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Zurich Herald, 1934-10-18, Page 6Vc.ice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large CANADA THE ART OF LISTENING The art of listening, like the art sof thinking, is an achievement, t is not everybody that n carefully, and learn thereby. Perhaps it is because few people can con- leerse well enough to hold the aver- age person's attention. There is something to that, There may be times when one, amongst a crowd of people talking like blue streaks, remains silent, The silent one might be termed a quiet fellow. Ile may be quiet, yet be a good listener. Engage this quiet per- son in conversation and it might be Surprising how much he knows. The Chinese may not have a word for it, but the saying that it is bet- ter to have two ears and one mouth can be credited to them. Ancient Chinese sages 'said a mouthful' when they uttered that remark.—Regina Leader -Post. PRAISE FOR CUSTOMS OFFICIALS Speaking with knowledge of condi- tions at Portal the News desires to state that the customs officials, both Canadian and American, at that point are the personification of courtesy and kindness to travellers, They are not only thoughtful of the feelings of tourists, but are ver- itable mines of information when it conies to answering the thousand and one questions which are shot at then from every angle as they carry out their duties at the border. There is no special reason why the officials at North and South Portal should differ materially from those at other points, and the News is much inclined to think that if a tourist, crossing the border, is at all reason- able, his troubles will be infinitesimal. —Medicine Hat News, NO CODDLING WANTED. There is no disposition among the general public of Canada to molly- coddle the criminal or to waste any sentiment on public enemies—to borrow our neighbor's criminal nom- enclature—whose methods of distur- bing the peace are of the most vio- lent kind. The gun -toter who holds up a citizen and demands his money or his life deserves the extreme pen- alty of the law. Kidnapping should be regarded as a capital offense—a few lashes before the noose.—Victoria 'Times, STENOGRAPHERS JOIN UP Two textbooks on evolution, orig- inally listed by the Fort Worth, Tex., Board of Education as approved books have now been stricken from the list with the explanation that they were included through a "stenographer's error." Thus the stenographers join the Great Army of Goats, which is headed by the newspaper reporters who are forever "misquoting" public speakers.—Kingston Whig -Standard. RULES USELESS UNLESS OB- SERVED. The statement by an eminent Brit- ish statesman to the effect that he knew of no act of parliament through which he could not drive a coach and six, illustrates the weakness of for- mulating rules for human conduct provided that there is a determina- tion not to be guided by those rules. --Fort William Times -Journal. BEGIN TO NEED 'EM' September is presumably the month when the nudist gentlemen begin trying to recall where they hung up their trousers.—Regia Lead- er -Post, THE BARRS GOOD FARMERS In a year when most farmers are realizing only partial crops the ach- ievement of John. Barr of Pakenham in raising 3,200 bushels of grain and 75 tons of alfalfa, all off 110 acres, is amazing. The land is black clay and the excellent results obtain- ed were due to proper drainage. The 110 acres were sown as follows: 50 acres in barley, O.A.C. registered seed, No. 21, which yielded 2,500 bushels, averaging 50 bushels per acre; 20 acres in Marquis registered wheat which produced 700 bushels and the remainder in alfalfa with 75 tons from the first cut and the sec- ond cut was sold standing to Mr. Leo Colton of Kinburn, who also pur- chased all the straw and grain. — Almonte Gazette. BILLBOARD ADVERTISING Blotting out a beautiful view is a misdemeanor as harmful to the pub- lic interest as many others which arouse a good deal more public indig- nation. Tho reason we clo not yet feel that way about it in Canada is because we have not yet made the protec- tion of beauty a sort of passion as They have in England, But the time Will come, if it Is not already here, ren. we shall regret the clay when re allowed marring objects on the landscape, Besides, the beautiful out - ;doors is not the place to advertise. t is the place where people should e able t0et awayfrom commer. g sialism, The place to advertise is where the 1 decades ahead of Burma, Stalls In advertising will do most good with=lndla barye long been skilled in the out offending people and violating ane enities; 21'hat, 10 in the wapapers,- Winnipeg Tribune. WHAT THEY LOOK FOR "Courage!" said five American business leaders when asked by 