Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1931-02-20, Page 3�Y} I PRUARY 2( 1, 7 r MI t. SI E4 CTIAI3I...E EVIi YWI-1 EVE Travellers' Cheques issued by The Doininion Bank are re- cognized the world over. When travelling carry your funds in this safe and conven- ient form. Cheques may be purchased at any branch of this Bank. THE DOMINION BANK ESTABLISHED 1871 SEAFORTH BRANCH R. M. Jones - - Manager 312 GIVE THE VACUUM CLEANER A CHANCE The one absolutely essential thing in caring for a vacuum cleaner is to .empty the bag frequently. The fan Must exert considerable pressure at any time to force the air out through the bag: If the air must also be forced out through a bag full of dirt, the amount .of air flowing through the .cleaner is reduced to such a point that very little dirt will be picked up. If the cleaner Is equipped with a i brush, it should he kept free of 'hair and threads that catch in the bristles. Magnesia Best For Your Indigestion Warns Against Doping Stomach With Artificial Digestants. Most people who suffer, either oc- casionally or chronically from gas, sourness and indigestion, have now discontinued disagreeable diets, pat- ent foods and the use of harmful drugs, stomach tonics, medicines and artificial digestants, and instead take •a teaspoonful or four tablets of Bis- urated Magnesia in a little water af- ter meals with the result that their stomach no longer troubles them, they are able to eat as they please and they enjoy much better health. Those who use Bisurated 1VDagnesia never dread the approach of meal time be- cause they know this wonderful anti- acid and food corrective,, which Dan 1>e obtained from any good drug store, will instantly neutralize the stomach acidity, sweeten thed stomach, prevent food fermentation, and make. diges- `tion easy. Try this plan yourself, but be certain to get Bisuraited Mlag- neisia especially prepared for stomach use. ENGLISH THOROUGHBREDS ARE HOLDING THEIR OWN Lord Derby believes that there is little justification for some of the pessimistic prophecies concerning the British turf and thoroughbred indus- try. As regards bloodstock it is true that prices are lower than they have been in the past, and that there is not the ready demand there was a couple of years ago. That is to say no more than that the turf has not escaped the almost universal depres- sion. But when British sales and British 'horses are compared with stock and sales in any other country the truth emerges that they are hold- ing their own, and that their suprem- acy has not been seriously challeng- ed. They constitute a veritable gold urine which gives no sign of playing out. Year after year British blood- stock is sold to various parts of the world and however valuable? it may prove it never causes the demand far further importations to dwindle. De- spite the fact that the United States breeding industry has become so im- portant, Americans are still ready to buy English brood mares and English youngsters. The same is true of France and other European countries as well as of South America and Aus- tralia. In fact wherever in the world there is a demand for a thoroughbred horse, there is an order about to be sent to the British -Isles. It will probably be some consider- able time before there is a return to the boom prices which existed just be- fore and just after the war, when yearlings ware sold. for $85,000 ani 'brood mares for $75,0.00. In 1913 the Doncaster and Newmarket yearling 'auction's disposed of 1,180 head for 791,777 guineas. This was consider- ed an extrordinary average, but in 1920, 1,246 head brought 791,683 guin- eas. The war profiteer was speaking. He wanted the best article in the market and he did not care what it cost him. There were probably in England at that time hundred's of men SORE THROAT 19 A COMMON AILMENT WHICH UNLESS CHECKED IN TIME MAY LEAD TO A SERI• OUS CONDITION. SIMILARLY A COUGH OR COLD MAY DEVELOP AND REQUIRE SUS-. TAINED TREATMENT BEFORE IT 1S OVERCOME BUT IF TREATED AT ONCE MUCH INCONVENIENCE AND SUFFER., r INO MAY BE AVOIDED. All OLD ANDS ELIAD E REMEDY DB THOMAS° CL CTR 'i,''' 1 L T-17 ti .. who would have spent a million dol- lars if they could have been assured of winning the Derby. But the gains of the profiteer in the meantime have been hit by taxation and though there are plenty of rich men in England, and many of them active on the turf, they are nowadays more