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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1936-01-02, Page 2iLt;k < x‘r iM ;i WXNGHAM A'WANCE^TIW^ Op. The Wingham Published at ' TOGHAM - ONTARIO. Every Thursday Morning by The Advance-Times, Publishing jSpbscFiptiob Rate One Year $2,00 -Six months, $1.00 in advance. To tL S. A., $2,50 per year. Jfereign rate, $3.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. "Al friend of ours who is in. charge of $be historical collection in a great library tells us that more young folk •are coming in for information about things that happened in the past, than ■ever before. /That is a good sign. Once one un­ derstands that nothing much that oc- ■pUrk today is without its parallel in the past, the better he is able to judge of the value of new experiments to .change the ’social order. The realiza­ tion that human nature is unchange­ able is the chief lesson of history. Lately we have been reading the ac­ counts of the great speculative era in England and France in 1720 and ^^he^eabout. A precise parallel to the ■speculative era in North America from 1926 to 1929 is found In the his­ tory of the South Sea Bubble in Eng­ land and the Mississippi Bubble in France. Everybody was speculating, .'everybody lost, tens of thousands "were ruined and the bottom seemed to have dropped out of everything. But, somehow, civilization contin­ ued to develop and the world kept on (■running. 1 .. :1; sjc >|c s|4 HAPPINESS The other day we had the pleasure ■of .talking to a man who was extreme­ ly happy. He, does without much that many of us to-day regard as necess­ ities, He works hard and enjoys it. i He has a great love for his family and has ever in mind their advance­ ment, spiritual and educational. He ooks forward to the future with con- 'dence and is extremely happy in the moryledge that each to-morrow has some problem of work that will, keep him busy and engage his time so that he may in turn bring happiness to his jhhik, - ’on "tn-e wpi’iiicipah things that has been the matter with us a,s a people has- been that too many have been taught.to regard as nec- essties of life too. many things which arc, merely luxurires. time Changes things ..The other day they ran the trolley cor’*oiTtF^vl)ri(r’s“bldest street Jrie, . Modern buses replaced the eys .,<0f ;the Fourth' and Madison Jpte in New York. Interurban lines .•ate, ra-pidly giving-- place to bus lines afi,d' now the city trolleys are quitting. Lhss than 50 years ago the railways used to run cheap excursion trips so people could go and see the first -railway ever built. It was the eighth wonder of the world and the man who built Frank J. Sprague* died in New York not long ago, just as his great Invention had come to the end of its life also. A world can make a, great many revolutions in one man’s lifetime’. 4? & * Col. Lindbergh and his family have gone to England to escape further threats against their son. That should cause the United States Government to make special efforts to stamp out the kidnapping racket that is so prev­ alent in that country. * 5|C * The war in Ethiopia does not seem to be any nearer to the' finish. A war is easy to start but difficult to stop. Both sides are making greater de­ mands on each other as time goes on which’ will make it all the more diffi­ cult for the League of Nations to ef­ fect a satisfactory settlement. * * * * - The large /number of deaths in Can­ ada and the United States over the recent holidays* mostly due to motor accidents* , is a. deplorable thing. The number killed by motor accidents in the United States since the start of the ‘Italian-Ethiopian war make that struggle resemble a game' of ping- pong. # Boys beware—1936 is Leap Years.