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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-04-28, Page 3New Troops This week we have to record the formation of two no* Regular Scout Troops at King City and at Canning-, fort, These Troops commenced opera- tions as Lone Scout Patrols, and for Some time have been doing very sue: easeful work in that capacity". The slumber of boys in those districts, how- ever, who are interested in Scouting, loss grown so largo, that steps were taken to locate a local Scoutmaster . and form Regular Troops. Thus, whilst we are sorry to lose them from the ranks of the Lone Scouts, we congratulate the members of the new ag and lst C'annington Troops on their inauguration, and wish them every success and lots of Good Scouting. A Good Turn in Hani and Eggs Close to 900 dozen eggs were col- lected as their Special Easter Relief dood turn by the Scouts of St, Johns istrict, Que•, a•'1 distributed on a basis of 6 eggs per person to needy families. Eight hams also were dis- tributed, and other foodstuffs. Scouts An other places put on similar Easter T4elief campaiens. Boy Scout Apple Day On April lst the Boy ,Scouts of To- ronto sold Ontario apples in the streets of that city for the purpose of raising funds to help the Scout Finan- ial Campaign which was at that time 4n operation. Tito Scouts on that day sold some 200,000 apples and realized -:".e sum of roughly $5,400, which is 'considered to be a highly creditable effort. We hear that Oshawa and Owen Sound are also intending to try the experiment for their own funds, end we wish the Scout Authorities iu whose centres every success. Steps are being taken to reserve a special date each year for the sale of Ontario apples by Scouts, on the streets throughout the Province, to be ::mown as "Boy Scout Apple Day." Toronto's Mayor on Scouting "We would have fewer misfits in the world to -day if all boys had the advant- age of Scout life," declared Mayor W. 3. Stewart of Toronto recently. "The boy who has been a Scout becomes a man with definite, developed capabili- ties, who does not walk the streets looking for pick and shovel or routine effi.ce work," The mayor's son Billy e a Scout, This Week's Scout Law -5... A Scout Is Courteous. The first Scout Law states that. a ,Scout's honour is to be trusted, and in our experience we have found that where a person is honorable it usually follows that they are courteous. Courteousness'is cheap! It costs nothing to be polite and it is probably easier to be polite than it Is to be boorish and rude. But the result of being courteous is very much more far reaching than if one is the reverse. The average per- son has not much time to waste on people who cannot even be civil in their speech or civilized in their ac- tions, whereas one who is polite and courteous at all times is' held in the very highest eehem by all who know Therefore a Scout Is courteous, and in being so he not only lifts himself in the estimation of his fellows, but also he adds to the prestige of the organi- nation to which he belongs. Lone Scout Camp Preparations for the Lone Scout Camp have beeu tentatively com- menced, and all Lonies who intend to be present should notify Lone Scout Headquarters as soon as possible, The Camp will be held at Ebor Park near Brantford, from July the 4th to 16th inclusive, and the cost of the full period will be $10.00, not more. Scouts will provide their own transportation to and from the camp. This is a splen- did opportunity to obtain excellent Scout Training under experienced leaders, so make up your mind to be there, and start saving your nickels now, Choosing a Vocation Lone Scouts throughout the Pro- vince will be interested to know that a series of radio talks, lasting 15 min- utes each, is now being given each week day, except Saturday, from 6.15 to 0.30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, over CFCA, 0300, CKCO, CFCH; and CKPR. These talks are arranged by the 'Vocational Dept, of the Western High School of Commerce,. Toronto, and will last until June Sth next. Prac- tically every career possible is covered by these short talks, and some of the most prominent business and profes- sional men in Canada are amongst the speakers. We can recommend Loiues to listen to these talks. There is lots or room in Lone Scout- ing for boys who are unable to be members of Regular Scout Troops, be- cause of the location of their homes. If you are interested in. Lone Scouting, write to The Lone Scout. Dept., Boy Scouts Association, 330 Bay Street, Toronto, Ont., an dthey will be glad to send you all particulars.