Zurich Herald, 1926-11-04, Page 7R.
By Angelo Petri.
ilia" great ztumber of people are so
`biles going after things that are tars
taw'ay and diilienit to obtain, that, they
are likely to ovel'ook th•e •good things
close by, fine things that lie right un
c1,er their hoses and to be had for the
asking, almost, at least—most of them
—by taking thought and a little pants.
And those who talc)) the thought and
the pains to fill their lives with the
b@auty that lies close at hand, ignor-
ing the more a+ophieticatred loveliness
that money can buy, are called "queer
folk." I know some of those queer
folk and value their frienafahip highly.
Their queerness has a strange restful-
ness that other folks' modernity can-
not supply.
One "queer" lady of my acquaint-
ance has a ;cottage in the hills and in
• that cottage is, not one picture, not one
curtain. There are shades to shutout
th,e morning sun in the bedrooms fac-
ing east but that is.the only sign of a
window covering in the whole house.
You see, the windiws of this cottage
look out on .a range of hills that march
along the horibon chanting, "I will lift
up mine eyes to the hills from whence'
cometh my help," bo all who look upon
them. "It would be wanton stupidity
to shut them out, wouldn't it?" asks
the lady of the hill •house. I agree that
it would.
' Another friend has in every habit-
able room in his house open fireplaces
and capacious wood boxes, always well
filled. "I know the central heating
plant will give us heat," says he, "but
it won't give us the cheerfu company
a woodfire gives. When the hearth
fire blazes there is color and sound
and warmth that speaks to the spirit
of you. Somehow, it seems to bring
you close to friends—those you know
and some you never knew. All the
memories of the human family are
thronging about a blazing wood fire.
So • many of our ancestors sat before
the evening fire that the sight of one
draws to us all the dear ghosts, all
the sweet memories and all the magic
dreams of days past and present and
-to come. I must have a wood fire."
One .of my neighbors will have no
telephone, no radio, no record music
in the country house. "I have all those
in the town. I can hear them any
time. Out in the country I want to
hear the message• of the stars. All my
life I have starved for stars. I oaunots
see .enough of Mega In the city we
can sea only a. tiny tyerap of sky .and
than the ligh't's+ shut out the i:eev eters
we might see. I want to sit out here
and see the whole sweep of the sky
tilled moth theist. Noises of any kind,
even the finest music, seem to disturb
thele silence" and _their rnysterloue
rhythm tor me, I want the saillnese
and the eters. Instead of any of tate
modern farms o%f 'entertainment I have
a telescope and the stars. They rest
me. They tell me something that the
radio and the, telephone and the vio-
1 trola cannot carry."
• "Queer,' say the neighbors. "We
couldn't get along without aura!"
A certain hoose built with its back
to the read and its garden on the far
side of the house, set the neighbors
wondering. "Such a queer thing to
dot The living room is at the back of
the house and the gardens are all
there. Wouldn't you think that site
would have put it the other way? No-
body ,can see them there. Yon can't
see what's happening on the road with
your back turned to it. Queer, isn't
it?"
•
But the lady who lives in that hind -
side -before house 'would far rather
know what is happening in the garden.
I than what is happening on the -read.
A garden is a lovely place where one
can work and rest and read and think;
according to one's mood. But if every-
body and his brother are "paseing by,"
there is no chance to do any of these•
• things. The mood is spoiled when the
grocer's boy comes hi-yi-ing along the
• road. One cannot work on. a weeding
job with the full power of one's might
i if the passersby are looking on. There
must be privacy in the garden if it is
to be a garden. So, some queer people
who love their gardens hide them
away.
You have, you know, your own queer
spot if you think about it. It is, more
than likely, your loveliest spot that
you are hiding from the rest of us. It
is your own secret place to Which you
retire from the world when it presses
too heavily upon you. Perhaps you
take refuge in a book, or in a long
walk along the river, or a day's re-
treat in the woods. Somewhere with-
in you is your Queer spot—your lovely
self. Cherish it.
