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t v5 sir the herald sixtysixth year of publication the georgetown herald wedneday evening october 5th 1932 i f 150 per annum in advance 200 to ua v the georgetown herald j m moors publisher ml proprietor member canadian weekly newspaper association v cnr time table standard time gains kast passenger and man 1020 a prsenger 2j9 pm passenger and mall 630 pjn paosenger stops for passengers going bast and toronto 955 pjn sundays going bast passenger 812 pm passenger 955 pm uouur passenger and mai passenger passenger passenger and passenger sunday passenger sunday going vwest cobxt north man and passenger goinr sooth mail and passenger v3s ajn 854 ajn 2m pjn 825 frm 850 ajn 1023 pm 855 ajn 638 pjn arrow increased bus service eastern standard tune 9l ajn 1055 jn sundays and holidays only 1255 pjn 335 pjn 655 pjn 1055 pjn outstanding value always im a tnvi fron from the gardens 715 sun dally except sunday 955 ajn 115 pm 4 40 pm 715 pjn 915 pjn sun days and holidays only rerhjoiu fares to 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joys around the evening are sweet childhoods prattle and a movers smile cculd ones again the od old glow inspire once more tbe heart of heaviness beguile then we should ask no meretricious aid prom outward things for in the soul ye there moreover it is recognized nowadays i firv pmvmrinn w wherever the national penants whip rm and like surcease of pain all un aware wralthllke would vanish quite this present sorrow and leave sweet joy today sweet rest tomorrow w a b cooper the man who would be kind by frank braden over the big tops as the only wild animal school circus men will tolerate it seems somewhat of a paradox that louis ross who introduced himself to catplve circus wild animals by lay ing out attlla the killer with a lad der should found such a school that was the manner of louiss coming to the circus and when you ee him today puking eighteen royal bengal tigers through all sorts of breathuldng arenlc- feats with what seems the greatest case and good will talldsg to them thi while as 11 they were little children you realise anew that it is love knre in spme form or one of its byproducts chat does the trick fvr everyone knows that louis loyjs his anknaisaaild twice daily un t here is a little town in mlchi gan bad axc where they still date the happenings of one sea son in this fashion yes that took place the year the circus tiger got loose the coming of the big show to bad axe was in itself ap momentous event but the escape fronxhs cage 2f a royal bengal tlgei trie famous and powerful attlla known through out the world of the big tops as a killer put bad axe on the circus man so to speak and gave the residents of village and county a redletter day it was quite a day even for the old- timers among the circus animal men veterans who bad been among those present at scores of escapes of caged ereatures of the jungle it was high noon the street parade bwo miles of gold and slitter as the flamboyant posters had it had returned to he tot followed by hun dreds upon hundreds of appreciative men women boys- and girls ail- hot perjpiring excited and dusty hut also happy many of them had driven in to town in oldfashioned spring wag ons driven dubiously lor li bad been hard to believe that the big show was really coining to bad axe but the sight of the long strings of flat ears stock elephant and sleeping cars on the railway sidings the sweeping spreads of big top and menagerie can vas on the show lot and then the ac tual passing in review of the impres sive street parade reassured them their holiday was secure the last of the sixhorse teams had swung under the raised side wall of the menagerie tent pulling its cage of wild beasts into place in line behind the guard ropes ladders had been placed against many of tbe ornate wagons so that the young women per formers who had ridden through the streets seauat on benches atop of them might descend prom the op of the hippopotamus den girls belonging to the plying ward troupe were hasten ing to the groundvwhen one bee starr a child somersaulter suddenly screamed attlla i attlla she cried hes outl hes loose there over there under the hon cage i almost at the same moment mena gerie attendants drivers horses and townspeople peering into the mena gerie from beyond the raised side wall sighted the great striped beast slink ing slowly along under the line of cages pandemonium i menagerie men rushed for sted forks and rolls of side wall townspeople scattered in terror horses reared and snorted some screeching in their frensy jungle cats startled roared elephants straining at newly fasten ed leg chains faced toward the es caped killer their utile eyes were blaring red with ageold hate as they trumpeted their readiness for combat t sounded the alarm scampered up the ladder to the top of the hippopotamus den and tried vainly to hurl the lad der aside here said a voice ill help you she looked down into the blue eyes of a tall blond youth clad in flannel shirt corduroy trousers and laced woodmans boots he lifted the lad der away from the den and