inclined to make sure that the horse for which they give a thousand pounds is like- ly to win a thousand pounds in purs- es. Similarly there has been a lessen- ing demand' in other countries affect- ed by present financial conditions. A rapid glance through the turf history shows that the English thor- oughbred has little to fear from either the French or the American thorough- bred, his closest rivals, and both sprung from his own sturdy loins. In view of the fact that it is rarely in- deed that a crack American horse meets an English horse on even terms comparisons are profitless. The long ocean voyage upsets form and the dif- ference in the tracks saps the very essence of fair competition, as was illustrated when Papyrus, a Derby winner, was sent to race in the Unit- ed States, and also when Epinard, a higher class horse, .came from France to meet defeat. But it is possible to make a comparison between French and English horses for they race to- gether frequently and the great aim of every French breeder is to win a derby or an Ascot Gold Cup. We are also of opinion that there are more high-class handicap horses in France than in the United States, so the re- sults of a comparison of French and English horses will apply even more forcibly to American horses. Statistics show that just seven times in 60 years have the French won the Ascot Gold Cup. Three of the victories came in a somewhat dis- concerting way in the years 1871, 1872 and 1874. An alarmed cry went up from English turf pessimists. Wlhere were the good old Englilsn horses? well one of them Dame a- long in 1875. That was Doncaster whose name and fame will be remem- bered while the name of every French winner of either the Derby or the Ascot Gold Cup will have been for- gotten. In the next few years came such English champions as Economy, Robert the Devil, St. Simon and St. Gatien. Since then French horses have scored in this race just three times. In view of the fact that French breeders send a starter for the Ascot Gold Cup every time they thing they have a chance, it is plain that they are not specially gifted in breeding horses of the desired quality. Their successes in the Derby have been even more infrequent. Durbar II, which won it in 1914, has been called a French horse. He was by the English bred Rabelais out of the American bred mare Armenia, by Meddler. There was some suspicion of cold blood on the darn's side, and Po in any event he was,not eligible for the English stud bok. With the exception of Durbar II, the only French horse to win the Denby was Gladiateur, whose victory in 1865 was said to have avenged Waterloo. Glad- iateur was a great horse in every re- spect, but one. He failed to produce others as good. This is said in no disparagement for a ,really outstand- ing thorough/bred • •but merely as a matter of interest to breeders. On two or three other occasions French horses have come very _close. In 1889 Holocaustemight have won but for falling, but in view of the fact that to have won he would have had to beat the great Flying Fox, some doubt on his prospects would seem to be justified. Unquestionably Jardy world have won in 1905 had he not been' a sick horses, and Jardy, though a Frenchman, was by the Flying Fox we have mentioned. In the history of the turf there are years when no great horse appears, but such periods never continue for long, and are gen- erally terminated by the appearance of a horse whose own performances and the performances of his sons and daughters rank him with the greatest ever to tread the turf. mall' houses . wil'l 1Se bt tlt ' ' hl set" baclia,l ae r ,el y. c rs to- a3' Ser✓v'ice (mrteTs 'tea, ;1 ke at I Pirot o the house; living_ Too'tns at tills back, • All rob=s vuil'1' be, soundproof. ,Steel Or !building Wh'or'ls replaced by another allay of half. the weight but equal strength. Nelon tubes will replace the scan- descent lamp. Windows, while adtnitting violet rays will not open. All dwelling will be ventilated by artificial means; washed air, heated or cooled according to the season, will be deliveredfrom a central plant. 