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a an E ; BE 1s = _ small plots for the FOUR THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1931 ea Th. Oshawa Daily Times Ee ucceeding * THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER il (Established 1871) independent newspaper published every after. Do jo Sundays and holidave at Osh- by The Times Publishing Company. O imited. Chas. M. Mundy, President A R. Alloway, M Rg tor. ; Phe Oshawa Daily Times is a member of The Cana- dian Press, the Ca: n Newspapers Asso the Ontario * Provincial Dailies and the ureau of Circulations. # SUBSCRIPTION RATES ivered by carrier in Oshawa and suburbs, 12c. a "week. By mail in Canada (outside Oshawa carrier ivery limits) $3.00 a year. United States $4.00 a ar. TORONTO OFFICE Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street. Telephone {Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative, "FRIDAY, MAY 8th,1081 SERVICE FOR CRIPPLES The references made by Hon. W. G. Mar- in, minister of public welfare for Ontario, he other day to the necessity of doing ev- Brything possible for crippled children, have very definite relationship to the work that being done along this line in Oshawa by le Oshawa Rotary Club. Rotary service mbraces many fields of worthwhile activ- , but the branch which appeals most to imagination, and which is, perhaps, of greatest value when considered in terms sture citizenship, is that of taking care rippled. children, and enabling them to ercome the handicaps placed upon them their deformities and disabilities. The Oshawa Rotary Club takes pardon- p pride in its efforts in this direction. here is a reward that cannot be bought With money in the satisfaction of heeling the grippled, and enabling them to face the fu- fre with new confidence and new. hope. Every child saved from a life of handicap and deformity represents an economic gan the community and the country, and the value of this Rotary activity can never be estimated. Oshawa Rotary Club has done work ong this line regarding which too little has jeen said, because it is done quietly, with- t ostehtation, but nevertheless effectively. d the community which is being served in commendable way may rest assured t the work will be continued until every own case that needs attention will be giv- the care and treatment that is called for the hope of making the crippled child a et self-reliant and self-support'ng mem- of the community. BLOCKING THE WAY pF The announcement of the chief commis- * Sion counsel of the pension board, in which hed the intention of his department to appeal every pension case in which a favor- able decision has been given by the pension unal, has come as the last straw to the thousands of disabled war veterans who ave during the last few months, been nurs- ing their wrath against the pensions admin- pation. Whether inspired by departments 7 zeal for economy or not, the attitude of the commission counsel is so fragrantly a viola- tion of the spirit and intention of pariiament {passing the 1930 amendments to the pen- ~ sions act that one would naturally, expect a 'governmental rebuke to the official respon- sible for it. «When the 1930 pension act amendments were passed by parliament, thers was only e thought in the minds of Canada's legisla- rs, and that was to make the way easier r war veterans to secure justice. Now, jowever, the way is being hopelessly blocked by the inspired attitude of commission coun- gel, who are determined to prevent mien se- ng pensions, no matter the extremity to hich they may have to go to do so. Prim- ily, the trouble lies with the board of pen- ons commissioners, which has adopted 2 pg-in-the-manger policy in connection with ie new pensions legislation, and has shown p desire to co-operate to make it effective 2 the spirit in which it was intended. The trouble, however, goes farther than hat. One might be bold enough to say that re never was a more unfortunate cabinet appointment than that of the Hon. Murray [acLaren as minister of pensions and na- onal health. The whole story of his admin- tration is one of callous indifference to the eds of the men committed to his care. Too for so active a portfolio, past his useful- g for strenuous administrative duties, he been muddling along, and things have Been going from bad to worse under his. jur- iction. It is said that he will retire at the nd of the present session, and if that is so, it us hope that the session will soon be ¥. It needs a strong man, a man of the of the Hon. Donald Sutherland, who uld have been minister of pensions rather than minister of national defence, to handle the situation that has developed, to bring order out of the choas that has been created, and it is to be hoped that Premier Bennett's d choice for this office will be a more fortunate one than his first. 