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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1934-06-21, Page 6Voice 1 the PressCanada, The Empire and The World at Large CANADA WHERE THE MONEY IS If per capita figures are a true in- dication of the trade spirit of a na- tion thenthe great traders of the North American continent are the people of the northern half. They ap- pear to have inherited to the full the commercial instincts of their ances- tors, as the following comparative figures reveal. During the ten years from 1922 to 1933 the per capita domestic exports of Canada were of the average value of $49..79, United States $14,31, United Kingdom $36.- 21; imports by Canada $37.00, Unit- ed States $12.35, LTnited Kingdom $G1.76; total trade of Canada $86.79, United States $26.60, United King- dom $97.97.—Brandon Sun. HIGHWAY LIGHTING An experiment los highway illumin- ation is to be undertaken by the De- partment of Public Works on a one - mile stretch of road in the Niagara district. Hydro engineers will co- operate. If the trial meets expecta- tions the area may be extended until all the improved main lines of vehicu- lar traffic in the province are light- ed. The proposed lighting scheme may, of course, be considered somewhat ambitions. Its feasibility must largely depend on the question of cost. In this connection the fact that Ontario has the lowest priced electricity avail- able anywhere on this continent should have a favorable bearing on the ultimate decision. — Toronto Telegram. MAN'S BEST FRIEND Instead of a dog, in many instances a man claims that his car is his best friend. At least, it is the last article he will part with when in financial straits.—St. Thomas Times -Journal. PROPER USE A German doctor has introduced cod liver oil for healing wounds. Children always knew that taking it internally wasn't the right use for it. —Winnipeg Tribune. ANOTHER FIELD. In a hundred years or so, all girls will be beautiful, says a Boston pro- fessor. And then the cosmetic manu- facturers will probably start work on the males.—Ottawa Citizen. PAINTING THE LILY Manufacture of beauty prepara- tions will soon have to be reckoned as a major industry. The Canadian wo- man is said to spend nearly $7,000,- 000 annually on aids to pulchritude made in Canada, in addition to im- portations valued in ?.932 at $737,- 274. This during hard times. There are seventy-one plants in Canada making beauty preparations. Creams were the principal product, closely followed by face powder. If talcum powder were added to the latter, powder would surpass creams. The windows and counters of all various stores bear evidence of a large and flourishing industry. — Saint John Telegraph Journal. BEATING THE LAW How the law is beaten as told by a Kansas paper. A travelling man says he called the attention of a western Kansas hotel man that it was against the law to use roller towels. "I know it,' said the landlord, "but that towel was up before the law passed and the law is not retroactive." The law has been in the books over 20 years.—St. Catharines Standard. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT justice in the United States suffers mostly from its weakness. If it bad more vigor in the punishment of crime, our neighbors would have not to record a continuous increase in criminality.— Le Nouvelliste, Three Rivers. NEVER GRADUATE The school of experience is open 24 hours of the day.—Ottawa Journal. And it stays open 365 days of the year, but some people never gradu- ate.—Stretford Herald. NOT SO MUCH DIFFERENCE Relieving each other when they be- came tired, a farmer and his hired man at McCreary, Man., ran an an- gry bear into exhaustion and then killed it. The occasional use of his brains is the only thing that makes man superior.—Lindsay Post. PARTIAL KNOWLEDGE A statesman is described as one familiar with all public questions. Not necessarily, however, with all the answers:a-Regina Leader -Post. FREEDOM'S LAST STAND The women of Athens, Georgia, be- coming suspieious over the freqUent absences of their husbands at what the latter claimed were lodge meet- ings, appealed to the newspapers of that town to publish attendance lists for eaeh lodge. Thus has the last citadel of mas- culine liberty been assailed. In the good old days, if a man was a good joiner lie might expect to spend three or four evenings a week in mascu- line company instead of staying at home and. discussing the price of gro- ceries and children's shoes with his helpinate.