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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1936-04-30, Page 6• \Mir v ICE f the THE WORLD AT LARGE CANADA DIPHTHERIA IN TORONTO In Toronto, diphtheria's ravages were. reduced from 1,022 cases and no deaths at all in 1934. This was A record which, under present cir- cumstances, the city • could not ex- pect to duplicate, and in 1935 there were 46 cases and 8 deaths, anin- Significant number when compared with the record of 1929 and earlier years, before toxoiding of the city's children was undertaken. It is the toxoiding of children which has wrought the change. Since 1929, 125,000 have been givers this diphtheria -preventing treatment, It is not absolutely certain in every case, but results seem to indicate -- 95 that the claim made for it cent. efficiency — is more than jus- tified. Its success is such that no parents can afford to leave their children unprotected when such a simple treatment is available. The regrettable fact is that many parents have neglected this simple precaution. Of 100,000 Toronto chil- dren between 6 and 14, about 35,000 were said recently to be without im- munization. And ,O pre- school chi children 30,000 had not been treated. These 65,000 little folk are the nucleus of a possibly serious epidemic. --Toronto Star. CANA17.!.t, THE EMPIRE ES sands of workers producing ass of which automobiles are made• Talk of going back to the horse - and -buggy days is easy, sometimes sounds .convincing. But lime many days would the manufacturers of buggies have to work or produce be- fore paying workers $323,000,000? And what would they be doing who are now working on materials with which automobiles are made, or working on machines that make auto- mobiles? Isn't the answer to much of this objection to machines this: That machines create nese consumption (such as automobiles) and that con- sumption creates work and wages? It is worth thinking about. --Ottawa Journal. teri- MAYBE TRU'T'H, AT THAT We are willing to wager a cookie that a certain proofreader got an earful the day this appeared in the social columns: "The dinner was at- tended by forty -tight members." — Kitcllener Record. TOO MUCH SPEED "The cars crashed with suck force that a steel roof on the American car was buckled ahuost to a sharp peak," reads the despatch telling of the death of f'lur and injury to two near London last week. And it is pertinent to ask what ever justifies. such speed on the highway, speed which eliminates the slightest vestige of cai: control. — St. Catharines Standard. DISCOUNTS "EXAMS" Newly Formed Belgian Division Engage in Maneuvers yaw...,\Moat'; •;: {1.,.:. : .. .. . , . � In! Belgian machine gun crews, part of a division recently called to colors by Belgian Genera Staff, engaging in large scale maneuvers near Beeverloo under the watchful eyes of staff officers. In- fantrylnen in the rear can be seen creeping forward. • that there is a British race, on when we look at the Norwegian, the Dane, or the native of Normandy, must we admit that the difference between them and the British is only a lan- guage ant nationality? — London Morning Past. Dr. L. J. Austin, professor of surg- ery at Queen's University, is of the opinion that scholastic examina- tions aro over -stressed on this con- tinent. He recalled the frequency with which suicide was the answer made by disappointed pupils at Un- ited States schools who had failed to obtain the requisite . marks. In Canada many people were inclined to regard examination failures�vas a disgrace to the family. wrong attitude and the tendency to exaggerate the importance of be- ing successful at examinations was causing much unhappiness. Pro- fessor Austin, who voiced these sentiments regarding examinations, was speaking to the Kent County branch of the Queen's Alumni As- sociation and his words will prob- ably have the effect of lessening the anxiety of many distressed pupils and parents concerning the outcome of approaching tests at schools and colleges. — Woodstock Sentinel -Re- view. TEN GALLON A SUMMER invention never stops and the lat- est promises great things for every man who drives a car.'tell to ny motorist that he may yet be able do a whole Summer's driving on 10 or 12 gallons of gas would be to be stet with a quizzincal stare; its ab- surdity seems altogether too obvious. But Winnipeg replies that this situ- ation is already here and is ready to bring forward proof. eegor 16 years C. N. Pogue of that bras been working on a new type of carburetor which can d at affixed to an ordinary car, long last claims to have met with success. With the temperature 10 'below zero and a stiff wind blowing, an 8 cylinder coupe travelled 26.2 miles with this attachment on one pint of gasoline. This would repre- sent 209.2 miles to the gallon. At man 'the same rate the ordinary would be able to drive all Summer an 10 or 12 gallons. It seems altogether too good A o be true, but a syndicate is prepar- ing rep ing to market the new device and we will see what we will see. --Hali- fax Chronicle. k t. 7 an Farer a. s Plit Tw Years Works and Worries Over Her 250 Acres But Makes Thein Pay gOr ets onus of Fll ds Thousands Hunger. --Huddled Together Without Blankets Or Covers of Any Kind, GRENVILLE, Ga.