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ye EERE ER PAR REE Ee ey fi a Be ae Te awn E 'THE OSHAWA DAILY. TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 15, 1929 CDE MPTON-} RS RE as TONALS AN [SOCCER GAMES | "They may have been all wet, but the General Motors Senior Lacrosse .team proved to many that they can play when pressed when they took .a much needed win from the Brampton Fxcelsiors on Saturday "the score of the game being five to four. . Going to Brampton on Satur- day as the favorites for second .lbest the Motors settled down along _with the rain to play stellar la- crosse in every department and trim the league leading Brampton _Excelsiors in their own town be- fore only a fair crowd which scut- tled for the automobiles before the second half had started. And by being forced to take cover a large percentage of the record missed two periods of fast lacrosse, all of the action and most of the goals. At the end ,of the first half the _ score stood one all with neither of 'them having been accounted for in . the first quarter, With the start of the second half Oshawa started to notch goals and by unexpected solo rushes by "Chuck" Barron they netted three while the entire home . team were busy netting a single, Jennings doing the sniping. Fight- ing hard for goals the Excelsiors executed a number of smart plays in the final frame two of which . scored for them pretty goals and evened the count up. With the game fast drawing to a close and the teams tied the fans were fear- ing further wetting when with three minutes to play "Toots" White banged home the winning goal on a snappy low shot. ; During the whole game the goal tending of Shannon for the Motors and Large of the losers was out- standing. This pair again and again robbing the snipers of shots that were sure goals by sensa- tional saves, y Brampton's chief marksmen, Sproule and Zimmer were kept out "of harms way by the close check- + ing 'of Hubbell and Smithson. Hubbell, checking Zimmer did a real job and did it well, the Bramp- * top star was not once free to get _ within the danger zone without 'having his shadow, (Hubbell), there to prevent his shooting one of his famous shots, The remaining players on the Motors team were. all parts of a well regulated machine that play- ed their best game of the year and they all deserve an equal amount of mention (read line up) and they were not the only stars on the field. The home town play- ers all played one of their best games and only lost to a more sdetermined aggregation. wl No Score * | Brampton got the first shot # after .battling for the ball at the + face-pff but shot was well taken Kigare of by Shannon who fed it to Sone of his waiting defencemen. #Mhey in turn combined with the #ifielders to work the ball down wv 'fhe Brampton end, and so on for ¢ the entire period with the ban ® travelling from end to end witn § the defence men of both teams = sticking out while the goal tenflers, & Shannon and Large, were the her- "os of the first period. * Neither team were able to count in the & first period. f "Chuck" Starts It One minute from the face off | Chuck Davidson netted the first oal of the game, working around packed defence until he saw an pening and while all his team- g a i) PA : 4 "mates were well checked he closed | Motor's Senior Lacrosse Team ~~ Outplays Brampton to Win Seasons Best Game 5-4 in alone to let drive with a pretty shot that only stopped when it hit the twine. Not long after Jennings of the home team put his sjuad back in the same class by beating Shannon after he (Shannon) had stopped a number {in succession. These two goals were the only two in the half and the end saw the teams the same as they started with one goal each. Rain and Locals '"Beardown" An ever-increasing rain greeted the starting of the third period and with the coming of the rain the Motors started to get goals, the en- tire home field combining on ni*s plays, for trys, 'Chuck' Barron coming in with the ball on two oc- casions fooled the home aerence by taking it in alone when they expected a pass and that way was able to get close enough to let two shots go that Large had no chance on. Then Jennings got an- other which gave the locals a lead of one until Barron with the same trick rush netted another just be- fore the period ended. joe jjiv,8 etaon ulrfwyp jkwwkaq Brampton Press Hard Going into the last period down two goals, the Brampton men were desperate and goal-hungry starting play after play that sparkled of lacrosse finish came close on many of them and too close twice when they scored goals through fast passing plays. The second