THE CO-OPERATIVE
MARKETS OF C s°. ADA
ALMOST EVERY PRO -
'DUCT OF THE FARM.
tarso there has not been the same
pressing need for co-operative market-
ing as was found in the West. Never-
theless the -farmers in these two pro-
vinces have found that co-operative
selling brings them in better returns
than through their own individual ef-
forts. The largest co-operative mar-
keting organization in Ontario is the
United Farmers' Co-operative ...associa-
tion, which deals in all kinds of farm
Prosperity Largely' Depea;<denit products, from livestock to turnips.
Ontario also has hundreds of cheese
Upon Efficient and Economi-
cal Marketing of Produce.
Co-operative snarl sting of agricul- agency which markets the output of
these plants. In addition there is the
tural products in Canada is probably Ontario Co-operative Honey Producers
more advance an n any other Ltd., which has now had several years
factories and a few creameries owned
collectively and one cheese selling
d th i
country in the world. It is estimated of successful experience. In the els-
that approximately 430,000 farmers ter Province of Quebec there are about
out of ea total of 700,000 in the Do- 450 co-operative associations of vari-
minion are now selling their products nus kinds, five of which apply the pool
in some measure co-operatively. The principle in some form. The products
total volume of products sold in this marketed co-operatively in this pro -
way in 1925 would appear to have been vince include honey, maple syrup,
worth $300,000,000, which means that poultry, livestock, dairy products and
between 50 and 60 per cent. of Cana- tobacco.
than farmers. ,combined, last year, to In theme Maritimes.
sell 30 per cent. of their entire 'produc-
tion in a co-operative manner. While
these figures are only aproxtmate,
There is also a considerable amount
of co-operative marketing in the Mari -
they tend to show, with some degree time Provinces. In New Brunswick
of.accuracy, the magnitude and the re- most of thecheese factories and
sponeiveness which this movement .creameries are operated on a co -opera -
has met with among Canadian feral -
in
basis: Other products marketed
ers. in this manner in the province include
Almost every product of the farm is wool, apples, seed potatoes, ego and
marketed co-operatively in Canada in
poultry. Fruit marketing is the.prin-
cipal form of co-operative endeavor in
some portion of the Dominion. Apples
and other fruits are so disposed of in Nova Scotia. The United Fruit Cont -
Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Co- ponies, the co-operative organization,
lumbia; milk for human consumption
and butter and cheese manufacture in
almost every one of the nine pro-
vinces; commercial livestock for the
marketing in every province; seeds of
all kinds in every province; wool in
every province through the Canadian
Co-operative Woca Growers' Associa-
tion; vegetables in Ontario and British
Columbia; tobacco in Ontario and Que-
bec; potatoes in several provinces;
6•ggs and poultry in almost every pro -
markets a large shore of its immense
apple crop of the Annapolis Valley, ex-
porting to England by specially char-
tered steamers. In addition there are
about 4,000 dairy farmers, several lutn
deed producers of poultry products
and about 200 potato growers who
also market• their products co-opera-
tively in Nova Scotia. The principal
co-operative marketing •enterprise In
Prince Edward Island is that: associ-
ated with the selling or eggs and pout -
wince to some extent; and wheat and try. Some of the eatery factories of
other grates through that immense co- the ]stand are farmer -owned and there
operative organisation the Wheat are also organizations for the market -
Pool. ing of seed grain.
Agriculture is Canada's greatest
The Movement In Western Canada. primary industry and its prosperity is
I'he co-operative tiarket ng move- largely dependent upon efltcient and
merit in Western Canada, and more
economical marketing of its products.
particularly so in the Prairie Pro-, The majority of Canadian farmers be-
vinces, has reached a high degree of Bove that this clan be accomplished
efficiency and is an important factortltraugh co-operative ttasociations, and
•int the economic life of that area, The) while this type of marketing lies re -1
farmer, in the West is airways faced
i ceived setbacks from, time to time, yet
with the fact that eastern and export tri the last decade the ntcveneut has
markets. are only to be reached after
made rapid .growth and is now recog-
the products have covered long hauls
as a pernianent. feature or Can-
by rail and eater: For these, and
ado's agt•kultural industry.
