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Zurich Herald, 1926-08-12, Page 74•6616.6.66,6 .6666666.66.160666.,666666666 THE FINE ART OF HAPPINESS Lay Georges Delamere. 'Translated by William L. 1V1ePliereon. Zobri was incontestably the poorest roman in Transylvania, Bent under the yoke of all the miseries, he lived alone, his wife having .deserted hint to follow a wandering fidelleie And Zobri, after baying vainly besought the Eternal to put an end to bis torments, had re- turned to his trade of ragpicker in or- wer to support his Little -child, whom a eompas•sionate neighbor heel agreed to take under her care. Beyond this child Zobri's. poseesaions 'consisted of only a shaky cabin and an inconceivably thin gout. The goat,' tied to a rope, browsed behind the cab- in and the latter was so tiny that in order to pick over his rays Zobri was obliged to spread them on the ground before -the front door, The people who passed along the road could see him •ea11 day long squatting on his rag heap. • One morning he was overcome with despair. Weary of lighting against misfortune he went to the priest and I said: "Holy man, life is a burden to me, for all the calamities have fallen on nae together. My trade disgusts me. I own nothing here below but a goat too old to furnish enough milk for my .child. Would it not be better for me to disappear from the earth?" The priest was a sage and his mind was rich in resources. He asked the lamentable Zobri: "Don't you live in the cabin at the end of the parish?" "Yes, holy man, in.,a cabin where I have just room enough to stretch my bed." "And what do you wish?" "A cure for my mistortunee. I am too unhappy." The priest reflected. "So be it," he said finally. "Will you obey me?" "Blindly, holy man." "Well, I have noticed that you leave your goat without shelter. Begin by finding a place for it in your cabin." "But," Zobri stammered, "I tell you, holy man, that my cabin is very small." "Didn't you promise to obey me?" said the priest severely. Zobri retired crestfallen. He untied the goat and took it into the hut. But the presrence of this malodorous animal soon made the place uninhabitable. Zozri ran to the priest. "Pardon nee, holy man," he whined, "but you have aggravated by troubles while intending to help me. The goat makes so muck noise and smells so strong that I have lost my last conso- 1stion, sleep." "Good," _answered the priest. "In that case it is time that you pick your rags inside your cabin, not outside." "Ott, Lord!" "I have spoken." More and more amazed; but yielding to the priest's instructions, Zobri went home, pushed his bed in one corner and the goat in another, so as to be able to spread the rag pickings on the floor. 1116,66661. For three days and nights the poor devil struggled against the d'iaoom- torts of the new arrangezneut, the odor of the goat and the rags and hie in- somnia, Tben he went and threw lzim- self on his knees before his strange) adviser, • Zobri • looked at his mentor in a dazed way, "My child with me? With the goat? With the rags?" "And the sooner the better." "Holy man, holy man," Zobri ven- tured, "are you sure you are not send- ing me to hell?" "And you, my son„" said the priest, "do you think that you can eompre- h•en,d the ways of Providence?" Zobri, now desperate, renounced comprehension. But the child was not installed in the cabin more than a week when the ragpicker; deprived of air, space and sleep, tormented by the Peat's bleating and the child's fret- ting, begged the priest to let him take leave of life. "It is true," the priest replied, "that your endurance has been rudely tested. Perhaps it would be better to put the . goat where it was before, behind the ;cabin." I "Will you allow me to do that, holy man?„ "Yes. And come back in three days and te11 me if you are more satisfied." It is going much. better:" Zobri re- ported on his next visit. "I have tied the goat outside. But I still have a hard •time,picking my rage." "Cotr1'cln:'t you do that in front of • the cabin?" the reverend asked. "What? But, holy man, you knave. well that that is what I used to do." "Do it again, my friend, without any hesitation." Zobri, although amazed by these con tradictory instructions, resumed his old habits. He felt so relieved that he could not help telling the priest about it. "So much the better," said the lat- ter. "But tell me, doesn't the child. which you still have in the cabin cause you a great deal of trouble?" "A great deal." "What prevents you taking it back to the good woman to whom you for- merly intrusted it?" "What, holy man? Do you authorize me to do that?" "Certainly, with pleasure." Some time later the priest, walking by, noticed Zobri, squatting on his rag pile before the door singing loudly as he separated the rags. He called to him: "Good day, Zobri. You seem to be very happy to be alive." "Yes, holy- man," declared Zobri, "I can do my work comfortably and I sleep well. What more do 1 need?" • "God be praised!" said the priest. "You have learned, my son, that hap- piness in this world is only a matter of contrast and that each`one of us, in order to be content with his lot, however unenviable it may be, has only to realize that it could be very much worse." Architecture. There is my castle, strong and white and proud, Such as the knights of old were wont to seek; Block upon block of white wind -ham- mered cloud; Piled in a row upon that far blue peak. There do I house my host of voiceless songs, -Belding with them a grand and knight- ly nightly court, Hearing their pleas, and righting all their wrongs, Stilling their plants, presiding at their sport. Over the moat of placid waveless air All day they rule, on plumed palfreys set, Till in the night my dreams foregather there— All the clear dreams that I May not tar- get. Castle of dreams, — my wayward fancy's prize, Mist in the mist, and airiest of air,— Deep in my heart your splendid towers rise— I know, for it was I who built them there! —W. A. Brewer, Jr., in Youth's Com- panion. Mending