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The Seaforth News, 1930-08-21, Page 6American °''.' ives of Foreigners Welcome New Citizenship Law Paris,—Thouaands of American -born women, married to foreigners and liv- ing abroad, have joyfully hailed news from Washington that the Cable act, has been so amended that they will be able wtihout much diffieulty to re- gain their American citizepship. Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont, president of the National Women's party, whose slaughter, Mrs, Jacques Balsam, born Consuelo Vanderbilt, former Duchess of Marlborough, is one of the outstand- ing American heiresses married to a Frenchman, said: "I am deeply gratified. This bill was introduced in Congress by the Nation- al Women's party and we have de- voted nearly a year to working for its passage." Mrs. Jacques Baleen, whose mar - nage to the Duke of Marlborough was annulled by the Roman Rota in 1926, is only one of the many American wo- men of wealth with foreign busbands. Among international marriages with- in the last few years are those of Vir- ginia Willys, daughter of. John North Willys, . Toledo automobile manufac- turer, to Louis de Aguirre, scion of a Buenos Ayres family; Countess Guy de Bourg de Bozas, daughter of Josepb Fuller Feder, of New York, to the French inventor; the former Mrs. An - sou Burchard, of New York, to Prince Henry XXXII)•. of Reuss.; the former. Mrs, Gifford A. Cochran, of Now York, to Prince Chlodwig Xdohenlohe-Schil- lingfurst of Austrla;'and Princess llyn' sky, daughter of the late J. Emery, of New York, to Grand Duke Dmitri of Russia„ A subcommittee of the Paris Vassar alumnae group, with headquarters at the Women's University Club here, has a long eecret list of American- born women married to foreigners who are anxious to regain the nation- ality of their -birth but who do not wish to return to the United States every few years to re-establish their passports, as was necessaryunder the 1922 Cable Act. There are several titled names on the list, according to its vice-chair- man, the Countess of Lauzanne de Vou- roussel, formerly Ethel Macomber, a 'Vassar alumna. The committee chair- man is Mrs, Maurice Guinet. "To give out the names of women who have manifested their interest in re-establishing their American citizen- ship would be breach of faith," the countess. explained, "since undoubted- ly many women communicated with the committee for women's nationality rights without the knowledge of their husbands." ritain Overcoming D -'pression o"eriod Secretary of Trades Congress Guest of Toronto Toronto.—It ie not the first time Great Britain has been forced to over- come vercome a depression, and, as in the poet the Mother Country will overcome the present era of industrial and labor de- pression, said Walter Citiine, general secretary of the British Trades Union Congress, wbo was tendered a civic reception and dinner on his arrival ]fete. Great Britain has retained a full share of world trade througbout the Perfed of depression, he stated, and beiause of labor resiliency has actual- ly fared better than many other na- tions. He warned Canadian Labor leaders, however, that a solution of the 'Problem facing Labor at the pre- sent mast be found by Labor in each country to meet its own condition. Past policies, he said, could not bo ex- pected to solve present problems. I Canadian Supplies • Io Leave for Arctic Ottawa -Canasta has again blazed the trail in the Arctic, by providing a fully equipped miniature hospital ship for use in the Canadian Northland, 1 The ship, called the Medico, is a 38 - foot cabin cruiser type. At present it is on its way to Aklavikk, Northwest Territories, which will be its base of operations. Its operating base will make the Medico the nioet northerly situated hospital sbip in the world. The ship will be used to convey pa- tients from any place that eau be reached by boat to the bospitals at Aklavik. Dr. J. A. Urquhart, Govern- ment physician at Alclavik, will be in charge of the ship's operations. The craft, which was built in Ed- monton for the Northwest. Territories branch of the Department of Interior, • left Fort Simpson, on the Mackenzie River, bound for Aklavi, recently. World Needs Older Men I "Older men should never quit. The world needs their experience. 1 pre-' ler to have a good part of my employ -1 els not young men. Men thirtyflve t0 sixty—anti in some jobs even older— are more desirable. Not only are they more dependable than the aver- age young fellow, but they are able to! set the younger ones an example andI pass on their experience to them. If � all the men over fifty got cut of the! world, there would not be enough ex- perience ]eft to run it."—Mr. Veiny Ford. Denmark to 'scard Last Two Cruisers Copenhagen.