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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1934-07-19, Page 6V.ic.i tip sR Press Canada, The Empire and Che World at Large 1 CANADA COST OF RATS.— It is scarcely understandable that Human beings have remained so tol- erant of the rat. The latter has in- vaded virtually every community in the world except the polar regions. Vven in a country of limited popula- tion such as Canada, the depredations Of rats cost millions of dollars an- nually.—Sarnia Observer. ON PARKING A CAR,— A good way to park a ear at the curb when the space is small is to back it in. It takes an expert to do this, however, .without serious damage to the bumpers and finish of the cars (rout and rear of the short parking ;apace. It is a useful stunt if done ex- pertly, but downtown streets are not the proper practice ground.— Ottawa Journal, CLEAR ENUNCIATION.— The necessity for correct expres- sion and voice modulation has for many years received half-hearted at- tention in the schools. A greater need which should be the precursor oaf all the graces of speech has been strangely neglected. This is the need for distinctness of pronunciation. The result is at once apparent to those who attend a public function of auy sort. There is no distinctness of 'the speakers. Those who by nature Of their occupation should properly be expected to understand the need for distinctness of speech are often neglectful in this regard. They do hot seem to understand that the pur- pose of speech is that other people ahouid clearly hear. A visit to any of our law courts has its interest from a spectacular !point of view, but as for hearing what goes on, that is usually impos- isible. The average lawyer, from whom One should expect distinct speech, mumbles something or other to the Presiding justice. The police officials say something else which may be aud- ible to a person a yard away, but is afuite unintelligible to the audience. Distinctness of pronunciation needs more attention.—Calgary Herald, COME TO CANADA. -- According to the • Financial Post, United States newspapers are mak Ong favorable comment on Senator Dennis' plan for a bureau of tourist and travel publicity for Canada. And they are urging Americans to visit ,danada. Tlie Detroit Free Press, speaking of "this exhibition of enterprise" said: "after seeing their own country first Americans cannot do better than see Canada next." The Scripps -Howard papers, com- prising 25 leading dailies including '.Che New York World -Telegram, have placed themselves behind the Canad- ian proposal, praising Canadian holi- day attractions. Thus before the House of Commons has voted the money, Canada ie get- ting some direct benefit from the Dennis plans.—Victoria Times. FANCY THAT. -- Statistician has figured out that the newspapers of Canada and the United States use sufficient white piper each year to make a girdle around the earth 50 miles wide. However, we sincerely trust nothing of the sort will be attempted. Think of all the pretty bathing -girl photos you'd miss!—Bor- der Cities Star. AND WHERE THE BEAVER?— In Mrs. Simcoe's Diary, which has just been republished in a special centenary edition, the governor's wife wrote as follows under date of Oct. 30, 1793: 'At eight this dark evening we went to see salmon speared...... seeing them swimming in shoals a- round the boat is a very pretty sight . ,The flights of wild pigeons in the Spring and Autumn is a surprising eight." Where are the salmon and the passenger pigeons in the Toronto area now? Where, for that matter, are the pigeons anywhere?—Toronto Star. OUR TALL YOUNG MEN.— Hamilton police department has ap- plications for places on the force from several young men who are six feet four inches tall, but they fail to compete with Harry Shelton, 22 years sof age, who is seven feet one and a - half inches and weighs 218 pounds. The chief and his associates are said to be favorably impressed with this young man and he stands a good chance of receiving appointment. We have no records which can be alonsulted, but our impression is that this generation is producing a fair ;ihare of men who are of the six foot f, 'pe or over. Within recent years ;there have been a number of them In tit e collegiate, and they have been ;yell built so they carry their height With ease, We can think of one fam iiy where three sons, all of them quite young fellows yet, are over the six fbot mark,—Stratford Beacon-Metald, QANOE COMMANDMENTS. -- ;With the canoe season definitely ;ere and the localboat livery advis canoeists to make sure of eettinng c g !"'izoat by having one reserved two or three days ahead