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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1936-05-21, Page 6of the THE WORLD AT LARGE CANADA Tests for Sportsmen In several countries applicants or automobile driving licenses are re- quired to undergo tests of skill and knowledge varying in their compre pensiveness• On the same principal Germany demands that all who apply for a license to go after game with a gun or rifle shall be tested before the license is issued. It is by no means a bad idea. Driving a motor vehicle or Carrying firearms is safe or danger - pus largely according to the qualifica- tions of the driver or sportsman. Ac- cidents aplenty testify to the damage and death liable to result from ignor- ant and unskilled handling of inven- mous having a potentially deadly qua- lity. — Saint John Telegraph -Journal, Future of Suez Canal The year 1908 is already causing some worry to the directors of the Suez Canal. That is the year when, according to the terms of the 99 -year Concession given by the Egyptian gov- ernment when the canal was built, possession reverting back to Egypt. According to an article in the current issue of the Journal of the Canadian Bankers' Association, the Egyptian 1.,overnment in 1910 approved in prin- ciple an extension of the concession to 2008, in return for a cash payment of 4,000,000 pounds and in increasing Share of the net profits after 192L This proposal, however was defeated in the general assembly and the con- trol of the canal after 1968 remains uncertain. — Brandon Sun. As In Ontario Only the other day a man who has lived in a nearby town for the past five years decided he would move his family to Edmonton. Once here, he applied immediately for relief and he had to be given it. The city probably will have to trust to the courts to be 'teimbursed. Before the new regulation went into effect this applicant would have been refused relief in Edmonton <.isnd told to return to his home town, ;What's more, knowing that this would #tappers, he probably would have hes- itated to leave his home at all. — Ed- monton Journal. Nothing Left In a speech at Ottawa, His Excel- lency the Governor General stressed the spiritual aspects of the League of Nations. If Mussolini had his way the only thing he would leave the Gen- eva body would be its spiritual as- pects. — Hamilton Spectator. CANADA THE EMPIRE' PRESS human being wine is dependent on it Por the bringing of help. Would They Heed' Raising the speed limit for motor cars is being urged. But is there aay assurance that drivers will pay any more attention to a new limit than they do to the present ogre? -'- Brock- ville Recorder and Times: The Rehabilitation of The West The rehabilitation of the West is, of course, not a problem for the West alone. The mistakes in settlement were not mistakes of the %rest but of the Dominion, which had control or settlement until about five years ago. And, as Mr. Paul Sise of Montreal has pointed out recently, even the mis- takes which the westerners made for themselves were made quite largely at the instance of eastern business men It Is not, however, wholly or even principally a matter of assess- ing blame. It is more important to find a remedy. And the remedy is vital for all Canada. As Sir Edward Beatty has put it: "Industrial capital and labour in this country can never, for long, earn profits or wages greatly out of proportion to the profits or wages of agriculture capital or labour." -- Van- couver Province. The Way is Hard Of course, a good deal of Britain's national debt, like our own, has been built from extravagant follies of past years and a good deal of the burden- some new taxation also like our own, is to pay for these. It is Britain's morning after and the headache is just as painful as ours. But they and we are learning that it is a via dolor- osa that leads to the land of balanced budgets, yet it must be travelled. — Calgary Albertan. Canada's Researnh Workers In the eighteen years of it exist- ence the National Research Council of Canada has expended approximately 88,000,000 of public money, more than half being for building" and equip- ment, It may appear to be a substant- ial sum, but Canada's competitors in the world trade markets are spend- ing much more lavishly. Japan has 45 government su'tipdrted research in- stitutes in which more than 3,500 are employed, in addition to electro -tech- nical laboratories employing 1,000. Russia, which iu 1930 had 400 research. institutes has now 840 in which 47,- 900 7;900 trained men are at work, the an- nual expenditure being about $500,- 000,000, Governments everywhere are setting expert men to work with a view of finding new uses for natural products, improved methods of manu- facture and so on. — Torpnto Star. Order of Merit For