was turn ing to lay it against the den wheels when a scream filled the tent the youth whirled to see the huge tiger which had leaped twenty feet bearing to the ground a burro tied in the aebra lines down the centre of the boo oval with its death cry the burro lay still its back was broken with the ladder poised over bis head the youth ran toward the tiger as ani mal men armed with stakes and forks closed warily in attlla crouched for tbe moment nonplussed heads up cried the tall youth and brought the ladder down with a crash on the tigers head the ladder flew into pieces but attlla giant striped killer relaxed rolled on his sideband lay quiet in an instant the men passed pieces of side wall round the beast and heaved him back into his cage tbe door of which by some accident had become unlocked chris zeits boss of tbe menagerie looked tbe strange youth over admir ingly you an animal man he ask ed no but ive had some experience with bears moose deer and wildcats in the north answered the boy want a job inquired chris smil ingly you bet in just a minute said tbe youngster he walked over to the polar bear cage ahouldered a ladder and went to rescue little miss starr who was sitting on top of the hippo potamus den watching the daaed attlla when she reached the ground she thanked him and added youre an animal man arent you yes miss he repuea and smiled i guess i am looks like im hired ive always liked animals the wilder the better and m going to join up with this outfit beats the lumber business i think thats nice she said and to chris she called gftve this biggame hun ter a job mr zeitx hes a good man to have around when attlla goes call ing then she was off to the dressing room and out of thia story which ts not a romance but a narrative of how louis now a blond woodsman with an understanding of a started a new school of lion tiger leopard puma and jaguar tralninea school dedicated to the proposition that all wild creatures are human under their skins and being so respond willingly to training submit docilely to mans mastery once their fears are allayed and their minds grasp what b wanted of them lfaa good school sad ivmu row la ua ttean i ti tote in accepting the offer to put prince a great drown bear through his paces in the steel arena louis underestimated the ef fect his first public appearance mlgnt have on bis own nerves but he liked bears especially prince and was quite confident that he and the friendly old fellow would pull off the act with honor prince always brought bis tricks to a climax by stanrimg on the topmost of half a dosen piledup tables and rocking them slowly back and forth until it seemed to- the the little aerial performer who had crowds that every swing must send them tumbling to the ground prince with them however when they did fall prince was wont to reach lastly out grasp a rope surreptitiously let down by the property men and des cend coolly hand over band or rather paw over paw louis had received a new uniform shortly before his appearance it was a gaudy redandgold affair and be was proud of it when be stepped smartly to the front of the arena and saluted the audience with a flourish of his cap be exrperienced a mighty thrill of pride and then stage right seized him he trembled violently as he began arranging the tables and prince taught to waits round the cage during that pant of the programme hesitated at louiss uncertain cues tbe animal understood the lads ner vousness suddenly prince reached out and tote at louiss trousers start led the boy grasped a table and plac ed it before him prince tore it from his grasp aidvanosng louisa voice was gone and his teeth were chatter ing he hastily reached for another table prince threw it aside and the audience was then treated tn the spectacle of a frenzied trainer in torn trousers running here and there for tables while a great bear in sportive mood tore them from his grasp and tried with great glee- jo rip off his trainers gay red pantaloons the crowd roared with laughter it was the funniest thing that had ever hap pened at any circus then the spirit of louis ross reviv ed he got back his voice prince waltzl he commanded waltz he forced hdmaelf to advance and with whirls of his whip he cowed the bear talking himself back into cour age prince hesitated then seeing that the trainer had control of him self he meekly began his dance the actjlnished amid cheers louis had learned a great lesson since that day he says i have al ways had myself bi hand when work ing with animals a man must be master of himself before trying to master any creature each day louis held lone chats with attua the great cat which had kill ed one trainer and badly lacerated several grew to welcome louiss visits the tiger would rise and nose along the bam as louis talked chris zeus often declared that attlla purred when louis extremely alert would venture to stroke his flanks finally the boy obtained chriss permission to enter the cagaj between the matinee and night show in oalveston he made tbe experiment armed with prod and ebalr while chris himself stood at the end door ready to aid animal boen and staff