'Mechanical d'eviices, controlled by the p'lioto-electric cell., will open doors, serve meals and remove dirty dishes and clothes to the 'appropriate depart- ments in the building. A combination dietaphone and type- writer will eliminate the stenograph- er. Courses and lectures will be broad- cast by television from key cities to hundreds of rural branches. Events of national interest will be available by television simultaneous- ly with their occurrence. Electricity will replace steam on Eastern railroads' extending as far as Chicago. Aircraft will attain a speed of six miles per minute. A new fuel of vastly increased pow- er but of infinitesimal bulk will sup- ersede gasoline. Engine and transmission in auto- mobiles will be in one unit, placed at the rear of the machine. The working week will consist of four six -hour Slays. 'Women's dresses will be shorter; women's dresses will be longer; wo- men's dresses will be shorter; then, women's dresses will be longer. Men's clothing will be rational, com+fortaibler✓and much criticized. Synthetic materials will supplement wool and cotton in the manufacture of clothing. Artists will be thinking in terms of the industrial problems of their age. Utilitarian dbjects will be as beau- tiful as what we call to -day "works of art." Music and musical instruments will be revolutionized and given immeas- urable new resources by the division of they whole tone into sixteenths in- stead of the present-day halves. Rainfall will be controlled scienti- fically. Crops will be artificially stimulated by 'scientific methods. The world's literature will be avail- able at ten cents a copy. Paper will be replaced' by material which does not depend upon the slow growth of trees for its production. Exploration of the sea bottom and of interplanetary space will make possible prediction of weather condi- tions. The power of ocean tides will be harnessed to serve us, There will still be cruelty and in- tolerance. There will still be gener- osity and unselfishness. There will still be workers and drones. In other words, there will still be -men and women. IVORY, THE PEARL OF THE FOREST Ivory for its grace and beauty, its use for art .and asiornment in all lands and for manyenturies, for the intensity and persistency of the quest for it and the bloodshed and suffering attendant on its. acquisition, may well be classed with gold and precious stones. 'Solomon, so Kings and Chronicles tell us, had "a great throne of ivory." Ezekiel, in picturing Tyre, tells of its "benches of ivory inlaid in box- wood" and Pliny said the galleys of Tyre had 'benches made of ivory. In the days of Thothmes III, 14 centur- ies 'before Christ cargoes of ivory from Abyssinia drifted down the Nile. The Iliad speaks of ivory studding on ,the trappings of horses, and the Odyssey of the bosses of shields and the handles of keys being made of ivory, and of roofs inlaid with "the spoils of elephants." The statue to Jupiter Olympus, wrought by Phidias of ivory and beaten gold, was among the seven wonders of the world. Hun- dreds of similar examples might be cit The supply of ivory has had some curious fluctuations. The Romans put it to such reckless use that by the be- ginning of the Christian era the then known sources were almost complete- ly drained, whereas only a few cen- turies before, according to Polybius, it was so plentiful in Ethiopia that tusks were used for stockades in the fields. After the fall of Rome the demand subsided gradually; then, as the art and culture of the Renais- sance revived it, the Porttlguese dis- covered mew fountain heads of ivory tusks in their voyages along the cen- tral and southern coasts of Africa. The Portuguese in turn drew such immense quantities of ivory that by the middle of the 17th Century the available supply was almost exhaust- ed again; but a little later the Dutch began to collect ivory in their South African settlements, and the supply rose again. Since then, with the ex- ploration and opening up of the cen- tral portion of the continent by the Arabs, British, Belgians, and Ger- man particularly, ivory has fairly held its own with the demand, for it. There are various types of ivory notably that of the elephant, its pre- decessor the mammoth, the hippopot- amus, and the walrus, but the sub stance generally understood by the term is elephant ivory. The tusks of the elephant are, in the ivory trade, known as "teeth,' and this' is correct, for they are the upper incisors of the animal. They grow during the entire lifetime of the elephant, both outwardly, so that the solid portion protruding from the head becomes increasingly longer and thicker, and, inwardly, as the part which is set in the sAu1l, about one- third the length of