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Zurich Herald, 1936-07-30, Page 6i5 THE WORLD AT LARGE O the CANADA, THE EMPIRE. PRESS CANADA FIGURING IT IN COLLARS Traffic accidents cost Toronto $8,5.00,000 in the year 1934. It does not mean that such a vast amount of money was paid out in cash, but there were 70 deaths and 3,129 in- juries, Traffic experts and insur- ance men have their own way or computing such matters and their estimate is that a death means an economic loss of $1,000 and an in- jury is reckoned at $2,500. We pre. same that the $10,000 figure for a death would include the loss of the individual's earning power. That would be a family loss. — Peterboro Examiner. OUR WHEAT ABROAD There are two things Canada re- quires to do to promote wtheat sales abroad: First, to familiarize the people with .the quality of bread made largely from Canadian flour, and secondly, to remove mental prejudices based on the repeated assertions that Canada has been en- deavoring to gouge the consumer. These are important tasks. What the grain trade can do in these di- rections should be done, and the Government should support their ef, forts to the limit. — Winnipeg Tri- bune. A BLIND BRIDGE PLAYER Captain Gerald Lowry, a blinded veteran of the World War, recently was one of the champion pair at the British Bridge League Congress at Harrogate. His partner was a woman. Not only did they win but they were always the first pair to finish their hands. Blindness has its compensations. Nature to some extent redresses the balance by developing other faculties. Captain Lowry is a remarkable ex- ample of overcoming the handicap and lives a more active and normal life than most people. He has de.. ve]oped his memory to such an extent that when a friend whispers the designations of his cards to him he remembers them throughout the game and where he has arranged them. When he has to play dummy,' the cards named to him and he re- nembers them, too. The rest is easy. During the Harrogate tournament he played 32 calls and, never forgot a oar'. s _.-_ Captain Lowry before the war was an ardent golfer and amateur boxer. hit It too, and he never misses. He tees his own ball .and drives by in- stinct. His caddie tell him where his ball lies and where he should hit it to, and re never misses. He also learned osteopathy and has built up one of the most lucrative Jrac.. tices in London. — The St. Thomas Times -Journal. BY NO MEANS ALONE Apparently it is not only Canadian and United States railways which re.. quire assistance just now, for the British government has agreed to guarantee principal and interest of a £30,000,000 loan with which the railways of that country will carry out a variety of large-scale improve- ments and purchase new equipment. Canada's railways are by no means alone in experiencing difficuites in regard to profitable operation. — Brockville Recorder and Times. A GOOD TEAM Mr. Perry J. Griffen, for some. years a member of The Star's ad- vertising staff, and more recently the business manager of the Edmonton Journal, has been made general manager of the Peterborough Ex- aminer which has recently been ac- quired by Messrs. Harry Muir and Rupert Davies. With Mr. Griffen as general manager and Mr. A. R. Ken.. nedy of the Stratford Beacon -Herald as editor, the Examiner will be cap- ably administered. Already its edi toral page has put on a more effec- tive typographical garment, and other improvements may be looked for under the new management. — To- ronto Star. WHY THEY STARTED The familiar metal grilles and bars so common in most banks originated back in -the gay nineties, according to an article appearing in the journal • of the Canadan Bankers' Association. And therein lies a story. It seems that it was Christmas eve, and that even in those days clerks had to work overtime. A thief managed to get Inside the premises and hurled a brick at the glass partition behind whop were stacked bags of sovereign. Showing what would normally have been very good Judgment he scooped up the largest bag and made his getaway in one of London's "pea- seepers. Unfortunately for the enterprising young man one of the clerks hed ap. propriated that particular bag with which to carry home his Christmas ;dinner. It was one instance where the thief literally obtained the goose but lost