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' Powers and Stome, Inc, New York and Chicago, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1928 THE ENGLISH SPIRIT OF SPORT This being "sport week," it is interesting : to read what a German, Count Herman Key- - gerling, has to say of sport as it applies to , the English people, He writes in "Europe" : his concept of the spirit that animates the English in their sports: ' "The English spirit of sportsmanship rep- resents the deepest spiritual value which can be read into the human struggle for exist- | ence, just as it represents the highest sub- limation of which it is capable, In the world . pf sport the protagonist tactily confirms the , rights of the antagonist, It is the rule of ' the game that one must rejoice in another's . vietory no less than in one's own, There must be no envy, Under such circumstances "all life takes on the aspect of nobility, 1t . is on the sport spirit that the prevalence of ' the ideal of the gentleman is based, It is fp democratic ideal, in that everyone can, should, and wants to be a gentleman, But in this, too, is revealed the animal character of the English, A gentleman is bred, like some noble animals; his instincts are train- ed, Thoughtfulness and insight are beside mark. But we are compelled to admit that in this connection the animal characted of English psychological adjustment is an un- mixed advantage, . Young people can he trained only as animals are trained; and the animal, on its level, is more perfect than the human being. Why is it that the Boy Scout movement has mepnt so much more in the affiramtive sense, than all the other youth movements put together? Because Baden- Powell made it a basic principle that young people are like savages, and therefore he mastered only by rules of conduct, independ- ent of all abstract considerations, Whoso- ever belongs to this and this Totem must not steal, lie, etc, It is precisely in this super- sophisticated age, with its disbelief in all religious and moral standards, that this aboriginal way of dealing with human be- ings means salvation," boa, A DISGUSTED HERC Lo i Virtue may be its own reward, but, ap- - parently, heroism is not, A miner of Mon- mouthshire, England, was reproached be- fore a coroner's inquest for failing to offer aid to a man in a pond who later was found to be drowned, , "Why did you not get the man out?" the coroner queried indignantly, "It was like this," Pearce explained wear- ily. "You get no encouragement for saving them, I have fetched 32 people, dead and alive, out of ponds, and I nearly lost my life last time." This man's attitude throws a peculiar gidelight on heroism. The real hero is supposed to save lives because he cannot help doing so. He rescues people in danger even if he does imperil his own life, and without thought of reward, pecuniary or otherwise, His approving conscience is all the reward he desires. And he sets no lim- it on the number of lives he is to save. If he has saved 32 lives, as did this Mon- mouthshire man, he is ready, unlike him, apparently, to save the 33rd. No doubt, this English miner would be regarded by many as a hero, because of the number of people he has saved. No doubt he displayed the attributes of heroism fin his rescues, or some of them, at least. But we cannot imagine a real hero offering no assistance to a drowning man. He would have come to his rescue even if he had saved 32 persons and received mo encourg- agement for it. He couldn't stand by and see another man go to his death without raising a hand to save him. The explanation given by the man from Monmouthshire would indicate that, while his rescue work might mot have been in- spired by a desire for public approval and reward, he was not unmindful of this fea- ture. He probably had a considerable amount of vanity and was disappointed be- cause people did not applaud his efforts by { THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1928 giving him public recognition, such a8 a medal or a purse, or both, But while there was no justification for his not coming to the aid of a man in des perate need because his previous efforts had not been rewarded, we think the British public have been amiss in not taking no. tice of his life-saving work. Every man who saves 'a life should rgceive some recs ognition, Such recognition will not make herdes, who are born and mot made, but it will encourage others to show heroic at- 'tributes should occasion arise, Recogmi+ tion of the ; of this Monmouthshire miner would have saved, in all probability, the life of that 33rd man, The saving of lives is a commendable business, and who. ever saves a life, at the risk of his own, no matter from what motive, should