the average tusk, contains a pulp chamber which graclu- ally becomes shortened as the beast ages. A nerve runs the length of the tusk, and the canal of which is' usually visible as a black speck at the pointed end of the tusk. It is this same nerve canal that is visible on opposite sides, in the exact center, of an ivory billiard ball. Along this nerve, abnormal growths and other TEN YEARS FROM NOW • All the following prophecies will be old-fashioned. There will be double -decked streets divided into lanes for slow stop -off traffic and lanes for express traffic. Every roof will be a garden. Airplanes will be able to land and take off vertically. Whole blocks, in the midst of cities, will be given over to airplan hangars, the roofs of which will form landing fields. Houses, in all climates, will have flat roofs. Every floor will have one or more terraces. So that such terraces shall not cut off light from the fluor below, even a�. e$ u7 v1. oa�I� fpiI nd' ,rho ii t �':� atPet a itl} : A , fit: let sin the !'t t'PrAwl* l rl'epliant v ' ae : suegenOro: glow ,ht, sit es tram•:tkl ifr an pliant. 'Literally 11):00 of 1#Atoe; noble anillih7s Woe..+ C n WO, 1:te- cause of .the ivory- they carried, fee the elephant must he killed to .secure its jewels, as the tixs?ss petieally have been Balled. The :eiep Ont does net shed them; it requires;hours of care=. ful chopping in a fresh Mil to free; them from almost on; a line with and terminate almost on a line with and between the eyes, or the carcass must be left several days until decomposi- tion has advanced sufeiently to per- mit them to be "drawn" without re- course to chopping. The largest pair of tusks of which there ie any definite record weighed 228 and 232 pounds, and came from Tanganyika, then German East Afri- ca, in 1898. Fifty years ago it was not uncommon for a lot of "prime" tusks to average 90 pounds in weight; to -day an average of 55 pounds is considered good. The story of the acquisition of iv- ory in the 19th Century is also that of Africa in the most cruel aspect of all its tragic history. Arab ivory raiders forced the natives, in every conceivable cruel manner to deliver their accumulations of ivory, enslav- ed them when they could produce no more, and sold then! for more ivory as human meat to the cannibal tribes about; then,, the tsetse fly making the use of beasts of burden impracticable, enslaved still more to carry the ivory to the coast. There the captive sur- vivors of the salve m'arch--not more than ene out of five surviving—were sold along wi'bh the ivory tusks they had carried. Without the ivory, so Livingston and others were told by the Arabs, the slave trade could not pay. Today the white traders and Brit- ish Indians get most of the ivory from the natives, from whom they buy it legitimately or surreptitiously as suits the market best. In the former case the ivory tax is paid and the tusks follow the regular trade routes, whereas in the latter, they are taken across the line of an adjac- ent colonial sovereignty and the im- port duty paid, thus legitimizing the ivory. One knows, of course, that ivory is used for carvings, for cutlery and other handles,. for billiard balls, mini- atures, and .other objects; but, if we except the Indian bangle trade, more ivory is used for piano keys than for all other purposes combined. The largest individual users of iv- ory in the world are the three Arneri• can companies who manufacture key- boards for the piano makers of this country, Canada, and Australia. These companies influence almost to a dom- inating extent the price of ivory ev- en in the remotest depths of Africa. At present, good quality Congo ivory is about $2.25 per pound at New York. On arrival at the factories of the key makers, the tusks are "junked" or (cut across the tusk, to make blocks corresponding to the length of pieces required for the piano keys. These blocks are then marked for the 'heads' or front part of the piano key, and the "tails," which are the narrow piec- es which run along the black keys. These pieces are then sawed out and the resulting small oblong blocks are sliced into the ivory wafers that fin- ally cover the piano keys. Each of the sawing operations is done under a stream of water to prevent burning the ivory. The making of piano keys is a tre- mendously difficult, tricky )business, one which requires constant expert, individual judgment to overcome