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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-03-10, Page 6urpassindtal ail ochem elicacy and Fragrance Send us a post card for a free sample, stating the priceyou now pay and if you use Black, Green or �q a7t� e+ OIG j.�ila Mixed Address t 9 �'.�ttd Why th East Warts Daylight Saying Within a few 'weeks, the question of daylight saving will probably once more become the subject of more or less heated debate in wnicix business risen, city fathers, farmers with cowl'?' to milk. mothers with children of school age to look after, and last but not least, railroads with time tables to print and trains to run if possible to the minute, will demand to have their say. The advocates for daylight saving will point out that in England the economy in coal cousunxptiou ef- fected by daylight saving during the surnmer months amounted to $2.500,- 000, whereas the dairy fanners of the middle west protest that the morning dews and the natural milking time for cows cannot be .regulated by clock, while in the North-West. where the summer sun shinee eighteen or twen- ty hours a day the mother of seven children wishes to goodness that the darkness and the hour for bed time came twice as soon and lasted twice as long—what she wants .is a dark- ness -saving law. The denten(' for daylight saving, however, is most insistent in Eastern into another, thus introducing a time at variance with the theoretical title of that zone The contention 'of the railwa3s is that time should be changed only at the points at the ter- mini of train dispatching districts when train crews are relieved. • They claim it is hazardous to require. train crews to change from one standard operating time to another during a trick of duty, and impracticable to have train dispatchers operate trains under -two standards of time. Now it is noticeable that the de- mand for adoption of daylight .saving time by the larger towns and cities. is almost exclusively confined to Eastern Canada, New England States and the City of New York. - On examination, this appears to be due to the fact that Eastern Standard time which •theore- tically extends only between the 75th and 90 meridians, has been carried in actual practice a very considerable •distance east of the 75th degree. Ac- cording to this meridian places all of the Province of Quebec, and all of New England, New York City and part of New York State in the Atlan- t SHADED AREA SHOWS PRESENT EXTENT OF EASTERN TIME MERIDIANS SHOW CORRECT SCIENTIFIC DIVISIONS OF STANDARD TIME MET- Meta BNET- BOStON seYORK . C, ?ettaoe ettett�` • des ' WLUE JACKSOK Canada and the Eastern States and for every insistent demand there is usually a real reason. The reason ap- parently is that the so-called standard time, in force In the area in question varies considerably from the mean sun time upon which the actual length and intensity of daylight is based. Standard time is a convenient artifice established in order to secure nniform time for neighboring communities or places. The sun is travelling from East to West and the noon hour origin- ally travelled with it, but it was found advieabie to fix definite areas in which the noon hour and other hours should remain the same for the convenience of the operation of railroads and tele- graphs and the transaction of business wherein contracts involved definite, tine limits. The situation was complicated, par- ticularly in the Eastern States and Canada, by the railways 'themselves, where in actual practice it was found nec,eseary to fix the time -breaking zones at terminals or division points. As branch lines have been construct- - ed, the carriers have extended on these the standard time observed at the junction point or upon the train line. There are instances where the branch lines radiate out of one zone • ,TWO WITlift0Y1. TOLJRS Gidest. if Crnaea, nigh Grade. • July 1 to .Aug:" 27. ,$650. 