* Have you. Resolutions? broken ? j|* one of those *si- made your New Year’s If so, are thep still un­ * Congratulations to Ross Howson in being elected to tlie Cabinet of the Ontario Boys’ Parliament. * * * * The Lucknow Council’held a meet­ ing last week that no doubt set a re­ cord for speed. They passed the fin­ al reading of a by-law and adjourned in three minutes. ' > * * * “Jafsie” Dr. John F. Condon, who came in the public eye during the Lindbergh kidnapping case, is billed in New York as a vaudeville attrac­ tion. What is the world coming to? last 8th INSTALMENT OF MISS CURRIE’S TRIP - Miss Currie takes us this week from j the East to the West as we leave ' Camargo and sail through the Pan- ■ ania Canal to the pacific Ocean. We are nearing the end of our journey with Miss Currie; it has been an in­ teresting and pleasant trip. No doubt, you have enjoyed it thoroughly as Miss Currie’s narrative lias been writ­ ten in pleasing style and was very descriptive. Next week “Flashes of the Pacific" another interesting chap­ ter. But let us get on with this week’s entertaining story. \ THE PANAMA CANAL By V, Olive Currie We are an atom in a gray world. RUMOR NEW MARSHAL DISAPPOINTING Aiglf/ Wi;<! Wements were isr in'femP are report* with the ’ WW >« Fth- d Pietro Badoglio who toolc over the command from Marshal Emilio de Bono a month 'ago. Marshal Badoglio is shown here The Pacific is not always benign dur­ ing the rainy season. We are passing the coast of Costa Rico, close to cruel rocks on which a great ship was shat­ tered. The West Camargo will find a safe channel. She is rolling today, and a. strong wet wind is blowing. The Bo’sun and his assistants are painting the deck while the few pass­ engers are indoors, In the dining­ room the Professor from Berkeley* my ex-roommate from Seattle, the Russian lady and her son, bound for Vancouver, are having coffee and sandwiches, Since Port of Colombia we all have cabins apiece which is quite ducky. Yesterday was a bustling tiring day for the Personnel and quite interest­ ing to the passengers. When I began to take an interest we were already at Colon and Cristobal, The army of stevedores were at.the boom and winches hauling hundreds of wooden. boxes out through the hatches by great rope nets and dumping them on the dock where they were picked up four boxes to each hand truck and wheeled past the score keepers. It was raining. I ‘took a taxi info' th town after driving a hard bargain. It was my bad luck that the driver was a coloured boy from ‘Barbados and those .West Indjan niggers are the world’s worst chiselers. I had on­ ly half an hour'and I finally wore him down to a dollar for the half hour. We went shopping. I bought a film for my kodak, a magazine, and then I was taken to an Indian store where I purchased silk embroidered pyjamas and kimona with bag like the Princess Marina’s, The boat was to leave at 9 a.m., my half hour was up, and back to the dock we went. Run­ ning through the rain to the gang­ plank I met one of the other pass­ engers who said that unloading cargo was delayed on account of the rain. He borrowed $5,00 from me and started back to the town. The male passengers went broke before they got out of South America. The Ar­ gentine Senoritas, I am told, expect the Gringos to buy them the moon with’ three rings. One mariner told •me that he met a girl in the Argen­ tine this trip and before the ship got quite away from the Spanish Main he had received three letters from her telling him about the silk dresses, hose, slippers and what all he was to bring her from North America on his next trip back. He has made up his mind that she is not even going to see him let alone the merchandise. They make it a point to buy silks and perfume in Curacoa and Cristobal. The boys came back well supplied, and, the most popular- brand of per­ fume seemed to be ‘my sin’. Very se­ ductive, I should say, from the whiffs I had of it. We left Cristobal about 10 a.m. and it was long after dark before we rea­ ched the Pacific Ocean, The Panama Canal is a rqal job to tackle and I cannot promise to do it justice. The, canal is approximately fifty-two miles ■long with six locks for two-way traf­ fic. The first three locks are called the Gatun jocks. After .they are pass- , ed the boat proceeds through the can­ al and lakes. Then there is one Pedro Miguel Lock and the two Minaflores’. They are all constructed the same; on both sides of the canal along the wide concrete' top of the wall are tracks for what are called the mules. They are heavy metal cars made two way and are constructed to reel heavy cable at each end. Each ship going through is attached to three mules on each side by six tables. They keep the boat in a central position and prevent her frpm ramming into the • canal walls. It was quite interesting to get into a lock and watch