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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1934-08-02, Page 6Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and rhe World at Large A list has been published of 31 moving pictures to which exception has been taken by those who are cru- sading against unclean fihns hi the United States. It is interesting to note that ten of the thirty-one were not submitted in Ontario at all, that the board of censors completely re- jected seven of the remainder and that the other 14 were, without ex- ception, altered by the Ontario board —in some cases new scenes in sub- stitution for objectionable ones wereBut frnished by the producers. ot one of the 31 pictures got through "as was." — Toronto Star. IN THE GARDEN There is nothing like working the soil for the health of both body and mind. Philosophers are agreed upon the necessity of man "cultivating his garden" and this may be taken in a literal as well as figurative sense. Then there is the direct practical va- lue to be obtained from growing the vegetables and garden produce. Flamilton Spectator. CARE AND VIGILANCE Pedestrians must accept their fair share of responsibility for their own safety, and while motorists operat- ing lethal agencies, must exercise special precaution, particularly at intersections and other portions of thoroughfares where they are like- ly to come to close quarters with peo- ple on foot, they cannot be expected to do all the dodging, especally when pedestrians engage in the practise of "jay walking."— Victoria Daily Times OLD DIME NOVELS IN DEMAND The old Dime Novels are begin- ning to bring big prices. Not all of them, of course. But First Editions of some of these books are in high demand and sell at from $1.50 to $5 each. "The Shawnee Witch," from Monroe's Library, and "The Swamp Riders," or "The Blacksmith of Camden,"' from Beadlie's Dime ser- ies, are listed at $5 each. These books would to -day be published at $2 or more and are not less artis- tic or distinguished for literary quality, than many best sellers. — Hamilton Herald. CROWS HATCH CHICKS We have heard of hens hatching 'ducklings and wondering what it is about, and of cats mothering fox- es and young coops but J.F.oertt- zen, a visitor in the city from tier, Alta., rather startled us the o- ther day when he said he had had better luck in getting crows to do the hatching of his chickens than he got from the old Biddies themselves. He and some of his neighbors much con- ceived the idea of snaking the despised crow do something useful for a living. So they found some crows' nests put three or four hens eggs, in each and i kdue course ap- peared the baby It was necessary to remove the chicks from the nests early, how- ever as their instinct did not teach them to take food the way the smoth- er crows brought it to the nests. However, Mr. Goertzensaid he says presented no difficulty, a heis quite satisfied --Lethbridge Le hbridgeh Herald. crow inn cubators. ENGLAND'S "SAMSON" Johnny Mann is the boy "Samson" Wokingham. He is aged fourteen years, and can lift 130 pounds with his teeth, hold two ponies pulling in opposite directions or lift a pony from the ground. Johnny, a tall and bright -faced lad is anxious to become a professional strong man. He has al- ready received an offer of L20 per week to perform in a circus," his fa - father, Mr. Ernest Mann, said, "but the education authorities • require hint to stay in school until the end of the term at Easter, and he has not been able to accept the offer." Johnny Mann has been lifting weights since he was five years old. He and his four younger brothers have been trained since early child- hood by their father who won the Yorkshire wrestling championship in 1918. All the children have won prizes in baby competitions. Their mother, a tall, strongly -built woman has also achieved some reputation as a weight lifter, —Border Cities Star. A COMPLIMENT A newspaper that is doing excel- lent work in Canadian travel promo- tion is the Ottawa Journal, which publishes weekly an illustrated sec- tion setting forth Canada's tourist attractions. The Journal is to be compliment- ed on this good work, and it is set- ting an example worthy of the at- tention of Canadian newspapers from coast to coast. —Halifax Her- ald. AND WHAT A LAUGH THEY GET A Johns Hopkins authority clahns that sun-bathers get the benefit only from the rays that touch their hands and faces. This proves, as some have thought all along, that persons who go in for sun -burned backs do so for the amusement of their friends.