other reasous, wheat, dairy, livestock'
and poultry pools have been organized 'atter Still Flowing
en an extensive scale for tnot•a econo Where Moses Hit Rock
fuical marketing. Due to the tact that Iiadeslt-barnett, the camping place of
Pradt:ction and marketing methods to the children of Teener itt the middle of
the three Prairie Provinces are idea- the Sinai wilderness, Arabia, where
cleat, practically all of these organa -
Moses s!.rtirk water from the rock, and
xatiotts -function in tine seine manner.' whence the 12 spies were sent into
Tins is particularly so in the case or 1 t'nnaast, bee been found, according to
the wheat pools, While each province 1 1Ir. GVfil'.•ain T. hills, of Stvat'tlntnvmil,
has ate own organization, yet all work, who recentay "turned 'frim 10 rnottt•Its
together harmonious:y through a cenel of oe' ee tlY sL Mille tends. He said
tial selling ngeztcy ,the C'anailtati'that a great. heard of water slim ilowe(1
Wlneatt Proilttcels, Limited. from the reel; wall or the Wady Ain
In Ontario and Quebe5• Goderat, the only spring of its Thrid
la the. Provinces of Quelre"c tinct On- in Sinai,
COMMAND2R BYRD'S FOKKER PLANE, JOSE?H!NE FORD
Which flew over the North Pole last summer, set all on an extended flight from Belling Field, B.C.
The One -Way Street.
All day,
One way,
Along my cobbled length,
Pass youth and age, pass frailty and
strength, '
The handsome equipage, the shabby
haek,
But none of these comes back.
I yearn
To learn
The whither and the hence,
The goal, the mission, and the conse-
quence—
But even milkmen, heralds of the day,
Go home another way.
Would fate
A straight
Smooth .pavement were my lot,
With blue -coats' at each valnerable
spot
Where ebbing, flowing, tides of traffic
meet,—
And I, once more, a Two -Way Streetl
—Edith Carolyn Newlin.
Corn in Western Canada.
Greater interest 'than ever is being
taken in the production of corn in the
prairie provinces. According to a pre-
liminary estimate of the Canadian
Government Bureau of Statistics there
were 173,660 acres planted to corn in
the Prairie Provinces—Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta—in 1926, an in-.
crease of 7,330 acres over last year.
The progress which has been made
in. corn growing in the Prairie Pro-
vinces has been remarkable. Ten
years ago Manitoba had only 9,380
acres planted to corn, yielding 27,00D
tons; Saskatchewan, 2,253 acres, yield-
ing 5,900 tons; and Alberta, 675 acres,
yielding 1,700 tons; a total acreage of
12,758 acres and a total yield of 34,600
FOOTBALL IN MiD-A !
Feats on Our D aredevil Airmen.
To talk of hurdle racing in aero-
planes seems ridiculous, says an Eng-
lish newspaper. Yet an exciting con.-
test
onteat of this kind was witnessed recent-
ly at Bournemouth. Flying a few feet
above the ground, each pilot made his
machine "leap" a series of obstacles
in a graceful rising and falling move-
ment. Strange as it seams to the un-
initiated, many ground sports have
been adapted to aerial conditions.
Human "Bombs."
An exciting tennis match was once
played on the upper wings of an sera -
plane in full flight. With a net stretch-
ed between them, two Glaring aviators
returned each other's service from the
base -lines of this extraordinary court,
which were represented by the ex-
treme ends of the rocking wings. Al-
though both men had their feet roped
down, the sport was highly dangerous.
Aviators in fast machines played a
game of aerial golf at Roehampton not
long ago. A white circle was drawn
on the ground to represent the hole,
and instead of balls each pilot was
given several small bags filled with
flour. Dropped from a height of a
hundred feet. the bags buret like
bombs when they struck the ground,
thus enabling the judges to decide ex-
actly how near each competitor came
to "holing out."
Target practice is a favorite sport
with many aviators. Large targets
with bulls, inners, and outers are
drawn on the ground, and the object
of the contest is to drop bombs into
the centre.
