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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1935-08-29, Page 2EWORL MOST FAMOUS FLAVOR By NELLE M. SCANLAN (Author of "Pencarrow ") nity marked her manner under every circumstance, She had forgiven him and was prepared to begin again, and Neil was grateful for her silence. The Armistice came with the summer. The eleventh of November had seen the blossom in the orchards give place to the budding fruits; the gold of the kowhai along the Hutt river had faded and fallen, but the manuka's white, starry flower frost- ed the windswept trees. The long days had come again, and the early roses were in full bloom. After war's dark night, the corn- ing of peace and the glory of a summer dawn, Was it true? Was the war really over? The Penearrows held a family re- joicing. Michael and Miles were there, but Peter was again in camp at Awapuni, and Potty was shearing his sheep down the Sounds. Robin was still in a convalescent home in England, and Gentry was dead. Pat was somewhere in the North Sea, and Kelly was at the front when the mad, delirious news came through. The war was over; be could come home at last. * * * As the news of the Armistice swept through New Zealand, so swept that devastating epidemic of influenza that some people thought was plague. Starting in the north. it came south like a prairie fire, sweep- ing every town and settlement, and finding in these healthy victims a fertile field for the propagation of its deadly work. Men whose years had accorded them immunity from the war were the first to be num- sr eroPaIs Frere we see a group of young pet, ple carried on the tides of youth. Young !welly l'encarrow finally settles. down on the t'enoarrow farm, with Genevieve, his cousin, as housekeeper; who is in luxe with her cousin. Robin Herrick. Cousin Neil Macdonald be. comes engaged to Erena Joicey-Goff. Peter 1'ericarrow is showing interest in Maisie Lite.ra typist. The family is suddenly faced with the serious illness of Sir Miles Been ,arrow. Kelly suddenly marries Maisie bite. Then the Great War breaks out. Robin feels ha, must lutist. Potty Barker came home on the "Mamma" and Jessie brought the children to Wellington to meet him. "Well, what do you think of the war now?" asked Miles. "A fair b1—" "Potty! The children!" Jessie re• minded him." Potty grinned. "A fair cow," he finished mildly. "Glad to be home again, 1 bet," said Miles heartily. "The Sounds'' do me for the rest of me natural." He put his arm round Jessie and gave her a bearish hug. "How about it, old girl?" But Jessie, in her happiness, seemed bereft of words, and the children had not yet become ac- customed to this strange father with only one arm. Neil had returned on the sante ship, a much subdued and chastened man. He had seen so much of suffer- ing, of silent courage, and the human wreckage of war, that his own importance had shrunk as something pitiable. 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Shops were locked up, and liquor w only on a doctor's prescription.; Men and women who had org ized work for war's necessities no I/ turned their energy to righting this new evil, They made a daily nal till of every house, knocking on the door, and if they did not receive i response they broke in and brought help. Relief depots were opened, and; those who could not go out nursing', supplied soups and foods . All bar -;j riers were down --social, , finanei il, religious. Workers stood in queues] waiting for their daily instructions and the food and medicine that were to be distributed. Catholic nuns nulls- ed staunch Presbyterians;.;the Sal- vation Army brought suet ur to the Jews. Anglican and Wesleyan, it was all one in this crisis. e The deadliness of the curse claini- ed most of its vietims among the strong. Late one night a call came through from Duffield; Michael was 'down with it. ^' "I'll go," said Genevieve. "Poo- darling, we can't leav* hint` out there alone, with just that silly `old housekeeper to look after him." Five days later Michael was dead: Genevieve stood alone in the moonlight and listened ,to the surf in Palliser B a y, a is 1 o w, drill, rhythmic sound as the breakers crashed in from the Straits. All else was silent, and to her it seemed the silence of death. e Just when the war was over, when. everything was comings right. Kelly had been spared and would soon be back; and Robin. Those strange .let- ters from Robin; so -unlike hint: querulous, childish, then a glimpse of the old gentleness. His nerves, they said. Too long a. strain on so sensitive a mind. The 'continued horror and the noise, and the shock of bursting shells. He was out of it now, but somehow, he could not get his mind away from it. Perhaps he, too,fi would soon be coming_ home. But Michael had : gone - dear, faithful Michael. It would cloud the happiness of Kelly's return nit to find Michael here! ' Gentry and Michael both gone. Duffield without an owner!• Genevieve shivered 'y and the :cold hand of fear touched her. Who next? From what new direction would fate strike? (To Be Continued) Doctors Will "Leap" To Their Patients Moscow.