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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-01-20, Page 3A IVIercifut Bullfight. Though devoted to bullfights, the Portuguese are unusually kind to ani- seals. The two things, says Lord Frederick Hamilton in his res iiliscen•. ces, seem irreconcilable, until you grasp the fact that a Portuguese bull- fight is absolutely bloodless. Neither bulls nor horses are killed! the whole speetacl.o indeed is mere an exhibition of horsemanship and skill, The bull's horns are patlded and covered with leather thongs. The pi- cador rides a really good, highly train- ed horse.. Should he alley the bull even to touch his horse with his pad- ded .horns, he will be mercilessly hissed, 'rlie ospada is armed 'with a wooden sword only, whieh lie plants harmlessly on the nook of the bull, and woe betide him should the eager eyes that watch hips detect a devia- tion of even one inch from the fatal spot. 2Ie will be hissed from the ring. On the other hand, should he touch the fatal spot the occupants of the gal- leries shower small change and cigar- ettes into the ring and sometimes hurl their hats there as well. The eepade gases at the hundreds of hats reposing on the sand with the same expression that a prima donna assumes when the flora ltrlbutes are handed across the footlights. He bows again and again; then,. taking up a hat, he glances at the galleries. Up goes a hand, and the hat hurtlesaloft to its owner with unfailing accuracy. I al- ways considered the espada`s feat in returning the hats as far more extra- ordinary than his futile manipulation of the inoffensive wooden sword: The bull, meantvhjle, after his imag- inary slaughter, has trotted home con- tentedly to his underground quarters. Even if he has his horns bandaged while in tho arena, the bullfighters have to exercise their skill and acro- batic agility to the full. Few of us would care to stand in the path of a charging polled Angus buil, hornless though he be. The Portuguese bull- fights are certainly full of life and., color, though the Spaniards affect an immense contempt far them. Action. We are born to act. Reflection is after all a subordinate, derivative, arti- ficial function, and our whole organism is framed to move, to do, to live. Most of us act instinctively, act excessively, buzz and blur, waste movement, waste force, waste enerky, fatigue and ex- haust ourselves, then look about in weariness, and regzet long effort spent for nothing and purposeless exertion gone astray. Then there are the people who hate to act at all. Intelligence, overde- veloped, grown over -analytical, dreads' to take an ill-considered step, dreads to take any step whatever, for fear it, shoal=s be ill-considered. Weigh the consequences of even trifling action; n how vast they are, how far-reaching, how freighted with horrible possibili- ly. Can the most thoughtful provision always avoid or avert them? And these is the fear of being re- sponsible for others or to others. A man' slightest word or deed may af- fect the welfare of souls, and a man is se utterly unfitted to have such a bur - •den placed upon him! It is easier to sit hack in a quiet corner and watch ties vast, curious world rush by and attempt no movement that is not ab- solutely necessary to make that quiet corner .safe and habitable. When you get drawn into that laby- rinth of endless -angled analysis of pos- sibility, you are cut off from action altogether, and the only remedy is to go out and act. Due consideration, reasonable forethought, are prescribed for everyone. But you must remember that perfect action is seldom to be looked for and never to be found. The world's work must be done. It will be done, probably by some one less competent than you. Take hold and do it in the very best way you can. Others are fallible, as you are. Others make mistakes. All make mistakes. Go and make them as others do, then correct them, forget them and act again. Remember• that the greatest and most successful careens of the world are nothing but a tissue of mis- takes; corrected and forgotten. Nature's Gem Box. The northwestern part of Uruguay is a newly discovered field for the pro- duction of amethysts, which occur in "geodes." The geodes, so plentiful that they are picked up in the fields, are carried on mule -back or in carts to the nearest railway statiors and shipped in barrels to Salto, whence they are transported by river boat to Montevideo. Naturally, it will be asked, "What is a geode?" Originally, it was a hole in rack. Water percolating through the rock deposited silica, making a lining fpr the ChyIty. The lining grew .thinker and thicker, and after a long time, if the rock was broken , or 'weathered" to pieces, a hard nodule w nld drop out. The nodule is a geode; and if, as sometimes happens, the silica has formed crystals inside of it, colored sly metallic salts, the geode is a little jewel box containing amethysts. Poor tired feet -- Walked all day danced all night NOP for quick and sure relief, Soothing and refreshing. BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES' $7.00 a tube. THE LEEMIING MILES CO., LTD. MONTii5Ai-, agents for Dr. Jules Hen, to RELIEVES PAIN MOTHER! :`California Syrup of Figs" Child's Best Laxative, Accept "California" Syrup of Figs only—look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the .best and most harmless physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Children love its fruity taste. Full directions on each bottle. You must say "California." A scrub sire is backed by his tail only, a pure-bred by man's thought- ful work for generations. Minard's Liniment For -Dandruff. Why Don't You? Wliy dea't you try to bo choerful, To look at the bright side of things, To think of the cloud's silver lining, And Dot of the shadow it brings? 'it isn't the man with the grumble Who gets to the top all the while, But the man wise eau laugh at mister,' tune, - And try once again with a, smile. Why don't you try to be hopeful? To hope is to hall win the fight; It's the star, When there's naught ease to steer by, That leads from black darkness to light. Be hopeful, but: still. with your hoping, Leave nothing to chance all the same; For the hope that alone brings you . heartache, With action wins glory and faille. Why don't you try to be thankful For all the, good things that you hold; For the blessings that ever surround you, For the love that's more precious than gold? So take heart—make another begin- ning— Go forth with a song to the fray, For from those who are cheerful and hopeful, The cares of the world fall away. Where is -the Lighthouse? "I've called in. reference to your ad- vertisement for maidservant." "Oh, yes!" nervously answered the mi streso-would-be. The caller was very well dressed, though perhaps she did not look very strong for housework. "Do you .think you could do a little housework?" asked the woman. "Well, mute," replied the girl, "my health is not too good, and I thought I needed a little sea air. Will you tell me -where the lighthouse is? And then we can see if I can do the job." MONEY ORDERS. Pay your out-of-town accounts by Dominion Express Money Order.