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Zurich Herald, 1924-05-08, Page 6;i1Y uji S • • R •F r s Building in Canada buildin residential Construction, $80,436,800 by The pronounced revival in g In 04nada evidenced in 1922 was car- ried into 1923, which, in spite of de- clining wawa, on the whole, recorded Rn increase of new eo struction under- taken within the twelve months. New Construction during the year 1923 amounted in value to $314,254,800 as estimated, in eomi7arison with $311,- $43,800, an inerease of $2,410,500. The value of building permits in 56 Cana- dian cities for the year amounted to. $130,239,885, ae against $114,423,974 in 1922. Taking only the 35 principal cities, however, the permit value is found to be $111,422,522 in 1928, es 'against $122,644,569 in 1922. This re- ;veale that the increase in building re- corded during 1923 was accounted for by the smaller cities, towns, and gen,, oral construction. Estimated cost of construction un- dertaken in 35 principal Canadian; cities, amounting in . value to $111,- 174,325, is distributed among the pro- vinces as follows: :Nova Scotia, $697,- 861; New Brunswick,' $743,961; Que- bec, $85,358,863 Ontario, $57,311,438; Manitoba, $4,667,134; Saskatchewan, $2,405,976; Alberta, $2,310,510; and Britian Columbia, $7,678,582. Taking this larger civic building, Quebec was the only province :•to•record an in- crease in value during the year. Of the total value of new building in Canada. in ..i28 amounting to $3'4, 254,300, $97 645200 is accounted for by business oonstructiou, $27,022,000 by industrial construction and $109,150,, 300 by engineering. Comparing 1928 with previous. years, on the basis of construction in 85 cities, it is found that whilst the • total value of 1923 is slightly less than 1922, in this one cors,. parison only, it is substantially greater than 1921, 1920 and 1919, It is about three times as great as any year from 1915 to 1918. Figures for 1923 are ap- proximately the sante as those of 1910, and one-third lower than those of 1911, 1912 and 1913. According to "MacLean's. Building Review" conditions are distinctly en- couraging for building in 1924. It is expected that residential construction will continue in at least two-thirds the volume of last year, and from all in- dications there will be increased ac- tivity in the erection of public works and utilities. It is now considered that cost has reoeded to a point where government and municipal work can be undertaken: on a sound basis, A forecast is made of new construction in 1924 to the value of $300,000,000, divided as follows:—Ontario, $150,- 000,000; Quebec, $100,000,000; Mari- time Provinces, $7,000,000; and West- ern Provinces, $43,040,000. All in all there is every prospect of the inftia- - tion of a volume of construction in Canada during 1924 as large, if: not larger, than in 1923. More Men and Boys Taking Washing the Dishes. Up Music. From the heads of music conserva- tories, music teachers, music lec- turers and others in a position to voice an opinion, it is learned that, at the present time, more men and boys in Canada are taking up music, either as a profession or as a hobby, than ever before. Onepiano teacher recently ventured the assertion that at least 45 per cent. of his pupils were boys, whereas, before the war the percent- age of boys taking piano lessons was not any more than fifteen. There are various explanations, of course, for this growth. Probably one of the most important reasons is the much wider interest taken in music generally by all classes of people. The time was when music was followed chiefly by the wealthy classes, and par- ticularly by the fair sex in any cora- munty. The advent of the player piano, phonograph, pipe organs in the movies and numerous other agencies, he altered this and made music a much more democratic art. Now, music isperhaps. the most coamopoli tan and democratic branch of art we My soul, there is a country have. 'And this includes. the men and Far beyond the stars, boys just as much as the fair sex. Where. stands a winged sentry Another reason, perhaps mors subtle All skillful in the wars. but nevertheless important, is that There, above noise and danger, music is not considered nearly as "ef- feminate" as it was not so very long ego. It is within the recollection of And One born in a manger many of us that men and boys who Commands the beauteous files, were studying music were often the He is thy graoious Friend, subject of uncomplimentary remarks And, 0 my soul, awake!— from their fellows. "Sissy," "effemin- Did in pure love descend ate" and other adjectives were in To die here for thy sake. numerouseases applied to them. The If thou canst get but thither, writer once heard of a youngster who There grows the flower of Peace, declined to accept a leather music roll The rose that cannot wither, awarded him as a prise in a piano solo Thy fortress and thy ease, sompetition, explaining with some em- Leave then thy foolish ranges; barrassment that he preferred carry- For none can thee secure fag his music wrapped in a newspaper But One who never ohanges— sin other boys could not know what it Thy God, thy life, thy cure. grass This lad at the very same time —Henry Vaughan, used to make it a point when he prac- tived in broad daylight to pull down the shadee, close the shutters and turn propagating Salmon Trout. en the lights, so other boys who were A total of 40,000,000 salmon trout passing might not discover him in so ?tumiliating an occupation as playing the piano! Fortunately, through various in- fluences at work, music has been exalt- ed in the eyes- of males these last few eggs is oonservation in the highest years, and to -day, for a man or boy to sense of the terns, as they are obtain - follow music, is a mark of distinction.: ed from the commercial catch of fish Men and boys who study the piano, and if they were not saved would go take vocal leesons or follow any of the into the offal barrels and be a total musical instruments; no longer go loss so far as reproduction and the When we on simple rations sup How easy is the washing up, But heavy feeding complicates The task by soiling many plates. And though I grant that I have prayed That we might find a serving maid; I'd scullion all my days, I think, To see Her smile across the sink. I wash. She wipes. In water het I souse each dish and pan and pot, While Taffy mutters, purrs and begs And rubs himself against my lege. The man who never in his life Has washed the dishes with his wife Or polished up the silver plate; He still is largely celibate. One warning; there is certain ware That must be 'handled with all care; The Lord himself will give you up If you should drop a willow cup! —Christopher Morley. av Peace. Sweet Peace ; sits crowned with smiles•, eggs has been collected during the last season by the Department of Marine and Fisheries in Lake Huron, Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. • The collecting and hatching of these around feeling that they are "effemin- ate" or "sissified," but rather do they feel that in studying music they are addingto their refinement and making themselves stronger and nobler citi- zens. maintenance of the fisheries of the Great Lakes is concerned. The total number obtained compares favorably with the average collections of recent years and is sufficient to fill all the hatcheries, on the Great Lakes en - Worldly wise is but halt •witted` atgaged in the propagation of salmon Its highest praise. trout . • i7SSA• 'Qc seseesses, h.e:•?. . • eteitzA • • A11 Aboard lurr. George Robb of Auchtermuchty with his wife and six children, photographed on board a i dSaskatchewan.Cadere rll liner "Metagama" at Glasgow en route f or Canada. This family party is proceeding to Captain Kidd's Buried Cold The patenting of a grappling device seems an unromantic transaction, but; it hides one of the most romantic quests of modern times. It means a determined effort to locate the secret hiding place of Captain Kidd's buried treasure of gold, which he hid snugly somewhere in the Sheepscot River in 1700—the year before he was cap- tured by a British frigate, immediate- ly after he had pirated a rich Indian clipper and was making the captain and crew walk the plank. That the buried goldexists is cer- tain enough. His "Song of the Bold Buccaneers" has been handed down for generations:— "I'd ninety bars of gold as I sailed— as I sailed; I'd ninety bars of gold es I saileelL It's ninety bars of gold and dollars manifold, With riches uncontroll'd as I. sailed!' Plana and Maps. Before the gallant Captain was turned `off at Execution Dock he con- fessed that his vast treasure of gold was still safely hidden. Being told by the Ordinary (or Chaplain) that he should confess its location, Cap- tain Kidd remained silent for a few moments and then broke out: "But no! Let those find it that have the secret!" Immediately afterwards he was hanged. Now there has come upon the scene a very old man who declares that he is ready to get the gold, He has ere- dentials—unusual ones; and pluck as well. fit out the expedition, which starts shortly, when the ice will have melted off the river in the bed of which the treasure is believed to he. Jewels as Well? This is not the first attempt which has been made in the locality to re- cover Kidd's hidden gold. Seventy years ago a party of men believed _ they had located the sp ,t where the chests had been sunk, and elaborate plans were made to recover them. The old wooden sloop in which the party sailed is still laid up in a small shipyard close by, having only retired from service up and down the Sheepscot River a few years ago. This vessel was named the "Glory,". and there is still living an old man of r� fy-four who remembers 'the ex pedii;ion and the excitement it created. He says that the party spent many weeks investigating the bed of the river, but without success. The plans no -v possessed by King show, however, that they were work- ing the wrong part of the river. Kidd's plans are unusually clear, and al- though time has somewhat altered the bed of the river it is believed that the precise spot can be located without much difficulty. It is confidently expected that a For years he has been laboring at a grappling device, which he declares is absolutely necessary to secure the treasure of golden bars .which lie hidden beneath the ice in the bed of the turbulent Sheepscot River.. It is said that, being hard pressed by a pursuing frigate, Captain Kidd ran his black pirate craft up the river and sunk his bars in the bed of the stream, intending to return and collect them. He was cheated by Fate. The secret of the hiding place was confided to his lieutenant in piracy, one Jeremiah Trash, a tough old sea - dog who had mutinied on board one of the King's ships, deserted, and taken service with Kidd. Financing a Dream. Captain years Moses King, "ninety years young," as he describes himself, is a great-grandson of Trash. He claims to have in his possession the original craps and plans made by Kidd and handed to his lieutenant. King was bred and born at Wiscasset, on the river, and came across the plans some time ago, although it had always been a tradition in the family that Kidd's treasure charts were somewhere stored away. While examining an old bureau, he found the papers in a se- cret drawer. From this it would ap- pear that the gold bars are concealed. in two vast chests sunk deep in the bed of the stream. How Ring got funds to begin his search afresh and got his grappling apparatus patented is in itself ti rom- ance, A banker living in the neighbor- hood eighborhood of the home ox old man Ring met him at dinner one night. The financier began to speak of dreams, and mentioned that he had had a most peculiar one coneer'ning the fishing up from the river of a big iron -clamped box containing bars of gold. I{ing grew quite excited and told the hanker that lie was merely "see- ,I ing to advanoa," for, he added,' "if 1 Vd the funds those chests' of gold Would soon be a reality," The bay ker was interested, examin- ed the plans, bec'anio enthusiastic, and. I was also impressed with King's de - Alberta is fast beeomieg les4e.t i;l tilts pfedostioii of saddle 'horses and 'solo i tines. Iho!dgra li sitowo Mr, d'. q, kfriili'or. 