HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1926-02-18, Page 2RUBBER'S NEW ROMANCE
-The Empire's ire's Richest Industry 'from. Smuggled Seeds,
r cis of thew �ci Frocking lit from far' and near.
t is develop- oua t
e is is inlllioilaires are worried tish Empire soil which produce three-
ing
,.se or .s raw rabbet' P
bocaus�e British
and I
St. Francis d the Birds.
St. Francis pr'ea,elied a ierm�on once,
Not bo .dominie nor (lune , .
prince nor pauper—to the biro d
Te. a'd 'i•ene d`hie loving words.
on'erpi i i One 'mint all lte'i:�t� s�tvlll to hear,
ing the Empire rubber industry to : plies,
Columbus rabid ho Eound the na- 'Robin vireo and wren
th'eil b extentuse Haat two-thirds St all I with bails that Silting Hint ince decent m,eu;
the rubber used by the United States'tiyss Of Hetet playing
red rubber— ..
is being � imparted from territories bounced. But still Tana er in serarlet coat,
says an Eug- I the only kind then known--wasg
with ricer.British b r has
ti YS Golden -wing and ruby. tlbroat,
tot writer. itubbor has risen in pries, � regarded as a, curiosity, and coed three � •nk an cliirkadee .
the resent state of affairs I shillings for a srivar'e half-inch. Rough Bobolink d ,�
Conti and if P um e of ca'outohouc (pronounced 1 o -,Like chladren good as good oula be,.
oautiuuee, rubber may scan be making � l k arrived, in Britain in 1820, and
America in'to,o• debtor Instead of the i cho)a Hancock pato sprain the catbleci not a squawk,
woritl's ceeJitor, the same year diem s
tubber was not found
I rubber springs in braces, produced Not a whistle from the hawk,
.Fifty years ago. Tubb waterproof cloth, and Made _,rubber From the raven not a croak
In the liiominione. To -day our plan thread. But ignorant tailors sewed Not a parrot cracked a joke
tabors in the Far East are amongst the rubber -cloth to the garnhents -and
h Empire's most valuable posses holes let in the water! Even the outrageous jay
t o p the -needle h
cions. T;ritish enterprise has stretched
The first mackintoshes had a habit I Sat without a word to say,
a rubber band round tie world.of turning suit in summer and iii win -I And the oriole and thrush
Seven Priceless Seeds. ter hardening like an ancient suit of Forced the golden tlhmoa,ts to hush,
i ht about forty-eight l but the difficulty was solved al -1
One summer n g mai , .
years ago a hansom cab containing moot simultaneously in Britain andI G•ros'beal , meadow -lark and quail
,
r three. mysterious sacks rolled up to America by a hardening process called Let their. sliding wooduotes tall,
I , the gattrs, of Kew Gardens, Landon. vulcanization, during which the sub- l While the lonely whippoorwill
I This priceless freight had been smug- seance was • ]meated with sulphur and - Ceased his grieving from the hill.
I gled from Brazil by Sir Henry Wick white lead,
ham, under the nose of a watching Pneumatic tires were first developed And the w'h,itethroat from the, wild
1 gunboat, and in spite of drastic regu- . by a Mr. Dunld., , of Belfast, whose With his music undefiled,
lotions forbidding the export of rub- name is now known all over the world. Eveu he but stinging by
ber seed's. British tires ane the finest made, and For the greeter mystery, --
The seeds lose their vitality after it was owing chiefly to the .expans'ion
' about seven weeks, so for Wickham Itof the cycle and motor -oar industry Soiree new phase of being's lone
was a rade agaiuet time if a siingle, that such rapid developments in rub- He had never heard betore, .
seek til those sacks. was to germinate her plantation took place. : , Which might turn his plaintive fall
at Kew, and thus give effect to -the Made into tires, tennis bails, pipes., Into triunph after all.
suggest ion made in 1872 by the late i fabrics, and other useful articles, rub- .