goal put the teams tied and both teams started after goals and the play speeded up, if that was possible. This pace was kept up until the end of the game with both teams after goals. | With only two minutes to play, Toots White secured the ball and circling around for an opening saw one, let drive, and pretso! the game was won and the lacrosse fans were handed a surprise that staggered them. Throughout every period the game was fast, with few penalties to mar the players' style of game. Doddemeade got the only injury received in the game during the third period. v The teams: Oshawa Shannon Brampton Large Ingram Beatty Ella Gowdy Burton Worthy Kendall Kingdon Goal Point Cover 1st 2nd 3rd Centre 3rd 2nd 1st Outside Inside Subs Hubbell Smithson Coulter Shepley Spencer Davidson Doddemeade De Gray Barron Golden White Whyte Fox Wilson Referees-- Bennett and Summary: E. Jennings Sproule Zimmer O'Hearn Carey Barnett. 1st No score. 2nd Davidson Jennings 3rd Barron Barron Jennings Barron 4th Jennings min. 1.30 Oshawa Brampton min. min. min. min. Oshawa Oshawa Brampton Oshawa 3 Brampton 4 min. Brampton Gowdy 3 min. Oshawa White 14 min. Score Oshawa 5, Brampton 4. Penalties--De Gray 2, Carey. Spencer, Gowdy 2, Ella, WHAT NEW YORK DID TOASTAGEMANAGER : FRESH FROMLONDON Soon Convinced Him of 1 Qualities of U.S. 3 Stage Crew wasdny New York, July 15.--Ronald Ham- mond, a stage manager of "Bird in Hand," the Drinkwater comedy at the Morosco Theater, is enthusiastic over American stage crews. Hammond, although only twenty-four years old, has been connected with the theater + since he was seven. He has been ac- tor, director and stage manager, both in England and in the United States | and says unhesitatingly : : "There is no comparison between stage crews in England and America. American stagehands are superior in speed, efficiency, intelligence and co- operation. As far as I can see in my ew York experience, the stage man- ager's staff have a professional atti- tude toward their work which does _ much for the success of a produc- "tion." ; Few persons in a théater audience realize the importance of the men back-stage and the part the stage manager plays in the performance they arc witnessing. A stage manag- er is responsible for every single per- formance. It is his task to rehearse the understudies and have them ready to go on in an emergency. He must watch the company and sec that the cast is on hand at least three- quarters of an hour before curtain call. His job alsp includes supervi- sion of the electrical, carpentering and property departments. In a play like "Bird in Hand," where food is eaten during the performance, he must keep an eye on the larder and _ see that his property man has the right supplies. If his crew is not co- operative he will be blamed for any flaws in the presentation. It is no wonder, then, that an Englishman coming for the first time to New York, should be anxious lest he find Bifficulty, in disciplinipg his crew, .. > Hammond declares that working with American stage hands is the pleasantest experience of his career. That much mocked speed of Amer- ica he applauds, for it diminished the waits between acts. When the "Bird in Hand" company arrived in New York it was accustomed to twelve minute waits, but American audiences fidget under such long intermissions and it was necessary to cut down. "The speed spirit came to our res- cue," says Hammond. "The men pitched in at rehearsals, and after the first two performances we had soved fourteen minutes in waiting time. I can thank prohibition, too. Every theater in England has its bar down- stairs, or just around the corner, and in between acts the men go out for their glass of ale. That takes time, vou know, and you can't push an Eng- lishman. He just won't hurry. "However, I have never noticed any nervousness or inefficiency due to the haste of men here. In fact, during our first rehearsal IT was the nervous one. A buffet with all our supplies of English breakfast ware, transport- ed from London, was smashed. In my blindness I thought we would have to postpone the opening in or- der to get new supplies. But the property man was calm. In London this substitution would have taken at least a week. In New York my prop- erty man went to the Shubert ware- house immediately and tame back with a complete new set of dishes that very night." The stage manager of "Bird in Hand" is much younger than any of the men working for him, but he has found them respectful. They merely tease him by calling him "Ronnie," whereas in London a stage manager is always addressed as "sir." "In England," he adds, "we stage