Zurich Herald, 1935-05-23, Page 6CANADA
PERENNIAL WHEAT.
Perennial wheat perhaps must be
classed among those things too good
to be true. The Russians, who are
emulating Luther Burbank on a
mass -production scale, have crossed
a domestice wheat with a grass be-
longing to the same family as our
Western rye grass, crested wheat
grass and couch grass. The Russians
say they will be distributing seed in
quantity to their collective farms
within two years. Resistance of this
cross to winter -killing has not been
established, , but since our native
grasses of the wheat family do not
winter -kill it is entirely possible that
a cross may ultimately be obtained
iwhich will stand severe venters and
produce a hard wheat. Our present
pace of plant -breeding is such that
the answers to these questions lie
far in the future, but this is clearly
a promising line of research,—Win-
nipeg
esearch; Win-
n1peg Tribune.
MONEY FOR NOTHING.
-Jnited States farmers will get
$420,250,000 this year from the gov-
ernment for not producing crops or
pigs. It is probably a larger sum
than they would get if they produc-
ed these things.—London Advertiser.
MAY NOT AGREE.
Back before the Great War a for-
mer Germen chancellor made quite
a point of the peaceful policy exem-
plified
xempplified by Germany in not going to
war evetry time she was given a
slice of African territory to keep her
quiet. Japan seems to have some-
thing the same idea. But it may be
that 400,000,000 Chinese will not
consent to be door mats forever.—
Sault Star.
A STAGGERING COST.
If anyone doubts that the cost of
asocial services conducted by gov-
ernments is going to increase stead-
ily, a little study of what has hap-
pened in Great Britain-stould prove
illuminating. That ceu il'^ +` ents
$2,450,0000 on such serlddbg, ox, last
,year, a per capita expenMiture of
,iznontrin; Journoplw ,
OPENING THE NORTH.
Seven years ago alfteT,: rears of
almost heart -breaking ei,`.`the s.
di
coverers of the great FR Flom Jain'
with their associates finally saw;.fthe
commencement of the huge develop-
ment which marked, the cracking
open of the .pre-cambrian on the
Manitoba -Saskatchewan boundary. In
the eight years $25,000,000 has been
poured into that development and
from it flows a return reaching near-
ly to $8,000,000 annually, Thirteen
bundned men and a town of the
{population of 5,000 people marks
twhat was eight years ago nothing
but a small shaft, rook, lake and
bush. --Regina Leader -Post,
THIS MAY BE HERESY
The Right Rev. Dr. Woodsworth,
Bishop of Bristol, England, preaches
a new ecclesiastical heresy: I wish
stained glass windows had never
been invented. You go into a coun-
try
ouptry church. and stand at the mons-
trosity, placed there by the devo-
tions of people in the 18th century
when you could be looking out into
God's sunshine and a God's green
(trees.—St, Catharines Standard.
"BETTER TIMES" PARADE
Seeing Is believing. Not for a
ipng time had there been such vis-
1bQe evidence of reviving prosperity
es that which was seen on the
greets of Hamilton yesterday, when
eighty trucks, loaded with farming
anacbinery from the Iaternational
Harvester works, left the city for
points within a hundred miles' rad-
ius of Hamilton, to be delivered to
farmers "who feel that the time bas
come to renew equipment." Agricul-
ture being the basis of all real pros-
perity, this increased activity is a
particularly gratifying develonmont.
But it is not an isolated instance of
improvement—not by any means. --
Hamilton Spectator.
MORE CIGARETTES.
Cigarette smoking in Canada con-
Unties
ontinues to increase. In 1934 the
consumption of factory -made cigar-
ettes was close to aye billion, an
increase of 12 per cent. over 1933 —
National Revenue Review,
WINNIPEG'S PROBLEM.
Winnipeg's property assessment
for taxation purposes fell from
$288,000,000 in 1915 to $215,000,000 in
1934 in spite of many millions spent
on new buildings. The assessment
of tele city of Toronto increased in
the same period from $565,000,000 to
$1,026,000,000. That is the principal
reason why this city is in a more
difficult position than Toronto, why
civic salaries are slashed so heavily,
why there are so many holes in the
pavements and so few books in the
Public Library, and why motorists
pay for a civic license as well as a
provincial license. In view of a
further reduction of $13,748,000 in
the assessment for this year, the
City. Council is looking for increas-
ed revenue from another source. —
Winnipeg Free Press.