—Denmark: which owns but two cruisers, the Heimilal and Nieis Juel, has decided to dispose of item. The lieimdal will be scrapped' and the Niels Juel, just returned from a royal visit to the Iceland Jubilee, I Probably will be sold to a foreign power—China, naval officers believe. IThe Minister of Marine, L. Rasmus - ecu, has confirmed resent reports of the intended "naval reduction." Rumania Pensions Aged Journalists Bucharest—The newspaper men of Rumania are to receive old -age pen- eions, and when they retire from ac- tive work are to live in nicely furnish- ed and attractive 'journalists' re- treats," according to a law which has just been passed by the National As- sembly here. Of course all this is not to be given to them as a gift, pure and simple: They are to help build up a pension fund. As the workers, school teach- ers and state officials in most Euro- peen countries contribute from their monthly salaries or wages toward a pension fund, from which they draw in cases of need or after retirement, so the Rumanian journalists are going to be required to lay money aside for a rainy tiny. Every real newepaper man or wo- man in the country, whose chief oc- cupation is journalism and wbo re- ceives e ceives for such work at ]oast 4000 lei, or $25 monthly, and who is a member of one of tbe authorized Rumanian journalists' associations, is to contri- bute regularly toward the retirement fund, which will be, administered, con- trolled and supplemented by the state. 'Aren't you taking a vacation ibis sa nmer?" 'No." 'Didn't you ask for one?" • 'Yes " 'Wouldn't they give it to you?" 'That's what's the matter. They were so mueb more enthusiaelie about it than I was that I grew a little sus- picious." fi 'Big Increase Shown In Plane Freight Parr—Records of Le Bourget air- port just pub11a11ed for 1529 show nearly a 17 -fold increase in value of goods imported in France by plane. ]mpc,ts at the field last year were valued at- $140,000,000, compared to the 1028 figure of $3,430,000. Exports. by air inereased from $11,960,000 to 813,500.000 in value. Included in the importe were heavy geld shipments, dogs, and cloth from England, laces and furs from Belgium, fresh cut flowers, paintings, and etringe for musical Instruments from the Netherlands. Moscow Ends Shoe Graft Moscow.—The Government recently instituted a system designed to check speculation and end the selling of shoes in the private market alpro- hibitive prices, Children will be provided with shoes upon presentation' of their bread. cards. Adults may purchase chow at normal prices in government eliope upon preeenlation of special coupons issued by the house committee of the Itrack anions factory organization. Workers Struggle To Quench ` laze at Refugio Gas Well r 11c•:,; Tex. — Human ingenuity was 1:nett] recently against a towering pillar of flame es weary weikmen. struggled to quench a gas well fire which menaced Ibis oil town for two days. The safety of the city's business sec- tion was at stake and a six-inch pipe line was under hurried construction form the river ten miles away. The flames shooting 300 feet in the air and only three blocks from the centre' of the eity, repeatedly threat- ened to fire buildings as shifting .winds scattered the blaze and. heat. Re- fugio has no city water supply. A Good Catch! Importance of Good Scoutmasters :` erlin Underworld Emphasized. by Lord Baden-Powell Is Well Organized London.—"Although I think that the right snit el'man et the 'read of the Boy 'Seet movement is an advantage, I can certainly say that if I left it to- mor1'ow,,, it 'would- carry;,. on without Pause or hitch,". ,Lord Baden-Powell told a newspaper correspondent when asked whether ho foresaw a -successor to himself in the future or whether matters wouldbe left in the hands of a' council. "We've got our council," he added, "and every department is 'fitted out with understudies so that work is never held up if anyone happens to be away," The Chief Scout also said ;that the dif(iitIGulty of getting the right type of man as Scoutmaster was gradually be- ing solved now that thebig schools were coming into the movement, Lord Baden-Powell was very insistent on the tremendoue'importance of,getting. the right type of man for these posts.' Asked about the co-operation be- tween Rovers and Toe H. and kindred' organizations, the Chief Scout said that already this was in being s0 far as Toe H. was concerned" Co -opera tion between Boy Scouts and Girl Guides is always fostered, and this was well in evidence recently at a big rally of some 7000 Currey Guidesat Guilford, on Empire Day, when Rovers Were assisting in many,ways. When asked where the next Janibo- ree in 1933 would be held, Lord Baden- Powell said he would much like to have it in Australia, but he thought ^there would be too many diflflioultiee in the way at present: The matter would be settled at an international meeting which is to be held .at Ran dersteg'in Switzerland this summer. I Beggars Sell Takings to Un- employed Customers Berlin.