the golden egg. However, the incident impressed oiflciais of the bank with the need for more adequate proteeticn. Result --a cages and bars Brockville Re- corder, BBJRTH OF THE MOVIES In Paris the other day was ob- served with appropriate ceremonies the 40th anniversary of the first nio., tion pictures made in Europe. Louis Lumiere made them, with his brother August, since deceased, and Louis for the anniversary celebration ran off these ancient films, They showed the arrival of a train at a French rail- road station„ two men in a rowboat and a comedy on the exploits of a gardener with a water hose. Each film was about three feet in length. They were made in 1894, but they were not shown until March 22, 1895, when they astounded an audi- ence of French scientists gathered in the basement of a Paris hotel. But the Lumieres, it appears, were second to Thomas A. Edison. Edison, according to the Encyclopaedia, Bri- tannica, began his experiments as early as 1887, and on October 6, 1889, demonstrated his kinetoscope in his laboratory at Orange, New Jersey. He obtained a United States patent fan '91, but it was not until April 14, 1894, that his machine had its first pubic showing — at 1155 Broad- way, New York. That was 11 months before the Paris showing. Thus 40 years or so encompass the history of the moving film. For a long time after 1894 it was consider- ed little more than a toy, a device suited to the amusement of children. Few then realized its tremendous po- tentialities or foresaw its develop- ment. — Ottawa Journal. STINGLESS BEES Bee -keeping would perhaps be more popular in this country if it was not for the danger of being stung by these busy insects. It may be of in- terest to those who are afraid of these stingers, and who would like to gather their own honey, to know that a breed of stingless bees has been discovered in South Africa, and that the Zoological Society of England has arranged to have a stock of them shipped for experimental purposes. These Manpasi bees, however, are only about the size of a large house fly, and it remains to be seen whether they can live in other than their na- tive climate and produce sufficient honey to make it worth while keep- ing them. In Africa the children seek out the Manpasi nests and gather the honey, 'for which there is 'a ready sale. What we heed in this country, however, is not so much a stingless bee as a stingless mosquito. The bee only uses its sting in self-de- fence, whereas the mosquito "bites" one without the least provocation. —Stratford Beacon -Herald. s THE EMPIRE MARCHING FORWARD Britain still marches forward. Sav- ings per head of the population in EngIand and Wales have gone up from £3 75 11d in 1934 to £3 15s 7d in 1935. Retail sales have increased by 8 per cent since 1934 and by 12 per cent since 1933. And look at the 40,000 drop in unemployment announ- ced by Mr. Chamberlain. We are reaping :the reward•bf the confidence that four years of stable government have created. - London Sunday Ex- press. BRITISH WHEAT Home -wheat prices are influenced more by competitive imports from the Continent of Europe than by im- ports from Canada, Argentine, or Australia, because this European wheat is more strictly comparable in quality. The fact that France's crop this season is put at 18 per cent less than last year's reduces the pos- sible competition that home wheat has to face. This scheme in .aid of home-grown wheat, as we pointed out recently, is the most popular among farmers of all the pians so far tried to relieve the economic troubles of British agriculture. On paper the scheme looked so Compri- Bated that many M.P.'s confessed that they could not understand its intricacies, and not a few believed that it would prove unworkable. Far from these fears being realised, the wheat quota is the simplest of all devices in its actual operation, — Glasgow Herald.' AUSTRALIAN - N. Z. TRADE The citizens of the Dominion are anxious that every facilty for mutual trade between Australia and New Zealand should be established. The experience of the past, however, has been most discouraging. Mr. Coates and Mr. Masters were in Australia at the ned of last year on a coxnenrer- elal mission, and numbers of oppor- tunities have been made for Australl- an Ministers to discuss trade clues- tons on the spot. Yet the