gathered eagerly to watch with anxiety tbe conquest of attua the killer the boy talked to the tiger quietly for several mi then slipped easi ly into the cage for a rnoment qtauiawa on pas t ent attua soul 3 miere a z tf- uauj uu- at beings centre were the smartx dor the big top he proves that his layed 1 feeling for fcs savage pets is not un- required when he big show left bad axe that night louis found himself on the first section of the show train in an upper berth of the car belonging to tbe animal men and- property men we troupe with the cookhouse said an oldtimer whom the boy questioned after the train bad been loaded you see the cookhouse and the menagerie with enough horses to pull em on to ihe lot leave town avten oclock each night so as to have everything readjr in the next stand when the other sections pull in a circus la like an army son vu travels on us stomach as qeorge w napoleon put it so we hustle ahead and have the cats ready when the main body rolls in next morning we are the early-to-bed- andearlytoiise lads and so louis found out for it was scarcely dayllgbt when the menagerie bosses came through the car routing out their gangs beside a sixhorse driver on the lion cage louis rode to the lot the cookhouse men were at it their tents were up the smoke was curling upward from their ranges louis was not yet a trainer and be lent a hand in the task of rolling out the great pieces of canvas that made up the menagerie- top acing them together and sliding into their grom- ments tbe sidewall poles before the elephants straining at he ends of long rope hawers pulled hfie top to ward the peaks of tbe towering centre poles hi was work but interesting work and when the tntsal flag ran up the cookbouse halyard and the bosses called time to go and get it tbe boy was not backward in reaching the long tables with their red cloth covers where steak eggs potatoes bread but ter and jam milk and piping hot cof fee awaited several hundred of the working force soon the second section arrived and bigtop wagons and parade parapher nalia in tableaux cars began stiwming into the lot making awtftly for their ordained spots here and there over the grounds lastly oerfonnere ana starfi each of the women carrying a little handbag poured in groups across the busy scene to the cook tents the show was in the bigtop poles creaked upright as elephants and teams hauled at the tackle the cookhouse pennant came fluttering down firsj call or parade sounded louis was busy cleaning the bear cages and each time be passed attlla pacing to and fro he winked at him but the big oat gave no heed in his greenishyellow eyes was a faraway look he had no pme for a mere ani mal man even if the nun had broken a ladder over his head the day before never mind attlla said louis to himself ill talk turkey to you later it was weeks before louis had a chance to try his hand at training but that chance came in public and there fore was of note october 9th to 15th 1932 school cost problem up to provinces the chief reason why school cost by royal proclamation the people i taxes have risen at such a rapid rate of canada are urged tn observe the in canada is that provlndal depart- week oomraencing october 9th as ments of education haye been raising fire prevention week in the most educational standards every year emphatic manner the are asked to correct those conditions which lead to our immense annual ctestructlon of created wealth and human life at the present critical period in our na tional life tfie vaal importance of using every effort to curtail the are waste of canada cannot be question ed records covering the past ten years illustrate in striking fashion tbe ex tent of our colossal fire losses dur ing that period 407000 ores tn canada have destroyed property valued at over h15000000 in addition 3514 lives were joet in burning buildings and 9087 persons were seriously injured by fire these fhjuers do into account our losses in t without regard to the possible limits of the taxpayers purse there are other reasons but primarily the vinces have called an expensive and have not only increased own taxes to pay their share of educational bms but they have quired the municipalities to pay larger share of tbe piperte fee la abe series of articles on costs of government in canada that the fin ancial post ran last winter there was a comprebensive summary of ris ing educational costs and ptamplch were cited of provincial regulations that have increased taxes out of all reason in most cases these tegula- j 1uons were putlnto force at the be- flres of educationalists who knew promises ood hath not promised skies always flowerstrewn pathways all our lives through ood hath not promised sun without rain but ood hath promised strength for the day heat from the labor nght for the way grace for the trials help from above unjsinng sympathy undying love in the year 1931 there were report- theoretical about teaching ed 48284 fires with a property loss of 47120000 that however was not the total cost of fire to it must be added the incldrrttal cost of insurance prelection and the cost of malnta dsx and the youth of