—To • what' extent the under- world is organized in the. ,German metropolis may be judged from Beggars' Bourse and kindred institu- tions for the brotherhood of alms seek- ' era in the city's slums and elsewhere. I The bee.rse' is known onlyto the _in- itiated and accessible through a small and dingy public house which is the nightly rendezvous for the poorer ele- ments—working men and unemployed, with ,a plentiful eprinkling of shady cbardaters—all drinking beer and talking at once but always suspicious- ly sizing up every newcomer. Ever and anon a beggar arrives and with eel -like agility squirms through the motley crowd to a trapdoor lea(' ing to the `sandwich bourse." Het mendicants representing every con - Square Handkerchiefs Decree of Royalty Do you know why handkerchiefsare usually square? No? It is because this ehape was fixed .by royal decree, and usage, has per- petuated the form. At cite time hand- kerchiefs were of any shape that in- dividual fancy dictated—round, ob- long, oval, or what not. One day at Trianon, Marie Antoinette happened to mention to Louis XVI, that she was tired of these various shapes, The king at once decreed that "The length of handkerchiefs shall equal their width throughout the kingdom," thereby nettling the matter for the years to come. Pars, P. Mongan, Sturgeon Point, Ont., is seen here hold ng 24 -pound And -did yon know tbat had it not lunge caught n Sturgeon Lake, recently. The fish is 47' inches long and been for the camel in Arabia the world has a girth of nineteen inches. might be without butter? The origin of butter has been traced to the Arabian habit of carrying .sour milk in skin bags across the desert. The swaying motion`of the camels caused the contents of the bags to turn to butter. That Tennyson's habit of reading from his works for the entertainment of friends and guests was not always fully appreciated we weir know. Car - lyre walked out on him once, for the Sage of Chelsea could not endure to listen to anyone reading aloud, not even his friend. Alfred Tennyson. Mary Gladstone (Mrs. Drew) notes (in her dairy) an occasion when she was visiting the Tennysons during which the poet read "Maud to an assembled Nature Planned to Control Insect Pests I Canada's Marriage Statistics Satisf in . The Dominion Bureau of Stati tics makes an announcement which should be envied by those countries deplor- ing a decrease in the marriage statis- tics. June weddings in the various provinces of Canada showed an in- crease of more than eighty-three per cent. over the month of May. The Province of Quebec led with a gain of one hundred and forty per cent. The Maritime Provinces had a gain of sixty-eight per cent.; Ontario eighty-three per cent.; the Prairie Provinces forty-two per cent.; and. British Columbia sixty-two per cent. Even after allowing for the natural augmentation of "June brides," figures such as these should go far to coun- teract the Memel croakinge oe the pessimist who argue that social stand. ands are degenerating as a result of a growing disregard for the marriage state. Argentinos Will Study Canada's Grain Handling Montreal—Two hundred members of the Agrarian Producers' Union of the Argentine will arrive at Victoria, H.C., on September 14 to .commence a tour of Canada, during which the party will study Canadian methods of handling grain. The tour is tinder the direction of Luis J. Skmitzero, of- ficial representative of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce in Canada, who resides in Montreal. Mr. Skinitzero organized the trip, and bag received from the govern- ment the assurance that Canada will offer every facility for surveying grain -handling methods in this coun- try. Traveling eastwards through Can- ada anada the Argentinans will investigate all featured connected with grain. They will come as far east as Mont- real whence they will depart on Octo- ber 13 for New York. The use of parasites to destroy in- sect life injurious to the forest or toe agricultural crops is 'a popular sub- ject. Acetas A. Saunders, ornitholo- gist for the Roosevelt Wild Life Sta- tion, New York State College of For- estry, Syracuse University, discusses this interesting problem in a recently published bulletin on the summer birds of the Northern Adirondack Mountains. "'needle are most abundant and oc- cur most commonly in uncontrolled numbers," says Dr. Saunders, "not in natural forests, but on city shade trees and in agricultural areas where na- tural conditions have been destroyed so that birds cannot live there in nor- mal numbers. Destruction of natural cover decreases bird life but has no appreciable effect on the abundance of parasites, yet in such cases parasites sect seem unable to hold their inhosts in check. I believe that birds are at least of equal importance with para- sites as destroyers of harmful insects and should be given equally thought- ful and serious consideration, both by farmers and forresters." All kinds of woodland insects have their bird