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The Huron Expositor, 1939-06-23, Page 6Ole; T4' est si it k;G! tt es are disapeearitag lands. It seems that or wander shoes will rch of time. for a number. of years enetum s ,have been worn ll ±„people in country districts !seely in, smaller altd moan or ted .places. Townspeople el'ever wear any national dress. ' nit aiso;mposestbi'e to speak of the' e$etionlcilll(dress Of the Netherlands. What baa beccgneeenei: staad'a' d type is the drese set the fisher people of Voleudamg and :the Wand :et..Marken- For ;touristic; enoPeganda iheibe 4»1r and pictures;{ue , cmtumes have been advertised so widely and con- stantly that -people abroad have been led be believe that the "Volendam” or "Marken" ;costumes are the genuine and only Netherlands national dress^ But there are scores of typical cos- tumes, •widleely differing, which used to be worn by people in different parts sof the Netherlands. Not only do these olds costumes dif- fer according to, the province, but in the 'provinces there are various entire- ly different types of •costumes in dif- ferent localities. The older genera- tion is stili clinging to the old tradi- tion- But there is a new generation growing up in quite different circum- stances. The new generation prefers rt 111 THE AIRTIGHT WRAPPER 049aRag `aluf *9;4 vo4.44 V#14119t# of ma sl ereduellen in the r atoint d eiotllela industry. Moi' lover, tbei dey of isolattoo for the vWage'rs and, co'O r try peel*,d .nitely ever. n ederie means of ,t nepostation,, as well as the radio, beve'brought'about frequent and -cisme contact with the towns. The younger generation be the country floes eget stta$ 'any Imager ti awe 'before ties etlanyAbewildering and, wondurfui t a iia the tots Which, in earlier dam, were beheld by the villagers only awe is a Year or evens once in a /ifs thee on some rare visit to town. Nowadays the country peo- ple see the latest pictures in the cin- emas in town or even in their own villages. Their ideals have changed as • their outlook has widened. They do not feel comfortable and proud any longer, in the old oos'tumes. Times and eustoms change and the people with ether. The days of the .pictur- esque national costumes and the wooden shoes are passing.. The unsurpassed and, indeed, often matohless picturesqueness of almost all the district that bordered the old Zuiderzee were bound to suffer some change when the completion of the great barring dam turned an inland sea partly into a freseh-water lake, partly into productive farmland. It was natural that the neighboring 'folk and their occupations should alter in- creasingly. The fishing industry, for insetance, has practically disappeared in less than 10 years. Voleendam and Marken have already partly lost their fishing and have themselves changed considerably. Yet costumes h a v e been kept intact as muoh as possible 'because of their attraction for tour- ists The island of'Iarkeen will cease to exist when the Zuiderzee reclamation 'sohemee is completed, and only a smell part. of its coastline will front on the narrow strip of fresh water that borders the newly won polder - land. It is expected, :however, that some of the remarkable pile -dwellings Which are typical of Marken, and pos- sess great ' historical value, will be preseerved in their rural setting. The village off Huizen, south'eas't of Amsterdam, has given up most of its fishing during the past quarter of a' century because of the approaching reclamation. Here the women still of- ten wear a quaint, highly coiffed bon- net. Huizen has become a series of farms, barns, and; :haystacks, huddled together, asit were, for protection, against the outlying, circles of new, villas. This village is especially iris at; "Give to barrows, trays and pans Grace and glimmer of romance," -• He didn't, of course, but Emerson might have had in mind a certain kind of printing when he wrote those lines. • 'The kind of printing that includes the liberal use of thinking . . presswork that is mixed with brainwork. 