major ques- tions remain unsolved, New Zealand last season :strictly regulated the int. port of oranges from South Australia the only source of supply in the Commonwealth because that State is free from Mediterranean fly, and consumers lied to pay excessive prices. AS to the embargo placed by the Commonwealth on New Zealand Douce . Team Make Life Partnership Valerie Traxler, 19, cousin of Loretta Young, and Buddy Car- penter, 27, got along so well when they were paired as dance part- ners in a Hollywood musical film that they have decided to get married and become partners for life. g111101011J1g011111111111111IIlll111111 11111mlllllmillli111111 111111®111111111101111111mI1111mIIIII01111101111101111.111I011111m111111111111m The Book Shelf BY MAIR M. MORGAN _■ iIIIIImIIIII01111101111im1111101111v11111111111m011111011111■IIIII011111v111111s111111011111v11111mIIIII01111nthii011111millfimllll;mommla The season of "reading" is with us. Cold winds, flurries of snow drive. us indoors where a comfortable arm- chair beckons. Now is the time to catch up on your reading. And what water under moonlight. Ahmed, an ingratiating young Per- sian, who longed for the West, but was incurably under the spell of his Eastern shiftiness. an array of good books. Lool: evar-+ Ursule, lovely but disquieting the following list — either for your- self—or as a present this Christmas: GILBERT and SULLIVAN by Hes- keth Peneson (Musson's, Toronto). At one time or another we all have at- tended our first Gilbert and Sullivan opera and enjoyed ourselves immense- ly. It is only seemly that this famous partnership should be presented in such a way that we meet Gilbert and Sullivan as human beings so that we find an explanation of their famous partnership and their equally famous quarrel, in their strangely dissimilar natures. There are many amusing anecdotes throughout the book and it is with regret that one finishes this recounter of two truly extraordinary characters. THE ASIATICS by Frederic Pro- kosch (Musson's, Toronto) is a travel novel everyone will want to read who enjoys a tale well -told in exquisite prose. Here we meet Antoine Samazeuith, a tall powerful fellow, handsome, strong as an ox, free of all conscience, incapable of unhap- piness, born lucky. Zara, a Turkish girl., travelling: to- ward an unknown destination. Un- couth, yet possessing great afection- ate eyes and hair that shone like faithful in her fashion, but capable of surprising gestures and emotions. All these and many more are woven into an amazing tale, which so en- grosses the reader that it is difficult to arrive back in everyday surround- ing, when the book is finished. MR. FINCHLEY'S HOLIDAY by Victor Canning (Musson's) is another delightful, bizarre adventure from this author's pen. Those who have read "Polyearp's Progress" will need no introduction to this author's characters. For those who have not enjoyed the amazing antics of Mr. Canning's heroes, they should not miss a moment, but hop out, grab a copy and accompany Edgar Finchley, eminently respectable, on his supposedly convential three-week holiday at the seashore. Books Received THE UNCROWNED KING by Baroness Orczy (author of the Scar- let Pimpernel). THE WEDDING by Denis Mackail. THE SHINING CLOUD by Mar- garet Pedler. SUNSHINE STEALER ,, by Berta Ruck. THE SUN AND THE SEA by Ruby M. Ayres: ARE THE LAKE LEVELS RISING (From the Owen Sound Sun -Times) October report of the Hydrographic Service shows that the water levels of the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes, while lower than in September of this year, are from 2 to 5% inches higher than in October, 1934, The comparative levels, month by month, for this year, have been higher than last, and a slight average increase over 1933 was reported last year, Are the lakes coming back? This variation in lake levels is something no one, so far as we know, has tried to explain, but there seems to be a fairly even rise and fall over periods of about ten years. Over the last 15 years, however, there has beena steady fall. potatoes, the best that can at pres- ent be hoped isthat prohibition may be replaced by equative regulation. The situation is a small-scale exem- plification of the narrow economic nationalism that Is obstructing trade throughout the world. --- Auckland News. 21 The reason for