—".Lone Five Methods of Irrigation , , lsed On Wester'ii Farms Five methods are generally followed in applying irrigation water in farms and ranches of the West, according to a booklet recently issued by the Bureau of Reclamation. ' The scheme to be followed depends principally upon the topography, the character of the surface soil and subsoil, the kind of crop to be irrigated and the quan- tity of water to be used. In the flooding method, field laterals. are run out from the farm -head ditch at intervals of seventy-five to 100 feet, usually on a small grade. By means of canvas dams placed at frequent in- tervals, the water is turned out of the laterals and spread over the field. The border method consists of the division i+f the •field into narrow strips by means of low levees about six inches: !high and five or six feet wide, spaced from twenty to 100 feet apart. It is adapted to lands having a gentle slope. The corrugation method Consist: or running small furrows, four to se, inches deep and sixteen to forty-eight .ranches apart, down the line of steep- est slope, and turning intra each fur- yow a small quantity of water and let- ting it thoroughly wet the soil. The • Preparing For Court Season. In the merry month of May the King and Queen hold court—so diligent dabs rehearse the curtsey they will make under the expert guidance of Miss Vacani, who operates a school for the purpose. Sunday School Lesson May 1. Lesson V—Isaac and His Wells—Genesis 26: 12-25. Goiden Text—A soft answer tur'eth away, wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.—Proverbs 15: 1, ANALYSIS. I. GOD AND PROSPERITY, vs. 12-14. II. ENVY AND MEEKNESS, VS. 15-22. III. GOD'S PROMISE, vs. 28-25. 0 full -voiced herald of immaculate spring, With clarion gladness striking every tree To answering rapture. as a reso- nant sea F'iils rock-bound shores. with thun- ders echoing- • O thou, each beat of whose tent- pestuons wing Shakes the long winter -steep from hill and lea, And rouses with loud reckless jubilant glee The birds that have not dared as yet to sing: 0 wind that contest with prophetic cries, I Host thou indeed beheld the face that.. is The joy of poets end the glory of birds..... Spring's fare itself: beet thou 'Heath bluer skies i Met the warm lips that are the gates of bliss, ! And heard June's leaflike mar- t mur of sweet words? —William Sharp, "poems", furrow method comprises a number I P Of small furrows starting at the head" The Average Citizen :tl'_tch and running down the slope fore "We :Beni to regard government as Troth 300 to 1,200 feet. Each furrow', ras a small irrigation ditch. i a three apart Isom US. "--Samuel Mi- The basin and dike method is beet i trrrnyer, adapted to very flat lands where it is possillle to inclose a field with a low What. some people don't know they Ike just high enough to retain the l are always talking about. epth of water required, INTRODUCTION If. •one may judge from the meagre records of his 'life, Isaac was the least conspicuous of the three patriarchs. For the most part he appears either with his father. Abraham, or with his son, Jacob. The story before us ie. the only narrative where the interest centres solely upon. him. On account of famine he .had, gone to live in Gerar, situated some- where in the border country between' the land of Canaan and the ]and of the Philistines, v. 1. His life there was gilled with the difficulties and, strife commonly experienced by people living in a border country. Under these trying circumstances he showed the spirit of forbearance which he had learned from the example of his la- ther, Abraham. Strachan writes of him, "We see in him the familiar type of the' great man's .sen who is over- shadowed by his father's greatness. His position was made too easy, his path in life too smooth. Everything was found for him. His parents plan- ned for him, Eliezer wooed •for him, E.:au hunted for him and the land almo t of its own accord yielded its increase for him. The result of all -this kindness was that he was lacking in the ' malities of a strong manhood." None the less to the Israelites he rank- ed e. a national type and ideal. I. GOD AND PROSPERITY, vs.. 12-14. Verse 12 gives two reasons for ' Isaac's prosperity—his own industry .and God's blessing. His work in agri- culture was all the more praisewwortlty when the traditions of his family are considered. His father, Abraham, to judge from his numerous migrations with his flocks and herds, was obvious- ly a Bedouin. Now apart from rais- in flocks and herds .he Bedouin does not ordinarily follow agriculture. in ' fact today the Bedouin despises the hard-working peasant who tills the soil So in sowing the land Twat was probably departit frau his family traditions. Rich hers -este followed