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Zurich Herald, 1919-05-30, Page 3SYRIA, TURKEY'S GREEN SPOT. Land of Patriarchs and Prophets Will be a Mandatory. Syria is ono of the small nations whose disposition is a Peace Confer- ence problem. This region, extending from the TanruF; Movnt:ains to Egypt, stud from the desert to the Great Sea, is the land of the patriarlis and pro- phet+:, and alhoeties---"the holy Land." Its population numbers about three and a. half millions, of Scniitic origin, speakng the Arabi. language, and yet with eo many rAcr 4 intermingled through the oontu;les of the various conqueete and occupations that the people cannot claim any line race as their own. Greek, roman aid Prropean crusa- der have all blended with the ancient Sc,mitie stock to produce the Syrians of to -day, whom Lord Cromer, in 1115 memoirs, termed "the cream of the East," In Syria was the one green spot of. Turkey—the Lebanon mountains. In ancient times the mountains were everywhere covered with forests. The cedars of Lebanon not only fur- nished timber for the building of Solo- mon's temple in Jerusalem, but the kings of Egypt annually floated large rafts of logs from the Syrian coast to supply the demands of the cities of the Nile. This constant demand from foreign lands, together with the lack of any system of reforestation, has practically denuded the mountains of the whole land. Once more to cover the mountains and hills with pine and cedar and oak would be a simple task if carried on systematically. The chief enemy to- day of reforestation by nature is the herd of goats, which every spring roam over the whole country and de- vour every green thing. The little seedling trees suffer especially. In 1860. because of massacres, the European powers insisted that these mountains be made aut;anolnous. And following that date this little district became a living demonstration of what good government will produce and of what the people of the land are capable of becoiiling. The steep mountain sides wore ter- raced to a height of 4000 feet and planted to olives, figs and vines. Taxes were low, safety to persons and pro- perty secured, good roads built and kept in repair. The people construct- ed more comfortable homes and sent their sons to schools and college. Tho story of the achievements of the Lebanon during the sixty years of autonomy would be a. thrilling nar- rative in itself. grey eiz tWear and Tear on Axles and He ` esse Imperil Mica Axle Grease —coats axle spindles and flub linings with a glass -smooth coat ok soft mica and grease that banishes friction between the metal surfaces. Makes loads easier to move up -hill or on level roads, Saves wagon wear and tear. Sold in sizes --1 Ib. to barrels. Imperial Eureka harness OH --Jeeps leather like new—soft, strong and pliable. Sinks in and keeps water out. Prevents dry- ing and cracking. Makes i t last longer. Sold iIi convenient sizes. Ttnper al Eureka Harness Oiler —makes it cagy to keep harness and leather thoroughly oiled. Saves time and work. At Dealers Everywhere 1 `iti; §.701651" ' MAKE THE HOME SAFE. Defe'ctive Appliances in Houses Cause Many Serious Accidents. A home slhould be a safety'centre— a sanctuary for every member of the fancily that occupies it. Dangerous conditions, such as defective electric or gas fittings, insanitary plumbing, unprotected stairways, or stairways without railings and whch invite ac- cidents, are lamentably common in our houses. In a survey of nearly 30,000 accidents in the city of Chicago cov- ering a period of eleven years, it was found. that over 61 per cent. were household accidents. These caused the death, or permanently crippled, thousands of persons, and yet the citi- zens of the United States claim to be a "home -loving people." A similar analysis of Canadian statistics would probably prove that Canada was no more successful in converting houses into homes. Faulty building construc- tion, defective wiring and plumbing are pitifltlly Cc'nunan and, in too ninny instances, arc winked at by so-called building inspectors. Householders