—Winnipeg Tribune. ROCKET WARFARE French newapapers are worried jug now by reports that Germany is eonstrueting a chain of rocket bases along the frontier, ready to shower a vat number of explosive rockets all over France, One newspaper ova ?s, that projectiles capable of travelling 125 miles have been developed, and it is estimated that with a large chain of rocket bases Germany, could hurl 50,000 tons of high explosives on French soil in one night. — Quebec Chronicle -Telegraph. $500 A MINUTE Mrs. D. Roosevelt, wife of the President, was recently paid $3,000 for a six minute broadcast and ex- pects to receive other payments of $500 a zninuute for like orations, She turns all such earnings over to chari- table objects but the rate of her re- muneration cannot be regarded as otherwise than an hysterical mani- festation.—Brantford Expositor. A MAN'S AGES Man in Milwaukee gave his age on an insurance paper as 54, as 58 in county relief records, 66 in his mar- riage papers and '70 in his application for relief. In case you think there has been an error, we state again it was a man who did this.—Stratford Beacon -Herald. ONE. UP ON POP "Now, look here, Dorothy," said her father, sternly, "your mother tells me you've been naughty all day long. The next time you throw mud at your sister's clean dress you'll go to bed without supper." "The next time I throw mud at Doris," said the child, "I'll wait till after supper." — Victoria Times. PUT OUT THE WRONG FIRE The old theme of labor lost has seldom been more dramatically en- acted than it was at South Glaston- bury, Conn. A farmer had laborious- ly collected a pile of brush. With reasonable safeguards he set fire to it. About the same time there was an accidental farm fire nearby. The fire brigade, responding to a call, put out the wrong fire with remarkable ef- ficiency and despatch. Naturally the effort was wasted, the real fire did its work thoroughly, and the farmer had to haul chemical -saturated bru:1 away to a swamp at some distance.— Saint John Telegraph -Journal. FLYING IN CANADA No country — and least of all a country like our own, with its vast stretches of territory to which the railways and the roads have not yet penetrated—can afford to neglect its air sevrices. If a sufficiently enlight- ened attitude is not displayed by the Canadian authorities, it is inevitable that outsiders, more farseeing, will step in and reap the advantage of the development which is bound to come. Millions of miles annually are flown by these planes, and with the proper encouragement from the governmentli services are capable of great expans- ions—Hamilton Spectator. BUILDER OF PPAGEANTS Frank Lascelles has died in pov- erty at Brighton, England. He it was who designed and supervised the most wonderful display that Canada has ever seen in the centenary cele- bration at Quebec in 1908. The beauty and wonder of that pageant can never be forgotten, as it can never be surpassed. Mr. Lascelles was a noted sculptor and painter as well as a master of pageantry. His excessive generosity is said to have resulted in his reduced circumstances. —Hamilton Herald. IS THE PUBLIC JUST? "The good that men do, lives after. them." Seems to us, we recall a say- ing which goes something like that— at any rate the sentiment of what we have written is true. Unfortunately it is also true that the evil men do, has a habit of lingering in the mem- ory; and often people become known by the mistakes they have made, even though, at times, injustice may be created by the inability of the public to forget. For instance, the other day Peter Smith, former provincial treasurer, passed away, and the obituary notices in every newspaper of the country—including ourselves — con- tained a reference to the one mistake he made in his life, and to the fact that he had served a prison team as a result. Is the hand of scorn never drop- ped when his name is mentioned? Is it right that a man who may ac- tually "turn over a new leaf" should be thus persecuted?—Chatham News. CHICAGO'S BIGGEST FAMILY —21 U ALL ,$ . .