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Zurich Herald, 1936-03-19, Page 61 .s- 11 -HR WORLD AT LARGE o the CANADA, THE. EMPIRE S CANADA Health of Pioneers In the early days of settlementin Canada there was little sickness among the pioneers. This Was due largely to the fact that their work kept them outdoors in the fresh air and that they received plenty of healthful exercise. Swinging an axe in the bush, clearing the land for cultivation, and the hundred and one odd jobs that go in the hewing of a homestead out of virgin forest, were tasks that built muscle, kept a man in first-class physical condition, and in shape to ward off minor bodily ills.—Guelph Mercury. Last Resort The Massachusetts Osteopathic Soe ciety has decreed that scrubbing the floors is the best method for im- proving the female figure. It is not believed .that it will be generallyre- sorted to as long as other devices hole( out.—Brantford Expositor, Longest Railway Quietly and without the usual fan- fare of publicity which accompanies the construction of its huge indus- trial enterprises, the Soviets have pushed on the building of a second track along the longest railway in the world -4,500 -mile trans -Siberian railway, which is of major strategi- cal importance in the military de- fence of Russia in the Far East. In two years the Soviets have practically completed the double tracking of this line over a distance of 1,300 miles—from huge Lake Bai- kal to Khabarovsk, the Soviet's Far - Eastern military centre, Work in this section is in its final stages, end normal freight and passenger traffic is expected to begin as soon as auxiliary- •constructions, such as locomotive depots, repair shops and warehouses have been completed. -- Brockville Recorder.. Late King's Humor The King was conferring with a sculptor who was designing the new British coinage. "Make a big V," the Monarch instructed. "I would hate to be mistaken for any of the other :GGecrges."--•Sault Star. Borrowed Books Possibly we should have a little book and mark down the name of the borrower as he takes the book, but generally we are so delighted to lend a book tc, a friend the'. we for- get this little precaution. Although we suspect certain books are on cer- tain shelves. we Haven't the courage to tax .our friends with poor mem- cry. Yet it is a provoking thing to go to the book shelves for a certain book to discover it missing and to fail to :remember who has it., It might be an interesting way to spend an evening some time and dis- cover if there are any which belong elsewhere, and return them with an apology. As a lover of books, we know we speak for all others when we say that such returns would be gratefully received.,—Niagara Falls Review-. Slang There is a slang used in Canada, as there is in every country of the world, and it is part of the tang of time people. To go to Lancashire and - not hear a bit of the Lancashire dia- lect is to miss a treat. Or visit Glas- gow and not hear a Glasgow laddie in friendly arguing with an opposi tion paper vendor.—Regina Leader Pot. "Rock Wool' Among the outstanding develops silents which took place in mining circles in Canada during 1935 was the dobut of a new Canadian mineral product in the forth of rock wool. The manufacture of rock wool, one of the most effectual insulating pro- ducte on the market, got under way uring the year, and the Department of Mines reports two plants in op- eration, both in Ontario, one at Thorold, and the other at Brantford. At the Thorold plant a long -fibred wool having a density of from three to four pounds a cubic foot is being Produced, and the product made at Brantford is a standard, short -fibred . rock wool having a density of eight to 10 pounds a cubic foot. Of special interest to the build- ing trade, the establishment of the ock 'wool industry in Canada has resulted from successful experiments 4areied on in the laboratorie' of the Department of Mines. This work showed that large de- posits of aspecial type of limestone f, iscovored in the Niagara district of were ntagio w c suitablefor, , them nr a 1 - • adore of the material, and indica- ions are that the industry,will reach aro Scald le . ro ortic:n.; --- g Canada reek 1 Week. Vice s. 3' Man's Ears On Cold Days Man putt wool upon his fee': and shanks; he places a portion of pad- ding along his spinal colutnn and encases his hands in somethieg or other to keep thein warm, but his ears are left to stand out alone and unaided when the wind blows heavy from the west and north, Not fair at all. Long have we felt that a great field is here, wide open for some in- ventive genius. Surely there could be some little gadget in a hat which could be pulled up or down like a windota blind to cover the ears as occasion required or as feeling dic- tated. Men would be quick to adopt such a plan. It is not possible they can enjoy cold ears or frozen ears. The avny in which most men neglect their ears is shameful; if the ears could dr so they would protest and ask for equal treatment with hands, hoofs and spine.—Peterborough Ex- aminer. Almost Totally Teetotal The second volume of Snowden's Autobiography says that when the first Labour government was formed, Scotland sent 29 Labor members and all but one were teetotallersl- ---St. Catharines Standard. The Tale Of a Dog Onef theraciest t i r est dogstories st tures we have seen runs like this—"Sonne time ago a fire ocaurrec. in his master's dwelling, the family and dog rushed out.dog Then the dashed back and returned carryingthefire insurance policy rolled up in a wet towel. On investigation the policy was from the office of Mr. ----- but we for- bear to give the name of the insur- ance broker."