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THURSDAY, APRIL, 30, 1942 THET1 CANADITAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO P'AGE POUR~ '"Nemter snow nor rais norIeat nor nigIht Stays these CourierS from thse Swif t Copktion of tir sppointed rounds." hierodotus. k"IBE- 0 When thees a Storm, most people seelc shelter, but that s when Hydro is busiest. Between darlcnoss and clawn corne hours of regt and sle.p, but, with Hydro, every hour besoins a new clay. Light for homes, hospitals and factories-heat for blait furnacer-or f0 cook -meals in your home- energy f0, tumn thousands of motors in factories, mines, shipyardsf-his là the worlc of your Hydro. Hydro is hl.pi ng te, shorten the war. Over 1,000,000 Hydro-elecfuic hors.power is at work on war materials. Lef us ail b. thrifty in our use of Hydro. New war plants must b. energized and existing plants ore con- stantly bein hornessed to the -war effort. Let war needs corne rst. nAN APPEAL TO THE HOMEF You con do so much to save elecfricify. Donft let the Iettie ove-boil. Watch the swifches on your electric rainge-tam out ail llghts when flot needied. Resolve te save orne carrent every dasy fa help Ontarios war industries. PICTURE AT RIGHT SHOWS A HYDRO CONTROL ROOM Where tlie doors neyer close. Every lieur cf fhe day end nighf, every dlay in flie yeur, wafchful attendanfsicare on the aleif studylng meters, Ieeping records and regulatlng tihe Aow of Hydro carrent to consumning armas. xie Armstrong Reviews Troops'on Parliament Hill Portugese Bullfight Vivid Pageant Brigadier Log Without Any Dlood Deing Spilled This is the l7th in the series 1 was anxious to see as soon as o! stories about a trip to war- possible. When 1 learned I would time Britain and return, by have to wait ten days for a plane way of Portugal. They are across the Atlantic, it was a shock. written for the weekly news- Wth the seven other Canadian Z papers of Canada by Hugh editors, I began to haunt the of- Templin, editor of the Fergus fices of Pan American Airways, News-Record. and later, those o! American Ex- 4 ' port Lines. I stood in line with I have already written sorne- other refugees and became one of thing of Lisbon, the capital o! thern. Would 1 get out of Portu- Portugal. This week, I add some gai before the Germans arrived? more. Frankly, what I write is I wondered. Would the Ulnited colored by My point of view. Per- States be forced into the war haps I do Lisbon an injustice. while I stayed on in Lishon wait- An ecelentguid bok, ub-ing for the Clippers that were so lished by the Government o!flwcoig Portugal and presented to me I had just corne by plane from_ with the compliments of the Min- Britain. The trip had its dangers, '_ ister o! Propaganda (for they caîl but they were of the exhilirating a spade a spade in Poritugal), kind. A few nights before. I had says: corne unscathed through a bomb "Lisbon is enchanting. It is a raid and had marvelled at the0 city at once ancient and modern, way free people took those things. with wide avenues bordered by There had always been some dan- magnificent houses and crowded ger in those days and nights in with swift motor cars. There are Egadbttepol eeo streets of steep steps in whichrnowkidanithdsed houses of many-colored fronts a good place to be. jostie one another confusedly, In Portugal, the very air was 1 while between them passes a different. I knew not a word of motley crowd in typical costumes the language and littie of the - fishwives, bare-legged bu~t customs. An unusual number o! wearing golden necklaces, women policemen were to be seen every- carrying jars of water on their where. One could buy lottery heads in classic pose." tickets on the streets, but could True enough, no doubt, but my be arrested for using a cigarette ' diary tells a different story. Up ighter. to that time, it had been full and Portugal has a benevolent dic- complete, as readers may have tator, a Professor Salazar. Me has guessed. But forth weki done much good, they say. But Portugal. it is brief. It says: there must be times when he "Saturday, October lth, to Fni- quails at the magnitude of the A new and greater responsibili- day, October 16th-The terrible job ahead o! him. The people are ty in the broad plan for the de-1 week in Lisbon. Disliked it from desperately poor; many o! them fence of Canada is to be played! the start. Saw bullfight on Sun- have deadly sicknesses. I had by officers and men of the newly1 day, October llth. Sick on Tues- been warned not to drink the organized Brigade Groups of the day and stayed that way tiîî Ex- water in Lishon or even dlean my Reserve Army throughout Can- cambion sailed on Friday - and teeth with it. Distilled water was aa rg .LgeAmtog for four days more." sold in five-litre bottles for that O aB . Kigston, rmsicrCom-, And that, except for two pages purpose. Nobody warned me OBEo igtn fie on o! notes on the bullfight. is ail. against ail raw fruits and vege- manding M. D. No. 3, said during But 1 need no notes to bring back tables. It may have been a let- memories of Lisbon. They keep tuce saiad, or perhaps a bunch of comning