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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1934-11-01, Page 6h 1 Voice of the Pres Canada, The Empire and The World at Large CANADA EUROPE'S DEFECT Travellers who return from Europe are fond of telling the great number of ways in which Canadian life is more pleasant than European, But it remained for a newspaper correspon- dent to get down to the real essen- tials. This man remarked recently that the chief trouble with Europe is that you can't buy decent tomatoes or corn on the cob there. — Vancouver Sun. CHURCH ATTENDANCE Overflowing congregations are cau- sl.ug seveeal English cathedrals to. enlarge their accommodation. This increasing 'interest in religion is not confined to any particular area of the country, nor to any class or sooiety. Blackburn in the heart of the cotton industry of Lancashire is to spend 190,000 pounds on additional space for public attendance at its cathedral services.—St. Thomas Times -Journal. SLEEP ORGIES There can be orgies of sleep, says Lord Herder, ' the King's physician. Young people should not be denied adequate sleep, "but," he continued, "when young people between the ages of 20 and 25 still come down to their breakast at any old time after father has gone to business—that is encour- aging orgies of sleep; and I would put it in the same category as bad ha- bits which are induced by alcohol and ]hypnotic drugs and should be' resist- ed.—Moncton Transcript. DOLLS There are considerably more than 2,000,000 dolls made in Canada in a year, dolls of all kinds. These charm- ing playthings for Canadian babyhood and girlhood run into real money, without taking account of the imports. The factory prices for those two mil- lions made in Canada aggregates ab- out $312,000.—Bureau of Statistics. THE REAL TEST You think men are stronger than women? Then show us a man who can cook a meal with two babies under foot without going crazy. — Tweed News, VINTAGE YEARS FOR SARDINES There is a Scot named Moar who is a licensed victualler in Old London —who features sardines on his menus Mr. Moar is an authority on sar- dines, and speaks of their vintage years with the same affection as an Italian innkeeper speaks of wines. He pg has his cellar for 'storing them for years, turning the can over once a month so that the olive oil will pro- perly seep through the fishes. For those who are interested in sardines, take Mr. Moar's word for it that the best vintage years in mod- ern times are 1908, 1910 and 1917. The 1908 vintage is so rare now that Mr. Moar only serves them to his spe- cAal friends and on special occasions. He lays down the principle that sar- dines are not "fully matured" until they have been kept in the can for 25 to 30 years. —St. Thomas Times -Jour- nal. THRILLING FORTY YEARS It may well be doubted whether the Canadian club ever entertained a man with a more unique careers or a grea- ter hero, than Sir Wilfred Grenfell, its recent guest. As a young medical man he chose to cast his life among the fisherfolk of the Labrador Coast. There he has labored for two score years and his work has awakened the interest of the English speaking world For years he has advocated that La- brador should become part of Canada. He has established hospitals and also schools, and acted as a preacher, tea- cher, physician and surgeon, magis- trate, evincing the keenest and most sympathetic interest in the various problems of a seafaring coast people. He has aroused an interest in agri- culture and horticulture and other spheres of activity, until the resi- dents feel that their efforts are no longer restricted to fishing, He has invented a cloth for suiting, and per- formed many other, notable services. The narration of some of his exper- iences thrilled the large audience pre- sent, As a marked recognition of his great work to this little known sect- ion of the Empire, His Majesty con- ferred on Dr. Grenfell some years ago the Order of St. Michael and of St. George. In fact, he was the first to receive this distinguished order for missionary work. He ranks as one of the great heroes of our time.—Tor- onto Mail and Empire. STAY AWAY A correspondent writing to the Bea- con -Herald from the Sturgeon River gold field gives advice regarding the r equipment one should take there, He • says that it is well to bring $200, mostly in small bills, Better still, he adds take a chance and lose your $200 at home, He is certain the greenhorn or the little fellow has not got a chance in the new field.—Stratord Beacon -Herald SOMETHING TO AIM Ai Those who take pride in the height of their hollyhocks and gladiolas may be interested in hearing that a Der. tam Seaweed in the Pacific attains a length of 1,500 feet while another variety has a Stein more than 400 feet long.