che land but a practical minkmum about the economic pres sure of high governmental costs this week ttte bost publishes an article on victor lauriston the well- known canadian author who tells some things he has teamed about school costs during his public service in bis home city of chatham lng municipal fire departments water supplies for fire extinguishing including these hems canada last year incurred an unproducuve exi penditure of ovef tl00000000 through jff la flrs fire or roughly woo for every minute in the year capitalized at five per cent this represents the gigantic sum of over 21000000000 which is only a little less than our national debt if devoted to programmes of con structive effort instead of being wastefully dissipated such a sum would go far towards the ameliora tion of many of the social and eco nomic ilk fro rnwhlch we are suffer ing at the present time i fire waste is real squandering all wealth destroyed by the flames is gone beyond recall paper values may shrink stock markets collapse finan cial machinery cease to function and commerce itself face bankruptcy but these vicissitudes of fortune destroy no actual weatth- they are but adjust- mebts of our credit structure to meet changing conditions canadas ash heap la not built of such abstractions it is composed of physical values produced by brain and band and is paid for by means of a gi tax that falls inescapably upon every man woman and child in the land through insurance channels fire waste contributes to the cost of every thing we eat drink and wear none can evade ita insxweijshing influence nor can obey conscientiously ignore their responsibility to assist in curb ing its disastrous oonbeauenoea it must not be forgotten that when industrial plants and large oommeiial estabtlahmerua are attacked by ore rjurnhers of employees are permanent ly or temporarily thrown out of work last year more than 80000 persons were thus affected in ten per cent of the large loss fires tbe businesses were altogether abandoned burned property pays no taxes and an in creased charge must therefore be levied upon citizens whose proud t reamlns intact most indefensible of all is the fire record is the tact that seventy per cent of the fires bj canada occur in dwellings during the past ten years 210000 houses and 42000 outbuildings sustained damage exceeding 1 12000- 000 roughly in this period a fire occurred hi one out of every ten dwellings in canada of the hun dreds of lives annually lost through fires sixty per cent of fatalities occur in tbe home in the year 1931 it was reported that 47 men 78 women and 186 children were burned to death this year up to the end of september 384 fire casualties have taken place surely such a wanton waste of life should arouse the most indifferent to action now the question will arise can this destruction of die and property values be avoided of course it can ninety per cent of tbe fires are avoidable be cause obey are caused by sheer car- lessness tt is in an effort to bring this fact borne to every individual in the land that the dominion qtovern- ment has instituted fire prevention week with the active cooperation of the provincial and local govern- menta it is hoped that the tg will effectively reach every munlci- pahty every industry and every pub lic school in tbe dominion as a contribution to the effort the fire marshals of canada make the following practical suggestions let the owners and occupants of property insist upon clean premises and clean communities every neglected pile of rubbish is a potential firebreeder and disorder irvailably is a sign of ore hazard then let every indivi dual recognise his responsibility to wards the common causes of fires there are about six are causes that if given proper attention would wipe out half of our ores for example we strike about one hundred btlnoo matches every day and smoke enough cigarettes in twentyfour hours to stretch five hundred miles if placed end to end here are two potential hazards to be constantly borne in mind then there are defective elec tric wiring overheated stoves and furnaces sparks from chimneys and carelessness with rubbish fires the list is not long for memorising and if made a part of our dally thought our loses by ore would be substantially re duced again let us support whole heartedly all fire prevention efforts in our own communities cities towns and villages everywhere need better building laws and proper ordinances for- the removal of fire hazards and for the correotian of dangerous con ditions in buildings and many of them need better equipped fire de partments it is to the interest of everyone to urge public action in re spect to these things thus improving conditions in the comrnunlttes in which they live most vital of all is an awakening of the public conscience to the fact that the carelessness of todivlduala with regard to fire imposes an in escapable burden upon the nation at large in great britain wnere this responsibility is more fully recogniz ed the number of fires per annum is less than onequarter of the number of fires in canada in 1931 fire losses in the united kingdom with