3 It's the kind that brings The Huron Expositor to the minds of Seaforth busi- ness men when the 'question comes up: "Where will we go to get a real printing job?" • Type—paper—color lay-out—all are combined here to the best advantage. • Fine stores—fine stocks—all- stores and businesses strive for them. Why shouldn't fine printing be part of the plan? It will be if you bring it here. • A business man who can't gamble with his business should take his printing to a printer that can't gamble with his reputa- tion. The Huron Expositor has been in business since 1860. Its reputation is assured. • Here is a sure way tosettle your printing problems at a price that is right. 1Q 11 aP. Printers in Seaforth, Ontario, „for 80 years. r � al ea �PM ie� I S 1. yt„ 340 (Feet Go to any good reliable druggist today and get 'aln oriental bottle of Moone's Emerald Oil' Don't worry—this powerful penetrating -all eriregs such ease end com- fort that Agit It be able to go about your worts egalnehappy and without that almost unbearable aching and soreness. Rob on Emerald 011 tonight --freely it does not stain—is economical. Money back if not satisfied. Get it at good druggists everywhere. , -• ' terestin'g by 'reason of the fact that 4hte,peasante like the people of Lea - ton In Nottt inghamahi'ee (England) have a joint, 'heredi'tary' right of aom- mon grazing. Everybody's cattle 'goes to pasture in the meadows of the Meant. That is why there are no in divisdu'al farmlands at Huizen. The island of Urk,sin the center of e, the former Zuiderze•• which is being included 'in the reclamation of the secoi d (northeast) polder now in pro- gresss," e„ : - • . ins the traditional eos- tumes, to a certain :extent, but in spite elf all 'efforts, they are disappear- ing. rk is a'curiosity in: yet another respect. In three or four years it will rise many feet above the dry dead of the Northwest polder, which is now under construction, just as it used to do from the sea. It is really a great clay "nock" made by the gla- cier moraines ,of the boulder period of the Ice Age. The costumes of the people of tTrk are, in the case of •the woanen, meore somber than those of Volendam or Marken. In the north of the province^ Over- ijsel, near the unique water village of Giethoorn, is Staphorst, with a "na-, 'Urinal dress" all its own. Staphorst is akin to Giethoorn in that almost the whole of its, traffic proceeds by water. When the Stapharsters leave church an Sunday morning in: boats in their quaint costumes, this is a sight never te be forgotten. But it would not be wise to try to photo- graph them or to bring an autornabile into the village on Sundays. The car should be left outside the village in order not to hurt the sussceptibfilities of the good Protestants which these Staphorsters are. It is strictly forbid- den to take photograpehs here, unless by permission of the burgomaster. Bunsohoten-Spakemeburg, a twin vie lege on the borders of the former Zuiederzee, is making the beet of two worlds, the agricultural and the pis- cetorial. Spakenburg, the fishing part of this combined village, is especially Picturesque. In both place's peculiarly local and beautifully colored costumes are commonly warn, though mainly by women and children. Even Marken is often surpassed by the charming picture presented by the women of Bunschoten-Spakanburg, sitting by their homes, knitting stockings and mending clothes. Costumes may disappear, but it seems that wooden clogs will continue to be worn by farmers all over the Netherlands. This is because the soil is so wet and sodden teat it is im- possible to wear leather shoes. Wood- en shoes keep the feet dry and warm, and are extremely c$seap. So the "klompen"-maker is not going out of business yet Curb Seed Disease The treatmer.' of cereal seeds with organic mercury- duet for the preven- tion of smut, root rot and seedling blight has become an established prac- tice in seed -cleaning plants and on Rums throfrghnut Canada, says B. Leslie Erns lie, chem ist-agronomist- Weether the 'operation be performed on a large scale by means of the Kemp automatic seed treater or by power -driven nnachines, or on a small scale by barrel mixer or simply by shovel on the barn floor, certain pre- cautions against inhalation of the fumes by the operator ought to be ob- served. In reporting results' of their experi- ments on the control of cereal smuts by seed treatment, Ha'n'na and Popp of tris Dominion. Rust Research Lab- oratory, Winnipeg, says: "In the tests with New Improved Ceresin', this dust, applied; at the rate of only ' ounce per bushel, gave uniformly good bunt 'control, even when the seed was heavily smutted. It is ea matter of coni e1-abl'eenterest that such a ligbt application sof dust should protect the seed against bunt infection," The potency of ethyl mercury phos- phate dust Is very evident, when one- half ounce of the substance per bush- el of seed grain effectively controls disease spores. It should be no less evident to the operator of the steed - treating process that the manner ins which the mercuric dust exerts its favorable influence is through its pen- etrating, polar:Mous fumes which are plainly perceptible to one who has not lost his sense of smell. The odour is the warning tat should be heeded. Although many a.