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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1930 As independent newspaper published every aftergbon ; encopt Sundays and legal holidags, st Oshewa Canada. by Mundy Printing Company, Limited Chas. M. Mundy, President; A. R. 'Alloway, ; retry, The Oshawa Daily Times is 8 member of e diane Press, the Canadian Daily Newspapers' sosiat on, The Ontario Provineial Dailies and Audit Bureau of T tions. : o SUBSCRIPTION RATES 4 Delivered by } (outside Oshawy carrier delivery Gmits), $4.00 o wear; United States, $5.00 o year. . TORONTO OFFICE 607 Bond , 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D_-Tresidder. representative REPRESENIATIVES IN U. S. : Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1930 carrier, 15¢c » week By mail in Canade the garage doors wide, so as to allow that deadly gas to cscape. The result was an almost instantaneous death as soon as the gas fumes became sufficiently concentrated to overcome them, It is sad that thesc deaths should have occurred, since they were so uhnecessary. It can be said that these people died beeause they paid no heed to the warnings given to them, Every year, when the win- ter season comes along, practically every newspaper in the country devotes considerable attention' to warn. ing its readers of the danger of carbon monoxide gas, and suggesting means. whereby they can safeguard . themselves against its effects. Yet these warnings seem to be unheeded by many people, and the pity is that this heedlessness usually results in death. There is very seldom a second chance, The precaution which is most necessary, too, is so simple, merely the opening of garage doors, that one can hardly understand the mentality of a per- son who dies in this way. There must either be an excessive amount of forgetfulness, or of carelessness, to cause them to step into danger about which every motorist should be fully informed, and against which he or she should be on guard at all times. "ENGLISH AS SHE IS SPOKEN Startling as the statement may seem, Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly, of New York, editor-in-chief of the Standard digtionary, declares that the English spoken in England is the worst in the world, and 4hat much as the English language is mutilated by American the English peopel mutilate it still more. While it would be quite natural for English peo- ple to resent this statement, and to rise up in de- fense of the English language as she is spoken in its: home country, there are many who will agree with the New York authority on language. Canadians 'who 'have visited England have confessed their com- plete, inability to understand many of the dialects and A CITY OF BOOK READERS The people of Oshawa, judging from the annual re- port of the public library, as published on Saturday, are rapidly becoming a book-reading people. The re- cord of the library for 1929 was a remarkable one for it showed, in one year, an increase of 62.5 per cent in the number of books issued to the citizens. This is a record which will take some beating. It shows a growing desire on the part of the citizens to widen their acquaintanceship with the best of the woald's authors, for the selection of books for the library is done so carcfully, and with such keen judge ment as to the merit of each beok, and its effects on the minds of its readers, that one can say quite read ily that only the best in literature, whether it be mod- ern or not, is to be found on the library shelves. It is to be hoped that this increased intergst in the reading of good books will continue, and that in the new year an even greater record may be made by the library. Reading. is one way in which educa- tion can be continued all through life, cven years after school days are over, Reading of good books brings pleasure, but it brings more than that, It lhelps to broaden the intellect and develop those men- tal faculties which would otherwise be left in a dor- mant condition. An enlightened and intelligent citi- zenship can readily be developed by a widespread use of the best that the world of literature affords, and with so splendid a library at their disposal, there is no reason why the people of Oshawa should not make an even greater use of it than has been the case in the record year of 1929. THE TEACHING OF THRIFT One of the things to which the 1930 board of edu- cation in Oshawa should give consideration is the establishment of the Penny Bank in the public schools in Oshawa. It has been pointed out, in recent months, that many of the people of Oshawa have yet a great deal to learn regarding habits of thrift, and there ean be no better way of starting that education than through the children in the schools. Tt is hard EA why the Penny Bank gould "not he successfully) operated in the publip schools of . -Oshawa. The annyal report of the bank issued a few days ago shows that the Bank is now established in 380 of the schools of Ontario, located in 108 villages, towns and cities in the province. During the last ! year, twenty-cight new schools were added to the list, so that the Penny Bank movement is growing and spreading the lessons