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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-12-12, Page 24. 1 ■ X CANADA, THE EMPIRE •is ■ i -of ■ THE WORLD AT LARGE- CANADA ; ■AUTUMN BEAUTIES ;. “The .most, bpautiful sight in Am- • ‘ erica,” writes Arthur' Brisbane from ■. .New. Jersey, “is ■■■ the • changing;colors., • ’of autumn foliage, on the Nortli At-., Tamtie lpabbard?’^Frefft^’1a’’aem'ur- rer. These who' know the scarlet ^rid ; orange of Eeastern .Ontario. maples,. . the ired plumes Of the sumacs on many.a nearby, hillside, the rich eop-. ; per of the beeches .in our ^parks and • woodlands^ the burnished .’yellow of — • countless//trees -thatv-gi-ldT/this--.distric.t- into a cloth of gold, will hold that the mbst •beautiful sight in America is .> the changing' of colors of autumn for liage in these parts.—Ottawa Citizen. '".'/‘A NATIONAL. SHAME”'' ' A moveinent is afoot to persuade .the Government to provide more ade- | quate quarters for the National Gal- t lery in Ottawa. The Herald, is heart- £ ily in accord with this movement.' widely • recognized, the collection of ■J pictures on -show in the present’Nat- > ional Gallery ■ building . is , excellent > and highly representative of the’Eu- *. ropean and North American'’•schools. V . ancient and modern. There is, also, a striking..array of Canadian., paint­ ings,' an- array which removes any dbub.i's concerning the existence- of a ■ truly characteristic Canadian school. But there are, also, statuary, pic­ tures and other works of art stow- 4. ., •> Constable Best. Sir Bernard Spils- liury will give lectures .on poisons Dr. Roche, Lynch, toe Home Office analyst, will teach his own siubject. ■ he value o£ scientific research — the' examination of bullets, cartridges, an# clothing —? will be shown by Dr. Davidson, chief- of toe Crime Labora­ tory at Hendon. Finally, there will be special lectures on crime detection by Chief Constable Horwell and Sup­ erintend ent Hambrook of the C. I. T>. —■Overseas Daily Mail. For Limited Wardrobe “Fantastic*1 jm. Elizabeth Allan, charming British film actress, laughed at . 're­ ports .linking her name with that of' Clark Gable and characterized' them as “.fantastic” before she sailed from New York, for England • on; S. S.- Washington- to visit her husband there. . ’ Ogctpr Approves ■ Womens ’ • ' • .‘I Designer’s A d v i c e To the Over-weight . From. Hollywood and the. atelier lkof a rising American -designer who is good-looking enough to riaodel her own clothes,/comes a, warning to- the flesh-conscious woman“who“would~be smart though over-weight. Helen Taylor, .who created the thirty-six ensembles for Josephine Hutchinson, Hollywood star, offers ten fashion “don’ts” to calory­ watchers. - = 1- ^Ppn’t-ever-. wear shillyrsurf aced fabrics—even if Paris insists you crux of the matter. Difficult datQ ,n 2. Don’t wear a blouse or jacket, of one color with a skirt of another, Cuts your, height, at least two inches. | 3, Don’t fall for tomato red even­ ing slippers when your dinner dress is black. Try black slippers and watch the results. ;--^4-r~DpnH=i:^Iease--&\vear~-huge’"fuTs--,i ' or voluminous collars. Content your­ self with small skins worn close to the neck. Reason obvious.- i 5. Don’t affect, wide, flaring 1 sleeves or sleeves so ji.niqiie that ! they call attention to themselves. Makes, you twice as wide. || 6. Don’t let that crafty millinery clerk .talk you into a pillrbox .hat,- comrn.dn use, like the mijk. bottle, are counted,as costing nothing? •Who-pays for the loss in' milk bottles ? Somebody has. to stand '. it/ The bottles, the bureau of dairy in- lustry tells us, cost a. little" over- a nickel apiece.. The-manufacturers get their price for the hotties. The farm­ ers • and ” dairies ; . selling the .milk­ charge back what they can to the ■consumer 'and take the' rest. Some­ body has to pay for the losses of a going- concern. There is no profit in waste.—Niagara Falls Review. - THE GIFT OF SLEEP ■B^fTTQ'w^^ee'^TrTs^neeessary7 to’ relax, and here we come to the not very profitable is it to attempt I <r£ep® or ^ull ■to"-sleep™when-4he bodyis-tense.