his sowing. In interpreting prosperity the TR•brew mind refused to find in mere human efforts 0. sufficient ex- ; planation. So after stating in v. 12 that Isaac enw •d in that land, the s+•a.tt'neet is immediately added, "anti the Lord blessed hint." God, and in other, is the real hero in all these stories. Vases 18 stresses the grad- uu,d way in which Isaac accumulated possessions. No hesitation is shown An Early Spring Garden Every gardener, I suppose, has his —or her favorite moment of the spring, 1 think mine is that warm day, as near the first of April 'as pos- Bible, when I take off my coat, roll up. my sleeves• to feel the sun on my spinel, and plant the first row of early peas. Generally the sweet peas have already been planted, but that is done in a trench dug the autumn before, and lacks, for me, the thrill of forking the still, stieky soil, getting out the reel of garden twine, and sowing the "eat- ing peas," as we know them here- abouts. . Another moment, sometimes my fa- vorite, is when the wall fountain is turned on, and the water gushes from the lips of my marble mask, splashes into a shallow basin and fills it, and then goes twinkling down its tiny run- way between beds of iris and forget - r enots and narcissus, and begins to fill the pool.... Spring never seems quite to have come to the garden until the fountain is gushing, until the run- way twinkles and flashes between the rising iris spears, and in the night in calling him great, because he was a man of much wealth. Wealth was viewed as contributing to fulness of life. Its use was to serve Isaac in doing the will of God; it was for this that God gave it. Not the denial of life, but its manifold satisfaction, and fulness was the ideal of ancient Israel. silence the steady tinkle of falling. water sings us onee more to sleep. The wildflower nooks in the garden are of course the most charming spots in spring, Crocuses, daffodils, hya- cinths, tulips are all right. I've not been able to afford too many, nor even enough,' of them. But they haven't the shy charm, the voodland and ve .. nal luxe, of the wildflowers, the little native Blossoms brought into the gar- den from the world about and made to dwell at peace with their shorty and more urban sisters. From the first bloodroot and hepaticas, to the laven- der -pink spikes of the showy orchids and thestately cardinal flowers, and finally the asters, I fear I watch with greater pride and more delight the blossoming of my wild -flowers scatter- e through the garden than I do the display of cuitivated-perennals. There -e even little clumps of Quaker la- dies in the lawn which we carefully mow around, leaving them undisturb- ed till their season is over.—Walter, Prichard: Eaton, in "A Bucolic Atti- tt:de." What New York Is Wearing BY ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dressmaking LC88032 Fur- nished TVith, Every Pattern IL ENVY AND MEEKNESS, vs. 15-22. At Gerar, in the valley of Gerar, and at Sitnah, the Philistine hsrdinen disputed the possession of the wells: with' Isaac's herdmen. To the nomad, Wells are all-important. They create value for his real estate; They insure an ample water supply for his flocks, and herds. In abandoning these wells each time the Philistines claimed them, Isaac was therefore, turning his back upon real values. Yet in doing so he displayed his greatness.. Three fea- tures of his greatness stand out. First, he sat easy toward worldy possessions. He could acquire them; but he could also give them up. He was their mas- ter. and not their servant. Secondly, he was :t. lover of peace. When strife appeared, Isaac disappeared. As in the cas of Abrahatii with Lot, Isaac won peace with the Philistines by sep- aration. Thirdly, in giving in to his foes he showed his meekness. "No- thing can be saner or .sweeter than this ancient tale with its apparent moral for those who think that the strongest thing is to retaliate, to as- sert every claim, to cede no possible advantage." III. GOD'S PROMISE, VS. 28-25. In retiring from the Philistines Isaac took a northerly course which brought him eventually to Beersheba. This is the most southerly town in Palestine, lying close to the desert which stretches between Palestine and Tgypt. Here God .ppeared to hien. Frequently in the stories of the pa- triarchs God appeared after they had performed worthy deeds. In this way they had assurance of God's approval. The promise made to Abraham was renewed to Isaac. Abraham is called "my servant." Thus the promise is linked to obedience and the fruits of obedience are reaped by future genera - .tions. Isaac wade his home in Beer- sheba. His life there is described briefly in v. 25. It