Zurich Herald, 1931-12-03, Page 6,ALWIT1111-1E-,A
ONESCOUTS
Lone Scout Signs.
It has very frequently beevesuggest.
ed, and the idea, has been boosted
periodically from time to time, that
Lone Scouts should make a special
decorative sign of their own design,
bearing the words, "A Lone Scout
Lives Here," and erect same in a
conspicuous place outside their homes.
During the past summer a check up
was made throughout Ontario, and it
was found that very few Lollies in
this province had troubled to fall in
with this idea.
This is unfortunate and it is thought
that perhaps the Lone Scouts of On-
tario do not fully realize the signifi-
cance and importance of such signs
in the communities in which they live.
Of course all Scouts know that they
have a big duty to perform, not only
to themselves, but to the rest of the
world at large, aand not only are
Scouts supposed to voluntarily per-
form a "Good Turn" each day, but
also they are intended to "be pre-
pared" to do a good turn whenever
called upon to do so.
But how can a Scout be called upon
when no one knows where he, lives?
The making and erecting of a Lone
Scout sign not only gives a boy craft
training, but it also serves as an an-
nouncement to the general public,.. to
Dominion, Provincial andCounty offi-
cials, the Red Cross officers, Humane
Society officials and to district nurses
that here is a Scout who can be called
upon in case of emergency.
Scouts are expected to traiii them-
selves to "be prepared" to meet emer-
gencies, in the case of accident, ill-
ness, flood, fire, and rtorm, and in the
fighting of diseases and pests, to both
human beings and to plants.
A Scout should have a good work-
ing knowledge of First Aid, and it is
his duty to learn all he can of this
subject as quiclly as possible. ,
The following survey was taken -a
the United States of America by one
of the staff of "The Farmer's Wife"
magazine, and no doubt the same con-
ditions prevail throughout the Do-
minion of Canada.
These facts serve to show him how
important a matter it is to have the
Lone Scouts mobilized in readiness to
meet emergencies.
"The average distance from rural
homes to the nearest (lector is seven
miles.
"The average time required by doc-
tors to reach rural hoines in America
is over 30 minutes in summer and
over 58 Minutes In winter.
"The average distance 9f all .rural
homes to the nearest dentist'is 14 1-2
nines. •
"Eighteen per cent. of the: rural
population is more than 12 hours away
from the services of a trained,nurse,
and 82 per cent. of the rural homes
are front 2 'to 12 hours away from
this service, . ..•
"Averege distance of nearest hos-
pital frotrarural homes in America is
18 miles.
Average distance of rural homes to
nearest drug store is 11 miles.
"Average amount paid by rural pop-
ulation during 1929 for services of a
doctor was $29.35. •
"Average amount paid by farm fam-
ilies for doctors and specialleis was.
$19.28.
"Average total amount paid by rural
people during the last ,year, due to
sickness alone, was $104.94.", , -
The above figures will ,shoW' .clear-
ly the need for an organizatiOn such
as the Lone •Scouts, .trained to meet
emergeticies. , • •
Therefore, Lenies, see te.itiliat you
do your duty. That ,you „train. your-
selves to .be ready .fereany ' that
may be 'made upon you, .and have
your eign outside .your home to.let
every one know where you may be
found, and incidently to inferm• any
other Lodie what may pass y,cnirlwaY
that his Brother Scout is at band.
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The Duchess of York atteadedetle gala matinee at His Majesty's
' theatre in aid of the Prince of 'Wal' Builder Fund of Toe H, and
the Toe H. League of Women Helperstof which she is the patroness.
Teo little girls presente'd flowers. ;P • ••••
Christmas is drawing Very'nehr up*,
Toyshop arrangements?-eliyilria time Ag ighway Footpaths
urveys Made
you should have your list-. of names
of the children te,whotn. your. parcels
are going. If -you have not yet re-
eeiVed them write to Lone Scout Head-
quarters tininediatelY..
If you are not a Lone .Sceut and
would like to be one, write to the
Lone Scout Depaetmente BOY 'Scouts
Association, 330 Bay Street, 'reroute
Have you. completed'your toile Scout —.
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Many Animals marine To Be
cator of animate than his caveman SUuseb d by Expedition
Man Domesticates
Modern. Man Is a better 4=100-
ancesters, better even than the ag- The sabmarine, primarily an instru-
ricultural people who lived before meat of war, is justifying the huge
jp49414e#lecreasQd the need for ttni- amount of research and engineering
ItreghtirVIViankind now possesses, it 1 which has gone toward its devel0P-
Pt1at.F4rem a list published recently 'Tient by enlisting in the peaceful ser -
London ,scieutific periodical,. Na- vice of science, Rear Admiral W. R.
ture;no less than 39 domesticated ani- Gherardi, hydrographer ot the LLS.
mals; Probably the total of all doe Navy Department, announces that a
mastic animals is nearly a hundred submarine and tender will be part of
Of these only dogs, oxen, goats, pigs, the equipment of an expedition to
horses, asses and perhaps some vari- study the sea floor about the Bahama
eties, of sheep and buffalo were do-
mesticated by prehistoric men, Domes=
ticatious in ancient but not prehis-
toric times include the cat, the fer-
Islands in 1932. This expedition, in-
ternational in character, will be under
the leadership of Prineeton University.