of thrift to an . ever-widening circle of children. In fact, there are now 173,000 chil- . dren listed as depositors, children who are being given a definite and practical training in the habits of saving money. It is unfortunate that the children of Oshawa do net enjoy these same privileges and benefits, but this very situation affords a splendid opportunity for the 1930 board of education to establish the system which sems to be so much nceded in the community. [ CAUGHT SHORT An interesting_story is being told of a large num- ber of oy radio sets in Ingersoll. Annoyed * because radio reception was being marred, they sign- ed a petition asking the government radio officials to investigate the interference. The investigators came, but other officials came along with them to check up on the radio owners. It turned out that many of those who signed the petition as radio-own- 'ers had not taken the trouble to Pay the fee of one "dollar end secure the necessary license for their radio sets, so there was, for a few days, a great rush in Ingersoll of application for radio licenses, This story has- its humorous side, but it has its serious side, too. Those people who had not paid their license fees, but who demanded that the govern- ment should rectify their troubles, were not playing the game. Theyswere expecting to secure a service for which thy were not willing to pay anything, and for which they were not willing to pay anything, and "more conscientious fellow-citizens to pay. : "Ingersoll, of course, is not the only place in which . there are many radio owners who have not taken "the trouble to secure licenses for their" sets, Probably they are fot actually dishonest. In many cases, they ; a overlooked this formality. But unfor-. . tunately, the law does not recognize this as an excuse for failure to comply with its provisions, and the day : may come when the appearance of a few officials in Oshawa would cause just as great a rusli to the li- cense issuers as it did in Ingersoll. 7 * UNHEEDED WARNINGS Within tHe last two wecks, five motorists, four men " and one woman, have been found dead in their, gar- ages, victims of the deadly carbon monoxide gas. In every case, they went into their cars to start the en- ging, without first taking the precaution of opening s used in various parts of that country. In Canada, the pronunciation of the English language is uniform from coast to coast. There are no sec- tional or provincial dialects. The English of Ontario people is the same as that of those of British Colum- bia, excepting, of course, those people who have come from England, and who still retain their old dialects and accents. But in England, every district seems to have its own way of 'using the English language. It is quite conceivable that the English of a Yorkshireman, for instance, might seem like a foreign language to a Londoner, and vice-versa, and that an Englishman from Lancashire would have great difficulty in mak- ing himself understood to a man from Somersetshire, or in understanding him. The English of Birming- ham, or "Brummagen" as it is called there, has little in common with that of the English of Cornwall or Devon, And all of them are different in many re- spects, from the English which is spoken by the average Canadian, ; It has often been said that the purest English of all is spoken in Inverness, Scotland, and anyone who has heard a speech by Ramsay MacDonald, whose home is not far removed from Inverness, can quite well believe that statement. It is interesting to note, too, that in a great many universities, in the old land, in the United States and in Canada, the pro- fessors of English are Scotsmen, So it can, we think, be conceded that the New York dictionary editor is not far wrong in his as- sertion. But nothing can be done about it. These old English dialects and accents have become tradi- tional, are part of the people, and much as educa tional authorities may rave and rant against them, they will continue just as long as people continuc to be born in these districts which have their own pecu- liar language forms and prounuciations. EXERCISE GUIDANCE Indiscrimmirate reading is unwise and very often deleterious. Especially is this true of young folk. Three lads now awaiting trial on charges of house- breaking and robbery in Oshawa are illustrations of what harmful influence trashy reading can have. These boys admitted they had fell into error because they had been reading a good deal of cheap trash that is flooding the country. Most of us have been probably a little too lax in giving guidance to our children in the way of good redding. The Oshawa incident should be convincing enough to give that phase of children's pastime a little more of our attention. If questionable reading has a harmful: influence, will not good wholesome literary material have the opposite and desirable effect? Even small towns have libraries and all schools are similarly equipped. Have the children develop a taste for books that do not comeu nder the "hair- raising" category.