„ Ss, M. itabliamettsmilib 61110""g1WIN Proclaimed to be the biggest family in the United States, of Italian parentage, the Latora family of Chicago numbers 21. They recent y were -guests of the Century of Progress World's Fair management on a trip through the grounds. It took five taxicabs to transport them. They boast of having gone through these troubled times without one cent of charity. ado for without London. MORE HOLIDAYS WANTED The Englishman is said to take his pleasures sadly. That is not true, but he does take his playtime un- scientifically. He can hardly be call- ed a hard worker compared with his Continental neighbours, but he has fewer holidays than they do, and, to that extent, gets less enjoyment out of life. At present we have only four hank holidays a year. Six would be none too many. These fixed. holidays should. be given over to real holiday - making, to pageants and processions and carnivals — merry -making such as, of old, Merrie England indulged in on Saint Days and indeed on the slightest provocation. There is plenty to rejoice about today, and even if there were not, it is better to rejoice over small mercies than to fritter hours away in gloom—Sunday Des- patch, London. JUST AS IN CANADA The overseas market for imported foodstuffs, and especially for fruit, is extremely sensitive. It is swayed to a remarkable degree by habit, fashion and prejudice, but, as the consumer has a virtually unlimited choice of the worlds best, these likes and dislikes are subject to sudden changes and rapid fluctuations. Thus it is quite possible for one inferior consignment of any particular variety of South African fruit to ruin for a• considerable period a demand that it has taken years of paiestaking en- deavour to create. To the average overseas consumer a bad South Afri- can peach brands all South African peaches as bad; and even a good South Afriban peach will not entice him from its rivals unless it is more attractively displayed. For many years that argument seemed to fail entirely to impress a number of South .African fruit -growers. At length, however, it appears to be sinking in. Butit cannot too often or too strongly be emphasised that, with half the world seeking to off- load its surplus fruit on to the other half, only products of the finest qual- ity, carefully graded and alluringly packed, stand any chance of success. —Johannesburg Times. it we perish.—Daily Mail, THE EMPIRE THE KING AND THE AIR Their Majesties' perennial interest in flying is an example of air -mind- edness which should not be lost upon a people whose future lies in the air. Nearly thirty years ago the Xing, e;hen he was Prince of Wales, pro- jected 'a balloon ascent in India. In 1914 an exhibition was given before the King and Queen by M. Gustav Hamel, winner of the Daily Mail Derby of the previous year. The King has been a frequent visitor to the an- nual Air Force displays, and in other ways has kept in close touch with the rapid development in aviation. The Prince of Wales, that great air tra- veller, is "eonvinced of the extreme importance of flying as a means of national and Imperial communica- tion." Yesterday was an important occasion in our history. It seemed that the growing interest in aviation blossomed into a great enthusiasm in the sunshine of Empire Aid Day. The spirit of imperial air-tnindedriess must be encouraged by every means. Collection is Historic Amherstburg's Story From Earliest Days Told In Symbol AMHERSTBURG— The historical collection that has been assembled in the Public Library Museum at Am- herstburg is a summary in symbols of the evblution of the district from an Indian battlefield and hunting ground to its present-day position. Many Links In Chain Each successive phase of the devel- opment of this frontier territory is portrayed by weapons, tools. trophies, and records of achievement of the men who forged the links in Am- herstburg's long chain of history. Above the long case that displays the pounding stones, hatchet heads, skinning stones, scrapers and other mementoes of the wigwam and tepee, hangs a Scottish sword over two hundred years old, worn by its High- land owner back in 1715, when the' recorded history of the Ainherstburg- district begins. Beside it are muskets, pistols, carbines, cavalry swords, and dress swords earried by soldiers who were stationed here when the course of Empire began to take its way westward. Documents. tied Wreyellow with age attest to the vaiei of these men. The guns alone reveal much of the lore of the storied past, There are muskets that were obsolete at the dawn of the last century, each witli history of the part it playing in the drama of the early settlement, With thein are double barrelled pistols brought across the Atlant it by Brit- ish soldiers nt the close of he Seven Years War. An ancient flint -lock pis- tol hangs near the 'musket carried into Detroit by Prancia eisldwell when General Hull surrendered that fortress to the victorious British troops. Pis- tols seized by Tecumseh from Gener- al Winchester at the River Raisin lie beside a musket taken as a trophy by William T. Hunt when he took part in the capture of the Schooner Anne in the Patriots War of 1S38. Rifle With Background Not the least interesting of the ex- hibits is the