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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1936-05-28, Page 6A Record. Overboard. VOICE THE WORLD AT LARGE CANADA of the Dr. Robertson's Eloquence Toe himself, with all 'Llis descript- ive powers and his skill in literature could not have written more eloquent- ly than does Dr. Robertson in con- cluding his narrative in the follow- ing words: "Lind words tutted me down to a stretcher. Army blankets were then wrapped around me• "I was picked up, cameras still clicking. . "I was put in an ambulance. "I was taken to the temporary hos- pital at the mining office, "I was taken out of the ambulance, ,:a carried into the office, and --- there vas MY wife." What a climax, No wonder the Bri- tish purchasers of publication rights .cabled "Magnificent!" after they had read the • opening instalments of the narrative. Truly a magnificent story from a magnificent man. —St. Thom- as Times -Journal. Physical Fitness A prominent New York doctor says that careful living during the first thirty years of existence is the sure safeguard for mental and physical fitness during the balance of the term. This sounds like a body blow for the mild oats propaganda. -- Brantford Expositor, Farm Horses The automobile has chased the horse off the country roads to a large extent, but it is as essential as ever for the work on the farm. The Prov- incial Department of Agriculture, therefore does- well to encourage the horse -breeding industry in New Bruns- wick by aiding and assisting the far- mers in breeding the most desirable type of animal for farm work. -- Saint John Telegraph -Journal. CANADA THE EMPIRE clay so hard that it will have wear- ing strength of iron. The road is built of clay and then the machine, with a forcing -down draught of hot air and chemicals, bakes the clay, turning it into a hard -surfaced highway. Road - building is one of the problems of Western Canada, and if the Austral- ians have something of the nature de- scribed, the matter should be looked into. •— Regina Leader -Post. No May Day Rows Do Canadians ever stop to think what a haven of peace their country is? On May lst all over the world there were militant demonstrations: Red armies marching in .Moscow, strikers marching in France, Nazis parading in 'Germany; Coimmunists demonstrating in Beigeme ,and Spain. Mere in Canada, May Day leas just another day, with all the promise of Spring, with men at work peacefully in factories and on farms and in of- fices, and children happy in school.. Truly we are a cozy corner of the world. — Ottawa Journal. Hogs As Prize Awards Soren pedigreed hogs are being of- fered as prize awards to farmers by a lye manufacturer. Letters of not over 300 words must be accompanied by a portion of the product label and dir- ected to one of any four subjects -- the use of the lye, why it has been found the best, how money may be saved by using it, or why one insists on this particular brand. In farm pa- per advertising, announcing the con- test. pedigreeds of the prize animals are given. One reason for giving live swine as awards is because that in recent years. one of the most impor- tant uses for lye has been in connec- tl1 a with swine. It is utilized to en- sure sanitation about hog houses and feeding yards and as a hog mange dip. --Marketing. Toronto. A Goof. Turn Four hundred boys in Winnipeg i Sam been provided with white Browne belts and will pilot children to forty schools. This will give the boys experience and will protect the other children. Careless motorists will be less likely to cause accidents. Winnipeg is doing a good turn. — The Saint John Telegraph -Journal. The Ho -Hum Season For all who have work to perform, and should be about the performance of the task, this is the oddly enchant- ed season of ho-hum. The sunshine is welcome enough, delightfully so, but there are properties in it that lead the mind to wander, cause you to yawn when you are not sleepy, and that withdraw the visible from your gaze• It is a time when people looking out of windows gaze far and beyond anything that is to be seen. They are pleasantly wearied, for no cause what- ever, and yet have a restless inner urging to take the long high -road that curves to, and disappears over the horizon. That is the way it must be with them in the sorcerous season of ho-hum. — Kingston Whig -Standard. $100 Worth Free When the Government of Canada agreed in the trade treaty with the United States to submit to Parlia- ment a proposal providing for a grea- ter measure of reciprocity in duty- free purchases made by legitimate tourists, there were fears that sugh action might prove unduly prejudic- ial to border merchants. It will be seen however, that proper safeguards have been introduced and there is lit- tle danger of such merchants being large losers under the provision. Fruit Belt Blossom Time The lagara Peninsula, long famed as a fruit district, is attracting thou- sands of tourists, and their number is