the water boil into the enclosure from underneath, drawn from the ocean by hidden ma­ chinery and" to watch the level rise by the rungs of the ladders in the wall on each side. When high level is rea­ ched two huge metal doors open back against the walls .and the vessel pro­ ceeds into the next lock to repeat the performance, through the three locks. We then steamed along the canal and through the lake, admiring the vivid scenery and the massive constructions until we reached the last three locks.1 There the process was reversed. When we arrived in a lock the water receded until we were on the proper level, then the- doors opened back and let us into the next, until the three were negotiated. The mules along the sides went over the humps be­ tween each level like roller coasters, Finally/ the construction ended in a great point in the Pacific Ocean. There we were released from the mules, the crew climbed down our rope ladder into a boat, and farther out a handsome yacht boiled up and the Pilot went overboard. We were on our own again, ’By that time it was quite dark and the lights from the Panaima reflecting in the still wat* ers in long shaits created the illus­ ion of • skyscrapers and grand hotels to our dazzled eyes, Balboa and Pan­ ama City are on one side of the Can­ al anff Colon and Cristobal on the other. ,The Canal la $trongly fortified; the ENTERS MOVIES A recoup portrait of Miss Ellinor Hamsun,’* daughter of Knut Hamsun, recent winner of the Nobel prize for novels Miss Hamsun has decided up- oiya motion picture career for herself *and has submitted to screen tests al­ ready. being1 greeted by one of his generate” nalrt^s^f the Forts: Davis, Sherman, on his arrival in'Africa,. V dcLesseps, Camp Gatun, France Field, Coco Solo Naval sub ’ base,: Forts Clayton, Corozal, Amador, and Quarry Heights. There are to my knowledge about 12,000 soldiers, 200 sailors, and seven thousand' inhabi­ tants, making about twenty thousand around the Canal. There was anoth­ er large ship coming along behind us, and there is a channel for ships to go the opposite direction. That re­ quires a large crew of canal workers. I haven’t done very well after all. I haven't been able to make you see the gigantic- cranes along the walls and every so often the great spools for reeling the cables, the occasional massive arches and the sudden glimpse of close shaven green plot Feyond the'wall. I have not men­ tioned the famous Culebra Cut where I usppose literally tons of dynamite caused the towering cliff to shiver and hurl out tremendous heaps of de­ bris to be cleared away to make room for the channel. You will perhaps wonder what pas­ sengers do with themselves and their time on a boat like this from eight o’clock breakfast on to midnight. I do not know what we should have- done otherwise, but the- Professor aboard' seems to find something to keep up the interest. Their favorite sport when I came aboard was to whistle a. couple of bars of some pop­ ular song and then say, ‘identify’, the other would give the” title of the song if he could recognize the rendition of it, or pay a forfeit. These last two days ’ have been cold and rainy and even that lost .piterest. The Pro then started a dictionary contest;., one would give a word and the other would give the synonynu Last night when I joined them under the tar­ paulin over the hatch, they Were ask­ ing each other the capitals of the 48 states. It was surprising how many they missed.. This morning they found .an old newspaper and .got busy doing a cross-word puzzle. They were in borrowing my thesaurus to help with the hard ones. Often in the ev­ ening tiiey play chess or bridge. Sometimes the Captain takes a hand. There aren’t the public lounges, little parties and social opportunities there, are on big passenger liners; but on'' the other hand, it is so informal as to constitute a complete rest if one were quite jaded from too . much stress of business or social life. The Pro says that before we reach Los Angeles we shall be growling, and biting- pieces out of each other. I don’t feel that wSy because I can al­ ways come to my room by myself knd get busy on the typewriter. Be­ sides I only came on at Trinidad, While the others have come Up from South American ports. The girls are washing and ironing