Zurich Herald, 1928-03-01, Page 7ti
MOTORING IS BENEFICIAL TO
CHILD HEALTH.
The automobile is one of the best
friends of children. This statement
applies to boys and girls in all parts
a the country, but especially to those
being brought up in urban comxntin-
ities, Parents are coming inereaeing-
ly to recognize the •automobile las a
medium which makes for health and
eduention of children. Even small
babies are finding better chances to
grow up, due to the motor age.
Take, for instance, the child in the
city who does not get.as much oppor-
tunity as his rural cousins to romp
over open fields and play in the woods.
It is becoming an ordinary occurrence
for parents of such city children to
drive out into the country spaces dur-
ing the week end period where the
children can enjoy these privileges
•which are always available to the;
country young folk. It is probable
that city children get even more real
recreation out of such an experience
because they are enjoying a complete;
change, which is a valuable feature:
on an outing. They •appreciate their
opportunities and make the most of
them, whereas the country children
always having available /these open
spaces, fail to get the thrill of enjoy-
ing them which would obtain if they
were less convenient.
How to bring up children in the city
and at the sane time keep them.
strong and healthy has always been a
problem difficult for parents .to solve.
4f Interest �o N.Motoristsj
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The ,automobile has presented a sola-
tion which is found satisfactory: in
thousands of inistances. And • while
the parents have been engaged in
driving their children into the coun-
try, the adult members of the family
have alto been acquiring added vital-
ity which, but for their interest in
their children's welfare, ` would not
have been obtained. The healthy color
which characterizes the countenances
of many city children is definitely due
in part to their motoring experiences.
Furthermore, the automobile is a
markable educational medium for
children. As they are driven through
the open count? y, they cense to know
and appreciate country life and thus
by coming close to nature learn many
interesting things of value. They ex-
amine new plants, flowers, trees and
stones; they study different kinds of
bids and animals, they learn geologi-
cal facts; many places which they
visit have historical value and provide
the basis of more instruction.
Another result of the general use of
the automobile lies in the fact that it
tends to keep the entire family to-
gether while enjoying their recrea-
tion. It is the usual thing for the
parents and ell of the children to take
the automobile and go out for a ride
together. This tendency to unity in
family activity should be of benefit to
the children, since it keeps their to a
greater extent under the direct super-
vision of their parents instead of find-
ing their recreation by themselves.
xsBR
ISH TRADE
WITH CHINA
The following figures, showing the
vast British interests in China, have
been specially supplied to the Sunday
Express from an authoritative source:
"Export and import trade with Great
Britain, £23,500,000 in 1925.
"Export and import trade with the
British Empire, 284,000,000 hi 1928.
"British Empire's China trade, 20
per cent, of China'•s trade.
"In Shanghai alone 263,250,000 o1
British capital invested.
"British holdings in Chinese loans
not less than £20,000,000.
"British money in Chinese railways
at least 220,00.0,000.
"British money altogether in China
at least £250,000,000, and probably
2300,000,000.
Pussywillows.
:fa it a symbol of spring, or frost upon
the winter branches? Prom a distance
up the lane it seems to be fluttering
of gray snow when the wind whistles.
But no, the tapering branches bend
gracefully beneath amethystine clus-
ters, and May notes as sweet as violin
anisic with the cargo of willow blos-
soms.
They are the first pussywillows—a
soft gray bloom spread over streets
and fields of Seattle's Beacon T•Till.Lit-
tie dark !rods have burst from the re-
surgent patches of soft down, like the
fur of Angora kittens, which give to
landscape and road a mottled glance
of spring.
Pussyrwilkows are the first lamps
lighted in Seattle, ere the crocus
flames, and torches and tapers are lit
on tree and hilleide, in street, wood-
lands and gardens.. Through rain -
washed days they peep as rents in the
opalescent background, they are tiny
clearings in the mist, these little packs
of oottonwool that float over the brush
in glen and coppice with a filigree of
stark but shapely branches.
How quickly spring comes to Seat-
tle. It is a prank young Jannatry plajis,
to don these gifts of s:pringt'ixne.so ear-
ly in the new year, and strew the
wallas and lanes with harbingers of
March and April elsewhei;e. The lad
January is lavish with the willow bios-
soms where winter means but gentle
rain and very little snow; often none
at all.
They seem to aitetounne, as the fur -
clad branches salaam, the first coy
step of Spring, her reconnaissance.
Of course, there may be many hasty
retreats, a venturin in,. a sortie, and
an exit anew, ere spring comes to
stay; to bring a bevy of her hand-
maidens, her trousseau of spring
frocks to hang upon the trees, her
millinery, and her many mirrors which
reflect the annual glory of her beauty.