rifle with which a fugi- tive slain, Jim Hawkins, defied his pursuers and their bloodhouuds when he escaped. from slavery in 1847, and made his way to Amherstburg via the underground railway. The advances in the gunsmith's art from clumsy pistols and cumbersome muskets to the modern sharp -shoot- ing rifle are represented by many varieties of guns that Amhertsburg soldiers brought home from the wars of the last hundred and fifty years. Included in the collection are many mementoes that have an individual interest of their own apart from his- torical associations. Amon them is the gnarled blackthorn cane carried by Simon Girty, of Indian warfare fame; the mess kit of Major Daniel Doherty who gained distinction in the Crimean War; and a bed -warmer that has been handed down from Elizabethan times. Comprehensive written record- of the two centuries of progress have been accumulated. 'Precious original documents are under glass, and the walls ot the museum are covered witb pictures and photostatic copies of maps, sketches, charts, plans aid specifications, military orders, treat- ies, and inscriptions that faithfully present Fort Malden's part it preserv- ing this part of Canada for the Bri- tish Empire in the war of 1812. Be- cause of its strategic position, Am- herstburg was the centre of many stirring events during that struggle, and a wealth of the lore of this per- iod in Canadian history has been as- sembled in the museum. Crown Land Grants Couspicuous among the documents are the grants of Crown lands within the town -site to British army war ve- terans as they were retired from ser - aloe. An inspection of one af the floor cases shows that Amherstburg's sol- dier settlers served in all of England's foreign wars for the last century. and a half. There are British army med- als and insignia from the wars with Napoleon, and the Indian Mutiny; from the Scinde-Punjab, Burma, Cri- mea, Afghanistan, Egypt, Ashantee, China, New Zealand and the Trans- vaal. This collection has grown prodigi- ously within a few menthe, and is still increasing as Major A. W. Mc- Nally, president of the Amberstburg Historical Sits and Museum Associa- tion, and his cohort of workers con- tinue to gather together mementoes of the Burg's historic past. Heads Medicos TORONTO—Dr. A. J. McGanity, of Kitchener, was elected president of the Ontario Medical Association at the 54th annual meeting here. Fort William was chosen as the city for next year's convention, and Dr. J. C. Gillis of Fort William, was named president-elect. Other officers are: Chairman of council, Dr. W. K. Colbeck, Welland; honorary treasurer, Dr. G. Stewart Cameron, Peterborough; secretary, Dr. T. C. Routley, Toronto. Counsellors elected follow: Dr. 3. 11. Geddes, London; Dr. F. J. Bor- rows, Seaforlh; Dr. Sneath, Dur- ham; Dr. P. R. Macfarlane, Hamilton; Dr. W. C. Shier, Uxbridge; Dr. George H. Stobie, Belleville; Dr. W. J. Jones, Kingston; Dr, R. K. Paterson, Ott- awa; Dr. A. 14. McMurchy, North Bay; Dr. Charles Poweli, Port Ar- thur; Dr. .1. Harris IVIePhedran, To- rento. Dr, A. F. • Reamer of Pa I gi a ve, On t.; and Dr. A. S. Thompson, antathroy, cwt. were elected ilte umbers, Women Start War on Vice In San Diego "Committee of 600", Known Only By Numbers, Are Alarming Underworld SAN DIEGO, Calif.—A woman's se- cret "committee of 600" which quick- ly became 1,400 and still is growing, has started an invisible war against vice and lawlessness in San Diego county, locale of many unsolved mur- ders in recent years and its leader says the -underworld already has be- gun to show its fear. Inspired by an appeal of Mary Rob- erts Rinehart, noted writer, to wo- men of the country to figist crime, the committee was the outgrowth of a plan evolved by the San Diego Women's Civic Centre. Under the plan as evolved and carried out by Mrs. A. D Simpson, chairman of the Civic Centre crime department, ar- rangements were made to have 100 women serving anonymously in each of the six councilmanic districts of the city. They are known only by numbers assigned to them, "I live in daily fear of criminal at- tack," Mrs. 'Simpson said, "but the work of our conuhittee isn't to be checked. I have been offered bribes and told to take it easy," The committee considers the Fed- eral field the most important, and sends to Washington information workers obtain. This week, two Fed- eral investigators were sent here from Los Angeles in connection with a matter about which Mrs, Simpson reported. Attains Peak f Career Winning Writing Award Crowning Achievement Of Simcoe Resident Simcoe, Ont.