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The Huron Expositor, 1925-03-27, Page 3• '11FT "71 2 il. .r•• 1 ti taiPRING WEATHER HARD ON BABY 'The Canadian Spring weather --one day mild and bright; the next raw and blustery, is extremely hard on the baby. Conditions are such that the Rnother cannot take the little one out for the fresh air so much to be desir- ed_ He is confined to -the house which is often over -heated and badly venti- lated. He catches cold; his little stomach and bowels become disorder- ed and the mother soon has a sick baby to look after. To prevent this an occasional dose of Baby's Own Tablets should be given. They regu- late the stomach and bowels, thus preventing or relieving colds, simple fevers, colic or any other of the many minor ills of childhood. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25c a box from The Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Britain has three billion pounds in - 'vested abroad, according to Mr. Good- enough, Chairman of Barclay's Bank at the annual meeting of the Bank. "We are certainly regaining our posi- tion in the field of international trade," he said, "and, although the volume of our exports is to -day less than in 1913, yet our .percentage of the world's total export trade is probably as great, if not greater than before the war. We have over three thousand millionssterling of capital invested abroad, notwithstanding the great sacrifice of foreign investments which we made for the purpose of carrying on the.. war. These foreign investments and our export trade to- gether are the best guarantee for our being able to -maintain a free gold market when once it has been estab- lished. At the same time the knowl- edge that the friendly co-operation of .America would be available in case of need would be helpful in consider- ing the precise moment for the re- opening of a free gold market." ROD AND GUN- Facts UN- Facts and fiction for the sportsman, interesting and of a' wide variety, are offered in the April issue of Rod and Gun in Canada. The initial story, "The Shanty Up By the Gens -de -Ter- re," by Alden Griffin Meredith, is a tale of silver prospecting warranted ,to hold the attention of all who read it. In "The Motoring Legions Are Coming," Wm. G. Irwin heralds the influx of summer tourists into Cane ada. Bonnycastle Dale and J. W. Winson again discourse interestingly on wild bird life and F. V. Williams and Martin Hunter add their quota of good reading. The Guns and Am- munition is up to its usual standard of excellency and includes articles on the Varmint and the Early Remington rifles. In Fishing Notes, Robert Page Lincoln takes up, the question cif different lures to be used for fish- ing, and the other departments, stor- iips and sketches, all deal with some seasonable subject interesting to the sportsman. Published monthly by W. J. Taylor, Limited, Woodstock, Ont. WIVES OF CABINET MINISTERS AN INTEGRAL PART OF POLITICS Whenever a new government comes into power in England the talents of its members are duly appraised and docketed, but as et rule one hears lit- tle about the cabinet Wives who stand in the background and hide their tal- ents in the political shadows cast by their lords and masters. To be sure, most of them have canvassed for votes for their hu,sbands—sometimes with great success, but, after the smoke of .battle is over they usually retire to their drawing rooms "to serve behind the scenes," as Mrs. -Stanley Baldwin, -wife of the Conservative prime min- ister, puts it. And in those drawing rooms history is still made in much the sone manner that it was made in the days when the favorite theme of the British novelist was centred in the political ardons of London. The Cabinet where of the Baldwin government form a group of women differing widely in personal tastes and interests. Some are keenly interested in politics, others display only a mild interest. but Whatever their predilections they are inevi- tably drawn into the political mael- strom, for British tradition demands that the Englishman's wife shall do her part in advancing the political fortunes of her husband and respect for tradition in the very life -blood of Mrs. Baldwin is one of those , %Man whose Influence is felt strong. ly by those around her, because she does not try to make it felt. Eder policy, if she had one, would be that of "peaceful penetration." She goes on persistently being her own self, striving with quiet determination af- ter her own ideals (and she is a great idealist,) until suddenly, no one quite knows how, many other people are found to be striving after them, too. The Prime Minister's wife laugh- ingly admits that she often puts ideas into' her husband's head and occasion- ally takes one out of it. It is her :proudest boast that she enjoys his full confidence , Many problems of state have been poured out to her in the confidence