Priceless Liberty.
"He may send and take by force," said
they,
This paltry sum of gold:
But the goodly gift of liberty
Can not be bought and sold.
—Spanish Ballad. Trans. by Long-
fellow.
When it Didn't Wont,
"It's funny how fiat a very polite re-
mark falls when I make it.," said the
recruit.
"how's that?" asked the sergeant.
"Wei], at the ball last night the cap-
tain got into tare general's wife's good
graeeo by asking her if shy were her
daughter or herself,"
"Nell, it didn't work at all when I.
tried it out on her daughter."
The tallest knovt+n ferny exist in the.
Hawaiian Islands, where they grow
to a height of 80 .feet or 40 feet,
I Go Back Twenty Years.
l'm just an old fool, twenty years
we've been wed,
And the craziest notion came into my
head,
T remembered the way I'd made love
to her then,
And I thought to myself I'I1 just try
it again.
T'll court her once more in my old
foolish ivay,
Just to see how she'll act and,to hear
what she'll say.
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So 1 bought her some roses, a few in
a box,
Jest by way of commencing my series
of shocks,
And all through the supper I looked at
her so,
With that sad, pensive look which all
young lovers know, •
And I patted her hand and kept calling
her "dear"
And she said to the children: "You're
father is queer!"
I kissed • hes' and rumpled her silver -
tinged hair,
Rubbed nxy heard on her cheek, and
she seemed not to care.
T said: "You are lovely! this wide
world around
I am surethat your equal could never
be found."
I praised the long lash on her eye's
lovely lid,
Thinking she wouldn't 1i1xe `all that
numb—but she did!
—Edgar A. Guest,
First Atlantic Wireless.
Twenty-five years ago Senatore Mar-
coni succeeded in sending the first
wireless signal across the Atlantic
from Poldhu to Newfoundland.
After 'spending eo.me time on the
Poldhu station, built for him by J. A.
Fleming, Marconi determined to try
a wireless• message over the Atlantic,
and on December 6th, 1901, he arrived
in Newfoundland with two assistants
and started operations in the old bos-
pital building on Signal Hill.
As there was .no time to erect masts
to carry the aerial, the experiment was
tried onan aerial suspended from a
,balloon. The balloons were subse-
quently blown away, but on December
12th a kite successfully carried 400
feet of wire and, the first signals froni
far distant Po'd'hu were received. The
"message" consisted of the letter "s"
in Morse •node—throe dots --constantly
repeated.
The following month the same ap-
paratus was installed on board the
S.S. Philadelphia,, which, during a. voy-
age to New York, succeistu11y re-
ceived signals from Poldhu up to dies
tauees exceeding 2,040 miles.
Marconi's first experiments began in
1895 on his father's Carni et Bologna,
when he succeeded• in sending mess-
ages across the garden. In 1896 the
distance increased to two miles, aiid
then, realizing •the enormous possibili-
ties of his invention, he lost no time
in going to England and protecting his
work by patents.
More Wealth..
Winnipeg Tribune (Ind. Cons.): The
Peace River country is destined to be
one of Canada's oh.ief glories, a ve7t
and wealthy agrieultura.l area mutat-
bating greatly to the nation's strength.
The urgent need is to enable settle-
ment to proceed as rapidly as May be.
To that end branch eallway lines are
the first eonskderation. Thecae are
ienxne•diately necessary.
' � w Wait.~
.an teishnoax'going to Americas wall
vet,,' algia -sick, Iii> Chtepaniou came
dean, to his cabin and Melted him to
came sip on deck to See a ship pass.
"Don't ' bother m.8 again," said the vie•
tine of mal de aver, "Until you eco a'
tree pass." ass, ese
HEADS LOPPED OFF IN SHANGHAI
The Chinese• authorities in Shanghal,'wha are' opposedto the advancing
Cantonese army, have started head chopping in an. effort t0 end the general
strike that is paralyzing the international city. The number of agitators
decapitated is variously estimated a, from 28 to 90. The photo shows a re-
gular Chinese executioner bearing e, sword that is said to hold a record for
lopping oft head's.
WORK
Thank Coil eyer`y morning
that you have something to do
that day- which- must be done
whether you like it or not. Be-
ing forced to work and do your
best will breed in you a hun-
dred virtues which the idle
never know.—Charles, Kings-
ley.
Lost Girls in London.
Two thousand London girls are re-
ported as "mls•sing" every year, but
only one in 500 remains untraced, and
fewer than 10 per cent. remain un-
found for more than a fortnight. Spe-
cial officials, are always engaged on
the task of tracing these missing girls,
and it is said that fifty per tent, should
never have been reported as missing.
