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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1936-05-07, Page 6Bridging Distance VOICE :THE WORLD AT LARGE CANADA of. the People Forget It is unfortunate that the work of mosquito control must be u tdertaken some weeks in advauce of the normal arrival of these iniquitous pests, If the annual anti -mosquito tag day could be deferred until June there is little doubt but that the fun would be over -subscribed in a very short time, People Forget past miseries very eas- ily. In April few of us are thinking about moscinitoes but in June we all have cause to say with Prospero, "How sharp the point of this remem- brance is!" (Note:. Winnipeg is holding a tag day to raiseltinds for fighting mosqui- toes). osquitoes). --- Winnipeg Tribune. First It Must Grow The president of the Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association has been telling the Gyro -Club that timber is a harvest that must be cut. He might have told them also that timber is a crop that must be conserved and re- planted, or there will be no succes- sion of harvests. - Vancouver Prov- ince, The Life of the Party Luncheon hostesses in London, Eng- land have found a way to ease the strain of lagging conversations. When a worried woman puts on a party, she pays someone to attend and lead the guests to excited diseussions of this and that. Whenever the women seem to be petered out on one topic, the vivacious one starts them on some- tlting else and keeps them going at full steam ahead, Many a luncheon has been changed from boredom to enjoyment by the strategy of the paid guest, who ap- pears to be just one of those present. But, she is usually one., last to leave, the hostess not wishing to hand out the fee in iront of the others. They pay as much as $25 per lun- cheon encheon tor a good conversation pilot. —Windsor Star. National Income U.S. national income is estimated at $60,000,000,000 yearly. In 1929 it was $86,000.000,000 and dropped to $49,600,000,000 in 1a33. — Montreal Star. Victoria Cross Tifter-fenstetleaeneet Cross to be won in 14 years was awarded posthumous-. 1-v a short time ago to Captain God- frey Meynell, who won it in fighting on the northwest frontier of India last September. The incident calls atten- tion to the fact that some kind of fighting is going on most of the time on some frontier of the Empire. — To- ronto Mali and Empire. CANADA ' THE EMPIRE eeeneememete b:. ESS.1 the game wee just beginning to invade England front the north. Now there are about 1,500 golf clubs in England., of which' 200 are in London, but a great number of players are unattach- ed, -- St. Thomas Times -Journal, Gaelic in Nova Scotia When Premier 1t oisay MacDonald landed at Halifax on his health -horn day last year be was met by the Pre- mier of the province who greeted him in a language the Scottish -born lead- er did not ctndorstand. It was Gaelic. It is surprising to learn that Gaelic is taught in the schools of the prov- ince. Teaching was authorized 15 years ago and apparently is popular enough to continue. It is an optional subject, and a teacher who is capable of imparting the "Gaelic" is entitled to a special grant from the provincial department. Gaelic is more of a "dead" language than Latin or Greek, so far as utility is concerned, but it will please Scots to know that there is a Canadian pro- vince interested in preserving the ancient speech of the race. -- St, Thomas Times—Journal. All Else is Unstable It's a sad reflection on mankind that the only thing that shows auy sign of permanence in the world is taxa- tion. — Toronto Saturday Night. Two Lest Novels The University of Ohio judges the two best novels to be Tolstoi's "War and Peace" and Thackeray's "Henry Esmond. The choice of "Henry Es- mond" will surprise the many who thought Thackeray was no conger read. It Is a beautiful story of the 18th century, and perhaps its happy end- ing in Virginia specially commends it to American readers. Its sequel is "The Virginians," which has an Am- erican setting, yet "The Virginians" never attained, even in the United States, in the bays when everyone read Thackeray, the popularity of "Henry Esmond," "Vanity fair" and "Pendennis," — London Advertiser. What Interests a Queen Canada's first participation in the Utrecht Fair was marked by a visit from Queen Wilhelmina who, accom- panied by a considerable retinue, had spent some little time in the Canad- ian section, where she showed a live- ly