—W-e | must learn to relax, and anything, that enables us to relax will help us to" sleep. Reading in bed aids, pro­ viding it is a dull book. . One man put himself to sleep with the En­ cyclopedia Britannica; a minister re- i fabrics—even if Paris insists you *.‘Won|en have Tar more energy and; waste, fay more of it thah man.” So said a doctor of psychology the" othei* day. ’ . “They rush at things in a desire to get them done," and then find they have gone the longest way round in the end.” < ■ \ ' . ■ It is very true. - ' It is a feminine failing to plunge at a Job without a second’s thought. It’s a, masculine failing to1 think so long,,.over-a Job to lip-done that there is not tinie leftI to do it; Why not combine the. two. ‘ y* Control, your first ’ violent impulse to he <up and , doing, , and^v. instead, seize paper and pencil’ ancRwork -out a sensible.program. . ■ Go through an average day’s work and see how many times you have duplicated jobs. How .many unneces­ sary trips to store cupboards or files, how many unnecessary telephone calls you have made and letters you have 'written. , ‘ " No employer would be annoyed if you showed iiim neatly on paper how you could save your time arid his— you might’ even get an increase - of salary for your Intelligence. v . ed away , in vaults, because there is no room for tljeir display. . <• That these ^should? be. permitted. „^._to-deter4or-a.te''-~in~dar-kness—is-.a^n'a=_. . tional shame.—Hamilton Herald. THE BRITISH RACE ■’ What a race those Britishers are! Samuel Hoare, Foreign , Secretary, 3 has proved a big man in a big place. ~ Once he completed an airplane flight J to India and caused Rt. Hon. Stanley . < Baldwin to remark: “What with Lord . < ^Birkenhead Winning diving. CoinpetL . tions in Madeira, Leo Amery skiing "''in the most mountainous country in , the Alps, and Sam Hoare flying to India, I feel‘like a circus manager ’: whose performing fleas have escap- ed.”—St. Catharines Standard. I PRIVATE ROW C Windsor man when visiting in «> Hamilton ;saw a man and wife fight- ;■ ing arid- stepped in as peacemaker. ’ . He received a beating and was in- formed it was a family affair.' Peo- s.’ pie fire strange that way. The hus- V bahd probably feels he is within his fights;’ in beating his wife, and the •i wife is probably glad to welcome.the fo-^ay^h-and-s—tha- ._.Ar_m3.ah,-^ufAhex-Ashoioe»---Peberiboror-Ex-- ■ ■' , . •’■ AN ANNUAL PEST . *1 Ih<^ mosquitoes, and the black flies haye lohg departed but we'still have to face the pest who says he doesn’t ’want anything for Christmas.—To­ ronto Saturday Night. . SIGNS OF THE TIMES A man’s.beauty parlor has opened ?^lnS-Ne33^:York, which looks like an­ other symptoin---of^_prosperity and ., wild spending.—Hamiltori'Spectator, “LIGHT” BOMBS The aviator son-in-law of Signor. Mussolini gives the world the as­ surance that /‘only bombs weighing less than 10 pounds each”, are being • dropped ori .Ethiopian towns .and viK lages* It .reminds us of the tuna fish­ erman who wrote a friendl in this ©ffice last summer /saying: “We. were out yesterday, but only got a little fellow weighing 190 pounds.” The person who thinks ' “light” bombs ——mean little is a person who.has never- experienced the. explosion of one’ , of them.—Halifax Herald. ONLY A MILK BOTTLE A-few years ago the writer was astounded when informed by' a local dairy manager that bottle replace-, inept whs costing him $3,000 yearly. Not all broken, .by any means, as milk bottles are used for a multitude 1 of purposes not intended when toe bottles- are left at the, householder’s door in the dusk of morning. . Writing on this subjejrt of small a vaster that'grow to bOjlarge ones ■ the Kinnston Whig-Sjfife'ard has this 'to say: .... From the United States Depa*rt- . .ment-of Agriculture comes a re­ minder of the large cost of careless­ ness in. small matters on the paft of I'^many people. Its bureau of dairy in- 'dustry, which has been watching milk, bottles for’ some time, has given out figutes that prove the an; nual loss in the United States from broken oh- -misplaced-bottles;- at close to $3,000,000. That; is what milk"'bot- tle* carelessness costs in -the United .States; The chances are the loss in Canada ' proportionate, or nearly Mr ■ - ’ ■■ ' Tin k .sfiffgestivp ,of .our .thoughtless wastefulness on this , continent, by our -small regard for • little thing!’