—Delegates to, the Na- tional Parachute Congress ' were told recently a large number ' of doctors would'"be trained, to with parachutes so medical ,. be tent:i.people inn 'isol'ated meats.• This problem is particular!) )� on the northern coast, whert4 ;e.m munications are cut off for :eat part of the year. The doctor pera- chutists will carry full medical equipment when they leap. 1I E COMPLEX FOR MODERN WOMAN Author Of Book On Machine 1 ge Tells Of Present - Day Problems TORONTO, "The commonest •torni of recreation anioilg women of all classes, married and unmarried, is perhaps clothes—a feature to be pondered upon," says Mrs. M. M. KIrkwood, author of "Women and the Machine Age," and assistant proles - soy of English in University College. Other favorite forms of recreation she notes in a pamphlet recently pub_ llshed by the Social Service Council of Canada, are the "movies" or "talk- ies," the use of the motor car, and a growing interest in athletics and out- door sports. The pamphlet is the seventh in tdie series on "The Machine Age," and come to the conclusion that there is needed a new standard of social re- sponsibility. Mrs. Kirkwood sees a need for a new ideal of marriage and home life combining the new liberty (brought about by the introduction of machin- ery) with the old seriousness and sanity. The morality based on the knowledge of birth control and the equality of women in the marriage relationship is far ffrom mature yet, she asserts in stressing the responsi- bilities of home building and child training. Amusement as a sole aim. in life will satisfy neither man nor woman, she believes, and for the nor- mal fullfiliment of human experience education for social relationships is needed as much as for vocations and academic success. Eight -ounce Baby Lived For A Day New York—An eight ounce baby girl died after an all -day struggle by five physicians and two nurses to keep her alive. The tiny infant, whose birth was premature by 41% months, was the first child of Patrolman Terrence Borelli, 29, and his wife, Marjorie, 26. • Physicians said the baby was nor- mal in every respect save size. She measured 13 inches in length and had a head circumference of nine inches. The infant, born at 6:25 a.m., was placed immediately in an incubator. Late in the afternoon she seemed to stop breathing, but after a series of injections and increased applications of oxygen she appeared to rally. At 6:45 • p.m., Dr. Lester Samuels pro- nounced her dead. Twenty -year-old Juanita Cruz, tor- eador and darling of the Madrid bull- ring, earned £5,000 last year. Until two years ago she was a typist. icouver Riots. Cost City $68,000 Vancouver. — Mayor G. G. Me - Geer has informed the Civic Finance Committee that recent unemploy- mentdemonstrations and consequent defence of the city has cost $68,- 000. Expenditures including $150 for hiring a field gun, purchase of a machine gun and $6,578 for feed- ing special police officers have been approved. 411, imnit Tt Proud owners of the con- tinent's finest livestock and pet stock parade their -blue-bloods in competi- tion for the coveted trophies at the "Show Window of the Nations." A Canada's premier Horse Show, Coliseum, evenings, August30 to Sept. 6 ... Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock shows, August 30 to September 6 .. 47th International Dog Show, Septem- ber 2, 3 and 4 ... 34th International s''Cat Show, August 27, 28 and 29... See these and a thousand and one '- other attractions at your Exhibition. It's designed for every member of every family. 457:— Colonel it. H. Deacon Llwood A. H Hushes Pratkrlcu QcneralMnager Tea a its l est Ytnu Han writiinj Tells Your Real Character By GEOFFREY ST. CLAIR (Graphologist) All Rights Reserved. A correspondent sends me samples of the handwriting of several well- known film stars and asks me to analyse the writings for her. There is so much of interest in these ana- lyses that I am making them the subject of a special article. Perhaps you have wondered why many men have been led into the different pursuits in which they have gained fame and fortune? It is im- mensely interesting to think what might have been if different individ- uals bad been born with traits of character that were entirely different from the real characteristics of their nature! Many men and women are born into this world with definite talents and abilities, that they must learn in or- der to take full advantage of them. Some go through life and never even learn their proper talents while others find and develop them early in life. Take the handwriting of Join Boles, a well-known star., The domin- ant trait in his character is self-re- liance. This is the quality that makes him depend only on himself for any.. thing die wants done. He is not sur- ly (quite the contrary) to his many friends, but, at the same time, he looks to one man only to get what he wants—and that man is himself. John Boles could not be anything else if he desired—there is an inde- pendence of thought and action that will not allow him to think of help when he has a problem to face. He is close-mouthed about his personal affairs, and will usually have them solved before other people have