw action. You have tinue to ignore the possibilities"for in -
Ontario Has 130,000 linen.
preyed and Quebec
100,00
Ottawa. -Canada's tiasemplayed ex
seed 530,0'00 according to Hon. G. D,
Robertson, Minister of Labor.
The Minister issued figures cora-,
piled by provincial governments. In.
the majority of 'provinces the totals
ars based upon registration, and in
others careful estimates have been
made. All the provinces of Canada
are covered in figures which the Min-
ister gave out, Senator Robertson
said these figures would probably be
swelled in the winter months when
seasonal unemployment would become
an increasing factor in the situation.
By provinces, figures of unemploy-
ment are as follows:
British Columbia, 38,880; Alberta,
15,450; Saskatchewan (cities and
towns, 26,904, drought areas), 150,000;
Manitoba, 41, 489; Ontario, 130,000;
Prince. Edward Island, 1,500; Quebec,
100,000; Nova Scotia, 18,000; New
Brunswick, 8,000.
Saskatchewan is hardest hit of all
the provinces. Registrations in urban
centres, indicate 26,904 are without
crops have failed there are 76 muni-
cipalities where 100 per cent. relief
work, while in those areas where
will be necessary. Hon. Robert Weir,
Minister of Agriculture, who returned
from Western Canada, estimates at
150,000 the number of those requiring
relief in. the drought areas of Sas-
katchewan.
While the other prairie provinces do
not face such a grave situation as that
of Saskatchewan, figures show that it
is sufficiently serious. In Manitoba,
where there are 41,489 unemployed,
approximately 28,000 are married
men, 10,000 single men and over 4,000
single women. Alberta has 15,450 un•
employed, of which roughly 9,000 are
married and 6,000 single. Of the 38,-
880 unemployed in British Columbia
5,490 aro transients and 6,745 aliens,
according to the registration in that
province.
Coming to Eastern Canada, Ontario
has the large total of 130,000. Accord-
ing to the information secured through
registration, approximately 71,500 are
married and the remainder single. In
connection with the Ontario situation,
Senator Robertson said that it was
estimated about 70,000 of the total
number of Unemployed had partial em-
ployment. There were, however, about
70,000 in need, the majority of whom
are in Northern. Ontario.
could train our wild horses to give up
kicking and biting and running away
and become, instead, obedient carriers,
reliable and gentle, you ought to find
said _
k He's working with me. "That's very friendly of you," s But there were various- - ,,, hi,a.r, ,......i► on or
.,. to trouble` a
:;xpal a o � .rti.r .a.+11e.galenefacturer;his•i,,iiand „rgei. g-Llbe sloth• +t by various
skin diseases rsome planetary steward could
+> ,, 'tcfrds -bout �a u=tl, .g ve'"y4tisi a � .trFaa'a ---,air fine Atte ishy'taste. But the serious ob have directed the affairs of the world
talialti a Wel what about another lesson." „ jection was the fact that sloths are the would have made toilers of crea-
drink?" "I wouldn't think of taking. at, re- , ,id rrially am el-- tures that like toil, not human beings.
"Thanks, I dont mind. if I do. A bit- torted the detective in an offended
ter, please." tone, pulling the man's hand. down.
The dealer in. steel signalled to the "It's my job to protect the public."
waiter and ordered the drinks. . "Sorry; I meant no offence," said
"So you work in couples?" he asked. the manufacturer hastily.
"No, not usually. But if our guess "Sure, I understand,' rejoined the
about this case is right, we're up mollified detective, and he hailed a
against a pretty tough tough gang," passing taxi.
The detective put his finger to his "King's Cross," ordered the menu -
lips as the waiter aproached. Ex- facturer, turning to shake hands warm-
periencing the pleasant thrill of a 0011 ly with his protector. "Good-bye, and
spirator, the manufacturer paused and, thanks again for your very practical
taking out a bulging note -case, select- object lesson."
ed a pound note. When the waiter The detective laughed easily. "Good -
had given him his change and depart- bye, sir; remember, the confidence
ed, the detective leant across the men work by psychology."
table. Mr. Benjamin Consett, manufacturer
"If you'll take a tip from me, sir, of steel goods, reached his home in
you won't make a habit of showing a Birmingham that night without mis-
wad like that in this kind of joint," he adventure, His loyal wife was wait -
said in. a low tone.- "If a confidence ing up, to share the cold supper, and
man saw that, he'd start operations to listen to his account of his day in
right away." London. She listened entranced to
The manufacturer laughed heartily. his story of his exciting encounter
"No confidence trickster would ever with the detective.