—Kingston Whig -Standard. ROCKING THE BOAT Once more when one reads of drownings by capsizing of canoes, by the going to pieces of rotten boats, by the "rocking the boat" idiocy or getting caught in a squall with his sheet made fast and all that sort of thing, one is reminded of the remark of an old sea captain who, when ask- ed if a boat was safe, replied: "No boat is safe, madam, unless it is in charge of a safe man."—North Has- tings Review. SCOTS BUY OUR BACON In spite of a striking decrease in the total imports of bacon into Scotland in the first quarter of the year, shipments from Canada reveal a large increase over the corres- ponding period of 1933. Purchases from Denmark and the Nether- lands were reduced in each case by about 50 per cent. as compared with the first quarter of 1933. On the other hand, shipments from the Dominion increased almost 300 per cent.—Brandon Sun. BUSIEST SPORTSWOMAN Mrs. Muriel Cornell, of Mitcham, London, Eng., claims she is the busiest sportswoman in the world. She looks after her home, hus- band and baby girl first. She is honorary secretary of the Women's World Games whibh are to be held in London in August. She looks after all the correspondence of athletes from the thirty competing countries. They are seeking information in almost as many lang- uages. She will also compete in the British Empire and World games. Between times she will probably knit a few sweaters. Norwegian Produces Furniture From Waste Cellulose Material Oslo, Norw. — Picturesque furni- ture made in the Renaissancee style out of the waste products of cellu- lose and textile factories, 6,000;000' tons of which are at present said to do nothing• but pollute the world's ri• vers every year, has been shown here by Mr. °lav Kristoffersen, a Norweg tan engineer. The furniture is produced by mean,- of an invention which grinds the waste mutter from the factories into a tough pulp, out of which scores of different things can be made. Mr. Kristofferson was first educated as a wood carver, and tried to construct a wood carving machine but he found that a mo -.or registering 30,000 revel- ution r minute was required. Var- ious ,'kctricall firms declared that they could not make such a motor, as 3,000 revolutions a minute being the ma xi s:nun.• By names of s're as l :study the i a- anly possible to reduce their num- bers. The "P.E.P." group urges with force that what we need now is an "employment police" which should aim at diverting a great part of the existing able-bodied unem- ployment into channels where it can not only do less harm but can be positively beneficial—that is, into extended education (as through the raising of the leaving age and the institution of continuation schools) and earlier retirement.—Manchester Guardian. The Empire ROMEO AND JULIET It was the curious experience of the late Count de Caserta (who later headed the Carlist troops in fought against Garibaldi in 1860 and Spain) to see his son marry the daughter of Alfonso XII., against whom he had fought for Don Car- los. It is not the only instance of the Romeo and Juliet motif in his- tory. It is well known that the Wellington and Napoleon families were united in marriage through the union of the Marquess of Well- esley with the sister of Elizabth Patterson (Jerome Bonaparte's first wife). Scarcely less unexpected is the fact that Napoleon's cook was afterwards in the service of Well- ington.—London Observer. BRITAIN AND THE JEWS Foreign visitors to this country are often surprised by the high place taken in national life by the Jews, and by the respect universally accor- ded to the Jewish race. For cent- uries this has been typical of the English. The age-old European prac- tice of the "pogrom" has never been a national pastime, nor a relief for over strained nerves. In times of crisis Englishmen have never sought for an easy scapegoat and turned to Jew -baiting. The result has been that the Jews in England are loyal, wor- thy, and happy citizens....It has been said that every country gets the Jews it deserves. Britain and the Jews HAVE WE LEARNED HOW TO PLAY? John Bull certainly knows how to revel in his playtime. When the great and historic der- by was run, the English press devot- ed pages to all angles of the race. Derbys long past were re-examin- ed. The scene at Epsom on the Sun- day before the race was described by special writers. The horses were writ- ten up" as though they possessed personality. Jockeys were described. This was not because the people of Great Britain are so deeply con- cerned with horse -racing or with the result of the Derby. It was because the Derby was a national play festival, a symbol of the Englishman's appreciation of the value of playtime he takes off from business with an air of almost indifference. That is what makes him sanely balanced and his country an