—Halifax Chronicle. Vanishing Chinese Tha old capital of Australia, Mel- bourne, is contemplating a little sad- ly the vanishing of a familiar fig- ure—the Chinese market gardener. In ten years the number who held stands at the Victoria Market has decreased by 25 per cent., and be- fore very long, so the experts say, there may be no more. The Chinese Bolero Dress Very smart and very young, is this jaunty little bolero costume, that is being worn right now 'heath the winter coat. Later, it will come out in spring without any wrap, This simple to sew junket cos• tine is navy blue wool crepe. The blouse is new and important Lar. rot shade crepe silk. And the brief bolero jacket doesn't bide it, either, Use the pattern again for a novelty cotton, linen or pastel tub silk for summer, Style No, 2606 is designed toy sizes 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 years, Size 16 requires 3% yards of s9.inch material with 1 yard of 39 - inch contrasting. 1tOW TO ORDER 1.' ll:ERNS Write your name and address plainly, giving number and size of pattern wanted,tea, Enclose S 15e in stamps. or coin (coin preferred); weep r 1 it c It ef,lliy and addressout' y Order .to 'Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto. Japan Mourns With Empire Above js seen the arrival of Prince Takamatsu, the representa- tive of His Imperial Majesty the ,Emperor of Japan, at St. Andrew's Church, 'Tokio, to attend the memorial service for the ]ate King George V. Prince Takamatsu is -being received by the Lord Bishop of South Tokio, the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Olive, and the Canadian Minister, Sir `Herbert Marler. Left to right, the Lord Bishop, the British Ambassador, 'the Canadian Minister, and Prince Takamatsu. gardeners, ones, a familiar sight on every little plot of ground in the odd corners of the suburbs, are the sur- vivors of the great Chines: migra- tion in the gold rush days. Once there wore as many as 35,000 Chin- , ese in Victoria, but restrictive leg- islation, return to the homeland and death have reduced their numbers itoday to a couple of thousand. The young Australian -born Chinese is no more anxious than his white fellow citizens to slate in a market garden from dawn to dusk. He prefers corn- merce.—Brandon Sun. British Fairness The Manchester Gaardian, i pay- ing a fine tribute to Canada's Olym- pic h.pckey team, which lost the: Olympic title for the first time since this international competition began in 1924, showed itself to be charac- teristically Biitish in its fairness. The Guardian frankly declares that Canada had easily the better team and would have beaten England nine tithes out of ten. "Moremver,” it continued, "the British team was compose' of sev- eral players who were born in Eng- land but who learned their hockey in Canada and only recently return- ed to England. Hence, it is unfair to speak of the triumph ,t British ice hockey. Canada lost the title under its own name but won it un- der Britain's." Nothing could exceed tha fairness of that comment.—Brantford Expos- itor. Town Planning Someone once said of Robert Burns that he asked for bread and they gave hind a stoec. .But the Dumfries. town council did vorse that. that, Opposite the ❑muse in .Burns street, where tin r poet spen , the last years of his life, the council in 1914 erect- ed a refuse destrtctor. Its removal is now being• urged, "Far 21 years," sae s one of the Dumfries town councillors, "the de- structor has stood as a melancholy monuixtnt and e grimy witness to a remarkable lack of fcrethought, good taste and civic pride." Dumfries is apparently amaakenirg to the value of tourist traffic, It is to be hoped that the presonc of the 5ourist in some other commun- ity will arouse "forethought, good taste and civic pride" as it is appar- ently doing in Dumfries.—Winnipeg Tribune. THE EMPIRE New Seeds For Old The new seed catalogue,. are out. They flash and flame, as usual, with many so-called novelties, among which the sweet pea again lakes the i biscuit. New pink shades or new' blues or new scarlets, lavishly illus- tr•ated, are offered at fancy prices. I try hard to discover how they dif- fer from last year's pinks and blues and ^eaglets, which were also offer- ed at fancy prices and which were also, at that time, "the hest pea it has ever been oer gond fortune to raise." The craze for novo:ties has reach- ed absurd proportions, and one of tjie best-known plant -collectors in the world has rightly observed that whereas a ntirseryran may make a fortune out of a new sweetp ea or a new daffodil, a plant -collector, af- ter risking his noel: on a Himalayan precipice, is lucky if his genuinely new plant is grown by half a dozen. enthusiasts, The craze for something; now often means, too, that many lovely and familiar plants are gradually it Y super ceded and drop out. The botanical magazines of a century ago -- i 0 are t fill 21, Lioy Sthifsect i� w �f �W ty rdu ,Sthibe EE 4.t Pictures Comedian as Victim Of Depression. — Waxes Sarcastic Regarding Toy House to Daughter. RIGA, LATVIA, -- Poor Harold Lloyd( Boris Shumatzski the corres- pondent of the Moscow Isvestia, has nothing but sympathy for the famous American movie star