of her own boudoir be- cause, so she insists, she has "never used the tactics of her oyster knife." "I have never asked my husband a question about his •business in life," she says, "because I know that any- thing he is prepared to tell me he will tell of his own. accord." It is the func- tion of a politician's wife, according to her view, to "serve behind the scenes," but she does not minimize what can be accomplished there. Stanley Baldwin is renowned in pol- itics for his probity.. His wife's way of putting it is simply this: "We be- lieve that in politics as in everything else one must just `follow the light' as one sees it. The mainspring of my husband's life and mine is the same We want to do something for others before we pass on, not to leave every- thing just as we found it" Mrs. Baldwin has always been in- terested in questions affecting wo- men and children, and is the only cabinet wife who was an ardent be- liever in woman. suffrage before it came, But now that women have the vo she is opposed,to members of her sex going into politics as pol- ities is constituted to -day. Though the House of Commons arouses her wrath for its utter lack of feminine common sense, she thinks that it does not offer an opportunity for women to exercise their -peculiar gifts, that they cannot sufficiently impose them- selves upon it to do any good. In appearance Mrs. Baldwin belies her energy and executive ability. She is small and plump, with one of those "creamy English complexions" one hears so much about and seldom sees, and a legacy of "archness" from pretty girlhood, which might lead one into the mistake of underestimating her intelligence, which is very real. She is not without a certain admix- ture of vanity, but she has the poise and sophistication of the society hos- tess and diploma. Both on her person and in her home she is overfond of ornamental details. The two beautiful drawing rooms overlooking the Horse Guards parade and the park, which are left at 10 Downing Street more or less for each occupant to furnish to her own liking, are crammed with ornaments, pic- tures and bric-a-brac. As a contrast, the austerity of the government -fur- nished state apartments, with just a sufficiency of beautiful furniture and few pictures chosen (by each pre- mier) from the national portrait gal- lery, are a positive relief. One feels it is possible to breathe again. No. 10 Downing Street, which Mrs. Baldwin frankly admits she looks upon not as a home but as a kind of glorified Iodging, is one of the most charming residences in London, but for its purpose wholly inadequate. Although it is at least five times as large as one would suppose, looking at it from the street, and has a charm- ing garden, it is still not large enough. The offices are forever encroaching on the domestic arrangements, and there is not even sufficient room for enter- taining on a' proper scale. For all that, No. 10 is most attractive. Even the ordinary cream -paneled staircase, with its gallery of engravings and photographs of past prime ministers, is a refreshing change from the mar- ble spaciousness of most official resi- dences. Few contrasts could be greater than that between the self-possessed prime minister's lady and the wife of 'her husband's second in command, the for- eign secretary and deputy leader of the House of Commons. Mrs. Austen Chamberlain, still a young woman, is exactly what foreigners mean when they say "typically English." Tall, blond, graceful; a finely proportioned Junoesque figure of a woman; in man- ner—equally true to type—pleasant but "detached." Mrs. Chamberlain is extremely good looking, and her husband, resembling his famous father, is quite the most distingiished looking man in the Con- servative party. And Mrs. Chamber- lain knows how to wear her clothes. No one, in fact, but an Englishwoman who could dress could possibly carry off, without looking conspicuous, the eerise velvet picture hat and silver afternoon frock in which she'eceiv'ed neitittieneZ and ie )l$ ent atnder her VOA ¢nt, a?i• will am* the gaahr, lont?mat West, appealinte.tbe English,. 4. Cabine&' o another t , is Indy ogg, whoWAS 'beam - 143 jeu, nessee and Aurae hog , ati re ISM meat gnedit. 8hiOli litcr, thea rr ney=g nurA ,^ q :a._ a1.1i ed matzo .grad. h w egm"biees•grea$ rinteratealearien th *e ?Irtt0l110n . 