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The Seaforth News, 1931-01-08, Page 6Australian Woman. Urges Girls "Tot, Get Back to the Land" Adelaide, S. Aust.—The feature of Abe 'conference of women, of the Labor Party was an invigorating address by Mre. Martha 'Vaughan, who urged people to get back to the land, Mrs. Vaughan did not speak theoretically, but from hard experience.' She is a euccespful practical example of what women can do in the cultivation of natural products in days when the call` throughout Australia is to an expand- ed husbandry. xpanded.husbandry. Recently Mrs. Vaughan placed be- fore the president of the National Council of Women, Mrs, J. 14, Leal, notes outlining the plan of work she has undertaken in the Adelaide hills" So that representative organizations might consider the launching of slmi lar schemes to provide employment Por workless girls. Mrs. Leal is so pressed with the idea that she will urge the executive to draw up a plan whioh may be put into operation, Mrs. Vaughan has always been an enterprising leader in women's 'move- ments. During the years of the war she conducted a training center for land girls near Monmouthshire, and was decorated by the King. His Ma- jesty' sent her a letter expressing ap preciation of the capable manner in which she had served the country, stating she had carried out work of equal importance with any performed In, men, equal to any on land or see. It was a high tribute to her camp for training -women for the land. When Mrs. Vaughan returned to South Australia she managed an orange grove with the assistance of. her daughters, The girls r"e all grown up now, but Mrs. Vaughan has still her lore for outdoor life and, as she puts it, "working with my hands in the garden." Her brother, James McGarvie, has taken up land. in the fertile and beautiful Aldgate Valley, , and she is helping him to make the place self-supporting. She intends to. keep poultry and bees and grow vege- tables and small fruits. "Later I may add pigs to the list," she said the other day, chatting over her new plans, "The land is good, and the soli will suit• strawberries; which I shall picot on the slopes. See this house!"—Mrs, Vaughan was spreading and around her, sleeping, apartment.—"It is a model sports hut 'which I bought at the show, It is ideal for sleeping out as the four, sides are open to all the breezes that blowy After Mrs. Vaughan has burned off' the scrub, ehc will dig, plant, and rake the ground, Working on her block, she has a most businesslike appear- ance le a short skirt,cardigan racket and gaiters, The outlook is impres- sive at the site' of her dainty little home, The mountain air is a delight, particularly in the, days of winter sun- shine that floods the valley and gilds the high hills that look down on the trm blocks. "It will cost me nothing for wood.. and water,' she said, sweeping her hands toward the wended disfauce and indicating a stream that tinkled through the blocks, "When the vege.,. tables are grow.'., and the fowls are laying well,all I have to buy will be ordinary staples. Already the peas,. beans, cauliflowers and onions are be- ginning to repay the labor spent, and i am now getting the ground prepared for potatoes." Mrs. Vaughan Is. proceeding with her work on most systematic lines and there are even' i lushes of artistry which only a woman can give to pro- saic tasks such as vegetable growing and the management of poultry. Echo Point Is the name of the little estate. The valley reverberates with the music of the birds and he calls' of cattle and at dawn and dusk there are the impetuous and persistent ex- changes of raucous dompliments be- tween neighboring poultry yards. Any girl who sees what is .being. done at Echo Point; and who. in addi- tion to feeling the radiant joy of out of doors, is able to appreciate the busi- ness side of the venture wfll surely long to emulate Mrs, Vaughares cour- age, and be rtimulated to follow her inspiring example. What the Tourist May Expect in 1931 The Christian Science Monitor gives a brief outline on their editor- ial page of future summer attractions —under the title of "What Next In. Minlaturing."