--Kitchener Record. EDITORIAL NOTES The man who feels badly about being left alone must feel that he is in bad company. Remember the polls are open until seven o'clock, and you may still have time to vote. The call of need usually unites all nations? Canada, the United States and 'Soviet Russia are joining in an effort to locate two aviators lost in the Arctic sea. People are now coming to the conclusion that it is better to have resolved and failed than never to have resolved at all. Women are said to be wearing their dresses longer. And, since last October, many of the men expect to have to do the same thing with their clothes. With the election ending tonight, it will be the duty of all citizens to work together behind those elected to make Oshawa a greater and a better city, Any city which can show a building record of $1,- 500,000 in one year is surely making progress, and that is what Oshawa did in, 1929, There has been some discussion of election 'slates being published, but, as the Globe points out, slates have survived in elections long after they have gone out of fyshion in school, ert : The new year has brought hopes that conditions in Oshawa will soon be better, and happily, there are signs that these liopes will be realized before many weeks have passed. It should not be hard for Canada's delegates to the naval conference in London. to show the other nations that "Canada is setting a good example in naval limitations, . Other Editor's .- Comments THE SCHOOL CRITIO (Farmers" Advocate) The interest ratepayers take in the school and its problems is fair- ly well gauged by the attendance at the annual meeting. In far too many sections the 'trustees do the work. and the ratepayers criticize them during the year for their sins of omission as well as their sins of commission. The school is a very portant factor in the life of the child and facilities should be avail- able both inside and out for giv- ing the boys and girls the best possible foundation for their work later in life, BATTLESHIP BURDEN (Louisville Courier-Journal) President Hoover,' in his Arm- istice address, announced: "We will reduce our naval strength in proportion to any ether, Having eald that it only remains for the other to say how low they ill go. It cannot be too low for us." 'Good. Then why not begin with the total Abolition of battleships all aromgs How else could be effected so great a lightening of the burden of naval armament, with no re- duction, relatively of the names of national defence? Bits of Humor NOT THE IDEA Landlady: I'm sorry you didn't think the chicken soup good. I told the cook how to make it. Perhaps she did not catch the idea." Boarder: '""No--it was the chick- en she missed." IRISH? Visitor: "I suppose this rain will do the crops a lot of good?" Farmer: '"Ye're right, sir. An hour of it will do more good in five minutes than a month of it would do in a week at any other time." LEFT ALONE A very small and important boy, carrying a parcel, knocked loudly at the door of a suburban villa. When the lady of the house ap- peared, he exclaimed: "I'm Mor- gan's.,"" "Oh, are yow?" said the lady. looking down at the dimin- utive figure, "then who's minding the shop?" FAMILY PRIDE A coster and his bride were dis- cussing the wedding of an acquain- tance of theirs, "But di® you read the list of presents she "ad?" asked Harriet of Harry. Her man gave a snort of disgust, 'Hi did," he replied. 'Fancy sich as them havin' thelr weddin' put in all the papers! Anybody would think they were blinking haristocrats." "Yes," agreed the girl. "Ter think of 'er father giving 'er a 'orse and trap, too." "Yer don't believe that, do yer?" asked the young man incredulous- ly. '*That's only their swanky way of puttin' it. It was a clothes 'orse an' a mousetrap. I seen 'em both." FIRE IN CAPITOL. AT WASHINGTON And, Valuable ° Pictures Documents Destroyed in Blaze Washington, Jan. 6--Fire threaten ed destruction of the Capitol building of the United States Fri night, but the blaze was put out by firemen, who responded to a general alarm and poured watér into the building. Originating in a room used by an artist, Carl Moberly, on. the fourth floor, the flames quickly spread, and soon were shooting far above the great dome, while thousands stood in the parkways surrounding the Capi- tol in fear that the historic building would be destroyed. Moberly was found lying unconscious on the floor of his room, and was carried out by firemen, More than 20 companies of firemen were called to fight the stubborn fire, which. at first smouldered beneath the roof and then broke through to shoot shafts of flames into the air. Within half an hour the fire, which was discovered soon after 7 o'clock; was under control. Documents Burned A hasty investigation showed that a quantity of documents were burned or damaged, but the extent of the logs is not yet apparent. Fire Chief Watson estimated the damage as slight, but neither he nor David S. Lynn, Capitol architect, would place 'an official estimate upon the damage. It is feared that water, which seeped down into the private chambers of members of "the Supreme Court and to all the lower floors of the main building will be resnonsible for the greater part of the destruction, The artist was carried out of the smoke-filled .roont