5 es GARDENS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED The town of Cornwall has undertaken in very sticcessful way, exactly the plan which The Times has been suggesting for Oshawa, namely, the development of vacant perty as vegetable gardens for the unem- d. Down in that town, eight acres of land, on the edge of the munmicipality, e been set aside, and will be available in use of the unemployed 5 P: Pp Sik dais . Cr a Aud my idol looked at me, bland and indifferent. to raise a supply of potatoes and other veg- etables for their own family use. In Corn- wall, this is regarded as a sound measuré of relief, since it enables the unemployed men to produce their own food supplies in quanti- ties sufficient to permit of storing them away for next winter. And it is noteworthy that the land and the seed are being furn- shed the unemployed men free of cost. The Times has been making an effort to interest the citizens in a project of this kind for Oshawa, but there seems to be little in- terest in it. The proper body to take hold of it and sponsor it, of course, is the city council, but although the suggestion was made two weeks ago, it has not as yet dawn- ed on the council that it could perform a valuable community service in this way, and incidentally, help to reduce the relief expen- ditures of next fall and winter. Time is getting short, and we would further sugegst that the city property committee, or the gen- eral purpose committee, might take the in- itiative in this matter, and produce some action before it is too late for the unemploy- ed men to take advantage of a vacant lot garden scheme. EDITORIAL NOTES "Of ,both faith and science the only altar _is god."--Pope Pius XI. "Whenever any of the characters in Shakespeare go mad, they immediately speak prose."--Sir Johndston Forbes-Rob- ertson. " 'Conscience doth make cowards of us all' --not mine; mine made me a politican."-- Henry Morgenthau. "The reason so many geniuses look so sickly and tubercular are worn to a frazzle is because they are letting intellectual tyran- ny suppress their happiness."--Texas Guin- an. "Spiritualists are the only people who have not religious freedom."--Lady Canon Doyle. Other Editors' Comments | HONORING THE OLD TEACHER ' (Loronto Globe) Among the cherished memories of men as advance m ycars. are the the old teacher. Lhe school may have been a poor sort of structure, and the play-ground only the cotner of a field, but it does not matter, 'Lhey have become hallowed by. time, and about them during boyhood days friendships were rormed that endured through- out life. 'Lhe old teacher may have been regarded as a tyrant, a stern ogre who took all the joy out oi young lives. Such notions of discipline as he had! And what a relief it would be when school days were over} But the years change all that. Gradually the old teacher comes to be regarded as a splendid character, to whom grown-up men owe much of their success; or, if success did not come, they realize it was be- cause the master s admonitions were unheeded. After all, he was not such an autocrat. While boys they spoke disrespectfully of him as "Old Mac" or "Old Joe." To schoolboys the teacher always is "Old" this or that. But now, in reminiscent mood, these aging men speak of him as "Dear old Mac," or recall the splendid qualities of "Qld Joe." The years bring wisdom and a sense of apprecia- tion, and this no doubt is what prompted a group of his former pupils to pay a visit last week to Dr. John Henderson, former principal and teacher of classics in St. Catharineg Collegiate Institute. Dr. Henderson, now 85 ycars of age, is living in retire- ment at Clarkson, in the neighborhood of Toronto; and the old boys who went out to see him also are getting along in years, It was a nice thing to do; a very kind and human action. they 14 | old sChooland Surely this was a day of reminiscence. Surely there was doud laughter as the tragedies of school days were recalled; tragedies that blackened all the world and made life a worthless sort of thing; only to be- come the joke of more mature years. All over the country the same thinp has been happening. The old teachers are being honored by the old pupils, and well they deserve it. They mould- ed and gave direction to active young minds; and, though often it was a tough job they laid at least a foundation upon which could be built the superstruc- ture of a liberal education. BITS OF HUMOR | Mrs, Saunders--"Man needn't be so congeited. Scientists claim all the materials that make up your body can be bought in a drug store for 95c." Mr. Saunders--"You mean all those that go to make-up a woman." MORE QUEER ADVERTISEMENTS Wanted--Assistant butcher, One able to drive .nd kill himself preferred. Man wanted for gardening, also to be able to take charge of a cow who sings in the choir and plays the organ, Lost--A pair of spectacles by a man in a red leather -case with a silk lining. Wanted--Boy to gather eggs fourteen years old. WHAT! Evidently in sophisticated Hollywood there still re- mains one dear old fashioned soul. When a mid- night fire in the film.