—We read: With miniature golf. in hibernation, if its retirement from the open to empty stores, halls and basements may be called that,amusement pur- veyors are turning their attention to the prospective demands of another summer. Reports of counter -attrac- tions are being heard and the great outdoor -loving public is looking for- ward orward with speculation as to what next in the way of open-air diversion. It has seen golf shrink to dimensions not far removed from those of a post- age stamp and it is wondering what other popular pastimes of the by- gone days are susceptible to similar treatment. Will playing outdoor hockey on a parlor rug come into style as a Sum- mer activity? Perhaps pony polo on rocking -horses may be ventured by tike more robust of stammer sports- men? An even more strenuous pros- pect is ping-pong, which may rind its way out of the back parlors of the last century and perch upon attrac- tive roadside settings as a by-product o_ the gasoline stations. It is al - :ready masquerading indoors as "baby ,tennis." But the real summer sensation promises to be the flights of the flightless airplane in which the veri- est tyro in aerodonetics may safely perform all the sensational maneuv- ers of the most audacious of air pit. ots. Barrel rolls, nose dives, zooms, hank,:andloops are only a few of the items which the promoters of this new Porro of summer entertain- ment offer In these guaranteed -never - to -leave -the -ground flights. The erst- while aviator needs only to operate the "stick" to put the plane through all eta capers and roam through a sky - less elty in a flightless flight that will make golfless golf as thrilling as en allele:: sail on a frogless frog pond, "Amos 'n' Andy" In view of their tremendous popu- larity over the radio, it 'would hard- ly seem necessary that anyone should be paid to listen to "Amos 'n' Andy," especially their own wives. Nevertheless, Mrs. "Amos" and Mrs, "Andy," who in real life aro Mrs. Freoman F. Gosden and Mrs. Charles g. Correll, are paid regular salaries to item to each program, and to oritt pin and comment upon it. — The Christian Science Monitor. MILK THIEF! Milk thieves are a nuisance and many had words were said over one at Ada, Ohio, who used to get the bottles off the porch and break them on the sidewalk. Ralph Collins fin- ally chanced to see a dog olamp rte teeth on the top of a quart bottle OR until( and carry it carefully down a flight of outside steps to the pave- ment. The animal lifted the bottle as high Over its head as it could, smashed It to the pavement, and then proceeded to lap up the milk, Woodland Tragedies A remarkable sidelight on the way in which a woodland epidemic maty spread is afforded by a report on elm disease in England which has just been published by the Forestry Com- mission. This disease iv.,. first definitely dis- covered in Totteridge, in Hertford- shire, in 1927, when a single tree was affected. At the end of 1928 there were 000 trees known to be affected. In 1929 this figure was doubled, and this yearf elms the number o is affected by the disease is again twice that re- corded in the previous twelve months. Elm disease is not confined to Eng- land. It was first observed in 1919, and in the following year a number of cases were i''eported in various parts of Holland and Northern France. Now it has spread -over almost the whole of Western and Central Europe. The disease is caused by a fungus,, and may kill the trees affected com- pletely. It is believed that the elin- bark beetle plays an important part in spreading the infection. Elms stricken with the disease may live on far ten to fifteen years before they die, or they may manage to shake it off. But, so far, no cure has been discovered. Locks Economical housekeepers, do not throw away the old door lock since parts of then•, may be useful for mak- ing repairs. When one unscrews a lock, disclosing itsinterior workings, one may find the very part which is needed to repair another lock that re- fuses to function. The bit of coiled spring, or some other part,' that is out of order on a door, may be replaced by the insertion of a similar part from the old lock. Getting' acquainted with the Barts cf an old lock is both inter- est'ng and profitable. Mrs. Solomon Says: The bubble of Christmas romance is pricked about the time one recog- nizes Santa Ciaus, The way to inflate it again is to blow it full of Ioving thought for the Merry Christmas of others. Gabby Gerrie New Year's greetings fill the air One hears them echo everywhere. Let's banish fear, depreaaton, care, And smile—display the chinaware, Miss America, 1930, Miss illargaret Ecicdahl, "Miss America 1930", taking brief vacation in southern California before returning home to Tampa, Fla. During stay in Hollywood she received offers to appear in pictures. To a Hilltop Elm Varnish Hints. You scarcely ever looked my way From where you stood Yet offered dignity and grace For every mood. March.found you modest in new garb All green in tone, And fringed with lacy purple edge The breeze had blown. In heat you calmly harbored birds Among your leaves. You shaded autumn harvesters While cutting sheaves. You etched a cold Noientbei sus Ey your sharp boughs; And made a - pider `web of night Through winter snows. • You bent your head before tate storm But wore anew Magnificent serenity 'When it was through. Orion, treading branches .high,. Strode toward the Bull; Uncombed white clouds, adrift by wind, Pale moons, grown ft111 The majesty of all' the world Has sought your height; Humility you sheltered, too, At dusk; in light. And yet, you Guard upon the hill, Ypu deign to stay Neighbor to folk who work and lire Along your way, Julia Cogswell Franklo. Farmer of. Ancient Days Pledged Farm For Lead Philadelphia.