the peculiarities of each tusk of ivory us- ed. LLOYD GEORGE HASN'T MANY FOLLOWERS BUT HE HOLDS THE POWER, JUST THE SAME At the ripe age of 68 and naving been "father" of the Houee of Com- mons since the death of T. P. O'Con- nor, David Lloyd George still remains as he has been for many years, the most spectacular figure in the Brit- ish parliament. He has always been spectacular; he believes it is the most effective form of publicity --,provided it can be done properly. So long ago as the Boer war Lloyd George emerg- ed from a position of considerable personal danger by the aid of his genius for the spectacular. Never lacking, in courage, he had in.aded the political stronghold of Joseph Chamberlain in Birmingham ink an effort to convert the people in that city to the side of Kruger. A riot threatened, but Lloyd George hastily donned the uniform of a Birmingham policemen, in which disguise he made his escape from the infuriated mob. Almost a Chesterton at times in paradox and epigram, Lloyd George appeals to the imagination more than any other politician• Nobody knows what be is going to do or say, and he keens them all guessing. He is one of the few great ones left who took a prominent part in the war. For many years he was Britain's national optimist, and he has the gift of be- ing able to laugh, not a titter, but a laugh that shakes him all over. In this respect he resembles the great Lord Salisbury who, though not so hearty a laughter, yet had a guffaw that caused his elephantine shoulders to heave up end down. Llyod George was once the cause of. Lord Balfour getting his hair cut. The latter appeared at Geneva with unusually flowing locks, and on be- ing reminded by his secretary that it was time to visit the barber, he ex- plained that he was too busy. The secretary and a friend' hatched a plot. The following day the friend met Lord Balfour. "I see, my lord, you are letting your hair grow, It makes von look just like Lloyd George!" Lord Balfour had his hair cut the same afternoon. Although Lloyd George's party in the House of Commons numbers only 59 members the "wee Welsh wizard' is top dog just the same. 1t is he Who keeps ttannsay MacDonald In power, although he loses no oppor- tunity to heap, coals of fire on the So- I 100 NEW WORSTED SUIT. AT THIS WONDERFUL VALUE GIVING PRICE $ 24.50 YOU would naturally expect this store to give you a pretty good suit at this price. But you never dreamed of getting values like these 1931,suits for this unusually low price. THESE SUITS embody every new fashionable type of pat- tern and color that smart dressers are looking for. You will especially like the outstanding quality of these high-grade Imported Fabrics. FOR the younger men we have all the novelty materials, the rich handsome patterns, colorings and fresh new styles you will see at all the smartest gathering places. Stewart Bros. Seaforth cialist go'v'ernment. A recent car- toon in Punch showed Lloyd George and Ramsay MacDonald on the ice earning to skate. (Ramsay says:— 'I'm not .very sure of ' myself," and Lloyd George replies: "Well, lean on me, but don't rely on me!" This just about sums up the position. During the last two years Lloyd George has been indefatigable in stressing the seriousness of affairs in Britain. From the perfect optimist he has became the perfect pessimist. Recently he said: "The country is not passing through, but into a crisis;" and, he added: "It is impos- sible to fix any date at which the crisis will be reached. That is the worst of it. There is a deluge with the rain falling on both the innocent and guilty, and now is the time to build an ark. The Socialist patty has dished up a menu lacking in vit- amins—there are no red corpuscles in its blood. When it dies the cause will be pernicious anaemia." Lloyd George has said that, had it not been for the dole, there would have been a revolution in Britain long ago. The system in his opinion, is humane, as no country has the right to see a man starve from no fault of his own. so long as that country has a crust in its cupboard to spare. Un- employment he regards as a greater prdblem than the question of free trade. Of Lloyd George, Winston Church- ill said on an occasion during the war: "Every dollar for him is filled with the hope and impulse of a fresh beginning. He seems to have a pe- culiar power of drawing from misfor- tune the means of future success." And, in the