Marquess et Salisbury that,, rubber- ; ber is now used extensively. After There they waited all intent
beari:bg trees migl..t be introduce -i into ; treatment with sulphur it forms the
India by re -planting the coveted seeds ebonite panels of your radio receiving
from South America. 'set. Rubber roads at Euston Station
A fortnight later, 2,500 iiny plants ' have survived thirty years'' wear and
peeped out of the soil. Only seven I tear, and manufacturers have thought
weathered the journey and arrived at; of making rubber linoleum and tuna -
sunny Perak, in :Malay, but from theseture on rubber wheels, whilst a rubber
seven solitary plants sprang the rub- i prooess demonstrated recently enables
ber trees now forming plantations !boots to be made without stitches or
covering over 3,000,000 acres of Bri-; nails,
A Pinch of Salt.
When a dream is born in you
With a eud'en clamorous pain,
When you know the dream is true
And lovely, with no flaw nor stain,
0 then, be careful, or with sudden
Clutch
You'll hurt the delicate thing you
prize so mach.
Dreams are like a bird that mocks,
Flirting the feathers of his tail.
When you seize at the salt -box,
Over the hedge you'll see his sail.
Old birds are neither caught with salt
nor chaff;
They watch you from the apple bough
and laugh.
Poet,' never chase the dream,
Laugh. yourself, and turn away.
Mask your hunger; let it seem
Small matter if he come or stay;
But when he nestles in your hand at
last,
Close up your fingers- tight and hold
him fast.
—Robert Graves, in "Fairies and
Fusiliers."
Of present-day conversationalists I
have known I should put Mr. Lloyd
George first at breakfast; the late Mr.
Massingham at luncheon; and,. Mr.
Balfour at dinner; and Mr. Augustine
Birrell, of course, first and last and
sill the time. -C. F. G. Masterman.
What is Coal?
Coal is mineralized vegetablemat-
ter.
matter. The luxuriant vegetation of tree
ferns and club mosaes formed the
great part of thisvegetable matter. In
the ages' past they formed great de-
posits in the swamps over immense
areas, probably in much the same way
as peat is 'to -day, These deposits be-
came covered from time to time by
sediment framesinking land. Since the
land alternately rose and sank, suc-
oessive layers- of plant remains were
deposited. At length, these deposits
became buried under enormous
amounts of sdiment, which compres-
sed theme into compact bed's of what
we know as coal.
Frosting for Headlight Lens.
A temporary frosting on a head
light lens may be acquired by applying
a " thick lather of sapolio and water
to the inside. It will serve efficiently
for several months. For a permanent
frosting, coat the inner side of the
lens with orange sheaac.
What Your Heart Weighs.
The weight of the human heart is
from Soz. to 12oz.
Or the Kitchen.
A ship's galley is sometiane•s called
the caboose.
WEDGWOOD POTTERY OF 18TH CENTURY
When Josiah Wedgwood started in classic forms and motifs used' in this
the potter's trade, most of the tables pottery accord with the age of classic
of the middle class in England bore decoration to architecture anti furni-
only crude clay dishes. Salt -glaze tune --generally known as the Adam
wase. was too expensive. Wedgwood period. This ware also furnished the
suet about the task of providing those ground on which his so-called "en-
tabies with good ware, in perfect form-eanistic" paintings were executed.
and of low cost. His finer ware is art These were intended to reproduce the
indeed, and the envy of sincere crafts effect of the work on Greek and Etats-
men of today.
Josiah Wedgwood's Inventions.
can painted vases and other vessels:
The black background was either dull,
velvety black or had the half -lustre of
Poe the word the Lord had sent,
Hearing good St. Francis tell
How life's song of joy befell;
How they each must bear a part
In the chorus of the heart,
Keeping harmony 'alive,
Helping rapture to survive;
For if any voioe were dumb
Their Lord's Kingdom could not come,
And the world must pass away
In a wreck at Judgment Day,
As he finished every tree
Sounded like the Litany
When the people. make response,
.For the bird folk all at once,
•
With new reason to be glad
Such as they had never had,
Lifted up with one accord
Heart -and voice to praise the Lord.
