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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1936-06-25, Page 11Al t makes - the hands' of simple For Third Year ■x The rs ----------., >.,. -■ ... .„- 4. ? .^- New York’s Beggars Fast Selling Profitable Lines .Uti'Wi.’F. D-MhS . jty-rav or r’owiit'* t sw^y. M'ljuutaJ Bnwe-'jse. Grit- ?if«W BS.ti'mH SuWipf D''aisr,»- w i’\>*TS<&e'tr. msmy ‘t’lSlhw5' latseriS nrial -. cctaesr an-3 Qasttcistase. Sl-JJO swrepaiU hobmocks compaky ■ ’Wtadyxr. Ont* TT" ■Brace’ Hu|chifton'in the Vittoria Times observes: Dr. R. H. Coats, Do- minion statistician, who gets out all .those thrilling figures about bur.trud**' . per sgupre mile in Bruce •County, On­ tario, 'and W many bananas; Canada buys frim-'Braril, has been talking'to tfie~Canadian Politieul Science Assoc- -iation. . ' '' You would.have thought the world >. had enough statistics. But no.. Dr. .Coats says every schoolboy in. the fu­ ture is going to-know about statistics in a big way. “I do nob think,” he says, “anyone will'pass as educated in the . world of tomorrow who has ■ not a rudimnettary knowledge of. the laws of,., mass phenomena.” What a jolly world it. is'going to be for young' people tomorow! What • ' I can never'’understand is,.how they ■' eram all this knowledge into the Mayor of Liverpool Tells of Double Advantage. in ■■■; . Slum Iplearanee '■ TORONTO’. —. Although uneatr-, ployed residents . off the, Liverpool ■ slums began' keeping’fish in the bath­ tubs Off the sparkling' new hom|s provided' for them in ’the city’s re­ cent, housing scheme, the. * surround-*’ ings 'soon raised the general,, stand­ ard of' living and reduced unemploy­ ment?3- Hall, lord' mayor.of' '.Liverpool, Eng., said here ’recently. '• ‘“You’ll have .-'trouble' finding a bricklayer or a .joiner in Liverpool today, who -is looking for'a job,” .Ke .continued. The 159,000 men, women and children who' were placed "in the '.municipally-built homes .soon, felt a. need, -for' .furniture, . Men began to look more closely for work.. , Those’ ..who -found it bought furniture),' and, Writes the New York Sun—Have warm days thawed the-beggars our .... . .... and brought tlseuj. to. the’.,streets,. or industry was aided, ■have'the police driven them'from.'the -subway .stations to, .the'. sidewalks? Some powerful inffluencq has- increase ed their numbers in the open. They accost the citizen on his way to work; they descend upon him in his nooning if. he chooses to - saunter' instead- of rush; they,assail;him as he takes his' way homeward. ' ,v:. As .for., the • window-shopper, 'the? comfort has been extracted from his study ©f styles, radio' parts,- hard­ ware, travel displays,-' haberdashery,, ■savings ' Khnk announcements, -fire-' -works and firewater, and- all other in-.. tteresiting things the shops offer.-to; ‘ „ M, beguile and allure.. heads of the ybuhg-W tep-'vfralFthe- tribe uhnustek- m 11 • — _ ...— — .4..-.^. JI «»#■ ■ in-vJfcM 1 ft I . Jiui.l, ‘ ”* ■ ' kable. They are not ■• honest men-out of vjrork? the .victims off h#rd times or hard luck. Thew^ftactice their tail­ ing with professional facility and ■ persistence in a manner' that stamps them .at without a trace off threat. They 'will bully if they dare; their whine is 'ig^on. to caution.' . ‘ ■■ things we used to learn"-at'school. It seemed to me that our crania were , stretched to capacity by the existing ’■‘knowledge of the phe-war world- ■ . ■ ■ Since then an- equal- amount off know-' .ledge .has been: added, to the .human store and has. to' be rammed into the '• -heads' of .the, schoolboj' . Perhaps the .heads -and ■‘brains of ‘ thijs generation are twnce as large-as ours, were- Infhe’world of tomorrow, - whichEh-.. Coats foresees,-'they will .' have' to be twice., as Barge .’again- Iff we .could only slop making 'new his­ tory and finding out new. things for ■ - .a while, there might be a- chance for the young crania to catch up. There .-might.