It will include also the Royal Society
ret, the ra.bbit, reindeer, two kinds of Great Britain and a member of the
of camels and the South American Netherlands Geodetic Commission.
llama, Inclusion of the elephant Is
doubtful since that animal does not
breed well in captivity and accord-
ingly cannot be considered fully do-
mesticated, which is tulle also of apes
InCanadian Hills .,4.613treal Press (Incl:), --Two juries
unanimous -
Obtaining .geocleac angular meastire- iii0Brantforde.end Toronto ments ficim the mountain peaks tower- y recoramended the construction of
mg 6,000 .and a,000 feet above sea level fo paths alongside the. highways as a
iu British Columbia is difficult land Teens of avoiding accidents, and traf-
dangerous. This work, done by the no fatalities:a The recommendation
Geodetic Survey of Canada, DepFe.!wdi,oualrd mean an increase of extraor
meat of the Interior, must be peafeena , " y expenses, but the juries are of
ed at night, wh.en lights can be.even the, opinion. that the Y are justifiable
from distant etations. an necessary for the purpose of safe
2 and ask them for particulars. Electric lights are Placed at it:0,4...n guardi.ng human lives and protecting
,
Lone Scouting is designed for boys points and the angles betwee tlitem motorists themselves against athe
who live on farms and in country dis- measured from the observing .stallen. 'many dangers which they cannot al
tricts, and who are locatedqueplacee• :The. length,. -of? the ' lines °beery ed ways avoid when, they meet
. . ; . iPeoPle on the road. If the roads had
where it is impracticable for them to ryaries from thirty to sixty mile,
Besides the measurements in the in-
tensity of gravity, investigations into
the geological of the Baha-
mas, said to differ in structure from
other ocean islands, will be under-
,
and monkeye. taken. While most of the other Islands
Other mammals, such as two kinds are known to be of volcanic ..origin,
of foxes, the skunk, the mink and indications are that such is not the
the muskrat have been domesticated
recently for the eake of their fur.
Several others now are' domesticated
as laboratory animals, including the
white rat, the mouse and the Guinea
case with the Bahamas. The unusual
characteristics of the. foundation and
the meaning of the structural features •
which account for their existence will
be studied and analyzed by the experts
pig. The yak, the Barbary sheep, at of the expedition,
least two kinds of antelope and sev- The submarine is called into the field
swat other mammals have been do- because of the character of some of
mesticated by the natives of limited the work to be undertaken, which re -
regions. • '• quires great steadiness obtainable be-
. Outside the class of mammals, do- low the surface of the sea and the
mestic animals include the chicken,
the canary and several other birds;
goldfish, guppies and other acquarium
fish and several food fish, including
trout; the silk worm, and several
join.. an ordinary Scout Re'bOp. ' . The iiealts are usually
L mega, eteet any kind of fontp4h. at all alongside
them, the responsibility of people driv
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•ca'Alar heavy lorries would
' server has to 'exercise great eartin lug motor
'fcie
Orient
a a obviously be less great, whilst pedes
.1 moving, around his instrument lesteaa
eet• Tropigs - woulg:hottaye as many risks
Habitable for Whites Soon a sheer preciptee. , • '.. e'• ' • -
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Toronto.—Willis H. Carriereef New
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• ` Isle of Min Desires
York, President of the American So- • Better Times Coming
i:Have Own Flag
Quebec • Solell (Lib.).—Theroje ;MI
ciety of Heating and Ventilating Lmiaon.—The Isle of Man has made
Engineers, told memberof the n-
. .. reason to remain pessimistic tn. tae'e, know*, its desire to adopt a flag and
e c)
I tarso Chapter of the ,Society recently.4,
cia the signs .:'of economic rao'veV the Governor has been asked to pro -
hat adoption of a cooliing and hu -
which are now. manifest. Pees -441P . curdIrgthe assent of the British Gov-
t
. at- ernmZit. •
midification system in: tropicel cities is' demoralleingAnd the recofistr
'will eventuall3r makethe tropics habit-
able tor, the white race. He deelni•ed
I also that -within the next' five 'Years
i theatres, office buildingsei;lactoies,
t homes and trains. in the United
States will ,have. adepted.air-Condition:
I ing as essential to comfort.