abode of . level-headedness. — Vancouver Sun SHE'LL BE ALL SCOTTISH The new Cunarder now building en the Clyde will not have a mere bathing pool like other big liners, but a real bathing beach. Bathers will walk down into the beautiful green water on a stretch of sand, just as they would do at the seaside. Then they can lie on the sands and enjoy artificial sunlight. In every' way the environment will be realis- tic, Down on the south coast of Eng- land, near the mouth of the Thames, Is a seaside resort called Margate. It is a place where London 'trippers' go by the thousands to spend an odd day, or their annual two weeks with pay. It is strictly the play - pound of the democracy, but Mar Yate is very proud of itself, but Mar - was just like Margate's impudence 10 offer to supply the sand for the Cunarder's Lido. The Clydeside folks immediately waxed indignant. They would hae ane o' that English sand. It had tae e sand :era the banks o' the Clyde naething, —St, Thomas -Times journal. BRITISH SHIPPING Before the War most foreign- countries were content to allow their trade to travel in British ships. Dur- ing and since the War almost every nation has aspired to build a mer- cantile marine of its own, and in that process used methods which -amount to unfair competition. It would take a volume to contain the different means by which various countries encourage their shipping and dis- courage ours—as for example, dir- ect assistance in shipbuilding, indir- ect assistance by abatement of cus- toms, special railway rates, and so forth; restrictions on the coasting trade, especially severe round the United States; vexatious consular and other dues; all manner of pref- erences and penalties on passengers, and Government contracts. These things amount to a sort of universal war against British shipping.—Lon- don Morning Post. Britain Will Build New Type Warship WAR IS PREVENTIBLE They are distilling death in the laboratories of all "civilized" coun- tries, and our own country is not behindhand. Today we are told that no expert can now produce a gas mask which is proof against certain kinds of attack. One group of chem- ists invents a new means of dealing death. An antidote is found; then, out of the devil's broth of research comes a new compound which ren- ders the defensive device futile. But such a disaster as modern war need not occur. It is not written in the stars. It can be prevented. It will be prevented if Governments seek peace with one-half the persis- tence, the energy, the skill they now devote to preparing for war. If the Governments will not move, the peoples they rule must compel them. —London Daily Herald. CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM Melt chocolate in double boiler. Add sweetened condensed milk and stir over boiling water for five min- utes until mixture thickens. Gradually add water and thin cream or evapor- ated milk. Blend thoroughly. Cool and freeze in two -quart freezer. Remove ventor acquired sufficient skill tc manufacture his own motor. IP then had the opportunity of expert. /renting with sulphite lye at a eel lulose factory, and produced a pulp which he treated with chrome acid, The product resembled rubber but appeared to be unstable, whereupon he made a machine for the production of a material consisting of ninety per cent fibre and 10 per cent lye. This finally gave the right material for molding A 'Renaissance chest apparently made of oak, dolls and other figures for exhibition can all 'se made of this pulp. Mr. Kristofferson says that In can cast a figure in 20 minutes at ii cost of $1.25 compared with over $30 in the ordinary way. It is expeited that this invention will be commercially exploited in Dusselorf, Germany, and at one of the cellolose factories at Sundsvall, Sweden ` Famed Edition Is • Reproduced Single Sheet Describing Saint John Fire is Published Again. SAINT JOHN, N.B.—The Daily Telegraph of June 21, 1877, was confined to a single sheet and con- tained only one story—a story, how- ever, that made every front page on the continent. Reproduced here on the 57th anniversary of Si. John's great fire, the four -column issue gives details of the conflagration that wiped out most of the city. Damage of $27,000,000 and the loss of a dozen lives occurred when 1,612 dwellings and 615 business es- tablishments were burned to the ground. Five newspaper buildings, including the Telegraph were des- troyed, and the special single sheet edition issued the following day was made up in one of the few printing shops untouched by flames. "The personal losses of some of our compositors have been so great, and the claims of their families so pressing, that they were not able to give us the benefit