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Zurich Herald, 1931-06-04, Page 6rT77vyyyyTyyyy' istvled a "Camii", but which is really a collection of huts or buildings, per- manently erected; and more resem- bling a hotel holiday resort or a way- side motorists overnight "Camp", than anything that the Chief Scout ever had in miud when he originatedthe Boy Scout Movement in that original Scout Camp at Brownsea Island in England. : The permanent camp business seems to have had its origin 'with our friends on the south of the Interna- tional Line, and from the point of view of saving work and handling the largest number of boys with the least possible adult assistance, it per- haps has its advantages, hut it is a The lovely weather which we have been experiencing of late causes us to think of that fascinating subject, or at least it should be fascinating to every Lone Scout. Camp, The tendency of recent years has been, unfortunately, as far as boys' camps are concerned, to get away from the original pioneering spirit of camp and to mass boys in a large ready-made habitation which has been very poor substitute for the joys of camping as known by those who have roughed it out in the open with only a small tent, and who have had to carry their own water and cook their own breakfast! I don't think that any real scout could delude himself into thinking that he was really "Camping" if he stayed rt one of these mass camps which are in reality a "Home from Home." We who are Lone Scouts have prob- ably already experienced the joy of going off into the wilds to make our own camp with the materials which have been to hand, and if you have not tried this you should not pass up the opportunities which this summer will bring to you, Lone Patrols will no doubt this sea- son Sud lots of fun camping together, either making their own sleeping shel- ters or taking along those jolly little "Pup -tents" which are so easily car- ried and are to be obtained so cheaply. Those individual Lone Scouts who do not care to go alone should en.- deaver to link up with their nearest Lone Scout Neighbor, and plan expe- ditions with him, and they will be amply repaid by the inn and experi- ence which they will gain. For the past two years the Lane i Bout Department in Ontario has or- ganized a special Lone Scout Camp at a place near Brantford, and a number of Lonies from all over the province have each rear atteuded this camp and happy times were spent together over a period of about two weeks. Owing, however, to the very extra- ordinary growth of the Lone Scout Movement during the past year, it has been decided not to attempt to hold e large camp this tear, as it would be too unwieldy; but rather to encour- age the pioneering spirit in the Lonies and get them to organize camps by patrols, or as individual Scouts. From a training point of view this will be invaluable, as only by experi- ence can many things be learned, and the mistakes you make at your first camp will not be repeated when you go again. So, Lonies, do not wait for a Lone Scout Department Camp this year, but go ahead and organize your own camp, and write to your Scoutmaster for any information you may want, and let him know just what you are doing. Several Lone Scout Patrols have. already received invitations to camp with other regular troops; for in- stance, athe Silver Foxes at Pickering have been invited to go with the 5th Oshawa Troop, and this is a very nice arrangement indeed. Any Lone Scout who would like to camp with some Regular Troop is ask- ed to let us know, and we will inform him just where the most convenient camp will be held this summer. We have had quite a number of offers from troops to take Lone Scouts along with them. If you are not a Lone Scout yet and would like to share in all the fun. which we Lonies have, write for par- ticulars to The Lone Scout Depart- ment, The Boy Scouts Association, 330 Bay Street, Toronto, 2. "LONE E." British Insect Troubles Canada is not the only country wor- ried with fruit , pests. The British Minister of Agriculture has recently made an order with tbe object of pre- venting the introduction into that country of the Cherry Fruit fly. This order regulates the importation of :cherries into England and Wales dur- Ing the 1931 season. 