today. It is time for me to do likewise. I have no mechanical ability, in fastening the plug into the socket I blew out the coil in my iron, the fuse for the forepart of the boat, and al­ most . electrocuted teyself. They had to send for the electrician to get us’ all straightened ou,t. While we, three girls were having a belated breakfast the Commander came into the Officers’ Mess for a cup of coffee. He said we would be in La Libertad tomorrow. The only way we can get ashore is in a launch and be hauled up in a basket. That Only whets my desire to go. San Sal­ vador City, Capital of San Salvador* is about twenty miles distant. • A moon came tip last night.’ The reason I have not inflicted moonrise over tho ocean upon you before is be­ cause it hadn’t happened yet on the voyage, t sat in my little deck chair out at ,the rail facing that crumpled band of silver following the panting ship like a mischievous searchlight in a game of hide-and-seek. I watched the brilliant stars reeling down the sky with the roll of thd <ship in the Pacific swell* but I was not ra« *dream long In my silver solitude, The -^th* ers* perhaps feeling that I might jbe lonely, rallied around and disrupt the Spelt of the Pacific pight. Shortly thereafter appeare^/**ffi Third Mate on watch of hi$ henchmen to make a sounding as we were nearing La Libertad and they had to watch their channel,. They af­ fixed some wax to the bottom of a heavy metal weight about two feet long. The weight is fastened to a Jong cable and is. carried out over the side on,a long arte by a pulley. Then the cable is unreeled. We could hear the splash when the weight struck the surface and saw the phosphores­ cence boiling up. The cable paid out and was carried back by the forward motion of the ship. We could hear’ the jolt on the reel when the weight hit bottom. A motor was turned on to reel the cable back, which is mark­ ed in fathoms. We watched the weight when it rose to the surface dragging after it an illumined seal' of phosphorescence until it reached the point of ascension under the arm/ They ‘inspected the wax for signs of sand or mud as the case might be- I heard them sounding again this morning close to my porthole before they anchored in the inlet fronting the mysterious green and purple peaks defending San Salvador. We were to be unloading>abbuL four hours and’go on, but when the Central. American officials came aboard they brought word from the Company Agent that November 1 be-, ing All Saints Day.and a holiday in these parts, it was a holiday and no work could be done until tomorrow. We lie out here swaying in the green water fronting the green shoreline until tomorrow afternoon. In North America a foreign ship would not be held up idle like this for over twenty-' four hours because of the First of July nor the Fourth. But in Buenos Aires, for example, I am told their national holidays must be observed by all within their boundary, not on­ ly the native but the alien as well. I don’t know but that they are right to make all comers respect their tradi­ tions while within their gates no mat­ ter the cost in business and dollars. It tends to create a respect for them­ selves as a nation and. a. people in­ stead pf for the almighty dollar. We are lucky wliile/we are marooned here observing All Saints that it is a beau­ tiful day to keep us in good spirits. V. Olive Currie. TESTED RECIPES tbsp, flour tbsp, butter tsp. mustard tbsp., sugar egg. ap- Apple Chicken Salad! Take six ripe Canadian-grown pies, scoop out the centres. Fill them with finely-minced cold cooked chick­ en, and season with minced green peppers and salt. Add enough cream’ to moisten. Place apples in a steam­ er and cook until almost tender. Place them on ice and serve with mayon­ naise and lettuce. Boiled Dressing for Salads tsp salt Cayenne 1 1 1 1 1 % cup boiling water L cup vinegar Mix dry ingredients- thoroughly. Add butter and egg. slightly beaten; then gradually add boiling water. When thoroughly blended add the vinegar slowly. Cook over boiling water,, stirring constantly, until the ;mixture thickens.. .Strain and’cool; If desired,, the dressing may be thinned with cream. • . Apple and Date Salad Cut Canadian-grown" apples into diced parts. Cut dates into similar pieces,, using a quarter as much date