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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1919-06-19, Page 2in• Beeeene a Power in the Land. ize- offered for or the • ural Life 1Vo Longer. Dull -Borne 'months ago we told how Can- / "I go to many of the initial meet= 4Ldian women who had been in Enc, in$e. Sometimes they are in quite land since war began had been instru/ good-sieed places, sometimes in tiny mental in introducing our Woman's villages, I attended one recently in a Instttetes there. Hence the following village of only 40 houses,. and I am ' interview of a London newspaper -with glad to say there were 35 people pre - Lady beemaii is most interesting; sent. "We are forming women's insti- "A very 'important part of the work tutes at the rate of over twenty a is to etart village industries. Give the womee sore. • occupation. as well as� some diversion outside their homes. Basket making, toy making, fruit and week saiel Lady Denman. "Village life is no longer dull; vil- lage women are organizing and co- operating through the medium of these 'vegetable preserving are all being institutes which give them the chalice started to meet and exchange ideas and to listen tie -lectures an, •various- subjects "The institutes are entirely self of interest to women from every point governed. We have nothing to do with of view, subjects the proper under- that. The members elect their own of - 'heals of which is for the good. of hctals and arrange their own meetings. the country, the 'locality, and .:the Membership 'cysts 2s.. and the meet- home, ings are educational in purpose, but "The idea came' :from Canada and, 1 the° result of them is closer and 1 friendlier relations among the:women. eeeee a way, she word institute is a mus- • homer. It gives the idea of a big` buhd- best pro- - �"` ing, • whereas these bodies- of village women have no regular place of meet- gramme of lectures ten* discussions ing. They meet. hi the schoolhouses was won by the Checkendon Women's or other village buildings, and aft • er the lecture or entertainmenthave tea and talk together- • , .....,.. , Are Buying -Co-operatively. various subjects -.by themembers, songs, entertainments by -school ' child - The institutes �. are still .wider in ren, country dancing, exhibition of the their alms, however, and they are go- _ ing :to be.a, great.. tatter.: in--village-life atter the swan• 'The women are htivin which "" meetingmeeting, one Friday a month, on which there wil be interesting lectures; discussions on HOW £ASTERN RACFS USE THE FOOT REPORT OF FRENCH INVESTIGA- TOR, L4NNELONGUE. WHY iLl iE WAS NEVERA trFROMTS tt • A CHILDREN'S FEAST. 1 When Youthful China Celebrates the. ' irptus -'Festival. The Lotus Festival is a pretty bit o merry -making that belongs exclusive ly to the fortunate children of China Mrs. Alice Tisdale :1n Jeer Jb000k. Pion 2N-9.1 n Wt _. 7. g ,ere "tlie \'l erltl is .01d, thus best work of any kind by a member, etc.... ,-,�,.,. • S:9.:. �:U1 "stow:_" , -rtre7 . is- t : i i t e � oil' y Tti�"'iiiot:I'iii�a, iu a c village purchases coal and seedlings, ing something of a power with local allotments are worked, and pigs are government officials. For examplle, kept jointly by several members. when the women's institute in a cer- 1 "Later one eaq vision the institutes fain village wanted an instructor in t going into the question of housing and lace-Mnaking,in. order to start the in- o other matters- of --vital' importance tory there'they applied` to the local the country" as to the city housewife educational board and got one without h 4e and mother. .. any difficu ty. f "We have appeals from all over the "The discussions on household and country to form: -institutes, but unless other subjects teach the women,to ex- 1 we find when we go to a village that press themselves. Sometimes a wo- T the women who want the institute re-. man will come to ineny meetings be- d present all classes. of women we ask fore she feels_.sh;e.can join- in- the dis- 1 - them to wait -- a while until` there is ^cussion, then so a interestingin point more unanimous support, for the whole which she unde stands particularly . idea of the'institute is that well -to -de will overcome her shyness, rend, hav- women and poor women should c ing once -spoken, she is to be counted operate. upvp¢ht other