.- It’s Only a broken milk 'bot-U^-NevOr mind, ' the dairy ‘furn­ ishes 'them! - How many articles in •• , V \ ‘ 'W-- ■I ■ ports he can riot keep awake if he goes’over the points of the next ser- irion.—Hamilton Spectator. NEED MORE THAN GOOD EYES' There i3 a wide difference between /‘seeing’! and “observing.”, A man’s, eyesight may be"8' perfect and his powers of observation low. To be a 1 really good driver, you must be- ob- ■■ .•/ ■ „ ■ V . . , cierx .ram you into; a pniruu* .servant because -you have to watch .- ., / ,2, , . i , . ..... ., even if it does have a flattering veil.,the poor drive? who is dividing the ^ . „. •.< . T.' . Brims are more becoming to the.road with you. It is little satisfac- , , .aa-taA. . , .u . i . v. I broader face. AND men prefertion to know that you had “the right1 of way” if your car is wrecked by an thera- -• , , , . _ sixteen when irresponsible driver who was dead '* Dont < • wrons. .Tiie eood 'dFiveTirKof inl/ywn/wewrran ^ghteen.- You-are foo - ---------------------______ gpbfidy^buU'yourself.:z..A'::wal'- ° | paper fit in clothes adds pounds to your appearance. 8. Don’t, fasten a large bow on your bosom unless you have the vir­ tues of a brassiere model. It does terrible things to your silhouette. 9. Dori’t delude yourself into thinking that. h. bateau neckline will give you a Jong line, from throat to wai$t; It will only accentuate the width of your shoulders arid make your head appear too small for your body. 10. /Don’t—ever—wear all White; Miss Taylor, believes that a de­ signer’s, greatest hope in creating original ideas in modern costume lies, _. _ I in the development of new fabrics, on him® during the yeats when he ..She uses cellophane velvets, cello- ' /?he ' phane laces, metallic satins, ribbed sptins and rhinestone cloth—r-all new t departures in screen fabrics. She does not, however, feel that' these materials should be adopted indis­ criminately by the average woman. .sistent on his. rights-—: he‘“avoids” accidents.. . . Speed alone is. riot, the prmary factor in accidents, but speed plus, carelessness is a disastrous combin- j ation. The people ! who argue for a| material, reduction in the speed limits have • a logical argument. The “speed* should be governed not by what is safe for. a good driver, who is in the minority, but to safeguard the public from the. poor driver who is in the great majority.—Toronto Telegram. • MORE THAN TEACHING . There is many an adult today who can thank some lady school teacher for having had a profound influence on him" was open to receive suggestion. » may have' set him out to the- school pump to wash his hands and face; she may have shamed, him to the point where his hair would be brushed and his teeth cleaned, and it may have •. vzh the boy should tip his cap when he, Sriet.Ath.ri^t.e^fihef.. ~oy—aaxy.^otheR-ladyj ;new-—arid--rich-.r.materialr”.--.she: year a dazzling line-up of unusual woolens and silks. But the woman who is overweight must vyatch Tier fabrics as closely as;, her -"diet. Three yards of rhinestone cloth on the - <*w ____ _____- __wrong figure can wreck a girl’s sour "old maid,” , but they , know I smartness reputation overnight. An Mature judgment afternoon frock of. cir,e satin which is a great force looks divine on a size 12 can make Actually she was doing a , great deal more than teaching things which were set. forth in the text books. Possibly the boys in school may have thought at the time the teacher was „i a “s now she was not; ] has stamped her as a great force and a helpful influence in their lives and as. such they will continue to re­ member. hgr.