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Zurich Herald, 1936-09-24, Page 6a EDITORIAL COMMENT FROM IED, THERE AND EVERYWHERE. CANADA. Toronto's School Stir It is surprising sometimes what Toronto folks can do in the way of political and religious intolerance. A row has just developed over the dis- missal of a public school teacher be- cause she is alleged to have a roman Catholic boy friend, to have been a bridesmaid at a Roman Catholic wedding, and to have even attended a Roman Catholic service. She is a member of a United Church. What the narrow -minds forget rs that the public schools are not Prot- estant schools, There are many Ro- man Catholics who are teachers in public schools. No religion is taught in them, therefore, the question of the private religious life of teach- ers sloes not arise, tt is intolerable to think that a teacher in public schools is called upon to limit her circle of friends to those who are Protestants. — St. Thomas Times - Journal. Sowing The Wind Germany, so the cables say, will have 1,182,000 men living in military barracks by October 1. . Yes; and Germany has 1750,000 men in their graves as a result of the Great War alone—most of them sleeping in for- eign soil. To say nothing of millions more maimed and broken for life. The return for all this appalling sacrifice was ruin and disaster. — Halifax Herald. Among The Meanest It is a good thing to see that a magistrate has given a bicycle thief with a record a jail term, although not as long a one perhaps as some people might hare wished. Four months is not too severe a punish- ment for a young man who has al- ready been before the Court for the same despicable offence. In the great majority of cases the theft of a bicycle is a very serious thing for its owner, to whom it is indispensable in earning his Living. Thousands of machines are in use by messenger and delivery boys and young men who, with their neces- sarily small earnings, find it almost or entirely, beyond their bowers to replace them when they are stolen and are thus out of employment al- together. --Montreal Star. Life "A mystic bird once asked. What is Life?' " writes Dr. H. S. Rhosla in the Children's News of Delhi, India, A "musician bird at once responded 'Life is a string of music'. A thole showed his head out of the ground to say, "Lift is a straggle in the dark.' The wild rose whose petals had just blossomed said, 'Life is the name of growth.' A fly buzzed, 'Life is the smallest summer day.' An ant, 'Noth- ing beyond hard labor.' Then the rain came with the message, 'Life is teardrops.' An eagle spreading his wings like tar airplane cried, 'It is. another name for freedom and strength.' The breeze murmured, 'Life is a dream: The morning sun then appeared and sang, 'Life is the name of .t beginning." --Brandon Sun. Talking Themselves Into It So far, the prevention of war has seined to consist mainly in a con- tinuous assertion that it wa bound to come.—Vancouver Province. Drought Cycle Upholding the theory that there is a definite precipitation cycle, the Smithsonian Institute declares the drrught area in the United States '(and it would, of course, apply to the drought areain the Canadian prairie pro"inees as well) is "near the bot- tom of what appears to be a 46 -year precipitation eyrie in some way asso- ciated with cyclic variations in the radiations output of the sun." On this basis it believes another major dry period may not strike the prairies un- til 1980. It is, of course, guess -work in sonxe degree. The evidence of the existence of such a cycle is by no means complete. And even if it were, it should not affect in the slightest degree the activities of the authori- ties and the fanners in measurer to Combat drought. Drought is more than a question of rainfall -•- Win- nipeg Tribune. Nature Note Among many people a belief exists that handling a toad is liable to cause warts to appear on the hands. This is entirely erroneous, and probably caused by some sympathetic super- stition that the ware or excreeeen- ges, which cover the toad's back were transplanted in the human skin by the moisture whichexudes when the toad is touched, This liquid hag no such power. Neither is it poisoiious to