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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1935-05-09, Page 2• CA14ADA THE. EMPIRE Sseeeede CANADA PASSENGER HAZARD That a motorist May lose every- thing he owns as a result of a kind- ly gesture in giving a lift to a friend is not an imaginative situation, Such cases have been through the courts. And while t+'.ie motorist, when ho has been at eault, oannot complain if he has to bear the cost of injur- ies to pedestrians or the occupants of other cars on the highway, he has, it seems, valid ground for com- plaint if the guest in his own car in accepting a ride accepts no risk, the liability, if any, falling on the mo- torist as a result of his generous impulse.—Toronto Telegram. FIRST ELECTRIC LIGHT. The remark by a Toronto profes- sor that Edison was not the inven- tor of electric light may surprise a number of people, but that is quite true. The first electric lamp was produced by Sir Joseph Swan, who was born at Sunderland, England, in 1828. He was a chemical engineer who first achieved success in _ im- provements in photography. He made a carbon filament lamp as early as 1862, and in 1380 exhibited the first filament vacuum lamp — St. Thomas Times -Journal, THE WORLD AT LARGE Nearly every adult carries a watch of some sort, and it would ap- pear that the watchmaker could be assured of continuity of 'employ- ment; But, according to a state- ment by a derogation of the Cana- dian Jewelers' Association, boys are not learning the •watchm:akers' art as apprentioes. The delegation stated that there was not an apprentice in watch- making in any of the Toronto jew- elry stores, and that the associa- tion was looking to the technical schools for the watchmakers of the future. The dearth of apprentices in the watchmaking trade is not an isolat- ed exalmn►le of the change that has taken place in methods in handi- crafts although the situation in the jewelry trade may be more surpris- ing in that there does not appear to be any serious falling off in the work to be done.—Edmonton Jour- nal. FASCISM; NCI—COMMUNISM, NOI In these stressful uncertain times every quack, charlatan and unscru- pulous mercenary rubs his hands in ghoulish glee, realizing that a world in travail, suffering eountless agon- ies, is looking in every direction for quick relief. Prolific in promises and adept at painting word pictures of milleni- sums on earth, these vultures often succeed in stampeding (great num- bers of unthinking morons into the belief that by sacrificing the hard- won liberties their ancestors fought and died to achieve, they will ease their sufferings and quickly dissolve the grave problems which have baf- fled atfled the ablest of our statesmen and the shrewdest of our business men and economists for many years on end. In Soviet Russia, .Lenin, Trotsky, �. AtAtile...etee-iseeleaVa slaughtered mil- lions of'Meth-gent jseople from. all , 'mike orf Life, simply to impose upon the remainder a ruthless dictator. ship, in whish no man, woman nor thrid can call his soul his own. An entire nation has been reduced to a state of abject terror and hopeless slavery. Powerful forces of espion age render life a hell on earth for countless millions of - suffering hu- manity. The firing squad working night and day to obliterate -the last vestiges of independent thought so that the power lust of a few domin- ant individuals may be gratified without let or hindrance. We find the same ' forces at work In Germany, Italy and some of the smaller nations of Europe, where under the name of fascism, moronic forces are stampeded into fettering themselves with shackles from which they will not escape for generations to come. Entire races are being regimented tto furnish 40 •St gun -fodder +for ambitions militarists. !,rhe working classes in all these countries are being mercilessly re- pressed, are forced to work long 'eburs for little or no remuneration. •ll for the se -called glorification of the State. In reality, simply to gra- tidy the vanities of a small coterie of power -loving men. Dictatorship in an guise means rhe negation of freedom. To •those ehosle liberties have been torn away it matters little if the slave-driver GOOD SHOTS. The slingshot was given a great deal of undeserved popularity by the success which David achieved against Goliath with its assistance. At least that is the view of the Sault Public Utilities Commission. And the reason is that in three days last -week there were 74 street lights broken by boys in the Moffly subdivision section who have man- aged to acquire a certain facility in the use of these slingshots, These street lights will cost $111 to replace and naturally the com- mission is prepared to take drastic aotton against the culprits, These be circumscribing and re- stricting times for the small boy, but perhaps it would not take many $111 items for street lights to make the colmmfssion feel that it had to boost the rates. And wlhat then?