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Tresidder, representative, REPRESENTATIVES IN US, Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1928 HIS PROPHECIES FULFILLED Though he is read relatively little today, Jules Verne is still ranked among the ims mortals on the centenary of his birth, which is being observed this month, In the latter half of the nineteenth cen- tury no author was read more assiduously than he, His fame began with the publi. cation of "Five Weeks in a Balloon'gand it grew progressively for forty years, During his lifetime he published about a hundred books, all best sellers, The reason Verne is not read today is be cause his prophecies have been realized, The substance of his books was such stuff as time outstrips and at last destroys or rele. gates to the dusty shelves reserved for lit- erary relics, Verne is not remembered by his books but by his genius for seeing ahead into the future of science and scientific dis- covery, The world has a way of catching up with fts geniuses and finally overtaking them, Jules Verne is a notable instance, The won- ders that issued from his fertile imagina- tion thrilled an age tMat knew little of the wonders of science, but they seem tame in comparison with the marvels of this age, [Modern reality is more thrilling than the most thrilling Verne book or flight of fancy, 'When Jules Verne was writing the world ponsidered his books. interesting fairy tales devoid of any basis in fact dr probability, ffoday everybody knows what is on the ocean floor snd at the center of the earth, if peience eventually contrives to shoot a pro- Jectile to the moon, the public will only rub fits eyes and get ready for the next trick, But because his fancies and novelized scien- tific prophecies no longer grip a more soph- fsticated world in nowise detracts from the wast originality of his mind and the power pf his conception, $i * |. LAWYERS AND CRIMINALS | One of the never-to-be-settled questions is whether the lawyer who acts as counsel for eriminals is to be censored and held in dis- esteem by the public and his fellow barris- ters, The defense, and it is a just one, usually pdvanced for the criminal lawyer is that every lawyer should take any case offered to him, for the man justly accused has as much right to whatever aid or protection gounsel honestly can give him as the man falsely accused. Nobody denies this right to the "justly pecused" but unfortunately the distinctly eriminal lawyer, so called, too often gives #gid and protection" which is not honest, pnd it is because of the frequency with which this occurs that criminal practice bas fallen into whatever disrepute it has, In any discussion of this question it must not be forgotten that under the law of the and no one is'a criminal until he has been convicted of a crime and everyone, guilty snd innocent, has the inalienable right to a see in collecting antiques, objects of rarities nothing more than a' foolish Ag any ours. of aa money and passing aluable time. sts NE OSHAWA DALY TIMES. JURIAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1928 roger poh a. 4p ties and graces to which yd those may not have the time, 'money or inclina- tion for intensive collecting. The sum total of this study and concern to know beauty and dignity from tawdriness and pretension has already worked an ap- preciable change in familiar surroundings. Architecture, art, household furnishings, automobiles, jewelry, libraries and manu- factured products as a whole reflect better taste and a universal hunger for the truly artistic and graceful, CARS THAT ARE STOLEN Modern crime, which is supposed to be highly organized, still has one division of activity that remains unstandardized--the stealing of automobiles, Though it is esti- mated that $300,000,000 worth of automo biles are stolen in the United States every year, the process is a highly individualized affair, The burglar may be an expert in his line; the hijacker, it is said, is picked for his nerve; the safecracker must be skilled with his tools and explosives, but the man who steals an automobile may be a juvenile de- linquent, a thrill-seeking student or a casual thief, Organized bands of experienced auto thieves living mostly in the imaginations of policemen and police reporters, the solution of the auto-thievery problem rests largely with car owners, The car that offers the least resistance to the thief is the one that is stolen, Considering the;investment involved, it is amazing how careless the average motorist is about locking a parked car, Many leave the motor running while they transact busi- ness out of sight of the car, and the streets are lined with cars parked with ignition keys in full view of any passerby who chooses to gaze at the instrument board, The business of recovering stolen auto- mobiles is remarkably organized, A great majority of machines stolen are eventually restored to their owners through the effi. ciency of the police, who are in national co- operation, Perhaps, if the police were a little less efficient, the car owners would guard their property better and the careful would not be penalized, in the high cost of theft insurance and police protection, for the carelessness of others, EDITOIAL NOTES It pays to hurry, but it doesn't pay enough, When a man leads 8 double life he cuts down on one of them, You can't argue with 8 man who won't argue back, or with 8 woman who does, A smile may be intended to show good humor, and it may be intended to show good teeth, No news is good news, except to the eol- lege student who is looking for & check from home, Some people think they have no pep unless they are getting excited about something or other. When the world reduces its armament, perhaps there won't be so much wanton kill- ing of time, The trouble with following the straight and narrow path is that there are too many broad and inviting detours, 'Bit of Verse AIN'T IT THE TRUTH It may be 8 mansion-- It may be 8 dump, It may be a farm-- With an old oaken pump, It may be a palace-- It may be a flat, It may be your room Where you hang up your hat; -It may be a house With a hole in the floor-- Or a marble hotel With a coon at the door; It may be expensive, Or simple, or swell, A wee bit of heaven-- Or one little--well-- Just kindly remember Wherever you roam That Shakespeare was right, There's No Place Like Home. You perhaps find yourself un. duly hot, and as you are not in a warm room, nor have you been ao- ing any work or taking any exer- She, 7 you are at a loss to account r i You take your tem ture and sure enough you find that it fis up one or two degrees. A little later you find yourself in a perspiration not only about the face and head, but about the whole body. Perhaps before you felt the heat or the perspiration, you had a mo- mentary chill down your back or throughout your body. What do these signs mean? Simply that Nature is putting up a fight for you against some