of their services for this issue, and hence we are un- able to' describe to our readers, in any proper manner, the disasters of yesterday or to address our readers in fitting words in regard to them," said the Telegraph. "It was heart-rending to witness sick, infirm and aged persons being dragged through the streets in search of a place of safety, which it was very difficult to find," said the pa- per at one point. "Women and child- ren wept freely, and even full grown men could not restrain their emo- tions. Streams of blood, the results of injuries, marked the faces of several men, and others had receiv- ed bruises and were maimed in vari- ous ways. Many men and women might be utterly exhausted with fat- igue and the heat which became in- sufferable, dragging bgdding and pieces of furniture and other articles through the streets a vain task in many cases, as the new places of refuge sought out often proved as unsafe as those that were deserted. The paper described a rush to the Bank of New Brunswick, where the valuables had been taken. Bankers and business men were permitted to place their valuables in the vaults and cellar of the building. London—Great Britain's new bat- tle ships to be laid down in 1937 will be radically different from all fight- ing ships now afloat, according to Hector C. Bywater, writing in The Daily Telegraph. They will have guns of a new type, firing nearly twice as fast as the 15 - inch guns now in service, and they will be armored and otherwise pro- tected on an entirely novel plan. It is said they will be capable of defy- ing any form of air attack. Except for unimportant areas, the upper and shelter decks of the whole structure will be virtually bomb- proof, it is asserted . The positive anti-aircraft defense is to include at least eight, and probably twelve, quick -firing guns, besides numerous multiple machine guns of heavy cali- bre. More than a dozen tentative de- signs have been drawn up embody- ing new features. The ships are to range from 22,000 to 35,000 tons, the size to be determined by the naval treaty of 1935. While the Ad- miralty desires to standardize the future battleship at 22,000 tons, Brit- ain is prepared to follow if the other powers want 35,000 -ton ships. As Italy is about to lay down two 35; 000-tonners and. France has two 26,- 500 -ton vessels already in hand, it is likely that the new British battle- ships will be about the size of the, Rodney, 33,900 tons. Avoid Sunburn After Drinking Alcohol, have always deserved well of each dasher. `Pack in ice and salt for one other.—London Evening News. I hour or more after freezing. Makes 1', , quarts. 2 squares unsweetened PUTTING P. E. P. INTO THINGS I chocolate, 1 1-3 cups sweetened con - One need not be a convert to densed mills. 1 cup cold water, 2 "planning" for its own sake to share I cups thin cream or evaporated milk. the fear expressed in the latsst broadsheet of "P.E.P." (the Politi- cal and Economic Planning group) that we may be making "a new national institution out of ablebod- ied unemployment," and "creating a new class for whom liberty of movement and the liberty to choose work are bound to be encroached upon." We must not be complacent about the efficiency with which we relieve and dragoon the unemployed unless we can be satisfied that we have done everything that is hunt - BLEEDING MOSCOW—The Soviet Union is conducting experiments in bleeding as a method of fattening animals, the Tass News Agency reports. Hitherto, gelding has been the pro- cedure. This, however, was found to lessen the albuminous content of the meat. Scientists have found here that two or three bleedings prior to slaughter- ing give better results, FEEDING TIME During a traffic block in London a baby car drew up immediately behind a stately saloon. As the holdup was somewhat prolonged the driver of bile 1 baby car started an irritating "toot' toot" from the bulb horn. At first the driver in front. took no notice, but when the noise did not subside he turned and observed, sym- pathetically: "Is Mummy's darling wearying for her bottle?" Mistakes of Life Skin. Specialist Warns Against Scanty Bathing Attire Don't get your sun -tan after con- suming buckwheat cakes or alcohol advises, Dr. Charles F. Pabst, the chief dermatologist of a Brooklyn ho- spital, warning against the perils of the sun's rays. Here are the rules Dr. Pabst lays down for vacationists. `Don't go out in the sun after eat- ing a generous breakfast of buck- wheat cakes or drinking highballs. Science has proved that such sub- stances as quinine, alcohol, buckwheat iron and iodine, when taken inter- nally, render an individual extreme- ly sensitive to the rays of the sun. "Beware of scanty