—Sault Ste. Ma- rie Star. THE PUBLIC HAS A PART. The public has a direct and active part in the success of a newspaper. The newspaper is a. public servant giving an efficient and accurate run- ning record of what the public thinks, does and wants to do. It has, ttit is ads uate•L'y* performing, its duty, set/As, andd' in soetre "cases hundreds of collaboraters, who in their own wish to build up the cora- =Deity onnuunity are anxious to see that in- fermation reaches the editor and re- porters. News -gathering is no mag- ic process by which material is "snatched out of the air" as a con- juror produces a rabbit from a hat. It is a process built up on experi- ence, tact and skill on the part of the newspaperman and goodwill and co-operation on the part of the public, — Kirkland Lake Nowts. NATURAL ERROR. The latest recruit had celebrated his Saturday leave by returning to barracks with two lovely black eyes and a face like an over -ripe to- mato. omato. The sergeant -major let off steam in the old fashioned style. "Report to the guardroom at Bance, you blithering numskull!" he roared. "And while you're about it, hang your face out of the window as a warning to your pals as they come in." Passing the guard -room about an hour later the sergeant -major espied the recruit with his face at the win- dow. "Anybody seen you yet?" he bawl- ed out. "Yes, sir," said the reoruit, "the colonel has just passed." "And what did he have to say to Seek Erosion Relief Alva B. Adams ' feel.; Senator Morris Sheppard, Tex.; C,.aelHintonof soli Seto oor Edward P. ti�n.a.or Ah , _ls Oki and H. R. Bennett, director ing with President Roosevelt in regard Costignn, Col.; Congressman Jitel Agriculture Department, pictueesee ft to right) after conrerr to $100;000,000 approprietioli of ;pi erosion -relief work in the mid -west and south-west. be named Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, or Huey Long.—The Toronto Labor Leader. DEARTH OF WATCHMAKERS. you, with a face like • that, eh?" asked the sergeantamajor. "He just said, 'Good morning, ewe geant-miajor,' " replied the recruit,— Calgary Herald. THE EMPIRE HIS NIBS. The new Offioe of 'Forks order restricting the issue of toilet soap to civil servants to one tablet per per- son every two months recalls a story of Sir W. S. Gilbert's ,youth- ful experience in a Government of-. floe. His chief, a rigid economist, strictly regulated the issue of at. tionery. He allowed each clerk 12 pen nibs a month, but on one occa- sion accidentally gave Gilbert 13. Gilbert went to him at once, deter- mined to make the best o'f'" his 'p- portunity, "irf you please, sir rI' she began. "In regard to xnwy:a9'. of nibs "I' cannot disci, matter," snapped the chief, eming•':to .• er was born and where 93 years ago the bait; "I consider twoivnibs ana ample allowance .for any clerk," "Certainly, sir," replied Gilbert. 'I have no wish to qct°stion your wisdom. I merely wish to report that I have received thirteen' nibs, and have hastened to you with the superfluous one in order that it may be returned to store at once." Manchester Guardian. SEEKING MORE TRAINING The tragedy of the lack of em ployment for bays of school -leaving :age is reflected in the eagerness with which technical education is sought, and in the inability of the existing schools to meet the de- mands made upon. them. Boys and parents recognize that in the com- peleition for work the trained boy is the only one who has a chance of recognition among the multitude of applicants. On the reopening of the schools after the Christmas holidays it was found impossible to meet all the ,demands for enrolment. --he Australasian, Princess Louise Patron of Art -)ue h Victoria's Daughter Studied Sculpture Herself Queen' Victoria's daughter Prin- cess Lo'iise, who was 87 years old 'i erVeli `19; skill lives in the. part 1) t, Iieneington Palace "'lie erefi'er stn never to receive women