of time, no doubt many young people are planning can- oe trips for a vacation, Ten commandments that will as- sure a happy and successful camping trip are; Build your campfires small, close to the water's edge on a spot from which the leaves and moss have been scraped away. Drown it with water when leaving, and stir the ashes with a stick to make sure no live coals are left. Leave your campsite clean. Bury all rubbish, bottles and cans, Never throw glass or tins in the water where others niay bathe, Learn Show to swim, and first aid methods. Do not sit or lie on the bare ground. Never run a rapid without first making sure that it can be done with safety. Examine it carefully for logs, boulders and other obstructions, Two canoes should not run a rapid at the same time. Do not make your packs too heavy; about 40 pounds is a good av- erage. Avoid crossing large lakes or rivers in rough water, Make camp before dark. Erecting a tent, or preparing a meal by fire- light, is not easy. Learn how to prepare simple meals over a campfire. Unless familiar...Rvith wilderness tra- vel, never attempt a trip through un- inhpbited country without competent guides. Charts of the route and good maps of the 'surrounding country are essential.—Lindsay Post. THE EMPIRE ANOTHER BUSINESS IS BOOMING. Business is picking up, elsewhere. The armament industry is active. Sorry, there will be no cheers for that When those guns of admirable British workmanship go off, where will they be pointed? If you look in Bedford Park you will see a notable war trophy. A gun captured from the Germans, and bearing a British trade mark. The Dardanelles were sown thick with mines, made in Britain, which blew British seamen sky high in that campaign of bloody memory. For whom are we making the shining instruments of death?—London Daily Express. SHE STARTED SOMETHiNG.— The young man who bas been con- fronted by his aunt with the cboice of marrying and settling down before Christmas Day, 1936, or of forfeiting £100,000, should be a prey to con- flicting emotions. "Givo me liberty or give me death," exclaimed a historic Patriot who was not, as it happens, faced with the necessity of embracing the one as the .only alternative to losing the other.—London Evening News. BATH CHAIR VERSUS CRADLE.— A decreasing birthrate and an in- creasing expectation of life are alter ing the balance between youth and age. Whereas in 1901 there were less than 1 1-4 milliou people of 65 years and over, in 1976 there will be 5 3-4 millions of or over 65. Whereas in 1901 there were 12,000,000 children up to 15 years of age, by 1951 there will only be 6 1-2 million ot such children. The proportion of children to old peo- ple, which was nearly seven to one at the beginning of the century, is growing less and less, so that, in the Nineteen -Sixties the children will be actually outnumbered by their elders. —London Morning Post. GOLF DEMOCRATIC.— There has been too much snobbery about golf in the South. It ought to be everybody's game everywhere, as it always has been in Scotland. Work- ing lads from Troon hoisted their sawmill comrade, jimmy Wallace on their shoulders after Ms vie tory over Jack McLean, at Prestwick, in the amateur championship. The Prince of Wales, mixing in the crowd, saw that match. Golf, properly regarded, is a great leveller—the most demo- cratic game of all.—Mauchost:er Sun- day Chronicle, HARDWORKING ROYALTY. -- In common with the people of Aus- tralia, New Zealanders will regret the reason which will bring them the pleasure of a visit by the Duke of Gloucester instead of that projected for Prince George. Prince George has completed a particularly arduous tour 02 South Africa and it is not at all surprising that the strain upon his health should make it inadvisable for him to undertake so soon afterwards another, extending over six months, of Australia and New Zealand. The nembeas of the Royal Family live lives of incessant duty, The ideal of service is deeply implanted in their hearts, They give a lead to a vast variety of social causes and their example is far-reaching. But. partieu. Italy when they are engaged upon Empire tours, the II1ng's subjects, in their delight to honour them, may become, hard .taskmasters, This has been seen its New Zealand, Every itoyal tour has become a teat of •en- durance. That must have been the tarso in South Africa, and it will un - Fire Fights. Insects ,a Dreaded foe of the world's timber growths, fire is being proved an aid at United States Forestry Station near Ogden, Utah. Carry- ing tanks of oil, workers spray insect -infested trees and set them ablaze. Controlling crew follows with shovels. questionably be the case it Austra- Ha and New Zealand.