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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1940-01-04, Page 3id ,d :n se F1 re lints wortwomon Canadian Ex -Servicemen Fall In As Patriotic Frontiersmen efeeeeeeei Large : numbers of Canadian leen ready to serve in the present war who for various reasons or another 'aro tibt eligible for admission into the Active Service IF orces are being recruited for service in the Legion of Frontiersmen, an organization granted a Dominion charter in 1934, whose duties involve reinforcing the civil authorities, in time of national emergency. A Frontiersman, to be fitted for service, must be given training in police laws, duties; .fire protection and extinction, antiJair raid precautionary service, first aid, military • chill etc., so that he stands within the community as a grained reserve, ready to reinforce the authorities in case of necessity. The Dominion Headquarters are at Edmonton, and the present Divisional Commandant is Lieut. -Col. Louis Scott, D.C.M. The various provinces are governed by a Provincial Commandant, the Head- quarters for Ontario' being located at Toronto, under the present supervision of Major G. R. N. Collins, Senior Officer within the Province. (P.O. Box 4, Station "A" Toronto). Squadrons of the Legion exist in every Pro- vince and at most of the large centres. It is hoped to organize units in smaller centres. HaveYouHeard 0 The machine -gunner had just come out of action Somewhere in France. For hours he had been burning up ammunition and he was tired out. Eagerly he stepped forward as the mail was distributed. One postcard was. handed to him. Forwarded from the post -office in his home town, it read: "Deaf' sir, this is to notify you that your gun license has expired." —o— Teacher: "Now, Freddy, why does a polar bear wear a fur .coat?" Freddy; "Oh-er, . well, I s appose he would look •funny in a tweed one!" ---o----• The old shepherd's daughter was going to marry a town -dwell- er. Wishing to make her father look smart when he gave , her away at the altar, she got him to agree to wear a hat. The shepherd went into a store: Clerk—"What size, please?" Shepherd—"I don't know." Clerk—"We'll try a six and a half first." ' Shepherd -"Six and a half be hanged. I wear a 16 -collar, and I know my head is bigger than my neck." —o— Two mind-readers met aft- er an interval of some months. One of them immediately ex- claimed in a hearty voice:— ."You're oice:— ,6You're all right! How am 1'?" —0— Hirem Hornwoggle had been very impressed by his visit to the City, "Solite of them bank fellows are pretty slick counting notes," he said to a friend one day. "I saw a feller in one o' them banks, and blow me if he didn't have to keep a wet sponge alongside to keep his fjngers from getting red- hot. He told me so himself." —0— "What an interesting life you are living these past few weeks. How do you explain it?" "I'm trying to do things that will make interesting reading in my autobio- graphy " Are Measuring 10,000 Women Ethel M. Harlan, state supervis- or of the Id, S. Work Projects Ad- ministration anthropometric sur- vey, announced last week ,that a new project has been opened, sponsored by the Bureau of Rollie` Feononeics of the Department of Agriculture, The project, which is to be carried on in seven states, will measure 10,000 women, in or. der to get at accurate.size form- ula for women's clothes, "Most women's clothes," Miss Harlan explained, ",nust be altered before they can be worn. Gann - ants labelled the wane size, but Made by different manufacturers, vary enormously, and losses due to )?eturn or alteration of misfits le estimated at $10,000,000 a year." The Book Shell "THE BOOK OF FISHES" • (National Geographic Society) The National Geographic Soc- iety has just published the book every fisherman has been waiting for. Written by recognized auth- orities on marine life, the eleven chapters of this entrancing new volume are a treasure -house of information, accurate yet non- technical, presented in a popular, pleasing way. Amazingly illuminated with color and monochrome illustrations, the hook contains 105 pages of full- color plates, showing and easily identifying in lifelike hues 231 species of salt -and -fresh -water fish and other forms of marine life; and 162 action photographs of various fish notables, from the lordly tarpon, fighting' sailfish and swordfish to the smaller gamesters of river, brook and lake. This new "Book of Fishes" is available at cost, and can be had by writing to the National Geo- graphic Society, Dept. FF -2, Wash- ington, D.C. Price, $3.95.. Flies 5,000 Miles inside 37 Hours Only 37 hours travelling time was needed by Allan Graves on the more than 5,000 -mile trip from equatorial Colombia to his hone in Edmonton in Northern Alberta, Graves, a geologist employed by a United States oil firm, ]pissed a boat in Colombia, so decided to fly home for his vacation. Travelling by Pan-American Airways into the United States, he used other American lines to get to Winnipeg where he board- ed a Trans -Canada. Air Lines ma- chine for Edmonton. '•.-.-.•,..-,-.-s-. -.-.Fe--....-,......-.-...-P.-t.. Ffow Can 1 ? BY ANNE ASHLEY Q. How can I test the ago of an egg? A. Place the egg in a deeppan full of cold water.. An egg that lies on its side is strictly fresh; if it stands at an angle, it is three or four days old; if it stands on end, it is over ten days old; an egg that floats on the top is seldom fit for use. Q. How can I clean a suede jack. et? A. Some people claim that the best and easiest method of clean- ing a suede jacket is to rub light- ly' over, the entire surface with a 'fine grade of sandpaper. ' .Q. • How car I keep potted '• plants moist? • • . • A, •Water -soaked' newspaper twisted around the roots •of the plants, against the dirt, will keep the plants 'twist. Q, How cart,. I clean steel knives?'