—Awarded the Lorne Pierce medal for outstanding contri- bution to Canadian literature during the year 1983, Frederick Philip Grove, author, lecturer and teacher, has brought no small honor to Simcoe and Norfolk County. MENTIONED THRICE Mr. Grove published on one book, "Traits of the Earth," in 1933, but twice before his name has been pro- posed for the honor, and it was also mentioned by Mr. Pierce himself when he established the fund to pro- vide for the annual award. The re- cipient of the Pierce gold medal must be the unanimous selection of the judging committee of the Royal Society of Canada. Formal presenta- tion of the medal was to have been made at the convention of the Royal Society in Qpebec, but illness prevent- ed Mr. Grove's attendance. Describing himself as a dairy far- mer, Mr. Grove has during his 21/4 years residence in the Simcoe district established a reputation as a breeder of pure-bred jersey cattle. Neverthe- less he spends five or six hours every day at his desk working on a new novel, which has been bought sight unseen by an English publishing house. On the shelves of Mr. Grove's library are the completed 1110,11U - scripts for 19 novels, 11 of there ready for press, more than 100 short stories and volumes of essays. BORN IN SWEDEN The most successful of Mr. Grove's publications was "In Search of Am- erica," written in 1894 but not pub- lished until 1927. Second in popular- ity ranked "Ous Daily Bread." His hooks have been even more popular in Austra:ia and New aland than in Canada. Born at Malmes, Six:ellen, in 1872a Mr. Grove soon went to England where most of his childhood was spent. His univeraitv education vtfam received at Paris, Rome and Munich as a student of classical archaeology. He came to Canada in 1892 at thud, age of 20. The greater part of his time he lived in the -west. He taught school for a period in Manitoba, being principal of high: schools at Virden, Gladstone and, Rapid City. He declined an offer from a Winnipeg school because he would: not have the time required for his *writing at the age of 50 he graduat- ed from the University of ManitobaiI with an honors -degree. HANDICAPPED In 1931 Mr. Grove purchased a' farm a few miles from Simcoe andi took up dairy farming. Owing to a: fractured spine which he suffered. while in Western Canada, Mr. Grovel has to hire all the labor for fermi tasks. His farming venture has: nevertheless succeeded and he now, possesses a splendid herd of pure-bred jerseys. While living in the west Mr. Grovel met and married Miss Catherine Wiens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' John Wiens, Swift Current, Sask. They have one son, Arthur Leonard,' aged three and one-half. Mr. Grove at 62 loolcs on a career, of achievement. Surmounting obsta- cles in the form of business reverses and ill health, he has crowded an in- teresting life with the capture of the Pierce medal. An other. distinction he enjoys is that of having addressed more Can- adian club meetings than any other man. He has spoken before 100 such gatherings in a two years period. Chosen to represent Canada at the congress of English speaking nations in 1929, illness intervened. Milk to Replace Pop a d Candy At Playgrounds Hot Dog Question Looked Into — Frankfurters Must Conform to High Standard in New York. NEW YORK—The children won't approve, but the parents will, said James Y. Mulholland, director of re- creation of New York's parks depart- ment, in announcing that milk will replace soda pop, ice cream and candy at 100 public playgrounds, Sale of anything but mfik, which will be dispensed at cost, will be prohibited. In addition, the parks department looked into the hot dog question and decided that all frankfurters must conform to a special high standard. Lord Baden-Powell's Daughter to Marry Engaged to Officer in High- land .Light Infantry The engagement was recently an- nounced in London of the lion. Heath- er Baden-Powell, elder daughter of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell, to Mr. G. E. Lennox -Boyd, Highland Light Infantry, brother, of Mr: Alan.Lennox- Boyd, British 111.13, for Mid -Beds., hair the color of burnished copper and amber eyes, Miss Baden- Powell, who is 19, brongbt the at- mosphere of the fresh countryside to town when she made her debut last yeaIller, manner is gay and unaffected, She has freckles, and uses no make up. - "We dare not announce any date for the wedding yet," Mies Baden, Powell, who speeds most of her time at Bentley, the Chief Seent's Hemp shire home, said. "irIr. Lennox --Boyd is in England at present, but lie might be movot Done t1)" eerernonv ladefinitelv, to India at any time and that wenn