•.rently suffer no injury from inha'lin'g he atmosphere of the building where the seed -treat- ing is in progress, son- are susceept- ib1e to the fumes of the' mercury com- pound and may become nauseated or more seriously affected, if they nee- 1'ect • to protect mouth and nostrils with a 'he.n'd:kereshsief or respirator mask. Despite warning ane printed precautions, however, many operators ignore them, and some even boast of their supposed immunity. As the season approaotWeen growers of fall wheat winebe trea g the seed grain • with ethyl nnerrcury phosphate duet, a further word of ca.u- tison may be eopportunte. The dust is poison'ou's otherwise, it would be 'ef no effect in controlling sseed-borne diseases. The pungent 'odour of the dust is evidence of the need for pre- caution on the part of the operator who 'iihould pret'es't bigmouth and nos- tril's with a he d'kerchi'ef, or by a respirator mask if the operation is prolonged, as in a steed-oleeanineg plant. Whet/ treating emailquantities of seed by ,meaner of ceurn, or drum with 'diagon'ally placed axle, the operation may be performeed outdoors; but whe- ther in or out, shunt or long, no et:nanees shouddi be taken. Ethyl mer- cury ptoss6ptate dust commands re - meet for tare devastating effect on crop eneetmlies, 'Its use in the hands of the intelligent, is a power for good; butt if des net food -proof. S Yi Fi N i 1 i`1 1 h } } 1::.r,•. t, e,.rr , .ui, l{{ t .f 1'5 The f'Zre ! New' Science 2 sAsson s Dress As akes Hand When "Thee Greeted Show on Earth" eosins to your town this sum- mer you will find a Big Top Ibhatt fol - Lowe the(Ilastest tbeiory eqf etreamilaimg that at It /Mikes more li`ite a tear drop and clews' like a ens igible. Inside, it will seem smaller, morep�Isti'mate, mom colorful, Gane Is the old can- vas grain_ Ins+t>eadi, you will fiord it deep blue at the peak, blending to ]dgihter shades of blue at the sides. Center and quarter poles are gold and silver, great itollored tis eels dangle with liberal pmafusion. On the whole, It is a more fitting setting for the an' Arg, brea'tlhtaking. feat of high courage and strong en durance in fire rings, two stages, in aerial labyerintlh and on 'hiPpodlrome' tassels. Moreover (if you will permit a few mono of these timorous bits of undellstatemeent), even as you watch the beautiful girls on the flying tra- peee your attention may not be too apt, to pret your. 'noticing that you sit in can atmiospheere emgineeered to remind you of a gentle zephyr wafted down teem some cool'moun- tain glen:. In ot'lyeer words, the Ring- ling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Oirxstus has been 'air comdfuteiioned! These innovations result, strangely 'enough, •from a great tribulation It was jusit about a year ago, you may remember, that the circus laborers went on strike when notified by John and Henry 'Noeetlh; nephews of the sRiagla"`ng Brothers and present heads sof the 'oeynnsty, that .prospects of a poor season; neasesdtated cutting $60 a. month wages (plus board and) room) drown; to $45. Not Ise silently as the Arabs, the cisrecue folded tents and went to its Sarasota, Fla., winter quarters. Con- sidering how the lean: years had al- ready a'educed oirculs finances, the early 'closing was 'looked upon as ,al- meost a finibhing blow. But today the •cirous high command is wondering whether it wasn't :the best (thing that ever happened to them. What is not generally known is that tihe circus, didn't .really close at all - . . that is, the • most import- ant parts of it. The management and some of the mope popular acts never went' to winter quarters. They simply joined the Al G. Barnes Circus, alert Rl'ngltsag-owned, redrirected the Aileen ary and„ filled most of the more pro- fitable Ringling schedule . . . and learned a vivid lesson in circus show- mamsihip. Of course, the Barnes dhow is much smaller than the Ringling -Barnum. The Barnes r es Big Top has but four poles instead of the Ringling six. Barnes's is small ensougth so that when one of the big featured acts went on it was possible to, stop everything else and let the customers concen- trate on the one aot. And the cus- tomers loved it! Therein is the les- son in showmanship. It's a lesson, though, thet has nec- essitated the redesigning of the Ring- ling show; for the old technique of the Ringling Brothers, from that day in 1884 when they first rumbled out of Baraboo, Wis., with nine wagons, .1/ad been to cram more and more in- to their show, making it bigger and bigger., until at times you felt that they had succeeded in putting the worlds l'on'gest show•"•in the world's largest tent. Tree very size of the tent complicated matters too, because distances prohibited convenient focus- ing on any one act from all parts of the arena. The only thing to do was to keep your eyes on whatever hap- pened nearest to you .and to comfort yourself with the thought you had gotten your money's worth no matter what you missed. This procedure,' however, conflicted with soeeste basic human trait, for you couldn't help 'trying to get a little more .than your money's worth, and an •afternoon at the circus left even the most ener- getic a bit wearied, confesed, er even bored . . all bad for 'bus'iness. The Barnes show, with its smaller scaled .pnoduction, taught the circus management something that their pa- trons probably could 'have told them years before. Anyway, when they all got back to Florida last winter they talked it over and bee result has been this year's Big Top, It seats within 2,000 of the formeer style tent's 18,000._ It is shorter and wider than the old- style tent, and has an enlarged cen- ter ring, so the effect da 'to bring all the patrons closer to the central focal point. Acts have been reduced and rearranged sen that at frequent time intervals the spotlights play only on the center ring, other activity berns, sen nothing else clamors for your at- tention as you watch the center ring. It's a technique that hag not yet reached full flower; there is room for improvement, but already the tempo of the circus has been accelerated to a point where the three hours whizzes by for even the most blase circus goer aHyl for children—ever uppermost the circus thought—well, what words could describe an improvement in wonderland? Air conditioning has been a dream of Abe circus for many years. When you get under canvas out in Kansas City or Tulsa do Julys or August thirigs can get pretty steaming. How well the new equipment will work remains to be proved. It requires 20 blower unit ee more care in the cir- cus''four traihs. hese physical 'improvements fol - ow 'closely or what 'has been a near revolution in the interior of the Big Show. Prior to the 1938 seasen, the Ringling Circus had been in virtual reeelivensbip for five years. John Ringling, hast of the famous' brothers, had over-extended •himself in acquire Ing sircast properties (including the Barnes Shosw), so as to prevent rivals from prele.mtpting 'him from Madison Square Garden in the spring of 1930. Samuel Gifinii'pertz, noted impressarto of Coney islands, Iliad been placee in charge of tibee circus by certain finan- cial interests. A showman of long 'experience, was Mr. Gumipertz's idea that cash pa- trons like to see -things epic and span, that a Bengal. Lanteer (from South Hasten) with three days' beard on his chisels nothing to attraset the eye. Mr, Gumpertz also shad a stanch 'beli"ef that girls who aide elenbants and .L: li Backache-KJdney .x Pelson tames pal& When you have paras au the badly. liunIsago or tnouwatle yyon . wag be matelots s q the kiMaass. They may be plow, and sluggish is removing ageveld 'poisons t sem the bloods, Alaog with Inactivity of the kidneys Cu usually find the fiver wheleOcrienti 0.v nOlm_.1)4 Vt.MMy' Seam pPOWOM a lube piet * standing efficiency as theso vi ' org s? Dr. Chase's ver PiOs -Submarines (Continued 'from Page 2) of profi'teble +commercial cargeee, and other. forms of diving have bean found more practical in deep-sea exploration anri stile salvaging of wrecks. As an instrument of war, however, the submarine is highly regarded by many Naval experts. Although