'Beet of RAT'arelinenill DS, • ]Ongland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy. (Optionalto 1'3enmark and Norway, X1BLJTA and MI'NNADOSA (14,000 tons). Very best C, P. lt. ships next to two lilmpresses. IApply 1.': Withrow, 33.4., 20 Wyohwaoa stetrk, Toronto. Phone 1xiUorest 6100. Lucy Garden By J, GRACE WALKER, II, "I'm not one to beat about the bush," Mrs. Wiersema began. briskly; "so 1'11 say right out I've come to ask you something and to tell you something. And the first is, Did you ever raise flowers?" "Not any to speak of," the girl re- plied coldly.' She cast a disinterested in Mrs. << a1 ue r the seed catalogue o eye o xg Wiersenra's hand. "There's some peo- ple flowers won't grow for;" she add- ed. Her face fell into bitter lines. "There's some places flowers won't 'd grow," Mrs, Wiersema admitted, ' an of course if they're riot put in early enough or if they're planted too deep, why, then— But that brings me up to the thing I wanted to tell you. I wanted you should :hear about Lucy Barnhill, who moved into this house in the fall, twenty-one years ago last November." • She followed ' Rhoda's eye to the clock and added; "That is,' if 'you've got -the time to hear." The girl made a little impatient gesture of assent. Mrs.' Wiersema went on: "Lucy I carie to this town thrt'fall a plain 1little runt of a thing that nobody i looked at twice; and she and her aunt t settled down here in this house just 'I 'fore snowfall, asI recollect. There F wasn't anybody to show a smidgin of I interest in her when,. she Caine. I was some older than she was and more 1 taken up with the man I finally come ito marry than I was with new neigh- to tic should belong to the Atlantic Time Zone, and if this time were rein stated there would be little or no call for daylight saving now. The rail ways hazy carried Eastern time too far east, and the States and Provinces and Municipalities which have adopted `tlie same time for the sake of uni fortuity are realizing that this does net correspond with natural time. On the railways, Eastern standard time is carried from Gaspe, in Eastern Que- bec, to Fort William. in Ontario; a dis- tance of 25 degree::, or 1.200 miles, in- stead of the 711.70 miles of 15 de- grees. On eastern stardard time as at pre- sent maintained in New England and Quebec the sun rises from May to September two or three hours before the average person is about in the morning., and sets at an equally unser- viceable hour. Hence the natural de- mand for daylight saving legislation in these parts. if New England, Que bee and the Maritime Province were to adopt Atlantic standard time, which is their natural specific time, they would save hundreds of thousands of dollars all the year round''for fuel and light, and incidentally the agitation for daylight saving would be buried in oblivion. • bprs. Come to find out afterwards, I t,guess nobody went near the house all !winter, and she just slipped out after groceries and shut herself ie again, ' without saying ay,yes nor no to a soul. Lucy Barnhill was quiet, but, land, when we come to•know her— "You see, along about the middle of April I pulled my head out of the clouds (Dave and I were 'engaged by then), and there I sce Lucy Barnhill diggin' round the house with a hired boy to help and setting out bushes and things,—bulbs in here and seeds over there,—anybody could see she'd put in a considerable garden. Right away thinks I, I'll drop in' and see that girl.' I was fond- of 'a garden, and. so was. Dave. But one thing and. another came up,- and l ti‘``'''' -ions go. "You know how spring comes some years—such a little bit every day that you don't take notice, and "then you just wake up some morning, end there it is! Well, sir, I'd been all took up with thinking of what 1 was' going to be married in,—satin or velvet, • I. couldn't decide which,—and ane morn - in' I put up the :bade and looked over here, and everything on the place had just jumped right out into leaf. The sweat peas were halfway up the let tice, and the snapdragons bad got a 'start over there in the south corner. 1 There was a great clump - of pink spirea she'd put in next the steps, and bridal wreath and snowball on the other side." .. Rhoda's eyes expressed an involun- - tary interest. "What was in that bed just to the left of the gate as you come in?" she asked. "I've always wondered; there's a ring of stones left as if something had been planted." } "Seems to me it was these big cin- namon pinks," Mrs. Wiersema reflect- I ed. "There was a bed somewhere near the street; people used to lean over the front fence to sniff at 'em, going past. Next the fence 'twas lilies of the valley.as thick as pins in I a pincushion. There was no such an- }other garden anywhere in the block; and, it turned out later, not anywhere in Hennepin, Just as soon as some- thing