¢olony caused a big parade of pyjamas this old-timer joined the throng in a long red flannel night-gown. BITS OF VERSE CHINESE FANTASY I burned incense in a tiny idol, And a thin wreath of smoke came through the slit That was his mouth, Sandalwood incense I burned--and suddenly I was in China. I could hear / The rhythmic beat of drums, The ceaseless twang of a stringed instrument, The soft shuffle of padded feet, 3 The swish of embroidered silk. I could see ' Narrow streets, and junks on a crowded yellow river, The slant-eyed girls, with their skin like old ivory, Grave. Celestials with expressionless faces, Red drago s painted on lacquered screens Jd could Weird perfume--Oriental perfum And almond blossoms; if Then : With a sgh I came back. The incense mad burned away," | 'by C. H. TUCK, Opt.D. (Copyright 1928) Affect of Type Sizes on Eyesight Part "an We may follow this out further and place a number of persons in an upright position and leave them to copy a certain amount of manu- script and if you view them from behind you will find that the verti- cal writers will remain upright and the slant writers will slouch down to their usual angle of comfort in writing and if we follow this fur- ther we will find that most of the upright postures are nearer to nor- mal as regards eye defects than are those who are seeking the other positions, A great number of people are right handed and if they seek an unnatural position in writing they may use the right eye more than the left, this in time is proven by the fact that the error in the right eye is different to that found in the left. If a habit is to be formed in re- gard to writing let it be a habit more easily suited to the masses rather than create the necessity of having our writing material placed at an angle of 40 to 45 degrees from thé horizontal. Let us form the habit of the more upright posi- tion and the paper right before us and we will find that less space is also required to accommodate us, Those who serve mankind though at tines meeting with trials and discouragements which seem but trifles once they are surmounted are bound to realize that to reap the harvest of success we must first sow the sced of progress. SUPERANNUATION PLAN FOR NURSES Innovation Has Been Estab- lished in Institutions at Manchester, Eng. | ------ Ma 6.--Manchester Nurs Institution is the preliminaries of rsing staff in the fed t scheme for \ is now in op- f the voluntary hos- s scheme a nurse of her salary and her employers pay t, of the same sum to pro- ite pension for her in The innovation will { a strain on the re- sources of the Institution, but as the staff of the Institution is recruited from the voluntary hospitals it will be necessary to fall into line soon if the suppily of district nurses is to be kept up. District nursing is arduous. Nurses do not work under ideal con- ditions as in hospit hardly be expected tion which, in addition to involving some. of the most exacting duties in the nursing profession, did not help them to provide for the time when they can no longer undertake such work, The Institution, which began as the Manchester and Salford Sick Poor and Private Nursing Institution, has sixty-five years' work to its cre- emoluments and 110 1 vide an adequ her later years be something LEAGUE COUNCIL WILL DISELSS LARGE PROBLEMS German - Austrian Trade Agreement to come before Session of Council Geneva, May 6 -- The sixty-third session of the League of Nations Council opens at Geneva on Monday, May 18. A number of important questions are already announced for the agen- da, The British Foreign Minister has stated his intention to give no- tice of his wish to discuss the com- patibility of the proposed economic agreement between Germany and Austria with Austria's treaty obliga- tions, particularly under the Protocol drawn up in 1922 in connection with the Financial Reconstruction Loan. The German Government has ask- ed for the inclusion in the agenda of the "preparation of an mternational agreement tor the publication of in- formation with regard to civil avia- tion." The Draft Disarmament Con- vention contains a stipulation provid- ing for the regular annual publication of information with recard to civil aviation of States parties to the Con- vention. During the discussions in the Preparatory Commission, certain delegations proposed the conclusion of a special international agreement with regard to such publication, and it is with reference to this that the German Government has taken ac- tion, The Council will also have on its agenda the consideration of the de- velopments with regard to the minor- J Gihie FOR, ASAT FOR CHRD Fre Sige BIBLE THOUGHT AND PRAYER 1f parents will have their hidren wan dady Bible will prov © prisess Rglisgs o them bn afer ors to cn -- RIGHTEOUSNESS BRINGS RE- JOICING:--When the righteous are) when 'the wicked 'beareth rule. the people mourn.--Proverbs 29; 2, ity situation .in Upper Silesia, upon which it adopted a report at its last session. NO STOPPING THE CARDINALS Pittsburg, Pa., May B8.--~Jess Haines held Pittsburg to seven hits 'yesterday while St. Louis was pounding three Pirate pitchers for fifteen, and the St. Louis Car- dinals made it two straight, The score was '11 to 6. Martin, who batted in Gelbert to win yesterday's game, clouted a home run in the ninth {ioning with one on base yesterday after- noon. ROYALS HALT ORIOLES Montreal, Que., May 8--Big Marty Griffin pitched the Royals to their first victory of the series with Balti more when he turned back the Birds 5 to 3 here yesterday afternoon in the third games of the series. Griffin allowed nine hits and all the scoring was made in the first inning when doubles by Tolson and Stroner and a single Sand scored three runs afc: two were out. Gulley, with a double and a triple, led the Montreal seven- hit attack on four Oriole hurlers. DETROIT TAKES FOURTH Detroit, May 8.--Detroit took sole possession of fourth place in the Am- erican League standing yesterday by defeating the Chicago White Sox, 6 to 1, in the fourth and final game of the series, and made it three out of four over the Windy City team. 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