discussions." . • dr ss a Mies sliefuresque • scene : It was a'hot summer night, and all the shop windows were bright with anterns shaped like the lotus buds in he big - moat. The moon rose high Ver the Curving- -Peking. Toofs and flooded the streets. As' if the moon ad brought him, a child carne timidly orth from ane of.the big. dark gate- ways. In his hands he held a brilliant etas bud and a lotus -bud lantern. hen from every gateway, all up and own the streets, the children came orth. The air was filled' `with° the music of their happy' voices, and there was the sound of their little feet going pitapat in the dust. -• Soon the streets were childhood's AMAZING FEATS OF TRAVEL - 1 Engine'- Drivers, Ship - Captains and Postme,i 'Who Have Millions of Miles to Their Credit. The City man whojourneys- thirty miles a day to and from his • office. would probably be astonished to learn that a single year's travelling would take him ad far di Calcutta, and that every three years • he covers a dis- tance greater than that. round the earth at the Equator, says a London writer.' And yet he is a "stay-at-home" coin- pared with hundreds cif men who sel- dom give a thought to their perform- ances: Many an engine -driver and guard -has _- a mileage -_ running into seven fi re When, gu s. n Mr. c. B n e am' t j n Jeans stepped down for the last time franc his footplate on the London and Birkenhead express, he ,could boast • that he had travelldd 4,000 ¢90 Bailee, having : reeled off his "world -circuits" at the rate of approdiniately three a year for fifty-four' years. • Another ex- press driver on the L. and N. -W. Rail way; Mr. Thomas Beck, had completed a recprd of 3,000,000 tiles when he retired. When that fine old skipper, Captain Oreenstreet, turned his back on the 'sea a few. years agb,he had crossed the Equator 192 times. He -had matt --9 --mages to and freta ustradasia. arid hadsleft behind 2,500.000 miles of sea -roaming. • and even that wonderful achieve - meet' was eclipsed by Mr. H. Stevens; a steward on board 'Canard- liners, whose record of Atlantic .crossings. reached a total of 3,400.000 miles. Compared with such astounding feats of . globe-trotting, pedestrian re- cords seem insignificant \ But there are several men living to -day whose tramping has covered hundreds of thousands. of miles. Among them, Mr. W. Moore, a letter -carrier, walked 270,000 miles in therty-two years . over Yorkshire roads; and Mr. Richard Williams, in six years more, placed the enormous journey of 425,000 miles to his record as ashropshire postman. He 'Knew -How: Lee Fong was brought before a local magistrate- and fined for breaking the law. Th'e magistrate had great diffi- culty in making the 'Oriental under- stand, as he feigned entire ignorance of englishe Finally, in desperation, the magistrate said: "Here, -man, do you see -?That is one dollar. Pay it—or go to jail." 'The Chink still appeared 'to be, unen- lightened, and the, niagistrate repeated the question. "Allow me to talk to him, your Honor." burst forth the husky cop who had oreeste --hint. "I'll make hili un- d-erstand." "T�u'reda liar!'-' ss} bads the Clink. "It's only one dollar." • I Every child should have one , quart of milk :.i • la ' - til i i • • Among the Oriental Peoples the Foot Possesses to a Certain Extent the Power of Grasping Objects. With the yellow races, like the Chinese.- Japanese and Malays, th foot is ziot only an organ of suppo and progression, but also of prehe sion or grasping, like the band. .Man's foot. as an essential part his locomotive 'apparatus, sustains th weight,of his body while he -walks, i sole being well shaped for 'adaptatio to the ,.inequalities ot'tlie ground. • I the attitudes of sit -ting :lying dow �~ I Correct Automobile Lubrication. too thin or light in'quality. We have Some maintr,'n that any , kind or found after a very-careful<•test` with.. grease or oil -our overheated vane' motor, h fi. just so it' goes by thesejudgment see the situation in an en- rather heavy oil gives the vary best lubrication; • those who use good results.. Before this we had . treed th fighter, cheaper oil, and carbot NON OUS sera ire PARADES. BRITISH SCIENTISTS COMMENT r, ON .OVERSEAS TROOPS.