—Auckland Weekly News. EMPIRE RECOVERY.— The story of the present economic conditions in Canada is a heartening addition to the recent evidence of im- provement in Australia, in South Af- rica and in India. The Empire as a whole is out of the depths. In Can- ada every one of the ordinary tests of well-being shows the Dominion mak- ing rapid recovery.—London Daily. Telegraph. Leads in Silk .. .:.. Kil s orients May Hurt Women Weavers —Metal Content Danger- ous Experiments Reveal New York.- -The tate ot rats which became i11 or died from wearing silk wei.yhtcd with a lead treatment was described re, early to the American Home Economics Association. rue silk, weir, Mies k Belle Kess- inger, is the same material sold over the counter to -women, without adver_ tisieg to warn them that it has been leal treated. She made the experi- ment with the rats at the Pennsyl- vania State College, under a fellow- ship of the American Economical As- soolation. Not All Weighted Not all silks are weighted, and not ail the weighted silks are treated with lead. Other metals may be used. Miss ICcssinger said, for example, tha' thi-weighted silks showed no bad effects on her rats, The rats wers chosen as models because they are among the few ani- mals which perspire. They were en- closed in silk racks. tied about their ne^lis, for one hour daily for 10 weeks. They were kept warm enough to perspire. Their skins became irri- tated from contact. One rat died. Other rats similarly garbed in silk without lead ehowed no signs of trouble. Miss Ii,essineer said these rat ex- periments seem to contradict' results obtained at Harvard upon human be- ings, who showed no ill effects from the lead type el silk. She said th- Harvard experiments indicated that the lead was not sol- uble in perspirstiou, this was true in the 1'ennsylveeia State College ex- periments, only while the lead weighted silk was very new. After it hkd been aged a few days the lead washed cut in water. Must Have Operations Montreal.— Operations have become quite the rage among the natives of Jobat, India, and no patient feels that lie has received proper treatment without one, ac; ordiug to Miss Isa- bel McConnell, rniesionary, speaking at the biennial meeting of the coun- cil executive of the Women's Mis- sionary Society, Lire sbyterian Church in Canada (western division). This rc'pre,ente a change in atti- tude, for the first surgical patient was so frightened at the Idea of being "put to sleep" Ilta.t ire jumped from the operating, lab'o and ran home. Among tiro ini-t.ences showing the great work b 'in dont for the people ' tltrong%h the hospital was that of e blind man who had to 'be led there, and who, after cataracts had been removed, went home unaided. The gratitude of the patients is most touching, stated Mss McConnell. Big Cheques Given Women 1 To Cover Low Pay—Charges I Against Montreal Employ- er Dropped_ Montreal.—Fat cheques were band- ed recently to 27 girls in the .employ of the Cooper Dress Company here because of failure of Morris Cooper - berg, their employer, to comply with the Quebec Women's Minimum Wage ::Act. Charges against Cooperberg were dropped when the Quebec Labor Department announced receipt of an accepted cheque for $2,533.05 from Cooperberg covering minimum wage discrepancies for the 27 girls over a period of one year. Lucien Rodier, K.C., counsel for the Quebec Labor Department told the court that Cooperberg had committed only a technical offence against the act. He failed to obtain necessary permits to allow these girls to work for less than the minimum scale. It was pointed out that Cooperberg could have merely pleaded guilty to the Infraction and escaped with a maximum fine of $50 and costs. Chief .fudge Gustave Perrault complimented Cooperberg from the bench on his gesture. , Some of the girls received cheques for as high as $295. Change Air Mail Rates Scale of Charges from Can- ada to U.S. Reduced fittwa--Air snail rates from Can- ada to the United States will be re- duced July 1, according to an an- nouncement issued by th. postoffice dep`!•rtment recently. The rale is.to be six cents for each ounce. Previo: sly it was eight cents for the first ounce, and 13 cents for each subsequent ounce. The rate to Bermuda will he the same as the new Unl'ed Sates one. No change is made in the domestic rate of six cent; for the first ounce and five cents for each subsequent one. The scale for Great Britain Nosthern Ireland, the Irish Free State and Newfoundland is the same as the donteetic one An increase hen been ordered in the rat. -!s to West Indies, British Guiana, Mexico, Cuba., Central America, Asia, Africa and Australia. This will be 35 cents for each r/a ounce., instead of 15 °ems as before. The rate to Colombia, lcuador, Venezuela, Dutch Guiana and French Guiana, is advanced from 45 cents to 55 cents for each half ounce. Scale for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,. Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, is ad- vanced from 45 cents a half ounce. Registration, if desired, is in addi- tioe to the regular air mail foes. All clhangos become effective Do- nl•tinn Day. "We can't go fifty-fifty between the New Deal and the Old, We must either go on with the New Deal or abandon it,".—Edward A Filette. descet Child (udan eats ar'`"' ` is But Don't "Boss" Him—Encourage Him to De. velop Hobbies by Sharing Them with Him Probably the most discouraging e- poch in the life of the child to the mo- ther is for time of adolescence And not only is the mother, but to the child, whether boy or girl. Also it is the most difficult for writers on child trainig because each growing youngster now becomes an individual with a vengeance and no blanket rule of handling may be applied. Moreover there is a difference of opinion about freedom during these years. We read one day that we keep our children babies too long and de- prive them of responsibility at an age when they should be learning to stand on their own feet. The next day we hear some master mind decla- ring that children during adolescence need mere protection than ever, be- cause they have no judgment and inay pay too bitter a price for experience. There is something to be said on both sides, but experience inclines to- ward the latter. A ROMANTIC PERIOD During the fourteenth and fifteen- th years especially, and even the thirteenth and sixteenth, depending on the boy or girl and their adult outlook, it is necessary for mother and dad to exercise that eternal vig- ilance which is the price of safety. This does not mean that our chil- dren are not to be trusted, but they are likely to get confused. These are beautiful years when the world un- folds its doors to a new fairy land. The flowers are of more bewitching beauty, the moon one long shudder of delight even a street car or a fence can glow with rosy romance. Look back and sigh for those lovely lost years and then try to realize that your boy or girl is going through the same thing. Therefore we do not want them dis- illusioned or bitter. Nothing should spoil the emotional beauty of this time. One thing that will spoil it com- pletely for any girl is to tell her con- stantly that boys are not to be trust- ed. While it is true that some are not one of the finest persons in the world is this very youth who is so cock -sure of himself and who springs surprises on us every day by his vagaries and comedies. As far as that goes, we could tell him that some girls are not to be trusted either. Parents have two jobs to do. One is to keep youth's faith in youth, the other is to be entirely aware of the company these children keep, where they are and how they spend their time. WHAT PARENTS CAN DO It is not wise to immure a girl a- way from boys too long. Such a plan has failed in too many ways. The 'crowd" well-chosen and chaperoned, (yes, chaperoned) is the best answer. Plenty of parties in homes, mothers and fathers entering into the crowd spirit and learning to know the friend of these children. There will be some trouble of course Time and again they will protest. Each day there will be a new prob- lem to face. You will have to be very cheerful, very sympathetic but firm, Social and sex facts should be told to girls by their mothers and to boys by their fathers, and warnings are necessary; but to harangue on the subject forever may set distrust or resentment and it that way lies dan- ger of another kind. To keep the adolescent child hap- py and busily interested in something is very helpful. Hobbies should be en- couraged and shared. If we don't help children to fill in their spare time they will fill it in for themselves. The truth'is that a child won't heve any epare time if he can help it. By spare we mean "free" time— the hours not actually filled with school, practicing or home duties. Naturally when he is away from chains it is right and proper that the child be left largely to his own dev- ices. If we are going to supervise his play as well as his obligations when will there be time for him to devel- op on his own account The idea is to suggest a hobby and then remove oneself apparently from the scene of action as far as his part in it is concerned. We can help with a hobby but never boss it. HOBBY MUST INTEREST At first he may