thensclVes use rocking -chairs for step -ladders, place kettles of boiling water so that small children can tumble into them, have unfastened rugs on highly polished, slippery floors, or fasten windows down to con - servo heat at the expense of ventila- tion. These and similar practices cause the death, or result' in crippling hundreds of Canadians every year. If douses and other dwellings wore transformed into proper hones, these losses, which are truly national as well as individual, would be reduced to a minimum. But that little word "If" marks a gulf that it may require gene- rations to bridge. To a Returned Soldier. Oh, Laddie! We are proud o' you, That, when the fearful fight was through, You were of those Who rode apace, The saviours of a gallant race, into the ruined town of Mons Where the new light of freedom ,. sr. r. dawn -E" The ribbon pinned upon your breast, By Belgian. maiden, HIM oppressed, `'1311 t1 t most nlolnoa,'able day Will :be your tallsi ,l,$t11 aiW Y: . • No kiihw,xpli -Isbatt i jiroU, er crest •ti'xo1r gtuse,der be more blest. Oh, Laddiel We thank God that you Stood for the right, to truth were true, And that within yotir boyhood's span You proved the measure of a man, You caught the torch and held it high Ready to conquer or to die. 8 Rr v1, isI FROM HERE &T E E Unappreciated. Mr. Stingy—I simply love .you those clinging gowns, dear. Mrs. Stingy—Well, you ought adore me in this one. It's been cling- ing to me for the last three years. "Far-fetched fib!" flared Fanny. "Flora frequently finds fault." Father flatly forbade firing Fanny, fearing future frenzy from Flora. Fatigued Flora felt fever flaming fiercely; face flushed fiery. Family felt future funeral favorable. l a,ther's frantic felicitations failed. Freakish fever fluctuated; finally fell, flush, faded. "Farewell, flu,". feebly faltered Flora ---feeling fine. in Free from fear of future funeral, father forgave Flora's freakish faults. to --Finis. Another Mess. Proprietor (just demobilized)—Yus, I've been through it—officers' cook two years—wounded twice. Tommy (tasting the soup)—you're lucky, plate. It's a wonder they didn't kill yer. To Make Sure. Mrs. Casey—Me sister writes me that every bottle in that box we sent her was broken. Are ye sure .yez printed, this side up with care, on it? Casey—Oi alts. An' for fear they shouldn't see it on the top Oi printed it on the bottom as well Mixed Metaphors. A political speaker, warning the public against the impositon of heav- ier tariffs on imports, said: "If you don't stop shearing the ,wool off the sheep that lays the golden egg, you'll pump it dry." ' That reminds us of that other far- sighted orator who, in a burst of elo- quence, said: "All along the untrod- den pathways of the past we view the footprints of an unseen hand." "Flu" Fantasy. Reforestation Essential. It is sometimes argued that we do not need to concern ourselves about the forests of the future, because the forests we now have will last us for 60 or 100 years, or even longer; that it is futile to worry about the matter, so long as we have wood. Of course, it is possible to estimate the length of time our present supply of timber will hold. out, assuming certain 'fixed dom- estic and foreign demands (demands, incidentally, which are by no means fixed). This question has no direct bearing on the problem of keeping forest lands productive. Let us sup- pose, for example, that under certain estimated demands our present forests will last us for a hundred years. Witt is no reason at all why we should allow our cut -over lands to become wastes or near -wastes. In the first place it takes a hundred years, let us say, for a seedling to grow into a re- spectable tree, :At for the saw. 7'liliF 4 trees we are now cutting are on the The bertha is featured on this average ,much older. • The time to start our new forests, therefore, is now—not a hundred years from now- for otherwise we should have a long period during which we should be without adequate supplies of timber. In the second place, those who argue that no present