"He was quite right, Ben," she
monogamous,
ing, monogamy ruins a farm, �AFor- The industrious beaver, the busy bee, 562,000,
tunately, however, that prehistoric the hardworking mole. Activity, yes, The census covered hotels having
genius turned his attention to some but not drudgery. That is against 25 or mare guest rooms. It did not
rough, horned, fiery beasts who were human nature. No wonder it depress- include houses, boarding
not
running wild on the plains. It wasn't es and deforms you and leads to fierce houses, clubs, apartment lz A.'s or Y.W.C.
any easy task to chase and catch this insurrections. A.'s,
wild material from which the inventor "Some day , ;our descendants will Of the 13,328 year-round hotels, 10,-
hoped to develop a milk factory. Many marvel at your wastage of animals, 907 operated on the European plan;
users disliked being kicked while ex- leaving the woods full of husky beasts 1097 on. the American plan and 1324
trusting the milk, and for thousands idling about, while you nearly killed on the mixed plan. Of the resort
of years men objected in vain to its Yourselves toiling, and grumbled at hotels 370 operated on the European
horns. But, it was a success, and with fate.' 1 plan, 1537 on the American plan and
a very few modifications we are still 1 So much for the man from the past. 342 on the mixed plan.
using the cow for the production of If we ever try his suggestion there
milk. 1 will be some queer changes, not only 1
Another great thinker in the mean- in coal mines, but even in war. Al- Brink of Storm
time invented the hen. Instead of the ready men .aro beginning to feel a bit Dark arms of storm are flung across
tiresoule search for small eggs in the lily -fingered about war. Frauee, the the hills;
woods, this epicure provided mankind most civilized of nations, is using Al- , The breath of summer, warm and',
with large eggs in the home. It took I gerian troops. In India, in pre -British quiet, stills
a long time to make the change,•,but :times, some of the Rajahs used ere The birds, and, tali and motionless, the
eventually the odd breed of bird se- phants. Why,shouldn't we have regi- trees,
lected learned to go into egg produc-�ments of leopards to charge future Await the sudden tumult on their
tion. 'trenches ,and squadrons of carrion vul-
In the Western world men invented tures to drop future bombs?. It's a
the Ilama and the turkey. In Asia question of training. We cannot tell
they invented the camel, as a freight i'til we have tried. Meantime we use
car or van. And one of Henry Ford's only a few 'Red Cross dogs in our
predecessors, several thousand years' wars and an. ever -diminishing number
back, invented cheap and swift trans- of horses and . mules. The hardship
portation by taming the horse, '; and suffering of wartime is borne by
In ` contrast these early inventions men. It seems as unenterprising as
make ours seem most despotic. Ours, to use only men in our factories.
•nr era has its
make a pigeon of me.
The detective studied him carefully, stated emphatically, as he concluded.
"No, I guess you wouldn't be easy to "You'd better give me the money now,
pluck that way," he agreed at last. and I'II lock it in the safe while You
"You're too shrewd, Still, if I might finish your supper."
say so, it wasn't quite discreet of you, Her husband smiled indulgently and
with that amount of mouser on you, to handed her the note -case.
make the acquaintance of a stranger "Right -o, my dear. Take them out
and let him see what you had an you."and coon ern, fere should t them. Tl ho ld be two
With a pleased chuckle the manu-
facturer answered him: "Huh! d'you
think I'd Have let you see, if I hadn't
known you were a detective?"
"There's something in that; but
you've only got my word for it that
I am from Scotland Yard,"
"By Jove, that's so," admitted the
other doubtfully,
"011, I'm all right,' said the detec-
tive reassuringly. "Still, in your place
I'd want proof. Why not call up the
Yard and ask Inspector Jones whether
' Every generation
hundred -pound notes, one fifty, fifteen perhaps, have added a little more eom-
fort than the old inventions, but, blind -spot. It is probable that this is
tens, and three or four pounds. Why, strangely enough they have added far ours. We behave in a blind,, helpless
dear, what's wrong?" to u toil An ancient inventor Y fi ld aced to
His question came sharply upon an
exclamation of dismay from his wife.
She looked acres sat him with an ex-
pression of infinite pity, and passed
the contents of the case across to him,
There were two ten -pound notes and
three pound notes, wrapped round a
padeof folded newspaper.
As he realized how he had been
tricked, he remembered the "detec-
he`s got two men ---Parsons and Mar- tive's last words:
tin—at this hotel this evening?"