whoaea� mar- riages had. been divorced or led, and at one time her parties at I{ensington Palace were the only ones in royal society where artists could be seen. Soviet Prisons Groups From The United States To Study Penal Conditions Collector..:Of Old. Cars Finds The Hobby Profitabl *bon a movie producer or an ate tomobile maker wants a car of'enc• lent vintage the chances are that H, E, 'Molly, of Los Angeles eau supply It, He collocte old automobiles and •owns one o't the world's largest fleet of antique cars in running order. A suprisingly profitable business has developed from the collection that be started as a hobby, with the pur- chase of a 1902 Pierce -Arrow. Wherever Twohy drove this acqui- sition crowds gathered. A merchant, seeing the display value of the relic, paid Twohy to place advertisements on it. Then a movie company hired it: Twohy began baying obsolete care repainting and reconditioning them, and sending them forth to advertise his enterprise. When kis machines found increasing demands for auto shows, parades, motion piotures, and advertising purposes, he offered cash rewards for information as to where cars 20 years or more old could be found. Today his collection numbers 25 such cars including an 1898 Hayes-Apperson, a 1908 Ford and a 1911 White Steatm,er, A modern motorist would be at a loss to handle these old-timers and Twohy and his two sons are the only, ones who drive them. With the pas- sing of time the cars will become in- creasingly valuable—a veritable mu- seum on wheels, and a profitable one One large collection of automotive antiquities has been made by anoth- er Californian, David Gray, Jr., of Montecito, whose 36 cars, all in per- fect running order, include a one - cylinder Cadillac, a one -cylinder Oldsmobile, and a revolutionary two - cylinder Peerless, all of 1902. ....Mr. Gray, whose father was one of the first partners and backers of Henry Ford, insists that each car added to his collection must be able to come up to the gates under its own power and that every part of the car must be the maker's original part, The problem of crime and pun- ishment in Russia this year is at- tracting the attention of student.; of penology and social science, The va- rying accounts of the Soviet penal system that have come to the'Unit- ed States have prompted organized groups to see what Ruse,ia does with her wrong -doers. Joseph Fulling Fishman will lead such a group this summer, sailing Julp 10. se This group willarrive in Leitin- grad on July 22 - and remain in Rus- sia until Aug. 21, making trips to reformatories, jails and juvenile in 'stltetions in the interior. The•. form ers v.•mmer paIaoe 'or- -rho. Ohara .at. Tsar'.skoe Selo; which is now a chil- lier mother learned that she was of .dren'5 institution, will perovSide . the Queen. Princess Louise's statue first view of the Russian - system: Queen regards the a young woman Then come Petrozavodsk, capital of (still regards the children in the the Soviet Karelian Republic, tree fishing villages along Lake Onega and Medvezhia Gera, which 'was the base of building operations of the Baltic -White Sea canal project, one of Russia's new waterways. The city prison of Leningrad, the People's Commicsariat of Justice at Moscow, the Norvitski prison for wo- men, the Institute .for Judicial Psy- chiatry, the Kharkov institute for the protection of workers' health and various communes and model cities which have been built for the children of workers are on the itin- erary of the group. This is only 'bre of many groups that will head for Russia during the summer; many will observe opera- tions and others will remain in. one or another of the Ruesian universit- les to study more intensely the phil- osophy of the new Russia, ADVICE TO FARMERS Dr. Viljoen strongly urges upon faemers the recognition and :adop- tion of two fundamental points of agricultural practice that have been consistently preached by the Sunday Times for years; namely, that the supply of stockfeed can nevet be too large for o country like South Afri- ca; and that experience gained as .a. result of drought and depression must be applied in practice. Even in times of comparative prosperity, he says, harmers snould accept the pro- position that depressions, like droughts, are natural pheuornena, and should always bear in mind that "the uneconomic burdens with which they saddle themselves will be so much more unbearable when the in- evitable nevitable stringency occurs." He 10 oonvinced that if farmers proceed along these lines they will have nothing to fear for the future.