Far more thrilling, however, is the
variation of this, sport in which human
"bombs" are used. When each pilot
has attained the position he considers
toes for the three provinces. The ---------- -- __.__ _ _. _ _ _
most suitable, he singnals to a com-
panion. The latter immediately leaps
clear of , the aeroplane and, drifting
earthwards beneath his parachute,
tries to stere a bull with his own body.
Shooting big game from aeroplanes
Is a sport that few hunters have pic-
tured even in their wildest dreams.
Yet French Pilots sometimes indulge
in this pastime in Northern Africa.
Marking down their quarry from a
distance, they ffy over the animals
and pick off the finest heads at their
leisure.
Duck shooting was carried out on
an extensive scale by aviators not
long ago. In certain districts these
birds bad multiplied at such a rate
that they threatened to become a
plague. To cope with the nuisance,
aviators were emplo;ted to chase the
ducks immediately beaters had raised
them from their feeding grounds. Fol-
lowing close behind the birds, they
shot 'them down with machine-guns.
Even a form of fishing has bean car-
ried out from aeroplanes. French
pilots were employed recently to des-
troy huge schools of porpoises which
were working havoc in the sardine
fisheries. The method used in this
case was to hurl hand grenades at the
fist as they rose above the waves.
But a. far more astonishing aerial
sport than any of these mentioned will
become popular if the plans of certain
English experts materialize. These
men propose to play football in the
clouds. A large bladder filled with
gas, so that it will just support itself
iu mid-air, will be used as a ball. The
winged footballers will then "lick"
this "ball" with special appliances
projecting from their machines.
acreage planted to corn in the Prairie
Provinces has in the decade increased
by over 400 per cent. •
Wheat is being produced .commercial-
ly 700 miles north of the International
line and coin is already a recognized
crop 250 miles north of the United
States border, with its sphere steadily
extending.
• The Secret.
The secret of friendship is just the
secret of all spiritual blessing. Tho
way to get it is to give. The selfish in
the end Can never get anything but
•seltisinese. The hard find hardness
everywhere. As you mete, it is meted
out to you.—Hugh Black, in 'Friend-
ship."
Advertising Benefits
Urged on British
Sir Charles Higham, in an address
before the Royal Advertising Club,
said that British firms needed to ad-
vertise more to seduce the selling cost
of goods.
He name.cl six things which at pre-
sent
resent should be widely advertised
throughout Great Britain: "To teach
the way of good health, to create a
better feeling in industry, to prove
to the public the advantage of buying
identified, trade -marked articles, to ex -
lain to the public the disadvantage
of having too many lawyers in Parlia-
ment, to teach people the advantages
of living in the suburbs instead of in
the thickly populated City areas, and
to explain the joy of work,"
r
Sandringham Fitted in Lace.
Queen Mary has fitted all the reams
of Saatclringhatn Palace with Notting-
ham lace curtains and also has pro-
vided many of the beds in the famous
palace with, Nottingham lace spreads.
Collar Button Demand.
The amount of brass used annually
in the manufacture of the brass collar
button is officially put at 300,000
pounds, the d•eniaaid for that useful if
elusive article, it is said, now break-
ing all records.
:4
•
These annual announcements, "a
better car in every way," should reach
the "best" stage some day. Then we'a
buy ours.
.AD.r SON'S ADVENTURES—Ey 0. Jacohsstm.
"`w`ia✓elle
(Copytigt t,t5E1, b' 1 hctlelkSytnarM:e• t,re•S
A Tough Tenth.
Get a Mood View.
I'Iany people, ae' theY sdvanca iu .
Ute, Maim a position, bacofino' prOs13%*
out., enlarge tl3pir hoznee, "their Or,"
dens, their expenses—yet never think
of enlazging their lives,.
The true meaning of ea1argment 16'
• setting free, giving store aiteae, anon,.
ler scope. The meaning of the wend
is now confined to the narrower sense,
of extension, although even this Sass*
'word has a spiritual as• well en a ma-
Waal
aterlal signif eetiou.