—From "Far Horizons"=Bliss• Carmen
In School.
Teacher -"What can. you spay of the
canine teeth?"
Young America—"Nothing, teacher;
I have never been bitten by a dog."
Canada's Fire. Looses and
Ther Cost.
Fire Posses in. Canada in 11)25 were
again large, . ,aQthough •conslderably
lower than in 1024. Acc'o dtii to,, the
Monetary Times, the fire loss anrQunt-
ed, exalaisi've of forest fires', , to ap-
proximately $30,580,000, whi o in 1924'
t
he,anie saautihority,:gives the noes as
amounting to $33;319,609. As as the
time theee figures are is'sue'd it is
only possale .to give a general state.
meat of lotuses, en oniou.nit is in'clu•ded:,
that is considered r.'sufiieleilt to fully ;
cover unr'eiiovLed bosses. I
In his, report of fire lossef^ and fire
insurance four 1924, the Donm';ndon •
euperi•ntend'ent Oyes the n•ot. fire -loss i
as $30,649,795 for that rats It is•
.hoped, 1herefere, that when ,final lig-
ures far 1925 are avaiiablethe total
losses wild chew a pn opor'dt'anate re- I
duction. `
Canada is paying dearly for her fire
losses', net only an the heavy outlaye'•.
for insuranse, for fire prod-ection, pub-
lI-c and priva'te, and for water supplies
of sufficient volume to provide for ex-
traordiaiairY fire services, but in the
d struetiou of her valuable natural
resouroes that enter into building con-
etrtbction•, materials labor and time,
the basic eleinente of our real •created
values, ane entirely lost la the duels-
truction of property by fine. Even
enormous insurance tax col'l'ected from
the' Canadian people, amounting in
1924 to $52,126,471, to indemnity lass-
es., is' powemiee.s. to 'recreate the ma-
terials destroyed. This fact alone is,
of tremendous Importance to the fu -
tore prosperty 'of Canada.
s -
Of the natural resfoumae chiefly :a y � i
fected by fire, forests furnish the most
outstanding example. The drain upon
our forests' is fast reaching the coital
where they must suffer 'depletion, if i
not exbausitiou, and with nein uses•
being found for saw material and pulp- I
wood, it is evident that building costs
midst .advance. At the same time other i
natural resources must be substituted
for wood as -a building materiel. For-
est fires• aro, of -course, the greatest 16
enemy of the forests, but it must be
adniiibted that in the destruction of
created resources. we are rapidly
bumping up .our timber. Supply.
Can this -fire loss' not be prevented.?
Are we Canadians less careful, less
thrifty, even less honest than those.
of the older countries; where the fire ; so
lose -is so so very much smaller than A cold eb-euld he treated as a`ser -
Canada's'? In some classes of fire ons disease.- Because colds are so
risks the le -Ss -es are exceeding the pre -1 common, and because, In many cases.,
miunm collected, making nn allowance' no serious resu4ts• appear immediately;
Wonders Never Cease.
FOOLING THE FA OU
Eveii the 1Viost Absurd Hoax Will Usually Take in Some-
body,Dukes''and"$ih s I -lave Figured Atnong-the
•
bed s
_. �+ .._
Victims .of the ,Practiical Joker.
The "hoax" is' not dead, as many of London and the professors of Ox -
people who have recently paid big ford University of his period.
p P
prices for f r "old master' 'o'h' "historic""historic"ic" He came to England, with .a wild
Tellies, to which romantic stories lave story of having been '• spirited away
ecs� ,
been atta.clted; can tpatiRy,from his na,tiv's L om nrcxsa by Jesuits.