'Cherries grown in France will be admitted without restriction until June 2nd, after which date importation will be prohibited, except of cherries grown within a small district around Honfieur. Similar regulations are ap- plicable to other European countries. The Tourist Trade Saint John Times -Globe (Ind.):— Tourist trade is Canada's great invis- ible export. It is largely imponder- able. Its magnitude and importance are admitted but little understood. It is almost impossible to gauge the full value of the tourist trade in all its im- plications. All profit by the coming of tourists; how much and how -directly it is hard to assess. But while all are participants in what is brought in by tourists, hotel -keepers and retail mer- chants are unquestionably those who reap the most direct and visible bene- fit. Snow in Mid -West Pacific Swelters Chicago—Snow rain, wind and sand storms were reported in various sec- tions of North America during the past week at the .same time that a blistering heat wave was driving tem- peratures along the Pacific coast to the highest airing marks in 20 years. Examples of the contrasting ex- tremes were: California — Temperatures as high as 92. Chicago -2.08 inches of rainfall. Miss ri—Floods. Southern California—Sand storms. Winnipeg—Snow. Trinidad, Colo.—Snow. Regiy: Y'know my uncle is just like me; making witty remarks half the time. Peggys Sart. of half witted, is i Ancient Psalter Brings $10,000 Vienna,—The Polish Government has acquired the Saint Florian Psalter from the monastery of that name in Upper Austria for 500,000 schillings, approximately $70,000, it is authenti- cally reported here. The Psalter is a parchment manuscript from the four- teenth, century, consisting of 296 pages; in excellent condition;: and writ- ten in Latin, Polish and German. Polish scholars maintain this psal ter is the oldest monument in Polish literature. It came to Saint Florian during one of the many visits of the Polish Queen Catherine in the six- teenth century. Exile Will you remember that when next you write'me, It is of little things I long to hear. All the small happenings that you hold so lightly, I hold .so dear. Are you still busy in your garden daily? What are you reading now? What do you sew? And do you hum your little songs as gaily As long ago? Are the larks singing now at dawn's awaking, In the green meadows where wild pansies grow In clusters, free for any traveller's taking? Tell me suck things as these, my heart is breaking Dear, just to know. —Maud Stewart, in The Canadian Bookman. Wins Gold Medal "i c . 1,.i,.;+e beautiful flaxen tresses won gold medal at recent exhibition in Budapest, Hungary. Censorship in Australia , Cattle Shipments Australia has a film censorship Ottawa.—Following the revival last board which derives its authority . summer, after an absence of some from a section of the customs act; years, of Canadian live •cattle ship - which gives authority to prohibit the menta. to the British market, 3,581 importation of goods. Under this cattlir•:'reached the port of Blanches - section proclamations have been s t.er from the Dominion between the sued banning the importationof filhs `i)iitial shipment made in August and and related advertising matter exe wbie end of 1930, writes Harry A, cept under certain. conditions and`S',,oatt, Canadian Trade Commission - with the consent of the Minist.ex r„ +at Liverpool, in the Commercial The conditions provide, amottg other siieeliigence Journal. things, that no film shall 'be t; egister- ed which in• the opinion -Off the cen No Place for Gangsters sor is blasphemous, indecent' or ob- tt ionto Telegram (Ind. Cons.):— scene; is likely to be injurious to mar- (Gangsters are using American meth- ality or to encourage or incite' to eds. in England). But gangs and gang crime; is likely to be offensive to the methods can :only have a temporary people of any friendly nation;is existence in England. Crooked poll - likely to be offensive to the people ticians and politically controlled law of the British Empire, or depicts any courts and police systems are neces- matter of which the exhibitions is sary to successful gangs. And while undesirable in the public interest. • politicians even in England are not al Importers have the right of appeal. 'ways above reproach it has yet to be Regulations ,governing the exports shown that hie the Old Laud any of tion of Australian -made films are thetet.are in league with criminals. similar, with the addition that no ( film may be exported if, in the opinion of the censor, it is likely. to, Prov e73mOrS O War detrimental or prejudicial to ',the SiXao ong ng. Press: With spring Commonwealth of Australia, .. conies tt,'5: campaign season in China, and..,tiese;mbers of the old wars show IieI to Igelativit I signs of bursting into flames. No one, pY • • except the soothsayer, predicts the Oxford, Eng.