hums ns. But from two large warts or glands on either side of the toad's neck a secretion is discharged which is decidedly distasteful to annuals. It is the toad's means of defence. Should a dog catch a toad, it will almost instantly drop it and com- mence to froth at the mouth in evi- dent distress. This, however, is only temporary, and beyond a nauseating taste, the dog will be no worse—and a good deal wiser—for the adventure. —Calgary Herald. Soft Shoulders Warnings against "soft shoulders" are given to motorists on the high - 'Ways. Young men should be partic- ularly on their guard, however, of driving cars while Jeanine their heads against another type of soft shoulders' —St. Thomas Tines -Journal. Half -Pound Peaches ' Peaches half a pound each, the Vimy variety, were shown in this office on Saturday. They were the product of one of the Vineland Co- operative growers at Jordan Station, and in this product is explained the remarkable success, year after year, of this organization in marketing, at good prices, the various lines it has to offer. --St. Catharines Standard. Women in Banking Very few, if any, Canadian women, hold positions of responsibility with the banks. It is a field in which thus far the mere male' has been able to stave off the feminine onslaught into the business world. But in the United States, the num- ber of lady bankers is sufficiently great to warrant an association of their own—the Association of Bank Women. This group will convene about the middle of next month, just before the convention of the Ameri- can Bankers Association. Offices held by members of the fair sex included in the association's rost- er run the entire gamut of the bank- ing profession from president down. Included are presidents, vice-presi- dents, assistant secretaries and treas- urers, cashiers, trust officers, statis- ticians, directors, branch managers, and managers of departments such as exchange,•• collection, publicity, savings. — Financial Pest. In Second Place Canada was second in unmanufac- tured unstripped tobacco with 6,729,- 834 ,729;834 pounds, in the first six months of 1936, United States being first with 72,553,186 and Southern Rhodesia third with 1,006,114. Second place is only about a twelfth of first place, but it is important when one remem- bers that Canada is comparatively young in the growing of tebacco. — Niagara Falls Review. Apple Growers Advertise The apple growers of the state of Washington will tax themselves a cent a box to be used for a great ad- vertising campaign to popularize the use of boxed apples. Probably they will be successful and, as the Review often has pointed out, Ontario fruit growers also could move their crops quickly and profitably by means of a properly organized newspaper ad- vertising campaign. When one re- members what was done for the or- ange, it 'is not difficult to see what could be done for the finer fruits of our own province. -- Niagara Falls Review. THE EMPIRE The War On 'Tropical Disease India is often forgetful of the won- derful work that is being done far the health and happiness of her mil- lions by the research workers whose war on tropical disease goes on tire- lessly and relentlessly with seldom a mention in the world's news. ()ACC a year there comes as a reminder of all that is being done the Report of the Calcutta School of Tropical Med- icine and the Carmichael Hospital for Tropical Diseases, one of the most romantic and stimulating publicat- ions which issue annually ,from the Government Press. — Calcutta Statesman. Where There Are Jobs Parents in search of a carpel for their sons—and the sons themselves —cannot do better than devote seri- ous attention to the statement of the Minister of Mines, in opening the new Government Miners' Training School at East Geduld Mines, that in South Africa today therein no"sur- er profession than mining. Mr;' Dun- can wt s referring, of coarse;' to train- ed and skilled miners, and partieu• larly to mining engineers. In his prospects of ultimate advancement to the top of the tree the untrained man is probably at an even greater disadvantage in mining. than in most other wallas of life. As a learned profession, on the other hand, mining offers scope and