Canada Presumably the present Ottawa Gov- ernment proposes to abolish the grant- ing of Imperial orders to Canadians. This was one of the election pledges, of Et. Hon• Mackenzie Bing. If this is done then Canada should set up some Order of Merit of its own, like the Legion of Honor in France, or the Congressional Medal in the United States. There should be some way by Ovhich Canadians could recognize out- standing work or heroic deeds. "We are moved to make these re- marks by the bravery of the Nova Scotia. miners, who risked their lives to rescue the •two men imprisoned in the Moose River mine, They perform- ed feats of valour, which all Canad- ians would like to see recognized of- ficially. It is true a fund is being now raised for tho miners, but there should also he some recognition by the Dom- inion ominion as a whole. — London Free Drees. Moose River and Maritime Coal Not even the miners of Nova Scotia would expect special consideration on the sole ground that some of their number took a heroic part in the Moose River drama. But no doubt the hope is that the event will draw at- tention to the worthiness of their con- stant appeal and result in steadier and more remunerative employment for all those engaged in coal mining. —Saint John Telegraph-Jouinal, Feats of Fasting Early last week everybody was ask- ing the question, how long could the entombed men at Moose River live without sustenance? The following in- teresting item from the "25 years ago" Column of the Ottawa Journal, tray provide the answer in part: "A Tor- onto man undertook an 18 -day fast for the good of his health. He was Coming along splendidly up to the 16th dnd;, when be died." THE EMPIRE Oh Yes, Wooden Hats Evalyn Knapp, Margaret Sinclair and- Elsa Buchanan, noted British actress and singer, (left to right) taking the sun .on the .Lido, Cal., beach. Newest in beach hats, they're of woven wood veneer, top all this charm. cern- If it is not, it is not an Empire in the full sense of the term. The Statute of Westminster notwithstand- ing, the Empire, for its own safety, must be a unity. Much may be made i h . of self-government, of the rights tgtsg n, but is the Empire not a Commonwealth of Nations bearing allegiance to one Crown and depending upon mutuat loyalty to the one idea? it may re• quire a time of danger to clear defin- itions of all verbiage down to the fundamentals. Perhaps that time has come. A Going Concern The keen interest that is certain to be excited throughout the Domin- ions by the announcement that a Bri- tish Cabinet Minister will make an Empire tour this year will provide one of the best reasons why the tour should be made. It was once stated that the Empire was .a going con - Don't Shoot Pigeons Special care should be taken never to shoot a pigeon, Any seen 'will be- long to some person and some of them hnay be on government service. The Saskatoon Star-15hoenix explained re- cently that the Federal Government has pigeon lofts in many parts of Ca- nada and, within recent years, has had training grounds north of Saska- toon. At Cormorant, on the Hudson ,Bay railway, the Government has about 100 birds of high value which pro trained under the supervision of an expert piteoneer brought from ;Wales. While the 1! edoral Govern- ment maintained their aeroplanes f'or forestry service andfire protection in the Pas district, and in the neighbor- hood of the Saskatchewan border, pi- 4Keons were carried in every aeroplane that took to the air. They were used to send messages back to the base if the pilot were forced clow1i, or in ease of any other emergency. Shooting a ;pigeon may easily cost the life of a London's Flowers Queen Mary's Garden in the Reg- ent's Park is now being planted with the finest herbaceous plants that our gardeners can. grow. Each big firm is sending its specialty. The new border will especially display delph- iniums, lilies, scabious, lupins, phlox- es and Michaemas varieties. This bor- der is a novelty. The garden is al- ready famous for its roses, all sup- plied by our commercial rosarians. The flowers and plant committees of the Ministry of Agriculture hope as much from the herbaceous border which is to rival the famous half mile or so at Southport -- one of the sights of the town — or the border under the wall at Hampton Court. The Ministry has indeed advanced since its days as a mere board, when its functions were held to be merely negative and defensive. The flower and plants committee have themselves.; broken new- ground, as behoves peo ple interested in .gardens and their propaganda. — London Spectator. Timber For Famous t., is ridge dl1-Chosen LONDON—Had more care been taken in selecting the wooden piles which for over 100 years supported Waterloo Bridge it is possible that there would have been no need to