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The Seaforth News, 1941-01-23, Page 7THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1941 T Duplicate Monthly �ta em encs We can save you money on Bill aad Charge Forms, standard sizes to tit Ledgers, white or colors, It will pay you to see our sample=. Also best quality Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and Index e S"'aforth News PHONE 94 The World's News Seen Through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR An I nferualiot,nl Dally Newspaper is Truthful—Constructive—Unbiased—Free from Sensational. isnt — Editorials Are Timely and Instructive and Its Daily Features, Together with the Weekly Magazine Section. Make the Monitor an Ideal Newspaper for the Horne. The Christian Science Publishing Society One. Norway Street, Boston. Massachusetts Price 612,00 Yearly, at 61.00 a (\lunch. Saturday Issue. Including Magazine Section, 32:60 a Year Introductory Offer, 6 Issues 25 Cents Name Address___ .,. SAMPLE COPY ON REQUEST THE SEAFORTH NEWS SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN, BUILDER OF ST. PAULS' _Nearly three hundred years ago an F:uglisit 4ir1 named Faith Coghill, dropped her .wateh int the sea while walking alone the satdy share. !t refused to stork after the itutorrsiint, and Faith sent it to an ingenious friend in hope that he count restore it to use. In clue course, the nateh +was returned ',cured." and with it a delighftul love letter. In all its charm of old-time spelling and knightly gal - entry, here is the tender epistle: 't\fadani—The artificer 'having never' before [nett with a drowned watch, like an ignorant .physician 'has 'been so long about the cure that he hath made me very unquiet that your commands should he so tong ,deferred. However, I have sent the watch at last and envie the !felicity of it, that it should he to near your side, and so often enjoy your Eye, and consulted by you how your time shall .pass while you employ your hand in excellent ,workes. But have a care of it, for I have put such a Spell upon it that every Beating Of the IBailance will tell You 'tis the +pulse of sty- Heart -which lahrwre a; ntuchto -serve you, and more trewly than the watch. "i:oi lite watelt, I believe. will sometimes lie, and sontethues perhaps, lie idle and +milling to goel haying received soe much injury by +beinrtt drenched in that+briny hath, that l dispair it should ever be a trew ser - cant to you more, !But as ,for ore (un- less you drown she too in my tears). you may ,be confident I Ahad) never cease to he, Votir most affectionatte humble servant. CHRIS. WREN." Faith Coghill became the wife of Christopher !Wren in 11669, That was three years after the 'Great Fire of i.ondon had lit asp the sky with the 'fury of 13,1111) buildings ablaze at the same time. It was three years after the six acres of lead that eot•erett the roof of an earlier St. Paul's +Cathedral --completed in the year 1'31s --had melted itt the terrific heat +.,f that visitation. amt ,poured like a river down Ludgate Hill, cracking the pavements. Anci C'hrietophe.r'Wren restored life to the "drowned" watch and wrote that quaint message of love at a time when hie lofty imagination and scientific skill united 'so harmon- iously 'to design the +Cathedral of St. Paul we: knew today. 1 hat S•. Pahl':, the tnaje•stir eol- oenaule and dome of the Royal Naval Hampton 'Court. and .the graceful spires +rt so unary churches that have iuiused the ,glory of Sir Christopher I1Vren into the very at- mosphere of 'London: ehottld be de- stroyed or marred by fire and bomb iropped by Nazi sky pirates is a thought almost incredible. They are part of the soul df [Britain. and .for the damage already wrought upon theta, the foe will reap—is reaping—a fear- ful retribution. • These days, when sn many 'monu- ments to the genius of Wren are in the front line of .the )tattle of'Brivain, an outline of +the life of the great arch- itect holds more than a passing inter- est. Nor i'< that interest lessened when it is realized that architecture was ;but one manifestation of a mind so 'bril- liant, yet to modest, withal, that even in the school clay, of Wren, the diar- ist Evelyn described him as "that miracle of youths." Chrisopher Wren was the sent „f the Deau of 'Windsor, and eras ,horn iu the rectory at East linoyte, Wiltshire, in October, 111632. His student flays at Oxford were narked ,by close study, and a number of oricinai ail, to the acquisition cif knowledge, Fascinated thy ,the lu•ovedhial industry of bees, its built a transparent beehive for direct observation tit their habits, Characteristically. he decorated the hive with miniature statues. His fav- orite studies were mathematics and astronomy, but