—How the Mesopotam- ian business man of about 3500 years ago kept his records is shown by a col- lection of antiquities on exhibition at the University of Pennsylvania Mu- seum The records are on clay cuneiform tablets, one of which indicates that agriculture had its troubles in ancient Mesopotamia. This tablet records that a farmer mined Arilludupti pledged his entire farm as security for the loan of 331 pounds of lead. A cylindrical, hollow clay receptacle containing 49 pebbles and a long cun- reform inscription belonged to an illit- erate .shepherd named Zakaru. The inscription revealed that the pebbles represented 49 sheep intrusted to his care. By preserving a proper balance between the number of pebbles and sheep the shepherd could easily render an accurate accounting of his flock at any time, Horace H. F. Jayne, director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum,. reported the uncovering of private houses, a great palace and a temple, finding numerous objects which en- abled the archaeologists to picture the lives and customs of the people of Nuzi prior to its destruction shortly after 1500 B.. Some of these objects including sculpture and pottery, are nearly 5500 years old. Egypt Raises Sugar Duty Cairo. --In addition to raising the import duty on sugar from 440 to 700 piasters (approximately $22 to $35 a ton), the Egyptian Government also has increased the excise duty from 1225 to 200 piasters per ton, with an explanatory note pointing out the nec- essity of protecting the local industry, which employs 26,000 Egyptian work- ' ers. The sugar company, in conjunction with which a government monopoly is to be established, will not permit an increase in prices until an agreemEht is reached with the Government re- garding minimum and tiiximunr prices. r Marriage le an art, and now the most neglected of arts. Education should begin not later than at the age of 2. -Judge Ben Lindsey, If linoleum is varnished, a large amount of polishing is rendered un- necessary. If the linoleum is an old friend, scrub it first until every trace of grease has been removed from it. White shellac makes a good coating and will last a long time if no soda is used when it is washed. In this way the wear on the•material is dim- inish to a large extent, and it willnot only last much longer but Iooks very much better. VARNISHING THE CEILING No doubt everyone at some time or another has been tempted "to go one better" than the conventional white- washed ceiling and to try a tinted one. If the ceiling is, for -example, first painted ina pale tint of gray, pink or tan -color and then varnished, the re- sult will be entirely successful. When the time arrives for necessary clean- ing, it is an easy matter to give the ceiling a rub and 'a polish like any other painted surface. A word of warning, however, must be spoken. In making an experiment in painting a ceiling, let it be a simple one, Add a 'touch of brown siena to ,the creamy o astoe. s give it a warmer tin paintg Then do the varnishing. Most people regard varnish merely as a beautifying medium, whereas it is one of the most valuable preservatives which can be applied to decorations. By going to the additional trouble of varnishing paint when it has thor- oughly dried, the workers will be sur- prised to find how well the color will be preserved, and how long a time will pass beore it begins to look at all shabby. VARNISH NEEDS CARE. If one buys varnish ready for use, it should be kept in a waren place until one is ready to use it otherwise it thickens, and may prove difficult to work with. If an attempt is made to thin it out with turpentine, it will be encouraged to bubble. Never choose a dull day for varnish- ing operations. Rather put off the job until a dry sunny day appears. Use a proper brush, one that has al- ready been employed for painting will not do. The brush must be a perfectly dry one and should have longishhairs and a square -cut edge. Be sure not to Allow it