One of the most fantastic hoaxes on He invented a complete and very
Hens- clever language, said it was Tome osan,
record occurred when Sir John .
ctrel, the greet astronomer, made an and soimpressed the Bishop of Lon-
expedition to the Cape. of Good Hope don -that that prelate sent him
to the
iahf telescope for the purpose •-ford to teach tills strange tongue with a g t. U 1:
of studying the }noon. O intending missi'onamies to Porinosasw.
Amazing ac•gatiints of what had been It was- only after. a "Formosan"
revealed by that telescope were sent grammar and dictionary - `had been
to the "New York Sun" by one Rieh- printed at the Bishop's expense that
and Locks. This hoaxer—who must the hoax was discovered. The young
have possessed a higlilyodevelaped man 'had never been out of Europe.
sense of 'humor—gave a minute des -1 Publicity Up -to -Pate. •
crip'tion of the floweret growing on the Fuscro's "Fiasco" was the name
moon and of its inhabitants. I given :to the hoax worked by Dr." Mar-
The l rew York paper eolrcl like hot ting Fusco, eh Italian scholar, two
cakes until the authentic despatches years ago. Dr. Fusco announced that
aarived. l he had discovered the lost books of
Londoners have proved th'ems'elves I Livy, the historian .of Rome, Tied his
just as credulous, however. Na less a claim been true, it would have been a
personage than the famous Duke of literary find of tremendous iinpeet-
Cumberlancd was victimized, along anoe. But, alas, he failed to produce
with same thousands of others, by a I the lost books." when called upon to
hoax perpetrated by Lord Chester- dp so. They are still lost.
field and the Duke of Montague.
A Young .Man's Fancy.
Thema two noblemen hedea wager
that, by advertising an utterly ampoS-
-sibl-e performance, they could fill the
Haymarket Theatre. They announced
that a person would get inside a quart
bottle and there sing several songs.
The Duke of Cumberland came to see
this marvel, and lost his sword in the
stampede which followed the ex--paeure
cf the hoax.
The moat ,asbonielting literary hoax
on record was that by means of which
a young man, calling himself Georges
Paalmanazan, .lioodwTnked the Bishop
Also, two years .ago, a fantastic hoax
succeeded—for a time. It took in
many London newspapers, The story,
which came from San Francisco, was
to the effect that Benjamin •Franklin
had left a secret will creating a trust
for 150 yearn, at the end of which
peeled the trust funds were to be
awarded as prizes for valuable con-
tributions to ecienoe and literature.
It was stated that the fleet award of
$25,000 had been made •to a certain
gentleman. It transpired, however,
that the whole story was merely a
"stunt" of the gentleman in question
to secure prominence for -a book he
had published. '
. HOW TO TREAT
A COLD
By Nell, Roberts McIntosh
for tire cost of doing business• or of; they aro often regarded lightly and
getting It. The most ouestanding of left to run their course. Every reg
these is that of farm property. In the .fected cold affects the tender mem-
four years, 1921-1924, according to l brans of the nose, throat and lungs,
the report of the Federal Superinten t and paves the way for some dr_aded
' dent of Insurance, the premium eol- € disease. • :
!looted amounted to $8,323,572, . -while; Ai soon as the first symptoms •of a
the lcszes paid, amounted to- $10,276; 'cold appear, vigorous treatment should
1074. Every person in. Canada is. in he given. The liver and bowel's ,should
1 terest,ed in this, clase of risks, - as me be made active at once to the extent
doubtedly the insulrancee companies .of one or two movements a day, by
• must charge a higher premium on i the use of effective laxatives. If there
water to fill the bottle. Use two
tablespoonfuls of this, liquid to each
foot -bath, shaking the bottle well be-
fore pouring.
The feet must be kept in the medi-
cated foot -bath far from ten to twenty.
minutes•. Have the water deep enough'
to,come well over the anities. The
hands can be held in a bowl o -f the
same mixture. Add a little boiling
water from time, to time to keep the
bath at an even temperature,
When the feet are a bright red, wipe
dry, wrap the patient In a woolen
blanket a:nd put 'him to bed. Have
him slip slowly from water as hot as
can be borne, until a warmth is pro-
duced throughout the whole body. Do
not induce too great pers./Melee, as
it is we-akening and: m -ay end in adding
to the cold.