increasing as the days go by. The Summer weather of the past few days has been largely responsible. The buds on the cherry, plum and pear trees have burst suddenly into bloom by reason of the intense heat until, between Hamilton and the Niagara River, the whole countryside is glor- ious with blossoms. The peach blos- soms aro not yet. out, but the display front other varieties of fruit trees is such as to entrance. '.Toronto Mail and Empire, Charlie Chaplin Chaplin is the Dickens of the silver sorcen. His pictures are a combina- tion of comedy, pathos and propagan- da than irresistibly remind us of the great novelist reformer. Many were cli..appointed with Modern Times, Ex- peeting a Pickwick Papers, they did find a Great ]expectations, Jack Ben- ny and Phil Baker on the air, and the Marx - Brothers and Ilarold Lloyd on tho screen, portray life as a joke, but Chapiin,sees the thread of tragedy in its tapestry as well as the thread of comedy —hen Spectator, Clay Roads A report of road -building' activities in .Anstralla will be of interest to "Western Canada. It is said that Aus- tralia is embarking on a road -building pro,; •^m in which nrd.ieary clay will be need for permanent highway, con• st.• ieiiion, The newspeper =story says that a machine has been - invented that can be used to bake "ordinary Bs KEN EDW ARDS Jean Dupuy, American born Paris publisher, pictured as he set a new world record for out- boards on the Seine River by doing 119 kilometers an hour. Indeed, in view of the fact that each year many more Americans 'visit Cas' nada as tourists than Canadians visit the United States in the same tate''- gory, the "balance of these : duty free purchases must remain heavily in fit vor of Canada. This countrynope profits to the extent of ninny °thou sands of dollars from the duty-free' purchases of United States tourists. There is every reason to believe that this privilege would have been with- drawn by Washington if Canada had not taken steps to reciprocate it. — Brockville Recorder and Times. In One Man's Life Chief David of the Songhees" Ind- ians, who died, remembered well the founding of Fort Victoria in 1843. Re saw Sir James Douglas land here with his little band of Hudson's -Bay .men and build their village on the water- front of the Songhees Reserve. He saw this village grow into a town, and big ships, driven by strange engines, come into the harbor. Finally the dab came when the white man's village had spread so far that the Indians hard to move away with compensation in white man's money. All this in one man's lifetime — the wilderness turned into this modern city which travellers call one of the beauty spots of the world, the Indian hunting grounds changed into a gar- den! -- Victoria Times, TIE EMPIRE Movie Hates ftmd Hobbies Stars Proverbially Touchy— Back Slapping Is Taboo Aside from hobbiee. and favorite amusements, the movie stars all have ;their pet bates — little things that ruffle the tempers of the gayest as well as the most serious movie folk. Often these touchy points go un- discovered for a long time, while others are so evident that they cause the stars in question many an un- comfortable "ribbing". One of the strangest of all pet hates is that of Herbert IVlarshall, who loathes phonetic spelling like "rite" for night and "laff" for laugh. "Shoppe" also causes him extreme pain, as well it might. • Marshall confessed to Gertrude 'Michael on the "Forgotten Faces" set at Paramount the other day that this antipathy is probably an offshoot of his desire for formality. He dislikes what might be called sloppiness, for want of a better word, and he regards phonetic spell- ing as one branch of this failing. Miss Michael's own pet hate is a back -slapper. . Of course, willowy blondes don't have their backs slap- ped very often, but Gertrude dislikes even seeing the men around her get slapped. She thinks back-slapping', arises from a spirit of false camara- derie, and that back slappers are essentially phoney. George Raft can't stand having his hair mussed, either on the screen or off. It riles him. On the other hand, Fred MacMurray revealed on "The Princess Comes Across" set that he doesn't like being told to comb his thick, curly locks. His hair is what might be termed "studied disarray," and be -likes it that way, Mae West's "free -wheeling" walk is part of her stock -in -trade for the screen, but the "Klondike Annie" star walks that way all the time. If any- one on her set lets out an off-stage laugh about the walk, Mae's remarks soon let him know his folly. Jan Kiepura's touchiness extends to anyone who sneezes. A sneeze means somebody has a cold, and Kiepura hasn't had a cold in years. Furthermore, he doesn't intend to catch one, and when he hears a sneeze he ducks for the nearest exit, He is serious about this, but he can also laugh about it. Once he called Alex - Brawn vs Brain We do not want to produce a ,na=; tion of muscular bullies Without any brains, but today there are probably too