—"A lot of hard work, planning and much worrying." That's how Edna Peavy, in two years, as "head :pan" on a 250 -acre farm, says she has managed to pay off a stack of bilis and put money in the hank. Without any training for farm work, Miss Peavy took charge of the farm in 193.4, after her fath'er's death. She lives there with her mother, and a hired man assists. in the work. Arising at dawn, she milks six cows before breakfast -- then jumps into her automobile and is off to town to dispose of a load of milk, vegetables, butter and eggs to re- gular customers. Then she hurries home to take up the managerial reins. Miss Peavy is a believer in diver- sified farming and last year had 60 acres in cultivation -40 in corn, 10 in peas, nine in cotton and one in sweet potatoes. She keeps between 50 and i5 hens and says her eggs and surplus chickens usually bring good prices. "In summer the gardens and the peach, apple and figtrees add to my income," she continued. "Sonne of the fruit and vegetables are sold to my milk and butter customers." In support of her theories the "lady farmer" points to a bank ac- count sufileient to finance her busi- ness through the harvest season. He Serves "In" a Ship ELMIRA, N. Y. - — Fred Newell, editor of the Canton, Pa., Sentinel, gave the Elmira Advertiser a graphic description of flood conditions at Williamsport, Pa. REAL COMING TROUBLE We agreed with that Indiana judge who ruled that a wooden leg does not bar a nnan from operating;' an automobile. It is wooden heads that cause most of the trouble. — Montreal Star. THE DOG PAYS HIS SHARE These are the dog days in taxa- tion. Alberta clogs are to pay $1 a year each for the privilege of living. If they happen to be purebred it's going "to cost them $10 annually. This is a tax, not a Ievy. Just a plain, common garden variety of tax In order that the way may be opened for more and better taxes xes -cvlson the Legislature meets Winter for its second session, let us propose a few which should receive prairerful consideration :n the in- terim: THE EMPIRE JUVENILE CRIME PREVENTION More personal punishment and the taking of fingerprints are recom- mended for juvenile offenders by the Chief Constable of Manchester. Birching does not help. We commend to the Chief Constable the wise words of the Hoene Secretary to justices when the Children and Young Per- sons Act was passed in 1933. He de- clared that the experience regarding whipping in most juvenile courts over long years is such that they rarely or never need to exercise it. London Daily Herald. who as Creator u sicai. Taste u Continents the 1171oritrsai Star, "The different broadcasting s y stems throughout would probably like to put more good music by public the air irabut 'they are handicapped ste. The poor music often heard must be a conmession to numerous ignorant listeners. The trained musicians may be In despair at some of the programs especially from. the United ust tan But the well-knownl,ng and composer, Sir Walford Davies, is able to extract rays of hope from even'tile Worst. Speaking before the Royal Society of Arts in London he said that long- distance listening was bound to speed up musical interest and discernment beyond all previous experience, With- in 10 years things might become clear which otliernnise would have taken a century to dawn on the mind of man. For they could now scan by means, of a good wireless set the whole musical firmament, evening by evening, provided they had learnt how to focus this new kind of tele- scope to their ears, as they focused the other kind to their eyes; and pro- vided also that the B.B.C:s choice or music and listeners' powers of dis- crimination were adequate. Comparing the situation today with that of a decade. ago, Sir Watford ad- mitted, that there was prevalent at this moment much depressing broad- cast roadcast evidence of a debased taste for senseless 'musk sensationally rend- ered; there was also a strikingly healthy and rising tide of musical un- derstanding and taste for the art it- self, as apart from its associated uses,. They might safely Imagine millions listening nightly; among them tens of thousands were doubtless listening with ever-increasing critical discern- ment; and among them, again, hun- dreds of young people of outstanding musical sensitivity (including per- haps a genius or two) were listening creatively, :easting on good things, but