darkest days, even at the time of Earl Haig's "back to the wall," message to the British troops at Easter, 1918, Lloyd George never missed putting his feet up on a chair at Downing Street after lunch for his customary "forty winks!" HOUSEHOLD DISCOVERIES Drying Children's Out-of-door Cloth- ing. I have four small children who play outside in the snow. Drying their clothing—several pair of mitts, pull- overs, scarves and toques ---was a problem when they came in from play. I have found the following plan very helpful of late. Behind the range in an inconspicu- ous place I strung a small line about three feet from the floor. When the children come in from play, with snow caked garments, I hang the mitts in pairs on the line with a clothes pin, also attach the knitted pullovers and scarves with clothes pins. Under the line I fold up a small rag mat,. and as the snow melts, the drip is absorbed by the mat. At night, be- fore I go to abed, the articles are us- ually fully dried out. I put them a- way in a handy drawer, leaving the pegs on the line for next time. Then I hang the mat over the line and it is dried thoroughly by morning. I have found this plan very practical. * * * I never discard' any hand -knitted article. I always unravel the article, winding the wool around the arms of a dining room chair as I unravel it. When I think I have enough on the arms of the chair to make about a skein, I break the wool, then tie the wound portion just as the bought skeins are tied. Then I toss it into lukewarm water, holding it by the tied piece, then I pin it on to the clothes line to drip and dry. When dry, put back on the arms of the chair and wind in a ball. The wool will be without the usual kinks found in un- ravelled wool. One of the uses to which I put this wool is for sewing on buttons. But- tons sewed on woollen underwear with this wool will remain on longer than when sewed' on with cotton ; they do not come off so readily when the clothing is put through the wringer. • * • A little olive oil or sweet oil on a soft cloth is by far the best method for cleaning a child's ears. It les- sens the danger of injuring the ear, particularly when the child is suffer- ing from a cold. * • To Polish Floors. To obtain a beautiful polish on your waxed floors, with alhout half the usual labor, try my method. Make a few large packets or bags from o woollen underwear, to tie up the e of lege or sleeves of undv3x+tiv eat' a wa'r'm'---ahnoat hot—flat fro in o of these, and rub the floor, after first waxing it. If the underwear is thin, use two thicknesses, as there should be a good thickness of cloth between the floor and the iron. The rest of the fulness of the sack makes a grip for the hands and protects them from the heat, and all •parts of the sack may be used in turn. The weight help's to polish, the heat spreads the wax and causes any excess to be absorbed by the cloth—and no stickiness re- trains. The result is a high polish with much less work. After use, store the bags or sacks in a covered can. When necessary, the floor can be freshened up without re -waxing, simply by slipping the warm iron in one of the sacks and using as -before. Tie the ends so that the iron cannot slip out. A little cushion, covered with discarded oilcloth or leatherette, to kneel, on, allows you to slip right along, and a pair of cotton working gloves to protect the hands may be stored in the can along with the sacks. The wax will not harm the irons—it invprovee them rather. An electric iron may be used for this purpose, or the old-fashioned ir- ons, heated on the stove. * • * To keep woollens from becoming hard and stiff, add one tablespoonful of olive oil to each gallon of warm soapy water when washing them.T'his, if done regularly, will 'keep them nice and soft. • • • To keep mixed mustard fresh for several days, add a pinch of salt when mixing. This will prevent the fornva- ) tion of a crust and will also keep the mustard from turning brown. * * * Wlarm insoles can be made from discarded felt hats out to the shape of the feat. If the felt is thin, doable it. Sew to the stocking foot, boldly all around the edge. These' are handy for wearing with moccasins. - • * • Before filling the rubber done water bottles with hrot water,' put waren water six . allow !t a 7Yiin'Wte Dir tr'o .t�ioYi refill cif : Trus 'll � rev'emt wwi the` ' .., p f'he taller bottle or efae .4t)& bo`b4ild 9ie1,. •