this last is not hard to find, when we consider that there has been a constant campaign of channel -deepening. Dredging has been done and canals 'enlarged, with the natural result that more water has been brought from the head of the lakes, and as Lake Superior the only one, by the way, to show no material drop since 1860, when the first recordswere made—is virtually dammed by the Sault rapids, more water has been going into the sea than came into the rivers and lakes. The falling levels are easy to ex- plain — deeper channels, the Chica- go drainage scheme, deforestation; but the rising levels are a different matter, for they do not seem to depend on rain or snowfall, but go on as we said, in cycles. If the levels are really on the up- grade it will be good news for shipping, as an inch of depth makes a difference of thousands of dol- lars in Cargo capacity. Good news too, for lakeside summer resorts, some of which have almost been put out of business by recession of the water. All interested will be hop- ing the periodic rise is under way. G1tOWT1I1 fie high as a tree aspires to grow, so high will it find an atmosphere suited to it, ---Thoreau, 1935 WHEAT Hands are Most CROP DOWN Important Asset ' Can. Express Any Emotion or Bureau Now Places It .AAti Instinct, Declares Con- istance Collier 2,000,000 Bushels Under 1934. --- 273,971;000 tal. OTTAWA--Tlie Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates Canada's 1935 wheat crop at 273,971,000 bushels, about 2,000,000 bushels less than that of 1934. Second Estimate The crop report containing the sec- ond estimate of the wheat yield brought production down from a Sep- tember 11 estimate of 290,541,000 bushels to place it slightly below the 1934 yield while estimate yields of most other cereal crops were higher than those of last year. The report said the 1935 season was similar to that of 1934 in that threshing returns did not fulIy.sub- stantiate first estimates of grain pro- duction. Oats at 416,369,000 were almost 33,- 000,000 bushels less than in the Sep- tember 11 estimate but still well above 1934 production of 321,120,000 bushels. Estimates of other cereal crops in bushels with 1934 figures in brackets: Barley 87,512,000 (63,742,000); rye 10,610,000 (5,423,000); peas 1,581,000 (1,588,000); beans 1,117,000 (813,- 600); buckwheat 7,972,000 (8,635,- 000); mixed grains 39,567,000 (37,- 926,000); 37,926,000); flaxseed 1,433,000 (910,- 400); corn for husking 7,765,000 (6,798,000). Yields Per Acre Average yield per acre in bushels with the averages for 1934 in brack- ets: Wheat 11.4 (11.5); oats 29.5 (23.4); barley 22.5 (17.6); rye 13.8 (7.4); peas 16.9 (16.7); beans 17.3 (14.3); buckwheat 21.0 (21.2); mixed grains 34.3 (32.7); flaxseed 6.7 (4.0); corn for husking 46.3 (42.2). The report said reduction in this year's estimates was caused mainly by frost damage in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The bureau was forced to reduce the barley estimate by 7,000,000 bushels while flaxseed and rye also came down as threshing re- turns failed to support previous com- putations. The fall wheat crop of Ontario is estimated at 12,601,000 bushels compared with the earlier figure of 13,267,000. Prairie Provinces "For the three Prairie Provinces, the second estimate of the yields of the five principal grain crops in bushels follow with the 1934 figures in brackets: Wheat, 256,000,000 (263,- 800,000); oats, 263,947,000 (172,040,- 000); barley, 66,115,000 (44,742,000); rye, 9,347,000 (4,381,000) ; flaxseed, 1,330,000 (827,000). "By provinces the yoelds are as fol- lows: Manitoba, wheat, 18,800,000 (37,100,000); oats, 32,937,000 (26,752,- 000; 26,752;000; barley, 23,533,000 (17,298,000); rye, 1,885,000 (1,134,000); flaxseed, 157,000 (180,000). Saskatchewan, wheat, 132,000,000 (114,200,000); oats, 136,399,000 _ (64,288,000); rye, 5,218,- 000 (1,320,000); flaxseed, 1,055,000 (542,000). Alberta, wheat, 105,200,- 000 (112,500,000); oats, 94,611,000 (81,000,000); barley, 18,860,000 (15,- 041,000); rye. 2,244,000 (1,927,000); flaxseed, 118,000 (105,000). Frost is Blamed "The second estimate of 1935 Wheat production in the Prairie Provinces is 16,000,000 bushels below the first estimate of 272,000,000 bushels made on September 11. Most of the reduct- ion is due to frost damage in north- ern districts of Alberta and Sask- atchewan that was not apparent two months ago." The report said movement of the 1935 crop to market was considerably later than last year txt about the first week in September marketings increased perceptibly and by the ninth week of the crop year, starting on August 1, the cumulative total ex- ceeded that of 1934. The cumulative total was still greater than that of 1934 at November 1. At that time total deliveries and platform loadings _were 146,899,210 bushels compared with $14,427,423 in the corresponding period last year. How To Spend $5,000 To the Editor of The Globe: Re M. I. Williams's letter, "What to do With $5,000?" 