anatomy and medicine were tackled with a real that led to extensive reading and experiment. We wit' think of blood tratnfnsiotls for instance, as one of the major 'triumphs of medical science in the twentieth century, are jolted out df smug com- .placency on rea,ding that Wren had the sante bright idea in the seventeen- th century, and proved its 'feasibility with animals. At twenty-five. Christopher teas professor of astronomy at .Gresham College. London, To the delight of his .students. he constructed a massive model of t'he moon, as seen through a telescope. Years +before Newton's 'far - 'famed apple vibrated the world of science when it dropped to the earth, Wren had delved deeply into fit sirs that 'became known as the law's of gravitation. In lighter moments he studied the techniques of tn.rzot nt FACTS AND FIGURES Patients treated in the "In - Patient" Department during the Hospital's last fiscal year totalled 9,030 Total patient days 135,009 Total number of attendances at "Out- Patient" Department 79,410 Total Operating Expenses $541,463 Total income from all sources $455,205 Deficit wSioh MUST be met by lunation $86,258 Over 9,000 infants and children were treated in The Hospital for Sick Children during the past year. They came from all parts of the Province. All were under 16 years of age—most of them came from the homes of the needy—over 95 % occupied Public Ward bed's. Careful management kept hospitalization costa down among the lowest for children's hospitals in the whole of North America, In spite of this, the cost of caring for 9,000 little bed patients and of supplying the medical attention required by 79,410 children's visits to our heavily burdened Out -Patient Department, was much more than the revenue received from all sources. A similar deficit occurs every year because the Public Ward rates are less than the bare cost of hospital service. In some cases the parents pay, and in others their municipalities shoulder the burden. In either event, our revenue is at the same fixed rate—about 1;1.00 per patient day less than our costs. This Hospital does NOT share in the funds collected by the Federation for Community Service because patients are admitted from all over Ontario. Only the gifts of generous citizens make it possible for us to continue carrying on without stint our work of mercy among Ontario children, Every donation -is important. Please give as much as your circumstances warrant. This le a worthy charity which deserves your special consideration. We employ me canvasses, so please snail your gift to the Appeal Secretary. PAGE SEVEN MODERN WAR'S LIFE -BLOOD The Empire's eneuties must often look with envy upon its oil supplies. Thousands of gallons of gasoline are swallowed up daily by planes being used in C'attada for the Air Training Platt. An R. C. A.F. machine being "gassed up" in this photograph. priutittt: and dabbled in poetry nadir tvitit words long 1,efore Ire created hi- mighty epics ill ,con,. ,ins to show that matters more Inttitble and rb,,r at baud :were oar forgotten. hr ,levi,ed a fumigating ap paratu< for use in sick rooms, and racked hi braille to solve the smoke problem in London — a 'recognized menace to health and the joy of liv- ing even tutu. Smoke, incidentally, ,became a friend to \1'rett later, 'At least a substauttial part of the cost of building St. Paul's Cathedral was pro- vided by "ye special impost upon a,ales 'brought into ye city." On this -great masterpiece, St. I'and'e, 11Wren labored .faithfully for thirty-five years. 'Three or four +times every [week he made a thorough tour of inspection, and was hoisted in a +basket to watch seemingly insignifi- cant details of construction at the diz- ziest heights. -'Total cost of the struc- ture was 73'6,000 pounds. .-1 member of parliament for many years. Wren's atttazing services to his ctnttt•try were rewarded by knighthood in 11672, Fifty-two clntrchea in London reflect his artistry. WHAT FRANCE MUST PAY Toll Exceeds Half National Income, Twice France's [Whole War Budget (By a Special 'C'orrespondent) The cost of maintaining the German troops occupying France has t' be paid 'by France at the rate of twenty million marks a day, '('his sum was fixed by article 18 of the Franco-German Armistice terms. reported on Tune '24, 994+0, At the rate of exchange of Fr,20 to Rnt. 1, fixed 'by the ,artnistice com- mission, this amounts to Fr. 146 mil- liard a year. 