•, a. Difference in Stature "and Coloring Denote Australians, New Zea - 1 lenders and Canadians. Sonia wlio have watct ed th�� lial:lcles of ovpi sc is troops have fitic_ic�d A detected 'tile enteigeucui _of •naticmal type:;, says. al London despatch. Sete- . - ing large hoc'lies of lion fru:ii AustrM- t '• •! eanadit gild New Zealand i!i the ma.s- e is a different thilif; frilnl c"eming cin equal iiutabers scattered ill, variottl r; places,'.-li•iwis the long : neer fsbill of €�zlres-°wfrie#t-�Pc�mtcl to i►ilprint oti`•'t:re` observer's brain 'a -recognizable estn lx)site photograph, as it \er. , of t:ie Australian., 'Canadian :Bill NOW 'ander respectively. ,., l'otlll)aring iinirression�i;-i, twov& •.tr( n who cherished this fancy ag! e -e. names, will fill the bill for automob:te e tirely different light. With the lat-. rt ter class of people there is usually n- less trouble with the oiling sys''ertis bothered a 'great deal on account .of the might oil working pant tie Pistol s bl rings. The liea-vii r o!1 cut do -vin th ' ' rate .of carbon formation ane actual The more capable the oil or grease „ ,c °f is of reducing friction the more 'pro- ly helped Fotripression-, in the •--_y.iu<. e bable it is 'that' the lubricant is the ers. This is an important ,.triatte�r is f right one to use. It is not,, good The lighter oil. cost only a little mor n econornto usepoor than half as much as the heavier n Y grades , o` ')adly but the heavier ,more than' paid ro prepared lubricants when` 'the. good th Some e_ differ r. 'motors e c. ! r:ee. t n- �n r � e P grades cost but little more "and are' the foot, -has 'an. altogether ,aceesso function; at. least in the White rbc the. instances • where. it serves " f grasping objects being quite exception al' ry 1 able to stand up unler severe condi- , are of higher speed tli•ln others they e must be studied and some judgment ©r tions of heat and wear, must be used in oiling them. Never _ In the crankcase of -a high-speed overdo the heavy oiling by using; motor • many • strange things sake heavier oil than n necessary. . place.. The temperature- there i;; sere' The s.arne . general neral rule ' Will •hold e to increase on account of the explo- with all the other working parte of According .to the French inyestiga tor. -Lannelongue, a point of departur for functional transformation of a foo is found inits century old adaptatio to spatial usages. That it may bette respond to •its duties the Occidenta foot is .encloed im a -r4 Id• and n _ g arr`uw sii e 'ho1d%iug it,inecIianic ally in a fern that prevents` .its functional 'develop- melt. In the Far East, on the con • trary, the foot is -sometimes naked sometimes covered only by a forked stocking, enabiang- he,antroduetixm of a thong between the first and second toe (as' in Japan), sometimes covered with a stocking in a shoe• or a large cloth slipper (as in China). -sions in the cylinder above. The oil' a car. Some drivers and owners will t constantly -splashes .against; the hot I -use Practically the same hard greases ✓ sides of the. cylinder walls and 13 - they _ use on binders, mowers and bug - .comes • heated" •hey obable esca pe! ies, Never use axlethe I , __._..--�---'-�T � p g grease in ~`tbt its �: efts -a .�tv , ga "pt► � eak, spot; in;�•'s i:�trt�nerxtssio n : box. of• : your ear. , Never cylinder } piston ring the case of ail: use. it an whereon `. �A:. -i ,.xb the" car, ti awn he1ow�'•aiso helps -'�to'lieat the 'oil.-',A&t 'an-. grease d buggy ��axle freas+e 'is' =usually lar to this the churning process set up; the 'lubrication of parts that do not by the tips of the connecting -rods, move very rapidly. and you -can form a pretty good ideal Reliable makers of • the soft and afe what the lubricating oil has to heaverCup `greases have had to figure contend with. It constantly loses its, it alout carefully that a particular lubricating qualities and at the same t kind of grease and oil is needed for time accumulates fine particles of, the lubrication of automobiles. Very metal that are given off from the! few if any reliable makers of auto - bearings, etc. After a certain num- ! mobiles will ever recommend any! ber of miles' the contents 'shoulj be • other kind of grease or oil than that drained off and fresh oil added. I which has been manufacturedpur- - The oil in the crankcase shouft be posely for the lubrication of automo- of the grade recomb mended -. the i biles. Heat and speed have to Development