back. even in my sleep, handsome grapes that finally sent seen at a bullfight, and on a and nearly always as nightmares. me to bed, quite ill Sunday afternoon, of ail times. But it may have been just the It took some time for the idea to AUin h the Point of View fear that comes from being watch- srnk in. B. K. Sandwell and I Yet it is ail 'n the point o! ed day after day by enerny iyes. walked up the Avenida da Liber- view, apparently. To thousands The new Motel Victoria swarmed dade on a Saturday afternoon, o! people from Nazi-dominated with Germans. one o! them said dodging the hawkers who tried Europe, Lisbon in those months to bie the head o! the local Ges- to press lottery tickets on us, and and for some fifteen months be- tapo. I had to turn over my pass- looking at the sights. The huge, fore, was the symbol o! liberty port on arrivai to the Interna- colored posters advertising the and comparative safety. Some o! tional Police. I neyer did find bollfight fascinated us. They bore them gave up everything they had out who constitute that body, but some resemblance to faîl fair except their lives. to reach the I knew the passport said 1 was posters back home, but they had city. Uncounted hundreds prob- travelling "on officiai government pictures in brilliant colors, o! ably lost their lives trying to business." The Germans knew toreadors and raging bulîs. Slow- reach it. Lisbon was the only that. Only once in the whole ly, we translated the posters--or point o! contact with the free week in Lisbon did I feel nealîy thought we did. The top line was world - with the United States at ease, and that was the night clear enough, "8 Bravos Torros"- and, to some extent. with Great the people in the British Embassy .8 Brave Bulis." And then the Britain. During the vovaLle across eave us a dinner at the British time and the place and the price, the Atlantic to New York, I was Club. It was a grand old building which was only 15 escudos or less to hear at first hand the stories and inside its thick waîîs one than 75 cents for box seats. But of some o! these refugees. Not tilI could talk freely. the line that really fascinated us then did 1Itlarn what Nazi domi- was down near the bottom, "6 nation really means. For those The Bulifiglit a Bright Spot Torros Disembollos." We shud- poor people, Lishon was literally To Canadian readers it Must dered over it.- "Good gosh, Temp- the doorway out o! HelI. seem strange when I say that the lin," said Mr. Sandwell, "it must I didn't look on Lîsbon in that bullfight I saw in Lisbon provid- be a bloody spectacle if they are way. To me, it was but a port o! ed some recreation. going to disembowel six buils." caîl on the way back to the home - Truly, I neyer expected to be Back in the hotel. others o! our party had other detail. They said the bulis weren't killed. It was ail just pretend. But it was the national sport, something like hockey. We shouldn't miss it. Besides, a young Portugese Anmy officer, who spoke excellent Eng- iish, wouid accompany us to ex- plain the fine points. One o! the crowd had aiready arranged for two boxes for the party. Lisbon's bull-ring has a magni- ficent setting. The taxicab turned out o! the broad Avenida into a beautiful park. In the centre rose the great, circular bull-ring, a tail structure in fancy Moorish archiecture. People were getting out o! cars ahl around it, while hundreds o! others came off the street cars or on foot. The Portugese Lieutenant f&ind the proper door and we be- gan to climb Up and up ,on con- crete stairs. It reminded me o! the Maple Leaf Garidens in To- ronto. It was another typical "hockey crowd," mostly fairly young people, a few familles with the children accompanying the parents. They were a happy, ex- cited lot. The box seats wene Up at the top, on the shady side. Lisbon is a hot place. The temperature in the daytime ran about .85 degrees. Seats in the sun cost about haîf the pnice o! those in the shade. We sat on chairs in a large, un- crowded box. Nearby, various prominent familles occupied thein own boxes. The famîly coats-of- arms showed on bright cloths hung over the railings in front. Down below were the cheap seats, around a per!ectly circular ring with a sandy floor. Over on the sunny side, a band played unknown airs. The place seated about 15,000 and was fairly well f illed. though there was a big counter -attraction that day in a smailen city neanby, with nearly twice as many bulîs. On the Side of the Buils The Portugese buiifight, as it turned out, is not a bioody spec- tacle, but rather a pageant. Horses and costumes are beautiful and even the bulis look impressive as they corne on at first, snorting and uccasionally pawing the sand. But no blood is spilied, no ani- mais are killed and no persor was hurt, though that was mere- ly because the buils failed to fol- iow up their advantages, wher they came. It was less cruel thar a rodeo, much iess exciting thar a junior hockey match, less dan- gerous, apparently, than senior rugby football. The costumes were beautiful, ail covered with goid braid or bright colors. There were torea- dors, who