and was treated by a phyfician asisgned to duty at the House of Representatives, and he quickly revived. He has a cut on the side of his face, which was bleed- ing profusly when he was found It was suggested that a cigaret butt had béen responsible for the blaze, but this. question has not yet been determined. J The New Commandment--A new commandment I give unto you, That |. ye love one another; as 1 have loved ou, that ye also love one another. y this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another~John 13:34, 35, a Prayer: ; YO give us hearts. to love." G. M. GREEN, EDITOR OF THE ASHLAYD (ORE.) TIDINGS, BAYS: THAT trade-at-home campaigns are usually. l'mited to dealers in dry-goods, groceries, clothing and similar lincs, whereas they shou!d touch every line of business, for, if a person ;ces to a neighboring town to buy an auton.obile, he will buy other things :: well, The building trades and other firms interc.ted in merchandise that goes into the home are too ofetn neglected or their {port nce minimized in trade-a'.' ome campaigns The Daily Tidings has recently started a campaign for better and more building. While we do not mention the term troncd-at-home, the whole idea of the campaign basically is to develop a deeper in- terest in trading at home when construction work being dene, The firms interested in the Luilding trades are as much to blame for the UL. gz of build. ing material from outside firms as the purchasers are in many c.ses, as mar; such firms never : "ro wh oall, The Daily Tidings also recog- nizse that wherever a newspaper develops un thorough circulation coverage in any . community, the trading out-of-town decreases in proportion. Ad eqnally productive ig a circulation coverage in swing- ing a trade territory into your local stores. We have recently set this obligation by developing an afternoon paper delivery system in several nearly rural communities, much of the trade from these communities going to nearby cities. WE HOPE AFTER A PERIOD OF DELIVERY SERVICE TO "SE COMMUNITIES TO NC THI'IR TIIADE INTO OUR LOCAL STORES. That Body of Bours By James W. Barlon, M.D. FIGHTING RHEUMATISM There is so much rheumatism al over the world that an International League aganist rheumatism has been formed. Everything that might be causing rheumatism, everything that might be aggravating it, and every- thing that has been found helpful in preventing and curing it is being brought forward so that sufferers ev- erywhere may get the benefit of all this research work. Accordingly this League against rheumatism is tryin get every- thing on a basis so that workers will work from different angles but always with some definite object in view. The damage rheumatism does to licart, joints, and" muscles has been very well studied because the dam- age can be seen. However the factors that enter into the causation of rheumatism is now receiving the most attention. Years ago it was thought that rheumatism was inherited, as it seems to occur more frequently in some fa- milies than in others. That there was something about their constitution that seemed to make them more like- ly to have attacks of rheumatism This was thus called the "rheumatic" constitution, Then food was blamed, particularly meats, This was found to be an er- ror and latterly starchy foods have been blamed. Then the manner of living was blamed, rlicumatism being thought to be causedsby lack of exercise. Later the atmosphere was consid- ered the principal factor, and it was pointed out that England. had so many cases because of the damp or moist climate. ; Now these various things may be contributing factors, but most cases can be traced to infection of some kind, usually of teeth, tonsils, or gall bladder. In the preparatory schools in Eng- land a couple of years ago it was found that 95 percent of the young- sters with rheumatism had bad ton- sils. The. thought then in rheumatism is to try and locate the cause ,the spark that starts the fire, This means of course that too. much food, overwork, dampness or expo- sure, parents with a tendency to rheufnatism, are what might be called the fuel ready to be burned. The match or spark is the infection from some source in the body. If you have an attack of rheuma- tisth, rest, heat, baking, the use of sodium salicylate, and so forth all help to case the pain and relieve con- dition, However repeated attacks are not only distressing but as yon know, most cases of organic heart disease are due to rheumatism, your best plan is to have an X-ray of your teeth taken, have throat examined, stir your liver up with some exercise, (Registered in accerdance with the Copyright Act) CRICKET FIELD COVERED ¢ Kingston--With the winter only tuirly well started, more than half of the area of the Cricket Field has al- ready been covered with snow taken from the city streets. Men were still engaged carting snow away from many of the side streets Thursday. bid sein abe " | Bits of Verse UNCOMPL.. .!ING LIPS Whene'er the little tyke is ill, She would not let us kuow, She holds her baby smile until Her cheeks have lost their glow. It's very seldom jhedl complain 'That shels not feeling well, But "Daddy" speaks