its fifty million people amounted to only 61- 000000 or just over one dolar per capita as cotrapared with- 450 per capita in canada as a matter of na- tlonal prate this comparison should arouse the whole dominion to the seriousness of the situation and should convince every individual of tads or her obligation to join in this crusade aoalnst the senseless destruction of life and property by fire tod you have a good time at the sundayschool picnic johnny -tbet- cher life t did i fell into the gin ger beer cask and after that nobody wanted to drink any akaeni aae solution of the problem of controlling school expenditures at present con trol falls between the three stools of provincial regulation school board management and municipal council tax oouectton he proposes that a fixed allotment so much per capita so much per pupil or so much per dollar of assessment be ewtahhsned as school enenditure any expendi ture above tbe allotment would haye to be vised by the town or city coun cil tbe plan has boom weaknesses the allotment would no doubt be fixed by rjrovtricdeil governments who would take theadvtce of tbe very theorists who now run their educa tional departments and impose oner ous burdens on school boards every where the real remedy lies in closer study of tbe whole problem of education by members of porvtndal parliaments so that they may themselves bring un- der control by legislation and through departmental routine of the con stantly advancing rav of free and faddist eduostloq that has gone be yond the strtple needs of a young country financial post cjtjb earnings montreal september 27kh oross revenues of tlluuun for the month of augut a decrease of 2jml7ai irom toe receipts of august lwsi are shown in the monthly statement of revenues and operating expenses issu ed at headquarters at the canadian national railways today tbe re duction in gross earnings during the month was largely offset by a reduc tion in operating expenses economies practiced by the management bring ing these expenses down to sua 18841 or v769xi less than tbe figure for tbe corresponding month of last year net revenues for august this year were 209175 against net revenues in august 1931 of 514034 for the eight months period of tbe calendar year gross revenues of the national system were 483118282 a decrease of 24374618 operating ex penses for tbe eight months of 1932 were 89747008 showing a reduction of 23467212 from the costs for the same period of last year net rev enue lor tbe 1932 period was 3371383 as against 2178688 an increase in net of 1192594 tbe ratio of oper ating revenues to gross receipts dur ing tbe first eight months of 1932 was 9838 per cent as compared with 9814 for the corresponding speriod of 1931 cost of exam cbaze is 400000 a year certificates of standing to be grant ed to students who do not pass tbe regular normal entrance and matri culation examinations is the sugges tion sent on to the ontario education department by the urban trustees association their ldei is that pri of oolhtglates or vocational schools might give suoh certificates to pupils uimmg courses of study show ing their attendance proficiency hours of study on various subjects and their general deportment it is thought that such a certificate might he used by stamtrrs who want to en ter schools in tbe united states where ontario matriculation u are not fully recognised the trustees association is basing its hope for this reform on the re marks of o f rogers- chief director of education for the province who stated that teachers who work with pupils and supervise their course are to a position to grant a certlflcau of frwih which would be of more value than any exaroinataon the erase for departmental exam inations costs ontario about 400000 a year said mr rogers and many students who took them never in tended to make use of them the more i see of examinations the less i think of them said the chief direc tor such exams were u as a means of getting an mjllmnte of a pupils ability as a student with an intelligence quotient of 69 could pass such an examination by cna cost of old war forever going on in tbe finance of government by rt hon john w hills mjp and e a febowes there is one uncon scious sledge hammer indictment of war the great war say the authors cost britain alone 6000 milunnn of which 6000 was borrowed at home and 1000 in the united states all are lost aa absolutely as if blown off by fireworks the 6000 millions raised here were all taken from weatth goods and labor the nation ts poorer by this net amount great britams praduouve wealth is less by thai sum and it always will be the old wealth ivdestroyed aa rmpletely as ore destroysm haystack tbe 5000 millions has beep created into s debt for which people are heavily taxed high rates of taxattoo tend to reduce desire to work jshd save and hence tend to check pro duction t in addition to which the authors cue tbe 30 million pounds a year sent as interest to the uband each year the resources of the country are less by that amount this practical lrumotrnent of war from tbe angle of cost is one of many acamlrably oorsduoted arguments