action is necessary overlook ono of the most vital facts in the whole forest problem, namely, that the destruction of forests in any one locality, district, or region has a distinctly adverse influence on the prosperity of the country as a whole. The forest problem is essentially a local problem. To Consider Infant Welfare. A National Conference on Infant. Welfare will be held in London, Eng- land, on July lst, 2nd and 3rd, 1919. Problems related to the medical, social, racial and industrial aspects of infant and child welfare will be dis- cussed. The Conference is being called by the National League ' for Health, Maternity and Child Welfare, the officials of Which urge that similar conferences be organized in other countries during the present year. Then in 1920, an International Con- gress the - Fretful Flora found "feu" fiercely fatiguing. "Fudge!" fitfully fumed Flora. "Flu feels far from tunny." Febrifuge failed flatly. Feeble Flora, fidgety, feeling fancy flight`fnl, fretted, "Father, fetch flowers for Flora; feverfew festooned fends flu." Faithful father, feeling Flora fitful, fictitiously feigned festivity. Forgetting former fleeting fancy, Flora feverishly found "fault. "Fanci- ful, fantastic farce," fervidly fretted Flora, forbidding further flurry, flout- ing father for flagrant folly. Fatuous father, feeling flustered, forbore further ficral foistings. Feeling father felt foolish, Flora fal- tered, "Frankly, father, faulty food furnishes fuel for flu fever flares. Feed fricasseed fowl, find fever fad- ing,,, "Fickle female!" funiecl father. "Freakish filly, fricasseed fowl fatal; famishing fasts forestall flu." "Faugh!" frowned Flora. "Father's formula foolish. Furious fumigation future formula. Former factotum fad - died, failed filthily. Fire frowzy Fan- ny February first," The Latest Designs What a myriad of color combina- tions suggest themselves as we look at this little frock! This tot had hers developed in pale green linen and wore a dainty organdie guimpe of white. McCall Pattern No. 8982, Girl's Dress. In 5 sizes, 0 to 14 years. Price, 20 cents. leii� u ro"iii rl:.j; [o +,ser e. 4 n,: heia•ar t o Iovo1? rir a aboo1 !e.7x rro r4aoat to , u....nd }our ral t' and tµtdre-s ror 11 or aur iatinar• n.d tt , to. coli tp oast *WI mc,,aa E.%..1 t,e t,:o 4 o nt ,,,,J Ivo will err. adtateJ ponM1 ynu that td the i r ^.fl,m ,o•+ oalac Write tndnv tlEst'Prtmiulns, tsr ,Amherst It. F p PRACTICAL ARITi*IMETIC, One Parent Set Up a "tore" to Teach His Heir Figurine, We Beard roeently of a boy ten years old who vests very backward In arithmetic and got poor marks at school. II1' finer finally decided to itelp him by active" experience, IIe et'; te:l him Ire business by keep- ing a g'ocery store in the attic of their home. The boy does all his own buy- ing, selects his goods and keeps a stock on hand. The mother buys her supplies from him at the regular price and he keeps the profit for his own spending money. The father insists that he keep Ms own ledger and keep it accurately or the business will be stropped. The boy enjoys the idea of the store and his own responsibility, so has eag- erly learned from his father the way to buy and sell, make change, figure profits and keep simple accounts. The result is shown by his interest in arithmetic at school and by much higher Marks, He has greatly im- proved in the school work, besides getting valuable training for business. �'lE:lt CIEI 1S w:4 r '3A, hO oIai 5A tinn,I�� AA. •C1liE ]lrxt anOeR state salary expected... A. 117 biIJ�BS, Sec.-Treas., Vilely Ridge. Qntarlo. Z VI1 VQVLxZx cva rr� u. r (be.• PAIR OF I'ICi160Nb AND U. Any fancy poultry to sellZZ Write for Prices. I. 1N'einrauch a son. Mont- real, Que. ;eau Baptiste Market. Monti Minard's Liniment Co., Ltd. Gents,—I have used your Min- ard's Liniment in my family and also in my stables for years and consider it the best medicine ob- tainable. Yours truly, ALFRED ROCHAV, Proprietor Roxton Pond Hotel and Livery Stables. Bock which, indeed, .is a suiting com- plement to the uneven tunic. McCall half the years of service from thaw Pattern No. 8954,• Misses' Dress. 