highly vu]nera'Me when discovered, it is a powerful weapon in making surprise attacks. Theusefulness of the submarine was shown during the Werld War by the Gekmian U-boats, w'bdoh sent ea many merchant vessels to the 'bottom near the British Isles es to establish a 'partial blockade of those islandes, al- though the again body of the German fleet was bottled,.up by the British in the Baltic Sea. In four years of war, the U=boats sank 5,408 merchant and: fishing ves- sels of the Allied and neutral nations. In. their. ,most successful year, 1917, swing from lite high bars should be attractive. He began recruiting new faces from the country's dancing schools,cutting down on the risks that few patrons understood anyway rands massing up for them 'by 'giving more rhythm and beauty in move- ment. Mr. Gumpertz also had little affection for the pistol shooting, whip crackieg 'shoal of wild animal sub- jugation. Such acts made their exit. These changes, combined with new costumes,, end new paint, broug'h't a general sense sof freshneses to the Big Show. Then, early in 1938, Mrs. Ida Ring- ling North anuli her two sons' obtained financial help that. enabled them to pay off John Renglim'g's olid debts and resume command of the circus' John avid. Henry, two youths only a few years out of Yale, had ideas that par- al6lelodd-M, Gumpertz's in most ways --if not about animals—in brightening up the show. They enthusiastically undertook to carry it further. They dreamed a vistiosn of marvelous Eights, gorgeous costumes, and brisk timing bloat would >leni.ng a whole new era to the. aforementioned rings, stages, aer- ial labyrinth and :hippodrome track. They approached Charles Le Moire, who had design.e'd sees and costumes for .such extravaganzas as the Zieg- feld 'Follies and the George White Scandals- Mr. Le Maire had gone in- to d'esri,gning for the Fifth Avenue dress trade, eo depressed a shudder when Buddy North proposed that he dress an elephant. His efforts the first year were ohiefly concentrated on the opening spectacle, "Nepal," and when Bandmaster Merle Evans struck up "Entrance of the Glad:laters" that opening night in Madison Square Car- den, patrons saw something no circus customer had ever witnessed' before, and that is quite a statement, be- cause the opening spertacle ids one of the most oherished tingling tradi- tions. It dates back to 1891, when the Brothers, after seven seasons, fin- ally acquired sufficient menagerie and props to produce a "slpec," the first in circus' history. They called it "Caes- ar's Triumphal Entry Into Rome-" Each year the circus produces a new "spec," usually with a different title, but always a grand: excuse for parading the whole show at one time. Improving :this opening parade is quite a rhellenge to anybody, but Le Madre did so well with "Nepal" that last winter the Norths commissioned shim to redesign the whole circus pro= duction. The blue tent interior, the gold and silver poles, the tassels and what -net are all parts of the evolution that finds Modlo'c, principal elephant of the Ringling herd, strutting onto the track festooned in 50 yards of spangled silk, preceded and followed by Nubian train bearers. These are all changes, yet it is fair to say the circus is ever the same. The Wallendas-4ihat family that rode the bicycles on the high wire and brought gasps when the girl mounted three high on the shoulders of her Mother at the very peak of the tent have given way to the great Arturo, another high wire worker- Harry Rit- tiey, wino made succeeding genera- tions laugh with his toppling tables, is absent. Con Calleano has relin- quighesd his tight wire to Hubert Cas- tle. Antoinette Concelio turn a two and a 'half somersault above the cen- ter net, where once Alfredo Codona turned three. Yet the stow offers the 'same dtin of animal roars, spielers at the side- -chows, the shouts of the peanut ven- dors, the blare of calliope and band; the sa.me profusion of .clowns, aerial- ists, tumblers, equestriaps For the circus never changes, real- ly! they torpedoed 2,639 mob; vessels, en an average of mere than seven a.dag. The cost of this to Britain; is almost incalculable. Yet, means of defense against tehess - unseen attacks were developed and (put Into effect towards the close of the war. The system of gathering merchantmen together in. convoys with naval escorts was