fight on foot, usinga capa or cape to attract the at- tention of the bulis. Chie! ol these is the matador, the mai who kilîs the bull (in Spain) oz uses a wooden sword and pre. tends to kili the animal, in Portu. gal. The mounted bullfighters an( cavaleinos. Sometimes there aný other men who wrestie with th( bulîs anti throw them. These anf forcados. A bugle biows and the excite ment begins. There is a sort o grand panade-two cavaleiros oz splendid Arab horses and severa groups o! toreadons in brilliar yellow and deep plum colore( velvet suits with gold braid. The trumpets blew again. Tii ring was cleaned. A gate at thi left opened and a black bull wit] brass bails on his horns cam rushing in. Another gate acros the ring opened and a horsemai entered, whule toneadors jumpe over the fence into the circle. After his f inst rush, the bu: had lost bis enthusiasm. Th toneadons waved thein red capE at hum and he charged ther while they neatly side-stepoe( on tunned oven their capes to shoi the yellow side, whereupon th bull lost interest. But he didr likce the horse and charged fori The cavaleiro held what looke like two tinv speans, with briLi) ribbons on the ends. As the bu charged. he turned his hors leaned towands the bull and nea Iv planted the barbed ends( these bander jîhas in the fatl part o! the neck. The soears brol off nean the points, leaving nil bons hanging on the bull's neck. The bull looked angry, rather than hurt, but hie didn't press the !ight until the men with the capes stirred him Up again. Six darts, in ail, were placed in his neck before the cavaleiro toojc a wooden sword, and all alone in the ring now, made several at- tacks on the bull before dealing what might have been a death blow wîth a neal sword. The crowd, understanding the fine points. booed cheer!ully when hie missed and cheered when hie suc- ceeded. Then the trumpet blew again as the referee, sitting on a pedestal, signalled that the fight was over. The horseman rode away, bow- ing and smiling. The bull looked around and saw no one. The gates opened, and steers, each with huge cowbells on its neck, came into the ring and encircled the bull and he trotted o!ff with them, the herd driven by two little boys in bright costumes. There was one more fight on horseback and six on foot. They tended to, grow monotonous. The sympathy o! the Canadians was all with the bulîs. They didn't want to fight. Once a bull had his chance. A toreador slipped and fell on the sand. The bull immediately stood aside until he got Up. But the Portugese don't ask the bulîs to fight more than once. They retire after one pub- lic appearance. Perhaps that's just as well. The bull, back in the pasture field, might get to thinking, "Now, if I had only run at the man instead o! that red rag . . " And if any bulîs gel ideas like that, it might end bull- fighting. There remained one mystery: Mow about those "tonros dîsem- bollos"? We asked the young rLieutenant and hie laughed hear- tily. "Why," hie said, "we Portu- gese don't disembowel our bulîs. It means, how you say it?, Oh~ tyes, 'six disballed bulîs.' You -see, the ones that fight the horses 3have brass balîs on their horns 1so they cannot tear the horses' sflanks; the ones that f ight the men have no balîs on theirý.horns.' So that was that! CANADA HAS FIVE TIMES MORE PHONES PER CAPITA THAN THE AXIS POWERS *Canada has more than f ive r times as many telephones for every 100 people as the Axis pow- ers. There are more telephones in i the Dominion to serve il million -people than the entire Japanese aEmpire has for its teeming mil- ;- lions. f These comparisons corne froir n a survey o! the latest availablE nworld telephone statistics recentiý -completed by the American TeIe. -phone and Telegraph Company ,e The three Axis powens and the:i :e pre-war dominions, this surve3 e shows, average only 2.34 tel<. *e phones whereas on January1 1941 this country had 12.78 telei *phones for every 100 people f There is an average o! two tele ýn phones per 100 population in thg l wonld. di Using estimates in the case o ,those countries for which no ni cent officiai data are available du, ito the war, a wonld total o! 44, .e 190,000 telephones is indicateda th o! January 1, 1941. At the presen îe time it is iikely that over 46 mil IS lion telephones are in servicE n with weii over one haif o! th ýdwonid's telephones being on ti ,,continent and about one third i il Europe. ieTelephones operated by privat es companies account for more tha M,60 per cent o! the worid's tota dClose to 58 per cent o! ail th 1w telephones in the world are nci he pertedfrom automatic dnr t. offices, including some 767,00 dial telephones in Canada. Canad edhad total o! 1,461,000 telephonE lt on January 1, 1941. .Ill e, Only three countries have moi i- telephones for every 100 o! tl o! population than Canada; the Uni ýty ed States 16.56, Sweden 14.26 an ke New Zealand 13.96 top Canada [b 12.78 telephones. your friends' expeniences in mar- niage ought to convince you that aIl men are somewhat alike: self- ish, exacting, eageniy fiattering when they are in love, and exact- ly the same-omitting