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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1931-12-25, Page 3,01; 4 w ISIECIDTIA1311_11e EVEIWYWI-11EUE , qMy, re! Tire't' teaching Ian la keep Viet noW."— niPoriel Gazette, 'bachelor's ijeis Inf3t one undarn- ed thing after anothe,r.---Doston Tran- script. 1; • * ' The chief cause of diverge is matri- mony. Travellers' Cheques issued by The Dominion Bank are re. cognized the world over. When travelling carry your funds in this safe and convex). ient form. Cheques may be purchased at any branch of this Bank. THE DOMINION BANK Esmuusiisa 1371 SEAFORTH BRANCH R. M. Jones - - Manager Tragedy of Drefus Enriches the Screen No personal tragedy in modern his- tory, perhaps, is so well adapted to the purposes of the screen as the case of Alfred Dreyfus; and it is curious that it is only recently that a direc- tor has made use of it. The story of this French officer was presented at the Tivoli Theatre, Toronto, by a com- pany which gave a characteristically English under -acted presentation of it. We are an exceedingly ill -quali- fied movie critic, but it seems to us that the players have been wise to -follovv the example of sopranos who, perhaps, could reach high C but pre- fer not to do so. The sufferings of. this man are indicated rather than visualized. The imagination is dad indeed, that will not convey to the! hearts of the audience the dreadful sufferings of Dreyfus and the shock- ng state of France at the time. It is the relationship between the per -1 zonal tragedy of Dreyfus, the megalo-i 'mania or the French army, and the -easily excited passions of the French people which made the Dreyfus affair 'historical in its broadcast sense. In- cidentally we were struck by the no- tion, maybe perverse, that Dreyfus on Devil's Island began to look very much like Mr. Gandhi. But the story itself can never grow .old, and one needs no apology for re- calling its general outline. Drey- ' Sus, an Alsatian Jew, was a captain on the French general staff in 1894. Ile was the only Jew on the general staff at the time, and Jews and Ger- mans were alike unpopular in France.; A letter which had been torn in' pieces but which :bore evidence of be- ing a communication from a French traitor to the German military re-; Tresentative in France, was picked up. ! 7'nis letter has been found or at least produced by a French spy who had been dismissed, and Major Henry, one of the villains in the piece, was aware -of this. The source of the letter was dubious, and so Henry fabricated a -story about it to pass on to his super- iors in order that they might be the -more impressed. The story was that the letter, torn up, had been found in the waste paper basket of the German -embassy ,by a patriotic French scrub- woman. That was the first strand in the net woven to destroy Dreyfus. At the moment nobody had selected him as a •victim. He merely happened to suit. The detective report on him was that iie was secretive. He was a member of the general staff and obviously only a member of this staff could have written the letter. His hand- writing was supposed somewhat to re- semble the writing in the letter, made -famous in the word bordereau. Fin - zany Dreyfus was a Jew. In fact, he was the predestined victim. He was placed under arrest and subsequently tried by a military tribunal. In the course of the trial the high army of- ficers communicated alleged facts to the president of the court of which Dreyfus and his counsel were ignor- ant. It was on the strength of these secret communications rather than ;upon anything which appeared in op - on court that Dreyfus was convicted, degraded and sent to Devil's Island. After the trial was over, actually 'forged documents were incorporated in the file of the case to mislead any- body who might review the record. Amid national execrations Dreyfus left for Devil's Island where he was to remain for four years. But no man ever had a better wife and a more loyal brother than this Alsatian Jew. Knowing him to be innocent they dedicated themselves to the task of keeping interest alive in the case and ferreting out new evidence. As time went by they en- listed more formidable friends. Georges Clemenceau, then a news- paper editor, and Emile Zola, the great novelist. The enemies of Drey- fus, who included Henry, the Marquis du Paty de Clam, Mercier, Gonse, all concerned for the honor of the French army, all hating Jews, and finally Esterhazy, the actual writer of the bordereau and French traitor, made LOVELY HAN DI Busy hands—at hard tasks day In and day out. Persian Balm keeps the skin