1. I would take $4,500 of it and take out a Government annuity. Why? Help my Government; there- fore help the people. 2. Take some of it to help some one less fortunate, and see that some families in our neighborhood got a good square meal for New Year's. Why New y'ear's? Because at Christ- 1 mas they generally get a lot, and on New 'Year's Day, starting off another I year, very little. Give them a good start for 1936. 3. Pay some of any obligations and score out some of the indebted-' ness owing me from those who can- not pay at present, or send a receipt -1 ed bill for Christmas. I think when one is favored with a gift of this kind it behooves one to 1 remember the Creator by remem-' bering those who are needy,' especi- ally the children and the elder folk. J. A. D.—Toronto, "No singer ever can reach the to g p if he lacks that quality which I like to call '`the necessity to sing'." Hands are more important . to the actress than perhaps anything else she has to depict emotions with. So believes Constance Collier, famous English stage star, who makes her American talking picture debut shortly. "Watch your hands --study' what you can do with them," is her principal advice to younger players essaying screen fame. "Eyes may mirror the soul," she says, "and are very important, es- peeially in pictures, but with the hands one can express any emotion and any instinct. For instance, to depict fear, nothing tan be so ex- pressive as one's hands, properly used, There is a psychological rea- son. In the presence of sudden ter- ror, the first instinct of a human being is to protect one's face. Hence the hands involuntarily travel upward. "This does not mean the use of any conventional gestures, which of course should be avoided. The idea is simply to let one's hands do what one's subconscious thoughts direct, Instinct is one of the most valuable assets to actor or actress, yet many try to avoid using it." Molly-Coddling May Down The Children: Dr. Emanuel Miller, eminent psy- chologist, said in a recent lecture: "There is a very large percentage of parents today who never gain the confidence of their children. "Children can be doomed to fail- ure by parents mollycoddling, and others may suffer from nervousness for the rest of their lives as a result of too strict parents. A few of the symptoms of nervous- ness which should be looked out for in the young child was explained by Dr. Miller. There was the case of the excessively boisterous child who needs careful study. "As a rule this kind of child is suffering from a feeling of anxiety and fear," he sad. "The restless child is another type which should not be overlooked. THE FUTURE Worry not about the possible trou- bles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticiptating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain: and a distrust of God's providence.— Tryon Edwards. A Young Frock It's made of black wool jersey, a much favored material this sea- son. It is relieved by a vestee of red jersey, accented by metal but- tons. The tied collar is very young and flattering and repeats the red jersey. Another effective scheme is black novelty crepe silk with white slipper cover. Copy it exactly at small cost. It's so simple to sew. Style No. 2533 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18 years, • 36, 38 and 40 inches bust. Size 16 requires 43s yards of 39 -inch material with 1 yard of 39 -inch entreat- ing. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plainly, giving number and size of pattern wanted.. Enclose 15e in stamps or coin (coin prefer- red; wrap it carefullyI and ad- dress your order to Wilson Pat- tern Service, 78 West Adelaide Street, Toronto,