—Joh- annesburg Times. "NAUGHTY MARIETTA' Board Walk in Kensington Palace Gardens, and the children, according to Barrie, call it "the penny queen" through associations with the Queen in the Victoria pennies." Princess Louise, who is the King'is aunt, had the reputation of being the best -dressed daughter of Queen Victoria, and it is said by her friends at court that ala the years go on she is better and better dressed and a model to all elderly women. Her husband, the Duke of Argyll, died in 1914. She still has her estate of Roseheath and goes to Scotland for some months every year. Princess Louise had several artist friends, the chief of them Sir Edgar Boehm, who taught her sculpture, .and Sir John. Millais. She took her art as she took life, very seriously. She never went to Ascot or Epsom and probably never attended a race meeting, and al- though she went to Marlborough House to dinner she never attended a dance there and never danced at a count ball, It was through leer intercession that Queen 'Victoria waived her rule 43 "Let us train be heroes and Andre Maurois, our young people to not bookworms." — "I am not yet class of dotard old days appear Wright. ° a candidate for that to wham only the good."—Harold Bell BLOOD TESTS WILL PROVE NON -PATERNITY Blood Groupings To Aid In Deciding Legitimacy Of Children Brooklyn --. The— imelicatiion of blood grouping tests- 'developed at ,.`'' the Jewish" ooDital of n welaym. ,an(t v tern''est enmeted `.'.omhvSditiL�ri...�I��� 3u in Nene York state, du explained by Dr. A. S. Wiener, associate In the di- vision of genetics and bimetrics : at the Jewish hospital. ' They may be used in cases of dis' puted paternity. The presumption that all children -born in lawful wed- lock are legitimate may be overcome said Dr. Wiener, by scientitic proof that the husband could not be the father of the child. Thus, if the mother belongs '6 group"A" the c+held to group "B," and the husband to group "A," the husband could not be the father of the child, since the child possesses a substance "B" which neither of th, .supposed parents 'has. "The tests," Rae added, "can only ', be used to prove non -paternity, and `not to prove paternity. ,.,,In erimin`el cases, Dr. Wiener said, the blood grouping tests are valuable for purposes of identification He cited as an example tit of a criminal who escaped pt a ing pursued and wounded by i police. Some of the criminal's blood left at the scene of the crime is grouped and found to belong to Group "B" and type "M". Later, several individ J uals are apprehended, and it is known that one of these has commit- ted the crimre. All individuals except those belonging to group "B" type "M," can be eliminated immediately. Based on Musical Adventure Romance by VICTOR HERBERT Princess Marie, still disguised as her own Maid, slips away] ewe joins a marionette show for she is deter- mined riot to marry any of the French colonists itt New Orleans, even though she has sailed with the other girls to escape her aging suitor Don Carlos. M1 day Marie finds happiness in her work and while the puppeteers manipulate. the dolls she sings for them," eeefesee But that evening while she is at supper with War rington the trapper, who baa rescued her front pirates, the town crier rides by, announcing a reward for information about Marietta Franini which is Marie's assumed name. Her"cruel Uncle, the Prince, has learned of her flight. Although Marie and War- rington have just had a lovers' quarrel he protects. her, hiding her behind some burlap bags, ,While the crowds •scurry excitedly about the town. ';',Warrington quickly takes her to his boat to help ,'.her escape. But on the opposite shore they run into "-,"°trouble. The polite are. there to meet thele. War rington attempts to fight them off but Marie, fear- ing for his safety, quietly submits to her captors. It is then Warrington is stunned to learn she is a French Princess Marie is brought to the Governor's palace. He shovers her the King's mandate directing that she be placed under custody of her uncle who has now, arrived with Don Carlos. She is to sail to'France to be married, immediately after the grand ball that night. And if Warrington attends he will be shot.' Will° he be there? 3 �t Amiss noxa week's con chiding installment of "Naughty Mariam-A..'r.