attire. If one- half or. more of the body surface is sunburned with the formation of blis- ters, serious illness and even death may result. Even a mild sunburn that causes only redness is extreme- ly dangerous if it affects the entire skin surface. "Don't sprinkle perfume or toilet water on the skin befc,re exposure to sunlight. This may produce a severe inflammation of the skin called der- matitis." Dr. Pabst added that going bare- headed in the sun did not increase the growth of hair but usually caused the hair to become brittle and break off. Pe expect to set up our own stand- ard of right and wrong and expect everybody to conform to it. To try to measure the enjoyment of others by our own. To expect uniformity et opinion in this world. To look for judgment and experi- ence in youth, To endeavor to mould all disposi- tions alike. Not to yield to unimpor- tant trifles. To look for perfection in our own actions. To worry ourselves and others about what cannot be remedied. Not to alleviate if we can all that needs alleviation. Not to make allowances for the weaknesses of others. To consider everything impossible that we cannot ourselves perform. To believe only what our finite Minds can grasp. To live as if the moment, the time, the day were so important that It would live for ever. To estimate people by some out- side quality, for it is that within which makes the man. FORMER ROYALTY NOW IN HOTEL BUSINESS Three unmarried Hapsburg arch- duchesses of the one-time royal family of Austria, have founded a company at the Austrian- Spa, Bad Gastein, to conducted hotels and restaurants. The three archduchesses are Germ- ane, Agnes and Margaret of Haps- burg -Lorraine. They are daughters of the 84 -year-old Grandduchess Alice of Toscana, widow of Grand Duke Ferd- inand IV. of Toscana. PLEASANT PEOPLE. Pleasant people make a full day cheerful; they have somewhat of the same effect in a room as au open fire or a bouquet of bowers; they make us feel for the time as if everybody was pleasant because they are. We cannot always explain why they are so pleasant. They may not be beau- tiful—they are often plain; they are not always robust people—they are sometimes invalids; they are not al- ways the wittiest; but they possess a magic superior to all these which dwarfs the wit and cleverness of oth- ers, and makes these of small value beside their own attractiveness. "It ,is my opinion that the indivi- dualistic system has worked more good for the greatest number than the socialistic system thus far." — Walter Duranty. "T feel my private life is sacred to myself. If I discussed it, the public Would be offended."—Mary Pickford. FOR TIRED FEET The following is used by nurses In some hospitals. Add 1 tablespoon of baking soda to a pint of common bran and put in a basin wet with suf- ficient warm water to form a thin paste. Immerse the feet in this for 10 min- utes and a great relief will be felt. REMOVING BOILER RUST To remove rust from a boiler, heat the water to boiling, put out the fire and drain while the water is still dis- turbed by the heating and before the rust particles have had a chance to settle. The ordinary drain valve is too small to be effective; the return pipe should be uncapped or diseon nected. The rush of water which re, sults should clean the boiler thor- oughly. GIRL, 13, LOSES HER BATTLE TO CONQUER DISEASE, DIES Brooklyn, N.Y.,---After a gallant battle in whih sailors of the U. S. fleet gave their blood for transfusion Rose Bivona, 13 -year old sufferer of leukemia is dead. The child had been ie a Brooklyn hospital three weeks fighting the dis- ease, which dstroys the red corpuscles in the blood stream. Eight attempts had been grade to save her life through transfusions— five after she entered the hospital. The case which attracted wide sym- pathy, seemed from the first, a losing battle. The attending physician, Dr. t William 1?. Rexer pronounced it leu- Iceinia in an acute form. I The child's father, ,Fred 13ivo.na, said the family could not afford to pay professional donors for blood, and frequent transfusions were the only hope. Then the fleet carne in. In a letter to Admiral David F Sellers, then th( commandment, Bivona sought air for his child. When the call for blood was issued to the fleet, thirty-two seamen step - pd forward for tests to determine if their blood snatched that of the ailing girl. The first sailor who gave his blood L. E. Warner, 19, of Oakland, Calif- ornia returned to his battleship and told his comrades `she was awful white, and thanked me kind of weak- ly.' A number of other sailors volun- teered for blood tests before the fleet left port. One said 'no matter how many sailors they need. they will be here."