as apple-. To -each pint of material add 2 tablespoons olive oil and mix well. Let stand in cool place closely covered for half an hour. Turn into bowl lined with lettuce leaves, add 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Serve with bread and butter at luncheon or sup­ per; Apple and Cheese Salad Mix chopped pecans with twice their bulk of cream cheese, adding a little thick create to blend the mix- ■ ture. Season with pepper and salt and make into tiny balls. Pare mellow tart Canadian-grown apples, cofe.and slice across the centre into rings about half inch thick. Arrange on let­ tuce leaves and place several cheese balls in the centre. Serve with cream or salad dressing. Plain Brown Sauce Melt four tablespoonfuls butter in saucepan; brown well. Add five and a half tablespoonfuls flour and con- ; tinue browning, stirring constantly, i Add.i two cups hot brown stock gr>d- - ually white beating briskly. Add bne- i half teaspoon salt; one-third teaspoon - pepper; bring to boiling point. [ Mushroom Sauce ; Melt together two tablespoons but- i ter, two tablespoons dripping, and 1 blend With four tablespoons flour. i When flour is brown, add one tea- ; spoon Worcestershire sauce, one-half l- teaspoon salt, and two cups beef ■ stock, or equal amount of water to i which two teaspoons beef extract has. been added; boil, stirring constantly Igor five minutes, Add one can, or one- an1 ■a is a i THE UNITED FARMERS’ CO-OP COMPANY; LW1TED. Windham, „> *' ' ATIVE/M , { ... Ontario half pound fresh mushrooms suffic­ iently in advance of serving to heat through. Bechamel Sauce Melt a‘quarter eup butter; in sauce­ pan, add one-quarter cup flour, stir until smooth. Add gradually one and a half cups of Highly seasohed chick­ en stock while stirring constantly. Add one-half cup hot cream and beat until smooth and glossy. Season with salt, pepper, and fine grating of nut­ meg. If a yellow sauce is desired, re­ move sauce from range and add the beaten yolks of two eggs diluted with ope-quarter c-up warm cream. Do not allow sauce to boil after adding egg yolks. Sauce Piquant Make a plain brown sauce. Simmer one tablespoon each of finely-chopped chives, olives, mild red pepper, pick­ les and capers in two tablespoons of vinegar for five minutes. Add to the brown sauce and simmer 15 minutes. Thick White Sauce Melt two and a half tablespoons of butter in saucepan. Add five and a half tablespoons flour mixed with one-third teaspoon salt and few grains pepper.. Add one cup scalded milk, stirring constantly. Bring to boiling point and beat until smooth ✓and glossy. In order to determine accurately the influence of manure on the yield of hay, part of a field of new seeding on a farm in Oxford was manured at the rate of 10 tons per acre in the fall of 1934. ’ A marked difference in the vigour .and density of growth was noticed all season on the manured side as con­ trasted with the lower, thinner stand and smaller percentage of legumes in the unmanured hay. Careful yield tests were taken in 1935, which show that the manured land yielded 27 per cent, more hay than the unmanured. The manured hay also surpassed the unmanured in protein and mineral, content. The aftermath of the topdressed land came back faster and there were fewer weeds in this hay. The proprietor stated, “I am sold to the idea. We cannot get along without putting some of our manure on the hay land.” It is a sound practice, especially in mineral deficient areas, to reinforce barnyard manure with phosphate, by spreading granulated phophate on the manure in the stable at the rate of 1 or 2 lbs, per cow per day. The phosphate retains much of the nitro­ gen which is otherwise lost by evap­ oration. GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL and CORPORATION BONDS Complete Investment Service Company Limited '• INVESTMENT ||SECURITIES LONDON Local Representative A. M. BISHOP N.B. — JFe can buy or sell securities for you on all markets. TELEPHONE: MET. 480 HURON & ERIE BLDG. HOW SELASSIE KEEPS IN TOUCH Tiaili Selassie, Sitting iff his castle in Addis Ababa, sends his orders and is informed of the war’s progress by this wireless station in tailed at north* A1efff front headquarters at Dossyc. couple of regular soldiers seem to be doiftg an impressive job of handling the maetoc.