to slip down into the varnish. Take up ever so little each time on. the top of the hairs. If the varnishing cannot be finished at once—and it Is a business that one should approach in a leisurely spirit in order to ges good results—the brushes should be sus- pended overnight with their tips just resting in the varnish itself. You can- not leave' a varnishing brush overnight in turpentine, as you would a painting brush, for the turpentine will spoil the finish of your work. And, do not leave it to dry in the air; that treatment will cause it to harden so that it will be incapable thereafter of any useful service. Humility That old Sweet orison— Let 1t be forgotten. Something divine' has happe, 1 1,w Instead Thy will Stretched other ways. May I but remember !low I inclined and questioned not Thy. choice. Priscilla Doe Wright. "Do you to - over a new leaf every New $ ? ,s 'Day?" "Why, yea -lite other leaves ate all" filled." • Ray 10 Times Stronger Than Radium New Wall C Te; ing Discovered, Pierces 80 Inches of Lead , Cuts Noise Hazard • Vienna.—The Vienna Chemical and Physical -Society was' informed Dec. 18 by Prof. V, F. IIess that, as a result of his research in the field of cosmic ultra -radiation, he haci discovered a peculiar radiation of tremendous pene- trative force." • Ile further asserted that this great force undoubtedly must be of extra- terfestrial origin,' since its intensity increases with distance` from the earth's surface. Professor Hess found t:iis cosmic ultra -radiation to be 10 times as pene- trative :asthe strongest radium rays, piercing 80 inches of leaden plate with a loss of only half their intensity. He.believed the wavelength of these rays to be almost unbelievably short, probably olio r one -hundred -millionth that of ultra -violet and one -thousandth that of radium rays. Prof. Eless observed that "the rays were dependent upon sidereal time. with other influences in their intent sity appearing to be th eeasogalair pressure, storms and probably the magnetism of the earth. Ile believes that. the rays emanate from fixed • eters, probably those of more recent formation found in the Milky Way, and ,only toa small ex- tent en the fixed star known as tate sun. To Mend Linoleum Linoleum that is badly worn in spots can be mended by the following me- thod: With a. safety :razor cut, out the worn spot;.' following the lines of the design _carefully. Use this as a pat- tern for cutting an insert from a left- over piece of linoleum which has had similar wear. 'Be careful that the 'pat- tern matches. • Slip in under' the hole cut into the linoleum: a: piece of heavy muslin or canvas cut somewhat larger than the hole. Turn the linoleum up and brush well with glue around the edges of the opening. Press down on the muslin or canvas and weight until dry. Brush the sides and bottom of the new piece of linoleum with glue and fit into position in the hole, gluing it firmly to the muslin background. Weight it down well until the blue hardens, •After pate": e q +h" worn spots of the linoleum in this wise, give the whole floor covering a coat of clear varnish and a rub, down -with wax. Fziur New Resolutions For Safety In Air Paris.—How 'o safegard against air mishaps due tofailure of materials used in plane nanufacture was the problem studied Dec. 12 by the 'Inter- national Air Security Congress. Four resolutions, intended b avert the unexpected cracking of steel and the breaking of other metals and wood upon which it necessary to depend for safety, were adopted. What was probably the most thor- ough symposium of an investigation, real and experimental, ever made of the breakage of apparently sound ma- terials was presented in a score of papers by engineers and natural scien- tists. Their work was found to be of real importance by the commission, and was regarded as a step into the 1 0 .r unknown which can be fMowedY progress if necessary resolutions are adopted in plenary session. Funny A carrot is a common thing, And brings but little money Upon the city market stalls. To poets this is funny. If carrot buyers could but see A field of carrots growing, Their price would mo.nt up to the sky By spell of laces Mowing. • In light green waves before the wind Upon a dewy morning. A carrot in a garden fair Is certainly adorning. And, oh, upon the market stall, To poets, it is funny That lovely things like carrots bring So little, little money._ —Norman C. Schlichter. sy` Cana,da-Australia Treaty Completed Ottawa.—Details of the new Can- ada=Australia trade treaty have been settled, according to H. H. 