rebel against the stamp album or the camera and its attendant laboratory work. Or she may resent collecting patches and working out the intricacies of a quilt, But once interest is cornered it does very well by itself. A mother will know the disposition of her offspring and this helps in introducing some. thing suitable. The boy or girl who wants to be ottt.tloors and dual' knows they should be much of the time will pro- bably rebel at first against finger craft, and viee-versa. Yet if it swan, be managed this is often the very thing needed to balance his develop- ment. No use trying to force a hobby on a child it just won't work but sometimes it will be the means of put- ting over something the mother had faild in before, once he is interested. This is the one great thing about a hobby. It doesn't greatly matter what it is, but it acts almost • inva- riably as an agent through which its rider may be reached. PARENTAL COMRADESHIP If a father for instance feels that his child is getting away from' him, has lost interest and comradeship, lie could do nothing better than to go in- to partnership in his son's new inter- est. For father and son to share an urge for stamps is a tremendous tie. They are boys together sharing tri- umphs or disappointments alike. A mother and daughter scavenging for bright silks for patches, getting their heads together over designs, think- ing up new ideas with their woman's wit makes a fine hour for confidences We mention stamps and batches, but almost anything under the sun may be used. Carving or shipbuilding is good boys' play, making notes on the habits of birds in long walks, or kite flying. This is a real science. As far as girls go they are usually interested in the same things as their brothers only not at the sante time. Hobbies stop the dawdling, time - wasting bored habit. They sharpen wits and ingenuity and promote am- bition. They are good things for ev- erybody. A Problem Try to Find Proper Prison For 14—year—old Kidnapper Chicago: Fourteen -year-old George Rogalaki, believed to be the youngest person ever convicted of kindnapping, is resigned to a 10 -year term of im- prisonment. "I expected to get punished," he said, following his conviction for the kidnaping of Baby Dorette Zeitlow, two and a half years old. He thanked "everybody concerned" for their "kindness" to him, and said: "I don't know why I did those things." "Those things" included luring the little girl with the promise of a nickel to an abandoned ice house, where he stripped her of her clothing and then abandoned her. She was found many hours later, weak, but still alive. She -died later in a hospital. The crime was done last April. Although sentence was pronounced the court granted a'stay of execution to give the court time to decide what special provisions should be made for the boy's imprisonment. The defence made no effort to pre- vent a conviction, and contented that its chief interest in the case was to see that the boy defendant would be held in some proper place other than a penitentiary. Schiaparelii Offers Rumba Hats Paris --Schiaparelli devotees look ravishing on the beach with her new Rumba hats The net sun veil which she attaches under the rolling brim et the back ler is Andalusian allure, These hats form the high note of the whole costume, which consists merely of a pair of linea tweed trousers or a knee-length jersey skirt—of the wind- blown tunic vartaty — worn over a plain knitted swim suit Schiapar- elli as usual gives us some charming fresh -color combinations. The bat generally matches the maillot in color and the sun veil affords a clear contrast—white bat and maillot with a sapphire -blue veil and a gay plaid skirt, or navy and white -checked trousers, navy swim suit. navy drat and a vivid rose veil. Cards Tell Pcstie" Who Needs Stamps Calgary, Alta. --The Calgary post office anthoritieq have notified the, citizens that in future postage stamps would be sold by the postures on their beats. No longer will the card for the ice- man to leave 25 or 50 pounds of ice be the only one proppett,in the frohit window, as cards have been distribut- ed for the use of the householder or business firm, who will place it in a conspicuthis place to notify the letter carrier that stamps are required. THE REVOLVER The revolver is a weapon for which the average Canadian has no' Particular use, and the sooner it is outlawed altogether the safer it will be for merchants, bankers, and prii- vete individuals. The revolver is playing a part in far too many crimps these days yet fuw things are more rate than reports that ' such wenpoi,s. have done any good, --Lind- say TO4.. Wit'.:. •