25 they should. The loss from exposure 3 sizes, 16 to 20 years. Price, 25 is greater than the deterioration that cents. follows through legitim ,te use. These patterns may be obtained We will assume that the necessary from your local McCall dealer, or equipment required to work a farm 721 IP SAWYERS from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., costs $1,000 and that with care the Toronto, Dept. W. equipment may be used for ten years. �,�. Without care these implements would )E 1 it `- q >:dinara's Linttnent s,nmbornian's rriena. INTIMATE NATURAL HISTORY. T l S i LATIN $15 TO $25.A. WISE1i. T .axil lrith)ut ltzv%o5 horn'. Sendi�{ f"r fres hnniclet. Eoya1 Cone,^' 07 Scianne, AePt. 4r,. Tnrontn, Canada. 'ELL pQLJii:'P1;I) NEWSPAPER i* and iob'� printing plant 121 Eastern Ontario. Insurance carried Si.500. Will go for 57.200 on quick sale. Bos 62, Wilson Publishing. Co.. Ltd.. 'Toronto. ,f y NOE'lt TUMORS. ETC.. internal and external, cured 11'1t11 out pain by our home treatment. Write us before too'late. Dr. lloilnman Medical Co.. Limited, Cnllingwood. Ont Plenty of Cut Glass Pickle Dishes. "I suppose your friends gave yq>I wedding presents enough to start you out Itousekeeping in good shape?" "\iTell, it's` going to be a little awk- ward, I fancy, trying to servo roast beef and boiled cabbage in pickle dishes, but perhaps we can manage it." MONEY ORDERS. When ordering goods by mail send a Dominion Express Money Order, The man who does better and more prouctive work to -day than he slid yesterday is a social reformer of the 'highest type. He is doing some- thing genuine. He is squaring his own account with the world, and helping others to square theirs. Life Is Worth the Living. Life is worth the living If but for Nature's song. To hear the wild birds singing Through the whole day iohg. Life is worth the living— See, the flowers and trees, Hear the merry breezes Whisper in the trees. Life is worth the living For just one friend that's true; Seek but to find its gladness, And it will come to you. Conservation fax Consideration. It is a fact admitted by thinking farmers that through negligence or misplaced frugality in not providing covering for implements of agricul- ture, when not in use, they get about =dean .5ivard's Liniment in the house. a Sures High Heels Cause Cams But Who Cares NOW Because style decrees that women crowd and buckle up their tender toes in high heel footwear they suffer from corns, then they cut and trim at these painful pests which merely makes the corn grow hard. This suicidal habit may cause lockjaw an.d women are warned to stop, it. A few drops of a drug called frees - one applied directly upon a sore corn gives quick relief and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts out without pain. Ask the drug store Ivan for a quarter of an ounce of freezone, which costs very little but is sufficient to re. move every hard or soft corn or callus frons one's feet. Thiso drug is an ether compound end dries in a mordent and simply shrivels up the corn without inflaming or even irritating the surrounding tissue or skin. Clip this out and phi on your wife's dresser. Incident in the Journey of An Explorer in Abyssinia. That the adoption of European dress among the native Africans causes dis- comfort and physical harm is the be- lief of Maj. C. H. Stiganct. In To Abys- snia Through an Unknown Land, the explorer, who was studyng the lang- uage of the natives, says he had ar- rived at one of the Abyssinian out- posts, and had stopped to rest This men and animals when this instructive in- cident occurred: The people were under a shum, or civil chief, and I lost no time in pay- ing him a call. The shun himself could not write, and he went through thevocabularies I had made out on tailed discussion. It is hoped in this.; my journey and suggested the talking who are solving way to carry out the plans of the i for me to write down. Several of the problems, bat the men who are at League, which, but for the war, would natives sat close against me