rebuild the bridge. Timber experts recently descend- ed into a coffer dam 30 feet below high-water level to watch the extrac- tion of these piles. It was found that the 10,000 tons weight on each pier was borne by 200 to 300 timber platforms were built for supporting the stone structure. E. H. B. Boulton, technical di- rector of the Timber Development Association stated that the piles vary from beautiful cylindrical moles, 19 feet in length and 20 inches in diameter, to very crooked stems not more than 16 feet long and 8 inches wide. "It is amazing," he said, "that the piles should have borne the weight of the bridge for 120 years. Considering the character of the superstructure, it seems to have been a false policy to economize on the timber foundations." Reward for Heroism Admiral Hamlet (right) presents Midshipman J. M. Cease with medal for his rescue of Joint McWilliams (center) last January from drowning in the 'Severn River near the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, Ad Even Silence Can Be Overdone ! A. "Silentiarium" — a house con- structed of materials that will exclude noise from without and absorb it from within is to be built at Bad Blaneken- burg in Thuringia, writes the N. Y. Sun. It will discourage serenaders. it will defy the charivari. Callithumpers will assail its inmates in vain. The ardent youth who summons his girl by tooting his motor horn will hoot from its curb without response. The young- ster who shouts "Hey Skinny,, come on out!" will waste his breath before it. The bang -bang of the backfiring engine will not scare its occupants into belief that a battle has come to town. Those who dwell within it will not hear the sirens of the police as they race through the streets to get a sandwich. • Flat wheels — but there will soon be no flat wheels so they need not be mentioned. Within its portals all will be quiet. The good man's snores, the restless turnings of the dreaming child the flapping wiudow shade, the slam- ming shutter — all will be suppressed. The sound of each creaking bedspring the nibbling of the mouse behind the wainscoting, will be absorbed, • dead- ened, abolished, by the materials and appliances introduced in. this struct- ure, and within its wall there will be that stillness so many persons think they desire but which nobody really wishes. There is not a deaf person in the world, no matter how philosophically the affliction may be borne, who will not gladly exchange the silence in which his or her days are spent tor the clamor that is the penalty of real sharp ears. A Suggestion General . Nicholas Kapustiansky, a Ukrainian army officer who visited Windsor, expressed great surprise at the absence here of military display and the scarcity of policemen. In Poland, he remarks, there are 300,- 000 00;000 soldiers in the standing army, and 50,000 police. Wouldn't it be an excellent idea for Canada to invite representative hien from all the European countries to make a visit to this nation? Their eyes would be opened on the very points mentioned by General Kapu- stiansky. They might go back to their homes and give leadership to a movement which would have a far- reaching effect on European peace. There aro familiar, homely sounds that comfort and reassure; to be de- prived of them would be a hardship indeed. That stair•tread which always squeaks is frequently condemned to repair, but actually it is a treasured part of daily routine. Who would el- iminate from the dozing moments that are the erepuscle of sleep that soft, sound the bedclothes yield as they adjust themselves to the relax- ing body? Much impatience releases itself against the alarm clock, but who would choose not to hear that alert guardian of the day's work or pleas- ure? There is something supporting to the spirit in the dignified ticking of an old-fashioned clock; it at least series to remind the lazy man that there is one ancient and enduring pub. tic servitor. Father Time, who takes no days off. How many tales that awaken cur- iosity or stimulate, thought would have no point to a generation reared in silentiaria? That immortal avec• dote of the man in the hotel room whose topside neighbour dropped one shoe on the — hut why go on? I has served the amiable purposes of gen- erations, and scores of other yarns based on good hearing have equally honorable records; they must be pre. served. With them must be kept in unimpaired safety the chain -clanking of ghosts, the ticks of uncounted death watches, enduring testmonY to the respectable antiquity of mankind's treasured superstitions. • "Ever notice 'what a Tight step that cop has?". "Oh, yes, he wears cork -soled shoes," 21. 