managers are very formal, and that easy camaraderie was a shock at first. In London we always wear dress clothes to the evening shows. T dis- covered after a few days at the Mor- osco Theater that were I to dress in the English manner I would lose the respect of my men. They would think T was trying to 'ritz' them. You see, they have even taught me Ameri- can slang." This modern aeroplane courtship won't last. They miss the fun of patching things up when they {fall out, § aa A te Lr Tt K. Kingdon- ZIMMER'S SHADOW Norv, Hubbell, who was given tue job of looking after Zimmer, the Brampton scoring ace, and who looked after him so well that he hardly touched the ball, let alone get near enough to score, Soccer Notes Oshawa Nationals travel Friday night to play Montreal, at Montre- al, on Saturday, 20, and the return, game between Montreal and Na- tionals will be played in Oshawa on. Monday, 22nd. The Nationals had some difficulty securing their home game with Montreal, but af- ter having a talk with Acting- President of the Dominion (Holl- and), they gained their point. * The regular meeting of the di- rectors of the senior T. and D.F.A. will be held this evening in Sons of England hall, Berti street, To- ronto, commencing at eight o'clock and as there is a heavy agenda the directors are requested to be punc- tual. The Oshawa City, Oshawa Nationals, Mount Dennis and C.P. R. clubs must have representatives in attendance, while the following referees are also expected to be present: Lamb, Irving and Mitch- ell. Players Connors (Oshawa City), Murphy (48th Highlanders), King (Northumberland and Dur- ham) and Longavr (S. R. Slavia) are to appear before the council. Williams Scores Another Victory Hasting Park Vancouver, B.C., July 15.--Percy Williams, Vancou- ver flash, continued his amazing career here Saturday afternogn, victorious by less than two inches over Eddie Tolan, Michigan "Mia- night Express," in the final of 100 yards, feature event of the iater- national track and field meet. These two broke the tape, with the Californian, Frank Wykoff, of Los Angeles, so close behind that the crowd of 20000 sat' down breath- less, fearing the decision might go against the Vancouver man. The race that Williams ran left unchallenged his claim to the title of the greatest competitive runner of all time. He came from behind in the last ten yards to win, almost duplicating, on the slow track, his world's record equalling time es- ablished Friday. Saturday's time was 9 4-5 seconds, Williams Injured After the race it was reported that the champion"s efforts had cost him a strained muscle, but the injury is not serious. Two Canadian . records were swept from the hoards and two equalled under the onslaught of the brilliant body of athletes which gathered to compete with Williams in his home town inter- national meet. AIR MAIL ROBBED ON WAY TO LONDON London, July 15.--On the arri- val of the Canadian mails in Lon- don yesterday a portion of the 'Montreal air mail was found to have been rifled. It is repurted that many registered' packages of considerable value are missing. Although the air mail bag seem- ed to be intact wHen the steamer Laurentic docked at 'Liverpool, about 80 registered packets could not be accounted for. 5 Although the ai mail bag seem- ed to 'be intact when the steamer Laurentic' docked at Liverpool, about 80 registered packets could not be accounted fod. Story Is Unconfirmed Ottawa, July 15.--Official con- firmation.of the rifling of Montre- al air mail on its way to England aboard the Laurentic had not been received here last night. Offic- ials of the Post Office Department gave it as their belief, however, that the robbery must have occur- red on shipboard. The usual gaheck made at Ri- mouski, Que., indicated that the mail was intact when it was trons- shipped from the aeroplane to the vessel. It 'was pointed out that there is no separate' bag for air mail, but the registered pack- ages are inspected and counted in- dividually. As soon as-an official report is received from Liverpool an inves- tigation at this end will be made, It WAS RIA as. i City Team Cl Alexandra Park the City. gained 'another two points by winning by a corner This was Played before a small crowd at 5 goals to four, The teams lineu up as follows: Oshiwa--King; Reid and Lap- pin; Sturch, Muir, and Cunliffe; Dunstall, Bailey, Saxby, Fariey and Lobban, Lancashire -- Watson; Jackson and Johnstone; Allan, Smith and Hill; Inglis, Hughes, Lymer, Mc- Kezan, and McKezan B. . Oshawa won the toss and the.) visitors kicked off, The home team gained possession and forced cleared but the ball was soon