soft and pliable. Removes redness and relieves irritation. At your Druggist PER/IAN I3ALM . . ' 312 the mistake of most criminals.' They could not let well enough alone, and 'meet clamor with silence. They must ;needs put down other clues which they supposed would point to Dreyfus, fab- ricate other evidence. The clues led to themselves in the end. One Paris paper •published a fac simile of the bordereau and thus provided the friends of Dreyfus with their first weapon. It could be proved, almost mathematically, that this was not in his handwriting. The agitation gath- ered force. The great crisis came when Zola ,vote his memora'ble "J'Accuse" to the French press in which he formally charged the military cabal with con- spiring to ruin Dreyfus. Zola was tried for defaming the count -martial, but the trial judge kept away from the facts in the Dreyfus case, so that no secrets were permitted to leak out, and Zola was sentenced to a year's imprisonment. He went to England where he kept up the fight. In the meantime Henry committed suicide. The friends of Dreyfus mul- tiplied. Army officers who knew him were encouraged to speak. Upon the French public the dumbfounding suspicion was growing that Dreyfus after all might have been innocent, and that the real enemy of France might be lurking in his shadow. Drey- fus was brought back for a new trial. Hie was found guilty but with the extraordinary qualification of "ex- tenuating circumstances." He was sentenced to renewed imprisonment but was pardoned. He did not cease his efforts for complete rehabilitation and this came finally from an appeal court 12 years later and on the very spot where he had been degraded he was restored to his rank and made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor. We are glad to think that he still sur- vives, a distinguished if melancholy Paris figure, not wholly free from Devirs Island musings no doubt, but not free either from the proud re- flection that he was able to serve his country in the world war. PATTER A western stockman. who had mortgaged his cattle to the local bank, was called in by the banker and told that the note was due and must be paid the following day. The cattle- man asked: "Were you ever in the cattle business?" The banker answered "No." The cattleman said, "Well, you are now," and walked out. — Canadian Magazine. * * * "Are you folks saving anything?" "Well, not exactly, but we have quit spending money we haven't got."—Pathfinder. * * * 'Mr. Wilbur Glenn Voliva predicts that the end of the world will come in 1935. It seems a long time to wait.—Life. * * * A certain shopkeeper says that al- terations are going on in his shop, and he is considering putting up a sign, "No business as usual."—N. Y. Herald -Tribune. * Boss (pointing to Ngarette stub on floor): "Smith, is that yours?" Smith: "Not at all, sir—you saw it first."—Montreal Star. • * * Mother: "Is my boy really try- ing?" Teacher: "Very."—Hudson Star. * * * An actor complained to the produc- er about the size of his name in the lights: "I know I'm not a star, but I do think my came should be fea- tured. Why don't you mention the ;name of the show and the principals, 'and then before my name put: lAnd "'And!'" shouted the producer. "Why not 'But'?"—Walter Winchell, N. Y. 'Mirror. * * The farmer sat on the porch with a jug of corn likker beside him. The salesman came up the steps. "How do you do, sir. I have here a monumental work on agriculture which gives all the newest methdos in farming." 'What good will it do me?" "Why, it will teach you how to be a better farmer." "Don't want it. Ain't half as gd a farmer now as I know how to be." —'Saturday Evening Post. * * Mistress (to maid): "Haven't we always treated you like one of the family?" Maid: "Yes, and I'm not going to stand it any longer." ---The Church- man. * * "Has your baby learned to talk * * * He: "Unmarried?" 'She:i "Yes—twice." — American Boy. * * "Thinking of rne, dearest?" "Was I laughing? I'm so sorry." ---ILandon Opinion. * * * "Oh, Bob, did father seem pleased when you told him of the $500 you had saved." "I think so—he borrowed it."— Pathfinder. * * First came the "realtor," then the "mortician," later the "beautician," subsequently the "bootician," then the "pedicure." And the other day a large motor truck careened down Third Avenue, New York, bearing ethe imposing legend: "Kelly & Mc- Guire, Truckologists."