included religion, fancily life, and industry—altar. tent.. and wells. A Way of Life To love, to feel, to think, to care, To other people's burdens bear, To take the way the Master trod is to fulfill the mind of God. To walk with cnuragt; and unbowed. When loss and sorrows round us crowed, To cast out fear and hate, In cease. From useless strivings, this is peace. To krowv a loving (ettre has .planned The things so hard to undeestand, That what has happened is the best To trust, to hope, to pray, to rest. —Beatrice Macdougall in "Lift CIi. Your Hearts," Today's fascinating pattern is a ver- satile one. It does for frocks in print- ed crepe silk and sheer woolens. Also for the lovely summer Bottoms .'nd figured or plain linens. Now a marine blue crepe silk print- ed In navy inspired the first model. The pretty bow trim and belt were plain navy crepe. Don't you think the puffed sleeves attractive? And it's simplicity itself to fashion it. Should cottons be your consideration for the moment, a wide -wale pique in yellow is fetching with brown pique trim, Style Nu. 2778 is designed for sizes 10, 12, 14 and 16 years. Size 12 .requires, ?'s yards ",5 or "K- inch material. with % yard ilii -inch contrasting. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS, Summer Glory From the mouth of Exe to the mouth of Eeign the coast is uninter- esting. Such beauty as it once posses- sed has been destroyed by the railway. ... But inland these discontents are soon forgotten; there amid tilth and, pasture, gentle hills and leafy hol-, lows '.,f"rurai Devon, the eye rests and - is soothed. By lanes innumer- able, deep between banks of fern and flower; by paths along the bramble - edge of scented meadows; by the sec-' ret windings of copse and brake and stream -worn valley—a way lies up- ward to the long ridge of Haldon, where breezes sing among the pines, or sweep rustling through gorse and bracken. Mile after mile of rustic loveliness, ever and anon the sea -dm - its blue beyond grassy slopes. White farms dozing beneath their thatch In' harvest sunshine; hamlets forsaken save by women and children, by dogs and cats and poultry, the laborers afield. Here grow the tall foxgloves, bending a purple head in the heat of noon; here the great bells of the con- volvulus hang thick from lofty hedges, massing their pink and white against' dark green leafage; here amid sine dowel underground trail the lona fronds of lustrous harts -tongue; wherever the eye falls, profusion of summer's glory. Here, in many a nook, carpeted with softest turf, can- opied with tangle of Ieaf and bloom, solitude is safe from all intrusion2 unless it be that of flitting bird, or of some timid wild thing that rustles fon a moment and is gone. From dawn to' midnight, as from midnight to dawn, one who would be alone with nature might count upon the security of these bosks and dells.—George Gissing, in "In the Year of Jubilee." Canadian Geologist Is Awarded Med London—The Council of the Royal Geographical Society has awarded its Victoria medal to Dr. Arthur Phiiomen Coleman, professor emeri- tus of geology at the University of Toronto, for his extensive 'contribu- tions contributions to the geography and geology of Canada. At the saute time it was announce' ed the King had approved the award of the royal meals of the society to a young Briton and an Italian duke H. G. Watkins, leader of a British meteorological ,and exploration party into Greenland last year. was award- ed the Founders nodal and the Duke of Spoleta was awarded the Patrons' medal for his work as lead- er of an assault on Karakoram, a peak in the llimalayas, in 1929. The Connell also awarded the bark grant, to Hugh. Clutterbuck, leader of last Bear's Oxford University ITuot Write your name and address plain - son Straits expedition. One of Chit ly, giving number and size of such terbuc men, t'ditionpliO'Aetla. patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in cried of exposure on Akpatal: 'Aetb. stamps or cont (coin preferred; wrap in Ungava Bay. Quebec, it carefully) for each number, and — R , address yo::r order to Wilson Pattern Prof. A. 1'. C'oleuian. wvho is o P Service, rel West Adelaide St., Toronto. years old, . has clone extensive ex- _ ''rhos rtttt never be ploration and geological .work in the "Come( anti pat ritvort•ed."- -.Marie Dressler. in Ontario For many years he has -_"i• Occupied a position ns one of Car - 1 is n remedy for national ada's greatest teachers of the two )l o ?, discontent."—Eamon De1"ales, sciences be made his life work. Canadian loonies, in Labrador and MU` ' A fl JF.F.F'--By BUD '�ISFIF se Jones at the Throttle. 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