-,even be,a chance for us grown- ups.'tO become half-educated again; wher«|l now, off course, vre. are .all 'msjry .’ignorant than1 any-child in en- ■ trance class. • • ’\ Meanwhile, men like- Dr. Coats- , keep filling- the, world with' facts, wRh ' '.statistics., with the .laws off mass phen­ omena. . Thctre are moire facts and there is more knowledge in the world« than eves- and probably there is lessu • -, . understanding and less truth. .The r , trouble i$ < that, the truth becomes ' more. complicated' at a rate much . faster than our capacity to’, under­ stand, it. We never quiffe catch up. . ' ' - ? ' And even when men like .Dr. Coats give us a simple, truth like the'plain .facts’ off our .economic situation. ■ (no­ body 'ever thinks' off acting inn accord­ ance- with it-’ 1 ' '. We may not know- mu.h about'the '' laws of mass phenomena.- 'but we do ■ know how to keep unpleasant facts '... ia. the' background. Dr. Coats must, credit us with that. For every statis­ tic he can get' out to show ns what "sfnbuld be done, we can thirk up a hundred -reasons why ve shouldn’t J do’it. This must be dns*"«»t" ‘agin*’ for “men.S'ke Dr. 'Coats ■ - * Income Tax Return In ILS. Increased - .' ((.WASHINGTON. — Secretary Moj-; .*' g^ntoau off the-Treasury fsajd recently ? shat United Stn*es. income tax c&llfec- jjttloas during the tflm la days ofl the jjmpBWth. of ‘Juno d ’an' increase off jslightiy oyer l$-p*r rent over the com' ., j para?»b‘ rc;i,s®d y^a'r. j ■ bttuwa-.- Will Supply Tito-. ‘Thirds of $562,000 Re- ..,. . \‘t|uired for .Program'. V TORONTO. — With co-operation of the Dominion,. the Ontario Gov­ ernment will build-'-. worth of roads 'into ■ Northern ' Ontario mining camps. Hoe. Paul Leduc, Minister of ‘ M i me s,. announced ' re­ cently- -. ' ." . .t ' The Dominion ■ will contribute two-thirds, or 8375,00®, Mr. Ledne said.. , ’• Work 'will be started 'this' j-u’n'-mcr.. though all road? n planned . may not' fee - completed this year.' as Mpw money ■ may not hob? out. , Work schedule .includes a’ road . from . Dog Hole Bay to ’ -the Pickle Crow-Central Patricia area; a road from Beardmbre into the Rand;'River area: repair'and improvement on the road' from New Liskeard ' into Elik Irske and Matachewan; a one-mile ttVad connhe Ing Rai Lake gold mine ■ with water-transportation of the' road into Deinste mushes: ■ repairing - ’Writes the Woodstock Sentinel-Re­ view: “Remarking upon the factor of publicity in relation to the wide­ spread interest and sympathy arous­ ed by'tha plight- of the men entomb-, -.ed -In. the ;Moose River mine some weeks ago,, "the .Sentinel-Review* 're­ called that in France,' during the waf. trench cave-ins ®r‘ shellfire buried men .every day for.years. Some, were'res­ cued, . many . not, .but, the incidents were not, ©f course, broadcast. Drl Robertson, off- the Moose. River-, party, had ■ been' with'. .the ‘Ist Canadian Bat- ualion in .the war. land .doubtless in jeopardy- for- much Iquger periods than he spent,. Jn the-mine, but in'those days the ' holocaust was upon so gi­ gantic a- scale 'as to baffle the imagina- 'tion. ,-'-.■ ' . . ' ,,"' On .this point, ond finds in the .May number-, off the Legionary 'an- article 'by Will.-R. Bird, in which the, blow­ ing ' off Montreal • Crater' is., described- lie writes:' "The blowing off this cratr -er entombed,many off .the enemy' who had - taken refuge in the' bombardment 'dugouts,--hfid 'for hours th©1 next day werkers' from the spot. -The tapping noises coming ■ from under the,tons of mud ‘and debris • that the- explosion had hurled over the entrances. ' The- ■Canadians ’ traced ■’ the. sounds' to ' a Small area, and- started to ■ dig. But the rescue' could not- be effected, as. the enemy shelled and bombed the .workers, from t'h spot. The tapping. . grew fainter- .and finally ceased as the entombed mem • perished; for. -lack off air.” y-'S ■ ' " • From the same issue- off the Legion­ ary we qinote a related-.; but more .cheerful .paragraph'; appearing upon the editorial page:- •"The courage, devotion • and energy off the brave men -who rescued Dr., Robertson and Mr. Scadding were, be­ yond all praise. It Is with pleasure, therefore, that we recall. tp members, off the Canadian 'Legion that three of those heroes. George Mdrrell; pow a national figure. George . Fraser and Joseph- Dakens —draegermen t who broke through the debris to -reach the -'entombed men—are members off the Stellarton branch of the Legion. Ex- ' soldiers who served their country well St years ago.