down again and Bailey shot but the goalie saved and the ball was sent up the field where Lancashires forced a corn- er. Some 'midfield' play ensued and this ended with Lobban get- ting possession and firing in a shot which just missed. The ball was taken up to the home goal but was soon down again and Lobban again essayed a shot which hit the post and a scramble in front of goal re- sulted with Sturch firing over the bar. The Lancashires then had a run and with only the goalie to beat the outside right put over the bar. The ball was then in mia- field and a goal ws given against Lancashire. Reid put the ball to Fairly and he transferred to Bail- ey, who scored with a rasping shot, It was all Oshawa now, anu Fairley put in shot which was sav- ed at the expense of a corner. This was put behind but a moment lat- er the ball was headed against the bar and another scramble round the visiting goal took place. The pressure was relieved when Cun- iffe handed but the ball was soon | limbs to Second - Place Tie by Saturdays Win down again and Dunstall transfer- red to Bailey, who scored numbar two. The City still kept up their pressure but the Lancashires centre was brought down and from the free kick the visiting side scored. The homesters still kept up the pressure and Dunstall put over the top. Lobban next had a try, but this was cleared and the half time whistle went with the City leading by 2 to 1. From the kick-off. the City went down and Bailey completed his bat trick. The home team eased up a bit and the Lancs boys taking ad- vantage of a slip in the defense put on number two. The City again took up the running and Bailey, Saxby, Lobban and Dun- stall all went near with good shots, Lobban next put over a centre and Bailey hit the post. Saxby receiv- ed but his shot was smothered by the goalie and a corner was forc- ed. This was cleared and the ball punted up the field and the Lancs boys raced through and levelled up the scores. The homesters were all out for the lead but again the visitors broke away and ob- tained the lead. With a goal lead the visitors seemed to hold up the home team's attacks better but eventually the homesters again took command and Muir shot. This was handled by a back but the de- sultant penalty was not converted. The homesters continued to press, and from a corner Bailey headed his fourth goal. It was all the home team now and from a free kick Saxby scored, but this was disallowed for offside. A moment later. however, he put one past the goalie to give the homesters the lead. The final whistle came with Saxby putting over the bar. Major League Oshawa Nationals 8 7 48th Highlanders 1 Oshawa City Earlscourt Ken, Sunderland . Beaches United . Mimico Robers . Crescents .. C. GE, .. Congasco .. .. Mimico Beach ..'. Lancashire .. .. 0 «131 11 21 11 . 9 es ood 1 6 6 6 4 5 5 0 9 0 9 9 One reason so few people can buy what they need is that so many are busy buying what they want.-- Virginian Pilot. It is absurd to suppose that the future of the talkies is in the least degree doubtful. Anything has a future which keeps people away from home.--New York Times. Mussolini opposes beauty con- tests because Italian girls never win. If only he would apply that reasoning to the Saesar Complex. --Toront# Star. SPORT SNAPSHOTS There were two pleasant surprises handed to the sport loving popu- lace of Oshawa over the week-end, they being the victory of the Osh- awa lacrosse team over the crack of the Soccer officials to have the second game of the Connaught cup finals between the Oshawa Nationals and Montreal played here. Playing before a smaller crowd than that which greeted them on their first appearance in the Center Road Town the Oshawa General Motors team played one of their best games of the season to defeat the alleged coming champions. With Bill Coulter back on the defence for the Mptors the defence got down to work and aided Pat Shannon in keeping the Excelsiors on the small end of the scope in a real way, they did their job so well that neither of the Brampton mer stood much chance of netting the pill. the locals used the old bean on several occasions to score goals that would not have come without this thinking. After playing for two periods and passing the ball in rapid plays Barron crossed up the Brampton defence three times in one period . to score goals on solo rushes when the defence were covering up wait- ing for an expected pass. And even pulled the game out when they tied it up and the entire field was a bedlam of noise as the people all stationed in automobiles let loose with horn blowing to signify their approval and their desire for