Well,. rightly •considered, enlia ge-
ment may be d•ej;ned as an indefiirite
extension of range, a spiritual and
mental entfranchisement; the olid tram.
mels, shackles, bonds, being cast offs
and mind and spirit issuing Sate the
open 'air of freedom.
It is not pzzusual to find men and
'women thinking the crude thoughts of
childhood, etilll walking in, the leading
strings of infancy. In. some .directions
they have •grown up, but :it is mainly
in the direction of worldly wisdom, or
wbat the ;cot means by canneries.
But man shares this capacity for ad.'
vanoement with the higher quadru•
peas. A. dog will learn many tricks
which give promise of •self-aggran,dise-
ment, Ile will display real cuteness
where food and t;gly comfort are con-
cerned. But he will remain a dog,
with all a dog's ilmirtations.
Now, when the Bible. says: "The life
is more than meat," it is making this
very distinction. it is thinking orthe
human capacty for enlargement.
Thus, 11 you and I have no soul
above money, we are poor creatures.
Idealism, •culture, vision—these, so far
from spoiling a. man business, as some•
suppose, improve him rather. It is now
aGrac•d, for instance, that imagination
is a great business asset.
Therefore, the man who says': "I'm
too busy to read," or "I've time for
nothing but work," is out er date and
behind the times. He is cramping
himself. He is losing life to make a
living.
I met a man the other day who had
made a great success abroad. He in-
veighed against the educational meth-
ods of his youth. He had been given an
expensive education, yet all he learned
was to read the Greek Testament and
compose Latin verses!
But one could not talk with him
without feeling that his early educe-
tion had put him on. the road to all
kinds of splendid enlargements. His
influence over men had been strength-
ened thereby; ihs outlook had been
broadened; his intelligence had been
illumined; his reasoning faculties had
been trained, schooled, disciplined.
Schoolmasters often hear"questions•
like this: "What's the use of my lad
learning history when he's going to
be a plumber?" Wall, it is because
Soots people do not ask such questions
that we say there is 'a greater feeling
for education in S•cotlond than in Eng-
land!
Build thee more stately mansions, 0
my soul,
As the swift seasons rolll
Leave thy low -vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler than the
last,
Shut thee from heaven with a dome
more vast,
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's
unresting see.
Whatever your grade or calling or
profession, you will be all the better
for wide sympathies, broad mental
horizons, ter a determination not to
Iive in dens and holes of the earth, but
in the full light .of the sun, in the free
air of heaven.
The Pattern Inventor.
Everyone has heard of the finger-
print system used for identifying crim-
inals. it was the invention of a clever
Frenchman, M. Bertallon. „His niece,
a designer of patterns, studying some
of her uncle's finger prints, was struck
by the beauty of the intricate lines and
tried the experiment of . enlarging
them and painting them on velvet.
Now there promises to be a big de-
mana for this type of pattern.
Many artists make good incomes by
designing patterns for dresses. cre-
tonnes, wallpapers, and so on, and
there is hardly anything in Naturethat
they do not use end copy for the pur-
pose of producing new designs. Some
work almost entirely from plants, us-
ing f awere, petals, - curiously -shaped
leaves, or g=2:"sat cf different kinds ne
models,
Others i'tu ly birds or the wings of
moths and butterflies and so obtain
g orgeous combinations of color. A
third elan; frequent the library of the
British Museum, copying designs frona
anc"lent manuscripts or from old East)
✓ rn colored pia uts.
Ladle'
All day itt exqulbits air
The song clotub an invisiblegstain',
Flight on flight, story en stery,
into tato dazzling glory.
There was no bird, only a eluting,
Up in the. glory, climbing and riniging,
Like a stnell golden cloud at even,
Trembling 'twlet earth and heaven.
1 saw no s•t:aircas,e winding, winding,
11p in the dazzle, sapphire and binding,
Yet round by renal, i,tt exquisite aim,
The song wena up the stair.
•---itatharine Tynan, in "'l'lte F'orr•er
of Peace"
Wireless for Lifeboats.
It ie now eontpalsory for one In
every fifteen lifeboats tarried la Br1-
titat passenger shills to be acialaled
with wireless,