mentally vowing never, when their chance cane, to afflict the world with the banalities that were still so frequently heard." "Children are really having au ow - fill time with parents these days". --r Adele Rogers St.Johns. sers. I think the water mains must have been broken, since the water would not have been coming from broken sewers on high ground. "Nobody knows how many persons were cut off in flooded apartments and. houses. Nobody knows how many aws have been drowned. Nobody how many died in their beds as the water suddenly rose and trapped them like rats. "Three bodies that I know of were picked up and I know that an entire family of four were lost, Refugees Are Fed Newell, a Red Cross worker, was one of five persons who formed the first relief unit to get into Williams- port. He reported 2,500 refugees were fed in one school building by the Red C. oss. "Many people were marooned and without food," be said. "I talked with a man who had not eaten for over three days. He had just been rescued from a downtown apartment." Newell continued: "These marooned eo ler fasflhio ed d hooks and grappled bananas, oranges and any other food floating with debris and trash. . A severe fire added to the terror. It was believed to have consumed to the water line the block between Pine And Samuel streets on the south side of West Second street. 44 A tax on cats. A tax on politieal clubs. A tax on Members of political clubs. A tax on waking,- and another on going to sleep. A tax on getting up in the morn- ing. A tax on Spring, Surinnur, fall, Rhineland occupation is neith those. So settle down with your af- fairs and occupations and go about your business. At present, anyway, "There ain't goin' to be n0' more war" for anybody. ---London Daily Express. "NO MORE WARS„ There will be no war because, though the Germans have broken Locarno, the French will not treat tha breach as an act of war. It would be an act of war if the Rhineland occupation was a mobilization for the purpose of attacking France, or if it was intended as the jumping-og stage for an invasion of the Powers aided with France. Plainly, the zr of Can't Be Reached "The extent of the fire's damage could not be learned, because boats could not reach the burned section. "Fire broke out in the transformer plant of the Pennsylvania Power & Light Company. What damage it did I don't know. "People slept on beds, coats, floors, tables, anywhere they could find a place to lie. Some of then were without blankets or covers of any. kind. "Some refugees did not even have clothes. The river rose so suddenly they bad to flee in their night cloth- ing. "The office of the Williamsport Sun was flooded, and the newspaper open- ed an emergency office four blocks away and just beyond the flood waters. They didn't publish a paper; the newspaper men acted as a rescue crew, bringing marooned people to safety. "Tho Cantons Red Cross sent 200 folding cots and several thousand blankets, 50 mattresses, and a lot f clothing into Williamsport by oto "I talked to George Lunede, chair- man of the Williamsport Red Cross, and he asked for blankets, bedding an 1 underwear. The people needed thousands and thousands of blankets immediately, if sickness was to be prevented,," he said. ands The Is rag Touch Children Are Admonished Too Much About a Natural Instinct Mrs. Jones went into a store that looked suspiciously like an art mu- seum. In glass cases lay exhibits of such merchandise as public was daze, itt Theo be profaned by est was reverently hidden in black. cone- partments that slid into the wall like coffins in a mausoleum. She wanted to spend ten dollars, on exactly what she wanted. But she wasn't sure just what — she so many things. Drawing up to a counter eventu- ally she asked for stockings. But would she please tell the color and kind, also size, and about what price'? °`Goodness," gasped Mrs. Jones, helplessly. "I want to see some stockings — a lot of them. I like things to be out on the counter so I can lay a hand on them." Revels in Handling Goods At the third counter she got tired of this pig -in -the -poke business — and said -so. "Why don't you try the basement?" suggested the clerk. Mrs. Jones smiled happily as she stepped out of the elevator. All the marts of the world seemed to have emptied themselves here, and were either hung, stacked or spread before her gaze. Here she could dig under mountains of curtains and yank out what she liked. Here she could get hold of the end of a remnant and pull. She was blissfully touch a happy, well be- cause she shopped by as by sight. to the Next day she took Peggy store. Peggy's nose just reached the. counters. Only the edges of bright merchandise. appeared to tantalize her Up went her hands to touch little boxes, and ribbons and dishes within reach. Once she lifted a dolly and proceeded) on her way. "Peggy Jane, I told you not to touch anything. You have the busiest hands I've ever seen." Her other took the doll back and apolo- mgized. TM Speaking of his new charge, the Queen Mary, Captain Sir Edgar Brit- ten, says she is "the easiest ship to handle I have over served in." There speaks the sailor when he says he serves "in" a ship and not "on." All landsmen refer to being "on" a ship. They sail "on" the So -and -So from Montreal, or they arrived "on" the Such -and -Such. You sail "in' a ship; not "on" it. If you wear nautical togs and talk big about being "on" a ship yon give yourself away at once to a real sail- or. Man supposes that be directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny.—Goethe. A Diplomat's Preview and Winter. A tax on the wcai:bertslan. A ttax 00 pax 00 weather forecasters. A tpolitical forecasters, Anil a spct'ial tax on the taxers. These are just by way of a little variety. If the taxing experts at Feline/don want n- few none ideas to work en we can. supply them without working overtime. In the meantime, Alberta dogs are going to help earry the load.-- Let.h1ridge Nereid. NO FOOLIN' When our handsome local bank teller, Athol Beattie, hurried out eto the hospital April 1 and *as told he had become the proud papa of twills --2 girls -°--'he just grinned, on deet. of l.not•in' what day it was. But that's really what happened. -- The Witer ,.rl ;titer. ._ - MACHINES AND LABOR M zr lines kill employment? in solve- rases,. perhaps. But past year . one meta - ear n.tfac ttq :ng company in the 'C ni end S utel Clore paid -Otic to its t Oi kc•1en • this • not inz'1n,l..ng eti a„ eo trt thou- 21 ENGLISH, BRITISH, OR WHAT The average man, who, to be sure, takes a good deal for granted, com- monly looks a Ashimself oef(with some complaeeney)esin one race or another. Our newspapers no longer dare to speak of the English race for fear of offending the Sent, so they freely substitute the British race, although the ethnologist might object that the British were the race, or races which inhabit ed these islands before the English dame. Dare we speak of the Scottish race when it is obv,nus that the native, say, of the Lothians is nearer akin to the Yo'kshiretnaln than he is to the dsni'rell c,t Argyll or Sutherland, grid that there is more •ii;•fet &r ee be- tween the bast and West of Scotland than i,z.t veep the North end South of treat, lsritein ' Then can we ;;ay e Water Mains Broken "I was not sure about the drink- ing water. As I went along streets on high ground, I noticed that man- hole covers had been blown off and water was spurting up in a small gey- of "Things to Come" Sar Ronald Lindsay, British Amltaseador to ntt ednded Stalpee, and his Piece, Lady Elizabeth Lindsay, shown asthey view of 11. ti, 4Vcils' •film 10 Washington, 1).t'. h A Dressy Pyjama Set Sauce for the Goose But Peggy Jane continued to "touch." And at last got her hands slapped. At home her mother said, "I'm not going to take you to a store 1 again. You won't let things alone." Isn't the urge to "touch" strong in most of us? Isn't the instinct to lay hands on something we admire often stronger than mere vision? Why blame children too much for an impulse that is after all so na- tural and human. Not only in stores, but'everywhere oleo in the world they face the warn- ing signs "Do not touch". They must learn to respect Property, and learn to keep themselves sane; but this world -for -grownups must •often. seem as hampering to then es the rarified store -air was to Mrs. Jones. Poor youngsteese It heel Hands- eff World at best-- for them. Students ?be ---"How do you describe bache- lors?" • ITc---"As open who have content - plated Matrimony!" 1791—B This is an exceedingly well de- signed garment, plenty of fulness is included for active arms and legs. The yoke, sleeve and front panel are ail one piece cleverly combined to minimize your clew- ing time and eliminate complicat- ing tricks. Six little buttons down the center front panel, a demure Peter Pan collar,. plus a wide self -fabric belt and what is the result? A dressy pajama waist that can be 'duplicated in another fabric and worn over a skirt. The blouse is gathered to the yoke in front and back giving a flattering fulness and smooth appearance. Make this lovely tailored model in polka-dotted silk, printed crepe, cotton, or light flannel. This BARBARA BELL PAT- TERN No. 1701-I3 is available in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 40 and 42, The corresponding bust measure- ments 32, 34, 86, 38, 40 and 42. Size 16 requires 1'tle yards of 39. inch material. - ` 110W TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address of patten, wanted. Enclose 20c it ttainps or coin (coin preferred) wrap it carefully and address year rider, to Barbara Bell, ROOM230 73 Adelaide W., "Toronto.