revived, and depth 'bombs and :mines were used with devastating effect. A new instruanentvof• de miction al- ways gives its possessor 'a temporary advantages in time sof war or threat on war, but mankind has never allowed such new farms of tyranny to go long unchallenged. This was the ease witis the submarine, and approximately 29 German submarines ultimately were destrS'yed by the Allied navies, most of them in the final months of hostili- ties. Today, even stronger defenses a- gainst submarines have been develop- ed. Detectors have been devised whioh, it is claimed, can locate even, a silent submarine lying on the ocean floor, its engines stopped. The twin weapon® of detector mays and depth changes thus give destroyers powerful means of reaching right down through the ocean to detect and crush these unseen assailants. During the wee, submarines were used chiefly to enforce commercial blockade, but at times were employed for service with the fleet, for coastal: patrol, or formine laying. For a time, the U-boats gave warn- ing before sinking mferehant vessels', and often helped the crew and Pas- sengers to escape. This wes' •in acs - cord with international law. But the raiders discovered that their warnings often were hollowed by gun fire from hidden, weapons aboard the 'merchant- men, or by escape of the commercial - vessels, whioh usually could outsail the slower uhdersea craft. So the German submarines bowed to military' expediency, scrapped the internation- al law, and adopted a •'policy -of bit - and r`um warfare. The submarine ;Chats became the se- cret assassin: of the sea. Engaginee in no open duels, it crept stealthily upon its prey, struck murderously and. fled. It was this savage .policy which so aroused not only the Allis- powers: but the nonbelligerents, including the United States. It was this policy which made the sinking of the Lusa tania without wa,rndng on May 7, 1915, so tragic. Because of this inhuman- ity, 1,198 passengers and crew, includ- ing women and children, were drown ed. It is axiomatic that war`"unleaseles the lowest instinct of mankind. Thus the submarine abdicated all restraint and fell into the same class with the airplane and: Zeppelin which,,, bomb civilian populations from the air. Thus also it aroused the opposition of hu- manitarians throughout the world, and brought upon itself demands for its abolition. This world-wide opinion bore par- tial fruit in international agreements for limitation of submarine tonnage, and for the restoration of humanitar- ian codes in submarine warfare; but the fears of small nations and the ac- tivities of munitions salesmen, like Sir Basil Zaharoff, and other agents for the Electric Boat Company and Vickers, Ltecl-, contributed to the up- set of plans for complete abolition at the undersea raiders. Today, a world armaments race threatens even these restrictions • With tonnage limits formally denounc- ed, giant overhead cranes at the Portsmouth Navy Yard are being us- ed to put finishing touches on two sis- ter ships of the sunken Squalus•; and another submarine, costing as much as a destroyer (around $4,000,000) was launched at New London, Conn-, with quiet ceremonies two days after the Squalus dropped 240 feet below the surface. At the same time, naval experts are. predicting, privately, that the solemn 'humanitarian codes will not be lived` up to, if war should break out. Apparently, bee abolition of the sub- marine will come only as the aboli- tion of aerial bombings of swill will come about, through the aboli oro of war itself. On her first visit to tihe zoo, fivee- ysam-olsd •Cariol greeted monkeys, tig- ers ansd lions with much enthusiasm( but on reaching the ostrich pen where the great birds lumbered about, she seemed entraneed. Sped'chless, she watclhied their awkward 'movements' for many minutes. Wdndering what the attraction was, her mother finally asked what was so interesting. "Wehy, Mother, their knees, are on backward'!" N a atONE QUARTER/091k ROUND TRIP GO: Any time Friday, June 30, =hi 2.00 p.m., Sunday, July 2, 1939. RETURN: Leave destination sap to mid- night Monday, July 3, 1939. Times shown are Standard. For fares and further information, apply to your nearest Ticket Agent. CANADIAN NATIONAL t E li;l�t ff hr r1 �� r aa er t:. b,''�'1iry IwarYnaClti(nS:a rt II AFStt. ' ,e II 4Ani{ I r ' r a f� 4I 5 tt \ i}Ce;elite1iM