'lad t anSpar: e t Sincerity. : Siie px;daeeses bexadlf. not at all interested in politics as such, though the ,zatezlase interest she has taken in hen husband's career is nat,', urally transferred to the political • ar- eua, Personally, she is, in her words, "a Liberal if I am anything at all, r Which complicates things, in view of. the fact that her husband is a Inemb r:; of a Conservative goveittent' ut nothing like politics could eve....divide her household, for 'hers, IS a boxnel-that rachittnq happlfne.s Danle Carofiue ieridgemian offers another contrast, nine is not only a ea'liliiziet fe, but a wotnsn with an identtity Of her own as her title of dame testifies. She is organizer and chairman of the women's Union- ist organization, and -as such a per- son of consequence at "central office" —Conservative headquarters. Since l4r. Bridgeman became first lord of the admiralty, Dame Caroline has been chatelaine of admiralty house, the most agreeable of all the official residences. - Mrs. Amery, wife of the colonial secretary, is appropriately enough a Canadian. She has both style and sense of humor, but is not inclined to make conversation unless the sub- ject appeals to her. She said she be- lieved that the business of a politi- cian's wife "was to look after the politician," and expressed her interest in colonial affairs. Mrs. Amery alone touched the fly inthe ointment of the politician's wife—the fact that politics keeps a husband away from his wife. "The other morning," she said, "coming back from the constituency we had to take an abominable train —four hours from Birmingham to London. But we had the best talk we've been able to have in months." Such are five of the cabinet wives who consciously or unconsciously, in greater or lesser degree, are having an influence on public affairs in Bri- tain to -day. It is not always neces- sary for a woman to be elected to par- liament; she can exert influence in government by marrying a cabinet minister. A RELIABLE TONIC FOR SPRINGTIME Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Give New Health and Vigor. Not sick—but not feeling quite well. That is the way most people feel in the spring. Easily tired, appetite fic- kle, sometimes headaches and a feel- ing of depression, Pimples or erup- tions may appear on the skin, or there may be twinges of rheumatism or neuralgia. Any of these indicate that the blood is out of order—that the indoor life of winter has left its mark upon you and may easily de- velop into more serious toruble. Do not dose yourself with purga- tives, as many people do, in the hope that you can put your blood right. Purgatives gallop through the system and weaken instead of giving strength. Any doctor will tell you that this is true. What you need in the spring is a tonic that will enrich the blood and build up the nerves. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills do this speedily, safely and surely. Every dose of this medicine helps to enrich the blood, which clears the skin, strengthens the appetite and makes tired, depressed men, women and children bright, active and strong.. Proof of the value of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills when the system is run down is shown by the case of Mrs. Lillian Lewis, South Ohio, N.S., who says :—"About a year ago I was bad- ly run down. My appetite was poor, I did not sleep well and my nerves were all unstrung. I could not go upstairs without stopping to Test. As I was a long way from a doctor I de- cided to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and in the course of a few weeks I felt like a new person. As an all a- round restorative I can heartily re- commend this medicine." You can get these pills through any dealer in medicine or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. A, ivir -4 ilfla; :s. CAI AIt tfU`i' 'CAN i + =NE RB. BIRD FLAPPERS DO ALL COURTING The lady bird dogs the courting and ordinarily Mr. Bird is a very hen- pecked husband, atcording to Julian S. Huxley, demonstrator of zoology at Oxford University, in a lecture at the Royal Institute in London. "When common warblers come in the spring, the males come first in flocks," he said, "and they scatter over the country, each male bird picking some particular piece of ter- ritory which he holds against all comers. "Having secured it he advertises by singing that it, together with him- self, is available for any eligible winged flapper. The singing also warns other Males. When the feath- ered women folk arrive they fight each ether for the honor of being the bride of the land, the male bird watching the conflict with apparent indifference. "After the pairing has taken place it sometimes happens that pairs seek to eject each other from their.terri- tory, and fight, the males always fighting together and the lady birds together. "The buntings have what is virtu- ally an engagement period after tak- ing over a territory; some time elaps- ing before any egg,s are laid. "Blackcock males assemble on a piece of ground, each bird having his own little private space apon which he shows off bis best points to the lady birds, who strut among the as- sembled males to pick their partners. A female bird, having found a mate to her liking, pecks him. "Egret herons have a distinct en- gagement period, during which the lady bird rests her bead affectionately on the he bird's neck. Sometimes the two birds even intertwine necks. They I take turns