re. ceive suitable recognition, in order that he might not become: weary in well-doing. NO SLEEP SUBSTITUTE The latest quest of overimaginative scien. tists is a substitute for sleep, They figure that one-third of life is spent in sleep, and that if one could obtain the restorative effect equivalent to that of slumber from pill or phial, man's active days would run to 24 hours per, instead of the estimated 16, Just 80; and if one could find a substitute for death, immortality could be attained. The Great Designer counted in time for sleep when he measured man's span of life, and science cannot beat the game by a sub. stitute, This is one of those scientific quests that make reactionaries of Abyssinian ex- periments whom Rasselas found searching for dyes that, when spread over flies fed to spiders, would result in the spinning of colored webs by their devourers, Cucumbers still contain sunshine, and rainbows yield pots of gold, but only to the poet, EDITORIAL NOTES position of newly-weds to buy a one-seated car, Few light thinkers have a heavy balance at the bank. The desire to get somewhere in a hurry gets many persons in a hospital, Sometimes the man who leads a double life only lives out half his potential days. About the only old thing about the an- tiques you see in some houses is the dust, Size isn't everything, Some of the small- est vocabularies can rip off the most hide, Education pays, of course, hut you can't collect without doing a lot of co-operating, Many persons who are waiting for their "ship to come in" put too much confidence in wind, In Utopia, where all things are perfect, every man is a reformer and works only at home, ' All you need to be a great writer is ideas, the ability to express them, and a good proof reader, A fidgety man can wait on the street corner for his wife a hundred years in five minutes. The hard part of raising children is to make them understand that you are the in- structor, not an example, And you can estimate the degree of a man's fame by the number of begging let- ters he gets every day, ; BN The old-fashioned boy may not have re- .spected his dad more, but at least he respect- ed his hickory. Scientists say there is no such thing as a complete vacuum, evidently never having looked into the tank of an automobile that refused to run. "W, Bit of Verse INFLUENCE OF MUSIC Orpheus, with his lute, made trees, And the mountain-tops that freeze, Bow themselves when he did sing: To his music plants and flowers Ever sprung, as sun and showers There had made a lasting Spring. Everything that heard him play, Even the billows of the sea, Hung their heads and then lay by. In sweet music, is such art, Killing care, and grief of heart-- Fall asleep, or, hearing, die! : ~--Shakespeare sed At a Glance | Just because there is a little land in the vicinity of the north pole, the rescue crew thinks it will be able to find the lost dirigible more easily. Just remember that no attempt was made to find the lost trans-Atlantic fliers in the middle of the ocean. "Hurt in crash is recovering" ~--headline. We trust that no in- fection sets in. A » Woman suicides because of her husband's manners at the table. She should have tried to make her manners more agreeable, then. . Doctors say that fatal diseases are the worst. «Montreal Star. If you cuss a man behind his back, and not to his face, that may be either discretion or profes- sional ethics, «+ "Court for dogs is estab- lished" -- headline. This bit ing and cur-t business must and will cease. : : Ll LJ » There's no true joy in gold-- It breeds desire for more; Whatever wealth man has Desire can keep him poor. Money is a curse to the rich, a haope to the pocy, the downfall of many, and yet a treasure to be acquired. . * * Mrs, Malaprop visited the 'phy- sician. "I'm a terribly inflicted woman,' sighed Mrs. Malaprop. "First my barnacle tubes were informed; then 1I+had ulsters in my throat. Now I'm troubled with insomnia and nervous abili- ty. I can't hardly move without breaking out in prespiration."" . * » Garage sign reads: "$1 cays washed." By he looks of things they only cater to, the pre-war make of cars, that are now sell- ing at half price. LJ LJ »* "House removed on truck by thieves" headline, Well, if the police force works diligently, they will be able to find it again, The thicyes won't he able to get rid of it very well for if they try, to burn it, the flames will he seen, if they dump it in the river it will float, they can't get it over the border, s0 that's that, . LJ] » EVEN JUDGES MAKE MISTAKES After a certain judge had giv- en a severg lecture to the defen- dant, he became enraged at the apparent calmness of the latter, 80 taking his cane in his hand he pointed at the prisoner, and