opportunities in this country today unequalled—and likely to be unequalled for many years to come—by any other calling. — Jo- hannesburg Times. Nochgrne James Larkin Pearson, in the New York Times. The lengthening shadows fade; the sunset gold Is dim on field and fold; • And creatures weary of their day- time quest Turn homeward seeking rest. Oh, hushed and holy falls the sacred dusk, With scents of myrrh :and musk, And healing silence :follows the loud day, Ti11 grief is dreamed away. • .Quelec Ladies ' Golf Champion. Mrs. D. Leo Dolan, Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club, winner of the provincial championship of the Quebec Branch of the "Can- adian Ladies Golf Union. She triumphed 3 and 2 against Mrs. A. B. Darling, Whitlock, defend- ing champion, in the 36 -Bole final. 1't curlene To Keep Child in France HOLLYWOOD—Marlene Dietrich, now in Europe will place her,11-year- old daughter, Maria, in a school in France, both for educational purposes and to minimize the danger of kid- napping attempts, the actress said in a letter received here by a friend. In Hollywood Miss Dietrich took elaborate precautions against abdue- tiun of her child. The windows of her home were barred, burglar alarms were: installed and bodyguards con- stantly protected Maria. South Africa plans to pension old and sick animals. TICKET TROUBLE soylAS Tr l Caad Leve 275 illions more •Than Value of Wheat ,Gold and Newsprint—Toronto is "Unknown" But Not Callander and the Quints, Though trade figures seldom mention it, and it can hardly be classed as an industry, Canada has developed a source of gross revenue which this year will exceed in value the entlre.,wheat crop, or the exports of gold and newsprint combines. It is the tourist trade, John Lin- eola points out 'in the Financial Post. INVISIBLE EXPORTS Based on the first' seven months it will amount to somewhere between $250 and $300 millions for 1936 or close to the banner 1929 peak when its value was estimated- at just over the $300 million mark. Some 1? million visitors are expected before the end of the year. It is the tourist trade which pri- marily makes up those "invisible" exports upon which older European countries rely to offset unfavorable. balances .of trade. Foreign money pours in payment for the privilege of visiting countries rich in history. Now Canada is not alarmed by an unfavorable balance of trade. Nor are we relatively rich in ins- torical background. Here there is something else to trade for foreign gold—a change, scenery, game and since 1934, the Dionnes. 1 These are the lures of the tourist trade, the profits coming chietiy from the temporary transfer of the 'visitor's spending power to Canada. Like everything else, the world- wide depression exercised a depres- sing influence here. But it does not appear to have lasted long and re- covery has been swift. Here are the gross figures: CANADA'S TOURIST TRADE Year Gross Revenue 1926. $201,167,000 1927 238,477,000 1928 275,230,000 1929 309,379,000 1930 279,238,000 1931 250,7 76,000 Etv GLUYAS wi LtA 6E15 TICKET OUT AND PUT, If IN HAI BAND, 50'SE Mil( HAVE TO INTERRUPT HIS NEWSPAPER RgADiMci WHEN CONDUCTOR COMES FEELS ROUND HATBAND. WHIPS NAY OFF AND STARES JAf rr. NOTCkE'( PLU156E5 INTO ACCOUNT OF MURDER TRiAL. HEARS. CONDUCTOR COMMAND FEELS 1O MAKE SURE TICKET IS U. RIGH CONDUCTOR STOPS BESLDE coNDUc-(OR REPEA-fS Hill AND SAYS' 1 CKE1, REQbES'C FOR TiCRE'C, PLEASE." POINTS AT mg( IMI'A>'IENTL.Y AND 60ES ON READINe ASSURES CONDUCTOR FINDS TICKET NAS BEEN IT VAS THERE A MINUTE PUSHED DOWN IN51DE PAT. AGO. 5EARC 4ES FLOOR BAND BIK CANT GET 11' OUT, CONDUCTOR MUTTER$ HE CAN'( wAtT Au. PAS' 1-171Ly. a.UJ -.gid of atm 3no.) GIVES CONDUCTOR AN0111 ER'fiCKC1't AND SPENDS REST OF RDE 1'RYlNG ib GE'(.114l5 ONE OUT Wr rioV'(1EARINCa HAT BAND THE WONDERLAND OF OZ — 1932 212,448,000 1983 117,124,000 1934 129,, 1935 202,974314,000000 1936 a275,000,000 aEstimated. SOME OUTGO TOO But this tourist business from et etional standpoint is not all velvet. /hile Americans, Britishers and' ;hers are enjoying the Canadian), enery, travel and fishing to the 1 the o£ probably $5 per head per! iv, a largo number of Canadians) a ~e . doing the same thing , in the t Lr