at sitting on the eggs. "The red -necked phalarope is a very henpecked husband. His wife k larger than he is and does most of the courting. Certainly, she condescends to lay the eggs, but she leaves it to her husband to hatch them and to feed the young while she goes to join bach- elor parties at similarly minded lady birds." i* t 'fro ��� e ; tiers r shop- *3 • 10.,,.:441,14:,40 ~feet .t4V,- e •< nst ,a: Chi la a ld , $r r 3 ►pis •44:1040 rap 2 t:: at t. e-tzziae ._d• xagvs $4abyieks. $- the box wi h0 t aOrangeneO t, • so , the: lauUd s; throw , the various. afar 4441i .Into tine fezinewod€, o thea piers. )comps of Purbeck marble,. Caen stone, #,lath and sandetos:e and bricks lie there in'xed up promiscu- ouely together. Some. et them could even be moved between finger . an.i thumbs" But 'all these revelations were made twelve years ago,- and the authorities refused ; o be convinced that tilers was anything wrong. When the dean and chapter of St. Paul's s'uidenly awoke in alarm to the ne- cessity of doing something they be- gan, to grout the piers with liquid ce- ment. -This. method, consisting of insert - i g the liquid cement into the cracks where it eventually hardens, was re- commended by Sir Francis Fox twelve years ago, and if it had been carried out then it would have prevented many things which have happened since, Now the experts say that grouting is of little use, at the best only a temporary remedy. They -say that when a new stone is inserted in one of the piers to replace the mas- onry which has been crushed by the weight above it, this new stone weak- ens rather than strengthens it. The new stone cannot carry its fair share of weight until the other and older stones above have themselves been crushed in their turn. The 'safe load • for solid masonry of Portland is esti- mated at seventeen tons to the square foot. The load on the piers of the dome, which are not solid masonry, if wort* glum! okictifi, is nearer forty-five tons to the square place in the piers and in some places the outer veneer is three inches apart from the inner core of rubble. The four great bastions designed origin- ally to help.the piers of the dome to carry their load have shifted, so that they no longer carry their proper weight The whole trouble is with the most picturesque feature of the cathedral, the great dome, which lifts its cross 365 feet above the city below. There are two domes, an outer and an inner one, the former made of wood cover- ed with lead. The inner cupola is only 212 feet above the ground levet, Various schemes have been reconi,.. mended by the experts, the majority favoring the closing nf the cathedral to the public and the shoring up of the dome from the inside. This would mean that the organ would have to' be pulled out. 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"We are certainly regaining our posi- tion in the field of international trade," he said, "and, although the volume of our exports is to -day less than in 1913, yet our .percentage of the world's total export trade is probably as great, if not greater than before the war. We have over three thousand millionssterling of capital invested abroad, notwithstanding the great sacrifice of foreign investments which we made for the purpose of carrying on the.. war. These foreign investments and our export trade to- gether are the best guarantee for our being able to -maintain a free gold market when once it has been estab- lished. At the same time the knowl- edge that the friendly co-operation of .America would be available in case of need would be helpful in consider- ing the precise moment for the re- opening of a free gold market." ROD AND GUN- Facts UN- Facts and fiction for the sportsman, interesting and of a' wide variety, are offered in the April issue of Rod and Gun in Canada. The initial story, "The Shanty Up By the Gens -de -Ter- re," by Alden Griffin Meredith, is a tale of silver prospecting warranted ,to hold the attention of all who read it. In "The Motoring Legions Are Coming," Wm. G. Irwin heralds the influx of summer tourists into Cane ada. Bonnycastle Dale and J. W. Winson again discourse interestingly on wild bird life and F. V. Williams and Martin Hunter add their quota of good reading. The Guns and Am- munition is up to its usual standard of excellency and includes articles on the Varmint and the Early Remington rifles. In Fishing Notes, Robert Page Lincoln takes up, the question cif different lures to be used for fish- ing, and the other departments, stor- iips and sketches, all deal with some seasonable subject interesting to the sportsman. Published monthly by W. J. Taylor, Limited, Woodstock, Ont. WIVES OF CABINET MINISTERS AN INTEGRAL PART OF POLITICS Whenever a new government comes into power in England the talents of its members are duly appraised and docketed, but as et rule one hears lit- tle about the cabinet Wives