—The Winnitie sr CHEAPEST AND GEST. Sir Charles Highan, British adver- tising specialist, finds that bread the cheapest of all foods heads the list of nutritive foods, Widespread accep- tance of that simple truth would soon bring about disappearance of the sur- plus of the world's wheat.—Brockville Recorder and Times. CAN BABIES ALWAYS DO WELL? Dr, Alan Brown, •of Toronto, told a gathering in that city that there are 307 diseases which a child can have but of that long list only 100 are formidable. He also stated his belief that the 100 diseases are prevent- able. At times we read of folk who reach the age of 90 or 95 years and they re- call with a triumph which sounds something like boasting that they have never been sick in bed a day in their lives. We take it that such peo- ple having felt miserable at times, kept on puttering about and probab- ly took their bitters standing up rath- er than leaning on the elbow in bed. When Dr. Alan Brown says child- ren's sickness is preventable to the extent of 100 per cent, we cannot with technical intelligence combat such a claim, but with the perversity of a layman's mind we can doubt it, The Dionne children have had splendid treatment and much care has been invested in their health, but it was not many weeks ago that they had some sort of trouble in their little tummies and innards generally. Oue started the performance and it ran right along until it had tagged the en- tire five.—Stratford Beacon -Herald. WHERE JOHN D. MISSED When Mr. John D Rockefeller built Radio City in New York, the world was told the ultimate in music halls had been achieved. Never had any- thing so fine been erected as a thea ire. It was supposed to have all the la- test wrinkles in equipment, and a few I things that were considered years a- head of any one' else, But one old-fashioned, yet ever po- pular performer could not stage his show in Radio City. He was Thurston the magician. When the man of magic went to arrange for his act he found they had not put a trap door on the stage. So Thurston did not play the world- famous music hall. For the slickest of magicians is just an ordinary individ- ual when the stage has no trap doors.. —Border Cities Star. LOOKED THE JAIL OVER A Regina lawyer who took his client defendant in a wife -beating case, to visit the provincial jail, was able to report to the magistrate trying the man that he expected no further diffi- culties. His client. had been much im- pressed, Judges have been known to sentence people to church attendance and jail inspection might be an effec- tive deterrent, particularly if wardens could be induced to set the stage a Germanized Church Leader Faces New Challenge i.eieliLli,lu.p Ludwig Mueller is in a new bat 1e for supremacy of his church over all others. Theauthority.Protestant church of Bavaria has issued a manifesto challenging his authority. In this picture he is seen, hand upraised, at a Nazi Christian meeting in the Sportspalast, Berlin. With him is his deputy, Dr. Kinder. the big world conference of the Fel- lowship at Nice in 1931, ad who then had the vision and iniative to draw attention to the Union's difficulties, Johannesburg Times. HIGH HEELS If we could only begin to adopt the footwear which had scarcely a heel at all a large measure of our foot dis- abilities would disappear." This is the view expressed by Prof. John Fraser, Edinburgh in addressing the autumn convention of the Incorporated Soc- iety of Chiropodists. He condemned the style of socks or stockings for children- in which the point was not opposite the great toe, and deprecated shoes in which the in- side line is twisted and the toe space cramped. But who is going to set a new fashion? The woman who chooses high heels feels that she must be in the fashion, and the hosier and shoe- maker makes what he knows will sell, That elusive customer who myster- iously dictates the vagaries of fashion has much to answer for.—Weekly Scotsman. Part -Time Jobs Good for Students Madison, Wis.—It would be a good thing if all students would have to do something to help support them- selves while in college, Scott H. Goodnight, dean of men at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, declared in a talk to educators attending the In- stitute for Superintendents and little beforehand.