SO FORMAL
Domestics met in New York and
protested that they were being call-
ed by their first names. They want-
ed to be known as "Miss Smith" and
"Miss Jones." Their action reflects
curiously on a country where democ-
racy has been the slogan and watch-
word for 200 years, and where a
man feels hurt if you don't call him
by .his . Christian name. Perhaps
Mews^York is getting over-civilized.—
lamilton Herald..
RURAL TRADESMEN
Tone isimmediately e"truck by the
numbee'cd small craftsmen who lab-
eored; in. Eastern Ontario villages. 60
or 70 years ago, and by their virtual
disappearance during the intervening
period.
Consider Eaton's Corners, a typi-
cal Eastern Ontario rural commun-
ity, as it was in the year of Canfed-
ation. It then possessed three
blacksmiths, two boot and shoe mak-
ers, two potash manufacturers, a
tailor, a carriage -maker, a saddler
and harness matter, a. carpenter, a
tanner, and currier and a brick
manufacturer. How many of these
trades still flourish in that village?'
Lyn at the same time, in addition
to its mills and factories (nearly all
of which are now closed) had its
blacksmiths and horseshoers, its
Joiner and cabinet-maker, its saddler
and harness -maker, its cooper, boot
and shoe maker, carriage -maker and
wagon -maker.
Newboro was equally well supplied
(with small craftsmen. It had black-
smiths
lacksmiths and horseshoers, a baker,
boot and shoe makers, tinsmith,
watchmaker, tailor, cabinet-makers,
saddlers and harn•essamakers, photo-
grapher and wagon -maker.
And Farmersville (Athens) was
not without its saddlers and harness
maker*, tailor, wagon -maker, tin-
smith, tanner and currier, cooper,
carriage painter, boot and shoe
inakera, blacksmiths, carder and
Austran
hampiuns
'brill Big Throngs At Skating Carnival
-_ Idi Papez and Karl
Square Garden, New York,:
spectators spellbound by thei
eeaf Austria, go into action at Skating Carnival held in Madison
benefit of hospital social service. Stars from .several nations held
performances.
fuller.—Brockville Recorder.
SPRING BATHS FOR 'TREES`
March is a good time to give trcd.s
and shrubs a good tho ough g0 Ag
bath, with soap and water, advie,lis
L. B. Sisson, industrial fellow at 'the
Mellon Institute cif Industrial Re-
search; a tip that wet, pass on eto'
readers who may be intetrested This
is especially recommended in the
case of evergreens, to rid their
leaves of their heavy overcoats ,.of
soot acquired during the winter.-
"It
inter. "It seems not to be generally 'un-
derstood," states Mr. Sisson, "that
this coating is impervious' to 'sun
light and that rain will not remove
it. Therefore, unwashed plants Mee'
starve regardless of the amount of
sunlght available to them.
"At the start of the growing sea
son, evergreens depend .on their old-
er leaves to function as food fac-
tories. Sunlight being one of the
necessary elements in the making of
food, it is obvious that when these
older leaves are sealed against sun-
light they cannot and de not oper-
ate as they should."
For small trees and shrubs, Ver.
Sisson recommends a thorough spon-
ging by hand, using a suds of pure
soap and water, with the addition of
a little sodium metaphosphate as a
water softener. Larger trees, . of
course, require the use of a power
spray pump, with a good hosing off
aftetlwards.—Quebec Chronicle-Tele-
graeh.
MPIR.
muscles of the hands and wrists. (2)
They like gloves that will slip on
quiclrly without fear of bursting, --•,
London Express.
OLD-FASHIONED TEAPOTS
Teapots have grown considerably
in size since • 1720, and you will be
surprised to learn that at this time
they were only just large enough to
hold sufficient water for one small
cup ot tea. I actually handled one
of these little pots the other day and
it was well over -20 years old. It
seemed no larger than a toy teapot,
the spout being about the size of a
rather large doll's pot. Of course, tea
in those days was very expensive. It
came from China and formed one of
the luxury drinks which only the
rich could afford. In the days ot
Good Queen Bess they drank beer
for breakfast, and the queen had her
pot of beer the same as everyone
else. These early teapots are, of
course, very rare, and so are the
accompanying cups, which, by the
way, were made in Chinese fashion
wvithout any handles.—Our Empire.
SWIMMING LEADS
U.S. SPORTS SURVEY
Heads List of Athletic Ac-
tivities Which Girls
Enjoy.
DOWNWARD TREND;,.