after visiting him in his home at Los Paimos. Writ- ing in the Isvestia Shumatzski pict- ures Harold Lloyd as another victim of the American depression, who has lost his company and who now must hire himself out by the picture. The movie star writes' the Soviet reporter, lives in constant dread of kidnappers and lie watched his fam- ily with anxious eyes and his lauds trembled while he discussed his troubles with his Soviet inter- viewers. Shumatfisidt waxed sarcastic tell- ing, of the famous toy house which Harold Lloyd built for his small slaughter. "We saw this small villa while we' were wandering around the i park. Lloyd built it two years ago when his daughter had her sixth birthday. It is a rrn . Problems Conducted by .Professor Henry G, ,Sell with the .to -operation of the various departments of Ontario Anricultural College, �-'_ _.-._....,,u:,a:.a,..r.an•a�cuc..�.w„�.nxw., .-....--a�„w..�,n.<+.,rnm.,r,ruve,;.,.� The business of forming is =early bcconm;ng more and more dependent upon facta that have been gathered regarding livestock and livestock munagrrment, crop , production, coil Management, dIssase and insect con- trnl anis business organization of the farming industry. individual prob- lents involving one or more of these, and many other phases of agricul- ttu•e, engage the attention of Ontario farmers from day to day. During the, winter months there is a little more time for study of the most acute problems. Through this column farmers may secure the latest information pertain- ing to their difficulties: '1"o intro- duce this serv'ce Professor Sell has prepared the following .typical prob- lems to indicate the information which should be given in order that a satisfactory answer can be made. if answer is des:red by letter en-, close stamped and addressed envelope for reply. Address all inquiries to Professor Henry G; Bell, Room 421, 73' Adelaide `t. W., Toronto, Ontario. 1. Question - Hew would you under take to prevent or control Celery Blight? Answer -- Tlheee are two Celery Blights -in Ontario, namely Late Blight or Septoria Leaf Spot and Early Blight. The former is much the more prevalent and destruct- ive. Ii'ortunately both blights res- pond to the same treatment. The directions for spraying Celery to ma e t these blights are as fel- lows; g lows; Give two applications when the plants are still in the seed bed T using Bordeaux mixture of the strength of 3 pounds of biuestone and 6 pounds of hydrated line to 90 gallons of water. The first ap- plication should be made when the plants are from two to three inches high and the second application given a short time before setting the plants out in the field. The field spraying should be started a week or ton days after the plants aro set out. For the field applica- tions use Bordeaux mixture of the strength of 4 pounds of copper sulphate, 8 pounds of hydrated line and 40 gallons of water. Ap- pliraliuns should be made at au interval of a week or ten days dur- ing the season, The wetter the weather the greater the number of upplleations that will be required." 1i'lien the plants are small 40 gal, Ions of tho spray .mixture will be sufficient for an acre but when the plants are large it wilt require two . or three limes- this nnnch, it is very important that the Bordeaux should be applied under high pres- sure. The sprayer should be rig- ged with three nozzles to each row one front the top and one from each side. Late Blight spreads most ra- pblly dining wet weather. It is therefore important to see that the Bordeaux is cm the plants before rain comes rather than after. The directions for dusting cel- ery are as follows: Use 20 per trent Copper -lime dust, Give two applications as described above while the Plants are still in the seed bed and repeat at intervals of from 3 to 10 days after the Plants are set out in the field. In very wet weather it may be nee• essary to apply the dust as often as twice a week. The best results from cliasting are secured by using liberal quantities of dust and ap- plying it under high pressure. Other precautions which should be taken. Rake up and burn the diseased leaves and stalks. Plant celery so far as it is possible on well drained land. Do not cultivate celery when the plants are wet and in cultivating take care not to get the salt into the crowns of the young plants. Rotation of erops is an effective means of preventing this disease as the causal organism is chiefly carried from year to year in the crop refuse in the soil, but it is not always practical un- der ordinary celery growing con- ditions. It is not advisable to at- tempt to store for any length of tinne celery affected wills late blight. Before such celery is plac- ed in storage the blighted leaves and stems should be stripped off. Those who grow large quantities of celery depend chiefly on spray- ing or dusting for the prevention of this disease. — J. E. Howitt, De- partment of Botany, O.A.C. pcm "tes, 0stir,,,n dlan 1, ,. Men Taking Lessons in Domestic Science REGINA, Sask. — Three young men with a penchant for things cul- inary are studying domestic science at the present time at the Balfour Technical School. 