the winning Those same horns were rather silent when Toots White on a similar pldy to those of Barrons netted the winning goal. goal. After receiving a letter of indignation regarding the decision of the Dominion Football Association to play both games of the Dominion semi finals with Montreal in that ci will be playing the second game here after all so it is rather unneces- sary to deal with the contents of the letter and accompanying article that was clipped from the Toronto We have been advised by the secretary of the Oshawa Nationals that after consulting the city officials the local club has their sanction to proceed with plans for the return champions here to play the Nats. The game is booked for a week to- night and it will be the biggest sport attraction played here this year, as it is the only one that has a championship directly at stake. 4 In the league standing the Oshawa Nationals are now at the top of the heap owing to their win on Saturday over their nearest rivals, the 48th' Highlanders, and they are not is in the hunt for the league leading honors, their fellow citizens, the Oshawa City soccer club are fast climbing into a commanding place in the league and are now right on the second place with the Highlanders. The rain on Saturday cancelled the game between the Oshawa Chev Ladies and the Toronto Ladies and a great many fans were disappoint- ed in not being able to see their favorites play these famed ball tossers from the Queen City. 4 " This disappointment will develop jinto a postponement only however as arrangements are being made to bring the team from Toronto as Brampton dozen and the decision sharp shooters, Sproule and Zim- While on the home field at that the Brampton team ncarly ty, word has come to us that they Telegram, game that will bring the Quebec the jonly team from this city that heels of the leaders being tied for DCITY WIN Oshawa Nationals Regain League Lead by STARTS THE SCORING v Chuck Davidson, the t:icky little home man on the General Mot- ors senior lacrosse team who started the fireworks in the game on Saturday by notching the first goal of the game, Sport Card TONIGHT'S SPORT CARD * ¥ x Intermediate Softball Double Header Motor City Stadium, 6.30 and 7.30 Fittings vs. Moffatts; Tex- tiles vs. St. Gregory's * x . Juvenile Softball, Cowan's Park, 6.30 p.m. Red Aces vs. St. George's * LJ . Girls' Softball Rotary Park, 7 p.m. Ma:vjuettes vs. Malleables *¥ % ¥ Junior Lacrosse Oshawa General Motors at Cottingham Square Belleville Wins From Peterboro Peterboro, July 15. -- Beleville Nationals increased their lead in the Central Ontario league race here Saturday afternoon when they beat the Petes in nollow fash- fon by 10 to 1. Incidentally, it was their first win on the loca: grounds since 1926. Hardill, who pitched for Peterboro, was hit hard and was poorly supporteq, while the winners played errorless ball behind Dr. Jack Shea, former- 1y of Deloro, who was pitching his first game in a Belleville uniform. A double header was billed, but the second game was rained out after a scoreless first inning, with Heckman and Pointer as the op- posing pitchers. Last year's On- tario champions are three and a half games ahead of the second- place Oshawa team. R.H. E. Belleville .03000214x-1017 0 Peterboro .000 00010-1105 Batteries -- Shea and W. mills; Hardill and Swanston. a HAMILTON FR GARS COLLIE Hamilton, July 15.--Two motor vehicles of the Fire Department, the Assistant Chief's car and the hook and ladder truck of the San- ford Avenue Station, crashed at Sanford Avenue and King street shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning and were badly damaged. Four firemen were shaken up, but only one, Charles Nichols, was really injured it is said. His face wag cut and several teeth were knocked out. T firemen were responding to an alarm at Edgemont and Rox- borough Avenues. The ladder truck from the Sanford Avenue Station was proceeding south along San- ford and 'was just negotiating the, turn to go east along King street when the Assistant Chief's car also came east on King and both vehicles crashed at the intersec- tion. . The Assistant Chief's car Struck the rear end of the ladder and the truck swerved across the street and crashed into the front of the branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce on the southeast corner. The truck was badly sprung, and 'the Assistant Chief's car was re- duced to junk, Fireman Charles Vance of the Sanford Avenue Station was riding on the latter truck and suffered injuries to one arm, The Assistant soon as it is possible and the game yill be all the better for the