Of the total of missing persons in the
whole of England, fewer than two in
every thousand are never heard of
again.•
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Artists In Metal.
Blacksmith artists in China make
landscapes and flowers out of the same
metal that goes into wagon tires and
horsesheea,.
The Golfer's Rhapsody.
I'm starting to mutter, to fondle my
- putter,
To roll '•em around on the mat,
I'm getting the feeling, I'm smashing
the ceiling,
I've golf -fever under my hat!
rm using a bigger, and whippier jigger,
I'm dropping 'em dead in the sink.
With sive-et-sounding swishes I'm
breaking the dishes,
I'mputting the lights an the blink!
I'm swinging my brassy, like Verde's
or Massey,
I'm shooting 'em low with my cleek,
I'm curing xny twister! I'm raising a
blister!
I'm beaning my wife on the beak!
I'm taking no chances, on grips and on
s.^es,
I'm gaining any ultimate goal,
I'm euro and I'm steady, I'm getting all
ready—
To "ecore
•eady—To'ecore about nine to a hole.
—London Opinion.
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Your Duty. '
Smuggling through the customs is
an unpatriotic action, says a writer.
People who do it forget their duty to
their country*.
WATER AS GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCE
Of all the natural.:res'oerees of Can- five million dolies% each Year Alla
ala there are neve so vast, SO uillver there• are, still fnnumeryabi • well e'tool.-
*may distributed and possibly so e041-!-'acaces which have never been ootla-
nxercially innportant as lies, fresh water eserci,ally exploited. The value of elia
su'pplies. No other •countx'y, aeeoadln:g sport fishing Is, of oourNo, !beyond O
to "Natural Resources," can even ae-; praise], nor is that .of those food 1ieheal
proaeh the ' Dominion with respect to upau whieh native We in remote died
the immensity of her fresh water i tracts le so largely ,tleeendent,
areas. In fact Canada's areas, of in- - Direct IndustrIai Consumption,
laud 'waters are said to be greater
than those of all other countries of the
world combined.
According to the same authority;
this water supply has a definite com-
mercial application of huge propor-
tions, its eontributious to the public
commercial welfare falling under four
heads, (1) navigable highways, '(2)
power and irrigation, (3) fisheries, and
(4) direct absorption in industrial pro-
oese,es to which,' of course, must be
added its indispensable application in
the home.
Transportation.
The first transportation routes of
Canada were the water routes and the
first organized commercial develop-
ment in this. country the fur trade—
was entirely dependent on the coun-
try's river and lake systems. To -day
the amount of water borne eomnxerce
is greater than ever before; the mile-
age of connecting eanale le abau•t 1600,
the emit of which has been 170 mil-
lions of dollars.. There is even serious
discussion of making the entire Great
Lakes system accessible to ocean car -
rime The use of Canadian rivers in
floating softwood dogs from the forests
to the mills has also been and con-
tinues to be an appreciable factor in
maintaining the efficiency and low cost
of Canada's leading lumbering and
pulpwood industries.
Power and irrigatioly
The natural power available from
Canadian streams at known sites .is
upwards of 40 million horsepower, of
which approximately only one tenth is
yet in use. Already great industries
have been built up to utilize some of
the more strategic of these sites. To
develop and connect up this vast
total would probably require a sum
in excess of ten billions of dollars, and
the , industrial investment dependent
on associated enterprises probably as
much or more again.
While tine amount of land' requiring
water for irrigation is in. Canada re-
latively amai1 compared with the size
of the country, and is restricted to cer-
tain sections of the western, provinces,
the fact ,that water is available for di-
version to a considerab'Ie part of it is
very gratifying. The principal Irri-
gation projects are in Alberta. In this
area alone works have been construct-
ecicapable of ierlgating 1,200,000 acres;
while completed surveys• show the
feasibility of economically applying
water to an additional area of approxi-
mately 500,000 acres. The number of
miles of irrigating ditches is between
five and six thousand.
Fisheries.
The inland flshexles under proper
regulation offer remarkable possibill-
ties for the basis of a permanent in
thistly of great dimensions. The value
of these fisheries. to Canada is .about
RUINS OF YPRES CORN EXCHANGE
Willett hive boon lett onaetiy as they •\' exe ixx the days following the arlti ryax,
Oen on the Cathedral of St. Martin ie going; on, g n
chixxil, the wox'1: of reconsti'uc-
'Water supply maid of •course alRva)10
be 'oonsider'ed in log ating any plant,
and in some Industrie., like elle manse
facture of paper or t ,•xti,les•, it Is ilkelI
to be the most hut octant considera-
tion, A factory for the manufacture
of clothing or of cigars may require!
