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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-08-10, Page 7AlAkTIONAL N IF' 0kOI I0 AUG.25 SEPT.91933. (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) Canadians are justly proud of the fact that the world's largest annual Exhi- bition is situated within the borders of Canada. Having grown for fiveand a half decades to its present tremen- dous proportions, this great Canadian institution has become recognized around the world as the "Show Win- dow of the Nations". This year duriog its fourteen days and nights of operation, every phase of human progress and endeavour will be on review—carefully-planned, arti- stically-arrangedexiiibits ofthenatural and manufactured products from all parts of Canada and various countries throughout the world. The butstand- it gagriculturalshow on the continent • in the world's largest show building. aeautifulpaintiiigsin twoartgalleries. Science aadinveiition in the Electrical and Engineering building. National motor show in the new Auto- motive Building. Glittering Pageant "Montezuma depicting the conquest of Mexico by Spanish adventurers, nightly from Aug. 28 to Sept. 9. Scul- ling races for the world's professional championship. Band of His Majesty's Scots Guards and thirty other bands. World's championship Marathon swims, Women's Friday, Aug. 25, Open, Wednesday, Aug, 30, and other internationalcompetitions afloat and ashore. For fourteen days and nights this collosal annual Exhibition will be a Mecca of inexpensive recreation and education for everyone. Plan to come this year. Exceptional excursion rates arranged. Consult local agents. Rail- ways, Steamships, Motor Coaches. WM. INGLIS,. B. W. WATERS, President General Manager • FIFTY-FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR AUG 25 SEPT.; :.9 :t933: Latest Findings In Science World NVeighing in Millionths of Grams—Food and Long Life How amazing is the sensitivity of the weighing apparatus with which the modern chemist works was well brought out by Professor Otto Rahn of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry, who has for Some time been a non-resident lecturer at Cor- nell University, Four hundred grains are egtivalent to 101 pounds, The usual modern analytical balance, he reminded those who heard him in a public lecture, permits a mass of a few hundred grams to be weighed ac- curately within 1-10,000 of a gram, When Germany found herself coin- pelf_ s by the Treaty of Versailles to pay reparations in almost fantastic amounts, Noble Prize winner, Dr. Fritz Haber, the chemist whaae spn- thetic ammonia process made it pos- sible for her to make high explosives vithout the aid of Chilean :,:trate, re- vived the old possibility of extracting gold from sea water. Here was an inexhaustible reservoir of gold that eouLi pay the bill har4ed to Germany. At least so it seemed in view of de- - terminations that had placed the am- ount of gold in sea water at five to ten milligrams in a -metric ton, or 1,000 kilograms. So good a chemist as the late Dr. Svante Arrhenius had estimated that even if there were only six milligrams of gold in ,a 'metric ton ef sea water the total gold content of all the oceans must amount to eight `billion tons. To be sure the ores of South. Africa contain 'one thousand limas more gold than does sea water, but sea water is much more easily handled than dirt and rock, Numerous experiments conducted by Haber soon convinced hint that the estimates were wiI. Instead of the assumed five to ten milligrams of gold sea water contained only about a tho:.saf.clth as mucks Haber gave up bis plan. But out of it carne methods. of microscopic measurement that made it possible to determine masses leis the: one ten -millionth of a gram. When the German chemist, Dr. Miethe,. excited the world by mistakenly tell- ing it that he had converted mercury into geld he relied oa this neW method of measuring. '1Te 1;ad to deal with OUR CROSS -WARD. 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Similarly out of a case of mercury poisoning came another advance. The case happened to be that of Dr. Al- fred.