If the above medication can not be
• obtained, one tablespoonful of mus-
tard anti one teaspoonful of salt added
to the foot -bath. will be found helpful.
If You Sneeze. -
farm property if the above conditionis any constipation, an enema should]
': continues. Such being the case, the be given at once. By this- mean`s the
additional premium will add to the poisons in the intestinal tract are re -
farmers' cost of production, and will moved.
have to be paid by the coihsurner, It A hot medicated foot -bath should be
will readily be seen that the fire loss used at 'the very beginning of a cold.
in Canada affects every individual
It gives immediate telief by breaking
Canadian, not only that It is destroy uP conge'•tione•of the lungs, head and
ing the product of his .country's
tea- throat, and equalizing circulation and
tural rescnrces,but also is increasing bodily warmth. The blood is drawn
1 his cost of living. from the congested parts to the ,sur-
face of the body .and into the icy -cold
feet. - -
For the Foot -Bath.
The following formula .makes an ex-
ce'.lent medication for such a bath:
Mustard (powder), three heaping
tablespoonfuls.; red pepper (powder),
one and one-half heaping tablespoon:
fuls, common set, fc•u'r heaping table-
spoonfife. Put thea•e ingredients tato
a pint bottle and add enough cold
ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES'
Save Your Watch.
-The wife was very pleased, with her Watches are wafer if carriett in the
success at the women's meeting, and right-hand- pocket of the waistcoat, as
on her return bane she said to her
husband:--
"Yes,
usband:—"Yes, I was• absolutely outspoken at
the meeting this afternoon."
The husband booked incredulous.
pickpockets almost invariably go for
the left-hand pocket,
--o•-
Hodds for Pet Dogs.
Fashionable women in London now
"I can hardly believe it, my dear," provide their pet doge with fancy
he said: "Who in the world outepoke• hoods or bonnets to protect them from
You?" the winter cold.
Josiah Wedgwood came from a the NOlan vase•
family of p -otters. He was born in The rare bronzed ware made by
S'taffords'hire, England, in 1730, and Wedgwood appears to have been black
at the age of nine years left school I basalt cleated over, sometimes. before
and went to work in his brother's pot-, and sometimes after firing with a
tory. During the time from 1752-1758 ' metallic bronze powder.
he formed partners -hips with coverall Perhaps he,. beset known and ad -
famous potters, but . in 1758 started 1 mired• of all Wedgwood's work is the
business alone in a small way, He jasper body, which was his greatest
conetantlY aimed at both artistic and triumph in the .ceranYto art. Nothing
mechanical _perfection, and was an in- , like it had ever been ,seen in pottery,
cessant worker in spite of many • and he produced this ware in endless
reverses. ! variety of forms. It was his own in-
In 1769 Wedgwood invented a green I.vention and can best be described in ,
glaze, but his cream•colered ware, , Wedgwood's own words as "a white 1
light and durable, similar to Leeds porcelain bisque of exquielte beauty, {
ware in appearance, but superior in possessing the quality of receiving
biscuit, glaze, color, and forum, is per! color throtugliout its. whole substance,
haps the earliest known. Several
tones and lutes, are employed, ranging
from cream to straw, saffron, aims sul-
phur -yellow. At timet it was plain;
later decorated in various ways. In
1761 Wedgwood presented •a breal:fe,.'t
set of this. cream-coloredware to
as the ground may be made of color
and the raised figures in pure white."