delay. The postponed Malleable Marquet be played at the Rotary Park tonig plenty of action, An interesting double header in to be the attraction at the Motor improved Moffatt Motor Sales tea Textiles and St. Gregory's do batt The holding of the annual CN. has made it impossible for the pla the Oshawa General Motors senio Nationals on that day so the game _the locals make the trip tomorsow Fagfead of Wednesdays pu saw: , a ei game booked for last Friday will and these two teams will provide \ he intermediate softball league is ty Stadium when the Fittings and hook up in. the first game while in th: second game. picnic at Belleville on. Wednesday hg of the scheduled game between baseball team and the Belleville s been advanced to tomorrow and Chief's car was driven by Fireman Charle Rattenbury with Fireman Charles Nichols riding in the front seat beside' him. Captain William Murdoch was riding in the rear seat. When the crash occurred; Fireman Nichols was hurled about against the windshield with such force his face broke the glass and his: lips were cut and several front teeth knocked out. It is-considered a miracle that no lives were lost. The car was the one 'which Chief James had been using recently. It, was turned over to First Assistant Chief Robert Atchison a few days ago ,but he was not riding in it at the time. The fire did not prove a serious one and only minor dam- ako Was done, ., . Ll One Sided Win Quwer 48th Highlanders Oshawa Nationals again took the leadership in the Major League when they trounced 48th Highland- ers 7 goals to 2. Nationals were decidedly superior in every de- partment, Nationals won the toss and the Highlanders kicked off. They immediately made for the Nationals' goal but were quickly sent back by Boyd who set the Na- tionals' forwards in motion. In a scrimmage on the Highlanders' goal, Nationals were awarded u penalty. Sathrang took the spot kick and the Nationals were one up. This set both teams in ac- tion and it was not long before the Highlanders equalized. It lookea as if the Nationals would have to go all out to win. Nationals kept up a strong attack on the Hign- landers' goal-and it was not lox:g before they were a goal up. Tor- rance, getting possession, went in, beat the back and scored the finest goal of the game, giving the High- landers' goalie\no chance. This im- proved things {or the Nationals, They were constantly in the attack and it was not long before Sath- rang again bulged the net. It seem- ed all up with the Highlanders now, although they tried hard to break through the Nationals' de- fence. The Nationals were giving a clever display of football, the forwards working like a machine. A nice cross from Davidson gave the Nationals their fourth goal when Hagan taking the pass in his stride gave the Highlanders' gcahe no chance. This now looked black for the opposing team, but they were not yet finished. The High- landers were awarded 8 free kicx outside the penalty line. Hunter took the kick and, gave Elrick no chance wtih a fast grounder. Af- ter this goal the Natioanls agam took the offensive and Sathrang completed the hat-trick with a harq shot. At this time, one of the Highlanders' players was orderey to the pavilion for obscene lan- guage. Just then the half-time whistle went with the Nationals on top 6 goals to 2. 4 Second Half The Highlanders started the sec- ond half under a big handicap, hav- ing only 10 players and 38 goals down. But even with this they put up a strong resistance and on sev- eral fence were hard put to keep the strong opposing forwards from scoring. The Nationals were far in a way the better team and it was not long before Sathrang put his team further ahead. This put a damper on the Highlanders: and from then on were never really dangerous. Tt was all Nationals now and further {interest in the game was gone. Before time Ha- gan again netted for the Nationals, finishing the scoring at 7-2. ' Final result: Natioanls 7, 48th Highlanders 2. Nationals' line up--Elrick, Con- nors, Boyd, Hurst, Coll, Petterson, Torrance, Hagan, Sathrang, Doug- all, Davidson. Referee--J. Lamb, Toronto. EXPLAIN AUSTRIAN HYGIENIC SYSTEM Visiting Health Commission Discusses Social Service Activities Kindergartens and Visiting Workers Aid Viennese Children and Mothers Montreal, July 13.