many brainy people without ade- quate brawn. Both in school and after we should aim at the development 'of the whole man (women seem to be doing rather better)—body, mind and spirit. Only the countries that are fit in every sense will survive. World conditions are themselves a challenge: we cannot, ignore. Our best defence— for peace and war — is a fit popula- tion. The world grows progressively unsafe for weaklings, whether in business, sport or pleasure. The fit- ter we are the safer we are from in- ternal unrest and outside peril. — The Manchester Sunday Chronicle. Juvenile Crime. Twenty-one used to be the age li- mit at Borstal schools. It is to be raised to twenty-three, this being now made possible by the happy accident that the schools have not been full for some time. This means that the young men of a wider age range, who would otherwise have gone to prisons of the usual kind, will instead get the Borstal treatment. Slowly the whole treatment of convicted persons is changing in this country, and no one is able to point to any evidence that the change is not successful. — Lon- don Daily Herald. AN OLD TIMER GOES .0010?- L'iACK 140 YEARS • • Spring Fever Baseball! Baseball! It sure is one of the greatest games to watch• or play. The old gent above will back me up on that I betcha. This is manager Jimmy Dykes' 19th Jear as a major ball player . . he's probably good for another ten, too. We think we get crowds in America to ball games, etc., well maybe we do, but in England as many as 134,000 ' fans have paid to see a soccer game. Torchy Peden, • the red-headed hero of the wooden bowl, says in two or three years time he wants to quit this "round and round" business - and go home to Vancouver to run for member of parliament. Torchy thinks and says quite outspokenly that this is his idea of a man's job. Well folks, it sure looks like an ideal day for trout . . 1 won't say more now tell you all about it later. So long. . . If . you have any question regard- ing sport- personalities or any par- tieular angle to a game, write to Ken Edwards, Room 421, 73 Adelaide West, Toronto, If a personal reply is desired enclose a- stamped (3e) gena addressed envelope. 21. They Get Married .-How young men and women are working to get on married relief since the city council recently Modi- fied its time qualification- rule for newly married relief applicants, was well demonstrated in the report :of the relief - committee at -a recent council meeting. No less than three clauses in the report dealt with t cases, observes the Calgary Herhdseald:' One case was that of a couple married in February. The woman was not previously receiving relief, but since her marriage had been put on the single girl quota. The pair asked for married couple relief, which was refused. Another couple married in March, when the man was out of work and the woman hada job at $20 a month with board, will have their applica- tion considered. Last year the man earned $000. Since the first of 1936 his earnings bad amounted to only $30. The third case was that of ag girl of 17 years belonging to a family on relief. She n3arried in February and wanted married relief. She will not get it, but will, be continued as a member of her ;family, getting her share of the famiip quota allowed to her parents. ~ "There has been a decided growth historically in the general levels of civilization and in the standards of life."—Edwin. R, A, Seligman. ander Hall, director of "Give Us This Night," on the telephone, Al had a cold. "Al,=.•do you think I catch your cold talking on the phone to you?" dem Portia Natiollai Ilealtkto , Be Fllrthered by Volunteer Group Mrs. Lieff First Woman to Argue Case Before Commons Committee Ottawa, A new Portia came be- fore Parliament ,recently, ' setting a precedent as the first of her sex to become an accredited agent before a House of Commons committee Mrs. A. Lieff, the modern Portia, unable, because of regulations against women, to practice in her native province, Quebec, pleaded the cause of Mrs Ruth Rudnikoff Stot- land whose husband, Hyman, a Mont- realer, sought a divorce on statutory grounds Mrs Lieff, wife of an Ottawa law- yer, graduated in 1928 "from McGill Law School, Montreal, took a post- graduate course at Dalhousie Uni- versity and was admitted to the Nova Scotia bar in 1929. She was married in September that year and went to work in her husband's office. Mrs. Lieff said she was called by her client several days ago and that she found herself not at all nervous:, before the committee. "In fact," she declared, � `I rather enjoyed the ex- perience as soon as• I got the swing of it." She was "rather thrilled," she added, that in the first big case she handled herself she had as opponent, Peter Bercovitc of Montrea, consid- ered one of the foremost members of the Quebec Bar. Working Women Should Organize Into Unions WASHINGTON—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told the National Women's Trade Union League convention re- cently that working women should organize into trade unions, just as men do. "I know a great many women don't join unions," - .she said. "I know the reasons they 'give, but I have never quite understood them. I think they are unintelligent reasons." "The last depression has been a depression of plenty. About the only thing of which there was a shortage was restraint."