The general tendency of ..;poluia-
tion in all western civilized states is.
to reproduce itself much more slow-
ly, and almost everywhere birth
rates are declining. According to
statisticians, the British population,
will begin to fall in 1942, that of
France in 1937, that of Germany in
1946, and that of the "United States
about 1960. This tendency should be
kept steadily in view in planning so-
cial legislation. It has an important
bearing in such directions as hous-
ing policy—for 25 years hence the
number of children will be halt what
it Is today.—London Daily Mail.
HANDS LARGER.
Why have women's hands grown
larger?
$ Brave been in the glove trade for
nearly 60 years.
Before 1914 the most popular size
in women's gloves was 5 3-4. Today
scarcely any of that size are worn.
Now the main demand is for ;gases
61-2 and 63-4.
There is also a steady call for
sizes up to 7%, a thing unheard at
20 years ago.
JOHN B. FOX.
Worcester.
There are two explanations of the
popularity of larger gloves. (1) Wo-
men are taking a more prominent
part in sports which increase the
its interest est iu els "` " _ =r:
been .made which brings out some
interesting points on the matter of
what sports have "the strongest ap-
peal. This survey was made by the
national board of the Young Wom-
en's Christian Association.
From thousands of business girls
in all sections of the country • ans..
veers that showed that 77 per cent.
'are actively interested in swimming,
70 per cent. in riding and similar
high percentage in tennis, hiking
and other sports.
The fact that there is not, today,
opportunity for all girls interested in
sports to take part in them, is one
of the most impressive things the
survey brought to light. Of the 77
per cent. of girls who wanted to in-
clude swimming in their program of
living, only one-third were able to
do as much with it as they wanted
because pools were not available to
the others' regular use, or within
easy access. The number of girls
who rode frequently, among those
keenly interested in it, was still low-
er. The inaccessibility of courts and
courses similarly cut down the ac-
tivity of girls interested in tennis
and golf.
The , activities that the largest
number of girls expressed interest in
were individual or dual sports. Team
sports ranked way down the list in
popularity. Swimming, tennis, hik-
ing, riding topped the lists from ev-
Tonal survey of
ery group. The main reason for this
preterence is obvious. It is much
easier to find one friend to play with
you, or to go out by yourself than
to assemble a group for a game. No
matter bow hard it .is to 'rake up
your own mind when you want to be
doing what, it is a simpler problem
to get together with one friend than
with ten other persons.
Shorter Skirts
And Lower Heels
Says Dame Fashion
Paris.—Fashion wiIn not prevent
the smart Parisienne indulging her
habit of taking long spring -time
walks about the capital. Short skirts
and low-heeled shoes seem to be the
program of styles for 1935.
It is already known that dresses
are definitely shorter than last sea-
son, and now there is a strong ten-
dency to renounce more and more
the uncomfortable and often-awk--
ward high heels to which we have
been so long accustomed. Of course,
this is partly due to sports, and part-
ly to the influence of the campaign
undertaken by the hygienists.
Handsome shoos for walking are
being made of thick, supple leather
such as reindeer, buckskin, antelope
and pigskin. With thick, wide soles,
they often Are square -toed and mod-
erately decorated with. stitdhing •"oe
perforations. The heels le n_ot .mitre
than an inch thigh.
'For the afternoon, -besides all the
reptile skins which are beconung.
terenn ace::na..var hlaik:;..attd,
very dark brown patent leather has
made a triumphal comeback. Trite fa-
vorite styles are pumps with little
inch and a half heels, •slippers • with
one or- several straps, .sometimes
straight often criss-crossed, eedevere
low-cut oxfords laced with ribbon
whish ties in a large butterfly knot
on the instep.
For the evening, to harmonise the
shoe with the ensemble, a..simple so-
lution consists of having open san-
dals made, in the same cloth as the.
dress, in gold or silver lame, or in
a spangled cloth of the same or a
contrasting .color. •-
Great Activity In
British Air Lines
(By the British Aircraft Society)
Great Britain is preparing for
a season of unprecedented air line
activity. Post office statistics just
issued show a rapidly increasing de-
mand for internal air mail services
all over the country and Heston
Airport, one of London's chief air
stations, has undertaken a big ex-
pansion progr, including the
building of ne; sheds and the ac
quisition of more land, in order to
prepare itself for the many air ser-
vices that will be operating from
there during the summer.
An interesting example of the
swiftness of internal air tr.ao,sport+
development, is provided by rho!
London, Liverpool, Belfast, Glasgow
lute, on which there has been re -1
eently an extraordinarily rapid rise
in the weight of first-class mail car -i
rield.