2, C. Forbes, U.S., financial write, to name the quality which they rated first when looking around for respon- sible aides. The leaders were: W. P. Chrysler, president of Chrysler Corporation; T. M. Girdler, president of Republic Steel; Roy D. Chapin, president of Hudson Motors; John Hayes Ham- mond, mining engineer, and William O'Neil, president of General Tire and Rubber Co. • Forbes put his question to 51 na- tionally known business executives and corporation heads. When 12 of them named "Character" as the qual- ity most to be desired in responsible subordinates, Forbes remarked: "I neglected to ban obaracter as being too general, too all -.embracing. Consequently, more cited character than any other one quality. Which would you guess, ranks next? Cour- age. Incidentally, my ' observation and experience have impelled me to conclude that the one outstanding characteristic most common among men who have achieved notability is courage." Among the 12 who listed char- acter first were John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Gerald Swope, R. E. Olds and the lift -boy and the durwan had all Colby M. Chester, Jr. disappeared. The implication, we take it, is that they had left their posts to see a game. Unless the evidence is clear (and the Rangoon message makes no reference to the evidence) indictments of that kind may be dan- gerous. How does the Mayor know that had he questioned them next morning he might not have discover- ed that they were all absent together not because they wanted to- watch football, but because they had all been suddenly called away by news that a grandfather, or a grandfath- er's brother, had been taken with 'influenza? There is always a great deal of influenza and fever abroad to Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., head of Gen-' the rains and football season, and eral Motors, said "Honest Thinking." the grandparent generation is pecul- F. H. Ecker, head of Metropolitan iarly susceptible to the germ. This Life, said "Industriousness."—Finan has been noticed by employers again and again between Mondays and Fri- days (both inclusive), —Calcutta Statesman. After The Betrothal Prince George is shown motoring `:vitn 1 rim cess Marina of Greece shortly after their engagement was announced. They are shown leaving the Hotel de I'Europe. The Prince and his fiancee, Princess Marina, left from Bled for Munich, en route to Lond on. The Royal couple were accompanied by Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, their host at his castle near Bled where the engagement was announced. art of getting off early when there is a good reason for it, One even- ing, says the Mayor of Raegoon, he found that the telephone operator, Loyalty was given first place by Charles M. Schwab, M. H. Aylesworth and two others, Pierre S, Dupont and Alvan Mac- auley were two of the three who nam- ed reliability as the quality most to be sought. Adolph S. Oohs, publisher of the New York Times, and three other executives gave honesty as the most desired quality in an. aide. George F. Kettering and Sewell L. Avery, head of the Montgomery Ward, ranked intelligence first. Eugene V. Grace, head of Bethle- hem Steel, said "Concentration." cial Post. THE EMPIRE SENSATION IN MAYFAIR. Lady Dalrymple-Champneys' butter- fly transfer just below her left shoul- der was one of the features of the week -end. ROYAL ROMANCE. The nation received with deepest gratification the announcement of His Majesty's approval of the be- trothal of his youngest son. Prince George is known to many of his fath- er's subjects for his interest in the social welfare of the people, his keen sense of duty, his taste for letters— he is perhaps the most bookish of the younger generation of Royalty— and his interest in music, both seri- ous and light.—London Daily Tele- graph. NEW YORK (ENG.) To the Briton, one of the charms of travel in North America is that he is liable at any time to find himself upon his own doorstep, so to speak. A Bristolian In Bristol (Pa.), or an Oxonian who finds (amid many O's) that Ohio has an Oxford too feels a kindling of the "hands across the sea" feeling. A suggestion has just been made that residents in simil- arly named towns in Britain and America should .exchange greetings and visits, Americans arriving here would find familiar names less obvi- ous than Boston or Washington. In Yorkshire there is actually a New York, and there are three Broadways in various parts of the country, all delightfully remote from the "great white way."—London Daily Mail. EMPIRE DEFENCE? Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary of the Cabinet and also of the Commit- tee of Imperial Defence, left London on Friday on a journey of some months, which will take him to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It seems certain, how- ever, that whatever truth there may be in these interesting and possibly How the Cup Was Won 85 Years Ago An interesting account of how the America's cup was won in 1851. is published by the Scientific American. When the yacht America, it says, ar- rived in Ergland in 1850-51 her own- er, Stevens, published a challenge to sail anything for 1,000 pounds to 10,- 000 pounds, but he laid down so many stipulations that the challenge was not accepted. Then the Americans appeared to think they were being treated discourteously, and the Royal Yacht Squadron went out of it way to offer a cup valued at 100 pounds to be sailed for—open to all—without conditions or time allowance; course, round Isle of Wight. Now this is the cup that the Americans are pleased to call the Queen's Cup for some rea- son known only to themselves. Pos- sibly the hall mark on silver in Eng- land being a crown, the Yankees as- sumed that this must be Her Majes- ty's private totem. In 1851 five Queen's cups -were given, not one bearing the slightest resemblance to' the Royal Yacht Squadron cup. August 22 was the eventful day. Fifteen yachts started, ranging from the barque Brilliant, 393 tons, to the cutter Aurora, 47 tons. Only five could be termed racers or ever won a prize. The five were the Freak, Volante, Arrow, Alarm and Aurora, The start was very peculiar. The fleet went one way, the America another. "Round the Isle of Wight" in racing parlance means around the Nab, and then right away, Round the Nab went the Brit- ishers, but the Yankee, to the amuse- ment of the spectators and the dis- gust of the officials, took no notice of the distant lightship, but headed straight for the corner of the island, scraped over Bembridge Ledge and then tool: a short line to Culver Cliff, :t3.?J-1 M We're not at all sure whether our readers (both of thein) agree with us, in that the short, short short, etc., stories we relate each week about present and past favourites of the air are interesting or not, but, yes or no, here goes another this week. We select as our hero one of the finest singers of semi -classic songs to ever appear on the air. Franklyn Baur was holding down the spot- light on the Firestone half-hour, and a `spot -light which was destined to glow stronger as the years passed, burning down on such names as John Charles Thomas, (in our humble estimation the finest baritone, thrill- ing us with his voice), and Lawrence Tibbett, Well, to get on with our tale, it seems that Harvey Firestone got connected in some way with an %gee benefit performance, and prom- ised to have the star of his program appear at the same Benefit Pertorm= ance. Firestone believed that it was only a question of asking Baur to settle the matter. Mr. Baur seemed to think differently about it though, demand- ing a thousand dollars to show- him; self and produce enough music to pass fortwo songs. Firestone could hardly believe hr`s ears, but felt oblig- ed to pay hien. After all, he had promised to have Franklyn Baur sing. After the H. B. P., Firestone paid Baur the^ money in silence. So what? Baur was never heard again on the Firestone program, neither was he able to hook up with any other sponsor, and as far as radio is con- cerned now, is absolutely through. Which goes to show quite a few things, figure them out yourselves. —0— News of the Air Have just been listening to the new Camel half-hour and its an ippay. Walter O'Keefe out:•Bennying Benny, the Casa Loma band, outbanding most everything plus the mostest superest stupendousest singing of the "Man on the Flying Trapeeze". The audience joining in ,.each refrain after O'Keefe and it couldn't have been rehearsed; it was that good. This program will have all the sue cess their last season one misses. Heard Hal Kemps opening at the Pennsylvania, last Monday. The more I hear his band the more convinced 1 am that he has the best band of then all. Listen to him play the Con- tinental. Eddie Stone, one of our reasons for enjoying Isham Jones, has left him to become featured vocalist with an - significant attempts to gauge the im- thereby effecting a saving of eleven other orchestra in another spot. In portance of Sir Maurice Hankey's . to thirteen miles. Off Bonhurch the the meantime, a current monthly journey, his visits to the self -govern -1 Britisllers caught up and the Freak Radio magazine features a story con ing Dominions should at least prove and Volante got to windward of the cerning Eddie Stone's allegiance, a very useful preparation for direct : America, loyalty, devotion, etc., to Isharn Jones. conversations between the statesmen Then a series of disasters occur Oh, the bitterirony of