•Stock, himself a chemist of dis- t`-nation. He began a series of .elicate determinations of mercury. He weigh- ed the amount in saliva,that had come in contact with mercury amalgam dental fillings, in perspiration, even in exhaled air. In the end he showed how it was possible to demonstrate the presence of a hundredth of a mil- lionth of awam of mercury in the form of tiny. crystals of mercury iodide,, a quantity so minute that it can barely be seen under the micro- scope. FOOD AND LONG LIFE. We encourage babies and cattle and invalids to eat as much as they can on the theory that growth and health are synonymous. Back in our minds there is also the thought that the healthier we are the longer we are likely to live, 'Is there any scientific justification for these implications? Dr. C. M. McCay of Cornell reports in Science the results of some experi- ments which he has been conduct: with rats and fish and which throw doubt on the feeding practices., of solicitous mothers. Back in 1912 Dr. T. R. Sloneker of Stanford University reared three male rats on a 'general diet. Their average life was 1,222 days, but it took 391 days for them to attain their maximum weight. They did not grow rapidly and then fatten to a maximum - as middle age approached—the object in fattening cattle. Dr, McCay found that seventy-five of his own rats fed on a satisfactory diet•died at an aver- age of between 515 and 481 days, Only one lived more than 900 days. Contrary to .Dr. Slonai:er's experience, his rats matured rapidly and died at an earlier age. In some experiments made with brook trout Dr. McCay found a clear- er relationship between the rate of growth and the span of life. The trout that failed to grow lived the longest, even though all in the school ate. the same food. This rather bears out the conclusions reached by entom- ologists who have found that insects live longer if their growth can be retarded. • What are we to conclude? "No one has ever found it possible to have both rapid growth with early attain- ment ttain ment of maturity , and longevity," writes Dr. McCay, "It is possible that longevity and rapid growth are incompatible and that the best chance for an abnormally long life span be- longs that the animal that has grown slowly and attained a late maturity, Cramming babies, girls and boys with food may not be so commendable after all. Answers to Last Week Puzzle G-1�S_A$M•0R Tr A R ,C R D A D E ^E !TESTS%/,D,3li D 7 E N N D. 1I 0 0 E S T II T I, WP A S T M E S �S��..0 7/:/.13 YES I. R A V �j, t W� ,�E• R 5 4, L Y 0E,M rB�jA ID E S E. II *0 T I C�YN'E X <T, '8 A G -SIIA 0S C A E U. R S I N E R A'I TRX DELLS aBYE Gems from Life's Scrap -book Virtue G A. "Virtue is the beauty of the soul." --a Socrates. "Virtue alone Gif- ford. "Virtue is he ss." —Petrarch. "To be a greatto have a name whoseworld with its fragrance,pa- tience the buffet lice is true nobility.".-- health, vies is sickness." man or woman odor fills the is to bear with ings of envy or Ina n . —even while seeking to raise those g barren natures to a capacity for a higher life."—Mary Baker Eddy. "Virtue is the truest liberty."—Owen Feltham. "It is not enough merely to possess virtue, as if it• were an art, it should 'be practised."—Cicero. "Virtue is beauty."—Shakespeare, "Virtue is, like health, the harmony of the whole man."—Carlyle. Remember' Even Charles the First, in spite of his many weaknesses and faults, realized the importance of good- ness when he wrote his little son, "I had rather you should be Charles le bon, than le grand, good than great." Mussolini Takes Fifth Post in Own Cabinet Rome.—Benito Mussolini, Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Interior and Minister of Corpora- tions, has taken a fifth Cabinet post, that of Minister of War. He accented the request of General Pietro Gazzera to be relieved 'of tite War portfolio the general hold for five years, then: proposed himself to King Victor Emmanuel III. for the position. The King nominated hire, - ISSUE No. 31--'33 Poland As a Power Comments the Brandon Sun—The Poland of today is a power of the first rank—la great and thriving na> tion with, a martial tradition—proud, spirited, possessed of immense na- tural resources. Her army, her gen- eral staff, trained and equipped bye her ally, the French, is formidable, competent and highly mechanized. She is a stronger military power than Germany, Of historic Poland, born again under the treaty of Versailles, we are abysmally ignorant. How many realize that Poland has a popu-.; laden of 32,000,000, an area of 150,- 267 square miles, as compared with 39,402,739 people, and 212,669 square miles of France, 60,412,084 people and 183,381 square .,miles for Germany? • "That remark that Mr, Brif Made tonight, about not being able to see how ouch an Inteliigert , . could. get married, was, very ItfP '1'41411, Bruft doesn't stand on formallttes--she's a great stfekter tar truth." Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then biniself phis I a his valour.—W. R. Alger. t Best Quality Shaving Brush'. FREE fo'r POKER HANDS Shaving iss al real Measure with aine quality shaving brush lain this .one .. . bristles set in.rubber , .. a Oft you'll surely appreciate and lase. Given in exchange for only 5 complete sets of Turret Poker lands. One 20c package of Turret Fine Cut will prove the quality and economy of this mellow, cool Virginia cigarette tobacco. You can roll at least 50 cigarettes from one package ., . , and cigarettes of sweet Virginia fragrance and flavour . , . auprenlely .satisfying. ti tis to "vola Vol r Own" with FINE CUT CIGARETTE TOBACCO SAVE THE POKER HANDS •..SMILES..• 1 1 Spinster—"So the waiter says to me 'How would you like your rice'?" Friend—"Yes, dearie, go on." "So I says, wistfully, 'Thrown at me'." Chairman (after economy lecture)— "And now, gentlemen, I. am going to ask you to give the speaker two hearty cheers." A neighbour called on the Meektons. After a short talk he rose from his chair. "Well," he said, "I supose I must be going. I'm on,my way to the club." "I think I'll go, too—"said Meek- ton. eekton. "What!" put in Mrs. Meekton. "Bed!" finished Meekton, miserably. "How do you think I'm shaping, cad- die?" said the elderly golfing novice after the eighth stroke, "Well, you're a -hitting of it, sir, but you don't seem to get the direction of the hole." "Hole? What hole?" A new invention allows singers to hear their voices as others hear it. That should silence 4a lot of them. Emmeline—"What is your opinion of those girls who imitate men?" George—"Tbey're idiots!" Emmeline—"The imitation is per- fect, eh?" "No man should marry until he is 25," says a writer. Few women are 25 until they do marry, Definition of golf: Pale pills pursued by purple people. The old-fashioned girl blushed oc- easionally. The modern girl blushes until it wears off• Much Better An English class was given the task of writing four lines of dramatic poet- ry. One boy wrote: A boy was walking down the track, The train was coming fast; The boy stepped off the railway track To let the train go past. The teacher said it lacked drama, so the boy submitted the following: A ,boy was walking down the track, The train was coming fast; The train jumped off the railway track To let the boy go past. • A Good Little Fixer :tYou had boy. I wish I was your mother for about twenty -lour hones." "Well, teacher, I'll speak to Dad and maybe I can fix it up." Tailor (having measured customer for suit) --"And how would you like the pockets, sir?" Scot—"Weel—just a woe bit deefi- cult to get at." "Is the world round?" the school ma'am asked the little boy. "N0'm," "It isn't, eh? Is it flat, then?" "Are you crazy, child? If the world isn't round and isn't fiat, what is it?" "Pop says it's crooked," Rambling 'Thoughts ne i. It isenot what you want to do, but what you do, that really Counts. So long as the women do not have to take out fishing licenses they should at least , bewilling to bait their own hooks. Half the people in the world re unhappy because they can't afford he things that matte the other half r miserable. It would be much more fun if everyone played the business game according to the rules. Easy divorce is the result of too easy marriage. Kissing is dangerous to some and it certainly has put an end to a great many bachelors. Many girls get hus- bands through sheer luck, others through sheer silk. Even the prettiest girl may have a head like a door knob. Anybody can turn it. The couple that sent their only child to college last fall are now aware that it is possible for two to live more cheaply than one. "How can I get my husband to tell me about his business affairs?" asks a wife. Try to get him to buy a new car. Given 2 Years to Live Confounds Her Doctor New York,—Carolyn Wells isn't go- ing to die after all—not at once, any- way—and now she can put the rhine- stones back on her shroud. Once given but two years to live, the noted author has confounded her doctor and settled down again to the literary career she started back in 1900. "You may say," she declared, laugh- ing, "that the event of my demise has 'been postponed about 22 or 32 years." Seemingly condemned to quick death L what appeared to be a fatal heart aihnent, the creato: of scores of detective stories, of the Patty books, the Pete and Polly stories, a "Lovers Baedeker" and some 150 other popu- lar works, found adventure and hu- mor in the approaching event. "More than anything, I like im irensely the attitude of my dressmak- er," she related. "I called her about a dress in which to be buried. "'Your white chiffon with the rhinestone trimming will be just the thing,' she told me. 