who stand in the background and hide their tal- ents in the political shadows cast by their lords and masters. To be sure, most of them have canvassed for votes for their hu,sbands—sometimes with great success, but, after the smoke of .battle is over they usually retire to their drawing rooms "to serve behind the scenes," as Mrs. -Stanley Baldwin, -wife of the Conservative prime min- ister, puts it. And in those drawing rooms history is still made in much the sone manner that it was made in the days when the favorite theme of the British novelist was centred in the political ardons of London. The Cabinet where of the Baldwin government form a group of women differing widely in personal tastes and interests. Some are keenly interested in politics, others display only a mild interest. but Whatever their predilections they are inevi- tably drawn into the political mael- strom, for British tradition demands that the Englishman's wife shall do her part in advancing the political fortunes of her husband and respect for tradition in the very life -blood of Mrs. Baldwin is one of those , %Man whose Influence is felt strong. ly by those around her, because she does not try to make it felt. Eder policy, if she had one, would be that of "peaceful penetration." She goes on persistently being her own self, striving with quiet determination af- ter her own ideals (and she is a great idealist,) until suddenly, no one quite knows how, many other people are found to be striving after them, too. The Prime Minister's wife laugh- ingly admits that she often puts ideas into' her husband's head and occasion- ally takes one out of it. It is her :proudest boast that she enjoys his full confidence , Many problems of state have been poured out to her in the confidence of her own boudoir be- cause, so she insists, she has "never used the tactics of her oyster knife." "I have never asked my husband a question about his •business in life," she says, "because I know that any- thing he is prepared to tell me he will tell of his own. accord." It is the func- tion of a politician's wife, according to her view, to "serve behind the scenes," but she does not minimize what can be accomplished there. Stanley Baldwin is renowned in pol- itics for his probity.. His wife's way of putting it is simply this: "We be- lieve that in politics as in everything else one must just `follow the light' as one sees it. The mainspring of my husband's life and mine is the same We want to do something for others before we pass on, not to leave every- thing just as we found it" Mrs. Baldwin has always been in- terested in questions affecting wo- men and children, and is the only cabinet wife who was an ardent be- liever in woman. suffrage before it came, But now that women have the vo she is opposed,to members of her sex going into politics as pol- ities is constituted to -day. Though the House of Commons arouses her wrath for its utter lack of feminine common sense, she thinks that it does not offer an opportunity for women to exercise their -peculiar gifts, that they cannot sufficiently impose them- selves upon it to do any good. In appearance Mrs. Baldwin belies her energy and executive ability. She is small and plump, with one of those "creamy English complexions" one hears so much about and seldom sees, and a legacy of "archness" from pretty girlhood, which might lead one into the mistake of underestimating her intelligence, which is very real. She is not without a certain admix- ture of vanity, but she has the poise and sophistication of the society hos- tess and diploma. Both on her person and in her home she is overfond of ornamental details. The two beautiful drawing rooms overlooking the Horse Guards parade and the park, which are left at 10 Downing Street more or less for each occupant to furnish to her own liking, are crammed with ornaments, pic- tures and bric-a-brac. As a contrast, the austerity of the government -fur- nished state apartments, with just a sufficiency of beautiful furniture and few pictures chosen (by each pre- mier) from the national portrait gal- lery, are a positive relief. One feels it is possible to breathe again. No. 10 Downing Street, which Mrs. Baldwin frankly admits she looks upon not as a home but as a kind of glorified Iodging, is one of the most charming residences in London, but for its purpose wholly inadequate. Although it is at least five times as large as one would suppose, looking at it from the street, and has a charm- ing garden, it is still not large enough. The offices are forever encroaching on the domestic arrangements, and there is not even sufficient room for enter- taining on a' proper scale. For all that, No. 10 is most attractive. Even the ordinary cream -paneled staircase, with its gallery of engravings and photographs of past prime ministers, is a refreshing change from the mar- ble spaciousness of most