of Pedal Powers. Mr:Lannelongue examines the fune- tional modifications that the-•�oot-takes roti„ according to the preceding cur >umstances" in, the two principal atti- tudes assumed by the human body in the waking state—the crouching and , the vertical attitudes. land, ful-1 of color; sound and -happi- ness. Still the children came, rich and• poor --=children' in silk -garments of bright colors, children in rags. and little, naked, brown children, all carry- t ing the lotus bud and the lotus -bud s lanterns, which threw soft light' up I t into their happy, childish faces. Ever :.i the ' crowd of breathless, joyous . child- ren and lovely flowers increased. - i .For a brief, joyous hour, like fairy elves, the children frolicked. Then the, g candles burned low in the lanterns; m and one by one went out. As quickly b as they came, the -children vanished. t The streets were again silent and r gloomy. MARRIAGE MANNERS. The c'`rouching attitude is very fre- quent in India, Japan, Malaysia and even in China. It offers th,ee different positions.- In one, 'the most ordinary, be body sits on the'heejs, in the econd it. sits on the ground and in the hird it sits on nothing and remains u the air. In each of these attitudes the foot s employed; differently. Take t e case where the body' sits on, the round. The lower. limbs, generally, uch bent, are placed in front of the ody. the knees torn- an angular pro- uberance . and furnish a resting point or the arms. This a favorite position ith the Hindoos, who sometimes Jeep in this attitude, and with the { . lalays and many negroes. This posi- tion approaches very closely that.habi b maker of your car. Some auto -own-, considered; correct lubrication must ers use the same grade of oil- winter take care .of .the, car under the worst and summer, and ;too oftenthis !s conditions. •,the Australian and Canaclia!! ty I;cs. Australian, they -told each other, was a fine fellow • physically, and_ hal a countenance which would ;look, well 'o:i an old Romani coin, there being about . him "ii •'!i:it eetion-of hien cf• , ;....g'g W-. _.w . . 1 .,t nese and ' ancient imperialism. Th, C' e,. iiao, Otho--edther•hand;' was •uiore <Exiglis1i in' his traits, and but for a certain • breadth of feature might make an ex - Cockney. As for the' Nerd Zeas . lander, one of the two observers .had carried away an impression of slight- er and more agile'ntake, with a richer coloring, .both in face and, eyes, than ' either• the Australian or the Canadian. The second man denied that New Zea- land hacLevolved a type; but, as he " happened -4o• -be a New Zealander Mee" seele it might be a.rgii d that hfs per=• airlion was obscured by familiarity. - Missed "Chance to Gather Data. - Professor Keith, the eminent anthro- pologist, who has recently been, giving us such interesting lessons from the • pursue and catch mice alive. It, i, however, in certain ,special occup tions that the use of the foot is impo tant and renders the workman mo skilful. On fhe rivers, streams . or canals transportation, and postal., facilities de- ' pend on the sampans. Woolen, as well as men, operate them all day and the prehensive foot renders their task much easier. Every Chinese postman, lying- on his boat. steers with his hands and rows with his toes. He holds the oar strongly between the great toeand the others and gives- a vigorous` motion to the boat by the powerful action of the leg muscles. ' With such people the foot is no loner g an exclusive organ serving t support the body. It may. according s, a- r- re Strange "Customs D 'b d b by apes. Des tually taken crl e y .an It is an old belief -that a Marriage should take place. when the moon is waxing. and riot waning. if -it is to be a lucky- match, and in many,North-. Couititry .districts a strict inquiry ,is made al to the state bf the' moon 'be-. fore'the wedding day is fixed. 