enemies in a natural forest, according to Dr. Saunders. Nature in- tended to maintain a balance between them. It is only where natural forest conditions are altered that we cannot rely wholly on birds to keep harmful insects in cheek. A wall of earth was built around the well and water pumped through the newly laid pipe into the reservoir formed by the wall. Workmen plan to release the stored water suddenly upon the well, hoping the rush of water will extinguish the blaze. A request was sent to Texas Thorn- ton, Amarillo nitro-glycerine expert, who has put out oil fires all over the southwest, to come and "shoot" the flames out. The well bad been running valid for more than a month and was ignited recently by sparks' believed caused by friction in -the casing. Austrian River Flows Backwards Linz, Austria.—The amazing spec- tacle of a river flowing up hill was beheld by vacationists here recently. The waters of the Lake Atter re- ceded and the strange phenomenon caused the River Ager, which has its source in the lake, to start flowing backward. Many boats on the lake and at tbe mouth of the river were stranded. "The only religion known to new Russia is the religion of work,"—Emil Ludwig. New Style Enghsh ceivable type of suffering sell, to the hungry unemp toY ell the bread and T sandwiches doled out to them during lt° Universal use the day by kindhearted housewives. Quotations vary with the season, the g colder weather seeing a boom in the A new kind 09 English intended to. replace all other languages and to be proverbial cruet of bread. Dry bread come the universal speech of the is quoted at an average of two pfen- civilized world has been invented by nige, a slice of bread with jam at 4 Professor R•.J. Zaehrisson, well known pfennige, with liver sausage at pfen- aleinogist of the University of Ups- nige, with Swiss cheese at 12 pfennige - ale, Sweden, who is urging its ad• and with ordinary sausage only at 8 vantages in a series of radio talks pfennige. broadcast from Stockholm. English al In the sltinis of the city .., -.. ready' possesses, Dr. Zaehrisson be- section there is also a beggars' livery, - lieves, many of the necessarycharact-, doing a• thriving business, especially eristics of an international language.' It in the early morning hours, the rush has adopted thousands of word becoming so great by 9 a,m..that new roots from"other tmigues, so that It comers have to await their turn in a possesses words for almost every �lueue. Here mendicants for a daily Possible shade of meaning. The gram -i fee or a monthly snbscription . are matical structure of English is simple speedily equipped with all the appur- and there are no insuperable difflcul-I tenances for their calling, ranging ties about such matters as pronuncia-' from hand -organs and lead -dogs for tion or the order of words in sen- tences. More than most languages, English may be mispronounced with - the . blind to soleless shoes and crutches. In an obscure street of the fashion- tout ashion tout becoming unintelligible; as hs •able west end, on the other' hand, is I witnessed by .the large number 69 mu- located the well organized beggars' tually intelligible dialects which al- information bureau, which limping ready exist. The only difficultles specimens of human misery enter to i with English, Professor Zaehrisson lay aside their crutches, in which the i urges, are incidental matters like Ir- blind suddenly are t.bie to see and the regular spelling, the complexities oft deaf and dumb start swearing. Here I the irregular verbs, the shades of the beginners in the fraternity pur- meaning of such words as shall and chase orderly kept lists of addresses w,l, and others of similar character.! of residents considered easy marks. �In his new regularized English these) n Thrives in America" troublesome points have been r•emov ed, the SewIsh expert believes, so that Lily South African company. I anyone can'learn aril use the new "We were forced to take no Treed kind of English quickly and still be Washington -An effort of the De of such earthly things as hunelreon, intelligible to 'person" speaking ordi- partment of Agriculture to introduce she laments. I nary English. A stupor properal to the chincherchee, a South African Missionary: "Are the natives becom- ing civilized?" Chief: "Gradually. Eighteen of the chiefs played a game of baseball last week and only four umpires were ]tilled: ' Fox to Advertise In Newspapers Only New York.