interest in the goods Canada is now selling with considerable success in the Netherlands. Canada's Weekly, published in Lon- don, Eng., states that Her Majesty confessed that she had fallen into the common error of regarding Canada principally as an agricultural country and expressed her amazement at the excellence and variety of manufacture ed goods en display. She was, how- ever fan -altar with Canadian rubber thigh boots, which are known to fi ehermen and sportsmen from. one end of Holland to the other. Her particular interest was drawn to Canadian washing machines which have been comparatively recently in- troduced into Holland, and have met with good reception. Toronto Mail and Empire. Expensive Kiss Beatrice Lillie has been notified that Signatures However there are still a few tasks reserved for the pen. Signing one's name, for instance. And how many xrten are there who write a legible sig- nature? If by the scrawls and flour- ishes which so many of us put at the end of our letters, our business and professional acumen were to be judg- ed. then who stands secure? Many of the great, wise and emin- ent allow themselves a very crypto- gram of a sign manual which suggests that they are ashamed of their own identity. Many lesser persons, on the other hand, appear tothink that by inscribing it in an equally mysterious manner an insignificant name acquires 4ignity and importance. Winnipeg, Tribune. Golf Grov `e in Britain Only the ver aged, the lame, the )alt and the blind do not play games .0 some kind in Britain, where prob- ably.more people take part in sport pr sport's sake than in any other 'century, It is surprising to leant, hew - Oyer, that the game which has more Players than any other" is lawn tennis. Golf has gradually pulled up until it is In second place, Over one million Britishers play golf. Thirty years ago By KEN EDW RDS \ M;. So that beach loungers at Santa Monica, Cal., can watch lectures on bridge without crowd- ing around table, Frances Fllnton, (at hoard) bridge authority, has invented magnetic board for cards. as a result of her Toronto appearance she must pay Dominion income tax. Now she's wondering if a kiss from Mayor McBride is worth that much, —Peterboro Examiner. THE EMPIRE Britain's Food Supply Grow Food, Store Food! if war does come here the enemy airplanes will follow the line of the rivers, pointing like arrowheads to the heart of the great seaports. The bombers will also smash the docks, blow down the brid- ges, and cripple our overseas food supply. If war comes elsewhere, the cost of that huge dislocation of trade in the markets of the world will drive up prices in this country to near fa- mine level, And if this fear passes, as all good men and women pray and la- bour that it will, then if our land is fertile and our barns are filled we can give of our abundance, in humble thanksgiving to those -that sorely need it. Grow Food! Store Food! London Daily Express. Over the Ropes The "Mormon Flash" Dean Detton is a wrestler yuu are go- ing to. hear from in the very near future. "Dangerous Dean" as be was called in New Zealand and Aus- tralia, is the latest sensation in the wrestling world. Dean began his mat career in 1027 as a welterweight, while at- tending the University of Utah. In 1929 he won all his bents in the heavyweight class and in 1981 wrestled his first profession- al match. Deanis 21 years old, weighs 215 pounds, stands 6 feet and has been in the "grunt and groan" gauze for 9 years, His favourite holds are the "toe -hold" and the "aeroplane -spin." Ed "Strangler" Lewis, five times world's champion, was de- feated recently by this clever bone -buster,. Joe Detton, Dean's father, held the light weight title for the Pa- cific Coast, Dean has recently thrown Jim Browning, 'Sandor Szabo, Hans Steinke, Hank :Rasher, Ed "Strangler" Lewis and others, To -day's column is dedicated to "Pat" Cameron of Beaverton, Ontario, Vancouver's Jubilee Today the world traveller can have no more memorable experience than the journey which takes .him, perhaps in the still snowbound spring, across the white expanse of the prairies, and lifts him thousands of feet through the Kicking Horse Pass, and drops him gently into a bustling city that enjoys the climate of the south coast of Eng- land, with a background of mountain scenery that has no equal in Europe. At present, even in a time of world depression, some 15,000 ships with a total tonnage of over ten millions use the port of Vancouver each year. The construction of the Panama Canal gave it an added value, for it is Pound cheaper to lraul the grain of the wes- tern provinces over the Rockies and ship it to Europe by the canal from an ice -free port than to train it east- wards. There are few places of which progress can he more confidently pre- dicted in a normal world than this fifty -year-old port with the North Am- erican continent at its back and its face turned to China, Japan, and Aus- tralia. -- Manchester Guardian. 