sald: 'There is a fool at the end of this cane." And the prisonew replied: "At which end, Your Honor?" . LJ] * Let it rest. By Renrut, That Body of Pours By James W, Barton, M.D. Coppright Act) WATER IS LIFE Just as water or moisture in the air regulates the temperature, so also within that body of yours the high specific heat of water allows of large changes in heat forma- tion with but small alterations or body temperature. By regulating body temperature in this way, the various chemical actions that are taking place with- in the body are kept within safe Jimits. As you know protein substances, such as the white of egg and meat, must be kept in condition to be utilized by the cells of the body. If there was too much heat these | protein substances would coagulate ! and in such a solid state could not be used by the cells. Water can hold a tremendous amount of heat and this is worth much to that body of yours both in hot or cold weather. Thus just a little perspiration on the surface of the skin means ' the loss of a lot of heat from the ody. What is known as "insensible" perspiration is coming frome the pores running down your body from under the arms. This is due to the fact that as the surface of the skin is exposed to the air the perspiration comes away from the warmest spot, that is under the armpit, which is not exposed to the air. , In the very hot weather the per- spiration carries a tremendous amount of heat out of the body The hot blood coming toward the surface finds a lot of water in mus- cles ang some in skin also, and this water fakes heat from blood ama carries it outside the body in the form of perspiration or sweat. In cold weather this water in a the muscles and surface of the body contains so much heat, that it is possible for us to stand very cold weather without having the body frozen. It has been well said that water is our most important food. ° The amount of fluid in your food and in the liguids taken at meal time is about two guarts. While many very healthy folks. including athletes, find this amount sufficient, the average individual can usually take another quart to his advantage. rty appointment. If a Concerva- ive Government is in power, the Government will nominate a Con- servative. 1f.a Liberal Government is in power, the Government will nominate a Liberal. And in neither case is the best available man par- ticularly likely to be nominated. There will be no certainty indeed that any first-class man will be nominated. Nominally, our senators were to he the best mem who could be found. But there has mever been a senator appointed in the sixty-odd years of Confederation except a party man appointed by his own party, and by pull in the party. Our judges ought to be selected without regard to politics--but they are not. Most of them are party ap- pointments by the party in power, Our Royal Commissions should be independent of party; generally they are mot. . The Journal 1s not grumbling, Somebody must always have power of appointment where appoint. ments are made; and if the appoint. ment be Dominion office, the power lies with the Dominion Govern. ment and the Dominion Govern. ment 1s a party organization anx. fous to reward its friends. No es. cape exists from this sort of thing in our system of government, Therefore, if we want a Canadian Governor-General, let us realize that he will be a party appointee. What Others Say © DISCRIMINATION (Toronte Mail and Empire) Fifty-six postmasters have been dismissed for theft from the de- partment, but the letter carrier who steals a letter goes to the penitentiary for three years and no mitigating circumstances can save him from it. CAN'T BE EXCUSED + (Toronto Star) Germany may protest that she did not "cause" the war aud she may deny atrocities charged against her, but whatever headway she may make in these respects she will nov- er get very far in trying to ex cuse the wanton destruction of the University of Louvain. 'Bank by Mail It is convenient and may save you a trip "to town, Your bank book, with the deposit entered, will be promptly re- : tured to you. FAIR WARNING (London Answers) Penniless Percy: I want a bit of advice. His Rich Uncle (firmly)--Well? Perey--What is the best way to approach you for a loan? Unecle--Why it you are sensitive, my boy, I'd advise you to make your request by telephone and ring off before you get my answer, THE POST OF GOVERNOR. GENERAL (From Toronto Mail and Empire) Talking of the post of Governor. General the Soo Star remarks: "In the discussion over the pro- posal to give the job to a Cana- dian, it seems to be assumed that only a politician should be con- sidered. The honor should be open to any man who has given distin- guished public service." Beyond doubt, the