11ttle more Water than that used ford
the individual need* of the workers
and for cleaning workrooms; but a
textile mild in which dyeing is donl
may use several nallkon gallons
water each day.
The requirements es to quality of
water also vary widely. Water used,
for cooling at steel l :ants or in some'
types of condeteers «t a power plastid
may be of almost any quality if it 1s
not acid; but feed' water Saar steasn:
boilers should be either moderately+
free from suspended and dissolved
mineral. matter or easily made so. A'
paper mill that makers brown wrapping
paper can use water of much pot
quality than is needed for a mill tha
makes fine white pai:er; but a plant
that makes chemicals or drug prodect
is forced to use distilled, water almost!
exclusively In its manufacturing pro-'
eesses•. Again, in certain activities
the sanitary character of the water is
the controlling factor. Thus the ps'e-',
paration of food products, represented
by the inclustriee of slnuglxtering and
meat packing, canning and preserving,
and the making of bread and other
bakery pxoduets, must be carried c.0
where the raw materials can be ob-
tained mart easily, where the products
can most quickly reach the consumer;
or where the combined transportation
is a minimum; but bete the sanitary)
character of the water used ,is of the
greatest importauce, and its chemical(
constituents may be a secondary eon=
sideration.
Other Factors.
There are many other factors whsch
make Canadian waterways of vital
economic concern to the counter.
Their scenic values in connection with
tourist attractions ie undoubtedly of
vast import'anee. The value of water
falls in the National Parka is alreadyi
a. subject of censid•erablo di,cussion.;
Water supply is also a matter of great
importance in raining, particularly in
hydraulic operations. The lakes and
rivers are a contributing facto':, in
both summer and winter recreation,'
Canoeing, sailing, ice boating, skating;
eta, appreciably contribute to the
health of Canada's young people. Na-
tural ice gave us our national game.
The great sloughs and marshes give us
some of our finest winged shooting and
much of the fur wealth for which the
Dominion has become so famous.
Everything considered, it may be
safely claimed that Canada's, streams
and fresh water areas are en asset be.
yond appraisal and that their value to'
the nation will increase rather than
diminish.
Happy Bermuda.
After three centuries this little Bri-
tish colony atill.retains its Old World
atmosphere, a,nrl one of its moat pot-
ent charms is the simples .genuine, old-�
time hospitality of its Inhabitaxxtea
How pleasant to be. courteously hand
ed in and out of the rowboat ferry,;
and to be greeted with "Good mars;
ing. A Happy New Year to you," by'
one and all. "Hope yott are •enjoyingil
your visit here," says the perfectt
stranger, Of teem you are, you al-)
ready feel one of them, and love them:
axxd their beautiful islands:
Each snow-white cort,1 house peep-
ing through the cedars extends to you
its "wel•coming arms" •- wide, pink
steps leading up to the porele Such
beautiful settings for the homes. Green
lawns with palms and scarlet rroinset-
ties abloom, hedges of pink, orange,1
and red hibisene• and avenues of white
and pink oleanders leading down to
white boats on a turquoise sea.
Are you surprised that no •ane hur
ries in Bermuda? Why hurry? There
are xxo trains or troans le eixt.cth, no.
automobiles to dodge, or factory w:hisi.-'
Iles to rat! to .work. Only ills noteeless(
'bicycle or bubber-tired carriage with
polite riders and drivers who move out
I of your way on the smooth white'
roads. There are the bluebinia and;
the redbirds end the chxek'ofethe-vil-
3lag;e to listen to and admire as tbey1
a -flit. in and out of 01 Mat Chen e-if"you.;
can -croon) hedges, Then there is, tlie,
nmsbcal clic.ked:we of "hl' se' hoofs as
the riders pass, and the boys( who :are'
always whistling: yes, end the ft'oge
who tune tip the (wettest 1'41 at nighifail,
. and whistle, too.
Happy Bermuda, Ishiiits genial •c11e
mate,. its highway, and byways which
no pen ran describe, its .pink beaches•,
angel fish, crystal eaves, sea. gardente
. and seventeenth -century charm •--w.
veritable isles of rest and peace:
Convincing the Customer.
Customer (doubtful' of etsitarantee)•--
"But will you really refund my mora}
if these stockings are not found hnlee
p�aof?"
!lsslstant (convincingly) -- "Medasse
we are refunding money every day."
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Huge spiders that devour sinal
birds after catching them in tr�nle ✓loo
pitfalls have b
Amain ,alley.