—rPeterboro .Examiner/ THE EMPIRE A LINK WITH THE PAST • , Among the many distinguished forbears of the Duchess of Glouces­ ter is one whose, name should be known wherever Scottish songs are. sung.' Yet, how many of the "count­ less numbers who are familiar with “Annie Laurie—-remember—that™ the, writer of the song as we know it now was Lady Jdhfi Scott, a great-grand­ aunt of the Dukp -of ( Gloucester’s wife. , ■ s This song-writer, who lived until the first year of this century, was Miss Alicia Spottiswoode of Spottis- woode, in Berwickshire, and her mar­ riage to the only Surviving brother of the fifth Duke of Buccjepgh took place in 1836. She was a patriotic Scotswoman, a,nd once declared, “I would rather live in a pigsty in Sc.pt- larid “than a palace in England.’’ZsH^ made a wonderful collection of old? Scottish songs for her .brothbT-in-law, the Duke of Buccleuch. — Glasgow Heraldi 1 SCOTLAND YARD TEACHES Scotland Yard is teaching the World how to go about its police work! There are a fe-^ .'countries .toat have riot sent representatives to learn from the Metropolitan Police. Among the next batch of/’‘pupils” will bri de­ tectives. from New Zealand. Police of-7 fleers hay.e come from Newfoundland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada^ Aus­ tralia, France, Spain, Gerffitttiy, and other Continental- countries to glean much froth our ^methods. Superintendent |Batley, chief of the Fingerprint Department, is going to lecture to “pupils” on bls subject. ■Chief Inspector Rowe will demon­ strate. the Criminal Records Ofilc • ' The wireless Oars and broadcalsti!. method's of th®,“‘YAfd” will be cn nlained by th® Rddlo Chief, a freak out of, a perfectly nice 36.” In addition to building complete screen, wardrobes, for Josephine Hut­ chinson, Helen Westley, Laura Hope, _Crews and Mona Barrie, Helen Tay­ lor has "treated—street., and screen costumes for such stars as Merle Oberon, Marlene Dietrich, Marion Davies and Norma Shearer. ■ “Of all . the , pestiferou^ insects that annoy mortal flesh, • the edu­ cation Snob is the most detestable.” •Harold Bell Wright. The charming blouse ■• patterned for today, is a life saver for limit­ ed budget. It’s one of those .use­ ful blouses in bright crepe silk that fills a dual role. It’s simple enough to wear to the office, and . then to keep that dinner “date” at any fashionable restaurant. Simple to sew with sleeves that cut in one with shoulders. It may1 ' be “tuck-in” or overblouse and either neckline. • Style No. 3209 is designed for sizes 14, 16, 18 years,-36, 38.and 40-inches bust.. Size 16 requires 2%’yards of 39-inch material for 1 blouse with cowl neck. , HOW’ TOORDER PATTERNS’ Write your name and address plainly, giving number and size of pattern wanted.. Enclose 15c •in stamps or coin (coin prefer­ red; wrap it carefully) and ad? dress your order to Wilsdn Pat­ tern ..Service, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto. Indulgence Bad For Crippled Child Needs “Intelligent Encourage? vmerit,” Dr. Keith Ma'in- .; tains. — Handicaps, . Over­ come. ■ “. Toronto.—Apathy and indulgence are the enemies of crippled children, and “intelligent, resourceful and sustained '‘ encouragement,” t.h.eir greatest friends,’ Dr. William Keith of the Hospital for Sick Children, -told the fifth annual convention of 'the Canadian Association of Occu­ pational Therapy here recently. In co-operation with Miss Jean Hamp­ son of the Wellesley- School for Crippled Children, . he .showed mo­ tion pictures- .describing results achieved at the school by. occupa-. tional therapy. “One has only to see the retro­ gression that too often lakes place jwhen the school' is closed in the tension work, pf the University of Toronto. . ... Other officers elected were: Vice- presidents, Di^/B.-T. bicGhie, Dr. J^. -H/—ERi-0-t-t—tpresijient-of—t-he~T-oro.nt<>— association)'; and Dr . Frank Pedley (president of the Montreal associa-’ lion).; honorary secretary, W. J. Dunlop; secretary, Miss Helen. P.- LeVesconte; honorary treasurer, ■ Dr. R. E. Gaby; treasurer, IT. H. .Loose- more; .organizing secretary, Miss Kathleen de G. O’Grady, and assist-’ ant organizing secretary, Mi.-s-Jean .Perig’oe. ‘ , . . Provincial’ representatives,-. all of Toronto, are:“Dr. H. H. ‘Hyland, Dr. T. G. Heaton, Dr. Edward Brooks,, Dr.’’ Ruth Franks, Miss Helen Mowat,. Miss ’ Isab.elle Gordon, B., Evan Parry, Miss Marion Gibson and Dr. •C. H. Hair. Officers elected by' the Ontario society, which is holding its annual convention, in conjuction With the Can'-ndan, are: President, Mrs W. L . C. Alhvell; vice-presidents, Miss S. Norris, Miss Verri.a McBroom, Lon­ don, and Miss Eileen McGregor, Hamilton; treasurer, Miss Lillian, jj-el eii-—Lo wattf—ebFr^spondi'n inittee, Miss Marion Gibson, Miss Gertrude Ellis, Mrs. Douglas Hogg and Mrs. .Donald Gunn. Over - Subscribed! The usual stern expression of Premier Mussolini as he acknow- Jges cheering crowds in Rome on the 17th anniversary of peace with Austria* r •/ Smiles Down Chief- iff:; 'M; .SHI T^mfiieT ~inontos-/t5''*reaTize the dam ■get ?of -over-tirdnigCinco’ .by ’ parents?’’' 