--Wall Street Journal. * * "Ye' mean to tell me, Jedge, dat fo' me to divo'ce Sally and marry Mandy is gwine to cost $50? Why, Jedge, dey ain't dat much diffe'nce 'tween dem two girls." — Saiiirdey Evening Post. * * Young Angus had been out late with his girl. When he came home his father was still sitting up. "Hae ye been oot wi' yon lassie again?" he asked. "Aye, did," replied Angus. "Why do ye look sae worried?" "I w,as just wondering how much the evening cost" "No more than half a croon, dad." "Aye? That was no sae much." "It was a' she had."—Forbes. * * * Irishinan: "Did you ever hear the joke about the Egyptian guide who showed a group of tourists two skulls of Tutankhamen, one when he was a boy, and the other when he was a man?" Englishman: "No, let's hear it"— American Boy. * * * "Here, aunty," called out a man as he was passing a negro shack, "do you have to whip that boy so hard? Whats the matter?" "He's let them chickens out," answered the old negress. "Is that all?" soother the man. "Don't you know chickens always come home to roost?" "Come home! He's done let 'em go home.!"—Forbes. * * * Formen: "Are you a mechanic?" Applicant: "No, I'm a McCarthy." —Union Pacific Magazine. • * * The quitting whistle had blown when 'Murphy shouted, "Has any one seen me vest?" "Sure„ Murphy,' 1 said Pat, "and ye've got it on!" "Right and I have," replied Mur- phy, gazing solemnly at his boson -i, "and it's a good thing ye seen it or I'd have gone home without it"— Capper's Farmer. • * * Business is so quiet you can hear the passing of dividends. * * * A man went into a shop to buy a fountain pen. The young saleswoman gave him one to try, and he covered several sheets of paper with the words "Tempus fugit." The saleswoman offered him an- other pen, saying, "Perhaps you'd like this one better, Mr. Fugit."—Tit- Bits. RECIPES Clear Beef Soup. Agnes purchased very reasonably (the butcher almost gave it to her) a beef bone with a little meat on it, which she cut off. There was a cup- ful of meat in small pieces and she cooked it in a frying pan in two tablespoons of butter (dripping would do) with two medium-sized onions sliced thin, 6 cloves, 6 whole black peppers and three stalks of chopped celery. When the onions were soft, after about ten minutes cooking she added them to the bones and liquid in the soup pot, which had been corn- ing to the boil in the meantime. Ag- nes used over a quart of water to start the bones a -boiling with. The soup mixture was simmered for hours. Literally, three of them. It was then cooled, and the fat skimmed off. Just before serving Agnes heated it to the boiling point, and seasoned it quite highly. It was a success and certain- ly passed the economic test. Tongue With Fruit. When Agnes said baked tongue she didn't explain that the tongue is just baked for the last twenty minutes of it cooking time and is boiled first. She simmered a fresh beef tongue, 3i pounds in weight, for 31/4 hours, until it was quite tender, in water containing one tablespoon of mixed spices and 2 bay leaves. Theel she trimmed off the root, removed the skin and stuck cloves in the meat. She then placed it in a buttered bak- ing pan, sprinkled a little salt over it and poured over the tongue, black currant jam, which she first beat with a fork to make soft. half a cup of raisins, cooked until soft in water, the juke of a lemon and three-quar- ters of a cup hot water. When she took it out of the oven after haking it for twenty minutes, the spicy ar- oma was enough to make one's appe- tite edgy, and its appearance was quite picturesque on the platter, gar- nished with boiled buttered brussels sprouts. Quite an' item in the thrift campaign was the left over tongue, which wouldn't be left for long. The potatoes Agnes had left from dinner the nigh -t- b%fore. She took 2 cups finely chopped, and seasoned them with pepper and a little salt, remem- bering they had been salted once all ready. 'She browned them in one- third cup dripping in a frying pan. Mayonnaise Dressing. 'She pares the oranges, removing pulp from sections of fruit. The ba- nanas are skinned and sliced thinly. ..;;••,,•.;4e4e, ".q ctiop. ,giOod$ ',it:* '• 1 i , 4,1i,,laiOrgfli / .and WOW:Pe qlneken Ilk gev, ral„piom. The fitit le tlIen Mt*fAi ' W t1t'14 004 amount Of Int dreeeingt. inst enough to flaVer:, Chilled end e,eikresi on alettage leg. AgiiaP Paid OP had saved enough to InlY he aster s baby a woolly dog for CtIvistraas on this dinner. Aunt Kjt's Coffee Cake. V4 cup of butter 1 cup of sugar 2 eggs ' 1/2 cup of milk 11/2 cups of pastry flour 1 teaspoon of3 baking powder Cream the butter, add the sugar, and cream together. Add the well beaten eggs. Sift the baking powder with the flour and add alternately with the milk to the butter mixture. Beat well and pour into a greased shallow tin. Sake in