43 Scientists Plan Rat Tortures Mostly by Fear — Hope to Learn More About Ner- vous Breakdowns Quiet gime Aa far as we are concerned, the crimb of the century took place on Madison avenue, on a warm, sunny afternoon recently, A young lady, was window-shopping along a block in the µpeer Fifties, and an incon- spicuous little man , ane ked up be- - hind her, opened the handbag which was dangling from her arm, and ex- tracted her change purse, He was halfway down the block before she realized what had hap- pened. She rushed after him, over- taking him with no apparent diffi- culty, tapped him on the shoulder, and said, "Pardon me, but didn't you just pick my purse?" He looked startled for a moinent, then nodded in an abashed way and handed over the coin purse. "Thank you very much," she aaid. "That's all right, madam," the pick- pocket answered, and, returning to those niceties which make life on Madison avenue so pleasant, he tip- ped his hat and walked off downa side street. She went on with her window-shopping. None of the people who saw the happening dreamed of calling a cop.•1'he New Yorker. MINNEAPOLIS — Professors of the University of Minnesota are try- ing to give rats a nerous breakdown. They think that if they are success- ful, they can ascertain the causes and possibly a better treatment of simi- lar breakdowns in human beings. Stuart Cook, assistant professor at the university, announced last week a series of experiments which will determine just how much it takes to make a rat have a nervous break- down. Whether or not he succeeds, life for the next few weeks is going to be very complicated for the rod- ents selected for the experiments. First of all the rats will be requir- ed to_ walk across the electrically - charged plate to reach their food, The rats can decide whether they want to take a jolt or go hungry. Next, the rats will be placed on one of two plates with a gap be- tween. When they get used to that, they will be given a shock and per- suaded to jump to the other plate. As soon as they get used to that, they will be given another shock and be encouraged to jump back to the first plate. After this series' of disconcerting e::petiments is completed, the rats will be placed in a compartment. There they will learn that a flashing light always precedes a shock, If they learn fast enough, they soon will know that if they jump when the light flashes, they can escape the shock that is sure to follow a mom- ent later. Then, when all the rats learn to jump as soon as the light flashes, another' light will be turned on. This will warn them to stay put. If they jump, there will be another and much stronger shock awaiting them. It will be a case of ,standing still and getting one shock, or jumping and getting a more . terrific one. Prof, Clark believes that by this time the rats will be thoroughly be- fuddled. Their nerves either will be completely shattered or at least at the stage of the game a human be- ing breaking point. He believes that at this would be ready for the strait- jacket. ' So at this✓point the rats will be put back where they started, in the food cage. There they can decide whether they want to cross the electrified, plate and get shocked, or go hungry. "A perfect willow tree," which has just been felled at Copped hall, Epping, contained 14 feet of un- blemished trunk and Aneasered 54 inches round, To The Arbutus Sweet flower of early Spring] thy loveliness Follows the woodland pathways, where'er treads The gentle creature of the wilder - Or trailing spreads To some deep brake wings bestir, Entwining there the while tient fir That sighs content, As if such sweetness brought it hap- piness. Its boughs are bent Toward thee, for thy perfumed breath is sweet; Sweet as if breathing Nature's joy- fulness, The Spring to greet. , As winter is the night when Nature's weariness Is overcome, Thy blossoms are awakening Of Spring's fair dawn, Lingering awhile 'till Summer with 'her grace Enfolds thy beauty in her warm em- brace, To sleep anon. Montreal. —Arundel Phillips. Fashion Says Coolies where eager some an - the symbols of Oxford and Cambridge Univer- sities hold the authority to print in English the Bible and Prayer took, the copyrights of which are Crown !property. You'll love this smart coolie coat. It is ideal for now and to wear later in the summer, to say nothing of being tremendously clic and just what Paris is spon- soring. It achieves a certain effect of its smartness through its young and attractive fared back, that gives it a swagger look. Other chic details about it are the smooth fit of the shoulders and the narrow standing collar. In plain wheats colored light- weight wool, as the original, it compliments f9plain or a printed dress. Imagine it too in dazzling plain white or in a gay flecked linen- red, • blue- or grass -green. It's so simple to sew and so in- expensive. 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