VIien the service first started in
August last, the daily load of mail:
wits 40 pounds, In December the'
load had risen to 400 pounds, and
now t100 pounds are carried every
day on this one route.
Advances no less remarkable have
been made on many of the other air
mail lines, including that between
Inverness and the- Orkneys, which
pioneered the carriage of internal
mails without surcharge, Concur-
rently with the advance in Air mails,
there has been a growing demand
for passenger accommodation, and
the service that rans between Zen -
don and the Channel Islands has
now been extended to Rennes, in
Brittany. England and France aro
now linked together, therefore, by
three separate British air transport
companies.
These outstanding successes of
the independent British air trans-
port companies, especially in the
internal lines, have confounded the
critics who, before the services were
started, argued that they would
never become popular or offer suffi-
cient advantages over railway
travel to attract either passengers or.
mails.
It was argued, too, that English
fields were too small to allow safe
forced landings to be made and that
the weather over England and Scot-
land was unsuitable for air line
operation and would necessitate the
closing down of all internal lines
during the winter months. The
trouble with the small fields has
been overcome by eliminating the
risks of forced landings with public
air transport machines. Tee.. English
railways do provide extensive and
fast transport services and some of
the fastest railway runs in the weed.-.
are made by them. But the latent
British air liners are able to cruise
at more than twice the speed of i,e
crack express trains.
Moreover, and this has courttt
with the British 'travelling public,
the machines are comfortable and
safe. They are able, with the aid of
the latest instrumentation, to pierce
bad weather and to operate with a
schedule regularity comparing fa-
vorably with that of any other form
of transport. But it remains true
that the running of an internal air
line in Great Britain is the most
difficult task that can be set an air
liner. The successes of the British
lines, therefore, form a striking trib-
ute to the machines with which
they- are operated.
Spring Journe
All the,aiil"s WwerO use
When I passed a • faarmee- n e 1?
-For -a reaching curve' of slay;;
Vie= the birch are sunlit gleams,
Dampened by the foam of streams,
Lay my path of winter dreams.
Long I tramped through crumpled
snow,
While the mosses gurgled low,
Sounding forth a muffled flow.
Down a slouch of leafless ways
I could .largely rest my gaze
Over slopes of budding bate.
Deep I felt the marshes wake—
Felt the rising summer break
Through a wasted, frozen' lake
Deep I felt each ripple start
For I knew myself a part,
Buoyant with that welling hede-t'
—Alan Creighe
In "Wings, a Quarterly of Ve.:;,,
James, one of Doily's' little boy
friends, went to a home the other
day where Bob, another little 'boy,
Lad a bad cold.
- The boy's mother said: "James,
you mus tnot come in because Bob
will give you his cold."
"Oh, that's all right," Jimmie said,
"I brought mine with me."
"NAUGHTY MARIE
Based on Musical Adventure Romance by
VICTOR HERBERT
;In the Sm -ng of 1755, the beautiful princess Mario
du Nan ours de la Bonfain is stepping into her'
.coach. ' to the Boheinien quarter of Paris, Where
'she has been buying some of her pet birds. A nutn:-
j ber of the students crowd around, admiring her with'
loud -voiced approval, for she is democratic in hcr;
!pays and much beloved by the_:i+t ;Not she
vgjYtle them.a rienG e*ti+t ,�-- ._..._......
,Marie arrives at the studio of her singing teacher, f
Schury.. All the other pupils enter and form a:
small orchestra, accompanying her with great gusto.;
Standing in the Midst of them her golden voice
soars high, evert, Beaching the"ears of those in e ttse •
street. But her heart is heavy for she must marry`
,the rinks, aged Spanish Prince, `i)on Carlos, by de"-
‘tret? ni.the ArfkOtbr .,•
But at home an unpleasant surprise confronts her.
Doh Carlos has already arrived with his ugly sisters.
Betirih,lt p creakily at the knees he presses his lips
fervcrntly to Marie's hand, She draws away shiver-
ing with disgust. Her cruel uncle, the Prince, stands
s ide,'looking on with satisfaction. Then he tells her
she is to be married within the week, whether she,
agfees or notice _..-.- - ..
'While the Princess weeps, her maid, Marietta, sore.
rowfnlly bids her farewell for next day she sails with
the Casquette girls who are to marry the French
colonists in. Louisiana ;by order of the Xing. Marie
suddenly looks at her in triumph! She has a titan;
which sherapxdly_uniolds. Will it work? Ca sltia,!
escape her fate. Dont missnext week's
_ehr tlirtg installment of "Naughty Marietta."