—Saskatoon Star- Principals, held at the State Uni Phoenix. varsity recently. Dean Goodnight spoke on the re- lationship between student employ- ment and the quality of students' work in the university. Twenty years ago, the dean said, he thought em- ployment was a bad thing for the student, but his experience with stu- dents since then has convinced him otherwise. He discovered that it wasn't employment but other factors which interfered with college work. He cited several cases of working and nonworking students and found that their scholastic grades did not vary much. -In one study taken at the univer- sity, 57 cases of students who were entirely self-supporting were com- pared with 57 cases of nonempleyed students, all in their freshman year. The average grades at the end of the school year were virtually the same, Dean Goodnight said. Of 152 fresh- man students in an engineering class two years ago, 21 received honor rat- ing at the end of the year. Out of this number 16 did not do outside work and five did. Of 13 students from the group who dropped out of school, only three were doing' out- side work. In another class of 177 students, 24 were on the honor rating, and of. those eight did outside work Of the 17 who dropped out of school, only two were those who were working their way through school. Miss Susan R, Davis, assistant dean of women, in studying the eases of 80 women students who had a percentile aver- age of from 90 to 100, said that net-. ther health nor employment affected Itheir programs in school, the dean explained. THE EMPIRE INFANT MORTALITY In SCOTLAND It is unfortunately the case that the infant mortality figures for Scotland compare badly with those for England and Wales. The 1933 rate in Scotland was 81, and in Glasgow it was as high as 97. The difference is probably due partly to the greater severity of the Scottish climate and partly to inferior t housing conditions.—Glasgow Herald PATERNAL THOUGHTFULNESS Lord Cambridge is among the fath- ers who likes his daughter to wear something exclusive so that he can always recognize her in the park. SINGAPORE'S EXAMPLE "Buy British' is not merely a slo- gan. It is sound advice and at the pre_ sent time it is supported by an appeal to the loyalty of the people of Hong Kong to support British Empire Trade in the battle for overseas mar- ket with foreign rivals. We congratu- late Singapore on its enterprise in holding its second British Trade Fair and wish them the success they des- erve: "God helps those who help them selves," and it must be truly said that the Straits have acted up to this say- ing. Two years ago they were in the depths of slump and now, by their energy' and foresight they have pulled themselves out of the mire. Rubber and tin have both pulled round, and to prove their enterprising tenden- cies, they immediately run a British Fair. Could not Hong Kong take a leaf out of Singapore's book?—Hong Kong Press, SOUTH AFRICAN PROBLEMS South Africa is faced with many problems that do not affect more for- tunately situated . countries. I. s vast distances and scattered population introduce difficulties of organization and finance that are unknown in old- er lands. Its poor whites constitute a problem that can only be paralleled in the Southern States of the 'U.S.A. And our native problem is peculiarly our own, All these matters are impor_ tant enough to have attracted the at- tention of the greatest living auhor- ities, and their accumulated know- ledge is now' to be placed at our dis- posal, for which we have to thank the South African members of the New Education Fellowship who attended Arbor Day Revived to Aid i Forestry in New Zealand Auckland, N.Z.—Arbor Day, intro- duced into New Zealand many years ago, 'but gradually neglected, is now being revived, which is taken to be ' a sign of awakening of national con- sciousness 'toward trees, New Zealanders are beginning to realize how they have wasted their national forest estate. This year, Ar- bor Day was celebrated by oerelton- ial tree -planting in several places, and the Governor-General gave an 610 - Vent address on the value of native forests, News of the Air By Jack Cooke All kinds of peeves, criticisms and arguments to get off our chest this week. Must reply to that letter from four enthusastic admirers of this col- umn first. Here 'tis just as they wrote it, Dear (you'll wonder too, after reading the rather choice lines that follow) News of the Air Editor: We just wonder what ever gave you the Idea that you were a critic of music? Personally we think you should be writing essays on daisies and pansies, as they seem to be more in your line. Personally we do not like Carmen Lombardo's singing ourselves, but if you could sing half as good, you would not be editing a half pint hick town paper. Just what in your opinion (look, they give us credit for having one) is a good orchestra? The Crazy Water Crystal Balladeers, or Alf Hannigan? (We believe there might be some real good ole subtle sarcasm in that last paragraph, but then boys must be boys or half-wits). You apparently dou't like Wayne King, but