1n the North, too, no wise bride will •ask an odd number of guests to her wedding - feast, for an old superstition has - it that if this is done, one of the 'guests will die before the year'.is out. In the Highlands it is taken asea ter- . ribly ttnlu ' English Writer. • The authority quoted has seen a S of sixteen or seventeen years sittin with his feet grasping the railing a if they were- hands.. the youth, usin his right foot to scratch his 'left thigh and knee: • This he did by givitlg' _a sidewise motion and a slight rotation to his great toe. - Iii a second form of squatting the trunk rests directiy.'on the heels. This is the familiar attitude of the. Japan- .ese at meals and in' general when at ; home. The fact acgteires- at •supple- • ness and agility which' •enables it to t Tokyo in a theatre box a young man s g be ween t ridal iair on their wed- ding -day; while in Derbyshire pros- pective brides e telesthe -bees of - their wtedding, and decorate -the hives for the occasion.. In parts of England ' • (lege these attitudes,` a long r,*�, . YOUTH AND AGE. human skull, was asked whether this Opinions Differ• as to the Best Period of Human Life. Which is the best age? Are we to believe the professor who tells us that a man's best work is done before he is forty. or Robert- Browning, who exalts old age and cries, "Grow old along with me—the best is yet to be!" Childhood has a magic and a mys- tery which can never be regained. Out of- its imagination a child shapes_ iLe r own world and creates its own delights s .in life. t Youth is the time when we find our a greatest physical expression. Our h ideals take form, and we are neither - o • fetteered by failures nor spoilt by sue- cess-i'rn aI youth believes it can. empirical theory of types was soundly based. Though sympathetic, he not reassuring, being inclined to th that if Englishmen and their overs brethren were mingled in equal p portions, .it. would he difficult, if impossible, to distinguish" betwe them. Climatic conditions produ superficial_ differences.' The New Z lender's color, for example, might ascribed to the..atmospherical s nd: onings-of his -Life -at 4 e-nie ;- to- ame causes, indeed, which inipa he tinge to -the Englishman's Ghee nd to which the English girl ow er complexion. • But science is •so far from being do suc- cess. to the kind. of lite led by the- owner accommodate itself to other functions and become an organ of prehension like a man's hand or mouth,, the ele phant's• trunk -and the monkey's tail although it '1s infinitely less prehensile than these latter organs/. Serving as 211" organrlot- loco/notion. the foot renders walking surer. easier and, in difficult circumstances. less ex- posed. • As a grasping organ • it gives to its possessor—for example, to the considerable population of fishermen and boatmen—serious__ advantages in he daily struggle of existence. . --conquered-11 obstacles and achieve-la ends. Maturity knows better. The- man of - forty is.abalanced by experience, and ; .n • while his mental faculties should haver -m •reached their highest point of de- i 11 ,.velopment physically he i,s not a back , t m nuher. n And what cif Brownng's old age". in Ts the best yet to 'be?. Perhaps. The s nen eho has' been a failure is near,; _g the ,end • of his eat'tihly troubles, and e • tide mar who has succeeded 'awaits, : P with a sense of fulfilment, the Tiext to g'r t at:venture matic on the question that it regre theopportunity afforded by the mss 'ed presence et so -rnan'y menibers the British family in England !i been lost owing to the inimedia was ink ens ro- not en ced ea= be • ur- ,,... the rt k, es t3 r of as to ecessities of,.war. Instructive data ight have been obtained• if authority ad not been cempellecl to fix -its at- ention un more urgent matters. -Even ow there remains a chance,of secur- g details, of the kind, of which cience can ray attention, before the rent battalions are broken, up nfor- ier.:.. .Meawhile, from the scientifle oint of 'view, we must he cautious c�f iking of tyles. lest- we: be- misled by: Can 1Ve -Control the Weather ; toes, pattieularly that tif the great toe.. ' from. those that merely balance the ' body to those that enable. thente.ta grasp objectl within their reach. • Finalle. tht.re is the squatting atti- ing at all but 'is held in the air several and Seotlend there exists ae ancient • custom, for which reason is hard .to find, by Witch, part of -the Wedding-. cake is, broken eve' the head of 1he bride and the gueste scranible for however. compare with the Chines to be hung on the sedan -chair of. "a (lumens. from melesting her• en her weddiug jeurney. The Chinese bride: good temper and amiable (1140sition. Weilst other nations- have been go- 1S30 the only Republie: was Americas(' ing through revolutionary periods du:- • and she hill • tetal • I. • mg the Past eighty Years, Britain has twelve millions ene-teeths of- wham - worked oat a ,wonderful peacefal re- were.slavess volution which the limelight of war ! Our own- ("oheif a.: .