4ie-^raihaik^^... Occupational therapy is playing an invaluable” part not only in the remedial field but in adjusting chil­ dren to .society he said. / J As examples of’ success achieved by children in overcoming handi­ caps/ • Miss Hampson showed work of pupils that had taken first prizes iif competition with the work of nor­ mal children. One article was a dress, trimmed . elaborately with binding, made by a.Iitthrgirl7 para- lyzed below the waist, who operat­ ed a' treadle of her -.sewing machine by ,her crutch. Another was a home .spun scarf made by fa boy ona'loom which was used to straighten out his flexed wrists and to limber his shoulders. Another little girl, 10 years old, whose right arm is “paralyzeo, em­ broidered a towel that took' fir.4t prize in a Section of -the' C.N..E. for 16 years and older. . “Wejhave .a li.ttle -girl-who - weara - a brace oh a' leg, but who can swim a mile arid a half,” said Miss Hamp- so. “The other day one of our boys went to- the dentist. The /dentist ' asked him how he broke his tooth off, and the lad’said, ‘‘playing foot­ ball.’! I can imagine the surprise of the dentist for. this boy walks with two / braces and * a pair of^crtrtches, - “The, theme of our-workis to lead normal lives^amT,our children play the ^ame^-games as other clyjuren,7 ev^n though the uhijm:e-may-sit in a wheel xihair, and-'it takes, two boys, ori(e holdmg-<fhe basketball^ and an- otherH/Siiit it, to get it over the ring.” . ' ., feuigery so steadily progresses in achieving wonderful results'that par- t enh’• fehotil/l never ^ease, no-'matter hokv hopeless the o’utlook sOems, tak­ ing their-'children at regular periods fot o .aininatron by a surgeon, she saM. x Dr. Howland Re-tdc-ctod r Dr. Goldwin f-Ipwland, rc-clceted president of the* association, des­ cribed great progress in use of oc­ cupational therapy in Scotland, and expressed the. opinion that Its merits are not'Sufficiently appreciated by- Canadian physicians and surgeons or Canadian hospitals • .and Institu­ tions. He believed the Ontario. Go'v^ cinment should give some special •monetary aid itdwafds *'* occupational therapy ducted In connection • '' ■Whites the Peterborough Examiner —“A remarkable expression of con­ fidence, in their country by Cana­ dians.” That is what Hon. Charles Dunning, Minister of Finance, '•said- when he announced the Dominion loan of $75,O0O;O6O had been over­ subscribed. He secured' money at low*, interest, 2-15'per pent. on short term-and 3.Q8 for long-term motley! Mr. Dunning is not the first Mim: ister of Finance to make use of that phrase about the people show­ ing. confidence in the country by pur­ chasing its bonds. It has becn^fe* -many times before. Probably it does show confidence, but it also shows a desire for sec­ urity.- People know they are 'elimin­ ating risk when they buy govern­ ment‘bonds; they are taking- a low . interest rate but they are safeguard­ ing their capital. That’ desire for .safety is probably a greater factor hr the situation than any desire on the part of the people .to show 'cdfifl* deuce- in their country. It would be, better for the country if we had arrived'at the stage where people, would once again take ther surplus money arid put it' out to /fa a day's work. That is actually">3. sort of confidence we need right now It is nice of course for a government f.to-get cheap money, buUthere shov'd not be confusion between: what w called confidence in the country an 1 the- desire on the part of the poop!a to do nothing more than make,a per** ' fectly safe investment of surplus fluids.” , the cost of classes coh- with the ex- Some Turkish Proverbs ■.v ~ ' ’ A •foolish'* friend is . more trouble'. spme than a wise epemy.' ’ ' ' Even if your 'endmy is small as fly, fancy him' as large qs an elephant. tie whb rides only borrowed horn’ es will seldom mourit into the sad' die.