what is your opinion com- pared to 100,000,000 North Americans. So as one music critic to another, We remain, James Pickering, H. E. Spall, C. E. Gray, K. MacMillan, And thus ends the letter. Well, mine friends, as one music critic to four quarters of another m.c, we fall to see exactly what you're dri_ iving at. We can .assure you with the deepest sincerity that our experience in the horticultural line has been en.. tirely inadequate, hence our services as an essayist on daisies and pansies, would, we believe be sadly ignored. Still, it should be an absorbing sub- ject and might be taken up seriously as a hobby. But then, of course, you would with your apparent familiarity of the matter, know better than us, as to whether or not it is an interesting as we in our abysmal ignorance, anti- cipate it would be. But then we're hedging aren't we? Well suppose you m.c.'s write me ag_ ain some time and state just a trifle more definitely what part or parts of our analysis of dance bands you find it hard to stomach. In the meantime think of that chap no doubt as moronically inclined as we seem to be, who, on attending the Lombardo's grand opening at the Co- canut Grove last season, listened very quietly while Guy asked the crowded floor what they would like for an en- core, whereupon the same ch•appie -probably more moronic than ever pip_ ed up—Isham Jones! Roxy's latest reprimand of radio is just as timely and true as his others have been. He says In part "Today, the stop watch, rather than the mas- ques of comedy and tragedy are the gods of radio. The ease and natural- ness of an artist's performance are undermined when he becomes clock conscious. Yet the time limits of a radio performance are such that clock -consciousness developes. It is the fault of the producers, who, in- stead of leaving a lot of latitude In a program try to stuff in every pos- sible feature." We are of the opinon that Roxy is the greatest showman on radio, Wit- ness his glorious programs which re- tain_their air of delightful informal. ity. In one of the current radio mage, 12 Paul Whiteman is quoted as saying: "It's hard to tell whether Ramona is a better blues singer or piano player. Good heavens! Mr. Whiteman do you consider Ramona a singer, be she ever so blue. Admittedly she does play a- very fine piano. But sing? No never. It is said that Rudy Sallee is on the outs with N.B.C,, and now comes the big surprise. Will Osborne his old ri- val is being heard regularly on the Red network. We can't imagine Val- lee losing much sleep over it though. By the by the crooner and Alice Faye are really that way inclined. Honest! Borrah Minnevitch and his Harmon- ica Rascals are still very much in our picture, as witness their grand broad- cast to Byrd way down souther than south. Lawrence Tibbet's singing on the Packard program marks a new high in entertainment for the winter sea- son. Listened to the Pontiac half hour last night. It lack that something with which hit programmes are built. And in passing put us on record as saying that Al Goodman has the finest of all commercial orchestras. Frank Black or no Frank Black. Plums, orchids cheers or what have you to Sigmund Spaeth for his pat on the back to John Charles Thomas. 'He possesses the finest vocalism, the smoothest, most velvety quality to be found in any singer today," Mary Carry and Isobel Price on that Kleenex \program emanating from CFRB are just about as 'ousylay" as expected. Perhaps if Miss Carry sang a bit more in tune, it would help mat- ters infinitely. Oh, well, we've dished out the hemlock profusely enough for this week so, with a plug for "Let's take a walk around the block" we bid you all "Heigh-ho" till next week. Economic Misfortunes Depress Dutch Women Amsterdam.—Women of the Neth- erlands are retreating a little after. having attained most of the objec- tives of feminism in the years imme- diately following the war. They ore being driven back by the economic misfortunes of this lit- tle state. Female employees of the Government must resign upon marry- ing, and the practice carries on to commercial fields. But it is not a "back to the kit- chen" movement such as goes on in .Germany. The woman of the Neth, erlands expects to reclaim her rights when the clouds of the deprc:510i scatter. Dresses are modish and hair Th shortened, even though Queen Mil' helmina will admit to her presence no women with bobbed hair or cut• out dresses, Society women must make a choice, Dither to follow the court or follow fashion, Lifting of U. S. Hay Duty Explained to Canadians Montreal,— The proclamation of President Roosevelt regarding the lifting of the duty on Canadian hay exported to the south only authorizes such importations into Lhe United States to be free of duty under con- siderable limitations, the object of the law being to prc.4vide for areas where, due to the drought, extraordin- ary conditions prevail. This was pointed out In Montreal by wholesaler dealers in hay who claimed that the original announce- ment had left Quebec farmers "in an excited condition", Sees Need IF rsfr Trained Crew Sopwith Admits Rainbow Handled. Better Than Endeavour New York.