in a concise document puhusheel by pmup fltlanjiirlmfrm sonnet it is enough that in this burdened time the soul sees all fts purposes aright the rest what does tt matter soon the night will come to whelm us then the morning chime what does it matter if but in the way one hand clasps ours one heart believes us true one understands the work we try to and strive through love to each us what to say between me and the chilly outer alr whdch blows in from the world there standeth one 1 who draws loves curtains closely everywhere as tied folds down the banners of the sun warm in my place about me and above mr where was the raven i behold tbe dove gilbert parker cr notes and comments miss agnesmarphatt is reported as advising the farmers not to pay tbstr taxes seasbion of tax paying would mean the closing of schools stopping all work on roads and the withdrawal of all services now carried on by the tthirrtrtpahty difficult though the payment of taxes undoubtedly is the farmers are not likely to follow miss advice and sacrifice their other valuable services for lng the with reduced salaries school teachers an interest- point has arisen with respect to public school act aenerally speaking the effect of the act is declared to be tnat a rural teachers salary cannot be less than 600 or the township grant is withheld sec tion 108 of the public school act re quires the township council to grant each section 800 it is understood that the department of education holds that this section of the act was orsgjnally enacted so that no no ralncipal teacher should be em ployed at a salary of less than the township grant and which is 600 the effect is thai a section employing a teacher at less than 600 is not en titled to a grant there are instances where ichool have hired teachers at less than 600 this is apt to lead to nnw unless there is a ruling to cover this procedure under present ccnditlona watford outde advcn cate every man is rich or poor accord ing to the proportion between his de- slres and erijoyatents of itches as of everything else tbe hope is more than the enjoyment while we consider them as the means to be used at some future time for the attainment of felicity ardor after them secures us from weariness of ourselves but no sooner do we sit down to enjoy our fthyittinnr than we find them in sufficient to fill up tbe vacuities of life nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities it is the great privilege of poverty to be happy unenvted to be healthy without physic secure without a guard and to obtain from the bounty of nature what tbe great and wealthy are compelled to pro cure by the help of art adxjenuty has ever been considered as tbe state in whaoh a man most easily becomes ao- quajnted with himself partioulartj being free from flatterers prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examin ing our conduct but as adversity leads us to think properly of our state it is most beneficial to us johnson with all the criticism and augges- tiorjb we frequently offer for better management and service on our canarnan railways did you ever stop to think how long since trie average person rode any distance on a rail way aside from workers in cities whose homes are in other towns and people whose business requires their journeying to various sections of the country the vast majority of ua must candidly admit our last railroad ride back two or three years the breadandbutter business of the passenger service twenty years ago was the steady traffic in and out the branch unas to the cltleau and the scores of co travel lers befouling every smoker car with their strong cigars and their endless variety of barber shop jokes now the travelling salesman carries sam ples and in some lines a stock of goods in his oar from which he eelst his- dealer in each town sad instead of calling on two towns a day by rail he now covers a territory from 50 to 100 miles to area and makes more frequent calls we who live in a small town motor to nelghboridg towns and cities to see an evening movie we motor to detroit or to- ronto for week end visits with friends if we can take vacations we take ex tended motor trips to far out of the way places and even when we more our homes we pack our accumulated comforts in a truck and motor hun dreds of miles to our new abode these changed habits have created problems for our railway boards to solve and before we can picture the situation clearly we must ask ourselves when did we last ride on a railway where the shoe pinches toronto printers are now complain ing thai printing jobs from firms to the city and certain zeowernment sources are going outside the city sod they have solicited the aid of the board of control to keep oils work to the dty yet these same pr have salesmen on the road every week nmyrtti business to the small cities and towns of ontario taking away printing that is badly needed by the hoznajown concerns and which should tigxifcfuuy be done at borne- they have started something and the shoe is now beginning to pinch hence the squeal modem wife is my hat oh straight hsband yes of course k av modern wife well it h 1 m it