a hot even (375 degrees F.). Cover the top with almonds which have been put through a grinder, mixed with one-fourth cupful of sugar and one teaspoonful of cinna- mon: Sprinkle it! Candied Apples. Cook to the boiling point two cup- fuls of sugar and 1 cupful hot water. Flavor as desired. Have ready four or five pared apples for this amount of syrup. Quarter each and then cut eaeh quarter into thirds. Drop the pieces of one apple into the syrup and cook until clear and transparent. After cooking each apple add one- quarter cupful hot water. After cook- ing, place apples on platter and let them remain 24 hours. Then roll in granulated sugar for each of three successive days. The apples will then be dry. NEW ALLOYS MAY REDUCE CAR WEIGH'T ONE-THIRD The automobile of to -morrow may be one-third lighter than to -days' without any sacrifice of size or carry- ing power. This lighter machine was predicted by L. B, Grant, automotive engineer, at a conference on metals and alloys last week at Cleveland. The time has come for the extensive use of magnesium alloys says manu- facturers because the price has fin- ally been brought within the range of other metals now being used, Grant said. Already negotiations are under way for the use of the alloys by automobile manufacturers next year, he added. !Germans developed magnesium al- loys during the war and have been far abead of other countries in this work, 'Grant said. Wheels and large sections of the bodies are constructed of this metal by the Germans, and the advantage can easily be seen when it is recalled that buses using the highways in this country already are right up to the weight limit of vehicles on highweys. Referring to the work done in the past year in the development of the "tear -drop" car, it was pointed out that by carrying streamlining to the extreme, read advantages in maximum speed with minimum power can be ob- tained. This method of obtaining bet- ter performance at high speed is quite promising, but is not so satis- factory at low speeds. The properly streamlined car is far from what is and there seems to be no way of de- ciding whether or not such a change commonly accepted as conventional would meet with public favor. The cost of aluminum, which also can be used to lighten cars, is slight- ly higher than the materials in more common use, but by careful engi- neering, this cost can he held to a point ranging from 15 to 25 cents per pound weight saved. The weight saving possible is, in most cases, ap- proximately 50 per cent. of the iron or steel replaced by aluminum. In the truck and bus field, Mr. Grant explained the operator is !vitally interested in pay -load, costs of operation and cost of mainten- ance. Highway weight limitations have also made necessary the re- duction of gross weights. Despite these considerations the truck manu- facturers have been slow to adopt light alloys for chassis construction which make it possible to meet weight restrictions in cases where they handicap the operator, or to permit the operator to increase the pay load. TALE OF THE TOWN Carrying On: We're not respons- ible for mentioning what goes on in Minneapolis, because it is t6o far a- way, but we happen to have picked up this item, At the cashier's cage of the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa (in Minneapolis), a timid lit- tle old lady had been appearing regu- larly for years to pay the quarterly premiums on her husband's life insur- ance policy. A few days ago she came in and told the cashier, in a small voice: "I'm afraid I can't make these payments any more," "What's the matter?" she was ask- ed. "It's the hard times and all. There isn't as much work for me as there used to he, and my husband doesn't contribute anylhing any more—he's been dead for almost three years." He had, too. They looked it up. '* Cure: In a plane going to Chica- go, one of the passengers sneezed. He kept on sneezing. The pilot turned around. "Ray i,ever?" he asked. "Whad ?" said the passenger ‘'Hay fever?" yelled the pilot. "Yeds," said the sad man. "We'll fix that," the flier told him, and he hoisted her up to an altitude of around 6,000 feet. After a while the pilot turned around again. "Better?" he asked. "Yes," said the patient. * Telephone Call: A Mr. Theodore McManus decided to telephone an old friend of his who is one of the of- ficers on the Leviathan. Mr. McMan- us told the operator in his office he wanted the Leviathan. You can phone it at. the pier, you know. In a few moments a voice answered and said yes, this was the Leviathan. Mr. Mb - Manus asked for the officer, and in a few moments the officer answered, They exchanged greetings and Mr McManus asked his friend what he 64+ leqK'e!A!e4!r,,ent.ey't!), eeee e'ee. Business builds more than stores and merchan- dise --- it builds Faith, Confidence and Valued Friendships, and we also feel that your goodwill means all of these to us. To -day it is but fitting that we voice our ap- preciation and extend to you sincerest good wishes that happiness and good fortune abide with you at this season and all throughout the coming New Year. STEWART BROS0 Seaforth •••,;, ••••• ;;.