'Unusual as it may seem, it is not thing -which can come only from tate the first time that the enrollment fancies of people who know of no i for domestic science classes has in - other pleasures except the setisl'act- eluded leen. ion of their own narrow personal Two years ago two young Hien feelings and who are separated from ! joined the class for the purpose of the world by a Chinese wall and who l fitting themselves for positions as are fastened to their narrow little + chefs in hotels and restaurants and world with a golden but pleasureless 1 while studying secured part-time em - chain of private property." pioyment as waiters. "This roan did not seem litre the; The three who are studying thea. Harold we ltnew from his comedies," year have another purpose in view. continues Shinnaizski. "We had. a Two 'years ago they attended pre_ friendlytalk about the Soviet and the i spectin• classes and spent last year American movie industries. He did 'prospecting on Vancouver (stand. not hide fkoni es that his silent plc- 1 They intended to do prospecting tures were better understood and again next summer and in the mean - more widely popular than his talkies.; time they want to learn to do their "Perhaps tires were different then, I own cooking or be in a position to he told us, remarking that hard times cook for a gang of prospectors. had also hit tho comedy pictures.; Things aro much worse than before, j for the pictitres- have lost originality and lack Popular interest." Shumatzski, who is a director of the Soviet Movie Trust, now visiting Hollywood to study American Movie technic, has been introduced to .a number or Amerit':ln lima stars and has written interviews with them for the lsvostia. Although be writes at length about the gardens of eir homes in and t& near Hollywood ho does not describe their residences. From his descriptions the Soviet readers obtain the impression 'het while the film stars were once well off today they are in the same posi- tion as Harold .Lloyd, whom he re- ports as a wage slave of the f,;lm ;.gag. nates working for a wage which is considered "small change." The nearest ku.nv'n star is 25 mil- lion' m;'iss awsy. of illustrations, their called embel- lishments, of fine plants, beautiful species and hybrids, now completely forgotten, A. black eanuncultis, a i double o s splendid (gulp e ti able crimson pelx argoniun, a black auricula, many beautiful bizarre carnations --the Y were then the craze. Who grows them new ?—London Spectator, 50,000 Employed It is estimated that tlio retailing and servicing of automobiles in Can. acla gives employment to about 50,000 I persons, including active proprietors 'as well as employees, There are about 15,500 filling stations in the Dominion, ' and 4,100 garages dealing in automo- biles and gasoline, In addition, there are approximately 1,800 service gar- ages or repair shops of varices sorts. Tawe extent to which the automobile has caused the development of: dis- tributive and service agencies., is not i generally realized. There are approxi irna:tely 15,000 retail establishments' i in (:a.neda engaged primarily in the automotive trade, and of conrse, 1 there are a great ninny other places of bust ness which carry automobile supplies or gasoline as. a side line. Of the 15,000 atttrnotivo establish.. inent,s, about 2,900 are automobile dealers although (mere again there are sub -agencies of various !rinds which a'so Ileal in ears. .se True Y , tae beaut is in the ininr!, i.nt, the expression of tho features de- pends More • upor the moral nature.then most persons are accustomed, to think.-'t+rodesio Saunders. Should Be Matter of Hirst Concern, Asserts New York Doctor in Toronto Address. TORONTO—Eugenics should be "of first concern to every patriotic Canadian," De. Clarence G. Campbell of New York, honorary president c,f the Eugenics Research Ass,ciet'an of the United States, declared here re- cently! This "science of racial improve- ment," Dr. Campbell said, involved "vital national problems of the first importance." It must receive the con- sideration of any far-seeing states- manship if a nation is to realize its full possibilities and adequately fulfil its destiny." - The first nat•onal necessity of any nation, the speaker asserted, was "the biological one of improving its racial qualities." It was "encourag- ing" to see Germany had been "in- telligent enough" to undertake a program to improve the race. In Canada, he said, it was to he hoped the doctrines of eugenics would spread, `for the reason that immeasurable good can be accom- plished" in a matter that requires a "united national attitude and action." Dr. Campbell contended, demanded "critical re-appraisenment" of the val- ues in the world's civilization. "Civilization of course means ur- banization," he declared, 'and it is this very feature of it which goes far to create human conditions that lower racial survival values in almost every respect. "In the constant urbanizationa which has been characteristic of all. civilization from their beginnings, we can make the simple but portentous diaeovct'y that urban oonmmunities al- most invariably fail to product enough offspring to petuato them selves Thus the more a racial group ar a nation becomes tnban`zed, the more it prejudices its prospect of ultimate survival, And racial history unerring- ly shows that urbanization has a ma= jot: factor m the decline of eiviliza• tions and in the obsolesence or ulti- mate -extinction of racial groups." Man, time doctor,. continued, cannot "disturb ttrh the bmol1 t eal equilibrium bre un with impunity," But modern civiliv- ation seemed "unduly to dirnjnish man's. iti' eSSei ate C:antaCt5 with b i v ologs ical nature and underly disturb the biological ogtiilibrium,"