heard about them. Decisive, quick -thinking —a man of action—John Boles. Some time ago I analysed the writing of Ramon Navarro. This film star was very fortunate in finding his talent and making it the driving force of his life Ills writing s'hows,, as all those who have seen his films know, that he is a great dramatic actor --that he can interpret a role in a way that few people can even approach, but he has also another ability and auother very outstanding talent with which he has won recog- nition—his ability in music. The rhy- thm and breaks in his writing show immediately to the handwriting aria-, lyst—a talent and appreciation of the musical arts. You, my reader, may not have any tremendous talents like these well.' known film actors. On the other hand, you may have some outstanding abil_' ity with which you could, If you re- cognized it, and cultivated it, acquire a good position or fill a particular niche in life. But you must under-; stand yourself; you must realise the latent abilities within yourself and,' once recognizing these, set to work to make the most of them.. A. graphological delineation will not invest you with particular powers or abilities; it will show you whether; or not you possess some outstanding talent which you, ought to cultivate.! And it will show you to a greater; understanding of yourself and your problems. * * * Would you like to know what ta1.: ents you have? Do you wish to know. what your handwr'ting tells about your character and that of your friends? Send specimens of the writ. ing you want analysed, stating birth. date in each case. Enclose 10c coin for each specimen and enclose with 3c stamped addressed envelope, to: Geoffrey St. Clair, Room 421, 73 Ad- edaide St. West, Toronto, Ont. All letters are confidential and replies will be mailed as quickly as the vol_ ume of mail will permit. Iceland Isn't ..uch A Cold Place An Icelandic nurse, spending six weeks in Toronto, doing public health and hospital observation work for the Red Cross, is Miss Sigviduv Bachman. Miss Bachman is a graduate nurse of University College Hospital, Lon- don, with post -graduate work in public health at Bedford College, England. She has come to Canada at the request of the Icelandic Red Cross Society, under the Exchange Committee of the Canadian Nurses' Association, to observe methods here and take back to the work in her native land, to which she returns in the fall, the benefit of her experi- ence. "The Icelandic climate is not near- Iy so severe as people think it is -- it is modified by the Gulf Stream," Miss Bachman said, in an interview. "This year we had the best May we have had in years—much warmer than it was in England." Schools close in May, not because of the heat. but on account of the short days in winter. People like to make the most of the summer and get the children off to the country for a long vacation. Some of the days in November and December do not have more than five or six hours of daylight, she added. "The hous- ing is quite good—`stone' houses, we call them, mostly made of cement, with general heating, of coal, with furnaces." The State hospital, as well as the houses in that area are heated from the geyser, "the biggest hot springs in the world," she said. Most of the women and girls of Ice- land are adopting the Western dress, although many of the older women still cling to their national costume. Business Better Peatty Declares Halifax.—Canadian business gen- erally is benefiting by a sound, steady improvement which has been in progress for a considerable time, Sir Edward Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, said here recently as he stepped down from a special train which is carry- ing him through the Maritimes an an annual tour of inspection of com- pany enterprises. The only cloud on Canada's industrial recovery front, the rail chief asserted, was in West- ern Canada, where crop prospects were indefinite and where there was mo assurance that the 1985 yield would be 'readily marketed. "Quinties" Observes the Chicago Teih:ane.-- And now it's happened! Horror of horrors! Whither„ are we drifting? Some of the ea§tern newspapers have already published the thing in streamer headlines: "First' Birthday for the Dionne Quinties!" The very sound of the thing makes one grow pale and have severe shooting pains in the neck. Not content with such awful atrocities as "eatie sfloppie" and "good nightie" and "alrightey" and "kiddies" and "okie", now we have to see that awful thing -quirt- ties" staring us in the face every now and then. And next somebody will be changing Mother's day to "Muzzies' day." Quick, Watson, the needle! y 1 14 t°t�t�Q \ Cf. ae a rljoy a. really fine hand -made cigarette rolling your own with GOLDEN VIRGINIA RELIEVE PERIODIC PAIN T you suffer pad - a' odic pain and discomfort try Lydia 11.1'inkham'g ablets. In most cases they bring welcome relief. As Mr&Caroline New- man says,,"They ' ease the path". Mrs. Raymond Chaplet, Route 4, Tilbury, Oat. says," I suffered some- thing terrible. Had such backaches and headaches 1 was worn out. Your Tablets helped me". Let them help you, too. Ask your druggist. Issue No. 34 --- '35 9