'run e�', Bairnoc'kbura, vie for .grap ilrng the chests, In the s K . wtr,ii�:a of Pie novice cirprrrpioi5slrilw at file clalo inra Sprang 1 -Ie se show. t end he gave a large suin of motel, to The Clock. The clock has stopped. The running wheels That ground the seconds up so small, The slowly -swaying pendulum, They do not move at all. And one would think—so still and deep The hush—that day had gone to sleep. The Mise of the Collar. One hundred years ago mous whits shirts had the i;oilar"s; attached. Then one day it occurred to a man living in a town on the eastern bank of the Ilu& . ,sen 'River that the usefulness of a shirt could bo prolonged if the collars were made eeparate; a soiled collar could then bo replaced with a clean one. His wife; says Mr; Logan McIsherso i Human Effort and Human Wants, made collars for him that at first wer's attached to the shirt ley means of tape.; Then she made collars that• pinned to, the back of the neckband and button= ed in front. They were so successful' that slie made others; to sell to the neighbors. The inventor of tho.separate collar, employed women, often gentlewomen of other families, who wero glad thus to increase their incomes. Not con- tent with what he had done, he took a basketful of collar to Boston, 'where they found ready sale; and after•13os- ton came . New York and other mar.; kets. Then buttoning at the back as well as in the front was introduced and collars were made mere durable by being manufactured of manifold plies of linen and cotton stiffened with starch.; buttonholes too were dev]•sed that did not tear readily. Business organizations, of Troy spe- cialized in producing collars -and cuffs:, Pattern - blocks and knives were ine vented whereby piles of cotton or linen many sheets ,thick could be, cut with one application of theknife into cols lars ofa special design and a special size.' Then machinery was invented for Use in the various processes of cut- ting and folding. The making of col- lars and, cuffs and then shirts became the main business at the town. Tra- dition and association led young lien and young women into the employ- ment, in which they obtained special- ized skill and training: Shirts are now made in nearly every town and city in the United States, but Troy continues to supply. nearly all the collars worn by men in other parts of the world. The slender hands that used to mark. The hours and minutes as they sped Lie listless in the lap of Time Like fingers of the dead. And furtive seconds tiptoe in, Then softly tiptoe out again. Thirteen past five! The magic hour That dew lies thickest on the lawn, And shadows crouch beneath the trees As hiding from the dawn. When wakening birds begin to say. "What shall we breakfast on to -day?" Victor Starbuck, A Possible Exception. olitical Orator (fieroely)—"What of universal application and bene- was not enacted by my party?" uditor—"The law of gravity might mentioned, perhaps" After Eight. unt—"You've counted up to ely, dear. But don't you at comes•after eight?" dith—"Bedtime." No Use. Tisitor—"Do you go mmy?' mall Boy—"What's the use? I 't read, I can't write, and 1 can't w; so I don't go." eight know to school, Fault -Finding. In a human and fallible world there is always something the natter, and mortal affairs, large or little, are for- ever crying aloud for 'adjustment and repair. In one part or another the machinery of civilization collapses, and those who bring experience to bear are summoned to do what, they can—even though, after brief trial, the very ones who invited them may, send them away. Nations and house ho]ds, business corporations and in- dividuals repeatedly invoke the aid of the wise who are able to tell thein what is the matter and install a better scheme. Yet the name of fault-finder gen- erally conveys a reproachful implica. tion. It suggests the crabbed, shrew- ish temper of one always looking for trouble. It seems to mean a spirit of. nagging that brings misery by its in, cessant querulous manifestation. But this is the lesser and negative phase of every censorship. Correction by no oneans implies a personal atti- tude of antipathy. On the contrary, it often is the manifestation' of a pro found affection, so devoted to the ob- ject that it cannot bear to see that ob- ject appearing at a disadvantage. Good advice is not merely the, ad vice we like to take, which gives us the a .surance that we are doing ex, actly right, We should be as grateful when we are told that we are entirely wrong. But, because of vanity, we are sensitive, and bridle when we are reproved, letting the hurt we feel be larger than the help that was given us, if we would receive it. A foolish, hyper -sensitiveness, even beyond per, • sonal laziness, is the chief obstacle to self-improvement. "Faithful are the wounds of a friend"—and it is a grievous error to assume that those who love us are those who find in us no fault. The sense of humor is the one . senst that grows stronger with advancing years.—Dr. Ethel Smyth, AND. THE WORST IS YET TO COME I 1 L '�_14p. 12 °OWASHIN4 HAcHINE M CH • W1�thi ED? E 1� �it�na+d.w.