—Dr. Albert Einstein future in China, but it is good to know expressed his sorrow at the recent. that the merchants of Peiping are act - passing of Dr. Albert Michelson, tom trig on the assumption that there will he once characterized as the in rho , besno war this summer. Elsewhere inspired in him the concept of the een6nv rumors of strife are current, and theory of relativity. ad l' his; is n table in a country which "Dr. Michelson was one of the hag' not, perieuced some fourteen greatest artists in the world of selen years of .1 war. If most of the big tific experimentation," he said. "Itis military adventurers have been crush - investigations were of decide ignifl- ed, their followers are by no means dance to the theory of relativity:' extirpated. China swarms with sol - Dr. Einstein is here to, deliver a diers-of-fortune of all ranks, ready for series of Rhodes memorial lectures. . Printers Ink Ottawa. -There were 22 establish- ments in Canada in 1929 ,engaged 'the manufacture of ink, according to the Dominion' Bureau of Statistics, Sixteen of the plants were •ehietiy engaged in making printi4 a•'hs or rollers; the other six making writing inks as their main product. ee • Tho year saw a new high level ;at- tained by the whole industry, the tt- put being valued at $3,033,049. An Old Maxim There is an old maxim whiche says ; that one hero makes a thousand, and it is an undeniable fact that the vast- est number ever counted begins at the very beginning with ONE, as, HAPPINESS A commonwealth ought to be but as one huge Christian. personage,, one mighty growth and stature of• an! honest man, as big and compact in virtue as in. body; for look, what the grounds and causes are of single happiness to one man, the same ye shall find them to a whole State.— John Milton, • Declares Western Farmers Optimistic as to Future Stratford.—"Wheat growing is a large and important business in the Dominion of Canada and will con- tinue so," declared the Hon. Duncan Marshall, former Minister of Agri- culture griculture for Alberta, in a r' ' 'it ad- ,r dress before the Stratfo.d-':>:rry Club. "Wheat was the fee, ' tem by means of which this provin e was transformed from a wilderness into its present fertile .state. The farm- er, like almost everyone else, makes one mistake and that is buying every- thing la sight when things are good, and trying to pay , for them when things are bad. The Western farm- er is not discouraged; he is not go- ing out of tbe wheat -growing busi- ness because prices are low, and I would have no hesitancy in prophesy- ing that 20 years front now Canada will be producing and exporting more wheat than she is today." CLOCKS BAKED AND FROZENS Ships' clocks intended for use iii the tropics are baked in electric ovens, while biose which are going to i Arotic regions are frozen, to ensure them standing extreme weather' Conditions. Sa'. MU' warlike enterprise, from a raid upon a 'Kslangtung village to a new • movement for the overthrow of the °al:fakiug tyranny" and the "true in- terpreting" of the "three principles," or any other political slogan adopted by an adventurer who can guarantee pay, food and loot. This is the after- math, of war. Vanities These. be three vanities To .which the mind of man is prey— Church steeples• pointing mutely sky- . ward At nothingness — tombstones crum- bling to crust away— Hope that some vague, unseen to -mor- row -al ease the bitter sorrow of to -day. :bort Turner Ford, in Opportunity Fashion Gleanings Paris—Thel;feather boa is scheduled to become popular again. It is spe- cially attractive with evening clothes of sheer materials. The boa is worn in the shape of a leis, and is very flattering. To be correct, it should blend in color with the accessories. The Love of . Common Things The love for common things grew daily, things that cost nothing, and life was full of them. That is what the study of art will do. . . . 1 had ua time for actual study, my hours were too broken up, but I stored up im- pressions at every turn. Impressions are like capital in the bank, bearing Hourly interest, On tbe train twice every day, between Alexandria and Washington, an hour to look out of the window—a lot of landscape can be iihotographed upon the mental retina in an hour every day. EYes tired with the black -and -white of char- coal drawings could rest on expanses of blue and green of swamp or snowy hill, an endless panorama, In the winter, the anatomy or the - trees, their naked limbo thrown in silhouette against the sky; the delis tracery of last year's weeds, OVUM- rod oldenrod and aster whose seeds were long since sown by friendly winds; the long sweeping lines of drifted snow,' poems in themselves; and across the Wintry landscape how full of meaning, as the darkness tell and the train sped on, was the yellow lamplight shining front the window of some poor man's home, taking the loneliness out of the 'Whole world and the coldness out of the win- ter night. And the people's faces and hands portraits all painted by masters, —Marietta Minuigerode Andrews, in "Memoirs of a Poor Relation." • Wilkins C . nfident Submari e Trip Will Sum ed "Nautilus" Not An Ordinary Submarine — Has 38 New Devices New York—Capt. Sir Hubert