a Mountain. Some alarm• has been caused re- cently by the announcement that the Matterhorn is in s distinctly shaky condition, and may topple over into the Italian valley above which it towers. Similar fears were entertained some twenty years ago regarding the Rocher tie 1a Cluselte, in the Pura, which then raureattenvea to fall in to the valley of the Arouse. Had this happened, tate valfoy wonid have been blocked, and the flow of water, on which the district depended for its supply of electaleity, would have been stopped - Immediate action topped.Iimediate"action had to be taken to a•Velnt this calamity, which would Bayo plunged the countryside in dark11000 end disorganized its transport. Fin tne•ers rushed to the spot, the moun- Itain was shored up with <concrete,,and atL was well once more. Got Promotion, Viscount Allenby, at Clieleeet Hostel- Englande after inspoctiztg the Corps of Cznmissionaries, eai.d that during the war 2,000 nienihers ;return - eel to the services, and soma canna back., as briyadler•generals. Rapid Increase in Motor Travel hi Canada During recent years there bus been a rapid development in motor travel, both domestic and foreign, in Caaade. With the motor car within the reae:h of thousands of all classes, the alm'iat universal desire to travel .is being gratified. This is true 111 Canada ate elsewhere an dthe appearance in the streets of one 'woolen() of motor care bearing the lio'ense plates of another province indicates the interact Cana- dians are taking in all parts of the Dominion and the growing realization of the recreational and scenic advant- ages of Canada. The number of motor oars in Canada has lncreased rapidly and last year there were 639,696 'pee- sengerearn registered in the Domini- on. an omini-on,•an increase of 12 per cent. above the 1924 figure of 671,793. The increased number of motor oars entering the Dominion. for touring pur- poses also shows that Canada is com- ing into hes• own as a great tourist field. According to figures collected by the Department of Customs, 2,439,144 cars were admitted to the Dominion for periods of from one day to six When is a Jazz Band Not a Jazz Band. A writer addressing some remarks to lovers of music, in. the London (Eng- land) England) Daily Telegraph a few days ago, went on to say: "Why are we so con- cerned, about the pedigree of a jazz band that we attempt to give it a ven- eer of good behavious by receiving it in the drawing rooms of music—that is to say, concert halls? There are some who ask the riddle, 'When is a jazz band not a jazz band?' giving as their answer, 'When it is playing a symphony'; but the riddle is not good.' It were better to ask, 'When is a syn - phony not a symphony?' The answer most decidedly is, 'When it is played by a jazz band: " Who months., The visitors for twenty-four hours totalled 1,945,030 and of this number Ontario .entertained 1,290,094 New 13runawiok, •476,555; and Quebec, 111,98'8, Cars entering tor ,reriede 9t from two to thirty dela totalled 481,- 161, of will= Ontario received 229,310 and Quebec 143,628, while those COM. - big in for from one to six znonth.s nett: - boreal 2,948, Ontario secured 1,877 of these and Quebec 303. What this stream of foreign traffic means in a direct way to Canada can only be toughly indicated. For this purpose it is assumed that an outlay of $5 daily per head for supplies and for exportable purehasen was made; that each ear carried four persons, and that each touring party stayed in Canada approximately the full time le the case of one -day -permit and half the time of a permit for a longer period. With this as a bases it is. estimated that tourist outlays in the Dominion in 1925 reached $188,555,400, as corn- , pared wit $143,000,000 in .,1924. The following table gives an idea of the value of this traffic to each of the pro- vinces. No, of Entries Estimated 1 day to Gross 6 mos, Outlays.. Alberta .. , .. .. , , 8,617 $ 882,780 British Columbia123,788 26,500,829 11,1aaitoba 24,563 2,257,280 New Brunswick., 488,430 13,383,100 :Nova S'cotia , . • , 694 451,200 97,973,400 24,000 45,872,460 1,209,360 Ontario 1,521,217 Pr, Ed. island 20 Quebec 255,914 Saskatchewan . , 5,841 Canada 2,439,144 188,555,400 Tho iubzeaaing number of domestic motor cars and the growing foreign tourist travel have during the last few years directed increasing attention to our highways. Although the question .of good roads is one which is dealt with by the different provinces, the Do- mini= Government under the Canada Highways Aot, provided $20,000,000 in 1919 as its share towards aiding nigh - way development. By agreement with the provinces, the Federal authorities advanced forty per cent. of the cost of .approved projects and the provincial VOi ham crortC>.rie 0 I government concealed euppeeed the rte' d0* the$, 1 manning .sixty per coat, Lin 1 lechene over 7,000 miles of frank big11' s • a been constructed. In many' ways have y of fibs provinces, particularly in the Bast, road eons•truotcion is being push- ed and a 'system of repair patrolling has been adopted for over 21,000 wiles' throughout the Dominion, The total road mileage in Canada is estimated l at 427,037, which includes both ima proved end unimproved roads. Of th4e total 245,650 miles are olassified as passable earth and ` 126,818 miles as improved earth. There are 47,195' mile of gravel highway and 8,874 miles of macadam and concrete construction, Both the direct and indirect benefits to be derived from good roads are enormous. Tourist travel whether do- mestic or foreign means, a larger and wider circulation of money and a cone Sequent direct benefit to the country, Indirectly in the quickened soda' re• tat -lone, in the educative effects of trae vel, and in the promotion of a desirable community of interest in things Cana, dian, the benefits are incalculable. B Tw pUi4fkH,E :.J1n PARK ' yr"+i'/I' arandvdtr' 3rm,o_, . >, Ign Pal38., Troisflfvl ' e5 S4a ,the ku�'tiaeu Jot tette k .l' Klee urt gton inaw Pito isnsinir DE �i AAs) rte rr :