it all. Jasper, of the Empire in the coming year, red. the hemlock• a season of radio i the opportunity for such converse- I The Arrow grounded off Ventnor The fall -winter s tions being provided by the sere- and the Alarm went to her assistance; on us and the big names, big pro - monies in London in connection with off St. Lawrence the Freak fouled the granas and big what -have -your are the silver jubilee of the King's acres- Volante. Thus four of the five racers returning in full force. It looks like Sion,—Yorkshire Post. were out of it. Passing the Needles the biggest year yet for the ether the America was a long way ahead, waves. Speaking of the fall, we "BROTHERS ALL." but coning up the Solvent the little understand Roger Baker is to broad - An unsympathetic Mayor at Ran- Aurora gained rapidly and reached cast the World Series for Columbia goon has publicly deplored this "foot- Cowe eight minutes behind the 'Am- Bet Al Leary and Co. says, See, ball fever" which., he finds, has even erica. The Aurora had sailed the you've gotta have pull tub get these spread to the Corporation staff. If course, the ,America had not, and the swell jobs, everybody knows I'm the "even" in this complaint is to be in- Britishers claimed the cup, but the best baseball announcer anywhere. terpreted as "at last" the Mayor will squadron people had omitted to tell March of Time will be on the air find that Calcutta and other towns on the Yankees that they must round by the tiine you read this column, this side of the Bay of Bengal are the Nab, and they saw no other way Friday at 9.00 p.m,, over the Col- umbia B. $. , The rte:shman Hour every week out of the difficulty but to Hand the cup to the first yacht. in, with Vallee and his entertaining musical grab-bag. Phil Baker on the Armour Pro- gram and Edwin C. Hill, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. That's about all for this week, so Heigh -Ho until next. Corn -Cob Triumphs , In Battle of Pipes It was a bright Sunday afternoon when two hundred of Western Can_ ada's finest pipe smokers gathered in the auditorium of Hudson's Bay Com_ pany's Calgary store to declare the all-time, long-time pipe smoking championship of Calgary or Alberta— or since records are made to be brok- en, shall we say the world. Two hundred pipesomaniacs filled their favorite briars, meersa'haums, clays, cobs, punkahs, hods and hook_ -ahs, with an equal amount of tobac- co (supplied by the promoters) and sat ready with one match (also on the house. As the gong sounded for the open- ing round, amid the cheers and jeers of the several hundred pyromaniacs who formed the gallery, the lights were applied, the stopwatches clicked - and the great endurance test was und_ er way. Only one of the two hundred failed to light the first match, and failing to find a congenial neighbor who would light him from his already fuming bowl, was immediately elimin- ated, So one hundred and ninety-nine va- liant puffers seltled back in their chairs ever so carefully lest they ere_ ate an unexpected draft—and were prepared to fight this thing to a fin_ isle. On the sound of the gong at the end of the first five minutes two more found no smoke or fire and shuffled from the arena disconsolately. At ten minutes seven more dropped out. At fifteen minutes the room had become so dark it was impossible to tell how ' many more had dropped out, and it was not until the first hour had pass_ ed that the thick fog lifted sufficient - ly to Rind .there remained some twenty of the original starters still smoking contentedly, Number Fifteen with tears in his eyes remarked 'I just can't under,. stand it. She never went out on me like that before! and left the ring Shaking his bead with bewilderment. It was not long after that until two fine streams of rich blue smoke were as'cending from the only two remain- ing pipes, a fine old French briar and a slightly senile corn -cob. Both mast- ers had eyes which said they were go, ing to struggle to the end. Suddenly the corn -cob faltered. The audience stood breathless. With heav- ing shoulders and the deft pokings of a pencil a little puff of smoke sailed up to bring ringing cheers from the audience. Suddenly and without warning, at one hour and twenty-seven minutes cane the end for French briar. It simply folded up and died, and a full minute of resuscitation failed to bring any signs or revival. The corn -cob which breathed it's last five minutes later, was declared the winner. One hour and thirty two minutes of steady smoking on one eighth of an ounce of tobacco! That surely is a record that deserves a championship title, in any good pipe smoking country. Street Car Fares A correspondent, writing on the subject of the local street railway