new would begin to blossom, people would say to each other, 'You ought to go down Elm Street and look at Lucy Barnhill's larkspur,' and later it'd be 'Lucy Barnhill's fireball.' - It got to be a great walk for couples. "Lucy'd sent away for a crimson rambler to set out by the front porch, and it did real well even that first. year. But the second summer if that bush wasn't a sight for angels I;nsver with a look on his face—goodness me it took my breath away! He caught hold of my hand, and he says, 'Come on over to Luey's, Henrietta. It don't seen'i possible—and I ain't worth it— but she's promised to marry me. Mrs. Wiersema sat silent a moment, looking round the room. "And they was married right there in that bay window, and I stood up with her in a blue silk .dress with rows of gray -silk stitching round the skirt every two inches." Rhoda Larkin had been leaning for- ward in her chair to listen, with her dark eyes following Mrs. Wiersema's gestures. It was almost as if plain little Lucy Barnhill's wedding cere- mony had just taken place in the quiet r00m. Suddenly she drew back -with a quick intake of breath. "What good .is all this to me?" she asked bitterly. Her visitor laughed. "I've been all( round Robin Hood's barn coming to l ni,y point," she adni.itted. "But I've got a point, and here it is. Do you want to get to know the young folks here and be in on their parties and picnics, or are you set on clearing out, like Lucy Barnhill admitted to tie she come near doing?" Rhoda made no answer to the ques- tion. "Next week Lucy Tenny'-s oldest girl is coming to make me a visit, a month anyhow and maybe ' all sum- mer. She's been here most every year since she was knee-high. Sometimes I think the young folks act plumb daf- fy about her, the way they carry on when she conies. • I suppose it's just the Lucy Barnhill corrin' out in Isabel. 'Now, here's what I want you should do. You take that twelve dol- lars you got for a ticket and put it into seeds—seeds and bulbs and bush- es. Isabel will be tickled to help you put thein out; she's' a master hand with plants. The little boys can spade. And the first day after.she gets here I'm going to give a party for you two —a corning -in party for her and a coming-out party for you. I'll "expect you to help me with the cakes and decorations, but yon nrusn't'help serve because you'll be a guest of honor." Rhoda's laugh was bitter. "Me a guest of honor in Hennepin!" - "And now I've got to go start my supper," Mrs. Wiersema went on ser- enely. "I'll leave the catalogue here where you can look at it when you I get a _minute. Where there's extra Igood offers there's a leaf turned down n]. look for you over this evening, and we'll pick out which grows best i in this ground. We ought to get off I an order to fright, so that the things'll get here about the time Isabel does. I She's a hustler; she'll want to pitch fright in. Then I'll need some help off and on all week to manage for the party." • - She went down the walk, saying fervently to herself, "Now, if only Carrie Shoemaker doesn't try to put a finger in!" From six to seven o''clock was sap- per time in Hennepin. That was fair- ly safe. At seven o'clock, with the dishes out of the way, Mrs. Wiersema posted herself at the front window. Presently the door across the way opened, and Rhoda appeared, watt tier two little brothers close behind. They shot ahead of her as she carne slowly across the road. Just as she turned in at the irate, a large woman in an Women! Use "Diamond Dyes." Dye Old Skirts, Dresses, Waists, Coats, Stockings, Draperies, Everything. Each pacgage of "Diamond Dyes" contains easy directions for dyeing gay article of wool, silk, cotton, linen, or mixed goods. Beware! Peer dye streaks, spots, fades and ruins ma. aerial by giving it e 'dyed -look.." Buy "Diamond Dyes" only. Druggist has Color Car(1. The Canadian 'Government, through i.e 1)apartntetit of Agriculture, oper- t,.'a s 78 experimental farms. the main r t+ beir-g at Ottesve and the others in ea.:h Province. M,n r d's L :ninient Relieves Colds, etc. Houses Made of Straw. ]:louses of straw are to be erected in France. The idea of straw houses has been put forward by an expert in textiles, who, not content with perfecting his own . branch of manufacture, has in- vented a process for making bricks front .compressed straw. . The framework of the houses will be