'Fret trite whole French pre-war na- tional income—that is, the total of personal incomes—dill not exceed Fr. 290 milliard - This means that the 'Germans are ,demanding under this head practically I50 per cent. of France's pre-war na- tional income, In view of the inevit- able reduction of this income by the disasters of war, the real proportion is 'higher. The cost of 'Germany- of the 'allied armies of occltIpation after the last war was less 'than one per cent. of her national income. The French budget for 1939 was Fr. '66 milliard. and the first war 'bud- get ryas Fr. 7i9 milliard. The smut de- manded .by the Germans is thus near- ly twice the total war budget. and more than twice the normal peace budget of France. The 'cost to 'Germany of the .Allied armies of occupation was less than seven per cent. of her 1913 budget, and _lust over three per cyst, of her 102'4 budget, Le Journal says that one month's maintenance of the German army at the ,prescribed rate exceeded the cone bitted budget •for 1939 of the French 1Ministries of War, Navy, and Avia- tion. The German army in France in- cludes the troops In the invasion ports, and is not strictly an "army of occupation." Ewell if all troops are included, the sum dentatt,ded is enor- mou5. In addition France i5 mulcted by the artificial exchange rate imposed. The acceptance of Reichntarks at this rate is compulsory in the occupied zone. The flank of France is also obliged to +convert into franc notes Rm. 3 milliard of mark note: of the ,Relchs- kreditka,tse. No credit has +been al- lowed +for property or territory 'ta'ken ,by 'Germany. The claims dor the expenses of the Allied Armies of Occupation were based on [Ile ac'tuai costs incurred. Down to 30 April, '11021+, German reparation payment: had approxi- mately covered these cast, on the as,titttlption ;that credit was ,lived for cessions o'1 property and for ,deliver- ies in. iittd, But. as the payments and credits received Were proyt5ionafly retained by the Players receiving. ,them, Great 11ritain teas some 22.5(10,000 pound; out of paeltrt. The credits includes the vain:, of tite Saar mines, though this-wa- not included in the sum avail- able for meeting the costae of the army of uccttptttiott down to '30 April. 1921. In 3 tote, 1'419, it was .promised that ,the cost of occupation should be re- duced to 240 million marks a year when German delnolieatiott was satisfactorily completed. Later it was agreed that this sunt should come into force as form '1 \•lay, 1921 'trite Dawes +plan provided that the prior charge on German payments al- located to occupation costs should he reduced, as from 1. September, 1924, to 1611 million marks. the (balance being met 'hy the countries concerned out of reparation payments. The national income of Germany in 19113 was 45.7 milliard gold marks. In 1923 it ,was 160 per - cent, of this, in terms of 191:3 'purchasing power, namely, 28 milliard gold marks. The cost of the armies of occupat- ion. reckoned at 240 million gold marks, was thus less than 11 per cent. of the national income, or, more ex- aotly, 0.85 per cent. The German budget expenditure in 19113 was3:5 milliard marks. In 113124, after stabilisation of the mark, it was 7.2 milliard. The coat of the armies of occupation was thus, in terms of the 1191t3 budget, 6.8 per cent„ and in +terms of the 19124 hudget, 3.3 .per cent. of the national of the stational expenditure, SILK STOCKINGS FROM SEAWEED Seaweed. collected in 'peace tine from the Hebrides alone to the tee+ of 40[),000 tons a year. is about to used in !Britain on a commercial scale for 'the production of rayon f,;+' stockings, underwear, and othee knitted and woven goods. In extpl•aining the nature of the new textile to the .Bradforcl Society of Dyers and Colourists at Leeds Lrtti- versity, Professor 3. B. Speakman soaked a piece ,of it in petrol and set it alight. The petrol simply hurried away. leaving the fabric quite un- altered. - Seaweed contains :between 20 and 30 per cent of alginic acid, and t'te new rayon is the result of a discos era- for obtaining alginates which are resistant to alkalis. The rayon is nor - inflammable [because it contains art inorganic .material as an essentialpart of its constitution. Research work has been ;going on for about two years, and, as the atm - ply of seaweed is almost inexltatts:- ible and there to he ;picked ups, tt,e present discovery is expected to have an important war time effect in the saving of shipping space, Want and For Sale Ads, 1 week 25._ BUS TIME TABLE Leaves Seaforth for Stratford: Daily 346 a.m. and 6,16 p.m. Leases Scaforth for Goderieht Dully except Sund y p.m. 1.05 p.m. t. San. and hol., 1.0¢ tem. and 9.50 p.ai, t.onnectton at Stratford far Toronto. Hamilton, Buffalo. London, Detroit. Tavistock. Woodstock, Brantford Agents: Queen's, Commercial. Dick Haas® U. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Office — Commercial Hotel Electro Therapist Massage Hours—Mon, and Thurs. after- noons and by appointment, FOOT CORRECTION ay manipulation—Sun-ray treatment. Phone 227.