'Stevens, Minister of Trade and Commerce, who says it is in process of being translat- ed into legislative form adaptable to, both parliaments. It is expected that this process will be completed upon tho return: of Parker Maloney, Australian Minister of Markets and Transports, to Ottawa on Dec. 22. No information as to the terms of the treaty will be made public until both parliaments can inake simultan- eous announcements but Mr. Stevens asserts that the results will be found eminently satisfactory to both coun- tries. Ontario Has Too Many Counties—Judge Avers Toronto.—With a view to cutting down administration expenses, Mr. Justice Raney suggests that the num- ber of counties in Ontario be reduced,. He thought there were too many coup- ties in Ontario and suggested that Halton, Peel; and Dufferin Counties be merged. This would mean a big reduction in taxea. He also believed that grand juries could be eliminated, ileeotutione Oh, put away the ancient pine, A Say "By -by" to the tat cigar, And hitch for now the time is ripe Your resolutions to a star. _ c Itteg I always hate a New Year's vow, Because One never knows, Just how to make refusal when The other fellow blows, ,,• "t Make Vans e aver Healthiest City In Dominioria New "Health League" Plans. Campaign of War on Disease Vancouver: This city is, out to win the title, "Canada's -Healthiest City." It is: just emerging from a'health week that provided the most important de- monstration of its.kind „ever seen on' the Western coast of the Dominion. This 'interested Vancouver from Nov. 14 to 19, and enlisted the co-op- eration of health departments of city, province and Dominion, along with that of national health agencies, local medical, dental, religious and business bodies, and leading citizens. And it has given birth tr. the Greater Van- couver Health League, a permanent lay -organization which will be the lo- cal`branch of the Canadian Social Hy- giene Council.' The interesting.and valuable funs - "Porous Plaster" Now ; Put 1 Upon Walls Instead of Human Ci.ests Noise; longi nuirance under many circumstances, now begins -to assume 'the proportions of a public health problem. As a result, scientists, in eluding a -number of Canadians, are now engaged in acoustic research with the idea of finding ways and means of reducing the annoyances of excess S01111(1. Canadians, to date, have ad- vanced as rapidly as the investigators of any country in the subject. Among the investigators are such men• as. Prof-' G. R. Anderson of the University of Toronto, Prof. 11. E. Reilley of McGill, Prof. A. R. Grieg: of the University of Saskatchewan, James Govan, M.R.A.I.C. of Toronto and Major G. M. Thompson of Cale. denial • Prof. Anderson who was one of the, charter members of the Acoustical So- ciety of America, has just completed a special series of studies in his labor.. atory at the University of Toronto. Discussing the . findings of psyche- logists who have tested the effects of noise on the human system,. he says that "their findings show that noise. distraction adversely influences the health,. retards production, conduces to. errors, reduces intelligence and contri- butes to' the general restlessness of the age."' On grounds of good health he feels, it will' be necessary to• develop pram tical methods of cutting this nuisance and,. equally important, to take advan- tage of methods already developed' in the construction of buildings and the treatment of existing structures. This is done by the application of materials which absorb sound. Furnishings, Prof: Anderson finds, help, to. absorb sound.' So do carpets and curtains. In an unfurnished room, tion of this body is to teach people how the sound fuel may pile up to 6 or 6 to keep well. "An organization of this kind," an official remarked, "should exist in every Canadian community. For,the fact that thousands of Canadians die every year of diseases which could be pre- vented, shows that•we as a nation are not organized properly to combat dis- ease. We have had o:- convincing de- monstration of how, a national disease - menace maybe properly fought, I re- fer to the progress we' have made in our attack upon venereal -disease. "What has been and is being done towards suppressing these diseases, may be done with equal or greater success with many others. For in- stance, every year scone of thousands of people are made painfully and en pensively ill by diphtheria and ty- phoid. Manyof them die. Yet these P two diseases are absolutely preventable. And so on all down the line. here is scarcely a disease the death -rate of which may not be reduced by intelli- gent private and public action. Here is a frightful waste of Canadian lives and money, and the Greater Vancou- ver