'I'll run right over and cut off the trimming.' "'But my short sleeves,' I:protested. "'Well, you can wear your cocketail jacket, too,' she said." She felt no regret, Miss Wells said, when she heard her "sentence" pro- nounced. "When I was told, 1 felt that it was true. But I really didn't feel sorry— my life has been full and complete. "But after I had arranged my will I didn't know what to do, I fussed around and the first thing I knew I was getting better," Left -Hand Violin Produced A Norway, Me., man has made a left-handed violin. John Parnell, of Des Moines, has been sent to the Fort Madison pri- son, Iowa, to serve a life sentence. ails 78 -year-old mother has built a small bungalow just outside the pri- son wall because she wants to be near him, I have often said that all the un- happineg of men conies from not knowing bow to remain quiet in a chamber.—Pascal. BtTSINESB oPFoS'rVITITY. LSI TART TEA BUS?NESS P05 YOUR- SELF. Good profits with our '.ow prices. Morland Coffee Company, Si Church, Toronto. • Sees Improvement Montreal,—One of the first cheer.‘ ful signs noted by the Montreal branch: of the Victorian Order of Nurses 14 a slight increase in the number a patients paying a part of the fee foil nurses' visits. Calls on the Orier fog assistance in cases of illness among unemployed continue to be heavy, bu Miss M, L, Moag, local superintend: ent, has noted an increasing numbeli of shall payments. Paris to Enlarge Horse Mart The municipal horse market, in the Rue Brandon, Paris, is to be ear:. larged. The reason is that Parisian4 are eating more horse meat than ever before. Quick Relief! For rashes and all forms of itching, burning, disfiguring skin irritations, Cuticai 'a Ointment Price 25c. and 50c. FOR SALE BLACKSMITH SHOP Located in Toronto Complete Equipment, Two Forges, Pneumatic Hammer and Cutter,' Drills, Lathe and a very complete stock of tools, will sell as a going' concern with favorable lease or will sell machinery separately, en bloc or plecemeal, H. WATKiNS, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto, 9 NERVOUS WO ,';EN Take Lydia E. Pillkham's Vegetable Compound ”1 am so nervous It seems as though $ should fly'.: , . , "My nerves are all of edge".... "1 wish I were dead". ; how often have we heard these express. Mons from some woman who has become' so tired and run-down that her nerve* can no longer stand the strain. No woman should allow herself tel. drift into this condltlon if she can help herself, She should give Lydia E. Pink.. barn's Vegetable :Compound a trial. Foe,, nearly sixty years women have taken this wonderful tonic to give theca renewed,; strength and vigor. 58 out of every IOD women who reporo to us say that they are benefited by thiel . medicine. Buy a bottle from your drug., gist today ... and watch the results. misminamesesasszamsmareis POULTRY RAISERS Check ROUP (Bronchial Flu) With a Few Drops of sa - High Salome! Boards and Boards of Educate Are authorized by law to establish INDUSTRIAL, TECHNICAL AND ART SCHOOLS With the approval of the4linister of Education DAY AND EVENING CLASSES may be conducted in Accordance with the regulations issued by the Department of Education. THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION Is given In various trades. The schools' and classes are under the direction of AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, Application 7for attendance should be made to the Principal of the school. COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS, MANUAL TRAINING, HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE are provided for In the Courses of Study in Public, Separate, Continuation and High Schools, Collegiate Institutes, Vocational Schools and Departments, Copies of the Regulations Issued by the Minister of Education may be obtained from the Deputy Minister, Parliament Buildings, Toronto,