made of woad, and the 'walls will be built up with blocks of Straw. Ow, ing to the lightness of the material, there is no need for deep foundations, and a building can be completed in a month. - . The first straw house has already been built at M:ontargis, and if it proves a success it is possible that the new invention will be utilized in the devastated regions, imposing 'black hat swept round the corner and approached eggresiveiy nn the other side of the street. With a chuckle of nervous. relief, Mrs, 'Wier- sema welcomed the three Laking in- doors. Rhoda's face, with the bitterness in abeyance, had a plainly hemmer; cast. "Who was that fat girl that I told wasgoing to ave?" she asked I IE g k , with her dark eyes twinkling. "Oh, that," said Mrs. Wiersema, with an .answering flash. "That's El- -vita Shoemeker. Her folks is leading ca;sets. You'll meet her - and -earn all about her at the party." (The End.) London Labor Plans $2,000,000 Temple. Plans are under way for a great building to be used as general head- quarters for the London Labor party. It will be constructed close to Oxford Street or the Strand, says a London despatch. The building will cost $2,- 000,000 and will serve as a rallying point for trade unionists and co-opera- tors, who will use it both for business and social purposes. Department stores, selling all kinds of food, clothing and merchandise, will occupy the ground floor, while the second floor will have a large hell seat- ing 1,500 persons that can be used for rneetings, lectures, and notion picture shows. Club rooms, a restaurant for mem- bers, a library and statistical bureau and bedrooms for the accommodation of visitors will be provided and papa - tial decorations will adorn the in- teriors. ' Such a scheme is in keeping with the position which. organized labor holds in England. The labor leaders are trained thinkers and organizers, and are well represented in Parlia- ment. At the Labor headquarters in Ecceleston Square visitors are re- ceived in a richly furnished oak panel- led library, where the regulation tea is served daily at 4 o'clock, Minard's.Lfnimentfor Burns, etc. Your Part;:.. "The work of the world is done by few, - God asks that a part be done by you." —Boulton. Life is a journey on which we are always hurrying along to see what's round the corner. WHY LOOK OLD? When one applica- tion of Milton's 'Hair a3estorativo every 2 months keeps the hair oil, • no dirt; iihe hair can be washed when desired. Try it. Black or Brown. Price, $2.00. Sent prepaid to any address in Canada. Powell Ave.. Ottawa COARSE SALT LAND SALT Bulk Carrots TORONTO SALT WORKS G. J. CLIFF - • TORONTO ASSZS31VIF.IST SY'S .Beet The Canadian Order of Chosen Friends. 34 Years of Success 'Whole Family Insurance at Cost. Got ernment Starve:ard 'Rates. SL'otal funds on hand at 31st December, 1920—$$1,205,3S7.77. JOIIN L. DAVIDSON, Grand Councillor, 540 Euclid Ave„ Toronto, Ontario 1't M. F. MONT AGUE, Grand I•teeorder and -`,sting Grand Treasurer, Hamilton, Ontario, For information as to cost ,of joining apply to. W, I+. 'CAMPJ3) LL, Grand Organizer, Hamiltoin, Ontario. expect to see one. It just took hold and went all over the porch and hung so thick with those little reel roses I never looked out the'window with- out catehin' my breath. "Just as soon as those flowers be- gan to conte out, people began to fall over themselves to get acquainted with Lucy. You know how it is; folks oft committees find it real handy to say, 'I'll get Lucy Barnhill to fer ieli roses.' First it was for that, and then it was for her. "By the next spring Lucy had many a beau. 'Twasn't many Sundays a rig wasn't hitched to that tie ring, soine- times as many as three. Seems like they couldn't give in she wasn't going to have them. My cousin, Elam Ten- ny, vests one of them. It vas nip and tuck between them all, as far as -ive - could see, for the best part of a year. Then one afternoon there was a knock at our side door, and there stoodElam see Fig.:, hll Send for Book of - Recipes,' FREE! rrz 2, 5, and 10-1b. tins he Corn Gems you said were the best you had ever eatenwere made with and, a half of Crown a tablespoonful Brand Syrup instead of sugar. Tobe 1za Z at all Grocers THE CARA2A STARCH CO., LtgITLn, MOtiT011tAr, wn Brand Syrup�.. " Cho Great Sweetener" , 24 OUT OF PRISON IN RED RUSSIA BOLSHEVISTS RELEASED, BRITISH CAPTIVES. Suffered