Health League plans to put a stop to it as far as possible, in Vancouver at least." An imposing beginning was made in the' Health Week. A large exhibition, featuring all kinds of health booths, was the central feature. Schools were closed; down long enough to let children attend, and free milk was given then'. when they got there. Business men purchased and contributed full pages of advertising in the local newspapers. Moving pictures were shown, radio an- nouncements were broadcast, and at the request of the Ministerial Asso- ciation, announcements were made from pulpits, The Board of Trade and similar local organizations co- operated and large and small local stores put on special window displays. Valuable co-operation'was accorded by national agencies including the National Dairy Council, Canadian Council on Child and Family Welfare, American Society for the Control of Cancer, the Canadian Tuberculosis As- sociation and the Victorian Order of Nurses. The Metropolitan Life Izmir. ance Co. assisted. Estimated attendance ran into thou- sands, and the League plans to carry on a perpetual, educational campaign from this satisfactory beginning. TenNights inHospital lg a. pal times what it is in the same room when furnished: Porous plasters are reported by the Canadian scientists as practical meth- ods of'sound treatm' nt. Felts are also efficient but they - lack the plasters,' fireproof and vermin proof qualities as well as its pleasing appearance. Because noisy is especially damag- ing in hospitals and'sanitaria, Prof. Anderson has been carrying on ex- tensive experiments in the use of pos- sible acoustic treatments for such in- stitutions. Previousl,', the objectiun had been raised' that porous plasters were apt to•• form a breeding place for harmful germs. In association with the Department of Hygiene and Pte- ventive Medicine at the University of were made and the re- sults tests F Toto first r waled for nowe sults' are time. ` "In order to secure direct.evidlence," says Prof. Anderson, "a test was undertaken to see whether bacteria could' survive in Acoustic plaster." Samples of ordinary hardwail plaster and of porous plaster of gypsum were used. "After being steriP^ed,"' says the scientist, "each was " toroughly sprayed with bacteria. The result was the same in both cases," The very technical report of the De- partment of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine states that the evidence in- dicates that bacteria rapidly die upon the surfaces of both acoustic and hard finish plaster: • Faith Healing Faith healing, in the opinion of the public health authorities of Stoke -ors- Trent in England, has its limitations. An item in the Times -Globe of Si. John, N.B., tells that a' Welsh evan- gelist conducted meetings in that Eng- lish community, and giving full asus- ance that all would be well he re. moved plastet casts from the limbs of crippled children. The health authorities looked into the natter and reported that the re- covery of these young cripples had been set back from one to two yeara by the action of the evangelist. Ho was therefore advised he'could hold nomoremeetings unless he consented a interfering with crippled to cease g pP children who were under the care of the health authorities. The evangel- ist agreed to this limitation of his activities which may perhaps be re- garded as evidence that he is noa A bunch of the germs were hitting it quite sure of his ability to command the Divine help in the case of a broken or In the bronchial saloon; diseased limb. Two. bugs on the edge of the larynx Were jazzing a rag -time tune, Back to the teeth, in a, solo game, Sat dangerous Ack-kerchoo, And watching his pulse was his light of love, The lady, thats' known as Flu. —Public Health Journal. m, "Why de people alyrays Walt until the New Year tb melte goodresolu- ions?" "Bepause they are so busy then that they can forget to ksep them, I euppooe," The Humor of Religion First Rotten (at a Christian mas- sacre) • "We've got a capacity crowd, but still we're losing money. The up- keep on the lions must be pretty heavy." Second Roman: "Yes, sir. These lions sure do eat up the prophets."— The Christian Advocate, England May Banish Capital Punishment , London,—Abolition of the capita penalty for an experimental' period or five years is recommended in the re. port of the parliamentary committe, on capital punishment made publid Dec, 15th. .,l Harold (hopefully: "Do youtht two people could live on 915 a week Hortense: "Yes, I suppose they could if they had to, pool -creatures." 1 Best of ali,'I like to drive my little two-seater Hord. --King Alfonso o! Spain.