—Future challengers for the America's Cup must have crews at least approaching the efficiency of those of the United States defenders, T. 0. M. Sopwith, owner and skip- per of the latest British challenger, Endeavor, told a group, "I've never seen such precision as you have got your crew down to", he said. "It's a terribly hard standard to lave up to, but it's a standard we have got to get close to if we want to compete with you." Sopwith said he meant no dispar- agement of his own crew, largely composed of amateurs recruited at the last minute, but that there was no question Rainbow, the successful defender, was much better manned. Sopwith amused the gathering by reciting a remark made by one of his crew while adjusting a fitting on the metal mast of the boat during one of the races, "In God's name what would Lord Nelson say if he saw us setting a mainsail with a wrench?" he quoted the man as saying, City Welfare Gardens Yield $15,000 Harvest GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Fifteen, thousand dollars worth of vegetables is the 1934 production of the city's welfare subsistence gardens, accord- ing to Mr. Roy Lodge, supervisor. The garden idea began a year ago when the Kent Garden Club saw the possibilities of utilizing vacant acre- age for, this purpose. City officials approved and donated land. Civic - minded persons loaned other lands free for the project. Tools were pro- vided. Last year there were 273 plots, which yielded nearly 4000 bushels of garden stuff, valued at about $6000. Motor Accidents Increase T. B. McQuesten, Minister of High- ways of Ontario reports an increase in motor accidents for the first seven months of 1934 over the correspond- ing period of last year. During this period there wore 4,674 accidents or 4.7 per cent more than Last year, The increase in fatalities was 10.9 per cent while the estimated property da- mage loss from reported accidents was $443,094 or 7.2 per cent more than in 1933. The greatest rate of change in total accident was in collisions in- volving bicycles with an increase of 14.9 per cent. Possibly this increase in accidents is simply due to the fact that 1934 traffic was much heavier than for several years past. New York "Poor Man's Courts" Eases Order to Pay Claims New York. The Court of Small Claims known as ithe "Poor Man's Court," has taken a leaf out of the book of the large scale manufacturer and recognized the installment plan as a legitimate method by which de- fendants may pay off judgments out- standing againad them. At its weekly session presiding Justice Pelham St. George Missell of the Manhattan branch of the court, signed two orders taking into account the phenomena of "hard times" in re- quiring 4he defendants to pay. Mrs. Henry Gollin, of the Bronx, who had run up a bill of $18 for dental work, was instructed to pay her dentist, Dr. Charles Weiman, $1 a week until the entire amount was paid off. Dr. Weiman brought into court an X-ray illustrated report of the work he had done for the de- fendant to support his claim,, The other "installment judgment" was rendered against Mr. George E. Horn, who was ordered to pay $1 a week to Mr, Adolph E. S. raigle, plaintiff, until the sum of $48 for sales commissions due him was paid in full. Proofs of a photograph which did not please the client, a radio which would not work and a Jewish prayer shawl which developed holes after a visit to the cleaner were' among the subjects of litigation which won ver- dicts for the plaintiffs or were set- tled in the court room. The dissatisfied sitter in the pho- tographer's studio recovered $3 of his $5 deposit from the photographic company. The owner of the radio receiver won a judgment for the purchase price of $15 after the defendants produced a model as exhibit A, plug- ged it in to three different outlets in the court, but no sound issued from it. Remarking that "the court notes that it does not work," Justice Ms - sell awarded the' plaintiff the full purchase price. Supreme Court Justice Isidor Was• servogel announced the opening of a conciliation court to which atttorneyn may take cases. when there is'=''s chance of settliiitg them The new tri. burial is intended to clear court calor cars and seed trials. It 1011 .wiled each afternoon while itlie ;Supremtl Court is in session.