Wil- kins, recently expressed confidence that his submarine expedition un- der the ice cap at the north pole would be .successful and declared thee it might lead to imltlortant dis- coveries concerning the Gulf Stream and other marine conditions. Sir Hubert said that if the Nautilus reaches Spitsbergen safely, he was sure the expedition would be success- ful. "I think we can omit reference to danger," he said. "'Every one of us experiences danger at one time or antsier. In exploration we esti- mate the hazards and prepare in ad- vance to meet them. In preparing this expedition we went to men who had had years of experience and the greatest fund of knowledge to sup- port us in the situation we shall face. If we are 50 per .cent. successful, the expedition will have been worth while. If you asic what good the tris.) can accomplish, I can only point to the various scientific societies that have lent their names and their active assistance to us." The Nautilus is equipped with 38 net's- devices which will make it pos- sible for it to travel under the polar ice cap, while an ordinary submar- ine would be inadequate, he said. The party expects to travel no further than 50 miles at a time under the ice, he said, with stops at intervals to renew the air supply, recharge batteries, and conduct scientific work. Magnetic, and gyroscopic compasses, a theodolite, and other apparatus will make it possible to navigate with- out any insurmountable obstacles, he added. A special diving compartment will make it possible to record tlt,,tem- perature of the Water along `tapu- sands of miles of the voyage and may serve to clear up the mystery of where the Gulf Stream enols, con- firming or exploding theories that it sank or rose out of great holes in the ocean bed, he said. Sir Hubert, said his ambition to study the weather in order to be able to predict it as much as two months in advance bad made it necessariy for hint to become an. ex-' plorer, so that he could 'study regions • where meteorological conditions originated. "Neat best to seeing the ocean or the hills or the woods is enjoying a painting of them."—Maxfield Peevish. Though ambition itself be a vice, it is often the cause of great virtue. ! Give me that with whom praise excites, glory puts on, or disgrace grieves; he is to be nourished with ambition, pricked forward with Honour, check- od with reprehension, and never to ! be suspected of sloth. ---Bea Janson.I Fever Germs Sleep In Insect Bodies What becomes of the germs of the disease called Mediterranean fever in the winter so that they can live to start a new epidemic in the spring was described recently to the French Academy of Sciences, in Paris, by MM. Ch. Joyeux and J. Pieri. This fever usually breaks out in the summer, the investigators report, although occasional cases are met with in winter also. The germ of the .disease is believed to be spread by the bites of bloodsucking ticks and perhaps of other insects. During the warn weather of summer these ticks are plentiful and many people are bitten, thus causing much fever. As cold weather comes on the ticks apparently vanish but by digging into cracks in the walls of houses, underneath wall paper and insimilar places M. Joyeux and M. Fieri were able to find over two hun- dred ticks, even in February. These insects were hibernating, much as bears and a few other animals do. The fever germs, it was found, were hibernating too. The insects found were killed by fumigation and then ground in water, but in such fasle ion that living germs inside the in- sects' bodies would not perish. Small amounts of this germ mixture then were injected into human beings, causing cases of typical fever. It is evident, the investigators believe, that the germs of the fever have learned the secret of hibernation also, perhaps from their insect hosts, and that they manage to stay alive all .winter in the bodies of the in- sects although the germs can get but little fod or oxygen while the in- sects are in their winter sleep. It is probable, MM. Joyeux and Pieta, believe, that this long winter sleep weakens the germs somewhat so that they are less virulent when they first emerge in the spring than they become later .on in the summer. OPPOSITION Be' eager to meet opposition face to face. Invite it to combat.. Give failure to understand that you are not afraid of it. Give it to under- stand that you are master of the situation, "The English are not an inventive people they don't eat enough pie:" —Thomas A. Edison, "Bring your glasses, Tom?" "Nope, just use the bottle." King George's Ascension Commemorated ..e:d• r_`?:ira`:r+';r nSes;h.\Q:15 '"�} ^:Ci::i$Aee. ape,.. to British torr, fls, May 6, 1010, 01, ti at 'l'osVer or Lend"n, comnento rutting the twenty-first anniversary of as :ea: i;;n of lait:g Geer' Y.