.' • A. Powdered bath brick' dQ - plied- with adarge cork dipped' in water and then in, .tho powder is the best abrasive. Lay the knife flat on the 'drainboard, 'or some • other solid surface, 'when scour- ing, For obstinate stains, rub with a cut potato dipped in scouring powder. Q. How can I dye washable white kid gloves? A, White kid gloves can be dy- ed a tan color by dipping thele in saffron water until the desired shade is obtained. What Science is * Doing 3 OBJECTS MADE INVISIBLE The Herald - Journal, (Spartan- burg, N.C.), said in a copyrighted story that a local chemist has an, nouu.ced discovery of a substance which, wheii applied like paint, ren- ders material objects invisible at a distance beyond 100 feet. The newspaper quoted the chem- ist, Max Gardner, as saying the substance had been demonstrated on an airplane which was flown above a field. No part of the plane could he seen after it reached an altitude of 100 feet, Gardner said. The basic ingredient of the paint is ordinary graphite. OXYGEN APPLIED TO JOINTS "Ballooning" of infected and broken bone joints with oxygen to bring about quick and effective healing is reported. The joints actually are blown up like a toy balloon, after enough fluid has been withdrawn to create• an air space. The treatment was designed to separate the parts of the bone and tissue which sometimes adhere and cause -a stiff joint, and also to aid healing by putting oxygen in direct contact with the bone as it grows back together. This stimulates the repairing process. TRANSFUSIONS FOR BURNS Discovery of a new and more • successful treatment for burns - usiug repeated blood transfusions — is alulounced 3n the Journal of the American Medical Association. The treatment promises to cause a minor revolution in medicine for it gives au entirely different con- ception oe what happens to the ,.is- sue and blood of burned persons, PREVENTATIVE FOR SILICOSIS Electrons have revealed a clue to the way to present silicosis, a disease in which the tissues of the lungs are disintegrated by inhala- tion of air in whioh silica dust is suspended. • Silica la a common rock -forming material. It was ob- served in experiments on rabbits that if they breathed air in which there was a moderate concentra- tion of silica dust tb,ey contraeted the disease, but if .the air contain• ed same• aluminum powder, about 1 per cent, of the. weight of the silica, the animals did not contract the disease. Canadian National Railways Revenues The gross revenues of the all -In- clusive Canadian National Rail - *rays for the period .ending I)s' camber 140, 1939, were $4,290,358 :. as compared with $3,628,237' for the corresponding period of 1938, an increase of $762,121 or 21.6% The first agricultural school in Canada was opened in 1850 at Ste. Anus d a la Potiatiere,' P.Q, !latish i',kI'M el ', who had 60 tractors al 111a cert of the last wur, rraw: lt..,rc (Me r (10,000. I. Modern Etiquette BY ROBER IA LEE Hasn't ,pride been called st deadly disease, impossible to euro? .2. Is it untactful to give money to a friend as a Christmas gift, when dile knows that she needs it? 3. When passing your plate for a helping of some dish, what .should you do"with your silver? • 4. Is it necessary for a man to rise when being introduced to another man, and also chaise 'hands? ' 5. What is the meaning of a table d'liote meal? 6, When a bride has received a gift from five members of the of- fice force, how should she ack- nowledge it? Answers 1. It , may be called a disease, but it is not deadly. The proverb says, "If pride were a deadly dis- ease, how many would now be in their graves." According to La Rochefoucauld, "Pride is equal in ail hien; the only difference is the meads and manner of dis- playing it." 2. Yes. This would be very'" untactful, and likely to be resented. 3. Always leave the sil- ver on the plate. 4, Yes, to both questions, unless, of course, they are so far apart that it would be awkward to shake hands. 5. A meal that is served at a fixed price, instead of so much for each dish. 6. Write a personal note to each one. FARM COLUMN SEED SHOW IN FEBRUARY The executive of the Ontario Crop Improvement Association is co-operating with the Ontario Provincial Winter Fair in the seed show td be staged February 12-16 in Toronto. There will be classes for grains, clover and potatoes at the show. Sponsored by, the On- tario Agriculture Department, boys' grain and potato clubs will enter exhibits. --re— QUALITY MUST REMAIN Don't repeate the mistake made during the. World War of sacri- ficing quality for quantity in ag- ricultural products, farmers were advised in an address at Sarnia, Ont., by W. K. Riddell, agricul- tural representative for Middlesex County. Canada's reputation for certain types of quality goods was lost during the World War through the neglect of farmers to maintain the standard of quality in the haste to produce in huge quantities, noted Mr. Riddell During the present conflict, the speaker advised, "produce in the largest quantities those things that are needed most, but maintain the quality of the products." —0— WINTER SHORT COURSES Wednesday, December 27th, saw many hundreds of wide awake young farmers hastening to the city of Guelph to register at the 0. A. C. for one or other of' the timely and practical short cours- es commencing the following morning. Running concurrently, there are five ooulrses of two weeks duration, on the following lines: Animal Husbandry, Farm Mechanics, Horticulture, B e e - keeping, and Co-operation. Begin- ning on the same day there is a four weeks course in Poultry Hus- bandry. In similar courses last winter there were more than 800 men and women registered. Most of then were young men, but there were a number of women in the Horticulture, Poultry, and • Beekeeping courses. These cours- es are open to all residents of On- tario. Ontario Rains Help Farmers Rain that was fairly general all throughout Ontario the first week in December, gave farmers relief from a mouth-longn drought which left wells and creeks low, and in extreme cases dry. Althugh the rain was fairly substantial — Just under half an inch — further preci- pitation will be needed if an acute water shortage is to be averted. Wells and creeks were lowest in central and southwest Ontario. The drought left the land hard and far- mers, taking advantage of the late fall weather to do their plowing, found the going difficult. There were some instances of fall wheat suffering from lack of rain, but conditions generally as reported to the Ontario Department of Agriculture were good with a satisfactory top on the crop. 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