"I won't trouble.` I'm a pretty good
judge of men.' 'fell me some more
about your work."
"As long as I'm not keeping. You,"
said the detective. "I've got to hang
around anyhow."
The manufacturer took out his un-
chained watch and glanced at it. "I've
got half an hour yet" May make a heart the lighter,
"Well, now, to come back to your God help me speak the little word,
risks, aside from confidence men, And take my bit of singing,
there's pickpockets.' , And drop it in some lonely vale
The Manufacturer looked almost To• set the echoes ringing.
hurt, "Pickpockets rob mel Oh, no,"
he affirmed confidently: If any little love of mine
"Perhaps not.: but the risk is there," , May make a Iite the sweeter,
insisted the detective. "No one ought If any little care of mine
to cart around big sums like that. I'd' May make a friend's the fleeter,
go farther, and say you deserve to lose If any little lift of mine may We
especially coming to a crook joint The burden of another,
like this." God give me love and care
"A croak joint, is it? Well, that in- strength
terests mte, but it doesn't frighten me. To help my falling brother.
"The confidence men work by psy-
chology," — Pearson's Weekly (Lou-
don).
ir
If any little word of mine
May make a life the brighter,
If any little song of mine
nd
more our wain the animal e , comp
would be amazed at the wonders we've our resourcefulness and iniative in the
wrought, but he 'would be equally 1 field of the machines. Look at the
amazed to see how hard we work. way we neglect to raise musk -oxen in
leaves.
And all the earth, with emerald thirst,
is lying
Waiting the windy sigh, the rush of
So They Say:—
Cold words freeze people: and hot
words scorch them, -send bitter words
make them':bltter, and wrathful
words hake then wrathful:: Kind
wordsmake people good'natered.
Though they do not cost much, yet
they acconiplish much.—Pascal.
The man who is determined to
keep others fast and firm, muethave
one end of the bond about his own
breast—sleeping or walking.—W. S.
Lander.
It is not permitted to the most
equitable of Hien to be a judge in his
own cause.—Blaise Pascal.
Judgment should be pronounced
with diffidence and consideration
lest, as happens to many, the critics
should condemn what they do not
understau d.—Quintillian.
The greater the difficulty the. more
glory in surmounting it. Skilful
pilots gain their reputation from
storms and tempests.—Epicurus.
He who is taught to live upon lit-
tle owes more to his father's wis-
dom than he that has a great deal
left him does to his father's care.—
William Penn.
No Substitute for Tin
Metallurgists have for long realized
that the supply of tin. marketable at
crying around present prices is limited; and
From the throat of storm, and small have hent every effort to produce a
red foxes lain fields; electricity will spare them this
At the edge of their burrow, drowse fate. The devices which thus control
and dream of rain.
—Frances M. Frost, in the New York
Sun.
The exhibition of "fat ladies" has
been forbidden as vulgar at all future
local fairs in Oxford, Enggland,
Football Garb Down South
z.es Irea
Battlers of the pigskin don shorts when temper .iture . reaches 90 degrees at Atlanta, Georgia, Pall
plai leo started with a wallop when hilly Street, captain, swung in action, Pug Boyd tried a tackle and
Red Bradfield endeavours :to block liiut off:
the fish are stop signals and were per-
fected through experiments conduct
ed by 33. O. McMillan of the Oregon
State College. IIe discovered tbat fish
are sensitive to small electrical cur-
rents and that it took very little power
to paralyze them; that it took less to
stop long fish than short ones; that
they recover from shocks according
to thea% vitality; that when they get
too much electricity they get stunned
and change color; that high -frequency .
current has little effect. So by putting
electrodes across the mouths of jrri-
gation ditches, with twenty-four volts,
be discovered that the fish avoided
the vicinity. The signal was against
th eni:
A Prayer of Long Ago
Lord, Thoii ltnov, est what is best
for me to do. according to Thy Wilt
Give me, I beseech Thee, what Thou
wilt, as much as Then wilt, and when
Chou wilt, Do with ane in all tinge
as it shall 'please 'Thee. Place me
where Thou wilt. Lo, I am Thy serv“
ant, ready to do all things that Thou
commandest ane, for I desire not to
live to myselfbut to Theo.—By Bish-p
-Ticks in 1604.
'••- _-..�._... eye"" -"
A Holy Life
Life, that dares send
A challenge to his end,
when it, comes, say—"Welcome,
friend!"
-.... Crashaw.,