• ••••.. •••- ••••• , „ was doing that evening. "Oh, noth- ing much." "Well," said Mr. Mc- Manus, "why don't you run out to my house for dinner to -night?" The other man laughed pleasantly. "Quit your kidding," he replied. His friend said he wasn't fooling—wouldn't the officer come over for dinner? 'How can I?" was the answer to this. "I won't get in till to -morrow. We're 300 n-;Ues out!" The gentleman had miscalculated when he figured the ship was at her pier. He had asked for the Leviathan, and Central had got him the Leviathan over the ship -to - shore phone, which, as you see, works perfectly. The call cost Mr. McMan- us $21. * * * Gleaners: The Hudson River day boats stop at Poughkeepsie and it is the habit of the passengers to throw coins into the water for kids to dive for. It occurred to an elderly native of the town that maybe the boys had missed some. He went out in 'a boat with a bucket and scooped up some of the bottom mud. The first bucket- ful netted him 50 cents He continued operations—he and a lot of others when the wor dgot around. He has pulled up $1,700. One day he recov- ered $118. to rise above its dependence on mere things and seek an emancipation of the spirit of man. The last six months have been for many men a thrilling spiritual adven- ture through which they have discov- ered their real wealth. Bereft of div- idends and profits they are discover- ing the sustaining powers of a strong ;religious faith, the abiding values of courage, heroism, honor, charity, and 1trust worthiness. I AM STILL RICH We have passed through a eanic, suffered from a crash on the stock market, and I am still rich. It niay be true that I have much lees to live on than I hacl a year ago, but it is certainly true that I have just as much as ever to live for. The veal values of life are unshaken and solid. The market failed but nothing else did. Prices went down but not one acre lost its fertility and all the electrons, protons, and ether waves nt on working in their accustomed wa ys. 'When the depression came I was ((impelled to take an invoice and soon di F eovered that 1 was still rich. All my capacity for the enjoyment of life was intact. My $200,000 eyes are just as good as they ever were. Twenty -thousand dollar scenes and views are added to my collection al- most every week. A $1,000,000 sense of hearing is still unimpaired and by it 1 become an heir to a world of beauty and inspiration. Then there's my $1,000.000 stomach and a half - million -dollar appetite. No man can he rich who is compelled to take or- ders daily from his stomach. The de- pression has not lowered the value of a single friendship. Neighbors still greet us in the same old cordial way, and our sons hold us in high respect. No nation becomes great by be -corn- ing rich. Neither does a man find enduring satisfaction in life 'by own- ing something—only by becoming something. This depression has cost us some of the things we created but it has robbed us of none of our power to create. It is a challenge, not a catas- trophe. A generation which has climbed above the clouds and lived in, the stratosphere, that has conquered the air and sent giant planes circling the globe, which has plunged into the deeps and disported on the ocean's floor, is now faced with the challenge ,41e; . 4 4 44404441t6 if444 11 4 • Genius of Live Stock Was Wm. J. Hammall Recently there was held the funeral of a citizen not sowidely known in. Toronto as hundreds that might be named, but one whose name will be held in respe'ct by many who knew him in towns throughout Canada, the United States and even the British Isles. Though the late William J. Hammall was only 65 years old he belongs to a generation and -a- genus in this country./ He was one of the race of old-fashioned hotel keepers, now rapidly becoming extinct, ,more's the pity! Most old-fashioned hotel keepers in this country at least, fol- lowing the British traditions, were sporting men. Their houses were places of! resort for various sporting coteries, each clientele being as dis- tinct as the membership of exclusive English