—Jesse 11, Jones. arm Probiems Conducted by. PROFESSOR HENRY G. BELL with the co-operation of the various departments of Ontario Agricultural College. •` The business of farming is yearly becoming more and more dependent upon facts that have been gathered regarding livestock and livestock management, crop production, soil management, disease and insect con- trol and business organization of the farming industry. individual prob- lems involving one or more of these, and many other phases of agricul- turc, engage the attention of Ontario farmers from day to day. Through this column farmers may secure the latest information pertain Ing to their difficulties. To intro. duce this service Professor Bell 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 desired by letter en- close stamped and addressed envel- ope for reply. Address all inquiries to Professor Henry G. Bell, Room 421, 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto, Ont. Question: " "In contracting a farm workshop, having concrete walls, since action of frost in these parts does much damage to walls, I was wondering if the followi,ig struc- ture'avotild work:- A wall to extend a :foot below the grade and to teach ft. in height. The wall is to be banked above the grade to a height Commons and Senate Llift4. in Non -Partisan Endeavo>r+,. • to Mobilize Public Opinion Ottawa,--- A Private Volunteer committee organized among mem- bers of the Senate and House of Commons expressed the intention of asking the Government to restore the grant - of $20.4100 previously given the Health League, a voluntary group operating in many large cities and seeking to mobolize public opin- ion in furtherance of good health measures. . - This committee, which includes Dr. 3, P. - Howden (Lib., St. Boniface) Dr. D • McCann chairman, , James J. Lib, Renfrew. South) David Spence (Cons., Toronto, Parkdale), Agnes Macphail (U.F.O: Lab., Grey -Bruce). 3, S. Woodsworth (C.C.F., Winnipeg North Centre), and Senator Cairine Wilson, will request the Department of National Health be strengthened and act as a coordinating body fori the health departmt.nts of the var-d ious provinces An effort for furtherance of re- solutions passed by the Cabinet of Health when it was established last summer will also be made by the health committee. The Cabinet of Health was an outcome of the inter- provincial nterprovincial conference of ministers and deputy ministers of health. The committee believes a central federal organization should have power to make decisions affecting the whole country on matters it con- siders of national importance, for example in the case of healthy scourges such as tuberculosis and in epidemics. "The greatest happiness of the greatest number is a sound criterion, if we remember that by far thea greates number are not yet in ex- istence."—Dean x-istence."-Dean: Inge. of 4 ft., and have layers of pebbles about a foot below the surface of the bank to supply the drainage and to keep the water from getting down to the base of the wall. I would be pleased to have any advice you have to offer or a new idea which has been successfully tried, I would like to know if such a wall would be sufficiently thick at 6 inches for the, first 0 feet of"its height and tapering down ' to 4 inches at the .top. The wall would not have a greater height that 8 feet. It would also be reinforced with iron rods." Answer: ----I would advise you to build a wall with footings at the base. As to dimensions 'for a wall 8 ft. in iti height, the wall • should be '8 inches wide - fol: the first 6 ft. of height and then taper to 6 in. at the top. The dimensions of the foot- ings or base should. be 13 in. wide in fi°ont of the wall and 2 ft: 3" at the back. The .footing should be 12" deep, The drainage can be eare of by a 4" tile at the'base of the foot- ings, To have a bank of one foot of, pebbles to within'8 in. of the top of the; bank, will greatly assist drain- age. (Signed) D. W, Kendall, Depart. ment of Agr, Engineering, Housedress That Never Grows Old ,s. This fashionable little house- dress „demonstrates what can be done to make the busiest hours of the day bright and cheerful. Noth- ing to alter or impede household tasks. Even if unexpected visitors arrive, you will have the comfort. - 'able knowledge that you aro at- tractively ttractively cl.res.,ed. . It is dart fitted at the waistline, a clever little :scheme to makeyou appear your slimmest self. There also is a semi in :front to keep the skirt smooth end a bit different. The wide round collar is Simple and - unusual. 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