--Though private charity should be encouraged intelli- gently and generously, it should not be allowed to discharge what is pri- marily the duty of the state, that is the care of the needy and suffering, according to Dr. Julius Tandler, com- missioner of health and social welfare of Austria, now in Montreal taking past in the International Convention of Nurses. ! "It is not a question of charity only but of social justice, because the poor and the suffering are our brothers in humanity," said Mr. Tandler, when scen at the Mount Royal Hotel. "Though private charity may accom- plish marvels, it cannot possibly do all that should be done, it we are to cure the sick and feed the needy. "Acting on this principle, we in Austria have created a Government organization which we belive has at- tacked the social evils in the right way, and we base our conclusions on the resuits attained. "As commissioner of public health and social welfare, I have under my control all -hospitals, asylums, play- grounds, kindergartens and other in- stitutions created for the welfare of the population. My annual budget is placed at the sum of $14,000,000, and I can assure that every cent of it is spent entirely to make our people more happy, because more healthy. Zone System "The City of Vienna, with a popu- lation of 1,800,000, is divided into small districts for the sake of health and hygiene; in every one of these districts, there is a staff of women social workers, whose duty is to keep an eye on every family, whether rich or poor. It is its duty to report on whatever happens in the district, from the births to the deaths. "One of their duties is to visit ev- ery family where a child is born; if the family is rich, the social worker offers her congratulations and leaves, but if the family is poor, she reports to the health commissariat, who sees to it that the mother and child get the proper care and comfort, "If a mother reports to the com- missionér before the birth of her child, immediately after the child is born, the state furnishes all the nec- essary equipment and, during six months, mother and child got all the necessary milk and nourishment, the last only when there is 'unemploy- ment in the family. 3 "We also take care of 8,000 poor children in 100 kindergartens, from 7 in the morning when the mother goes to work, feeding them and taking care 'of them till the mother goes back home at night. We give meals to 20,000 poor school children in ap- proximately 80 state kitchens. "We have created a perfect control of every school child, while in the | classes, by instituting a staff of phy- sicians and dentists, helped by nurs- es, acting through 16 school clinics, in which the child can, and must; get | the proper medical and hygienic care. | It goes without saying that all must submit to this hygiene and health in- spection, Baths and Playgrounds "We understand also that fresh air is as necessary to the child as clean- liness, and to obtain both, we have covered the cities with playgrounds and public baths, where every year, | 1,000,000 play and bathe under the care of attendants selected by the | commissariat. Not only that, , but with the help of private charity, the state sends 20,000 children ever: year in the country, for a period of five or six weeks, during the holiday season. "Our hospitals and clinics for ad- ults are the best that can be had and we are fighting with good results the plague of tuberculosis and other ill- nesses. I can say that as a result of this fight, we have reduced the in- | fantile mortality to 50 per cent of what it was before the war, and we have reduced adult mortality in about the same proportion, "To offset the. situation. created by the lack oi tenements for the | working class, we have erected 40,000 apartments, which we rent at a mod- | erate price. These are some of the creations of the commissariat of § health and social welfare in Austria, | and we believe that we have reason to be satisfied, considering the critical position in which we are placed, poli- tically and geographically." Asked about general conditions in Austria, Dr. Tandler said they were improving, though not as rapidly as can be expected, "Agriculture is pro- gressing, and Austria today grows all the sugar but 20 per cent of what it consumes; it produces all .the milk | which is consumed in Vienna, where- as before the war, it bought most of it. in Czecho-Slovakia and Hungary. | Our industrial production is hindered by the customs barriers erected | around our territory by our neigh- | bors." I Dr. Tandler says that Canada is a | marvel of activity and prosperity to him, and he says he is convinced th: the Dominion 15 an object lesson to Europe in many respects. Asked about the wish of the Austrians to unite with Germany, he stated that no doubt, most of the Austrians | would view this union with pleasure, | and hope for the day when the Allies will consent to it. i occasions the Nationals' de- |