in- vader, The invader may be some polsun- ous products from food eaten, or it may be some real serious foe like influenza or pneumonia, And so your chill, your fever, and your perspiration, are evidene- es of Nature's efforts on your be- half, Another lesson that Nature tries to bring home to you is when a boil, or a crop of boils appear on the surface of the body. This {is Nature's method of telling you that some article or articles of diet are not being utilized and thrown out of the body properly, Natur- ally the outward conditions need attention, but what about trying to learn just what is causing the| ---- condition? Similarly with other eruptions or skin ailments such as eczema, This is also just another way Na- ture has of notifying you that in- gsofar as your particular cells are concerned, that some special ar- ticle or articles of diet are giving them trouble as they try to do thelr work. And so when you see the word disease, a word that most health writers try to avoid, you should remember its definition. "Disease is merely the expres- slop of the efforts on the part of your body to cure itself, and de- fend itself against poisons, by means of fever, sweating, vomiting, eruptions, and so forth," I believe, therefore, that if yon and I were to remember this def- inition, and remember that every one of these symptoms is really a sign of Nature's effort on our be- half, we would get busy with our selves when any of these symptoms arise, and giye Nature the help she deserves. : pr ----"-- PRINCE OF WALES' GIFT. So numerous were the letters received acknowledging the peony plants which the Prince of Wales had distributed throughout Can- ada last fall as a memento of his visit that His Royal Highness has requested that his formal ack- nowledgement to the Bank of Montreal, through whom the let- ters was forwarded to him, be taken as constituting a general reply. It will be remembered that His Royal Highness asked the Bank to undertake for him the distribu- tion of a Canadian-grown peony plants to His Excellency the Gov- ernor-General, the Prime Miister and members of his Cabinet, the Lieutenant-Governors and Prem- fers of the Provinces; also to all cities, towns and incorporated vil- lages throughout Canada, The distribution was made through the branches of the Bank with the co-operation and assistance of His Majesty's Malls, and the hun- dreds of letters received from mayors and other public officials showed how greatly the royal gift was appreciated, These let- ters, conveying the thanks of the various communities and express- ing loyalty and devotion, were bound in a handsome portfolio and transmitted by the Bank of Montreal to Vice-Admiral Sid Li- onel Halsey, Comptroller of the Prince of Wales' Household, The following letter from Sir Vincent Meredith, Bart., to the Comptrol- ler, ate from the Head Office, Bank of Montreal, January 21st, accompanied the portfolio: 'Sir:--I have the honour to for- ward to you under separate cover for the information of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 8 portfolio containing copies of let- ters of appreciation and grateful thanks for the gift of peony plants that His Royal Highness so gra- clously sent to the cities, towns and villages, through the medium of the branches of the Bank of Montreal throughout Canada as a memento of his visit to the Do- minion during its Diamond Jubi- lee year. 'Through the courtesy and co-operation of the Honorable the Minister of Finance and the Honorable the Postmaster Gener- al, the services of His Majesty's Mail were promptly placed at our disposal and this greatly facili- tated the distribution. With every sentiment of loyalty and devotion to His Royal High- ness, I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) VINCENT MEREDITH, Chairman of the » glasses, rt of their equipment as they are equipment the army and navy. But how often do we think and read of these notable people of the air without thinking of the supreme tests to wh constantly exposing themselves. It 1s quite commonly expressed that Lindbergh's eyes are perfect. It 1s a fact that these pilots of the air must be perfect in this re- gard at least. Think of a few of the following and their achieve- ments and ask yourself is it pos- sible to do these things if you are not physically fit? Lieut. Leigh Wade, round the world flyer, O. 8. "Casey" Jones, outstanding com- mercial pilot of the Curtiss Flying service. L. I, Lieut.-Commander Richard E. Byrd of Polar and trans-Atlantic fame. We feel more content to entrust even our lives to a pilot whom we feel is quite capable because he passed the test required and proved the efliclency of himmelf and the tests any and every time he takes off in the air. You may say this is sane business judgment or even horse sense where our own eyes are concerned every day, at our work, or do you say this examination is only a farce. Re- member the workman is known by his tools, If he has poor tools he does poor work. Each tool plays an important part in the perfeot- Ing of our work, be it labor or skil- led, and fits success and perfect- ness is only as sound as the weak- ness of the mechanism, from which it 1s made. Imperfect tools eannot make perfect work and imperfect vision cannot see things perfectly. 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REVENUES UNDER NANKING'S CONTROL Another Step is Taken by Nationalist Govern. ment Shanghai, China, Feb. 23.--An- other step bringing. revenues with- in Nationalist territgry under control of the Nanking regime was taken Monday when T, V, Soong, the Finance Minister, declared that while the Nationalist Government intended to fulfill its foreign ob- ligations, it could not recognize foreign supervisory rights, Mr. Soong sald that the Nationalist Government would reorganize the salt administration and retain all competent foreign employes, but they would be attached to the ministry of finance and be under its orders. The finance minister added: . "The ministry of finance, how- ever, is unable to recognize that any of its subordinate organiza- tions can assume funetions which by their very nature imply the existence of a receivership for China's finances. Therefore, here- after the salt inspectorate will not be charged within the task of earmarking funds for the repay- ment of foreign loans, which henceforth will be the specific duty of the finance ministry, The Nationalist Government will not repudiate any of China's just ob- ligations." The statement further outlines plans to place loans incurred by the salt revenues on a basis giv- ing ample assurance of Nanking's intention to meet all foreign debts and says further more than due consideration must be given to the fact that the finance min- istry is accepting these heavy burdens under difficult condi- tions and therefore asks for len- fency in the world's judgment while the civil war continues. 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