of every pain-- At least that's what they tell. When she is sick and hewrs me ask: "Well, how are you today?" Her little pains she seeks to mask-- "I'm pitty dood," she'll say. She's uncomplaining all the while nd' too, it's plain to see There is no laughter in the smile She tries to give to me. But I have seen when men are sick Or touched, perhaps, with woe, They make it known, and tell it quick-- Their fellow-men soon know. But children, on the other hand, Keep smiling to the last, . They scem, somehow, to understand Their hurts will soon be past, In this, there is for you and me A lesson that we need-- To take our hurts unflinchingly And let that be our pi If Little Tyke can smile and say That she is "pitty dood" Then so should I--when skies arc gray--- Say, "1 am pretty. good' --Charles S. Kinnison. THE FINAL TOUCH Ja ever notice how a man Who wants to look the best he can Always does the same old thing-- Morning, noon, or evening? This little capper isn't much, .. But still it adds the final touch, At least in man's aesthetic eye-- This artless primping with hisftie, His shoes may badly need a shine; ITs trousers crease be out of line; His coat may show the marks of dust Perhaps his hair is even mussed-- But still he'd stand before the gueen And be of proud and haughty mien (For clothes, he thinks, the man belie)-- His charm and grace lies in his tic! He'll stand and primp before the glass And tell himself he thinks he'll "pass" The while he rubs his shaven cheek, Admires his hair, so slick and sleck. But still his primping's never done, No cutie girl he'll ever stun, | Until he's had just one more try At fussin" with his magic tie. A woman's charms, she thinks, reposc In showing man a dusty nose. Hor powder puff"s a vital thing, Its charms the women loudly sing. But man becomes a Romeo-- A proud and dandy lady's beau, A gay and cocky sort of guy-- If he's but suited with his tiel ~=Charles S. Kinnison. TUNNEL BRIDGE FOR CHANNEL PROPOSED Submerged Tube Between France add England Sug- | gested by Engineer Paris, Jan. 6.--A tunnel in the form of a submerged bridge in the English Channel is the latest plan to be advanced as a means of linking France and England by railway, Prevost de Saint-Cyr French in- ventor and marine engineer, has worked out this project and puts it forward as being more practic- able and cheaper than an under- ground tunned. One of its main features is that most of the con- struction work could be done on land. After a study of oceanhcurrents and the channel bed, he hit upon the idea of stretching a concrete tube from the shores of France to the coast of England on the principle of bridge building. The tube would be sunk to a depth of twenty meters, leav- ing the space above it free for navigation and that below it open to the flow of currents. The tube, in which express trains could cross the Channel in about 40 minutes, would be sup- ported upon massive pillars of re- inforced concrete, These would be sunk deeply into the bottom of the sea. This giant tube would be con- structed on shore from reinforced concrete. It would be in sections of from 300 to 500 meters, which would be hermetically sealed at cach end when completed. They would be floated out to their posi- tions above the pillars already established in place, being sunk to hte proper level by the weights and anchors, Tight fitting couplings, lowered from boats on the surface, would be place' at the joints of the various sections to prevent in- filtration.™ " Workman would next enter from the finished portion of the tube, and complete the sealing of the joints from the inside with con- crete, To facilitate this work, re- frigorated air would be used in the interior of the tube to freeze the water outside while the concrete sealing would-be in process. The ice formation is to prevent leak: age. The pillars on which this bridge-tunnel would rest are to be built at sea by filling moulds sunk to the bottom of the Channel, ac- cording to. Saint-Cyr's plans. The concrete would be piped out to these moulds from the shore. BANK CLEARINGS thorough Kingston.--~Bank clearings for the month of December showed a slight" decline over the same month last year, according to the figures an- nounded by the Kingston Clearing House. "The European regards music as a pleasure, a joy: the American looks upon it as a course in education," ~George Jean Nathan, FAMOUS MUSICIAN CHANGES METHODS SE Sir Henry Wood _ Springs Surprise By Playing In Vaudeville London, Jan. 6--Sir Henry Wood, noted British symphony conductor, exploded a bombshell in placid Lon- don music circles when he accepted a three-weeks' engagement at the Coliseum, one of London's largest vaudeville houses, The rumor that the famous con- ductor of the Promenade Concerts ar Queens Hall, which are the epi- tome of the musical season here, would appear in vaudeville was con- firmed by Sir Oswald Still, who said that Sir Henry would start his turn him his the in January and take with own orchestra, eighty strong, crearn of London's musicians. "1 intend .to make no alteration whatever in the music played," sai¢ Sir Henry. 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