21 Motion Pichthes 'lid in Eth!a6ou' TORONTO, -- Motion pietures were a vital force in elementary and adult education and in moulding citizenship, Mrs. Mary, B. Lowthian,. only woman member of the Niagara Falls Board of Education, asserted in an address to the urban Trustees' section of the Ontario Educational Association. "Publicly denouncing objection- able bjectionable pictures usually packs the the- atre with irresponsible people," she declared. The Dominion shouts nave a non -dramatic educational • film bureau supported or aided by a government grant, Mrs. Lowthian state, "We all agree, I am sure,- she said, "that it is vastly more import- ant for a child to know the pro- cesses by which he receives a .letter By which. the salmon be likes to eat is caught, prepared and deliv- ered to his grocer, or by which, the book he reads is made ready for use than it is to know luiw many people were killed at the Battle of Hastings, the names and sacs of the victories won by the Black Prince or the number of ships in the Spanish Armada," Lord Tweeclrrluir's Son Hon. John Buchan, eldest son of His Excellency, Lord Tweeds- muir, has arrived at Ottawa for his first visit to Canada. He had been in Government service in Africa. So They Sy! iiuisia1 Joh Thrills !more Chapman She Travels Into Far North Selljlg Lubricating Grease and Oil OTTAWA—More than 750 mining engineers and metallurgists and their wives attended the recent annual con- vention in Ottawa, but only one wo- man came on business—grease and lubrication. Miss Leonore Chapman, young, tall and prepossessing, travels into the north by dog team, by plane and even tractor to heli mining en- gineers solve the problems of keep- ing engines running smoothly in unusual temperatures above and be- low gy ound. She has travelled through North- ern Ontario and Quebec, into New- foundland iron mines, across coun- try to the pulp and paper mills, vis- ited plants at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and has been up to Moosonee at the James Bay terminus of the Tem - i kaming and Northern Ontario Rahvay. In the last five years she has watched a rapid change in frontier towns and remarks: "There are no hardships left and when you come to where you found the jumping-off place last time, you notice that the edge of civilization has extended until once again it lies just the other side of the horizon. "Some people might find such life dull, there are none ' of the usual diversions, but I am thrilled to be in contact with men who bring dreams into reality. G. K. Chesterton wrote some time ago that he always found interest in out-of-the-way places that some balled dull as ditchwater and that ditchwater placed under a microscope could prove very enter- taining. I have found the same thug: Grease and oil may not ap- peal to. everybody, but they fascin- ate me, they can accomplish such wonders and are such an interesting study. "Then, too, the north is now a hive of industry and one of the few places where there is little time for discouragement or defeat." On her rounds of mining machin- ery, Miss Chapman wears breeches, high boots, a windbreaker and hetet, silk underwear and silk stockings. "It may be just vanity, but I really believe they keep me warmer." When she is hi a town, no matter how small, she is just another at- tractive girl. "Up in the north we take planes as you might take taxis, they have few accidents as the pilots are scru- pulously careful of their machines. We have our transportation prob- lems, our food problems and that is about all. There is lots of work and lots of fun if you look at it that way." Huron's Record Need fainters jos Marriage Y.W.C,.A. Gives Course In Subject Dealing With Matrimony TORONTO—The enthusiastic at- tendance of the senior members of the Young Women's Christian As.. Sociation at the six-week cout'se el. discussion groups on "Ideal Mar. leap," has confirmed the opinion of leaders who felt that there was need for instruction on this subject among older