'rite light blue is witisout doubt the
hest known but there were at least
live tones of blue, six or green, three
of reel, and orange, terra cotta, lila•,'
rose, plum, chocolate, buff, brown, yet -
Queen Charletfe, and was made potter , low, Black, and foimr distinct whites,
to her majesty in consequence. '.i"his ' The enthusiasm for classicism H7led
greatly increased its popularity, awl it time alr to time days or W dgwood.
became kn�ov✓,n as queen's were. Homer's Iliad and Odyasey had °ap-
i1n 1767 Wedgwood turned his at- i neared in many translation& just prior
tendon to the manfa.eture of black to Wedglvtio3's manhood. The statues
basalt, or Egyptian black 'ware, w'hi'chof naval and military commanders in
he brought to a high degree of i ertee
tion. It ib' so hard that 11 will strike
fire with steel, and yet lis'velvety ;Mid.
smooth to both totroh and eye. It was
usually decorated with ration work
to fiutingla, basket effects, and relief tury c.•a,as'1•c revival, adroitly seizing
iigu'res, civic In form. This work, classic hodeb, Wedgwood in his art
adopted ale, that was most salted to
modern tequirenients, -Pope traits-
laced Renter into idnglish verse, and
Wedgwood' tratasleted 'ebaeeie designs
Re la interesting to note that Ma into 'Englidit pottery,
Westmttis'ttr Abbey were in Roman
costume; and the interior aswell as
the esiterior decorations of houses all
bear alike the stamp of -the Greeks.
In the midst of this eighteenth-cen-
even under n magnifying glassy is per
feet to the miuttteet detail,
Interpreted the Glassed Revive!,
1
LkiF
6TH SiXESGorm.
1'LL AuiT SMoKinG
I'LL Toss A coin
PtSTEAP AMP IF '
IT LAMPS 011 EDGE'
1LL QUIT
> i. Tied, b rhe ae1i: av�!elc�me �p j
The Shea ar e
To relieve sneezing, running of the
Heyes and nose, hent and itching: of
these parts, wring a cloth from water
as. hot as can he borne, fold several
thi'oknessee, apply --.over • nos e, and
preas gently down over the oyes.
Cover this with flannel to keeu in the
heat annd renew the application when
cool. One et two tableripoonfuls oY
wide hazel added to a pint of water
used in preparing the hot compresses
often adds additional relief. •
In the morning, if the cold seems to
be bro'lten, give the patient a sponge
bath in cool or tepid water, according
to the strength of the individual. If
the patient coughs; a mixture of two
bf"biespoonfu,le of strained honey and
one tablespoonful of lemon juice will
usually relieve the tightness.
One treatment of this kind will, in
most cases, break up a cold if apolied
promptly at its first appearance. If
the cold is deep > aate,3 add does not
respond readily to the treatment, and
especially if fever is present, a doctor
should be called. The eyed• -watchful
home nurse, by routing out the colds
at the oute.et, can often prevent an at-
tack of some serious dLsease. •
Something More Than "Help."
A. Scotch lad, says the Continent,
having taken a.prize in .a difficult ex-
amination, was confronted by his
teacher, who asked doubtfully: "Who
helped you with your question paper,
James?"
"Nobody, sir."
"Come, now, my boy, I know all
about your coal a'oily' and abilities, and
I know you never answered those
questions alone. Tell mo honestly,
now, didn`t your brother -do part of the
work?"
James, afterosotne"'ieliberation: "No,
tda•, lie 'did it all." -
•
Morning Glories.
Theis must !have grown in Palestine
These beauties on their clinging vine
Setae well or tent adorning;
Pei lm,aih, 'their preeiaus coloring
Inspired the Psalmist's- heep to sing,
"Joy cometh in the morning!''
Heloise'St. B. 1-tawlcins.
The Persian farmers have been
roitnd:y denounced because they raise
and sell so much op'it um It now ap-
pears that it is not their depi+avity.
but their economic necessity that i8 to
Wattle A feW camels'ean carry a Ion;
of va:uab:e opium across the desert
stretches to the seaports, but neither
grain., nor cotton esti' be inude to pay
without Modern, method of transpor-
tation, which Persia does not yet;
enjoy,