the flattery and the eagerness-when they are out o! it. War Gardens This Spring, as a war economny, hundreds o! thousands o! Cana- dians are planningMtheir first' vegetable garden. Much grief, sore backs and time will be saved, the experts point out, with a little preliminary planning. In the war gardens of 25 years ago, there were miles o! lettuce, radish and spinach grown, of which maraud- ing sparrows got the only benefit. The beginner should bear in mind that about six to ten feet o! row will supply the average family with ail the radishes and lettuce needed for a good many meals and that the rest o! the space should be utilîzed for some- thing else. The beginner should also realize that the main purpose o! an amateur garden is to supply vegetables fresher than can ever be purchased. To get the maxi- mum freshness, vegetables must be First-Grown quickly. Second-Picked w h e n j u s t right, not too green, not too rra- ture. Third-They should n o t b e picked until just before cooking or serving. Tender Vegetables Now to grow vegetables quickly means frequent cultivation, wat- ering where necessary and, if possible, an application o! good fertilizer. All o! this, plus proper thinning o! closely seeded stuf f like carrots, seed onions, etc., should push growth along which means vegetables crisp and ten- der. It is only when beets, car- rots, radish, etc. get a check in growth or become over-mature that they turn woody. In order that the supply o! vegetables be just right at pick- ing, that is not too immature and not too old, the wise gardener spreads hîs sowings out over sev- eral weeks so that something will be coming along ahl the time. This is especially necessary with .don Lind5ýy-,SMit  tender things like baby carrots, peas, beans, young beets and gar- den corn. '» _ Labour Savers The greatest single chore in any garden is the keeping down of surplus growth, whether that growth be weeds or unwanted other plants. The greatest single factor in cutting down this chore is first to have flowers and vege- tables properly spaced, and to have rows or intervals between flowers and shrubs wide enough to permit quick and easy cultiva- tion. For keepinig down weeds and unwanted grass or other plants, gardeners are advised to keep their hoes, spades and cultivators sharp. A sharp hoe will cover the ground twice as fast and with less backache than a duli one. Also, the professionals advise some little variety in garden im- plernents, two or three sizes of cultivators, so that one can get in close to small plants, will cover the ground quickly between rows. There are flowers to fit any situation. For those people who have neither the time nor in- clination there are such thinigs as alyssum, dwarf marigolds, portu- laca and California poppies that thrive almost on neglect. Once started they will look after them- selves. LESS ICE CREAM Stores selling ice creamn are not receiving quite as much ice creama ias they did previously. This is due to the fact that the industry »s allowed to use about 80 per cent of the amount of sugar used last year. It is understood that certain experiments are now be- ing made to determine if substi- Stutes for sugar would be suitable, 1in the ice cream. At any rate .there will be no shortage of this iLsummer delicacy. RC~ o "to e% FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR FOOD SUPPLIES To increase food production for Great Britain and the Empire's armies many farmers are redoubling their cusromary strenuous efforts. Ir is flot surprising if they have to borrow to help finance their increased task. If you, a farmer, need credit for any constructive purpose, cali on our nearest branch mana&er and tell him of your requirements. He under- stands farmi problems and will co-operate with you as far as sound banking permits. Your business with the Bank will be held in strictest confidence . BANK 0F DMONTREAL "A EANK WHERE SMALL ACCOUNTS ARE WELCOME" Modern, Experienced Banking Service ...the Outcome of 124 Years' Successful Operation JWARX SAVINGSX LCAE Bowmanville Branch: F. O. McILVEEN, Manager M m Ir- - ----.- - - - . . . THE, HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION 0F ONTARIO 1 1 . nAÉ4" -.- . 1 ý ýl - i ý 4, ý,- - ýt - 1 1 an address made recently on Par- parade was witnessed by neariy sociated Screen News and the liament Miii, Ottawa. Brig. Armn- 50,000 citizens of Ottawa, Hull public address system. Top right shows the 2nd Battalion, Gover- strong, who spoke to men of Ot- and district. nor General's Foot Guards, under tawa units forming part of the In the above composite illustra- commrand of Lieut.-Col. J. H. Ho- Brigade Group for M. D. No. 3, tion, Brig. Armstrong is shown gan, M.M., marching past the took the salute as 2,000 troops (ieft) before the battery of micro- saluting base. Lower right shows marched past the main entrance phones that carried his address a portion of the troops as they of the Parliament Buildings dur- over the Canadian Broadcasting were lined up in review order to ing a colourful Army parade. The Corporation, to a unit of the As- - hear Brig. Armstrong's address.