official resi- dences. Few contrasts could be greater than that between the self-possessed prime minister's lady and the wife of 'her husband's second in command, the for- eign secretary and deputy leader of the House of Commons. Mrs. Austen Chamberlain, still a young woman, is exactly what foreigners mean when they say "typically English." Tall, blond, graceful; a finely proportioned Junoesque figure of a woman; in man- ner—equally true to type—pleasant but "detached." Mrs. Chamberlain is extremely good looking, and her husband, resembling his famous father, is quite the most distingiished looking man in the Con- servative party. And Mrs. Chamber- lain knows how to wear her clothes. No one, in fact, but an Englishwoman who could dress could possibly carry off, without looking conspicuous, the eerise velvet picture hat and silver afternoon frock in which she'eceiv'ed neitittieneZ and ie )l$ ent atnder her VOA ¢nt, a?i• will am* the gaahr, lont?mat West, appealinte.tbe English,. 4. Cabine&' o another t , is Indy ogg, whoWAS 'beam - 143 jeu, nessee and Aurae hog , ati re ISM meat gnedit. 8hiOli litcr, thea rr ney=g nurA ,^ q :a._ a1.1i ed matzo .grad. h w egm"biees•grea$ rinteratealearien th *e ?Irtt0l110n . 'lad t anSpar: e t Sincerity. : Siie px;daeeses bexadlf. not at all interested in politics as such, though the ,zatezlase interest she has taken in hen husband's career is nat,', urally transferred to the political • ar- eua, Personally, she is, in her words, "a Liberal if I am anything at all, r Which complicates things, in view of. the fact that her husband is a Inemb r:; of a Conservative goveittent' ut nothing like politics could eve....divide her household, for 'hers, IS a boxnel-that rachittnq happlfne.s Danle Carofiue ieridgemian offers another contrast, nine is not only a ea'liliiziet fe, but a wotnsn with an identtity Of her own as her title of dame testifies. She is organizer and chairman of the women's Union- ist organization, and -as such a per- son of consequence at "central office" —Conservative headquarters. Since l4r. Bridgeman became first lord of the admiralty, Dame Caroline has been chatelaine of admiralty house, the most agreeable of all the official residences. - Mrs. Amery, wife of the colonial secretary, is appropriately enough a Canadian. She has both style and sense of humor, but is not inclined to make conversation unless the sub- ject appeals to her. She said she be- lieved that the business of a politi- cian's wife "was to look after the politician," and expressed her interest in colonial affairs. Mrs. Amery alone touched the fly inthe ointment of the politician's wife—the fact that politics keeps a husband away from his wife. "The other morning," she said, "coming back from the constituency we had to take an abominable train —four hours from Birmingham to London. But we had the best talk we've been able to have in months." Such are five of the cabinet wives who consciously or unconsciously, in greater or lesser degree, are having an influence on public affairs in Bri- tain to -day. 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"The buntings have what is virtu- ally an engagement period after tak- ing over a territory; some time elaps- ing before any egg,s are laid. "Blackcock males assemble on a piece of ground, each bird having his own little private space apon which he shows off bis best points to the lady birds, who strut among the as- sembled males to pick their partners. A female bird, having found a mate to her liking, pecks him. "Egret herons have a distinct en- gagement period, during which the lady bird rests her bead affectionately on the he bird's neck. Sometimes the two birds even intertwine necks. They I take turns at sitting on the eggs. "The red -necked phalarope is a very henpecked husband. His wife k larger than he is and does most of the courting. 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When the dean and chapter of St. Paul's s'uidenly awoke in alarm to the ne- cessity of doing something they be- gan, to grout the piers with liquid ce- ment. -This. method, consisting of insert - i g the liquid cement into the cracks where it eventually hardens, was re- commended by Sir Francis Fox twelve years ago, and if it had been carried out then it would have prevented many things which have happened since, Now the experts say that grouting is of little use, at the best only a temporary remedy. They -say that when a new stone is inserted in one of the piers to replace the mas- onry which has been crushed by the weight above it, this new stone weak- ens rather than strengthens it. The new stone cannot carry its fair share of weight until the other and older stones above have themselves been crushed in their turn. The 'safe load • for solid masonry of Portland is esti- mated at seventeen tons to the square foot. 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