in a work. When they talk, they know have convened an International Con - "Has friendly .way and said: what it is, al rut. grass in September, r "TIas he such and such a word? Write it down for him." LEMONS MAKC; SKIN be scrapped in five years. The de- duction to be made from these figures is that an implement shed built and in use in five years is equal to $500. It does not cost half that sum to build a good implement shed, but how many farmers, otherwise up to data and progressive, fail to provide pro- per care for the tools with which they work? Pleasant Name for It. "Therewas one thing I liked about the ormy." Wiuit was it?" "When they had a nasty job they wanted you to do they always digni- fied it by calling it a 'detail.' " Ask for Snnluard'o ani tato no other. L'[RSTBRCOK BROS., Lhnite TORONTO, ONT. aoq®veoav®'�'n��0�"�Qeroalb'0,V Era ;w m) tt po `er,sA • u3,70 m M. i3, advisee a s c.eolna who s,) p1 cuf''cr firt, i s ',e t d ge tion (Q (a ) t) and ct nse-loasi can cure thou.:- (9 o c'D .0 salvo by taking ....g fi? teen to se Cis thirty drops of E::tract of Rous (a 0 of cads tno'si nr;�I b,.da 6•i Ce (j Tharets^.;yaaL:o",'rntas".:.._r „D) r C'� Seigel's Curt lite Strap iit the drag u) trade." Gat the gene ne. 50c. o (5 e) and .1.00 Bottles. a J e grass is planned to bring together It is not the rren. who are doing results and findings for further de- j new words rr aur T » . ..�, o.a�, .� .ate .-;.�v ,....,, Breakfast al tL. is .a ad. ?� • when you have r9 a -lockage of for this tasteful blend of Wheat..& barley is. ready Cooke.' �,pp© t ` 6 bit of waste. A'� Usable to the last- crumb Usual price J54 per package. Cmnecla:rood Boarci Licer,ie Nod.z.n G • One 0f there said, "Has he got kun- cha down?" I replied, "No! What is kuncha?" "Oh, write it down for him; he ought to have kuncha. Show him what kuncha is." My instructor forthwith opened a fold of his shamma, and out hopped about twenty fleas. 11e casually re- marked. "These are kuncha. I will write it down for you." At that I said I was afraid I must be going; to which they replied: "You have not got kimal yet. Let hoe egrite that for you, Show him a kimal," All those present began hunting in their clothes, and a very brief search sufficed to produce a few brace of kintal----an insect to which I trust my reader has not yet been introduced. l I bads them a hurried farewell and departed. Subsequent examinations of my clothes afforded me further op- portunities to study the natural his- tory of the kuncha and tho kimal. NClaatba a'it dn1121031t used Int Otytaioin1R. WHITE, SOFT, CLEAR Make this beauty lotion for a few cents and see for yourself. What girl or woman hasn't heard of lemon juice to remove complexion blemishes; to whiten the skin and to bring out the roses: the freshness and the hidden beauty? But lemon juice alone is acid, 'therefore irritating, and should be mixed with orchard white this was: Strain through a fine cloth the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle containing about three ounces of orelaard white, then shake well and you have a whose quarter pint of slain and complexion lotion at about the cost one usually pays for a small jar of ordinary cold cream. Be sure to strain the lemon juice so no pulp gets into the bottle, then this lotion will remain pure and fresh for i months, 'When applied daily to the see, neck, arms and hands it should help to bleach, clear, smoothen and beautify the skin, Any druggist will supply three ounces of orchard white at very little cost and the grocer has the lemons. I 1 Lain Mara Yor C ticura Talcum Antiseptic, prophylactic, de i "riz.- ing, fragrant and refreshing, Cuti- cura Talcum is an ideal face, skin, baby and dusting powder. Conve- nient and economical, takes the place of other perfumes for the person. A few grains sufficient. One of the hi - dispensable Cuticura Tollet Trio for keeping the skin pure and sweet. Cuticura Soap 2Sa, ointment 26 and SOc Tal. cern 26e. plus Canaan Maine. Sold evcrywlrerc. For sample each free address : Outdouts. Lopt. 11, Hasten, r. 0. A." ISSUE. 22—'19.