service makes the suggestion that the English system be experimented wit'. —charging according to distance, in• stead of having a uniform fare whatever the mileage covered, writes the Hamilton Spectator. He believe: that many more people would use tht street cars if less were asked for short rides. In these days full value is de. mended for expenditure—if it cost: seven cents to travel a block or two, the money will often be saved b3' walking instead of riding. It doe; seem unreasonable to charge the same for a mile as for ten miles; it's nice for the ten -miler, but hardly fair to the one -miler. No doubt, a uniform fare makes for simplification and is convenient for the operators. The cars have to run, anyway and it makes little dif- ference, so long as they are not overcrowded, whether a passenger goes all the way or only a short dis- tance. But the system is not working out profitably and the railway is in need of greater revenue. Would it not be wise, therefore, to consider the practice which has proven suc- cessful elsewhere? True, there is a great difference between a large European metro- politan city and Hamilton, in point of population. What may pay in Europe may not pay here. Never- theless, there may be something in this zoning idea worthy of examin- ation. If it would attract greater patronage, it would achieve its object. Who Told You That The ocean liner was steaming slow- ly up the bay. Directly in its path drifted an old mud scow. "Hey, down there!" bellowed an officer on the liner. "Get that old tub out of the way." The grizzled, weather-beaten an- cient on the scow looked up. 'Be you the capn' o' that there vessel?" he asked. "No, I'm not; but what difference does that make?" "Waal" — spitting contemptuous. Iy over the side—"I be cap'n of BABY BORROWS GROWN-UP IDEAS FOR HIS NURSERY Toys Not Only Amuse Children—But Help Develop Senses of Touch, Sight and Hearing The nursery wardrobe should be No modern nursery is limited to pink and blue. Nowadays furniture for the baby emulates the periods and patterns that are smart in grown-up rooms and the tiniest member of the family may play and sleep in a room full of Louis XIV. designs or in a nursery done up in Early Colonial manner. Children's play furniture was the first to be modernized with diminu. tive chairs and tables copied from full-sized dining' suites and dolls' dresses patterned after the chest of drawers in the master bedroom. Later actual furniture for children — not just play pieces—was takel). in hand. Mucli interior decoration thought goes into the room for the new baby, BRIGHT ROOM. The dressers bedspread for the crib, pillow covers, screens and rugs for the play pen may be of linen crash, appliqued with fanciful motifs, or in gay chintz or cretonne. Keep ' the room bright and cheerful light paint or washable wallpaper on the walls, a neutral toned rug or a washable oilcloth floor covering and decorative but useful lamps. The little crib :should have sides that pull up to keep Junior from fall ing out and the mattresse should be comfortable, but not too soft. There are high chairs that won't capsize, but which may be let clown ercise when he picks them up, to make low chairs with play board Every child needs a variety of toys, in front. At meal time the play Different surfaces develop his sense board is an adequate dining table for , of touch, things to squeeze strength_ a youngster, and later, when he starts' en tidy mu= -cies, bright colored toys playing with small blocks, it comes in ' help him 1a learn distinguish colors handy again, I and belts train his ear. large enough to bold the layette — drawers for the flat pieces and a compartment in which to ,hang email dresses and coats on hangers. There are cute little extra chests that tit under a window and hold the articles of clothing that are used most fre_ quently. Also ni,;ht tables with drawers to hold the toilet articles belonging to the baby. SCREEN ALMOST A NECESSITY. A screen is pretty necessary. It's. decorative, of course, but, more than that, should be used around the side of the bed nearest the window tc keep cold draughts from blowing di- rectly on the sleeping child. New play rooms are decorated with bright colored wooden balls, painted with vegetable dyes that will not injure the baby if he puts them in his mouth. Modern nursery toys aro interest Mg enough to make the new arrive: enjoy this world. Rubber animals are constructed to withstand hot water and soapsuds and rag dolls are washable. New toys are made wits no rough corners and for the very tiny baby they're soft as can be, Dolls shouldn't be too heavy lest a child get tired carrying them but, at the saltie time, they should weigh enough to give the baby adequate ex-