•:*0 ,111 all, I. . I.ivt lls go--1/Yek a Tew yt.ars farther parcelled' out. Austria bolding its to 1S3.0. and we find slave -holding On. richest "proirinces;' chipas.and ,Japee ! tiritish territory' legal. In a Portia._ were cloeedeto -foreignei-s-; •.Intlia wet Iiiiiii—alretten boroughs Birmingham ruled by a. trial' ); y. ; „on. and Manchester were not represented stattly ineaded by- northern- -r:sersT-f OrarnPoiind and old Sarnin were. ' Russia. it tees feared. might over- ' a Until 1S34 there was tie grant for *este- wheini E'er:tee: *and tle-ritient:e tees a c'ation. at1,1 thee only -tee tee): No *collection .of dukeries. , lee -tory Acts existed.• i In -1830 thorc v:erp no railroads. no !. eseese, beings avcisi... hanged every year t;titication. nd pure water. no main ' th multitude of• details which are apt THE FUTURE OF BRAZIL. A Country of Vast Resources and Csp- f • ExpertR declare that the GreateWar But this does ?;tiol quite fit in. If . hee deli:eft-0y proved the fact that gren- dust causes rain, it ought to be sl- . t:re has absolutely no effect in (-sus- . ways raining over London. and every sn Ling rain: yet. for all that. there are big city which constantly pours iVroem in • mars Who belie,ye that. man.made ex.' into the air. , Ca able of Wonderful Development. lisazil toalay may be regarded as tirQ orld'. It is nearly as large as nada. Its area being iive-sixths as a,nd susceptibl•• ()Pa wonderful de free 'tree bear so home i Fee - feint tittles the ivveglit,of free Med he the plant in 'Mexico. Cot- ton and stigeresene grow like vesele: r)losionS; can, affect the weeatber. and Yet. as a matter of fact. London's, lar inches abov_e the heels., This'es rarer - than the othet two types. It evould ap- ..chati.ze di:t for animals should hsc involve the introduction of new uhiequently .eat readily. so. In relation to the independente -the- mobility orthe toeST-7-Itnerig r()rientals.ttiiinelougue points out that -the big t6e I.,se'paritted, from the .9thers. being besides able-fti---#Xec.nte a slight rotatory movement. so that its The great .tee. thu-s becomes. like- the thumb. an organ servir.g to 'grasp eh- jectsi Even the little oe may eke move :end 'retate slightly. -This -lees • with dex,terity, anti precis ier: objects, leaveS tru:t-. The,'" • 'THINK itRF. (011%44 I r KNOVT-1---- that. eons.equebtly. we shall in the end wsr`w ant it. 'P r `11-1-„eli_Krakatsa blew up tisese deluges of rain over theu- M ereeted !Sere were Although "these experimentS- mo rainfall 'Is very small, so the' dust aree-electrie ihfidenees at- work 'in the 'Ye] .making.of every shower of rain. "Also, .co .some years ago att.-American wrote v.hi..h induced the tufted States Gov- ments iri •firodecing* rain by .the use of heat explosives. 000 species of wood (some ef them the tu-ny',Vr;lie-ce that man will eventually,; . f.-ni! that -leseierr the- great secret of pontrolling trib eefee far -ea -hes nnr. the -great drawback's bPin that. oS .t) ' • - f., -;:t a .raindrop. And so, now, it tell be impossible' to please tles -est- :` eetnes -the rain. everybody., Men lebe IT seee THE VALET -3 VGICE kA -L R1 I- • 11 valley. of the A mazeis-elone. razil the.liome :of inlay es that are the reelssie..1.. peopls world. Such dress ss !hey woar Fir ornament Lilo-. felither3 itr,4s and marawsairi.ieseent bee- ' u:ings for necklaces, and. ths sy of them are canniteils. hunting for meat.. They distottil their ear- s and with lingephigs of wood one. 'Some of them ora mostoe their lives in mit canoes. point of vottime the Aninzon is by he largeat.river in -the• world. its t80..niii(is Wide: is a' gignatic estuary, with 'Many arms. and eontain- ing line :1Iarajo, that is. 200 'in length and 12:; braad. atreine is More than a quarter of a AIM! deep. Many or its :iffInefts • themselves great rivers. Some of them.' • have clear .waters; • others- (like ties , colored by resinous • substateea from We do not travel as those ivho ph if) far t raout 1 , have'no hope, for we know, though we cannot see it, that at the top of the mountain the sett is shining on Nellie McClung. • 111 e.