girls, Mrs. Docald McCullagh, B.A., a recent graduate from the depart- ment of social' science at the Uni- versity of Toronto, led the' group and was ableto clear up many superstitiol's ideas and prejudices by giving scientific sex information, Many of the girls expresses the wish that everyone might have the opportunity of attending such groups. The discussions centred around such subjects as "Choosing a Husband," and "The Purpose of Marriage." Other efforts of special interest in the education department of the Y.W.C.A. which have helped to- ward development of personality, charm and good speech are the classes conducted by Mrs. Dora Ma- yor Moore in "The Art of Conver- sation," and "Social Demeanor." The girls in these classes know that to be a conversationalist one must learn proper breathing, cor- rect posture and mouth expression, discrimination in the selection of reading natter, the constant need to refer to the dictionary and to familiarize themselves each day with new words. To acquire good speech the girls were taught to turn their attention to the best in radio broadcasts, to listen whenever possible to good speakers and to avoid certain top- ics of conversation when talking with strangers and the necessity of finding common interests such as the weather, current events or the theatre as the starting -off point. "You• cannot get peace by run- ning away from war any more than you can get it simply by join- ing peace societies or carrying peace banners," —Lady Astor. "All book publishers worthy of the name are somewhat literary themselves, and hence more or less insane,' —Bruce Barton. "New industries and wider use- fultess of established industries are beckoning." —David Sarnoff. "If this civilization of ours is going to endure we've just got to start learning to mind our own business or the day may come when: there won't be any business to mind." The fat man and his wife were returning to their seats in the theatre after the interval. "Did I tread on yen* toes as 1 went out?" he asked a elan at the end of a row. "You slid," replied the other grim- ly, expecting at least an apology. The fat man turned to his wire "All right, Mary," he suit:, "this is otir row," --Irvin S. Cobb. "Most of our troubles today are the result of defective distriution —I mean distribution of ideas and people as well as goods." —John Erskine. "We are apt to look too far away for the accomplishment of re- forms, Improvement is generally a personal and local matter." Hughes. —Charles E. I g "I think and think, for months, for years. Ninety-nine times the conclusion is false, the hundredth time I am right." Albert. Einstein, "Wo would not dream of treat- ing a strain of race horses the way we do ourselves." --Herbert Hoovei. "The trouble with modern civiliza- tion is that we are. cafeteria- ottscieus. .--Hendrik 'Willem Van Loon, "A. sense of humor is an unerring sense of proportion;" ---)✓telly Post" If the proposed "fixed" calendar is adopted by the world, Good Fri- day would fall on April 7, Easter Sunday on April 9 and Whit Sunday on May 28 of 'every year. (The Sault Ste. Marie Star) Talking about Huron County, it has produced a •"'cluintea of political leaders in relent -.year: Hon dames Garfield Gardiner, born at Exeter, November 80, 1898;: Hon. Thomas Alexander Crerar, Minister of Interior, Mines, Immi- gration, 'etc., born at Molesworth, in Huron County,six years earlier. Hon. Robert Weir, former Minis- ter of Agriculture born at Winghate, December 5th, 1892. (HtCounty (Huron n has thus produc- ed three of the four most recent federal Ministers of Agriculture.) Zion, William. Aberhat't, premier of Alberta, born at Seaforth Dee - emboli 80th, 1878, Robert John Dcacln;an, Liberal economist and tariff expert, horn it Howick Township, December 151.1%, 187$, ;�, Modified Shirtwaist 1e22 -B For those of you who have been waiting for something a little different in shirtwaist styling, something with softer lines and a more pleasing contour, this charmingly simple all -occasion day- time frock will ring the obeli — and that's na gong. i!'eaturing an extended yoke across the shout - tiers to form a novel and engare .-,. Mg effect, there are just a few simple pieces to the pattern. The waist is gathered to the yoke, the rounded collar ends in a graceful bow, and the pockets are tabbed to match the cuffs. You'll set the style pace by using sports silk, novelty weaves, acetate, and 'printed cottons. 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