clubs. One recalls Tom Flan- agan's place where professional ath- letes used to gather, and Jim Mc- Caffery's where baseball players were wont to congregate. The Wheat Sheaf Rotel, at the corner of Bathurst and K ing Streets. was headquarters for dog fanciers, bird fanciers, horsemen. If a whippet racer from Hudders- field or a cock fighter from Brisbane came to Toronto, the chances are that in a week or two he would find his way to Mr. Hammall's hotel, and immediately would he at home. It was not that Billy Hann -nail especially catered to them. It was that he was one of them. As a boy he was in- terested in dogs and all other kinds of domestic animals and as a young man he imported into Toronto a renowned strain of pigeons known throughout the world as the Birming- ham roller. He was still a young man when he bred Vesper Belle, the hest hull terrier hitch seen in this coun- try up to that time, He was offered F41.000 for her at a New York show, and though at the time it is im- probable that he had ever seen a thousand dollirs or half of it, he was not tempted. He brought his dog home. Many a good bull terrier and fox terrier passed through his hands and their names after all these years may he detected in the fashionable pedigrees of to -day. His instinct for a good animal of any kind from a Norwich canary te a thoroughbred amounted to genius. His modern game bantams were the hest on this continent, and perhaps the hest in the world twenty-five years ago. Then one night somebody stole all his champion birds. Begin- ning all over again with inferior stock it was only a few years until he had eclipsed his previous achieve- ments. Though long retired from business activity his bantams were a source of pride and pleasure to. him until a few months ago when warn- ings of heart trouble obliged him to dispose of all -his live stock except one fax terrier, the imported Nordean Ganyrnede. But he never lost his interest in a good dog or a good bird or a good horse to the end, and one of his pleasures was to visit his friends' studs and lofts and kennels and see perhaps the descendant of some old favorite that he himself had bred. It was through this interest in live stock and his remarkable gifts as a breeder that he made kindred friends in all parts of the English-speaking world. He rarely sold anything. But he was a generous giver, and particu- larly was it his pleasure to start some boy with a pen of bantams or per- haps a pup that he never could af- ford to buy. We remember being in his hotel a few days before he retired from business, and saw on top of the fixture behind his bar, hundreds of scraps of paper. We asked what they were. "I.O.U.'s," he said, smiling. "And what are you going to do with them?" "Burn them." he said, still smil- ing. They must have represented thousands of dollars which he had given or lent to friends and custom- ers. But Billy Hammen never lost a friend because the friend owed him money though he might have lost the money. We doubt if anybody ever had his first drink of liquor in Billy Ham- niall's hotel. Rather than see a man take his first drink there he would have closed his 'bar. We had the honor of his friendship for thirty years, and if we had properly bene- fitted from his wise counsel we might have been able to say that our first drink remained in the future. Instead of that. perhaps better than that, we can say that one of the last drinks he had was with us, although we imagine there was always a shade of disapproval in his attitude when he saw us buying ourself with a' cocktail shaker. As we have said, he belongs to a race now becoming ex- tinct. e recall as his peers men like 'Charlie Lyndon, Billy Likens, 'Charlie McDoel, all geniuses with !live stock. whose names in the sri— !Prate worlds were as significant as the names ol Culbertson and Lenz in bridge. all Toronto men, They had a lore not to he found in books and perhaps not readily to he evtracted from them. We should like to know or believe that the wisdom with whicl they were endowed has not gone t1b the grave with them. A New Puzzle Ccintest The Family Herald and Weekly Star have just announced a big Brit- ish Lion Puzzle Contest in which a most attractive list of prizes are of- fered for calculating the total of the figures forming a huge Lion. It constitutes a most interesting game for every member of the Fam- ily and added to this is a generous list of cash awards. Our readers may re- ceive copies of the Lion and full de- tails by addressing The Family Rev- ald and Weekly Star, Montreal. 'tgrapig.. 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