—The Fox Theatres Cor- poration announces that henceforth it wile advertise only in newspapers. Money heretofore used on other forms of advertising will be used for In- creased newspaper space. The reasons assigned are superior flexibility, ability to make last minute changes and digestion of newspaper advertisements at tbe convenience of the reader. Police Quiet Rioters Interesting view of greet crowds of Mansura, six were killed' and several injured. Egypt, while police pacify populace during recent rioting, when regularize En li ih fev use In Japan flowering bulb, into this country is instead of Japane-:e was considered meeting with success, according to many years ago by the Japanese Gov -I an announcement made by the de- ernment, but fell through because no partment. expert was found to undertake the re -I The plants are now being raised in greenhouses in the East and in the open In California. White and about three-fourths of an inch 1n diameter, the flowers are noted for their un- usual nusual lasting quality. Cut flowers shipped from South Africa to London. keep in good condition for two weeks 1 giilarization. Scientists Explode r Silky -Hak Myth The idea that women's hair is soft- er and silkier than men's will not stand the cold, unromantic light of afterward, it is said. scientific investigation. To discover The flowers are borne on spikes just what limits of hair size, color from three to eight inches inlength. and other characters are shown by ,Flowering begins at the bottom of the American white people, Miss MVltidrecl spikes and continues as the spikes Trotter, of Washington University, in develop: Although the ehincherchee is St. Louis, measured 10 hairs from a member of the Illy family, it does each of 340 Individuals. Single hairs not bear close resemblance to any were found to vary in thickness from common American flower, one end to the other and different Life's Best Always Ahead How common it is for one In ma- ture or advanced life to wish that he graphic Service of Philadelphia, no were young again! And what a mita- difference at all is found between take this is! If one remembers joys the male and female groups. Irl- that he had in former years let him dividual men or individual women be grateful for them, and know that may have silky hair or coarse, but better things, even if not the same as of any rule that women's hair usually those, are yet before him. The best is fine there is no trace, it Is true, things to God's children are ever however, that young girls tend to ahead, not behind. If he thinks of have slightly thinner and finer hairs mistakes that he then made, let him than boys of the same age; probably be grateful that he has not to try the because a boy's hair begins to take thing over again, lest he might do on its adult characteristic at a little even worse if he had another trial. earlier age than happens with girls.j If, indeed, he really can do better, Ae incidental discovery is that grey) now, let him do so where and as he hairs tend to be larger than other I la, instead of showing his unfitness for the present by repining over the lost past. Would you be Young again? So would not I, One tear to mem'ry given, Onward I'd hie- Life's dark flood forded o'er, All but at fast on Shore — Say, would you plunge mice more With home so nigh? hairs from the same head also vary. But when such variations are aver- aged and Compared, Miss Trotter re- ports to the Wistar Institute Bibllo- bairs from the same head which have not yee turned grey, perhaps because larger hairs need more nutriment. and tits tend to turn grey first when the blood supply of the scalp begins to fall. Turkish iVillage Gives Up Smoking Belgrade—ln Jugoslavia the saying for a man who smokes much is "he Makes like a Turk." But there 1s one Moslem village in south Serbia, which gives the saying the Ile. A 'north ago the hodja (Moslem priest)` of thevillageof Mala Rocha in south Serbia preached in the mos- que and spoke of -the harm done by 'tobacco, asking the peasants to give ep smoking, The latter obeyed him, giving their "besa" or word of honor that they would not smoke any more. Further, they decided to boycott any 000, but offered it to the trustees of one of their numberwho should break the Museum for the same sum, inter- est free, if bought within'the year. The time limit ended this week. This boob was executed for John, Dunes of Bed- ford, son of Ring Henry.TV., and is unique in having a series of nearly 300 illuminated portrait heads In initial letters. Mosaics of Speech By music we reach those special states of consciousness which, being Victim of Hay Fever: "I: should like without form, cannot be shaped with a bottle. in my bed to -night, Mary." the mosaics of the . vocabulary. . Mary: "Yes, sir, Irish or Scotch?" Holmes. England to Keep "Book of Hours" ;.. London.—The "Bedford Book of Hours," a contemporary record of all classes of society in the early fifteenth • century, is now definitely secured for the nation, the British lliuseuum trus- tees announce. This. -is dtie first and foremost to the generosity of Piorgont Morgan, who last year purchased the book for $165, - his word. Old American Plate Brings High Prices London.—Pieces of American silver-. ware brought big' prices at Christie's. Auction Room recently.' A plain saucepan, made in 1720, weighing about 10 ounces, brought 200 guineas,, approximately $1327.95.