Mr. Carrier foresaw a quickening, of
business for the railways' "when a man
can travel on the hottest summer day
I from Toronto to Texas without wilting
I a collar." He foresaw a,lso bigger
box-office returns for air-conditioned
theatres, higher efficiency of factory,
workers, more comfort in. American
office -buildings and homes. ..
"But one of the greatest benefits of
• air-conditioning for cooling and hu-
midification. will be that of making,
the Tropips habitable ,for the white
race," he declared. Already ah• -cool-
ing systems have been, established in
India, Brazil, ,Cuba and. Northern Ar-
gentina, he said, and recently the King
of Siam had ordered air-conditioning
of his palace and national theatre,
because he considered, Mr. Carrier
said further, that "it changes living
conditions completely,"
"If the white man in the Tropics
,g greaterot hfrome hubuildings
hist g hos fo in in .h his
thdoiacyhhi bsueeoi nffiespc eeonoodner.
cethalulleb
ditioned. to proper effective tempera-
ture, the intermediate exposure will
not:bother him," he said.
tions ,which are needed after these
tWo years of trial domain' the energy
of nur entire population; they demand.
theemployment of all our efforls and
Products Prove State
The only Manx flag which now ap-
proaches Se national status is a red
ensign bearing three legs. The Manx
ceat-of-arras consists ot three legs in
the maintenance of a' serene. coefi.- aritor,.kielting in 'different directions.
necessity of submerging the instrue
ments.
The submersible will be used in the
submarine studies for a period of
about two weeks. Vening Meinesz, of
other insects chiefly bred by entom; the Netherlands Geodetic Commission
ologists as aids against other insects will conduct the multiple pendulum ob-
which are pests; snails and oysters servations. :
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raised 'for food and leeches for medi-
cal. purposeSe and several kinds of .
microscopic animals, such as the pro- .
How -Many of them Can Sew?
tozoa raised in laboratories or the Quebec Action Catholique (Ind.)
malaria germs now bred to treat cer- An Ontario Women's Association has
tain nervous diseases. asked the Government to find work
Recent 4omestications include the for unemployed women. • The problem
lion,. bred for sale to zoos; the alli- is complicated, for the Government
treat bon -e diseases.
maggots now bred in hospitals to
___:__-.e. . work it can give these women. At the
will have to find out what kind of
present the country has an army of
white collar unemployed. There is
gator, Lred for its skirt, and the fly
Aniiiial Ethics• - • ... aTlhseoanarmy of unemployed artisans.
works voted are almost all of the
Different savants bring up the fact pick and shovel type, the kind of work
that animals have a moral sense and that can do. the white collar man no
system. R. L. Ditmars Observes the. g°(:),11-. H. e•s not.fitted for this work.
working of conscience, J. B. Haldane if it is impossible.to find work for an
important part of our male unemploy-
trona influences of • pseisiinisrin ' /sr ''l
mistalies will be 'made. NervousilesSte.pee
of England, Scotland and ire-
willdlas+ats origin is obscure, but it is thought
TheY'5te'Lo have typiffed the island's independ-
neV1-land.
donee, incompatible with the
provoke new conflicts and
deceptions. But the hope of iirtaten
days must inspire all our initial,'
and direct us' in the way whica, s
e
opening up before us.
To Be No Arid Desert
Mrs. Helen Wills Moody smiles
'her adieu when she sailed from Tonopah, Ne.—While Nevada is
San. Francisco for the Orient, not classed as an agricultural state,
• where she will play her favorite the United States eenius bureau re-
• ganie. • Ports eeveal. that Nevada produces
Revival of Earrings
A Peck of Gold
ust always blowing about the town,
xcept When sea -fog laid it down,
nd %Vas Jane of the children told
ome of the blowing dust was gold.
A. noticeable instance of how old
fashions return is shown in the revival. An the d ;the wind blew high
of earrings. a I iebpeared like gold in the sunset sky,
In Victorian days almost every girl' Bet I was one of the children told
had her ears pierced as a matter of
course, until the 'nineties, when. ear-
rings suddenly went out of fashion.
To -day earrings will be worn as much
as ever they were.
There is in souls a sympathy with
souncls.—Cowpor.
apples, apricot% cherries, necta-
rine, peaches, pears, plums, prttnee,
It Pays to Advertise quinces, grapes, almonds, pecans,
Montreal Information (ind.).—While I blackberries, dewberriee currantn,
we hear complaints 011 ell maze of the
reduced volume of business, there are
certain firms aed certain industries
Who are enjoyiing prosperity. Why
le this so? 1. moat cases it is the
'result of the intensified publicity.
, Which they have employed, litany
enterpriees believed it had become
necessary to decrease eapetuies, as a
:consequence of the depression. Con,
trary to all business principles, they
commenced to reduce their appropri-
,
p,tions for advertising, though 'this
item should have been the last to be
fedueed. These firms may IntIre eeono-
gooseberries, raspberries and straw-
berriee.