`.Five Dollars costs three cents. Surnames and Then' Hrigi COLLINS Variations -Collinson, Collett, Colet. Racial Origin—Norman-French. Source—A given name. Here is another group of family names derived from the given name of Nicholas, only thia time more in ac- cordance with Norman than Anglo- Saxon custom. Even before the Normans invaded and conquered England the given name of "Cole" or "Colin" was popu- lar and widespread among them. They had formed this name of the famous saint who was archbishop of Myra in the fourth century, and who already had become the patron saint of child- ren. Incidentally, this tendency among the people of Europe in the early Mid- dle Ages to take a single given name and split it up into all sorts of diminu- tives and variations was not due en- tirely to the natural inclination to form nicknames, but in large measure was due to that same death of insuf- ficient naives• to go around which, in- tensified as populations became larger, finally grew into the formation of family names. The family of Collins, when it is not traceable to Irish sources, is simply the modern form of "Colin's son," as also is the family name of Collinson. The Normans quite frequently formed diminutives of given names by the endings "et" and "ot " and it is from names so formed that the family names of Collett and Colet come down to us. MEREDITH. Variations—Merideth, Meredeth, Mer- riweather, Merritpan, Murray. Racial Origin—Anglo-Saxon. Source—A sobriquet, or nickname. There's a word in the English Ian- guage which is responsible for a great deal of misunderstanding among us as, to the character of the English public in medieval times. It is the word "merry." It is met with constantly in fiction, where it - really belongs, "as lending local color to the olden days, and also in. historical relics. The misunderstanding on our part arises from the fact that the word had a very different meaning in those days. The English of medieval times were no more rollicking or boisterous than those of to -day. The word meant "happy," "contented," "satisfied," "pleasant" and "peaceful," Of all these meanings, that of "peaceful" is probably the closest to it. There was nothing incongruous, therefore, in the hope of the religious Englishman of those days for a- "mer- ry'death," and by that same tendency which leads the human race, when not too bound up in conventions, to name its children after its hopes and as- pirations, "Merydeth" would often be added as a sobriquet to a child's name, becoming a family name in the course of time in a great many instances. The family name of Merriman is ac- counted for quite similarly. A merry man in those days was a peaceful, contented, happy man, not necessarily a laughing or noisy one. This sobri- quet was one more likely to be given to a man as an adult than as a child, but would have no less tendency to develop into a family name. We have a relic of the old-time use of merry - weather (mery}vedyr) in the' use of "fair weather" in that song which be- gins, "It's always fair weather when good fellows get together—." 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The Ontario Provincial Council of the Boy Scouts Association will this week publish the first issue of its new monthly paper for Scoutmasters, As- sistant Scoutmasters and other Boy Scout workers. It will be called "The Trail" and will be the first publication of its kind in Canada. Its columns will be devoted to general news of the organization in Ontario and to special articles intended to help the Scout officer in' the efficient conduct of his troop. It is to be mailed free of charge each month to all registered officers. a i 0 R The Canadian General Council of the Boy Scouts Association has just appointed a publications board con- sisting of the following: W. J. Sykes, Librarian, Carnegie Library, Ottawa; Russell Paterson, Executive Secretary, Montreal Boy Scout Council, and also a writer of Boys' Stories; Gerald H. 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A significant development in the production of British films is an- nounced by an advertisement in the London Times for a university profes- sor of sociology, psychology and scien- tific research to assist the producer of a well-known company In the casting of photo -plays. For some months past the important work of casting for a film play has been gradually Massing into the hands of specialists, wife have discarded the old system of putting so-called stars into leading parts, and leaving the other characters to be played by any- one. A year ago it was common for film producers to give the leading -woman parts to favorites. The result was seen in unsuitable people in leading parts. Often they were too old, too thin, or too fat, or were temperamentally unlike the character they were supposed to re- present. Some went so far as to "make up" young women to look like old women by process of wigs and facial lines, all of which were mercilessly exposed by the camera. In the United States, where the star system was carried to absurd lengths, there has been a complete revolution. Producers' now .seek true types in- stead of highly paid, well -advertised stars,. 1 BITS Or NUM K FROM HERE &11 ERE Modern Life. "Do you help your wife with the dishes?" "No." "'There isn't room for both of us in the kitchenette," One Big Appetite Was Enough. One day a man complained of not feeling fit, and a friend suggested that he take up exercise. "There's horseback riding," said the friend. "It is one of the best forme of exercise on earth," • "I know," was the doubtful rejoinder "but I am afraid I can't afford it." "Can't afford it!" exclaimed the other. "You already have a horse; and just think of the appetite it will give you!" "Yes," responded the man, with a sigh, "and just think of the appetite it will give the horse!" The Reason Why. 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