eighboring republic •or abroad. This visiting is not a one-way 1 attic and Canadians spend a good • ;Lal of time and money at southern l .S. winter resorts, along the Atlan-+ 1 and Pacific seaboards in the ring and across the Atlantic in the utnmer-. In 1935, it is estimated by the Do- i inion Bureau of Statistics that if :ch people left ahnost $80 millions 'd t other countries. Of this nearly 1,35 millions was spent in the U.S.' I ut the balance in spite of this ending remained well in Canada's 1 Ivor as is indicated by the follow - i ig table: LET REVENUE TOURIST TRADE (000's4initted) Expenditures By Tourists Tourists to from ,Net Year •Canada, Canada Revenue 1936a 275,000 125,00 150,000 1935 2.2,314 79,399 123,915 1934 129,974 53,658 76,316 1933 117,124 00,860 66,364 1932 212,448 57,403 155,04E a Estimated. New York Woman Smashes All Records For Lady Anglers HALIFAX—Lady anglers are hav- ing their share of fame in Nova Sco- tia this season. Mrs. Frances Low of New York City, fishing off Jordan Ferry, N.S., started out modestly with a 600 - pound tuna, only to smash that world's record and gave a repeat per- formance that staggered veteran fish. • ermen witnessing the sporting battle, Herman Grey, provincial govenunent tuna promoter, was an interested spectator on both occasions. No less noteworthy was the treat et'ovided by • Fanny R. Curtis, 13, who whipped a 251 pound blue fin tuna to a finish in just 22 minutes, off the Yarmouth, N.S., coast. The time was remarkable for a strong roan, and for a girl weighing 103 pounds the feat was looked upon as a miracle by the party with her in Captain Edward Richards' boat. Sponging On Motorists Writes the Hamilton Spectator: To give an impecunious fellow a "lift" and help him on bis way, may be regarded as a Good Samaritan act. But what about those. thumb -pointers who are well able to pay for their transportation, better able it may • be, than the motorist on whom their sponge? When young men—and older men —brag of the ease with which they are able to travel around the coun- try, and even abroad, at the ex- pense of others, it is a condition (and a frame of mind) which needs correction. They are nothing but barefaced cheats, when it comes to calling a spade a spade. These are the real "vagrants." B-4 Based on the stories by L. Frank Baum The Saw -Horse being Ozma's per- sonal property, was tenderly cared for; and often she rode the queer creature along the streets of the Emerald City. She had its wooden legs shod with gold, to keep them from wearing out, and the tinkle of these golden shoes upon the pave- nnent always filled the Queen's sub- jects with awe as they thought of this evidence of her magical pow. ers. As for Jack Pumpkinhead, Ire settled on a farm, where he grew live pumpkins to be used for heads, After Glinda's army had marched home, and peace was' restored to 'the Emerald City, the Tin Woodman cane with the Scarecrow to an- nounce his return to his own King- dom of the Winkles. "It isn't a vory big kingdom," said he to Oz- ma, but it is easy to rule. When I get home I shall have myself chrom- ium plated, for T have beeeme some- what scratched in the course of our.. adventures, My friend, the Scare- crow, I have appointed my Royal Treasurer, for he isstuffedwith money." "I think," replied Ozma, smiting',' that your friend ffiust he the richest man in the world." "1 am," replied the Scarecrow, "but not on account of my money. Eor 1 consider brains far more important than money. You may have noticed that it one has brains without money he will live comfortably to the end of his days." "Do not leave yet," said. Oz - ma. "You must stay until tomorrow, for tonight 1 am having, a party for all my faithful friends,'y Copyrighted1932.lcilly k Lee Co. That night the party was held, and it was the most gorgeous that the Royal Palace had ever seen? Glinda and all our old friends, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Woggle-Bugwere present. "We are all through with our travels," cried the Scarecrow. "Now we can return to the quiet of our homes." But at that very instant something was happening which was to lead every one of our friends into strange, new adventures' more exciting than ever before,"