office should be "open" to any distinguished pub- lie man, whether English, Scotch, Irish, Welsh or Canadian. But be- Oshawa Branch T. W, JOYCE, Manager POISON GAS (From the Buffalo Courier-Ex press) As a demonstration of the fact that war is being prepared for as 8 mighty plague, the Hamburg dis. aster is solemnly impressive. as the ambulances rushed through the streets, all night long, the older generation of Hamburg were re. minded of the plague of cholera in the early "nineties. Science has conquered cholera and other plagues of nature. - But this same science has developed the gases which are to make of war, if war continues and if the use of poison gas is permitted, a mightier plague than ever Nature sent upon the world. It was Nature, not science, that prevented the Hamburg dis. aster from being worse; rain and wind dissipated the fog of gas un- loosed before fits time to spread death and destruction, Millions of men and women In all parts of the world read the story yesterday of the poison fog that crept over Hamburg. Do they still helieve that war is inevitable woen such gases for war are being ex- perimented wit), all over the warld and in many places stored away In the name of preparedness? Or have their intelligence and conscience heen awakened to the fact that a war of the future would be so de- structive to combatants as well as non-combatants that governments must put an end to war; And if they have reached the second con- clusion, that governments must outlaw war, we wish to remind them that peoples themselves are the governments today. They can outlaw war or they can permit 1t to remain as a national policy as they will, ' A.L. HUDSON & Co, MEMBERS : NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE WINNIPEG GRAIN EXCHANGE STANDARD STOCK and MINING EXCHANGH NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE (Aw'w), NEW YORK CURB MARKET (Ass'te) ? yond doubt it won't be, with auy change in present method. It won't be open to anybody not persona grata to the party in power in Ot- tawa 'at the moment. What does being "open' mean? Certainly it does not mean that necessarily a distinguished man will get it, if the appointment is to be that of a Canadian by the advice of any Do- minion Cabinet, The subject is interesting, but let us all understand what will follow, if the appointment of the Gover- nor-General is to be the appoint- ment of a Canadian made as all our other national public appointments are, namely, hy nomination by a Domnion Cabinet. It will be a OFFICES AT:-- TORONTO, ONT, BUFFALO, N.Y. OSHAWA, ONT. SARNIA, ONT, OWEN SOUND, ONT. DIRECT PRIVATE WIRE CONNECTIONS TO ALL PRINCIPAL MARKETS THROUGH: OUT CANADA sad UNITED STATES Oshawa Office Times Bullding ° fe phone 2700, Resident Manager: C. N, L&ZNRY oy ok. sod 4 Nt st my pth. Poke THY 100 THE UNSELFISH WIN--There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing; there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath riches.-- Prov, 13 : 7. PRAYER--Lord, we would ever strive to he in debt to Thee and so be ever rich In Thee. PERILS OF LONDON pool street station here today while gettting off the train, Tas, who was found on the platform in a state of collapse, due to the dis- covery of his loss, told police that the diamonds were safe when he reached London, but after he left the train he found the steel chain cut through and the jewels missing. London, May 29,--Although he carried them in a leather wallet chained to his braces underneath his coat and overcoat, Benjamin William Tas, Antwerp, diamond merchant, was relieved of $60,» 000 worth of diamonds at Livers PP ---- | SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT REDUCTION | GAS RATES Commencing June Ist, the following schedule of Gas Rates will apply in Oshawa? Domestic Rate | Service Charge, 45c per month -- Consumption Charge, $1.65 per thousand cu, ft. per month | Special Water Meter Rate | $110 per thousand cu. ft. per month. Minimum bill, $10.00 per year, Commercial and Industrial A.--Consumers using less than 10,000 CF. per month: $2.10 per thousand for first 3,000 C.F., balance at $2.05. B.--Consumers using from 10,000 to 50,000 C.F. per month: $2.05 per thousand for first 10,000 CF., balance at $1.95, C.--Consumers using over 50,000 C.F. per month: $1.95 per thousand for first 50,000 C.F, balance at $1.85. Note: --All the above are gross rates, and subject to 10% discount for prompt payment. This is an appreciable reduction, especially to domestic consumers, and should result in con- siderable increase in gas consumption at Oshawa. "IF IT IS DONE WITH HEAT, YOU CAN DO IT BETTER WITH GAS." | THE HYDRO ELECTRIC I POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO Ms. C. T. BARNES, Local Mgr.