Hardships for Six Months in the Hands of the Soviet Republic. A number of British naval officers,. petty officers and men have recently land -ed at Portsmouth, England, after being released front fntip risou entby the Russian Bolshevists. They, had been in the hands of the Soviet re- public from the end of April till the beginning of November. The London Times publishes the folowing account of their experiences, written by a member of the party: We arrived at Baku from Datum on the afternoon of April 27, and were niet there by Major Rowan, political officer, and Mr. Iieveleke, British Con- sul. We were on our way to Enzeli to join the Russian fleet. At Baku it was explained to us that Bolshevist troops from Azerbaijan were nearing . 'the town, but that there was no immediate danger. We considered the question of continuing our journey by sea; but a boat could not be obtained. The Governor of Baku told us that he was going to defend the town to the last extremity. We left a detachment at the station to look after the track which held our stares, while our officers went to try to get a permit from the Governor to continue our journey. we 'wanted to get away in the morning. A permit was obtained that night, hut on the return of , our officers to the station they, were surrounded by Azerbaijan troops and hustled to a small waiting room. An officer had already been placed in charge of our train, and he told us that the station was full of troops and machine gune and that lie did not .know what might happen at any momeut. We were taken away to the extra- ordinary commission and there we were searched, all knives, razors, scis- sors and so - forth being taken from us. We were put into one big room, where there were about 800 other people of all sorts and descriptions. This was an extremely fifthy place and we got no sleep all the night. In the morning they gave. us a small piece of black bread to eat. The next afternoon they told us they were going to take us to nice rooms in another place. We were marched for about two miles under a very hot sun, carrying all our gear, and were finally incarcerated in the Bailofi prison. There we were put into three cells. These cells were about 12 feet square, and twelve of us were put in each. The prison was iu a filthy condition. For about a, fortnight we were al !lowed out for only half an hour in the morning, and another- hal .an••"htrtxie-•il "- -the evening for exercise. There was a small courtyard just outside the door with one water tap in it, which had to serve for 350 persons. The sanitary accommodation was equally xestricte(1 and the smell from this was horrible, the more so as the ventila- tion was so arranged that the offer site odor carne right into our cell. They gave us for rations a pound of black bread per elan per day and a little rice. Often the bread ration would not arrive, as when there were thefts on the way the whole was held up while enquiry was made. Commissioners Divide Sneils. After about a month we were al- lowed to „o into the courtyard very nearly the whole of the day, and were only locked up in the cells at night, but the nights were very terrible to us -awing to the great heat, the lack of ventilation, and the plague o1' ver- min. The place fairly swarmed with insects. Fortunately it was summer time and the vermin did not act as typhus carriers, as I understand they do in winter. 'Plie Bolshevists did not treat us with any personal cruelty, but they made us live under the most trying and revolting conditions. The Cos- sack warders, who had charge of us and who hated the Ru=:siairs, were in- clined to he rather friendly, but . the Bolshevist commissioners were very offensive in their behavior and order- ed frequent searches of our cells to be carried out. During these searches the soldiers turned everything upside down and took everything they Could lay hands on. Afterward we would see the commhsare in the prison yard, dividing among themselves the things they had looted from us. About November 1 we got the first news of our coming release. On No- vereb,er 4 the commissar came ie and told us to pack up, as -we were leaving in a few hours' time. A little later'he• carne back and said' we could not go away until next day. We thought. the sante old game was going to be played its before, but we matieged to get away next day about .4 p'C1ck in the afters noon.