In the southern peat of the State.
many of the so-called tropical fruit's
and vegetables are raised in consid-1
era,ble qui In the 13oulder Dana
area; which includes the city of Lae
Vegas, there are Seven pecan orcharde;
The Lalionton Onder
Newlands Irrigatlthe projeCt le famons •
for its Hearts at -Gold cantaloupes; -
,Applee are .raised in every county in, '
•the State, • • 4 ,
It. is. as -great to be a'woman an to
4me of the dust was really gold.
Such waselife in the Golden. Gate:
' old dusted all we drank -an d ate,
end. I wa one of the children told,
e all must eat our peck of gold."
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): ,---Robert Frost, in "Collected
a Weds Again
miPed a few dollars on this score, ,be a man2—Walt
but on. the other hand they have Test
much mere through the reduction in The paths of glopf ,lead but to the
their turnover. .graye.—Gray, ,
t;joria iwnnnon aild ichae yaTme4;,,,,Avere married for the sec-
ond tinea four liners after the tion picAnre actress' divorce from
Marquis de In. FalaiSo became iit1. The ceremony' took niece tet
Yuma, '2ationa, Tliis Is Wee .oneon'S 'third matrimonial atteinpt.
th'e Ciridence of- ethics" C. F. Russell
finds "the distinction between; truth -
speaking. and lying and other moral
acts implicit in their conduct," and
that our virtues trace back to the,Pre-
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human stage—to animal ancestrY.
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Gratitude, fidelity, bravery,' ()bed!, many f them know how tb sew.
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.conelderateness—these
ed, how are we going- to find. any foe
our Women? About the only thing
Possible would be to start huge sewing
circles -to make clothes f or those.wh
had no money to buy clothes. How
ence to duty,
arceencle.ed familiar qualities in. horse, Tests ,Wobblerneter
dog and cat,the`ceiadrupedi We lmow•
best. No horse will step Ian a threewit*
rider; for an understanding master' he '
will leap walls, swim rivers, burst his
heart to answer a call to, speed;' and
no creature in pain fr a truer Stoic:
As for the cat, a mysteiY to many
persons, its motto is service. Its pride
is to exhibit the niouse caught in. its
owner's cellar. Sonie blame it for
"walking alone." So doing, it is simp-
ly obeying what it is,.hard to teach the•
young idea --that one should captain
one's self and niake up one's mind
regardless' of what e crowd is shout-
ing.
The dog in. all latitudes has proved
himself. He never bites without bark-
ing first his declaration of war. Things
his chaige--persons; premises or
herds—he will defend to the last. In
life-saving, in the courageous • actions
called heroism, he has deserved more
medals and Monuments than he has
received. No snobbery is in him; re-
probate or deinirep can gain his faith.
Once man was, it is belleVed, just
as ethical. His dawufall dates—ac-
cording to recent resea cues by this
corner --from the invention of the
pocket, and its extensions—tin boxes,
safes, vaults and warehouses.--eFrault-
lin Clarkin in The N.Y. Times.
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Translations from
the Chinese
(From the Saturday Review of
Literature)
When You're Writing
Remember, when you're writing about
New York,
Faces are as important as buildiage.
Dive deep into the subway, that gal-
lery of portraiture;
Bathe your eyes in that fieed.of bitter
, truth.
It is not lovely, it preVes no theorenase
But there is no weariness it cannot
heal,
Generalizers an ImMan trouble;
Have you emirageto face these faces?
You, and you, and you, scan onliOnee,
Goodbye, tirc, and good luck.
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Elinor Smith, girl aviatrix,
in New York allowed her sense
of equilibrium to be tested by the
wobblemeter„ a new instrument
develbped for just that - purpose.
It tens YOu whether you've had
• a bad night and tow bad it was.
Freneh Woinan to Head .
Feminine' Move NI*. Peace
Paris.—A dynamic blue-eyed French
woman•, whose creed is "the scieece
peace," will be the leading feminine
figure in au international mass meet-
ing on disarmament •'scheduled here
late this mouth preceding the world
disarmament ceufereace in Geneva in
February. e , •
She is Mlle. Louise Weiss, Managing
editor of the international. magazine
I "L'Europe 'Nouvelle." Since the days
; when she worked as a nurse of World
' War prisoners she has delved
nutlr-
ingly into the study of international
Imlitics--td her "the Sole means by
which nations mit er mater the science
6t peace and the prevention oewars,"
'u:u y.b..,1 • 1.a v e an. mete-, , "Disarmament is alt international
date city," • . •. mattere which can be, settled only
"Very. We'Ve even' got it fixed through international understanding,"
,
so that yotrcan3 stop your automo- says Mlle, Weiss
bile within a mile• of' the place y-ott': ! ."True security can uover b foetid
1 watt to go te," . la competitive armaments," . ,
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