-they-demonstrated .that the bravery which -characterized them in France continues with them. The » -have Special • medal's comrhe^riStingTk'«^I®^e,r_v<>y age^of- Britaiirs^greatest—marine---masterpiece,—L-^ R.M.S. “Queen Mary,” and 96 years of progress in ocean travel, were recently presented to two agha ■ Nova Scotian women. ■ . The presentation was made in the Council Chamber, Government House; Halifax? by the Hon. A. S. MacMillan, Minister of Highways, and this photograph shows Premier Angus MacDonald oT Nova Scotia congratulating Mrs. -Fanny Lenoir, 103, the only living person to have set foot on the first Cunarder, “Britannia” bn her maiden arrival at Halifax in 1840. Beside Mrs. Lenoir sits Mrs. Loring W. Bailey, 94, the oldest jhdrig client of the Cunard Line, who 11 was'a passenger in the “Cambria” in 1849. Both -these charming dM^hdies have long been residents of I! Halifax, birthplace -off 9ir Samuel Cunard, founder of .the Canard steamship Company? ■ ■■■./'• (Cunard White’Star Photo) ■ , Nova Scotian women. Will Test Planes You’ll See Colorful Crochet on Every Hand, Says Laura Wheeler Keep Slim with Ton-Ten Prescription Tablets .Ais ’to Wly rSncfiilca 0 BsaBamce. A , MpfUB rreipare- alWn «-> etsTqiiiwibile wjisie uma**ir* i.aJ $1-00 aiiwS S3-00 re|r ■ , ■ 5>»®x »■*?' -f S-'e-tni-S ■ ■ wf tii TOKT-TOK enoovcTS itegx y^., «fe- tr?W;»■ t tb* P»n>'i'" r' Eost 123. SBaVtaa H. 142" St Casai*SiDe' St. Weatt. MWtreal.' j -iiwT to iCfanCUiT from BKiEiid^riOo^. .nt a’glLwce. 10 c PREPAID Graphologist Room 421 73 Adelaide St . W. Toronto s®rrita)gr* IW& Hilt ‘ M'iiintttk Dar- LegJ6ia‘ is J>irwd to w.sn and other.’jrodnes in the Michi- j yuch men erithfln Its ranks?’ ‘ ylcoten area.- ’ " I _________'■ - • Communications vritth the Stanley | Brine will' be improved and a 'road | wiR.ho built into Fish Siding obi the! 'Canadian National Railways to Stur- j ge-.ui Lake. Parts' ,off the road be- j «wce-n .Gouuireau and’ Lochalsh ' are | be improved and a road 'built. »nto| u'I»e Wolman .Lake district- improve-1 men* of. the road ■ from Collins Bay j | to 4he ehtOBnjmim mine at Onomgal I Lvke is. afeo on the • program. . The read from. Elk -Laue to Gow- ' gnnda' -and Tyrell Township- tRI be improved. The Wendigo mime W’il be’ opened up -by a road from the Leirora-Fort Fraaircs highway. «! A r«ad will be built from Jack Pir.e. to Sturgeon Rive1’. London Newspaper . Slates Red Cross Under “A Ghastly Confes^on” the London . News-4, hrohicle ■ ■ savs -edi- toria-Ry. “In March'. last Abyssinia made an appeal to tbe-interhatiomal Red y ross. ^mmitfiee for gas mada. The Committee, astonishingly, re­ fused. r , ■‘"The reason is .now diseased. “To supply gas m'asksC ’ says the Com- •mittee. cw<mM have caused th^ Imter- mafriohal Red Cross,-Committee.to go .Outside-'it? proper roie/"-*'’ ■ •■ “The refusal to supply’ them has ■caused thousands .off men. women and children to di® in exerwattihg tor­ tures. . To prevent that, onto would have thought, was well within' tijie po^-er role of a professedly' humani­ tarian committee?. Sohfte people yrotild call a humanitarianism .sb limited by *j another name." BISMARCK. N;D..Drought sear­ ed spring wheat fields ip portions ’"of North and' South Dakdia last week, threatening' crop failures, for the third successive year. in North’ Dakota, leading Spring wh’Uttt producing state, observers 'saw in, prevailing conditions a- repetition off the’19S4. -drought. Last year the. rust ruined many acres off wheat. Throe -other -states in- the -Spring ra-h<«jft belt were optimistic. Nebraska tevniod. its crop in “fine' shape.'’ Min-" isesa^a and Iowa prospects were list­ ed as fair to good.' , r.:-—rs— ■ ; “National 'prestige, is a reputation for tth« 'will to war.”.—-A. A. Milne. Name r “Albatro.sst£ ■. Selected For’ 4-Engine. Type- of ! • Monoplanes.,1 ■ •■ LONDON — -The Albatross Is the' name selected , for-’ the ’ ns w tp'uf-em glued monoplane, two off which .have been ordered.- by the air ministry tor '-experimental .Sights ' across the- At- ■lantie ocean. '■ . ■'? . From ■ the- dpetatiouai point of <-view .these flights will he among the most important that have, ever been made for .they will ■ enable ' information to be collected upon the relative' valuei off flying boat and--, fast land-plane tor Icing .distance, oversea’ commercial­ services. - The. first. test ’ flights' are -expected to| be made towards' the end..of the. - year and when the. airplanes have completed, their, performance trinls they will be tried experimentally over .the Atlantic,- h '' ?' " The airplanes will have a maximum speed- of nearly 25® .miles per hour, 'and will be? able to cruise ■ at • .more than 2®® m.ph.. Yet they areylarge machines - with a' gross weight of 25.-. ■ ®@@ pounds each and each powered- with ffoUr Gipsy 12 cylinder engines. They are mono-planes of exceptional­ ly clean lines'and embody the latest- ■ devices for reducing drag and obtain­ ing 'the highest- -possible efficiency . from the’ power available.- Careful' comparisons, will be made ■ between the results achieved, by throe fast landplanro and the new- flying boats. At the present moment-opinion is-almost equally divided .as to which type is the better for long distance ocean journey; but' -there is also a ■ body of opinion which holds that|| J there is room for both types. The'. ' original argument that the'flying boat was a necessity' in order to eliminate ■the risk off.^accidents' if the machine is, forced to alight .ota "the water, has lost its force because, modern multi­ engined. airplanes are able to fiy with .anjr engine stopped and to maintain height without very :rtn'k’'Hil loro df speed. * Children under' 12 years of. age are forbidden by law to atftUn>-Rritish film studios. . ? France-"has nearly wo­ men, earning their own living: about run their own farms^ CROCHETED GLOVES ■ PATTERN 778 There'S colorful crochet for every hand this season,'-says Laura ., Wheeler, who’s designed these ’gloves for quick’crochet. Crochet cotton makes - the hands' of simple ,mesh. cuff's in lacy stitch, while dainty roses are., sewn on for extra chic. Pattern 778 contains directions for making' the gloves' in a S&iall, medium ‘and large size (all given in one pattern>; illustrations'.of the gloves and of stitches used; . material, requirements.'. '• x '.-■'. Send. 20 cents, lit stamps .or 'coin (coin preferred! for thia pattern to Wilson Publishing Co., 73 W..,Adelaide,. Toronto; Write plainlv, PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. ” ■ ■ • I . — of- May was 8,745^78' ‘tons, or 529 greater than for s?me period last year. ’ ., ■ • This increase developed in . spite of late start of. season and in spite of Tact -only one vessel passed through canals up to end of April in centrist to 29 in April 1936. Canal Traffic Shows Big Increase for May SALT T .STE, MARIE Ont. — Traf­ fic through Canadian and American. r canals here in-3|Iay was 2,725,281 tons greater than in. May . 193§; and. was the largest for May since 1930. , The total traffic for the season up to .end e in cigarette tobaccos a Increased Mental Efficiency Means Increased Earning Capacity cam tearp do tftd®k| r»-s,.tk»<eiy a®d eohsflrtiict’ffrely.’ You vtm Beam t<> cw- eehttMSte afcd enitlrote . a pe-werffp! nte'moty.. , You cam ©Verrontie Umffert- dirSty aowJ learn to 'tlve sne- w-SsffPUt^., .Left' us sh«-»w -yen feo'w. 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